Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1924, Page 2

) MACDONALD FACES TRYING SITUATION Has Maintained Germans Were Noet Alone Guilty ~ for World War. BY WILLIAM BIRD. By Radio to The Star. PARIS, September 13.—The eternal question of Germany's war guilt has/ arisen this week to trouble still fur- ther Europe’s stumblirg but persist- ent march toward peace. Althcugh it is probable—particu- larly if Chancellor Marx possesses reasonable number of vertebrae—that this incident will pass over without Breat damage; nevertheless, it is. one of those questions which everybody discussed, but few understand, and therefore is likely to cause public in- dignation to boil over at ary moment without rhyme or reason. Eugland, not France, was the coun- try which insisted most strongly on insertion of the so-called confession clause in the peace treaty. David Llovd George, during the “khaki elec- tion.” promised the direst punishment. including hanging the Kaiser, Proposed to make the treaty a great moral charter drawing a sharp dis tinction for all time between hone: and peace-loving nations and blood- thirsty criminal ones. France Not Interested. France. on the other hand, had by then lost interest in moral issues. Her attitude was more practical. e wanted the war's ruins repaired and tangible guarantees against fu- ture attack, It mattered little whether Germany confessed guilt of starting the war. But England want- ed more. England wanted punitive indemnities, and punishment can only be based on guilt. And so to get around President Wilson's objections to punitive indemnitics, England in- vented the proposal of making Ger- many pay military pensions, thereby getting @ much larger share in the reparations payments than that to which she would have been entitled by the mere payment of material damages. Thus the whole treaty was made {0 rest on Germany's guilt, or ratner the guilt of Germany's previous gov- ernment which the German people already had driven into exile at the time of the armistice. Meanwhile Ramsay ,MacDonald, in writings before and after the war, had protested repeatedly against the notion of Germany's sole responsi- bility. Will Ignore Subjeet. And yet it is easy to get an ex- aggerated notion of France's present feeling. There has really been ex- tremely little agitation in the French press about this subject and as Marx refrains from raising it diplomati- cally and forcing the allies to reply, France will ignore it. Marx prom- fsed the Nationalists, in exchange for | their favorable votes on the Dawes bills, that he wou'd semd a note to the Powers repudiating that clause of the treaty. If he fultills any such promise it will create an embarassing sltuation, but doubtless Mr. Mac- Donald’s’ embarassment, in view of his past unofficial attitude on the question, will be greater than any- body's. It seems more likely that if the Nationalists persist in demanding this Marx will dissolve Parliament and order new eleetions, which, unless all signs fail. would resuit in a tremendous tionalist setback. Probably the Natlonalists know this and will have sense enough to de- eist and so the incident will close. Renewal of Credit. The best news that France has had this week was renewal of the Mor- €an credit for maintaining tranc e change. It is amusing to note that the newspapers favoring the pres- ent government applaud this as a sign of the confidence FPremier Herriot has inspired abroad, whereas, 4 few months ago, they severely olamed M. Poincare, then premier, for contracting such'a loan and ac- ed him of selling out to interna- al high finance. t the same ttme, conditions to- are quite different from last rch, when the franc had been sold rt in all the markets of the world, this slight push was sufticient sepd speculators scurrying for er.” Today the franc stands high- than it has averaged for the past r, and an attempt to stabilize- it ificial}y might prove costly unless eral economic and political con- ions were favorable. (Copyright, 1924.) LD POLICEMAN WHILE SEEKING BIGAMY PROOF Pormer Salvation Army Members, Married, Alleged to Have Spouses. Policeman Harry Corney, Salvation Army member. and Mrs. Frances Corder, also formerly in the Salvation Army, early yesterday were taken into custody by police at 722 P street northeast for investigation of bigamy charges. Investigation still was entered op- posite the names on the police blot- ter last night, while the police were endeavoring to locate the husband and wife, each is alleged to have, before entering specific charges. The couple were married in Ballston. Va., according to the police, and Lieut. Stott and Sergt. Boyle, who made the arrest, are in possession of what they say is a copy of the marriage license. Corney, who is detailed at the traic bureau, has been suspended pending outcome of the investiga- tion. JURY CONV ICTS WOMAN. Verdict of Involuntary Manslaugh- ter in Shooting Ex-Admirer. BUCKHANNON, W. Va,, September 13.