The Washington Post
June 15, 1926

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—_—— IN THE wires, carrier of patches. Asst ee When the big news is hot off the The Post is the exclusive | MORNING ciated Press dis- ______ ——- The Washington Post. 7 r Weather — Sh derstorms and | winds. est, 91; lowest, | tomorrow fair; moderate to fresh Temperature yesterday — High- owers and thun- cooler today; 68. ENTERED NO. 18,261. naa VOSTOFFICE, ~ AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER WASHINGTON, D. C. WASHINGTON: TUESDAY, JUNE wid 926.—TWEN TY -rWwoO PAGES, a COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY TH WASHINGTON POST CO. —s T WO porto POST-SCRIPTS GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN —_ this “It's like book, bloomin’ world, I think, Which you can read and care for. just so long, But presently you feel that you will die Unless you get the page you're read- | ing done, And turn another—likely not good ; But what you're after is to turn ‘em all,”’ Judging by the statistics from the Pennsylvania auction Joe Grund wasn't Senator Pepper's angel at all | —his visits to the cash box were not “few and far between.” . * * The mercury climbs fit to split, This hot spell is a hummer, A nifty record you'll admit For the “ year without a summer. Senator Borah, getting the cart. before the horse, says that the Four- | teenth and Fifteenth amendments | are not precedents for the nullifica- tion of the Eighteenth, but what sort of a precedent is the enforce- ment of the Eighteenth ? . . > “I don’t want to play in your yard, ! don’t like you any more, You'll be sorry when you see me, Sliding down our cellar door.” Brazil backs out of the League of Nations, which proves as Uncle Sam would say, that foresight is better than hindsight One the people of Haiti couldn't be any less fitted for self-government if they lived in Pennsylvania. gathers that as yet Up until 1832 our candidates were nominated by party caucuses, and that system was bawled out as being corrupt; and after that year they were nominated by conventions, and they were bawled out for being and then we had the direct primary, and now that sacred insti- tution of reform corrupt; being bawled out for being corrupt, is and if we cangidates nominated by a committee of real angels, instead of sugar babies,’ with fake wings, they’d get bawled cut too—the people are al- ways ready to blame anything bul _The truth of the mat- ter is that if an electorate want to be debauched any old system will do, but as the answer to that is that democracy is should now have our “heavy themselves. a failure we keep right on rationalizing about it. a - * If Truman H. Newberry lived in Pennsylvania he'd go broke trying to be elected town constable. | * Frank Hogan hands Mr. a highly polished halo. Fenning : : | The other side of the Keystone | picture is faithfully painted by Sec- | retary Mellon—in the Senate from an aristocratic to a. thoroughly plebeian body the Seven. | teenth amendment has given the | voters of a State a choice between | a demagogue and changing somebody rich enough to beat him. New Jersey gentleman is kidnap- ed at the altar and thrown into the this sort thing is going to continue during the balance of June be insane asylum, and if of there won't so tooby hatches enough in the coun- | try. A gas and chemical cxplosion at Gary wrecks a building two blocks long, fills the air with coal tar, acids and flaming creosote, and takes an appalling toll of human life. Mod- ern science hasn’t much to learn from the volcano and earthquake. e * - * Rus- Great Britain gives Soviet sia a slight olap on the wrist. The POOREST heii about de- cided to permit their young women to bob their hair, but isn’t this car- rying the mania for minimizing feminine charm a trifle too far? * . * New Jersey will hold her pri- maries today and it is expected that everything will go off swimmingly. - ‘It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is kept is ‘lighter than vanity’.” The big show opens in England, gorgeous week, that takes one back to King Charles’ wastral days. Still, the Ascot race meet doesn't cost much more than a general strike. Henry Ford receives ap honorary degree from the University of Mich- igan, which proves that you can be- lieve the earth is flat and still be an educated man. | lf any more alligators are found in the Potomac it won’t be a week before the Florida promoters are selling villa sites on the James Creek canal. of Here's a cheerful item—the funeral directors will hold their convention in Washington. ““More work for the undertakers, A little more work for t casket- makers.” » the | URE FUND 596.410. Business Since January 1 Greatest in U. S. History ELECTION EXPENGE Fi igure Expected to Reach $2,000,000 Before Inquiry Ends. GRUNDY GAVE SUMS ALMOST EVERY DAY Pepper Ticket Treasurer Says ‘Angel’ Produced $614,134 for Committee. By ALBERT W. The climax came in the Senate subcommittee’s inquiry into Penn- svivania primary campaign ex- penses last night when testimony from the managers of Representa- tive gave $596,410.72 as the Vare-Beidleman-James-Wood- ward ticket expenses