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WEATHER.
Rain tonight, slightly cooler; to
morrow fair.
Temperature for 24 hours ended at
2 p.m. today: Highest, 72. at 11:30
p.m. yesterday; lowest, 40. at 8 a.m.
today. Full report on page 7.
Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30
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REJOICING CAPITAL
BANISHES GLOOM
AS GRIFFIN WIN
Smiles, Everywhere, Drive
Worried Frowns Away as
Cares Are Forgotten.
WORLD SERIES TICKETS*
ON SALE TOMORROW
lucky Applicants to Receive Cards
Telling Them Where to Ob
tain Pasteboards.
Weil, it ain't gonna' rain no mo'
♦low;
Sodden skies may spill their mois
ture by the bucketful, but in the
wincing hearts of Washington’s clans
there is naught but sunshine today,
for this dignified old Capital of the
Vnited States has prone base ball mad.
Countenances furrowed by long
, years of puzzling over delicate mat
ters of state were wreathed in smiles;
perplexed minds that bad been anxi
ously contemplating gloomy political
futures set worry aside to join the re
joicing. Youthful clerks with bell
fthaped trousers clean forgot their
• permanent" haircombs.
Washington had won a pennant at
last!
Flock to Ticket Booth**.
And as the city turned cn masse
toward those little booths up Georgia
avenue way, where the world series
♦ tickets will he issued, the august
business of the United Stales went
straight to pot. with the likelihood
that it will stay there until sometime
toward the end of next week.
What with figuring the percent
ages of the Giants, madly pulling
eleventh-hour wires for the best seats
and preparing a fitting welcome home
to those heroic Griffmen who clinched
the American League pennant in
Boston yesterday, there simply isn't
time for anything else here now.
Paso ball is king, and will be for the
nest ten days, anyhow.
Grant’s veterans marched down the
historic way of Pennsylvania avenue
In the stirring sixties; Pershing
swept past frenzied throngs with his
immortal Ist Division just a few
hurried years back. Tomorrow Bucky
Harris and his never-say-dlc cham
pions will write the latest chapter
in the history of that thoroughfare
of the Nation.
President to Greet Griffs.
As conquering heroes they will be
f received. From Union Station to
the Kllipse they will proceed through
unbroken lines of cheering fans, to
be received at the end of their jour
ney by President Coolidge and other
high officials of the Government and
congratulated for having brought to
the National Capital its first base
ball championship.
Yesterday's victory' over the Boston
Sox, which clinched the pennant,
opened the floodgates of fans that
had been gathering in front of the
. terror-stricken Edward B. Eynon,
* jr.. secretary of the Washington club,
ever since the Griffmen made door
mats of the unfortunate Yankees
long weeks ago and came back home
leading the league.
Letters had been pouring in by the
thousands, pleading with poor Ed to
save tliis fan or that fanette “the
very best seats” possible, and as a
result the ('lark Griffith Stadium to
day is virtually' sold out for the en
tire series of games with the New
York Giants here and there is even a
second class waiting 'o get the paste
boards that earlier birds fail to call
for.
Tickets on ytie Tomorrow.
Distribution of the tickets will be
gan at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing from the regular booths at the
ball park. Bequests for the tickets
have been filled exactly in the order
they were received. Today Kynon and
liis regiment of assistants began
mailing out the cards to fortunate
fans announcing that there would be
so many seats for them at a given
booth at the ball park.
The person receiving the card must
present it, together with the price of
the tickets, at the booth named in
order to get the seats. No tickets
will be issued without the card, and
those who forget them will simply
save time by going back and getting
them. No amount of begging will
persuade the club officials to part
with tickets unless the card mailed
out today is first presented.
On each card will be found the let
ter or numeral corresponding to the
number of booth at which each set of
tickets may be found. Nearly every
one wanted tickets in the grandstand,
and these seats were soon exhausted.
As soon as the grandfetand tickets
gave out Kynon began allotting tem
porary pavilion seats in the order the
requests were received.
Seats For 33,000.
Thus far the demand has far ex
ceeded the seating capacity of the
park. It was announced this morn
ing that the stadium will seat 35,000
persons with its additional pavilions.
Requests received for tickets after
the entire park had been sold out
have been -duly filed and these per
sons will get tickets that are not
called for by Thursday evening. Sales
to the second choice lot will begin
Friday morning.
