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Evening star., 1924-08-22
KEEP UP TO SCHEDULE.
q. S. Airmen Pass Ships on Route
Right on Time.
II the Associated Press.

" the Associated Press.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland. August 22.-
The American round-the-w world flyers
winging their way yesterday after
noon and evening from Reykjavik
Iceland, to FrederikSdal. Greenland
where they arrived last night, passed
the U. S. cruiser Richmond and the
U. S. destroyers Reid. Billingsley and
Barry on scheduled time according to
a message from the Barry.
Weather conditions in the early
stages of the flight were favorable
with good visibility and a helping
wind, but as the airmen neared Cape
Farewell, at the southern tip of
Greenland, they had to cut their way
through a mist and a drizzling rain.
In the mist they apparently missed
the U. s. cruiser Raleigh, which was
stationed off the cape and which re-
ported that she had not sighted the
flyers.
Locatelli Unmentioned.
Previously the Richmond, Reid
Billingsley and Barry had had sighted
them passing each ship on scheduled
time and flying low so as to receive
the benefit of the cushioning effect
of the water.
later dispatch from the destroyer
Barry declared that the fash report
ing the arrival at Frederiksdal, OF
Lieut.. Lowell H. Smith and Lieut.
Erik II. Nelson did not mention the
arrival of Lieut.. Locatelli, the Italian
aviator. who was accompanying them.
Battling a dense fog over the las
miles of their perilous trip and feel
ing their way toward Frederiksda
with utmost caution, Lieuts. Smith
and Nelson landed almost an houl
apart under conditions described BY
the Danish gunboat Islands Falk, pa
trolling off Cape Farewell, as Eek
tremely dangerous"
Lieut. Smith added to his reputa tior
as a skillful air navigator by landing
at Frederiksdal at $50 o'clock, Green
wich mean time, 8 hours and SIS min,
utes after taking off from Reykjavik
Lieut.. Nelson landed at 7:15 o'clock
requiring II hours for the trip.
While the hop from Reykjavik OF
s25 miles was probably not the great.
est performance Of the world flyers, II
is considered a real feat because Of
the conditions encountered. Las
night the aviators were resting at the
little fishing and trading village OF
Frederiksdal, within measurable dis.
tance of their immediate goal--conti.
mental America.
The flyers left Reykjavik with
fuel sufficient to last them 13 hours
under calm conditions, hoping that
If the weather was perfect they
might be able to make Ivigtut, on
the west co4st of Greenland. They
estimated that they would take
about 10 hours for the Fredericksdal
hop. The weather conditions were
perfect except for the last $50 miles
1t is believed by some Of the on
(Confinue6 an Paxa- a Coinn1ns "a
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LOcatelli Missing
After Dash Into
Rain and Fog.
SMITH LANDS HOUR
AHEAD OF NELSON
Warships and Scouting
Aircraft Start East to
seekLost Aviator.

BY the Associated Press.
ON BOARD u. S. S. LAW
RENEE, INDIAN HARBOR,
Labrador, August zl.-WireIess
advices received aboard the Law
renee this evening indicated the
American Army world flyers
planned to continue on from
Frederiksdal to Ivigtut, on the
west coast of Greenland tomor-
row (Friday). From Ivigtut it
was stated, the aviators expected
to hop off Sunday for Indian
Harbor.
The Danish steamship Islands
FaIk reported hearing a plane fly
ing north of FrederiksdaI.
ABOARD U. S. CRUISER RICH.
MOND. ON PATROL BETWEEN
ICELAND AND GREENLAND, Au-
gust 22.-Rear Admiral Thomas P
Magruder has ordered the Uniteo
States cruisers Richmond and Ra-
leigh and the destroyer Barry tc
make search east of Cape Farewell
Greenland, for Lieut.. Loeatelli, Ital-
ian aviator. who accompanied the
American round-the-world flyers.
The search will be made by means
of the planes carried by the cruisers
for scouting purposes, and will be
continued indefinitely.
Admiral Magruder is preparing tc
send out general alarm if Locatell
was not found soon.
The Italian aviator who left Reyk.
javik with Lieut.. Lowell H. Smith and
Lieut.. Erik H. Ne'son yesterday MORN
ing and who. in faster plane than the
ones used by the Americans, had out
distanced them in the earlier stages
of the hop to Greenland, was not
mentioned in the MESA ges reporting
the arrival of the Americans at Fred
erik sdal
Flight Wns Trial.
With the sanction of the Italian
government he had flown alone from
Pisa, Italy, to Iceland, taking advan-
tage on the hops from England of the
facilities which previously had been
prepared for the American flyers
These had been offered him by the
American authorities.
Locatelli originally was to have
been one of the pilots on the aerial
expedition which Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer, planned to make
to the north pole and which later was
postponed indefinitely. Then the Ital-
ian flyer made plans to fly alone to
the north pole, but he also postponed
this attempt and decided to catch ur
with the American flyers and to ac-
company them across the Atlantic.
This trip, he announced before his
departure from Italy, was to be in the
nature of a trial flight as "a prepara-
tfon for his north polar attempt, which
he said he would make next year.
Evening star., 1924-08-22
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
TOXIC, August 22.-"National
Drill day" compared by the ver-
nacular press as similar to
American Defense day." will be
held throughout Japan on October
%, IL the military reservist Or
ganixations carry through a plan
formally launched through agita-
tion started today.
The date proposed for the Jap
anese observance falls on the
festival dag ct the national mill
tary shrine Of Yasukuni in Toxic.
JaQaRsS4 omcaels said today
Evening star., 1924-08-22
MINISTER WILL BRING
MONKEY INTO PULPIT
Simian to Be introduced in "Il-
lustrated" Sermon on Evolu-
ton, Sunday.

