Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. District of Columbia and Maryland— Unsettled and warmer today; showers today and tomorrow: moderate to fresh outheast winds. Temperature for twen- ty-two hours ending at night. Highest, 6 Full report on Page 7 10 o'clock last Towest, 54.9. he Sl WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION 70. DRAFT OF SECURITY - AND DISARMAMENT PROTOCOL ADOPTED League Commission Decides on June 15, 1925, for Par- ley if Pact Ratified. U. S. MAY FEEL PiRESSURE. THOUGH NOT SIGNATORY Refusal to Arbitrate Dispate Would Evoke Reprisals—Japa- nese Maintain Stand. By thie Assoed GENEVA, armament ted Press September 27 —The dis- commission of the of Nat tonight adopted the report on the dratt pro- tocol of arbitration rity The commission world-wide disa 1d June 1 ority League ns Benes assembly and sec decided ths rmament contere , 1925, if by May of the states represented in the league council and 10 others shall have ratified the protocol The Japanese ob arbitration clauses go over until the Sunday morning the ctions 1ot session of the juri- dicial committe There is that tion changsd, according 1o the impression couveyed by M. Acachi to the varion L notably M. Briand. tonigit Tapan's pe will be dulezates Signifieant for U. S, - MEANS DECLARES IN THREE BIG ltete | | Statement to Get Evidence. Entered as secend class matter post office Washington, D, C. 16 to 40 Pupils in 100 Function Below Normal, D. C. Tests Show | Often From One to Four Semesters Above Mental Qualifications Revealed by Psychological Study. Director Says. Sixteen to forty per cent of the children in each of the District pub- lic schools where psychological tests were administered during the last scholastic year are functioning below the mental level for children of their age and from one to three and even [four semesters below their present 1”\”}" IO.V!Jn”l’n)!:;iilr::'h:r’-“ :rlne‘nh" »“d':j too, a considerable per cent are being Bile, pushed too rapidly. and being partment of educational research andlty adjust to the traditional curr reasurement, revealed in her annual lum which is not at all zuited to the report to Supt. Frank W. Ballou.|interests, needs and capacities of { which was made public last night, | children below normal.” {¥Dhess onclward fohilanan sarefals- ||- SImost SO0FChilavom i ithe Dany . gt e tocs, Cooke and Morgan Schools l lohin t‘r-vv 40 ||firh|":'on‘!" l')ll::*’:)]‘ “' I nolpied autisteiielow e L o mentally With rare ex- Foree, 23 per cent; Frank- ms” she said, “these ~Thomsen, 18 per cent; Monroe, 11| while sitting in rooms with children per cent; B 21 per cent; Morgan, | ¥ears younger than they 5 per cent; Cooke, 23 per cent, and | ¢Ven then functioning on edu ional Denalaon. 25 per et {1evels from one to four semesters “This is & great waste, not only of | (Contin 5 K i 'REPUDIATION TRAP, pupils’ and teachers time, of money paid to teach what is already known Miss La Salle, “but a greater waste in the loss of mental effort of these children who acquire a habit of working below their best, develop frequently lazy mental habits general undesirable laziness. Just as a large number of our children are working below their capacity. so, cept Pag GREAT SPURT DUE Says He Signed Daugherty’Davis Invades East With Al Smith—California Sore WASHINGTON, D. C, and a | asked | u- | children, | are, arc! RACES |and Minnesota, MONTANA COUNTED FOR COOLIDGE, WITH LA FOLLETTE CLOSE Davis Chance for Electoral Vote Lies in Leaders Run- ning Neck-and-Neck. WHISPERING CAMPAIGN WALSH’S BIG PROBLEM | Senator’s Religion Made Basis for Opponents’ Attack—Race to Be Warm. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star HELENA, Mont,, September 27.—In Montana, it is Coolidge or La Follette, with the chances for now leaning toward the President. Davis has but one chance, apparently, for the electoral vote of the State, and that admittedly a very slim one. Should Follette forces so the State as a chance for a slim plurality, Davis would receive the four electoral votes. In this State—an empire in extent, but with a population of only 540 000—a different situation, politically offers itself from that in the Dakotas In the latter & which are “normally Republica large majorities, the La Follette didacy will cut more into the Repub- Lccess split the vote of SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER the Republicans and the La| to leave the Democrats | BELL WOULD LIFT TODAY’S STAR “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telepkone Main 5000 and service will start immediately 28, 1924 -NINETY-FOUR PAGES. * FIVE CENTS. | JusT KNEW You'D HELP JONES WINS GOLF ( many vears, |in Philadelphia | possess a tover New York, WASHINGTON NEAR FIRST BASE BALL TITLE IN HISTORY Needs But One Victory for Right to Meet Giants in World Series. SUCCESS WILL END 38 YEARS OF WAITING HERE Goal Sought Since 1886 About to Be Attained Under Leadership of Youthful Stanley Harris. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. A pennant for Washington' Today one lone victory stands be- | tween the base ball club representin: | the National Capital and the cham pionship of the American League. A single triumph only separates Bucky Harris' valiant band of athletes from the attainment of a goal sought for but always in vain. Coming from behind in a typicall courageous fashion to defeat the Red Sox on an alien field at Boston terday, 7 to while the Yankee: faltered. 4 to 2, before the Athletics the Nationals today margin of two full games nly two tests remaining to be plaved by them and their rivals. This means that the Griffmen can get no worse than with con- PART ONE—28 PAGES. General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Politics—Pages 4 and 5. Radio News—Page 20. Maryland and Virginia News—Pages 22 and 23. 4 Schools and Colleges—Page 25. Looming up e & beacon rom e | S€NE 10 McLean, Claim. almost inn Spot for G. 0. P. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Now for the big drive in the pres- a tie, while one victory for them ¢ a single defeat for New York will assure Washinzton of the title 3 Due to the fact that Sunday base ? ball is not plaved in either Boston or Philadelphia, the outcome of one ¢ the most thrilling campaigns ever staged | —— ‘ not be known nti omorrow. It PART TWO—I18 PAGES, ;Bobby’ 22! New Amateur ("™ be known until tomor: 1 | | didates, Full speed ahcad under | are believed to predominate in Mon- | forced draft is the word of command | a; will continue to do so atter the | FQVOPS Changlng Law to Re- nptie iognn Ot me o Sl Editorials and Editorial Features. . ferred until Tues at it ma> Washington and Other Society. Champion—Overwhelms e Von Eim, 9 and 8. licans than the Democrats. Here, however, the La Follette strength will be derived probably just as much from the Democrats as from the Re- : publicans—though this is disputed. idential campaign by all the can-|That being the case, Republicans, who | erable points of inter- the debate to- proposed protocol of arbi- trition and security was closing tay on t Special Dispateh to The Star. tral one possess- | (v ORD, N. C., September P otuliar - Importance for thelin o lengthy statement issued here nited States and other countries|this afternoon Gaston B. Means a: Nfich are not members of the League | rerted he signed the repudiation of ]’."‘\;"”f = s & 1 his testimony before the Daugherty ]vrmm«-rv‘lm ."‘ 'l ’\"(r‘" etation ["I" '“"' | investigating committee solely for protorol made by Dr. Kdouard Benes, | the purpose of securing documentary ‘;“‘h\ RICh: dortich "\\' » | evidence, and ued 2 challenge to sl ieh o ron Bl former Attorner General Daugherty goL Delone jto tell all he knows about the repu- RESURFAGING LEVY involve and there will be no flagging of effort | yote has been divided three ways. Un- | lieve Property Owners ainree oft be Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 14. from this time until the eve of elec- |) ot icons. ihe T Eonetee] tion day, November 4. Senator Lalctrength should prove to be greater| Hi¥glve) = iinrees i i D. A. R. Activities—Page /14. that has been decreed in the even: of Paving Charge. | 2. & Tt heiuhids 2tie Follette starts out this week upon|than it is believed to be in well in- | a speech-making trip which will Carry | formed sources. hat (hasibes ed 1 e ey finish the season on eve T News of the Clubs—Page 16. but the odds are heavily against thi | Boy Scout News—Page 16. 1 him to the Pacific Coast. Next Tues- 2 may be proclaimed diation statement. “The repudiation John W. Davis and Gov. Alfred Repshlicans’ Confident. | : and all Washington and its environs Veterans of the Great War—Page 17. today are planning for the struggi- B et et statement that I signed was not prop- iith will start the campaizn on| Republican leaders here have a | B osedines i erly executed or sworn to or wit-| the State and national tickets in|fecling of confidence in the outcome.