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WEATHER.
<TJ. S Weather Bureau Forecast.*
Cloudy and warmer tonight, followed
hy tain tomorrow; colder tomorrow
afternoon: much colder Sunday.
Temperature—Highest, 59, at noon
today; lowest, 46, at 6 a.m. today.
Full report on page 9.
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15
X' Kntered as second class matter
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RUTH ELDER GIVEN
ROARING WELCOME
IN GOTHAM HARBOR
Crew of American Girl Met at
Quarantine by Mayor’s
Committee.
FESTIVITIES PLANNED
BY VARIOUS GROUPS
~ " i
Haldeman Says He Will Try Trip
Again in Spring and I-lopes to
Take Aviatrix.
B.v the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 11.—'The
metropolis today roared its welcome
to two daring aviators who railed
King Neptune’s bluff—Ruth Elder and ;
Capt. George Haldeman.
Just a month from the day of their :
take-off in the American Girl for
a non-stop flight to Paris —a flight i
that came to grief when they landed <
in the ocean off the Azores end were ;
rescued by a Dutch tanker —they ,
came back to their starting point to i
receive cheers of thousands.
New Yorkers, who have had lots of 1
practice in welcoming returning nvi- 1
a tors in the last few months—Kind- j
bergh, Comdr. Byrd and his fellow
adventurers, Chamberlin and Kevine— <
gave them a typical reception.
Harbor craft shrieked a greeting; 1
the mayor’s reception committee met
them down the nay and took them *
from the Aquitania at quarantine,
fend thousands roared them welcome
as they proceeded from the Battery, |
tip Broadway to their hotel.
Won’t Quit Now. I
The aviators had their first taste of
New York’s welcome when the city
tug Wacom drew alongside the
steamer and Miss Elder rushed into
thj embrace of Lyle Womack, her
waiting husband. He came to New
Y’ork from Panama to greet her.
Capt. Haldemann. striving to remain I
in the background and leave the
honors to Miss Elder, affectionately
embraced his wife, who had come with
the welcoming party on the Macom.
There were tears in Mrs. Haldemann’s
eyes.
Informed that her husband had ex
pressed the hope that her flying days
were over. Miss Elder smiled and said,
“I’m sorry about that, hut I’ve no <
Intention of quitting now.”
Husband Is on Board. ]
Those named as members of the •'
welcoming party on board the Macom, -
included Lyle Womack, Miss Elder’s i
husband; Mrs. Susan Odom, her aunt; c
Mrs. Virginia Haldeman, wife of the j
co-pilot; Miss Sarah Henderson Hay,
a native of Miss Elder’s home town,
Anniston, Ala., delegated by the mayor *
of that town to welcome the aviatrix;
citizens of Wheeling, W. Va., where c
the flight received its -financial back- c
ing, and members of the mayor's com- t
mittee for reception of distinguished f
guests, headed by Grover A. Whalen. ,
A dinner under the auspices of the ,
National Women’s party will be given
Miss Elder Sunday night. Among the
speakers will be Mrs. O. H. P. Bel- ,
mont, Mrs. James J. Walker, Miss ;
Eva La Gallienne, Mrs. William Ran
dolph Hearst, Miss Marjorie Oelriehs, J
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt and Miss Doris ’
Stevens. .
Broadway hopes to welcome Miss |
Elder tonight. She has been invited
to attend a performance of the “Zieg
fedd Follies.”
Sells Poppies on Ship.
On board the Aquitania, as it neared
New York, Miss Elder exclaimed, “It ;
is perfectly wonderful to be coming :
home again.”
Miss Elder offered her services in :
the Armistice day program aboard <
chip and consented to sell poppies to
the passengers. A dance was given
for her last night, although she ab
sented herself to finish her packing.
\ rag doll, held in the arms of the
aviatrix as she started her flight, was
discarded during the voyage when she
was presented a wire-haired terrier b>
a passenger. Miss Elder said the dog
would bl called Captain in memory
of the voyage. *lhe captain on the
Aquitania on its latest crossing is bir
Arthur Rostron.
Cant. Haldeman remarked on the
steamer, “We will be in the air again
next Spring, as soon as the weather
is good and if I can make arrange
ments, for I feel a real obligation to
complete the trip, and I should like
S give Miss Elder the chance to be
the first girl across.”