Just how many seats have been
withheld for public sale on the days
cf each game, no club officials would
venture to say today. That announce
ment will be withheld for the present,
Kynon declared. A tremendous task
remains for the present to dispose of
the thousands who ordered weeks ago
and must be disappointed for lack of
room as it is.
Stand in Rain to Cheer.
The story of how Washington
watched and waited for news of the
deciding victory yesterday is a
tribute to the loyalty of the Capital's
tans. Unmindful of drenching rains,
blown through the streets with sting
ing force by high winds, thousands
stood in front of mechanical score
boards throughout the game and
greeted with almost delirious shouts
the winning plays of the champions
lo-be.
Many, many additional thousands
sat at home and heard the news over
the radio, while those who were less
fortunate oesieged newspaper offices,
telegraph offices and even the head
quarters of the leading radio cor
porations with Anxious queries as the
contest’s progress. The widespread in
terest the Capital showed In the con
t Continued ouJl’age 2, Colimm~3.>
Royal Greeting Awaits Griffs
As They Rule Down Avenue
Led by Cavalry Band 9 Victors 9 Who Made
Base Ball History 9 Will Pass Through
Lanes of Cheering Humanity.
From the majestic white dome of
the Capitol to the stately walls of
the Treasury. Pennsylvania avenue
will be a scene of unsurpassed revel
ry and joy tomorrow afternoon when
Bucky Harris and his boys come
marching home.
Youth, with his schoolbooks tucked
under his arm, will be there to cheer
the greatest idols of childhood,
i Grandfather, who has waited pa
! Gently for this day, will.be there.
I stroking his beard with delight and
j waving his cane. He, too, will be a
boy once more,
j The lawyer, the doctor, the clerk
I and the tradesmen w ill all be broth-
I ers tomorrow as they rub elbows
I along that historic thoroughfare and
: help swell the deafening applause
| that will arise from the swarming
i sidewalks as the men who have made
j base ball history for Washington
I ride by. .
Hut man will not be alone in his
i glory tomorrow*. For mother and
I ’
i— —————““““
Welcome to Griffs
To Start at 3:30 P.M.;
Coolidge Will Speak
Here is* an outline of events
| in the home-coming leleltra
fion for Washington’s first
|iei;nnnt-winning hall team to
morrow;
3i30 o'clock—Otl«f«»’ com
mittee on arrangements will
assemble of the olllre of Com*
misslonrr Rudolph, District
Building.
4 o’clock —Band concert will
start on the F.lHpsc for the en
tertainment of those who
gather early for the exercises
of welcome.
4:.10 o’clock—Parade of hall
players in automobiles starts
up ’Pennsylvania avenue from
Pea«e Monument to the Ellipse.
R o’clock—Exercises on the
Ellipse begin with an address
i to the players by President
Coolidge. followed hy presenta
tion of a trophy to Manager
Stanley Harris.
SiRO o'clock in the evening—
Players to be entertained nt an
informal dinner by Gus Burh
hols, at the Occidental Hofei.
DISMAL WEATHER
PEREODNEAR END
Rainfall, However, Likely to
Break September Record,
Forecaster Announces.
Cheer up’ Were going to have
fine weather for the opening of the
world series Saturday, That is un
less the weather man changes his
mind, and as base ball is Uncle Sam’s
pet sport, he is likely to see that his
w'ealher prophets make good this
time.
This good news will cause a pleas
anter atmosphere to permeate through
the Government workshop, despite
the fact that due to the very unusual
rainfall, that may break all records,
thousands were late for work today
and sat wretchedly about their offices
with wet feet and skirts and trouser
legs hanging soggily.
School Forced to Clone.
The storm forced the closing this
morning of Western High School and
the dismissal of its more than 1.000
students. Fanned by a strong wind,
the water was driven through the
temporary partitions erected during
the construction of the school's new
addition and leaked through the ceil
ings into the classrooms.
After closing the school Dr. Klmer
C. Newton, principal, and Supt. Frank
W. Ballou conferred with District
officials with the hope of having the
conditions remedied. The District
officials promised to do everything
possible to put the building in
.condition for opening tomorrow,
although belief was expressed that
it may be several days before it is
again ready for occupancy.
