Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. ir and cooler tonight and tomor- row; moderate west winds. Temperatuge for 24 hours ending at 2 pm. today: Highest, 71, at noon to- day: lowest, 64, at 1 am. today. ‘ull report on Page 7. “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. A Lttawa, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 o 29364, T ohies e VAST COAL FIELDS FOUND IN ARCTIC BY MACWILLAN PARTY Enormous Deposits Prove Region Once Had Climate Like Pennsylvania. NEW ICE-AGE EVIDENCE DISCOVERED BY EXPLORER Finds Glaciers Are Advancing Southward and Polar Cap Thickening. Assoviated T WISCASSET, Me., 11 deposits ptem we land by e Capt. Don Millan, Aretie explorer, here Saturday with his ix after a 15-month sojourn far north coul was found mnear some places 25 fe Samples of the i was bituminous, were by the explorer for Eureka et i thickness he said, brought back analys i lds Tnaccessible Nok. the deposits, little hope that they in to aug y are tion of how- could nt the only a from hte North bevond reach of system excepting ve zht soon world's supr B hundred 1 for ol a b and miles v rtation Lo According to information given the Press by the explorer the had a climate start- from that it now This indicates, he said, angle of the world's axis changed in the course of Associated far north lingly diffe that the have iries. MacMillan also asserted that in Arctic are increasing glaciers are moving that possibly a new period may have set in. He that the entire Ellesmere was sinking. Speaking of the discovery of pt. MacMillan said This simply proves the sclentists’ claim that this land had at one time a temperate climate. The big hill were at time covered with vege tation and the climate was like th of Pennsyly Seams of coal feet in thi were found within less than nine degrees of the North Tole. once nt cent apt. ice caps kness, hward and said, too Tand coas coal c one t ni 25 1058 520 Miles From Pole. e exact location of the deposits Sl degrees, 40 minutes north \titude within 520 miles of the pole. “On the tops of the hills, 1,200 feet above the sea, we found clam shells, owing that at one time the hills th the s The land had reached its greatest alti- r there are positive signs all the North now of a subsi- The entire coast is sinking. is shows a very different incli- on of the carth’s axis to the orbit of time w e re bene dently tude, rough North Pole was conjecture. Such not of great in- he' L . is of tremendous to the meologist.” MacMillan said, it is almost eved that the world glacial period ice is decreasing, he asserted t his studies through the t 16 years had proved beyond doubt t )< and glaciers in | were inereasing. ewn recollection, he £laciers had reached the 1. Thuse. reaching sthe ocean and reaking off would cause an increa ing number of icebergs, he asserted, Just thow long this p vance will continue no one kno the expl “It may be tempo- rar » know that they have for more than 70 re the rd to while th said, inland Diccovered in 1616, of coal de- expedition its first importance the world. Discovered aftin, little was known of » Arren waste until 1 \ was explored and mapped arty headed by Otto Sverdrup. The land entirely devoid of human habitation. Only a few speci of animals, the reindeer, musk ox and wolves, none in large number, are able to find sustenance thers MaeMillan's discovery is further corroboration of the theory of ien- tists that the Arctic regions contain the great coal deposits upon which the world cventually must depend. 1t sustains the evidence found in the vast fields of Sibera and in northern Alaska. Ina to t W the enormous MacMillan is bility of the new deposits ition is helieved at pres- inspor ent an insurmountable obstacle to de- | velopment of them to augment the SPAIN DEFEATS REBELS. Capture Town of Gorgues, Pivotal Point to Tetuan. MADRID, September 22.—An offi- cial statement issued by the war of- fice contirms the capture Saturday by the Spanish forces from the rebel- Jious tribesmen of the town of Gor- & the pivotal point to Tetuan. The statement describes the situa- tion of the Spanish garrison at Bu- harrax as “erit and that of the garrison at Dar Acoba as “delicate. MINER KILLED BY STONE. Eight Others Injured in West Vir- ginia Workings. WHEELING, W. Va, September 9.—-One miner was killed and eight others were injured in Walker No. 4 mine at Dillonvale, Ohio, today, when the mine motor carrying them into the workings was caught under a fall of stone. One of the seriously. vietims was injured Prince Stops in Montreal. MONTREAL, September special train carrying the Prince of Wales from Syosset, N. Y, to his Alberta ranch stopped in Montreal for 15 minutes this noon. The train arrived at St. Henri station at 11:55 am, Its next scheduled stop is N GUNSFALTORP 22.