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Evening star., 1924-05-07

of Robert L. and A lice NJ. Miley of 20
Adams street north west.
She. too. is prominent in the ora
torical circles at lHer school. being
member of the Daniel Webster debat-
ing team. she is secretary Of the
girls auxiliary of BUSINESS and Il
member Of the FTiepn' ship club.
Miss Miley is prominent In basket
ball and a member Of the exec tive
committee Of the graduating class.
She IS going to the George Washington
University upon her graduation from
Business
Rr-umvtion Of Hearings.
Monday will sec tho resumption
of hearings before the Judges, Rozier
trict, to be heard at :. :45 o'clock at
the Armstrong High School, and Lii
liam l. Washington. winner in the
fifth district, to be heard at Ais
o'clock at the Dunbar High School.
Tuesday is to see the end of the
Judging, with the appearance of Ruth
Greenwood at 3:45 o'clock at the
Eastern High School and Ruth GRAY
en- at lis at the Holy Cross Acade-
my. The former is winner in the third
district and the latter in the eighth
district of The Stars zone.
Rozier Gaddis was presented by The
Star with 4 check for S1O0 as win
ner in his district at formal exer-
ciseS held today in the assembly hall
at the Armstrong School. The cere-
monies were held shortly after Il m,
and were witnessed by the students
and faculty.
Principal Opened Exercises.
Capt, Arthur c. Newman, principal
of the school, opened the exercises
with a scriptural reading, after which
he introduced George H Murray,
chairman of the committee which
conducted the preliminary contests
at the Armstrong School. which re-
suited in the selection of Mr.. Cad
dis as winner.
Mr.. Murray spoke of the friend
ship shown by The Star through more
than a half q century TO all the ele-
ments that make up the life Of the
National Capital" and felicitated the
paper upon the contest, designed to
increase interest in and respect for
the Constitution.
He then presented to Gaddis, a
member of the high school cadets,
The Stars check for 800. The win
ner showed the making of a true
orator by a brief. but to-the-point
acknowledgment, in which he eX-
pressed his appreciation, declaring
that the money received would so to-
ward his further education
Musical Program Held.
An extensive musical program fol-
lowed the p-esentation of the prize,
after the blue-clad youth had taken
his seat. amid the ringing applause of
the assembly. Grant Allen, manager
of the oratorical contest, was pre-
sented by Principal Newman, together
with a representative of The Star.
The musical program was given
under the auspices of the Reginas, a
senior society, and included vocal
solo by Blanche Jaymes and violin
numbers by Albert A Burgess
Evelyn Douglass, president of the so
ciety, presided. Mrs. Cary w. Clifford
gave several readings. The meeting
constituted the first public assembly
of the ReginaS.
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TWO SCHOOLS PRIME
ORATORS FOR TESTS

Continued from First Page.)
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PIMLICO ENTRIES
FOR TOMORROW,

FIRST RACE-Two-year-olds; purse s. 39O.
four and half furIougs
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~. MoMillen entry.
Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clondy; track fast.
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SECOND RACE-The Elkridee Club 81
chase: pnrse s. 600: four.yaar.nlds. u. =.
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tWalter ]. Salmon-R. T. Wilson, ir.
tGifford A. Cochran entry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
SLEMP DENIES
RESIGNATION
REPORTS
Presidents Secretary Says
He Will Be Active in
Coming Campaign

The dissention and internal war
fare that broke out between Presi
dent Coolidge's campaign managers
and advisers at Cleveland over the
management of the national conven
ton eliminated today in C. Bascom
Slemp, secretary. to the President.
issuing q formal statement denylne
he was contemplating resigning his
post.
This statement was issued by Mr..
Slemp at noon after reports were
persistently circulated throughout
Washington that he had decided To
quit.
No official information was to b,
had at the White House concerning
these reports until the conclusion of
conference between the President
and his secretary, after which the
following statement was made by
Slemp:
II am leaving this afternoon for
Cincinnati to be present at an
operation to be performed on my
cousin, p. w, Slemp, now in a
hospital there. He is my chief de.
pendent in my business affairs.
am taking Doctor Oden with me.
II shall be away several days,
The time Of my return Is in a Ger.
tain sense, on account Of this, in.
definite.
When do return I expect to
be actively assisted in the cam.
paign and in my present position,
which ! have not resigned.
In all probability I will be in
the advisory committee of the
National Republican COMMITTEES
which will have the real manage.
ment of the campaign"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
INSANITY GRIP Is BROKEN
BY WORK AND EXERCISES

