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WEATHER. Fair tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and warmer; moderate north winds. Temperature for 24 hours ending at “From Press to Home Within the Hour” 2 p.m. today: Highest, 71, day; lowest, 51, at 4 am. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,360. post_office Wa: at noon to- today. @b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TN 90500 | Becilmsemilainmmnr T SO NGO D matter shington, D, C. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER [ The Fuoening Star. The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as t he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,694 18, 1924 —_FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. + HERRI[IT, ATTACKED BY MOB IN STREET, SAVED BY POLICE 200 Reds, Swinging Canes at Premier’s Head, Driven 0ff by Rescuers. COMMUNISTS INFLAMED BY AMNESTY ATTITUDE Cabinet Head Remains Cool Dur- ing Riotous Scene at End of Marseilles Parade. inted Prese. ptember Herriot of France narrowly gnjury in Marseilles last night 200 Commun swinging cancs and @ticks and shouting “Amnesty!” made @ determined effort to surround and smob the premier in the Rue Canne- ®icre, the main thoroughfare of the couthern city, members of the pre- micr's party disclosed today on his arrival here. M. Herriot was rescued from excited crowd only after the who arrived belatedly upon the scene, had forced back the dispe: d the gathering. The premier ran into the guthering because of his insistence that he be permitted to walk through streets of the city. ‘When he Janded from a torpedo boat, which iad brought him from the warship La Provenc from the dec T had witne: d a great naval re- view, refused to enter a limou- sine which awaited him at the wharf Jt was more fitting, he said, that a democratic premier should walk. Given Big Ovation. water front was a 5 the As: PARIS 18.—Pren escaped when the Tlis progress from the ugh the Rue Cannebiere inuous ovation, the crowds coming and greater as he walked f: 1o the « He was loudly acclaimed and congratulated far hisx democratic demeanor. and great cheers came up from the peo- ple as he stopped to shake hands with the common people and sailors. Suddenly there rushed from a street a fairly compact group, nated to number about 200 persons, composed of representatives of the Younger element in the Communist party. They were swinging their| hats at the ends of their canes and| sticks and shouting “Amnesty!” round Premier. a the nts maneuvered flank movement and soon had premivr surrounded, iriher advance and unable 1o extri- ate himself from the The sticks were swung dangerously lose to his head and the attitude of the shouting communists was any thing but re uring. The premier was pale, mained cool and colle uproar and in the face of the pur- posefully swung canes until a be- lated yolice charge scattered the crowd and permitted him to enter a passing automobile in which he pro- cecded to the railway station and boarded a train for Pari The Parisian morning not mention the incident today. but all of the afternoon papers tell the Story. recounting it with interpret: tions in accordance ous political policies. Amnesty was one planks of M. Herrio form bLill which was Chamber of Deputies the Scnate QUAKEiAiLARiMS TOKIO. Hundreds Flee Offices and Homes in Slight Shock. ¥ Radio 10 The Star and Chicago Daily News. TOKIO. September 18—An earth- quake startled Tokio and the vicinity t 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Hundreds vacated their offices and | Jious; Smaller tremblors followed. Wit there was no damage except to the nerves of the people. The origin of the quake was reported to be at the China prefecture. Former Minister of Finance Inouye has declined to accept the mayoral « of Tokio. (Copyright, but he re- papers did of the lectoral plat- assed by the but rhelved by 1924, by the Chicago Daily News Co.) NEW OPERETTA SCORES Lehar Conducts “Cloclo” at First Performance in Italy. . Ttaly, September 18— the new operetta by Franz composer of “The Merry given its first perform- ance in 1taly in the Liricio Theater here last night, the composer con- ducting. The piece scored a hit with the first night audience, Lehar being called before the curtain many times, while encores of everal of the numbers were demanded. GANDAI SEEKS PEACE. Indian Nationalist Leader Would | Pacify Mohammedans and Hindus. Bir the Associated Press SIMLA, Punjab, lhandas *“‘Mahatma’ iian Nationalist leader, has intimated tention of fasting for 21 days, e will devote this time to prayers as penance for the tension between the p{indus and Moslems. ' Gandhi has appealed to all the In- | | Weeks .;,ays Government Will Pay Indebtedness Incurred by Flyers; dlan communities to assist in ending he quarrel between the Hindus and Ploslems. Farm Bureau Heads Quit. CHICAGO, September 18.