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DEMOCRATS FEAR . TESTONDRYI3SUE Many New Yorkers Doubt Wisdom of Mentioning Beer in Platform. 8 i PRIMARY IS UNDER FIRE Rank and File of Voters Show Preference for Conven- tion System. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Staff Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, October 20.—Many democrats prominent in the party councils here are wondering whether the leadership at the state convention which adcpted the platform at Syra- cuse took the right end of the wet- and-dry issue In the indorsement of light wines and beer. They also question whether it was a happy se- lection in taking the plank for a re- turn to the system of nominating by direct primaries. The wet plank was put in on the theory that in the cities, especially in Greater New York, beer and wine would attract republican votes, which, superimposcd upon Candidate Smith's great popularity, might overcome the substantial normal republican plu- rality upstate. That plank was adopt ed unanimously, without word of dis sent in the convention itself, as the who was there, ship and the committee on resolutions by prominent women, but they had been told by the managers that the.r objections were useless. The thing had to be done, and they left the com- mittee room with saddened mien. As the delegates to the convention had been chosen at the primaries, it was natural to assume that they were representative of their constituencies. Smith Favors Primar . But it must be remembered that the convention. the first in ten vears, was dominated by the party leaders. one in particular. Boss Murphy of Tammany Hall. He was convinced of the expediency of espousing the| near-wet cause. He went against the policy of the Hearst newspapers in this course. which are for prohibi- tion, but adopted Hearst's radical propositions to retain their support for the ticket. Mr. Smith, in his speeches, is advocating return to the primary nomination plan. A great deal of talk is heard among thought- ful democrats of the rank and file about the primary system as a whole. The suggestion is frequently ad- vanced that it may be responsible for much of the present discontent among the voters with political poiicies and legislation. In previous dispatches note has been taken of the restleseness and grumbling of the electorate against the political organizations. It is believed to be in part responsible for the faliing off in registration which is marked in this state and in others. One politician_made this observation: “It may be that the people are awanen- ing to the thought that the primary system is responsible for complaint that the tone of legisiative bodies has been lowered by the primaries and their personnel depreciated. Twice a Candidate. “It has come to pass that a cendi- date has to practically run for elec- tion twice, once: whemr he is up for nomination ‘and- again’ for confirmg- tion ut the'polls. The result is that political office does not appeal to the busy man of ability. It is open to the rich man with time and means at command, who desires what seems to him honor or notoriety, and the other class who have plenty of time and Just enough of means to bid for th salary of the expected office. If there are enough voters who think at all on the subject and who think this way, the query can well be put whether the democrats acted ‘wisely in stressing the primary plan in their platform. There is marked lessening of interest on tI | i i he part of (every day for appointment to the the general public in the state cam- | paign, the street. i k heard in LA yu:gec:'n‘dmaf:, are | menta. He cited an occasion recently President Drops Duties for Ailing Wife of Senator At the conclusion of a conference at the White House today with Sen- ator Warren of Wyoming, President Harding accompanied the former to his autoniobile at the curb near the west gate of the front grounds, where he 'greeted Mrs. Warten, who, be- cause of & recent fliness, was unable to leave the car. It was during a talk in the Presi- dent's office that Senator Warren mentioned his wife's convalescence, whereupon the President eald he wished to go out and express his gladness at her recovery. He st at the running board and chatted with Mrs. Warren for two or three Luautes before returning to his office, ail the time without an over- coat or hat. MEETING CALLED ON STREET SAFETY| D. C. Commissioners Accept Chamber of Commerce In- vitation to Attend. OTHERS TO BE PRESENT More Policemen Being Sought to Fill Vacancies in Campaign to Save Lives. The District Commissioners today accepted the invitation of the Cham- ber of Commerce to attend the con- ference to be held 'in the ‘boardroom of the District building at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon to discuss ways and means of reducing street acci- dents in Washington. In his invitation to the city heads William F. Ham, chalrman of the chamber’s public safety committee, said that “the rapidly increasing number of serious and even fatal ac- cidents on the streets of Washington must have drawn the attention of every citizen to the necessity for some decisive action which will pre- vent or largely lessen such accidents.” Similar invitations have gone forth to all the representative clubs and organizations of the city, and indica- tions are th: ‘Thursday’'s conference will mark the beginning of the most serious effort ever launched to cut down the District’s death and injury toll. Regulation Favored. Commissioner Oyster stated today that he would gladly go with Commissioners Rudolph and Keiler in the adoption of a reckless driving regulation for Wash- ington. Although the Commisisoners did not consider such a regulation at their board meeting this morning, Commissioner Ru- doph, chairman of the board, said it probabiy would be taken up