Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1923, Page 2

PRENIERS SESSION VELED IN SECREEY Plain Speaking Reported Be- hind Closed Doors of British Imperial Parley. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, October 9.—The imperial conference discussed British foreign affairs for more than five hours yes- terday, in the lght of Forelgn Sec- retary Curzon’s recent statement, and at the end of the day decided to tell nothing of what had transpired at the sesslon. The resultant crop of rumors must: await verification until the end of the week, when, it 1s understood, a report will be issued. Publicity was withheld at the re- quest of the British government, ac- cording to the Daily Telegraph's dip- lomatic correspondent, who under- stands that the dominion premiers only consented to the maintenance of secrecy for a few days pending Lord Curzon's reply to_their criti- cisms and suggestions. If a general agreement on the publicity question has not been reached by Friday the premiers will use their own discre- tion as to what they will divulge, the writer add: Plain Spesking Reported. ‘The decision for secrecy, says the Daily Mail, was the cutcome of very plain speaking on the part of the premiers and other imperial spokes- men, more than one of whom came to London - with ‘the full intention of making strong representations to the government respecting its attitude in past montls. The newspaper says they made clear that they nowise ap- proved a purely negative policy, con- tending that the government should bring the reparations question to a head with as little delay as possible Prime Minister Baldwin has pone to Scotland for two days, and the gonference has adjourned until Thurs- ay. The Canadian premier, W. L. Mac- kenzie King, was one of the principal figures in the dizcnssion of British foreign policy. Whiie not touching specifi~ally on’ the Ruhr situation, it 18 understood he urged arbitration in the settlement of International ques- tions On the subject of relations of the dominions to the empire Premier King emphasized an _autonomous point of view, arruing that the peo- ples and the parfiaments of tre do- minions should be free In the expres- sion of their own views and that the representatives of the dominions in London were primarily responsible for their own .parliaments. Relations With U. S. He made special reference to the amicable relations between Canada and the United States, calling atten- tion to what had been done by the International waterways commission He made reference also to the halibut fisheries treaty and asserted that the Canadian government had negotiated directly with the United States in that matter, because it was primarily a Canadian question, other parts of the empire being affected only inci- dental Of official _information Premler King's argument there is none and \in view of the conference discussion Mr. King himself declined tc supplement the official communica- tion, which merely made public namies of the speakers, and s “The conference came to a unanimous decision that the whole of today's proceedings should be considered as strictly confidential.” Gen. Smuts, premier of the Union of South Africa, was another speaker. He is said to have expressed himself warmly in his criticisms. He is re- ported to have said that the British government had not been sufficiently definite in its attitude toward the league of nations, contending that the varlous difficulties which have arisen should have been refersed at the out- set to the league. BELLEAU CONDITIONS BLAMED ON HASTE Cemetery Looks Disagreeable Be- cause of Removing Bodi Report States. regarding By the Assoclated Press. PARIS. Oztober 9.—Brig. Gen. Cor- nelius Vanderbilt and Martin W. Littleton, who have been condurting an Investigation into the conditions at the Belleau Wood cemetery, where many American soldiers are buried, have made public thelr findings. “We found,” said their statement, “that, due to the removal within the past few months of 1500 bodies, it me necessary to remove and con- zentrate the location of those remain. ing. This necessitated laying out the cemetery on entirely different lines, ‘which was.done with great haste, but the requiréd work of reconstruction. road building and dralnage, while re- maining unfinished, makes the ceme- tery only partially accessible, and in its torn-up condition it presents a dis- agreeable aspect.” The investigators say the work of reconstructing was let to subcon tractors without time 1imit, and co sequently there is no means of say- ing when the work will be completed. Concerning the collection of money at the cemetery gate for the “Be leau Wood Memorial Association, the report says 200,000 francs have been collected and deposited with the Bankers' Trust Company. Visf tors to the cemetery are not Impor- tuned to contribute, there being mere- 1y a sign above the register to the :gs'c! that “contributions are accept- Nothing reprehensible or wrong has occurred in connection with this method of collection, it is said. The ?urpola Lor which the money is col- ected and the motives of all those onslred In the enterprise are lofty and deserving of praise, but the re- port conclude: s “Receipt of money by an official of the government to be administered ry -I \mllmuryI assoclation is open 0 misconstruction and criticism, and should ,be discontinued. MILITARY COURT TO TRY CAPT. GWYNNE NAMED Brig. Gen. John W. Joyes to Pre-| side at Hearing on Mal-, practice Charge. The military court that is to try Samuel C. Gwynne on charges of Famipraciice ETowIng out of the fron ment of Private Guy Pendleton whil he was a_patient at the post hospital at Fort Eustice, Va., was appointed by_the War Department today, Dflg Gen. John W. Joyes will be president of the court, which will consist of fifteen officers ranking as op!: or highe # Gwynne was post surgeon * under_Maj. George W. Cook at the \time Pendleton was a patient in the hospital. It is charged that the sol- dler r'rm'v:‘a ::2 uroh‘ s attention that ssary to amputate both of his legs after he been ' ‘alter. Hospltal. 