Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1924, Page 1

WEATHE Fair tonight and change in temperature; moderate north and north: Temperature for 24 hou 2 p.m. tod terday; lowest, 46, at 7:30 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 tomarrow, Highest, 70, at 3 p.m. yes- little gentle to west winds. rs ended at a.m. today. Entered us seco post No. 29,387. office \Vashington, nd cluss matter D C. IR-3 LANDS SAFELY, WU S, MAKING 3,000-MILE NO-STOP FLIGHT IN 81 HOURS Zeppelin Is Berthed at Lake- hurst This Morning After Record-Breaking Voyage From Friedrichshafen. DECLARED TO PROVE VALUE IN COMMERCE Throngs Acclaim Huge Craft All Along Route — Enconnter.s‘ Rough Weather Nearing End.| ,Trip Is Described as Perfect Success by Officers. 1y the Associated P LAKEHURST, N. J,, October 15— | The cabin of the ZR-3 came lightly | to rest upon the earth at Lakchurst Field at 9:55 a.m. today, and the; giant Zeppelin was in her berth at 10:45. i She completed her journey from | Fricdrichshafen, Germany, a di tance estimated at 5,000 miles, in| 81 hours 25 minutes. | The craft made a beautiful land- ing, appearing over the northern | edge of this Naval Air Station at 9:16 a.m. She drove straight over| the airdrome to the far cdge of the field, where she headed around and skirted the station for a quarter nf‘ its circumference, before nosing| downward into the breeze and com- ing to a stop before the airdrome. The ZR-3 looked like a silver- gilded ball on a Christmas tree as she settled downward head-on. She came so slowly that she appeared| an inanimate object, suspended by some invisible force. | i Makes Easy Landing. | Thirty-four minutes after she was sighted her motors stopped. For a| moment she drifted easily, bobbing up and down like a small boat in a rolling swell. Straight past the red and white signal on the ground which indicated her chosen landing place, she glided. It appeared that she intended to*sait| into_the airdrome, but the pilot of o LR-3 contemplated no such spec- taonlar exhibition. When within 200 yards of the towering ‘drome’ a trap- door flopped open from the bottom of the main cabin, and out dropped 2 bundle of rope as large as a barrel. Another trapdoor opened and an- other coll of rope thudded below. Signal horns and bells tooted some- where out of sight in the glant craft overhead. Whistles shrilled below. | Sailors and marines hooked their spiderweb rope harnesses into the trailing towlines of the dirigible and almost _without effort drew her| gently down. Thousands Shout Greetings. A mighty shout went up from thou- sands as the air vessel came down. | “Please don't make 5o much noise,” | shouted Comdr. J. H. Klein, jr., com- mander of the Lakehurst station and passenger on the ZR-3, as he leaned from a forward cabin port. The din of welcome was silenced instantly, and a clear, sharp order of the nav- igators to the grounding crew rang out distinctly. In. Hugo Eckener, smiling, but stern voiced, was recognized by a little group of German citizens who crowded the State police and sailor guards to shout their congratulations. Maj. F. M. Kennedy, in the uniform of the United States Army, stood at another porthole smiling as he bowed happily to the crowd. Officers Are Happy. Then, one after another, as the more arduous duties of landing were. completed, all four of the American officers aboard the dirigible were pre- sented to view, side by side with the German navigators in the cabin ports. All Jooked glowingly happy. They were clean shaven; their uniforms were spic and span. They did not even look tired. They appeared in no hurry to_leave the ship. The doors at the east end of fhe ‘drome had drawn apart to recelve the visitor. She landed near those doors, but because of a slight change in the direction of the breeze it was decided to lead her across the west- | ern threshold instead. So, slowly yet majestlcally, she was eased the length of the great build- ing, swung around at the western portal and headed for the dim-lit cavern which was to be her home. Craft Is Guarded. Immedfately that she was snubbed fast her navigating officers and crew disembarked. ~ Officers climbed into her hull and cabin with mechanics | to begin an inspection of the gas| bags,y duraluminum structure and motol. < Police lines were closely drawn around the great field where the German-made craft rests. The roads, which even yesterday were dotted with automobiles coming hither, were lined before daybreak today. As nearly as was possible with the per- sonnel of sailors and marines that remained after 400 had been mustered for the landing crew, the two miles of fir-trimmed circumference of the | fleld was patrolled. Main gates were rigidly guarded. Admission was by credential only. Only a scattering few of the automo- | biles that drove up to those gates got past the little guardhouse