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WEATHER.
fC. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.!
Generally fair and slightly warmer
tonight and tomorrow.
Temperatures—Highest, 77, at noon
today; lowest. 64, at 12.16 a.m. to
day.
Full report on page 7.
Late N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28
N„ 9Q GR9 Entered as seyond class matter
O. post office, Washington, D. C.
COOLIDGE HOPEFUL
COAL MINE SHE
WILL BE AVERTED
Holds That Government Is
Without Authority to In
tervene in Dispute.
RELIES ON PUBLIC OPINION
TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES
Consumers Will Demand That
Work Go On When Crisis Comes,
President Believes.
BY I. RI'SSELL YOUNG.
Staff TorreKpondent of The Star.
SUMMER W HITE HO 1’ SE, !
SWAMPSCOTT. Mass., August In :
the face of an imminent coal strike
the Federal administration is still
hopeful that the miners and operators
will come to an agreement, and that
the strike will lie averted, it was said
here today.
It is held hy President Coolidge
k that the Federal Government is with- j
out authority to intervene at this j
time, and that it is the duty of the j
disputing parties to recognize their j
responsibility to the public and to fore- !
stall a strike by arbitration or other
means.
It can be stated upon authority that j
President Coolidge does not intend to j
exert his power to avert a strike. His I
position is that the Federal Govern- ,
ment can not properly come between j
the employer and employe every time j
a labor dispute arises. He has de- |
dared that he has no legal authority j
to act after a strike occurs and then |
only can offer his good services to i
avert a public calamity.
Plainly speaking, the administration j
is relying upon public opinion and j
market conditions to influence both I
the operators and miners to reach
terms without a walkout. Public
opinion is slowly forming, it is found
here, and until the consumer is con
fronted with high coal prices and a
threatened scarcity in the fuel sup- j
ply President Coolidge feels that he
can not suggest with the hope of suc
cess a means of settlement assuring
a renewal of mining and 'Winter coal.
STRIKE AUTHORITY VOTED.
Scale Committee Gives Right to Call j
Walkout September 1.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., August!
6 (A 3 ). —Authority to call out the i
miners in the hard coal fields Sep- j
tember 1 was voted by, the union I
scale committee to its negotiators last |
night in token of doubt that a shut '
down could be averted.
In vesting its spokesmen with this
plenary authority days in advance of
similar action in other years, the
committee said it was mainly con
sidering its own convenience. The
scale committee ratified decisions of
the sub-committeemen. As it expects
no further decisions to ariss before
the present working contract expires,
it will likely not meet again before
the suspension date, according to
spokesmen.
Before adjournment the committee.
40 strong, also empowered the sub
committee to arrange with the own
ers. if the latter desired, to leave a
skeleton force of maintenance men in
the pits in event of a walkout. They
would man pumps and attend to neces
' sary timbering to prevent flooding and
cave-ins.
The sub-committee also was given
authority to handle any further emer
gency according to its best judgment,
and its action Tuesday in breaking
off negotiations with the mine own- i
ers was ratified unanimously.
FAST PATROL TO CURB
SMUGGLING ON BORDER
Liquor, Narcotics and Highly Prof
itable Wheat Running to Face
New and Difficult Obstacles.
Br the Associated Press.
DULUTH. Minn.. August 6.
Smugglers of liquor and narcotics,
wheat and live stock across the Cana
• dian border between International
Falls. Minn., and Pembina, N. Dak.,
will find it “much more difficult and
treacherous after August 15.” customs
officials declared today.
Five new patrolmen, equipped with
fast motor cars and armed, will be
placed on the 125-mile stretch of
border in Minnesota now covered by
one man. orders from Washington
said, while seven men will be added
to the patrol on the North Dakota
st retch.
“Free trading.” as N. A. Linder
berg, deputy collector of customs here,
put it, exists on the boundary be
tween Canada and the United States
despite the import duties.
“With a 42-cent duty on each
bushel of wheat.” he said, "it proves
highly profitable for farmers of the
Dominion to run their grain over the
border for sale in the United States,
and cars, trucks and wagons are used
in day and night trips.”
WOMAN ASKS $500,000.
Says Surgeons Trimming Excess
Flesh Cost Legs.
LOS ANGELES, Calif., August 6
(A 3 ).—Suit for $500,000 damages was
filed here yesterday against Drs. E. W.
