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R ' WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow, partly cloudy. Temperatures. 82 today; lowest, 56, m. today. Full report on page “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 No. , 29701, Dutered «a Entered ws second class matter Washington. D, e PRESIDENT HINTS ARMY CUT ALARM ISALL PROPAGANDA Sees Effort to Attack Econ- omy Policy by Reduc- tion Rumor. SPOKESMAN SARCASTIC | IN SCOUTING REPORTS Shipping Board Fright at Slash Forcing Leviathan Out of Serv- ice Is Also Scored. | BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star. SUMMER WHITE HO WAMP- SCOTT, Mass.. August 25.—Opposition 10 the President’s economy policy will not be effective, it was stated officially today, when the President took cogni- zance of reports from Washington de- | claring that the Army would be re- duced. It was stated by President Coolidge that he is fully aware of the efforts on the part some to defeat his economy program He s represented, however, as feelins fairly certain that this opposition will not hurt his program In a sa ic view raid that there was all kinds of propa- ganda going the rounds now to break down the economy program. This spokesman said that the public should not take too seriously published arti cles purporting to emanate from high | rtmental officfals, that the activi of their departments wmust be| greatly curtailed if there is to be any pokesman for of the spokesman COOLIDGE EXPECTS TO CAPITAL AROUN Che WASHINGTON, O RETURN LABOR DAY Exact Date Not Determined—President Announces He Will Return by Train—Hopes to Name Ban- croft’s Successor Be By the Associated Press. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., August 25 President Coolidge expeets to return to Washington around Labor day. Until today the President had given no inkling as to when he would termi- nate his vacation, but it was stated officlally that he Intended to return to the Capital by train either just before or immediately after Labor day, which is a week from Monday. The Ifresi- dent has not determined e in his own mind. Announcement that the and Mrs. Coolidge would travel by train, p v making an overnight trip to Washington, definitely set rest reports that he might cruise to the Capital on the May which is at anchor at Marblehs Before his departure Ar. Coolidge intends to hold a number of confer- | the exact | President | fore He Comes Back. stay here, but now he doubts whether he will be able to do so. On Thursday it is probable he will £0 to the nearby city of Lynn for the dedication of the largest flagpole in New England. The dedication has been planned on a big scale in the hope that the President would attend, thus giving Lynn residents, particu- {larly children, an opportunity to see their distinguished Summer neighbor. Mr. Coolidge hopes before returning Washington to appoint a new Am- bassador to Japan and a new civil ervice commissioner although it is | probable that neither vacancy will be | filled until later. In addition to being obliged to fill the vacancy on the Civil | Service Commission, caused by the | death of Mrs. Helen Gardmer the | President has heard that another com missioner intends to resign. This re- {port has not been confirmed and it was de clear who the commissioner Ito | ences with Government officials and | others on public questions, and an in- creasingly crowded schedule is expect ed to keep him close to White Court. The President had hoped to visit Plymouth, Mass., before ending his he portrait of the President which C. Tarbell has been painting for | hanging in the Massachusetts state- house will be completed by the end of the week. ‘G0LD BRICK TRADE NETS§1 S 00 Year’s Losses by Americans in Fraudulent Schemes Huge, Survey Shows. | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 25.—Despite enactment in many States of blue sky reduction in their an apportion. 