The rain seeped through the parti
tion in the rear of the assembly hall,
which has been torn out to make
connection with the annex now un
der construction. Small exposures
between the temporary partitions
permitted the water to enter the
building.
No Let-Up Tonight.
The rain will continue tonight—but
is likely to let up soon thereafter, as
the storm area passes north along
the coast. With its passing we
ought to find the weather a bit cold
er. but not very cold, and this storm
should be followed by a few fine
days, the weather sharps predict.
Washington and the suburban
neighborhood is literally drenched
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Butler Loses 40 of His 158 Pounds
In Work to Clean Up Philadelphia
By the Associated Preßa.
PHILADELPHIA, September 30.
The failure of Brig. Gen. Smedley D.
Butler, who has been ill with a severe
cold, to gain in strength as rapidly
as had been expected resulted In an
order from his physicians today to re
main at home until Thursday or Fri
day. Meanwhile, It Is said, the letter
prepared by Mayor Kendrick and re
ported to contain a request for the
general's resignation as director of
public safety will remain undelivered
until the director returns to his of
fice.
Gen. Butler’s physician said today
that the general’s reserve strength
had been spent “through his tireless
efforts in cleaning up the city’’ and
that he had lost 40 pounds in weight
since he assumed the office of director
of public safety. He said the direc
tor now weighs only 118 pounds.
Thousands ol Philadelphians at a
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sister have also felt the thrill of a
base ball pennant and the chances
are 50 to 1 they will put the dinner
in the. tireless cooker and Join in the
welcoming throng.
Pliradr Slarls at 4»BO.
Promptly at 4:30 o’clock the parade
of base ball victors will start up the
Avenue from Peace Monument. At
the head will r de the usual cordon of
Maj, Sullivan's mounted police. They
will be followed by the United States
Cavalry Band from Fort Myer pro
claiming the approach of the heroes
with a stirring march.
The parade wil move along the
north side of Pennsylvania avenue
and parking of automobiles will be
prohibited on that side of the Avenue
after 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.
Inspector William S. Shelby, aide to
Maj. Sullivan, announced today.
Twenty prancing horses of the Rid
ing and Hunt Club rfiounted by ten
huntsmen in scarlet coals and ten
young women in white riding frocks
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GEN. WANG SLAIN;.
TROQPSFLEEING
Commander of Chihli Division
Reported Killed by
Subordinates.
BY WILLIAM n. GILES.
By Cable to The Star ami Chicago Hally News
MUKDKN, September 30.—Tele
graphic messages received here state
that the commander of the 13lh
Chihli Division. Gen. Wang-huai
ehing, was assassinated hy his sub
ordinates on Monday while marching
toward Jehol. His troops now are re
ported fleeing toward the northwest.
Gen. was the of
ficer who really caused Chang Tso-
Lin's defeat two years ago. when, for
a bribe of $2,000,000. he went over to
the side of Wu IVi-Fu and attacked
Chang Tso-Lin's forces in the rear
while acting as his supporting line.
Split Long Rumored.
For some time past there have
been many rumors of a split in the
Chihli party and reports that a num
ber of Wu Pti-Fu’s generals would
desert with their troops at Chang
Tso-Lin.
On Monday the Mukdenite troops
defeated the Chihlls under Gen. Mu-
Chen Piao, who is retiring toward Je
hol. Mukden consuls have been noti
fied by the chief of the general staff
that their nationals will not be allow
ed to enter the theater of war and
fourteen other districts, which either
are under martial law or are adja
cent to the war area Anybody dis
obeying this order, no matter what
his nationality, will be tried by mili
tary court.
Twq Japanese Arrested.
Three days ago two Japanese cor
respondents who had been refused
permission to go to the front subse
quently went to the war area and
were arrested. Having no credentials
after a preliminary hearing, they
were sent to Mukden under escort for
court-martial.
Troop trains from the north con
tinue to pass here to form their re
serve line, making part of the jour
ney over the South Manchurian Rail
way. The Japanese consul stated
that Japan's attitude was absolutely
neutral and that troops moved into
the Japanese zone were only for de
fensive measures.
(Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Cos)
BATTLE LASTS FOUB DAYS.
Prospects of Lull in Fighting Ap
pear None Too Good.
