Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Unsettled, probably occasional show- ers tonight and tomorrow, warmer to- morrow. Temperature for 24 hours ending at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 69, at 2 p.m. yes- terday ; lowest, 62, at 5:30 a.m.. today. Full report on page 7. 5 “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 Yesterday’s Circulation, 97,194 No. 29,362, post Entered as second class matter office $Vashington, D. C. PLANS NAVY STUDY, WILBUR DISCLOSES, - EAVING COOLIDGE Comparison to Be Made of Utility of Air, Submarine and Surface Craft. AVERS COAST TALKS WERE NOT BROUGHT UP Misquoted and Misunderstood, He Declares, of California Speeches. Following an hour's talk with President Coolidgee in the Execu- tive's study in the Whife House to- day, Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, whose sudden recall from a visit along the Pacific coast has aroused anuch speculation, declared that he swould immediately appoint a board of maval experts, which will make a #horough investigation of the relative 4mportance of naval aviation, battle- ships and submarines, and that the board will report as soon as possible. He said the President is greatly in- terested in this subject, and inasmuch as there are meany conflicting consid- erations before arriving at a definite conclusion, the President desired to| g0 into the matter with the naval Secretary. Tt was for that purpose that he asked the latter to come to ashington, Secretary Wilbur stated. May Name Board Today. Secretary Wilbur said he doubted 1ts hearings before the Budget Bu- before the Navy Department begins its hearings before the budget bu- reau, which will be the second week in October. He added he thought he would appoint the board today. When asked regarding the Presi- dent’s expression of views a week ago that the time has come when aviation has developed to such an extent that battleships no longer oc- cupy their formidable position in naval warfare, Secretary Wilbur in- timated that, viewing the subject broadly. he considered the battle- ships still the great factor they always were and that he continues to look upon them as the backbone of the nation's war fieet. The Secretary admitted that air- craft is absolutely essential and should be extended, and that by its rapid development has introduced a new and important factor in national | defense and enemy attack, but tne | problem of its exact relative position today is a most complex and intricate one. Has Report Ready. The Secretary sald he anticipated | the President's interest in the sub- | Ject, and after receiving .the smessage asking him to retura to Washington. he believed it was for this reason | that he was summoned. To be pre- pared, he has already discussed the subject at length with Capt. Walter R. Gerardi, his naval aide, who is an | expert on naval aviation and who handled the aircraft participation in the last fleet maneuvers. Capt. Ger- ardi accompanied him back to Wash- ington. Following this talk, Secre- sary Wilbur had Capt. Gerardi pre- | are, during the long journey to| “Washington, a report ‘upon naval aviation, which the Secretary quoted &n part to the President today, and =which he left with the President for ierardi report, according to Secretary Wilbur, deals principally with the technical features of naval aireraft, the various types of planes, | their means of attack and defense and their present state of efficiency. Secretary Wilbur said that any speeches he made during his inspec-| tion trip in the West had absolutely | nothing to do with his being sent for by the President. He declared that this subject, which has been given | s0 much space in the press and which has called for no end of intimate speculation, was not even touched upon during the conference With the President today. | Says He Was Misquoted. , Regarding his Seattle speech on the | Japanese question, Mr. Wilbur said he had been misquoted in the news- papers. in discussing the Japanese,” Mr. Wilbur said, I didn't say ‘two an- tagonistic civilizations;' I did say ‘two different civilizations. “1 was trying to differentiate be- tween the Occidental and the Oriental. | 1 wasn't specifically referring to the | Japanese, but all peoples of Asia. I was trying to make a point of what 1 deemed was the differcnce in tradi- tions, and what I thought was a chance of friction between the people of all Asia and America. The arms conference made it guaranteed that there would be no aggressive war on ihe