Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow, little change in temperature; moderate northerly winds. Temperature for 21 at 11:30 today: Highest, today: lowest, Full_report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered as second No. SHENANDOAH CABIN TORN BADLY; MAY DELAY FLIGHT DAY Dirigible Expected to Stay at San Diego for Repairs Until Tomorrow. 29,383. SAILS OVER MOUNTAINS SAFELY IN SNOWSTORM Later Voyage to Hawaii Projected. | Ship Now to Turn North Up Coast. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Cal, Oct. 11.—Because & rear cabin was sinashed while the Shenandoah was being moored last might after completing her trans- continental flight and some repairs to her motors, the big dirigible will Probably stay at her mooring mast at North Island all day today, ac- cording to a telephone message from the North Island Navy Flying Field. A hole about six feet long was torn in the rear cabin of the dirigible, ac-| cording the communication from | North Island. Although this damage | was described of a minor nature, it. w0 “ther with some work to be done|hurst, N. J., the start of which had| national committeeman, C. C was | i ©on two of the ship's six motors, expected to keep her here today. Now Moored Safely. | navy dlrigible was| to the mast at North| today after the flight by a The great Faoored safely early continental rigid | Ahead of her lay a flight |dirigible was built for' the United | ferentiate i States Navy, it was apparent that Dr. ! tional tickets, whe: up the Pacific Coast to Camp Lewi Wash., the about-face for Lakehurst,| N. J.. and the possibility later of a; trip to Hawaii The great vessel arrived in good| order, except that two of her motors needed overhauling, despite the hazardous flight over hte Rocky Moun- | tain: Despite winds that swept her fragile sides near jutting peaks and storms that piled the huge bag of helium gas hea with snow, the Shenandoah lazily answered her con- trols and pulled through the threat- ening passex in the mountains at an elevation of more than 7.000 feet. | Men Enjoy Smokes. | Safely past the last barriers to a Successful journey, the Shenandoah’s crew leaped light-heartedly to the! ground after she was moored at North | Island and indulged in a smokefest | Going without smokes was the hard- | est part of the 3,000-mile jaunt across | the continent, the men sald, as they | puffed away at pipes. cigars i cigarettes. | Admiral W. A. Moffett, chief of the | Bureau of Naval Aeronautics, was the | first to jump out of the Shenandoah’s/| cabins. He was followed by Comdr. Zachary Lansdowne i Referring to the proposed Honolulu trip, Admiral Morett said the Shen- | andoah might be brought ta the! Tacific Coast thds Winter for the| Navy maneuvers, and after that might | e taken to Honolulu. He added that. | in his judgment. the Shenandoah | would make such a trip more easily ! than it had the transcontinental | cruise, referring to the difficulty en- countered crossing the mountains. Goes at Mille a Minute. The Shenandoah completed westward flight at 11:10 o'clock. Pa- eific Coast time, making. the last 100 miles at a speed f more than mile a minute after a battle with hail and snowstorms and headwinds in the San Jacinto Mountain: Heading directly over the mooring | mast on North Tsland, the Shenan- | doah’ signal lights flashed ‘““Are you, read “Ready” was flashed back, ! and Commander Lownsdowne swept the £60-foot eruiser to earth and the land- ing crew of bluejackets leaped to grasp the mooring line: Pufting on his venerable corncob pipe, Admiral Moffett explained that the arrival had been purposely delay- cd because a landing late at night would conserve the helium supply. For that reason the Shenandoah was beaded northwest after Yuma., Ariz., was reached instead of holding straight west, a course that would have brought the Shenandoah here before dark. HITS MOUNTAIN STORM. her | | ¢ Crossing of Rockies Hard Test for | Shenandoah. By the Associated Press. ABOARD U. S. S. SHENANDOAH, APPROACHING SAN DIEGO, Calif. October 10 (delayed).