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——— e WEATHER. (U, Fair warmer. Temperatures—Highes vesterday; lowest, 64, at day Full report on page 7. S. Weather Bureau tonight; tomorr ¥F ow ecast.) fair and t, 77, at 3p.m 6:30 a.m. to- Closing N. Y. Stocks jnd Bonds, Page 28 b tered as s 20 79 (T SR s ond_class matter hington, D. C. WASHINGTON, 1 ¢ Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ). ( THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1925—FI AIRPROBE S BEGUN MORROW IS NAMED BOARD'S CHAIRMAN Organization Is First Work of Body in Meeting at White House. CLOSED SESSION OPENS INQUIRY ON U. S. POLICY Coolidge . Leaves Nine Experts to Work Alone After Short Conference. Presi- the The special board created by dent investigate potency of America’s alr power toc hegan the deliberation upon which may rest the entire future policy of the administration and distribution of the Nation's air defenses. In an atmosphere surcharged with possibilities of the highest potential- ities, the nine committeemen, each an expert In some branch of aviation for armed defense, met with the President shortly before noon and after a 20- minute discussion in the presence of Mr. Coolidge were excused to begin inquiry alone. The board occupied the entire noon hour with the selection of a perma- nent chairman, finally agreeing upon Dwight W. Morrow, prominent finan- cier connected with the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. Judge Arthur C. Den ison was elected vice chairman and William F. Durand secretary. Imme- diately after adjournment the board had luncheon at the White with the President. Coolidge to Statement Issued. Tust before leaving the executive offices Mr. Morrow issued this state- ment The board appointed by the dent met with the President ock today. Thereafter the board nized and selected officers. Fur- Presi- at House | | | | | BY the Associated Press Col. William Mitchell, the stormy petrel of the air controversy, probably will be a chief witness before the i""\.“l court which is to inquire into the wrecking of the naval airship Shenandoah. It will be the purpose to ask him o substantiate his published charge | that the accident to the Shenandoah | was a direct result of “the incom- petency, criminal negligence and al- most treasonable administration of | the national defense by the Navy and | War Departments | An investi; ion looking to a pos= { sible court martfal of the former | assistant chief of the Army Air Serv- ice is new being conducted by the War Department, but officials have THRO-TICKET TALK ALIVE N NEW YORK ‘_La Guardia and Copeland | Mentioned After Hylan Dropsl Mayoralty Fight. I By < i 'ORK, September 17.—While B3¢ vlan, defeated in the pri- | m: s announced he will retire {to priv life, some discussion con-| | tinues of the possibility of an inde- {pendent ticket against James J ‘ Walker, who beat Hylan for the Demo- | | cratic nomination, and against Frank | {D. Waterman, the Republican nom | inee. | The victory of Walker. backed by Tammany all and Gov. Smith, over {Hylan, supported by W. R. Hearst | has caused much ation to fol- | lowers of Gov. especially in view of much comment fo the effect | that the result has enhanced his na- te 1 Ve have a Demo- | MITCHELL LIKELY TO BE CHIEF WITNESS IN SHENANDOAH PROBE Incompetency and Criminal Negligence Charges of Air Officer Will Be Asked for Substantiation at | Court to Find Cause of Dirigible Disaster. |ana given the death ther announcements will be made to | tlonal prestige. the public after the board has had an opportunity to fully di the scope of their work and to adopt definite plans. for the conduct of the investi- | eation.” v Representative Carl Vinson of Geor- gia. a member of the House committee on naval affairs, was the first member of-the committee to be announced at the executive offices. He was 15 min- utes ahead of the meeting hour—I11 o'clock—and while waiting to be ad- mitted to the President’s private office found himself surrounded by a score of newspapesmen. Mr., Vinson was quite willing to be engaged in conversation on any sub- ject but aviation. As a result he held a 5-minute conference with the re- porters on the {lluminating subject of the weather in Georgia, which he said is “very hot and very dry” just now. Every effort to draw from Mr. Vinson | any mention of the schedule to be taken up at today’s conference was diplomatically rebuked. Howard E. Coffin, consulting en- zineer and expert on aeronautics, who gave the newspapermen an audience nson ent on Meeting. of nearly an hour only a week ago| when, as general manager of the Na- | tional Air Transport, Inc., he called at the executive offices to interest the plan for private opera- tion of the air mails, stepped from his mobile and walked with rapid stride straight to Secretary Sanders’ office. Coolidge Favors Open Inquiry. It was evident that although much has been said to indicate that the President feels the committee should conduct its inquiry in full public view at all times. with the possible excepticn of those occasions when confidential matters pertaining to the national defense are touched, the members of the hoard are not will- ing to assume such n titude until Mtaining Mr. Coolidge’s views for emsely The fact that the President wishes | he board to conduct its inquiry an autonomous committ unham. pered by an ideas he may have on the method of procedure, made it