By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, September 30. The
fourth day of continuous fighting be
tween rival Chines© armies near
Shanghai w*as completed tonight with
no Evidences that early termination
of the battle could be expected.
Heavy counter-attacks, made by the
invading Kiangsu forces throughout
last night in the Maio and Kiating
sectors, west of Shanghai, have all
been repulsed, according to the mili
tary headquarters of the defending
Chekiang armies at Lungwha.
The Chekiang forces, said the
Lungwha announcement today, were
holding the new ground they gained,
but were making no attempt this
morning to effect further advances
into the territory held by the invad
ers. •
Upward of 500 wounded Chekiang
soldiers were brought into Shanghai
today and the reported losses on the
Kiangsu side were even greater.
Engagements of lesser Importance
took place last night and were con
tinued today near Liuho and Hwang
tu.
- The Chekiang headquarters at Lung
wha is momentarily expecting Kiang
su to bo launched against
its lines of defense southwest of
Shanghai, beyond Sungkiang, where
the Chekiang army numbers 5,000.
town meeting last night enthusiasti
cally attested their faith in Director
Butler and urged his retention in
office "until his work Is fully com
pleted.” Resolutions adopted by the
meeting said that since the general
had been in command of the police here
more had been accomplished than in
any period of like duration In the
city’s history.
Officers of the Law Enforcement
League, under whose auspices last
night’s meeting was held, will meet
today to discusse plans for their trip
to Washington to tell Attorney Gen
eral Stone what they know about the
telegram sent to President Coolidge
by William Nicholson, Jr., secretary
of the league. The telegram, in which
it was alleged there was political
corruption among Federal agents in
Pennsylvania, was sent In an effort
to obtain the President’s Intervention
in the Kendrlck-Butler controversy.
The delegation expects to go to
.Washington, tomorrow. - •
TARRING WITNESS
PICKS MERMAN
Mabel Mills Says He Handed
Materials to Mrs. Shank.
Whipp Also Accuses.'
BY PHILIP (. KAUFFMAN*.
Staff Corrcupondent of The Star.
FREDERICK, Md., September 30.
Evidence that Harry la?athcrman,
storekeeper, of Myersville and high
in the Dunkard Church there, led the
mob that tarred and feathered Miss
Dorothy Grandon, two months ago,
with fanatic zeal, shouting and yell
ing and brandishing instruments of
torture, and swearing that “any one
who interferes with this act of jus
tice w ill get tht» sune dose,” was
given this tmirning-at the opening of
the second day of the trial in circuit
court here by James Whipp, farmer,
who rescued the burned and bruised
girl from the angry mob.
Four of the State's witnesses were
called this morning at this trial,
which has stirred the quiet commu
nity near here in the heart of Maryland
and aroused public sentiment to fever
pitch—a trial in which husbands and
wives, neighbors and friends, broth
ers and relatives are testifying
against each other —a trial which
may end in the majority of male
voters of the small hamlet of Myers
ville being sentenced to a term in the
penitentiary, either for tarring and
feathering or for rioting.
Twenty persons are indicted on the
two charges.
’ Testimony Is Direct.
Whipp gave incriminating evidence
against Harry Leatherman. charged
yesterday by the 20-year-old bobbed
haired victim as being the ringleader
of the party, and who is now on trial.
Whipp said that early on the eve
ning of July 24 he had seen Leather
man with a sack in his hand, and
that Leatherman had asked him if
he had seen Dorothy Grandon. adding
that his crowd was on the way to tar
and feather her.
Later in the evening he said he had
walked up to where the mob had
gathered and seen the girl stripped
and tarred, whimpering and moaning
by the roadside, battered, bruised and
burned, and begging and pleading and
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LOSS FROM FLOODS
TOTALSTHOUSANDS
Maryland, Virginia, Pennsyl
vania and Carolinas Hit.
One Death Reported.
Rain in the last 48 hours has re
sulted in damage running into the thou
sands in Maryland, Virginia and the
Carolinas. and one death has been re
ported, due to the storm. Rivers are
Continuing to rise, inundating homes
and business establishments. The rain
has been accompanied by high winds.
The precipitation also has been in
progress in Pennsylvania three days,
with general flood conditions reported.
GALE HITS NOBFOLK.
