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IyiITCHELL ATTACKS
3 OF COURT. FORCING
THEIR RETIREMENT
AS TRIAL IS OPENED
Summerall and Bowley Are
Excused cn Ground They
Preached Hostility—Slad
en Merely Challenged.
SAN ANTONIO STATEMENT
CALLED -PERSONAL' VIEW
Former Assistant Air Chiefs Own
Opinions. Reid Declares —"Un-
true. Unjust and Ignorant.'
Summeiall Savs of Criticism of
Him Before Congress.
C'ol. William Mitchell, veteran fly
ing colonel of the Arm\ \ir Service,
facet! the stern discipline of a eourt
nartial todav for hL latest attack
on the organization of American air
defenders, but scarcely before that
dignified tribunal of his superiors
had begun to function he had broken
r- organization.
Charging three of the most distin
guisind members of the court with
having shown hostility toward him
in recent public addresses, the col
onel. whose whirlwind of criticism
lias kept the armed forces of the
Nation in a furor for more than
three years, forced their immediate:
retirement.
When the storm had blown over and
the remnant of the court-martial
counted its casualties. Maj. (ten.
Charles TV Summerall. president of
the court: Maj. Co n. Fred W. Sladen
and Brig. (ten. Albert J. Bowley had
heen excused front further duty on
the ground that they had preached
hostility toward the defendant. Never
before in the history of the Amer
ican Army had dignified court
martial been handled with such ruth
less indiscrimination. Col. Mitehel.
through his counsel, fired volley after
volley of criticism at the accused
members, held up their own words
for scrutiny and bluntly demanded
that their right to sit in trial .over
him should be rescinded. The de
fense was as bitter in its denunciation
a* it was indiscriminate in its seiev
tion.
And il finally drew from Gen. Sum-,
merall before be retired a parting
«=hot at the man who has become
a target for butt* the Army and the
Navy in the last few months. Visibly
surprised and with angry emphasis,
the deposed president of the court
told ihe judges and spectators that
be regarded the statements made by
Col. Mitchell as "untrue, unjust and
lpnora nt
Tt was an attack 'hat spared noth
tng r in its vitrolic strength and gained
for ihe defense ihe ends it sought.
Statement Head Five Times.
The remainder of the morning and
the early- part of the afternoon session •
was given over to the reading by Col.
McMullen, assistant trial judge advo- .
cate, of *'oi Mitchell's famous San i
Antonio statement of September 5,"
which embodies five of the eight
specifications listed under the direct
charge against him of violating the
ninety-sixth article of war. Specifica
tion 3, declaring "disrespect to the J
administration of the War Depart-!
ment,” was followed h.v the reading
of the statement, which required 25 <
minutes.
The fourth specification declared
“disrespect to the administration of 1
the Navy Department." and the San
Antonio statement again was read,
making five tiroes up until 3 .o'clock
ll had heen read— —once by Represen
tative Keid and the other four times
hv Col. McMullen. It will he read
for the sixth time under specification
five, and then a statement made by-
Co!. Mitchell on September !t will be i
read three times.
This step was suggested by Repre- j
sentativo Reid, and after Col. \\ inship
had entered a mild objection. Col. i
Moreland, the judge advocate, gave it
as his opinion that each specification
must he road in full because they are
the liases for the defense.
A\ hen the specifications have been
read. Representative Keid will enter |
his pleas.
The court tried Mint to look bored 1
over the continued repetition of the
voluminous attack on the War and '
Navy Department, although the spec
tators. virtually all of whom sacrificed :
luncheon in order not to lose their
seats, became restless, and the entire 1
press section was more or less vacated.
No warning heralded the approach j
of the storm that was about to sweep
ruthlessly through the studied dig- i
nitv.and stern discipline of the court
marital. buffer its members without ;
regard to rank or position and fairly
stagger the spectators and attaches!
with its suddenness.
It was a little after 10 o'clock, the
appointed hour for the trial of the
doughty Hying colonel to begin, that :
Col. Sherman .Moreland, the judge j
advocate, raised his hand and request- !
<-d all persons in the room to rise
while the court entered.
Court Enters.
Tn single file the generals whom the |
War Department had appointed to]
trv Col. Mitchell on charges that he!
had made statements prejudicial to j
good discipline and the better interests ]
of the Army, filed in. bowed to the j
judge advocate and the counsel for !
the defense and seated themselves in!
the following order on either side of !
Maj. <'■ en. Summei all. the president of
the court: Maj. Gen. Robert L. Ilowze.
