Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1925, Page 2

NEW RIFF ATTACK ON FRENCH IS NEAR Air Scouts Report Concen- tration of Troops Through Several Roads. By the Associated Press PARIS, May 18—There signs that Abd-el-Krim against the neh in drawing near. French air port that reinforcements ar along several roads, all well traced and paralleled by telephone lines Meanwhile the French pleting their plans to cope with the Riff move. While confident de- feating ft, they do not intend to make the mistake of u the strength of the invading tribesmen. The French describe the infantry the enemy as good fighters ar marksmen, but say the artille poor, the gunners being ignorant the modern methods of sighting their pieces by geometrical calculation. FRENCH POSTPONE DRIVE. are more 5 offensive Moroceo scouts re- weriving are com- derestimating Second Phase of Offensive Waits o Mission Sent to Madrid. RABAT, French Morocco, May 18 UP).—The French forces opposing Abd-el-Krim's invading tribesmen were today consolidating their posi tions, but are postponing the sec ond and what they hope will be the final offensive to rid their territory of the Riffians. The offensive has been postponed to await the results of the mission to Madrid of Louis Malvy, former ¥rench minister of the interior, who is at the Spanish capital to learn the attitude of Spain, should France find | it necessary to pursue the Moroccan tribesmen from the French into the | Spanish zone. { Moanwhile the Frenct cning new positions solidating those they captured from are strength s well as con-| Judge In Poison Case Judge Thoma: who is occupying the bench at the trial of Willlam 1. Shepherd, alleged slayer of his millionaire ward, Billy MeClintock. TWO ARE INDICTED FOR KILLING MEN Herman C. Davis Is Charged With Robbing Drug Store Proprietor. Herman C. Davis, 24 yea old, wa indicted today by the grand jury on a charge of robbery. It is alleged the Riffians fn Wednesday's fighting. The rupture of the present Riffian lines would bring the French almo: to the frontlers of the Spanish zone. it is felt by French military authori ties that they cannot aord to have the enemy concentrate again behind the Spanish zone frontier while the| pursuers look heiplessly on. Abd-el-| Krim is continuing to bring up rein- | forcements and the French are afraid | he will strike before their diplomatic | negotiations with Spain, seeking per missfon to fight Abd-el-Krim on Span- | ish territory, are successful. | Fast French naval craft are keep-| ing sharp watch at Ajdir, a port on Alhucemas Bay, in the Mediterranean. for merchant ships suspected of brin ing_supplies and ammuntion to Abd- el-Krim. OLLIE M. BUTLER GETS MANILA POST D. C. Attorney Is Appointed Trade Commissioner—Will Sail . in Few Days. Appointment of Ollie M. Butler, a member of the District bar and an attorney of Washington, as trade com- missioner at Manila. P. I, was an nounced today by Dr. Julius Klein, director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Mr. Butler will sail for Manila within a few days 10 take up his new duties in the Far East. He succceds E. B. George as trade commissioner at Manila. Mr. | George is returning to the United States. Mr. Butler, who is a_graduate of the National University Law School of Wasbington, lives at 2434 Second street northwest. He was born in Texas 38 years ago and recelved his early education in Texas and in Ohio, taking a law course in Washington and a special course in international p8 French law at the University of isy e new trade commissioner served h the 317th Infantry overseas, hold- several posts with the Americ ¥ _after the armistice. He the Shipping Board at Barcelon: in, and was at one time managing difector of the Spanish-American Ship- ping Corporation of Barcelona, also #erving with the United States Lines in Spain. ARBUCKLE,HONEYMOONER, SEES BLACKMAIL SCHEME Alleged Effort of Woman to Get $12,500 in Plot Is Investi- gated by Officials. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, May 15.—An al leged attempt by a San Francisco woman to obtain $12,500 in a black- mail scheme from Roscoe Arbuckle was being investigated today by the county district_attorney, Arbuckle said. A buckle was married here on Saturday to Miss Doris Deane, The Los Angeles woman_brought t Arbuckle, brother negotiations, A total of § 500 was demanded, cording to an agreement bave been signed by presence of Lo representativ trict attc Examiner sa name of Artk of Roscoe, into her ac- reported (o he woman in the Arbuckle and two f the office of the di who were present as | friends of Arbuckle. The examiner ways the agreement presented by the woman contained the name of Arthur i Arbuckle, and the reason for the pay- ment was to cover losses sustained by Arthur Arbuckle during the “trials and troubles™ of his brother in San Fran- clseo in 1921 and 19 The Examiner report sald it also in the agreement that the “n and characte of shall not be assaulted or attacked in any manner before any club or or- ganization, newspaper or federation of women's clubs. F améd Bl.ackuWater Fjord in Norway Turns Milky White By the Assoclated Press BERGEN, Norway¥, May 18.