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i No. 27,919. * WASHINGTON, I). C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1920-TWENTY-SIX PAGES. * TWO CENTS.
CAMPAIGN OF HAYS j
ELS IN SUPPORT
OF G. OP. IN WEST
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Harding Has Fairly " Tight j
Hold on Electoral Votes ;
/ West of Mississippi.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
fThis is the first of a series of three articles
analyzing political conditions west of the
Mississippi, and is based on a personal visit
to fourteen states, including twenty-five of the
most important cities, during the last thirty
slays.)
Senator Harding, republican candidate
for the presidency, has a fairly
tight hold on the electoral vote west
of the Mississippi, but by no means j
one that could not have been un- |
loosened by effective organization and
a press more friendly to the demo- '
cratic cause. The writer saw the west
at a time of lowest ebb for the democrats
and highest tide for the repub- .
licans. The month of October will see '
the democrats struggling desperately j <
to undo In a month the work the re- I '
publicans have accomplished in nearly j
two years of campaigning, for Will :
Hays began in March. 1918?about j
eight months before the war ended? ,
and has established probably the most j
complete and effective political or- I
ganization in the history of the United | 1
States. He was taken to task by Col. i
Harvey for starting in the midst of the I j
war, but he has done the job. and re- j
publican victory will be as much due j '
to the republican organization as it (
will be to the restrictive conditions (
of the war which have made republicans
out of democrats.
Back to 10Id Campaign.
To understand why the majority of <
the western states will go republican t
one must revert to the 1916 campaign. 1
The west didn't like war and voted I
to be kept out of it.! Once entered c
into the fray, the west contributed I
brawny soldiers and all its money . d 1
crops to win. But it didn't acquire any
affection for war. It resented war ?
conditions and chafed under war re
stricti-ns. The republican press of 1
thj west, at first friendly to the league 1
of nations, still favors the principle
of a world association, but says the '
present league is Wilson's league and t
means war, entanglements in foreign c
troubles and all sorts of responsibil- ^
ities. Being more anxious for re- I '
public, i victory because of domestic
issues like taxation, the tariff and !
other matters closer home, the news- J *
papers friendly even to the Wilson j
league are submerging the contro- ,
versy over the kind of league America
is to enter anu convincing their readers
that Senator Harding will do the
right thing at the right time, what
. ever it is, but that the important task
is to put the republican party back in I
power and restore normalcy. c
Most people are so irritated over the j r
high cost of living, the high railroad t
rates, the congestion of freight and the c
whole after-the-war mess that they want ?
a change. They think the republican party a
will bring it. They say matters can't l
If fl|J Tint th?" tbey_have-been and
better. ' That's s
about as far as the big mass of the s
voters have gone in analyzing the issues t
of the campaign. Except in a few t
states,. President Wilson's plea for a a
solemn referendum on the election has f
signally failed.
Maadate Sot Repudiation. S
The mandate of the election will not ?
be a repudiation of the covenant or any other
part of the peace treaty." Groups 8
here and there will vote on foreign sub- 8
Jects, such as Irish freedom or Italian f
war aspirations, but generally speaking
republican victory will mean a desire to f
change from one set of political leaders v
to. another. Republican newspapers i'
friendly to the league are already pre- 8
paring their readers for that verdict r
and trying to prevent Senator Harding I c
from misconstruing the verdict'by de- j s
ciding to stay out of the league. The ! a
republican press in the west outnumbers 1"
the democrats at least two to one, and r
in some states four and five to one. f
The pro-league press is about evenly i
divided among the-republican press, but s
you can count on the fingers of your I
hand the republican newspapers that c
favor even the Wilson league who have
dare to make that the paramount con- p
sideration and tell their readers that : C
they ought to vote for Cox on that account.
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The most striking thing about thejj
whole western campaign is the utter j a
lack of enthusiasm by democrats or j
republicans of the rank and file for |
either Cox or Harding. Plenty of ap- f
plause and cheers were given Gov. ; *
Cox on his trip, but the mass of the
people are not Impressed with the | <
personality of either nominee as re- , ?
fleeted in the j>ress. Both men were j e
unknown, to Be sure, before the two t
conventions. But the real reason in ?
my own judgment why neither Cox 1
nor Harding has captured the popu- r
lar .imagination is that they have I
failed to point out clearly a recon-jj
truction policy. - j'
wreck beta Cos on Page One.
