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DONE WITH HIGHT, WOMAN DECLARES ;Mrs. Sweeten Asserts She ,/ Never Wants to See Pas- tor Again. 'S ——— By-the Associated Press. MOUNT VERNON ‘I never want again.” Mrs. Elsie fgther-in-law, (. C. Sweeten, night in the jail at Salem in ferring o Rev. Lawrence M wWhose suggestion she her husband “He made me do it, he made me do it.” she said over and over again to Mr. Swecten, who, despite his ad- vanced had ridden long mi through chilly night because “after all ie is the boys' mother.” He wanted to talk with her about the future of her three sons Not one harsh word did he say when he met the woman who had confessed she poisoned his son and Wer husband, Wilford Sweeten. My son ix gone and nothing we an do will bring him back,” said Mr. Nwoeten ioday. “But there are three iitile 1o look after. They are and 1 want to do right For their sake, I hope not hang Attoraey panied rs request [t confronted Mrs. Sweeten, ¢4 his hand without dauzhter-in-law took her hands and bowed “He made me do it didn’t want to.” T came to talk to vou about what do with the boys” broke in Mr. Sweeten “Let me tell you about it said Mrs Sweeten. T didn't want 1o do it. When he first named ! said 1 would not. But he kept after me. I argued for a month Lut he kept telling me to do it. was in his power. Anything he said I felt like T must do. Wants to See Children. therible first Hight came to the me a peach and slipped hand at the same time. which said to give him some more. il the time my husband was sick he was coming td my house and i, 2 to Sweeten told last she poisoned the of boys by them Elsie does State’s G. en, Thompson at the lat- aged man he extend- a word it in both her head. ~he began. TE e Wilford th didn’t die. He handed note in my to When for me poison house. ing me notes telling me to give re poison The her dren might be Salem and visit her in the jail insisted that the boys not be sepa- rated and that they be sent to a Ma- sonic orphanage When her father-in-law leave Sweeten me begged allow that d to the chil- come She started to requested him to declaring she was “afraid | nd awfully lonesome™ in jail She was a good girl until the preacher came.” Sweeten said. “1 feel sure of that. 1 can’t understand it 1 think my was good to her. The seemed (o be as happy as most folks My bor bhad just finished building a new home for her. He worked hard to provide for her and the children. That preacher is back of it all.” Five Children Three omeless, sad-eved little with the crowds at non fair vesterday unnoticed as grandfather, Mr. Sweeten, was closeted h State’s Attorney Thompson, talk- ing of their mother. Mrs. Elsie Sweeten Homes must be found for five homeless children Hight, the preacher who poisoned his wife, jeaves two, boy and a girl, and Mrs Sweeten three boys I have a hard row ahead of me, the aged man told Mr. Thompson, 4 1 need help. It's awful on us. nse Who suffer most are these boys. Their mother has left them a new house and $800 in the bank. I want your advice. These boys must have care I have some ideas, but I am perplexed “The oldest nothing muc next one Younger. bovs mixed the Mount Ver- a a one, Byford, 100ks 15, says sad. The two years T glory in his spunk. When their mother was arrested and the paper came out showing the preach- er's confession about their mother rushed into the house. ‘Look at that,’ he said to me. "He says mommy did it. Do you believe that? T told him. ‘I'm sorry, son; it looks that way.' He threw the paper down and shouted leave thi house. Il never put my foot in it again.’ “Poor boy! He came back this morning and put his arms about my neck and cried “And then there's my ljttle boy Harry Lec. 8 vears old. He won't have it that his mother is guilty. dt's not so he says “Their mother, who killed my son, was just as lovable as they are. She never had one cross word for my wife, who died last December, or for me. We were like one happy family together. “I was like another bovs. They is father to the never called me ‘grand- father” They called me ‘Pa Sweeten, and my wife ‘Ma Sweeten’ and called my son ‘Poppy’ and their mother “Mommy." " Here the State's attorney broke in. “I don't helieve she had done a thing wrong until she met the preacher,” I'o said. “She was like putty in his hands.” “When they accused her” the old man continued, “T told her T'd stand by her. until she was proven guilty, and then I =aid I'd help prosecute her. Thinking of the boys, T didn’t believe 1 could do otherwise, honorably.” Tears flowed from Mr. Sweeten's eyes as he spoke of his grandsons and of the kindness of Mre. Sweeten, whe, e said, “fell into the preachers hands.” He spoke of Hight's two children, Mildred, 16-year-old high school girl, and Robert, 14, who is in the eighth srade. Haven I Offered. A home for them has been offered by the minister's daughter, the chil- dren’s sister. and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eaton of Tamaroa, T1L. ‘“They are fine children,” = Mr. Sweeten said, “I'd do anything I could to help them.” He told how he had stoed the three hoys in front of him before he brought them from Ina to the fair here **Now. boy: vourselves. We must find homes and I want Jou to pick your own.’ “Byford said he wanted to live with Arthur Brown, who was like a Wrother to my son. “Then I asked Stanton and he said Tie'd like to live with Joe Williams, his uncle. “Then I asked the littlest boy.” the ©ld man said. while his eyes dropped with tears, and he said, I want to stay with you."” o Because of the ill health of the daughter with whom he now lives at Ina, Mr. Sweeten said, he didn't know if that would be possible. “There are two kinds of education he said, “onc is book learning. ¥or that the Masonic orphanage, suggest- ed by their mother. would be best, but for learning by experience the farm is best. I don’t know what can be done with the boys. Maybe they may go where they want to.” HIGHT IS JOVIAL. * T said, ‘you can't live Ty By the Associated Press, NASHVILLE, Il «Rev. Lawrence M. Hight, held in jall September see that man | her re-) The of | it. 1! give he to their September 2hi- New Insurance Chief i | M. BALDWIN, JR. in connection with that the lives Anna and the husband fessed accomplice, Mrs. Elsie Sweeten, today outward strain of his plight, while Mrs. Sweeten, in jail at Salem, I11, worried more over the future of her three children than her imprisonment “Mrs. Sweeten and I are still sweet- | hearts afd will remain sweethearts until death parts the minister said the poison of his wife of his con- | {here [ plot cost showed no us, Pastor Is Jovial. Jail attendants said Rev. was jovial and talked mentioned his children and said for {their sake he repented more than ever of having committed the crime through which they lost their mother. | Mrs. Sweeten was visited yesterday by Christopher C. Sweeten, her fath- er-in-law. and their conversation mainly regarded the future of her children. She has expressed a desire that they be cared for in a Masonic| orphanage. ! Mrs. Sweeten's apathy to food has | aroused concern. The only nourish- ment she has taken since Tuesday was 4 glass of milk. late yesterday. Dr. 8. A” Thompson said last hight she was on the verge of a nervous break- down The clergyman yesterday related the circumstances surrounding the ill- | ness of his wife, caused by meat. “She suffered an attack of ptomaine | poisoning.” he said. “And for a while was very ill, but recovered soon.” To relieve her pain. he added, he gave her poison, and then he conceived the idea of carrying out his end of the poison plot. “What was left of the poison.” he said, “I gave to Mrs. Sweeten, but I do not know what she did with it Mr. Hight freely. He a a i Woman Near Breakdown. By the Associated Press. SALEM. 1il. September 25.—The {strain of questioning. coupled with the worry over her children and a subsequent loss of appetite has brought Mrs. Elsie Sweeten, who has {confessed that she pe oned her hus- band in a plot with Rev, Lawrence M. Hight of Ina, to the verge of a nerv- | ous breakdown. Her ondition has become such that upon instruction of her physician, Dr. & O. Thompson, nobody is permitted to see her unles: she requests it “I have offered to get her anything to eat she desires,” said Sheriff H. & Vogt, “but she always replies that she cannot eat. She is also becoming very reticent” The greater part of the time she has been in jail Mrs. Sweeten has been on her iron cot, either sitting or lying down. Since her arrival she has mentioned her confession, made at Mount Vernon Monday, only once, saving she would not have confessed had it not been at the urgent request of the clergyman, when the two were closeted in a cell for nearly three hours. Last night Mrs. Sweeten received a note purporting to be from her moth- | er and brother assuring her of their | assistance and promising to take care | of her three children, who are now | with their grandfather at Ina. She was also advised in the note to em- ploy counsei and not to worry over the future. Stricken with Remorse. Remorse is fast overtaking Mrs. Sweeten, according to the sheriff. He added that in his opinion worry over her children was pressing more on her mind than the circumstances that | brought her to jail. In a lengthy interview with a newspaper man Mrs. Sweeten told how her relatioris with the minister be- gan and jiow they gradually grew more intifnate until she realized she had fallen in love with the clergy- man, who lived only two blocks from her home. “One night in April,” she said, “he won my confidence. 1 thought he was a great religious man. After he had won my confidence I yielded to his suggestions in every way.” When asked whether she was sorry that she had poisoned her hus- band she answered: “Ye I am sor cértainly am sorry No apparent cmotion was visible in the woman's features or attitude at the mention of the minister’s name, either directly or indirectly. Her answer to the direct question whether she had poisoned her hus- band was vague. “He (the Rev. Mr. Hight) said T did do it (poison her husband) and then sometimes it seems I did not. I do not know. I do not know why and how I could do it.” A glass of milk taken by Mrs. Sweeten yesterday was the first kind of nourishment she has had since she was brought to this jail. It was served by Sheriff Vogt, who asked her whether she wanted more and she re- plied in the negative. Milk, it is said, has been the only nourishment on which Mrs. Sweeten has sustained herself since the death of her hus- band. It was related by Sheriff Vogt that he had learned from a woman in Ina who purchased milk from Mrs. i Sweeten that milk had been her only food since the death of Sweeten, July | 28, last. RED CROSS SHOWS MODEL Druggists See Methods of Relief Work for Humanity. Delegates to the Retail Druggists’ Association have examined the model Red Cross emergency station at the drug show in Convention Hall, placed there by the District chapter of the American Red Cross. The station is giving an object lesson of how the organization Is prepared at all times to render service to humanity. The emergency station is under the direction of Mrs. W. S. Spencer, as- sisted by Mrs. K. M. Schaeffer and Mrs. W. J. Morphy, jr. Other volun- teers will assist from time to time during the show. i very sorry; 1| . The world's largest single-span tel- ephone cable of maximum size is to be found near Rochester, N. Y. The span is 462 feet between towers and is located over a deep goOrge, about 150 feet above the Genesee River, y | holas THE _EVENING BALDWIN CHOSEN INSURANCE HEAD Commissioners Appoint Dep- uty as Successor.to Burt