on the innerside. It has been determined that the public should attend the arrival of thé ZR-3 only at long range. For she was—filled with a highly inflammable and disastrously explosive hydrogen, 250,000 cubic feet of it. Eckener Is Jubllant. wr. Hngo Rcvezer, commander of | vne airship and president of the Zeppelin Company, Jjubilantly de- clared as his feet touched the es~~- crete floor of the airdrome: “Gentlemen, a new world record— 5,008 miles of continuous flight.” ““The first part of our voyage Wa B —(Continued on Page 4, Column 1) | descend from our great h PRESIDENT FIRST | minutes after she had come Diary Kept on ch WASHINGTON, D. C, Trip Reveals Three Storms Met by Dirigible Hot and Cold Air Strata, Scarcity of Water and Beauty- of Sunsets De- scribed by Special Correspondent. Fditorial note—Following cxtracts from Schiller's dlary, writien on th were dropped ‘from the Zep . today, near th a 5 Al and fell within 50 yard: American wxpaper - Alllance A. launch, Which was walting. : of navigating officers of ZR-3). 8§:13 am. Tuesday—I am again on watch. Below us the sea is high and the weather is anything but pleasant. Again and again we get weather re- ports by wireless, but they are al- ways threatening. We have just been advised (8:50 a.m.) from an unknown passing steamer that we have been driven farther north than expected. American steamers and stations ad- vise us that we have just escaped a | severe gale from off Nova Scotia. We go north to get more favorable winds. 9:30 a.m.—We dip our flag in salute to a big English steamer; she returns the salute. It is remarkable how warm it is here; I could hardly sleep from the heat This morning I roamed the forward gondola in pa- jamas. 12 noon—The wind slows up, so we ht and the heat passes. We have just meas- ured our fuel supply and find we have enough for 52 hours, so we run all T0 SEND GREETING Congratulates Crew of Diri- gible for Success of “Epochal Voyage.” Tresident Coolidge was the first of official Washington today to con- gratulate the commander of the ZR-3 on the successful completion of his record-breaking flight from Fried- richshafen to Lakehurst. Word of the landing of the craft was given to the President a few to the ground at the Lakehurst airdrome and the President immediately dis- patched a message to Dr. Hugo Eck- ener, who was charged with her de- ivery to thedinited States. Lm other government quarters, es- pecially at the Navy, where constant vigil had been held since the ship rose from her German starting point, great enthusiasm and relief was evi- dent at her safe arrival. President Coolidge termed the per- formance of the ZR-3 an epochal achievement. Text of Meynage. “I congratulate you” he tele- graphed to Dr. Eckener, “upon the successful completion of the trans- atlantic voyage of the great dirigi- ble which you have brought from Germany to the United States. “It 1s not merely a surring experi- ence, a splendid adventure. ¥ar more, | it is an epochal achievement, because it demonstrates as never before the feasibility of long-distance flights by lighter-than-air craft and their ability to carry significant ton- nages in passengers or cargo. “The skill and efficiency of the Ger- man_technicians in building such a wonderful aircraft and your skill in successfully navigating it without stop and without mishap from Fried- richshafen, Germany, to Lakehurst, N. J., is an event of world-wide in- terest. - “It is a matter of great satisfac- tion to me and to the people of the United States that the peaceful re- lations between Germany and Amer- ica have been fully re-established, and this great airship has inaugurated the first direct flight between Germany and America. I hope that your stay in the United States will be enjoyable and that the notable services you have rendered in bringing over this airship will be a matter of satisfac- tion and pride to you throughout your life.” Crew Organizing Begun. Organization of an American crew to take charge of the ZR-3 was be- gun today in the Bureau of Navai Aeronautics, but beyond that no plans have been made for immediate cperation of the ship. Under ine German contract 11 members of the crew which brought her over will “stand by"” at least three months to assist in the training. They include Navigator Hans Flemming, Quarter- master Walter Scherz, Helmsmen Ludwig Marx and Karl Sammt, Chief Machinist Gustay Belser, Machinists Emil Grosinger, Herman Pfaff and E. Martin, and Sailmaker Ludwig Knorr. When an efficient operating forcs has been organized the department will take up a program of tests to include long cross-country flights ver proposed commercial ~routes with freight and passengers. It is considered probable that gommercial firms may be asked to bid for the privilege of operating the Zeppelin Quring -this.experimental period. I LANGLEY TO APPEAL. ‘Will