WEATHER. 1
Fair and continued cool tonight: to
morrow fair and warmer. Moderate
west backing to south winds. Tem
perature for 21 hours ending at 2 p.tn,
today: Highest, 5.5, at noon today;
lowest, 45, at 6:15 today.
, Full report on Page 7.
Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30
Ni)(j - Vj’t Kntered as second class mattei
O. -<VMi>. post office Washington. D. C.
■war annihilated
■BY SECURITY PACT,
I FRAMERS ASSERT
™Lcague Assembly Urged to
H Recommend Acceptance on
■ Several Governments.
■PROVIDES for enforced
I ARBITRATION IN DISPUTES
Report Indicates Belief Curb on
■ State Sovereignty Kay Be
H Needed Ultimately.
' i
liKNKVA. October I.—The amended
draft protocol on arbitration ami se
curlfy was presented lo tlie assembly
of the League of Nations for its ap-
jrroval today, ai'ompanitd by a gen-
fra! report, historical and analytical,
■ i;i nature. by M. Politis of Greece and
l>r. Berns of Czechoslovakia, official
reporters for the two commissions
which Jointly framed tire document.
Special chapters arc devoted to con
damnation of aggressive war. corn
el pnlsory jurisdiction of the World
H ’ourt of .Justice, the strengthen.ng of
pacific methods of procedure, tire
H domestic jurisdiction of states, sanc-
>ions and reduction of armaments, till
as w Inch form features of Hie
«rotoccl. The conclusion of the rc-
H aort. which fills 20 printed pages, con-
Hj ains observations of a general na-
P Hectares War linded.
P "Ottr tuirpose," says the report, “was
■ o make war impossible—to kill it,
annihilate it The plan drawn up
no loophole; it prohibits wars
if • very il' S, ripi ion and lays dow n
lit rule tlmt all disputes shall be
jettled by pacilh means.'
ativ measun of tin whole sys-
W tem would collapse, it atids. and to
■ this end arbitration is provided for
M every kind of dispute, and aggression
Bt •' s defined in such away ns to give no
P a use for hesitation when the coun-
iJ of the league lias to take a de-
Th>- reporters declare tiial lltesc
reasons led the framers of the proto-
K col to fill in the gaps in the league
V covenant and define sanctions in such
P away that no possible means could
K he found for evading them, and that
■ tl ere w ould be a sound, definite basis
■ for a feeling of security.
■ Benders Service lo World.
W “Tbc peace of the world is at
stake." the report continues. “The
I fifth assembly has undertaken a work
Os worldwide impo rtBfITBT I WTHch; if it
- succeeds, is destined profoundly to
p modify present political conditions,
r If wc succeed. the League of Nations
will have rendered inestimable serv
ice to tbc whole modern world. - ’
, The repo l *! ends by begging the as
fsembly to examine the proposals with
care and to recommend them to the
Varioti governments for acceptance.
Til-- problem of the domestic juris
. diction of state:-, raised by the Jap
f anese delegation, is treated at great
length. Insistence is made that the
protocol in no way derogates the rub
of article XV of the covenant, which ,
national sovereignty, but 1
that “in order that no doubt may ex
ist, it appears advisable to say so
expressly."
Nevertheless while the principle of
article XV of the covenant is main-I
’ tained. M. I’olitis and l>r. Benes ex-j
plain that it has been found neces- j
sary, in order to make its application
lb more to call in aid the rule I
| of article XI of the covenant which
f makes it the league’s duty, in event j
f of war. to take any action deemed;
I wise and effective to safeguard peace I
■ end obligates the secretary general I
■ to stiinmot. a meeting of the council i
f nt the request of any member of the;
league.
K' i f an fall for Action.
■ Thus the reporters say. when it hag!
w been recognized that a dispute arises j
out of it matter solely within the
I domestic jurisdiction of one of the
' parties, that party or its opponent
1; will be fully entitled to call upon the
r council or assembly lo act.
L v • The report then makes a point
B deemed by trie jurists to be of great
* importance as follows:
i Article XI of the covenant does;
I not deal with situations which are j
covered by rules of law capable of’
W application by a judgp, it applies only j
■ to vases which an not yet regulated;
by international law. Consequently i
■ It demonstrates the existence of loop- j
wT holes in the law. The reference to ■
r* article XI will he an inducement to
r science to clear the ground for the !
[ work whit h the la-ague of Nations j
t will have to undertake with a view to j
■Mgiringing about, through development j
the rules of international law. a,
K. ' closer reconciliation between the in-j
r dividual interests of members and the
universal interests which it is do-1
Ik signed to serve.” 1
I Curb on Stale Sovereignly.