and thereby raised the grand total to $1.857,- 410.72 This. with smaller sums vet to be heard from, means that approx- imately $2,000,000 will be recorded by the subcommittee, which is now regarded as having covered_ the high spots in its investigation. The Pepper coalition ticket tops the list so far with $1,046,000 expended, with the Vare coalition ticket sec- ond with total of $596,410.72, and Gov. Pinchot’s. independent candidacy equaling the Newberry record of $195,000. Besides providing the new total, last night’s session, which lasted until 11:15 o’clock was by far the FOX. Vare a mosf stirring and spectacular so far | held. Representative Vare took the | stand and besides making an ex- | cellent impression, he appeared to get on most harmoniously with the committee until the last 20 “min- uets, when Senators King and Reed subjected him to the most gruelling and savage sort of examination. Responsible for 871,000. The only apparent reason for this sudden effort of the two sena- tors to be severe with Mr. Vare was the fact that the latter assumed re- sponsibility only for the $71,000 he had expended personally and pro- fessed considerable ignorance about the moneys raised by the Vare coali- tion management. This was the po- sition which Senator Pepper took i'when he disclaimed know ledge of all but $125,000 he had spent through his independent committee. Vare is the successful candidate and if the committee accepts the version that his campaign cost only $71,000 much ammunition might later be lost in case future develop- ments seek to make his campaign expenditure a record breaking one. Accordingly, the two Democratic ‘members of the committee did not | relish /'mit that he knew about the $525,- Mr. Vare’'s reluctance to ad- the of to out in addition Vare spent 000 expended $71,000 which his oWn pocket. Cool Under The savage examination by Sen- ator King, who stood before Mr. Vare with flashing eyes and vainly sought to break his testimony, was of no avail. The coolness of Repre- sentative Vare under the circum- stances was in marked contrast to the evidences of high temper shown by his questioners. Prior to this Mr. Vare_ had brought in his testimony under the most favorable circumstances. The treasurer of the Republican cam- paign committee, Thomas F. Wat- son, had told the committee frank- ly about the $484,754.72 he had raised during the campaign for the coalition ticket. He had books and Vare Questioning (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.) Three Hurt as Truck, Street Car Collide Three persons were injured yes- terday, when a one-man street car and truck were in collision at Elev- enth and Irving streets northeast. Miss Cora Franklin, 64 years old, of 3406 Thirteenth street northwest, and Mis Nora Fabrizie, 32 years old, of 429 Tennessee avenue north- east, passengers on the car, suffered body bruises and shock, and James Clemens, colored, 22 years old, of 49 G street northwest, a helper on the truck, rczeived a cut on the head and body bruises. Herbert Bates, colored, 19 years old, of 5217 Dix street northeast, driver.of the truck, and Frank Matthews, of 2256 Eley- enth street northwest, were uninjured. motorman, . Lse “The oe yoy ell Bill Vare raises the ante. * - traits! 8:00 A.M. Pennsylvania Ratirond. Ve TOTHLIS S97 410 | Gain of About 2 Per Cent in First Half of Year Sets. New Record, as Indicated by Volume of Freight Carried. By WILLIAM P. HELM, JR. Total volume of business done throughout the United States dur- ing the first six months of 1926 ‘now ending. appears to have been about 2 per cent greater than the record volume done, for the first half of the year, in 1925. ‘Phe new record is indicated by a barometer which is as nearly infallible as in- dustry can devise-—the volume of freight handled American rails. It during the first four and one-half months of the present year to 19,843,000 loaded freight cars. During the same period last year, it was 19,450,000 cars and in 1924 it was 18,739,000. These figures indicate that the average amount of freight hauled during the year by class I railroads will exceed 1,000,000 cars a week. Never before has so high a figure been attained. It was nearly reached in 1925, falling short by only a few thousand cars weekly. Estimates made by the railroads in March for the first 18 weeks of the year were found, in the face of actual returns, to have been ex- ceeded by 3.1 per cent. One million carloads of freight gadding over American rails every Leer. shipped. and what is more, 'sold—such is the prospect for this year. It can't mind’s eye. about 30,000,000 | over swelled tons , teen. |with such industry produced between Monday morning and Saturday night, goods of all kinds from coal and lumber and petroleum to automobile and build- | ings materials and cosmetics and | cigarettes. It means that the American family of workers, num- bering about 45,000,000, fill every week a solid freight train stretch- ing from Portland, Me.. to ‘San) Diego, and another freight train | extending from Seattle to Miami. a great X whose four arms are each, | roughly, 2,000 miles long. It has never been quite done