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WEATHER. Fair and slightly warmer today, to- morrow becoming unsettled. Temper- ature for 22 hours ending at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 69, at 4 p.m. lowest, 56, at 10 p.m. Full report on Page 5. No. GIGANTIC WELCOME AGCORDED AIRMEN BY BOSTON HOSTS Tens of Thousands Greet Flyers; U. S., State and City Pay Tributes. 1,015.—No. 29,349, FLIGHT OF 125 MILES IS WITHOUT INCIDENT P4 e Pilots Anxious to Finish Journey; Face Death Easily, But Shy at Crowds. BY FREDERICK R. NEELY. Staft Correspondent of The Star. BOSTON, September 6.—Battle- | scarred heroes, fresh from the field and blood of battle never were as popular in Boston tonight as the six | American Army officers who landed here | this afternoon on the concluding stages | of their flight around the globe. Boston did more than open its arms to those six officers, Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, commander; Licut. Leslie P. Arnold, his assistant; Lieut. Leigh Wade, pilot: Lieut. Henry (Hank) | Ogden, stant, and Lieut. Erik| Nelson and his assistant, Lieut. Jack | tarding, Jr. It opened its heart and | soul. Nothing was too good for the| airmen and Boston, although deprived | ©f the lonor of being the first place | on American for the flyers to land through the actions of a ter- rible fog hat forced the planes down ! near Brunswick, Me., yesterday, cast all sulkiness aside that appeared to have arisen this morning when thel three Douglas world cruisers—Chi- | cago, Boston 11, and New Orleans— appeared over the city. soil Reception Enthusiastic, That landing and the enthusiasm: that was aroused by it will be placed | in history of this eity which Ioves| history. Bostonians had left their | Liomes and places of business and Journeyed to Kast Boston yesterday evening to ‘greet the flvers, and then they didn't appear. They were a littie disgruntled perhaps, as any pub- lic gathering would b when dt appointed, but they did not know that Lowell Smith™ thinks more of | making the flight a success than| pleasing spectators. So they went | lome, and many of them turned out | carly this morning when it was a nounced the airmen would possibly | &et here about 10 o'cloc By 9 @’clock the air port at 4éast Boston, now in command of Lieut. R. . Brown, jr., chairman of the worl flight committee, who has written weekly articles for The Star of *he world flight for more than two i hs. was swamped - with people | and automobiles The hours rolled by and l'requenlly[ & Martin bomber would take the air! and ¥y as no one in these parts has i ever seen this huge type tly, so care- | less of his life was the pilot. Ten,| 11821 g'elock rolled by, and still no | planes in sight. Then, a few minutes | before three objects were seen in| the They grew in size rapidly | “nd soon were detected not to be De | Havilinds or Martins, with which the | ir has been thick the last few days, | Lut a type of plane never geen here. | 31 was the world flyers. On and on ey « fect Vo shape. ! Boston_Drops All Work, You wa correspond s on top of | ht-story buildin of the 1st Area actoss the harbor and saw familiar since Kirkwall, Islands, before the masses | ground at Airport. As ijed closer and closer the like lightning that the coming, and all Boston | swped everything and gave rise to! whixtles, sirens, automobi Flaxons and vocal cheers combined to | send up a4 welcome to the planes in | the air «which, unfortunately, at the time the pilc were unable to hear | Tecause of the noises of the Liberty motors) that historians again record- | ed Now they seemed to drop down in altitude. Th were about 500 foet, Smith in the lead, Wade on the| 1eft and Nelson on his right. One circle of the airport and the | formation deployed in to column and | four times covercd the entire harbor. Three fireboats in the harbor, all | foston owned. thought they could; mak themselves understood better | Ly turning on all their hose and from | cach vessel emitted four streams of ater pointed skyward. a beautiful | £ight an Corps the planes Orhney nndddl Land at 2 0'Clock. Satisfied he had let the town know | of their arr “‘cut the gun,” &nd dived water in the vi-| cinity of the crowds and the “official | barge,” and exactly at 2 o'clock sank | ¥is 1.000-pound pontoons in the waters | of Boston Harbor—for the second time in American waters in as many One minute later Wade fol- and the third minute, Nelson | settled down. They taxied out a short distance to their moorings, where Arnold, Harding and Ogden made the planes fast and immediately @ large number of little boats went scurrying to the scene completely surrounding the planes from view of the spectators. In one of these little boats was Gen. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Service. But here let me stop and let Lowell Smith finish the story in his own words. Smith is not a press| agent, a dramatist, a sensationalist— he's the poorest man in the world to interview, if the interviewer is not known to him, but the writer gave the password of the terrible order of the Chevaliers of Reykjavik, Ice- land (where we were marooned for many days) and Lowell spoke: “He was nervous and excited and piled congratulations upon my head. He said, ‘I knew from the very beginning you would do it” And I know he did. 7'hen we went to the barge (tled up to shore) and were introduced to the crowd by the general, piled in auto- mobiles and driven up to the airport a few hundred yards), where we gigned and inaugurated with our sig- natures a new register book for vis- iting pilots at the port. “Our names were under the gen- eral’s. This done, in we jumped to the automobiles and back to the water, where an Army boat carried us across the harbor to the Army Corps area base. More automobiles awaited vs and led by motorcycle policemen, we plowed our way through the city, surrounded by cheering people to the State house Where they gave us each & pair of silver wings and the pilots (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) | prevent Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. PRESIDENCY HIDES FIGHT - OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE Battle for Control in Congress Keenly Waged All Over Nation, With G. O. P. Claiming Victory. BY N. 0. MESSENGER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, September 6.—iIn presidential years it is a habit of thought to treat the campalgn in terms of the presidency largely. One speaks of the selection of the President as the main issue, and is rather disposed to overlook the fact that there are other impor- tant branches of the National Gov- ernment and many State govern- ments to be considered by the electorate. One third of the Senate and the entire membership of the House of Representatives will be chosen November 4, and their se- lection is almost as important as the naming of President and Vice President. It is particularly true this year, and the outcome of the elections is especially important to the party in power. % % Grover Cleveland once bemoaned that he had *Congress on his hands.” The Congress which Pres- ident Cleveland had on his hands was not a marker to that which President Coolidge had on his nds—and his shoulders 2s well— FLYERS EXPECTED HERE TUESDAY ON REVISED SCHEDULE Installation of New Motors Causes Change; Will Stay in Boston Today. The round-the-world fiyers will not come to Washington tomorrow, as it had been confidently expected they | would, and the National Capital must hold in check until Tuesday, earliest, and possibly Wednesday, the rousing welcome it had planned for the Nation's globe girdlers. Dispatches from Boston last night announced that Lieut. Lowell Smith t the and his companions would not resume | their epochal journey today, but would spend their time out at the air- personally superintending the conversion of their planes from sea- Boing travelers to strictly land ships, Tomorrow afternoon they are ex- pected to hop off to New York. There precious hours will be consumed at Mitchel Field installing the new Lib- erty mtors that have been awaiting the fiyers' arrival for weeks. If this task can be completed in time, the trip to eagerly waiting Washington probably will be undertaken Tuesday morning. Plansy Complete Here. Everything is in readiness to greet the visitors at Bolling Field on Tuesday. An honorary flight of planes will meet them in Baltimore and escort them to Washington where, afier having paid their own respects from far in the heavens to the na- tion’s martyred dead, they will be officlally received and congratulated by the high and low of the Govern- ment Unless there is further announce- ment to the contrary, the reception will take place Tuesday. If another ange becomes necesary too late, that date to be announced in -the newspapers. motice of further post- ponement will be made between 9 and 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning by an Army plane letting out dense clouds of smoke. This plan_was decided upon by Alr Service officers vesterday in order to cenfusion , and disappoint- ment in the event of an eleventh Four postponement, as they are quite willing to have the people of the city, as a whole, join national celeb- rities in welcoming the round-the- world heroes to the one city that be- longs to the whole nation. So if there is mo notice to the contrary in the papers, and the smoke screen does not appear in the sky Tuesday morning, Lieut. Smith and his wayfarers will be lere that day at an hour to be announced later. Although Air Service officers in charge of the reception have been careful