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Evening star., 1924-08-31
WAR ON RUM CRAFT
MEETING SUCCESS.
Coast Guard Ships Waging
Victorious Battles With
Liquor SmuggIers.

The Coast Guards war on rum
runners is in full swing. and the op-
erations of many of its boats this
week have met with success.
Although Coast Guard headquarters
has insisted upon strict observance of
it's order to maintain secrecy about
its work of chasing rum runners and
other smugglers, its official organ, the
Weekly Bulletin, issued yesterday.
carries a list Of citations of crews
who have captured prisoners and
seized liquor and other contraband.
Indications were given also that in
chasing down rum runners. Coast
guardsmen more than once had to
use their guns in defense against the
gunfire Of the runners.
Gunrd Ships Rammed.
One new method employed by the
rum runners also was disclosed.
When several have been near capture
and efforts at escape seemed fruit
less, proWs OF the speedy liquor boats
have been turned straight into the
lighter Coast Guard craft, and they
were ramned. On two occasions at
least Coast Guard boats had grea.
holes torn in their hulls, but the rum
runners were captured.
The Weekly Bulletin lists among
others the capture of the American
motor boat Viking, with 35 cases of
ale, and the taking of one prisoner
Personnel from the Seabright station
took the motor boat Lynx II, with
500 cases of liquor and five prison
ers, after a running fight, in which
the master of the rum runner was
killed. The master of the motor boat
Adventure was wounded during a
chase which made that craft a prize
for the Coast Guard of the Hereford
Inlet station.
Boats Seized on Rivers.
One motor boat. the l77O-N, was
found by the Fairport station at
Richmond. Ohio, far away from snug
CLING sources, but carrying A small
cargo of liquor. Coast Guard Off
cials did not deny reports that other
craft has been seized along the Ohio
and Mississippi Rivers in attempts to
carry the trade further inland.
Stories around Coast Guard head
quarters are to the effect that snug
glers are increasing their efforts
along the Great Lakes. 1t was made
known some time ago that the guard
was incre easing it's personnel in sta :
tions along the northern lake shores
in a n attempt to choke off that source
of supply.
Evening star., 1924-08-31
FLIGHT EXPECTED TO AROUSE
NEW INTEREST IN AIR SERVICE
Questions asked Army Officials as World Flyers
Near Goal Sho,0 Cro,cing Desire to
SOlue Problems.

