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WEATHER. Tartly cloudy tonigh unsettled, probably much change in tempe sho 2 pm. today 6 day: lowest, 52, at 6:30 a. ull report on page ature. Tetperature for 24 hours, ending at Wednesday owers; not at noon to- . today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Entered as - g 258 No. 29358, post office Was secona class matter hington, D. C. | GREATER AIR FLEET, AIMOF COOLIDEE, ~ ASSHIPS PASS OUT President Convinged U. S. Should Bend Energy Toward Defense by Planes. WILBUR CALLED BACK TO DISCUSS QUESTION Executive Believes Day of Battle ships Is Nearly Over, and Opposes Heavy Expenditures. | | i So impressed is President with the advancement in aviation and dts use in time of that he was | Tepresented today as doubting very | much the advisability of greatly in- | creasing appropriations The Yresident, was stated, beli there logic in the sugge for increasing appropriations for de- Yeloping the Army and Navy aviation | 1o fizure in future warfare than there | f5 in appropriations for | the which must neces Earily absolete in a very few years i The President's views known at the White House While speculation was stiil rife what lay hehind Secreta Navy Wilbur's hurried Washingten from th . Today he was th the expectation take in I g It Coolidge war, naval it more is T increasing battleshi become in became | today. | as to | of the | ure fo ry dep: West speedin that he cabinet K would part viday” meet- | was expluined here the that = left Diego after receipt | cret Wilbur yesterday in train for the | war hurried it desived onfer with th, the budsget R San to cateh a f t while the his ‘., w no special return to that he President Tor sienifica Washing b allowanee th ar Belicves Ships Losing Out. ated to that atly impresse of the o the I'resi- i with the round-the-world- I with the smplished this feat and those who planned it ne is satistied that this world 11 clearly demon- strates the future ; 1o carry on efticient i in the air Tn thi said 1 that @ nt s gr nificancs fight, and fivers who Lent s Prosi impression ven the inclined to feel that avia tion has advanced so = during the past few Bl fu ture is so promising that = are the formidable The that ction certain featu fare that it would this time to transport the ¢ is was done i A szokesman for the President ted today that for this reason it is very doubtful if the President| Will agree to an iner in vaval ap- | propriations for the next fiscal vear | over the sunt approved finally by the Budg Burcau. Two (|Hn\lml|.\i arc invelved ihat the President known o consider as being very | vital | or not the people of | ted States want to spend any | great amount « ¥ on ships that | Jnust ultimatel serapped, or whether they would not rather ex-| pend this additional money on in-| ervasing the ngth of the Army and Navy. President also i Known to the methods | generall the Army awd | Navy in increased appro- | priation Hacks Budzet Bureau. It wa d that the President ha frequently read about the Navy hein far below the standard and ready to] sink into oblivion, and that the Army | is far below what it should be and! would be wiped off the face of the | earth in time of war, but he is mnot | zreatly impressed with either of the | statements | He has information which causes| Tim to believe that the Navy at the! present time is in what could be! termed a good condition; that it is well manned, that the equipment is atove the average and that the ships end its men can shoot ‘better than | ever before. He wants the Navy to| bave an adequate appropriation. He also wants to see the policy of | the budget maintained. He is pe sonally responsible for this business agency of the Government and he has no intention of committing an | act that would tend to break down | the budget's usefulness or its estab- | Jished policy. Neither has he the in- tention of permitting any of the de- partments under him to bring about such a breakdown of the budget. In his opinion if the budget is to become ineffective and its policy to be disor- dered that will remain for Congress to do and not the Executive branch of the Government. The President’s views regarding future expenditures for the Navy and aviation were made following in- quiries about the President’s attitude toward the proposed gun elevation on American battleships, and the President, while determined to have he rights of this country under the arms conference treaty retained, makes 1o secret of the fact that in his present state of mind he can see no necessity for any great extra expense. Huge Sum Spent. On the other hand, the President s known to be very enthusiastic about the future possibilities ot avi- ation. Only yesterday he sent to the budget for figures showing what has