—The | Entered as second class matter shington, D, C. Father, Minister, Urges Defeat of Son for Senate BY the Associatsd Press MINNEAPOL ! ber 22 | Minn., Septem- In an open letter to voters of Minnesota Rev. T. M. C. Birm- ingham of Milford, Neb., has ap- pealed for the defeat of his son, Merle Birmingham, of Minneapolis, candidate for the United States Senate from Minnesota on a beer- wine platform, it was learned to- day Rev. Birmingham said he deplored the candidacy of his son on a plank “not the liberty of the gospel, but the kind that permits transgression and wrongdoing.” In a statement in reply Merle Birminghamn declared his father's position a “consistent one for him |t akes “1 believe,” father and achieve the he said, 1 are “that my working to same end—temper- ance—but as we are looking through a glass, darkly, our meth- ©ds of achievement differ. | | | | LINES OF SHANGHAI ch WASHINGTON, Startling Facts Given Over Phone Last Night, Senator Declares. AFFIDAVITS CALLED TRAP BY INVESTIGATOR| Star Witness in Daugherty Case/ Says He Is Ready to Give Proof of Gross Corruption. By the Associated Press ABOARD WHEELER ROUTE TO BLOOMIN September 22 ton B. Means, in- stigator and r witness in the Daugherty inquiry, whose repudiation of his own testimony published SPECIAL EN rON, ILL. | was iFiring by Kiangsu Artillery | Intense All Day—Manchuria | Repels Peking Force. | By the Associated Press 1 SHANGHAIL September After battering at the Chekiang defensive | line since daybreak, the Kiangsu ar- tillery was unable to push the Shang- | hai troops back in fightinz which was | in progress today between Hwangtu and | Kiating. 15 miles west of Shanghai. | The firing started by the Kiangsu forces at & am. proved ineffectual. | s followed bv another charge, | started at . o'clock. There was a lull then until noon. At 3‘ there was a resumption of intense | firing by the Kiangsus, but without | jany marked change in positions. | Chekiang headquarters at Lungwha | today confirmed @ report of the de- sertion of the cruiser Haichow to the Peking government. The Haichow | | went over to the enemy with several smaller units, Chekiang headquarters said. The smaller craft are value- | less, the announcement said, because | they lack munitions and are onl¥ able | to carry troops. May Force Powerx' Hands. The deserting craft were known as “lh(- Chinese fleet. The boats were re- { ported to have left the mouth of the | Yangtze River yesterday for Nanking | { to_join the Peking naval forces. ! | It was pointed out today by 1 sons in authority that by abandoning | Hangchow, in Chekiang Province, | where a revolt among his troops was | reported, Lu Yunghsian not only shortens his defense line from about | 170 to 100 miles, but he has forced for- | ! eign powers into the position of al- lies. Wherever the Chekiang forces are driven back in the neighborhood | | of foreign settlements, it was pointed | out, the enemy would not dare to con- | tinue firing, since shells falling on the | settlement would mean instant inter- vention. Guarding of the foreign set- tlements was relaxed somewhat to- day. The weather was unsettled. i Two hundred Peking troops were 400 wounded in a clash with Gen. Chang Tso-lin's second Mukden army at Chaoyang, near the | Manchurian border, according to an- | nouncement made at Chang's head- | { quarters and relayed here yesterday | | through a Japanese news agency. The | battle took place Friday and a Muk- den communique said that the attack- ng Peking forces were repulsed with | liom | | i { killed and y 50 killed or wounded on the Man- | | churian side. | \ ienerals Take Command. | Reports from Peking and Mukden show that Gen. Wu Pei-fu and Gen. leaders of the rival armies | sembled for a finish fight for | on of the Chinese central gov- | ernment, are dire ng major opera- tions personaly. Gen. Chang, it was | reported, h requested the Amer- i jcan and British consuls to warn their ! countrymen at Chingwangtao, a gulf | port cn the Maunchurian Chihlian line, and Shankhaikwan, an adjoin- | ng town, of his intention to bomb | these place: upporting his con- | templated action, Gen. Chang assert- ed that he was engaged in a life and | death struggle and could not stop at | half measures. crack 3d Diy army of Gen. Wu passed through Tientsin, en route to the front, and this strengthened the b#-] | ion of the lief that Gen. Wu intends to take | personal command of the Peking of-| | fensive against Chang on the Man- | | churian front. | BOLSHEVISTS ROUTED BY RUMANIAN FORCES Military Thwarts Attempt to Form Independent Government by Russ and Bulgar Communists. By the Assoclated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, September |22.