Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1923, Page 2

BOYS ADMIT SLAYING. Henry Gerling, eighty-six-year-old rectuse;-came 1o- his death in his cabin at Waterviiet, near here, has been solved by the alleged cofifessions of four youths, who, according to Sherift George C. Bridgman, say they killed Gerling March 31, 1921. The boys, who are being held, are: Alvin Keller, six- teen years old; Rhinehold Treichel, sixteen; Leon Long, fifteen, and How- 3 tou;zun.‘alliot Wuosl.lll'fi.n e reported confessions say was struck on the head, then bound and gagged. Robbery is given as the motive of the crime, but the boys are said to have admitted they were unable to dis- cover Gerling’s reputed hoard. BOLF LEAD TIED AT CHEVY CHASE Dunpiy and Tuckerman 235 at End of Third Round for Fifty-Four Holes. Trade Board Writes Con- it gress of Needs, Showing I'f 80-20 Burden on City. . That.only 20 per cent of the cost street improvements is pald by the federal government Is empha- ®ized as a salient .point in a letter Of appeal sent today to all members of the Senate and House by the Streets and avenues committee of the ‘Washington Board of Trade for more beral appropriations for thls pur- Rose this year. The letters were sent over the sig- Tature of George C. Shinn, chairman @f the eommittee, and they bring strongly to the front the fact that #treet improvements are not really Paid, for on the sixty-forty basis. In & table in the letter Mr. Shint points out that for each $1,000 Spent in street Improvements, the prop- erty owners pay one-half, or $500; tax- TRyers, 60 per cent of one-half, or $300, and the United States 40 per cent of one-half, or $200. Mr. Shinn also points out that the failure of Congress to be more lib- oral in the matter of street appro- priations is most costly to the tax- payers, because of numerous sults for damage as a result of Injuries to _persons and property caused by defective streets. Inspection Is Proposed. He asks each member to exert his energles toward better street im- provements and lays open the facili- ties of the board for acquainting the members with the facts, even to the extent of taking each and every one on a tour of the city streets, which are used by constituents of the con- _ @ressmen who come here. The letter follows: ‘“The commit- tee on streets and avenues of the Board of Trade re- ap v presents to you. of the legislators of the Dis Columbia, this appeal for more eral appropriations for street provements in our National Capital. “Reasons: 1. The National Capital should set an example to the cities of the Union in the matter of well _paved and well lighted thorough- fares. “2. Well lighted streets minimize the dangers of accidents, holdups, robberies and other mishaps. *3." Gaod paved strects enhance the pleasure of travel and are a dalignt to the thousands of your constitu- ents, a® well as other visitors, from Rome and abroad. “4. The growth and development of the District demand more arteries of safe and convenient ingress and egrei to and from the bordering state: “5. Besides the many branches of the executive, legisiative and judicfal departments of the government locat- ed in Washington, there are many public institutions of the United States located in nearby states. These institutions necessarily are daily in communication with various offices within the District of Columbia, and ®ood direct avenues of travel to and from the District mean quick service and less expense.” Justitutions Listed. Among such institutions may be mentioned the following: “Marine barracks, Quantico, Va.; naval proving grounds, Indlan Hea L3 Academy, Annapolis, Md. navy yard, Washington, D. C.; ex- erimental station (Navy), Belleview, C.; Foft Myer, Virginla; national cemetery, Arlington, Va.; Camp Meade, Maryland; Bolling Field, Washington, D. C.; Fort Washington, Maryland; Fort Humphreys, Virginia, and Fort Hunt, Virginia. 4."The “half million of your dis- s franchi, fellow citizens are entitled ito just treatment at the hands of thelr common council, the Congress of the United States. “Do you realize that for every dol- lar_expended on paving the streets of Washington, as distinguished from Chris J. Dunphy of Columbia, ama- teur champion of the District of Colym- bia, and Walter R. Tuckerman of Chevy Chase, a former holder of the title, were tled for the lead at the end of the third round in the championship being played at Chevy Chase today, with scores of 235 for the fifty-four holes played so far. The final round of eighteen holes is being played this afternoon. One stroke behind Dunphy begin- ning the morning round, Tuckerman trailed by three strokes at the end of the first nine holes. He came back in 36, however, against 39 for Dunphy, and finished all even with the Dis- trict champion. Dunphy took two shots to get out of a trap at the eleventh hole, and took a 6 on the seventeenth. 'Tuckerman was two strokes behind going to the seven- teenth, but he holed an 8-foot putt for 4 and gained the two strokes ack. t 1ib- im- MacKensie in Third Place. Roland R. MacKenzle, the youthful Columbia star, is in third place, with a total of 239, four strokes back of Dunphy and Tuckerman. He added & 79 to his total of 160 yesterday and, beginning the afternoon round, leads Samuel Dalzell, the Chevy Chase Club champlon, who is in fourth place, by three shots. Dalsell had the best card of the morning, shooting a score of 77 for a total of 242. Miller B. Stevinson of Columbia is fifth, with 243. He had 83 this morning, three strokes worse:than John F. Brawner of Columbia, who is in sixth place, with 244. R. C. McKimmie of Ban- nockburn and W. R. McCallum of Washington are tied for seventh place at 246. McKimmle had 80 this morning against 82 for McCallum. Albert R. MacKensfe, the middle A lantic champion, is ‘In eighth place, Wwith 247..