— Sognefjord, longest and most fa- mous Norwegian fjord, is experi- encing a strange phenomenon. The water, usually clear and dark with the darkness of its immense depth, suddenly has become opaque and milky. All the fish have dis- appeared. Helland Hansen, the oceanographer, is proceeding to the fjord to make scientific investiga- tjon. Samples of the water will be sent to Oslo (Christiania), for an examination by experts. Roscon Sognefjord is a long, deep and narrow inlet of Norway, running east from the sea. In places it is 4,000 feet decp. with mountains be- side It vising te 5.000 feet. | chase shooting at the flyin, | who | causes came that March ‘is entered the drug store of Dr. Harold H. Lantz at 323 Seventh street southwest and held up the proprietor with a pistol. After grabbing a quantity of narcotic drugs and rifiing the cash register Davis lowered his pistol for a moment and the druggist and his assistants grappled with him. Dropping the money and the pistol Davis, holding onto the drugs, ran from the store and jumped into an automobile. Policeman Harry G. Bauer gave machine Davis jumped from the car and ran into an alley where he was appre- hended by Bauer, Manslaughter Charged. Manslaughter is charged in two in- dictments. Perry Allen, colored, s said to have caused the death of Bur nett Blakey, also colored, April 20. Blakey refused a drink offered by Al len, it is charged, when Allen struck him over the head with an fron bar, inflicting an injury resulting in death. James Jackson, colored, is charged with manslaughter for the death of Emerson C. Brown, also colored, April 12. It is stated that the three men were driving through Temperance al- ley in an automobile and called to Brown to get out of their way. Brown responded there was room enough, and it is claimed Jackson, jumping from the vehicle, struck Brown over the head with a blunt instrument. Brown died four days later. Criminal libel is charged against Archie M. Murray, who is said to have written a letter to Ralph A. Norton, secretary to Commissioner James F. Oyster, in charge of police, reflecting on Lawrence A. O'Dea, detective sergeant at headquarters Others indicted and the charges against them are: Adelina Jackson, Robert Dunmore and Joseph C. Jones, assault with dangerous weapon: Mary Smith, John Haymaker, Nathaniel Brooks, William Brooks and Richard C. Allen, grand larceny; Lloyd F. Jackson, John Copeland ‘and Daniel W. Chase, non-support of minor chil- dren; Frank Dodson, non-support of wife; Henry Hinckley, non-support of wife and minor children; James G. Glover, William Phillip Briscoe, Harry E. McVickers, James Crawford and Theodore Johnson, alias Theodore Davenport, housebreaking and larceny; Frank W. Steck, false pretenses. TRIAL OF SHEPHERD GETS UNDER WAY; 165 CALLED FOR JURY (Continued from First Page.) 1liinois would keep close watch on the proceedings through an “ob- server” at the trial. Selection of a jury was expected to consume two or three weeks. Shepherd was indicted March 18 in the midst of a coroner’s fnquest in- stigated by Harry Olson, municipal court chief justice, a_friend of the MecClintock family. In addition to accusing Shepherd of causing the death of voung McClintock. the chief justice also termed him the central | figure in a plot 20 years old and the slayer of McClintock’s mother and Dr. Oscar Olson, the judge's brother. Mrs. Julie Graf Shepherd, one of the two legal guardians of McClintock, was likened by Judge Olson to Lady Macbeth, called a masculine woman dominated her weaker husband and was named in the verdict of the coroner’s jury as equally guilty with her spouse. She won vindication when a grand jury refused to in- dict her. The disinterred bodies of Mrs. Me- Clintock and Dr. Olson, buried 16 and 9 years, respectively, revealed mercury in sufficient amount in Mrs. McClin- tock’s body to have caused death, ex: aminers said. Died on December 4. Young McClintock died December 4, 1924, a fow months after reaching his majority, and signed a will drawn by Shepherd and attested by Shepherd’s house servants. Shepherd was made the chief beneficiary, with an $8,000 annuity for Isabelle Pope, McClin- tock’s fiancee, who waited at his death bed with a license to marry him if ecovered. m"rnre first public hint that the death resulted from other than natural when Judge Olson re- quested an investigation. The body was exhumed and Shep- herd returned voluntarily from Albu- querque, M., where he had gone with Mrs. Shepherd on a visit. Post-mortem examinations fixed ty- phoid fever as the cause of death. The State's attorney’s office dropped out of the inquiry and it was expected that it would close with a finding of death from natural cause The McClintock fortune was founded by William Hickling, a Briton, who came to America many years ago. Hints have been given that his sec- ond wife obtained the estate by poi- soning her husband, and accusations that she, in turn, was poisoned by her second husband, William MecClintock, sr., father of Billy, were made in court, but later withdrawn. McClin- tock took as his second wife Emma Nelson' and soon after the birth of Billy he was killed in an automobile accident. Shortly therefater the Shep- herds came to live with Mrs. McClin- tock, Mrs. Shepherd and Mrs, Mc. Clintock _having been schoolday friends. When Mrs. McClintock died, in 1909, her will made Mrs. Shephe:i cogua . A i THE EVENING STAR, PRODDING CREDITOR IS NOT U. 5. ROLE Present Policy With French May Accomplish Mcre, Lawrence Says. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The United States Government has not assumed the role of prodding cred- itor. No formal note has heen sent either as a circular to the powers or as a written demand to individual gov- ernments which owe Amer money. The Department of State, simply act ing in pursuance of autherity granted at the last meeting of the World War Debt Funding Commission hefore Con gress adjourned, has from time to time indicated to the varlous governments a desire to have parleys consummated or negotiations begun. In @ nutshell, Secretary Kellogg merely has kept the subject before the various foreign of- | fices, J. Lynch of Chicago, | The only thing really new is the summary given to the press of the efforts made to secure funding & | rangements on war debts and also an officfal contirmation of the convers: tions between Ambassador Herrick and Minister Caillaux, begun a week ago and fully reported in Paris and Washington dispatches at the time. Handled Informally. The semiofficial statements issued at Paris in the last 24 hours that no note had been received there are cor- rect. The truth is the American Gov ernment is not using the same means of communication in every case. At Paris the whole matter has been han- dled informally in the talks which Ambassador Herrick has had by in struction of the American Government and there is reason to believe the French minister of finance asked Mr. Herrick to get detailed instructions for a general discussion of the debt situation. There has been no meeting of the World War Debt Funding Commis- sion since Congress adjourned. The Secretary of State has had for some time general powers of negotiation and it has been left to his discretion to determine the opportune moment for reviving the subject with each country owing money to America. In the case of ¥rance, the United States held off for e long time be cause of the cabinet crisis and even now has made no demand, but has simply indicated a desire to sea some thing done. France Not Alone. The significant administration here has let it be known that all countries which are indebted to America are being asked to keep the subject under constant consideration until a way is found to settle. In other words, France is not alone. The American Government moreover, in pursuing the subject with Italy, Belglum, Jugoslavia Czechoslovakia and Rumanfa is help ing along the general cause of European credit because some of these same countries owe France large sums. If the United States can bring about a general payment all around then all countries will be in a better position to pay something on thelr war debts than would be the case If delay and default were per mitted. thing is that the The American policy works in with | the British idea, which is to persuade European debtors to make a start at least on a funding arrangement. It doesn't take much more than a hint to the press to start a general discus sion of war debts, and the American Government is hopeful that Lurope will begin seriously to tackle the whole interallied debt problem. For while the Washington Government has never conceded that German reparations had anything to do with the payment of debts owed to America by the allies, and that the debts owed by the allies to cach other were not a part of the same transaction as between any of the allies and the United States, never- | theless there is growing a recognition here that the problem has some under- lying fundamentals which are common to every case, namely that payment and a recognition of obligation are more vital to the future stability of the world than a drastic reduction or a cancellation of war debts on all sides us has 8o often been argued. May Accomplish More. If America can turn the psychology of Europe from default and cancella tion to payment in accordance with capacity the latest bit of strategic publicity carried on by the Wash ington Government will have accom plished more thun a circular note or a formal demand for payment. The hope now is that the smaller countries will begin to think of pay ing France and that France even in advance of such a step will send a commission here to discuss a sultable basis for the payment of the three and a half billions she owes the United States. (Copyright, 1025.) SECRET ORGANIZATION WITH MANY EXPLOSIVES SEIZED IN BULGARIA (Continued from First Page.) had come to London to ask for an ex- tension of the period which the addi- tional Bulgarian militia sanctioned by the council of ambassadors were to serve. He said the matter was en- tirely one for the allies to decide. ARMED BANDS ACTIVE. Communist Activities Cause Wide- spread Distress. SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 18 (P).— A recrudescence of Communist activi- ties has been noted in the last few days. Several armed bands composed of desperate men, all good marksmen and possessed of a thorough knowl- edge of the terrain, are harassing the countryside in Central Bulgaria. They operate only at night and thus far have eluded the police and troops sent after them. A large store of explosives was dis- covered at Ichtiman, between Sofia and Philippopolis, while in the latter city two machine guns and much am ihunition were found secreted in a Communist’s home. Strong guards are being maintained over the bridges and tunnels along the railway lines, and military guards ac- company all passenger trains. The Bulgarian authorities, while re- garding these as isolated incidents, are apprehensive and sav they would like authorization from the allies to retain for two months at least half the ex- tra 13,000 soldiers allowed, if only for the moral effect their presence would have. They are not sanguine of allied ap- proval, however, in view of the strong opposition from Bulgaria’s neighbor states against a retention of the extra military forces. BULGAR ARMY CUT DUE. British and A“;&' l"lxvlor Reduction by ay LONDON, May 18 (#).