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WEATHER. TUneettled tonight, probably show- ers, cooler; tomorrow fair. Tempera- ture for twenty-four hours ending at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 94, at 2:30 p.m. Yesterday; lowest, 69, at 5 a.m. today. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 No. MOVE T0 BAR U. S ARMS PARLEY SEEN IN LEAGUE CIRCLES France Said to Oppose Any Conference Not Under World Body’s Control. 29,344, SECURITY PACT BEFORE DISARMING, PARIS AIM Premiers MacDonald and Herriot to Address Assembly on Thurs- i day on Subject. B the Associated Pre GENEVA, September 2. — The #maller nations of Europe, especially the members of the little entente, | manifested today their determination to achieve some international pact which they consider will really safe- guard their security when they se- Jected Foreign Minister Duca of Ru- mania to preside over the important iberations of the third assembly on which to probe the! entire problem of disarmament and | security here seems here to be a distinct movement, under the apparent leader- hip of France. to insist that all in- | ternational deliberations for the lim- | itation of armaments all be heldi through the mechanism of the League | of Nations. If thi movement de- | velops it mizht sidetrack, it is| thought. the American Government's | reportad intention to convoke a new | armament conference. unless it be | doafinitely linked with the league. Move Now Unofficial. For the moment at least. the move- ment is entirely confined to the lobby | discussions of the delegates. It af- firms the belief that the attempt to make the limitation of armaments wholly dependent on the establish- | ment of a clean-cut pact of security is gathering force. i spokesman for one European 2 what he term- views. said that ise- nferences similar to that held al Washington seemed out of place while @ permanent institution like the League of Nations existed, with devoting years of study to nique and’ difficuities of re- | armaments impression persons prevails here that most keen- auestion of tecurity be- military force must exist in the background. even | security problem has been | solved. and, it they will not | be satisfied with on of the! principle of arbitration as a remedy. | out the e that mewhere when the Tremiers Will Speak. Thursday and Friday have heen efinitely set apart from assembly de- | ate on disarment and security, with | Prime Minister MacDonald of Great! Britain and Premier Herriot of France | the chief speakers. J Greece came out strongly today for the Armenians when she introduced a resolution providing for the trans- fer of the Armenian refugees to the Caucasus and the creation there of ! an_Armenian national home. With M. Duca presiding. the third | assembly commission accorded sp cial attention to the text of the re- cent Rumanian reply to the proposed Pact for mutual assistance. Reduction Ix Qualified. The document, which was written by M. Duca himself, emphasizes that Rumania is unable to assume the zrave responsibility of reducing her | irmament unless she is offered really ffective guarantees of security and . Duca says that he finds the draft pact inadequate in this respect. So long as there exists side by side nations which disarm and nations vhich continued to arm, the Ru- fmanian foreign minister asserts that it is impossible for true disarmament to be attained or for serious guaran- | tees to be offered the disarming | countries. M. Duca insists that any effective treaty must have a truly general character and he thinks that the possibility of conditional or par- tial adhesion deprives the pact of its Teal efficacy. Aggreasion Not Defined. Moreover, declares M. Duca, the pact (@oes not define the facts which consti- tute aggression, fails to provide suf- ficiently rapid military action in the case of aggression and even permits the council of the league to decide whether military or economic sanctions will be applied against®the aggressor State. Finally the Rumanian reply declares authorized denunciation of the treaty by any one of the great powers repre- sented in the council, deprives the signatory states which have already reduced their armies of every guar- antee and itself renders the pact in- admissible. If a pact providing more effective guarantees can be discovered the for- eign minister continues, it will have the support of Rumania, which, having achieved national unity, seeks to de- vote her resources to the work of the onsolidation of progress. In_view of the emphasis placed in the League of Nations assembly on the desirability of wider acceptance of the policy of obligatory arbitra- tion, the delegates are looking into the question of exactly where the