< 'ol. Blanton Winship, law member of
the court: Maj. Gen. Douglass Mac-.
Arthur, Maj. Gen. Fred W. Sladen. !
Maj. Gen. Benjamin A. Poore, Maj. ;
Gen. William S. Graves. Brig. Gen.
Kdward R. King. Brig. Gen. Albert J.
Bowley. Brig. Gen. Edwin Winans, :
Brig. Gen. George Belt. Irwin. Brig. '
Gen. Ewing E. Booth and Brig. Gen.
Frank It. McCoy. ■
Got. Moreland informed the mem-;
hers of the court that they would find I
at their places printed copies of the j
• barges against Col. Mitchell. As i
matter of form, he observed that j
all of the members of the court i
were present and officially announced j
i hat the prosecution was ready to;
proceed "with the case of the United i
Slates versus William Mitchell. Ah
Service." A few- purely formal pre-1
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UNCLE SAM IS PROBING
‘‘PLOT” TO RULE FILMS
Fourth Ranking Industry, Capitalized al
81,500,000,000, domes Under Scrutiny
of Federal Trade Commission.
i \otr; Th * t* the first o ( n serie< o*
j art ides hy \[ r Hohhins deal ilia o'it I* the
| Ft ih ritl Trade f 'out mission's e o f
on aUtrfed rtf tempt to monopolize the
\f)H Ofn) tion motion picture business
The setond nrfictf trill hr published to
! morro.r.
By .IAMKS ROBBINS
| The s 1.500,000.000 motion picture ;
[business, fourth among the industries
J l,l the United States in the amount j
of its invested capital, is coming ;
• tinder its baptism of governmental]
tire, as have the oil. tobacco and steel
| industries before it.
The results of four years of in- !
i vestigation. extending into every sec
: tion of the country, are to he laid i
1 formally before the Federal Trade
I Commission on November 24. when
motion will he made for an order
, hv the commission directing the pro
ducers and distributors to forthwith
. divest themselves of all theater in
terests.
The brief of \V. H. Fuller, chief
•counsel of the commission, character
izes ibis "ownership <>f theaters 1«\
producers and distributors" as “an
unfair method of competition." The
testimony arrayed by turn pictures,
in addition, domination of the whole
industry by the Famous Flayers- 1
Lasky Corporation and domination
BRIAND MAY HEAD
CABINET; PAINLEVE
AND HERRIOT WEAK
Defeats of Latter Two on i
Tax Issue Make Further
Efforts Doubtful.
_____
By the Associated Press.
BARIS. October 2S.—President
Doumergue today summoned Premier 1
Painleve to ask him to form a new
cabinet in succession to the one which
resigned yesterday.
Considerable doubt is expressed
whether M. Painleve will accept. He ■
is understood to have told friends lie 1
would recommend that the President i
choose former Premier Herriot in his j
place.
M. Painleve told President Dou- i
mergue he would consult with his
fiends and the party leaders before
definitely accepting the task of form- ]
ing a cabinet.
Former Premier Herriot has support '
for the post, but in view of the fact
:nat he was defeated six months ago
!>y the Senate on the. very question of i
a tax levy, whieh forms the crux of ]
the present confused political situa- !
tion. it is thought that he is not likely j
to accept.
Failing Herriot, there remains j
•Aristride Briand. who, with the |
laurels of Locarno fresh on his brow,
possesses great prestige.
. One thing that seems certain is that |
the new cabinet cannot lie ready to i
appear before Parliament tomorrow,
and the reopening either will have u>
he postponed or the sitting will be a ;
purely formal one and immediately ad- ]
journed.
SITUATION IS DIFFICULT.
Formation of Strong Cabinet Combi
nation Appeal's Impossible.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News, j
PARIS. October 28. President
Doumergue spent the morning today i
consulting leaders of political parties,
but so far no decision has heen reach
ed regarding the new cabinet, it is
believed by some politicians that |
Premier Painleve will he asked to
form a new cabinet in which he will
he finance minister and M. Ossola,
present undersecretary of war, will
become war minister.
Such a combination, however, would
he only temporary, since the Socialist ;
majority in the Chamber, which is ]
insisting' upon a capital levy as the i
only solution of the present grave |
financial crisis, will oust Painleve and
force Doumergue to ask Edouard Her
riot to form a purely Socialist cabinet.
In order to enable the treasury to'
meet immediate obligations the Social
ists propose, first, to deduct Id per
i ent front the value of each hank note
and to perform this oneration by fore- ,
ing holders to present the notes to i
the treasury and have them stamped. |
; and. second, to deduct front 3 to 10 ]
per cent front the value of war loans
j presented for refunding.