Pacific and guaranteed friendship between the two races by assuring peace. Not Criticizing Law. { “In other words, 1 was trying to say that the Washington disarma- ment conference treaty was a pledge | of friendship between these races and | a guarantee of faith and peace. That the United States expected to stand | on its own rights and that we ex- pected other nations to do the same.” Secretary Wilbur said ot his speech before the bar association last Fri- day on Catalina Island, which -has since been reported as a ridicule of the Volstead act: “I cannot imagine how my words could have given such an impression,” he said. “My audi- ence was made up principally of law- yers, and I am sure they understood. No one would have put a different construction upon my meaning had they stopped to think that while I was chief justice of the Supreme Court of California I handed down an opinion upon this law, which, if re- called, should remove any doubt about my attitude. I would be the Jast one in the world to speak dis- paragingly of any law of the land.” The Secretary said he was endeav- oring to show what might happen to Jaw enforcement in the event Senator La Follette succeeds in breaking down the principles of American gov- ernment, which, the Secretary said, he has set out to do, and if he suc- ceeds in making the Supreme Court subservient to Congress. Holds Views Misunderstood. “I said in_that speech,” Mr. Wilbur ~went on, “that our forefathers came to thia country with the hope of 1lib- erty and freedom and when they at- tained this they fought to protect that Hlberty. Since then we have been (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) { day by a reported revolt in the Che- | same time Nansiang was attacked | | victories in the fighting yesterday be- |STATES ARE PLANNED 60 Die, 3 Villages Razed as Quake Rocks Armenia By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 20.—Sixty deaths and the destruc- tion of three villages are given as the toll of a new earthquake reported in the Erzerum district of Armenia. Large cracks appeared in the ground from which loud subterranean noises were heard. The population of the district is panic-strigken. The government is sending aid. —— DEFENDERS REPEL SHANGHAY ADVANCE Foreigners Prepare for Trou- ble as Firing Comes Close to City. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, September 20, 1 p.m. In an engagement which started at daybreak, reinforced Cheklang troops | on the front between the Shanghai- | Nanking Railway line and Kiating pushed tbe invading Kiangsu forces back, strengthened their lines and regained positions near Hwangtu, 15 | miles west of here. The firing was brought so close to the city that foreign troops and vol- | unteers prepared to prevent any en- croachment upon or injury to their nationals. Dencribed as Major Attack. Wounded Chekiang soldiers arriv- ing here this morning said the fight- ing was described as a major attack by the Shanghai defenders. Tv-0 airplanes from Chekiang head- quarters, at Lungwha, were sighted over Shanghal this morning, proceed- ing toward the front. Fifteen hundred Chekiang troors to reinforce the lines west of here ar- rived in Shanghai at daybreak from Kashing, 72 miles south. Kashing is | in the general area affected yester- kiang troops. Observers said that the heaviest shipment of arms sent to the western front in a single day was moved from | Shanghal this morning. The arsenal | is working day and night refilling empty shells. Two Attacks Launched. At the Lungwha headquarters an- | nouncement was made that the Ki- angsu attack yesterday was aimed at breaking communication t¢ Liuho. It was directed against the village of Manu, upon the waterway between the railway line and Kiating. At the | from two directions. The Chekiang counter attack at | daybreak today, the announcement | said, re:ulted in the recovery of all| ground lost yesterday and the capture of many Kiangsu prisoners. 1 in service onmn the Shanghai- ngohow Railway into the terri- tory affected by revolt in the Che-| kiang army yesterday was being maintained today as far as Kashing. Will Not Withdraw. _Lu Yunghsiang, tuchun of Che kiang province, had previously re- | fpsud to lend an ear to foreign ad- visers who suggested that he with- | draw from Shanghai and give up the city to the armies representing the ‘Wu Pei-fu Peking forces and the cen- tral government. Gen. Chang Tso-lin, war lord, continued along the Chihlian-Manchurian bor- der from the air. F army in the field at Jehol reported to Gen. Chang yesterday that it drove Peking forces back there. Gen. Chang also claimed Manchurian to pelt towns tween Chinchow, Manchuria, and | Chaoyang, Chihli province, according to Mukden reports received here. PRESS AGENTS BUSY. Dispatches Colored to Suit Con tending Forces. By Cable to The Star and®Chicago Daily News. TOKIO, September 20.