The Washington Post
July 19, 1928

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7 ssc==| Ohe Was hington Po st. 19.026. — 7 Weather—Partly cloudy and warm today, followed by local thunder- showers this afternoon or tonight and probably tomorrow; not so warm tonight. Temperature 93; lowest, 69. Weather detalls on page 8. ——_—— yesterday — Highest, a a NO. a POST-SCRIPTS GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN inineiall — TWO CENTS. ———ai ENTERED AS SEOUNL CLASS MATTER POSTOFFICE. WASHINGTON, D C. WORLD PEACE PACT 0 REALITY EXCEPT FOR FORMAL NOTES Official Acceptance by British Dominions Due in Capital Today. NATIONS OTHER THAN COPYRIGH1. 1928, BY THE WASHINGTON POS CO. VENGEANCE FOR OBREGON SWORN AT FUNERAL TRAIN; CALLES BLAMES FANATICS / Mexican President Alleges Slayer Admits Religious Motives; Charges Clerical Complicity; Will Uphold the Constitution. Mexico City, July 18 (A.P.).—In a signed statement tonight President “ WASHINGTON: GOVERNORS CONFER WITH HOOVER; oPLIT DN Hild. FARM VIEWo Hammill, of lowa, Says Secretary Has Real Relief Program. M'MULLEN IN DOUBT THURSDAY, JULY 19, 192s. GOV. OMITH SHOWS LITTLE WORRY OVER PARTY DEFEGTIONS Expects Bolt Moves to Evaporate; Fences on State Convention. NOTIFICATION DATE DIES IN WEST | If “you have nothing much to say, Let what you say be brief; For he who chatters all the day, By evening comes to grief. Secretary Hoover leaves the em- battled farmers of the discontented corn belt McMullen over what he has heard. Thousands Escort Body in Mexico City as Trip North Is Begun. Declaring that he had violated the vagrancy law by not working regularly for some time Judge Mat- tingly orders a negro who owns his own house, and had $50 * in hi against our institutions, will renew ite in his pocket at the time of his arrest, to post a bond of $500 or serve six months in jail. not cause a shudder of apprehension among the coupon-cutters up around the Metropolitan Club. Asserting that ‘“‘white supremacy was reestablished by the Democratic party in the face of Federal bay- onets,’” Hoke Smith—related to Grover, not Al—calls a mass-meet- ing to organize Georgia behind the Governor of New York, and adds, “if the Democratic party be now overthrown, then the overthrow of white supremacy will inevitably follow.”” Dixie watching her step! is * * - - Birmingham reports that the Ala- bama Republicans have invited the anti-Smith Democrats to join them and are keeping the door of political hospitality wide open. ‘“You-all come on in heah wid us. — 7 - — What’s this, Philadelphia Bill Vare cooling his heels in Chairman W ork’s Things have come to a pretty pass around Republican national headquarters if St. Bill has as much trouble get- ting into the Hoover holy of holies as he has getting into the Senate. reception room! lt is understood that when Boss We trust this will ORIGINAL 15 TO SIGN Kellogg Elated; Claudel Praises Borah as Father of Treaty Idea. (Associated Press.) Only receipt of official communica- tions of acceptance remained last night to delay an immediate decision as to when and where Secretary Kellogg’s multilateral of war shall be signed by the represen- tatives of the fifteen governments who will compose the charter members of this new peace pact. The State Department received and made public yesterday acceptances of an unqualified character from Belgium and Poland. They supplemented the favorable replies already received from Germany, France, Italy and the Irish Free State. In addition the department heard from London that the acceptance of the British government, as well as those of Canada, Australia, New Zea- land, South Africa and Indla, would reach Washington by cable or mail to- day. It also learned through diplo- matic channels that acceptances from Japan and Czechoslovakia would come in before the end of the week. Does Not Conceal Gratification. treaty for renouncement | Harris & Ewine CHARLES D. HENRY, father of Mrs. Herbert Hoover, who died yesterday. MAS, HOOVER'S FATHER, 04, DIES IN CALIFORNIA She Had Told Friends at Train He Would Recover; News Wortrinent or Teme. WELCOME IS ‘DELAY ED Omaha, Nebr., July 18 (A.P.).—His smile somewhat saddened by news of | Hoover, didate, Republican presidential for 45 minutes here can- paused (an hour, the death of his father-in-law, Herbert | was going to offer ‘ ABOUT HIS SUPPORT Nebraskan Waits on Nomi- nee’s Acceptance Speech Be- fore Announcing Stand. Aboura Hoover Train, North Platte, Nebr., July 18 (A.P.).