—Having bat- 1led her way across the Rocky Moun- tains into the teeth of a steady wind and having hit a _driving snewstorm in San_ Jacinta Pass, the dirigible Shenandoah drew near San Diego after slightly less than 75 hours of sctual transcontinental sailing. The start from Lakehurst, N. J., was made at 10 a.m., Tuesday. Today's storm caused a delay of eight hours. In the early hours of last night the Shenandoah was sailing over New Mexico at 76 miles an hour. A driving Wind started to buffet her when she crossed the Arizona border at 2 am. Twelve hours later, as she passed 3ilgh over Yuma and fought her way into the Imperial Valley of California, | she was bucking a gale of 40 miles an hour. Clowis Around Shi Her trailing shadow from the speed- ing fan above had slowed down to between 20 and 30 miles an hour over the irrigated farms 6,000 ‘feet below. Heavy clouds as thick as fog sur- sounded the ship. All on board were in fur-lined, elec- trically heated flying suits, as the ship began the crossing of the Rock- jes, the hardest stretch of the 9,000~ mile test cruise. The last part of the 1,500-mile voy- mge from Fort Worth involved con- #inuous duty for the men and officers, with only snatches of sleep. A sud- den_storm caused 4,000 pounds of s0ggy snow to weight down the en- ~elope of the ship. “The ship has arrived at San Diego on schedule, ready for duty with the fleet, if necessary, and the cruise has been entirely satisfactory as a test of the ship,” said Lieut. Comdr. Lans- downe, captain of the Shenandoah. “We are extremely anxious that the Pacific Coast should have an_oppor- lunity to see the ship and fts per- formance. 4 hours ending 71 at 11 47 at 6 am. today. post office Washington, | pointment | a | the nose of the ZR-3 first toward the { muda. $Washington may get a peep at the gentle to 0 class matter D. C. Players So Tired They Don’t Hurry for $5,959 Checks The new. championship crown rested somewhat uneasily today on the fevered brow of the Washington base ball club. What with the nervous let- dowrl after the battle, and the attentions of admiring thousands Who feted their heroes all night long, some of the players were almost too tired today to gather in the fat wads of United States currency that represented their share of the gate receipts. Bucky Harris, at noon, holding a big sheaf of series’ checks in his hands, still was imploring the boys to ‘“come and get these things.” TFach check was for $5,959.64. They were prepared at the clubhous this morning by Com- missioner Landis. VOYAGE OF ZR-3 DELAYED FOR DAY Commander Discovers at| Last Minute That Dirigible ’ Has Too Much Cargo. | | | | By the Ausociated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Oc- tober 11.—The flight of thte Zeppelin ZR-3 from Friedrichshafen to Lake- | been announced for this morning., was suddenly postponed at the last; minute until 6 o'clock tomorrow | morning. H While no formal statement was! the Zeppelin works, where the great| Hugo Eckener. director of the works | and commander of the ship, had dis- covered that the ZR-3 was loaded | with more weight than it could com- | fortably carry Dr. Eckener claimed that the at-| mospheric lifting power this morning | was such that a successful start was| | precluded, and he immediately after- lette ward ordered quantities of gasoline| and ballast jettisoned. | Even taking out a ton and a half! { of gasoline, nowever, raiied to lighten | the ship enough so she would float as | she should, and Dr. lickener ex-| vlained that the rising temperature | was hindering the dirigible's lifting | power. | Fuel Weighs 31 Ton: | As every ounce of gasaline may be required to propel the vessel in the event of rough weather, he deemed it best to postpone the hop-off rather than further reduce his fuel supply, which as the dirigible- stood fin its| hangar this _morning weighed about ! 31 tons. Dr. Eckener is hoping| for cooler weather and consequently ! more buoyancy when he endeavors to | take off tomorrow. ! The postponement was a disap- | to ~thousands risers who had besieged the hangar | since dawn, ent_that the start| would be made at 7:30 o'clock as| announced last night. The official parting ceremonies ~were already | under wa: struck up its last farewells when | Dr. Eckener made known his decision for postponement. Likely to Fly South. The commanders intention of fol- | lowing the southern route on the flight adds to the length of the voy- e, but unless he is assured of more auspicious atmospheric conditions over the northern lane he will point | Bay of Biscay, thence flying over northern Spain, the Azores and Ber- Four American officers will Dbe aboard when the start. is made: Capt. George W. Steele, who is to command the ZR-3 after it is turned over at Lakehurst to the Navy; Lieut. Comdr. S. M. Krauss, who is to serve as engineer officer; Comdr. Jacob H. Kiein, jr, who has charge of the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, and Maj. F. M. Kennedy, observer for the Army. May Go Over Washington. As the cool weather gives the air- ship more lifting power, Dr. Eckner explained, efforts probably will be made to get away by 6 a.m. before the temperature begins to rise with the sun. It is estimated that with the rise of each degree the ship's lifting | power is reduced approximately 600 pounds. Consequently the dirigible today will be stripped of all excess weight, including some of the ‘Ameri- can’s baggage. In