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RUSSIAN WARSHIPS BOUGHT BY CHANG Manchurian War Lord to In- crease Fleet — Vicious Fighting at Shanghai. Ry Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MUKDEN, September 17.—Carrying cut his statement that he would not fire the first shot, Chang Tso-Lin has placed his troops at strategic points within his own bLoundary. Ilis son went to the front yesterday. Mukden is under martial law. With the object of augmenting his military foree Chang Tso-Lin has purchased Russian warships, but these were insufficient to give him any ma- terial help and it is very likely that he will obtain more. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) WU CONFERS IN PEKING. General Prepares to Open Head- quarters at Front. By the Associated Press. PEKING, September 17.—Gen. Wu Pei-fu arrived this morning for a general military conference. Coin- cidentally, it is reported that Wu, who is commander of the Chihli forces, intends to establish head- at Langfang to be in closer h operations in the event of hostilities between Chihli forces and Chang Tso-lin, Manchurian war lord. Persons claiming to be conversant with Chang's intentions assert that his military preparations are intend- ed rather as an invitation to attack by Chihli forces outside the great wall than as an invasion by him. Belleve Chang Is Blocked. Any attempt to employ the Peking- Mukden Railway for an _invasion similar to that of 1922 is believed to be precluded by the preparations ef the Chihli forces which are considered adequate to halt Chang at Shanhailk- wan. Chang, therefore, is expected to attempt to stage operations in north- ern Chihli. This is evidenced by the afleged concentration of his troops at Chengtefu, this province. In spite of the family relationship of Chang and Tsao Kun. the presi- dent, through the marriage of mem- bers of the younger generation, Chang, it is alleged. favors shelving Tsao in favor of Tuan Chi-jui., stand- ard bearer of the old Anfu party. ARTILLERY DUEL HEAVY. Shanghai Front Scene of Vicious Attacks Day and Night. By the Associated Press SHANGHAL September 17.—Artil- lery duels continued all along the astern front of China's civil war all through last night, dawn finding the | Chekiang and Kiangsu armies still fighting. the struggle for possession of Shanghai still unsettled. Headquarters at the arsenal Lungwha of the Chekiang forces, de- fending the city, issued a bulletin early today saying that the Kiangsu armies had attacked viciously on Bll‘w fronts—Liuho, Kiating, Hwangtu and | Thing—but that in each case the Chekiang line had held. Fighting Ix Spreading. Renewed evidences of the spread of China's sectional civil war to the Manchurian-Chihlian front are con- tained in Peking reports received here vesterday telling of a battle at Chaoyang, where the forces of Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian war lord, ‘were said to have clashed with those of Gen. Wu Pei-Fu, military head of the Peking government. As the contestants in the Manchu- | rian hostilities are taking sides in the fichting between rival military governc for possession of Shang- hai, m ry observers expected the opening Af hostilities would have a direct effect on the battling near here. For the past 36 hours the rival Kiangsu and Chekiang armies have been deadlocked in flerce battles | aged along a front approximately 100 miles long west of Shanghai. The Shanghai volunteer corps was called out when it was believed the firing | lines might be drawn closer to the | city. at | Report Americans Held. Tientsin reports from Urga, seat| of the Mongolian government, said that a dozen foreign residents— American, British and Danish—were detained there as the result of a| political disturbance. The _report said that Premier Danzan of Mongolia had been shot by order of the Mongol sovict, which is said to be plotting for the return of Mongolia to China. Representatives of the British and American governments at Deking have informed the Chinese Central government that they cannot accept a blanket prohibition on travel of their nationals in Kiangsu, Kiangsi, Chekiang and Athwei provinces. The Chinese government was informed that | the British and American representa- tives were willing to keep nationals out of the area where actual fighting was in progress only. MUEKDEN ARMY GAINS. Moves 25 Miles, Capturing Town, According to Message. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily New: SHANGHAI, September 17.—Lung- wha ha, issued a telegram from Chang Tso-Lin stating that the Muk- den second army has gained 25 miles toward Shanhaikwan, after capturing Nanling. Foreign agency telegrams from Mukden say that Chang Tso-Lin wired President Tsao Kun yesterday enumerating Wu Pei-Fu's “crimes must be brought to justice,” and stating that he is taking the field personally as he concludes that “since your excellency is surrounded | by Wu Pei-Fu traitors, I, myself, will send airplanes to inquire as to your health and see if you are still at liberty.” The first American Red Cross unit has taken the field from Nanking for Liuho In response to appeals from the Kiangsu civil authorities. It consists of Drs. Warren Stuart and. Frank Price, with Chinese assistants. Dr. H. §. Chiao of the Chinese Red Cross from Changchow, is here buy- ing supplies. He states that the Klangsu wounded from the Yihing tront, sent back to Changchow, num- bered 600 on Monday. Others were sent to Wusih and Nanking indicat- ing a heavy total. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) CHANG OPPOSES STRIFE. n Has Done Everything to Prevent War, He Says. BY WILLIAM R. GILES, By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News, MUKDEN, China, September 17.— Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, war lord of Manchuria, granted the correspondent the only interview he has given any- body since the outbreak of the pre ent_ hostilities. “I have done all In my power to THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, Ancient Chinese Aversion'to Fighting in Rain at Last Yields to Modernism BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. Special Correspondence of The Star and Chicago Daily News. “Despite the rain, the Chekiang forces attacked today in sector of the Shanghai-Nanking Rail- way.” This sentence in a news dispatch from Shanghal rocords the fall of another tradition in China, where soldiers through the ages have refused to fight in the rain, in the darkness or on holi- days. Junius B. Wood, the noted American correspondent, who has traveled extensively in China, has written this interesting explana- tion of the Chinaman's aversion to fighting in the rain. With the acquirement of airplanes, poison gas, radio and other devices for making warfare speedy and dev- astating, many of the old Chinese deferences to manifestations of na ture and superstition which are axiomatic in the warfare of bows and arrows, spears and bambos armor, stink pots and gongs, have gone by the board. In the last two years, especially around Canton, where the old beliefs fall first in China, there has been night fighting, and the satisfaction of a day of feeding rice cakes and burn- ing punk sticks in front of a grimac- ing god has frequently been overlook- ed if there was a good opportunity to capture an enemy's trench. How- ever, until now, fighting in the rain has been another story. en in China, there never has been a rain- storm which did not stop some time, so why figcht? Also there have been other reasons. WAHABI TRIBE TAKES TAIF IN LIGHT ATTACK Fall of Egyptian City Explained. Hussien Troops, Surprised, Re- treat Without Fight. By the Assoclated Press. CAIRO, Egypt, September 17.—De- tails concerning the occupation of the city of Taif, 60 miles from Mecca, by the Wahabi tribesmen, say that the inhabitants of tse city were sur- prised by sounds of firing and shout- ing in the streets on the night of September 5, and the Hashimite tribesmen of King Hussein, hastily retreated without firing a shot to the heights of Jeb-El-Kora, five hours distant. The Hashimites halted at Hudda to defend Mecca, but the Wahabis, ap- parently because their forces were insufficient to protest their communi- cations, did not advance. It is not known what happened to 400 Hashi- mites garrisoned at an advance post. The Wahabi forces, which were re- pulsed in the end of August by the Hashimites, began fighting again in their attempt to reach Mecca early this month. SON FOLLOWS COOLIDGE. John Pledges Self to Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. AMHERST, Mass., September 17.— President Coolidge’'s son, John, who matriculated at Amherst College this year, has pledged himself to the fra- ternity of which his father is a mem- ber, the Phi Gamma Delta. Before making his choice, young Coolidge was given the opportunity to inspect all fourteen societies at the college. Today, with his roommate, the Presi- dent’s son took up his residence in a modest two-room suite in a rooming house, where he will live during his college career. —_— to fire the first shot, but the Chihli faction has moved six brigades to the Shanhaikwan and Jehol fronts and 1 was compelled to take defcnse meas- ures. I also assured the members of the consular body that I would take every means to protect foreign life and property. Explains Movements, “I have moved some of my divi- sions to the Shanhaikwan front and to Chinchou and Peichen, the latter to protect myself against an advance of Chihli troops from Jehol. 1 have moved troops to other strategic po- sitions. 1 have no intention of open- ing a general attack and will fight only it my territory is invaded. My territory, which has been peaceful for so long a time, must be defended. The farmers have to gather their crups ,which this year are showing a record yield. I do not intend to permit the constructive work which I have carried on for years to be in- terfered with by the soldiers of Wu Pei-Fu." The writer asked Chang for his opinion of Gen. Wu and he replied at once. “Wu Pei-Fu must be mad.” said Chang. “He has said that he is a bigger man than Napoleon was. Any man who makes statements of that sort cannot be normal. Wu is in- ordinately ambitious and wants to be dictator of China. Haxs 300,000 Troops. “I have 300,000 troops who are loyal to me and I have ample resources to carry out a thorough defense. If real fighting breaks out it will not be my fault. I have appealed to the prov- inces to assist me in preventing the spread of hostilitles which I consider mere madness. I have no desire to meddle with the politics of Peking. I have no presidential aims. I have enough to do to govern my own territory and carry out constructive industrial work. At the present time I have a budget surplus of many millions and every year shows an increase. Roads, factories and industrial en- terprises have been inaugurated and my people are happy and contented. “I consider that foreign interven- tion now would be inopportune, but foreigners might act as mediators be- tween Chekiang and Klangsu, pro- vided they showed impartiality. Shang- hal, on account of its importance as a foreign port, should be pretected and also because the Chineso many millions of vested interests. Country Is Normal. Marshal Chang Tso-Lin then point- ed out that during the movement of thousands of troops, his portion of the Peking-Mukden railway had been kept in full working order and that passenger traffic had not been. dis- rupted. During the correspondent’s travels through Manchuria he has found that the country people are carrying on their usual work and all along the railway line no soldiers beyond the ordinary station guards