Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1924, Page 2

MAY MOVE TRAFFIC . BY BLOCK SIGNAL Lommissioner Oyster Willing to Test System if Con- gress Votes Fund. A willingness to try out the signal svstem of moving traffic in Washington was expressed today by Comrmissioner Oyster if the necessary funds can be obtained from Congress The second defic bill, which failed of passage at the last session of Congress and which will come up for action amain carly in December, earries an item of $7.000 for traffic devices. This fund could be used to €ive the bl light trial, it is believed “I observed the block light system 5n operation in New York recently. which enables trafic on a thorough- Lare move simultaneously at va- rious intersections, and the opinion there seems to be that it is success- ful id Commissioner Ovster. The Commissioner did not indicate What strect or streets he thought the hl <hould be tried on. This an 1bly will be left to the st hourd for recommenda- tion mmissioners Local System. present system of having erated semaphores at inter- working independent flic 2oing in the same ntly gets the i corner. while the are being held at Under the block signals are given uniformly eral intersections, If all drivers would follow our ex- Isting regulations rigidly and pedes- trians would do their share by being careful at crossings, the regulation of trafic would not be much of a prob- Tem.” the Commissioner observed, dis- cussing the general question Capt. Ovster declared today that motorists should strive to avoid arzuments with traffic officers FIRM, CLEAN RULE PROVISED T0 CUBA Former President Menocal in Campaign Also Sees Good Relations With U. S. e k system a to ek system L « ot i) Differs frem Under the hand hers, one ma- the sys- chines oAt cor tem the at the also By the Assoripted I SANTA CLARA Clara. Cuba fdeal ix to sive ernment sh- ne one.” said “or Garcia Menocal, date, who the presidency province of Santa ptember My ba the kind of gov- ds. 4 firm and clean rer President Mario Conservative candi- \paigning today for fu Santa Clara, re- garded pivotal province in the contest between him and Gen. Gerardo Machado, Liberal candidate for president. The former president outlined his plans in a statement to the Associated Press' correspondent. for he is a rare type among men of the Latin race in that he is no orator and he admits it. He- to Santa Clara yesterday afternoon, leaving Havana early Sun- 2 two-week tour of the island, made no addresses adthough he Eiven tions by his friends and supporters at a dozen stops that the special train made en route here. Proclamations in the newspapers and in hand bills and the fervid oratory of his follow- ers are the means by which Gen. Menocal puts his views before the Cubian vorers Better Docks Planned. Tmprovement in the Havana docks and wharfs to promote international trade and construction of u highway system beginning with one running rast and west the length of the island und another from the north to south were among other preyects Gen. Men- ocal said he would we 'k for. The trea® between United States and (ba, he said, should continue in fort: “until both Eovernments may coms to a friendly understanding to have @ amended in the measure that circamstances may require The 1 is ca but rer the iprocity tt amendisne, by which the United States guarantees life and Property in Cuba has never caused any complications with Washington and is not a “political issue,” he add- €d, “and it may be hoped that in the course of time conditions in Cuba will make it useless.” Senor Menocal, who has adopted “in Reneral.” as he explained, the recti- fication program of the Veterans and Patriots” Asscciation. which last year threatened a revolution against Pres- ident Zavas' government, was panicd on his tour by of that organization and by mately 200 other followers, The trip Was uneventful, although alarmist rumors that his opponents at Santa Bomingo, in Santa Clara provines, would shoot up the train caused many of hix followers to take extra pre- cautions 1o defend their leader if necessary On reaching the town the candidate Borrowed a horse and led a cavalcade of local followers in a parade for half an hour, getting the largest demonstration hetween Havana and Santa Clara. At the latter place a 8hower of rain failed to dim the en- thusiasm of the Menocalistas and the streets were packed with men afoot and aho while half a dozen bands Blared out the wild music of interior Ciiba and pistols and toy cannon were fited amid an uproar of - . ers Considered. to be followed in trans- approxi- School Transf “The policy ferring pupils from junior to senior | high schools will mecting of the ifistitutions this Pranklin school be discussed principals of afternoon at at a these the Heroic M.ei'hanic Z Gives Real Thrill at Plane Meet " LIMPNE, Kent, England, Septem- ber 29.