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WEATHER. ¥air and not . quite so light frost tonight, tom: and warmer. Temperature ending at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 52, at 3:30 p.m. vesterday; am. today. Full report on page 4. lowes Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 cool with orrow fair for 24 hours t, 34, at 7 Entered as seco post_office \Was No. 29,395, nd class matter hington, D. C. WASHINGTO D. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., THURSDAY, OC TOBER 23, 1924 - FORTY-E1GHT ening Star. PAGES. SENATE PROBERS TURN' INQUIRY 10 GONCEALED" GIFTS Borah Agrees to Untermeyer Request to Summon More G. 0. P. Chiefs. [ | | FUND OF REPUBLICANS NOW PUT AT $2,700,000 Walsh cf Montana Hears $100,000 Is to Be Spent to Beat Him. With i there have a view to determining been “concealed” contribu- Lig business men to the lican campaign fund, Samuel Un- ver asked the Senate investigating itte to subpoena the R an State chairmen of New Yorlk, ‘ew Jersey, Ohio and Illinois. Chairman Borah of the committee an- that the request would be nd the State chairmen named called to Washington. whether s today ounced ranted, ould be Walsh Asks Inquiry Untermyer also submitted i from Senator Thomas J. Walsh, emocrat, of Montana, saying that it rumored that $100,000 would be Montana to be used against his campaign for re-election. . dated at Poplar, Mont, nd addressed to Frang 1" tele- Vaish, Rumored that $100,000 coming to to be used against me, not however, through either n nal committeeman or chairman of publican _committee. Kindly ques- ully concerning remittances this state Mr. Untermyer, who is counsel for Senator La Follette, said is strange that there were miss- the official Republican list names of such men as Elbert H. of the United States Steel Cor- J. P. Morgan, the Rocke- and officers “of the great tandard Oil interests,” all “recog- d Republicans. Glad Names Are Mixsing. When Mr. Untermyer called atten- tion to the ence of the name- umber of capitalists from the list epublican contributors Senator remarked: «m mighty glad their names are be ing. associate | & fron I are really missing,” inter- | Harvester e French Face Moreccan War If Riffians Drive Out Spanish| Abdel Krim, Chieftain, Ambitious to Create Moslem State—Poilus Deal Him Severe Blows. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. BY Radlo to The Star and Chieago Daily News, MOROCCAN WAR ZONE, October 23.—Not only is Abdel K a- mous Riffian chieftain, Spanish victoriously out of Africa, but he is engaged in something like war with the French along his south- ern frontier. His aspiration to cre- | ate a strong independent Moslem | state in north Morocco inevitably | brings him into conflict with the | Power which already controls most of | North Africa. [ French troops are operating on a large scale on the southern slopes of the RIff. These rich lands lie within the French protectorate, hut Abdel Krim nevertheless considers them part of his territory. The French blockhouses perch like eagles’ nests m the high hilltops facing the great RIff divide. Convoyvs move tranquilly up fresh made wagon trails. French airplanes soar to and fro above the tawny mountain sides, Riflans Suffer Heavily, attles unknown to the world have been fought with sults for the Riffian raiders. The vel- low crags resound to the crackle of the rifles of outposts and the guns of the beleaguered Spanish forces at Chechouan are echoed at no great distance by the guns of the vigilant French. Yet between Spain's Moroccan campalgn and the brilli- antly successful French operations there is no direct relationship. kxist- ing treaties make Morocco Joint protectorate of France and Spain. In the Sultan's name, the Spanish are | outside ill re- unfortunate HARVESTER TRUST DISSOLLTION ASKED Attorney General Holds Com- | pany Is Monopoly in Re- straint of Trade. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, October 23.