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WEATHER.
(O. S. Weather Bureau Forecast t
Fair, with rising temperature, today
and tomorrow.
Temperatures—Highest, 41, at 4
p.m. yesterday; lowest, 30, at 6 a.m.
yesterday.
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HOOVER THREATENS
TRADE MONOPOLIES
WITH RETALIATION
Rubber and Coffee Growers
Invite Drastic Action by
U. S., He Says.
DECLARES EXTORTION
WILL DEFEAT OWN END
Favors Starch for Substitutes That
Will Curtail Unfair Fixing
of Prices.
By t!i* y--n< iat*il Pi*t--
ERIE. Pa.. October HI. — Foreign
monopolists of rubber, coffee, nitrates,
potash, and other raw materials
essential to American industry were
warned in a speech here tonight by
Secretary Mom or that if their unfair
enactions upon American consumers
continued they could expect to find
the United States following the same
practices and organizing govern
nientally to retaliate by shoving up
ward the prices on commodities it
produces for world trade.
The Commerce Secretary estimated
that the United States is now spend
ing upwards of $800,000,000 annually
for the purchase of monopoly-con
trolled commodities, and declared the
procedure of some of these price con
trollers might "ultimately bring a
< rash around entire industry.”
Mr. Hoover deplored the situation,
and asserted that the best interests of
world commerce unquestionably - called
for the greatest amount of freedom
of trade from price controls.
Copper and Cotton Vital Abroad.
The United States, as a matter of
Internal policy, had enacted in the
past and enforced the anti trust laws
to prevent its own producers from
combining to mulct consumers of
American products, hut now could
easily countenance the creation of
Combinations which would do with
the prices of cotton, copper and oil
what has been done by English.
Brazilian, Franco-German. Chilean
and other national producers of raw
materials that America imports. The
whole tendency, however, presented
grave international danger, and the
Secretary called ut>on other nations
to reconsider their commercial pro
gra ms.
"An easy-going and tolerant world,”
he said, “anxious above all things to
keep down international friction,
might let these controls in interna
tional trade continue, objectionable as
they are, if their conduct In every
case had been merely to secure a rea
sonable profit to the producer. But
•nine of them have advanced prices
far beyond this point and again dem
onstrate that inherent quality of all
combinations in restraint of trade- —
that no unregulated monopoly is ever
< ontent with the reasonable, but al
ways seeks to justify the unreason
able on some grounds or other. * * *
Rubber Price Unreasonable.
"The uniform expression of the man
agers of the rubber control in the
Ea«t Indies up to eight months
ago was that the industry sought
only from 30 to 33 cents per
pound for their product. and our
Investigation showed they could earn
23 per cent on the capital invested
when rubber brings that price. It
i* today over M per pound and pro
duction is stifl being restricted. It is
said that previous losses of the grow
ers must be recouped. The same
might be said by our wheat, cotton,
oil and copper producers.
"Likewise the assertion of the cof
fee industry over years since the war
was that stabilization was sought only
at roughly 12 cents per pound. It has
recently been lifted as high as 32
rents and is today 22 cents, with a
great surplus of supplies in its pos
session.
' That this difference between ‘rea
sonable' and 'high' prices is not triv
ial in its monetary implication to our
consumers is perhaps indicated by
th» fact that this margin alone over
ih o whole list is today costing us up
wards of $31(0.000.000 per annum. And
it is not our people who are alone
concerned, hut every other consuming
nation."
High Prices Boomerang.
High prices stifle consumption, and
when we stifle consumption we do two
things, reduce the standards of living
of the consumer and in the long run
tend to reduce the business of the pro
ducer. * * MV thus reduced our
consumption of < offee by 20 per cent
during the past year.
The rubber user patches his auto
mobile tires and recovers old rubber
to use it again. Every chemical labo
r-dorv starts on search for better
methods of rubber reclamation. The
tin user turns to galvanized iron anil
glass containers. The farmer de- ,
niands of his Government that it shall
produce synthetic nitrates. On the
production side the whole world goes
-•arching for other sources of sup
ply outside the controlling country.
High profits stimulate production
w herever possible in other quarters.
If all tlte.-e forces- lie tarried to the
extreme, the combined result may ul-!
timately bring . ottie of these controls
in » crash around the entire industry
producers, m iimf.tc. u ' ug consum
ers and distributors ilike. * * *
The very erect ion of i hese controls
i“ an invitation t • the * * 111 ire consum
ing world to fight militantly for its !
i ,istence. The length of time that
any particular control can last against
these forces no doubt depends upon!
the degree of need for any particular,
commodity and The other possible
sources, and the possibility of subsii- I
tutes.
Defeat Inevitable.
