. WEATHER,
Rain and cooler tonight, tomorrow
fair and cooler.
Temperature for 24 hours ending at 2
p.m. today. Highest, 76, at 2 p.m. yester
day ; lowest. 67. at 3 a.m. today.
Full report on Eage 7.
Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24
-v* on ‘>"7l Entered as second class matter
O. post office Washington. D. C.
BIG COOLIDGE VOTE
SEEN IN CALIFORNIA:
LAFOLLETTESECOND
Strength in Southern Coun-,
ties Expected to Overawe
Rival’s in Bay Section.
LITTLE HEARD OF DAVIS
IN NORTH OR SOUTH I
———
Some Political Observers Expect
President to Win State by Ma
jority of 100,000.
nv DAVID I.AWHKVE,
LOS ANOEL.ES, Septembtr 29. j
California is not as close a State as '
the various polls and straw votes |
being taken would seem to indicate. |
Having investigated the situation j
In northern California, where un- i
questionably S( nator La Follette has I
his greatest strength, the writer (
came away with the impression that .
the Wisconsin leader would perhaps j
carry the bay counties by a narrow :
vote, hut if that turns out to be j
true Mr. I.a Follette will be snowed 1
under just the same by the unusually j
heavy vote to be given President
Coolidge this year in southern Cali- j
fornia.
The race here is between Coolidge |
and La Kollette with Davis third.
Little is heard about the Democratic j
candidate. Had McAdoo bee*n nomi- i
uated there might have bet n a differ
ent story to tell, for this State was j
strong for McAdoo. Are the Demo- j
cralic votes going to La Follette? |
■Undoubtedly many thousands will ■
support the third party ticket, but :
President Coolidge will get a host j
of what might otherwise be Demo- |
fratic votes.
Davis I.neks Strength.
The Democratic nominee is always j
well spoken of. but he does not seem j
to have any vote-getting strength in
this section. President Coolidge. on ;
the other hand, is held in southern ;
California in almost as much regard |
as he is in Maine. It will be recalled !
that even when President Harding's |
popularity began to wane in the East, ;
he could count on California.
This State, of course, is preponder- |
antly Republican, but in the last two '
years it has also been growing con
servative. California, „for instance,
gave President Coolidge a majority of I
80.000 votes over its own favorite son j
in the presidential primaries this year, i
A State which will do that can hardly I
be counted as easy for La Follette or
as even tending in his direction.
Wthout endeavoring to explain
some of the polls that are being made,
it is a strange aspect of the whole
thing that not a single man whose
judgment on political affairs in past j
years has always been found by the i
writer to be accurate so far as Cali- !
fornia is concerned is saying this I
time that La Follette will carry the [
State. They all say just the opposite
and some go so far as to indicate that j
President Coolidge may run as high ,
as 100.000 majority in California.
Southern tote Stronger.
La Collette's strength in certain |
sections of the State may be con- i
ceded, but anyone who knows Cali
fornia will recognize at once that
what the northern part of the State
may do can easily be counter-bal- I
anoed by the Smith.
From this, it should not he in- 1
ferred that the writer believes La I
Kollette will sweep Northern Cali- (
fornia. What seems probable, is that i
the Wisconsin leader may run neck
and neck with President Coolidge in
and around San Francisco.
This, however. isn’t a stroi g
enuogh position for any one who Is
trying to carry the electoral-votes of
the State, and as for southern Calif- f
ornia. Ia Kollette hasn't a chance.
The vote that will be rolled up from
this section on election day will be
amazing.
There are a dozen reasons for the
strength of President Coolidge in
this region, but there are many more
reasons why La Kollette is weak. Kor
one thing a campaign has been be
gun which paints l>a Kollette as an
enemy of California. A member of
Congress has looked back into the
record and found that Senator lac
Kollette voted against every one of
the tariff schedules in which Califor
nia was interested. That makes the
battle against lai Kollette very con
crete. For even the redoubtable Hi
ram Johnson in his most progressive
hours never dared to turn down Calif
ornia. once on certain of her native
products and industries.
Has Influential Support.
1-a Follette, of course, is not without
some strong and influential support.
The Hearst papers are favoring him
above all other candidates. Rudolph I
Ppreckels of San Francisco is helping I
to finance the La Follette campaign, j
Some of the newspapers which were I
closest to Hiram Johnson are shout- i
ing for La Kollette. He is running on
the Socialist ticket, so organized labor ■
is making a good deal of noise about !
Its advocacy of the old man from |
Wisconsin.
