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row morning; cooler tonight; shifting
winds.
Temperature—Highest. 86, at noon;
lowest, 71, at 3 a.m. today.
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SPAIN DETERMINED
TO QUIT LEAGUE AT
ONCE, PARIS HEARS
Assembly Opening Without
Her Envoys Lends Support
to General Rumors.
ACTION LAID TO COUNCIL
MEMBERSHIP RUPTURE
Madrid Said to Be Preparing
Formal Statement on Position
for Submission Tomorrow.
Ht thf> Assoriatofl Pipsr.
PARIS, September 2.—The Havas
Agency's Genova correspondent says
f'Pain will withdraw from the League
of Nations without awaiting notifica
tion of the decision of the council
regarding her demand for a perma
nent council seat. Official notifica
tion to this effect, he adds, will be
given the league within 24 hours.
Brazilians Also Absent.
OKXKVA, September 2 (A 3 ). —Spain
dnd Brazil were absent when the
forty-first council of the League of
Nations convened shortly after 11
o'clock this morning.
Foreign Minister Benes of Cezcho-
Blovakia presided. The council dis
posed of various routine matters, in
cluding the reports of a number of
league committees which will be for
warded to the assembly.
Spain's abstention, while expected,
nevertheless caused a considerable
flutter in the league lobbies. The de
termining cause was the action of the
commission charged with reorganiza
tion of the council, which turned
down Spain's demand for a perma
nent council scat at yesterday’s ses
sion.
Senor Palacios, who represented
Spain on the reorganization commis
sion. let it be known that he was
awaiting fresh instructions from
Madrid as to the conrse to be fol
lowed. He expects these instructions
tomorrow.
Ambassador Is Missed.
Tt was the first time within the
memory of faithful league followers
that the rotund, cheery face of Count
Quinones de Leon, Spanish Ambassa
dor To Paris, was not to be seen at
the council table.
It is understood that the Spanish
foreign office is preparing some sort
of statement as to the reasons for
Its withdrawal, which will, presum
ably. be sent to the council within
the next few days.
Besides Dr. Benes. those attending
today's meeting were Sir Austen
Chamberlain, Great Britain; Signor
Seialoia, Italy; Viscount Ishii, Japan;
Senor Guard. Uruguay; Dr. Unden,
Sweden, and M. Vandervelde, Belgium.
The council meets Attain tomorrow
afternoon.
The Universal Peace Congress to
day passed a resolution saying that
the recent accord between Great Brit
ain and Italy for an economic penetra
tion of Abyssinia represents an at
tempt at illegitimate pressure on
Abyssinia. The resolution condemns
the accord as incompatible with the
spirit of the covenant of the League
of Nations and modern conception of
international law. It also urges the
creation of an international commis
sion, acting under the league, to solve
'be problem of distribution of the
water of the Nile, with Abyssinia,
Egypt and Sudan represented in it.
Another resolution passed by the
congress protests against the preten
sion of Spain to suzerainty over Tan
gier. it recommends that the league
take over control of this international
ized city in northwest Morocco.
ITALY EXPLAINS STAND.
Says She Will Not Take Initiative
On Tangier Question.
ROME. September 2 (A 3 ). —ltaly, it
is officially stated, has no intention of
taking the initiative in the Tangier
question by summoning a conference
at Genoa if the meeting suggested by
Spain is not held in Switzerland. This
country will continue to pursue an
aloof but watchful attitude, owing to
the fact that she has no tangible in
terest in Tangier.
“We permit ourselves the luxury
of supporting the Spanish case,' 1 said
a government spokesman today, "but,
both because we desire to see a peace
ful outcome and because our part is
political rather than Juridical, we have
nor. the slightest intention of insisting j
upon anything.
“If we are invited to a conference, j
probably we shall attend. If a settle
ment is made against our interests
without us, we will not recognize it."
PLOT REVEALED TO KILL
FOE OF CLEVELAND VICE
Man Confesses Gamblers Offered
$50,000 for Death of Safety Di
rector Edwin D. Barry.