—For more than five hours today Herbert Hoover dis- cussed the farm relief question with Republican leaders as his special train sped toward California through the corn belt where this issue is the most acute. Gov. John Hammill of Iowa left the Repubdlican presidential candidate con- vinced that under the Hoover ieader- ship areal plan of agricultural aid would be offered, but Gov. Adam McMullen of Nebraska indicated very clearly that he wasn’t at all satisfied that his party was prepared to meet the issue, although he did say that Hoover had “a com- prehensive understanding of the agri- culture issue.” Emerging from the candidate's pri- vate car after a conversation of half Hammill, who, opposed Hoover in the preconvention fight, said that in his Judgment the party standard bearer ‘a plan more sound and intelligent than any ever offered tu the American people.” > Gov. Smith declines to even IS ADROITLY AVOIDED Governor Wonders if G. 0. P. Will Be Nonpartisan on Judicial Ticket. ee By JAMES O'DONNELL BENNETT. Special to The Washington Post. Albany, N. «., July 18—The Demo- cratic presidential nominee refuses to talk seriously on the much-discussed schisms in the Democratic party. He thinks them comparable to the farm: | revolt in the Republican ranks which failed to x* the Kaw River on fire. And he believes that rebellion, if any. will evaporate long before November As for alleged defections in Texas, take an interest in them “Texas!"" he said today “Revolt in Texas? 1 don’t know anything about it. That's for the mational committee to worry about.” The governor is tuckered out today as a consequence of his toil yesterday as a motion picture impresario. “Well,” said he, “that was a great merry-go-round you gave me yesterday. One more of them and I'll have to take a iong sleep. Say, I burned up three collars.” Fences Over Convention. He was asked where the Democratic Plutarco Elias Calles declared that the assassin of Gen Obregon had admitted the motive of his crime was religious ,| fervor. The president said, too, that authori- ties investigating the crime have gained much information “complicating dl- rectly clerical action.” He concludes his statement with an appeal to the Mexican people to main- tain peace and a statement that the goverment will continu2 to abide by the principles of the constitution and the revolution—a statement which Is construed as signifying the president will not attempt to succeed himself. President Calles’ statement folfows. “The criminal has already fully con- fessed his tragic action was motivated by religious fanaticism. Furthermore, the authorities have gained much in- formation complicating directly clerical action in this crime. “But my government without being impressed for one moment for this new somber system which ts being practiced energy, and now announces to the na- tion that the liberal principles of the social revolutionary novement, which popular conscience affirmed 18 years ago, can never be nullified “It is a criminal illusion and stupid self-deceit to think that Mexico can or will ever returr to the customs of our dark periods of the past. “The ‘revolution’ will always advance despite stealthy attacks, and must win definitely eventually for the good of the Mexican family. “To this end 1 call upon all revolu- tionary groups to sustain still more firmly the banner of revindication and organize themselves into a strong in- destructible union to realize noble ideals—abandoning all _ personalities and other differences and constructing with faithful ardor and constancy the structure of national prosperity for the interest of 11. “The unprecedented crime as a re- sult of which Gen. Obregon lost his CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 3. OlX STRICKEN BY HEAT; MERGURY REACHES vo | Continued Warm Weather | This Morning Predicted by MURDER CHARGE MADE IN OROWNED-GIRL GAot J. L, Duvall Held Responsible by Jury for Death of Rosalie Steadman. SLAYER IS IDENTIFIED; MANY ARRESTS MADE Mother and Wife of Assassin, Young Artist, Held, as Are Cafe Employes. Mexico City, July 18 (A.P.).—Thé body of Gen. Alvaro Obregon, presi- dent-elect of Mexico, was tonight en route to his home in Sonora. His death left the capitai in mourning and de- nouncing the assassin who fired bullets from an eutomatic pistol while his vice tim was partaking of a luncheon given in celebration of his being chosen for the office of chief executive. Just before the train pulled out of the station here this afternoon thousands of followers of the Obregon policies raised their right hands and took a solemn oath to sustain his prin- ciples and to see that punishment is visited upon those responsible for his death. This was done at the instance of a member of congress who, as the oath was given, turned to President Calles, standing near b and said: “We demand of you justice by the punishment of those