Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1924, Page 1

\ \ < \ WEATHER. Tartly cloudy tonight and slightly cooler; tomorrow fair; fresh northeast winds. moderate to ‘emperature for 24 ‘hours ending at 2 p.m. tod Highest, p.m. yesterday; lowest, 58, today. Full report on page . 76, at 3:30 at 6:20 a.m. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,347, AIRMEN - SPEEDING TOWARD BOSTON ON HOP OF 570 MILE AFTER BAD START Wade, Rejoining Mates for Rest of Journey, Forced Down, Quickly Repairs Slight Motor Trouble. CONDITIONS ARE FAIR; TRIP TO TAKE 7 HOURS Machines Pick Up Momentum After Flying at Rate of About 60 Miles an Hour in First Few Miles—100,000 Expected to See Arrival on U. S. Soil. By the Associated Press. EASTPORT, Me., September 5—The American world fiyers passed Eastport at 1:20 this aft- ernoon. PICTOU, Nova Scotia, September §.—The American Army round-the- world fiyers set out from Pictou for Boston today at 10:35 o'clock this morning on the last lap over foreign territory and the final jump overseas of th encircling trip. The three planes got after 19-minute delay, motor trouble, which the heavily laden plane Boston II This machine, which had been sent 1o Pictou to permit Lieuts. Leigh Wade and H. H. Ogden to complete | their world flight, interrupted by the | wreck of their first plane off the| aroe Islands, was forced down three ninutes after taking the air with| machines of Flight Commander | th and Lieut. 2 16 o'clock It took only a few minutes to re- pair the motor trouble on the Boston JI. and the three machines were away at 10:35 o'clock on their mile’ non-stop hop to Boston Nelson First in Air. The New Orleans, Licut. Nelson's machine, was first to take the| 1t was followed by the Chicago, | h_Lie Smith on board, while; the Boston 11, carryag a greater I0ad than the two others, hopped from the water at 10:16:30 o'clock. After flying about the harbor, the | three machines headed into the wind <n a northwesterly course, but as they moved into formation to begin | their long flight, Lieut. Wade's plane | filtered, turned and swooped down | to the water. | After circling about for a few min- utes the New Orleans followed the| Boston 11 to the surface, the Chicago remaining in the air. A few minutes| later Licut. Nelson's plane was away | again and Lieut. Wade's machine tax- fed down the harbor and joined the | two others, all three turning again toward the northwest. Expé€cted Trouble, Beforc the decision was made to! &tart on the fligl this morning it was anticipated that Lieut. Wade might have difficulty in getting off be. cause of the extra weight of the m: chine in which he was flying. Lieuts, ‘Wade and Ogden expected trouble from the first bécause they had just) installed a new propeller and tried it| out for the first time this morning. Just before the crew of the Boston I succeeded in getting the new pro- | pelier to turn over they were visited by Lieuts. Smith and Nelson, whose | machines already were in position. A: he was stepping from the Navy te der to the pontoons of the Boston 1T Lieut. Nelson fell into water up to his waist Licut, Wade's first start was made following a two-mile run straight down the harbor after he had made 1wo unsuccessful attempts to get into the air. The fiyers' course leads across Northumberland Straight to the Isth mus of Chignecto, which connects Nova, Scotia and New Brunswick. From this point they will follow the coast lines of New Brunswick and New England to their destination. Weather reports from various points along the coast indicated that flying conditions were fair. Picking Up Speed. 10:50 o'clock the machines River John and at 11:16 they passed over the mouth under way a caused by | At passed o'clock of Pugwash Harbor, about 50 miles | from their starting point. They were flying abreast and going very fas Watchers on the shore off .Wallace Harbor, which the airmen passed be- sore reaching Pugwash Harbor, as- serted that the Boston II dropped very low, followed by the Chicago, while the New Orleans slackened its pace and hovered overhead. time is looked as though the Boston T had alighted, but a few minutes later she gained altitude again and the three machines disappeared from view. BIG WELCOME PLANNED. Air Service Chief to Greet Flyers to ..ative Soil. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, September 5.—The Amer- ican world flyers are expected to step on the soil of their native land today for the first time since they left it at Seattle on April 6, when they drop into Boston Harbor and 1and at the Boston airport. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith and his companions will be met and escorted here by a formation of airplanes lead by Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chlef of the United States Air Service. After taxing to their mooring buoys the fiyers will be greeted by a salute of 21 guns, fired by an. anti-aircraft battery, and “The Star Spangled Ban- ner” played by a military band. They will then be received by committees of Federal, State and municipal au- thorities, who will escort them while they sign the “visitors' register of the Boston airport.” Following the cere monies the airmen will be given an opportunity to rest and dine alone. Y¥very cffort has been made to chorten the ordeal of official and in- sormal_reception in_order that the " (Continued on Page 4. column 7.) long and arduous globe-| developed on | |tancy in expressing his opinion that tin For a| Entered as second class matter post office Washington, | D. C. Job” Terse Commen Forward Happily to Trip’s End. BY FREDERICK R. NEFLY. Staft Correspondent of The Star. BOSTON, September 5. —Over a course mapped around the globe tak- ing them through more than 20 for- eign countries, into typhoons, sand- storms, snowstorms, intense heat, fogs, rains, fields of icebergs and over mountainous land and broad stretches of water. four Army planes began a flight in March of this vear. Of the original number two have sur- vived, and again are nearing the soil of the United States with their car- goes—Lieut. Lowell H. Smith of Rock- well Field, California, leader; Lieut. Lestie P. Arnold of Bolling Field, Washington, D. €., assistant pilot; Lieut. Eric Nelson, pilot, of McCook | Field, Dayton, Ohio, and Lieut. John Harding, jr. also of McCook Field, assistant pilot. A third, carrying Lieut. Leigh Wade of Bolling Field and Lieut. Henry H. Ogden of Selfridge Field, Michigan, assistant, was forced out of complete | circumnavigation of the globe by air ACCUSED FFEEN MUST FACE TR | U.S. Commissioner Overrules Motion to Dismiss Indict- ments in Liguor Case. United States Commissioner Tur- nage today overruled motions to dis miss the conspiracy indictment re- turned in Florida in which 15 Wash- | ingtonians were included in a charge | of violating the notional prohibition | law through an agreement to trans- port liquor from Florida to Washing- | ton and New York on trains. The‘ comm ioner declared he was con- | strained. in view of decisions by the | United States Supreme Court and by | | the District Court of Appeals. to hold | {that the indictment substantially charges an offense against the United States and is presumptive prima faci proof of probable cause for the re- moval of the men to Florida. The defendants may offer evidence, | the commissioner held. to rebut the| presumptive proof of the indictment. Otherwise, he declares it his plain duty, “however disagreeable it may be,” to commit them for removal. Believes Indictment Defective. Commissioner Turnage had no hesi- the indictment is defective and would Dbe thrown out on a general demurrer because it fails to inform the ac- cused with what. they are charged. | Similar indictments have been held defective in this court, he points out, but under the law such objection to the | | indictment is reserved for decision to the courts of the jurisdiction in which the indfetment is returned and {may not be passed on by the com- missioner. A mere statement of the charge in the language of the statute ! has been held by the courts sufficient removal proceedings, which are { different from extradition cases be- cause the demanding jurisdiction is a federal court where the rules of practice are universal. Te Rebut Evidence. Counsel for the accused decided to offer testimony to rebut the prima facie evidence of the indictment be- fore Commissioner Turnage. Hearing {of this evidence is scheduled for Sep- tember 22. The persons accused in the alleged conspiracy and who will continue their fight to prevent removal to Florida are Lieut. Joshua Sprinkle and Private William Haller of the | Police “Department, O. C. Fredericks, | Claude McNeill and Wallace Barcs | dale. employes of the Pullman Com- {pany; Patrick H. Barteman, John B. |Newman and Charles Marshall, for- i mer deputy United States marshals; James Boudwin, sr.; James Boudwin, ) {r.; James Hunter, Bromley Hunter, | Emil Krause, Ralph McCullough ana Walter A. Tapscott. — | GREEK CONSUL MISSING. i Reports Say Funds Are Short in Chicago- Office. | CHICAGO, September 5. — Leonid | Matlis, Greek consul-general here, disappeared six weeks ago and still is missing, says the Herald-Examiner day. — § Infor.fition has leaked out, the pa- per adds, that a shortage of $35,000 exists in the accounts of, the consu- Jate and that an investigation has been ordered by the Athens govern- ment. A new consul-general, Vosil Mam- mon, has been named. He assumed- his duties yesterday. | to | By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, September 5.