Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. | r tonight and tomorrow; Temperature for twenty-four hours ended n.a 10, tol: p.m. today—Hi esterday - Towe ¥ull report on: page 7. cooler. ghest, 84, at it, 85, at 4 ', i _Closing N. Y. Stocks an d Bonds, Page 28 28,980, post_office Wa Bntered as second-class matter shington. D. C. REVOLT - AS ARMY ASSUMES RULE N BARCELONA i Military Garrison, Aroused by | Cabinet, Takes District. Rebels Approve Alfonso. MINISTERS DRAFT PLANS AS KING REACHES MADRID « Seizure Made Without Bloodshed. Revolution Area Long’ Cen- ter of Plots. By the Associ MADRID, cers martial law has been declared. The council of ministers held a spe- clal meeting at 3 o'clock this morn- ing to conslider the situation at Bar- celona. The rank gnd file of the army have joined in the revolt, but the navy per- sonnel is qulet. After a cabinet meeting today the following statement was issued: AP ght proclaimed on his own re- bility a state of slege In that zed the communications and invited other districts to support his action. Ask Cabinet Dismissal. “In order ‘to explain this step he published a manifesto to the country declaring that the army the sovereign to ss pain and ask- ing for the disw ministers. “In certain military force tity ed Press. ptember 13.—Army offi- districts it appears the are disposed to concur de of rebellion cabinet is in permanent session | and will maintain its position, which it will abandon only under forc should the promoters of this sedition ide to follow up their policy, with its consequence The king will arrive in Madrid to- | King Alfonso returned to Madrid on the Southern express at 11 o' morning. The sta by troops and e taken to keep rrounded un, Madrid Is Normal. Conditions in Madrid present a nor- | The companies, 1.ith capital aggre-{ ona s written offer’to’ Paris mal aspect, no especial agitation on the part of the people being noticed. The army as a whole, it is declared, remains loyal to the government. The cabinet is remaining in session nd the government expresses confi- ce in its abllity to stamp out the olt movement. According to some of the Madrid newspapers, the garrison at San Se- imprisoned Foreign Minister ntiago Alba, while others express bellef that he escaped across the ntier into France. None of these reports is confirmed Cabinet Loses Confidence, S e the early Morning it had been rumored that the cabinet was in an extermely difficult position. Accord- ing to information from &n admin- istration source, a document had been distributed among the garrisones severely censuring the government and demanding its resignation. The ws of this proceeding caused a abinet meeting to be tily sum- moned and increased the unrest. ‘The prcsident of the council de- clared the meeting had been convoked to deal with a question of a purely international nature, but it was gen- erally considered that the documen circulated was the real reason for the convocation. The document is said to have de clared that the situation in Spain was most complicated and that the ernment had lost all public as the result of its low morale corruption. The first meeting of the cabinet ded at 2 o'clock this morwing when e ministers ; sserted the situation | s normal and returned to 1 their mes, . but during the night the fremier*went to the home of the min- ster of marine where the cabinet was | ummoned to meet again before dawn and the captain general of Madrid, Munoz Cobo, was summoned to attend the discussions of the ministers. At 4 am. the captain general made the following statement to the press “I can say only one thing, that thi wovernment summoned me in order to be informed of the attitude of the Madrid garrison. I answered that the arrison was in its barracks ready to antee the continuance of order and that there was consequentl, nothing to fear in connecticn the troops stationed in Madrid.” Hastened Revolt. The newspapers say the disturbance in Barcelona had been prepared.for Friday, but that the government got wind of it and adopted precautionary measures which led the organizers of the movement to cut loose before the anticipated time, Tt was stated here shortly before noon that Foreign Minister Santiago Alba, against whom the military ele- ment hes considerable feeling, was on_his way to Madrid It is reported that a squadron has been sent to Barcelona. The newspaper El Sol says the gar- yison at Bilboa has joined the revolt movement and has protested against the. suspension of communications with the rest of Spain. The government at first ‘put a ban upon all classes of communications, put latér authorized the dispatch of messages giving official information Yegarding the situation. The military element in Barcelona, ¢ is said, was disgruntled over the jiberty ailowed the extreme Catalan- jsts, who represent only a small part of the population of the city, in hold- ing demonstrations against Spain and Jaunching insults