- He had 84 this morning. CHRIS DUNPHY LEADING GOLF FIELD IN BATTLE FOR D. C. CHAMPIONSHIP Steady as the proverbial plock and brilliant when he needed to be, Chris J. Dunphy, the-District champion, led & fleld of ‘thirty-four starters in the first' half of the elghth annual com- petition for the District golf title at the Chevy Chase Club yesterday, with 6-hole card of 166, composed of & pair of 78s. One shot back of Dun- hy, chiefly by reason of a brilliant made yesterday afternoon, when he was not conceded a chance to catch the title-holder, came Walter R. Tuckerman, the Chevy Chase Club crack and a former holder of the ti- tle. Dunphy and Tuckerman are playing today and, notwithstanding the one-stroke handicap Dunphy has, it would not be at all surprising to county roads, ‘the property owners $¢e Tuckerman catch and pass the Co- affected by the improvements, pay lumbla orack, for Tuckerman is a one-half thereof? Of the other haif |Whirlwind at Chevy Chase when he expended, the taxpayers of the Dis- Bets the feel of the ball, trict pay sixty (60) per cent; ana| Three shots back of Tuckerman Uncle Sam, who makes his home here, | come Miler B. Stevinson and Roland and uses the streets for himself and |R. MacKenzie, the youthful star of the 110,000,000 of his family, pays|Columbia, who shot a 76 yesterday forty (40) per cent of one-half of the |MOFNINE to lead the fleld. "He took cost of sald’ Improvementss 84 In the afternoon. Stevinson had Rassaitiiaiton, rounds of 79 and 81. Albert R. Mac- Kenzie of Columbia, the middie At- ":irsdenry one thousand dollars ex- l‘l‘ntlc champlon, stands by himself at pended, while John F. Brawner of Colum- Property owners pay %........ $500 |bia'and W. R. McCallum of Washing- Taxpayers, 60 per cent of %.. 300 ton are tied at 164. The rest of th, United States, 40 per cent of % 200 |fleld Is strung out down to A. M. Por- & $1,000 ter of Columbia, who had two rounds 7. The District of Columbia, as a of 106 for a total of 212, e 3 ol Four Stand Out tn Play. unicl , may be sued for, and ad- | ° . dal pl - judged to pay for, damages for injuries | pen. but the u‘;ommym;‘ng':-:ymn:gy to persons and property growing out|Chase Club is not conducl Sfaccldents caused by defective streets. |ning up a big score on any one hole, The District has in the past pald out!and the chance of any one but Tuck. many shd“s-nda of dollars for such In-{erman, Stevinson and young MacKen- Jurles. T are clalms now pending |sie to catch Dunphy is slim. Roland O n" Sxumte, wnd. unl;u rellef is af-{and Stevinson are playing today, e followen more accidents will hap- | while Albert MacKenzie is playing pen—follow Y, payment of damages, | with J. F. Brawner and McCallum 10 say nothing of the loss of human life | wiery y BN e raining o any i oaman life B haay e mel DNISNIL © the evy Chase Club champion, whi our public highways, & score of 165 yesterday. uu‘;hfi - pleas P IS Posal our facllities for acquainting your. | Si*R0AST: th 1921 District champlon, self, first-hand, with exact condl of our streets and avenues. sno..m";‘;‘.: ::‘:;“::a:':n‘f:h‘;‘c'fl;: %’1’.; EeSin Weack . He wir B o teex the aity at sny time kivd- [ 8o committes ssking that b bo op vise the unders Niscphons Matn Ligersisned chairman, lowed to play 72 holes today, but. was " y we count on Jou to actively ex- {T°Se0 or ergles to hel, it et y's cards _follow: . J. Dunphy font L D the situs- | o e Te-Teisas - & % L ST e T B Tu?;:%?:‘ FOUR CONVICTS DOWNED | ivubia. IN U. S. PRISON FLIGHT " B Tumbia, §1 e Sash: Bullets and Clubs Subdue Men, Two of Whom Were Regarded as Dangérous, at Leavenworth. Bz the Asaociated Presn, JEAVENWORTH, Kans, October ‘ 13.—Four prisoners, two of them con- asidered dangerous, were shot and etubbed into submission when they at tempted to escape from the stone quarry at the United States disci- plinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth yesterday, ‘George Jackson of Patersonm, N. J, ed of murder, and Dan Simp- of Clinton, Ind, were shot through the hips and dangerously wflu‘:&. Samuel Tribe of W%odllnd, Pa., wss shot in the leg, Thomas Scullion of Iowa, who was convicted 4 by court-martial of killing four men and who at one time was sentenced to be shot, ‘was severely Deaten. men attempted to escape a $trey jumped up from the dinner table and headed for a heavily wooded sec- tion of the reservation. Guards open- a ‘fire when commands to halt were JTWELVE DIE IN MOSCOW . ~ AMMUNITION EXPLOSION v . . Dy the Awociated Press. ¢ L PaRacow, " Ootober 13—t Teast ewelve persons were killed and sev- eral score injufed by s terrific ex- ploslon today in a hunting goods on the lelhnl Prospekt, one “the gflmm streets of Moscow. Iwo byildings were shattered by shock and debris and exploding cartridge - belts were and among passersby. Above the mwembwm nd ., Colum! Train, Columbla, 95—84—1 {55, Hannockburs, 9497 olumbla, 106—106—212. Many Withdraw. Withdrew—G. E. Truett, Washi 90— 06—195; Aattingly, Columbis, B0; W, B, Peatte, "Bann G. P. Lynde, Wi ington, 80; 1t P. Dividion, Chievy Chase, . P. Orme, Columbla; G. B. James, 8083171 Oy Tuckerman's card of 74 follows: out. 444305445 3-38 In 4543444443861 In his morning round Tuckerman came within Your inches of an eagle two on the eighteenth hole. His ball hit the flagstaff and came to rest but four inches away. McCallum and A. R. Kensie were the only xlwl to secure birdie threes on the difficult seventeenth yesterday. In addition to being in second place in the District titular event at the close of vlay yesterday, Tuckerm led for the Chevy Chase Club titl which is being played in conjunetiol with the District champlonship. With his score of 157, Tuckerman led Bam- 11, the present champion, by DENBY ON CRUTCHES. NEW YORK, October 12.