Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1924, Page 2

REV. 1. H. NELMS, 85 DIES AT WOODSIBE Prominent Episcopal Clergy- man Succumbs to Two- Week lllness. Rev. Dr. I Henning [} vears old, rector of the € : copal Church, at Woods| and in charge of the Silver Spring parish of the Episcopal Church, died at his residence at Woodside, Md.. last night. Dr. il about two weeks ago and had been con- fined in bed sinee last Sunday Dr. Nelms had long been nent as a minister hoth in the trict of Columbia and Marvland. had also ained much prominence attorney in Maryland, Virgi Kentucky prior to his ordina- Nelms, E promi- 1 ana tion : Born in Isle of Wight County, Va., May 2, 1859, he received his early education there. He was the son of the late George Thomas ms and Mrs. Alexina Virginia Nalms. His mother hefore her marriage was a Miss Darden. Dr. Nelms attended the Law School at the University of Vir- ginia and later was graduated in law at Richmond College, W known as the University of Rich- mond. He was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-one vears, He practiced law for cighteen years. During this time he held both the positions of judge and common- wealth attorney. He the ministry at’ Bishop's Coliege, Len- noxville, Quebee, Canada. Called to Cathedral. In 1904, a month before he was o dained, he was called to accept the position of dean of the cathedral in Omaha, Neb. He was ordained by the Lord Bishop of Quebec, and later a cepted a call to St. Matthew's Epi copal Church at Philadeiphia, where he was rector for three years. Prior to this he had been officially ordained a deacon in 1903 Dr. Nelms was e in 1907 by Bishop Satterlee to be dean of the latter's pro-cathedral, now the Church of the Ascension. He remained rector of the latter church until 1920, when ill health forced him to vesign. He then visited Florida and other places for his health. In 1922 he became rector of Grace Chureh, Woodside, Md., where he re- manied until his ilines At Sliver Spring he opened volun- ily a mission that has been con- tinued through contributions. It ha filled a much needed want in that community. Dr. Nelms also had opened a Sunday school at Silver Spring, which he conducted every Sunday afternoon. He was one of the 10 canons of the Washington Ca- thedral. Dr. Nelms Mary Rosalie Cunn Church of the Epiphany, 1887. He is survived by his wido; son, Henning C. Nelms, a practicing attorney here, and two brothers, W. FoN an attorney of News. Va, and Bernard Fort Worth, Fla Funeral services will be conducted in the Bethlchem Chapel of the Na- tional Cathedral on Wisconsin avi nue Monday mizht at S o'clock. The lergy of the Episcopal Church in the Washington diocese will a attend the services, to this ci rried to Miss ham in the this city, in was Nelms of MOTHERS’ PENSION MEETING IS CALLED Council Asks Interested Persons Attend Session to Discuss Measure Monday. Preliminary to efforts in the com- session of Congress to get a pen- bill passed for mothers in the trict of Columbia, which would enable them to care for dependent children in their own homes, the Mothers' Council has arranged for a public_meeting Monday evening, Oc- tober 20, at § o'clock, ashington Hall, Pennsylvania avenue and Third trect southeas The bill is now pending in Con- gress, having been introtuced by nator Ball and Representative uvart F. Reed, chairmen, respective- of the Senate and House commit- s on the District of Columbia leg- lation. This bill drafted for the Mothers' Council is the only moth- pension bill thus far infroduced The council has been having a house-to-house survey made during the Summer just passed and the offi- cers claim that they will be abte to impress members of Congress with the need for this legislation. The bill asks for an appropriation of £100,000, and its sponsors claim that this will save the Government $200,- 000, because the care of dependent children is now costing approximate- 1y_$300,000 of public funds. Mrs. L. M. Clements, Congressional Hotel, is_president of the Mothers' Council; Mrs. George Pardee is sec- retary and Mrs. C. F. Winters is legislative representative. The program for the open meeting Monday night includes speakers on the following subjects concerning children—the home, the school, juve- nile delinquency and juvenile law. The Mothers' Council is & non-scc- tarian, non-partisan organization. AMERICAN SEIZED, RED FLAG RAISED ON WRANGELL ISLE (Continued from First Page.) cuing a party of four explorers ma- rooned there several years. When the camp was found only an Eskimo woman remained alive. The Department of State refused to become excited or alarmed today over news dispatches from Nome stating that a Soviet government cutter had removed a number of colonists from Wrangell Island, an American pos- Bession, “presumably by force.” Since 1923 Wells has been waiting on the desolate little island with a rumber of Eskimos to be rescued. Rather than being dragged from the place by foreign seamen, officials here are inclined to believe he hafled the vessel and probably begged to be started back toward civilization. This woman was removed, but for some reason unknown to the State Department Wells was left on Wrangell Island with a number of Eskimos, with @ promise that a ship would be sent for him during the-past Summer. That was in 1923. Thé res- cue vessel was never sent to his relief and the department is inclimed to be. lieve the Soviet vessel happened at the island at a very opportune time for Wells. Previous dispatches of the occur- rence had been recelved from Nome some days ago, which gave alarming reports. When the situ- ation was looked up, however, of- cials werg inclined to minimize re- ports of duress on the part of the Russian seamen, but the department is in quest of further details on the situation before committing itself to public expression of opinion. It was pointed out also that there is consi@erable question as to whether Wells {s a3 American citizen. "If {:e first studied for | ¢ | successfully the recent bar ex s | tional Wo! Newport | Succumbs to Illness REV. 3. HENNING NELMS, AAE AN VL) THE E ING BALKAN HORDES World Ignores Folk Wander- ing With 300,000 Refugees in Bulgaria Alone. BY A. R. DECKER. By Cable 6. The Star and Chicaxo Daily News VIENNA, October 17.