Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and slightly tomorrow fair. Moderate n ‘emperature for 24 hours, tod. Highest, 59, ¥ lowest. 53, at 7 Full report on page T, o, 0D, post office Was WOMAN CONFESSE PART WITH PASTOR INDUALPOISONING Mrs. Elsie Sweetin Says He Told Her to Kill Husband as He Slew His Wife. GAVE DOSES IN OATMEAL CANDY AND TOMATO SOUP Officials Spy on Pair in Cell to Get Clue to Her Relations With Minister. By the Ascoviated Press B : September —After an all-night vigil Mrs. El-| Kis Sweetin confessed this morning Yhat she was implicated with Rev. J.awrence M. Hight of Ina in a plot o poison her husband and Mrs. Hight §n order that she and the minister could be married, thus confirming the confession made yesterday by Rev. dir. Hight. Arrested yesterday at her home in Ina, near here, A Sweetin denied any part in the allged poison plot, as had been admitted by the miister, but broke down this morning after bring closeted in the same cell with the minister. Rev. Mr. Hight told newspapermen Mrs. Sweetin promised him in the cell the would confes she had poisone her husband. Mrs. Sweetin tiken to the State's attorney’s office. | and trembling voice and the | clicking of a typewriter were heard. Found She Liked Him. The text of the confession signed by Mrs. Sweetin follows The first time that T noticed that rence M. Hight had any I‘(-llan‘ affection for in April, 1924; husband d me without a . Hizht continued h finally discovered that 1 ection About three sugge that he | son to give to my would do the same Tow and turne nd he as horrified, but he plausibly and I had such | in him that it seemed to| richt to do it We then | finally agreed that 1 was to admin- | ister poison ny husband, Wilford | Sweetin, and he was to administer | poison to his wife, Anna Hight. And| when a week or two later my hus-| band was hurt in the mine Lawrence Hight gave me a paper package h he told me contained poifon, | and told me to give some of it! to Wilford in anything. Put Poison in Candy. ! confidence me to be o itford was hurt in the mine on ight of July 16, and the follow- day he went to Benton and went | drug store and got some ice um and soda water. and on the | home 1 gave Wilford, my hus- hand. some chocolate candy, in which | 1 had mixed some of the poison. He | hecame very ill. but seemed later to | grow he and on Tuesday I gave him more poison in oatmeal, Mr. i havinz given me more poison n the meantime “With medical attent scemed to W better after Dr. A. Thomp. on him Friday. Jul ed the final dose w worse and d having the to er wa n Wilford again, and n had waited I administer- f poison, and he d July 28, the final been mixed in tomato ry time Mr. Hight came to the during Wilford’s illness he me a note of encouragement to » Wilford more poison. I did not know and he did not tell me when he poisoned his wife, but when she beeame ill and died I supposed he had poisoned her. Until I became in- Tatuated with Mr. Hight I had led a blameless life and had always been wife and mother and, it is true, s0 help me God & SW Caxe Given to Jury. Mrs. Sweetin walved a preliminary hearing, and the case was given to the grand jury. Mrs. Sweetin appeared worn out and haggard, due to the 12-hour grill- ing during which she was confronted with the clerzyman. After the hear- before the justice of the peace, she was taken to a cell adjoining that occupied by Hight. In an interview Hight gave a brief sketeh of his life and told how a pre- monition that something would hap- pen had warned him to stay away from Ina, and how he had protested after being assigned to the Ina church. He said that during the thir- teen years he has been a minister he bad converted 2,500 persons, 133 dur- ing his stay in Ina. ¥irst Met in Church. It was one day in church, he said, Wlhen he met Mrs. Sweetin. They met in the aisle and from then on he Jiad entertained a feeling of more than friendship for her, he said. His affection for his wife, he said, began 1o wane. The first indication that Mrs. Sweetin was weakening and ready to admit the part in the poison plot the minister had already attributed to her in his confession yesterday was given Wwhen the two met in the cell togeth- er. Attendants of the jail and the state’s attorney, spxing on them, saw them caressing one another and weep- ing. This, the state’s attorney said, con- tradicted the contention of Mrs. Sweetin that there had been no love affair, and from then on he was con- vinced that she was implicated. * Both Sit Down and Weep. “How do you feel today?” were the first words spoken by the minister when left alone with the woman. Not so well,” was the reply, and flen the two sat down and wept. After returning from breakfast with the