Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. tonight Fair and cooler morrow; moderate to fres winds. Temperature for 24 hours Highest, 78, at 2 pm. today: vesterday: lowest, 54, today. Full report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 Entered as seco post office - MANILA PARALYZED BY FIERCE RIOTING AGAINST CHINESE Wood May Call U. S. Troops to Quell Disorders in | Racial Strife. BUSINESS AT STANDSTILL, SPREAD OF WAR FEARED' Danger to Orientals Seen if Poorly } Policed Provinces Be- i come Inflamed. | The Star and Chicago Daily Newse ILA, October 20.—Business in the city of Manila is absolutely para- lvzed this morning as a result of riot- ing against the Chinese during the past 48 urs. Gov. Gen. Wood is now personally in cting the situation to zscertain whether the native police under an American chief actually are unable to handle it, in which event he Wil order out the native constabu- lary within the city and within easy call from the provinces and also hav- in American troops as a last resort The Chinese all over the city are, Tocked u their she and L alike ch putting busines »: a standstill and making it imp i sible for neighborhoods to buy even table supplies, and the Chinese cooks in hotels, restaurauts and private louses are unable to get to the mar- hets for necessary purchases. Hence ure souring sky high for all smmodities. 1 the terrorism con- longer the whole city and v the poorest class, among wh the rioters are included, will feel the pinch of hunger. Wood Proceeds Carefully. nese firms having general stocks @ ing to millions of dollars housed even in the best modern con- buildings, have the all co barred and barricaded await- outcome of the rioting. Their ! proprietors believe that the most ef-| fectual step would be to call out a +mall detachment of American troops from the 3lst Infantry because they realize that the native policemen as well as the constabulary share the bitterness against thelr race, but ien. Wood desires to make sure be- fore resorting to extreme steps Meanwhile half a dozen cele stials &#re either dead of fatally wounded. and the mob spirit is growing rap-! idly and likely to spread into the pr inces, where the Chinese will be | ®till more at the mercy of the worst clements. The trouble began in the w front district, whete the natives clude large element of Visayan sail- ors and longshoremen, who hav throuzhout their history engendered the first strife between the Chinese wid the Filipinos in Manila A Fil pine storeman on Saturday afternoon livered two cascs of “Pancho Vil pemade” to a Chirese customer, wh d-ciared he had ordered only half a cuse, Whereapon @ quarrel began. Natives Deeply Stirred. People flocked into the store, caus inz 4 melee, in which one policeman was hurt, one was cut and was | shot. As various Chinese came to the storeman’s assistarce it was easy i the ricters to spread reports that | the Chinese had sent out secret rh’vl‘ calls, that they were not participat- ing in the trea-for-all fights accord- | ing to Queensbery regulations, and | to forth, and that they were taking | Jdvantags of the Filipinos. All of | this stirred up the fiercer race fire which were still more heated by r newed encou in the Azcarraga! district this morning, where one Chi- | nese and two Filipinos were killed licendiary fires in the Chinese shops hroke L during last night, but the fire department succeeded in extin- zuishing them before any real dam- | @xe occurred. However, the insurance | ompanies are alarmed because they varrying risks which run into many millions of dollars upon Chinese | properties. which without question | the rioters will endeavor to bur:i ! down unless tiey are checked. Among 1k properties are large stocks of haréwood lumber running into mil-| lions of dollars Bl i SESSIdN OF COUNCIL SURE ON MOSUL ROW: i Calle | i i | i | small w prices tinues e pecia i erety pletely ERUL | er- in- P League Arbitration of Dispute Be- tween Britain and Turkey to ? A | Be Attempted in Brussels. i i I the Assoriated Press. | « day that a sufficient number of| favorable replies had been received | from member nations to assure that | special meeting of the council to| settle the differences between Great | Britain and Turkey over the Irak houndary would be held. This meet ing, it was stated, would be held at| Brussels Octaber 27, instead of at| Paris, as had been originally | tended. Considerable criticism of the policy of holding the council and other league meetings outside of Geneva has arisen on the ground that such| procedure is unduly expensive and because Geneva is considered neutral. The council has adopted the prin- ciple that it shall not meet outside of Geneva more than once a year, and the December session this year will be held in Rome. The forthcoming special meeting at Brussels will be considered as exceptional. The agenda probably will be confined to the Mosul Loundary problem. e STORM ON BLACK SEA. Small Vessels Lost and Batum Is Inundated. BATIM, Republic of Georgia, Oc- tober 20.