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WEATHER.
if. S. Wpather Burrau Forecast.)
Rain tonight and probably tomor
rnw morning, followed by fair and
colder tomorrow afternoon and night.
Temperatures—Highest, 63, at 2
p.m. yesterday; lowest, 42, at 7 a.m.
today. Full report on page 7.
Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22
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CAILIM REFUSES
TO RESIGN AND BE
'GOAT FOR CABINET
Reported to Have Defied
Painleve's Request That
He Quit Post.
DENIES HE’S RESPONSIBLE
FOR MINISTERIAL CRISIS
Briand Is Taken With Violent
Nosebleed After Session. But
Clash Is Scouted.
Tty thp Associated Press.
I’ARIS. October 26 The internal
dissension in the I’ainleve cabinet
<aine to a head today at a meeting
which hail been called as the pre
liminary to one under the chairman
ship ol' President Doumergue for final
decision on the financial program.
While the ministers adjourned with
out definite action and the meeting
with the President was postponed
until tomorrow, the breach between
Finance Minister t'aillaux on the one
hand and Premier Painleve and For
eign Minister Briand on the other
reached a point considered in politi
ral quarters as beyond healing.
M. Caillaux this morning is report
ed to have flatly refused a request
bv Premier Painleve for his resigna
tion. The finance minister said he
had come to the meeting in pursu
ance of his duties to present his
projects for the financial restoration
of the country.
Won't lie Scapegoat.
He had no intention of being made
• scapegoat for the whole govern
ment, which was equally responsible
with him for the present situation.
1 le declared vehemently that he would
not, by resigning, let it appear to
the country that he was in any way
accountable for the ministerial crisis.
The cabinet then listened to his
plans for stabilization of finances, but
put over action on them until to
morrow.
Echoes of the violent discussion
reached the lobbies of the war minis
try where about 100 reporters were
awaiting the result of the meeting.
Foreign Minister Briand was taken
with a violent nose bleed after the
session and it was announced that he
would be unable to preside over the
League of Nations' council meeting
on the Greco-Bulgarian question this
afternoon.
Fresh Crown of Thoms.
News of the foreign ministers in
disposition at first caused great ex
citement, being momentarily taken
as evidence that the wordy quarrel
between the ministers had developed
Into a physical clash. It was, how
ever. only the return of a slight
trouble to which M. Briand is subject.
His place at the League council is
being taken by Premier Painleve.
M. Cailleux in his grim fighting
spirit, declared in an address before
the electors in his department of the
Sarthe Mesterday, "I expect fresh
crowns of thorns on my still bleed
ing brow.” and said he was deter
mined to battle to the bitter end
against the capital levy, he asserted.
•'Powerful finanoieres and great in
dustrial interests, know that such a
law would create disorder and be
highly propitious for big money-mak
ing operations.
Denies Asking Resignation.
This being the situation, the only
way for Premier Painleve to eliminate
his finance minister is to resign with
all his ministers. Then, as the pre
mier would not have been beaten by
a vote in the Chamber of Deputies,
President Doumergue, in accordance
with usage, would call upon Premier
Painleve to form another cabinet,
which he could do without giving M.
Oaillaux a portfolio, himself either
taking the ministry of finance or giv
ing it to Louis Loucheur or some other
man.
The semi-official Havas Agency this
afternoon said that Premier Painleve
formally denied that he asked Finance
Minister Caillaux to resign during to
day’s cabinet meeting. The premier
also denies that “violent discussions”
took place before or during today’s
meeting.
ARGENTINA TO HONOR
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Will Hold Service Concurrently
With Exercises Here at De San
Martin Shrine.
While President Coolidge is speak
ing in acceptance of the statue of
the Argentine hero, Gen. Jose de San
Martin, here on Wednesday afternoon
a commemorative ceremony of the
event will be taking place before the
monument to George Washington in
Buenos Aires. Word has been re
ceived that President Alverdar and
American Ambassador Jay will gather
at the base of the statue of Washing
ton which the American colony erect
ed in Palermo Park in 192.1. A re
view of school children and brief ad
dresses will be features of the Buenos
Aires event.
The monument to San Martin here
was practically completed today. The
unveiling ceremonies will be held in
the open air at 3 p.m. Wednesday, un
less inclement weather prevents. Ar
rangements have been made that if
necessary the addresses will be made
in the hall of the Pension Building,
famous as the scene of inaugural balls
in years past.
The address of presentation on the
part of the Argentine people will he
made by the Ambassador of Argen
tina, Honorio Pueyrredon, and Presi
dent Coolidge will accept the monu
ment for the American people.
