Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. " Partly cloudy tonight and tomor- row; slightly warmer; moderate north and northwest winds. for 24 hoyrs ended at Highest, at 3:30 p.m lowest, Full report on page Temperature p.m. toda: . yesterday; . at 6 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,346. post Entered as sacond class matter office Washington, D. C. POLICE SEIZE NEGRO AGCUSED OF HAVING KILLED POLICEMAN Legless Man Declared to Have Fired Fatal Shot Slay- ing-R. C. Leisinger. “DEATH CAR” FOUND WITH 3 BULLETHOLES Discovery in Garage Leads Quickly to Arrest of Suspect and Five Others as Companions. surrounding the murder ago today of Policeman Leisinger, who was shot as he clung to the spare tire pected liquor aupomobile, was cleared up today witlithe arrest of & colored man, who will be charged with the murder, and with the recov- cry yesterday of the “death” car The prisoner Tiolmes, 30 years old. said by the po- 3 be a well known bootlegge who has frequently boasted that he Wwould sheot any one who tried to in- terfere with his “busine He d nies any connection with the case, but Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief Lof detectives, is certain that Holmes is the'murderer of the policeman. A mass of cvidence against the prisoner. who has two cork legs, is of heavy build and has dark, scowling fea tures, will be placed before a coroner's Jury at the morgue Monday afternoon by the detective burcau. The inque: i< 10 have been held today, but was postponed My siery one weck Raymond ¢ to death of a s Five Others Arrested. ‘vomen and one other o are under arrest as One the Your colored colored man « suspected occupants of the car. of the women is believed to be ‘woman in the pink dress” who was | v from streets with sparc tire. It r that another ger's body on of 1% I street seen in the car as sped aw; North apitol and L 1 inger clutching the was a few moments 1 policeman found L the street in front northeast. Holmes was arrested this morning Headguarters Detectives Brodie and Liviugsten as he walked down the stairs at 1526 Seventh gtreet, an old suit and other belongings thrown over his arm. He had told friends he was going to leave the city touay and the detec got him just in time. they sald. They had had Holme under suspicion for several d: ¥s, In- =pector Grant explained today, but not until the finding of the bullet- riddled touring car late yesterday aft- ernoon in a garage in the rear of by 1527 Kingman street, near Fourteesth | and P streets, did they have a defl- | nite clue to connect Holmes with the crime. The police have in their pos- session the large-calibered revolver which they assert Holmes used in the shooting. Second Bullet Failed to Penetrate. _The alleged murder car, now at No. 5 precinct station, presents a grue- some reminder of the policeman’s death. In the rear of the car are bullet holes placed vertically. The jagged edges of the holes, originally | sticking outward, were hammered in @ few hours after the shooting by the prisoner, pol There are plam powder mark. the ba indicating that the gun was flush with the cushion. most hole, detec made by the bullet through Policeman Leisinger's sleeve. The hole directly underneath bored completely through the tin and it is expected the flattened bullet will be found in the car, behind the up- holstery. The lower hole is about the height necessary to sent the fatal bullet into the body of the policeman The s myster: placed The upper- believe, was which passed while not fully divulged by the police because of the fact that there are other occupants of the car still to be apprehended, bears testimony to the the detective force to round killers. The denouement came quickl and after a week of apparently fruit- less investigation, during which more than a score of suspected persons were arrested and released. Says Holmes Brought Car. Inspector Grant assigned six tectives to work on the case and, with every precinct co-operating, a city-wide search was made of v tually every garage where it was thought the wanted machine might Bave been taken. During this search detectives on _at Meast two occasions entered the “elv iawse in which the car for which they were looking was housed, concealed from view be- hind a number of other large auto- moblles. Ygstesday afternoon Po- licemah J. A. M. McKimmie, one of th® heaaquarters men on the case, mMade a more thorough search of the garage in the rear of Kingman street and finally discovered his quarry. The propri@tor of the garage said he had not taken “particular notice” of the car. He said that Holmes brought it in last Thursday, shortly after the fatal shooting, and bor- rowed a hammer from him with which to hammer on the holes. He explained he thought nothing of this a8 cars with bullet holes “often” come into his