later. Maj. Sullivan, superintendent of police, stated that he was in favor of any reg- ulation or movement that would help to prevent reckiess handling of motor ve- hicles. Police officials say that under the existing traffic code a driver must ac- tually collide with another vehicle or object before he can be charged with reckiessness. Sixty More Pollce. The police department will make strengous effort to fill at once sixty vacancies in the police department as | 2 means of making the streets safer. At the present time the department has 29 men on bicycles, 56 on motor cycles and 52 officers assigned to street-crossing duty, all of whom de- vote their attention primarily to traf- fic. The deperiment could give more attention to the handiing of traffic if the sixty vacancies were filled. Maj. Sullivan said applicants appear { force, but a great majority of lheml fail to meet the physical require- eatiy excited at each other, but|When seventeen candidates for the fiur The first week the public seems ) force had to be rejected at one time. to be losing interest in their squabble. This may be attributed to two causes, | one that the electorate has made up | its mind which way It intends to vote or that the candidstes are not supplying pabulum of stimulating quality to whet the appetite. It 1s generally conceded by political observers in both parties that it is a real race for the governorskip in this state, and that the vote will be close whichever way it goes. Betting Is Close. The betting Is close, and in New York it has been the disposition in the past to take the betting as an in- dex to political sentiment. The odds, which ten days ago were against Smith, are shading off, and there are instances where even money s being demznded. The republican leader: are still contending that on “form' their candidate should win, but they are not overlooking the evidences of the unmistakable personal popularity of Candidate Smith. The tactics of the campaign thus far have induced to rendering it more a campaign of personality than of lssues. On the one side s the personality of Mr. Smith, the “human nature” element it might be called. On the other side the personality of Gov. Miller as shown in his record as a public official. Is. sues and principles are to a degree being_subordinated. Plain people on the other lines, who are thinking of “pulling down a small bet,” would do well to not unwind their bank roll until the campaign takes more defi- nite shape. ASSIGNED TO WAR COLLEZGE. Capt. Stuart R. Carswell, 25th In- fantry, at Nogales, Ariz, has been assigned to duty at the Army War College, Washington barracks. ORDERED TO DUTY. Capt. Ray B. Conner, infantry, con- valescing at Walter Reed General Hospital, has been assigned to duty in the office of ths director of sales, ‘War Department. Wrecked Lover Sues for Money Lost in Wooing By the Assoclated Press, EBENSBURG, Pa., October wrecked him: “physically and finan: for $26,000, that he used two motor cars and * -all of his time” in woolng M 8. Albert of Conema ‘When she promised to marry him he gave her a $1,600 engagement ring, he she now nru:- umun:""" oo Jlamised bie Tiost love?” coots "Use of.two automobiles by defend- ant fo b .Dhuun “conven- Bttt asye, Beslth, | 1 lost TORe | rectly, ) "fip‘n’n&m 2a ioas ot M | tike was ot 1o James 408, New Yurk. Not to Let Down Bars. While the department needs every man the appropriation act provides for, the major said it would be un- wise to let down the bars. It also would be unfair to the taxpayers, he continued, to take on men not physi- cally fit who might have to be re- tired after a few years at the expense of the city. W. Pearce Rayner of the motor corps of the Home Defense League, conferred with Assistant Corporation Counsel Ringgold Hart with a view to having a new headlght regulation enacted for the District. Commissioner Oyster stated a few days ago that he regarded the use of glaring headlights in the city limits as one of the most dangerous phases of the traffic situation. SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED FOR CAMPAIGN RALLY Melvin Hildreth and Mrs. Nettie Zimmerman to Address Demo- cratic Gathering This Evening. Melvin Hildreth and Mrs. Nettle Zimmerman will speak in the interest of the democratic party at a campaign meeting this evening at 1319 F street, under auspices of the democratio cen- tral committee. i At a meeting last night Fred Myers gave a history of the républican party from the time of Hamiiton, drawing the conclusion that the party favored the aristocracy rather thin the people at large. Senator Lodge, he declared, represented the type of Individual ex- emplified by the republican party, a man of scholarly attainments, whose sympathies are with those of the better class and not with whole people. BOAT SINKS, TWO WOMEN ARE REPORTED DROWNED ST. JOHN, N. B, October 20.—The passenger steamer Dream upset and ank in the 8t. John river today. Two woman passengers Wwere reported drowned. — C. OF C. $2,500,000 CONTRACT IS LET (Continued from First Page.) tial and disinterested for prompt re- view and decision with respect to the interpretation and application of this clause. Such decision shall be final and binding. ‘“This means exactly what it says, it does not mean a closed shop inst either organized or independent labor. this clause ‘The chamber intends that shall be carried out and applied in absolutely good faith, exactly as stat- ed; no more and no less.” Mr. Gompers after the original officials $9.000 MAIL L0O POSTAL CLERKS Some of Booty Laid to Thefts by Forty at Council Bluffs ' Recovered. ; TRAP SET IS REVEALED One Man Arrested at First and In- quiry Closed as Bait to Others Involved. Fifthy thousand dollars was the to- tal of thefts by forty-one empleyes of the railway mail terminal at Council Bluffs, Iowa, warrants for whose rest were announced late