Outside of these immediate measures
, the Socialists propose a capital levy
| as follows: Ten per cent on real '
estate. 10 to 15 iter cent of the capital
of French companies and shares is- !
sued in France. 10 per cent of the
capital of all commercial and in-1
dustrial corporations, 10 per cent of
j foreign bonds, 10 per cent on luxuries. :
! such as pearls, diamonds, paintings, j
' antiques and furs, and forced con
version of all state bonds.
This plan is violently opposed by
members of democratic parties.
I (Copyright. 1026. by Chicago Daily News Co.) ,
•
Senator Reed Is Better.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., October 28 OP).
| —The condition of United States Sen- |
i ator James A. Reed of Missouri, who ,
; has been suffering with a severe cold,
was reported today to have improved, j
Senator Reed was confined to his 1
: rooms at a local hotel.
Ancient City Under Caspian Sea Found
Bv Russian Ship Captain Near Shikov
By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, October 28. —-The discov
-1 ery of an ancient submerged city near
Shikov, a sandy bank on the Caspian
Sea, was made today by Alexis Atay
eff, a captain in the Soviet mercantile
fleet. Atayeff’s ship, bound from
Persia to Baku, accidentally changed
her usual course, and while soundings
v -re being made, he noticed buildings
on the sea floor.
Alnyeff asserts that under ihe bright
sunshine he was enabled lo dis
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of the corporation in turn by Adolph
! Siukor. its president.
ft is reiterated through the testi
mony that as a result of this domina
tion there lias heen an open attempt
to monopolize the industry: that op
press!ve methods have heen used to
bring about elimination of independent
theater owners, and that there has
been throughout the country, forced
presentation of poor pictures. The
! situation is pictured as affecting the
public as directly as it has those
| in the business itself.
Counsel of the commission will not
I ask for action under liie Clayton act.
! which covers combinations in restraint
•of trade. It will, however, ask action
] under the Trade Commission act. the
brief declaring:
“It is only by virtue of the power
granted to the commission that the
continuance of these unfair methods
ami practices alleged in the complaint
and proved by the evidences can he
stopi>e<] and the door opened to a free
and open market for the sale ol
motion pictures, where every pro
ducer will have an equal opporl unity
freed from the undue restraints now
imposed as a result of these respond
ents’ conspiracies to nndulv restrain
the sale of pictures, and the unfair
methods in attempting the monopolize
the industry.
"The same rules that have been
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AMERICANS ARE ADVISED
TO FLEE FROM DAMASCUS
Urged to Take Refuge in Beirut
Until Situation in Syria
. Clears.
By (he Asms latcd Prep,
Americans in Damascus have heen
j advised by the consulate there to take
refuge in Beirut until the situation in
Damascus is thoroughly cleared up.
The State Department, through the
i consulate at Beirut, is making every
effort to care for American refugees.
Two American destroyers, ordered
from Gibraltar, have arrived at Alex
andria. So far no damage to Amer
ican-owned property has heen reported
lo Washington.
TRIAL OF MITCHELL
IS DRAMATIC SCENE
Colonel, Villain and Hero in
“Play.” Nonchalant
Throughout.
It was a strange drama of the
military, fraught with tenseness and
| surprises, that unfolded itself today
[to the audience in the drab little
I room on the second floor of the old
! Census Office Building near the Capi
j tol, where the court-martial of Col.
I “Billy" Mitchell is being staged.
Drama of real life such as this sel
i dorn, if ever, is offered the public, ex
cept on the pages of story hooks or
dn the stages and screens of the the
: titer.
The medal-bedecked defendant, im
maculate in the full accoutrements of
his rank, was both the hero and the
| "villain," according to the way one
looks at it. Heroes and villains, alike,
smile when under fire, and Col.
Mitchell ran true to tradition.
Colonel Nonchalant.
From the moment of his formal
arrest this morning to and during the
• launching of the trial, which was to
decide whether he was an officer guilty
j of gross misconduct, the suave former
assistant chief of the Army Air Service
j was like a small hoy on a picnic. If
his nonchalance was insincere or
forced, then Mitchell is a great actor.
The prologue of this drama, while
unseen by the general public, was a
remarkable preliminary to the big set
ting to follow. It occurred about an
hour before the court-martial con
vened. in Col. Mitchell’s home at the
Anchorage. It centered around the
; “arrest” of the villainous hero.
