WEATHER.
i IT. S. Weather Bureau Forecast *
Fair tonight: tomorrow partly
cloudy, probably thundershowers at
night; little change in temperature.
Temperatures—Highest, 82, at noon
today; lowest, 65, at 5 a.m. today.
Full report on page 7.
Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 16
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50,000 WILL MARCH
IN 9-HOUR PARADE
OF KLAN. SAY HEADS
Headquarters Ends Secrecy
as Vanguard Pours Into
City in Caravans.
PROCESSION, 16 ABREAST,
TO LAST TiLL MIDNIGHT
Ceremonies to Be Held at Monu
ment and Arlington—Bo-Foot
Cross to Be Burned.
I
Abandoning their characteristic se- j
crecy today as the vanguard of the J
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan poured ■
into the Capital. Klan headquarters
estimated that on the basis of latest i
reports 50.000 robed members of the j
order would march up Pennsylvania I
avenue tomorrow afternoon. Sixteen j
abreast, the marchers will require i
from 3 o'clock until, midnight to pass I
a given point, it was stated.
Meanwhile, dust-covered motor cara- i
vans, emblazoned with the Klan greet- i
ing “KIGY,” came into the District '
intermittently over all the principal
highways. Other delegations arrived
' on regular trains, flaunting the ban
ners of the organization to a more
or less mystified public.
With the Police Department on the
outlook for any display of open an
tagonism which might lead to dis
order, Capt. Thomas L. Avaunt, lead
er of the Protestant Knights of
America, an anti-Klan organization,
and Sam Hart Brackney, an assist
ant, were arrested early in the day
by police of No. 1 precinct and held
for investigation. They had been dis
tributing pamphlets in the downtown
district, leaving many of them in
parked automobiles, asking that the
parade tomorrow be stopped. After
questioning the pair for several hours
the police released them without
placing any charges. Otherwise every
thing was peaceful.
Bring Families Along.
The advance guard of the Klansmen
were not alone. Virtually all of them
brought their families. There was
. nothing mysterious about their move
ments —they were Klansmen and
wanted the public to know it.
Klan headquarters, which were
hastily moved from their cramped
suite in the International Building to
more commodious rooms in the Wil- ]
lard Hotel as hundreds of members of;
the hooded order reported to the offl- j
cers for information, could not fur
nish an - j
ready in the Capital. Camping ,
grounds of the motor caravans, al- j
ready overflowing, and the scores of
machines beuring the Klan insignia
on the streets, indicate that probably
more than 5,000 came in today to
visit the points of historical interest
before joining the procession tomor
row.
’ The full force of the multitudes ad
vancing into the city will not be re-1
fleeted impressively on the Capital,
however, until tomorrow noon, when
the last of the special Klan trains is
scheduled to pull into the Union Sta
tion. By that time those at Klan
headquarters confidently expect more
than 150,000 visitors. All of them will
not take part in the parade.
Women and Children to March.
While Klan officials assured the po
lice about a week ago that not more
than 5,000 would be in the line of
march, they expressed the opinion to
day that this number would be swelled
to at least 50,000. The procession will
include women and children, as well
as men. all in regalia, with their
visors lifted in accordance with the
orders of the Police Department.
Sixteen abreast, these “hooded
knights” and their wives and children
will march down Pennsylvania avenue
from Peace Monument, at the foot of
the Capitol, to the Sylvan Theater,
where the parade will end with a
celebration. This vast throng of un
drilled marchers, those in charge of
arrangements point out, probably will
take about nine hours to pass a given
point. In other words, they do not
expect the parade to end much before
midnight, if it starts promptly at 3
o'clock, as scheduled.
Adequate preparations have been
made for the comfort and protection ;
of those who will form the grotesque j
procession. A number of motor trucks, j
loaded with ice water and other cool
ing refreshments, will be stationed at
frequent points along the line of j
march for the men. women and chil- j
dren who become fatigued. Tall Texas
rangers, members of the order, will
patrol the Avenue.
Other Events on Program.
The parade is the chief event on the
Klan program. There are numerous
subsidiary events, however, to keep
the visiting Klansmen occupied almost
continuously until Sunday midnight.
A service will lie held at the Sylvan
Theater at the conclusion of the pro
cession. There will be speeches by
visiting grand dragons and other high
officials in the organization, as well
as music by Klan bands. Simulta
neously there wil! be a demonstration
in the Arlington horse show grounds
at the Virginia end of Highway
Bridge.
