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WEATHER. Fair and slightly warmer today; to- morrow falr and coole ! ture for 2! last night: terday; lowest, 49, at 8 a Full report on page 7. o. 1,023.—No. CONGRESS CONTROL 4 EXPECTED IN WAKE OF HUGE G.OP.VOTE Party Leaders Confident of House and Gain in Num- ber of Senators. DAVIS WINNING FROM RANKS OF LA FOLLETTE Possibility That Great Silent Vote May Upset Form Discounted by G. 0. P. Leaders. BY N. 0. MESSENGER, Stafft Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, November 1.—It is al- most over. The last words will be spoken Monday night, the last ad- ¢ Jnonition given, the final appeal made, ind on Tuesday the case will be sub- mitted to the jury, the great Ameri- electorate, for a decision on of administrators of the Gov- crnment and arbiters of legislation for the next four years. The preponderance of indicatiofs now favors the Republican presiden- tial ticket. The best judgment of ob- is_that Coolidge and Dawes win handsomely, and that the tion will not be thrown into Con- Many thoughtful politicians fur as to predict a Republican de that may carry along with it & Republican House of Representa- tives and several senatorships. See Voters Playing Safe. confidence of the politicians feel this way is derived from ideration of the elements of the campaign and the issues involved. It is essentially a campaign of utilitari- anism. The voters are looking about for an administration on s8und busi- ness lines. safe policles tutional government, and the surface indications point to their being about ready to put their faith in the Re- publican party and its candidates. Zlements of doubt as to the out- come were Injected early into the mpaign by the entry of a third party into the field, leading to the ap- prehension that a free expression of the will of the people might be frus- servers will Th wi 29,405. and consti- | r. Tempera- hours ending at 10 p.m. fighest, 68, at 2 pn..yes 2 .m. yesterday. Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. Brake Into Coach By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J., November 1.— Mrs. Fred Cooper of Jenkintown, Pa., 'was killed tonifht when she was hit on theghead by part of the brake riggink of a train on/ the Pennsylvania Railroad, on which she was a passenger. The missile was a piece af the loco- motive brake shoe, which fell oft and rebounded into tha_ coach where Mrs. Cooper was deated. None of the other passengers was injured. Burlington ‘County authorities and State police at first held the theory that a bomb had exploded in. the train, but this wafldenied by railroad company officlals after an investigation, | DAVIS SCORES L. . ISOLATIONIN LAST CAMPAIGN SPEECH New York Crowd Cheers At- tack on Corruption—Gov. Smith Also Speaks. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 1.—Candi- date John W. Davis summed up his case tonight and virtually rested his campalign for the presidency with the American voters. His final appearance before a pub- lic audience was made in Carnegie | Hall here, and except for the radio address to be delivered Monday night he brought his personal campaign to a close.| The speech tonight, Mr. Davis said, was an “appeal to reason and con- science, rather than to prejudice.” And on that plane he chose to await the verdict to be returned by the | Jury November 4, the result of which will returm him again to private life or give him the reins of Gove for four years, beginning March 4, next. | i | | | i | | Arrival In Cheered. The arrival of Mr. Davis and Gov. mment | he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sundy WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, :1924—110 PAGES. e o e 13 T0 315 VOTES SEEN FOR COOLIDGE: MAY BE LANDSLIDE Davis-La Follette ~Coalition mote, to Deadlock Race. | ELEVEN STATES IN DEALS; !G. 0. P. LEADERS ARE TOLD Showing Independent Candidate Makes to Determine Whether Third Party Lives. | | i i { | | BY GOULD LINCOLN. H Staft Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, November 1.