Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1924, Page 2

2 * SHANGHAI ADMITS TROOPS IN REVOLT Third Army Defending City Involved—Peking Declares War on Chang. B the Associated Press SHANGHAL September 18.—The Chekiang third army, ssigned to #uard that province against invasion While the first_and second armies| fought off the Kiangsu army attac ing Shang has revolted, Chel headquarters admitted tonight. As a result of the revolt, 4u Yung- hsiang, tuchun of Chekiang province ind commander-in-chief of the nghai defense forces, has fled from provincial capital, Hangchow, it was admitted. and expected in Shanghai tonight. New Offensive Begun. Rolling stock on_the Shanghai-Hang- | chow Railway. it was rumored. all was moved off toward Shanghai when the 1roops evacuated the ci How fal" the Kiangsu_soldiers had advanced on the “western™ front was not stated In the meantime Kiangsu etarted a new offensive_against Liuho, kes posi- tion on the Yangtze estuary, northwest of Shanghai. News that the new Liuho attack had started, together with the consistent cvharacter of the unconfirmed rumors, raised to a point of general alarm the tense nerves of the interna- | settlement. The Shanghai Volun- teer Corps, a foreign organization, was ordered mol zed at 10 o'clock tonight. Many Arrests Ordered. In addition. the municipal council | tonight officially ordered the wholesale arrest of all xuspected dangerous char- acters in the settlement. The order was issued after refugees again began entering the settlement by the hundreds, they did at the start «f hostilities, secking protection under the flags of the powers. WAR DECLARED ON CHANG. is 30 miles | Peking Says Manchurian Chief Will Be Suppressed. By the Associated Pross. PEKING, September Chi central 18. ——The] government today officially ivclared its intention of suppressing Chang Tso-lin, hostile Manchurian war lord, by force. The presidential mandate defining | the stand of the central government | was ixsucd tonight, several days after | ceneentration of the government's | troops the Chihli - Manchuria border had announced to the world that Peking was prepared to answer | with cold steel Chang's defiance of | its authority Eight bombs were dropped into the border city of Shanhaikwan this niorning by one of Chang Tso-lin's Manchurian airplunes without serious damage being done, it was officially reported here this evening. SHANGHAI WINS TUAN. Able Militarist Sides With Defend- ers of City. By Cable ta The Star and Chicago Daily News. SHANGHAT, September 18.—Che- kiang resistance to the Kiangsu at- tacks of Tuesday and Wednesday was unbroken, resulting in a lull in the fighting last night. Chekiang is now wholly on the defensive on its front the Yangtze River and Taihu ke and is bringing up supplies and men to strengthen its positions. The Chekiang general staff gath- ered at Luncwha last night to per- feet a defensive plan. The Shanzhai Chinese papers yes- v printed a long circular letter directed by Tuan Chi-Jul, ex-premier d former Anfu leader and an able tarist, proclaiming support of the Chekiang cause and citing from the book of Confucius “To punish the #uilty and rescue the people. Tuan Chi-Jui expected to proceed to Chang Tso-Lin's headquarters. local Japanese authorities are in- vestigating the disappearance of two Japanese correspondents who have cen missing since September 4, when they attempted to enter the Kiangsu Lines. It is believed that they may Le held as sples. (tonyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) Y SECRETARIES DENY VETERANS’ ACCUSATIONS Declare Charges False in Hearing Before General Secretary. Probe to Continue. denial of the seven filed against them by a group of ex-service men living at the Y. M. (. A. Service Men's Club, at 1004 E street, was made by W. T. Heatson and T. T. Flynn, secretaries in charge of the club, at a hearing vesterday before William Knowles Cooper, “general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Asoociation. The testimony of all of the com- plainants ax well as that of the two secretaries has been completed. Mr. Cooper announced today before leav- ing Washington on a week’s business trip that the investigation would be continued during his absence and his decision in the case would be given upon his return. The complainants have demanded the dismissal of Sec- Tetaries Flynn and Beatson. 41.W. W'S WIN PLEA. Deportation Stayed to Allow Trans- action of Business. CHICAGO, September 18—Four I W. W. members, held on deportation charges. on which they were taken into custody a year ago on emerg- ing from Leavenworth prison, where they served sentences for violation of the war-time espionage act, today were granted a 60-day continuance to arrange private affairs. The four and the ocuntries to which they may be deported are Herbert Mahler, Canada; Joseph Oates, England: Patra Nigra, Italy, and William Moran, Australia. Moran is a contractor on Long Island, N. Y., and said he needed time to complete construction work. Nigra sald his wife would accompany him to Italy if he is deported. He has been in this country 21 years. Timphatic charge. 12 BODIES SOUGHT. SULLET, Wyo., September 18.— Rescue workers, after a night of rest, continued their search of mine No. 5 of the Kemmerer Coal Co. to- day for the bodies of 12 of the 51 miners entombed Tuesday as = result of an explosion. Five bodies were located late yesterday, and 22 others were removed from the mine. Twelve men escaped unhurt. Preparations were being made to- day to bury the victims. e Imbrie’'s Body Arrives. GIBRALTAR, September 18.