ALBANY. N. r, June 16.-Doses
Of work and light exercise is the
medicine" which Is being used to
cure thousands Of insane people in
this State. according to Doctor o.
Floyd Haviland, head Of the State
hospital commission. According to
Doctor Haviland, this plan Of treat
ing insane and mentally weak pa.
tients has emerged from the ex.
pertmental stage and is a complete
success.
Adult patients with minds like
children have been so greatly i'm.
proved by being fed work and exer-
cises. instead Of drugs and medi.
cine. that their parole Is possible.
Others, whose disorders are incura.
BILE, are brought to a condition
where 1t is much easier for attend.
ants to care for them.
The system under which this is
accomplished Is known as mental
therapy, md New York State was
the first to adopt 1t In its institu.
tons for the insane.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
POLICE SEE
lJ|NFEL)|)
: AS ONE
CLUE
comblng Underworld for
Suspects-TWo Prisoners
Refuse to Talk

NEW YORK, June 16.-With
Frank Rossi and James Hughes
under arrest, police today were
trying to find a motive for the
staying of "Big Bill" Brennan,
well known pugilist, who twice
fought Jack Dempsey. Brennan
was called from his restaurant,
the Club Tia Juana, on upper
Broadway Sunday and shot to
death without warning.
James Cullen, formerly a State
trooper, was shot in the neck
when he pursued Brennan's STAY
Ors. He died this morning in the
hospital.
Brennan Shot Twice.
Brennan was shot twice through
the body. He died without 7elng
able to talk much. He was sitting
ct q table, chatting with his sister,
Shirley Brennan, q singer in the
restaurant when he was called out
side and slain.
Brennan Is one of two men who
have stayedei in the ring with Demp-
eey Tor more than ten rounds. He
was considered one Of the most for
midable Of the heavyweight title
seekers when he retired from the
ring few months ago.
Both Of the alleged slayers have
long criminal records, police say.
Hughes formerly fought as Terry
ONeil. a lightweight.
The suspects stubbornly refused
TO talk. Brennan, just after he was
shot, told his sister he did not
know them. Some Of the restau-
rant employees said they recognized
the men as a pair Brennan had put
out Of the place earlier in the eve.
ming for alleged insulting remarks
70 some Of the women patrons.
Police were combing the under
world today and questioning many
Of its denizens in an effort to find
q motive for the murder.
Brennan was known as 1.-The
fighter without an enemy" and his
proverbial good nature out Of the
ring made the search for the motive
difficult.
Inc Staying Is SnrOu0eQ IN myS.
terry but police are inclined to
think the trouble involved bootleg.
ging.
A barrel Of empty whisky bottles
was found in the cabaret, according
to the police.
Rossi and Hughes were captured
IN a taxi at gun, point a block
and q half from Brennan's restau-
rant.
Police say they escaped from the
club after kicking through a plate
glass panel in a door which leads
from a side entrance to Broad.
way.
Brennan was thirty-one years old,
married and had daughter, three
years old. He spent his early life
IN Chicago and started his boxing
career there ten years ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
RACE
CONTESTANTS
''HANG ON
No Word Of Descents Heard
of II Entered in Bennett
Cup Competition

BRUSSELS. June 16.-Up to
o'clock this aGbernoon nothing had
been heard today from any Of the
seventeen balloons which started
late yesterday in the international
race for the James Gordon Bennett
cup.
The wind was from the west when
the race began and It IL expected
that the first news Of descents will
come from Germany, Denmark or
Poland.
Last word Of the balloons was re.
ceived from Charleroi at dusk last
night. Observers there reported
seeing seven Of the balloons high
In the sky.
There are three American entries
and many experts picked one Of the
United States balloons to win the
cup. The real favorite, however,
was Lieutenant Ernest De Muyter,
Of Belgium, pilot Of the Belgica.
He has won two contests for the
cup and a third successive victory
will give Belgium permanent pos
session OF the trophy.
The United States has not won
the race since 1918. The American
pilots are Captain e. H. Honeywell.
of the Uncle Sam; w. G. Van Or.
man. Of the Goodyear, and Major
Peck, Of the SIP.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16