The program for Sunday contem
plates a brief religious service in the
horse show grounds at 10 o'clock, after
which the klansmen will go to Arling
ton Cemetery and place a wreath on
the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Ru
mor has it that a service also will be
held over the grave of the late Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, said to have
been one of the first prominent figures
in the Nation to join the hooded order.
Klan leaders would neither deny or
affirm this report.
Cross to Be 80 Feet High.
The final and probably the most
spectacular event on the Klan pro
gram Is a mammoth open-air religious
service in the horse show grounds. At
this time it is planned to burn what
is expected to be the highest fiery
cross that has ever been seen since the
origin of the Klan. It will stand more
than SO feet out of the ground, while
the cross will he 30 feet wide.
Amplifiers will be scattered through
out the horse show grounds so that
every feature of the service will be
carried to the throngs, who are unable
to crowd about the speaker's platform.
The giant tree from which the fiery
- cross has been made came from the
mountains of Virginia and now is un
der a heavy guard in Arlington Coun
ty, Va. It will not be placed in a ten
foot pit in the horse show grounds for
. IContinued on Page 2, Column 6.)
FLAG-BEDECKED KLAN CARAVANS
POUR INTO CITY FOR CEREMONY
Tourist Camp Soon Overwhelmed by Visitors Boldly
Proclaiming Membership—Cars Come
From Far and Wide.
Boldly bent on the common errand
of giving the Nation’s Capital its first
glimpse of the heretofore "invisible
empire,” there moved today over vir
tually every principal highway lead
ing here from the four points of the
compass, a seemingly endless proces
sion of dusty, flag-decorated automo
biles hearing countless hosts of men,
women and children of the Ku Klux
Klan.
With the overnight influx of the
‘TOO per cent” caravans arose a seri
ous problem of parking that soon over- j
whelmed the Government's own tour- j
ists’ camp in Potomac Park and re- j
suited in the springing up at various I
points In and out of the District of
large "mushroom” camps.
At the same time the city's thor
oughfares rapidly became filled with
hundreds of visiting automobiles, I
many bearing the strange passwords
and insignia of the Klan, others be
decked with silken American flags
and all having out-of-town license tags
that told of journeys as far as from
El Paso. Tex.
It was an unusual sight that pre- t
SON KILLS PASTOR,
WOUNDS MOTHER
Boy, 17, Said to Admit
Shooting of His Parents.
Overstudy Blamed.
By the Associated Press.
PARKERSBURG, lowa, August 7.
Warren Vandervoort, 17, today con
fessed that he shot and killed his
father. Rev. R. J. Vandervoort. Metho
dist Episcopal minister, here last
night. Marshal James Mitchell an
nounced today.
The youth also admitted, the mar
shal said, that he shot his mother
when she appeared in the doorway j
of the pastor’s room, apparently to
investigate the shot that killed her
husband. Then he followed her into
a bedroom and shot her again.
Refusing to give any reason for the
shooting until he dictates a formal
confession, young Vandervoort told
officers, they said, how he had killed
his father by placing his repeating
rifle within four inches of the elder
man's head, and then shot his mother
as she rushed to the doorway.
He said he fired the second shot
into his mother’s head by placing the
rifle against hen temple as she lay on
the flow. ~ .
Accused by Mother.
Mrs. Vandervoort's only words since
she was found about 2:30 a.m. in the
bed to which she had dragged herself
after the shooting have been a
moaned “Warren, he did it, he did it.”
Young Vandervoort was taken into
custody at Reinbeck, lowa, about 2
a.m., after a physician had found him
in the Vandervoort automobile, which
had gone off the slippery highway
about two miles from town. The boy
told the physician "some one” had
shot his parents and that the mur
dered then had forced him to take
the family car and help the killer es
cape.
The physician immediately notified
Marshal Mitchell. Mitchell, accom
panied by James Spain, mayor, went
to the Vandervoort residence and
found the body of the minister in the
hallway before his bedroom door and
the mother unconscious on the bed.
Mental Collapse Blamed.
Residents said they believed the
boy had given too much time to study
last year and to have added to the
strain during the Summer by prepa
ration for college.
Appearance of the man’s body and I
the bloodstains about the hall and
bedroom floor indicated, officers said,
that the father had been aroused,
donned his bath robe and stepped Into
the hal*, being shot as he cams
through the door. A bullet from a
,22-callber rifle had struck him in the
right eye. Mrs. Vandervoort was shot
above the right temple and in the
cheek.