—Tt is learned in official circles that the British gov- ernment, in agreement with the other allies, does not feel inclined to author- ize retention beyond May 31 of the excess troops which Bulgaria was al 1 to raise to carc for the recent j confidence WASHINGTO 195 MONDAY, MAY FRANCE IS REPORTED RUSHING | DEFINITE PROPOSAL ON DEBTS Had Advance Notice That United States Would Re- quest Settlement ; Italy, Through Tittoni and Mussolini, Asks Lenienc: “note” on the subject has been re cefved from Washington is regarded here merely as the stock diplomatic denial, based on a technicality. Roth Ambassador Daeschner in Washington and Ambassador Her rick in Paris have been fully advised of the desires of the American Gov- ernment, and both have reported fully to the Paris foreign office. Whether Paris is disposed to regard their com munications as a “note’” is held here to be a mere technical detail. In any case, there remains no misapprehen- slon in Parls as to the views of Washington, and officlals here are gratified that by the creation of a committee to consider the subject France has at least made a beginning toward the end desired. Dewey Leaves for Europe. In view of important developments in the international debt situation within the past week, considerable sig nificance was being attached to the departure from Washington today of Charles 8. Dewey, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, for a vacation trip in_Europe. While it is being emphasized in the case of Mr. Dewey, as it was in the recent tour of Garrard B. Winston, Undersecretary of the Treasury, that the trip to Europe is purely personal and that no officlal message {8 being carried to any continental capital, it has been reported that Mr. Dewey will confer informally with some of the leading figures in the chancelleries of Surope. Mr. Dewey has been a Treasury Department official long enough to he thoroughly conversant with the sit uation and it is believed he goes to Europe with a clear-cut position of the very latest angle of the American viewpoint on international fiscal re lations. Mr. Dewey's itinerary has not been made public, but it is known he salls tomorrow night from New York city expecting to return June 25 to the United States. With Mrs. Dewey, the Treasury officlal left Washington' this afternoon. TTALY SEEKS LENIENCY. Is Entitled to Fair Treatment, Titton" and Mussolinf Say. ROME, May 18 (®).—Ttaly is en titled to have lenient treatment in the settlement of her war debts. Tomaso Tittoni, president of the Senate and ex foreign minister, declared yesterday in a speech at Viterbo. The oceasion was the unveiling of a monument to men killed in the World War. The speech was made in the presence of the King, several members of the cabinet and nators and Deputies. ignor Tittoni pointed out that Aus- tria owes Italy heavy debts for war reparations and expenses of occupa tion, but that Italy has received no payments whatever. He quoted state- ments of some Englishmen and Ameri- cans to the effect that the cancellation of interallied debts would be chiefly ad vantageous to England and America themselves, because it would acce erate Europe’s purchasing power and increase Iingland's and America's ex- ports. He declared that Italy has every in the feelings of justice and equity which inspired her cred- itors. A message was read from Pre- mier Mussolini expressing agreement with Tittoni's views. Signor Tittoni said Ttaly has not only received no payments from Aus tria, but has contributed a consider- able sum to Austrian relief funds. He declared that Italy has been debited TWO HURT AS BUS CRASHES INTO POLE Driver Alleged to Have Left Wheel While Fixing Windshield. A bus of the Washington Railwayv and Electric Co. crashed into a trol ley pole in front of 2651 Connecticut avenue late last night, injuring two passengers, badly damaging the bus and holding up traffic until overhead trolley wires could be made harmless. Theodore W. Leland, 28 years old, of 3223 Cathedral avenue, and Mar jorie Baltimore, colored, 32 years old, of 3415 Thirty-fourth place, bus pas- sengers, were shaken and bruised. Edward 1. Shiple driver of the bus, is said to have left the wheel of the bus unattended while he ad justed a weather strip on the bus. The vehicle swerved and crashed into the trolley pole before he could pre vent it, police say. The pole was demolished, pulling down live electric wires. Seek Hit-and-Run Driver. A “hit-and-run” driver of an auto- mobile is wanted by the police for knocking down and injuring Richard Buckler, 27 vears old. 1327 Good Hope road southeast, on Blandensburg road near Morse street northeast early last night. The driver was a colored man. Buckler was treated at Casualty Hospital for an injury to his head. Mrs. Lena Wendheim, 69, 419 H street, was knocked down by the auto- mobile of Henry L. Coleman, 4828 Brandywine street, in front of 423 Massachusetts avenue last night. She received treatment at Casualty Hos- pital for injuries to her head. Ella_Hughes, colored, 36 vears old, of 1333 Q street, was slightiy injured this morning as a_result of being knocked down at New Jersey and Massachusetts avenue, by a taxicab driven by