league stands with reference to ac- ceptance of the optional clause in the protocol of the Permanent Court of International Justice. Commits Consenting Nations. This clause commits consenting na- tions to accept the World Court's jurisdiction in all legal disputes con- rning interpretation of treaties, on ny question of international law, on the interpretation of facts which if es- tablished would constitute a breach of an international obligation and on he nature and extent of the repara- fon due for a proved breach. Fifteen states already have ratified his optional clause, although this pumber’ includes none of the great owers. Among the countries of tin America Brazil, Uruguay and iti have ratified the protocol. In ddition five countries—Costa Rica, Panama, Salvador, Liberia and Lux- mbourg—have signed or accepted he protocol without ratification. President Motta opened the second ay of the League of Nations assem- pJy t6day at the stroke of noon by nouncing the formation of the six ommissions of the assembly. They leal with legal and constitutional huestions, technical organization, re- uction of armaments, budgetary an (Continued on Page 9, Column 2) | when | of camera men, Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. Germany Delivers Initial Payment Under Dawes Plan By the Associated Press. BERLIN, September 2.—Ger- many today made her initial pay- ment of 20,000,000 gold marks under the Dawes plan. The pay- ment was received here by Leon Frazier, assistant to Owen D. Young, agent general ad interim for reparation payments. LIEUT. ARNOLD HERO OF LABRADOR HOP Plucky Flyer Who Pumped Oil With Arm Near Collapse at Landing. BY FREDERICK R. NEELY. taff Correspondent of The Star. ON BOARD U. S, S. RICHMOND, ICE TICKLED, LABRADOR, Septem- ber 1 (via wireless).—With the dread menace of the Northland safely be- hind them at last, Lieut. Lowell Smith and Lieut. Eric Nelson unraveled here today the first personal story of how they overcame almost insurmountable barrier on their historical flight across the Arctic, Atlantic and finally arrived without mishap on the conti- nent of North America. It is a story of men with iron nerves and the will to conquer. who dared the wrath of a land of perpet- ualice. And now they are back home. Within reach of their cherished goal. Arnold is Hero. Lieut. Arnold, the game little me- chanician who has _traveldd with Lieut. Smith is the outstanding hero of the four. because only his willing- ness to make a machine of himself the flight commander's motor began to fail. prevented both of them from being forced down and probably counted out of the world flight when almost within reach of North America itself. Half of the distance between Green- land and Labrador had been com- pleted when Lieut. Smith's engine be- gan to splutter and show alarming signs of rapidly failing. Hasty ex- amination showed that the pump that forces the fuel into the motor had broken down and a forced landing was imminent. But Lieut. Arnold took the place of the mechanical pump and with his own right arm worked the piston back and forth. Limit of E For four long hours he sat there, mechanically operating the pump with the power of his ewn muxcles, two strokes a minute. It was almost too much for human endurance, but Arnold modestly refused to accept any plaudits for his work when the plane was brought safely to its har- bor, declaring that it was “nothing at all. because after the first hour the pain in my arm and shoulder passed away completely, due to the fact that both parts became numb and insensible to any feeling what- ever.” Lieut. Arnold was the first ashore, wading to the beach through icy water, knee deep. He smilingly joked with his comrades about the battery who waited to But when he uranee. shoot” the fiyers. reached the Richmond, physicians saw that the officer could not even raise his right arm. Arnold almost | collapsed under the reaction and it took several hours of careful mas- saging by the ship's doctors be- fore he could even appear at the dinner table. Landed on Birthday. Incidentally. the day the flyers landed on North America was Arnold’s birthday, and the first person to shout welcome to the globe girdlers was an American newspaper man, who called out a “happy birthday” to the young aviator. Lieut. Locatelli, the Italian fiyer who dropped into the ocean when he attempted to accom- pany the Americans from Iceland to Greenland, was there, too. “Thank God we are back on the =oil of North America,” were the first words Smith uttered when he stepped upon the beach. The passage from Greenland to Labrador was flown at a maximum height of 100 feet. So dense was the fog in the higher altitudes when the flyers started that they could not see ahead far enough to avold the possi- bility of a collision with each other and there were times when both planes had to drop to within 25 feet of the frothing, icy waters of the ocean, where disaster would have re- sulted from the slightest accident. 