Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1921, Page 1

MmdlfioAdePrun' The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to | the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or Dot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special - WEATHER. Generally cloudy and unsettled to- night and tomorrow; mild tempera- ture. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest. 86.at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 70, at 6 am. today. Full report on Page 10. | | ? Closing New York Stocks 28,258. 0. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. Page 5 Part 2 - WASHINGTON, D. C, HUNDREDS BELIEVED DEAD AS FLOOD WATERS SWEEP . INTO SAN ANTONIO, TEX. Twenty-two Bodies Found, But Officials Make FORSAKES SEHEME | OFASSOCIATIONTO SUPPLANT LEAGUE President Would Meet Na- he Foening SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1921-TWENTY PAGES. Qispatches herein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 85,398. TWO CENTS. SUMMER NEAR END, WHILE FRIGID WAVE SWEEPS EASTWARD Summer was on the wane today. ‘Weather bureau officials said so and backed up their statement th formal forecasts of “frost.” colder,” “much . cooler” and “cooler” for the northern portion of the country. Temperatures which ranged around freezing or below carly today in Montana and Wyoming will ‘begin to fall tomorrow in the middle western states and before the new week gets far under way 1. DELEGATIN WL WEET SOON T0 IS POLEY American Quota Is Filled by . N - . | there will be a change for the i Estimates of Loss of Life as High as 500.. | ;. o\ worig questions S adnti e were to | Naming of Root and Property Damage Runs Into Millions. 1 24 BLOCKS IN HEART AFTER RAINS SEND STREAMS ON RAMPAGE Without Formal Body. SENATE CONCURRENCE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL OF CITY INUNDATED The decline in temperature will { not be so decided east of the Mis- wissippi as has been experienced in the snew-covered portions of Mon- tana, but bureau officials said it Underwood. ought to be enough to bring about the demise of the straw hat, which throughout a good portion of the country came early, and by vir- tue of a September hot period was attempting to stay late. Weather bureau _officials there was little likelihood that the said MR. HARDING AGAINST ALL GROUP TENDENCY {President Will Oppose Cluttering { 1 | T Mr. Harding Bel Al | & S . Harding Believes Agree-, | leavy rains, which brought flocd olling Devastated Seci ing in Rescue Work. conditions today 1o fan Antonio : Troops Patr Devastated Section and Aid ments Which Might Mean War | 4nd other Texas points. would be Conference With Extraneous Some Streets Under 15 Feet of Water—Wreckage . | experiencea elsewhere, The weath- 3 | Should Be First 0. K.'d | er will continue showery in the Questions. Strews Banks of San Antonio River. el Texas flood district today, official BY DAVID LAWRENCE:. J :.::ini‘xl.":'flfi}o'L‘:,‘::L‘fi'}; pehat Cihe The American delegation to the President Harding has abandoned | [ S11 of the water Wrung out of it.- | 2rmament conference, which will con- any idea of -forming an association ! sist of Secretary Hughes, Elihu Root By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., September 10—Twent those of women and children, were of the probable loss of life continue to be large, the police still placing it at 500. The property loss is certain to be many millions. As the waters recede organized bands of workers and rescuers are searching the ruined houses. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Septembe: property in the central portion of the city has been damaged to the ex- tent of several million dollars by 2 tonio last night. Estimate of the loss of life is difficult, but figures by of nations as a substitute for the present league of nations. The Fresident makes it clear to those who have made inquiries on the subject that the Unjted States will associate wi¢h other nations in international enterprises and the dis- cussion of ways and means of pre- serving peace, but as for a formal body, parallel to the Geneva'league, no such organization Is contem- plated. President Wants U. S. Free. in the morgue at noon. Estimates r 10—Six are known to be dead and flood which swept through San An- ARMS REGEPTION COMMITTEE NAMED .Commissioner Rudolph Heads i Body to Plan Welcome and Senators Lodge and Underwood. may be expected to meet s00n for