S. J. Gardner, 329 Four- teenth street northeast. Gardner took her to Casualty Hospital. Parked Car Hit. An automobile belonging to Rosie Carroll, 644 Brewer court northeast, parked on the road near Hyattsville, Md., early this morning, was struck by 'the automobile of Harold J. Stevens, U. 8. S. Swan, Quantico, Va. resulting in injury to Irving J. Bush, a marine, also a member of the force of the Swan. Bush was treated at Casualty Hospital for inuries to his face, head and legs. Paul Morgan, 13 years old, of 1731 H street, was knocked unconscious vesterday afternoon when his bicycle collided with a taxicab near Nine- teenth and H streets. He was taken to Emergency Hospital, where he was treated for an injury to his right ear and shock. Paul Murphy, 100 C street south- east, was driver of an automobile that struck and damaged the mafety zone post at Pennsylvania avenue and Twentieth street last night, the fourth time an automobile has struck the post the past few days. The auto- mobile was slightly damaged. —_— Although Llovd George continues to direct the gathering of material for his book on the war, it will not be"’ completed Tor possthiy 1Wd yenrs.” with the value of the fleet, for transfarmatipn into a maer- chant flect, and also hks been debited with the value of Austrian govern ment property in the territories an nexed to Italy after the war. “Would it be excessive,” he asked, “if 1 requested her allies to grant her as lenlent treatment as Italy granted vanquished Austria?’ He also sald it should he remem- beged that the large amount of Aus trian reparation, which, perhaps, will never be received, was one of pretexts used to reduce the German reparations to Ttaly Signor Tittoni also pointed that the money horrowed by during the war from England and America was spent entirely in those countries for necessary war materfals. Thus, he said, Ttaly’s borrowings had gone to increase the profits of Eing land and America. He asked if these profits should not be balanced off in an_equitable accounting. “Indeed. America and England in loaning money to Ttaly were really investing their own capital at home, he said. He added that Ttaly must trust the sentiment of equity of these great na tions whose acute business sense has never dampened their passion for jus. tice nor their constant sympathy and friendship for Ttaly. He urged his country to make no more foreign loans. BRITISH APPROVE out Italy POLICY America Request to Debtor Nations Works to London Favor. By Cabie to The Star and Chicago Daily News. LONDON, May 18.—The circular letter of the United States to debtor countries asking "them to fund their debts to her comes at un opportune time 80 far as British foreign relations are concerned, giving new impetus to negotiations which have been lagging for months. While the polite request issued by Washington came suddenly and ap pears to have heen a complete sur prise to Downing street, it is no less welcome, Chancellor Winston Church hill has been waiting patientiy since February 6 for some reply to his debt funding proposals, but owing to the political crisis in France has not vressed for an answer. Opens Way for Britain. Now. in light of America's actiog, it is likely he will start u drive of I own to get allied well as oth European debts to this country on a sound L British and French treasury officials probably will mget this week to consider the complex de. talls involved in the financial rela tions of the two powers. Among British bankers there is a tendency to view the pressure of the United States upon France as the first move by Washington to get a slice of any payments arranged between France and Great Britain In other words, American financiers are stak ing out a claim in anticipation of the French treasury striking “pay dirt.’ Must Affect France. Another more farsighted view that America’s pressure must eventu ally affect the security pact negotia- tions in which ance has attempted to force Germany to accept her east ern frontlers without change, leaving France with a military circle about the reich, Great PBritain objects to this idea even more strenuously than the United States and may use financial pressure if France persists upon fi ing Germany's eastern fronti they now stand. (Copyright. 1925, by Eldridge’s Car Shows 49-Mile Speed Downtown sis. is Chicago Daily New Sitting at the wheel of his car on a_downtown street, Traffic Director Eldridge gazed at the speedometer and it was registering 49 miles an hour! The author of the new trafiic code seemed to be well pleased with the power of his motor as he cast an unconcerned g at Capt. 1. W. Brown of the first precinct, who was calmly standing by. nds bad at first glance, but the machine was standing stiil on a platform. Mr. Eldridge was mere- Iy testing the engine. MEANS WINS DELAY IN FORGERY TRIAL Case Set Over Until May 25 as Plea for Stay of Mandate in New York Comes Today. Justice Siddons fn Criminal Divi sion 1 today postponed. until May 25 the trial of Gaston B. Means, former agent of the Department of Justice, who was recently indicted on a charge of forgery in connection with signing the name of Smith W. Brookhart, Senator from Towa and chairman of the Daugherty investigation commit. tee, to a letter relating to certain records sought by the committee. Ths delay was granted at the re- quest of United States Attorney Gor don and of T. Morris Wampler, at- torney for Means, who explained to the court that the