—John W. Coverdale resigned as secretary and director of organization of the Amer- ican Farm Bureau Federation at the quarterly session of the executive ummittee here yesterday and Gray fSilver resigned as director of the xecutive department and Washink- on representative of the federation. Ecuador Sends New Minister. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, September 2 —Francisco Ochoa Ortiz yesterday vas named Ecuadorean Minister to hiugton, | police, | Communists and | hostile k of which | be-| “unable to, makechinery hostile cordon. | ted amid the | with their vari- | main | Soviet Executes Georgian Prelate Aged 68 and Il By the Associated Press eptember Georgian legation, nounced today that the Georgian metropolitan Nazari had been ex- ecuted at Kutais by Russian Soviet troops. The churchman, the lega tion declared, was 68 years of age and ill. An announcement by tion on the n tary features of the revolutionary movement in l}o‘nrgm against the Soviet regime, said: “Armored trains, tanks and air- planes are continuing to arrive in Georgia from Russia. The bol sheviki are master of the main railroad line from Batum to Baku and the ¢ and towns the line travers rorgian regiments now are ing an active part in the insur- rection. The insurgents and the majority of the intellectuals of Georgia are retiring into the mountains prepared to continue the war which now is assuming a guerilla character.” S 18. — The in Paris, an- the le POWERS 70 DEFINE. Each Nation Expected to List | What It Will Do Against Aggressor State. By the Associated Press. NEA, ptember 18— Replies {from the various governments as to | what they could do in the seneral contribution of action ag: st any |state adjudzed an aggressor are likely orm one of the teatures on | the agenda of the proposed interna- tional conference on disarmament. | The article in the protocol dratted by Dr. Benes of Czechoslovakia con- | cerning the application of penalties |is quite general in its nature and many of the delegate think 1t will be necessary to obtain trom achn | Eovernment some concrete outline ot what it will offer. economically i financially or mititarily, in an ! emergenc It is argued such assist- ance would provide something defi- nite for the disarmament conterence | to work upon and give a more ra- | tional basis for a possible agreement on the reduction of armaments Arbitration Clause Up. subcommisgions today contin- jued their detailed mination ot the arbitration ciauses in the proposed protocol and gave particular atten- w!l'\fl also to the mination of m ires to be adopted while arbitration Ipm-u dings are going on between | affected states. The goal is ehmina- tion of the dangers ot contlicts | breaking out while the arbitral ma- is being set in motio “The subcommittee on arbitration threw its weight today for the main- tenance of the unanimity rule in de- cisions of the assembly commissions. ‘: A unanimous vote is required in the assembly itself, but Holland intro. duced a proposal to permit the com- missions to reach decisions by a ma- | jority vote on questions involving i resolutions requiring the approval of the government. This proposal was | rejected. Plugging up every hole in the cove- | nant of the League of Nations so that |nobody can crawl out and have an I excuse to start a war is the pic- | turesque phraseology now used in |Geneva to describe the efforts of the tatesmen and jurists to construct a protocol which will really make for | peace. Paragraph S of ‘n!'ll-v-» 15 of the { covenant declares that “if the dispute ‘bo[wm—n the parties is claimned by one jof them and is tound by the council to arise out of a matter which by in- ternational is solely within th domestic ju diction of that party, the council shall so report and shall make no recommendations as to its settlement.” This is regarded as negative and as ileaving a hole in the covenant which must be plugged, Raoul Fernandez of Brazil, M. Lolitis of Greece and M Loucheur of France have been | charged with this plugging opera- [uon. ition of French. | The French idea is that if the coun- | cil is unanimous in declaring any d | pute purely a domestic question, all | the members of the league must ac- cept the decision and engage solemn- 1y not to make the issue involved a cause for war. Although making no change in the position they have held for the last week, and although they are careful to reiterate