Empty cartridges were scattered on
the floor, but the rifle is missing. Offi
cers learned that young Vandervoort
had bought the rifle at a hardware
shop about 5 p.m. Thursday.
Warren is the only child. The fam
ily has been noted for the devotion j
of its members to one another and j
the last few months had been given j
by all three to plans for the boy’s ,
college career.
Rev. Mr. Vandervoort was about 50
years old and his wife is a few years
younger.
FRENCH TROOPS LEAVE.
Quit District in Syria After Suc
cess of Rebels.
JERUSALEM, August 7 (/P).—
Further reports from Amman, Trans
jordania, supplementing those of yes
terday, which told of the capture of
Suediah by Syrian rebels, say that the
French have evacuated southern
Hauran, a district of Syria lying to
the south of Damascus and east ot the
Upper Jordan River.
The capture of Suediah was effected
under the leadership of Sultan Pasha
el Atrash. Several tanks and machine
guns are said to have been taken and
a number of airplanes brought down.
Visitor “Fined” SB, Gets Traffic Code
When “Officer” Sees Stop Ignored
Using a little nerve and much
strategy, a young colored man col
lected $8 for advice and a copy of
traffic regulations from Leonard
Cammack of Silver Spring, Md.,
today in a gentle grafting opera
tion.
The colored man stopped Cam
mack, who was driving his auto
mobile, at Seventh street and
Mount Vernon place. He repre
sented himself as an officer, and
sternly informed Cammack that he
had failed to stop at one of Mr.
Kldrldge’s stop signs at an inter
section.
He instructed Cammack to drive
to the courthouse and Cammack
complied. Arriving there, the col
ored “officer” had Carpmack sit on
-a bench outside the attor
Wht Iftietthm Sfctf,
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WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1925-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. *
sented itself to the casual stroller in
the camp in Potomac Park today.
More flags fluttered from cars and
tents than ever were noticed before.
Here and there were more unmistak
abl reminders of the mission on which
the strangers had come.
On the ridge pole of one tent was
nailed a foot-high flaming cross,
painted bright crimson. Nearby was
another tent across which had been
, flung a six-foot banner with the in
| scription “IC. K. K.” The tent be
[ longed to a group of men who an
| nounced they were members of the
■ Klan and were not ashamed of it.
Their expensive sedan, parked a few
feet away, bore an Ohio license plate
and a sign marked “Marion, Ohio. ’
I Inscribed on many of the cars were
I symbols or greetings of the white
robed order. "KIGY” was a popular
insignia. It was the klansman's way
of saying "howdy” to a fellow mem
, her. Other cars had “AKIA” written
on them in chalk or wjth paint. This
i (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.)
CLEVELAND BEATS
ATHLETICS, 10 TO A—
Gets 14 Hits Off Quinn in
First Game of Double-
Header.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
SHIBE PARK, Philadelphia, August
7. —Cleveland dealt another crushing
blow to the Athletics’ pennant hopes
when they captured the first game of
the double-header, this afternoon by
a score of 10 to 4.
If the Macks lose the second game
as well and the Griff's beat the
Browns, then Buck Harris’ men will
j be in first place tonight.
The Athletics’ fielding and pitching
was slovenly. Mental and physical
breaks on the part of his support
ruined Quinn’s pitching. He was hit
hard with men on bases and in the
eighth inning was succeeded by
Heimach.
The Athletics assailed Garland
Buckeye, the fat southpaw for two
runs in the first inning, but after that
he always held the Athletics in check.
Twenty-five thousand were in the
stands by the time the first game was
completed.
FIRST INNING.
CLEVELAND—Dykes threw out
Jamieson. McNulty heat out a bunt
toward first. Speaker struck out.
Simmons made a fine running catch
of J. Sewell's short fly to right. No
runs.
ATHLETICS—Dykes tripled to cen
ter. Lamar singled to right, scoring
Dykes. McNulty fumbled and Lamar
reached second. Welch sacrificed,
Mvatt to Burns. Simmons singled to
left scoring Lamar. Hale filed to Mc-
Nulty. Jamieson went back to the
wall in left for Miller’s fly. Two runs.
SECOND INNING.
CLEVELAND—Burns was safe
when Hale fumbled his roller. Spur
geon's grounder took a bad hop, and
Jt went for a single past Dykes. Lutzke
heat out a bunt toward first, and
Burns scored when v Cochrane tried to
field the play and Quinn failed to
cover the plate. Myatt was called out
on strikes. Buckeye forced Spurgeon,
Quinn to Hale. • Jamieson singled to
center and Simmons let the hall roll
past him, and Lutzke and Buckeye
scored. Jamieson reaching third.