mandate of the Appellate Court in New York denying Means a mew trial of his conviction of conspiracy there s due today. Means. the court was told, has wired his New York counsel to seek a sta. of the mandate in order that he may apply to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of review. Should the stay be denied counsel said Means will surrender and go to Atlanta to begin his term of two years. In that event it is considered likely that the Washington_indictment will not be pressed at this time. MISS IDA ALLEN WINS REWARD FOR U. S. WORK 54 Years’ Service Recognized in Extension of Office Two Years Beyond Age of 70. ‘The 64 years of falthful service of Miss Ida Allen were recognized today by the Civil Service Commission, which extended her tenure of office two years beyond the retirement age of_70. Miss Alen entered Government service here'in 1871 as a copyist in the office of the quartermaster gen- eral of the War Department. She was promoted several times and is now a clerk in the Finance Bureau of the department, to which she was transferred shortly after its organiza- toin in 1905. Miss Allen is a native of Washing- fon and lives at 617 Twenty-second sireet. Austrian war | the | | I 1 |during his service in the Senate | some tire | committee on privileg®s and elections. 18, 1925. DEATH OF SPENCER OPENS SENATE RACE Contest for Missouri May' Bring Pershing or Davis .as Candidate. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The situation arising in Missour out of the death here Saturday night of Senator Selden P. Spencer, Re-| publican, {s the center of attention in political circles today. Missouri was regarded as debatable ground, to say the least, in the sena torial contests coming next year, with Senator as the probable nominee to succeed himself. Tt is still debatable ground, “although the pic. ture has changed. Senator Spencer Spencer cquired not a few political enemies. | Democrats were confident they could defeat him, if he were nominated and nothwithstanding the fact that he had twice been elected to the Senate. Republican leaders are saying today that they have a number of able potentful candidates for the Senate and they expect to win the election in November, 1926. G. 0. P. Victory Predicted. Dr. . B. Clements, Republican na tional committeeman from Missouri today predicted that the Republicans wouid elect & Senator in the State next vear. He is leaving here late today to go to St. Louis with the fu neral party. He will confer with Gov. Baker in regard to the appointment of a successor to Senator Spencer, to serve until the election in 1926 has been held. Already a long list of possible ap- | pointees to the senatorship has been compiled, including Gen. John J. Per shing, Dwight F. Davis of St. Louis, Assistant Secretary of War; Repre. sentatives Cleveland Newton and Charles Faust, former Gov. Arthur M. former attorneyv general of the John Barrett of St. Louls, Wal ter 8. Dickey of Kansas City, pub. lisher of the Kansas City Journal-Post and R. R. Brewster of Kansas City, who was defeated by Senator Reed Democrat, in 19 Whether Gen. Pershing would ac cept appointment is doubtful. He has 80 far kept away from political ap pointment or contest, declining to be considered as a candidate for nomina tion for President. Assistant Secretary today in the West deliver several turning to W been urged by ment event Weeks { of War Davis where he will addresses before re shington. Mr his friends us Secretary of W of the retir ent of Secretary who has been seriously il for In well informed quarters it was said today that Mr. would welcome such appointment, that he had made a careful study of the problems of the fitted for the post Weeks May Not Resign. On the other hand, it was pointed out that no vacancy exists in the et and that Secretar Weeks v decide to retain the War Depart folio, where he has made an ex cellent record. Further, that the friends of Charles B. Hilles of New York are pressing for his appoint ment to the cabinet in case there be a vacancy. There had been talk, (oo, of Mr. Davis entering the primaries next Summer against Senator Spencer for the nomination. The appointment of a successor to Senator Spencer by Gov. Baker, Re. publican, is not expected until after the funeral of the Senator, which will take place in St . Baker, it was said here today, is not likely to be a candidate himself for the office of Senator in 1926. In making the appointment of a suc cessor to Senator Spencer, the gov ernor will eith pick an outstan g citizen of the State to honor with the senatorship during the next year, with the understanding that he will stand aside and support the nominee of the Republican primary next August, or he will name a Republican who is con sidered a likely and a strong candi date for the nomination and for elec tion if he be nominated. Expected to Name Strong Man. The appointment probably would strengthen the chances of any one of those who are sceking nomination next year. The talk about Republican headquarters kere is that the governor will name a strong man, who can im mediately begin & campaign looking to elcction in November, 1926, behind whom the Republicans of the State can rally While' the State of Missouri has gone Republican four out of the last six elections, voting for Roosevelt in 1904, Taft in 1908, Harding in 1920 and Coolidge in 1324, the Republicans have not been so successful in clecting Sen ators in that State. In