But taken all together the vote of j
California will be a conservative ma- I
jority and President Coolidge will get j
It just as John W. Davis would get j
it if he had been President seeking j
another term. The outstanding char
acteristic of the electorate is that I
there Is no cry for change.
(Copyright, 1924.»
BAVARIA IN COMPACT
WITH PAPAL NUNCIO 1
I
Concordat Negotiated That Is j
Likely Soon to Be Ratified.
Vatican Announces.
By the As«ociit«d Press.
ROAIE, September 29.—Mgr. Pacelli,
papal nuncio in Germany, has con
cluded a concordat with Bavaria and
Is negotiating concordats with Prus- l
sia, Wuerttemberg and the entire
reich, it was semi-offlcially announced
by the Vatican last night.
The Bavarian concordat, it is ex
pected, will be ratified by the Bava
rian parliament In October, while an
additional concordat is being nego
tiated with Serbia.
The semi-official statement declares
that it will not he possible to con
clude concordat with Czechoslo
vakia because of a strong anti-clerl-1
pal movement- Ijuthat -ecu n tcjt»
' 1
“Wid” Matthews
Returned to Griffs
By Sacramento
j By the Associated Press,
STOCKTON, Calif., September
29.—Outfielder "\Vid” Matthews.
] acquired from the Washington
Americans in tiie Earl McNeely
! deal several weeks ago, has been
i released by the Sacramento Pa
cific Coast League club. He will
revert to the Washington club and
Sacramento has the choice of
three players or $15,000 to finish
payment for McNeely.
CASUALTIES HEAVY
| IN SHANGHAI FIGHT
Both Lines Drenched With
j Shrapnel Fire—Kiangsu
Forces Retreat.
1
| By I lie Associated Press.
j SHANGHAI, September 29.'—Hun- j
j dreds of Chinese soldiers were killed
1 and many others wounded this morn- I
! ing on a 6-mile front from Nansiang ;
j to Malu when armies of rival military I
i governors fighting for possession of |
| Shanghai continued hostilities with 1
I impetuous intensity.
j According to a witness who returned j
I this afternoon after traversing the j
■ sector from Nansiang to Malu. west |
; of Shanghai, both sides were drench
| ing the lines with shrapnel,
i Numerous relief stations behind the
i 6 mile Nansiang front were fiilled
with wounded while scores of others
1 were arriving on stretchers.
The dead have been left where they
I fell, according to the witness, and
| this practice has resulted in a carrion
j odor extending over the whole battle !
i area.
I The offensive, which has resulted in |
I continuous firing since it opened on j
i Saturday morning, has enabled the ,
i Chekiang forces to drive the Kiangsu i
! troops hack 6 miles, according to j
j Gen Hsia Chao-lin, commander of the |
j Chekiang forces in the center of j
j activity.
r JEHOL TROOPS DEFEATED. j
Mukden Communique Tells of
Clash and Rout.
BY WILLIAM R. GILES.
I By Cable tn The Star and Chicago liady News ■
j MUKDEN. Manchuria, September
- 29.—The following official com- |
Imunique has been issued;
“On the 25th Jehol troops moved j
eastward from Chien Ping »o re
j attack Chao Yang. On reaching the
| northern main road they were badly
i defeated by the 2d Brigade Os the
2d Army and fled In disorder to
Tonihing Shan. On the evening of
the 26th the defeated force resumed
the offensive, after being strongly
reinforced.
"After an all-night battle they
were again heavily defeated by the
I2d Army and retreated to Tolachu
] Shan in th Chien Ping district. The
I Chihlis suffered 500 killed, 1,000
j wounded and many prisoners, also
j 13 mountain guns, several hundred
j rifles, a large quantity of munitions
j and military supplies. Mukdenites
I expect to take Chien Ping in a few
j days.”
I All of Chang Tso-Lin's postions are
| camouflaged with trees, it being im
j possible to see until close upon them.
Defensive trenches have been con
structed in the most up to date
methods. Chang Ts-Lin's men are
I well fed and clothed and arrange
ments are being made for a Winter I
1 campaign.
I Mukden is being made a granary.
( Foodstuffs and material of every de-
I scription are being stored away to
prevent any shortage. Thousands of
Kirin troops are passing through
Mukden daily going to the front. Ad
vices from Peking state that the
strictest censorship exists, nothing >
unfavorable to the Chihlis being al- j
lowed to be sent. Many local papers |
are being closed and foreign papers |
(Continued on Rage 2, Column 3.)
MILLER RESIGNS
TO TAKENEW POST
President Indicates Accept
ance of Resignation, But
With Reluctance.
Thomas W. Miller tendered his
resignation to President Coolidge to
j day as alien property custodian.
