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WEATHER. Showers tonight and tomorrow; somewhat lower temperature tomor- twenty-four row. Temperature for hours ended a 52, at 3:40 p.m. yesterda at'3 am. today. Full report on page 9 &) p.m. today Highe: lowest, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 27 98,996. Enterea as secund-cluss mafter post office Washington, D. C. REPARATION PARLEY AND. CAPITULATIN OF CERNANY NEAR Both Seen as Outcome of Poincare-Baldwin Meeting in French Capital. FRANCO-BRITISH ISSUES SETTLEMENT INDICATED Both Make Concessions for Har- mony—DMarkets Spurred by Results of Session. BY WILLIAM E. NASH. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily Ne PARIS, September 20.—Two impor- tant events probably will ensue short- Iy as results of the two-hour inter- view Wednesday between Prime Min- ister Baldwin of Great Britain and Premier Poincare of France. One is an interallied conference on repara- tions at London; the other is the ca- ‘pitulation of Germany in the Ruhr. Premier Poincare is reported to have approved of the London confer- under certain conditions. Pre- mier Baldwin is said to have justified the Rubr situation by accepting as an accomplished fact Franco-Belgian oc- ipation of the region, and agreelng to wink at the demand for cessation ,of passive resistance as a sine qua non for the opening of final negotia- tions between France and Germany. Baldwin Chief Speaker. Premier Baldwin did most of the talking, the writer is informed, start- ing out with an explanation of Great Britain's Ruhr adventure on it was not a paying propesition. this criticism ence To Poincare replied that while the Ruhr had not paid much up | %o date, it was paying more every day and furthermore that it's occupation had been instrumental about momentous political results. This led to the question of what would happen when Germany finally rame to reason and agreed to cease stance in the Ruhr. Would nce promise to modify her occu- pation? Would Great Britain be ad- mitted to the Franco-Belgo-German negotiations on an equal footing with the other two allies? Tt was this latter point which fur- nished the most serious topic of dis- cussion. Premier Baldwin obvious! A afraid his country might be is lateq in a fashion milar to that | which former Premier Lloyd. George! used to propose Sv_frequently for isolating France. Conditions _have changed since the days of Liovd | George's premiership. Then it was Great Britain who apparently was on top. Now it is France. Presence Ix Desired. British premier's question tion, M. Poincare is sald replied that France remem- bereq her obligations as an ally, and consequently both admitted and de- sired Great Britain's presence at the | conference table, on condition that | sha ined from raising any re- onstration about the Ruhr to modifi »n_of the Franco- un regime, Premier Poincare is ged to have hintea that he de- sired nothing better than to make it | (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) SWEETSER IN CLOSE FIGHT FOR CROWN Amateur Golf Champ Even With Guilford at End of 18 Holes Today. To about to have the isol re | | | | Dy the Associated Press. | FLOSSMOOR, Chicago, September | 20.—Jess Sweetser of New York had | a hard fight on his hands today in | defending his title at the national amateur golf championship, and he was forced to shoot two better than par on the 6,704 yards Flossmoor course to keep on even terms in the first 18 holes of his match with Jesse Guilford of Boston, champion in 1921, ancis Ouimet of Boston had a much easvler contest during the fore- noon, as he adjourned for luncheon 2-up 'to George Von Elm of Salt Lake City. although the former champion took mo fewer than forty strokes for the second nine. Bob Gardner of Chicago, twice holder of the title, had a still easier task, for, although he shot par 74 to léad Densmore Shute of Hunting- ton, W. Va., 6 up at noon, he could have retained the lead with a poorer #core, for the West Virginian cham- plon was wild at times, although he bagged four birdies at intervals. The surprise of the first round was furnished by Max Marston, who after shooting 73 and an approximate. 70 yesterday In defeating Bobby Jones, the open champion, today took 80 strokes and one down to Joe Wells of Bast Liverpool, Ohio, champion. Wells got 13 holes in par, but did not score one birdie and he was wild at other spets, accumulating three 6s, as did Marston, who vesterday was one under 4s for the thirty-five holes e played to down Jones. KEEP PRUSSIAN FAITH, PLEA OF HINDENBURG By the Associnted Press. MUNICH, Bavaria, September 20.