—Secretary of the Navy Denby, who is recovering at the Orthopedic Hospital from an operation on his right 1 the Achilles tendon of which had been severed, will be on crutches with his foot In & plaster cast for two month Mrs. Denby sald today. e T R n! A reported. He is expected to leave the hospital next week, g ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1923 CAPITAL TO FETE - LLOYD GEORGE Visit Is to Be Crowded With ! Dinners, Trips and Other Entertainments. The visit to Washington of David Lloyd George, former prime minister ©f Great Britain, October 25 to the 27th will be crowded with receptions and entertainments according to the Drogram announced today by a com- mittee of the Department of Labor, Mr. Lloyd George fs in the United States as a guest of Secretary James iJ. Davis of the department, The forenoon of Oétober 25 Mr. Lloyd George will arrfve at the Union station, where he will be met by J. Butler Wright, third stant sec- retary of state, and Henry G. Chilton, counselor of the British embassy. The party will drive from the statlon around the Capitol and Library, through the Mall, around the Smith- sonian Institution and Museum, to the hotel. After a few minutes Mr, Lloyd George' will visit Secretary Hughes 'and then President Coolldge. He will be a guest at luncheon at the White House. Will Visit Wilson and Tatt. From 3 to 4:30 oclock the former premier will call on Woodrow Wil- son and Chief Justice Taft, after Which the visitor, his wife and daugh- ter will visit Walter Reed Hospital. At 8 oclock that night Secretary of State Hughes will be host to the Welshman at ainner. In the forenoon of the following day, October 26, the party will drive to Arlington national cemetery and to Mount Vernon, visiting the Washing- ton Monument and Lincoln Memorial en route. After luncheon tendered by civic and trade organizations and the | Southern Society, Lloyd George will {call on officials of the War and Navy departments, while Mrs. Daviy s host- ¢ss at luncheen at the Wardman Park Hotel. The former statesman then will meet informally for a few mo- ments with the Welsh people of Bal- timore and Washington, probably at the Willard Hotel. At 4:30 oclock, Mrs. Lioyd George will be guest at tea of the University Women, Daugh- ters of the American Revolution and Federation of Womens Clubs, at the University Women's Club. Plans Trip to Gettysburx. That night Secretary of the Treas- {ury Mellon will give a dinner to the distinguished guest. October 27 Secretary of War Weeks will accompany the party on a motor trip to Gettysburg and return. At 7:30 p.m. Mr. Lloyd George will be dinner to be given by the s, Writers at the Hamilton Mr. Lioyd George's wite and dapgh- ter, Miss, Megan Lloyd George, will not be present on all visits and recep- tlons, The committee states that in the forenoon of the first day they probably will not desire ta visit the Department of State, but they may wish to be recelved by Presldent Coolldge. While Lloyd George is vis- iting former President Wilson and Chiet Justice Taft they will be re- ceived by Mrs. Coolldge. URGES “UNDERSTANDING."” Lloyd George Says None Would Fight U. 8.-British Unit. By the Assoclated Press. . NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario., October 12.—Lloyd ~George, former British premier, at a conference with news- paper correspondents yesterday, took occaslon to advoeate a British-Ameri- can‘ understanding which standing for a rational peace, he said, could have No country, he asserted, would stand against such a union, and it would be cuite unnecessary even to fire a gun. Without suck an understanding on the part of the two great English-speaking communities, he added, there would not be peace in the world. Asked a8 to ‘what form such an arrangements should take, he replied that the substance rather than the form was important, and that “you don’t need anything on paper.” DRY AGENT PROBE MAY SPREAD OUT Investigation of the charges of Com- missioner Oyster regarding irregulari- tles in the enforcement of prohibition in the District may Involve several agents | whose names have not yet been men- tioned publicly, it was learned today, at headquarters of the special intelli- gence. unit of the Internal revenue bureau, which is the investigating body. It was definitely learned also thata conference between the investigators and Commissioner of Internal Rev- enue Blair will be held either this afternoon or tomorrow morning, when, it is understood, the investi- gators will ask for advice relative to the continuance of the investigation. At this conference also, the case of Clark H. Packard, whose name was mentioned when charges were filed against Agents Ralph Ruby and George Fowler, will be taken into conglderation. Ruby and Fowler thus far h: n suspended from duty n the prohibition unit, but has only been relieved from official operations and remains on the ol pay roll. The investigation, it was learned has reached such a stage that a la; amount of work is in store for inv. tigators in running down the “leads’ lready uncovered. It is for this rea- son that & conference with Commis- sioner Blair is being sought—to learn whether this work ia regarded more Imw:mnt than the fleld work of the on 8. ames L. Asher, wholesale raider, who_startied Washington some time w! ixty-arrest ralding series, ‘was before the investigators for some time, making statements and aff- davits, it was learned today. He was brought here from Philadelphia, be- ocause’ his intimate association with the police co-operation in prohibition enforcement work was thought to be of practical value in glving informa- tion to the.investigators. _FIRE FATAL TO TWO. Father May Die From -Effort to Sive Wife and Child. CLEVELAND, Ohlo, October 12.— Mrs. Anna Sukenik and her four-year- old daughter Ruth, are dead and James Bukenik, husband and father, his body seared with burns, is bat- tiing for life in a hospital here to- day as the aftermath of a fire which burned their | home at Brunswick, Ohio, near here, to the ground ye: terday. were rescued by neighbors. fire. The father was prob- ly burned when he tried.to "-l-h the flames that enveloped His wite. Mrs. Sukenik is belleved to have used gasoline In starting the fire, mistaking it for kerosene, — ‘Wichita, Kan., is the largest broom rid -jcorn market in the world i Five other Sukenik children |® | bond Woman of New World Praised At Columbus Day Meeting Speeches at Conference of Pan-American Women’s Committee Lay Stress on Her Part in “Brotherhood.” The’immediate future holds an im- portant place for women in flelds of | activities bearing upon the advance- ment and preservation of comity among the nations of the western hemisphere, preminent speakers told the Columbus day conference of the United States section of the pan- American international women’s com- mittee, which was convened today in the Pan-American Union building. Simultaneously in the capitals of South and Central America the wom- en of fifteen other republics were convened in similar conférences, pre- pared to discuss means of perpetuat- Ing pedce In this hemisphere and holding up to the struggling govern- ments of Europe. living examples of “trye brotherhood among nations.” Several hundred prominent women of this country attended the meet- ing here. Mrs Robert Lansing, wife of the former Secretary of State, pro- ed. With her on the platform were s. Charles Evan Hughes, wife of the Secretary of and women of equal standing in the nation's ofi- clal life. The object of the confer- ence 15 to appraise woman's contribu- tion to international peace in the past and point out her works in that fleld in the future. Co-Operation Firat Need. Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union, declared that the real basic understanding be- tween nations {s brought about not 50 much through officlal diplomatic channels as through the co-operation of groups of citizens working for common purposies and common inter- ests. He criticized the people of this country for apparently refysing to understand that fact ahd assume the responsibility that soomer or later must fall upon them, “If there is any one message that needs to be impressed upon the Amer- ican people,” sald Dr. Rowe, “it is that the present and.future of our foreign relations depend to a ‘much larger extent on the standards of pub- e opinion and the enlightenment of the American public mind than on the formal action of the government in its organized capacity. The real basic understanding between nations is brought about throuj\h the coopera- tion of groups of citilen: Pushed Into Ymportant Places. “It is this fact that is of largest significance to the mreting this morn- ing. There is real ihspiration in the thought that at this time the women of the Americas, who are leading and directing so much of the educational and philanth; ork of the con- tinent, are assembled to analyze the progress effected during recent years. to formulate plans for future efforts and to lay the foundations for inter- change of experience and mutual helpfulness.” Inevitable forces, Dr. Rowe asserted, are more and more pushing women into important places in the economic life of the nation ling for the ac- GRAVE FORD CHARGES PUT BEFORE COOLIDGE BY SECRETARY WEEKS (Continued from First Page.) plant as essential to the purposes which Mr. Ford had stated he had in view In acquiring Muscle Shoals. As the President put it, the adminiatra- tion feels that the Gorgas plant bore about the same relation to Muscle Shoals as the stem does to an apple after the fruit has fallen from the tree. Admintstration officlals, the President, have that Mr. Ford could build an auxiliary steam plant for less than the three and one- half million dollars represented in the Gorgas plant sale, which sum, it has been announced, would be credited to Mr. Ford on his $5,000,000 bid for the entire property. The view of the ad- ministration is that the Ford offer still is before Congress and that body must determine the matter. FORD OFFER STANDS. including Bitterly Arraigns Weeks for Pre- venting Action on It. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich, October 12.—Henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals still stands as mi and the automobile manufacturer sees no reason why an- other offer should be made since the sale of the Gorgas power plant to the Alabama Power Company re:emly_. This was made plain in & statemen: issued by Ford last night, his first public statement on the subject since the sale of the Gorgas plant. The statement issued by the Detroit manufacturer arraigned Secretsry of of keeping the gord offer from com- ing to a vote in Congress. "The Ford Motor Company nawer has needed Muscle Shoals,” the stats ment sald. “We have water-pow syfclent for all our parposes. a only thing I could do at Muscle Shoals which I_am not able to do elsewhere would be to make ferti- lizer for the farmer. And that is the sole reason why John W. Weeks and of corporation lawyers have {sed their cunning to prevent & t, Regarding his ofter for the plan the sutomobile maker ys the o still stands and he shall not with draw it. He asserts that if he gets Muscle 8hoals he will run power l‘l.nal for 200 miles in every airection. “We have been working.” he continued, “and have learned how to send power | long distances without leakage.” Ford’s Statement. Mr. Ford's statement 8ays: “The United States government, through Maj. Gen. Lansin oh, asked me to bid on Muscle Shoals— not on a piece of Muscle Shoals. I did 80, and because my bid included all of Muscle Shoals it was the only one thought_worthy of reporting to Con- gress. But I have a very strong con- viction that while we have been nego- tiating with Mr. Weeks we have not been negotiating with the United States government. John W. Weeks' repeated assertions that Henry Ford would never get Muscle Shoals, neither with the Gorgas plant nor without it, is evidence that the- par- ties to this matter are notsthé bidds and the government, but other partic best known to the man who is at present Secretary of War. “Long ago Mr. Weeks matured in his mind the, plan to break up Mus- cle Shoals an al:gon of it plece- meal. When he sold the steam it at Gorgas he pulled the first sti prospect ever held put to the Amer- ican farmer and mangfacturer. Next “Steps Plain. “The mext Steps'are so plain that a child can see-them. It only re- mains _to sell the gigantic nitrate plant No. 1 and then nitrate plant No. 2, and finally the Wilson dam it- 2, 'and that is the end of Muscle oals as a possibl emonstration the cheapmess with which power fertilizer can be produced. the purpose, as he injuring Henry Ford. ows how much a Boston ker; in politics for a pas- time, knows about industrial prob- lems. ~ “But the injury bas shot past Henry Ford and has landed on the farmers. I was willing to demonstrate at Mus- cle Shoals that power and fertilizer would be produced at much lower cost RN A 7 “Thi ‘Weeks for mouSlL of Whi plan was formed by John W. [ ceptance of a new social life and new legislation ling with civil and po- itical of woman. To obtain such legislation, he