that Great Britain in- tends to stand by the covenant and all its sanctions, the British delegates in the last 24 hours have given indi- cations of a kind of shrinking up in | attitude and a tendency to avoid com- ment on the progress of the assembly. They seem to apprehend that any unlimited commitment of the services of the Briti fleet in the interest of maintaining peace would meet with disfavor at home. Hence their spokes- men are careful to point out that it cannot be expected that the British fleet will immediately participate in any minor conflicts breaking out in Kurope, and that the British govern- ment must be permitted to decide on | its course of action as cach particu- lar emergency arises. There is a distinct feeling here that Great Britain does not wish to excite the apprehensions or misgivings of the American people as to what the British might do in connection with American commerce in the event of any conflict arising in Europe. The French, however, continue to | express satisfaction with the progress | of the negotiations, and seem assured that the protocol. with the backing | of Great Britain and with the anthor- | ization of supplementary clauses, will amply afford those guarantees which they believe essential to the security of their country. i n Any personal financial loss in- curred by the Army aviators 4s a result of the world flight will be pald by the War Department out of ayailable funds, unless pro- visions of the appropriation bill as passed by Congress prevent. In that case, Secretary Weeks an- nounced today, Congress will be asked to authorize a special ap- propriation for the reimburse- ment’of the flyers. The War Department has been aware for some time that the $1,- 250 expense money allowed to the flyers was insufficient to meet the eatra personal expenses incurred, PEACE PLAN DUTIES WRATH OF FARMER WITH OLD PARTIES STILL UNAPPEASED Memory of Deflation Lingers Keen in Minds of Many Looking to La Follette. HIGHER RETURNS USED G. 0. P. Faces Big Task in Luring Back Rural Vote, Once Secure. BY DULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The § CHICAGO, 11, September 18.—The farmer vote is virtually necessary the Republicans if they to win in the agricultural State of the Mis- sissippi Valley and the Northwest. It of vital interest no less to the Democrats and the Independent Pro- gressives how the farmers cast their ballots. So the farmers and the live stock men who journey to Chicago these days—many of the latter with carloads of cattie—are being ques- tioned closely. Many of them are “sore.” The talk of better prices for farm products having improved f ing of these farmers toward the ministration appears to e aggerated, to say the least, in m; e It is too early yet to predictions as to what the farmers | as a class are going to do. But this much may be said, the present in- crease in farm produce prices has | given some of the farmers hope, and | without the increase, the cau of Republican would have been des- perate case, indeed, in muct territory. Farmers' ad- = Anger Unabated. A number of these armers have voted the Republican ticket the past The“ are in a mood to lash out against the party in power, and e e s e “ollctte, rather than to th cratic candidate for the pre: For one thing. they have publicans too long to join the Demo- { cratic party, and for another they re- member that the deflation of farmers was started in 1920 by Democratic administration and tinued under the Republicans, nto power in 1921, i ampaign managers hav job ahead of them to get these to line to vote or even to get some of them | to the polls. Republicans are seeking | to stem the tide of revolt among the | farmers by citing items in the La Follette platform which are distaste. ful to many of the farmers, including | government ownerghip of the rail- roads and the onslaught on the courts. Further, they are emphasizing legislation enacted by the can Congress to aid the farmers, b ginning with the emergency tariff act and including measures setting up a better system of financing for the agriculturists, A great deal has been written and =aid about the improved condition of the farmers due to increased prices of farm products. As a matter of fact, prices of wheat today are very much higher than they were a year ago, and o are the prices of hogs. But the cattle men are still in a bdd way. The corn crop in many of the States has been hard hit by the weather. While the price of wheat has bee n up, the farmer has not been ~ “(Centinued on Page ) the con- who farm- NATIONALS GOAL IS CLEAN SHEEP Marberry and Uhle Chosen to Pitch in Last Cleveland Engagement. HOW THEY STAND. Games W. L. Pet. W. L. toplay Washington 84 50 587 500 5x3 11 New York.. 84 59 587 590 583 11 BY JOHN B. KELLER. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 18.— With the two games here in the bag, the Nationals were hoping completely to quell Cleveland this afternoon and tuck away the third contest. Victory today would give the Harrismen an even break for the season with the Indians. The series now stands ten wins for the Nationals and eleven for the Tribe. Fred Marberry, youngest member of the Bucks' mound corps, was to do the hurling against the Indians in the final engagement of the series. He has started against them twice here, losing in the ninth inning of a game played during the Bucks' first tour of the West, and being driven from the slab early m the fray in a second-trip encounter. George Uhle, Cleveland. sandlot product, noted for his hard hitting almost as much as his good pitching, probably will go to the hill for the home aggregation. At present. Uhle is considered the pick of the Tribe's flinging staff. He has done well against the Bucks this season. Immediately after today's engage- ment, the Bucks will entrain for St. Louis, where a three-game series | with the Browns opens tomorrow. and that each officer had assumed an additional personal indebtedness of about $1,250. - Maj. Gen. Pat- rick recently called this matter to the departmeént's attention and Secretary Weéks directed that the money be paid from available air service funds, if the law allowed. ‘The' Secretary’s decision was an- nounced in a telegram sent today by him to Mayor F. B. Hale of Dayton, Ohio, ‘who ‘is reported to have inaugurated a campalgn to raise $7,5600, out of which $1,250 would be presented to each fiyer at a banquet to be given fhe avia- tors in Dayton, at a later date, of this! inj the ! The Repub- | big | for Coolidge and ! the | Republi- | 5. Radio t‘rpgran;s——Fage_%- tions Made on Views on Pagcific Situation. !Quasi-Official Representa- BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. When Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy., returns to Washi ! trom the Pacific Coast, he will {that two “protests ainst his cent activities there have reach Ithe United States from Japan. Iney | might me described “demi-sem in character. One of the {“protests” was lodged with the American Embassy in Tokio on Sep tember 12, when the Japanese held a “Peace day’ as rejomnder to our \D--l\nfl- day Peace day demon- \sh".llor< sent a delegation to 1l | United States charge d'affaires in I'a | kio, Jeffers to protest both |against America’s obilization day’ jand against the unwa jof Secretary Wilbur's Coast speeche Mr. Caffery w quested to transmit the “protest” the State Department at Washington but it has not been received there. Japanese Admiral Provoked. On the same day another Japanese | “prote of a somewhat more scm ! offieial nature was made by Admiral | Takarabe, the Japanese naval mini The admiral chose the medium an interview with American spaper correspondent at Tokio to Japan's regret at the ton some of Secretary Wilbur's utter- as i oftic fte of one at which took umbrage sertion that two tagonistic racial civilizations™ each other across the Pacific, | corelated observation that “th war” would be fought in the Declaring that there is “only one’ civilization in the Pac e., that of common humanity, and that America and Japan share it a common heritage, Admiral Takarabe said: “In the present stage of human ciety we cannot altogether dispense with armaments, but they should not be greater than is justificd by the necessity of guarding world civiliza- tion. Armaments are the means for the defen and prote n of civili- zation, for the maintenance of order and the security of humanity.” avy in Maneuvers. Whether by accident or design, the Japanese navy announced. a few {weeks after the passage of the new American immigration laws, the first extensive maneuvers it under- taken since the Washington confer- ence. They will begin October 2 and last more than three weeks. A spe- cial appropriation of $2,500.000 has been required for them. The Prince Regent, acting in behalf of the Em- peror of Japan, will be in direct charge of the maneuvers, lending them an unprecedented distinction. The avowed purpose of the maneu- vers is to bring home to the Japa- nese people the fighting strength of | their fleet, as it was left after re striction by the 5-5-3 naval treaty. The operations will extend along the whole Pacific Coast of Japan and will be the first “battle practice” of the Mikado's navy since 1919. Five years ago only 134 warships participated in the imperial maneuvers. Next