The truth is more than one editor c
complained that neither candidate s
really is producing "front-page stuff." c
Perhaps Gov. Cox's criticism of the
western press is partly due to the
foregoing thought. For it is true i I
that even the dispatches from Marion I
have not been conspicuously displayed |
all the time. On the other hand, Gov. f
Cox has a rightful case when he com- 1
plains that in some western cities his ' c
speeches were not even printed or ' (
that trivial portions were given j 1
prominence and a decidedly preju- ! (
dicial twist carried in the headlines.!*
It is true that Gov. Cox had to be j '
caught in a railroad wreck to get on i
the first page of one Xdn Francisco 1
newspaper, which all but ignored Iris !
visit to that city. ! ,
The democratic nominee has made a 1
plucky ftght. He has made votes in I
the west and stimulated the democratic
organization everywhere. It
was a splendid thing for him to go ,
west in September, but, lacking funds ,
and a friendly press, the democrats 1
of the west face an almost hopeless ;
task. .(
As matters stand today, it would
appear that Senator Harding will '
carry every state west of the Missis-;'
sippi, with the exception of Montana. C
Utah. Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, j
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mis- ! j
souri. Strangely enough, Oklahoma
is doubtful and Missouri is shaky, j.
Both may go republican in the event
of a landslide. On the other hand i
the league issue may yet turn Califor- :
nia from what appears to be a 100,010
defeat for the democrats into a demo- p
cratic victory by a narrow margin.
Seventy-Four Votes Sure for t o*.
Only seventy-four electoral votes look ',
sure for Cox west of the Mississippi? '
Texas, 20; Missouri. 18; Arkansas. 9;j
Arizona. 3; New Mexico. 3; Nevada, 3; '
Utah, 4; Montana. 4; Louisiana. 10. |
Oklahoma ought to add another ten. 1
but the month of October will tell the
story there. But it will be seen that!]
Gov. Cox's prospective total is only
slightly more than half of President
Wilson's total west of the Mississippi 1
in 1916. This means Gov. Cox's j
chance of election lies entirely in tile j'
states east of the Mississippi, where !
New York's forty-five, for instance, jwould
overcome the losses in the I
west. i
iTomoiltw's dispatch will describe ]
the undjcurrents of thought in the
' west, tls rise of radicalism and its'i
effect oi|the election.)
lOopyright. 19-0.) 1
WELCOME TO ALBERT.
Belgian King and Queen Greeted
in Brazil.
RIO JANEIRO, October 4.?Dispatches
from the state of Minas
Geraes say that King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth, with President Pessoa.
who is accompanying, the Belgian
royal couple, are being warmly welcomed
in the cities and towns on their
tour of that state. At Bella Horizonte,
the state capital, where the party now
is visiting, there is an elaborate program
for three days of festivities in
their honor.
The meeting which was expected to
occur at Palmyra between King Albert
and Ruy Barhosa, eminent Brazilian
statesman, had to be abandoned, |
Senor Barbosa being confined to his
home by illness.
WING PRAISES
WAR VETERANS IN
DEDICATION TALK
Senator Makes 70-Mile Trip
by Auto to Speak in
Memory of A. E. F. *
By the Associated Press.
MARION, Ohio, October 4.?Senator
Harding' left Marion today by motor
o make the speech near Fremont,
Iliio, seventy miles away.iat the dedication
of a memorial tablet in honor
if soldiers who lost their lives in the
jreat war.
The nominee and his wife started
>n the trip in time to take lunch at
he hovA> near Fremont of Webb C.
-taye?/^ who is a son of President
tuthfrford B. Hayes, before the dedi atioi/
ceremonies. In the address
prepared for the occasion Senator
larding praised the heroism of the
American expeditionary force and
tsked that their services be made an
xample to American citizens in
>eace-time patriotism. Me did not
ouch on political issues.
The memorial tablet stands in
laycs' Memorial Library in the Spiegel
Grove State Park, which is a part
>f the old Hayes estate, and today
vas selected for the unveiling because
it is the birthday of the former
^resident.
In making public plans for the trip
wo weeks ago Harding headquarters
mnounced that Gov. Cox. the demoratic
nominee, also would speak at
he ceremonies. Later information
vas received here however, that the
governor would not be present.
Reports of Break Denied. a
Reports of a break between Senator
larding and leading irreconcilables
iver the treaty issue again were delied
by the republican presldenial
nominee, who said he had reeived
detailed information of public
tpeeches by irreconcilable senators
nd had found in them no lacK of
larmony with his own views.
approve what Senator Borah has
9TB Tn nts public addresses. said
lenator Harding." "He will continue
o make speeches for the republican
icket and I am sure I shall approve
ISO what he says to the voters in the
uture.
"1 have just received a full stenographic
report of the address of Senior
Johnson made at Los Angeles,
ieptember 25. It dissipates concluively
any notion that Senator Johnon
is outrof harmony with the platorm
and the candidate.