Separatist Papers Seized.
BARCELONA. Spain October 21!
OP).—A large quantity of placards
and other propaganda in furtherance
nf the movement to separate the pro
vince of Catalonia from Spain proper,
has been confiscated by the police.
Among the placards was y one on
which was imprinted the Catalonian
te pa rat Ist banner with th» inscrip
tion; “The hour lius arrived.
FRANC SELLERS HIT AS MORGAN
LOAN IS USED TO HALT DECLINE!
Caillaux Stops Foreign Movement and Steadies Ex
change by Action—Criminal Proceedings Threat
ened to Illicit Exporters of French Capital.
j By the Associated Press.
. P ARIS, October 26.—The drop in the
, franc was brought to a sharp halt to
day by government intervention in the
| market and a grave warning to spec
j ulators in the form of criminal pro
ceedings opened by the minister of
justice against unnamed parties for
illicit exportation of capital.
Finance Minister Caillaux allowed
j Ihe franc to reach 25 to the dollar he-
I fore deciding to make use of the Mor
j gan loan, having, according to infor
j mation around the Bourse, caught
some French hankers largely short of
francs on foreign exchanges, princi
pally Amsterdam.
| News of the criminal proceedings
j against speculators selling tranee
i abroad spread swiftly around the
j Bourse. At the same time certain
| hanks began offering pounds and dol
, lars freely, bringing an inline-
TRUCE IN BALK
REPORIED AGREED
1—
| Bulgaria and Greece Said to
j Have Accented Ruma
j
nian Demand.
! By the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 26.—The Ex
! change Telegraph's Athens corre
i spondent reports that the Greeks and
; Bulgarians, acting at the instance of
i Rumania, will withdraw their troops
| behind their respective frontiers.
Greeks Entrenching,
i VIENNA, Austria, October 26. (A 3 ).
■ Advices from Sofia, the Bulgarian
j capital, declare that the Greek troops
iat all points are digging in and
j strengthening their positions, ap
i parently for a long stay on Bulgarian
; soil.
Early this morning they .are report
j ed to have occupied a new position
j south of Petrich, which hitherto had
j been in the hands of Bulgarian troops.
I A number of persons were killed or
j wounded in the Greek bombardment
! of Pipernitza and Petrovo, about 15
| miles north of Demirhissar.
j A heavy rain fall is making the
I plight of the refugees pitiable, as
j many of them are forced to camp in
: the open without the slightest shelter,
j The Sofia authorities again give
I categoric denial that there is a single
I Bulgarian soldier on Greek soil.
Greek Fire Continues.
j SOFIA, Bulgaria, October 26 (A 3 ).
i The Bulgarian Telegraphic Agency as
' serts that the Greeks last night con
j tinued intermittent bombardment of
i the border villages.
The Greeks yesterday are reported
j to have burned Novolescvo, a village
j constructed recently to house refugees
j from Greek territory.
MANY FLEE PETRIC H.
I Town Awaits Doom From Fire of
Greek Artillery.
LONDON. October 26 OP).—The
I Daily Express prints a dispatch from
j Levonovo, Bulgarian headquarters
i 4 miles from Petrich, dated Sunday,
; saying that the Bulgarians and the
I Greeks continue to wage intermittent
| warfare. The correspondent, however,
■ confines the details to the doings of
i the Greeks, not mentioning any Bulgar
j retaliation.
He says that on Sunday he could
| see Greek shells falling upon one of
! the Bulgarian mountain batteries
j which arrived Friday night, but which
] had not been used. The Greeks were
: declared to greatly outnumber the
! Bulgars, and their artillery, machine
j guns and airplanes, to make an easy
j task for them, especially as the Bulga
rians are under strict control and or
| dered not to retaliate,
i “The Struma Valley,” says the dis
j patch, "is dotted with refugees wait
ing to take their cattle to safety.
Petrich is awaiting its fate. The in
habitants are leaving in terror. The
attention of the Greeks now seems to
have been diverted from Petrich to
Pepernitza, which is constantly
I shelled. The food problem is becoming
! serious. The only blessing is that the
| weather is fine, which heartens the
I population.”
LEAGUE TACKLES ISSUE.
; Greece and Bulgaria Defiant as Coun
cil Takes I'p Case.
I’ARIS, October 26 (A 3 ). —Mutual de
fiance marked the attitude of both
Bulgaria and Greece today before the
(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.)
DE BRODESIS DENIED
RELEASE BY COURT
; Inmate of St. Elizabeth's, Accused
:
of Killing Mother. Not Sane.
Judge Rules.