against the dead comrades of the military men in Mo- rogco. (‘.I"'he government asked Primo-Rivera to postpone any action he might have contemplated until the reopening of he cortes. His comrades refused to \vait, and publication of his proclama- tion today followed. Primo-Rivera is understood to have been displeased because of the re- rusal of thegovernment to name him senator. military juntas, or officers’ commit- tees, and his 'opponents retaliated with_the criticism that his rapid rise could be attributed to his gelationship to high officials The present revolt in Spain centers | qi that hotbed of Spanish agitation, ihe district of Catalonia, with its populous capital of Barcelona. This Tds long been' the scene of Carlist conspiracy and revolt, seeking to re- wtore the Carlist dynastic line. It Ts'also the center of the separatist , movement, which seeks to make the Ireat commercial area around Barce- ~{@ontinued on Page 4, Column 1) GRIPS SPAIN at Barcelona have revolted and| n general of Barcelona i alled upon | al of the present | with | He came out agalinst the! | While Holding iLauds Army Plan and Marks St. Mi- hiel Anniversary. Test Mobilization in Another Year, Is New Project. John J. Pershing celebrated today his third birthday. He began his last year of active gervice in the Army, to which his life has been devoted, at his desk in the War De- partment performing the triple duties | ot acting Secretary of War, general of the armies and chief of staff. A year from today, which also is the anniversary of the opening of the battle of St. Mihiel, the man who commanded the American Army, then in its first great drive against the German lines in France, will pass automatically to the retired list. Before the general's desk stands a great map of the United States covered over with markings show ing the distribution and organiza- tion of the new army of the United States that has been croated out of the lessons learned through .the struggle in France. On it stands the DEAD IN YOKOHAMA OFFICIALLY 23,767 Insurance Companies’ As- sets Vastly Exceeded by Losses. By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, September 13.—Officlals es- timate the number of dead in Yoko- !hama at 2 of whom 146 were for- excluding Chinese. Casual- ties at the Yokosuka naval base to- aled 4,381 A The public is waiting for the’fire |insurence comsw 1cs to take action. | gating 200,000,000 yen ($100,000,000, approximately) and reserve of $75.- {000,000, face estimated losses of 2,000, {000,000 yen. They are compelled to |await the liquidation of the banks in {the matter of assistance. Meanwhile lonly temporary buildings are being erected. Relieved as Shocks End. Rellef was on the faces of the peo- |ple today, for they had passed the |first night free from earthquakes |since the fatal 1st of September. | Tt is estimated that duripg the week |there were more than 1,000 shocks, 'TOD of them plainly felt, and some |severe enough to bring the fear of {fresh destruction. | The weather remains fine, enabling work to be expedited on temporary shelters. Food and Water Short. | The situation In Yokohama is ap- |palling. Thousands are camped in |the parks with the most scanty sup- plies of food and water. Three days were needed to cremate the bodies taken from the Sumida fver, which runs through Tokio. Hundreds of bodies still are floating in adjacent rivers and bays. PLANE GIVES PRINCE NEWS. | | Hirohito Sends Aviator to Learn i Fate of Emperor. | By the Assoctated Press. OSAKA, September 13.—It was {learned today for the first time how |the prince regent ascertained the fate of his parents, Emperor Yoshihito {ana Empress Sadako. The regent was {in Toklo directing the rellef work and ho could not reach the summer palace at Mikko so he sent an army aviator there. | 1t was the first day of the earth- {quake and the aviator, fiying directly over the palace dropped a message |directing that a flas bo wayed 1¢ their {majestics were safe. ' He - circled {around and 'in a few minutes the imperial chamberlain appeared way- |ing 2 biic fag. The aviator ped back [to Tokio and relieved th x { Princa Hirohito, LA | Listed here on September 11 as |dead_or missing, are N, Patek, Polish minister to Japan; W. D, 'Visher, {Dutch vice consul; Herrera Delarosa, |Spanish military ’attache, and Miss {Clare Leonard of St. Louls. Others Still Missing. Other names, without. nationali or_uddress specified, follow: o Charles Hamfelt, Edward Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, Mrs, Elsiner Hikton, Dan B. Langford, Miss ILi- gourl, Miss J. Martin, Mrs. M. Mendel. son and child, F. Olsen, Hilda Pigott, four children’ of Mrs. R. Quini, two children of M. Xavier, Mr. and Mrs, Robert Alexander. Mrs. R. K. Arnold, W. C. Auman, Helen Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Bell and two daughters, P. D Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Walteg Buchanan and child, Otto Cross, Mars garet Dowd, Katherine Lider, Dr. ! b - enin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, 'SEPTEMBER 13, 1923 _FORTY-SIX PAGES. Pershing, 63 Today, Celebrates Down Three Jobs GEN. PERSHING. markers that indlcate the division and brigade and even lesser head- quarters of the Regular Army, the National Guard and the organized reserves. And it was to these that Gen. Pershing's eyes turned in cast- ing.up the account of the years that are behind him. It is to these he will look a year from today, in all (Continued on Pag STRESEMANN WAITS REPLY OF FRANCE Share .in Industry of Nation to Pay Debts Without Precedent. [ | Column _4.) BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily ) BERLIN, September 13.