Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1924, Page 1

- WEATHER. Fair and slightly warmer today; to- morrow fair and cooler; moderate northwest and north winds. Temperature for 22 hours ending at 10 pm. last night: Highest, 73, at 4 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 50, at 6 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page 2. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION No. 1.021.—No. 29,391. Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. SLUSH FUND LEAD TOBEFOLLOWED IN PROBE IN CAPITAL Walsh Evidence Results in Flan to Subpoena Promi- nent Republicans. MOVEMENT TO COLLECT $10,000,000 IS CHARGED Inquiry Shifted to Bring It Nearer * Leading Figures—D. C. Man to Be Called. By the Associnted Press. CHICAGO. Octobe win the 18— Leads which special Senate investi- | tte 4 thorough- nvestization of charges nator M. La Follette that a huge “slush™ fund is being raised for the supportiof the Coolidge-Dawes ticket | were presented today to that body by Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City, counsel for the independent presiden- tial candidate. In submitting spondence on other data upon the charges are based, at least part, Mr. Walsh said he ke to show that thres ing collected in the United States, “one by the national committee, the ular fund; one a fund created by the bankers of the United States and taken care of by them, and the other v the manufacturers and business men.” take sating into is of corre- which in a mass tunds were | | | would under- ‘ i | | n Cloims Underestimate. Walsh also told the committee that | 1ator La Follette had toid him over | long-distance te'cphone that he | lad “underestimated the amount of | the ‘slush’ fund that was being | raised to carry this election when ne | | | the said he thought it would be $4,000,000 $5,000,000.” “From the investigation which we | e attempted to make, a very hasty | one indeed.” La Follette's counsel added, “we think we have leads, which we will present to the committee here. to show that $10,000,000 is not too great an estimate, and that it is very likely to reach $12,000,000." To support the conclusion that three scparate funds are being raised. Walsh presented letters written by George W. Simmons. a vice president of the Mcchanics and Metals National Bank. New York City, appealing to other bankers, irrespective of party, to contribute to a fund to help the Republican national ticket. He also introduced into evidence a letter of ~imilar import sent to its members by the Manufacturers’ Club of Philadel- Phia. Mlinator La Follette has been ad- vised,” Walsh said in this connec- tion, “that at a meeting of the Na- tional Bankers' Convention in Chi- oago a few d ago a speech was made requesting that all trust com- panies be requested to give one- twentieth of one per cent of their capital as contributions to fight La Follette in the West. Edward T. Stotsbury was made chairman of the committee to collect the money. Cites Grundy Letter. Besides these letters Walsh pro- duced a series of four written by Joseph R. G dy, a yarn manufac- turer of Bristol, Pa., and chairman of | the ways and w committee of the publican national t'"ml’"“ll‘e.’ Two of the letters, which containgd | 1 most urgent appeals, were writ- 'n on October 8 and on October 10. The letters, those by Simmons and the Philadelphia Manufacturers’ Club, were dated at about the same time. Walsh told the committee the dates he letters were very “significant.” hey are getting money at this time,” he added. “and that is why| Senator La Follette says this is more | likely to be ten milllon dollars or| twelve million dollars, because we | think we are going to show that the | people are responding to these letters | all over the country Calling attention to a passage in| one of the Grundy letters saying that | ennsylvania’s 33 electoral votes| “may be safe for Coolidge and Dawes, but our money energy must be given to help carry doubtful States and doubtful congressional districts,” | Ish said We propose to show respondence which ha cepted and turned over to us by those who did not agree with this way of running our Government, that the effort is being made directly to carry them with the money collected by the beneficiaries of the present husiness combinations, and we wili show later on, by the very money of the farmers in those States that is In the banks in the city of New York by the cor- been inter- | Favors Rigid Probe. Declaring that the full cxtent to which money for the aid of the Re-| publican ticket is being raised could be ascertained