11,000 Personnel Cut. The President's attention was called | today to Washington dispatches to! the effect that the Army must be re-| duced by 10,000 enlisted men and po: sibly over 1,000 officers, if the Hmit tions placed by the Budget Bureau on | the arms appropriation for the r\exl\ fiscal year are permitted to stand. i The President was represented as being -aware that at this time of the | vear, when the Budget Bureau is pre- paring the estimates of appropriations | o submit to Congress, these re-| ports, such as re credited to the War : Department, became rampant. The President’s spokesman said that, it is not surprising for the Army fo be represented as being on the verge of aissolution The spokesman made jt clear that| the President is not at ail disturbed, | and, although these reportsarealleged | to emanate from the general staff of | the Army, the President feels that the general staff will be able to pro- vide the Nation with a fair degrec of national defense with an appropria tion the size of the one for the present | year, $300,000,000. | It ix pointed out that before the | World War the Army was maintained at annual of approximately | $120,000.000. The President's spokesman states very empha that if the general | staff of the Army for which the Pres ident is k to have a very high the United | defense, with annual priation of approxi $300,000,000, the President | would consider this failure as a_seri- | ous reflection on the ability of the general staff itself : | Hits Shipping Board Report. 1 of the President's | spokesman was not_confined entirely | to the general staff. In answer to printed reports that Chairman O'Con- nor of the United States Shipping Board, had issued a warning that the | Leviathan would be withdrawn from | service, if the Budget Bureau placed too great a limitation on the Shipping Board’s next appropriation The President is represented as placing little credence upon the value of this report Admiral Palmer, pres- ident of the mergency Fleet Cor- poration, the White House spokesman, | declared, is operating the Merchant fleet and not Chairman O'Connor. If Admiral Palmer had been so quoted, the President's spokesman said, the President_would place son ce | (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) an mately The sarcasm | SMUGGLED ALIENS FOUND | IN RAID ON GYPSUM MINE B | Twenty-Two Arrested—Clue * to‘ Identity of “Importing” Ring Is Sought. By the Associated Press OAKFIELD, N. Y. August 25— Twenty-two men who have been em- | ploved here in the mines of the| Akron Gypsum Co. were arrested to- | day in a wholesale round-up of| smuggled aliens. Most of those ar- rested were declared by immigra- | tlon inspectors to be natives of Italy | and Poland, who had entered thisi country illegally from Canada. | The aliens were county jail at Batavia raignment at Buffalo. Imm inspectors believe that informatiol may be revealed by those arrested which may lead break up of | an alien smuggling ring reported to| have been operating successfully in | recent months. H the | pending a RESIGNATION IS EXPECTED | FROM CIVIL SERVICE BODY Coolidge Delays Appointment of Mrs. Gardener’s Successor Until Rumor Is Confirmed. By a Staff Correspondent. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., August 25.— President Coolidge has 'delayed mak- ing the appointment to the United States Civil Service Commission to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. Helen Gardener, because of a re- port that one of the two present mem- bers of the commission was contem- plating resigning. This report has not been confirmed by either of the present commission- ers. It was explained, however, that the President preferred to wait before filling Mrs. Gardener’'s place until he had heard definitely, and make both appointments at the same time, | public will pay | ter Business Bureau of New fm | ing maintained by laws for its protection, the American $1,000,000,000 in 19 to operators of fraudulent stoc schemes, promoters of sandy oil w nd financial wizards of the Ponzi type. The cost of credulity in 1924 well over the billion-dollar mark and a report published today by the Bet York in still-flourishing cult of Il claim an- dicates the gold brick artists may w other “normal” vear. Progress has been made, the bureau notes, toward safeguarding the inex perienced investor, but the most opti tic observer does not foresee le; lution which will block: entirely ame of the sharper. * One Born The bureau expects there always will be a considerable number of peo- ple ready to purchase shares in Brooklyn Bridge, or to “invest” their savings in that hardy old ndby the “‘money-making machine The habitat of the guilible is not confined to the rural sections, but is as wide as is this land of ours. sigh of the dweller in Mudison square joints the ddubting inquiry of the squire in Madison corners in the daily grist of mailed complaints to the d trict attorney’s office and to the bu reau. Meuntima, Every Minute. Lowever, the ainst fraudulent stock operations nd other Wallingfordian machina- tions will be ried_forward. Martin act. now on the statute 1 of New York. is cited as deterrent to the use of stock cat rate the unwary from their