—A violent stormn has swept the Black Sea and numerous small vessels have been-lost. For four days heavy rains have prevailed here and: Batum is inun- dated. Much damage has been done nd the outskirts of the city are under a._foot of water, which is still rising. Washingtor and Ib and to- h northerly ending at at 3 p.m. 3:30 a.m. s nd class matter D. C. Epinard to Retire From Racing; Will Go to France Soon I the Associated Press NEW YORK, October b- inard, famous French thorough- bred, will not race aguin and will be retired upon his return to France. Pierre Wertheimer, owner of the horse, said today that his de- cision was prompted by a foot in- jury, which Epinard sustained last Saturday at Laurel, Md, where the horse was defeated for the fourth successive time since his American invasion M. Wertheimer disclosed that he had rejected an offer of $300,000, or approximately 6,000,000 francs, for Epinard, from a prominent American turfman. He said that since he had declined the oier he did not feel at liberty to disclose the name of the man making it DAVISF 20.— ORGES PIN HOPESUPON HOLSE New York Backers See Little! Hope of Victory if Choice Rests With People. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. NEW YORK, October 20.—Here in New York. where the fight for Davis is contered and directed, the one hope Democ cherish that the House, not the poeple, will el the next President of the States. In the quaint words of Demodratic national leader, it is con- sidered so slender a hope that “noth- ing but proce of mi can prevent the victory of Mr idge on November 1. There will no diminution of effort between now and election day to breathe life and vigor into the Davis campaign. Ail along the line a whirlwind finish is planned. But is plain pikestaff that Democratic | S face the final fortnight of the con- test as men with a long, steep hill ahead of them and with a painful realization that it is well-nigh in- surmountable New York nd are land tle anx New ts seriously is ) ion acles™ Cool- be it as as a s not the United States, presidential elections no longer won and lost on Manhattan Is- en Republicans recall, a lit- usly. that Hughes carried York in 1916 and was not elect- ed. So politicians of all hues are ahary about letting the atmospher: prevalent hereabouts lull them into wrong deductions. Hurt By Klan Stand. The shrewdest Republicans depre cate in particular the suggestion that Mr. Coolidge will duplicate the Hard- ing landslide majority of a n ion Two reasons are assigned for the un- lik¢lihood that the President wi approximate the Harding majority. In the first place. he is oppe d by La Follette, who will draw heavily, though not principally. from Repub- lican votes, both in Greater New York and up-State. In the d place— that is the main r on-—Mr. Coolidge’s refusal to assail the Ku Klux Klan by name will cost him tens of thousands of Republican Cath- olic, Jewish and negro votes all over the State. Defections from normal G. O. P. strength on that ore may g thé (oolidge majority down to as low as 300,000, or 700,000 below the Harding record breaker of 1920. The President’s failure to pillory the Klan is conspicuous because every other major candidate in the field in New York State has indicted the kluxers. Col. Roosevelt in his State campaigy having gone as far u Al Smith, and Davis and La Follette having emu- lated them. Trend of Wall Street. It is an old-time American com- monplace that nobody knows quite as accurately what's in the wind, politi- caliy and otherwise, as that w cal- culating old bird known as Wall Street. Wall street this ye has discounted a Republican national victory pn November 4 as thoroughly as a couple of weeks ago it discounted the success of the German loa Every future plan of “big busine: as far as it is directed from Wall street, had been predicated on the cer- tainty that the Coolidge administra- tion will be perpetuated. Commercial and financial New York | is filled with only one genuine con- cern about election events. It fears another radical-ridden Congre: inated as tyrannically lette bloc gress hax been. It also fears that Follette and Wheeler will roll up so huge a popular vote all over the coun- try that the foundations of a perma- nent radical party will be laid. “Big business,” therefore, would consider the election of Coolidge andsDawes only half a Republican victo) Frankly it anticipates the realization of the Democratic taunt that Repub- lican victory on November 4 will spell “Coolidge and chaos.” Few authori- ties in New York expect the Presi- NEVA, October 20.