Here is what happened:
("apt. K. J. Fielder, acting adjutant
of the district of Washington, drove
i up to the apartment house, a bundle
of papers stuffed in his pocket. The
captain rang the bell to the Mitchell
apartment and the colonel appeared
! in answer.
“Well, well! Hello there. Fielder!”
! the air colonel ejaculated. “Come in
' and sit down. Glad to see you. Have
1 a cigarette? Match? Had breakfast?
Well, have a cup of coffee, anyway.
Aw. come on. That's the stuff."
Capt. Fielder admitted he would
i take a cup, since Billy insisted.
The conversation turned to gener
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STINNES COMING TO U. S.
Eldest Son of Late Magnate Seeks
I
New Environment.
BERLIN, October 28 (A 3 ). —Tired of
j family quarrels and squabbles with
bankers and receivers over the rem
nants of the family fortune. Dr. Ed
mund Stinnes, eldest son of the late
| Hugo Stinnes, industrial magnate, has
I secretly embarked for the United
' States. His unexpected departure,
i friends say, represents a determina
j tion by young Stinnes to seek a new
business environment.
tinguish streets and buildings of an
cient Asiatic architecture. A further
investigation revealed a well-preserv
ed roadway leading to the Baku for
tress.
Archaelogists are of the opinion
that the discovery reveals the lost
city of Kharadasheger. which is be
lieved to have heen submerged cen
turies ago by an earthquake which al
tered the whole roast line. Local in
habitunts have the tradition that sev
eral other cities were destroyed by the
earthquake.
COOLIDGE PLEADS
FOR ARBITRATION IN
! WORLD DISPUTES
Cites Example of American
Republics in Accepting
San Martin Statue.
BRILLIANT CEREMONY
ATTENDS UNVEILING
Aigentinians Hold Exercises Si
! raullaneously at Washington Me
morial in Buenos Aires.
President Coolidge this afternoon
made a strong plea for arbitration in
stead of force in the settlement of in
ternational disputes in formally ac
cepting on behalf of the United States
the imposing statue of Gen. Jose de
San Martin, the George Washington
of Argentina, erected in Judiciary
Bark by the Argentine government.
Replying to a stirring presentation
speech delivered by Honorio Pueyr
redon, the Ambassador from Argen
; tina. President Coolidge paid high
'tribute iu the spirit of adjudication
] which the republics of South America
j have demonstrated, and held these
j Latin American countries up as an ex
; umple worthy of emulation by the
j world at large.
j “It would lie worth the effort of men
j and women who seek means of pre
venting wars and reducing armaments
; to study the experiences of the Arner
] ican republics." the President declared
i toward the close of his address. "1
; commend them to the close attention
of all who would like to see peace as
nearly as possible assured and war as
1 far as possible outlawed from the
earth."
Ceremony in Argentina.
, The brilliant unveiling ceremony.
which took place at the base of the
; memorial in a specially constructed
i stand, was witnessed by dignitaries of
this and many foreign governments.
■ in addition to a large gathering of
1 representative citizens. The presence
of a guard of honor, composed of Ar
tillerv, Cavalry and Infantry units,
i gave a touch of the military to a func-'
• tion which had for its purpose the sig
-1 nal honoring of one of the world's
great military geniuses.
The monument, comprising an
, equestrian figure of the Argentine
iberator and soldier on a foundation
I stone of green onyx, is a copy of
! one that stands in the Plaza San Mar
! tin in Buenos Aires. Incidentally,
! during the period of the exercises
! here there was taking place in Buenos
I Aires a patriotic ceremony in front
if the statue of George Washington,
given to that city in 1923 by the
1 American colony there.
Two Bishops at Kites.
Preceding the addresses of Ambas
sador Pueyrredon and President *'ool
idge Invocation was offered by Right
Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, rector of the
j Catholic University. The rites were
• brought to a close with the pronounce
ment of benediction by Right Rev.
| James E. llreeman. Bishop of Wash
j ington. Argentine music was played
Wv the United States Army Band.
A feature of the unveiling exercises
j was the laying of wreaths at the base
, jf the memorial by representatives of
patriotic organizations and a speech
by Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, presi
dent general. National Society, Baugh
i ters of the American Revolution. An
j other interesting phase of the procced
l ings was the placing of a number of
! important documents, including the
! addresses of presentation and accept
jance, in a receptacle formed in the
. onyx foundation, to form a permanent
I sealed record of the event,
j President Coolidge drew a line of
[ close comparison between the strug
i gles for emancipation of the United
5 States and her neighbors in South
i America. It was in the great scheme
! of things, he said, that the colonies
set up in North and South America
; were to establish themselves as in
[ dependent states, and he announced
, his pride in the fact that the Ameri
: can colonies were the first to initiate
the movement for independence in
j the New World.
