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WEATHER.
(V. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Showers tonight and probably to
morrow: cooler tonight; continued
cool tomorrow. Highest. 103, at 3:30
p.m. yesterday; lowest, 75, at 6 a.m.
today.
Full report on page 9.
Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18
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SIX EX-PREMIERS
GET PORTFOLIOS IN
POINCARE CABINET
All Parties Represented in
Ministry That Will Try to
Rescue Franc.
WILL ATTEMPT HONEST
> SETTLEMENT OF DEBTS
Americans Rescued From Paris
Throngs by Police—British
Also Are Insulted.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. July 23. —Raymond Poin
care, three times premier and presi
dent of the republic during the World
War, today constituted his fourth
cabinet after 36 hours of effort.
The cabinet is composed exclusively
of political veterans, including;, with
M. Poincare, six former premiers. All
the others have been cabinet mem
bers before, with the exception of the
labor minister, and he is a son of the
late President Fallieres.
After visiting the Elysee Palace to
Inform President Doumergue of his
success. M. Poincare said to the news
paper men:
"We wanted to form a cabinet of
the largest national union in which
all parties would be represented, with
out taking account too closely of the
representation of groups. We have
tried to fulfill our task in the most
high-minded spirit possible.”
Finds Xo Difficulty.
He added that he had found no dif
ficulties in his path, because he in
sisted upon forming the cabinet with
out regard to personal preferences.
He is holding an informal cabinet
meeting at his honje this afternoon,
and expects to present the ne\V min
isters to the President this evening.
The premier announced that, at the
same time the new cabinet faced the
Chamber of Deputies, next Tuesday,
he wpuld introduce his financial bill.
M. Poincare was loudly cheered by
a crowd outside the Elysee Palace as
he left after seeing the President.
The official list of the new ministers
is as follows:
Premier and minister of finance —
Kaymond Poincare.
Minister of justice—Louis Barthou.
Foreign affairs —Aristide Briand.
Interior —Albert Sarraut.
War—Paul PaJnleve.
Marine—-Georges Laygues
Public work —Maurice BokanowskL
Education—Edouard Harriot.
Commerce —Andrew Tardieu.
Colonies—Leon Perrier.
Pensions —Louis Marin.
Agriculture—Dr. Andre Queullle.
Will Take Other Duties.
M. Poincare announced that in ad
dition to his other duties he would
take over the ministry of devastated
regions, while M. Barthou, in addition
to acting as minister of justice, would
take care of the affairs of Alsace-
Lorraine.
One of M. Poincare's principal tares
will be what he regards as an honest
and practical settlement of inter
allied debts. Both M. Herrlot, the re
tiring premier, and M. de Monzle his
minister of finance, hinted in the
Chamber of Deputies that their in
tention was to realize on " France's
national wealth, notably, as M. de
Monzle specified, on the Alsatian
potash mines. It Is understood M.
Poincare shares this view.
In regard to debts, Luciene Shas
sagne. chief editor of the Journal, to
day quotes from a letter he received
recently from M. Poincare:
‘‘The difficulty of the transfer be
tween France and America will make
money payments so often impossible
that in my opinion it Is necessary
to anticipate having recourse for a
large part to payments In kind if one
desires to form anything but a pro
gram which will prove illusory and
consequently dangerous for both
countries. ”
Police Save Foreigners.
Police reserves hffd to be called out
last night on the boulevards to pro
tect American and English tourists
In a recrudescence of anti-foreign
mob sentiment.
“Seeing Paris” busses filled with
tourists were jeered and the situation
became so threatening that the oc
cupants of two qf them got out.
When, however, two other attempt
ed to drive through the throngs
which barred the streets the police
were forced to go to the rescue of
several American and English tour
ists against whom the demonstra
tors were particularly aggressive.
