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VOLUME XXXI, No. 262
PREMIER OF FRANCE MOBBED
GREAT WALL OF CHINA
IS BOMBED FROM AIR
Chang’s Airmen
Drop Explosives
On Enemy Camp
| SHANGHAI. The
Chekiang third army, |
assigned to guard that j
| second armies fought |
| province against inva- |
sion while the first and j
eff the Kiangsu army I
| attacking Shanghai, has I
| revolted, Chekiang |
| headquarters admitted !
! Thursday night.
TIENTSIN. The east
ern extremity of the great
Chinese wall once consider*
ed an adequate defense
against the Manchurian and
Mongolian invaders was
being pelted Thursday from
the air by Chang Tso-Lin
aviators from Mukden, prin
cipal city of Manchuria.
The airmen appeared over SHan
haikwan, mobilization point for the
armies of General Wu Pei Fu,
miltary head of the Peking gov
ernment and started dropping
bombs on the city at 8:30 o'clock
Thursday morning.
Reports received here from Shan
haikwan did not tell of the damage
done by the bombers but a raid
from the air could be expected to
damage the defending armies.
Shanhaikwan, located mid-way
between Peking, and Mukden di
vides Chihli province from Man
churia. It contains a gate in the
Chinese wall known to antiquity as
“the first gate of the realm.” a bar
rier which occupied a most impor
tant position in ancient defenses.
The surprise element in the ap
pearance of planes and the heavy
concentration of Mukden and Pek
ing forces today shifted the scene
of’ interest from Shanghai where
rival Tuchons are fighting for
possession of that city to the Shi
hlian-Manchurian border where
General Chang Tso Lin, Manchu
rian war lord, will attempt to wrest
from the Peking administration,
control of the government of all
China but invading Chihli province
where Peking is located.
CITY THREATENED
BY COAL FAMINE
Tientsin wns threatened with a
coal famine Thursday as the re
sult of an embargo placed on coal
from the Kailan mines. A coal
shortage at this port would affect
coastwise shipping as this is the
bunkering harbor for all craft.
Moreover the recent floods have
resulted in heavy salt deposits
across the Taku Bar and should
coal be cut off from dredgers work
ing continuously on the bar, Tient
sin would be shut off from naviga
tion. , .
The embargo on coal was placed
Wednesday by the Chinese minis
try of communications at Peking.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Visits to ultra modern high
school. American Museum of Nat
ural History and two metropolitan
newspaper plants mark afternoon
trip of Prince of Wales to New
York City.
Confirmation “in so far as it is
practicable" to the federal trade
commission's order directing aban
donment of Pittsburg plus system
of price fixing Is pledged by United
States Steel Corporation and other
concerns affected.
Man Is arrested on extortion
charge after he offers to sell In
formation as to whereabouts of
jewels, stolen from Miss Edith
Bobe, modiste, Sunday night.
Constantinople cable says earth
quake In Erzerum district of Ar
menia Saturday destroyed 102 vil
lages and killed hundreds of In
habitants.
If Germany had possessed In 1917
devices now controlled by the war
department, transportation of A.
E P to Germans - could virtually
have been blocked, Major General
Patrick, chief of army sir service
tells scientists at Franklin Institute
centenary at Philadelphia.
Gene Tunney, American light*
heavyweight champion, and Harry
Greb, world’s middleweight cham
pion. fights ten rounds to a draw
at Cleveland.
Plans to press General Pershing
for candidate for national com
mander of American Legion In con
vention at St. Paul are abandoned
At geaarsl’s request.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
17 MINERS STILL
ENTOMBED 111
mm in
WYOMING
SUBLET, Wyo.—This little min
ing camp awoke Thursday, the
second day since the blast In mine
No. 5 of the Kemmerer Coal Com
pany that entombed fifty-one men,
to find that 17 of her citizens still
remained within the debris-strewn
cavern of sorrow ana grief.