—The election {of President Calvin Coolidge on Tuesday | seems assured. Neither John W. | President. nor Robert M. La Follette, Independent Progressive, has a re mote chance of recelving a majority of the electoral votes of_the States. | The only chance of the failure of President Coolidge to be elected at the polls lies in the attempted coali- Western States. The rise or fall of the new Liberal Party proposed by the La Follette lcaders will be determined to a large extent at the polls on Tuesday. It will be determined by the size of the popular vote cast for La Follette and Wheeler, in a measure by the electoral vote received by them, and also by the success of candidates for il)le Senate and House alligned with | La Follette. Cealition Effect Uncertal y beliet is that President Cool- idge will be elected. He elected by an overwhelming vote. The evidences, however, of the coali- tion sought to be effected between his opponents in some i which 1 have visited are so strong |that a number of them should be I placed in the doubtful column. In the following table are | the States, the probable way in which they will cast their electoral votes, and those States which are Only Chance, and That Re- | Davis. the Democratic nominee for| i | tion of Democrats and Progressives | |in certaini of the. Western and Middle | ] may be; of the States! listed | MOTHER BELIEVES - EXCZAR MAY LIVE {Dowager Empress, Stating Her Views, -Denounces Cyril’s Throne Claim. By Cable to The Star and New York World. Copyright; 1924, BERLIN, November 1.—Nicholas 1T, “the little father of all the Russians,” may still be alive. This is the bellet I' TO WASHINGTON. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—48 PAGES. General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Political Survey—Pages 4, 5, 6 and 24. Schools and Colleges—Pages 26 and 27. Serial—“Captain Blood,” Page 29. Spanish War Veterans—Page 29, Radio News and Programs—Page 30. At the Community Centers—Page 31. Boy Scouts—Page 36. Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 37. The Civilian Army—Page 38. Around the City—Page 39. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 40. W. C. T. U.—Page 40. News of the Clubs—Page 42. District National Guard—Page 42. Financial News—Pages 44 and 45. PART TWO—18 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. TAX ASSESSMENTS 10 BE INCREASED Total Valuation of Property in City to Be Substatially Higher This Year. —_———— The total valuation of real estate for taxation purposes will be substantially increased as a result of the biennial as- sessment of property now being made, District Assessor Willlam P. Richards “From Press to Home The Star is Within the Hour” delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. ¥ RIOT CALL FOLLOWS LA FOLLETTE MEETING Disturber Arrested at New Orleans Charging Speaker as Bolshevist. | By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La.,, November 1.— A riot call was sent to police head- quarters tonight when disorders be- came rampant at a meeting of L Follette-Wheeler supporters in their labor temple. J. J. Fineran, head of the independent movement in Louis- lana, was in the midst of a speech when a man, who said he was Dr. James Anderson of New York, and represented ‘an intelligence bureau specializing in . industrial work, charged that Fineran was a bolshevist and mounted the platform te present alleged documents to that effect. And- erson got only far enough to an- nounce he was prepared to prove the charge, and was_removing papers from his pocket, when Gus Bienvenue, secretary of the Street Car Workers' Union, rushed forward and attempted to strike him. The hall seethed’ with excitemert while Anderson, holding Bienvenue off with one arm attempted to continue Dis remarks: Some one informed po- lice headquarters a riot was in. prog- ress and every spare policeman and detective in the. first precinct re- sponded. Anderson was taken Into custody and charged with disturbing the peace. ONE SLAI, SECOND SHOT IN FEUD HERE Ernest Clancy Dead, V. S. Story in Hospital, H. F. Rosenberg in Jail. Death and a seriqus wounding cap- | ped the climax of an underworld feud yesterday, when Ernest Claney, 26, of | 54 New York avenue, dropped fatally wounded at 4th and K streets, just an instant after his companion Vernon S. Story, 27, of 2025 1st street, was struck by bullets in the elbow and| through the abdomen, after a visit to the home of Harry F. Rosenberg, 30, of 314 K street, who is now being hald on a charge of murder. Police, who know the trio well, obtained a statement from Rosenberg | the casualty toll. FIVE CENTS. TRODPS BREAK P NILES KLAN RIOT; . DOZEN AR HURT Victims Are Shot or Suffering From Beatings—Some in Serious Condition. SIGHT OF MACHINE GUNS QUIETS WARRING GROUPS Fifty Arrested, Quantity of Arms Seized, as Flaming Circle Battles Ku Klux. By the Ansociated Press. NILES, Ohio, November 1.