Take Case to U. 8. Court, Con- tinuing Fight. - MAYSVILLE, 'Ky, October 15. Counsel for Milton W. Lipschutz, Philadelphia, and Representative John W. Langley of the tenth Kentucky district prepared today to curry to the United States District Court of Appeals their case following over- ruling of a motion to set aside the judgment and grant a new trial on charges of comspiracy t) violate the prohibition law. The men were con- victed in Federal court in Covington. Judge A. M. J. Cothran, before whom the men were tried in Coving- ton, made an oral ruling In Federal court yesterday denying the motion. Counsel for the plaintiffs submitted a bl of exceptions preparatory to an MODPRLC. . o0t gt i four motors. Below us we can now see a great rushing about in the wa- ter, in the path of the gulf stream, and T marked especially some flying fish. At the Azores 1 had noted char- acteristic dolphins and pigfish and rather looked for them here, but none appeared. 1:30 p.m.—We ate lunch In a great hurty, so little time to spare. Fried chicken and apple sauce taste good when the wind of the upper stratas fans your appetite . to sharpness. Above us as we ate cur pet canary was chattering angrily; the noise of our plates disturbed him. Three- quarters of our journey made without trouble. No wonder the faces of the ole crew are wreathed in smiles. 30 p.m.—Over the Newfourdland t. We look down upon a huge fog-blanket which makes the whole world swim In its grayness. The sun goes down in the mist, and if you have never scen a sunset in the fog from an airship you have still a great wonder to enjoy. The change it the weather is sudden; it is now cold. We are making 90, knots. 7:00 pm—The wind is rising rapidly; it is becoming quite stormy. $:00 p.m.—The storm is well on us. The wind Is now so strong that the ship trembles and throws one slightly back and forth. that she can withstard it; she feels well-built. She can ride the storm. The Maybach motors are going powerfully and without a fault. n 4 BROTHER OF MDD NANED SUCGESSO Unanimous Choice of Mary- land Republicans to Make House Race. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., October 15.— Thomas D. R. Mudd of La Plata, Charles County, Md., was today nominated by the State central committee of the Re- publican party for the short and long term In Congress from the fifth Mary- land district, made vacant by the death of his brother, the late Representative Sydney E. Mudd. The committee was called to order by Chairman Galen L. Tait, who announced that, following the precedent of the party, the selection of a candidate would be left to the fifth district, and appoint- ed Thomas Parran of Upper Marlboro chairman of the committee to select the candidate. The committee then retired into executive session, at which the names of Mr. Mudd and' Oliver Metzerott, former State senator from Frince Georges County, were pre- sented. Mr. Metzerott thanked the members of the committee for the honor of being named as the candi- date and then withdrew in favor of Mr. Mudd. Resolution Ix Passed. The committee recommendation was then brought before the State central committee and on motion the nomination of Mr. Mudd was unani- mously ratified. On motion a resolution on the death of the late Representative Mudd was passed. and the secretary instructed to forward the resolution to the mem- bers of the deceased Representative's family. Chairman Tait after the meeting aid that the selection of Mr. Mudd was the best in the interest of the party for the District, and announced that” every effort would be made to elect him for both the short and long terms. The meeting was one of the largest attended of the present campaign, and members expressed themselves as being enthusiastic over the outlook for carrying the fifth district, as well as the State of Maryland, for Presi- dent Coolidge next month. Former United, States Senator Jo- seph Irwin France was present at the meeting and expressed confidence over the outcome of the election next month, WALLACE UNDER KNIFE AT U. S. NAVY HOSPITAL Cabinet Officer Submits to Opera- tiol for Appendicitis and for Gall Bladder Treatment. Secretary Wallace underwent an operation here today for removal of his appendix and treatment of his gall bladder. The “operation was performed at the Naval Hospital here, and Comdr. Joel T. Boone, one of President Cool- idge's physicians, who was present, said Mr. Wallace would be confined to his bed for about 10 days or two weeks. Mr. Wallace entered the hos- pital last night. He has been ill fur several weeks, suffering from sciatica, which physicians decided resulted from infection of the blatter- and appendix. — e REVOLT IN NICARAGUA. Salvador Hears of Revolution Led by Emiliano Chamorro. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Salva- dor, October 15.