The grief, so evident in the first
hours after the tragedy which
brought to Sublet the first catas
trophe in the history of the camp,
today had been dispelled slightly
and slowly friends and relatives of
the sticken families prepared to
bury the dead. No bodies were re
moved from the interior of the mine
during the night, for rescue crews
spent the night in rest, the first
after more than 30 hours of contin
uous shifts within the w - recked
workings. Their places were taken
by fresh air, timber, brattice and
ciean-up crews while they gained
much needed rest. These crews
working feverishly, succeeded in
clearing out many of the drifts that
blocked the passage and entry ways.
With twenty-two bodies removed
from the mine during the first 24
hours following the explosion and
further escape of 12 others after
more than five hours of battling
their way through smoke and gas
filled entries, the number of men
still remaining in the mine Thurs
day morning stood at 17.
Of this number five bodies have
been located, all buried beneath the
wreckage. They will be brought
to the surface during the forenoon
and will be removed to two tem
porary morgues that have been es
tablished at Kemmerer, nine miles
south of here.
Thursday the legal technicali
ties connected with the dlsastser
will get under way when the coun
ty coroner will empanel a jury to
determine the cause and fix the
blame for the explosion. At the same
time preparations will be started
for holding of the funerals of the
victims.
TWO MARINES ARE
ACCUSED OF HAVING
KILLED COMPANION
BEAUFORT, S. C.—Charged by
a coroner's jury with responsibility
for the death of Aaron Frederick
sea, marine corps private, whose
headless body was found near here
about July 1, Privates J. G. Wil
liams and W. G. Counts, also of the
marine corps, were held Thursday
In the custody of the marine corps
officials at Parris Island. It was
said the marine officers stated that
the two men were being held by or
ders of the secretary of the navy
pending action by a court of In
quiry.
The three marines, none of whom
had been in service for more than
a month, are alleged to have de
serted from the Parris Island bar
racks on June 26. Counts and
Williams, according to testimony at
the hearing by the coroner's Jury
Tuesday night, were arrested two
days later by the Beaufort sheriff
on suspicion they had robbed a
boat and upon being identified as
marines were turned over to their
suncrlor officers.
Frederlcksen's body with the
head some distance away was
found about 48 hours later.
Counts and Williams, according
to their reported testimony at a
previous inquiry by the marine au
thorities, declared their comrade
lost his life by drowning. They were
held on a technical charge of de
sertion while the board of Inquiry
continued Its investigation of Fred
erlcksen’s death. The marine's
body was exhumed September 7,
but, according to physicians, be
cause of the advanced stage of de
composition. it was impossible to
determine the exact cause of death,
although medical officers of Parris
Island was quoted as saying Fred
erlcksen's head had probably been
severed by a sharp Instrument.
Davis Is Tumultuously
Welcomed at Chicago;
Speaks There Tonight
FURTHER TAX REDUCTION AND CUT IN EXISTING
TARIFF DUTIES PROMISED BY DEMOCRATIC NOMI
NEE IN HIS ADDRESS AT DES MOINES
CHICAGO.— Fresh from his
driving campaign through the
west, John W. Davis, the demo
cratic presidential nominee
came to Chicago Thrusday to
receive a tumultuous welcome
from thousands gathered at the
station and that lined the
streets for many blocks along
the line of march.
Mr. Davis who is to speak
here Thursday night was greet
ed by George E. Brennan the
democratic leader of Illinois,
and other leaders.
From the station Mr. Davis
was driven to the city hall
where he was formally wel
comed by Mayor Dever-
From the city hall Mr. Davis
was driven to his hotel where
he began conferences with for
mer Governor Sanders of Loui
siana, Lincoln Dixon, western
democratic manager and Mr.
Brennan.
TAX REDUCTION
IS PROMISED
DES MOINES, la.—Further tax
reduction and a downward reduc
tion of existing tariff duties in a
manner to avoid jeopardizing the
stability and sense of security that
are essential to the transactions of
business were promised here Wed
nesday night by John W. Davis in
an address in this stronghold of
republicanism.
In making these promises, Mr.
