The Washington Post
January 24, 1927

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a | The only newspaper in Washington | with the Associated Press news every | morning in the year. ost. 3 . in temperature. Temperature 42; lowest, 32. The weather—Cloudy today and to- | morrow; possibly rain; little change 1 yesterday — Highest, Weather details on page 4. NO. 18,484. ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER POSTOFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. WASHINGTON: MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1927—FOURTEEN PAGES . | COPYRIGHT. 1927. POST-SCRIPTS GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN COOLIDGE TO STATE “But each for the joy of the work- ing, and each, in his separate star, Shall draw the Thing as he sees | it for the God of Things as | They are.”’ There is an excellent way for , Hilinois to force this vital issue with * the Senate if Mr. Deneen has the pride to play ‘‘Me, too,” Platt to Mr. Smith’s Conklin. Senator Borah’s indignation against the “little groups of deliri- ous tinkers’’—to paraphrase Don Marquis — who are so kindly run- ning our government for us at enor- mous expense to the taxpayers, probably won’t be sufficiently hot to induce him to vote against the ext appropriation for the prohibi- tion undercover eneakers. snoopers and “ + . eo »# Capt. Garibaldi, banished to Latin America, affords us that lesson in international discord which can only be rendered by an Italian in Dutch in France preparing to walk Span- ish. e . a * “For this, my son, was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. . And they began to be mer- ry.’ When young Prince Carol was yet a great way off old King Ferdi- nand saw him and had compassion, eo it looks as though there would soon be a veal feast in Roumania which everybody will enjoy except Queen Marie. 7 . ¥ * Finis Garrett is preparing to play his last tax reduction trump, but we fear it’ll turn out to be nothing but the deuce. The Chicago lady, deaf since childhood, whose hearing is restored by an accidental plunge down an elevator shaft, lends considerable medical authority to the remarkable case of the wondrous wise man who jumped back in the bramble bush and scratched his eyes in. is gradually Goose. Science overhauling Mother China, throwing off her own shackles at the point of the sword, and beating even Mr, Coolidge to it in repealing the unequal treaties which have bound her like a lion in a net of foreign greed, puts a sharp point on the argument for pre- edness, for who paid any atten- ion to her rights so long as she re- mained inert, supine, unarmed? “So every bondman in his own hand bears The power to cancel his captiv- ity.” Prof. Henry Flury sponsors a resolution which reads as though it might }thrill the Pifflebund, de- mnouncing the use of the Arlington radio for patriotic call to arms in behalf of our half-starved army and sinking navy. Are we to be depriv- ed of all means to counteract the influence of pacifist teachers in the public schools? € *‘Nay, then, farewell! I have touch’d the highest point of all my greatness; And from that full meridian of my ' glory I haste now to my setting.” The Wolsey of the American League falls with the jingle of ain vo fat salary, and Judge Landis may now add to his belt the scalp of that _ mighty potentate of baseball, Ban Johnson. Why, at this rate even King George isn’t safe. Seventeen-year-old girl kills her mother with the wvrld’s deadliest weapon. compared loaded. Poison gas is innocuous to the gun that isn’t . University of Wisconsin student consumed by the burning curiosity Hamlet felt is less irresolute and not “sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought.”” We shall await with in- _terest any communications he may now make from “the undiscovered | ! ‘ | SUDN POLIGY UF Uo. } | BEARING UPON GiiNA President Is Expected to Urge Scrapping of Unequal Treaties. MAY NOT CONSULT LEGATION IN PEKING Situation Held Too Grave Now for Any Middle Course Foreigners Desire. By ALBERT W. FOX. President Coolidge will shortly make a declaration of America’s policy toward China and put the United States gov- ernment squarely on record as favoring the realization of China’s national aspirations, according to information which has reached Senate leaders from administration sources. The statement will be