—In Greece, at the three-cornered frontier of Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria, the writer re- cently saw 200 Moslems being de- ported from Greece to Turkey, their fezes and turbans bowed to the zround as they bore thelr entire be- longings upon their:backs, walking through the night to the train. They were on their way to exile, torn from the tobacco farms where they and their families had lived for centuries. In Constantinople the Turks gave | the Greeks seven days to leave, after which they were deported by force. In Bulgaria there are more than 300,000 refugees. Indeed, the enforced TWO WOMEN CLERKS 47 Men Accepted. Two voung Veterans' | the War women Bureau and djutant general's Department were admitted day to the practice of law the District Supreme Court tion of Attorney John Paul chairman of the examining ltee. Mr. Earnest also moved the ymission of 47 young men who pa another fri office on Farn tion Miss Grace Fidelis Smith ago, 11l has the distinction ing the first woman from the Y. M. C. A. College of after taking a full term there. came to Washington six_years to enter the War Risk Bureau has remained with the Bureau Miss of € Teeters | | i | { | | i Virginia Margaret an's party, came |ington six |clerical force of the War Risk Bure: | She sull remains with the Vetera | Bureau. Miss T course at National Miss J. Patricia tive Washingtonian. at George Washington Unive University Sullivan is | eral of the Arm The 47 new lu nard L. Walsh, Michigan; Ostrolenk, New York: inger, lowa; George A. Shaw, Rho {Island; Joseph E. Sheehy, Connec i cut; James C. Shanholtzer, West V' ginia; Jeremiah J. Shechan, {of Columbia; F. Bascom Smith, | trict of Columbia; Stanley P. Smi Michigan; Orlando W vania; A. F. E. Scheer, lowa. | Sedgwick, Distriet of | Henry A. Schweinhaut, { Columb Dan Sheehan, Sn-v\: sey; Joseph L. Spilman, District | Columbia; Ignatius L. Stormont, D | trict of Columbia | Shafer, New York: der, District of Columbia; cannell, Mas born, Florida; Connecticut. Howard Knott Shaw, New | Louis H. Towles, District of Colu bia; Richard H. Tebbs, jr., Virgin Elton E. Taylor, District of Columb Francis Trottier, Utah; E Toland, Massachusetts; Thuee, Distriet of Columbia Thomas, West Virginia:! Henry min, District of Columbia; Seely Thomas, Pennsylvania Vessels, Kentucky kinson, Kentucky ner, Pennsylvania; wyers include: Henry L. i { Robert D. Wi | District of Columbia District of Columbia; Edmund Milton W Wisconsi Jo! Wattawa, W cott, iscon Hugo A. T, Mississippi: Burke, Towa; James M. bia; Gustave Miller, Connecticut. Policeman Asks Damages. John Nicola, a policeman, filed suit in the Court to recover from J. W. Estes, $50,000 sonal injuries. Nicola says he riding his motor eycle near street and Rhode Tsland avi ing permanent injuries. He pler. ADMITTED TO BAR Law Courses Completed While‘ Working in Veterans’ Bureau. | clerks from the of the before | mo- commi amin, o of by to be admitted | Bul Law She and Veterans Steubenville, Ohio, worker for the N to Wash- vears ago and joined the sters took her law an she studied law sity and | is in the employ of the adjutant gen- Ber- muel David Schles- District | Stone, Pennsyl- | rk Schil- Sam A. San- Jerse District of Columbia; J. Butler Walsh, Leo A. Walshe, Whitson, District of Columbia; George sin; James H. Yeat- man, Virginia; Samuel Robert Youns, Kemman, Connecticu Walter Rauber, District of Columbi; William R. Morris, District of Colum- today | District Supreme damages dairyman at 652 F street northeast, for alleged per- northwest when a motor truck of the defendant collided with him, inflict- repre- sented by Attorney T. Morris Wam- ———————————— movement of large populations in the Balkans and the Near Bast is assuming the proportions of a folk wandering and is entailing enormous suffering which seems to be unheeded by the world Greater Greece Scheme. The idea of an cxchange of popula- tions orig ted with the scheme of a greater by which Greece was given rezely expanded frontiers. | She is now expelling the natives tc make room for the returning Greeks. Greece has 1,000,000 refugees, of whom a orphans, who are held in camps and refused permission to work. Turkey is receiving 3 rom Greece hecause atLaus ccks gained the right to expel th Moslems insu 1 of retur g the Greeks to Turkey, in Asia Minor. Im- migrant - Mo: are wandering in aravans from village to village, seeking the homes they do not find They are dying by thousands, ing their last resources as th Winter without shelter. ceks are also expelling the arians fro Thrace, terrorizing {and shouting many of them. are giving their houses and fields to the immigrant Greek: The Macedonians are driven from Macedonian from Serbian Macedon rin, the refugees numbering 110,000, Rumania is expellin, the 3ulgars from Dobroudja by confiscat- ing one-third of the land in order to colonize it with Rumanians The Serbs are driving t ‘frnm Za sectors, So that Bulgaria has a refu- goe population of over 300,000, as com- om | 0,000 Moslems to- st, | lems hi g0 50 being eece, of about au ns’ | e Bulgars 000. The Serbs are closing the Bul- | gar schools and churches and forcing | the Bulgars to change the termination | of their names from “Off” to “Itch. The Greeks are being aided with loans and by relief organizations, but {the Turks and Bulgars are { their own devic | homeless people, de ti- ir- wandering about the Balkans and the Near Iast, demon- trate the folly statesmanship can | commit, for if a firm stand had been taken at Lausanne the people would have been left in their homes | and shops, to work and to produce as they have done previously for cea- turies. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) LONG SENTENCES ISSUED BY SIDDONS | Three Get Five Years for Snatch- ing Pocketbook—Others Also Face Several Years. th, of | is- | H m- Henry John W. Harvey H. Wi William A, Wag- Thomas Newman, and Graham R. Steve: Herbert R. Cole n, all colored, il- se, vears today by Justice Siddons in { Crminal Division 1 for snatching a pocketbook from Henry Yates June 27 last. Assitant United States At- torney Kelly referred to the men as “hardened criminals.” Four years in the penitentiary was the sentence given Joseph C. Barnes, colored, who broke into the apart- ment of Harry L. Williams August 29 last and stole a quantity of wear- ing apparel. For a similar offense, Stephen Cohen, colored, was given a term of three vears in the peniten- | tiary. Ernest Diggs, colored, will spend two years in the penitentiary. for joy-riding. He took an automobile belonging to Raymond G. Bailey, July 21 last, without permission. Three years at the Lorton peni- tentiary were imposed on James L. Roes, colored, who stole clothes from a cleaning establishment. John H. Bentley, white, was given two years in the penitentlary for joyriding, and Samuel Palmer, colored, 13 months in the penitentiary for stealing a stol. Pl Robert Chapman, colored, pleaded S. hn is not, he could not be regarded States. tior, to Lomen brothers, known the “reindeer kings” of Alaska. Herman, dispatched in the interest commanded by Capt. Louis Lane San Francisco. On his island. This From the beginning, rights. On August 22, 1923, memorandum, in_which he the Russian claims. Held Part of Russia, to state that it regards the Isle ‘Wrangell the Russian flag raised thereon sian government and led by LI Wrangel in 1821-24. ereign ri looked upon as Russian territory. the year 1910 the for the guldance of ships, and only erecion on the island. “Finally, in September, Russian government notified all the Isle of Wrangell, the light of an American colonist, and any force used by the Soviet officers would have been directed against his government rather than the United A few months ago Stefanssen trans- ferred his hunting ard fishing rights in the island, which he ascertained were based on discovery and occupa- The the Lomen brothers and for the re- lief of Wells and the Eskimos, was departure Capt. Lane announced his intentions of raising the American flag on the incident directed the close attention of the American State Department to the island, and de- velopments have been closely watched. the Russian government was alert in asserting its when Steffansen was making claim in be- half of Great Britain, Tchitcherin hand- ed to the British agent in Moscow a reviewed This note, which came to light today for the first time, and never before has been published in America, was, in part, as follows. “The government of the Union of Socialist Republics finds it necessary as an integral part of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. ““The Isle of Wrangel was officially incorporated as Russian territory and an expedition organized by the Rus- Russian sov- hts to the island have never been questioned by any other gov- ernment, and it has been genmerally Russian hydro- graphic expedition made measure- ments around the island and built thereon an iron navigation pyramia seeking entrance to the southwest part of the island, this pyramid being the first 1916, the the alited and neutral governments that together with guilty to a charge of housebreaking and was released on a suspended sentence of four years. The same clemency was extended to William James, colored, charged with trying to get whisky from a drug store without a prescription. Frederick Simpson, colored, also was placed on probation for four years on a house- breaking charge. in | CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. Kalorama Citizsens’ Association will meet Tuesday, 8 p.m., in parish house, St. Margaret's Church. Maj. Franklin Bell will speak of “District of Colum- bia Budget for 1924-25—Municipal Improvements Contemplated.” as of of| By courtesy of the International As- sociation of Art and Letters, an exhi- bition of water color drawings of London, ete., by Capt. William Long- Staff, will be given by Miss Isabel Fur- man’ at the Shaddick Studios, 1607 I street, tomorrow. Tea from 4 to 6. A debate will be held between Cam- bridge University and George Wash- ington University in Continental Me- morial Hall Monday night at 8:20 o’clock. CALF BORN, CELEBRATES, FARMER LANDS IN COURT Built Bonfire on Pennsylvania Ave- nue, But Judge Is Lenient. A Beltsville citizen who was arrested for celebrating the birth of a calf by starting a bonfire on the pavement on Pennsylvania avenue night before 1ast, was released on his personal bond today because of the “mitigating circum- stances.” ‘The celebrant was Charles Becraft, 47 years old, who operates & farm near Beltsville. It appears that Becraft was 80 highly elated over the new addition to N8 1iYe stock that he came to town, drank top freely of corn whisky, then started the fire. He was arrested for intoxicatien, “An’ ides the calf, your homor, 1 got a littér of new pigs nin't been looked after,” he explained. In view of these live stock of by ut. In other islands