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2 * CHURCH DELEGATES AT 0DDS OVER WAR Disciples of Christ Face Clash Over “Pacifist” and “Defense” Resolutions. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 16— Prospects of a clash between advo- cates of “war for defense” and dele- Rates opposed to war in any form Joomed here today as the interna- tional convention of the Disciples of Christ went into its third day’s ses- sion. Opposinz resolutions were drafted by the “defenders” and “pacifists,” it was learned late last night. Under the convention rules. all resolutions are debated in the committee on rec- ommendations hefore being presented to the general body. Kirby Page of New York, author and Wwriter against war, was said to have drafted a resolution declaring “that the church and the body of Christ and the bearer of the good news of father- hood and brotherhood, should not sanction war, or bless its weapons, but should follow a more excellent way and thus set an example for the state. The opposing resolution was said to have been drawn by Rev. W. Paul Marsh of Middletown, Ind., a chap- lain in the Army Reserves; Rev. 1. A Abbott. editor of the Christian st St. Louis, and others, and “the convention go on re- cord as opposing war excepting when our conntry is be attacked. and that we are opposed to war of aggression in any form, and further be it resolved that the chaplains in the United States Army and Navy and organized reserves be commended for their work, and that more assistance be given them by appointing a stand- ing committee on chaplainc Hits “Pacifixt” Resolutio “The ‘pacifist’ resolution.” according to Chaplain Marsh, means that “the church will withdraw all moral sup- port and indorsement from the Army and Navy chaplains, and will, in effect, slap the United States Govern- | ment in the face.” JAn resolutions proposed, it was 4aM, favor leaving to the individual conscience whether the individual shall participate in war or take an attitude of non-resistance. A third resolution, said to have been prepared by a group headed by Rev. Dr. Alva W. Taylor of Indianap- olis, secretary of the Board of Tem- perance and Ifare, favored the United States joining the league of Nations or jsomething better.” Rev. E. L. Powell, pastor for many vears of the first Christian Church of Louisville, Ky., entered a violent pro- test against what he termed “the star chamber methods” of the com- mittee on recommendation, and de- clared “the democratic character of the convention since its organization four vears ago has been noticeably lost through the growth of an ‘of- ficialdom’ and a tendency to expedite business by transacting it in the com- mittee on recommendations instead of on the floor of the convention.” PARTY FUND INQUIRY BARES PROGRESSIVE AND REPUBLICAN RESOURCES (Continued from First Page.) | contributes nothing to the State bodies. Replying to questions by Chairman Borah, Representative Nelson said his organization had originally made a budget for national expenditures, but that it had varied so that mo atten- tion now is paid to it. “It ranged originally all the way from $500,000 to $1,500,000,”" he said. The witness told the committee he HERRIOT MEETS TERMS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYES Finds Way to Grant 6,000 Franc Minimum Wage and Keep With- in Budget Allowance. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 16.—Premier Her- riot has found a way of satisfying the demands of the state functionaries for a minimum salary of 6,000 francs. The result was attained after a con- ference attended by Finance Minister Clementel, the president of the finance committee of the Chamber of Depu- ties, the reporters of the Senate and Chamber budget committees and other interested parties, lasting most of yesterday afternoon and fast eve- ning. After studying the question from | every angle, it was found jyssible to adopt a scale of salaries rising from 6.000 to 40,000 francs without exceed- ing the limits of the appropriation for that purpose in the budget. Under the plan, provisional allowance for the high cost of living would be in- cluded in the salaries, functionaries who are lodged free would have a proportionate reduction made in their salarics and 20,000 places would be abolished. The premier today is to relve rep- resentatives of the civil servants and explain the reform to them in detall. GIRL AND BROTHER ADMITTED T0 BAR Four Other Women and 37 Men Also Successful in Passing Examinations. Miss Rebecca Perlman, 21 years old, and her brother, Milton M. Perlman, somewhat older, of 603 avenue northwest were admitted to the practice of the law District Supreme Court today on mo- tion of Attorney John Paul Earnest, chairman of the examining commit- tee. Miss Perlman was an honor student of her class at George Wash- ington Law School, where he brother also attended. The brother and sis- ter will open joint law offices. Miss Goldie Paregol. who led a class of 164 law students at the Na- tional University, was also admitted to the bar. She is also a real estate op- erator. She is a native of Maryland. Miss Adelaide Makens, a graduate of Trinity College and of the George Washington law department, where she was among the honor students, was also admitted to the bar. She is from Texas and may return there to practice law. Washington Woman Admitted. Mre. Alma B. Partridge is a native of Washington. She studied law at George Washington University and passed successfully the bar examina- tion last June. Her admission to practice followed today. Miss Henrietta Mongoles is from Massachusetts. She read law in a number of oflices before entering Na- tional University, where