Denies Movie Hopes.
A big crowd surged about the Hotel j
St. Regi* 5 as the flyers arrived, but j
Mi=s Elder waved a hand, flashed ; |
smile and went immediately to her
room to prepare for the reception at
Citv Hall later in the day.
Miss Eider will turn a cold shoulder
to all movie offers, she said. No con
tracts have been offered her to go
into pictures, she added, hut “I don t
want to he a movie actress anyhow,
I’m afraid I don't know how.”
Joseph Schenck, movie magnate
who was a passenger on the Aquitania.
had offered her no contract for her
services in the pictures, she said.
ruth elder"to BE GUEST
AT WHITE HOUSE MONDAY
Lindbergh to Get Medal in Eve
ning in Presence of Other
Noted Flyers.
Ruth Elder, latest recipient of
plaudits for a transatlantic flight
attempt, is expected to lead a group
of distinguished aviators at a luncheon
at the White House here Monday as
the guests of President and Mrs.
Coolldge.
The luncheon will precede the
evening ceremonies, at which the
President will present to Charles A.
Lindbergh the Hubbard medal, award
ed by the National Geographical So
ciety. Ohers invited to attend the
luncheon an dthe presentation exer
cises include Comdr. Richard E. Byrd.
Bert Acosta and Clarence Chamber
lin.
•
Alfonso on Way to Spain.
CAGLIARI, Sardinia, November
Op).—King Alfonso, traveling in
cognito on his way back to Spain from
Naples, where he attended the wedding
of the Duke of Apulia, arrived here
today aboard his yacht. He was
tsanpl} wejeomc-d by the populace.
LINDBERGH URGES FEDERAL
REGULATION OF ALL FLYING
Inefficient Air Schools Men-'
ace to Progress, He
Claims.
Aviation Personnel Vital to
Safety of Travel by
Plane.
(Copyright by the Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, November 11.—Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh has responded
to a request by the Associated Press
that he write his impressions on avia
tion in America and its future, based
I upon his observations during his re
cent flying tour of the United States
under auspices of the Daniel Guggen
heim Fund for the Promotion of Aero
nautics.
j In Col. Lindbergh's statement he
I stresses the menace to aviation caused
by improper training schools and their
product of inexperienced flyers; # he
urges regulation of all flying activi
ties by the Department of Commeiee
and further regulations to promote
(he factor of safety in the air. His
statement follows:
“One of the gravest problems facing
the advance of aviation is that of per
sonnel. Flying is safe today, but it
must be combined with training and
experience. We have not yet reached
the stage in the development of air
craft where the pilot plays a minor
part in the operation of an airplane,
and until we progress to that stage
it is essential to have trained and ex
perienced operators for safe flying.
“Thousands of miles are flown each '
day over the airways of America with
a record of which any ground trans
portation company might be proud. '
“It has beer, strikingly demon
strated both in America and in Eu
-1,000,1 GEM
RING UNCOVERED
Diamond Smugglers Best
Organized Crooks in World,
Authorities Hold.
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, November 11.—Florent
Lamont, with his Charlie Chaplin
shoes loaded with diamonds, has led
New York customs officials into the
biggest and most audacious smuggling
conspiracies ever uncovered by the ;
United States Government.
Further arrest* 4A the ea*e were
promised today by customs inspectors,
who seized Larnont and five alleged
confederates after Lamont’s suspi
ciously large shoes had yielded more
than $lOO,OOO worth of cut diamonds
from hidden compartments. Lamont
was picked up after he had come
ashore from the steamship Lapland,
on which he was second electrician.
John Michael Blake, assistant United
States attorney, said today that it
would be shown that Lamont was em
ployed by a great Antwerp smuggling
syndicate, which for years had been
conducting worldwide smuggling of
gems, with a most elaborate and high
ly organized system of operations.
Vast Operations Suspected.
Government officials agreed with
Meyer D. Rothschild, president of the
American Jewelers’ Protective Associ
ation, that the continental smuggling
ling now is sending into the United
States somew’heie between $50,000,000
and $60,000,000 worth of diamonds
every year.