fact, very few Republican Senators have come from Missouri since the days of reconstruc tion. Senator Spencer has been one of the few. Spencer a Committee Chairman. t the time of his rman_of the Senate encer Senator S| death W He will be succeeded in that office, it is expected, by Senator Ernst of Ken tuc Senator Watson of Indiana ranks next to Senator Spencer on that committee, but he is chairman of the committee on interstate commerce, and he probably will retain that office Senator Ernst is next in line for the chairmanship of the privileges and elections committee. During his service in the Senate Senator Spencer was called upon by the Republicans to handle several politically delicate matters, including the defense of Senator Newberry of Michigan, who was charged with vio- lating the corrupt practices act in h campaign for election, and the naval oil reserve leases to Doheny and Sin- Davis | Army and was well | Louis Wednesday. | Capitol Official Dies JOHN WELCH. Underwood & Underwood Photo JOHN WELCH DIES; LONG AT CAPITOL As Chief Clerk of Architect’s Office Dishursed Over $25,000,000. John Welch, 67, chief clerk and ac countant in the architect’s office of the Capitol, and who had been em ployed at the Capitol in varlous ca pacities more than 40 years, died at his residence, 1303 Euclid street, Sat urday after a short fllness. Funeral services were conducted at the residence this fternoon, Rev. Charles Fultz officiated. Inter. ment was in Congressional Cemetery. pallbearers were composed of em ploves of the architect’s office. M Welch was prominent in the Masonic fraternity, being u member of Hope Lodge, N A Columbia Chapter, No. 1, Royal Arch Masons; Columbla Commandry, No. Knights Templar, and Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine. Mr Weich was, rchi whenever absent or disabled t the Capit by law, acting the architect was He began work 1, December 15, 1884. For a time he managed the House restau- rant and then was employed ter porarily to organize a supply depot Rl aica e kTl aatee or the office of the architect He took the latter position as sort of a vacation and has been {it ever since. Every dollar of |appropriations for that office since {1800 has been under his supervision. | Upward of $23.000,000 has been spent | without th a single cent and {without Mr. Welch being 1ded. Mr. Welch was considered an fallible authority on questions of |precedent. As the Senate and House have divided authority and there are a hundred or more branches of work that come under his office, ques. tions are constantly arising as to who should do cert work and to what account it should be charged. Welch knew the relative respons.hil of one job a at the ity and the relations another. Born in Baltimore December 11, 1867, Mr. Welch moved to this city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin T Welch, when a boy. He is survived by his mother and father, his widow, Mrs. Alice Bright Welch, and a daughter, Mrs. Charles B. Handford, all of this city: three brothers, Ben T. Welch of Philadelphia, Harry 8. Welch of this o ind Clarence F. Welch of Phila nd three sisters, Mrs. Sam- ter of New York, Mr kler of Staten Island B. Welch of this cit SENATOR SPENCER’S FUNERAL IN ST. LOUIS Body Will Be Taken to Home Today—Services Will Be Held Wednesday. Miss Helen The body of Senator Selden P. spencer of Missouri. who died at Walter Reed Hospital Saturday night, will be taken to St. Louis late today, where funeral services will be con ducted in the Second Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Dr. John W. Mclvor will officiate. Interment wili be in Belle Fontaine Cemetery Members of the family and gressional committee of honorary bearers will accompany the body. The following commiitee of Sen- been named to accompany to St. Louis Reed of Missouri, Senator Cummins of Towa, Senator Watson of Indiana, Senator King of Utah. Sen- ator Willis of Ohio, Senator McKin ley of Illinois, Senator Caraway o Arkansas, Senator Ernst of Kentuc Senator Harreld of Oklahoma, Sena- tor Neely of West Virginia, Senator du Pont of Delaware, and Senator Deneen of Illinois. The delegation on the part of the House will he the entire delegation and Representative Sas- nowski of Michigan. - con pall Senator clair by former Secretary Fall. Three Contests Pending. There are at présent pending before the Senate committee on privileges and elections three election contests— the Steck-Brookhart contest from Towa, the contest of former Senator Johnson against Senator Schall of Minnesota, and the contest of former Senator Bursum against Senator Bratton of New Mexico. Plans for counting the Iowa ballots have been made and the work will be begun within a short time. GROUPS BACK PERSHING. Laclede Citizens to Ask Appointment to Senate._ MACON, Mo., May 18 (#).—Citizens of Laclede, Mo., Gen. Pershing’s home town, announced they would send a telegram to Gov. Baker today urging him to name the general to succeed Selden P: Spencer as United States Senator from Missouri. RACE TO START EARLY. Republicans Lay Plans to Hold Missor Senate Seat. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 18 UP).