Ry the ARRoeiaT*d Pres*.
t’LEVKLAND. Ohio. September
2. An alleged plot by profesional
gamblers to kill Safety Director Ed
win D. Barry was being investigated
by police and detectives today. The
plot was revealed by a man who as
serted that he and several others had
Veen offered $50,000 to "get rid of
Barry."
The alleged plot is believed to have j
been concocted because of Barry’s j
warfare against the gamblers, whom
he drove out of Cleveland, and then, j
after they had opened in the suburbs,
harassed them until he was prevented
by a court injunction from further
interfering with their operations.
Details of the plot were told de
tectives by a man taken into custody
on a burglary and larceny warrant.
He denied the theft and said that the
man who had sworn to the warrant
was a gambler who had approached
iim and several other men two
months ago and had offered them
$50,000 to slay Barry.
ARMED MEN TAKE $2,000.
BELFAST, Ireland. September 2 j
</P). —Sixty clerks were busily caring j
:<>r a crowd of employment-seekers in j
the Shank hill Labor Exchange here j
this morning, when a band of armed j
men entered the place.
The robbers hastily collected all the ■
visible funds, amounting to $2,000, and j
escaped.
CHANGE IN GAMBLER'S NAME
IN BOOK FORCED BY TAGGART
Publisher of “Show Boat”
Agrees to Revision After
Libel Suit Is Threatened.
i
Doubleday Voices Regret
| That Casual Choice of
Label Caused Trouble.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 2.—Tom
Taggart, Democratic leader of In
diana, today won his protest against
the use of his name ’for that of a
character depicted as a gambler in
Edna Ferber’s new novel, “Show
Boat.”
Nelson Doubleday. vice president of
Doubleday. Page & Co., publishers,
said today the fiction gambler’s name'
would be changed in all subsequent
editions of the novel. A SIOO,OOO libel
suit was threatened by Mr. Taggart
unless the publishers deleted his name
from future editions. .
Mr. Taggart was informed of the
publishers compliance with his de
mand, Mr. Doubleday said. A name
having the same number of letters as
the one originally used for the char
acter will be substituted.
“This business of using true names
in fiction is bad stuff.” said Mr.
Doubleday. “The use of Mr. Tag
gart’s name was purely incidental,
i and was not essential to the story.
I Any other name will do just as weil,
and since Mr. Taggart objected we
were only too glad to make the
j change.”
U. S. WORLD COURT
“VETO” DISCUSSED
!
Acceptance of Reservation
Hinges on League's Opinion,
Request Rules.
By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, Switzerland, September
2.—The opinion that the United States
should have the same rights in the
World Court as members of the
League of Nations Council, but no
more, was voiced by many delegates
at today's session of the international
conference, convoked to discuss the
American reservations to membership
in the court.
If this opinion weighs in the con
ference it may be impossible to accept
the fifth American reservation, requir
ing the consent of the United States
to requests for advisory opinions from
the court on questions in which Amer
| ica claims interest.
The reasons for this is that the law
of the League of Nations is so obscure
that it is uncertain whether unani
mous or only majority vote is neces
sary when the league council asks
i the court for such opinions.
Hold Plan Inoperative.
Some of the delegates held that, if
unanimity were made essential, the
United States could not vote anyway
as a party to a question at issue, while
if a simple majority only were needed,
it would be impossible to accord the
United States the right to block the
decision of the majority.
Ttalv and France joined in an ap
peal to the United States to waive in
sistence upon the right of veto to agree
to sit temporarily with the league
council on an equal footing with the
great powers and to abide by what
ever rules may be accepted by the
great powers and the members of the
council generally.
The discussion was continuing this
afternoon.
The fifth reservation found a cham
pion in Count Michel Rostworowski
of Poland, who said it was a reason
able condition and should Vie approved.
The Polish spokesman interpreted this
as a desire by the United States to
be on a footing of equality with the
members of the League of Nations
council, which body is the one re
questing advisory opinions from the
cou rt.
M. Fromageot, French jurist,
thought the fate of the fifth reserva
tion hinged entirely upon the answer
to the question whether the council
should request advisory opinions by
unanimous or simple majority vote.
This was a question on which opinions
differed, but it must be answered defi
nitely before action could be taken on
the reservation.