to observe themselves the re- 5 ued on Page 3, Column 2.) DU PONT TO MAKE RACE. Republican Nomination for Sen- ator From Delaware Accepted. WILLIMINGTON, Del, September 6—T. Coleman duPont, Republican national committeeman from Dela- ware, who was nominated for United States Senator by the recent Repub- lican State convention, today ac- cepted the nomination. Gen. duPont, in accepting the nomi- nation, said: “As before stated, I was not a candidate for the United States Senate, but after the over- whelming vote given me at the recent Republican State convention, | I can only say that I will abide dy the request of the Republicans and be a candidate.” German Disclaimer Held Up After Warning by Allies By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 6.—Reuter's Geneva correspondent says that owing to representations by the French gov- ernment Chancellor Marx is reported to have abandoned world-wide issue of the proclamation sent out August 29 in the name of the German govern- ment repudiating Germany's previous admission ‘of Tesponsibility for the war. Premiers MacDonald, Hertlot and Theunis this afternoon instructed the respective ambassadors of Great Brit- ain, France and Belgium at Berlin to inform Chancellor Marx that Ger- many would be running a grave risk if it tried to reopen the debate on war responsibility at this particular time, according to the report in Geneva. It is declared the premiers learned that the Berlin government intended flynig over the city | | gations present, he wnd WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION A Star, “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morping to Washington homes at - WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1924. —_NINETY-TWO PAGES. in the last Congress and which he may have to carry in the new Con- gress to be elected this Fall. If President Coolidge is elected, the success of his administration or its failure will largely depend upon the kind of & Congress he gets, and especially the kind of a Senate he gets. ‘While the Re- publican campalign managers are working to elect their presidential ticket, they are also busy trying to get a Senate that will carry out Republican policies. I have cblained from R sources their views of the ¢ campaign as seen through colored Republican glasse:. There are 33 Senators to be clected this year. Two of them from the State of Colorado,” where the death of Senator Nicho'son makes it neces- sary to choose an occupant for the unexpired term in the seat which | Senator Adams now holds by ap- pointment. Of these 3 seats 17 are now held by Republicans. The Republicans claim that of the 16 seats held by the Democrats, 1 in Massachuseits occupied by David I. ‘Walsh, iS sure to be recovered. The LEAGUE PUTS 0.K. ON PROGRAM FOR BIG PEACE PARLEY! Pledge to Study Arbitration System, Budging Wide Gaps, Is Unanimous. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 6 leaving Geneva tonight for their re- spective capitals Premiers MacDonald and Herriot, backed by the delega- tions of all the other tountries, put into concrete form a program which the assembly of the League of Nations will study sin an effort to elaborate a satisfactory tem of compulsory arbitration designed to put an end to war, prepare the way for a con- ference on the reduction of arma- ments and set up some satisfagtory pact of guarantees and mutual assist- ance which will serve to make com- pulsory arbitration practicable. The heads of all 46 national dele- standing ~solemnly, gave their assent to the resolution, which declared that the object is to strengthen the sblidarity and se- curity of nations throughout the world by settling by pacific means all disputes which may arise between them. Demonstration Impresaes. When the unanimity of the vote as announced there were impressive demonstrations throughout the audi- torium. Now that Great Britain and France and all the other states have shown their will to arbitrate all disputes, the real work of the assembly be- gins, for projects of arbitration and security must be drawn up which will receive the approbation of the great world powers. Premiers Mac- Donald and Herriot left Geneva ap- parently without any agreement on the vital question of how much mili- | tary help Great Britain will accord France in case arbitration decisions are not obeyed, and the general opin- ion in Geneva is that the fate of the movement to insure permanent | peace depends on the answer to the | questicn, “How much security will Great Britain give, and how little military aid will France be contented | with?" The attitude of the delegates today demonstrated clearly that, though all the countries are ready to accept ob- ligatory arbitration, this form of set- tlement of confiicts must have as a| corollary security guarantees based