pre- iminary discussion of confercnce mat- ters, it was stated officially today Secretary Hughes, who has been designated by President Harding to head the American delegation. already has confered with Senator Lodge and Mr. Root, and President Harding has Lnd several conferences with § TUnderwood before the Alabama ator left Washington last month. & though it is not known whether these related to the forthcoming conference I police and fire officials reach as high as 500, with heavy property 2 This news may come as a surprise | to Visit and its progi - o those who have been thinking : 5 The prelin damage. ; g | ERner e «crma of A rival organization LINCOLN MEMORIAL WILL i i O SIS T Troops from Fort Sam Houston are patrolling the city and aiding | to the Geneva league or as an asso- i clation of nations in which formal i 3 S e bt BE FLOODED WITH LIGHT : sitiol in rescue work. o membership would be required. But {7 The District of Columbia will do|United AR The water supply is cut off, as is the electric light and power. TEme i SXolic She L -om i) FOR DISPLAY AT NIGHT jall in its power to provide for the |Program. Negotiations on this sub- Sk 2 : S at in order to be perfectly free NIG | comfort, pl - e ject are understood to be proc Both banks of the San Antonio river are strewn with the wreckage [at all times. to approve or disap- : | oI, pledsure and safety. of ahefsnrormany: B of houses. A number of automobiles were swept away. r{m;-ll':w“us"::; ol:-edfizgtr,;gdwd;hnnl“z; m;l")l;dl.mc;::n Bfemurml is to be la !\cg' ll".‘- who will come here in|tween the tions. Throughout the night the east and west sides of the city were cut | nations, the United States cannot _ with electric 1 L i mber to attend the conference has form o her. aad it was only at daylight that the waters had | BInd itSelf in uny nard and fast or- night, in order that the artistic {on the limitation of zrmaments. of s e gt anization. 2 § $ i5 wa e S receded sufficiently to permit crossing by one bridge in the northern part. BT arding makes a point of just x e :“:‘"i‘ oLitheSstucture be : 5 i Al mas SS0UAkeQ dofins e a Water from the San Antonio river, which winds through the city,|how the prepositions are used In U"ammous Support Promlsed een from most parts of the Dis- Irish Body to Meet in Secret group of prominent citizens met at 4 ater e ey the Olmos creek. flooded the business section of |speaking of an association “of’ na- trict as well as high points in Vir- jthe District building in response to|¥ith Secretary of State Hughes and angems BLk Nepth of from ten to fifteen feet. The |Lions or an association “with" nations. A A ginia and Maryland. < lan invitation from the Cor oners | Senator Lodge on the American dele- the city for many blocks to a depth ot troi - = He believes the coming conference on in Election as Interna- o CR O 2 { Session to Act on discussed plans for a welcoming | ¥4tion to the conferc to meet he San Pedro creek, on the west side of the city. whld; mnshthrqugh ths i apmament is an association with other CoCons errill, engineer in | committ next month to consider the limi Mexican district, overflowed and joined the waters from the river and |nations and therefore satisfies to an - charge of the public buildings and e Commissioner Chal 5 tion or armaments and problems Swept through the southern part of the city. extent. anyway, his campaign pledse. | tional Court Judge. grounds, anmounced today that Invitation. o leaey Ol n ey |Phettar case will be recalled tha y large flood electric lights will be EE—— the board of Commisei Twa t Delegate Limi 1 = e Limit at Four. WATER FIFTEEN FEET DEEP IN HOTEL LOBBY. controversy ranged around the two 2 e Sronral ommissioners, was - little words “the” and “a.” Mr. Hard- installed in order that the rays elected chairman of a temporary or- Water stood fiteen feet deep in the lobby of the Gunter Hotel, which |l saig- e wouta pever join the’ | URGED AS CHIEF JUSTICE| mishe show up the entire structare. |MEETING MAY BE DELAYED | Sinization, commitces, which “wi ey conferencs . js a block from the river. The flood reached to the Alamo plaza on thell?ag\m ot o o .