“It was not among the human pos
] sibilities," the President asserted,
( “that the communities of these new
found continents should iiermanently
he maintained as dependencies of the
mother states of Europe. We can
i see now that their destiny to establish
'themselves independently was just as
1 certain as that a patriarchal system
lof government must ultimately he
displaced by a more progressive
form.”
Compares Two Leaders.
Expressing appreciation of the com
i pliinent paid the American patriot,
; Henry Clay, by the Argentine Am
bassador, in recounting Clay’s defense
]of the Argentine move for independ
| ence. President Coolidge took the op
! portunity of pointing out that Ambas-
I sador Pueyrredon is himself the grand-
I nephew of "the wise and courageous
j statesman, Don Juan Martin Pueyrre
don. whom Mr, Clay so appropriately
j eulogized."
Pointing to the futility, on such an
] occasion, of attempting to recount the
; services, in arms and in counsel, of
such a man as Gen. San Martin, the
j Bresident confined himself to a com
, parison of the careers of George
Washington and the Argentine leader
•in his country’s fight for independ
' ence.
"It is not my purpose today," Mr.
j Coolidge stated, "to attempt to analyze
! the military genius of San Martin.
, For that I refer you to the writings
] of men truly capable of giving it an
adequate estimate. He was, like our
| Washington, one of those seemingly
j inspired military chieftains who are
| capable of thinking at the same mo
! ment in terms of war and of politics,
! of the battlefield and the great human
forum.”
Mr. Coolidge remarked that the
world has learned hy experience that
I the Americas are to be carefully reck
| oned with in any movement of inter
i national importance. Recalling “that
j the sophisticated statesmanship of an
I older world entertained profound mis
] givings as to the ultimate fate of
! these America republics,” he said the
| world has had its test, and the trial
j “has quite definitely answered the
questionings of pessimism.”
“This trial,” he added, "has pro-
I vided us with much specific informa-
I tion by which we may judge for
ourselves whether ihe institutions of
|=' republican New World or of a
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TAX APPEAL BOARD
FACES SUSPENSION
Chairman Says Estimate Has
Been Cut to Point Where
Body Cannot Operate.
By ihe A?MHiatnl Pre.-*
Appropriations recommended hy the
Budget Bureau Board of Tax
Appeals next year will force suspen
sion of the hoard, its chairman today
told the House Ways and Means com
mittee.
Budget Director Lord has cut the es
timated appropriation for 1927 by
$190,000, Chairman Korner declared,
! but a cut of $54,000 in the deficiency
appropriations asked for this year will
i force suspension early in the Spring.
He said the major expense of the
hoard was $277,000 annually for sal
aries. He did not mention what appro
priation had lieen recommended by
the Budget Bureau, which has not
made public its estimates for the next
fiscal year.
i While tnemlUTS of the hoard inform
ed the committee of its operations in
dealing as judge between the Govern
ment and taxpayers. Chairman Green
of the committee was preparing
amendments for incorporation in the
new revenue hill to relieve the board
from some of the vast accumulation of
cases coming before it.
Mr. Green s plan along this line is
to imiHvse docket and witness fees on
! those appealing to the hoard so as
to divert to the courts some of the
minor cases which form the big hulk
of the work before the board.
17 Members N'Hilied.
The law called for appointment of
28 members on the board to serve
for two years, after which seven
would tie retained. Only 17 members,
however, have been named by Bresi
dent Coolidge.
The committee also directed its at
tention today to some of the general
administrative provisions of the law.
In this connection A. W. Gregg, solic
itor of the Internal Revenue Bureau,
yesterday suggested that the Govern
ment he empowered -to levy interest
up to 6 per cent on assessments of
hack taxes.
Mr. Gregg and Undersecretary
1 "Winston also warned the committee
that considerable losses In revenue
would result if it acted favorably on
the numerous appeals for repeal of
the capital stock tax and for permis
sion of corporations to file as part
ners and partners to file as corpora
tions. They did not otherwise op
pose the suggestions.
Would Extend Field.
I Extension of the jurisdiction of the
Board of Tax Appeals to include all
issues arising from administration of
all revenue laws now and heretofore
!i n effect was proposed in a petition
; prepared for presentation today by
Edward E. Gore, representing the
j American Institute of Accountants.