'ound ‘“llg Begin Excavating For Remains of | Georgia Founder! By the Associated Press, CRANHAM, England, October 9. —Excavations under the chancel of the Church of All Saints here for the recovery of the bodies of . Gen. James E. Oglethorpe and his wite were begun today. Laborers. directed by Dr. Thorn- well Jacobs, president of Ogle- thorpe University, who seeks to have the remains reinterred in Georgia, and the Rev. Leslie Wright, rector of the church, broke thyough the concrete fuoring with crowbars and sledge hammers similar to those used (n perforai ing the tomb of Phara™ Tutankh- amen, at Luxor. The workmen encountersl heavy layers of stone and mortar, and it is expected that two or three days must elapse before the bod- ies ean be reached. RADICAL EDITOR (USTEDBYALFOFL Tremendous Majority for Ex- pu'sion Shows Strength of Conservative Wing. | | By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Ore., October 9.—The American Federation of Labor in an- nual convent'on here resumed today with Uelegates knowing exactly the strength of the conservative element, hecause of the developments late yesterday when it came to grips with the radicals. The latter was routed in the un- soating of William E. Dunne of Butte, Mont., for communistic activities. by the vote of 27838 yos to 130 no. When the “one big union" proposal for amalgamation of unions came up there was not @ favorable vote for tris pet measure of the radical wing Another of a controve al nature, participation of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor in politics, remained among matters to be uis- poscd of when the convention re- as embied today. The resolutions committee was heduled to_ report yesterday aft nus.ction of the report of the edu- :ation committee, but, after the read- ng of the latter commiltee’s report | mouncing the Federated Press. a | ion for tr'bution Communist prop: < tion for the unseating of Dunne was introduced, and that started a flood | of oratory i upied the con- vention unt T.e re) of th mittee, incluling denune wu Klux Klan and the fa ment, yroved befére adjourn- ment’ last night. DAVIS SENDS MESSAGE. sue tion of the Congratulates Labor for Conserva- tive Stand. By thie Assoclated Press. POXTLAND, Ore., October 9.—Con- gratul tions to the Amcricun Felie Ton of Labor on the atticudé of or- | sanized lubor against *new political | ‘eliefs and nostrums,” and expres- sions of hope that it would continue )n the same safe and sane roxd were nt In a_telegram to the convention | rere by Secretary of Labor James J. v s. The world is alive with new heories. new political and economic | nostrums which may misiead the un- wary with their glitter,” said Secre- tary Davis. “In Europe nations have come close to ruin through these | theorles. In one great European na- tion a mere handful of men controls the destinies of one of the greatest nopulations numerically In the world. | Two.other countries are under a H lute dictatorship, and a third is fast | approaching the same condition. In | these nations economic conditions are n a ch-os, millions of men are walk- ing the street seeking employment, | and those who are able to find work ire recompensed by a mere subsist- ence wage. “It is to the eternal credit of the American trade union movement that the false notions of the old world have been unable to obtain a foothold in this | country. Here the working man is in demand. jobs are plentiful and wages are at the peak. Here. too, labor has its full share in government. “The devastating evil of child labor | must be eliminated from American industry. The million children who, toil must be freed from the grasp of the taskmasters. American labor must no longer compate with Ameri- can childhood, More and more are we coming to a realization of the mu- tuality of interests between the men who manage Industry and the men whose labor makes industry possible. | “We must do all we ‘can to foster | the principle of mediation and con- | clliation tn industrial disputes, sub-| stituting the settlement of the coun- cil table for the settlement by force.” GRADE CROSSING END URGED BY TRADE BODY Merger of Street Railways Is Also Recommended—Commit- tees Named. Abolition of rallroad grade cross- ings on all main iines in the District of Columbia was strongly urged at a mecting of the public _utilities com- | mittee of the Washington Board of Trade in the board's rooms, in The | Star bullding, yesterday afternoon. Jesse C. Adkins is chairman of this committee. This action was taken as a result of the accident at Lamond yesterday, but, It was pointed out, was prin- clipally a reiteration of a stand taken ‘ by the board Itself many years ago, and for which it has been working for some time, The merger of the two Washing- ton street rallway companies aiso was urged. The following subcommittees were named: ¥ Street rallroads, “ bus lines and taxes—Howard Moran, chairman; F. L. Averill, F. D. Allen, 8. R. Bowen, D. 8. Carr, W. G. Gardner, Charies Morrill, G. O. Walson and G. R. Weitzell. Steam railroads—C. P. Hill, chair- max; W. W. Bowle, D. M. Fisher, C. N. Joyce, Robert Marshall, E. S. Linz, T. P. Morgan, sr.; V. B. Strauv and E. G. Walker. ~ Gas and’ electric lights—M. O. Chance, chairman; W. M. Balderston, C. P. Carpenter, P. V. Keyser, M. O. Leighton, O. 8. Metgerott, J. Trimble and E. M. Tyler. Telephones—W. W. Ross, chairman; R. P. Barnard, H. M. Castens, C. T. Clagett, D. M. Earll, W, G. Hendaer: son, J. H. Oehmann and B. D. Pettus. MEXICO LURES FARMERS. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., October 9.