two prisoners State's Attor- ney Thompson refused to let any one see Mrs. Sweetin. Members of the Ina congregation, where the clergyman had been more than a year, called at the jail, shook hands with the minister and ex- pressed_their confidence in him. Rev. Hight spoke freely of his past life, saying that he was a son of the owner of the once famous Hight race horse stable and farm, in Johnson County, Illinois, but that he himself had not been active in horse racing. He was ordained to the ministry, he sald, after a short course of instruc- tion, and had since had charge of (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) f cooler tonight; orth winds. . ending at at 2 pm. a.m. today. ntered as second class matter hington, D. C. Japanese Air Men Plan World Flight During Next Year By the Associated Press. : TOKIO, September 23.—The Im- perial Aviation Soclety has an- nounced plans for flights by Japa- nese aviators agross the Pacific Ocean and from Japan to London, and possibly around the world, for next year. Yakitisuna Sanada, now residing at Oakland, Calif., will attempt the flight from the Pacific coast of North America via Hawaii and Midway Island to Ja- pan in May, 1925, according to the society. The flight from Tokio to Lon- don, which will be made via India and may be extended to an around- the-world trip, will start in the Spring. The cost of the flights, estimated at half a million vyen, will be raised by public subscrip- tion. CHANG ADVANGING WITH 180 000 MEN Early Clash With Chihli Troops of Wu Forecast. 60 Soldiers Executed. BY WILLIAM R. GILES, By Cable 1o The Star and Chicago Daily News. MUKD September (Via Shanghai).—Gen. Chang Tso-Lin's Manchurian army now moving upon Peking consi of approximately 180,000 men divided into three divi- sions. Comprising the divisions are 21 mixed brigades and four cavalry brigades, Two of the divisions con- sisting of 11 brigades, two cavalry brigades and four artillery regiments will be under the direct command of Chang Tso-Lin himself, when he finally moves to the front The approximate location of the Manchurian forces at present indi- cates an early clash with Chihli troops of Gen. Wu Pei-Fu. The 27th and 1st divisions are at Chinchow and Kuangning in expectation of the first Chihli attack there. Wu Pei- Fu's forces are reported moving to- ward that locality from Chaoyans. Scattered on Wide Fromt. The rest of Gen. Chang’s forces are scattered over a wide battle front, the 16th brigade being at Shan- haikwan, the 4th brigade at Ning- uan, the 12th brigade at Hsinminfu and the 14th brigade at Chingwu. The ~first brigade and the first cavalry brigade are stationed to meet attacks from the direction of Kaelu and Chifeng. Three other mixed brigades and one cavalry brigade, hitherto stationed at Muk- den. now are being moved to the front while the 3rd, 25th and 7th brigades are reported advancing their present lines. Kirin troops, which will act as Teservs are already marshaled here for quick dispatch to any part of the front As a preliminary to his march on Peking, Chang Tso-Lin has sent cir- cular telegrams to all provinces in China giving his reasons for moving upon Peking, and requesting all Chinese to join him against the Chihli forces. Sixty Soldiern Executed. Sixty Kirin soldiers, forming part of the reserve forces stationed here, were executed Tuesday morning as a result of rioting and looting Monday night. The rioters broke into broth- els and theaters creating a panic. Two companies of troops from Gen. Chang’s personal bodyguard quickly quelled the disturbance and arrested the trouble makers. Because of the withdrawal of the Kirin soldiers from their own dis- tricts bandits are reported robbing and looting at will and thousands of country people are flocking into Mukden. Although Gen. Chang's army is ex- | cellently equipped and has a plenti- ful supply of both arms and ammu- nition, its money organization is very weak. This weakness, it is believed, may be the cause of Chang's down- fall. His general staff, also, is old- fashioned and incapable of handling 80 large a force of men. Has Russian Troops. A number of former Russian gen- erals are in the Manchurian war lord’s army, but he is not using them in important positions. Many for- mer Ruesian soldiers also are being recruited for his army. His aerial forces include several Russian avia- tors who saw service in the World War. With a good general staff and proper organization, Gen. Chang, with his 180,000 troops, could easily win over the Chihli forces which will op- pose him, but his lack of these neces- sities of successful warfare causes doubt. His preliminary successes, however, have placed him in_ good strategio positions and have heart- ened his troops. Chang is in the peculiar position of being popular here with business men, and at the same time having @h WASHINGTON, NORTHWEST G. 0. P. HOPES PARTY WONT REVIVE DAUGHERTY Minnesota Chiefs See Peril if Agitation of Corruption Issue Is Renewed. WHEELER WILL SPEAK IN ST. PAUL TOMORROW Dawes Follows Thursday in Min- neapolis—German Vote Objective of Both Candidates. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. ST. PAUL, Minn., September Just when the Republican leaders out here believed that the Coolidge ad- ministration had pretty well disposed of the charges of corruption in Wash- ington along comes former Attorney General Daugherty and starts the fracas all over again. One of the principal Republican leaders in the State today expressed the opinion the people in Minnesota put no faith in what Gaston B. Means had said or might say in regard either to Mr. Daugherty or Senator Wheeler. “But from a Republican standpoint,” he continued, “I believe that is a mi take to agitate the old Department of Justice troubles again. The adminis- tration had cleaned house. The for- mer Attorney General had left the cabinet at the suggestion of President Coolidge.” Hope Inwue In Dropped. A fervent wish was expressed by this leader and by other Republicans that the Republican campaign man- agement would not now undertake to bolster up Daugherty. They said they understood, of course, that Mr. Daugherty was seeking vindication for himself. The Republican press in this State already has begun to strike at Wheel- er, in view of the Daugherty an- nouncement that Means had repudi- ated his statement before the Senate investigating committee. While as- serting they put no credence in the statements made by Means regarding Wheeler, these newspapers are insist- ing that Senator Wheeler, if he knew what kind of a man Means was, should not have given such weight to his testimony before the committee, and that if Senator Wheeler had not sized Means up then he was lacking in the ability needed for the vice presidential job. Republieans Fight Hard. The campaign here is on in earnest. The Republicans, feeling that they have a chance to carry the State for Coolidge, are bending every effort to put across their State ticket and to win the electoral votes of Minnesota —12 in _number—for Coolidge and Dawes. With two recent defeats star- ing them in the face—the State going for Johnson and Shipstead. the Farm- er-Labor senators—the Republicans were somewhat disorganized. But, encouraged by the better times due to farm prices jumping higher and higher, and by the fact that many people seemed to be willing to “give Coolidge a chance,” they have been working hard. The Farmer-Laborites suffered a short time ago from overconfidence in this State, according to reports. But that is being rectified now, and they are planning a vigorous campaign from now until election. Both sides are bringing up their heavy guns this week. Senator Wheeler speaks in St. Paul Wednes- day and Thursday. Gen. Charles G. Dawes is to speak in Minneapolis, knowing well that the swing of the German-American voters in the State is strongly toward La Follette, the Republicans are stressing the value of the service of Gen. Dawes and the Republican administration through American participation—though not as a government—in the discussions which led to the “Dawes plan” being adopted by the European powers. Cannot Gauge Results. Much printed material setting forth the benefits derived through the adoption of the Dawes plan, printed in the German language, is being dis- tributed in the heavily German dis- tricts of Minnesota—and there are many of them. Frankly, the Repub- lican leaders admit they do not know how effective this argument will be, and they admit just as frankly that La Jollette has had the inside track with many of these voters up until now. A very considerable number of the German-Americans in the State are Catholics, and Republicans are hop- ing that the antipathy of the Catholic Church to socialism—and the Social- ist party has clasped La Follette and Wheeler to its bosom—will serve also to bring these people back to the Republican fold. There are Democrats in Minnesota, of course, but the race this year, it (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) (Continued on Page 5, Column 2,) Indian Youth Tortured, Then Slain, When “Sorcery” Works Evil on Tribe By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, September 23.