—Re. covered from the shock of the sudden and unexpected demise of Senator Sel- den P. Spencer in Washington, poli- ticlans have turned their interest aside from funeral arrangements toward the State house in Jefferson City. Upon the shoulders of Gov. Sam A. Baker devolves the duty of naming not gl’l_v‘ a successor to the dead atory but possibly the standard bearer il New Smallpox Case Found. A new case of smallpox was listed in the Health Department today, when Mamie Church, colored, of 830 Forty- eighth street northeast, was sent to the Smallpox Hospital. This brought the number of patients now under treatment up to 12. ‘Wales Goes Golfing. PORT ALFRED, Union of South Africa, May 18 (#).—Lured by perfect weather, the Prince of Wales spent today playing gelf, postponing his departure for Grahamstown until to night. of the Republican party in Missouri’s senatorial election in 1926. While Baker's apnointee will hold office only until the election, the death of Senator Spencer, it Is generally ad- mitted, will cause an early opening of the Republican battle in Missouri for the senatorship. Already the names of several promi.- nent men have been mentioned as pos- sible candidates for next year, and it is expected that immediately after the funcral ot Spencer, Gov. Baker will be besieged by _politicians urging the names of their favored candidates. Among the most prominent persons whose names have been linked as pos- sible candidates are: Former Gov. frthur M. Hyde of Trenton, Dwight . Davis of St. Louis, Assistant Secre- tary of War; R. R. Brewster, Kansas City attorney: Cleveland A. Newton, Representative; Former Attorney Gen’ eral Jesse W. Barrett, former Mayor Henry W. Kiel of St. Louls and Rep- resentative Charles Faust of St. Jo seph. / {corded an officer of Mr | to| Missouri | ARMY T0 PAY LAST TRIBUTE TO MILES President to Attend Funeral Tomorrow—Two Regiments to Escort Body. With every honor that can is rank an tinction, Lieut. Gen n veteran commander ir American armies ar Indian nations of the West, to rest in Arlington Nationa shortly after 2 o'clock tome noon. Nine commanders w corded in the Nation's ent armies and the be his honorary palibea will be two regi 3 € representing ica’s armed service among the mourne of the legions through the Civil Amerjcan War: At 1:45 United States Cavalr hody from ¢ chambeau to St. John's ¥ teenth and H str rites of the Episcop cited by Rev. I eulogy will be pronour Military Rites at Tomb Immediately after the st at St. John's Church, begin his last final resitng of the comrades wi As the cortege ente of Arlington, a batte just above the se veteran fighter is to lis officlal salute of a lieuter 15 guns fired at interva minute. While the modern weapons of a new army boom out the regular miltiar peated before the body is being interred words have heen pronot casket {s resting in its se ing to be sealed from human e ever, three voleys of 12 rifles each w be fired and an bugler will sound tap: Tn the cortege Gen. Miles as his final journe Brig. Ger commande ington, and talion each Artillery and Inf talion from Quant battalion from th The casket will | caisson, dra | and paced by ofic the Navy and tl two victort conqueror of t w second later Army that i 1p accompany 2 ‘escort of honor on I of Mar President Attend. Tmimediate ride represer Army of t virtue their the bent er: Gen. N with his ville and | will foll United s to his divis Sh; v represe ever in the President ( stood to be ar row so that neral, wi voted to mer bearers, society tion ing chief Gen. Hug Oswald I of staff ston, MecClarnand Beale, a Beale During the format on Sixteenth street treets, ail parkin; rept those that funeral, will be The line of march will church around the we White House, down streét and around the Tidal Basin to the H From there the route the Military road t and direct to the ma Seek to Divert Automobiles conta ish to attend the cemetery may the until 2 o'clock. From the funeral it will persons except those Parking will be permitted avenue, in the cemetery nues north of Porter cars may park at any of that thoroughfarc To avoid cong charge of arrangements a request 1 possible go to Arlir town and the Key B bring them to the « the Fort Myer gat quicker parkin; all where motorists may stop are in that section of the tion. During the funeral th tery will thoroughly pol military guards. About 2,500 troops will be procession, in_addition number of civilian represe Washington motor cvele | ride at its head clear to the gate of the cemetery. Twent police will take charge of all on which participants in the par will concentrate to preserve order a prevent what traflic may through that area from with the fune LONGWORTH TO LEAVE. Sees Coolidge Preparatory to Tou tir id their ca resery interfex of Europe Representative Longworth of Ohio, who has been selected for Speaker of the new House of had a talk with Pre: day preparatory to a visit in ¥ Mr. Longworth will sail Wednesday on the Aquitania. He expects to gone about two months, Visiting most of the European coun He go first to Paris to visit his sister, Countess de Chambrun Mrs. Longworth and their daughter will remain in America DRILL TICKETS READY. Cadet Competition Details Arc Virtually Gomplete. Tickets for the closing events in the 1 annual company competitive arill of the Washington High School Cadets will be distributed this week by school military authorities. The arill will be held at the Griffith Stad- jum June 1 and 2. No tickets of,ad- misslon will be required for the firct day or the morning of the second day. The school military authorities also will complete the arrangements for the drill this week. The order of the appearance of the companies on the drill field has been determined and the Jjudges appointed.