—A revolution, led by Gen. Emiliano Chamorro, has broken out in Nicaragua, according to reports reaching here. The Nicaraguan gov- ernment, however, claims to be in con- trol of the situation. Troops are being dispatched by the government to all the menaced citles in the eastern part of Nicaragua. An attack on an armory in the city of Managua is reported to have been repulsed by soldiers, and Juan Urbina, leading the attacking, was killed. Rains Wash Homes Away. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, October 15. —Torrential = rains have recently caused considerable loss of life through the republic. Communica- tion with many towns has been severed by the storms.. Some adobe house constructed of sun-dried bricks, earth and straw, have been literally washed aways One feels | ’ WITH SUNDAY MURNING EDITION WEDNESDAY, HINTS HIGHER FARE INCHANGE OF CARS President Ham of W. R. & E. Tells Hearing One-Man Car Economy. An intimation that higher car®fare might be asked for If one-man cars jare ruled out of use was made by Wil- liam F. Ham, president of the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Company, !at the public hearing at the District Building today on the question of whether the number of such cars should be increased. After Mr. Ham had presented testi- | mony for more than an hour tq show | that street car traffic is falling off rapidly on both the Washington Rail- { way and Electric and Capital Traction companies, William JMcK. Clayton, spokesman for the Federation of Citi- zens' Assoclations, interrupted with this query: "3r. Ham, @ you believe the fare should be increased?” “I would pPefer not to have to raise the rate,” the president of the com- pany replied. IWhether that is pos- sible or not I don't know. The loss of traffic has been beyond our ex- pectations, and if it continues some- thing is going to happen. If the {commission and the public do not sustain us in trying to operate as economically as possible, I presume an increase in fare will have to be asked for.” Ten More One-Man Cars. The purpose of the hearing is to decide whether the W. R. and E. should be allowed to_install 10 ore one-man cars. Mr. Clayton followed his first question by asking Mr. Ham if he would suggest additional one- man cars in case passenger travel continued to fall off in future, Mr. Ham said he thought the use of one- man_cars could be further extended in_Wasnington. Willlam S. Torbert of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens' Association asked Mr. Ham if he considered the use of two-man cars extravagant. The witness replied he did if one man could do the job satisfactorily. This brought from Mr. Torbert the observation that it was wasteful to operate two-man cars for so many | years. The president. of the Washington Railway and Electric replied that methods change with passing time. When trainmen's wages were 25 cents an hour, he said, it was not as necessary to economize in cperation as it is now with wages up to 58 {cents an hour. All other lines of in- dustry have found it necessary to seek labor-saving methods to meet increased costs of doing business, he added. After reciting the facts brought out at previous one-man car hearings, Mr. Ham declared the main objection was the crowding of passengers near the front door because of the neccssity of boarding and leaving the car at the front end. Objection Is Removed. “The company, he said, has de- veloped a one-man car with auto- matic rear exit to remove that ob- jection, and said the ten new cars asked for would have that rear exit. The testimony disclosed that the Washington Railway and Electric is now operating 70 one-man cars. This, Mr. Ham said, results in a saving of $158,777 a year within the District. If the ten additional cars are au- thorized it .would bring about a further saving of $23,000 a year. The principal contention of Mr. Ham throughout his testimony. was that the steady falling off in street car riding with a consequent reduction in revenue, makes the operation of one-man cars necessary in the in- terest of economy, In 1921, the wltness testified, the W. R. and E. system carried 78,111,- 740 passengers in the District, as compared with 72.223,000 in the 12 months ended August 31 last, a fall- ing off of 5,387,811 passengers in the three-year period. The W. R. and E. earned a rate of return of 3.84 per cent on the commissfon's _valuation in the 12 months ended in_August, Considering the W. R. the Capital Traction' earnings to- gether, he said, the rate of return for the 12 months ending in August was 5.25 per cent on the combined valuation of the two roads. Questioned by a citizen in the audience as to the reason for_ the falling off in passengers, Mr. Ham id 1t was due, first, to the increased .aumber of private automobiles, to \he establishment of motor bus lnes, the growth of the taxicab business and the fact that Washington has settled back from its war-time rush of business. Radio P Page 49, OCTOBER 15, LAN SAKES, , JOHN,|F You af GET IT, PONT. 1T UP UNDE FOUR. ALABAMA MAY ACT TO OPERATE SHOALS Governor Will Be Asked to Call Special Session of Legislature to Consider Plan. Dy the Associated Press. MOEILE, Ala., October 15.