only by rigid eross-ex- | amination of those he believes are in- | terested in the movement, Walsh | asked the committee to issue sub- poenas for a number of persons living in New York, Philadelphia, Washing- ton and Kansas City. After discussing the subject fully in exccutive session late in the day, the committee decided to resume the | hearings in Washington next Tuens-| day and to summon first witnesses om Philadelphia and Washington in order to determine first whether the Ia Follette charges can be supported by evidence before witnesses are called from more distant cities. Chairman Borah said subpoenas would be issued for these witnesses: Joseph R. Grundy, Edward T. Stotes- bury, Samuel M. Vauclain, ~president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works; Nathan T. Folwell, treasurer of the Manufacturers’ Club; W. W. Atter- bury, vice president of the Pennsylva- nia " Railroad; Chester W. Hill and John T. King, all of Philadelphia, and W. T. Galliher, chairman of the Dis- trict of Columbia Republican ways and means committee; T. V. O'Connor, a member of the United States Ship- ping Board; Carl W. Riddick, national organizer of the National Republican League, all of Washington, and also for the manager of the Hotel Hamil- ton and a taxicab company, both of Washington. Probers to Hear Shaver. While the committee is_sitting in Washington it also will hear Clem 1. Shaver, chairman, and James W. ‘ierard, treasurer of the Democratic national committee, regarding cam- paign contributions to and expendi- 1ures by the national Democratic or- " {Continued on Page 5, Columa 2.). | night in a gentle breeze. | degrees | tions @ minute. | Bengazi after having flown a distance . Larsson, WASHINGTON G. O. P. STRIVES TO HOLD LEAD CLAIMED IN RACE Coolidge Rated Winner Two Weeks From Tuesday, Barring an Eleventh- Hour Upset. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Two weeks from next Tuesday and we ought to know whether the result at the polls has been decisive as to the presidential election, or, whether, which heaven forfend, the choice of a President to be left to the House of Rep- resentatives, and possibly the Sen- ate. At this time the odds are be- lieved to favor a clear-cut decision at the polls, in a victory for the epublican presidential ticket. It is recognized, however, that efforts are being made to thwart the will of the majorit' and bring an out- come by manipulation and politi- cal trading. This closing fortnight of campaign ill be marked by ef- forts of the Republicans to hold What they think they have; by the Democrats to check further drift to the Republican ticket in the face of the possibility of the al- ternative election of Charles W. Bryan as Vice President; and by the third party leaders to toss the election into the bear pit of Cop- gress. Above all will hang the possibility of some eleventh-hour coup, or of somebody springing a Burchard,” to set off the hair- SHENANDOAH SAILS BACK EAST TODAY Dirigible Safe at Camp Lewis After Battle to Reach Mooring Mast. the By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash., October 15— Securely tied to the mooring mast on the Camp Lewis reservation, 10 miles south of here, the huge Navy dirigible Shenandoah was swaying lightly to- Safe and apparently unharmed after | her long battle with the elements which hindered her progress on her first transcontinental flight _ from Lakehurst, N. J., to Camp Lewis, Wash. The ship was being refueled and groomed during the night, preparatory to the start of the return trip, scheduled for 9 o’'clock tomorrow morning. FIGHTS WINDS 48 HOURS. Airship Light From Loss of Gaso- line at Journey’s End. BF Radio to the Associated Press. ABOARD THE SHENANDOAH, "AMP LEWIS, October 18.—The Shenandoah in the last day of its flight from Lakehurst, N. J., to Camp Lewis, Wash., before it was moored tonight, was able to keep between 3,000 and 4.000 feet off the ground only by tilting at an angle of 15 and keeping five motors turning at the rate of 1,000 revolu- The big ship today shuttled back and forth between the mooring mast at Camp Lewis and Tacoma. From Its control cars those on board could see both snow-covered Mount Ranier, near by. and Mount Hood, more than 200 miles to the south. Like a clearly-cut_etching the cities, lakes (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) PO ITALIANS BOMB TWO VILLAGES FROM AIR Punitive Expedition Against Arabs Goes 373 Miles Over Desert. Ey the Associated Press. BENGAZI, Cirenaica, Africa, Octo- ber 18.