— “Don’t secede from the empire, not even temporarily, but preserve the true Prussian faith,” was the fare- well advice of Field Marshal von Hin- denberg to Gen. Ludendor?, Dr. von Kahr, Prof. Bauer and sthers of the Bavarian leaders on bis leaving Ba- varia today.: e The field marshal, who has been spending the summer in, the Bavarian { highlands; ‘is’ réfurning to Hanover. is_departing admonition was espe- cially addressed to the Bavarian pa- triotle societies. | in bringing | | | |tioris of women, | today | by Mr. Gompers STRESEMANN he Fnening o WASHINGTON, -D. €, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1923 _FORTY-FOUR PAGES. ON VERGE OF COMPLETE SURRENDER Acute Financial Situation Left by Cuno| to Force Capitulation if Latest Offer Is Refused by France. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Cable to Tho Star and Chicago Daily News. BERLIN, September 20.—The Ger- man government today awaited word from” the Belgian government as to vthe result of its efforts to mediate with France on German: behalf on the basis of Chancellor Stresemann’s memorandum of Monday. The Stresemann offer three points: 1. That Germany will give up, com- pletely, immediately and publicly, her policy of passive resistance in the Ruhr, provided France will give as- contained {surance that imprisoned and exiled |residents of the zone be permitted to return to their homes. Germany is prepared to go be- yond former Chancellor Cuno's thirty billion gold-mark reparations offer, meeting the British demand of fifty billion. 3. German industry is prepared to COOLIDGE FAVORS CHILD LABOR CURB Conference With Gompers at White House Said to Reveal Opinion. The need for legislation to re- traditional distrust of the|strict child labor in the United States the ground that| was discussed by President Samuel jompers of the American Federation of Labor in conference with President Coolidge today at the White House. Mr. Gompers, after his talk with the President, said he had found him in an entirely receptive mood and in sympathy with all efforts to restrict | chia 1abor. Mr. Gompers said the President pointed out that his own state, Mas- sachusetts, had taken an active part by law, to restrict child labor and that as governor he had signed the forty-eight-hour-a-week law. Other recommendations for legisla- tion relating to labor were discussed and the President. At the request of the President, Mr. Gompers will submit to him a brief dealing with these matters before Mr. Gompers leaves Washington tomar- row for Portland, Ore., to attend the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor. g Child Labor Increases. Mr. Gompers called attention to the fact that since the Supreme Court of the United States declared the last child labor Jaw unconstitutional there has been an increase of 36 per eent in the‘number of children em- ployed in.the United States in vari- ous industries. He sald that representatives of eightéen different national organiza- interested in the restriction of child' labor, had met with the representatives of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor and formed a national conference on child labor. He said they had been informed by leading attorneys that no law passed by Congress would be held constitu- tional by the court in view of its past decision’ and that a constitutional amendment authorizing Congress. to restrict child labor by the necessary legislation, was the only remedy for| the situation. For that reason, he said, the Amer- ican Federation of Labor was strong- ly urging the adoption of such an amendment. Represetnative ' Treadway of Mas- sachusetts called at the White House and after a conference with President Coolidge said that he urged |the calling of an extra session of Congress to enact legislation_to pre- vent profiteering in coal. He said that the prices of coal in Boston had already been increased and that there was no telling how high they would go. Mr. Treadway did not say what the attitude of the President was re- garding a special session. He did say, however, that if a special ses- sion should be held to aid the farm- ers, as has been proposed, undoubted- 1y the coal situation would be glven consideration. Some time ago when an anthracite strike seemed inevitable, Mr. Tread- way recommended to the late Presi- dent Harding that he call a special session 'to ‘deal with the coal situa- Harrison Visits Coolldge. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, democrat, the most insistent and per- sistent of the administration's op- position speakers in the Senate, called to pay his respects to the President today. On leaving the White House Senator Harrison said that he and Mr. Coolidge had been warm friends at the Capitol. He recalled once when he went to Boston to deliver an ad- dress he was waited upon by a com- mittee of gentlemen who asked they be permitted to look out for his wants. When he asked to what he owed the honor of the visit, he was told that Vice President Coolidge had written them Senator Harrison was coming to Boston and to do all (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) TAFT CALLS U. S. JUDGES FOR CONFERENCE IN D. C. Condition of Business in Federal Circuit Courts to Be Dis- cussed in Detail. Chief Justice Taft has called a meet- ing in Washington on September 26 of all senior federal circult judges to discuss court conditions throughout the country., To expedite busines in the federal courts Congress recently provided for the assignment of district judges by circuit judges within their circuits, with the Chief Justice authorized to send them from one circuit to an- other to relieve congested conditions. The circuit judges will bring with them reports which have been made to them by the district judges within theif respective circuits on the con- dition of business in their courts admit 49 per cent French participa- tion in the Ruhr industries. Capitulation Seen. Tt is no longer concealed among leaders in political circles here that if the latest offer is rejected, Chan- cellor Stresemann will be obliged to capitulate uficonditionally. All parties now represented in the gov- ernment have within the last two days gives him blanket authority to conclude peace with France on any terms whatsoever. The reason for this relatively sud- {den change from conditional to un- | conditional surrender is the recent revelation to the party leaders of the |utterly "hopeless state of German finanoes, which Chancellor Strese- mann inherited from Cuno. The true condition until recently was known jonly to a few. The minimum needs of the Ruhr | next week total 500,000,000,000,000 | marks, or $4,000,000. The reichsbank cannot find 'this money. The (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. British Boycott On U. S. Shipping Denied in London By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 20.—A re- port from America that British shippers have declared a boycott on the United States Shipping Board is received with marked In- credulity in London shipping cirs cles, according to the Dally Tele- graph. The paper added: “Although from time to time a few hot-headed persons among the shippers may have mooted the desirability of a boycott, no im- pression can be gathered in re- sponsible quarters that such a course is even a possibility. “There is every reason to be- lieve that British shippers will in the future. as heretofore, treat all American shipping interests with the same business respect and in- telligence as is accorded British shipping by Americans." AMPUTATED LIMB BARRED AT TRIAL Court-Martial Sustains Ob- jection of Defense in Mal- practice Case. last missibility as evidence today general court-martial at the tions building, before George W. Cook, Medical Corps, U. S. A., commandant of the station hos- pital at Fort Eustis, Va. is being tried for malpractice Capt. Humphrey Blddle, trial judge advocate for the prosecution, tempted leg from the Army Medical Museum in this city for identification by in dier, was the victim of malpractice on the part of Maj. Cook. Ruling is Sustained. On objection by counsel for the de- fense that the member was inad- missible, the law member of the court, Capt. Gilbert Woolworth, ruled that the objection should be sustain- ed. Op account, however. of objec- tion to the law member's rullng by a member of the court, it adjourned into executive session, following which, it was announced by the presi- dent of the court, Col. Henry C. Bon- nycastle, that the court would sustain the objection of the defense. This ~afternoon the prosecution planned to proceed with the calling of witnesses, who would include the soldier's mother, Mrs. Charles W. Pendleton of South Charleston, W. Va., who is now making her home at 902 Butternut street, this city. Nurse Is Witness. Other witnesses which the prose- cution expected to call shortly there- after were Miss Julla McKenna of Fort Sam Houston, Tex., a second lieutenant in_the Army Nurse Corps, {who was at Fort Eusils, Va.,, during Ithe treatment of Private Pendleton there, and Capt. James R. Bibighaus, Medical Corps, formerly on duty at Fort Eustls, who had been called frome Panama to appear at the trial. { In_the courtroom, a small room in the Munitions building, there assem- bled today a number of interested persons, including Capt. Samuel C. IGwynn. who is charged by the gov- ernment similarly with malpractice upon Private Pendleton and whose trial will take place at the conclusion iof the present trial of Maj. Cook. The soldier's mother was present in the Munitions building today dur- ing the trial, but spared herself by jremaining in another room. o Attorneys in Clash. Following _ cross-examination of Private Pendleton, the prosecution and defense engaged in a legal battle over the presentation of the witness’ “stumps,” and what the prosecution claimed to be the amputated leg of Private Pendleton. On a ruling of the law member of the court, the prosecution was pre- vented from exhibiting the soldler's healed stumps, as