Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1922, Page 2

(€] FEDERAL CLERKS Leaves of Absence Assured Those Who Wish to At- tend Elections. Practically _every department and bureau head in the government has given assurance that leave of absence will be granted to those employes who wish to state to vote Tuesday. Tn making this known at the re- publican state voters’ campaign head- quarters, 1342 G street, it was ex- ylained that while more than thirty states have laws permitting voting by mail and by affidavit it s estimated that tiere are more than 8,000 men and women in Washington who are legally entitled to cast their ballot in those states that do not extend the mail privilege. Although it is sald to be a difficult matter at this time to make a definite claim, officers at the voters’ headquarters hers belleve that at least 6000 or 7.000 persons will g0 home to vote next weck. Special Orders Issued. in the elections next In some of the government depart- ments sp orders have been is- sued announcing that requests for leaves of absence to vote have been posted and cireu ed_among the employes. In the e of one department it has been provided that the employes in the various fleld services of the de- t who desire to vote where » employed will be excused a bie time on election day for that purpose. without charge against the authorized annual leave. The al- most unanimous response to the in- «auiry regarding the granting of leave sent by the republican voters’ com- mittee has heen especially gratifying to the committee. No Reduced Rate on Railronds. There is no likelihood of the rail- roads offering reduced rates of fare to state voters who will be leaving Washington from now on until elec- tion day. November 7. Announcement to this effect is made by Henry M. chairman of the voters' cam- committee, who has just re turned from New York. where he ap- peared before the executive commit- tee of the Trunk Line Assoclation to make his request for a reduced rate of far Joint Committee Meets. These and a number of other impor- tant matters vertaining to the work of “getting out” the state voters, were discussed a meeting of the Jjoint republican campaign committes when it met late yesterday afternoon in i streat PFeadquarters. T. Lincoln Townsend. chairman of the commit- tee, asserted that the present eam- paign h 'n conducted in a most effective and efficient manner. accord- in experience of more than vears. Among those who ad- <sed the meeting w Edward F. republican ional com- maa for the District; Edward C. | Graham of the republican state com- mittee of the District: Edgar C. Sny der, marshal of the District s A. Schuldt, chairman of the entertain- return to their home; ‘Maj.Abbott Again To Become Door- i i i MAJ. JAMES A. ABBOTT. James A. Abbott today re- i of the Capitol po- lice, and L. de Montfredy of ! Washington, D. (%, was appointed to | fill his place. | Maj. Abbott will resume his old position of messenger and doorkeeper of the Senate, a position which he held for many years prior to 1913, when he was demoted after the demo- crats obtained control of the Senate. He was appointed captain of police when the republicans again won the control of the Senate a few years {ago. -For twenty-seven years he has | been on the Senate roll, and for forty- seven years in the government em- ploy. Major Abbott served in the | Union army during the clvil war, en- {listing in 1861 on the outbreak of the | war, thoush only fourteen years old. He served throughout the war. |RICCI QUITS POST | AS ITALIAN ENVOY | TO UNITED STATES Mussolini upon assuming power to send a circular to all the prefe throughout Ttaly saving: “Called by the confidence of the !king. 1 assume tod direction of the | government of the country. 1 exact that all oficials, from the highest to {the lowest. perform their duties with fintelligence and absolute abnegation for the supreme interest of the jcountry. 1 myself will give the {example.” ForeigmdPolicy Expansion. Mussolini brings with his ministry a | well defined foreign policy. the corner | troops, the fascisti sert up a cry of fascisti parts, ever since its inception ment committee, and A. E. Chaffee, who has been in charge of the force of workers at headquarters. n rally will be held to. auditorium at Cher which will be addressed b: Sidney Wiley, republican candidat for Congress from that congressional district, and by Edgar C. Snyder and Mrs. M Logan Tucker of this city. " (HIO WOMAN SLAYER night_in dale, V- SOONTOLEARN ATE Fwo-Hour Closing Argument for iMrs. Champion Begun and Same Period Is Allotted State. fated Press. LAND, Ohio, November 1.