| The Borland law, which assesses . s e Means declared, “and in | New York. The Democratic national | Which is lacking just now in some Of!balf the cost of street paving work for the base ball supremacy of th il this the document, my sole pur-|committee this week will swing into |the other Northwestern States. The | .gainst abutting property owners. universe that is confidently expected atate wet . following the instructions | action, the most formidable squad-|Democrats have only the hope al-(should be modified so that it would under way here next Saturda atates u lof Senators Wheeler and Ashurst, to |TOn Of oratorical big guns it has |ready described. But the La Follette|not apply to the repavinz of worn- n the Griffmen will oppose th panctions amainst the DON-memDEr. et in my possession documentary | ®Ver employed. The Republican na- | Workers are not outdone in confidence | out streets, in the opinion of En- York Giants, who yester states, as |"| m_“!l-r in :wb'j'd‘n‘:_ evidence to show that witnesses were | tional committee will oppose these |by the Republicans. Their only | gineer Commissioner Bell. eved the record-breaking L empastzed | by tne ing ntoaced illegally for the | batterios With its own heaviest artil- | Worry. they say. lies in the diiculty | *'37 Boll 'made known this view yinning their fourth consecutive | under discussion. e PUTDOSE of getting them fo repudiate | 16Ty The campaign will be at white | ere over the place which the names | jast night in discussing various pieces {“mal League pennant and their d ssenting | thetr testimony.” heat. of La Follette electors will have on | of District lezislation on which ac- e within a score of years under B the Euidance of that master manag.r —Jokn McGraw. enes this interpre- the ballot. i tion probably would be sought at the question eame up betore Defl to Dangherty. Sesgsl i It must be admitted that the faith | fortheoming secsion of Conerees Gmament commission while ke i Politicians attach great importance |of the Republicans is based on polls| he Enginer Commixsioner. cald h <ini a final glance over the | Means also declared that the signed | to the renomination of Gov. Alfred E. i made in various parts of the State S SIEreet Comnvationer sud e Seeking Goal of the protoco. it repudiation statement was not sent | Smith for the governorship, in its 2 videly | JFOUld not propose that the Borland ; t PRy o Netamentmasiinatisent | SFUES doR MR OV GEe | but which ‘do not include the widely | 1 oty 00 BIRREE AREe e e hed Over a span of 38 years, since 1856 Boncour of France, |4 ¥ erty, and in his |bearing on the presidential election. | soattered farming population. and on : v ; : : St had major league repre that Article XVIL of | chailenge he sai ow if Mr. It i¢ admitted that Gov. Smith will |3 pelief that the silent vote Will be | mapcomciusion that it should be so T ation i eI Ao s stipulated that in the | H. M. Daugherty has in his posses | be a powerful aid to tge national |oate for the President - cEaggeliae O Suslyiulyicororiginal Sob il e e ol < i event of lispute between a mem- | S/00 any repudiation signed by me, | ticket in the support ich he will | No il the angi stuff p“:”“: and mnot to resurfacing also. Lt o s o | by 1 A ill] “Not altogether tangible stuff to|PAINE &nd mot fo resurfacing als fruitlessly, for the honor ber of the league and a non-member | &0 ave been confidentially advised | give it. The bettinr,” udds are inlpase a prediction on, but they have ! Gt Ll adbliaasy s within grasp. A cellur gl t under- | that he has such, it was sent to him | favor of Gov. Smith carrying his State | the advantage of good erops and im- | *O00 0Ut by trafiic and has to be re- Widlholoric ol Snlonty fike the same procedure of doneiii- | Sfter it had Been eent to E. B Me- et to victory, and neutral poli- | proved financial conditions in tne | Surfaced I do not believe that work st A i and mediation as ewisted tor | 40 at Washington, and it is highly | ticians believe that he will bring |State. snould lhe ‘dssesscd 2gaingt ithe neo Goverment ihis Hew ohAlctaiBetirton Tembors proper that a mecting of the Brook- | many a vote to the support of the 9 pie sving SanbiiheSsiceat, cFanla SALL i e a Follette Men Uneasy. | even over the period of eight 1\uI—V\‘h"rvvl"l'”t")c:m\rl!ll e De called to | presidential ticket 1 The Gk Mol tte e e vt ‘from 1802 throush 1899 wh nike B augherty testify under | The two candidatcs will appear to- | s 3 4 o= AR e tacios (Dene . Teal from CiElit nath as to where he got the signed | gether in Madison Square Garden nexi|tunbodibeoausanc nom Jookz ashongh | 5 e document. 