Justice Hitz of the District Su
: prenie Court today denied the appli
| cation of George V. de Brodes to
: he released from Howard Hall, the
ward of St. Elizabeth's for the crim
inal insane. De Brodes claimed that
he had recovered his mental balance
and asked to be tried on the charge
of killing his mother, Mrs. Frances
G. de Brodes, June 7, 1923, at 117
C street northeast. Several days were
devoted by the court to hearing tes
timony, both lay and expert, as to
the present mental condition of the
applicant.
Dr. W. A. White, superintendent of
St. Elizabeth’s, as well as other phy
sicians there, testified that De Brodes
suffers from epilepsy - and has seizures
as often as once a month. It was
claimed that during one of these
attacks he shot and killed his mother.
The experts said he should not be
released.
Assistant United States Attorney
Horning opposed the release of the
prisoner, while efforts to obtain his
liberty were made by Attorneys Wil
ton .1. Lambert. Godfrey L. Munler
' anu Austin F. Canneltl. „
Wcvt Utimimi Slaf.
V J ' WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
diate reaction which was accentuated
throughout the session.
The pound fell 5 francs and the
dollars 1 in the space of an hour.
Finance Minister Caillaux. it is
said on the Bourse, is killing two
birds with one stone, putting the
speculators in a bad position and at
the same time gaining a point against
the political-financial opposition direct
ed at him by certain Important hanks.
LONDON, October 26 (A 3 ). The
French political crisis brought re
newed heavy selling of the franc on
the London Exchange market this
morning and the rate went to 121 tj,
to the ]iour.d sterling, surpassing the
week end record low level of 126 Us.
The postponement of the French
cabinet crisis resulted in a sharp re
covery of the franc during today's late
dealings, the rate rising to 115 s * to
the pound sterling. The franc closed
com pa ra tive ly st ead v.
MRS. FREY GIVEN
137,1 DAMAGES
Wins Alienation Suit Against
Wilda Bennett, Musical
Comedy Star.
By the Associated Press.
MINEOLA, N. Y., October 26.—Mrs.
Katherine Frey of Louisville, Ky.. to
day was awarded a jury’s verdict for
$37,500 against Wilda Bennett, mu
sical comedy actress, for alienating
the affections of the plaintiff’s hus
band. Charles Frey, race horse
owner and sportsman.
The case was given to the jury in
Supreme Court last Friday afternoon
and a sealed verdict was returned
late Friday night. The verdict was
read when court convened this morn
ing. The case was tried before Su
preme Court Justice Faber.
Mrs. Frey sued for SIOO,OOO. The
trial lasted almost a week. Miss
Bennett and Frey sat in the court
room as Mrs. Frey, on the witness
stand, accused the actress of stealing
the affections of her husband.
Miss Bennett entered the courtroom
on the arm of Frey a few minutes
liefore the verdict was opened, and
Mrs. Frey entered just as the ver
dict was being read.
Fallon Plans Appeal.
William J. Fallon, counsel for Miss
Bennett, immediately announced that
he would appeal. His motion to set
aside the verdict as being contrary
to the weight of evidence was denied.
Fallon then asked permission to argue
a similar motion next Wednesday,
which Justice Faber granted.
Miss Bennett smiled when the ver
dict was read.
"Verdict or no verdict, I know I
am all right. Os course. Ido not in
tend to pay it,” she said.
Frey, who sat beside the actress,
said:
"There will be an appeal. Don't
worry about that."
Mrs. Frey said she was too happy
to talk. "I feel that my suffering
has been somewhat allayed.” she said.
“The verdict shows that these things
cannot go on unchecked in New
York.”
Considerable testimony was taken
on the question whether Mrs. Frey’s
husband, Charles C. Frey, wealthy
clubman and turf follower, had been
“pursued and won” by the actress,
as charged by Mrs. Frey, or whether
he had, as he testified, ceased to love
his wife before he met Miss Bennett
in 1923.
Parties Are Described.
Breakfast parties, at which Frey
was said to have attended, clad only
in purple silk pajamas, and enter
tainment by him of women in his
apartment, were prominent features
of the testimony.
Mrs. Frey alleged that she and her
husband had lived together until
Frey met Miss Bennett at Syracuse
in 1923. Frey testified that he had ceas
ed to love his wife in 1922. Counsel for
Mrs. Frey referred to Miss Bennett
as a Broadway doll, who saw what
she wanted and got it.”
Frey swore that it was he who did
the pursuing, not Miss Bennett.
Justice Faber, in charging the jury,
said that damages could be awarded
only if the jury found that the ac
tress had indeed alienated the af
fections of Frey from his wife.