"These forces can probably break
the control of any Agricultural prod- i
net in a few years, for many alterna-j
tive sources of product ion exist. Ad
vance in synthetic production of some
chemicals will perhaps remedy these •
combinations. Others might be more 1
difficult to meet. However, these j
pressures operate very slowly and in !
the meantime I assume that these)
facts being well known to the con- j
trolling nations they calculate on ,
leaping sucti a harvest as will coni- i
pensate them for the ultimate possible
demoralization of their producing in- t
dustry.
"From a political point of view)
(and I am not speaking of domestic j
politics, but of international relations);
these actions and their reactions are j
live with danger. * * *
“Our foreign offices will thus sooner .
(Continued on Page ■*. Column -4.)
‘ PERSIA OUSTS KA
» PLEASURE-UP
) Tottering Ruler Replaced
I 1 By Premier Reza Khan
Temporarily.
Family Had Ruled Coun
try Since 1779 Assem
bly Takes Action.
By the Associated Press.
TEHERAN. Persia. October 31. —
The Mejliss. or National Assembly, to
da\ adopted a resolutoin deposing the
I ! ‘xajar dynasty, which has ruled the
country since 1779. The vote was 80
j of S 3 in favor of deposition.
■ The resolution says that the ruling
; dynasty is deposed for the sake of the
national welfare, and that a tempo
rary government, in accordance with
j the constitution and the national laws.
1 has l>een entrusted to the premier.
Ileza Khan.
The rei-oHuion says it is left to the
1 National Assembly to decide on ;.
permanent form of government.
The throne of Sultan Ahmed Mirza
Kajar. Shah of Persia, appear- to
have been tottering for at least the
. last two years, as the young ruler con- j
tinned to show a greater liking for the
, pleasures of European cities and
watering places than for his duties
at Teheran. Rumors of his deposition
have been frequent, and in March,
1924, the premier. Reza Khan, was
INFLAMED ARABS
MASSING TO DRIVE
FRENCH FROM LAND
Determined to End France’s
Mandate in Syria After
Upheaval.
J ERUSALEM. October 31 (Jewish
Telegraphic Agency*.—The recent
events in Syria have found a wide
echo in the Moslem world, according
to reports received here by leaders
of the Pan-Arab movement.
It was indicated that the Pan-Arabs
are determined to use t)ie events in
Syria to compel France to give up the
mandate over Syria by continuing
, their anti-French attack and arousing !
public opinion.
The rebellion in Syria is spreading.
Arab tribes in the vicinity of Aleppo.
Palmyra and Deir-ez-Zar are prepar
ing a general armed attack on French i
railway lines. Arab volunteers are 1
reported to be flocking to Palmyra.
The Palestine Arab executive is dis
playing feverish activity and is in
communication with .Egypt. Syria.
trans-Jordania and India, instructions 1
are said to have been sent by special
emissaries to every part of the
Islamic world. Proclamations issued
by the executive call on the Arabs to
■ "liberate Arabia from French. English
and Italians.”
The news received here that Gen.
Sarrail has been recalled front his
: post as high commissioner of Syria is
' encouraging the insurgents who are j
spreading the report that France in- ;
! tends to evacuate Syria and return
the mandate to the Eeague of Xa- '
tions. A “red book” devoted to the j
recent events in Syria will he pub i
lished in English and Arabic by the
Palestine Arab executive, it was de
clared here today. Arab leaders in
-1 tend to circulate the “red hook" i
, throughout the Moslem countries,
Europe and America.
DAMASCUS HIT HARD
One-Eighth of City Destroyed in
Recent Bombardment.
HAIFA, Palestine, October 31 (4 s ! I
j —One-eighth of Damascus was de ,
j stroyed in the recent bombardment I
by the French troops. The tire of the )
French guns seemingly came without j
1 warning and the casualties are esti- '
i mated at 5.000. Xo Americans or
English were killed.
Armenians and Damascenes have
been fleeing by the thousands and sev
eral villages between Damascus and
Palmyra have surrendered to bandits.
The situation is grave and the French
forces are considered much too small.
A ship.having aboard two airplanes
and a quantity of gasoline has been
burned in Beirut Harbor.
The Armenian refugees, and Chris-•
tians in Beirut are uneasy, but for- j
eigners still are safe. The French j
have complete control of Beirut and
promise to give warning should it he
necessary to lionibard the city in case j.
of an uprising.
Damascus has paid a fine of *50,-
000 and 3.000 rifles to the French. j
SAUK All. ESCAPES MOB.
CAIRO, Egypt, October 31 (4 s ).—
Refugees from Damascus report that
i Gen. Sarrail. the French high com
missioner, had a narrow escape prior
to the bombardment of the city, and
departed hurriedly front Beirut under
strong escort.
! A mob attacked the house where tie
had stayed and removed all valuables
[ to a mosque and burned the house.