"Senator Johnson repeatedly quoted
rom the league of nations address
vhich I delivered 'on August 28, givng
his unqualified approval to it. His
peech. with this generous indorsenent
of the party's platform and my
>wn interpretation of it. brings no
urprise to me. More than that, it
idds to my confidence that when we
lave recorded America against the
nenace which we were being 'let in
or' we are going to be able to have
tmerica agree on a program which
hall hold us forever free and still
>lay our part in expressing the new
onscience of the world."
One of the senator's longest camiaign
trips, taking him to Des Moines,
)maha. Kansas City and Oklahoma
lity. will begin Wednesday. St. Joeph,
Mo., has been added to the
tinerary, a day.meeting having been
rranged there for Friday. October 8.
CONTROLS STATIC POWER.
ROME. October 3.?Discovery by
Tiiafavft T^ntnpr n wld^lv lfn/iwn
ngineer, of a system by which static
ilectricity in the atmosphere may be
ransformed into dynamic current is
mnounced in the newspaper Epoca.
["he apparatus, according to the
lewspaper, consists of antennae
tearing a radio-active collector
oined to a special transformer which
s acted upon by the radio-active mater
through a chemical process which
s not as yet explained. Experiments
ondufcted have been successful, it is
said, and a larger apparatus is being
onstructed.
-ABORER'S HOME BOMBED
CLIFTON. N. J., October 4.?Explosion
of a bomb at the home of Sal
ator Taibi, a laborer, here early tolay,
after receipt by Taibi recently
>f threatening letters demanding
nonev and signed "Black Hand,"
aused property damage of $1,000, but
njured none of the occupants of the
touse.
Taibi told the police he had little
noney and had ignored the threats.
Today's News
in Paragraphs
>ole.s pursue fleeing Russians as peace
measures are debated. Page 1
'ox tells women world's progress comes
fenm th.,ni Pocro 1
1 1 Will Llirill. 1 A
larding praises war veterans. Page 1
'ampaign of Hays bears fruit in west's
support of Harding. Page 1
democrats hail President's aid as call to
victory. Page 1
X C. Bar Association presents oil painting
of the late Justice Seth Shepard
to Court of Appeals before many distinguished
visitors. Page 2
[ he grand jury today indicted "Nicky"
Arnsti in and three others on charge of
bringing stolen securities into the District.
_ Page 2
jupreme Court members are received at
White House. Page 2 .
simplicity marks funeral of former Senator
Crane. Page 2
Cinchot outlines reason for supporting
Haruing. Page 3 !
Hepublican peak passed, says Roosevelt, i
Page 3
i'oters in District estimated at 21,110.
Page 4
Former Japanese official says U. S. agitation
is due to election. Page 9
Man arrested in Pittsburgh gives U. 8.
agents new clue in Wall street explo- J
sion mystery. Page 9
Baron Aliolti may be Italy's ambassador
here. Page 17
Commerce agreement recently signed
provides for ship line between I'. S.
ports and Hamburg. Page 26
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COX TELLS WOMEN
WORLD'S PROGRESS
COMES FROM THEM
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Continues Plea for Adoption
of League, Though Supposed
to Rest.
By tbp Associated Press.
DAYTON, Ohio. October 4.?At home
from a campaign tour that took him
more than 11,000 miles and into every
state west of the Mississippi river except
three, Gov. James M. Cox, though
supposed to rest for two days before
going into Kentucky and Tennessee,
today continued his nlea for adoption
of the league of nations, the paramount
issue of the campaign.
In an address to a body of women
today the governor went into considerable
detail why women should support
the league cause, asserting that
throughout the years they have been
"the leaders of progress in the world"
and declaring that wrath of the women
who were made to suffer in the
war will pursue Franz Joseph, William
Hohenzollern and Nicholas Romanoff
"through all eternity."
Rcnl Coat to Women.
Though asserting that the monetary
cost of the war, direct and indirect,
was $300,000,000,000, it jvas the women,
Gov. Cox declared, who know what
the war really cost, "for they paid the
price in personal suffering to provide
the rulers of the earth with 10,000,000
men which were thrown into the
gauges of battle to placate the anger
of the gods of war."
The legue. Gov. Cox said, not only
will prevent war, which he asserted is
its primary purpose, but also will
promote progress, and will "set up, or
itself become, a clearing house for international
justice and social service."
"Those who want to keep on dreaming
of 'a new heaven and a new earth'
can. perhaps, afford to stay out of
the league," the candidate said, "but
those who really want to make their
dreams come true and make this
world a fit habitat for human spirits
will want to join the league without
delay."