—“Effective dissolution” of the International Co’s alleged monopoly supposed to pacify and administer the northern coastal zone and krance all the rest. But Spain does not recognize the present Sultan, Moulay Youssuf, who is under French control, and co- operation between France and Spain is rendered fmpossible by several other political-psychological factors. Spanish Zone Small The Spanish zone comprises less than one-twentieth of Morocco, with a population of considerably less than million. The French zone is equal, roughly, to the area of France itself, with a population of over five mil- Hons. The French in the last 1% vears, despite their partictpation in the World War, have subdued practi- cally all their complicated zon opening roads with regular auto- - services, bullding towns, lay- iilroads, imposing hygeine ‘oping commerce. Spain, though she did not participate in the World has ing of civilizing, her re I zone. French, with 60,000 troops. mostly colored, maneuver practically s they please. The Spanish, with 160,000 troops, mostly white, have suffered one disaster after another and are threatened today with defeat by the primitive Rifian and Djcbala mountaineers. Four years ago, the only portions of the French zone remaining unpacified were parts of the Atlas Mountains and a strip, 20 miles broad and 150 miles long, contiguous to the the Spanish 1920 occupied Chec: houen, the French occupied Ouezzan, thus establishing contact of the (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) DOHENY SOL000 TRALEDINCOURT Witnesses Describe Move- ments of “Little Black Satchel” in Trial. tlie Associnted Pr LOS ANGELES, October 23.—De- tailed movements of the “little black satchel,” which figured prominently and | ot succeded in occupying, | utter | Spanish zone. When | DAVIS NATIVE-SON PPEAL WEAKENED INWEST VIRGINIA Listed as “of New York” on Ballot—*“Had to Be,” Says G. 0. P. Official. LA FOLLETTE IS MAKING STRONG CLAIMS IN STATE! Democrats Counting on Drawing | Republican Votes—Bryan Hurts Ticket. BY GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHEELING, W. Va., October 23. Is “John W. Davis of New York" {as strong in this State as Mr. Davis of West Virginia? The, Democrats | say he is. Te Republicans deny it. On the official ballot, My, nvis ap- pears in this State as John W. Davis of New York. What, ask the Re- publicans, becomes of State pride and the native-son appeal under such con- ditions? i West Virginia has been a Repub-| lican State. To elect Mr. Davis, the Democratic nominee for President, a| considerable number of Republicans | must desert their party ticket in this State, or La Follette must draw so heavily from the Republican| ranks—without damaging materially the Democratic party-—that the | Davis-Bryan ticket will prevail.| Democratic leaders here are confident | | that many Republicans will vote for Mr. Davis because they like him and the cause he represents. sert also that La Follette is drawing the greater part of his strength from former Republican voters. The placing of Mr. Davis on thel ballot as a New Yorker, white it may ! seem a trivial thing, is being talked | |about in the State. Protests against ! this designation have been de to| | the Secretary of State of West { ginia by various Democrats, but the ! | reply has been that Mr. Davis was certified by the Demorratic national {convention to the Secretary of State as coming from New York State. The | i Republicans have charged widely {that Mr. Davis preferred to have| himself designated as a New Yorker. | | with the 45 electoral votes of New| | York State in yiew. West Virginia | | | | CODLIDGE “SAFETY” APPEALS TO EAST \Sentiment Crystallized Be- hind President—Third Party Losing. \ | They as-| BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Staff Correspondent of The Star. EW YORK, October 23.—Mingling with politicians, business men and |the man in the street, one finds the public state of mind to be to “let the elections come on; we are ready to vote.” Public opinion is pretty well fixed by mnow. This condition ) "THE U, fousnnmoy THE IMPRESSIONIST. Trucker Arrested Using Piece of Flag)| For Danger Signal | Edward H. Eaton, 45 years old, of Congre s Heights, drovea truck load of scrap iron through the city this morning with a large piece of the American flag attached to the protruding metal as a danger signal. He was arrested in Sixth street southwest by Policemen Rosenberg and Bennett, charged with desecrating the flag, and re- quired to deposit $100 collateral for his appearance in Police Court tomorrow. < The man told the police he did not know a piece of the flag had been used, as, he had made ‘ar- rangements with a colored boy at Gieshoro, D. C., from where he was hauling the iron. to attach a dan- ger signal to the protruding load as required by law. every cit: tion is de fi v Yesterday’ i 3 | SHENANDOMHCUTS WEGHTIN ROCKES | Dirigible Forced to Lighten as Helium Expands in Rarefied Altitude. By the Associated Press. ABOARD THE U SHENAN- DOAH, October 23 (via Fort Blis: Tex.)