Br This is deemed here to be auotlter I
E. tv ay of saying that many problems]
■ now claimed to be domestic in nature j
M are really international, and that this!
■ category might include social prob- |
Jems like immigration, equitable I
W treatment for foreigners and other |
B matters alluded to though -not spe- I
V ciflcally mentioned, not only by the j
Ir Japanese l>ut also by the kalians. In |
Ea sense it is regarded as reltera- \
V tlon of tlie idea that the lime is ar- !
J riving when Stajes must be willing 1
[. , to curb state sovereignty in the com- 1
L ~.ou interest of all countries.
• Another feature of the report of I
1 special interest to Americans is a j
t declaration regarding the settlement t
of disputes arising between a state !
which has signed the protocol and I
states which have not signed it and I
non-members of the League of Na- J
tions. The report emphasizes that j
> in order that signatory states may 1
I enjoy the essential advantages of- |
L fe.rcd by the protocol, it is provided i
If that when a conflict arises with a
W non-signatory that state shall be
F invited to conform to the new pro
* cedure of pacific settlement, and
that if it refuses and resorts to war
it shall be amenable to sanctions.
Two resolutions were presented to
the assembly. One recommends ac
„ ceptanee of the protocol by member
governments; invites adhesion by!
non-member states and requests the j
council to arrange for a conference !
on reduction of armaments next June ;
at Geneva. The second recommends
all states accept at the earliest
possible moment the compulsory ar-
N*‘Tatlon clause of the World Court,
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WASHINGTON RACE
CLOSE. WITH SLIGHT
EDGE FOR CGOLIDGE
La Foilette Offers Greatest
Threat to Republicans.
Davis Poor Third.
I BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT
OF ULTIMATE VICTORY
Democrats Appear Content to Let
Independents Fight for
Slate’s Seven Votes.
HI (i. 4.01 i.u IJ.UOIA.
staff Correspondent of The Star.
SEATTLE, October I.—Now you sec
1 it: now you don’t. The political sil
| cation in this Slate is still crystal-
I lizine. The leaders of the parties say
j confidently they will win. While the
j echo of the boast still hangs in the
j air. they admit that they are not sure
j what is going to happen.
One thing is admitted by the Ro
j publicans and the La Foilette lead-
I ers—not only admitted but confi
} dently asserted. It is that John
| XV. Davis the Democratic nominee for
j the presidency, is out of the running.
Tht Democratic leaders do not admit
this directly, but they say: "La Fol
j lette will carry the State.”
j This expression of belief on the
, part of the Democrats, however, may
jbe largely due to their hopes They
would much prefer to see La Foilette
j win the seven electoral voles of
i \\ ashinglon than see them go to
j < oolidge. Again, in the back of their
j heads is the thought that if the
, election of a Chief Kxecutive is cast
; into t ongress by a failure of any
candidate to obtain a majority of tbc
j electoral eollege, either Davis or
Bryan will move into the White
| House next March.
'Jhe La Foilette people are banking
to some extent on this attitude of
the Democrats. They saw a coalition
i of Democrats and radicals and dis
, grunt led Republicans put Senator
| Dill, Democrat, successfully over the
, jumps two years ago when former
j Senator Poindexter was running for
: re-election on the Republican ticket.
«•. O. I*. Counts on Split.
The Republicans, on the other hand,
, ar< ‘ hanking on the national Derno
i era tic ticket dividing with I-a Kol
lette the forces which elected Dill
in If* ——. They are banking, too. on
winning some of the conservative
. Democrats to their standard, beiiev
, ing that many Democrats would pre
i fer to see the Slate go for Coolidgc
1 rather than for La Foilette.
Tlie Republicans are making a
i straightout fight along conservative
1 lines.
The contest is gradually forcing a
j new alignment, so far as national
: politics is concerned in the State of
Washington. The radical element.
, the disgruntled elements—including
; many of the farmers who have been
i in desperate straits in recent years
j—“nd the labor unions are backing
iJ .a Foilette. There is a Oerman-
I American vote also that is going to
I I-a Foilette, and many of the citizens
j of Swedish blood will support him.
j The workers on the railroads, I am
! informed by men who have had a
| chance to go among them and by
j some of the workers themselves, will
j be strongly in favor of fat Foilette.
1 There is a big railroad vote in the
• State. The lumber jacks and the
i lumber mill workers also are living
j counted in large numbers for Da
j Foilette.
Ilo.sfnosN With ti. O. p,
j tm Hie Republican side business is !
) lining up generally, as elsewhere, j
There is a strong movement among
members of the American Legion to i
! defeat Ist Foilette on his war record. !