Jamieson scored on a passed ball. Mc-
Nulty filed to Lamar. Four runs.
ATHLETICS—GaIIoway filed to
•Tamieso - , Cochrane singled to right.
Quinn ,vuck out. Dykes forced Coch
rane j. Sewell unassisted. No runs.
THIRD INNING.
CLEVELAND —Speaker was easy
for Dykes and Miller. J. Sewell flied
to Lamar. Burns fouled to Miller. No
runs.
ATHLETICS Jamieson made a
i fine running catch across the foul line
of Lamar’s fly. AVelch struck out.
Simmons hunted safely down the
third base line. Hale skied to Speak
er. No runs.
FOURTH INNING.
CLEVELAND —Spurgeon fouled to
! Cochrane. Lutzke singled to center,
j Myatt singled to right and Lutzke
j went to third. Buckeye forced Myatt,
, Galloway to Dykes, Lutzke scoring.
Jamieson fouled to Welch. One run.
ATHLETICS Miller singled to
right. Galloway was out, Spurgeon
to Burns. Cochrane lofted to Jamie
son. Quinn smashed a single to cen
ter. scoring Miller. Dykes singled to
center, Quinn stopping at second.
Lamar fouled to Myatt. One run.
FIFTH INNING.
CLEVELAND—McNuIty popped to
Galloway. Speaker doubled to left. J.
Sewell singled to center, scoring
Speaker. Simmons was under Burns’
high fly. Spurgeon lined to Lamar.
One run.
ATHLETICS—WeIch fouled to
(Continued on Page 2, Column~3.l
Jurist’s Death Imminent.
WILMINGTON, Del., August 7 ( A *).
—Physicians who spent the night at
the bedside of former Federal Judge
George Gray reported today that
death was imminent. Judge Gray is
85 years old.
ney’s office while he went inside.
He walked inside, probably asked
some question about the weather
and returned. He told Cammack
the fine would be SB. When he
suggestively extended an upraised
palm, Cammack deposited the
requisite amount therein.
Then the “policeman” had Cam
mack drive him to the traffic bu
reau and wait for him outside. He
returned with a nice new copy of
traffic regulations, and, graciously
presenting Cammack with the
brochure, gave a few final instruc
tions and, smiling, stood on the
curb as Cammack drove off.
Cammack began to think things
over, and when he met Policeman
Christiansen of the second precinct
, he told him all about It.
NEW LIGHT SIGNALS
AT S MORE POINTS
TO GUIDE TRAFFIC
Automatic Devices Ordered
for Massachusetts Avenue
From 12th to 18th.
STOP SIGN IGNORERS
TO RECEIVE NO MERCY
Violations Arouse Eldridge—Limit
Penalty Is Promised All
Future Offenders.
The second thoroughfare in Wash
ington on which traffic will be con
trolled by automatic signal lights wilt
be Masachusetts avenue from Twelfth
to Eighteenth streets. Workmen are
about ready to start installing auto
matic lights on Sixteenth street from
H street to Newton street.
The Commissioners decided at a
board session today to extend the au
tomatic control system to Massachu
setts avenue upon recommendation of
Traffic Director Eldridge.
When automatic lights were order
ed for Sixteenth street it was planned
to extend the control system around
Lafayette Square by placing lights
on H street at Madison place, Six
teenth street and Jackson place and
on Pennsylvania avenue at Madison
place and Jackson place.
Director Eldridge recommended to
Commissioner Kenning today that the
five lights which were to have been
placed around Lafayette Square could
be used to better advantage on Massa
chusetts avenue at Twelfth, Thir
teenth. Fifteenth, 'Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets. Massachusetts
avenue is a busy thoroughfare dur
ing the rush hours and is also crossed
by heavy flows of traffic at the inter
sections mentioned.
It is expected that the automatic
lights will be in use on Sixteenth
street October 1.
Non-Stoppers Arouse Eldridge.
i
The alloy of mercy with which jus- i
tice has been tempered heretofore in j
the cases of motorists arrested for j
speeding over boulevard stop signs I
is to be discontinued and fines made !
severe unless there is immediate ces- j
sation of both willful and careless vio
lations of the new regulation, Mr. j
Eldridge declared today.