—The United States cruiser Trenton arrived here_today with the body of Robert W. Imbrie, vice consul at Teheran, who was slain by a fanatical mob. Mrs. Imbrie was a passenger. The Trenton will sail for the United Siates Saturday. { burden WOMAN AVIATOR TIES TEN MEN IN 11-DAY TEST Mme. Adrienne " Bolland Covers 1,300 Miles in 18 Flights, Half | Way Around France. ‘ By the Associated Press, PARIS, ptember rienne Bolland, most 18. prominent French woman flyers, finished the 11- day ‘“tourist-airplane” competition last evening in a tie with 10 man aviators. She covered the distance of 1,300 miles in 18 flights, around France, but is entitled only to fifth place in the competition because of the difference in her plane’s motor power and the weight carried. The awards were based on regu- larity, but as 11 of the flyers tied the speed and power of the planes were taken into consideration. Fif- teen out of 16 starters finished. 'All the winners had comparatively small motors. averaging under 50 horse- power, and all averaged about 60 miles an hour. = JUDGE DEALS BLOW O BALL RENT ACT Court Declares Affidavit of Tenant Not Sufficient to Bar Owner. Judge Mary O'Toole of the Mu- nicipal Court today held that an affidavit pleading failure to comply with the provisions of the Ball rent legislation was insufficient and awarded judgment for T to Joseph Rhoade, who sued his tenant, Ernestine Brooks, for recovery apartment 2 of the Marlborough, 512 U street northwest. This decision goes farther than those rendered other judges of “the Municipal Court, which” has jurisdiction of landlord and tenant cases. Judge Aukam has opinion that the act has ceased to operate by reason of the passing of the emergency, but has not been obliged to enter judgment where that was the only question involved. Judge Mechan recently ruled that the of proof was on the tenant to show t! the emergency had not passed, but that case was compro- mised and did not go to judgment. Judge Matfingly, on the other hand, has upheld the rent legislation, and a writ of error from Judgment is to be heard in the District Court >f Appeals October 6. In the case decided today by Judge O'Toole, Joseph Rhoade brought suit to recover an apartment from a tenant, setting forth only that was holding on a monthly agreement and that a 30-day notice to quit had been served on her. The tenant. in an aflidavit of defense, set forth that the suit should not prevail because the declaration did not comply witl the Ball rent act, which required that it show possession was needed for th use and occupancy of the owner or for the repair of the building, etc. Attorney Max Rhoade, for the owner, moved for judgment on the ground that the Ball rent act was inopera. tive, and Judge O'Toole sustained his point Similar rulings were made by Judge expressed his O'Toole in three other cases pending | before her today. EARNINGS OF PEPCO SET AT 8.9 PER CENT Utilities Commission Accountants Complete Study of Figures for Year Just Past. Accountants of the Public Util- ities Commission have finished their study of the earnings of the Potomac Electric Power Co., and will be ready to make a report to the commission next week, Earl V. Fisher, secretary, stated today. Mr. Fisher said the study shows that for the year ending August 1 the power company made a return of 8.9 per cent on the commission's fair value of the property. The commis- sion will decide after getting the report of the accountants whether a rate hearing should be held at this time. The power company will continue to collect the 10-cent light rate and impound the difference between that amount and the rate approved by the commission until the courts settle the valuation dispute between the company’ and the commission. The present rate fixed by the commission for household current is 7.6 cents per kilowatt hour. —_— o VIRGINIANS SEND PLEAS FOR LIFE OF CHICAGOAN Poor Youth Should Not Be Hanged Since Lgopold and Loeb Got Off, Is View. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 18.—Letters in support of a plea for commutation of the death sentence of Bernard Grant continued to pour Into the office of his attorney today as the formal plea for clemency to be submitted to Gov. Small was sent to the printer. Many letters have been received from _ individuals in_ Pittsburgh, Pa.; Virginia Beach, Va; Lancas- ter, Pa., and other citles, some ex- pressing the belief that since Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, rich men’s sons and confessed murderers of Rob- ert Franks, were given life imprison- ment instead of death, Grant, the son ot poor parents, should not bé hanged. The petition to the governor will recite that Grant was not present at or connected with the murder of Policeman Ralph Souders on Decem- ber 19, 1922, during a hold-up, and that Walter Krauser, also under sen- tence of death, has now repudiated his first statement implicating Grant, and now states that Grant had no connection with the hold-up and mur- der. Thomas E. Swanson, counsel for Grant, said that the petition probably would not bs sent to the governor until after the return next week of Clar- ence .Darrow, chief counsel for Loeb and Leopold, who has promised to aid in the Grant defense. SEEK CHURCH UNITY. STOCKHOLM, September 18.