she obtained her law degree. She attended only one term at the law school before taking the examination which she passed. > In addition to the five young Portias admitted today Chairman Earnest presented 47 young men as successful applicants for the legal profession. Many States Represemted. They include: William A. Mason, Ohio; Prowell S. Mack, Pennsybvania Henry K. Melcher, Henry K. Muir, District of Columbia; J. Arthur Mattson, Montana; Her- schel L. Main, New York; G. Kibby Munson, New York; Price L. March, West Virginta; Ralph F. Miller, Penn- sylvania; Frank R. Moskey, District of Columbla; Harry Earl Mitchell, District of Columbia; Gustave Miller, Louisiana | before the | Massachusetts; | SHAVER HITS 6.0.P. ELECTION EXPENSES Ridicules $25,000 Limit on Campaign Gifts—Points to 1920-22 Finances. Chairman Clem 1. Shaver of the | Democratic national committee issued this statement last night: “The pious pronouncement of the | Republican national committee that a {limit of $25.000 has been placed on jamounts that may be contributed to the Coolidge-Dawes campaign fund recalls that four years ago Chairman Will Hays made a similar announce- ment, except that in that campaign he fixed the limit at $1,000. Mr. Hays' limitation came hard upon the heels of the sensational disclosures of huge sums expended in the pre-con- vention campaign of Gen. Leonard Wood. “Despite the $1,000 limitation, Re- publican headquarters raised and ex- pended more than $6,000,000 in the Harding-Coolidge campaign, and more than $2,000,000 additional through State committees. Une of the meth- ods of getting around Mr. Hays' pub- licly proclaimed $1,000 limit was dis- closed during the Senate committee’s investigation of the naval oil leases, when Mr. Hays admitted that $75.000 of the debt piled up by Mr. Hays' com- mittee in the 1920 campaign was un- derwritten by Harry F. Sinclair, the mun to whom Secretary Fall leased Teapot Dome, out of which lease, to- gether with that of Elk Hills reserve lease, in California, Mr. Fall, accord- ing to testimony, has received more than $2,000,000. Yet this did not ap- pear in the list of contributions to {the campaign which the Republican committee reported to Congress, as re- {quired by law. Limit Was Not Binding. “The $1,000 limitation wasn't bind- ing in 1922, when, among others, R. B. Mellon of Pittsburgh, brother of i the Sccretary of the Treasur gave | $25.000 to the national committee {and $1.000 to the Republican con- | gressional committee. Mr. Mellon is one of the chief owners of the Alum- inum Trust, which the Federal Trade Commission _reports has profited hugely by the tariff on aluminum written into the Fordney bill. Or was it binding on Henry F. Lippitt, the Rhode Island cotton mill baron, who gave $10,000 to the 1922 fund. after the Republicans had written enormously high rates on cotton | manufactures into the Fordney tariff. | “That Chairman Butler's finan |clers know how to get around an Jimitation, whether it be $1.000 or $25.000, been proven in President Coolidge's own State, Massachusetts, | this year, where there Is a State statute limiting contributions to $1.000. But tariff-protected mill owners in that State, in appealing to other tariff beneficiaries to sub- scribe to funds for the campaign of Mr. Coolidge, .told prospective von- tributors that ‘there is no limit to the amount an indiivdual may give to this committee. Large contribu- tions will be so divided as to give | tull observance to the requirements of the statutes’ Questions Amount To Be Spent. “With a limit of $1,000 in 1920 and more than eight million dollars raiscd and expended through national and State headquarters, what expendi- tures may be made in 1924, with the limit raised to $25,000. “That all the money raised and ex- pended may never be known is as- serted on as high an authority as the Senate Committee headed by Senator Kenyon of Iowa, which investigated 1290 expenditures, Of the expendi- tures it was abie to discover that committee said in its report to the Senate House ‘These figures do not by any means represent the entire amount of money expended in the BUREAU CHIEFS UNDER REORGANIZATION WA RRIS > Upper, left to right: Wallace W. Kirby and John J. Devin; Lower, left to right: Paul E. Twyman a WILL ASK HEARING ON PHONE RATES Secretary of Utilities Com- mission Will Recommend Move to Reduce Charges. The holding of a public hearing to consider whether the rates of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company should be reduced will be recommended to the Utilities Com- mission when it meets by E. V. Fisher, executive secretary. Mr. Fisher said today that the in- quiry which accountants of the com- mission have been making for several weeks is practically complete and shows the company earned a return of 8.31 per cent on its valuation for the 12 months ending August 31 last. The company's figures for the. 12- month period from July, 1923, to July, 1924, show a return of only 7.06 per cent. The difference is due to the fact that the statisticans of the com- mission disallow certain items, both of expense and capital account claim- ed by the company. Zoning May Delay Case. If the commission is able to hold its Clark R. Young. ENGRAVING BUREAU CONTROL IS DIVIDED AMONG FOUR MEN sion, job orders, garage. The change shifted responsibility among men who already have been in the bureau and did not take in any from the outside. No reduction in the persounel of the bureau, which amounts to about 5,000 is anticipated, now officials at the Treasury said, al- though the new scheme is expected to_result in much economy. Who will be the director after December 16 comes up as a problem immedfately