—Spectators watching the light airplane trials here this ‘morning had a thrill that was not included on the program when the giant air-liner from Croydon to Paris. with 8 passengers aboard, ‘was observed descending wtih a ‘man perched on the lower wing with his legs dangling over. On landing, the pilot said that the control arm of the plane's car- buretor broke, cutting off the pe- trol supply. The machine's me- chanic climbed out in an attempt to repair the break. He was un- able to do so, however, and found ‘that the only thing that could be ,done was to hold the broken con- trol. This he did for 40 minutes ,while the liner made for the air- ‘drome. After the repairs had been “sompleted the.plane left fog-Par! block | demonstra- | { | | | i { | { foceurs in the | ed during Mr | be put aside for the time being. but| | that the Trish bill will | undoubtedly accom- | officials Sa several leaders | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AL ISLAM STIRRED BY MECCA'S STATUS Report Fanatical Wahabis Recaptured Shrine From Hussein Believed True. By the Associated Press LONDON. September ~While the Moslem world is anxiously awaiting contirmation of the report that Mecca has bedh captured by the Wahabis— fanatical Mohammedan reformers, who held the holy city for a few years at the beginning of the nineteenth century—what little news is reaching the outside world by way of rumor suggests that the report is likely to be true. King Hussein, who during the great war made Mecca the capital of his new Kingdom of the Hedjaz, is re- ported by the Daily Chronicle's Mecca correspondent to be retreating with {his scanty forces of Hashamites to {. -ddah, the port of Mecca. Iy COL. THOMAS W. M Who rexizned today ax alien property todian to aceept presidency of the Allicd World War Veterans Association. IRISH BILL FIRST BEFORE COMMONS MacDonald to Get Action Be- fore End of Week—Treaty Big Issue. LER, usvein’s Safgty in Doubt. According to this correspondent’s report, Hussein's allies have failed to attempt to recapture Taif, which the Wahabis seized recently. The pos | tion of Taif is of importance to Mecca | because it is from there that the capi- tal receives most of its foodstuffs The tribes between Mecca and Taif are stated to have refused to help Hussein, whose safety, according to current reports, is in danger. ven if Mecca is not yet actually in the hands of the Wahabis, they ap- pear to be seriously renacing it. If they capture and hold the city it is supposed that the famous pilgrimages will ce as the Wahabis vehement- Iy oppose and frequently try to pre vent the pilgrimages, regarding them as equivalent to idolatry Egypt Stirred by News. The Chronicle’s correspondent say: that the rumors of the fall of Mecca created a sensation in Cairo and are causing a stir throughout lslam News | Reuter's Cairo correspondent re- LONDON, September 29, — When | ports that news concerning Mecca is Parliament reassembles Tuesday.!scarce, but that the position of the Prime Minister MacDonald will move | city balieved to be critical, with the second reading of the Irish bill [the civilian evacuation having already giving the government power to|started and the seat of government establish the Irish boundary commis- | having been transferred to Jeddah. sion and appoint a representative to| A hattle outside the walls of Mecca is Ulster without Ulst isent thought to be imminent Unless some unusual turn of events | House of Commons, this | IN SHANGHAI FIGHT law before the end of next week. | The Liberals will support the govern- | (Continued from First Page) BY HAL O'FLA By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily ment in passing the legislation. which | is designed to correct a mistake in| the wording of the Irish treaty sign-| Lloyd George's term in | ey which eriticized the government are The Conservatives realize the im-|Not allowed to circulate. possibility of preventing the bill from | Chank S nampithe : uce caused a panic in Peking. becoming law. Therefore they intend | Sk 8 to confine the attack to the floor of 1024ty Chicagh D llyiewsion:) the House of Commons without call- ing on the House of Lords to amend | or reject the legislation Will End Ixsue for Time. [fasks With the appointment of a houndary commission this delicate problem will pa (Copyright WU WARNS FOREIGNERS. They Remain Neutral. Promises Protection. Br Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News PEKING, September -Wu Pet Fu, in an interview reaffirms his de- | termination to protect foreign lives and property, saving that the for- eigners are the guests of China, and their stay here sould be made pleas- ant. He warns all foreigners to