—Chancellor Stresemann today was walting to see | what France's response would be to | his proposal in last night's speech, of- |fering the ailies a direct share in al {German te and private industries. {1t the response is favorable, he will ews. | is This proposal represents the high point in Chancellor Stresemann’s pol- icy, and Is an offer unprecedented in history. The German shares thus offered would be placed in the hands of ( the reparations commission, which | would sell them in the international | market for ready cash. America, as the world's richest na- tion, doubtless will be o heavy investor. Hefke, it is important to know the value of these pledges. Earnings $650,000,000. The state railroads before the’ war | earned net profits of $250,000,00 private corporations and stock com- | panies earned $100,000,000 net; state| mines and forests, $30,000,000—a total of $680,000,000 a year under the best of ‘conditions, Chancellor Stresemann’s 25 or 30 per cent participation would yield a maximum of $170,000,000 a year. The capitalized value of the shares of- fered equals only about one-tenth of the reparations um demanded under the present schedule. At least 10 per cent must be deducted from these fig- ures for German territory lost in the peace settlement. Aiso it would mean several years before German in- dustry could reach its pre-war pros- perity. - Partial Solution. | Hence Chancellor Stresemann’s offer is at best only a partial solution. It must eventually be supplemented by | a readfustment of the reparations de- mands. Its immediate advantage to France and Belgium is that it would | provide them with much-needed cash. Its advantage to Germany is that it would interest world investors, espe- clally Americans, in German stability and prosperity and would guarantee | to Germany an opportunity for de- velopment free from military or trade restrictions. But it is precisely for this reason that the plan is opposed by a sStrong section of French opinion. The Ger- mans sec a conflict of ‘interests in Paris, between - those wanting rep- | arations’and those wanting to cripple Germany as a competitor of the new Frenech ‘iron and steel industry. Meanwhile Germany, at the edge of ‘the abyss, {8 nervously awaiting the, outcore. WILL GIVE FRANCE CASH. Germany Offer Regarded by Au- thors as Acceptable. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, . September 13.—Germany is prepared to enlist private property in industry, commerce, finance and agriculture as a pledge for the pay- ment of kir reparation obligations if she is assured that the Ruhr and Rhineland .will be restored, said Chancellor Stresemann in his address to the German editors yesterday. “These guarantees,” he said, “are capable of solving the question of passive resistance, provided assurance (Continued on Page 2, Colugn Z. Special Dispateh to The Star. A RICHMOND, Va., September 13. —Lyon G. Tyler, seventy-four years oid, of Willlamsburg, a son of John Tyler, tenth President of the United States, was married last evening to Miss Sue Ruffin, thirty-five years old, of Charles City county, a daughter of John A Ruffin. -3 ‘The ceremony was performed be- fore a large gathering of distin- guished persons by the Rev. Wil- Iiam Brayshaw at Evlynton, the home of the bride, near the birth- place of President Tyler. John Tyler, a son of the groom. was his best man, while the greomsmen ;Son of President Tyler Weds Second Time at A ge of 74 Years (Continued on 2, Column were Alfred and Gardiner Tyler, sons of Judge D. G. Tyler, also a son of President Tyler. Mr. and Mrs, Tyler left for a trip to New York, Niagara and other places, to be away about two weeks. ‘The wedding recalls to the pub- lic the little known fact that Pres- ident Tyler-still has three sons liv- | saturday to decide. | their portion of the city, but will form [TALIANS DECLINE SWISS ARBITRATION INFIUME DISPUTE Proclamation of Annexation Looms as Impasse Develops Over Rome Demands. MUSSOLINI IS REPORTED MINIMiZING ULTIMATUM Described as Loath to Turn Pub- lic Qpinion Against Him. British Worried. - VA, September 13.