and territories adjoining the coast of Siberia, constituted integral part of Russian teérritory.” ana look after pigs. ' He made ooy INDIRE CONDITION many | anne the | They | and ! into Bulga- | ribrod and other northwestern | pared with a total population of 4,000,- | left to | These millions of | farms | were sent to the penitentiary for five | STAR, WASHINGTON, The work of the probation officer of the District Supreme Court dur- ing the last nine years, while Amos A. Steele has held the position, has increased from 100 to 435 cases a year to be investigated, and from the handling of non-support funds of less than $10,000 annually to a total of ,000 last year, aceording to Mr. Steele’s annual report submitted to- day to the justices of the District Supreme Court. These non-support funds were paid about 500 recreant husbands, in weekly installments, and their distribution required last year nearly 6,000 checks, and put the clerical force to the necessity of mak- ing about 80,000 entries in handling the accounts. 127 Probation Cases. Referring to the probation work proper, Mr. Steele says: “While the 485 cases referred to the probation ofticer for in’ tigation and report established a high figure | for cases considered by the office, | only 127 of these were placed on pro- | bation. This is the lowest percentage of investigated cases admitted to pro- | bation in any one year. Of the 127 placed on probation during the year, 38 were for grand larceny; 23 were | for joy-riding: 15 for forgery and | uttering; 9 for assault with a dan- | | gerous weapon, and 6 each for house- | breaking and larceny, false pretenses | and robbery. “The others included violation the postal laws, embezzlement, About 20 different offenses were represented in the list of those ad- mitted to probation. Only two people were placed on probation for viola- tion of the narcotic laws. The court eferred to the probation officer for investigation 31 cases of violators of the narcotic laws. 300 Are Watched. “There are now about 400 active| probationers on the list, not including | those for non-support. During the| vear the probationary period expired in §6 cases and these were discharged from probation. “In the past fiscal year, 232 persons were placed on probation for non- support. Upward of 400 now are regularly paying money through this | of ete. HEARING ON PHONE RATE CUT IS FIXED | Public Utilities Commission ! to Consider Reduction at Session Wednesday. The Public Ttilitis Commission_will hold a hearing in the bordroom of the District Building at 10 o'clock Wednes- day, November 19, to consider the re- duction of rates of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. The commission announced the hear- ing after receiving the report of E. V. Fisher, executiye sccretary, showing that for the 12 months ended August 31 last the company earned a return of 5.21 per cent on its valuation. The company estimated that its re- turn for 12 months ending in July was 7.06 per cent, the difference being due | to the fact that the commission ac- countants disallowed certain charges, among which was the money spent by the company in maintaining a radio broadeasting station. According to the commission’s cal- culations, the telephone company has $116,000 invested in capital account as the cost of the radio station and that the operating expense for radio was $90,000 during the 12 months ending {in August. i Berry Returss te City. A. E. Berry, president of the tete- phone company, returned to the city |this morning from West Virginia iand, while he had not had time to study the figures of the commission’'s accountants, he stated that present telephone rates in Washington are | reasonable. Mr. Berry declared he did not know what the company would do with re- spect to future broadcasting if the commission decides to disallow the cost of radio as a telephone operating expense. - “I look upon the radio station as a question of community Interest to the whole city,” said Mr. Berry. “We feel it is a benefit to Washington. The commission itself will not de- cide whether the radio expense should be allowed or disallowed as a charge against telephone costs until after the public hearing. The Federation of Citizens' Asso- ciations will take part in the forth- coming telephone rate hearing, Wil- liam McK. Clayton stated today. He poietad out that the federation some months igo petitioned for a reduction in telephoxs charges. Mr. Clayton in- dicated thar he will renew his pre- Vious demanc that the depreciation fund of the cowpany be deducted from the valuatiow® hafore determin- ing the rate of return This, he con- tends, would make possivie & further reduction in rates. LAMONT KEEPS MUM ON NEW FRENCH LOAN | | Returning From Abroad, Says Europe’s Satisfactory Recov- ery Is in View. By the Amsociated Press. NEW YORK, October 17.—Thomas W. Lamosnt, partner of J. P. Morgan, ‘Wwho hgs been abroad with the finan- cier, attending to details of the Ger- man loan, returned to Wall street to- | {day reticent on reports of a loan of 1$150,000,000 to Framce, to be floated here next week. The new bonds, which it is satd will be used partly to pay off the $100,- 000,000 French banking credit re- newed recently by J. P. Morgan & Co., ate expected to be offered at about 95, to_vield 7% per cemt. Mr. Lamont expressed the opinion that the successful flotation of the Ger- man loan indicated the recovery of Furope would progress satistactorily. “Negotiations Wefs transscted as smoothly as possible,” he nl‘,‘ '‘snd I do not expect any difficulties. France Plane Lettery. | society and to this office; and flagrant i star, while Guy M. Standifer, the 1921 1S, October 17.