re- main strictly neutral and appears to be extremely anxious to remain in the £00d graces of the foreign powers. it is certain to = well o= politicel Ireland and possibly armed conflicts Mr. MacDonald stir up hatreds will religious as throughout result in feels sa confident disposed of he already has turned his attention to the graver problems of the life of his ministry, which now rests on the fate of the two Russian|" Chang Tso-Lin and Wu Pei-Fu are treaties. The battle on this issue can- | harred by the Japanese from using the not be reached in the House of Com-|South Manchuria Railway for the mons until November, but in the | transportation of troops and ammuni- meantime the Labor party Prepar-| tion, and this is causing Chang Tso- ing its forces for general elections | Lin considerable worry, the refusal up- and is preparing to appeal to the | cetting his prearranged plans country in case the House refuses to| There is mutiny in Chang Tso-Lin's ratify the pacts with the Soviets camp on the front line north of Chin- The impression prevails at the mo- | wangtao. It is reported that two of ment that when a vote on the treaties | his commanding officers have been is reached the Liberals will declare | murdercd by mutinous soldiers and themselves satisfied With the assur- [ that 300 soldiers have surrendered to ances offered by the government on | the Chihli forces. Mutiny and looting the subject of the Russian loan and [also are reported among the Mukden thereby avert an immediate gencral [troops stationed at Chinchow and election Yingkow. Large quantities of food- Stuffs have been seized without being paid for. One thousand houses have been taken from the people of Chin- chow and 600 at Yichow lation isx panic-stricken and Chinese merchants are flefleing to the South A foreigner who arrived on Saturday from Mukden reports that the Mukden native city, the redlight district, the banks, shops and houses have been looted by Chang Tso-Lin's own men. The troops have mutinied owing to their dislike of Chang Tso-Lin's son. The Chihli forces have recaptured Hsinfenzkow. (Copyright, 102, by ihe Chicago Daily o. WOMEN LEAVE CITY. be quickly that Makes Purpose Clear. Mr. MacDonald has made clear his intention of regarding rejection of the treaties as a vote of censure. The binet met today for the purpose of discussing the premier's speeech, moving the second reading the Irish bill. in which Mr. MacDonald will throw the whole blame for the difficulties upon the shoulders of previous governments. He cannot afford to miss such a good opportunity of proving the werth of the Labor ministry when confronted with the tasks left him by his pre- decessors. (Copyright TEXAS NOT TO CALL OFF STATE FAIR AT DALLAS| 1921, by Chicago Dails News Co.) Ordered to Take Children to Safety From Planes. ted Press. P! eptember 29.—All and children have been ordered to leave Shanhaikwan, the city on the Peking-Mukden railroad at the bor= der between Chihli province and Manchuria, which has already been bombed by airplanes of Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, the Manchurian war lord. A train has been made up here to remove the non-combatants. It 1s estimated that there are about 40 foreigners there, chiefly British, and a greater number at Chinwangtao, where the Kailan Mining Company maintains its foreign staff. The bombing of Shanhaikwan by Gen. Chang's planes continues and the number of casualties is increas- women y Foot-and-Mouth Dis- ease Will Not Interfere With Exhibition. By the Associated Press HOUSTON. Tex.. September 20 Teh Texs State fair at Dallas has not been called off and there is no reason for changed plans, Chairman J Boogh-Scott of the State Live Stock Sanitary Commission declared today, in answer ot rumors that foot and mouth disease in this county might affect the fair The State live homa and Lou tock boards of Okla- jana, in conference with Mr. Bogg-Scott, indicated there would be no inetrference with the | transportation of race horses to Dal- las from other States. Whatever ac- tion that might be taken with refer- ence to cattle will be determined, they said, by future developments with reference to the foot and mouth disease. MISSOURIANS GUESTS. ‘Will Hear Democratic Speakers at Club Tonight. Missourians will be the guests of the McDonald - Washington - Black- burn Club tonight at 8:30 o'clock at the club's headquarters, 2315 Massa- chusetts avenue. Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, vice chairman of the Demo- cratic National Committee, and Ed- win S. Puller of Missouri, will be the principal speakers. Because of the severe storm here last Monday, the Missouri night is being repeated. Mrs. Bernard L. Jarman will sing a_group of songs. including “Night,” “To a Messenge: and “Seguilla.” Her accompanist will be Mrs. Margaret Annis. There witl be no meeting of the club Wednesday night, owing to its trip to Frederick, where Mr. Davis will deliver an ad- dress. The series will be resumed Friday night. WILL KILL LEAGUE PACT IF DEMANDS FAIL, JAPAN WARNS (Continued from Fi the size and strength of the German army provided for in the treaty, the Heich cannot undertake to partiei- pate in the applica: n of sanctions under a guarantee pact such as the one now under discussion at Geneva, although Germany offers no objec- tions to the general principles of such an arrangement. The document will be submitted to a cabinet meeting on Thursday and the general impression in official circles is that it contains nothing which might form an insurmountable obstacle. France, it is made clear, is willing that Germany shall have a place on the council and is not disposed to raise difficulties unless the application for admission is ac- companied with demands for ex- ceptional treatment which, as was declared by M. Herriot in Geneva, the French would oppose. Rttt Held in Death of Negro. CHARLESTON, S. C, September 29. —W. D. Newsome, 41, of Elm City, and W. E. Cooke, 21, of Weldon, *., both white, were arrested yes- terday by Sheriff Joseph M. Poulnot Agreement Extended. NEW YORK, September 29.—Ex- tension of the working agreement between the steamship companies and the International Long Shore- men’s Union to September, 1925, was announced today. The long shore-|on charges of being concerned in the men won their demand for the 44-|slaying of Oliver Cox, a negro store. hour ‘week, effective six months in|keeper, near Seven Mile, -Saturday the year, with a 48-Kour week for|night. The men-are connected with a e -Temainder, » - krallyoad conalzuctlan Sanle . o, - J The popu- | Casket containing the remains of xraphed today aboard the L. S. CONFESSED SLAYER SURRENDERS SELF Man Who Killed Mother-in- Law Alleges Years of Persecution. By the Associated Press CINCINNATI. Ohio. September 20 Rainsoaked and disheveled, with his clothes bearing the marks of 60 hours out of doors. Vintan Perin. 50, sur- rendered himself to day to answer for the slaying of his mother-in-law, Mrs Frances D. Rawson, 77. and for the shooting of his sister-in-law, Miss Nina Rawson. Alternately sobhing. jesting pacing the floor of detective quarters. Perin told the police after fleeing from the Rawson hoi hold Friday night. bearing the smok- | ing revolver in his hand. he walked and walked When he miles away and head that reached Walton he turned back, Ky 5 Phones Message of Surrender. Di- At 7 o'clock this morning Safety rector Charles E. Tudor received telephone call from Perin announc that if Tudor would come out he lwould surrender himself Walnut | Hills Tudor Chiet of i communicated at once with Detectives Emmett Kirgan who reached the scene at the same time as the safety director. [Perin| stood on the corner. and after he had talked a moment to Tudor, said he wanted to surrender. ! " Perin told a story of 20 vears of al- jleged persecution by his mother-ir law. She opposed his marriage to her daughter Deborah, he said, and since the wedding did everything she could to eliminate him | verin readily ling. but showed of the actual ki admitted the an aversion Ing. shoot- to talk States Caune of Quarrel. “Our argument. which preceded the shooting, was about Nina Rawson's building an apartment house and turning it over to my wife to oper- ate, and take in university men as boarders,” Perin said. “I objected to this, saying it would demean my wife whose standing was above such work Then they jumped all over me, and it all started. A search of Perin’s pockets revealed that he had four poison tablets and only “After the shooting it was terrible. 1 couldn’t think. I was trying to get my mind together. I could have com- mitted suicide if I wanted to. I had polson with me. But 1 had still enough sense not to try that.” A formal charge of murder was lodged against Perin last Saturday. Although in a serious condition, Miss Nina Rawson was recovering t day from three wounds inflicted by Perin. The funeral set for toda | | | | of Mre. Rawson was MOONSHINERS’ SHOT JUST MISSES AGENT Braving gunfire by moonshiners near Burtonsville, Montgomery Coun- ty, Md. Prohibition Agent O. E. Fisher of this city narrowly missed serious injury and possible death early this morning. when, with Mary- land officers, he raided a big corn liquor still and received a bootleg- ger's bullet through his coat sleeve. Leaving Washington about mid- night, Fisher met the Maryand of- ficlals and proceeded to the site of the still, reaching it at an early hour. Three men were seen in the act of working the still and a desperate effort was made to capture them. They made a quick