been appropriated for aviation for the present year, and these figures, ording to the President’s spokes- man, show that the United States during the current year is spending more on aviation than any country in the world, anless it is Krance. The total as reported to the Presi- dent is $32,174,000. Of this amount, $12,435,000 is for the Army, $15,- 150,000 for the Navy, $450,000 for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and $2,750,000 for the Post Office Department. These figures, it is explained, do not in- clude the compensation paid the aviation personnel of the several de- | partments operating aireraft. The White House said that the ‘resident expects to talk with various heads of the Army and Navy and those cngaged in the development of aviation before he reaches some def- inite_conclusion. 1t was stated that d en Page 5, Column 6.) — 1 he is reatly that battlesh place they | sears a it iosing cccupied President was repr having expressed opinion ! far surpaxsed | battleship war be impossible at} troops across 1818, i sented 10 as th in- P is air The understand adopted b obtaining | | battalions of the 13th Division of the | | Bast of which Chang Tso-Lin’ | the Kiangsu forces when the troops Code Call Awakens Telegrapher From Sleep of Six Days By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, B. C., September 16.—The ticking of his private Morse code call at an instrument by his bedside last night restored to consciousness J. T. Phelan, superintendent of the Dominion Telegraph Company here, after he had been in a comatose condition nearly a week. Superintendent Phelan was ill for weeks following the death of his wife and had been uncopscious six days, attending physicians dis- closed today. On the suggestion of a physician an instrument was installed b Phelan's beside and “P. N.” his private call, ticked off. Mr. Phelan smiled and opened his eves when the ticker an- nounced very da. in every w Then the ticker suggested tha Phelan drink a little milk. P’helan reached out h hand for the glass and took the first nour- ishment in six da He was re- ported convalescent toda . CHIHLL ARMY LOSES INFIRST SKIRMISH Fighting Between Peking and Mukden Is Favorable to Fengtien Forces. | i | | | By Radio to The Star and Chicago Naily News. TOKIO, September 16.—1It is officially announced from Mukden that hostili- | ties opened vesterday morning Kast | aoyang, between the advance s of the Fengtien army and four | | i | | | pos Chihli army. The report says that| the Chihli forces are retirin i Wu Pei-Fu's troops, with airplanes | and artillery, are reported to be mov- ing steadily toward Shanghai Kwan, troops both sides of the railway. Lull Around Shanghai. Tokio hears that a lull in the activ- ity around Shanghai continues. though | desultory firing of artillery is heard t is reported Ly an eastern news that a division of the Kiangsu troops has revolted and heen deprived of its guns. The Shanghai-Nanking railway line has been broken at| Changchow. At Canton, Sun Yat-Sen | anpe to have arranzed his differ- | ences and is now moving northward | command of a small detachment of | his own troops. 1 (Copyrizhi, 1924, by Chicazo Daily News Co.) PEKING SENDS TROOPS. i occupy | | rs Three Thousand Men to Aid Attack | Upon Shanghai. By the Associated Press SHANGHAL September 16--Rein- forcements from the Peking govern- ment. to be thrown into battie against the Chekiang forces defend- ing Shanghai. were reported at Wusih, miles west ot here. at 11:45 pm. last Sunday. according to a messenger from the Kiangsu tront, Who returned here today The troops., #,000 in number, well armed and equipped and were moving toward the Shangha: front in two special trains on the Shanghai- Nanking Railway, the messenger said. Praixe for Opponents. Wounded Kiangsu troops returning from the Liuho front. where a fierce battle was in progress today for Dos ion of territory adjacent to Woosung, outer anchorage of Shang- hai, told Dr. ¥. A. Wilmot. attached to the ngsu army medical corps at Quinsan, that “we have been nght- ing waist deep in water through tor- rential downpour The Chekiang troops are most stubborn opponents and have been employing grenades and land mines with destructive effect.” The Kiangsu wounded were moved from the Liuho sector to Quinsan in a special train, an observer said. The American Red Cross corps from Nan- king, headed by Dr. Price and Dr. Stewart, is assisting in the care of the wounded behind the Kiangsu lines. Owing to the use of many dialects which, in some cases, ren- the language of districts 100 separated useless as a common confusion was expected in were b, ders mile tongue, sections came to the front. However, the observer report- ed today that no confusion exists where the Kiangsu troops of