\1|e]n h’;;)»fxt‘v.;n_n‘::‘ s i s VR it ey N R s correspond ! east, which is five blocks from the river. ; | e L B e e T Committe. nd at e s 5 I E e ree | FeP e arding B - 2 5 | _The following were present today S A i Th“i'l:’eur‘;(i:haou;:rn:‘llll :::je?::ozfec‘o:-:i“ mQVa‘::r“s:::is:ctleIorb:-hcui x‘fififihedn;}:xmtfu‘-fmi:flgm'“ri'o}ri;:‘?”m Generally Believed American Jurist AUDIIURIUM PI-AN Lloyd George's Note Declared aw. T. Galliner. Bdward ¥ L ioday: | becn agreed amone the nations . s eRse 4 asery . Sfigaythsy kel ng 4 | Ralph W..Lee. E. C. Graham, Alfred |delegation 1o the et s Htopar least twenty-four hours. Street car service is cut off indefi-|form [a”, liasuy, of B S lea" Tnto| Would Accept Post—Moore i Factor for Approval by Schulteis, Thomas Bradiey.” C. W, | would he I tealiorons Sam e i nitely. ey A . Z, league. The President in o 5 2 : Semmes, Claude Woodward. Samuel |was explained that an ad = Phil Wright, commissioner of fire and police, stated he believed the | i€ Shistaps o~ Congress s turned Is Next Choice. Irish Parliament. | J; Prescott, Thomas Bones, delvin C. jmittee. o b 2 of exy , loss of life to be “very high” He could give no definite figures. He his back on the present leaguc, S e e Associated Preas BEtuN A dmaatalr o { Commissioners Kutz and Oveter also] Gopon or swento Moo ir by« pad j istri ¢ development, - Al e = 5 o E yster a zen o ¥ members will 1 N Fadmacicanletedaitonsiotiths ‘.‘m;d.efl di'sl'-?"' inieheMexs e etiowTo turn away from all| GENEVA, September 10.—Elihu September 10.—P’rime Min- | WETe present. named 10 serve the main body . It is believed that the greatest loss of life occurred in the Mexican | 50 (5"o¢ permament bodies with hard | Root,*the American jurist. will receive ister -Lloyd George's invitation to! entral Committee to Form. gates. No limit as to th district. Residents in that sector were unable to get out, though aided {gpnq fast rules and play a role of in-f b oy T s TR ath % 2 % suggestions for entertaining | 24Y1SOTY_committee has throughout the night by firemen and police and troops irom Fort Sam |formal conference With other powers uaApimoNssNotes ofs the {Bout e Eamonn De Valera and his colleagnes ¢ visitors were offercd by thowe pres: | 204 it Will remain witl thé nations in Houston e H on vital matters without committing | American delegates to the leasue ofypauarnmant Requires Spa !lo conter as to a basis for a settle- ‘ent.” said Commissioner Rudolph, “but | LeTeSted 48 to Just how large they wil! Newspaper plants were figoded, but the San Antonio Light succeeded | America to any ugreements \unless | nations assembly when the election of eQUIreS SPACE |ment of the Irish controversy must|nothing will be decided upon 'until[[iike WelE representation on this aux- fo D et ena they were ratified by the Sematc Heljuqges for the nermanent fnterna- 2 awalt action by the Irish republican the central committee is ercated next|" “mp.°pregigent S I isSumg an extra on ¥ L o e R alles o S . | would not stand aloof. but would &8\ )’ court of justice is held on Which Had Been Chosen [parliament. That hody will mect in|}Neek At the next meetink we will 2 iy this Alarming_reports of loss of life in the valley of the San Antonio |sociate with other pouorsbln endeay . | inesday next Many of them Sl / secret session mext Wednesday, at | ler he scope of activities for the e e river south of the city are coming in, but the Light is unable to con- |oring to settle world problems= favor Mr. Root as chief justice of the : which time. it is assumed, the prime | C{I(Tal committee tives of American womant firm them. case standing on its own bottom. court. They express confidence that by Business Men. ministers latest note to Dublin will e e IPAEL o ThaCom ives of Jabor cub oo et i vhich j could ascertz i the| Melieven in Semate Comeurremce. | N' oo Winl accept the post when be submitted, and a decision will be ! 2 s _certain a reception | g il Lo e e S ey e ot by the riomme water| . Mr. Harding shows a tendency to side | he sees the unanimity of the demand| Plans for a municipal auditorium [T¢ached as o acceptance or rejection Ii‘,’,’,",;ffi,:‘ffg{:fi: In keeping with the| ‘*1{", Of other Amcrican B Rt Foans and |ard telenhone communicaticn wita|with that school of thought which has|that he serve, and plans for his elec- | received another setback today w) lflf the invitation. behenie St e Wil mot e 2 B : T ight eansed the fi00d. AL |Gther cities was al%0 cut off. = A few |always maintained that protocols and|tion are going forward on this theory. i, : ack today when| 1t was understood when the repub- | | the sessions of the main bods of the least wight inches of rain fell during |ccmmercial telegraph wires were still | international agreements of all sorts. e public bulldings commission noti-lican parliament adjournea at Dublin| REPUBLICS OF CENTRAL conference. His part In the great this period. Early last night there |working early today. I which have hitherto been made by the Aceeptance See __|fled Robert N. Harper, chairman of a|recenily that it had conferred plan-| b At iihe (erent vas a heavy rainfall in the valley executive branch of the government,| Dispatches from Washington telling: special committee representing the| 2. PIWers upon Mr. De Valera and coming of the visitors and an opening of the Olmos creck, north of the city.