1 call upon Mr. Daugherty ursday might at a s meeting | o! e a s so-called | E ol elve folus ; el upon Mr. Daugherty | Thuraday mizht at a mass mesting | 1578, YOG " obote’ o' the tieket | ¥ other competitor. With the organization of the Erave from the standpotnt of Secur- | received by him from Mr. Mel SR aplces of MOCratic and also the La Follette electors in o | American League Washington ™ e ity and it was most important that | Gpo e erer ent him the simnen | wsanization of the ftive boroughs of | ne jndependent column. Should this asiwon joved little better suceess. startinz 11 should be clearly understood that | wnely the latter sent him the signed | New York. The occasion will mark | : i | ¢ nily 1 in 1901, sia b the high- 3 s t | repudiation. the first appearance in the nlllnnal'b" the case, they fear that many of | Now. with family and business mat- | in 1201, sixth place being the high- under the enant us adjusted by | " Reass stated that he signed th E o | the people who would like to vote for | ters to attend to besides golf. and ! est it could climb for 11 years until Drotocol u country which never | rapiaistion stater et 1o tue oiaee ne cempaisn Ufi" o bg_"""{ 2\?4“11"‘1 Arst|ya Follette, believing that the| | about to cast his first vote for Pres- | Clark Griffiith assumed field leader- was a member of the lcagie oF SIS |7 "p. Felder, his counsel, and while | juee e wan nominated o thot oavis | Farmer-Labor electors are his, may | {ident, he joins tha sclect class of link | ship in 1512, That season he alte ept arbitration or conform toip. cuyvs was “the documentary evi- | Jorsey fo -“‘f, S B0 1o New |real La Kollette group in the inde-| | and open titles. There are only three | composed largely of, youngsters to 3 ersey for a speech, later to Provi-|p.ngent column. The Farmer-Labor | others and twe of them wera elimi- | within one rung of the championship nated in this tournament, The three | ladder and furnished another second the measures ordained by the council | = " o [fatrer i s Thassent 0f the |dence, T T, and for ‘three days carly | gloup of wisctors were named when T = are Jerome D. Travers of New York, | place contender the following s Francis _Ouimet of Boston and | Son, but could not quite bridge the Charles Evans., of Chicasgo Zap to the pinnacle. Griff's advent Every inch a champion and prob- | here marked the dawn of a new e would b subject to sanction Joens = i e T o De ghossesslon ~ Was | in October fie will make speeches up- | (ne Farmer-Labor party was still to ably a great factor in championship | for base ball in Washington and The siznatories of the protocol.” ! fo 5 S 4 igned H. M. Daugherty, and was|gtate in New York. Gov. Smith will hold its convention in St. Paul, the competition till the years weary him | four of the seven succeeding vea in long 36-hole match play they wearied other starters this week. y Bobby, as they still call him except By the Acsociated Press. i ARDMORE, Pa., PART THREE—12 PAGES, | Robert Tyre Jonds, jr. of Atlanta, | Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- PR e e s play. vears in his youth—the national | Music_in Washmqton—l’au 5. mateur golf championship. n::l‘ (nh«- Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 10 9. | final round of the annual tournament Reviews ofiMevijBockeEage 10 he defeated George von Elm of Los b i o L Angeles by the unprecedented score Aty fand NEvy: Nuws-—Hageat- of § and 8 for the concluding match The Starry Skies in October—Page 11. of the week’ competition. The Civilian Army—Page 11. # + Triumph came at the Spanish War Veterans—Page 11. ic - 316 a biv Fraternities—Page 12. Cricket Club, where in 1916, a boy of 14, who wore short pants even when not playing golf. first attract- | ed attention by his ability at what some scoffers have often termed an | old man’s game. Many have been his | disappointments since then. A favorite several times to win the amateur crown, eliminated opponents of far less average ability. The open title came to him last vear only after his aver- age score per hole over a period of vears had been less than that of any covenant and September iged Merion for 38 Ye rious as raised by M ho remarked the covenant clauses PART FOUR— P! Pink Sports Section. hard, that now sition. or the portion seat of the good seasens the circu PART FIVE—8 PAG Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 3. hitherto he was PART SIX—I2 PAG Classified Advertising. Serial—'The Owl's House’—Page 9. Financial News—Pages 10 and 11. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. Plan for Outside \ations. M. HBoneour said the question of re- Jalions with a non-member state was Hunt, enzineer of hizhway pointed out that there has not been much resurfacing of old streets done since the Borland law was enacted, for the reason that the city has been | growing fast with limited appropria- tions, makhing it necessary to pave many new strects Irom now on, however, with the gasoline paving tax in effect, the Dis- trict will have more street funds available than in the past, and Bor- land assessments for resurfacing will become a more important factor to property owner Maj. Bell said it might not be pos- sible in the short session of Congress to get through this modification of the Borland law, but he said he would take steps to bring it to the attention | of the lawmakers for action as soon | as_possible. ! There