1t was just such flying conditions that forced down Lieut. Locatelli en route to Greenland. But the dangers of this last hop were as nothing, when compared to thenarrow escapes Lieut. Smith and his comrades experienced on their epochal journey from Reykjavik to Fredericksdal. Then they were oblig- ed to dash through virtual valleys of ice and past lofty icebergs, many times being completely lost to each other in those great white mazes through which the Arctic winds ‘moaned. “We dodged around icebergs like kids around city corners,” Smith said. “While we were flying above the pack girdle of Greenland Arnold and 1 suddenly turned a corner around the big ice mass and lost Nelson. ‘There were many times that we flew 80 low to the mountains of ice that our pontoons almost scraped some of the pinnacles. For one full hour of that passage we crashed through the densest fog I have ever experienced (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) e e he WASHINGTON, D. C, SHANGHAI SOLATED AND MAJOR BATTLE MAY BE UNDER WAY Rail and Telegraph Lines to Interior Cut and Troops : Push Near City. TRAINS FAIL TO ARRIVE; REPORTED CAPTURED War Lords Conscripting All Able- Bodied Men in Sight for Their Armies. Dy the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, September Z.—Shang- hai has been cut off from railway and telegraph communitation with the inland since morning, but it is impossible to confirm numerous re- ports that a major military conflict has begun. Forces under Gen. Lu Yung- Hsiang, military governor of Cheking Province, have cut the Shanghal- Nanking railway 15 miles from this city. Railway communication wifth Peking. therefore, is broken. Outposts of the troops under Gen Chl Shieh-Yuan, military governor of Kiangsu Province, are pushing near Shanghai. The Nanking express, 7 o'clock this mornin heard from. Railway officials are without authentic information. but express a belief that no fighting had occurred up to noon. One unconfirmed report was re- ceived that the bridge at Henli haa been blown up. due here at has not been = Wil Bring in Refugees. One train was staréed out morning to go as Nanzing to transport tc Shanghai about a thou- sand refugees who there. It is believed that the telegraph lines have been cut by the forces of Lu Yung Hsiang in Chekiang pro ince to prevent the dispatching of trains, which, it is reported, the north- verting into troop carriers, Reports which are apparently defi- the northern forces which have been advancing toward Shanghai from Quinsan was approaching Hwangtu and Nansing today, and that another objective of the movement of the northern forces is Liuho. Comncription Drives on. The hostilities in Kiangsu and Chekiang Provinces have caused the rival war lords of those province® to realize the necessity of raising armies large enough to last through the long and severe campaign. which they apparently consider the sit- uation will bring about, and every- where in the affected areas a policy of wholesale conscription is being carried on, according to advices from the interior. Farmers, artisans, cool- ies—in fact every man able to hold a gun, carry a bucket or a burden of any sort—are being pressed into service. The countryside therefore appears deserted with the exception of old mén, women and children. In this process the city of Nanking has been virtually cleaned out and the well-to-do classes are taking refuge in flight. Houses, furniture, implements, boats—in fact everything possible to commandeer—have been taken by the troops, who exercise complete tyranny, the reports de- clare, wherever they go. CENSORSHIP CLAMPED ON. Peking Garrison Orders Close Sift- ing of Messages. By the Associated Press. PEKING, September 2.—In view of the military situation in the Yangtze Valley, the Peking garrison has placed a censorship on railway, post office and telegraph office throughout the metropolitan area. Commercial and financial organiza- tions and members of Parliament whose provinces are affccted are making renewed efforts to avert armed conflict on the Yangtze. Tsao Kun, President of China, is said also to be exerting his influence in a simi- lar effort. FRENCH CRUISER SENT. Ordered to Protect Nation's In- terests in South China. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 2.