—The thirteenth general church conference of Sweden, just opened here, marks a great drive to establish closer co- operation between the Church of Sweden and the Augustana Synod of America, comprising the various Swedish Lutheran churches of the United States. Leading representatives of this synod are taking active part in the conference here, including Rev. Dr. L. G. Abrahgmson, president of the Augustana Snyod; Rev. Dr. Petri, from Minneapolis, and Rev. Dr. Chinlupd, from Omaha. A plan for exchanging clergymen between the religious organizations of Sweden and the United States will be one of the principal subjects of dis- cussion. half way | of | by | she | THE THOUSANDS WATCH MARINES INCAPITAL |President and Other High| Officials Review Ex- peditionary Force. Hardened and tanned under rigor- ous field service. during which they re-cnacted the Civil War battle of Antictam. wmore than 3.000 United | Marines. comprising the East | peditionary Force, passed through the Capital today en route to | their base at Quantico, Va. | _But before hoarding barges at the Engineer wharf. in Potomac Park, the infantry, headed by a band and bugle corps of more than 200 pieces, passed in review before their com- mander-in-chief, P'resident Coolidge. ¥From his reviewing stand on the outh portico of the White House, the President saw pass before him men of a service ready at any time to re- spond to his call. Despite their days | of service in the field, marching over 1l kinds of territory, each and every man was as smartly dressed and clean-shaven as though he had Jjust turned out of his barracks after a day of rest. With the President were Col. and Mrs. Roosevelt, Briz. Gen. Richards United States Marine Corps: Admiral { Bberle, United States Navy, Lieut. Col. | Sherrill, the Presidents military alde, | and Capt. Adolphus Andrews, the President’s naval aide and command- ing officer of the presidential yacht Mayflower. lanes in Maneuvers. sharp, the time | ] i | | | | i {1t was at 11 oclock set, when the column, headed by Maj Gen. Lejeune, commandant of | Marine Corps, and Brix. Gen. Dion Williams, commandirfg the force and the base at Quantico, passed Pre dent Coolidge. Immediately after passing they turned out, dismounted and took station on the reviewing stand. After the band passed in re- view it turned to the left and took station immediately in front of the President, playing continuously until i the entire column had pass: While | the infantry was going by a squadron | of bombing planes, which also has been on maneuvers with the force, passed over the White House and on down to Quantico. Following the review, President Coolidge shook hands with Gens. Lejeune and Williams and highly complimented them on the excellent appearance of their men. Col. Roosevelt, acting Secretary of | ithe Navy. was out at the overnight| |camp early today. ate breakfast with | « Lejeune and Williams, and ac- companied the column far as | Bradley Lane, leaving it only to pro- | ceed to his office to look after depart- {mental business. Seen by Thousands. alons the line of march down | A1 chusctts avenue, south on | Twenty-first street to Pennsylvania venue and east to Last Executive ! lavenue, where they entered the White fouse grounds, the column brought | forth much favorable comment from | the thousands who lined the streets.| | Every plece of equipment used in| | modern warrare was in the column, | including field guns drawn by trac- | tors, machine guns, automatic rifles, trench mortars and tanks, and, of course, the Army mule, which has not entirely been displaced by the tractor { equipment. When the motor and tractor drawn | apparatus reached Seventeenth street, | it was detached from the main column and turned south, going across the Highway Bridge, and is proceeding by road to Quantico,| where it will arrive In two days. The infantry, after passing through | the White House grounds, proceeded around the Elifpse and down Fourteenth street to Potomac Park, where barges | were awaiting. Today finished their marching, as they now are proceeding down the Potomac to their base, where they will arrive late this after- noon. AN COMPOSITE REGIMENT| COMING TO UNVEILING| Weeks Orders Troops and Artil- lery to City for 1st Dévixion Ceremony October 3. A composite regiment. made up of troops in the 16th and 18th Infantry regiments, and the 6th Regiment of Field Artillery, has been ordered to | this city by Secretary Weeks to par- tioipate in the parade and exercises attending the dedication of the 1st Division monument at the south front of the State, War and Navy Build- ing, October 3. These three regi- ments were awarded the French four- ragere and the French Croix /de Guerre with two palms for excep- tional gallantry in the battles of Montdidier-Noyon, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihicl, Meuse-Argonne, Sommerviller, Ansauville and Cantigny of the World War. ‘The composite Infantry regiment will consist of 42 officers and 1,100 enlisted men, and will be commanded | by Brig. Gen. Frank Parker. The troops are stationed at Camp Dix, N. J., and at Forts Jay, Slocum, Ham- ilton and Schuyler, N. Y. They will be brought from New York City to this city by the transport St. Mihiel, which will dock at Washington Bar- racks. ment (horse drawn) is stationed at Fort Hoyle, Md., and will make the trip to this city by marching. All available troops in the District of Washington also will take part in the coming reunion of the 1st Divi- sion, including those at Fort Myer, Fort Humphreys, Fort Washington and Washington Barrack: ASKS $5,000 DAMAGES. Father Sues for Alleged Injuries Frotn Eating Ice Cream. Irving Mulitz. 