The law permits the speedy nce of injunctions to re- strain bucketshops and similar organ- izations. Through chambers of commes advertising clubs and particula through the new organizations clos campaign oks certifi i related to both, known as better busi- ness bureaus, the activities of the ubiquitous investment quack are be ing gradually curbed. These bureaus have been established in 40 cities, be banks, brokers, in vestment companies | mercantile concerns. , Land and Liguor Lures. This Summer real estate, often cou- pled with the magic name of Florida, is one of the newest attractions for former stock swindlers. Others ven- tured in the illicit liquor traffic de- apite the collapse recently of the proj- of the titled Briton, Sir Broderick And the oil fakers never Dr. Cook of near polar fame is in Leavenworth prison, with the_story of his deals of painful knowledge to millions, but the game goes on. There s the beautifully furnished Riverside Drive apartment in New yrk City used as a lure by a former Sing Sing resident to swindle victims to whom he sells stock upon promise of a salaried joh. GERMAN-AMERICAN PACT ON VISAS EXPECTED SOON Both Nations to Abolish Fees, Ex- cept for Emigrants, After September 1. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 25.—A reciprocal agreement providing for abolition of all charges for the issuance of v. to the nationals of both countries will be concluded between the American and German governments in the course of the present week. Only aliens classified as emigrants | will be excluded from the benefits of the new treaty, which, it is expected, will become effective September 1, the negotiations between the American ambassador and the German foreign office have progressed sufficiently to permit of formal conclusion of the agreement this week. | the the | The | | nes The | an excellent | newspapers and | NEW TONG STRIFE SWEEPS COUNTRY Outbreaks, Following Burial of Leader, Leave Many Casualties. By the Associated Press NEW YORK. August A new Chinese war broke this morning in various cities shortly after the bur of Lee Kue Ying. “m York's Chinatown, who was largely re sponsible for the recent truc the Hip Sinz and On Leong Tongs. One On Leong tongman was shot and Killed here, and a Hip Sing mem ber. a bystander and possibly other Chinese were wounded In resident of the On . A resident of the Hip on and two others were arrested. Tips to the police that led to opium raids are pre | sumed to have been the Chicago shooting. The body of a restiurant cook was found in 4 New York Chinatown cel lur with three bullet wounds. The | two assassins escaped, leaving a re volver near the body. Shooting Czuses Panic. | A few hours previously a shooting |affray threw Boston's Chinatown into | pani | hospital, seriousiy wounded. Joseph | Crowley, a bystander, was hit by | stray shots and slightly injured Reports of trouble in other cities gave increasing indication of general | wartare. A Chinese laundry proprie- tor was killed in his place in Pittsburgh by two unidenti- | fied Chinese { Two Chinese ~ from | Chinatown | City, N | weapon: A | frightened by 4 his’door, o the roof and jumped | through the wi bt an adjoining | building, r More than pated in the funeral of Lee Kue Ying | here vesterday. Four American and two Chinese bands played in the pro- cession of more than a mile. Ying died a few days ago of pneumonia. |He was president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and has a son ;at Columbia University. | Tongs Are Warned. | New York's arrested in Jersey ng concealed nesa in Newark, Immediately after the killing of the | | On Leong tong man here, officials of the rival tongs sent telegrams to their Irespective headquarters in other citie; informing them of the slaying. Police {learned that more than 75 such tele- grams were sent. They contained only the murdered tong man’s name and the information ,that he was killed. Although policemen on their posts nearby heard the shots that killed the man, they found no trace of the mur- derer when they reached the cellar where the body was found. A pre- liminary examination by the medical examiner showed that six bullets struck the vietim. Police reserves were sent to the Chinatown district because of the ex- citement which followed the shogting. | SITUATION HERE TENSE. | Rival Chinese Factions Will Find Police Ready to Act. Restlessness, nervousness, alertness, all characterize Washington's China- town today following the Hip Sing and On Leong disturbances in other cities. The local situation is also com- plicated