Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1923, Page 1

Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler. Temperature for twenty-four hours anded at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 82, at 4 pm. vesterday; lowest, 58, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 29,005. ‘ No. post office Was CHANGELLOR TURNS TOHERCULEAN TASK OF SALVAGING RUAR Troops Strike Fear Into Hearts of Extremists—Sax- ony Cnly Trouble Center. POINCARE IS DENOUNCED FOR SETTLEMENT DELAY: Rhineland Separatist Move Would Peralyze Peace Hope, Berlin Convinced. By the Assaciated Press BERLIN, September 29.—The mili- tary dictatorship of Dr. Gessler for the time being seems to have put fear into the hearts of extremists, both right and left, and, as far as Germany, outside of Bavaria, is con- cerned, his powers are expected to keep the situation righted for tlie present. Saxony, where food rioting and crop pilfering have been chronic for 2 month, presents the only immediate cause of apprehension, especially as the present government of that state has strong leanings to the left. It Is! already engaged in a bitter feud with | he minister of defense, and threatens insubordination to the discipline of the united socialist party. | The job of ealvaging financially the | economic wreckage in the Ruhr Is| one of sich Herculean dimensions | that Chancellor Stresemann is hardly | in a position to tackle it before the Rhineland and Ruhr conflict has been entirely straightened out through farmal negotiations with the entente. Scores Poineare. “All depends on whether Premier Poincare is bent on continuing his devastating tactics now that we have | met the pre-condition for discussions by recalling the order for passive resistance.”” said an official of the foreign offices | He reflected the prevailing senti- ment in cabinet circles which already are becoming restive over the delay in getting together with the creditor powers on thé preliminary details of a settlement. Sych steps, it is felt here, are indispensable in helping the government to get the populace of the Ruhr and Rhineland back at work. Dr. Fuch, minister of the occupied area. is valiantly striving to put a semblance of order Inta the chaos in the occupled regiofls, although re- ports from the mining sectors afford 2 scant*hasis fof the hope that sub- stantial progress is being made in reconclling the resisters to the new situation. Separatists Worry. Another phase of the state of af- fairs in the Ruhr and the Rhineland 1s the Insistence with which the scp- aratist movement projects itself into the prevaliing confusion. This situa- | tion is obviously causing the govern- | ment considerable concern. the secessionist rally planned for to-{ morrow at Duesseldort proves to-be! a fiasco, competent official opinioh be- lieves that the efforts of the Berlin government to restore {ts authority ! in those regions will be definitely paralyzed. This is probably the most | cogent reason why the governmeént is seeking an early. resumption of offi- 1 conversations with England and Frarice. RIOTS IN DUESSELDORF. °* 5 Geveral Wounded in Separatist Con- flict With Police. By the Associated Press. DUESSELDORF, September 29.—Riot- ing lasting several hours occurred in a_suburb of this city last night. The trouble started with an attack by men bealieved to be separatist sympathizers on a small police substation. Rein- forcements drove off the attacking party, several members of which were severely wounded. 2 The substation was guarded at the time by only six green police. Several shots were fired at the officers, and the rioters were about to disarm the police and take possession of the station when the reinforcements came up and dispersed the attacking force, which numbered several score. “It is not known whether any of the party was killed, The incident has excited apprehen- plon over what may happen tomorrow, When the Rhineland separatists gather here for a mass demonstration. The German city authorities are bending their efforts to make it what they calla “dead” Sunday. with the intention of averting collisions with the saparat- ists. A proclamation placarded this morning orders the suszension of all street traffic throughout the day to- morrow, the prohibition including the tramways, - taxicabs, private auto- mobiles, .and even bicycles. FIGHT RHINE REPUBLIC. ‘Many Moves Afoot to Save Terri- tory to Fatherland. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. ; Copyright, 1923 BERLIN, September 29.