Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Showers this afternoon and tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and some- what cooler. Temperature for twenty-four hours, L . ended at 2 p.m. today: Hi 3:40 p.m. yesterday; lowe: ¥ ighest, 78, at st, 69, at 7 Closing New York Stocks, Page 21. No. 28,269. post office Wa: Entered as second-class matter shington, D. C. REPORTED DEAD OSIONWIPES OUTGERMAN TOWN « All in Laboratory Believed Killed in Rapid Succession of Blasts. TERRIFIC CONCUSSIONS FELT 40 MILES AWAY ‘Whole District Enveloped in Thick Smoke—Fire Brigade Rushed to Spot. By the Associated Press. MAY CE, Germa September 21. sht hundred persons are reported 10 have been killed and many injured todey by explosions in the Badische Anilinfabrik works at Oppau, near Frankenthal, in the Rhine palatinate. The disaster appears to have been ie of the most terrible in the his- tory of industrial catastrophes. The first explosion urred when the shifts were being changed at 745 am, in a laboratery where $00 men » were workin All of these are re- ported to have been killed. Persons Killed 35 Miles Away. ¥ This explosion was followed by a rapid succession of others, which ren- dered stance to the first vietims impossible The concussions were so terrific that they were felt in this city, some thirty-five miles from the 'scene. while at Manheim, thirteen miles dis- tant, almost every window was shat- tered and severn! persons were killed and thirty-six others injured by de- bris. Some persons were Killed at Lud- | wigshafen, across the river from Sanheim; many roofs were blown ‘oif houses and all the windows in| the town were broken at Worms, | while of Oppau itself nothing re- mains but a heap of ruins. Windows Broken at Frankfort. | The shock was felt as far as Frank- fort, more than forty miles away, and many windows were broken there. “The whole district was enveloped in thick smoke, which, together with - cutting of tclegraph and tele- phone communication with neigh- | ring towns, hampered the efforts at_assistan All the available fire brigades were | ned to the spot, but the work of | ue was found by the relief parties to be exceedingly difficult. Rescuers who penetrated Oppau, re- ported finding hundreds of dead and ! wounded lying in the debris. The un- | ured inhabitants fled in panic when | - explosions cccurred. Iteports from the scene various! describe the disaster as due to the ex- plosion of a gas or spirits tank. RIS, September 21.—One thousand Lons are reported to have been iiled and several thousand others ured at Oppau, near Frankenthal, j» the Rhine Palatinate, through ex- plosions in a chemical products plant, wccording to a Mayence message to 1ie Havas Agency received here to- d.y. Tae todn of Oppau itself was en- y destroyed by the explosions, the < force of the shocks were felt for | 2 distance of nearly fifteen miles firound. In Mannheim one person was | Jiicd and about fifty injured. | The cause of the catastrophe is mot | kunown. 1 in the Rhine Palatinate where today's disastrous explosion oc- curred was developed during the war Vinto one of the most extensive and, productive of Germany's chemical munition supply districts. Oppau it- self is a comparatively small town with only a few thousand population, The re but nearby are Frankenthal, a con- siderably larger place, and Ludwigs- hafen, which has a population of some 000, and which during the war was counted the largest of the German manufacturing _plants for war purposes. The chemical works there are still on a vast scale. It is about seven miles southeast of Frank- enthal and directly across the Rhine| from Mannheim. During the war the region was fre- quently bombarded by allied war squadrons, Ludwigshafen being their particular target. THREE FOUND MURDERED WHILE ASLEEP IN BEDS ac chemical Fourth Member of Family Uncon- scious—Nail-Studded Club Be- lieved Weapon. DOWAGIAC, Mich., September 21.— The bodies cf three persons, apparent- 1y killed with a heavy club while asleep, were found in their home near here yesterday. .The victims are Wiiilam Monroe, aged forty-five; his wife, Mary, forty-two, and their daughter, Nerva, seventeen. Another * daughter, Ardith, aged ten years, was found unconscious in her bed. Authorities believe the three were killed last Saturday night, neighbors reporting that none of the family had been seen about the Monroe farm since Saturday. No clue had been found tonight as to the assaflant or the motive for the crime. The bodies were discovered by Grace McKee, Ardith Monroe's play- mate, who went to the house today to visit her chum. Recelving no re- sponse to her knock, the girl 1>und the Monroe house unlocked and enter- ed_to discover the tragedy The heads of the three victims were beaten almost beyond recoguition. The bed clothing was undisturbed, in- dicating they were killed while asleep. Against a wall was found 2 heavy nail-studded club. Physicians _ believe the younger daughter will recover, although she was still in a semi-conscious state tonight. . —_— CALLED TO NASHVILLE. Clayton E. Crosland to Leave Averett College at Danville, Va. NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 20. —Clayton Edward Crosland, president of Averett