— In accordance with a proclamation by President Obregon, all Mexicans de- siring to devote their time to farm- ing will be given from 250 to 500 acres of land in Mexico, According to local Consul Ismael Magana, the decree is for the ex- pressed purpose of establishing a firm government on the agricuitural pos- sibilities of the country. The rheas- e R 2l v sible for. poor of Mexico to m l [isti move- |} |in THE EVENING WATER PRESSURE |4 MOVE I INDORSED Piney Branch Citizens Give Delegates Instructions to Aid Fire Fight. Approval of a high-pressure water system for the District of Columbia j was expressed in a resolution adopted by the Piney Branch Citizens’ Asso- ciation at a meeting in the Towa Ave- nue M. E. Church last night. Edgar B. Henderson and George A. Finch, delegates to the Federation of Citizens' Assoclations, were instruct- ed to take up the {ssue with that organization and urge it to do all in its power to have such & system tustalled, Conditions in the Traffic and Police cdurts were declared to be unsati: factor The courts are run on the ame basis now as they were in the year 1891, it was said. On this basis they dre unable to handle cases com- ing before them as fast as they shouid be hand od, It was declarcd. - resolution, introduced by Mr. on iaw and order mi\e a study of recommendations made by the Dis- trict attorneys and the chief of police that a new traflic court be created. | An increase of $300 in the salarie of jiremen ace of the banus, which wili be dis- ntinued July 1, 1924, was advocated in & resolution. Ask Carcfare Change. The motorization of the fire depart- m-nt throughout the District and the tng of turee street car tokens for cents were also Indorsed. S Pabst criticized thy lghting of upper 16th street, declaring: “In= stead of being a thorcughfare to be proud of, it is an alley of darkness.” Conrad H. Syme, former corporation counsel of the District, made an ad- dress on the Constitution of the United States. Patriotic_sengs were sung by pupils of the West Public 0ol. under the direction of Miss lanche Pettison, principal, STOKES WITNESS ADMITS PERIURY (Continued from First Page.) jumped to his feet and said: that you commit Mr. Ui nd policemen to take the ! | | Sto 1 mytr Justice Mahoney Insisted that both vs proceed with the trial. first_witness yesterday of the new N E - saw Mrs. Stokes. then Miss Helen Elwood. in 1904, in lunceton, Mo., in company with Wal- > and a Clarence MecCormick. he corroborated by Miss Cath- erine Kramer o Bunceton, who added { Mrs. Stokes was a guest at the ne of Wallace. Undor cross-cxamination Miss Kra- mer admitted che came to testify principlly because of a desire to sce ork. Max D. Steuer, counsel for Stokes, erted in his opening nddress that e would prove Mrs. Stokes visited the “private rendezious” maintained apartment by Weilace and some officials of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company for the purpose of staging “parties” There was a quar- rel, he sald, over a woman, after which Wallace moved to the apart- ment in which lirs. Miller testified she saw Mrs, Stokes. PLAN MORE INDICTMENTS. By the Associated Presw. | CHICAGO, Octobér While divorce sction of W. D. Stokes inst He en Elwood Stokes was be- heard In New York the Cook county grand jury here, which re- urned Indictment’ charzing conspir- y azainst Stokes and six others last week, beard further evidence in con- nection with Mrs. Stokes' charges that her husband and his agents had con- | spired to injure her reputation. 1 Charles Wharton, assistanf state's | rney, who had chéirge of the Inve: tion ‘which resuited in the indict- the | {ments against Stokes and his allezed | the recital by Capt. W. G. Roper. agents_said that further indictments | might be expected. Four negroes who | were indicted with Stokes appeared In | court and furnished bail in the sum of | $5,000 each. Stokes, Daniel Nugent, | his New York counsel, and Mrs. Hattle ! Johns his housekeeper, appeared here Saturday night and gave bonds, returning immediately to New York. Invited to New York. Mrs. Miller sald she had come to New York two weeks ago alone, but at the request of a Mrs. Phillips and yers. She also said she talked with r. Stokes concerning the case over the telephone three or four times. Mr. Untermyer referred to the grand jury inquiry in Chicago as a re-. sult of which Stokes, Nugent and five others were Indicted for con- spiracy, and asked the witness If she {did not know that inquiry was going on. The witness said she knew of it. “And you knew the process servers were seeking you to testify- in that proceeding?” asked Mr. Untermyer. She replied she knew she was wanted, and, In response to other questions, sald she had been away from her home for two weeks, ato; ping at various places to keep the officers from serving her. “I.got a check for $100,” she sald. when asked what she got for coming to New York. ¥ “When you came to New York, 'was it not to keep out of the way of those Chicago officers, so they could not serve you?” she was asked. “That was partly the reason,” she answered. LAUREL ENTRIES ‘WEDNESDAY. 4 FIRST RACE—Purse, $1,300; two.year- ol five and onme-half 'n‘l’fl‘l. L. Monder ... su & é;'l Ransom. W:I%:I!I.ll;. o lar - Dancing Foél, Bontaud Carlten ... Moon Star. SECOND RACE—S 3 foumyearoids 458 ap; oo tien W00 !)(hu-nl. cubo T1p. The Trout. Rempage Nonus ... “oyewch Benheather §Pirate Gold. Romana .. 3. 8. Cosden entry, . A. Buchanan and Ross antry. Greentree stable eatry. ‘THIRD 1,300 througenr-ol 4md pr ik Turtsnges o83 for 108 108 101 8 ocose. Rhinegoid SCharifon . FOURTH RACF—The Basdica; gy M B g furloags. Strut Miss Lissie 112 J mson 105 Gockney _c..o.... 118 Gol. reat. : A tThree pounds claimed for rider. FIFTH RACE—The = Quantice handi $2,000; for thresyear-olds and up; ene and & ferlong. Shuffle Along. Damask « 1 RACE—Purse, $1,600; claiming ey et B g R oo 3 . for iz %, TLedy Myra. X 3 ve. 100 H RA( ; " Erank ich, requested that the comimitteey STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . Americans ppeals to Pri_jd; of To Curb Bootlegging Activities Mrs.Willebrandt Declares U.S.Has Never Started Anything It Couldn’t Finish. " Would End Foreien Ridicule. Bpecinl Dispaten to The Star. | must ‘be stopped. If we can reduce PHILADELPHIA, Pa., October 9.