yesterday afternoon by the Post Office Depart- ment. Some of the loot has been recovered, and more is expected to be recover- ed, postal officials here announced today. Officials said the round-up was one of the greatest of its kind in the history of the postal service, a larger number of employes ever involved than in any previous scheme to de- fraud the government. Parcels Stripped of Wrappers. The system, it was revealed today, involved the stripping of Insured par- cel post packages of their wrappers and addresses and the systematic looting of the parcels, taken one by one as they came into the great par- cel post terminal at Council Bluffs. Not only did the accused clerks take the parcels, but forced the govern- ment to pay back to the senders the cost, as the parcels were insured. Reports Arouse Suspiclon. Authorities became suspiclous here when reports showed that too many parcels were disappearing when they reached the parcel post terminus, one of a system of termini located through- out the country, the largest being at Chicago. An_inspector who left Washington to check up on the depredations, which had been going on for about two months, arrested one man, catch- ing him with the “goods.”” On the night he was caught he had only $29 worth, whereas on other nights he had gotten about $1,000 worth of goods. After the apprehension of this man, it is understood, the inspector an- nounced that he was satisfied that the guilty party had been caught and the case of Council Bluffs was closed, as far as the Post Office Department was concerned. Others Thrown Off Guard. The Inspector then returned to ‘Washington, thereby completely throwing off their guard the other employes of the terminal involved In the scheme. Immediately inspectors were sent secretly to Council Bluffs, working so effectively that they be- gan to apprehend men at the rate of one a day. It is understood that twenty-six of the men confessed, but were allowed to continue at their duties, thus lead- ing the others on to continue the tiefts unul they, o coud b caught in the act of robbing the malils. Officials here regard it as a s nificant fact that practically all the men are young, ranging from twenty- five to thirty years old. * Postmaster General Work confer- red with his assistants and other supervisory officlals of the Post Of- fice Department today, discussing the Council Bluffs case with other matters. matters. Serious Blot, Says Work. Postmaster General Work today characterized as a “serious blot on the railway mail service” the dis- covery that forty employes of the parcel post terminal at Council Bluffs, ed In systematic very honest employe in the serv- ice will deplore the action of those clerks in their wholesale plunder of the mails intrusted to their handling and the stigma left upon the rail- way mall service as a result of their thefts,” Dr. Work declared in a state- ment to all employes of the service. Employes were warned by the Post- master General to study the postal laws and regulations, and supervisory officials are told to exert the utmost vigilance at all times and give the } merely revolutionary in the sense ‘“of ! closest possible supervision to those working under their direction. “Disciplinagy action will be taken in every case where it is apparent that a supervisory employe has been iax in his duty,” Postmaster General ‘Work announced. SIX PLEAD GUILTY. Bound Over to Federal Grand Jury at Council Bluffs. By the Associated Press, COUNCIL BLUFFS, lowa, October 20.—Six of the forty-one postal clerks suspended here yesterday for alleged pilfering of the malls appeared Ue- fore United States Commissioner W. A. Byers early today, entered pleas of guilty and were bound over to the federal grand jury. Thirty Expected to Surrender. United States Deputy Marshal J. Mitchell has warrants for the arrest of thirty others, many of whom, it was sald, are expected to appear vol- untarily. The men arraigned today were Beryl F. Armstrong, Lawrence Brooks, Clark W. Wray, Leonard Bris. tow, Floyd O. Campbell and Clarence F. Donnelly. Brooks’ parenta live at Red Oak, Iowa. He was soon to have been pro- moted. It was said at federal headquarters that twenty-five clerks had made con- fessions to the government agents, and it was expected that the accused men would be forming an almoet con- tinuous line into the commissioners office throughout the day. Authorities announced last night that twenty-five of the suspended men had admitted thefts of articles from “broken” packages, that eight others had confessed to minor thefts, and that before the investigation is lconcluded a total of fifty of the ninety men employed fn the Union Pacific transter terminal possibly will be im- plicated. Although no arrest had been made early today. Division Superintendent J. H. Musgrove declared all the men wanted would be at the hearing. ‘The wholesale suspensions are the result of lnvlltlfltlonl covering two months by C. Glenn, local in- tor, and Inspectors B. F. Cain of Y., and John Lorimer , Mo Investigations uncil Bluffs was the scene on No- vember 13, 1920, of a $3,600,000 ma{l robbery for which eight persons were convicted. —— EX-KAISER BETROTHED. Civil Ceremony With Princess ip ported Performed. By the Asseciated Press. - AMSTERDAM, October $0.