made through Secretary of State Kellogg, unless something unexpected happens which causes American Min- ister MacMurray to convince the State Department that there should be furth- er delay. A statement of policy which shows America’s willingness to abandon the old, unequal treaties and thereby per- mit the Chinese to unshackle them- selves from foreign control over ‘their sovereignty as a nation will go a long way toward preventing the alarming spread of disorders and “anti foreign aggression” feelings, it is said. The ques- tion of negotiating new treaties can be taken up later, it is added, but the all- important point is for America to act before it is too late, according to the consensus here. Senators Await Declaration. Inquiry among Senate leaders last night divulged the fact that few of them wish to comment because assur- ance has been given by Secretary Kel- logg that he will make a declaration of statement. It is therefore assumed that Mr. Kellogg will not jeopardize the situation by seeking to uphold the idea of concerted action of the powers, advocated from diplomatic quarters in Peking. Assurances have also reachéd senators that the American statement will not be sauqualified as to lose“tts force and effect in the highly critical situation. As Mr. Kellogg himself took the lead some time ago in furthering plans to assist the realization of China's aspirations, the expectation is that the American declaration will be along that line. There is one suggestion in official quarters that the State Department may wish to wait until Mr. MacMurray gets back to the legation at Peking to- morrow or early this week. On the other hand, there is a feeling in some quarters here that Mr. Kellogg will handle the situation far better if he temporarily disregards the suggestions and advice which members of the diplomatic corps at Peking are pro- viding for the American legation. In other words, it is felt that the situation is now too big to be handled by any legation and should be intrusted to the judgment of the Secretary of State here. Old Methods to Be Scrapped. The whole idea of attempting to save past treaties and handle the Chinese situation along lines which have been gue for past years is apparently due to be scrapped. Either it will be scrapped by timely understanding of the new situation or by the determina- tion of the Chinese themselves. nutshell, the question has seemingly resolved itself into two alternative questions, as follows: Will the powers abandon the unequal treaties grace- In a (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.) ‘Plunge of 50 Feet country from whose bourn no trav- | ' eler returns,” to get any. but we don’t expect Lone bandit in a one-reel thriller backs ’em up against the wall at the Ambassador and gets away with $2,000, and the typical audience \den’t distracted from the screen by a drama in real life. Worked up by a revivalist, the sanctimonious citizens of Magnolia, Miss., consign to the flames of a bon- fire all their playing cards, dice, put- and-take spindles, art magazines — all the accessories of sin, indeed, ex- cept their pocket flasks. . The old leather-bownd family Bi- ble, with its brass clasp, and the faded record of births and wed- dings, and deaths, written by suc- cessive generations of men and women who were as learned in pen- manship as in the Scriptures—how many does Bishop Freeman think he could find in Washington today? There is no room for such a weighty tome in the modern apartment — it uotddl crowd out the phonograph and the radio. i Restores Her Hearing Special to The Washington Post. Cumberland, Md., Jan. 23.—Injuries to her head when she plunged 50 {feet down an elevator shaft at the Levins department store, January 15, have re- stored the sense of hearing to Miss Gladys Baker, 22 years old, saleswoman at the store. Relatives and friends of the girl permitted to see her at Alle- gany hospital, were amazed to dis- cover that Miss Baker could hear them talk without effort. Before the accident it had been néces- Sary to shout in conversation with tne young woman. She had been deaf since she was eight years old. Dog Is Shot Dead After Biting Child After biting a child, a vicious stray dog was shot dead yesterday at Thirty- third and Q streets northwest when it attempted to attack three other per- sons. Patrolman Louis Redman, of the Seventh precinct, one of the dog’s in- tended victims, killed the animal. The carcass was turned over to the health department for examination. Etta E. Harding, 10 years old, 1524 Wisconsin avenue northwest, was the victim. She was taken to Georgetown hospital by Detective J. W. Dubusky, of the Seventh precinct, and her con- dition was reported not serious. Red- man chanced along when the dog was in the act of attacking two unidenti- fied persons. When he interfered the dog lunged at him and he skot. Index to Today’s Issue. Pages. 