—The French ministry of marine has ordered the armored cruiser Jules Ferry and the protected cruiser Colmar to proceed to Shanghal from Saigon, French Indo-China, to protect French inter- ests in southern China, in view of the prevalent hostilities, The ordering of these naval units to proceed to Shanghal was on re- quest of the French charge d'affaires at Peking, whose reports on the sit- uation in southern China have caused some anxiety in French government quarters. The charge reported that the threatened trouble there had by no means been avoided and that the concentration of troops south of Shanghai was continuing, although no movement upon the cit: Rl D! Y had been Joe Boyer, Speed King, Goes to Death Heroically Fighting to Save Others By the Associated Press. ALTOONA, Pa., September z.— Joe Boyer, speed king of the au- tombbile world, went to his death on the Altoona speedway yester- day a hero, it became known to- day when the last words of the pilot were disclosed by the doc- tors who amputated his crushed legs. Examination of the wrecked racing machine showed that a blowout caused the accident, and veteran racing men said it was a little short of miraculous that the car, speeding at 125 miles an hour, did not run down the bowl and crash into the hundreds of spec- tators massed in the infleld. This story—the f‘lct that Boyer delib- erately sacrificed h e imself to save “I'm" glad T saved them,” driver told.those who carried him into ‘the hospital. He was funy conscious and nodded his head. as friends told the story of how Joe Yas rnnnlea in his wrecked ma- chine as it hung from tne u, guard rail of the track. s e body was prepared burial early this morning and wii; be shipped to his home at Detrott late today. Mrs. Hoyer, on an automobile tour, was informed of the accident yesterday at London, Ontario. She started for Altoona immediately, but.when wora of her husband's death reached her at Buffalo she went direct e Detroits < the ern forces have been seizing and con- | nite are that the principal column of | 5 : Radio Programs—Ps | CHICAGO, | the basement, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION NS 200 PARENTS STORM SCHOOL IN CHICAGO | Stage Demonstration Against is | " | Transfer of Pupils—Fire had gathered | | Believed Incendiary. By the Associated Press. September 2.—A demon- stration by about 200 parents against transfer of their children from the Harper School to make room for a junior high school, an innovation of the new school year, and a fire, believed of incendiary origin, in the Mark Sheridan School marked the return to study to- day for about 550,000 Chicago children, including about 120,000 in parochial and private schools. “We pay taxes for neighborhood | schools and our children have the right to attend those schools,” stormed the parents who invaded the Harper School The parents were particularly incensed | because their children—in all about 800 pupi!s—were to be shifted to threc other schools, leaving the Harper building to i be converted into one of the five new i Junior high echools. They say the chil- dren now will have to cross many dan- &erous streets. W. J. Harrower, the principal, ar- ranged that the transfer of pupils should begin with those whose parents made no_objection. . He said the school board's | order must be executed. The carly morning fire at the dan School did only slight damage in but burhed paper was found in several places, and firemen were inclined to believe the fire had been started by pupils who would rather piay than go back to school. KARL HAU FREED FROM LIFE TERM Former D. C. Professor, Jailed in Germany for Murder, Is Pardoned. By the Associated Press. CARLSRUE, Germany, September 2—Karl Hau, one-time professor of Roman law in George Washington University, Washington, D. C.. who has been serving a life sentence here for the murder of his mother-in-law, Frau Molitor at Baden-Baden, in November, 1906, has been pardoned. Trial of Hau in 1906 created a tre- mendous sensation because of his prominence soclally and in university circles in the United States and Ger- many. He was originally sentenced to death, but his sentence later was commuted to life Imprisonment by the Grand Duke of Baden. Some months after the trial began, Hau's young wife and daughter committed suicide by drowning themselves in a lake near Zurich, Switzerland. The former professor intends to settle down in Berlin and write his memoirs. Karl Hau was assistant professor of Ruman law at George Washington University at the time of his sensa- tional arrest and trial in 1906. He graduated from George Washington with degrees of A. M. and LL. D. in 1304, and was admitted to the bar here the same year, engaging in pri- vate practice. He was regarded as a brilliant scholar by his associates at the local university, none of whom at first would believe that Prof. Hau was guilty of murder. His trial was reported oxtensively and created a sensation here. While in Washington Prof. Hau resided at the Highlands apartment house. —_ WOMAN KILLS INVADER. Unidentified Man Shot on Porch of Philadelphia Home. PHILADELPHIA, September 2.