; .Many months ago there was organ- 1
| iz.ed here in Seattle “The World War
Veterans’ Republican Club." This j
I club has been active in lining up the I
veterans for the Republican ticket. I
The feeling against the President be- I
cause of liis veto of the soldiers’ j
bonus bill, and more particularly be
cause of his message to Congress in I
connection with that bill, is soften- J
ing. the leaders say. And now the j
same men who have been active in |
the World War Veterans' Republican j
Club are establishing a Stale organi- j
zation of the "Republican Service
League,” a new national organiza
tion. They are not working as mem
bers of the American Legion, though
they are members of that organiza
i tion. but they are going after every
member of the legion in this State, as
well as the service men who are not
so affiliated. They are holding up
l«i Foilette as an obstructionist dur- [
ing the war. and accusing Wheeler j
of not fulfilling his duty while dis
trict attorney in Montana, when op
ponents of the war were charged 1
| with opposing the draft and inciting j
| men against the Government.
Work to Grl Uat Vote.
One of the objects which the vet
j erans are working’ for particularly is
to get the whole vote of the State
! out on election day, believing that if
| the people go to the polls there is no
| (Continued on Page 4, Column Z)
MIDDY IS OUSTED
IN LIQUOR INQUIRY
j Triebe Charged With Attempting
to Bring Contraband to U, S.
From England.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., October 1. For
attempting to bring intoxicants into
this country after obtaining them in
Kngland while the midshipmen were
on their practice cruise this Summer.
Midshipman Edward J. Triebe, a lead
ing member of the first class, was
dismissed this morning.
He stood thirty last year i n a class
of 519. and had been selected to be
editor of the Lucky Bag, the Naval
Academy annual, for the present
year. The liquor was discovered by
customs officers before it was landed
at Annapolis.
In announcing the dismissal of
Midshipman Triebe. Rear Admiral
Henry B. Wilson, superintendent of
the Academy, affirmed again the
strong position taken by the author
ities on the use, or possession of in
toxicants by midshipmen.
_ _ ; / 1
|Ef)e lEbciiiiio: pfof.
V J V X WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION V -
WASHINGTON, D. 0., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1924-FORTY-EJOHT PAGES.
A VETERAN'S VISION.
Caverly , With Nerves Shaken,
In Hospital , Paper Declares
Leopold-Loeb Case Jurist Reported Close
ly Guarded—Pressure During Trifd
Held Responsible—Denied by Wife . ,
By tli? Associated Press
j CHICAGO. October I.—Judg? John
i R. Caverly who sentenced Nathan
j Leopold, jr.. and Richard Loeb. con
fessed kidnappers-slayers of Rob
■ ert Franks to life imprisonment, has
| been a closely guarded patient in a
1 hospital here since the close of the
j case, says today s Chicago Tribune.
Although Mrs. Caverly denies that
the Judge is sick, and says she has
been going to the hospital to visit
friends, the newspaper says he is be
lieved to be suffering from a nervous
breakdown, the aftermath of the
wearisome weeks of the hearing in
■ which his the sole responsibility
[ of deciding the fate of the slayers.
j' The avalanche of letters and tele
phone calls directed to him during
i the trial In efforts to influence his de
i 150.000 CASES SLIP
I INTO U. S. IN MONTH
,
Huge Liquor Smuggling Op
i erations Bared in French
Piracy Trial.
j I?r 111? Associated Tress.
BURST. October I.—lnvestigation of
j the looting of a cargo of whisky on
! the French steamer Mulhouse off the
! Canadian coast developed that more
i than 150.000 rases of whisky, brandy
■ and wine entered the Cnited States,
! along the shores of Maine, Massachu
j uetts, Connecticut and New ork dur
i ing last June, Magistrate Fournier
jof the French maritime court said
| today.
Fournier is hearing the case of
j Max Jerome Phaff. German-American,
charged with piracy on the high seas.
Mill Vot Ask Heath.
; The death sentence for Phaff will
not be asked. Magistrate Fournier
said. The charge of piracy will he
dropped and, instead, Chaff will be
tried for “complicity and organizing
piracy on the high seas. This lesser
charge also carries the death penalty
in the event of conviction, hut M.
Fournier said capital punishment
would not be contemplated.
The abandonment of the major
piracy charge followed testimony of
James Kimpton, an American cit-
I izen who gave his address as Paris,
i He was supercargo on the steamer
• Mulhouse and testified that Phaff was
1 not among the men who boarded the
I vessel and at pistol’s point forced
I the crew to transship the big
I whisky consignment. Following this
I testimony and the substitution of the
amended charge. Phaff again pleaded
not guilty.
"If only half the liquor we have
traced which was hound for the
United States actually landed in
American territory, then your coun
try must have had a very wet spell,
indeed,” Magistrate Fournier told the
Associated Press.