who were guilty of murdering Obregon.” Calles Is Pallbearer. President Calles and other leaders of the republic walked behind the hearse Bureau Experts. with bared heads in the funeral pro- cession from the national palace to the station. There they acted as pallbear- today, en route to Palo Alto, Calif., | Equalization Fee Left Out. where he will be formally notified that | he is the party's leader for 1928. Vare is around headquarters con- versation Hall State convention for the nomination |of a candidate for governor to succeed him, would be held. While Secretary Kellogg made no ef- fort to conceal his gratification over The Iowan, who called the first corn | belt conference and who has fought for about Tammany virtually ceases. © * . - One finds it difficult to believe that Mr. Hoover personally “‘likes neither the appellation ‘wet’ nor ‘dry,’”’ for this sort of trimming is foreigr to his character. As Dry- den says in the Epilogue to the Duke of Guise— “Now since the Weight hangs all on one side, Brother, You Trimmers shou’d, to poize it, hang on t’other. Damn’d Neuters, in their middle way of steering, Are neither Fish nor Flesh nor good Red-Herring: Not Whiggs, nor Tories they: nor this nor that; Not Birds, nor Beasts; but just a kind of Bat.” Whatever Mr. Vare’s ambitions may be to get the low-down on his Senate seat his chances of realizing them would seem to be poorer than they were before he went to Kansas City—it would be too much like cashing a predated and unsigned check filled out in blank. * * Virginia locomotive breaks the world’s record by hauling the long- est train of empties since Tom Hef- lin stopped bawling out Al Smith. Bishop Collins Denny, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, “separated unto the gospel of God,” wisely canges himself with Bishop Candler on the Constitutional and ministe:ial platform of the separa- tion of the church and State. The South, under two sets of leaders, the false and the true, approaches the parting of the ways. Watch your step, Dixie! The lowa Republican convention gets on the bandwagon en farm bloc, so to speak, and the wet East looks farther and farther away as you look at it from Palo Alto and Topeka. * ~~ . ” Modern Turkey scraps ‘‘Pasha,”’ thus leaving ‘“‘Kentucky Colonel’’ the only obsolete military title in the world. 7 - * - There is grave danger that the briefness of Secretary Hoover’s visit with the Firat Fisherman of the Land will cost him the solid vote of the Brule trout—the reaction in piscatorial circles has been terrible. The farmers of the country earned $157 more last year in an Agricul- tural Department report than they did the year before in the bank. Al Smith appoints Johnny Raskob chief worrier, and as Mr. Dryden would say, isn’t personally troubling himself. “How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina’s with Associators.” 7 ~ - + More than 20 per cent of the people of Washington were arrested by the police last year, 103,113 in all—some of whom committed crimes. The Kellogg peace treaties will probably be signed in Paris, and we shawn we have better luck than the promptness with which the four- teen nations to which the revised draft of his proposal was transmitted last month have signified their desire to be numbered among the original sig- natories, formal expression or spe- cific plans for the ceremony of signa- ture must await the notes from the other governments. The Secretary is known to be par- ticularly gratified that nome of the powers has found it necessary to pro- pose amendment of the text of the treaty itself in any way or the attach- ing to the pact of any supplementary interpretative document He has been desirous from the first that the new peace treaty should be as simple and direct in language as it was possibie to make it and that it should not be encumbered or any doubt be put upon its major purposes by supplementary protocols or explanatory notes. The treaty will be thrown open to adherence by all countries of the world after it has been signed by the original group of powers and becomes effective, which will be automatic when instru- ments of ratification required under the constitutional provisions of each government shall have been deposited at the capital and with the government CONTINUED ON PAGE 10, COLUMN 7 PYRENNEAN TUNNEL OPENED BY ‘RULERS King Alfonso and President Doumergue Meet at Elab- orate Luncheon. Canfranc, Spain, July 18 (A.P.).