Loeb and Leopold are sane and
normal, according to experts called
by the states attorney, who had
the precocious university of Chi.
cago students examined before they
were removed from his custody on
habeas corpus writs.
Expert against expert will pro-
vide the trials drama and de.
termine whether the youths shall
face life terms in hospitals for the
criminal insane, terms only long
enough to cure mental quirks, or
the hangmar's moose.
DIR. Karl Bowman Boston
psychiatrist and ductless gland ex.
pert, probably will be the first de.
Tense witness aud will present his
findings from the exhaustive tests
he made on the boys at the county
Jail.
instruments with as strange
names as the phrases which the
trial will make current have been
used In the tests, which continued
today. The metabolimeter, which
measures oxygen consumption
through rshreathing processes and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
WARREN HALTS
PLAN TO QUIT
AS ENVOY
Ambassador Acts on Plea by
cooIidge-!II-feeIing Over
Convention Reported

Charles Beacher Warren, United
States ambassador to Mexico, who
plans to resign that post soon, has
been prevailed upon by President
Coolidge to withhold his formal
resignation for the present, it was
learned here today.
In the meantime, Warren will
come to Washington from his home
in Detroit for conferences with the
President and Secretary of State
Hughes,l and will then return tenn.
porarily to Mexico City.
Drafted into the American diplo-
matte service by the late President
Harding, Warren served with dis.
tinction as Ambassador to Japan,
resigning a year ego to return to
private life.
Sent to Mexico.
When definite steps were under.
taken by Secretary Of State Hughes
to enter into certain agreements
with Mexico preparatory to the es-
tablishment Of diplomatic relations
with the Obregon government,
Warren was recalled to public
service and sent to Mexico City
with Judge John Barton Payne to
draft these agreements for the ad-
Indication of claims between Mexico
and the United States.
Again he returned to private life
and again he was recalled, this
time by President Coolidge, to be
the first American Ambassador to
Mexico since the beginning Of the
revolutionary troubles several years
ago.
Wrote G.. p. o. Platform.
So high regard did Mr.. Coolidge
have for Warren's abilities as
diplomat that he picked him as
chairman of the committee which
wrote the Republican platform at
the Cleveland convention.
In political circles here today 1t
was widely reported that Warren 3
plan to quit at this time was a direct
result Of the ill-feeling engendered
at the convention by the conflicting
factions In the Republican conven-
ton.
:. Ambassador Warren naturally
was the center Of all the disagree
ments among party leaders as W
what should 80 into the platform
and what should be left out.
Officially, the report of Warren's
resignation was based on his desire
to again return 10 private life and
CONTINUED on Page 4 Column a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
At TACK BY
SENATOR
ALTERS
PLANS
La FoIIette's Demands Are
Met-campaign for Presi-
dent Started
By KENNETH CLARK,
international News Services,

ST. PAUL, June 16s-The COM
munist party was virtually read
out Of the Farmer-Labor Progress
sive convention here today.
Taking their lead from Senator
Robert M. La Toilette, Republican,
of Winconsin, who said he would
have nothing whatever to do with
the convention because commun-
lists were given places Of inn
rortance in the meeting, leaders
Of the new third party movement,
in framing the organization and
personnel for the session which
starts tomorrow, relegated the
radical delegates to minor assign
ments and roles.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 10.-
LA Toilette is our man"
William H. Mahoney, st. Paul,
leader of this "farmer-labor-pro-
gressive" third party convention
which opens a three-day session
here tomorrow, thus replied to-
day to the singing rebuke admin
istered to the convention recently
by Senator Robert M. La Toilette,
Republican Of Wisconsin who
warned all progressives not to
have anything to do with the
meeting because Of its communis-
tic affiliations.
There is keen resentment here
because Of La Follette's letter, but
we are not welding our axes and
we are going to endorse him for
the Presidency" said Mahoney.
Because Of the carefully laid
plans, there is little chance that
anything but perfunctory oratori-
cal anger will burst forth, 50 de-
termined are the leaders to en-.
OOIoS LID COAASLCSs
Communists Taking Part.
Even the communists. headed by
c. e. Ruthenberg and w. 2. Foster,
Of the Workers party and Joseph
Marley, executive secretary Of the
Federated Farmer.Labor party. who
are sitting in at all the conferences
arranging the convention plans have
been placated. Soberer heads fixed
that. laying down the law that it
must be La Toilette.
There is no one else to whom
we can turn" said Mahoney. HE
Is the only man in America who
can wage a successful campaign
against the weaklings Of wealth
who are supported by the old par
/ ties"
Mahoney admitted that the com.
munists have a share in the con.
vention as La Toilette charged.
But they have only a proper.
Tomato representation, 10 delegates
out Of the 971 that we expect" he
added. But Ruthenberg, Marley
and Foster have attended every
conference held thus far, taking
/ pFominent parts.
All the plans are going ahead
Just as II la Toilette were here.
wholeheartedly endorsing the con.
vention and seeking the nomination.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
100000
IN DRUGS
SEIZED
Two Men Arrested As Agents
Of Syndicate With Ger
man Headquarters

