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WEATHER.
<t”. S. Weather Bureau Foreoaet.'
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight;
tomorrow fair.
Temperature— Highest. ST. at 2:15
p.m.* yesterday; lowest, <5l, at*B a.m.
today.
Full report on page 9.
Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30
O/l mft Entered as second class matter
as u. ovjluO. post office, Washington, D. C.
YANKEES LEADING
CARDINALS, 2 TDI,
IN THIRD INNING
Babe Ruth Gets Two Homers
in First Two Trips to
the Plate.
BAMBINO IS IN FORM,
SMACKING RHEM’S CURVES
Field Crowded to Capacity in
Fourth Game of Series
in St. Louis.
BY CARL S. BRANHKBIRY.
ST LOl IS. October 6 (4b. —The
New York Yankees were leading the
St. Louis t'ardinals in the third in
nine ot the fourth game of the world
jKn-jpc here this afternoon.
The score was 2 to 1.
The big guns of base ball got in
action early today. Rhem fanned
Combs and Koenig and then Babe
Ruth delivered a drive that went over
the right field stands.
In their half of the first the Cards
evened the count with successive hits
by Oouthit. Southworth and Hornsby.
Neither team score in the second in
ning. as Rhem and. Hoyt settled down
• to their hurling job.
Babe Ruth, coining tin in the third,
put his team ahead by duplicating his
first-inning feat, a homer over the
right-field stands.
With two victories to the credit of
the National League champions, the
Yankees went into the game with
their hacks to the wall. In the three
games already played the American
League pennant winners, had done
little hitting. They announced before
the game that today would see them
snapping out of their slump.
There was another cdorful crowd,
filling the stands to their capacity of
approximately 38.000. The Cardinal
rooters could see nothing but another
victor? and a triumphant note marked
the advance cheering.
FIRST IXNIMi.
YANKEES—After the hand played
"The Star Spangled Banner,” the
Cardinals took the field. Rhem
warmed up a hit and seemed to have
plenty of speed. Combs up: Strike 1.
called: the first pitch was a fast in
side. hall 1. inside, low: strike 2,
swung, foul: Combs struck out, lPt
tlng a fast curve breaking over the
plate go by. Koenig up: Strike 1,
called, strike 2. swung: Koenig struck
out. taking a called third strike. Ruth
up: Ruth got a home run over the
right’field stands, hitting the first
pitch. The hall fell into the adjoining
street. Meusel up: Ball 1. outside: i
ball 2. low, inside: strike 1. swung:
foul, strike 2: hall 3. high: foul: foul:
foul: Meusel got a base on balls, the
fourth pitch being outside. Gehrig
up: Ball 1. low. On the hit-and-run
plav Gehrig singled into right. Meu
sel going to third on the throw-in.
Meusel tried for the plate anil was out.
Southworth to Hornsby to O'Farrell.
One run. two hits, no errors.
CARDINALS—Douthit up: Oouthit
heat out a hit to deep short, hitting
the first hall pitched. Southvvortji tip:
Rail 1. outside: hall 2. low; foul, strike
1: foul, strike 2: ball 3. high and out
side: Southworth singled to center.
Pnuthit going to third. Hornshv up:
The Yankee infield played back. Ball
1. inside: foul: strike l; strike 2. called;
Oouthit scored on Hornsby s single to
right. Southworth stopping at second.
Shocker was now warming up for
New- York. Bottomley up: Ball 1. low
and outside: strike 1. swung; foul,
strike 2: Bottomley sent a fly to Ruth,
the runners holding their bases. Bell
up Bell flied out to Combs. South
worth advancing to third on the
catch. It was a sacrifice fly for Bell.
Hornshv held first. Hafey up: Foul,
strike i. hall 1. outside. It was a
pitch out: ha 11 2. outside: foul, strike
2 ball 3. low. Hornsby stole second.
Hafev struck out. swinging for the
third strike. 'One run, three hits, no
errors.
SECOND INNING
YANKEES Lazzeri up: Ball l. in
side; Lazzeri got a long hit into left
fm two bases and was out stretching
it Oouthit to Thevenow to Bell. Du
gan up Dugan pepped to Thevenow.
Pevereid up: Ball 1. low. outside: hall
2. low. outside: strike 1. called: Sev
prejd singled over the middle hag.
Hovt up: Ball 1. inside, hall 2. high;
hall 3, inside, strike 1. called, strike
", called Hoyt popped to Hornsby,
who had to go fiack to make the
catch No runs, two hits, no errors.