— The president of France, Gaston Dou- mergue, and the King of Spain, Al- fonso XIII, parted company tonight after a day passed in opening the first railway line connetcing their countries through the Pyrennees. The Spanish monarch and the French president met here at Canfranc on the Spanish side of the 5-mile transpyrennean tunnel—regarded in Eurape as an engineering achievement comparable to the great tunnel through the Alps. With the two government heads was @ group composed of the French Am- bassador at Madrid and the Spanish Ambassador at Paris and a distin- guished company of Frenchmen and Spaniards. All took lunch as Alfonso’s guests in the great dining hall at Can- franc sfation. ‘The {ood served was brought by special train from. Madrid and is said to. have cost $25 a cover-— and there were 250 present. After the luncheon, Alfonso and Doumergue and their entourages boarded a special train, where Dou- mergue was host to Alfonso at Forges d’Ahbel. Smallest Dirigible Pronounced Success Dayton, Ohio, July 18 (A.P.).—The smallest dirigible ever built made its second trial flight at Wright Field to- day and was proclaimed a success by Army and civilian engineers, who watched the trials and Anapected the tiny ship. Propelled by a four-cylinder “ee son motorcycle engine, the dirigible, less than -40 feet long, carried its de- signer, Matthew Q. Corbett, Detroit, and Lieut. Willlam Huffman, of Wright Field, aloft for the first time late yes- Mrs. Hoover, greeting women leaders of Nebraska, throng, her face beaming, was unaware | of the death of her father, Charles D Henry, Placerville, Calif Mr. Hoover and members of the party had at the train° was well out of Omaha Mr. Hoover was notified of Mrs. Hoover, in to those at the train, father would get well. Placerville, Calif., July 18 (A.P.).- Charles Delano Henry, 84, father-in- law of Herbert Hoover, died here early today without realizing his last wish, that he might see Mrs. Hoover before he succumbed to a paralytic stroke. Physicians said hope of greeting his daughter kept the aged man alive sev- eral days. He had been seriously ill since July 4. Mrs, Jean H. Large, of Palo Alto, an- other daughter, and Alan Hoover, grandson, were at his side this morning when he died without coming out of a cOma into which he lapsed Monday Alan, son of Herbert Hoover, arranged today to have the body sent to Palo Alto tomorrow, where the exact time of the services will be set by Mrs. Hoover, formerly’ Miss Lou Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover are due in Palo Alto Fy day shortly after noon. Besides the two daughters, Mrs Hoover and Mrs. Large, Mr. Henry left a brother, A. L. Henry, of North Dakota; three grandsons, Alan Hoover, Herbert Hoover, jr., and Delano Large and a granddaughter, Janet Large. Mr. Henry was born in Ohio and was a resident of California for 40 years. Until his retirement ten years ago he CONTINUED ON PAGE 10, COLUMN 8. talking Republican | the faced the | details | elaborate the plan in his acceptance | address «xt Palo Alto on August 11. |did say however | fee was out of the relief picture. decided to keep it from her until after some of | told them that her | _ He said that if a plan could be devised | that equalization fee principle of the cNary-Haugen bill, would not go into saying that Mr. Hoover would He , that the equalization McMullen, who attempted to organ- |ize the revolt of the farmers fof the Mr. | Henry’s death by the Associated Press. | Kansas City convention, spent more than four hours with Hoover, appar- ently undertaking to win him over to the equalization fee or its equivalent would do what he believed the equalization fee would do he was ready to accept it. Describing the Republican farm platform plank as a “mere mass of words,” the Nebraskan said the Demo- cratic plank was “specific and definite in setting out the provisions of the McNary-Haugen measure,” equaliza- tion fee and all. He explained that CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 4. Byrd Backer Hurt As Plane Hits Tree Speculator, N. Y., July 18 (A.P.).—o© V Bob, of New York, one of Com- mander Richard Byrd’s financial back- ers, and Bill Winston, a Curtiss Fileid pilot, were injured here tonight when their Fairchild cabin plane crashed into a tree on the links at the Hamilton Country Club. Both were cut about the face. Ber- nard J. Gimbel, New York merchant, and Samuel Pryor, of Greenwich, Conn., Gene Tunney's closest friend, escaped injury. The plane was wrecked. The party, guests of Mr. Bob, came here this afternoon by air from Curtiss Field to watch Tunney work out. Sends Ellen Terry, Near Death, Love to America s Beloved by Playgoers the World Over, Famous Actress, Resting in Quiet Kent Home, Suffers “Seizure” and Condition Causes Much Anxiety. London, July 18 (A.P,).