NEW YORK, June 16.-Special
agents of the United States Treas
Try Department reported today
the seizure in Hoboken on Satur-
day Of truck laden with $780,
ono worth Of opium and opium de-
Sivatives--the largest drug seizure
ever made in this country, they
declared.
Two Arrested.
Abraham Palowitz. said to head
the American division Of an inter-
national drug syndicate, and Otto
Anderson were arrested on a charge
Of smuggling.
The arrests were the result Of in
vestigations in progress for the last
two years, during which one special
agent was sent to Germany, where
he uncovered valuable evidence. Ac.
cording to the authorities, the syn.
dicate had its world headquarters
in Germany.
The drugs were taken from a
truck owned by Palowitz and driven
by Anderson. just as it was leaving
a pier, and were carried In cases
marked brushes
Palowitz is a bonded truck man.
but is said to make not more than
two or three trips q year with his
truck.
German Syndicate.
According to the special agents.
the syndicate has been successful
in dumping large quantities Of mar.
cotices into the United States chief.
ly through Palowitz. Palowitz, 1t
is charged, driven away from the
dock with his consignment Of
brushes" and enroute to Brooklyn
unloads the boxes and substitutes
others, bearing identical marks, but
containing nothing. These were
later sent to Trinidad, where they
were refused by the consignee, and
returned to Germany marked IRE
turned German goods"
The IlndlngS OF the special agent
sent to Germany, were so impor.
tant, 1t was disclosed, that the
papers were sent to Washington by
courier from Germany.
Today's haul consisted Of 5000
brushes" as marked, but in their
handles were found, in the aggre.
gate. 500 pounds of opium, 500
ounces Of cocaine. 1000 ounces q
morphine and 1000 ounces q
heroin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
LEOPOLD RESENTFUL AT
SANITY FLEA" TESTS
INTERNATIONAL NEWS REEL
By international Nows Service.

CHICAGO, June 16-Rchard Loeb and Nathan Leopold jr
ayers Of Robert Franks thirteen abnormal according
preliminary reports of the first Of several experts
youths at the county jail They should not hang the
opinion OF these experts which will be the ground work
which the defense will build
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
RUM NET TlCHTENS,
SCOTCH PRICES UP

NEW YORK, June 16.-Rum pa.
troll boats in a series Of chases
and captures maintained the war
on rum runners which has forced
the overheard price" on Scotch
the key to the bootleg market
from SIS to $3.50 a case in less
than q fortnight.
Two trawlers, the Rosalind and
the Victor II. were captured with
valuable cargoes Of liquor after
they were chased for hours and
shots were fired by Patrol Boat
No. 3.
Land agents, working simultane
ously. confi0cated two carloads of
Canadian beer found In South
Underwood. n j
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16

determines the action Of certain
glands has had its inning. Today
the plethysmograph will be brought.
1t measures mental disturbances ae
a seismograph records earth dis.
turbances. Loeb has accepted the
tests with good nature. Leopold,
the !egocentric resents being made
laughable in the eyes of the public.
Il would infer from reading the
newspaper that Loeb and I are be-
ing trained like fleas 20 jump
through hoops for the entertain.
ment of the curious"
{, Loeb Is concerned with his own
fate; Leopold IL concerned with
what people will think Of him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
j. s. REPLIES To
JAP PROTEST
-. ON ALIENS
Note Said to be "conciIiatory
But Firm"-Text is
Withheld I

The United States Government
today replied to the Japanese pro.
test against the exclusion act in q
note handed by Secretary Of State
Hughes to Ambassador Hanihara
for transmission to Tokyo.
In conciliatory terms and denied
that the immigration bill violated
any existing treaties between the
United States and Japan.
until It has bean receiYed in Tokyo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
Two Held For Theft

Charges Of robbery were placed
against Henry Crayton Herbert,
twenty-five, 1903 Minnesota avenue
southeast and Samuel Sarcey.
twenty-five. S37 G street northwest
in connection with the theft of
watch and a small amount OF
money from Carroll d. Gordon. 1901
Ghapard Street,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
WOMAN IS
SLAIN At
CARDS
Assailant Takes Own Life.
Blamed Nelghbors for
Rift With Wife