—A weird tale of witcheraft, torture and murder came over the wires from Fara- way Telegraph Creek today. It was a message from a Royal Canadian Mounted policeman an- nouncing that after trekking for a year through northern British Columbia he was returning to civilization with an aged Indian squaw and four accomplices who killed a young brave by inches because his “sorcery” brought the wrath of the evil spirits upon his tribes nen. Atol Moassin was the vietim's name. The name of the squaw charged with his murder was not contained in the policeman’s dis- patch. There was only a briet account of the crime. A year ago, the message said, hunting suddenly became very poor among the Indians of the northern wilderneas. A long, cold winter followed. and starvation,. disease and_ death cut swaths In the ranks of the tribesmen. _The superstition of their re- ligion taught the Indians that some one of their number, some sorcerer and maker of “bad medi- cine” whose witcheries invoked the wrath of the evil spirits, had brought calamity upon the tribe. Suspicion fell upon the youtn Atel. Led by the aged psquaw, the tribesmen invaded his shack at night, found him mumbling strange words over his tiny wood fire and laid hands on him. They tied him to a sapling, head down- ward, and let him hang for days, slowly dying. At length the aged woman grew impatient that Atol died fo slow- ly, according to the policeman's telegraphed account, and so she cut his throat with a hunting knife. Over the trails, from camp to camp, the story filtered through to the mounted police and one of its members set forth to bring the slayers to justice, ¢ Foening SEPTEMBER 23, D. (., TUESDAY, 000 FRAD CHARGED TOGOLRD D. & R. G. Stockholders Ac- cuse Rail Magnate of Deft Juggling of Millions. By the Associated Press. cluding the sale of a large part of a $120,000,000 coal property for $4,000,- 000, became public today preliminary to the suit for $200,000,000 filed by stockholders of the Denver and Rio ‘ande Railroad against the estate of George J. Gould and others. Attorneys today filed in the Supreme Court the testimony taken before trial of Arthur J. Coppell, onetime chair- man of the board of the Denver and Rio Grande, and a defendant in the suit. The action had its origin in the negotiations of the Denver and Rio Grande road with the Western Pa- cific, which was founded by the late Jay Gould, prior and sub&equent to the latter concern’s bankruptey and reorganization. The complainants charge thatr the Denver and Rio Grande finances were looted “as a re- sult of the machinations of interlock- ing directors of the two railroads, who had themselves caused a breach of a trackage and traffic contract.” Stockholders File Report. One allegation of the suing stock- holders is that a judgment for $38,- 000,000 was entered against the D. & R. G. as a result of the action of the interlocking directorates. ‘This led to the legal seizure of $3,000,000 of the road's liberty bonds and their ap- plication on account of the judgment, a levy on $3,000,000 D. & R. G. cash in banks in New York, Chicago and Denver, as well as levy upon the stock of the Utah Fuel Company, the road's subsidiary. A stockholders’ committee reported in 1921, four years after the property had been bid in for $4,000,000, that the concern was worth “not less than $120,000,000.” The $38,000,000 judgment, it is al- leged, was entered against the D. & R. G. because it had failed to live up to the terms of the traffic and track- age contract which bound it to pay the interest on a $50.000,000 Western Pacific bond issue if the Western Pa- cific should be unable to pay it. Di rectors and bankers dominating the situation, the complaint recites, caused the Western Pacific to default a $1.250,000 interest payment due March 1, 1915, although both roads had ample funds to meet the pay- ment, The following day, the suing stockholders, a bill of foreclosure was filed in San Fran- cisco and a receiver appointed a few days later. Then, the complainants charge, the directors and bankers responsible for the receivership bid in the Western Pacific property, with $2,000,000 in its treasury, for $18,- 000,000, although it had been built up at a cost of about $100,000,000, more than half of which had come from the D. & R. G. treasury. According to the complaint, the foreclosure wiped out a $25,000,000 second mortgage held by the D. & R. G. $31,000,000 in notes held by that road and $62,750,000 of Western Pacific stock held by the D. & R. G. BRITISH STEAMERS RUSH TO VESSEL IN DISTRESS SOS Signal Sounded by Ship Giv- ing Name of Cranford Off Spain Coast. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 23. — An S O S message from a steamship giving her name as the Cranford and her position as about 50 miles off the northwest tip of Spain, received last night, caused the British steam- ers Orsova and Leitrim, bound fromr Australia to London, to rush to her assistance. The distress signal came from 43.40 north latitude 9.53 west longitude, which is northwest of La Coruna, Spain, and about 25 miles north of the regular steamship lane from that Spanish port to Havana. The Orsova reported last night that at 11 o'clock she was 47 miles from the Cranford and that the Leitrim was 30 miles from the port indicated in the S O S. It was at first believed that the Cranford was the United States Ship- ping Board bessel of that name which left New Orleans August 31 for Bremen, but later it was learned that she had arrived at her destination. The only other steamer Cranford listed in shipping registers is a Brit- ish ship of 1,710 tons gross whose recent movements have mot been recorded, " A according to * Your PaL BURY WHEELER SAID HEGOT LOTS O'NIBBLESR BUT | DONT THINK HE GOT ANY FISH = . 7z - Star. 1924 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. Theory of Mongolia as Cradle Of Humanity Bolstered by Finds| By the Associated Press, URGA, Mongolia, September 23.— Prof. Peter Kozloff, Russian explorer; has discovered near here an enormous number of skeletons of hitherto un- known animals and many human re- mains. which lead him to believe that Mongolia may have been the birthplace of man and the point of origin of a considerable part of the animal and reptile world. Among the fossils already unearthed by Prof. Kozloff and his associates are those of 25 Quadrupeds of un- designated species, 150 birds of vary- ing size fishes, and more than 1,000 insects of glant size Found Ancient Tombs. It will be recalled that Prof. Koz- 10ff last June discovered several re- markable tombs near here belonging to the Chinese emperors and princes who ruled Mongolia at a time ante- dating the - Pharaoh Tut-ankh-Amen of BRYpt. It also will be remembered that I’rof. Roy Chapman Andrews of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, startled the scientific world last year by discover- ing nests of dinosaur eggs, and showed that the central Asian plateau is a_veritable paleontological Garden of Eden. More remarkable, perhaps. than Kozloff's discovery of animal and hu- man fossils is the fact that he has also found in one of the royal tombs bricks of compressed tea and grains of wheat still quite fit for human consumption despite the fact that NATIONALS FACING HOT BATTLE TODAY Mogridge Is Due to Hurl Against White Sox—Rob- ertson to Be Opponent. HOW THEY STAND. Pet. W. Washington 88 60 505 507 New York.. 86 62 .551 .584 BY JOHN B. KELLER. CHICAGO, September 23.—Another spirited battle between the Nationals and White Sox is likely this after- noon. ¢ The American League leaders are planning to send to the mound George Mogridge, southpaw pitcher, and the local club very likely will use Charlie Robertson, a right-hander. Mogridge has been a hard nut for the White Sox to crack this season. In four starts against them, he has won three times. Robertson has not been so fortunate against the Bucks. But Mogridge's Jast appearance on the slab was anything but impressive. In St. Louis last jgriday, he lost all craft after hurling.three hitless in- nings, and had to be taken out of the game. On the other hand, Robertson, has been doing well recently. The White Sox gave the Nationals a good battle yesterday, despite the one-side@iness of the score, and may be counted upon to scrap this after- noon. Base ball sharps who calculat- ed the Harrismen would have an eas- fer time in their Chicago series than the Yankees in the tilts with the In- dians at Cleveland are quite likely to be crossed. The only favors shown the Nation- als here come from the fans in the stands. They all rooted for the league leaders yesterday and talk about town indicates they will be with the Harrismen throughout the series. As in other cities of the western part of the circuit, it is not because they are against the home club, but that they are more than anxious to have the Yankees kept away from a fourth pennant in a row. The Nationals also are favored here because of the fans' Tespect for ‘Walter Johnson, who has been pitch- ing so long with no chance to cut into the big show. Also, there are a lot of old-time Chicago fans pulling for Clark Grif- fith, president of the Nationals. They have not forgotten the old days of his pitching for the Chicago National Leaguers and Lis management of the Chicago American Leaguers that won the flag in 1901. Games L. to play 5016 577 6 .~ W. L Radio Programs—Page 19. 