Traffic Tied Dp—Damage Put at
$50,000.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NORFOLK, Va., S4*tember 30.
Traffic In Norfolk was paralyzed two
hours this morning by flood waters,
while the city was gripped by a
northeaster, the wind attaining a.ve
locity of 80 miles an hour. Early
reports placed the damage at $50,000.
The downtown section suffered par
ticularly when the Elizabeth River
went out of its banks, the water ris
ln 3 feet in the building of the
Trust Company of Norfolk, at the in
tersection of City Hall avenue and
Granby street.
Shortly after 11 o'clock the gale
subsided, and the water began to re
cede, and the opinion was expressed
that tfte worst of the storm w'as
passed, as rain, which had been fall
ing 24* hours, showed signs of slack -
ening. |
Radio Programs—Page 38.
Jail Keys Gone,
Prisoners Held
By Rising Writer
Special Dispatch to The Star.
P-LADENSCURG, Md., September
30.—Two prisoners in the Blad
densburg jail spent an uncomforta
ble period this morning when
floodwaters from the rain of the
last 24 hours entered the estab
lishment.
Orders were given for their im
mediate removal, but it was dis
covered that the Jailer was gone
with the keys, and the two were
forced to remain for a couple of
hours, when the official was lo-
CURB ON BROKERS
BT LAWFAVORED
New York Prosecutor Cites
$2,500,000 Bankruptcy as
Proof Act Is Needed.
By the Associated Pres*.
NEW YORK, September 30.—Citing
the $2,500,000 Day & Heaton bank
ruptcy as “scandalous and disgrace
ful” evidence that stock exchanges
were powerless to regulate the con
duct of members. District Attorney
Banton declared today that he would
renew efforts before the legislature
to have all stock brokerage houses
placed under the control of the State
superintendent of banking.
Mr. Banton stressed the point that
George R. Christian, missing mem
ber-treasurer of Day & Heaton,
whose alleged defalcations wrecked'
the firm, was able, as reported, to
conceal from the New York Stock Ex
change the firm's acute insolvency.
The district attorney made public
“this startling statement” from a
letter Christian is reputed to have
sent one of his partners, James A.
Waterbury, just prior to the bank
ruptcy.
“For a number of years.’* Banton
quoted from the letter, "my accounts
in the office have been much involved
and constantly getting wor;c in spite
of every effort.”
Mr. Banton referred to another pas
sage in the letter which read: "My
escape is not only best for some
around here, but also from the view
point of the New York Stock Ex
change authorities, for I have been
compelled to put it all over their
much-bragged-aboul • questionnaire
system ever since it was inaugurated
as a safeguard “against just this very
thing.”
The district attorney went on to
say that a bill which would have put
all stock brokers under state super
vision was opposed by New York ex
changes in the last Legislature and
defeated. The exchanges, he said,
held that they could and would insti
tute an effective supervision of the
transactions of members.
LIBERTY DENIED HITLER;
ACCUSED OF JAIL PLOT
Bavarian Police Warned to Be
Beady for Trouble as Parole
Is Ignored.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, September 30.—Adolf Hit
ler, who was sentenced to five years*
imprisonment for participation in the
abortive revolution in Bavaria last
year, was to be released tomorrow on
parole, but the police have placed a
veto on his release, alleging he has
taken an active part In the reorgani
zation of illegal societies while in
confinement. The news of the police
action caused excitement in National
ist circles, and the Bavarian police
have received orders to be ready for
all emergencies as rumors are current
of a plot to release Hitler.
The Prussian minister of interior
has just ordered the dissolution of
one society In Prussia called “Ober
land," the program of which calls for
overthrow of the constitution and res
toration of the monarchy.
Brazil Rebels Surrender.
BUENOS AIRES. September 30.—A
battalion of Brazilian rebels, com
posed of 200 officers and men. has sur
rendered to federal troops near Sao
Jao, according to a telegram from the
commander of the federal forces in
Matto Grosso. The rebels suffered
many killed and wounded in battle
£dorq Abe battalion surrendered.
FIGHT ON PREMIER
OPENS INCOMMONS
Dropping Case Against Com
munist Editor Made Issue.
Irish Gill Moved.