Littlefield and James L. Chapman,
plastic surgeons, by Mrs. Helene C.
Herrington, widow of Bert Herring
ion. criminal attorney.
In her complaint Mrs. Herrington
states the defendants attempted to re
move superfluous flesh from her an
kles, but that it finally became neces
sary to amputate both legs. This, she
alleges, was due to the negligence of
the surgeons.
Farmer Killed by Lightning.
TROY, Ohio. August 6 OP).—Wil
liam Siegel, 27. a farmer, was killed
and a farm hand was severely Injured
yesterday when lightning struck in a
hay field in which they were working.
tAn electrical storm which swept this
section caused considerable property
damage and disrupted telephone com
munication.
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OBSERVER FINDS ‘STOP’ IGNORED
BY STREET CARS AND AUTOS
Investigator Sees Automobile Drivers, as Rule, Mak
ing Effort to Comply, But Motormen Defy
Traffic Boulevard Mandate.
About one-half of Washington's mo-
I torlsts are taking Traffic Director Eld
i ridge's boulevard stop signs seriously.
! The others, either unable or unwilling
! to read, blandly speed right over the
I painted mandates to halt, according to
observations made at a number of
such street intersections by The Star
| today.
I _ Although about 50 per cent of the!
National Capital's motorists were giv-
I en credit for honestly endeavoring to
j obey the police orders, the same could
not be said of the city’s street car mo
tormen, for the observation failed to
disclose a single street car stop or
; even so much as make a semblance of
j slowing down in front of the boulevard I
I signals.
j One of the striking features of the j
survey was that the further out into j
the suburbs the more flagrant are the
violations of the mute commands to I
stop, it also being quite noticeable, of j
course, that the number of motor !
i cycle policemen or traffic officers de- 1
j creased accordingly. Chances of be |
j ing caught were naturally consldera- j
I blv less in such environments.
Another point that commanded at- j
tention was the unusually large num
ber of motorists whose cars bore the
tags of distant States who failed not
only to obep the stop signs, painted
clearly in the center of the streets,
but also seemed unconcerned with
other traffic regulations that It would
seem nearly every community would
i enforce, such as signaling before stop
-1 ping or turning corners or observing
i right of way.
The first boulevard crossing oh-
INDIANS DEFEAT
ATHLETICS, 9 TO 6
Five Hurlers Used by Macks
in Vain Effort to Stem Tide.
Smith Also Hard Hit.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
SHIBE PARK. PHILADELPHIA.
August 6.—By hitting Athletic pitch
■ ers hard in pinches. Cleveland took
J the first game of the double-header
with the Mackmen this afternoon.
Score, 9 to 6.
Cleveland drove Harriss off the hill
in the third, while Groves was so wild
that he was quickly taken out. the
visitors getting five runs in their half
before they could be retired.
| The winners also touched Baum-,
gartner for three runs. Smith- Rept
I the Athletics in check until the'eighth,
| when they rallied and pounded him
! tor four runs, but he stayed in the
j game and prevented any further run
j making in the ninth.
As Washington won the first game
; the lead of the Athletics was trimmed
l down to one game.
FIRST INNING.
CLEVELAND—Jamieson singled to
; center. McNulty forced Jamieson,
’ Dykes to Galloway. Speaker singled
| to right, sending McNulty to third,
j Dykes threw out J. Sewell, McNulty
) scoring. Dykes threw out Burns.
| One run.
ATHLETICS—Fewster threw out
I Dykes. Lamar singled to right.
| Speaker went to deep center for
| Welch’s fly. Simmons forced Lamar,
IJ. Sewell to Fewster. No runs.
SECOND INNING.
i CLEVELAND—Fewster laid down a
: bunt, but was thrown out by Harriss.
Lutzke doubled to right. Myatt
! grounded to Miller. Smith tapped In
I front of the plate and was thrown j
' out by Cochrane. No runs.
! ATHLETICS—HaIe walked. Miller I
j forced Hale. J. Sewell to Fewster.
j Jamieson took Galloway’s liner close j
:to the left field bleachers. Cochrane I
I forced Miller, J. Sewell to Fewster.
I No runs.
THIRD INNING.
CLEVELAND —Jamieson singled to
j right. McNulty singled to center,
j putting Jamieson on third. Speaker
! grounded to Miller, who threw to
second in an attempt to start a double
I play and Jamieson scored, McNulty
(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.)