were to be seen. Mukden is quiet and no one seems to know that a national civil war is about to break out. Gen. Chang Tso- Lin informed the writer that if reason did not prevail he was afraid that the whole cogntry would be thrown into a state of conflagration, which would dwarf all other civil conflicts -since the conflict of the Manchu dynasty. Cable facilities all over the country are naturally being hampered as each prevent the outbreak of civil war,” snid Chang. “I have written many times to President Tsao Kun that with 30,000,000 sufferers from floods in China civil war would be a crime. But he has been uninfluenced by my Dleas. “I assured the consular body in Mukden that X would not be the one military chieftain is preventing news of his movements from being pub- lished. Gen. Chang has his arsenal working overtime. He has a number of aircraft, and his soldiers are well equipped and disciplined. He appears to be confident of the outcome should he be attacked. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News.) One thing to which all Chinese have a wholesome aversion is rain. A busy street or crowded park will empty like magic with the first scattering drops. An umbrella s as necessary an artizle of Chiuese habiliment as a pair of shoes. All persons who can afford the latter, and many who cannot, have the former. Police or soldiers 1ay not be able to quell a riot, but if the'fire depart- ment is called out with a spraying hose the trouble ends. No Chinese believes in gitting wet in a drizzle, and if he does not have his umbrella along he patiently curls himself up in the nearest doorway or inn, drinks tea, smokes and meditates, until the clouds break. Roads Get Slippery. A practical obstacle to campaigning in wet weather is that much of the d in China is given to rice pad- dies. Roads in China are mostly paths wandering haphazard between the fields. They are diflicult to navigate in the best of weather and more so when they become slippery and a mis- step means sliding into the knee-deep mud of a rice paddy. Another Chinese objection to fight- ing in the rain is that the gods do not contemplate that their children shosld be wandering around on the surface of the earth when it is rain- ing. When there is too much rain and the great rivers start carrying away villages and drowning the population by tens of thousands the harassed survivors throw ricc cakes into the river in the hope that the river devils will enjoy a good meal and stop their angry ruction (Copsright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) WU HOLDS PEACE OF CHINA IN HANDS Can Bring About Frightful Bloodshed or End Strife, Observers Hold. | BY RUSSEL KENNEDY. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. TOKYO, September 17.—The mo- mentous situation in the Far Kast hangs in the balance between fright- ful bloodshed and holocust and peaceful reconstruction both of the personnel and of the system of gov- ernment. The decision would appear to rest almost entirely with Wu Pe Fu as sponsor for the Peking-Chihli| faction. This is the expressed| opinton of Liang Shi-Yi to The Star correspondent. The former premi has not hitherto been considered an ally of Sun Yat-Sen. although a native Cantonese. He says that Wu Pei-Fu is forcing a po that makes it necessary that Wu Pei-Fu himself must now be eliminated before Ch can be restored to unity and freedom from factional strife comes within | the scope of practical solution. The present fighting between Che- {and 2 BALTIMORE BOYS SENTENCED T0 DIE Foran, 17, and Dobbs, 19, Convicted for Murder of Jeweler. By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, September 17— Thomas Foran, 17, and Claude Dobbs, 19, were today sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Louis Cohen, East Baltimore street jeweler, and Charles Muller, another Baltimore youth, was kiven life imprisonment for the same murder. The bandits had smashed a dis- play window in Cohen’s store last May and were making off with gems valued at approximately $5,000 when the jeweler attempted to stop them. One of them, said to hav been Dobbs, shot Cohen, who died a few hours later. George Gross, another of the gang, was shot and killed by detectives the day following his escape from jail last Summer. The date of the execu- tion of the death sentence will be fixed by Gov. Ritchie. New Trial In Denbed. The youthful bandits were tried before three judges in eriminal court a motion for a new trial upon their conviction was overruled by the supreme bench of Baltimore. This decision was participated in by the three judges who tried the case and seven others, After sentence Dobbs and Foran in the sheriff's had been passed told newspaper men office that they had followed the Franks case and be- lieved that Leopold and Loeb should have been hanged for the “murder of a helpless little boy.’ DARROW TO AID GRANT. Condemned Chicago , Boy Seeks Escape From Gallows. By the Ancociated Press. CHICAGO, September 17.