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DRAFT OF SECURITY
AND DISARMAMENT
PROTOCOL ADOPTED
League Commission Decides
on June 15,1925, for Par
ley if Pact Ratified.
U. S. MAY FEEL PRESSURE,
THOUGH NOT SIGNATORY
Refusal to Arbitrate Dispute
Would Evoke Reprisals—Japa
nese Maintain Stand.
By the A-'-oclated Press.
OKNEVA, September 27—The dis
armament commission of the League
••f Nations assembly tonight adopted
the Benes report on the dratt pro
tocol of arbitration and security.
The commission decided that the
■"or id-wide disarmament conference
be held June 15, 1925. if by May 1 a
majority of the states represented in
tlte league council and 10 others shall
have ratified the protocol.
The Japanese objections to the
arbitration clauses go over until the
ftunday morning session of the juri
dicial committee. There is little
hope that Japan's position will he
changed, according to the impression
c •uveyed by ,M. Attach! to the various
d„legates, notably M. Brianrt. tonight.
Significant for I'. S.
I»oming up like a beacon from the
almost innumerable points of inter
est marking the closing debate to
day on tin* proposed protocol of arbi
tration and security was one possess
ing peculiar importance tor the
1 tilted States and other countries
which are not members of the League
of Nations.
It was an interpretation of the
protocol made by I'r. Edouard Benes,
as otlieial reporter to the assembly,
that states which do not sign the
protocol and do not belong to the
league may be proclaimed aggressor
states if they refuse the arbitral
proceedings laid down by the pro
tocol and the league covenant and
resort to war.
Should this happen the signatory
states would be obliged to apply
sanctions against the non-member
states, a.s provided for in the league
covenant and emphasized by the
protocol now under discussion.
There was no dissenting voice
when Dr Denes gave this interpre
tation. The question came up before
i hi* disarmament commission while'
it was taking a final glance over the i
various < lauses of the protocol. It |
was raised by M. Boncour of France. I
v ho remarked that Article XVII of
the covenant stipulated that in the
• vent of a dispute between a mem
ber of the league and a non-member
state the league council must under
take the same procedure of concili
ation ami mediation as existed tor
conflicts between members.
(•lan for Outside* Nations.
M. Boncour said the question of re
lations with a non-rnember state was
gray* from the* standpoint or secur
ity and it was most important that
li should be clearly understood that
under the covenant as adjusted by
the protocol a country which never
was a member of the league or sig
natory of tin protocol and refused
to accept arbitration or conform to l
the measures ordained by the council !
would be subject to sanctions.
“The signatories of the protocol.”
he declared, “would have both the j
duty and obligation of applying to l
such a refractory and recalcitrant I
state not the sanctions of the cove- j
nant, because the state was not li- I
able to the covenant, but the sane- I
lions of the covenant as defined by I
the protocol.”
Dr. Benes explained that one article
of the protocol had adopted the rule j
of the covenant concerning non
member states involved in disputes
with members. And M. P.oncour was |
right, declared Dr. Benes.
Called Simple System.
The system was extremely simple.
A country which was neither signa
tory of the protocol nor a member of
the league would be invited by the
council to accept the procedure of ar
bitration, and if that state resorted
to war in disregard of this pro
cedure, then it would be considered
to have violated the protocol and
would bo subject to sanctions.
Exception was made to the arbitra
tion clauses, which are in the hands
of another commission. It is fully
expected that this document will be
presented to the assembly Monday,
w hether or not the arbitration clauses
are ready.
fir. Benes read 26 pages of a type
written report outlining broadly the
main features of the protocol and ex
plaining just how it varied from the
league cov< nant. He said that a sys
tem was about to be presented to the
assembly, and the world wanted a
complete and conclusive system of
arbitration, security and reduction of
armaments.
Obligations Are Elastic,
He explained that a certain elas- i
t icily is allowed with reference to j
the fulfillment of sanction obliga- i
lions by the various states, because
it Is realized that states are not in j
possession of equal facilities for act
ing when the time comes to apply
sanctions. Article IV of the protocol,
however, arranged that the council
should be informed in advance of
what each state could contribute. A
great omission in the covenant had
been made good, because henceforth
there could be no evasion of respon
sibility to apply sanctions against an
aggressor, who now could alw r ays be
determined.
