Evening Star Newspaper, October 28, 1924, Page 2

~ COURTIS INVOKED - INCHURGH DISPUTE One Group Says Playhouse Trustees lllegally Sold " House for $50,000. le discord in the Church of Life and Joy. which meets at the Playhouse, 1814 N street, and the Dis- trict Supreme Court was asked today 10 settle the differences. One group of the members and trustees brought suit against the remaining trustee whom they charge with being itlegally elected and with selling the building 10 A. J. Schippert for $50,000. The plaintifis seek to xet pos n of a note for $10,000, deferred payment on the property, which becomes due No- vember 1, and asks the $5.000 received purchaser. Justice Hoehling issved u rule on Bertram M. Dimmick, Mrs. B. M. Dim- mick and Ada Rainey, trustees of the church; A. J. Schippert, the purchaser, and the Washington Loan and Trust Company, where the note was depos- ited for collection. The plaintiffs are E. E. Schooley and 30 other charter members of the church organization. Church Organizcdl in 1919, The church was organized in 1919, and the plaintiffs eay they partici- pated in raising the funds necessary to buy the property, and some of th number were duly elected trustees the church. The defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Dim- mick and Miss Ada Rainey. it is as- serted. at a pretended meeting of the church were elected trustees and an attempt made to transfer the church There in cash from the property to a new organizaton known | as the National Science of Truth As- sociation, which the defendants had formed. The Playhouse property in the courts before. It was started by a number of social lights about 15 ars ago for dances and other social functions, but met with oppo- sition from Admiral chroeder, a neighbor, who sought the aid of the courts to prevent the noises which were kept up until the wee hours. The court granted the relief and fixed the hours at which dances could be con- ducted. When the sale mentioned in today's suit was advertised, it was stated that Mr. Schippert would remove his under- taking establishment to the site. The British Ambassador, it is stated, pro- tested to the District Commissioners against the locating of the undertaking establishment. Robert H. plaintiffs. FENG AND WU NEAR has been McNeil represents CLASH FOR PEKING Soldiers of Both Generals Digging Trenches for Finish Conflict. By the Associated Press. PEKING, October 28.—The advance troops of Wu Pei Fu, former com- mander-in-chief of the central gov- ernment armies, have arrived at Tangfang, half way between Tientsin and Peking, whither the troops of Feng Yu Hsiang, his f ormer lieu- tenant, now in control of Peking, Are moving. As a result fighting is imminent there. Rumors that the two forces have clashed are groundless, as passengers on the international train, which ar- rived here last evening from Tient- sin, passed the lines and saw the soldiers deliberately digging en- trenchments. They were only a few miles apart. Wau Strength Unknown. The strength of Wu's army is en- tirely unknown here. The morale of his men also is a matter of doubt. His detractors declare they entirely lack morale, the bulk of the army still at Shanhaikwan being at the point of a disorganized retreat. Most of Feng’s troops were moved out of Peking toward Tientsin dur- Ing the week end. There is no change in the political status. It is reported that President Tsao Kun desires to retire and would if Feng permitted. The resignations of the members of the cabinet are reported to have been accepted, and an eff@t is being made to reorganize it under the premiership of C. T. Wang, but the mandates have not been promolgated. WU SENDS UP TROOPS. By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, October 28.—Troop trains, carrying infantry of Gen. Wu Pei-Fu, deposed military leader of the Peking government, en route from Chinawangtao to Peking, continued to pass through here vesterday. The trains also carried anti-aircraft and artillery guns. Foreigners from Peking report con- siderable anxiety there as a result of the news of the return of Gen. Wu from the north to attempt to wrest control of the seat of government from Feng Yu-Hsiang, “the Christian general,” who took possession of Pek- ing during Gen. Wu's absence at the front. Gen. Wu is still at Tientsin. Sev- dfal trainloads of troops have been gént up.from Pukow, Kiangsu prov- ince, to reinforce his soldiers here. A detachment of United States ma- nines left for Peking vesterday from entsin on a special train. The ma- rines will reinforce the legation suard at Peking. An allied military tpain reached Peking on Monday night and returned here on Tuesday morn- ing without incident, i IR YALE CLUB TO MEET. Luncheon Tomorrow With New Of- } ficers dn Charge. The regular weekly luncheon of the Yale Club of Washington will be held at the University Club tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock. Richard H. Wilmer is the new pres- ident of the organization for 1924-25. Walter Bruce Howe has been chosen first vice president; Winslow Van Devanter, second vice president; John ¥. Dryden, secretary; J. Maury Dove, jr;, treasurer; Charles Cheney Hyde, 1 Kaufman, Joseph Fairbanks and Maj. George P. Ahearn, directors. The Yale Musical Clubs will give a concert at the New Willard Hotel the night of December 19. The Yale Club of Washington will be hest to the musical clubs on that date, and in the afternoon a tea dance will be glven for the organizations. Wife Asks Divorce. Absolute divorce ig asked in a suit filed by Mrs. Ary Elizabeth Hyman against Frank Hyman, in which she charges misconduct and names a co- respondent, They were married June 19, 