“The arrest of Lamont and of the
five other persons with whom he had
contact, has opened up ramifications
of this plot which will reveal by far
the biggest smuggling conspiracy ever
detected at the port of New York,”
said Blake. “This ring has been in
operation for years. It is an organiza
tion far superior in intelligence and
resourcefulness to smugglers of aliens
and drugs. In fact, it is an organiza
j tion of de luxe crooks.
“There is reason to believe that
many innocent persons are used for
the delivery of diamonds on this side.
A smuggler arriving with diamonds
does not go directly to the place
where they are to he delivered. If
possible he will make a casual re
quest of some innocent person, ask
ing him to deliver a package to some
on j in his neighborhood.
"Their systems o cable codes would
do credit to the United States Gov
ernment in wa- time, in their a 'ar-
I ent innocence and in the impossibility
of deciphering them. We have abun
dant reason to believe that some of the
best b ains in Europe are engaged in
th’ conspiracy.
Watch Frequent Travelers.
“If we had to depend merely upon
some evidence of concealed gems on
th person of the smuggler we would
rarely make an arrest. Our espion
age system here and in Europe
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COLD SNAP AND SNOW
MOVING EASTWARD
Freezing Wave From Rockies
Brings Sharp Drop in Many
States.
By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, November 1L—
Termination of a six-w r eek armistice
between Fall and Winter that brought
• record high temperatures to the
; Middle West and Southwest was
threatened today as a cold wave
• moved eastward from the Rocky
' Mountains.
? A storm starting in Montana yes
terday left from three to eight inches
’ of snow In that State and today con
tinued into Wyoming. Billings and
Butte, Mont., reported temperatures
well below freezing.
The mercury also dropped in the
Dakotas. Nebraska and western Kan
r sas, with forecasts of snow tod#iy.
Thermometers climbed to 76 here
1 yesterday to set a new record,
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1927-FIFTY-SIX PAGES.
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COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH.
rope that there need he no fear for
personal safety in traveling with mod
ern equipment over organized air
ways.
“There is another phase of commer
cial aviation, however, which is in
need of regulation. There are not
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SABOTAGE BLAB
FOB FATAL WRECK
Spikes and Bolts Removed
From Rails at 500-Foot
Bank, Officials Say.
By the Associated Press.
LOUDON, Tenn., November 11. —In
the belief that sabotage was respon
sible for the derailment of part of
Southern Railway passenger train
No. 25, New York to Memphis, here
last night, county authorities and
railroad police today sought to trace
the persons responsible.
Officials reported that spikes had
been pulled from the rai\p in what
appeared to have been a deliberate
attempt to wreck the train, plunging
the engine and three cars over a 500-
foot embankment and resulting in
the d£ath of the engineer and serious
injuries to the fireman and a negro
passenger.
Bolts Were Removed.
In addition, bolts had been re
moved from the rail joints, causing
the tracks to spread as the train
passed over.
Officials called attention to the
fact that the system mainfains sig
nals and the latest automatic train
control devices in the section where
the accident occurred, but that be
cause the spikes had been pulled,
leaving the bond wires between the
rails intact, the control devices were
not affected and could give no
warning.
So far, no clue to the culprits has
been found, but it was revealed that
detectives had been here for more
than a week investigating reports of
tampering with railroad property in
this vicinity.
Sheriff Expresses Doubt.
A few miriutes before the wreck
passenger train No. 17, an accommo
dation running between Chattanooga
and Knoxville, passed along the same
stretch of rail and went into a sid
ing 4 miles ahead of Lenoir City to
allow the Memphis Special to pass,
according to Sheriff John W. Miller
of Loudon County.
Sheriff Miller, after visiting the
scene, expressed the opinion that the
time between the two trains was in
sufficient to allow for any unspiking
or unbolting of the track.
Autocrat Wins Cup.
LIVERPOOL, November 11 OP).—
Autocrat, owned by H. E. Steel, today
captured the Liverpool Autumn Cup,
one of the last of the racing season’s
big features.
HUSBAND BATTLES FOR LIFE,
UNAWARE INJURED WIFE IS DEAD
.... j
Woman Succumbs After Traffic Mishap
Tbat Ended Second Honeymoon/'
Another Dies of Injuries.
