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WEATHER. Falr and continued cool tyday; to- morrow cloudy, with rising tempera- ture, Temperature for twenty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night— sterday; low- Highest, 49, at 2 p.m. est, 39 ¥ull report on page b, No. 974.—No. 29,062 t 10 p.m. yesterda: Entered as sccond-clasc matter post_office Washington, D. C. he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sunday Star. 60 cents WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25. 1923.—ONE HUNDRED PAGES. SLUGGED WITH PIPE Extra Precautions Taken Here NAVY FIGHTS ARMY To Guard Embassies From Bombs . ONVARDMANLAWN WOV, 55 MY DI Mrs. Anna M. Fiske, 1751 Columbia Road, Is Found Unconscious. HAD JUST LEFT HOTEL AFTER VISITING SISTER One Suspect Seized as Police Spread Out Dragnet—Handbag Is Missing. s. Anna M. Fiske. 1751 Columbia T was found by &emi-conscious condition near a walk leading to the Wardman Park Hotel last night, suffering from a blow cvidently delivered by some blunt jnstrument. Lying near her body was an iron pipe wrapped in brown wrap- ping paper, splattered with blood. She was picked up and rushed to Fmergency Hospital, where specialists in surgery were hurried to her bed- side, Her condition is regarded as critical Police Suspect Maniac. Although she carried a beaded Abag with her when she left her M lizabeth Northrop's apartment in Wardman Park Hotel at 9:30 o'clock and this has disap- peared, police are reluctant to pro- ceed on the theory that robbery was the sole motive of her assailant and they started to work on the case with 2 view to the possibility of an assault by a maniac. outery or sign of a struggle was heard or seen by anvone police talked 15 at Wardman Park last night. How &le could have been struck down without attracting attention of nu- mierous passersby at that time of might is only one of many angles that are unexplained. 1t was about a quarter to 10 o'clock that the three boys, Saunders Weston of 4125 Wisconsin avenue; Charles Mangan of 1965 Biltmore street, and Rodney Darnelle of 2059 Upton street, found her form on the lawn about twenty-five yards from the intersec- tion of the private footpath leading to Wardman Park from Woodley road, and not far from the home of Harry Wardman. hs Frenchman Is Arrested. Precinct Detective Carroll of the nth precinct, about twenty minutes after the discovery of Mrs. Fiske, had arrested Chevreux Fernand, a twenty- two-year-old Frenchman, for investi- gation in another case. Police de- clare him to be an employe of Ward- man Park Hotel. It was not until Jater that investigaion was centered wpon his action during the period in which Mrs. Fiske was attacked. Carroll sitting in the time- keeper's office at Wardman Park, he declared, when he inz Fernand's description rush by. He followed him, but lost him before he reached Woodley road. For twenty was minutes thereafter he searched the | neighborhood and finally walked into | nand on 28th street. arroll said he was impressed by the s palpable nervousness. He had Just reached the substation at Tenley- town when the Teport of the attack on Mrs. Fiske came in ed to Wardman Park Hof fact that the iron pipe could have been obtained in a shop in the hotel as weli the wrapping paper which incased it started the police, under the direction of Lieut. Pearson of the Tth precinct, upon an investigation to determine whether any pipe or paper tallying with that found near Mrs. Fiske could have been taken. roll went to the wrapping paper roll in the kitchen of Wardman Park Hotel und obtalned segment of the pa- per on the roll to compare it with that inclosing the iren pipe. The compar- ison failed to prove anything definite, detectives said Four headquarters detectives and about a dozen police from the seventh precinct under Lieut. Pearson were working on the case throughout the night. When Mrs, Fiske first arrived at Emergency Hospital she attempted to tell in half-intelligible sentences the names of her relatives. It was through a letter on her person that her identity was established, and com- munication then was obtained with Mrs. Elizabeth Northrop of Wardman Fark Hotel, her sister. Mrs. North- rop hurried to the hospital. She told datectives there that her mother had | told her Mrs. Fiske left her apart- ment at 9:30 to go to her home on Co- lumbia road, where she lives with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Smythe. The latter is a department manager at a local de- partment store. Seek Missing Bag. While Inspector Grant and Lieut. Emerson at the detective bureau were centering the attention of their detectives upon obtaining a descrip- tion of the