By the Associated Press.
BUTTE. Mont, August 22.-Rev. z.
Colon O'Farrell will share his pulpit
with a monkey, when he delivers a
sermon on evolution, at the First
Baptist Church here, Sunday night
he announced today.
The minister said his theme would
be that If man was evolved from a
lower animal, he came from the ass,
rather than from the monkey family.
The title of the sermon will be
"The Soul That's in It,">he added.
Evening star., 1924-08-22
Hylan Will Not Run.

NEW YORK. August 22.-Mayor
John r. Hyian announced today that
he would not be q candidate for
Governor of New York State. He
said he would support the candidacy
of - progressive Democrat" naming
Lieut. Gov. George r. Lunn, former
Gov. Martin H. olynn and Attorney
,GspaEA CAEl sherman a4QQAaihilitiea.
Evening star., 1924-08-22

Showers late tonight or tomorrow;
slightly warmer tonight; moderate
southeast and east winds. Tempera-
ture for "a hours ending at pm. to-
day: Highest, sc, at $3.50 pm. yester-
day;> lowest. 63, at $50 am. today.
Full report on page Z.
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With the S25 mile stretch of water
between Iceland and Greenland behind
them the belief here is that the avi-
ators have passed their last really great
hazard. Counting on an even break
from now on, it is felt they can regard
their history making task as virtually
an ACCOMPLISHED fact
Evening star., 1924-11-04
DISTRICT TO MAKE
ALLEY TEST CASE
Stephens Says Suit Must Be
Instituted Against Some
Property Owner.

The next step in the enforcement
of the alley closing law will be for
the Commissioners to bring a prose
cution in the Police Court against the
owner of some alley dwelling that
would have to be abandoned under
the District governments 'interpreta-
tion of the law.
Corporation Counsel Stephens gave
this as his opinion in a conference
with Commissioner Rudolph today
following the action of the District
Court of Appeals yesterday in setting
aside the Injunction issued by the
lower court to certain property own
ers restraining the Commissioners
from enforcing the law.
1t was pointed out again today by
Mr.. Stephens that under his interpre-
tation of the act as given to the Com
misSionerS last Summer, only a COM
paratively few of the inhabited alleys
would be affected by the provision
calling for abandonment of dwellings.
Corporation counsel called atten-
tion to a section of the law which he
said provided in substance that al
ley dwellings, should not be permit ed
where the alley is less than so feet
wide, does not run straight through
from one street to another and
which is not provided with sewer,
water and light. The corporation
counsel'S construction of this part of
the law narrowed down to a, consid-
erable extent the number Of alleys
affected
Whether notices would be served
against all who have illegal dwell
ings in alleys or whether one case
would be put forward Immediately as
a test was not certain today.
Evening star., 1924-11-04
SEES INJUSTICE
T0U. S. WORKERS
U. J. BiIIer Claims Division
Heads Make Inaccurate
Reports.