— of Mrs. Mabel Champion, wo, charged with the first- gree murder of Thomas A. O'Con- sell, carnival promoter of New Haven, Conn.. Jate toda 1 ¢ centy y. O'Connell was shot to death in a restaurant here last July during a scuffle with Ausley Cham- pion, the defendant’s husband Walter D. Meals, counsel for Mrs Champion, began his closing argu- ment when court convened today. He was allowed two hours, the same time allotted to the prosecution. Edward . Stanton, county prosecutor, made the opening argument for the state late yesterday. He consumed half an heur Assistant Prosecutor James T. Cas- | sidy was prepared to close for the prosecution when Mr. Meal® conclud- ed. Common Pleas Judge Maurice 1ue-num's charge to the jury will fol- 0w In his argument Prosecutor Stanton vharacterized the case as “one of the most important that has ever been ard in a courtroom in this county. He made an cloquent plea for the ath sentence, asking dramatically Is this leveland or is it Paris, where apaches of the underworld shoot men down in cold blood?” On the stand in her own defense vesterday, Mrs. Champion admitted firing the shots which killed O'Con- nell, but testified that the shooting was accidental. U. S. Friendship Asked by New Italian Premier By the Associated Press. ROME. November 1.—Premier Mussolini has sent the following message to Secretary of States Hughes at Washingto; % In assuming the task of gov- ernment at the request of his majesty the king, 1 am address- ing to your excellency my most cordial good wishes, and I venture to express my confidence in the friendly, economic and spiritual collaboration of our two countries. Such collaboration will be rendered that the Italizn people look to the noble American nation. with full confidence that it will understand and estimate the value of the ef- forts accomplished by the Italian nation for the realization of a common victory.” 3 Mussolini has sent a message to the British prime minister, Mr. Bo- nar Law, and the French premier, all the more agreeable by the fact M. Poincare, announcing his acc sion to the premiership as “the representative of Italian born at Vittoria Veneto. conveys cordial g rances of solidarity among the allied nations, which, Mussolini adds. e “] regard as indispensable for the effectiveness of their political action.” A communique issued by the commander of the Roman Legion announces that by Premier Mus- solini’s instructions any action taken by the fascisti. either col- lectively or individually, which is directed against communists or persons presumed to be commu- pists will be repressed with the utmost severity and the responsi- Ble_lead: and pi ers proseguted !umh n exemplary manuer. < expected to go to the jury | |a vear ago, has always preached the ex- tension of Italy's territorial claims. {When former Premier Giolitti ordered the evacuation of Albania by Ttalian | troops, the fascisti sent up a ery of | protest against the veteran statesman, i burning him In efigy and hurling sting- {ing epithets against him in hostile demonstrations. Mussolini_himself has lthe mediterranean is an Ttalian lake complete control of {that w v Italy. The claim of {Greece for the Dodecane; Islands bitterly contested in fascisti declared that Oppose All Strikes. Total repudiation of all soviets has been a constant cry among fascistl. When the Russian commercial mission arrived in Rome, in 1921, their rooms were broken into and their baggage { ransackea by fascisti who contened for {no negoiiations in any farm with the {soviets X | In their domestic policy the aims of ithe fascisti have not been so clearly | defined. Indeed, it has been constantly {maintained by their opponents that they had no domestic policy. One thing, how- ever, has stood pre-eminent in all their | domestic actions, namely, their hostility {to the extreme socialists and com- | munists. They have deflantly fought the strike in any form. Wherever and whenever | strikes have been declared they have |strained every effort to keep industry ! going. 1 RICCI'S VIEWS DIFFER. i | Acceptance of Resignation Expect- | ed, as He Opposes Fascisti. { By the Associated Pre i Because his political affiliations are jat variance with those of the new !Italian premier, iz is the bellef in diplomatic circles here that thd resig- iration of Senator Ricci as Italian am- | bassador to the United States prob- ably will be accepted and that an- ! other will be sent to Washington to { replace him. | While some of the resignations be- ling tendered by members of the {Italian diplomatic corps are regarded here as having only a perfunctory | significance, the case of Senator Riccl | is looked upon as falling in a different {category. He was rated as a liberal |democrat, and although he never in- {clined to the extreme soclalistic view, {it is known here that his political iviews do not accord with those of the ! conservatives who compose the fas- ciati part Envoy to Germany Socialistic. Senator Frassati, who has resigned {as TItallan ambassador to Germany, | alsa is expected here to definitely part | company with the new regime at { Rome. Senator Frassati, like Senator | Ricci, was holding what might be termed a political appointment, and he was one of the directors of the Stampa and of decidedly socialistic tendencies. Count Sforza, ambassador at Parfs, was, on the other hand, a trained diplomatist. Senator Ricci, accredited as ambas- sador here on February 25, 1921, did not occupy his post in Washington for many weeks at a-time, and he now has been ablent fof some time on 'a visit to Italy. Ricel at Arms Parley. As a member of the Italian delega- tion to the Washington arms confer- ence last winter he played an import- ant part in reconciling divergent views of the delegates at critical mo- ment ‘When that work was finished he em- barked on a lecturing tour which car- ried him to the Pacific coast, and dur- ing which he addressed himself par- ticularly to Italian audiences, gener- ally adjuring his hearers to become go0od American citizens in fact as well as in name. In' the course of his speeches the ambassador talked very frankly of Italy's financial condition and of his belief that obstacles to the repayment of Italy’s debt to the United States would be interposed by the new. tarift law and by unduly restrictive fmmj- gration laws. As a result he received an admonition from Secretary Hughes. BACKS ARMS TREATY. Spanish Cabinet to Support U. 8. Policy Belating to Ghina. MADRID; November ~1.