getaway, how- ever, and, under fire of several shots fired at the raiding party, escaped in the woods. When isher found time to check up on hi 1f after the big plant had been seized and much of it de- stroyed, he discovered onme of the bullets had penetrated the right sleeve of his coat. The big liquor plant, which is be- tieved to have been, the source of much bootleg supply for Washington, consisted of a 600-gallon wooden Kkettle and other paraphernalia, oper- ated by a 40-horespower steam boiler. Not only was the place well equipped. for manufacturing bootleg liquor, but was heavily provided with more materials and with facilities for prolonged operation. Besides the 600-galion wooden kettle, there was one doubler, 25 500-gallon mash boxes, 12,500 gallons of mash, 240 gallons of corn whisky, 76 empty cases of half-gallon jars, 1,000 pounds of corn meal, 1,000 pounds of sugar, five barrels of coal oil, a complete kitchen with full equipment, and mis- cellaneous articles. With Agent Fisher on the raid were County Policeman J. Wilson and Constables Gasch and Reese. S Prominent Mill Owner Dies. PROVIDENCE, R. I, September 29. —Col. Joseph E. Fletcher, prominent woolen and worsted manufacturer and owner until recently of the Nar- ragansett Hotel and the Providence Opera House, clubman and yachtsman of 35 years' standing, died suddenly of heart trouble last night while on board his motor yacht Juniata at the anchorage of the Rhode Island Yacht Club, at_Patuxent.. Col. Fletcher wes i Bradford, Eomand, iR 200, Trenton upon its arrival at th | ho | the | went Maj. Robert W. A riean Navy mbrie, SEPTEMBER 29, 1924. sul who wasx slain fn Persia, Yard, CLEARING. OF LENINGRAD RUINS FROM FLOOD UNITES ALL CLASSES Authorities’ Handling of Situation Following Calam- ity Highly Praised by Diplomats; Loss Estimates Still Difficult. BY F. A. MACKENZIE By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News LENINGRAD, September The authorities and population of Lenin- grad deserve the highest praise for the way they have met and fought the great flood calamity that has overtaken them. The officials acted with the greatest energy, systemati- cally and rapidly taking measures to the situation. The ople of the occasion utmost of no vielence, ery rose to the wits working wi will. There rioting and ne In no saying th not on b corresp own v n diplon dent ws, but fic r Palace plaque the there markin great 1824 hich reatest of its kind that occasion, several thousand ns were drowned and wh distri sSWept away Tue day’s inundations reached within a very short space of the high-water mark on the plague, but the number of drowned trivial com- pared with 1% present stone stond etter than the of 18 for material loss makes into insignifi- stands the he datior ranks among th n history. O, same houses 1924 2ance nk Started With Storm. first the partly inaccurate. the corre nt repeats the story as it was him by many friends here. A storm. blowing inland, swept over Leningrad Tuesday. Between nd 4 in the afternoon the waters in the Neva Canal began to overflow and pour into the basements. Soon the basements were filled and the water began to cover the ground floors, finally, on the north side of city, reaching the first floor above the street Electric power were soon cut off. Telephones dead. The flood mounted quickly that people who Nevsky to make inqu themselves a few nutes able to return. Street cars and auto- mobiles caught in the street in many ca had to be abandoned. Small ships and boats on the river and barges in the al drifting landward and crashed The whole surfaces of streets rose with the tide, floating about and cavorting in the seething waters like rudderless rafts until they werr smashed apart. Many streets were paved, like rafts, their marshy foundations, first with great cross beams. then planks laid across and hexagonal blocks fitted on them Since were spon Eive heavy stories of disaster level so ri found m later un- came upon Wind Capricious. The wind grew stronger. Many trees were torn up by the roots. Others were twisted and broken off. The tion of the wind was strangely capri- cious. One sees on one side of a street every tree torn or aslant. while on the other side other trees stand unharm- ed. The people on houses, tried to save but very little salvage As the flood rose, men, women and children gathered on upper floors of houses, wondering, praving, fearing Some declared it was @ judgment of God on their city. Some flung them- selves before ikons. The darkness by this time come complete. Howling winds, crash- ing timbers, breaking slass and swirl- ing waters gave the final touches of horror. Every one feared the build- ings must collapse under the weight of the water. Mothers dressed their children. Some made little wooden floats