BOX SCORE—FIRST GAME
ST. LOUIS
AB. R. H. O. A. E.
H. Rice, rs 4 O O l O O
Lamotte, ss.-3b *"> O 1 14 0
Sisler, lb o O O 10 1 O
William*, If. 4 I 1 O O O
McManus, 2b .*1 I 13 4 0
Jacobsen, cf 3 1 2 3 O O
Dixon, c 3 0 1 2 2 O
Robertson, 3b 2 O O 3 1 O
Gerber, »s 1 O l O 1 O
, Bush, p 2 O 1 O O O
Wingard, p.,.. O O O * 11 O
! Evans - O 1 O O O O
Bennett 1 O O O O O
Totals 33 4 8 24 14, O
Evans batted for Robertson in the seventh inning.
Bennet batted for Wingard in the ninth inning.
WASHINGTON
AB R. H. O. A. E.
McNeely, cf 2 2 1 3 O O
S. Harris, 2b 4 O l 1 2 O
S. Rice, rs ...... 4 1 2 2 O O
Goslin. If 2 0 0 4 1 0
i Judge, lb 4 0 0 0 0 0
Biuege, 3b 8 O 1 O O O
Peckinpaugh, ss 2 11 3 1 O
Sexereid, c * O 1 3 1 O
Ruether, p 3 l 1 O o •' O
Marberry, p O O O O O / O
Totals 27 o 8 27 lO O
SCORE BY INNINGS
1 2345.6 789 R.
ISt Louis 0 200 01 1 0 0-4
Washington 11 1 2 0000 x— 5
v SUMMARY
*T END OS SEVENTH INNING.
[ Two-base hits Peckinpaugh, Me- Left on baaea—St> Louis, 5; Washing-
Manus, S. Harris, Williams. ten, 4.
Three-base hits—E. Rice. B “ Sh ’ * 5 Winrard *
! Sacrifices—Goslin (J), Wingard. Struek^ut—By Bush. 1; Ruether, 1.
. Double play—Lamotte to McManus to Hits—Off Bush. 8 in 4 innings.
Sisler. Empires—Messrs. Connolly and Evans.
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J V V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
WASHINGTON, D. 0., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1925-FORTY-FOUR PAGES. **
served was at Thirteenth street and
Massachusetts avenue. No serious
complaint could be found with the
manner of driving there, nor were
conditions very bad one block away,
at Twelfth street and Massachusetts
avenue. Out of more than 60 car£
that passed those points only two were
seen to deliberately Ignore the stop
signs and continue on their journeys.
Conditions were about the same at
Eleventh and N streets. At that
point, however, the word “stop” is
painted squarely across the south
bound car tsftcks. Neither the first
nor the second cars to arrive at the '
boulevard sign paid it the slightest !
attention. Motorists were few on j
• Eleventh street and the half dozen j
that did pass succeeded in stopping'
j their cars according to law.
I At the point where Eighteenth |
street crosses Connecticut avenue. !
; however, things were entirely differ- ‘
| ent. Each of those four corners is a ■
; boulevard stop because both Eight- j
eenth street and Connecticut avenue !
have been designated boulevards.
| There Is a regular street car stop a
! block away either side of the Connec
i tlcut avenue signals. Between them
is a sharp down grade, which the mo
tormen take full advantage of if they
happen to be late.
Here is one incident considered typi
cal. The driver of a hearse bound
south on Eighteenth street had j
brought his car to a full stop. A 1
good block up Connecticut avenue a
street car was just starting off. The
(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)
NATS TAKE FIRST
WITH DROWNS, M
Locals Pound Joe Bush
Freely in Opener of
Double-Header.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.
GRIFFITH STADIUX'August 6
The Champs £eat ,tfie Browns‘in the
first game of the double-header here
today.
The score was 5-4.
FIRST INNING.
, ’ ST. LOUIS —H. Rice grounded to
Judge. Lamotte filed to Goslln. Rue-1
ther tossed out Sisler. No runs.
WASHINGTON—McNeeIy singled to
center. S. Harris filed to Jacobson.
E. Rice singled over Sisler’s head, 1
sending McNeely toUiird. Goslln filed
to Jacobson, McNeilf scoring after the
catch. Judge to Dixon. One
run.
SECOND INNING.