concluded, should be one of the first s inited e predicted that in the near future they will contribute even more to the de- velopment of the spirit of pan-Amer- fcanism. - Mrs. Lansing announged several changes in the program before she in- troduced Dr. Rowe. Chief among these was the substitution of herself as chairman in place of Miss Julia- C. Lathrop, who will have charge of the evening session in place of Mrs. Phil- Ip North Moore. Rev. Anna Garling Spencer, who was to have delivered an address on “The Achlevements of Women In Religion and Through Re- ligious Agencie: was unable to ut- tend this morning, ewing to illne; Her paper, however, wes read by substitut Mrs. Lansing Opens Meeting. In a short opening address, Mrs. Lansing called attention to the fu- ternational aspect of the Pan-Amer- ican International wamen's com- mittee, and read a message Mrs. Charles Evans Hughe: cabled to each of the similiar meetings being held in other capitals in this hemi- sphere. Mrs. Hughes congratulated the women of the Americas and the high purposes that had brought them together on the day set aside in memory of the mariner who discover- ed the new world—Christopher Columbu: The formation of the Pan-American ingernational women's committee was described by Mrs. Glen Levin Swig- gett, executive secretary of the Women's auxiliary committee of the United States of the Second Pan- American Scientific Congre: Im- mediately after Mrs. Swiggett's ad- dress, three prominent women describ- ed the achlevements of women in the department of education, letfers lnfllro lltllon. = s Mary Emma Woolley, pres dent of Mount Hoiyoke Collage, '8 on education; Mrs. Thomas G. ter, president of the General Feder- atfon of Women's Clubs, on letters, and the paper of Rev. Anna G. Spen: cer on religion was read. Force In Eduecation. “In the light of today's opportuni- ties for edueation,” satd Miss Weol- ley, “it is hard to realize that less than a hundred years ago it was nNecessary for women to wage a bat- tle for recognition of the right of Eirls to opportunities Bimilar to those given their brothers. “Today women are a force in the development of higher education, and |first in the establishment and main- tenance of standards. The Wwork of women as teachers is almost too well known for comment, and in no other country have women been so largely in the majority as in the United Statos, the latest reports giving the number of woman teachers in this country in 1920 as 663,958." Secretary. Hughes will be among the speakers at tonight's session. He will discuss “The Call of the Future to Pan-American Women.” ply of war nitrates. Muscle Shoals Intact would be the greatest munition plant on th. ¢ ¢ o icle Shoals in its nitrate production is our great- est insurance against war, or, If war , OuUr greatest assurance of vic- apparently, that not count with the head of the War De- partment. The Ford Motor Company never had needed Muscle Shoals. We bave water power sufficient for all our purposs The only thing I could do at Muscle Shoals which T am not able to do elsewhere would be to make fertilizer for the farmer. And that is the sole reason why John W., Weeks and scores of corporation law- yers have exerted their cunning to prevent me. The same influences that prevented a vote in the House last spring are responsible for the sale of the Gorgas plant to prevent a vote on Gorgas. “They may get other offers for other pleces of Muscle Shoals, d the to- tal sales price may compare favor- ably with the initial payment called for under my offer, but the sales price is the sm: t item at Muscle Shoal friends of John W. Weeks ay the original cost, dollar for dollar, Muscle Shoals would still a complete loss to the people, be- ohn W. Weeks' friends will not develop its matchless possibilities and will not use it for the public benefit. It would be well worth while for the water power and ferti- lizer financiers who control this sys- tem to pay $100,000,000. if thereby they can retain the endiess millions which they now make through ex- orbitant prices of power and fertil- iser. The demonstration which we could make at Muscle Shoals would m & deathblow to all such exploita- n. - Offer Still Stands. “My offer is still before Cougress. I shall not withdraw it. o mothing whatever for me to explain. There 18 nothing that John W. Weeks can explain, though he should taik from now uftil he leaves but I want to say this: If I we shall run power | in every direction from Muscle Shoals. ‘We have been working and have learned how to send power long tances without losses by leakage. I say this now for the benefit of the international financiers, who, with the Alabama Power Company, have Mus- cle Shoals almost hopelessly in_their Muscle ines 200 TASD. “It iz not to me that h A ‘Weeks has anythin to exb{:l: wl t‘nth jfll;l ho'ufllll I\Llhlh. to attach 0 his explanations. it him explals to the farmers. e WEDDED BY FRAUD, | WIFE SAYS, IN SUIT | Mrs. Florence @. Brown Declares Husband Concealed Faot of Hav- ing Been Divoroed. Alleging that George W. Brown practiced a fraud upon her by not ad- vising her that he had been adjudged the gullty party in a divorce proceed- ing, and was not at liberty to remarry under the District code, Mrs. Florence G. Brown today filed in the District Supreme Court a petition for an ‘an- nulment of her marriage.to him. She says she was+induced by Brown to go to Baltimors and be married August 22, 1922. When she learned July 16 last of the divorce she de- clares she left' Brown, and has not since lived with him. The plaintiff also charges cruelty and asks that the name of her first husband be restored to her and that she_be known hereafter as' Florénce G. Perry. She has three children b; her first marriage. Attorneys 4, B Farmer and M. F. Bischoff appear for, the plaintiff. Absolute divorce ig asked in a suit filed in the District Supreme Court by John E. Collins against Gertrude A Collins. ' They were married Jan- uary 29, 1910, and have one child. At- torney ter Wood represents the P ihur Jackson today flled sult rthur Jackson or. an &bsolute divorce_ from Ruth Ji mon. They were married December 24, 1901, and have no .children. At- torney