assailant, Lieut. Pearson, assisted by Sgt. Burke and Precinct Detectives Dowd and Carroll of the soventh precinct were scouring the|gemnity for dmwages suffered by neighborhood of Wardman Park Hotel | Americans for a sign of themissing beaded bag which Mrs. Fiske carried with her. Harry Dougherty, house detective at Wardman Park Hotel, meanwhile cormenced a systematic search for clues among the personnel of the ho- tel. He focused his attention upon the vicinjty of the kitchen and store- room in the servants’ quarters at the hotel in an endeavor to obtain leads as to the pipe and wrapping paper. This pipe was about two and a half fect long and one and a half inches in diametér. The paper was about a yard square. While jazz music was enlivening throngs of merrymakers at a dance three boys in a aw a man answer- | Carroll then rush- | Later the | i | { nothing further by maintaining the | Outbreak in Philadelphia Spurs Capital to Action; U. S. Expresses Regret to Victims. Extra precautions designed to pre- | lude extension to Washington of such bomb outrages as stirred the con- sulate district in Philadelphia yester- day were taken by police guarding | the Spanish and Italian embassles | here last night. Instructed by police officials to ex- ercise “extra vigilance.” guards at the two embassy buildings were pre- pared to question suspicious persons loitering in the vicinity of the Itallan | diplomatic headquarters on New Hampshire, near Dupont circle, and | the Spanish chancery at 16th street and Park road. Strict watch also maintained at other buildings hous- | ing forelgn diplomats. In view of the fact that no request for additional protection at the em- | bassies was received from the State | increased, The State Department took official cognizance of the bombing in Phila- | CHARGE U, . RIGHTS LOST IN TURK PACT | Gerard and 56 Notables See: Swap of American Inter- , ests for Chester Deal. | By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November El.—Dc-' nouncing the Lausanne treaty as a| document in which American rights are sacrificed and Armenia thrown| overboard for the sake of the Chester concession, fifty-seven notables, head- | ed by James W. Gerard, former am- | bassador to Germany, today launched | a campaign to prevent ratification of the treaty by the United States Sen-| ate. i A memorandum previously signed | by 100 statesmen, high Army officers, | s, church offictals, editors| and foreign relief workers was ap-| proved for presentation to President Coolldge, Secretary of State Hughes | and individual senators before whom | the treaty will come for ratification at the forthcoming session of Con- gress. Sees U. S. Rights Hart. The document charges that the State Department envoys at Lausanne crificed to Mustapha Kemal the rights of American citizens in Turkey and threw overboard the Armenian people, whom this country was pledged to protect In exchange for the Chester concesslons to a few American business men, since trans- ferred to alien control. “It morally an indefensible treaty,” said the memorandum. “It is an utterly humiliating and purpose- less treaty. It surrenders every American right in Turkey. It ren- ders impossible the continuance of American educational and philan- throple enterprises in that country. It ignores our solemn pledge to Armenia. “The economic concessions it pur- ports to secure for a few Americans are now admitted to be of dubious value, and have aiready been trans- ferred into alien hands. is Charge Promise Broken. “The Turks have broken thus early their promises of good behavior and their guarantees to our missionaries and to the remnants of Christians in Turkey. All reports which have re- cently reached the outside world from Turkish and foreign sources; show that factional armed conflicts, widespread banditry and hopeless eco- nomlc chaos seriously threatens Kemal's regime, and that the task which confronts this government is, according to the admission of its own leaders, a truly impossible one. “America stands to gain absolutely nothing by resuming relations with Turkey in this state, and can lose status gquo and awaiting develop- ments. The downfall of the Kemal- ists appears inevitable and imminent. By now surrendering our rights to Kemal we shall find it difficult to reassert against any regime which may overthrow and succeed him. “We believe that the honor of America, no less than every dictate of reason, demands that the Senate reject the Lausanne treaty.” Seven Points Attacked. The treaty is attacked on seven points, signers of the memorandum asserting that: “Our nationals in Turkey are to be deprived of the protection of the: American consular courts—a