on the employment of force. This became eminent when M. Po- litis. emin®ent reek international Jurist, delivered an illuminating dis- sertation on just what the league covenant stands for. He argued that (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) BANCROFT TAKES LEAD IN DELAWARE PRIMARY Candidate for Democratic Nomina- tion for Governor Has Sub- stantial Early Margin. By the Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del, September 6. —Supporters of Joseph Bancroft, Wilmington manufacturer, and can- didate for the Democratic nomina- tion for Governor of Delaware, had a substantial lead, according to early reports in the Democratic primary today. The primary was for the purpose of naming delegates to the State convention where the party nominations for governor,' Senator, attorney general and State auditor will be made. of War Guilt I to launch some such move and imme- diately acted to forestall it. It is felt that such action on Germany’s part, if contemplated, would irretrievably damage her chances for admission to the league, an event which Premier MacDonald is eager to bring about and to which M. Herriot opposes ob- Jjections only of form. The German incident, which official French delegates confirmed, was the only cloud on the horizon as the pre- miers left Geneva. M. Herriot instructed the French Ambassador at Berlin to inform the German government that the treaty of Versailles was based on the idea of German responsibility for the war and that it would be extremely re- grettable if Germany sought to re- open the question by a public procla- mation in the world’s capitals that Germany was not responsible for the war, | blame | was the first to be delivered SEVEN FARMER AID POLICIES UTLINED BY DAVIS IN OMARA Cheaper Transport, Tax Re- form and Restoring of Lost Markets Proposed. PROMISES TO ASSIST ate Scores Dawes Program as Indefinite and Evasive. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., September 6.—A re- adjustment and lowering of rail and water freight rates, tariff and tax re- | form, and government aid in stimu- lating the ' co-operative marketing movement and in establishing an ex- port marketing commission, consti- tuted the cardinal points in a farm | relief program presented here tonight | by John W. Davis in the first address in his campaign for the winning of the West In offering this platform before an audience in the city auditorium the Democratic presidential nominee vig- orously assailed the Republican party for what he characterized as the dis- crimination of the farmer in favor of the manufacturer ard for its failure | to co-operate fully in the restoration of economic conditions abroad so as to furnish a market for American tarm products. Dawexs Plan Credit. Tn this connection Mr. Davis ex- pressed his resentment at “the be- lated attempts” of the administration to capitalize the possibilities in the Dawes reparations settlement “as a | political asset.” He declared that if | Americans had in fact “by their un- | official presence” aided in this settle- | ment it laid “a crushing burden of | and responsibility on the shoulders of those who for five long years prevented any form of Ameri- can participation” in solving the! reparations problem. { Cholee of Nebraska. At the outset of his address, Mr.| Davis said he had two personal rea- | sons for having Nebraska selected as | the spot for his first utterance west | of the Mississippi River. The first, was that he wished to testify to his “genuine satisfaction” at the action which the New York convention took in assoclating him'on the ticket with Gov. Bryan, and the second, that he wished 16 take counsel'with the peo- ple of the Western States, to study with them their problems and to fit himself to deal with them in “an in- | telligent and sympathetic manner, | if the responsibility of the presidency ! should come to rest upon him. Praising his running mate, who had previously formally welcomed him to Nebraska, Mr. Davis said there was| not a Democrat in the United States| to whom he had not been known ore than 20 vears. “During the whole of that time,”| Mr. Davis said, “he has heen a fear- less and active champion of Demo- cratic ideals and principles. When | you called him to your service here in Nebraska he was quick to show how these principles can be exempli- fied in action. Gain for “That he should have been elected Governor of Nebraska by the largest majority rver given any candidate for that office, and should have re-| ceived a renomination before the ex- | piration of his term, are things of | which not only himself, but his party in the State and Nation may be justly proud. What you in Nebraska lose | by the draft we have made upon him, his party and the Nation gain. “I welcome him as my running mate and I count with confidence