HARRY BAUM RETURNED
HERE IN ROBBERY CASE
New York Man Is Accused of Hav
ingl Part in Williams Gem
Theft Last Winter^
Harry Baum, alias Cohen, 20 years
old. giving his calling as that of book
maker, Indicted for alleged complicity
in the robbery at the home of Norman
Williams. 1227 Sixteenth street, four
months ag*. when members of the
family and others were bound and the
home robbed of |2,000 worth of
iewelry, reached here from New York
last night in custody of Deputy Mar
shal Norton and Detective Bernard W.
Thompson.
Baum Is said to have been named
bv David Davldoff as one of the par
ticipants in the robbery, and Detec
tives Keck and Thompson, who
brought about his arrest, claim to
have obtained other evidence to offer
at the prisoner’s trial. Davldoff is
serving 30 years for his participation.
—
American Schooner Aground.
FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique,
July 23 UP). —The four-mast American
schooner Barnsdall, loaded with coal
and s.nchored in the harbor .here, has
gone aground as the result of a power
ful windstorm and tidal wave which
struck this district last night.
The windstorm began at 6 p.m. and
continued all night. It followed a
tidal wave that caused the rivers to
overflow their banks. Little material
damage was ttf&eed.
ALL EUROPE, TORN BY CRISES,
NEEDS FASCISM, SAYS MUSSOLINI
Sees No Threat of War,
But Fears Grave In
ternal Strife.
Declares Modern State
Must Curb Rights of
Individuals.
BY P. H. WINNER.
By the Associated Press.
ROME, July 23. —Premier Mussolini,
watching with keen interest the diffi
culties besetting Europe, believes that
no international crisis brewing war
exists, but that a grave Internal and
economic struggle, wracking the na
tions separately, is in progress.
He has firm faith that Europe will
emerge Into a period of stability, but
that sacrifices Will be necessary.
"Tell the people of America,” he
said, “that Europe is traversing a pe
riod of acute —most acute —crisis, but
that 1 have firm faith that she will
overcome her difficulties. Afterward
I am convinced that she will have a
period of stabilization and peace.
“Make it clear, however, that the
grave crisis of which I speak is not
International; that it has nothing to
do with relations between nations, and
hence in no sense brings up the spec
ter of war. It is an internal crisis
that is wracking the various nations
separately, not their political lives, but
HOTWAVE PAS*
SHOWERS TONIGHT
WILL BRING RELIEF
Mercury to Hit 90 This After
noon as Parting Shot for
Several Days.
The tenacious grip of the torrid
spell, which has so far claimed four
lives and caused extensive suffering
here, was being loosened slowly ijut
surely today under the pressure of
shifting breezes from the northeast
and impending thundershowers.
The sun was expected, as a parting
shot, to send the mercury to 90 or
above this afternoon before retiring
for an indefinite period behind'a cur- 1
tain of clouds, heralded by heavenly
pyrotechnics.'
Thundershowers this evening. Fore
caster Mitchell declared, would mark
the final collapse of the heat wave
and cooling breezes from the north
ern regions then will hold sway for
several days.
Tonight to Be Pleasant.
The forecast for tomorrow was
“cooler and cloudy,” with possible
showers and northeast winds. The
temperature, beginning tonight, he
said, should be “very pleasant,” and
this condition will prevail tomorrow
and probably Sunday.
Mr. Mitchell explained that by
“very pleasant” he meant a tempera
ture around 80 degrees.
Washington, he added. Is one of the
last cities to shake loose the hot
spell, Baltimore and other cities
farther north having been greeted by
cooler weather last night, in the
wake of thunderstorms. The condi
tions overhead are changing rapidly,
however, and by tonight the record
breaking “slzzler,” with successive
high marks of 104 and 103 to its
credit, will pass into weather history.
Yesterday’s Highest 103.
Yesterday’s maximum of 103 de
grees was registered on the • official
Instruments at ihe Weather Bureau
at 3.30 p.m. This figure equaled the
highest mark ever recorded In this
locality for July prior to the present
warm period. The thermometer
reached 103 on July 18, 1887.
