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WEATHER. Unsettled probably showers. in_temperature. tonight and Tuesday, Not much change Temperature for 24 hours ending at 2 p.m. toda; p.m. yesterday; today. Full reort on page Highest, 71, at 4:30 lowest, 68, at 6 a.m. 2. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 an= Entered as secol 29,357. No. JAPAN ALLOWS USE OF MANCHURIA LINE BY CHANG'S TROOPS “Purely Business Traffic” Is Tokio View of Movement Toward Mukden. NEW CHINESE CABINET IS HEADED BY DR. YEN Shanghai Reports Heaviest Fight- ing to Date—Stage Believed Be- ing Set for Big Events. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, September 15.—The Associ- mted Press learns that a portion of the troops of Gen. Chang Tso-Lin have already moved and arc still moving by way of the Japanese South Manchuria Railway, presumably from the province of Kirin and from An- tung, in Shenkiang, toward Mukden. It is authoritatively stated that the ‘Tokio government views this as “a matter of railway business,” and not Amounting to Japanese aid for Gen. *Chang, which is not Japan's intention. Called Usunl Procedure, 1t is explained that the usual pro- cedure in such movements has been followed; that Gen. Chang has asked permission from the Japanese consul in Mukden, who, as a subordinate of Count Kodama, governor of the Jap- &nese leased territory in Kwantung . Peninsula, referred the request to XKodama at Dairen. The request, it is #aid, was granted and the movements ©f Chang’s troops carried out “purely| 85 a matter of business.” Chang, it is declared, has not so far | commandeered any South Manchuria | Railway rolling stock and has been | vaying for all movements of his| ro0ps over that line. The matter h not been referred to the authorities in Tokio, as it has been considered purely a question for Count Kodama | &nd for the railway officials. i Expect Restricted Fightin_ | Although dispatches to the vernac- wlar press here report an outbreak of | hostilities on the Manchuria-Chihli Lorder, officials here are not appre- hensive that the fighting will result! tn a crisis which will call for any al- | teration of Japan's policy of \valch-{ ful waiting. Japanese leaders are,! however, admittedly following events with the keenest interest ince Jap- an’s most vital interests in China lie | in Manchuria. The South Manchuria railway is well outside the zcne of probable hos- | tilities and therefore it is considered | unlikely that the Japanese will be required to meet any graver question than: the present “railway business” in troop movements, The authorities here say that there is only the most remote chance that the Chihli troops will break through and reach the South Manchuria rail- way zone, but it is stated authorita- | tively that if that should occur Japan will act resolutely to protect the railway and Japan's interests in the railway zone. It is believed here, however, that both sides in the fight- ing will scrupulously aveid any col- | lision with Japan. J YEN NAMED PREMIER. Old Ministry Substantially Holds Offices at Peking. By the Associated Press. PEKI September 15.—A new cabinet succeeding the temporary one headed by Dr. K. V. Wellington Koo, Jwhich has acted since the resignation of the Sun Pao-Chi cabinet July 2, w appointed by President Tsao Kun in a mandate issued at 4 o'clock this morning. The personnel of the| new cabinet is: Premier and portfolio of the in- terior—Dr, W. W. Yen, who was foreign minister in the Liang Shih-Hi cabinet and was reappointed to that position by Li Yuan-Hung. Dr. Yen Wwas acting premier in June, 1922, Foreign—Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, Who held the same portfolio in the Sun Pao-Chi cabinet and has been acting premier since its resignation. Dr. Koo was formerly minister to Great Britain and the United States, . Other Posts Filled. Finance—Wan Ke-Min, who held the same post in the Sun Pao-Chi| cabinet. War—Gen. Lu Chin, reappointed from the Sun Pao-Chi cabinet. Navy—Admiral Li Ting-Hain, re- appointed from the Sun Fao-Chi cab- inet. Justice—Chang Kuo-Kan, former min- ister of education. Bducation — Huang Fu, acting foreign minister. ; Agriculture and commerce—Kao Ling-Wei. Communications—Wu Yu-Lin. Dr. Yen assumes with the premier- ship the portfolio of the interior | which was held by Cheng Ke in the Sun Pao-Chi cabinet. It is notable that his appointments virtually confirm the portfolios as held in the temporary cabinet, with a formal confirmation of the appoint- ment of Dr. W. W. Yen in the place of premier, which was offered him in July. formerly Big Events Impending. The week end brought little change in the war situation superficially, but every event that becomes known tends to indicate that the stage is being set for developments of im- portance in the