several speaking entirely different have intermingled while pro- ceeding to the front. Two Airplanes Received. It was reported here today that a special train which arrived at Soo- chow on Sunday from Peking brought two airplanes of modern type to replace machines wrecked a week ago in trial flights. The pilots are now in the American missionary Red Cross Hospital at Soocho The planes represent a contribution from the Peking government to the invading Kiangsu forces. nder the drastic censorship now in effect at Soochow, no information has been obt. able here as to troop movements in that sector. It is known, however, that few sol- diers are stationed at Wusih, where shops remain open and the civil pop- from remote a@h | first they WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g 4] ¢ Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1924 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. GOOLIDGE T6 WIN VOTE OF ILLINOIS OBSERVERS HOLD Look for Strong La Follette Support Drawn From Both Major Groups. SITUATION DIFFERENT THAN IN 1912, IS BELIEF Birth of Liberal Party, Supplant- ing Democrats, Predicted After This Year. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, Sepiember 16.—Illinois, if the national election were held to- day, would cast its electoral vote for Coolidge and Dawes for President and Vice President. This assertion is made not merely because of the claims put forward by the Republican leaders here, but because of admissions in regard to Coolidge strength in this State by supporters of the La Follette-Wheeler ticket. The Democratic leaders still ing, however, to the hope that with the Independent Progressive ticket in the field the Illinols vote will split as it did in 1912, when the Bull Moose party tore the heart ot of the Re- publican organization and brought about a Democratic victory Independents Make ( And Coolidge, impartial say, will carry Illinois 4. just as he would today Progressives demur, Increasing strength for the La Fol- iette-Wheeler ticket, and. of course the Democrats make no such admis- sion. The Progressives frankly they cxpect their ticket either to run or second in Illinois. Further. are predicting that the La lette-Wheeler ticket will receive a greater popular vote the country over than the Davis-Bryan ticket, irre- spective of what the eclectoral vote of the States may show. There is just one thing upon which \he Coolidie. Davis and La Follette Xational headquarters agree—that is ‘nator La Follette Is golng to large number of votes. The Re- ublicans see these La Follette voies ming from the ranks of the Demo- crats; the Democrats see them com- ing from the Republican fold, and (he Progressives, themselves, see them coming from the progressively minded men and women of both old parties mx. observers November To this the leging ever- a Look for New Party. These, when supporters of the La Follette-Wheeler ticket Jeave no doudt in the minds of those to whom they talk that they believe this year is going to see the birth of a new political party—a party made up of liherals, radicals, call them what you will. They see the Progressive £roups in both the Senate and Hou augnented after the coming elec- tions and holding the balance of ower, as in the present Congress. They ‘see the la Follette-Wheeler ticket rolling up such a vote as will demand the establishment of the pro- posed new party. And some of them 80 S0 far as to say they see a very large part of the Democratic party eventually enrolling under the ban- ner of the new party, with the more conservative Democrats going over to_the Republican camp. This insistence by the Progressives that a permanent liberal party is in the course of being established, ul mately to divide the country with the Republican party, which they say is the party of the conservatives, brings up an interesting question as to what is going to happen if the election of a President is thrown into the House and the election of a Vice President into the Senate. Democrats Are Confident. There is no disguising the fact that the Democratic leaders feel if the election goes to the Congress tne next Chief Executive will be a Demo- crat. They believe that either John W. Davis will be elected President by the House—through votes of Republi- cans who might prefer to see Davis in the White House to having Gov. Bryan as Chief Magistrate—or that Bryan will be elected Vice President through a coalition of Democratic and Progressive votes in the Senate and will serve as President. 