Mr. Eldridge, now thoroughly in- !
censed over the attitude of some mo- j
torists, pointed out that the courts be- j
gan enforcing the boulevard stop reg-!
ulation by assessing each violator a
nominal fine of one or two dollars.
Now the standard fine has jumped to
$5 and tomorrow or the next day it
will be $lO if violations persist, and
the traffic director predicted the fine
would shoot to $25 if necessary.
"I know the courts are co-operating
with the police in enforcement of this
regulation,’’ Mr. Eldridge declared.
"The judges did not wish to be too
severe at first and tried to educate
tne people up to recognition of the
law, rather than imposing heavy pen
alties. Since there is a disposition
>f some people to ignore the law,
courts have increased the fines and
they will continue to do so until the
law is respected.”
Mercy Misplaced.
With apparently willful violations of
the stop mandates occurring every
where, there is a feeling on the part
of many motorists that the leniency
fContinued on Page 4, Column 1.;
MOVE TO HALT STRIKE
MADE BY OPERATORS
Warriner Urges New Negotiations
in Letter to Lewis, Head of
Union Miners.
By the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. August 7.
—Hope has been revived that anthra
cite scale negotiations may be resumed
and a suspension In the coal fields Sep
tember 1 averted.
Samuel D. Warriner, chairman of
the anthracite operators' conference,
in a letter addressed to John L. Lewis,
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, and made public here last
night, said:
"In spite of the terms of your letter
and the breaking off of negotiations.
I am hopeful that means will be found
to compose the difference between us
and avoid suspension of production.
Every consideration 'demands that this
| be done."
Mr. Lewis, on being shown a copy
[ of the Warriner communication, com
mented:
"Mr. Warriner’s change of position
upon relatively unimportant points is
interesting, but I will withhold reply
until I receive his letter.”
Mr. Warriner’s letter contained no
reference to the miners’ wage de-
I mands, it was observed here.
ACTION ON COAL URGED.
Andresen Asks Coolidge to Call Ex
tra Congress Session.
RED WING, Minn., August 7 (A*).—
A. H. Andresen, new representative
from the third Minnesota district, in
a statement and letter to President
Coolidge yesterday urged the President
to call an extra session of Congress
should a strike of anthracite miners
become effective September 1.
Andresen characterized the inability
of the anthracite miners and operators
to agree on a new working contract
as "an annual excuse" to boost coal
prices.
American's Home Bobbed in France
PARIS, August 7 (A*). —Burglars re
cently broke Into the Summer home
of Henry E. Bedford, jr., at Cabourg,
near Deauville, and stole jewelry
valued at 150,000 francs and 10,000
francs in currency, it was learned to
day. Mr. Bedford is European man
ager, of the Bedford Petroleum Co.
UNCLE, l
SPEAKING OF SWIMMING CHANNELS.
BROWNING FACES
LOSS OF DOROTHY
Foster-Mother of Realty
Man’s First Adopted Child
Demands Child’s Return.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 7. —Mrs. An
na St. John of Rye. N. Y., foster
mother of Dorothy Sunshine Brown
ing, adopted six years ago by Edward
W. Browning, wealthy real estate op
erator, today took steps looking to the |
cancellation of the adoption.
It was with the announced object
of providing a companion for Dor
othy, who now is 9 years old. that
Browning recently adopted Mary
Louise Spas, daughter of immigrant
Bohemian parents. This adoption has
since been made the subject of in
quiry by the Bureau of Public Wel
fare.
Mrs. St. John today appealed to
Bird S. Coler. head of the bureau, to
take steps to insure the return to
her of her daughter.
Doubts Browning’s Fitness.
Mrs. St. John, who adopted Dorothy
when she was four months old after
her natural mother had abandoned
her, expressed affection for the child
and concern over her future. Her let
ter to Mr. Coler said, in part:
“Since the adoption I have learned
that most of what they represented to
me as the facts were lies.
“Mrs. Browning deserted the child
two years ago, and I cannot believe
that Mr. Browning is fit to be her
guardian. And now this disgusting
farce of adopting that young woman!
Don’t you think that there is cause for
taking her away from him? My heart
is breaking at what is in store for
Dorothy.”
Denies Party Tale.
The story of 12-year-old Sylvia Mullen
that Browning had promised to adopt
her was denied today by Browning. He
also denied the girl's account of a
(Continued on Page 5, Column 2.j ”
A. T. HOLTZMAN DIES
TESTIFYING IN COURT
Real Estate Operator Stricken
While on Witness Stand.