Belgian Jurist Agrees.
M. Fromageot emphasized that if
a majority vote was sufficient, any
possible American objection could be
passed over and the opinion of the
court could be asked despite Ameri
can opposition. He warned the con
ference that this would jcoiwrdize the
American reservation because it would
render it inoperative.
M. Rolin. Belgian jurist, agreed with
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MAZER ANSWERS SUIT.
Accused Canton Slayer Replies to
Widows’ SIOO,OOO Claim. J
CLEVELAND. Ohio. September 21
OP).—Louis Mazer of Canton, charged I
with first degree murder in connection j
with the slaying of Don R. Mellett,
Canton publisher, today filed an an
swer in Federal Court to the SIUO.OOO
damage suit brought by Mrs. Flor- i
ence Mellett. Indianapolis, widow of
the slain publisher, against him. Ben
Rudner of Massillon, and Patrick
Eugene McDermott of Nanty Glo, Pa.
$130,000 JEWEL THEFT.
Man Attacked and Robbed In Chi
cago Hotel.
CHICAGO. September 2 (A »).—Jewels
valued at $130,000 were taken today
from Norman D. Kadison, son of
Lazarus Kadison. New York jeweler,
bv two armed men. he told police,
kadison said that as he returned to
his room at a downtown hotel the
men overpowered and gagged him.
tied him to the bed and took the
jewels from his person.
Kadison said he had just gotten the
jewels from the hotel safe and re
turned to his room when he was
attacked. He worked the gag loose
after his assailants had escaped and
iummoned help.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1926-FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. *
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_ TOM TAGGART.
I
More than 135,000 copies of this
novel, Miss Ferber’s twelfth, have
been sold already. Her last novel, “So
Big.” was awarded the Pulitzer prize
as the best American novel of 1925.
The former United States Senator
and owner of French Lick Springs
demanded that three paragraphs men
tioning "Tom Taggart,” “West Ba
den’’ and “roulette" be removed from
all unsold copies in the hands of book
dealers and from future editions.
ACCEPTANCE OF U.S.
IN COURT FORESEEN
Optimism Growing Here That
Powers Will 0. K. All
Reservations.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Optimism that the United States
will be accepted as a member of the
World Court has begun to prevail
here, after many months of doubt
and skepticism due to a fear that the
United* States Senate had so phrased
the reservations as to make them un
acceptable to the rest of the world
and thus block American entry into
the court.
The friendly reception given the
first three of the American reserva
tions at Geneva has led to a belief
here that all now will be accepted.
The reasoning employed here is about
as follows:
First, the troublesome fifth reser
vation could not now be amended be
cause of the temper of the Senate,
but there is no telling what another
Senate might do five or ten years
hence, especially if the wording of
the reservation is such as to block a
movement for peace in a speei.<
emergency involving other nations in
a possible war.
Advisory Opinion Question.
Second, the hypothetical case in
which an American interest might be
involved in the rendering of an ad
visory opinion is not even on the
horizon and may never arise. The
disadvantage of a possible instance
whicli could block the rendering of
an advisory opinion is offset by the
advantages to the other nations of
the world in having the United States
a member at last of the permanent
court.
Third, the record of the United
States is not that of an obstructionist
and if the other governments ask con
sent of the United States so that the
World Court can render advisory
opinions in special cases, it is unlikely
America will claim an interest and
exercise a veto simply to impede the
work of the court.
If, on the other hand, American
public*opinion should strongly oppose
the rendering by the World Court of
an advisory opinion on something like
immigration or the Monroe Doctrine,
then the rendering of such an opinion
in the face of American protests
might cause such an unfavorable im
pression on this side of the Atlantic
as to encourage those who advocate
withdrawal from the court. The .league
members have always been stick
ers for sovereign rights and non-in
terference in internal questions and
that is why they cannot logically
object to America’s desire to safe
guard herself against advisory opin
ions on American questions without
the consent of the United States being
asked.
No Delay on l'. S. Consent.