—Italy has notified Switzerland that she cannot| accept the designation of the Swiss | president as arbitrator of her dispute with Jugoslavia over Fiume, believ- ing that such a step might unfavor- ably affect the pleasant relations be- tween Italy and the Swiss confedera- tion. Inasmuch as the Jugoslav lead- ers sa¥ they have no intention of sub- mitting the controversy to the league, | the impression here is that it must be settled by direct negotiations. Italy's notification that she cannot accept arbitration apparently brings an tmpasse in the issue with Jugosla- via. The time limit given by -Italy| to the Jugoslavs for a reply to her demands on Fiume explires within forty-elght hours, so that little time remains for further exchanges. There is no definite information | here as to Italy's next move, bey ‘ports from Paris, previously ceived, that Italy will proclalm annexation of Fiume upon the expir- | ation of the time limit on September | 15. i GIVEN UNTIL SATURDAY. Mussolini Demands Answer From Jugoslavs on Fiume Dispute. By Cable to The Star and Philadeiphia Public Ledger. Copyright, 1923.) ROME, September 13.—With Mus- solini returned to Rome to his ancient palace on Corso Umber, where all! tower windows are barred and where | the Italian flag floats at half-stafl for the oficers murdered at Janina, the world may look in the next three days | for another waving of the premier's big stick toward Flume. He may refrain from stirring up a hornet's nest of public opinion so soon after the Corfu seizure and, in fact, Rome already is minimizing the Fiume episode. It is stated on au- thority that the word “ultimatum was unfotunately used. Mussolini says he sent no ultimatum to the Jugoslavs: he merely suggested that the nntermediate bickerings between again as a single cconomic unit in- be settled in & manner which would allow the port of Fiume to prosper again as a single economic ungil in- stead of being split up into the free city of Filume with part of the city, including Porto Barrors, administered by Belgrade. Jugoslavia has until i i According to the Italian thesis, the Serbs will relinquish no rights of a consortium with he Italians in Fiume to run the city on a business basis. At present th. Rome govern- ment s spending milllons of lire to insure its prestige among the im- poverished Filumeans. What the dic- tator will do no one knows, but it is declared_on good authority that the| navy will not be used this time. { BALEANS ARE ARMING. Feverish Activity in Laying Up! Supplies Worries British. Wireless to The Star and Philadelphia Public Ledger. Copyright, 1928.) LONDON, September 13.—British officialdom is evidencing real worry, if not alarm, over reports from the near east that every one of the Bal- kan countries, particularly Bulgaria, is n a mad race for arms and equip- ment for armies the size of which has never been known during peace times in that part of the world. It must be remembered in consider- ing the possibilities for actual hostil- ities in the Balkans that the little en- tente has for months maintained un- der arms as many. 'f not more men than are now in the huge French army. There has been a constant ef- fort on the part of these newly form- ed natlons to pile up military equip- ment, and many of these efforts haVe led directly to London, where agents have been anxious to obtain any- thing procurable. The fact of the mat- ter ig, if all reports may be belleved, that London is a seething center of purchasing agents seeking military equipment for many countries. Even the surface indications of so many nations feverishly trying to procure military equipment certainly point to the fact that the near east only needs a little push to throw it into a volcano. Great Britain for the moment has no direct interest in the Flume row, but, in view of the recent contro-; versies with Paris, London is viewing with some amusement the French predicament of having backed the (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) By Friday night at 9 o’clock, ing, although President Tyler was inaugurated in 1841 at the age of fitty-one years. The sons have Dbeen living an obscure life at Wil- Hamsburg, Va. : President Tyler was twice mar- rled and had fourteen children. By his first wife, Letitia Christian, he had three sons and four daughters, and by his second wife, Julia Gar- diner, five sons and two daughters, {that his home was 148 | chemist, |name of his nearest friend, Wilfred | { city. {been BELIEVE MISSING MAN W. B. PARKER D. C. Friends Try to Identif Stranger in New York as Local Chemist. j " i ! Officials of Georgetown University Hoepital were in communication this| afterndon with the bureau of missing | persons of the police department of | New York city In an endeavor to es-| tablish the -identity of . William R | Parker, physiological chemist, who is | believed to have lost his memory in| that city. Associated Press dispatches | trom New York city today declared; that the buyrcau of nissing persons there was trying to identify a v\'ellv dressed man of