on his aid and counsel.” i The address by Mr. Davis tonight, | the fourth fixed one of his campaign, | indoors, his Clarksburg, Seagirt and Wheeling speeches having been open-air. events. To this same building had come Roosevelt, as the Bull Moose candi- date, Taft, Harding and Cox to pre- sent their causes to the West, and here, too, Woodrow Wilson came dur- ing his appeal to hte Nation, an ap- peal for ratification of the treaty of Versailles. The auditorium, with its capacity for seating and standing 6,000 per- sons, was filled even before Mr. Davis and Gov. Bryan appeared on the stage. Cheered by Crowd The band swung into “The Star Spangled Banner” as the Democratic candidate stepped out from behind a wing, and the crowd cheered and ap- plauded. When the band had done | the crowd stood standing and cheer- ing and applauding. Gov. Bryan came in behind Mr. Davis. Arthur F. Mullen, Democratic national committeeman from Ne- braska, presided and greeted the (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) DECLARES HYPNOTIST DROVE HIM TO MURDER Murder by Mental Suggestion Offers Novel Hypothesis for French Police in Case. By Cable to The Star and New York World. Copyright, 1924. PARIS, September 6.— Murder by suggestion is the hypothesis accepted by the police in a strange drama now under investigation. An Italian shoex maker, who has been arrested for shooting a countryman, claims he was the unconscious instrument of a man named Mattioll, under whose hypnotic influence he committed the crime. The shoemaker, named Scetti, acted like 2 man in a dream when arrested. He finally explained: “I was impelled by an unseeg force to go to seek the victim, Vincent Maffairi, and kill him. I could not resist the mysterious power which guided my steps and arm and made me press the trigger.” His_revolver, the police say, be- longed to Mattioll, who has also been arrested. His ascendency is said to have been gained over Scettl in the course of a seance in which hyp. notism was used. The victim was Mattiol’s sworn enemy, and the po- lice believe he deliberately armed Scetti to make him the innocent in. strument of ‘his vepgeance. \IOTE TOMORROW ; States Among Features { money lon a wide scale. N AN ELECTION Primaries in Four Other of Present Week. GOULD LINCOLN. Wooing the farmer and the laborer is the daily pastime—and will con- tinue so until November 4—of the Re- publicans, Democrats and Independ- ent Progressives. The Independent Progressives, supporters of Seator | La Follette and Senator Wheeler, with the aid of the American Federa- tion of Labor, this week will make a further bid for the united support of labor, particularly organized labor. The non-partisan political commit- tec of the American Federation of Labor is to meet here tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock in the Ma- | chinists’ Building to consider ways and means of co-ordinating the labor forces of the country in the interest of the La Follette-Wheeler ticket. It is likely that the conference will deal with the question of strengthening the war chest of the third ticket, for is becoming mors and more to continue the campaign necessar With the elections in Maine taking place tomorrow and the primaries for the selection of nominees for the Senate and members of the House in four of the States on Tuesday, the week will disclose a number of Tm- portant political decisions which promise to throw some light on the tangled situation. { In Massachusetts the Republicans will determine who shall be the nominee for the Senate to contest with Senator David 1. Walsh, Demo- crat. Speaker -Gillett, Representative Dallinger and Louis A. Coclidge are | winding up their campaigns for the inomination, and the reports indicate that Speaker Gillett has the edge in| this race. 2 Cousens’ Campaign. Another interesting primary race is that being made for the Republican | nomination for the Senate in Michi- gan, where Senator “Jim” Couzens is seeking renomination. His principal opponent is Judge Tuttle. Senator Couzens has declared his intention of supporting the Coolidge- Dawes ticket, and under such circum- stances it may well be believed that the administration wishes him suc- cess in the race. It is no secret that there was fear at one time in the administration camp that Senator Couzens might cast his lot with the La Follette-Wheeler ticket, and in such event, might make it aifficult for the Republican na- tional ticket to win in Michigan. The two other senatorial primaries on Tuesday are in Colorado, where two senators must be elected this Fall, owing to the death of Senator Nicholson, and in Louisiana, where Senator Ransdell is up for re-elec- tion, and a Democratic nomination is equivalent to election. Senator Phipps of Colorado will be nominated to succeed himself by the