pre- rogative they have enjoyed since 1832 —and made subject to the notoriously corrupt Turkish police and courts. “Our missionary institutions in Turkey are to be likewise subect to Turkish laws. The question of in- ‘“eeuxh arbitrary andi fllegal acts’ 's 1t for later discus-| ston, Our merchunt vessels may, as in the past, pass through the Dar- danelles which, however, may be closed at the will of the Turks, as was done in 1914. “Our archeologists enjoy the same rights that are enjoved by Turkish archaeologists. This only requires the comment that there never have been any Turkish archeologists. “The open door—we resume our former privilege to trade with and invest in Turkey. The importance of that privilege may be guaged by the fact that in 1913, when Turkey's es- timated _population _was 17,500,000, (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) (Continued on Page 2, Columa 1.) == delphia, however, by expressing to the two embassies here its concern over the incident and its grat!fica- tion that no serious damage resulted. Secretary Hughes telegraphed Gov. Pinchot a request for fuil information 0 that he might “be in a position to communicate all the facts to the embassies of the respective coun- tries.” 3 ARRESTED, 6 SOUGHT. Philadelphians Guard Buildings and Blame Agitators. PHILADELPHIA, November 24.— Police tonight were holding three men suspected of being implicated in the bomb explosions early today at the Spanish and Itallan con- | Department the police guard was not | sulates. The authorities admit, how- | ever, that they do not belleve any of the men were (Continued on Pt YALE WINNER, 131, ON HARVARD LIPS Consistent Fumbles by Crim- son Turned to Scores by Bulldog. ctly responsible By the Associated Pre CAMBRIDG: ss.. November 24. n alert Yale eleven, taking ad- vantage of Harvard's mistakes on a muddy field, defeated the Crimson in Harvard Stadium today, 13-to-0, capturing for the Blue its first big three championship since 1916 and in- cidentally scoring Yale's first touch- down on Harvard's home gridiron In sixteen vea The game, played in a shower, on grounds soaked by a night and a day of rain, gave little oppor- tunity for the display of ordinary foot ball strategy. Both teams were forced to kick and walt for the breaks. Yale adapted ftself to the conditions, capitalized its opportani- ties ana scored a touchdown and two field goals on Harvard's errors. Yale made errors, too, but the Crimson playvers were less vigilant. Not one Yale slip was turned to the ad- vantage of the Crimson. The foot ball fundamental which Yale coaches are said to have stressed this season: “Follow the ball and win the game," was applied to Eli players today. When the ball was loose a Yale man was there to gather it in. A Harvard fumble gave Ducky Pond the slippery leather for a run of 71 yards for Yale's touchdown. A fumble by McGlone of Harvard, recovered by Hart, substitute for Bingham, on the Crimson’s 22-yard line, placed Yale in position for one of Capt. Mallory's placement goals. One of Hammond's punts, blocked and recovered by Blair of Yale, paved the way for the second field goal by the Yale captain. Under playing conditions almost impossible the better team won. steady Mallory Scores Well. In taking his place today among the few winning Yale captains of recent vears, William N. Mallory of Memphis, Tenn, added to his re- cently won laurels as a point scorer by means of the placement goal, ac- counting for seven of Yale's 13 points. Mallory, who was pressed into serv ice shortly before the Princeton game to replace the kicking star, O'Hearn, whose leg was broken in the contest with Bucknell, scored two placements against Princeton, and added two more goals by this means today, in addition to the point after touchdown. In a sea of mud, the Yale captain hoisted one over the bars from 28 yards out, and another from the 25-yard lline. A third at- tempt from the 34-yard line went high and fell short. Richeson held the ball each time. O'Hearn limped on the fleld in the dying moments of today's game and remained for a single play, while the Blue stands rocked with applause for the dis- abled hero. Spectators and players alike braved the hardest conditions for the ultimate big three battle of the year. More than 50,000 persons, draped in waterproofs, or blankets, and many wearing the Sou'wester of the fisher- men, sat In a steady downpour and watched the rival elevens pursue the water-logged, elusive ball. So slip- pery was the leather that few at- tempts were made to catch punts. The ball was allowed to lie where it fell and usually it did not roll far. Poor Footing Slows Game. There was no footing on that slimy ground, so the rushing game was of (Continued on Page 1, Sports Sectlon.) PR R e R BRITISH SKIPPER HELD. GALVESTON, Tex., November 24: —Capt. W. H. Farrell, master of the British schooner Island Home, was arrested this afternoon, charged with conspiracy to violaze the tariff act of 1922 by unlawfully importing whisky. Hearing was set Monday before United States Commissioner C. . G. Dibrell. Warrants also were issued for the crew. MARTIAL LAW ENDED. ATHENS, November 24—A decree was posted today abolishing martial law. The country has been under military control since the outbreak of the recent counter-revolution. 