Unaware that his wife, injured with
him when they were struck hy a hit
and-run driver, near Thomas Circle.
Tuesday night, died early this morn
ing, H. A. Hirshberger of Kingston.
Pa., is lying today in Emergency Hos
pital in a critical condition with a bro
ken back and serious internal injuries.
The death of Mrs. Hirshberger was
the second within 12 hours as the
result of a traffic accident. Mrs. Ida
B. Maull, 47 years old, 716 Roxboro
place, also died at Emergency Hos
pital early this morning.
These deaths brought traffic, fatali
ties here for 1027 to 68. The total
for the year of 1926 was 78.
The death of Mrs. Hirshberger came
as a tragic end to what was to have
been a happy second honeymoon for
the couple, who came to Washington
for a few days to celebrate the thirti
eth anniversary of their wedding.
Skull Fracture Fatal.
Mrs. Hirshberger received a frac
ture of the skull, which proved fatal
early this morning. .lack Edwin
Parker, 19 years old, of Beltsvllle, Md.,
a student of George Washington Uni
versity, driver of the car, which he
had borrowed from a friend, Francis
i ScivfgH of Spartanburg, S. C., was
NEW ANGLE IN OIL
INQUIRY PROMISED
AS QUIZ NEARS END
Gordon Prepares to Close His
Investigation Into Jury
Tampering Charges.
BURNS SLEUTHS PARADED
BEFORE FORMER JURORS
Government Attorneys Seek Fur
! ther Evidence—Detective Chiefs
Are on Hand.
Promising within a few days dis
! closures in the Fall-Sinclair jur.v
--| fixing investigation that would cause
:an explosion greater than Teapot
; Dome, United States Attorney Peyton
I Gordon was preparing today for the
1 linal windup of the grand jury’s re
! lentless search for information liyk
! ink Harry F. Sinclair directly with
the chain of incidents that brought
about the mistrial declaration.
With complaints standing against
the defendant Sinclair and two of his
trusted associates, Sheldon Clark and.;
Henry Mason Day, charging them
with conspiring to influence the deci
sion and action of the trial jury,
Government attorneys were angling
to catch others in the grand jury
drag net, now that the end of the
investigation is in sight.
Both Day and Clark are out under
bond, while a warrant for the arrest
of Sinclair is still hanging over his
head pending results of the grand
jury investigation. A third Sinclair
man, Harry Jeffries, the oil magnate’s
personal secretary, succeeded in evad
ing similar proceedings, although Gov
ernment attorneys are hot on the trail
of a telephone call that Day Is said to
have made from Sinclair’s apartment
in the Mayflower Hotel to Jeffries in
New York, ordering him to engage
ihe Burns detectives to be put on the
case.
Five Indictments Possible. .*j;
Maj. Gordon refused to tell what he
has up his sleeve, although it is be
lieved that at least five indictments
will result from the grand jury in
vestigation before it winds up its
investigation.
C -nsational disclosures already* made
diring the course of the investigation
have focused public attention on con
ditions that brought abruptly to an
e d one of the most important crimi
nal trials in the history of the country*,
involving former Secretary of the In
terior Albert B. Fall and Sinclair in
an alleged conspiracy to deprive the
Government of valuable naval oil
leases.
I Turning its attention today* to ac
ti\ „ies of the Burns' detectives em
ployed in shadowing the trial jurors.
Neil Burkinshaw, assistant United
States attorney, staged a secret "iden
tification party” in his private office.
The 16 Burns’ men, while William J.
Burns and his son W. Sherman Burns
w :ted outside in tho corridor, were
paraded one by one before the 12
j- jrs.
One “mystery woman,” who was
later disclosed as a Mrs. DodJ who
lived across the street from Juror
Charles Holt, 1104 Four and a Half
street southwest, was one of the wit
nesses before the Grand Jury.today*.
1 She was brought to corroborate the
statement of Detective Kirby that he
had rented a room from her in order
to he close at hand to shadow Holt’s
movements.
Detectives Under Scrutiny.
For an hour before the grand jury
met at 11 o’clock the entire group of
Burns detectives, including Charles
G. Ruddy*, their director, were paraded
one by one before the 12 Fall-Sinclair
jurors.