to hold them up should the Hour after hour of anxiety followed. By 9 o'clock the water was 10.8 feet above the canal level. Many men hesi- tated before plunging out in the water, knowing that with a few inches more of rise, the houses might give way. Break Finally Comes. Then the break came. The wind began to die down and the waters to abate—not slowly, but almost as suddenly as they had risen. Lenin- grad was saved. By 3 in th morning the storm had sunk to a light breeze. By 10 the waters were only a little above the canal level. The clouds had vanished. Brilliant sunshine was Looking up at the blue sky, it scemed impossible to believe what the city had passed through. But looking earthward. the destruction in the streets told their own tale. With daylight and the abatement of the flood it is possible to form some idea of the extent of the dis aster which has overtaken Lenin- grad. The whole city, with the ex- ception of the district around Nicolal station, has been covered with water feet deep, the industrial district of Visilevski, Ostrov Island, where factories are situated, suffering most. The ethnographic section of the the lower floors of their property, was possible Russian museum was entirely flooded. | Many animals in the zoo were drowned. Bridges have been swept away and all the main streets are impassible owing to the quantities of wreckage. Triumvirate in Power. Martial law was declared Wednes- day morning and the city was placed under a triumvirate consisting of M. Sedorov, town commissar; M. Lem- onov, vice chief of the Gaypayoo, and M. Ilyn, vice chief of the advisory The triumvirate has issued ral deerees. lights and | crossed the | of Leningrad's | had be- | overhead. | clear the street in front of | before clearing his own rooms provision shep ix ordered to remain open until midnight and forbidden under heavy penaltics to raise prices These orders are being strictly obeyed. as the correspondent It interesting to see tarians bourgeoisie, communists and ancient aristocrats working side by side with the eagerness of volun- teers, pumping out basements lecting debris and generally cleaning up the city. Public order has been so good that \ possible last night to end rtial law he council of labor and defense at Moscow pouring foodstuffs ended for export into the city | Water Supply Renewed. Theater house Every is it is have been so damaged that they have closed for three weeks. They now are busy spreading scenery and stage propert the streets to dry Evervwhere one finds roadways full of | sodden furniture. While the population is engaged in clearing the roadwass armies of men have been enrolled to re- pair electric lines and - bridges, and as a result of their work. almost as if by magic, many bridges have been replaced. The water supply. cut off in many places is being renewed. The respondent’s hotel vesterday was w out light, water or telephone service Today the water was turned on and telephone service resumed. Lights are expected shortly One result of the flooding was a great displacement of sewage, which now makes Leningrad a city of many odors Even now it is impossible to estimate save very roughly. the total extent of the damage. Probabiy the worst dam- age will be the washing away of the marshy foundations of houses, many of which are threatened with collapse. Six months ago 1.000 blockhouses here were marked as unsafe. Renovation Rained. During the past year, the authoritics have been engaged in titaric task of renovating the city and repairing the havoc of years of revolutionary struggle. They relaid the streets, making the Nevski, whick until recently had been very bad. bet- ter than in pre-war davs. They re- shored threatened houses and relaid the foundations. Al this work has been swept away Many thousands of people are [homeless, their ertire possessions de- stroyed. The city is finding them rooms, but without further aid their plight is pitiful The port of Leningrad remains in good working order, but the authori ties estimate the destruction of goods in port at 10,000,000 gold roubles The | Ereatest loss may well be industrial. owing to the damage to factories. Leningrad still remains one of Rus- sia’s greatest manufacturirg centers. her factories employing over 100,000 people. While full information is not vet available, it is certain that many lof these factories have been partial- v or wholly wrecked. adding con- |siderably to the eity's ereat unemployment problem Smaller disasters elsewhere have drawn America’s liberal aid. The correspondent is not aware whether such aid would be welcomed here, bui its offer would be a gracious act of that irternational brotherhood which | forgets ancient controversies in the antagonists’ hours of greatest need. (Copsright, 1924, by ihe Chicago