College, Danville, Va., has been elected associate president of ‘Ward-Belmont College, according to an announcement from the local in- stitution’s president. Dr. Crosland 1B A. Howard College, Birmingham, Ala., is also a Rhodes scholar, who a8 graduated in 1913 and who udied in the universities of Gottin- #en, Munich, Marburg and Paris. President Blanton of Ward-Belmont | ed to France today. | Justice Hoehling of the District Su- preme Court today denled the applica- tion of United States Attorney Gordon for the revocation of the probation of Aaron Trachtenberg, eighteen years old, who the police declared at- | tacked three dctectives who sought | to place him under arrest Labor day. The boy has been wearing his arm in a sling since the encounter. Trachten- berg was, placed on probation by the !late Justice Gould last January under a suspended sentence of two years for joy-riding. Since that time he has been arrested in Pennsylvania and was suspected of stealing an automo- bile tire here. Neither of these cases have been heard. The court ordered tthe boy's release. In the course of his remarks Justice Hoehling sai “I am not insensible to the fact that a man convicted of crime has a hard road to travél. Because of his con- viction, he is an object of suspicion. both by the public and the authorities, and, ofttimes it is difficult, if not im- | possible, to make headway. The worid i PERSHING RECEIVES OVATION IN FRANCE A. E. F. Commander Greeted by Cheering Throngs on Arrival at Havre. By the Associated Press. HAVRE, September Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of American armies during the great war, return- The liner Paris, on which Gen. Pershing crossed the Atlantic, was escorted inte the port of Havre this morning by the French battle cruisers Strassburg and Metz, ten torpedo boys and ten destroyers. The general stood on the bridge of the Paris as guest of Capt. Maurrer of the liner and received a noisy and enthusiastic welcome as the vessel steamed up the roads. Every craft in the harbor, from fish- ing smacks to palatial liners. dipped their flags and sounded their sirens, while the batteries on Cape De La Heve boomed a salute of twenty-one guns, to which the escorting cruisers responded. The French squadron met the Paris sixty miles out. A heavy, thick fog prevailed and the liner was picked up by means of wireless messages, the squadron falling in with the course of the liner and following it by dead reckoning until sunrise, when the fog lifted. Marshal- Eranchet d'Esperey and a numerous: staff, afrd Col. T. Bentley Mott, milltary attache at the Ameri- can embassy in Paris, went down the roads in a French line pilot boat to meet the general, A regiment of infantry lined the quay ana a great crowd cheered en- thusiastically as Gen. Pershing land- ed. He was presented with a bou- quet of American beauties by a dele- gation of school children and was welcomed in the name of the city by Mayor Meyer. The general wore only two decora- tions, the French war cross and the insignia_of the Legion of Honor. After being welcomed to Havre he went to the railway station, whare a special car had been placed at his disposal. His train left for Paris at 12:45 o'clock. Plans for Gen. Pershing’s itinerary in France have not been fully com- pleted, but he expects to leave for Coblenz Friday, following a recep- tion in his honor Thursday evening by M. Barthou, minister of w. A feature of the general's wel- come to Havre was the hearty greet- ing extended him as he rode in Gen. Frandhet de Esperey's motor car from the quay to the city hall, with the 123d Regiment Band escorting him, playing “The Star Spangled Banner” and “The Marseillaise” al- ternately. Fully 10,000 people lined the route, cheering for America and Gen. Pershing, -the latter saluting continuously to his right and left. The demonstration was participated in by an even larger number of per- sons than when the American Legion delegation arrived. SENATOR BURSUM WINS RACE IN NEW MEXICO i i 2 Democratic State Headquarters Concedes Election—7,000 Majority Claimed. By the Associated Press. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., September 21.—W. C. Qesterich, in charge of democratie state headquarters here, today - conceded the election of H. O Fursum, republican, - as United States senator over Richard H. Hanna, democrat. ‘With reports from every county in the state, in a majority of which the vote virtually was complete, O. L. Phillips, republican campaign man- ager, claimed Bursum's majority would exceed 7,000. Business Men Urged To Aid Conference Entertainment Fund The arms limitation confer- ence entertainment fund should be generously subseribed to by all retailers, jobbers and manu- facturers, Business of every character and ki should heed this eall even without further invitation. The fund asked for by the committee keaded by District Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph shoul be quickly completed and a generous res) se made. Heads of all businesses are urged to mail their checks diq rect to Milton E. Afles, chair- man, finance committee, Riggs National Bank. Please make a personal inter- view on this subject unneces- sary. Mail your check today. There should be a