The institute aiso favored having
the burden of proof placed on the
! commissioner of internal revenue in
1 cases where appeal is taken to the
board from additional assessments im
! posed by the commissioner. Permis-
I sion for corporations and partnerships
to deduct from their incomes dona
! tions made th religious, charitable or
] educational organizations was another
; of its suggestions.
! a brief prepared by the New York
State Society of Certified Public Ac
countants for presentation by Joseph
i | Klein of New York recommended
numerous administrative Changes and
i well as repeal of the estate, gift and
! capital stock taxes and reduction of
the surtax. The society approved
; the Treasury’s proposal to levy an
i interest charge on assessments for
! deficiencies.
Means of Simplification.
Representative Bacharach, Repub
i lioan. New Jersey, asked Mr. Klein’s
! view of the feasibility of eliminating
! f the surtax rates and having instead
i just a graduated scale of normal
i rates. It would make no great dis
! ference in the rate schedules, he
said, except to replace the present
two systems of normal and surtaxes
! with one. Other committee members
| agreed it might simplify the income
j tax computations.
I Explaining the views of the com
-1 mittee in not allowing deductions for
j losses sustained in 1920, Chairman
Green declared today it was felt that
I allowances for deductions In past
! years would open up an unlimited
i field.
i Mr. Kroner told the committee an
j average of 200 to 250 appeals a week
! were being brought to the board.
Os the 8.417 appeals filed, the hoard
] has acted on 3,fi27. The average ap
peal involved $15,000. while the total
sum involved was $134,000,000.
Blind Girl Named
As Love Thief in
Suit for Divorce
1 _
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 28.—-A blind
girl in the role of love thief, a
hysterical wife intent upon freeing
!\er husband to marry the blind
girl and two tearful children as
corroborating witnesses marked
the divorce hearing of Mrs. Anna
Hunt against William H. Hunt,
wealthy automobile and radio
dealer.
Mrs. Hunt, lietween spells of
fainting and weeping, declared
yesterday that her husband had
become infatuated with a blind
I girl, who, he had d?cided, needed
his care, and had asked her to
obtain a divorce. She charged
cruelty, and two children. 13 and
1 S years old. corroborated the
charges. The court indicated that
the .decree would he granted.
HESSE TIGHTENS
RUM BOND RULES
Would Cut Forfeitures in Liq
uor Arrest Cases With
Heavy Bail.
An order fixing more stringent
• rules for the release of persons ar
; rested for violations of the prohibition
law ancl for certain other serious of
fenses was issued to police stations
today hy Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, super
intendent.
The purpose of the order, Maj.
1 Hesse declared, is to require collateral
; or bond in such amounts as will re
: duce the number of instances in which
! those arrested forfeit. The effect of
! rhe rules, he believed, will he to get
: more of these cases into court.
| The superintendent explained that
even if a person forfeits collateral at
the present time the court can issue
an attachment and have the de
fendant brought in. hut he is of the
opinion that a general order tighten
ing up on the amounts of collateral
and bond to he accepted will tend to
eliminate the necessity for obtaining
attachments.
Maj. Hesse's Order.
Maj. Hesse’s order reads.
Members of the Metropolitan Po
lice force are hereby directed to take
cognizance of and carry into effect
the following order:
(1) For the release of all persons
arrested and charged with operating
] a motor vehicle while under the in
i fluence of intoxicants or drugs, leav-
I ing the scene of an accident where
! persons have been injured, and third,
! offenses of violation of the speed law,
j you will require a bond.
| (2) Those charged with selling
■ liquor, manufacturing liquor for sale,
illegal possession of liquor, trans
porting the same illegally, and drink
ing in public, shall be required to
deposit collateral equal to the max
imum fine for the several offenses.
(3) In ca-?es involving the charge
of leaving the scene of an accident
where property has heen damaged,
second offenses of violations of the
speed law, the carrying of concealed
weapons, and cases where the charge
is maintenance of a disorderly house,
collateral equal to the maximum fine
under the law shall likewise be re
quired.
The police chief explained that the
j order will mean the depositing of not
I less than SI,OOO collateral for selling
I liquor, not less than SSOO for posses
sion of liquor and not less than SIOO
for drinking in public.
At the present time there is no gen
eral rule which all stations follow in
such cases. In some instances the
amounts required in the past for these
i offenses have heen as high as those
j fixed In the new order, but In other
! instances smaller amounts have been
; accepted, depending on the circum-
I stances of each case.