—Dame Ellen Terry, beloved by playgoers the world over, who is dangerously ill a. her home in Kent, a few days ago gave the Asso- ciated Press this message for America: “Give my love to America, and tell my dear friends there that I am think- ing of them as I rest here in my quiet English countryside. Wherf one is 80, one has dreams of days gone by, and often in my dreams I live again the many happy times I spent in America. “My heart is warm with memories of my friends across the sea.” Miss Terry was sitting in a big arm- chair by a latticed window looking out over the rolling green of Kent as she recalled her experiences across the At- lantic. ; It was announced that Dame Terry had “a seizure” Tuesday morning Her ccndition is causing anxiety to her friends because of her age and the fact that she suffered an indisposition last February. The Associated Press was - told over the telephone tonight that her condi- tion was unchanged. Her brother, Fred Terry, and her sister, Marion, were with her today, but returned to Lapeen to- night. - Dame Ellen's home is a Tudor farm- house soneied anon ons time rates al the disposition their work. Gani coeaticadiele. datcal. set sail for the New World. It was there she has held court and wel- comed all wayfarers since her retire- ment from the stage. . Miss Terry, who for nearly 50 years was the foremost Portia in the world, has been very frail for two years. But it was the flesh and not the spirit which aged. Even in her retirement she never lost track of the London theater and its activities. Miss Terry’s daughter, Miss Edith Craign, who is a prominent theatrical producer, has abandoned her work to care for her distinguished mother. Until two years ago Miss Terry never failed to appear at-first nights in Lon- don, and the tall, queenly old lady in black, with black lace scarf draped over her silver hair, was always rapturously applauded when she entered her box. Miss Terry knew how toc age grace- fully. She never feigned youth. In grays and blacks she was as radiantly beautiful in her seventies as she was decades ago when Whistler and other artists competed for the honor of paint- ing her portrait. © Of recent years Miss Terry always eas deplored the nly of actors and to slight Charen. He eas es B + He fenced, saying: “Where would you like to have the convention held?” “Canada,” a smartie replied. The wet candidate, waggishness, then said: “I have discovered that you have go there for the thing have mind.” He mentioned several possible cities. adding: “Syracuse has always been a lucky town. I was three times.” “Do you think you horseshoe along to the next man?” “It's a rabbit's foot,” he replied “Who, do you think, are the Renub- licans going to nominate?” “They haven't taken the matter up with me yet. I'm more interested to see how far my Republican friends w1il go with their theory of a nonpartisan judiciary When the election its for judges downstate, where they haven't a chance to win, they're for a nonparti- san judiciary. But not so strong for it up here in the north where they have it, canned up. This is a good year to test out the nonpartisan judiciary idea.” Avoids Notification Date, We tried to wheedle from him the date when the ceremony of notification CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 5 WHEELER NOMINATED IN MONTANA PRIMARY Senator Winner; Dixon Chosen by Republicans to Oppose Him for Seat. Helena, Mont., Juiy 18 (A.P.).— United Statés Senator Burton K. Wheeler has been renominated by the Democratic party in Montana. Returns from yesterday’s primary election served today to steadily in- crease Senator Wheeier’s overwhelming lead over his opponent SV. Stewart, war-time Governor of Montana, who has conceded the senator’s victory and has sent him a telegram of congratu- lation. Joseph M. Dixon, also a former governor, was leading his closest op- ponent, C. H. Williams, for the Re- publican nomination, by nearly 5,000 votes late today. The vote from 526 precincts out ot 1,490 in the State in the Democratic contest gave Wheeler, 20,282; Stewart, 4,940. In the Republican race the vote from the same number of precincts was Dixon, 16,370; Williams, 11,621. Gov. J, E. Erickson and Roy E. Ayres of Lewiston, contesting for the Demoa- cratic nomination for governor, were running neck and neck and the lead changed often. The vote from 1,051 pre- cincts was Erickson, 21,525; Ayres, 21,- 441. Wellington D. Rankin was accepted as the Republican candidate for gov- ernor. — Representative John M, Evans was re- nominated in the First District. Atlanta Prison Riot you in can pass the Is Halted; Escape Fails| Atlanta, Ga., July 18 (A-P.).