gemerous response in order that the citi- sens’ committee may proceed at once with adequate plans for the entertainment of this mo- mentous international gather- ing. MERCHANTS AND MANUFAC- TURERS ASSOCIATION— PHILIP KING, President; +ays this selection comes after sever- #] vears' search for an assistant at l 1he college. CHARLES J. COLUMBUS, Sec- retary. h ¢ Ehenit " N’ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1921-THIRTY PAGES. JUDGE MERCIFUL TO BOY WHO BATTLED OFFICERS Hoehling Stands Between Youth and Penitentiary, Places Him on Honor Despite Charges and Declines to Lecture Him. is charitable in the abstract and in theory, but not always practically 80 in_the individual case. “I have given your case careful con- sideration; I have heard the witnesses against and for wou, and I have ex- amined you privately in order that I might form my own estimate. If I re- voke your probation and send you to the penitentiary, I am doubtful as to the ultimate outcome. On the other hand, it I should give you a further trial, you might make good and be- come a useful citizen. | _“I'am not willing to revoke your probation on suspicion. 1 have con- cluded to give you the chance, and, in doing so, I do not propose to give you a lecture, but I will conclude by ask- ing you that you shun evil association and” devote yoursclf absolutely to honest work. 1f you fail remember that you will have failed to keep faith with the judge who stood be- tween vou and the penitentiary at this critical moment in_your life. I venture to indulge in the hope that you will, by your future conduct, jus- tify me in thus extending mercy to you. DENANDS ON REDS LEAD RSH SSUE |Peace Crisis Superceded for Day by British Note Charg- ing Bolshevik Intrigue. By the Associated Press. LONDON. September 21. — Great | Britain’s sharp note to the Russian i soviet government relative to hostile activities of bolshevik agents in the near east and in.Indla today claimed iprecedence in interest h~ ¢ over the Irish situation. Mr. Lloyd George will probably have an informal talk fover Irish affairs today with mem- bers of his cabinet, who are at Gair- loch, Scotland, and Ireland will be the subject of a conference there to- r!wrrow, but the protest sent to George ~ Chitcherin, soviet ,foreign minister, by Earl Curzon, sécretary for foreign affairs, made public yes- terday, seemed to have many featires which' appeared to foreshadow im- portant developments. Trade Treaty Imperiled. Soviet Ryssia was accused of hav- ing carried on propaganda in Persia and Afghanistan, of sending agents into eastern Afghanistan for the purpose of getting in touth with disorderly elements in India with - preventing | & settl r.endhu disputes betweén $h fatio The soviet government was asked for assurances that these activities e Tark- would cease, and 1t was 'intimated|2nd With an entire absence of dramat- that the commercial agreement be- tween this country and Russia would be imperiled by continued hostile machinations by bolshevik emissaries. Talk of General Election. The impression exists that Prime| that it is thought desirable to have. Minister Lloyd George intends to ap- peal to the country in a general elec- tion for a mandate dealing with the| garded by them as commitments. Such | Irish question, the problems arising|an exchange would open up some in- | from unemployment, the reparations| teresting vistas of the attitude of situation and a number of other| particular nations upon this subject. knotty matters which are pressing for settlement. Mr. Lloyd George enor Earl Curzon would attend the Washington confer- ence on the limitation of armaments’ lent color to this belief. Note Demands Action. The note, which was written by the| to expe lite ratification of the treaties was | to that end. foreign minister, Earl Curzon, delivered to the Moscow government two days ago. Great Britain to cease anti-British propaganda, and particularly enumer- ates the activities of the third inte: nationale of Moscow in India and Af- ghanistan, quoting in substantiation | filment. thereof a statement by M. Stalin, president of the eastern section of | the third internationaie, urging the eastern secretariat to devote itself to undermining the external power of ®ngland and France. It is declared in the note that the British government has evidence of continued intrigue with Indian revo- lutionaries in Europe, some of whom were invited to Moscow last June.to discuss the best means of bringing about a revolution in India, and also refers to the activities of Rothstein, the Russian representative at Teheran, who i3 declared to be importing large sums and known to be subsidizing Persian newspapers to carry on an anti-British campaign. It complains that the soviets are supporting the Turkish nationalists. Russo-Afghan Plot Alleged. The gravest charge pertains to the Russo-Afghan treaty and M. Chitcher- in's insistence upon a clause in this treaty providing for the opening of consulates In eastern Afghanistan. Lord Curzon says the government possesses indisputable evidence that these consulates are regarded by the soviet government as prospective cen- ters of propaganda and has evidence also of the activities of Jamal Pasha, sent to Afghanistan by