by internal dissension in Hip Sing ran There would have been trouble be- fore now had it not been for a coup Sunday night. Inspector Grant, De- tectives Kelley, Scrivener, Waldron, Sweeney and others raided the Hip on_technieal charges of gaming. Despite assurances from both On Leong and Hip Sing officials that the local horizon is #erene, it was found that a tense situation Is existing here today. On Leong and Hip Sing—the two national tongs—are squabbling over the jurisdiction of certain cities, and in those cities the greatest trouble may result. But when war starts each tries to strike at strongholds of the (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) between | the motives for | of busi- | epeted knockings af | 000 Chinese partici- | by the headquarters detective bureau | Sing headquarters and arrested scores | Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORN: D. C., TUESDAY, WAL AR LODED AFTERNESSEAGER SFELLEDBY 0T Bandits Fire Through Ven- tilator From Top of Coach. Escape Unnoticed. GANG BELIEVED HEADED FOR MEXICAN BORDER Extent of Loot Undetermined. Three Pouches, One of Plane Mail, Reported Missing. By the Associated Pre: SANTA ANA, Calif, August 25.—A combination express and mail car was robbed and the messenger in charge shot and beaten last night when ban dits boarded Santa Fe train No. 75 between San Diego and Santa Ana. The value of the loss has not been determined. It is believed that four men partict- pated in the robbery, which was not discovered until the train reached Santa Ana and the messenger, Elmer Campbell, found unconscious on the floor of the car, which was in great disorder. Letters and packages were strewn about and mail sacks cut open. Apparently, the robbers had climbed to the top of the car and shot Camp- bell through a ventilator, breaking in through the door when he fell, prob- ably fatally wounded. Indications were that he was beaten severely i When he later showed signs of life The robbers were believed to have | | boarded the train when it stopped Oce; ide and to have left it at & |.Juan Capistrano, about 30 miles from | here Messenger it —ot in Brain. ain No. left San DI ! nine pouches of mail, including | pouch’ of airplane mail. A check-up ’sl. wed only six had been left behin ane Was among those nissing. The pouche | remaining in the car had been slit | open 1 their contents explored | While there was no registered mail, {the contents of the airplane pouch | was believed to be of great value. | Surgeons late last nikht abandoned ope of saving Campbell's life through peration 2.year old mes- an employe of the express company for 38 years, was the point of death with a bullet the | base of his brain | He had been unconscious since his tarrival at the hospital | It is believed the { south toward Mexic |dred mites away, Itrain at San Juan with one in robbers scarcy after leav Capistrano. headed a hun- the an One Chinese was taken to & | Djego authorities and border suthori. | K€epIng tab on developments through fes were reported to be watching { approaches to the international line | Al available evidence indicated the | robbery had been carefully planned by men familiar with trains, and particu- {larly with gxpress and mail shipment routine i Knew Car Guard Light. | They apparently knew that during | the 49 miles from San Diego to Santa Ana no one would be near the e | press and mail car but an eiderly mes- senger, and that they had just about minutes n which to work un- ! hampered i A rope ladder nging down from i the roof on the outside of the car showed how an entrance was effected after the shooting. A pane of glass had been broken out of the side door near the ladder, and the door thus un- | locked from within check by the post office and ex- | press company officials here and in ]Los Angeles failed to reveal any si able lass, but it was admitted that in- asmuch us one of the missing pouches contained air mail, the loot may yet prove to have been considerable. all STRONG-ARM TACTICS | BY DRY MEN CHARGED Near-Beer Saloon Proprietor Says Andrews’ Agents and Police Tried to Ruin Business. Injunctions against Lincoln C. An- drews, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Harry M. Luckett, director of the prohibition unit; Danfel Sulli- van, superintendent of police, and Howard Ogle, a policeman, have been asked of the District Supreme Court by George Rock, proprietor of a near- beer saloon at 620 Eleventh street southwest. ' Charges are made of the use of high-handed and “strong arm' methods by prohibition and police of- ficers