•■•Perhaps if the American prohibi
tion authorities were acquainted with
the details of this case it would facil
itate their task in running down rum
runners. This investigation will be
carried to ,the extreme limit’ of the
law, regardless pf who is hurt. If
French Arms are shown to have vio
lated the American prohibition law,
they will be exposed, as well as the
British firms that are implicated.
Higher-Upa Known.
"I have the names and addresses of
men higher up in the so-called whis
ky ring in New York, and these will
come out during the trial of this man
Phaff.”
Magistrate Fournier added that he
had the address of the meeting place
in New York where brokers for
whisky firms met agents of whisky
rings and where deals running into
six figures in dollars were closed
daily.
“These men have unlimited finan
cial backing,” Mr. Pounier said. “One
of the strongest banks in Canada is
shown as financing many of their
deals.”
The French magistrate said thi-t if
a bona fide agent of the Amefrican
prohibition forces, duly accredited by
the American Government, ifhould
(Continued on Page 2, Columt/ I.)
Radio Programs—Page 41.
cision arc thought to have bad a dis
astrous effect on his health. the Tri
bune says. Strietest precautions are
taken to prevent any interft fence
with his rest
It is recalled that on September 10.
after he had imposed sentence. Judtte
Caverly said: "I want no out, not
even newspapermen, to follow me
when I leave this court room. An tine
will he arrested who does so Ever
■ more serious consequences might lie
: the result. 1 shall leave town late to
i day for u destination I do not want
j to make public. I won’t say where If
i any one finds out. I’ll go somewhere
else.”
Mrs. Caverly. at the hotel where
they reside, says she returned ahead
of her husband, who probably will be
back Monday
I“GAS" WAR BRINGS
2 AND 3 CENT CUT
Standard of New Jersey Or
ders Dealers to Meet Com
petitors’ Prices.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October !.—The -yaso
il tie price-cutting war throughout the
East was intensifies! today, when the
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey author
ized local dealers in it- territory to
meet competitive cuts by ail other com
panies.
Extension of the price reduction in
augurated yesterday by the leading com
panies today carried prices along the
entire Kastern seaboard to the lowest
levels since the war.
Forced to meet the drastic cuts
ordered hv the Gulf Refining Co., the
Standard Oil < ’o. of New Jersey lowered
prices from 2 to :: cents a gallon
throughout its territory, following the
I-cent reduction put into effect yester
day. This action brought the tank
wagon price in New Jersey to the- i
cent level established by the Gulf Re
fining Co.
A reduction of .1 cents a gallon
in North Carolina, following the
1-cent cut made yesterday, brought
the price down to 12 cents a gallon.
I exclusive of the .State tax. A similar
reduction in, South Carolina estab
lished a new price of 12 1 *, cents, w hile
a 2-cent cut in Maryland brought the
quotation to 13 cents a gallon. New
prices in dher States, the Standard
oil-officials said, had not been defin
itely fixed, pending advices as to the
extent of the changes made by other
companies.
The Atlantic Refining Company also
readjusted its prices today, reducing
the tank wagon quotation in Penn- j
sylvania and Delaware 3 cents to
14 cents a gallon. Service station I
prices were lowered 2 cents to 18 j
cents a gallon plus the 2 cents State j
tax.
STILL 19 CENTS HERE.
New Price Cut Not Yet in E£-1
feet.
Other than Hite 1-cent reduction
which brought the tank wagon price
down to 15 cents per gallon yesterday,
the local headquarters of the Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey de
clared today that they had received
no notice of a price cut, and were
selling at 19 cents to the motorist.
PAYING 14 I*2 CENTS.
NEW ORLEANS, I>a.. October I.
Owners of the nearly 50,000 automo
biles in New Orleans today were in
their glory—gasoline was retailing
at filling stations for 14V6 cents a gal
lon, as a result of the 3-cent out
which became effective, while opera
tors of fleets of trucks who are grant
ed a discount were getting it for
considerably less. Then too, there
were hints of further cuts. The re
tail price included the State tax of 2
cents a gallon.
All companis except the Standard
followed the lead of Gulf Refining
Company today and put the 8-cent
gut in effect,
ZR-3 DUE TO CROSS
ATLANTIC IN 3 DAYS
Zeppelin Will Start From Ger
many October 8 and May
Reach U. S. October 10.
!
| By the V«soclaled Pres*.
FR! EDRICHSH AFEN. October I.—-
j1 * r Hugo Eckener, director of the
! Zeppelin company, announced today
i tb it he expected that the giant dirigi
i hie /.It-. - ! would leave here on tier
, transatlantic flight to Lakehurst.
; N J . early on the morning of October
j * Me expressed the belief that the
airship built here by the Zeppelin
company for the I’nited States Navy
would arrive at her destination the
night of October 10 or earlv the fol
lowing day, depending on winds and
i weather conditions.