—Dispatches from North China, Mukden, Peking and Tientsin now are practically limited to filings by the press agents of Chang Tso-Lin and Wu-Pei-fu. The contents of the government's wireless are carefully guarded. The corres- pondent is reliably informed that nearly all the dispatches telling of actual fighting or the plans of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. NEW CENTRAL ASIA Government to Regroup Races to Extend National Scope and Local Autonomy. By the Associated Press. TASHKENT, Turkestan, September 20—In order to extend the national scope and local autonomy of races in- habiting central Asia, the central ex- ecutive committee of the government has decided to regroup nationalities according to racial origin. The pres- ent republics of Bokhara and Khiva, in Turkestan, will be supplanted by two new states, which will be known as the Republic of Uzbekestan, with | an autonosmous district for the peo- ple of Tadjik origin, and the Repub- lic of Turkemenestan, with an auton- omous district for Karaghezians. The greater part of the Syr Darya Semi- .ryechensk districts will be incorpo- rated in the Kirghizian republic. The central executive committee has issued an announcement to the population of central Asia stating that by the present act the people of Asia are conclding the final stages of their great national liberation and the reconstruction of their destinies, made possible for them by the Octo- ber revolution. This regrouping of nationalities is regarded as the most important step taken by the government since its creation, and Soviet officials say it will confer ‘many- benefits' upon ‘the people. AT A Gasoline Price Drops. PITTSBURGH, September 20.—A re- duction of. 1-cent .a gallon in the price of gasoline in Pennsylvania was announced today by the Atlantic Re- fining Co. The new price for motor gas at service stations is 22 cents, including a 2-cent State tax. ’ | ment now |idea that LA FOLLETTE SURE OF WISCONSIN VOTE DESPITE G.0.P. HOPE People of State Show No In- clination to Break 25- - Year Habit. DEMOCRATS SATISFIED WITH TREND IN STATE Sit Back Content to See Senator Take Vote From Republican Candidates. BY G. GOULD LINCOL Staft Correspondent of The Sta MILWAUKEE, Wis., September 20.— For a quarter of a century the people of Wisconsin have voted for Robert M. La Follette. It is a habit with them. And notwithstanding the claims of some of the more sangulne ) “stalwarts” of the Republican party in this State it is a habit that will be continued to a very large extent in the coming election. The electoral vote of Wisconsin, according to well informed people here, and to members i of the rank and file who have not the means, perhaps, of being so well in- formed, is as good as in the pocket of Mr. La Follette toda: Republican leaders—and by that is meant the leaders supporting Presi- dent Coolidge and Gen. Dawes—are laying great stress upon the fact that for the first time Senator La Follette is running as an Independent Progres- sive, and not as a Republican. They figure that party fealty Is going to be the deciding factor; that thousands of Republicans who in the _ast have supported Senator La Follette will not support him in November, because he no longer bears the Republican label. They are saying, too, that while many of the voters of the State were willing and glad to vote for La Fol- lette for Representative, Governor and Senator, they are not willing to vote for him for President of the United States. Do Not Vote for Party. It must be remembered that the people of Wisconsin are used to “splitting” their tickets. They are used to voting for candidates they h rather than parties. Further- more, the people of Wisconsin have tried out La Follette in important office and they have faith in him. There is an element in the State op- posed to Senator La Foliette and always has been. And it is that ele- which is advancing ‘the La Foliette as Governor, all but as President, no.” The report goes round that men of large means and large business are lining up against him. But that is nothing new; they have in the past. The Republican party managers sent Gen. Dawes, the vocal end of the Republican national ticket, into this city a short time ago to open the campaign for the “stalwarts.” A crowd of 10,000 gathered to hear the general. And every time he men- tioned the name of La Follette— which he did frequently—there was a cheer. Not all of the 1,000 were for the Republican national ticket. (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) PRINCE WILL START TO RANCH TOMORROW Will Quit Scene of Dinners and Dances—@Gives Up Polo for More Than Year. By the Associated Press SYOSSET, N. September 20.