be- | fore, but the railroads are looking forward to its accomplishment this year, week in and week out, on the | average, every one of the 52 rhe wse from New Year’s day to New Year's | eve. All of which hardly pre-, Sages a slump. To haul this weekly tion of freight, the railroads have | put more than 500,000 new freight | cars into service, and have patched | up and repaired their stock of cars| that less than 200,000 in bad about one out of every fif- They have gone to the loco- } | accumula- | today order, | motive works with orders for thou- | sands of new engines, preferring | the monsters that haul 100 loaded ‘cars on the level where possible. | be visualized in the ume It means. however. | roads are looking forward to a new of goods | In the hauling of this record vol- of anticipated freight, the } ” (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12. COLUMN 2.) } HT fo DECIDED AT ARICA | | i PLEBISCITE IMPOSSIBLE, ‘RAIL MEDIATION BOARD APPOINTED BY GOOLIDGE Early Termination of the Ar- Four Members Selected by. bitration Proceedings There Is Expected. — ,, , ry Os 4 ~ vy 1 Opp tea, igh Sec ee at yee” ee Shar Ais cot an dee Pe . ° 4 +e Mes - 7 T ORPPRA eS ‘,he was officially corporation | vesterday | knocked down and almost instantly | Farnham, | Farnham, pastor of the Cleveland | and | in front of. Macomb | the | The steady decline is considered | . ¢ * < HAITIAN PRESIDENT | 19 WELCOMED HERE BY ULS. OFFICIALS } i iia Ruler and Party Greeted by Coolidge at White House. BOWS AT STATION FAIL TO AROUSE RESPONSE ‘Borno, Storm Center at Home, Here to Discuss American Occupation. | President Louis Borno of Haiti lame his party arrived in Washing- ‘wot Se a to be officially wel- by Secretary of State Kel- prow st other high United States wom and. unofficially, by more |than 100 red-hatted Union station porters and several hundred others, |who watched his arrival in silence, ‘in marked contrast the noise which greeted his landing in New | York. | A few minutes after to his arrival received bv Presi- aent Coolidge in the White House. Mme. Borno was received in the executive mansion Mrs. 'ijidge. and a half hour later the President and Mrs. | paid courtesy call on Borno and Mme. Borno | Haitian legation. Cool- both Coolidge bv a President the 1750 Connecticut at avenue. Perhaps the visiting president | expected a more enthusiastic recep- ‘tion in Union Station, for as he reached the station end of the track on which his came abreast gathered inside the train gates. he raised his hat in and bowed slightly | and persons shed salute, arrived several train of No Response to Bows. | If ge was disappointed that there | Was not a single vocal response lie did not show it and replaced his hat only to remove it later, touch his handkerchief and hold the hat in his hand as he bent slightly to catch some remark from Secretary Kellogg. walking beside him. He replaced it in the same silence that marked his reception he was passing througb the concourse and kept it on until he reached the out- side where he was greeted with a verse of the national anthem of Haiti and another of the Star Spangled Banner, played by tha Army band under direction of Lieut. Benter Then the party posed for a seore of news photographers and turned back to enter the automobiles which were to take them to the Mayflower hotel where they will occupy the State and adjoinj.g suites. Given Official Honors. Whatever may have been lack- ing in unofficial enthusiasm in the welcoming of President Borno was made up in official honors. The eastern end of the station concourse was roped off from the train gate to ‘the President's waiting room and | guarded by two files of marines in dress uniforms which stretched to the entrance. Outside was an escort of cavalry from Fort Myer, Va.. which escorted the party to their hotel. The route taken by the party was across Union station plaza to Dela- Ware avenue, across the Capitol plaza and down the southern drive- way, skirting the Capitol grounds to Pennsylvania avenue; thence to Fifteenth street. There the caval- cade swung south of the Treasury, north between it and the White House, up Pennsylvania avenue to Jackson place to Seventeenth street, to the De Sales street entrance of their hotel. There President Borno and members of his escort stood in the hotel doorway awaiting arrival of the White House automobiles to take them to President Coolidge, who received the Haitian executive in the White House. To Discuss Occupation. azain a moment brow with § his as President Borno, a storm center in his own country, came to the United States to discuss several matters incident to American .occu- pation in Haiti. His right to the presidency of Haiti has been challenged.on the ground that he was born in Guada- lupe, French territory, and there- fore is ineligible to hold that office. He was accused of packing the gov- erning council, which selects the president since the suspension of since the Roosevelt treaty, with six s fal Saturday Afternoon to nassas way senha Mh lw ‘oO (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN &) ‘ Be: ie ane a “ ” i election by the Haitian legislature “ a