—The cabl- net, sitting in council yesterday, de- e(d:.. t& announce eg:‘aln- adherengs to » erencs relating to:O LT i i i, 'uMUMn SHUW SEENlAU R-E.VOIR. NO. 10 GET TIME TO VOTE | Keeper of Senate! BY RECORD CROWDS Halloween Frolic Fails to Dim Interest in Exhibit of Flowers. i Jttendance at the “mum” show of the Department of Agriculture con- tinues to break all records. Yesterday there were 4,681 visitors, in spite of the counter-attraction in Halloween frolic. By noon today more than 600 persons had passed into the sbig greenhouse at 14th and B streets southwest, where the show is open to the public free every day this week from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Mrs. Henry C. Wallace, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, is entertal ing many women prominent in the social life of the capital at the show this afternoon, assisted by Mrs. Karl F. Kellerman, wife of the assistant chief of the bureau of plant industry. All of the new seedlings this year are going to be produced on a com- mercial scale next year. This assur- ance has been given by elght of the largest chrysanthemum growers, who already have secured cuttings from the department. | Japanese Bloom Named. One of the most attractive of the new Japanese blooms has been named { by an official of the department Elste iLillian Schoenberg. This plant has been much admired by the experts, both in the Department of Agricul- ture and those who have come from commercial greenhouses. The Holy Ghost Plant has been given a place of honor right inside the entrance of the ‘“mum’” show, where the visitors cannot fail to see it. So many persons had asked to see this plant, which, because of its tropi- cal growth, had been kept in an es- pecially warm house, that Supt. Byrnes today decided to sacrifice the life of the bloom to popular interest. An added attraction to the “mum’ show has developed in the interest taken by the visitors in the orange house. There is to be found the three known as “the mot of the Ameri- can citrus industry.” It is from the original Washington navel orange imported by the Department of Agri- culture and which was the basis of the California citrus industry. Orange House Now Public. Ordinarily the visitors are not per- mitted to enter the orange house. but on account of particular interest paid to this historic tree when the Garden Club of America was conducted about the department workshop, public a tention was called to it and now all the visitors ask to be allowed to visit the orange house. So many persons have so insistently expressed thelr interest in all the dif- {ferent kinds of plants grown in the government greenhouses that officials of the department, supported by vol- {untary pledges of co-operation from members of Congress, will endeavor to get authority for a new large con- servatory. in which season displays n’ld‘ rious kinds of plants can be held. —_— AUTHORITY LACKING IN SCHOOL REPAIRS (Continued from First Page.) fire department. The requests from these other departments are not sub- mitted to school authorities for con- sideration. Items suggested by the school authorities must frequently be eliminated to find appropriations. { Apparently items are placed on the list directly by the repair shop, since { the school offictals find ordinary re- pair work in nrogress which has never been recommended by them. ! "“In considering the checkered list of {proposed repairs submitted by the i superintendent of repairs, the super- | intendent of schools finds himself in the position of being compelled to | rely for the most part upon the judg- {ment of the employes of the repair | shop,” said Dr. Ballou. “He has no one who can investigate requests for repairs and advise him as to their relative importance. Repair Shop Groups. “Moreover, the repair shop, work- ing under orders of the Commission- ers, groups the repairs in classes dif- ferent from those preferred by the lgchools, and Is restrained by those orders from exercising entire frce- dom of judgment. “Only a portion of the requests for repairs can be approved, due to the lack of fun Further, not all the approved repairs are actually made. “Eliminations of approved items are made by the superintendent of rep: when, as noted, the emergency re- serve is sufficient, which is the normal condition. Often there are repairs not in the May or December lists, and not strictly emergency mal-l which become so important from | the point of view of the schools that! they must be included. In both these cases the school authorities must rely | upon’ the the employes of the shop ! Ifor selecting the neceasary elimina- tions. This situation has been greatly aggavated recently by the necessity for moving the portable school build- ings. The cost of moving these build- ings from one point to another point of greater congestion is high, and hence very perceptibly depletes the repair fund. “The net result of this condition is that the school authorities do not, at any time, have any considerable knowledge of the exact situation with respect to the repairs and im- provements to school buildings and grounds. No account are kept by the schools; the estimated costs are javailable, but actual costs are not ! known. Whether any certain repair to be made, even If on the approved list, cannot be foretold. One year 316,000 was set aside by the repair department to cover the cost of work requested by the fire department. Only a small fraction of this work was i actually done. No school official ever | knew how or where this special re- serve fund was actually spent.” —_— GEORGIAN FOR BENCH. ATLANTA, Ga, November 1.—A movement to have President Harding appoint Robert C. Alston, Atlanta at- torney, to the vacancy in the United States Supreme Court caused by the re- cent resignation of Justice Wi R. Day has been started here. United States Senator W. J. Harrls. Georgl; and W. O. Foote, president of the At- lanta Chamber of Commerce, have tele- graphed the President urging Alston' appointment, and a meeting of the At- lanta Bar Association has been called to | take up the movement. —_— GEN. GOURAUD NAMED. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 1.—Gen. H. J. E. Gouraud, French high commis- sioner in Syria, has been nominated a member of the French superior ‘war council to take the place vacated by the death of Gen. Maistre. Gen. Gouraud probably will give up his command over all the French troops in Syria before the end of the year. 3 RECORD CANAL TRAFFIC. By the Associated Press. PANAMA, November 1.—Ships pas: ing- through the Panama canal dur- ing October numbered 313, 2 new high record. Figures on the toli collected last month were unobtal; able today, but it was expected that they also would set & new figure for any.one month since the opening of: the -canal. | i i { i s T ). SMILING, EX-PREMIER AND MRS. LLOYD GEORGE, WITH DAU! MEXCAN CONIL OFFES REDPEN Step Follows Court’s Order Vacating Writ of Attachment. | | | By the Associated Pres NEW YORK. November 1.—The Mexican consulate, closed last Fri day as a protest agalnst the action | of New York courts in issuing a writ of attachment on its property in con- nection with a civil action brought by the Oliver-American Trading Com- pany. was reopened today. An order vacating the writ of attachment! against the consulate was furnished | the attorneys of the Mexican govern- i ment yesterday. DEPUTIES SCORE AMERICA. Mexican Chamber Holds Spirited Session Over Consulate Closing. By the Associated Pre | MEXICO CITY, November 1.—The United States was adversely criticised and a vote of confidence in Presi- dent Obregon was proposed in the | chamber of deputies last night, dur- | ing an animated discussion of the sit uation growing out of the Oliv American Trading Company's attac ment of Mexican government funds in | New York, and the closing of the| Mexican consulate general there is| reprisal. | “Che vote failed because of the lack | of a quorum, but it was apparent that [ the suggestion was well received by | 8ions for the expense of creating the those members present. Various speakers commended the government's stand, and declared that even firmer | measures shouid have been taken. The National Chamber of Commerce | has approved President Obregon’s de- | cree_boycotting all persons resident In New York state, in their business relations with the Mexican govern ment. An effort is now under way to | bring about similar action by the | Contederation of Chambers of Com- | merce. LAWYER, WORRIED, OOMMITS SUICIDE is a high official in the department, told him he should go away for while and forget himself. Lange, it was said, declared he intended going | back to his home in Cincinnati and| spend the Christmas holidays with his | mother. Replied Cheerfully. | After leaving the Department of the Interior the lawyer went to his| own office, remaining several hours | and then went home. That was the last any of his friends are known to have seen him. | At 9 o'clock this morning his land- | lady called to him and she said he | answered most cheerfully. An hour later she knocked at his door and upon receiving no response entered. To her horror, she found the lawyer crumpled up across his bed, & Te- volver in his hand and a bullet in his brain. No One Heard Shot. After summoning her husband she called in Dr. J. B. Nichols, who pro- nounced Lange dead. Apparently he | had been dead but a short time. No | one in the house heard a pistol re- port. It is thought likely Lange ! smothered the report by wrapping| bed clothing around all but the muz- | zle of the pistol. Detective Sergt. Thomas C. Walsh hurried to the scene from the central | office and made a complete investiga-| tion. He could find no other motive for the shooting than morbid depres- sion. Lange left no