—All parties in the Rhineland—from communists to nationalists—have within the past two days formally or informally agreed upon defensive measurés to be taken In the event of the threatened proclamation of a separate Rhineland republic. It has been agreed that immediate- 1y upon the issuance of such a proc- jamation a mixed committee will be formed. Which will state to France And_t& the world that it represents ap-Bverwhelming majority of the in- habitants of the Rhineland, and will demand that it be intrusted with the government, which. it is proposed, will be administetred in pledge for the fatherland with the idea of an eventual reunion. : An alternative plan is to have this committéee, & moment before the separatists _take final action, pro- claim the Rhineland a separate au- tomonous state within the German gonfederation. Clajm Seems Justified. Sinée the committee would repre- sent all the trade unionists and the | senger train No. 1 ""““I'be | unteers who went Unless | fh } Nicholas. Schmidt, tholic church, and reckons its fol- fu.'lnl at 80 per cent of the Rhine- jand population, its claim to leadep- ship seems justified. News concern- ing the immediate plans of thel ceparatists is confusing. They now deny they. intend to proclaim a re- uhrlu after Sunday’'s monster meet- ng at Dusseldorf. This may be cause ‘the French, who are too ex- arienced politic to have any il . W on Page 2, Column 1 Entared as second-class piatter shington, D.” C. ¢ Fhe : WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION iny Sfar. “From Press to Howté . Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier 'system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes WASH.NGTON, D.. €., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1923—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. Flyer to Lose Consciousness ‘In Mad Rush to Win Air Race W ashington Aviators Reach St. Louis for Spectacular Contests—Records Ex- pected to Be Broken. By a Staff Correspondent ST. - LOUIS FLYING FIELD, St Louis county, Mo. September 29.— The Pulitzer high-speed trophy race, to be held here next Wednesday, will be a contest, not of mechanical in- genuity, but of human endurance. Lieut. A. J. Williams of the naval air station, Anacostia, D. C., one of the four Navy entrants, made this state- ment as he cast admiring eves on a | beautiful little Curtis racer, groomed | and ready to blunge through the air at mote than 200 miles an hour. Lieut. Williams, speaking for him- self, forward to the point where he would lose consciousness. The planes which on Wegdnesday will compete in the world Wirplane speed classic are to cover a distance of 124 and a fraction miles, necessi- tating twelve turns at three pylons, or towers, standing at each angle of | BREAK INTO WRECK WHERE 40 RO Three Bodies Already Taken From Cars Submerged Near Casper. By the Associated Press. CASPER Wyo., September 28— Three bedies were recovered today from the wreck of Burlington pas- 30, which crashed through a bridge near here Thursday night. They were the first to be taken from the wreck proper and marked the be- ginning of rescue work which was expected to continue until the death toll, now estimated at between twen- ty-five and forty, is definitely deter- mined. The body of E. J. Klove, brakeman, of Casper was the first to be re- moved from the chair car. The bodies of G. W. Nourse, Gunnison, Col., and Albert Hill, negro, of Dodge City, Kan, were found under the baggage car. Rapidly receding waters bave made active rescue’ work possible and the construction of a dam built out of ‘sahd bags has diverted the current to the west side of the channel. .The will al entersd and searched late today, it is belleved. The ‘body of D. E. Schultz of Denver. baggageman, was recovered after it had been washed clear of the wreck- age and rescuers rigged a rope bridge to it. Wreck Greatest Disaster. Professional divers among the vol- to the scene of e wreck offered to try to break into the watery tombs formed by the sub- merged coaches, but railroad officials regarded the plan as too hazardous. he wreck is characterized as the greatest disaster that has occurred on the Burlington railroad in Wyo- ming. Shortly before the train made its death plunge a track walker had crossed the bridze, and he said later the structure was safe. Then, soon after he had passed, a roaring wall of water, caused by a cloudburst, Swept down the channel. Its force weakened the bridge piling, and when the trained rolled upon it the struc- ture collapsed. Storm Still Rages. Central Wyoming still is in the grip of storms that have occurred intermittently for three days. Floods have caused damage that canmot yet be estimated. Both the Chicago, Burlington _ and Quincy and the Chicago and Northwestern railroads suffered great losses, due to: wrecked bridges and roadbeds, with many miles ck gone completely Of ach St the. Salt Creek oil field, forty-five miles from Casper, is re- ported under water. Pipe lines have broken and a flood of crude oil is adding to the damage. Trains are being held up in some sections and in many districts travel by automobile is impossible. News- paper men who left Denver Friday morning in automobiles for the