1 was told as much by several prominent Demo- crats today. But some of the Progressives are asking themselves what would it avail the cause of the new party which they propose to build up, if either Davis or Bryan is put in the White House? Frankly, they say, it would be to the better interest of the de- velopment of such a-party to have a Coolidge or Dawes as Chief Executive for the next four years, and thus more effectually join the issue be- tween the liberals and the conserva- tives. In this_connection 1 heard one prominent Progressive denounce the recent statement by Senator Mag- nus Johnson of Minnesota—Farmer- Laborite and supporter of the La Fol- lette-Wheeler _ticket—that if the (Continued on Page 11, Column 3.) (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) PATIENT AND 3 OTHERS HURT WHEN AMBULANCE HITS TRUCK Rushing at a 45-mile-an-hour clip along the Rockville road early today from Ridgeville, Md., to the Naval Hospital here, a Marine Corps ambu- lance carrying a patient suffering from acute appendicitis sideswiped a produce truck, left the road, jumped over two ditches, a hedge and a five- foot tree into the grounds of the Georgetown Preparatory School and then' turned over on its back after striking a small gulley. In the ambulance were Lieut. C. A. Young, U. S. N., Medical Corps; Pri- vate Forsythe, Marine Corps, the pa- tient; Pharmacist Mate Simpson, U. S. N., and Private David F. Houlihan, aviation unit, Marine Corps, the driver. All were rushed to the Naval Hospital in a passing automobile, where the extent of their injurles had not been determined this after- noon. The four occupants of the am- bulance, however, were badly shaken up and bruised and surgeons at the hospital postponed operating on Pri- vate Forsythe for a few hours await- ing developments of the accident. The ambulance (left $hg Marine Corps expeditionary force near Ridge- ville early this morning with the “stretcher case” and was making all possible haste to reach the hospital here with the marine. Just as it ap- proached the Georgetown Preparatory School a large truck loaded with prod- uce was moving along the right side of the road. Houlihan sounded his horn and the truck gave over some room to allow the ambulance to pass, but the read at this point was rather narrow, owing to the fact that the macadam sides had chipped away. Consequently the left wheels of the ambulance went on the narrow strip of dirt bordering the highway, and as the driver attempted to climb back the rear left wheel hooked in the rough ridge of the road, which threw the ambulance to the right side. The front left wheel of the truck was struck by the speeding car and it was thrown up against the em- bankment in a tipping position. The ambulance, witnesses told Lieut. Fred S. Robillard, Marine Corps motor transport officer of Quantico, who ap- peared on the scene a few moments later, was traveling at_a_speed of say | poil { (Continued on Fage §, Cojumn 20 - 30 years old, ESKIMO “FLAPPERS” UNBOBBED, BUT LIKE TO SMOKE CIGARETTES MacMillan Finds Surplus: Of Girls First i In Arctic Excursions. Time Annapolis Radio Station Only One in East Picked Up, Says Explorer. By the Associated Press SYDNEY, N, 8. September 16 Donald Baxter MacMillan who has brought his vessel doin, to anchor in this 15 months northern and Ellesmere Land. today fold of Eskimo flappers and white Indians, the amazement of Exkimos at motion pictures and other things in the Arc- tic . On the way to port in a storm the | schooner shipped considerable water | through her hatches. and the dogs, foxes, and other animals tethered on the deck had to swim for it at times. “The Eskimo flappers haven't bob- bed their hair vet, but they like to smoke clgarette: MacMillan said. “They used to have trouble finding enough girls to go around, but th year for some reason there is a small xurplus and & number of unmarried young women—a very unusual con-| dition among the polar Eskimos. | “One of the biggest surprises of | the trip was when 1 bought a bax| | | ~Capt explorer. the Bow- port after| in cenland of potatoes at Diske, the farthes north settlement in Greenland, SOUTHPAW BATILE 5N AT TODAY Zachary Due to Start Against Smith in Opener in Cleveland. HOW THEY STAND. Gam L. to BY JOHN B. K CLEVELAND, September 16—A southpaw pitching duel was promised today in the opening game of the serles here between Nationals and Indians. If Manager Tris Speaker’'s overnight mound choice starts, Pilot Stanley Harris' team, that now is running neck-and-neck with the Yankees in the American League pennant race, probably will have a troubled after- noon at least to keep pace With the Yanks, who caught up with the Bucks yesterday. The Bucks likely will; have to take the measure of Sherrod Smith, a portside pitcher, who has been “rank poison” for Harris' ath- letes this season. Opposing Smith will be Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary, if Manager Harris' early slab selection holds, and Zach has been most un- forfunate on Dunn Field during the present campaign. i On_ past form it would seem that the Nationals were due to lose ground in the flag race today, but they are not a superstitious lot, and that de- feat yesterday left them in a fighting mood. Anything the Indians get this afternoon they likely will have to strive for desperately, for the Bucks are eager to regain undisputed pos- session of the lead. BLUE BLOOD TO WED RED. Harvard Man of Old Family En- gaged to Factory Girl. SALEM, Mass., September 16.