note, no means whatever of tracing his relatives, al- though their addresses were obtained through the Department of the In- terior. Coroner J. Ramsey Nevitt made an investigation and gave a certificate; of death due to suicide. SMITH SUCCEEDS SMITH AS GEOLOGICAL DIRECTOR Philip 8. Smith, With Survey Since 1906, Chosen to Fill New Vacancy. Philip S. Smith has been appointed acting director of the United States geological survey, succeeding Dr. George Otis Smith, who resigned to facilitate his work in connection with the Federal Coal Commission. Mr. Smith is an adminjstrative geo- logist in the geological survey, and has been in the survey since 1906. He is a native of Medford, Mass., where he. was born July 328, graduate of Harvard University. He is not related to Dr. George Otis Smith, whom he succeeds as director. —_— ENGINEERING LECTURE. E. R. Whitney, president’ of the Commercial Truck Company of Amer- fca, will be the speaker at a joint| meeting tonight at the Cosmos Club hall of the Washington section, Amer- fcan Institute of Electrical Engineers, and the Washington Society of Eni neers. The lecture by Mr. wmag of el i,n.. sketching the development | ‘fait accompli.” | has been | 1—James A Dargan, a plumber, who LEAVE NO. Canada’s New 10 DOWNING STREET. "_THE LLOYD GEORGE FAMILY LEAVES Gir DOWNING STREET. HTER MEGAN (JUST BEHIND HER MOTHER), Minister to United States to Be Fitzpatrick Sir Charles Slated in View of British Changes. Envoy Geddes Withdraws His Opposition to Plan. Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, Ont,, November 1.—Offi- cial announcement of the appointment of Sir Charles Fitzpatrick as Canadian | minister to the United States will be made within the next few days. The change in the government of Great Britain is responsible for this ecision, which must have a very ma- terial effect on the relations between he Dominion and the United States. Premier King and his lieutenants, it is understood, fear that the new Brit- ish premier, Bonar Law, in changing the foreign policy that has been in effect would more or less igrore the many pressing diplomatic matters pending between Canada and Wash- ington, such as the modernization of the Rush-Bagot treaty, and have be- come convinced that establishment of their own channels of communication is an immediate essential. Expense of Legation. For the last two years the Domin- fon estimates have contained provi- new legation and all political parties are committed to the principle. The absence in Europe at the present mo- ment of the most wide-spoken oppo- nent of the plan, Finance Minister Fielding, aided the cabinet in reach- ing the decision to act at this time. Sir Auckland Geddes, the British ambassador to the United States, who has been a strong opponent of the plan and is in Ottawa today, let it be known that he has withdrawn that opposition, and he expressed himself as now favorable to the appointment. While he has denied that he has any official engagements here, there is a strong suspicion that the King min- | 1stry ‘invited him to discuss the new arrangement and present him with Fitzpatrick himself in Ottawa over the week end in co! Itation with members of the administration. There will be strong opposition oiced to the selection. The imperial- ists and the loyal Orange institution will resent the choice of an Irish Catholic to Initiate what is accepted 'CONSUMERS TO ATTACK BLANKET EQUALITY BILL National League’'s Annual Pro- gram Devotes Entire Evening to Subject. Attack on the blanket equality bill will be made at the twenty-third an- nual meeting of the National Con- |sumers’ League here November 9 and 10. The entire evening session of the first day will be given over to a consideration of the question on “What Women Want and Cannot Have With Blanket Equality.” Miss Julia Lathrop, former chief of the children's bureau of the Department of Labor, will preside at this session, SIR CHARLES FITZPATRICK. as a bold experfence, becaus he danger of friction with the country,” while the coldness of Sir Charles to the Sinn Fein cause has alienated many Irishmen from his support. When he was named lieu- tenant governor of Quebec by Sir Robert Borden the French Canadians bitterly resented it, considering that the appointment should have gone to one of their number. This, too, in ithe face of the fact that Sir Charles was one of Sir Wilfred Laurier’s most powerful lieutenants. Long in Public Life. He long has enjoyed experience in public life and has represented Great Britain on several international com- missions as counsel or arbitrator. During his term as lord chief justice he visited London once each year, and has beecn wellnigh a commuter to Washington, where he has many friends. From a soclal point of view Wash- ington will ind him a real acquisition and he will also prove a distinct ad- dition to the business colony, inas- much as he is a remarkably vigorous individual. 3 What effect the appointment will have, when announced, in London remains to be seen. Whereas the re- cent governments have encouraged l Ignores Blackhand Note To Papa. Boom! By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Nevember 1.