1919, and have two children. . At- w‘rxu' C. T. Clayton appears for the wite, n accounting of | rl of the | i | BERTHA AND SHELTON COURSEY. PASTOR'S BODY LIES | IN STATE AT CHURCH | Rev. James E. Krug of St. Paul's % Was Nearing Silver ' Jubilee. Ty The body of Rev. James Krug, for nearly 25 years assistant pastor of St. Paul's Catholic Church, who died Saturday at 3123 Twelfth street northeast, was taken to the church today, where it will lie in state from 4 p.m. until tomorrow. when mass will be sung at 9:30 a.m. In- terment is to be in Mount Olivet cemetery. It s Curley | expected Archbishop M. J ¥ will preside. The officers of | the mass will be Rev. John E. Horst- | kamp, cousin of the deceased, as cel- ebrant; Rev. . E. Wheeler, pastor of Holy Comforter Church, as deacon, and Rev. John E. Graham of St. Pat- rick’s Church, as subdeacon. Besides these three priests, Revs. John J. Knell, Thomas Murphy, Patrick Ritchie, all classmates of the de- ceased, and Rev. Ambrose C. Beavans. will act as honorary pallbearers. The masters of ceremonies will be Revs. William J. Carroll, Jokn J. Callahan and Joseph M. Moran. The six nephews of the deceased, Joseph W. Krug, (eorge E. Krug, John Joseph Krug. Joseph W. Beckert, Charles M. Beckert and Robert B. Beckert will | be the active pallbearers. The priests’ choir of the archdiocese, under the direction of Rev. C. Moore, with Rev. J. E. Corbett at the organ, will chant the services. Father Krug was well known in this city, where he was born and educated, h?vxng served at Paul's Church ever since his ordination by the late Cardinal Gibbone at Baltimore in December, 1899. Had he lived Father Krug would have clebrated his silver jubilee to the priest- hood in December. Father Krug was re- eponsible for much of the success of his parish, particularly in a financial way, having “assisted in raising a fund $55,000 for the towers that grace the church, besides his efforts in the recent drive for the new parochial school. This latter work merited for him the ap- pointment of superintendent of the school. Father Krug was especially fond of the little children, and as a token of their affection for him the school chil- dren will attend the funeral in a body and take their place immediately behind | the family. Father Krug is survived by one brother and a sister, John Krug and Mrs. Mary E. Beckert. “GUARD” FLOTILLA ROUTS RUM FLEET (Continued from First Page.) ing the notorious rum*fleet, and seri- ously intzrrupting the illicit liquor supply to that crowded section of the lary United States. | How mapy of these new picket boats are operating in the fleet, how many grim destroyers are lending their power and speed to the fight, jand how they are prosecuting their campaign against the smuggler: srown wily by long practice in elud- ing the inadequate Government forces at sea—all this must be retained as among the principal secrets of the great campaign to help dry up Amer- ca. More new boats, however, it is un- derstood unofficially, are to be launched. Where or when is not made public, either. Live Up to Tradition. The United States Coast Guard and fts corps of seasoned officers, tried like steel in the service,' which dates back to 1790 and has a wealth of tradition and pride in performance, are not overly boastful in their new campaign against the enemy, and ful- Iy efedit the smuggler with the strength of his position. They recog- nize the difficulties to be overcome, and are set,, with this new fleet, to succeed. ‘This spirit is eloquently set forth by Admiral Billard in a statement over his signature in the current number of the Congressional Digest, discussing the Coast Guard's task in enforcing the eighteenth amendment. “No military organization in the world,” says Admiral Billard, “has higher traditions or standards of service or a finer spirit of devotion to duty than has the United Stat Coast Guard. These assets the serv- ice has and they are far more im- portant even than additional vessels and motor boats. Throughout its long history the Coast Guard has never vet failed in any task assigned it. - It now faces the greatest and most trying task in its long history, but officers and men, with one accord, are going into this fight to uphold the Constitution with a splendid deter- mination to give the best that is in them to the end that the proud record of the Coast Guard shall not suffer.” Conscience Fund Increased. More money for Uncle Sam's con- salence fund was received yesterday by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. It came in three $50 bills and a $20 The writer gaid: “Think I owe the United Stat $170, which 1 enclose, {as welghing about of | Government atout &) CHILREN MISSING; MOTHER SUSPECTED! Little Ones Disappear on Way to School, Father Seeks Divorced Wife. Believing bis first wife, from whom he secured a divorce in Savannah, Ga. four years ago, has kidnaped his two children, James Coursey of 126 C street northeast today was endeavor- ing to communicate with friends in the South as to her whereabouts, while police were combing the city for Bertha and Shelton, aged 9 and 7. respectively, who disappeared be- tween their home and the Carberry chool yesterday within four hours of each other. Bertha left home shortly before 9 and was due to return for lunch at 12:30 and then take her little brother to the afternoon session of the second grade. When she fafled to uppear at the usual hour, Mrs. Coursey, the stepmother. thought she had been de- | tained by the teacher and sent Shel- ton off alone. “If 1 see her I'll tell her to come home right away,” the little boy said to Mrs. Coursey. About 2 o'clock, Bertha, not having returned