The death toll reached four yester
day when Thomas Brown, colored, 32,
907 Half street southwest, suffered a
sunstroke a.t Fourth and E streets
northeast and died three hours later
at Casualty Hospital. The day before
another colored man died from sun
stroke and two persons were drowned
while seeking relief in the water.
Jefferson Hailstone, colored, 62
years old, of 230 G street southwest,
suffered an attack of heat prostra
tion about noon today while in front
of 341 G street southwest. He was
taken to Gallinger Hospital, where
physicians say he will recover.
Two other negroes were overcome
by the heat yesterday, according to the
police records. Richard Hagie, of
2816 T street southeast, collapsed In
front of 2002 Georgia avenue and was
treated at Freedmen’s Hospital, and
Grady Mitchell, fireman on the
steamer District of Columbia of the
Norfolk & Washington line, was
stricken while at work on the ship.
Mitchell, a resident of Norfolk, Va.,
was treated at Emergency Hospital.
Federal Offices Close.
Most of the Government depart
ments were affected by lay-offs neces
sitated by the extreme heat yesterday.
District Building employes were re
leased at 3 o’clock this afternoon, but
no plans had been made In any of
the large Government departments
for an early closing hour today. The
chief clerks of the various branches
said they had received no complaints
about the heat today.
However, recognizing the emergency
nature of such weather situations,
the acting Secretary of War today
issued standing orders authorizing the
chiefs of bureau and services in that
department to “excuse employes when,
in the judgment of the chief, the
excessive heat renders It dangerous to
the employes’ health to remain on
duty.” Action taken under this au
thority will be reported to the assist
ant and chief clerk, it was stated.
This order superseded one Issued
Wednesday “to close the department
at 4 o’clock p.m. until further notice,”
placing entire responsibility for clos
ing upon the judgment of the respec
tive bureau chiefs.
Shower Forecast Misses.
Failure of thundershowers to mate
rialize in this vicinity last night re
sulted In another hot night for the
perspiring residents, who sought
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PREMIER MUSSOLINI.
their economic and social organiza- J
tlons. It Is pre-eminently social. I
am confident that the nations will
solve it, but to do so all the people of
Europe must use all their energy and
must be prepared to make every sac
rifice in the cause of peace and stabil
ity.”
Premier Mussolini received the cor
respondent In his lofty-ceilinged office
in the Chigi Palace. He first engaged
in a light friendly conversation, the
tenor of which may be illustrated by
the fact that the premier constantly
shifted from Italian, French, German
(Continued on Page 4, Column 3.)
INQUIRY UNDERWAY
INTO LIQUOR SALES
ABOARD LEVIATHAN
Customs and Justice Agents
Ordered to Establish Facts
of Charge.
By the Associated Pres*.
Charging of liquor selling aboard
Shipping Board vessels, including the
Leviathan, are under investigation by
Federal authorities in New York.
Taking cognizance of public charges
by W. H. Stay ton. head of the Asso
ciation Against the Prohibition
Amendment, officials said that cus
toms authorities and Department of
Justice agents already had been di
rected tit*
The investigation is entirely in the
hands of the field administrators at
New York and no reports have been
received here.
Difficult to Get Evidence.
Frank Dow, acting chief of the pro
hibition and custom service, said con
siderable liquor undoubtedly had
come in on both United States and
foreign vessels, but it had been impos
sible so far to secure evidence suffi
cient to confiscate any ships.
The Shipping Board has cooper
ated with the prihibition service, Mr.
Dow said, and in come instances had
discharged large numbers of seamen
implicated in the importation of ljguor.
In making his charges in a public
statement, Capt. Stayton called at
tention to suggestions that padlock
proceedings be instituted against the
offending ships, but it was pointed
out here today that an even more
drastic penalty could be applied to
vessels which illegally transport In
toxicants. Buildings where the law
Is violated can be closed and pad
locked, but ships, like automobiles are
subject to confiscation.
Would Penalize Individuals.