FASCISTI ANNIVERSARY
PLANS MADE IN ROME
City Ablaze With Lights and
Lampposts Are Garlanded for
Fete Wednesday.
By the Associated Press.
ROME, October 26. —Rome is dress
ing up for the celebration Wednesday
of the third anniversary of the Fascist
march on the capital. Fascist! are
planning to make of the event the
most imposing demonstration the city
has yet witnessed under their regime.
The Piazzi di Popolo already is
ablaze with thousands of electric
lights, which bring into bold relief
the centuries-old gate and the sur
rounding buildings. Over the gate is
an electric light design of the Fascist
coat of arms. The lampposts are
garlanded with vari-colored electric
bulbs, so as to make them appear like
palm trees.
NOW IT’S BEAR BITE.
Week-Ender Heroically Strives to
Avert Effects of Brain’* Chewing.
ATLANTA, October 26 (A 3 ).—Bear
bite Is the newest malady bootleg
rum has been called upon to reme
dy. Ed Joiner of Lithla Springs,
here for the week end, was sobering
up at police headquarters to
day as the result of a heroic attempt
to avert any serious consequences of
a mishap.
A local moving picture theater
had a hear in a cage on the side
walk; Joiner reached through the
bars to pci (he animal, when Bruin
hit him.
WASHINGTON, I). C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 26’, 1925-THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. *
AIRMEN HOP OFF :
IN SEAPLANE RACE;
ONE ITALIAN OBT
Lieut. Doolittle, Army Pilot,
First Entrant in Air in
Schneider Dash.
ONE BRITISH SHIP LEFT
IN EVENT; TWO WRECKED
17 U. S. Navy Aircraft Are Lost
in Storm—Pulled From Moor
ings by Gale.
By (he Asm» lateU Press.
BAY SHORE PARK. Baltimore.
October 26.—Lieut. James H. Doolittle,
driving the United States Army Cur
tiss racer which won the Pulitzer
trophy, took off across the starting
line in a Hash of black today, rose
gracefully above the waves to head off
the international Jacques Schneider
trophy seaplane races. His unofficial
take-off time was 2:40 p.m. The other
contestants took the air at 5-minute
intervals.
Oapt. Hubert Broad, in Great
Britain’s Gloster-Napier 111, roared
past the stand and disappeared in the
direction of the first pylon.
Lieut. George T. Cuddihv, in the
Navy's No. 3 Curtiss, took off across
the starting line shortly after the
third signal rocket was fired.
Italy’s No. 6 Macchi flying boat,
to have been piloted by Rlccurdo
Morselli, was backed into its hangar
a few minutes before it was due to
take-off, and Mario Castoldi, its de
signer, said engine trouble would pre
vent its entry.
Lieut. Ralph A. Ofstie, with the
No. 1 Navy plane in which Lieut
Williams made 302 miles an hour and
which was second in the Pulitzer
race, was fourth away as scheduled.
Great Britain's challengers were
definitely reduced to one this morning
when Pilot Bert Hinkler, in Britain's
reserve plane, a Gloster Nattier 111,
went through his pontoons in landing
on the Chesapeake at the start of his
third attempt to qualify. The Gloster
was towed to her hangar with
its pontoons smashed and its un
ilerrigging torn loose, one wing l>ent
and its propeller blades in the water.
The pilot, brought in by a gig from
the U. S. S. Shawmut, was not hurt.
He said he found the surface upon
landing rougher than he expected.
Capt. Hubart Broad, in Great Brit
ain's Gloster Napier 111, which pass
ed its navigability test last Friday,
will be the only British plane to enter
the race this afternoon.
One British Plane Ready.
Capt. Broad’s Gloster was the only
one of the three seaplanes brought to
this country by Great Britain for the
Schneider Cup to escape misfortune.
Supermarine Napier S-4, in the cock
pit of which England's fondest cup
hopes rode, crashed lost Friday with
Capt. Henry C. Biard. Two previous
attempts by Pilot Hinkler to qualify
the reserve Gloster had failed.
Capt. C. B. Wilson, leader of the
British team, held out hopes that
another attempt to put the reserve
plane in the race might yet he made
until the damaged Gloster reached
the hangar runway, riding with her
nose in the bay. Hinkler had taken
off for a trial spin, hatl made one
short circle over the bay and was
landing for his first taxiing test when
he hit the water in a shower of
spray, the tail of his pontoons strik
ing first and buckling under the
strain.
Italians in Trouble.
At shortly after 1 o'clock, the
Italians tuning up. were in trouble
with their motors. Two theories were
advanced by the planes’ handlers that
two grades of gasoline brought to the
hangers for the Italian planes inad
vertantly had become mixed, and that
rain water had penetrated the fuel
drums.