| EIGHT HURT NEAR AUSTIN. |often committing the United States by |af Mr. Root conferring with President |, o 5 °f ihis colleagues. The note from Mr. AMER[CA s'GN PACT e e EheVER] fors Iyl ux.| in Water from the creek rushed into - | Ziplomatic notes to a policy that might |Harding are interpreted in league | Pusiness interests of Washington,|Lloyd George, however. is asserted to | " lterense. “He then will retire 1o 01 the San Antonio river and joined the T | mean war, ought to be ratified by the | cireles'to mean that Mr. Koot will that the. commission is unable to|have brought a factor into the situa- jerchpe NEleMuen) will relice io the el W chi i i . Feeling that way, of course, |withdraw his objections to election to Vi 5 on which made it necessary f i = v f 5 i o throughout the day in the city prop- | Tornado Reported. e e imon. enter into any Inter- | Do COMT L i o en to. the Aasem. |MeNt-owned temporary building. so scope of the mandate it gave its| g % e sorainhio) be presided over L AL its banks | o ranization without constant- | BroVesy Lie o et e (hat they will | that the site may be used for the|leaders. - : tures to Constitution—Memo- A e er. The river went out of its banks| AUSTIN, Tex, September 10.—Eight |ly having matters referred to Washing- | receive definite indications that Mr. proposed auditorium and convention ial T V. S. Has Selfish Purpose. o ;l\':'rr;(‘nzr;‘t‘ p'l‘:‘:y‘:::‘arz)‘;c:l:;e‘;lz:::‘pe"‘fl"s e e oualy, [ foni{ordecisioniin consultation with the | Root will accept before the assembly [ hall for Washington. | Took Oath to Republic. i rial Tree Is Planted. Both President Harding and Secr & : P{as the result of a terrific_downpour | Senate. clection of judges is held. o on it | By the Associatea P tary of State Hughes have taken the banks of the river, and they| s 3 o Mr. Harding, | ©'$ ge: ‘Want 28,000 Feet. The members of the parliament, it|™ s ean o ate Hughes have (akien gre oL of Dusinets! aulckiz. . | SLFaln aad the tomado st South Aus. | ‘Those wio belleve that Mr, Hurdivg, | A F. Resirepo, head of the Colom-( = % is pointed out. took the oath of al-| TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Septem- | PAINS i an endeavor to make it clear et oo trame was stanpetana foas SaaCrsegr el ycatard av it n his campaign, promised “an’ 8850Ck" | bian delegation,’ made the assertion usiness men of Washington{legiance fo the ~Irish republic and |ber 10—The constitution of the fen.|LIAL this country is going into the . hundreds of people were unable to!ang vicinity. reedmare | tloro fnatona Al R ilaon | (o davat Eacu Il E;oul‘}\\a American | have been particularly anxigus to se- | the government of the Irish republic.” | eration of Central Ameri o8 Sefs] conterence fwith Enoj eelfish - purposes reach their homes. Many of them though not in_rules, o the | WilD0 | countries would vote for MrRoot. | cure 25,000 fect in the cast end of the {30 Dledsed themselves not to “vieid | 7o'o" 4l American ripublics | Thelr purpose is to take hold of ti: ipent the night wandering about the | TEAVY RAINS IN NEBRASKA. | Soioints poiey as it 1s being evolved | | Colombia and, T believe all the |t now occupied by the triamgular|VOIUDIATY support-to any pretended |Was signed here today. One of the |GV RCh BUT oinion of toe world Businessidisteict : e 3s7in absolute accord with the | ther South American countries Wwant|pyiiging on Virginia avenue, oppo- | EOVErNmeNt, authority or power with- | features of the simple .but impressiv= | turn o riiee (o Rrmaans Hundreds Are Marooned. : . |Biank in the republican national plat- | MF, Root In the Iolerne ons ton is|Site the Navy building, known as|il Ireland hostile - thereto. Thus | ccremonies was the planting of a]do the most good. Rt {Hail Also Falls Generally Over |form of 1920. The platform plank reads | 250 PO Tempo building No. 6. lit would appear the conditioni oo oo 0. Confidence that both Mr. Root aad Police and firemen attempted to} in part as follows: {“Teague officials are endeavoring to| The reason assigned for rejecting precedent, that there could be _m.! - SR tor RO Il leos o u’,.