— The Long Island visit of the Prince of Wales will come to an end tomor- row night, when he will quit the scene of many dinners, dances and polo games to travel to his ranch at High River, Alberta, where he will spend a month looking over his lands. The prince leaves polo behind him for more than a year, since he has sold his ponies and does not expect to get in any more practice until after he returns from South Africa nearly a year hence. He planned to have a final view of the game today at Mead- owbrook. As a result of his action in start- ing one of the presses of the New York Herald-Tribune on Wednesday, the prince has been made an honorary member of the International Press- men’s Union. New York Local of the Union today sent word that it would like to present to him a certificate of membership. Final plans for the trip of the yoyal party from Syosset to Montreal and thence to Alberta will be completed today. It is expected that they will travel by yacht across Long Island Sound and board a special train at New London, Conn. , ° SAN PEDRO CAPTURED BY HONDURAN REBELS Federals Retreat Through Sula Province, Is Report, With Situa- tion Described as Tragic. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, September 20.—It 1is reported that San Pedro, in the Province of Sula, Honduras, is in the hands of the rebels and that the government forces are retreating to Tegucigalpa and intrenching in preparation for'a probable rebel as- sault upon the caital. Letters received from Honduras say the. situation there is tragic. The property owners, it is declared, would welcome intervention either by the United States- or the League of Na- tions, as $25,000,000 worth of prop- erty has been destroyed in the last six. months, With a population of about 700,00 and yearly revenues in the neighborhood of $4,000,000, the na- tional debt and claims. facing the country, it is declared, total nearly $100,000,000. Radio Programs—Page 8. i | i | i | | | DEMAND UNFOR FOR MOTOR POLIE A. A. A. Officials Bitterly Con- demn Unfairness of City Heads’ Tactics. Condemning the s&ending out of motor cycle officers in civilian clothes to catch speeders, the American Auto- mobile Association. through its gen- eral manager, Ernest N. Smith, today wrote a strong letter to the Commis- sioners, urging that the policy be abandoned. In addition to reciting reasons why the A. A. A. regards the plan as ob- noxious, the letter records the ex- perience other cities have had with this practice. “The above policy,” wrote Mr. Smith_ “has caused trouble in many parts of the country, and has been abandoned by police department after police de- “ft‘is"our conception of police duties that in the ordinary course of events a policeman is on the job to maintain order, and by his presence to insure compliance with rules and regula- tions. It is not the duty of the police to 5o disguise themselves as to make it ‘easy to trap violators of average rules and regulations. Soex Danger in Practice. “I do not recall in this District see- ing ny substantial signs for motor- ists acquainting them with speed regulations, and this city is the host to thousands of foreign motogists. The additional reasons whv we pro- test against the continuation of this policy is that experience in other cities has shown that thugs and criminals employed the ruse of as- serting that they were officers in or- der to get motorists to stop. Motor- ists were afraid to stop at the com- mand of real officers because of fake police. The method bred contempt for the law. It put a premium on arrests instead of upon preserving order. Before writing this letter we in- quired of many of our clubs over the country as to the situation in their cities and are informed that. “In New York—Uniformed men throughout the territory. “In Cincinnati—Plain clothes men replaced with uniformed men about six years ago. Situation went to such extremes that policemen were mis- taken for bandits and fired upon. “In Baltimore—Practice abandoned (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) GERMAN RADICALS SCORE DAWES PLAN Denounce America as Responsible for Acceptance of Reparations Program. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. BERLIN, September 20.—The right and Radicals and Communists here are pitching into America as a re- sult of the acceptance of the Dawes plan. The Deutsche Tageblatt, represent- ing the anti-Semitic superpatriots, has dug from an obscure German- American paper stories of Charles G. Dawes' former assoclation with ex- Senator Lorimer in an effort to blacken the character of the general, who, the Tageblatt declares, isn't a general at all. The Communists, meanwhile, at- tack the United States as a “usurer state,” bent on extracting blood money from helpless, hapless Europe. Many persons here really belleve that the United States possesses a large amount of money, which it is de- termined to invest in Europe. The ultra-conservative nationalist paper, Tageszeitung, takes a shot at America for the dismissal of Capt Anton Heinen, “savior of the Shen- andoah.” This according to the Ber- lin sheet, which quotes the New Yorker Staats Zeitung, was moti- vated by the jealousy of American naval officers. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) Brazilian Rebels Push On. BUENOS AIRES, September 20.—A dispatch to La Nacion from Santos, Brazil, gives official advices from Matto Grosso, which assert that the rebel in that state are marching toward Parana, S ol s“flHyrtmen; after it has been tried. I not bobbed. . TWO CENTS. TOWN IS SAVED AS COLD HALTS SHASTA SLIDE Canyon Walls Become Rigid, Halt- ing Flow of Ashes, Mud and Lava. By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Cal Freezing temperatures at the base of Mount Shasta have checked the stu- pendous flow of ashes, mud and lava formation which poured down the sides of the mountain before a torrent of flood waters, imperiling the lumber town of McCloud, five miles distant. The walls of Mud Creek Canyon, which held the onrush, after the weizht of the rolling formation caved in 15 acres on the side of the peak, be- came more rigid with the drop of the RNSON LHELY T0 PTCH TODAY Decides He Needs More Work—Sun Comes Cut and Game Will Be Played. HOW THEY STAND. G. to ‘Win. Lose.Play. 596 589 9 589 582 9 w. Wash. ... 86 New York 85 L. Pet. 59 .593 60 586 BY JOHN B. KELLER. ST. LOUIS, September 20.—The N tionals and Browns may be able to stage the second game of their series today, despite predictions of unfavor- able weather. Rain fell all through the night, but the showering ended early this morning and the sun as- sumed its task with every indication of sticking to it during the day. After tentatively choosing Jez Zach- ary as pitcher for the Bucks today Manager Stanley Harris had all but decided this morning to select an- other hurler to 'send against the Browns. The assignment may £o to Walter Johnson, although he has had but two days of rest since he scored his twelfth straight victory. Johnson is of the opinion that he is not getting enough work to keep in proper condition since cooler weather, and Trainer Mike Martin also believes the great pitcher may be used to advantage oftener than every fourth day. Zachary has had a slight soreness in his pitching arm since he toed the slab against Cleveland Tuesday, it became known this morning. The trouble is not expected to keep thc southpaw idle more than two or three days, if at all. However, the Browns very likely will hold to their over- njght pitching choice, Dave Dan- forth, for this afternoon. The left- hander has not done much work re- cently and probably is more ready to £0 to the hill than any other member of the Browns' mound corps. “SHOWDOWN” IS LIKELY FOR MAYOR AND BUTLER Remarks by Director of Public Safety in Philadelphia Indicates Acute Inharmony. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. September 20.—Remarks made by Gen. Smedley D. Butler, director of public safety, to the police lieutenants in their weekly conference Thursday that he was not receiving any backing in City Hall in his crusade to clean up the city have revived reports that the marine offi- cer will not serve out his year as head of the Philadelphia police force. When these reports and others to the effect that the mayor and the di- rector would have a “showdown” were drawn to Mayor Kendrick's at- tention at Atlantic City today he was quoted as saying that he was not aware of a “showdown” being con- templated, but that he could not pre- dict what the future may bring forth. He was also quoted as saying that the situation was fast becoming “in- tolerable.” The mayor dented rumors that he had ever said he would dis- miss Gen. Butler. Honor to Unbobbed. OIL CITY, Pa., September 20.