the event the Southern route ls followed it i3 likely that the dirigible will reach the coast region of the TUnited States near Charleston, S. C., instead of New York. In that event airship prior to the mooring at Lake- hurst. NAVAL VESSELS POSTED. Placed Along Northern Route to Aid Dirigible. Three American naval vessels have been stationed in the northern Atlan- tic to assist the ZR-3 in its attempt to cross the Atlantic and will be used primarily to keep the dirigible in- formed as to weather conditions, the Navy Department announced tonight. In locating the ships, it was said, the request of German officials in charge of the flight was carried out, and it is understood here ‘that the ships will not be transferred from their _present stations should the dirigible elect to follow the southern route. Officials on duty at the department said they were unaware of any ves- sels that were stationed along the southern route that could be of aid to the dirigible. The cruiser Milwaukee is stationed due south of St. Pierre-Miquelon, and about 200 miles east by north from Boston, The cruiser Detroit is ap- proximately 150 miles southeast of Cafe Race, Newfoundland, and the Po- toka, the new naval airplane carrier, is about 100 miles south of Cape Fare- well, e Unknown Airmen in Fall SHREWSBURY, Mass., October 11. —An old Army airplane tearing the number SC-1276 and carrying_ two men fell 50 feet to the ground in a @ |to | tied up, WITH WASHINGTON, D. C, KLANSSUE RULES COLORADD AS G.OP. WINS TS SUPPORT Ku Klux Seizes Control of Party and Dictates Ticket, Showing Strength. ORDER BACKS MEANS AND PHIPPS FOR SENATE La Follette Strong, But Draws Most From Democrats—State Conceded to Coolidge. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staft Correspondent of The Star. DENVER, October 11.—In Colorado State politics you either wear The hooded order is so well ized that it seized upon and made its own Republican State ticket. It so up-to-date in its equipment that the flaming cross, which is seen for miles around, is lighted by elec- tricity. The opponents of the Klan have flocked to the Democratic State standard, but party lines have been sundered. Particularly is this true of the Republicans. The Republican Hamlin, sertions have been tate ticket because of its Klan hue. These have been deni; however. To a less extent the Klan has drawn from Democratic is anti-Klan and, made, against the first | forthcoming from the management of | ranks. The voters of Colorado seem to dif- between State and Na- it_comes to the Klan issue. President Coolidge is re- ceiving the united support of the Re- | publicans whether Klan or anti-Klan. This is contrary to Democratic hopes, be sure. But conservative Demo- cratic sources admit that today Cool- idge would carry Colorado, and go further, admitting that he will prob- ably do so in November. The La Fol- leaders do not make such ad- missions, but some of their support- ers do. State Normally Democratic. Tn a State which is normally Demo- cratie, if it is normally anything, it seems rather strange that the over- whelming testimony is to the fact that Coolidge has the State neatly particularly with the ticket in the field, which in states draws as _heavily and heavily from - Republican sources than from Democratic. The answer as I got it from a conservative Demo- crat in a position to know whereof he spoke is that Colorado is not nor- mally anything. Furthermore, he said #rost La Follette is cutting more heavily | into the Democrats here than he fis into the Republicans. Labor, which has been strongly Democratic, is going mightily for La Follette, and while La Follette is getting some getting some of the Democratic There is just one way in which the strings could be pulled that would prevent the Republican national tick- et, carrying the State, it appears. y and the local band hadl|jlen in this case, however, there is | doubt whether they could be success- fully pulled. An order from Clem Shaver, Democratic national cam- paign manager, to throw the Demo- cratic strength to the La Follette ticket might turn the trick. Mr. haver, 1 am reliably informed, has been told by some influential Demo- crats in the State that they would like to know what he intends, they would like to know whether the Democratic vote is to be thrown to La Follette in order to prevent the State going to Coolidge and in order | to-make it more certain that the se- I on of a President shall be thrown into the Congress. Talk of such a combinabion comes to me also from a | La Follette source. Democrats Deny Plan. The Democratic leadership in the State is stoutly denying there is any intention of trying to hand the State electoral vote the La Foilette. It in- sists that Davis has a good chance