100 reptiles, snakes and | Eotten city of Kharakhoto, which he they have lain in the tombs many thousands of years. In another section of this district Prof. Kozloff excavated the grave of a woman of the nobility, containing | a number of bronze articles of ex- quisite craftsmanship and several silk tapestries of superb texture which depict Greek and Roman fig- ures on horseback. | The natyre of his discoveries is so important that the Russian scien- tist has decided to remain in Mongolia indefinitely, postponing until next year his expedition into Tibet, to re-| sume exploration work in the for- unearthed some years ago. Three archeologists and biologists are now en route here from Leningrad to as- sist Prof. Kozloff. Prof. Roy Andrews is here from Peking to make the diplomatic ar- rangements for the third Aslatic ex- pedition of the American Museum, which will comprise more than a dozen American scientists and a staft of 40 other Americans. When these arrangements are con- cluded the members of the. expedi- tion will start on their long journey across the vast Gobi desert in es- pecially constructed cars. A caravan of 200 camels will precede the party, leaving China early in November, and the expedition is expected to be well under way by early Spring. Prof. Andrews and his associates will continue their excavations east of the Altai Mountains in an en- deavor to confirm the theory that the Central Asian Plateau is the cradle of the human race. FIELD OF FLOWERS AWAITING FLYERS Army Aviators to Complete World Flight Today—Lawn Covered With Roses. By the Associated Press. SANTA MONICA, Calif., September 23—Santa Monica was groomed to- day for the return of the giobe- girdling Army airmen who last St Patrick’s day set out on what their skill and courage were to make the first successful around-the-world flight in history. Clover Field, where the airmen land, has been transformed inte a bed of roses. All night trucks laden with southern California blossoms trundled out to the field from com- munities that stripped their flower gardens to provide a gay and colortul welcome to the flyers. Krom San Pedro came a whole shipload of fragrant blooms. While the world-touring planes were not expected to arrive from San Diego until 2 o'clock in the after- noon, preparations were made to celebrate their coming with long program of “wild west” and aerial stunts leading up to the cere- mony officially welcoming the fiyers by public officials of southern Cali- fornia and representatives ' of the Army and Navy. Two hundred thousand persons were expected to attend the cere- monies. LAST LAP 150 MILES. Flyers to Hop Off at 12:30 From San Diego Field. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., September 23.— Three United States Army aviators, on the homestretch of an air cruise around the world, slept soundly this morning while observers at Rock- well Field expected a low fog to disap- pear under a southern California sun before the scheduled departure of the three alrmen for Santa Monica at 12:30 p.m. The three flyers—Lieuts. Lovell H. Smith, Eric Nelson and Leigh Wade— viewed the jump today along the Cali- fornia coast'as a cruise lacking the element of risk which characterized their flights through uncharted air lanes in_other lands. Today's hop is only 150 miles. Yesterday, amid the crash of a band, the cheers of spectators and the roar of the propellers as Lieut. Smith taxied his ship up to the deadline, came a cry from the lips of Mrs. Jasper Smith, mother of the world- flight commauder: “I want my boy!" From his seat in the forward cock- pit Smith, his_grime-covered face (Continued -’ Page 3, Column §.) A “From P The every city b Star’s carrier ress to Home Within the Hour” system covers lock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,338 TWO CENTS. Urge U. S. Woman For Saar Valley Governing Body By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 23.—Recom- mendations that Miss Saralf Wam- baugh, daughter of Prof. Eugene Wambaugh of Harvard, be ap- pointed to the vacancy on the gov- erning commission of the Saar Valley have been made to the council of the League of Nations. The vacancy was caused by the death of the Spanish member. _Miss Wambaugh’s ghalifications lie in the fact that she is a doctor of law and is said to know more about plebiscites than any other living person, having written an important book on that subject. As a plebiscite will later be held in Saar to determine whether the district becomes autonomous or is annexed to France or Germany, friends of Miss Wambaugh are arguing that her appointment would be most appropriate. ROOSEVELT LIKELY TOGET NOMINATION Choice as G. 0. P. Candidate for Governor of New York Expected Early. By the Associated Press, ROCHESTER, N. Y., September 23— The boom for Theodore Roosevelt, § Assistant Secretary of the Navy, as the Republican candidate for gov- ernor, gathered™ headway today as delegates began arriving in numbers for the State convention opening to- morrow. Leaders of the Roosevelt movement said he would be nominated on the third or fourth ballot