Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1922, Page 1

Fair tonight and tomo: change in temperature. ended at 2 p.m. | WEATHER. Temperature for twenty-four hours today: Highest, 62, esterday; lowest, 40, at 6 rrow; little Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 No. 28,673. os omce wWa Entered as sccond-class matter shington, "D. C. CHIEF OF FASESTI ARRIVES IN ROME T0 FORM CABINET '7Mussolini‘ Responds to Call of King—Triumphantly Enters Capital. FOLLOWERS AWAIT WORD TO SEIZE GOVERNMENT Thousands Encamp Near City as New Regime Gets Under Way. Ry the Assoclated Press. ROME, October 30.—Benito Musso- Jini, leader of the fascisti, called by King Victor Emmanuel to form a binet, arrived in Rome this fore- on. Crowdg thronging the neigh- horhood of the railway terminal e him an enthusiastic welcome. Mussolini left immediately for the quirinal, where he was given an au- dience by the king. he capital was lavishly decorated )with flags today, but calm was being maintained. 1t is believed the new ministry will be constituted in the course of the ay. hen the faselsti leader arrived at Civitavecchla before taking a train for Rome thousands of fascisti and citizens welcomed him. Ia a short ldress Mussolini exhorted _ the wds to remain calm and patristic 4irs were sung. Soldiers Block Roads. Soldiers in the king's uniform early today were lining the road from Civitavecchia to Rome, all along its A through the Apennines, and bed wire, guarded by sentries with fixed bayonets, protected the en- trances to Allumiere, Tolfa, Manziana and Bracciano, twenty miles north- west of Rome. Railway communication was still interrupted in the early hours be- tween Clvitavecchia and Rome. Within a radius of fifty miles from Jtome 60,000 fascisti were encamped overnight. many of them sending Jorries into the capital to bring back the bread necessary for their su: tenance. The king's troops unques- tioningly permitted these lorries to pass in and out of the cit. Both regulars and fascisti bore themselves with marked graciousness toward foreigners, doing their utmost 1o alleviate the inconvenience caused 1w the prevalence of something near \rtial law. As an automobile, one Ni"(he occupaats of which was the ‘correspondent, approached the town * of Bracciano last evening, a bright jumped aboard the - youns corporal TounE, escort it safely across the town. The citizens, under the im- pression the occupants were under Atrest, jeered them until the corporal ed the passengers wcre Amer- Then the crowd cheered, cry- b vypical of the atti- he people explain fcans. ing “Viva Americ One incident t tude of large sections of tl cecurred along the route to Rome, When a group of shepherds forgot Their flocks momentarily and cheered Lea party of black-shirted fascisti narched along -the road, shouting Viva fascistil” RIOTING IN ROME. One Killed in Fight Between Fas- cisti and Reds. Ry the Associated Press. ROME, October 29 (8:15 pm.).— Serious rioting broke out here to- night. Parties of fascisti while pass- ing through a workingmen's quarter Xnown to be a hotbed 6f subversive clements were attacked by commun- jsts, who threw stones and fired re- wvolvers. The fascisti replied. One person was killed and one fas- cistl was wounded and the fascisti, ho were greatly outnumbered, had 1wo of their men taken prisoner. The fascisti immediately telephoned to headquarters, whence numerous roups in motor cars went to the res- je of their companions. Troops Jneanwhile occupied the zone with an overwhelming number of soldiers. FASCISTI PLAN TRIUMPH. Mussolini Followers Ready to Take Over Government. Ty the Assoclated Press. LONDON, October 30.—The trium- ROANOKE WOMEN ON TRAIN HALTED BY FASCISTIANS CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy, October 30. All passengers on the Parle express, which arrived here at noon yesterday, were requested to alight by the fas- cisti. | Mrs. Samudl Walker Williams of | Roanoke, Va., her two daughters and her sister were the only American | | Notices Not Yet Forwarded passengers on the train. They were not molested, but were escorted to the Grand Hotel by officers. They ex- pect to return to France on the first northboume train. This is the center of fascisti mobili- zation for ponts on the Mediter- ranean shore from Pisa southward. Almost 10,000 black-shirted youths ¥ « n: ol ve Ciiave iia also is the terminus for all railroad traffic for traine coming from France and cities of northern Italy. POLITICAL WAGERS | | FAVOR GOV. MILLER Slight 0dds Offered on G.0.P. Candidate in New York State Campaign. CITY DRIVE BEGINS TODAY Demoorats Admit Smith Won't Get Hylan’s Majority Last Year of 417,000. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Staft Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, N. Y. October 30.