home, Mrs. Coursey went to the school #nd was informed by her teacher that the child had not ap- peared for class that day. Neither Child at Sehool. Mrs. Coursey then went to Shelton's classroom and he likewise had not been seen. As a last resort, she went to the home of a friend, thinking the children might have gone there, but she had no success. Hailing a pa- trol wagon, she informed the police of the disappearance. Mr. Coursey said today His former wife was adjudged incompetent to mother his children and pending the settlement of divorce proceedings in Savannah he was given the boy and his wife the girl. She vitlated her end of the agreément by not appear- ing with the child when the case was called for hearing. He was given the divorce, he said, and after a wide search found her in New Smyrna, Fla. Calling the law to his side, he se- cured custody of Bertha in January last year and since that time he hasn’'t seen his first wife. Dreswed in Blue. Bertha was dressed in a blue voile dress with black dots, lavender socks and low shoes and wore a blue coat. She was bareheaded. She is described 65 pounds, has dark hair and eyes and is large for her age. Shelton is said to be small for his age and resembles his sister. He wore a tan pongee waist with black trousers, dark gray socks and green sandals. SMOOT, ANSWERING LA FOLLETTE, SAYS STOCK IS FOR SALE Page.) his charges against the sugar trust, and whom he stated was urged by representatives of the “trust” to re- sign from the board to accept other appointments and thus bring about a deadlock in the commission, was not in the city today. Chairman Thomas O. Marvin of the commission and Commissioners Lewis | and Glassie when asked about the La Follette charges said to The Star repre- sentative that make any comment. Commissioner Burgess said he knows of the incident referred to by Senator La Follette, in which Commissioner Culbertson was questioned by Senators Smoot of Utah and Phipps of Colorado and other Senators and Representa- | tives, and that it was nothing of the nature depicted by the Wisconsin Sen- ator in his Baltimore speech. He said there is nothing in connection with that meeting which could not be made public, and that he felt very sure that Senator Smoot or Senator Phipps would describe every detail of it if they were asked. Mr. Burgess said that the third party candidate has seen fit to use this meeting for the purpose of giving the public the wrong impression. The White House had no comment to make upon Senator La Follette's charges. $30,000,000 LOSS VISIONED. La Follette Says People Will Pay Sum if Tariff Stands. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md.,, October 28.— With the election one week away, Senator Robert M. La Follette left {here early today to carry his fight for the presidency back into New York State. He speaks tanight in Brook- 1yn, tomorrow night in Schenectady, and then will invade New England for an address Thursday night at Bos- ton before turning West for speeches In_Pittsburgh and Cleveland, The Independent candidate launched his final week of campaigning here |1ast night with an address in which he again assailed President Coolidge, referring to him as “the silent serv. ant of the system” which, he con- tended, controls the Government. ‘The Wisconsin Senator sought to show “that the sugar trust” had been active in bringing about an increase in sugar duties, had attempted to de- crease sugar imports, and are now exerting pressure to prevent a reduc- tion in the sugar tariff rates. May Cost People $30,000,000. “Every week that President Cool- idge’s decision has been delayed costs Amercian housewives $1,000,000. There have been 12 weeks since the report was first submitted. If after Novem- ber 4 he fails to order a reduction and this holds the matter up until the 6th of March, when a new President will take his place, the total cost of the delay will amount to about $30,000,- 000. Declaring that ‘“every effort was made by, the sugar interests to delay the report of commission,” Mr. La Follette continued: ‘Senator Smoot, chairman of the finance committee of the Senate, and stockholder in the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, called Vice Chairman Cul- bertson, who favored an early re- port and a reduction of the sugar tariff, to_his office at the Capitol. Senator Smoot told Mr. Culbertson that there was much criticism of the tariff commission by certain members of Congress, and asked ‘Whether he would not meet some members of the Senate and House who were waiting in apother room. The commissioner was finglly conducted by Senator Smovot into an adjoining room. Those in Conferenee. “When he got into the committee room he found there some members of Congress, representing sugar in- terests, such as Benator Phipps and Representative Timberlake of Colo. rado. But there were others. The lawyers and lobbyists for the sugar in- terests were there. Mr. Hodges, than attorney for the beet sugar industry and now treasurer of the Republican national committee, was there. Thus the vice chalrman of the tariff com- mission was subjected to a cross-fire of criticism from the sugar lawyers interested in the case then pending betore the commission, This was after arguments made in this sugar case and while the case was - consideration by the commis- “Do you know: what :this . they did not care to | STAR, WASHINGTON, LOCATED OFF Div.en to Go By the Ausociated Press. | NEW YORK, October 28.