—"Black hand” letters meant nothing in the young life of Josephine Col- lure, fourteen-year-old high school &irl, but the members of the Col- lure family, including Josephine, had the shock of their lives early today, when _a bomb wrecked their home, Josephine had intercepted several lettern addressed to her father, and demanding sums of $500 and $1,000, which she de- stroyed. “Papa and mamma can't read English, anyway,” said Josephine. | “l didn't think anything would | come of the threats.” Collure, a fruit merchant, his family were tossed from their beds when the bomb wrecked the | porch and the windows, and broke | windows in neighboring houses. i HOLY NAME CHURCH | FUND SHOWS INCREASE Campaign Collections for One D.y[ Reported, Bringing Total | Up to $37,630. ! ana | | Holy Name Church's $75,600 cam- paign for money with which to build | a new edifice nearly reached $38,000 last night, when 200 enthusiastic workers jammed the parish hall and reported for the day's collections $16,551, bringing the total to date to; $37,630. The women were far in the lead of | the men last night, reporting $9.355, while the men brought $6.946 to the parish hall. George J. Cleary, chair- man of the executive committee, re- ported $250 for that body, the dona- tion coming from himself. | Banners for Highest Collections. The banner for the highest collection | by team last night was awarded to Mrs. Alice G. Bicksler, who reported for team A a total collection of $2,066. For the men the banner went to Thomas F.| Clark, who reported $1,78: { The workers were told last night that the next eral d: were the jcrucial times in the campaign. An-| other rally will be held tomorrow and_every night until the work closes {next Monday night. Contributors Listed. Among the highest contributors announced were Mr. and Mrs. James {C. Nealon, $1,000; S. B. Atchison, §50 Mr. and Mrs. B. J. McMahon, $30 |Joseph M. Munroe, $350; Francis T. { Underwood, $250: John F. O'Connor, {$300; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Glotzbach, {$300 and Louis S. and Mrs. Crown, 13250, and George J. Clear. 3 {""Those who contributed iMrs. Helen Myers and family, M and Mrs. S. D. Gibson, Mr. and Mre. iClaude Belt, Hugh A. Kane, Mrs | Catherine Kane, Mrs. B. McNamee, | Peter Maus, Mr. and_Mrs. John i Salb, Mr. and Mrs. McNamee, Mr. and | Mrs. D. J. Cullinane, Edward Scanion ! jand’ family, Mrs. Margaret Black. | {Mrs. M. Buchert, J. Sexton and | {family, A. P. and Elizabsth Dorr, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Smith, James | C. Cranston, the Ewald family, Annie C. Cunninggam, Mary Cunningham, {Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sullivan, Mrs. | { Mary Viele, in memory of Mrs. E. A. i Sartain; William A. Lusby, Mr. and {Mrs. B, Carlin, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Richardson. Dan Bradley, Mrs. Mary | Gaegel and Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Carlin. {NEW YORKERS FEAR i BALLOT BOX FRAUD| { (Continued from First Page.) think that the democratic beer plank means so little that a prohibitionist can safely run for office on it? “The democratic candidate for gov- ernor and his prohibition associate {for lieutenant governor are seeking votes on the promise that, somehow or other, they can give the people wine and beer. 1 ask them how they, propose to do it. The democratic can didate has said that he favored a referendum. Does he think that the ! people of this state by a referendum | can override the Constitution of the United States or an act of Congress?” | Then Mr. Smith comes back at Gov. Miller this way: i With all the arts known to the clever lawyer, Gov. Miller has twisted the light wine and beer issue into a form where he could evade a direct lanswer as to where he stood. I dis- IDENBY WILL SPEA i for tickets | days preceding the i Subscriptions independency of action on the part|like to be raking the governor's mem- of the dominions, it always has been|ory on the campaign of two years the policy of the conservatives in the {ago, but he went through the state at past to discourage any such course of { that time talking about the impor- action. | ance of the St. Lawrence river, and national issue he answered back that the power and influence of the great- | i (Copyright, 1822.) when I reminded him that it was a { hola Minnesota Slight To La Follette HurtsGov.Blaine By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis., November 1.—Gov. Blaine in a telegram today to Gov. J. A. O. Preuss of Minnesota said that | he “wished to express the great re- gret of the people of Wisconsin that the authorities of Minnesota have seen fit to deny a United States sen- ator from speak in a public building there on the ground that his political views may differ from those of the public LoMcials.” Gov. Blaine's message, inspired by | the refusal of the Minnesota state fair board to permit Senator La Fol- lette to speak on the fair grounds of that state, informed Gov. Preuss that officials of Wisconsin would always and the speakers will include Mrs.