—Gov. W. W. Brandon, on his return’ from a tour of Northern cities, where he ‘fs making campaign speeches for the Democratic party, will be asked to call a special session of the Afabama legislature, according to State.Senator John Craft, in a statement here to- day. The object of the speciak ses- sion is to consider a_proposal to have the State operate Muscle Shoals for the manufacture of fertifizer and dis- tribution of “cheap power” to farmer: of the South. State Senator Craft, commentinggpn the withdrawal of the Ford bid, %’ld that following the convening of the legislature a petition would be filled with Congress asking that Muscle Shoals be turned over to the State, CHANGE OF WEST FAVORS CODLIDGE Hopeful Spirit of Returning Prosperity Augurs Well for President. (This is the second of two dispatches analyzing the trend of political senti- ment in the States from Illinois to the Pacific. written after a visit by David Lawrence to virtually all the States in that region. in a trip consuming 30 dayx of actual investigation. Mr. Lawrence be- gina today hix study of the Eastern and New England States.) BY DAVID LAWRENCE. MID-WEST AMERICA, October 15.— There is something hopeful, something buoyant about the spirit of the West today which finds its reflex in poli- tics, of course, but which makes the wayfarer feel the throb of ever-grow. ing confidence that the dark days of depression have passed and that the dawn of a prosperous tomorrow has come. 1t is not altogether due to the rise in the prices of agricultural products or the favorable crops. It is due to some extent to a feeling of stability, a feeling that the reconstruction of America’s economic life following the war has come to a steady, upward, but assured, pace. There is an air ot progress, of things moving, of un- rest dispelled, of great opportunity. He would be blind who saw no dis- content, no symptoms of political up- heaval in the years to come if the West is left to hear its own protesting voice as the cry is raised for a lower tariff or a reduction in freight rates. President Coolidge has achieved a con- siderable strength on the farms as well as in the cities of the West, but it would be a mistake for his supporters and advisers to interpret the votes that will be cast in his direction as due. entirely to the enthusiasm of approval. It Is, in a sense, a passive acquiescence, a2 beliet in things as they are, in the maintenance of the status quo, but with it a hope for the future. / West is Changing. The West is changing. Co-operative marketing, diversified farming, im- proved methods of production, better credit facilities, motor transportation all have played their part. The politi- cal parties have been torn by local strife and the wounds of the everlast- ing controversy between conservatives and radicals. Persons mean more than issues as a factor in the balloting. President Coolidge's strength with the voters of the West is a curious thing. It was the same West which threw its hat in the air for the rip- roaring cowboy, the irrepressible T. R. of 1912. And today the West si- lently, but just as effectively utters its favor for the rugged, honest, sim- ple, unassuming plain man of the New England hills. John W. Davis is always well spoken of. His speeches are com- mehded and his record is applauded, but the West regards him-as of the same school of thought as President Coolidge on most of the important is- sues of the day. The emphasis placed on La Follette at the left side of the political scene and Coolidge on the right, has meant a shuntipg to one side "of Davis. Western sentiment which clamored for McAdoo .has not accepted Davis as a substitute. This is not the fault of Davis. It is because his record was not that ot McAdoo, who stood for high wages on the railroads, a record of achieve- ment in office with respect to agri- cultural credits and, generally speak- ing, a liberal radical. He would have carried many Western BStates, but not all of them. The favorable - ..(Continued on Page 5, Columa 3. /| troops against Gen. ‘Chi ShieN ‘xucu.»()flfi_v_n e FEoening Star. -EIGHT PAGES. RENEWED DEFENSE OF SHANGHAI SEEN Gen. Hsu Said to Have Bribed | Troops to Open Attack on Kiangsu Victors. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAT, October 15.