The motor experts working with the
machines declared the engines prob
ably could not function properly until
the feed lines had been cleaned. An
attempt was being made to put the
motors again in trim before time tor
the take-off, less than two hours away.
The Schneider rules prohibit changes
in engines after the navigability tests,
and the Italians were in some doubt
as to whether the cleaning apparently
necessary would disqualify them.
Ten United States seaplanes were
battered into shapeless heaps and
seven less seriously damaged yester
day when, under the buffeting of a
terrific southwest gale, they dragged
with them or broke loose from 475-
pound anchors and piled up along sev
eral miles of seawall and beach at
Sollers Point, near the mouth of the
Patapsco River. Six other machines
safely rode out the storm.
The plajies were a double detach
ment from Hampton Roads, 10 at
tached to scouting squadron VS-1,
six to torpedo squadron VT-1, while
the seventeenth machine wrecked was
a staff plane. All had been at anchor
off the point since last Friday, when
they were brought here to take part
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MUSSOLINI’S DAUGHTER
BOWS TO IRON RULE
Declines to Take Part in Fascist
Demonstration Without Pre
mier's Permission.
By the Associated Press.
PARMA, Italy, October 26.—Pre
mier Mussolini’s iron discipline pre
vails not only throughout the Fascist
party, it develops, but also, at least
to some extent, within his own family
circles.
His daughter Edda, who won some
fame last Summer by rescuing a
drowning bather at Cattolica, recently
telegraphed Mussolini asking permis
sion to accompany friends on a mo
tor trip in connection with the third
anniversary- celebration of the Fascist
march on Rome.
Receiving no reply, she was urged
by her friends to “come along any
way,” but she answered proudly:
"I am a disciplined Fascist. With
out permission from my Duce I re
fuse to move in.”
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iTORNADO KILLS 17,
MANY ARE INIURED
Property Heavily Damaged
I in Alabama Counties.
East Also Suffers.
By the Associated Pre--.
TROY, Ala., October 26.—Resi
dents of many portions of Pike, Bar
bour and Crenshaw Counties today
: were endeavoring to bring order out
: of chaos that resulted front a tornado
| which claimed a known toll of 17 lives,
injured many, rendered hundreds
homeless and left thousands of dollars'
; damage in its wake.
| Troy Red Cross forces and local
physicians were ministering to the
needs of the injured and were assist
, ing the stricken people to orient
themselves. A relief fund was sub- i
j scribed here yesterday afternoon and
made immediately available to the re- !
lief workers who went into the field.
The tornado seems to have had its
; origin in Crenshaw County, where it
j swept down with tremendous force, j
i then tearing its way across the
breadth of Pike County and on east
ward into Barbour, where it appears
I to have spent its force.
Woman, 105, Is Victim.
Near Luverne. county seat of Cren
shaw, two were killed, both of them
I aged, and one i>ast 100 years of age.
They were a Mrs. Peacock. 105 years
j old. and Tom Long. 70 years old.
• The death list could not be com
pleted as to names, owing to the wide
' ly scattered districts, some of them
) remote from telephone and telegraph
j communication, and the general im
: pairment to wires by the tornado.
, In addition to the two dead in Cren
; shaw County, there were eight dead
! in Pike County and seven in Barbour,
jOf the eight who lost their lives in
; Pike four were children of the same
j family, while their father and mother
were seriously injured and are not ex
i pected to live. Two other persons of
i the same family name, Knight, were
also injured.
1 In Barbour County six negroes were
killed at Comer and Spring Hill.
Their names have not been learned.
The death list, so tar as could he
; checked, follows:
Crenshaw County: Mrs. Peacock, j
105; Tom Long, 70.
Pike County: Ralph Knight, IS: I
j Ruby Knight, 16: Frances Knight, 6: I
.Mary Ellen Knight, 3; Mrs. Eliza!
j Davis, 65. all white, and Beatrice ,
' Tullis and baby and Ella Lee Blue, j
; negroes.
Barbour County: Seven unidentified
i negroes.
Rain Hampers Relief.
Residents near the path of the tor
| nado were aroused by the roar of the
j twister and the cries of the injured.
They rushed into the stricken area in
a deluge of rain, working for hours
; in a search for the dead and giving
, aid to the injured.