—A verdict of involuntary man- aughter, which carries with it a penalty of a fine and imprisonment not to exceed one year, was returned by a Upshur County Circuit Court jury today, against Lucille Plerce of Clarksburg, on her third trial for the murder of Harold Smith, also of Clarksburg. with whom she is said to have been keeping company. The jury deliberated since yester- day afternoon. Ii the two former trials the juries failed to agree on verdicts. Miss Plerce, on June 19, 1923, ac- cording to - the testimony, followed Smith in a taxicab from Clarksburg tp this city and shot him to death at the feet of a Buckhannon young woman to whom he was said to have transferred his attentions. The de- fense pleaded temporary insanity. Moves Birds; Turns Gas; Dies. NORFOLK, Va., September 13.—Re- thoving his pet canaries to another room, so that the death-dealing fumes might not reach them, Charies H. Geese, 59, ‘'well known hotel steward, this morning turned on the gas and lay down in his bed. His dead body was discowered hours later. A verdict of suicide was returned by the coroner. alls a big drop. and | his pacifistic | (m‘merI 'BRIDE-T0-BE KILLED IN FIANCE'S AUTO Pair on Way to Girl’s Home to Be Married; Driver Seriously Hurt. “pecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, September 13.—On her way to be married at her home in Factoryville, Pa., tonight, Miss Hlea- nor Gow, 23, was thrown from an au- tomobile driven by her flance, Thomas Phelan, 30, of this city, and killed instantly. Phelan is in a critical con- dition in an eastern Pennsylvania hospital. Miss Gow and Phelan left here today in a touring car. Miss Gow had expressed a wish to be.| married at home, surrounded by her own family. Phelan, who owned the automobile in which they started off, | readily agreed. ! Between Belvidere and Delaware, iN. J., the concrete roadbed over which |they Had been motoring at a rather ast pace ends suddenly, and there Warning signs_are | there. it is said, but apparently Phe- {lan did not see them. SEES LITTLE HOPE | IV GENEYA PARLEY i Harden Declares. Rosy Words Will Not Bridge Chasms Separating Allies. By MAXIMILIAN HARBEN, By Radio to The Star. BERLIN, September writer should declare that he lieved the Geneva session of League of Nations had brought the cause of cnduring peace, interna- tional justice and the reign of com- mon sense a step forward—he would be making the same mistake that ap- pears to endanger the Lcague—the foolish delusion that divergent in- terests can be cemented with words and that firm bridges can be bullt With eloquence over chasms of vary- ing_ wills. That the premiers of Finland and France shake hands again at Geneva, to the accompaniment of*applause, as at Chequers, at Paris and at London, and that they pose for photdgraph: arm in arm.and journey in the same sleeping car, is naturally very con- soling and their speeches may have delighted the ear. But if one sifts their contents through the seive of cool understanding, there is not a spoonful of real nourishment left. Obligatory arbitration, collective guaranty of territorial integrity, dis- | armament—these three pillars that are to bear the temple of world peace, were erected a quarter of a century ago with transitory of cheap words when Czar Nicholas summoned the states to a peace conference at The Hague. © Wars Followed Eloquenee. And the best hotel in this beauti- ful capital of Holland where Car- negie built the peace palace, still owns a book containing splendid ut- terance in which ministers of kaisers, kings and republics emphasized their hatred of war and their will to main- tain peace, no less loudly than the delegates at Geneva this week. And thereafter came the Russo-Japan- | eBe war, the Italo-Turk war, the Bal- {kan wars and four vears of horror | from 1914 to 1913, “and the peace palace remained a mere object for sightseers which the League of Na- tions was unwilling to use. Will the League still find the pre- cise, practical formulas that were lacking in the speeches of Macbon- ald and Herriot? Despitg all the good will and all the photographic friendship, there remains a deep chasm betwcen England and France. The island kingdom, which would not seriously consider a proposal for maritime disarmament, desires, in order to be safe from French air bombs and submarines and also trom unpleasant Franco-German export competition, to prevent France frem securing the fuil fruits of her vic- tory. She wants to induee France with pleasant words to disarm, to secure a broad basis for Britisn in- fluence in Russia and to strengthen Germany so that while she will not endanger British trade she will be- jcome a factor ®n restering the bai- ance of power . "d, held in the Brit- ish