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. WEATHER. = Cloudy tonight and tomerrow; mild temperature. Temperature for twen- ty-four hours’ended at-2 p.m. today: Highest — at £ p.m., yesterday; low- est, 68, at 4:20 a.m. today. Full report oa page 14. b Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 —— " < No. 29,003, REVOLT IN BAVARIA PUTS GERMANY UNDER MILITARY. DICTATOR Von Kahr, Ignoring Berlin, Grasps Munich Reins ' to Block Faseisti. RIOTING BREAKS OUT IN DRESDEN; ALLIES READY TO ACT IN THE RUHR| Nationalists Gird to Meet Hitler “Putsch.”! - Spread of “Revolt” to Other Statés Feared. - Entere as secona-cluse matter post_officéWashington By the Associated Press. BERLIN, September 27.—At a hurriedly called midnight ses- sion of the German cabinet, attended by Gen. von Seeckt, the chief of staff, the immediate proclamation of a state of emergency, throughout Germany was decided upon and Minister of Defense! Gessler was given executive authority to put into force any mili tary or police measures he might deem warranted in the circum- stances. (This action is construed in Paris, London and other quarters as virtually placing Germany in the hands of a military dictator.) The action of the German government was taken when news | of the appointment of Dr. von Kahr as military dictator of | Bavaria was received, and the proclamation issued was intended | as an offset to the Bavarian manifesto. Bavaria’s action was wholly unexpected, and the government leaders were at first at a loss to account for it. Although it is not viewed as a studied affront to the central government, the manner in which it was launched, nevertheless, was construed as a piece of censorial criticism of the way in which the Berlin government RUMANIA OFEERS Will Send Troops if Commu- T bening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION & Star. - “From Press to; Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star’s carrier system .covers’ every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as t ke papers are printed, WASHINGTON, -D. (., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1923—FORTY-TWO PAGES. { AID T0 BULGARIA nist Uprising Gets Out of Hand, Is Reported. had called off passive resistance in the Ruhr. This view prevailed despite gertions from Bavaria that her meas- ures were wholly prompted by the suspicious activities of the guatds of Adolph Hitler the national socialist Ieader and their allied organizations. Official opinion in Berfin inclines to the belief that Df. Von Kahr will be fully:able to-fope with the situ- ation in Bavafia and that the out- break thepe” is upliicely to. extend:| beyond the Bavarian frontlers, de- spite tHE Hofsy-agitation of the fac- tions classed as ‘“super-patriot Ex-Premier Gr Virtually at By the Associated Press. . MUNICH, ‘Bavaria, September 27.— Dr. von Kahr, the Bavarian military dictator, has prohibited meetings of the followers of Adolph Hitler, the fascist leader; and all other political gatherings.” The sftuation throughout Bavaria at prggent is reported quliet. Virtual State of War. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Da Copyright, 1923, BERLIN, September 27.—A virtual state of war was declared in Bavaria today between Adolph Hitler, nation- al socialist ieader, and Dr. von Kahr, general commissioner of state for Bavaria. - 7"Dr. von Kahr demanded that Hitler declare his allegiance t5 the Ba- varian government. Hitler refused. Dr. von Kahr then obtained a prom- ise. of obedience from the Bavarian argny and the state police. Further };fier meetings have been forbidden. An uprisipg by the Hitler troops is #ared at any time. BLOW TO STRESEMANN. News. Feared Bavaria Will Make Break Permanent. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. (Copyright. 1923.) BERLIN. September 27.—The Ber- lin government has issued an order placing the Prussian police under the authority of the national minister of war."™ Chancellor Stresemann, _surprised and indignant at the Bavarian proc- lamation of a state of siege, issued without previous notice to him, con- siders the proclamation illegal, and today insisted that it be altered into legal form, acknowledging the au- thority of the national government. Some means is being sought of do- ing this without hurting Bavarian susceptibilities, but it is feared here that the Bavarians intend to make the present condition permanent, with Reins in Bavaria; whose fighting strength is asserted | ta be grossly overestimated. The Von Knilling government in Bavarla is ‘believed here to be able to rely on the Bavarian police, and in an emergency it would also receive the support of the reichswehr forma- tions garrisoned in Bavaria. As a further ally, it is pointed out the Bavarian government may count on the unarmed support of the socialists and the trade unlons which ate 1o & positiog to procllhn.; en- i ut 2 also asgumed he ’h’!