—Officials of | dent, if perpetuated in power, to com- | the League of Nations announced to- | mand a workable bloc of his own on | Capitol Hill. Fail to Get Cash. ew York is ideal terrain beneath which to explore- the causes which Democrats hold responsible for their light. It Is here that Mr. Davis was nominated, where he lives, where he practices law, where his personal friends are behind the guns on his in- | pehalf, where the finances of the cam- | paign are managed and where its high strategy is mapped out. One of the outstanding items in the long cata- logue of Democratic disappointments is the failure of Mr. Pavis' wealthy friends and clients to finance his campaign on anything remotely ap- proaching the expected scale. Davis’ (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) The United States Expects | Every American i to Do His Duty— 'VOTE s <« | | | | a@h United | generically | i WASHINGTON DEPOSITS HERE SE1 - NEW HIGH RECORD, -~ WITH §214338.064 Gain of $13,501,998 Shown by Banks From June 30 to October 10. {58 INSTITUTIONS NOW SERVING CAPITAL AREA Is | National, Savings and Trust De- partments of Finance Share Pros- perity, With Few Exceptions. BY CHAS. P. SHAEFFER District banks of deposit estab- lished a new high record on October |10, the date of Controiler Henry M s periodic call for statement of ¢ reporting total deposits | of kain of $13.501.- 998.65 over the previous call on June 30, 1924 National banks bering 13, poss money in the District collectively, a main of $9.304.191.45 with only_two members of showing & loss. Suvings bauks report total deposits 87 as of the latter report- $1.822,521.60 with while the seven | counted for $70,- 2 total and 285.60 of the gain. Three institutions of this cluss failed to show a gain. Call Came Opportunely. | call was timed advantageously institutions. October 10 Christias Savings Clubs Ly w majority of local approximating near their the prevailing low money rates in New York City aud other money markets of the country resuit- ed in abnormal balances carried with ondents, thus availing | of the (wo per cent in- paid here. Then, too, the Departnent has issued only number of calls for re- ds credited to the Gov- i, which has further augaent- Sum total The Rigss National Bank national section, as clusses, showing a gain of $3 i over the previous call. The District National was second with a gain of $1,320,515.33, which change was dis- counted to a certain extent Ly the absorption of the Standard National Letween calls. By this absorption the Distriet received deposits in the | neighborhood of $375.000. The Na- | Gonal ¥etropolitan reported a gain of § 2yi.os, and the Commercial Nutional gained $1,208,382.42 Leids Suvings Bank. The Washington Mechanics Savings | Bank lcd the savings mstitutions with a gain of $106.910.05, but, like the Discrict, this gain was discounted to the extent of about $330,000 i de- posits of the People's Commercial and Savings Banks which was absorbed | recently by the former institution The actual leader of the savings bank group was the Mount Vernon with a gain of $103.286.82, followe by the Potomac Savings, with a gain of $210,377.56 and by the Citizens’ Sav ings, with an increase of $151.2014 The gain International Ex- | chang is significant in that this institution, one of the so- carled smaller group, has never re- ported a loss since inception, three years ago. The American Security Company led the trust vision with a kain of §1.740,57 followed by the National Savinss Frust Company with a gain of $1, 336,07, and by the Union Trust Com- pany with au increase of $327.8818y. | tical veport on page 21 de- every institution is pre- was compiled by Audley P | of the National Savings and | Trust Company. On October 10 there were 42 banks | functioning in the District field, ex- | clusive of branches. The 13 national | banks maintain eight branches, the | savings banks two, and the trust companics six. Thus the District has 5% banks scattered throughout the territors. last Daw ndition, 1,538.064.58, a 5 issued of s more the city, num- than half the and reported, a num- ing date zain of 0455 of the a The for District tound the maintained banks at peak r local corre themselves T T @ [ -rnm ed th m rat: ury mnimum yment ot fu rest led it the bunk s ull and Trust| ompany _di- | SHENANDOAH FLES AHEAD OF STORM INears San Diego in Flight | From Camp Lewis to i Lakehurst Hangar. sociated Press. FRANCISCO, October 20.