Dr. Benes emphasized also that the
obligation of states to afford passage
through their territory of forces
which were co-operating against an
aggressor still exists. This admoni
tion was received with interest, in
view of tac declaration of Count
Kessler today that Germany will ask
to be relieved from the necessity of
authorizing the passage of foreign
troops through German territory, de
signed. for instance, to make an at
tack on Russia as an aggressor. The
genera! opinion expressed tonight
was that Germany would have great
difficulty in having her suggestion
complied with.
Furthermore, Dr. Benes pointed out.
that the protocol does not affect the
special position of Switzerland fixed
ly the declaration of the council of
London February, 1920. Concluding,
be pleaded for acceptance of the
(.Continued on Page 2, Column 2.)
16 to 40 Pupils in 100 Function
Below Normal , D. C. Tests Sho w
Often From One to Four Semesters Above
Men tal Qualifications Revealefl by
Psychological Study , Director Says.
Sixteen to forty per cent of the
children in each of the District pub
lic schools where psychological tests
were administered during the last
scholastic year are functioning below
the mental level for children of their
age and from one to three and even
1 four semesters below their present
, level of educational achievement, Miss
Jessie LaSalle. director of the de
partment of educational research and
measurement, revealed in her annual
> report to Sup!. Frank W. Ballou,
j which was made public last night.
I These backward children are dis
-1 fributed in nine schools, as follows;
John Eaton. 40 per cent; Johnson. 30
I per cent; Force, 23 per cent; Krank
lin-Tbomson, 19 per cent; Monroe, 11
per cent; Ross. 21 per cent; Morgan,
25 per cent; Cooke, 23 per cent, and
Dennison. 2S per cent.
“This is a great waste, not onlv of
‘REPUDIATION’TRAP,
MEANS DECLARES
!
Says He Signed Daugherty
i Statement to Get Evidence.
i
Sent to McLean, Claim.
-
! Spei ial Dispatch to The Star.
I CONCORD, X. C„ September 27. —
In a lengthy statement issued here
I this afternoon Gaston H. Means as
sert'd he signed the repudiation of
j his testimony before the Daugherty
i investigating committee solely for
I the purpose of securing documentary
j evidence, and issued a challenge to
; former Attorney General Daugherty
I to tell all he knows about the repu
i diation statement. “The repudiation
i statement that 1 signed was not prop
; erly executed or sworn to or wit*
; ne.ssed.” Means declared, “and in
j signing the document, my sole pur-
I pose was, following the instructions
* of Senators Wheeler and Ashurst, to
; get in my possession documentary
1 evidence to show that witnesses were
I being approached illegally for the
] purpose of getting them to repudiate
j their testimony.”
Dell to Daugherty.
Means also declared that the signed
1 repudiation statement was not sent
j directly to Daugherty, and in his
i challenge he said: “Now if Mr.
; H. M. Daugherty has in his posses-
I sion any repudiation signed by me.
i and I have been confidentially advised
j that he has such, it was sent to him
after it had been sent to E. B. Mr-
Bean at Washington, and it is highly
proper that a meeting of the Brook
hurt-Wheeler committee be called to
make Mr. Daugherty testify under
, oath as to where he got the signed
; document. I call upon Mr. Daugherty
! to publish the accompanying letter
received by him from Mr. McEcan
when the latter sent him the signed
repudiation.”
Means stated that he signed the
repudiation statement in the office of
T. B. Felder, his counsel, and while
in that office secured a letter which
jhe says was “the documentary evi
j dence I sought.” The copy of the
j letter in Means’ possession was
j signed H. M. Daugherty, and was
; dated August 28.
Means declared that while negotia
j lions were under way leading to the
I signing of the repudiation statement
I (Continued on i’age 2, Column 8.)
WORLD-GIRDLERS END
I LONG FLIGHT TODAY
Flyers Stop Outside Seattle in
Five-Hour Hop From San
Francisco.
By lh» Associated Press.
EUGENE, Oreg., September 27.
America’s round-the-world aviators
tonight were within a two-hour
flight of the official end of their long
journey.
They flew here from Crissy Field,
San Francisco in a little more than
five hours today and expect to com
plete the circumnavigation of the
globe in Seattle at noon tomorrow.
If weather conditions are favorable,
they plan to take off from here al
10 a.m.
Smith First to !.■■<!.
Eieut. Dowell 11. Smith, commander
of the flight, who was the first ,to
leave Crissy Field, from which he
took off at 9 a.m., also was the first
to land here, his plane coming down
at 2:17:35 p.m. The other two pilots.
Dieuts. Leigh Wade and Erik Nel
son, followed within three minutes.