month there will be 188, an increase of 54 units. The naval treaty cut down Ja- pan’s battleship strength from 12 to 6; battle cruisers from 7 to 4, and cruisers from 20 to 16. But the num- ber of destroyers has been increased from 57 to 105, and submarines from 10 to 26. The Japanese fleet, for the first time, also, will use aviation in ma- neuvers. To no other arm of the naval service is Japan at present giving greater attention. Among the battle- ships which will take part in the maneuvers will be the 33,800-ton Mutsu and Nagato, which are slightly larger than America’s most powerful battleships, the West Virginia, Colo- rado and Maryland. Bring Account of Speeches. California newspapers have just freached Washington with the first exhaustive accounts of some of Sec- retary Wilbur's now famous speeches. Addressing his _home community in Los Angeles on Defense day, Mr. Wil- bur said: “There has been much opposition by the pacifists to Defense day. I am not here to denounce by word or act any pacifist. But I want pre- paredness to give these pacifists an opportunity to live their lives out. 1 say this in all seriousness. We want peace and will pray for it, but while we are praying for peace, let us be ready for war. * * * I believe that this Nation was chosen of God for a Contirrued on Page 5, Column 6.) Ad- wi an- faces particular | miral Takarabe Mr. Wilbur's a i . #4 lippery Prisoner i Slides Out of Jail Aided by Vaseline ity the A OlL, ated Privs, ITY, Pa Eiseman, who slid out to fre September 18 slippery p of the Clarion lom several wreas his body and dropping through a small air passage, was back in his toda He' ow red near his home last night. r. charged with bur- Ked the lock to his cell m his way to th where the small airy the cutside. Knowing that could not squedze through small opening in his natur: prisoner used the Iy and a few minutes pped to frecdom As officers led him back into the I the cook was cautioned to “hide the lard. here’s Eisem DEMANDS QUSTERS or Coun days with coll ! tier vaseline fre later INVETERAN BUREAU Legion Criticizes Appeals and Planning Boards. Wants Forbes Tried. A PAU! l« Minn,, September 1N, ges in the personnel of the Vet- erans’ u planning board and the cent ed in bhoards adopted Legion national day While declaring heen shown under the director, the resolution charges that he is being improperly advised the departments attacked, and neces- sary changes to remedy ituation are demanded Demand for an early trial of Col . Forbes, under indictment for ged irregularities in connection his administration as directo of the United States Veterans' Bu reau, was con ned in another reso- lution adopted by the convention. Support of the disabled officers bill was urged in another resolution adopted. . The legislation committee report as adopted recorgmends State legislation providing for compulsory education: Inglish as a medium of instruction | in the schools; instruction in American history and civic government; college credit for history and civic govern- ment; a flag on every schoolhouse; patriotic exercises; education of immi- grants and illiterates; night schools; courses in citizenship and physical education. M. H. Carmody, deputy supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, told of the educational work for sol- diers carried out by his organization and assured the legionnaires that all funds raised for war work would be expended in behalf of ex-soldiers. Wants Pershing Back. Passage of legislation necessary to restore Gen. John J. Pershing to the active list, “in order that his valuable counsel will be available to those re- sponsible for the defense of the Na- tion,” was urged in a resolution adopt- ed by the convention today. A recommendation for making De- fense Test day an annual event, set for September 12, was contained in the military affairs committee report {adopted by the convention. Legion- naires were urged to “continue their splendid co- operation” to make the day successful. The convention also adopted the re- port of the naval affairs committee, which urged that “our battle fleet be placed immediately on an absolute parity with the strongest navy in the world in the matter of range and power of jts guns.” ‘Among States recelving trophies for exceeding -their 1923 membership were Florida, Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and the Canal Zone. Florida, heading the list, received the MacNider tfoghy presented by the Iowa department. Greetings were read from the al- lied military committee of Versailles. Favors Training Work. Continuance of the activity of the legion toward supporting the Citizens Military Training Camps and the Re- serve Officers Training Corps was pledged by the military affairs re- port, which also urged an increase in pay of privates to $30 a month.