to destroy the business of the plaintiff. Through Attorney John J. McGin- nis, the plaintiff says he was acquit. ted in Police Court of a charge of sell- ing intoxicants, but asserts that Luck- ett, representing Andrews, called on the owner of the premises occupied by his near-beer saloon and told the land- lord that Rock was selling liquor on the premises despite the acquittal of the charge. it is stated, Rock received notice to quit. Maj. Sullivan, it is charged, placed policemen at the door of the saloon, who are said to have followed cus- tomers into the place and to have caused them to go elsewhere to the detriment of the business of the plain- tiff. Ogle is said to have visited the place three times in one day for the purpose of intimidating prospective customers. More Danger in Fat Than in Flying; Liner Held Safest Place in World By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 25.—It is more dangerous to be fat than it is to travel on an ocean liner, ride on a railroad train or fly in an air- plane. Fat is killing off Americans at such a rate that special education is needed, thinks President Albert M. Johnson of the National Life Insurance Co. of the United States of America, in convention here, The cabin of an ocean liner is the safest place in the world; a railroad train is next, and it is pos- sible the third may soon be an air- plane, he has told delegates. Death from disease is increasing enormously, but deaths from auto- mobile accidents, murders and homicides have increased over 200 per cent in the last 20 years. “Au- tomobile accidents have killed over 1,700 per cent more than they did 10 years ago.” Woman Fails to Swim Channel. FOLKESTONE, England, August 25 UP).—Miss Mercedes Gleitzer| a London typist, today attemped to swim the English Channel, starting from the British shore, but was forced to aban- don her effort because of a cramp when 7 miles out. nch Repulse Rebels. CAIRO, Egypt, August 25 (P).— Advices from Syria through French sources state that 1,500 Djebel Druse rebels, marching on Damascus, have been repulsed by the French with heavy losses. The French troops were supported by aviation and cavalry units, il i *|Gives Further, pouch | As a result of this visit, ' AUGUST 25, 1925—-THIRTY PAGES. * as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 92,603 (P Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. News note: President Coolidge is immensely enjoying his vacation in his own wa (COOLIDGE PASSIVE - TOCOAL WALKOUT i Indication | i That Strike Will Bring No Action. Associated Press MPSCOTT, Mass her indications tha |al Government will make no move to prevent suspension of anthracite | {operationis next Tuesday were given | today at the Summer White House. | | President Coolidge has been assured | | that there will be sufficient fuel to| {meet all needs of the public even if | | the mines should close down, and it | {was indicated that the Government wauld confine its activity to assist- 1ing.in the provision of an adequate supply. ! | The President is receiving no new {oMeial information regarding the an- |thracite situation. although he is By the the press. He followed with particu- {lar interest the recent conference of {New England governors, and is en- couraged at the statement made by |John Hays Hammond, former chair- man of the coal-commission, that there is no danger of a fuel shortage. Iiver since it became apparent that | anthracite operators and miners would | be unable to agree on a new wage | scale, indications have been given that the administration would take no hand in the controver: If suspen sion should develop it is probable that Mr. Coolidge will keep in touch with the situation through Secretaries Hoover and Davis and other officials in close contact with the industry, but is not likely to call representatives of either the operators or miners here for a conference. C. W. Barron, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, told the President to- day it was the opinion of Wall Street that a suspension of operations in the anthracite field for a short time would {be a good thing. There is a surplus |of coal. Mr. Barron declared. He { thought it would be folly for anthra- | cite operators and miners to disagree | 1spension result, because he believes that consumers will turn to | the permanent use of wubstitutes for anthracite. PEACE MOVE PLANNED. Hazleton, Pa., Group to Call Miners. Owners Parley. PHILADELPHIA, August 25 (®).