scene of the Cole Creek. wreck still are 100 miles from the spot where the acci- dent occurred. List of Survivors. The list of those reported to the of- ficers here as rescued include — Lewls, Caspe: Gibbling, Caspe: Dan McQuade, Casper; C. Davis, De ver: Mrs. C. A, Mullock, Thermopoli; M. Morewitz, Chicago; G. B. Evenso; Casper; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beck, Du Bois, Wyo.; Mrs, W. F. McGuire, San Shasta, Calif.; D. J. Danker, Brookline, Mass.; Mrs. §. Tweed, Lan- der, Wyo.; John Downs, Littleton, Col); Mrs. L. A. Nord, no address; & | N. Chipley, Denver; Willlam Buckley, Lincoln, Neb.; Ernest P, Kipp, Den- ver: Genevieve May, Salida, Col.; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Robinson, Salida, Co “Don 'Suilivan, Catper; Hen: tt, Casper; H. D. Belrose, Den- ver; Mrs. Riley Brown and two chil- dren, no address; Mrs. Eva Boyer; Glen Rock; John Christle, Parkerton, Wyo.; J. Melatz, Denver; Tod Powell, Cheyénne, Wyo.; Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Bubb, Casper; J. H. Johnson, De ver; Mrs. Nicholas Schmidt, Dougla: ‘Wyo.; Gene Carson, no address;: H. M. Gallagher, Denver; John Spurgin, Salt Creek, Wyo.; Gus G. Phillips, Barber, Okla. Among those missing are believed to be Jay Griswold, Casper; Mrs, Minnie Owens, Casper; Martin, Casper; Douglas, Wy —— Montgomery, no address; Gearhart, no address; Ganks, no address. FOOT BALL PLAYERS HURT Four of Wesleyan Squad Injured on Way to Fairmont, W. Va. FAIRMONT, W. Va. September. 29. —Four members of the West Vinginia Wesleyan foot ball team were serious- injured today in an automboile ac- dent near White Reck whie the teara was e was scheduled to play West Virginia University this afternoon. PAPER TO DISCONTINUE. CHARLESTON, 8. C., September 29. —Announcement.is made in the Charles. ton American this morning that it will flwmmnua publication - with today's ssue. - said he would throw the throttle | rily Imbédded in xgc sand. | route ‘to Fairmont, where it| the thirty-one-mile triangular course. At these points the thrill for pilot and spectator will come. Roaring down the stretch at four miles a minute or zo and at an altitude of less than fifty feet, the crises of the race will be reached at the turns. Lieut. Williams declared that the four Navy entries are about equal {n speed, but it will lie with the pilot to take the chance of lapsing into unconscious- | ness and trusting to come to in the air, D. C. Experts Present. Virtually the entire aeronautical ele- ment of Washington is in St. Louis or on its way. Today Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army air service, arrived by train from Colum- bus, Ohio, accompanied by his alde, {Capt. St. Clair Streett of Bolling Field. Monday morning " Admiral William A. Moffett, ehlef of the bu- reau of aeronautics, is scheduled to arrive, tozether with other high of- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Italy to Permit Aduvertising on | Postage Stamps By the Assoclated Press. ROME, September 20.—The Ital- ian government has decided to per- mit advertisements on postage stamps. Concessions for this type of publicity will be granted to pri- vate companies, which must turn over 60 per cent of their Teceipts to the government, with a guaranteed minimum, and bind themselves by a three-year contract. T8 DEAD, 3 MISSING, IN MIDWEST STORM Tornado and Cloudburst Sweep Over lowa and Nebraska. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Neb, September 29 Eighteen known dead, three missin {more than & dozen seriously:injured and property damage estimated at more than half a million dollirs was ithe. toll af a tornado gnd clondburet. which visited westérn Iowa and east- ern Nebraska last night. | At Council Bluffs, Iowa, where a {tornado struck shortly after § p.m., five persons are known to be dead, three missing and five seriously in= |Jured, and property damage is esti. mated at more than $250,000, Eight mourners were drowned at {Louisville, Neb. when the house where the body of Mrs. Mary McCra. ver lay, was washed into Mill creek, which had become a raging torrent atter a cloudburst. Dr. A. A. Ward, a physician of Mar- quett. Neb., on his way to make a professionai call, was killed when rain and hail caused his car to skid and turn over. The three persons reported missing at Council Bluffs are balieved to have been washed into Indian creek, which is out of its banks because of the heavy rains of the past few days. Killed Fleeing Storm. ‘Mrs, Lars Kelster and her three | children were killed at Council Blufts {as they ran from their home, a large tree crushing them. Their bodies were found huddled together. In Council Bluffs twelve houses in a row were leveled by the tornado, and the Strand, ore of the leading theaters, was almost demolished when the rear end caved Into Indian creek. No one was injured when the building gave way. Fire followed the tornado, and sev- eral homes and warehouses were de- stroyed. Persons living near Salt creek, in the western part of Lincola, Neb., were forced to flee to higher ground when that creek, which at this time of the year normally is dry, lef: its banks. ~ Prisoners at the state peni- tentiary were used to build dams around the prison power plant. Trains Halted. In Omaha the rainfall approximated that of a cloudburst. Several trains out of Omaha for Kansas City and Chicago remained heremhecausc rail- road officials feared that many of the bridges might give way. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy passenger train No. 22 left Council Bluffs at its usual time, but was forc- ed back at South Omaha, when it was found that the tracks were covered Wwith water. Water early today was running from three to six feet deep in the business section of Council Bluffs, and build- ings were coated with a foot of mud. All trafic between Omaba and Coun- ©cil ‘Bluffs has been suspended, and the gas company in the latter place is unable to supply gas because the en- gine room of its plant.was flooded. MRS: HARDING MAY COME HERE TO LIVE Will Return to Capital Following Memorial Services at Marion November 2. Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, widow of the late President, will return to ‘Washington soon after the memorial services, to be held at Marion Novem- ber 2, the anniversary of the birth of Mr. Harding. = She has written to friends 'here her plans for the future still are Indetiniter but has indicated that she might, make Washington her home. Arrangements have been made for former Premier Lloyd Geor; Britain to call upon Mrs. Harding at Marion during his tour of the United States, probably after he visits Cleve- land on his way east. i i 1 | 1 of Great BONUS BILL 7O PASS INNEXT CONGRESS, CANVASS INDICATES 7-to-1 Majority in House and "18 Votes to Spare in Sen- ate, Legion Claims. OPPOSITION EXPECTED FROM “BIG BUSINESS” Legislative Committee Discloses Results of Careful Survey of Compensation Situation. It is “absolutely certain” that the adjusted compensation bill for world war veterans will become a law dur- Ing the next session of Congress, the national legislative committee of the American Legion will report to the Legion's annual convention in San Francisco next month. It will pass in the House by a vote of 7 or 8 to 1 and in the Senate with at least 18 votes to spare, this report, which has just been drafted, will declare, summing up with the conclusion that “from the beginning this shas been inevitable legislation. Big business, which has been vig- orously opposing this measure, will continue its antagonistic campaign with renewed intensity, the legisla- tive committee says, and has devised a new slogan. here will be no re- duction in taxes if the bonus bill becomes a law.” Cites “Billion Error.” After reviewing the fact that the anti-bonus deficit of $650,000,000 cited by President Harding, on Treas- ury authority, as his reason for ve- tolng the bonus bill passed by the last Congress, has in fact become a surplus of $310,000,000—"Just a little error of a billion dollars,” according to later Treasury reports, the legls- lative committee explains how the vote by which the Senate blocked the effort to pass the measure over the President's veto has been changed. It says: The November elections, held dur- ing the recess, clearly demonstrated the resentment of the voters at the failure of the Senate to override the presidential veto, and Senators Cal- der of New York, Dupont of dela- ware, France of Maryland and Fre- linghuysen of New Jersey, all of whom voted to sustain the veto, were repudiated at the polls by thelr awn states. Sweeplng changes were also {00k mambery wiiRe ke 40 new members’ lower house, which in addi- fon now contains seven vacancles. 4 ¢ ‘Mgmse: Strongly fn Fav. o ihdre Nds hever besn any debilon about the overwhelming desirée of the House of Representatives to repeat- edly pass our bill, and a careful check shows that as a result of the elections it will pass the lower body in the coming Congress by a vote of seven or cight to one. The situation in the Senate also is greatly altered, and our bill will pass the senior body with at least eighteen votes to spare.” An analysiy of the Senate, man by man, carried in the report shows that the hold-over’” senators number seventy-four, with fifty of them fa- vorable and twenty-four listed as op- posed. The number of new Senators is twenty-one, and there is one va- “A first-hand poll says the report, “at least eighteen of the newly elected senators will vote in favor of our measure, irrespective of a veto.” In warning the legionnaires against the new drive by big pusiness in op- position to the adjusted compens: tion measure, the report of the legi: lative committee says “they no longer hope to defeat