ST. LOUlS—Williams fouled to Seve
reid. McManus walked. So did Ja
cobson. Dixon singled to left, scoring
McManus, while Jacobson stopped at
second. Robertson grounded to
Judge, both runners advancing. Bush
singled to left, scorinp Jacobson, but
Dixon tried to score also and was out,
Goslln to Severeld. Two runs.
WASHINGTON—Robertson threw
out Bluege. Peck doubled to center.
Severeld singled through La Motte’s
hands, scoring Peck. Ruether singled
to center. Severeld reaching third.
McNeely flied to H. Rice in short
right, both runners holding their
bases. S. Harris fanned. One run.
THIRD INNING.
ST. LOUlS—Ruether threw out H.
Rice. Lamotte popped to Peck. Sisler
j filed to Goslin. No runs.
WASHINGTON—E. ,Rlce tripled
| over Jacobson’s head. Goslln flied to
Jacobson. E. Rice scoring after the
catch. McManus threw out Judge.
Bluege singled to center. Bluege died
stealing, Dixon to McManus. One
run.
FOURTH INNING.
ST. LOUlS—Williams flied to Mc-
Neely. McManus doubled to left cen
ter. Jacobson popped to Peck. Dixon
(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.)
DEBT NEGOTIATIONS
WITH BELGIANS SET
TO START MONDAY
! Visitors Coming This Eve
ning—U. S. Commission
Reviews Entire Matter.
CAPACITY TO PAY WILL
BE BASIS OF DISCUSSION
. Belgium (hves $480,503,983 —Con-
j gress Is Expected to Pass
on Agreement.
The American Debt Commission, in {
] its first formal meeting since last •
December, today checked up the situ
ation on more than 17,000,000,000 of :
debts owed this country by European
powers who have not refunded, and
set Monday morning as the date to |
meet the Belgian Debt Commission. I
now en route to Washington,
j The exact status of each pow'er!
I owing this Government was reviewed i
I by the commission. It was announced
j after the meeting.
The Belgians, who will arrive in j
Washington late this afternoon, will i
open their first formal negotiations
Monday morning, but American offi- •
clals would not reveal whether they 1
are coming with a definite proposal. j
It was agreed by the commission j
that no information as to the progress J
of negotiations between Belgium and j
the United States over their $480,000,- )
I 000 debt would be disclosed until it ;
! reached the point where there was a !
j basis from which to work toward a !
j conclusion. ' j
Meetings will probably Held in '
| the morning from time to, time, and if ;
i nothing occurs to interrupt, “It was •
indicated, they may tike place daily. |
It was again reiterated following the ]
commission meeting that both gov- i
ernments understand German repara- J
tion bonds are out of the question in j
the matter of the Belgian debt to the |
Ufrtted States.
Others Study Payment.
Two other governments, France
and Italy, have been maneuvering for
preliminary debt negotiations, with j
the prospect of sending commissions j
to Washington this -Summer, and sev-1
eral smaller powers have given indi-1
j cation that they have the matter of :
I their obligations under consideration. !
j These smaller powers include Ru- !
! mania, Jugoslavia. Czechoslovakia,
j Esthonia and Latvia,
i Secretary Mellon, who returned
| Monday from a month’s vacation, |
i presided over the meeting of the com-1
] mission. Several members of the com-1
j mission had been in Europe since the ;
j last formal session of the body, and j
i were prepared to give to the Govern-j
| ment the results of their informal
: observations. None of the members, j
! however, it was officially stated, had ■
! been abroad in their capacity as mem- !
} bers of the Debt Commission. Theo- j
! dore E. Burton of Ohio had spent j
i more time abroad than any other,
j member, and it was understood had ,
j (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.)
CAILLAUXTO HEAD
j PARIS DEBT GROUP
Commission to Sail Next
Month —U. S. Obligation 1
Separate Transaction.
i
! By the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 6. —It is now vir- j
! tually settled that the French mission :
i which is to go to the United States j
j to arrange a settlement of France’s■
| war debt will leave for Washington j
j during the first fortnight of Septem- j
j ber.
The French government has decided ,
| j to treat the debt settlements with ;
| Great Britain and the United States j
j as two distinct and separate undertak- j
! ings, and that whatever might be the |
I stage of the negotiations opened 10 i
; days ago at London between France I
| and England, in early September the
! French mission will proceed to the J
j United States.