The Zeppelin director explained
that the dati of the departure had
been changed from October 6. the one
originally announced, because of the
necessity of making slight alterations
in the motors. This step, he added,
had beep deemed advisable when an
inspection of the motors had been
made after the recent lengthy trial
j flight to north Germany,
Countess Hella von Hrandenstein
Zepp-iin, daughter of the late count
Zeppelin, lias sent to Hr. Eckener a
four-leaf clover as a token of good
luck and the Zeppelin chief declared
today that he would carry the clover
■ in his pocket on the transatlantic trip.
HUSSEIN TROOPS STILL
RETAIN MECCA GRASP
Rumors Current That Hedjaz and
Wahabi Forces Have Begun
Peace Parley.
Hy ll»»* Ast»<viafed Pitss.
I/)NI)ON, Octohrr I.— Hus
sein of the Hedjaz still holds Mecca,
according to the latest reports from
Cairo and the Wahabi tribesmen have
made no further advance on the city.
Rumors are current in Cairo that
peace negotiations between the two
factions have been begun.
The Wahabi forces are said to be
not very numerous and one supposi
tion is that reinforcements are being
awaited. The Cairo correspondent of
the Morning Post, however, says their
Inactivity probably is due to th% re
straining influence of the Indian cali
phate committee and the fear of Brit
ish intervention in favor of Hussein.
FRENCH WAR-WRECKED
| AREA NEARLY RESTORED
All But 2.028 Factories and 55
Mines Reclaimed—2.soo.ooo Per
sons Return to Homes.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. October I—The French gov
ernment announced today that of 82,- I
I 000,000.000 francs spent in payment of!
j damages in connection with' the re- J
| construction of the war-devastated !
1 region. France had paid 54,000.000.000 !
, francs. She also had paid 20,000,000,- I
| 000 francs in restoring roads, canals !
| and railways.
Os 22,900 factories and industrial !
plants destroyed in the devastated |
regions. 20,872 have been rebuilt. Os |
200 wrecked mine shafts, 145 now are !
in activity. Os 6,125 destroyed works'
of art, 4.800 have been restored. More I
than 26,000 miles of roads have been i
rebuilt, while 605,000 houses have!
been rebuilt of the 742.000 destroyed. !
Only 325,000 acres of the battle- i
fields have not as yet been reclaimed!
for peace-time uses, while 2,500,000 1
persons have returned to their former
homes in tlie battle areas. ’
EXPRESS IS WRECKED.
Two Enginemen Hurt on Train
From Montreal.
TUPPER LAKE, N. Y„ October L
The. south-bound express from Mon
treal on the Adirondack division of
the New York Central Railroad was
.wrecked at midnight at Sabbatis.
formerly Long Lake West, about 20
miles south of here.
The passengers all escaped injury,
but Raymond Geandreau of Utica,’
fireman, was badly burned. Thomas
Armstrong, engineer, suffered slight
burns.
The locomotive, baggage car and
two sleepers left the track, but all r«-
jnalned upright.
Titled Team Welcomed Home
By Enthusiastic Station Crowd
Players Confident of Taking Series From
Giants , But Concede Hard Fight
Is in Prospect.
Home, sweet home!
Jubilant as a khiik of sandlot under
studies, Washington's base ball heroes
came back home today, all wrapped
up in the coveted folds of the Ameri
can bcagup pennant, and determined
to add the world’s championship to
their laurels at the expense of the
New York Giants.
■■ And this debonair old capital of the
j t'nited States completely forgot to
j take itself seriously in its eagerness
I to give Ms conquerors a welcome be-
I fitting champions. Dropping its sedate
mantle of officialdom, the city rushed
j with open arms to I'nion Station and
j hilariously cheered the grinning Griff -
; men.
frond nt Station.
| There is to be a real homecoming
i party on the Ellipse this afternoon,
I led by President Coolidge. men of
I letters and state, several bands and
jthc populace generally, but there were
j several thousand veterans of the
faithful old guard who just had to
• be on hand when the Griffs’ train
j came in. or bust. It might be said
that they didn’t bust.
! With a weary wheeze, the engine of
! the Federal express from Boston came
jto a stop: Pullman doors were
Greek Cabinet
Resigns While
Leaders Wrangle
1
j By tlu* Associated Pre*®.
. ATHENS, October I.—The Greek
’ cabinet, headed by M. Sophoulis,
| has resigned.
The reason for the resignation
j has not been made known, but
j unofficially it is said to have been
| due to the withdrawal of the party
| leaders' conference,
j The political situation in Greece
has been growing worse for some
; time owing largelj to the inability
! of the party leaders to pull to
gether and form a strong govern
ment which could pave the way
; for general elections, as proposed
by former Premier Kafandaris.