related to the big re- organization, as the special act of Congress which assigned Maj. Kirby to «the bureau as director provides that his duties there shall cease on December 16. Kirby's Work Approved. No final decision has been made as | will do for a it was said to what the Treasury director after that date, by Seccretary Mellon, at the semi- weekly press conference where he made public the announcement of re- organization. It is known that Maj. Kirby has given himself to the business of reor- ganizing the bureau in a fashion which has highly officials. It would not be surprising it an effort would be made when Congress convenes early in December to effect some kind of an arrange- ment by which the major may be press registers, | pleased Treasury | POLITICAL WRITER BARS PROPAGANDA Lawrence Expfains Survey Is Based on Views of Trust- worthy Friends. This is the concluding dispatch of @ serics of three amalyzing political sentiment in the West after a trip of 30 days of actwal investigation. Mr. Lawrence now is making o study of the East preparatory to writing o dispatch daily om the trend in the East. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. MIDWEST AMERICA, October 16.— How, it may be asked, can any cor- respondent in a quick journey across the continent, stopping a day or two in a State, gauge,the political senti- ment thereof? What is the value of preelection polls and analysis made by itinerant reporters? These are natural questions and are asked in every campaign when- ever any correspondent undertakes the risks of political prophcy. Since the writer began his tour, for in- stance, he has noted one or two com- ment's that he did not visit in a par- ticolar State, the Democratic or Re- publican or La Follette headquarters. As a matter of fact, this correspond- ent deliberately avoided most of the campaign managers of all parties. There are political chieftains, of course, who are honest with their callers and there are others who try purposely to mislead in the nope that the dispatches written will have a | certain effect on their local situation. | Then there are political leaders who express honest convictions, but they are sometimes misled by their own information. Evades Propaganda. Not knowing the personal equation of these local managers, for as a rule they change with every campaign, it {has always been considered better | policy by this writer to waste no i“me with men who merely wish to { pump him full of propaganda for |their own ends. Out in Nebraska, [for instance, where Frank Harrison, regional manager for the La Follette | torces, was visited, it took about two | minutes to discover that he regarded !the calls of all correspondents as sim- | ply a splendid opportunity to broad- j cast his own case. How, then, does a correspondent op- erate who enters a campaign with the sole desire of getting the facts | and without any desire to affect the i outcome or to take sides? It is a | problem of acquaintance and friend- ship over a period of many years with men who will not mislead, who en- deavor to appraise a situation hon- {estly. It is, of coutse, unthinkable that any correspondent can, in & day’s | | visit, know as much about any State | as the people living in it. But there |are persons resident in every State who are saturated with their own situation, who know from year to | year what is likely to happen in poli- | tics, persons of balanced judgment | and wide acquaintance, persons who | mingle with all classes of people. Their analysis counts for a great deal with this correspondent. It has proved sound in the campaigns of | previous vears. Depends on Reporters. | Again and again on the local news- papers are shrewd political reporters | who watch the various headquarters | from day to day, who can tell you in five minutes whether a campalgn {manager is whistling to keep up his jcourage or really comvinced his | figures are correct. In other cases, |one finds mutual friends of these same campaign managers to whom at {the lunch or dinner table on previous occasion the inside story has been told. 1In other words, the task of gathering information on politics is the same as it is on anything else— a reporter's job in finding out who is “in the know" { { 1 i | Country CHARGES 3 SURGEONS OPERATED RECKLESSLY Granite Company Head Declares Son’s Life in Jeopardy in $250,000 Suit. By the Amociated Press, WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., October 16. —Alleging recklessness in the man- ner in which they performed an oper- ation on his 14-year-old son, Charles Jay Davis, president of the Davi Tayntor Granite Company of New York City, has filed suit for $250,000 damages against Dr. John F. Erd- mann of New York City and Drs. Ed- ward Weber and J. Ficlding Black of White Plains. The papers charge that the three surgeons performed an appendicitis operation on the boy in May, 1918, in such a manner that his left kidney was destroyed and his right kidney impaired. Counsel for the father have asked that the case be given preference on the trial calendar for next February on the ground that the boy's life is in jeopardy and his | condition is growing worse. This request has been granted. M’KIMMIE AND PLAYING FINAL ROUND| Bannockburn and East Potomac| Park Entrants Fight for Tour- | nament Feature. | | R. C. McKimmie of Bannockburn, the Middle Atlantic champion, and H G. Pitt of East Potomac Park, are playing this afternoon in the final round of the Town Club’s Fall golf tournament. McKimmie th the Rock Creek Park entrant on the eighteenth green by 2 up, while | Pitt defeated Page Hufty of East Po- | by the Constitution would be | mercy. |a tomac Park, 2 and 1. The final round today marks the second appearance of a public links | player in the final of a tournament about Washington within six months. | when it begins, nal | “The submission of a constitutional C. R. Hough of the Congres: | that the Democratic | cope with the situation, | probable that in this election it | cess in indust | data for the | on 1imi Club defeated S. R. Speelman of In-| dian Springs, 2 up, in one semi-final of the second fiight and is playing J V. Brownell of Indian Springs this THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1924. ; HUGHES CONDENINS LAFOLLETTEAIMS § Declares Prosperity Will Be Destroyed if Third Party Is Successful. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, October 16 —Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes, speaking at a meeting in Capnegie Hall last night, declared that victory of the La Follette party would result in the de struction of prosperity in the United States. Addressing the biggest Republican rally of the present campaign, he urged support of Coolidge and Dawe as the means of warding off a “se- rious disaster.” The Secretary said party could not = it see il e West in th be virtully cut and will be East.” The opening portfon of his addres was devoted to an appeal for support of Col. Theodore Roosevelt for gov- ernor. He said that the candidate was a “worthy son of a great father, and that in addition to achieving suc and in business an giving valorous service on the battle- field, the colonel has shown his exec utive ability in the preparation Washingion conference tation of armaments. a Follette Aim. his former assertion n ing Reite and Country | that the La Follette plan for a con- | stitutional morning outplayed |Congress to overrule the United M. A. Shipley, unattached, defeating | Supreme amendment to permit tate Court is ‘“revolutionary Secretary Hughes declared that the rights now guaranteed to individuals at the of Congress. should such an mendment be adopted “The time to stop a revoluti movement, if you do not like " the Secretary nary it, said amendment is the a desired end. If 3 end this step should not Referring to criticism first step toward u do not like the be taken of the Re- afternoon in the final. Brownell won | publicans’ economic policies made by his semi-final match from W. A. Ken- ney by 3 and 2. Bannockburn and D. Washington. Cashman defeated A. F. | Gardner of Columbia, 2 and 1, wh Luttrell won from James A. Cox, unattached, on the last hole. THREE GOLFERS FROM | PUBLIC COURSES IN | TOURNEY SEMI-FINAL R. Cliff McKimmie of Bannockburn, M. A. Shipley of Rock Creek Park. Pitt. unattached. of East Potomac Park, reached Huf| Club tournament yesterday and are playing in the penultimate round today. Three of the semi- finalists are from the public courses, while only one, McKimmie, the Mid- dle Atlantic champion, is a member of a private club. Upsets camg_thick and fast in the firat and second rounds of the tourna- ment yvesterday, with Karl F. Kel- lerman, jr., showing a splendid game to defeat Tom_ Moore of Indian Spring by 4 and 3, only to lose before the accurate shots of Page Hufty in the afternoon. Hufty had de- feated G. H. Chasmar of Columbia in the morning. Shipley played a good game to win from Reginald Loftus of Chevy Chase and H. T. Shannon of Columbia. Results of vesterday's match play rounds follow First flight, first round—R. C. MeKimmie, Banoockburn, defeated K. L Taylor, Con: gressional, 8 and 4: W. R. McCallum. W, lngton, defeated W. E. Haker. Columbia, 5 agd 2: H. T. Shannon, Columbia. defeated Frank Roesch, Kirkside, 6 and 5; M. A, Ship- ley, unattached, defeated R. Loftus, Chevy The final in the third | Davis, flight lies between H. D. Cashman of | the achievements H. Luttrell of | Harding administration. fot | chanee tq and Page | of the | the semi-final round in the Town and | | | | | { 1 | {citing the fact that Am John W reiterated Coolidge- the Democratic Secretar: nominee, Hughes of the He said that after assuming office the Republican party had so improved conditions_that, although it had herited 4.500,000 unemployved, in months not of there no employment, but an actual shortage labor existed. He ascribed this the acts of the Harding ad ministration, among them the operations of credits, and cally stimulated exports,” repay ment of large sums owed by the Goy ernment to railroads and the passing tarift bill Deniex Diplomacy Secret. ry Hughes denied stat tor La Follette that is secret and imperialistic troops fron with- this 1 double stemat by diplomacy en withdrawn a have already b Santo Domingo would be drawn from Haiti _as soon as could be done without danger bloodshed and revolution The meeting was held under the auspices of the Republican counts committee, with Representative Ogdern L. Mills presiding B British Laborites Rally 500 to Op- pose Big Opposition in Forth- coming Election. really and piecing together the viewpoints of several people. In one city had sought figures on collections and expenditures by State organizations but had not received them. “This is largely because they have campaign.’ They did not include the | regular ' weekly meeting this after- $75.000 which Harry F. Sinclair un-|noon Mr. Fisher's report will be taken der-wrote and about which nothing|up for discussion at that time. A would ever have been known had|zoning commission hearing, which 1,‘)..-:‘. :;‘nn: 2 V\MI. Cox, \)l:;luen!d. de- | at Fitsgeraid, unattached. 4 and 3 Star and Chicago Dails News. T G. Pitt, unattacked, defeated W. A. Me. | BY Cable to The Star and (hicaze T At of Guire, unattached. 3 and 2: K. F. Kellerman, | LONDON, October 16.