the measure, so that the tactics of delay will be invoked and the old subterfuge of loading jt down with unpopular or impractical amendments will again be attempted.” After discussing at considerable length and individually the “power- ful interests” allied against this leg- islation the legislative committee says: “The general opposition to the ad- justed compensation measure is being conducted by the United States Cham- ber of Commerce, the National Asso- ciation of Manufacturers and the National Industria] Conference Board, organizations composed of the big business interests of the country, and it would be an interesting study after a perusal of their various allied and affillated associations to ascertain to what extent these industries profited out of the war, and If any of their mem- bers are included in those recently called to account by the Department of Justice of the United States in action: brought to recover vast sums of mon- ey paid themion war contracts.” Sees Ulterior Purpone. The legislative committee’s report finds an ulterior purpose behind the persistent opposition of big business, which is explained to the legionaires as follows: “The first effort of big business was to delay the passage of-our bill so that it could issue billions of dollars of securities and persuade the public to buy them. While they were loud- 1y shouting poverty they were busy selling their securities at a rate here- tofore unknown in the history of the world. The people were able to buy these securities because of the tre mendous prosperity which the coun- try as a whole was experiencing. “The plan of big business is now twofold. It wants to continue to is- sue billions of dollars more of its se- curities and persuade the publc to buy them. This is its first plan. But in its efforts to prevent the enact- ment .of the adjusted compensation bill it has created such a bugaboo in the. minds of investors that it be- lleves it is necessary. to inculcate in them the belief that these securities which it is selling will not be taxed heavily. We therefore arrive at the second part of the plan of big busi- which # to make the purchasers of {ts securities believe that.thé time has arrived when the taxes on income from investment securities and on big business should be decreased. Devise New Slogan. “Therefore, it has devised a new , which is ‘““There’ll be no reduc- :}::‘ ;:l taxes if the bonus bill betomes “Every argument which the enemies of soldier legislation have ‘brought for- ward has been finally disproved and cam be used no longer. We do not find them arguing now that the country cannot afford to pay the bill—for this tense has been proved to be so ‘absurd that It is no longer -advanced. - The ‘coming campaign against our measure will be the most intense that we have yet ex- rarluned. and from present indications it will be directed along the ‘né cutting of taxes if we pay & bonus’ theory. But the thinking population,of the United States ‘will.not be,deceived: by this last -attempt to'thwart the will'of “Suspended” Dry Agents Stage | ' Raid Despite Their Removal DENBY AND IWCARL Ruby, Packard and Fowler, Not Notified | of Order, Seize 1,000-Gallon Still and $3,000 Despite the fact that yesterday Commissioner Haynes issued a state- ment announcing that the three agents under investigation for charges of irregular practices on complaint of Commissioner Oyster “will suspend official operations” pending the in- quiry, Prohibition Agents Ralph Ruby, Clark H. Packard and George Fow- ler, the men under suspension. today confiscated a 1,000-gallon still and about $3.000 worth of alcohol in the vacated buflding of a drug manufac- turing concern at 7th street and Marylgnd avenue southwest, The still is the largest ever taken by réventie men in the District. _E. C. Yellowly, chief of the general pronibition agents, stated this morn- ing that Ruby, Packard and Fowler had been suspended yesterday, effec- tive today. Agents Not Notified. The agents themselves denied all these statements. They displayed their badges and credentials. - In the presence of half a dozen witnesses, Fowler said: _“There has been nobody suspended. ‘Ruby was surprised to HAGEN, SARAZEN TIED AT 18 HOLES Brilliant Match for Pro Golf Championship Even at Half-Way Mark. By the Associated Press. PELHAM MANOR, N. Y., September 29.—Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen were all even when they had played elghteen holes today in their thirty- six-hole final match for the P. G. A. championship. Hagen after losing the first hole, evened the match at the second and took the lead at the sixth. He lost and won & one-hole "lead several times after tf but Sarazen evened the match at. the eighteenth with & Dirdle 3. Their cards: Besstes 455 3454 3544643 3447553 Suragen Wins First. First hole, 494 yards, par 5.