Much of the injustice done Federal
employees comes from inaccurate re-
ports written by division heads, U. j.
Biller, a worker for reclassification
for many years, charged at meeting
of the newly organized Government
Employees Protective Intelligence Bu-
reau last night in the Interior Depart
ment auditorium. Work of the new or
ganiZation was outlined in an address
by Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell,
president of the bureau, who recon-
mended an effective organization as a
cure for many of the ills of the Fed
eral employe.
The most Objectionable feature of
classification, Mr.. Biller said, is the
present low range of salaries for the
first three grades of the clerical, ad-
mihistrative and fiscal service. LAS
three e-fourths Of the Federal employees
are included in these grades" he
added, "at least half are not making
a living wage"
Mr.. Biller presented figures to show
that from a base of. 100 per cent in
1918, as ascertained by the Depart
ment of Labor, living costs are now
169 per cent and by comparison Fed
eral employees now receive smaller
compensation than they did in the
year preceding the war. Abolishm ent
of grade j by Congress, making grade
., with minimum of ST. ,420 the low
est entrance salary of the Federal
employe, with d corresponding NOV
ing ahead of the other grades, was
recommended by Mr.. Biller. A. B. Nc
Daniel, secretary of the National AS
sociation of Engineers, said classiti-
cation should be done in scientific
manner. Music was furnished by the
orchestra of the In-Com-Co Club of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Evening star., 1924-11-04
MRS. HARDING HAS
FAIR NIGHTS REST
Widow of Former President
Reported Better-Eats
Hearty Breakfast.
BY the Associated Press.

MARION Ohio. November 4-Mrs.
Florence King Harding, widow ot
President Harding, who has been Sc
riously i'll for the last two weeks, was
better today, DR.. Carl w. Sawyer, her
physician, said in a statement issued
this morning. Mrs. Harding had a.
hearty breakfast. DIR. Sawyer said.
His statement follows:
The condition of Mrs. Warren G.
Harding, widow of President Warren
G. Harding, was somewhat better this
morning; She ate a hearty breakfast
and had. a fairly good nights rest.
She was .restless until about 1 am.
and then went to sleep and had any
where from three to five hours Sleep
Dr.%Carf- W.-Sawyer, who is in
chargs at Mrs. Harding's case, an,
| nouneed to-day that the disease is a
recurEencea of the same malady, kid
ney tronbie, " hieb almost caused
Eher death early irE 8he Spring of 1922.
while she was mistress of the White
| House, 80
New Complications Develop.
A statement issued last night by
DR.. Sawyer said Mrs. Harding was
some better,"-after resting we'll yes
terday, hut new complications have
developed which are yet underlined"
Shockta few weeks ago, caused by
the sudden death of DR.. C. E. Sawyer,
President Hardings personal physi-
clan, who ATTENDED the President in
his lastsillness at San Francisco, is
thought to have brought on yester-
days attack:
At the time of DR.. Sawyer's funeral
Mrs. Harding's friends expressed con-
siderable concern over her when she
| insisted against advice of physicians
| in helping make all arrangements for
| the funeral and took active charge
of details. Although at the time she
/ showed no ill effects of her activity,
the first since Mr.. Harding's death.
| it is believed she overtaxed her
strength, bringing on her present seri-
Gus illness.
Evening star., 1924-11-04
POST INITIATES THIRTY.
Legion Auxiliary Serves Refresh
ments to Walcott Members.

Stuart Walcott Post, American Le-
gion, initiated 80 new members at a
meeting held in the Mount Pleasant
Masonic Lodge Saturday evening
There were entertainment and dahc-
ing and refreshme nts were served by
the Ladies' Auxiliary. and the Boy
Scouts
Those on the entertainment pro-
gram were: The International Quar-
tet, Armour and Sheelor and Joseph
Beattie. The new members follow:
Floyd G.. Caskey, George D. Sears, Ell
mer T. Acken, Robert H Lees, Claude
C. Cash, Harry E. Rucker, Joseph F.
Beattie, Charles T. Malone, Meyer
Berman, Edward Hedbom, Dr. Alexan-
der Rosenblum, Vernon S. Aud, Maj.
Howard Cutler, James F. Donohue,
William Allan Clark, Michael B. Dris-
coll, Paul H. Madigan, DR.. Bernard
L. Jarman. Aubrey Wisener, Charles
F. watson, Henry P. Bryan, Edmond
o. Hoskins, Jerry D. Barba, Allen En-
good, John c. O'Connell. w. Earl Con-
ter, Chester A. Bailey, Joseph NJ. Bak-
er, William p. Beasley, Henry B.
Searcy, John Duel Glass, Raymond C.
O'Harra, Roger B. Smith,, Isador
Nachlin, Jacob Tender, Chester I.
Bernard, Charles A. Covert. Henry. C..
Book, Allan Mop. Handy and Joseph
Szentpetery.
Evening star., 1924-11-04
NEWCOMERS SEEK rs.
Club to Conduct Brief Drive for
Members.