— According to the political soothsay- ers and wiseacres in both party camps this city is the place and the current week the time for swaying and determining the result of the con- | test for the governorship of the state | of New York and the state ticket. | Both candidates, realizing this, are| here today to devote the week to drjv- | ing home to the voters their respec- tive contentions and arguments. There will be meetings day and night with the usual parades, red fire, carttail haranguing and all that sort of thing. The object of the republican cam- paigners is to cut down the normal demoeratic plurality of the city, so! that the great republican upstate plurality can_effect the decision. The} democratic purpose is to maintain that plurality if possible and to over- | whelm the upstate republican total. | The betting starts off today with | odds slightly in favor of the repub-; lican candidate. The betting is taken inote of because it is supposed toi irepresent calculations of cold-blooded | ! non-politicos, who view conditions| as on a cash basls, devoid of sentl- | iment. It is also a favorite scheme | sometimes of the politicians to put {out offers of wagers to overawe the i opposition and sway the unthinking. Result Will Be Close. All political- authorities agree that | the election will be close. They con- | lcur in the opinion that the outcome| {will be determined by this week's| | campaigning. The Star's dispatches; ! have sought for the last three weeks ito trace the outlines of the campaign lin its broader features, as waged by | the opposing candidates, and to de-! scribe the nature of the respective appeals to the voters. Today both candidates as they march upon the city make announce- ment. of their lines of campaign and attack. Gov. Miller, the republican | candidate says: “We have offered a record of performance against ex- cuses for non-performance, promises ‘of further performance against a confession of inability to perform un- fess the constitution is changed within the next term of the governor to be elected. “Facts are to be placed against as- sertions, appeals to reason and | telligence against appeals to preju-| dice and ignorance. The people are, thinking they will not be caught by ! false issues or false promises, by promises that cannot be kept or are ot intended to be kept. A few of the unthinking may be misled, but the thinking resent such insults to{ their intelligence. The thinking peo- ple are going to control. There Is no | doubt of the result.” What Smith Says. Democratic Candidate Smith says: “Government designed to_ help the| few against the many cannot survive | in this progressive age. From plat- forms up the state I have answered | all the claims of accomplishments set forth by Gov. Miller. Further than that I have asked him questions that | ¢ GRAND JURY PROBE OF MURDERINN. 1S FAGING DELAY to Members to Assemble for Case. GIBSON STORY FAVORED Special Deputy Attorney- General Reiterates Confidence in Recital of “Eye Witness.” By the Associated Press. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., October 30.—Possibility that the Hall-Mills murder case would be presented to the grand jury today seemed remote this morning. Information from Somerville, county seat, was to the effect that notices had not been for- warded to members of the grand jury and that it would require at least twenty-four hours for the inquisitors to assemble after receiving notices. Special Deputy Attorney General Wilbur A. Mott today reiterated his confidence In the story told him by Mrs. Jane Gibson, woman farmer, that she witnessed the murders. Story Corroborated. Two witnesses, Mr. and Mrs. Nor- man R. Tingle, who live diagonally across from the Phillips farm, have corroborated Mrs. Gibson's story in %o far as the hour of the murders is concerned. The Tingles heard sounds which they think may have been pistol shots about 10 p.m. September 14, the night the Rev. Edward Whecler Hall and his cholr leader, Mrs. Elea- nor Reinhardt Mills, were shot. Mrs. Gibson yesterday said that she wanted an opportunity to confront Mrs. Hall and challenge her to say that she was not present at the slay- ing of her husband and did not return later and arrange his clothes and glasses. Denial by Mrs. Hal Mrs. Hall, through her attorney, has emphatically denied that she was on the Phillips farm on the night that her husband was shot to death with his choir singer. Mrs. Gibson explained that it was more than mere curiosity which prompted her to return to the Phillips farm after she alleges she witnessed the murders. She claimed that in her original statement to the authorities she explained that she lost one of her moccasins. That it was while she was hunting for it that she saw the dou- ble slaying and rode away on her mule at once. Atraid of Suspicion. Not until she reached home, Mrs. Gibson said, did she realize that the presence of her footwear