to carry the State and that La Follette will run third. It would be folly, under such cir- cumstances, to try to put the La Follette ticket across, like trying to have the tail wag the dog. But one thing is certain, there is no chance of getting the La Follette vote to line up for Davis to prevent Coolidge taking the State. The La Follette movement, it is felt, would gain noth- ing by such tactics. On the other hand, some Democrats feel that if the election can be tossed into Con- gress, then their candidate, Davis, has a very good show of becoming President. Old-timers in the State recall what happened in 1892, when the Demo- cratic strength of the State was (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) PSR e POLITICAL FUNDS PROBE TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK Senator Borah Calls Meeting for Campaign Contributiqns Investigation. By the Associated Press. BOISE, Idaho, October 11.—The spe- clal Senate committee to investigate political campalgn expenditures will meet in Chicago next Wednesday or Thursday, according to Senator Wil- liam E. Borah, chairman of the com- mittee. He telegraphed the three chairmen of the national committees yesterday requesting “that all facts touching campaign contributions, both as to contributors and amounts, be available to the committee.” The messages were directed to Clem L. Shaver, Democratic national committee, New York; John M. Nel- son. national manager, La Follette- Wheeler Progressive _headquarters, Chicago, and William M. Butler, Re- publican national committee, Chicago. Information from Senator Ship- stead that he could not meet with the committee before October 20 caused Senator Borah to send the fol- lowing telegram to Senator La Fol- lette: “Shipstead advises me he cannot meet with committee before October 20. Wish you could prevail upon him wheat fleld here today. The men It is important that the Pacific coast have an air base for operation of such craft. A flight across the ~"{Continued op Tage 2, Column 4.) were on their way from Wichita Falls, Tex.. to Maine. 'They refused to give their mames. The men es- caped with minor bruisea to meet with us not later than Octo- ber 15 or 18 at Chicago, Think he ought to be there.” Mr. Borah will leave for.Chicago Sunday night. 4 the i K. K. company brand or you don’t. | organ- | 'BRITISH CAMPAIGN SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 15150 DRY AGENTS UNEARTH BIG CACHE OF LIQUOR Washington Squad Seizes $60,000 Supply in Baltimore Stronghold. DAY AFTER. ¢ Foening Star. 1924 —THIRTY PAGES, BIG GEM ROBBERY “From Press to Home Within the Hour” dle Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 107,603 TWO CENTS. CAPITAL CELEBRATES BUCKS’ GREAT VICTORY IN JOYOUS DELIRIUM :Tension Breaks With Crack of McNeely’s Bat and Whole City Stages Wildest Demonstration. {FAR INTO NIGHT FRENZIED THRONG MAKES MERRY ON “MAIN STREET” i Raised to Heights by Harris’® Homer, Plunged Into Despair as Lead Is Lost, 100,000 Fans Go Mad as Ruel Scores. BY HAROLD K. PHILIPS. Time may erase the solemn pages of history, fleeting ages {may sink nations into the dust of fergotten pasts. But nothing } will ever dim the memory of that wondrous hour when Washing- | ton won the world base ball championship. Just as long Autumn shadows began stealing into the roaring pit of the Clark Griffith Stadium, Washington’s stout-hearted | gladiators rose from the forlorn ruins of crumbling hopes and crushed the mighty Giants in the twelith inning of the greatest contest in the history of the game. And last night this once debonaire old Capital made Main street look blase. America won the war, and Wash- | of the century, who had waited 1S ington celebrated that historic epoch | Years for a chance to work in a in patriotic fervor. But when the re- | World series, had been given two op- sounding crack of Earl McNeelys|Portunities and lost both. There he GETS UNDER WAY INTRAINREPORTED third | more | that | Liberals Attack MacDonald’s | Policy Toward Communist Paper and Russian Loan. | By the Associated Press. > |, Lo October 11.