the soviet to provide the hostile tribesmen with funds, arms and ammunition. The note accuses the soviet of try- ing to induce the Indian anarchist Haflz, who has been studying the manufacture of bombs in Vienna, to proceed to Afghanistan and supervise a bomb depot on the borders of India in order to facilitate the importation of bombs into India. It declares that the soviet used every persuasion to prevent the An- gora government from arriving at a peaceful solution with the entente powers and assembied considerable forces on_the orders of Anatolia, sug- gesting that they should b sent into A]nntolm for the support of the Kern- alists. CONFER ON IRELAND. Lloyd George Talks With Viscount Fitzalan in Scotland. By the Associated Press. GAIRLOCH, Scotland, September 21. —Viscount Fitzalan, lord lieutenant and governor general of Ireland, ar- rived here this morning on board a destroyer. He conferred with Prime Minister Lloyd George, whose health continues to improve. BRIDGE OVER YELLOW RIVER. PEKING, August 6 (by mail).—Con- tract for construction of a great bridge over the Yellow river on the line of the Pekin-Hankow railway has just been awarded a Belgian con- cern. Its bid ‘was $10,500,000. Four. American bids were entered. The bridge is to be more than a mile and| sult from the a half long. nal{sts dndl the allied powers. |, The decision that neither [ It details a number of |-agenda for the confercn: 7 - “flagrant violations” of Russia’s under- | tion of armament made. ::’:‘n}l’::e ‘l’l;mlx:e taking under the trade agreement with | State Department follows: AGENDAFORARS DARLEYANNOUNEED BY GOVERNVENT Elasticity of Tentative Sug- gestions Thought Pleasing to Nations. CONVENTION MAY TAKE UP MATTERS IN ANY ORDER Preliminary Program Not to Be Binding—May Study Several Items at Once. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. public the tentdtive suggestions as to | the agenda for the conference on the | limitation of armament which have | heretofore been submitted to the! powers invited to the conference. The suggestions are drawn in the most| gcneral way, the idea of this govern- | ment being that specification would be limitation, which is contrary to the policy of the United States. This government is approaching the whole subject of limitation of arma- ment and far eastern problems in a sincere spirit, with the utmost friend- ship to all the nations concerned. and desiring to remove all difficulties in the way of consideration of the ques- tions which are to come up. It is the wish of the government that the agenda should be elastic and that no bar shall be placed in the way of possible suggestions from other countries. Quite contrary to reports published abroad that there is dis- satisfaction with the agenda, this government has received no intima- tion from any source to that effect. In high governmental circles it was suggested today that the view should not be encouraged that the United States finds itself resting its destiny in the measure of success of the forth- coming conference, nor as regarding the meeting-and its accomplishments as of super importance to all world affairs. This is a thought corrollary to the warning note hitherto sounded against expecting the conference to bring about an unreasonable extent of limitation of armament. Plan Not to Restrict. While limitation of naval armament is the first item on the agenda, it does not follow that it will be con-| sidered before any other subject. It! is deemed quite possible, it is ex-| plained, that several topics may be in course of study and preparation concurrently and that the conference will decide the order of business and take up for action whichever subject is deemed most appropriate at the time. The whole object of the gov- ernment is to arrange matters so that eré can be discussion without through restrictions d An' Advance. > t 18 Dlain by the governtent that the conference is to be conducted with the utmost degree of practicality | | ic effect. Under the general heading of Pacific and far eastern questions the tenta- tive suggestions as to the agenda specifies “status of existing commit- | ments.” This is explained to mean an exchange of views of the several | governments as to what may be re- | Wi s Treaties Ratified. It was understood today to be the | desire of the President that the con | ference may not find the peace treaties under discussion in the Sen- ate at the time its deliberations are | under v ay, and efforts will be made The tentative suggestion as to the “Limitation of armament: “One. Limitation of naval armament, under which shall be discussed: (a) Basis of limitation, (b) extent, (c) ful- - “Two Rules for Control oi new agen- es of warfare. “Three. Limitation of land armament. “Pacific and far eastern questions: ‘One. Questions relating to China. “First, principles to be applied; sec- ond, application; subjects; (a) Terri- torial integrity, '(b) administrative in- tegrity, (c) open door—equality of com- | mercial and industrial opportunity, (d) | concessions, monopolies or preferential economic privileges; (e) development of railways, including plans relating to Chinese Bastern railway; (f) preferen- ial railroad rates, (g) status isting commitments. ) T ““Two. = Siberiar (similar headings). “Threr. ~ Mandated " islands. (anless questions earlier settled). “Under the heading of ‘status of exist- ing commitments’ it is expected that op- portunity will be afforded to. consider and to reach an understanding with re- spect to unsettled questions involving the 1 nature and scope of commitments claims of right after Do asserted.s O | SS may here- ASES PEESS TO_BE ADMITTED. A resolution requesting the Ameri- can delegation to the limitation of arms conference to use its influence to have the conference admit representa- tives of the press “to the meetings of the full conference where the ques- tions for which the conference was called are considered,” was introduced in the Senate by Senator Harrison of Mississippi, democrat. The resolution recites the fact that | the Senate of the United States wishes every success for the conference, and also that the Senate believes that the greatest publicity will tends toward the success of the conference. The resolution further requests the American delegation to use its in fluence to have the conference mai tain and preserve a record of all the proceedings of the conference, and also that the deleggtion use its in- fluence against any Yorm of censor- ship that will prevent the public from being informed through the press of the correct attitude of delegations and nations touching the questions con- sidered in the conference. TRIPARTITE ACCORD DESIRED By the Arsociated Press. TOKIO, September 20.—The .Hochi Shimbun today editorially commends Viscount Takaaki Kato, leader of the Kensei-Kai, or opposition party, for declaring during the course of his speech yesterday to his followers that the prime motive of the forthcoming ‘Washington conference lay in the common ire of Great Britain and the United States to seek some agree: ment between themselves, and b tween them and Japan, in the hope of replacing the Anglo-Japanese al- liance. 1 3 i The State Department today made | representation | | TOPUSHI . VOTE Oyster Asks Finger-Print Ex perts in Session Here to Lend Their Support. | Support of the people of the states| in the District's fight for mational| in Congress was! asked today by Commissioner Oyster, | greeting the delegates to the seventh annual convention of the Interna- tional Association for Identification, gathered for a four-day meeting at the New Ebbitt Hotel. “We are not complaining, but we are asking for your support for rep- resentation in Congress,” Commis- sioner Oyster said. Hearty assurance was given the Commissioner by Harry H. Caldwell, | president of the International Asso- ciatlon_ of Finger Priny Experts. that every delegate would Zo “back home™ m‘mfrw‘m peopls ‘there R‘ legitimate ‘desirés of the people of the National Capital for national repre- sentation. ‘Makes Plea for Vote in D. C. “This is the Capital city of the country,” Commissioner Oyster said, “a city of nearly 500,000 people with- out the franchise or privilege of a vote, You perhaps will say that we are ‘un-Americanized’ and are ino- bodies, but we do not feel exactly that way. “We are giving our time, our money, to the support of the govern- ‘ment. We have more people here than there are in seven states; we pay more money to the government, sold more liberty bonds; we have sent more men to all our wars than have many states. “But we do not hold any feeling, except that we are asking you peo- ple's support when we g0 to the states to ask for the franchise Washington did have a local form of government, but your representatives in Congress here took that form of government away from us. Entitled to Representation. “But, again I say, we are not com- plaining, only asking for your sup- port for representation in Congress for the District. We believe we are entitled to two senators and a repre- sentative. “You people have control. When we go to Congress and knock at the door, It is a question if we can get a hearing. So, we need your support.” Commissioner Oyster told the dele- gates, who are working for a univer- sal system of finger printing for the help and betterment of the whole so- cial fabric, that the National Capital is their host. He said he is proud of the work of the local finger print sec- tion of the police department, under the leadership of Detective Sergt. Fred Sandbers. Keeps Keys to City. In humorous vein, Commissioner Oyster told the finger print men that he “did not offer the keys of the city, because nothing is locked up, and also for the reason that if any body “should or could find an en trance, you would be able to do it. Fingers always have been useful, Commissioner Oyster pointed out, but are more essential than ever now, due to the modern science of identifica- tion based upon finger prints. By unanimous vote of the conven-; tion, President Caldwell, who is con- nected with the Oakland, Calif., police department, was authorized to appoint a standing committee to pass upon all matters in connection with the theory and practice of finger prints, espe- cially in relation to disputed points. Special Committee Named. This important committee, from which the delegates expect gréat re- sults, was appointed by the chair as follows: Frederick Kuhne, New York city; Bort Wentworth, Dover, N. H.; Aug- ust