—Renewed ranks of the native Chinese popula- | tlon of Shangbai by reports of the entrance of Gen. Hsu Shu-tseng,| “Little Hsu,” with a move to revive | the defeated Cheklang forces and re-| new hostilities against the Kiangsui forces. The reports said that “Little Hsu” had bribed troops from Hupeh prov-| ince, allied with the winning Kiangsn army, to desert that cause and join. forces with the defeated Chekinni e, oL, - who has played a prominent part In the military activ- ities carried on in China by the old| Anfu party, 18 a protege of Tuan Chi- | jul, minister of war In the first cabi- net formed by the Chinese republic. | He is now a member of the anti-| government Anfu party. Threat to Shoot' Hu. “If T ever lay hands on ‘Little Hsu'| I will shoot the rebel,” said Gen. Chang Yuen-ming, commander of the Hupeh troops occupying the Lung- wha arsenal, Yamen and the South Station, when appraised of the re- ports that he had been bought over and betrayed the Kiangsu forces to| join the défeated Chekiang troops | after his forces arrived in Shanghai | 10 occupy Chekiangl military posts near here. The reports in circylation said that “Little Hsu" had promised large cash | rewards to the Hupeh and Chekiang leaders to join forces against the Kiangsu armies, claiming that hel possessed unlimited resources i money and munitions .from Mukden where Gen. Chang Tso:lin, the Man- churian leader, is directing his forces in an attempt to overthrow the Pek- ing government. ¥ The activities of’ “Little Hsu” are given as an’explagation why the de- feated Chekiang trgops returning to Shanghai did nots surrender their arms. o Protests Loyal(y to Peking. Emphatically protesting his loyalty to the P'eking government, the Hupeh commander, Chang Yuen-ming, as- serted that the Cheklang troops were being permitted to retain their arms because the government intended to admit all those troops into the “na- tional army.” Comdr. Chang said he had proceed- cd to Shamghal with his Hupeh troops under- orders from President Tsao Kun of China, who said Comdr. Chang would arrive in Shanghal before Gen. CHl ‘Shieh-Yuan, also allled with the Peking government. Gen. ,Chi de- clared war on the Chekiang goyernor I the present conflict which resulted in a victory for the forces. of Gem. Chi. Cemdr. Chang said he did ‘not know' when Gen. Chi would come tb Shanghai. G A train bearing 2,000 more.Chekiang troops withdrawing from Hwangtu and adjacent sectors. in the district j west of. Shanghai, arrived here this morning and proceeded to the vicinity of South Station, where a rapidly en- larging military encampment, now | composed of 5,000 troops, has been established. The camp is immediately adjacent to the boundaries of the in- ternational settlement near the junc- tion of the Shanghai-Nanking railway line. _TOKIO GIVES WARNING. military e By the Associated Press. TOKIQ, October 15.—Warning that because Japan’s own national secur- ity was involved the Japanese gov- ernment. would not.tolerate any dam- age to Japanese rights, lives and in- terests in Manchuria was contained in_hotes forwarded by the foreign office yesterday to headquarters of the warring Chinese factions in Peking and Mukden. The ,notes, which were identical, reasserted Japams policy of non: interference in Chinese domestic af- fairs, but let it be known that Nip- pon was prepared to protect its Man- churlan interests. - WAHABIS ENTER MECCA. /| By the Assoclated Press. CAIRO, Egypt, October 15.—The Wahabi tribesmen, enemies of the Hashimite dynasty In the Hedjaz, un- der pressure from whom King Hus- seln abdicated in favor of his son All, have entered Mecca, the Holy City of the Islamic world. The situation is quiet. and there have been no ex- cesses onm . part of the occupying * EXHALSTIVE PROBE OF CANPARN GFS PLEDGED BY BORAH Inquiry Into La Follette Ac- cusation to Begin in Chi- cago Tomorrow. MIGHT BE TRANSFERRED TO WASHINGTON LATER Party Managers Asked for State- ments and Accounting Details May Be Requested. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 15.— Prepara- tions for “an exhaustive inquiry into campaign contributions and expendi- tures” were made today by Senator -| Borah of Idaho, chairman of the Sen- ate committee on campaign expendl- tures. Senator Borah, called from a cam- paign tour in the West by the charges of Senator La Follette, in- dependent presidential candidate, that improper and unwarranted use of money had become a factor in the campaign ip certain States, said upon his arrivel here that “every line of inquiry will be followed to the end that as far as possible the source of all campaign funds may be revealed.” May Begin Tomorrow. Senator Borah, who expected to confer first with his colleagues on the committee, hoped to begin formal hearings tomorrow morning. men of the national committees of the Republican and Democratic par- ties and John M. Nelson, national di- rector of the La Follette campaign, have been requested to submit formal detailed reports for the examination of the committee. These reports, Senator pected, would be accompanied by statements from the campaign