—Treasure jhunters, who left New York early this month to recover gold, silver, jcopper and jewels, which went down {With the steamship Merida off the { Virginia Capes in 1911, have been successful in the first phase of the expedition, The sunken ship has been located. Divers now will be sent down after the treasure, the value of which Is estimated at $2,000.000 to $5,000,000. The trailers, Foam and Spray, dragged the waters in the vicinity, where the Merida sank, with a mile- long iron sweep. Ten days after the Here was the vice chalrman of the | tarift commisslon, sitting as a judge in a case which was to be reported {to the House of Representatives as a basis for determining the President's decision on the sugar tariff, who, through the influence of one of the most powerful members of his own political party—the Republican party —was brought into a private confer- ence with attorneys representing one side of the controversy then pending before him. Of course, the purpose of this private conference was to influence the proceedings of the tribunal and, it possible, to control its decision. Likened to Coercing Judge. “There is no difference in ethics between this attempt to coerce a member of the tariff commission and an attempt to coerce a judge sitting In @ civil or criminal case. When its interests are at stake the private monopoly syitem knows no ethies. It does not hesitate. It uses its con- {trol of government to get what it wants. “It {s fair to Commissioner Culbert- son and Costigan to say that this coarse proceeding on the part of these representatives of the sugar trust had no influence upon this action. “The system did not stop there. All through ‘the Summer it kept up its |pressure on this commissioner, in every concejvable way, in an attempt to persuade him to delay submitting the report of the commission to Presi- dent Coolidge until after the election The Department of Justice was used Appointments were offered Mr. Cul- bertson to induce the commissioner to leave the tariff commission, so that the commission would again be even 1y divided and a deadlock would en- |sue. But all the pressure failed. The commissioner, like a splendid public ;er\‘nnt. stood his ground and did his uty. Why does President Coolidge delay his decision? 1 submit a few facts: “William V. Hodges, a lawyer rep- resenting the Colorado beet sugar in- terests which profit by this delay, is treasurer of the Republican national committee. “William Wrigley, jr., the largest individual contributor to the cam- [msizn funds, is president of the Gun- {nison Sugar Company “Charles B. Warren, sometimes known as ‘Beet Sugar Charley, was {chairman of the committee on resolu- tions which wrote the platform at the Cleveland Republican convention. He |is president of the Michigan Sugar | Company and the Toledo Sugar Com- | pany ‘alls Smoot Stockholder. “Senator Reed Smoot, who has strong political pull in Utah and {1daho, is a stockholder in the Utah- !1daho Sugar Company. | “Former Senator McCumber, who | promised to deliver North Dakota to the Republican ticket, is counsel for the American Cane Sugar League.” | In a statement given out before hi { departure from Baltimore, Mr¢ La Fol- {lette declared that the “most encour- | aging feature of our campaign is that the fight for the Independent-Progres- | sive ticket has been financed by the | Breat masses of the people. “The campaign has proved a num- ber of things,” continued the Senator. “The first is that millions of dollars are not necessary to conduct an hon- est campaign in 48 States: second, that it is not necessary to solicit campaign contributions from wealthy corporations or individuals, who very naturally expect special favors if the campaign is successful, but that the people themselves will furnish the money to advance a cause in which they really believe. Makes No Pledges, He Says. “If the Progressive ticket is elected, as T believe it will be, for the first time in 50 years a President will take the oath of office with no obligation to any special privilege or corpora- tion, and fully able to keep the pledges upon which he was elected. To conform to a ruling by Attorney General Robinson of Maryland, that the name of every contributor to the La Follette campaign fund, and the amount given, no matter how small, must be obtained, tickets were pre- pared for last night's meeting selling at from 50 cents to $2, and bearing lines for the name and address of the purchaser. Thus the collecting of the tickets automatically provided the re- quired record. Tarries in New Jersey. JERSEY CITY, N. J., October 28.— Senator La Follette arrived here to- day on his way to Brooklyn, where he will deliver a campalgn speech to- night. He plans to remain aboard his private car here during the day, going to Brooklyn just before the time set for his address. SALT LAKE CITY, October 28— Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. stock, which United States Senator Reed Smoot of Utah today offered to sell to Sen- ator La Follette for $3 per share, yes- terday was $3.06 bid, $3.15 asked. These are the local exchange figures. Freight Schooner Blows Up. ‘WOODS HOLE, Mass., October 28.