Fourth, the process of asking Ameri
can consent and obtaining it is not
going to be one of delay. The Presi
dent is charged by the Constitution
with the responsibility of defining
American policy abroad. It is taken
for granted here that the President
and Secretary of State, and not the
Senate, will define whether an Ameri
can interest is involved in a dispute.
The Monroe Doctrine itself, which has
often been called the keystone of
American foreign policy, is a declara
tion by the Chief Executive, and never
has been subject to approval or disap
proval by the Sena'e. though many
resolutions endeavoring to amplify and
interpret the doctrine have been intro
duced.
Under the circumstances, the De
part nient of State can informally an
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Nats and Red Sox
Game Postponed
Because of Rain
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, September 2.—Rain
forced postponement of the Wash -
ington-Boston base ball game here
this afternoon.
While no official announcement has
been mad?, the game probably will be
played off with a double-header to
morrow or later during the long
series that the Nats and Red Sox
are holding.
The rain is a boon to Harris, for
he was forced to use all but two <.*
his meager pitching staff yesterday.
The extra day will give his twirlers
A longer and much -needed rest.
PRELATES’ APPEAL
TO CONGRESS HELD
FUTILE IN MEXICO
Going Ahead With Plea as
Only Course Open Except
Religious War.
CALLES HAS VETO RIGHT
EVEN IF NEW LAW WINS
u_
President Says Land and Oil De
crees Are Just —Defends Stand
Toward United States.
By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. September 2.—Co
incident with the opening of Congress,
to which the Catholic Episcopate is
appealing in an admittedly forlorn
hope for modification of the regula
tions for enforcing the religious
clauses of the constitution, both Pres
ident Calles and the Episcopate again
have reiterated the unalterableness of
their respective positions.
Each again charged the other with
responsibility for the situation which
has caused a cessation of the func
tions of Catholic priests in churches
throughout the country and an eco
nomic boycott which admittedly is
hurting trade.
In his message to Congress which
convened yesterday President Calles
said that the rebellious attitude of the
clergy had forced him to issue the
religious regulations. He announced
that he Intended to proceed firmly
along the path he had chosen and that
he was convinced a majority of the
people would support him.
Doubts Legislative Belief.
Later the Episcopate issued a state
ment saying that congressional relief
was most doubtful, but that it was ap
pealing to the legislators to aid its
cause, as the only other course open
was a religious war, which would be
contrary to the spirit of the church.
The episcopate announced that it
would submit to Congress a hill for
the enactment of regulations for the
religious clauses of the constitution
to supplant those which President
Calles promulgated. The President
must approve whatever measures
Congress passes and therefore even
if Congress modifies the present
regulations, final decision on the
question rests with him.
Since the enforcement of the re
ligious laws, the message of the Pres
ident said, 42 churches, 73 convents
and 7 centers of religious propaganda
lad been closed and 85 foreign priests
had abandoned the country for viola- j
tion of the law.
Alarm Held* Unjustified.
The message added that for 60
years the religious clauses had been f
in the constitution, but had not been j
enforced owing to revolutions and j
and other incidents. His duty to j
enforce the religious laws, Calles
said, had been made necessary by
the hierarchy calling upon its fol
lowers to reject the constitutional
provisions.
The message said there had been
no persecutions of creeds and that
alarm was unjustified and untimely.
The episcopate’s statement says:
"We believe our specific attitude,
although energetic and firm, has
taught a lesson to those who believe
all conflicts should be settled by the
use of arms and revolutions. We
have given all the world an example
of how tyranny should be opposed
and how to fight for liberty.”
Defends Land Laws.
President dalles in his message
made special reference to foreign re
lations, taking up the alien land aid
petroleum laws.
“1 am pleased to inform congress,”
he said, “that the application of the
alien land laws has not only been |
settled in a definite manner with re
spect to the specific cases presented,
hut that application has not hindered
in any manner the operation of the
companies and organizations affected
by them, and the government has
been able to carry out its policy
clearly and agreeably on this subject.
“Promulgation of the land and also
the petroleum law occasioned some
diplomatic representations on the part
of the United States Government
causing a controversy of a diplomatic
character, in which the United States
Government expounded various con
siderations whereby in its view the i
laws interfered with the rights of j
American citizens in Mexico and so- j
licited modifications of some of the j
details of the laws. But these details j
which the United States desired modi- |
tied were only confirmations of other i
Mexican laws and of the Mexican j
constitution.