TAR MOB MEMBERS
BLAME MRS. SHANK
i
I
Merely Watched Attack on
Dorothy Grandon at Myers
ville. Court Told.
t
BY PHll.il* (. K\ITFMIV\.
Staff Correspondent of Tile Star,
Fit EDKUU'K. Md.. October I.—A
, court battle, with one woman pitted
, against 19 men over Die real respon
: sihility for tarring and feathering
1 pretty Dorothy Grandon when she
! was fleeing Myersville. near here two
months ago, developed today in the
| trial of Harry Lcattierman, before
Judges Urner anti Peters and a jury.
The case, whilh has aroused feel
ing throughout the countryside, has
had many angles, but today took a
new turn. Mrs. Mary Shank, confess
t ing the actual attack yesterday,
charged that the men in the mob from
M> ersville, which town was a center
of religious conscientious objectors
during the war. forced her with
threats of bodily harm to attack Miss
Grandon.
Today several of the men testified
| that the mob stood well away and
merely watched while Mary Shank
tore the clothes from the helpless
[girl and smeared her with tar.
Trial Vint With H illtlnt.
With John W. Davis. Democratic
1 nominee for President, orating in
front of the courthouse and Harry
Leathermah and IS other Myersville
citizens within the courthouse fight
ing for liberty. Frederick is having
more excitement than since Barbara
l Frietchie waved the flag in the Civil
War.
As today’s session of the tarring
trial progressed, Harry Leatherman.
i storekeeper, express agent, station
agent and ex-Sunday school teacher
in the Dunkard Church of the ultra
respectable town of Myersville. faced
difficulties in extricating itself from
the charges that he led and incited
the mob that assaulted and tarred
and feathered Dorothy Grandon.
Even though there have been at
least 25 witnesses —ministers of every
religion. farmers, merchants, bank
ers and other leading citizens—called
by the defense to testify to his pre
vious good character, there were six
of the leading State witnesses who
have told the judges and jury that
they had seen Leatherman hand the
tar and feathers to Mrs. Shank and
urge on the excited woman to beat
the defenseless girl, tear her clothes
from her and apply the hot tar to
her cringing body.
Mrs. Shank Stirs Court.
A bombshell was exploded in the
trial late yesterday when Mrs. Mary
Shank, the one woman indicted and who
pleaded guilty, took the stand for
the prosecution. Counsel for Leather
man tried in vain to' bar her. After
a lialf-hour argument Stale’s Attor
ney William Storm prevailed upon
the judges to admit her testimony.
He said that Mrs. Shank had come to
him at recess and voluntarily offered
to become a witness against Leather
man. In the face of hostilities in her
community she unflinchingly told her
story, accusing the men of the tar
ring party of having forced her on to
commit the crime and threatened her
with severe bodily harm if she did
not take the entire blame.
“For the sake of my mother and
father I'm going to tell the truth!”
she exclaimed. "I won't lie for no
man. I was forced to beat and tar
and feather Dorothy Grandon by the
men in the mob. I didn’t want to do
it. But I had to or get it myself.
Eater on at the justice of the peace
1 didn’t tell the full story because
several men of the crowd had threat
ened me with much worse than tar
and feathers if X didn't take the
blame."
Mra. Shank admitted that she had
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slammed open with an unceremonious
crash. There was a moment of Ilyins
objects issuing from those doors —the
unfortunate bag's of more unfortunate
travelers. Then the minute that
Washington has waited 4J# years to
see arrived.
A score of husky young men step
ped jauntily to the platform; a cham
pionship team had come home to old
Washington to receive its urstinted
gratitude. Porters nearly fractured
their spinal columns stooping to pick
up the heroes’ hags; others almost
; bisected (heir faces grinning a "Mo'-
■ nin' Mistah Jedge.” or 'Howdy,
I Massa’ Zach.”
Irll Welcome lo Players.
Down the trair sheds the crowd
stretched for half the length of the
train. That was as far as unneces
sarily severe station police would lei
the wild-eyed fans go. From there
out through the gates, across the high
arched concourse and straignt to the
waiting taxicabs the throng—men and
women alike —stood row upon row.
straining every nerve to yell a wel
come to each player individually.
Tiie decorated arch of the concourse
seemed to bulge as the tremendous
chorus lifted its crashing sound
waves up to its ceiling. Old Zach was
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10.000 STORM PARK
FOR SERIES SEATS
Mob Finds Cheer in Fact
They May Get Uncalled-
For Tickets.