— The Princess, | SERVE IN | HILE WL EARL OF DERBY. TWO MINISTRIES FILLED IN RAPID ORK ON CABINET (Continued from First P: )i e unfonists, It being insinuated that this connotes Important vpposition to the regular conservatives. Others scout this as wholly ground- less, declaring Mr. Chamberlain and his followers will make no attempt to obstruct Mr. Bonar Law in his work. The political expert of the West- minster Gazette, anti-Lloyd George newspaper, hints at the possibility of the retiring prime minister taking a course which will compel an imme- 1 CHR G " he writes, “on Mr. Lloyd George’ jpeech at Leeds. If this is a challenge to the conserv: tive party in its new independence, an attempt to sow more dissension in that party, dissolution will prob- ably follow. Liberals Await Asquith. The liberals are waiting to hear from former Premier Asquith, who has been discreetly silent during the hurly-burly of the last few days. Mrs. Asquith, interviewed last night, de- scribed the defeat of the coalition as “very amusing.” She added that, her husband “was In the country,” and next speak in public. A The Daily Mail says: “It is inter- it to note that Mr. Lloyd George :;d‘ngdln Asquith will in the future o sition bench in the commons, l:gwlhll. just as Mr. Lloyd George supplanted Mr. Asquith in the pre- miership, the latter now supplants Mr. Lloyd George in the leadership of he opposition.” t’l‘he‘“:nnjorily of London's morning newspapers being anti-coalition, th fall of the Lloyd George ministry i mostly welcomed by them as ridding policies they have so long condemned and opening the way for what they | hope will prove a saner administra- i tion, < (';";e Times believes the effect will everywhere be beneficent. It declares normal ways of life and to feel that its welfare in the hands of men of sound sense, less anxious to shine as individuals than to merit confidence as faithful wardens of the public good.” H Regarded as a Victory. The Morning Post regards yesterday’s events as a considerable victory, won in the interests of the country not less than in the interests of the conservative Y. ““The coalition is dead and gone, un- wept and unsung,” says the Dally News. “The first feeling of the men of almost all parties will be one of rellef. What- ever government succeeds the coalition it could not but be an improvement.” The Daily Express calls for a strong conservative government to terminate the period of costly adventure abroad, foster economy and encourage e. ‘The Daily Herald calls upon labor to It re-, repare itself for the election. pudiates the charge that labor is as- sociated with the extreme type of rev- olutionary socialism, and says it is desiring to tackle the causes of social evil and build soclety & sounder founda- tion.” The Daily Telegraph, supporter of the coalition, expressing astonishment at the “dramatic and unforeseen” decision of the meeting at the Cariton Club, say the political scene has been changed al most beyond relief. It pays warm tribute to the outgoing ministers. The Dally Chronicle, warm supporter of Lloyd George, thinks that, notwith- standing yesterday's happenings, a coali- tion government of one type or another is likely to be the country’s lot for much of its “foreseeable future.” ¢ Effective Campaiguer. It is at campaigning that Mr. Lloyd George is most effective. If he goes to the country, as the English phrase has it, his present form promises to show, in the belief of many persons, in a spectacular effort approaching Gladstone's wonderful Midlothian campaign. So many years have pase- ed since the retiring premler roli- ed up his sleeves and went on the stump a8 a candidate for office that the people will watch to see whether, and how far, he reverts to his old forensic style, which gained him the name of* *Lomehousing.” Most of the rime ministers of Great Britain have een aristocrats. and, however sharp the clash of political arms, they have kept scrupu oulz‘ within the rules of their caste. loyd George prides himself on being a man of the people, and never was he more 8o than when playing the part of the politiolan and appealing for votes. In his speech at Limehouse, in the d of London, Mr. u%d Heorge's platform was to rob, the hen roosts of the dukes by taxation, and he wefl the dr;.wl:( rngllnl of west end gasp by describing a = “Hobleman as “the last of prominent the litter." DEBT MATTER IN ABEYANCE. V. S., However, Little Affected by British Cabinet Changes’ Developments in the British politi- cal situation, following the fall of the Lioyd George government continued to hold close attention in both gov- ernmental and diplomatic circles here !t.od-y. Outside of the immediate of- fect already feit in Washington of the postponement_of the comidg to this country of the British debt commls- ||Ion. however, the possibility of any | further result as concerning the rela- tions of the two governments, it was sald, was to bé gauged only In the light of developments, and the suc- cess of Premlef-designate Bonar | | Law's efforts to form a new cabinet. ough. it appears doubtful to oflAcllt::l l:dly 'h‘.rthl litical sit- uation in London would be sufficient 1y clarified to permit the sending of a British commission to this country to discuss the problem of ulundlng that country's war debt to thw United i States, for which the commission samed by the Lloyd George govera-| ment was to have sailed a week ago, there was little. doubt that the ne- i that she did not know when he would} be seated side by side on the front) the country of a government whose! the country wants “to return to the. NEW BRITISH CABINET, | i | Great Ovation Flusters Fallen British Premier By the Associated Press, LONDON, October 20.—Mr. Lloyd George received one of the most remarkable ovations ever witnessed in the Guild Hall this afternoon when he rose to propose the health of the Prince of Wales, who was guest of the corporation of the city at luncheon. For several minutes it was impossible for Mr. Lloyd George to proceed and he was vIIlIbI);‘ affected. n the early part of his speech the little Welshman was ently nervous, an unwon ed condi ‘on for him, but he soon regained the mastery of himself. In his re- marks he avolded reference to the political situation. — e ' | Botiations ultimately would be carrled ! out practically on the basis already | mapped out. RESIGNATION STIRS GERMANS Further Developments in London Are Eagerly Awaited. By the Associated Press, BERLIN, October 20.