—The | Shenandoah was renorted moving close | to the Farrallone Islands, 25 miles iwes: of San Francisco, at 7:35 this morninfi, the radio operator on the is- The aircraft was going | land reported. toward San Francisco Bay. | The Shenandoah was traveling easily down the northern California shore line on its voyage from Camp Lewis, Wash- | ington, to San Diego, en route back to | its’ Lakehurst, N. J., hangar. | | It left Camp Lewfs at noon yester- | | day and the only deviations from a | | straight line of flight were a circle | | over Seattle, a trip inland up the Co- | lumbia River from Astoria part way to Portland and back yesterday afternoon | |and a flight over San Francisco Bay | this morning. ! The voyage of the big airship down night was ahead of a storm sweeping down from the north. Wireless mes- sages from on board declared it was expected the Shenandoah would reach its mooring mast at North Island, near San Diego, about 6 p.m., Pacific Coast time. >-— BOMBS PERIL BRITISH SUB? Four Dropped Near Craft by Man- churian Airmen. By the Associated Press. | CHINWANTA?, October 20.—Four | bombs, dropped by Manchurian air- men in the forcis of Gen. Chang Tso- 1in, fell within 7) yards of the British submarine L-73 yesterday. ’ the coast yesterday afternoon and last | ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER MARS’ INFLUENCE UPON RADIO BELIEVED PROVED BY CHECK-U WHOLESOM = MOVEMENT 1y O0UR PuBLIC LIFE W e W.G.MEADC® Aerial League Asserts Planet Creates Extra Static, Accounting For Queer Effects in August—Theory of Human Life There Strengthened. By Consolidated 1° NEW YORK, it is all over and the world down and almost forgotten that about August 24 it was all agog, ing to carry on a little neighborly with Mars, up steps the Aerial Le of America and begs to stir the people up again. No, we did not talk with Mars, and that “series of dots and dashes in no known code” that came in over xo many radio sets Was not a message sent ex- pressly to America by some enterprising scientist on Mars But we're going t inhabited—and that League comes in. For it's been carry ing on a check-up which Indicates that it is more likely that there are people on the sister planet than the most san- guine theorists had really hoped. Letters by the thousand have been ouring in in answer to the league's in- vitation to all the world to help it learn “the truth about Mars'" Prof. David Todd, egeritus professor of astronomy and navigation and director of the ob- servatory at Amherst College, and Now that has settled October 20 on or Xpect- chat gue in -t where the Ae 3STATES SHAKEN BYMYSTERY UAKE Seismographs Refute Thou- | sand Who Tell of Homes Disturbed at 3:30 A.M. South that Despite reports from Georgia Carolina and North Carolina earth tremors shook homes. dishes, disturbed dogs and awoke thousands of people from slumber at 3:30 o'clock this morning, Father Tondorf of the Georgetown Univer- sity was inclined to believe the d turbance was of other than seismic origin. The university seismograph recorded no disturbance. Augusta, Ga.; Ashville, N. C.; dersonville, N. C.; Spartanburg other South Carolina cities and a vast rural area are under investiga- tion today in the efforts of scientists to solve the mystery. It is doubted that rock blasting operations or any explosion of an artificial character could shake so wide a territory. FELT IN GEORGIA. Hen- Home of Government Official at Augusta Is Shaken. AUGUSTA, Ga., October 20.—Slight earth tremors were reported to the United States Weather Bureau about 3:30 a.m. by residents of one section of this city. Dr. J. E. Lovejoy, gov- ernment official, said the tremors caused his home to shake. SHOCES LAST MINUTE. Asheville and Hendersonville Shaken in North Carolina. * ASHEVILLE, N. C.. October 20.