Serinl Service Program.
The governor detailed the following
social service and justice program,
which, he asserted, member nations of
the league will endeavor to carry out:
"Try to secure and maintain fair
and humane conditions of labor for
men, women and children?thus lifting
the standard of living everywhere.
"Try to secure just treatment of
the native Inhabitants of territories
under their control.
"Try to secure and maintain freedom
of communication and of transit,
and equitable treatment for the commerce
ofwesrtrww-of thtrteawse*-?* <
"Labor together in the. effort to control
and ultimately eradicate disease.
"Set up commissions for the prevention
of the illicit traffic in arms,
in dangerous drugs and in women for
immoral purposes."
lease a Moral One.
Asserting that the issue "is not
fundamentally a legal or diplomatic"
one, but a moral one, and declaring it
fortunate that women for the flrst
time hold the balance of power
and the deciding vote, the governor
said he has no doubt in his mind how
the women's vote will be cast. He
continued:
"The women of America will vote to
keep our pledge to 81,000 heroes
whose blood has crimsoned the poppies
of Flanders' fields. They will
vote for the limitation of armaments,
the arbitration of dispute, the publication
of secret treaties, the amelioration
of distress and the elevation
of labor conditions to higher standards.
In a word, they will vote for
a league which will convert Christian
idealism into the statutes of sound
statesmanship and bring to the sons
of men a peace that shall cover the
earth as the waters cover the sea."
Dayton Given Him Welcome.
Gov. Cox- was given a "warm welcome
home" reception upon returning
f rnm Vi i o mnnth'o ft- -
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democratic presidential candidate was
cheered by several thousand persons
as he stepped from his private car,
which had carried him more than
11,000 miles through all states west
of the Mississippi river, except Texas,
Arkansas and Louisiana.
He was met at the station by Mrs.
Cox, his son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Mahoney, and
many personal friends. The crowd
insisted that he talk and followed
him to his newspaper office, a few
blocks away, where the candidate
mounted a ledge of the building and
expressed his appreciation for the
welcome. He then went to his home
at Trails End, where he expects to
rest for a couple of days. ,
Confers With Roosevelt.
En route here from Kansas City,
Mo., where he closed his western
campaign last night, the governor
had an hour's conference with Franklin
0. Roosevelt, his running mate,
who rode from Terre Haute to Indianapolis
with his chief. Mr. Roosevelt
then left to continue his second
western trip.
At St. I-ouis, Mo.; Effingham, 111.,
anH PifhmnnH TnH tho oq ndiflo
held rear-platform receptions, clad in
his pajamas, swathed in an overcoat.
Declaring that the western people
are "independent," the governor, in
a statement, said, in part:
"They realized the last month just
what the maintained reactionary
propaganda has meant. The thing
they resent most is the deliberate
withholding of the facts bearing upon
present conditions. They have developed
a feeling approaching real
Dllierncaa against mc ocuaivnat vngarchy.
"In communities, large and small,
paid emissaries from republican national
headquarters are actually
tramping on each other's toes. Apparently
every camp follower in
America is on the pay roll. Kvidence
of the expenditure of money is so apparent
that there is no longer a douot
about the alliance between b.g business
grasping profiteers and the senatorial
oligarchy."
Response to League.
Regarding the league of nations issue,
Gov. Cox's statement said that
there was "enthusiastic response," and
resentment because, he said, the, opposition
was withholding evidence on
the issue. The west understands, tile
governor said, "the practical opportunities
which the league affords
overseas" and why agricultural products'
prices are falling.
The west resents, Gov. Cox declared,
the league situation in ? hich Senator
Johnson and former President Taft
both support Senator Hat ding.
"In every audience," said Die governor's
statement, "the prevalent belief
was that Senator Harding was
either attempting to maintain a deceitful
attitude or was groping about
with such uncertainty nimself that
public confidence was not prommoted.
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WKAIS HAIL
PRESIDENT'S AID
MJOWORT
Republicans Predict Appeal
Will Meet Same Response
as Election Plea.
President Wilson issued an appeal
to the American people In a statement
last night to give their indorsement
to the league of nations covenant
at the polls in November. It
was hailed today by democratic supporters
as a call to victory.
The republicans in the National Cap
nai. 011 ine omcr nauu, fvcuiwivw vita*.
the appeal of the President would
be no more'offpett vt than that'idstied
elections, when he requested that, a
democratic Congress be retdtn'Bd, so
that hie hands Would be upheld In
dealing with the country's foreign re-;
lations.