Davis vigorously assailed the ex
isting tariff laws and attacked
President Coolidge for what he de
clared as "coolly” claiming’ credit
for the tax relief given by the
democratic tax bill passed by the
last congress, a bill which he as
serted the administration opposed
at every turn.
Contrasting what he said were
the guiding principles of the par
ties in the handling of matters of
tariff and taxation, the democratic
presidential nominee.
The democratic theory Is a max
immuno of revenue with a minimum
of tax; the republican dostrine Is a
minimum of revenue with a maxi
mum of subsidy.
Besides promising t.-qp and tariff
reform, Mr. Davis declared for
economy In government, national
and state, and In this connection he
said he wanted to take exception to
the “boxing” of the republican ad
ministration on the subject of tax
and public debt reduction. He pre
sented figures that show that the
democratic administration had re
duced taxes more than two billions
of dollars after the war and that
it had cht tho public debt at a rate
of $140,000,000 a month against the
$67,000,000 under present adminis
tration.
Mr. Davis’ address Wednesday at
the Coliseum was the fourth deliver
ed since his arrival early In the day
from Missouri. He spoke first at an
organization meeting of leaders;
then at a gathering of democratic
women, and finally at a dinner by
the junior chamber of commerce.
He left late tonight for Chicago,
where he Is to speak tomorrow
night. , ,
After outlining his concession of
the difference in the taxation doc
trine of the democratic and repub
lican parties Mr. Davis launched
Into a scathing denunciation of the
Fordney-McCumber tariff law.
He declared that because of
shifting economic conditions then
existing “it was not a time for the
preparation of a tariff measure
based upon any principle except
that of greed."
NO REASON FOR
"CHINESE WALL.”
Reviewing the economic condi
tions, Mr. Davis declared that "nev
er in all the history of America was
there less reason to erect a Chinese
wall around her borders and off
productive commerce with the out
side world.”
Pointing out that the republican
press had condemned the meas
ures "as even more out of line with
the times than the Paync-Aldrich
bill was In 1909,” the speaker said
that a bill of this sort does not pro
tect, but "merely exploits."
"Every consumer in America can
form his own dally experience, bear
witness to this fact,” he said.
Mr. Davis told his audience that
the democratic party welcomed the
“closest comparison of party re
cords on the question of taxation,
economic and reduction."
Reviewing then what the federal
treasury under democratic control
had accomplished after the armis
tice, the democratic nominee took
exception to the statement by Pres
ident Coolidge In his acceptance ad
dress that the management of the
treasury under Secretary Mellon
had "been unmatched since the days
of Alexander Hamilton."
"I am constrained to think,” he
added, "either that history has
been forgotten or that eulogy has
run mad.”
In every state be has visited dur
ing his present tour, said Mr. Davis,
he has found factional difference*
composed and the party leaders
putting up a united front In their
early campaign fights.
The nominee expressed the belief
that few democratic votes would
be lost to tne Independent ticket
headed by Senator La Follette.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES— THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 18,1924
AVIATORS LEAVE
ON 450-MILE
JOURNEY TO
OKLAHOMA
o— o
ROSECRANS FIELD, ST.
JOSEPHS, Mo -The round
the world fliers arrived here
Thursday from Omaha at
12:20 p. m. and received a
wild demonstration. The 128
mile flight down the Missou
ri River Valley from Omaha
was made In one hour and 48
minutes.
I
O O
UNITED SPATES AIR MAIL
FIELD, FORT CROOK -The Unit*
ed States army flying squadron
hopped off on the next leg of it*
world flight at 11:41 a. m., the Chi
cago leading and the Boston and
New Orleans following almost in
stantly.
The planes first speeded up their
engines and started down the field
but before going 300 feet decided
to go to the north end of the field
so that they might have advantage
of the full area of the air mail
field and take advantage of the
air currents.
Four army planes accompanied
the fliers in addition to the ad
vance plane of Lieutenant Moffat*.
The fliers planned to make a
brief stop at St. Joseph, Mo., for
lunch and then continue to Musko
gee, Okla., where the night will be
spent. The distance to Muskogee
is 450 miles.