— Distinct earth shocks were felt in Asheville and Hendersonville at 3:30 o'clock this morning. The quake last- ed about one minute and consisted of a series of movements. At Hen- dersonville the shocks were more vio- lent than in this city. Window panes were rattled, mirrors and kitchen uten- sils were shaken. No damage was re- ued on Page 4, Column 7.) | The United $tates | [ Expects Every. American to Have { The Right to Vote,— Therefore, VOTE for National Representation for the District of Columbia. < T | | rattied | ana | predident of have scertain e wits noticed be- at the time of wriod between f last Woodhious Acrial League of working together what radial conne tween the two plane closest opposition. 1he June 1 September not only have they ch Mars ot as cold as it to be. and that quite pos i- warm encugh te sustain life. but they have learned that Mars played a considerable part in the radio transmission and recep- tion of that period of tion It was Mars that radio fans from their radio sets August when her ne than : Henry A o tion t 24 nd up that reported bly it human ked s was kept millions of hearing as well on on that memorable her orbit brought e will be in hun- dreds vears again. It wasx Mars that kept themr from tuning in on the distant places ordinarily “picked up.” it was Mars that made send- ing receiving i0 miessages difficult for many_ships at sea Mars did it all by creating “static” And the static was. due nued on Page 4. Column 3.) JUSERAND IN LI FORHGHESTHONDR Election to Academy of Im- mortals Considered as Reward to Envoy. re of extra to iCor « Prese, By the Associated PARIS, October A is under foot to reward Jules Ju and, French ambassador to the Un St for his distinguished as a diplomat nd writer, bringing about his to French Academy Election as a member of the “Im- mortals” does not lie within the gift of the French government, but must come about through the decision of the members of the famous academ: It is understood, however. that mirers in the academy of the vete cumbent of the Washington pos are already bringing forward the question of his election to one of the existing vacancies | The government receiv favor what it regards suggestion since it has within powers to bestow no other honor which would be an adequate recos- nition of its appreciation, M. Ji |and already p; ing the | eross of the Legion of Honor. | Premier Herriot, at a suitable mo- | ment, will send to M. Jusserand a |lctter expressing the deep respect in which he is held and the govern- ment’s appreciation of his services at Washington. Emile Dacschner, ted tes as election with great as a happs who will succeed !ing to semi-official pronouncement on contemplated changes in the French | diplomatic service, probadly will not go to Washington before the end of | the year. Nothing has yet been arrang- ,ed as to the time of the transfer of M. Jusserand’s duties. Age Retircment Cause. | The | templated by M. Herriot in the diplo- | matic service were based largely on | reasons of policy and politics but in !the case of M. Jusserand it was ichiefly a question of age. There is |no fixed age for the retirement of ambassadors but it was decided that the two oldest amongst them, Camille Barriere, ambassador at Madrid, who is 73, and M. Jusserand, who is nearly 70, should be retired at a moment when a general shake-up in the diplo- matic service was being made. ‘When M. Jusserand saw M. Herriot before the former’s departure for the United States in September, the premier did not mention the question of his retirement because it had not as_yet been decided upon. Under ordinary circumstances, M. Herriot, as premier, would have informed M. Jusserand of the intention to retire or transfer him before any public announcement was made. The pre- mier, however, did not do so because 80 many changes were to be made that he felt it would be impossible (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) Radio Programs—Page 18. M. Jusserand in Washington, accord- | OETEDICT | HE REPRESENTS A VIBRANT Anp closest opposi- | - Star. 20, 1924 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. » FIRES AT WOUNDED MAN ON STRETCHER ~'Negro Tries Second Time to Kill Employer in Rage Over Dismissal. 