evidence. Capt. Bert H. Knowles, defense counsel, declared the exhibit inad- missible, except through a chain of eviddnce, and witnesses which he charged the prosecution failed to present, such as the surgeon who amputated the member and others having custody of fit. - Private Pendleton testified he had tattooed a design of a snake, held by a hand, upon.his leg prior to the accident; that,the amputation had cut the design in two Capt. Biddle, for the prosecution, contended he should be allowed to have the witness identify the amputated member, not &s_evidence then, but in order jater to bring out, Gctente’ of ‘the hara oY meacein charge of malpractice l.,;! Maj. Scott. he_court went into executive ses- _ (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) An amputated leg was denied ad- | the | Muni- | which Maj. | at- | to present the amputated | Private Guy Pendleton, a legless sol- | who, the government charges, OFFGALS WITNESS NEWMARKET FIEHT Famous Battle Re-Enacted in Virginia Before Great Crowds of Spectators. NEWMARKET, V ember 20. —Cabinet officers and other government officials, high ranking officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corpe, foreign diplomats were among the throng of visitors here today to view the re-enactment of the battle of New- market by United States marines and The cadet regiment was assigned the part played by students of the institute {in the historic civil war battle of more than fifty-nine years ago. Making up the rest of the Confederate forces were part of the maring force from ths Quan- tico base, about 4,000 strong, with the remainder Tepresenting the federal forces In the battle which occurred just outside the town. Towa Decarated. Streets and bulldings of the town were decorated for the occasion, the stars and bars of the Confederacy in many instances floating beside the na- [ tional emblem. Great crowds were on hand for the srectacle, which is scheduled to begin at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Union and Confederate forces were com- | manded by Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel and Maj. Gen. James C. Breckinridge, re- spectivel The scene of the por- trayal was on the outskirts of the town between the Valley turnpike and the Shenandoah river, on Shirleys hill and Bushongs hill. Many entertainments were on the program for later in the day. ‘Thousands of Tourists. Arrangements have been made, ac- cording to officials in charge, to pro- | vide space for about 30,000 automo- | biles. Several thousand tourist par- | ties have arrived on the scene from distant points. In order that there | may be no congestion marine sentries were stationed on all roads at points ten, miles from Newmarket to fur- {nish each automobile party printed instructions as to traffic regulations and parking arrangements. Gov. E. Lee Trinkle and his official party arrived here shortly after noon vesterday, with word that Richmond was sending thousands to the exer- cices. Distinguished personages who ar- rived yesterday included Secretary of the Navy Denby, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, Rear Admiral David Taylor and Rear terior Work, Secretary of Labor Davis and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. A final dress rehearsal for the bat- tle was held yesterday, with Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler and his staff in charge. Among those expected to arrive to- ‘morrow are Gen. W. B. Freeman, commander of the Virginia_ division, Confederate Veterans; Col. John Mc- Elroy of the G. A. R.; Gen. Frank Hines, director of the Veterans' Bu- reau; Brig, Gen. Anton Stephan, com- manding_District of Columbia Na- tional Guard, and others who will come by automobile from Wash- ington, {AUTOIST SHOT TO DEATH. Sheriff Kills Man in Search for Rum Runners. a3 ANDERSON, §. C., September 20.— Frank Andrews, formerly of Ander- son county, but more recently a resi- dent of Hart county, Ga., was shot and Instantly killed at 9 o'clock last night by Sheriff W. A. Moss of Frank- lin county, Ga., according to infor- mation received here today. He was killed, it was said, when he resisted the officers in search of liquor run- ners: The officers, according to in- formation here, hac blocked the road. Andrews stopped his automobile and demanded that he be allowed to pass. ‘Andrews, it was sald, knocked Sherift Moss oft the running board of the car and reached for a gun. The sheriff then shot him. A sixty-gallon copper still was found on the back of Andrews’ car, it is explained. ROME HONORS “GREAT DAY.” ROME, September 20.—The anni- versary of the establishment of Rome as the capital of Italy was celebrated today with unusual solemnity and en- thusiasm, for it was the first recur- rence of the date since the advent of the fascisti regime. The city w: decorated and the historic bells in the capitol were tolled. and | cadets of the Virginia Military Institute. | Admiral H. E. Long, Secretary of In- Ford Is Running : Neither for Nor Against Anything | By the Assoctated Press MONTREAL, September 20.