—An important air-bombing punitive expedition has been carried out by the Italian forces in the Oasis of Gialo against the rebel organiza- tion formed by the Senussi Arabs. Two army airplanes bombarded the villages of Fehrra and Lebba on the oasis for half an hour, while the Arabs below subjected them to a sus- tained rifle fire. One of the planes was struck five times without suffer- ing serious damage. The expedition was conducted with great difficulty because of the dis- tance from this center and because of bad visibility. The two airplanes. however, crossed the desert, bom- barded the rebels and returned to of approximately 373 miles and hav- ing remained in the air éight hours. The authorities belleve that the expedition, besides material results of the bombardment of the aviators, will undoubtedly have a great moral ef- fect on the population of Cirenaica. Since d’Annunzio’s flight over Vienna this is regarded as the most auda- clous attempt made by Italian army aviators, NEW SWEDISH CABINET COMPLETED BY BRANTING Social Democrat Leader Again Be- conies Premier, Succeeding Trygger. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, October 1. —Dr. Hjalmar Branting, leader of the Social Democratic party, again 1s premier of Sweden, having com- pleted the task of forming a cab- inet, entrusted to hint after the resig- nation of the ministry headed by irnst Trygger. The new cabinet, made up exclusively of members of the Social Democratic party, 18 as follows: Minister of foreign affairs, Prof. Oesten Unden, professor of law at Upsala University; minister of fi- nance, Deputy Thorsson: minister of defense, Deputy Hansson; minister of communieations, Deputy Viktor trigger palitical situation, with Klan, religious class and issues. * ok ok ¥ On a straight-away dec the polls it seems to be “in the " that the Repub ans will win, with many practical signs. omens and portents to support the feel- ing. Conclusions of neutral ob- servers covering wide fields of ob- servation, “straw votes,” syste- matic polls on large scales that sort of thing, tend to induce sycholol to he the prevailing belicf that s i widespread movement to throw the election into the Sen furthered by the La Follette forc with the object of passing the presidency to Charles W. Bryan through the vice presidency. It is Tharged that some | its are a party to such a conmspiracy. out of despair of John W. Davis' win- ning; others out of resentment of the defeat of McAdoo for the nomi- nation: but it is also believed that even if the eltction came to the point of filling the through the choice ol dent, Mr. Bryan could not obtain “(Continued Page 4, Column 5.) CANADIANS TO GIVE OIL CASE TESTIMONY Eight Persons Said to Know of Bond Deals Between Sin- clair and Fall. n By the Associated Press. CHEYEND Wyo., October 1S.—A new commission to take deposition of eight persons in Toronto, Canada. who are said to have knowiedge of alleged transaction of Liberty bonds between Harry Sinclair, nego- tiator of the lcase on th Teapot Dome naval oil rescrve near and Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, was authorized to- day by Federal Judge T. B. Kennedy. Judge Kennedy issued the new commission on application of is counsel for the Government its suit for the cancellation of the Tea- pot lease to the Mammoth Oil Com- pany, one of the Sinclair interests, pe CANDIDATES NAMED FOR BRITISH RACE Many Nominations With- drawn by Labor to Em- barrass Opponents. By the Associated Pross. LONDON, October 18.—Nomination day for the October 9 elections brought no great number of - sur- prises, although there were many un- expected nominations and withdrawals mostly by the Labor party with the object of embrrassing labor’ oppo- nents as much as possible by forcing triangular contests to its own ad- impossible tonight to obtain | able analysis of the nomina- tions to show the position concerning triangular contests, which, while numerous, will be fewer than at th last clections. The organiaztion headquarters of the various parties were shy about giving particulars as to the arrangements made among the different parties for avoiding such contests. The attitude of these headquarters, it was explained, is that it is exclusively the concern of local organizers, over whom there is no official jurisdiction. The reason for the attitude is sald to be fear over ‘the construction the electors are likely to put upon an between the opposing parties. The pact between the Conservatives and Liberals to exclude Labor is not altogether popular in the Liberal press, where it is realized that the thdrawal of Liberal candidates will throw considerable Liberal votes on