The President's appeal, which is
contained in a communication addressed
to "My Fellow Countrymen."
was given publication today. It is
understood that it is the first of a
series of letters to be issued by him
in the interest of Jhe democratic
ticket.
Congress' Power. Unimpaired.
The President declared in his appeal
that there is nothing in the covenant
of the league of nations which' interferes
with or impairs the .right of Congress
to declare war or not declare
war, according to its independent judgment.
as the United States Constitution
provides.
He characterizes as "absolutely
I false" assertions that other nations,
under article X of the league cove
nanf, would be in a position to leau |
the United States into war. He I
charges that the public has been!
grossly misled with regard to the I
treaty, and particularly with regard I
to the proposed character of the j
league of nations, by those who have {
assumed the serious responsibility of >
opposing it.
"The whole world will await for
your verdict in November." he says,
"as it would wait for an intimation of
what its future is to be."
Oaly IssUe, Says Hltehcoek.
Two members of the Senate foreign |
relations committee, one a republican !
and the other a democrat, in Wash- i
ington today, commented upon the
President's appeal. Senator Hitchcock
of Nebraska, democrat, who led the
fight in the Senate for the treaty and
the league of nations, declared that
the league of nations "is the only
real issue in which the people are interested
in the present campaign."
Referring to a quotation in the
morning newspapers, he said:
"Senator Borah may be correct when
he states that the President is a very
sick man, but the President is evidently
not too sick to denounce republican
falsehood and republican
misrepresentation on the league of
natiops. President Wilson's Statement,
though moderate, is unqualified.
Republican leaders and republican
newspapers have said that article X
of the covenant makes it possible for
other nations or for the league of nations
to decide whether we shall go
to war or not. This lie has been uttered
time and time again, and the
gist of the President's statement is
that it is a lie. Coming from such a
high source, it may induce some peo(Continued
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P of each game in writing The Sta
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|i lyn will begin at 1 p.m.. Washini
OUSTING TENANTS '
BARRED BY COURT
Pending the decision of the United
States Supreme Court. Washington
landlords will not be able to get possession
of real estate in cases appealed
from the Municipal Court under
the Ball rent law by means of summary
judgment on motion. The cases
must take their place on the regular
appeal docket for hearing.
The justices of ,the District Supreme
Court in general term this afternoon
suspended the operation of rule 19.
under which possession has been
granted since the Court of Appeals
held the Ball act unconstitutional. The
order will affect- a large number of
cases which were on the court docket
for the next four days. j
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New York Mayor to "Throw
Out" Ball in Cleveland- !
Brooklyn Game.
NEW YORK. October 4 (by the Associated
Press).?Indicative of the interest
in the world series, the first
game of which will be played in
Brooklyn tomorrow, "'was the announcement
today by the Brooklyn
management that the demand -for
seats has far exceeded the capacity of
the field. Thousands of applications
th? accnmnanvine checks will be
returned by the club.
President Ebbets of the Brooklyn
club announced today that Mayor Hylan
has accepted an invitation to
throw out the first bail in the opening
game of the series tomorrow.
Umpires to Be Named I.nter.
Definite announcement of the as- i
signment of umpires to their posi- ;
tions has not yet been made, but since
the series will open in a National j
League park, it is expected that either
Henry O'Dav or William Klem will
work behind tlie plate in the first con- i
test. This arrangement will mean j
that the other National League umpire
will be at second base, with Wil- ]
liam Dineen and Thomas Connolly of
the American League at first and |
third bases, respectively. Under tfcis
plan Connolly, who is the senior umpire
of the American League, will I
work behind the plate in Wednesday's J
game.
As a result of the great demand forj
tickets this year President Ebbets has!
decided to dispense with music at thel
games in Brooklyn. It was his intentityt
to have a band on hand to help
the Brooklyn fans root, but the attendance
of the band would mean
that just so many fans would be denied
tickets.
Thousands Fail to Get Seats.
Distribution of the tickets was completed
today to. Lthe fortunate ones,
with thousands of other fans searching
throughout Greater New York,
hoping that they might be able to
purchase tickets from persons who,
for one reason or another, would be
unable to attend the games.
The weather bureau today gave a
promise of favorable weather for the
opening of the series.
"Fair tonight and Tuesday; somewhat
cooler; moderate southwest to
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the 11th street side of The Star Ej
and all other games in Brook- gj
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CONFERS ON PEACE
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Military Experts of League of
Nations Prepare for Action
on Lithuania.
Br I hp Associated Press.
WARSAW, October 3.?War and
peace plans progressed simultaneously
today under the same roof in recently
reoccupied Polish territory
where Gen. Pilsudski, head of the
state, has established his temporary
headquarters.