ROCKPORT, Mo.—The world
fliers passed over Rockport at
11:32 a. m. Rockport is about half
way between Omaha and St
Joseph.
POT OF GOLD
Awaits Airmen at Santa
Monica, Cal.
SANTA MONICA, Cal.—A ship load
of flowers and a pot of gold await
the army’s round the world filers
scheduled to arrive here next week.
The cargo of blossoms is to be
gathered by residents of the port of
Ban Pedro from which the airmen
took off on their globe girdling flight
last March.
The pot of gold, symbolic of the
rainbow's end, Is being gathered by
newspapers, banks and civic organi
zations of various southern California
cities.
LEGION TROPHIES
For Membership Awarded to
Several States
ST. PAUL, Minn. —American Le
gion trophies were awarded to the
following states exceeding their
1923 membership:
Florida, Nevada, New Mexico,
Wisconsin, Virginia, New York,
Oregon, Massachusetts. Tennessee,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Rhode Is
land, South Carolina, Minnesota,
Nebraska. Colorado, Wyoming and
South Dakota and the Canal Zone
and Hawaii.
Florida heading the list, receiv
ed the MacNider trophy, presented
by the lowa department.
Florida also received the Llnda
ley trophy for having the largest
Increase In membership over tho
preceding year by March 1.
Mexico was awarded the North
Carolina trophy for having the
largest membership increase
among the outside departments.
Find Body Floating
in Life Preserver
LORAIN, O.—Floating In a life
preserver, ‘the body of Martin 8.
Thayer, of Cleveland, was found In
Lake Erie, east of hero, Thursday
morning. Thayer and his wife were
missing all night after their power
cruiser Wing and Wing and was
found anchored and abandoned
three miles off Avon Point, her flag
reversed, her tender capsized and
evidence #board of signal flares
having been burned. No" trace has
been found of the woman's body.
“MARRY EARLY”
' v \
ABOVE—MRS. TO MOLSAN. 14-YEAR-OLD MOTHER. AND
HER BABY. LEFT—MRS. A. A. JENKINS, A GREAT-GRAND
MOTHER, AT 49. LOWER LEFT—MRS. BEULAH SMITH, A
GRANDMOTHER, AT 28.
FORT WORTH, Tex. Marry
young for happiness—
Then you won’t have to marry so
often.
That's the nutshell philosophic
advice from the three early matri
monial savants here.
They are Mrs. A. A. Jenkins, 49;
Mas. Beulah Smith, 28, and Mrs.
Tom Olsan, a full grown wife and
mother at 14.
By strange coincidence, all three
wise women from out of the south
west went to the altar at 13
That Is all save Mrs. Smith, who
lacked 13 days of the common ngo.
Wales Plans Another Trip to I).S.
xxxx xxxx
Would Meet American Workmen
SYOSSET, N. Y.—The Prince of
Wales Is anxious, It was learned
Thursday, to return to the United
States at a later date to visit the
great Industrial centers and farming
communities, to become acquainted
at first hand with Industrial condi
tions and to meet American working
men and women.
The prince has long meditated such
a trip and the project has grown In
his mind as a result of the numerous
Invitations he has received this sum
mer from oil parts of the North Am
erican continent, showing that a tour
of Industrial exploration would he as
welcome to his American hosts as to
him.
Although the prince’s present visit
has been almost entirely a holiday
ona. It has been pointed out by those
who have known him In England and
this country that during his stay on
Long Island he has made many In
teresting acquaintances and above nil,
he has met the President and several
cabinet members personally.
WOULD TOUR FARMS
AND FACTORIES.
The contemplated tour of factories
and farms would be similar to the one
he has made In the Industrial cities of
Great Britain since the war when he
spent long periods going through
worshops and talking with the people
employed In them.
On these trips In the manufactur
ing towns of the English midlands, the
prince often remarked to his com
panions:
“It's the people, not the plant that
1 want to see.”