man- agers. After an examination of such reports and statements as may be submitted the committee will deter- its determination upon leads suggested by the reports. How far the investigation might go or how long it might last Senator | Borah was unable to predict. Exhaustive in Detail. “The committee will examine every legitimate lead presented by spokes- | men for any of the candidates, and our inquiry. will be exhaustive every detail” Senator Borah said “We shall ask each party organiza- gion to report how much they have Tecelved, from whon, and how it has Our reports will not ‘deal with lump totals, -but with de- tailed contributions and expenditure. In the first instance, our examina- tion will be merely of the reports sub- mitted in response to our requests, but if these reports suggest further inquiry of any items, we may request the accounting books of the campaign headquarters. May Come To Capital. Touching upon the La Follette charges, Senator Borah®said that if any evidence were offered by the La Follette forces it would be received by the committee at some convenient place probably in the East. Should witnesses be available in Chicago, however, the entire inquiry will be prosecuted here, but if it develops as Senator Borah anticipated, that witnesses for Senator La Follette are from Eastern States, the investiga- tion will be transferred to Washing- ton. Other members of the committee, authorized to conduct the investiga- tion by a Senate resolution are Sena- tors Bayard of Delaware and Jones fof Washington, Republicans; Carawny ©of Arkansas, Democrat, and Shipstead of Minnesota, Farmer-Labor. Nelson Ready to Appear. John M. Nelson, La Follette ¢am- paign director, said today he was prepared to go before the committee at any time with a full report of all contributions, including both the collections through labor organiza- tions and from the general public. The finishing touches were being put on the report in Mr. Nelsons office today“and’ he expected to submit 1t personally to the committee. Frank P. Walsh, attorney, desig- nated by Senator La Follette to rep- resent him before the committee, probably will submit a formal state- ment with Mr. Nelson's report. At Democratic Western headquar- ters it was stated that the entire in matter of appearing before the com- | mittee was in the hands of National Chairman Shaver, who was expectes to arrive from Washington within few days. McADOO RECUPERATING; ~QUITS HOSPITAL IN WEEK | Makes First Walk Out of Doors After Operation—Has No Plans. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., October 15. Willlam G. McAdoo, who is conva- lescing -from an operation for the removal .of gravel from the bladder, performed at John Hopkin. about 10 days ago, yesterday ¢njoyed his first walk since the operation, After he had gone six blocks he was somewkat tired, although his speech wes animated. His plans were very indefinite, the former Secretary of the Treas- ury said. He didn't know when he would leave the hospital, nor where | he would go when he did leave. “You see,” he said, “I'm only try- ing to get well. That is all just now. The sun was good to me and shone on my first day out. I'm feel- ing fine, only weak, you know, from the operation.” Dr. Hugh H. Young, Mr. McAdoo's physician said that his patient prob- ably would have to remain at the hospital another Week. and then should have & period of rest and quiet. e Author’s Plate Simple. TOURS, France, October 15.—The opinion of many of the friends of the late Anatole France that his name alone on the bronze plate on his cofin would be sufficlently de- scriptive of the fame and literary glory he had athieved, has led to a decision to inscribe upon that plate “Anatole France, 1844-1924,” without the phrase “of the Freach Academy.’ Chair- | Borah ex- | Hospital | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The 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, 97,314 TWO CENTS. RELIGION, NOT LAW, BASIS OF REFORM, COOLIDGE ASSERTS Tribute to Bishop Asbury, of Pioneer Methodism, Péid by President. UNVEILING OF STATUE DRAWS NOTABLE THRONG Horse-Riding Preacher Called Im- portant Factor in Shaping American Ideals. Reliance upon religion rather than | 1aw for reform was emphasized today by President Coolidge, speaking at the unveillng here of a statue to Francis Asbury, “ploneer bishop 6t the Methedist Episcopal Church in America.” “We cannot depend upon the Gov- | ernment,” the President declared, “to {do the work of religion. An of Consress may indicate that a reform is being or has been accomplished, ibut it does not itself bring about a | reform. The government of a coun- ! try never gets ahead of the religion of a country,” Preaching Made Freedom. Religion was described by the Pres- ident as the foyndation of this Gov- ernment. It is as a result of the preaching of Bishop Asbury, his as- sociates and other religious orga zations, he declared, that “our coun- try has developed so much freedom.” 