A. R. Mullowny appears for the husband. —_— There is a town in Sweden whiche levies .a tax on all.citizens over a fixed welght. ) % CHURCHES' COUNCI FANS COURT ISSUE President's Wish to Side- track World Plan Hit by Discussion Program, BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Politiclans may propose, but parti- sans dispose. Preésident Coolidge would like to sidetrack the world court issue till after the 1924 cam- paign, but the champions of the world court will'not let him. World court week has been pro- claimed, for example, by the Federal Council of Churches of America, to be given over to a study of the issue by all Christian organisations thar hold regular meetings from Novem- ber to 11, such as church prayer groups; home and forelgn mission societies, Young Men's Christian as- soclations, Young Women's Christian associations, Student Volunteer Move- ment classes, ristian Endeayor so- tetles and Epworth leagues. federal council will 1 ations, grange Rotary, wll;ll‘ Clvitan, advertising an cussion of the proposal that Amer- ica enter the permanent court of international justice now sitting at 'he Hague. Mr. Coolidge has not said & word Kubllcly about the world court since e_took the oath of office. ‘The organisations friendly to the propasition still hope he will, but they plan an agitation of the subject anyhow to present the pro and con. Biace the death of President Harding STRESEMANN ASSUMES POWERS OF DICTATOR, DEFYING REICH CHIEFS (Continued from First Page.) sald to prevail in well Informed quar- ters that'the French policy of nego- tiating with individual groups is im- peding the resumption of work. Must Co-operate, If the economic life of the occupled region is to be resumed, the state- ment asserts, both German and French must do their utmost to 8vold causes of further disturbance. Certain restrictions on the resump- tion of work are largely due to Fench measures. Moreover, the French official arranmgement of the complicated economic organization of the Ruhr {s most inadequate, par- ticularly as regarde the import and export stations. Food riots occurred this morning in two of Berlin's densely populated sec- tions, where the population is without potatoes or meat. In both instances, according to the police, thosc re- sponsible for the disorders were un- empioyed men, who were accom- anied in their ralds by many women. hen they attempted to protect the food shops the police were attacked by the mobs. Many arrests were made. TWO EILLED IN RIOTING. Seventeen Wounded in Food Dem- onstrations at Solingen. DUESSELDORF, October 12.—The unemployment demonstration, accom- panied bygrioting and plundering of stores at Solingen in British-occupied territory last night resulted in the killing of two persons and the wound- ing of seventeen others before the police could disperse the rioters, ac- cording to reports recetved at French h.ldguarlerl here today. WIESBADEN, Hesse-Nassau, Octo- ber 12.—Windows of food stores here were smashed and provisfons seized by demonstrators who became en- raged when the merchants demanded payment in French francs. The local commission has promised t¢ take ed to hold prices friends of the new President have |d! been telling him that it would be po- litically disastrous for hint to say anything about the world court, as it would divide the republican party and injure Mr. Coolidge’'s own chances of winning the presidential nomination. Communications have gone to the President himeself asking for his views, but they have not been revealed to the public. The political argument Mr, Coolidge can wait till after the 1924 nominating convention 1s over be- | fore committing himself on the issue. ‘There is, of course, no urgent need for action %o far as selecting new judges or giving financial support to the court. Also any nation may appeal to the world court whether a mem- ber of that body or not. Views Issue Nea-Partisan. But the Federal Council of Churches considers the issue non-partisan and lf insipting on a campaign of educa- tio! m. “Five weary years have passed since the armistice” says the federal council {n & formal statement today. “It_has become clear to most that the final establishment of permanent peace between nations will not come at a bound. Come it will, but only through long and patient processes of national and international educa- tion, through willingness of natiofis to make concessions one to another, through desire for helpful interna- tional co-operation, and through the creating by constructive Statesman- ship of the Instruments and agencies of a world peace system, “At the coming session of Congress the Senate will have to decide whether or not the United States shall accept that proposition (that of the late President Harding and Secretary Hughes) and become one of the sup- porting member nations of the court. ©On that decision will depend to a large degree the future relations of the United States to_the other na- tions of the world. The question of American membership is not a par- tisan issue. ““This commission on international jus- tice and good will of the federal coun- eil of churches of America believes that the churches heartily approve of Ameri- can membership in the world court, and earnestly desire the Senate to accept without mutilation or substantial mod- ification the proposals of the late Presi- dent as formulated in his message to the Senate February 24, 1923. Nothing is said in the statement about President Coolidge's attitude. The campaign will be conducted on the basis of what his predecessor and the present Secretary of State say, though an effort no doubt will be made to get an expression from Mr. Coolidge for use during world court week. The democrats in the United States Senate “will not let the issue slumber. It Mr. Coolidge does not come out squarely for the world court in his -%dreu to Congress In December they will assume he is against the measure and carry on their cam. aign aoccordingly. e issue wi ot be allowed to get sidetracked, even though favorable action may not be secured' till after the 1924 ign. CAmPAIET: oprrignr, 1928 INSPECTOR SEIZES 4680 MILK BOTTLES A total of 4,680 milk bottles