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ey OO 2 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1924. : o e e e e D e e e e e W e e e e e - o T s Dutch Enraged by Margarine Ads _ DAWES' AID LAUDED BY BRITISH ENVOY Europe Is More Hopeful Than in Ten Years, Declares Sir Esme Howard. By the Associated Pross NEW YORK, October 22.—Although the Dawes reparation plan has bheen in operation but a short time there is “more hope, more good will, aye. and more charity abroad in Europe (han there has been for 10 years at if not almost from time im- memorial,” Sir Esme Howard, Brit- ish Ambassudor to the United States, declared in an address here today at @ luncheon of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation. Speaking upon the general subject of economics in international polities and internationai trade as a factol for peace, the Ambassador also re- ferred to past activities of certain con- cession hunters and company promot- least, | slight ers In world fields, which sometimes | have threatencd the peace of thej world. He declared that there 1 ¥ { one way to ellminate this possible Qanger to peace and good will, and| that is by the strict application o the American doctrine of the ‘open| door.” j Learned From Dawes Repdrt. | ©If there is one thing we hav learnt during the last few strenuous and terrible veare” he said. “it is the necessite of recognizing the value of «:wngmbes in international | politics. Nothing has, I belleve, ever| brought this so home to the worll as the struggle over the Dawes repa- ration scheme, which brought the whole question out of the murky| atmosphera of sentiment and politics down onto the bedrock of hard eco- nomic fact and proved to those in- terested that it is. when You come to dealing in sums required for repara- tions, almost as difficult to receive| them without upsetting the economic apple cart as to pay them. “Even now there are many who be- | tieve that the payment of the sums | fixed by the Dawes plan may produce economic convulsions in the creditor countries. That is a point of view which even the greatest financiers at the Paris conference barely hinted at, but now the doctors are ugreed that a surfeit of gold or goods may prove as indigestible to a nation as a sur- feit of mince ples.at Christmas to a schoolboy Sympathy for France. There is not one of us, I venture to say, who did not wish from his whole heart that France might be completely and fully indemnified for the great and terrible losses she suf- fered in the war, even though we might not agree exactly as to the methods. Well, now, thank God, we have had the best financlal doctors in council and they have prescribed a| remedy and the different have had the good sense to try the cure prescribed! | “Already the effects of this are | visible, although the plan has only actually been in operation a few days. There is, 1 venture to say, more hope, | more good will—aye, and more charity— | abroad in Eutope than there has been | for 10 years at least, if not almost | from time immemorial. I am. I fear, a natural optimist, but when I read the speeches of the various statesmen at the opening of the fifth assembly of the League of Nations 1 could not help feeling that even those who might dlsagree with some of the things they said must be convinced that they, ane and all. were inspired | with a genuine heartfelt desire to/ establish a reign of peace on earth and were not paying mere lip serv- | ice to the cause of peace. Not a Propagandist. “I hope that any reference to the speeches at Geneva will not be con- strued by any one as an attempt to influence American public opinion one way or another with reference to the league. Every American citizen has a right to his own opinion on this subject, as on every other, and I have | no wish to attempt to inflience Amer- fcan opinion on this or any other po- litical question of the day. even if I could do so, which I do not for a mo- | ment believe. . “All I wish to stress in saying what I have said is that, in my opin- fon, the statesmen of Europe have shown by their public utterances on that occasion that they are more ear- nest and .truly determined than ever before to lay the foundation of an en- during peace among nations, and for this they should have the credit. Peace, lasting, enduring, is the est objective of any statesman ' today. War, modern war, can only be | destructive and ruinous in an ever- increasing degree. It is your busi- ness, you who are interested in world commerce and affairs * * * to see to it that your business is not such as to endanger peace and good will among nations. * » BT Public Interext First. “I should like here, If T may do so without Impertinence, to quote some words of the President of the United States in a recent speech. He sald: “‘It 1s no part of public policy, as the American people now conceive it, to tear down lesitimate and useful business. But it is their firm deter- mination that business forms and methods shall be subordinated to the public interest.’ “There we have it all In a nutshell, But if business forms and methods shall be subordinated to the public interest at home, how much more im- portant is it that they should be so subordinated abroad, where the clash of competition may easily produce ill will and serfous complications with other countrigs and so endanger that will to peace which we are all agreed should be the principal aim of all? “Before the war, governments of many countries were, in my humble opinion, far too much inclined to push | with all the strength they could the interests in foreign countries of con- cession hunters and company pro- moters of their own nationality. * * ¢ In fact, it may be said without any exaggeration that this was one of the principal causes, for there were many, of the late war. I do not hold a brief for any government. To be quite frank, I think none gould afford to throw a stone at any other in this matter. * * ¢ Open: Door Advocated. “Certain concession hunters have no hesitation in getting up news paper and poiitical agitations to fur- ther their objects, and by doing so to embroil their own country with other | friendly countries against whom' every conceivable