— Attempt to bring the deadlocked an- thracite operators and miners togeth- er as a means of preventing supen- sion of work by 158,000 men on Sep- tember 1 will be made at Hazleton, Pa., today, by a citizens’ committee of 13 recruited from business interests in_the hard coal region. The committee meets with the full scale committe of the hard coal miners at the Alamont Hotel in Hazleton, where it will present its views as to why the two sides should resume the scale negotiations broken off at At- lantic City on August 4. The con- ference was arranged here yesterday by John H. Ule, Wikes-Barre tobacco manufacturer, who is chairman of the citizens’ body, and John L. Lewis, president of the miners union. The citizens' committee will next meet with the scale committee of the operators, headed by W. W. Inglis | of Scranton. This parley is scheduled for Wilkes-Barre tomorrow. Mr. Uhl described the committee's attitude as wholly neutral. He said its sole purpose was to reconcile the mine owners and workers in the in- terest of residents of the anthracite | producing countries and users of an- | thracite at large. No developments in the scale situa- tion are expected pending the outcome of the Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre meeting today and tomorrow. — Boundary Crisis Relieved. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, August 25 (#).—The acute situation growing out of the boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras has been re- lleved by the appointment of commis- sions to locate and make visible the old frontier markers in the vicinity of Teotecacinte. o Vesuvius in Action. NAPLES, Italy, August 25 P).— Mount Vesuvius has resumed extraor- dinary activity, the volcano erupting great quantities of ashes and lighting up the whole countryside at night. Authorities at the volcanic observa- tory, however, have expressed the opinion that no great danger is im- ‘minent. Escaped Convict Captured Seeking By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo., August 0. who escaped from the venworth Federal Penitentiary last February while serving an eight-vear sentence fo wrecking the Mercantile National Ban] of Pueblo, of hich he as cashier, slice when he was arrested last night that he came back to Colorado to find $100,000 of the embezzled funds, which he had hidden Slaughter, who w when the bank fail and for eight years was the object of a_se: that extended into Canada and Mexico. He was cap- tured in_ Phoenixville, Pa. Since his escape from Leaven worth, Slaughter said he had been living in Ohio, BENEVOLENCES GET LAWSON BEQUESTS Leaves Melville Stone $200,- 000—Specific Gifts Total $4,775,000. Colo., told here 1915, fled By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 25.—Virtually three-fourths of the estate of the late Victor F. Lawson, noted editor and owner of the Chicago Daily News, was left to benevolent purposes. newspaper and other property left to the management of the I Merchants’ Trust Co. as trustee. Specific bequests totaled $4,775,000, of which more than onehalf, or $2,505,000, were for benevolences. A specific bequest of $200,000 was left to his long-time friend and co. worker in journalism, Melville . Stone of New York City, now coun. selor and formerly general manager of the ed Press. Other Bequests. After the specific bequests, fourths of the residuary ate v left in equal parts to the Chicago Con- gregational Missionary and Extension Soclety, which also received a specific bequeat of $1,300,000; the Chicago The- ological Seminary. which, in addition, was bequeathed $100,000 specifically, and the Young Men's Christian Asso- clation, which was left $100,000 spe- cific bequest. The remaining one- quarter of the residuary estate was bequeathed to the publisher's only brother, Iver N. Lawson of San Diego, Calif., who also will receive a specific bequest of $200.000 and the income of a trust fund of $300,000. He was the chief indtvidual beneficiary named in the will. Other relatives and co-workers, in- cluding Mr. Stone and employes of the Dally News, were among the bene- ficlaries. Mr. Lawson was a heavy stockholder in the Illinols Merchants' Trust Co. Bank John J. Mitchell, president of the Illinois Merchants' Trust Co., which was named executor of the will and trustee of the estate, said that the Dally News would be managed under the “trusteeship in accord with the tried policies and known ideals of Mr. Lawson. DESPONDENT, HANGS SELF WORCESTER, Mass., August 25 (®). ‘Alphonse J. Dube, an inventor of a motorless flying machine which would not fly, committed suicide today by hanging himself in his garage. was inois three- The | SENATE BATTLES LOOM IN MIDWEST Republicans Open Campaigns | in Kentucky. Missouri and Indiana. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WIL INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., August Political events of 6 alre their shadow before. here i of the militant Midwest. In the three fissouri, Kentucky and In which this observer, V | ton-bound after nine weeks out in the | States, has just t versed. campaigns ts in the Senate will be bitterly zed and hotly contested In Missouri the fight around the place now o George H. Willlams, Repu |is serving out the unexpired term of | the late Senator Selden Spencer. | In Kentucky ®he Republican incum | bent, Senator Richard P. Ernst, faces ja stiff struggle to retain power in a | historically Democratic State. In In- |diana that stalwart G. O. P. veteran, :.\'en::(nr James Watson, confronts |the battle of his political career, to | win re-election for a third term against a variegated and venomous opposi tion. It is not absolutely certain that either Williams, Ernst or Watson will triumph in the nomination primaries | of thelr respective States. 1f they do, | election already doubtful, will be by the enmities cast will range pied by n. who prospect. aggravated | that primaries frequently leave behind | |them. Indiana is particularly addict- |ed to post-primary vengeance. 1926 Off Year. Kentucky and Republican s election. Coolidge in all three of those Stat |is still in full tide. But 1926 will be |an off vear, with nothing to propel | candidates toward the winning p | except their own merits and condi- [ tions as they then exist | pair of considerations gives many | Republicun aspirant to congr | office vear fooll for seriov | thought, and, in many cases, cause for heart-searching iety. Precise | such a state of affairs exists with r | gard to the trio of States here und | review. Indiana in_the Missour went hand: | strength count upon the full support administration and the Republican na- tional organization in the struggle to retain G. O. P. senatorial seats, are confident that the party’s present high | repute with the peopie at large will continue and carry the day in 1926 The battle cry in this region, as el where, wil be “Back up Cooli There is method in this madnes: time when there was a campaign slogan a tithe so potent as “Back up Coolidge.” Given present-hour condi- tions, it looks like an almost invin- cible slogan, so deeply intrenched fs the President in popular favor here- abouts. Republican candidates for Senate and House everywhere this side of the Appalachian range are wearing out the knees of their trous- ers, praying for a continuance of the Coolidge stranglehold on public es- teem. Any number of the supplicat- ing knees are quaking Knees. “JsaL, 830w 93pPII00) One encounters frequently in the Midwest, and farther afield, too, the view that the next year may be of decisive influence upon the fortunes of Calvin Coolidge. What is meant is that the President has now to win his spurs with a Congress of his own. The Sixty-ninth will be the first to answer that description. Mr. Cool- idge will not be the first Chief Execu- tive who has squabbled disastrously with Congress; he has already had has full share of disagreement with the conversational end of Pennsyl- vania_avenue, but he is on the (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) By the Associated Press. FARGO, N. Dak., August 25.— Citizens called into service by Sheriff John C. Ross escorted out of town last night more than 100 .alleged members of the Industrial ‘Workers of the World. The men were taken out in two groups. Clubs were wielded and there was some stone throwing. One group numbering 43 was taken from the Cass County jall and commanded to march to the Front Street Bridge over the Red River of the North. Accompanied Radio Programs—Page 24. by a citizens’ committee sworn in as deputy sheriffs, the party pro- ceeded in orderly fashipn to the 100 I. W. W.’s Driven From Fargo; Rocks and Clubs Urge Them Out bridge where the men ran to the Minnesota side. Returning to the jail, the depu- ties brought out 75 more men and took them to the Northern Pacific Avenue Bridge. The second group turned as it reached the Moorhead side and began throwing rocks at the deputies. There were several hand-to-hand struggles, but no one was serfously injured. For more than a week authori- ties have been busy rounding up men they believed to be I. W. W.'s. The alleged ‘““Wobblies” come to this district every Fall for the harvest. Those showing no incli- nation to go to work were