( Hitle: wll‘e unable to sta; pede any appreciable following from ™y rural séctiofs into joining - the movement. X < N War With Fascisti who may be appointed by him and to the civil commiesioners. Kahr Given Full Power. .. The “appointment of Dr. von Kahr, former Bavarian premier, as general commissioner for that state with full (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) RUHR MINERS QUIT INGENERAL STRIKE By the Associated Press. DUESSELDORF, September 27.—The miners in the Gelsenkirchen, Reck- linghausen and Wanne districts, the heart of* the Ruhr mine fields, de- clared a general strike today as the first action in protest against the Berlin governmen®s ‘decision to give up passive resistance and also against the exploitation of the district by the French. It is estimated that 6,000 miners had quit work uwp to noon, with thousands of otherk expected to follow. The report on the miners’ action re- celved at French headquarters here caused some alarm, as it was feared the strike might be followed by gen- eral rioting, necessitating severe re- pressive measures. The French re- POrts say the movement was prompt- ed purely by the communist factions, which have mustered an unusually large following. Aside from this movement of the miners, the population of the occu- pled territory is apparently calm, taking the Berlin decision philosoph- ically. As evidence of this there is cited an offer by the director of the Duesseldorf branch of the Relchs-; bank today to furnish for the ex-| { By the Associated Press BUCHAREST, September 27.—Tt is reported that Rumania has offered the Eulgarian government military | assistance in restoring order in Bul- | garia should the communist revolu- | tion there assume the upper hand. Latest advices from reliable “Bul- garian sources indicate that the gov- ernment for the present has the rev- olutionary movement under control. | Byt the armx, and police are so.lim- ited by the Neuilly treaty that doubt j 12 expressed whether the government wil w to_check further out- Breakss - OWRe dFhY ° conafsts of | about 20,000 mén and the police numbér | less than 6,000. They have the prob- lem of keeping order among 5,000,000 people scattered over an area’ of 40,000 square miles and patrolling nearly 1,000 miles of border. It is disclosed that the present communistic fomentation has the support of at least part of the agra- ylans, who have not forgiven the | death of Stamboulisky and the whole- sale punishment of their leaders, but the prime movers in the present out- break are communists who, it is de: | clared, are largely financed and equipped by Russians. King Boris is straining every ef- fort to establish peace among the leaders of the various political groups, but without mucH success. He is described as a pathetic figure, but is not regarded as in any imme- diate danger. All the members of the cabinet are ; closely guarded. A severe cénsorship is being exercised over the newspa- pers. Pedestrians are not allowed on the streets after dark, and the for- jien legations have armed guards outside. | i i REBELS EXTEND GRIP. Decisive Battle Being Fought in! Ferdinand District. i BY CLARENCE K. STREIT. | By Cable to The Star and Philadelphia Public | Ledger. Copyright, 1923. SOFIA, September 27.—With the rebels extending their'control of the Ferdinand district and st{ll block- ading the raflway to Constantinople, the communist - agrarian uprising continues serious. The decisive battle in the commu- | nist uprising is being fought in the | |eity of Ferdinand and the village of | | Berkowitza, which are four miles apart apd halfway from Sofia to the Danube, acording to a statement | | issued By the war office. { Five thousand communist and ag- | rariap allies are besieged there, after | having proclaimed a soviet republic |and established complete control over jthe area. Four thousand soldiers, {ailded by civilian volunteers, have been carrying out an enveloping op- eration during the last five days and have now drawn their lines com- 1 | anatei | that Dr. Buttered Bread Dessert for Fat- Starved Germans BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily LONDON, September win B. Walston, Des Moines, Iowa, surgeon. who spent the summer studying under famous surgeons at Munich, Berlin and Vienna, has Just reached London with the a sertion that great masses of Ba- varfans and Prussians are so des- perately hungry that they are willing to follow any leader who promises a change from existing conditions of misery. “Practically every class of town sald Dr. Walston, “are starved for fats. Their bodies show plainly the effects of under- nourishment I wachted from fifteen to twenty operations daily, mostly abdominal cases. I was At the rapidity with whieh surgeons penetrated the abdominal wills: ¢ s “The tormer craving for sweets has given way to an appetite for anything fat. The usual dessert consists of buttered bread.” FLOCK WOULD KEEP PASTOR FROMD.C. Church Asks Presbytery to Hold Rev. Dr. Macartney in Philadelphia. Speciul Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA. Pa. September 27.