story may besinvented. There is, I think, only one way to eliminate this possible danger to peace and good will and that is by the strict application of the American doctrine of the ‘open loor. 1. e., perfect equality of oppor- tunity to all in the matter of these concessions in undeveloped or semi- developed countries, and by what I may call u self-denying agreement among natlons by which they will pledge themselves not to support in any -way the efforts of their own natidnals to obtain concessions in such-countrie “Let it be to the concession hunt- ers to persuade the governments of those countries that they are the most suifable persons to obtain the conces- sione they want. In this way an enor- mous amount of intrigue would be sto] and one of the principal sources of 1 I in international affairs would be dried up. "The oper deor combined with & falr | Government ] sible war. patients | - WALES TO RIDE MARE HE RODE IN ENGLAND Drag Hunt in Massachusetts To- morrow Affords Prince Re- newal of Old Acquaintance. By the Associated Press. HAMILTON, Mass, October 22. The Prince of Wales will ride a saucy little chestnut mare, Desert Queen, from the stables of his hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Tuckerman, jr. when he goes out with the Myopia Hunt Club pack on a drag hunt here tomorrow afternoon. It will be a renewal of an old acquaintance, be- cause the prince saw Desert Quoen on the hunting flelds of England wheén Mr. and Mrs. Tuckerman went across for a season with packs of Belvolr and Cottesmore a vear ago. The acquaintance begun at that time led to the invitation which is bringing the prince here for his last visit in this country before returning home. The Prince of Wales' poned until tomorrow because chill developed at will be & short one. row forencon, he midnight for New steamer Olympie for home. In con- equence Mr. and Mrs. Tuckerman had to change thelr plans There will be a drag hunt visit, post- of a Arriving tomor- will leave about York to and dancing in the prince’s day, as orix- | pro- | nally planned. but a two-day gram has been contracted into one. EVIDENCE T0 START [N OIL SUIT TRIAL U. S. Ready to Adduce Testi- mony to Prove Profiteer- ing Plot in Deal. By the Associated Press. LOS AN , October 22.—The today was ready to adduce testimony in support of the charge that a profiteering plot lay behind the granting to Doheny in- terests in 1922 of certain contracts and leases involving naval oil re- serves in California in its suit against | the Pan-American Petroleum & Trans- | port Co. for cancellaiton of those con- tracts and leases. Frank J. Hogan, chief counsel for the defense, said in his opening state- ment yesterday there was no prof- iteering back of the oil lease trans- actions and that they were based on a desire to protect the United States by providing at Pearl Harbor, Hawall, | a hoard of oll to fuel the countr: oil-burning dreadnaughts Far-sighted Navy officials. not Secretary of the Lnterior Alhert B. Fall, planned that move, Mr. Hogan declared. Mr. Fall played but a purely formal and perunctory part, sald Mr. Hogan. Names Authors of Plan. Edwin Denby, then Secretary of the Navy, -and Admiral chlef of the Navy's Engineering Bureau, he told the court, were the real prime movers in the lease trans- actions, and their motive was to “convert crude oil thousands of feet under ground into fuel oil available for instant use” in war time. Owen J Roberts, special counsel for the Government, in opening the case, stressed the connection of Ad- miral Robison, but declared Robison was “an intimate friend of Doheny, sr., and Doheny, jr.,, and notified them that he had been made chilef of the Engineering Bureau as soon as he recelved his appointment.” Tells of Conference. Robison then met in conference with Mr. Fall, also a friend of the Dohenys, “and adopted an immediate program” whereby, with the approval of Secretary Denby, the Elk Hills Naval Reserve was turned over to the Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company under “an oil- swapping arrangement whereby the Government was to receive Pearl Harbor storage in return for Elk Hills oil, said Mr. Roberts, He pointed out as significant that “almost immediately after Robison stepped into office the Fuel Oil Bu- reau,” which had been created in 1920 to supervise the operation of the oil reserves, “was abolished and Robison assumed responsibility for the fueling of naval vessels.” e T T 5 TRENTON DEATHS RAISE TOTAL TO 13 (Continued from First Page.) may become Ignited by even the slight friction resulting from contact with the walls of the hoist. As a precaution against damaged powder, naval regulations require a dally inspection of the magazine of each ship and actual tests of samples of the explosives stored there, These tests are designed to show infallibly whether the powder has changed from its normal state. Three experts of the Bureau of Ordnance were ordered to Norfolk late yesterday to assist in the in- quiry into the disaster . The details were made by Secre- tary Wilbur when officials at Nor- folk reported they were unable to find the slightest clue to the cause of the catastrophe. The only theory advanced in communications to the department was that powder charges being hoisted to the guns may have caught and in some way become ignited by friction. So far as could be learned at the department, the records of the Navy show no parallel accident. The officers_sent from Washington were Commanders Harvey Delano and Garrett Schuyler and Chief Draughts- man G. A. Chadwick. Mills Lengthen Hours. MANCHESTER, England, October 22—The spinners of American yarn have declded on an increased working week from 28% hours to 32 hours, beginning November 3. The step was taken upon complaints by manufac- turers of slowness in deliveries. The change is taken as proof that trade is improving. DANIELS SEES NEW PLOT. PASADENA, Calif, October 22— Another Teapot Dome scandal is hid- ing in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, told & Dem- ocratic mass meeting here last night. “There are powers at work In the Republican party,” he sald, “which would like to turn over the water resources of the Nation to private