Burkinshayv conducted the identifica
tion party, over which he and Sher
man Burns had a verbal tilt yester
day. in his private office. Burns had
demanded that his operatives be mixed
with others, as is usually the case in
identifleatio'n, but the young Govern
ment attorney went ahead and man
aged the show in his own way.
■ The whole affair was conducted in
secrecy. Burkinshaw explaining after
ward that e would not say whether
: »n.v of the Burns men had been iden
tified. Likewise, the jurors, except
John J. Costinett, were silent as to
what took place inside.
When Costinett left the room he
said, “Well, I couldn’t recognize a
blessed one of them." Costinett is the
. juror mentioned in the alleged Burns
affidavit, which charges that a De
partment of Justice representative had
trailed him and accosted him during
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arrested following the accident after
another motorist set out in pursuitand
forced him to the curb. He was re
leased under bond of SBOO on charges
of reckless driving and leaving the
scene of an accident without making
known his identity.
Mr. and Mrs. Hirshberger were
taken to the hospital by an automo
bile driven by Frank M. Fanning, 412
Seventh street southwest. The body
of Mrs. Hirshberger, who was 55 years
old, will be taken to Kingston this
afternoon, accompanied by a son.
Another Victim Dies.
Mrs. Maull was brought to the hos
pital Monday night suffering from a
fractured skull 'after she had been
knocked down at Fourteenth street
and Rhode Island avertue when she
stepped out to board a street car.
Leon Gitelson, 24 years old, 1100
Twenty-first street, driver of the auto
mobile, who was paroled by the police
at the time of the accident, was taken
into custody immediately following
Mrs. Maull's death.
Mrs. Maul! resided with her married
daughters, Mrs. J. W. Fisher and Mrs.
Walter F. Ludwig, at the Roxboro
placff address. She is also smadved by
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. NOVEMBER 11, 192?.
TWO MEN INJURED
BY D.C. FIRE TRUCK
Vehicle Sweeps Victims Off
Car Platform as It
* Turns Comer.
Swept off a street ear platform at
Ninth street and New York avenue
this afternoon by the rear end of a
ihook and ladder fire apparatus as it
rounded a corner, two men are
in Emergency Hospital suffering from
severe injuries.
They are William H. Trathen. 54
years old, of Tuxedo, Md., a clerk in
the office of the adjutant general of
the Army, and John A. McClune, col
ored, 46 years old, a barber, who lives
at F street southwest.
One Victim Unconscious.
Trathen is the more seriously hurt.
He is suffering from an injury to the
back of his head and a bad cut over
one eye. He was unconscious when
picked up, but regained consciousness
on the way to the hospital. Mcdwrce
was cut over the forehead, but his
condition is not serious.
The apparatus, Truck Company No.
4, was speeding south on Ninth street
in response to an alarm from Thir
teenth and New York avenue. The
truck was forced to swing out to the
center of the street to make the turn
west into New York avenue around an
automobile which had stopped at thd
corner, with the result that the lad
ders in the rear swept over the crowd
ed car platform. Most of those on the
platform either ducked or were too
short to be struck. The tw’o men hit
w T ere unable to duck in time.
The driver of the truck was A. F.
Gauzreau, and it was in charge of
Capt. M. D. Murphy.
Fire in Shop.
A ftre to which the truck was
speeding was at 1215 H street, where
flames believed to have started from
a new oil furnace in the basement
spread rapidly into the Woodie
Wickle Shoppe.
Albert Schnell, proprietor of the
shop and ow r ner of the building, was
there at the time the fire started,
together with Mrs. Schnell and five
workmen.
Considerable damage was donfe to
the building and to furniture in the
shop, which refinishes and upholsters
furniture. Companies responding to
the call were No. 2, No. -16, No. 14
and No. 1 engine and Nos. 3 and 4
trucks.
TRACTIHEADS
AGREE TD PARLEY
Officials Ready to Meet Wil
son and Discuss His
Merger Plan.
The proposed conferences between
officials of the street car companies
and Harley P. Wilson, regarding his
plan for consolidating the transporta
tion systems Os the District, moved
another step toward actuality today,
when officials of the Capital Traction
and Washington Railway & Electric
Cos. formally notified the Public
Utilities Commission that they are
willing to become a party to such
discussions.