—Miss Catherine Dowd of this city was se- lected by a board of judges here last night as Pennsylvania's representative to compete with winners of other States for the crown of “Queen Petrolia” at the oll and gas exposition at Tulsa, Okla., in October. Miss Dowd's hair is , September 20.— | FLYERS HOP OFF ON 643-MILE TRIP Start for El Paso in Face of Stiff Wind From Dallas Field—Speed Is Cut. By the Associated Press. LOVE FIELD, Dallas, Tex., Septem- ber 20.—With Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, flight commander, in the lead, piloting the Chicago, the Army world fiyers took off from Love Field, Dallas, at 9:40 a.m. for El Paso, 645 miles away. The flyers will follow the right of way of the Texas and Pacific Rail- road. They headed due west into a strong headwind, which Lieut. Smith declared would materially lessen their speed, reducing it to approximately 65 miles an hour. Give Up Air Line. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, pilot of the Chicago and flight commander, an- nounced in Omaha he intended mak- ing an air-line jump, but pilots fa- miliar with the country pointed out that should a plane make a forced landing while flying over the Guada- lupe Mountains, it would be difficult to reach it. The new route will avoid high mountains and enable the flyers | to be within reach of communication facilities at all times. The fiyers arrived at Love Field vesterday at 4:24 p.m., central stand- ard time, after a 225-mile hop from Muskogee, Okla., in 3 hours and 54 minutes. The slow speed was caused by strong headwinds. Given Liberty Bonds. Vith the exception of Lieut. Smith, who was indisposed and spent the night in his rooms, the aviators were honored at a banquet and theater party by the chamber of commerce last night. Each was presented an engraved bill fold containing a $100 Liberty bond. From El Paso the flyers plan to cross New Mexico and land in Tucson, Ariz, and then jump to San Diego, Calif. From there they intend to fly to Los Angeles, then to San Francisco, thence to Eugene, Ore, and on to Seattle. . = e o MOSLEM WORLD BACKS ATTACK UPON HEDJAZ Sultan of Nejd Explains Assault by Wahabis—Hussein Refuses to Abdicate. By the Associated Press. CAIRO, September 20.—The attack by Wahabis in the Kingdom of the Hedjaz is being made in accordance with the wishes of the Moslem world, especially of the Indian Mos- lems, the agent at Damascus of Ibn Saoud, Sultan of Nejd, is reported to have said today. Taif, occupied recently by the Wa- habis, was attacked only after King Hussein had failed to respond to intimations that he should leave the Hedjaz. Mecca, because it is a holy city, would not be attacked, according to the statement attributed to the sul- tan's agent, but since the Moslems have charged Ibn Saoud with the task of delivering the Hedjaz from Hussein’s yoke, the Wahabis would advance as far as the holy city of Mecca. Puccini Is Honored. ROME, September 20.—Giacomo Puccini, the composer, is among the 53 new Senaters named by King Vic- tor Emmanuel in connection with the national festival to be held today. Included in the list are men prom- inent in literary, medical and indus- trial circles. 5 Hurt, 40 Buildings| Unroofed by Wind In Missouri Towns By the Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Mo., 20-—Five persons were injured, none dangerously, and severe property damage was caused by a tornado here last night. Five or six buildings were de- stroyed while 30 or 40 were un- roofed. The brunt of the storm is be- lieved to have struck Annapolis, although a heavy wind was re- ported at Bismarck and other points. HOGAN'S WOMAN COMPANION FOUND Police Believe Death of Lib- eral Leader Accidental, After Probe. September Police know the woman who was with William J. Hogan, 45 years old, representative of the National Liberal Alliance, just hefore his death at the bottom of a identity of the staircase in the Ames Building, 1412 (G street northwest, vesterday, but believe the death itself was acci- dental, Inspector Grant, chief of de- tectives, announced today. Detectives Fowler and Flaherty of headquarters already have talked with friends of the woman in the case and it has been definitely estab- lished that she was in Mr. Hogan's office a short