Reply so U. S. Views.
"My government replied to the
United States representations, sustain
ing our right for enactment and en
forcement of land and petroleum laws,
not only because they enacted what
was ordered in the constitution, bus
fundamentally because enactment and
enforcement of these laws could not
affect legitimately acquired rights fur
ther than what is permitted by the
principles of right, justice and equity.
"Furthermore, the Mexican govern
ment has also been careful to direct
its policy in respect to all acquired
rights, conforming thereby to the re-j
quirements of its own laws. The gov
ernment has based all its acts on this
policy without any foreign representa
tions being necessary.
“The policy of my government has
not been other than to continue the
policy of my predecessors, but at the j
same time, it has been necessary to j
define in an unequivocal manner our j
right to legislate and safeguard all
interests In Mexico. Therefore, the 1
issuance of these laws was necessary !
for the purpose of establishing clearly
the conditions under which the inter
ests affected by the laws can operate
in our country.”
Prosperity Helps Cupid.
NEIY YORK, September 2 OP). —
Fewer bankruptcies, more marriages.
The country’s commercial failures in
August numbered 1.593, lowest for
four months. Marriages performed
by New York authorities for the first
half of the year totaled 10,897, or 700
more than during the same period of
1925.
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FIVE TO EXPLORE
ABYSSINIA PLATEAU
U. S. Party Will Seek Secrets
cf Hidden Empire of
Queen of Sheba.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, September 2.—To wrest
past and present secrets from the
Queen of Sheba’s ancient empire, the
Field Museum of Natural History, the
Chicago Dally News and the North
American Newspaper Alliance, of
which The Star is a member, are send
ing a scientific expedition into re
mote, mysterious Abyssinia.
The expedition will leave Chicago
September 5 to spend six months, at
least, on the vast Abyssinian plateau.
That plateau, rising out of the African
plain like an Island of 400,000 square
miles, is one of the few unknown lands
of the earth. Hidden in its jungles
and on its unclimbed mountains may
he species of animals not known to
science.
The commander-in-chief of the expe
dition is Dr. Wilfred Osgood, curator
of the department of zoology of the
Field Museum. Dr. Osgood is an ex
perienced explorer as well as a dis
tinguished scientist. Two mountains
in Canada bear his name and he has
blazed trails for science in the Amazon
country of South America.
Fuertes to Faint Finds.
Louis Agassiz Fuertes of Cornell
University, the foremost painter of
birds in America and the companion
of John Muir and John Burroughs on
the Harriman expedition to Alaska,
will capture on his canvas the colors
and forms of the strange birds dis
covered.
Suydam Cutting, millionaire court
tennis champion, will be the expedi
tion’s volunteer photographer. Mr.
Cutting was the photographer on the
recent Roosevelt hunt for the ovis
poll.
Alfred M. Bailey of the Field
Museum will be Dr. Osgood’s assistant
and Jack Baum of the Chicago Daily
News will be the reporter of the ex
pedition.
Baum will take with him a Burgess
short-wave radio outfit_such as was
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ATTACK ON EL BLUFF
BY REBELS EXPECTED
Some Beacons in Lighthouses on
East Nicaraguan Coast Are
Extinguished.
By the Associated Press.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, September
2.—Some of the beacons in the light
houses of Nicaragua’s east coast have
been extinguished for mjlitarv rea
sons. An attack i* expected momen
tarily on El Bluff.
At the request of President
Chaitiorro, the United States gunboat
has proceeded from Corinto to the
scene of the battle between govern
ment troops and revolutionists near
Coseguina to take back the men
wounded in the encounter to Corinto.
There are no hospital facilities near
Coseguina and neither the govern
ment nor the revolutionary forces
have adequate medical equipment.
The revolutionists in their retreat
after being defeated are reported to
have been cut off from their base of
communication. A number of ma
chine guns and rifles and a quantity
of provisions were captured by the
government troops.