—Soviet Russia takes a serious view of China's affairs and is not going to remaln indifferent, says M. Roth- stein, member of the presiding committee of the foreign office and chief of the press department, in an official statement to the foreign correspondents. “We have full ground to suspect that some arrangement was -ar- rived at between the great pow- ers as regards China during Sec- retary Hughes' stay in London,’ the statement asserts. “This ac- tion was contemplated long ago, but America hesitated to make up her mind until the Russo-Chinese agreement. _*We believe that the United - States abandoned its policy of the open door and decided to divide zones of interest in China. It seems that England receives the south, France the province of Un- nan, and Japan, Manchuria.” The partlcipation of Japan was not yet clear, said M. Rothstein, but_certain actions of Manchuria World Flight Review Long Tale Of Great Hardship and Courage Death Seldom Far From Flyers; “Hard Soviet Charges Hughes With Deal to Scuttle Open-Door Policy in China he WASHINGTON, D. t of Smith, Looking off the fourth, Faroe Islands. while the bearing the original leader, Maj. Frederick L. Martin, and carry- ing Sergt. Alva L. Harvey, asslstant, crashed against an Aleutian mountain not long after the beginning of the flight. To the ofticers in the planes which made the trip to date, fiying in good weather on short hops and with good equipment is routine work But the non-aeronautical public cun never visualize what it m 18 to be fiving the gamut of meteorological phe- nomena, with foreign and unknown soll or water beneath them, with | their lives depending upon the steady drone of the motor a few inches in front Superb airmanship which rests with these officers who have flown back to the United States, alone h accomplished the task which has fail- ed of accomplishment by other na- tions many times. The leader, Smith, who speaks little, but flies wonder- tully, says it's a “hard job to fly around the world.” He says there have been man, discouragements, (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) HONT OCCUPANTS OF“NURDER CAR" I Police Satisfied Princioal in Leisinger Case Is Held. Prisoner Denies It. Their principal object accomplished with the arrest yesterday of the negro who, they declare, fatally shot Policeman Raymond C. Leisinger as he hung on to the spare tire of a suspected liquor automobile, head- quarters detectives today were con- centrating on rounding up the other colored occupants of “the murder car.” Several clues which it helie\'uli will lead to the arrest of at least two or three companions of James| Theodore Holmes, the cork-legged | alleged bootlegger, who Inspector | Clifford L. Grant, chief of detectives, | says will be charged with the killing | of the policeman a week ago Thurs-| day, were being run down today by! a corps of detectives. “We will get them, all right,” In-| spector Grant declared confidently today. “We have the man we wanted | most in the person of Holmes. He still denies any connection with the shooting. but we have piled up a mass of evidence against him.” Questioned Several Hours. H Holmes was questioned for several hours last night, but he maintained throughout that he was innocent. His® statements were conflicting in many respects, however, his ques tioners said. Holmes, it was stated. admitted putting the so-called death car in the garage at the rear of 1527 Kingman street and there ham- mering out three bullet holes in the rear of the tonneau. He declares, howeper, that he did not take the car there on the day of the shooting, as the garage owner had told the police he did. Asked why | he placed the car in| the garage, Holmes told detectives that “business” was slack and he had no use for it., The police claim, on the other hand, that Holmes pur- chased another car after putting the | bullet-riddled one in storage. The bullet holes in the car, Holmes sserted, were made by shots fired by | police several weeks previous to the killing of Policeman Leisinger. De- tectives who examined the automo- bile yesterday after it had been found in the garage by Policeman J. A. M. McKimmie declare that the edges of the holes show