The traction officials w’rote to the
commission in reply to its communica
tion to them earlier in the week, in
dorsing the Idea of conferences
between the company representatives
and Mr. Wilson.
The conferences were suggested by
John H. Hanna, president of the Capi
tal Traction Co., as the best way to
bring about a merger, after Mr. Wil
son had submitted a general outline
of his plan to the Commission without
previously discussing it with either
the boards of directors or stockholders
of the companies.
While the Commission has indicated
that it will make no further move to
bring about the conferences. Chair
man John W. Childress has offered to
turn his office over to the conferees.
The conferences, the Commission be
lieves, should be arranged by Mr. Wil
son, and he Is expected to do so within
a few days.
FLYERS FORCEDDOWN.
CHAUMONT, France, November 11
!A>). —Flight Lieut. George Madaets
and Jean Verhaegen, Belgian aviators,
who started on a non-stop flight to
the Belgian Kongo from Courtrai this
morning, w'ere forced down by bad
weath«r at La Ferte-Sur-Aube, France.
Record Rush Seen
For Dry Law Posts
Under New Regime
By the Associated Press.
W ile there may he a difference
opinion on the subject of pro
hibition, there a pears to be vir
tual unanimity of desire through
out the country to btain positions
as nforcement officers under the
forthcoming Civil Service reorgani
zation.
The Civil Service Commission al
ready* has received 15,000 applica
tions for the 150 administrative
positions earr.ving salaries of $3,000
to $6,000 annually, and 33,000 for
the 3,500 subordinate jobs, paying
SI,BOO to $4,000.
The Treasury* reiterated today*
that because of the impending
‘ ,-ansfer of personnel to CiVil Serv
ice status, it did r i feel justified
in asking Congress to appropriate
for the next fiscal year more than
the $13,000,000 for enforcement t v :s
year.
INCOMETAX OFFICE
TO MOVE MARCH 15
Unit Plans to Vacate Com
merce Building Site in
Spring.
The Income Tax Unit, occupying
tho large temporary structure between
Fourteenth, Fifteenth streets,, Ohio
avenue and B street, which is part of
the new Commerce Building site, will
not he moved until March 15, it was
made known following a meeting of
the Public Buildings Commission in
the office of Senator Smoot today.
The move can be made at that time
with the least possible interference to
the work of the Income Tax Unit, it
was explained, and in the meantime
the work of clearing and excavating
that portion of the Commerce site
north of Ohio avenue will proceed.
Officials of the commission said the
fixing of March as the time to relocate
the Income Tax Unit, will not delay
progress of the Commerce project.
It was indicated today tlyit the
commission is considering a number
of moves with a view to housing the
Income Tax Unit adjacent to other
branches of the Internal Revenue
Bureau in one of the temporary build
ings between Sixth and Seventh
streets, until the new Internal Reve
nue Building is erected.
Some excavation work also will be
started soon on a part of the site for
the Internal Revenue Building, which
is to cover the area from Tenth to
Twelfth, B to C streets. One corner
of this site already has been cleared
and another large part of the site will
he cleared as soon as the District
Commissioners can make some other
provision for the Farmers’ Market.
Editor Too Busy
With Hold-Up Story
To Publish Paper
By the Associated Press.
BIRDS BORO, Pa.. November 11.
—The editor of the Birdsboro Dis
patch. Berks County’s oldest week
ly newspaper, was too busy yester
day gathering neyvs to get out his
paper.
The Dispatch was due to make
its appearance yesterday, but
Harry Hart, the editor, said a
pay roll hold-up, in which a
postal clerk was beaten and robbed
of a registered package contain
ing $22,000, had made so much
news that he found it necessary
to hold up publication. He said
tho Dispatch would come out to
day.
"The Four Stragglers”
BY FRANK L. PACKARD
| One of the really great stories of the World
Begins in Today’s Star
On Page 40
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The only evening paper
in Washington with the
Associated Press hews
service.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,386
C4 5 ) Means Associated Press. TW O CEXTS.
SENATORS IN ROW
OVER FARM RELIEF
Statements From Steck and
Brookhart Follow Disagree
ment on Bill.
By the Associated Press.