parties who would make & billlon dol- lars’ profit out of them. fleld and no favor should be the slogan in these matters if we value peace and good will more than the profits of a'few concession hunters and company pro- moters against whom I have nothing to say except in 86 far as they may make trouble for my country with other coun- tries. But to eecure this some form of international arrangement is, I think, necessary, or we shall fall back gquickly the crack | Montreal, | take the | fn a pos-| K. Robison, | ASK DEPORTATION OF TONG WAR HEAD On Leong Group Outline Step as Vital to Peace Be- tween Factions. | I Ty the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 22-—Deporta- tlon of a former member of the On Leong Tong, cently released in Chi- |cago on $3,000 bail on an extortion |charge, is an essential preliminary to peace between the Hip Sing and On Leong Tongs, Dr. Carleton Simon, special depuly police commissioner, was told last night when he and oth- er police officlals conferred with On | Leong Tong leaders. The war between the tongs centers Chinese in question, the informed. He Is described as the leader of a band of 13 Chinese | who were expelled from the On Leong | Tong in Boston after being accused lof extortion and conspiracy. All the i this gang are sald t arrested In Cleveland, their leader is alleged to have and are belteved to have been d out by the Hip Sing Tong. he leader is thought to have re- | ceived his bail in Chicago from the me source. * Dr. Simon sa!d after the conference that, so far as he knew, the man in question has no police record He sald he intended to wire Chicago police r fing prints and other data, In se the Chinese’'s admittance to this country found to have been -il- legal, fn order to carry out the de- portation proceedings. LABOR DELE about the police we whence DELEGATION EXPENSES TO D. C. PAID BY O’CONNOR (Continued from First Page.) $10,000,000 to $12,000,000 is being raised for use in this campalgn. Joseph P. Grundy. a Bristol, Pa. manufacturer and chalrman of the ways and means committee in Penn- sylvania for the Republican national committee, was summoned as the firsu witness for a wide range of question- ‘ng with specific attention to what Ne had done in the way of raising campaign funds in his State. The committee already had before {contended he addressed to the “citizens of Pennsylvania” appealing { for funds. These sald he had been | asked by the Republican mnational committee to “raise every possible dollar in Penn: vania outside of the Pittsburgh dist nd declared that the country, the Government and “our institutions and industries” would be in peril if the La Follette movement was successful Besides Mr. Grundy, the committee has summoned several other officials |of the Pennsylvania wa s and means committee, fncluding Samuel M Vauclain, president of the Baldwin | Locomotive Works, and Chester W. | Hll. secretary. Other Philadelphia | witnesses are Bdward T. Stotesbury, {alleged by La Follette to be chairman of a bankers’ committee to raise funds for the support of the Coolldge-Dawes | ticket, and Nathan T. Folwell, treas- | urer the Manufacturers’ Club of | Philadeiphla, who was to receive con- | tributions by the members of that club to a Republican campaign fund. Folwell also is a member of the ex- ecutive committee of the Pennsyl- Vania ways and means committee. The Democrats expect to end their campalgn with a good-sized deficit and to spend not more than $750,000 for their entire campalgn, the in- vestigating committee was told yes- terday by Clem L. Shaver, chairman, and James W. Gerard, treasurer, of the Democratic national committee. i Of this prospective total, $545,440 has been contributed, and $597,119 spent. Of this, $461,801 has actually been paid, and there is an existing deficit | o $18,000, according to Mr. Gerard's | testimony. The examination of Mr. Shaver and Mr. Gerard consumed less than an hour and as no other witnesses were available, the inquiry was adjourned over amtil late today, when the La Follette charges, of a Republican “slush” fund were to be investigated further. Only three of the five mem- hers were present yesterday, Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, chairman, and Senators Caraway, Arkansas, and Bayard, Delaware, Democrats. The absentees were Senators Jones, Re- publican, Washington, and Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, Minnesota. Did_Not Predict $1,500,000. When Mr. Gerard placed the maxi- mum budget at $750,000 Chairman Rorah asked him about a recent statement lissued by the Democratic national committee that at the out- side $1,500,000 would be raised. “I am not in charge of the conduct of the campaign” Mr. Gerard said, adding that he assumed that the committee would spend $1,600,000 “if they gave It to us.” Both the former Ambassador t6 Germany and Mr. Shaver said they knew of no organizations except the national committee that were under- taking to raise any substantial sums for the Democratic campaign. Mr. Gerard said there were organizations llke the Young Men's Democratic Clubs and Women's organizations, but that the national committee had contributed to them. Responding to inquiries as to funds raised by State committees, the na- tional treasurer said he had no specific knowledge, but assumed they were mnot raising any large amounts, since the national organization had been called upon by them for aid in a number of States. These contribu- tions were placed at an aggregate of $29,700, the witness said. Mr. Gerard presented to the com- mittee a detailed list of contributors to the Democratic fund, which had been made public in New York. Chalrman Borah questioned him as to the identity of the larger of the contributors, including Thomas L. Chadbourne, a New York banker, who gave $25000; John D. Ryan, president of the Anaconda Copper Company, who contributed $5,000; Francis P. Garvan, former alien property custodian, who donated $10,000, and a number of others. These | Included Bernard M. Baruch, $26,000; Henry Morgenthau, former ambassa- dor to Turkey, $21,000; Frank L. Polk, former under Secretary of State, $5,000; Chairman Shaver, $10,- 000; Mr. Gerard, $13,000, and Cleveland H. Dodge of New York, $5,000, Repiyng to questions by Frank P. Walsh ot Kansas City, personal coun- sel for Senator La Follette, Mr. Ge- rard sald he knew of no organiza- tions of bankers or businessmen or others who might be beneficiaries of a tarift law, who were collecting funds for the support of the Davis- Bryan ticket, : Chairman Shaver was questioned only briefly. He estimated that the deficit at the end of the campaign might total $150,000.and sald there were no plans for underwriting it. ponding to Chairman Borah, he said he had never heard of any plans “for the purchase of any news- papers in Tennessee for the benefit of Democratic campaign.’ 