— The coastal freighting schooner Pansy Bitters caught fire and blew up while at anchor in Tarpaulin Cove early today. Capt. W. F. Nickerson and Mate Jarvis Robbins were blown from their bunks to the deck. ‘The skipper, severely burned, rescued Robbins from the flames, and they escaped in the schooner’'s tender. They will recover. The schooner is a total 1 . The cause of the fire and explosion Is unknown. pulcialiciisE ok ol -OPERATE The Traffic Bureau announces that what maybe called “The Warn- is henceforth to be used by officers on traf- Co ing and Interval System’ fic control duty in Washington. Co-operation by traffic officer. tial to its success. The obligations THE OFFICER'S DUTY, To blow a long blast on his whistle as a warning that he is about to shift the direction of traffic. To see that the intersection is clear. of moving vehicles and pedestrians before he completes the shift. THE MOTORISTS DUTY. If in the moving stream of traffic, to k warning whistle, To stop back of the sidewalk intersection, when it is blown, or if he has already passed that intersection, to proceed. If in the waiting stream of traffi upon the blowing of the warning whistl maphore is turned or the officer motions him to do so, 2 THE DUTY OF THE PEDESTRIAN. To motide the direction of the flow of traffic and to keep off the crosswalks being crossed by trafic. When the warning whistle blows, TREASURE SHIP SUNK 13 YEARS —_— After Merida’s Cargo of Gold, Silver, Jewels and Copper, Valued From $2,000,060 to $5,000,000—Hijackers Feared. D._C VIRGINIA CAPES work began, the sunken ship was discovered. lLeaders of the expedition refused today to reveal the exact lo- cation for fear that' hijackers may be attracted to the spot. Roughly she lies 200 feet down, 55 miles east and half a mile north of Cape Charles. The Merida was sunk in May, 1911, when she was rammed at night by the steamship Admiral Farragut. The ‘Ward line, owner of the sunken craft, did not consider it feasible to under- take the salvaging of the ship. . A group of New York men, including Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, jr.; Frank- ln L Mallory and Heyward Drayton, 3d, h've undertaken to recover the lost - .u -ure. LETTER LONE CLUE 10 SHORES MURDER Signed “From the Furnace,” -and Police See Possible Lead in Missive. The militar¥ board of inquiry in- vestigating the mysterious death of Russell Shores, 2-year-old sentry, Wwhose body was found with one fatai bullet wound in the abdomen early last Wednesday morning, reported to- day a verdict of homicide. Maj. C. M. Walson, executive officer of Walter Reed Hospital, stated that the board reached the same conclu- sion as the coroner's jury did yes- terday afternoon, after examining many of the same witnesses. The report of the board of inquiry has been dispatched to the office of | the adjutant general of the Army. The next step in the case, running down whatever clues may be present- ed, finds detectives and military in- vestigators faced with a task in which details have been allowed to cool. Detectives Put on Case. Inspector C. L. Grant that Detectives Waldron, | Springman _and Darnall placed on the cas | " Neither the decision of the coroner's |Jury nor the finding of the board of |inquiry at Walter Reed Hospital brought any evidence of particular bustle or stir among the investiga- tors. They admit there are no clues on which to start and that the case today presents as great a mystery or a greater one because of the lapse of time—as when the body was found. A seeming paradox confronts the | detectives and military officials. Every evidence of the “silent witnesses,” as the ground and appurtenances sur-| rounding the spot where the body was found are termed, give no indication : of violence and every indication of | suicide. The wound in the body of the deceased, however, gives no indication | of suicide because of its position and the course of the bullet and every in- dication that it had been fired by an- ! other person. This was pointed out ! by an experienced criminologist inter- | ested in the case, today. | One of the first efforts of the police | will center upon the information | which can be given by close friends| of the deceased. Detectives will en- | deavor to uncover some indication of | motive by running down his associa- | tions, not only in this city, but also | (_n places where he was located be- fore coming to Walter Reed Hospital. | Military Record. | Shotes' military record shows seven months and eleven days previous service in the Army before enlisting | at Camp Hayes, in Ohio, on July 3 last, for the present term of service. | He came here about three months ago, | In his pocket, at the time of his| death, were found two letters. One | was from his sister. The other was | signed, “From the Furnace.” This lat- | ter letter, it is said, supplies the lone straw at which oflicials interested in | running out the case are grasping. Efforts will be made, it was stated by Inspector Grant today, to discover just who the author of the letter is, and if possible to learn from this writer whether any fear of violence was ever expressed by the deceased. RENT LITIGATION UP IN NEW PHASE Tenants Claim Corporation Is Prohibited From Appear- ing as Landlord. announced Sweeney, have been | i | | | | | Shorew’ A new phase of the rent litigation was presented today when H. E. Hutchens and B. D. Young, tenants of Fontanet Courts, brought peti- tions for writs of prohibition in the District Court of Appeals, asking the court to prevent Judge Mary O'Toole of the Municipal Court from proceed- ing to hear landlord and tenant pro- ceedings brought against the two tenants by the Fidelity Storage Co. said to be the owner of the building. The Appellate Court will take the petitions under consideration. Through Attorney Raymond M. Hudson, the tenants declare that the charter of the Fidelity Storage Co. does not grant that corporation power to own and possess real estate, and the code of the District specifically prohibits the forming of corporations to own real estate except for the nec- essary purposes of its business. Since the company cannct own the prop- erty, Attorney Hudson contends, it cannot maintain suits for possession against its tenants. Unless the Mu- nicipal Court is retrasined, he states, a multiplicity of suits will follow, to the great expense of the Government. motorists and pedestrians is