—The congregation of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church at a spe- cial meeting last night unanimously passed a resolution asking the Pres- bytery of Philadelphia not to sever the pastoral relations of Rev. Dr. Clarence Edward Macartney with the church, After accepting a call last summer to the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, Rev. Dr. Macart- ney asked the congregation to join with him in a petition to the pres- bytery for his release. Theanswer of the congregation was Maccartney was especially fitted for the peculiar fleld of the Arch Street Church, and that his work -was only partly completed. The congregation decided that it, therefore, could not see its way to join with him in the petition. Final decision in the' matter will be made by the presbytery when it meets Monday. Dr. Macartney is moderator of the presbytery. Numerous letters from radio fans who have listened to Dr. Macartney’s sermons protested against his release. ' HAGEN IN MATCH MLEOD TRAILING D. C. Golfer 5 Down; Sara- zen Shoots 3 Under Par to Lead Jim Barnes. OKLAHOMA FORCES GRAPPLE IN LEGAL BATTLE TO FINSH Legi§lature, Dramatically Dispersed by Military, Re-- news Fight on Walton. . SENSATION I.S EXPECTED ‘BEFORE ISSUE SETTLED New County to Be Placed Under " Martial Law—Lower House Status in Doubt. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., September 27.—The conflict between Gov. J. C. Walton and the lower house of the Oklahoma legislature developed today into a finish fight as the lawmake s prepared to take their cause to the courts. Meanwhile the state is in doubt as to the official status of its lower leg- islative branch. The dramatic action of national guardsmen in dispersing, on orders of the governor, sixty-six house mem- bers who gathered yesterday in the state capitol at their own call to con- ider impeachment charges left the xecutive victorious after the first brush. But the contention of the leg- islators that the house formally was convoked, nou rithstanding the mili- tary interference, presented an un- precedented problem which a court { must solve. From the maze of charges and counter charges revolving about Gov. ‘Walton's fight against mob violence and masked depredations in Okla- homa has appeared a tense situation which observers say is the prelude to a spectacular climax. Continued Military Law. forces to combat [ The use of military | “hoodea outrages” will continue until domination of one-third of the counties 27.—Standing at the end of the eigh- [in the state by the Ku Klux Kian is teen holes in the fourth round of {broken, the governor said. Within the the Professional Golfers' Association |next few hours, he added. he will place champlonship follows: lat -~ ‘er county under rigid martial law William MacFarlane, Tuckahoe, N.|a. .o request of some of its citizens. 1Y, 1 up on Robert Cruickshank, |Rumor has it that Murray county is the Westfield, N. J. one to which he referred, although this Gene Sarazen, Briar CHft Manor, [finds no confirmation in official quarters. IN. Y. 3 up on Jim Barnes, Pelnam. | Political enemies of the govérnor, in- Waiter Hagen, up ou Fred MoLeod, Washington. = - By shooting three strokes under par for the round, Gene Sarazen fin- e (N Al 4 on Taoih | thrown | cont powers of & dictator. ‘:.'":‘ ::’;';‘l;“ n;"“"’ ;:‘r’:i:d oo 324 Asserting that the proceédings in | ond n | the state house yesterday constituted |tenth by sinking a thirty-foot putt|an official assembly despite the inter- {for a birdie 2, and was one down,|Vvention by the military, the “rebel” S 4 |legislators ‘went ahead’ today with | He gost the twelfth by taking three |pians to institute court proceedings {putts. Stymied on the sixtesnth i, test their right to meet without hole, Barnes knocked in Sarazen's|a’ call from the governor A legal i ball, giving the 1922 champion committee is in charge of the work ! birdie. ~They halved the seventeenth|and while no details have been made jand s satdenth | public, it is expected that either the inaPe Approximate medal score of gtate ‘supreme court or the federal e St mataas match for the gistrict court will be asked to enjoin rst round: the governor from preventing the Sarazen { session. The action is anticipated be- fore the end of the week. | [ “The fight hes just begun,<” de- # 9 | clared leaders of the movement. “The | meeting of she legislature has just | started” ‘Welcomes Court Test. [ 4353—35—T74| «<The legislature shall not meet,” Hagen won thg first when McLeod | whs Gov. Walton's retort from the took three putts Yor