The President, In indicating he
I would accept the resignation, asked
| Mr. Miller to continue in his office
j for the time being.
Mr. Miller said he was forced to
j resign because the duties of the office
j to which he was recently elected,
- president of the Inter-Allied World
j War Veterans' Association, would
j demand his presence abroad during j
most of the next year. He was ap- I
j pointed to office by President Hard- j
| ing in March, 1921.
Besides his work as custodian. Mr. j
■ Miller has been active in the study i
|of soldier rehabilitation questions, j
; and is a member of the American '
I Battle Monuments Commission. He
i was a member of the House from
Delaware in the Sixty-fourth Con
-1 gress.
j POLISH ARMY IN PLIGHT.
i
WARSAW, Poland, September 29. '
Minister of War Sikorski is goiag-to
Paris and London shortly to. study
army organization and . "military
equipment. The main object of the
visit to Paris, however, according
to circles close to the war depart
ment. is to try to induce the Herriot
government to relax some of the re
strictions put upon the 400,000,000
franc credit extended by France to
Poland ks Polish financial reforms
have caiped a reduction in military
appropriations and General Sikorski
feels thelarmy is badly in need of
equipment s
The anSy budget for 1925 amounts
to 35 per Sent of the total government
expenses,Compared with 40 per cent
'*n 1921, ft t
Sflhe Iftienmg Slaf.
V y J V V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
WASHINGTON, D. 0., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1924 -THIRTY-SIX PAGES. *_
RAIL BOARD TESTS
ITS RIGHT TO MAKE
WITNESSES APPEAR
Issue Compared to That in
Daugherty Case Raised
by U. S. Senate.
NO DATE FOR HEARING
SET BY FEDERAL COURT
I
Testimony of Two Brotherhood Os- j
ficials Desired—Roads Fight
Move as Unconstitutional.
’ '
I By the Associated Preas.
I CHICAGO, September 29.—Test of
j the constitutionality of a clause in j
the transportation act of 1920, arming j
the Railroad latbor Board with power
to require testimony, was begun to-
I day. The board petitioned the United j
! States District Court to order John Me- j
] Guire of Chicago and D. B. Robertson of |
j Cleveland to testify before the board, the
j latter to fix the time and place.
McGuire is general chairman on the
i Chicago and Northwestern railroad for
j the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
| neers. Robertson Is president of the
Brotherhod of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginomen.
The petition was filed before Judge!
J. H. Wilkerson by Edwin A. Olson. 1
United States attorney, and Wey- i
mouth Kirkland and Robert N. Gold- j
ing, special assistants to the United!
States Attorney General. No date for ■
a hearing was set by Judge Wilker-j
j son and no legal action was taken i
beyond the formal filing of the peti- |
I tion. Judge Wilkerson later will set I
I a date for a hearing.
Issue Before Courts.
| The underlying question, whether
I Congress may delegate to such a body
| as the Labor Board the power to com-
I pH testimony, was compared by legal
observers to the case of ex parte
j Daugherty, now pending on review
j before the United States Supreme ■
1 Court. In that case Federal Judge I
! A. J. M. Cochran of Kentucky, on May |
| 31, held that the Senate had “usurped i
I judicial power” in attempting to en- j
| force its subpoena of Mally S. Daugh- i
I erty, in an investigation of alleged |
| acts of former Attorney General
i Harry M. Daugherty. Judge Coch
ran held, however, that the question
was "not the power of Congress to
compel evidence from outsiders in
aid of legislation but of either branch
thereof acting by itself without pre
vious action on the part of Con
gress."
McGuire and Robertson twice dis
regarded subpoenas of the board. On
the first occasion subpoenas were is
sued for them and for another grand
officer and 101 general chairmen in a
dispute over wages and rules between
the brotherhoods and a managers'
committee representing 94 Western
railroads.
Position of Hoads,
The statement by counsel for the
railroad board does not accord with
"our conception of the facts." said
Donald R. Richberg, counsel for the
respondents. "We will therefore not !
move for dismissal as such motion j
would entail acquiescence with the
statement of fact, but will answer,
setting forth our version of the facts,"
Mr. Richberg intimated that he would
seek to show that the assumption of j
jurisdiction was wrongful.
The petition quotes an order of the
board overruling the protest of the
respondents and other witnesses
against the assumption of jurisdic
tion. The board held, and the wit
nesses denied, that the dispute was
i likely to interrupt commerce. The
j witnesses contend through their covin- ;
i sel that the hearing of the dispute j
| by the board interrupted negotiations
I and that the requested enforcement
j of the empowering clause of the act
j is "in violation of the Constitution.”
i
Provisions of Clause.