1—League Ousts Ban Johnson. ' Ambassador Theater Robbed. Sacasa Willing to Resign. U. S. China Policy Soon Due. Carol Is Nearer Throne. Miss Clarke Slain, Is View. 2—Democrats Fight for Tax Cut. 3—Long Oil Fight Seen in Mexico. Soft Coal Strike Threatened. 4—Walsh Fights Secret Session. 5—Financial News. Britain to Test Chinese Chief. France Expels Garibaldi. 6—Editorial. 7, 8—Sports. 9—The Post’s Funny Folks. Daily Radio Programs. 10—Magazine Features. 11—Society. Arbitration Urged on U. 8. 12—Classified Advertising. 13—At the Local Theaters. Too Many Laws, Borah Holds. Many Flee Ohio River Floods. Daily Legal Record. 14—-Family Bible Is Held Cure. W.C. T. U. Meeting Here. Jewish Congress Planned. Mussolini Under Criticism. The News in Pictures. MUTOPSY DOCTOR HOLS MISS CLARKE WAS SLAN Capd May Physician Changes Mind After Declaring Death Was Natural. CORONER HAS SAME VIEW Cape May, N. J., Jan. 23 (By A. P.).— Conviction that Miss Mary S. Clarke, well-to-do Washington woman, whose frozen body was found on the beach here a week ago, had been murdered was expressed tonight by Dr. Julius Way, Cape May county physician. Dr. Way, who performed the autopsy yes- terday, had announced after it that Miss Clarke had come to her death from “natural causes or strangulation by breathing sand.” Tonigkt he said he had changetl his mind, although he reiterated the autopsy had not brought out anything to indicate she had been a victim of violence. “T have been asking myself a lot of questions,” said Dr. Way, and ‘I can not reconcile myself to the amnesia and death from exposure theory. While tke autopsy proved nothing that would substantiate a murder theory, I am convinced in my own mind the woman was slain. I have no convincing reason to give.for my brief, but it is my stead- fast opinion and will not be changed unless some pretty strong developments come along. “It is true the marks and scars on her arms may have been made by ice freezing upon them. It also is true she might have died from sand enter- ing her lungs and strangling her, but I believe she was knocked down and thrown into the sand and inhaled it into her lungs before she died. “If she collapsed and died from ex- posure, how was it that her purse, with a strap torn as it had been snacthed from her arm, was found nearly 40 feet away? How was it that the purse be- longing to a woman admittedly wealthy, contained only 55 cents and a railroad mileage scrip? She hardly could have thro the purse away herself, and a woman who is traveling about the country as she was in the habit of trav , carries more than 55 cents. “The theory she —lost.her memory temporarily and thought she was on her way to Atlantic City, where she had been HMving, is knocked in the head by (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8, COLUMN 5.) Inclement Weather To Continue Today) The rainy amd disagreeable weather which commenced Saturday evening after the second hottest day that Washingtonians have experienced here on a January 22 for 37 years, will con- tinue today, according to the weather bureau prophets. The thermometer will hover around the 35 degree mark and a sligkt dip below freezing tonight may be looked for. However, there are no indications that the severe weather that the South- west and middle West is encountering or the balmy weather that the South- east is enjoying will intensify or miti- gate Washington’s discomfiture. ABDUCTED COUPLE SLAIN, IT IS FEARED |, Marion Highway Patrolman “Knew Too Much” About Gangs, Officers Say. Marion, Ill., Jan. 23 (By A. P.).