—“T am not running for or against anything,” said Henry Ford when asked if he Intended to run for President of the United States, ac- cording to an interview published in the Montreal Herald today. “You know,” he added, “your col- leagues across the border will copy everything you print. They have been asking me questions for a long time.” Mr. Ford passed through this city én route from his home in De- troft to Seal Harbor, Me., where his family is at present He said he was neither a demo- crat nor republican. “They will have to show me a difference,” he declared, “before I affillate with either party. They are both tarred With the same brush.” Asked what he thought of pro- hibition, Mr. Ford said the law should be obeyed. adding: “They should put the Army and Navy onto it.”" NEW YORK PAPERS Publishers Await Reply to Demand Union’s Charter Be Revoked. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September York's newspaper pressmen's strike, which has curtailed publication of all leading dailies since Tuesday morn- ing, faced little prospect of immediate settlement today, the publishers at a meeting last night having rejected propositions put forth by the local union and demanded that George L. Berry, president of the International Union, revoke the local's charter and form a new organization. Whether this request would be granted Mr. Berry declined last night to say. He previously had ordered the men to return to work, charac- terizing their walkout as fllegal, and telling them the charter would be taken away if they did not break the strike. A meeting of officers of the International Union was called for today and it was expected definite action one way or another on the owners’ request would result. Call Strikers Defiant, The owners, in their statement, characterized the strikers as “deflant” and declared they would have no further dealings with their organiza- tion. They sald they would continue to publish combined editions of both morning and evening newspapers, which they have done since the strike started. “You have assured us,” the owners told Mr. Berry, “that you would out- law the local union and give a charter to another union. We will not deal further with this defiant unfon. We awalt your promised action to revoke the charter of this deflant local union.” The union’s proposition for settle- ment which was rejected by the owners called for the appointment of an arbitration board consisting of three union members, three publishers and three impartial members. Ask Former Conditions. They asked that nothing be done in the way of a permanent agreement until this board decided upon the question of hours, wages and the number of men to each press. The union_also_demanded that conditions prevailing before the award of Judge Manton in March, 1922, be restored. Upon reports that a newspaper deliv- ery truck had been attacked on Man- hattan bridge today, ten police automo- Diles were added to the fleet of twenty previously assigned to strike duty. Police reserves sent to the pressroom entrance of the Daily News this morn- ing scattered a crowd with night sticks. Recovering Circalation. It was announced today by the Pub- lishers’ Association ‘that the circulation of yesterday morning's newspapers was 40 per cent of normal and today’s cir- culation 70 per cent of normal. Circu- lation vesterday afternoon was 45 per cent of normal. Most of the papers are publishing eight-page editions labeled “The Com- bined New York Morning (or evening) Newspapers.” Each - front page con- tains the names of all the papers af- fected by the strike, but each paper pub- ishing makes its own selection of news and retains its typographical individ- uality, STILL DEFY STRIKE WORKS T0INSIRE 0. ML SUpPLY Health Officer Sees Both Dealers and Producers—No Price-Raising Likely. Health Officer William C. Fowler today planned to make sure that that Washington will have an ade- quate supply of milk after October 1 in the event that some of the local distributors fail to reach an_ agree- ment with the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ Association. He had a long session in his office this morning with a committee from the producers’ association and expects to meet this afternoon with dealers |who are unwiiling to discontinue the jpractice of buying from the farmers individually and take their milk through the association. | {an increase in the price of milk was eliminated from the situation -yester- |day when the farmers met here and decided not to raise the wholesale I price paid by the retafler. A survey of the situation today, {however, indicated that several of the |largest dealers in the city are stand- ing firm in their