Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer tomorrow; gentle to moderate north shifting to east winds. Temperature for 24 hours ending at 2 Highest, 76, at 3 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 45, at 6 a.m. today. pm. today: Full report on page 3. New York Stock Market Closed Today slightly No. 29,385. cond class matter Washington, DiiC. - IR-3 NOW HEADED STRAIGHT FOR U. 3, FLIES OVER AZORES Passed Islands Off Spain at 11:35 0’Clock Today—Wind * Rising in Path. NAVY SEES DISTURBANCE AS HELP TO BIG AIRSHIP Arrival Off Mouth of Chesapeake Bay by Wednesday Morning Among Possible Routes. By (e Assaciated Press. HORTA, Azores Island, October 13, The giant dirigible ZR-3 passed Fayal o'clock this afternoon ar an time), on her way to Lakehu : was flying in “a westerly traveling at a zood rate of Apparently the airship Jined tion on board rly out- ather breeze was well which was clea inst the sky. The “ ith a northwesterl as fine blowing STORM MAY AID ZR-3. Moderate Disturbance in Ship's Path Reported to Navy. disturbance in the was reported today tically in the path of the ZR-3 the naval ships on observation in connection with the oceanic flight. The latest forec relaved by the cruiser Milwaukee and iving the compiled prediction from sources for the noon period today, follows: “Disturbance south of Greenland moving northeastward, with trough of low pressure southwest to Ber- muda. Lowest (barometer), 29.42. still high Quebec south to Florida; highest, 30.34, at Montreal. Strong shifting winds above latitude but dimi nz elsewhere. Mod- T rortherly winds w longitude 60 and probably moder- st winds between latitude from longitude 60 east- moderate Atlantic » duty w On the basis of the forecasts offi- here predicted the hip would ssisted rather than hindered by turbance. Th that from the Azore: expect to have favoring winds, if conditions now prevailirg continue. By maintaining her pres- ent indicated speed the airship would arrive at her destination about 3 o'clock Wednesday morning. FRANCE SEES DIRIGIBLE. Perfect Weather Gives Promise of Successful Flight. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 13.— The Zeppelir ZR-3 this morning was well out ov the Atlantic, having covered miles of her journcy from Friedrichs hafen, Germany, to Lakehurst, N. J. according to the latest advices. The next definite word as to her progr after passing the Azores is expected 10 be in the form of wireless commu- nication from some vessel sighting her at sea. Leaving Friedrichshafen, where she was built on the war reparations ac- count of the United States, the great reraft yesterday first flew over el, Switzerland. Then she swung ut and followed the Rhine until opposite Belfort, where she turned westward and then zradually to the southwest, following a fairly direct line from Belfort fo the Bordeaux region. pointed out Few See Big Ship. Few people caught a glimpse of the milant ship in her swift p: i in the heavens, amateur wireless enthusiasts were 1 at their receiving sets, but, gen- 1y the first Zeppelin to 0y s country since 1917 ed like a ghost. Dijon saw her shortly before noon esterday and also Rochefort on the rente coast, near which Clemen- u spends most of the year. There the airship appears to have flown southward over the mouth of the Gironde, passing the seashore resort of Royan, then altering her course more fo the west over the Bay of Bisca After following the northern Spanis coast she took to the open ocean at Cape Ortegal, on the northwestern Lip of the Spanish peninsula. Works to Be Destroyed. The weather over the Bay of Bis- cay, which holds such terrors for navi- gators when storm tossed, was as nearly perfect as possible today, giv- ing hope that the good fortune which attended the first stage of the flight will be continued throughout. Now that the ZR-3 has really left, French opinion is interested in the fate of the great Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen, which in conformity with the treaty of Versailles must be demolished, since, according to the am- bassadors’ council’s note of April, 192: Germany is_only entitled to build dirigibles under 30,000 cubic meters ca- pacity. The French press is urging the government to keep strict watch to see that this provision is complied with, now that the departure of the ZR-3 no longer gives an excuse for ‘maintaining the Zeppelin works. REGULAR MEALS SERVED. er Crew of Airship Has Eating Sched- ule Like Liner’s. By the Associated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Oc- {ober 13.