— | th® bootlezger to his proper level we paying a tribute to Willebrandt. said it was at her dircction his men uncovered a boot- legging gang in annah and ‘o cleaned up that ety that it is im- possible to purchase a quart whisky thore, Would Have U. S. Own Liquor. He, too, expressed the opinion that +the prohibition forces are not prop- erly oreanized to cope with the in- trenched bootleger. My idea of solv the problem is thorough reorzanation of the profilition forces” ho said. “In the first pl.ce I would have th govern- ment own every drop of legal liquor. The government hould bottle it number it and store it in warehouses hich would not ba robbed every day 1 would then divide the forces Yinto three units. First would come to sce that lesal liquor 1ibuted for legal purposes ‘strictly in accordance with the law. have, - pecial’ agents Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, as- | Will have done a great lot. sistant United States attorney gen- “"A"'*"" to American "r'"l-l- i1 e represents a greater evil than ;::’“ "t"m"("“‘ ‘“""“”:" before the | ye imagine in our casual considera- m uture of enforcement re- | tion of the problem he represents. A% lating to operations of wealthy boot.vl .-.;mnhl«; nm';::us ;:rpnuu; wealth in hiriasestiy short time than you could amass in Ege | years by honest effort. He pays no Her territory in her role of enforcer | taxes, aithourh legitimate business is of the prohibitory laws is the natlon. taxed to the breakirg point. She is the force back of the army of | ‘Bu! aside from this. the complacent {men who guard more than 2.000 miles | [2,5rahes of the pedd}.r af contra- of meacoast and the international!mant o lnughing stock befor the boundary lines north and south. Un- ] ;\;{ol:-ldi Europle ln"\\'mchmg our great der her eyes pass the reports of graft, eriment. tell you I am unwill- ing that England or any other for- smuggling, coerclon and murder, and | 15, (%51 nsland or any other for l-lu meh o\‘vll attendant upon flllcll,:;lymz Ameriea has started somethin quor business. |she can't finish, With Mrs. Willebrandt was Wil. | “In handling the bootlezging prob- Ham J. Burns, head of the bureau of | lem” Mrs Willcbrandt said, "the fed {nvestigation of the Department of,¢ral government could not play the Justice. They collaborated in consid- | Tole of policeman for the nation, ering all phases of the liquor prob-; “The government, however, can an lems. Mrs. Willebrandt talked of 'Shoud siop th: -ources of supply. That aw enforcement. Mr, Burfs discuss- involves ver the od the work of the enforcing agencies Dermit noubEnined Internal of the government. irevenue azents should supervis Dlames Buyers' Attitude. [oscaibution o2 tlause by inhy “Can bootlogsing be siopped?” Mrs. ' por ti® Of liquor on llouor Willebrandt asked, ~“No,” was her irial alcohol and the production of answer, speaking in the sense that cereal beveragpe no law ‘ever has stopped all violation. 3 “But bootlegging w.il shortly move Urges Blow at Big Denlers. out of our. best families.” That was| “The federal government should then the point she emphasized chiefly. o in rarnest aftor the big bootles. With emphatic notes ehe pressed gers; the rinsleaders, loasing the 1it- home the real solut'on of the greattle fellows to the state. I do not national problem,” the relegation of ,mean the fedcral government should the bootlegger to the environs of the | ever refuse to co-operate. but where underworld, - where he properly be-ga state has a law and instead of e fongs Yeite humte 2nd shunned &g foreing it prefers it to rof in poit o greatest enem: me: n-{or police corruption. the federal go stitutions.” There are two evils contributing to the growth and continuance of boot- iegging, in Mrs. Willebrandt's opinion. The fitst is the vamnglorious desire of the averige American, who would not buy stolen goods from a “fence” or “peddler,” to impress upon the neigh- bors that he or she can afford to buy | liguor in these arld days. Hits Political Appointees. The other Js the insensate desire of professional politicians to bring about the appointment of prohibition offi- clals. As Mrs. Willebrand: puts it 0 one who I8 to Investigate liquor violations has any right to be recommended for appo‘ntment by any ative or senator. Polltics o more place in this matter than religion.” want to say to you" said Mrs, Willebrandt In opening her addres “that the question Is.not, can boot- legging be stopped? but that it must be stopped. The theme of my faith is. whatever the olstacles, the United tates has never undertaken anything who would co- it dia not carry through. I shall not ope pectors, and, last- consider merits or demerits of the ly, 1 would have a corps of Special law and the prohibition policy. Ishall under-cover men. only say the opponents of the eizht-| “If a crook doesn't know how he eenth amendment have given such aid was caught he has nervous prostra- and comfort to the lilicit peddler of tion until some ene tells him. If intoxicants he has, grown to be a so- | the under-cover men were operating cial menace, who through his opera- | you would have every hootlegger tions can amass a fortune, buy his ! Suspicious of his neighbor, as is the way into the best class and social cir- | case today in Savann:h, where no cles and thus promote his trade. This one dares sell liquor. DESTROYERS’ WRECK |CO-OPERATIVE WHEAT INQUIRY NEAR END| MARKETING PLANNED Conclusion of Government’s Testi-|Chicago Conference Adopts Meth- mony Expected Today—Abstract ods Successful in Cotton and of Recent Evidence. Tobacco Farming. By the Asoclated Press. - SAN DIEGO, Calif, October 9.— Testimony for the government in the Honda destroyer disaster inquiry was expected to be concluded today with By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. October 9.