—The " bolshevik raids into Bes- | sarabia last week are declared in| | private advices to have been intend- | ed to coincide with the declaration to | form a Moldavian republic by the Russian and Bulgarian Communists | in the southern section of that north- | eastern Rumanian province, where Communist propaganda recently has | been extremely active. The prompt and unsparing uses of the military prevented accomplishment of the| coup, It is stated, and resulted in almost wiping out’ the invaders. The situation is reported quiet by the Rumanian authorities. PR e BELGIANS TO EVACUATE. ‘Regrouping Movement in Rhine- land Preliminary Step. BRUSSELS, September 22.—The Bel- gian troops in the .Neuss, Crefeld, Muenchen-Gladbach and other nearby sectors in the Rhineland are carry- ing out important regrouping move- ments as a preliminary to complete military evacuation by the Belglans lin these areas. This is expected to occur by the beginning of next year, or possibly sooner under favorable circum- stances and if the French are agree- able to the move, it is stated. Radio l?ngra_x-gs—jl’_agg 2L | | was alleged | dealing | to | who are | xating ey | augural | has faced the Sox three times this sunday, called Senator Wheeler, Inde- pendent vice presidential candidate. over the long distance telephone last | night and gave a startling version of that episode, Senator Wheeler an-| nounced today to correspondents. | “Means asked me to call the Senate | investigating committee together in order that he might present docu- mentary evidence and personal testi- mony which would prove, he said, even grosser corruption in the execu- | tive departments at Washington than | in testi before the hearings last Spring,” Senator Wheel- | er_declared ic told me that he had been with Blair Coan, who w an emplove of the Republican na- tional committee, and with Mr.| Daugherty at Columbus, and with Mr. Todd prior to making his so- called repudiation. I advised him to get in touch with Senator Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona, a member of the committee, who is in Washington, and see about the matter. | AV respondent that Means and that be 1 shington newspaper cor- also called me, saying told him the same story he, Means, had professed ing a trap for the people now using his atfidavits “Means says his new evidence will involve President Coolidge. Of course, I cannot say, but I do remember keenly that while we were investi- former Attorney General Daugherty executive effort was made to block our getting evidence, to in- | timidate our witnesses and the pun- ish them if they testified.” RIDICULES TONFESSION. Roxie Stinson Denies She Testified Under Coercion. By the Associated Pross Ohio, September xie Stinson. on committee’s star witnesses in the in- | vestigation of Harry M. Daugherty,| former United States Attorney Gen- | eral, today characterized as “ridicu- | lous” a purported statement from | Gaston B. Means, former Department | of Justice agent, to the former At- torney General, in which Means repu- diated his testimony before the com- mittee Miss Stinson, former wife of Jessp Smith, whose name also figured con- spicuously in the Senate investiga- tion. denied statements contained in Means' repudiation in which he de- clared that Miss Stinson, like him- self, had given testimony “inspired” by Senator Burton K. Wheeeler, prose- cutor of the investigation, and de- nied that coercion has been used in obtaining her testimony. “It is perfectly ridiculous,” she said. (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) JOHNSON T0 OPEN SERIES IN CHICAGO Nationals’ Hurling Ace Un- defeated by Windy City Team This Season. HOW THEY STAND. W. Wash 87 New York. 85 G. to Pet. Win. Lose. play. 592 503 588 7 578 581 574 7 1 60 : BY JOHN B. KELLER. CHICAGO, September 22—White Sox Park promises to be the only warm spot in Chicago this afternoon. A biting wind made overcoats popu- lar this morning, but base ball bugs likely will become “all het up” when the pennant-aspiring Nationals and the White Sox clash at Charley Co- miskey's field in the first game of a| series of three that conclude the Washington team’'s Western trip. Chicago folk are enthused almost as much as fans of the National Capi- tal by the great race Manager Stan- Harris' team is making for the American League flag. The first-place club will not lack rooters today. Weather supposed to be of just the proper brand to bring out Walter Johnson's best pitching is on tap, so the topmost hurler of the league will