\ warn residents in the Mexican sec- State. Stood for Pence Agreements. | League officials are endeuvoring 10 | the business men's proposel that the |scparation of Ircland from the Brit-| The flag of ihe federation, sym-|expressed at the White House Sun- tion of the city. and succeeded in) OMAHA, Ne “The republican party stands for|ihe Italian statesman. mow visiting | feQetal government vacate was the e S L I beiizing the resurrection of the re-|ator Underwood's position as minords tting hundreds of them to safety {n-ixed wilh hail stones of 1 - {agreement among the nations to pre: |ihe United States, who ix Presumed { &0 ent-owned bulldings. that. thers c4l1'upon Mr. De Valera and members | Faised here on S-ptember S1- the 1000 el e bonate inhenthie mmight Lefore the San Pedro creek over-|was gencral over eastern and south- | jerve the peace Of P8, NOTT onal |with the league who knows exactly | IS ROt enough space now to accommo-, Of his ministry, creaturcs of the par-ionniversary. of the independence of | O other agreement reached, was not flowed. Many others were cut off |STR Nebraska last .nmight. Heavy | belieye, tAat SR 2L, S0%ionin. {What are Mr. Roots intentions re.|Jate the clerical force of the govern- |liament, to recognize a “government. Central America from Mexico. Al- |eXpected to preclude his acceptance e ey o “Fet ‘out. and the | Winds and violent electrical displays | 255008010 fUitice and must provide |garding his nomination to the inter- | MENt that a vast amount of money i authority or power” in Ireland other |1(giance 1o the emblém will be sworn|In évent. however, that he shouid find elive catimated the. losa of life iniWere reported. Torrential rain fell | [TCHR (" which shall maintaln the |national hench ibeingispenthoirentiotiierfomoes and/| (RAITEAL OTHRE Qo (ot it impossible to ‘serve. it w Hetier rouldibestares iduring an electrical storm in Omaha. | raje of public right by the devem,,_i ; 5 jthat the abandonment of Tempo |accepted his invitation; it would also | mated unofficially that John V Nt S e whters wers receding, | Wind raised a portion of the base| TS °0cRa N Gnathe decision of im- R building No. 6 would greatly compli- [Seem that they must be especially | former ambassador to i Bt werd et et ithin their banke [ball stand ar thc state fair grounds, | hirtial courts and which shall se- |- Of the candidates for election it is|cate matters. empowered to meet the prime min-\ FROM D. C. TO OREGON, might be the democra e e B ging out people. who | Lincoin, Yesterday afternoon. & few | Jars nstant and general internation- |Benerally conceded that Dr. Ruy Bar-| Tws wings in the east end of the|lster on the basis laid down in his| e, + |the American delegation. Mr. Under- have been marooned throughout the | Froments after the crowd had disap- | 0| conference whenever peace shall |Dosa of Brazil will be chosen. Others, hew Navy building. nearest to thellatestmote. | wood at present is in the mountains ight. The weather is still cloudy and |Peared. Some crop damage from hail | be {hreatened by political action so {considered as Having the best chances | Pan-American building, have been al- Call Variously Comstrued. |Miss Tucker and Miss King Left |of Tennessee. Tugther rain s in prospect. . Unjess | Was reported and much cooler weather | trat the nations pledged to do and [Of election are Lord Robert Finley, |located to the international confer-| Only the “big four” delegations there should be unusual precipitation |I'Tevailed over tre state. O apon what in just and fair may |Great Britain: Dr. B. T. C. Loder, Hol- | ence on limitation of armament for( Announcement in Dublin yesterday Here May 9 on Long Hike. from each of the five allied and asso- there/shouldi e uanalncecioration] 30 i i j insist upon what is just and fair may | ZUGY BUnC Mo Birkcs Von Wart | use as offices. This space provides | hat the dail eireann had been ealled | poRTLAND, O ] ciated powers will sit in the general there is further danger. H T et ot o temberg, Sweden; Elihu Root or John | 100 rooms, most conveniently located, | to meet next Wednesday was various- | PORTLAX re.. September 10.