|extend every courtesy to the high Anna Webster, Mrs. Michael Given, Mrs. Simon Oppenheim, Mrs. Walter S. Ufford, Ethel M. Smith, Tilly Lindsay, Mrs. Bessie Lusby, Anna Schmudft, Nannie T. Daniel, Mrs. Courtlandt D. Barnes, Margaret C, Maule and Flor- ence Kelley. At the work conference on November 9 addresses will be delivered by Mrs. R. P. Hllleck,gresldent of the Ken- tucky League; Elizabeth Brandeis, sec- retary District of Columbia minimum wage board; Katherine G, T. Wiley, secretary New Jersey League; Flor- ence Kelley and Mary Anderson, chief of the woman’s bureau, Department of Labor. ‘The_conference on “Why Women Oj pose Blanket Legislation” will be held November 10 in the afternoon, and will be presided over by Mrs. Charles H. Sabin. The speakers will be Dean Acheson, Frances Perkins, Tillle But- ler, Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham and Mrs. J. Borden Harriman. D. C. MAN FIRE VICTIM. Antonio Borsel, Tile Fitter, Burns to Death in North Carolina. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., November came here recently from Savannah, Ga., and Antonio Borsei, a tile fitter, of Washington, D. C., lost their lives in a fire which damaged a two-story. frame boarding house here today. Bath men were about thirty-five-years of age. ‘Beveral other- fersons had mnarrow | ters. trom flames, which officials of Minnesota. “Our view of the constitutional right of free assemblage and free speech will alawys lead us to accord every courtesy to the high officials of your state, who may wish to expres their opinions from the platform,” th telegram sald. “Such has been our record in the past, and it will be our policy in the future.” SOLF VISITS HARDING. Ex-Aide of Kaiser Talks of ‘“‘State Secrets” With President. Willlam Solf, minister of foreigy ffairs under the German kaiser, and recently appointed German ambassa- dor to Japan, called at the White House today to pay his respects to President Harding. He was accom- panied by Dr. Wiedfeldt, German am- bassador to this country. Mr. Solt sald, upon leaving the President, he took up several mat- ters of importance with him, which, according to him, were “state secrets.’ He said, however, conditiens in Ger- many had grown worse recently, due to the rise of the dollar and the de- icrease in the value of the mark. He expects to sail from San Francisco for Tokio on November 10. —_— Thousands of game birds were need- lessly destroyed every season at Lake Ve Nev., by oil on wa- s L this state the right to| | est state In the Union would always ibe felt in Washington. What about | | the power and influence of New York | i state on the light wine and beer Ques- ’tlon? Straw Votes Cheer. “He knows as well as I do that the; |attitude of the state administration {on the question of the amendment to {the federal Volstead act would have {a good deal of influence. It was a| prominent leader of his own party that asked me where I stood on this jquestion, and I answered him freely {and frankly. Some leaders of the gov- {ernor's own party have been putting the question to him and his dodging {of the issue is merely an attempt to {carry water on both shoulders.” The ripple of anxiety which is dis- turbing the republican surface is hav- | {ing the effect of stimulating efforts. {The democrats, cheered by the re- iports of the straw vote taking, are| ishowing n_midweek increased en-! ithusiasm. The people in the streets {are actually beginning to talk poli- tics, and the apathy of the past fortnight 1s disappearing. It is likely that the full registered vote will be polled in this oity on election day. The republican prayer is for good weather upstate, 8o that the republican farmers can get to the polls. —_— WOMAN DIES IN TORNADO. Fifteen Persons Hurt in Missouri City—Four Missing. WEBB CITY, Mo, November 1.— One woman was killed, fifteen other persons were injured, several serfous- 1y, and about thirty houses were de- molished by a tornado which struck this city early today. One hundred persons were made homeless. -Four persons were unaccounted for and it was thought they were killed and buried under debris. ! The storm struck first in the south part of the city, passed over the busi- ness section and dipped again in the northwest residential section. In each place buildings in an area of about a quarter of a mile square were de- molished. WOMAN IS INDICTED. i Mrs. Mabel Edith Wilson, thirty- nine years of age, was indicted yes- terday by the grand jury on a charge of housebreaking and larceny. She, is alleged to have concealed herself | in the women's department of the! Palais Royal, March 25 last, after donning two dresses from the stock, and wi surprised by the watchma making his round, jumped from th third floor qof the bul l:l.lal into an al- I‘g.