—The menu for the crew and passengers of the ZR-3 and the enter- tainment arrangement for the voyage were well worked out by the time the dirigible started. Meals on board are being served regularly, in accordarce with the schedule usually followed on ships at sea. Breakfast is served at 8 o'clock, a phonograph playing Amer- jcan and German airs during the mid- day meal. There also will be a mid- night lunch and coffec and biscuits at 4 o'clock each morning for those on watch. Today’s breakfast menu includes coffee, zweiback, biscuits, apple jelly and wienerwurst. For dinner there will be bouillon, ham with Madeira cauce, butter beans, pudding and peach compote. For supper the crew will have Hungarian goulash with “~(Continued on Pags 3, Columa 5 trans- | the ZR-3 might | westward | 1,000 | ! i Ships ch WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1924—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. '$200,000,000 German Loan 5 £ Plan Is Given Official O.K. Reparation Commission Announces Dawes Plan Organization Completed. Says Berlin Has Met All Terms. Ry the Associated Press. PARIS, October 13.—The reparation commission formally announced to- day that the Dawes plan organiza- tion had been fully established and that the German government had mplied with all of the requirements to date under the agreement made at the recent international confer- ence in London. The commission approved the plans for American, British and German participation in the $200,000,000 loan to Germany and suggested that the agent general for reparations pay- ments ought to be ex-officio one of the trustees representing the bond- holders. U. S. CLAIMS SPEEDED. 1,000 Sent Here for 0. K. by Mixed Commission. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. BERLIN, October 13.—The second batch of the thousand cases brought to Germany for settlement by the American rcpresentatives of thu mixed claims commission, who are trying with the Germans amicably to settle Americans’ claims on Germany, have been sent back to America with recommendations of the board. Alexander Otis, the American mem- ber here, has worked in full agree- ment with the German authorities, who have made the work of the in- vestigators easy. It must be remem- bered that no less than 12,000 such cases were filed, for a total of $1,500,- 000.000. Four thousand of them con- cerned war risk insurarce and were immediately excluded. The commission’s work began ac- NAVY VG AID TOZR3INFLEHT in Atlantic Take Weather Observations—May Pass Near Capital. The Zeppelin ZR-3 was floating to- day over the broad expanses of the Atlantic and the Navy, on the alert, was standing by to render any help that might be needed by the great airship in its epoch-making journey from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Lakehurst. No direct word from the ZR-3 had come to the Navy Bureau of Aero- nautics, because her radio range had not reached a point where Navy apparatus could make contact, but through ships at sea and through its other sources of information efforts were made to keep in touch. Sails, Well From Start. Capt. George W. Steele, American naval officer aboard the ship, wno will take command of her upon her arrival at Lakehurst, told the Navy Department in a belated radiogram today of her deparature from Ger- many, where she was bullt for the American Government in conformity with the terms of the armistice, adding that she sailed smoothly from start and passed over the Bay of Biscay without incident. The southern route is being fol- lowed, putting the big craft in the steamship route across the Atlantic, which goes by way of the Azores to Bermuda. Weather conditions when the Zepplin reaches Bermuda doubtless will influence the German officers in command of the flight in selecting the route they will take northward. If the ship is headed on the regular steamship course, she would reach the Atlantic coast of the United States either at Charleston, S. C., or the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Plans to Save Fuel. As the southern route is the long way round from Germany, however, it was assumed at the Navy Depart- ment that the Zeppelin commander would follow the shortest course he could lay from Bermuda to Lakehurst in order to save fuel. “Selection of the Southern route made necessary a change in the posi- tion of the cruiser Milwaukee, one of the three naval ships posted in the North Atlantic for meteorological service. She was ordered to shift position 450 miles southward for better radio communication. Detailed to provide accurate weather fore- casts, it was decided the other ships would serve that purpose as well in their present locations.” The Patoka, at latitude 55, longitude 45 (about 300 miles south of Cape Farewell) has been designated as the “station ship.” The Detroit, at latitude 45, longitude 45 (about 900 miles south of Cape Farewell and 300 miles south- east of Cape Race) is the “observation ship,” and the Milwaukee, originally at latitude 44, longitude 57 (nearly 250 miles east of Halifax, is the ‘“radio relay.” Taking Air Soundings. The most northerly ship of the three is making hourly observations of weather condtions, and, in addition, s taking air soundings of the upper stratas by means of pilot balloons every six hours. Four times each day (Continued on Fage 3, Column 7.) CASHIER TO BE RETURNED Mexico Agrees to Extradition of South Dakota Banker. MEXICO CITY, October 13.