are other legislative matters on which the Engineer Commissioner is hopeful of obtaining favorable action by the Senate and House at the next session. ighest Honors. COMIC SECTION—{ PAGE! Mr. Straphanger; Reglar Fellers and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. duty and obligation of applying to| Meansideclared that while negotla- Rt tins Lot e e || S SeraindeE vay ieading to the | jerser. That section will have its pant, beeause the state was not i | JENINE_of the repudiation statement [firee'real taste of active campaigning. (Continued on Page . £ * ¥ able to the covenant, but the sanc- tions of the covenant as defined by | California_continues to be a sore the protocol sl spot to the Republicans. This State, Dr. Benes cxplained that one article which played such a crucial part in of the protocol had adopted the rule 1916, is again a ciuse of anxiety. The of the covenant concerning non- recent decision of the California Su- member states involved in disput preme Court denying the La Follette with members. And M. Boncour was presidential viectors a place on the right, declarcd Dr. Benes. ballot may have added further com- plications to an_already precarious dence, Waterbury, Conn.. and New |ated by Senator La Follette, Today the Farmer-Laborites say that they are for Senator La Follette and ask to be considered as the offi- cial La Follette electors. But there isa fly in the ointment. The Farmer- Laborites have candidates for State offices who would like very much to ride along on the La Follette band wagon. La Follette and his campaign managers, however, have been op- posed to this, belleving that it might cost them many votes. i WORLD-GIRDLERS END he declared, “would have both the | Gencd SO M., datediss ugunti2s speak in Manchester. Boston, Provi- |convention which later was repudi- under his management the Nationals a few Atlanta friends who have taken earned a first division berth off the last syllable, shot his Giving up active direction of hi forces in battle following the close usual | of the 1920 season when he became Fl X E t t c t machine-like golf today. president of the club, Griffith inau- - His game was a bit nferfor to | gurated a system of experimenting avonng X rac s’ osme the great heights he reached in h with pilots raised from the : . . . semi-final match with Francis Quimet, | but the resuits attained by ics and Hair Tonic Lost in | 3ut ne was better than Yon Him in | McBride in 1821, then by Clyde Called Simple Syste The system was extremely simple. A country which was neither signa tory of the protocol nor a member of the league would be invited by council to accept the procedure of ar- bitration, and if that state resorted to war in disregard of this pro- cedure, then it would be considered to have violated the protocol and would be subject to sanctions, Exception was made to the arbitra- tion clauses, which arc in the hands of another commission. Tt is fully expected that this document will be presented to the assembly Monday, whether or not the arbitration clauses are ready. Dr. Benes read 26 pages of a type- written report outlining broadly the main features of the protocol and ex- plaining just how it varied from the league covenant. He said that a sys tem was about to be presented to the assembly, snd the world wanted a complete and coneclusive system of arbitration, eurity and reduction of “rmaments, Obligations Are Elastic He explained that a certadn elas- ticity allowed with rcference to the fulfiliment of sanction obliga- tions by th arious states, because it is realized that ates are not in possession of equal facilities for act- ing when the time com to apply anc Article IV of the protocol, however, arranged that the council should be informed 7 what each state could contribute. zreat omi n the covenant had been made good, because henceforth there could be no evasion of respon- tibility to apply sanctions against an aggressor, who now could always be determined. Dr. Benes emphasized also that the obligation of states to afford passage through their territory of forces which were co-operating against an aggressor still exists. This admoni- tion was raceived with interest, in view of tae declaration of Count Kessler today that Germany will ask 1o be relieved from the necessity of authorizing the passage of foreign troops through German territory, de- signed, for instance, to make an at- tack on Russia as an aggressor. The zeneral opinion expressed tonight was that Germany would have great difficulty in having her suggestion complied with. Furthermore, Dr. Benes pointed out, that the protocol does not affect the <pecial position of Switzerland fixed iy the declaration of the council of london Vebruary, 1920. Concluding, Jie_pleaded