—The resigna- tion of Prime Minister Lloyd George 1and the British cabinet has aroused a | | Widespread feeling of perturbation in {political circles here. Further de- velopments are awaited with eager- ness and anxiety. The newspapers are unanimous in pointing out that Great Britain's future and the policy of her govern- ment are matters of vital importance ! to Germany. Summing up what ap- | pears to be the general impression, | he Boersen Zeitung says: “We cannot yet judge what in- fluence the turn of affairs in Great Britain will have on our situation, {but it is clear that the uncertalnty inow prevailing in the British politi- cal situation will have an unfavor- able influence upon the immediate jfuture of the reparations policy." Another general impression | voiced by . Lokal Anzeiger, ! 8 is which oyd George's resignation means fat the bottom a fresh triumph for Poincare. Paris will rejoice to be | G_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, J92%. - e VETERAN STATESMEN SELECTED TO |garding the man. IDENTIFY DEAD MAN AS FORMER MAYOR Body Found Declared That of New Jersey.Resident, Miss- ing From Sanitariur. From a Staff Correspondent. . ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 20— Identification of the body of a man found in the thick woodlands near Warwick Station, Va., yesterday, was jeffected today by the Alexandria po- lice headed by Chief Gpod and Wil- liam T, O'Neal, in charge of the West- ern Unfon Telegraph office here. The man, it is now certain, was John H. Boylen, 326 Mercer street, Glouces- ter, N.:J., where he was mayor and chief of police. Boylen disappeared from a sanftarium there last May. Mr. O'Neal called Chief Goods to his office this morning and showed him a copy of a receipt which he had given to Mrs. Boylen when she came here last May looking for her husband. It was for $10, which she left to pay the railroad fare of Boylen back to Phila- deiphia. Mr. O'Neal infzomed the Alexandria police chief that a man about five feet ten Inches tall and about sixty years old, appeared at the|p telegraph office about May 15 last and sent a telegram to Mrs. Boylen asking for money. Mrs. Boylen Here Seeking Husband. A few days later Mrs. Boylen, ac- companied by a woman whom she sald was her sister, appeared in per- son at the telegraph office, seeking in- formation as to the whereabouts of the sender of the original message. Mr. O'Neal sald that the man had not been seen since the message wa sent, but agreed to hold the money in case he reappeared. It s the belief of the police and others, who have been Investigating the case, Including Justice of the Peace Troth of Alexandria county, in whose jurisdiction the body was found, that the man went to the se- cluded spot and died from exposure. The place where the body was found is reached by a walk of avou. buv yards from the Mount Vernon rail- road line, through woodland covered with hea’y underbrush. The man had apparently picked out a high plece of ground in the deep marshes, which begin ac tnat point. Mr. O'Neal said that Mrs. Boylen in- formed him her husband left the san- atarlum one night when attepdants went to get him some clothing for which he had asked. He had on a blue suit, she £aid, had a gold knife and crucifix in his pocket. Such a knife and crucifix were found on the body yesterday, together with a tag of the Sun Shipbuilding Corporation of (.'flhaeste!'. Pa., bearing the numbers 81-2037. Inquest to Be Held. The body is at Wheatley's un- ldex"mkm‘ establishment at Alex- andria, where it will be held until after an inquest which Judge Troth ‘will hold tomorrow morning in Alex- andria. The judge said he would not impanel a jury until the police au- thorities had had an opportunity of getting some definite information re- Chief of Police Goods telegraphed to the Chester police last night in an effort to get an identification of the body by means of the tag. Up until noon today he had not received any reply from the Pennsyivania police. - Just a few days ago Mr. O'Neal re- ceived from Mrs. Boylen a letter say- !ing that she had as yet been unable to get trace of her husband, and had about given up hope. At the same rid of him, and numerous experiences {have taught us that when Paris re- joices Berlin has no ground for | Elee.” ITALY SEES ‘FALL OF D‘ESPOT.’ Newspaper Expresses Hope for More Stable British Rule. By the Associated Press, ROME, October 20.—*Not only the dictator of England, but the arbiter and despot of European' politics fell with Lloyd George,” says the Messag- | gero today In commenting on the British cabinet situation. It express- es the hope that the crisis in England may lead to the formation of a g rnment having a more stable policy than that of the Lloyd George gov- rnment, which “changed from day to day.” On the other hand, Il Paese, or- _gan of former Premier Nitti, takes | the view that the crisis will not per- manently affect Mr. Lloyd George, | who remains, it declares, the leading | exponent of the policy aiming at Eu- ropean reconstruction. The crisis, it says, involves only the separation of theNiconseriativi from 1o o an e laborit Mr, oyd Geory being with the latter :ronn);. 2 First race, purse, $1,662; for two- year-olds: five and one-half furlongs —Druld Hill, 100; Segovia, 105; Heel Taps, 110; Comixa, 102; Better Times, 108; Carol, 118; Brilliance, 102; Wood- 1and, 110. Second race, the Patuxent steeple- chase handicap; $5,000 added; mFZ.. i year-olds and up; about two miles— ’Plumblcot. 130: (c) Reparation, 133; (a) Joyful, 138; (b) Sea Tale, 158: { Wrack Grass, 133; (c) °*Earlocker, | i 135; (b) Red Clover, 135; Soumangha. 