that the bullets were fired from fnside the car. | Three Names Withheld, Three other colored men were brought into police headquarters to- day and questioned at length in the office of Chief Grant. Their names were not made public, and it is not known what connection they may have with the case. Four colored women arrested vesterday still are being held for investigation, [ One of them, Martha Brown, is said to be owner of the bullet-scared tour- ing car. Another, Lila Pilgate, was arrested at the Seventh street house prior to Holmes' appearance and subsequent arrest there yesterday. The other two are 1da Proctor and Lulu Frost. All are being held at the House of Deten- tion, and are being variously question- ed from time to time. The police are particularly anxious to locate the col- ored woman in the pink dress seen in the car by a fellow policeman of Leisinger's just before the fatal shooting. indicated that Japan had been given permission to occupy it. “Whatever scheme the pPowers have arrived at,” he added, “Soviet Russia is"going to raise protests, as, being a neighbor of China, it affects Russla closely and fills her with great anxlety.” M. Rothstein took occasion to deny that the Russo-Chinese treaty contained any secret clauses. The form of action Russia is to take has not yet been decided. Pos- sibly the Moscow goyernment will Propose a conference, and it would Certainly participate’ in one it in- ed. By the Associated Pre: When informed of thé state. ment made by M. Rothstein t:o the foreign correspondents at Moscow, relative to American poli mxfi in China, Secretary Hughes said: - “It Is not only false, but ridic- ulous.” .Treaty experts of the State De- partment pointed out that the American Secretary of State, even if desired, had no authority to en- ter any agreement respectin, China with the governments o’ <Prance, Japan or Great Britaln, C, SHANGHAI BATTLE GROWING FIERCER: PLANES ADD FURY Fighting Unabated on Three Sectors as Rival Governors Contest for Possession. TROOPS PATROL CITY IMPRESSING RECRUITS While Attempting to Use Modern Methods, 01d-Time Chinese Random Firing Prevails. By the Aswociated Press. SHANGHAIL, September 5.—At- tacking Kiangsu forces in the Liuho sector, about 30 miles north- west of Shanghal, continued thetr assault all last night and late this afternoon appeared to be Prepar- ing for another night er con- tinuous fighting. Explosive artillery shells were used for the first time today. Large numbers of machine guns likewise were placed in service. SHANGHAL September G.—Fierce fighting in three sectors between the armies of rival Chinese military gov- ernors, contesting for possession of | Shanghai. continued unabated today, i but added fury was given to the bat- | tles by the movement of airplanes concentration of Chinese battleships for action along the Yangtze River. The major engagement appeared to center Dbetween Klatinghsien ard Lieuho, about 30 miles northwest of Shanghai. The outcome of this en- gagement was still doubtful, both sides employing artillery, according | to the Lungwha military headquar- ters of the Chekiang military gov- ernor. Reinforcements Moving. Troops were proceeding from Lungwha headquarters of Gen. Lu Yung-Hslang, Chekiang tuchun, to reinforce the governor's defending troops at Swangtu, 15 miles west of here, where fighting continues. There is considerable jockeying for posi- the tion in this quarter, according to an ' j observer who returned from Nansiang today. The Lungwha headquarters explained this with the announce- ment that the Chekiang troops were taking positions to cheek an expected enemy swing southeasterly. The enemy movement would be along the Grand Canal, with the im- mediate objective as the Sunkiang and Hangchow Railway. Any move- ment toward the southeast would make the battle front extend into Chekiang Province, the seat of Lu Yung-Hslang's government. Planes Enter Confliet. Entrance of airplanes into the eon Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER | i | | flict was signalized today when three | planes passed over the planes were evidently cruising in the direction of the Lungwha aviation ground. val craft from Peking were re- ported moving down the Yangtze to aid the Fukien fleet, supporting thel invading forces from the north. The Fukien fleet was reported in the Chusan Archipelago, south of Shanghai, several days ago, to inter- cept any aid from Chang Tso-Lin, supporting the Chekiang governor. was expected to dispatch aid to Han- chow by sea. Close Rail Line. The Chinese authorities here closed the Shanghai-Woosung