Had Heart Trouble.
Aylett T. Holtzman, 75 years old,
real estate operator and notary pub
lic. dropped dead today on the witness
stand of Police Court before Judge
Gus A. Schuldt, who was trying Zenas
E. Thorpe, on a charge of driving
while drunk, in the courtroom of Crim
inal Division 1. Mr. Holtzman had
been suffering from angina pectoris
for two years and was stricken while
testifying for the Government. He
collapsed on the stand and was re
moved to an anteroom and died be
fore medical attention could be se
cured.
Mr. Holtzman had been accompanied
to court by a nephew, who took
charge of the body pending the ar
rival of the coroner.
Born in Rappahannock County, Va.,
Mr. Holtzman came to Washington 40
years ago and was associated in the
realty business with his brother, the
late William F. Holtzman, at 1319 F
street, for many years. After the
death of his brother Mr. Holtzman
removed his office to 1518 K street,
where he was conducting business.
| Mr. Holtzman was unmarried and is
survived by a sister, Mrs. T. D. D.
Clark of Manassas. Va., and four
nieces and four nephews.
Funeral arrangements will await
the arrival of his sister.
But little disorder was noticed in
the courtroom as the witness was re
moved. Judge Schuldt proceeded to
call the next witness.
FIVE KILLED IN CRASH.
Four in One Family Victims in
Plunge of Auto.
LOWELL, Mass., August 7 04>).—
Five lives were lost when an auto
mobile plunged throught a fence on a
bridge early today and fell 40 feet to
the tracks of the Boston and Maine
Railroad.
Four of the victims were members
of one family.
The dead are: Fred Christos, driver
of the automobile; William Christos,
his brother; Mrs. Portia Gelteas and
Gladys Christos, their sisters, and
Mrs. Anna Christos, wife of William.
Radio Urograms—Page 18.
Little Girls Drift
At Sea After Row
Ending in Tragedy
By the Associated Press.
PETERSBURG, Alaska. August
7.—Two girls. 5 and 3 years old. re
spectively, told Federal authorities
yesterday that a moving boat on
which they were passengers ,was
the scene of a murder and suicide
which left them at sea adrift and
alone.
The principals were Tom Rise
and his wife. After Rise beat the
woman he threw her overboard
and then Jumped over himself. Mrs.
Rise formerly was Mrs. Hogue,
widow of a wealthy Petersburg
merchant.
As if guided by a providential
hand, the vessel beached itself and
the two little girls crawled off
when the tide went out and walked
to a cannery near here.
The 5-vear-old child, who was an
adopted daughter, said her foster
parents had been drinking.
KELLOGG IS VISITED
BYBELGIAN ENVOYS
Debt Commissioners Pay
Courtesy Call—Conferences
Will Begin on Monday.
Arriving in the Capital last night,
the Belgian debt commission settled
into Washington quarters today for
an indefinite stay, held an important
conference at the Belgian embassy
and later paid respects to Secretary
of State Kellogg. The opening debt
negotiations are set for Monday morn
ing.
With one member of the delegation
of four missing on account of slight
illness, the Belgians made a courtesy
call at the State Department this
morning. It was said afterward, on
behalf of the visitors, that there was
no significance to the occasion beyond
the formal payment of respects.
M. Emile Francqui, vice governor
of the Societe Generale de Belgique,
in Brussels, one of the most promi
nent bankers in Belgium, was the
only member of the commission not
In the conference this morning. He
was said at the embassy to be suf
fering from a slight sore throat from
a cold he contracted on the trip.
Theunls in Party.
Calling at the State Department
were Baron E. de Cartier, Belgian
Ambassador to the United States: M.
George Theunis, financier, and former
prime minister; and M. F. Cattler,
president of the Banque d'Outremer,
in Brussels, one of the biggest insti
tutions of its kind in the country.
William Phillips, American Ambas
sador to Belgium, who accompanied
the Belgian commission to Washing
ton last night, was with them this
morning in their call of courtesy at
the State Department, but left shortly
thereafter to continue his vacation in
the North.
Ambassador Herrick, from Paris,
and Secretary Mellon were in confer
ence with Secretary Kellogg when the
Belgians arrived at the State Depart
ment this morning, but this confer
ence was postponed, temporarily, for
the call of courtesy.
The Belgian commission was met at
Union Station last evening on arrival
by J. Butler Wright, Assistant Secre
tary of the State Department.