Each officer Is placed on this list in
accordance with his length of commits
stoned service. The officers at the top
Of the list are all in the higher grades
and at the bottom in the lower grades
Offers in arms other than the Air Serv-
ice who we're commissioned after the
war are higher on this list than Air
Service officers. simply because the lat
ter required longer period to train to
become flying officers, and consequently
the commissioned service of the Air
Service officers is few days or weeks
less than the average officer in other
branches of the Army. with the most
unfair and unjust result that the ma
jcrity Of Air Service officers are at the
bottom Of the single list for promotion.
Being at the bottom Of the list. they are
confined to the lower grades of lieuten-
ant, though many Of them are required
to perform duties which require and
should have much higher rank. The
net result of this condition has been the
resignation of many valuable officers
from the service because they see no
possibility Of future advancement in
their profession. Many others with the
writer feel that such an unjust condi-
ton Of affairs is bound to be corrected
in the near future, and the War Depart
ment is at present considering legiSla-
ton to remedy the present unsatisfac-
tory condition in the promotion of Air
Service officers.
Q. How large is the Army Air Serv-
ice?
Short Flying Omcerx.
A. The present law authorizes a total
force of l,063 officers and S,764 enlisted
men. The enlisted strength is usually
easily reached. but due to the unsatis-
factory conditions in the promotion of
officers this actual number is consider
ably less than authorized Only part of
this force is in the United States. about
one-third being distributed between
Panama, Hawaii and the Philippine
Islands.
There are many wonderful opportu-
mites awaiting the young men inter
eeted in aeronautics today. The Army
Air Service operates a number of
schools. including flying, advanced fly
ing, mechanics, photography and engi-
neering, at which the theory and prac-
tice of aviation is taught. Many of
these schools are the only ones of their
kind in the world, but the small author
lied strength of our present inadequate
Air Service limits the number of stu
dents that can be accommodated An
increase in the Air Force would, of
course, cause an expansion Of these
schools, and the graduates may be COM
misSioned in the Army or return TO
civilian life where a large aeronautical
industry must soon develop requiring
men skilled in aeronautical matters
Evening star., 1924-08-31
KLAN UNDER FIRE
IN VIRGINIA RACE
Candidates of All Parties At
tack Order-Bus Sys-
TENS Spread.
Special Disna tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
RICHMOND, Va. August 30.--The
Ku klux klan is being attacked by
ell candidates in Virginia. The mem
bership of the Khan in the State is
said to be anywhere from $4,000 to
10000, affiliated with all parties
a voter from the ninth district said
there Is not a klansman who is not
a voter.
So far as can be stated at this
time the klan has taken no concert d
action regarding their voting this
Fall. Organization of the Klan in
States to the north, east and west is
delights the membership in this State.
Organization of new caverns or
camps are being made almost weekly
Colonel Crop in Peril.
There was a suggestion last Winter
that the crop of new colonels each
tour years was sufficient to last the
State for many years, and that the
time was propitiouS for the cUt';N'r
off of the members Of the COVER
staff by reducing the number ol
stricting members to the Natio.. "a
Guard or to former officers. The idea
was to get rid of the men with empty
titles who parade on state occasions
and make a great show of handsome
uniforms. gold lace, spurs and the
like. The American Legion at SeS-
sion in Danville went on record as
favoring the designation of four
aides to the governor, they to be
members of the National Guard or
former officers, to serve for four
years, and to retain the titles and
ranks which they hold or did hold
in the service.
The spread of the motor bus sys-
tenn for transportation is much
greater in the State than one fould
imagine. The advent of good roads
in all directions has given an i'm
petuS to transportation that is GER
tain to affect the revenues of the
steam and electric roads and the
steamer lines along the rivers. In
fact, the use of automobiles has al
ready put out of commission one of
the steamers operating up the river
from West Point. Formal applica-
tion for permits to operate seven bus
lines in one day, with the informa-
tion that as many more would be
shortly sought by the same pro-
moters, aroused interest. There are
many lines operating out Of this city
now, and the Inauguration of several
others is being well received. The
bus lines bring in hundreds of
women from a distance to buy goods,
using the bus lines while the men
folks of the families are engaged at
business and have not the time to
accompany them to the city
The railroads are to put up one
gigantic fight to prevent any increase
in bus-line permits to points which
are served by the railroads The
matter will be heard by the State
Corporation Commission at a date to
be announced. Railroads have been
fighting the Inauguration of bus lines
in several instances, and where bus
lines have been asking to be allowed
to carry freight the permit has been
denied, for the simple reason that it
has been demonstrated that to do
this would result in putting the
small railroads entirely out of
business.
Evening star., 1924-08-31
FARMERS REvEL
IN DR0UTH AREA
Thousands at Picnic Staged
Amid Stricken Crops
and Orchards.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

HAGERSTOWN. Md. Aug 80
thousands of farmers of Washington
County with their families and many
visitors from adjacent sections at
tended the eighth annual farmers
picnic held here today on the Hagers-
town Fair Grounds. under the aus
plces OF the Washington County farm
bureau.
Acres upon acres of blasted corn,
blighted vegetation. shriveling fruit
on the trees, and what almost
amounts to a water famine in towns
In Washington County not having a
water supply is the sum total of
damage and distress due to the pre-
vailing drouth, according to reports
from every section.
Many Thousands LOSS.
Covering a period of about two
months, the drouth has stricken the
entire county and many adjacent sec
tions. and estimates of loss run into
many thousands of dollars.
There will be less than a crop of
corn, the potato crop is badly hurt.
tomatoes are going bad from dry
rot and vegetable stuff is generally
blasted. The drouth has hit the can
teloupe crop as hard as any other
The hopes of fruit growers have been
lowered by the effect Of the long and
damaging dry spell upon peaches and
apples, it being estimated that the
peach crop has been reduced at
least 25 per cent. while the apple
crop is suffering to the same extent
one of the most serious aspects
Of the drouth is that many cisterns
are empty, and residents are going
on a short water ration. In many
instances families are compelled to
have water hauled from springs and
streams for household uses. The wa
ter supply has failed on many farms.
and farmers are hauling water for
their live stock or driving them to
streams. The Potomac River and
its tributaries are at the lowest stage
In recent years.
A program of racing contests. and
athletic sports in which farmers and
their wives and sons and daughters
participated, began at the fair
grounds at $50 o'clock, continuing
at intervals throughout the day. An
hour at noon was devoted to an old
fashioned picnic dinner and socia-
bility on the grounds had much the
appearance of a big day during the
Hagerstown Fair with booths,
amusement tents, lunch stands and
novelties arranged along the mid
way.
The Boys Independent Band of
Washington furnished music. Charles
B. Wagner. president of the Wash
ington County farm bureau, presided
at the exercises held this afternoon
and introduced the speakers. The
principal address was delivered by
Gray Silver of Washington, repre-
sentative of the American Farm Bu
reau Federation, and president of
the gigantic grain ELEVATOR merger
recently formed. Other speakers
were DR.. Frank B. Bomberger of the
University of Maryland and Mrs. J.
w. Jones, chairman of the home and
community committee of the State
farm bureau.
Evening star., 1924-08-31