The Newcomers will hold a limited
campaign to increase its membership
by 25, following action by the club
at business session at the City Club
yesterday. .
Joseph A. Burkhart presided and
announced that the club had set aside
next Monday for speaker to outline
plans for the drive of the Visiting
Nurses Association, the Endorsement
of which was unanimously voted by
the club. Adolph Schipper,t chairman
of committee from the club to as
sist the Y. NJ. c. A. in its membership
drive, which closed yesterday. thanked
his associates for the support
Karl Gooseman- Burns Downey and
James b Locraft were appointed a
nominating committee to draft states
for the clubs forthcoming election,
which will be held early in December.
c. p Barrett, realtor, was admitted
to membership
Evening star., 1924-11-04
.ELOPERS OVERCOME
OBSTACLES GALORE
Still on Road to Matrimony Despite
Law, Relatives and
Accident.

Romance today is chuckling up its
slken sleeve at the futility of efforts
of the law, opposing relations and
even accidents to hinder the progress
Of an eloping couple to matrimonial
bliss-all because of the cleverness of
Miss Virginia Crossley. 90. and Carl
ton Hobson. y, who eloped from
Richmond, Va, to this city Sunday.
The eloping couple ran afoul of the
first difficulty when they reached this
city Sunday and spent the night at
the residence of Frank w. Warner,
relative of the prospective groom,
1905 Potomac avenue, Potomac
Heights. 1t was here that the officer
of the law from Richmond and the
brother of the prospective bride To-
Gated them.
Employing strategy. they consented
to motor back to Richmond. Near
Seventh street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., yesterday, Hobson suggested a
bite to eat. When the officer and the
brother, like innocent little lambs
went to the fruit stand to make pur-
chases, the young couple stepped on
the gas and faded away toward the
Capitol.
Having eluded the law and an op-
posing relative temporarily, the
young couple were sailing prettily
near New Jersey avenue and D street
when the law of accidents stepped
in to put rocks in their route of es-
cape.
At this juncture they collided with
the automobile of Mary Henry of 415
Rock Creek Church road, both cars
overturning. The young couple went
to Casualty Hospital. They were
treated for minor injuries and as soon
as the treatment was completed
again they faded quietly out Of the
picture.
And now today Albert Hobson
father of the young man, reached
here to join the forces in search for
the couple. Relatives on both sides
the law, and possibilities of further
accidents are 20 the trail. Even the
automobile in which the young couple
came to Washington is in the hands
of the other forces-but somewhere
somehow, they are still serenely sail
ing toward matrimony's Shores and
at noon today it seemed as though
there, was no stopping them.
Evening star., 1924-11-04
INCURABLES' HOME
NAME CHANGE ASKED
18th Street Citizens Declare Men.
tai Factors in Cure Lost in
Present Appellation.

Declaring that the name Home for
Incurables" will have a bad effect on
patients being sent there, members
of the Sixteenth Street Highlands
Citizens Association. meeting in the
Sixth Presbyterian Church last night,
voted to propose that the institution
being erected under that name on
Wisconsin avenue should be given
another name.
DR.. Lewis J. Battle in crificizing
the name said: IF they are going
to retain the name Home for Incura =
bles' you might as well put an in
scription over the front of the door
to read: 'Ye Who Enter Here Leave
Hope Behind 1t was further pointed
out that psychology is today recognized
as an important factor in the cure
of most diseases and that the pa
tients going to the home should
| never be made to feel that they are
incurable.
DR.. Battle and John D. Ligon were
appointed as a committee to see what
can be done toward changing the name
Of the institution. They will make a
report at the next meeting.
There was a lengthy discussion re-
gardfng the making of a more at
tractive entrance to Rock Creek
Park on upper Sixteenth street near
the resovoir. Paul F. Grove, president
of the association, pointed out that
,, as soon as the new conduit is finished
| the resovoir will be put out of use.
This will mean a huge hole in the
| ground, he said, and suggested a
| beautiful memorial arch or some 9TH
| er appropriate structure.
Resolutions were adopted calling
| for the repair of fourteenth street be-
| ween Kennedy and Madison streets and
for the Installation of a "slow sign" at
the intersection Of fourteenth street,
Kennedy street and Colorado avenue. 1t
was voted to hold the meeting here
after on the second Monday of each
month instead of the first. ..- Sir
The following were installed as new
members: DR.. FL. O'Donnel!, G. E.
F. Williams, A. E., Seymour and Frank
! J. Pierce.
Evening star., 1924-11-04
MUSIC APPRECIATION
LAID TO KNOWLEDGE
Surette Says Instant Judgment
on Composition Is Not Al
ways Possible.