determination not to accept the contract under which they would have to buy from the farmers' association instead of from the farmers direct. . Dr. Fowler made it plain this morn- ing that he is not concerned with the relative merits of the contract fight between the producers and the group of larger retailers. Seek New Sources. Iy interest in the Dr. Fowler, “Is to make certain that a sufficlent amount of milk comes into the city.” In a statement issued by O. A. Jamison, secretary of the organiza- tion, it was claimed that only- three of the Washington dealers are ob- jecting to.the cantract the farmers bave drawn up to sell their milk on a co-operative plan. matter.” said cent of the city’s supply already has been contracted for.under the asso- ciation’s plan. The organization will make more effort to get the hold-out deal- ers to sign the association contract. Some time before October 1 the asso- ciation will invite tnose dealers to a conference. The decision of the farmers not to raise their whdlesale price is expected to leave the retail price of 14 cents a quart this winter. “Our association is standing firm for the right of co-operative marketing,” said Mr. Jamison. “There is no dis- pute with the dealers as to price, What we ask is that milk produced by members of this assoclation be paid for through the association, That merely means that the milk producers in this territory have formed an association to market their milk and that they want it to perform the function for which it was intended. “Our association is in a position to insure an ample milk supply to the residents of Washington. = Not a child shall suffer; not a customer shall go begging. Will Supply City. “Practically all_of the milk now coming into the Washington market will continue to come here regardless of the action taken by a small group of distributors who, for their own purposes and not out of consideration for the public, have consistently op- posed a legitimate co-operative or- ganization of milk producers.” “The public should remember,” said Mr. Jamison, “that every bit of milk i that comes to this organization to be s0ld is being produced in the territory which Dr. Fowler, the health officer, points out hasg been repeatedly in- spected. As a result of his efforts country. It has meant hard work and patient effort on his part. It has meant expense to the farmer. And yet a few distributors are willing to throw all this in the discard because they dbject to dealing through an or- ganization that the farmers them- selves have delegated to represent them. No Restrictions. he contract that we are asking ngton dealers to sign, and to which only three of them object, con- tains nothing more terrible than a clause binding them to pay for their milk through this organization. There are no restrictions placed upon the quality of the milk a dealer can lyy. The association makes no ob- Jjection whatever if dealers have fa- Vorite producers whose product they | wish shipped to them direct. “These dealers are opposing a legitimate co-operative organization of producers, organized in accordance with the co-operative associations law of Maryland and the recently enacted federal statute. Their highly paid legal talent prepared elaborate and ponderous opinions of the pitfalls of the contract which producer mem- bers of this assoclation were asked to sign. ‘To protect the farmer,’ weighty documents were sent broad- cast to milk producers in our terri- tory. But the producers have pre- ferred to rely en their own associa- tion for protection rather than ac- cept the protection of philanthropic dealers.” : Star. It is believed that the question of | It was further asserted that 45 per | one | ‘Washington is credited with having | one of the best milk supplies in the | Tae Star’ every city b “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers lock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’ s Circulation, 90,981 FHH TWO CENTS. CALL LEGISLATURE 10 OUST GOVERNOR IN OKLAHOMA FIGHT Twenty-One Charges of Law Violation Made Against Exec- utive in War on Klan. | LAWMAKERS CONFIDENT THEY WILL OUST LEADER Deny K. K. K. Backs Session—To Ask Bill Ousting Body From State, Is Said. | By the Associated Press. | ber 20.