Ten thousand milling fans, each
dcsparately clutching a tattered bit
of pasteboard, stormed the gates of
the < lark Griffith Stadium before noon
today, pushing and swaying in long
lines for hours to gain possession of
I the coveted tickets that will admit a
| scant 1 2.000 or so to the lirst two
) games of the world’s series in Wash
j ington.
When additional thousands who had
j postponed ordering seats for the sea
j son’s base ball classic until 100 late
| surged around the stadium in disor
| dered throngs, the Washington man
j agement issued a statement that it
i had abandoned its plan of sending
! out second choice cards and whatever
| tickets hate not been called for by
j s o’clock tomorrow evening will be
|sold lo the general public.
ii.MMi (lleaehrr Seals,
About 2,00*1 bleacher scats in the
i temporary stands will be sold each
* day from the booths at the hall park i
| on the day of the game they are in - ■
i tended for.. So many requests for
grandstand reservations had been re- |
I <-ei\ed by mail i h;i tEd Kytion, secre
i lary of the Washington Flub, had
i planned to arrange a second list of ■
j these and distribute among them the ;
i tickets not called for in the first \
hatch.
One look at the dejected thousands
who came to the park today to plead
for seats, however, changed his mind.
Xot a seat In the park will be held
later than tomorrow evening. After
that all will he offered for sale from 1
the booths under the old rule, "first I
. come, first served.” Whether these
will be pm on sale Friday or held
I for the day of the games has not yet
| been decided.
fjinr Forms Karly,
Dawn the first smiling dawn i
Washington has enjoyed for several
dajs had not peeped many hours
over the slumbering Capital before
*he vanguard of the army of fans be
gan to arrive at the park. Hundreds
who could not afford a several hours’
from work to stand in line waiting
to get near the ticket window were
obliged to crawl from warm beds *
early so they would he asured of
getting early positions in the line
When the club officials began' to I
arrive shortly before S o’clock, sev
eral hundred persons were already
waiting in shivering groups. It was
almost another hour before all of
the tickets had been finally assorted
and. carefully guarded by a half doz
en policemen, carried to the resnee
t.ve booths from which they were
to be issued.
Momentarily the crowd grew v
| dozen or so policemen had boe n ' s ta
; tinned here and there merely to keep i
things moving. Soon that number I
us doubled and by noon half a
hundred bluecoats had their hands *
full keeping order in the block-long ■
ques And in the meanwhile, addi- I
tional hundreds were still arriving :
Jt seemed that two arrived for each
one that left. |
Autos Jam Streets.
Parking space was as scarce as!
though a big game had actually been !
in progress, rather that the first !
preparations for the Opening game!
Saturday. By 11 o’clock not a park-i
ing space was to be had within three*
blocks of the ball park and traffic 1
policemen were beginning to put up t
signs forbidding parking on certain
thoroughfares out of sheer necessity.
And with the great crowd of fans
who could well afford to pay to see
Walter Johnson and the Nationals in
their first world series came the piti
ful driftwood from the currents of
life that seem to wash in on thhe tide
of all such big sporting events. De
jected men in tattered clothes clutch
ed in vain at the wire webbing that
protected the park from Invasion,
pleading for some small job in the
park that would give them an oppor
tunity of watching the classic.
Tragedy found its way into the
ranks of sportdom. There was a
youth, once a sandlot Idol himself
and perhaps possible big league ma
terial In the making. But war came.
Now- he is useless grist from that
great red mill, helpless and palsied in
his early twenties.
Falla Exhausted in Line,
They found him’ slumped down in
a heap beside one of the pushing
milling lines. His battered body had
given way under the excitement and
he was helped inside of the stadium
inclosure. There he admitted that he
had no money with which to buy a
ticket, but said he had hoped for a
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'T rom 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 last as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,585
THOUSANDS CROWD
AVENUE 10 HONOR
TRIUMPHANT NAIS
Whole Capital, From Presi
dent Down, to Participate
in Big Demonstration.
COOLIDGE TO ADDRESS
PLAYERS ON ELLIPSE
| Order of Parade, Starting- Front
Peace Monument at 4:30.
Is Announced.
; All Washington is gathering on
I Pennsylvania avenue this afternoon to
I hail the sturdy band of athletes who
| fought so courageously to bring the
I Nation’s Capital its first American
j Beague base hall pennant.
When the year 1924 has long since
! passed into history the people of the
! District of Columbia will still remem
' ber (he day that Stanley Harris and
his fighting huddles rode through thi
1 lane of eheering thousands.
! Time In its flight may sap the vigor
; of youth from the men who are being
| honored today, but the passing years
; will never take from them the
! memory of the joy they brought to
I this city.