An interview with an Arab officer
who has just arrived from Bagdad, by
■ way of Damascus, is published. He
said all the Damascus restaurants
I were closed, and not one French sol- j
; dier was to be seen on the streets;
ill were confined to barracks, and none
i dared show himself alone.
! SAXOPHONE ROW FATAL.
j
Landlord Killed After He Objects
to Noise in Room.
MIAMI, Kla., October 31115).4 5 ).
: Henry J. Hearn, IS. was arrested on
’ a charge of murder today after wit - :
1 nesses told police he slew his landlord !
I when the latter objected to Hearn j
‘ playing a.saxophone in his room.
Witnesses said that R. M. Timber- '
! lake, the landlord, had become an- I
I noyed at the sound of the instrument j
I and ordered Hearn out of the place ;
i and. slapped him during a quarrel. I
\ The. men ran into the street and I
| Hearn threw a rock at Timber lake. (
! inflicting an injury’ from which the ;
j *a*ter died on th° way to a hospital.
• Hearn was ordered b'»mi.
(Tljc Punflmi
' WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION
WASHINGTON, D. (\, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1925.-128 PAGES
IJAR DYNASTY;
VING SHAH GOES
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tjuiHI —MjuHfflMKwPrTL
AHMED MIRZA KA-lAn.
said to be planning to establish a
republic.
The ishah came to the throne in
I 1909. when he was 11 years old. re
placing his father. Muhanmied Ali.
|w ho abdicated w hen his efforts it -
overthrow the new- constitution had
1 failed. This constitution, grunted in
j I9>((1. ptit an end to absolutism in
(Continued oil Pago 4. I'ulmnii I.)
POLAND GETS LAND.
Danzi-j Gives Up Peninsula at
Instance of L t tguc.
DAXZIG. Octolier 31 (4b. Rowing
to the decision of the League of Na
tions. the Danzig government today
i turned over to Poland the peninsula
known a- Westerml: 11 on . hi> u
'and is t<« cre- t •• t omit i«m. lepm.
Danzig has opposed this tr-nsfer bc
••nttse the \\ ev.terp'utte inns into the
• cart of Danzig Harbor and it is
feared a major explosion might de
stroy tlie inner city .
ONE SLAIN AS POLICE
BATTLE 3 IN AUTO
Bandit Susoect. Also Shot in
Second Fight With Officer,
May Die.
i One man is dead and another criti
cally wounded as the resub of pistol
battles with police last night.
The killing occurred in r. dash with
bootleg suspects who are declared to
have started throwing liquor from a
s'-ar when police started in pursuit.
The other shooting was the outgrowth
of a hunt for a hold-up man.
The dead man is Charles C. Deegatt,
, 22. residing at an apartment house at
Fifteenth street and Columbia road,
who was shot, according to police, by
i a revolver in the hands of his brothei
I Francis of 2312 Ontario road. The
! latter was taken into custody pending
- the outcome of a coroner's inquest.
In the face of the police claim that
: Charles Deegan was shot in a scuffle,
the brother. Francis, at the eleventh
precinct list night, declared that Po
liceman Henry Rinke fired th? shot
which killed him.
Raymond Beavers, another occupant
of the car. is being held as the nta
' terial witness.
In addition to being relieved from
i duty. Rinke. by order of Edwin B.
Hesse, superintendent of police, has
been confined to his precinct pending
the coroner's inquest.
Colored Mail Wounded.
The man wounded at Emergency
| Hospital is Walter White, colored.
I giving his address as 314 d street
i southwest. Police were unable to lo
cate any one knowing him at this
address.
M hile was shot in the abdomen by
Detective Michael J. Dowd of the
sixth precinct, during a duel tin a
tair landing in the Effingham apart
ment house early last night. Dowd
alleged that White pulled The trigger
of a pistol pointed directly at him,
hut that the cartridge missed fire,
whereupon Dowd fired twice. One
bullet took effect in White's abdomen.
! White crumpled to the floor. He was
! taken to Emergency Hospital in the
1 sixth precinct patrol.
The encounter leading to the death
of Deegan had its inception in the
(.activities of Capt. Burlingame’s flv
■ ing squadron. Capt. Burlingame and
his squad were cruising up Seaton
! street, when, between Hi::tc....ith am!
Seventecnwi streets, they’ noticed an
automobile stopped in the middle of
the street.
•lump mi Auto.
Burlingame yelled to the squadnien
to jump out and surround the car.
Rinke jumped to one running board.
Robert F. Langdon, another menibet
of the squad, jumped to the other
running board. In the car, according
I to the police, were three men—Charles
Deegan. in-the front seat behind the
1 wheel; Raymond Beavers of t;t*6 H
street, well known to ihe police, was
beside him. and Francis Deegan was
in the rear seat.
The police version of what followed.