The challenged clause in the trans-
I portation act authorizes such peti
; tions as that filed for the first time
I today and provides that the board
may call upon he courts to punish
, refractory witnesses for contempt.
The board relied upon this clause j
previously in demanding the testi
mony of two railroad officials, H. H. |
Ferguson, vice president and gen- |
j eral manager of the Illinois Terminal |
Company, and Samuel Rea of Phila- i
delphia, president of the Pennsyl- |
vania lines, had on separate occa
sions denied the Jurisdiction of the
hoard and refused to appear. They
reconsidered when warned that oth
erwise they would be subpoenaed.
The Pennsylvania lines carried
the question of the jurisdiction of
the board into the United States Su
preme Court, which upheld the juris
diction of the board, but ruled that
the decisions of that tribunal were
not enforceable.
SEES FAIR WEATHER
FOR SERIES OPENING
! Passing of Storm Before Saturday
Ball Game Predicted
by Forecaster. - *
i _
Any fear that the storm that is
sweeping Washington today may be
the beginning "of a long, Fall rain
was banished by the Weather Bureau
when It announced that the dis
turbance will clear up tonight and
there is no prospect of climatic in
terference with the opening of the
world series here Saturday afternoon.
The present storm originated over
Virginia and is still growing In in
tensity. By this evening, however,
it will have moved off toward the
Atlantic in the northeasterdly di
rection. Tomorrow will be clear and
a little cooler, but not cold. Light
western winds are due here tomor
row night and that, the weather man
says, is a certain harbinger of fair
weather for Wednesday.
Although it is impossible to fore
tell exactly what the weather will be
Saturday, he said there is at least
no indication of rain. An official
forecast, however, will not be pos
rihla fnaj»a»>rjl-6a.Vii
» |,T| r - ' -j
m OWNER SLAIN j
NEAR QUANTICQ. VA.
L. Stevens Found With
Bullet Hole in Back Lying
in Highway.
.lohr L. Stevens. 26 years old. pro
prietor of an automobile hirincr agen
-1 ry at the Marine Corps post at yuan
i tico. Va., was found dead today
j alongside one of his automobiles with
I a bullet hole in his bark, and his
porkets ransacked.
The body lay on the road in front
of his ear several miles from Quan
tico. on what is known as the Recla- 1
mation road. His body was picked >
up by motorists and carried to the j
Quantico Hospital, where he was pro
nounced dead upon arrival. The
body was taken to the Quantico morgue.
Olßeers Have No CTiie.
The military authorities have vir
tually no clue to work upon in run
ning down Stevens’ murderers. They
immediately notified the Washington
j police department of the tragedy, and
I all suspicious persons leaving the
i Quantico section will be questioned,
it was stated.
According to employes of the taxi |
proprietor, Stevens was called to the
telephone shortly after 9 o’clock this
morning, apparently by a prospective
customer. He put on his hat and
went out, it was thought, to answer
j the call for a car. That was the last
j seen of him until his body was found
! several hours later on the Reclama
tion road.
Stevens had been in the taxi busi
ness at the Marine Corps post for
j several years, and was well known
in that vicinity. He leaves a young
wife, but no children. Stevens resided
at Quantico.
At the request of Marine officials,
i Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent
I of District of Columbia penal institu
) tions at the District workhouse, at
| Occoquan, Va., dispatched two men,
j with bloodhounds, to the scene of the
i murder. They will attempt to track
the unidentified assailants from the
place where the crime was committed.
While employes of Stevens were
unable to state whether their em
ployer was carrying a large sum of
money on his person at the' time or
not, they said that he was known
frequently to carry sums of money In
his pocket. It is believed that some
one had learned of this habit and
I plotted a holdup.
MRS. FERGUSOrTwiNS
DECISION IN TEXAS
I
I
Judge Rules She Has Right to
Hold Office as Governor
If Elected.
By the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex., September 29.—Mrs'.
Miriam A. Ferguson today won the
first step in the court fight to have
her disqualified as Democratic nom
inee for Governor of Texas. An in
junction to keep her name off the
ballot was refused by Judge George
C. Calhoun in Fifty-third District
Court.
The court held that Mra Ferguson is
qualified in every way to hold office, and
that the so-called common law disability
against women in office does not apply.
He said that the plaintiff had power
to bring the suit under the statutes,
and that the .court had jurisdiction, but
on all other questions Mrs. Ferguson
won.
The old common-law principles on
which the plaintiff, Charles M. Dickson |
of San Antonio, relied, were said by the
judge to be obsolete in this country,
and he could fin 4 no inhibition in either
the Texas constitution or the statutes
of this State which denies women the
right to hold office.