—President Dfn‘wln‘erne 2aid today that the min. istry of finance was éxamining the posaibility of a loan with lottery fea- tares to be issued by the middle ot next month. —e rnrowé:'mm 17.—The Italian mfl era, bound for Flume with 1 .‘“ cases of gasoline, was D. C., FRIDAYX, offica_on non-support charges. The total number of active probationers of the court, including non-support, is upward of 800, Bench warrants were issued for 60 probationers for violation of their probation. About one-half of these were apprehended. Probation was revoked in 23 cases. These revoca- tions included failure to meet pay- ments in non-support cases; failure to comply with the conditions of pro- bation In regard to reporting to the probation officer as directed, and for subsequent offenses "It has been the policy of the office to as': revocation of probation in all case: hen the probationer fails to repo:: as directed: when he falsfies as 1o his place of residence or wher he works; when he commits a sub- sequent offense, and when he fails to meet special conditions of probation imposed at the time of his release. Held Only Sound Policy. “I consider this to be the only sound policy in dealing with the probation process as applied to adults who have committed indictable offenses. Al probationers are fully instructed as to their obligations 1o the court, to failures to meet these should not be tolerated “The dignity and value of the pro- bation law can be maintained only by a strict enforcement of its spirit and intent. “I think one of the remarkable facts about the administration of the probation law is the consistently large percentage of those who profit through its process. Year atter year this percentage is about ¥5 of those admitted to probation. We have striven to increase this per- centage, and I believe that for the past fiscal year it has increased, but any stated figure for one year might be misleading and inaccurate. 1 do know that in many, a great many, instances during the past year and preceding years, probationers who had established a reputation for not conducting themselves consist- ently in consonance with the estab- lished requirements have, after re- peated efforts and warnings on the | part of the office, established them- selves at least in a temporary patn of rectitude. MKIMMIE LEADS conditions OCTOBER PROBATION OFFICER IS HANDLING $60,000 NON-SUPPORT FUNDS —_— Work in Nine Years Has Grown From 100 to 435 Cases Annudlly for Investigation, Steele Re- ports—Law Proves Helpful. 17, 1924, CHANG'S TROOPS REPORTED BEATEN Declared Driven Beyond| Great Wall—Feng Yu Yung Is Executed. By the Assacinted Press, PEKING, October 17.—Chang Tso- Li Manchurian troops have been driven bevond the great wall, an offi- cial communique say. FIGHT FOUR DAYS. Mukdenites Drive Chihlis Back With Bayonets. DY WILLIAM R. GILES, By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MUKDEN, October 17.—The follow- ing is an eye-witness account of the fighting around Shanhaikwan: On October 12 Wu Pei-Fu arrived | at Shanhaikwan and immediately had Feng Yu Yung, brother of the Chris- tian general, shot on account of the Mukdenltes defeating him.s Wu- Pei-Fu, with the 13th Division and « brigade of his own 12th Division, launched an attack on the main gate, which was held by the Mukdenites, Assisted by naval units he attacked repeatedly regardless of ca The Mukdenites, who were in high spiri :ount of their previous victories, resisted determinedly. After the fourth attack they made a sortie, driving the Chihlis back at the ba: onet point. Four Dayw Fighting. West of Santaokuan and Chimen the Chihlis held the heights, which were greatly to their advantage geo- graphically. Words fail to express the difficulties of the Mukdenites' ad- vance. Gen. Hanlinohun, who led the attack personally, captured the posi- tions after four days and nights of heavy fighting. It was after he got through all the passes that Wu Pei- Fu's reinforcements hegan to arrive. | Gen. Hanlinchun, in an interview, stated that of all battles fought as| far back as history reached, this was the most difficult battleground China. For hundreds of years the Manchus periodically lost hundreds of thousands of men trying to force their way into China. Chiblis Battled Stubbornly. The general admitted that the Chihlis fought stubbornly and brave- 1y, but were outnumbered. He stated that if Wu Pei-Fu's reinforcements had arrived four days sooner, he would not have been viotorious even if he had been as brilliant as Na- Making Too Much Money to Leave Jail, Banker Says By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, October der Krasnotchekoff, former bank- er-lawyer and premier of the Rus- sfan Far Eastern republic, who spent many years in the United States, and who in February of this year was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for cxtend- ing banking credit to “nepmen” and private individuals, has writ- ten four books on banking and finance while in jail The Soviet authorities have of- fered him $2.000 each for the vol- umes, and have also offered him a position in a state bank. Kras- notchekoff has declined both tend- ers, preferring to remain in pri- son, where, he says, he is making more money and enjoying more comfort than he could outside. He is in charge of 120 Russian prison- ers, who make photogra plates and other articles. With them he shares in the profit of the work, a percentage going to the state. His friends believe he will soon be released. KENTUCKY SAFELY IN DAVIS COLUMN Senator Stanley, Democrat, in Hard Fight, But Likely to Pull Through. an- BY DAVID LAWRENCE, LOUISVILLE, Ky., October John W. Davis will carry Kentuck Thig State stood by James M. Cox in 1920, when even Tennessee broke | away. It's true the majority was less | than 