CARDINALS —O'Farrell up: Ball 1.
jnside hall 2, high and inside, strike
1. called ball 3. low and inside; Laz
ctnip a hit away front O 1 arrell. j
taking bis grounder near second and
throwing him out. Thevenow tip: j
Ball 1. outside: strike 1. called, hall 2. '
|o\» Thevenow sent up a weak fly to
Gehrig Rhem up: Ball 1. outside:
strike 1. called: strike 2. called: hall
2 high foul: Rhem fanned, taking a
third strike with the twt on his shoul
der. No runs, no hits, no errors.
THIRD INNING.
YANKEES Combs up: Ball 1. in-;
side: * oml»s sent out a high fly to!
Pnuthit. Koenig up: Strike 1. called. ;
Hornshv made an easy play of Koe- !
nic s roller and threw him out. JYuth
iip cheers and boos greeted him.
Ruth scored on another home run j
o\er the right field stands into the
street. h® was loudly applauded. Rhem '
tried to fool him with a slow one. It
was Ruth's sixth world series home
run Meusel up: Strike 1. called:
strike 2. swung hall 1. high and in
side Meusel had to jump away from
the pla’e ball 2. outside: Rhem threw
nut Meusel at first. One run. one hit,
no errors.
CARDINALS—The stands applaud
e-1 Ruth as he went out in left field.
Dpu’hit up Strike 1. called, ball 1.
outside Douthit went out by the Koe
nig Gehrig route. Southworth Up: j
S< uthworth did not like his hat and!
went hack for another one. Strike 1. |
called Southworth cot a Texas ;
leaguer into center for his hit 1
of the game Hornsby tip: Strike t, (
called: foul: strike 2: Hornshv struck
out. swinging for this third strike, j
Hornsby went out on three pitched
halls. Bottomley up: Foul, strike 1: j
strike 2, called; hall 1: it was a pitch |
out, hut Southworth did not go down: j
Lazzeri threw out Botomley at first, j
Hoyt used a half speed curve all dtir- 1
ins the inning. No runs, one hit, no |
errors.
I
j ST. LOUIS FANS' ENTHUSIASM j
| GREATER AS 4th GAME OPENS
Skies Somewhat Brighter, Light Wind
Dries Grounds —Cardinals Are in
H* 1 ri • •
igh Spirits
BY BRIAN BELL.
SPORTSMANS PARK. St. Louis.
October 6 (4b.—The enthusiasm that
has swept St. Louis as its Cardinals |
have taken the lead in the world j
series battle burst forth again today !
as thousands struggled to gain admis
sion to the park for the fourth game.
It was still cool and cloudy, but
I skies were somewhat clearer than yes-
I ter day, when Jesse Haines’ big hat
| and si long right arm propelled the
j Cardinals to a homecoming shutout
I victory over the New Yorkers on a
| rain-soaked field.
The diamond had dried out consider
ably under the influence of a brisk
breeze overnight, while the snn came ;
out this morning to augment the ef
forts of a gang of .workmen putting
'the grounds into shape,
j The bleachers in left and center |
JAILED KLANSMAN
BARES SLUSH FUND
*
j Stephenson, in Lette/, Says
! He Can Prove Political Deals
Involving Million.
• j By th® Associated Press.
■ I CHICAGO, October 6. —Continuing
11 his fight for audience witb D. C.
j Stephenson, now serving a life term
for murder in the Indiana State Pri
■ j son. Thomas H. Adams. Vincennes,
i Ind.. publisher, today released a let
! | tei* he said had been smuggled from
i the institution in which the former
| Kti Klux Klan leader asserted he
| could political intrigue involv
\ ing nearly a million dollars. The let -
■ ! ter. attributed to Stephenson, said the
1 writer had evidence to prove that “a
| prominent Indiana politician ow-ed
| hint *825.000 in connection with cam
! paign expenses.” Mayors of three In
! diana cities and 40 lesser politicians
similarly were indebted to him, the
j letter charged. It also contended
i Stephenson is held practically incom
l municado to prevent his expose of
j political "deals” in Indiana in recent
] years.
! Adams was in Chicago after being
\ denied permission to interview
Stephenson at the prison in Michigan
1 City. Ind.. yesterda?. Later he de- j
j parted for Inidanapolis. The publish-
I er has declared he will carry his fight j
: to the people of Indiana in an effort
| to compel Gov. Jackson and others to
J let Stephenson talk.
Has Written Agreements.
I If given an opportunity to talk, ac
i cording to the letter. Stephenson will
j prove that he spent $275,000 for the j
I election of one prominent Indiana j
official with the understanding that
ihe would receive three times that
: amount. He said he would produce
i a "written agreement” with the
! "mayors of three large cities in In
| diana, binding them to repay me
| on a ratio of three to one for all
j money I had advanced in their be
' half and further agreements are in
:my possession where these same
men agree to fellow certain indi
; viduals to name all appointments."