—Stut+ militia tonight patrolled the street: of Niles following a day of riotini between members of the Ku Kl Klan and Knights of the Flamin Circle, and quiet was rapidly r turning. Military control, howeve was not established until after most a dozen persons had been sl or badly mauled. ‘Some are in he pitals in serious condition at Wal the county seat of Trumbull Cou five miles away. Fights Increase Toll. Gun battles between Flami Circle adherents and Ku Klux Klan men had occurred near the meetin places of the rival factions. Pist | fights between speeding automobil of Klansmen and Klan foes added (" Several times, shots were fired b the opposing factions into their rival camps. Many of these shots went wiid as large numbers of men feil flat on the ground as the firing started. Arrival of the uniformed troops was the most welcome sight which citizens of this city had seen for some time, as it meant immediate disintegration of the opposing forces. As the big motor trucks rolled through the streets loaded with soldiers and machine guns mount- ed on their hoods and tops, shouts and cheers went up from the crowds whicl lined the streets. Parade Caused Trouble. The trouble resulted from an ar- that illicit liquor traffic was at the Toot of it all. and that the two had | gone to Rosenberg's home with the ! intention of shooting him. | nounced intention of the klansmen to parade through. the streets of the city today. A permit to hold the parade had been issued by Mayor Accounts as to details are garbled.! Haw's & g : ago ;. . | Harvey C. Kistler a fow days Noise of shooting at Fourth and K | Knights of the Flaming Circle then streets brought Sergt. Thompson of|announced they would parade also. trated by throwing the election into Congress. where, in the peculiar sit- uation there, it could readily become | Alfred Smith on the stage at Car-| doubtful: negie Hall brought cheers from the | audience which continued until] Washington and Other Society. Tale of Well Known Folk—Page 13. D. A. R. Activities—Page 16. predicted last night. There will be a rather zeneral in- { of his mother, the Dowager Empress Estimates by States. Maria Feodorovna. Like thousands the foot ball of factional manipula- tion. But the best judgment of many ders is that this has been fore. stalled and prevented by timely [} warning and arousing the attention | of the voters to the danger of such a course. Coolidge's Unusual Courne. 3 The bulk of pelitical ppinion in- clines to the belief that President Coolidge has a distinct lead over his two opponents and that position has been contributed to by the nature of the campaign he has made. In no previous campaign has an incumbent in the presidential office asking for renewal of his power been to such an extent what may impersonal” candidate. He has re- mained at his desk, seeking by serv- icc and deeds, rather than promises, to command the favor of the voters. His opponents have been compelled 10 depend upon promises of what they propose to do if elected, to pick what jaults they could find in the Cool- idge performances. Candor and irankness must admit that there have been scanty pickings in their show- ing. Their promises of what they will do if put in power will be weighed in the judgment of the voters on election day. The promises of the radical candidate seem to have shocked some of his followers who in the closing days of the campaign have been slipping from him. The promises are not startling nor a de- parture from form of the Democratic party and its well known policles, What Election Will Show. The election will be a test of whether there are more Republicans than Democrats, more protectionists than low-tariff meh, more League of Nations advocates than anti- lcagyers.in the country. The closing days of the campaign are unusually guiet. The whirlwind finish in New York and New Jersey does not seem to have blown off any roofs. . The ihree parties are closing their ranks, but except in the case of the labor switch are not showing indications of violent changes. That case An influential is deemed important ¢tion of labor, with real votes to cast, abandoned its sup- t of the La Follette ticket and rsed John W. Davis. By that «tion they vitalized their vote and de it count for something instead «f risking throwing it away. Old-time politicians say that the lack of excitement toward the close indicates to them that the voters have long ago made up their minds and that now the cry is “Vote, vote!” Suppose