‘vnp e sustals & fractured | { peated the blow. | DAY’S SUCCESSOR NOT NA FOR MASONIC FUND Address of Navy Secretar: Listed for Convention Hall Meeting. Secretary Denby of the Navy w be the principal speaker at the m meeting to be held in Convention Hall Saturday night, November 18, in con- nection with the campaign to raise subscriptions for the proposed new United Masonic Temple fund. That Becretary Denby will speak was an- nounced today by William Knowles Cooper. managing director of the campaign. When the mass meeting was first proposed Mr. Cooper promised to ob- tain a speaker who was nationally known. Secretary Denby recently laid the corner stone of a $6,000,00 Masonic Temple in Detroit, Mich., and it was thought by Mr. Cooper that to hear about the Detroit temp would prove of special interest Washington Masons at this time. An elaborate program is being pr. - pared for this meeting. In addition to Secretary Denby’s address there will be on the program music by the Shriners’ Band and the Shriners’ slee Club and probably by other M sonie musical clubs. The Knig Templar of the District will appear in a nody in f iform and. if spa: an be provid t not unliks that the commanderies will give sc sort of an exhibition drill. Suc feature, however, will depend on the pace available for such an exh! bition, It is anticipated that this meetin) will be one of the largest, if no the largest, of its kind ever hel Washington within doors. Only suf ficlent admission tickets will be it sued to cover the scating capacity the hall, these tickets being dist. uted through the individual lodge and will provide for admission Masons only and their wives ar families. A8 the seating capacity of th hall will accommodate less than one third of the Masonic nwmbersh in the District, it is expected thal there will be a tremendous deman A complete prograr for the Convention Hall meeting wi be announced by Mr. Cooper scvers ceti There will be no me campaign workers at Maso next Saturday night because celebration of the th birthday anniversary of Washington in the Central Hig! School auditorium under drrectio of the Grand Lodge of the Distric received to the f during the week and the total of subscriptions rece of the principul features of the regu lar Sautrday night meetings, will i announced by the executive comm tee through the newspapers. POLICEMAN DENIES HE USED BLACKIACK Ernest C. Spaulding, bicycle polics man of the fifth precinct, testified t.) day before Justice Bailey and a jur in Criminal Division 2 in his own be half in combating a charge that wi a blackjack he assaulted Louis W Moore, a Canadian electrical studen: May 28 last, atGeorgia avenue an Irving street. Spaulding and Polic man Charles R. Bremmerman of 1 second precinct are jointly charge with the assault. Spaulding denied he ever used h. blackjack, and said Bremmerma struck Moore only after Moore ha hit that officer and had been warne that another blow would draw pun ishment. The witness said there was & vacant seat in the car when Moore and a lady friend boarded it at § and F streets, and he saw Moore indi- cate the seat to the lady, who de clined to take it because she did no, fancy sitting between two colore people. Says Moore Was Aggressor. Moore leaned over him, the witnes< sald, and remarked that he was 1 gentleman for not proffering the ses to the lady, and when Spaulding pointed to the vacant seat Moor made a motion as if to slap him, the witness stated. When he left the car Moor of his collar and said the officer would “take off the uniform he would beat him to a pulp,” Spaulding told the jury. The Witness said he answered by telling Moore he was under arrest and he would give him a chance. He said Moore jerked away as the patrol box was reached and ran thirty feet be- fore Spaulding, in a flying tackle went to the ground with him, both striking the cur Bremmerman Gives Ald. When Bremmerman took the pris- oner oft him, Spaulding stated, Moo: hit Bremmerman and w Warne: that he would be “hurt” if he re Even after Moor: had been hit, the witness said, h made another break for liberty an Mason: Georg e caught that it !ran about ninety feet down Irvin street before he was caught, the aid of & citizen The case may go to the jury th afternoon. The officers are belng d: fended by former Assistant Unite States Attorney Leah) while tk prosecution 1is being conducted b Assistant United States Attone: Presmont. —_— LOOK TO PART IN COURT. wit Adjustments Are Said to Be Under ‘Way Here. Adjustments were said at the White House terday to be in progress looking toward American govern- ment representation on the interna- tional court of justice, which was cre- ated under the treaty of Versailles. The only bar to American represent tion, it was indicated, was the ma ter of selection by the United Sta government of Its own representa- tive on the court, but it is felt this feature is capable of satisfactory ne gotiation. WOMEN GIVEN 75 DAYS. Marjorie Burgess and Mrs. Eva Short, young white women, who say their homes are in Baltimore, charg- ed with shoplifting, arrested by Po licewoman Hubbs, were tried in th United States branch of Police Cou! yesterday and convicted. Judge Ha: dison sentenced them to serve se:- enty-five days each in jai BURNED BY MATCH. ‘While playing with a box of match- es on the front porch of her home 1019 6th street northeast yesterday ix-year-old Dorothy Creek, colored, t fire to her clothing and was burn ed on the arms and face. Her moth carried her to Casualty Hospital where she was treated. Her conditio: is not believed to be serious. Indications in administration circle yesterday were that President Hgrd ing would awalt the reconvening c |Congress before announcing his chote: of a successor Lo Associate Justi Day on the Supreme Court. The name of Judge Baker of the United States Circuit Court of Appeal has been added to the list of those ua- der oensideration. X