a five. | executive mansion a few hours later He added that he would welcome a Bekest DN Enuie | test in the courts, declaring that any McLeod won the second after Ha- |such a meeting would be a direct vio- vo | 1ation of the constitution. gen ’xllced his tee shot ar:d took two |7 00 % the' Eevernbr no eppors getting to the green. McLeod found | tunity to carry out his threat of using {sand traps on the third and lost with all force of arms and men necessary 0 Halestd = | to prevent the session, the legislators % Hiojost e fourth with an extra | Lave agreed to await the outcome of putt. They halved the fifth and Mec- | their action in the courts before at- L;or] weon the sixth u}-‘uh a birdie | tempting to convene again three. An extra putt lst the sev-! Tp, tive has_ch a {enth for MeLeod and a pulled drive | sixty-eight members of the hou cost him the eighth. He won the|Ku Klux Klansmen and that their ninth with a birdie 3. | proposed meeting would be barred Kirkwood and McLean halved every | under the martial law decree pro- hole to the sixth, where Kirkwood | hibiting “unlawful Klan assemblies.” won when McLean took an extra putt | TROOPS ENTER CITY. By the Axsociated Press. PELHAM MANOR, N. Y., September | that by his official acts, particularly the luse of the military in his war on'the {Ku Kiux Klan, the executive has over- | thrown _constitutional government and 454 5 5 4 4 4454 3—34—T1 In 5 | | that for a 5. Kirkwood won the eighth when McLean missed a three-foot | | putt and lost the ninth on McLean's | | birdie 3. Their approximate meda Kirkwood—Out, 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4—38 !By the Associated Press McLean—Out... 4'4 5 3 4 5 4 5 3— 1: WAGONER, Okla., September 27.— A party of fifty state soldiers arrived here this morning unannounced. They declined to state their mission. CHEMISTS 10 TEST HILL'S BEVERAGES Cruickshank and McFarlane both were under par on the first 15. The medal follows: i Cruickshank— | Out.... 5 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 4—38 In. 4344543443573, MacFarlane— | Out....5 3 6 334 45 335 In....03 4 456553 4 4—37—12 The morning cards of the Hagen- McLeod match: ) Hagen— out.... 4 5 5 In..... 3 4 4 5 4—38 5 4—36—74 | 34 45 [ SiEnea e adoe or W SEatn en e | sixty-eight members of the house are | Husband Loses Race With Death To Side of Wife By the Assoclated Press. LOWELL, Mass, September 27. —Evan J. David of Passaic, N. J» has lost his race with death by train and airplane from St Louls ‘to this city. Mrs; David died at a local hospital Mst night. ~No word has reached here l.rom David since a telegram saying. that he had started eastward last night by the fastest transporta- tion available. The race with death by train and airplane from St. Louls to Lowell was begun last night by David, who was notified that his wife had undergone an operation and was not expected to live. He _unsuccessfully tried to hire an airplane to take him to Lowell and departed on a train. Later friends announced that arrange- ments had been made for David to be met at Dayton, Ohio, this morning by an_Army airplane, which will take him to Cleveland. He planned to take another plane there for Lowell Takes Plane at Dayton. DAYTON, Ohio, September 27.— Evan J. David left Dayton at 10:09 o'clock this morning in an Army airplahe for Cleveiand, Ohio, in his race with death to the bed- side of his wife at Lowell, Mass. Mr. David was delayed here until official permission could be se- cured to carry him in an Army plane. He left McCook Field nineteen ‘minutes before word of his wife's death at Lowell Teached here. Plane Leaves Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 27.—Evan J. David landed at the air mail fleld_here at 11:50 a.m. from Dayton. He left here at 12:10 p.m.. in a_government air mall plane for New York. Pilot Paul Collins expected to_make a mnon- stop flight to New York, reaching there in four hours. David was notified_here of the death of his wife. He .was nearly prostrated by the news. H. B. Shaver, su- perintendent of the air field here, said that arrangements had been made to have a mail plane wait- ing for David when he lands in New York to carry him to Boston without delay. PROBE ENFORGNG 0F 0. DRY LAWS Federal and City Officials Confer on Alleged Irregu- larities by Agents. Canferences are in R . ba- cmeon Discict ometsts’ SRS, A eral prodibitiqn epforcement authori- ties relative: to dlleged irregulari- tiés A the' ¥nforcement of the Hrb: nhibition law in thé District of Co- lumbla. At & conference held a few days ago at the District building the matter of co-operation between the police and the enforcement agents assigned to the Washington terri- tory was fully canvassed, with the result that representations were made by the Commissioners to the federal prohibition commissioner, who is now. it is