—The last of the Rocky Moun- tain barriers was passed by the U. S. S. Shenandoah early today, clear course for the return of-the big dirigible to her hangar at Lakehurst, T leaving a | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers block and the regular edi- ered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. s Circulation, 96,811 ; TWO CENTS. FOOLISH TO WRECK 115 TO HEAL MINOR ILL, SAYS COOLIDGE Natioi’s Business, Its Chief Concern, Fundamentally Sound, He Adds. [BUILDING UP AMERICAN GENIUS, EXECUTIVE HOLDS Higher Sense of Obligation to Pub- lic Evident, New York Visitors Are Told. Declaring that the economic system of the United States is fundamentally | sound, President Coolidge, in an ad- dress to several hundred members of the New York Business Men's Repub- lican Association, assembled today in the rear grounds of the White House, warned the people of this {country to think before they tear {down a system under which “so much {has been accomplished. merely be. |cause of minor defects that have not {vet been entirely eliminated.” | “To do so would be a policy of de- | struction,” the President said. He | stated, however, that he does not fear lnm the American people will commit jthemselves to a policy of destructlon, {inasmuch as it Is “the long expressed | Benius of the American people to build up, to construct.” “ President Coolidge said that the {genius to build up was never more {vigorous, or more intent on exercis- ling itself than at this time, and he |firmly believes it will continue to be | supreme in the United States. ‘Want Business Government. The President's address in full fol- lows “You gentlemen who here in behalf of business come to peak for, the interest that by far | surpasses any other in the American community. This is a business coun- | trE, pre-eminent in all kinds of busi- ness, industrial and agricultural, and jit wants a business government. I {do not mean by that a Government by | business, nor a Government for busi- Iness. But I do mean a Government ‘lhal | | nave come | will understand business. I mean a Government able to establish [ the best possible relations between ! the people in their business capacity {and the people in their social capac- Lity Arizona and the worst of the Roek- | ies were left behind when Roded, | N. M., was reached at 3:30 o'clock. | The big ship had groaned and strain- | ed as it drove into the eddies whiri- | t is not possible in a country like ours to pick business up in a ginger- Iy fashion and sect it off on one sid for a careful examination, as if it were something rather apart from ted We Untermyer. ill try to find that out,” re- ator Borah. Shepherd, executive man- American Bankers' A in the Senate oil investigation last!has only 8. is sought by Attorney General Stone | Winter, came up today in the Federal | in a brief filed in his behalf in federal | Court trial of the government's suit court here today by the United States | to cancel Elk Hills naval oil reserve | ! does not hold out much prospect for G. 0. P. Attacks React. | the old familiar “whirlwind finish” Another factor that is militating | that always is promised for the clos- against Davis s the manner in|ing days of campaigns to work mira- of the farm machinery business | i ‘ ‘ | cigtion, was the first witness st scssion Was there any discussion of cam- | n contributions at the meeting of association at v hicago recent- usked Senator Borah No,” the witness answered No Discussion of Gifts, “Was there any discussion on the part of the association to raise cam- paizn funds? “None.” Snepuerd said he knew of no bank- < who had contributed to campalgn junds except those whose names he had seen in the papers. He personal- v had made no contributions, he wdded Walsh then read a letter written by the league to its members regarding the Mellon tax plan. It said I'resi- dent Coolidge had publicly announced he would resubmit the Mellon plan next month and that the league iniz n survey of the situation with reference to Congress, and asked 1he seuer was dated i | | Walxh Asks Questions. nk P. Walsh, personal counsel la Follette, 0ok over examina He made reference to the \merican Bankers' League, and asked if it was not the organization that handled for the bankers political and Jegislative matters. I den't know,” Shepherd said. “Do you know whether this league maintains a lobby in Washington? I don't know.” You know in Washingto: understand so. Saepherd =aid the committee ought question Charles de B. Claibourne of he Whitney Central National Bank of New Orleans, whom he described as a disgrunt sociation. Walsh asked again about the Chi- cago convention of the American Bank- Assoc but Shevherd insisted | his as fon did not discuss po- al contributions. He added thai the aashciation had no- control over what was said by those who addressel it Dixcuswion of La Follette. “Was there any discussion of curb- ng the activiti’s of Robert