10 SCORELESS TIE; 66,000 SEE GAME Impregnable Defense of Both Teams Features Color- ful Battle. MUDDY FIELD REDUCES STING OF TEAMS’ ATTACK Middies Gain 110 Yards to 109 for Cadets—Kicks Fall Wide of Goals. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 24 —Army and Navy fought cach other to a stand- still today in the mire of the Polo Grounds before the greatest crowd that ever witnessed the annual service strug- gle for gridiron laurels. Neither goal line was crossed in one of the most bitter contested battles these time- honored rivals have ever waged and out of the tangled, heaving mud-spat- tered mass they emerged at the final whistle with honors evenly divided. Bogged by the heavy going and in the face of defensive bulwarks that well well nigh Impregnable when threatened, neither attack was able to penetrate inside its opponent's 25-yard line. Thus balked, each team tried to break the deadlock with dropkicks, but these attempts, too, failed. Garbisch, husky Army center, boot- ed wide of the uprights from the 34- vard line in the second quarter, and in the third period Barchet, Middie haltback, failed to come even close to the mark from the 35-yard line after he had put the Navy in posi- tion to score with a 40-yard run on an Intercepted Cadet pass. 66,000 in Stands. A throng of 66,000, that included Secretaries Weeks and Denby among its host of notables, witnessed the first scoreless tie since the Army- Navy classic was inaugurated, in 1880. It was the second no-victory struggle in the twenty-six games staged so far, and left unbroken the deadlock in the serles, which stands at twelve triumphs apiece. The other tie game, a 6-6 affair, was played in 1905. Today's battle was lacking in the thrills that so often attend the clash of service elevens. There were but occasional flashes of spectacular play in a game that for the most paft was tought out on old-fashioned, orthodox lines. But from the time the blue brigade of midshipmen and the gray host of cadets tramped sturdily into the field to martial music and later took op- posite places in the stands, there was no want of picturesque display or vocal activity. Between halves the Army mule in effigy was pulled to pieces and an Army “airplane” sank a Navy “de- stroyer,” but these tokens of defiance were In vain. The result was some- thing of an upset, for Army had ruled a favorite among critics. But as they fought it out today there was little to choose between the two teams. Both played brilliant de- tensive games, while no more con- vineing proof of their closely match- ed offensive power can be given than the fact that the Navy gained exact- ly one more yard at rushing than did the Army. Though making one less first down, four. to a total of five for their rivals, the Middies gained 110§ ards to 109 for West Point in rush- ing plays. Ball in Midfield. From start to finish the tide of bat- tle ebbed and flowed around midfield, neither eleven being able to get in- slde its opponents’ 26-yard mark. Twice the Cadets got as far as the Middie's 26-yard line, once, In the sec- ond period, when Garbisch's fleld-goal attempt failed, and again in the third (Continued on Page 1, Sports Section.) LLOYD GEORGE HITS PACT ON U. 5. DEBT Intimates Baldwin Was Bluf- fed by Americans—Ex-Pre- miers Buyr Hatchet. By the Assoclated Press. ’ LONDON, November 24.—What, from an Englishman’'s viewpoint, was the most arresting feature thus far of the present election campaign oc- curred tonight when a public formal reconciliation between Herbert As- RFUST THING ANAIHE KNOWS SQUASH CENTER COMMENTS ON HIRAM JOHNSON CAMPAIGN. TODAY’S STAR |Federal Budget Reflects Best In Scientific Financial Study PART ONE—36 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Political Survey—Page 4. Schools and Colleges—Page 18. Army and Navy News—Page 21. Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 26. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 27. Radio News and Gossip—Pages 28 and 29. At the Community Centers—Page 29, Financial News—Pages 30 and 31. Veterans of the Great War—Page 31. D. A. R, Activities—P: 32. PART TWO—20 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 15. Spanish War Veterans—Page 18. Around the City—Page 19, News of the Clubs—Page 20. Reviews of New Books—Page 20. PART THREE—I12 Pages. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—PRage 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 to 10, Fraternities—Page 10. Young Foélks' Page—Page 11 Girls and Thelr Affairs—Page 11. Girl Scouts—Page 11. Boy Scouts—Page 11. PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 Pages. Magazine Section—Features and Fiction. PART SIX—8 Pages. Classified Advertisements. The Civilian Army—Page 8. GRAPHIC SECTION—S8 Pages. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—i Pages. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Betty; Mr, and Mrs. SUICIDE'S LETTER CLEARS DEAD MAN Wolfe Writes His Name Is Not Arnof, Who Drowned in 1920. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, November 24.— A brief note left by a defalcating accountant when taking his own life today cleared the name of an in- nocent man and bared a story of assumed !dentity reading like a fle- tion plot. Dispatches yesterday told of the suicide of Jacobo M. Arnof after dis- covery that the local office of the United States Shipping Board had been defrauded of a large sum of money through manipulation of the books. Today a confession was made public in which the sulclde made known that his real name was Harry Wolfe of New Orleans. He desired betore dying, he 6aid, to clear Arnof's name. Wolfe declared in his confession that Arnof, who came from Arkan- sas, was drowned while canoeing with him here on November 7 quith and David Lloyd George, after |y .vcoq of reporting the death to about seven years' estrangement, was | 410 police, Wolfe assumed Arnof's staged at Paisley, where the two for- mer premlers, to every accompani- ment of liberal enthusiasm, appeared to speak on the same platform in Mr. Asquith’s constituency. Premler Baldwin, it was remarked by those present, could scarcely have forseen what, but a few months ago seemed such an improbable event when he decided to dissolve parlia- ment and appeal to the country. The town hall, the scene of the meeting, holds 3,000 persons, but fully 10,000 struggled for admission. The hall was uncomfortably crowd- ed, but the discomfort 1id not pre- vent the gathering from giving the two statesmen tremenduas ovations. In introducing the speakers the chairman said the marriage of the liberals had been celebrated in Lon- name and passport. Ho resembled hie dead companion, except for a scar on his face, and he completed the resemblance by making a sim- tlar scar with acid. His plan was So successful that ho was able to draw money regularly 'from Arnof's father without arousing suspicion. He obtained a position as the shipping board accountant and by systematic methods robbed ‘the office of a total of more than 400,000 pesos. Wolfe sald he did it “by handling the books so nobody was able to make head or tail' of them.” He concluded: “I alone am gullty."” Shipping board officials and the po- lice express the opinion that the con- Thorough Research By WILL P. KENNEDY. The federal budget, which Presi- dent Coolidge is prepared to submit to Congress the day that body as- sembles, is In no sense a measure into which each activity of the fed- eral government has ‘dumped its estimates for all the moneys it would {llke to spend during the next fiscal year, and which is then mechanically passed along to Congress with t idea of the federal workshop ge® tirg all the funds it can manage to wring or wheedle out of the legisla- tive body, The federal budget as it goes to | Congress {s an Honest effort of the | budget bureau, set up as an aid to the | President and responsible only to him, to determine the real needs of Uncle Sam’s workshop and the order of rela- HELD FOR MURDER Government Activities Precedes Submission to Congress. | ond budget, under which we are now IN LIQUOR DEATH Case Bound Over to Ac- tion of Grand Jury. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md.. November 24. For the first time in the history of Maryland two men have been bound over to the grand jury on a charge of munier In which poisonous liquor is alleged to have been the means used to bring about the death of a vietim. This afternoon David A. Dodson, twenty-two, and C. Morgan Burke, thirty-five, were ordered held for the April grand jury of Frince Georges county without bail, on evi- dence by Linton S. Evans, federal i prohibition agent, tending to show that Wister M. Parish of Riverdale died from the effects of liquor he is-sald to have brought from Dou- gon. which the latter is said to have purchased from Burke. Burke also is charged with making the liquor. Evans sald Dodson admitted this to him after several hours of ques- tioning. Blames Dodson Before Dea The principal evidence against Dod- son adduced this afternoon at the preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Herbert J. Moffatt, was that by the mother of the dead man, Mrs. Lillle M. Parish. She sald her son told her the day after drinking the Ilquor: “Mother, if 1 die, *Dodson’s whisky killed me.” The state offered in evidence and later withdrew the report of an an- alysls of Parrish’s vital organs by Dr. Standish McCleary, pathologist of Mercy Hospital, Baltimore. It is said that Dr. McCleary reported he found no traces of poisonous liquor in the organs, although admitting that such polnsoning might have caused death, He sald he found a condition of ne- phritis which could have been brought about by alcohol, and also went on to say that he found a variety of bacilll, among them grip, Which also might has produced the same condition. Physician Claims Influenza. The physiclan who attended Par- rish at his fatal lllness testified that the case was a typical one of influenza, and that had poison been in his system he either would have dled more quickly or gotten well more rapldly. Two Accused in Hyattsville by Experts in Al tive importance of those needs. It represents year-round work by ex- pert investigators to get the real facts uncolored by bureau or board enthusiasm for any particular or pet line of work. It represents much more thorough inquiry into why the money should be spent and how it is spent than any committee of Con- gress has been able to give in the past, because of other important de- mands upon their time. ‘This is the third budget under the new “federal budget system.” On the first one the budget bureau had only about three months in Which to make fts investigations and was necessarlly & hurried job. Thé sec- operating, was just as carefully pre- (Continued on Page 11, Column 1.) MARYLAND FAVORS 60-DAY AUTO TRUCE Officials and Motorists Vir- tually Unanimous for D. C. Proposal. From a Staff Correspondent. BALTIMORE, Md, November 24— Maryland efficials and motorists were virtually unanimous tonight in favor of Gov. Albert C. Ritchle ac- cepting the District of Columbia proposal for temporary automobile reciprocity during January and Feb- ruary, while Congress is enacting legislation to end permanently the road tax controversy. That Gov. Ritchie would not, how- ever, Immediately accept the pro- posal made by the District Commis- sioners was the view expressed in authoritative cirel It was re- garded as more probable that he would delay giving a definite answer until the last minute in the hope that the pending gasoline tax bill might be rushed through Congrass Lefore January 1. No doubt exists in the minds of those who know Gov. Ritchle's views on the question, however, that he will accept the District Commissioners’ two-month truce proposal rather than force motorists of either Maryland or Washington to purchase double sets of tags again next year, when there is every reason to believe that per- manent reciprocity will be made pos- sible by Congress before the end of February. Mackell Backs Plan. Any fear that may have existed as to the indorsement of other Maryland officials was swept away tonight when John N. Mackell, state roads commis- sioner, told a reporter for The Star that he was heartily in favor of the Commissioners’ suggestion. Mr. Mac- kell would be the officer most con- cerned in the subject of reciproeity next to the governor himself, since it is his department that would have to bear the entire financlal burden en- tailed by the loss of revenue from Washington motorists until the gaso- line tax act becomes a law. Mr. Mackell drafted the present law covering . reciprocity and he declared that he belleved Gov. Ritchle could find it legally possible to accept the two- month peace proposal. He pointed out, however, that while the law permits the governor to recognize the tags of any state that accords a similar courtesy to. Maryland motorists, there is a possi- bility that it “might not authorize him to cancel that courtesy unless the other Max A. Bradshaw, chemist of the bureau of internal revenue, Wash- ington, sald he had made an analy- don, but the honeymoon was to be | fession is untrue in respect to the|sis of the liquor, recovered by Evans spent .in Scotland. Mr. Asquith, rising to his feet first, (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) claim that the suicide's real name was Wolfe. They are still of the opinion that his name was Arnof. and found it to contain poisonous substances authorized for use by the government in_certain preparation . : £l Jurisdiction first took like action. i Must Have Assurances. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. EBERT ASKS HERGT 10 FORM MINISTRY AS KARDORFF FAILS German People’s, Nationalist and Socialist Parties Re- fuse to Co-Operate. JOURNALS SEE TREND TO RULE BY MILITARY Overtkrow of Stresemann Trace- able Directly to Von Seeckt, Reichwehr Commander. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 24.—Herr \ Kardorff was selected by Preside: ert this afternoon to undertake the task of forming a new German ministry to take the place of the ousted Stresemann ministry. He ap- appeared willing to undertake the work, but the German nationalists refused to co-operate with him Thereupon he tried to form a coali- tion from among the socialists and German people’s party, but the Ger- man people's party declined operate with the soclalists. Herr von Kardorff was therefor: obliged to renounce the task of cabi- net making, and withdraw. Throughout the day there were con ferences among the varlous parties and among the possibilities for t chancellorship consulted by Presi- dent Ebert was the nationalist leader. Dr. Hergt. It was later reported that Dr Hergt had expressed to the president his willingness to attempt to form & cabinet. Dr. Hergt to Form Cabinet. to co- November 24.—Herr vor Kardoff has declined President Ebert’ invitation to form a new Germa: cabinet, says & news agency dispatci from Berlin, and the president now i consulting Dr. Hergt, leader of th- centrists. SEE TREND TO ARMY RULE. Journals Trace Overthrow of Strese- mann to Von Seeckt. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. T s s i BERLIN, November 24{.—Never be- fore has the German reichstag. in overthrowing & govemmment, been o utterly {n the dark as to what to put in its place. The truth is that Chan- cellor Stresemann’s overthrow was a blind act of the social democrats, driven by their own masses, but un- able to suggest a satisfactory solu- tion of the crisls they are provoking Today no politiclan nor journalist has made any suggestion for a new parliamentary government which con- tains any possibilities of success. The monarchist papers, however, state fmply that Friday's vote signifies u speedy end to representative govern- ment in Germany. The Kreuz Zeltuns says: hancellor Stresemann’s fall does not yet mean a change in govern- mental form, but it is a clear sign that such a change must come— whether today or tomorrow, who knows?" Predicts Military Control. The Deutsch Zeltung, an organ specially of the officers, says: “Whether now, or a fortnight hence the president of the reich must entrust the formation of a govern- ment to him who actually holds t military and executive power for the whole nations in his hands." (Mean- ing Gen. von Seeckt, commander of the reichswehr.) Beneath the elaborate trickery which seems Inseparable from Ger- man politics, this fact is now clear The real authority is in Gen. von Seeckt. It is to him that Chanccllor Stresemann’s fall can ultimately be traced. . The relchswehr's action in Saxony and Thuringza and its refusal to act against Bavaria was the cause for the withdrawal of support from the government by the socialists. Chan- cellor Stresemann doubtless would have been willing to placate them by suspending or modifying the state of siege that had been declared. Th " (Continued on Page CINCINNATI BROKERS FAIL FOR $800,000 Channer & Sawyer Able to Pay About 20 Cents on Dollar, Head Says. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, November 24.— Fallure of Channer & Sawyer, bro- | kerage firm of this city, owing be- tween $800,000 and $900,000 was re- corded in common pleas court today August Steinkamp, a furniture dealer of this city, was the largest individual creditor. He brought the suit, claiming $455,000 is due him. Creditors will receive from 15 to 20 cents on the dollar, according to a statement made in court by George A. Sawyer, a member of the firm Sawyer said the firm had reduced its indebtedness from $8.000,000 in 920, and if not pressed could have paid all the creditors within three years. “In 1920, said Sawyer, “we owed between 38,000,000 and $9,000,000. At the first of this year we owed $4,- ! 000,000 to New York. By May 31 our debts were $2,500,000. Right now we “I am very heartily in favor of the | District Commissioners’ suggestion,” he | said I simply raise the question to) (Continued on Page 2, Column 7., b owe between $800,000 and $300,000." The firm, which delt in investment securities, was one of the best knowu brokerage concerns in Cincinnati. i . ?