— State Highway Patrolman Leroy lL. Price and his wife, who were abducted from their home here last Monday night and have not beem heard from since, are given up for dead by rela- tives and friends, while officers con- ducting the search for them privately express the opinion that they were murdered by gangsters. In a report sent to Gov. Small by Ralph E. Benedict, who is in charge of the State highway police investi- gating the case, little hope is held for a rescue. Unofficially, Benedict was quoted as saying he believed Mr. and Mrs. Price had been murdered. 3 Price was the last man known to have left Charles Birger’s fortified road- ‘house on the night of January 8, be- fore the place was dynamited, burned and four persons in it killed. He had not said much about his visit there or what he saw just before he left. “He knew too much,” is the signifi- cant comment) of officers here. OAGAGA WILL QUIT Ir NEUTRAL LEADER TAKES PRESIDENCY Terms on Which He Will End Conflict. COOLIDGE’S CHARGES IN MESSAGE DENIED His Party Has No Alliance - With Any Other Govern- ment, It Is Asserted. Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Jan. 23 (By A. P.).—Dr. Juan Sacasa, head of the liberal government, who is at war to oust the Diaz conservative regime, is ready torstep aside if a new president is chosen under conditions he outlines. In a statement to the Associated Press last night, he said he would gladly re- linquish claims to the presidency to “any one affiliated neither with the conservatives nor the liberals, and suit- at an honest and supervised election, or to any one chosen through the medta- tion of the United States and the signatory powers of the Washington pact with the final approval of the neutral members of the present con- gress or by a new, honestly chosen con- gress.” “From the top of the ladder to which I have been called by the voice of the people,” Dr. Sacasa concluded, “I shall gladly step down in favor of an honest, capable man selected under these con- ditions. “You may tell the world this, for the world knows my interest is unselfish and for Nicaraguan peace and pros- perity and the good will of Latin America and the United States.” Comments on Message. Dr. Sacasa received yesterday the text of President Coolidge’s recent message to Congress on the Nicaraguan situa- tion. Commenting on it, he again de- nied that American lives and property had been threatened in Nicaragua. He also denies that the stability of Central America had been endangered or that the right of the United States to construct a trans-Nicaraguan canal had been jeopardized. He refterated liance with any other government or in fact had any understanding with any power on the globe. uphold his legal and claims to the presidency. Commenting upon that part of the message pointing out that he had been. in Mexico, Sacasa said he was there a few days and passed through capacity of constitutional president of Nicaragua to President alles. He negotiated nothing and attempted nothing, not even an understanding, he | contended. The message failed to mention, (CONTINUED ON PAGB 3, COLUMN 4.) Girl, 17, Kills Mother | With “Unloaded” Gun | Special to The Washington Post. Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 23.—-Playfully ‘pointing a revolver at her mother, |'Edna Wade, 17, pulled the trigger and was stunned to see her topple over the | | chair, dead. | loaded. She didn’t know it was | Mrs. Rollie Wade, the mother, was | ‘seated in the kitchen of their home | / west of Kenosha, just before noon to- | ‘day, preparing the big family dinner 'which was to celebrate her forty-fourth ‘birthday. Her husband had just shown '@ new .38 caliber revolver which he had purchased, and laid the gun on a \table. Edna picked it up and the ‘tragedy followed. Italy Finds Richest Tron Ore in Europe Leghorn, Italy, Jan. 23 (By A. P.). iscovery of deposits of the richest tron ore in Europe has been announced here. The ore is situated in the Apennine mountains in the provinces of Massa and Luca at altitudes about a mile above sea level. It is said to analyze 68 per cent pure metal, compared with a 40 per cent maximum from other European mines. Mining experts say the quantity of ore is so enormous Italy may be freed from the necessity of importing iron. predicted. Golfer. Falls Dead. Ending Ninth Hole A few moments after he had con- pleted the ninth hole of the Rock Creek golf course yesterday, Albert P. Harcel- rode, 50 years old, 2032, Wisconsin ave- nue northwest, fell dead. His body was removed to the District morgue, when Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, after