~ Another resolution adoptea recom- mended _the —adjusted _compensation act be changed to permit any veteran to assign his_insurance benefits te (Continued on Page 5, Column &) Bure those American to- resolution criticizing by the convention here improvement h present bureau & all with Al board of appeals are demand- | this alleged | WORLD FLYERS GET 10ST. JOSEPH, MO. | Making One Stop on Flight to Oklahoma, Scheduled Today. By the Associated Press. ROSECRANS FIELD, ST. JOSEPH, Mo., September 15.—The around-the- world fivers arrived here today from Omaha at 12:29 pm. and received a wild demonstration. The 123-m flight down the Missouri River valley | from Omaha was made hour and 48 minutes HEAD FOR OEKLAHOMA. Flyers Plan to Spend Night in Muskogee. | By the Assoriated Press. UNITED STATES AIR MAIL FIELD, Fort Crook, Neb., September }15.—The United States Army fiving {squadron hopped off on the next leg of its world flight at 10:41, the Ch cago leading and the Boston and New | Orleans following almost instantly. “The planes first speeded up their 4~n§:mr‘fl and started down the field, but before going £0 to the north end of the field so that they might have advantage of the full area of the air mail ficld, and | take advantage of the air currents. Four Army planes accompanied the fiyers in addition to the advance plane of Lieut. Moffatt. A two-hop journey of 425 miles to Muskogee, Okla., is the schedule for today. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith had hoped to step at St. Joseph, Mo., for lunch before proceeding to the day's destination. They intend to spend the night at Muskogee before pressing on to Dallas, Tex., tomorrow. in one GOLD GIFT PLANNED. World Flyers Also to Get Flowers on Coast. By the Associated Press. SANTA MONICA, Calif.,, September i8.—A shipload of flowers and a pot of gold await the Army’s round-the- world flvers, scheduled to arrive here next week. The cargo of hlossoms gathered by residents of the Port of San Pedro will be only one phase of the mobilization of southern California flowers which is expected to make the borders of Clover Field, from which the airmen took off on their globe girdling flight last March, a setting of colorful glory in honor of their return. The pot of gold, symbolic of the rainbow’s end, is being gathered by newspapers, banks and civic organ- ®ations of various southern Cali- fornia cities as a bit of crystallized community applause, to be handed the airmen along with the heartfelt hutrahs of the throng actually on hand to wllness and cheer their land- ing. Gov. Richardson of Califor- nia’ will mnke the presentation. ZANNI LAYS LINES. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash,, September 18.— Maj. Pedro Zanni, Argentine aviator, attempting to encircle the globe, now at Hanoi, China, awaiting a new plane to replace one wrecked, Is to substi- tute landing gear for pontoons at Vancouver, B. and then fly to Se- attle, Salem, Oregon, and San Fran- cisco, Ensign Kvaristo Velo of Ar- gentina, navigating officer, announced before he left here yesterday on the steamship President Jefferson for China. le| 300 feet decided to| | ! | the | Treasury ! pointed TWO Army Aviator Flies HereFromMichigan In 3 Hours; Record Record time for the 5 Selfridge Field, at Mount Mich., to Washington tablished today by Maj. Carl Spatz of the Army Air Service, who made the jump in an Army pursuit plane in 3 hours and 2 minutes, with conditions as to visibility only fair. The officer was called to Wash- ington for a conference with Maj, Gen. Patrick, chief of Air Service, and expected to return to Selfridge Field this afternoon “in time for dinner,” the Air Service announced 0-mile hop INSISTS CONGRESS CAN RULE BUREAUS Steagall, at Bond Probe, De- clares Control Over Execu- tives Is Proper. The question of the authority ot Congzress over departments in the ex- scutive branch of the Government flared up today in a tontroversy of <ome heat at the hearing by a House investigating committee into alleged irregularities in Government bonds. Representative Steagall, Democrat, Alabama, charging that the Treas- ury Department “resented” |that Congress could demand its rec- ord, declared that he was ready to institute proceedings in Congress “t test out the power of Congres to see whether we have a fres Govern- ment or are ruled by boards and bu- reaus and will allow departments to - the will of Congress.” matter arose when James F. Macoughtry, manager of the securi- ties