Vollmer, Berkeley, Cal., president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; Harry Smith, chieZ of police, Tacoma, Wash.; Charles N. Stone, chief of police, Berkeley, Calif.; G. T. Mairs, New York city; T. H. Taylor, Navy bureau of identifica- tion; Walter S. Kayes, Army bureau of fdentification: C. C. Fredericks, delphia; A. J. Renoe, 9 el fan, ‘and Harry Caldwell, Oakland, Calif. Stress is being placed by the con- vention on the universality of finger printing, rather than its use to de- fect criminals. Too long, the dele- gates declare, has the “average man” regarded the science of finger prints as something for use by police de- partments only. “Finger Prints” of AllL ; The day is coming, and is not far off, the International Association for Tdentification_hopes, when everybody in the United States will be “finger printed,” and copies of the prints kept In county, state and national finger nt bureaus. P us Teady means of identificdtion The Hochi Shimbun expresses. the hope that a trjpartite accord will re-: elibérations in Wash- | ington. will be available for everybody, and the righteous man will” find in the system, it is declared, a means for tinued on Page 2, a l i jumn 3. trouble LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS IS NOT NOW HIS GREATEST CONCERN. URGES DELEGATES FOR HEAD OF AIR SERVICE. Col. M. M. Patrick Neminated to Succeed Gen. Menoher. Col. Mason Mathews Patrick of the Corps of Engineers was nominated today by President Harding to be chief of the air service, with the rank of ajor general. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher, who recent- Iy asked to be relieved of this detail Joseph C. Grew of Massachusetts, now American minister to Denmark. was nominated to be minister to Switzerland. At the same time the President nom- inated John Dyneley Prince of New Jersey. a professor in Columbia Uni- versity, to be minister to Denmark. KU-KLUX KLAN CASE BEFORE PRESIDENT Attorney General Daugherty _ Acts After Conference With Burns. Information in the hands of the Department of Justice as to the ac- tivities of the Ku-Klux Klan was laid before President Harding today by Attorney General Daugherty after the latter had conferred with Director Burns of the department’s bureau of investigation. Mr. Burns has been conducting an inquiry upon which to base a re- port today and in addition Mr. Daugh- erty has recently discussed the mat- ter with District Attorney Hayward of New York, and several assistant attorneys general. Any federal action against the or- ganization, according to Mr. Dangh- erty. would probably be under some statute covering conspiracy. He made clear, however, that on its face the literature of the klan was not in vio- lation of the law, and what was to be determined was what went on be- hind the scenes. The activities of the organization, he emphasized, would Dbe given the most careful considera- tion before any federal policy was determined. , What was to be determined, he ex- plained, was what went on behind the scenes, “the wink and the nod that turns the trick.” Government Not to Be Intimidated. The government, Mr. Daugherty said, is not to be run or intimidated by any klan or organization behind a mask. The activities of the Ku-Klux Klan, he added, would be given the most careful consideration before any fed- eral policy was decided upon. Claiming that the Ku-Klux Klan vio- lates articles 1, 4, 5, 6, 13 and 15 of the Constitution, and describing it as “an iniquitous secret order,” which he says “‘cperates with grotesque degeneracy in the darkness,” Representative Peter F. Tague of Massachusetts today intro duced a resolution calling for a congres- sional Investigation. The resolution pro- vides for a special committee of five members of the House to make a report at the earliest practical moment, and would clothe them with broad powers of inquiry. Representative Tague claims to have very strong support for his pro- posal among his colleagues. “The Ku-Klux Klan and American institutions, established by our founders and guaranteed - by our Constitution, cannot both survive,” said Represent- ative Tague today in discussing’ his resolution. “Either this organization, born of greed and bigotry, operating with grotesque degeneracy in the dark- ness, must pe blotted by legal process from our American life, or our Consti- tution must become meaningless, a doc: ument possessing only historical valus Says Constitution Is Violated. Representative Tague charged the or- ganization violates the first, fourth, fifth, sixth and thirteenth articles of the ' Constitution, which guarantee against unlawful search and seizure; safeguard against the deprivation of life, liberty or property without due process of law; guarantee the right of trial by jury; uphold the right of free religious worship, and guarantee the right to yote regardless of creed, race or color. KU-ELUX EKLAN PARADE. Ey ths Assoclzted Press, Three_hundred members of the Ku- Klux Klan, in official regalia, paraded through the main streets of Shawnee and Tecumseh late last night after Before allowing the newspaper man to leave the car in which he was taken on the trip, the following note was. handed to him, addressed to a Shawnee