—Speechmak ing in the campaign which is to cul-| | minate in a general election on Oc- | | tober 29 is already under way. At a meeting under the auspices of |the Scottish Liberal Federation in| Glasgow last night Sir John Simon, | appearing in the place of the Liberal! leader, former Premier Asquith, com- pared the attitude of the Ramsay MacDonald government in making a | capltal issue of the proposed inquiry | into the withdrawal of the proceed- ings against a Communist editor to the attitude of a bridge player who, | when asked why he had revoked, im- [ mediately kicked over the table and |demanded a new deal. Such action, |commented Sir John, naturally in- of early | of the Republican farmers, he is also | creased the suspicion which had been | entertained by his fellow players. Assails Russian Loan. The government's action in precipi- tating an clection, however, went| deeper than that, said Sir John. The ]guw»nwm-nl did not dare to go any | farther toward pledging the { taxpayer to responsibility for the pro- | posed loan to Russia. ,Winston Churchill, speaking at ughton, also tilted with the Rus- n loan. He thought Mr. MacDonald Britain to send money to pay for am- munition which the Bolshevists had used in shooting down the people of Georgia in the Caucasus. J. H. Thomas, the colonial secretary, opening his election campaign in Derby, dealt at length with the withdrawal of prosecution against J. R. Campbell. edi- { tor of the Workers' Weekly, for alleged sedition. He said his reply to those who asked why the government did not accept the proposal of the Liberal mem- bers of the House of Commons to ap- point a select committee to inquire into | the Campbell case was this: “If we have reached the stage where the prime minieter of this country and the attorney general, having from their places in the House of Commons piedged thelr own honor as to everything that had taken place in the Campbell mat- ter, and having told their full story with regard thereto, are simply to be told, ‘We do not believe you,” how can we ex- pect that the administration of this ! country or negotiations with foreign powers can be conducted, with the whole House of Commons saying: ‘We do not believe you." ™ Denles Pressure Exerted. Mr. Thomas declared that with a full knowledge of all that had taken Iplace in the Campbell matter he could say that no pressure of any sort had been brought to bear on the Govern- ment to influence its decision in the cas ‘Warfare by poster promises to be a feature of the political contest. In the last general election the Labor party issued a sheet depicting the workless man and underneath the picture were the words “How much Ionger? Vote Labor for work and wages.” The Liberals now are issuing a similar poster with an inscription showing the increase in unemploy- ment since the Labor government an- nounced that it had taken over the responsibility of alleviating employ- ment. The Liberal poster states that there are many thousands more work- less people in Great Britain today than when Labor came Into office. PREDICT LABOR GAIN. Expert Statisticians Figure Mac- Donald Party Will Gain Seats. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. 'LONDON, October 11.—Expert stat- iSticlans,, working on the election re- sults, today predicted an increase of Labor's representation in ‘the next Parliament of from seven to, ten seats. Labor now holds 193 seats. Therefore, on the basis of the ex- perts’ figures, stock exchange gam- blers are plunging on bets running into three figures that Labor witt=gain at least seven seats, making a round total of 200. JWilder forms of speculation are being indulged in on the totals of all the parties, based on the Conserva- tives returning with 300 seats, the Liberals with 105 and Labor. with 205. It is recalled that last year the gamblers went in heavily for the Conservatives returning with a work- ing majority, and paid heavily for | remaining | 8-incl British | must be false to his kin if he expected | Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE. Md, October 11.— Led by Prohibition Agents Jonathan Paul and James L. Asher, jr. the Washington prohibition fiving squad today unearthed what is believed to be the largest cache of good liquor in Baltimore. The cache was located at 503 North Washmng- on. After breaking through h brick wall the agent ines and champagne lued $60,000 at pre-Volstead prices. Three men, John Burke ana Augustus Lewis of Baltimore and James Spencer, New York, were ar- rested. According to the agents, this has been the source of supply for Wasn- ington and other nearby cities. e YOUTH IS KILLED, CRLHURT INAUTO Fatal Accident Occurs When Party Speeds Back From Dinner at Mariboro. Tragedy stalked on the heels of automobile party of six, celebrating the world championship, on return trom a chicken dinner at Marlboro, Md., crashed into a telephone pole, killing Kenneth Flester of 939 1 street northwest and injuring Mi Betty Tucker, beauty prize winner and actress, of 1323 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. From her bed at Providence Hos- pital today, Miss Tucker, who was a member of Earl Carrol's “Vanities” and Ziegfeld's “Follies,” told of the accident with brimming eyes and without knowing that her escort lay a corpse on the floor below. Miss Tucker said there were six in the big touring car who started out to celebrate the great Washing- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) TRAIN GUARD SLAIN, Bandits Hold Up Express, Seize Pay Roll of Penn- sylvania Coal Mine. By the Associated Press. EBENSBURG, Pa., October 11.