5.000, buy it remained in Democratic column just the same. There was a tide of resentment in | 1920, which does not exist tod Four years have served to turn ba to the Democratic party many those who, for one reason or another, strayed away. one of the shrewdest political organ- izers, was responsible for the im- provement in the Republican vote in this State in 1920. No one has arisen to take his place. Kentucky is not without its local i sues, however, which may have some bearing on the result, Au- gustus Owsley Stanley, who won the tic nomination after a hard ck enator |Poleon and as brave as the Chinese| Democ | Bod of war. _|fight, scems to be capable of stirring | On_ October 12 the Mukdenites|yy violent opposition either on his Finishes First Round With| 75—Tuckerman, Defend- ing Title, Gets 83. R. Cliff McKimmie of the Bannock- burn Goif Club. who won the Town and Country Club tournament yes- terday, led a score of plavers in ‘he first round of the District amateur | championship at the Indian Spring Golf Club today, with a card of 75 three strokes above par. Out in 35, finishing the first nine with a pair of birdies, McKimmis was back in 40, to lead 'C. J. Dunphy of Columbia, the 1922 champion, by two shots Dunphy missed a 3-foot putt for a four on the eighteenth hole, which would have given him 76, but he finished one stroke ahead of Ro- land R. MacKenzie of Columbia, who had & 78. Walter R. Tuckerman of Chevy Chase, the defending champion, start- ed the second round this afternoon & shots back of McKimmie. Tuck- erman finished the morning round with 83. Other scores made in the first round follow: George J. Voigt, Bannockburn, 82; C. A. Fuller, Chevy Chase, 82; Tom Moore, Indian Spring. §3: K. F. Kel- lerman, jr, Columbia, 84; Reginald A. Loftus, Chevy Chase, §6; Guy M Standifer, Columbia, 86; S. R. Speel- man, Indian Spring, $§; Gardner P.| Orme, Columbia, 90. Fileld Below Normal. Although the field smaller than during the last two years ago when the tournament was held at Chevy Chase and Columbia, the leading amateur golfers of the city, without exception, have entered the annual golf championship of the District of Columbia, which started today over the fine course of the In- dian Spring Golf Club. | With one of the longest courses about the city for the scene of the 1924 championship, being played for the title now held by Walter R. Tuck- erman of Chevy Chase and Burning Tree, a score of 310 was expected to finish well in the lead in the 72-hole medal play competition which will end tomorrow afternoon. Amateur golfers are not used to 72-hole medal play events and seldom score as well as do the professionals who play all their tourneys over the long route. In addition Indian Spring’s putting greens, although true, are as keen as a varsity halfback, and tales of extra putts have been coming from the men who have practiced over the course. With the distances to carry on the second shots at most of the holes at Indian Spring, keen greens will prove none too advantageous to the score of amateurs who will battle for the blue ribbon of local golfdom today and | tomorrow, for a long shot to a keen green is a rugged proposition for any golfer to handle. Young Star Playing. Among the prominent entrants in the tournament are Roland R. MacKen- zie and C. J. Dunphy of Columbia, the latter the 1922 champion and the former the 17-year-old Western High School student, who really was the outstanding hero of the recent national amateur championship. Eight down with 15 to go, Roland MacKenzie carried George von Elm, who later reached the final round, to the 37th green before succumbing to the Pacific Coast star. Tuckerman, the title-holder, is playing with C. Ashmead Fuller, another Chevy Chase is small, much champton. i& playing with W. R. Mc- Callum of the Washington Golf and Country Club. Thirty-six holes today and 37 holes tomorrow, is the program for the amateurs, with the player making the lowest score for the four rounds of the course the winner of the cham- pionship. —_— KARLUK BODIES DUE SOON Buseian Ship Returning With Re- mains Found on Herald Island. VLADIVOSTOK, October 17.—The Russian armored transport Red Octo- ber, which was reeently sent to Wrangell Island to claim that bit of land for Soviet Russia, s expected to arrive here shottly with the bodies 6f members of Stefansson’s Karluk expedition, Which were found on Herald Island, east of Wrangell. (The Karluk, an exploration ship, 60 miles nor i line |ing, | ants in the $100,000 civil damage suit | marched on Shaochai, which was held by the second Shensi division, but the latter was easily driven out, retiring | on Hsihmenchai and Chutsaoyin where, assisted by the 3d Chihli Di vision, it took a new defensive posi- tion On October 14, under the direction of Wu Pei-Fu, the Chihlis renewed their attuck on the position of the Mukdenites, but the latter, holding a strong position, defeated them and, following up their advantage, cap- tured Hsihmenchai and Chutsdoyins. | The Chihlis now have been driven out of all the mountainous country and must fight in the future on the plains. Leave Stores on Field. One brigade was sent by the Muk-| denites toward the southeast via Wum- | ingkuo and Hsihmenchal, attacking a Chihli force and carrying out an en- circling movement. The Chihlis were | badly defeated and fled, leaving large | stores of arms and ammunition on the | fie'd | The Mukdenites then attacked the | held by Chiang Chih-Kung, com- mander of the secohd Chihli army. This attack was a complete surprise When the Mukdenites captured the po- | sition, the rival commander was found smoking opium and talking to members of his staff in a small house. Hand; grenades were thrown into the house | and