—Clarence Darrow, attorney whose pleas saved Nathan Leopold, jr., and Richard Loeb from the gallows: a business organiza- tion and a church society have joined the fight to save Bernard Grant from hanging on October 17 Mr. Darrow, in response to a tele- gram from Grant's counsel, today tele- graphed from Charlevoix, Mich., that he would return here next week, and that he would be “glad to do what 1 can.” The South-Central Association, an or- Eanization of South State street business men, sent a resolution to Gov. Small requesting commutation of Grant's sen- tence to life imprisonment, which stated “that it may not be said that there is an inequality in the law between the rich nd poor in Illinois.” The resolution re- | ferred to the sentence of Loeb and Leo- pold for the kidnaping and murder of Robert Franks and to the fact that they are millionaries’ sone. wanson. re for the attorney ceived from of the Church at Greenwood, Ind., a copy of letter the class had sent to Gov. nall asking clemency for Grant Grants plea for clemency, prepared kiang and Kiangsu is merely a prelude or gambit, while Wu Pei-| Fu's main opponents are Chang T: o- | Lin and Sun Yat-Sen, who are ait- | ing for an indication as to which| way Wu proposes to jump. If he de-| es to proceed on the policy of| unification by force the fat is in the fire and the fight will surcly be on. | If Wu Pei throws up his hands China | may be saved from further blood- ! shed. Prediction Dificult. Tt is quite in.possible even for the best informed to predict the outcome | of the armed struggle, which is cer- ain to involve the entire country. { There is reason to believe that Chang | T Lin is well supplied with arms, | and men, and determined to retain ammunition, money that Gen. Lu is the arsenal port of Shanghai, while Wu Pei-Fu has the best body of | trained soldiery and sufficiency of arms, together with all the resources that Peking can muster. All three undoubtedly are receiving outside support with interested effers of arms, ammunition and money. Wu Pei-Fu, however, has not an control of the Kuomintang, a secret national organization with innumer- able membership permeating north and south, the army, navy and liter- ate class; also the diplomats repre senting China abroad or even holding office. Peking events. (Copyright, 1024, by Chicago Daily News) | NAZARENE HEALING | SERVICES FOR FRIDAY Announcement of Society Is Re- sult of Increase in Number of Ill Persons. Because of insistent demands from ever-growing list of ill persons, the healing services of the Society of the Nazarene, which is meeting in an- nual convention at the Church of the Trinity, Third and C streets north- west, will be continued on Friday afternoon and evening, it was an- nounced today. Tomorrow afternoon there will be a special service for children. It was originally intended to, dis- continue the services after Thursday evening. The service on Friday after- noon will be exclusively for those too sick or. otherwise prevented from at- tending the evening service. For the benefit of .those who cannot atfend the service of Holy Communion at 7:30, there will be a celebration at 9 a.m. on Friday. All these services will be held in Trinity Church. The business meeting this morning was devoted to a discussion of “Co-operation in Healing,” which was opened by Rev. H. F. Rockwell, rector of the Little Church Around the Cormer, in New York City, who spoke on “The Priest.” Miss Amy Da- kin spoke on “The Nurse” and Deaconess Ethel E. Spencer on “The Deaconess.” . — e ZAYAS TO HOLD PARLEY. Cuban Executive Seeks to Preserve Peace at National Election. HAVANA, Cuba., September 17.—At the request of President Zayas, the Liberal party has named Dr. Manuel Varona Suares and Dr. Jesus M. Bar- raque, and the Conservative party, Drs. Ricardo Dolz and Santiago C. Rey to confer with the chlef exec- utive. President Zayas, several days ago, addressed identical letters to Gen. Mario G. Menocal, presidential candi- date for the Conservatives, and Gerardo Machado for the Liberals, asking that they aid him in preserv- ing peace and the rights of citiens during the national elections on No- vember 1. | i i is awaiting the turn of Former Senator 102 Today. LOS ANGELES, September 15. Former Senator Cornelius Cole plan- ned to celebrate his <102d birthday with his daughter and other relatives at their Hollywood homg today. In contrast with previous years, no fe- ception w1 planned, owing to the uncertain state of Mr. Cole’s health. by his attorney. may not be sent to mall until after the return of wrrow. It relates that Walter T, under sentence with Grant the murder of Ralph Souders, a policeman, in a holdup in 1922, now repudiates his statement implicating Grant, and states that Grant had nothine to do with it. Grant claims he was 19 y old when the crime was committed—the age of Leopold and Loeb, RELATIVES GET ESTATE OF DECEASED WOMAN ‘Will of Man Declares Half His Possessions Belong to Sur- viving Brother. Palmer. who died August will was filed for probate 000 to a niece, Lucretia Burns, of Oklahoma City, and $500 each to grandnephews, John and Lerue Burng, and $1,000 to & grandniece, Joan children of Lucretia Burns. | A bequest of $1,000 is made to Harry Richmond of this city and $500 to his daughter Alice. The use of a lot in Herndon, Va.. for life is given to Alice Ryon, a sister of the deceased, and at her death to a niece, Jennie A. R mond. Other real estate is to be sold, and after payment of minor legacies the re- maining estate is to be divided b tween nieces, Jennie A. Richmond of Washington and Lucretia Burns of Oklahoma City, Okla. The National Bank of Washington is named as execu- tor. William T. Warthen dated April 16, 1921, declares that one-half of all he owns belongs to his brother, Richard C. Warthen, as by an agreement between them the deceased banked their joint funds and invested them in his own name. One- half of all money in bank is given to his widow, Ida L. Warthen, and a gold_watch to a grandson, James Warthen Lauderdale. The wife is to have a life interest in her hus- band's sharé of the joint property. nd at her death it Is to be divided between his daughters, Ella L. Lau- derdale and 1da C. Winship. Richard C. Warthen and G. Meredith Winship are named as executors. DEMOCRATS NOMINATE. T. Hannet Gubernatorial Can- didate in New Mexico. SANTA FE, N. M., September 17. The Democratic State convention Yesterday adopted a platform and nominated A. T. Hannet of Gallup for governor and Sam G. Bratton of Clovis for senator. The platform included denunciation of the Ku Klux Klan and declared that the organisation “must be con- demned by all who believe in Amer- ican ideals.” in his will | terday as planned. Lieut. Methodist | CHICAGO-TO-QMAHA FLIGHT NEGOTIATED Crowd on Hand to See World Airmen Start on Another Lap. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., September 17.—The world fiyers circled over Omaha at 12:50 p.m., after crossing the Missouri River from Council Bluffs, Iowa. WEATHER IS IDEAL. Start 440-Mile Auspiciously. By the Associated Pres UNITED STATES MAIL MAYWOOD, IIL, September 1 Army round-the-world flyers hopped off from the air mail field here at $:11 aun. on the next stage of the journey, the 440-mile flight to Omaha. Flying conditions were ideal, and Lieut. Lowell Smith, the commander, said he expected to reach Fort Crook Field, Omaha, in about six hours. Lieut. Smith was the first to take the air in his flag plane Chicago at $:11 a.m. After him went Lieut. Wade, in the Boston 11, at &11i. Lieut. Nelson, in the New Orleans, was off the ground at §:12 Flying at 500 Feet. The three planes quickly were in formation, and at an altitude of about 700 feet headed into the West. They planned a straight airway course to Davenport, lowa, where the planes will circle once over Davenport, Towa, and Moline and Rock Island. 1. They will then pass over lowa City, Des Moines and thence into the regular ail mail route to Omaha. As the three ascended, the hundreds of spectators sent up a rousing cheer. The visibility was so good that the could be seen for miles. ened off the top of the orange-colored wings as they sped away. Excellent flying weather was reported all the way to Omaha. The schedule to be followed by the fiyers, as tentatively announced, calls for the night being spent at Omaha; a hop off tomorrow to St. Joseph, Mo., where only a short stop will be made, and a continuation to Musko- gee, Okla., to reach there that night It is planed to leave Muskogee Fri- day for Dallas Delayed for Spectators. The trip could have been made yes mith said, but the flyers hesitated because they would have heen forced to fly high as to disappoint the thousands of people along the route. The haze was heavy, as high as 2,500 feet, he said. “We would have had to fly so high would have been unable to see nes” Lieut. Smith said. “We nt to get to the journey's end attle as quickly as possible, but we have plenty of time, and it is just well to wait. IUs a long way from nta Monica around the world. We have come this far, and it would be foolish to take a chance on motor trouble and a forced landing in the nasty weather we had yerterday morning.” Chicago resp sire for relaxation ting them to sleep away undisturbed. lounge around cronies, and attend a nigh. The audience lost interest in the performance after it was inform- ed the flyers were present, and be- tween acts hundreds crowded about them to congratulate them. ZANNI TO GO AGAIN. Flyers Hop cted the aviators’ de- vesterday, permit- the day with old By the Associated Press, TOKIO, September 17.-—Maj. Pedro | Zanni, Argentine aviator, is about to resume his round-the-world cruise from Hanoi, French Indo-China, he informed Patrick Murphy, his ad- vance man, in a cablegram today. “Plane in good condition, starting soon as possible,” the message No date was fixed for the hop- off in the message, but Mr. Murphy believes it will be within two or three dayvs. Maj. Zanni has been stalled at Hanoi for some woeks, since he was torced down there in an accident which damaged his plane. A spare plane sent from Kobe arrived at Hanoi several days ago, and the avi- ator has been assembling the ma- chine and tuning it up. An elaborate program of entertain- ment has been arranged for Maj. Zanni during his stay in Tokio, it was announced today. Functions are to be given by the Japanese Latin American Associa- tion, the Imperial Aviation Associa- tion, the Civilian Aviation Society, the Tokio Imperial University, the Tokio School of Foreign Languages, the ministry of communications, navy and foreign departments. At a dinner to be given in honor of the aviator by Baron Kijuro Shidehara, minister of foreign affairs, the Japanese premier will preside. Mr. Murphy continued negotiations today for steamers to be used in lay- ini supplies on the transpacific leg of Maj. Zanni's air cruise. DEMOCRATIC C as said LUB MEETS The Davis-Bryan Progressive Club of Chevy Chase met vesterday at the home of its president, Mrs. B. Ashby Leavell, a relative of the Democratic candidate for resident. The speak- ers included Mrs. Willlam Atherton Du Puy apd Mrs. S. Johnson Poe, na- tional committeewoman for Maryland. Mrs. Du Puy outlined some of the working principles of the League of Nations and stated that if Mr. Davis is elected he will apply his legal tal- ents to ald its success.” Mrs. Poe out- lined plans for reaching the woman voters in Maryland. The club will hold its next meeting September 27, at the Chevy Chase Li- brary. Other officers of the club are Mrs. Henry H. Glassie, vice presi- dent; Mrs. Willlam I Denning, sec- retary, and Mrs, George Gravatt, treasurer. SOUVEN|R EDITIONS HOLY NAME CONVENTION The Evening and Sunday Star From Wednesday, September 17, to Monday, September 22, Inclusive Each issue will contain a complete and accurate account of the great event. On Sunday, September 21, will be included an enlarged 12-page Rotogravure Section, featuring pictures of Bautiful Washington and Catholic Buildings. The six issues mailed anywhere in the United States for 25 cents. NAMB. STREET ADDRESS......... CITY 'i: «++...STATE... Leave order with representative at Gymnasium (Catholic University) or The Star Office, Eleventh and Pennsylvania, Ave. so | theater last | 1924, Finicky Male Tastes in Clothes to Be ‘Washington men are extremely finicky and critical in their dress and the poor clothicrs, ever desirous of catering to gentlemanly whims, are going to see what n be done about it. I1f the preponderance of sartorially