line this aft- ernoon as a precaution against a pos- sible land attack on the forts in the event of the Kiangsu army breaking through at Liuho, fitteen miles north- west of Woosung. The second attack which it was ex- pected would be made by the Kiangsu forces yesterday did not develop, and no serious fighting was in progress today. The Chekiang troops are con- tinuing to hold their positions. Gen. Wu Pei-fu, military chief of the Peking government, has denied that any of his soldiers are fighting with the Kiangsu forces. Shot Seattering’ Wildly. Although the more modern means of open warfare are being employed by both sides, competent eye witness- es declared last night that the troops were scattering shot and firing wildly, characteristic of the manner of Chin- ese troops. Two American women distinguished themselves during the bombardment of Liuho yesterday. They were Miss Grace 1. Crandall a physician, and Miss Susie M. Burdick, a Seventh Day Adventist missionary at Liuho. Both women refused to retreat with Red Cross units after the firing began. The women were rescyed finally by an Associated Press correspondent, who transported them to Shanghal, with "~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) JAPAN SOON TO NAME AMBASSADOR TO U. S. Several Statesmen Being Consi ered in Tokio for Post Vacated by M. Hanihara. By the Associated Press. ‘TOKIO, September 5.—The Japanese vernacular press today -says the ap- pointment of an ambassador from Japan to the United Statey to suc- ceéd M. Hanlhara is imminent. Tokchi Tanaka, former vice min- ister of foreign affairs, former coun- selor of the Japanese embassy at Washington and ex-consul at Seattle, ‘Wash., is mentioned as the probable appotntee. | 3 Eki Hioki, former ambassador from ‘Tokio to Berlin, and Tsuneo Matsuda- ira, present vice minister in the Jap- anvse cabinet, are also being con- sidered as potential appointees. ~ It was stated in authoritative quar- ters that added impetus was given to the selection 6f an ambgassador to suc- ceed M. Hanihara by the appointment .of Edgar A. Bancroft recently Presldent Coolkdge as ambassador to Japan. e | Manchurian war lord. Chang, who is | western | Shanghai district this afternoon. The ! o 5, PRINCE REALLY, TRULY GIRL SHY; FEELS SAFE WITH YOUNG WIVES into the war zone and the reported | Heir to Brit BY ROBERT T. MALL. NEW YORK 5 -ptember —The Prince of Wales really and truly is girl shy. This also goes for Baron Renfrew and David Windsor, for even if he were not heir-apparent to the British throne, the would flee the young women who would be attracted by a personality which is not a part of roya So the American girls whose hearts have been pit-a-patting might just as well stop sighing about the prince and go back to paving a little more attention to the steady beaux in the old home town 1t would be foolish to say the prince does not enjoy the society of women. He loves it. It would be foolish also |even this conference that there should | forward to throu to say that the all-night parties he has been enjoying down Long Island voung man still| Star. 1924 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. sh Throne Stretching Out Gay Bachelor Days to Limit, Knowing Some Time He Must Settle Down Absolutely. | way have been bereft of all feminine | charm and adornment The prince is just like every other voung bacheélor who has no present mind for matrimony. He knows where there ix safety first. So he has at- tached himself to the voung married set—the Long Island “polo crowd — and when he goes nut to a dance in| the wee sma’ hours of the morning | he first makes sure that everybody's marriad. Then he s happy and free. | with no doting mothers or heartsick maidens to worry over. The prince is so shy declined to meet the ne that he wspaper 1 when newspaper women are present. | o He expressed himself as both anxious | |and willing to meet the sports wri ers who are speciaitzing on polo th, days, but he made it a condition of be no lady reporters present. Like all “(Continued on Page 3. Column 3.) NAVAL OFFICERS GOOLIDGE T0 TALK T0 FIAT REFUAD Will Appeal to Supreme Court, if Necessary, Against Controller. Plans are being formulated by a | group of officers in the Navy Depart- ment to attack the authority of the controller general of the United States to withhold their pay in. order to refund to the Government the al- lowances which the controller alleges they have gotten without authority on account of dependents. The committee formed in the Navy Department consists of Commanders H. Powell and W. C. L