garage and repair shop. Holmes also changed the license tags, using “dead” ones. He left the machine with the remark that he wouldn't be back for it for ‘*some time.” Car Owner Arrested. The car was taken to No. 5 precinct station and with the fresh clue, the first definite one of the investigation, to work upon, a visit was made immediately to. Holmes' home, at 2139 Fifth street, where it was found he was absent. A Wwoman who lives at the same address was arrested and is being held at the Bouse of detention. - er name has not been made pub- lc. Three other women and a man were taken into custody late last night or early today. They are Lulu Mabel Frost, colored, 22 a domestic of 2412 Seventeenth street; Ada V. Proctor, colored, 21, of Melrose, Md. Martha Brown, colored, 31, of 162 Fifth street, and James Edward Wil- liams, colored, 19, 226 Brooks court. Martha Brown js said to be the own- er*of the captured car. What connec- tion the others have with the case, it any, is not kfown. Holmes at the time of his alleged participation in the murder was out [Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) is James .Theodore | {cant chair in our midst. three | k cushion, | ory of the unraveling of the | determination of ! up the | LEAGUE MUST OPEN DOOR TO GERMANY, MACDONALD HOLDS British Prefier, Speaking to Assembly, Asks New Deal in Europe. ASSERTS GENEVA BODY BASIS FOR WORLD PEACE | | Says America, Offered Unattractive Companionship, Has Aided i 0ld World Always. i i | BY the Associated Press G A, September 4.—In his ad- dress before the fifth-assembly of the | League of Nations today the British prime minister. Mr. MacDonald, de- j clared that Germany cannot remain outside of the league. { The best way of handling the prob- {lem of aggression, he said, was to set up & court or courts of arbitragion | Before he hegan his speech, which | was delivered before a crowded hall, { e conferred with the representatives | of the British dominions, outlining to | them the main Premier sues he would follow. | :Donald mounted the rostrum of the assembly at 11 o'clock | | to begin his address, amid tremen- | dous applause. all the delegates standing in their places. i During his address he declared that | the British cmpire would do every- | thing in its power to widen the in- | fluence and prestige of the League of Nations. | Seen League Peace Hope. Through the league, he said, it was hoped to lay sugely and finally* the | toundations “of peace. The future happiness of the world must be based on agreements reached | league. Warning | to base peace upon force, he said: “If we cannot devise a system of arbitration, then do not let us fool ourselves that we are going 40 have il % 1 sting that Great Britain was intensely interested in the problem of security, Mr. MacDonald added: “But we do not believe that mili alliances can bring security. uch alliances, like mustard seeds which finally produce a tree, would t i | | | WASHINGTON, D. C, §10 PENALTY CUTS - OVERTIME PARKING bring the world back to the situation | { which existe@--before 1914. Pacts {based on military alliances would break up the league.” | In his reference to Germany's plac {In the leaguc, the British premier | said: { “We cannot sit endlessly with a va- The London { conference created a new relationship | between the rest of Europe and G | many. She should have her seat her He asked for action along this line at the present session of the assem bly. | He referred also to Russia’s atti- i tude toward the league. The agree | ment reached in London between the { Soviet and Great Britain, he said, was the first indication that Russfa w. | returning to the affairs of Europe and | was headed toward co-opérative work ‘at Geneva. " | In another payt of his address he remarked: - | urope for the last few years has | not offered America very attractive | companionship. Yet we have never | asked America to do an important | thing but that she has always ac i cepted to do it.” | Asks New Arms Parley. | The British prime minister | i i | wroush thel Two Weeks, Who Pay Ap- against attempting | proximately $1,000. Raising the penalty for overstaying the parking limit to $10 is pr®ving an effective weapon in breaking up the practice of all-day parking in congested area, police officials sald today, after two weeks of operation | of the new collateral rule. Singe August 20 approximately 110 | machine owners crisp $10 bills as their cars all day or for more than an hour in the downtown section. This aggregates $1,000 for all of them. From the individual it is ~about -equivalent month. While most of them have forfeited collateral and charged the $10 up to experience, a small percentage of those arrested have gone to As! at Police Court said comparatively few cases of overtime parking have one before the Traffic