162; Lieutenant Seas, 135; (a) Sea Ser- pent, 132; (b) Overmatch, 150, (a) J. F. Widener entry; (b) C. K. Harrison, Jr, entry; (c) J. E. Davis entry. ‘Third race, purse, $1,362; claiming; three-year-ol and up: six furlonge— *Alva, 100; 1hi Maid, 102; Joseph Brant, 105; O'd Sinner, 109; *Tom Cas- sidy, 100; Simplicity, 102; Pergoud- dine, 108; Chadles J. Cralgmile, 109; *Rolo, ; *Sling, 105; Kirah, 106. Fourth race, purse, $1,562 66; for two- r-olds; filve and one-half furlongs —Brown Belle, 97; Sweetheart, 105; Lilt, 107; Marie Blanche, 102; Tuxedo, 105; Noel, 108; Scribble, 102; Golden Rule, 105; Bucado, 1i5. Fifth race, the Laurel; $10,000 add- ed; for all ages; one mile—aDunlin, 107; Champlain, 110; Tippity Wichet, 115; unflbuck.' 1 Paragon, 2d, 125; aPaul Jones,'120; Playfellow, 112; Blufter, 115; Fairway, 120; Extermin- ator, 132; aBlazes, 123; Fair Galn, 115; Careful, 120; Tryster, 123, Cosden's entry. a—J. Sixth race; pyrse, $2,063; handicap, for three-year-olds and up; one mile and a furlong—Bluffer, 103; Mutti- kins, 110; Oceanic, 120; Polly Ann, 108; Paul Jones, 113; Thimble, 108: Nedna, 117. Seventh race; purse, $1,363; claim- ing, for three-year-olds and up; one mile and a sixteenth—*Minute Man, 05; *Mollle Barnes, 109; Montalva, *Jacques, 105; *Our Birthday, 114; *Moody, 109, 109; ‘Mayor House, HznAkol'!‘ tlll’. 0 pprentice o 1C Weather clear, track Sikimad SECRETARIES TO STUMP. ‘Two more cabinet members, Secre- taries Hughes and Denby, will speak in Ohio during the campaign, it was |announced yesterday, after a confer- ience at the White House between President Harding and Walter F. Brown of Toledo, chairman of the speoial committes on government re- .organisation. i —— REAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT. Joseph, W. Tolbert, whose nomina- tion as marshal of the western South i lina district failed of confirma- ’-son :;i‘o‘;;t,o:" sesslon of Congress, { aftion. by, President is T ean national of South Carolina, i to that time she asked for the return of the railroad fare which she letlv.' s VLADIVOSTOK WILD, U. S. MARINES LAND (Continued from First Page.) vancing Far Eastern Republic army are reported to have passed. Chita Refuses Parley. The original plan of the Japanese was to turn over the administration of Vladivostok to the municipal gov- ernment and to hold the reds outside the neutral zone until evacuation was complete. Then the municipal au- thorities refused to take possession of the war munitions left behind by the Japanese and the latter sought to open negotiations with the reds to give the republican troops control and thus avoid an interim of disorder. The Chita commanders refused to ne- gotiate and the clash between the Japanese and reds is reported to have followed. Japanese officials have expressed the opinion that the one American cruiser, one British cruiser, Japanese cruisers and three Jap: nese destroyers in Vladivostok har- bor will insure the safety of foreign- ers, among whom are approximately fifty Americans. Russian Colony Alarmed. The Russian colony here, however, is much concerned regarding its nationals and fear previous massa- cres may be repeated. They believe that while the government officials of Vladivistok will be able to obtain accommodation on vessels comman- deered by Admiral Stark, many thou- i sands of Russians are in dangr of punishment by the reds for sup- porting the whites. These are mak- ing their way southward as fast as conditions will permit. but much suffering !s reported lmnni them. Japanese evacuation of Vladivostok will not be completed until October 26, and Japanese authorities have an- nounced that any reds entering the neutral zone before that date will be disarmed. The Japanese are removing large quantities of arms and ammunition and what is left, it is said, could be easily rendered usele ASSIGNED TO U. 8. S. DETROIT Lieut. Commander Edgar R. Mo~ Clung _of the bureau of ordnance, Navy Department, has been detailed as gunnery officer of the U. S. 8. Detroit. Rescue Unfed, Nude Boy From “NatureHealer” By the Assoclated Press, - NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 20. ~—*“I ain't so hungry, but I ain't full yet,” sald Owen Pardue, nine years old, when he had consumed a square meal late yesterday for the first time in weeks after hav- ing been fed on nuts, milk and persimmons * while penned wup stark naked on the farm of a “nature healer” near this city. Owen was sent to the “sani- tarium” of Merlin Valleau, an aged fanatic, who {8 -convinced that clothes and meat diet were the cause of ailments from: which he flered. The boy is undersiged and undernourished. ‘He was rescued yesterday by county health officers as he sat in an improvised pen made of tin 4na gunny sacks. The sacks, it a8 explained, were to keep the ow . Jackets from st 0 b;ly‘l parents ltve im. Ashland the | FearThat‘Piggy,’ White House Pet, Met Tragic Death Sorrow exists among all the em- ployes and regular visitors at the White House executive oOffice be- tduse it is belléved little “Plggy,” pét squirrel of the executive of- fice, is dead. She has not been #een about the office or the imme- diate®grounds for two days and 6ne of the policemen this morn- ing Treported that the remains of a squirrel wére found last night in the middle ‘of West Exectifive venue, which are beligved to have . hose of *Piggy.” The popular fittle pet, which had become - &0 tame and such a familiar“figure around the execu- tive offices, was known to have been in the habit of carrying nuts across the:giyeet, to the fenced-in parking“along the State, War and Navy bui'ding. where she care- fully burled them for future use. Jt is thought “Piggy” was run down by an automobile while on one of “her nut-carrying expedi- tions. MRS. HALL'S MAID AGAIN SUMMONED IN MURDER QUIZ e (Continued from First Page.) 2 ! Carpender at your home on Saturday afternoon after the discovery of the ie5?" she was asked. ‘hy don’t you ask the prosecutor?” she replied. After ten minutes she told the news- papér-men that such was the fact, and