future. Officials of the Peking government are still speculating on where Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, the Manchurian war lord, proposes to strike, if he actual- ly intends to get into the nght. Present indications give no definite line on his intentions. Gen. Chang is reported to have 50,000 men under arms within reach of the southern border of Manchuria and to have put under way a con- tinuous movement of troops toward Mukden, his capital, from the prov- inces of Kirin and Holungkiang. Controverting Chang's assertion to the consuls of the powers that the Peking government precipitated the , rupture of the traffic agreement by { which trains were sent through Shanhaikwan, on the Chihli-Man- churian border, in each direction, the authorities here insist that Chang made the first default in the cus- tomary exchange of trains there. Regular train service is still main- post_office Washington, | Veterans’ nd class matter D. C. Zhe WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, ARCTIC SPRING IDEAL FOR FLIGHT ACROSS POLE, BARTLETT FINDS Explorer Makes Deep Study‘ During 47 Days in Ice Jam—Will Make Cruise Next Year If Money Is Available. The Arctic regions hold no invisible perils for aircraft explorations but present ideal flying conditions, espe- cially during the ynonths of May and June, according to Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, famous ecxplorer, who has just returned to Washington, after having been marooned in the ice off and north of Alaska for 47 days aboard the Coast Guard cutter Bear. Capt. Bartlett was commissioned by the National Geographic Society to gather data in the far North in prep- aration for future aerial explorations of the®Arctic regions. Today he laid before the society data in black and white, proof of his conclusions from observations of winds and tempera- ture that no better flying conditions could be found in the United States than in the area from which he has just returned. The captain, who was the com- panion of Admiral Peary on his suc- cessful Polar trip, also announced he would continue to carry out plans for a drift across the pole from Alaska to Spitzbergen. Arrangements for this greatest of Polar expeditions | were nearing completion about a year aso and he was scheduled to sail from Seattle in July of this year. He was forced to abandon his project when the Navy decided to send the Shenandoah over a similar route and he was called to his commission as a lieutenant commander in the Navy to assist in preparing for the flight. Money Needed for Trip. o When the trip of the Shenandoah was canceled for this year Capt. Bartlett again gave consideration to his Arctic drift and has worked it up to a point where he is confident he and his little party of about ten men will be able to leave Seattle next HINES SEES ATTACK ON BUREAU REVIVED Work Director Tells Legion Previous Fights Will Be Renewed. B the Acsociated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., September 15— The United States Veterans' Bureau has been cleaned up,” but it “can- not take another forward step unless Dpublic.confidence in our work is pre- served by & cessation of turmoll and baseless condemnation.” declared Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the bu- reau, at the American Legion conven- tion today. Gen. Hines complimented the legion for responding to his appeal for fts “whole-hearted co-operation” and lending “ungrudgingly an active and telligent co-operation of the high- est degree of helpfulness.” “I think,” he said, “that never bes fore has it been so necessary for us all to form a just and true apprecia- tlon of what has lately been accom- plished, and then to sec to it, by every means in our power. that the people of the United States have an understanding knowledge of the great work that has been done for the men disabled by service in time of war. Sees New Attack. “I find the air is at this moment full of presages and rumors that at- tacks will shortly again be made upon the Veterans' Bureau; that propa- ganda of a certain sort is in prepara- tion for use in aid of purposes not at all connected with the interests of the former service men, and that pub- licity campaigns are projected in which it is intended to drag out the mistakes and errors of the past, be- fore you and I put our shoulders to the wheel, and so to visit, as it were, the sins of the fathers upon the chil- dren of the third and fourth genera- tion.” “You and I know very well that there was at one time something amiss in the United States Veterans' Bureau—that until lately there was always something considerably wrong with the administration of its soldier relief. The roots of those troubles lay far back in the beginning, when these government agencies were hast- ily organized under the