Disagreement of three of the main
farm organizations on the form of an
agricultural relief bill stirred up a
new round of statements at the Cap
itol today on the issue, with the farm
leaders assailing President Coolidge,
as well as each other.
Senator Brookhart of lowa, on be
half of the group of Western inde
pendent Republican Senators, de
clared that the inability of the farm
organizations to agree does not ex
cuse the President from keeping “the
pledge of his party to extend farm
relief.”
At the same time, Senator Steck,
, Democrat, lowa, completed a lengthy
statement declaring that Senator
I Brookhart and the Western group to
I which he belongs, were actually hin
dering enactment of farm relief be
cause Brookhart and some of the mem
bers refused to support the vetoed Me-
Nary-Haugen bill.
Brookhart’s Statement.
Senator Brookhart insisted that re
sponsibility for farm legislation “rests
with no less weight upon both Con
gress and the President.”
“It is the duty of Congress to solve
this great question,” he said. “The
same pledge was made by both parties
and if the President refuses to proceed
with the solution of this problem in
accordance with his party pledge. I
want to ask the Democrats and Re
publicans in Congress to prepare a bill
in accordance with their pledges to
the farmers of the United States and
join together and pass it over a presi
dential veto.”
Stating that he recognized the im
portance of the farm organizations.
Senator Brookhart said that only
about one-third of the farmers of his
State were members of the National
Grange, American Farm Bureau Fed
eration and the Farmers’ Union,
which met. here this week in an un
successful effort to agree on a farm
bill.
“The farm organizations are hu
man,” he said, “and they have human
jealousies that oftentimes prevent an
agreement among farm leaders. This
disagreement is often promoted by
outside selfish interests. To refuse
to keep the pledge upon the pretext
of disagreement among any farm
leaders is an unjustifiable excuse for
failure to perform the plainest public
duty that was ever promised to the
farmers of the United States.”
Steck Raps Brookhart.
Senator Steck said that while lowa
demands the passage of the Me-
Nary-Haugen bill without change,
"Yet we have an lowa Senator nomi
nated and elected as a Republican,
who is against the McNiry-Haugen
bill and who opposed the candidacy
of Frank Lowden, who surely and
certainly is favored by Republican
lowa for the Republican Presidential
nomination in 1928.”
i “Brookhart has now joined a small
group under the leadership of Senator
Borah.” he said. "This group is open
ly opposing the Haugen hill and the
nomination of Mr. Lowden. It would
t>e a tragic situation should it be con i
ceded that Mr. 1 Brookhart or the
group with which he has aligned
himself, has any influence or standing
outside its own very limited mem
bership.’’
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Liquor Deaths Now Seven.
BALTIMORE. Md„ November 11
04*).—The seventh death attributed to
poison liquor in this city within two
weeks occurred today. The victim
was Charles Moffett. 36 years old. He
became ill suddenly and died on the
way to Colonial Hospital.
CANADIANS SHARE
IN TRIBUTE TO WAR
DEAD AT ARLINGTON
President Places Wreath on
Tomb of Unknown as
Troops Stand By.
THOUSANDS IN PRAYER
MARK ARMISTICE DAY
Dominion to Dedicate “Cross of
Sacrifice” Today—Legion Holds
Theater Services.
• Nine years ago today, at the mo
mentous blast of a bucle, the war
scarred troops of the United States
;md Canada tossed aside their smok
i mg guns and joyously turned eager
faces toward their common homeland
across the sea.
Today the soldiers of these gr c at
American neighbors Joined hands
again in reverent tribute to their
fallen comrades, whose grim but
Shs armistice came in death itself.
Led by the President and the Sec
retaries of War and Navy, the Na
tional Capital kept its annual Armi
stice day rendezvous with the Nation's
heroic dead, and they stood by re
spectfully that Canada might add gen
erous tribute to her neighbor’s valiant
sons.
Procession to Arlington.
President and Mrs. Coolidge and
Secretaries Wilbur and Dwight Davis
headed an almost continuous proces
sion of individuals and groups to Ar
lington . National Cemetery, bearing
impressive wreaths in memory of
America’s Unknown Soldier.