an examination, certified death from natural causes, due to heart trouble. Mr. Harcelrode was employed at the United States navy yard as a metal expert. Aid from Emergency hospital was summoned. Dr. Howard Smith, of the hospital staff, pronounced the man dead upon arrival. ; 4S « Nicaraguan Liberal Tells able to the Nicaraguan people, chosen | 4 reports Sacasa said he had not returned to. Nicaragua to head a revolution but! rather had returned in answer to the | call of the liberals, banded together to_ constitutional , the formality of paying his respects in his| he | said, that he had remained in Wash- | Possible production of 300 tons dally is RY THE WASHINGTON PO PERT ERTL MRR. LEAT * van | Student Kills Himself | 7 Seeking Death’s Sequel Madison, Wis., Jan. 23 (By A. P.). Leaving a note explaining he was going to find out what follows death, Cassels W. Noe, 20, a medical student at the University of Wis- consin, shot and killed himself here today. | The youth’s body was found in his bedroom by his parents when they returned from church. In his hand he clutched a pistol, while beside him lay a note saying that he had shot himself to find out “how things are over there.” As soon as possible, the note said, he would communicate with a fra- ternity brother with whom he said he had arranged a pact. The sul- cide, he said, was conceived from a study of psychology. Noe left word for Robert Horton, to whom he had talked of the plan to determine the power of the spirit, to watch for a message from the “beyond.” It was said that Noe had been heard discussing methods of suicide and had suggested a suicide pact with a coed. FOR CAROL, PARTS HEARS Elimination of Queen Marie and Bratiano From Power | ~ Believed Conceded. | ‘FERDINAND READY TO QUI Paris, Jan. 23 (By A. P.).—King reaching Roumanian here, has won his fight for the political and dynastic domination of his own kingdom, and it now is virtually cer- tain that his son, Prince Carol, will suc- ceed him on the throne in a few weeks. in order to proceed to France to wage a battle for his life against the disease which has been undermining his hea!th for years. Meanwhile it is regarded as assured that Carol and his wife, Prin- cess Helen, from whom he has been estranged for more than a year, will be reconciled, somewhere in Italy. All this means, it is said, the removal of former Premier J. J. C. Bratiano as the invisible dictator of Roumania and | the elimination of Queen’ Marie as a | power in the royal and political coun- | ceils of the country. The reports reach- ing Roumanian circles in Paris say these results were attained at confer- ences held in Bucharest Saturday and | Bratiano. | Ferdinand—it is well known in | Bucharest—signed the decree announc- throne against his _will. He has been succeed him ever since he came back to his capital from his last trip to | France in October. The formation of a government of national concentration, a pet scheme of Bratiano’s, is reported to have been abandoned and a strong political group, the nucleus of which would be the na- - 5, COLUMN 2.) ‘Heat Wave Sweeps (CONTINUED ON PAGE Buenos Aires, Jan. 23 (By A. P.)— ‘Buenos Aires and other northern Ar- , 'gentine cities are sweltering in an in- | tense heat wave. The temperature has been as high as } '95 degrees Fahrenheit. Numerous pros- | trations, a few serious, have occurred. 4 OF FAMILY KILLED } AT GRADE CROSSING ‘Two Others May Die; Girl, 13, Lands on Engine Pilot; Is Little Hurt. | Rockford, Ill., Jan. 23 (By A. P.).— | Four members of one family are’ dead | and two others probably will die as | the result of a grade crossing accident ' tonight when an automobile was | struck by a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. |Paul passenger train east of here. | The seventh member of the family, ‘a 13-year-old girl, escaped when she was pitched headlong through the windshield of the automobile, only to land on the pilot of the locomotive. She was only slightly injured. The dead are Mrs. Martha Knight, 32; Dola, 5; Nellie, 4, and Eloise, 11 years old. I. F. Knight, the husband and fath.