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Evening star., 1924-06-20

Maj. George L. Berry, Tennessee,
Gandidate for Iominat,Sn Gssmna ion FER Vice
statement on his candidacy:
81 appreciate the compliment paid
to me in the fourteen northern, east
ern and western states through pref
erential primaries, conventions and
delegation conferences. 1t would have
for me to have made any public an
lnouncement until the Democrats of
by home state. Tennessee, had acted
am now delighted, because of the
unanimous Endorsement and instruc-
tions given to me in Tennessee, to say
presented to the convention for this
high Office
Headquarters of Gov. George 8. Sill
zer of New Jersey for the presidential
nomination were opened yesterday
with Mayor Frank Hague of jersey
City in charge. A meeting Of citizens
interested in the governors campaign
will be held this afternoon. The gov
ernor will not attend the meeting or
the convention, it was said at his
headquarters.
The deepest-dyed dark horse of the
convention has been discovered in
manager. Mr.. Roosevelt has full
half vote pledged to him in the per-
son Of John H Backus Of New Bed
ford, Mass. BackuS announced his
candidacy on a pledge to Roosevelt,
and now that his fellow delegates
want him to lop to Smith he re-
fuses
The next darkest horse is Mayor
Dever of Chicago. Mayor Dever was
born in Woburn, Mass, and two Wo-
burn delegates have flung their two
half votes at his feet.
Reports of peace pact between
w. r. Hearst and Gov. Smith drew
attention from Mr. Hearst's Ameri-
can today. 1t printed box on page
l headed, ITS News to Me, Reply OF
Hylan on Smith Truce" A page story
of the activities of Gov. Smith and
claims of his supporters was headed
Smiths Count Shows Deficit"
The Herald-Tribu had the follow
ing page 1 heading, Hearst Smith
Deal Is Called Days Best Joke"
There are still few convention
seats left. it Is announced. A ticket
$4,000.
The big chief Of all the dry forces,
Commissioner Haynes himself. is to
be here to see that New York is dry.
Hostesses to the woman delegates
have gone to school. Under the lead
ership Of Mrs. John F. Hylan they
took a trip on one of the city'S boats.
| on which the eloquent city officials
filled them with line of chatter to
be retailed to the guests.
John T. Flood, assistant manager of
the Association Against the Prohi-
| bition Amendment, claims that ap-
| proximately 135 convention votes will
| be cast by members of his organiza-
tion. No dry candidate can be nomi-
| mated, he asserts. nor will there be
a dry plank.
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Not in Position to Say Document L
Authentic, He Adds.

Senator Robinson of Arkansas.
mentioned as one of those VINO con-
ferred with Woodrow Wilson IN
framing memorandum on party
principle, issued a statement TO-DAY
declaring he was not in position at
this time to express an opinion on
the authenticity of the document.
Il have just scanned hastily he
said .the article purporting to con-
tain the written views of the late
lamented former President wilson
respecting the principles to be incor-
porated in the national Democratic
platform. 1t is not possible for me
to confirm the authenticity OF the
instrument and l express no opinion
on that subject.
should the authenticity of the
writing be established 1 have no
doubt it would receive very careful
consideration from the platform com
mittee and convention which assem-
bles next week. 1 know that Mr..
Wilson was greatly interested in pub
lie questions and studied them almost
continuously during the last Few
months of his life"
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candidatorial manager and want to
know whats the news?" and there
isn't any news any more than there
has been for weeks. McAdoo has the
most votes in sight, they are told, but
not enough.
managers of the other anti-McAdoo
allies are getting madder and mad
der" and more determined to crush
McAdoo every day, while McAdoo Is
riding easily and wearing the same
old cat and canary smile, running the
blum Of ultimate victory designed to
catch the undecided delegates whose
only thought is to make sure they
get on the band wagon before it
starts.
ligious war that threatens and told
of the ambushes being laid for them
by the wicked "wets."
Delegates Suspicious.
And then they are advised to cool
of, take a seat and await orders, and
thereafter you see them standing
wearily around the hotel lobbies. Their
shoes are full Of feet and they are
wearing a homesick air. You can al
ways tell where they carry their wallet
for they feel for 1t so often to see If
1t is still there.
Mr.. McAdoo has taken command
of his own campaign, his policy being
to keep out of touch with the news
paper men as much as possible. He
complains that the correspondents
ask him embarrassing questions, such
as, "Are you going TO fight for
adjustment of the two-thirds ruler
and How do you stand on the Ku
Klux Khan" Too bad about these
| tactless newspaper men. laborin g
under the delusion that the reading
public has a stake in this game and
wants to know these things that Mr..
| McAdoo is hugging to his bosom as
| his own secrets.
Smith May BE Second Choice.
Gov. Smith has been told by some
of his supporters that they found the
existence Of a sentiment favorable to
his possible nomination for the vice
presidency. They do not explain the
logic of why ne should be regarded
a. acceptable for second place and
impossible for the presidency. It 10
. tribute to him ina 1X.- being Ad-
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u. S.-cHINESE WIRELESS
BOND ISSUE ROW ENDS
Minister Sze Ordered to Sign
Papers Completing Deal-china
Jubilant, Secs Credit 1estored.