—The approaching marriage Of a son of an old Salem family to a factory worker has become known here through the filing of marriage intentions by Wil- liam Sidney Felton, Harvard grad- uate, attorney and World War avi- ator, and Miss Tosia Szcychoviez, pretty 18-year-old shoe worker. Miss Szcychoviez, next to the eldest of a family of six children, is of Polish descent. She is employed at a shoe factory in Peabody. Her father, Joseph Szcychoviez, wae formerly employe in a Salem shoe factory, but is at present en- gaged in the manufacture of chil- dren’s shoes in Lynn. Mr. Felton is | how, DONALD B. MACMILLAN. thought they had grown them some- but in reality they were im- ported from Denmark.” MacMillan said that the Bowdoin's radio worked remarkably well. It was the first trip of elght, he said. in which he was able to send and receiv messages to and from his family and friends. The ship's sta- tion sent about 32,000 words and re- T (Continued on Page o, Column 4. FINAL HOLY NAME PLANS COMPLETED Headquarters Moved to Uni- versity—Visitors Already Arriving for Convention. With Very Rev. M. J. Ripple, O. P., G.. the national director of the Holy Name Society, establishing his headquarters at the Catholic Uni- versity today. where he will greet the incoming delegates; with the an- nouncement of the order of march of the various local Holy Name units in the Washington section, and with the official “greeters” committee go- ing on dute at Union Station, where the advance guard of Holy Name visitors are arriving, Washington was ready today for the big conven- tion, which opens here Thursday. The final meeting of the executive and 14 other committees, which for months have been making prepara- tions for the big convention, with 350 workers earnestly employed, was held last night in the headquarters at 1314 Massachusetts avenue. Capt. John Walsh, president of the New York police department branch of the Holy Name, notified Father Ripple today that there will be 1,100 uniformed police and firemen in the parade next Sunday headed by their band of 85 pieces. Arrangements are being made by the Washington po. lice force and fire department to en tertain these visiting officers as well as 1,500 police and firemen who are coming from Philadelphia, also with their own band. 1,000 New York Postal Workers, Rev. John Kiernan, who before studying for the priesthood was an employe of the Post Office Depart- ment, and who is now chaplain of the post-office branch of the Holy Name Society, New York, also notified the convention headquarters today that there will be 1,000 postal workers in the line-up from New York. The District of Columbia Commis- sioners have 'accepted an invitation to ride at the head of the parade with Archbishop Curley, who is the official host, and P. J. Haltigan, the arch- diocesan president. They will leave the line at the reviewing stand. The Commissioners today decided to rope Pennsylvania avenue, It was at first thought that this would mot be necegsary. However, in view of the large crowds expected ropes will be stretched along both curb limes of the Avenue. Groups at Station. ‘With small unfts of Holy Name visitors already arriving in Washing- ton, coming early to avoid the rush, Frank Bresnahan, chairman of the re- ception _ committee, has stationed groups from his committee at Union Station to give welcome to Washington . (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.y - FLIGHT TO OMAHA DELAYED FOR DAY World Airmen Held Up at| Maywood by Weather. " Will Get Gifts. By the Associated Press. 1 AIRMAIL FIELD, MAYWOOD, TiL, | September 16.—The 440-mile hop to Omaha. the next stage of the flight for the round-the-world flvers, was post- poned until § am., Central standard time, tomorrow, when, at 11:51 a.m. to- day, Lieut. Lowell Smith, commanding, | decided the weather conditions were too | inclement to start. Lieut. Smith awaited final word from the pilot of an airmail observation plane. who flew over the surrounding country for more than a half hour, before a nouncing postponement. This pilot said that the visibility was exceptionally poor and that “it was nasty flring.” H Take No Chamces. ! While all the flyers are anxious to | get away, they agreed ¢hat it would be | foolish to take any unnecessary chances. | “We got the ships this far,” Lieut. Le: lie