—Lifting the wheat farmor from his present slough of financial difficulties and low prices to the level of the cotton and to- bacco growers by the same means that lifted thom—co-operative mar- keting on'a national scale—has been decided upon by representative co- operative amd agricultural leaders called Into <Confercnce as the best means of correcting the present na- tional situation in wheat. Immediate survey of the six prin- cipal wheat-grov, states with the view of workinz . hrough present facilities where they exist, and creat- ing them where they are not, was voted by the conference, which re- golved itself Into a permanent com- mittee and elected an executive com. mittee, with former Gov. Frank O. Lowden as chairman, to carry on the work. Robert W. Bingham of Louisville, a leader in the tobacco co-operative chief of destroyer division 32, of events leading up to the wreok of seven vessels of the eleventh de- stroyer squadron September 8 last. Capt. Roper's division was rearmost of three which comprised the eleventh squadron on the night of the disaster. All of the vessels of the thirty-second escaped damage. but it has been brought out in the cross-examination of their commanders that the con- fusion they observed among ships at the head of the column was. as much as any other factor, responsible for their escape. Counsel for dofendant officers who lost their ships after having, ‘according to previous testi- mony, “attached little weight” to radio compass bearings from Polnt Arguello warning them they were off one | Tocted of Daniel Nugent, one of Stokes hw-l their course, having sought to show that ships of the thirty-second . divi- slon would have suffered the fate of the rest if they had mot been In the rear of the squadron. marketing movement and present chairman of the National Council of Farmers' Co-operative Marketing As- sociations, who called the conference, invited such co-operative leaders as i | commanding officer not (o follow. Lieut. Commander Leslie Bratton, Judge ldvc;culfi lel‘;fllesd lshl!S dl;"om- mander of the U. S. S. Stoddert,|change; Aaron Sapiro of New York thirteenth ship In line, he received [and San Francisco organizer ol“:he radlo compass bearings from Polnt| Burley Tobacco Growers' Co-operative Arguello indicating that his vessel | Association, and numerous other co- was, much farther In shore than he|operative groups; George C. Jewett, had suspected and apparently had|general manager of the Northwest not been making its estimated speed | Wheat Growers' Association, and others. of twenty knots. Eugene Meyer, jr. managing d He was plotting the change of |rector of the War Finance Corpora- course ordered by the flagship Delphy | tlon; Frank Mondell, another director, and /had just begun to follow the |and M. G. Yohe of the bureau of ag- other ships around when he gave the | rigultural economics, appointed by order to sheer out of column, he said. | President Coolidge to investigate the The apparent discrepancy In signals|wheat situation, sat in the conference was the governing factor, he said, in|and, following its conclusion, declared changing his course. There was no|they saw in. co-operative marketing suspicion in his mind, he ‘sald, that|the real solution in the. wheat prob- the column was steering Into danger. |lem and assured the committee of the Lieut. Hardy B. Page, navigator of | support of the administration. the U. 8. S. Paul Hamilton. twelfth! Surveying the situation wiil be tHe in the column. now assistant judge first work of the new executive com- advocate, said he had *misgivings as mittee, which numbers In its member- to the safety of the coursec and when ship, besides-Chairman Lowden, Mr. the column turned east advised his Bnln‘héam, Mr. Willlams, Senator Ar- ur Capper of Kunsas, W. C. Se Lieut. Commander G. N. Baker, com- of the Indiana Farm Bureau Fe%tetr(:f munication officer, testified the rudig tion, Mr. Jewett and Don Wallace, personnel of the eleventh squadron editor of the Farmer. Herman .Steen, was “very good. sociate editor of the Prairie Farmer, s been appointed execulive secre- GIVES BLOOD TO ANOTHER. |“™" . . VERMONT VOTERS TO FILL VACANCIES IN CONGRESS !Prlmary Today for Choosing Can- didates to Succeed Senator Dilling- ham and Bepresentative Dale. the Associated Press, 2 Carl Willlams of Oklahoma City, pres- ident of the Cotton Growers' Ex- Jailed Gunman Tries to Save Life of Fellow Prisoner. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., October 9.—Jesse Bunker, allas Murphy, alleged gun- man and hold-up man, was back In his cell at police headquarters after giving a pint of his blood on the|p, operating table In a valn effort to ' save the life of a fellow prisoner, John Ezewekowski, fatally wounded in a revolver fight with detectives|the speclal election on November | 4:30 o'ck $aturday night. ‘Bunker was one of four men cap- tured & week ago when detectives surprised them In an attempted hold- up of a saloon. Bunker, according to police; has confessed participation in more than 200 hold-ups in Detroit, and has been identified as one of the “Allendale Inn" bandits, wko, In their fiight from the inn, shot to death a motor policeman at Mogroe, Mich, _ATD FOR BLIND ASKED. - A call tl;‘r'vol(un(larlh:‘o assist in Braille work for those who were made blind during the war was issued to- day by the trict Chapter of the American Red Cross, wlaoh meets at the Disrict Chapter’s headquarters, 16 Jackson place northwest, tonight, at 8 o'clock. MONTPELIER, Vt., October 9.—The Yoters of Vermont went to the polls toddy to select party nominees for to choose successors to the late United States Senator Willlam P. Dil- lingham and to Representative Porter Dale of the second district, re- signed, both republicans There I8 no opposition to the nom- ination by the democrats of Park H. Pollard, & cousin of President Cool- idge, for senator, and of Burton E. Balley for congressman. | The candidates for:'the’ republican momination for senator are Repre- | sentative Dale, John W. Redmond, Stanley (. Wilson and Marshall Hap- clerical corps of the Dis-|good. For the republicap congres-| White House and u siona) nomination there are six can- didates: Brnest “W. Gibson, John 3 Orlando T. Martin, James : S n SOSMQ lfl‘mflmu Anpa iRy , TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1923. HAWAN TOFIGHT . FOR STATEHOD Organized Campaigr; “Plan- ‘ned; Declares Gov. Farring- ton, After Vislting‘ Coolidge. i An organized effort is to be made during the coming winter to bring about the admission of Hawail Into the Union. This was disclosed today by Gov. W. R. Farrington of Hawafi, fol- lowing a conference with the Presi- dent. Before coming to the White House the Hawaifin executive was in conference with Secretary of the In- terfor Work. Gov. Farrington pointed out that the islands are large contributors to the Treasury of the United States, and, furthermore{ that they assumed