on the farm, near the scene of the murder, might lead investigators to connect her with the crime. She immediately sad- dled her mule, she said. and returned to see a woman in a gray coat bend- ing over the body of the slain rector. The authorities who were renortsd to have found the rector's waich be- fore Clifford Hayes was arrezted in connection with the murder, only to be released later, reported that they were seeking a negro who offered for sale a_watch resembling that taken from the rector's body. He is now believed to be in Philadelphia. Tells of Having Watch. ‘The authorities said thev had ques- tioned Charles Anderson, negro, who had had the watch in his possession for a time. He said that he had held it for several days in payment of a gambling debt, but that the negro who had given it to him later re- claimed it and disappeared. Ander- son said he did not know his name. Willilam O'Rourke, a building con- tractor, told newspaper-men that on the night of the murders he was driv- ing on Easton avenue shortly after 9 o'clock, when he met Mr. Hall walk- ing toward Phillips farm with a woman, whom he was unable to identify. He sald that he knew Mrs. Hall by sight and felt quite certain that she was not the woman. He explained that he had given this information to the au- thorities several days after discovery of the crime. His story, he said, he felt ‘was important in view of the theories which had been raised that the rector and the choir singer might have been kidnaped and carried by force in auto- mobiles to the farm. One of the first pieces of evldtnce! which became public after the finding of the bodies was that Mrs. Mills had | been seen on a street car which runs to the city limits near Easton avenue. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION GRAIN FUTURES ACT HELD UP BY COURT Judge Prevents Enforcement of Federal Law Pending Appeal by Exchange. By the Assoclated Press.s Board of Trade today made its first move to test the constitutionality of the grain futures act when it filed in federal district court here a petition for injunction restraining the govern- ment from enforcing the provisions | of the act. District Judge Carpenter issued a stay order preventing enforcement of the act until November 13, when he will hear the petition for a temporary injunction against enforcement of the reguiating act. The law enacted to take the place of the former Capper-Tincher act, de- clared unconstitutional by the Su- preme Court, was passed to become effective November 1. Bill of Complaint. The bill of complaint, filed by Henry S. Robbins, counsel for the board, charges that the law seeks to regulate ag interstate commerce trade that is wholly state; that it interferes with state rights to govern exchanges, and that It seeks to deprive board mem- bers of their property by admitting representatives of co-operative bodies and permiting them to rebate com- missions in vlolation of rules ob- served by other members. Further charges of unconstitution- ality are made on the ground that the law makes violation of its pro- visions a crime, “and constitutes the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secre- tary of Commerce and the Attorney deprive offenders of their rights to thereafter pursue a lawful avocation; whereas such criminal laws are, under the Constitution, enforceable only In courts” with a jury trial. Other sections granting wide pow- ers of control to the Secretary of Agriculture, who is given authority to designate what exchanges shail or shall not be contract markets, are attacked as unsound. Fear of what might result from the drastic provisions of the law, the complaint says, may bring on “a serious disturbance of the grain mar- kets of the country.” Prohibits Hedging. “Many owners of grain,” it states, “will be deprived of the privilege of insuring themselves against price fluctuations through ‘hedging’ con- tracts, and irreparable loss to mem- bers and others would result.” Statements contained in that sec- tion of the law summarizing alleged evils of marketing are attacked by the exchange as “inaccurate.”” These assertions of supposed evils. the board contends, were disproved at the CHICAGO, October 30.—The Cmcago‘ General a_comission with power to | ¢ Fhering CUSPIDORS USED TO PUT OUT FIRE Cuspidors today played the role of fire buckets in Police Court, when the rack of emergency hose in the corridor caught fire, just as Judge Robert Hardison convened court. Without emergeney buckets or fire extinguishers, officers were forced to use the cuspidors, and with good effect, soon extinguishing the flames. It is thought the hose caught fire from a cigar butt “parked” on the frame holding the hose. ONEDEAD IN FIGHT T0KIDNAP OFFICER Others Are Wounded When Masked Band - Attempts to Take Constable. By the Associated Press. HENRYETTA, Okla., October 30.