—An unidentified man of middle age was shot and killed early today on the porch of a West Philadelphia house occupled by Mrs. Helen Mayhew, 46, and Hazel Benson, 30. Both women were arrestcd and held on a homicide charge. Mrs. Mayhew is said to have admit- ted to police she had threatened the man and three companions with a pistol when they attempted to force their way into the house. The ini- tials.*J.- D, R.” were found on the back of an old-fashioned watch in the man's pocket. e 32, THE DAY NN FTER HIS HOLIDA Planes, With Radio, W arn Rum-Running Fleet of U. S. Ships " By the Associated Pres ATTLE. W Radio-equipped h., September seaplanes, carrying observers, are operating with a Puget Sound liquor-running fleet, «ays a special dispatch received by the Seattle Post-Intcllegencer from its correspondent at Secret Harbor, Cypress Island. San Juan County. The correspondent stated that use of seaplanes ix to keep members of the fleet in Puget Sound informed of the approach of Government speed boat rum chasers, as vessels of the liquor flect also equipped with wireless set \FRANCE TO SECRETLY |QUIT DORTMUND AREA Date of Evacuation Not Definitely Stated, But Troops Are to Be Quietly Withdrawn. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 2.—The date for the evacuation of Dortmund and the surrounding territory to the River Lippe has not yet been definitely fixed, but one thing has been settled, namely that the withdrawal of the troops will be conducted with the greatest secrecy “Invisible evacuation” will follow in the wake of the attempted “in- vistble" occupation. “The citizens of Dortmund. it is forecast, will awake some morning to find the French troops gone. The order, it is stated, will be given after sunset and the operation conducted during the night. ‘This method of evacuation has been adopted, it is explained, in order to ward off any possible incident by the exuberant cltizens expressing relief by words or acts which might de- velop into an insult to the French flag or army. The withdrawal, how- ever, is still some weeks away, it is_declared, as the French customs officers on the eastern frontier of the occupied territory are not due to leave, according to the London pact, until September 20, and the troops will remain there until all the French civilian occupants have left. CROWDS NETTLE PRINCE, WILL SEEK SECLUSION Wales Dislikes Crowds, But They Insist Upon Close-Up of Him. By the Associated Press. SYOSSET, N. Y. September Fatigued and nettled after a hot afternoon spent at the races at Hel- mont Park, during which a large crowd closed about him at every op- portunity, the Prince of Wales plan- ned a mors secluded day of exercise for today. He expected to ride his polo ponies again in the afternoon, as he did yesterday morning in a scratch game, and to attend a dinner party at night at the home of Maj. Henry Rogers Winthrop, in West- bury. As a result of his experiences on board his ship when she dropped anchor at Quarantine and at the races yesterday, experiences his royal highness distinctly disliked, it 18 ex- pected that he may decide from now on to be somewhat more circum- spect, not showing himself in public places when he is likely to be recog- nized. The prince dislikes crowds, but unfortunately crowds invariably evince an_ overpowering desire to look at him at close range as vossible. BRIDE OF PRINCE ILL. Miss Booth Has Blood Poisoning. LOS ANGELES, September 2.—The Canadian bride of Prince Erik of Den- mark, formerly Miss Frances Lois Booth, is seriously ill of blood poison- ing at a hospital near here. Infection, which set in after the extraction of a wisdom tooth about two weeks ago, is responsible for her condition, according to_attending physicians. *Prince Erlk’ is ‘said to be constantly at her bedside. Former —— Anita Damrosch Engaged. BAR HAREOR, ‘Me., September 2.— The_engagement of Anita Blaine Dam- rosch, daughter of Walter Damrosch, composer and noted conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra, to Robert Littell, an editor of The New Republic, is announced here by Foening Star. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1924—-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. v CANDIDATES MAKE DIFFERENGES PLAN Political Leaders Say Voters Now Have Clear State- ments of Issues. N. 0. MESSENGER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, September 2.