The ships In question already are
the property of the United States
Government, however, and it was in
dicated that any penalties imposed
probably would lie more heavily
against the individuals responsible
than against the vessels themselves.
Shipping Board officials expressed
surprise at the charges made by Capt,
Stayton. It was recalled that the
question of the sale of liquor aboard
American merchant ships outside
territorial waters had come up several
years ago and that orders than had
been issued which removed beverage
liquors from the ship’s account and
required captains to see that there
were no liquor sales aboard.
LIQUOR CHARGE DENIED.
Capt. Hartley of Leviathan Says No
Sales Made.
BOSTON, July 23 G4>).—Capt. Hart
ley of the United States liner Levia
than today flatly denied that any
liquor has been sold on board the
steamship, as charged in a statement
last night by Capt. W. H. Stayton,
chairman of the Association Against
the Prohibition Amendment.
POLISH POLICE REPORT
HUGE UKRAINIAN PLOT
Band of Galicia Working Both, for
Germany and Soviet, War
saw Changes.
By the Associated Press. "
WARSAW, Poland, July 23.—The
police report that they have discov
ered in Galicia a huge Ukrainian or
ganization working both for Germany
and the Soviet government. One
hundred persons have been arrested
in Craeow, Lvoff and Pzemysl. They
are mostly university students and
Ukrainians serving in the Polish army.
Details of the situation are being
kept secret pending further investiga
tion.
SURELY, there are 100,000
Washingtonians who will
gladly send one dollar or
more to honor the living and
the dead of the 26,000 from
the District of Columbia who
served their country in the
armed forces In the Great
War. Send to John Poole,
Treasurer, District of Colum
bia Memorial Commission,
Federal-American National
Bank.
WASHINGTON, D. €., FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1926-TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. *
PRESIDENT IS NEAR
A DECISION ON NEW
D.C. COMMISSIONER
List of Candidates Reduced,
Executive Now Awaits
Replies to “Feelers.”
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY
CONSIDERED POSSIBLE
Acceptance of Fenning Designation
Expected to Take Form of the
Naming of Successor.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
WHITE PINE CAMP. N. Y., July
23.—President Coolldge today spent
the greater part of the forenoon giv
ing consideration to the appointment
of a successor to Frederick A. Pen
ning as a member of the Board of
Commissioners of the District. He
was engaged at this task for more
than two hours and had closeted with
him at thl3 time E. T. Clark, his per
sonal secretary, who has been han
dling the papers and correspondence
Incident to the making of this appoint
ment.
The President has his mind open
and he Is eager for suggestions. He
has, after going over all the papers
relative to the more than half a hun
dred candidates, made out a pre
ferred list, and there are at least two
names on this list in which the Presi
dent is seriously Interested.
It was said also that the President
Is anxiously awaiting several "feelers”
which have been put out in Wash
lngton for him. and If these bring
back replies to the effect that the gen
tlemen to whom these indirect offers
have been made will accept the com
misslonership If formally offered it
Is thought the President will quickly
reach a decision. It was intimated
further that if anything is heard
from these “feelers” between now and
4 o'clock this afternoon, when the
President will hold his bi-weekly con
ference with the newspaper corre
(Continued on Page 3, Column 3.)
20 COASTGUARDS
NAMED IN BIG PLOT
Accused of Aiding Landing of
Liquor at Barnegat Bay
District.
By the Associated Press.
ASBURY PARK, N. J., July 23.
—Co-operation on a wholesale scale
between coast guards and rum run
ners has been disclosed by confes
sions of men and officers of stations
In the vicinity of Barnegat Bay, ac
cording to officials.
Capt. M. W. Rasmussen, super
intendent of the sth Coast Guard Dis
trict, has announced that 10 guards
men have been placed under arrest
and more than that number sus
pended. Reports say many more
have been dropped pending further
investigation.