understood, Investi- gating charges that have beéen made againstwcertain of the agents. Silent on Investigation. Neither federal nor District officials would today discuss the matter. Pro- hibition Commissioner Haynes, when asked for a statement regarding the situation, confined himself to the fol- lowing expression, referring to a pre- viously published report: “Inasmuch as I fail to find any authority quoted in the report referred to, I must re- fuse to discuss it.” Commissioner Oyster, who is in charge of District police matters, re- !fused to discuss the situation, an- | swering all queries with the follow- |ing statement: “I have absolutely nothing to say at_this tim The details of the occurrences which have occasioned the communi- cations‘between the District building and the federal -enforcément head- quarters are not disclosed. It is known, however, that Commissioner | Ovster has been in conference several { times with high officials of the inter- nal revenue bureau and that steps are | now being ta.cn to investigate the | alleged huppeninug. which, it is sawd, i have tended to weaken the enforce- | ment_of tne proimbition law in the | Distriet At pre (he District authorities are marcmg time while Commis- onc. haynes irguires into the alle- getioas that have been laid before Canference Last Week. A conference heid last Friday afte: n the onice of Commissioner neo on this subject was gttended | Ossaer ©O.;T. Davis, head of the vic ut. Sergt. James McQuade, his vad; the Commissioner, Maj. Sullivan, | Yesterday’s C'wt_ll:fivn' 92,807 TWO CENTS. —— PLANTO STABIIZE. | WHEAT PRICES LAID BEFORE PRESIDENT Committee - of Northwest - Bankers and Business Men Urges Special Session. ASKS U. S. TO HELP FIX ACREAGE FOR FARMER Proposal Would Revive Grain Cor- poration and Prevent Over- production. Price stabilization of ' wheat tpfough an organization under gov: ernmental direction, which will have the power through co-operation om the part of the farmers to guide them each year in determining the amount of acreage to.be planted, was recommended to President Coolidge today by a committee of bankers and business men from the northwest. Such a plan, the President was told, would result in controlling acreage and limiting prbduction of wheat to such a point that there will be’.& proper domestic market for wheat. Would Decrease Produetion. “The movement,” the President was told, “will be in the direction of des creased wheat production, and nate urally as a result bring about an iR= crease in diversified farming, which is 80 necessar. £ The committee suggested that ‘tha United States Grain Corporation Be revived as the agency to control: the Wheat acreage recommended by them. | "The memhers also urged upon the | President the need for lower freight rates on wheat and other agricultural product. rs An_extra session of Congre: committee told the President, De called to deal with the agriculs tural_problems. It was suggested to the President that if the merchant marine problem had been considersd of sufficient importance to 'Warrapt the late President Harding in.calling a special session last fall, the agry cultural problem today is certainly of sufficient Importance to demand a 8 cial session of Congress without g% lay. : Coolldge Questions Farmers. Following their conference with the President, members of the coms: e¢ said that the President eyinced e o &n interest; ifi:ihe farm problem and that he promised to take under advisement_the ‘sugestions Made By the committes. fammers, mem- bérs of the comittés, were Guestionsd . by the President himselt, following’ the" statement made by the committes. Later it was &aid that the Presi- dent showed himself thoroughly con- versant with the farm industrv in his questions. The delegation will have a ‘hearing before Secretary Wallace of the Di partment of Agriculture this afters noon. and tomorrow afternoon will be granted a similar hearing by Secre- tary Hoover of the Department of Commerce. E Personnel of Delegation. The delegation consisfed of the fql- lowing: Senator Norbeck of South Dakota, A. D. Stephens.. banker, Crookston, Minn.; J. A. Bughanan, farmer, Buchanan, N. D.; A. V, De Nault, banker, Jamestown, N. D J. J. Earley, banker, North Dakota; fér- mer Gov. C. N. Herried, South Dakota; Representative G. M. Young,” North Dakota: A. Kopperud, banker, Web- ater. S. D.; L. J. Welch, secretary of the South Dakota Bankers' Associa~ tion; G. H. Garnett. banker, North Dakota: N. J. Holmberg, sécratary of agriculture, Minnesota. and Sena- tor Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota and Representative Royal C. Johnsen of South Dakota. : They were accompanied by Secre- tary of Commerce Hoover, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and Eugene Meoyer. jr. managing director of th War Finance Corporation. =4 Represented Six States. The committee represented six states, comprisihg _the ninth federal reserve district. The committee, in its statement to the President, said: “We want it distinctly understopd that our mission is not alone in half of the wheat growers and fary ers of the ninth district, but we sp for the wheat growers and farmi of the entire country. We wish safeguard the investors in farm | mortgages throughout the countgy land we are especially interested Mg ! saving for thousands of farmers thi {righfs of ownershin in thefr land { 1o prevent farmers from being forces to leave their presont location for : other states and oec-uvations. 