I They were welcomed by Gov. Wal
| ter M. Pierce of Oregon, Mayor E. B.
I Parks of Eugene, Army officers and
I a reception committee, which included
I a number of persons prominent in the
State.
The flyers were to attend a ban
quet in their honor at a local hotel
this evening.
HONDURAN FEDERALS
SURROUND COMAYAGUA
Government Troops Prepare to
Overcome Ferrera and His
Hebei Troops.
By the Associated Press.
SAN SALVADOR- Republic of Sal
vador, September 27. —Honduran gov
ernment forces have surrounded
Comayagua, with a view to overcom
ing the troops of the rebel leader
Ferrera, who captured the town last
Monday, according to government ad
vices from Tegucigalpa-
Rebel reports say that when Gen.
Fettora entered Comayagua lie put
to route 2,800 government troops and
captured 3 cannon. 6 machine guns,
500 rifles and much ammunition. The
rebels claim that they have occupied
Da Pax and Santa Barbara and routed
the government forces commanded
by Gens. Diaz, Zelaya and Perez at
Siguatcpeque.
W\t Sunday ita t
WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION
WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1924-NINETY-FOUR PAGES.
pupils’ and teachers' time, of money
paid to teach what is already known,”
said Miss Da Salle, "but a greater
waste in the loss of mental effort of
these children who acquire a habit of
working below their best, develop
frequently lazy mental habits and a
general undesirable laziness. Just as
a large number of our children are
working below their capacity, so,
too. a considerable per cent are being
pushed too rapidly, and being asked
to adjust to the traditional curricu
lum which is not at all suited to the
interests, needs and capacities of
children below normal.”
Almost 300 children in the Denni
son, Ross. Cooke and Morgan Schools,
Miss* I.a Salle pointed out, are below
normal, mentally. “With rare ex
ceptions,” she said, “these children,
while sitting in rooms with children
years younger than they arc, arc
t*v.*n then functioning on educational
levels from one to four semesters
(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.)
GREAT SPURT DDE
IN THREE BIG RACES
Davis Invades East With Al
Smith —California Sore
Spot for G. 0. P.
BY V O. MESSENGER.
Now for the big drive in the pres
idential campaign by all the can
didates. Full speed ahead under
forced draft is the word of command
and there will be no flagging of effort
from this time until the eve of elec
tion day, November 4. Senator Da
Follctle starts out this week upon
a speech-making trip which will carry
him to the Pacific Coast. Next Tues
day. John W. Davis and Gov. Alfred
E. Smith will start the campaign on
the State and national tickets in
New York. The. Democratic national
committee this week will swing into
action, the most formidable squad
ron of oratorical big guns it has
ever employed. The Republican na
tional committee will oppose these
batteries with its own heaviest artil
lery. The campaign will be at white
heat.
** * *
Politicians attach great importance
to the renoniination of Gov. Alfred E.
Smith for the governorship, in its
bearing on the presidential election.
It is admitted that Gov. Smith will
be a powerful aid to tie national
ticket in the support - uch he will
give it. The bettinr t odds are in
favor of Gov. Smith carrying his State
ticket to victory, and neutral poli
ticians believe that he will bring
many a vote to the support of tiic
presidential ticket.
The two candidates will appear to
geth. r in Madison Square Garden next
Thursday night at a mass meeting
under the auspices of the Democratic
organization of the five boroughs of
New York. The occasion will mark
the first appearance in the national
campaign of Gov. Smith and the first
appearance in New York of Mr. Davis
since he was nominated in that same
hall. Mr. Davis will then go to New
Jersey for a speech, later to Provi
dence, R. 1., and for three days early
in October he will make speeches up
state in New York. Gov. Smith will
speak in Manchester. Boston. Provi
dence, tVaterbury, Conn., and New
Jersey. That section will have its
first real taste of active campaigning.
4= * * *
California continues to he a sore
spot to the Republicans. This State,
which played such a crucial part in
191 G, is again a cause of anxiety. The
recent decision of the California Su
preme Court denying the La Follette
presidential electors a place on the
ballot may have added further com
plications to an already precarious
situation. The effect of the decision
will be to cause voters who desire to
vote for Senator Da Follette to regis
ter their determination through the
Socialist electors. Senator La Fol
lette has advised his followers to do
this. It remains to be seen how this
advice will take with voters who,
while willing to support Senator Da
(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.)
MECCA IS CAPTURED
BY WAHABIS, REPORT
Messages Seem to Confirm Rumors
of City Falling in Tribal
Warfare.