tow rope, fh as a member of | the League of Nations handicap every French effort at world domination. Words Fail to Conceal. The effort to conceal this chasm with words Is just as useless as the glowing zeal which now endeavors to prevent the Berlin government from sending out the circular note which it promised the German na- tionalists and the contents of which already had been made public offi- eially. To the repeatedly controverted as- sertion that a false’ confession of ilt, imposed by force on the Ger- is contained in the treaty of | Versaillles, the League of Nations must answer clearly. “The official text of the treaty, which was subscribed to by vietors and vanquished, does not contain a single sentence, even referring to the guilt of the German people, but says only what is Incontrovertible after Berlin's declaration of war on Russia and the invasion of Belgium, that Germany imposed war on the werld and caused the damage due to that war; and, if the German public now heatedly asserts the gulltlessness of the imperial government, which it overthrew, it merely casts on the German people the suspicion that they were not deceived and desire under a republican veil to carry on the business of a monarchistic policy of force.” Such an answer would clear the situation. ~ As long as the ILeague thinks it can bridge chasms with speeches, and regards words as deeds, nothing great can be hoped from it. Fear of chemical warfare in which a single fiyer can kill the whole popu- lation of a city in a few minutes, will assure peace better than the most eloquent resolution. And the sole road that can lead to the League's aim is illuminated, more clearly than by MacDonald's and Her- riot's rhetorical art, by one sentence of Gen. Hamilton: “Instead of cheerishing mad ideas like the gentlemen in Geneva that war can be fettered with rose-colored words, we will endeavor to strive that Europe unite like America did and that no European shall ever lirt a weapon against European.” (Copyright, 1924.) IO SR PARLEY ON TRADE TERMS. Standardized Nomenclature to Be Considered in Peru. The first pan-American standardi- zation conferenee to consider specifi- cations and uniform nomenclature for raw materials, supplies, tools, ma- chinery equipment and other mer- chandise, will be held at Lima, Peru, 13.—If the be- the after the Congres: cember Pan-American there November 16 to De- markets, the Pan-American Vsaid_in_apnouncing the copterence. | Special attention will be devoted to|and Mrs. the standardization of crops and raw | ton; products, o enable them “more easily | Park, Md. . and profitably to enter their natural | side, Md.; Theodore Owens of Laurel, Union | Md.; Bennie Owens of Maryland and AGAINST FIREMEN Pitchers’ Duel at Annual Base Ball Game Witnessed by 12,000 Persons. Twelve thousand persons, some sreaming in the frenzy of unre- strained glee and some moaning with the anguish of despair, saw nine swarthy policemen mop up the Clark Griffith Stadium with as many un- happy firemen yesterday afternoon to the tune of 3 to 1, in their annual base ball fracas and circus for the benefit of the Policemen's and Fire- men’s Benefit Fund. It was a pitcher's duel until the fateful seventh inning, and from then on the cops proceeded to show the staggered fire laddies some third de- gree stunts that simply swept them off their feet and made the game a much easier victory for the guar- dians of the peace than it had prom- ised to be. President Coolidge started the game when, with Mrs. Coolidge seated in a reserved box with him, he threw out the first ball to Pitcher Flynn of the Fire Department nine amid _the plaudits of the throng. Soon after- ward the President and Mrs. Cool- idge, called away on business of state, were obliged to slip out of the grounds, but they seemed to thor- oughly enjoy two innings. Policemen Score First. The cops scored first in the third inning, after both sides had been re- tired with more or less simplicity in the first two. Flynn started bis own undoing. After walking Kelly, who hurled for the policemen, ~Flynn scooped up a miserable little roller from Boyd and turned to throw in plenty of time to head off Kelly at second. The unhappy Flynn tossed the sphere several feet over Mathaney's head at second, however. and Kelly romped on to third. Then Rinker, trying to catch the fleeing bluecoat pitcher proceeded to hurl the ball into his own dugout and when the smoke of that momentary bombardment had cleared away. Kelly had scored and forgotten about it and Mathaney was on third wondering if he had time to walk lome or not. On second thought, however, he stayed at third but only to die, because the side was en retired in order. b the sixth inning before the fire fighters evened the score, and some- what in the same fashion. Walters, the first man up, got to first on an