20000 Far-« Abandoned. 35} { e gland states in the | ten-year pericd rfeceding 1920, 30,000 farms were absndoned. - In Pennsyld vania - and Now Jerse: pletely around Ferdinand and Ber- kowitza. i Military trains carrving. Britling over - 42.000 | farma were ahandoned. In 1922 20060, 1000 people left the. farms of. the United States, and in 1923 it i <sts~ | penses of the army of occupation a! sufficient number of marks to ‘equal 15,000 francs daily. The French also out. In.. 6 3—40 6 4—33—79 | Dr. von Kahr, the former Bavarian premier, as regent until the throne can be formally offered to Prince assistant, ahd a representative of The action of the Philadelphia con- Commissioner Haynes. A steno- Representative’s Homemade; Rupprecht. May Influence Others. It 48 feared that the Baverian ac- tion will cause Saxony apd Thuringia to become still redder, thus hastening an attack by Adolph Hitler's forces favoring separation of the Rhineland from the reich. - The passive resistance ordinances will be setmally conclided_ tonight After sifat time Dr. von Kahr ha forbigden meetings of Hitler social ist adherénts. Reports from Munich state Hitler has his forces or- ganized for a speedy attack. RIOTING IN DRESDEN. One Killed and Twenty-Five Hurt in Demonstration. LONDON, September 27.—Street fighting between communists and<gec- tions of the less extreme radicals is reported from Dresden, ~where the parties were holding meetings and proc a Berlin dispatch to the Central News states. It adds that on five fatally wounded ty others injured. / Ebért Iasues Decree. By the Associated Press. 2 + BERLIN, September 27.—A presi- d jal decree “for the restoration of fc security” was issued last night n the name of President Ebert. 'he oree réstricts several constitutional rights, including freedom of the press and the right of assembly, and suthorizes domiciliary seizures and inister of defeénse is vested with exedutive o iicn aing ear to any military commanders I 1 announce the resumption of the tel- machine guns and loaded with cheer- gregation in deciding not to join with egraph and telephone services at|ing soldiers, accompanied by brass) Dr. Macartney in asking for his re- Mayence. End of Passive Paris May Be Forced to Grant Conces- sions in Order That Ruhr Activi- ties May Be Resumed. BY PERCY NOEL. By Cable to The Star and Philadelphia Public Ledger. Copyright, 1923. BERLIN, September 26, — The Stresemann government has surren- dered in the eyes of the German peo- ple, but has not capitulated to France. Its stand mow i assive resistance s purely a matter of do- mestic politics,” and seeks to place France in & position where she must make concessions in order that the re-establishment of former Ruhr ac- tivities may be accomplished. No official nor unofficial overtures to France are contemplated at pres- ent. 'Proclamations to the German pecpie like the one issued today is as (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Resistance Viewed as Blow at France i far as the government intéends to go opening negotiations. As an Iternate plan, bolder measures n .n; yet mentioned are wntemvl-th 'olitics within the Stresemann cab- inet are brewi: to bri about the resignation -of the soeialist member: and replace them with German na- tionalists. Adolph Hitler's. proclamation .at Munich demanding that all national sccialists join his shock troops with in ten days indicates that Bavarians will be quiet for at least that tim The inducement to the nat{onalists iz that such & government, backed by strongly organized militaristic socle- ties, would able to say to France: “We refuse to capitulate. Do your worst.” at least, is the volicy Charncellor m ‘secretly avowed to < for no lease, it was stated here today, may result in the Presbytery ot Philadel- phia refusing Monday to grant his request. Members of the congregation of the New York Avenue _Presbyterian Church have expected Dr. Macartney to come to Washington to preach his first sermon at the church next Sun- day. = He accepted the call to the local pastorate several months -ago, subject to his release by the Pres- bytery of Philadelphia. AMER]ICANS RUN RUSS MINES. MOSCOW, September 27.