the Labor side because the Lib- erals, who are strong for free trade. still suspect that former Premier Baldwin and his party, if returned to power, may try duties by “back door” methods. Conservatives See Gainx. Conservative leaders continue opti- mistic that they will increase their seats in the Commons from 253 gain at the expense of both the Lib- erals has put new candidates in many con- tests where they consider there is chance of splitting the opponents’ votes. Unopposed returns by reason of today's nominations are: Conserv- atives, 16; Laborites, 9; Liberals, 6; Nationalists, 1. Election oratory is increasing. Pre- mier MacDonald, in better shape to- day, made speeches at Aberavon and Abergwynfl, devoted chiefly to coun- ering what he declared to be the mis. representations by his opponents con- cerning incidents surrounding the case against Editor Campbell of the Workers' Weekly. He again had en- thuslastic receptions wherever Bpoke. In Ulster the Republicans fulfilled their threat, nominating many can- didates for seats. All of them are in interment camps. The Nationalists in Ulster regard this Republican inva- slon with disfavor. They believe that in every case the Republican candi- dates will be obliged to forfeit their deposits of £150 through failure to poll one-eighth of the total votes cast. Thirty-Twe Unopponed. Thirty-two candidates were elected to the House of Commons by accla- mation today, thelr candidacies being unopposed. Of the 32 the Conserva- tives returned 16, the Laborites 9, the Liberals 6 and the Nationalists 1. Those elected were: Comservatives — Former Premler Stanley Baldwin, Bewdley, Worces- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ) such pacts ! to get protective | in i the last Parllament to 300, hoping to | and Laborites. The Labor party | he | Sy Stae D. C. SU THEY AINT NO THROAT DISAPPOINTED IN CHARLEY DAWES . AINT § LeagNED A SINGLE SQUASH CENTER LAPAGLIA MURDER STILL IS MYSTERY Police Without Clue to Slay- | ing of Wealthy Italian. ! Employe Held. | Byt ted Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 18- tintensive police dragnet today failed | to uncover a clue that would aid in | solving the mystery surrounding the | death of John Lapaglia, wealthy Ital- fan merchant whowe body, clad in | ®ilk pajamas, was found earlier in | the day'in the bed of hix luxuriously | furnished apartment. Attacked while {asleep, police believe. Lapaglias’ head hed been almost severed from his ibody by several blows from an ax | or hatchet. A trail of blood led from the bed to an open window where, police believe, the slayer made his escape. While admitting they were without definite information, police declare their belief that Lapaglia was | victim of black-handers or bootleg- 1 gers. Expensive women’s clothing ‘found in the apartment led to An | woman, although it was admitted | that nothing definite had been estab- | lished. | Petro Angelo, employed by Lapag- lia as a clerk, who discovered the body, carefully covered by silk bed- clothing, is being held upon a tech- nical charge while the investigation is progressing. Lapaglia came to Pittsburgh month ago from Cleveland, Ohio. e FRUIT SHIP ACCUSED OF DODGING RESCUE Captain of Tug Sinking in Gulf Says United Steamer Saw Sig- nals, But Passed On. a s the Associated Press. HAVANA, Cuba, October 18.— Charges that a steamer which they believed was a United Fruit Company vessel refused to rescue them when their fishing ship, the Aguila, was helpless and sinking, were filed with the captain of the port of Havana and the American consulate general here today by Capt. Rimbau and the nine men of the Aguila. The fishing vessel. a tugboat of 135 tons gross! was disabled in the tropi- cal storm and after drifting help- lessly for three days signalled a pass- ing steamer at 5 o'clock a.m., October 14, when in latitude 22.21 north, longi- tude 86.29 west, Capt. Rimbau said. He declared he recognized the steamer as a United Fruit boat, apparently bound from Costa Rica to New Orleans. The vesscl replied to his red rockets by green ones and was within 400 feet, the complaint charged, but passed on At the offic of the United Fruit Company here it was sald nothing was known of the al- lezed incident. The Aguila’s late in the day | American tanker, and brought to Aguila sank. JAPAN BUYS NITROGEN. Increasingly Heavy Purchases in Germany Cause Comment. HAMBURG, October 18 —Japanese purchasers of nitrogen in Germany continue to reach an enormous volume and constitute the most conspicuous of all cargoes for Japan now leaving this port, Bremen and Emden. While nitrogen nominally is expect- ed in steady quantities on Japanese account from German ports, the past few weeks have witnessed steady but heavy increases until they have now reached a volume, which is provoking speculation as to the disposition to be made of the commodity at its desti- nation. crew was of October Albert Havana, taken off 11, by the E. Watts, but the AUTO RACER IS KILLED. Crashes Through Fence, Sustain- ing Crushed Skull." CLEARFIELD, Pa. October 18.