1 wish somebody would buy the Banner In Tenn interposed Senator Caraway, “and turn it over to your men. It is Democratic all the time except at election time. “In that case you would have to spend more - than | $760,000,” Chals- man Borah observed with a smile, it coples of four letters which it is| [BRYAN WINDS-UP FIGHT IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Candidate Faces Most Enthusiastic Audiences in Campaign in Mining Belt. By the Associnted Press. FAIRFIELD, 1ll, October 22.— Working his way north through the coal districts of southern Illinois, Gov. Charles W. Bryan, Democratic nominee Ifor Vice President, faced the most enthusiastic sudiences he has had since the opéning of the campaign at Christopher, Benton, Mount Vernon and thix city. Starting with only two automobiles from Murphysboro yesterday morning, the nominee's party plcked up long trails of flag-bedecked cars at each city where it stopped, and at Mount Vernon, the nearest place to Salem, the birthplace of the nominee, 16 cars filled with cheering citizens of that town Jjoined the party and accom- panied Gov. Bryan to Falrfield. In all his specches Gov. Bryan ressed the need of election to office of John W. Davis, the party's stand- ard bearer, and all the Democratic State officers. Following his speech here, in which he discussed farm and labor condi- tions, the vice presidential nominee left for Robinson, where he wound up his Hlinols campaign with a speech last night. e AUTO DEATHS HERE - EXGEED U. 3. RATE 86 in 1923 Figured at 18.1 Per 100.000 Population. 14.9 Was Country Average. With 88 deaths from accidents caused by automobiles and other mo- tor vehicles, excluding motor cycles, during 1923, representing a rate of 18.1 per 100.000 population, the mor- tality rate from motor accldents in Washington was below that of 33 of 6% cities surveyed by the (‘ensus Bu- I’renu. although the rate here exceed- ed by more than 3 per cent tne Nation-wide death rate of 14.9 per 100,000 brought about by similar ac- cidents. A total of 14412 deaths from mo- tor usccldents were shown for 192 in the Census Bureau summary, cov ering the death registration area of tha United States, which contains 876 per cent of the total population The 1923 death rate for the registra- tion area of 149 per 100,000 com- {pares with 12,5 in 1922; 11.5 in 1921 and 10.4 in 1920. By States California headed the list with a rate of 326 deaths per 100,000 population, while Wyoming was second with a rate of 24.1 In the 68 cities in which stdtistics were gathered Camden, N. J., led with a | rate of 35.4, and Scranton, Pa. was | second, with 29.2 The State in which the death rate from motor accidents was lowest was Mississippi, whete the number per 100,000 was 4.4. Kentucky had the next best record with 6.7. Among cities where an esiimate was Dos- sible, New Bedford, Mass.. was lowest, with a rate of 6.2, and Fort Worth, Tex., ranked next with 6.3. Figures by States, with the total number of killed and the rate per 100,000 follow - Californ! 157 and 1,239 and 32.6; Colorado, Connecticut, 249 and 16.9; Delaware, 55 and 23.9; Florida 170 and 16.2; Georgia, 259 and 8.5; Idaho, 51 and 10.8; Illinois, 1,031 and 15.2; Indiana, 433 and 14.4; Jowa, 242 and 9.8; Kansas, 217 and 121 Kentucky, 166 and 6. 15% and 8.57 Maine, 91 and 11 d, 243 and 16.1; Mas 6§12 and 15.2; Michigan, 738 and 18.6; Minnesota, 328 and 13.1; Mississippl, 78 and 4.4; Missouri, 398 and 11.6; Montana, 49 and 8.0; Nebraska, 123 and 9.2; New Hampshire, 59 and 13.2. New Jersey, 672 and 19.9; New York, 1,930 and 17.8; North Carolina, 258 and 9.8; Ohio, 1,078 and 17.6; Oregon, {120 and 14.6; Pennsylvania, 1,692 and 17.5; Rhode Island, 97 and 15.5; South Carolina, 119 and 6.8; Tennessee, 171 and 7.1; Utah, 60 and 12.6; Vermont, 46 and 13.1; Virginia, 200 and 8.3; Washington, 240 and 10.7; Wisconsin, 292 and 10.7; Wyoming, 51 and 24.1. Deaths Total 5,618, In the 68 cities listed there was a total of 5618 deaths. The number killed and rate per 100,000 in these cities follow Akron, 40 (rate per 100,000 not com- puted); Albany, 27 and 23.0; At- lanta, 55 and 24.7; Baltimore, 131 and 16.9; Birmingham, 49 and 25.0; Bos- ton, 133 and 17.3; Bridgeport, 23 (rate per 100,000 not computed); Buffalo, 137 and 25.5; Cambridge, 28 and 25.1: Camden, 44 and 35.4; Chicago, 589 and 20.4; Cincinnati, 102 and 25.1; Cleveland, 203 and 22.8. Columbus, 58 and 22.2; Dallas, 34 and 18.7; Dayton, 27 and 16.3; Den- er, 45 (rate per 100,000 not com- puted); Des Moines, 18 and 12.8; De- trolt, 252 (rate per 100,000 not com- puted); Fall River, 23 and 19.0; Fort Worth, 9 and 6.3; Grand Raplds, 27 and 15.5; Hartford, 40 and 26.3; Hous- ton, 25 (rate per 100,000 not com- puted); Indianapolis, ‘53 and 15.5; Jersey City, 37 and 12.0; Kansas City, Kan., 12 and 10.4. Kansas City, Mo., 86 and 24.4; Los Angeles, 224 (rate per hundred thou- sand not computed); Loulsville, 66 and 26.6; Lowell, 18 and 15.6; Mem- phis, 46 and 27.0; Milwaukee, 62 and 12.8; Minneapolis, 60 and 14.7; Nash- ville, 28 and 22.8; New Bedford, 8 and 6.2; New Haven, 28 and 16.2; New Or- leans, 68 and 16.8; New York, 964 and 16.3. Newark, 107 and 24.4; Norfolk, 13 and 8.2; Oakland, 50 and 20.8; Omaha, 40 &nd 19.6; Paterson, 39 and 27. Philadelphia, 294 and 16.3; Pitts- burgh, 146 and 23.5; Portland, Ore- gon, 39 and 14.3; Providence, 52 and 21.5; Reading, 27 and 24.3; Richmend 26 and 14.4; Rochester, 44 and 13.8; St. Louis, 168 and 20.9, St. Paul, 69 and 24.4; Salt Lake City, 20 and 15.8; San Antonia, 30 and 16.2; San Francisco, 107 and 19.9; Scranton, 41 and 29.2; Seattle, 55 (rate per hun- dred thousand not computed); Spo- kane, 15 (rate per hundred thousand not computed); Springfield, Mass., 23 and 15.9; Syracuse, 43 and 23.3; To- ledo, 63 and 23.4; Trenton, 36 and 28.3, Washington, 86 and 18.1; Wilming- ton, Del., 29 and 24.6; Worcester, 33 and 17.2; Yonkers, 17 and 1538 Youngstown, 37 and 24.6. —_— Queen Is Sinking. By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, October 22.