Court since he higher collateral has been effect. have parted with The desk sergenats at the'Traffic Bu- | {reau and at the first | greet the overtime parkers when they | precinct, who | saunter in with the collateral cards left on their steering wheels, say that | | the total of 110 arrests under the $10 | rule is far less than the number usually booked in a similar period when the minimum collateral was $2. As one policeman put it today | “There are many motorists who didn't | mind pay ng $2 occasionally in order to leave their cars downtown all day, i | urged but who cannot afford to part with | | that the time had come to arrange a | 10-spots very often.” inew disarmament conference with all | the powers, including Germany, pres- ent. All plans for secu including | Penalty Paid by Fixty-six. At the Traffic Bureau 56 motorists | i the American plan, should be turned | have paid the §10 penalty since Au- over to a special commi | for the conference, he added. !"Mr. MacDonald said the tioral clause of compulsory arbitra- tion of the Permanent Court of Inter- | national Justice, but before doing so it wanted. that clause revised by a commission of experts, which should inaugurate the work immediately. He said mobody seemed to be sure whether this clause was to be opera- tive both in wartime and peace- time. Future disarmament conferences | must be held in Europe, Mr. Mac- Donald thought, in order that the | responsible statesmen might attend them and not be too far removed | from contact with home affairs. He concluded by declaring that | Great Britain was committed always to share in moves for peace. | Great applause from the assemblage | obliged the prime minister to stand and acknowledge the tribute for some time before resuming his seat. | ASKS EARLY HEARING ON BALL ACT CASE The District Court of Appeals was asked today by Louis Ottenberg, at- torney for Frances F. Peck, to ad- vance the hearing of her appeal from a decision of the .Municipal Court holding the 'Ball rent act still oper- ative. - In regular course, the case would not be reached for hearing until February, 1925, and an- earlier hearing is requested because of the unusual public interest and impor- tance of the question involved, The varying decisions by judges and the continuance of the Ball Rent Commission to operate lead to “tre- mendous confusion \In_ the public mind,” the court is told. It is also stated that neither landlords nor pro- spective landlords, owners nor pro- spective owners, tenants nor prospec- tive tenants, can act intelligently in the present confused state of the law. paramount importance. The sole question volved, it is ntioned in the Ball Tent law had ceased to existyApril 21 I ‘when the United States Supreme Court de- cided the Chastleton case, in which is said,” “If the question weré only whether the statute was in force to- day uponm the facts we judicially know We would be ¢ompelled to say that the law had ceased to omerate.” Numerous injunctions against the operation of the Rent Commission have been granted by the District Bupreme Court, and judges -in the Municipal Court have held in different ‘ways in cases before them, the court is told. An early decision is declared to be of | ?nted out, is whether the emergency | e on, which | gust 20. would study them all and seek a basis [ 1S less than half the number who government deised to_sign the op-; Tie Mrst 3 e !and time the machines they Desk clerks there say this would normally be brought in for British | overtime parking. The first precinct, which tgkes in has booked 50 at $10 per, which also is far less than the usual number. The third precinct, covering a small part of the congested district, has had only 5 or 8 violations since the higher penalty was applied. The tquad of patrolmen assigned to enforce parking have not yet { reached all of the overtime parkers, because they have to stand nearby intend to tag. But officials of the Traffic Bureau believe continued application of the $10 collateral eventually will make all-day parking rare. The men of the first precinct say the improvement in the parking situ- ation downtown is noticeable by an increase in the number of open spaces at the curb for the person who wants to stop long enough to transact busi- ness and move on. EXTENDS BRAZIL SIEGE. President Says Step Necessary to Keep Order in States. BUENOS AIRES, September 4.— President Bernardes of Brazil has signed a decree extending until De- cember 31 the state of siege prevail- ing in the federal district and the states of Rio Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Mat- to Grosso, Sergipe, Para, Amazonas and Bahia, says a dispatch from Rio to La Nacion. The extension was made “in view of the necessity of maintaining public order.” Bandits Get $15,000 Gems. NEW YORK, Septefber 4.