The letter purported to have been
| written by Stephenson, also declared
i he was being cruelly treated at the
| prison, was denied the right of se-
I lecting attorneys to perfect an ap
peal for a new trial, and that he 1
| had been "framed" in connection
1 with his indictment for the murder
]of Madge Oherholtzer. an Indian
i apolis girl, early in 1925.
The long-standing fight between
j the Indiana Highway Commission
j and some -politicians also was men
tioned in the letter. Stephenson
1 charging that he was being made
j to suffer because he refused to help
! "frame” the roads body.
I "Because I hold the documents
\ * * * and because I have the
1 knowledge set out in the foregoing,
j men who owe me their verv exist
-1 pnee—their meat and bread, their
! high position, all that they have and
: all that they are—these men. so in
j debted to me—had me framen and
! sent to prison for life because it j
! was cheaper than paying their I
I debts." Stephenson's latter declared.
Even after he had been convicted
' last November. Stephenson said he
was assured everything was all right
! and that he would he released within
( a month.
Stephenson is serving a life sentence
(Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) !
i TWO THOUGHT SLAIN.
MARQUETTE. Mich.. October fi (Ah.
' a blood-splattered rowboat, found
yesterday on the shores of Pickerel j
Lake, gave searchers their first defi- j
nite clue as to the possible fate of j
Arvid Erickson and Emil Skoghind. j
game wardens, missing since last
Wednesday.
It is the belief of officers that the
wardens were slain and their bodies
; thrown into the lake by hunters they
' apprehended for game law violations.
I Skoglund's automobile was found
near Gwinn. 50 miles from the terri
i tory they were presumed to have been
patrolling when they disappeared,
j Blood was foutld a few feet from the
| abandoned car.
Scots Troupe Loses 51 Pounds and SB4,
But Plan to Recover From Hotel Fails
It look? a? though bonny Scotland
is out of luck to the extent of 51 good
English pounds and 54 good Amen
j can dollars.
i But bonny Scotland, as represented
I by 52 members of the Orpheus Choir
1 from Glasgow, didn’t give up without
: a fight.
! The choir sang at Poli's Theater
) yesterday. Then they ■ returned to
j their rooms at the Lee House and
; went to Four of them trust
; fully neglected to bolt their doors,
i When they awoke they said their
' money was gone.
j The choir conferred. As a result
j of the conference 51 of them trooped
out of the hotel with their baggage
I and got out of town, leaving one
member to settle up. Randall Gray,
r ’
%\\t JMaf.
V y J V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION,
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fields were filled to their capacity
of some 6.000 3 hours before start
ing time, while the covered stands
in right field also filled rapidly, in
! dicating that yesterday's record jam
jof 37,708 paying sitectators might be
exceeded.
Pitching prospects were for a tussle
between the rugged young right
hander of the Yankees. Waite Royt.
a hero of the 1921 series, and Flint
Rhem, also a right hander.
The Cardinals came to thp park for
practice in high spirits, confident that
they would carry on their winning
streak and conclude the series here
with victories today and tomorrow.
The Yankees, on the other hand,
j were out early for hatting practice
| in an effort to snap out of their slump
I and get their eyes on the hall. They’ve
i collected only nine hits off Alexander
I (Continued on Page 2. (Column 7.)
DEFENSE RESTS
DAUGHERTY CASE
Neither Miller Nor Former
Attorney General Called
to Testify.
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Ocober 6.—The de
fense rested unexpectedly today in the
Daugherty-Miller conspiracy trial.
The jury was excused and motions
for striking out parts of evidence and
direction of verdicts acquitting the
defendants were denied by Judge
Mack. Court was adjourned at noon
until 2 o*clock, when summations were
to begin.
Neither Miller nor Daughterly took
the stand.
William Rand, counsel for Miller, is
to make his summation this afternoon.
Max Steuer. counsel for Daugherty,
is to make his tomorrow morning, and
United States Attorney Emory R.
Buckner is to make the Govern
ment's summation tomorrow after
noon. Judge Mack is expected to
charge the jury Friday.
Tells of Finding Bonds.
; Mai S. Daugherty, testifying today, j
i told how $74,400 of Merton-King Lib- j
| erty bonds were found in Jesse W. j
Smith's accountg after his suicide.
The bonds, part of a block of $391,- j
000 that Richard Merton. German j
metal magnate, gave the late John
T. King, Republican emomitteeman i
from Connecticut, as a "commission” !
1 for rushing through the alien prop- j
I erty custodian’s office the claims of |
the Societe Suisse Pour Valeurs de !
Metaux for $7,000,000 of impounded
assets of the American Metal Co., were j
in hanks in Washington and Cleve
land. Mai Daugherty testified.