16 years old. by his father, Jacob Mulitz, today sued the Chapin. cks Manufacturing Com- pany for $5,000 damages for alleged personal injuries. The boy says he purchased at a drug store a container of ice cream eaid to have been made by the company, and when eating the ice cream a piece of wire concealed in the frozen delicacy became lodged in his throat and caused ulcerations. It was, necessary to secure the services of a surgeon to remove the wire, the court is told. Attorneys Newmyer & King appear for the plaintiff. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. | of Jack « The 6th Field Artillery Regi- fscepted. 1. 0. 0. F. CHANGES RULES. Lower Age for Admission From 21 to 18. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 18.—Delegates to the 100th anrual session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows yesterday voted to amend the constitution of the organization to, lower the age for admission from 21 years to 18. The action followed con- siderable debate. Parade through the downtown streets, in which more than 5,000 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs took psrt, was. + held yesterday afternoon. - D. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1 — e e Y e e Plan Air Mail Service Between U. S. And Central American Republics Establishment of -am interna- tional air mail servie between ~ New Orleans or some ewher gulf port, the Panama Canal Zone and the various Central Americun capi- tals is being discussed by wTcials of the State Department, Post Office and the Army air sers ice. 'The project is regarded as beth practical and desirable by all con'- cerned, it understood, but haa as vet not passed bevond the stages of discussion of ways and means. tablishment of air mail con nections with Central America, it is held, would be a tremendous step for'ward in the development of communications between the United States and its neighbors to the south, serving not only to pro- mote commercial intercourse, but also to stimulate the good feeling already exlsting between the peo- ples and governments. Plans for the service as now de- veloped would provide that the Army Air Service initiate it with its own pilots and cquipment and with the co-operation of the Post Office Department It is expected, however, that the service would be “OUR OWN AFFAIR, SAYS BRIDE OF &2 | Mrs. Fray Presents Two-! Karat Diamond to Groom, Jack Griffith, 29. Special Dispateh to The NORFOLK, Va., September 18.—The remony by which Mrx. Sarah . ray, 82 years old, becume the bride iffith, 29, organist at a local theater, and formerly of Washington, D. C. was performed this morning by the itev. Dr. A, . Love, at his parsonage in Portsmouth, Vi, across the river from this city. “Thix ix our affair and | cannot see | that the public has ansthing to do with it," said the bride to a reporter. | A two-karat diamond ring was a | gift to the bridezroom. He denied that he had received an automobile S t 10:55 o'clock | 15 1 wedding gift from his bride, and | would make no statement as to a re- port that $30,000 had been transferred | to him. Munic Starts Courtship. ceremony It Porter Jace was witnessed only best n and 2 newspaper man lived at the home of| Mrs. W. W.'Wavland, a daughter, 773 | Quebee place, Washington. D. . She | came here from Raleigh, C. The| daughter and her husband recently | brought suit in Raleigh to prevent! Mrs. Fray from draw excessively | upon her bank account th the petition alleging that she had be- | come deprived of her faculties and| was in her dotage. The marriage | was the result of a briel courtship, when M Fray expressed her ad-| miration of the organist's music at | the York Theater. which is only a| block from the home of her daughter | BOY KILLS COUSIN, HIDES IN BEDROOM Accident Revealed by Discovery of | Body on Banks of Mary- land Creek. Special Dispateh 10 The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 18. | —Millard Mills, 15-year-old mountain | boy, was arrested and heid here today | following the fatal shooting of his | cousin, Raymond Mills, aged 15, while the pair were squirrel hunting yester- day. He was released, however,| when the police became convinced, following statements eecured from the youth and from his parents, t the “shooting was accidental. H father, Daniel Mills, who was on a fishing trip yesterday, said he had warned his son not to go hunting and that when he left the two boys took the shotgun and went into the woods. Millard said he fell, the gun was discharged and his cousin dropped dead. He became so frightened when Raymond did not answer him that he ran home and hid himself in his bedroom, not even notifying his parents of the shooting. He was found there by the police after a neighbor had stumbled over the body on the banks of a creek | and notified the authorities. An in- quest was deemed unnecessary. | MINERS RETURN TO WORK. Kentucky Company .Meets De- mands for 1923 Wage Scale. CENTRAL CITY, Ky., September 18. —A full crew of approximately 250 miners responded today when the Phoenix Coal Corporation’s whistle blew. The miners walked out last April rather than accept a wage scale offered by the company. Operations were resumed when the company's offer of the 1923 wage scale was ac- The company is the first of the West Kentucky Coal Operators' Association members to meet the 1923 scale. FRATERNITY TO GO WEST. Delta Upsilon to Hold 1825 Con- vention at Seattle. SYRACUSE, N. Y., September 18.