In one instance 18 men, the en
tire personnel of a station, when
faced with the confession of their
commanding officer, asserted that
the question of co-operation with
rum runners had been put to a vote
and that they unanimously decided
to participate.
Admits Wife Helped.
One station commander admitted
that his wife had acted as a go
between, telephoning agents of the
rum runners and giving them in
formation for movements of liquor.
It was learned. ,
Coast Gurfrd officials have refused
to reveal the names of the men in
volved or their stations.
Comdr. J. W. Wheeler, assigned
from Washington as a special Inves
tigator, and Walter U. Brower, un
dersherlff of Ocean County are
assisting Supt. Rasmussen in the In
quiry, which Is planned to cover the
entire patrol In this section.
Coast Guard officials declined last
nieht to comment because of strict
orders from Washington headquar
ters But the early disclosures of
the ’ present Investigation developed
from alleged Coast Guard opositlon
to the activities of Game Warden
Hamilton Evemham.
Eighteen Are Fined.
With the aid of Mrs. Mary Arnold
of Point Pleasant, 18 persons were
arrested by him for selling wild ducks
and geese Illegally and fined S2OO
included in this number was Tom
Beers jr„ a son of the captain of Love
Lady station of the Coast Guard.
Evernham drove to a hearing of the
accused before Justice Potter of West
Creek In a borrowed automobile and
during the trial a member of the
Coast Guard appeared with a bottle
of whisky he said was found in the
game warden’s car. Evernham
charged the whisky was placed in his
machine by a guardsman, and last
Tuesday Rasmussen and Wheeler ap
peared in Sheriff Grant’s office and
obtained certain affidavits.
One of these, signed by Thomas
Driscoll of Tuckerton, alleged that
the captain of a station near Beach
Haven, the machinist’s rhate and two
members of the crew had transported
eight cases of liquor across Barnegat
Bay. The machinist mate in his con
fession said the captain helped load
the whisky.
The captain’s confessio* was, ob
tained and he implicated another of
ficer, who admitted receiving $2 a case
for allowing liquor to come in. The
money, he said, was split four ways
with captains of three adjoining sta
tions.
Radio Programs—Page 14.
HOME OF THE PROPHET OF A HEATLESS SUMMER.
10 KILLED J HURT
IN RUNAWAY BUS
No Member of Party Return
ing From Bear Mountain
Escapes Uninjured.
Bv the Associated Preee.
NYACK, N. Y., July 23—Ten per
sons were killed and 38 injured when
a bus returning from Bear Mountain
with a party of Brooklyn excursion
ists overturned at the Erie Railroad
crossing near Sparkhill last night.
The driver of the bus is held in the
New City, N. Y., JaU.
Three other passengers were on the
danger list aj. the Nyack Hospital. No
passengers escaped Injury; 24 were In
hospitals today; the rest were sent
home after hospital treatment.
Witnesses said the bus, driven by
Daniel J. Lastro. was not speeding
prior to the accident. The machine
bumped over a crossing in the heart
of Sparkhill, N. Y., and 15 feet east
of the crossing swerved, then started
rolling down a slight Incline. Wit
nesses saw Lastro working frantically
with his levers and heard the fright
ened screams of the women and chil
dren as the machine gathered mo
mentum. The brakes refused to hold
and when the machine reached the
bottom of the Incline and crashed
against a store window, it rolled over.
Every available conveyance was
used to take the Injured to the hos
pital. The first to appear was a lum
bering ice wagon.
The dead are: Mrs. Catherine Barth,
Mrs. Margaret Reiper, May Reiper,
12; Mrs. Englehard. Mrs. Henry
Schultz, Catherine Albert, 5: Mrs.
Swenke; Mrs. Emma Billings and two
unidentified women.
The bus had been hired by a group
of Brooklyn families in order to take
their children out of the city from the
heat. The children played in the woods
of Bear Mountain during the day and
the party started on the return trip
early in the evening.
QUARRY BLAST KILLS
FIVE, INJURES FOUR
Lightning Sets Off Dynamite
Charge Left in Abandoned
Shaft 15 Years Ago.