—The fleht Columbia, defeated Tom Moore, Indian | the Conservatives to prevent Socialism kept — an _arrangement, of course, which would prove sufficiently attrac- tive to him, as an Army officer, with | the rank and pay of major, to induce | Connecticut; William R. Morris, Dis- trict of Columbia; Harry David Mur- ray, District of Columbla; John Mahoney, Kansas; John F.. Moran, this correspondent has | five friends whose views on politics | 3% a shortage rather than an excess of funds,” he said. Questioned by Senator Caraway, Democrat, Arkansas, about press re- ports that labor organizations are spending “large sums” on behalf of the Independent presidential ticket. Representative Nelson said he had no ormation on that subject. He dded, however, that the American Federation of Labor was conducting its own campaign for La Follette and Wheeler, but told the committee he had no information as to the amounts expended or their sources. Enstimates Total Cost. Representative Nelson estimated for Senator Borah that the expenses of his organization for the remaining three weeks of the campaign would “not exceed $50.000” including $5,000 weekly promised by the conference on Progressive political actions, through Which the railroad brotherhoods are making their contributions. Most of those are on the basis of $1 per con- tribution, Nelson said, adding: “The $1 psychology prevails. “Do you think a national presi- dential campaign can be conducted for less than $500,0007” asked Senator Caraway. “Well, we are doing it” Mr. Nelson replied. “Of course, we aro relying on public spirit to heip us out.” Representative Nelson said National Treasurer Rawleigh had contributed personally $23,000 to the campaign and had stated that he could be relisd upon for a sum up to $40,000 if neces- sary. The independent organization fleld marshal presented a voluminous list of individual contributors to the cam- paign fund. Chairman Borah looked it over briefly and handed it back with a request that a new list, show- ing names of contributors in the sum of $100 or more be prepared. “That is in the interest of saving printing bills” the chairman remarked. Dixon Testifies. The committee did not get precise information as to Democratic con- tributions and expenditures. Lincoln Dixon, manager of Western headquar- ters, said his division had received and expended $32,500, exclusive of rentals paid by the national committee. Mr. Dixon said all of the $32,500, except $5,000, had come from the Dem- ocratic national committee. The $5,000 was contributed on October 7 by George E. Brennan, Democratic leader of Illinois, he sald, at a time when the Western headquarters was “short.” Mr. Hodges told the committee that the 31,714,317 gross total received by the Republican organization had come from 16.902 contributors, the largest sum received from any single con- tributor being $25,000. “Those contributing from $1 to $99 numbered 14,962 he said. “Those giving from $100 to $500 numbered 1,446; those giving from $501 to $1,000 aumbered 2§7; those contributing from $1,001 to $2.880 totaled 105; those giv- ing from $2,501 to $5,000 numbered 78 those giving from $5,001 to $10,000 aumbered 14, and those contributing over $10,000 numbered 12.” Expenditures Listed. Mr. Hodges listed expenditures as ‘follows: Publicity, $437,000, including “news- |- paper service,” the amount of which was not listed. Speakers Bureau, $105,000. Colored Bureau, §31,860. Research Burean, $3,000. ‘Women's Bureau, $19,889. Labor Bureau, $46,425. College Bureaus, $26,760. Qlub Bureaus, $2,671, Massachusetts; John S. Murphy, South Dakota; Harold B. Nearman, Michi- gan; William G. Neill, West Virginia; Charles L. Norris, District of Colum- bia; Joseph F. O'Brien, Minnesota Clarence L. O'Donnell, Oklahoma; Donald C. O'Regan, Maine. Walter Leo O'Rourke, Pennsylvania; Walter E. Overstreet, South Carolina; Edwin J. Pond, Colorado; Milton M. Perlman, District of Columbia; Ches. ter F, Price, Alabama; W. Megrick Parker, District of Columbia; Clar- ence H. Peck, Virginia; Edgar W. Pumphrey, Virginia; William A. Pais. ley, District of Columbia; Hugh G. Postles, District of Columbia; W. J. Ponorow, District of Columbia; Her- bert G. Pillen, Ohlo; Erie L. Poff, Vir- ginia; Paul R. Russell, District of Columbia; Dennis M. Rogers, District of Columbia; Edwin Grey Royster, Georgia; Charles B, Richter, Missouri; Frank A. _Richmond, California; Thomas A. Reynolds, Massachusetts Walter G. Remseur, South Carolina Emery Robinson, Massachusetts David F. Smith, District of Columbia; James A. McDonnell, District of Co- lumbia; Joseph W. Kennedy, New York. SHOALS COMMISSION FORESEEN BY KEARNS Ford’s Withdrawal Clears Way for Coolidge Plan, Says Ohio Representative. ‘Withdrawal by Henry Ford of his offer for Muscle Shoals clears the way, Representative Kearns, Repub- lican, of Ohio, declared today after a visit at the White House, for disposi- tion of the plant through a commis- slon, as suggested by President Cool- idge in his message to Congress last December. - Mr. Kearns said he had received as- surance that the President’s attitude in this respect was unchanged and that therefore he would seek appoint- ment of a commission by Congress as soon as it convenes in December. PO TWO DROWNED IN AUTO. NORFOLK, Va., October 16.