section of loans and currency of Treasury Department, appeared before the committee b special or- der of Secretary Mellon upon request of th® committee because, < explain. ed by the committee chair n, Repre. sentative McFadden, Macought: refused the committee's investigator access to the books at the Department Will Lock Books in Vaalt. After a dispute members and representatives of the concerning the custody of | the books, it was agreed they should be presented daily before the commit- tee for inv gation and be locked up at night in the Treasury vaults Replying to charges by members of the committee that the Treasury has attempted to block the investigation, F. G. Awalt of the Treasury's war loan staff, explained that the investi- gators under Charles B. Brewer after of | about three years had completed an | investigation, had reported to the Treasury and that Secretary Mellon | the | had made his final report on whole matter before the President. “When this committee was ap- to investigate the charges, said Mr. Awalt, “it was thought there would be an impartial investigation. “When Brewer appeared again to investigate his own charges, the under- ecretary, Mr. Winston, wanted know what Brewer was doing again in the department.” It was this, Mr. Awalt explained, which prompted Mr. Winsten to notify Mr. Macoughtry to withhold the books until Brewer should submit more specific and writ- ten authority as to what he wanted. Probe May Last Weeks. Rising to rebut the Treasury state. ments, Brewer charged that he had been repeatedly blocked in his in vestigation by the Treasury Depart ment. “From one-half to two-thirds of my time was taken in overcoming | obstacles of the Treasury ment,” Brewer charged, would have procec ‘W. S. Broughton, commissioner of the public debt, explained that the books in question were valuable, basic records of the department, but that it would be agreeable to leave them with the committee during the day in the presence of a Treasury rep- resentative and have them locked up at night. The books in question showed a shipment of government bonds with details of dates and con- signees. The committe then launched into a questioning of Commissioner Brough- Depart. “otherwise 1 d rurther. ton, who outlined the proceeding of | shipping and redemption and destruc- tion of Government bonds. Indications today that the hearing | might last several weeks, with the probability that the committee might find it necessary to traveMto out.of- town points to investigate records at Federal Reserve banks. — 31 KILLED, 115 INJURED IN RELIGIOUS RIOTING Indian Foreign Secretary Advised of Casualties in Kohat—City Quiet Restored. By the Associated Press. SIMLA, Punjab, September 18.—For- eign Secretary Bray declared today in the legislative assembly that the latest information from Kohat, north- west frontier province, indicated that 31 persons had been killed and 115 injured during the rioting September 9 and 10. The latest list of casualties is 6 po- licemen injured, 20 Hindus killed and 86 injured, and 11 Moslems Kkilled and 23 injured. The city is now quiet. The origin of the rioting at Kohat was ascribed to the circulation of a pamphlet which was declared to have been considered insulting to the holy places of the Moslems. Military as sistance had to be summoned to quell the disturbances. Of-Special Interest To Holy Name Society Delegates Next Sunday’s Star Will contain a 12-page Rotogravure Section with pictures of Washington Beautiful and reproductions of many famous Catholic buildings in the National Capital A souvenir of the convention, which will be worthy of filing away for the future generations. In Next Sunday’s Star Order your copy from your newsdealer today. ‘ the fact] Treasury | between committee | o] ENTS. | TS0 HILY NANE MEMBERSIND.C.AS CONVENTION OPENS |3,500 Delegates Attend Pontifical Mass at Catholic U. Qpening Meeting. 40,000 ARE EXPECTED AT SERVICE TOMORROW Special Trains and Auto Caravans to Add Thousands to Visitors During Day. With visitors than 3,5 the about in 00 official de Catholic U is the convention opening meeting, with mass celebrated the National Shrine late Conception; Holy Name with more gates seated in iversity gymnasium hall, at the solemn pontift in crypt of of the Tmmacu- with members of the tholic Church hierarchy arriving €very train, and with thousands king the sightsecing trips about the city today, the National Capital today welcomed the Holy Name hosts. The first appearance of the person- representative of Pope, Car- nal O'Connell, archbishop of Boston who arrived here yeste day, will be omorTow morning, when there will |bP an eccleastical