The revolutionary generals, Samuel
Sedales and Julian Vanegas, and Col.
Torres are reported to have been
killed in the engagement. Col.
Marcos Potosme, who commanded
the government forces, was raised to
the rank of general on the battlefield.
•
RAIN STOPS FONCK.
Test Flight to Washington Post
poned Until Tomorrow.
ROOSEVELT FIELD. N.- Y„ Sep
tember 2 OP). —Rain prevented today
the first long-distant test flight of the
giant Sikorsky plane, built for the
New York-to-Paris non-stop flight.
The flight will be made tomorrow,
weather conditions permitting. The
plane will fly over Philadelphia, Wil
mington, Del., and Washington. Capt.
Rene Fonck and Lieut. Allan Snoddy
are expected to act as pilots. *
The distance of the round trip Is
approximately 500 miles. t,
Torture Evident
In Murder Laid
To Bootleg Gang
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 2. —Be-
lieved to have been tortured to
death with fire, gasoline and a
rope, the body of a man was
found in a field near Chicago
Heights today. Police attributed
the killing to a bootleggers’ war
that has claimed seven lives in
the suburb.
A rope was around the neck
and the clothing had nearly been
burned off the body, which was
charred sufficiently to make identi
fication difficult. Police said it ap
peared that gasoline had been
poured on the man’s clothes.
It could not be determined
whether the man had been killed
by the flames or by previous
strangulation. The body might
have been dragged to the spot
where it was found, the police
said, with the rope about the neck,
the man having been killed in
som* other way.
DAWES PLAN WINS
FULL VINDICATION
Germany Bearing Burden of
Reparations Easily as
Third Year Begins.
BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER.
By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
BERLIN, September 2. —Two years
of Dawes plan operation end with
complete vindication of the experts’
plan. Although rumors of revision,
largely from financially interested
circles, continue to circulate and com
plaints are made by foreigners, Ger
man Nationalists and Communists
against the crushing tribute, the fact
remains that Germany is bearing the
burden well.
The third year's payment is rather
smaller than the second, and there is
absolutely no reason to believe it can
not be borne easily.
If, as mnny persons believe, the real
test of the Dawes plan will come in
the fourth and fifth years, when repa
rations payments are considerably
higher, means for revision exist with
in the plan itself.
Recovery of Industry.
German industry and business in
the past year have made an almost
complete recovery. Foreign experts
as well as German authorities consider
the German situation nearly normal.
Germany's greatest problem today is
that of unemployment. The number
of unemployed, if the unregistered are
considered as well as those receiving
doles. Is not much under 2,000.000 and
probably will not he decreased soon.
Intelligent Germans deny that un
employment is due in any .Targe
?ense to the Dawes plan burden. They
declare it is largely the result of the
introduction of American methods
and better machines making hands
useless. This process is expected to
continue. Therefore, serious con
sideration is being given to the prob
lem of lightening the load of the un
employed.
It is admitted that the former Ger
man colonies did not furnish proper
homes for Europeans. Therefore,
German eyes are turned toward those
still un-Europeanized portions of the
world where colonization is possible.
Perhaps the most likely spot is the
southern part of the Portuguese
colony of Angola, where the climate
is temperate. The Germans figure
that the cost of endowing 100,000
families a year with $2,000 eaqh
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Two May Die in Nearly 200 Poisoned
At Illinois Christian Endeavor Picnic
By the Associated Press.
PEORIA, 111., September 2.—Veal
loaf was blamed today for the ill
ness of nearly 200 persons stricken
with ptomaine poisoning after the
annual picnic of the City Christian
Endeavor Societies.
A half dozen of the cases were
so serious as to prohibit the re
moval of patients from their homes
to hospitals and physicians despaired
of the lives of two girls.
Two clergymen were among the
sufferers whom doctors were called
at attend several hours after church
leaders .and young people concluded
UP) Means Associated Press. T\\ O ( ENTS.
APARTMENT PLANS
REPORTED 0.0
-
20,000 U. S. Workers An
swer Questionnaire —Gen-
erally Back Scheme.