— Kenneth Quinn, 20, ‘of Dubois, was fatally injured today in a -50-mile automobile race on the Clearfield race track On the eighth mile his car went through the fence, crushing his scull. He died a short time later in a hospital. Four cars were entered in the race, the | the | belief that the trail might lead to a| very SEEMS THAT BROOKHART AN’ CAMPAIGN COMN TODAY’S STAR. PART ONE—# PAG General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Politics—Pages 4 and 5. Army and Navy News—Page 14. At the Community Centers—Page 18. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 20. Boy Scouts—Page 20. Seriel—“Capt. Blood"—Page 21. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 21. Art Notes—Page 24. D. A. R. Activities—Pane 25. Schools and Colleges—Pages 26 and 27. Veterans of the Great War—~age 35. The Civilian Army—Page 35. Radio News—Page 36. Spanish War Veterans—Page 37. Reviews of New Books—Page 39. Financial News—Pages 40 and 41. PART TWO0—16 PAGES, Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 13. News of the Clubs—Pages 15 and 16. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- [ Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 to 11. Fraternities—Page 12. PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAG! Magazine Section — Fiction Features. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—S8 PAGES. Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION— 8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. and COMIC SECTION—1 PAGE! Mr. Straphanger; Reg'lar Fellers; and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. Mr. POLICE GUARD HOSPITAL TO AID WOUNDED CHINESE Enemies Threaten to Kill Sup- posed Victim of Tong—Peace Move On. ssociated Press NEW YORK, October 18.—Police cordons today were thrown around the Holy Family Hospital in Brooklyn where Wing Wing, also known as Lone Dune, is recovering from pistol wonnds received in what is believed to have been a tong battle a week ago. According to information re- ceived by District Attorney Dodd, Wing's enemies have threatened to invade the hospital to murder him. Six deaths have been recorded here in the latest outbreak of tong war- fare. Three more arrests were made today by detectives in Chinatown, each prisoner being charged with violation of the State law prohibiting the carrying of weapons.: All three had new revolvers strappéd to their walists, the police said. Alfred W. Brough, a representative By the of the Chinese branch of the United | States Tmmigration Bureau, was wel- comed at the headquarters of the Hip Sing Tonz when he appeared there today in the interests of peace. The On leong Tong officials were chilly, however, Mr. Brough |AUTO PLUNGE KILLS TWO, HURTS FOUR IN ARKANSAS Car Goes Off Bridge at Marked Tree, Falling 30 Feet Into St. Francis River. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 18.—Two persons were killed and four injured, one perhaps fatally, today when the automobile in which they were riding plunged from the St. Francis River Bridge at Marked Tree, Ark., falling 30 feet. The dead are: Harvey Woodsmall, 52, of Monette, Ark., and Sherman E. Odell, 12, of Tyrona, Ark. Those injured are: Mrs. J. 8. Odell of Mon- ette, mother of Sherman' Odell and three Odell children—Raymond, 5, Edna, 7, and Albert. - BAN PUT ON FILIPINOS. All Naturalization Petitions to Be Opposed. By the Associated Pres HONOLULU, October 18.—United States Attorney W. T. Clarden has an- nounced that at the request of the commissioner of naturalization, he will oppose all petitions for the nat- uralization of Filipinos, DAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1924—104 PAGES. NoPEe! SAVIN' IMENTS. FORD SAYS SHOALS 1S CLOSED CHAPTER Seek Property—Blames Wall Street for Hitch. B the Associated Press, DETROIT, Mich., October 18.—Henry | Ford considers the Muscle Shoals con- |troversy closed. 