“Blimp” Trousers for School Cadets
Barred by Ruling of Ballou Aide
Uniforms cut a la mode, with' the
wdde flapping trousers legs and other
“collegiate” trimmings, demanded by
some of the boys who enlisted this
year in the Washington High School
Cadet Corps, caused undue embarrass
ment today to Stephen E. Kramer,
first assistant superintendent of
schools, who has charge of the school
military organization.
Air. Kramer was unaware that some
of the "cake eaters” In the cadet
corps had Insisted, when being meas
ured for their uniforms, that the
trousers legs be_cut in the fashionable
“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 Circu'ation, 101,814
(A 5 ) Means Associated Press.
FLURRIES OF SNOW
AND GOLD FORECAST
j
Maybe It Will Be Rain, But
City Is in for Chilly
Session.
—_
Flurries of snow or a light rain will ,
visit Washington tonight or tomorrow..
with the thermometer dropping by
bedtime to 28 degrees. Forecaster
''harles L. Mitchell at the Weather
Bureau announced today.
District residents who have been j
holding out against the advent of Win- ‘
ter will surrender tonight. Forecaster '
Mitchell promises, for the National
Capital is to he gripped by the fag end !
of a cold wave which is sweeping
across the Western States, breaking
70-year weather records. Robert City. :
North Itakota. for instance, it is re
ported, is freezing at 14 below zero,
a temperature which is 48 degrees be
low normal at this season of the
year.
Killing Frost This Morning.
A taste of what is promised tonight |
and tomorrow was given early risers I
this morning when they found the ■
season's first "killing frost" on the ;
ground.
Forecaster Mitchell states that the
frost did considerable damage to
crops in the vicinity of Washington
and reports from the suburbs stated
that water was frozen in the fields.
Moderation of the cold weather pre
dicted for tonight and tomorrow is
promised on Friday and Saturday with
an ordinarily pleasant Fall week end
in prospect.
Temperature at Freezing.
The temperature at fi o'clock this
morning, the lowest in the past 24
hours, was registered as 32 degrees at
the Weather Bureau Observatory.
This was sufficient to freeze water in
automobile radiators, and hundreds
of local residents had difficulty in
thawing out their motors today.
Today’s low temperature is the low
est for October 28 in this ctty for
j many years. Cold weather records
! generally, however, are being broken
I and it is reported that in Des Moines.
lowa, it is 8 degrees below zero, while
the force of the cold wave is being
felt as far South as Tennessee. *
SNOW BLANKETS MIDWEST.
Falling Temperatures Come With
Storm in Many Centers.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 28.—Under a
blanket of snow, the Midwest and
Rocky Mountain region today faced
the prospect of continued low tem
peratures, with a cold wave in south
ern Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
The white covering, which broke
records in Milwaukee and endangered
the unharvested sugar beet crop in
Colorado, was nearly 10 Inches thick
at Helena. Mont., and a half foot or
more in many sections of lowa,
i Accompanying the snowfall were
I dropping temperatures, reaching 2
'degrees above at Havre, Mont., the
j coldest spot in the country yesterday,
and hovering around the freezing
mark in the corn belt region.
Kansas expected from 15 to 20 de
grees above zero today and Omaha
looked for 20 degrees.
The low temperatures of northeast
ern Colorado caused business men and
school children to turn out in aiding
farmers' efforts to save the beet crop,
valued at $500,000.
Some reaction will set in tomorrow,
it was forecast, in the northern Rocky
Mountain region and northwestern
plains area, moving eastward to the
western great lake region.
Chicago had relief from the flying
flakes today, but fresh northwesterly
winds and dropping mercury preserved
the inches of snow that fell last night.
‘‘collegiate" style, with bottoms 24
inches wide, until the Philadelphia
clothier awarded the contract for
furnishing the outfits wired him today
for official Instructions.
The prompt reply to the clothier
undoubtedly will cause bitter disap
pointment among those boys in the
cadet oorps with milk-shake tend
encies. "Moke the trousers the regu
lation width," read Mr. Kramer’s
reply.
Radio Programs—Page 25.
_TWO CENTS.
WAR FLAMES ANEW
ON BALKAN FRONT;
PEACE WE FAILS
Greeks and Bulgarians Blame
Each Other for Hostilities
Renewal.
PLEDGES TO HEED UKASE
OF LEAGUE FORGOTTEN
Geneva Body Not to Temporize
With Disputants, Paris
Reports Declare.
R.v the Associated Press.
New incidents along the frontier of
Greece and Bulgaria threaten to inter
sere with the pacifying efforts of the
League of Nations. Bach side blames
the other for the fresh outbreaks. Sofia
officially states that Greeks opened fire
on a Bulgarian frontier post early this
morning, while Athens says Greeks
near Rumania, in Greek territory, were
attacked.