That, his acquaintances point out,
Is the dominant element In all his
tours and this Is held to account for
his extraordinary personal popularity
—the Interest that he takes In the af
fairs, the Joys and sorrows, the work
and amusement of those with whom
he comes In contact. This Is the
case, it Is pointed out, whether he
visits workshops, farms or country
houses.
The making of friendship and ex
tensive acquaintance with men In all
parts of the world and a peraonnl
knowledge of conditions In foreign
countries Is naturally an Important
element In the the fu
ture king of Great Britain and of the
dominions beyond the seas. It Is con
sidered his most Important business
today and one that will help him to
exercise his great office more than
any other type of education could do.
SEEKS KNOWLEDGE
OF OTHER LANDS.
His life, his acquaintances explain,
has to be that of a practical man,
relying more upon his Judgment and
knowledge of human nature than
upon the acholarshlp that cornea from
an academic career. It Is considered
the part of the Brlnce of Wales to
carry on the traditions of his father,
George V and hi* grandfather, the
late Edward VII, and to become a
successful constitutional king by rea
son of his education In practical hu
man affairs, Including sports, which
play a great part In the national life
and to be acquainted with all aorta
and conditions of men within the
British empire and outside It
In this way, equipped with a first
hand knowledge of foreign countries.
It Is held, he will be able to do much
more when he ascends the throne, to
assist his ministers who will not all
have been fitted by the extensive ex
perience thet he will hsve had.
As one of hla acquaintances has
put It:
"Whatever he doe* he doe* with
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.) WEATHER
The latter Is the daughter of Mrs.
Jenkins and says:
“Marry your girls off young. Let
then have a husband, a family und
a home of their own. That's the
way to mako them happy?
"I'm proud of my baby hoy, hut
I want a girl, too, so I can marry
her off young like I was,” says the
happy Mrs. Oisun, who’s the daugh
ter of Mrs. Smith anil has made
her mother the youngest grand
mother on record here.
The groat-great grandmother,
Mrs. A. E. Milford, still living at
85, married at 17.
keenness and vigor. Whether It be
riding and dancing, as on hi* visit to
Long Island, the main object of
which was to encourage the British
polo team In Us efforts to win the
cup, or whether It be attending pub
lic functions In his own country pre
siding at meetings of charitable In
stlutlons, such as King Edward's hos
pital fund, or attending to the affairs
of London's largest hospitals, such as
Guy’s and St. Bartholomew’* with
which be Is closely connected.
"With all these various interents,
his life Is a very full one and ho has
little time to give to reading. He Is
not a great reader though ho Is In
terested in certain kinds of current
literature, especially biographies of
publlo men, whom he hn* known In
the course of hi* travels. If* is a
good French scholar, reading and
*v iking tho language fluently but the
M udy of hook* does not appeal to
him so much as the study of men
whose views und oplinons he cun
readily absorb und retain.
"In this ho much resembles his
grandfather, Edward VII, whose Judg
ment arid tact, derived almost entire
ly from tho eonstant and close study
cl human nature, made him one of the
most useful and popular sovereigns
that has ever sat on the British
throne. It I* this love of frank
and active humanity that has In
spired In the prince a real affection
for America and the Americans This
trait recall* his grandfather’s sincer
ity and simplicity of character which
endeared him to his own countrymen
and similarly endears the prince to all
with whom he comes In contact."
Freed of Charge
of Murdering Son
ARDMORE, Okla.—John A. Ken
doll. of Oklahoma City, formerly a
wealthy land owner here, was ac
quitted Wednesday night In state
district court of a charge of mur
dering his 18 year old son.
The lad was found dead In April,
1922, from a bullet wound. A cor
oner’s Jury returned a verdict of
suicide and ascribed a reprimand
from the father as tho cause of the
act.
Last February Mr. and Mrs. Ken
dall were divorced nnd Mrs. Ken
dall revived the case and charged
her former husband with shooting
the boy.
Yacht With 24,000 Quarts
Liquor is Held at Savannah
HAVANNAH, (in.— The yacht An
tra, which, according to It* paper*
I* owned hy the Bahama Inter-In
sular Trading Company, of the Ba
hama Inland*, I* Mill In cu*tody of
the United State* coa*t guard cut
ter Yamacrnw In thl* port. 'The An
tra wa* caught outnldo Savannah
Wednendny afternoon with 24,000
quart* of liquor, of a*«ortod brand*,
on hoard.