—Lieut. W. B. Buchanan and Rudolph Leck- ner, seaman, first class, both attached to the naval base here, were drowned this morning when the sedan in which they were riding plunged through the railing of the Churchland Bridge and landed in 16 feet of wa- ter in the western branch of the Eliz. abeth River. e Foreign Bureaus, $12,799./ Vermont to California caravan, $31,413. Administrative expenses, Repub lican national headquarters, $213,90! Senatorial campaign committee, $57,000. N Congtessional campaign commf{ttee, $80,500. ‘Washington headquarte -s, $21,384. Petty cash expenditures, €44,000. Mr. Hodges was unable . give off- hand the names of those .who had contributed $10,000 or mors to the Republican fund, except that flie knew William Wrigley, Jr., of Chicabgo, had contributed $25,000. He was reqguested to prepare a detailed statemer § dur- ing the noon recess, not the lease of the naval oil re- serves brought about the investiga- tion that disclosed, among other| things, how Mr. Sinclair had bees one of Mr. Hays' ‘financial angels’. Points to Ol Case. (‘halrm;n Sh;;:en in another state- ment, said: “Secretary of the Na Wilbur has been subpoenaed to tes: tify for the defense in the suits to determine the legality of the Doheny oil leases in southern California. “Former Secretary of the Navy Daniels has been subpoenaed to tes- tify for the Government. “The need of Doheny for the help of the present Secretary of the Navy, who was muzzled by President Cool- idge on his last trip West for ‘talking too much,’ like the famous parrot, is revealed in the statement of the Pan- American Petroleum and Transport Company (Doheny’s company), that ‘Secretary Wilbur is subpoenaed as a witness for the defense and is re- quired to submit to the court certain files of the Navy Department, on which, it is understood, the Pan- American Petroleum Company relies to demonstrate the great importance of the national defense of the accu- mulation of fuel oil on the Pacific Coast and the construction of ade- Qquate storage and lightering facili- ties at Hawail.’ “Secretary Daniels has just left Washington, where he stopped for a few days en route to Los Angeles, where he is under orders to appear as a witness for the Government on October 20.” SUIT ASKS BARRYMORE TO RETURN MANUSCRIPT Sophie Treadwell Seeks $2,500 Damages After Actor Rejects Play on Poe. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 16.—Suit for $2,500 and the return of the manu- script “Poe,” based on the life of Edgar Allen Poe, was filed in_the 3upreme court yesterday agalnst John Barrymore, actor, by Sophie Tread well, playwright, whose list of plays includes “Gring Miss Treadwell, in affidavits, al- leges that she delivered the manu- script of her play to Barrymore in January, 1921. He praised it highly, she sets forth, and gave her the im- pression that he intended to have it produced. 3 Six weeks ago Barrymore rejected the play, Miss Treadwell asserts, and failed to return the manuscript, say- ing that Mrs. Barrymore, who writes under the pen name of Michael Strange, had also_written a play about Edgar Allen Poe, which he be- lieved was superior. Miss Treadwell further alleges that Mrs. Barrymore's play could have been written only after the latter had profited from situations in “Poe.” Her coungel requested the sheriff to levy upon the manuscript. Think Skeleton 1,000 Years 01d. MONTREAL, October 16.—While digging the foundation of a new warehouse in Outremont, a suburb, a laborer discovered the eleton of an Indian, which scientists belleved ‘;:d be more than a thousand years The body was in a sitting position, head between the knees, according to the funeral rites of the aacient Algonquins, | began this morning, may necessitate postponement of today's utilities seasion. A. E. Berry, president of the com- pany, was out of the city today and 8. M. Greer, vice president, said he preferred not to discuss the report of the accountants for the commis- sion until he has been able to study it If a rate hearing is ordered by the commission it is likely that the question of whether the expense of radio broadcasting should be allowed as a part of telephone operating ex- penses will be one of the points of discussion. The company's figures as to its rate of return on the calendar year basis follow: For the first half of 1923, 7.10 per cent; for the second half of 1923, 6.43 per cent; for the full year 1923, 7.03 per cent. . THE WEATHER District of Columbia and Mary- land—Partly cloudy tonight and to- morrow; slightly warmer tonight; gentle variable winds. Virginia—Fair tonight and tomor- row; Slightly warmer in north portion tonight; gentle variable winds. Record for Twenty-Four Hours. 71; 8 p.m., 59; ometer—4 p.m. g 48; 8 am., 12 midnight, 51; 4 am. 0: noon, 69. Savometer—t pm., 3012; 8 pm., 30.14; 12 midnight, 30.13; 4 am., 30.10; 8 a.m., 30.12; noon, 30.09. Highest temperature, 73, occurred at 3:30 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 46, occurred at :15 a.m. toda: Temperature same date last year— Highest, 66; lowest, 52. Temperature and condition of the water at 8 am.: Great Falls—Tem- peratare, 56; condition, clear. ‘Weather in Various Cities. +teehuproisos g HETRREBINZFEIUBBE2UNLE28S RERERRERRE gy =+ JIacksonville. 30. Kansas City. 30. Los Angeles. 79.88 Touiaville . 