MT. CLEMENS, Mich, June is.
Creeping up to the window Of
. cottage in which two men and
their wives were playing cards
early today, William Shields, adj
dress unknown, fired a fusilade
irto the room, killing q woman
end wounding her husband. Shields
then ran 100 yards from the place
and shot himself fatally.
The dead woman is Mrs. Estelle
Erban, twenty-seven. Otto Erban,
her husband, is shot through the
right shoulder.
AsSaiIant Dies.
Shields died later.
He blamed the Erbans for
domestic trouble in his family
which caused his wife to leave him
and seek a divorce, Otto Erban
said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
GENERAL ON TRIAL FOR
MOROCCO DISASTER

MADRID, June 16.-General Der.
enguer was placed on trial before
the Supreme Army and Navy coun.
Gil today charged with rosponsi.
bility for the Spanish military
disastar In Morppoo N 1a21s
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
MD. AND DELAWARE ROAD
SEEKS RAIL STOCK ISSUE

The Maryland & Delaware Coast
Railway Company applied to the
Interstate Commerce Commission
today for authority to issue 1880
shares of capital stock and to place
upon Its property a mortgage Sc
curing an issue Of $350,000 of
bonds. At the same time the road
asked for authority to sell $500 900
81 these bonds.
The issuance Of the stock ana
bonds Il to raise capital to operate
ne oompany's line Of railroad
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-16
! WEATHER

Fair tonight and tomorrow; moderate
J temperature; gentle to moderate north and
northeast winds.
The Delta independent., 1924-09-12

Bugs are short-lived - especially
humbugs.
The Delta independent., 1924-09-12
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO
HAVE ANNUAL C0NCLAVE

A number OF Delta knights Templar
are planning to attend the annual con-
clave of the Grand Commandery OF
the State OF Colorado to be held in
Denver September 19 and 20. Leoni-
das p. Newly, Most Eminent Grand
Master of the Grand Encampment OF
the United States, will be present and
a large attendance is expected to greet
him, as a visit of a Grand Master is
a rare occasion.
The first day will be given over to
business sessions and a reception to
the grand officers, with a parade in
full uniform in the afternoon by all
knights. In the evening the knights
and their ladies' will be entertained at
a reception and ball Competitive
drills and business sessions will occu-
py the second day.
Ladies will be entertained during
the conclave by Denver ladies and
special plans are being made for their
pleasure, Special rates have been
granted by the railroads in Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1924-09-12
VANITY

"a constant supply OF perfumory,
genuine milk OF roses rouge, violet
and orris, face powder. ground aim
onds for preserving and cleansing the
skin, washballs powder puffs etc
This is taken from n ladies' wear shop
ad which appeared in Boston news.
paper in the year 1874 There Is
nothing more fundamental or ancient
in history than human vanity About
the only difference between the girls
of 1894 and the girls OF 1924 was the
old-timers didn't carry compact and
doll up in public.
The Delta independent., 1924-09-12
FRUITLAND
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Given Fresh. wife and baby OF
Meeker visited from Friday until Sun.
day in the Faulkner and Hermauga
homes.
Miss T. l.. Hayward of Paonia was
an all-day guest in the Faullusr
home on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Aver entertain
ed at dinner Sunday Mr.. and Mrs A.
h. Critchlow and daughters Charleug
and Helen; Mr.. and Mrs. Burus
Critchlow. and Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Aver and daughter La Verne.
Messrs. NJ. v Mathews Of Paonil
and Brown of Delta were visitors iu
the Critchlow home on Sunday.
Orlo Gould and wife were Delta
visitors Friday. They also visited in
the home OF Mrs Gould;s brother Fred
Filener at Austin.
Oscar Liman and Philip Welhorn
accompanied by ELENA Liman and
Adelia Davis, motored to Ouray on
Thursday where they were guests uu
I'll Saturday in the home OF Miss
Adelia's cousin, Mrs Clarence Patton
Messrs. Harry, Ab and Earl Sucker
of Hotchkiss, and the Misses Dena
and Mabel Te Grotenhuis and Sylvia
Teeslink spent Sunday evening with
Nettie TIE Groteuhuis in the home OF
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs lonu
Sipma.
Five directors OF the Fruitlaul lr
rigation company and number OF
others drove to the Mcleod dam ON
Sunday. The directors gave fayo~.
able report OF the work which is
being done by the caretaller, Ralph
Stoner, and his force OF men.