In pne room of the house where the
general is domiciled plans were laid
tax continuing pursuit of the defeated
aoyUt troops on the northern front.
The'soviet forces are retreating iff
disorder. In another room civilian
representatives of the government
were received by the chief for discussion
of the next move to be made
by the Poles at the Riga peace conference
with the Russians.
Near Point of Collapse.
On the Polish northern front it was
announced that the cavalry pursuing
the Russians has reached a point less
| than forty-flve miles from Minsk. In
various sectors the bolBheviki were
reported near the point of collapse.
In one sector an entire brigade was
Itaken prisoner virtually without a
fight, the account declares. In the
Pripet region, after some fighting,
the Poles captured 1,200 Russians. In
the south Gen. Romer's cavalry was
reported to be making some progress.
The delegation of military experts
sent by the league of nations to conf
ha aitnotinn hrnna-ht o hnnt hv
the Polish-Lithuanian dispute arrived
here today en route to Suwalki.
The delegation, consisting of French,
Spanish, Japanese and Italian officers,
who were joined by an English reprejsentative
from Riga, will be received
I by Gen. Pilsudski at the front and
then go to Suwalki to establish headquarters.
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Anxiety In Soviet Circles.
LONDON, October 4.?Press dispatches
reaching Stockholm from
Finland, according to the correspondent
of the London Times, continues to
represent that a state of great anxiety
prevails in soviet circles. Rei
ports conveyed across the Russian
frontier say that the red forces are
in full retreat on both the Polish
front and the -Crimea, demoralised,
suffering from hunger and surrendering
and deserting in large numbers.
The soviet government has instituted
foroed contributions of clothing
for the troops.
Trotsky's efforts to recruit new
forces in Siberia and the eastern provinces,
the reports say. have failed.
GERMAN PLANE READY
FOR ATLANTIC FLIGHT
Monster Eighteen-Passenger Graft
Requires Two Pilots?Made
of Aluminum.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. !
Copyright* 1920. i
BERLIN. October 4 ?At the Zep- |
pelin hangars today I viewed the !
gigantic, eighteen-passenger, aluminum
airplane with which Germany !
hopes to establish the first regular
transatlatic air service. The plane \
has just been completed and will ,
make its first trial flight some day '
this week. <
With wings like a seagull's and a '
body like that of a whale, the ma- 1
chine has the general appearance of j
a flying fish. Its wing spread is more i
than 100 feet, but because of the ! ]
material of which it is made its |1
weight is less than that of many!)
smaller machines. It has four two-ij
bladed propellers and two pilots are'j
required to fly it. The machine is ']
expected to travel 120 miles an hour, ji
Thfiru tc crtrriA Hnilhf ns tn vi-h t h ^ la
thA inter-allied mission of air con- j
tro! will sanction Germany's plan to i
operate the plane. If approval is
withheld, the inventors and builders !
will seek to sell the machine to some I
American company or firm. I
PRICES FOR SUGAR DROP
TO NEW LOW FOR 19201|
NEW YORK, October 4.?New low
record prices for the year were established
in both the raw and refined !
sugar markets this morning. Prices '
were half a cent lower than at the
close of last week, with raw sugar ,
selling on the basis of 8.51 duty paid, '
while refined was quoted at 12% cents I
a pound by the Federal Sugar Refln- 1
ing Company.
I
RACE IN SUBWAY
AFTER HOLD-UP
OF 45 IN CAFE
NEW YORK. October 4.?Six masked
bandits entered a cafe in Lenox avenue
early today, lined up forty-flvs
patrons against the wall and escaped
w-ith cash and jewelry estimated ai
more than $5,000. Four of the robbers
covered the patrons with revolvers
while the others emptied the victims
pockets.
All of the bandits escaped by fleeing
over several roofs and down a fir?
escape, except one who went directly
into the street and when confronted
by a police officer ran into a subway
station, jumped to the roadbed and
raced ahead of an oncoming train.
LftMB
LEGION 15,000000
FORMAL
Money for Erection in Washington
of Building to
Honor War Dead.
CHICAGO, October 4.?The board ol
directors of the Knights of Columbus
has voted to. offer the American Legion
$5,000,000 for the purpose ol
erecting a memorial building ir
Washington.
TKfl T-: 1A K- J
uuuumg, WHICH wuuiu uc ?II
memory of the Americans who died
in the war, would contain an auditorium
seating 20,000, quarters for tht
Veterans of the Foreign Wars, the
G. A. R., the Spanish War Veterane
and similar societies. Ownership of the
structi|re would be vested in the
American Legion, and it would be
governed by a board of directors. Oi
the fund offered, *1,000,000 would be
used as an endowment for upkeep ol
the building.