immaculate males of the National Capital must have only the latest in flapping trousers and graceful coats, far be it from local clothing stores to keep their ultra-uttermost fash- ions hidden beneath a bushel. The matter of late has attained such serious proportions that there was a general uprising among the clothiers yesterday, culminating in a lively meeting with the Better Business Bureau, at which steps were taken to keep the local Beau Brum- mels informed of just what the prince, Jack Dempsey and other forward-lookers are wearing. More Attention to Style. It was agreed, according to the bureau management, “that less at- tention should be given in advertis- ing price concessions and amounts of reductions and more attention paid to serving . Washington men by ac- quainting them with style trends and qualities to bo found on the local retail market.” CONSECRATE LOCAL Franciscans Hold Solemn Celebration at Brookland on Anniversary. Mount St. Sepulchre, the Francis- can Monastery wherein is located the commissariat of the holy land, and a place of Interest to visitors here from all over the country, was consecrated with dignified ceremonies at Brook- land today, the day before the Holy Name Soclety convenes its conven- tion in the Catholic University near- by. This is the the reception of the Stigmata of the Five Wounds by St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan Order, and the 25th anniversary of the dedi- cation of the monastery in Brook- land by the late Cardinal Gibbons. emonies of consecration be- o'clock this morning. 0op From New Mexico. op Daeger of Santa Fe, M., himself a member of the order, was the consecrating prelate, acting as the special delegate of Archbishop Curley of Baltimore. Assisting him were church dignitaries from the Washington parishes and the Cath- olic University. Heads of various religious institutions also participated. The rite of consecration, ancient the church itself, is one of the most impressive ceremonies of the Catho- |lic Church. In it many students fin a continuation of the ceremonies that attended the dedication of King Solo- | mon’s Temple. It is more certain, however, that most of the ceremony was handed down from the ecarliest of Christia The ceremony is celebrated parts: The blessing of the inter and exterior of the church, the in- closing of relics of two martyrs in each of the five altars to be conse- cratell, and, finally, the celebration of mass at the newly consecrated main | altar. very in three - | BRIG. GEN. ROCKENBACH | PRAISED BY PERSHING Congratulations Tendered for Work He Accomplished to Pro- mote Defense Day Test. Congratulations to Brig. Gen. Sam- uel D. Rockenbach, commanding gen- eral of the district of Washington, ‘on the good work that you have ac- complished” in connection with the defense test are contained in a let- ter by Gen. John J. Pershing, which Gen. Rockenbach has just published general orders No. 16 Gen. Pershing's expression is due. tha order said, “not only to the ef- | ficiency, loyalty and enthusiasm of my milftary associates, but also to {the enthusiastic work and co-opera- {tion of the defense test committee of the District of Columbia, the com- mander of the District National Guard, the various officers connected with the National Guard and Or- ganized Reserves in the District and especially to the Washington pres which, without exception, gave so liberally their time and space. I thank cach of you for your fine work, which made the defense test a suc- cess, and ask that you express my thanks to each of your assistants who worked hard and efficiently in | this great effort.” MALLORY LINE LOSES. Shipping Board Affirms Ban on North Atlantic Trade. Overruling protests by the Mallory Steamship Co. of New York against consolidations climinating it from operation of Government's tonnage from North Atlantic to Mediterranean and African ports, the Shipping Board yesterday affirmed its decision allocating the Mediterranean service to the Export Steamship Corporation of New York, and the African to A. H. Bull & Co. of New York. The Mal- lory Co. operated eight ships to the Mediterranean and six to Africa. The board yvesterday modified it opinion awarding to the Cosmopoli tan Steamship Co. of New York the consolidated service from North At- lantic to European ports north of Bordeaux, so as to give the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp to the Black Diamond Steamship Co. The latter had protested against the previous order, which would have eliminated it from operating Government vessels in the European trade. B GALLINGER HOSPITAL SERVICE INCREASED L Report Shows 616 More Patients Attended This Year Than Last. A total of 3,841 patients were ad- mitted to the Gallinger Municipal Hospital during the last fiscal year, an increase of 616 over 1923, accord- ing to the annual report of Dr. Ed- ward W. Patterson, superintendent, submitted to the Commissioners to- day. There was a daily average of 221 patients in the hospital. During the year an occupation therapy department was established at the institution, a gift of Mrs. Anne Archibald. Numerous rugs, toys, mats and baskets were made in this department. The ladies’ auxiliary advisory com- mittee to the hospital, appointed by the Commissioners in March, proved helpful in improving the institution, the superintendent reported. The report calls attention to the need for improving the condition of streets in the vicinity of the hos. MONASTERY TODAY 700th anniversary of | | | { Catered to by D. C. Dealers Howard Cool, bureau nounced: “It is my opinion that the average man in Washington desires to present himself in acceptable aut- tire, and there is a conspicuous ab- sence of the man commonly known as the ‘Industrial worker,’ for whom anything will do if it is cheap. Problem Peculiar Here, “I believe the