stress of ac- tual warfare, imperfectly thought out, inefficiently manned and administered and illogically and spasmodically de- veloped in times of peace, Deferds Administration. Defending his administration, Gen. Hines sald: “If it shall be said that there is any- thing fundamentally wrong with the Veterans' Bureau, now such statements shall be untrue, I am not so foolish as to suggest that the administration of veteran relief is now a perfect thing; it never can be that and never will; but we can say—for its truth it- selft—that an enormous stride has been taken, “Ali available government hospital facilities have been-thrown open to vuterans of any war, military occupa- tion expedition since the beginning of the Spanish-American War, with. out asking whether their ailments were due to service or not, or brought about by their own misconduct CAPT. ROJERT A. BARTLETT. June. Money is the only objective between him and the trip, but he is confident the necessary amount— $150.000—will be at hand in a short time. Capt. Bartlett joined the Bear at her port. San Francisco, May 1. Cruis- ing up the coast. the Bear called at COUZENS T0 PUSH REVENUE INQUIRY Victory in Primary Seen En- couraging Senator—Many Other Investigations. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. The country is on the threshold of another carnival of congressional in- Vestizations. At least a dozen in- quiries, authorized by the House or the Senate during the last session of Congress, are imminent. Although Congress will not conveny until December 1, several investigations are to be resumed almost at once. The House committee, which Is examining allezations of fradulent bond issues at the Bureau of Engrav- ing and Printing, has already swung into action. Within a few days Sen- ator Couzens' committee on investi- gation of the Internal Revenue Bureau of the Treasury will reopen its batteries in a broadside attack on the administration of the income tax and prohibition unlts. Encouraged by Primary. Tortified by his triumph in the Re- publican nomination primaries fn Michigan, Secretary -Mellon’s arch foe will wade Into the fray with greater vigor than ever. . Having espoused the cause of Calvin Cool- idge in his primary campaign, Senator Couzens is not bent upon vengeful disclosures of Treasury practices. But he will not shrink from turning on the light in any direction where there is demonstrable evidence that illumination is needed. Prohibition enforcement is the thing into which the Couzens com- mittee will now particularly delve. Hitherto it has concentrated on in- come tax affairs. The prohibition situation, insiders declare, contains plenty of explosive material. ‘here is the keenest anxiety in interested quarters to know how far Senator Couzens is prepared to go in touch- ing it off. There are authorities who suggest outright that Teapot Dome would have a companion plece if, for instance, enforcement officials ' are asked to tell all they know about political interference with execution of the prohibition laws. Brookhart Is Active. Senator Brookhart of lowa, who ts in charge of the Department of Jus- tice investigation, has just left Wash- ington after conferring with Attor- ney General Stone. Brookhart says his inquiry is far from finished. His committee is determined to secure access, through court Pprocedure, to the bank books of Harry M. Daugh- erty’s brother at Washington Court House, Ohio. The resistance offered to their production has apparently strengthened the committee’s convic- tion that the books are well worthy of examination. Here are some of the other investi- gations scheduled to be. taken up sooner or later this year: Campaign expenditures, Borah of Idaho, chairman, Air Service, ‘Representative Lam- pert of Wisconsin, chairman. Bankruptcy act, Representative Michener of Michigan, chairman. Veterans' hospitals, Representative Johnson of South Dakota, chairman. - Senator (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Bean King, Big Fig in World War, Broke, —————— e By the Associated Pre ALBION, N. Y., September 15.—Lewis E. Sands, wholesale bean dealer and known as the “world’s bean king,” has vanished like his father did years ago. As a result of his disappearance, his wholesale plant here, doing business as Léwis E. Sands Company, Inc., and 28 receiving stations and warehouses in this State and scores of others through- out the country are idle, in compliance with an order from his attorney. Liabilities of the company are said to exceed assets by $300,000 to $500,000. Millionaire, philanthropist and church- ‘man, Sands built up his business from small beginnings. ‘When Henry Sands, father of Lewls, left Albion for parts unknown, his wife, two sons and two daughters were left to shift for themselves. The elder tained from Peking to Shanhaikwan, but connections beyond are uncertain and subject to much delay, and pas- Sands had eked out a living by buying small lots of beans froi by far- mers and picking them in M (Continued on Page 3, Column Z) ure in Army Menu Disappears Lewis Sands was 15 years old when his father left, and the burden of sup- porting the family fell upon him. He rho:e'lo sort beans as his father had done.