T."Arnold said. “and L. for one, cer- tainly want to get them to the end of the route. “We are all mighty disappointed,” | Lieut, Smith said. “But we would | rather be disappoined than sorry. De- | spite reports of fair weather West, the | area immediately surrounding Chicago is too foggy to try and fly through ft. We wouid dislike to have a forced land- ing even in good weather, but more so in this kind. Greete@ by Crowd. A crowd was on hand to see the start. When it was seen that ihe fiyers were ready to josh and mingle a bit, a long receiving line was form- ed and everybody tried to shake their hands Two little girls, not more than seven vears oid, managed to enter the hangar where the fiyers were wait- ing, and, blushing ferribly, hesitat- ingly approached Lieut. Smith with two programs, which they finally got him to autograph. It developed they had obtained the names of the other aviators. After Lieut.. Smith had signed the girls mumbled an evident- Iy prepared speech, backed away, courtesied, and ran from the building. Flyers to Get Giftm. Chicago, which hailed the globe-en- circlers as “adventurers supremc, superworthy bearers of our country’s flag,” has started a movement to bring to Field's Museum here the craft that carried the city's name around the world. In a message signed by George B. Foster, chairman of the All-Chicago committee, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Service, was informed of the plan and asked for his co-operation. Maj. Gen. Patrick was asked to allow Lieut. Smith and his engineer officer, Lieut. Arnold, who flew the ship, to come back with it when the flight around the globe is complete. An orgaunization here announced it would present each officer 'with an auto- mobile. Feat Is Extolled. Official Chicago's encomiums to the six aviators were expressed at a ban- quet tendered them by the Chicago Association of Commerce last night. Parchmont scrolls signed by Mayor William E. Dever were presented to each, who were termed “gallant rep- resentatives of the Army, whose tra- ditions of self-sacrifice service are enriched by your unfaltering cour- age.” Maj. Gen. Harry C. Hale, com- mander of ‘the Sixth Corps Area of the Army and Maj. Gen. George Harries added personal words of praise. Chicago aviators entertained the flyers after the dinner. Lieut. Leigh Wade held - private reunion with his sisters, Ethel and Gertrude, and his father, William Wade, who were among the first to greet him and his companions when they landed here yesterday. -WELCOME PLANNED. Reception to Be Held at St. Jo- seph, Mo. By the Associated Press. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., September 16.— St. Joseph will officially welcome the world fiyers tomorrow when they ar- rive at Rosecrans Field from Omaha, on their last stretch in circling the{ globe. Carl Wolfley, St. Joseph, gov- ernor of the Missouri district of the National Aeronautic Association, and Adjt. Gen. W. A. Raupp will welcome the aviators officially for Missouri. A salute of 21 guns will be fired by the 35th Tank Company of the Na- tional Guard as the planes come in sight. Arrangements for the reception of the fiyers depend on the time .of their arrival. If they reach St. Joseph late in the morning they will be guests at a Hotel at luncheon. A b {for Government operation of every city bl Yesterday’s Minister W hipped ByCandidate’sWife, But He Is Defeated ). By the Associated Press. BRIGHTON, Ala., September 16. —This little town elected a mayor yesterday, as did most other mu- nicipalities in Alabama. But more interest was attracted to the elec- tion than usual as a result of a horsewhipping _administered _Sat- urday night to Rev. W. J. McCarty, Methodist minister, by Mrs. Glee Sharpe, wife of Henry M. Sharpe, the mayor. She charged Rev. Mc- rty with” misrepresenting her husband’'s candidacy and used a buggy whip to impress her point. As a result of the election today Mayor Sharpe was defeated for re- election by L. P. Edmundson. The vote was 128 to 66. The town is now recovering from a bad case of nerves. — o - PROPOSE PERSHING| AS LEGION CHIEF General “Sounded Out” on| Attitude Toward Election. Dawes to March in Parade. By the Associated Press, ST PAUL, Minn., September 16.