—Events in Oklahoma moved | today toward a showdown between | Gov. J. C. Walton and members of | the state legislature over the execu- | tive's exercise of authority and his| war on the Ku Klux Klan and mob: floggers. A call for an extraordinary session of the lower house to consider a serles of charges that Gov. Walton has taken unto himself the powers of a despot and has supplanted con- | stitutional government with a dicta- | torship. was -issued early this morning. As a refutation of Gov. J. C. Wal- ton's charges that the movement to assemble the state legislators in spe- cial session is inspired by the Ku Klux Klan, several members of the lower house, proponents of the spe- clal session movement, issued a state- ment today that they would intro- duce a bill at the next session banning activities of masked organizations in_the state. g The call was made public by W. D. McBee, representative from Stephens county, bore the names of forty-five | house members, with the promise that | during the day the list would grow | to fifty-four, constituting a majority of the house. Noon of next Wednesday is the hour fixed for the assembling of the law- makers. ! Representative McBee declared that | he anticipated no attempt by the {Rovernor to carry out his threat to jail the legislators in the event that they convened. “The folly of attempting to carry out his threat to arrest members has been made apparent to him. He re-| alizes that the call is legal and can- | not be forestalled,” McBee asserted. | ‘Walten Appeals to State. At almost the same moment the legislative. call was promulgated Gov. { Walton appealed to the people of the | state in a proclamation to repudiate | the attempt of the lawmakers to as- | semble, eharging that those sponsor- | ing the movement are “Klan mem- | bers” of the legislature, “inspired by | | the invisible émpire and aided by the Klan press.” 1 It was asserted by Representative | McBee that Gov. Walton, in conjunc- | tion with Murry F. Gibbons, speaker of the house, was contemplating the issuance of a calr for a special ses- | sion_“in a last desperate effort, with | the hope that some of the boys might | OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Septem- |, | to; {tomobile | When ONE DEAD, § HURT N EXPLOSION AT STANDARDS BUREA Crash in Dynamometer Lab- oratory Kills L. L. Lauer of 1324 Vermont Ave. 10-INCH CONCRETE WALL IS BLOWN TO PIECES Huge Motors Hurled Through Windows as Altitude Cham- ber Is Wrecked. terrible explosion in the dynamometer boratory of the bureau of standard: this afternoon blew down ten-inch con- crete walls of the altitude chamber, | where a motor was being tested, snuffed out the life of L. L. Lauer of 1324 Ver- mont avenue northwest, and seriously injured eight other workers in the lab- oratory. Every window in the large labora- y was blown out. Huge motors which were being tested there for automotive and airplane use were hurleq through-the. windows. Those known to be injured are: S. M. Lee, 2932 Macomb street. J. E. Kendig, 2932 Macomb street C. W. Elliot, 739 12th street north- west H. K. Cummings, 417 street, Chevy Chase, Md Roger Birdsell, 3409 Brown street U. J. Cook, 3219 North Hampton street. C. M. Smith, 4646 Wisconsin avenue. F. E. Richardson, Falkstone Courts apartment 208, The body of Lauer was found fifteen minutes after the others had been taken from the shattered debris Private automobiles were pressed into service as ambulances to rush the injured to the hospiial. It is thought that the explosion took place in the altitude chamber while it was closed and a small au- motor was running in it. closed, this chamber is a Escaping gases and a short lieved to be the d the blow-up was the impact that who was 100 feet from the scene of the explosion, blown ten feet through the air. landing on his feet and escaping injury. A lucky fate caused the chamber in which the explosion took place to be clear of all employes in. ths building at that time. Had any been in the chamber, W. J. James, physicist in charge of the laboratory, said that certain death would have resulted. Raymond vacuum circuite DISTRICT 0 PRESS BUDGET BUREAU T0 !be won over to his cause by a show of desire to remedy a situation that| he has created.” McBee released the | call drawn by house members, he ex- | plained, “to beat the governor to it."| 1f the special session of the house | is convened the members present would sit as grand jurors to hear the | | evidence against the governor. Should | impeachment be voted, the case would | g0 to the senate, which would be re- | Qquired to convene and act as a court The call for the session declared that the time had eome to prove or disprove charges openly made against | the governo! i Says Klan in Power. Civil government in some e | < under the control of the Ku Klux Klan and the only way to stop law- lessness in the state is by use of the military, Gov. Walton declared in his proclamation. He ordered the re- moval throughout the state of all| publicly displayed fiery crosses of the | Klan. 3 | Instructing civil and military au- thorities to dismantle the Klan em- blems where they are found, the gov- ernor said: “The invisible empire threatens the sovereignty of the state and is the enemy of the state of Oklahoma. It's flag is a fiery cross, now high aloft in many public places, evincing its encroachment upon the civil gov- ernment of this state. The cross is an emblem of peace, of amity and order and sacred to history; but the fiery cross is the pagan fear, hatred and rebellion. 