theee surface indications upon which.all the confident Cool- idge predictions are based should Drove to have been misleading and 1hat the mo-called ‘“siieut vote,” upon which the Republicans are banking iRk, Samoioen ! be a vote of protext? When the old-time poil- ticiane discuss this suggestion they protest that it has not followed that line ¥n the past and that there are no indigstions of it threatening to change form now. Tpsnet Believed Unlikely. They point out that there seems to have been such unanimity of opinion among observers engaged in trying to get the truth as to the big Cool- idge sentiment that it seems incredi- bie that everybody should be mistaken. Every presidential election s im- portant in this country, but at va ous epochs there befalls a contest which seems at the tife to be of overwhelming importance and this one might be placed in that category. The close divisions in the legislative body, the sharp lines in House and Senate, with ‘the existence of blocs, the tendency of European affairs in which this Nation is interested, the delicacy of Asiatic questions, the de- mands of commerce and agriculture and their leaning upon government aid and encouragement all combihe to raise questions of vast import to all the people. The coming election should be a prayerful thing. Mexicans Free Briton. VERA' CRUZ, Mexico, November 1.—. , Victor J. Coleman, a British #ubject ’ recently kidnapped by bandits in the Cosamaloapan region, has been re- Jeased. His ‘kidnapers let him” go ‘whea he fell jll and became-a hia- --drance to their movements,- . be termed an | silenced by the orchestra playing “The Star Spangled Banner.” When the music was concluded, however, those on the floor, in the four tiers above and those who had found tanding space only started the song, East ide, West Side, All Around the Town.” Bainbridge Colby, former Seeretary of State, patiently awaited the will of the throng In order that he might introduce the presidential nominee. Finally this was accomplished, Mr. Colby presenting Mr. Davis as “the" next President of the United States.” There was more applause as the nominee, began the delivery of his address. \ Cheer Co-Operation Plea. Frequent were given the speaker as he pro- ceeded with his discussion. Marked applause followed his attack on “cor- ruption” in government and .the: ap- peal for honesty in the administra- tion of affairs in Washington. Reference to the statement made by Woodrow Wilson concerning tarift when Mr. Davis touched upon foreign volicies, urging closer co-operation with the nations of the world for the creation of new and better things, there was a tumultuous outburst of cheers, whistling and handclapping. Even greater was the volume of ap- proval which greeted the statement by Mr. Davis that not all the “reds” in the United- States could do as much to undermine the Government the trust imposed in them by the peo- ple of the country. When the candidate neared the end of his prepared address, he called the attention of the audience to the Grun. dy letters sent out to collect funds from Pennsylvanians for the Repub- lican campaign fund. Much in the same manner as he presented the let- ters last night, Mr. Davis read: Gov. Smith, speaking on the plat- form ‘with Mr. Davis, said he was “confident the people would remember that the Democratic presidential nominee is the outstanding figure in the contest for the presidency,” and that he believed they would see in Mr. Davis' life ~and record, “that which bids them hope for a better, finer, more forward Jooking and more progressive Government in Washing- ton.” ~ At the outset of his speech, Gov. Smith said the Republican party throughout the campaign had as- sumed “the attitude of asking the people to forget.” “Tonight, as the campaign is draw- ing to a close,” he added, “it is fit and proper that we ask the question: Will the people remember, or will they take the Republican advice and forget?” Time for Sober Thought. Summing up his arguments in be- half of the Democratic national ticket . headed by himself and Gov. Charles W. Bryan, Mr. Davis told his audience the decision before the gountry could not be left to impulse, but should be arrived at “soberly, reverently and in the fear of God." “We are here tonight on serious business. We ‘have reached the end of the campaign; and on Tuesday next the 'people of New York will choose those Who arc to serve them for the next two years, and the cit- izens of the United States