— The general condition and strength of Dowargr Queen Louise of Denmark, who has been ill fof some time, are less satisfactory, it is officially stated today. Her respiration is weaker. Sent to Hospital. Manning Spotswood, Capt. Commands Are Changed. Comdr. A. B. Reed, commanding the U. 8. 8. Worden, and Lieut. Comdr. A. MoGlasson, commanding the U, 8. 8. Converse, have been ordered to ex- change commands. Lieut. John Chap. man, at the naval base, Hampton Roads, Va., has been assigned to the command of the U. S. 8, 8-3L Louisiana, | HIGHER RENTS SEEN [F LAW 1S UPSET Tenants’ League Is Aided by Housekeepers’ Alliance in Housing Situation. The housing and rent situation in the District of Columbla from the viewpoints of the Rent Commission and the Tenants' League was de- scribed in addresses at a meeting of the Housekeepers' Alllance of the District of Columbia in the Woman's Unlversity Club yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor of the Rent Commission. the first speaker, de- clared the Rent Commission was im- partial in dealing with both renters and owners, but she emphasized that without the Rent Commission thére would be a general inflation of ren- tals which the tenants would find burdensome. She denfed that the request of the Tenants' League that President Coolldge make a provision for the erection of tents on the Elllpse was propaganda of the Rent Commission. Keep Within the Law. ‘Many of the so-called “high finance” methods employed to ralse the real value of apartment houses, continued Mrs. Taylor, have been said by the authorities to be unfalr, but not illegal, and that thercfore, the Rent Commission was unable to take action against those using such methods. “Much high financing done in the District,” she added, “is done by out- of-town financial interests.” Mrs. Taylor told the Alliance that the pay of many of the Government employes was only sufficient to enable them to pay rentals before the in- flation of prices occurred, and cited cases where old people, who had been Uving in a house for years, were forced to move when the rentals were saised. The rentals of the old houses were raised, in many cases, she ex- plained, by their owners placing re- constructlon values upon them In conclusion, Mrs. Taylor sald that “conditions exist in the District of Columbia that a person couldn't stand without some protection and this protection is needed as long as the District of Columbia is governed un- der the present system—where the residents haven't the right to vote.” Mrs. Taylor was referring to such protection as Is provided for tenants through the Rent Commission. Prosecutor ix Flayed. Following Mrs. Taylor's address, Mrs. H Brown, president of the Tenants' League of the District of Columbia, flayed District Pe which he I8 alleged to have stated that the owners of the apartments uld not be prosecuted tain methods of “high finance” possible under these conditions, then it would also be tmpossible If I reach- | vour pocket continued and rs. hand your into purse,” ed m stole Brown. The alliance adopted a resolution pledging support to the Tenants' League. The president of the alliance, Mrs. Wil- liam E. Chamberlin, was authorized to appolnt a committee to see what can be done toward obtaining a smokelese Washington. The latter authorization | tollowed complaints from members of | the ailiance that many of the apart- ment houses were burning soft coal which was declared to be objectionable HOME HEADS 0. K. FIRE HAZARD FIGHT Agree to Aid Commissioners to Reduce Danger in Charity Institutions. Representutives of more than a dozen charitable institutions and other homes attended a public hearing it the Distrigt Building today and promised to co-operate with the Commissioners, in any reasonable steps to reduce the fire risk in sich bulldings. Spokesmen for several of the in- stitutions, however, told the Com- missloners that they did not see how they could provide completely fire- proof structures in place of their present quarters. The hearing was prompted by a set of tentative regulations submitted to the Commissioners by Fire Chief Wat- son following a blaze some weeks ago in the Bruen Home for Children, 2535 Eleventh street, which was a frame structure. One of the speakers at the hearing today was Mrs. LaVerne Beales, treas- urer of the Bruen Home, who said that the fire at her institution prompted her to make the suggestion that there be more rigid inspection of child-caring homes in the future. She explained that the Bruen Home had a wooden stairway on the rear of the building, and that while the place was inspected the officials of the home had never had the danger of such a stairway pointed out to them. Explains Conditions. J. M. Kenyon, speaking for the Chevy Chase Sanitarium, said it was the desire and determination of that institution to comply with every rea- sonable regulation and to uphold thé hands of the Commissioners, but that the sanitarium would not be in a po- sition to comply with an order to com- pletely fireproof the structure inside and out. ‘W. W. Millan appeared for the Odd Fellows' Home and urged that the Commissioners in passing their regu- lations make some discrimination be- tween the requirements that should be 1ald down for large institutions and small ones. He pointed out that there are only seven persons in the 0Odd Fellows' Home, which is a sub- stantial old brick dwelling. He sald that this was hardly more than an average family living in a three-story brick dwelling. Representatives of several other in- stitutions explained the conditions in thelr respective buildin; The Commissioners will give careful study to the points developed today before passing upon the recommenda- tions of Chief Watson. e WEDS AT STATION. Detroit Man Xeeps Promise to Scotch @irl's Parents. DETROIT, Mich., October 22.