—Three bandits entered the jewelry store of Harry Osterwell, in Yorkville, today, bound and gagged the proprietors son Arthir and escaped .with gems R N American Round-the-World Flyers In Labrador A page of interesting pic- tures of the landing and wel- come of the aviators—a his- tory-making event— In Today’s Star On Page 17, ! Police Cite 110 Owners in| the | the price of leaving | to garage remt, for a court. | tant Corporation Counsel Thomas | in | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDJTION MY Two SOoNS HIRAM “0 WiLLiamG 8 No QUEST(oNS ASKED, “CAuIFoRNIA A STILL. TIFE STUDY. Noted Composer Wounds Russian Colonel in Duel D tiie Assoriated Prece CABOURG, France, September 4—Raoul Gunsbourz, composer and director of the Monte Carlo Opera, and the Russian Col. Bezo- brazoff fought a duel with swords among the sand dunes of Varaville vesterday. The composer easily vanquished the warrior, running him through the right arm at th outset and wounding him so verely that he was unable to con- ted from an inci- tinue. o u‘ £ 1 Dives where M. The duel r dent in a cal Gunsbourg overheard colonel at un adjacent table speak slight- ingly of a person related to the princely family of a small state near France. When the composer remonstrated, the colonel resented his remarks and a violent quarrel ensued, culminating in a challenge by the Russian. The adversaries left the dueling ground without shuking hands. JDHNSON T0 HURL Fullerton Likely to Oppose Griffmen in Opener of Se- ries This Afternoon. w. shington ew York ... Revivified by their two days with- out competition and primed by a bat- | ting and fielding drill yesterda Nationals this afternoon were to re- sume their drive for the American League pennant. They were to en- 3:30 o'clock the Red Sex of Boston in the first game of a series of three, the last league championship games to be played here this year. With the world-champion Yankees in auest of a fourth successive league title right at their heels; the Na- tionals cannot afford to lose a con- test, and will put their best combina- tion on the field for this afternoon’s engagement. Manager Stanley Har- ris' overnight pitching selection is Walter Johnson, dean of major league hurlers, and this season, despite his long service on fhe mound, leading pitcher of the American League. Should Johnson pitch, it would be his third start of the campaign against the Red Sox, the only club in the circuit he has failed to score over this year. However, in the past two months he has been - pitching more brilliantly than when he faced the Fohlites. House of David Pitcher. Manager Lee Fohl's slabbing choice was expected to be Curtis Fullerton, team. Fullerton does nbt disport the whiskers that made the club to which he formerly belonged famous, but when he lost his hirsute adarnment, he did not lose his pitching craft. Should he start, he ought to beycap- able of giving the Nationals a ‘good argument. Earl McNeely, $50,000 purchase from the Sacramento club of «the Pacific Coast League, probably will play center fleld for the Harrismen instead, of Nemo Leibold, even with, a right- hander hurling for the opposition. Manager Harris had intended to use the veteran Leibold against orthodox slabmen, but the left-handed hitter has not fully recovered from a charley horse first felt Monday afternoon, and likely will idle. While the Nationals have won more games than the Red Sox in the series this far between the clubs, their margin of superlority is scant, and each | of these last three contests at home is apt to be keen. In fact, every game from now on assumes the utmost im- portance for the Nationals. From now tp the last day of the month, when the campaign ends in the Johnsonian circuit, the race for the flag _promiges ~to be a mnip-and-tuck affair between Nationals and Yankees, but_with neither Tygers nor Browns too far in the ruck to be discounted. il S. Glenn Young Indicted. DANVILLE, I, September 4.— S. Glenn Young, former Wijlllamson County raider, was indicted on five counts charging impersonation of a Government officer by a Federal grand jury which reportéd today after a three-day session. ARANST RED SOK . the | counter in Clark Griffith Stadium at | a graduate of the House of David| Fhening | | | i [brought about through American sug- | | i | | | | | | | Radip Programs—Page 4. | the belief that all indications point L4 | | ‘UNOFFIGIAL HELP BEST, MELLON SAYS U. S. Can Do Most for Eu- rope in This Way, Secre- tary Declares. | i 3ack at his desk after his vacation | in Europe Secretary Mellon today de- | ared acceptance of the Dawes repa- | raton settlement had demonstrated | I beyond doubt that the United States| pontics can exert greatest influence i untangling Europe’s problems by act- | ing in an unofficial capacity. This country is in a better position | to wield