— Five armed bandits today shot and killed James Gorman, an American Railway Express messenger, serious- ly wounded Joseph Davis, a bank messenger, and escaped with a $40,000 pay roll at a remote spot on the Cam- bria and Indiana Railway, near here, + today. Sheriff L. M. Keller of CambMa County organized a posse here and went in pursuit. The bandits boarded a gasoline- propelled combination coach of the railway, a subsidlary of the New York. Central, at Rexis. They took seats immediately behind the mes- sengers. As the car ‘made its ‘way toward a pass In the mountains the bandits went into action. The motor- man was ordered to stop the car and as he applied the brakes the bandits opened fire on the messengers, killing Gorman and wounding .Davis. They then gathered up two satchels, con- taing the money, and escaped in an automobile awaiting nearby. The pay roll was for the miners of the Cambria and Indiana Company at Colver. It was sent from the First National Bank of Ebensburg. Davis, a tipstaff of the Cambria' County Court, was acting as a messenger for the bank. A description of the leader of the bandit gang, a big dark-skinned fel- low, led county authorities to be- Neve that it was the same band which robbed the First National theip optimism when Labor made star- tling gains. ¥ £CopyTight, 1924, by Chicage Daily News Co.) Bank of Bakertown a year ago of $20,000. an | _lidea he would fall S3300015 TAKEN Salesman Reports Loss of | 835,600 in Jewels on Ar- rival in Capital. | Nassau street, was robbed of a leather case containing $35,000 worth of un-| |set diamonds and a few set pleces | while en route to this city yesterday | morning from New York. lon a Pennsylvania train which left New York at 12:30 and reached Union Station at 7:10 a.m. Burstein told Inspector Grant that it was the first time he had ever ridden in a sieeper. ie occupied an {upper berth in the car and shortly | before retiring placed the diamonds |beneath the mattress. On the arrival of the train at Union Station he went to the washroom, arranged his toile and returned to the berth. when he discovered his loss. The first report the train. The porter conducted & search of the berth, but failed to lo: cate the diamonds. The diamond dealer explained to th inspector that he came to this try about four years ago and h chaxed the diamonds from |dealers in New York. The diamond [market in the metropolis was slow, |80 on the road with them, hoping t Isell them to dealers in other cities. He had the names and addresses of he hoped to make sales. Inspector Grant asked him if he had not heard of several similar thefts on Pullman cars in the West during recent months. He said he had, but had no victim to such thieves. He carried a blanket insur- {ance of $25,000 on the diamonds stolen. | Shortly after reaching this city Bur- {stein reported his loss to the local {pol Tnspector Grant told officials |of the Pennsylvania Railroad Wash- ington Terminal Company and police of other cities of the theft, and sev- eral police agencies are working to- gether in an effort to effect the cap- ture of the thief. MEXICAN BANDITS KILL NINE IN TRAIN HOLD-UP Wreck Freight and Escape With Pay Roll Amounting to $15,000. By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., October 11.—B. F. Barker of El Paso, auditor of the Erupcion Mining Company, and eight other men were lined up and shot to death Thursday by bandits who wrecked a freight train of the Chihuahua and Oriente Railway, 41 miles southwest of Juarez, in a $15,000 pay roll hold-up. The entire train crew was included In the nine men killed. The amount taken in the robbery was estimated by military officials.” A Mexican cus- toms guard, the only man on the train who was armed, is missing. It is believed he also was slain. A rail had been removed from a curve in the track where trains run slowly. The engine, tender and a box car loaded with dynamite left the track. According to the story received here, the train crew and | Barker were marched to near the | rear end of the train, where they wre required to sit down with their backs ‘against an embankment, their arms raised. Each was shot in the forehead except one man, who ap- parently ran into the caboose and connected up a field telephone set before the bandits saw him. His body was found in the caboose, shot twice through the chest. Federal troops are at the scene to start in pursuit of the bandits, two of whom are thought to be Americans. L. 2 INDICTED AS SLAYERS. Negroes Charged With Murder of Quantico Taxi Driver. Special Dispatch to The Star.” FREDERICKSBURG, Va. October 1l.