- er, and Clinton, 8 years old, probably will die. Gella, 13, was the girl to es- cape serious hurt. The family had purchased a ne automobile and today Knight took his family out for their first ride. Mexicans Are Slain In Clash on Border Brownsville, Tex., Jan. 23 (By A. P ). Three Mexicans are believed to have been killed, several wounded and H. B. O'Neal, border patrol officer, was shot through the leg in a pitched battle be- tween four border patrol officers and a party of 15 or 20 supposed smugglers, on the Rio Grande south of Mercedes, Tex., yesterday. The officers said they ran into a pack train along the border and were fired upon first. In the exchange of shots several members of the pack train party were seen to fall. glers finally recrossed the river, taking their casualties with them, before re- inforcements reached the officers. WAY CLEARED TO THRONE. Ferdinand, it is stated, will abdicate | ing Prince Carol’s renunciation of tae} insisting that his son return home and | Northern Argentine Ww | | was searching for a gas leak with a PATRON OF MOVIE NULUG UP THEATER AND TAKES 32,000 Forces Men in. Office to ' Give Cash: Threatens to Start Panic. © AMBASSADOR CROWD IGNORANT OF PERIL Slips Unnoticed Into Private Room After Viewing Picture on Screen. A lone robber entered the manager's ‘office of the Ambassador theater, Eight- eenth street and Columbia road north- west, about 10:30 o’clock last night, held up four men with a pistol and escaped with nearly $2,000. Pointing the gun at the men the in- truder, in a cool voice, said: “Stick 'em up or I'll start shooting and don’t leave this room for 10 minutes or I’ll shoot, and shooting will start a panic.” When he entered the office Robert 'Etris, manager, was seated at a table counting the _ receipts; Donald _ E. 'Gerow, assistant manager, was on his knees putting money in the safe, and ‘Charles O. Patterson, an usher, was Ferdinand of Roumania, it is stated in | Standing by. circles | Astounded, they raised their hands. The robber pushed Gerow away from ‘the safe and ordered him and Etris ‘and Patterson to line up with their | faces against the wall. He gathered | up the money on the table and from the safe and started out the door. At this point, another usher, George H. Fox, walked in only to find himself looking into the barrel of the robber’s pistol. Was Movie Patron He, too, was ordered to stand up against the wall. As he obeyed the rob- ber disappeared. ; Manager Etris told Headquarters De- tective Edward Kelly that the money taken by the robber was receipts for both Saturday and Sunday. A description of the holdup man was flashed to all fourteen precincts. It was shortly before 10 o’clock when the robber was first noticed at the-Am- | bassador. He bought a ticket and that the liberals had not formed an al- | Sunday between Premiers Averescu and | joined the throng of pleasure seekers |entering the theater. He watched the ‘screen for a short while, and then | walked quietly into the manager’s of- fice. This is in the rear of the audi- | torium. There were several hundred persons | inside the theater while the hold-up |; was in progress, and a large number of persons outside. A traffic policeman 'was within 100 feet. However, there |was no way in which his suspicions | could be aroused. The hold-up man was well dressed. | | Purkey Will Continue ' American Privileges Constantinople, Jan. 23 (By A. P.).— | Rear Admiral Bristol, United States | commissioner, has been in Angora re- cently discussing with the Turkish gov- ernment the situation arising from the | rejection of the Lausanne treaty by the | United States Senate. Government organs now emphasize | that Turco-American relations will not | be affected by the rejection and that American commerce and institutions will continue to enjoy the same privi- leges as heretofore. Irish Shower Satire Of Erin With Eggs | Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 23 (By A. P.). | —Irate patrons of the Playhouse, ex- | clusive center of Cleveland modernist drama, showered the stage with eggs last night during presentation of Dean O'Casey’s Irish satire, “Juno and the Paycock.”’, Six men, arrested by a riot squad, gave their names as Marcus O’Donnell, Patrick Patten, John Campbell, James O’Donnal, Daniel Sheehan and James McCrone. They told Sergt. James Price that they heard the play “insults de- cent Irish folk.” They were charged with disturbance. Heavy Snow Falling In Parts of Italy | Rome, Jan. 23 (By A. P.).