The Astra wa* at anchor when
18 CENTS A WEEK.
Communists a!
Marseilles Try
To ‘Gel’ Berriot
PARlS.—Premier Herriott of France narrowly escap
ed injury in Marseilles Wednesday night when 200 com
munists, swinging canes and sticks and shouting "amnes
ty”, made a determined effort to surround and mob the
premier in the Rue Cannebiere, the main thoroughfare of
the southern city, members of the premier’s party dis
closed Thursday on his arrival here.
SEEK TO PLUG
EVERY HOLE
IN LEAGUE
COVENANT
GENEVA. —Plugging up every
hole In the covenant of the league
of nations ho that nobody can
crawl out and have an excuse to
start a war. Is the picturesque
phraseology now used In Geneva to
describe the efforts of the states
men and Jurists to construct a pro
tocol which will reully make for
peace.
Paragraph eight of article 15 of
tho covenant declares that "If the
dispute between the parties is
claimed by any of them and Is
found by the council to nrlse out
of a matter which by International
law Is solely within the jurisdiction
of that party the council shall bo
report and so shall muk» no rec
ommendations as to its settle
ment."
This Is regarded as negative and
as leaving a hole in the covenant
which must be plugged. Itaoul
Fernandez, of Brazil, M. Politls of
Greece, and M. Loucheur of Franco,
have been charged with this plug
ging operation.
The French idea Is that If the
council Is unanimous in declaring
any dispute purely a domestic
question all the members of tho
league must accept Its decision and
engage solemnly not to make the
issue involved a cause for war.
GIANTS AND PIRATES
LOSE FIRST GAMES
OF DOUBLE HEADER
PHM S, 6; PIRATES, 5.
PHILADELPHIA.—The Phila
delphia Nationals defeated Pitts
burg, t! to 6, in tlie first game of
Thursday’s double header, scoring
the winning runs in tho ninth Inning
with one out.
REDS, 8; GIANTS, 3.
NEW YORK.—Cincinnati defeat
ed tho Giants, 5 to 3. Thursday in
the first game of a double header
at the Polo Gorunds.
A four run rally in the seventh
during which the Reds drove Bald
win, recruit pitcher, from tho hill,
proved the deriding factor.
RUETHER PITCHING
FOR THE DODGERB.
BROOKLYN, N. Y—Dutch Rue
ther, veteran Houthpaw, was sent
to the mound for Brooklyn Thurs
day In the opening game of a dou
tde header with Ht. Louis at Khbets
Field. Taylor was his battery mate,
while the Cardinals battery was Dy
er and Gonzales. Despite threat
ening weather 8,000 fans were on
hand.
Dead Man Found
in Railroad Car
ASHLAND, Ky.—The body of a
man whose head lay In a pool of
blood was found In a gondola car
In the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
yards here Thursday morning. A
tag on a key ring found In the
clothing more the Inscription of W.
M. Messer, Newcomb, Tenn. Rail
road officials said the car arrived
at S o’clock this morning from Lex
ington.
Papers found In the man’s pock
ets bore tho name G. J. Newport,
Jelllco, Tenn. Evidence Indicating
that at least three other persons
had been sitting In the car was
found by railroad officials. The
car was marked "bad order."
Coolidge Reviews
Quantico Marines
WASHINGTON.—President Cnol
ldge left his desk for a while Thurs
day morning to review the long
file of Quantico, Va„ marines re
turning through her# from their
annual manuevers near Frederick,
Md.
captured.
C. Christensen I* the master of
the ve**e| which he nay* I* legally
under British reglnntry. The crew
consist* of three white men and
five negroes. The captain gives
home port of the Astrn as Nassau,
and, according to him, It was bound
fom Havana to Ht. I'lerre, Mique
lon. The Astra will be held pend
ing Investigation. It I* the second
liquor boat brought here recently.