M. La Follette “Refercnce was made to La Tol- lette, but 1 can’t answer categor- ically. You will find the answer in the file that is before you. The witness was referring to the minutes of the convention of the Bankers' Association. f Walsh then read a letter written to Senator La Follette by T. Carolan of Thiladelphia, in which the writer sald he had been informed by a Lanker attending the association’s convention that a suggestion was made that trust companies give to the Republican campaign funds sums cqual to one-twentieth of 1 per cent of their capital and national banks one-tenth of 1 per cent of their capi- tal “I regard that as pure fiction,” Shep- Yerd said. Fund Totals $2,200,000. Approximately $500.600 was added fo the Republican campaign fund in the five days from October 10 to Oc- t1ober 15, bringing the total to with- | in $800,000 of the $3.000,000 maximum | coneht by the Republican national committee. 115 18 shown by official reports re- celved today by the committee from National ~Treasurer Willlam V. Hodges. Of the nearly $500,000 total, the New York office reported $303,812 and the Chicago office $178,215. Individual contributions - ranged from 10 cents to $12,500, there being one subscription of the latter amount from Willlam Nelson Cromwell of ew York City. One donation of $20,000 was recelved from the Union i.cague Club of Philadelphia, which, the eemmittee was told yesterday by _“(Continued on umn 55— = for do that they have an offi d committeeman of our as- | v proc pplemental tg-|attorney in proceedings supplementa | that | the Sherman law,” the brief asserts, | Hook, | gation in May, 1923, shortly after the iof the proceeding in dissolution 1918, sreater the farm | to the consent decree entered in the same court in Mr. Stone contends that competitive conditions in nachinery trade should be afforded. The consent decree did not go f enough, he sald, demanding that action be taken to give “proper pro- tection to the farmers and land- | cultural machinery and impiements | | obtainable at reasonable prices. Outlines Two Steps. | “One of two things ought to be | done,” the Attorney Genera! suggests. | “Either the great judges who decided | this case ought to be reversed upon | the ground that their decision was | wholly erroneous, or else an effective | dissolution should be decreed.” | The consent decree failed to effect | “any substantial competition” the brief adds, during a test'period which ended 18 months after the declaration of peace. On the contrary, it savs, eight of the Harvester Co.s com- petitors went out of business in| time and the .defendant com- | pany's percentage of the total busi- ness actually increased in 1922—the | last selling season under the test pe- riod, which was established to per- mit an accurate survey of the results of the consent decree under peace- time conditions. Holds to Court Decree. “That the International Harvester Co. is a combination in restraint of trade and a monopoly in violation of “is conclusively established by the decision and decree of the court, which stands unreversed and un-| modified.” Citing the Sherman, Clay, Wilson, Federal Trade Commission and Pan ama Canal acts. the brief continues: “It is very clear that Congress has never departed from the policy of competition first ordained by the Sherman act and since reiterated and reafirmed. Not only has Con- gress pursued an unswerving course, but the Supreme Court has at all times given full effect to the policy | thus established.” The original petition of the Fed- eral Government was filed in_ April, 1912, and in this case Federal Judges Sanburn and Smith handed down a far-reaching decision. The | Harvester Co. appealed to the Su- preme Court, but dropped that action, when arrangements for the consent decree were worked out With the De- partment of Justice. 3 The Government began an investi- end of the test period, to determine the results of the decree, and fol- Jowed this with supplemental court proceedings at St. Paul in July of last year. | In these proceedings, of which to- day's brief is a part. the Government seeks dissolution of the concern in accordance with a detailed plan worked out by the Federal Trade Commission. Representatives of the Government ard the company have been taking testimony in this case for more than a year before a special examiner in Chicago, and the record is said to have reached unprecedented proportions. S Ay The United States Expects Every American to Do His Duty— | ment securities firm, leases granted Doheny interests by A. B. Fall, former Secretdry of the Interior. ‘Whether minute and comprehensive scrutiny of the