1In a statement to- day he declared that under no cir- cumstances would the Ford Company |open negotiations for the property despite the hope expressed in various be considered. He blamed Wall Street for the opposition which resulted in the withdrawal of the offer for the property. “Wall Street,” Mr. Ford said, “does not care to have the power trust's stranglehold broken. If we had ob- | tained Muscle Shoals we quickly | would have exposed the present prof- iteering and greatly reduced the cost | of power."” Mr. Ford continued that no big business could afford the delay nec- essary in dealing with the Govern- ment and that “it is too hard to find | the Government, and you can’t do bus- iness with people you do not know and can’'t find. Wall Street,” Mr. Ford continued, “is progressive and possibly indispen sable. * * * It disposes of the an- tiquated and obsolete. It will kill the railroads, and antiquated and obsolete it does a service, for an industry that cannot withstand such squeezing as Well Street may give it had better die. 1f it can tear down a thing, the thing is better torn down.” COOLIDGE REPLIES. Acknowledging the formal drawal by Henry Ford of his offer for the Government properties Muscle Shoals, Ala. President “(Continued on Page 2, Colu MAN SAID TO ADMIT SLAYING OF TEACHER One Who Was Sought in Michigan Tragedy Gives Himself Up to Police After Flight. By the Associated Press. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., October 15.— Egbert “Happy” Dyke, sought in con- nection with the slaying at Conklin sterday of Miss Molly Fleming, 23- vear-old school teacher, gave himself up to the police at Marne early tonight, and is being taken to the Ottawa County jail at Grand Haven. Officers at Marne, on theif way to Grand Rapids, with Dyke, said later that Dyke admitted killing' Miss Flem- ing. Dyke was taken into custody a few miles from Marne, when, according to his own statement, he was on his way to give himself up. 5 {ANNE STILLMAN BRIDE OF HENRY P. DAVISON Father's Gift Reported to Be String of Pearls Worth More than $1,000,000. By the Associated Press. PLEASANTVILLE, N. Y., October 18.—Miss Anne Stillman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Stillman, was married today to Henry P. Davison at Mondanne, the home of the bride's mother. James A. Stillman, the bride’s father and former president of the National City Bank of New York, was among the guests, Miss Stillman was attended by Miss Frances Davison, sister of the groom. Fred T. Davison, a brother of the groom, was best man. The bride was given away by her brother, James A. Stillman, jr. Rev. Endicott Peabody, headmaster of Groton School, per- formed the ceremony. Miss Stillman wore a diam containing a single emerald around her head, the gift of her mother. Her father's present was a string of pearls, reported to be worth more than $1,000,000. It is said Mr. Still- man has been collecting the pearls for years and has given his daughter a few each birthday. ‘The three entrances to the Stillman mansion were guarded by 15 State troopers, each of whom wore a boutonnfere given him by the bride. d band Declares He Will Not AgainI at | | | | i | | years has lain at anchor in the shadow | | of the Stotue of Liberty, disclosed a | | counterfeiting | | | i i i i but | i i | { | | in killing off the | | sale i with- | | |—A clash yesterday | troops near Tatar Bunar, Bessarabia, ! |Communists were dispersed, leaving | ALLIED FINANCE CHIEFS TO MEET U. S. EXPERTS Plan for Distribution of German Payments to Be Discussed at Parley. By the Associated Pross, PARIS, October 18.—A conference of allied financial experts at which the United States will be represented, will be held October 27 at the French ministry of finance for the purpose of studyins a plan for the distribution of the proceeds of the Ruhr occups tion and other German payments, a cording to a semi-official note issued today. It was stated that would have only a preliminary char- acter and that the final decision would be taken at the conference of allied finance ministers which will be held at a later date. James A. Logan, jr., will represent the United States at both meetings. COUNTERFEIT RING REVEALED IN RAID | Innocent-Looking Scow, Off Statue of Liberty for Two Years, Captured. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October tonight of a sco 18.