* Within a few years he was an employer. He married Miss Mary Stevens, daughter of an Albion Meth- odist minister, and interested Wall street capital in his business. During the World War Sands fur- nished beans for the allied armies and is said to have made more than a million dollars froin these contracts. It is believed by friends that the strain of long devotion to business has affected his health. He was a di- rector of many bank: The Sands corporation has - done an annual business of four or five million dollars. . Announcement of the closing was made by Sanford T. Church, attorney for Mr. Sands. He said no action had been taken toward bankruptcy, this epending on further ot | only WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. RECORD RECEPTION GIVEN BY CHICAGD T0 WORLD FLYERS Parents and Home-Town Neighbor Rush to Kiss Man Who Circled Globe. REACH CITY AT 12:55 AFTER LEAVING DAYTON Three Planes Will Leave Tomorrow on 440-Mile Flight to Omaha, Nebr. By the Associated Press, AIR MAIL FIELD, MAYWOOD, 1IL, September 15.—Lieut. Lowell Smith and his around-the-world flying com- panions descended at the United States Air Mail Field here at 12:55 p.m., completing their 294-mile hop from Dayton in 2 hours and 55 minutes. The first view of the fiyers brought tumultous cheers. The band blared the snappiest tunes. Applause was so deafening that it drowned out the roar of a plane standing with its motor racing. As the three planes, with their escort, ‘circled slowly over the field, the crowds virtually went with them. Thousands watched the arrival from the roofs of skyscrapers, from the new municipal stadium in Grant Park and other points of vantage near Lake Michigan. Whistles shricked as the flyers soar- ed over the shore line, and boule- vards and parks held their quota of the spectators. The world girdlers with an escort of five planes reached the downtown district at 12:38 p.m. Eastern stand- ard time, the three Army planes flying in close formation. Fire escapes as well as skyscraper tops and windows of tall buildings were black with people. The planes instead of circling over the stadium continued northward along the lake shore until they pass. ed Lincoln Park and then turned in a southwesterly direction for the air mail field at Maywood. Intolded by Crowds. i The three flyers, before any one could reach them, jumped briskly from their planes and were infolded | by the recelving party and the| crowds. The police, which up to this time had successfully held the peo- ple back, were overwhelmed. The flyers had great difficulty in entering the three automobiles, which took them on a tour of the field. Lieut. Wade's father and mother, who live at Cassopolis, Mich.,, were the first to embrace him. and it was done over the struggling forms of others surrounding his plane. Mrs. 0. S. Palmer of Cicero, a long-time friend of Lieut. Wade, succeeded in giving him a resounding smack on the lips. The procession around the fleld was preceded by an escort of motor cycle policemen, flanked by mounted offi- cers. A long trail of motor cars and people afoot fell in back of them and stumbled and stamped their around the three-mile-old speedway race track. As the flyers passed the speedway hospital many of the afflicted war veterans there attempted to give them an ovation. The attempt was acknowledged by the flyers rising in their seats. They had remained seated on the rest of the trip. Police Force Path. When the cars returned to the main | hangar the flyers again were cheered and a pathway made through the crowd to the office of the field man- ager for their interview with news- paper inen. Police were compelled to use force to let them through. Such receptions having become al- most as much their business as suc- cessfully making their flights, the fiyers and their mechanicians good naturedly lined up on a stairway and answered roll call as’ their names were called by a member of the re- ception committee, who wanted to “check up.” “All right boys, shoot,” Lieut. Smith. Lieut. Smith was unanimously chosen spokesman for the occasion. His first reply brought out that noth- ing unusual occurred during the flight here. The hubbub around the building was so loud it was hard to hear them talk. Windows were banked with people attempting to Deer into the hangar, while a mass of humanity surrounded it. “It is wonderful to finally have reached Chicago,” Lieut. Smith said. “We