—Indictments for murder were brought in by the grand jury of Prince William Circuit Court in ses- sion at Manassas this week against Lawson Juggins and William Con- way, negroes, charged with the kill- ing of Lester Stevens, garage man and taxi driver of Quantice. No time: was set for the trial, as there is some question as to whether the cage comes under the jurisdiction of that court or the Federal court, Harry L. Burstein, a New York dia- | digscov- | mond importer, with offices at mox‘w“ of the loss was made to the porter on | Burstein stated, and he concluded to | which Muddy Ruel danced across home plate with the winning run yes- terday afternoon, a whole city went {mad, in the aromatic ecstacy of a ! delerious frenzy, and even refused to be quieted through the long hours of ilhe night. i Lasts Far Into Night. | In the joyous exultation of the su- preme hour it had waited two dec- to hail Washington gorged itself upon the luscious fruits of vie- tory and literally fell prostrate in a night of delirious revelry, a that was spontaneous, tumultuous, overwhelming. Hour after hour throbbing thou- {sands marched and rode up and down Pennsylvania avenue, and that old thoroughfare, long accustomed to the {laughed and rocked to sounds and |noises that were as strange as they | were joyous to its ears. Restraint |was left at home, and it was the appiest-go-luckiest mob that ever {howled itself ragged. Delerious With Joy. It was the passing of the crisis, the mapping of that long pent-up ten- {slon in which a hundred thousand men and women held their breath nd watched for the moment they | teared would bring defeat. And | when the specter of defeat was van- quished by the goddess of victory no- {body knew what they did, nobody else cared. Washington's fiighting eroes had been crowned champions | of the world. For more than three anguishing Washington's great victory when an |nymerous dealers in this city to whom | hours the crippled Griffmen had been | battling what seemed to be a_hope- less fight against the veteran Giants, |a powerful machine intact. Forty | thousand delerious fans had sat watch- }ing the game struggle for supremacy | on the diamond below them. As many more were packed around score- | boards downtown, where tiny elec- j tric lights or plain chalk numerals { were telling the story as best they | could Countless other thousands { heard the story over the radio. Errors Offset Homer. i A smashing blow from “Bucky Harris' mighty bat gave Washington a lone one-run lead early in the game. It was the first hit Virgil Barnes had allowed in four tight in- nings, but the ball just dropped into the left-fleld bleachers and gave the stocky little manager of the Griff- men a home run. Tragedy was in store for the locals a few minutes later, however, for in the fatal sixth | inning errors by Bluege and Judge, | together with timely hitting by the | foe, netted McGraw's proteges three | runs. | _Washington was beginning to feel | the loss of its reliable old pivot man, Roger Peckinpaugh. Harris' patched up infileld was beginning to crumble around him, but the Natfonals' pilot nevet wavered. In a vain effort to stop the scoring, he had called upon Fred Marberry to relieve Mogridge, who had pitched wonderful base ball up to that time. But even Fred failed to halt the slugging Giants until they had assumed a comfortable two-run lead. McNeely Fails Once. Two more terrible innings passed and the fans groaned with the de- spair of almost certain defeat. Then Harris called on little Nemo Leibold to pinch hit for Taylor after Bluege had gone out. That was, the end of Virgil Barnes. for Nemo came through with a two-base blow and a minute later Ruel got his first single of the series. Tate walked next and the bases were filled, but once more Washington's hopes seem- ed dashed when McNeely flied out. the plate. He was white-faced and determined. He knew that a single would tie the count and he knew the fate of the world championship Lad been dumped squarely upon his shoulders. Taking the first ball pitched, Harris smashed it over the Glant third baseman’s head for a perfect single, scoring Leibold and Ruel. The crowd did not stand up. 1t was already standing, from Presi- dent Coolidge down to the smallest boy in the bleachers. The whole park literally rocked to and fro in ecstatic joy and Barnes marched sadly to the showers, re- lieved by Art Nehf, McGraw's ace. Nehf retired the side, but the damage had been. done and the score.was tied, with Washington in fighting spirit once nmore. Then there came of joy overflowed completely and simply gushed in great streams ev- erywhere. Walter Johnson came trotting out to the pitcher's box to replace Marberr: The Old Master! The man who