— The national convention of Delta Upsilon, In session here, voted today to hold mext year's convention at Seattle, Wash. Delegates from 48 chapters of the fraternity ap- proved a four-weeks' trip through the West, by special train, before the gathering in August. The convention sent a letter of good wishes to Gen. Charles G. Dawes, Republican can- didate for Vice President, who is a member of the Marietta College Chap- ter. Village Brings $43,000 At Auction; Station, School, Church Stay BALTIMORE, Md.. S3ptember 18. ~—The village of Ashland, Balti- more County, was sold at pub- lic auction yesterday to J. B. Schwartz of Baltimore for $43,000. ‘With the exception of the chusch, ‘With the exception of the church, Rallroad station, the entire vil- lage, comprising 34 houses, mostly small frame-and-brick structures, ‘was owned by the Jeshua Horner estate. This estate was ordered sold by the Circuit Court of Balti- more County, because- the heirs | cent add P were | than the $2,500,000. transferred later as a going con- cern cither to the Post Office De- partment or, because of its infer- national character. to commerclal enterprise. Before any step can be taken toward actual inauguration of the service it must be approved by the heads of six Kovernments, includ- ing the United States. The plans have been made known to the State Department in order that it may sound qut the Central Amer- ican foreign offices, but have not been laid as yet before President Coolidge for his approval. The iflea which led to the proj- ect grew out of the flight made Xy three Army planes carly this wear from France Field, Canal Zaoe, on a visit of courtesy to the Central American capitals. It i pointed out that the pro- poseA international aerial mail would, tend to give American air- craft producers an opportunity to introduce their products in South and Cerfy'al America in a commer- cial way and would lead also to the development of the types of ships particularly suitable for work in both tropical and north- ern climates. —_— SCHOOL ESTIMATES DECLARED 700 LOW Harris Tells Commissioners Appropriations Will Not Meet Building Needs. Recent appropriations for the erec- tion of school buildings have not been large enough to meet all require- ments that arise during construction, Municipal Architect Albert L. Harri told the Commissioners in his annual report today. Mr. Harris declared it a_mistake to assume that a school building can be built for a fixed sum, irrespective of location, condition of site, character ©f subsoil and many other essential features affe ng the cost and de- sign To correct much of this difficulty, city architect recommends that = be purchased far enough in ad- | vance of building operations to make possible careful study of all the prob- lems that will arise in construction. Ilastrations are Cited. i He gives several illustrations to | emphasize the problem. In the re- ion to the Armstrong Mam- raining School, he said, provi= n had been made to cross a 12-foot trunk sewer, the existence of which was not known until the drawings begun. 2 “It is generally aseumed,” the architect continued, “that the whole of an appropriation is available for the cost of a building; that when $140.000 is appropriated for an eight- | room school it is presumed that no demands other than the building it- self will be made upon this money. The following are some of the items which consume a goodly portion of the appropriation: Cost of drafting, | inspecting and printing: cost of topo- ! graphical survey, cost of sewer, | water, gas and electric connections | and charges of various District of “olumbia departments. Coats on Increase. “Since 1921, due to increases in | wages and cost of materials, the price of building has advanced 20 to 25 per cent, =o that $140,000 is not sufficient 10 cover the cost of the type of eight- room building which is being built at the present time. “In addition, ual the Board of Educa- i tion is constantly increasing the num- ber and character of facilities for these schools, ~such as principals’ offices, teachers’ rooms, private toilet facili- ties. Kitchenettes, stage equipment, etc. “The recent bidding on the Health School will illustrate the increase in cost. The appropriation is $150,000. The lowest bid received was $170,300. This building was designed in 1921, based on prices at that time. Had it been "built at that time it could have been built for S0 per cent of the pres- ent bid price. Mr. Harris concluded with the state- ment that the effect of these conditions is that buildings must be erected, strip- ped of all architectural detail, both in- side and out. MEXICAN RAILWAYS DAMAGED $2,500,000! Storms Cause Heavy Losses After Rainy Season Was Thought at End. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MEXICO CITY, September 17.—Com- ing unexpectedly when the rain season was believed to be ended a series of storms at certain points and continued rains at others have severely damaged virtually the whole national railway stem ‘lines. The loss o far is es- timated at hot less than $5,000,000 Mexican gold ($2,500,000). N Scarcely a section has failed to re-| port washouts, and traffic toward the north has been serlously interrupted. For example, the American industrial mission arrived in Mexico 24 hours late. The city of Torreon was hit the worst, and passengers near that point are being transferred over the wash- out tracks in repair trains. In the state of Chihuahua a mass of rdck, weighing 300 tons, fell on one of the lines, blocking it, while in the southern part of the republic the Tomellin can- yon is so obstructed with failen rocks that dynamite will have to be used to clear it. In another section of Mexico it is reported that the crops which es- caped the recent grasshopper plague are now completely ruined by the pro- longed rains which have lasted at some points for 20 consecutive days. In a number of sections the rain is still continuing and the damage to the railways may reach a higher figure Old residents say that the preserit storms are comparabie only with the fearful hurricane in 1888, when many lives were lost. In a certain section of the state of Vera Cruz several houses have been washed away. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) KILLS WIFE’S ESCORT. Buffalo Man Stabbed to Death by Woman’s Husband. BUFFALO, N. Y., September 18.— Robert James, 30, was stabbed to death last night as he alighted from a street car. With him was Mrs. Maud Prime, 23, wife of Claudius Prime, 54, a grocer, and James' son Arthur. Prime is charged with murder. Prime made no attempt. to estape after the murder. He had a knife in his hand when a policeman arrived and arrested him. James and Mrs. Prime were return- ing from a shopping trip. The stab- bing followed an argument between ‘wished to realize some money on it. The property was eold as a unit after individual bids on the hom: totale@ only -$32,600, the two men. Prime is said to have resented James' alleged attentions to Mrs. Prrl.nu. > . » 924 IFRANCE MAY FEEL - MOROCCAN BLOW Tribesmen, Flushed With Vic- tories Over Spanish, Turn to Oust All Others. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1924. PARIS, September 18 —Spain's re- vers. may throw the burden of re- sponsibility for future development of the Riff region of Morocco on France. It is known that the Krench war office and other departments of the French government are worried @ er ! ituation and are baily enzaged in discyssing plans to meet the complications which may arise in the French zone. Abdelkrim, leader of the vietorious Riffians, now can attack the French at leisure if he chooses, because, after elimination of Spain, they are the only Yuropeans which stand in the way of freedom and independence for all Morocco. Harder to Beat France. France is.a different enemy from Spain, and not easy to dispose of in a milltary way Abdelkrim, who is an intelligent man, may realize this, but the sume does not apply to all of his followers, to whom: all “Roumis,” or Europeans, are barbarians, to be fought tooth and nail. Some of these fanatical followers already have caused trouble on the border line. If Abdelkrim should turn toward French territory he could cause seri- ous trouble for France. Krench troops would be unable to pursue his ma- rauding bands into the Riff because theoretically it is still Spanish terri- tory. The bands will be able to in- vade French territory at will and then, when hard pressed, retreat into Spanish territory, thus keeping north- ern Morocco in a continual state of uproar and act as a perpetual menace to the city of Fez and the great road connecting Algeria with French Mo- rocco, which acts as a vital line of communication to French North Africa. Campaign Cost High. Moreover, such campaigning would cost France dearly, and would neces- sitate the shipment of reinforcements. Par-sighted Frenchmen fear that big private Europ n financial interests, ceking minin, concessions, are be- hind Abdelkrim. Under a camouflag- ed name the German firm, Mannes- mann, is reported to be among these. If war is to be prevented the only other alternative appearing fo ible is to buy off Abdelkrim as the Span- iards bought off the rival chieftain Raisuli. Such a bribe would cost a big sum of money. Furthermore, there would be no guarantee that, when bought, Abdelkrim would be able to hold his turbulent tribesmen to the peace pact. (Copyright, 1924, by the Chicago Daily News o. 200 NON-RESIDENTS APPLY TO SCHOOLS 200 More Expected to Ask Tomor- row for Admission to High. Swampesi with out-of-town applicants for admision to the Washington high schoods, the high school board of admissions. at_its initial eession at the Frankiin School today, was farced to turn away more than 50 children. When 200 had applied George J. Jones, chairman of the bdard. decided that no more coubd be accommodated today. and advised late arrivals to report to- morrow morming. Mr. Jones expects 200 more to apply for admission to- morrow. The second session of tomorrow will be held from 9 to 12 am. and 2 10 5 pm. After ex- amining the records of the students they will be assigned to the examina- tions to be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at the Pranklin School. The great number of applicants from out of town indicates that the enroll- ment in the high schools this year will be larger than last. Officials, however, will not be able to make a comparison with the enrollment of out-of-town stu- dents last year umil the admiesion baard finishes its wark RUM PIRACY CHARGED. German-American Is Held French Police. By the Aasociated Press. PARIS, September 15.—Jerome Max Phaff, a naturalized American citizen, born in Germany, was arrested here vesterday charged with piracy in hold- ing up the French freighter Mulhouce off the Atantic Coast of the United States in July, and robbing her of a cargo of more than 1,000 cases of champagne and liquor. The owners of the Mulhouse em- ployed private detectives, who said they obtained traces of the alleged pirate gang through bootleggers in the United States. They finally dis- covered the whereabouts of Phaff in London. and followed him to Ant- werp, Brussels and Paris, FILES FOR PRESIDENCY. Commonwealth Land Party Enters in New Jersey. TRENTON, N. J., September 1 Willlam J. Wallace of New York, to- day filed a nominating petition with the secretary of state as”the presi- dentlal candidate of the Commonwealth Land party. His running mate for the vice presidency