have all been looking forward to landing here almost as much as to our journey's end at Seattle. Greatest Greeting Yet. “We have been treated royally wherever we stopped on our trip, but 1 want you all to know that nowhere, Tokio, Paris, London, Boston or any- where else have we been greeted as we have in Chicago. I am proud to have flown the ship named after the city.” “Once is enough,” Smith told news- papermen, when they asked him if he would make the fiight again. “Of course, I would be glad to go again if I were ordered,” he added. Lieut. Arnold said his next trip around the world would “be on a boat.” A woman reporter asked the flyers if they were not anxious to get back to their homes because “perhaps there might be a girl waitin Lieut. Smith said he was anxious to get to Los Angeles to see his mother and the others said they all hoped there might be “some girls,” but dis- claimed any particular one was wait- ing. After the. newspaper men had ex- hausted their supply of questions the fiyers were driven to the Riverside Country Club for “something to eat in peace.” As they left the hangar door photographers and moving (Continued on Page 2, Column SR COOLIDGE WILL SPEAK. President Coolidge today definitely accepted an invitation to speak in Philadelphia on the night of Septem- ber 25 at,exercises marking the 150th anniyersary of. the meeting of the First Continental Congress. The invitation was extended last week by Mayor Kendrick and mem- bers of the gity,council. This is the to apeaking engage- on; Coolidge's program. i led oft Lot | for | the mainland of Greenland. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) y9/2 i il il "’ MOGRIDGE TOHURL FOR GRFFS TODAY Left-Hander to Start Final Game of Season With Tygers—Has Won 2 of 3. HOW THEY STAND, G. to L. Pet. Win. Lose. piay. ... KZ 5% 586 589 582 14 New York. 81 59 570 582 575 14 Detroit ... 78 G4 .549 .352 545 13 Special Dispatch to The Star. DETROIT, September 15.—The Na- tionals and Tygers were to clash this afternoon for the last time this sea- son, with each team more than anx- ious to get the better end of the score. A victory for the Nationals would assure the retention of their lead in the struggle for the American League championship, while the Tygers, al-| though five games behind the flrst place club, still consider themselves very much in the running for league laurels. Manager Bucky Harris of the Na- tionals planned to start another left- handed pitcher against the Cobbmen, having nominated George Mogridge the slab task. This southpaw has faced the Tygers three times this year for a winning percentage of .667. 1t is thought Ty, chief strategist of the local American League represent- ative, will employ a right-handed hurler today after showing the Na- tionals a pair of southpaws. The peerless one has ready for mound duty Sylvester Johnson, who had been expected to toss the opening game here Saturday, and Kenneth Hollo- way, who reljeved karl Whitehill late in_the initial contest of the series. Weather conditions this morning are not so favorable for base ball. The sky is overcast and a brisk, chill- ing wind is sweeping from the north- west, but if a threatened rain holds off the clubs will take the field at 3 o'clock and after that more than a mild rain will be necessary to halt play. AMERICAN SECURES ENTIRE ARCTIC ISLAND BY BJORN BUNKOLDT. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. CHRISTIANIA, September 15.—Seal- hunter Ruud has =old the island Jan Mayen, which he claims by right of discovery, to an American citizen now in Christiania, for 150,000 kronen he announced. Ruud says he really parted with the island some years ago, but had an agreement with the American that the Norwegian govern- ment be given the opportunity to take it over at any time up to September 9 of this year. As the government aid not take advantage of his offer, he_completed the transfer. Jan Mayen is a volcanic entirely uninhabited bit of land, 16 miles long by 4 miles wide, jutting wut on the Sea of Greenland, 300 miles east of It first was sighted by Hendrik Hudson and was rediscovered by Jan Mayen, Nor- weglan sailor, in 1611. Just what is the basis of Ruud's claim to dis- covery and ownership is unknown. The island has perhaps some politi- cal’ importance but this is doubtful. With the exception of the ground on ‘which the Norwegian wireless statton is built, which has been formally vec- cupied by the Norwegian government, the rest of the island is considered terra nullus, according to interna- tional law. It has not yet been announced what the government intends to do, but in no case will it admit that the wire- less plant has been sold by Ruud. Save for the wireless station and a small wooden hut built by Austrians long ago, the island is bare. The ter- rain is