The resolution was protest
against the segregation plan of fix
ing telephone rates, and it recalled
the previous fight against rate in
crease when the same dissension in
the ranks of the public was a serious
factor in the campaign.
AS many persons see it. the move
is an attempt on the part of the
counties to evade payment of their
proper share of phone rates.
The resolution was signed by Vic
tor D. Miller, president of the Hag-
erstown commercial body. CONNER
cial organizations, county officials
and farming associations are urged
to pass similar resolutions. The New
York Telephone Company, which
owns 80 per cent of the stock of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Evening star., 1924-08-31
SAYS CANDIDATES
CATER TO Church
Nations Tells K. K. K. Dawes,
Davis and La Toilette Seek
Hierarchy's Support.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CONNELI,SVILI.E. Pa, August 80
Recent denunciation Of the knights OF
the ku klux KIan by Senator La Fol-
1ette, John w. Davis and Charles G.
Dawes lis neither more or less than
sinister and deceptive bid for the polit-
ical support of the Roman Catholic
hierarchy and it's following in this
country" it was declared tonight by
Gilbert o. Nations American party cam
didate for the Presidency in an address
before a large gathering of klansmen
on Limestone Hill here.
1.-The cringing and elusive denuncia-
tion of that organization in the plat
forms of the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties was equally selfish, de-
ceptive and insincere." continued Mr.
Nations. I'm the national conventions
OF those parties the discussion Of the
khan issue before the resolutions COM
1nittee turned solely on the question
of whether the organization should be
denounced specifically and by name or
only in glitterng generalities-
Defends Klan.
IF the Klan is an evil deserving
to be condemned at all it should of
course be specifically and definitely
condemned by name. If it doesn't
should not be condemned at all.
Those who have so publicly con-
demned the Ku KluX klan have
evinced fundamental misapprehen-
sion for wanton disregard of the
facts. There is not a tinge of bigotry
or religious or racial prejudice in the
ku kluX klan or any of the dis
tinctly Protestant organizations that
have in the last decade voiced oppo-
Sitiop he activities of the Roman
Catholics hierarchy in their country.
but hostility to the Roman
Catholic hiera rchy is not based on
religion. 1t is based solely against
the political activities of the papal
following"
ASSaiIs Catholicism.
Mr.. Nations in his address outlined
the principles of the American party,
declaring it stood for strict enforce
ment of the prohibition amendment
and charged both the Republicans
and Democrats with evading the issue
in their platforms. A department OF
education in the Presidents cabinet
also was urged by the speaker who
declared the only opposition to such
measure, introduced nearly six
years ago in both houses of Congress,
was the Roman Catholic hierarchy
and its political following.
Neither the Republican nor Demo-
cratic party dares favor the measure
or permit it to be reported out of
committee for discussion on the
f1oors," declared Nations. ITO do so
would incur bitter and relentless
hostility of the hierarchy of Rome.
Before the wrath of that hierarchy,
calculating politicians of both parties
hesitated and surrendered"
Evening star., 1924-08-31
FIGURES ON PERSONNEL
OF THE MOSCOW COURTS
"Comrade" -Smyrnof Says of 2s7
Judges, 100 Are Laborers, 81
Peasants, IT'S Communists.

BY the Associated Press
MOSCOW, August 30.-"Comrade"
Smyrnoff, chairman of the Moscow
district court, gives some interesting
figures in his annual report concern
ing the personnel of the Moscow
Soviet courts. OF the 287 judges, 100
are laborers and 81 are peasants.
Nearly Its are members of the Com
munist party, while so are members
of the so-called inteIligentzia.
Out of 7,S45 men available for
jury duty in Moscow, Smyrnoff's re-
port says, 3,o21 are drawn from the
membership Of the Communist party,
6,1S7 are workers and peasants. and
LSS3 are clerical or other employees.
Evening star., 1924-08-31
Women Plan Booth at Fair.
Special Dispatch to The Star