trail of $100,000 al- leged to have been placed in the satchel and carried to Fall by Doheny, jr. would substantiate the government's charge that the pay- | owners who are dependent upon agTi- | ment was part of a plot to put Do- | heny interests in control of the Call- fornia oil reserves remained to be seen as court convened today. The announced intention of government counsel was to examine as many wit- nesses as necessary to detall the $100,000 transaction from all angles. ! alled 'to Stand. Near the close of yesterday's ses- sion former Senator Atlee Pomerene of government counsel called to the witness stand Graham Young, trea: urer of Blair & Co., New York invest- Young elder Doheny counts. Over objection of defense counsel, Mr. Pomerene drew from the witness a description of how E. L. Doheny, jr.. had notifled him on November 30, 1921, that he would call that day to draw §100,000: how this $100,000 in currency was turned over to the unger Doheny in a conference room of Blair & Co. and how Doheny “put it in a little black satchel, a sort of overnight traveling bag." and his son had ac- Deponits Grew Again. Next the government counsel brought out from Charles L. Little assistant teller of the firm, that one month later the younger Doheny's account with Blair & Co. was above $100,000 again and that most of that amount came from Doheny, sr. Cross examination brought out ;hxt was not unusual for Doheny, o8 sums which came from his father. ‘The testimony relating to the: $100. 000 was taken after Judge Paul J. McCormick said he would strike It from the record if the government failed to connect it with the Elk Hills leases. MEXICANS WITHDRAW ORDER OF EXPULSION French and Spanish Business Men Yield to Tax De- mands. By the Associated Press. MEXICO. CITY, October 23.—The expulsion order recently Issued against eight French and. Spanish business men of Puebla City because of their refusal to pay the income and corporation profits tax will not. be carried into effect, the secretary of foreign affairs is quoted as saying in an interview. An announcement from the head of the treasury department in regard to the case is expected shortly. The foreign secretary added that negotiations. with the. French and Spanish ministers had resulted in payment of taxes by those ordered expelled and modification of the ex- pulsion order. s GRAIN EMBARGO LOOMS. Minnesota Cities !iwmped by Shipments of Wheat. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., October 23. —An embargoc stopping every grain car from moving into Minneapolis or Duluth will have to be enacted within 10 days unless country shippers co- operate by holding back thelr grain shipments, said a bulletin lssued here today by the Northwest Regional Ad- visory. Board, 5 E L! with which the | to have on deposit considerable | he attacked the Republicans, first In his address at Clarksburg. {when he accepted the Democratic | nomination, and since then during the campaign. It came as a cold water | douche to some of the Republicans who were figuring on voting for Mr. :Davis because he was a West Vir- ! ginlan. What they expected a Demo- cratic candidate for the presidency to say is somewhat of a mystery. Bu* they did not like and do not like the harsh things which Mr. Davis has said about their G. O. P. The coupling of Gov. Bryan with Mr. Davis on the ticket has not helpful here. The La Follette candidacy In West ! Virginia is not regarded seriously, except as it may affect the relative standing of the two old parties. course, the La Follette supporters make no such admission, and are in- | tent, th. say. on rolling up a big vote. Some of the newspaper polls | indicate he will receive substantial recognition. But the Democratic and { Republican managers estimate that the Independent Progressive ticket will receive not more than 30,000 votes. This out of a probable total of 510,000. Labor Not for Davis. One significant statement was made by La Follette supporters here, They | of Davis. They say further that more votes from the Republicans the State, the ratio will not show a great difference, and will be due to the fact that there are more Repub- licans than Democrats in the State. John W. Davis has not made headway with organized labor to the extent he might have been expected to do in this State. His opponents have taken out and shaken in the breeze his em- ployment as attorney for the non- union coal mines in West Virginia. As a matter of fact, organizel labor is laboring hard for La Follette. It is from the ranks of labor, organized and unorganized, that the Wisconsin Senator will derive his greatest strength here. The railroad