the status of a territory by the voluntary nnexation route, and were not re- auired by this nation, as in the cases {of the Philippines, Alaska or the Vir- gin_Islands. is an integral part of the nd is eager for recognition as such,” Gov. Farrington explained further. “The islands bear all the financlal burdens of states. Internal irevenue collections and other taxes amounted to $15,000.000 last vear, a sum greater in amount than was col- in some of the states of the Union. The population of the island s now 298,000, of which 120.000 are Japanese, but all the Japanese ~hily dren borif in the island are citizons.” Gov. Farrington asserted that his White House visit was more o= the purpose of making sure that the exe- cutive branch of the gove.nment is keeping posted with the activities of Hawaii and that it has knowledge »f the claim being ,made for state- hood. Others who saw the Presid:nt today were Representative Dickiuson cf Towa, who discussed the matter of patronage in his district; minister {0 this country from Finland, who called to pay his respects; M. Dou- as Flattery of New England, wao is interested in scientific research work: Senntor Adams from Colorado, who was ‘Hawaii Union of {aDpointed to succeed the late Seui-|i; a request from him for detalls of tor Nicholson, and Commissioner Roy A. Haynes of the prohibition office. STINNES” ULTIMATUM DEMANDS FULL POWER TO GOVERN SERMANY (Continued from First Page.) irawn up by himself and the chancel- or, in which the entire reichstag elegation of the industrialists’ party Jemanded the abolition of all restric- tions that would tend to hamper a seturn to peace-time production. Chancellor Stresemann’s failure to obtain the consent of the other coali- tion parties to this resolution precipi- tated the crisis, according to Herr Stinnes, who declares: “I hereby af- frm that all that the so-called Stinnes dictatorship’ aspired to meet with the complete concurrence of D; Stressemann and the entire peoples’ party as represented In the reichstag the forepart of last week. although it refused to become entangled In the subsequent fluctuation of opinionss and political confusion.” FRENCH SUSPICIOUS. Invaders Look Askance at Labor Situation in Ruhr. By the Associated Press DUESSELDORF, October 9.—Con- siderable suspicion concerning the purposes of the move was expressed in French circles today on receipt of roports that a large number of the prominent industries In the Ruhr had | decided to Increase the number of | working hours on the same scale of wages for their labor, while several others were reducing the working week, In some cases to thirty hours, with a proportionate decrease in wages. The French say that the in- crease in working hours 'is a viola- tion of both the German law and the Versailles treaty, the latter stipu- lating_a strict observance of the eight-hour day by all the signatory powers. The decision to increase the work- ing hours thus far is only affecting the miners in Gelsenkirchen, wher: the mining employers' association nounced a working day of eight an above ground, and in the Hamm dis- trict, where the mining companies de- cided to work their men nine hours below and twel for the same wages as formerly. Representatives of the mining unions met immediately and decided to instruct the miners to seport for their usual day's work and to leaye when their former number of hours steel works let 600 men go and the also requested the Beriin government to protect the eight-hour day. The Krupps and the Bichumer works are adopting the opposite method, announcing a thirty-hour week with a proportionate reduction in wages. A measure taken by other firms' 1s to lay off help. The Phoenix Steel works let 600 men go and the Mannesman works 500. From Yesterday’s 5:30 Edition of The Star. {BOILER EXPLODES IN SENATOR’S HOME Windows Shattered, Two Doors Blown Off and Wall Buckled " at Bayard’s Residence. Considerable excitement was caused at the home of Senator Thomas X Bayard, 1401 16th street northwest, when a steam boiler exploded; shat- tered several windows, blew out two doors and buckled & wall yesterday afternoon. . Although Mrs. Bayard and ner two children were in the house at the time, they escaped injury. The ex- tent of the damage was estimated at about $500. WILL ENTERTAIN GUESTS. Cmm.rtlo Chamber go Greet Har- risburg Visitors. special_committee on referen- aumrof ehe. Washington Chamber of Commerce, Willlam F, Ham, chairman, Will moete next Monday afternoon_at at the same place, to dis- cuss the referendum of the United States Chamber of Commerce on tox:- **Next Friday at 12:30 olclock the committee on conventlons, M. A. TLeese, chalrman, will meet to take up the matter inviting the N. tional Educational Association to hold Its convention here mext July. Offclals of uu"n-ocl-uon will be resent at that time. i he Harrisburg, APa., Chamber of Commerce, will Thursday morning, 370 strong, and will bring its own-band and police escort. The embers will be the guests of the {Fashington chamber on an autotmo. ¢ the city, a visit to the bile tour: o &nehe‘v:fihé“_ “Seymour e ington ::;‘;’mnr requests that members of the Washington chamber who have not notified him of their intention to attend the do so at onge. { NavyAir Triumph Laid to Double | . Camber Wings By the Associnted Press, g ST. LOUIS, October 9.