taken into custody, ashing- | Which said | Republican leaders, who, of course, | of the | Midwest politician can remember the | MSTREETWIDENI: PROPISALS 10 T HEARIGS SEPT. 3 |Property Owners to Have Chance to Air Views on Downtown Projects. | TRAFFIC CONGESTION RELIEF IS CHIEF AIM 3 i F and G Streets and Connecticut Avenue Among Those Listed for Possible Action. Advisability of widening 12 of the {main thoroughfares in the downtown | section of the city will be taken up for consideration by the Commissioners at a public hearing in the board room of the District Buflding, at 10 o’clock, Thursday, September 3, Engineer Commissioner Bell announced tod: The proposed widenings affect 12 streets, {ncluding Connecticut avenue, F street and G street, but are being listed for the hearing as 14 separate | projects, as follows Tenth street, from chusetts avenue. enth street, from New York to Massachusetts avenue. Twelfth street, from New achusetts avenue. Thirteenth street, streets. Thirteenth street. from K street to | Massachusetts avenue | Fifteenth street, from Massachusetis avenue. | Seventeenth street, vania avenue to | venteenth st 2 avenue Connect F street to | York to 1M from I to K K street to from ree or m Pennsy! K Penn: venue. K street southwest, from Seventh ) streets street northwest, from Seventh venth to Ninth i street, from Seventh to Thir- the heart |* Fourteenth to Six- teenth stres Wheeler Statement. | In a statement prepared { part of the n e of Assistant Enginee: | Raymond Wheeler “This hearing 1 for the purpose of affording interested prop- |erty owners an opportunity . ess their rezardin; - Way wident have at various times been suzgested to the Commis | sioners. The Commissioners will at that time receive petitions for or against such widenings.” | “Engineer Commissioner phasized today that the Co {ers are not committed to any of the projecis nor are thev then streets t day as hearing, rissioner Bell considered them, it Building Comm Althou posed for { from imore than three would next appropria h 1 the iIf the favor | number. Fr are for the wid streets between Seventh It project should out it would eliminate the curves which now exist at the four corners of the Pat Office, all of which are busy intersections. G_street is now used for traffic, but the south tween the car tracks and the sidew is very narrow. F street in one easthound, with the car trac to the sidewalk on the Pate side of the street roadway, Office Connecticut Avenue Work Simple Another important item on t Connecticut avenue from K s {to Dupont Circle. There is | wide expanse of sidewalk and pa on this avenue that Col. Bell several months ago suggested a special treat- ment by cutting two new roadways for traffic on each side of the street between the present curb lines and the buildings. The engineer commissioner, however, has not made up his mind on any puwoposed development and will remain undecided until he hears the views of the affected property owners at the hearing. The advantage of the treatment suggested by Col. Bell for ! Connecticut avenue is that it would | preserve the trees with a narrow strip {of parking between them and road- ways for traffic on each side of the | trees Practically all of the streets listed for the hearing are main arteries of travel through thte business section of the city and it is expected that a full discussion of the proposals will develop at the hearing. Col. Bell said today he was well pleased with the results obtained in widening Thirteenth street from F to 1 streets and M street in Georgetown from Twenty-ninth street westward. The current appropriation act pro- vides for the widening of E street in the downtown section and a short section of Bladensburg road near Fifteenth and H streets northeast. MILLIONS OF DEAD FISH- DELAY SHIP AT SEA Cover Ocean Off Florida for 20 Miles—Master of Vessel Be- lieves Blast Killed Them. By the Associated Press. TAMPA, Fla., August Millions of dead fish covered the surface of the water for more than 20 miles be tween Manasopo nad Boca Grande today, causing the steamer Royal Palm, en route from Fort Myer to Tam. pa, to reduce its speed and arrive in this port several hours late. Ship of- ficers fmmediataly reported the matter to Federal authorities, and an investi- gation is being made. Lamar Walker. first assistant en- gineer of the Royal Palm, said the sur- face of the water about 8 to 10 miles offshore was clogged with dead fish, ranging from small minnows to large groupers. The officers expressed the belle? that dynamite might have been U L 2 5