Daily News o) JULIUS M. PRICE, NOTED _ CORRESPONDENT, DEAD Represented London Papers in Va- rious Campaigns—Honored Also as an Artist. | | | 53 the By the Associated Press. LONDON. September 29— Julius Mendes Price, famous war correspon- dent, artist and writer, died today. Julius Mendes Price had served as special war artist-correspondent of the Illustrated London News and other publications. He was in the Bechuanaland campaign in South Africa in 1984-85, He also accom- panied the exploration expedition to open up the Nordenskiold route to the interior of Siberia and afterward, unaccompanied, traversed Siberia, Mongolia, the Ciobi Dessert and northern China to Peking in 1890-91. He was with the Greek army dur- ing the Graeco-Turkish war in 1897, with the Russian armmy in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5, acting in dual capacity as special artist of the Neavs and war correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. He served as correspomnient-artist in the recent war on the Franch front in the early months and later with the Italian army. He was offh'ial war correspondent to the Itallan sovern- ment in 1917. Besides his numerous Wwritings he exhibited at the Royal Academy and Paris salon, Deing awarded a medal at the Paris exhi- bition in 1900. o - Canadian Engineer Dies. OTTAWA, September 29.—Georges Francois Errol de Guerry Languedoc, formerly chief engineer of the public works department, is dead at his home here. He assisted in the survey of the Pontiac line and the Georgian Bay ship canal, and supervised the construction ‘of the Port Arthur dry can tes- | prole- | previously | g Man Masquerading| as Woman Fails to Deceive Casey| When Policeman Casey of the third precinct saw a young woman with a decidedly masculine stride lurching uncertainly down Bight- eenth street, n the vicinity of 1 last night, he promptly arrested “her” on a charge of irtoxication In the station “she” turned out to be Clarence T. Smith, and was charged with having over-indulged in liquor. In Jolic Court this morning Smith pleaded guilty to the charge of intoxication, paid a fine of §10 but failed to remember just wh he had gone out for masqueraded as a girl . BRIFFS WELCOME PLANS TAKE SHAPE Ten Young Women to Ride in Parade Leading Team Up Avenue. horseback frocks, will in the ton base a avenue Ten voung wearing white form an added | that will lead heroes up Pe the homecoming bration at | o'clock Wednesday afternoon This was announced today in C. Hazen. chairman of the committee, who said the fair horsewomen would ride behind 10 members of the Riding and Club who will be in scarlet hunt coats Mr. Hazen also announced tod that four students of McKinley High School have volunteered to serve cheer leaders along the avenue lead the crowds in welcom players Leaving Peace Monument o'clock, the procession up the avenue to the on a temporary stage. President Coolidge will deliver the address of welcome to Stanley Harris s | mates City Heads to Following the add be presented to Harr f team by the citizens mi missioner Rudolph will be cremonies. Commissioners d Bell and a number of high off will occuply the 1 The informal din 1o be v honor of the ball team by Gus E holz at the Occidental H 1 1 t £:50 oclock Wednesday addition to the players. it tended by 150 offici | vited guests. In addition lead the p nue, there will | the Ellipse to play { cises there The m Hunt b who will ride in t jare: George Mullin, E: w Roland Dawson land Ray Norton, Rodney Lynn {J. Henry. Francis Sumne | Buchholz,” Clifford Lanha { Colvin | The high school students offered to serve as cheer leaders are {1. D. Linton. D. Koons, ¢ and R. Johnson riding tion on attrac Washin in 1 Me the | Hunt | their to procecd where and articipate. trophy the ttee s wil ntire 4 places o ner d the Cavalry another during of the Ridi mbers v and Lyny who have IANTI-SALOON HEAD HITS i ROOSEVELT AND SMITH| | 2 |Declares Both Are in Same Boat | So Far as League Is Concerned. Davis to Speak. | made | the Ry the Associated Press NEW YORK ther Theodore subernatorial Democratic | has the approval League of New {nounced today by who succeeded William las superintendent ber 20 R it Septer - evelt, candidate ¥ pub th of the York, it Arthur H Anti-s J. Davis Anders Davis Tittle today three make a w York In a statement { hibition { choice betwe Gov. Smith will devote oniy week to the national Democratic ihe said today. The remainder of t {time before election will be spent in | The outside speaking dates have {been arranged for the week of O, Jersey John W. Davis will [ Xt week in Fall, Claims Damages. The fatal fall of Miss Hilfred Ber | of her boarding house. 