—It is maintained by political leaders here that the American voters when they have read and thoroughly assimilated the political addresses and emana- tlons yesterday from President Cool- idge. John W. Davis, Senator La Fol- lette, Senator Wheeler and other party speakers will obtain a pretty fair idea of the issues upon which this presidential campaign and the col- lateral contests are to be waged. This is declared to be a fortunate situation calculated to make for early arriving at a clearer judgment to be expressed at the ballot box in November. The lines are seen to be sharply |drawn and the issues clearly defined. Facts are asserted by the candidates which they will be called upon to maintain to the satisfaction of the voters when subjected to the acid test of the voters' own judgment and un- derstanding. Charges are made which will also go into the acid bath of the voters' reasoning powers. Some of these charges will be found to be wild and demagogic, others will be found to be unfair, testing both the reasoning powers and the sense of fair play of the individual voters. These conditions should make for an early settling of political opinion so that in a short time the trend of the thought of the people will be suscep- tible of ascertainment. More Aggresaive Policy. Republican leaders here find grati- fication in the announcement from Washington that President Coolidge has entered upon a more aggressive policy for the campaign. There have been some murmurings of discontent on the score that the administration was not aggressive enough and was taking the attack of the enemy “lying down.” Many leaders realized, they said. that there was a disposi- tion on the part of the administration to bank too heavily on the seemingly strong position in which the Presi- dent was said to be intrenched in the confidence of the people and to take too much for granted. The leaders here like the way he started out in vesterday's address, taking it as indication that he is going to meet the onslaughts of the opposi- tion and give blow for blow. It was just the kind of talk they want- ed to hear from him when he up- held ‘“the American brand of gov- ernment, the American brand of equality and the American brand of wages. America had better stay American.” This is the kind of language deemed to be needful in this part of the country at the present time to offset some insidious arguments of an opposite nature. ‘Will Find Echo. The President's defense of the American standard of living and wages involving the protection of American industry is expected to be likely to find echo in the great in- dustrial centers of the country, where it 1s deemed the presidential contest will be settled. Note was taken by the politicians here of John W. Davis' reassertion in a West Virginia speech of his de- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2. as fast as t American Steel To Block Locusts in Argentine Raids By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, September 2.— Thirty-nine thousand tons of gal- vanized steel sheets are to be used as barriers to stop the ravages of locusts in the agricultural regions of northern Argentina. The de- partment of agriculture signed a $5,000,000 contract for the material yesterday with the United States Steel Products Company. The sheets will be distributed to the farmers, who will be obliged to erect them when the locusts ap- pear, each farmer digging a ditch in front of the barriers, into which the marching locusts will accumu- late and there be destroyed. Although tons of locusts are killed in Argentina every year, it has been difficult to restrain their rav- ages, and the department of agri- culture hopes more extensive use of these barriers will greatly min- imize the disastrous effect of the invasions. DEFENSE S TEST LAGS BADLY N DISTRET Less Than 1,000 Enrolled Out of 18,000 Needed for Display on Sept. 12. Unless there is a decided increase in enroliments by Washington's men of military age for the Defense Test parade, September the National Capital will be sadly lacking showing its defense spirit on day. rolled out of an expected 18,000. Officials in charge of the test have been cognizant for some time of the small number of blanks returned in proportion to the number sent out. At first it was their belief that a number of organizations and Govern- | departments to which blanks ment had been issued were holding them up until ail were signed. However, Maj. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer Com- missioner of the District, several da ago made an appeal to the organiza- tions to send in their blanks as rapid- Iy as they were signed. This appeal, however. has borne little fruit, it was indicated. Appeal to Rush Blanks. Figures gathered today by a rep- resentative of The Star. from vari- ous official sources indicated that Washington ten days before the staging of the great test was away behind, and several organizations have sent out second appeals for men to sign blanks and rush them in. First, it has military of - Co- from census figures, been estimated that the strength of the District lumbia is 108,000—that is, tween the ages of 18 and 45 years. However, this merely represents a drawing number, as in time of na- tional emergency, or even for the purposes of the defense test, it is not intended that all these should be en- rolled. The purpose of the defense test, and what would be carried out in the event of a national emergenc: ing necessary the calling of men to the colors for the defense of the country, is to take enough men into the field, and at the same time leave enough at home to carry on business. | It is for this reason, during the de- fe test, that it is not proposed to declare a holiday, or to release all employes from the government ser- vice. Only those who will participate in the march on that day would be released. So, with this in mind, the military experts charged with the test and preparations for calling men to the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) BRAZIL WANTS ITALIAN PRINCE’S VISIT CANCELED Fear of Insurrection in Rio de Janeiro Given as Reason for Suggestion to Rome. By the Asnociated Press. BUENOS AIRES, September 2.—The Brazilian government's knowledge of a revolutionary movement planned to start in Rio de Janerio on the day of Crown Prince Humbert's arrival there on his return trip to Italy is set forth in a lengthy note addressed to the Italian Ambassador in Rio de Janeiro by Brazilian Foreign Minister Pachecho, the text of which has been received from La Nacion's correspon- dent in the Brazilian capital. The note requested the good of- fices of the Italian embassy toward postponement of the prince's visit in the fear of untoward incidents. It alluded to the recent bomb explosions in Rio de Janiero and expressed the most profound regret at the circum- stances. Advices from Rio de Janeiro through Buenos Aires last Saturday said the Brazilian government had re- quested the Itallan government, through its ambassador, to postpone the projected visit of Prince Humbert in view of the abnormal circumstances created by the recent rebellion. Mu- tinous mpinority elements were said to be moving “in the dark, continuing their task of discrediting the country.” Weeks Favors Medals to Governors And Others for Aid in War Period Secretary Weeks today approved a bill drafted in the War Depart- ment for recommendation to Con- gress which would authorize the award of medals to governors, adjutants general, members of lo- cal and district boards, medical and legal advisory boards and Government appeal agents who served in the selective service sys- tem during the World War. The bill provides that the thanks of Congress be extended to those who by non-military service con- tributed to successful prosecution of the war, and carries an appro- priation of $25,000 to finance the making and distribution of the medals. In announcing the Secretary's approval of this proposal the War Department made public a letter sent by direction of the War Sec- retary to commanding generals of experiences of the the letter said, “there not the slightest doubt that the most economic, effective and just method of ralsing our armed forces for a grave emergency is through a selective service system. “The War Department's study of this prime requisite in the plans for our national defense has brought to light the fact that the Government has given little or no recognition to the most valuable service rendered by that body of civilians who' successfully built and impartially administered that system. : “It is the purpose-of the Secre- tary of War to recommend a bill that, even at this late date, will in some measure show the na- tion's appreciation of their loyal and faithful service so gratuitous- 1y rendered. in ! that | To date about 1.000 have en-| men be- he papers are printed. y’s Circulation, 79,854 TWO CENTS. DAVIS” RAIL VIEWS SEEN AS MOVE T0 BEAT LA FOLLETTE Democratic Nominee Veers Strongly Toward Labor Attitude in Race. COOLIDGE’S ARBITRATION STAND RATED IMPORTANT Workers Welcome Opposition to Compulsion—All Candidates Bidding for Support. BY DAVID: LAWRENCE. Labor d. utterances from three presidential candidates appear on the surface to be a plea for the labor vote, as there was a distinct friendlin, to tha cause of the working man expressed in the speeches of President Cooli John W. Davis and Senator La Fol- lette. But the labor leaders them- selves recognized many differences in the attitude of the candidates and these differences are fundamental First, on the vote of the railro brotherhoods and their tens of tho sands of members, and John