—Roy Gardner, California mail robber and Joe Urbaypus, Ohio, serving time for a like offense, precipitated a riot late today when they attempted to’scale the walls of the Federal peAOR, here with a ladder. One man was hurt during the melee which followed the unsuccessful break for freedom, a-guard named Bunce be- ing struck ovat the Bae Pe yy the butt Bove } i toll to | amounts to nearly a score, from the ex- RAINS TO BREAK WAVE Continued high temperatures yester- of the present week. which cessive heat that reached peaks of 97 degrees Monday, 92 Tuesday and 96 yesterday A. D. Kirk, . Was overcome by the | heat yes‘erday at his place of employ- | | ' ment, Gude Bros., 1212 F street north- west, and treated at Casuaity Hospital Mrs. Ruth Jones, 23 years old, of 3285 M street northwest, was overcome at her home, where she was treated by an Emergency Hospital physician. Arriving in .%. District yesterday afternoon, after hiking here from Co- lumbia, S. C., Charles MacDonald, col- ored, 22 years old, drank a glass of ice water in a gasoline station In the 1100 block of Bladensburg road northeast. returned to the sidewalk and then col- lapsed. He was treated by Dr. L. Jimal, who responded to a call in the Casualty Hospital ambulance, and was later re- moved to the hospital, where his con- dition is said to be serious. Dr. Jimal also treated an unidenti- fied 13-year-old boy at 4605 Kane place northeast, who was prostrated by the heat. Mrs. Anna Franklin, 62 years old, 519 L street northwest, was treated at Cas- ualty Hospital ior heat exhaustion. She was taken to the hospital from her home. Dr. C. N. Hall treated her. Betty Wood, 4 year: old, 310 E street northwest, was treated also at Casualty hospital for heat prostration. The low temperature mark recorded at the Pennsylvania avenue kiosk yes- terday was 73 degrees at 6 o'clock in the morning. From this point it rose stead- lly to 80 at 10 o'clock, 90 at noon, 93 at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, and 96 at 4 o’clock. After 4 o'clock, there was a slight and slow recession. The Weather Bureau’s forecast was for fair and continued warm weather this morning, followed by local thun- dershowers this afternoon, which are expected to temporarily break the heat wave. Light to gentle southwest winds, shifting to northerly by tonight, were also forecast. Index to Today’s Issue. Pcges. 1—Peace Pact Awaits Formal Moves. Governors Split on Farm Aid Views. Smith Not Worried By Defections, Vengeance for Obregon Sworn. Calles Blames Fanatics. Mrs. Hoover’s. Father Dies. Dame Ellen Terry Near Death. 2—Chain Bridge Work Delayed. Gaston Means Freed Today. Hoover Capital Drive Started. Playground Head Maps Plans. 3—Dr. Barton Chosen at Asheville. Vare Waits on Dr. Work. Iowa G. O. P. Indorses Hoover. Political News and Sidelights. 4—Ships and Fliers in Arctic Search. Jacksonville Coal Scale Ended. 5—200,000 Honor Dead Flier. 6—Editorials. 7—B8ociety. &—Weather and vital statistics. 9—Magazine page. 10—Coming to the theaters. 10-11-12—Finance. 13-14-15—Sports. — 16—Radio and comics. 17—Classified advertisements. ~ Legal Record. : 18—The News in Pictures. Arrests in Year Increase. Asphalt Plant Abandoned. i ibe, Sereens. | man, | southeast, 27 years old, of 1327 W | nominated there | atreet northwest PLAY MATES ACCUSE HIM A charge of murder was placed with a certain] day added six heat prostrations to the | against Joseph L. Duvall, 30 years old, now |of 1003 K street southeast, yesterday after six boys and girls, swimming com- panions of 14-year-old Rosalie Stead- ot 1742 Massachusetts avenue told a coroner’s jury that Duvall, 6 feet tall and weighing more than 190 pounds, let the girl drown Tuesday afternoon without making any effort to save her, while teaching her how to swim in the waters of the Eastern Branch back of the District Jail. Duvall was remanded to the District Jail to be held without bond for the the action of the grand jury by the coroner’s jury. His cell overlooks the spot where the Steadman girl was drowned After listening to the testimony of George Hild, 15 years old, of 535 Ken- tucky avenue southeast, who made heroic efforts to save the drowning girl. and to Juanita Barger, 12 years old, >t 1740 Massachusetts. avenue southeast. who accompanied Rosalie on her fata) swim, the coroner’s jury, in its report. said Duvall had taken her into deep water and left without attempting to save her. Duvall refused to make a statement at the coroner’s inquest, held at the District Morgue yesterday morning. He told police, however, that the girl asked him to teach her how to swim. He said he first took her toa float about 15 feet from the shore, and then brought her back to a small plier. The water in which he was attempt- ing to teach the girl was about up to his chest, he said. Suddenly, while wading around, Duvall told police he and the girl stepped into a deep hole. The water was about 25 feet deep. Duvall said the girl grabbed him around the neck and that he then made his way to safety. He hurriedly dressed and went to the park, where ne was arrested. He was surprised, he said, when informed the girl had drowned. Severe Earthquake Is Recorded Here (Associated Press.) A “very severe” earthquake, estimated to have occurred about 3,000 miles from Washington in a southerly di- rection, probably in. South America, was recorded yesterday on the George- town University seismograph. Director Tondorf said the disturbance began at 2:13 p. m. and lasted more than three hours. Lima, Peru, July 18 (A.P.).