—| conference on armament limitations Wires of commercal tetegraph com- | MINE TROUBLES NEAR END | S ure rmiavn Shai™n this can be | Bassett Moore, United States; Dr. Anl|Just across the street from the Pan-;1¥ construed here. but there were not {Miss Emma C. Tucker, formerly assist- | The delegation from China, which was pm:les went ?o\\'n early this mo'rning{| | done without the compromise of na- jdre Weiss. a jud“g{eh of,’r?e Hague|g°';;l‘;‘§3n°’h‘:'i.?£§:fi;:‘r_2:;§ ‘:lh: tma‘i)n,:};n;:_nismfl‘l‘gv:;m“&ud l;el;‘e;fdmlrsx‘h {ant professor of English literature at{invited ;lspeflull.\_‘"befausy;r }f‘ar east- and scores of persons, anxious to get ! . L one e iving |court, France: Michailo Jovanovi 1 re 1o be | chieftains vay to at- g . ‘Misg | €¥n_problems, will sit with the tweu- Nard v Cthe! dutaide "thar they aweve | Invesitgators See Restoration of |tional independence. without depeiving | o o, (i Bionisio Anailottl, Ttaly:|held. The allocation was ‘Gecided |tend the conference. 1t was reported | oucher College. Baltimore and ‘Miss| iy gciegates representing the princi- _—safe, came to the office of the San o s | Mdvance of the right to determine for |Dr. Yorozu Oda, Japan; Dr. Franz|upon last night by the public build-|that, if necessary, the date of the | Myrtle King, daughter of Will R. King, | pal powers, it was said, only when ~""Antonio Light and appealed to have! rder Without Troops. A ot ekt e st and fair |Kleln. Austria, and a representative|ings commission. meeting, tentatively fixed for Sep. |lormer associate justice of the supreme|far eastern problems are under dis- messages sent out over the wires otlm—nw Associated Press. | hen the occasion arises and with- |of the British dominions, Sir Robert tember 20 by the prime minister, | {OUTt f:dorfif;’;‘fi:‘;‘ihg"?fi oty | cussion. Representa elgium, the Associated Press. which Were| ELIZABETHTOWN, IIL. September |out involving them as participants, |L. Borden or Charles Donerty. |F) EOT LOUIS BROW might be delayed a week, xo thut the | e fiom Washington, D. C. They left | o A e o iiar o working. e e e o and not as peace makers in a multi- |Canada, or Sir Johannes Wilhelmus NLOW, |dail_eireann and its leaders would | ooy iiuton Ay . plained, will occupy a similar e Flood Breaks Embankments. |7 00 FOAS T DiSkuol, Adu-)tude of quarrels the merits of which | Wessels. South Africa. = DOV bepneonvenienceditylitis tahors > e e The embankments protecting St.| 101" of labor, and Robert M. direc- | they are unable to judge * ¢ | The American group of judges at|Chosen President of Virginia | 3 are affected. Armament questi arys street broke shortly after mid e k M. Medill. {The Hague court allowed the time L] N a A h s director of mines, here investigating Would Revive Hague Tribunal. |limit to expire without sending in a ‘10 ay S €ewWs it was emphasized, would be left so! night, and the water swept down St. | Marys street through Houston and: ivarro streets into the heart of the ity. inundating a section comprising jorder in the Fluor Spar mine region conditions. restoration of law and! nominee. The delegates here general- - agree that an American must be elected to~the court, and that he wili! The foregoing platform plank isj being interpreted by Mr. Harding to of Hardin county without the inter- | pe 08 JHIAPTEreq Py S i ted vention of state troops today seemed League of Municipalities. PETERSBURG. Va., September 10.— Louis Brownlow, formerly a Commis- sioner of the District of Columbia and BAD STORM AT TRINIDAD. i % Ty the Amaciated Fress. . i in Paragraphs PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Septem- | 1y to disposition of the supreme body of twenty. Forelgn Delegates Not Announced. No official advices regarding the ahout twenty-four blocks. X States tenders its good offices in any | ¢ MT. Root, if he does not officially D L > ber 10.