—The Mexican authorities have agreed to the extradition of George W. Mitchell, recently arrested near Tampico as a fugitive from Winner, S. Dak. As presi- dent and cashier of the First Na- tional Bank of Winner, Mitchell is charged with defalcations amounting to $350,000. England Hears Coolidge. LONDON, October 13.—Radio listen- ers in England heard President Cool- idge's speech Saturday evening, tele- phoned from Washington to the Heinz company’s banquet in Pitts- burgh. The speeches of those pres. ent AL the banquet also was heard, ! tually in April. 1923, when the claims were listed and eatalogued. It is ex- pected that, owing to the methods which have been adopted and the friendly co-operation between the Germans and the Americans, the whole number will be settled within two vears. If so, it will be a great triumph, since such claims usually drag on in litigation for 20 or 30 vears. The types of claims still awaiting settlement are private debts due American citizens and claims due to shrinkage in the value of German bonds. Notably, only one claim for personal damages following an al leged attack by German soldiery was presented and this was excluded owing to lack of sufficient evidence. The remaining third of the 1,000 cases brought here will be arranged, it is expected, within three months. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) DETAILS ARRANGED. Plans for Underwriting Loan to. Germany Rushed. Ry the Associated Prese. L LONDON, October 13 —Underwrit- ing arrangements are now proceeding for Great Britain's portion of the $200,000,000 Dawes plan loan to Ger- many, for which the Bank of Eng- land will issue a prospectus Wednes- day. Investors will be asked to sub- scribe 5 per cent on application, 25 per cent in November, 30 per cent in December and 32 per cent in January, making 92 per cent for the bonds, which will bear 7 per cent interest. Montagu Collet Norman, governor of the Bank of England, declares that the British quota undobutedly will be quickly subscribed. o NORRIS ATTITUDE CREATES FURDRE Intent to Vote as State Ddes Should Senate Get Election - Held Blow to G. 0. P. BY Staft Correspondent o 5 OMAHA, Nebr., October 13.—Senator Norris' statement that as Nebraska votes so will he vote for a Vice Pres- ident should the Senate 'be called upon to select that official next Feb- ruary at the first blush appears to be a slap at the Republican national ticket. It is creating much comment here. But the statement coming from Senator Norris is somewhat discount- ed, 50 far as its effects on the elec- tion in November are concerned, be- cause of his widely known views that Congress should be more re- sponsive to the will of the people. Republicans and_Democrats alike to- day declared that his statement is typical, that it is Norrisesque to a degree, and both were inclined to be- lieve that it would not materially affect the result in November. Pleases G. 0. P.'s Rivals. This does not mean, however, that the Norris statement will not be seized upon by some of the Demo- crats and some of the La Folletteites as a blow at the Coolidge-Dawes ticket. Undoubtedly they will make what capital they can. It may be observed, however, that none of the three parties jn Nebraska are taking any chances of offending the sentor Senator from Nebraska, and for that reason they are not likely to put words in his mouth that he has not uttered. If there is any reaction against the Republican national ticket be- cause of the Norris statement, then the Republicans have only them- selves to blame. The question which Senator Norris answered at Bridge- port, Nebr, Saturday night as ‘to which of the candidates for Vice President he would vote for if the election came to the Senate was di- rected by a Republican. Furthermore, it was asked in the hope that Sen- ator Norris would say he would not vote for Gov. Bryan. The story as I get it is as follows: Not long ago Senator Norris, while talking with a group of Republicans, was asked the question, *Will you vote for Bryan if the election of Vice President is thrown into the Senate?” Quick as a flash Senator Norris replied “Not in a thousand years,” or words to that effect. His opposition to the Bryan brothers, both W. J. and Charles, is of long standing, amd it was to get such a statement publicly on record that Mr. Norris was again {asked this question in writing. Clarifies St: But Senator Norris so far has not discussed national tickets. He him- self is running on the Republican ticket for Senator, and is receiving the support of th eRepublican Stase organization. It is no secret, how- ever, that Senator Norris has been out of sympathy, to say the least, with the Republican national admin- istration. The most that the Re- publican leaders in th State. have hoped for is that he would maintain silence in regard to the national tick- et, and that he would make no state- ment which might aid the La Follette group. So his present announcement regarding the vice presidency is his second sober thought, and probably Issued to make it clear that he will (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) PRINCE OF WALES SEES CHICAGO STOCKYARDS Rides Through Miles of Alleyways Accompanied by Expert Cattlemen. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 13.—The Prince of Wales viewed the world’s great- est stockyards from the back of a sorrel colt today. Accompanied by two expert cattlemen as guides, the prince mounted the sorrel and be gan riding through miles of alley- Xays oL ghg ‘yards WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION VAN GRANTED TRAL FOR NURDER BY HIAEST COURT Confession_Held Obtained by Third-Degree Methods in Ruling Today. PROSECUTION IS DENIED USE OF ADMISSIONS Chinese Youth Put Through Ex- cruciating Punishment, Deci- sion Text Declares. Ziang Sung Wan, convicted here of the murder of Ben Sen Wu was today granted a new trial by the Supreme Court on the grodnds the confession upon which he was convicted was forced and could not be used as evi- | dence. The bodies of Ben Sen Wu and two other Chinese were found in the | Chinese Educational Mission here. Ziang confessed that he had killed | Ben Sen Wu after the latter had mur- dered the other two Chinese. The upreme Court reviewed his convic- tion on the plea that the police had used improper methods of obtaining a confession from him. The youth was arrested in New York, whither he had fled after at- tempting to cash a check for $5,000 taken from the office of the Chinese Educational Mission. He was held in a room at the Dewey Hotel by the police for several days and was taken to the scene of the crime be- | fore the confession which the United States Supreme Court has set aside was obtained. The trial was held before the late Justice Gould in January, 1920, and resulted in the conviction of the pris- oner. Attorney James A. O'Shea, for the Chinaman, claimed than Wan was sick and worn out by the continued inquiries of the police and detectives and consented to sign the alleged confession. The police denied that any undue influence was exercised, and Justice Gould admitted the con- fession. Trial Sensational. The sentencing of Wan was one of the most sensational in local courts. As Justice Gould pronounced the | death penalty the youth sank to the | floor in a swoon and had to be taken | from the courtroom. His counsel | took the case to the Court of Appeals, ! where the conviction and sentence were affirmed. Mr. O'Shea then sought a special appeal of the United States | Supreme Court, which was granted. The case will now have to be placed on the docket for a new trial in one of the branches of the Criminal courts. Mr. Justice Brandels concluded his opinion with the riatement that the “‘alleged oral statement and the writ- ten statement should have been ex- cluded. The undisputed facts showed that compulsion was applled. As to that matter there was no issue upon which the jury could properly have been re- quired “or been permitted to pass. The alleged oral statement and the written confession should have been | excluded.” Portrays Experience. In the course of his opinion Mr. Justice Brandeis gave a graphic por- traval of the grilling experience which the prisoner had been com- pelled to undergo. “On the eighth day the accusatory questioning,” said Mr. Justice Bran- deis, “took a more excruciating form. A detective was in attendance throughout the day. Wan was taken from the Hotel Dewey to the mission. There continuously for 10 hours this man was led from floor to floor mi- nutely to examine and re-examine the Scene of the triple murder and every object connected with it, to give ex- planations and to answer questions. The places where the dead men were discovered, the revolver with which presumably the murder was commit- ted; the bloodstains, and the finger- prints thereon, the bullet holes in the walls, the discharged cartridges found on the floor, the clothes of the mur- dered men, the coat and pillow which had been found covaring the dead men’s faces, photographs taken by the police of the men as they lay dead; doors and windows through which the murderer might have entered or made his escape; photostatic copies of writ- ings by which it was thought to prove that Wan was implicated in a forgery incident to the murder, all these were shown to him. Engaged in Argument, Every supposed fact ascertained by the detectives in the course of their investigation was related to him. Concerning every object, every in- cident detailed he was in the pres- ence of a_stenographer, plied with questions by the superintendent