go to the slab in the in- tilt of the series. Walter season without being defeated. Mike Cvengros, temperamental southpaw, probably will adorn the mound for the White Sox. Mike has had but indifferent success against the Nationals. Twice this year they have driven him to the showers, and in other games his left-handed slants have not been effective. All the Nationals are in fine spirit, and, except for a few minor ailments, in splendid physical condition for the last week of their drive toward the pennant. ‘While Jez Zachary's pitching wing is somewhat sore, he seems to have suf- fered no ill effects from the game he pitched yesterday, and very likely will be able to hurl in one of the games here. His record against the Sox is the best of the staff, so Manager Har- ris is particilarly anxious to use the southpaw during the series, | to poisoning WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, 2 N\ MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 22, 071, RNOW WE'LL START A RIGHT IN SONA MAJOR KILLEDTWO TOEND PAIN, PASTOR SAYS Rev. Mr. Hight, in Confessing to Slaying Wife, Claims Insanity at Time. By the Associated Press. MOUNT VERNON, Rev. Lawrence pastor, confessed his 1, M. arly wife, September Hight, this morning and Sweetin. In his statement to the authorities Hight declared that the murder of his wife was prompted to “relieve her of her sufferings.” According to the statement placed poison in her coffee on morning of September 10. Hight was questioned from 9 o’clock last night until 4 o’clock this morn- ing before a confession of the poison- ing of his wife was obtained, the au- thorities said, adding that a few min- utes later he confessed also to the poisoning of Sweetin He claimed to be temporarily out of his mind at the time. Rev. Mr. Hight.said he had put poison in Sweetin’s water to put him out of pain. This was on the morning of Sunday, July at the Sweetin home, where Sweetin lay ill Hight declared in his confe that thdre had never been anything between himself and Mrs and absolved her of any complicity in the double crime. he the Text of Confessions. The text of the two confes: low ons fol- I, Lawrence M. Hight, of my own free will. voluntarily, without thre: or promises and having been fully in. formed of my right, that what 1 say ~ | 'may be used against me, make the fol- lowing statement: ‘That while temporarily beside my- self with grief at my wife, Anna Hight" condition, who was suffering intensely and was sure to die, and wishing to save her pain, I put poison in some coffee and gave it to her in the early morning of Wednesda tember 10, 1924, while Mrs. Lucy my daughters, Mary and Mildred Hight, were in the kitchen in my home at Ina, Ill, Jefferson County, and my son, Robert Hight, was in bed at home. “That my sole thought was to ease her pain in her dyinz moments. (Signed) ‘L. M. HIGHT.” The second confession follows: “I, Lawrence M. Hight, of my own free will, voluntarily, without threat or promises and having been fully in- formed of my right, that what I say may be used against me, make the fol- lowing statement: That on Sunday morning, July 27, 1924, at the home of Wilford Sweetin, at Ina, Jefferson County, IlL, I placed some poison in a glass of water and gave it to Wilford Sweetin, who drank it. 1did it to ease his pain. Elsie Sweetin knew nothing of this, and there was never anything between her and myself in any way (Signed) “LAWRENCE M. HIGHT. Exonerates Mrs. Sweetin. The confession exonerated Mrs. Sweet- in, and declared there was no basis for the village gossip linking Hight's name with hers. Hight went frequently to the Sweetin home in his official capacity to minister { to the sick during the illness of Sweet- in, and was with him the night before he died. Yesterday Coroner Jesse Reece re- ceived the chemist's report sa; Sweetin's death had been Y poison. The body had been disinterred, following the arrest of Hight upon the discovery of poieon in his wife's stom- ach. At one time during the questioning of Hight the State's attorney said he read steadily from the Bible for half an hour, but it was not until he began asking a line of hypothetical questions, the State’s attorney said, that the man showed signe of weakening. Calls Prowecutor “Brother.” At one point the clergyman asked to be alone with the state's attorney whom he addressed throughout the night as “brother.” For two hours more the two men struggled with their problem. Then the attorney appeared, his face white and drawn with fatigue, holding the written confession of the minister that he had poisoned his wife. After acknowledging this confes- sion, Hight expressed a desire to Sheriff Holcomb also