—The Chachapoys district was shaken by a strong earthquake at 2 o'clock this afternoon. It lasted 70 seconds. Gen. O’Ryan Finds Two of Family Dead New York, July 18 (A.P.).—Maj. Gen. John F. O’Ryan, war-time commander of the Twenty-seventh Division, today forced the door of his mother’s Brook- lyn home and found her and his sister, Mrs. James Crooke McLeer, 50, dead from gas. The medical examiner said their deaths were accidental. When the mother, Mrs. Anna O’Ryan, 78. failed to arrive at his Westchester estate for a promised visit, Gen. O’Ryan went in search of her. “His telephone calls to the house had gone unanswered. The gas jets were open and the table . The windows were all a died two years ers and carried the coffin to the train, Vast throngs filled the 24% miles of streets through which the cortege wound, It was marked by military escort and accompanied by the drone ing of airplanes flying over the route. Behind her father walked Senorita eyes and her face betraying her tears, As the last squad of soldiers passed down the stréet large crowds of men and women of all classes fell into line from the sidewalks and joined the some ber procession. At the Colonia Railroad Station im- promptu funeral orations were made by Valdez Ramirez and Congressman Aue relio Manrique, both declaring that “such men as Obregon never die because their spirit and principles live on fore ever.” Both urged the cleansing of Mexican politics as a result of the tragedy. The president boarded the funeral train, intending to travel to a station about 12 miles from the capital and then return to this city by automobile to prosecute the search for motives and possible backers of the assassin. Nu- merous other prominent members of the government were on the train, as well as Gen. Obregon’s son and sister, the only members of his immediate family who were in Mexico City. The entire staff of the United States Embassy and other members of the Diplomatic Corps were at the station to do honor to the slain Mexican leader. Succession Is in Doubt. Coincidentally, today, the anniversary of the death of Benito Juarez, Mexico’s “George Washington.” the problem of presidential succession was, as then, uppermost in the minds of national leaders. President Calles today was regarded. as certain to remain at the helm of Mexico’s ship of state, even though his doing so may be in technical contra- diction of the revolutionary principle of no reelection initiated by Juarez and contained in both the constitution of 1657 and that of 1917. The Mexican constitution in force now, that of 1917, even though it was revised to permit reelection of Gen. president, does not make possible in its present form a direct succession to the chair by Calles upon the expiration of his present term. Various means of making such sut- cession possible, however, were being discussec in Mexico City today; certain it is that no one believes any other than Gen: Calles will take charge of governmental affairs. Provisional President Possible. These means included the appointe ment by congress of a provisional presie of the Calles term in December. A general election might then be called and Calles offer himself for reelection without vioating the clause in the con- stitution concerning direct succession. If this plan is followed it is believed generally that Aaron Saenz, governor of Nuevo Leon, and “former minister of foreign affairs in the Calles cabinet, will be named provisional president. His interim of power probably would me brief. Saenz, whose residence is in Monterey, was among the foremost of Obregon’s supporters and is a brother= — in-law of one of Calles’ daughters. ment to allow Gen. Calles to suce himself in the present a Y be asked. This, doubtless, subject to reelection at a new r Obregon following another’s term aa Alicia Calles, her handkerchief to her__ v ‘> Other plans, however, were regarded as possible. A constitutional oneal ‘ : 4 Re G ‘2 dent to assume office upon expiration st