' as given by Capt. Burlingame, is that
Charles reversed the car. It collided
i with one in the rear. He started for
ward and to escape hitting another
machine piloted the car up on the
sidewalk. The car yvent to Florida
i avenue and U street before the shot
: that resulted in the death of Charles
Deegan was fired.
Rinke, at the time, was grappling
with Francis Deegan in the rear seat.
Deegan seized Rinke’s revolver. He
put it at the stomach of Langdon,
who was in the front, attempting to
| set Langdon away from his brother,
: Charles, who was driving.
Deegan is Shot.
Rinke reached over and turned the
I barrel of the pistol from Langdon's
; stomach. The trigger was pressed.
| When the pistol went off. the car
careened and stopped, yvhile < harles
Deegan lumped at the Hvheri.
Burlingame s car. coming up from
'ill*- rea t »ok Des.uti to , r dtneu's
(Comimieu on Rags 5, Column 6.)
i! FARM CO-OPERATIVE
AID PLAN FOSTERED
BY ADMINISTRATION
i Pr esident to Pfopose Definite
Program Initiated at Con
ference Here.
LEADERS IN MOVEMENT
CONFER WITH JARDINE
Formation cf New Division in
Agriculture Department Is
Ccnridered.
15V G. GOl I-D MNTOtX.
, The administration'.* l efforts to aid
l agriculture will fonts this Winter par
I tieularlv on tiie eticouragement of the
, j 00-opetative movement for handling
! farm products, it was learned yes
i terday
- ' A definite plan, w hich will lie era
•! ! Mailed in legislation to he reconi
mended to Congress by the I’resident.
: A alreadv in process id' development
j Secretary ;1 a rdf tie of the Depart
■ ment of Agriculture and a score of
| leaders of the co-operative movement
I from all parts of the country worked
jon this plan Thursday and Friday
I with much success.
The leaders ot the co-operatives for
1 the lirsi time have been able to agree
ion a program. This is considered
highly significant, particularly its it
' ' was the opposition of many of the
• j .reat co-operatives that prevented at
i lion on the agricultural conference
hill, better known as the sapper
llaugen bill, during the Congress
!'h it bill prov ided for tlv crea'ion of
i commission of hvc. with regulatory
powers. rite co-operative - in many
i i isc- strenuously opposed granting
these regulatory powers.
Division llerc Proposed.
The new plan proposes, among other
1 j things, the creation of a strong divi
sion of co-operative mukoting in the
1 Department of Agriculture, getting
tvvay from thy independent cominis-
I -ion idea. It Is not proposed that
| his ilivi-iun sliall hive regulatorv
I powers or that it shail be i licencing
1 I bureau. It is proposed that through
this division the Government shall
give Us best efforts to aid tip .level
; opment of the co-oj>erativt'>.
| The feeling is growing constantly
stronger that through the co-operative
movement, the placing of the farm
ers in a position to do their business
in a busine-sitke wav, the ngrloul-
I tura! problem in this country will be
, successfully solved.
It is estimated th it 500.000 Anter
ican farmers are now marketing prod
j ucts through co-operative oiganiza
! i tions. It is estimated that the total
1 ; value of the products marketed by
! these farmers in 1 0Jr, through their
i j co-operative organizations will reach
i i the huge sum of s2..V>n,ooo,(irtit.
i \ The purpose of the administration.
I it is said, is to gc; thf Government
i behind this co-operative movement as
■ strongly as p issible. believing that
through it the farmers wil' obtain the
-1 economic justice which they demand.
j and that, through their a Ided strength.
. j in the end they will he able to solve
I the problem cf the export surplus
j themselves.
Confer With •laidint.
I In conference with Secretary Jar
dlne 1 st Thursday ::nd Friday were
| the following representatives of farm
• j co operatives:
'j John Brand;, president. Minnesota
I Co-operative Creameries.
J. S. Montgomery, general manager,
i Central Co-operative Commission As
sociation.
J. W. Shorthill. secretary. Farmers’
National Grain Dealers Association.
1 C. O. Moser, general manager. Amer
i ican Cotton Growers’ Exchange.
' 1 Carl Williams, editor. Oklahoma-
Far me r Stockman: vice chairman. Na
tional Council Farmers’ Co-operative
Associations.
A. I'. Chaney, general manager,
American Cranberry Exchange.
Richard I’attec. manager-director.
New England Milk Producers: chair
man. American Institute of Co-opera
; lion.
William H. Settle, president Indiana
Farm Bureau. ,
Herman Steen, secretary-treasurer
Indiana Wheat Growers.
C. A. Stewart, general manager N'a
tional Live Stock Producers' Associa
j lion.
J. ID. Miller, represented hy Seward
H. Miller, assistant counsel Dairy
men's League.
Charles W. Holman, secretary Na
-1 tional Co-operative Milk Producers’
Federation.
Walton Peteet. secretary National
Council Farmers' Co-operative Mar
keting Associations.