The *5,000,000 represents the balance
of the *40,000,000 collected by the
Knights of Columbus for war purposes
and will not be taken from the
fund with which the organizatior
plans to continue its national work.
A committee has arranged to meet
Col. Galbraith. head Of the legion, in
New York, within a few days, to
make the proposition to him, but he
has not yet been informed of the
proposed gift. ,
The statement making public the
offer says that if by any chance the
legion should cease to exist, "title to
this building and land shall revert to
the nation for such use as the United
States Senate shall determine."
Statement by Directors.
In a formal statement issued bj
the directors the plans for tht
memorial building are explained, at
well as other benefactions, as follows
. "The Knights of Columbus havt
sufficient money, apart from tht
*5,000,000 we. propose to expend o*
this American Legion memorial buildincr
t/i maintain nnr rocnnutrnpfinr
work on a large national scale, witli
free schools and employment bureau*
in all the large cities and many small
cities, and in offering this sum foi
this public pupose we feel that we are
continuing our policy of carrying out
the wishes of the donors.
"This will meet an urgent public
need in the National Capital, where
there is no hall of such capacity. In
the buildtng quarters are to be prothe
building quarters are to be provided
for the Veterans of Foreign Ware,
Spanish War Veterans and other societies
of similar purpose, if room can
be found. If possible, a hall will be
reserved for the federal government,
if it so desires, to make a permanent
war-trophy exhibit.
Partly Devoted to Public I'se.
The building is to be devoted as far
as possible to public use and the public
welfare, after the pattern of the
civic auditorium in San Fq^ncisco, and
to promote permanent interest in the
Army and Navy. Its auditoriums and
halls are to be used for public gatherings
as far as practicable.
"The building will be a memorial to
our hero dead for their parents and
other relative^, and an inspiration to
the living and to future generations,
who will see in it a symbol of sacrifice
of those dead and find in it an incentive
to serve their country as unselfishly
in the future."
The offer is open to the American
Legion up to July 1, 1921.
The committee which will confer
with Salbraith is composed of Supreme
Knight James A. Flaherty of
Philadelphia. Supreme Treasurer Daniel
J. Callahan of Washington, .Supreme
Secretary William J. McGin
ley of New York and Supreme Advocate
Joseph C. Pelletier of Boston.
$4,000,000 Building and
Million for Its Upkeep,
Plan of K. C., Says Leader
CHICAGO, October 4 (Special).?The
Knights of Columbus are going to
offer to erect a four-million-dollar
memorial building in Washington.
D. C.. and turn it over upon completion
to the American Legion, with
one million dollars more for its maintenance.
"The idea originated with the
suDreme board of directors of the
Knights of Columbus," said Edward
Houlihan, himself a member of the
supreme board, today. "We haven't
yet chosen a name for the building
4nd probably won't until the offer has
been accepted by the legion. Washington
is to be the city for the building.
but no particular site has been
chosen. Our supreme secretary, William
S. McGinley, has been instructed
to make the offer to the American
Legion."
"Besides headquarters for the
American Legion, the building will
contain headquarters for the Grand
Army of the Republic, the. Spanish
War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and similar organizations,
rhere will be an auditorium in the
building so large as so designed that
it will seat 20.000 persons. A room
For government war trophies is also
included in the tentative plans.
When the building is completed, title
in it will nnss into the hands of thn
American Legion, which will govern
t by a board of trustees. If the
egion should go out of existence
while owning the memorial building,
t will revert, with the land, to the
United States, to be used as the Senate
may decide. The legion will be
?iven until July 1. 1921, to accept the
jffer." ?
William R. McCauley, Illinois ftate
commander of the American Legion,
leclared that the offer would go di ectly
to the national headquarters
n Indianapolis.
D. C. Men Enthusiastic
Over Offer by K. of C.
of Memorial Building
Leaders of the Knights of Colum>us,
the American Legion, other
jatriotic organisations and of busiless
organizations in Washington
icouiiuucd on race Column 4.*
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11,500,000 NEEDED
FOR RESURFACING
3 ASWEALT STREETS
'i
D. C. Engineer Department
Cites Improvements Now
!
i Urgently Required.
^ Approximately $1,500,000 would he
needed to resurface the number of
asphalt streets in Washington that
are now urgently in neea 01 repaying,
according to officials of the engineer
department.
This fact is contained in a statement
prepared by the surface division in an
effort to make clear to the taxpayers
of the District the largS? amount of
j money that is required under present
abnormal conditions to keep up with
; the normal amount of street work.
Extract From Statement.