1 notif Luke. colo wounded his emple Rutherford, also colored. manager ot the Naticnal Lenefit Association, 609 F strect northwest, today he had just Robert seric muel W iriated Lecause d of his dismissal, d, and shot When Luke, who was in the custody | of Policeman McLarney of the sixth preciuct, saw the blood-covered form | been The every cit: as fast as tl Saturday’; Sunday’s New York to Fine |Jay Walkers Under New Regulations Iy the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October walkers will be subjelt to and fine under regulations which Police Commissioner Enright said today he hoped to make effective within six weeks. Pedestrian tradic would be guid- ed by the laws for motor vehicles, keeping to the right and moving at the corner policeman’s order. Pedestrian traflic controi was decided upon after every other means had been considered and discarded. the commissioner said 20.—Jay " RAILROAD STRIKERS *DUETRAL BY Y ' Supreme Court Holds Clayton Act Constitutional in Contempt Cases. the en- who of 1922 1 when charged with it 3 joined were Raiiroad employes | shopmen's strike {titled to jury | contempt of court the Supreme That part of the provided that « ,a trial Jury was declaregd by the court to be constitut.onal and valid. clationship employer and not court a workman zoes on strike and the prov the Clayton act for protection employe there- fore apply under such circumstances. The question had been brought be- fore the court by Sam Michaelson and others who had been employed by the “hicazo. St. Paul and Omaha Railway 4 who ciaimed that under the act they entitled to jury Clayton act which ployes may demand by i held, wher ions of Clayt trial n were a b; distriet Court Finding. t Court for The Federal Western Wisconsin held and the Sev- enth Cireuit Court of Appeals de- clared that part of the Clayton act which provided for trial by jury un- constitutional and found that the men had lost their standing of em- ployes of the railroad when the went on strike re, were not within th of the Clayton act, which applied only to employes. During the strike the Federal Dis- trict Court for Western Wisconsin issued a temporary injunction re- raining picketing upon the Chicago. Ristri r provisions | of his victim being carried from the | St. Paul and Umaha Railway to one | toward him movement | | | | | scene and noticed that he still lived, he out another pistol and fired point blank at the helpless man on the stretcher. The bullet, however, was deflected by the coat sleeve of Policeman M Larney and went wide of its mark. but severely burned the officer's arm ~ed through hisx garment. In excitement that ensued Luke broke from his captors and fled Racing down F street brandishing his revoiver. the negro frightened scores of pedestrians from the street and the policemen who followed. ied by McLarney, feared to fire at him with their own guns because of the possibility of hitting one of the many persons who filled the thorough whipped Autoist Joins Chawe. Charles W. Lippold, salesman and formerly a policeman, happened to be passing in his automobile. See- ing that the officers were being out- distanced he called them into his car and in a minute overtook the negro. Ax the policemen leaped from the car Luke leveled his pistol again. Apparently pture was withheld his fire he realized that his certain, however, for he and called out that he surrendered. He spoke just as one of the officers was about to bring him down with a pistol bullet, 1 hurried away to the sixth to prevent possible trouble from the hundreds of persons whe had collected in the meantime. Luke was employed as an agent by Rutherford. He had been ordered to turn in his books for balancing and had refused. As a result Rutherford called him into his effice this morn- ing to inform him that his discharge had been authorized and would take effect immediately. of warning the enraged negro whip ped out his revolver and opened fire. precinet Policeman Hears Shot. He fired three shots, penetrated Rutherford’s jaw —and telled him. Thinking he had killed his employer, Luke started down the | s by Po- met midway steps, but w ] liceman McLarney, who was coming up upon hearing the shots. Luke promptly surrendered and was being held for questioning when the form of his victim was carried past and the Second attempt was made. Detectives ~Cullinane 4nd O'Dea were rushed to the scene from head- quarters and for a time it was be- Heved Luke lad concealed a con- federate mear the sceme, and an eX- citing man hunt ensued for the next fifteen minutes. Then a colored sten- ographer positively asserted Luke lone during and ater the shooting and the search was aban- doned. Rutherford was hurried to Emer- gency Hospital and later sent to Freedmen's Hospital. There his con- dition was described as serious, but not necessarily fatal. Every tooth in his head had been knocked out and [ the bullet was located in the cheek many changes made and con- | opposite the one it had entered. —— Poland Gets Coins From U. S. WARSAW, October 20.