its power for world good | when acting as a friend and advisor than if connected officially with the! League of Nations. he said. | He asserted that the Dawes plan,| estion, had placed Europe on the | road to prosperity, and that its effects already are apparent. “There is a high regard for Amer- | ica's service in this case, said the! Treasury head. “Most of Europe rec- | izes the part played by the United | es in bringing a sound basis out | of what has hitherto been a very | | troublesome situation.” Mr. Mellon declared it would be | difficult to estimate the full benefit which not only Europe, but the whole world will derive from the steps taken toward an economic peace. The keystone of t an economic stabi tion of the Ruhr, pects little trouble loan which float. < The Secretary already has noted some of the beneficial effects which he expected from acceptance of the Dawes settlement. Exporters in the United States have begun the quest : of German business, he said, adding plenty of credit would be avail- is the evacua-| he said. He (-x-] in financing the Germany Is about to able. Sees Investments Favored. Investors are believed by the Sec- retary to be willing to go as far as is necessary in taking German paper, in to an early return of prosperity not only in Germany, but in all of Eu- rope. Regarding suggestions that floods of German goods may damage the | markets of other nations, Mr. Mellon | said that undoubtedly much more of | German merchandise would be seen in all foreign countries than has been | the case since the war, but he sug- gested that when Germany sells’ manufactured goods it must buy raw materials. This process, he predicted, will bring business to America. REED REPORTS ON DEBTS. Pennsylvania Senator Believes Na- tions Will Pay U. §. France and Italy and the other na- tions of Eurdpe who are in the debt of the United States are finally com- ing to the realization that this na- tion has no intention of either wip- ing out the debt or postponing in- definitely some form of settlement, according to Senator Reed of Penn- sylvania, who was one of President Coolidge's callers at the White House today. The Pensylvania senator ‘has just returned from an extensive tour of continental Europe during which time he made a close study of economic and political conditions. He was with the President but a short time today. but he expects to return to the White House later on and give a detailed ac- count of his observations and conclu. sions Expects Conference Soon. Senator Reed expects steps to be taken very shortly which will result in_negotiations to liquidate these debts. He stated with some little emphasis that if these countries do not soon open negotiations along these lines of their own initiative the United States ought to. There is no mistaking the general improvement in Europe as a result of the success promised to the Dawes reparations plan, and he auticipates a still greater improvement as the reruns of the plan-commeénce to be felt. During his brief interview Senator Reed told the President that the po- litical situation in Pennsylvania is highly satisfactory and that the Key- stone State will give its old-time Re- publican vote on November 4. President Coolldge recelved a more detailed account of conditions in Eu- rope when Secretary Mellon conferred with him later. Secretary Mellon said today that Eurmpe has begun an era of prosperity that will mean im- provement throughout the entire world, 2t I et | Religious | party .~ Sta THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1924—FORTY PAGES. Devastating War, Unequaled In History, Looms in China Savage Millions, Armed With Latest En- gines of Destruction, Need Only Spark to Plunge Nation Into Strife. = | BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. (China_apparently is on the verge of & civil war which conceivably might ac complish an even greater loss of life th the great conflict in Europe if prolonged. What are the underlying causes of thin ggle? Junius B. Wood sets them forth riy in this dispatch. For many years Wood bas. been chief of the Far F The Star and the Chicago Daily nd onls recently completed a tour He is home now on leave of .Tn its present stage, the fighting which has broken out in the vicinity of Shanghai is purely a local struggle for the possessions of that rich and populous city and the port through which flows close to one-third of all China’s commerce. That it may be the spark which will plunge all China into a war, where all its armed mil- lions’ will be arrayed behind either Wu Pei Fu or Chang Tso Lin, and in comparison to which China’s fightipg of the last decade, will be merely neighborhood quarrels, is extremely NEW JERSEY RACE HOTTEST IN YEARS Both Parties Torn by Fac- tional * Fight—State Re- garded for Coolidge. EDGE FACES HARD TEST Issue Still Rankles Within Lines of Democrats, Study Shows. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Staff Correspondent of The S NEWARK, N. J, September 4. aling in New Jers. these early September morns, warm- ing up as the day goey along and getting heated by night. The Ku Klux Klan, the wet and dry issue, a bitter factional fight over the United States senatorship in the Republican nd the ordirary run-of-the- mill of party issues serve to keep things moving at a lively step. There is no complaft of apathy in Jersey; the days are hardly long enough to serve the needs of the hour. An unususlly large vote is expacted in November, judging from the inter- est of the voters in the issues of the campaign. Just at the moment the contest over the senatorship nomina- tion is absorbing most immediate at- tention, with the issues of the presi- 2 “From Press to Home The Star’s carrier Within the Hour” system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delive: as fast as th L 4 red to Washington homes he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 91,332 possible. If that comes, it will be a war which has never been equaled— waged with the scientific engines of warfare, which civilization perfected for its own recent struggle but wield- ed by barbarians who still eat the | hearts of their prisoners to gain courage. The future depends on Wwhether| Marshal Wu Pei Fu, war lord of the Peking government, shows hig hand in the present struggle. T# next contingency is whether Marshal Chang Tso Lin, war lord of Man- churia and Mongolia. with his capital amid the ancient glories of Mukden. | will unloose the vast army he has been drilling under British, Freuch. | Italian and Russian officers for two years, come through the great wall | and attempt to capture Peking and set up a new dynasty or proclaim a new president. Such a _move would start fires on sides of Marshal Wu or the Peking government. Hunan and Szechwan— (Continued on Page 3, Column WORLD FLYERS DUE HERE NEXT MONDAY Squadron of Five Planes| From-Bolling Field to Escort | TWO CENTS. SHANGHAI DEFENSE REPULSES ASSAULT BY KIANGSU TROOPS Second Attack Developing on City—Russian Aviators Helping Enemy. U. S. SAILORS REPORTED ASHORE FOR GUARD DUTY British and French Also Land Forces to Protect Foreigners Huddled in Town. By the Assoriuted Press SHANGHATL Septe Kiangsu troops of Yuan launched Hwantu, near were repulsed, munique issued Hsfang, the Cheki Another attack was communighe added ‘Two airplanes pil conducted bombing effect. ber 4 Chi attack on. today and- to a com Lu Yu commander. the o ien Shieh- heavy angh: acerding by Gen ng developing, ed by R attacks w siams hout Made Advance Vexterday. After 24 hours of fighting, with 15 miles of the coveted city of S hai, forces of Gen. Lu Yung-Hsian ruler of the territory, yesterday re- pulsed the armies of Gen. Chi Shieh- Yuan and gained about two mile cording to a statement d the headquarters of Ho Feng-Lin is Airmen to Capital. ! AIR CIRCUS ABANDONED | Globe-Circlers to Leave Tuesday! Morning After Refueling at Local Station. 1 rted from a point near Phila- | | delphia by a squadron of five planes | from Bolling Field, which will leave | the local flying field early in the morning to welcome them and pilot them to Washington, the round-the- world fiyers now winging their way along the eastern seaboard are ex- pected to reach Washington about noon next Monday. Washington Tuesday morning. after refueling, en route to the Pacific Coast. Plans of the officers at Bolling Field to stage. coincidentally with the arrival here of the world fyers. an aerial “show"” unparalleled in magnitude in the East, have been abandoned. For many weeks the officers at Bolling Field have been looking for- ward to the advent of the world hibition larger than anything that dential campaign somewhat in the background. State Seen for Coolidge. ‘The neutral belief is that New Jer- g sey is safe for Coolidge, and by the |ed by the Secretary of War, Maj. Gen. | duty restoration of | same token that President Coolidge’s |Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army expected plurality may carry along the senatorial ticket as well, despite the present difficulties. New Jersey is likely to reflect the prevailing sen- timent of New York, and most neu- ervers class New York in the 3 Ge column in November. A few words about the senatorial contest may be timely before going into the presidential _outlook Senator Walter Edge is a candi- date for renomination. He is being opposed by Hamilton F. Kean, pres- ent Republicon national committee- man for the State. In addition Rev. Erend James L. Shields, formerly State superintendent of the anti- Saloon League has served notice that if Senator Edge is renominated. he will enter the Hsts as an independent candidate in