B.v the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 30.—Stormy
scenes occurred in the House of
Commons today during the question
ing of Attorney General Patrick
Hastings with regard to the myster
ious abandoning of prosecution on
the charge of sedition of the editor
of the Communist paper, Workers'
Weekly.
Prime Minister MacDonald declared
he was not willing to allow an ex
posure at this time of the real cir
cumstances of the case and urged
that further consideration of it be
postponed until the regular Autumn
session of the House. To this, all
parties agreed.
Can* Ones Over Week.
Thus the case which has been more
or less of a burning topic since early
August, will be taken up by the
House next week, while the House of
Lords is dealing with the Irish bill.
Censure Vote Hinted.
Former Prime Minister Baldwin,
Conservative leader, hinted during the
discussion today that the opposition
might move a vote of censure when
the matter is taken up.
The attorney general asserted that
the Communist party desired to make
a martyr of the editor through prose
cution. and declared that when he
decided to withdraw the proceedings
he had not been approached by any
person, either a member of the gov
ernment or otherwise.
Premier MacDonald said he had not
been consulted in regard either to
the institution or withdrawal of the
charges.
The attorney general concluded by
stating that after a thorough investi
gation he had decided the editor was
not criminally responsible and the
facts of the case did not warrant
prosecution.
Prime Minister MacDonald moved
second reading in the House of Com
mons today of the bill providing for
the creation of an Irish boundary
commission without the participation
of Ulster.
In making the motion, the pre
mier declared it was the essential
duty of every government to fulfill
its obligations. He said he resented
the charge that the government’s
move was an attempt lo coerce
Ulster.
Hoped for Compromise.
Up to the last it was hoped that the
Irish Free State and Northern Ireland
would come to an agreement without
outside interference, but the boundary
commission provided for in the Anglo-
Irish treaty, whose duties would be to
settle the frontier “in accordance with
the wishes of the inhabitants,” remained
unorganized.
This made necessary the calling of
the emergency session of parliament
to consider the boundary delimina
tion measure. There is doubt wheth
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World Flyers Leave Planes in Seattle
For Rail Trip to See Dayton Air Races
By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash.. September 30. —
Abandoning the planes in which they
completed the first circumnavigation
of the globe, six United States Army
lieutenants were prepared to leave
this morning by train for Dayton,
Ohio, to witness the International air
races. They plan to return here later
to claim their planes at Sand Point
Aviation Field. "
“I didn’t say good-bye to my ma
chine, just said au revoir,”. said Lieut.
Lowell H. Smith, commander and
pilot of the flagplane Chicago.
“I merely said good-bye to my
plane temporarily,” asserted Lieut.
Erik Nelson, engineer of the flight
and pilot of the cruiser New Orleans.
Smith Near to Tears.
Lieut. Leigh H. Wade, who piloted
the Boston 11, also said he hoped to
be back for his machine.
Lieut. Smith said he came “as close
to crying when 1 saw a monument
commemorating the world flight, un
veiled at Sand Point yesterday, as I
ever did. because I wasn’t expecting
it and never thought of a monument
with my name on it until my bead
was under It."
- The. monument, a polished granite
“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.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 94,229
Egypt Tomb Seed
Produces Bumper
Wheat Crop in V. S.
By the Associated Press.
TACOMA. Wash.. September 30.
—F. S. Johnston, a farmer near
Morton, has just harvested a
bumper crop of wheat that he.
says came from seed taken from
an Egyptian tomb. He said he
got the seeds four years ago and
this year the increase was enough
to plant 15 acres. He has just
finished harvesting the crop, which
netted 729 bushels for an average
of 48.6 bushels to the acre. The
grain is white and very hard, the
straw short and the heads prolilic.
It was not learned from what tomb
the wheal was obtained.
HOOVER ASSAILS
LA FOjiETTE PLAN
Secretary Declares Theory
of Public Ownership Would
Destroy Democracy.
Ownersip of public utilities by the
Government would require rewriting
of the Constitution and loss to the
American people of most of their
democracy, Secretary Hoover declared
last night in an address broadcast
from radio stations throughout the
country.
“What Senator La Follette pro
poses,” Secretary Hoover said, “is
far more than a transitory experi
ment of Government in business —it
is a change in our social, economic
and political-principles that will re
act to revolutionize our Government
itself.”