Miller, Resigned. The District Commissioners appointed Thomas M. Baldwin, jr., su- perintendent of insurance of the Di trict, to succeed Burt Miller, who re- signed several months ago. Mr. Baldwin has been In the insur- ance office since 1922 and has acted as head of the department since Mr. Miller left. The position pays a mini- mum salary of $3,800 a year under reclassification. Tt understood that Frank B. Bryan, jr., now on the staff of the in- surance department, is being consid- ered by the Commissioners for promo- tion to the position of deputy super- intendent, formerly held by Mr. Bald- win The new superintendent was born in Philadelphia fifty-one years ago. His family moved to Washington when he was 6 years old and he at- tended public schools here, later mov- ing to Laurel, Md., where he was edu- cated in the Laurel High School Mr. Baldwin was in the service of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for 13 years before entering the insurance busir After leaving the railroad he was connected with the Liverponl and London and Globe Insurance Co., the Hanover Fire Insurance Co., the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and the Atlantic Life Insurance Co. In 1917 he returned to Washington and was with the United States Ship- ping Board until 1922, when he en- tered the local insurance department. today LABOR MINISTER'S GARB UNDER FIRE Dozen Resolutions on Subject to Come Up at Party’s Conference. | BY the Asociated Press. LONDON. September 25.—A mighty how! against the practice of Eng- land's laborite ministers in attending King George's courts in full regalia. silk stockings, knee breeches, slin ing swords, embroidered coats, buckled shoes. cocked hats, and all the rest of it—probably will go up to the rafters in Queen's Hall when the Labor party its twenty-first annual con- ference next month. A dozen resolutions on the subject of the ministers and their wives and daughters wearing court regalia just like the aristocratic “old order” are down on the agenda. Some of the resolutions express regret that such in the case, where others protest against it. One deplores it all, an- other merely views it with disfavor. Ask Rational Attire. One resolution to be offered save that, if the ministers find it abs lutely necessary to attend the courts, they should wear “rational attire” and “if not admitted.” No. 10 Down- ing street shall be the place to settle matters requiring his majesty's pres- ence. It has never been the custom of King George nor of his roval ances- tors to transact business at No. 10 Downing street, which is the official residence of the prime minister. When a minister has business with the sov- ereign he hies himself to the palace. The King never drops in on him at his office to talk over matters of state. Resolutions on the agenda refer to court dress as a foolish and silly dis- play, inconsistent with the aims and aspirations of the Labor movement. The Labor ministers are urged to “cultivate that sense of humor with- out which true dignity cannot be achieved,” and such cultivations is urged “in the hope that in the future they may attend court functions in a more rational and democratic attire. To Ask Attendance Stop. One member of the party has given notice of a resolution which would place the conference on record as be- seeching the ministers to stay away trom such affairs Many more serious subjects than court costumes will be discussed at the meeting. Some of them call for nationalization of the mines and elec- tric power, municipal distribution of food and other socialistic schemes. All_the members of the government in England at the time probably will attend the conference, which assem- bles on October 7. Struggie Looms. Something near a struggle between the exeutive of the Labor party and a large section of the members is in progress over the question of affilia- tion with the Communists. Several branches of the party have given no- tice of resolutions in favor of the Communists’ application for affilia- tion at the annual labor conference to be opened on October 7 and the demand for their official exclusion is said to be growing among the rank and file. It is recalled that previous con- ferences have steadily refused to admit the Communists, and the executive of the Laborites, in a long statement issued to the members of the party, reiterates its opposition to such affiliation. According to some observers, a more bitter fight on this question will be waged at the coming confer- ence than ever before. The execu- tive's statement gives the member- ship in the Communist party here as about 4,000. e CRAMTON DEFENDS BILL ON PROHIBITION UNIT Michigan Representative Says Druggists Are Misinformed in Opposing His Measure, Opposition of retail druggists in na- tional convention here to the Cramton bill to place Federal prohibition en- forcement under a separate bureau in the Treasury Department is ‘“un- founded and unfortunate,” according to Representative Louis C. Cramton, Republican, of Michigan, who is fathering this legislation. Sentiment of the drugsists against the Cramton measure was voiced by J. H. Webster, president of the na- tional association. in the convention on Tuesday. Contending that his measure pro- vides for “the most eficient adminis- tration” with “quicker action on ap- plication for permits,” Mr. Cramton said it was to the druggists’ advan- tage and that “any opposition on their part has arisen purely through misapprehension and the traditional fear of change.” He summarized reasons. which he said should commend the bil}, as in. STAR. | manufacturing because of the alcohol. i WASHINGTON, RAPS GOVERNMENT FOR TAX BURDEN Dr. J. H. Beal Tells Druggists’ Convention Bureaucracy ‘Is Increasing. Faults with the present-day Gov- ernment were outlined and condemned by Dr. J. H. Beal, speaking today be- fore