1l to remember this” he when we are seeking for social reforms. Of course, we can help to restrain the vicious and fur- nish a fair degree of security and protection by legislation and police control, but the real reforms which society in these days is secking will | come as a result of our religious con- | victions, or they will not come at all | “We cannot escape a personal re- sponsibility for our own conduct. | cannot regard those as wise or e toita imine the future scope of the inquiry, ! counselors in public affairs who deny hysteria was apparent today in the 0% N2 fhlute ! i these principles and seek to support | the theory that society can succeed | when the’individual fails. Draws Lesson From Life. { “There is no way by which we can |substitute the authority of law for the virtue of man. Peace, justice, { humanity, charity—these cannot be {legislated into being. They are the | result of a Divine Grace.” { From the life of Bishop Asbury, iwho came to this country as a preach. | er before the Revolutionary War, the President drew a lesson of sacrifipe |2nd devotion which he said “has gone |into the making of our country.” He | recalled that the pioneer bishop trav- | elled about 6,000 miles a year, preach- {ing about 16,500 sermons and recefy- ling as his highest salary $85 a vear. |~ “He had no ide: Mr. Coolidge sald, | “that he was preparing men the bet- |ter to take part in a great liberal {movement, the better to take ad- |vantage of free institutions, and the {better tap perform the functions of | self-government. He did not come [for political motives. He came to |bring the gospel to the people.” ownig Tribute Paid. Opening the excrcices by anmounc- ling that he had been privileged to listen to the voice and grasp the lhand of Rev. Henry Boehm, travel companion of Bishop Asbury, Bishop John W. Hamilton, whé presided at the ceremonies, told how the fame of Bishop Asbury would increase from now on as that of Lincoln had grown, and explained how much of the suc- jcess of the Nation had been placed |on “circuit riders” by William Henry | Harrison. | He then launched into a glowing culogy of the subject of the statue. “Francis Asbury.’ he :aid, “w | chiet of these pioneers and their | supreme ruler. Asbury must be {called great because he laid the | foundation of the great Christian empire, of the increase of whos ministry and peace there shall be no end. His great common rense and his holy endument made of him, measured by the unmistakable re- sults and wide extent of his ministry, the greatest preacher that has in- vaded the country One of his biographers has said. The story of his life is the story of heroic seif-sacrifice, and the magni- ficant campaigns which he planned and which he so successfully ‘carried out are without a parallel in the history of the world. Braved Travel Hardships. “The twenty milliors of communi- ants that are to be répresented hortly at Atlanta are all indebted to his ministry, for he was the minister of the Holy Spirit. His piety was fire shut up in his bon it had to come out, and orce in the iopen. it bulged ' too large for boundaries. He was always on = journey. No pent-up chapel could restrain him. He took to travel. He said, ‘I must ride or die. He pointed {the map of his ministry with the | hoots of his horses. He trailed with !the Indiars and men of iron and |blood sixty times across the Allegheny | Mountains, fording the creeks and {rivers at their buse when it was pos- sible, and crossing in row boat ferries | wher. it was impossible, with his {horse swimming behind him. “He delivered his message in per- son from the borders of Florida to the penetrable wilds of Canada and ‘from beyond the Kencbec to beyond | the Ohio and the Tennessee in the un- surveyed West, traveling all told, nearly 300,000 miles. In one instance he rode at the rate of §,000 miles in a single year. He was pre-eminently the man on horseback. Greatly Increased Church. “It is estimated that he preached nearly or quite 17,000 sermons. When he first mounted a horse with his Hebrew Bible, Greek Testament ‘and i Vulgate as his total library, theswhole number of Methodists in the country was reported to be 371; when he lay down his commission, having on a journey dismounted from his horse to die, there were more than 200000 communicants that pad enjoyed ius fellowship, and it was estimated that there were Your million persons that had composed the Methodist congre- gations. . “He was a veritable Richelleu for organization and discipline. “He was .the John Wesley of the Western world. Anticipating every great benevolent organization of the church, he had planted them where- ever his horse stopped. . “Great man that he was, it took the ntinued on Page 3, Column 4.) i