were confiscated and broken up yesterday by George M. Roberts, superintendent of weights and measures, who claimed they were not of proper size. A week ago Mr. Roberts discovered another shipment of 2,000 bottl which he charged were incorrect in measure, and which were returned to the shipper. The bottles destroyed yesterday were part of a large consignment recently received by a local dairy. As soon as the shipment arrived the dairy, accoyd- lx?' to gllltom. notified the weights and measures office for an inspection, Bome of the bottles taken as sam- ples, Mr. Roberts said, were found two or more drams short of a quart, which prompted the superintendent to go through the entire !hlgment. Every case found to average short more than the lll:ivlble‘vlrltuan of one was confiscated. L) ntendent explained today that in the manufacture of such bot- tles it is almost impossible to make every, one exactly the same size. For that reason, he said, the law provides for reasonable variations. “There appears to have been no culpability on the part of any ome in connection with ihese bottles,” said the superintendent. k! dram “It i3 assumed that the manufacturer simpiy made a mistake.” Supt. Roberts made it plain that the bottles were not used by the dairy be- fore the inspection. LAMAR STARTS EAST. Wolt of Wall Street Is Being Re- turned From Mexico. HL PASO, Tex., October 12.—David Lamar, the wolf of Wall street, last night began his long journey back across the continent to New York city, whence he fled eight months ago while under sentence for interfering with foreign commerce during the war. Lamar was jailed here Tuesday after a long chase in the United’ States, Canada and Mexico. . Marshal D. A. Walker of Szn Antonio :z:nh‘l:.pflmr. ‘Walker will ::Il for Lamar forfeited & $25,000 bond in New York city when ho fled. made is that | STATIONS EVACUATED. Withdrawal of Troops Speeds Rail- ‘way Traffic. DUESSELDORF, October 12.—The Belgian troops have evacuated the rallway stations at Duisburg, Ruhrort and Hamborn, it is announced by the German newspapers today, and the French soldiers have been withdrawn from the north Essen station, recpen- ing trafic over the German-operated line between Essen and unoccupied Germany by way of Dorsten. This will afford better facilities for the rovisioning of Essen and the other uhr centers by German-operated trains. BEER PRICE BOOSTED. Selling Today Up to 110,000,000 Marks, Despite Von Kahr. By the Associated Press. MUNICH, October 12.—The price of beer was increased today. Dr. von Kahr, the military dictator In Bavaria, who, when he first came into power, started to hold down prices, has been compelled to permit an advance. The rice now is seventy million to one Rundred and ten million marks per liter stein. The advance is due to the depreciation of the mark. STRESEMANN FEARLESS. To Put New Mark in Circulation at Personal Risk. By the Assoclated Press, LONDON, October 12.—Determina- tion to see the sftuation through was the theme of z statement made by Chancellor Stresemann of Ger- many to the correspondent of the Dally Express in Berlin. He is quot- ed as having said: “Ahy man who undertakes drastic financial reform must take personal risks. You remember what hap- pened to the Csechoslovak finance, minister (the allusion being to the assassination of the minister). But I must go through with it for things in Germany today are quite impossible. “I have got to put on the brakes before the coach falls into the abyss. It is going to be very hard. I have had to struggle ever since I came into office. In & few weeke' time you will see the new mark. It is no easy task to introduce a new cur- rency without the Ruhr and the Rhineland and without the slightest help from the outside; but we must have a new mark, and the people must have confidence in it, for it will be backed by industrial and real e: tate mortgages. “At the beginning we shall have three sets of currencies—the paper mark, the new mark and the gold mark. The papér mark will be grad- ually absorbed.” CUTTING HIS LOSSES. The sea, says “Whiting” in the Boston Herald, breeds philogophy and gic and an agreeable way of view- ing many things. Take for example this case of a handy man on Cape Cod: “How much do I owe you, Obed, for fixing the screen?” a cottager asked hi m. “Wal, be ye goin’ to pay cash or chrge 1t?” ‘Oh, whichever you prefer.” “Wal, ef it's cash, it's 2 dollars and 60 cents fer the job: but ef you're goin’ to charge it. it'll be 2 dollars.” “Why, Obed, that's queer. Usually cash.” ; but ye see 8o many summer folks go 'way or fergit to pay their bills, I lose more where it's charged, an’ so I'd rather keep them charge accounts as small as I kin."” - (For Saturday.) FIRST RACE—Purse, $1,300; maiden two- yoarolds; six furlongs. Chase steeplochase our-year-olds an Bae, two-year- xa . X FIFTE \CE—The Marylani i w’l‘; for thres-year-olds; - i Hampshire. 110 h g Mimuies . 108 i n Bells. . n Chief Curry RAOCE—Purse, $1.300; claiming; CAr R e [ TALKS and TALES With and About CAPITAL’S GUESTS To offset in part the newspaper space devoted of late to the joys, suce cesses, trials and tribulations of those &o0d folk who make their abode west of the great divide, it might be well at this moment to flash a few opin- ions on conditions in New England, else some might think that grand old section has seceded. “Our road is keeping pace with the other great carriers of the country and.is enjoying a remarkable year." was the optimistic response of E. J. Pearson of New Haven, president of the New York, New Haven and Harte tord Railroad, when asked at the i New Willard Hotel how “New Haven” was going. 