—A raid which for two plant which Govern- jment agents sald they belicved was operated by #n international ring, which has been flooding the count: with bogus nickels, dimes and quar- ters for seven years Three counterfeit partment moulds were found on the scow, the Sparklight, one of five crafts raided during the day. The coins found were said by secret serv- ice operatives to be perfect in detail, lacking in the weight of good coin. A quantity of metal alloy, the raw material of counterfeiting, wa also confiscated. Treasury De- One Man Arrested. Angelo Nese was arrested charged with_counterfeiting and violation of the Volstead law. the being based on discovery of a large still on the Sparkiight. The raiding party boarded another scow anchored nearby in the hope of capturing other mbers of the alleged ring but only found another still, which they comn fiscated. They lay in waiting aboard the Sparklight until after 9 o'clock tonight in the belief that counterfeiters might put off from shore but to no avail Early today three other hoats were quarters that future proposals would | raided. one of them the Sachem, being | after ‘a dozen rounds| boarded only had been fired over its bow. Eleven men were arrested from these three boats and liquor valued at more than $100,000 confiscated. The other two boats were the Raven III and the Segatta. Raid Is Surprise. Shortly before dusk Federal officers embarked in the Manhattan, one of the police navy and cruised past the Statue of Liberty. Just as it scemed they were about to pass the innocent looking scow anchored within a hun- dred feet of the little island on which the statue stands, the helm was thrown hard over. As the police boat bumped sharply against the side of she Sparklight the agents squad of uniformed police leaped to the deck of the suspected craft. They found Nese in the cabin, fully armed, they id. and after hand- cuffing him, searched the boat, dis covering the bogus money, plas molds and the still. Nesc told them he lived on the scow &nd refused to talk about the evidences of whole- counterfeiting. It developed that the scow is owned by a New York firm, which was completely ex- onerated of any knowledge of the use to which their property had been put. The investigation will continue in | of rounding up the rest of the ring, whose headquarters agents are convinced they have discovered in the Sparklight. TEN COMMUNISTS KILLED. BUCHAREST, Rumania, October 18. between armed and regular the hope gangs of Communists is announced by the government. The 10 of their number dead. Scores in Outstanding Foot Ball Games Yesterday. Local foot ball teams broke even in four games yesterday, ;allaudet and George Washing- ton winning and Georzetown and Maryland losing. Catholic University did not play. Georgetown bowed to the Marines, 6 to 0: Maryland fum- bled itself to a 12-to-0 defeat by Virginia Poly; Gallaudet down- ed Lynchburg College, 13 to 0, and corge Washington, the only team to play away from home, beat Drexel of Phila- delphia, 13 to 0. Virginia's win over V. M. 13 to 0, and Tulane's 21-to-13 victory over Vanderbilt were the day's surprises. Princeton and Harvard were fully extended. The Tigers beat Navy, 17 to 14, by period rally, and the Crimson eked out a 12-to-6 win over Holy Cross after trailing in the first half. The outstanding feature of the day was the work of Grange, Illinois' great half- back, who gained 402 yards in 21 plays. while his team was beating Michigan, 39 to 14. He made five touchdowns, running 80, 65, 556 and 45 yards, re- spectively, to score. Yale and Dartmouth engaged in @ ding-dong battle that ended 14 all, while Notre Dame conquered Army, 13 to 7. Scores of other leading games were: Georgia Tech, 15; Penn State, 13. : Wisconsin, 7; Minnesota, 7. Nebraska, 33; Colgate, 7. Rutgers, 10; Cornell, 0. Penn, 10; Columbia, 7. lafayette, 21; Bucknell, 3. Syracuse, 10; Boston College, . | this conference latter charge | other | and a| ¥ TFIVE CENTS. DAVIS NOT S0 SURE OF MISSOURI NOW, BUT STILL IN LEAD German-American Vote Be- ing Influenced Toward Cool- idge by Nagel’s Stand. | GOVERNORSHIP LIKELY TO GO TO DEMOCRATS | La Follette Expected to Cut Heav- ! ily Into Both Parties. Making Result Uncertain. "y PULD LINCOLN, Staff Correxpondent of The Star. | ST. LOUIS, Mo, October 18.—In the Davis-La Follette coalition—consciou or unconscious—to defeat Coolidg- next November 4, Missouri is one of | the States which has been generally assigned to the Democratic nominee | It has been generally assumed, too, | that La Follette’s particular assist- | ance to Mr. Davis in Missouri would {be to split the Republican vote, | taking from the Coolidge-Dawes | ticket thousands of German-American voters. For weeks everything seemed to be lovely—from this standpoint. But to | day the Democrats who have studied | the situation carefully have come to the conclusion that they have a real fight on their hands in this “show- {me” State. The very fact that John | W. Davis is speaking here tonight— his second invasion of Missouri—in- dicates this. Democrats