— Reece Adkins of Dewar, Okla, was shot to death and Thomas Bogus, Spelter City constable, was wounded, probably fatally, at Spelter City, near here, last night, when a band of masked men, of which Adkins was a member, called Bogus from a motion | picture theater and attempted to kid nap him in a motor car. Another man, unidentified, is known to have been shot in the leg. Shoots Inte Party. Bogus drew a pistol and began fir- ing when the party attempted to en- tice him intp the motor car, police said. They reported he admitted kill- ing Adkins. Bogus is near death at a local hospital. Other members of the masked party may have been wounded, according to George Davis, who emptied his pistol at the machine in which they drove away. Order of “The True Blue.” Local police say the members of the band wore blue jumpers and masks of a dark blue material. ‘They were said to be members of a newly or- ganized alleged secret soclety known as “the True Blue” A new cotton rope was found at the place where their car stood in front of the theater. They carried Adkins’ body with them as they drove away, going to his home at Dewar. Although the theater near which the shooting occurred was crowded at the utme,lthge were {efw persons in the street. Bogus was formerly a deput; sheriff here. Y L IN POLICE COURT| * SEADOL SUPPES Constable | WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1922—THIRTY PAGES. B e X | LAUSANNE S CouFERENCE “RED TAPE” DELAYS {This, With Lack of Ample Funds, Said to Impede Education inD.C. The ‘“red tape” system of obtaining sufficient appropriations to provide adequate supplies for the schools is deplored by school authorities who describe it as one of the serious im- pediments to educational progress in Washington. and months elapse before supplies they order are ultimately delivered at the storehouse. All supplies required by the sehools, tionery, text books and the like, are bought by the purchasing officer of the District, the gchools in this re- spect being grauped with the several other departments-of ‘the municipal government. Purchases are made un- der two general methods—by con- tract and by open market purchases. Items Bought by Contract. The first method, by contract. covers the many articles of staple ise Which may be required from time to time as needs arise. | through competitive bidding by the | puchasing officer. and contracts are entered-into with dealers to furnish staple supplies, or provide service, in accordance with specifications, at cer- tain stipulated prices, usually for a period covering a fiscal year. * These specified articles with prices indicated are outlined in what is known as a contract book. In the recommendation of awards for purely school items, representatives of the schools are invjted to confer with the purchasing officer. In the prepara- tion of the items that shall be includ- ed in contract purchases the schools| also have a part. It is, however, often difficult, it is said by the offi- cials, to forecast all the articles with needed for a period extending eight- een months into the future. ‘The second method, the open-mar- ket purchases, covers supplies, ma- terials or service not provided for in the contract book. Purchases by this method are usually for particular needs of the municipal department concerned. Prices are solicited at the request of the department as its re- quirements demand. $1,000 Wants Advertised. Bids are on a competitive basis, ex- cept in rare instances where com- petition is impracticable. Where the amount involved exceeds $1,000 the specifications are advertised. Star. e school supplies as well as the lack of | ¥nder the present sys- | tem, according to the officlals, weeks | including equipment, furniture, sta- | Prices are obtained! their estimated quantity that may be| _The Star’s city block ai delivered to as the papers “From Press to Home Within the Hour” | | carrier system covers every nd the regular editipn is Washington homes as fast are printed. | —— 1 Saturday’s Net Circulation, 86,845 Sunday’s Net Circulat wn: :',l‘l \WHITE HOUSE VOTE DROPPED IN WRONG BOX BY UNCLE SAM MARIETTA, Ohio, October 30.— There was a flutter of excitement in the office of the local election board, and it was all caused by the arrival of a letter from the White House. The excitement did not last long when It was discovered that the let- ter contained the votes of President and Mrs. Harding and Secretary Christian, The letter was in‘ended for election officials at Marion, not Marictta, and the letter was Tesealed and hurried off to the post office for its proper destination. THREE DIE IN FIRE Mother and Two Sons Perish Near Cumberland—Others Injured. FRANTIC RESCUE EFFORTS Husband Severely Burned While Trying to Save Members of Family. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md. October 30. Mrs. Martha Ridgeley, aged thirty: five; son Jesse, aged eleven vears. and son Elmer, aged three years, wife and son of Walter Ridgeley, were burn-d to death about 4:30 o'clock this morn- ing in a fire which destroyed the Ridgeley home on Knobley mountain. in Mineral county, AWV. Va, two and a half miles south of Cumberland. The origin of the fire is unknown. Walter attempt to rescue his wife and son law, Mrs. Passler, to safety. Walter Ridgeley had previously jumped from the second story, as had his father, Alfred Ridgeley, former county com- missioner here, Anna May, aged eighteen; sixteen, and Rose, fourteen. Boy Discovers FI | i Gladys, es. boy Jesse, who roused members of the family. Mrs. Ridgeley told her husband to save the girls, that she would find her way out, and while Mr. Ridgeley was looking after the others, she and the two boys were evidently suffocated and cut off by the flames. enter the mecond story widow of their room by a ladder, but when he broke the glass the flames swept out and encompassed him. He was frightfully burned on the face and hands. The flames had gained such headway that it was impossible for any one to enter. Three Daughters Burned. The three daughters were severely burned about the body before they succceded in jumping from the third | story* window. In addition to her | burns, Miss Rose Ridgeley sustained !'a serious injury to her back i | to the ground. The survivors, clad Yonly in their night clothing. were taken to the home of Elmer Carlson, home. The house, of three storles, was of {1og and stone, with ten rooms. The | bodies have not been recovered. They | were completely cremated. SAMUEL SWAYZE APOPLEXY VICTIM D. C. Attorney Found Dead in Bed at Hotel in Baltimore. Word was received here today of the | death at the Hotel Stafford, Baltimore, i early this morning, of Samuel E. Swayze, member of the law firm of Howe, Swayze & Bradley, of this city. Mr. Swayze IN MOUNTAIN HOME Ridgeley was severely burned in an| after he had carried his mother-in-: and his daughters, Ridgeley mdae a frantic effort to| a leap | a short distance from the Ridgeley | | fell to the basement and probably | * TWO CENTS. ... TAKES STEPS 10 GET SURPLUS ROAD MACHNERY | Officials Said to Be Inspect- ing U. S. Equipment Avail- abje for Transfer. ACQUISITION FOR USE THIS FALL IS DOUBTED {Engineer Department Plans Big Drive in Spring if Material Is Obtained Surplus Army building s chinery of every description to the value of nearly $100,000 may be ob | tained by the Co nissioners from the government, for use in improving th. highways of the National Capital Engineer Commissioner Charlo+ Keller and Maj. Besson, assi ant commissioner in charge of high- | ways, are out of the city today, and |it is understood they have gome 1. | inspect some of the equipment thu: jis available for transfer. It was learned today that arrang: nents have been under way for s - | eral weeks between District and fei jeral officials to obtain implemen: ithat could be used in the street u: road work that has accumulated Lc: since the war. | Many Implements Sought. Here are some of the things w! it is reliably reported, the city heac are endeavoring to obtain from b overnment's surplus stocks: A steam snovel, a motor distribu for the treatment of bituminou~ roads, an asphalt plant, twelve moto trucks for hauling materials, a dozc1 road plows, two tractors, several co:- crete mixers of various sizes, thre: road graders, four hand rollers, thre power rollers, two elevators for load: ing stone into trucks. a supply of asphalt kettles, heaters for asphai tools, three anvils and blacksmitl | tools, portable forges, chain hoists stocks and dies, one stone crusher jacks for motor vehicles, platforn scales, two large oil-storage tank. and miscellaneous road building tools This compiete outfit of road-building | equipment is said to be available a: 4 number of difterent nearby Army depots, including Norfolk, New York and points in New Jersey. Would Speed Weork. If all of the implements mentionc: are obtained the engineer depart ment of the District should be abl to go forward on a much larger scalc than it has for several years in put- ting the rapidly grow.ng highway system of the nation’s capital In good | condition. { The Star several months ago called attention to the possibility of having the federal government turn over to | the District some of the road building | machinery left over from the wai i period as one means of meeting the | problem facing the Commissioners of | keeping the streets of Washington in | satisfactory shape on inadequate ap- | propriations. | ~Even if the Commissioners succeed in getting all of the impiements for which they have asked, the necessity for larger appropriations for stree. and road work would not be removed it was pointed out today. , Plain Drive in Spring. The receipt of this surplus Arn: material