will mark out the course they are to follow for a four-yoar term. ‘In the lives of "(Continued on Page 24, Column Z)a "The United.States : | ' Expects ‘ Every American expressions of approva™ yestary legislation also evoked approval. And ! as | those in government, who had abused i La Fol- D'bt- ! Coolidge. Davis. lette. fal. = | Kentucky Loulsiana Mary | Massachuseits . | Michigan Mitinesota *. Miestasippi Msspurl . iz is ki H Nebraska Oblo . | Okianoma R ) Gains Favor Cooll Of the doubtful States, Coolidge is more likely to win in lowa, Nebraska, Washington and Montana; Davis is more likely to win in Missouri, and La Follette is more likely to win in Min- nesota and Nevada. With such ad- ditions, Coolidge would have a total of 315, Davis 178 and La Follette 38. 1t requires 266 votes to elect a Presi- dent. If the coalition between the oppo- nent of Coolidge should be successtul in"a considerable number of States, the final results would be far dif- ferent. It is one thing to seek to' deliver lafge numbers of Democratic ‘votes to Senator La Follette in these States: It is another thing to deliver them. Reports which have come to me indi- cate.that the end in view has been sought in different ways. In one place Democratic leaders have actu- ally been called together. and in- structed what to do. In others, the Democrats have tactfully stepped aside to leave the field to La Follette. In still others prominent Democratic | Jeaders have declared their support of La Follette, seeking to point the way for others. : May Afreet 11 States. There is no use closing the eyes to what has been going on. It may not succeed, but it brings into the situa- tion an element of uncertainty. It is this attempted coalition -that lies at the basis of any hope the Democtats and La Follette people may have of de- feating Coolidge. This attempt is being made in Iowa, Washington, Minnesota, California, Montana, 1daho, Nevada, and there is some reason to-belleve that it is being attempted in Indiana, in Colorado, in Wyoming, and even heré in Illinois there may be “something done,” it 1s said. . In my opinion, Senator La Follette will carry Wisconsin and. the .two Dakotas. If the electoral votes of the other States mentioned should be taken away from President Cool- idge and deposited in either the La ‘Follette or the Democratic column, the result would be serious, to.say the ‘least. La Fellette Side Hopéful. The . statement issued by Repre- sentative John M. Nelsoh, the La Follette manager, decldres- that the “New Ive 'y is_assured. of its first victory in the polling booths of the Nation Tuesday.” It“adds that out of the campaign will come a new permanent national political party. No attempt is made to fix the: size of the electoral vote La Follette will receive. Chairman William M. Butler of the Republican national committee . and Lincoln Dixon, th & : | Romanoffs, of Russian peasants, she refuses to { accept the circumstantial story of the murder of her son and all the imme- | diate members of his family while in { custgdy of Bolshevist jailers in Ekat- | burg, Russia. er impoverished exile in England the ‘dowager empress, who WARTWE 97 years old this mohth, has come " farth to protest against the announéement of Grand Duke Cyril, cousin.ef the late czar, that he is the caar of all Russians. In true royal style, Maria Feodorovna's proclama- tion {s published here through a for- mer member of the court of the Grand Duke Nikolai- | vitsch. |® Denies Cyril's Claim. | Tt appeared shortly after Cyril's claim to the throne of the Russian czars was issued from this Bavarian castle, where restoration quarters for exiled nobles and other “white” Rus- sians are now established.” “At the expressed-wish of the em- press dowager, I make public the contents of a letter directed to me, in which she expresses deep sorrow at the manifesto of the Grand Duke Cyril,” Nikolai said. “The death of her son has not yet been clearly proved, and the manifesto was de- signed only to produce dissension and to hurt the cause of Russia. “If the czar, the czarovitch and the Grand Duke Michael really are not lving, and this is proved be- yond the question of a doubt, then | the Russian people will determine | the new ruler. The Grand Duke Nik- | olai adds that he personally rejects | Cyril's manifesto.” Old Quarrel Apparent. | Behind both proclamations is a story of a quarrel of long standing among the deposed Russian royalty, who fight one another with savage