By Ihe Associated Press.
CAIRO, September 27. Rumors
that the Holy City of Mecca had
fallen into the hands of the Wahabis,
in the latter's warfare with the
Hashamite tribesmen of King Hus
sein, were prevalent today in Alex
andria. The rumors seemed to be
confirmed by telegrams received from
a hospital in Mecca asking for in
structions. The ministry of Pious
Foundations replied: “Hoist the
Egyptian flag and remain where you
are to succor the wounded.”
Dispatches from Jerusalem Septem
ber 20 stated that the Wahabi forces
then were occupying Taif and were
concluding preparations for a general
attack on Mecca. It was said that the
Indian Moslem League was support
ing the Wahabis.
BANKER ROUTS BANDITS.
Drives Three Away—s2,ooo Drop
ped in Flight.
KINCAID, 111., September 37.
Bruce Shaw, president of the Kincaid
Trust and Savings Bank, today drove
three robbers from the bank with a
reveler, when they failed in an at
tempt to obtain 590.000 in pay-roll
money in the bank’s vault. A satchel
containing 32,000, which they had
gathered up, was dropped in their
flight. A bank employe was wounded
in the leg during the short revolver
flghD x
MONTANA COUNTED
FOR COOLIDGE, WITH
LA FOLLETTE CLOSE
Davis Chance for Electoral
Vote Lies in Leaders Run
ning Neck-and-Neck.
WHISPERING CAMPAIGN
WALSH’S BIG PROBLEM
Senator’s Religion Made Basis for
Opponents' Attack—Race
to Be Warm.
in oon.ii i.im oi v
Staff Correspondt-nt cf The Star.
HKLKNA, Mont., September -7. —In
Montana, it Is Uoolidge or La Follette,
with the chances for success now
lean inf? toward the President. Davis
has but one chance, apparently, for
the electoral vote of the State, and
that admittedly a very slim one.
Should the Republicans and the La
Kollette forces so split the vote of
the State as to leave the Democrats
a chance for a slim plurality, Davis
would receive the four electoral votes.
In this State—an empire in extent,
but with a population of only 540.-
000—a different situation, politically,
offers itself from that in the Dakotas
and Minnesota. In the latter States,
which are “normally Republican.” by
large majorities, the La Kollette can
didacy will cut more into the Repub
licans than the Democrats. Here,
however, the I-a Kollette strength
will be derived probably just as much
from the Democrats as from the Re
publicans—though this is disputed.
That being the case. Republicans, who
are believed to predominate in Mon
tana, will continue to do so after the
vote has been divided three ways. Un
less, of course. the La Kollette
strength should prove to be greater
than it is believed to be in well in
formed sources.
Republican* Confident.
Republican leaders here have a
feeling of confidence in the outcome,
which is lacking just now in some of
the other Northwestern States. The
Democrats have only the hope al
ready described. Rut the La Kollette
workers are not outdone in confidence
by the Republicans. Their only
worry, they say, lies in the difficulty
here over the place which the names
of La Kollette electors will have on
the ballot.
It must he admitted that the faith
of the Republicans is based on polls
made in various parts of the State,
but which do not include the widely
scattered farming population, and on
a belief that the silent vole will be
cast for the President.
Not altogether tangible stuff to
base a prediction on. but they have
the advantage of good crops and im
proved financial conditions in the
State.
I.a Kollette Men Uneasy.
The I.a Kollette leaders are dis
turbed because it now looks as though
there would be a set of so-called
Karmer-Labor electors on the ticket
and also the La Kollette electors in
the independent column. Should this
be the case, they fear that many of
the people who would like to vote for
I.a. Koliette, believing that the
Karmer-Labor electors are his, may
vote for those electors instead of the
real Ixt Kollette group in the inde
pendent column. The Karmer-Labor
group of electors were named when
the Farmer-Labor party was still to
hold its convention in St. Paul, the
convention which later was repudi
ated by Senator La Kollette.
Today the say
that they are for Senator La Kollette
and ask to be considered as the offi
cial l.a Kollette electors. But there
is a fly in the ointment. The Farmer-
have candidates for State
offices who would like very much to
ride along on the l.a Kollette band
wagon. lai Kollette and his campaign
managers, however, have been op
posed to this, believing that it might
cost them many votes.
Fouler Party Nominee.
In addition, the presidential nomi
nee of the Farmer-Labor convention
is Foster, the radical, of Illinois, and
should the La Kollette people rely on
the Farmer-Labor electors, it is feared
that Foster might come along with
court action insisting that these
electors are his and not l«a Kollette's.