November. George L. Record is an independent candidate for the nomination, appealing to the old radical Pregressive strength in the State. The Democratic candidate for Senator is Frederick W. Donnelly, Mayor of Trenton. Foes Discount Shields. course of Rev. Mr. Shields is de’;‘;:"‘:cm!ed by Senator Edge and Mr. Kean, both of whom have pledged themselves to play the game and sup- port the nominee of the primaries. George L. Record is supporting Sen tor La Follette for the presidency, but thus. far has not secured the in- dorsement of the La Follette men for the senatorial nomination. This fac- tional mix-up in the Republican party is regarded by the Democrats as enhancing their prospects of re- placing the present Republican sena. tor with a Democrat, The wet an issue is very acute. dréd‘ge is recognized as a wet and Kean is generally looked upon as a dry, although Bis opponent charges that he is only a recent convert. The Democratic hope is enhanced by the belief that if Kean is nominated for senator a large wet Republican vote will go to Donnelly, the Democratic candidate. “It looks as if the Re- publicans are between the devil and the deep sea over the senatorship, said ome New Jersey _politician. George L. Record, the independent candidate, polled 100,000 votes two Years ago in its contest with Senator Frelinhuysen, but he._is not expected to get that much now Women Kean's Asset. in the senatorlull cl;ln!eul. Mr. ean’s largest asset is the women’'s {'(ale, while Senator Edge has the support of the organization in the State. - The women are very bitt against Senator Edge on acdount of his .wetness and his attitude against policies and legislation advocated by the women. They have thumbs down for him with a vengeance. I was present at a conference where I heard one of the women leaders of the State fairly skip the Senator alive, The maim hope of the Repub- licans in electing a Republican Sena- tor is in the fact that a presidential election is likely to bring out a heavy vote and that the “Republicans will vote the ticket straight who ever is nominated. o The religious question is running high in New Jersey. Following the defeat of Gov. Smith of New York for the presidential nomination for the reagon that he is a Catholic, the New Jersey democracy was pretty has ever been held here before. The | “show” was to be for the benefit of | the Army relief fund. | In its place the fiyers. headed b, Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, will be greet- Air Service, and other high ranking | officers and’ officials. | nex to Cirele City. | Samewhere between this city and | Mitchel Fiela, . probably near Philadephia, the squadron of five fast planes sent out early next Monday | will pick up the big air cruisers which have traveled around the globe and escort them to Washington. On ar- rival here the escorting planes will go to Bolling Field, while the world cruisers, accompanied photographic planes, will circle over the city. The will then pass over Arlington Ceme. tery, according to plans announced by the War Department todav, where of the Unknown Soldier, and will then point the noses of the big planes to- ward Bolling Field After their official reception their chiefs at Bolling Field the av tors will lunch, while the public will be given an opportunity to view the flyers and their plan Offjcers of the post will be hosts to the world fiyers next Monday, and the aviat®s will then be takep by automobile to the State, War and Navy Building to pay their respects to Secretary Weeks and Gen. Pershing. They will be dinner guests of Maj. Gen. Patrick in the evening. In the meantime waiting at Boston is Lieut. B. F. Maitland, ing Field's ranking flying officers, who is in the Massachusetts city to prepare the way for the world fiyers and give them any assistance pos- sible in their flight to-Bolling Field. STORMS DELAY REPAIRS.« by Nova Scotians Stage Big Demon- stration While Flyers Wait. By the Associated Press. PICTOU, —A rainstorm from the northeast, driving 20 knots in squalls, ruffled the waters of Pictou Harbor this morning and- forced the American Army round-the-world flyers to post- pone until this afternoon the task of preparing their planes for the hop- off for St. Johm, N. B, which they expect to make tomorrow morning, if the weather permits. At noon the weather gave évidence of clearing and Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, the flight commander, hoped that he and Lieut. Erik Nelson and their assistants, Lieuts. Leslie P. Arnold and John Harding, jr., would be able to devote the afternoon to work on the planes. The airmen declared that it would not be a difficult task to repair thc {spreader bar on Lieut. Smith’s plane. which broke during the flight vester- day from Hawkes Bay, Newfoundland, and that the refueling and oiling