was thought to have pitched his last same of base ball two days ago— ‘and lost it. The greatest pitcher doubled furnished the sweet music to | | the small hours of this morning after M, {tinseled dignity of military panoply, | Then Bucky Harris walked up to | the moment when Washington's cup | was, back again. with the chance of | winning the deciding game and end- ! ing his career by bringing home to | the city he had served so well the | world championship! That was an- | other moment Washington will never | forzet. | Fans Kelly Twice. | From then on it was a game o strategy. Twice in as many innings Walter was in trouble with the ter- irible Young facing him. And twice he deliberately walked him, knowing | that he must strike cut the next man |Long Geofge Kelly, who garnered a home run off his delivery in the first |game. But each time Kelly fanned. He came | Veritable orgie of joy, a celebration |In the eleventh inning Heinie Groh. he of the bottle-shaped bat, went in to hit for McQuillan. who by that time was pitching for the aliens, and got a ngle. Frankie Frisch, the Fordham flash, who had tripled the time before, was up next, and Walter had to piteh to him. Straight past the Giant¥' star of stars the O1d Master shot his smoke. and as the throng went wild again Frisch fanned. Kelly came right be- hind his captain and accommodated in the same manner. The last strike-out for Johnson was earned off Wilson That was in the twellth inning, des- tined to be the last. Muddy Ruel Repeats. By this time the tension, both the field and in the stands was a | most too much. The fans were bol | bing up and down in their seats nerv- ously. Mrs. Coolidge several times had leaped from her seat and waved her hands. The President, too, had vigorously applauded. It looked as though the game would have to go into the thirteenth inning. for the " end of Washington's batting order was up in the fateful twelfth. The dope seemed right. too, when Mil- ler rolled out to Frisch. Then Muddy Ruel, who had caught one of the most wonderful series in base ball history stepped to bat again. Could Muddy repeat? Was it possible for him to get another hit? Th= | crowd fairly begged. it prayed f | that hit. “Strike one.” the umpi called. and hopé seemed darker than ever. Then Muddy lifted a high foul and the usually reliable Hank Gowdy started after The crowd howled though in awful pain. But Hank did the unexpected. In his anxiety to get the ball—both teams were on edge—he dropped his mask in front of him and stumbled over it. The ball dropped to Mother Earth with a jovous “plop.” It was the second strike, but Ruel had his third chance left. Taking the next ball from Bentley, who had replaced MacQuillan, Muddy lined it down third base for two bags, and once more a Niagara of joy roared up over the quaking stands. MeNeely Makes Good. Walter Johnson came to bat. Thers was one down, and the crowd re- membered those golden days when the Old Master could grab a fast pitch and send it crashing into the stands for home runs. They howled for Johnson to win his own game. | Walter smashed a vicious grass cutter to Jackson, who fumbled it, and Johnson was safe at first. It went as an error for Jackson, but there are few who could have held on to that hot one. Washington paid $50,000 for Earl Mc- Neely, and there was just that sum at stake, besides the world series, when he walked into the batter's box. Dozens of times since he forsook California for this climate Earl had hammered home the runs that meant gam and he was destined to do it again. ri didn't wait for many balls. He fouled the first. and then smashed the second down third- base line for a double that scored Ruel Crowd Rushes Johnson. Great masters have written sym- phonies that still rouse the sentiment of civilization; there are tunes that lull beasts to peace. But never was there symphony or note that sounded sweeter to the ears of Washington or sadder to the Giants than the music of hickory meeting rawhide. Young, who was plas- ing left fleld for New York, never threw the ball home. Ruel was in before he even reached it, and the Giant fielder put the ball in his pocket as a souvenir of his team's defeat in the stirring twelfth inning. Those who were in the park when Washington won will never forget the scenes that followed. With the crack of McNeely's blow Johnson had raced to second base. Before he could turn back and reach the club- house thousands of wild-eyed fans, screaming with Jjoy, were rushing across the fleld, and fully 5,000 stood between the Old Master and the safety of the showers - Before the police could reach him Johnson had been hoisted to the shoulders of a dozen men and was being rushed to the dugout. A dozen (Continued on Fage 1, Commn 1.) |