men. { many of the miners, employes in the steel mills and the stogie makers, of whom there are a large number near Wheeling, are largely counted for La Follette. formed than most labor,” said a La their enthusiasm for the progressive cause. - “They are allowed to have readers read to them while they roll the stogies. That's part of thelr | regular compensation. And so they | know more about what is going on.” This idea that fuller information tends to La Folletteism may sound quaint to Republican and Democratic ears. La Follette runs in this State as a Soclalist and Farmer-Labor candi- date. The two partles have named the same presidential electors and a vote under either designation is a vote for La Follette. Since 1896 West Virginia has voted Republican in presidential elections, (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) ——————2 The United States Expects -Every - American .to Have The Right to Vote,— Therefore, VOTE for National Representation for the Distriet of | believe that Coolidge will run ahead | while La Follette will draw perhaps | than from the Democrats throughout ! “The stogie makers are better in- | Follette leader here, in explanatjon of | cles in the popular mind by way of | changing votes. $ The voters are by way of playing safe. This applies at least here in the East. which is to exercise such a weight in actual ballots at the polls. The - third party apparently | has overplayed its hand in flashing {the menace of radicalism, with the {effect of driving the thoughtful and | the conservative to cover | A distinctly unfavorable impres- ! sion has been created by Senator La been | Follette's failure to make good on | | his charge of that big Republican “slush fund” to corrupt the ballot. The man who charges such a thing and eannot substantiate it always loses caste. Trust Placed in Borah. The public has perfect trust in Senator Borah's sincerity in probing the charges thoroughly, and in such capable inquisitors as Senator Cara- way, Frank P. Walsh and Samuel Untermeyer it is realized that not a bug will be left lurking under any chip—Iif one is there. But the public is rapidly confirming its pre-convic- tion that no_such monstrous ones as Senator La Follette sniffed are there. The public hereabouts is awaiting the onrush of the eastward-bound campaigners. John W. Davis and Senator La Follette, who are coming to this section to rouse the natives in the closing days, with some in- difference. Politics is beginning to pall and the people are wondering what is left to be said to “get a rise” out of the voters. The judgment of politicians js that oll scandals and all that sort of thing failed utterly to operate as an effec- tive weapon against President Cool- idge; the public refused to hold him responsible, and, while thoroughly disgusted with the whole mess, will not chalk it up against him. The public also fails to get excited over Senator La Follette’s charges of the domination of “the interests” and Wall Street. while his policy of menace to the Constitution and ad- vocacy of Government owngrship of railroads have proved a decided boom- erang. Distrust Aroused. The fact is that the more Senator | La Follette expounds his theories and policies the more distrust of them he arouses in the great mass of the people who still control the destinies of the republic through a majority. News that comes to New York from varlous sources continues to he reas- suring to_the Republicans, The lat- est brings renewed hope of President Coolidge carrying Candidate Davis' own State of West Virginia. Not all of the news available here comes from political sources. All the great industrial concerns and finan- clal institutions keep tab through their own people on political condi- tions. They have to do so, because if violent changes are to occur, they have to know it first. 1 have had access to some of these reports and they forecast Coolidge’ majority in the electoral college al most unbelievably large. In looking over the progress of the campalgn since it started, the sugges- tion comes of how little importance the public seems to have attached fo the so-called issues of the campaign. They have been negligible—League of Nations, tarift and what not. ue alone has stood out—safe and conservative government, promis- ing stability for the future, and the character and ability of the man at the head of the present administration playing safely. Consign Admiral's Ashes to Sea. PORTSMOUTH, England, October 23.