—Sarazen drove stralght down the fairway. Hagen, sliced to the rough, made & beautiful recovery to land just short of the green. Sarazen's brassle was on the edge of the green. Hagen's chip shot overran the cup, and Sara- zen’s third was six inches from t hole. Hagen missed his first puit. Sarazen, 4; Hagen, b. Second hole, 310 yards, par {—Sara- zen topped his drive, the ball rolling about 50 yards. Hagen's drive was Wwell down the -fairway. BSarazen's second avas behind. a-clump of trees and he pitched to. the green, Hagen was on with his second. Hagen's first putt was two feet from the hole, Sarazen was down in 5, Hagen in 4. 1 . Alniva hole, 524 yards, par 5.—Sara zen_ outdrove Hagen by 15 vards. Both were well over the troublesome ditch on_their brassie: Hlfe chipped twenty feet beyond the hole. Sarazen wds five feet away on his chip shot. Hagen took two putts for.a 5. Sara- zen rimmed the cup. Hole halved. All even. Hagen Misses Putt. Fourth hole, 154 yards, par 3.—Ha- gen's tee shot was.twenty feet from the pin, Sarazen’s about fogty feet away. Ha missed his approach utt by an Inch, and the hole was Baivea 1h par. All eve Fifth hole, 333 yards; par 4—Both had long drives, Hagen's about twenty. yards the best. Sara itched forty. Teet beyond the pin. gen had a r-lie, but made & better pitth'than razen. th were down in two putts fol 4s. All even. 3 Sixth hole, 385 yards; par 4—Their drives were:- about under the brow of a Bunkering: b Sarazen’, ued on Page 32, in Alcohol. “I've not been noti- he said. |learn the news. fied about it at all. They said in addition that they had |been in telephonic communication at an early hour this morning with A sistant Chief Kennedy, Yellowly's right-hand man, who told them they were not suspended. Last night they left Washington and went out of town officially to aid Revenue Agents Wheeler and King, who were trapped in a hotel at Leonardtown, Md., by bootleg sympathizers. Later they re- turned to Washington and were in communication with Capt. Sheetz of the fourth precinct, who told them of a reported operation of a still at 7th atreet ang, Merviand sy west. Regarding the “suspension” of the three agents who conducted the raid today, Commissioner Haynes said: “L'he med had not yet been informed of the suspension when the raid w: conducted. They were out of the city last night and were probably not in communication with the unit. The suspensions went through the regu- lar office routine and did not reac! these men before the raid took place. Harry Luckett, directly in charge of the local general agents, said to- day that he knew nothing about any suspensions. _“Nothing to_say.” he (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) NEW QUAKESSHAKE IAPANESE TS Vertical Shocks Level Build- ings, But No Casualties Are Reported. By the Associated Press. TOKI10, September 28.—An earth- quake Wednesday at Mishima, about sixty miles south and west of here, destroyed several buildings. No casualties have been reported. Mish- ima is a city of about 11,000 people, located in Izu province. OSAKA, September 29.—A severe vertical earthquake occurred here and at Kobe at 5 o'clock this morning. No damage is reported. Tokio and Magoya were not affected. FLIES INFEST YOKOHAMA. Tnsect Pests Add Greatly to Suf- fering of People. By the Associated Press, TOKIO, September 28.—In addition to the numerous other discomforts which have followed in the wake of the great earthquake, Yokohama has been invaded by hosts of flies which are making life there next to unbear- able. There are few habitible buildings left in Yokohama, and those victims of the earthquake who are remaining are subjected to the greatest incon- venience. Living in shacks and tents the sufferers have no way of counter- acting the. plague of fiies, and the | insect pests are danger. g The American relief agencies have established a buttet jn Yokohuma for those who are forced to visit the city on business, and, at the suggestion of the American embassy, the Im- periai Hotel of Tokio has established a Yokohama annex. The restoration board of the capi- tal has. placed through Japanese firms large orders for American tim- ber to be used in reconstructing the devastated area. Wrecked private buildings are being razed by their owners, and the government is dyna- miting & number of public structures, including the finance, communications and police department. Several earth tremors have occurred becoming a real during the past twenty-four hours, a trom the Carnegie public library. The ik number being quite severe.