infield hit. He advanced to third on outs by Peterson and Flynn. Then Bateman let fiy a slow roller that got to first a sec- ond after he did. While the cops were considering locking up the umpire on the spot, Walters sneaked up the hame- base line and tallied before a policeman could nab him. Even Fight Until Fifth. From then until the seventh Flynn and Kelly fought each other evenly. scored strikeout after etrikeout, ynn got his curves doing stunts around the policemen’s bats so artfully that none succeeded in hitting safe for two innings. Heiser then led off with a single. Myzueski eacrificed him to sec- ond and he tallied on Mathaney's single. The latter then scored on successive safetics by Redden and Rinker before Stewart and Kelly were retired for the second and third outs. Kelly, however, never let down the bars to his opponents, retiring the eide in order in the seventh. In the eighth he struck out three men in a row and accounted for one of the outs in the ninth himselt, Both Kelly and Flynn pitched mighty fine ball, and Davis' stick work for the firemen stood out, too. He got several singles and one triple, but unfortunately was permitted to die each time by his mates. who could not_connect with Kelly's hoppers. The occasion was one of the most successful field days ever held for the benefit of the poticemen’s and firemen's fund. The estimate of 12,000 persons present was conservative. Both uppev. and lower tiers of the grandstand were well filled, and long before game time ticket sellers were obliged to announce that no more, eats were to be had jn- side of the section bounded by first and third base. The crowd then flowed weli over into the outfield sections of the stands. Rain Didn’t Interfere. It was a typical departmental benefit. Before the game the clowne kept the fans screaming with laughter by their antics, the United States Navy Band kept up an entertaining concert and, to make the day complete, not a false alarm or a riot call was turned in to MARK 50TH ANNIVERSARY. Mr. and Mrs. Ruben 2. Owens En- tertain in Maryland. Surrounded by their children, grand- children and great-grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Z, Owens, formerly of Washington, celebrated their fif- tieth wedding anniversary at their home in St. Marys County, Md., last Sunday. Mr. Owens formerly wa. connected “with the street railway services here, but has epent the last few years operating his farm in Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Owens have 64 de- scendants—11 children, 36 grandchil- dren and 17 great-grandchildren. beginning December 23, immediately | Their children, all of whom are liv- Solentific | ing, are: Mrs. C. E. Worthington, Mrs. E. A. Syllivan, Mrs. May Howi- son, Mre. F. W. Kosack, George Owens R. Wilson, all of Washing- W. 8. Smith of Takoma Mrs. H. Thompson of Bay- M President Coelldge tI break up the peace of mind of the fire- men and the policemen. True enough it rained, but that was two minutes aft- er the game had ended and then only the fans got wet. It was the fourth straight defeat the policemen have handed the firemen. Never before were the firemen's chances of taking a game from the bluecoats so rosy as this time, but the former had a slight edge on the latter both in pitch- ing and batting. The fielding was more or less even. While the ball seldom got past a player on either side when it was reachable, both teams dieplayed periods of wildness, and that accounted for both of the first runs made. Reaults in Deta The box score follows: Police. ] [Ronoonsest > Rinker.cf Stewart,c Kelly, (SO Flyan,p.. Total Rums — Kelly, INiser. Matheny. Errors—Dickman. Davis, Mayhew, Three-lase hit—Davis. S 0, Schmitz, Peterson. ils—Of Kelly, 3; off Fiynn, 3. Struck out—By Kelly, 13; by Flynn, 7. Umpires— g . Betts and Daniels. Time of 1 hour and 45 minutes. KLAN FIGHT PRESAGES COLORADO G.0.P. SPLIT State Ticket Threatened With De- feat, But Belief Prevails Cool- idge Will Carry State. patch to The Star. ER, Colo., September 13.— Triumph of Klan candidates in the Re- publican State primary of Tuesday, now"| conceded, although the . complete = vote has not been tabulated, bids fair to spiit the G. O. P. wide open in Colarado. and bring about the defeat of the party in November, in 60 far as the State and congressional tickets are concerned. What effect, if @y, it will have on the presidential ticket still is problematical. Clarence C. Hamlin of Colorado Springs, Republican national committee- man for Colorado, has in effect repudi- ated Judge Clarence J. Morley of Den- ver, who won the nomination for gov- ernor, and Rice W. Means, also of Den- ver, who is the Republican nominee for the short-term senatorship, both of Whom were put in the race by the Klan.. In an editorial in his paper, the Colo- rado Springs Gazette, Hamlin says, “Many Republican