Government ownership plans of Li
Follette's adherents, Mr. Hoover as
serted, call for purchase and opera
tion by the Government of railways,
electorical and other utilities valued
by official commissions at about 40
billions of dollars, with 2,700,000 em
ployes, requiring two billions of dol
lars annually for bond interest, with
an operating budget of 10 billions of
dollar!! a year.
"This is a financial transaction and
venture of a magnitude never before
undertaken by any man or any gov
ernment, Democratic or otherwise —
except in Russia,” lie added, and
urged that the American people, be
fore embarking on such a voyage,
study the capacity of the “vessel to
carry the cargo.”
The project, the Secretary said,
would wreck our democracy, and would
be a step backward by a country which
has found the true road of advance
ment in these enterprises “through
sustained initiative and equality of op
portunity to our people with public
control to prevent abuse.”
Praise* Preseat S> steal.
Mr. Hoover pointed to the present
system of public control as one under
which all public utilities have enjoyed
enormous growth and constantly im
proving efficiency and service. It has.
he said, through stabilizing rates, re
duced the cost of capital by increasing
the security for the savings of the
American people. The enterprises, he
pointed out. are no longer owned by
the few. citing that one great service
corporation has nearly 400,000 stock
holders, while another has more than
200.000.
Going into the political aspects of
Government ownership, the Secretary
declared that the purpose of the Gov
ernment would be changed from pres
ervation of basic human liberties to
that of making money.
Either Congress must be the board
of directors for the 40-billion-dollar
business, or the project divided and
placed -under non-partisan commis
sions or Government corporations
“somehow free from politics and the
dead hand of bureaucracy,” he de
clared. Neither alternative, the Sec
retary said, will work.
Would Df«lroj Democracy,
“If we were to set up such agen
cies. so free from restraint of the
Congress and legislatures as to ac
complish these objects,” he added,
“we would have created gigantic des
potisms controlling the well-being
of our whole people—and incidentally
controlling the very election of our
officials. As a matter of fact, we
can do nothing of this kind, if we are
to maintain a democracy. We can
not have a democracy and deprive
our elected representatives of their
control of Government investment,
their power to fix salaries and wages,
their independence in the investiga
tion of the conduct of public officials.
The reservation of any or all of these
powers renders any kind of a com
mission subservient to the members of
legislative bodies, no matter what
the theory is. When they are sub
servient to elected officials, politics
will be their daily need.”
Would Not Better Service.
Turning to the side of service un
der the La F'ollette plan, Mr. Hoover
declare* the public would not secure
better or more impartial service under
Government ownership. “The action
of all Government officials,” he said,
“must be limited by a vast amount of
regulation and red tape. Therefore,
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column 15 feet high, with a model of
the globe on top. from which bronze
wings symbolize a bird alighting at
the end of a flight, is the gift of Mrs.
Prances Cole of Spokane, sister of
Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold, mechanician
for Lieut. Lowell H. Smith. It was
designed and modeled by Victor
Alonzo Lewis, Seattle sculptor.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce
presented each flyer with a small
metal replica of the monument.
A sidelight of the world flight was
revealed by Lieut. Wade, who stated
that the trip influenced the growth of
hair.
Effect oa Their Hair.
“Most of us, who had fine heads of
hair when we left Seattle last April,
have lost some." he said. “My hair
has been coming out rather fast.
Lieut. Nelson, who was considered
baldheaded at the start of the flight,
completed the journey with a thick
and general growth of fine hair.
Lieut. Smith came home with gray
hairs faintly streaking his dark head.
A few gray hairs have crept into the
heads of several of us."
The flyers were routed to Chicago
and thence to Dayton, Ohio. The
only stotf> arranged was at Spokane.
Wash., where the flyers will be given
a formal reception at the railroad
station.
TWO CENTS.
JAPANESE ACCEPT
REVISED SECURITY
PACT AGREEMENT
Approval of Draft Protocol
by League Assembly Now
Seems Assured.-
COUNCIL GIVEN POWER
IN SETTLING DISPUTES
Eight of Appeal to Body Insisted
on by Tokio—Deny Immigra
tion Issue Is Factor.
By (hr Associated Pros*.
GENEVA, September 30.—A com
plete accord was reached this morn
ing by the three statesmen intrusted
with the task of finding a solution of
the difficulty brought about by the
presentation by the Japanese of an
amendment to the protocol on arbi
tration and security, and the agree
ment reached is satisfactory to the
Japanese.