the 26th annual convention of the National Association of Retail Druggists in Convention Hall, Fifth and L streets northwest. He spoke on the subject “Some First Principles and Some Common Delusion during | Wwhich he charged that the increase of bureaucracy in the Government | had increased the taxes, which the bureaucrats tried to make the people believe was paid by the rich. But in the end. he said, the consumer pays not only the tax, but the cost of col- lecting it, which is double and treble, many times. the original tax. His speech came after a morning of consideration of reports from va- rious committees and a symposium on the United States pharmacopeia and national formulary. People’s Rule in Doubt. Matters have come to a state, said Dr. Beal, whereby one can never tell, when there are more than two can didates in the field, whether the choice will be that of the people or of some coalition in Congress. lven the method of amending the Constitution does not assure that amendments are by will of the people, he continued. Out of every 11 wage-carners above the age of 16 years, he said, one is a public servant—one tax consumer for every 11 wage-earners. He said the Qquestion now is not what are we com- ing to, but where have we arrived. He referred & what he called the| “cheap money™ delusion or the notion of the people that a government's money ilis can be corrected by the is- suance of mere scraps of paper on a promise to pay. The higher paper wages go up, the less the paper will | buy, for men will not exchange in- trinsic_things for mere scraps of pa- per. The cheap money theory has been very thoroughly exploded for the present generation W. A. Kaminski. chairman of the committee on United States Pharma- copaea and national formulary propa- ®anda, read his report, and with him presiding the convention formed it- self into a symposium for a discus- sion of the report. He said that many pharmacists were losing interest in Many of them. he said, are getting along without alcohol because of the detail work. to make out many reports required by the law. However. he | said that necessary as the Government has allowed the use of alcohol in medi- cine, the pharmacist should shoulder the responsibility. Co—operation Urxed. He urged co-operation between the physician and the pharmacist, and discouraged the dispensing of drugs at the physician's office. Speakers found fault with the Gov- ernment rulings on alcohol, one of | them pointing out that a Government agent had informed him that they! came too fast and changed so often that he really didn't understand them himself. J. W. Weiss, reporting for the com- mittee on finance, urged continued efforts to provide a national home for | the organization. James F. Finneran councilor of the United States Cham- | ber of Commerce, told the delegates| of the work of that organization in | behalf of business. 1 X N urdine, reporting for the! committee on transportation, told of the efforts to get convention rates of a fare and a half for the delegates | to this convention. Twice it was ! given and twice it was recalled, he | said. i tle explained that the reason for| the recall of the privilege was that the railroads had ruled that such| rates should be given to conventions | out of which profit was to be made. He said this convention did not come under this category and that he had | finally succeeded in convincing railroads of it. The afterncon session of vesterday was given over to the considera- tion of resolutions which will be con- sidered at the final session of the convention tomorrow morning. } Director A. l. Stern of the drug exhibition, which is being held in Convention Hall in connection with | the convention, says that tonight will| be the last night. It had been the intention to continue it until the con- vention ended, but for some reason it was decided to close it tonight. DRY CHIEF RESENTS DRUGGISTS’ CHARGES | Haynes Declares Prohibition Has Not Interfered With Legiti- mate Business. Replying to criticism by the Na- tional Wholesale Druggists' Assocla- tion at Atlantic City this week, Pro- hibition Commissioner Haynes last night issued a statement describing the criticism as “unfortunate and un- justified. Mr. Haynes said there was no evi- dence “that the industries of the United States depending on the use of alcohol, had steadily declined owing to the drastic and unjust meths employed by the prohibition offic “On the other hand.” he contended. “there has been an expansion in the volume of legitimate alcohol-using industries, and in addition there has been a number of new alcohol-using industries ostablished during the past four years * ¢ ¢ “The present regulations governing the procurement of alcohol by lawful industry are reasonable and enable commercial operations to proceed without undue interference. The statement that ‘illegitimate users of alcohol apparently have but little trouble in obtaining all they need’ is wholly incorrect * * ¢ “The prohibition unit has not pur- sued a policy, which is charged, of creating fake drug stores which sell practically nothing but liquor. On the contrary, it is well known that the regulations governing the issuance of wholesale druggists' permits have been drawn with the greatest care in detail.” D. C. Men Commissioned. "Fhree more Washingtonians have been commissioned in the Officers’ Re- serve Corps of the Army. They are: Harry C. L. Feast, 701 Sherman Apartments, as a captain, Finance Department; Edmund P. Joyce, 130 Webster street northeast, as a first lieutenant, Finance Department, and Roger D. Moore, 1402 Massachusetts avenue, as a second lieutenant, In- fantry. — cluding better enforcement of the eighteenth amendment by centralized administration and fixing responsibil- ity; cutting unnecessary red tape, re- lieving the internal revenue commis- sioner