Dan Wallace, director Minnesota
Potato Growers’ Exchange.
Lee Palmer, president Ohio Farm
C. B. Denman, president National
Live Stock Producers’ Association.
This group represented approxi
mately 2,000,000 farmers, or four
! tilths of all those their
products through co-operatives.
Bingham Sees President. •
Earlier in the week Judge R. \y.
Bingham of Louisville. Kv., publisher
nf the Louisville Courier-Journal and
chairman of the National Council of
Co-operative Marketing Organizations,
also visited Washington and conferred
with Secretary Jardine and with Pres
ident Coolidge.
Steps taken by Secretary Jardine to
bring together these leaders of the
co-operative movement for the pur
j pose of agreeing on a plan in w hich
the Government could he of assistance
in the development of the movement
j have already proved of great value.
! and there is every prospect now- that
ihe co-operatives will be found work
ing together as a unit when the time
• cornea for the development of an agri
cultural program. Secretary Jardine
is in close contact with the co-opera
tives of the Pacific Coast and their
views and assent will he obtained in
the formation of the program.
The co-operative movement will he
recognized by the Department of
Agriculture, it is understood, as the
big, constructive way of dealing with
the farm problem. From the co-opera -
1 live marketing division of the depart
ment. which it is now proposed to es
tablish. the farmers and their c-o-op
. eratives will he given full im vitiation
regarding co-operatives and markets,
1 organization and financing. In
■fact, this division w'll he a cl-aring
a or id kind- of Information
' (Coiuiiiueu on Page 4, Column 5.)
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I
XOVKMBKR 1. 1925.
I :
'NON-PARTISAN TAX
' PROGRAM LIKELY
■ | .
Leaders o f Both Parties Ac- i
cept Mellon Plan to Great
Extent —Speed Sought.
| Br the As‘<»«
i' A non-partisan tax reduction pro- |
. : gram, unanimously supitortod by the
House ways and means committee,
’{ ippears as a possibility on the eve of
I .in actual start by the committee on !
preparation of a tax bill.
Such a program would be expected i
! to follow in the main the plan sue
-tested by Secretary Mellon, with per
: ! haps two main diversions. Sentiment j
, of the membership as expressed dur j
* ; mg the public hearings of the last two I
' I weeks appears to be against Mr. Mel
lon's proposal for repr-il of the estate !
lor inheritance tax. and to be In favor j
.'of slightly greater cuts than he sug
•.tested on the normal income rates.
! Republicans and Democrats appar
ently are agreed on a cut in the maxi
\ mum surtax rate from the present 40
1 per cent to 25 per cent, and probably
■ JO per cent, as proposed by iheTreas
' | urv. Mr. Mellon'S proposal l'or repeal
j I of the publicity of income tax returns
' also is favored by members of both j
>j political parties on the committee.
Seek Noii-Tart i«an Bill.
In view of the sentiment of the com- j
miitee. Chairmen Green said yester- j
day lie would attempt to have the
• measure framed by the whole commit
tee on a non-partisan basts, and Rep
. | resentative earner of Texas, ranking
. ‘ Democratic member, likewise declared
i he not only hoped for united commit
■ee action on a bill, but was anxious ■
for it. Two years ago Republicans
md Democrats presented two differ
ont bills to the House after working i
separately in committee.
Chairman Green himself is leading
the opposition to outright repeal of j
the inheritance tax as proposed by
. j Mr. Mellon, who would have this field ;
for taxation left entirely to the States, j
While a slight majority of the com
mittee appears to favor retention of
Ihe tax. sentiment is clearly crystal
lized in favor of a considerable reduc
tion in Vates, which were raised two
years ago to a maximum of 40 per
cent.
Mr. Green has indorsed a program
j presented by Frederic Delano as a
member of the National Committee on
Inheritance Taxation, which would
I retain the Federal inheritance levy
for at least six more years, increase
sthe amount of credit for payments
made on State inheritance taxes from
' 25 to SO per cent of the Federal tax,
j and cut immediately the rates.
Differ on Income l.ev.v.
Apparent agreement for a substan
i tial cut in the surtax rate, which i
formed one of the principal points of 1
contention two years ago. is offset by J
the possible fight on the normal in- |
' come tax reduction. Representative 1
; Garner would increase the exemptions j
Ito relieve all single persons of in- j
: comes of '3.500 and married persons !
with incomes of $5,000 from any tax. i
j Mr. Mellon proposes cuts in the nor- t
mal rates instead.
The public hearings which have ;
been held for two weeks will be con- •
I tinned tomorrow and Tuesday, after;
j which the committee will settle down j
to actual drafting of a hill.