proc ion formally greeting the Papal gate, following which he will preside at a pontifical mass in the new university stadium, at which it is expected there will be attendance of more than 40,000 persons Special from all bringing the al the trains and auto caravar parts of the country are in Holy Name delegates, marchers and their families. There a committee of ‘“greeters” at Tnion Station welcoming all visitors nd directing them to their hotels and to the scene of the convention and the various special ceremonies Ceremony Picturesque. The opening ceremonies this morn- | ing constituted a picturesque spec- tacle. Digi aries of church and state, | including the hi; rarchy of the Cathe- lic Church, in their purple, arlet and goid robes and vestments, with nearly 1.000 priests and members of relizious orders. united in the pro- cessional from Caldwell Hall to the lerypt of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. on Catholic University campus, preliminary to the | celebration of the pontifical mass opening the national Holy Name con- ventio The crypt, yvet uncompieted. is al- ready an architectural and religiously | symbolic gem, and represents the | zeal and untir bors of Bishop . rector of the Cath sity, and his secretary . Dr. Bernard A. McKenna, S. T. L., who is in active charge of its erection. Bishop Shahan, as host to the Holy Name convention, celebrated the pon- tifical mass, with Dr. McKenna as as- sistant pri The deacons of honor were Rev. Walter G. anlon. O. P., and Rev. John C. Geale, S. J The deacon of the mass was Rev. Georze J. Bryant of San Francisco, and the subdeacon was Rev. John J. Bowens of Holy Comforter parish, Washing- ton. The master of ceremonies was Rev. Carroll Millholland of St. Mary's, Baltimore, and h sistant was Itey H. J. Quinn of Tauneytown, Md. 150 Voices in Cho | The Gregorian chant was by the Catholic University Choir, made up of priests and_ ecclesiastical students from the 15 houses of study and colleges affiliated with the univer- | sity, under the direction of Rev. Abel gnahm Rev. A. M. Bolduc of the | Marist College was at the organ ‘There were more than 150 male voices in this choir. Bishop Hoban of Chicago was the first bishop to arrive and he attended the mass accompanied by several monseignori. More than 500 priests land representatives from approxi- | mately 40 orders of religious sister- hoods from the Sisters’ Col e also attended. The crypt was crowded to more than its capacity by the incom- ing Holy Name vi While there were more than 2,000 in the crypt for | the mass, there were at least as many | more on the campus to witness the recessional procession of the hier archy and clerics. Address Postponed. Out of courtesy to Cardinal O'Con- nell, personal representative of the Pope, who will make his first ap- pearance at the Holy Name conven- tion tomorrow, the address of wel- come to the convention by Most Rev. Michacl J. Curley, D. D., Arch- bishop of Baltimore, and official host to the Holy Name gathering, which was scheduled for today at the open- ing_meeting, was postponed. With 3500 official delegates seated, representing virtually every Catho- lic diocese and parish throughout the length and breadth of the United States, Very Rev. Michael J. Rip- ple, O. P., P. G., the national director {of the society, announced that this was only half of those who are to participate in the meetings. There were more than 350 bishops, monseignori and priests, spiritual di- rectors of the Holy Name bands, seat- ed on the platform when the conven- tion opened. Explains Soclety Aims. The only speech today was made by Father Ripple. who emphasized that “the Holy Name Society always fol- lows ecclesiastical lines. It is aimed principally at the moral improvement jof the individual,” he explained. He pointed out that “it has never at- tempted to be a public reform organ- ization in the sense that it w-xld ever attempt to reform all the rest of tne world besides its own members." There would be no departure from these old traditions during this con- vention, he said. Because there are a great many important messages to be given and much bus_.ess to be performed, he told the delegates that no question could be considered from the floor and that the only way any one could get a question up was through recommendation of the exec- utive committee. He reminded the delegates that it ‘was customary to connect conven- tions of this Kind with gales of ora- tory. Any one looking for oratorical thrills at this Holy Name convention ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 2. News of Holy Name convention will be found on pages 4, 10 and 11. 4