of “this great burden” so as to contribute to better administration of the revenue laws, and put the prohibi- tion enforcement force under civil service. | active { Obio, D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, Hatched in Barnyard Wild Ducks Take Up Life With Tame Fowls Special Dispatch to The CULPEPER, V September Shelton R. Heflin, whose farm lies on the slopes of Mount Pony, south of Culpeper, has been exhib- iting six wild ducks, of the gray Mallard variety, which were hdlched from eggs obtained in lower Virginia, and raised by hand with other domestic fowls in the Heflin barnyard. They seem entirely satisfied with their “tame” surrouncings. SELF-MADE COUNT 1S INDICTED HERE Charge of Larceny Is Made Against J. F. d'Vallier. Others Accused. The grand jury today indicted Joseph K. d'Vallier, a sclf-styled count and heir to three British for- tunes, on a charge of grand larceny. He is accused of having rented a fur- nished house and then sold some of the furnishings. including 500 books. one oil painting, valued at $25 water color, worth $30. and two vascs of $10 each. The house, 1825 Q street northwest, was rented from Brig. Gen. David L. Brainard and the fur- nishings belong to him. The count is said to have posed as a physician and to have conducted a sanitarium at the Brainard house, where his patients included a num- ber of society folk. He was arrested at Atlantic City, where it was stated he intended opening an exclusive sanitarium at Ventnor. The larceny of the Brainard books and other fur- nishings is said to have taken place in January, 1922. Complaints have been made to the United States Attor- ney of a number of unpaid bills for purchases of the count in local stores. Awanult to Kill Charged. Assault to kill and assault with a dangerous weapon are charged in an indictment against Joseph Mirabello, who is said to have laid down a “bar- rage” of 40 rounds in an attack on his next-door neighbor, Phoenix De Campro. Mirabello lived at 6320 Geor- gia avenoe and was emploved as a barber at Walter Reed Hospital. He said he was called to the door of his home after being aroused from sicep and was attacked by two men. who grabbed him. He claimed he was de- | fending himself when he fired the shots The grand jury ignored a charge of obbery against William Allen, one of assault against Lester Brown, a charge of rape against Walter Robin son and one of carnal knowledge against Alvin Hughes Others indicted and against them are: Waiter Tyler, housebreaking. Other Indictmen Russell Woodard, jov riding: Wal- ter Allen, Robert Smith and Harry | Holley, robbery; John H. Beatley, joy Samuel A, Hall, false pre- Ralph P. White and Arthur Hurley, housebreaking and lar- ceny: George Young, assault with| dangerous weapon: John Thomas Car- ter. grand larceny; Ernest M. John- son and John Grimes, assault with dahgerous weapon; Joseph Marchitti, William Earl Rice, Arthur J. Guasp and Forrest J. Simonds, house- breaking and larceny: Joseph I @'Vallier. grand larceny: Thomas Simms, robbers: Ralph P. White, Wal- ter Motz, Thomas Broderick, Freder- ick Simpson and Cesar R. Plowden, | housebreaking and larceny: William ames, housebreaking: James Lee Ross, housebreaking and larceny; Jo- seph’ Young, larceny after trust; Jo- seph C. Barnes. housebreaking and larceny; William Glover, Anthony Ford, Albert Anderson and Anthony Milier, joy riding; Ernest Martin, housebreaking and larceny: William | Budd, Reverly Wade, William Robin- son and Daniel D. Johnson, joy rid- ing: Charles H. Rawlings, grand| larceny. : | the charges COL. J. J. MAYES DEAD. Cel. James J. Mayes, judge advocate, Urited States Army, an officer of 25 years' service, died at Walter Reed General Hospital yesterday afternoon after several months illness. Col. Mayes was a veteran of the Spanish War, the Philippine insurrec- tion ard the World War. He saw service in the Mindanao against the Moros. In France he was executive officer of the judge advo- cate's office at general headquarters, and after the armistice, as chief requi- sitions officer, settled large claims of owners of French real estate occupied | by the American Army. For these services he was decorated with the distinguished service medal by the United States and with the legion of honer by the French government. Col. Mayes was born at Amsterdam, April 23, 1870, but passed his youth in Missouri, where he attended Drury College at Springfield and served on the staff of the St Louis Globe-Democrat. He leaves a widow, who was Miss Helen D. Fellows of Springfield, Mo. four daughters, Misses Derothy F. Mary Elizabeth. Helen D. and Frances J. Mayes, and one son, James N. Mayes. Funeral services will be held at Central Presbyterian Church, F¥f- teenth and Irving streets, at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Interment will be at Springfield, Mo. BOY SLAIN IN ROW IN D. C. CLASSROOM (Continued from First Page.) Robinson cried out, “I'm stabbed.” Cooper then yelled, “I'm stabbed, too.” The teacher maintained her composure and there was little ex- citement among the 44 pupils in the portable annex as she led the two boys out of the room and across a lot to the school dispensary, where Mrs. M. F. Selden, matron, rendered first aid. Both boys were able to walk to this room. They were then rushed in automobiles of the faculty to_Freedman's Hospital. Robinson was pronounced dead on arrival by Dr. A. B. McKinley of the hospital staff. Cooper, bleeding profusely from a deep gash in the back, was treated in the emergency room. Knife Owner Found. Mills, the boy who gave the knife to Cooper, disappeared during the absence of the teacher, but he was located later by the police, with the penknife still in his possession, po- lice announced. The school continued on its usual routine, and except for whispering groups of students during recess there was nothing to indicate that a tragedy had taken place there. Principal Newman immediately ob- tained the names of witnesses among the pupils, notified the police and made a written report of the affair to Garnett C. Wilkinson, assistant super- 1924. AIRMEN GET AWAY ON ANOTHER JUMP Throng Sees Army Men Leave Santa Monica for San Francisco. By the Amociated Press. CLOVER FIELD, Santa Monica, Calif., September 25.