M. CaiU&ux, the French finance •
l minister, has a firm intention, unless 1
j prevented by circumstances, to pro- j
i ceed to Washington himself, but he
would remain there only a short time. J
If he does go, he will sail only after j
the preliminary discussions have been |
concluded between the French dele-
I gates and the American debt funding
I commission.
The French debt mission will be
I composed of four delegates, two tech- i
j nlcal and financial experts and two j
J parliamentarians.
| FISHING BOATS’ SEIZURE
! PROTESTED BY PORTUGAL 1
i
; Government Forwards Note to j
]
Spain After Capture and
Fining’ of Vessels.
y
I By the As»ociatwi Preee.
; LISBON, Portugal. August fi.—The
! Portuguese government has forwarded
to Spain a note concerning the Al-
I gafve Incident of August 1, in which a
. Spanish gunboat seized two Portu
fguese fishing vessels and pursued an
! other, firing three shots at it after it
j had reached Portuguese waters.
The Spanish authorities have com
pelled the Portuguese vessels which
have been seized to unload their car
goes of fish and also to pay heavy
fines, Including 7 pesetas for each can
non shot fired in the chase of the flsh
• ing craft.
The president of the Commercial
l Association in the Algarve district has
telegraphed to Lisbon asking that the
government take immediately meas
ures to settle the incident. He states
that the Spanish authorities have for
' bidden the passage of Portuguese
boata over tba only navigable bar in,
’ the River Guadlana. Z'
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At
s STonfji Tor '
THE YOUNT} PEDESTRIAN FINALLY GETS ACROSS THE STREET.
ELDRIDGE : S OFFICE
h HELD APPOINTIVE
Sargent Rules Traffic Di
rector Does Not Come Under
Civil Service.
j The District Commissioners came
out victorious today in their conten
, tion that Traffic Director M. O. EI
! dridge and his staff are not subject to
| the Jurisdiction of the Civil Service
: Commission.
They received from the Civil Service
I Commission today an opinion by
United States Attorney General Sar
-1 gent, holding that Mr. Eldridge and
■ his assistants are not members of the
, Police Department, and, therefore, not
subject to the act of 1919, which
placed the Police Department under
civil service.
Soon after Mr. Eldridge was ap
pointed the civil service authorities
raised the point that he should have
been selected under civil service re
quirements, and there followed ape
( riod of correspondence between the
, Civil Service Commission and the Dis
j trlct authorities, in which each side
l held to its contention. It was finally
! agreed to ask the President to submit
! the question to the Attorney General.
Were Not Against Eldridge.
!
When the matter was first brought
| up officials of the Civil Service Com
' mission made it clear that they had
no objection to Mr. Eldridge personal
ly, and even pointed out that he had
! formerly been in the Government
! service as an official of the Bureau of
! Public Roads for a number of years,
i They felt, however, that the legal
question of whether the office of traffic
j director is under civil service should
; be settled.
| The contentions of the Commis-'
j sioners were prepared by Maj. Daniel j
j .1. Donovan and Corporation Counsel j
j Stephens.
In his opinion today the Attorney |
I General said:
"The commissioners of the civil
j service advance the view that the ap
! pointment of the director of traffic,
J as well as the members of his clerical
! force, are subject to the provisions of
! the act of December 5, 1919. supra.
| and that such appointments must,
; therefore, be made in the same man
j ner as appointments to positions in
: the classified civil service are made.
<To justify this position it must be
; held that the director of traffic is a
I member of the Metropolitan Police
j force of the District of Columbia.”
Not Member of Force.
After quoting the paragraph of the
; traffic act which empowered the Dis
i trlct Commissioners to appoint a
I director* “who. under the direction of
' the major and superintendent of police
|of the District, shall perform the ]
duties prescribed in this act * *
1 the Attorney General continued:
"The tiaffic act makes no reference
Ito the act of December 5. 1919. The
i fact that the director of traffic is
I authorized to make certain regul^-1
tions respecting traffic of motor ve-1
hides in the District of Columbia,
which regulations, when approved and
promulgated by the Commissioners of
: the District of Columbia, become a
i part of the police laws of the District,
I does not make the director a member
|of the Metropolitan Police force.
j Says Commissioners Have Power.
j “If the Congress In creating the new
i office of director of traffic had intend
ed to make the director a member of
| the police force, and his appointment
subject to the provisions of the act
;of December 5. 1919, It is reasonable
Ito suppose that it would have ex
pressed its intent in clear and specific
! language. The traffic act gives full
power to the Commissioners of the
: District of Columbia to appoint
rector of traffic and places no restric
! tions upon the appointment.