— Politics came to the fore sharply to- day in the national convention of the American Legion, with a well-defined | boom for Gen, Pershing to succeed John R. Quinn of California as na- tional commander. Legionnaires boosting him were reported tele- graphing “feelers” to the commander | of the A. E. F. in an effort to ascer- tgin his attitude. Decision to march in the annual parade of the convention instead of reviewing the procession as original- 1 ntended was announced by Charles « Dawes upon his arrival here today to be the guest for 12 hours of the Minnesota department of the legion. The change in plans was explained by Gen. Dawes as due to a desire to participate in legion convention ac- tivities as a member of his home post of Evanston, Ills. and to avoid any appearance as Republican candidate for Vice President while in St. Paul. | “As a mere member of the legion 1/ have no right in the reviewing stand | and £o 1 intend to hoof it with the rest of the boys from Evanston” Mr. Dawes explained. Declines to Talk Politics. Mr. Dawes was met by a reception committee designated by the conven- tion and by Mayor Arthur E. Nelson and taken to Minnesota Club, where | during the morning he received al number of legion members. including Commander Quirn and Hanford Mac- ! eider, and Alvin Owsley, former national commanders. Asked to discuss the political situ- | n. Mr. Dawes replied: “This is no political trip. The legion is & non-political organization and far be it from me to transgress on any of its founding principles. 'l talk politics and plenty of it next | week when I visit Minnesota to speak | at Minneapolis and St. Cloud.’ H The second day's session of the convention got under way at 9:15 am. Greetings read to the convention included one from the National War Mothers. The convention adopted a resolu- tion introduced by Franklin D'Olier. a past commander, imstructing the commander to send a message of con- gratulation to the world fiyers. Hits Federal Ownership. Business session activities included addresses by Charles P. Donnelly, ident of the Northern Pacific Rail- Albert D. Alcorn, commander- chief of the Spanish War Veter- .5, and John J. Tigert. United States commissioner of education. Mr. Donnelly held up the proposa rail- roads as an effort to establish a bureaucracy, and characterized the issue as “a live one, potentially se- rious, Mr. Alcy at rn brought greetings from the Spanish War Veterans, while Commissicner Tigert lauded the American Legior. for its success in promoting educational and patriotic work, and expressed the hope that “we shall never abandon a sane pro- gram for a better understanding of American_institutions, ideals, history and Governmer.t.” “I hope,” he continued, *we shall never consciously discard the songs and traditions through which this knowledge of America has been largely perpetuated in the past. and upon which we must depend for an even larger knowledge in the future. At the same time, I believe there is occasion and need for a better under- standing and appreciation of other peoples and other nations.” Asserting that “to bring about this (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) PROMINENT CANADIAN HELD AFTER SIX DIE Auto Smashes Into Crowd, ‘Two British- Naval Officers Among Dead. By the Associated Press. ST. JOHNS, N. F., September 16.— Six men were killed, two of them British naval officers, and two others World War heroes, when an auto- mobile 2rashed into a crowd on the Topsail road early today, and Leon- ard Reid, son of the late Sir William Reid, was arrested on a charge of manslaughter, as the driver of the car. The victims were: Lieut. Comdr. J. D. O'Callaghan of H. M. S. Constance, promoted only yesterday: Lieut. Bur- roughs, also of the Constance; Capt. G. J. Whitty, secretary of the Great War Veterans' Association, who won the Military Cross as a member of the Newfoundland regiment; Lieut William King, a veteran of the regi- ment of the royal air force; George Harrison of Chatham, N. B.. an ac countant at the Bank of Montreal Clinton Duder of St. Johns, son of District Grand Master Charles Duder of the Scottish Free Masons of New- foundland. Whitty and King were members of a party of 14 veterans of the New- foundland regiment who had held a reunion at a country inn and were boarding a bus beside the road. The British ofiicers and others were in the car driven by Reld, which was re- turning from a late supper with | plemental “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers ock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Circulation, 95,486 TWO CENTS. LEAGUE ANTI-WAR PACT CARRIES U.§. ARBITRATION IDEA Benes Submits Draft Defin- ing Aggression—Disputes to World Court. COUNCIL, HOWEVER, GETS POLITICAL CONFLICTS Plan to Control German Arma- ments Also Ready—Berlin Drops Guilt Issue. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 16.