to confess that he poisoned Sweetin and asked that “brother Thompson” be called to the Foom, Ina | Wilford | ion | Sweetin | T OPENING OF SCHOOL. ]Ex-Senator Gamble Dead in S. Dakota After Long Illness | A ‘ OUIX FALLS, S By the Associated Press, 22 —Robert Jackson mer United States Senator from South Wakota, died at his home here early today after a long ill- ness. Mrs i D., September Gamble, for- the bed- when he failing Gamble of her was at husband died. He had been in health for some months. Besides the widow, Senator Gamble is sur- vivied By a son, Ralph, who is an attorney in New York Interment will be made ton, S. D., where Mr. ¢ gan the practice of law Territory in 187 Mr. Gamble had been a referee | bankruptey here for the last years. He retired to sen | te life in 1913, when he was ted for renomination as Re- for the Senate Sterling. amble be in Dakota a | in six priv dety publican candidate by Senator Thomas ARBITRATION PAGT PUT UP TO LEAGUE Revised Protocol Submitted to Plenary Session—Par- | ley Date June 15. | | | By the Ascociated Press. | | "GENEVA, September 22— The | vised draft protocol on arbitration |and security, elaborated by the| | League of Nations' subcommittee on | disarmament from the basis outlined { by Foreign Minister Ben of Czecho- slovakia, was reported this afternoon to a plenary meeting of the disarma- ment commission of the league as- sembly | The revised draft stipulates that the | | international for the duction of armaments shall be con- voked by the council of the l:-.n:ufli’ for June 15, 1925, and that all the states which are not members of the league, as well re- conference re- those which are members, shall be invited, If, however, by May 1 a majority of the states having permanent seats on the council of the league and 10 other members of the league have not filed their ratifications of the draft protocol, the invitations for the international conference on arma- ments will be canceled. a Define Aggressor State. One of the most important clauses of the draft protocol is that concern- ing the definition of an asgressor state. This clause declares that any nation which goes to war without following the procedure of arbitra- tion or which refuses to accept the unanimous recommendation of the council will be regarded as commit- ting an act of war. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen of Norway presented to the assembly the report | of the mandates commission and an- nounced his forthcoming retirement from that commission. Noel Buxton of Great Britain expressed approval of Dr. Nansen's recommendation for the enforcement of prohibition for { the territories under mandates, elicit- ing scattered applause by his remark i that if prohibition was good enough for the natives it was good enough for the white colonist. Senhor Andrade of Portugal, agree- ing with Mr. Buxton, declared that the alcoholic contents of drinks sold to native laborers should not above the 12 per cent now prescribed in New Zealand and in various Afri- can mandate territories, Resolutions Adopted. After the resolutions submitted by the mandates commission were adopted unanimously Dr. Nansen presented a report and a group of resolutions on the question of slavery. The assembly adopted the Swedish proposal that a step toward the codi- fication of international be taken by having the council of the league ap- point a committee of experts, who would prépare a list of subjects, the regulation of which by international agreement seemed most desirable and realizable at the present time. Franco-Belgian Cashier Absconds. WITTEN, Rhenish Westphalia, Sep- tember 22.—The cashier of the Franco- Belgian civil administration here is charged by the authorities with having fled into unoccupied Germany last night with the cash.on hand in the adminis- trative offices, amounting to 180,000 francs, | with be |- ¢ Foening Star. 1924 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. 33 KILLED, SCORES INJURED IN STORM Tornadoes Sweep Over Wis- consin and Minnesota. Big Property Loss. Minn., September PPartial restoration of wire communi- cation today gradually increased the 22— known toll of Sunday’s stofm in Wis- | consin, and at noon the casualties stood at 33 dead and scores injured, immense property damage re- ported Twenty-one persons were reported Killed in the western part of Clark County, near Thorp. while other towns reporting deaths in their v cinity were: Ashland, 6; Couderay, 2 Rhinelander, 3, and Milwaukee, 1 Reports of other fatalities in dis- tricts isolated by interrupted com- munication added several persons to the death list, but pending re-estab- lishment of telephone or telegraphic