James B. Colt. Boston lawyer, and
Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming, for
mer Republican ieader in the House,
j appeared before the committee yester
day. Mr. t "olt urged that personal |
tangible property be exempted from i
! the inheritance tax. and Mr. Mondell j
proposed a reduction in the surtax j
j maximum rate to 20 or 15 per cent s
and reduction also of the inheritance!
I taxes.
Commerce Chamber Program. j
! a comprehensive program of tax re- j
' duetion and revision was advanced in j
a statement last nigh* by the Chamber |
; of Commerce of the United States on i
the basis of studies by a special eom
t mittee working with the chamber's
finance department. It favored re
duction of the income taxes and re- ,
peal of the inheritance and gift taxes ;
and of the “war excise taxes levied in i
relatioi: to particular businesses.
Among other proposals favored by
1 the committee were:
Reasonable differentiation of rates '
; between earned and unearned income, j
Revision of provisions relating to
capital gains and losses. ,
Constitutional amendment to per- 1
mit of Federal taxation of income i
| from future issues of securities made ,
| bv public authority.
Suport of the Board of Tax Appelas. |
A commission composed of mem- j
hers of Congress and other repre- !
sentafives of the public to make a |
,borough ini' of "••Srr It. si »>-
‘ (Continued on Page 2, Column b.) t
TODAY S STAR
PART ONE—W> PAGES.
General News —laical. National and
Foreign
! Schools and Colleges—Pages 24 and 25. j
V. W. C. A News—Page 27.
It. a. Activities—Page 3V
Around th<- f’ity—Pag- 41.
Veterans of the Great War—Page 4j. >
: Radio News and Programs—Pages 43.
44 and 45.
| Fraternal News —Pages 46 and 47.
! Financial News—-Rages 54. 55 and 56.
5t the Community Centers—Rage 57.
PART TWO—2O PARES.
editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
; Reviews of Autumn Books —Page 4.
Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4.
Tales of Well Known Folks —I’age 14.
News of the Clubs—Rage 16.
Rarent-Teacher Activities —Rage IS .
| Current News Event:—Rage U*.
P \KT THREE—I 4 PAGES.
Amusements Theaters r.n.d the
Photoplay.
| Music in Washington—Page 5.
j District National Guard —Rage 6.
| Motors and Motoring—Races S, 9. |
10 and 11.
Civilian Army News —i’age 12.
Army and Navy News —Rage 32.
i Spanish War Veterans—Page 12.
Serial, “The Double Cross"—Rage 13.
PART FOUR—J HAGEN.
Pink Sports Section.
PART FIVE—B PAGES.
Magazine Section —Fiction and Fea- j
tures.
The Rambler—Page 3.
PART SIX—IO PAGES.
Classified Advertising.
Bov Scout News —Rage 9.
| Girl Scouts—Rage 10.
GRAPHIC SECTION—B PAGES. •
World Events in Pictures.
COMIC SECTION—I PAGES.
Betty: Reg'iar Fellers: Mr. and Mrs.;
Mutt and .Jeff,
13 STATES TO CAST
BALLOTS TUESDAY
General Elections Scheduled j
in Five. With Several Hot
City Contests.
By the Associated Press.
While elections Tuesday will he con
fined to 13 States, with general elec- I
tions in only 5 of these, a number of \
contests which have attracted wide
attention will be settled. • \
New Jersey and Virginia are the
only States which will choose govern
! ors, but many big municipal fights !
j will he decided, among them that in
New York, where State Senator James
J. Walker, who defeated Mayor Hylan
in the Democratic primaries, will
: have as a leading opponent Frank D. j
i Waterman, the Republican nominee, j
1 Mayors also will be selected in Bos- (
■ ton. Detroit. Pittsburgh. Indianapolis, j
: Louisville and many other cities.
New York State also is to select 1
' members of the lower house of the :
Legislature and vote on four constitu- j
tional amendments. The voters ofj
Ohio will pass upon three constitu- i
tional amendments, and those of Penn- i
j sylvania will vote on one State officer, j
j judge of the Supreme Court.
Seals in Congress.
While this is what politicians call I
|an off-yeSr politically, because na- 1
I ttonal officers and issues are not in- j
r volved, two seats in the House of
I Representatives are to be filled, one :
1 for the third district of New Jersey !
j and another for the third district of I
j Kentucky. Deaths since the 1924 t
elections have made the vacancies. i
In Kentucky 76 members of the '
State Assembly also are to be elected, j
The States in which elections are to '
l he held and the offices or issues in- !
; volved are:
1 California—San Francisco only, se
! lection of supervisors and decision as
to purchase of Market Street Railway
| Co. at $35,000,000.
Indiana—Municipal elections in 101
j cities.