The only way in which the I«t Fol
lettc electors can be placed on the
ballot in the independent column now
is through the filing of petitions
carrying 5,471 names. The I.a Kol
lette managers said today that they
had upward of 4,000 of these signa
tures and would have a great many
more than the requisite number by
.September SO. when it is proposed to
file the petitions. The time for filing
expires October 4.
The La Kollette leaders are count
ing on a very large vote from the
railroad employes and from the dis
affected farmers, sufferers from agri
cultural depression of recent years.
The railroad labor vote is estimated
at 15 per cent of the vote of the
State. Three transcontinental roads
cross the State, and big railroad
shops are maintained in Montana.
Many of these votes wore formerly
Democratic. Among the miners, too,
I.a Kollette will gain from the Dem
ocrats. He will take from the Re
publicans, however, when It comes
to the farms.
Walsh Faces Fight.
Senator Walsh of Montana, the man
who "lifted the lid” In the Teapot
Dome oil scandal, and who gained
fresh laurels by piloting the Demo
cratic bark through the stormy days
of the New York convention, is facing
a real fight for re-election. The Re
publicans have named K. P. Linder
rnan as their candidate against Sen
ator Walsh. J. W. Anderson is the
Farmer-labor nominee, though he has
not the La Kollette O. K. In fact.
La Follette and Wheeler both would
like to see the re-election of Senator
Walsh. Linderman is a former insur
ance man who has prospered, a hotel
owner, an author of Indian stories
and poems, a Mason and. it is com
monly reported, the candidate of the
Ku Klux Klan.
It is on the religious issue that
Linderman is making his strongest
bid for the Senatorship against Sena
tor Walsh, a Catholic. This is not
being done openly—through public
speeches and attacks in the press, but
through a whispering campaign. It
is known that for a long time Linder
roan has been violently antl-Cathollc.
He is appealing to Masons to aid him
(Continued on Page 2, Column s».j
BELL WOULD LIFT
RESURFACING LEVY
Favors Changing Law to Re
lieve Property Owners
of Paving Charge.
The Borland law, which assesses
half the cost of street paving work
against abutting property owners,
should be modified so that it would
not apply to the repaving of worn
out streets, in tin- opinion of En
gineer Commissioner Bell.
Maj. Bell made known this view
last night in discussing various pieces
of District legislation on which ac
tion probably would be sought at the
forthcoming session of Congress.
The Engineer Commissioner said he
would not propose that the Borland
law be repealed, but he has reached
the conclusion that it should be so
changed as to apply only to original
paving and not to resurfacing also.
"When a paved street becomes
worn out by traffic and has to be re
surfaced I do not believe that work
should be assessed against the peo
ple living on the street.” said Maj,
Bell.
I.lttle Resurfacing Done.
C. B. Hunt, engineer of highways,
pointed out that there has not been
much resurfacing of old streets done
since the Borland law was enacted,
for the reason that the city has been
growing fast with limited appropria
tions. making it necessary to pave
many new streets.
From now on, however, with the
gasoline paving tax in effect, the Dis
trict will have more street funds
available than in the past, and Bor
land assessments for resurfacing will
become a more important factor to
property owners.
Maj. Bell said it might not be pos
sible in the short session of Congress
to get through this modification of
the Borland law, but he said he would
take steps to bring it to the attention
of the lawmakers for action as soon
as possible.
There are other legislative matters
on which the Engineer Commissioner
is hopeful of obtaining favorable
action by the Senate and House at
the next session.
Three Measure* I p.
The pending measures in which
Maj. Bell is most directly interested
because they affect his departments
are the bill for the reorganization
of the Public Utilities Commission,
the street railway merger bill and the
proposal to extend Fourteenth street
through the Walter Reed Hospital
reservation.
The first bill would add two meire
members to the utilities commission,
which is now- composed of the three
city Commissioners. One of the new
men would be an engineer and the
other a lawyer. Maj. Bell fathered
this measure at the last session, be
lieving that the Commissioners should
have more assistance in disposing of
utility problems.
The second bill would change the
method of taxing the two street rail
way companies with a view to in
ducing consolidation.
The city heads also will reply in
December to the request of the Sen
ate District committee for sugges
tions as to how the powers of the
Commissioners might be extended in
order to relieve Congress of the ne
cessity of passing on various munici
pal questions of a minor nature.