80.12 Miami, Fla.. New Orleans 30.06 New Yog 80.14 38 JRBIIILIRIVIInERBE Bae: ~ BEERTIARTELARTEAES: him to remain. Maj. Kirby was one of the big fac- tors in bringing about the reorganiza- tion. The official statement by Sec- retary Mellon said the reorganization “is the result of a study made jointly by Maj. Kirby, director of the bu- reau, and a commi®tee of experts des- ignated by the Secretary.” Who this committee is was not revealed. Minor Changes Possibie. It wdrked under direction of Treas- ury officials and will continue to func- tion, with a view to helping estab- lish the new order, and also, it is un- derstood, with an ear to the ground to see if further improvements in the em might be helpful. has been agreed, however, by all concerned, that the present general “'skeleton” adopted will be the best pos- sible arrangement. Any further changes would probably be minor ones, as com- pared to the fundamental change of today. Garrard B. Winston, Undersecretary of the Treasury, who was named for that post, after holding the position of Assistant Secretary, in charge of fiscal affairs, bureau situation, and it is understood to have been at his personal direc- tion, under Secretary Mellon, that the general plan was started. Charles 8. Dewey, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in charge of fiscal af- fairs, succeeded to the supervision of the bureau, when recently appointed to that position, relieving Mr. Winston of direct responsibility. Although no_ official notice was given to the effect, it is understood Mr. Dewey, since taking office, has given a great deal of attention to the problem and was one of those re- sponsible for final working out the scheme of which so much is expected. Mr. Dewey’s administrative assist- aft, who assists in handling bureau matters, is Charles R. Schoeneman. Permamency of Comtrel. One of the valuable effects of the reorganization is believed to be the permanency of supervisory control which will obtain in the future, in case of a change of national adminis- tration resulting in a change of di- rectors at the bureau. The director of the bureau is not under civil service, and as has been demonstrated in the past, is a post likely to fall into the class of the “spoils of war,” to be changed by the new administration. The assistant directors are under clvil service. ‘There has been a general feeling, which has developed into strong sen- timent that this policy of switching directors is bad at the bureau, on ac- count of the vital importance of the country’s currency. Should the director be removed, therefore, under th> new plan, it is pointed out, it would not be the blow to the organization that this has proved in the past, because the execu- tive responsibility will have been so parceled out to the proper subordi- nate, assistant directors, that the work could proceed smoothly, without interruption. Plaat Was “Bottom-Heavy.” Among those conversant with the bureau it has long been known that it was “bottom-heavy,” the reverse of “top-heavy.” There were entirely t00 many details burdening one man at the top, responsible for everything. 1In no business organization, or manu- facturing establishment, it was point- ed out by Treasury officials, would such an organization have been per- mitted to stand. ‘The new system, therefore, relieves the ‘“bottom-heavy” phase of the has given much study to the| do not agree. One is a lawyer, one a banker and one is a labor leader, a and a fifth is prominent in fraternal circles. Before visiting that city, of the date the writer would arrive. They had alwars kept their ears to the ground. In that State, the writer has never made a prediction that proved on election day to be wrong. braska, the correspondent consulted 22 different sources of information in Lincoln and Omaha. No Prediction Infallible. Nobody can, of course, hope to pre- dict with accuracy the outcome of the situation in every State. The most that can be done is to appraise the general sentiment and give the un- derlying paychology of it. Political managers dislike to see stories pub. {lished which give anything but a ros picture of their situations. Perhaps it disheartens their workers. One may sympathize with a campaign manager, but his is & poor case which rests solely on what is published in the last few weeks of a campaign. It is the writer's experience that | candidates are elected in &pite of the extravagant praise given them in the last wecks of a campalign, and even meaningless pun that has pushed as a slogan, “Keep cool with Coolidge.” uch more effective have been the billboard advertisements in so many States with the two words “Why change?’ in large letters ad- dressed to the voter as an appeal to retain Coolidge. Have Basis for Belief. Traveling the same ground year after year, a writer builds up his ac- quaintance everywhere with men of judgment rather than partisans, rep- Tesentative men who mingle with the people, not a few days or a_few weeks, but all the year around. From thers and the constant contact which a Washington correspondent keeps through Congress with local situa- tions, an appraisal can be made of what is going on. As to polls and straw votes, they are of distinct value. The Literary Digest poll is one of the best ever taken. With some few exceptions, it corresponds with the trend of senti- ment In many States. The inac. curaifes are not due to the Digest staff, but to the disinclination of many people to mail back their bal- lots. The writer talked with scores of persons who threw their ballots away rather than take the time to fill them out. For this reason, one cannot always tell the exact per- centage of the probable vote. But all the various polls put together mean something. They are, after all, straws which show the way the wind is blowing. (Oopyright, 1924.) Rivera Gets Moroccan Post. By the Associated Press. MADRID, October 18.—Premier Primo de Rivera today was named high commissioner for Morocco, suc- ceeding Lieut. Gen, Luis Aizpuru. He will not, however, relinquish his post as head of the cabinet. —eeeeeee e trouble by substituting for one-man control the group of four, the director and his three assistants, who, it was explained, will function much like the |fringement resulted from stretching a president and vice presidents of & big |.sini commercial institution, fourth s a settlement house worker | iiy’pire geteated Cor, 4 and 3; Hafty de- letters were written appraising each | In some States, as for instance, Ne- | ! 