"The common saying of people who
are not essentially musical, I know
what l like should really be given
in reverse, as I like what I know
said T. w. Surette, famous American
musician and lecturer, last night, in
the first of a series of evenings on
The Appreciation of Music" given
under the auspices of the Washington
Society of Fine Arts, in the auditor
ium of Central High School, before an
unusually large and attentive audi
ence.
Even a trained musician cannot al
ways say at first hearing whether or
not he really: likes. new musical
composition. 1t takes an unusually
receptive and appreciative listener to
enjoy all the complicated beauty of
one of the great symphonies when it
is first heard.
Then, again, another reason why
more people do not more thoroughly
appreciate the bigger things in class
ical music, is the fact thatSthey will
insist in finding picturesSor stories in
every bit of music thatl,they hear.
There is, of course, programmatic
music, but in the great symphonies,
sonatas and similar music, the mas
ter composers have made no attempt
whatever to give a definite picture"
Mr.. Surette said.
Then the lecturer touched upon the
effect of some music upon the emo
tions, using the sehSuous lulling
melody of Offenbach's ..Barcarolle''
as an example In contrast he
played symphonic themes that re-
quired intellectual as well as
emotional reaction in order to ap-
preciate their use of different rhythms.
With a simple Kindergarten mel
ody of four lines, of which two
were alike. Mr. Suret:e found it neces-
sary to play the melody over several
times to get the right answer from
the majority of the audience as to
which two were the identical lines
of the music. Then he confused them
again with quartet of lines in
which three were. identical. He
utilized Beethoven's "Herofca" SYM
phony and Brahms First Symphony
to illustrate many of his remarks. Wag-
ner. Schumann and Schubert also fur
nished examples Imagination, Mr.
Surette said, was the final elusive ele-
ment that makes music the most relevant
of all the arts to life, whereas, from
the point of view Of actual form and
concrete comparison, it is the least
respect. "
Mr.. Surette, who was one time
lecturer on music at Oxford Uni
versity, and has been closely as
sociated with DR.. Davidson Of Har-
ward for years, directed the estab-
lishment of ca department Of music
in the TC1eve1and ]. Museum of Art,
unique In recent musical progress
Evening star., 1924-11-04
GEN.MACHAD0 Wins
CUBA PRESIDENCY
Declared Elected by Sub.
stantiaI Majority Over
MenocaI.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associa ted Press.
HAVANA, November 4-Announce-
ment was made last night at the Of
Office of the secretary of the interior
that Gen. Gerardo Machado, joint can
didate of the Liberal and Popular
parties, had undoubtedly been elected
president of the Republic of Cuba
over former President Mario G. Men
ocal, Conservative.
The statement gave Machado 1885,
296 votes as against 126,S25 for
Menocal. The figures were based on
returns from all but 126 of the 1,777
precincts throughout the republic.
The statement added that If all the
missing precincts in five provinces
were found later to have gone solidly
for Menocal the final result in favor
of Machado would not be affected.
Report Based on Omcial Returns.
The interior department. ceased
tabulating the votes late yesterday,
leaving the final figures to the central
election board, which may take a
week or more to make its report.
The departments figures were based
on official reports from precincts and
by their tabulation it was possible
for Cuba, for the first time in it's
history, to know the outcome of a
presidential election within two days
after it was held.
Gen. Machado was. accorded an
ovation on his return to Havana
from Santa Clara province Yesterday.
Later he fssued a statement declaring
the elections wore impartially held
and also saying that he would be the
president of Cuba and not Of any
particular party or group.
McnocaI Makes Charges.
On the contrary, charges were
made yesterday by Menocal that force
was used by the government to pre-
vent his adherents from. going to the
polls on Saturday, especially in Santa
Clara province. Secretary of the In
terror Iturralde answered Menoca1 in
a statement saying that in Santa
Clara province 32,251 votes were
cast for Menocal, as compared with a
total registration of 26,510 Conserva-
tives in that province. The state
ment added that not only did the
figures show that all the Conserva.
tives had chance to vote for Men,
ocal, but that he also received a large
share of the Independent votes; the
secretary said that in no provinces
was force used to prevent voting.
Holds Election Illegal.
Menocars statement which was
issued to 1.-The people of Cuba" de-
claredi the election was illegal be-
cause. of military and police coercion
and also because of money being
used. He said he would institute
such legal proceedings as might be
found expedient and that he, would
"decIine responsibility for the fu-
ture.'' -.~ =
No reports have yet been tabulated
on the balloting- for. congressman.
Close observers of the, political sit
uation, however; pointed out that in
the past about 90 per cent of the
electors have voted straight
ticket" and EXPIRE essed the belief that
the Liberal candidates, had been given
large majorities over their opponents