Mai Daugherty is a witness for the !
defense in the trial of Harry M. j
Daugherty and Thomas W. Miller, j
charged with conspiracy to defraud
the Government in connection with !
the approval of the Swiss claims, j
Harry Daugherty was Attorney Gen- j
eral and Miller was alien property |
custodian at the time the claimswere j
paid.
Smith Estate *200.000.
The estate of Smith amounted to a j
little less than $200,000, Mai Daugh |
erty said. This “country merchant" j
who became the ex-officio organizer j
of the Department of Justice and who j
traveled at Government expense and
gave orders concerning Government j
investigations, had sold his general j
merchaydise store before he died. !
That brought him $39,000.
Mai Daugherty testified that Smith j
! had never had large sums deposited :
in the Midland National Bank at
Washington Courthouse. Ohio, of
which Mai Daugherty is president,
until after Harry Daugherty became j
Attorney General. He could ac- j
count for the sudden accession to.
wealth by Smith.
The "Jesse Smith extra” account ,
| in the Midland National Bank, out of !
which Smith paid Harry Daugherty's 1
Washington household expenses, was !
transferred to a “Harry and Mai 1
Daugherty" account after Smiths
death. Mai Daugherty said. This
account was for about $790, he testi
fied.
While the Harry and Mai Daugh
, erty account was opened as a “polit
! ical account," Mai Daugherty contin
ued, it was not used as such. |
LIGHT VOTE EXPECTED.
ATLANTA. Ga.. October fi (4b.—A
light vote was forecast in the run
! off primary today, in which Georgia
voters will express their preference he
tween Dr. L. G. Hardman and John
N. Holder for the Democratic nomi
nation for the governorship. The
nomination in Georgia is equivalent to
election.
Hardman and Holdei received the
greatest number of votes at the Sep
tember S primary, when no candidate
received a majority of the 414 county j
unit votes.
Fair and cooler weather was fore
cast throughout Georgia.
the spokesman, went to the desk and
reported the loss with the emphatic
assertion: "We won t pay the bill."
"We ll hold your baggage then,” j
said the manager.
This was just what Gray had ex
pected. He was prepared
"The baggage Is gone," he said.
“Then we 11 hold the choir,” said j
I the manager.
“They’re gone too.” said Gray.
It looked like a clear-cut victory for j
the singers. But there remained one i
card with the hotel—the holding of
Gray himself.
After considerable argument he de
posited. under protest, the amount of
the bill —$250—and departed leaving
a forwarding address in Glasgow.
Police and hotel officials are In
vestigating the reported robbery.
BOY’S DEATH SIS
PARENTS TO SEEN
SAFETY GUARANTEE
‘Slow’ Signs and One Police
man to a School Fail to Pre
vent Fatal Risks.
PUPILS PLUNGE HEADLONG
INTO DANGEROUS TRAFFIC
Citizens Want Protective Measures
Devised That Actually Will Safe
guard Children.
The tragic death this week of a S- j
year-old schoolboy beneath the wheels |
of an automobile passing in front of ;
his school has awakened Washington j
to the fact that grave hazards to life I
and limb lurk in the city's so-called !
"school safety zones."
Citizens are asking themselves if
they have not been lulled into a false j
sense of security by high-sounding j
phrases and attractive traffic signs. ;
instead of getting down to a bedrock j
basis of enforced safety through dras- !
tic measures of school traffic control.
Startled into a realization that what
happened last Monday to little Freddy
Grosskurth of the Gage School might!
j also have happened to “my Johnny” j
or “your Mary" under similar condi- j
i tions. tin? parents of thousands of the
I Capital's school boys and girls have j
j begun to look around, somewhat fran- j
tically. for some assurance of relief.
Definite Plan lacking.
( And the amazing part of it is that
| no one. from the Police Department
land Traffic Bureau to the school offl
j cials themselves, is ready to offer at \
1 this moment any definite, ironclad |
I guarantee of child safety—a guarantee
'that will protect the city's joungstersi
| "in spite of themselves.”
For it is just such an infallible war- ■
ranty that is needed here today, judg
ing front a preliminary survey of con
ditions conducted yesterday by a rep- j
resentative of The Star.
The investigation, made during noon
j recess ( at the Thomson School, at i
i Twelfth and L streets, showed clearly !
j that the existing methods of child
! protection in school I raffle zones—in-:
volving erection of "slow” signs *o j
! warn motorists and stationing of a j
j single policeman to watch the chii- 1
dren—are wholly inadequate to me* < . j
1 the demands of such a “life-or-death" j
j situation.
Cross Amid Traffic.