—The world fly ers, led by Lieut. Lowell Smith in the flag plane Chicago, hopped off from here this morning for Crissy Field, San Franciseo, at 10 o'clock. From Clover Field the planes flew due west about two miles and @en turned north over the coast line, and in five minutes had disappeared be- vond the mountains to the north. A crowd of about a thousand saw the planes take off in a thick cloud of dust. The fiyers planned to follow the coast route, flying over, Santa Bar- bara, Santa Maria. San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Salinas and San Jose. Tomorrow the three planes are scheduled to proceed from San Fran- cisco to Kugene, Oreg., spend the night there and continue on to Seat- tle aturday. ZANNI DODGES WAR. Will Land in Quiet Zone on Chi- nese Trip. By the Associated Press HANGHAT, September —Maj Pedro Zanni, the Argentine aviator now engaged in an air cruise around the world, will fiy from Hongkong to Shanghai tomorrow, it was announc- ed today by A. del Carril, the Argen- tine consular representative here. The announcement of Maj. Zanni's intention to fly to Shanghai came after a report that Gen. Lu Yung- hsiang, military governor of Che- kiang Province, had urged the Ar- gentine consular representative there to insist on a postponement of Maj. Zanni's flight to Shanghai because of the war in that area. Senor del Car- ril replied that he had obtained per- mission for the flight of Maj. Zanni from the central government at Pe- king, and added that the Argentine aviator intends to land at a point on the Whangpoo River, remote from the fighting areas. ARRAIGN HILL ON DRY CHARGES NEXT WEEK | Baltimore Representative Seeks Early Trial to Get Case to Supreme Court. By the Assoriated Prese. BALTTMORE. September resentative John Philip Hill arraigned next Tuesda on the indictment returned by the Federal grand jury vesterday charg- ing him with manufacturing and un- lawfully at his home. District Attormiey Amos W. Woodcock announced today. At the hearing.” which will be be- fore Judge Soper in the United States court. a date will be fixed for trial and the amount of the Representativi bail fixed. Mr. Hill said he would like to have hig' case tricd here as soon as pos- sible, S0 that the United States Su- preme (‘ourt, to which he intends to take it, can decide before (ongres convenes, in December, whether 2. per cent cider is in fact intoxicating Thir is the percentage of alcohol s to have been in the cider distributed at_his “party” last Saturday District Attorney Woodcock yester- day. announced that the case could not be heard until after November 10. GREEK CLUBS PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG Organization Plans Campaign for Rep- will be Naturalization , of Nationals. Meeting in the Raleigh Hotel, the delegates to the convention of the Ahepa here adopted a resolution that | “all of the organization have but, one allegiance and that to the Stars and Stripes”” The Ahepa membership is composed of Ameri- canized Greeks. Another resolution was adopted to form a special department within the organization with a view to seeking the Americanization and naturaliza- tion of all Greeks in this country. A special committee for the forming of the proposed department is to be ap- pointed. Other business transacted included reports by Michael Loris, chairman of the ritualistic committee, and by Tor- rey Walker, jr. chairman of the finance committee, and various dis- cussions. Election of officers will be held this afternoon. Other business which expected to create much interest will be the consideration of a proposal made by the local chapter, headed by V. 1. Cherbithes. president, to have the national headquarters of the or- Eanization transferred from Philadel- phia to this city. A dance was held in the ballroom of the Raleigh Ho- tel last night. —— RAIL FARE DEBATED. Cut Price for Mileage Backed and Opposed. Hearings on the questions of rates for interchangeable railroad mileage books were opened vesterday before Commissioner Meyer of the Inter- state Commerce Commission. The commission's rates fixed a year ago at $72 for a book of mile- age tickets with the face value of $90, was held up by an injunction granted to the carriers by the Fast- ern District Court of Massachusetts, which later was sustained by the Supreme Court. Representatives of the carriers were called in an effort to show that present passenger earnings do not Justify the reduction in the rates made by the commission. Travelers’ organizations were present and testi- fied in justification of the commis- sion's rates. i i U. S. WINS $4,304,870. Recovers That Sum on War Pro- duction Contracts. Reports to the War Department by the contract audit section of .the finance department of the Army show that $4,304,870 has been recovered on ‘World War production contracts up to June 30 without the necessity of litigation during the audit period. In addition to these direct recoveries de- tailed audit reports in the amount of $12,134,844.11 have been forwarded to intendent of colored schools. Accord- ing to his report, the stabbing took placo at 9:35 this morning. < Cooper will be held by the police pending the outcome of a coroner's inquest to be called shortly the general accounting office for set- tlement, and detailed audit reports in the amount of $21,603,957.50 have been transmitted to the Department of Justice for necessary aotion to