- Little damage was done, however, although a-great' many of the standing build- ings swayed uncomfortably. The cen- ter of one of the recent shocks was in Yokohama. ~ It lasted one minute. Another of long duration occurred yesterday. Prof. ematsu Okada, director of the central meteoroligical observ. tory, stated that the recent tremo: Wwere Bequels to the disastrous earth juake, and that there no danger m_them. The earth shocks, he said, gradusll; efe subsiding. ' CLASHIS RENEWED Secretary Denies Controller General’s Right to Pass on Promotions. The truce between Secretary Denby and Controller General McCarl, pend- as to McCarl's authority to interfere in the fiscal operation of the Navy, was terminated formally today. Mr. Denby notified the controller general that the Navy would not con- cede he had anything to do with pass- ing upon the eligibility of an officer for promotion, and advised naval dis- bursing officers they would be protect- ed by the department “in the event :$he eontrolier general should csrry oyt his threat” to disallow payments au- thorized by the department. The new element was introduced in the long-standing controversy attér the controller general had advised Mr. Denby that the general account- ing office had under consideration the case of a man recommended for pro- motion and asked for data to sub- stantiate the eligibility of the ap- Ppointee. Jurisdiction Denied. “In reply,” the departmental letter to naval officers said, “the control- ler general has been advised that the eligibility of Mr. for appoint- ment is not a question under the jurisdiction of the general account- ing office and, in effect, that any deci- sion he might render would be gXtra-official and without legal ef- ect.” The communication to disbursing officers dealt with a case which had arisen at Philadelphia when Mr. Mc- Carl ruled that certain payments to retired petty officers were unauthor- ized and ordered their recovery. BIVE LLOYD GEORGE STIRRING FAREWELL By the Associated Pre: LONDON, September 29.—An Im- pressive farewell was given to David Lloyd George today as he left London i for a six-week tour of Canada and the | United States. A large crowd of admirers and for- mer cabinet associates assembled at the Waterloo station and cheered him with a spontaniety and enthusiasm reminiscent of the days of his pre- miership. His compartment in the train was decorated with flowers, while Mrs. Lloyd George and daughter Megan were overwhelmed ‘with bou- quets, candy and fruit. Presents Striking Figure. With his long, patriarchal white hair, his bright lavender ulster that reached to the ground, and his wea- ther-beaten bowler hat, the former premier presented a striking figure as he was escorted to the train by Sir William Sutherland and the others who will accompany him to America. ing a decision by the Attorney General as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 92,270 TWO CENTS. REV. DR, FREENAN ‘attend a consecration “Look after the old country while | 'm gone!” admonished Mr. Lloyd |George as "he ' dcknowledged the jcheers of his friends. | Dr. Thomas J. McNamara, once u imember of the Lloyd George cabinet, spoke to the former prime minister {in Welsh, whereupon Mr. Lloyd George | jokingly ' remarked, “My colleague {doesn’t know Welsh very well.” As the train pulled out the crowd san | “For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and)| the former premier stcod in the win- dow of his compartment bowing and waving his farewell. FAMED PAINTING STOLEN - FROM PUBLIC LIBRARY i I FORT WORTH, Tex., September 29. |—A famous painting by Julian Luna, which won first prize at the Paris art | exhibition in 1897, has been stolen picture, a copy of a portion of the fresco, “The Dispute of the Scrip- tures,” by Raphael, which adorns a wall of the Vatican in Rome, is the property of John E. Enfie:d. ol opera- tor in Mexico. It was loaned to the library in 1821. Mr. Enfleld recently sought to obtain the picture and was told it had been given to a man who said he was an agent of Mr. Enfleld. Through his attorneys, Mr. Enfield yesterday filed a request for the re- torn af the picture or damag 410,000, 3 t (co.nunu_c_-d.on_m t.‘&l“'fl' 35_‘ . BECOMES BISHOP IN'SOLEMN RITES Impressive Ceremonies Mark Consecration as Third Head of This Diocese. BRILLIANT GATHERING WITNESSES ELEVATION Dignitaries From Many Parts of World Present—Taft, Pershing and Wilson in Church. Amid pompous solemnity Rev. Dr. James Edward Freeman was today consecrated third Potestant Episcopal Bishop of Washington in the Church of the Epiphany, G street between 13th and 14th streets. Surrounded by a brilliant gathering of church dignitaries and laymen and women from many parts of the world, Dr. Freeman quietly -promised “con- formity and obedience to the doctrine, discipline and worship of the Protes- ant Episcopal Church in the United States of America,” donned his epls- copal habit and formally became head of this diocese. . The bishops of six states, one suf- fragan'bishop and a score of clergy- men high “in®the offices of the Epis- copal Church either personally at- tended Dr,, Freeman or occupled places in the chancel during the con- scoration service. It was the