M. Theunis and M. Francqui are
guests at the Belgian embassy, while
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ANTI-EVOLUTIONLAW
TEST CASE IS FILED
Dr. Neal Petitions Federal Court
to Declare Tennessee
Statue Invalid.
By the Assort »ted Press.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn., August 7.
Dr. John R. Neal, chief of the Scopes
defense counsel, filed a petition in
Federal Court here today, in behalf
of James R. Wilson, a taxpayer, seek
ing to test the constitutionality of
the Tennessee anti-evolution law.
Gov. Austin Peay, Attorney Gener
al Frank M. Thompson and District
Attorney General T. L. Stewart are
mad^defend&nta.
“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 papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 94,106
UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS.
WALKER IS CHOSEN
TO OPPOSE HYLAN
Split in Ranks of New York
Democrats Widens as Tam
many Picks Ticket.
By the Associated Press.
NEW TORK, August 7.—The split
in the ranks of the New York Demo
cratic organization assumed definite
lines today, with promise of one of
the bitterest mayoralty fights in the
history of the metropolis.
State Senator James J. Walker,
legislative Democratic leader and
author of the boxing commission law,
has been picked by Tammany Hall as
its standard-bearer in the primaries
against Mayor John F. Hylan, who
is seeking a third term.
Others on the Tammany primary
slate chosen ys—terday are MaJ. Oen.
Charles W. Berry of Brooklyn for
controller and Justice Joseph V. Mc-
Kee of the City Court, the Bronx, for
president of the Board of Aldermen.
Parades Greet Choice.
Parades and impromptu celebrations
greeted Senator Walker's selection in
Greenwich Village, his home. A band
played "Will You Love Me in Decem
ber As You Did in May?”, the Sena
tor’s own composition. Four thou
sand persons marched through the
narrow streets.
John H. McCooey, Brooklyn leader,
who with two other borough chief
tains is aligned with Mayor Hylan,
said that his organization would turn
down the Tammany slate when pre
sented Monday and put out an op
position ticket headed by the mayor.
Tammany leaders indicated that
they would attempt to deprive Mayor
Hylan of his famous 5-cent-fare issue.
They emphasized Senator Walker's
advocacy of the transportation act in
the Legislature, which would have al
lowed the city to construct and oper
ate subways at a 5-cent fare without
interference from the State.
Hylan to Fight.
Mayor Hylan said he was ready to
carry the fight to the "wigwam”
doors.
"I am in this up to my neck,” he
declared. “I have never pussyfooted
on anything.”
He reiterated his stand that the
ticket designated by Tammany Hall
was a minority slate. Asked whether
he would announce the make-up of
his own ticket, the mayor answered:
“I have no ticket. Mr. McCooey
will make whatever announcement
has to be made with respect to that.
Until the three borough leaders, con
stituting the majority, have announc
ed the majority, which I am told will
be Monday, I do not care to comment
on the opposition ticket announced
last night.”
NEW ZEALAND READY
TO RECEIVE U. S. FLEET
Officials in Cities Where Ships Will
Stop Preparing to Enter
tain Visitors.
By the Associated Press.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Au
gust 7.—Great interest is being mani
fested throughout the Dominion over
the approaching visit of the American
fleet. The government, municipalities
and the citizens are co-operating in ar
rangements for elaborate entertain
ment programs and an enthusiastic
welcome is promised.
The Seattle, Pennsylvania, Oklaho
ma, Nevada, Richmond, Trenton,
Marblehead, Memphis and the hospital
ship Relief will visit Wellington; the
California, West Virginia, New Mexi
co, Mississippi, Idaho, Colorado, Mary
land, Tennessee and Medusa will visit
Auckland; the Omaha, Altalr and 14
destroyers will visit Lyttleton and the
Melville, Burns, Ludlow and 14 de
stroyers will visit Dunedin.
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
'
Man Who Killed Mother With
Fists to Pay Supreme Penalty.
RENO. Nev., August 7 C4>).—John
H. Randolph, slayer of his 73-year-old
mother, was found guilty of murder
in the first degree by a Jury here last
night and sentenced to death, which
in this State means asphyxiation by
lethal gas. Randolph beat his mother
to death with his fists. He is the third
man sentenced to death by lethal gas
in Nevada. The two others have ap
peals pending.
11,1,1 SLASH
IN MS NOW GOAL
FOR BUDGET PARING
Greater Receipts Contrib
ute to Treasury Hope
for Bigger Cut.