comunication, these reports could not be confirmed. THREE KILLED IN STORM. By the Associated Press RAND RAPIDS, Mich,, September hree persons were killed and onsiderable damage was done in a vere wind. rain and electrical storm that followed Sunday's unseasonably high temperatures in western Mich gan Matthew here when down. James Gane, 59, and Dewey Shaw, 19, were electrocuted at Hart by a power wire blown down. Slattery, a 78, was killed signboard was blown 'BOBBY JONES LOW IN AMATEUR GOLF By the Associated Press. ARDMOR; a., September 22— . Clark Corkran of Philadelphia today won the qualifying medal of the tional amateur golf championship with 6: for the 36-hole test—two strokes bet- ter than Bobby Jones. The 142 i 2 new record in national amateur J&olf. ARDMORE, September Bobby Jones of Atlanta was leading in qualifying play for the national amateur golf championship when he | ! finished today's 18 holes in 37 5—172, making a total of T 36-hole test. Jones' 144 is equal to the best that has been done in past tournaments and might assure him the qualifying medal were it not for Saturda: by Dudley Clarke Corkran, who was still playing when Jones completed today’s round. 5o —144 for the Jones’ card: Out .......4 6314 i 4443 Bobbie did not have a birdie in the entire round, long putts failing to drop for him. He was over par but twice, on the second hole, where he drove to the rough and topped his ap- proach shot, and on the 1Sth, where he took threc putts, missing a four- footer. His score of two over par equals his total on Saturday, and he used the same number of puits, 33. Dr. O. F. Willing of Portland, Oreg., with an 81 today, was in doubt whéther he would qualify. This made his total 158. W. I Hunter of Los Angeles, with a round of 74, led the qualifyers temporarily with a total of 148, The defending champion, Max R. Marston of Philadelphia, qualified, taking a 73 today, three strokes bet- ter than he did Saturday, and making his total 149. Chick Evans of Chi- cago took a 77 today for a safe total of 153. Francis Ouimet, Boston, 75—74— 149; W. A. Murray, Scotiand, 81— 78—159; W. I Hunter, Los Angeles, 74—74—148; Albert Seckel, Chicago, 80, withdrew; L. V. Cochran, Chicago, 89—92—181; D. W. Hill, Cincinnati, 87, withdrew; W. L. Hope, Scotland, 80—75—155; Dr. O. F. Willing, Port- land, Ore, 77—81—158; D. B. Keyle, England, 86—87—173; H. Chandler Egan, Portland, Ore, 77—79—156; James S. Manion, St. Louis, 81—78— 159; M. A. Greer, Philadelphlia, 82— 78—160; Max R. Marston, Philadel- phia, 76—73—149; Robert Scott, Jjr., Scotiand, 87—84—171; Charles Evans, Jr., Chicago, 76—77—158. » Saturday’s Circulation, 95,723 Sunday’s Circulation, 106,167 TWO CENTS. Europe’s Croesus Marries. Richest Woman in Spain,| By the Assotiated Press | PONTOISE, France, September 22.— The Duchess de Marchena, the rich- | cst woman in Spain, and Sir Basil| Zaharoff, the international banker, | reputed to be the wealthiest man in | Iurope, were married today in the private chapel of the bride's chateau, | Balincourt, near Paris. They had been friends for many years. The bride was the widow of the Duke de Marchena, one of the Spanish Bourbons, a cousin of King Alphonso, He died 15 months ago in a sanitarium, where he had been a patient, because | of long-standing mental trouble. Sir Basil Zaharoff, frequently al- luded to as “Europe’s man of mys- tery,” is a nationale of France, al-| though born in Constantinople of a Russian father and a Greek mother. He is reputed to have great poss sions through investments in all parts | of the world, and is one of the princi- pal owners of the concesslon for the famous Casino at Monte Carlo. 100000 IN MARCH OF HOLY NAME HERE | Rain Fails to Deter Catholic| Hosts—Thousands Hear _‘ President Speak. | | ! BY WILL P. KENNEDY. i Legions in the name of Christ made | victorious march through the| [ Capital of the United States yester- | day. applauded and encouraged by | thousands of members of other sects |and creeds. | More than 100,000 in numbers, from {every State in the Union, from all| {ranks of life—bankers, judges, pre- {lates, congressmen and mavors, side| | by side, with police and firemen and | postal worker, with “the butcher, the | | baker and candlestick maker’—they | |knew a common bond and one! | supreme inspiring force—devotion to | a the Son of God. | { They marched on and in their| {Capital City not only as Catholic but as proud citizens of | United States, thoroughly con- us, as the Chief Executive of the | nation and the personal representa- tive of the Pope impressed | them, that love of country is second only to love of God and that religion is always back of patriotism, giving