Lose Some. In the first place, La Follette f< making a big dent in the Democratic strength as well as in the Republican The organized labor voters who have come over to La Follette in large { numbers, in former years voted { Democrat The Irish vote in Louis, whic may largely go for La Follette, it is s A, were Democrats. | Out in some of the railroad centers | likey Moberly, actual counts have shown that the La Follette support- ers are overwhelmingly former Demo- crats. | But a real blow to the Democrats and to the La Follette hopes also, i was the statement made public Wednesday by Charles Nagel, Secre- tary of Commerce and Labor under Ithe Taft administration, declaring that he intended to vote for Coolidge and Dawes. It was all the more ef- fective because it was unexpected. | Mr. Nagel is one of the most wide! known and most prominent citizens of German descent in the United States. He has a large following among the so-called German-Ameri- | cans. | In the two days that have elapsed | since his statement was made the ef- have become noticeable. or i course, La Follette will receive very large number of German- | American votes in Missouri. But he is not going to get as many as was supposed. Many of the German- Ameri ns here feel that Mr. Nagel has clarified the atmosphere by his | plain statement of the political situa- tion and his denunciation of the La | Follette plan for taking away from the Supreme Court of the United States the final right to pas upon the donstitutionality of laws enacted by Congress. There are others who have not hesitated to denounce Mr. Nagel's position. War Issue Revival Hurts. Another factor which seems changing the situation here is Senator La Follette's St. Louis speech. There is a feeling that the Wisconsin sena- tor went too far in his discussion of war issues; that he opened old sores in a way which will work against him and force votes back into the old parties. Many of the German- Americans in this city were in the fighting forces of the United States during the war. They and their | families do not like it to be mad. | to appear that they were not heart | and soul on the side of their country during the war. It seems as though | Senator La Follette had saved | his ammunition dealing with the war ! to be used in an effort to clinch the German-American vote of St. Louis for the Independent Progressive ticket. But the reports I hear todiy are that he overplayed his hand. The way the German-Americans of |Missuurx vote will largely determine the outcome of the election November 4, and for that reason the details of the fight are especially interesting The German-American vote in St | Louis gnd adjoining counties brought | about the re-election of Senator Jim | Reed, Democrat, two years ago, when | their party went for Reed by 35,000, | although the Republican ticket here | | | fects to be was successful Mr. Nagel at_that time was support- ing Senator Reed. The vote of the jerman-Americans was cast for Reed, | because he was against the Versailles | treaty and Woodrow Wilson. It was | cast just as it was cast for Hardi in 1920, as a protest against the W son administration, under which the Tnited States had entered the war, and under which many citizens of German ancestry or birth had been treated with suspicion, and some cast | into jail. Nagel Speech Antidote. | The La Follette speech was ob- viously an appeal to the passions and prejudice of the German-Americans, and the Nagel statement came as an answer to this appeal. The La Fol- lette bid was too obviously racial, even some of the German-Americans |are admitting. John W. Davis is being pictured to the German-Americans as a right- of Woodrow Wilson, a friend of the Versailles treaty and | League of Nations. They are being told that if they vote for La Follette, and thereby make it possible for Davis to_carry Missouri, they will be doing their part toward throwing the | election of a President in Congress, with the probability that Davis will then be chosen Chief Executive, and. if not him, Gov. Bryan. There are a great many German- American business men in St Louis |and they are likely to follow Mr. Nagel. They, like other business | men, look askance at the possibility {of throwing the election of a Pres | { hand man | dent into Congress and deplore the period of uncertainty which must follow. The Democrats have a chance to | carry Missouri, don’t mistake me. | But instead of claiming the State by 100,000 or more, as they were doing. Ithe more conservative among them }me saying they think the State will (Continued on Page 5, Column 1)