—A tropical storm of great |- SRS 2 By midnight scores of people liv-|3sgured A e e e oot O dohfery | decline, in whigh case probably Mr. | ROW city manager of Petersburg, was| violence, which = struck Trinidad | Underwecd and Boot appointed (0| make-up of the other powers' delegu- ing mear the river in the northern e party sent by Gov. Len Small j gr/ P S I8 S0 A0 other powers, | Moore will be chosen. j Clected ' president St the Virginia|Thursday, caused two deaths and did| '™ dalegation. Page 1| jons have been received. but Secre- to investigate condi g League of Municipalities and Peters- estimated at | Dail eireann must act on invitation to|tary Hughes, it is understood, is in part of the city and along the banks | by a tornado. which struck South Aus- tin and nearby villages late yesterday bringing_injury to a dozen persons and causing heavy property damage. Watching Colorado River. Officials are watching the rise of the Colorado river anxiously on account of the Austin dam. Over ten inches of rain had fallen at 1 o'clock this morning over Austin and all surrounding territory, with the | storm unabated. The greatest property damage thus far reported in San Antonio has been has express- | henever a grave crisis in world af- | ment of a joint committee of the as- sembly and the council, composed of three men from each party, as pro~ vided for in the statutes, it is gen- erally expected will not be’necessary in order to reconcile the lists which will be elected separately by the council and the assembly. Discussion of the work done by the council of tke league of naticns dur- ing the past year was resumed by [the assembly of the league at this| morning’s session. There was evident| a desire on the part of the delegates| firmly in Mr. Harding’s mind. So also is_the plan to revive The Hague tribunal as a means of calling nations linto conference periodically for dis- cussion of international problems. Of one thing, the world may be certain—there to be no_formal thing to be ¥Known as the Harding association of nations. The Presi- dent believes in occasional conference and constant association with other powers for the good of the world. That's as far as he wishes to go at present, irrespective of whether the Government Employes Enjoy Last of Week End Rest Today. Saturday half-holidays for government employes, except in independent bu- reaus, ended with the closing of the de- partments at 1 o'clock today. The half- holiday period runs from June 15 to Sep- tember 15, and this vear the employes miss an additional hal-holiday by one | damage to shipping Special Features o “One Hundred and Twelily-cighth Anniversary of Capitol Corner Stone Laying.” Another installment of “The Splendid Fietion by Samuel Hopkins Adams, Ellis Parker Bautler and Ring W. Lardner. chosen by Clerendon Irust Company. i Page 2 One killed by seaplane fall into Po- tomuc river. Page & Japan denies Secretary Hughes ap- proved note to China. Page 2 Merchants interested protest abolition of water front business stands. Page ! Federal officials investigate suicide of New York raider. Page 3 rate finance committee begins scal- ¢ internal revenue provisions of f Tomorrow’s Star ° Mirrors of Downing Street.” d _its intention of remaini inl e b Long Election Expected. burg was chosen as the se: ! o Y ze 1 g 3 of Alazan creek had been helped from | %! piaai s e X ng in} s arises, America will be conform- | a3 at of the:$150,000. The damage from the storm,| Irish by Lloyd George Page 1]touch with this question through con- their homes by police and firemen. .3‘1.:.11:;1::‘::?‘.:%;;:62:-‘1.. ;;«dl::lur(- were. in_; ll:rrn-(mihlh'an~parly Dollce:s This| The election s expected o be u ;‘l?;(\}l gu:‘\vs:tml:rnz 1:;: body. Prac-|which was traveling west-northwest, | prundreds belieyed deal as fioed | Versations here with the diplomatic Five persons were reported m Ricated that the investigation. mignt|Was the view of Senator Knox when|lcng one, with many of the countries| i,y Y emenented ov iy in Virginiaf was principally confined to the har-|gweeps through San Antonio, Tex. corps. . carly_today—Charles Grant and take several days to complete | SMt|he proposed his famous paragraph|voting for favorite sons, who arc;gn e van L imeatug n ibor ST Elwas/ithe Syprst Estoran faySthin Puge 1| The question of a secretary general andMEErAnr Blans andtwa childrenty &4 LA five to the original resolution declar- {considered as having no real chancef nddresses were heard.: +| the memory of the oldest InhabItAnts. |,y smerica supporis Eilhu Root]f0r the confercnce is being consiact Merchants were busy all night re- _— ing peice with Germany. The para-|of election. It will require twenty- B e ationaY ot ed. George Whafton Pepper. Phila- moving their Siocks and moods tol yaA) E HOLIDAYS END. | &reeh withdrawn so as not tolone votes to elect, if all the states Brce 1)delphia lawyer, has been suggested . Dlaces of safety { . iDrovoke an extraneous discussion |now present at the assembly partici- for