"I have the honor to advise you,
therefore, that, in my opinion, neither
: the director of traffic nor the persons
i on his staff are members of the Metro
■ politan Police force, and the Commis
j sioners of the District of Columbia are
i not required by the act of December
15, 1919, supra, to appoint the director
i and persons on his staff in the same
1 manner as classified civil service em
| ployes are appointed.”
Alla Nazimcva Divorced.
HOLLYWOOD. Calif., August 6 (AP).
—Alla Nazlmova, screen star, who re
turned unannounced to Hollywood two
days ago from a three-month tour
of Europe, divorced her husband,
Bryant, in Paris.
| Announcement of the divorce was
.; made last night by the actress' man
! ager. Mrs. Jean Adams,
j Bryant formerly was a film actor
' ajid director.
POLAR PARTY IS INTERVIEWED
IN NEWEST TRIUMPH OF RADIO
“Station WAP-Etah” Comes From Arctic Wastes,
3,700 Miles Away—Explorers Report Hear
ing Voices From All Over the World.
By the Associated Press.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. 111., Au
gust 6. —News interviews by personal
contact and other ordinary domestic
means today gave way to the romance
of radio, when the Associated Press
Interviewed the MacMillan polar ex
pedyion, 3,700 miles away In the
Arctic wastes.
Lieut. Comdr. Eugene F. McDonald j
of the steamship Peary, which con
veyed the expedition to its base at
Etah, Greenland, answered a series of
five questions radioed to him by the
Associated Press from station 9XN
of the Zenith Radio Corporation of
Chicago, of which McDonald is the
president.
Outstanding in the questions and
dealing with the future flight of air-
STATE MAY HALT
CINDERELLA’S JOY
Girl Sold to Millionaire, Is
Charge—Transaction Un
moral, Coler Says.
I By the Awociatrd Pre»«.
j NEW YQ-IIK. August 6. —An inves
| tigatlon by the district attorney of
i Queens County into the adoption of
j Mary Louise Spas, young daughter of
j immigrant parents, by Edward W.
i Browning, wealthy divorced realtor,
was sought today by Commissioner of
Public Welfare Coler.
The commissioner said the investi
gation was prompted by charges that
Browning had given money to Mary’s
parents in return for their signing
the adoption papers. He added, how
ever, that it was a violation of long
established precedent for a divorced
man to be permitted to adopt a child
in this city.
"It is the most unmoral transaction
that has ever come to my notice,”
Mr. Colar said. "Somewhere in the
laws of this country there must be a
statute that a parent cannot sell a
child. If there is not such a law we
will make one.”
The adoption did not pass through
his office, the commissioner explained,
i since Mary Louise was not "a de
i pendent child.”
Divorced Men Barred.
"We do not allow the adoption of
! children by foster parents of a dlf
j ferent faith,” he added, "and we never
| allow divorced persons to adopt chtl
; dren who are under our surveillance.”
Mary Louise was the successful ap
| plicant for the adoption out of 12,000
answers received by Mr. Browning
I when he advertised for a child to be
| come a companion to 9-year-old Dor
othy Sunshine Browning, whom he
1 earlier adopted. The girl walked from
i her home in Astoria to Mr. Browning's
j New York office and made her appeal
! in person, her smile, as Mr. Browning
i said, winning her selection.
■ Mary’s dreams are beginning to
i come true. Whatever doubts and self
: pinchlngs she may have indulged in
j when the millionaire realtor Edward
! Browning pictured for her a life of i
! ease as his third adopted daughter,
, | the little Bohemian girl was convinced
I yesterday.
"Daddy” Browning was as good as
his word, and Mary had carte blanche,
taking her pick from one glittering
’ | array after another. The shopping
i! tour was halted only for luncheon at
. ; a Broadway hotel roof. It was enough
to make any girl’s head swim, but
, j Mary, although reared in moderate
■ ! circumstances, carried off her part
- j with the dignity befitting a modern
s Cinderella-
To Get Auto Today.
The net result was 50 smart frocks,
most of them lavishly trimmed in lace,
for which Mary admits a fondness; CO
I pairs of delicate silk hosiery, 10 pairs
of slippers, and pearls and other trim
• mings that a princess might envy.