pro- ‘t:z; the United States in the prem- for a hearing | possessing wine and cider | CHINESE ARE WARNED I BY FOREIGN ENVOYS (Continued from First Page.) of conflict, they trust no air attacks will be made endangering the lives of their nationals.” HUNDREDS ARE KILLED. Casualties in Bombing Are De-| clared Heavy. By the Associated Prese TOKIO, September A com- munique issued by Chang Tso-Lin the Manchurian leader at war with the central government at Peking, | claims that his air forces hombed | the enemy's headquarters Shan- | haikwan yesterday morning. destroy- | ing a hotel in which the headquarters is located and killing many. accord- | ing to the Nichi Nichi's Mukden cor- | respondent The communique also claims Manchurlan airplanes bombed train arriving at Shanaikwan from Peking. wounding several of the passengers. The Hochi's Mukden | correspondent says Chang's fifth army, composed mostly of Mon- golian troops, drove back the central | Eovernment's troops near Shanhaik- wan on the Chihli-Manchurian bor- der. A spacial dispatch to the Kokusal News Agency from Mukden quotes one lof Chang's staff officers as saying that I'the Manchurian leader has Ix air- | planes at the front with more than | | 1:000 bombs. including _100-pound |ones. He elaims that hundreds were killed when the train was bombed at Shanhaikwan vesterday, 13 air- planes taking part in the raid OFFENSIVES PLANNED. at that JI{ 1 1 i i Kiangsu Troops Are Bringing Up | Artillery. By the Amociated Press. SHANGHAT, persons were ptember 25— Three Tled and four wound- ed today when aviators in army of Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, Manchuria leader now at war with the forces of the central government of China. ap peared over Liwanchow. a city on the line of the Peking-Mukden Raiiway, 55 miles south of the castern extrem- ity of the Chinese wall, and pelied the town With more than 20 hombs cording to a report received here the Eastern News Agency The same agency reported heavy | firing Wednesday along the Shanhaik- wan front between the Peking fernment and Manchurian forces. a cording to advices received at Tient sin Preparations made vesterday by the Kiangsu troops fighting on the front 15 miles west of this city for an of- {fensive against the defensive Chr Kiang troops, continued today, e drive against the line of the defend- ers was repor(® by Zov Sends Up Troops. the Chekiang 000 additional Lu Yung-Hslang. | commander, ~ sent {troops to the front, strengthening the [lines generally with ordnance, jincluding two anti-aircraft guns. The situation in Shanghai | changed. The Kiangsu offensive was delayed, according to reports. to enable the | Kiangsu troops to bring up artillery mounted on pontoons, through the network of waterways with which | the country west of here inter- sected These pontoons, it is reported | constructed of metal casks and =i {lar retainers, which the Kian army has been buying in large quan- tities. There were some unimportant en- gagements last night between the | Shanghai-Nanking Railway and Kiat- |ing, where the Kiangsu forces were exractedltobrnlamioive o catiihe | | Chekiang communications with Liuho, | jon the Yangtze River, west of Woo- | sung, the outer port of Shanghai : Casualties Are Heavy. An observer returning from the| Kiangsu front by steamer from Chin- { kiang. near Nanking. reported that the Kiangsu casualties greatly ex- ceeded those of Chekiang. He esti- mated that there are 1,200 wounded 1at Soochow, 000 at Changchow, | Wusih and Chinkiang, and 1.000 at | Nanking. The desperately wounded {he heard, were left unattended on the battlefields, only those with less serious wounds being transported to the bases. ‘The Chekiang artillery. t] earlier stages of the war, w in- | effective because of the large pro- portion of “dud” shells, was reported to have greatly improved the shell |in later engagements, they generally | exploding with destructive effect i The Red Cross emblem is being mis. | is un is are ni- which in the | used everywhere along the railw Red Cross medals are selling at $30 and Red Cross flags for use of travel- lers at $25. Evidence of looting when the Che- i kiang troops were withdrawn from the Tai Lake region has arrived at | Chinkiang, 45 miles northeast of| Nanking. where many soldiers who have discarded their uniforms are| arriving, seeking refuge in the British | concession there. 1 | It was confirmed that a contingent | { of several hundred soldiers retreating extorted $10 each from the towns-| people of Tanvang, east of Chinkiang, | as they were passing through THREATENS PRESIDENT. Chang Declares He Will 7 Palace. BY WILLIAM R. GILES, By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MUKDE! September 25, via Shang- haj—Plans of Gen. Chang Tso-Lin. | war lord of Manchuria, to bomb the | palace of President Tsao-Kun in Peking, are bared in a proclamation | sent to all Chinese provinces. “I may send a messenger to Presi- dent Tsao-Kun to pay him my re- spects.” Gen. Chang sa He will travel by airplane, however, now that traffic on the Peking-Mukden Rail- way has stopped. The messenger will be a military man and one not ac- quainted with etiquet. I, Chang Tso- Lin, will await the return of this messenger, who will carry a spear for a pillow. All blame for the opening of the warfare between the Chihli army of Peking and Chang Tso-Lin's Man- churian forces is laid upon President Tsao-Kun and Marshal Wu Pei-Fu. | Chihli military-dictator, by the Man- churian war lord in his proclamation In part, it says: “I regret Tsao-Kun is taking military action against Mukden, which is in contradic- tion of his earlier promises. Such action is unjustifiable. He sent troops against Chekiang when millions of people were starving in North China as a result of disastrous floods and notwithstanding his continual advo- cacy of peace. “Now he takes pleasure in attempt- ing to subjugate Mukden. Such a ridiculous attempt has been influ- enced by Gen. Wu Pei-Fu, and Presi- dent Tsao-Kun has taken the wrons step.” (Copyrigkt, 1024, by Chicago Daily News Co.) 1 | Officers Assigned Here. Commander William H. Lec of the Navy has been assigned to duty at the Naval Observatory in George- town, and Lieut. Calvin W. Schaeffer. Naval Supply Corps, has been ordered to’ the Washington Navy Yard for duty. [ et The average girl hasn't much use for a young man who' falls to‘muss her hair occasionally. 