voters are of the oRinion that, the committee’s sup- port of the head of the State tigket is in no sense a test of party allegiance or of loyaity to the party's presidential nom- ince, Mr. Coolidge.” George H. Shaw,. chairman of the Republican State cen- tral committee, has called a meeting of that body for September 17 for the elec- tion of & chairman and eecretary who will steer the committee in the coming* campaign, and it is broadly hinted that. Shaw will decline re-election because- of his lack of sympathy with the Klan and its aims. May Defeat Phipps. If Morley and Means go down to de-- feat in November it {s almost & cer- tainty they will drag Senator L. C. Phipps with them, because Phipps fe openly accused of having put in with the Klan at the Denver County Repub- lican assembly which sent a solid Klan. delegation to the State Assembly; there- by assuring the designation of Morley: and Meane. Means' two opponents for the short term Senate nominmation, Charles W1 ‘Waterman of Denver and Charles J.j| Moynihan of Montrose, =plit approxi-c| mately 60,000 votes between them on returna so far tabulated, permitting Means to walk away with the nomina- tion with a vote measuring little more than half of the combined total. National Ticket Ushurt. Al this time the preponderance of €o- called wise opinion is that the muddle as regards the State ticket will not seriously affect the national ticket, and that Coolidge apd Dawes will casTy the State. < John W. Davis, who left Colamdo Friday evening, after s Sve-day sojourn, it S owing out the first ball used in the game. Six Candidates for President Are Not Mentio Minor ‘Parties Overlooked Choosing Standard Campaign.. By one common, perhaps the most common measure of achievement in the United States, Charles Spencer Chaplin of Hollywood s more en- titled to be running for President or Vice President of the United States today than 11 of the 18 candidates for those two offices. In other words, Mr. Chaplin's ac- complishment in creating laughter of all kinds, from refined gurgles to rude guffaws, has won him a place in the American Who's Who, while the 11 referred to above have yet to achieve that recognition. There is no other reason why Mr. Chaplin should have been chosen as a standard of comparison in this case than that he never can become a candidate because he was born in England, hence his inability to use this story as a good campalgn argu- ment. The minor parties, six of them, by token seem not to have followed the political axiom that a party should select as its candidate not only a man or woman of achievement, but one whose achievement has been properly called to the attention of the voting public. Major Candidates Safe. The major party candidates, (ool- idge and Dawes, Davis and Bryan and La Follette and Wheeler. are safely within the pages of Who's Who. Thus is their achievements as Vote-getters recognized. The Republican, Democrat and In- dependent Progressive parties have thus gotten the edge by naming candidates of recognized achieve- ment. Political experts and even mere casual observers agree that their adherence to this simple polit- ical principle doubtless will resuit in victory for .one of them in Novem- ber. 8ome, whose judgment is ex- celled only By their intrepidity, as- sert that the lowest of the three major parties will poll more votes than all other #ix combined. To the American party falls the honor of being the only one of the infant sextet in American political organizations to have chosen as its standard bearer one whose name is found between the red covers of the ngtionsl guide to go-getters who ve got. He is Dr. Gilbert O. Nations of Washington, advocate of moral re- form, who is carrying his penchant into the political field as a candidate for the first time. Dr. Nations run- ning mate, L. L. Pickett of Kentucky, is not to be found among the Picketts in the book. Drys Get No Mentlen. H. P. Faris, Prohibition party can- didate for President, and Miss Marie C. Behm, who would preside over the Senate should the party be swept, or even gently pushed, into victory, whatever else they may have attain- ed. are not mentioned. The Workers' party of America has nominated Wiliam Z..Foster and Benjamin Gitlow. Both of these names frequently have made the front pages of metropolitan news- pApers. A search of Who's Whore- veals them not. Frank T. Johns of Qregon and Verne L. Reynolds of Maryland are the nominees of the Farmer-Labor is not believed to have materially strengthened his position in this. Stas A crowd of.approximately 12,000 n..fi his Denver Auditorium speech Thurs- day nmight, but did n:ut APpaSE c:o be eatly impressed, and even osest. Saviscre seomed ready to Admit that he .had not put. the anticipated punch into his address. He departed rebukes he had R, i m DAY, - ten. . - - from his| [f