1 “Hauling during the last six month§ has been the heaviest in the history of the road” continued the official. “Business throughout New England Is above fair, as reflected in the im- mense freight transportation. ‘of course, the section s not much for crops, production being about usual, with the weather a little dry. The industrial centers have suffered some, but on the whole prospects for big business this fall are most favorable.” Mr. Pearson said further that there was.no shortage of freight cars to be found, which added greatly to the efficiency of the carriers, and that the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford had done much to improve its maintenance of way and passenger service. . Asked about the political situation, the raflroad man winked his eye and replied: “You know we railroad fel- lows are not supposed to have poli- tical opinions. I will say, however, that President Coolidge enjoys the respect and admiration of all New Englanders, regardless of party af- filiations,” and with that he hurried to his rooms. Entrance had hardly been made to the Hotel Washington, when Ch M. Foss, head of Chester M. Foss & Co., public accountants of Portland, Me., was encountered in the lobby of that house. “Just say that the old Pine state is reveling in a brand of prosperity not experienced for years,” exclaimed the auditor, as he rummaged through his brief case. “Potato crops have been far above normal, we have ex- . ceptional markets for our products, genergl business is much more than fair, and whether or not it is be- cause of its location, Maine is one commonwealth in the Union that has not as yet felt the much advertised depression.” Mr. Foss said that the people of the pioneer prohibition area were most enthusiastic over President Coolidge, and that It would be superfluous to add that the state will e one of the first o indorse his administration and cast its vote for his nomination to succeed himself. “Politics are a bit slow up our at present, although Senator Hale has already been around, making a few speeches and keeping his constituents posted on just what was doing in _the political world at large.” Mr. Foss added, as he gathered up his docu- ments. And now for a word from the old Bay state itself. Catching Attorney Arthur Drinkwater of Boston just as he was checking out of the Hotel La Fayette, after a busy day in the United States Supreme Court, where he is of counsel in the Salem Trust Company vs. Manufacturing Finance Company case, appearing for the ap- pellants, it was learned that Massa- chusetts was having a bit of trouble of its own. “It must be admitted,” sald the lawyer, “that the textile workers in our state are having their troubles. The big Amoskeag and Fall River mills are temporarily shut down, and the effect is being felt. Labor is quite plentiful, but owing to our spledid child labor laws other sec- tions of the country steal a march on our manufacturers by emploving under-age workers at lower wages. The great dfweance from the source of supplies s also being felt, and many of our large manufacturies are drift- ing southward to be closer to the raw 7| materials. “However,” continued Mr. Drink- water, “our people are plugging along with little complaint. We are not ymuch on crops, market gardens and dairy products being our chief agri- cultural pursuits, and these are all doing nicely.” “Politics!” laughed the Boston man when the question was put. “Why, man, Massachusetts is in a delirium of Joy over her favorite son. It has been a long, long time since one of our own gat in the first chair of the land, and that we in the old state are proud of the fact naturally goes with- out saying. There will be thousands of democrats to cast their votes for President Coolidge next fall, if for no other reason than state pride, and as for being nominated to succeed himself, Massachusetts people have long since stopped thinking about that—it is a certainty.” Mr. Drinkwater is a graduate of Harvard, class of 1900, and_has many friends in Washington. His grand- mother was a native of Charlottes- ville, Va., and, taking a letter from relatives in that séction, he laugh- ingly exclaimed, “Why, I have assur- ances from down there that there Is an outside chance of Virginia flopping over to the republican column next fall,” then off flew the Boston lawyer. Glowing accounts of unprecedented prosperity in northern New York, which by many is considered a part of New England, were:obtained trom Judge Nash Rockwood, for the last twelve years judge of the Saratoga county court, who makes his home at Saratoga Springs. “The whole northern part of New York etate is enjoying more pros- perous times than ever in its history. eally it is remarkable,” said the jur- ist, as he stood drinking in the sun- light in front of the New Willard Hotel. “Crops are fine, tourist travel is great, all resorts have experienced banner seasons. and everybody has money, in_the bank, which to me is the surest sign of good times—how aid it, judge! about it “You What of the political situation?” “New York will hop on the carry- all and back President Coolidge for the nomination. Each day the Chief Executive is gaining friends in the state. I am a republican and am in Close touch with the sentiment of our people. They feel Mr. Coolidge a safe and sane, sfrong, level-headed leader, and consider him best able to carry out the policies of the lamented Haraing. He will not only be nomi- nated, but in my opinion will sweep the country in 1924.” Judge Rockwood will be remember- ed as chief counsel for C. W. Morse, the shipbuilder. in his recent trial. He also took a prominent part in the { Pittsburgh coal profiteers’ case. The | Baratoga Springs man is an old news- paper writer, having served- on the Cditorial staff of the Brooklyn Eagle for more than ten years. 1f the Film Booking Office furnishes Jocal motion picture houses this win- ter with films half as snappy as its energetic representative, F. L. Steele, who registered at the Lee House just as up-town base ball were wending their way southward Yo get return of the world series, a troat is in store for patrons of such eaters. ‘hB\Ibb“nK with enthusiasm over the outlook for the coming year,” Mr. Steele just waved his hand, shouted | “Greatest business in history,” jumped into his motor and sped lickety-split down 15th street—come to think of it, though, he, too might have been bound for the fascinating electric boards. THBE MIXER, PUT POLITELY. From the Yorkshire Post. He was & polite man, and did not ! know what to re‘fily when his pretty artner asked if they hid mot met efore. He put his hand to his tore- head reflectively: 3 ‘I think T-have had he sald, the Elenluc—;nd you ence.’