thirty-five who walked | into @ hospital complaining of partial | 103s of memory. He said he thought | his name was Willlam D. Parker and | 5th avenue, | Washington, D. C. He said he was a but did not know-how he came to be in New York. Later he sald he thought he lived at 148 F! street, Washington, and gave the| M. Barton, 1107 Connecticut avenue. Belleved Local Chemist. The man is believed here to be Wil liam B. Parker, formerly of the Army | Medical School, who, until recently, | was a bio-chemist doing work at the Georgetown _University Hospital, where he lived. Dr. Wilfred 3. Barton, whose cor- rect address is 1730 Connecticut ave- nue, this afternoon telegraphed the | bureau of missing persons in New York to ascertain if the man is his friend. Dr. Barton sald that as recently as Friday he had advised Dr. Parker, whom he described as an expert phys- tological chemist, to “take a rest.” as the chemist had lost about fifteen pounds in weight and seemed to be| worried. Last Saw Him Sunday. “I last saw Dg Parker Sunday night at the hospital,” declared Dr. Barton. “I passed him in the hospital corridor, and said, in jest, ‘Where have you been, taking ‘an airplane ride?” I had not seen him for a day or two. He made no response to my remark. 1 had not knows that he had left the city. Col. Willlam Arthur, head of George- town University Hospital, declared this afternoon that Dr. Parker, al- though_ retaining his rooms at the hospital as a residence, had left the services of the institution about three weeks ago, and with a partner had established @ private chemical labora- tory, specializing in anal. in this | Dr. Parker is understood to have in the Medical Army School during the war, and saw service as a private in the hospital corps. I/ the man who has lost his memory in | New York is in fact the Dr, Parker known here, as would seem, Dr. Bar- ton and other friends feel that too much work is. responsible for his cohdition. BATTLES RUM VESSEL. Cutter Captures Lake Ontario Cargo and Seven Men. ROCHESTER, N. Y., September 13. —After a revolver battle on Lake On- tario, a captured forty-foot Canadian motor launch loaded with 350 cases ot ale arrived here today with seven prisoners aboard. More than flllY| shots were fired. ~ The launch was chased by a gov- ernment cutter amid a rain of bullets and forced into & trap at Pultney- ville Harbor. There the crew sur- rendered. | ‘Dempsey-Firpo Fight ‘When Dempsey and Firpo meet in New York ‘Washington time, for the heavyweight championship of the world The Star will announce each phase of the contest, blow by blow, round by round, from The Star building, 11th and Pennsylvania avenue.- An Extra Edition of The Star will appear on the streets immediately the contest hss ended, giving in graphic details all phases of the big contest. ‘Prince of Wales Poses After Aid Hits Camerman QUEBEC, September 13.—The Prince of Wales today again Pproved himself a good fellow. Hearing that a secret service agent had knocked down a photog- rapher who attempted to snap, him after he had landed from the Empress of France vesterday, the prince consented to pose for the camera men before ieaving for his ranch in Alberta. The royal visitor rested today after attending last night at which he on several times with a newspaper woman. Then joved a round of golf. FIRST SNOWFALL HERALDS WINTER Michigan and Minnesota Un- der White Blanket—Chilly Blasts Head East. late dance tepped S he en- Winter established its first white outpost fn the United States last night, and today snow covered parts of Michigan and Minnesota and a large area in southwestern Ontario. The weather bureau also received re- ports of heavy frosts in northern Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, northern Wyoming and Montana, and forecast an castward spread of frosty weather, along the northern border in region, northern New England, north- ern New York and Ohio. Fair and cooler, with a temperature of about 48 or 50, degrees is the fore- cast for Washington for tonight and tomorrow night. There i no possi- bility of Yrost for this vicinity and there likewise is no possibility of warm weather the remainder of this week, although what will be present “will be comfortable,” the forecaster added. ¥air weather with lower temper- atures was forecast for tonight and Friday_in -most of- the section east of the Mississippi river. The cold snap in the northwest was attributed to an area of high pressure which has come’ down from the polar_ reglons and is moving eastward. Freezing temperatures were reported s a re- sult in Menitoba and Saskatchewan, the lowest being eighteen degrees at Minnedosa, Manitoba, PREPARES TO SHIVER. Father Xnickerbocker Eyes His Ear Muffs and Winter Coat. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 13.