Republicans, and the Democrats will oppose him with Senator Alva B. Adams, who has been serving under appointment of Gov. Sweet, since the death of Senator Nicholsen. The members of the non-partisan political committee of the American Federation of Labor, which meets here tomorrow, are: Warren S. Stone, president Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; T. C. Cashen, Switch- men’s Union of North America; J. A. Franklin, president International Boiler Makers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers; E. E. Milliam, secretary United_Brotherhood Maintenance of Way Employes, representing F. J. (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) = o CLICK WARNS OF BOMB, FUKUDA’S WIFE ESCAPES Japanese General’s Spouse Has Close Call With Assassin’s Missile. By the Associated Press, TOKIO, September 6.—A parcel post package delivered to the home of Gen. Masatoro Fukuda today warned the general's wife as to its contents by clicking while she was opening it. Mrs. Fukuda escaped from the room before the package, containing a time bomb, exploded. The room was wrecked. Gen. Fukuda has been the center of a radical agitation here which re- sulted in the general being fired upon. by Kyutaro Wada on September 2 The general was slightly injured. LaN' SAKES! IF CAL\ GETS THE SILENT 2 TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—36 PAGES. General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Politics—Page 4. Army and Navy News—Page 24. Around the City—Page 25. Parent-Teacher Actlvities—Page 29. Fraternities—Page 30. Radio News—Page 31. Financial News—Pages 32 and 33. PART TWO—14 PAGES. | Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well-Known Folk—Page 11. News of the Clubs—Page 12. District National Guard—Page 13. PART THREE—10 PAGES, Amusements—Theaters and the Photo. play. Music_in Washington—Pace 4. The Civilian Army—Page 4. Spanish War Veterans—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 to — PART FOUR—1 PAG Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Serial—“The Owl's House"—Page 8. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGE World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—1 PAGES, Mr. Straphanger; Reg'lar Fellers; and Mrs.; Mutt and Jefr. MAINE FIRM BUYS Mr. UNFINISHED HOTEL !fear and plunged to her death without Walker Enterprise Will Be Rushed to Completion, Say New Owners. The Hotel Walker at Connecticut avenue and De Sales street has been sold by the Allan E. Walker Invest- ment Company, holders of the ma- jority of the stock in the Walker Hotel Corporation. to C. C. Mitchell & Co., a Maing corporation engaged in the construction and operation of a number of hotels and apartment buildings in Detroit and Boston. While there is no definite informa- tion as to the actual amount of money paid by the new owners for the structure, the Walker Company estimates the value of the hotel, when complete, including decora- tions, furnishings, silver, etc., at $8,.- 500,000. All construction on the ho- tel is now complete and the new compahy will have to finance the decorations and the furnishings, which it is estimated by the Walker Company willcost about $1,000,000. Record Realty Deal. This leaves the structure as it now stands at the time of the transfer at $7.500,000, based upon the Walker Company’s figures. This is under- stood to be om® of the largest realty deals ever transacted in the District of Columbia. The transaction has been negotiated through John Lewis Smith of the firm of Chamberlain & Smith, local attorneys. The C. C. Mitchell Co., it is under- stood, plans to rush the decorating and furnishing of the hotel so that it will be in operation during the Winter season here, opening probably in November. There is no certainty as to whether the name of the hotel will be changed by the new owners. Takes Over All Stock. The new company will take over all the stock in the project . No local stockholder will be interested. The only local interest that will be held in the hotel will be that of the hold- ers of securities, such as second martgage holders. The negotiations have_been going on for some time, during - which .various details and audits, etc., have been worked out. The Hotel Walker, the construc- tion of which was begun in 1922, was considered the biggest piece of pri- vate construction ever undertaken in the District of Columbia. The Hotel Walker Corporation was granted its charter in Delaware, and originally announced that the structure would cost in the neighborhood of $6,200,000. Later in 1922 this estimate was con- siderably raised in an announcement that stated that the plans for the hostelry had been revised and would include an additional story, public rooms, club rooms, cooling plant and other facilities. It contains more than 1,000 guest rooms and