And yesterday was but the begin
-1 ning. Today Mr. Browning planned to
let his new daughter select a motor
’ car, while he sought to insure her for
s SIOO,OOO and make for
parking an airplane on the outskirts
of New York.
Mary will meet Dorothy Sunshine,
on Page 2, Column 7.)
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Yesterday’s Circulation, 93,877
OP) Meant Associated Press. TWO CENTS.
I planes to the polar regions by Etah. j
j was McDonald's reply, that he had !
not yet completed “two-way commu
nication” with his planes, but hoped !
to perfect such communication soon.
His reply was regarded by officials
of the Zenith Corporation here as be- i
ing a possible plan of McDonald to j
j communicate continually with his
i planes (three in number) while they |
i were in the air northward from Etah. •
| The three planes have already made 1
| successful test flights, according to
1 reports received in this country.
Etah is approximately 3,700 miles
direct north of Chicago. On a time
basis, it is directly north of Bridge
port. Conn., and the expedition is
governing itself by Eastern standard !
time, despite the fact that the area
they now- occupy (within 12 degrees .
(Continued on Page 6, Column 1.)
i SEES U.S. PRESTIGE !
HURT IN CARIBBEAN
Former Santo Domingo En
voy Blames Political Ap
pointee Ministers.
By the Associated Press.
ILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., August
6.—Americans prestige in Centra!
America has waned in the. last five
years and American ministers there
have generally been political ap
pointees unprepared for their duties, j
Otta Schoenrich, former special com
mtssfoner to Santo Domingo, said at
a conference of the Institute of Poll- ;
tics today.
"Lack of continuity in the State !
Department and the unfamiliarity of I
the American officials with Central ,
American affairs are among the
causes of the diminution of our in- '
fluence,” Mr. Schoenrich said. "The
ministers have generally been ignorant
of the Spanish language and absolute
ly unprepared.
Aid Is Necessary.
“The political developments of these
countries and the material '-develop
ment of most of them is behind the
world standard. Unless we render ef
ficient assistance, conditions may arise
which might force us to take over
one or more of the Caribbean coun
tries or allow some foreign power to
do so.”
America's Caribbean policy he de
scribed as wavering. President Roose
velt topk a strong attitude, but the
policy of the United States was not
firm with Charles E. Hughes as Secre
tary of State, Mr. Schoenrich said, as
serting that what was accomplished
was largely through moral suasion
and "bluff.” He referred to President
Wilson's course in Mexico as "pusil
lanimous” and said Mr. Wilson was
swayed from a strong attitude by
considerations of European policy.
Cuban Record Good.
The American record in Cuba was
honorable and helpful. Mr. Schoenrich
I (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.)
Haynes’ New Job
Is as “Right Arm”
Os Gen. Andrews
By the Associated Press.
The latest official explanation of
the status of Prohibition Commis
sioner Haynes is that he will be the
j "right arm" of prohibition enforce
| ment.
Assistant Secretary Andrews, who
recently deprived the present com
missioner of all his present au
thority over the dry forces, soft
ened th£ blow today_ by. declaring
' | Mrr Haynes would become his chief
adtttvr on prohibition subjects.
. I “Mr. Haynes is gonig to be my
right arm," said Mr. Andrews. “I
1 | am absolutely sincere in that state
ment. I don’t care to go into de
t' tails until I have cleaned up the
details of the reorganisation.”
i
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour ”
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the racers are printed.
FINAL PLANS MADE
FOR KLAN PARADE
POLICING SATURDAY
No Suspension of Trolley
Traffic Is Provided in
Regulations.
LINE TO FORM IN AREA
EAST OF FIRST STREET
All Vehicles to Be Halted One
Square Back of Route of
Hooded Marchers.
Final arrangements for the Ku
Klux Klan parade on Saturday after-
I noon were made public in a general
I order issued by acting Superintendent
! of Police Charles Evans this afternoon.
The order provides that the parade
| will form in the area east of First
j street and north of A street north-
I east, with head of the column at First
; and B streets northeast. Promptly at
j 3 o'clock it will move over the follow
i ing route:
West on B street to First street
] northwest, south on First street m
j Pennsylvania avenue, west on the
i north side of Pennsylvania avenue to
| Fifteenth street, south on Fifteenth
I to B street, entering the Monument
j Grounds at that point.
No Trolley Suspension.