—Ear muffs and & winter coat may be what the well dressed will be wearing at the Dempsey-Firpo fight tomorrow night, if the harsh predictions of the weather bureau are borne out. Near-frost temperatures probably will prevail over this section.) Fair the lower lake | northwestern | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s cartier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to "Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 89,674 ONEWAY STREETS | GAINING SUPPORT] !Ban on Parking Only Alterna- , tive, Declares Traffic Com- mittee Member. of the one-way street {proposition for Washington was | voiced today by M. O. Eldridge, a! member of the Commissioners’ traffic committee and an officlal of the | American Automobile Association. At th same time the Merchants {and Manufacturers Association today |mailed a questionnaire to all mer- ! chants and business jhouses are located on one-way streets, asking tailed questions regarding the effect {suech an arrangement has on their business and on traffic conditions | generaty. Support whose stores No Fatality Reported. Pointing out that not a single ifatality had been recorded on any lonz-way street in the District since |their inception and that general sat- jisfaction had been expressed regard- ling their efficiency in handling a large volume of traffic, Mr. Eldridge ex- pressed today the opinion that, with perhaps a few modifications of the present experiment, one-way streets streets should be retained as u per- manent part of the regulation “The safety of these streets,” sald Mr. Eldridge, “is one of their best points. They are not only safe for the motorist ,but it is much easier for the pedestrian, because has to look only in one direction for oncoming vehicles. It is especfally significant that accidents on these stieets have been conspicuous by their rarity.” Parking Insue Comes Up. “These streets are, of course, an ex- periment. The traffic committees and the A. A. A. take the position that they have been tried and proved in jother cities comparable In size to }'Washington; that they handled much traffic_during the Shrine convention and since with ease and safety, and that will watch the experiment closely to detect flaws which might | develop. “In spite of Washington's wide streets there is not enough room, with cars parked on either side, for more than single-file driving of cars if all streets were two-way. The traffic problem In the District has increased to such an extent that drastic meas- ures are necessary to aid in correct- ing it. i Parking Is Vita “It has almost resvlved itself into this question: Two-way streets and no parking or parking and one-way streets. 1f those who oppose the one- way idea will take this very serious {aspect into consideragsion there: will probably be hesitancy in asking for the abolishment of one-way streets. “Parking has been found necessary that business may be conducted in the downfown section of the city. Without parking business would be almost at a standstill. “The one-way street, as far as 1 can see, Inconvenlences no one. The same cannot be said if parking was to_be banned.” Mr. Eldridge pointed out that one- way Streets carried probably more trafic per day than the two-way (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Debs, Typists, Brokers, Clerks | In Jam for Big Fight Ticketsv Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, September 13.—"Here goes a week's pay.” The anemic, clerkish-looking young speaker pushed two crumpled tens, greasy five, two dog-eared ones and a slick four-bit piece through the iron-barred wicket, and Tex Rickard's receipts for the Dempsey-Firpo fight today leaped past the $1,200,000 mark. Followed a sweet young thing with blonde hair and a motor coat. i “Four ring side. Make them good ones please.” Extracting two crisp gold notes from her pin‘money bag, she pushed them in after the “week’s pay” and the Rickard adding machines clicked merrily away toward the thirteenth hundred thousand. "Bankers, brokers, doctors, lawyers, business men, race track men, men in the street—with an occasional sprink- ling of women—shuffied along in their wake and pushed their hard or easy ‘money through the wicket. Nearly & :illion and a half to see (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) a fight that may not last a minute and a half. That is the story of how New York, and the host of translents that is ever drifting through the city, is responding to Friday night's call} of the squared circle. When the gong sends the wild cat Dempsey after the wild bull of the Pampas, every available inch of the great Polo Grounds will be packed. Near Record Mark. Next to the great mountains of money piled up for the Carpentier- | Dempsey fight, the outpouring of shekles for this supposedly one-sided match is the greatest in-the ring’s history. It is the outside chance that lures the crowds. All the experts agree that Dempsey should put the big 'Argentinian away early in the conflict. But—there is the outside chance that the demon angel's big for answers to de-|the case