bore out all points of Miss Opie's story except the mention of the pa- pers. Miss Ople, however, did not say - that Charlotte heard mention made of the papers. She said that Mr. Clarke told her about it. Mrs. Hall Reported Il Mrs. Hall is reported .to be very 1ll a8 a result of shattered nerves. Both James Mills and Charlotte have verified the fact that Miss North was still their representative, despite the fact that conflicting reports went ‘out regarding this vesterday. Mills de- clared that Charlotte had-.told him that Mr. and Mrs. Clarke and Mr. Car- penter were at the house on the aft- ernoon after the bodies were found. Carpenter admitted being there. He said that he had loaded vestments trom the Hall home into his auto and was taking them to the undertaker's, when he found that he had to stop at the churct for the cossock. H& went to the Mills home, found | James Mills, the sexton of the church w r of ‘. siain woman, ab- sent, and got the key to open the church from Mrs. Clarke. <ouc's bee'm and Stricker. working on the Investigation, com- menting on the latest reports, plac- ing the scene of the murder in the vicinity of Weston Mills, about four | miles from the Phillips farm, where i hodi v> found, said that “they’re all bunk.” | If it can be arranged without the presence of photographers, the prose- cutors stated, newspaper men will be &hown the clothes worn by Mrs. Mills as conclusive evidence that the mur- der was committed where the bodies were found. The condition of the neck of Mrs. Mills' dress, which would have been all bloody had the body been removed after death, but which does not show | such condition as it is, appears to be one of the leading signposts of the prosecutor's pointing to the Phillips farm. Then there is the statement of a leading detective of New York, working on_the case as an_assistant of Timothy N. Pfeiffer, the Hall attor- ney. who ‘says that his investigation satisfled him that the murder took lace where the bodies were found. n addition 18 the evidence of the ex- amination of the earth by the Squibb laboratories, indicating positively this fact. THINK MAN SAW DEATH CAR. New Brunswick Authorities Probe Story of B. K. Soper. By the Associated Press. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. October 20. —Search for an automobile of old model, which B. K. Soper, retired business man {of Highiand Park, declared he saw in the de Russys lane, near where the bodies of the slain rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist and his choir leader were found September 14, was instituted today by all forces seek- ing solution of the crime. Soper asserts that he can identify the car on sight. He declared he was returning by mo- tor from a visit to Somerville the night of the murder and that the car attracted his attention because of its model and { the fact that it was coming from a sec- tion seldom followed by motorists in the middle of the night. He was certain, he said, that the car bore a New Bruns- wick tag alongside the license. While the investigators have not entirely | abandoned investization of the theory {that Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills were murdered in an old barn at Weston Mills, a settlement about four miles from the Phillips’ farm. where the bodies were found, they be- lieve that the automobile clue brings them closer to the slayer or slayers and are making It their first point of inquiry. Continued to Watch Residence. State troopers continue to keep the { Hall residence under observation. To- 4uy for the first time since the mur- der, newspaper men were unable to communicate with members of the Hall household by telephone. In- quirers at the residence were told that the telephone connections had been cut. Authorities are checking up det of new information which thev sald dovetalls with facts previously ob- tained and points to a definite solu tion of the case, which has baffied officials and detectives of Middlesex and Somerset counties for more than a_month. They were sald to be welghing carefully a story to the effect that Mrs. Francis N. Hall. widow of the ev. Edward Wheeler Hall. rector of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, and Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, choir singer, who was murdered with the clergyman, quarreled shortly before the Halls left New Brunswick for a vacation last summer, and that the ilifeeling was pronounced after the vacation- ists returned. Miss North Informant. 1 given out by Miss Florence North, woman - attorney for Charlotte Mills, daughter of the slain choir leader. Miss North told reporters that a scene had taken place between Mrs. Mills and the rectors wife at a camp maintained by the church at Point Pleasant,. on the Jersey coast, last summer. Reference was made to the quarrel in a letter written. by Dr. Hall to Mrs Mills, she =aid. The alleged trouble arose at the time the camp was breaking up, ac- who had not remained at the camp, drove to Point Pleasant to get her hustand. As shq and the rector started to drive . Mrs. Mills ran after the car and demanded of Dr. Hall if he intended to take her with him. He invited her to get into the car and she rode to New Brunswick with them. This incident was the prelude to a more or less open rup- ture between the two women, it was said. After MrsHall returned from her vacation in New England she and Mrs Mills _spoke to each other perfunctorily, but it was evi- dent there was no friendship be- tween. then, Miss North stated. otte had ‘informed “her, Miss North sald, that ‘the two were de- cidedly oold toward each:- other dur- ing the ten days immediately pre- 1 ng the murder. PUBLISH GARRISON DIVO; PARIS, ~ October 20—A granted last January 38, divorcing Mrs. Constance . Coudert Garrison from William R." Garrison of New York city, was made public here to- 'he suit was instituted by Mrs. RCE. i | | | ! | | | Information of the quarrel was' cording to Miss North, Mrs. Hall, | decrée | HOOVER DEBTDEA FINDS PARS C0LD No Pay Until Germany Set- tles, Consensus of French Opinion. i QFAVOR POINCARE PLAN i Resentment Stirred by Reiteration as to U. S. “Insistence,” Says Mowrer, BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Etar and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 18220 DT PARIS,. October 20.