Nearly 20,000 Government employes
have answered the questionnaires sent
out by the Commerce Department, re
questing their views on the proposal
to construct apartment houses for
Federal workers. While the tenor of
the replies has not been made public,
most of them are understood to have
expressed the belief that amelioration
of housing conditions sos Government,
employes is desirable and that most
employes who rent now are paying
rentals in excess of the $12.50 per
room per month charge suggested by
the unnamed sponsor for the project.
About 40,000 questionnaires were
sent to the chief clerks of the Gov
ernment departments and independent
establishments. While fewer than half
have l>een answered, this is explain
able, personnel chiefs say, by th» fact
that a number of employes arc on
leave.
Secretary Hoover is expected bark
in Washington about September is,
and is expected, a few days after bis
arrival in the Capital, to confer with
Dr. John M. Gries. chief of the lions
ing division of the department, and
other housing experts on the feasibil
ity of the proposed construction in the
light of the replies from the employes.
He may at the same time reveal the
identity of the unnamed sponsor for
the project, whom he has described
as “a man of standing in the com
munity.” In the meantime, other
Commerce Department officials have
maintained silence on the entire mat
ter at the request of Mr. Hoover, and
there- has been no indication of the
name of the man who proposed the
construction. The Metropolitan Life
Insurance Co. of New York, which was
mentioned in connection with the
scheme, has officially denied any con
nection with the proposed construction
here.
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CONDITION OF SENATOR
mckinley is unchanged
Illinoisan Resting as Easily as
Could Be Expected After Re
lapse, Physician Announces.
By the Associated Press.
MARTINSVILLE, Ind., September
2.—The condition of William B. Mc-
Kinley, United States Senator for Illi
nois, who has been near death here
since Tuesday, was unchanged early
today.
His physician said during the night
the Senator was resting as easily as
could he expected, but that there was
no perceptible change in the critical
condition which followed relapse last
evening.
He was suffering from sciatic rheu
matism when he came to the Home
Lawn Sanatorium here, August 18,
and lung congestion has since de
veloped.
Relatives are at his side.
FLETCHER UNDER KNIFE.
Senator From Florida Has Second
Operation in Michigan.
Senator Fletcher of Florida under
went a second operation at Battle
Creek, Mich.., today for a bladder ail
ment, his office here was notified to
day. The operation was described as
"very successful,” and the Senator
was said to be “doing nicely.”
The operation was of a major chax
acter, a preliminary operation having
been performed some tyne ago.
yesterday afternoon’s outing with a
banquet spread beneath the trees.
It was expected that both Rev. J.
Summers, retired, and Rev. R. P.
Joop, pastor of the First Evangelical
Church, would recover.
Physicians who attended the vic
tims agreed that the poisoning was
the result of tainted veal loaf, which
had prepared in advance for
the picnic.
Within a few hours of the meal
the number of seriously ill had
mounted to 75 and it was estimated
that another hundred persons were
affected but recovered with the
administration of home remedies.
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour ”
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,106
SMITH IS EXPECTED
TO BEAT BRENNAN
IN ILLINOIS RACE
Placing of Wet Referendum
on Ballot Will Weaken Dem
ocrat. Obs'eivers Think.
SILENCE OF ILL G. 0. P.
CANDIDATE IRKS OTHER
Question of Insull’s Donations May
Be Explained Away Before
November 2.
RY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
CHICAGO, September 2.—lllinois
presents a wet-aml-dry paradox.
Col. Frank L. Smith. Republican
nominee for the Senate, and stamped
as satisfactory by the Anti-Saloon
League during the primary campaign,
will in all human probability defeat
George K. Brennan. Democratic nom
inee and a roaring wet.
At the same time it is admitted by
political leaders who themselves
have been regarded as dry and who
have voted dry in State and National
Legislature that the proposed wet
| and-dry referendum, similar to New
j York's, if it be taken, will result In
a wet victory.
The petition for the referendum.
' signed by upward of 400,000 voters.
I circulated by Brennan and his wet
supporters, today was taken from
! Chicago to Springfield and filed with
Secretary of State- Kmmerson. The
petition was given a great send-off.