—Without ceremonia} of any kind the ashes of the late Admiral Percy Scott today were consigned to the deep 20 miles from shore, where they had been conveyed by & British destroyer: MYSTERY IN DEATH OF SENTRY DEEPENS Suicide Theary Losing With Officials in Face-of New Evidence. Findings of an autopsy yesterday | and the failure of new clues threw a veil of mystery over circumstances surrounding the death of Russell Shores. 22, sentry at Walter Reed Hospital, whose body was found in a secluded spot in the southeastern section of the grounds, not far from his post of duty, early yesterday morning. The theory of suicide is gradually being abandoned by hospital authori- [ Brewery Gulch, showed that the city | ties for the reasons that the autopsy | by Doputy Coroner Herbert E. Mar- tyn yesterday revealed that the bul- let had entered the body immediately below the lowermost rib on the left- hand side and that its course had been from left to right, while Shores, as far as can be ascertained, was| right-handed. ~ Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt and Deputy Coroner Martyn, experts in suicide cases, agree that for a right-handed man to inflict such a wound his position would have | te be extremely awkward or he would have to push the trigger with his thumb. ’ Wound Rare in Suicide, Granting all other indications of | suicide, this type of wound, itself is rarely found in suicide cases, the head, the mouth and the heart gen- erally being the region ‘sought, and sufficient motive for suicide has not, been established. But considering all these supposi- tions held by officials after the first day of investigation into the death and its cause, the evidences of homi- cide are just as meager, according to detectives who investigated the case. Detectives Springman, Darnall and Waldron, who have been assigned the case by Inspector Grant, point out that there is none of the usual traces of homicide to be found in the natural course of investigation. These facts are emphasized: The immediate proximity of the spot where the body was found was devoid of traces of any sort of a scuffle, no motive has been ascer-| tained, no .marks on fhe body indi-| cated violence in a struggle, the cloth- ing was not torn or damaged. Oficials Pussled. “Frankly, we don't know what sort | of a case it is,” declared Maj. Walson, executive officer at Walter Reed Hos- pital, today. “We hate to think it was suicide. There has been nothing uncovered to indicate homicide. We are letting the investigating agencies pursue their respective courses. I can assure you nothing definite has been uncovered." The investigating agencies at work today comprise the detective bureau of the local police department and the board of Inquiry at Walter Reed Hospital. Maj. _Wilson definitely stated that so-far as he krew there was no witness to the death of the sentry; there was no report of any one bearing animosity or other simi- lar sentiment toward the sentry; no one’ had heard the fatal shot fired. The location of the entrance wound at first led pofice and hospital au- thorities toward the theory of suicide. Discovery of the course of the bul- | | | let through the abdomen and back, however, tended to dismiss this idea. (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) Radio Programs—Page 3. ing over the peaks. The wind cur- rents rushed through the mountain passes like millraces. The shafthouses of the copper mines of Bisbee, Ariz., were illuminated like a Summer amusement park when the big dirigible unexpectedly found her- seif in a bowl of the mountains over the city At 12:34 am. Peaks of moun- tains seemed to tower around it on all | sides except the single pass through which it had entered the pocket in the Rockies. The moon had been a pale crescent, and its feeble rays only faintly touched the bottoms of the mountain passes. The ship sped at 50 miles an hour over the ranges of Arizona at an alti- tude of 6,500 feet. Turning south- ward at Benson at 10:40 p.m. last night the Shenandoah followed the railroad southeast toward the Mexi- can border. After a short spurt, Bis- bee was seen glistening under the moonlight, and in a few minutes had | The bountiful lights of | been passed. the mines, the sketchy outline of its two streets, Tombstone Canyon and was Bisbee. The nose of the ship pointed upward until 1t was on a 6,700-foot level and another 175-pound tamk of gasolin was dropped through the silken but- tom to lighten the load. The Shenan- (Continued on Page 5, 7 HATFIELD SON DEAD IN FEUD RENEWAL Member of Notorious West Vir- ginia and Kentucky Clan Slain in Election Dispute. B the Asroe'ated Press. BLUEFIELD, W. Va., October 23.