FREEZING IN KANSAS.
Killing Frost Also Visits Minne
sota and North Dakota.
TOPEKA, Kan., September 29.—The
first freezing temperatures of Autumn
prevailed over a large portion of Kan
sas last night, with heavy frosts In
the western part of the State. Late
corn probably was Injured in some
parts of the State, according to S. D.
Flora, Weather Bureau chief here.
MOORHEAD, Minn., September 29.
—Minnesota and North Dakota were
visited by a severe killing frost in
\British Ship Sinks
1 Off Georgia Coast;
Crete Is Rescued
By the AsHex-latet) Press.
SAVANNAH, Ga.. September 29. —
The British freight steamer Santa
Theresa, bound from a Cuban port
with sugar, sank last night. 95 miles
southeast by south of Tybee Light,
according to radio advices received
here from the American tanker 1. C.
White, which has taken off all the
crew of the British vessel. The
tanker is proceeding to a port not given
in radio advices, but the vessel is not
coming to Savannah, it Is known.
Distress signals were sent out yes
terday morning about 10 o’clock by
the Santa Theresa stating it had
sprung a leak in the engine room.
The local United States radio station,
the United States t’oast Guard cutter
Yamacraw and other local stations
caught the messages.
NATS AND RED SOX
TIED, l-l IN FIRST
Jez Zachary Mound Choice |
for Crucial Game, Ful
lerton Opposing.
I,lnp-op.
WASHINGTON. BOSTON.
Leibold. cf, William,, of.
I S. Harm, 2b. Wamby, 2b.
Bica. rs. Veach. if.
Goslin. If. Boone, rs.
Judge, lb. J. Harris, lb.
Bluege, 3b. Ezzell. 3b.
Peck, ss. Lee, ss.
Huel. c. O'Neill, c,
Zachary, p. Fullerton, p.
Umpires—Messrs. Connolly and Owens,
nv JOHN n. KKIJ.KU.
FENWAY I’ARK. BOSTON. Mass.,
September 29.—Bucky Harris' Bucks
went out to clinch a pennant today
with Jez Zachary, left hander, on the
slab against the Red Sox. Opposing
the tarheel flinger was Curtis Fullerton,
right-hand pitcher, formerly with the
bewhiskered House of David team.
Zachary right now seems to be in
better form than any other member of
the Bucks’ mound staff. He has been
beaten by Boston only once this season,
and Manager Harris banks heavily upon
Zach to pitch his team to a victory
that will earn Washington its first
major league pennant.
FIRST INNING.
WASHINGTON—LeiboId fouled out
to O’Neill. Harris out, second to first.
Rice singled to left, stole second and
scored on O’Neill's wild throw to sec
ond. Goslin out, short to first. One
run.
BOSTON —Williams singled to cen
ter. Wamby singled down the left
field line, scoring Williams. Veach
singled to right. Wamby stopping at
second. Harris made a fine stop. Boon
w'alked, filling ’the bases. J. Harris
fanned. Ezzell hit into a double play.
Peck to Harris to Judge. One run.
SHIP MOB THREATENS
MAN WHO ATTACKED GIRL
Sailor, Drunk, Bescued by Police
After Breaking Into State
room of Young Passenger.
By the Associated Press.
HOBOKEN, N. J„ September 29. A
squad of police today rescued Christo
pher Dunne. 31 years old, a sailor,
from passengers and members of the
crew of the liner George Washington,
who made threats of lynching after
he had broken into a stateroom and
attacked Miss Ottillle Urban, 22 years
old, as she slept.
: Dunne, the police reported, came
on board from shore leave in an in
toxicated condition, and had nearly suc
ceeded in hanging the young woman
with a rope which he had wound
around her neck. Answering her
screams, passengers and members of
the crew forced an entrance to the
locked cabin. Miss Urban was taken
to the hospital suffering from bruises
and shock. The police fired a couple of
shots in the air on the dock to keep
the crowd back after they had taken
Dunne in charge.
Third Foot Ball Fatality.
HARRISBURG, 111., September 29.
The third death this season resulting
from injuries received on the grid
iron was recorded yesterday when
Max Lancaster, 22, member of an In
dependeht foot ball team, died.
Radio-Proffiams—Fage 30.
COOLIDGE AT RITES
FORJAJ. IMBRIE
Body of Consul Killed in Per
sia Arrives on Cruiser.
Burial in Arlington.
In the presence of President Cool- i
idge, Secretary of State Hughes, !