—Secretary Hoover's speech ‘emphasizing both th» H esirability and practicability of the ialiles paying their debts to the United | States and offering 1o trade on casv terms only aganist’ political conce-- sions such as the reduction of arma ments has been recelved coldiy here Recently the writer had occasion talk to many Frenchmen of all class. s and parties about France's war deot to the United States. All agree abstract recognition of this debt, but all agree, too, that there absolutel can be no question of France tak! steps toward beginning payment the present time Similarity of Expression. Between the indiscreet blurting out by Louts Loucheur that France would never pay and the recent statemen: made by M. de Lasteyle, the minister of finance, with Premler Polncare's approval, that France intended to pay some time, but not until Germany has paid France, there is merely a nuance of expression. The report of the Parmentier mis- sion has not stimulated France to pre- pare any special proposal for the pay- ment of the American debt. No such proposal is even being dis- cussed. The only proposal France has to make at present is the Poincare reparations and debt compensation plan already outlined, and which the Hoover speech seems formally to re- ject. Resentment Aroused. Recent newspaper dispatches from Washington initmating that the Unit- ed States Intends to “insist” that France should reduce her armament until the American debt had been paid were read in Paris with credulous smiles, but the reiteration of this threat in Secretary Hoover's speech has been taken more seriously and is arousing genuine reseniment. ‘The American persistence in the idea that the debt may be used &s & club to oblige France to follow Amer- ican theories regarding disarmament and European public finance are lik=. {1¥ to lead only to increasing bitter- ness and misunderstanding without {accomplishing any positive results whatever. It is noteworthy that almost the first reaction in the French news- papers to the Hoover speech is the resumption of the outcry in nation- allst organs like the Echo de Paris !o‘rc the occupation of the Rubr dis- trict, FOUR WASHINGTONIANS GOING TO MAKE HOME - { J ’ 1 IN PALESTINE (Continued from First Page.) bade their lifelong friends good-by. All leave large families behind. The Cohens have several families of sons {and daughters. Sacrifices Are Praised. Speakers at the banquet referred to the sacrifice of those leaving in breaking their family ties. Barnett Cohen, in speaking for the group, de- nied that their act was a self-sac- rificing one. “It is the greatest happiness in the life of a Jew to have the opportu- nity,” he said, “after the 2,000 years that the Jews have been without a country, to go to Palestine, the res- toration of which to the Jewish peo- ple has now been assured by the leading nations of the world, led by Great Britain and officlally indorsed by the United States. It is & sacred privilege to bring to Palestine what- ever wealth we have accumulated and to invest it in the country, so that the Jewish homeland may be- come a reality.” At the conclusion of these remarks Barnett Cohen's eldest son, A. Cohen, born and reared in the United States, arose and announced that the act of his father and mother had made him resolve to follow their example and leave for Palestine with his owm family within a few montas. He swid he felt certain that his brothers and / sisters would also do the same thing. Golng for National Service. All the members of the party em- phasized that their aim in going to Palestine was not that of Jews In former years, who went to the Holy Land only to dle and be buried there in the holy soil. They were going, they sald, for a different purpose—to participate In the work of recreation of the ancient homeland. According to advices received by the Zionist Organization In New York, Jewish families and individuals in many other communities are emi- gratng to Palestine, inspired by the same {deal. Only a small proportion of Jews, comparatively &peuking, however, are expected to form the new population of Falestine, as the bulk of immigration is from castern’ and central Europe. The Jews of the' United States are contributin gthe money for the upbuilding of the Jewish’ homeland. ' Resident Here Thirty Years. Barnett Cohen is the most promi- nent member of the group of District pligrims. He is sIxty-two years old ‘and has been a resident of Washing. * ton almost thirty years. He and his wife made their home at 1426 Q street northwest. A leading Ziopist of this 'city, he was treasurer of the Keren Hayesod (Palestine Foundation Fund), and he has also been promi- nently identified with numerous Jew- ish organizations, in all of which he has been very active. The results ac- complished by him for tte Keren Hayesod werc acknowledged in the New Palestine, official organ of the Zionist Organization of America. Juel Natuan Cohen is sixty-eight ¥ s of age, and has been a resident of -Washington sixteen years, duris which time he has resided with son, Aaron Cohen, at 628 3d t northeast. Mr, Dobkin .is_th! and has livea in the District more than ten years. He is a baker by pro= fession. 1 KILLED BY AUTO TRUCK. - ked down by a motor. truek thfl:eiv l(l(g m near ll:'rmfi. I:.n osterday. . De: Miller,. twe Yires years old,died befors o a at Casualty Hospital. ‘The police l”:lmn- -.“ - at Mount Rainler, Md,