BY WILLIAM b. GILES.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1924.
PEKING, Jupe 20.-The Federal
wireless Company's position is firmly
established on account Of the Chinese
government today having instructed
Minister Sze At Washington to sign
the bonds covering the cost Of the
erection Of the wireless plants In
China The Federal Wireless repre-
sentative informed tho correspondent
that all the bonds had been legally
countersigned by the Chinese govern
ment
Minister SEE at first suggested a
fear of complications and that his
signature be withheld. but the min
istry of communications ordered him
to sign Immediately.
The bonds will not be put on the
market the Federal Wireless Com
pany retaining the whole issue The
Japanese are considerably perturbed,
considering that the Chinese govern
ment is attempting to violate the
terms of it's agreement. The Chinese
are jubilant, considering the accept
ance of these bonds a rehabilitation OF
the credit with America
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FAILS TO SEE REPORTERS.
McAdoo "Too Busy" to Be Inter
viewed, Says Manager.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 20.-William G..
McAdoo was too busy today to see
the large number of newspaper men
who assembled at his headquarters.
David Ladd Rockwell, his manager,
said the candidate was busily occu-
pied, as yesterday, with conferences
with advisors and friends and that he
did not know whether Mr.. McAdoo
expected to make any further public
statements before the convention.
Mr.. Rockwell took occasion to deny
a published report that he had as
serted that the Virginia delegation
after voting for Senator Glass on the
first ballot, would switch to McAdoo
on the second
Asked whether Mr.. McAdoo thought
there was a newspaper conspiracy
against him in New York, Mr.. Rock
we'll said that IL such were his ex-
pectations he apparently would not
be disappointed.
w. L. O'Connell. one of the dele
gates at large from Illinois. called
at McAdoo headquarters and said
that McAdoo would receive at least
twelve of his states votes in the
convention.
Evening star., 1924-06-20
SEEK DATA ON HEALTH.
Women Representing an American
Sanitarv Commission Visit Russia.

MOSCOW, June 20.-Four women
workers, representing an American
sanitary commission, were received
yesterday by DR.. Semashko. commits
sar of public health, who outlined
plans for acquainting them with
health and sanitary institutions in
Russia.
After making a survey of the Mos
COW district, they will visit the CEN
tral areas Of Russia, returning here
in time for the all-Russian congress
OF health and sanitary organizations.
They then will proceed to the Crimea
and the Caucasus for a special study
Of hyEfenic conditions and health -re-
sorts thera
Evening star., 1924-06-20
BITTER FIGHTS LOOM
BEFORE DEMOCRATS

Continued from First Page.)
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looking toward lower rates and with
the possible creation OF a new de-
partment of transportation having
representation in the cabinet.
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WILSON'S LAST POLITICAL
WILL TO BE PRESSED ON
DEMOCRATIC CONCLAVE

Continued from First Page.)
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The next darkest horse is Mayor
Dever Of Chicago. Mayor Dever was
born in Woburn. Mass, and two Wo-
burn delegates have flung their two
half votes at his feet.
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Weather Balks Maughan.

MITCHELL FIELD. N. Y, June 20.
The cross-continentalh flight of Rus
sell Maughan was called OF at 2:36
a. m, eastern standard time, today,
because of weather conditions.
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Say Wilson Gave Approval.

the DOSSlDle CTedIiOH OI d Hc" uC-
partment of transportation having
representation in the cabinet.
Say Wilson Gave Approval.
"A direct declaration for religious
freedom the separation of church and
state and the condemnation of any
sect or order which would openly or
covertly impair any religious right
The document the correspondent
says, was drafted by Mr.. Wilson a few
months before his death, in collabora-
ton with eight or nine Of his closest
friends.
In the group were: Senator Joseph
r. Robinson of Arkansas; Newton u.
Baker of Cleveland, former Secretary
of War: Senator Carter Glass OF Nlr-
ginia: Norman III. Davis, former IN
dersecretary of State; Bernard NJ. Ba-
ruch of New York; David +. Houston;
former Secretary of Agriculture and
later Secretary of the Treasury, ano
Frank /. Cobb, now dead, for many
years editor of the New York Worio.
ROBINSON WITHHoLDS .. n.
Evening star., 1924-11-16
Actors Invention.