—Com- | mander Marc A. Mitscher, U.S.N., | who was in charge of the Navy | entrants (n the Pulitzer speed event of the international air races bere last Saturday, credits double camber wings with having per- mitted the Navy flyers to attain the unpreccdented speed of more than four miles a minute. The double camber wings are convexed on both' sides, said tne commander, increasing the upper and lower lifting surfaces. It was this new departure in air- plane construction which permit- ted tre Navy planes to outstrip the Army planes, which were of the same pattern excepting the double camber feature, by as much as thirty miles an hour, he said. FEDERAL FUEL YARD ISSUE AGTATED Developments Expected Soon in Controversy Raised by Retail Coal Association. Developments in the government ‘uel yard controversy, in which local coal dealers, backed by the National Retail Coal “dssociation, are sceking abolishment of the yard, are expected the latter part of this week or early next week, when Secretary of the In- terior Work will have well under way | his investigation of the fuel yard. The case of the retail coal dealers will be presented to the Interior Sec- retary within 2 few days, In response the dealers’ claims that they will be able to reduce prices of coal in Wash- ington if the fuel yard is abolished. Secretary Calls for Detalls. Dr. Work has called on the bureau of mine- for full and complete de- talls of costs of running the busi- ness of the fucl yards and will com- pare these costs Wwith a memorandum i which the retail dealers are to pre- | sent to him shortly. The present Secretary of the Interior is entirely unacquainted, except in so far as his present investigations have gone, with the fuel yard proposition, al- though several unsuccessful attempis | have beecn made under previous ad- ministration- to abolish the yard Dr. Work has declared that he has an open mind on the entire proposal. He belicves, however he said, that e thor the entire body of federal em-, ployes should be privileged to re- | coive the lowered rates on coal of- | fered by the yard, or the yard should be abolished. If this were done, it is stated, the approximately 500 service officers who now buy from the yards would be forced to purchase their coal from private dealers in Washington, and the government departments and branches of the District government also would have to go elsewhere than the fuel yards for their supplies. Retail dezlers df Washington have made an offer to the Interior Depdrt- ment that they will contract to fur- nish coal to the departments and the District government at a price lower than it is now furnished by the fuel} yard> The case will be decided purely on its merits, Dr. Work has indicated. From Yesterday’s 5:30 Editfon of The Star. SEEK TO PREVENT | BULDING COLLAPSE To forestall the possibility of a future collapse of parts of the Navy building, due to settlement at the . | toundation, has called for Immediate | {00 years ago, and reports conditio a_ half hours below and ten hours|action on the part of the office of the | in that part of t superintendant of the State, War and Navy Department building, which is lve hours above ground |In charge of the maintenance of this| Europe. Becau building. It was announced yesterday by Col. C. ©O. Sherrill, superintendent of the State, War and Navy Department building, that he has given a contract to the Raymond Concrete Pile Company of and other parts of that section. holds California in old league of nations progi are doomed. dict able boom during the pa present, With and About CAPITAL’S GUESTS The league of nations, world court or any like International agreement between the United States and Europe is a dead iSsue in America today, and the political party fostering such a plank in the next campaign will g0 down to defeat, was the emphatie opinfon given by Arthur F. Mullen, lawyer, of Omaha, and national come mitteeman for Nebraska at the last democratic convention, who is stop= pPing at the Shorecham Hotel whilae attending to a case before the Su- preme Court. . “Until my recent trip abroad I was an ardent advocate of this country entering me kind of internationl agreement,” said the western from what I saw and lcarne there I am convinced a the United States ke any entangling allian the better off it will be. of Europe is like a smolderin cano, ready to beleh forth in a moment. The fac backed by a mighty armed to the teeth, England ing little but sawing wood, and ev. Ircland has 40,000 Free State soldiers under arms to keep p Keep out, 1 say, keep way out. “1 still think,” continued Mr. Mul- len, “that had this country entered the league of nations at first much of the present unrest in Europe ould have been averted. It is too late now, nowever, and the great mass of peo= ple in this country know i Asked 1f he thought either politl- cal party would push the issue, the Umaha man replicd: “Of course, .I don’t know what the republicans will do, but I will say that if President Coolidge advocates the entrance of this country into a worid court Hiram Johnson will sweep the entire far west, middle west and maybe a por- tion of the east. Senator Johnson is strong in our state, South Dakota He the palm of his hand, “What the democrats will do I know not, but If they adhere to the am_they McAdoo seems to be popular in our state and in Cali- fornia, but it is rather early to pre- the nomince.” Mr. Mullen ofer conditions most his home pessimistic in state, declaring that farmers were making a cry over high freight rates, low prices and poor crops. He said that Gov. Bryan had gained much povu- larity by his efforts to reduce the cost of coal and gasoiine. “We in the west feel that domestic issues will predominate in the coming cam- paign.” Lovers of the FI have no qualms ov tity production of their favorite this year, for according to X Roberts, bank advertiser of Lakeland, that state, never in thes history ot Polk county, the greatest citron pro- ducing ar in Florida, have such crops been forthcoming. “Florida ng_forward to a great year,” said Mr. Roberts, who stopping at the Hotel Hamilton. “Building in all sections has been of the record-breaking order, farmers are prosperousy the hotels are ban i a wonderful scason, 4 Our litt! town, of hich is just thirty has had a remark t two years The Lakelind man sald that while it is rather ear! to think about such matters, there was a strong liking in Florida for Henry Ford as the demo- cratic presidential nominee. “He and Senator Underwood are the outstand- ing favorites of Florida democrats at he added. To those unfamiliar with cotton production and the terrible destruc- tion caused by the boll weevil it might be interesting to learn that H. C. Sampson of the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation of Nyassaland, Central Africa, has journeyed all the way from that far-off land to con- sult with officials of the Agriculture Department on the best