By the Associated Press.
STRASBURG JUNCTION, Va., July
23.—A forgotten charge of dynamite
yesterday sent five men to their
deaths and critically Injured four
others when lightning struck a niche
In the abandoned Powhatan Quarry,
where the explosive had been placed
16 years ago.
The men were at work in the quar
ry when the deafening explosion sent
tons of rock and debris hurtling
through the air. Several of the men
were thrown through the air for rods.
The dead are;
George Hoffman, Jack Rainor and
Cecil Rinker, white, and Hunter Boyd
and Asby Mitchell, negroes. The In
jured are Lester and King Stros
neider, Oliver Spinnard and a man
named Rainey.
The men, all of whom were in the
vicinity of the discarded blast hole,
sought shelter In rock crevices and in
tool houses near by. Rinker was
found in a pump house, where he had
taken refuge from the flying debris.
He died en route to a hospital.
The charge of dynamite was be
lieved to have been placed in the quar
ry a decade and a half ago for bias
ing purposes.
NAVAL HERO RESCUES
BOY FROM DROWNING
Lieut. Cook®, Bringing S-9 to Har
bor, After Fighting Fire, Leaps
Into Bay When Child Falls In.
By the Associated Press.
MONTEREY, Calif.. July 23
Lieut. J. B. Cooke, commander of the
United States Submarine S-9, which
arrived in Monterey Bay from San
Francisco yesterday after fighting a
fire in which he and seven others
were overcome by fumes, again fig
ured as a hero when he leaped from
the Monterey municipal wharf and
saved Tom Hayase, 9-year-old Japan
ese, from drowning in the bay. The
boy fell from the wharf while Ashing.
JAPANESE TELLS POLICE
HE STRANGLED FIANCEE
Patrolman Believes Man Is Unbal
anced by Heat, Until Shown
Body of Girl.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 23.—Kogurro
Mogl, a Japanese, was In jail here
today because he Insists that he
strangled his sweetheart, Adelheid
Brunjes, recently of Germany, for
recklessly spending money he had
given her to save for their weeding.
The German girl came to America
two years ago and met the Japanese
while both were working as servants
In the same neighborhood. Mogl sob
bed his story to a patrolman, who
thought at first he was unbalanced
by the heat. The Japanese said he
had sat in Central Park for half an
hour thinking it over before he re
ported the slaying.
Police went to the furnished room
and found the girl’s body on a couch.
«0,1,1 RAIL
MERGER PLANNED
Southwestern Lines, With
Mileage of 6,000, Involved
in Completed Proposal.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 23.—Plans for
the great Loree railroad merger In the
Southwest, combining the Kansas
City Southern, Missouri - Kansas-
Texas. and St. Louis-Southwestern
systems, were completed at a meeting
of the Kansas City Southern directors
today.
An early application will be made to
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to approve the consolidation. The
Kansas City Southern directors ap
proved the plan. Directors of the
other roads previously had taken ac
tion.
The merger, which has been in the
process of formation for more than a
year, will unite railways with total as
sets of approximately $600,000,000 and
a combined trackage of more than
6,000 miles.
MOROCCAN TRIBES YIELD.
2,000 Families and Leading Chief
Submit to French.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 23. —The work of
restoring peace to the more remote
districts of French Morocco is pro
gressing rapidly, according to reports
received by the foreign office. Dis
patches received today told of the
sublmlssion of 2,000 families and the
well known chief Sidt Raho.
The date of Abd-el-Krim’s voyage
to Reunion Island, to which he has
been exiled, has not yet been fixed.
The voyage probably will not take
place for several weeys, when special
transportation will be furnished to the
former Rlfflan leader and his family.
II A Great Picture Beat! 1
The Mummy of
King Tut-ankh-Amen
and Treasures Hidden
for Centuries
Revealed at Last!