Washington clothier has a more difficuit task than clothiers in other metropolitan cities in meet- ing the demands of the men at prices suitable to their pocketbooks. I am glad to see such a pronounced spirit to make advertising harmonize with the principles fostered by the Better Business Bureau to the end that the public may be more effectively served.” A committee of three was appointed to co-operate with the Better Bus ness Bureau and “bring closer har- mony in the functions of the bureau in the men’s clothing field.” The con mittee members are Sol Herzog, Sid- ney West and N. A. Davis. The meet- ing was attended by Jerome Meyers, Sidney West, Gerald Grosner, R White, Sol Herzog, L. . Simon, J W. McCaw, I. L. Goldheim, N. A. Davis and T. A. Dicke director, an- New University Library Will Be Started at Once Ground is to be broken at onc for a new library building on the Catholic University campus. The building is to be 407 by 250 feet and three stories high. It is the gift of John K. Mullen of Detroit, who has already de- posited the funds with university treasury. This building is to be erected just back of the Apostolic Mis- sion House and the site is south- east of McMahon Hall and south- west of the new gymnasium where the convention of the Holy Name Society opens its sessions tomor- row. HOLY NAME VISITORS TO INSPECT SHRINE Immaculate Conception Crypt Is Prepared for Reception of Con- vention Delegates. the National Shrine Conception at The crypt of of the Immaculate Catholic University is ready to re- ceive the thousands of visitors who are expected to attend the conven- tion of the Holy Name Society. | 4 [as now completed, v | voluntary gifts of | [ | | | | 0% |and it is estimated that $2 19T [ will be needed to complete this part begins tomorrow. altars have been erected at which 120 masses will be d each day of the convention. An organ has been installed to furnish the musical pro- gram and seats were placed yester- day. It is estimated that the crpyt. will accommodate about 2.000 persons The National Shrine of the Immac. ulate Conception is to cost about $5.- 000000 and is being erected through jewels and money. thousand dollars has expended on the crypt 0.000 more Four hundred already been of the church. A telegram just re- ceived from the convention of Daughters of Isabella at Chicago carried the information that $10,000 had been unanimously voted to pay for one of the 1 chapels in the crypt of the National Shrine, and Mrs. Johanna White, Newport, Ky.. sccretary of the Ladies of St. John. expressed the belief that the organi- zation would donate one of the chapels. Inquiries also have been made concerning the cha s by the Catholic Daughters of America. The National Shrine is being erect- ed as a monument to the Mother of God and as a memorial to the soldiers and sailors who died in the World War. Rev. Dr. Bernard A. McKenna. secretary to Bishon Shahan, who also is director of the National has been given the task sing the funds for the completion of the work. 0 SEMMES WILL FILED; CHARITIES BENEFIT Estate of $350,000 Divided Among Wife, Son, Sisters, Brothers and Others. The will of Charles W. Semmes, late president of the Semmes Motor Co., disposing of an estate valued at $330, 000, was filed today for probate by Attorney John A. Sweeney. A bequest s made to the Shrine of the acred Heart and $500 ¢ach to Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Ann's Infant Asylum, St. Joseph’s Orphan A Vincent's Orphan Aslyum, al Dispensary Christ Child Society. The personal belongings, hold effects at 1500 Del. and an autotmobile are g widow, M. Gertrude Semmes, lutely. The remaining estate is vised to Mrs Semmes and to brother, Raphael Semmes, in trust. The deceased expresses his concern for the Semmes Motor Co, and authorizes his trustees to set aside Provi- and the house- place the bso- de- a $100,000 for the benefit of the com- | pany, of which he directs that his brother Raphael be made president and the widow vice president. The trustees are to pay Mrs. Semmes $1,000 per month for life for herself and $250 per month for their son, William A. Semmes, during his minority. Should the widow die fore the son reaches majority the surviving trustee is to pay $7000 an- nually to the guardian of the boy un- til he is 25 years old. Life annuities of $100 per month are provided for Mrs. Eva Costigan and Mrs. Cora. Eastman, sisters of the deceased, and for his brother, Edward B. Semmes. A cousin, Eva Hichew, Is to have $50 per month during her life, and Dorothy Richard- son, a niece, is to receive $100 per month. The trustees are also direct- ed to pay each of the twossisters mentioned $10,000, and to the brother, X amount. The other brother, Raphael, is to have $25,000 and 227 shares of the stock of the Semmes Motor Co. The remaining in- come is to be paid to the son, Willlam A._Semmes. Mr. Semmes directs the executors and trustees to retain the services of John A. Sweeney as attorney and coursel for the estate. - URGE HELP TO GERMANY. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., September 17.