mountainous, without flora or fauna, and is considered valueless from a business viewpoint. General public opinion refuses to believe that the American purchaser would try to hurt Norway's interests with respect to the wireless station, which is of the utmost importance for the transmission of weather reports in Arctic waters. o ‘Wash., —_ Speed Test Kills Man. LOUISVILLE, Ky, September 15— A sharp turn in a speed test of the Kaintuck E-39, a racing motor boat, resulted in the capsizing of the craft and the drowning of Eugene Thomp- son, 32, in the Ohio River, ten miles above here yesterday. The test was in preparation for the races at Cin- cinnati, Ohlo, in October. Badio Programs—Page 24, 1924 —THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. I Skipper Operated Upon on Bridge as He Sticks to Job By the Associated Pres NEW YORK, September 15.— The story of a skipper who r fused to leave the bridge of his ship, even for an operation for ap- pendicitis, was told today when the liner Scythia arrived here from Liverpool and Queenrtown with a new captain in charge. Capt. William Prothero, who be- came ill on the Scythia's last eastward voyage. is recuperating at his home, in England, and Capt. F. G. Brown is in temporary com- mand. On the third day out from Hos-. ton on the last vovage. officers said, Capt. Prothero developed an acute attack of appendicitis. He refused to leave his bridge, even when physicians decided on an immediate operation, and remained in his bridge cabin while Sir John Bland-Sutton, president of the Royal College of Surgeons and one of the most eminent British authorities on surgery, who was a passenger, performed the opera- tion, which was snccessful. DAVIS DENOUNCES TARIFF IN SPEECH Candidate Carries Fight Into Missouri—Contrasts Party Principles. By the Associated Pres EASTWOOD FARM, BUNCETON, Mo., September 15.—A tribute to Mis- souri and her statesmen was paid to- day by John W. Davis, Democratic nominee for President of the United States, in an address at a barbecue opening the Missouri campgign. The barbecue, attended by thousands of Missourians, was held on the farfh of Dr. Arthur W. Nelson, Democratic nominee for governor. Mr. Davis opened his address by congratulating the Democrats of Mis- souri on their selection of a place to open their campaign and declaring that they were fortunate in their choice of a candidate for governor. “Aside from his high character and fitness for that great office, it is not every State that has power of feeding the multitude at will,” Mr. Davisssaid. ‘The presidential nominee then paid tribute to a roll of statesmen from Missouri making especial mention of the late Champ Clark, former Speaker of the House of Representatives. Cites Two Theories. Mr. Davis declared that there have always been two theories of govern- ment in this country. “These two theories did battle at the very birth of this Nation, and they have been locked in the remorseless conflict from that day to his good hour, he said. “It is for the American people this Fall to choose whom they will serve and under which of these two con- tending flags they choose to enlist. In the early days they had their two great protaganists. One of these men was Alexander Hamilton, and he and his followers believed that government was the peculiar prerogative and right of the rich, the well-born and the able. ¢ ¢ * And I call your attention to the fact that all men who so believed are careful, as the premise for their belief, to classify themselves either as rich or, if mot rich, as well born, or, if not well born, as far more able thar their neighbors are willing to concede “The other point of view is that expressed by the great author of the Declaration of Independence, whose opening sentences have sunk deeper ingo the lives and hearts of the Amer- icin people than any other words that ever were uttered on this side of the globe. He believed In that great doctrine that all men are creat- ed equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. Among these rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and to secure these rights govern- ments ‘are instituted among men, drawing their fust powers from the consent, not of the rich, not of the well-born, not of the able, alone, but from the consent of all the governed. That is the Jeffersonian theory. * * * Names of Groups Changed. “And those who hold these different views take to themselves from time to time different names. In the old days in England it was Whig and Tory. Then it became Conservative and Liberal. In this country I am glad to think, and as a Democrat I do think, that, broadly stated, it is concealed beliind words, Republican and Democral Mr. Davis (Contwued ed .that the cam- O . “The Star’ every city bl as fast as t Sunday’ HOLY NAME PLANS NEAR COMPLETION Last