Stiles, Lieut. Comdrs. M. J. Foster and A. F. King- man, Lieuts. J. C. Lufk, R. C. Welles, W. F. Dietrich, G. B. Colton, F. C. Hill (Marine Corps), Chief Pay Clerk M. Prather, members, and Lieut. W. E. Andrews, secretary. These officers hope to get other of- ficers in the service similarly affected to band together to make a test case in the courts, carrying it, if neces- sary, to the Supreme Court of the United States. They contend that the United States Supreme Court has held that Gov- ernment employe’s pay cannot be withheld without due process of law. Government officials have pointed out to the controller, it was said, that it he should take the case Into court, | it it was found that the and then, officers were getting money fraud- ulently, the services would handle the matters through a court-martial. This, it was added, the controller re- fuses to do. but holds up pay which he believes is not due the officers. ‘Secretary Denby refused to permit the checkages, it was pointed out, but Secretary Wilbur has allowed the paymasters to make 20 per cent deductions a _month over the pro- tests of the officers. Now the officers are determined to take thelr fight into the courts. The Secretary of War and heads of the Public Health, Coast Guard and Goedetic Survey services also have refused to permit the checkages against the pay of their officers. The committee has as yet made no definite plans for filing a case, but is awaliting a mobllization of the sev- eral hundred other officers in the Navy affected by the ruling, behind the movement. — e COUNSEL FOR RENT BOARD Maj. A. C. Wells Succeeds Chapin Brown, Who Resigned. The District Rent Commissiori an- noupced today the appointment of Maj, A Colter Wells to succeed Chapin Brown as attorney for the commission. Mr. Brown recently turned in his resignation. ; It was stated by the commission that Mr. Wells is familiar with the commission and a well known and efficient attorney. Mr. Brown had been attorney for the commission since its creation and had handled numerous cases for it before the various courts of the Dis- trict. . 3 1 ON FOREIGN POLICY Plain Declaration Expected at Lafayette Exercises in Baltimore Tomorrow. President Coolidge will motor to Ealtimore tomorrow morning to par- | ticipate in the ceremonies incident to the unveiling of a statue to the mem- ory of Lafayette. The President will make the principal address, and it is expected by those close to him that | he will speak very plainly regarding | the foreign policies of his adminis- tration. For more than a week. during his spare moments. the President has been occupied with the composition of this speech. He finally completed it last night, and it was said at the White House that advance copies of it would be available this afternoon. The President will be accompanied on the trip to Baltimore by Mrs. Coolidge and his secretary, C. Bascom Slemp, They will leave the White House shortly after 9 o'clock. w roceed in leisurely fashion. with the ntention of arriving at their destina- tion about 10:30. The ceremonies will have been started by the time the presidential party arrives. The Presi- dent is not scheduled to speak unti 11 o'clock. ENTRY TO BE QUIET. | President Dispenses With Formali- ties in Baltimore. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 5.—Presi- dent Coolidge's entry into Baltimore tomorrow, when he will attend the celebration of Lafayette-Marne day and the unveiling of the Lafayette tue in Mount Vernon place, will be as inconspicuous as possible, accord- ing to his wishes expressed to Mayor Jackson. The President declined the invita- tion of a formal reception at the State line. He also declined an invi- | tation to luncheon, saying he would return to the White House immedi- ately after the ceremonies. The President is expected to reach | the city line about 10 o'clock. A squad of motor cycle policemen will meet the Washington party there and act as escorts to the square. There Gov. Ritchie, Mayor Jackson and the reception committee will et the President and his party and escort them to the stand, while two city bands play appropriate music. Standing at the foot of the first monument erected to the first Presi- dent of the United States, the Presi- dent will dedicate the memorial erected in honor of the gallant young Frenchman, who served the strug- gling colonies in their hour of need. Greeks Killed in Bulgaria. SOFTA, Bulgaria, September 5.— It is officially announced that two Greek soldiers have been killed in a conflict on Bulgarian territory south | trict public | versit: every tion’i The Star’s carrier | here as replete’ with hope for | peace. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” tem covers city block and the regular edi- delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 93,461 TWO CENTS. HERRATS PLEDGE T0 ARBTRATE VAR HALED BY LEAGLE French Premier’s Utterance Declared Rainbow Presag- ing World Peace. ASKS U. S. TO CONTINUE ROLE OF HELPFULNESS Any Conference on Disarmament ! Should Be Under Geneva Body's i Call, He Holds. | By the Associated Press. { GENEVA, September 5.—France to- day pledged her adhesion to the prin- | ciple of arbitration, and through the {lips of Premier Herriot gave to the | world a message generally acclaimed world A.T.STUART,NOTED EDUGATOR, EXPIRES Director in D. C. Schools Had Been Critically Il Since August 19. Alexander intermediate director of truction in the Dis- hools, who devoted more than 30 years of an active life |to the public educational system a instructor, supervisor and admin |trative official. died at 3 o'clock this the home of his daughter. 2m J. Moore, 5162 Seventeenth = had been ebbing its ¥ his body August 19 | when he was stricken with a hea: {tack while preparing for the v | whicn he had expectantly ait Stuart from e ooked | Conscious throughout the period of |illness that sapped his strength and | vitality and warned him of his im- jpending fate, Mr. Stuart’'s death was jconsidered by his friends as symbolic of entire life—peaceful and quiet. |Members of his immediate family were at the Ledside when the end came, where they had been almost | constantly since physicians gave up | hope for his recovery. | Just eignt dave ago Mr Stuart lealled his dearest friends to his | bedside and reminded them feebly that |it was the 76th anniversary of his |birth. He weil knew that it was his !last. Al members of his immediate family save his wife, an val who ! has been confined to her bed for more |than a vear. | birthday observance. | Sorrow Widespre: Mr. Stuart’s death threw a pall of | gloom over the entire public school system. which he has seen develop | from its rudimentary stage to an in- | stitution with almost 70.000 children | dependent on it for an education. The news of his passing saddened the | Summer vacations of the personnel of the entire system. No other person had | officials. teachers and others. Knowing full weil that his life was knocking at death's door, Mr. Stuart | several days ago chose among ‘his wide circle of beloved friends whom he desired to be pallbearers at his funeral. They are principally school officials. He went to his death confi- dent that all of his wishes would be complied with. Knew System Thoroughly. Mr. Stuart will carry to his grave the most comprehensive and un- chronicled history of the public school ~ system of the District. Throughout his life he made a thorough study of the development of the pub- lic educational system which he loved so well. but could never be pre- vailed upon to put it én writing for posterity. In the public Ii years in his capacit trative officer of elight for many as an admini the schools, Mr. gain notoriety. When he consented to serve two years ago as a mem- ber of the board of judges of The Star’s essay contest on “The Arms Conference and Its Significance,” he reluctantly gave out for publication a biography of his long career in the schools. And it was as brief as he could possibly write it. Born in Washington August 28, 184, Mr. Stuart received his elementary edu- cation in the Washington public schools. He attended College, now George Washington Uni- and received the Ph. B. degree in 1869, In recognition of his achievements as an educator and administrative official in the Washington schools, his (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) New Continues Postal Workers’ Half Holiday Postmaster General New has extended the Saturday half holi- day order indefinitely, making possible half holidays every Sat- urday throughout the postal serv- ice until further notice. The half-day plan would have ended September 13 without the new order, which places the re- sponsibility of granting the halt holiday upon postmasters. Carriers and clerks who are able to complete their duties within a of Petriteh. The- bodies are being kept in Bul- garian territory and a commission has been appointed to Investigate the incident, certain time will be granted Sat- urday half holiday. At the Was] ingon City Post Office a majority of the workers are excused at 2 p.m. every Saturday. ghout the Summer took part in his pathetic | so endeared himself in the hearts of the | Stuart never took advantage