—The first shipment of two-zloty silver coins minted for the Polish government in the United States arrived today. Without a word | one of which | | tepresentative of the strikers at each point of Ingress and egress. Shortl | thereafter the railroad complained | that the terms of the injunction were | not bLeing observed Ly jand sought to have | tor contempt ; Michaelson and his associates were Lrought into court, denied jury trial and sentenced for contempt Other Caxe Settled. Another case of a workman ar- rested for contempt in onnectior | with a strike was disposed of by the | court |78, C. sandefur was convicted of contempt in a Federal district court !in Kentucky on the charge that he [ had violated its order with respect | to the use and threats of {in connection with a strike against | the Canoe Creek Coal Company He demanded a trial by jury, but it J“as refused him. | " The sixtn Circuit Court of Appeal | asked instructions of the Suprem. Court as to whether the Clayton act providing for jury trials in contempt cases imposed a valid restriction upon the inherent judicial power of Fed- eral courts to punish for contempt. That question the Supreme Court today answered in the affirmtive. | EXPRESS WRECKED, " NUMBER INJURED | Pennsy Flyer Leaves Rails; Relief | Train Rushed to Derail- ment Scene. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH. Pa.. October 20.—The | commercial express on the Penn vania railroad was derailed near Longfellow, Pa. half way be- tween Altoona nd Harrisburg, the Pittsburgh offices of the road were advised this afternoon. A relief train was sent out from Altoona with doc- tors and nurses aboard. The entire train wa derailed, it was said. The train, operating between St. Louis and New York, was eastbound. It is one of the crack trains on the Pennsylvania system. Later advices received by the Penn- sylvania offices here were that the dining car and three slecpers on the rear of the train went over an em- bankment. behind the locomotiv, A number of persons were it was said ALTOONA, Pa., October 20.--Doc- tors. nurses and first aid supplies were placed aboard a special train. which left Altoona shortly before 1 were derailed. injured, Union, where the Commercial Express of the Pennsylvania railroad was de- railed. Firsts reports of the accident mentioned no casualties. Information received here of the derailment of the Commercial Express was to the effect that half a dozen persons were in- jured, none seriously. Walter Johnson’s Home Town Closes Every Store to Honor Hero of Series By the Associated Press. COFFEYVILLE, Kan., October 20. —In gala attire, Coffeyville today honored Walter Johnson, pitcher for the Washington world cham- pions, upon his return home. Each year, for many seasons, Johnson's homecoming has been made a holiday. And when it be- came apparent that Walter was to figure In the world series this year plans were made to make his 1924 homecoming the biggest of the entire 18 Walter Johnson days which Coffeyville has ob- served. At Forest Park a crowd esti- mated at 10,000 persons partici- pated in Walter Johnson day and witnessed a ball game Dbetween the Coffeyville Refiners and the Caney Blues, with Walter pitch- ing for the Refiners. kvery store was closed and on each door was a card announcing “This store is closed in honor of Walter John- son day.” The entire town was bedccked in flags and bunting and even the school children were given a day off. the strikers them punished violence | today | The coaches immediately | p.m. today for Longfellow, near Mount | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” Star’s carrier system covers very / block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes he papers are printed. 