essen- of each are herewith briefly listed. his ears open for the to prepare to move forward Not to move until either the to clear the crosswalks across which traflie is about to be ordered to | were being expended on behalf of | minded |called to the stand, and he said he INDAYSBYG.0.P. Senators Told That Income During Period From Oct. 16 to 20 Was $628,589. The Bepublican national committee reported to the Senate campaign in- vestigating committee today that dur- Ing the period October 16 to 20 it had spent $491,226 and received in contri- butions $628,589. ‘The Chicago office reported contri- butions of $123,838.50 and the New York office $504,750.95 Contributions include: Joseph E. Widener of Philadelphia, _$25,000; John D. Rockefeller, $10,000;"John D. Rockefeller, jr., $10,000; Murray Gug- genhefm of New York, $5,000; Simon Guggenheim, New York, $5,000; Dan- iel Guggenheim, New York, $5.000; F. R. Guggenheim, New York, $5.000; Benjamin H. Namm, New York, $5,000; Joseph R. Brundy, Bristol, Pa., 35,000 -Joseph R. Grundy, Bristol, Pa., delphia, $5,000; E. T. Stotesbury Philadelphia, $5,000; Bernarr McFad- den, New York, $10,000; Owen F. Rob- erts, New York, $5,000; W. R. Coe, New York, $10,000; John J. Millen, New York, $5,000; Henry Walters, w York, $5,000. Disbursements Listed. The report shows that the Chicago office disbursed $420,229 and the New York office $70,997 during the period. The following amounts were con- tributed to campaigns in various States: $25,000 to Cook County, IL: $21.815 to lowa, $35000 to Nebraska, $10,000 to ldaho, $10,000 to South Dakota, $37.500 to Tennessee, $3,087 to Missouri, $10,000 to Arizona, $10,000 to Montana, $10,000 to New Mexico, $10,000 to North Dakota, $15,000 to Utah, $10,000 to Washing- ton, $5000 to Virginia and $25,000 to Wyoming. Other expenditures included $15,000 to the national senatorial committee | fund, $50,000 to the congressional committee fund and $22,585 to ex- penses of the Dawes speaking tour. The two Democrats on the com- mittee remained here today to pro- ceed with the inquiry into charges of a Republican “slush” fund, while the other two members, Chairman Borah, Republican, and Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, Minnesota, prepared to begin separate hearings tomorrow in Chicago. About a dozen witnesses subpoenaed at the request of Frank P. Walsh counsel for Senator La Follette, wno asked for investigation of the slush fund” charges, were on hand or en route here to testify before the Washington section of the com- mittee. Mr. Walsh will remain here to cross-examine them. Will Quis G. 0. P. Chiefs. Samuel Untermyer of New York, Mr. Walsns associate counsel, who is a supporter of John W. Davis, ac- ompanied the other two committe men to Chicago to cross-examine wit- nesses to be called there. These will include William M. Butler, chairman, | and Willlam V. Hodges, treasurer, of the Republican natlonal committee, and possibly the Republican State chairmen of Illinois and Ohio. sub- poenaes for whom were requested to- day by La Follette counsel Having decided to participate in the hearings, through counsel, the Republican national committee may have its representatives at hoth the Washington and Chicago sessions. Weymouth Kirkland of Chicago ap- peared before the investigators yes- terday on behalf of the Republican committee and immediately made a counter-charge that “enormous sums” | La Follette and Wheeler, but were | not accounted for through the regu- | lar independent organization. Claims La Follette Sla While Kirkland did not go into the | details of his charges. he told the committee he had evidence to support them. Tt was learned that he had a list of some 20 witnesses he wants : i thought his charges should be aired before election day. Walsh said he would be glad to have that done, but he insisted that| since witnesses wanted in the effort to support the La Follette charges have been summoned they should be heard without any interruption. No decision on this issue between coun- sel, however, was announced by the committee. The injection of the new charges into the inquiry was viewed by some members as complicating an already rather complex situation. There isn't sufficient time remaining before the election to go thoroughly into the La Follette charges, and yet it had bef_'n the announced intention to in- quire into expenditures by the Ameri- can Federation of Labor on behalf of the La Follette-Wheeler ticket. Members of the committee desire to &et home to vote next Tuesday. The decision to split the inquiry between Washington and Chicago will facil- itate matters, but the investigators regard it as almost impossible to get at the facts as to the charges and counter-charges before election day. RUDOLPH INDORSES TRAFFIG INTERVALS Plan of Blowing Whistle to| Warn of Sign Changes Is Declared Good. The rule requiring traffic officers to blaw their whistles and then al- low an interval of time to elapse be- fore changing the direction of traffic was indorsed today by Commissioner Rudolph, chairman of the board of Commissioners. Commissioner Oyster gave his approval to the plan several days ago. believe the principle of giving motorists and pedestrians a warning blast on the whistle before turning the semaphore is a good one,” Com- missioner Rudolph observed. The number of seconds that should elapse between the blowing of the whistle and the turning of the sign is being left to the judgment of the individual policeman, but Inspector Headley has Instructed them to wait long enough after the blast for ma- chines and pedestrians that are half way across to clear the intersection. ‘When the whistle blows, machines