Details for Sessions Bringing 100,000 to Capi- tal Are Rushed. The 350 workers who have been making elaborate arrangements for the Holy Name convention which starts here Thursday, are making a whirlwind wind-up for the greatest celebration in the history of the society in this country in celebration of the 650th anniversary of its foundation. | The big public feature of the cele-| bration will be the parade next Sun- day and every indication that has reached the convention headquarters shows that by very conservative cs- timates there will be upwards of | 100,000 marchers. Last-minute reserva- tion at hotels, garages and anywhere throughout the city that rooms can be secured are keeping a special com- mittee feverishly busy. The big convention hall in the Catholic University gymnasium has | been decorated for the business meet- | ings of the convention and for the special Teception in honor of Cardinal O'Connell, who is the personal repre- sentative of the Pope. In the new stadlum at Catholic University an altar has been erected, at which Car- dinal Dougherty of Philadelphia will celebrate the pontifical mass on Sat- urday, which, it is expected, will be attended by the largest throng ever assembled on the university grounds— numbering tens of thousands. Arrangements Approved. These preparations were inspected yesterday by the executive commit- te, which Pronounced the Washing- ton arrangements for the big conven- tion “perfect.” Very Rev. M. J. Rip- ple, O. P, P. G, the national director of the society, expressed himself to- day as much gratified by the efficient way in which the 15 local committees have carrfed out their plans. Conservatively estimated, the Phila- delphia section in the Holy Name pa- rade here next Sunday will number at least 10,000 men, headed by at least 1,500 uniformed police and firemen with their own famous band. This re- port was made at the Holy Nage convention headquarters, 1314 Massa- chusetts avenue, today by James A. McGuigan, grand marshal of the Philadelphia section. He reported at least 20,000 persons from Philadelphia are coming Washington next Sunday. The first of the special_trains will leave Phila- delphia at 7:30 am. and the last one is due in Washington at 12:30 o'clock. Some 50 of the Protestant clergy of Washington, including _the three bishops, Freeman, McDowell and Hamilton, bave been invited to occupy seats on the reviewing stand with President Coolidge. Homes to Be Decorated. In every Catholic parish yesterday, at all the masses, the people were urged to decorate their homes with a United States flag and a Holy Name (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) AMERICAN REPORTED KIDNAPED IN MEXICO Dispatch Says W. J. Eaton Taken From Minéng Camp by Rebels ‘Will Be Ransomed. BY HARRY NICHOLLS. By Cable to The Star and the Chicago Dally News. ~ MEXICO CITY, September 15.—The correspondent of the newspaper Ex- celsior telegraphing from the city of Parral, State of Chihuahua, reports that a group of rebels under Hipolito Villa kidnaped an American W. J. Eaton in a mining camp at Las Cruces in that state near Parral. He adds, that the American Smelting & Refining Co., owners of the Cruces camp, will pay the ransom demanded. Meanwhile Gen. Arnulfo Gomez, federal commander in the State of Chihuahua, has sent cavalry to rescue Eaton. The incident occurred just as Gen. Gomez was arriving in Parral for the natlonal festivities. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News.) -—e REBEL LEADER SLAIN. Head of Macedonian Revolution Killed by Followers, SOFIA, September 15.—Todor Alex- jandroff, head of the Macedonian rev- olutionary organization, has been Kill- ed by two of his followers, The assassination of two Macedon- ian autonomist leaders, Aleko Vassilef and Georgi Atanohof was reported to the Bulgarian ministry of the in- ‘terior yesferday. Saturday’s | Germany’s lack of tact named | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers lock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes he papers are printed. irculation, 83,090 irculation, = 99,002 TWO CENTS. DIPLOMATIC DRIVE 10 PLAGE GERMANY INLEAGUE STARTS Insistence of Berlin on War Guilt Disclaimer Big Obstacle to Aims. Ci STATESMEN SEE-LACK OF TACT IN ATTITUDE Admission Certain if Application Is Made, Geneva Body Members Say. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News Copyright, 1924 GENEVA, September 15.