irsanuscript in several instances, b:‘n"’l i siinglag. ge ixaalso shown in the ned in Who’s Who Great and Near Great in| Beariers for 1924 ! Party. ,Had not Senator La Follette refused the party's standard, the farmer-fabor group would have had a candidate who could answer present when the editor of Who's Who called the roll. But Senator La Follette did reject the nomination. The National Farmer-Labor Progres- sive party nominated Duncan Mc- Donald of Illinois and William Bouck of Washington. The narrow margi of small “z”’ between the M and “d" of the McDonald, keeps the Illinois man from .asserting that whie he may not belin the book a man of the same name .is. Mr. Bouck is not listed. The People’s party candidates, R, R. Pointer of Michigan and Roy M. Harrop of Nebraska, likewise, are missing. The seventh\of the minor parties| has candidates\who stand on a par! with Mr. Chaplim in point of recogni- tion by the compiler of the volume. The party took tnatters very largely into its own hands and nominated Mr. La Follette\ and Mr. Wheeler. The nomination tbok the form of that brand of fame mientioned by Shake- &peare in that it was thrust upon the two senators, but whatever the form of the nomination, the Socialists got two candidates whoyare “Who's Who- sers” and none of'the other small parties did. Among the candidates of the three major parties. mentioned in Who's Who, Senator La Follette has the distinction, If any, of: being the first to have his name listed. Mr. Davis is second in this mespect and the President third. Mr. Davis occupfes the greater space, which probably is traceable to the fact that he belongs to a great many clubs. Senator La Follette and President Coolidge are mot listed as members of any club. The President ands Mr. Davis have one Who's Who distinction that Mr. La Follette has yet to win. The British equivalent of the American encyclopedia of they great contains the names of both of ‘them, Mr. Davis doubtless for his achlevement in hav- ing been Ambassador to the Court of St. James, and the President by virtue of his leadership of the American peeple. ERE Rattler's Bjte Is Patal. MOBILE, Ala., September 13.—The bite of a rattlesnake with 12 rattles caused the death here today of Wil- liam H. Woodward, 67, a planter of Dyas, Ala. Woodward, while in his fleld, was attacked by the reptile, which sank its fangs in the calf of his leg. The man was brought here in a dying condition and lived a short time after being removed to a hoapital. His widow and a large family survive. o T T The Star’s Scoreboard To Show Today's Game ‘Today’s game betw, the Nationals and Tygers at De- troit will be reproduced in de- tall on the electris score- board in front of The Star Building at Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue. ‘Every move made on the diamond at Detroit wiil be faithfully depicted, details be- ing supplied by a direct wire from the press box at Navia Field to this office. ‘The game is scheduled to start at § o'dlock. EVANS CASE HEARING TOMORROW PROBABLE Charge of Acceptance of Bribe by Flevator Inspector to Be Aired in Court. Preliminary hearing. on:the charge of violation of the penal code sec- tions appertaining to soliciting and accepting a bribe in the case of Ele- vator Inspector William 1. Evans of the District Bullding Inspector's of- fice, probably will be held tomorrow or Tuesday in Police Court, it was stated last night. With the alleged confession of In- spector Evans that he accepted $180 from Oscar H. Robey to allow a con- demned elevator to remain in a build- ing at 1429 L street, Detectives Ver- milllon and Keck announced last night that the case virtually was ready for presentation in court early during the coming week. Maj. Oehmann, building inspector, was directed yesterday to co-operate with the police in any further devel- opments in the case and expressed his willingness and residence to do all In his power-along this line, ROXIE STAR HERE FOR RADIO CONGERT “Wee Willie” Robyne to Be on Program at Stadium This Afternoon. “Wee Willie” Robyne, the Caruso of “Roxie’s” famous Capitol Theater “gang.” and one of the most popular radio artists in the country came to Washington last night to aid the hospital radio committee in raising sufficient funds to install radio re- ceiving apparatus in every hospital, charitable institution and orphan asylum in the District. “Wee Willie's” strong tenor voice will ring through- out the American League Ball Park this afternoon between selections by the combined Army, Navy and Marine Bands. When Mr. Robyne learned of the plans of the Washington radio com- mittee to install radio sets in the hospitals and charitable institutions he immediately established communi- cation with LeRoy Mark, chairman, to learn if he could be of any assist- ance. Mr. Mark lost no time in book- ing the dimunitive singer