THE recent death of William Han
Ion. the actor, at the age of s..
has a special meaning for the New
York Fire Department. says the
Scientific American, for it is to this
member of the Hanlon brothers (six
in number) that We owe the inven-
tion of the life net. More than 40
years ago the brothers were doing a
stunt called "A Leap for Life"
when one of the brothers. Thomas,
fell and was killed William Han
Ion then devised a rope net to pro-
tect himself when he took his
brothers place in the act He
showed it to his friend Hugh Bonner.
then chief instructor in the New
York Fire Department Training
School, who at once seized onto the
idea. The life net in improved
form is now carried to every fire In
New York as we'll as in most other
places. Tie old rope net has given
way to one of canvas. which remains
taut under all conditions and has
sufficient slack to act as a harmless
break to the fall of the body. The
canvas is stretched inside of a steel
ring 9 feet in diameter. and is fast
ened to the ring on 80 steel rods
each connected with a string. This
serves to keep the canvas taut and
allows the 10 men to jockey the net
into position under the falling
person.
Evening star., 1924-11-16
SIDE VIEW OF MOUNT HENRY MANSION.

ing City when the District of Co
lumbia was established. Henry Nay
lor Of Mount Henry had a son, Henry
Naylor. who inherited the place and
lived there many years 1t is this
Henry Naylor whose picture is be
fore you. This Henry Naylor. Col.
Henry Naylor. son of Col. Henry
Naylor, builder of Mount Henry.
named his first son Henry. That
Henry, some time after Mount Hen
ry became the property of the Bliss
Havemeyer real estate syndicate in
1890, moved eastward along the
Eastern Branch and now lives in the
pretty and prosperous suburb OF
Kenilworth. He named his first son
Henry and that son named his first
son Henry. so you see there has
been succession of Henry MAYORS
or Henrys Naylor. But there have
been many other children and you
will read of them if you have the
patience to follow this story.
4 NARRATIVE of the Naylor fam
lily must touch great many
families. These boys and girls of
the MAYORS married girls or boys who
had many brothers and sisters and
Evening star., 1924-11-16

Matilda Smith of Washington. She
was a sister of John Addison Smith.
who, when a young man, worked in
the office of the clerk of Washington
County when William Brent was
clerk of the county; succeeded Mr..
Brent in that office, and about 1857
became clerk of the Circuit Court.
In October, 1888. John A. Smith
bought from Richard Smith and
Thomas Peter the land on which is
the reservoir north of Howard Uni
versity and much of the land now
owned by the university. In Novem-
Der. 1888, Mr.. Smith sold to the
United States a spring on his farm.
that fountain being known as Cool
Spring or Large Spring. Water
from that spring was piped to the
Capitol and was the Capitors first
running water supply.
On August u, 1899. John A Smith
bought from John Marbury and other
heirs of William Marbury 81 acres
of Chichester. lying between Good
Hope road and the river, and extend
ing from Good Hope Tavern to the
Navy Yard Bridge, excepting one
tract which George Webster had
widow Of William Marbury. and a
tract owned by Nathaniel Raedy
John A. Smith married Miss Sallie
Cox, a daughter of John Cox. mayor
OF Georgetown. Rebecca Smith, an
other sister of John A. Smith. be-
came the wife of Reuben Worthing-
ton, and they built their home where
the German Orphan Asylum stands,
on Good Hope road.
Across the way from the Worth
ington home. Benjamin P. Smith, a
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party, and details men to rap on the
rib as signal to the rescuers.
Vivid glimpses of the rescue crew
making its way through the dark
mine passages are given, and finally
the rescue Of the entire party, made
possible by the conversion of Lucky"
to safety first" principles is depicted.
Lucky" has his reward in winning g
the hand of pretty Mary KinCaid. the
girl of his choice. He is awarded the
Joseph \. Holmes safety medal for
heroism in time OF mine disaster. and
is appointed mine safety inspector
for the Tippleville district.
:; X x
A BIG demand has developed in
\ recent years for the industrial
type of educational pictures. The
male members OF metropolitan aud
fences. particularly. want to see what
makes the wheels of industry go
round-get a back stage view, so to
speak. of American manufactures.
Down in the lower corners of many
of these popular pictures the official
seal of the Bureau of Mines appears.
Recent releases include a seven-reel
picture entitled, The Worlds Strug-
gle for OIL" This picture portrays
o. nh 1IV nj n FRY
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EQUIPMENT.