that have not crossed the white lines stop and those that are in the middle of the intersection continue on their ‘When Signal Should Tura. way. Pedestrlans who have not stepped off the curb at the sound of the whistle should wait. As soon as the traffic in the center of the cross- ing is out of the way the officer should turn the sign. Discyssing further the need for more men in the traffic buresu, In- spector Headley today listed some of the corners to which policemen should be permanently assigned. ‘The inspector olu':vu L:‘a& v'rycn | Communist party of Great PLAN BIG CAMPAIGN | mobile drivers, courses will be given Center of British Row GREGORY ZINOVIEFF. President of the Committee of the Communist Internationale, whose let- ter to “the cemtral committee of the Brithin, suggests that Premier MacDonald and his associates are “only an inferior copy of the policles of the' Curzon Sovermment.” TOCURB ACCIDENTS Committees to Seek Educa- tion of Whole Nation to End Traffic Fatalities. Confronted with a mounting mor- tality list from operation of the 15.- 000,000 motor vehicles in use in the | United States, the American public during 1925 will be parties to and students in the greatest educational plan ever adopted in the United States, with the single purpose of re- ducing the staggering total of lives lost through ignorance and lack of observance of the rule that constant vigilance on the highways of the na- tion is the price of safety. Eight committees of the national conference on street and highway ac- cidents, which will meet at the call of Secretary of Commerce Hoover in ‘Washington, December 15, 16 and 17, are working to co-ordinate a definite educational plan whose teaching will extend into every home in the United States and whose program contem- plates education of every person hav- ing anything to do with the move- ment of human beings and merchan- dise by automobile. This program will be laid before the conference, taking the place of the usual report of a resolutions committee, will be adopted and put into immediate use by every agency dealing with traffic on the strects and highways of the Nation. Children to Be Educated. Children in the public and high schools will be given a complete course in safety instruction: the gen- eral public will be constantly re- *hat observance of the pri- mary rules of safety is the price of | life; schools will be opened for auto- | to teachers in the normal schools, and intensive courses vill be opened in engincering universities for the training of traffic experts, looking to- ward the selection of competent traf- | fic officers. In addition, the drivers behind the 15,000,000 wheels of the motor-driven vehicles in the United States, wil be educated up to the idea that safety of the public and thej driver is the first consideration. This education program, by its size | and scope, will make all the efforts| now being made to reduce traffic ac-| cidents, seem small by comparison,| although much has been done by lo-| cal safety commitiees to reduce loss of life. The report of the eight com- mittees will be voted on and adopted in advance of the conference. Taking as its founaation the thesis that “ignorance of the public” is at the base of the great majority of traf- fic accidents the conference will con- sider every phase of education of the static element from whose ranks 22,600 persons met their deaths in traffic accidents last vear. Figures now being developed by the general committee show that while many automobile accidents occur in Washington each year, the ratio of non-fatal accidents to fatal accidents is small compared with other cities. One out of every 3§ automobile accidents in Washington results fatally, while the' ratio in New York is one in 19 and in Cleve- land one in 20. The fatality rate here in 1923, due to traffic accidents, was 18 per 100,000 population. The conference will probably be held at the new home of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States, at Connecticut avenue and H street. Secfetary Hoover will open the con- ference, and hopes to preside at all the sessions. The Commerce Depart- ment head is more than passively in- terested in reduction of deaths and ! injuries due to traffic accidents. He has taken the lead in organization of the conference, and will take every step in his power to put through a concrete program which, it is hoped, will effect a reduction in the toll taken by motor-driven vehicles, SEEK COALITION. German Republicans Out to Beat| Reactionary Candidates. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 28.—Coalition of all of the Republican forces in the forthcoming Reichstag election is urged by the Republican party, which failed to win any seats in the last election. Defeat of reaction is de- clared to be the fundamental issue of the campaign. The party refrains from placing a ticket in the field and hopes that the other parties, which are loyal to the republic and com- mitted to fulfillment of its policies, will agree to put up a joint ticket. e L, _——— teenth dnd H streets northeast and if he goes by way of Maryland avenue and the Capitol grounds he does not meet another traffic man until he reaches Seventh street and Pennsyl- vania avenue. There is another at Ninth street, and then no more until Fourteenth street is reached. At the intervening crossings along Pennsylvania avenue patrolmen are stationed during the morning and evening rush hoyrs, but the inspector believes they should be made regular traffic posts. The inspector said there should be traffic men permanently stationed on Pennsylvania avenue at Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thir- [resulted in