Charge d’Affaires B. M. Kazeni of the j
Persian legation and other high gov-!
eminent officials, funeral services are
being conducted this afternoon at the [
New York Avenue Presbyterian 1
Church over the body of Robert j
Imbrie, American vice consul in!
in charge of the consulate general at
Teheran. Persia, who was attacked
and killed by a mob of fanatics in the
streets of Teheran last July. Follow
ing the services, the body is to be
taken to Arlington National Ceme
tery for interment.
Mr. Imbrie’s body was brought to
Washington this morning on the U. j
S. S. Trenton, which docked in the •
Mayflower's berth at the navy yard i
|at 9 o’clock. Mrs. Katherine Gillespie j
Imbrie. widow of the consul, accom- j
I panied the body aboard the cruiser I
• from Bushire, Persia.
Relative Hoards Ship.
I
At Pineu Point, Md., yesterday, the I
Trenton stopped for a brief period
and took aboard Paul Fishbaugh,
cousin of the deceased; John Lagorce.
associate editor of the National Geo
graphic Magazine and personal friend
of Mr. Imbrie, and Herbert C. Heng
stler, chief of the Foreign Service-
Administration section of the State j
Department. From Piney Point the
Trenton steamed to a point off
Quantico and there anchored for the
night.
The casket was borne from the
Trenton at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon
by a detail of eight petty officers from
the cruiser to a waiting hearse and from
the dock the cortege proceeded to the
church. A salute of eleven guns was
fired as the body was removed from
the ship. Rev. Dr. J. R. Sizoo was
to officiate at the ’funeral service
there assisted by Rev. Dr. Wallace
Radcliffe. The honorary pallbearers
are: Wilbur Carr, Assistant Secre
tary of State; Evan Young, chief of
eastern European affairs, State De
partment; Allen Dulles, chief of the
near eastern affairs; Mr. Hengstler,
and the following personal friends:
J. H. Ford, jr., Otis Gates, Mr. La
gorce, Howard Charles
Howe and F. H. Smith.
Persian Flag Half Staff.
The flag of the Persian legation to
day was flown at halt staff. All along
the way from Teheran to Bushire the
passage of the funeral cortege was
marked by Persian officials with mili
tary honors, armed escorts and the
crash of saluting cannon. At Bushire
the ceremonies were repeated ashore
and again as the body was placed
aboard the Trenton, men of the Brit
ish Royal Air Force, by order of the
British High Commissioner, accorded
honors and British ships in the har
bor saluted with the American colors
displayed.
The homeward journey began Aug
use 26. At the time Mr. Imbrie met
his death an exchange of notes be
tween the Washington Government
and the Persian foreign office re
sulted in the expression by Persian
officials of their desire to accord
every possible mark of respect and I
regret and to render full official mil- j
itary honors when the casket left
that country.
The Persian government also de
clared officially its intention to in
demnify Mrs. Imbrie in the sum of
$60,000. As a special mark of honor
to a colleague of the foreign service.
Maj. Sherman Miles. American mili
tary attache at Constantinople came
home on the ship with the body.
Mr. Kazeni on behalf of his gov
ernment will place a wreath on the
newly-made grave of Consul Imbrie
at Arlington Cemetery this after
noon.
FRENCH BIRTH RATE HIT.,
Gen. Serigny Sees Disaster Unless
Increase Becorded.
STRASSBOURG, France, September
29.—A plea for a higher birthrate in
France as the "best guarantee of peace”
was made by Gen. Sertgny, secretary of
the higher council of national defense,
in the course of a lecture yesterday on
‘‘Birthrate and National Defenses.”
‘"The most elementary prudence,” he
declared, “demands that France must
count solely upon herself when we
evacuate the Rhineland in 1935. If
nothing is done in the meantime to
modify the situation it will be as fol
lows; France will have 6,200,000 men
capable of bearing arme, against whom
jOcrjimn
Unwed Detective
May Adopt Baby
Found in Doonvay
If nobody else volunteers. De
tective Howard Ogle of the fourth
precinct, although unmarried, an
nounced today he will adopt a
6-week-old baby boy which he
and Policeman William McDuffie
found late Saturday night on the .
doorstep of the home of George
Donaldson, 408 Kighth street
southwest.
The infant, a healthy specimen
of babyhood with lusty lungs, was
taken to the Foundling Home, at
1715 Fifteenth street, where he
•was tentatively christened Wil
liam Howard, after the first names
of his finders.
•‘l’ll adopt him all right, if neces
sary.” Ogle declared today. ”but
I don’t know much about babies.
I’d have to get some one to care
for him I guess.”
FLYERS ARE FETED
I AT JOURNEY’S END
Monument at Seattle Marks
I First Globe Girdling—Cool
idge to Ask Promotions.