The order provides for no suspen
sion of srheet car traffic either on or
across the parade route, provided.
I however, that street cars moving
north and south on Seven'h Ninth,
i Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets will
!be permitted to cross only when it
can be accomplished without undue
! interference with the passage of the
parade and, provided further, 'hat
| from 3 o’clock until the last unit has
j cleared First street the Capital
I Traction cars will he routed off of
' First street between B street and
! Pennsylvania avenue northwest
No moving vehicular traffic of any
; description except ambulances and
I public service vehicles will be permit
j ted on B street between First streei
northeast and First street northwest
j after 2 o'clock, nor on First street
< northwest between B street and Penn
' sylvania avenue, nor on either side of
< Pennsylvania avenue between First
] and Fifteenth streets, nor on Fifteen'h
| street between Pennsylvania avenu"
| and B street after 2:45 o'clock.
Policemen will be stationed at all in
; terseetions, one square back of the pa
i rade route, to divert all vehicular traf
j sic except such commercial vehicles
) whose destination is at a point within
; the restricted square. This ban on
I vehicles one square back of the pa
; rade route will remain in effect until
! the last of the parade has passed thre»
! squares beyond a given point.
Officers’ Activity Feverish.
With feverish activity officers of
i the Klan, as well as railroad officials
! were preparing today to handle the
j vast hordes coming to Washington
I for the demonstration Saturday.
| L. A. Mueller, grand kleagle of the
I District, who conceived and nurtured
j the idea for the parade of the hooded
j knights along Pennsylvania avenue,
j surrounded by a score of his lieuten
I ants, worked assiduously throughout
the morning on the Anal details for
| the procession. The grand kleagle
j would see no one: his office was bar
j red to all strangers, and especially
| inquisitive newspaper men.
| Simultaneously, the transportation
i officers of the five railway lines run
j ning into the Union Station and of
I ficials of the Washington Terminal
| held an animated conference to com
! plete arrangements for moving into
| and out of the Capital the caravans
|of special trains which are coming
' from points east of the Mississippi
‘ River.
Additional Specials.
Every hour brings reports of addi-
I tions to the Klan specials, and the
| railroads now confidently p.xpert to
i move at least 50,000 Klansmen and
I their families. Motor caravans from
j the nearby States probablv will iu:
I ment this number by in.ooo. There
! have been unconfirmed rumors, too.
i that Klan delegations from Norfolk
and contiguous territory have char.
| tered several river steame-s as their
| mode of transportation.
J As the railroads have granted ?
j special scale rate to the Klansmen
which is approximately equivalent to
; half the regular fare, there is every
i indication that the Klan specials wiil
grow until the last moment. Each
j special will carry between 8 and 10
: ears with a seating capacity of 92
ito a car. All of the specials will
: be composed entirely of coaches, in
dicative of the fact that the visiting
! Klansmen will leave the Capital im
mediately after the ceremonies Sat-
I urday night.
Klan officials continued today to
! guard the details of their program
1 with utmost secrecy, as the current
|of rumors grew in intensity. l'ntil
i every plan in connection with the
j demonstration is definiteh and final!'
agreed upon by Mr. Mueller and his
colleagues, the Klan leaders propose to
maintain their strict policy of veil
eence. Then an official communiaue
I will be issued by the grand kleagle
| giving as much information ak he
! thinks the public should know.
Flow of Rumors.
The unofficial flow of rumors con
| tain virtually every type of story
imaginable. One has it that a large
group of Texas rangers are en route
to participate in the procession. An
other says that the women of the
Ku Klux Klan. composed of wives and
daughters of bona flda klansmen. have
planned to have a contingent in the
parade.
Two conflicting stories also have
grown out of the Maryland. A'irginia
and West Virginia motor caravans
I One indicates that the Klansmen will
i park their machines in the Arlington
' horce show grounds, on the Virginia
side of Highway Bridge, where it is
■ proposed to hold an elaborate cere
monial and burn the largest fiery
' cross ever erected. The other reports
that the parking grounds will be In
the vicinity of Bethesda. Md. Klan
i headquarters, however, would neither
| deny-ftor affirm any of these reports.
The Detective Bureau was advised
| today by one of its members, who
claims to have his information
j straight, that ail Klansmen coming to
| Washington in automobiles will carry
i a small tin plate under the license tag
j bearing the inscription "KIGY.”
According to this detective “KIOY”
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