time prior to the fa tality, according to their story. Willing to Ald Inquiry. From the same source it was also learned that the woman is willing to co-operate with the police in every way and is not avoiding arrest. happened not to be at her apartment, however, when detectives went there this morning, and the inquest, which was scheduled for 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, may be continued until ehe has been found by the detectives. The theory developed from the thorough investigation yesterday was that the case was accidenta] death, caused when Hogan toppled over the stair railing of one of the upper floors of the Ames Building after coming from a lavatory. The second-handed account, uncovered by detectives, it i understood, narrates that the woman waited for a considerable time for the return of Hogan to his office, and then, when he did not reappear, left the building, failing to see his pros- trate form in the basement on her way out. Attorney Cares for Body. James B. Archer, an attorney, who told police he was a close friend of Hogan's, said he would care for the He said that Hogan came here some time ago at the request of F. Harley, chairman of the National Liberal Alliance. SEVEN PERSONS HURT WHEN CAR HITS TRUCK Collision on North Capitol Street Sends Passengers to Hospital. Seven persons were hurt, none seri- when a street crashed into a five-ton truck hauling brick, operated by Albert Lewis of Mount Rainier, Md., at North Capital and K streets, this afternoon. All of the injured were pas- sengers on the street car. Those hurt were: John F. McClone of Providence, R. I, fracture of the ribs, being treated Hospital; J. A. Clark of a cuts and bruises, treated at Sibley Hospital; C. E. Bur- ris, 2222 Second strect northeast minor injuries, treated at Sibley Ho pital: Fugene King, 11 Seaton place northeast, cut over right eyve: Wil- liam Jarboe, Howard road northeast minor_injuries; Joseph J. Domdero, 1845 North Capital street, cuts on the arm. treated at Sibley Hospital, and Miss Alice Paulman of Elizabeth, N. J., minor injuries. Lewis, who was operating the truck, was not injured. About 50 persons, he said, were on the street car when it came south on North Capitol street at a high rate of speed hitting his truck which was in low gear, almost in the center. The truck was swung about 15 feet by the force of the impact, Lewis said. _ Exaggerated reports of the accident at first reached the police, and two ambulances and two patrol wagons were rushed to the scene of the acci- dent. Even Commissioner Oyster, with a number of newspaper men, went to the scene. CALLS MOROCCO CHIEFS. Rebel Leader and Aides to Con sider Peace. GIBRALTAR, September 20.—Abd- El-Krim, leader of the Moroccan rebels, has summoned a meeting of chiefs to consider the question of peace negotiations with Spain, it reported today from Tangier. The Riffs propose that Spain shall retain the coastal towns, but that a plebiscite shall be taken regarding the status of Tetuan. To Holy Name Order your copy from Of Special T;;erest Tomorrow’s Star Will contain a 12-page Rotogravare 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 Tomorrow’s Star = Society Delegates your newsdealer today. bz b bt She is | HOLY NAME GROUP, LED BY CARDINAL, VISITS MT. VERNON Wreath to Be Laid on Tomb of Washington by Repre- sentative of Pope. |TWO PRINCES OF CHURCH OFFICIATE AT SERVICES Mass in Catholic University Sta- dium Presents Unusual Spectacle to American Congregation. Reverential pilgrimage to the tomb {of George Washington, “Father of | His Country,” at Mount Vernon is be- ing made today by thousands of Holy Name visitors and their guests in token of their patriotic devotion as ell as their religious zeal attested in the convention in progress at the | Catholic University. The personal representative of Pope Pius X1, Cardinal O'Connell of Boston attended by the Catholic hierarchy sathered from more than 100 sees throughout the United States, will lay la wreath at Washington's tomb, both as legate extraordinary of the Su- | preme Pontiff of the Holy See and as {representative of the Holy Name So- I clety. sees 3y steamer, auto caravan, sightsee- | ing buses, street cars and motor ‘x"ycll‘\', thousands of visitors flocked {10 Mount Vernon this afternoon, {where the Very Rev. Peter Guilday. | Ph. D., professor of church history at | the Catholic University, is to deliver | an addres ‘Will Recite Pledge. The Holy Name pledge will be sol- | emnly pronounced and “The Star Spangled