The vehicular traffic on Twelfth i
| street at the noon hour yesterday was
l exceedingly heavy. A lone policeman j
| stood on the corner, waiting. A hell
j rang, and two score heedless Johnnys
i and Marys trooped happily from their
j classrooms and across the traffi -in
■ fested artery within the first 15 min
i utes of recess.
‘ Due either to the hand of Provi
| dence or sheer luck of childhood, five
iof these youngsters escaped from
| what appeared to be certain injury or
' death beneath oncoming passenger
! cars or trucks. The policeman on the
! corner did not save them. No human
I being could have done so, after the
! sudden dash of tiny feet had started, j
1 Yet the policeman was doing his duty, j
;as outlined to him by his superiors. j
j That duty, it appears, was to see ,
■ first of all that motorists observed i
j the warning signs as to parking and :
j speeding, and if they didn't, to arrest j
i them, if possible, or get their license i
j tag numbers; and. second, to assist j
i the children in getting across the J
| street, to the extent of the ability of j
one man to cope with a host of exhu j
berant hoys and girls.
1 It was a large task which had been
i mapped out for him. but. valiantly ,
i though he tried, it was manifestly I
! impossible to watch traffic and at the
i same time keep tab on the scattering. |
; romping pupils en route to nearby
! candy stores or to their homes for i
! lunch.
I The Thomson School is not an
: ceptlon. True, it Is located In the
downtown congested section, where,
perhaps, the traffic Is heavier than in
outlying districts. But similar condi
i tions are known to exist in varying I
j degrees of seriousness, in virtually!
every school "safety" zone in Wash- j
i ington.
| The Bunker Hill School, out on
| Michigan avenue. Brookland, is not
: a downtown school, yet only last night
i the executive committee of the Mich j
I igan Avenue Citizens' Association met
in special session to protest about i
what was characterized as "the fail
ure of police and engineer authorities
! to take proper precaution in safe- j
guarding their children.”
No Warning Signs There.
i
At the Btinker Hill School there Is
| a policeman on sentry duty, as else
: where, hut there are no warning ,
; signs for motorists and no sidewalk
in front of the school to keep youth
ful pedesrtyans out of the roadway,
the Brooklanders complain. Repeated
| requests for signs and for the side
walk have neen unanswered, accord
ing to R. R. Faulkner, president of
! the association. Mr. Faulkner learn
; »d today, however, that a representa- ,
tive of the engineering department of
the District appeared at the school
this morning to make a survey.
Meanwhile, it was brought oht at
the meeting> lesiu-st one family is j
| (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) j
MEXICAN CATHEDRAL
WILL BE REOPENED^
•; I
i - 1
Inventory. Bepnn August 1. Near
ly Completed, Private Worship -j
to Be Resumed.
i I
i Br Cable to The Star and Chicago Dailv »«■«
MEXICO CITY. October 6.—Mexico's ,
, beautiful metropolitan cathedral.
; which has been closed and strictly
guarded by police since the end of .
| July, will he opened for private wor- !
I ship within the next few days.
! Since the religious conflict became
! acute on July 31. and all priests and
officials retired from the exercise of
religious rites, the cathedral, which !
constitutes the principal material rep- i
resentatlon of Rome's power In Mex j
lco. has under the charge of a *
committee of citizens. This committee i
is taking an inventory of the contents,
and their labor Is nearly completed.
(Coarrtrhl. 1926. br Chicago Dailr New* Co.)
*
AT THE SESOUI.
i A LOYAL AMERICAN* THOUGH DISFRANCHISED.
i : I
SOLDIER’S BODY
FOUND NEAR FORI
Pvt. Edgar H. Miller Discov
ered Dead With Bullet
Hole in Head.
! The body of Pvt. Edgar H. Miller,
! with a bullet through the forehead,
I was found behind the Arlington Ceme
! tery w r all, just across from the Fort
j Myer drill field, today.
\ There is a possibility of either mur
j der or suicide. Fort Myer officers said
j today. Immediately after the discov
ery of the body a board of officers,
headed by Capt. Albert Bowen, was
appointed to investigate the circum
stances and had not completed their
: investigation early this afternoon.
The body of Miller was identified by
Capt. John T. Axton, jr., chaplain
at the post.
Miller, it was reported at Mort Myer.
had been missing since Sunday night.
The wound was inflicted with a .45 j
caliber revolver, and the medical re
port of its location will largely detar
mine whether the soldier could have
Inflicted it himself.
Miller has neen stationed at Fort
Myer since last June. He was a mo
tion picture operator.
There is some possibility of linking I
| the case with tb£ mysterious shots i
! fired from ambush at Ernest Johnson, !