—American business is called upon for do-operation with Germany, and helpfulness toward the preliminary loan that must be floated to put the Dawes plan Into effect. by a declara tion made here today by the board of directors of the Natlonal Association of Credit Men. “For our own sake, and for the ake of the other nations, let us see the Dawes plan through, and thus hasten the day of peace dand prosper- ity for the whole World,” said the statement. hich | The 15 temporary | the | vlum, | be- | MATTHEW F. TIGRE, JOURNALIST, DEAD Dean of Washington Corre= spondents Succumbs After Long lliness. Matthew Fitzeimons Tighe, deary of the Washington newspaper corre= spondents. and familiarly known in newspaper and official circles as “Matt,” died shortly before noon to= day at his residence, 1208 Irving street, following a long illness. He was 67 vears old. Mr. Tighe, who was | correspondent of “Universal s was siricken with a cerebral hemor~ | rhage last March, at which time his life was despaired of. His sturdy | constitution ecnabled him to rally, | however, and, although weak, he was [able to ‘et ‘down to his ofice and {Join his associates in private and) public life until about six weeks ago, | 8ince which time he had been cond |fined 1o his bed | . He had been failing rapidly of lata | Washington and his death had been looked fo momentarily. With him at the {of his death today were his wife, Josephine Tighe, well known news | paper writer; his daughter Dixie and] his son, Matt Tighe, jr. also a news-} Diper man | M 155 e ¢ Owen Bridget Tighe. wis ed- ated in the private hoe Charleston and graduated from the lege of Charleston. He began his news- paper carcer as a feature wri he Charleston News and Courier. Later he became private secretary and stai colonel to Gov, njamin Tiliman The veteran newspaper man had been connected with the Hearst or- ganization since 1898, On the day of the blowing up of the battleship |Maine he was sent to Cuba for Hearst rendering notable service in follow |ing up the news angles developing | from that explosion. Mr. Tighe was the author of “Liri- " a IyTic poem, and other verses was a translator, linguist and ila;\}‘rr. He was a member of the Mt | Pleasant Citizens’ Association and of the Roman Catholic Church. Funeral arrangements will {nounced later. ptember 29, the He er on | | | | | | | i be an | NCR CARDINAL ARRIVES FOR CONVENTION (Continued from First Page.) | Saturday with the Holy Name gates and their guests Reception in Cardinal's Honor. As the personal representative of the Pope Cardinal O'Connell will be | tendered a reception and a pon tifical and ecclesiastical will | held his honor as 1 of Holy Father on Friday, which is the real op of the convention. He will preside at all the exercises and | ceremonies Cardinal O'Connell has interested in the Holy dele procession be te the n deeply nd is said to be th this country to hav branch establi d in parish in his diocese « Holy Name demonstration in ational Capit will be of great importance all over the country and all over the world,” he said, “for |1t shows forth to the world the libe jerty of the church in this country |1t is a gzlorious trait of our citizen- | ship,” the cardinal pointed out, “that {the Government does not interfere | with religion. but fosters and rev- iar"n--\' it in every unofficial way i Citex Case in Point. L eas case ttention to in point.” he called “this great parade of the |Catholic men in the Holy Name { Society, conscious of their perfect lovalty to the state™in fact, that {not even thought of—walk through | streets, unharmed. unmolested. T | demonstration is looked upon by Government something to be | couraged. As a rule in America,” | cardinal emphasized, “no matter what { the religious persuasion may be, it | recognized that the foundation of gov- nent is religion and morality. “The national Holy Name men wi never give trouble in this country and this fact is generally recognized, | he said. are proud of their 'd»vo[it\r and proud of their alleganc. is is the to the country, and glory in it. We are proud that the state, or Govern- | ment. is sensible enough to see that their allegiance to Christ, far from being an impediment to Government and citizenship, is a very great aid 1l Catholics are very proud of their country, and more so because of this fine sentiment of trust and con- fidence., “The here well These of the l Catholies Proud of Country. | | whole Holy Name a tribute to the country, an act of faith in Christ men come here from all parts country to the Nation's Capi- because it is the Capital of tion, =0 as to manifest their legiance to the Government {ana the Government represents |ana s for.” | Because as personal representative | of the Pope he occupies a very del cate position, his entire mission ing religious, Cardinal O'Connell de- clined to discuss politics or other matters, even those relating to p rochial = education throughout the archdiocese and the growth of the Catholic University as a great educa- tional center. Lauds Friendly Attitude. “It is a matter of great satisfaction to the Holy Father, who loves America so much, to observe in this Holy demonstration and at _all time: fine friendly relation be- tween the church and State, each helping the other. Thix is mnot official, but often even more helpful than thouxh it was official. “This gathering.” said the cardinal, silent affiirmation of the Cath- manhood of America, standing on a firm basis of religion and con- fessing their complete civic allegi- ance to the country they love more than any other spot on earth—really that is the meaning of it all,” the cardinal emphasized. meeting olic Inspiring Spectacle, He Says. He expressed the opinfon that the Holy Name convention will prove “an | intcresting and inspiring spectacle for all the people, non-Catholic as well as Catholic, with its gathering of all the dignitaries of church and State and men. from all sections of the country, with the spirit of unity, which the Holy Name exemplifies, bringing down all pettiness and paro- chiallsm and making for what is big, national and fine. Cardinal O'Connell, whenever he is in, Washinggfon, makes his headquar- ters at th®Oblate House because the principal churches of this order are in his archdiocese and he says he “always feels at home” there. RS QUAKE FELT HERE. A “rather slight” earthquake was recorded on the seismograph Georgetown University here early today. The tremors began at 3:0 o'clock, lasting until 2:30. Father Tondorf, director of the seismojogical observatory, estimated the distance as 1,400 miles south of Washington.