Banner” sung at the tomb 'uf Washington. { Meanwhile some 60,000 visitors ‘h;\ve arrived in Washington for the | big spectacular clos ng feature of the Holy Name convention at the foot of | the Washington Monument tomorrow vening, following a parade of more th, 100,000 Holy ame men, starting at 12:30 p.m., at which the President will speak and the Holy Name pledge as pronounced by more than 100,000 | voices will be carried by radio to lis- teners-in throughout the countr: Today was another extremely busy day for the personal representative | of the Pope, Cardinal O'Connell After presiding at the mass in the univer- i sity stadium this morning. he pre- | sided at the convention of lay deie- gates, was the principal speaker this afternoon at the unveiling, by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Ancient Or- [d\‘r of Hibernians, of a memorial to the “Nuns of the Battlefield,” ne | St. Matthew’s Church, and was ther jrushed by automobile to Mount Ver non. Two Cardinals Preside. The very unusual spectacle of two American cardinals officiating at a public open-air service was witnessed by nearly 50.000 persons massed in the Catholic University stadium this morning. Solemn pontifical mass was {celebrated Ly his eminence, Denis | Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia, | While Cardinal O'Connell, as the per- ! sonal representative of the Pope, pre- sided on a throne of gold with rich red draperies, receiving all the hon- {ors that would have been accorded to | the Pope in person This extraordinary religious sery- | ice opened: the exercises of “Lay Dele- { gates’ day. ardinal O'Connell was | escorted to the stadium by a. proces- sional escort of clergy and laity rep- {resenting every one of the more than | 100 dioceses and practically every large city in the country. Cardinal O'Connell v attended by Mgrs M. J ine, chancellor of the Bos- |ton archdiocese, and R. J. Haberlin | the cardinal's secretary i Famed Choir Present. The assistant priest to Cardin Dougherty in celebration of the mass was Rev. Jantes F. Flynn of Brooklyn | The deacons of honor were Rev. Ray- | mond Dark, Saginaw, Mich., and Rev . J. Hunt. Detroit. The deacon of the mass was Rev. D. J. Kane of Scranton and Rev. Robert Riley, Al- I bany, as subdeacon The musical service included the Gregorian chant of the famous choir of the Pittsburgh Cathedral. Following the mass, Cardinal O'Con- | nell presided at the convention of lay delegates in the uni ty gymna- sium, which was packed to its full capacity, witl: nearly 10,000 delegates ed. “The cardinal read a cable- i gram from Pope Pius XI, expressing | the holy father's appreciation of the demonstrations of the loyalty of | Catholic manhood to his spiritual | authority and leadership during the { convention. He conferred the apos- | telic blessing upon the work of the convention and upon the clergy and delegates participating. This cable- gram was received with great enthu- siasm and three lusty American | cheers were given for the supreme pontiff, on the suggestion of Cardi- nal O'Connell. i Plan for Big Parade. | The convention then resumed its | business sessions, which consisted of the reading of papers and discussion by lay delefates on ways and means | of enlarging Holy Name activities. i i Welcomes Delegates. Addressing his remarks to “the delegates far and wide attending the Holy Name convention, ‘“Archbishop Curley cxtended a cordial welcome. ““You have come,” he said, “within the limits of what is the premier see of the Nation, once ruled over by that giant figure of the American hier- archy, John Carroll, America’s first bishop and archbishop. From this city of Baltimore he governed the church of the Nation at a time when the children of the church were few, and while he was a man of great vision and had dreams of the church’s greatness in this Republic, little did ke think that a century after his death would find 100,000 men pro- claiming _their Catholic faith fear- lessly and publicly in the Capital of the Nation, or that one religious con- fraternity would number 2,000,000 Catholic laymen in its ranks. “We are blessed in living to see the day when dreams have come true We do more than welcome you; we thank you for coming. Your presence is bound to give an impetus to faith everywhere. It must needs ralse men’s minds to higher levels of thinking when it is evident that you have come for the supernatural pur- pose of voicing your faith in and (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.)