1021 Ninth street Monday nisrht. The
! shots, it was reported came from near
i the spot where th® soldier's hod?' was
■ found.
| MARTINEAU ELECTED
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR
Four Constitutional Changes and
Election Referendum Be
lieved Carried.
By th® Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., October 6.
Indications today were that the four
constitutional amendments and one of
the two referendum measures had
been carried in yesterday's State elec
i lion, in which John E. Martineau.
1 Democratic nominee for governor, de
l seated M. D. Bowers, Republican.
The referendum measure, initiated
! by the railroads operating in the State
to repeal the so-called "full crew laws."
was defeated on the face of incom
j plete returns from about half of the
, counties.
I Amendments which were carried
seeming!?' on the face of these returns
provided for school districts to increase j
i the mill'tax exemption of textile mills i
jin the State from taxes for seven j
years, issuance of bonds for public im !
i provements by cities of the first and i
second class* and prohibition of local
legislation. The other referendum
I measure would combine the State and
congressional elections.
$100,003 in Liquor
| BEING DUMPED IN RIVER
Big Prewar Stock. Saved hv 14
Continuances. Finally Ordered
Destroyed.
! By th® Associated Press.
• CHICAGO, October 6. —One hun
-1 dred thousand dollars' worth of pre
j war brandy, gin and whisk?* yesterday
began a seven-day tricky to lose its
potency in the waters of the Chicago
River.
Saved by more than a dozen con
j tinuances. the private stock of for
; mer Alderman Robert J. Mulcahy w as
i doomed yesterday with the expiration
-! of the fourteenth order to sta?* the
; execution. Destruction was started
immediately. E. C. Yehowie?*, prohibi
1 tion administrator, estimated that one
; week will he required to complete the
destruction. i
Meanwhile an armed guard will pre- j
I side over the warehouse to prevent at- j
\ tempts at hi jacking.
Cobham May Fly to U. S.
LONDON. October 6 (4b.—The next
; great flight, of Sir Alan J. Cobham, !
Great Britain's newest knight, prob- !
ably will he across the Atlantic. Be
! fore his recent flight to Australia and j
1 return he made tentative plans to fly j
i from England to America.
1
Radio Programs—Page 361
Workmen Unearth
Unknown Writings
Os Omar Khavvam
» »
By th® Associated Press
LONDON, October 6.—The dis
cover? - of previously unknown
poems by Omar Khayyam i« de
scribed in a dispatch to tlie Daily
Express from Karachi. British In
dia. The correspondent says work
meh in digging for a foundation
for a building at Sehwan, in the
province of Sindh, unearthed a
brass case containing manuscripts
of many hitherto unknown quat
rains written by Omar during his
wanderings in Sindh.
The verses contain allusions to
"the Median,” a probable conqueror
of Sindh, whose histor?* is lost in
antiquity.
The correspondent says it had
not been known previously that
Omar visited Sindh and that this
will add to the history of the poet's
life.
Omar, a Persian, died in the first
quarter of the twelfth centur?.
VON SEECKT OUT
AS CHIEF OF ARMY
Participation of Former
Crown Prince’s Son in Ma
neuvers Is Cause.
BY ERICH POIIACH.
By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily New s
BERLIN. October 6.—Gen. von
Seeckt. commander-in-chief of the Ger
man army, resigned today, following
a scandal regarding the participation
of Wilhelm, the eldest son of the for
mer German crown prince, in the re
cent review maneuvers at Muenschen.
The incident led to hitter conflict j
between Minister of Defense Gessler l
and Gen. von Seeckt. Gessler today
hastily conferred with the general.
It is understood that th® minister
of defense charged the general with
possessing previous knowledge of the
young Hohenzollern's attendance at
the maneuvers. Despite prompt de
nials of the ministry of defense, the
Republican press soon exposed the
story of Wilhelm's escapade.
Wilhelm resided at the Hotel Muen
singen, where President Hindenburg
lived during the maneuvers. The
youthful prince repeatedly appeared
on the drill field and participated in
i the exercises, alternately wearing the j
| Republican reichswehr uniform and j
: the uniform of the old imperial army.
Republican circles expressed alarm .
| that this might be considered symp- !
tomatic of the undermining of the
reichsw ehr's . Republican character
and strengthen the monarchist am
bitions regarding the dominant influ
ence of the army.
iConyright. Ifrtrt hv Thiraro Dailv Npw-Co.i
NEW CONSORTIUM SEEN.
Metal Rope and Wire Combine En- j
in Europe.
ANTWERP. Belgium. October 6
<4>).—The newspaper Neptune says a i
European metal rope and wire con j
sortium along the lines of the recent
steel organization is envisaged by Ger j
man. Dutch. Belgian and French
manufacturers.