in- tensity, while their common ecnemy continues to rule Russia. The fight of Cyril to maintain his claim to the throme and. bring about a revolution to restore the rule of the Romanoffs may shortly be pro- jected to the United States. It is understood that his wife, who Is the daughter of the late Duke of Edin- burgh and a granddaughter of the late Queen Victoria, is now on her way to New York, where she is ex- pected on November 26, to give lec- tures in connection with the work for { Russian relief. The grand duchess, who -will be czarina it Cyril should ever succeed in his attempt, will be accompanied by a small suite, and it is to be presumed that she will be a rallying point with Russian exilés wherever she goes. The Dowager Empress’ persistent refusal ,to accept the report of the ‘murder ‘of the Czar, although it ‘may be raised for jealous reasons, is in consonance with stories afloat all over Russia.. Sir. Phillip Gibbs and others have reported fanciful tales gathered from peagants. According to these stories, ‘the Czar wanders about the country, mourning. for his people, stricken. with remorse for his sins of omission before he was deposed, appearing in famine: stricken towns and-villages to give what little aid he can, praying for the dying, con- soling the bereft. Tales Are damelens. Sometimes “he is discovered, ac- cording t othese stories, by a peculiar jewel, again because of his re- semblance to the crude pictures of the “little father” that were eve (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) - —e The United States : Expects Every American to Have The Right to Vote,— Therefore, VOTE for National ion for the District PART THREE—I12 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Music in Washington—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 to 9. Review of New Books—Page 10, Army and Navy News—Page 10. Vetdrans f the Great War—Page 10. Fraternities—Page 11. { PART FOUR—i PAGE: Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Features. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—S$ PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION Mr. Straphanger; Reg'lar Fellers, and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. MACHADO LEADING N CUBAN VTG Liberal Candidate Running 16,000 Ahead in Island’s Quietest Election. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, November 1.—Figures in today's presidential election, com- piled by the department of the inte- rior late tonight, gave Gen. Gerardo Machado, the Liberal candidate, 43,681 Liberal votes and 6,337 popular votes, or 50,018 in all, as against a total of 33,663 votes for Gen. Mario G. Men- ocal, servative candidate. The figures based on scattered re- turns from the six provinces, indi- eated that Machado was leading in all of them. Figures compiled by the newspaper, El Mundo, a Machado supporter, showed that he carried the city of Havana by an estimated majority of 5,000. Leaders of the Conservative, party were unwilling to accept the govern- ment figures as Indicative of the final result, but they admitted that from the early returns Machadp was lead~: ing. B i - Secretary of Interior: Iturralde stated that information gathered by his - staff convinced, him Machado would carry every province with the possible exception of Pinar del Rio. “The election has been.the most quiet and orderly ever held in Cuba,” said Senor Iturralde. Save for the burning of two polling places, the disaffection of some people, and a shooting affray in Santa Clara town, he added, there had been little dis- order. RICHARD STRAUSS QUITS. “ 3 Spurns Government Censorship of Vienna Opera. S tat The and New York. We By Cable to Co:y'r‘t:hl 028 F A orid. BERLIN, November. L—Richard Strauss has quit as director of the Vienna Opera House because the gov- ernment, which owns .the theater, wanted a deciding vote in_what was produced. Strauss had signed a'contract for five years, but the. Ministry of Edu- crease in assessments on property in the northwest section of the city, Mr. Richards said. Some Increases are likely to be made In the other quarters of Distriet, but not {o the extent that’ will prevail in the northwest. ‘Within -next two months the board of assistant asse TS0 sauare n G G, ALY what ghangss If any should be made in the valuations fixed two years ago. Wil Have Sales Data. In golng over the assessment bonks the assistant assessors will Bave before them records of actual sales made. Al- though assessments for the purpise of tazation are not based éntirely on sale priees, Jdt is one of the factors consid- ered. In this connection, Mr. Richaras said, his office feels that the' peak of prices has passed. B At the present time the total assessed value of all taxable réal estate is $818,- 000,000. 