cludes to take the first aid and mine
rescue training offered by the Bu-
reau of Mines.
Following the arrival of the rescue
car in Tippleville, the gathering of
several hundred coal miners at the
mine mouth for their days labor is
shown. The miners obtain their life
checks" descend the shaft, and pro-
ceed in long trains of mine cars
through the shadoWy underground
depths to their daily work.
AS Lucky" and his buddy are en-
gagged in loading coal, the sound of a
mine explosion is heard. They rush
toward an entry, only to sense that
deadly mine gases lie in that direc-
ton. Lucky" utilizing his new
knowledge, retreats to a safer part
of the mine, gathers about him a
number of his comrades, and in
structs them in the method of build
ing a barricade.
Meantime, in a series of vivid pic
lures, the power-plant whistle gives
the disaster signal; the frenzied
women and children of the town rush
to the mine entrance, and the rescue
crew, wearing odd-looking oxygen
breathing apparatus, hastens to the
aid of the imperiled miners.
Behind his hastily improvised bar
ricade, hundreds of feet below the
surface, Lucky" Burns instructs his
buddieS how to conserve their limited
supply of oxygen. He puts out crude
ly written signs to guide the rescue
Evening star., 1924-11-16

ferry landing on Wigfeld's place.
After the building of that bridge
the Lower Ferry, or the ferry from
the foot of Eleventh street southeast
to the Anacostia side of the river, to
connect with the road up Good Hope
Hill to Marlboro and the road lead
ing south through the tracts Chiches-
ter. St. Elizabeth and Gisborough to
Piscataway. WAS owned for a long
time by Henry Naylor and Basil
Talbert
do not know that they established
that ferry. but several notices in the
National Intelligencer show me that
they were operating the ferry up to
and for several years before the build
ing of the first Navy Yard toll bridge,
which was between 1920 and 1922.
Nor do l know that the Henry
Naylor mentioned in those notices
Upper Ferry between the Wheeler
and Wigfield farms. My belief is
that the Henry Naylor who was as
sociated with Basil Talbert was the
Henry Naylor who built Mount
Henry house and was a son of the
first Henry.
The oldest Naylor house of which
the Rambler has a record stood in
the northeast angle of the river road
the short road which connected it
with the upper ferry and later with
the bridge of 1896. 1t was a frame
house. with an orchard between it
and the river. and a few yards north
east of the house was the family
graveyard. George c. Havenner of
1745 Minnesota avenue-which is
part Of the ancient Bladensburg-
Piscataway road-tells me that the
graves were removed about Is years
ago.
When the NayIor farm was sold
the children Of Col. Henry Naylor
builder Of Mount Henry, thought that
the cemetery was reserved from sale,
but that seems not to have been the
case, and one Of the Naylor heirs
bought the plot and had the graves
removed to a public cemetery.
y X \ X
THE Nsylor house, which stood in
the angle of the Bladensburg
and Ferry roads. burned down in 1851
or 1882, and this led Col. Henry
Naylor. who was born in that house,
and several Of whose children were
born there, to build the house on the
slope Of the ridge, naming the home
Mount Henry.
The Henry Naylor Of 1871 had sew
eral children. So far as the Rambler
knows, they were Henry. who be-
came Col. Henry OF Mount Henry:
George. who long lived between
Minnesota avenue and the river; Jud-
son, who lived at Silver Hill; William,
who lived near Silver Hill; John:
whose home the Rambler has not
heard of, and Verlinda, who lived
with her brother Henry at Mount
Henry. These, excepting William and
Verlinda, married and had families.
The house which burned in 1851 or
1882 was rebuilt and was long occu-
pied by John Bury. who titled a
market garden on the property and
one of whose sons, Charlie, was a
guard at the workhouse before the
establishment of the Occoquan work
farm. Much of the street extension
work beyond. the Eastern Branch in
the early eos was done by the
chain gang" and Charlie Bury
superintended part of the work.
Col. Henry Naylor inherited land
and slaves, and materially added to
his acres until his estate was one
Of the large and valuable properties
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fguratively roasted to determine the
nations of temperature and humidity.
In one such chamber the occupants
are set to smoking cigarettes, cigars
and pipes, and made to breathe in the
gases given off in determining wheth-
er tobacco smoke is injurious to hui
man beings.
More than 100 motion pictures have
been made by the bureau, in co-opera-
ton with commercial organizations.
The pictures deal with all phases of
the mineral industry, and are being
In various European countries Some
of them have proved an important
factor in promoting American trade
abroad.
Live, and Let Live the title of a
romance in the oil fields of Texas, is
the latest production. In this picture
an oil well is actually burned up to
show the result of careleSsnesS. The
picture carries the orthodox love
story demanded by the movie public
and to secure the necessary female
talent a beauty contest was put on
at Houston by Director Leopold. The
contest yielded a pair of heroines
who would run your favorite cinema
stars an exceedingly close race for
pulchritudinous charm.
The story opens with the return
home of two young men whose father
is an important operator in the oil
fields. The boys are persuaded to
Evening star., 1924-11-16