Kentucky—Election of 76 members ;
,of General Assembly; one member 1
i House of Representatives: a State rail- |
I road commissioner and county officers i
i generally. I
Massachusetts- —Special mayoralty j
| election in Boston, with 10 candidates I
in the field—7 Democrats and 3 Re- j
! publicans.
| Michigan—Municipal elections in a i
large number of ii;c»v. including >
i (UojulnueU on I’cg. Column i.j j
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour ”
Tlie Star is delivered every evening and
Sunday morning to Washington homes at
00 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000
and service will start immediately.
(JP) Meant Associated Press.
PRESIDENT IS SEEN
IN NEW TRIAL ROLE
I
Reid Prepares to Show Cool
idge Is Mitchell’s Accuser
and Final Judge.
The name of President t'onliuge.
•vhich more than once has been in
jected into the Mitchell court-martial
n its two and one-half days of ex
tstence. again promised to play a
I prominent part in the proceedings to
morrow-. according to developments
■ luring the brief recess since Friday.
There was no definite announce
ment from the defense last nigh’, but
it was said one or two "new angles
I would be dwelt upon when the court
I opens tomorrow. The first would lie
that in lieu of a subpoena, as sug
gested Friday, for the President to
appear before the court as Col.
Mitchell's accuser, a statement should
be obtained from him naming the
person who recommended court-mar
tial proceedings against the air officer.
The second concerns the position of
'the President in passing tinal judg
ement on the findings of the court.
The court has maintained in over
! ruling a motion to strike out the
charges on the ground they were pre
pared in violation of the regulations,
that President Coolidge is Col.
Mitchell's commanding officer and he
is powered to convene a general court
| martial at any time.
See President in Triple Hole.
This is construed by the defense as
meaning that the President is both
'accuser" and "prosecutor" and last
night a third role developed—that of
"judge." 'When the proceedings have
been completed and the court reaches
:: decision on guilt or sentence, before
he findings can become effective the
President will have to approve or dis
approve them. The triple role the
President has found himself in. if it
can be so established, is grounds for
further pleas to jurisdiction, in the
opinion of the accused's friends.
These pleas may be entered at any
time during the proceedings and even
'after the close of the trial.
However, there was nothing tangi
ble last night to give assurance
either 'of these two courses would be
adopted by the defense. Col. Mitchell,
with permission from Brig. Gen. S. 1).
Rockenbach. commanding the Dis
trict of Washington, left with Mrs.
Mitchell for his country estate near
Middleburg to “get in sonif horse
back riding" over the week end. Rep
resentative Frank R. Reid of Illinois,
chief civilian counsel, examined three
Texas newspaper men. to whom Col.
Mitchell gave the statement which
resulted In his trial —Kenneth Mc-
Calla of Houston and A. 11. Yeager
and Harry L,ee McCleary of San An
tonio —and still was undetermined
about witnesses to be called for the
1 defense. He was certain on one. how
ever—Col. Mitchell himself. There
also loomed the possibility of subpoena
ing Maj. Gen. Ernest Hinds, com
manding the Bth Corps Area, un
der whom Col. Mitchell was serving
when he issued the statements.
Reid Explains Course.
i Representative Reid emphasized
| that it was the object of the defense
to conduct its part of the case with
utmost dignity and that only of
I necessity and out of justice to the
I accused, had he brought in the name
of the President. He didn't wish
to embarrass the Executive or make
him a garget in the present proceed
ings and. he declared. Mr. Coolldge s
name would not have been brought
I into the case if the regular procedure
. leading up to trial had been followed.
I The prosecution—Col. Sherman
, Moreland and his assistant. Lient.
I Col. Joseph 1. McMullen—planned to
make its opening statement tomor
| row. which point in the manual of
I otooedtire was reached just before ;
, (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) j
■Leading Foot Ball
j -Scores Yesterday
| Illinois, 24; Pennsylvania, 2.
Yale, 28; Army, 7.
j .Michigan, 54; Navy. 0.
Syracuse, 7: Penn State. 0.
| Dartmouth, 14; Brown, 0.
Harvard, 14; William and Mary, 7.
Wisconsin, 12; Minnesota, 12.
Chicago, 6; Purdue, 0.
Georgetown, 37; King College, 0.
j North Carolina, 16: Maryland, 0.
Marines, 13; Catholic University, 6.
I Cornell. 17; Co’umbia, 14.
Notre Dame. 13; Georgia Tech. 0.
SC .lohn’v. Gallamlel, 7.
c-er-p V'aCingten l 27: Wash-
I in.lc:; l client', y
FIVE CENTS.
i MERCHANTS’FIGHT
I ON PUNS TO CURB
TRUCKS FORECAST
;
I
Meeting Caiied for Tuesday
to Take Up Proposal
of E'dridge.
PEDESTRIAN CONTROL
ANOTHER AMENDMENT
Two-Hour Parking May Supplant
Onc-Hcur Eule on Many
!
Downtown Stieets.