1308 Seven- | teenth street. May 22 last, Is recalled ages filed in the District Supreme Court by her father. Charles O. Bergl | erine and Joseph F. Dufresne u- pants of the house with whom she The father claims that the railing | of the balcony was permitted by the unsafe condition, and when his dauzh- ter leaned against it the structure gave flicting injury from which she died Attorney J. Walter Tomlinson appears said that “from |two great parties” | campaign outside New York State |an intensive campaign in this State rv.n..-r 6 in New England and New day speaking tour of Father of Miss Beréhumn. Killed | man, 19 years old, from the bale today in a suit to recover $10,000 dam- | man of Newport. R. I.. against Kath- boarded. defendants to get into a rotten and way and threw her to the ground, in- for the father. MerchaAnt.;fiU‘rgml To Decorate For First Division Men A proclamation calling upon business men along Penneyliania avenue to decorate their butldings for the Ist Division parade Sat- urday morning was issued by the Commissioners today, The pro- nouncement also urges all Wash- ington to join in honoring these veterans of the World War, who will gather here to dedicats monument to their fallen rades. The proclamation follows: | “The Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia call attention to a parade of the Ist Division to be held in connection with its reunion in this city on October 3, 4 and 5. This Division was the 1 to leave France and it marched through the streets of Washington five years ago. On the morning of October 4 the men who compose this division will again parade over the same route, and afterwards take. part in the dedication of the 1st Division Memorial Monument “The Commissioners cal Lhe citfens of Washington in honoring these brave pavticularly request that fhe line of \narch on Pennsylvaniajavenue \ upon o join n, and CRIME COST EQUAL T0 BUDGET OF U. S, Bankers’ Committee Figures $3,500,000,000 An- nual Loss. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, ptember 26T in the United States hiz point of ‘the Nation than $2.500.000,000 « report prepared by the of the Ameri- Preliminar: crime reached the wh t hest as m h ordin ore protec ey can Bankers' Association eth annual ciation were b sessions of t cor tion of neld today the Elimination ¢ s from police the commit- affairs and speaker. police in those will be r show how « States withe cither Mas Mary land d o« tates without .then. will report than ach n a and polic Fuorgeries Take Big Toll. st nia vich b Forg banks 500 burglaries 0,000, wh U. S. EXPLORER GOING TO UPPER AMAZON . M. W. Stirling Will Visit Un- explored Regions for Study of Indian Tribes. | and an, | Subt 1 i from First to Fifteenth stfeets 1 decoryted (in honor of 1 has been n where he will unex ur the 1if Eraphs « local Ind: |WALLACE ISSUES CALL Amazon and FOR FORESTRY PARLEY Economies in Purpoes of Meeting Here on November 19 and 20. W has issued ary o produ CUnfted 5 ~ultire d gt will attempt most mpret ensive pre he United the ¢ e al try of the gram with and preventior th owing of officials of the be t Secretary er to 15 sing i building craf who hav duced at Wallace fourth 1 0 en asked men Use of Lumber Is Fores on mark Department the ever, to forest timber crops. de- Forest Service tter ways of manufacture and country’s for- least one- states in representatives of dustries, consumers, the | the general pub- to name to whom invi- have of existing timber place tations to attend the conference should be sent BRAILLE WORK TO BEGIN. Volunteers Cross Chapter. The corps, Cross Braille District 1 work Chapter, was Anna C. who will begin ced Koerper, requested a Miss the ir's work for ernment No and i charge chapter fs blind. Last ' the corps transeribed 1% volun at volunteers. was issued women : ion will b The Erailie r the bene vear 233 Brail £00 work Kes, de obtaine Jackson pl specially 1 rs to assist this vear. Wanted by D. C. Bed of the clerfcal American Red )etober 10 for the last night chairman ast A Gov- us experience is necessary given without of t of the war e workers 9,428 pages the which mav Information chapter house, HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES TUESDAY RACE —Purse, $1.300; is und up; 1 mite 111 Dolomite i 110 1 Fonr FIRST maiden 3-ven Queen’s Own Tncle Dud Lavabie SECOND RACE ear-olds; 6 furlon Equable Purse, $1.300 w19 Clique Mar Head Folly Coat Fieiy Flight 014 Brosdway = Ampola Gold Cromp, 108 Tis 110 1 Also eligible Mister Blue Westover Lithusnia o6 SFire Away W01 Viliager Sew I o THIRD RACE year-olds und up North Wales Kerensky Sulmon Pest Don For olds Villager John ¥ Uome Hurry RRetire FIFTH RACE—The ( 3 vearolds and up: Swing Along $Time Esposure MacLean ster Doctor nwmplain tE. F. Whitney SIXTH RACE year-olds and up; Bang Carlty Purse 1 . 110 10 104 miles. 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