It forms ti book It) feet high, with
25 names written on each page. To
do full honor to this thirsty plea that
Illinois V.o allowed to decide how the
i eighteenth amendment shall l>e cn
[ forced within her own borders n big
I parade, with brass bands and Rren
j nan lilmself as marshal, was staged.
J Throngs joined in the demonstration
i G. O. P. Not Opposed to Plan.
j The Republican leaders are not at
j all averse to the filing of the petition,
j or even to its acceptance by th» Se«-re
| tary of State. Republican' 'vets can
j vote for the referendum and at the
j same time for Col. Smith end ie»l
that they given expression to
j their feelings regarding the prohlbi
I tion issue.
About prohibition and the referen
j dnm. Col. Smith has said nothing
; since his nomination. In fact, he has
i said nothing about anything, for h«
I has been n sick urui and even now is
i out of the State, recuperating at New
| London, Conn., and is not expected
I hack before next week at the earliest
This silence of Co). Smith is getting
i under the skin of Mr. Brennan. The
! latter has been campaigning vigor
‘ onsly as the champion of "beer and
| tempera nee.” which is an apparent
iv-smdox of Ins •wn coining At the
: Central States fair at Aurora this
week Brennan plaintively expressed
the hope that before the campaign
was over Col Smith would enlighten
, the voters regarding his prohibition
stand.
Col. Smith may leave th« impres-
I sion that he will be guided by tic
wishes of the people of Illinois as
expressed in the referendum, lie may
declare himself for law enforcement
i while tlw eighteenth amendment and
the Volstead act remain in effect. In
I any event, he is expected to point out
1 that Mr. Brennan, if elected to tho
Senate, which is overwhelmingly dry
and will remain so after the coming
1 elections, will be a'de to accomplish
i nothing for his thirsty constituents
even if sent lo Washington.
i Question Would Weaken Brennan.
i
- The insertion of the question on
the ballot would weaken the position
I of Mr. Brennan, in the opinion of t)m
'politicians here. He started the
i drive for the referendum, however
i and now with the petition signed by
I 15,000 more names than is required
I by law, he can scarcely let go of it.
The “question” upon which the
voters will he asked to express them
selves in this proposed referendum
follows:
"Should the Congress of the
TTnited States modify the Federal
law to enforce the eighteenth amend -
j ment to the Constitution of the
United States so that the same shall
not prohibit the manufacture. saV.
transportation, importation or ex
portation of beverages which are not
in fact intoxicating, as determined in
accordance with the laws of the re
spective States?"
Such action on the part of Con -
j gross. Senator Borah of Idaho lias
■declared, would be nullification, pure
'and simple, of the Constitution. It
would be merely paraphrasing that
ancient quip "What's the Constitu
tion among friends?”
Col. Smith ts not going to step out
of the senatorial race because of the
revelation of the fact that Samuel
Insull, public utility magnate, con
tributed upward of $125,000 to his
primary campaign, according to
Smith's closest friends here.
Nor Is there any prospect that an
independent candidate of sufficient
importance to cause a change in the
result of the general election will he
found by those who are now urging
that "for decency’s sake" and the good
name of Illinois neither Col, Smith nor
i Mr. Brennan be sent to the United
! States Senate. There is no denying
that some of the good people of Illi
nois have been shocked by the big
expenditures in the Republican pri
mary by the fact that Insull was
the angel of the Smith and Brennan
campaigns. They don't like it. But
there is no wave of resentment dis
cernible in the State —not jet, at any
rate.
May Hold Expense Essentia).
Republican leaders do not like th<-
look of things, but have made up
their minds to go through with the
election. They hope to convince the
voters that the expenditure of large
sums of money in a priinarj' campaign
in a State as large as Illinois is abac
lutely essential if the voters are to
be informed regarding the policies of
the candidates. In Cook County alone,
which is mostly Chicago, ?154,000 is
held to be a minimum requirement
for such a campaign by a single can
didate. This sum would include the
payment of workers on election day,
ldvertising in newspapers, headquar
ters (general and district), printing and
mailing, the renting of halls for meet
ings. and nothing more. The talk of
limiting candidates and their commit
tees to the expenditure of $25.000.
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