’ An emergency call to Troy sent
, doctors, ambulances and nurses from
j here into the storm path and soon
t scores of injured were being brought
into the city, taxing hospital capacity
I to its utmost. Dead and injured were
j picked up in the fields, in the roads
and under the debris of fallen build
i ings and trees.
j In the area traversed by the storm
j .are the little towns of Brantley, Glen
j wood and Goshen, from which meager
' reports were received. These indicat
j ed, however, that there was no loss of
i life, although the property damage
was thought to have been severe.
The tornado came at the conclusion
iof a period of intense heat and
j (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.)
| SUPREME COURT TAKES
| TRADE COMMISSION CASE
; Will Review Decision of D. C.
Court of Appeals That It
Lacked Jurisdiction.
I The Supreme Court announced to
day that it would review the decision
of the District Court of Appeals in
holding that it did not have jurisdic
' tion to enforce the orders of the Fed
: eral Trade Commission aimed to pre
vent unfair competition in the Dir
trict of Columbia when interstate
commerce is not affected. The com
mission sought to prevent Alfred
Klesner from doing business here un
der the name of the “Shade Shop,”
’ charging that because another older
firm had an established business here
under the same name, that his use of
it deceived the purchasing public.
When he refused to obey its order
the commission applied to the Court
of Appeals to have it enforced, the
Government taking the position that
the act creating the commission gave
it jurisdiction over unfair business
competition within the District as well
as between the States,
OFFICERS GREET DAVIS.
Washington Army Men Pay Re
spects to Their Chief.
All officers of the Army stationed
in this city appeared in uniform to
day to pay their respects to Secretary
Davis and Assistant Secretary Mac-
Nider as heads of the military estab- ■
lishment. They assembled at the
War Department at noon and were 1
presented by name to the new civil 1
heads of the department by Maj. Gen.
John L. Hines, chief of staff, and his ,
assistants in the general staff.
Under a special order issued to- i
day the Army officers will wear their
uniforms again tomorrow as a spe- j
cial compliment to the Navy in rec- j
ognition of the observance of Naval
NATIONAL CHURCH
MOVE IS UNDER WAY
Congregationalists Take
First Steps Toward Build
ing New Edifice.
First steps to obtain nation-wide
support in erecting the new First
Congregational Church at Tenth and
G streets out of a $1,250,000 fund, as
sanctioned by the National Council
of Congregational Churches in a reso- I
lution unanimously adopted Saturday,
were taken at a luncheon held this
afternoon at the Mayflower Hotel.
The luncheon was called by Dr.
Nehemiah Boynton, chairman of the
national advisory council for the
new church, who at the close of the
present biennial council gathering
will begin an extensive speaking tour
in behalf of the fund.
A hundred men and women who
are taking prominent parts in the 10-
dav council sessions attended the
luncheon, gaining detailed informa
tion of the proposed National Congre
gational Church. It is expected
within the next two days to name
the 50 Congregationalists who are i
to serve under Dr. Boynton on the I
national advisory council
Speakers at Luncheon.
Speakers at today’s luncheon were
William Knowles Cooper, general sec
retary of the Y. M. C. A.: Hugh A.
Thrift, president of the local Y. M.
C. A.; Rev. Albert W. Palmer of Illi
nois. chairman of the business
committee of the council; Rev.
Carl S. Patton, pastor of the First
Congregational Church of Los An
geles, and Dr. Jason Noble Pierce,
pastor of the First Congregational
Church of this city.
At the conclusion of this morning's
sessions of the council at the Wash
ington Auditorium, which was devoted
to the reports of the ministerial
hoards, it was announced that a spe
cial meeting of the committee of
twelve, under the chairmanship of
Rev. Dr. William Horace Day of Con
necticut. and the business committee
of the council will be held to consider
the progress being made in the merger
of 11 home and foreign missionary so
cieties into two general bodies.
The principal discussion slated for
this special meeting is lining up those
organizations that have reported they
anticipate some little legal difficulty
in following out the will of the coun
cil on the merger question. A num
ber of the organizations have al
ready ratified the proposal at special
meetings.
Will Compromise Troubles.
Inasmuch as the members of the
committee of 12 have always taken
the view that they would not force
the merger of any societies when It
would muddle their financial status,
it is expected that the reported ob
stacles in the way of the actual mer
ger of one or two of the missionary
entities will be speedily compromised
after today’s special meeting. It is
hoped that a final report of the com
mittee of 12 on the merger question
can be made to the entire council to
morrow.
“The Maintenance of the Standards
of the Ministry as a Profession” was
the subject of an address at today’s
session by Dr. Clarence Hall Wilson
of Glen Ridge, N. J.