—Keep- ing his promise literally to his bride's parents, Scot McKee, a toolmaker at an automoblle plant here was mar- ried to Miss Margaret Currie, at a raflroad station here. McKee wrote to the bride’s parents in Glasgow, Scot- land, asking that the girl be allowed to come to Detrolt to marry him. The parents consented on the con- dition that the couple be married as soon the girl arrived In Detroit. McKee assented, and when the train bringing the girl arrived from New YOrk, he was waiting with & mar- riage license and a minister. Attorney | ton Gordon for opinions given out | in apartment house cases, in some of | where cer- | had | been employed. “If prosecution is im- | .On Postal Matter By Radio to The Star and (hicago Daily News AMSTERDAM, October 22.—The Hague finance department is doing overything to line the Dutch public treasury. Recently it founded a state advertising department, charg- ed with making productive all print- ed matter, telegraph blanks, publie hoardings and tram cars by leasing them for advertising purposes. The debut of the new department was actually a fallure, as it incurred the indignation of the general public for having concluded a contract with a margarine firm for advertising on letters and printed matter. BALLOU RECITES SCHOOL PROGRESS Superintendent Devotes Sec- tion of Report to History of Teacher Salary Law. The history of the teachers' salary legislation, which provided a new wage schedule for all educational em- ployes of the District public school system, together with a comprehen- sive, analytical review of its effect, upies the entire sccond installment of the annual report of Supt. Frank W. Ballou, mad peublic today. While the new salary schedule is a marked improvement over the old scale, Dr. Ballou points out that “the new salaries do not place Washington unduly high among the cities of cor- responding size throughout the coun- try."” After an exhaustive comparison of the old salary schedule with the new, Supt. Ballou outlines the significant changes and the important legislative provisions in the new law. The sig- nificant changes in salary provisions as listed by Dr. Ballou, is the ranking | of kindergarteners with elementary ! teachers, a uniform annual increase of $100 for longevity, establishment of a fixed salary for elementary school princip the gran of | higher salaries fgr superlor t uhpu} and the overiapping of clementary | and high school schedules. | Provisions of Bill. “The teachers' salary bill the 68th Congress and was approved by the President June 4, 1924, said | the report. It provides a new salary | schedule for teachers, school officials, | school librarians, attendance officers, | employes in the community center department, and in the department of school attendance and work permits. | It provides salary schedules for cer- tain new positions which are neces- sitated by the growth, extension and | rganization of the school eystem, such as ipals of junior high | | achools; administrative or free prin- cipals for elementary schools; as- sistant principals in the high schools; | general secretaries and community {secretaries in community center de- | partments; a diractor for school at- tendance and census inspectors for | taking the, school census; a chief ex- |aminer for the board of examiners and an additional assistant superin- tendent for the colored schools, who shall be chief examiner for the | board of examiners for the colored schools: and the position of first as sistant superintendent of schools, one for the white schools and one for the colored schools, who shall be the cputies of the superintendent of schools in their respecuve divisions of the school system “It carries important leglsiative | provisions relating to the organiza- | tion and administration of the schools | such as the enlarged and reorganized boards of examiners; authorizing the appointment of temporary teachers; creating the position of annual sub- stitute teachers, and authorizing the Bdard of Education to conduct a community center department, a de- partment “of school attendance and work permits, night schools, vacation schools, Americanization schools. thereby legalizing these activities in the schools and removing those ap- propriations from being subject to points of order in the House of Rep- resentatives. Important Legislation. “The salary schedules and the leg- islative provisions of this act place it among the most important legisla- tion relating to the schools of Wash- ington that has ever passed Congress. It will take its place along with the organic act itself, passed in 1906. The importance of this legislation makes it desirable to discuss it somewhat in detail. “The law fixing a salary schedule does more than fix the compensation of school employes; it also estab- lishes a plan of organization and ad- ministration of the school system. While the salary schedule fixes the pay for positions in the school sys- tem, those positions are concelved and created in accordance with a general policy according to, which the school system shall be organized and oper- ted. D to June 30, 1924, the pay of teachers and officers and the organi- zation of the school system were de- termined by the provisions of the or- ganic act of 1906, together with amendments to that act contained in annual appropriation bills. The im- portance of the passage of the sal- ary bill of 1924 will be fllustrated by the new positions which were necessitated and created since 1906, and the increases in salary made in the annual appropriation bilis. passed Developing Organisation. ‘The school system is a developing organization. The school system in Washington is regularly increasing in size, thereby necessitating an expan- sion of the supervisory and administra- tive staff. School systems are also in- creasing in complexity, due to an in- crease in the variety of educational un- dertakings. It is a long etep from the traditional “little red schoolhouse” with one teacher to the complex school sys- tem of today wherein the activities are as varied as the interests, capacities and future careers of the children who are preparing to become citizens in a soclal organization which is likewise in- creasing in complexity. “The organization of the school aystem as provided in the organic act of 1906 was satisfactory to meet the conditions of that day. Since that time, however, many changes have been necessitated, due to the effort of the Board of Education to enlarge and expand the organization of the school system in aocordance with public demands.” U. S. ORANGES PROVING ° POPULAR IN ENGLAND By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 22.