The ceremonies at Arlington will b«
climaxed this afternoon by the unveil
mg, before massed Canadian and
U nited States troops, of Canada’s mag
nificent “Cross of Sacrifice” in honor
of American citizens who gave their
lives in the service of the Dominion.
The. presidential party went to Ar
lington at 10 o’clock and carried out
its ceremony in brief but dignified
fashion. While the military guard
stood at attention, the President step
ped forward and placed a large wreath
of green leaves and white carnations
against the gleaming whiteness of the
Tomb of the Nation's Unknown Dead.
Mrs. Coolidge, in accordance with
an annual custom, then laid a single
long-stemmed white rose upon the
tomb.
A comparatively small crowd
watched the simple rites. The Army
Band heralded the approach of tho
party with “Hail to the Chief." MaJ.
Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of
staff of the Army, and Admiral Ed
ward W. Eberle, chief of naval opera
■ tions, also were present.
Hundreds Offer Prayer.
In addition to the formal ceremonies
at shrines, the citizenry of the Capi
tal paused in prayerful mien for a
two-minute period at 11 o’clock—th<
hour. French time, when the news o'
the cessation of hostilities started its.
circuit of the globe nine years ago.
Government employes, business men
and persons on the street remembered
the sacred hour by halting their usual
routine and standing in reverent si
lence while the minutes ticked away.
Radio broadcasting also was stopped
for the fleeting period at the signal
of a bugle sounded in the studio of
station WEAF and broadcast through
a chain of stations, including WRO.
While most of the day’s observ
ances centered in Arlington Cemetery,
other ceremonies had been arranged
for various places. The American Le
gion held impressive exercises at noon
in Keith’s Theater, while loyal fol
lowers of Woodrow Wilson, wartime
President, at 4 o'clock this afternoon
were to make their annual pilgrim
age to his tomb in the crypt of the
National Cathedral on Mount St. Al
ban. Many meetings in lighter vein,
in celebration of the gladsome phases
of the armistice anniversary, were
planned for this evening,
i After the President had departed
from the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier members of the League of Amer
ican Pen Women assembled before the
shrine, bearing flags of many States.
Following invocation by Mrs. Frank
Rav, national chaplain of the league,
a wreath was laid on the tomb by
Mrs. Edward Nelson Dingley, first na
tional vice president. Little Miss
Helen Ethelstone Brooks, grand
daughter of Mrs. Aaron D. Newman,
past vice president of the District
branch, was the official “flagbearer.”
although she is but an infant. Mrs.
Charles Fisher Taylor, national cus
todian of flags for the league, was In
charge of the exercises.
Chaplains Hold Rites.
One of the more noteworthy trib
utes at the Tomb was that of the
chaplains of the Army and Navy
who took part six years ago in the
interment services for the Unknown
Soldier. At that time they pledget!
themselves to return each Armistice
day and do honor to the memory of
America’s martyrs for democrarcy.
Accompanied by clergymen of the
Regular Army, the National Guard
and the Reserve Corps, these chap
plains carried out a program of
Sdripture reading, hymns and prkver
similar to that which marked tho
burial of the Unknown, November 11,
1921. Wreaths were laid not only on
this tomb, but on the monument to
the 23 chaplains who lost their lives
during the war. .
The chaplains participating in these
ceremonies were Col. John T. Axton,
chief of chaplains of the Army;
Bishop Charles H. Brent of western
New York, Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron
of the Baltimore Hebrew’ Congrega
tion and Chaplain John B. Frazier,
formerly director of chaplains’ af
fairs for the Navy.
Gen. Summerall headed a group
of the Ist Division of the A. E. F.
who visited the granite shaft, in tho
park south of the State, War and
Navy Building and placed a large
wreath at the base of the pedestal
in memory of their fallen comrades
of that division. Gen. Summerall com
manded the Ist Division and is now
president of the Ist Division Society.
Massey Guest of Legion.
Vincent Massey, the Canadian Min
ister, and a number of members of
the Canadian delegation here for tho
dedication of the monument this aft
ernoon were guests of honor of tho
Legion at the services in Keith’s
Theater.
Col. Oliver P. Robinson, who was
associated with Canadian forces in
Siberia in 1918 and 1919, explained the
significance to a soldier of Armistice
day.
“The armistice meant to me what
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