the commander and his staff were | all killed. i Seven heavy guns of the 3rd Divi- sion were captured in addition to a| score of machine guns and a number | of field pieces. H Attack I Repulned. The Chihlis’ left wing attempted to break through the Mukden center at Santaokuan. After five hours’ fight- the Chihlis were defeated with| heavy losses and vast quantities of | guns and supplies were captured, the whole Chihli force retreating to! Chingwantao except the right wing, | which is still enzaged near the north gate of Shanhaikwan. A wireless message, just received, | states that Shanhaikwan City has| been completely in the hands of the | Mukdenites since the morning of October 16, and that the Mukdenites are continuing their advance on Chingwantao. (Oopyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) - CAPT. GILBERT, SUED, REPORTED MISSING Defendant With C. W. Morse De- clared to Be Fugitive From Justice. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October —Capt. Mark L. Gilbert, one of the defend- brought against Charles W. Morse and others, now being heard in the United | States District Court, is missing, it developed today. Assistant United States Attorney McGurk charged that | Gilbert, who was indicted two years ago for rum runing and forfeited his bail, is a fugitive from justice. The civil suit was brought by Mrs.| Adelaide Nelson of West Philadelphia, | whose son Lawrence, lost his life when the steamship Frederick found- ered at sea in 1916. The entire crew, numbering 30, was lost. During the trial Mrs. Neison's attorney charged that the ship was sent out in an un- seaworthy condition and that vessel and crew were sacrificed to collect insurance. The court records show that Capt. Gilbert was indicted in 1922 for| smuggling a cargo of alcohol on the | steamship Korona to rum runners of the New England coast. The defendants in the present suit, besides Charles W. Morse, sr., are his son Benjamin and officers of the cor- poration owning the Frederick, in which Capt. Gilbert was a director. SLAYER-STUDENT FREED. Hit Man, Who Was Beating Son With Rope. PEABODY, Mass, October 17.— Joseph E. Crowley, Ne Yorkfl was ac- at Union College, New York, was ac- quitted on a charge of manslaughter here today in connection with the death of Jacob Behar September 5. Behar was chastising his little son with a rope, and refused to stop when requested to do so by Crowley. The student struck Behar on the jaw with his fist and the man dled on the way to a hospital —_—— In the United States today there is not = State that has not at least one policewoman. {in the hope of gathering vot | “ire” and ] be put back in the solid South column | vetness” or a half dozen othe things which rted when he w: nor. He is the center of a very tipg campaign. The Louisvill Courier-Journal, owned by Judge R. ‘W. Bingham, is supporting John W. Davis for President, but Fred Sac ett, the Republican nominee for the Senate. Davis to Help Stanley. ©On account of his anti-prohibition views Stanley is presumed to have the opposition of the women. But there is no La Follette candidate in these part and Stanley will get most of the votes that are to be cast in Kentucky for La Follette, This may take care of some of the Stanley losses, He will have aclose fight for re-election. The national ticket will help him. The vote this vear in Kentucky will be large. A bond issue for good roads is being voted upon. That always brings out the voter. The registra- tion thus far in the cities ehows a gain. There is no way to tell about the expected beca - the Republicans in lone end of the State favor the bond [Aaccessory after the issue while the Democrats at the other end oppose it. The Republicans o will take the trouble to come down from the mountains to vote probably will vote a straight Repu- blican ticket for United States Sena- tor and evervthing else. In the face of all these character- acteristics, Kentucky may roll up as high as 30,000 for John W. Davis and | if such a vote is polled, Senator Stanley might pull through. - Kentucky exhibits little interest in the campaign as a whole. The La Folletta people are, as usual, making considerable noise, and may get as high as 100,000 votes in Kentucky, though this is a maximum figure, and {he probabilities are it will go much lower. But the La Follette votes are coming in about equal proportions from the Democratic and Republican garties, so the effect on the two major sarties will be about the same. Charles G. Dawes has been here and sohn W. Davis will be here within a Week. The campaign seems hardly to have gotten started. outwardly are claiming the State, but one suspects that they are doing this an holding them for the State ticket. Nobody ever concedes defeat as a rule, publicly anyhow. But the pri- vate reports of the Republican man- agers must no doubt contain many “but's,” as this State can this time. (Copyright, 1924.) LAUREL ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY. RACB—The Chevy Chase Steeplechase o eap: $9.000 added; #-yearolds and up: about 213 miles. Damask Skyscraper 2 Tassel - SECOND RACE—Purse, $1,300; maidens; year-olds: © furlongs. tStar Bright 18 4Storm Cloud 116 Calembonr ... 118 Sermacherib ... Heckler ......... 116 L. Waterbury entry. THIRD RACE—The St. Clements; $1,500; 2-year-olds; 1 mile. 2 112 Candy Kid.. om0 01l 108 Midimette Retire ---+....... 108 Trip Lightly.... Jolly Roger. 108 Uome .. Arbitration . FOURTH _RACE—The Ridgely; $1,300; for all ages: 5% furlongs. 5 Coral Reef. {Scotch Broom. .. 1 tAppellate . Neilie Keily' Dress Goods. 151 Houdini 143 Top Noteh. 138 *Conrteous . 118 118 116 T8 purse, . 108 . 105 D105 . 108 purse, . 108 08 Champlain b Hildur Silk Tassel. .. 