—In an eight-page document of 12 articles, embodying acceptance of the Ameri- can idea that a nation which refuses arbitration fs an aggressor nation, Foreign Minister Benes of Czechoslo- vakia today submitted to the disarm- ament commission of the League of ations assembly the draft protocol which is designed to outlaw all war and to insure a reign of peace throughout the world In addition to establishing compul- sory arbitration by the World Court of Justice for juridicial disputes, the draft makes the council of the League of Nations a court of arbitration for political conflicts with decisions by a majority vote instead of by the unani- mous vote which generally is in e fect in the procedure of the council. French Win Concession. Sanctions—economie, financial and military—are all provided for and, in approval of the po: on which the French fought for so tenaciously, the protocol authorizes speci agreements between states as measures of guarantees of world peace. As some af the delegates opposed the idea of giving the council of the league arbitral powers, M. Benes draft suggests the alternative sibility of setting up another court of arbitration as a substitute for the league council. Acceptance of the protocol is made conditional upon the holding of a successful disarmament conference at a later date. In a preliminary discussion of the principles set forth, M. Benes empha sized that the question of arbitration, ~ulike that of sccurity, can be solved ‘nly with the co-operation of the “tates which are not at present mems bers of the league. Refers to S. Position. He continues that this fact already has caused certain States to make reservations concerning any plan for disarmament which may be brought up. This is a reference to the United States, Germany and Ru The "protocol is largely sup- posa an elabora- | tion of the covenant and it pledges all the signatories to give their assist- ance to a country which may be at- tacked or threatened. Progress Toward Accord. The progress made in reconciling the French and British viewpoints under Dr. Benes' conciliatory manipulation is felt to be so considerable as to warrant the belief that whatever ob- jections may be brought forward by the Italian, Scandinavian or South American members of the subcommit- tee will be speedily ironed out and their helpful suggestions rapidly in- corporated in the document being formulated. Dr. Benes had already gone over the pact with a small group of promi- ment delegates, including Lord Par- moor and Arthur Henderson of Eng- land, Louis Loucheur of France and Signor Schanzer of Italy. M. Loucheur predicts that the pro- jeet may come out into the full dis- atmament commission on Thursday of Friday at the latest, while the most, sanguine of Dr. Benes' entourage say it may be laid before the full com- mission’ by tomorrow. German Arms Control. The project for the control of Ger- man armaments by the League of Nations, which has been completed by the experts named to put it in shape, has not vet been made pub- lic, but is understood to provide that if ‘any interested nation alleges cx- cessive armament by Germany the council of the league shall immediate- Iy send a body of international ex- perts to conduct an inquiry on the spot and report its finding to the council. This would be by virtue of the council's right of investigation conferred by the treaty of Versailles. In addition it would apply, under the ‘ther treaties, to Bulgaria, Austria and Hungary 1t is explained that the league coun- cil's right of investigation is not ac- companied by power to remedy condi- tions if they are found to be unde- sirable, the only remedial means be- ing those afforded by the publicity given the findings of the experts. Want Arms Traffic Action. With the object of hastening the adoption of the draft convention for international control of the traffic in arms, which American representa- tives helped to frame, the League of Nations sub-commission on disarma- ment has recommended the passage of a new resolution by the assembly at_this session. This resolution asks the council to distribute the draft to all govern- ments, both inside and outside the league, with the request that beforo the council's meeting in December they notify the secretariat-general whether they would be prepared to attend the conference to be held in April or May, 1925, to take final ac- tion on the convention. Ask AJ! Natioms<to Join. The Federation of League of Na- tions Societies in session here, passed resolutiofis today expressing the conviction that it was necessary to make membership in the Leaguo of Natiofis universal. The resolutions registercd also tne satisfaction of the federatlon with the developments of the present assembly as indicating an increased co-operation among the nations. After emphasizing that Artic' (VI of the league covenant, providii. , the principle of sanctions against aggres- sor nations, will be the most practi- cal road to the reduction of arma- ments if the clause is lived up to, the resolutions indorse the plan for the negotiation of supplementary (Continued on Page 3. Column 4.) friends among the crews of the Brit- 18h special cruiser squadron which is Radio Programs—Page 34