Welfare Bill to Be Reviewed.
In Commissioner Rudolph’s depart
ments the most important legislation
to come up this Winter will be the
several bills recommended by the
commission on public welfare legis
lation last Spring. The foremost is
the one to create a board of public
welfare In the District government
to co-ordlnatc child-caring and other
social service work.
Commissioner Oyster may have
some legislation to recommend to
Congress growing out of the annual
report of Maj. Sullivan, superintend
ent of police. Maj. Sullivan has
suggested additional legislation for
prohibition enforcement, a more
stringent gun-toting law and appoint
ment of two more Police Court judges.
PASTOR IS ACCUSED.
Abduction of 14-Tear-Old Girl Is
Charged.
NOWATA, Okla., September 27.—A
charge of abduction was filed today
by A. P. Anglin, County attorney
against Rev. Joseph E. Yates, 40,
minister at Alluwee, who is elleged
to have eloped with a 14-year-old
choir girl of bla church. No traeo
of the couple has been found.
TODAY S STAR
FART ONE—2B PAGES.
General News —Local, National, Foreign.
National Politics—Pages 4 and 5.
Radio News —Page 20.
Maryland and Virginia News —Pages 22
and 23.
Schools and Colleges—Page 25.
PART TWO—IB PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 14.
D. A. R. Activities —Pane *l4.
Parent-Teacher Activities —Page 15.
News of the Clubs—Page 16.
Boy Scout News—Page 16.
Veterans of the Great War—Page 17.
PART THREE—I 2 PAGES,
Amusements—Theaters and the Photo
play.
Music in Washington—Page 5.
Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 to 9.
Reviews of New Books—Page 10.
Around the City—Page 10.
Army and Navy News—Page 11.
The Starry Skies in October—Page 11.
The Civilian Army—Page 11.
Spanish War Veterans —Page 11.
Fraternities —Page 12.
PART FOUR—4 PAGES.
Pink Sports Section.
PART FIVE—B PAGES.
Magazine Section —Fiction and Fea
tures.
The Rambler —Page 3.
PART SIX—I 2 PAGES.
Classified Advertising.
Serial—" The Owl's House”—Page 9.
Financial News—Pages 10 and 11.
GRAPHIC SECTION—B PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COMIC SECTION—I PAGES.
Mr. Straphanger; Reglar Fellers; Mr.
and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff.
PERFUME FILLS AIR
ATM BLAZE
Flavoring Extracts, Cosmet-
and Hair Tonic Lost in
Caro Company Fire.
Fire of undetermined origin late
last night wrecked the interior of
the building occupied by
the Caro Flavoring Company 610
Pensylvania avenue, destroying thou
sands of gallons of alcohol, flavoring
extracts, haar tonic and cosmetics,
and causing damage to the building
and stock estimated at approximately
335.000.
One fireman, N. O. Teates of No. 1
Truck Company, was taken to Emer
gency Hospital and treated for a
deep gash on his chin, received when
he was caught In a cascade of brok
en glass. His condition is not serious.
’Tt was the sweetest tire I ever
fought,” remarked one fireman as he
emerged from the smoking recesses
of the building. The delicate com
posite aroma of perfumes of many
scenes mingled with the more sub
stantial odors of lemon, grape, orange
and vanilla extraets, permeating the
atmosphere around the plant for sev
eral hundred feet.
Casket* Are Damaged.
About fifteen caskets in the adjoin
ing structure, occupied by the Na
tional Casket Company, were dam
aged by water, W. J. Hoover, an offi
cial of the company, stated.
A feature of the fire was the fact
that six little kittens were left moth
erless by the blaze. They were found
beneath a pile of water-soaked debris
on the main floor, whining over the
(Continued on I’age 2, Column 1.)
Effort to Block Mrs. La Follette’s
Speech in Maryland Today Seen
La Follette campaign headquar
ters here announced last night it
had been advised that a deter
mined effort was being made to
prevent Mrs. Robert M. \jo. Fol
lette, wife of the independent
presidential candidate, from de
livering a political address today
at Mountain Lake Park, Md.
Mrs. Follette went to the
mountain resort yesterday pre
pared to discuss campaign issues
In the Chautauqua Auditorium,
which had been engaged for to
day's meeting.
After Mrs. La Follette** arrival
at Mountain 1-A.ke Park Miss Isa
belle Kendig, one of those arrang
JONES WINS GOLF I
TITLE, 8-YEAR-GOAL
Bobby, 22, New Amateur
Champion—Overwhelms
Von Elm, 9 and 8.
j
B/ tb* A*-«o< iatP(l Pr#is.