of the steamer TWO CENTS. WHY 7 DESTROYERS WERE OFF COURSE STILL UNEXPLAINED Admiral Coontz Reports to Navy Department Vessels Made 20 Knots in Fog. DENBY ORDERS PROBE OF DISASTER RUSHED Statements by Officers as to Visi- bility Conflict—Believed They Had Free Route. Admiral Coontz, commanding the United States fleet, reported to the Navy Department today that no ade- quate explanation had been given for the unusual position of the seven American destroyers when they were wrecked on the California coast Sat- urday night. He declared the squad- ron was far off its prescribed -course and was steaming in a fog at twenty Estimates of visibility which ob- tained at the time of the disaster, Ad miral Coontz said, varied among o ficers on the destroyers. His message did not go into details. Orders Inquiry Pushed. Officials in charge of the inquiry, have been ordered by the department to expedite any information bearing upon the causes of the disaster with- out waiting for completion of the in- vestigating board's report. Secretary Denby was said to feel that the un- usual features of the case necessitated special action. A contract for the salvagin g of the Chauncey, the only ship of the seven regarded as having salvage value was approved today by Secetary Denby. carhe dispatch from Admiral Coonts Calls Criticism Fremature. “The seven wrecked destroyers were without question many miles out of their reckoning, but it was believed they were in a free route. Statements as to visibility conflict. Speed was twenty knots. Comment and criticism is premature at present. Only a court of inquiry can establish facts." By a “free route” naval designate any course which is be- leved to be free from natural ob- struction, such as shoals and reefs but not necessarily from shipping. As having some possible bearing upon the disaster, the attention of the department was called today to nta Roea. which was wrecked July 17, 1911, at almost the identical spot on which the destroyers grounded. The Santa Rosa had steered the same course during twenty years' service between San Diego snd San Francisco, when, through no established cause, she was suddenly thrown ashore. In subse- quent litlgation the ‘theory was ac- cepted that an ‘“unexpected coastal current” led to her loss. SIX CAN BE SALVAGED. officers Chauncey Expected ~to floated Intact. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September Salvage operations will be possible on six of the seven destroyers which piled up on the rocks near Point Ar- guello last Saturday night, and the men and officers of the naval watch Be Re- 13— [on the somewhat barren shore are recetving the best of care and atten- tion, Capt. Nutting, in charge of naval comstruction here, said after returning yesterday from a survey of the situation. It will be possible to save the Chauncey intact, Capt. Nutting said, while the situation allows for the re- moval of the machinery and all other works from all of the others, with the exception of the Delphy, which is broken in two. Salvage of the hulls of the more badly damaged and submerged vessels wouid be possible if the weather re- mains calm, Capt. Nutting sald, but it is doubted if such salvage wouid be wise, as there is & possibility that the shells would have to be scrapped even if they were pulled from their rocky bed, and the cost also would be prohibitive. FOUR BODIES RECOVERED. Only One From Wrecked Ships Not Identified. By the Associated Press. SANTA BARBARA, Calif.,, Septem- ber 13.—The body of L. & Rogers of the destroyer Young was recovered yesterday by members of the naval detail at Point Honda, where seven vessels went ashore last Saturday night. The number of bodies recov- ered since the wreck now stands at four, only one of which has not been identified. An exploration made today in the hull of the Young, in which eighteen sallors were thought to have heen trapped, revealed no bodies. Another hole may be cut tomorrow and a search of the fireroom made. Rogers’ body was washed ashore almost at the bow of the Chauncey. It was badly mutilated by contact with the sharp rocks which protrude from the waters off La Honda. Postmaster James Richard of Santa Barba established a postal station at La Honda today and mail may be delivered there until the salvaging operations have ended. The station has been designated as “U. S. Naval Patrol, La Honda, Calit. SLAIN MAN IN BAG NEW YORK MYSTERY Discovery in Vacant Lot Made Soon After Crime, Say Police. By the Associated Press. NEW YPRK, September 13.—The right ham may connect lsthally with the champlon’s chin. And' if that happens, man, oh man, the populace does not want to miss it. The keenness of the interest the fight has stirred is exemplified in the (Continued on Fage 2, Columa 1.) body of a man tied up in a bag was found today in a vacant lot in Long Island City. ‘The head had been cut and crushed The police said the crime probably bad been committed today.