“The problem of the maintenance of
the ministry.” Dr. Wilson declared,
“reduces itself to the task of securing
for the ministry our choicest young
men. We cannot maintain standards
with inferior material. What are the
qualities which will make the ministry
attractive as a profession to the best
men? First, it must provide room for
the intellect. Second, it must offer
opportunity to make one's life count
to the utmost in leadership and ef
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Within the Hour 1 *
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, 98,019
Sunday’s Circulation, 110,303
C4 5 ) Mean* Associated Press.
HOOVER DEPLORES
moral decadence:
Tells Y. M. C. A. Convention
i
Religion Must Meet New
Materialism.
Expressing the belief that “there ex- i
ists a larger, more widely distributed
will to peace than ever before in his- j
tory,” Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover today warned that “perils '
ahead’’ were not “economic” but j
"moral," and of such nature as to j
challenge all “the forces of orderly j
constructive progress."
The great growth of “national pros- |
peritv," Secretary Hoover told the In- :
ternational Convention, Young Men’s !
Christian Associations at the Willard
Hotel, “together with the loosening of '
moral and spiritual standards by the
war, must give us question as to the i
impairment of the reserves of indi
vidual and national character.”
Sees Moral Fiber Weaker.
Evidences of this trend, the Secre- !
tarv said, "lie in the weakening moral
fiber, in loosening family and home'
ties, in youthful criminality, in the |
easily breaking of law by adults, in
growing intolerance, in a leaning upon J
the state without corresponding will- j
ingness to bear its burden, in disposi
tion to disregard or suppress discon
tent instead of discovering the causes
and removing them, in the intriguing
or open purposes of groups to profit !
themselves regardless of the conse
quences to others and to the whole of
society, in the complaisance of millions \
over the wrongs and sufferings within
and beyond our borders, in waste and '
extravagance.”
Building up the case of the chal- !
lenge to the forces of moral construc
tion, Secretary Hoover went beyond
the bounds of the United States, and
declared that although he had no
“fear for the ultimate cause of re- i
ligion," it was a lamentable fact that
“in many lands religion is losing the j
vital power to instruct and inspire.”
Religion Falling Behind.
“The flooding in of modern knowl- j
edge,” he said, “has cost religion
heavily where it has not kept pace in
intellectual respect and confidence.
Out of our materialism has grown a
series of philosophies which insist
that materialism alone is the sole
basis of human action and inspira
tion.
“Barge areas of socialism found
their philosophy and promise solely
on economic materialism. In Russia
and elsewhere the Communist revolt
insists on sweeping away all existing
human institutions, including religion.
Thus, religious faith is to he swept
out as refuse ‘incompatible with
communism, theoretically and prac
tically.’ Godless generations are to
he reared on a national scale. The
Chinese people are being exhorted to
discard their own faith with its an
cient moral sanctions and to refuse
that of the foreigner. Well meant im
pulses for social betterment in those
directions will end in failure and dis
illusionment, for they are as a struc
ture built on sand.”
His warning that perils ahead were
“moral," Secretary Hoover declared,
was a “call to create and maintain
agencies for strengthening the moral
and spiritual fiber parallel with our
material agencies of progress.”
Material Progress Vast.
This material progress, he said, had
been “astonishing.” The application
of "the many discoveries in the phy
sical sciences,” the Secretary said,
I “the increase in efficiency both in
workers and executives, the elimina
tion of industrial waste and the ad
(Contlnued on Page 4, Column 2.)
CONGRESS MAY ENTER
PANAMA RENT FIGHT
President Threatens to Call Extra
Session Unless Landlords
Are More Lenient.
By the Associated Press.
PANAMA, October 26.—President
Chiari today gave warning that if
landlords do not show more tolerance
in their dealings with tenants he will
convoke an extraordinary session of
the Panaman Congress to take action
on the rent problem.
The President said that he hesi
tated to call a session of. the assembly,
fearing that the recent disturbances
growing out of the rent dispute would
influence the lawmakers toward par
tial legislation in favor of tenants.
He added that investigations by his
secret agents had shown that a ma
jority of landlords had increased
rentals since January.
One municipal judge today issued
order* for more ihaq 100 evictions.
TWO CENTS.
M’DONOUGH LEADS
IN MILE RACE
AT LAUREL TRACK
Da Paolo, in Third Position.
After Leading Field
at First.
SMALL CROWD ON HAND
TO SEE CHAMPIONSHIP
Hertz Unofficially Breaks Track
Record in Flash of Speed
in Trials.
Bv a Staff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON SPEEDWAY, Inur
'd- Aid., October 26.—80 b McDonough,
youthful race driver, was leading a
belli of speeding champions this after
noon in the 250-mile race at the
W nshington Speedway. Exhibiting
rare driving qualities, and pushing his
machine to the limit, he passed De
Paolo early in the race. The latter
dropped to third when Tommy Milton,
veteran of the track, also passed him
McDonough was leading by a full lap
Off at 2 O'Clock.