for acceptance of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) | LONG FLIGHT TODAY | the | Flyers Stop Outside Seattle in Five-Hour Hop-From San Francisco. By the Associated Press. BEUGENE, Oreg.. September America’s round-the-world aviators tonight were within a two-hour flight of the official end of their long journey. They flew here from Crissy Ficld, San Francisco in a little more than five hours today and expect to com- plete the circumnavigation of the zlobe in Seattle at noon tomorrow. If weather conditions are favorable, they plan to take off from here at 10 a.m Smith First to Land. Licut. Lowell H. Smith, commander of the flight, who was the first,to lez Cri Field, from which he took off at 9 a.m., also was the first to land here, his plane coming down at 2:17:35 p.m. The other two pilots, Lieuts. Leigh Wade and FErik Nel- | son, followed within three minutes. They were welcomed by Gov. Wal- ter M. Pierce of Oregon, Mayor E. B. Parks of Eugene, Army officers and a reception committee, which included {2 number of persons prominent in the State. The flyers were to attend a ban- quet in their honor at a local hotel this evening. HONDURAN FEDERALS SURROUND COMAYAGUA Government Troops Prepare to Overcome Ferrera and His Rebel Troops. By the Associsted Press. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal- vador, Scptember 27.—Honduran gov- ernment ° forces have surrounded Comayagua, with a view to overcom- ing the troops of the rebel leader Ferrera, who captured the town last Monday, according to government ad- vices from Tegucigalpa. Rebel reports say that when Gen. Ferrora entered Comayagua he put to route 2,800 government troops and captured 3 cannon, 6§ machine guns, 500 rifles and much ammunition. The rebels claim that they have occupled La Pax and Santa Barbara and routed the government forces commanded by Gens. Diaz, Zelaya and Perez at Siguatepeque, situation. The effect of the decision will be to cause voters who desire to vote for Senator La Follette to regis- ter their determination through the Socialist electors. Senator L& Fol- lette has advised his followers to do this. It remains to be secn how this advice will take with voters who, while willing to support Senator La MECCA IS CAPTURED BY WAHABIS, REPORT Messages Seem to Confirm Rumors of City Falling in Tribal Warfare. | By the Associated Press. CAIRO, September 27.—Rumors that the Holy City of Mecca had fallen into the hands of the Wahabis, in the latter's warfare with the Hashamite tribesmen of King Hus- sein, were prevalent today in Alex- andria. The rumors seemed to be confirmed by telegrams received from a hospital in Mecca asking for in- structions. The ministry of Pious Foundations replied: “Hoist the Egyptian flag and remain where you are to succor the wounded. Dispatches from Jerusalem Septem- ber 20 stated that the Wahabi forces then were occupying Taif and were concluding preparations for a general attack on Mecca. It was said that the Indian Moslem League was support- ing the Wahabis. S o BANKER ROUTS BANDITS. Drives Three Away—$2,000 Drop- ped in Flight. KINCATD, Tll, ‘September 27.— Bruce Shaw,. president of the Kincaid Trust and Savings Bank, today drove three robbers from the bank with a revoler, when they fafled in an at- tempt to obtain $30,000 in pay-roll money in the bank's vauilt. A satchel containing $2,000, which they had gathered up, was dropped in their flight. A bank employe was wounded in the leg during the short revolver fight, \ and poems, Foster Party Nominee, In addition, the presidential nomi- nee of the Farmer-Labor convention is Foster, the radical, of Illinois, and should the La Follette people rely on | the Farmer-Labor electors, it is feared that Foster might come along with court action insisting that these electors are his and not La Kollette's. The only way in which the La Fol- lette electors can be placed on the ballot in the independent column now is through the filing of petitions carrying 5,471 names. The La Fol- lette managers said today that they had upward of 4,000 of these signa- tures and would have u great many more than the requisite number by September 30, when it is proposed to file the petitions. The time for filing expires October 4. The La Follette leaders are count- ing on a very large vote from the railroad emplo; and from the dis- affected farmers, sufferers from agri- cultural depression of recent years. { The railroad labor vote is estimated {at 15 per cent of the vote of the State. Three transcontinental roads Cros; the State, and big railroad shops are maintained in Montana. Many of theae votes were formerly Democratic. Among the miners, too, La Follette will gain from the Dem- ocrats. He will take from the Re- publicans, however, when