1 The propo .al of Traffic Director
E'dridge to prohibit solid-tire trucks
, and horse-dra"n vehicles from dri\ -
| ins on four of the main arteiie-- of
j t ravel except when it is ne< irv '••
1 'mliP deliveries was prompt 5 ; folio
1 0. l |*st night by th" call! •- of a
meeting of the special traffic com
mittee of the .Merchants and Manu
facturers" Association for Tuesday
tl'ternoon to consider the question.
In announcing the meetim-: O I
< leorge. chairman of th® committee
indicated he did not believe the met
chants would favor the proposal, ami
expressed his personal view that it
. was not justified.
Where Hu'e May Apply.
The four thoroughfares to which
'he rule will apply, if adopted by
the Commissioners, are Sixteenth
-treet. from 11 street to Colorado av
nue: New Hampshire avenue, fron
Washington Circle to U street; Rhode
I-i.ind avenue, from Connecticut ave
r tie to North Capitol street and
Mass;., husetts avenue, from V"n os
■ Station to Sheridan circle. When the
vehicles mentioned enter these streets
to make a delivery they would be
required to turn off at the nearest
Intersection.
This innovation in local traffic con
trol was only one of a list of change
recommended by Mr. Kldridge. among
which other outstanding amendment ■
I were;
A rule which would require pede
trians If. obey signals at policed inter
.-•actions and where automatic lights
:|e installed.
More than a score of changes in the
• parking restrictions on certain street
most of which would allow two hoots
instead of one be r. Any of the park
j ir.g changes that may be approved
: by tjie city heads will be indicated by
‘ the erection of signs on the streets
affected.
Another amendment provides that
1 ilie portions of boulevard stop streets
w hich e- tend out into the suburban
jreas shell be known as ‘’arterial high
w tvs" beyond a certain boundary Hue
Won't Change Mops.
This amendment does not materi
allv change the boulevard stop system
as it now exists, but is a technical
change made necessary by a ruhne ■
the corporation counsel, who decided
that Congress intended in the re. ew
ts ffic law to create l«oth boulevard
highwavs and arterial highways.
Mr. Kldridge explained that under
the corporation counsel s ruling in
creased speed limits may be permitted
.n "arterial highways." but not on
•boulevard highways." A map tub
lished elsewhere in The Star tortaj.
shows That the "boulevard highways
and tho "arterial highways" are the
same streets, except that they ore
given the name of "boulevard in. the
center of the city and "arterial high*
way" on the outskirts.
Ts the recommendation of Mr. Kl
<l ridge goes through he will lta 1 . e au
thority to fix higher speed limits on
ihe “arterial" stretches, retaining the
j.'-mile limit on the "boulevard" por
tions. The traffic director emphasized
the statement, however, that no in
creased speed limit shall be effective
until signs are erected.
Stopping Abreast.
Another important amendment on
the list is the one which would permit
vehicles to stop abreast of parked m
. chines for 10 minutes to deliver mer
chandise. provided the driver remains
within sight and call of his vehicle, so
that he can move it ir necessary. This
was proposed to meet the request o f
the Merchants and Manufacturers'
Association that some plan be devised
to enable commercial vehicles to make
deliveries when there is no parking
space at the curb.
The members of the Board of Com
missioners refrained yesterday from
discussing their views on any of the
proposed changes. The hoard has de
ferred acting on the list of changes
for a few days to enable each Coin
; missioner to study the provisions
more carefully.
It is understood that in deciding
yesterday to make public the recom
mendations the Commissioners had in
mind that such a cour*~ • uid enable
them to sound out public sentiment
on the amendments before action is
taken.
Wouldn't l?r> Hardship.
Col. I. O. Moiler, engineer in the
traffic office, expressed the opinion
>ast night that trie rule to keep heavy
trucks and horse-drawn vehicles off
four main highways of the city would
not cause undue hardship to the
operators and would greatly facilitate
ihe general flow of traffic on those
highways.
The traffic engineer said the four
streets named were chosen after a
•areful stud; - as being highways from
which they could be barred with the
least inconvenience to -such vehicles.
Col. Moller recalled that some time
ago when he was connected with a
; concern in Cleveland such a regulation
j was put into effect, and, w hile he at
I fust thought it would prove burden
! some, he found later that it did not.
The engineer pointed out that th •
solid-tire trucks and horse-drawn
vehicles would he permitted to enter
• such streets at any time to make a d--
livery, provided they leave that street
again at the nearest intersection.
Eldridge’s Comments.
•
In a letter which he sent to the
Commissioners, Director Kldridge
made this general comment on the
proposed amendments:
j "These changes are based on care
| ful study and are the result of ob
! servations covering six months of
j work. They are the result, to some
extent, of suggestions which have
been received from citizens' associa
; lions and individuals who are inter
ested in improving traffic conditions,
i Some of the changes have been sug
gested by the judges of tb® Traffic
(Continued on Ibge j, Coluout L)