—A great diplomatic effort to persuade Ger- many to enter the League of Nation- now is under wayv. It is understood that Great Britain was given positive assurances a few weeks ago of the intention of the German government | to apply for membership. The German government is more or less officially represented here by Count Kessler and Count von Bern- storff, while many German Jjournal- ists and politicians are eddying about the league assembly. All league members, including France, favor ad- ‘mitting Germany, and it is taken for granted that she would immediately be accorded a seat in the league council. However, the whole pro- gram has been temporarily blocked by the insistence of the German goy- ernment that it shall first be absolved from admission of war guilt to which Germany subscribed in the treaty of Versailles. Seen as Lack of Tact. Among statesmen gathered at Gene- va this insistence is generally con- sidered merely as another example of in interna- tional affairs. Nevertheless, much valuable time has been lost, and if it Proves necessary to submit the ques- tion to the Reichstag before making formal application for membership, it seems improbable that admission can be completed during the present se: sion of the assembly, for the Reichs- tag is rot now sitting. Yet so confident are the league delegates of Germany’s ultimate de- cision, that it is now proposed, in case the German application ultimately ar- rives, to convene a special assembly two or three months hence for the purpose of admitting Germany and thereby obtaining her immediate co- operation in the vast peace plans of the league. The fundamental reason why Ger- many still is sald to be néar that ultimate revision of the treaty of Ver- sailles would be rendered impossible if Germany joined the league. If the question of war guilt was reopened, revision of the treaty would be facil: tated, for the entire Versailles peace was based on the assumption that Germany was responsible for causing the war. Intentions to Be Judged. According, therefore, as Germany applies or not, her future pacific in- tentions will doubtless be judged. Unless Germany actually contem- plates a new war, membership in the league offers Germany many advan- tages. She would then participate in disarmament and control of her own territory. She would be favorably situated to urge extension of the present Silesian economic regime beyond 15 years, to influence the Dantzig and Polish cor- ridor regimes, to insure the rights of German minorities in other lanes, to reopen the question of Austria join- ing Germany and the question of the former German colonies and to urgze extension to other waterways of the internationalization enforced on Ger- man rivers by the peace treaty, to ¥ nothing of the presumption that Ge many's economic influence in centr: Europe would be increased by im- provement of her political relation One doubtful element in the situ- ation is the attitude of the United States. Some Germans declare the German government has received un- official advices that the American Government would prefer that Ger- | many should not joint the league, least not until after the American elections. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News (o} FRENCH OFFER FOUGHT. Institute of Intellectual Co-Opera- tion Finds Opponents. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 15.—France's offer to found at Paris an interna- tional institute for intellectual co- operation under the direction of the League of Nations has been wel- comed in league circles, but the que: | tion is raised as to the institute's relations with existing organizations already devoting themselves to fur- thering international co-operation. Godfrey Dewey, vice president of the Lake Placid Club of New York and D. P. Myers, representing the ‘World Peace Foundation of Boston, have arrived in Geneva with other Americans and are urging that the existing institutions of international nature be consulted before the plans for the French project are definitely laid down. Mr. Dewey described the Lake Placid Club to the league offi- cials as educational in nature and desirious of having liaison with other international associations similar in character. = Other institutions co- operating with the new organization at Paris are the International Insti- tute of Bibliography and the Union of International Associations, both of which have their headquarters at Brussels. A delegation from the lat- ter association has presented a peti- tion to the league asking that their organization have the right of perma- nent representation in the section of the league devoted to intellectual co- operation. The delegates also urged regular efforts toward co-ordination between the international assoclations and the league, which would be divorced from all political considerations in a cam- paign for world peace. Ask Special Conference. They concluded by asking the league to convoke a conference of in- terested organizations to map out a further program of co-operation. ‘The French Government has volun- teered to found and maintain the in- ternational institute for intellectual i, -operation entirely at French ex- %(c»flwfl on Page 2, Column 2.’ 4 oy