5. Ross entry. FIFTH RACE—The Laurel; $10,000 added; for all ages; 1 mile. Post_Positions. 1—Rig Blase. 2-My Play 3—Hurry Inn. 4 Singiefoot 5—tnitiate 8—Wise Counselior. . S Rustie - it & Epinar 3 Sunfag - : . Maiben. 10 Donsghes I, Wallaee, SIXTH RACE—Claimii $1,300; 3-year-olds and up; 1d miles. The Foreigner.... 114 *Ed Pendl:lun L. 113 Ota Timer Dream of “Valiey. Rock Bottom *Woodlake 'Wice Chairms Sea Monarch. {Brent and J. Wolffe entry. SBVENTH RACE—Claiming: $1.500; 3-yexr- olds and up; 1 mile and a furlong. 111 *Thomasine ..... 104 *King's_Ransome. 108 106 SPrince Hamiet... 101 Probable Riders, No bos. A. Schuttinger. 3. Stevens. B. Bruenging. 1. Parke. . 0’Donnell. G. Babin. € Kummer. 110 108 *Zouave *Rolster *tDumbf Also eligible *tQueecreek . : 108 . 107 the | of | | The late A. T. Hr—rl.{ | states Navy vessei al district but a large ballot is | Republicans | PARIS RECOGNITION OF SOVET HELD P French Cabinet Adjourns Without Taking Action Re- garded as Certain. By the Associated Press PARIS, October 17.- after today's meetin nounce de jur Soviet government ernment circles insisted that rece tion was a that any del, detail of the taken. The ministers had {day for discussion tee’s report, a was taken for ter must have | though no me the official the meeting Premier Herric it was said I:n,r.uunm the decision in the ture. | The report of tne n | accompanied by a formulu for | cabinet, to an- the ov- &n and foregone i conclusion was due « th, n form of before then on of it was made announcement follow would ree nition of the Soviet regim draft of a di to President Tchitcherin _in them that Fra with the Soviet The committee’s however, Le A purely consul Among the questi by the committee o when it resumes its s day is that of ref favored at present antees for those desirous of 1o Russia, and establish naturalization procedure for the others Basile Maklak 1o | ambassador to France, is undersiood to have written Premier Herriot testing against the idea of m uralization. However that m |attempt will be made to find Eiving these Russians some of civil status, at me time takin into account their strong nationa! sens timents. governn a pers poin ons 1o be take ting ne: gees. T ) obtain mer Russian e SAILOR UNDER BOND ON ASSAULT CHARGE Franklin H. Acton Accused as One of Two Who Attacked Mrs. A. B. Meyer. Franklin Harry Acton was confined in the br a 1t Hampton Ro a4 who September ntified B with a flat- wted 1o rob the United Court yes- nd was rand jury, printed the Acton and the brought ba ver the charge yers, and stated ne of the ar- rnest Acton, endant, “waited on while brother alleged wit. 1t tion of the police to Acton with being an fact, but Assist- Ralph Given said tod he had made no sucnh charge against I simply ciung him as a witness for the Government. There is no charge against krnest Acton, but he will called upon to testify when his brothers cas tried. who a sailor, 1ds 24 assault t to and said to Mrs. Anni southwest had brutal) iron August her, w States b ltena i char this ¢ have been 1 as two held for the action of the bond being fixed a September 24 The tory of the arrest of fact that he had been to Waskington to of assaulting Mrs. upon the aut resting of {brother or |a nearby | comn:itted | was the inte e Ernest ority rs th: the de corner” the {en ant District Attorney be A THREATENING BLAZE AT THOMSON SCHOOL | Section of Roof. Including Cornice, Destroyed Before the Flames 1 Are Subdued. des and | Fire today {of the roc cornice in | west _corner the Thomson Twelfth and L streets northwest | prompt response the Fire I ment to an alarm from the private box the school building prevented the burn- royed a small section the south- | in | spread of the flar ) were | ing in the wood under the slate | Shortly ‘after noon the building glanced out of a ana saw flames eating their the corner of the roof, and promptly spread the a m. Most of the chil- dren were out of the building on their noon luncheon period, but the veral asses in session passed out in an or- derly little realizing that it was not a fire drill but a real fire. However, as the firemen stood om the edge of the sianting roof, cutting away the slute to get at and tinguish all sparks, the childre | nished a preblem for the police, | pieces of slate were continually fa ing to the sround the firemen chopped, held in their places by long | picces of rope secured around their | waist The first is believed to have started from sparks from the flue. clos to the point where the blaze started | Trafic on Twelfth street and also |on L street was diverted during the period the firemen were working om the flames. a workman fur- as 8 BOYS SEIZED IN RAID ON “PIETY HALL” JAILED Get 60-Day Sentences on Disorder- ly Charge—Two Girls For- feit Collateral. Eight boys were sentenced to 60 days in jail each today by Judge Rob- ert Mattingly in_convicting them of charges of disorderly conduct. They were taken in a raid on “Piety Hall," 333 Missouri avenue northwest, nighs by Policeman V. W. Conner: the sixth precinc When the landlord of the place told the judge this morning he could not break up the nightly gatherings at the hall, the court said: “All right, I'll break it up for you. Ill send the offenders to another kind of club- house. Sixty days in jail for each of you.” The youths are: Clarence Warren, William Snell, Joseph Miller, Earl and | Bawarda Butler, William Black, Nathaniel Fletcher and Bernard Rob- inson. Two girls, also minors, were | taken by the policeman in the raid, but they forfeited their collateral M 4 Police Court today. 6,000-Franc Pay Rate Set. PARIS, October 17.—The minimum annual salary of French state em- ployes henceforth ~will be 6,000 france, was decided at a cabinet meeting today. 3 } 'y