1: McHagh defeated Parks. 1 President Coolidge may survive the | White, Argyle, 1 o i | tambi Spring, 4 and'3: Page Hufty, unattached, de- feated G. H. Chasmar, Columb nd Second roand—McKimmie defeated McCa am. 3 and 2: Shipley defeated Shannon, feated K 6 and 4. Consolation—Taylor defeated Baker. 5 and : Loftus defeated Roesch. 8 and 2; MeGuire defeated Fitzgerald, 2 ai Second fight, first round—S8. R. Epeeim: defeated W. S. Elliott. . A. Shaffer. Colum! L] % ndian Spring, 4 and 2. R. Hough, Congressional, defested S. J Parks. Kirkside, 4 and 3. C. R. Whi defeated Glenn WcHugh, burn, nd 1; W. E. Keoney, un: feated Howard Nordlinger by de Lampton, unattached, defeated J. L. uaatr 3 3.V Browaell, 1 Spring, Richardson, Ma 4 and 3; Beaman, Bannockburn. won from I. E. Shoemaker, Columbin. by default. Second round—S8peeiman defeated Shaffer, 4 and 3; Hough defeated White, 1 up in 18 holes; Kenney defeated Lampton, 3 and 1; Brownell defeated Beaman, 2 and 1. Two Win by Defauit. ed Frizzell, 3 and > and 1: Richards Ricbardson Consolation—Elliott_defe wou from Nordlinger by default; won from Shoemaker iy default. Third fight, first round—H. annockburn, ‘won from N. B. Frank, Town and Country, by default: K. F. Kelierman, sr., Columbia, defeated R. P. Barnard, Colum. bit, 1 up in 19 holes: A. Von Steiner, Manor, defeated G. M. M A. 8. Gardiner, D. Cashman, an, Columbia, Columbia, 3 and 2 defeated tuched, defeated P. W. Le Duc. Argyle. 6 and 4: C. C. Heath, unattached, defeated W. H. A. R. Mackley, Colum- been | bia, won from J. K. Graf, Argsle. by default: Washington, defeated J. T. | H. Luttrell, y, Argyle.’ 2 up. Second round—Cashman defeated Kellerman, rdiner defeated Von Steiner, 1 up in E (ox defeated Heath. 7 and 5; Lut- trell defeated Mackley, 5 and 3. Consolation—Barnard 'defeated Frank by de- fanlt; McClellan defeated Thompson. 3 and 2: White defeated Le Duc, 4 and 2: Money won from Graf by default. COOLIDGE UPHOLDS ALIEN RESTRICTION (Continued from First Page.) religion. One of the greatest dangers that beset those coming to this coun- | try, especlally those of the younger generation, is that they will fall away from the religion of their fathers, and never become attached to any other faith. “It is my belief that those who live here and really want to help some other country. can best ‘accomplish that result by making themselves truly and wholly American. I mean by that, giving their first allegiance to this country and always directing their action in a course which will be first of all for the best interests of this country. Thney cannot help other nations by bringing old worid race prejudices and race hatreds into action here. In fact, they can best help other countries by scrupulously avolding any such motive.” —_— RADIO FAN UPHELD. BERLIN, October 16.—German juris- prudence is evidently favorably dis- posed toward the radio fan. A seeker after long-distance reception recently stretched a wire from the roof of his house to the top of & nearby chim- ney, trespassing on the air space above another neighbor’s property, and the latter promptly sued. In deciding the case the judge ac- knowledged the legal right of the plaintiff ‘to the air space above his property, But decreed that no in- wite across it at such a dis: tance from-the ground: . | Thompson, Manor. 3 and 2; J. A. Cox, unat. | | 1 i 1530 candidates—one from making another great n the forthcoming election resulted to- day in the final drafting of a list of of the largest lists of fighters ever put into the 1; Chasmar defeated | field. Against this battalion the TLabor party has rallied 500 candidates and may add one or two more before clos ing its nominations on Saturday It is impossible at the moment to measure exactly the effect of the ar- rangements taken to avoid splitting the anti-Socialist vote. Last year 70 Labor men and Socialists were re- turned to the House of Commons after the triangular contests in whicn they won only the minority vote In 48 of these constituencies the Liberals and Conservatives arranged to run only one candidate making Labor's chance of keeping its previous gains more than dubious Recent events in London seem to indicate an unusual on the part of the Conservatives, reports from the provinces show that the Labor party is rallying with even greater strength than last year. I'ne Liberal cause has lost much prestige sight montns. by Chicago Daily News Co ) LAUREL ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY. CE—Claiming: ages: 6 furlongs. 18 16 116 113 118 i 108 D08 Taciter ... 108 Lustrosa . *Belle of Boyce.. 108 tPrimrock ..0.0. {H. W. Maxwell and J. Fitzsimmons entry SECOND RACE—Ciaiming: $1.300: 3year-olds and up; 6 furlongs. Lester Doctor bel K. *Dr. Hickman old Rock... Flemental tonia elsea. o Speedy Girl. | Slem e Also eligible would purse, $1.300: FIRST maidens & ai Blue and Red Suburban ... Osage . Lady G Lovable 5 4 2nd.. 108 % Gymnast Rin Tin Tin purse, {Mrs. E. Trueman and R. W. Carter eatry THIRD RACE-—Claiming; purse, $1.300; year-olds; 1s miles. Sam_ Smith, 108 Rock and Tye.. oo 107 SWoodlady 7 Pest . 105 FOURTH RACE—Claiming; purse, $1,500. year-olds; 6 furlongs. Edisto 118 *Gad . Margie 1118 Fiers 0ld_Broa Sandrae *Retty Maioney. *Alex Woodliffe. FIFTH RACE—Hampton Handicap; + 6 furlongs. 126 Will Land 111 Redstone .. 110 Alchemy 100 *Senator ‘Norris. *Run_ Chief. *Smooth Ice 108 107 107 108 a8 purse, xeen 308 S04 108 *Altissimo ... RBelle K. Mary Agnes. SEVENTH RACE—Claiming: purse, $: 3.year-olds and up: 1% miles. Fancy Free. 114 *#Kitty Troxell tPlanet 1107 Royal Duck. *Toodlen 99 *Uncle Dud old_ Fait 13 10, B, Shater entey. et pprentice allowarce cla Weatber clear; track fast.