— Another violent death has been re- corded in the family history of the notorious Hatfleld clan of West Vir- ginla and Kentucky. Recalling the days of the Tug River feud between the Hatfleld and the McCoy clans, veteran officials of Mingo County to- i day were Investigating the killing ot Alex Hatflelg During an argument over the com- ing election Alex Hatfleld is said to have called Thurman Chambers a “lar.”” Chambers told officlals that he struck Hatfleld with his fist, where- upon the latter drew a pistol, and, in a struggle for possession of the weapon, Hatfleld was shot. He died in a Williamson hospital Tuesday. Alex Hatfleld, former postmaster of Matewan, W. Va, was the son of Floyd Hatfleld, whose suit for a lit- ter of hogs against the McCoys of | Kentucky marked the beginning of a feud In the hills along the Tug River, during which many members of the two families met death. Of Special Interest To Woman Readers Of The Star “Washington Shops Dis- play Striking Fall Fashions” An illustrated article on modes of the moment in the local shops On Page 41 of Today's Star. the community as a whale, Tg treat | business in our American Hfé - as it it were omehow a thing apart would be impossible. It is & part of our whole natlonal life. Obligntion With Privilege. “The primary thing which we have to do in our country is to preserve the initiative and enterprise of men. { The progress of the community is the | sum of the progress of the individuals | that make up the community. The | freedom of initiative and of enter- prise carrles a stern obligation on the part of those who enjoy it. This is a three-way obligation. It is an obli- { gation upon those whose savings are intrusted to our business manager! These savings must be safeguarded, and they must be made remunerative. Only thus will we provide the stim- ulus to saving, and assure the ac- cumulation of necessary provision for old age. | “Then there is an obligation to the employes of every business establish- ment. The conduct of that busine ! must be so directed as to furnish | security of employment. to insure an improving standard of living, and to provide conditions of labor which shall make fundamentally for physl cal and moral improvement. \ Efficlency Prime Need. “Finally, there is an obligation to the consumer that he shall receive goods and services of the highest quality that can be produced. This |includes the requirement that the I management of the business shall b efficient. It must produce its 0o and services at the lowest cost. It must deliver thesd in the largest quantities and give them the widest possible diffusion among the people. ‘But the management of business is responsible for still more than these things. It is under obligation to as- sure that every advance in science, or in technical process, shall be in- terpreted and applied in the reduc tion of labor and the decreased cost of production. As the cost of pro- duction is lessened, the price to the consumer must also be lowered. For every advance in skill and in the processes of production, labor, the consumer and the savings account are all entitled to their just partici- pation in benefits. “Our economic system is funda- mentally sound. It has provided our people with the highest standard of | comfort, the greatest security of life, that is enjoyed by any nation. It has | assured to us the greatest range of | opportunities that men have ever en- | joyed. It does, indeed, contain some abuses. But these abuses are tmpha- sized out of all due proportion by those who indulge the habit of ex- themselves in exaggera- | i | pressing | tions. | Business Leaders Alert. | “The primary correction of abuses |lies in the hands of those who ad- minister .our commerce and our in- dustry. It is they who can prevent the necessity of Government inter- vention. Already they have made great advances in this direction Their sense of responsibility has made steady growth during the last two score of years. We no longer hear expression of an indifferent at- titude toward the relation of business to the people. Rather, we hear more and more the word, and we note in- creasingly the sentiment, that ‘Ser ice has come into the business world.’ The merchant and the manu- facturer today are seeking to deliver something besides their goods, and they are delivering it with pride. That new something is a sense of service to the community. . are the lines of real prog tear down a system under much of genuine progress accomplished in so short a period, merely because of minor de- feots that have not yet been entirely ifminated, would be & policy of de- struction. We need not fear that the American community will commit it- self to such a policy. It is the long- xpressed genius of the American T (Continued on Page 5, Column 15