Photographs Will Be Published Exclusively in Washington In
The Sunday Star
This big picture feature is the last chapter in the
11 remarkable Egyptian explorations of Howard Carter.
The mummy of King Tut has been uncovered and
photographed, together with the marvelous treasures
of the royal casket —a full page of pictures.
~ In The Sunday Star
ORDER TOUR COPT FROM TOUR NEWSDEALER TODAV.
The only evening paper
in Washington with the
Associated Press news
service.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 93,542
OP) Mean* Associated Press. TWO * CENTS.
MEXICO REPORTED
MOBILIZING ARMY
Troops Said to Have Been
Ordered Ready to Act in
Church Row.
By the Associated Press.
NOGALES, Ariz., July 23—A semi
official dispatch to the Herald from
Mexico City today said that the sec
retary of war in the cabinet of Presi
dent Calles had ordered all federal
troops in the republic to be under
arms and ready for Instant action on
August 1, at w'hich time, reports pre
viously have stated, the Catholic
churches throughout the nation will
be closed under orders from high ec
clesiastical officials.
The# dispatch said that the serious
ness of conditions throughout the re
public, as a result of the government’s
decision to enforce the new religious
measures, had thus been recognized
by federal officials.
The secretary of war’s order was
dispatched to military commanders in
the different Mexican states today,
the Herald message said.
The dispatch continued that at the
time the report was sent from Mexico
City more than 40 priests had filed pe
titions received from the government
for passports insuring safe passage
from Mexico.
Great secrecy is declared to prevail
regarding future actions of the
clergy and nothing definite is known
as to what attitude will be taken by
the church when enforcement of the
new religious laws starts, other than
the churches will be closed as a pro
test to the measures. The message
further stated that confirmation had
been received in Mexico City that an
Intended boycott on pleasures and
luxuries would be enforced by the
thousands of church followers upon
the closing of the houses of worship.
The dispatch concluded with the
statement that Mexico is looking to
ward August 1 as a momentous day in
its history.
CHICAGO. July 23 UP). —C&rdinal
Mundelein, in a letter to be read next
Sundav in all Catholic churches of
the Chicago archdiocese, criticizes the
Mexican government for what he
terms a "conspiracy” in “attempting
to stamp out religion in general and
the inherited Catholic faith of its
people in particular.”
The letter, made public today, bids
the parishioners to use the "spiritual
weapon of world wide prayer” in obey
ing the designation by Pope Pius XI
of August 1 as a day of universal
prayer for the stricken church of
Mexico.
"And dow-n in Mexico,” said the
cardinal’s letter, "there is nothing
very original in the methods that are
being pursued; the procedure follow
ed is quite crude and bungled, and
because of the very stupidity dis
played by those conducting the con
spiracy it has been difficult to arouse
the American people to honest indig
nation or to irritate us into decided
action, for our people seem convinced
that all such attempts will naturally
fail again, even as they have in the
past.”
NATION’S LEADERS
SUPPORT DISTRICT
SUFFRAGE APPEAL
Letter to 2,000 Prominent
People in Various States
Wins Hearty Response.
NOTABLES IN MANY LINES
SYMPATHIZE WITH QUEST
“District Day” at SesquicentenniaJ
to Be Demonstration for
Full Eights.
"Voteless Washing-ton" Tias car
ried its protest against "taxation
without representation" to the lead
ers of public opinion throughout the
United States. During the past few
days 2,000 men and women of promi
nence, North, South, East and West,
have received personal letters from
the Joint committee on national
representation for the District of Co
lumbia calling attention to Wash
ington’s plight.
Time enough has elapsed for re
plies from every section of the coun
try. The response is overwhelmingly
favorable. Opposition exists in so
few quartrs as to be virtually negli
gible. It is already apparent that
the fair-minded citizenship of the Re
public has only to be informed of
Washington’s political disabilities to
show readiness to remove them.
Text of Appeal.
The appeal to these persons of dis
tinction reads as follows:
"Under separate cover I am tak
ing the liberty of sending you a
copy of 'Hearings’ held in April.