the fail | with the | also | structed my office to give out | Miss Checkers WILBUR FOR NAVY GUN ELEVATION Secretary Holds It Essential Requisite in Acquiring “Homogeneous” U. S. Fleet. Efforts to acquire a “homogeneous fleet” for the United States will unavailing unless the gun-elev machinery on American battle: be improved to permit all main ba teries to reach an average maximum elevation, Secretary of the Navy Wi bur declared in an address last nig through station WCAP, which closed the Capital's Navy day program Naval strength in the last analys he emphasized, must be measured “the blow a ship's guns can delive at long ranges.” “Subject to the construction of the treaty for the limitation of arma ment, we are asking Congress authorize the necessary ch permit this elevation,” the said, “so that our fleet may Nave 1 maximum efficiency at long rang We anticipate that future naval wars will be fought in great fleet actions where a nation will stake everything upon the issue of a single battle." ccretary Aviation Not Overleoked. l?n)mz that the Navy had over loofed the importance of aviation in modern naval strategy, Secretary Wilbur called attention that horsepower of airplane engi commission today in the Navy “almost equal to the total hor power of the Navy with which we defeated Spain,” while there was hand or building airplane engir which would more than double power. “The Navy Department recently re ported to Congress that our a whole was only 80 per cent as pow erful as that of Great Britain,” he s ““This ratio was faulty, due to the fa that four of our battleships needed b repairs. Three of these have since repaired. Citex England's Superior Tonnage. The Secretary quoted data to show that England now possessed super tonnage to the United States in a craft carriers and scout cruisers, ha ing constructed extensively in bot classes since the limitation treaty w. adopted. He reviewed the proceec ings in the last Congress which h ure of the pend naval construction bill to b law and declared that “it does no in the mouth of the nominee of ti Democratic party to charge the ad ministration with dereliction co b | ing the Navy when needed legisiatic proposed by the defeated by tors.” Would Prevent Aggressive War. “We are going ahead with our X plans,” Secretary Wilbur declarcc “If we and the other powers confor:r to the agreed ratio, not only in ba tleships. but also in other surfac and subsurface and aircraft, success ful, aggressive warfare between the £ignatory powers across the oceans which border our shores will be impossibility.” He closed with a prediction that would be possible to “outlaw war just as civilization had outlawed vc low fever, typhoid and other plague administration v two Democratic AVOIDED PUBLICITY Claims He Was Hasty and Secretive on Elk Hills and Teapot Leases. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELI October 28.—Fu ther testimony of Edward C. Finney Assistant Secretary of the Interior as to the alleged inclination of Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the In- terior, toward haste and secrdey in awarding the Elk Hills naval oil leases and contracts to the Pan American Petroleum Co. remained for today’'s session of the trial of the Government’'s suit to cancel those leases and contracts. Finney ¥ erday testified that Fall was impatient with delays in the Elk Hills lease negotiations and ex- pressed a desire to wind up the Elk Hills transactions simultaneous! granting of Teapot Don. to the Sinclair interests. H identificd a letter from Fall t. Edwin Denby. then Secretary of the Navy, in which Fall said: “I have In- noth leas, ing regarding these contract Ambassador Riddle Il PANAMA. October 8. —John W Riddle, American Ambassador to Ar- gentina, en route to the United States for a vacation, was taken off the steamship Santa Teresa, which a rived here yesterday, and removed to a hospital, suffering severely frou. rheumatism. LAUREL ENTRIES WED, Purse, ror FIRST RACE 6 furlon; Tall Grass Litea 108 vanspiant 0.0 108 alembour 102 Gold Crump lear View... .. Also eligib sDuckling 2 Yo Gold Trap... 5. " Srenet Campauls Ampolac Hiruneth sCiex - Wb .. SDAY $1,300; for 2-5ear-oids . 105 Frappe *Dadbabbit 75 enee Belle D105 I tve L 104 ‘onsolation Steeplechas: 000; Handicap; for 3-year-olds up; about 2 mil 142 Boatman 140 *St. Pancras. THIRD RACE—Claiming; purse, $1,500; all ages: 6 furlongs. *No lady.... Trooper *Cant Say Coral Tteef. 15 St. Michael. 110 Cutherine Marrone 107 *{Elemental 110 *{Brsn Dear.. 02 tG. W. Foreman entry. FOURTH RACE—Claiming: purse, $1,500; for 8-year-olds and up; iy miles. Racket . 108 *Tjandi . Dernier 'S 111 Gray Gabies *Arliogton 1106 Red Wine.... FIFTH RACE—Ellerslie Handicap; _purse, $2,000; fllies and mares of all ages; 1 mile Vrans ... 108 #Silk Tassel. 113 t8un Lady..". ... 102 Trip Lightly 100 Gymkhana ..., 97 Ten Sixty 107 {Three pounds claimed for rider. SIXTH RACE—Claiming; purse, $1.500; for 3-year-olds and up: 1 mile und u furlong. Cote a'or. 116 Day Lilly *0wasco 104 *Our Birthday. *Holster 104 *Rita B SGendoller 104 Yoshimi L 104 *0ld Tim 104 SEVENTH RACE—Claiming: purse. $1.500; for 3-yesr-olds and up: 1 mile and a furlong. *The Foreigner... 107 Nea Monarch. *Seth’s Flower.. 104 *Nespolitan ...... 10§ *Dr. Chas. Wells. 104 *Vice Chairman.. 107 98 el T No 90 *Composer *Mary Rose Seu Sand... Lester Doctor. .. *Much Ado..... . 100 111 105 teenth and Fifteenth streets. There also should be men at the correspond- mnsqrucflqu on ¥ and G streets, opinion. & % Fihe Queen’s Guild..... 108 *Louis A......... 104 Van Patrick. 112 Frosty Boy... Virginius - .10 *Apprentice allowance claimed. Weather cloudy; track alowy ' 1004 v ‘