it comes to the farms. Walsh Faces Fight. Senator Walsh of Montana, the man who “lifted the lid” in the Teapot Dome oil scandal, and who gained fresh laurels by piloting the Demo- cratic bark through the stormy days of the New York convention, is facing a real fight for re-clection. The Re- publicans have named K. P. Linder- man as their candidate against Sen- ator Walsh. J. W. Anderson is the Farmer-labor nominee, though he has not_the La Follette O. K. In fact, La Follette and Wheeler both would like to sce the re-election of Senator Walsh. Linderman is a former insur- ance man who has prospered, a hotel owner, an author of Indian stories a Mason and, it is com- monly reported, the gandidate of the Ku Klux Klan. It is on the religlous issue that Linderman is making his strongest bid for the Senatorship against Sena- tor Walsh, a Catholic. This is not being doné¢ openly—through public speeches and attacks in the press, but through a_ whispering campaign. It is known that for a long time Linder- man has been violently anti-Catholic. He is appealing to Masons to aid him (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) 4 Three Measures Up. The pending measures in which Maj. Bell is most directly interested because they affect his departments are the bill for the reorganization of the Public Utilities Commission, the strect railway merger biil and the proposal to extend Fourteenth street through the Walter Iieed Hospital reservation. The first bill would add two more members to the utilities commission, which is now composed of the three city Commissioners. One of the new men would be an engineer and the other a lawyer. Maj. Bell fathered this measure at the last session, be- lieving that the Commissioners should have more assistance in disposing of utility problems. The second bill would change the method of taxing the two street rail- way companies with a view to in- ducing consolidation. The city heads also will reply in December to the request of the Sen- ate District committee for sugges- tions as to how the powers of the Commissioners might be extended in order to relieve Congress of the ne- cessity of passing on varfous munici- pal questions of a minor nature. Welfare Bill to Be Reviewed In Commissioner Rudolph's depart- ments the most important legislation to come up this Winter will be the several bills recommended by the commission on public welfare legis- lation last Spring. The foremost is the one to create a board of public welfare in the District government to co-ordinate child-caring and other social service work. Commissioner Oyster may have some legislation to recommend to | Congress growing out of the annual report of Maj. Sullivan, superintend- ent of police. Maj. Sullivan has suggested additional legislation for prohibition enforcement, a more stringent gun-toting law and appoint- ment of two more Police Court judges. ot PASTOR IS ACCUSED. Abduction of 14-Year-Old Girl Is Charged. NOWATA, Okla., September 27.—A charge of abduction was filed today by A. P. Anglin, County _attorney against Rev. Joseph E. Yates, 40, minister at Alluwee, who is elleged to have eloped with a 14-year-old choir girl of his church. No trace of the couple has been found. . Caro Company Fire. Fire of undetermined orizin last night wrecked the the Caro Flavoring Company extracts, and causing damage to the and $35.000. One fireman, Truck Company gency Hospital and treated for deep gash on his chin, received when he was caught in a cascade of brok- His condition is not serious. I ever fought,” remarked one fireman as he recesses com- of many more sub- stantial odors of lemon, grape, orange and vanilla extracts, permeating the atmosphere around the plant for sev- en glass. “It was the sweetest fire emerged from the smoking of the building. The delicate posite aroma of perfumes scenes mingled with the eral hundred feet. Caskets Are Damaged. About fifteen caskets in the adjoin- the Na- were dam- aged by water, W. J. Hoover, an offi- ing structure, occupied by tional Casket Company, cial of the company, stated. A feature of the fire was the fact that six little kittens were left moth- | erless by the blaze. beneath a pile of water-soaked debris whining over the on the main floor, every branch after the second of the 28 holes which the 36-hole result of the decisive v late interior of the three-gtory building occupied by 610 Pensvlvania avenue, destroving thou- sands of gallons of alcohol, flavoring hair tonic and cosmetics, building stock estimated at approximately the week by the scores and most of his victories before the round. joined Miss Mary E ning honors for Lo vear's finanists in national golf com- | petition ¢, t0o, lost in the last |, N. O. Teates of No. 1| round. was