1926. before the House judiciar
committee. They tell the s or> >
the District of Columbia s long-stand
ing effort to secure national suf
frage rights.
"To these ‘Hearings’ we are inviting
the attention of representative c tizens
throughout the United States.!in t _
confident hope that s
plight will appeal to them. The
of Columbia seeks only one or tne
fundamental political rights enjoyed
by other sections of the country. It
wants Its own spokesmen in both
houses of Congress and a vote in the
electoral college for President and
Vice President. It does not seen
Statehood. It does not even aslc for
local self-government. It craves
merely a square deal on national
affairs and a voice in them commen
surate with its population, importance,
wealth and high character of citizen
ship.
’’You will not, perhaps, have leisure
to read the ‘Hearings’ through. May
we in that event direct your notice to
pages 2 to 17, Inclusive, and anticipate
the eventual favor of an expression of
your views?”
The appeal iS\ signed by Theodore
W. Noyes, chairman of the National
Representation Joint Committee. The
co-operating organizations from the
membership of which the committee
is drawn are representative of every
fonn of organized life and activity In
the District of Columba. Their names
and identity disclose that the citizens
of Washington are marching shoulder
to shoulder In demanding a voice in
the making of the laws which govern
them.
Backed by Leading Groups.
These are the organizations that
united in asking for Washingtonians
a square deal from their fellow coun
trymen:
Washington Bar Association, Wash
ington Board of Trade, Washington
Chamber of Commerce, Washington
Real EBtate Board, Washington Mer
chants and Manufacturers' Associa
tion, Federation of Citizens’ Associa
tions. Federation of Women’s Clubs,
Associated Retail Credit Men. Wash
ington Florist Club. Monday Evening
Club. District Delegate Association,
Advertising Club of Washington, Cen
tral Labor Union of Washington, Dis
trict of Columbia League of Women
Voters. City Club of Washington.
Women's Bar Association, Twentieth
Century Club, Association of Oldest
Inhabitants, Susan B. Anthony Foun
dation, Northeast Washington Citi
zens’ Association. East Washington
Citizens’ Association Women's City
Club of Washington.
Few appeals for national causes
have ever reached a more influential
cross-section of the American people.
Those addressed Include governors of
States, United States Judges and dis
trict attorneys, members of State
Legislatures, mayors of leading cities,
editors of newspapers and magazines,
labor leaders, leaders of the churches,
presidents of colleges and universities,
presidents of chambers of commerce
and trade associations, presidents of
women's clubs and federations, State
regents of the Daughters of tho Amer
ican Revolution, members of the Re
publican and Democratic national
committees, bank presidents, manu
facturers, merchants, lawyers, writ
ers, politicians, cartoonists, physicians
and surgeons. Men formerly high in
the councils of the National Govern
ment, In both the executive and legis
lative branches, and now Influential
factors In their own communities,
have been addressed. These men,
once residents of Washington, are
particularly cordial In their advocacy
of political Justice for the District.
Many Praise Effort.
The following are characteristic re
sponses to the appeal:
Gov. Hunt of Arizona —"I am in
favor of allowing the District to vote.
Anything I can do within reason to
secure the vote for them will be don*
with pleasure.”
MaJ. Gen. J. G. Harbord. president.
Radio Corporation of America —"I be
lieve your contention is a just one and
that citizens of the District should be
accorded national suffrage rights."
Tom C. Gooch, vice president Times-
Herald, Dallas, Tex—" The Times-
Herald is very glad to support your
cause.”
William E. Brigham, associate edi
tor Boston Transcript—" The great
community of Washington should not
be deprived of the common rights of
American citizens.”
Fred I. Kent, vice president Bank
ers’ Trust Co., New York —"It is in
conceivable to me how there can be
any objection on the part of any one
to your proposal.”
Former Gov. Goldsborough of Mary
land—-“I have always believed that
the citizens of Washington are enti
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