1t is impossible at this early date to forecast accurately what amount will be added in the new assessment, but Mr. Richards ventured the opinion that the total might be raised to $850,- 000,000. On the first Monday in January the new assessment books should he ready for public_inspection. The taxpayers then have five months, or until the first Monday in June, to note an appeal from the value placed on their noldings by the assessors. Eftective July 1 Next. This new biennial assessment becomes effective July 1 next and will form the basis for tax bills payable in Novem- ber, 1925, and May, 1926. Mr. Richards said the assistant as- sessors are already familiaf witn con- ditiens “in the various sections of the city, because in going about to value new buildings erected during the past year they went into every part of the District. PLANE FALLS, 2 KILLED. Reserve Officers Crash 200 Feet to . Earth. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 1.— Lieuts. Ralph G. Cany. arid Samuel A. Wetsall, reserve officers, were killed at Norton Field here today when their plane crashbd from a height of 200 feet. Both lived here. The fiyers had not been in the air more than two or three minutes when a gust of wind caught the ship as it was making a bank and tilted it so sharply that it went into a nose dive, from which the pilots were unable to right it at the lqw altitude. Lieut. Cany was dead when re- moved from the; wreckage and Lieut. Westfall died before an ambulance could reach the flel ‘Election Tuesday The Evening the Sixth precinct and other police- | men, who were in raiding maneuvers | nearby, hurrying to the scene just in | time to place Roggnberg—who was barefooted and attired in pajamas— under arrest. The revolver alleged to have been used In the shooting was given to the police by Rosenbers. Enmity In caled, * folnbire's scalemint, grven Lieut. Fred Cornwell to as the outgrowth of enmity resulting from the belief on the part of Clancy and Story that he had Been instru- mental in furnishing police with ‘n- formation concerning bootlegging. The police version of the affray is substantially the following: Story and Clancy went to the home with the intention of carrying out threats against him while Rosenberg was in bed. Hearing a commotion downstairs, Rosenberg rushed for ing, claiming self-dafense. Rosenberg told police that a col- ored man, who was at the wheel of Story’s machine, rushed out during the excitement and grabbed up the revolvers which Story and Clancy threw away. Story, however, denied that either he or Clancy had a re- volver. Police are seeking the col- ored man. Enatered Welf Store. The two men are alleged to have entered the store of Sherr shoemaker, at 939 Fourth street, the father-in-law of Rosenburg and the latter, hearing their voices, came downstairs armed. The men ‘had turned and went out in the street, according to the police, before the shooting started. Rosenberg is said to have admitted firing four times as they made their way toward their automobile, which was parked a short distance south of K street. During the shooting the men dropped. Clancy wak taken to Sibley Hospi- tay, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, and Story also went there, but' after treatment went home, rious that he. was removed to Gallinger Hospital, Where an opera- tion was performed last night. He Is not expected to liye. Statement Incomplete. Rogenberg's statement to Cornwell at the sixth precinct was not a complete statement, for, just after he got well started, Attorney Bertrand Emerson walked in, an- nounced he was retained by Rosen- berg's family in the case, and in- structed the prisoner not to- talk. Rosenberg, however, had related to Cornwell that thé trouble started on September 27, when he was arrested in the belief that he was accom- panying Story one day when the lat. (Continued on Page Returns Night at Star Building Bulletins by Telegraph and Radio will be shown “ by Stereopticon, and will be amplified ' and interpreted by . " Frederic William Wile . -Qver'a a great. Glorified Loud-speaker which will make - his voice clearly audible for distance. i{epcru froh the ‘election will be interspersed with cartoons .and musical numbers. cation sent him a message that it must have a right to decide what he produced. For, answer, Strauss, who has been in Dresden as a guest con- ductor, tore up his contract and sent the pieces to’ Vienna. An extra edition of. The results are: known. Star will be issued\as soon as at the Sixth| precinct last night, outlined the affair | of Rosenberz armed with revolvers | his revolver and he admits the shool- | Wolf, | Later his condition became so se- | Lieut but had made no formal request for permission. The mayor had stated. however, that he would not permit both factions to parade the same day Knights of the Flaming Circle then served potige that they woyld not permit the Klan parade. The situa- tion was intensified by the bombinz of the mayors home early in the week. 3 Expeets N6 Mokt Frounie. | Sheriff John E. Thomas eaid this evening after a tour of the city tha “everything is quiet and I don't expect any more trouble.” | The sheriff, with scores of special deputies, had managed to keep the op- posing forces from coming together ci ! masse until the arrival of State troops. | His efforts in preserving order, however did not prevent numerous sporadic clashes among detached units of the | opposing forces, resulting in the casua.- ties. ! “I am tickled o death that it was |no worse,” was the only statement | Sheriff Thomas would make tonight. Col. L. S. Connelly of the 145th In- fantry, who was placed in command of all troops ordered to Niles by Gov Donahey, in a statement to the citi- zens of Niles, said it was not his in- | tention to impose unnecessary mill | tary regulations on them and urged |all to co-operate with him in muin- | taining order. 1 Kept on Train. Tonight practically all Klansm. | from other points had left the city or | were rapidly leaving by back rouie {or avoiding entering the city. A spe- jcial train carrying several hundred , Klansmen from Kent and other citie. |arrived over the Erie Railroad aftcr {military authorities had taken charz« of the situation. They were not per- mitted to leave the train. Many business places were closed tonight. All banks were closed though it is their custom to remain open on Saturday nights. Throughout all today's tense period Mayor Harvey C. Kistler was not at his office, which he left last evenins. No one connected with the city ad- ministration professed to know where | the city’s chief executive was. Police | Chier J. Rounds said he thought | Mayor Kistler “probably is in the city | somewhere attending to his official dutie 30 Are Arrented. | Until the arrival of the first units of the militia about 3 o'clock this afternoon, Sheriff Thomas and his deputies and local police had arrested almost 50 persons, most of them spe- cial Klan “police,” who had been sent out to patrol the streets along the proposed line of march of the parade. Some were heavily armed. A bushel Basket would not hold the pistols that were conliscated, and in a corner of Police Chief Rounds’ office tonight re- pose about a dozen rifles and shot- guns. Ammunition belts filled with loaded cartridges, besides handsful of loose-loaded ~cartridges, helped to make up the booty. | Patrols of the Flaming Circle also brought into police headquarters a nufber of persons carrying firearms Most of the Klansmen were brought | to headquarters, but no serious charge was filed against them, and they were permitted to leave after the milizay had assumed cantral oi the city. Theyv were Ioaded iuto large busses at police station -and under military guard aken to the Klan meeting place, about two milesTrom here. Several Still Held. Several persons still were being held in custody tomight on charges of carrying concealed weapons. Two charged with shooting with intent to wound were released under bond at Warren. - The belief was general' among offi- clals andp rivate citizens of Niles that there: certainly would have been much more serious trouble had the city not' been placed under military control. | | ‘They believe that ‘the timely arrival of troops was all that prevented many lives being sacrificed and the citv being turned into a shambles. Evengafter the welcome news had been received that Gov. Donahey fin- ally had yielded to the numerous ap- peals for military aid and that troops were on their way, the expression ‘was frequently heard on the streets, “OMw it they only get here ¢n time!" The situation already tense at dawn " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) 1