early times to the present day. 1t
goes back to Biblical days for many
scenes, taking the audience up
through the years to the present time
with its great oil fields and refiner-
les. A party of directors and camera
men is now making two year tour
of the word for the purpose of photo
graphing petroleum fields and pro-
duction methods in far places. They
will go to Java. Borneo, Dutch Indies,
Japan, Venezuela. Rumania, Russia.
| Poland, Egypt and other countries.
"The Story of an Automobile
shows the process of manufacture,
, from the raw material to the finished
product.
THE Story of a Gasoline Motor" is
another picture Of interest to auto
mobile owners. This picture visual
| ICES graphically the complete opera
tion of a gasoline engine, showing
the cycles Of operation and the path
| of the gas from it's entrance as an
explosive mixture to its exit as burn
ed gas.
| Many close-ups have been obtained
with the use OF special lenses. to
show clearly what takes place in
side the engine, and the function OF
| each part in creating power from
| liquid fuel.
| Many engines were cut into at
various points to show their moving
parts, and by animated photography
| the operation of these parts is clear
| ly depicted.
Evening star., 1924-11-16

THE Diary of a Murderer" is the
story Of the typhoid carrying fly.
Unlocking the Hookworm," shows
the remarkable method by which
hookworms enter the human body
and the simple and effective methods
for cure and prevention. The Story
of Coar' depicts the mining and
blasting of coal, loading of mine cars,
underground hauling, and hosting to
the surface; sizing. cleaning, loading
at the tipple. and shipment by rail.
Another picture shows consumers
how to save coal by insulating
domestic heating pipes
One picture shows the production,
distribution and use of natural gas
from the gas fields TO the kitchen
stove.
A WIDE variety OF films is design
n ed TO establish a proper under
standing among consumers of the i'm
portance of various industrial activ-
tiles. Use of the films is free. and
the pictures may be obtained by
writing the Bureau of Mines at Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Few consumers have any real idea
of the vast Importance of the min
eral industries" said Stuart B Stone,
ton at Washington headquarters for
the bureau. 1T is not generally ap-
preciated, for example, that the
country's annual mineral production
has Il value of $4,000, 100000 to 81
000, 100000. and that the volume of
production makos UP two thirds or
more Of the total freight tonnage moved
on American railroads.
I'VE can best bring these facts tc
y 49,, -
Ing the more sensational phases OF
tho business, showing how each ac-
tivity in production and manufacture
ing affects their pocketbooks, and by
weaving into picturiZed stories the
romance Of the industries. The eff
feet is to take commonplace articles
In everyday use and tell the story
of their origin and manufacture in an
entertaining fashion.
AN ordinary sulphur match. for
example. means little TO people in
these days. yet back of it there is an
industry valued at several million
dollars. Our picture on the subject
shows how surplus is produced, the
sinking OF wells, the forcing of
superheated water down to the sui
phu- deposits and the liquid sulphur
flowing to reservoirs, where 1t forms
solid blocks, which are blasted pre-
paratory to shipping by rail and
water"
The Bureau of Mines doesn't ex-
pect folks to carry around in their
heads a mass of details on the coun-
try's numerous important mineral in
dustres. The aim is merely to in
duce in them an appreciation of some
of the problems that must be solved
in order to supply them with the
mere necessaries of life.