as an added feature on the elaborate concert pro- gram. Three to Direct Band. The concert will begin at 4 o'clock, reghrdiess of the weather. The band stand will be under cover and noth- ing short of a hurricane or snow- storm should prevent a crowd from attending. according to Mr. Maxk. Capt. William H. Santelmann of the Marine Band, Charles Benter of the Navy Band, and William J. Stan- nard of the Army Band will alternate in conducting. Six appropriate num- bers are on the massed band's pro- gram, exclusive of the National An- them, the finale. Invocation by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Thomas, rector of St. Patrick’s Cath- olic Church, will precede the concert. Rev. George F. Dudley, rector of .St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, will pro- | nounce the benediction. Nurses in hospital uniforms will act as ushers. Final Appeal Is Made. the charitably inclined persons of Washington to support the concert, Mr. Mark last night pointed out that" every seat in the ball park must be filled to insure the installation of radio apparatus in all of the hospitals a.n‘d charitable institutions. ““The aq mission to the ball Iisical tol park is $1.00, Wwill hear more music for that price than they ever heard before. Besides g:; 'Y will be helping a worthy char- ity Additional contributions fund received yesterday by Mr. Mark follow: Bert L. Olmstead, $10; Leon S. Ullman, $10: H. L. Rust, George E. Potter, $10; George H. Judd, $10; Mrs. Conrad Becker, $5; Miss R. P. Chiles, §1: Linda H. Steuart, $2; Patient, 32; Adelia F. D. Bauer, Rowena Halstead, $1; M. L. Grove, §5 Parie $5: Mrs E. B $10; C. B. S, Trout, Leaman, $5; T. S. Witlgenstein, $1; H. 8. Empich, $2; J. G. Giulian, $0.50; Miss Ure, $1: Donald Woodward, $§10: Frank L. Wagner, $12; W. W. Everett, $10: N. L. Sansbury, $8; Byron S. Adams, $10; E. E. Herrell, $12; Thomas Bones, $10; James Sharp, $8; W. A. H. Church. $8; Gustav Buchholz, $10; Andrew Parker, $10; C. A, M. Loffler, $4; H. C. Sheridan, $8; Frank T. Mitchell, $10; W. W. Spalding, $5; W. N. Piser. $10; Randall H. Hagner, $4: Julius Garfinckel, §8: Simon Kann, $10: A M. Nevius. $15; George O. Vass, $8: M. D. Rosenberg, $12: Dr. R. Carroll. $7: Justice Hoehling, $4; W. Willett Trego, $3; T. B. Nevins, §3; 1. Louise Hill. $2! S. Virginia Moore, $3; Mary M. Ferry, $3; May Preston Slosson, $3; Grace D. Brown, $1: Louise R. Williams, $3; Charlotte E. Bates, $10; E. W. Bowen, §2; A. D. Hoft, $3; H. B. Banes, $2; Mabel 0. Wilicox, $2; ¥. Foster, $1; C. D. Parker, $5; R. C. Jones, $5; King's Daughters of Rockville, Md., $10; Grace Holtzclaw, $2; L. B. Sworm- stedt, $3. MARYLAND CORN CROP WORST IN 24 YEARS Small Yield Due to Extremes in Temperatures and Rainfall, U. 8. Expert Declares. Special Dispatch to The Btar. BALTIMORE, | September 13.—The smallest corn crép in Maryland for 24 years is expected this year by John 5. Dennee, local statistician of the United States Department of Agri- culture. The forecast is based upon growing reports as of Beptember 1. Corn crop conditions have been poorer only three times in the past 40 years, Mr. Dennee said. Extremes of tem- perature and rainfall have injured crop prospects, while a cold, wet Spring caused delayed planting and unusually small acreage, he ex- plained. According to present ' crop pros- pects, Mr. Dennee said, a crop of only 15,690,000 bushels may be expected, as against an average yield of 25.- to the 500,000 bushels & year for the last five years. The potential farm value of this vears crop is $16,851,000, against $20,689,000 last year, Mr. Den- nee estimated. ‘While %corn crop conditions are already worse than usual, early frosts will further decrease crop prospects, according to Mr. Dennee. A Kills Playmate in Aocident. NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 13.— Zella Mae Hayes, nine-year-old daugh- ter of Jesse Hayes, a resident of Mont- gomery County, was killed instantly today, when her cousin, Alfred Jones, seven, discharged a shotgun accident- ally while the children were playing at the home of the boy's parents. The eharge of ehot struck the girl in the In a final appeal to radio fans and ! nd those who come | CHNESTOPLAY ASPARADE MOVES Protestant Churches Will Pay Tribute to Holy Name Visitors. All churches In the vicinity of the Holy Name parade or near where the Holy Name units form for the parade have been invited to ring their bells while the parade is forming and marching a week ‘from today. Epiphany Church and the Methodist Church on Four-and-a-Hall street have been invited to play hymns on their chimes and have graciously ac- cepted the invitation. Tt is expected that this will lend additional solem- Rnity to the occasion. The chairnan of the executive com- mittee, P. J. Haltigan, president the Archdiocesan Union; th man of the transportation