By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash., September 29
Six United States Army aviators who I
completed a flight around the world |
here yesterday today received the I
welcome which has been arranged
j by an appreciative citizenry.
I The elapsed time of the flight was
I 175 days; total mileage, start to fln
| ish. 27,534; days actually in air. 66;
! actual flying time. 351 hours 11 min
j uets: average speed, 76 36 miles per
hour. '•
I.ieut. Dowell H. Smith, commander
of the flight, officially reported com
pletion of the journey to Maj. Gen.
Mason M. Patrick, at Washington,
D. U„ by telephone last night.
At a public luncheon lodvy the fly
ers and their mechanics m'Jc talks
describing their world-famous trip,
i In addition to the luncheon, the avia-
I tors planned to participate in the
j dedication of a monument at Sand
| Point commemorating man’s first cir
j cumuavigation of the globe by air.
I The lieuetnants were scheduled to i
i speak briefly there.
When Lieut. Smith finished a lunch- |
jeon aboard a private yacht yesterday j
jen route to Madison and Volunteer i
i parks for a formal ceremony and re- .
ception he expressed gratitude that
"all the worries of taking care of j
their machines were over,” and that [
the only thing left which he said \
they could not avoid was the appear- !
ance of himself and his comrades be- j
i fore the public.
Coolidge Pledges Aid.
| A telegram, received last night j
J from President Calvin Coolidge. in- j
| formed the men that the President!
| intended, on the convening of Con- j
j gress, to "recommend that authority
|be granted to reward the squadron !
I by promotion and other appropriate j
1 action in order that your distiin- i
! guished services may have a practii- 1
leal recognition from your country.”!
| At present it is not known how i
j long the aviators are to remain in j
Seattle or whether the air cruisers]
j Boston If, Chicago and New Orleans!
j are to be taken back by the original!
■pilots to the cities they were christ- j
ened after,
j Seattle’s homage to the epoch-mak- I
j ing aviators was among the best of j
I any city along the route in the Unit- j
ed States. Ten thousand persons wit- j
nessed the arrival of the three planes; 1
5,000 more cheered as they stepped |
off a private yacht at Madison Park |
and transferred to automobiles and :
thousands of others sounded automo- j
bile horns and sent up lusty greet- j
ings as the aviators progressed
through the automobile lined streets
(Continued on tTage - 4. Column 37)”'
MRS.SHANK PLEADS
GUILTYINTARK
Leatherman First of 19
Others Called for Trial as
Myersville Cases Open.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md., September 29.
Mrs. Mary Shank pleaded guilty to
tarring and feathering and assault
and battery in the Myersville cases,
which opened in court here this
morning with 20 facing trial. Sent
ience was deferred and she may be
used as a witness against other de
fendants.
The case of Harry Leatherman, al
leged member of the mob in the
presence of which Mrs. Shank at
tacked Miss Dorothy Grandon on the
j highway a mile and a half from
Myersville last July, and who is said
to have carried the tar bucket, was
next called. To simplify matters, three
of the nine indictments against him
were stricken out and the defense de
murred to the remaining ones. But the
court overruled the demurrer, as it
had done in the case of Mrs. Shanks
just concluded, and the work of em
paneling a jury was begun.
Mian Grandon on Hand.
Miss Grandon, who has been held in
jail as a material witness since the
tarring, was in court and is to be
the principal witness in the trial of
Leatherman. It is expected that she
will accuse various Myersville men,
I including merchants and farmers, of
making improper overtures to her,
supporting recent statements of Mrs.
Shank that she was urged to make
the attack by men angered at Miss
Grandon.
Lloyd Shank, husband of the
woman who pleaded guilty, over
whose alleged attentions to Miss
Grandon the tarring occurred, is ex
pected to testify, and Miss Mabel
Mills, who was with Miss Grandon
on the road when the mob in autos
overtook her, was in court this morn
ing. Miss Mills recently was sent
to the House of Correction from
Hagerstown.
Bower Mayor of London.
LONDON, September 29.—Sir Alfred
Louis Bower was today elected lord
mayor of London for the
—^3
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour ”
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Saturday’s Circulation, 94,632
Sunday’s Circulation, 103,150
WILL KILL LEAGUE
PACT IF DEMANDS
FAIL, WANWARNS
Geneva Session to Save Ar
bitration Protocol in Crisis
Is Dramatic.
PRIVATE PARLEYS FAIL
TO BRIDGE DIFFERENCES
Negative Vote by Tokio Envoys
Would End Chance for Dis
armament Session.
Rr tho Associated Ptcm*.