would, however, greatl | strengthen the hands of the enginee: department in its repair work, which | must go on constantly. In presenting their estimates for the next fiscal year to the budget bu- reau the Commissioners laid stress upon the need for spending larygcl sums on new paving and repair work. And the steps they are now taking t get surplus war machinery is another indication that the city engineers are striving in _every way possible to bring the streets of the Na:ional Cap ital up to the standard they should be 1t may not be possible to get the | government equipment here in time to do much work before bad weathe: sets in, but if the District is success ful in getting the supplies requeste the engineer department will start i spring campaign of road repair earnest. i | ‘ The flames were discovered by the ! i i 1 ! i MRS. GIBSON NOW PIVOT. phant forces of fascisti were ready to- numerous hearings on the bills. The Bids thus gbtained by the purchas- | died of apoplexy, according to a verdict Scores of New Streets. day to take over the government of Jtaly, according to dispatches. Thelr Jeader, Dr. Benito Mussolini, was sched- siled to see the king and answer the call pf the sovereign for him to create a new mihistry to replace the Facta gov- ernment. whose downfall was brought nbout last week by the growing tide of fascisti power and sympathy. Outside the city thousands of Mus- solini’s black-shirted followers await the command that will send them narching with the proud step of a victorious army through the gates of $iome already gay with flags and bunt- ing to celebrate their entry. Communication lines leading “to the Jtalian capital are reported in control of the fascistl. Little news of their uctivities has come from Italy since Jast night, when Mussolini boarded a special train at Milan to go to Rome. }e had just notified the fallen Premier ta that he had no intention of en- jering any cabinet formed by any politician. He deciared “the fascisti must go into | ypower without alliances with any other | Jarty, but granting some portfolios out- side the fascisti party.” Revolt Is Successful. The revolt against “the politicians,” Jong ago begun by the fascistl, many of them vigorous young veterans of the world war, was crowned with success yesterday, when King Emmanuel, great- v moved, embraced Deputy DI Vecchi, one of the supreme military authorities of the fascisti, told him that he would wive Italy a government most suited to the new spirit pervading the country nd then intrusted Mussolini with the sk of forming & mizistry. In forming a new cabinet Mussolint raid he would retain to himself the portfolios of interfor and forelgn af- s and appoint Gen. Diaz, minister of “var, Admiral Thaon Di Reval, minis- § ¢ of finance. and include in the gov- ¥.ing body the Catholic deputy Cavaz- Zoni and the liberal senator Lusignoll, Jow prefect of Milan, conferring the «ther portfolios upon fascisti. The culminating gesture by Mus- (Couiinued on Fage 2, Columa 3.) the electorate of the state have rea- son to believe that he should answer. “Dissatisfaction and disappointment with the administration at Washing- ton can easily be ascertained by in- quiries from the man on the street. Moreover, there is a general disap- pointment apparent after inquiry with the administration at Albany. “Negative sentiment js not always controling, but a desire, expressed in | no uncertain terms, for a change that means the advancement of the pro- gressive platform of the party in the state, backed up by candidates quali- fled in every respect to translate the promise into action, has given hope and encouragement not only to the rank and file of the party, but to for- ward-looking citizens generally.” How They “Dope” It. There Is a wide margin of difference between the figures of the republican and democratic leaders on the prospec- tive vote here and upstate. No one ex- pects the democratic ticket to get the 417,000 plurality given Mayor Hylan in 1921. The democrats hope to get 325,- 000 as the minimum. The Tepublicans hope to hold the Smith plurality to 225,- 000, and against that the republicans hope to get a plurality for Gov. Miller idt 350,000 upstate, while the democrats ja re figuring as a result of the reception | given their candidate upstate of keep- ing the Miller plurality in that section down to 200,000. Both sides admit at this stage that they are figuring more or less in the dark. and , without_definite or complete data to go on. \ The republican candidate expects to gain votes in this city on the record of his®administration of actual reduction of lighting and telephone rates and in keeping street rallway fares to G cents. ————— BELGIAN BUDGET -READY. BRUSSELS, October 30.—Premier Theunis yesterday introduced the 1923 budget in the chamber of dep Her Story as Against Mrs. Hall’s 5 Only Tangible Angle. BY DAN RING. Staff Correspondent of The Star. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., October 30.—One tangible angle stands out above all others today, at the outset of the seventh week of investigation into the killing of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. It is simply this: Mrs. Jane Gibson, reputed eye-witness of the tragedy, (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) - o U. S. RELIEF WORKER MURDERED, IS BELIEF, Two Arrests Made in Volga Valley as River Is Dragged for Shield’s Body. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, October 30.—Two ar- rests have been made in connection with the disappearance two weeks ago of Philip J. Shield, American re- lief worker at Simbirsk, according to a telegram recelved here from Col. suit which resulted in the former law being declared unconstitutional was brought by individual members of the exchange, but Chief Justice Taft declared in the decision that the board itself should have contested the law. Such a policy is being fol- lowed by the board in' the present fight, with the approval of the other grain exchanges. 0. S. TO FIGHT SUIT. Government Expected Action Against Grain Futures Act. The action of the Chicago Board of eral district court thsre today for an injunction restraining the govern- ment from enforcing the grain fu- tures law, was not unexpected by Department of Agriculture officials, who have charge of the administra- tion of tife law. Preparations.have been under way for some time to combat any such action by the grain exchanges, and. the. government is prepared to go forward immediately with its defense of the law. The fed- eral district attorney at Chicago, with representatives of the solicitor of the Department of Agriculture, will conduct the government's defense. Preparations for the enforcement of the law on its effective date, Novem- ber 1, had been completed by the SOVIET LIKELY TO REFUSE | BID TO NEAR EAST PARLEY | ing officer are forwarded to the sec- retary of the board of education and by that official submitted to the rendered by Coroner Riley. 3 The Commissioners realize that f. dr. Swaste, accompanied by JAMeS | geveral years past Washington b Mandeville Carlisle, a former law part- | ¢pjoyed a building boom that ha Government Objects, Alleging as Reason That Entire Russia ‘Was Not Invited. By the Associated Press. MQSCOW, October 30.—The Russian soviet government's reply to the in- {vitation of the allies to attend the near east conference at Lausanne may take for its strongest protest, or even its refusal to participate, the fact that Russia has not been invited Trade, in filing its petition in the fed- |t the conference as a whole, acord- | nual report. ing to a high authority. The invitation for Russia to parti- cipate only in the discussions regard- ing the straits of the Dardanelles has been. received with Indignation in offi- clal circles, where it is taken that Russia is vitally interested in the near east situation generally. The note which Russia will send to- the al- lles regarding the invitation is ex- pected to be forthcoming within a few days. 315,265,000 STAMPS OUTPUT IN SINGLE DAY Buréau of Engraving and Printing principal, director, supervisor or other school officer for the issuance of a requisition on the purchasing officer. The regulations of the Com- missioners require that the lowest bid which conforms to the specifica- | mitted. { _“A considerable part of the sup- lpllel and equipment purchased by the pos tion, for which the staple article used in'the ordinary business office is un- i suited,” 'says Supt. Ballou in his an- countered.’ HUGE GERMAN “BREAD LOAN” HELD NECESSARY Coal Deliveries. By the Asscciated Press. BERLIN, Qctober 30.—Bernard tions shall be accepted. This fact is certified to in the requisition. sub- board of education is for purely edu- cational use, for pur] of instruc- “In ordering such sup- plies delays are occasionally en- Ex-Finance Minister Dernburg Also Sees Need of Reduction in Dernburg, former minister of finance, asserts’that Germany's immediate re- William N. Haskell, head of the fleld ; grain futures law administration un- i 11 " |der Chester Morrill, assistant to the f:::::l:: the/ Amcriven RelieC Admin | Secretary” of - Agticulture and in quirements embody & “bread loan” in the shape.of £25,000.000 worth ol‘ Today Breaks All Records ner, left Washington Saturday to spend | the week end with Fielding Simmons at | Ruxton, near Baltimore, and last night { the two returned to Baltimore and reg- istered at the Stafford. About 3:20 this morning, Mr. Carlisle awoke to find that his friend had died. He immediately summoned aid, and shortly the inquest was held. The body will be brought to | Washington today and runeral arrange- ! ments will be announced later. Mr. Swayze was born in New Jer- sey, the son of Theodore F. Swayze, for many years chief clerk of the Treasury. He came to Washington in his youth, attended the public schools here and, ‘after_graduating in law al George \Washing 0. LRI eis.y began practice in this city. He sub- sequently joined the firm with which he was connected at his death. He was forty-four years old. Besides his wife, who was Miss Maud Vincent of Washington, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Burr Edwards _of Chevy Chase, and a brother, Robert F. Swayze of Tor- rington, Conn. WOMAN HELD FOR FRAUD. Bfinda Alleged to Have Helped Chauffeur Pass Bogus Checks. CHICAGO, October 30.