COTTAGE CITY, Md, August 30
The Woman's Club of Cottage City is
planning to have a booth at the an
nual Southern Maryland Fair at Up
per Marlboro, September to 13. Va
rious articles which have been made
by members of the club will be ex-
hibited and the members are urged to
enter as many articles as possible in
an effort to win the 500 prize offered
for the best exhibit by federated
woman's club in southern Maryland.
Evening star., 1924-08-31
FIGHT PHONE RATE
SEGREGATION PLAN
Hagerstown Business Interests
Send Protest Threatening to
Divide Opposition.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, August 30-Danger
of the counties being lined up against
Baltimore city, thereby causing a
split IN the opposition to the proposed
increase in telephone rates, is fore
seen in a resolution received by the
Public Service Commission from the
Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce.
Evening star., 1924-08-31

Company, has filed with the Public
Service Commission it's answer to the
complaint made by the commission
against the proposed increase in
telephone rates in Maryland
1t asks that the case, SO far as IL
is concerned, be dismissed
The New York company was made
party to the case because of its
financial connection with the local
telephone company. 1t may ks
called upon during the hearing,
which begins September 81. to fur
nish information bearing on proA4l
or the Chesapeake and Potomac
company.
Evening star., 1924-08-31
CROSSES DESERT ALONE.
Army Officer Makes
Trip on Camel's Back.

PARIS. August 30.-Maj. Zettins of
the Lithuanian army, has arrived at
Marseilles after having traversed
the Sahara Desert alone on a camePs
back.
He started from Biskra, and
reached Timbuctoo after a journey
of SO days, travelling sometimes
about 80 miles a day. The heat at
times reached 130 degrees, and there
were severe sandstorms, but Maj.
Zettins' chief complaint was the lack
of water.
Evening star., 1924-08-31
Bacilli as Prisoners Weapon.

BERLIN, August 30.-A man named
Anton Peter, visitor at the seaside
resort Of Swinemunde, has been ar
rested on a charge of having poi
soned people by means of baccilli.
One person whom he is alleged to
have poisoned. died, while others are
dangerously ILL
Evening star., 1924-08-31
BANS BEANSHOOTER.
Capitol Heights Also Forbids Air
Guns and Slungshots-
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, August
Bob B air guns, slung shots and
bean shooters hereafter will be con-
sidered as dangerous weapons, and
persons found with any such articles
in their possession will be arrest ed
and severely dealt with, it was de-
cided at the last meeting of the mayor
and town council.
This action was taken, it was ex-
planned. following the repeated break
ing of windows in the school by small
boys, who, 1t is suggested, may be
trying to delay the opening of school.
Evening star., 1924-08-31

Eighteen thousand doors COM
prised single shipment just made
by an Oregon lumber concern to
firm in England.
Evening star., 1924-08-31

AS nation we are disarmed from
the standpoint of aerial defense, we
have no commercial reserve and only a
small nucleus as an active flying corps.
II the world flight stimulate the thought
Of American citizens to an active inter
est in the Importance Of aviation COM
mercially and as an arm OF national de-
fense, then it will have served its great
est purpose.
@. Why are all tho officers on the
world flight lieutenants?
A. All of the officers Of the line Of
the Army are arranged on a single list
for promotion and only promoted when
vacancies occur. Two-thirds Of these
officers came into the Army after the
war, after the law authorizing the sin
gle list promotion had been passed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-08
IST.ELzABETH {.
POPULATION
GROWS
More Space Needed to Care
for Increase, Report Of
Superinterdent Shows

With the population OF st. Eliza.
beth's Hospital daily increasing
additional construction is essential;
according to the annual report
made to the Secretary OF the In,
terior today. The report says that
for this construction to best serve
the patient population, it win have
to be specialized for the care ~of
acute cases. Up to June so. 1924,
the number Of patients at St Eliza
beth,s, under treatment was 1907.
with q daily average through the
fiscal year OF AHA.
The most important happenings
Of the year. the report continues,
have been in connection With the
increasing Improvement in the
medical care Of patients and the
scientific understanding OF their
disabltes. At the close Of the year
the Blackburn Laboratory had been
completed for housing all of the
clinical and scientific activities Of
the hospital.
Various other activities looking
toward the better care and treat
Iment OF patients are in contempIa-
ton, such as the installation of ex.
tensive Acknowledgements appa.
fatus. the development of the
laboratory through the acquisition
OF new personnel, etc. Preparation
Is also being made for adjusting to
the reclasstfic ation by permitting
the maximum possible number Of
officers and employees to live off the
grounds. and providing ON Inc
grounds by ai cafeteria for supply.
ing them with food while on duty.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-08
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-08
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