Thursday. Senator James W. Wadsworth, Jr., regarded here as the State leader of the party, when asked whether the nomination of Col. Roosevelt would have the approval of the National administration, emiled and replied: “I should think there could be no doubt as to that. He is a part of that administration.” Col. Roosevelt's name, however, will be but one of several to go before the delegates. Other candidates include Col. William Hayward, Federal dis- trict attorney of New rk City; Guy B. Mooe, district attorney of Buffalo, and Justice Arthur S. Tompkins of Nyack. Last night a group of prominent State leaders decided to throw their strength | to the son of the late President of the United States. Withdrawal of H. Ed- mund Machold, Speaker of the As- sembly, gave Roosevelt an advantage over the rest of the field, and his name was mentioned with great frequency yesterday as the most likely candidate. ‘Taking cognizance of the sharp drift in sentiment toward Roosevelt, a group of State leaders met last night and canvassed the situation. At the con- clusion of the conference it was de- clared that was that Roosevelt should be nomi- nated because of his campaigning abil- ity, his record in public service and in the Army during the World War. DEMOCRATS GATHER. Preconvention Activities Start Tonight. Will SYRACUSE, N. Y., September 23.—| The first scene in the political drama of the State Democratic convention will be unfolded here this afternoon with the arrival of Gov. Alfred Smith on the Empire State express, accompanied by virtually all the elective heads of the various State department, and numerous Demo- cratic legders of all ranks. Pre-convention conferences, at which details of the Democratic plat- form will be whipped into shape, and unofficial gatherings of the scores of Democrats who will be here by late afternoon, will start tonight. RECORD VOTE SEEN. New Jersey Is Holding Primaries Today. NEWARK, N. J. September 23— With fair and cooler weather and unusally heavy registrations, both Democratic and Republican leaders predicted a record breaking vote in today’s state-wide primaries in which the contest between United States Senator Walter E. Edge and Nation- al Committeeman Hamilton F. Kean, for Republican United States sena- torial nomination, has overshadowed many other candidates for congres- sional, State legislature and local offices. Speaking last night in_the home county of Senator Edge, Committee- man Kean at Atlantic City, charac- terized the Senator as “a drown- ing man” who “grasped at every straw to explain away his lack of support of his party and President Earlier in the day, Senator Edge in a statement, criticised Mr. Kean for the way in which he said the Kean campaign had been conducted and reiterated his_answer to the Kean charges, that he had not supported the President. Victory by 50,000 majority has been the claim of both candidates al- though conservative estimates of the outcome go no farther than to pre- dict a close race and a narrow mar- gin. Returns from the election will be late because the polls will be kept open until 10 o'clock tonight to con- form with a State law, which fixes the closing hour at 9 o'clock, stand- ard time. Voting began at § o'clock daylight time. SMITH MAY RUN. ALBANY, N. Y. September 23— Gov. Alfred E. Smith today predicted the renomination of the entire Demo- cratic State ticket. Asked whether his prediction meant that he was willing to accept renom- {nation, the governor said: “Ill let you judge that for yourselves.” FIRE MAY RAZE VILLAGE. MONTREAL, September 23.—More than 20 buildings in the village of St. Urbain, 25 miles from here, have been destroyed by a fire, which started early today and, burning unchecked, was threatening the entire village. About 150 persons have been made homeless by the flames. St. Urbain is within a few miles of the village of St. Constant, which was almost entirely destroyed by fire yes- terday. the concensus of opinion | GERVANYT0 SEE LEAGUE ADMISSON ATANEARLY DATE Entry on Equal Footing With Great Powers Aim, Berlin Cabinet Announces. GENEVA SEES ANTI-WAR PACT NEARLY PERFECT Report U. S. May Take Part in Proposed Disarmament Parley Cheers Delegates. By the Associated Press BERLIN, September 23.