—Oranges were consumed in greater numbers in Great Britain this summer than ever before. Filteen millfon of them were im- ported from the California groves, or | Shephera; 0. K.’d by Cabinet During the past few weeks all postal matter has been stamped with | a special post mark ellogizing the properties of this company's mar- garine. The Dutch creameries flew into a pas: n, considering this kind | of advertising detrimental to their) interests, while the public severely condemned it as an unworthy way of straightening out the purse of state. One creamery even brought action | against the state, which yesterday | was forced to cancel the contract| with the margarine firm. (Copyright, 1! by ago I BISHOP ADDRESSES " C EPISCOPAL SESSION Rev. Dr. Henry Lubeck, 1317 G street, opened the twenty-eighth an- | nual convention of the Sunday School Institute of the Diocese of Washing- ton today at Epiphany Parish Hall. | Following Dr. Lubeck's address on | “Religious Education,” Bishop James | E. Freeman greeted the members of | the institute. Varlous reports and other business occupied the remainder of the morning. Following a luncheon the business sessions of the institute were tinued. Tonight at 8 o'clock there will be a public meeting for the young people and their friends Bishop Freeman will preside and speak. Rev. Karl M. Block of St John's Parish, Roanoke, Va, will speak on “The Future of the Youth Movement in the Episcopal Church. A young people’s exhibit will be held in the parish hall. | The board of religious education of the diocess consists of Bishop Free- man, president; Dr. W. L. De Vries, executive officer; Comdr. C. T. Jewell, secretary, and Willlam C. Beck, treas- urer. The memhbers are: Archbold, Trinity parish, Charles County; Rev. Dr. De Vries, the cathe dral; Rev. Ronalds Taylor, University of Maryland; Miss Clara W. Herbert, 8t. John's parish; Comdr. Jewell, St Margaret's parish; Rev. Dr. George F. Dudley, St. Stephen's parish; Rev Enoch ‘M. Thompson, Chapel of the Nativity; Rev. E. Pinkney Wroth, St Phillip's parish, Laur Md; W. C. Beck, Takoma parish; Mrs. Griffith L. Johnson, St. John's parish; Rev. John 8. Mos Georgetown parish; M Emma W. Abbott, Chapel of the Good Dr. Alvin T. Gregory, Stephen’s parish, and Miss Catherine | R. Watkins, St. Thomas’ parish. MEN DESERT TOWN | IN RUSH FOR GOLD con- | Rev. Dr. Walter Strike Declared to Have Been Made | by Indians in Yukon - Territory. By the Assoc CARCROSS, Yukon Territory, October 22.—Practically the whole male popu- Jation here has set out for Little Atlin Lake, where it is sald a band of Indian prospectors, under the lead- ership of “Big Lake"” Jim, have dis-| covered placer gold within 40 miles| of this town and 20 miles east of the old Tagist post ted Press The Indians are said to have peg-| 2ed out the best claims, but almost | every one who made the trip estab- lished a claim or par® ownership in one, it is said A number of prospectors are be- lieved to be on their way to the dig- gings from White Horse and Skag- way. The strike is within 60 miles of the Rush Placer Mines near Atlin and the famous “Engineer” quartz mine 28,500 VOTERS AIDED BY G. 0. P. COMMITTEE Information About State Election Laws Furnished and Ballots Are Provided. Since the local headquarters of the Republican campaign committee were opened at 1324 New York avenue Sep- tember 1 more than 28,500 persons have been furnished information re- garding the registration and voting laws of the States. More than 2,400 ballots have been executed by the notary publics on hand at the booths. Besides furnishing information re- garding registration and voting la for absentees, voters’ local headquar- ters has on hand blank forms upon which to make application for bal- lots in a number of States. There are also a number of ballots on hand for several States, thereby making for- mal application unnecessary. The in formation force at headquarters urging visitors not to delay in mak- ing application for ballots. The following notice was posted regarding application for ballots: Delaware, application for the ballot may be made till November 1. Idaho, to October 31. Tilinois, last day for registration, October 28; last day to apoly for bal- lot, October 28. Indiana, last day to apply for bal- lot, October 31. Jowa, last day to apply for ballot, October 31. Massachusetts, last day to apply for ballot, October 31. Michigan, registration s closed in | cities over 10,000; elsewhere to Octo- ber 25; application for ballot to Oc- tober 31. Minnesota, registration to Octo- ber 28; application for the ballot October 26, Nebraska, application for the bal- lot, October 31. ° New Jersey, registration and appli- cation for the ballot closed yesterday. North Dakota, application for .the ballot to October 31. Ohlo, application for the ballot to October 31. Pensylvania, registration in person in Philadelphia to October 25; citles of the third class, by afdavit, by mail_any time to election day; Pitts- burgh and Scranton, government em- ployes, their wives or husbands, by afidavit up to two weeks before elec- tion. South Dakota, application for the ballot to October 31. Tennessee, application for the ba lot to October 25. West Virginia, last day «or regis- three times as many as last vear, in addition to heavy shipments from South Africa and Australia. The summer orange was virtually unknown in Great Britain four years ago, accarding to the European di tributor of the California Fruit Grow- ers' Exchange, but within a year or two, he says, it will be just as popu- lar in June as in December, judging by the success of the season just - closed. tration October 28, last day for