—Italy has been swept by furious storms. Heavy | snow, accompanied by high winds, is _ falling in the central | parts of the country particularly. west 'and south of Venice where telegraphic ‘and telephonic communications have | been interrupted. | A tempest of cyclonic proportions is | hampering shipping of Sicily and in the | Adriatic. The storm wrecked the steeple | of a church at Lecce. Blown Through Wall, Nearly Dies in River Clarington, Ohio, Jan. 23 (By-A. P.).— Blown through a wall of his home here today by a gas explosion, Curtis Feasel, 29, was nearly drowned in the flood which sur-' | waters of the Ohio river, rounded his home. Rescued by men in a rowboat, he of both legs, severe burns and internal injuries. The blast occurred while Feasel lighted match. and northern | ‘the American league club owners here /was found to have suffered fractures The supposed smug- | $ i steamers. Phone JOHNSON OUSTED AS LEAG _ LANDIS | * ’ } i ; ; BAN JOHNSON. | JOHNSON-LANDIS FEUD HAS RAGED FOR YEARS Criticism of Commissioner by | President of Circuit Has Been Frequent. we. TWO CENTS, -_—— E HEAD: UPHELD © Ball Club Owners Vote Health of President ls Impaired. NAVIN, OF DETROIT, TAKES OVER DUTIES “Showdown” Meeting in Case of Speaker and Cobb Is Called Off Indefinitely. SALARY WILL BE PAID: ACTIVE CONTROL LOST Conmmnisatoner Soon to Make Statement as to Status of Exiled Players. Chicago, Jan. 23 (By A. P.).—Ban Johnson is no longer active president of the American league, the organiza- tion he founded 27 years ago. The American league executive, base- _ball’s stormy petrel, was removed from actual control by his club owners to- NEAR A CLIMAX IN 1925. Chicago, Jan. 23 (By A. P.).—The | feud between Ban Johnson and Com-| missioner Landis has been in existence | for seven years, since the time Landis | was appointed. Johnson had openly criticised administration of Landis in the and their warfare culminated Johnson’s criticism two years ago when he said Landis the world series after the expose of the should have called off Cozy Dolan and Jimmy O'Connell af- fair, which resulted in their expulsion from baseball on account of their al- leged attempt to “fix” Heine Sands, Phillies infielder. Johnson’s®* criticism became so hot and frequent that. Landis at the joint | meeting of mator jeagues here two! years ago virtually demanded his re- | moval from office, but the American | league club owners pacified Landis by | pledging that Johnson would avoid | criticism, and if he violated this pledge , he would be removed. Johnson, at the time, was removed from the baseball advisory council and , Navin, now assuming the duties of the | American league presidency, was elect- | ed to succeed Johnson on the council | board. The final break between Johnson and Landis occurred over the situation in- volving Cobb and Speaker. Johnson charged that Landis was responsible for the “‘tarring” of the reputations of Speaker and Cobb; that Landis had broken faith with the American league in making the charges public, and that the league had determined to let these players out quietly and gracefully out of consideration to their families. Johnson exploded a half a dozen bombs into Landis’ lap over the Cobb- Speaker case, and once intimated that all the evidence back of the charges had not been given into the hands of the commissioner. It was this jntimation that caused Landis to call a meeting of i ; j ‘ tomorrow to ascertain if there is any basis for the intimf&tion. 20 Prisoners Escape From Oklahoma Jail Tecumseh, Okla., Jan. 23 (By A. Pr.) Twenty prisoners escaped from the Pottawatomie county jail here early today after two men sawed their way to freedom, overpowered the jalier, took his keys and unlocked the other cells. Three of them were recaptured. Seventeen prisoners declined to leave the jail after freedom had been offered them. SMITH IN CONFERENCE ON NEW SENATE STEP Talks With Illinois Attorney General, Who Will Join Fight Here Soon. Chicago, Jan. 23 (By A. P.).