ARDMORE, Pa., September 27. i
Robert Tyre Jones, jr.. of Atlanta. |
came to man's estate, today acquired
the, honor he sought in vain for eight
years in his youth—the national
amateur golf chajnpionship. In the
final round of the annual tournament
he defeated George von Kim of Los
Angeles by the unprecedented score
of 9 and 8 for the concluding match
of the week’s competition.
Triumph came at the Merlon
Cricket Club, where in 1916, a boy
of 14. who wore short pants even
when not playing golf, first attract
ed attention by his ability at what
some scoffers havt often termed an
old man's game. Many have been his
disappointments since then.
A favorite several times hitherto |
to win the amateur crown, he was ’
eliminated by opponents of far lefts j
average ability. The open title came |
to him last year only after his aver- j
age score per hole over a period of
years had been less than that of any :
other competitor.
Has Mon Highest Honors.
Now. with family and business mat- i
ters to attend to besides golf, and '
about to cast his first vote for Pres
ident, he joins the select class of link
stars who have won both the amateur
and open titles. There are only three
others and two of them were elimi
nated in this tournament. The three
art Jerome I>. Travers of New York.
Francis Ouimet of Boston and
Charles Evans., of Chicago.
Every inch a champion and prob
ably a great factor in championship
competition till the years weary him
in long 36-hole match play, as they
wearied other starters this week.
Bobby, as they still call him except
a few Atlanta friends who have taken
off the last syllable, shot his usual
machine-like golf today.
His game was a bit inferior to
the great heights he reached in his
semi-final match with Francis Ouimet,
but he was better than Von Elm in
every branch and was never down
after the second of the 28 holes which
the 36-hole match consisted of as a
result of the decisive victory.
Joins Mary Browne.
Von Elm attracted attention all
the week by the lowness of his medal
scores and the decisive margins of
most of his victories before the final
round. Though outclassed today he
joined Miss Mary E. Browne in win
ning honors for Los Angeles and one
year's finanists in national golf com
petition." She, too, lost in the last
round.
Jones won 12 holes of the match. !
of which seven were in the morning I
round of 18 holes. Von Elm took I
three holes, all in the morning, go- j
ing to lunch 4 down. Jones this 1
morning shot a 74, or 4 over par. on j
the long, heavily bunkered course. I
Von Elm took 79. To the turn in |
the afternoon Jones had a 37. one |
over par, w'hile Von Elm had a 44,
becoming erractic as the inevitable
end drew near.
A second shot by Jones into a trap
at the first hole of the day resulted
in Von Elm winning by a par 4. At
the 523-yard second hole Jones shot
a birdie 4 and soon thereafter the
result of the match was never in
doubt with most of the gallery- Er
rors by Jones were few and inconse
quential. Von Elm’s slips were in
variably to his disadvantage.
Four par 5 holes were played. At
three of them Jones had the longer
drive, the longer brassie and the
closer approach to the pin.
Honors were even at the six short
(Continued on Page 3, Column 2.)
ing for the rally, sent word to
headquarters here that the man
agement of the auditorium had
just announced that it could not
be used. Miss Kendig said the
explanation was that the audi
torium was not available for a
political meeting fin Sundays and
that it had just been discovered
that Mrs. Kollette intended to
talk politics to a Sunday gather
ing.
Miss Kendig declared that she
and her colleagues were going
ahead with arrangements for the
meeting, determined to have Mrs.
1a Kollette speak in the audi
torium despite the ultimatum of
the management.
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Within the Hour ”
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Sunday morning to Washington homes at
60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000
and service will start immediately.
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WASHINGTON NEAR
FIRST BASE BALL
TITLE IN HISTORY
Needs But One Victory for
Right to Meet Giants in
World Series.
<
SUCCESS WILL END 38
YEARS OF WAITING HERE
Goal Sought Since 1886 About to
Be Attained Under Leadership
of Youthful Stanley Harris.
BY UFAMAN THOMPSON.
A pennant for Washington!
Today one lone victory stands b*—
' tween the base ball club representing
j the National Capital and the cham
i pionship of the American League. A
j single triumph only separates Buckv
Harris’ valiant band of athletes from
the attainment of a goal sought for
many years, but always in vain.