—Germany will in the near future make an ef- fort to enter the League of Nations on an equal footing with the great powers, it was officially announced today in a communique issued at the close of a cabinet meeting. President Hbert presided at the meeting after which the following communique was issued: “The question of Germany's en- | try into the League of Nations was thoroughly discussed and it was unan- imously agreed that the efforts of the German government should be directed towards Germany's entrance into the league in the near future Advantages Are Stated. “The government’s standpoint in this respect is prompted by consider- ation that the questions dealt with by the League of Nations. especially the protection of minoritics, the reg- | ulation of conditions in the Sarre re- gion, general disarmament in con- nection with carrying out military control, and the paramount question of the safety and peaceful co-opera- tion of the nations, solved satisfactorily onl many’s collaboration. “Germany’s collaboration could of course be only that of a great power | on equal footing with the other na- tions.” i PLAN HELD WATERTIGHT. | League Delegates More Pleased as They Study War Draft. By the Amociated Press. GENEVA, September 23.—A water- tight system against the outbreak of war is the way many delegates today characterized the draft protocol lon arbitration and security, which is now being studied by the dis- armament commission of the League of Nations. This document is now known as the masterpiece of the “Twelve Apostles of Peace,” the titls given by Paul Boncour of France to the conference leaders, who strug- gled valiantly through a week of re- | vision of the original draft submitted by Foreign Minister Benes of Czecho- slovak Several points seemed particularly to strike the delegates, as they had more leisure today to examine the text. One is the clause providing that consultation with the World Court of Justice be required if, dur- ing arbitral procedure, either party to a dispute contended that the dif- ficulty was a purely domestic matter. If the court decided it was an in- ternational question then the arbitral court could not deal with it. Thus it is the court which differentiates generally . | between an internal and an external question. ‘Warm Debate Disclosed. One of the puints approved by | many delegates is the cryptic defini- tion of an aggressor as one who refuses to arbitrate and who refuses also to carry out the preliminary measures ordered by the council be- fore a dispute has reached its most acute phase in order to prevent the out- | break of armed conflict. The inside story of the deliberation shows that a warm debate took place on the question of whether it was possible for the council to make any decision by a majority vote. Many members of the subcommittees hesi- tated to place such responsibility on the council, fearing it would weaken the entire machinery of the protocol The issue was met by the introduc- tion of a system .of provisional measures, which enjoins the parties to the dispute to abstain from any acts liable to precipitate a conflict, and it is clearly stipulated that dis- obedience of such measures will be regarded as ah act of aggression. An article which caused displeasure was that recommending the creation of a demilitarized zone as a method of maintaining peace between coun- tries whose relations may not have been tranquil. This was regarded as a direct bid for upsetting such zones between Germany and France and Belgium. Other Vital Questionm. Getting down to the vital question of sanctions, the drafters of the prot- ocol &pent some time today in private conversations with the mem- bers of the various defegations to whom they emphasized that the sub- committee had not invented any new sanctions, economic, financial or mili- tary, not provided for in the covenant. Their only aim, it was pointed out, was to make the sanctions more definite and more effective in appli- cation. It was explained that by the covenant the states were bound simply to apply the economic and financial sanctions, but the protocol made these sanctions operate imme- diately after a state had been de- clared an aggressor. The states will be asked to inform the council what they feel able to contribute, and the council, it is ex- plained, will never ask any state to undertake anything which that state feels it cannot possibly offer. If the protocol be adopted, the eco- nomic and financial organization of the League of Nations, under the stipulations of Article XIII of the protocol, will immediately draw up a project to give effect to the financial and economic sapctions and the measures of co-operation contem- plated both by the covenant and the protocol. These definite plans will be communicated by the council to all of the members of the league and any other signatories. Britain Yields Point. Great Britain has come around, even if reluctantly, to the position of approving regional defensive alli- ances like those made by France in Central Europe as an additional guarantee for the protection of na- tionad territorial integrity. The proposed protocol on ‘arbitra- tion and security, which was submit~ (Continued on e 2, Column 7.]