the position, but officials are not « The heavy rainstorm was preceded ‘about future policy, but the idea iS|pate in the election. The appoint- Trectors and temporary officers|yet rea 'f:‘:l B EALTLy Chat fb OB It wai ference would not be expected to work in groups, President Harding being represented as deploring the “group tendency” in consultations of this claracter and as desiring to put a restraining hand on this tendency. Inquiries at the White House on the possibilities of another associa- tion of nations developing from the armament limitation meeting were met with tne statement that the armament council would be in itsell “nztions in association.” It also was stated that the President did not de- z A 5 i rss Senev: dies. present to finish the debate before g 5 a of ::lyn:fnl\lgfi:“wf\'&%‘fi e thels :l':,':.':,‘d":f BEoy Falla'.;l.x’: g’o'f’ 15| SEenE le‘g::p;‘:::z,olrr_-l.f : S D R ;‘l‘gg"e's be A Paris Feature from Sterling Heilig, the Latest in Fash- ot tax LIRS AN m‘;‘a';: o :f_';,'},,',,",nf:?,f.tfg;u‘;fi e arith ions has not yet escertained. uis ] e - = £ 5 gatts . % tions has not yet been escertained. lgapel Dl ;’1 hel. —_— the mternalimulldcou;t, whilch dwlm ions by Anne Rittenhouse, the Rambler’s Fascinating ;P“nce hlu;!uynng in Chicago b;:lgdlrg ;:t;x::e:;::u‘n;;e :x:"l!tr:m&uf::“m north end of Breckinridge Park. could econd Dro nhui Le held next Wednescay. Six dele- - > : . ‘controversy. e i o R, 1ot care for the accumulated flow P £z INDICTED FOR FRAUD. (12 52" tinaing Ac- 3 Balfour - of . Stories, Ete. | Esiver dynamited in Chicago tc recover | the conference, crystallizing the gen BY the Associated Press. eral public sentiment which is be- from the cuek and as a result the 2 Great Britain, Viscount Ishii of Japan e ctiny: Page 3 \tater broke tcroes Breckinridge Park NEW YORK, September 10— | | west Virginia Woman Accused of [and V. K. Wellington Koo of China, D e i i o S T S into River avente. Martin Pearman, axed six, of ¥ were to speak during the day. & 3 = 2 z Drmaies e 3] Heatunen o, "got awky From N Wates Cate O Pl the Bronx, altogether has fall- Making Fake Election Returns. ST The superb pictorial section, the finest in America today, st oK s enithit oo st oot mpd 4 “Sed b eeper 3. H. Curey, repeater chief for the| | €@ tem stories and still i un- WHEELING, W. Va., September 10.—| Former enemy states made their mbfl:.l'!flomnh of all hwmmwlflh:d';“h!h g Page §|tunity for ex}{:reu‘k;: of convictions Anierican Teiephone and Telegraph| | meratehed. Martin fell aix stortes | |For the first time since fl‘!}nn suffrage | first appearance in the debates of the most beautiful flmm:’m!"“ tained. Local and foreign Ship board examiney new British cts{gzt;:;tcmeze PESUOPbIL Biviah Company, reported that the water In| | yesterday from the top of am | | i5,Eranted 1n West Virginla, o woman | present assembly of the league of na- items in eight pages of pictures. - agreement with shif company. RS R Y ey tihe vicinity of the telephone build- apartment house, where he was | | crarsed wit , | tions when Count Albert Mensdorff- E = Tuxe 18] Soiesation at ks ponrerohe SoVoNE ing was twelve feet deep and that @Il lights in the city were put ou when the power plant, in the lower charged with making false returns. The Ohio county grand jury, investigating the recent city election, yesterday re- turned indictments against Effie Crum- Pouilly-Dietrichstein, the Austrlan delegate, took the floor this morning to speak on the- work of the council fiying a kite. He landed, only alightly bruised, in a baby car- riage. A few months ago Mar- Ship board serves motice labor agree- ments must be kept. Page 19 Canadians’ sympathies with United of State, former Jjustice of the Supreme Court. one-time candidate for the presidency and twice gover- N 4 section of the city, was flooded. The tin fell out ef 1 ory of the league. He 8po’” e in French and . < - e e I e e el e e o o e i il it and four men who served as clerks | yag well received by. the assembly. States in case of war with Jagan. | nor, of ‘New York:ilamyer by pro lowest parts of the city was under; several foet of water, he said. but Eb lives had been 'ost, as far as he N Count Mensdorff pictured the economic { and financial situatior: of Austria-and harm by landing on a clothes- State’s attorneys charge that the line. Wwoman -congpired ‘with the four men v i 20 Cogiats Vindidaiee, - t oors routed atter surprising Spar