of police and the detectives. By these he was engaged in argument, some- times separately, sometimes in joint attack. The process of interrogation became ever more insistent; it passed at_times from inquiry to demand. From 7 o'clock in the evening to 5 o'clock in the morning before it was concluded Lei, who was again in attendance, had left the mission about midnight, worn out by the long hours. Supedintendent of police had returned to his home apparently ex- hausted. One of the detectives had fallen asleep. To Wan not a moment of sleep was allowed. “On the ninth day, at 20 minutest past-| 5 in the morning, Wan was taken from the mission to the station house and placed formally under arrest. There the interrogation was promptly resumed. Again the detectives were in attend- ance day and evening, plying their questions; argulng with the prisoner and_urging him to confess lest his brother be deemed gullty of the crime. Still the statements secured failed to satisfy the detectives’ craving for evi- dence. “On the tenth day Wan was ‘again taken to the mission, was again ques- tioned for hours, and there the whole thing was again talked of and enacted. On the eleventh day a formal interro- gation of Wan was conducted at the station house by the detectives in the presence of a stenographer.” The recital continued depicting the excruciating physical torment on ac- Foening Star. + The Star tion is deliv as fast as t. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular cdi- ered to Washington homes he papers are printed. Saturday’ Sunday’s ’s Circulation, 96,729 Circulation, 104,506 TWO CENTS. How the Principal Witnesses Will Probably Testify Before the Borah Campaign Fund Committee WOMAN DIVORCES “PERFECT LOVER” Mrs. F. W. Hart Obtains De- cree From Husband on Cruelty Grounds. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, October 13.— Mrs. Rosamund Hart obtained a di- vorce from Frederick Willlam Hart, “perfect lover” of Mrs. Alfred Law- rence Hall-Quest, in the Cdurt of Do- mestic Relations here today. Ali- mony, agreed upon out of court, con- sisted of $5,000 cash and one-third of Hart's Income for the remainder of Mrs. Hart's life. Mrs. Hart is likewise to have pos- session of the furniture and effects which were located in the Hart's apartment here. In the event that one-third of Hart's income at any time is more than $280 a month, the contract specifies that his former wife is to roceive one-third of the income. She IS to be given, In addi- tion $300 for attorneys’ fee and court costs. Judge C. L. Hoffman immediately after the hearing of testimony grant- ed Mrs. Hart. the decree .om . the grounds of extreme cruelty. Through- out the case the name of Mrs. Shirley Hall-Quest came in for frequent men- tion. Hart was not in court, although dispatches stated that he left Chi- cago Sunday night, ostensibly for Cin cinnati. In consequence of Hart's failure to appear, Judge Hoffman said that, although he had granted the divorce, he would not issue the for- mal decree until Tuesday. This, how- ever, is but a technicality. Pale, with her voice but a whisper, Mrs. Hart told of the alienation of her husband's affections by Mrs. Hali- Quest. She and Hart were born in London, England, she said, and married there August 23, 1905. After they had come to Cincinnati to live, she said, she learned about the other woman. Her husband, she said, “admitted that he loved her and said he could not change his mind.” Amseciation Contimumes. Hig associations with Mrs. Hall- Quest continued until May of 1323, Mrs. Hart said. Then her husband took her to England, saying he want- ed time “to think it over. “We were there but two weeks,” Mrs. Hart related. “Then he said he was going back to Cincinnati. He didn’t say why. He left me in Lon- don. He came back to Cincinnati, and resumed his_associations with Mrs. Hall-Quest, He wrote me, saying he could no longer live with me as his wife. He went to Chicago some time in November. Mrs. Hall-Quest went with him. They have lived in Chicago since then. He said to me he couldn’t live with me any longer because of his love for this other woman. He ad- mitted he was living with her. He sald ‘I expect to marry her as soon as 1 get a divorce.’” Prof. Alexander Wilson, a professor At the University of Cincinnatl, testi- field he was familiar with the Harts’ family life. He described Mrs. Hart as being of very high standing. R-lates Comversation. He relatcd a conversation he had had with Mr. Hart before he went to Chicago. “He said he had decided to do the thing,” Wilson said, “and that they were going to Chicago together, and that it was the best they could do before they should be free to marry each other, But they were going Whether they were divorced or not.” Mr. Hart, in a brief interview last week, said Mrs. Hall-Quest had left the city, but was nearby, and that they would be reunited and married as soon as his wife should obtain her divorce. “We are just waiting,” he said. PAIR FREE TO MARRY. Hart Divorce Bemoves Last Ob- stacle for Pair. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 13.—With a di- vorce granted today in Cincinnati to Mrs. Rosamond Hart, the last obsta- cle to_the marriage of Mrs. Shirley Knox Hall-Quest, whose husband ob- tained a divorce here last Tuesday to enable her to wed Frederick William Hart, was removed. Mrs. Hall-Quest departed from her hotel last Tuesday night after the news of the divorce.granted to Dr. Alfred Lawrence Hall-Quest, dean of the extension department of the Uni- count of his condition that the pris- oner underwent. The medical wit- nesses ‘who testified as to the torture he underwent said, “If he was as sick as that and in as great pain as that he would do anything to-have the torture stopped.” That paragraph was stressed by the court in its decision, versity of Pittsburgh, had become public. : Maj. Hart, & public accountant and a member of the firm of Bauer & Hart, remafned at his offices here, but left the city last night. His partner, Elmer . Bauer, said today that the major was away on business and ~(Continued on Page 2, Column &) |Bobbed Hair Looks Like a Woodchuck, Girl Shot in Scalp By the Aesociated Press ATTLEBORO, Mass, October 13.—Seeing a bushy object through a tree, James F. Kennedy, care- taker of an estate here, fired a load of shot, expecting to bring down a woodchuck. Instead. he heard a scream, saw a girl rise and swoon, and dis- covered that the shot had lodged in the scalp of Miss Lydia M. White, without serious injury. The gunner had mistaken for a woodchuck the yourg woman's bushy bobbed hair. CREW DRUNK, HURT RUM SHIP TAKEN Captain, Locked in Cabin, Describes Liquor Orgy Caus- ing Craft’s Capture. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 13.—Rolling lazily on a gentle swell in the lee of Sandy Hook, with her crew of 32 in irons and her cargo of 43,000 cases of liquor under governmental seal, the selzed Norwegian steamship Sagatind this morning awaited dis- position at the hands of the Federal Government. There was nothing to suggest the tumultuous scenes that had been en- acted on her decks before the coast guard cutter Seneca sighted her float- ing aimlessly about 40 miles out from New York without a helmsman. When the Senaca came upon the Sagatind just before dawn yesterday the look- out of the cutter hailed the ship, and receiving no response fired three shots across her bow. When still there was no sign of life aboard Capt. R L. Blake of the Seneca ordered his men to board her, acting under a law permitting search of a vessel known to be in communication with the shore. The customs men clambered over the side and looked about the deck cautiously, half expecting to be fired upon. They saw no one on deck, but a search disclosed two sailors asleep in the wheelhouse. Below decks they found the rest of the crew. Many Hurt in Brawl Some were asleep, some were in their bunks nursing broken bones, and some were staggering about in a stupor. Nearly all were nursing black eves. The captain was found locked In his cabin, with 12 rifles and 6 revolvers beside his bunk. He ex- plained that his ship, a 364-ton oil- burning vessel of Norwegian registry, had left Antwerp for St. Pierre with a derelict crew and 100,000 cases of assorted liquor. Only 43,000 cases remained. In the ship's safe cus- toms men found $26,000 in ‘American money. The crew had made free with the liquor, he said, and before they were one day out the fighting began. Brawls continued all the way over, reaching a climax after the vessel anchored in rum row. The night they arrived the crew indulged in a drinking orgy, three men_received broken jaws, one had his leg broken, two received broken arms and a score had their eyes blackened, he told customs men. He retired to his cabin to wait for the storm to subside. While the captain was telling his story to Capt Blake the other cus- toms men had driven. the crew below decks and made fast the hatches. The Sagatind was then towed inside Sandy Hook, where a guard was placed over her to await the decision of officlals as to her disposition. TURK NOTE HOPEFUL. British View Irak Reply, However, as Unsatisfactory. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 13.