3 “Evidence procured by militar courts of inquiry proved that the Klan is responsible for beating and mutilating hundreds of persons in the state. It has the civil govern- ment of Tulsa and elsewhere under its control. Because of the orga zation's power., I know of no way— there Jawry and terror except by the mil- itary.” Editors of a number of representa- tive newspapers of the state, meeting at Tulsa, issued a statement last night addressed to the people of the country, attacking the governor for what they termed his attempt to ab- rogate the constitutional rights of Oklahoma citizens and set aside the processes of republican government. The editors also urged that the legislature be convened at once. tion that a state of insurrection |and _rebellion exists _throughout Oklahoma, the editors declared that inis decree of martial law is a libel ! the state. vy supreme issue in Oklahoma today 1s not visible or invisible gov- ernment, as Walton says, but con stitutional government or despotism, the editors’ statement asserted. Klan Answers Walton. A signed statement declaring that gov. "3, Wilson has made the Ku Kiux Klan “the peg on which a political bankrupt has hung the tat- tered habitiliments of grotesque fail- ure while making his last frantic bid | for public favor,” was issued here to- day by T. C. Jewett, grand dragon of the Kilan in Oklahoma. ‘Mr. Jewett declared that “despite the insidfous insult to kiansmen in the ofer of ‘protection’ if they would | withdraw_from the order. we have been enjoying a record-breaking growth in membership in the past few | da % asserted that the Klan is “not ing to fight back now" ‘and would eave it to the “people of Oklahoma to settle the fight.” “Mr. Walton did not frown upon the Kian until he had learned that it! did not smile upon him. It is affect of indisputable record that he was irregularly made & member of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, that a ‘passport’ or membership card was irregularly issued to him, and that recognition was then refused him." emblem of | is no way—to stop this out-| Challenging the governor's procla- | GRANT VITAL NEEDS Commissioners in Second Letter Stress Many Proj- ects to Cost $7,103,084. Detailed arguments in of | the supplemental estimates of $7,103.- {084 will be laid before Gen. Lord in {a second letter, to be transmitted to | the budget bureau today Although the Commissicners will not make public tils communication, {it 1s understood to contain convincing |reasons why each request made in the supplementals should be allowed. The first letter, made public by the {city heads two days ago, outlined in a general way the serlous situation that will confront the local govern- jment next year if the limitation of {$25,144,882 on District estimates is {not increased. The supplemental estimates are de up of the many important proj- |ects that had to be eliminated from {the regular estimates in reducing |them to the maximum fotal fixed by the budget office. Ak $1,000,000 for Schools. It is reported that the supplemental {list includes an appeal for something more than a million dollars for the school building program. The amount carried for this purpose In the regular estimates is nearly $500,000 less than the current appropriation for school buildings. Thousands of dollars’ worth of new street paving jobs, sewer and water mains that had to be stricken from the primary estimates also are in the sup- plementals. With the possible cxcep- tion of school buildings, there are no |items in the supplementals of greater importance to the taxpayers than these street Daving, sewer and water main { Jobs. It also is reliably stated that a sub- stantial amount has been asked for in the supplementals to begin the proposed renovation of the street lighting sys- tem. 'This item may be as mueh as several hundred thousand dollars. High Pressure Not Included. It was definitely learned today that the supplemental list does mnot con- tain a request to.begin installation of a system of high-pressure fire hy- drants to glve the downtown section of Washington better fire protection. The Commissioners have deferred this project for future considération. An_appropriation to prepare detail- ed plans for the rebujlding of the Washington channel waterfront is reported to be in the supplementals. Another important sum eliminated from the primary estimates and placed in the supplementals is for the acquisition of park sites, which are likely to be taken up by private building operations if they are not soon purchased. An additional appropgiation for the erection of the proposed home for feeble-minded persons near. Camp Meade likewise is said to be asked for in the supplementals. .. After pur- chasing the site recently, the Com- | missioners had only $62,000 left out dof the first appropriation to put up the building. support i