tee, Joseph P. Fitzgerald, and other leaders went to Mount Vernon yesterday afternoon to complete arrangements there for the pilgrimage to the tomb of the Father of His Country a week from yesterday. Elaborate preparations are being made at the Catholic University for a big day next Friday, when a great procession, including practically all of the hierarchy of the United States. will participate in honor of Cardinal O’'Connell, personal representative of the Pope. Hundreds of Catholic men from all the parishes in Washington will be at the Catholic University today helping in the work of preparing the gymnasium, stadium and other places for the big convention, which opens next Thursday. Arrangements Complete. Arrangements for the convention are complete and everything is in readiness to receive the visitors, it is reported from the convention head- quarters, 1314 Massachusetts avenue. ‘The congress will be in session thre the first day will be “Bishop's Friday, Spiritual Director's and Saturday, “Lay Delegates’ Father Rippie will preside at~ all sessions. A solemn pontifical high mass at the shrine of the Immaculate Conceptior Catholic University, will open the con- gress. Rt. Rev. Thomas D. Shahan D. D, rector of the University, will b celebrant. The service will start at 9 o'clock sharp. ‘The music will be rendered by the university choir. Following the mass the prelates who will be in attendance at the conventio: will aseemble in the convention hal where archdiocesan and diocesan Hol Name activities will be discussed bs the bishops. On Friday morning at 9 o'clock a solemn .official reception will be tendered his eminence William Cardinal O'Con- nell, Extraordinary Legate of the Ho See. The solemn commit- pontifical high ma on that day will be celebrated by | Most Reverend Michael H. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore, and host to the convention. This ceremony will | take place in the new stadium of the { Catholic University. The sessions on {Friday will be given over to the | spiritual directors of the parish |branches. A roll call of Catholic | service men, living and dead, at the jtomb of the Unknown Soldier, will {be a part of Friday's program. Vi Rev. Ignatius Smith, O. P. P. G., f mer national director of the Holy ame Society and now prior of the | Dominican House of Studies, Brook- land, D. C.. will address the gather- |ing at Arlington Cametery. This will start at 4 o'clock. His. inenc Denis ardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadel- phia, will pontificate at the high mas Saturday morning at the stadium that will officially open the session of the lay delegates. The music at this | service will be rendered by the choir of the Cathedral of Pittsburgh. Sat- urday afternoon the delegates and visitors to the convention will make a pilgrimage to the tomb of rge Washington at Mount Vernon. A wreath will be placed at the tomb by one of the prelates who will make the pilgwmage. A patriotic address by Rev. Peter Guilday, Ph. D.. pro- fessor of church history at the Catho- lic University, will be delivered to the visito: Following the address the Holy Name pledge will be recited {BROTHER, 5, WIELDS AX WHEN GIRL SEEKS DEATH By the Associated Press. LAFAYETTE, La. September 13.— Miss Anatasia Boudreaux, 18, is near death in a sanitarium here with three wounds in her neck, inflicted with an ax. Accordimg to her own story and verified by her little brother, age the latter hacked his sister as she di- rected. The two had been left at home alone. The girl said that she was tired of living and had sought this means to end her life. She xaid she placed the ax in the hands of her little brother and then placed her own head on the chop block and directed at what point the blow was to be struck. It did not prove deadly and she is said to have again directed the second and then the third blow: August Circulation Daily - - - 88,427 Sunday - - 95,699 District of Columbia. ss. Business Manager of DAY STAR, does sol emnly swear that the actual number of copies of the papers named. sold and distributed dur- ing the month of August, A.D. 1824, was as . - DAILY Copies. Dasi 92,089 16.. 83547 18, 91,641 19. 91,342 20. 20315 89540 90,200 82,375 90,318 90,996 1,083 91,008 90,027 Less adjustments i ceremon Ge Copies. 53,026 00,491 0,956 9,022 80334 59,404 S2087 89712 Total daily net circulation.. Total average net paid circu- lation . Daily average number coples for scrvice, etc. 87548 of S84 Daily average net circulation. 88,427 SUNDAY, Copies. Days. oT,014 24... 96,591 96,476 Less adjustments Copies 26,007 23,710 482,188 3.692 Total Sunday net circulation. 478,496 Average net paid Sunday cir- culation Average number of copies for service, etc ... Average Sunday net circula- tion 53 Subscribed aud sworn to before me this Oth ily( 2%, Seotember, 4.0 1924, quuun%,