taken to Emer- of which seven were in round of 18 three holes, all ing to morning shot a 74, or 4 over par, on | course. | turn in one a 44, | the Von the afternoon over par, becoming erractic as the inevitable | end drew at the first hole in Von Elm winning b: the 523-yard second hole Jones shot | thereafter the | was never in a birdie 4 result of doubt with rors by Jones were quential. variably to his disadvantage. Four par 5 holes were played. At three of them Jones had the longer | drive, i closer approach to the pin. Honors were even at the six short | They were found and was match consisted Joins Mary Browne. Von Elm attracted the decisive Thouzh outelassed Jones won 12 holes of the holes. Von in the down Eim morning, lunch 4 Jones heavily bunkercd took 79. To the Jones had while Von Elm long, Elm 237, had near. A second shot by Jones of the par 4. and soon the match most of the gallery. few Von Elm's slips were the longer bra; and never down of as a attention all lowness of his medal margins of final today he Browne in win- Anzeles and one match, the morning took Zo- this | | signed to a | veterans nto a trap day resulted | 1o Atk of the Er- | and inconse- in- | the (Continued on I'age 2, Column 1.) (Continued on Page Effort to Block Mrs. La Follette’s Speech in Maryland Today Seen La Folletté campalgn headquar- ters here announced last night it had been advised that a deter- mined effort was being made to prevent Mrs. Robert M. la Fol- lette, wife of the independent presidential candidate, from de- livering a political address today at Mountain Lake Park, Md. Mrs. La Follette went to the mountain resort yesterday pre- pared to discuss campaign issues in the Chautauqua Auditorium, which had been engaged for to- day's meeting. After Mrs. La Wollette's arrival at Mountain Lake Park Miss Isa- ®elle Kendig, one of those arrang- ing for the rally, sent word to headquarters here that the man- agement of the auditorium had just announced that it could not be used. Miss Kendig said the explanation was that the audi- torium was not available for a political meeting 6n Sundays and that it had just been discovered that Mrs. La Follette intended to talk politics to a Sunday gather- ing. Miss Kendig declared that she and her colleagues were going ahead with arrangements for the meeting, determined to have Mrs. La Follette speak in the andi- torium despite the ultimatum of the management. | league ful and finally by Owen Bush were \ from satisfactory. Griff's Choice Startled Fans. Convinced that his theories wera sound Griflith ignored a number of available managerial office and commissioned another private as field marshal. Announcement that Stanley Raymond Harris would direct the destinies of the Nationals this sea- son caused consternation among many followers of the team The spectacle of a mere 27 summers and vouth of nossessed of only four seasons' experience in the biz league beinz placed in command of athletes many vears his senior; as- task at which grizzled had signally failed, en- zendered miszivings in even the most loval supportcrs of the club. But their reckoning was faulty. | They failed to take into aceount the | qualities of leadership inherent in the stripling whose heady fielding and timely batting they had come to admire. They underestimated the | value of indomitable courage, a clear en brain and rare inspirational powers. They were unaware of the measure apparent to Clark Griffith, a veteran of three decades in the game attributes possessed by this youngster of Welch ancestry. When Harris succeeded on June 24 in piloting practically the same ag- gregation that had proved such a disappointment the year before to first place, the only time a local club ever had reached that exalted po: tion so comparatively late in a ra the fans marveled, but were skepti- cal, convinced from previous experi- ences that it was but a flash in the pan. A grueling series of doubleheaders, later took its toll of stamina as re sulted in the team dropping back but it faltered only momentarily Returning to the battle with un- diminished determination it fought its way back to the top. Johnson Deserves Credit. To Walter Johnson must be accorded a generous share of credit for the epocial achievements of the Nationals. The son of Kansas who in the 37th year of his age and 18th in a local uni- form has been officially honored as the most valuable plaver to his team in the deserves the homage that is being paid him. But it is Bucky Harris who has earned the fullest need of credit. 1t is he who has welded the materiul into an effective unit and fired ir with the spirit that is due, tomorrow or the day after, to mark the fruitjon of many long years of weary waiting. A pennant for Washington!