methods of eliminating the pest “The in-ect is somewhat differen in our section of the worll th over here” said the Ensl'shman, a he rocked in his chair at the New Willard Hotel, “but it is quite the same pest. 1 have just traveled t cotton_belt of the south and ha learned much about the industry take back with me to Nyassaland. Mr. Sampson was born In India a has_ been interested in cotton s'nce 1906. He went to Nyassaland, the Britsih protectorate, which is located between what used to be German and Portug: East Africa. about " orida orange need a dearth of quan- fruit miles from Ta he world as thrivin “Cotton, to coffee and sisal are our chief he sa'd “We do quito an export bu iness with of the presence of of horsefly. we cattle. and all There are the country. ind keen the tsetse, a are unable to labor ie done by hand. about 12,000 white men mostly Englishmen. ery now and then an Ameri tobacco _buyer shows up and brings us worl from your country. We never have frost, New York ty immediately make bor- | sowing is done in December, labor is ings along the front of the Navy building to determine the cause of the settlement. el According to the explanation made by Col. Sherrill, the settlement is occurring principally at the founda- tion base of the supporting column and although the settlement so tar has been slight and could probably g0 much farther before there would | be any damage, it was decided. as a precautionary measure. to lose no time in determining the cause and apply a remedy. “Practically the entire site of the Navy and Munitions,” Col. Sherril ex- plained, “Is reclaimed land, and con- sequently the piles supporting the buildings had to be driven through to dead rock. There has been con- siderable settlement on the first floor | at the rear end of some of the wings. This was to be expected, however, as these floors were laid directly on the ground. In no place other than the point at which the borings are to be ! made have the columns themselves | settled: to the slightest extent. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS | BROWN. CASE DECISION The United States Supreme Court yes- | terday dismissed the petition of Judge | Kathryn Sellers of the Juvenile Court of the District for a'writ of certiorari | to the Court of Appeals of the Dis-| triet of Columbia in the case of the| United States against Wilis Brown | appealing for a review of the action of the Court of Appeals on the con- tempt of court case in the Juvenile| Court. Yesterday’s action of the Su- reme Court upholds the decision of the &ourt of Appeals, which reverses the action of the Juvenild Court. Thel suit grew out of the publication in| a Washington newspaper commenting | upon & case pending in the Juvenile| Court. ACTRESS FOR SEX PARITY. Nazimova Joins Woman’s Party Equality Movement. DENVER, Col., October 9.—Mme. Alla_ Nazimova. actress, has joined, the National Woman's Party here as a founder and a member of the Act- ress' Council, it was announced by Anita Pollitzer, national secretary for the organization. ‘Mme. Nazimova criticized inequality of standards for men and women and declared. that despite the fact elght | republics of the world have.written {nto their constitutions that men and | ‘women 8! lll‘bla equal ll:'l.cr. the law such inequalities do ex ‘~1'ho goals for equal rights is not sex antagonism.” Mme. Nasimova con- | ‘meas a world where men eSO N eI whers men | taries. cheap and, all told, we manage to get along.” 4 Mr. Sampson is quite impresced with the immensity of America, and said words could not express his gratitude for the courteous manner in which he had been treated by officials_of the Agriculture Depart- ment, He will return to Africa next month. And, speaking of British rule, en- trance had hardly been made to the Hotel Raleigh when Dr. H. C. Menkel, an old resident of Takoma Park, was seen rushing through the lobby to catch a train for his home, where he Will spend a portion of his furlough, after sixtecn years’ work as a medical missionary in Indla. As a_medical superintendent of the Seventh-day Adventist sanitarium_in Sisla, the summer capital of Indin. Dr. Menkel has had as patients people of all classes, including government ofi- clals, native princes and other digni- He says the British have adopted fundamentals much the same ias those in America. particularly in the development of self-government. “As one reviews the history of India during the past ninety years, the period during which British influence as a governing body has developed,” sald the physician, “one is greatly im- | pressed with the evident increasing conviction on the part of British of- ficlals that to them has been com- mitted a_great trust—first, for the many and varied peoples with vastly conflicting interests living within the country of India, and, secondly, a trust for the world at large. “Whatever may be one's bent of po- litical thinking, he cannot help but acknowledge the great service Brit- ain has rendercd in maintaining peace among the 320,000,000 feudatory peo- ples inhabiting India. Ry the de- velopment of a very efficient railway system protecting the peasant so as to make his crops safe and insure to him the fruits of his labor, by en- forcing religious liberty to minorities. maintaining courts of real justice, and leading the people to the development of the natural resources of the coun= try and in establishing a splendid educational system and medical serv- fce, Britain has contributed greatly toward making a nation and creating a national consclousness among the varied peoples of India.” Dr, Menkel will devote a part of hig furlough to giving illustrated lec. tures In this country on the encour- aging development made in Indla un- der "British ruie. THE MIXER. SUES FOR $50,000 DAMAGES. orze M. Hess, formerly an auto- meite meotianis, claims he 1s crippled for life as the result of an automobi e accident, and has filed suit in the Dis- trict Supreme Court for $50,000 dam-, ages against Lilian M. Moorhead, owner of the automobile. The.accident occurred December 14 last in a garace in rear of 1732 K street morthwest. s Bell, Marshall & Rice repre