A report from Saloniki, Greece,
claims the Greeks were attacked
whilp withdrawing from Bulgarian
territory in comformity with the
orders of the league council, and that
as a result of this incident it is be
lieved the evacuation must have
ceased.
Meanwhile representatives of both
nations, apt, earing before the league
council in Paris, apparently prior to
receipt of news regarding the reported
outbreak, assured the council that i’- -
orders would be carried out.
By the A«.swistrd Prrts.
ATHENS. October 28.—'The .Greeks
were attacked by Bulgarian forces
this morning near Ramna, it is ol
fitially stated.
Ramna is 10 miles west of Demir
hissar. near which the present Greco-
Bulgarian trouble broke out, and
about five miles south of the border,
on Greek territory.
Sofia Blames Greeks.
SOFIA. Bulgaria, October 28 (A 3 ).
It is officially announced that the
Greeks opened fire upon the Bul
garian frontier post No. 5 at about 1
o'clock this morning.
Despite the warnings of the League
of Nations Council, Greek troops at
daybreak continued to occupy Bulga
rian territory, and there were no signs
that they intended ft) withdraw.
Bulgarian officials ; n making this
announcement said a number of vil
lages were bombarded during the
early morning hours.
Extracts from articles in the Turk
ish press are published here to show
that there is sentiment in Turkey fa
voring intervention to protect Bul
garia from Greek aggression."
The Macedonian Union of Cultural
Societies has forwarded a protest to
the League of Nationas against the
Greeks’ continued occupation of Bul
garian soil.
LEAGUE GIVEN PLEDGE.
Is Apprised of Greek and Bulgarian
Accession to Ukase.
BARIS, October 2S IA 3 ).—Greece an
nounced at today's meeting of the
League of Nations council that she
I had given orders for her troops in
j Bulgarian territory to retire behind
, her own frontier. She assured the
1 council that complete evacuation of
I Bulgaria would be carried out within
| the 60-hour limit laid down by the
| council.
i The plans of the council to dis
! patch a special commission to the
j Balkans to investigate and report on
! responsibility for the Greco Bulgarian
i conflict embody no temporizing by the
j league or any weakening in its detc
mination to tore© a settlement on the
' parties to the dispute.
- The Bulgarians and Greeks have
! started making arrangements for tin
| evacuation ot the territory they have
j occupied, in obedience to the com
i mand of the council of the league.
1 But, nevertheless, advices from Sofia
I and Vienna are to the effect that the
• Greeks at noon on Tuesday had not
ceased tiring into Bulgarian territory.
President Is Cited.
I League officials say that it is in
! harmony with the policy of the league
I to appoint impartial persons to con
1 duct inquiries on all political difflcul
| ties submitted to its jurisdiction. 1'
J was remarked in this connection tha
j the most notable recent example of
J this was the designation of a special
, commission to investigate the Mosul
j conflict between Great Britain am'
1 Turkey.
If the council succeeds in stopping
i hostilities between Bulgaria and
I Greece, it appears confident that time
! and patience will lead to a satisfac
I tory solution of the Balkan quarrels
' and perhaps even point the way to
the conclusion of a Balkan securit\
| pact which would reduce the possi-
I bilities of future outbreaks,
j The 24-hour time limit which M
I Briand. president of the league conn
! cil. set for the belligerents to cease
their activities along the Macedonian
frontier has expired. Th*»y have 6n
hours from 8 o’clock last nigm to
withdraw their troops.
Without having drawn any infer
j ence as to which of the belligerents
I is to blame for the commencement of
j hostilities, members of the council arc
j showing interest in the fact that tlu
I Greeks invaded Bulgarian territor'- a
i der»th of five miles, while the Bu!
I garians only went about one-third ot
ja mile into the territory of Greece
Troops Recall Reported.
j M. Carapanos, the Greek ministei
| was not present when the counci
I first met at 11 a.m. and there was a
| brief adjournment. When the »•->
I sion began at 11:25, M. Morloff, th«-
I Bulgarian minister, announced that
i his government had ordered its troops
I to take no hostile action, and as
i sured the council that not a single
Bulgarian soldier was now on Greek
soil.
He officially informed the council,
in writing, that Bulgaria accepted all
the conditions laid down in the coun
cil’s ultimatum.
M. Carapanos then read a telegram
from the Greek government which
said that being desirous of accelerat
ing peace as far as possible, Greece
already had taken measures tu con
formity with friendly mediation by
Rumania with a view to ending all
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