—The British foreign office considers the reply of the Turks to its representations re- garding alleged violatjons of the status quo in-Irak (Mesopotamia) as unsatisfactory, but conciliatory in tone. The feeling is that the note does not make the situation unusual- 1y_grave. Premier MacDonald has ordered an investigation of the present state of affairs, after which it is expected another note will be sent to Angora. Radio Programs—Page 22. TONG WAR NIPPED BY CPTAL POLIE Four Arrests Made and Fire- arms Confiscated—New York Chinese in Fear. Quenching a smoldering spark that might have developed into a blaze of | murderous tong warfare in the shadow of the Capitol, and which police believe would have been a battle of national importance to the Chinese factions in- volved, headquarters detectives yester- day launched a thorough investigation of conditions in Washington's pic- turesque Chinatown that already has re- sSulted in the arrest of four tongmen and the confiscation of their firearms. With einister cunning, the local mem- bers of the Hip Sing and On Leon; tongs, at present in open revolt in othe; sections of the country, have been se- cretly arming themselves with revolv- ers, in readiness for the flare-up of hate that they believe to be inevitable, the police, investigation disclosed. Trouble Intensi; The factor that proved to be the gravest agency in fanning the em- bers of {ll-feeling these tongs long have nursed, it is understood, was th. recent national convention here of the On Leong Tong. Since that time there has been nothing taking place along lower Pennsylvania avenue to indicate tc the world at large the undercurrent of unrest that has been sweeping the local factions. Learning yester. day of the impending outbreak, how- ever, Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief of detectives, called in two of his men trained in the habits of the Chi- nese and charged them with the task of getting at the seat of the trouble and eradicating it. Experienced Men Picked. Ed Kelly, probably better acquaint- ed with local Chinese personalities and customs than any other man on the force, and Detective Cullinane were the men selected Delving into the shaows and pas- sageways of Washington's community for several hours, the de- tectives obtained _information disclosed the imminence of the war- fare. was being taken, apparently, by the Hip Sing faction, and this bore out a previous contention of the oppos- ing group that they needed police protection, Three of the four persons arrested yesterday were armed with loaded revolvers. One is Lee King, 26, giv- ing his address as 325 Pennsyivania avenve. With him was Lee Kee, 30, giving the same address and charges of concealed weapons were preferred against them. Two others arrested registered as Lee Lung, 38, 500 R street, and Charlie Tom, 58, 141 Florida avenue. The former is also known as Lee Watt, police say. Lee Lung. it is said, had a loaded revolver in the waistband of his trousers and was arrested with Charlie Tom as the two were about to board a street car at Seventh and S streets to go to lower Pennsylvania avenue. Charlie Tom was not armed. May Block Other Arrests. It was believed by the police that word of the arrest of the two men Here, at Seventh and S streets early in the | afterncon would have the effect of warting their efforts to get other er: later. The detectives were on hand on lower Pennsylvania avenue late at night. however, and suspicious moves on the part of Lem Kee, Lee King and a third Chinaman, who was not captured, suggested the adyisa- bility of arresting them. Kelly grabbed Lee King, while Cullirane grabbed Lem Kee. It was urged by the Chinamen un- der arrest that they carried the pis- tols for the protection of their person and property, each disclaiming an intention of assaulting their adver- | saries. “All Chinese in this city and those who intend to come here may expect a warm receptiom,” commented In- spector Grant. “Those who come loaded for bear may expect nothing short of a prison sentence.” Little Information Obtained. Charlie Tom is believed by the po- lice to have come here from Provi- dence, R. 1, while the others are be- lieved to have resided in San Fran- cisco some time ago. This morning at the line-up of prisoners at police | headquarters Inspector Grant heard repetitions of their statements of having armed themselves for protec- tion. He questioned them with a view to learning if they had been smug- gled into this country, but his ques- tioning elicited practically no infor- mation. Inspectors of the Bureau of Oriental | that | They learned that the initiative | SHANGHAI DEFENSE ARMY ROUTED, PAGT WITH PEKING MADE Marines Guard U. S. Conces- sion as Victorious Force Marches Into City. REVOLT RENDS RANKS OF CHEKIANG TROOPS Gens. Lu and Ho, Accused of Be- traying Defenders, Flee for Lives. By the Associated Press. ANGHAL October 13.