W. - pletely to the viewpoint of railroad labor and incidentally the American Federation of Labor with respect to the abolition of the United States Labor Board. FPresident Coo cautiously referred to the board an experiment which “could be modi- fied to the benefit of all concerned” o the may simply ze Definite Pledge Wanted. The acid test of whet date is friendly to railroad the Howell-Bar bill. pro; abolition of the Railroad Board, which was up in the session of Congress and was success- fully sidetracked by administrat leade Mr. Davis and Mr. La Fe lette expressed on Monday views identical with the purpc of th Howell-Barkley bill The President himse!f expressed no 1opinion when the measure was un | discussion and has not comm 4 himself. F road labor wants a def- inite pledge. It aiready had Senator |La Follette and it already had upport of a substant Democrats in the Se ibut it must have been surpri: receive the support of John W. Davis, who has been characterized as a mid- dle-of-the-road candidate on labor 'quesl:ons‘ sometimes in the pa arguing the cause of the em |and sometimes the employe i Davis® Stand Important. The qualified support of the pri | ciple of the Howell-Barkley bill is | event of tremendous sigaificance | the campaign, for if he can indorse that measure he may be found fight- ing alongside Senator La Follette on i other questions vitally affecting agri- culture as well as labor. | Semator La Follette, however. lalone in his outright decl. | favor of the repeal of the k { mins transportation act. This ‘other acid test of radicalism against conservatism. Wrapped up in that act is the problem of freight rates, the radicals contending that since the railroads are permitted (o earn a certain per cent on their in- vestment, they manage to pile up costs and operate their systems =o extravagantly that there is no oppor- tunity to obtain lower freight rate Under the trarsportation act th: Interstate Commerce Commission can- not reduce freight rates unless it duces the earning power of the ra roads. Senator La Follette would re- peal rate-muking sections of the pres- ent Jaw and perform a surgical oper- ation or. the whole railroad problem Radicals Not Satisfled. John W. Davis as yet has indicated merely that he wished freight rates reduced. and he expressed the be- lief that some way could be found. but he has not specifically pointed the way. Unless he is willing to at- tack the transportation act and point to a constructive remedy, many of the radicals in_the West will not fol- low him. As for President Coolidge, he has committed himself definitely to the retention of the transportation act with respect to the earning clauses for railroads and has said he would appoint a commission of in- quiry to study the problem of freight rates. Mr. Coolidge made an: important declaration on the general principles affecting labor. He repeated what President Harding said about the right of labor to collective bargaining and Me made his position absolutely {clear on compulsory arbitration, | which has been one of the tenets of manufacturing associations and labor speakers for many years, Mr. Coolidge’s statement that he could not reconcile compulsory arbi- tration with individual freedom will be quoted for many years to come. No political candidate and no Preti- dent has ever come out flatly in fa- vor of compulsory arbitration of la- bor disputes, so in a sense what Mr. Coolidge says is merely the same doc- trine that has been held by his prede- cessors, but in view of Mr. Coolidge's position in the Boston police strike he has from time to time been on the defensive with respect to labor. Coolldge Views Clartfied. His speech on Monday is the clear- est exposition he has yet made, and in it will be found adherence to a num- ber of principles for which labor leaders have constantly fought, though labor's national spokesmen probably will say the President did not go far enough. Mr. Coolidge made it clear he would not go over to any one class or group. Yet that is what both labor and agriculture really want, Senator La Follette has already {done so. John W. Davis is on the i{edge and nearer to the La Follette { viewpoint today than he was in his speech of acceptance. Charles G. Dawes’ observation that there was no room for compromise between radi- calism and conservatism and that the Democratic candidate must go with one or the other is slowly being cor- roborated, though the chances are {Mr. Davis will never go completely over to the La Follette standpoint, but will maneuver himself closer to the Wisconsin Senator than to Presi- dent Coolidge. On none of the proposed changes in the Constitution will the Democratic nominee follow La Follette. (Copyright, 1024.) was in ! ! v i,