is J. C. Lincoln veland, Ohio. o e shiamed by Mr. Wallace, his party is the successor of the single tax faction. The basic principle is a bellef that Government revenue should be derived from the rental of land. the board by SOUVENIR HOLY NAME the great event. On Sunday, Sq enlarged - 12-page Rotogravure Bautiful Washington and Catholic Buildings. mailed anywhere in the United NAME STREET ADDRESS..... CITY Leave order with represen: BOY WHO TOOK $772,000 IN BONDS IS ACQUITTED Leopold-Loeb Verdict Referred to in Mercy Plea—Jury Told Client Had “Bond Intoxication.” By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September Willie” Dalton, the 16-year-old who in 1921 upset the country by walking away from a Chicago bank where he was employed with bonds valued at $772,000, went home with his mother last night without tear of being sent to a reformatory or penitentiary. A jury trying him for the theft of the securities, after two other juries had disagreed, vesterday decided that he is not guilty. Willie and s mother each wept and thanked the jurors when the verdict was an- nounced. The legal theory on which he was acquitted and which was ad- vanced by Willie's attorneys was that he had no intent to steal, but was a victim of “bond intoxication’ from his close association with mil- lions of dollars in securities every aay. Attorneys for the defense referred to the leniency allowed Nathan k. Leopold and Richard Loeb, who killed young Robert Franks. “If the benefit of doubt can be resolved in favor of the sons of the rich, we ask you to do the same thing for the son of a poor man,” Willie's attor- ney told the jury. SCORES IN ARMENIA DIE IN EARTHOUAKE Meager Reports Tell of Many Bodies Recovered in Vil- lages Around Erzerum. 18.—“Lattle b By the Associated Press LONDO! September 18. — Only meager reports of the earthquake in the Erzerum district have been re- ceived in Constantinople. ’ The total number of deaths, the dispatches add, is unknown. Some accounts say 114 bodies were re- covered in the ruins of 21 villages Details from other places have not vet reached Constantinople. There have been recurrent shocks since the big quake on Saturday. Erzerum. pronounced ardz-room. ac- cent on last syllable, is the princi- pal city of Armenia, and since the annexation of Kars by the Russians, the chief strategical center and place of resistance to a Russian advance It is about 100 miles southwest of Trebizond, the Armenian port on the Black Sea. The inhabitants consist of Turks, to be very industrious industry is manufacturing in copper and iron. and the city, in addition carries on an extensive trade. T tion of the city standing at the junc- tion of several important roads lead- ing from T scaucasia way Trebizond, and communicating with various parts of Asia Minor, with Persia, Kurdestan and Mesopotamia. Erzerum is place of great an- tiquity. Anatolius, commander of the Emperor Théodosius 11, here built the citadel of Theodosiopolis, north- west of the open Syrian town of Ar- sen. On the destruction of Arsen by the Seljuks. in 1049, the inhabitants moved to Theodosiopolis, which re- ceived from them the name of Arsen- er-Rum, meaning Arsen of the R mans. Hence the modern name kEr- zerum. In 1240 it fell into the hands of the Mongolis. and in 1517 was taken by the Turks. In spite of the misman- agement of the Turks, it continued to be the most important commercial emporium of the Armenian Plateau and had 100.000 population. In 1829 it was taken by the Russians, but was restored to Turkey by the peace of Adrianople. Many of the inhab- itants, however. quitted the town and settled in the Russian territory. In the Winter of 1877 it was besieged by the Russians, who reduced the defenders by famine. until in Feb- ruary, 1878, it was surrendered and held by the Russians for several months. It was again restored to the Turks. In the World War, Erzerum fell a prize to the armies of the Grand Duke Nicolas on Feb- ruary 16, 1916, after an assault last- ing five days. It is now under the Armenian Soviet Republic, allied with Moscow. OIL FIRM’S MOTION TO DELAY TRIAL LOST Judge in U. S. District .Court Re- fuses Mammouth Comparty Plea for Postponement. Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Rob- erts, special counsel for the Govern- ment in the oil prosecutions, announced today that Judge Kennedy of Wyom- ing, sitting in the United States Dis- trict Court at New York, denied late yesterday afternoon a motion of the Mammouth Oil Company to postpone the trial of the civil case brought by the United States to set aside the com- pany’s lease to naval reserve oil flelds. Counsel for the company wanted the trial, which has been scheduled for October 7, deferred until after the elec- tions in November and asked a eon- tinuance until November 18. Counsel for the Government opposed the mo- tion, and the trial will proceed, it is stated, October 7. % Attorneys Pomerene and Roberts have served notice on couneel for the company that they will take deposi- tigns of witnesses in Canada under an order of the Wyoming judge permitting such testimony. These witnesses will be examined next week, it is expected. EDITIONS CONVENTION The Eovening and Sunday Star From Wednesday, September 17, - to Monday, September 22, Inclusive Each issue will contain a complete and accurate account of tember 21, will be included an ection, featuring pictures of The six issues States for 25 cents. tative at Gymnasium (Catholic ‘University) or The Star Office, Eleventh and Pennsylvania Ave. d voy | | Armenians and Persians, and are said | The