It adds that German. Dutch and Bel i
gian representatives met in Brussels
Monday and arranged the preliminary j
agenda for a conference to he held in j
Paris. November 29, when French j
firms will participate.
Washingtonians Find South Carolina
Shares District Day Honor at Sesqui
IBr a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
PHILADELPHIA. October «.—Th® i
| District of Columbia was forced to ]
| share honors today with the State of j
South Carolina at the Sesquicenten
nial Exposition, much to the amaze
! ment of hundreds of the pilgrims
I from Washington who came here on
j the special trains to take part in
j the ceremonies.
The impression had been given by
I the exposition officials that the day
j had been set uide solely for the ob
: servance of District of Columbia day,
j but when the crowd marched through
■ the exposition gates and discovered
"I
OP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS.
MORE INDUSTRIES j
URGED FOR CITY
Trade Board Committee Sees
Need of Factories for Fu
ture Growth.
More energetic encouragement of
! diversified light industries in Wash
ington, bearing always in mind that
the National Capital is not to be pri
marily an industrial city, is advo
cated in a report just approved by
the industrial interests committee of
the Board of Trade.
The committee's conclusion, it re
ports, is that both the need and the
opportunity for more manufacturing
exist here. «
The need is stated as follows:
"Washington must provide work for
the young men. not only of the pres
ent, but of future generations, in or
der to prevent the accumulation of
an idle population. The Federal Gov
ernment cannot possibly support the
majority of the future population.”
Opportunities Scarce Here.
The Washington boy who is indus- j
triallv inclined has scant opportunity i
here now, the report points out. but ;
must find his life work in some other
community.
Opportunity consists, the committee
finds, in excellent transportation facil
ities. by rail and water: ample
space for small factories, particularly j
in the Southeast section: plenty of ,
skilled and unskilled workers former- j
ly employed In the navy yard and the
Washingon Steel and Ordnance Co.; \
ideal small homes with pleasant sur- !
roundings, ample, low -cost electric cur- !
rent.
The report points out, as a specific
case, that one large, nationally known
concern has just purchased 50,000
square feet in Washington to erect
warehouses, deserting a location in a
big industrial city because of the bet
ter transportation facilities here.
Dirt Avoided by Electricity.
' The electrification of small indus
tries. the report says, has removed the
predominant objection to them in the
National Capital—dirt. Factories can
now be made attractive additions to
a city.
The program advocated by the com
mittee has two objects:
First, to foster industries already
located here. Second, to seek new in
dustries.
The first objective, it was sa?(P can
he helped along by more industrial
loyalty among Washingtonians who
should purchase homemade goods
wherever possible and give local com
| panies an opportunity to bid on local
I work.
Co-operation Urged.
The committee recommends that
groups be established w ithin the Board
of Trade representing each branch of
industry now here, to devise ways of
helping business.
For the second part of the program
it urges that a committee of five be
appointed to collect data essential for
those who may he planning to estab
I lish factories here, to lend them all
| reasonable encouragement, and Ao
i keep a lookout for industries seeking
j a home.
The Industrial Interests copimittee
j already has divided itself in groups
i representing present industries.
Among the larger manufacturing es
I rahllshments enumerated in the com
J mittee’s survew' are brick and clay
! products, (Jour milling, ice and ice
j cream manufacturing, iron and steel
specialties, woodworking, paints and
j oils, slaughtering and meat packing.
; printing and publishing and stone and
1 marble works.
The committee is composed of
!C. Phillips .Hill, chairman, Fran
| els G. Addison, jr. P. M. Ander
(Continued on Page 5. Column 2.)
| the banners of South Carolina flying
beside those of the District * barrage
! of questions naturally followed.
While no explanation was forth
coming from the exposition officials.
Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph said
he had learned just before leaving
Washington that South Carolina day
and District day would be observed
jointly. The Commissioner showed
his disappointment keenly, hut de
clined to make any comment over the
arrangement.
The South Carolina day program,
however, did not Interfere with the
District day ceremonies.
. ' i
The only evening paper
in Washington with the
Associated Press news
service.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,632
SESQUI HEARS PLEA
FOR VOTELESS D.C.;
1,1 GO FROM HERE
Citizens- of States Learn of
Washingtonian’s Status in
Exposition Speech.
COMMISSIONER RUDOLPH
INTRODUCES DR. LEWIS
Day Set Aside for Capital Is Sunny
After Rainy Start of Spe
cial Trains.