great- est gathering of churchmen ever to in_this city, and numbered among the clergy were scveral from foreign countries. Thousands Wait Outside. In the congregation were men and women prominent throughout the country. Among them were Chief Jus- tice Taft and Gen. Pershing. The church was packed to its capacity, admission necessarily having been limitéd to those holding cards be- cause of the thousands who applied for seats even after every avallable inch of epace. had been allotted. The consecration service was quiet- 1y impressive. Dr. Freeman, the can- didate, was escorted.from the church offices’into the church by a processisn of 600, headed by a vested- crucifer bearing the Sinal cross. ‘Immediately followed the’ church choir, the mar- shal, three altar .boys‘carrying the orders for the holy communion. Students in Proeessional. Next came the 'students of the Vig- sints Theslagieal i3 i lay delds Bates to the dloce: comwention, lay members of m-r..fina eountil, lay readers, tha, of 186 Chyrch of the Epiphany thers, St. Andrewh Chureh in Yonkers, N. Y. and St Mark's Ciurch in Minneapélis, all of which Dr. Freeman o¢nce derved as rector. Behind them marched the vest of the clergy. The second division was headed by the American ~ flag, behind which walked the visiting clergy in order of their ordination, the faculty of the Virginia Theological Seminary, the standing committee of Maryland—the mother diocese—and. the national council. Others in the .procession in- cluded ‘the diocesan clergy in the or- der of their ordination. the deputies of the provincial synod. the deputies to the general conventio: the mace bearer, the cathedral chapter, stand- ing committee of the diocese, the tes- timonialists. Follows Visiting Bishops. The ministers of the consecration marched last, headed by a cruficer. Dr. Freeman walked directly behind the visiting bishops. He was at- tended by his presbyters, Rev. Dr. Henry R. Freeman, his brother. and Rev. Dr. Herbert Scott Smith. Behind him' came the presiding bishop and the consecrators. The consecrators Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, Bishop of Ten- nessee; Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, Bishop of Massachusetts, and Rt. Rev. -John ~Gardner Murray, bishop . of Maryland. Rt. Rev. William T. Man- ning, Bishop of New York, preached the sermon and Rt. Rev. Philip Cook, Bishop of Delaware, read the. litany. Immediately after Bishop Manning had concluded his sermon the service of consecration began. Bixhop-elect Presented. Assisted on either side by Rt. Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd, Bishop Suffragan of New York; and Rt. Rev. Nathaniel S. Thomas, Bishop "of Wyoming, Dr. Freéman, vested with his rochet, was escorted to the presiding bishop, Ad- dressing the presiding churchman, the presenters said: “Reverend father in God, we pre- sent unto you this godly 'and well learned man to be ordained and con- secrated bishop.” 4 Testimonials having been demanded they were presented, the certificate of election by former Senator Blair Lee; the canonical testimonial, by Dr. A, R. Shands; the certificate of ordina tions, by Rev. Dr. George F. Nelson; the consents of the standing commit- tees, by Rev. Dr. George F. Dudley, and the consents of the bishops by Rt. Rev. Willlam _Cabell Brown, Biahop of Virginia. Immediately- fol- lowing, Dr. Freeman made the prom- ise of conformity to the doctrine. dis- cipline and worship of the church in the following language: “In the name of God, amen;: L James Edward PFreeman, chosen bishop of the Protestant Eplscopal Church, in the diocese of Washington, do' prom- ise conformity and obedience to the doctrine, discipline and worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. 8o help me God, through Jesus Christ.” Turn to Prayer. Rising, the presiding bishop then said: “Brethren, -it 18 written in the gospel of St. Luke that our Savior Christ continued the whole night in prayer before he chose and sent forth his twelve apostles. “It is written also that. the Roly apostles prayed before they ordained Matthias to be of the number of the twelve. Let us, theréfore, fullowlnx the example of our Savior Christ an His apostles, offer up our prayers to ‘Almighty God before we admit and send forth this person presented’ unto us to the work whereunto we trust the Holy Ghost hath called him.” € Turning to the bishop-elect, who n_stood before him, the presiding bishop saf “Broth#r, for as much as the holy. Scripture and the ancient canons command that we should not be hasty in laying on bands and ad- mitting any person to government. in the Church of Christ, which He hath purchased with no less price than the effusion of His own blood; beforé we admit you to this administration wé will examine you in certain article to the end that the congregation pre: ent_may have a:trial; and bear wits were Rt