—Their de feated armies, retreating in confusion toward Shanghai, Gen. Lu Yung- hsiang, military governor ‘of Chekiang province and his chief aide, Gen. Ho Feng-ling, defense commissioner of | Shanghai, today announced they had isigned an armistice with the invading Kiangsu forces representing the cen- tral government of China. Gens. Lu and Ho, who have led the |defense forces fighting west and south of Changhai for tho past six {Weeks, today sought refuge in for- |eign concessions, while a report was in circulation here that they had been bribed to betray their leaders. {, While the Chekiang army was re- treating toward the environs of Shanghai today, every unit of foreign {defense forces in the tity, including United States marine and foreigu warships, was being drawn upon along the boundaries of the foreign |settiement to put up a defense against attempts on the part of the Kiangsu troops to enter the concession. Claim Fruits Uncertain. The confusion in military quarters incident to the signing of the armis- tice made it impossible to weigh the i benefits to the central government | force today. If the terms of the | armistice strip the Chekiang military | governor of his power, the resuit is |a victory for the central government which will now extend its jurisdic- | tion to the district surrounding Shang- | hai. The Chekiang military governor, iol’lDOscrl to the central government, | had been ruling Shanghai and | Chekiang prov without rant of any kind from Pekin He was a holdover appointe an old Anfu party adm {relied on his military b to |back up his refusal to vacate ofice. The move to oust him was started August 27, when the Kiangsu miii- ary governor's forces, operating un- der instructions from the central gov- rnment, attacked the Chekiang forces {near Quinsan, west of Shanghal. The Chekiang forces were torn apart by a revolt in their own ranks about two weeks ago. Until that | time they had repelled the attacks of the invading Kiangsu troops and | were engaged in an encircling move- | ment near Tat Lake, west of Shanghai | preparing to start a rear attack | against the enemy. The revolt wa | the beginning of Chekiang de | feat. Their forces cut off by traitors |in their own ranks, the Chekiang | troops narrowed their lines down to |a defense army south and west of | Shanghai, but the Kiangsu forces, | tasting victory, pounded away at the | southern front until they captured the important town of Sungkiang, 28 miles south of here, a few days ago. ‘Wang Finds Refuge. A hint of crushing defeat of the Chekiang forces was contained in the appearance here of Gen. Wang Ping, defense c foner of Sungkiang. en. Wang presented himself at the French concession last Friday night and was disarmed by French police before he entered. Should the central government forces be able to police the newly acquired territory “with a minimum number of troops, the opportunity will be presented to withdraw the Kiangsu provincial forces to the Chihlian-Manchurian border, where the central government armies are engaged in an intensive struggle with the armies of Gen. Chang Tso- Lin, who is fighting for control of the central government. Gen. Chang is an ally of the defeated Chekiang military governor. At the Lungwha arsenal, head- quarters of the Chekiang forces, a small group of unarmed soldiers awaited the arrival of Kiangsu ani Fukien province troops to take over the arsenal. Gen. Lu Yung-hsiang, military gov- ernor of Chekiang province, presided at the conference, which resulted in the decision to surrender, and which sent him to the international settle- ment here as a refugee. His chiet aide, Gen. Ho Feng-ling, defens commissioner of Shanghai, was not present at the conferenc Gen. Chang Tse-pin, a Chekiang field commander, walked out of the meeting after vigorously opposins the proposal of his chief to surrende: Gen. Chang left for the Nansiang sector this morning to join his forces, then estimated at 4,000. Throughout the night workers in the Chekiang forces removed vai- uable contents from the Lungwe quarters into the foreign settlement at Shanghai, wh:le their leaders scat- tered to unknown points of refuge. Every waterway and road leading into Shanghai today was packed with refugees fleeing before the advancinz army of the conquering forces. The refugees used vehicles and animals of every description to aid in carry- ing away their few belongings from the conquered area. Foreisn Quarters Barred. The foreign settlements were in- closed by a heavy network of barbed wire entanglements today to prevent the entry of unauthorized persons seeking refuge. Every entrance was guarded closely, but there was no evidence of disorder. The surrender of the OChekiang forces presents a new problem in the immediate choice of a successor to Gen. Ho Feng-Ling, defense commis- sioner of the Shanghai-Sung Kiang district. The appointment is re- garded as patronage at ‘the disposal of the conquering armies. Already there are four candidates for the place. Two contenders are adherents of Gen. Chi Shieh Yuan, military gov- ernor of Kiangsu province, and_t other two have the support of Gen. Sung Chuan-Fang, military governor of Fukien province, who is fegarded as a controlling force in the appoint- ment. A proclamation issued by the munici- pal council of the international settle- ment_here today prohibits street as- from (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) (Continued on Page 2, Column ¥