rises to the height of 11 stories om Connecticut avenue, and has an apartment section of eight stories in the rear, | rounding up everybody FIND DYING WOMAN IN ELEVATOR SHAFT Police Investigating Accident at Midnight—Identity Is Mystery. An unidentified woman fell down the rear elevator shaft in the Mather build- ing. 916-918 G street, shortly after mid- night last night and was in a dying condition when carried to Emergency Hospital, Police surrounded the building and closely questioned all occupants, as well | as making a search of the building to try to discover dental. if the fall was acci- Heard Body Fall. Robert B. Jones, living in the base- ment, said he heard a heavy thump in the shaft and upon going to investi- gate found the woman's body on top of the elevator at the bottom of the shaft. He called the police. The woman wore a black georgette dress, black satin shoes, black hose, two #mall diamond rings, had black bobbed air, fair complexion, was five feet four nches tall and weighed 135 pounds. Policeman R. S. Bryant of No. 1 pre- cinct stopped and questioned two men who left the building immediately after the woman was found. but held neither of them. Within an hour after the dis- covery detectives and police were in the building and examining them. Twenty men had been questioned. their names and ad- dresses taken, and allowed to go home early today. Police advanced the theory that the woman had been chased from some room in the building and that she open- ed the elevator door in a frenzy of realizing what she was doing. Detec- tives admitted, however, that the case might be a suicide. although the wom- an's presence, apparently alone. in the building was a mystery. Cont Found in Washroom. Police found a blue coat with a gray lining in the washroom on the ninth floor. There was a label marked “Philips- born, Baltimore,” in the coat. A blue- white bag containing /51 cents, cigar- ettes, powder puff and comb in a red case also was found. The door to the elevator shaft the ninth floor was found open and the safety guard was up. Shreds of cloth indicated the woman fell from that floor. At Emergency Hospital this morning physicians stated the woman suffered a fractured pelvis and internal injuries. There was no hope for her recovery, they said. UNBOBBED GIRL WINNER OF U. S. BEAUTY CONTEST | “Miss Philadelphia” Designated “Miss America” for 1924—Wash- | ington Entrant Near Top. By the Associated Press, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., September 6.—“Miss Philadelphia,” Miss Ruth Malcomson, was chosen for the title of “Miss America” of 1924 at the close of the year's Atlantic City beauty pageant by 15 artist judges here to- night. After her selection *Miss Philadelphia” was crowned queen of the pageant, with which goes the possession of the golden mermaid for one year. “Miss Philadelphia,” unbobbed brunette with a wealth of curls, is 18 years old. She weighs 132 pounds and has blue-gray eyes. “Miss Columbus,” Mary Katherine Campbell, the “Miss America” of the past two, years, today won second beauty honors. “Miss Santa Cruz” took third, “Miss Los Angeles” fourth, while “Miss Manhattan” and “Miss Chicago” tied for fifth honors. Of fifteen who survived the first elimination tests, nine remaining con- testants were unbobbed. Eight of the fifteen were brunette: five were blonde, one had auburn and the last red locks. In the final eliminations the beau- ties of Milwaukee, Newark, Wash- ington, New Orleans and Youngstown were the first to lose the coveted chance. Atlanta, Oklahoma City, Cape May, Hoboken, and Greater New York, followed, leaving five to range alongside “Miss America” of 1923 in final comparison. ARMISTICE IN HONDURAS. Hostilities Cease Between Federals and Rebels. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Sep- tember 6.—Hostilities between gov- ernment forces and the rebels have ceased. The United States and the Central American governments have intervened for the restoration of peace in Honduras by invoking the peace treaty signed at Anapala and nego- tiations are now in progresa. 60 cents per month. and service will start immed:ately. on | an | Telephone Main 5000 FIVE CENTS. NATS POUND EHMKE AND BEAT S0X, 82 FINISH HERE TODAY Nationals Maintain Lead by Fifth Straight Victory as Yanks Win Again. RECORD CROWD EXPECTED TO SEE FINAL CONTEST to Open at Noon for Throngs—AIl Reserved Seats Sold Days Ago. Games o Pect. Plax 3R =1 571 1 ~ Washington New York . Detroft BY JOH B. KELLER. Pounding pitching stars of the =everal other clubs in the American League for victories appears to be the forte of the pennant-huntin: Nationals these days. At least, they have specialized in that phase of the “bustin’ " business in their last three series. Herb Pennock. brilliant southpaw of the world champion Yankees, was