GENEVA, September 2 r ‘ Two
members of the Japanese delegation
declared to press representatives to
day that if Japan did not obtain
satisfaction of her demand for an
amendment to the proposed protocol
of arbitration and security, she prob
ably, much to their regret, would be
obliged to vote against the protocol
when it was submitted to the assem
bly of the League of Nations.
If this happens, the protocol jnit
j iated by Foreign Minister Benes of
j Czechoslovakia and elaborated by the
disarmament commission and its sub
committee will fail of adoption and
j consequently the international dis
armament conference .provided for in
the protocol and planned for next
Summer will not be held.
Session Dramatic.
The Palace of the League of Na
, lions was the scene of dramatic in
cidents today as the wearied dele
gates reassembled in an attempt to
discover a solution of the difficulty
created by Japan's demand.
The subcommittee to which the
matter had been intrusted held a
brief meeting, but adjourned until
this afternoon before taking up the
Japanese problem, because the leaders
decided it would lie more practical
and less dangerous to find a satisfac
tory formula in private conversations.
Therefore Viscount Ishii held a meet
iing with Aristide Hriand and Louis
Loucheur of the French delegation,
j Paul Hymans of Belgium and other
j members of the council.
Another niee.’ing was held at the
i same time and this one was attended
j by Mr. Adaehl of Japan. J. Limburg
of Holland. H. Rolin of Belgium. \ it -
1 torio Scialoia of Italy and Raoul
| Fernandes of Brazil, who opposed the
I Japanese amendment last night and
j who today endeavored to find a
; formula which would satisfy the
! Japanese aspirations while safeguard
| ing the rights of individual states as
j regards sovereignty in domestic mat
i ters which have been pronounced to
be strictly domestic by the World
Court of Justice. <
Discussion Amiable.
j The discussion at this meeting ap-
I parently was of a most amiable char
i acter, but little headway was made
( before the adjournment because most
I of the conferees supported the Japa
! nese point of view, Mr. Rolin particu
j larly being bound by his public dec
i laiation yesterday evening.
! The subcommittee, acting on M.
j Loucheur’s advice, decided there was
t plenty of time for discussion on the
I theory that an overhasty solution
; would be worse than none at all.
| This attitude on the part of the
I delegates is bound to lengthen the
| session of the present assembly,
j which, it is now foreseen, may last
j until the end of the week.
Meeting RpmuKlpmk.
None of the forenoon discussions
j succeeded in finding away out of the
j difficulty. The Japanese insisted that
j their only desire was to close up ef
fectually all of the loopholes in the
covenant and protocol so that Japan
and the other countries would have
the opportunity to continue media
tion discussions when they had been
thrown out of court on the ground
that the disputed question was purely
within the domestic jurisdiction of
the party.
The members of the council, on
leaving this morning’s deliberations
on the Japanese situation, refused to
discuss what progress had been made,
M. Briand jocularly referring to the
present cold spell in Geneva and say
ing:
“We merely attempted to warm up
the atmosphere.”
M. Politis, former Greek foreign
minister, who looked worried, was
equally uncommunicative. The same
conferees will meet this afternoon.
Santo Domingo Enters.
The league assembly voted today
to admit the republic of Santo Do
mingo to membership. The vote was
unanimous.
Jacinto Do Castro, Dominican dele
gate, said in an address that his
homeland, on the re-establishment of
. her automony. deemed it her first
duty to join the league and thus
to "voice her desire henceforth to
remain a sovereign state and to
affirm her attachment to law and
justice.”
The assembly adjourned after
adopting the 1925 budget which shows
a reduction over the 1924 budget of
500,000 gold francs. Alluding to the
difficulties raised by Japan. President
Motta announced he was not able to
fix a time for the next meeting be
cause of tile failure to complete the
protocol on arbitration and security.
Bulgaria has offered to appoint
agents who under the auspices of
the league of nations will supervise
Bulgaria’s treatment of the Greek
minority population and receive all
petitions from Greeks residents in
Bulgaria concerning their treatment.
The council of the league accepted
the offer.
GERMAN VIEW GIVEN.
Envoy Names Conditions to League
Entry Application.
By the Associated Press
PARIS, September 29. Leopold
von Hoesch. German ambassador to
France, today called upon Premier
Herriot and handed to him a memo
randum setting forth the conditions
under which Germany will make ap
plication for membership in the
League of Nations.
The text of the memorandum will
not be made public, but it is under
stood that the Germans laid dowj
no conditions for membership but
make it clear that the Reich will
expect to have a permanent seat on
the council of the league.
The memorandum also points out
that in view of the limitations on
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