of the planes would take little add:- tional time. A patrol boat stood by the planes throughout the night. The unfavorable weather conditions this morning prevented Lieut. Leigh Wade and Lieut. H. H. Ogden from fitting the new propeller, brought in by the United States cruiser Milwau- kee, on their new plane, the Boston I in which they will rejoin their comrades on the trip to American territory. Their original plane was wrecked off the Faroe Islands. The 420-mile trip from Hawkes on Page 11, Column 3) ~ (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) ! back | gaine ! push forward at 5 | brigade. They will leave ! flyers and preparing for an aerial ex- | flowers will be dropped on the tomb | one of Boll- | ova Scotia, September 4. | fense commissioner of Shanghai Many casualties v reported The battle commenc: with a heavy attack by the Kia troops, esti- mated at 10,000. While the left wing of the Chekiang army was forced the center and right slowly ground, according to Ho's sec- retary. Later reinforcements reached the Chekiang left wing. enabling it to o'clock. At 8 o'clock this morn commanded by zen, estimated Chekianz force outside Liuho. cording t5 the L; resulted. after disastrously which, at 9 retreat, with | pursuing them Shanghai Is Crowded. Shanghai, crowded wiih fore. { who huddled into the city from the { firing lines, today viewed the openin | of hostlilities with apprehension ar {fears_that the battle lines might | S6me Closer to the city hefore night- | fail ; ! " The engagement now in progress is becoming general in the area from {the line of the Shanghai-Nanking | railway to the coast and heavy can- { nonading along the railway lines was reported. | The temper of foreign governments toward China’s pro was indicated yesterd: | contingents of British marines |1anded in the foreizn tion Shanghai and 400 French sailors were sent ashore from war craft no in | the harbor here. The nch troops | supplement a volunteer company on 0 defend the French settiement possible emergenc Fight Close to City. An indication of the proximity of actual fighting to Shanghai was given vesterday whe encount between the Chinese soldiery and players on | the Shanghai Golf Club links, located {in the northern suburb of Kiangwan led to an order from the club gov ernors suspending play until further | notice. | While the general topic | foreign® population today was the | actual starting of fighting, metho ! by which the rival tuchuns propo » finance an extended conflict also | were discussed. The Chinese general | chamber of commerce addressed a letter to the Hongko! and Shan; hai Banking Corporation. protestin | against a reported project to 1 the Peking government one million ! pound sterling, the ioan to be | cured by German bond: \ | Behind the two tuchun cont ders for Shanghai today was the respec- {tive support of Gen. Wu Pei-Fu, head jof the Peking government, allied with Chi, the Kiangsu wovernor, and CI war lord of Man- gehuria. reported in di patches from Peking to have con- tributed $2,000,000 to Gen. Lu Yun Hsiang. i Rexidents Told to Move. Manchurian war Jdord. how- s content to lend his finan aid to Gen. Lu for the present, b has promised him military aid when it is opportune. Despite Chang's surance as to his m; ure of partic pation in the conflic i of ! Peking spending the summer at points reached by the I'eking-Mukden railway, along which Chang would bring his troops southward, have | been advised by Chinese friends to ! leave their places in view of the | probable interruption of traffic on the | line. ]ri}env Feng Yu-Hsiang, a Christian | Chinese member of the Wu Pei-Fu | Peking forces. was reported to have refused a request for additional troops for Gen. Chi Shieh-Yuan, on the ground that the security of the capital might be endangered if troops were moved. TU. S. SAILORS LANDED. of the same gagement, adquarter sur's figh Kiangsu troc repo the Chek along the s | { Consul Reports Steps to Protect Foreign Settlemént. A protective cordon, composed of Shanghai Volunteer Corps and, Amer- ican, British, Japanese and French sailors, will be thrown about the for- eign settlement in Shanghai to pre- vent the entry of armed Chinese forces there. Consul . General Cunningham, at Shanghai, advised the State Depart- ment today that arrangements for such a step had been completed. The dispatch indicated that American sailors had been landed from naval craft ¥n Shanghai waters, although it contained mo direct statement of that action. Press advices alrcady | have reported the landing of British and French forces. Reports Troops Advance. A telegram from Edward Bell, charge at the Peking legation, sa that on the afternoon of September 3, Kiangsu troops had advanced at Quinsan, progressing a distance of four miles since the movement started that morning. |