94,860 104410 ¥ 'TWO CENTS. WHITE HOUSE ASKS GORDON REPORT ON RENTING SITUATION Slemp Requests Official Find- ings on Trust Pyramid- ! ing Charges. s Circulation, Circulation, NO VIOLATIONS OF LAW SUSTAINED. IS BELIEF Courthouse Gossip Insists Only “High Financing” Has Been Revealed. | i Uhited States Attorney hax been amining months a report of Senate in- vestigation | charges of the ex istence of u “real estate ring” in Washington to bLoost rents pyramiding of trusts on apartment | bouses. was asked today by C. Bascon lemp. secretary to President Coolidge for @ report of his findings in the | matter. Mr. Slemp consulted Attorney i Gordon Ly phone today and advised |him of the receipt President Coolidge of « petition from the Tenants' League for a report on t rental conditions and requesting per mission to erect tents on the Ellipse commodate tenants no threatened with eviction Maj told the secretary that he will prepare a 1 port and submit it by next Thursday The prosecutor declined to discuss the nature of the report, but it has Leen current gossip about the court- house that examination by three as- sistants to Mr. Gordon into the re- ! port in question failed to show any evidence of criminality which might be submitted tc a grand jury for its action. Whatever evidence of “high finance” might be shown by the charges in the report. these assistants were not able, it is understood, 1o point out evidence of false pretenses or other violations of local laws jordon. who for several Ty Gordon Preside Shows Deep Interest. The action of the White House tu day in seeking information on the real estate question here is an out- growth of the promise made Satur day by Mr. Slemp to a special com- mittec which called at the Executive Mansion and sought the aid of Pres- ident Coolidge for an improvement lin the housing situation. Mr. Cool- idge has shown a deep interest i the tenants' position. At that time Mr. Slemp said he would ask Maj Gordon why there has been such i delay in his office in the matter « action upon ‘the Senate District com mittee report on housing comditions here. The .committee was authorized t appear at the White House by hun dreds of Washingtonians who & tended the mass eting Friduy night in the Masgoni Temple und:i the auspices of the Tenants' Leagus At this mecting the tenants were ad dressed by Mrs. Clara Sears Taylo member of the Rent Commissios Mrs. John N. Speel, president of District Federation of Women Clubs, and Mrs. William L. Chamber- lain, president of the Housekeepers { Alliance. The committee bore an ap- peal to the President requesting per- mission, “should the necessity de- velop, to use the Ellipse as well as Army tents and camping outfits for as many persons as shall be made homeless by eviction.™ In rarard to this request, Secretary of War Weeks, who has jurisdiction over the Government reservation, said today that while no action had beer taken on the proposition, it was cu- tirely clear that the War Depart without authority to loan tents for that purpose. It was explained that Army tents frequently had been erected on the grounds in years past for the accommodation of an soldiers attending reunions in this city, but only after specific authority from Congress in each casc |SOVIET DELAYS ACTION | ON PACT WITH BRITAIN | Ratification of Treaty Held Up Because of Governmental | Crisis in England. By the Associated Press MOSCOW, October 29 by the Soviet government of the Anglo-Russian agreement has been postponed, owing to the governmental ! crisis in England, it is definitely sta: ed in a resolution of the centra! executive committee of the govern- ment introduced before the all-Rus sian parliament. Favorable termination in the near future of the negotiations with Japan and early unconditional recognition of the Soviét by France are expected. according to the resolution, which congratulates the government on the re-establishment of normal relations with China and the acquisition of the Chinese Eastern Railway. The foreign commissariat is in- structed to continue its policy of pro- moting and consolidating friendly, relations with forelgn countries.®Tl resolution closes by counseling unre- mitting and uncompromising struggle against all who attempt to dislodge tic Bolshevik regime. ~Ratification BRITISH SEND INDIAN | GRENADIERS TO CANTON Troops Dispatched as Precaution- | ary Measure in Strife Between { Two Chinese Groups. | By the Associated Pre: | 'HONGKONG, October 20.—A de- |tachment of 50 Indian grenadiers. with ammunition and machine guns, {left here for Shameen, the British | concession in Canton, last night. It was said they were sent as a pre- cautionary measure. Trouble started in Canton several jdays ago between ‘the merchants voluneter corps, known as “The Fas- sti of China,” and the so-called Red Army” of Chinese laborers. ! which resulted in a declaration of | martial law. This was followed by | further fighting between rival Yunn and Cantonese troops who disputed over the allotment of loot and arms taken from members of the mer- chant's volunteer corps.