th | vietim of Bucky Harris' crew last | week, Ed Rommel. one of the best ight-handers in either major circuit took his punishment while the Macks were here Labor day. and yesterds Howard Ehmke. who since his transfer o Boston by Ty Cobb has had that worthy talking to himself. was knocked or an 8-t0-2 home club riot Tear Into Ehmke. To score their fifth straighf win and maintain their two-game lead over the Yanks. who walloped the Mackmen the Nationals tore into Ehmke at the outset and ran up a four-run total that |must have made the Red Sox dizzy | The visitors, even though they kept | pecking away at Southpaw Georze ! Mogridge's offerings, were absolutely | unable to get anywhere with their | hits until after the Bucks had staged two more club swinging exhibitions and forced the Hubtown star hurler | to call it a day at the end of the sixth | round. ;. The home boys were outhit by the |invaders, 11 safeties to 10, but tnev jbunched their blows twonderfully iwell. while the Red Sox never wers lable to cluster clouts ot Mogridgs jeffectively, getting but one hit in {each of their two scoring frames {when passes. fielders’ choices and |long flies aided considerably in the jrun-making. All of the local swar- {ting was done at the expense of | Ehmke. Bill Piercy, who hurled the {last two rounds against the Harris- men, pitched to seven batters with- jout being damaged materially H d Home Seaxon Today. ; This afternoon, the National: are {to appear for the last time t year in an American League championship | game in Clark Griffith’s Stadium, and a crowd of record proportions for a base ball contest in this city witness- ing the engagement with the Red Sox would not be surpri . All reserved seats for | were sold days ago. but | be much room in the big stands for general admission ticket holders However, they probably will be filled | early for the gates to the park are to !be opened at noon. The Police De- | partment has carefully planned to {handle the throng of -frenzied f | bound to see in action their favorit whom they rmly believe will bring to the National Capital its first major {1league pennant Pitching choices for the fina | were tentatively hounced last night by the rival managers. Stanley { Harris of the Nationals expects to use either Warren Ogden, a right- hander. or Jezebel Zachary. south- paw. For the Red Sox. Alec Ferzu ison or Jack Quinn will go to the slab The Nationals leave tomorrow | morning for Philadelphia to open a i four-game series with the Athletics, | the first part of a string of 20 games to be played on the road to end their titular campaign. Bucks Break Even. at Least. In scoring over the Red Sox yes- | terday Mogridge made his record for the season against that club read two wins and one loss and, incident- ally, assured the Nationa's of an even break at least in the campaign jwith the Boston representatives. It jwas the 1lth win in 17 games {with Lee Fohl's outfit for the clan | the game there will 1 game | of Griffith. | Mogridge pitched | seemingly never {un'ess absolutely necessary. He went through enly one Inning. the sixth, without yvielding a hit, but not until the seventh session did the vis- |itors reach him for a run. In four of the frames the first batter to tace the southpaw got on base—this oc- curring in both of the counting rounds—and three times the Red Sox had a couple of runners on the paths with none or one down. But George was able to turn them back runless until after his club had earned him a generous lead. Then he issued a couple of passes and both figured in the opposition's seores: The Red Sox threatened to cause him isome troubie after two were out in the ninth when they filled the bases with three singles, but the cagey ST ey and made an easy victim of the re- puted slugger, Ike Boone. The Nationals flelded faultlessly behind the portsider, once negotiat- ing a double-play at a most oppor- tune moment. They also met the ball with vigor to give him a good send-off. All except Roger Peckin- paugh and Mule Shirley broke into the Natfonals' hit column, Manager Harris, Sam Rice and Ossle Bluege contributing two swats each. Both of Harris wallops were tripies and drove in three runs. Bluege also knocked a trio of counters across the plate. First Inning Deecisive, As it turned out, the issue was de- cided in the first inning when the Bucks gave Ehmke a hot greeting. Earl McNeely opened the Bucks ini- tial batting turn with a hopper to Bob Ezzell, and the latter could not get the ball to first ahead of the bat- ter. Then Bucky Harris gave the sphere a mighty sock that sent it soaring high over that part of the outfield between Ira Flagstead and lke Boone. That must have been the signal for the other Nationals to get inte | (canitinued on Pags 1, Sports Sectiond a canny game. exerting himselt