LORD BEGINS FURTHER
EXPENDITURE TRIMMING
Aim Is to Bring Estimate for Next
Fiscal Year to Total of
$3,100,000,000.
By the Associated Press.
Some Treasury officials now hope to
be able to recommend a tax reduction
of $350,000,000 or even $400,000,000 to
the next session of Congress.
Heretofore the understanding has
been that $300,000,000 would about be
the limit of recommended cuts. The
suggestion of a greater reduction re
sulted from greater tax receipts this
year than had been expected, together
with a further paring down of next
year's budget.
A budget of $3,100,000,000 for the
fiscal year of 1927 now is the aim of
Director Lord of the Budget Bureau,
who today began preparing the fiscal
program.
The total is about $290,000,000 less
than the expenditures for the present
year, and on the basis of present fig
ures will be the lowest of any year
since the war.
" »
HEAD OF DEFUNCT BANK
FILES BANKRUPTCY SUIT
John A. Bell, President of Closed
Carnegie Trust Company, In
stitutes Petition.
By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. Pa.. August 7.
I John A. Bell, president of the closed
I Carnegie Trust Co., filed a voluntary
! petition in bankruptcy in United States
! District Court today, giving his assets
I as $1,628,535.73, and his liabilities as
i $8,669,097.81.
A preliminary report of a creditors'
j committee, filed yesterday, showed
i that Bell, a leading Pittsburgh finan
: cier hnd coal operator, had suffered
! financial losses of about $10,900,000
I during the last five years. The report
l recommended that bankruptcy pro
■ ceedings be instituted.
Charges of embezzlement and will-
I ful misapplication of $800,643 of funds
yf-tbe trust company were preferred
against Bell following an investigation
of the bank's affairs by special inves
tigators for Gov. Pinchot. The bank
was closed by the State banking de
partment three months ago.
ITALIAN FLYER ADVANCES.
De Pinedo Reaches Rockhampton
in Flight to Japan.
ROCKHAMPTON, Queensland, Aug
: ust 7 G4 s ). —Comdr. de Pinedo. the
j Italian aviator, arrived here today
| from Brisbane in continuation of his
, flight from Italy to Japan. Rock
| hampton is 335 miles northwest of
' Brisbane.
Comdr. de Pinedo reached Brisbane
I yesterday from Sydney.
Rome newspapers received reports
j from Brisbane Thursday that Comdr.
de Pinedo had been obliged to post
' pone his departure from Brisbane be
cause of a criminal attempt to dam
age his plane.
WAHABIS TO ATTACK.
Sultan of Nejd. Who Took Mecca,
to Drive on Jeddah.
CAIRO. Egypt. August 7 (Jewish
! Telegraphic Agency).—lbn Saud. Sul
tan of Nejd and leader of the Wahabis,
who captured Mecca last Kail, will re
sume his attack on Jeddah, the port
of Mecca and the present headquar-
I ters of King Ali of the Hedjaz. within
| two weeks, his representatives have
informed the foreign consuls here.
Ibn Saud's representatives said their
leader was preparing to capture Jed
dah at all costs and requests the con
suls to instruct their nationals to leave
that city so as to be out of the danger
zone.
BACHELORS PENALIZED.
Free State Puts Pay on Basis With
Unmarried Women.
DUBLIN. August 7 (A 3 ).—Bachelors
in the Free State civil service, who
have long enjoyed advantage over
woman employes in the mater of pay,
in future will find that the unmarried
state will subject them to penalty. An
order has just been issued providing
; an equal pay basis for unmarried men
| and women. On their marriage, men
! employes will receive a lump sum and
automatically become entitled to an
increase.
Woman employes who wed will have
to retire from the service, but will be
given a substantial dowry.
FLYER KILLS BATHERS.
Two Girls Victims of Plane Land
ing in Beach Crowd.
ROME. August 7 (A>).-Two girls
were killed and several other persons
were Injured when the aviator Al
fredo Manglarocchi, flying a seaplane
near Porto Rosa, brought his machine
to the water and ran into a group of
bathers, the commissiariat of aero
nautics announced today.
TWO BOYS DROWNED.
Attempt to Rescue One Costs Life
of Other Near Richmond, Va.
RICHMOND. Va., August 6 OP).—
Walter French. 17 years old, and Cole
man Warriner, 12, were drowned
while swimming In the James River
just above May Island here today.
The older boy lost his life in an un
successful effort to save his young
companion, who was unable to swim
and had gotten out beyond his deg Ah.