Br * Staff Correspondent of The '-tar
PHILADELPHIA. Pa . October fi
The pl.aa of the Washingtonian for the
right to be represented in Congress
and to vote for President and Vice
President—a right enjoyed by all
other Americans—was proclaimed by
Dr. William Mather Lewis, president
of George Washington University, de
livering the principal address at the
observance of District of Columbia
day at the Sesquicentennial this aft
\ ernoon.
i Looking out from the stage of the
! "Forum of the Founders," a new open
| air amphitheater, upon a gathering
| that included many citizens of the
j Stales, as well as hundreds of his fed
I low townsmen. Dr. Lewis painted a
j vivid word picture of how the National
! Capital has grown since 1800 from "a
! 'jismal wilderness" to a capital "sur
i passed by none in the world."
Rudolph Thanks Mayor.
| A spokesman for the board of Dis
| trict Commissioners. Cuno H. Ku
| dolph. its president, at the outset of
! the ceremonies, thanked A. L. Sutton,
j director of domestic participation of
the exposition, representing Mayor
Kendrick, for the invitation extended
to stage a celebration at the exposi
tion.
“We, citizens of Washington, have
been deeply interested in the wonder
ful exposition which you. our sister
j city, have produced, and we have
come in goodly numbers today—not
for the first time for many and not
for the last for all of us to feast
our eyes on its beauties, to avail
ourselves of the wonderful educational
advantages that this exposition af
fords the people of this country and
of foreign lands,” the Commissioner
said. "We bring you cordial greet
ings from our citizenry, from those
present and those who could not come
with us. and tender our best wishes.
IWe express the hope that our stay
I among you may be conducive to a
mutual increase in our civic and per
sonal regard, of which your eloquent
greeting is a happy token."
Commissioner Rudolph also paid a
glowing tribute to Dr. Lewis when
introducing him as the Districts
Sesquioentennial speaker, and pointed
out that it was peculiarly fitting that
the District should have a part inthe
ceremonies associated with the 150th
I anniversary of the signing of the
Declaration of Independence.
J The visitors from Washington
| reached Philadelphia on three special
’trains, carrying approximately 1,500
j persons. Heavy showers just before
the trains left Washington prevented
many others who had planned to do
so from making the trip. The first
i train backed into the exposition
j grounds at 12:05 o’clock. 35 minutes
behind schedule, the two other spe-
I rials follow ing at five-minute in-
I tervals. The skies had cleared by the
| time the passengers detrained and a
1 bright October sun did its best to wel
! come them.
Great City in Own Right.
After portraying the physical beau
ties of the Federal City, Dr. Lewis
took as his keynote Ihe thought that
Washington is a great city in its own
right in addition to being the seat of
i Government. In driving home this
j thought the speaker pointed out that
four-fifths of the residents claim
| Washington as their permanent home
and are banded together in clubs and
! associations, "fully' alive to their com
! munity obligations.”
i Dr. Lewis lauded the Nation for
j what it has done for Washington, but
! he took occasion to correct an lm
-1 pression. w'hich he said has gone
: abroad, that the people of the District
: are exempt from taxation. He de
i dared that while the Government
i bears a part of the cost of maintaining
| the Capital, the costs of go*ernment
I are higher than elsewhere, because
; of the scale on which the city is laid
1 out.
“And we would have no objection
jto this.” Dr Lewis continued, "if
, with the responsibilities of taxation
we received the privileges of citizen-
I ship. For w hile our Nation was
! founded with the slogan. ‘No taxation
; without representation’; upon the
! foundation that ’governments derive
j their just power from the consent of
I the governed’; and while around the
j liberty bell we find the biblical words,
| ’Proclaim liberty throughout all the
j land unto all the inhabitants thereof.'
1 still, representation, the consent of
j the governed, real liberty, have been
j denied the people of the District.
Commission Rule Praised.
j “There are those of us, and I be-
I lieve the large majority of the resi-
I dents of the District, who crave na
j tional representation. We love our
j Nation and serve her to the best of
! our ability. We grant that first of all
J Washington is. as its great founder
| called it. the Federal City, and that,
! therefore, the present Federal con
i trol of municipal affairs is logicaj.
i Certainly there is no better governed
! city than is Washington. Certainly
[ our commission from the Government
; works admirably and places the as- *
fairs of the city in the hands of men
!w ho render efficient and unselfish
! service.
i “But there is a clear line of de
i marcation between local affairs In
| the Federal City and the right which
l every citizen of the United States
j should possess of having a voice in
j the Government to which he gives his
allegiance.
“On behalf of the permanent resi
dents of Washington who since the
day of its founding have given much
to the Nation, I ask that we be not
denied the privileges which the hum
blest son of the Republic has a right
to enjoy.”
Dr. Lewis, in conclusion, pictured a
brilliant future for the National Capi
tal in the following words:
“But with the vote or without it.
there is a spirit developing in Wash
ington which will carry it oo f
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