—Ruth Moore, ' Until Saturday night last the au- thorities were’ inclined to believe the rellef worker, whose home is in Richmond, V., had committed suicide, but early yesterday certain develop- ments not yet made public led them to believe that Shicld may have been murderes Detailed information concerning the arrests wasjnot re- celved here. Investigation authorities are still dragging the Volga in the belief that they will find the body in the ties. The_ estimates show that the ‘expens: i1l be 8,337,000,000 francs and the receipts 5,942,000,000 francs. river, since Shield’s liat was found on bank sbove Simbirsk several days ago. !charge of the administration. Three in exchanges have received desig- inations under the new law as con- {tract markets. These are Los An- geles, Milwaukee and the Chicago open board of trade.. The San Fran- cllc;’ exchange has its papers in the mails. STORM-SWEPT SHIP SAFE BREST, France, October 30.—The United States Shipping Board steam- ship Baladan, which was reported in distress during yesterday's severe storm, arri tow today, in Production. Turning out 315,265,000 stamps, the bureau of engraving and printing to- grain; a reduction in coal dellveries’y nge and pretty, will face a dogen to bring the present deliveries down charges of operiting a confidence to several hundred thousand tons game when she is returned to Chi- monthly, and a restriction in deliv- cago from Cleveland, where she is ived safely in.port under- ;‘t: erles in kind to a maximum sum day_broke all records for one day’s) commensurate with Germany's pro- production of postage stamps. The stamps consist of all denomina- | ductive capacity. tions and will be shipped to fifteen English coal, which Germany of the largest post offices of the coun-| compelied to buy because of deliveries try. It takes 568 mail pouches t.o[o( her own product to the entente, carry the stamps, three packages to;says Dr. Dernburg, Is costing 24,000 There are 1,700 packages, each four- | burg. the sack. marks a ton free on board at m- Germany's trade balance for iteen inches long, twelve inches high ‘ Septem and.- ten - wide. - Demand Zfor biilion mps during October has exceeded previous records. v for English coal which to supply her shipping and industries. under arrest, the police announced esterday, following disclosures they said were made by, Louls Odenwald, 1a companion of Miss Moore. Odenwald, who has been employed as chauffeur by some of Chicago's Tost prominent business men and bankers, is charged with stealing an automobile. According to the police ber showed an outlay of nine he has admitted that he and Miss | ment wi Moore, working together, obtained checks, {opened up many new suburban con munities. 1In almost every direc tion rows of new houses have bee. erected, creating scores of new street: { which must be paved. In addition to this growth, the havc the main artries of traffic, suc as Connecticut, Georgia and Rhod Island avenues to resurface to mee the burden of traffic those highway now carry. | It can readily be seen, therefor: i that any material equipment obtainc | from the government war surplus cx be used to_good advantage in Was! ington. ISOVIET CLAIMS PRIORITY | IN EASTERN ANATOL: i !Bnfilm Note to Angora Gover ment Relating to Negotiations With American Financiers. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 30. The Russian soviet government r« cently addressed a note to the Angor. government with reference to nege tiations between an American grou: of financlers and the Kemalist author- ities_concerning the construction by the Kemalists of rallways in easter: Anatolia. The Moscow note points out that Russia is particularly in- terested in matters of public utility in eastern Anatolia and hopes tha before granting such a concession, | the Angora {:)\emmrnt will _consult {its ally, which enjoys prior rights. . 'The nationalist foreign minister has replied to Russia that the nego- tiations have not vet resulted in any ' agreement. Besides, the minister add- | ed, the policy of the Angora govern- th regard to concessions is ‘hat none whatsoever will be at Germany was forced. to.buy.in opder. more than $10,000 .by. passing. bogus | foreign- capiialists until -the -concl of peace. 2