Washington has waited long and
patiently for a base ball victory, hut
! the years of disappointment hav,
J served only to intensify the thrill of
; ultimate achievement,
j And so this afternoon men arid
j women, young" and old. rich and poor
! will unite in an outburst of erat.f’-'
! applause as the members of Wash
i ington’s first pennant-winning b
: team passes by.
Parade at 4itUl Today.
T : -e parade of players and e.-r
■ will leave peace Monument prompt!
i at 1:30 o’clock and move up the nor:
side of the Avenue to Fifte, n*i
j street slowly so (hat the crowds <» .
the sidelines will he able to see I:
members of the team and cheer the :
individually.
At Fifteenth street the procession
will turn into the Monument ground
and end on th*- Ellipse, where Presi
dent Calvin Coolidge, members of t..«
; cabint, other high Government of
i ficials anil the District Commissioner
i will lie waiting to welcome the tear.
! officially.
: For the entertainment of those *
will go to tlie Ellipse early in order
j to gain a point of vantage for the fs’-
. ercises. the Army Band w ill be sta
| Honed there at 4 o’clock to give i
‘ band concert.
Commissioner <’uno H, Hudolph will
'be master of ceremonies at the
• Ellipse and w ill introduce President
j Foolidge. who will deliver the forma:
I address of welcome. Commissioner
; Rudolph will then hand Bucky Har
: ris a handsome gold key, symbolic of
the fact that Harris .ml his team
| males have won a place In the hear.
:of every Washingtonian. *
To Present Trophy.
The President also has agreed to
l present to Manager Harris on le half
: of the people of Washington a trophy
i for tlie team as a whole.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Teie
-1 phone Company has installed ampli
i tiers on the Ellipse so that all who
i gather there may hear the words of
i welcome, and it is probable that if
i the thousands of happy spectators
• have not already yelled themselves
j hoarse along Pennsylvania avenue,
i they will give three more rousing
[ * beers for the Washington base ball
1 team of 1921.
As the closing event in a memora
ble day for them, the players will be
entertained at an informal dinner by
Gus Bucholz at the Occidental Hotel
at S:3tt o’clock tonight, to whit h a
i number of Federal and local officials
j have been invited.
Order of Formation.
i The order of formation for the pr--
i rade ibis afternoon follows;
A squadron of mounted police, led
! by Maj. Daniel Sullivan,
j The I'nited * States Cavalry Band
i from Fort Mycr.
I' A group of members of the Riding
Club mounted and wearing the scarlet
coats of the hunt,
j A group of young women on horse
■ back, garbed in white riding frocks.
1 Commissioners Rudolph, Oyster and
| Bell.
Members of the citizens’ committee
on arrangements, in automobiles.
The players will ride in groups of
three lo an automobile as follows;
First car—Harris. Shirley and Bci
|hold; second, Johnson, Zachary and
Russell; third. Judge. Marberry and
Speece: fourth. Rice. Taylor and Mar
j tina; fifth, Ruel, Ogden and Zahniser;
! sixth. Peckinpaugh, Mogridge and
, Hargrave; seventh. Gosiin, McN’eely
, and la>fter: eighth. Bluege. Miller and
■ Tate; ninth, Altrock and Schaeht;
! tenth. Edward B. Eyon. jr.: Clark C.
i Griffith and William Richardson, ofli
j cials of the club; eleventh. Trainer
I Mike Martin and Billy Smith, assist*
I ant secretary.
Committee in I.lne.
The members of the citizens' com
mittee who will be in line are Mel
vin C. Hazen, Harry Allmond. Isaac
Gans, Col. Clarence O. Sherrill.
C. Bascom Slomp, Gen. S. I>. Kochen
bach, Gus Buchholz. Roland Robbins.
John Gheen. Thomas Bones, O. Bogan
Payne, H. H. Stansbury. J. J. Spur
geon, John M. Gleissner, Newbold
Noyes, Robert N. Harper, Gen. Anton
Stephan, John Poole. Edward F.
Colladay. J. Thilman Hendrick,
Samuel J. Henry, Samuel J. Prescott
and George Muliin.
At the dinner at the Occidental
Hotel tonight Roe Fulkerson will be
toastmaster and a number of briel
speeches will be made. An attractive
program of entertainment, including
a number of acts from Keith’s The
ater. will be presented. Roland S.
Robbins. B. J. Fosse. B. F. Bewvitt,
George O'Connor and Matt Horne are
in charge of the entertainment lea
tures.
LIBERALS NAME LEADER.
LONDON, October I.—The Earl of
Beauchamp has been elected leader
of the liberals in the House of lairds.
He succeeds Viscount Grey of Fallo
den, who resigned the leadership re
cently because of ill health.
I>ord Beauchamp has held the posts
of governor of the colony of New
South Wales, first commissioner of
works and lord president of the coun
cil. He is a noted free trader.
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