HOME
EDITION
«—i i . -s,
Augusta and vicinity: Probably show
ers tonight and Friday; warmer.
Mr. Herriott was rescued
from the excited crowd only
after the police, who arrived
belatedly upon the scene,
had forced back the com
munists and dispersed the
gathering.
HOSTILE CROWD
SHOUTS “AMNESTY.”
The premier run into the hostile
gathering because of his insistence
that lie be permitted to walk
through tho streets of the city.
When he landed from a torpedo
boat which had brought him from
tho warship La Provence from the
deck of which he had witnessed a
great naval review, he refused to
ontor a limousine which awaited
for him at the wharf. It was more
fitting, he said, that a democratic
premier should walk.
His progress from the water front
through the Rue Cannebiere was a
continuous ovation. The crowds
become denser and greater as ho
wnlked further Into the city. Ho
was loudly acclaimed and congrat
ulated for his democratic demean
or and great cheers came up from
the people ns he stopped to shake
hands with the common people and
sailors.
Suddenly there rushed from a side
street a fairly compact group, esti
mated to number about 200 per
sons, composed of representatives
of the younger element in the com
munist party. They were swing
ing their hats at the ends of their
mnes and sticks and shouting "am
nesty.”
The manlfestants maneuvered a
flank movement and soon had the
premier surrounded unable to make
further advance and unable to ex
tricate hlmsdf from the hostile cor
don. The sticks were swung dan
gerously close to his head and the
attitude of the shouting commun
ists was nnythlng but reassuring.
The premier was pale but he re
mained cool and collected amid the
uproar and in the face of the pur-,
pose fully swung canes until a be
lated pollco charge scattered the
crowd and permitted him to enter
a passing automobile in which he
proceeded to the railway station and
boarded a train for Paris.
LEGION OFFICERS
To Be Nominated at Thurs
day Session
ST. PAUL. Minn.— Passage
of legislation necessary to re
store General John J. Pershing
to the active list “in order that
his valuable counsel will be
available to those responsible
for the defense of the nation”
was urged In a resolution
adopted by the American le
gion national convention here
Thursday.
BT. PAUL, Minn.—Committee re
ports and resolutions Thursday and
election of officers Friday will occupy
most of the remaining business ses
sions of the national convention of
the AnfMcun legion. Some of the
resolutions said to be of a contro
versial nature will produce "fire
works’’ when presented on the floor,
legionnaires said.
The American Legion auxiliary will
nominate officers Thursday and re
ceive committee reports, as will the
Forty and Eight Society.
A feature of today’s entertainment
will be the annual parade of the
Forty and Eight.
Formation of a new group of the
legion with membership restricted to
legionnaires who served In the navy
or marine corps, was announced. It
will be known as the Atnerloan le
gion land, sea and air gang.
Joseph Frank of Miami, Fla., who was
chairman of tha organisation meeting
was named us its head with the
title of general.
The ’’gang'' will meet next year at
Omaha at the same time as the
American Legion gathering when a
constitution and by-laws will be
adopted.
The organisation was designed, Its
backers said, to promote better fel
lowship between the former marines
and sailors at the national conven
tion and to enable them to have a
rallying place.
ST. PAUL, Minn.—The Rev. Ezra
Clemons, of Owtaonna. Minn., has
been elected president of the National
Chaplain’s Association of the Ameri
can Legion. Other officers are ths
Rov. William P. Callahan, Great
Falls, Mont., secretary and the Rev.
E. H. Prlwt, St. Petersburg, Fla., his
torian and press representative.
MARRED BY MARS
Man is Given Ride to Insane
Asylum
VIENNA.—His mind unbal
anced by excessive pondering
on the question of whether
Mars Is Inhabited, Franz En
terpfarrer, a mechanic at the
Vienna Observatory, walked
Into the street here Wednes
day without clothing and
Jumped nboard a street car
shouting for ticket to Mars.
He wn* persuaded that an au
tomobile would get him to hi*
destination In shorter time
and was removed to an Insane
asylum.