—Twenty- eight Americans, with more than 108 tons of machinery and implements, have gone to the Tomsk district to_operate mines. . Products Now Have 12 Per Cent Alcohol, He Says. RUSSIAN MISSION MEMBER KILLED| Border Fixers Shot Down by As- sassins at Frontier of Finland. : Representative Hill, republican, of Maryland, who has been reporting for several weeks in Baltimore news- papers and in letters to Prohibition Commissioner Haynes regarding his “cellar - laboratory” experiments in making cider and wine, has succeed- led in drawing an inspection’ from { prohibition headquarters. He invited prohibition agents to watch the prog- ress of his efforts, and today two chemists were sent from Washington to inspect his product. According to Representative Hill's letters to prohibition - headquarters, some -of his cider and wine has By the Assoclated Press. * MOSCOW, September 27. roft, chairman of the Russian-Kare- lian border commission, has been kill- ed and two others of the commission wounded by assassins at_the frontier while returning from Finland, ac- eolédln‘ to a dispatch from Petroza- vods| CLOSING HOUR For Sunday “Want Ads” 5:30 p.m. Saturday Owing to the increasing volume of its Sunday Classified Adver- The Star finds it necessaty to advance the closing hour on these ads from 6 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Satugdays. i received at The Star office by this hour - For the convenience of readers of The Star the .a.-mmpmuu-mpmm tisi All classified ads must be _for. insertion Sunday. reached the stage whef® it shows as much as 12' per cent in glcoholic con- tent. Officials here said that apparently Mr. Hill was attempting to have the prohibition unit make a ruling on the alcoholic content necessary in a bev. erage ‘to class it as ‘“intoxicating. This never has been done. either by prohibition officials or the Department of Justice. It was pointed out, how- ever, in official quarters, that while the 'Volstead act is silent on th question of what is “intoxicating. it does specifically prohibit manufac ture of beverages containing more than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol. Representative Hill has been one .of _the most outspoken critiés of the teenth amendment and Vol- Sunday classified graphic record of the proceedings was | Rept, and this record, it is beileved, { forms the basis of the present inves: The tter is expected to come to |a head in a few days, when District officials will learn the outcome of the inquiry, now being made by the en- forcement bureau authorities. BALDWIN PRAISES ALLIED GOOD WILL ' By the Associated Press. SORTHAMPTON, Eng. September 27.—Prime minister Stanley Baldwin, speaking here today. declared that his - conference with Premier Poin- care in Paris last week had had the effect of restoring the former .good relations between France and Great Britain. (The atmosphere of restraint and almost of distrust that prevailed between the two countries when the present British governmént came into office has been changed, he said, into one of mutual confidence. “I think,” said Mr. Baldwin. “that there is now, both in Paris and:Lon- don, recognition of -the importance of the entente in this way-—that with- out it a European settiement would be far more difficult. The best hope of settilemeat lies in ‘the Inti- mate relationship between France and this country.” R Peace, he added, was necessary for & solution of the situation confront- ing Europe.. mated that 3.000,000 will'- quit | occupation-and seek their 1{ving ‘elpe- where, » b We are not .asking for a fixed or | guaranteed price of wheat, nor we_in favor of such’ legislation. “We are asking for price’ stabiliza, | tion through an organization under - governmental .direction which, will have the power through co-operation. on the part of the.farmers to'guide. them each vear in determining fhe amount of acres to be sé ) thus, s» far as is possiblé n..».,..’c‘fl acreage control, limit the produection of wheat to such a point that. there will be a proper domestic market for same. 'Such a_movement will be dn the direction of decreased wheat: duction and, naturally, as a.: bring about an iner e farming, which b In Serious Situation. *Our farmere .aré. in a most - ous situation. Thousands of th Rave already been forced 'to W their farms; many that‘remain h lost their farms- through feréefe of mortgages, and they, with thou. sands of tenant farmers, gre hope- lessly in debt and 'whhh to_contf, thoir operations.umiess there: nite promise thut e in ‘€he future prices:which shall on a level with those prices r..gfi things which they must buy. 2 It is claimed that overproduct and the lack of world markets .is responsible for the situation. such is the case. the above plun, i ‘ntelligently carried. out,’ wilf sol their. problems. b S Lews Wheat. Produced. s "Sl‘l'.lzi;tlrl: how, however, th ng there was produced 4 world 531.000,000 bushels I% 5