appli- cation for the ballot October 25. Wisconsin, last day for regi:tration October 28, last day for application for the ballot to October 31. —_————— Miss Helen Laffan, director and assistant sécretary of the Trenton State fair, is said to be the only woman fair director east of the Mis- is Dr. Freeman Greets Sund::\y= School Institute Opening at Epiphany. | that | the northern | with openly supporting Davie { | | | double MARYLAND PLACED | ON DOUBTFUL LIST Neither Davis Nor Coolidge Certain With La Follette Influence in Balance. BY DAVID LAWREN! BALTIMORE, Mda October 22, 18 the first of the border States normally Democratic, which shou'd be classed as doubtful. Jt will not g0 by a large plurality to either Davis or Coolidge and it seems certain that the outcome will be close enough to speak of a plurality and not & majority. If there were two candidates in the field, Davis would win in .4";';\‘(" but the La Follette candidacy probably will take enough votes from the Democrats to do the very thing the supporters of the third party tlcket would not wish to do if they h, d t choose as between i Davis, No better ijilustration o wha - La Follette movament hus done o be found than in a canv banking and business Baltimore. In th. minister a rebuke to make certaln the fvctory of a servative, hundre of normally Democratic business men and their families who admire Davis are going to ballot for Coolidge. There is a surprising amount of Coolidge sent ment in this city hich usually is 80 heavily Democratic t in most campaigns the ved he are sufficiently large to cut down t Republican lead obtained in the rural districts. Coolldge and s done can s of the sections of desire to ad- radicalism and Party's Position Unfortunate. So the Democrats are in the fortunate position of being inv on both flanks. Many conserva v\'ho‘lmhk Coolldge is a symbol continued husiness progress are say- ing among themselves that the Bryan part of the ticket is the reason for their defection. The truth is they ' have been affected by the La Follett scare and the urge is from the rig with them rather than the le how. As for labor, it es the Demo. cratic party more or less in a spirit of protest and this t the Follette party is attracting the pro- test voter much more strongly th the Democrats have done since the days of Bryan The voting in Maryvland will illus trate what has been so often sald v inevitable in the Democratic part its conservative: especially border states, woul ultimately be found in the bosom of their conservative brethren of the Republican party. There are curiously Democratic acquisitions pected quarter. will vote the Democratic because John W. Davis and unequivocally d unced Klux Klan, while President Co not done likewise. The Afr one of the ding negro ne a circulation of about ves enough o m an Thousa: f unex this 40,000, The Republican express the greatest abllity to carry counting, of cou the regular Dem especially the Wiscons s being made mu of drawing votes away from Davis. managers private nfidence in the te. They are defections fro: . on Coolldge Gains From Davis. In some Democratic districts, ou side of Baltimore, the precinct poll show a ber of losses from Davi to Coolidge. To some extent this wil be offset by farm votes in Republics districts going from Coolidge to l. Follette. There are also some loca factors whic ay 1p the D crats. Repres at Zihlman, factional fight. This may mean de flections. Also in the district rep! sented by Sidney Mudd, who died last week, the Democrats have nominate a strong Stephes Gambrill. The ressional sentation evenly divided betwee the Republicans and Democrats. The vote of the State of Maryland in the event the tion were thrown i the House of Representatives wo then be tied and not counted, so Democratic ) al organization ¥ put its energies behind th didacy of Gambrill. all of which tend to win Davis some votes Gov. Ritchie, Democra hard to carry the State He himself won by more last year, So one can cratic victory is by no means ur usual. The governor is expected to run for the United States Senate in a couple of years, too. so he has a interest in holding the State in the regular Democratic column Whether the other Democratic leaders are tofling as hard for the Davis can didacy is a matter of much speculation for it has been known to happem Maryland that sundry Democratic lead- ers grew apathetic as business Ir terests tightened up on funds and turned their eves elsewhere in a pres- idential campaign. is the ca may is working for Davis than 50,0 see a Demo- (Copyright, 1924.) LAUREL ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. ., FIRST RACE—Claiming: purse, $1,309 2-year-olds: 5% furlon Buena Vista ... Dodo oo *Duckiing {Travers ... Wiser ... *Clear View 1. Headline ... o *Rryndear “Belle W $Calembour Faulkner entry. C. Denny entry. claiming miles. T 1E. J. Holland a: SECOND _ RACE 3 i purse, $2,000; 4-year-oids and up; 2 . 131 Connfebert ....... 144 132 Jm Coffroth 10 Chuckle 11111100 141 Grenadier ...0000 1 Houyhnham 11110 141 10 pounds ‘claimed for apprentice. THIRD RAC purs year-olds and uj 18coteh Rroom .. 114 Dream Maker *Qudtation . 1104 Lester Doctor .. +Ring’s Ransom.. 103 Coral Reef . Blue Moon L5 Hyperion . *Caligula 1105 Hildur .. *Silk 112 Leatherwood ... 11108 Also eligible— D112 tappeliate . 1 86 plechase; Claiming: 6 furlongs. 15. Ross entry. FOURTH RACE—The Easton purse, $1,500 2.year-olds: 6 furiongs. ‘American Flsg .. 112 Primrose 108 Battlefield |1 Loo Harlan el Betty aloney .. Brown Betty ... FIFTH RACE—The 3.yearolds and up; Sanford ... Prince of Power Rladensburg; _purse 1 mile and 70 . 103 Caleutts ..... 1108 Bonnle Omar ... 109 1106 Blind Play ...... 103 SIXTH RACE—Claiming: purse, $1,300; year-olds and up; 1s miies. *Donagal . 105 North Wales . Dewpair 110 Day Lily ....... Sam Smith D105 Te Glorieux ). 105 *Searchiight 8d. . 1102 Also eligible— Serbian *Zounve Dy Goid 2d. 108 ur Birthday *Cote d'Or .. *Much Ado Trappean Dag ... SEVENTH RACE—C 3.y s and up; 1 mi Humboldt . . 108 *The Kol Cali... 110 Fiyin elph ... 17 Scoop. Eabendieton”, 101 5 pounds claimed for appresties. Track fast; weather clear. iming: purse, $1,500; nd & furlong. rince Hamlet . Cloud