4 | to | against | sar | migration that | ) JONES CORTINUES GOLF CROWN DRIVE [Has Knepper 3 Down in Am4’ teur Title Play—Other Favorites Lead. BY the Assoriated Press. ARDMORE, Pa., September Bobby Jones of Atlanta was when he and R. E. Knepper of Chi- €480 had played 18 holes in thier 36- hole mateh in the national amateur Bolf tournament today toston friends ford and s lunch ali Max M luneh Dexter Cummings George Vaon Eim 6 up after with E. H. Qriggs Jones Tron Jones won fc ing round hy and putting Kneppar was drive, put Jesse Ouimet, Guil- ranc went to even rston of Philadelphia went his match with of Chicago. of Los Angeles morning round of New York Play Tellx, ur holes in the marn superior approachirs The only hole won b hen Jones topped his his second into a trap and took four shots tn get par 5 following that s three The his ir putte Jone Out—174 Knepper Out 531 044 244 Knepper Out—4 6 4 Neither « the steady 6 61555 42 1 4 uilford nor Ouimet played &0lf they have shown competitors who were not uch close frien Ouimet lacked his skill with his putter. Each five holes. Guilford leading 1 the turn. The uilford— 6 4 ot 654556 Guilford 454 Quimet In—5 45 34 cards R e Qu Out 54 441 455 n 15305 4 4 1—38 Cummings Putts Poorly. EXxtra putts on five greens by Cum- min gave Marston h lead With an cxcellent chanee to win the second when the champion put his second in & trap. Cummings took three putts and halved it He missed another opening « arth an short with a six-footer for a half. Too many putts on the fifth. seventh and ninth i badl bunkered second on the eighth put him five down at the turn Marston dropped the tenth and eleventh by dubbing a brassie and taking three putts, resp y recovered the fifteenth whe mings failed to get around a ¥ and hooked to the rough for the loss of the eighteenth. Their cards Out- Marston. mings In 1.6 3 4 3—3% 16 > 6 4—13 ton 44443875 “ummings 4 14 43740 4 eorgze inferior had in but it six-hole ratic f von to any medal previous matches was enough iead at lunch over the er- rmer New York State cham- pien. who had an approximated 9. Von Elm won 10 holes and Driges 4 The westerners lead wax only two holes at the turn, Lut Driggs went from bad to worse on the last few holes of the round took a 76 today he has him a score this morning STUDY SCHOOL NEEDS. Jewish Organization Formed to Take Up Problems in D. C. At a conferente at the Y. M. H. A. Building, called to form plans to cope with the lack of efficient Jewish schools in the District of Columbia 75 representative Jews, from every organization and house of worship, gathered to form a hoard of directors to st the situation and take steps toward improvement of existing schools and the establishment of new ones where needed Dr. Abram Simon spoke on the large task that was before them. and sug- gested that an organization be formed immediately to study the problem throughout the city. A board of di- rectors was elected, consisting of 25 representative Jews irom every or- ganization and house of worship, delve into the problems of the n of the City of Washington for Jew ish schools. Rabbi Louis J. Schwefel was elected temporary chairman and Jacob Heckman temporary secretary HITS ALIEN LAWBREAKER. Deportation of aliens convicted of violating the prohibition and narcotic laws will be propos along with some other immigration legislation at the next session of Congress, Chairman Johnson of the House im- committec announced to- day. in opening the new act to revision Mr. Johnson said he also proposed to revise the section regulating the ad- mission of wives and children of aliens in this country An investiga- tion now being condicted. he hoped. would permit a fairer application ol these regulations HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY FIRST RACE—Purse, $1 and geldings, Z-year-olds D 116 Forecaster ... helor's Brror . 116 tlord Valentine. . Nicholas...... 118 tFogonip Maj. Finley. 116 tNevada Stock Farm entrs. SKECOND RACE-—The Graduate Steeplechase: purse, $2,000: 3-year-olds and up; 2 miles. Dixon Josephine.. 147 {Links ... . 138 Bright Lights 147 tlady Zeus.... .. 137 Allerion 147 Warrenton 130 Miss Miami 143 tFive pounds claimed for rider. {Ten pounds claimed for rider. THIRD RACE—Purse, $1,300; filies: 2.sear- olde; 5ia furlongs. Fiery Flight Tdoi.. 110 108 108 108 5 35 1o Cheysalis <1100 110 FOURTH RACE—The $1.500; fillies and mares 1 mile! Lunetta ... Rose Tree; puree, d-year-olds 'and up} . 110 Yankee Princess.. 105 Ten Sixty........ 105 Strut Miss Lizzie. 103 Lovable 105 Craigthorne ...... 100 FIFTH _RACE—The Piedmont Handicap; purse, $1,500; for all ages; 5% furlongs. Swing Along..... 126 Reply ........... 110 1Time Exposure. 115 Infinite 110 {3Heel Maclean Big Heart 1Comixa Steel Trap... 113 Champlain lord Baltimore 11 111 1Will Land tWellfinder . 111 tRest Reloved. 1Three pounds claimed for rider. 1E. F. Whitney entry. SIXTH RACE—Purse, $1,300; seur-oids and up; 11, miles The Archer....... 113 *Toodles Episode D111 *Attornes Muir Warlike 108 Suppliant Kechab 1108 Altissimo .0111110 166 SEVENTH RACE—| 00; claiming; 8-vear-olds and up; 1 Panorel 13 Stevens claiming: SBhn .oy *Mountain i *Neapolitan *Sir Adsum *Previeux . . 108 1108 108 Uncertain .. *Apprentice allswance claimed. Weatber clear; track {asi,