newspaper: “We are one thousand strong In Shawnee. Good Americans uphold the law. your paper and keep it in the hands of good Americans. We will clean Shawnee - when the time is ripe. Boptles leaving nOWy Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of a!l news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news piib!'shed SHAWNEE, Okla., September ZL—l capturing the night editor of a local newspaper_and taking him on the | tOPIcS: Page 2 jourhey.. Nothing was done other | Two die of burns in lamp explosion. than to display banners and send ni Page § warning note to law violators Petworth association voices opposition through ‘the columns of a Shawnee| to proposed site for school for tuber- newspaper. cular children. Page 9 ‘Watch the ownership of gl and_gamblers will save All rights of publication of special Qispatches heteln are also reserved. | | i | t CONGRESS AGAN " BACK AT WORK | Taxes and Tariff Now Will| Be Taken Up With Many Other Problems. Congress reconvened at noon today, {foliowing a recess which began Au- lgust 24. The special session of Con- | Eress, which was called by President | | | |Harding to consider revision of the |internal revenye taxes and the tariff, jis merely being continued after a rest | jinterval. It probably wili run with| little interruption up to the opening! of the first regular session of the! present Congress, which begins in De- | cember, so heavy is the legislative Pprogram ahead of the lawmakers. Fifty-four senators, thirty-three | republicans and twenty-one demo- crats, answered to the Serate roll call after Vice President Coolldge had convened that body. The session opened with the usual confusion of | greetings and handshaking among | senators. The galleries | Sirer B es were well¢ House to Take It Eany. For a time (he House is to take it ! casy. Under a gentleman's agree- ment that body is to begin immedi- ately a series of three-day recesses {until October 4. The Senate is prepared to go ahead at full speed. It must dispose of the tax revision bill, now ready for the Senate, and give consideration to the new treaties negotiated by the ad- ministration with Germany, Austria and Hungary. Other “measures that must handled by the Senate include the | anti-beer bill conference report, the | railroad funding bill, the allied debt funding bill and the Panama Canal tolls bill upon which a vote has been ordered for October 10. Speedy Progress Expected. Indications were that both the reve- | nue bill and the peace treaties might | be considered virtually simultane- {ously when taken up. Specdy prog-! ress is expected with the former, but | a hard fight is said to be in pros- | pect against the treaties by Senator | Borah of Idaho, and a few other re-| publicans _and some democrats, be- cause of their opposition to what they ; consider European entanglements. | Because of the enforced absence,| beginning in November, of Senator| Lodge as a delegate to the armament | conference, it is expected thct actual | leadership may devolve during that ! period on_the republican whip in the Senate. Senator Curtis of Kansas, Vice chairman of the republican con- ference, and party whip, it has been indicated, may be elected president pro tempore of the Senate in case Senator Cummins, who now holds that office, should desire to relinquish it because of ill health. In such an event it is expected that Senator Wat- son of Indiana will succeed Mr. Curtis as republican whip. o PACTS SENT TO SENATE. The treaties with Germany, Austria and Hungary were sent to the Senate for ratification today by President Harding. 4 The treaties were accompanied only by a brief .formal note of transmittal, and were carried to the Capitol by a White House messenger. ‘The situation relating to ratification of the treaties with Germany, Austria and Hungary was discussed with President Harding today by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, chairman of the foreign relations committee and republican leader of the Senate. It was indicated that the treaties would be referred to Senator Lodge's com mittee as soon as submitted by Presi dent Harding, and that the committee probably would meet tomorrow to be- gin their consideration. i | be iToday’s News . in Paragraphs { Commissioner Oyster asks finger print | experts in session here to help secure vote for District. Page 1 IBritish demands on' reds supersede { Irish problem for day. Page 1 i Speakers at National Council of Catho- Men discuss Americanism and other Six hundred students dt opening of University of Maryland. Page 11 Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assocla- tion governors attack Commissioners” whart order. Page, 17 Prominent Portuguese bankers arrested in large exchange fraud. Page 17 Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 86,836 TWO CENTS. RIDGE BUCKLES AS TRUCK HITS GIRDER: FIVE PERSONS HURT Four-Ton Lorry Carries Sav- age Bridge With It in Plunge to River. TELEPHONE CONNECTION WITH NORTH SEVERED Big Cables Break When Span Col- lapses—Driver of Truck and As- sistant Pulled From River. Three men slightly acros the and two women were injured, the Savage bridge the Little Patuxent river on timore-Washington pike was broken down and all telephone com- ad