of it to | she Columbian | In an address to the assembly of { the League of Nations, which was fre- | quently interrupted with long hand- | clapping by the delegates and the public, M. Herriot declared that | France would follow in both letter and spirit the solemn document known as the covenant of the League {of Nations, which forms the first part lof the treaty of Versailles, and ap- | proved in principle in advance anv iplan labeling as an aggressor any country which refuses arbitration Hopes for U. S. Help. Especially remarked by the dele- Bates was the French premier's ref- | erence to the attitude of the United s toward the League of Nations e continue to hope” he said. | “that the United States. which has already given us such useful collabo- ration an 5 will not refuse her collabo: cially as arbitration keystone of our plan.’ He added the citizens of the Uni tinguished uggestions of the . This reference of the o the draft pact for se- t drawn up by cans ier was t. ity and disarman a committee of Am Session Spells History. With former I expressing speecn arbitration the bas +lite, the delegates left . the: a gathering ng Franee to of -arbitration. Premier Her riott left no illusions among his audi- tors that France bitration alone could save the world On the contrary, he expressed b i that the motto of the League of Na- tions. whose pact was a covenant of security, justice and right ould be “Pascal’s immortal phrase: ‘Justice without force is powerl foree without justice is tyranny Problem Is Threefol To him the problems of arbitra- tion, security and disarmament wer. inseparable. The struggle for peac~ |must not consist of abstract words {and if the league's work was to go |down to history it must protect the | small states who had shown their good faith by accepting the principle of arbitration ! Ringing applause greeted M. Her- riot's remark that a nation, large or small. which had freely and volun | tari! accepted the principle that all | disputes should be settled by arbi- tration had a right to security and justice. Belgium always had shown |a desire to keep out of conflicts. he | continued | Declares Peace Hix Aim. | Premier Herriot began by savine | that he brought the word of France | to the assembly. and that word was peace. The French premier mounted the tribune in front of the jammed audi- torium amid a hum of interest and before beginning his address re- | ceived a great ovation. He urged the league comm immediately to study this ques of arbitration upon the successful operation of which, he believed. the tranquillity of the world's peoples de- pended. “But arbitration must not be | trap for nations of good faith.” added. Pleads for Small Nations. The premier pleaded for some sys- tem of protection for small countries emphasizing that the great powers | could always protect themselves. Re- ferring to Germany he said: “We never desired the misery of the German people. France does not live on hate.” The applause was renewed when M. Herriot continued that Germany. if she desired admittance to the league, should have the same treat- ment as other nations seeking ad- | mission. France adhered to the league covenant, but wanted to make it a living covenant. M. Herriot in outlining the posi- tion of France at the start of his remarks declared that she founded her policies on the treaty of Ver- saflles, which he said furnished a basis of security, justice and law. | He cited the resolution adopted by the third assembly of the league which, in.harmony with the league covenant, gave birth to a concrete movement for the reduction of arma- ments. He insisted upon the impor- tance of the fact that 18 powers, in expressing their views on the pro- posed pact of mutual assistance, ac- cepted the principle of assistance whether or not they agreed with the pact as a whole. Arbitration Point Cheered. Great cheers were given when the French premier declared that it was France herself, who had proposed the arbitration feature of the London agreement for a reparation settle- ment. He hoped, he said, that one of the results of this fifth assembly would be the incorporation in its program for achievement of a pro- viso that a future aggressor will be a country that refuses arbitration. This sentiment brought out renewed applause. In his plea for some plan for pro- tecting the smaller countries M. Her- riot, drawing his conclusions from the philosophy of Pascal, said justice and force must go hand in hand, but that neither should exist without the CNAT uc LARE JUDIIG SHisti withBut )t (Continucd on Page 3, Columa- 1) a he