principal | trade is greatly favored by the posi- | A AL TERM ASKED INDRY LAW CASES Police Superintendent Would Give First Offenders 60 { Days Instead of Fines. | | An amendment to | aw, fixing a jail jsentence of at | 60 ‘days for the | first conviction on a charie of selling liquor, with proportionate increases in the length of imprisonment for additional violations, is recommended by Maj. Daniel Suilivan, in his an- nual report to Commissioner Oyster Maj. Sullivan teld the Commis- sioner his i has convinced him that the imposition of fines will not act as a deterrent in liquor cases { The superintendent's outstanding recommendation to improve the traf- fie situation the appointment of more traffic policer There are 45 busy intersecti *hroughout the city. the mujor pointed out. where i is impossible 1o assign trafic offc {because of limited " personnel. He Is attention to the menda- of the Senate committee which igated traflic conditions here that there should be 200 more men available for traffic du 7 New Precincts Foreseen. Other recommendations the superintendent are Erection a building for police headquarters and the detective bureau. which now oc- upy a large proportion of the floor space of the District Building Purchase of land for the future ercction of three new police precinet stations. One should be in the vic ity of Georgia avenue and Coloradn avenue, another in Tenlevtown and a third at Benning, take in the area east of Eastern Branch. 1 ment of a law permitting the police to hold: for a reasonable time j fugitives from justice who come here after committing crime eclsewhere Enactment of the Capper bill plac- ing greater restrictions on the sale and possession of firearms in the Dis trict. Passaze of such a law, the major said, should reduce the number of crimes of violence. ntment of two additional art judges to handle the sing number of cases. ge of legislation to mak ddiction a felony in the T Tea recon made by of centrally located Po- in- A law to regulate the licensing of chiropractors and osteopaths, Although the Comn =ioners cently ted new gulation punish bootleggers who use smoke sereens on automobiles to throw p suing officers off the ch livan the belief not prove adequate. He recommends that Congress he asked to make the use of such a smoke screne a felony punishable by two years in peniten- re total number of arrests i1, compared with 758 the previous 12 months. D. C. Not Crime Center. 1jor explains that the great of these arrests were for “which very effectu- of any statement or the effect that Wash- ington is a erime center.” The major points out that of those arrested were under vears of age, and 2.350 of that num- ber under 17. This condition, he vs. is worthy of serious attention and study by juvenile aZencies. ™ livan reports that out of 29 murders last year arrests were made. Arrests for violations stead law totated 4.274 with 5.930 last yvear. For violating the Sh rd law, covering intoxi- cation, v were arrested, parcd | with 8819 the previous year. 955,000,000 GIVEN INU.S. WAR CLAIMS | Commission Awards Big Sum to Insurance Firms and. Veterans’ Bureau. The majority misdemeanors ly dispos inference 10,104 of the Vol- as compared | { | Awards totaling more than $83.000.- {000, & sum which exceeds the aggrezate of all previous awards, and includes ap- proximately $34,700,000 to 61 Ameri- lcan insurance companies. and 8 300,000 to the Veterans' Bureau, wer handed down today by the American German War Claims Commission The commission also ruled that American life insurance companies could not hold Germany responsibls for losses incurred on 18 policies in- suring 11 persons killed in the Lusitania_disaster. Judge Edwin B. Parker, umpire of the commission, handed down the decision after the commissioners for the respective countries were unable to_agree. The two {ed down | claims of | $6.271,424.51. The awards to the Veterans' Bureau and the 61 insurance companies wers for damages sustained by American insurers as a result of losses on hulls and cargoes due to warlike operations. CONSULAR have hand- individual totaling com 66 awards various <sioners in kinds, CHANGES. Announces State Department Transfers of Personnel. the United nounced Recent changes in States Consular Service at the State Department include the transfer of Consul Herbert S. Bursley of the District of Columbia, from Constantinople to Prague; Vice Con- sul Carlton Hurst of the District of Columbia, from Bremen to Bremer- haven; Consul General Julius G. Lay of the District of Columbia, newly appointed Foreign Service officer, signed to Calcutta; William M. Har- low of the District of Columbia, clerk at Hongkong, appointed vice consul at that port; Consul Alfred T. Burri of New York, at the State Depart- ment, transferred to Puerto Cortez; Charles C. Eberhardt of Kansas, in- spector, Foreign Service, assigned to the State Department; Consul Carol Foster of Maryland, transferred from Vienna to the State Department: Vice Consul Samuel E. Green of Maryland, transferred from the State Department to Prescott, Ontario; Vice Consul Theodore M. Fisher of Vir- ginia, transferred from Havana to Dundee; Vice Consul Warren C. Stewart of Maryland, transferred from Dunfermline to Halifax. -— Wins House Nomination. RINGHAMPTON, Y., September 18.—Harold S. Tolley of this city has won the Republican nomination for Congress in the 34th district from Representative John D. Clarke by 153 votes. Tolley had the support of the American Legion and of the W. C. T. U. Belated returns from Tuesday's primary completed the tabulation te-