munication between Washington the north and northeast wa today when a four-ton truck with concrete, met a touring car midway on the bridge a little be- fore $ o'clock this morning, swerved. crashed through the rail and brought down the bridge on te» of it in the y feet berow ured are Howard E. Germ- South Fulton avenue, Balti- 1d., driver of the truck. ¥Frank Henson, colored, 105 North Mount street, Baltimore, workman on_ the truck J. W. Johnson, 1748 M stree west, driver of the touring his two Woman companions, fused to give their names Bridge Too Narrow The bridge which spans the Little Patuxent river about two miles the river, twent. The inj 2 north- ar, and who re- other side of Laurel, Md., is narrow and permits only one vehicle to cross at a time. On the other side of the bridge a long hill. A little before 8 o'clock this morning a truck, belonging to F. A. Albert, a con- tractor of Baltimore, loaded with concrete for repair work on the streets at Laurel, came down the hill at say was an excessive As it ne car, ing from Wa on to i reached the bridge on the ot and started acr truck saw the touring car as he r on the bridge, but was unable to stop. The touring car swerved to the left, was grazed by the truck, which hit it a glancing blow and crashed off the bridge. carrying the railing with it and striking in its desccnt an iron girder. The bridge buckled in the mid- dle and crashed down on top of the truck. The touring car was suspended virtually in midair, both front wheels hanging over the river and the rear end remaining on what was left of the bridge. Third Car Escapes Plunge. Another touringycar, a light m chine. was followlhg the truck do the hill. Just as the bridge buckled and crashed into the river below, the car reached the edge of ‘he bridge and stopped. its two front wheels hanging over the ravine. Samuel Watts and Lawrence O'Don- ovan, both of Savage. Md, were the only eve-witness of the accident ded in the rescue of the driv rmroth, and his helper. Henson the river. Neither man was se- verely injurcd, although both suffered from shock and cuts about the face and body. They were rushed to Lau- rel and treated by Dr. Thomas W. Linthicum, and Germroth was ward sent to the Franklin Hospital, in Baltimore. Mr. Johnson. who had just begun an automobile tour with his two woman companions, was treated for slight in- juries and shock by Dr. F. E. Shipley of Laurel. The three refused further medical aid and returned to Wash- ington immediately. Telephone Cables Break. The American Telegraph and Tele- phone Company’s two big underground cabes, by which all_telephone com- munication between Washington, the fter- Square [north and the northeastern part of the United States is maintained, were sev- ered when the bridge buckled. Work- men were immediately sent from Washington to splice an emergency detour in the line by way of Gaithers- burg. The work had not been com- pleted at noon today and communica. tion by telephone over this line was still interrupted. The break in the bridge held up hun- dreds of automoblile tourists between ‘Washington and Baltimore. They were forced to make a detour by way of Savage, a distance of only a few miles out of the way. For some time there has been an at- tempt made by citizens of Maryland to have the bridge over the Little Patuxent widened. There is another narrow briGge on the road between here and Baltimore, and the accident today Is expected to start renewed agitation for improved and wid, bridges on the much traveled Bal more-Washington pike. MANY D. C. MEASURES ON SENATE CALENDAR Jones iBll Restoring Half-and-Half Appropriations Among Those Regarded Most Importaat. Many important District measures are on the Senate calendar for action, and their proponents will seek to obtain consideration for them. In the list is the Jones bill restoring the half-and-half plan of appropriating for the District and removing the limitation upon the District Commis- ! sioners' estimates for the District, and also making it possible to make use of surplus revenues of the District that may have accrued or may accrue. Other bills on the calendar are the Ball bill permitting a merger of the street car companies of the Distric the Capper bill for compulsory education and a school census; the bill amending the loan shark law of the District. The District committee is not ex- pected to meet until next week. Senator Ball, chairman, has not yet Teturned to Washington, but is ex- pected the laBt of the present week. The committee still has before it for consideration the nomination of Henry Lincoln Johnson, colored, to be recorder of deeds of the District. It has been referred to a subcommittee of which Senator Jones of Washing- ton is chairman. Senator Jones is not expected to return to this city until about October 1. RICH COPPER VEIN FOUND. ' LONDON, September 2.—An import- ant and rich discovery of copper has been made in Shetland. e lodeg thus far proved give a high percentage Swiss balloon wins James Gordon Ben- nett trophy. Page 17 ted to Senate. T::x ryevnlou bill repor! e A and already half a million tons ef copper ore are in sight. 5 Experts and engineers are laying down mining plant and its expecied ining will commeno» next month.