The last half hour before the race
was to start was given over to the
mechanicians, who worked on their
drivers' midget speedsters and made
sure that everything possiM. had been
done to make the test as safe as such
a wild flight could bp made. A few
hundred more spectators strolled into
the almost barren grandstands. Ref
eree Fred C. Wagner called the pilots
together for a final word of instruc
tion, i>atted each one on the back and
promptly at 2 o'clock dropped his
checkered flag.
Ar. instant iater the atmosphere was
shattered with the roaring of 16 of
the highest powered automobile motors
in the world. Slowly for the first few
feet and then with staggering alacrity
the little demons of the track got
under way. One turn around and
a last look at the referee, to make
sure the start was official, and the
race was on. Like things alive, the
tiny cars leaped out on their 250-mile
journey.
IJuray Leads at Mart.
For the first few laps the drivers
kept pretty close to their positions.
They were warming up their engines
for the big grind that lay ahead of
them. By the time that the drivers
had negotiated six laps Leon Durav
was leading by a brief margin.
Meanwhile, it developed that the
speedy racing car of Karl Devore, one
of the flashiest machines in the race,
was in danger of catching on tire from
an overheated engine. He had to re
tire from the race after making a
dozen laps, and a score of mechanics
set to work to find out the cause of
clouds of smoke which shot from tin
ex ha ust.
In the ne\t lap the first tire change
of the race was completed suappilv
when Harry Hartz limped his car into
the pit. lie was off again in a few
seconds.
!><• Paulo in Lead.
It took about Hi laps for young D
I’aolo to show his stuff. lie flashed
into the lead . lap later and was still
maintaining it in the twentieth lap.
Karl Devore's car failed to react
properly to the ministrations of
mechanics who worked over it fevei
ishlv and it appeared that he was
permanently out of the running.
De Paolo's yellow racer continued to
hold its lead as the twenty-fourth lap
was registered. He was closely press
ed by young Bob McDonough and Earl
Cooped. De Paolo was hugging lh
rail and frequently passed the group
of other racers on various parts of the
track.
Ouray Pushes Ahead.
Duray pressed his motor hard dur
ing the early laps and managed to
creep into third position during the
twenty-eighth lap. De i’aolo led Me
Donogh in this lap by several sec
onds. but the latter trailed so closely
to the leader that it appeared at any
moment he would catch up with him.
if not actually pass him. Krtes- and
Jim Hill, in Reginald Johnson's car.
both pulled into the pits in the
thirtieth lap for minor motor adjust
ments:
Sixteen monarchs of the speedwav
faced the tape of this great, misshapen
saucer.
Three men are generally regarded
I as holding the greatest chance of
flashing home first in this race. They
'are Peter De Paolo. Tommy Milton,
i veteran champion of 1921. and Ha'rry
I Hartz. youthful novice of the motor
I drome. Karl Cooper, occupying fourth
; place in the running, has a slim
| chance of adding to his hopes today.
Crowd Pitifully Small.
i
j A mere handful of men and women
, were scattered through the grand
! stand shortly before the race started.
■ a pitiful comparison to the thousands
| who fought their way through a sea
I of mud to witness the 250-mile inaug
| ural race last Spring. Apparently
; postponement of the contest from
! Saturday, which was necessitated by
j a driving rain, made it impossible for
j many to attend.
An ideal racing day smiled upon
I those who did journey into the grand
stands, however. After fighting
valiantly all morning, the sun broke
through the clouds and there was lef
just enough of a tang in the tempera
j ture to keep spirits in tune with tln
j roaring motors that w ere dart he.'
j (Continued on Page 2, Column !
STEAMER IN DISTRESS.
American Ship Rushes to Aid oi
Norse Vessel In Midatlantic.
LONDON'. October 26 UP).— Lloyds'
reports from Valencia. Spain, say
that the Norwegian steamer El Ven,
from Rotterdam for Sydney, is in dis
tress in Midatlantic, with her steel -
ing gear and lifeboats carried away.
The American steamer American
Trader has gone to her assistance.
The El Ven when reported was in
latitude 49.13 north, longtitude 40. PS
west.
Former Bishop 111.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 26 (/P). -
The Rt. Rev, Dennis O’Donaghue, 7«.
formerly Catholic Biship of Louisvill-,
Is seriously ill at his home here, and
it was reported today that he was not
i expected to live. He was retired five
years ago because of 111 baaltk