Coming from behind in a typically
courageous fashion to defeat the Red
j Sox on an alien field at Boston yes
terday, 7 to 5, while the Yankees
faltered. 4 to 3, before the Athletics
in Philadelphia, the Nationals today
possess a margin of two full games
lover New York, with only two con
tests remaining to be played by them
| and their rivals. This means that
I the Griffmen can get no worse than
i a tie, while one victory for them or
1 a single defeat for New York will
; assure Washington of the title.
Due to the fact that Sunday base
j ball is not played in either Boston
I or Philadelphia, the outcome of one of
i the most thrilling campaigns ever staged
; cannot be known until tomorrow. It
j is possible for the result to be de
i ferred until Tuesday and that it may
involve a three-game play-off be
! tween the Nationals and Yankees
; that has been decreed in the event
1 they finish the season on even term*,
i but the odds are heavily against thi
j and all Washington and its environs
I today are planning for the struggi
i for the base ball supremacy of th
i universe that is confidently expected
to get under way here next Saturday.
Then the Griffmen will oppose th*
New York Giants, who yesterday
achieved the record-breakilig feat
of 'Winning their fourth consecutive
Nal'Cnal league pennant and their
j tent* within a score of years under
I the 'SUidance of that master manager
| —JoLn McUraw.
Seeking Coal for 3S Vru*.
Over a span of 38 years, since 188<;,
when it first had major league repre
sentation in the old National League.
I Washington teams have striven
| hard, but fruitlessly, for the honor
i that now is within grasp. A cellar
! position, or next to it, usually was
! the portion of the entrant from the
j seat of the Government, this holding
I good even over the period of eight
I seasons from 1833 through 1833 when
the circuit was expanded from eight
1 to twelve clubs.
With the organization of the
American League Washington * en
joyed little better success, starting
i in 1301. sixth place being the high
! eat it could climb for 11 years until
Clark Griffith assumed field leader
ship in 1312. That season he alter
nately bullied and wheedled a club
composed largely of, youngsters to
within one rung of the championship
ladder and furnished another second
place contender the following sea
son, hut could not quite bridge the
• gap to the pinnacle. Griff's advent
| here marked the dawn of a new era
| fop base ball in Washington and- in
| four of the seven succeeding years
under his management the Nationals
earned a first division berth.
Giving up active direction of his
forces in battle following the close
of the 1320 season when he became
president of the club, Griffith inau
gurated a system of experimenting
with pilots raised from the ranks,
but the results attained by George
Mcßride in 1921. then by Clyde Milan
and finally by Owen Bush were far
from satisfactory.
bri(T« Choice Startled Fans.
Convinced that his theories were
sound Griffith ignored a number of
I available managerial officers and
j commissioned another private as field
marshal. Announcement that Stanley
Raymond Harris would direct the
destinies of the Nationals this sea
son caused consternation among
many followers of the team.
The spectacle of a mere youth of
27 summers and possessed of only
four seasons’ experience in the big
i league being placed in command of
I athletes main years his senior: aa-
I signed to a task at which grizzled
! veterans had signally failed, rn
{ gendered misgivings in even the most
I loyal supporters of the club.
But their reckoning was faulty,
i They failed to take into account the
qualities of leadership inherent in
the stripling whoso heady fielding
and timely batting they had come to
admire. They underestimated the
value of indomitable courage, a clear,
keen brain and rare inspirational
powers They were unaware of th<-
mea-sure apparent to Clark Griffith, a
veteran of three decade-s in the game,
of the attributes possessed by this
youngster of Welch ancestry.
When Harris succeeded on June 24
in piloting practically the same ag
gregation that had proved such a
disappointment the year before to
first place, the only time a local club
ever had reached that exalted posi
tion so comparatively late in a race,
the fans marveled, but were skeptL
cal, convinced from previous experi
ences that it was but a flash in the
pan.
A grueling series of doublehoaders #
later took its toll of stamina as re
sulted in the team dropping back,
but It faltered only momentarily.
Returning to the battle with un
diminlshcd determination it fought
its way back to the top. 1
Johnson Deserves Credit.
To Walter Johnson must be accorded
a generous share of credit for the
epocial achievements of the Nationals.
The son of Kansas who in the 37th
year of his age and 18th in a local uni
form has been officially honored as the
most valuable player to his team in the
league fully deserves the homage that
is being paid him.
But it is Bucky Harris who ha*
earned the fullest need of credit. It
is he who has welded the material
into an effective unit ami fired it
with the spirit that is due, tomorrow
or the day after, to mark the fruition
of many long years of weary waitlnc.
A pennant for Washington'.