lit tre force ana authority. The National Capital is accustomed to striking and rful parades, chiefly of men in uniform | stepping with mechanical precision led by officers resplendant in gold trappings and astride prancing steeds, with a swing lent to their stride stirring martial music. But nev here before—or anywhere else on this continent—was seen anxthing like the out pouring of legions of men who at every step visualized sacritice in unparalelle manifestati of religious as well as patriotic ze Thousands at Mass. all night travel in special trains, they knelt by hundreds and | thousands in the mud near Union Station, at mass, fulfilling an obliga- tion of their reiigion. They trooped down Pennsylvania avenue, after | standing in the rain for hours wait- ing their turn to swing into line, | | through puddles, wet to the skin, | through a steady drizzle that damp- ened everything but their ardor, dis- | playing the banner of the Holy Name | in ‘honor of which they gave this public demonstration. They cheered | the Chief Executive of their great sovernment that guarantees religious | freedom, and the personal representa- | tive of the supreme pontiff of the | ! Holy Catholic See that has held the | | taith unchanged through all the cen- | turies. They knelt on the drenched grass of the Washington Monument grounds at the feet of these rulers | of church and state renewing their | solemn pledge of devotion to God land country, which was carried by | {radio to unseeing million Then | | these thousands. as one great mass of | | humans, knelt while as from the Pope £ they received the divine | ng through the most blessed | sacrament, in benediction, the apos- tolic benediction and a plenary in-| | dulgence. | Reminded by their spiritual di- | rectors, the priests who led them in | their stride, that their sufferings | were as nothing to the hours of | agony in the garden of Gethsemane | spent by the Savior, for five solid hours, despite their own discomfiture and fatigue, marched as crusaders with a smile on their lips out of the gloom and mist to give glorious evi- | dence that theirs was not merely a| fair-day religious zeal but at its best |in times of adversity i Bands Play Sacred Music. men, | the upon impressive col After Most of them did not march with | military order or step; their bands played sacred, not martial, music, | uniforms were the exception; yet the sight of these men coming, endless- | ly, it secmed, out of the haze around | the Capitol, and their earnestness | drew tribute involuntarily from the | massed spectators, shamed the cynic | and silenced the scoffer. Little imag- ination was needed to visualize these men in shining armor, their little blue-and-white pennants on lances, | coming silently, legion upon legion, | to battle for God and country. | | Darkness above and to right and |left of them, they uppeared. as they filed down Pennsylvania avenue, ap- varently unconscious of the weather, | a living flame of faith, burning steadily and brightly, unquenchabie either by rain or doubt or assault. The same spirit was evident as they massed on the Monument grounds and heard President Coolidge praise their aims and show, first by his ap- pearance and then by his praise of the Holy Name Society’s ailms ana work and emphasis on the constitu- tional guarantees of freedom of re- ligious warrants, his own uncompro- mising stand agafnst organization or individuals attempting to infringe upon these standards by fomenting racial or religious hatreds. 200,000 Hear President. Addressing what veteran White House employes agree is the largest audience ever assembled to hear a presidential speech, following what the church authorities declare was the greatest religious pageant ever seen in the United States, President Coolidge told the more than 200,000 crowded on the Washington Monu- ment grounds that the Constitution's | year | century [ther ¥ | now! MINNESOTA LEANS 10 LA FOLLETTE IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE Republicans, However, Put ting Up Stiff Fight—People Against Court Curb. COOLIDGE IS LIKED, BUT “GANG” HERE RESENTED Shipstead and Johnson Under Cbli- gation for Support Wisconsin Senator Gave Them. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staft Correspondent of The Star ST. PAUL, Minn., September Minnesota, next to Wisconsin North Dakota, is considered surest State for the La Follett Wheeler ticket. It's a battleground however, with the Republicans do everything in their power to win th voters back to the old party legiance, which has so often carried the G. O. P. banner to success fn this State. The situation is improving somewhat for the Republicans, but it must improve still further if th State is to be counted in the Coolids Dawes column in November. Contemplate for a moment what 1} Republicans are up against here. T} Farmer-Labor party, La Follett stronghold, in 1922 and in 1923 elected senators of the United States, defeat- ing Republican and Democratic nomi- nees. In the regular election in 1 nator Shipstead, one of the Farm er-Laborites, defeated Frank B. Kel logg, Republican, present Ambas dor to Great Britain, receiving 325, votes, to Kellogg's 241,833, and 12 642 for Anna D. Oleson, Democra nominee. Owe Debt to La Follette. in July la Farmer-La the vacancy that stanc Nelson, re 195319 fo. In a special election Magnus Johnson, borite, was chosen to fi caused by the death of old Republican, Knute ceiving 290,1 to Preus, Republican, and 19.311 rley, the Democratic nom , Gov. Preus had beaten J son for the governship by some 14,000 votes. Senator La Follette came nesota to help elect the Farmer- Labor Senators and now he is the nominee for President of the Farmer- aborites here. The Republic ders are counting on the fact that Minnesota Zone Republican by large majorities in presidential elec- tions. But here again the record shows that in 1912, when the Bull Moose party put Theodore Roosevelt in the field for President, deserted the Republican voted for the Progressive Perhaps cven more the vote in 1918, 3 Hughes its into Min- t party significant was when Minnesot: electoral vote over Wilson by > votes it will be r d, was run- the slogan, = kept us out The German-American ast entirely for Wil- s won in derest kind oosevelt was ning on of war. vote was ¢ son in that vear this State only by the of margin. although supporting Draw from Both Parties. Well, La Follette voted against the war with Germany. Furthermore, he will draw not only from the Repul- lican in this State, but from the Democ In fact, the armer-Labor party already has taken a large number of former Demoer. with it, particularly among the laborers in the big cen- ters like Paul and Minneapolis. The Republicans of Minnesota are stressing La Follette's attack on the Constitution—his proposal to have Congress supreme on the question of the constitutionality of a law. They are calling him a Socialist. They are attacking his proposal for Government ownership of the rail- roads. They are praisizg Coodge's common sense., his integrity, his €conomy in administration. They are banking on zood business conditions and the improvement in prices of farm products — particularly wheat. Minnesota hax a bumper wheat crop this year—the best in a quarter of & But the corn is in a preca- rious ~ condition only two or three weeks of good weather can save much of the corn The people here are willing to ad- mit that Coolidge honest frugal, but frankly there are man of them who do not like what the call “His gang in Washington.” Th charge of corruption against the It publican administration which fu lowed in the wake of the congres sional investigations does not sit lightly here in the Northwest on the people’s minds as it seems to do far- st. The Coolidge campaign too, is based on conservatism, and the people here have long been accustomed to look upon themselves as Progres- sives. amost also is and Lincoln and La Follette, T can illustrate the situation the views of an editor of a churcl paper publisher in the Northwest It happens that he has been 2 Repul- lican in national elections practically all his life, he was a Republican by birth, though he voted for Wilson in 1916 on the “kept us out of war” issues. He ix 100 per cent La Follette He is not “in politics,” nor is his paper, but he keeps in pretty close touch with the sentiment in this Northwestern countr The view of this editor is that the third party movement, the eventual development of a new liberal party will continue and such a party will be realized, “Lincoln,” he said to me, “wa much a radical as La Follette when the Republican party was born. Th Republican party of those days wis the liberal party of the country.” One question which I have put t. many persons in these Western State has been: “Is the La Follette-Wheeler Pro- gressive movement a _one-man affair. personal to Senator La Follette, and will it pass away when Senator la Follette, for one cause or another, quits the field of politics?” Point to Other Revolts. The answer has depended very largely upon whether it came from u supporter of La Follette or a member of one of the old parties. The La Follette people say the movement will continue. The others point to what happened to the Bull Moose with (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) (Continued on Fage 2, Column 2.) A