The statement is. in part, as follows'
"Washington is not only behind a
great number of American cities in
miles of paved streets per thousand
inhabitants and in relative amounts
of new paving added each year, but is
also behind in its replacement program
relative 10 the pavements now
in place. All street surfaces have an
economic life at the end of which
period replacement should take place.
"For a decade or more the useful
life of an asphalt pavement in Wash.
ington has been known to be not more
than twenty-five years, and reports
I i from other cities indicate a much
lower average life. Today there are
, three and a third million square
' yards of asphalt pavement in the Dis1
trict. Assuming that none of this
pavement is older than twenty-flve
years, in order to maintain the status.
120,000 square yaids of replacement
' should be accomplished this year, and
the amount should increase ? per cent
, yearly in order t<r keep lfcce with
\ additional new construction.
I Available Fund* Inadequate.
! With available funds not even one!
third of such a program this year is
' possible, nor has a comparative one
> been achieved in the past.
i "Ppatm o oitrvr.f n T iho T~li utript thttro
f has been prepnr il a list of asphalt
streets badly tn need of immediate
- replacement. This list comprises 141
items well distributed throughout the
District and averaging between 2.b0<
! and 2,500 square yards each. The to1
tal is 330.025 square yards, and it
would take practically one and a half
: million dollars to replace that amount
1 of worn-out asphalt surface with new.
' The age of the pavements in question
! range up to forty-si* years, with an
average of twenty-nine years.
"In making a decision in favor of
1 resurfacing any particular street.
1 there are five elements that should
? be given consideration: (1) High cost
< of maintenance and repairs: (2) high
1 operating cost for vehicles: (3) comfort
of passenger traffic; (4) waste
of time used in travel: (51 appear.
ance of the pavement from the vlew,
point of civic pride,
i First One Only Is Tangible.
The first-mentioned element is the
s only tangible one. The highway en
gineer can express it in exact figures,
i but the latter four elements, the In
tangible ones, are those which eeri
tainly should be of direct interest to
i the taxpayer. The public must be
i educated to appreciate the fact that
1 large increases for minor repairs on
worn-out streets cannot remedy bad
. I conditions in the matter of these lat::
ter four elements. Replacement is
the only remedy for a worn-out as.
I phalt surface.
' i "Until such time as the public reI
ali?s thp r?lat Innnh i n hMa'ppn tflvpi
! and expenditures for street paving,
.'appropriations are going to be in!
sufficient and conditions unsatisfaci
tory as to every one of the five abovej
mentioned elements."
GOLDSHIPPEDHERE
10 WEINOH
Recent Consignment to United
States Suspected as
Propaganda Fund.
Inquiry into the source of the- recent
shipment of Russian gold to the
United States has been ordered by the
Department of Justice. Belief exists
at the department that the gold may
be ? part of the Russian bolshevik
propaganda fund.
Receipt of the shipment, totaling
$339,636, was announced last week by
the Federal Reserve Board in its periodical
statement on gold imports
I and exports. This was the first sliip
ment of gold from Russia'to arrive
1 in the United States since late in 1916
I Officials of the board said today they
i had not yet identified the shipment
j or its consignee. #
Item in Board's Statement.
I The Federal Reserve Board's state 'ment
contained an item merely recording
receipt of the gold from "Russia
in Europe." Although there are several
small provinces of Russia in
Europe which are not under soviet
1 control, federal officials maintained
i that it was not likely that they were
' sending out even a comparatively
I small consignment of gold, because of
I fhoir finanria) rnnrfition.
SiMMillvi of Orlgia.
Federal Reserve Board officials augiVested
that the shipment might have
i been one which was started to this
; country before America's declaration
of war. When the United States
j entered the war the government asi
sumed control of exports and imports
lot all gold and silver, and it was
! said that as a result the shipment
! might have been held up in some
| European country until its passage
j in safety was assured.
I OPPOSED TO PROFITS TAX.
,w. ? ? ? - - - ?
?
Experts Will Its Bepeal at
Coming Conference.
NEW YORK. October 4.?The secj
ond nationl industrial tax conference
| will be held here October 22 and 23
I at the headquarters of the national
I industrial conference board. The tax
j committee, appointed at the first national
industrial tax conference, held
I in Chicago last year, will present and
; explain its report, which discusses
[ the proposal for the repeal of the
j excess profits tax.
The committee finds, a statement
said, that the business world (fen;
erally believes that this tax stifles
enterprise at a time when it should
be stimulated, and the committee expressed
the conviction that it should
be repealed. The committee's report
will review various proposals for substitutes
for the excess profits tax.
More than 100 associations and producers
will he represented at the
conference, it is said.
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