—Frank L. Smith, senator-designate from Tlli- nois, whose credentials were rejected last week by the United States Senate, arrived here from Washington today, and immediately went into conference with his advisers to discuss another appearance in the Capital. He conferred with Oscar Carlstrom, attorney general of Illinois, and several others, none of whom offered any comment at the close of the meeting. | During the day he also visited an ear | specialist, who gave him relief from | ear trouble with which he had suf- | fered in Washington. It was said an! operation might be necessary. Col. Smith expected to go to his, home at Dwight, Ill., for a few days, and return to Washington about the middle of the week with Mr. Carl- strom and other supporters. De Luxe Service via SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. to, FLORIDA East and West Coast, also new and improved service AVANA vee Tey : ane s oette nauire -W. Main 637.—Adv. : ‘contract runs until 1935, night, on the plea that he was suffer- ing from ill health. He will retain his title and salary for the present, as his but it was said he never again would be in active control of the league’s affairs. The showdown between Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball commission- er, and Johnson, set for tomorrow over the dismissal of Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, will not be held. Frank J. Navin, president of the De- triot club and vice president of the league, was named to assume the duties of president. The American league ub owners, meeting tonight after a previous meet- ing with Johnson this afternoon, repu- | diated to Landis “any and all criticism emanating from Mr. Johnson reflecting in any way upon Judge Landis,” and commended the commissioner for his efforts in clearing up baseball from in- sinuations of dishonesty. Statement by Physician. Dr. Robert B. Drury, of Columbus, Ohio, President Johnson's attending physician, submitted to the meeting a statement that Mr. Johnson’s health was such that he should take an imme- diate rest. The American league execu- tive, it was revealed, has been in poor health for a long time, suffering from diabetes, which has necessitated hospi- tal treatment. The seven club owners who met with Johnson this afternoon called in Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the Chicago White Sox and Johnson's bitter enemy, for tonight’s conference with Commis- sioner Landis. Johnson was represent- ed by Henry Killilea, the American league attorney, and William Harridge, Johnson's secretary. For two and a half hours they de- bated Johnson's fate and at the con- clusion, Harridge emerged with a for- mal statement which said: “A meeting of the eight club owners of the American league was held today at the Blackstone hotel, Chicago. “The members of the league unani- mously repudiated any and all criticism appearing in the public press as emanating from Mr. Johnson, refiecting in any way upon Judge Landis or his handling of the several investigations, concerning the integrity of ball players in the American league, and com- mended, Judge Landis for his efforts in clearing baseball of any insinuation of dishonesty. Rest is Held Needed. “Mr. Johnson submitted to the meet- ing a formal written statement in which he announced that all evidence involved in the matter of the Cobb and Speaker investigations had been sub- mitted to the commissioner and had been by him published. “Dr. Robert Drury, Mr. Johnson’s personal attending physician, certified to ,the meeting that Mr. Johnson's health -was such that he should im- mediately take a much needed rest. “Whereupon the duties of the presi- dent were entrusted for the time be- ing to Frank J. Navin, of Detroit, vice president of the league. “At our request Judge Landis in- definitely postponed the meeting of the American league owners called for to- morrow.” Col. Jacob Ruppert, owenr of the New York Yanees; Judge E. H. Barnard, of the Cleveland club; Clark Griffith, pres- ident of the Washington club, and Thomas Shibe, president of the Phila- delphia Athletics, together with Dr. Drury, called on Commissioner Landis at his hotel this afternoon, after the meeting with Johnson, and prevailed upon the commissioner to meet them tonight. Landis Expresses Satisfaction. Col. Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New Gelegation, explained to the commis- sioner that President Johnson's health had been failing for months and that the club owners were ready to relieve him so that he could take a rest. Commissioner Landis immedlately granted their request, expressing com- plete satisfaction with the course of ‘action they had outlined to him, When the formal statement was given out, calling off tomorrow’s ses- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7, COLUMN 7.)