This was divulged by M Loucheur.
the French member of the committee,
just before noon.
The committee, composed, in addi
tion to M. Loucheur, of Sir Cecil
Hurst of England and Signor Scialoia
of Jtaly, with M. Adachi present, met
in private conference in the palace of
the League of Nations and examined
the various formulas designed to
solve the Japanese difficulty which
had been prepared during the night
by each committeeman.
Full Meeting Called.
A few minutes before M. Loucheur
made his announcement word came
from the conference room that the
committee was gradually making
progress in elaborating the text of
one formula which, it was hoped,
would so revise the protocol on arbi
tration and security as to meet the
objections of the Japanese and the
views of the delegations opposed to
the Japanese position.
Signor Scialoia told the correspond
ents after this morning's meeting
that the accord that had been reach
ed would be presented to the subcom
mittee of the juridical commission at
3 p.m. A full meeting of the arbitra
tion commission has been convoked
for 3;45 for final discussion of the
agreement.
Right of Appeal to Council.
League officials explain that the
controling idea behind today’s com
mittee agreement concerns the right
to appeal to the council. When the
council or world court 'declares that
a dispute involves a matter within
the domestic jurisdiction of one party
to the dispute the other interested
state will have the right to appeal to
the council, not for a decision, but fo’-
amicable intervention looking toward
a peaceful solution. If this channel
of mediation is not sought, then the
party against whom the world court
ruled in declaring the issue a domes
tic one will continue to be an ag
gressor. Any member of the coun
cil. however, may bring up the ques
tion.
The attitude of the British domin
ions to the compromise agreement
worked out today was not made clear.
- Arerpled by Japanese.
The broad basis of the solution ar
rived at. Dr. Bencs of Czechoslovakia
informed the Associated Press, is that
the council of the League of Nations
always shall have the right to exam
ine all conflicts arising between na
tions, with a view to the pacific set
tlement of such conflicts.
He said that the Japanese had for
mally accepted the compromise for
mula and that they had agreed to
withdraw their amendment to the
aggressor clause, which makes an ag
gressor of any stale refusing to abide
by a decision of the world court
that the matter involved is one of in
ternal jurisdiction.
Notable progress toward the settle
ment of the Mosul controversy was
made in the council of the League of
Nations today when representatives
of Turkey and Great Britain agreerkjo
accept the appointment of a commit
tee of three who w ill collect all the
available information on the Mosul
question and submit to the council
their suggestions as to the best means
of solving the problem.
Make Friendly Speeches.
Conciliatory speeches were made by
Lord Partnoor of Great Britain and
Ali Fethi Bey of Turkey, both of
whom agreed to accept any decision
concerning the frontier between Irak
and Turkey which the council might
pronounce.
Today's developments before the
council were regarded as increasing
the possibility that Turkey soon
would apply for membership in the
league.
Concerning the recent reported
skirmishes on the Irak frontier, be
tween Turkish and Irakian troops the
council urged that both the Turkish
and British governments restore and
maintain peace on both sides of the
status quo frontier pending a definite
sett’lement.
The exact date for the international
conference, to which the United States
will be invited, for the adoption of a
convention to control the interna
tional traffic in arms will not be fixefl
until sue December session of the
council, which will probably be held
in Rome. The council has decided to
await replies from the various gov
ernments. who will be asked in the
meantime whether April or May, 1925.
would be agreeable for the convoca
tion of this conference.
Bulgaria Aida Peace.
In view of the fact that the make
up of the league's disarmament com
mission will undoubtedly be revised
to prepare for the general interna
tional conference on the reduction of
armaments, the council voted to take
no action at the time on the assem
bly's resolution that the disarmament
commission draw up the draft con
vention on the private manufacture
of arms, with American collaboration.
Bulgaria took a step yesterday,
which touches her national sover
eignty when she asked for the ap
pointment of League of Nations
agents to supervise her treatment of
the Greek minorities resident in Bul
garia. This move is not obligated by
the treaty of Neullly. In effect Bul
garia surrenders part of her national
sovereignty.
Greece followed suit when she
heard of the Bulgarian offer, and the
same league agents will keep the
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