certain that at least all of today would be occupied by details of or- ganization. It is regarded as improb- able that any headway will be made along the road of actual investigation for several d in fact In the dizzy whirl of rumor and conjecture that surrounded the President’s aircraft investigating hoard as it assembled for its first meeting there was one question that stood forth with startling possibili- ties. It was, Will Willlam Mitchell, flving hero of the Army and in a measure regarded as the person re. <ponsible for the present inquiry, find himself pitted against Comdr. Rodgers, flying hero of the Navy and heroic commander of the recent at- tempt to link Hawaii with California by air? Mitchell Great Flyer. It is conceded that Col. greatest strength as an actual fiyer stand the avi lies in his record Those who under- ation controversy today v declare that the doughty stant air chief of the Army would never have commanded the at tention he holds today had it not been for his tourazeous exploits in the afr. Je is possibly recognized as the wreatest pilot of his time But_th uestion that raced from lip at the White House today was: the Navy counter with Rodgers?” Comdr. Rodgers’ repu- iation in the ¥ is scarcely less herofe than that of Col. Mitchell in the Army. He, too, is a flyer, and the fact that he was recently offered the post of assistant chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics would lend added importance to any recommenda- tlons he might make to the board. There are possibilities of high po- | tentiality in such a_situation, it is frankly admitted. Those in & posi- ,tion to know believe it is inevitable 1hat both of these men will be called | committee. | hefore the investigating Thelr statements may have over- whelming influence upon any conclu- sions reached by the committee mem- b But the testimony of no two men is being waited with keener in- terest today than that of Col. Mitchell and Comdr. Rodgers. The White House photographers won first “interview"” with the invest ting board and the President. Immediately after Mr. Coolidge had weleomed the members and remained (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) th s i, John | i Mitchell's | - candidate for President in 1928,” | Senator Borah in Washington. | Conferred With Hearst Men. The mayor’s announcement came |after conference with Arthur Brisbane {and Joseph A. Moore, Hearst ne | paper executives, and ‘after a Hearst | evening paper had said there would be a third ticket The announcement said: “I will re-| turn to private life with my self-re- pect unimpaired. my conscience clear nd with the satisfaction of having | scrupulously lived up to my oath of | office.™ Today's issue of the New York { American, owned by Mr. Hearst, ac- {cepts Mr. Hylan's retirement as “a sad blow to the vast majority of decent men and women of this city.” | The paper goes on to say that { whether Walker or Waterman is suc- Acesslul at the polls November 3, “the traction intesests win.” | The mayor prefaced his formal | statement wtih the remark that he |had unmasked the “big ham-and-egg {man from Albany,” and had forced | the traction and underworld interest” | to spend $1,200,000 to beat him. | Asked whether his formal statement jmeant that there would be no third | party, he made no reply. i Mr. Moore, after the conference with {the mayor, said in answer to a.ques- |tion: “We know of no third party.” | crat | said | La’ Guardia Is Mentioned. | While Tammany now shows no per- |turbation over an independent move- Iment, Representative F. H. Le Guardia lis being mentioned in this connection. | “Questioned about these reports, Mr. |La Guardia said: | ““A% things stand now everybody is ihappy but the people. There is no im. |portant division. We need a_ticket {which will make such a division. There is also some mention of Senator ! Copeland in third party discussion. | The three borough leaders who sup- ported the mayor have pledged sup- !port to Walker, whose majority over tHylan was 95,543, | Republicans are united behind Frank Waterman, who defeated John J. | Lvons and William M. Bennett by a majority of 92,340 Some Republicans | view Waterman's chances of success as greater without an independent Hy- lan ticket in the field than with one. | The theory is that with Hylan still in |the field there would be a stampede of |Republicans to Walker to make sure the mayor would not be re-elected. Friends who called upon the wife of {the Tammany candidate to congratu- {late noted particularly upon her piano la copy of a song written by h band and dedicated to her: love me in December as in May They have been married 13 years. [Mrs. Walker was formerly a Chicago {girl by the name of Allen, and her |father is a Hearst editor in Chicago. Mason O. Smedley, Democratic lead- | er fn Queens, announced that if Mayor Hylan desired a Supreme Court judge- ship “the county organization would |get behind the movement.” There are {three bench vacancies to be filled from !second district this Fall. JONAH IS PUT IN NOVEL. 0ld Testament Voyager Is Hero of | New Romance. i | LONDON, September 17 (#).—Jonah |has finally been novelized. Robert Nathan has made him the he: new romance, “Son of A The Jonah of Mr. which 13 a poetic fantasy, is based on the facts as disclosed in the Book of ! Kings and paints the hero as a young man deeply embittered by his love affair with Judith. |CHOOSE ENVOY TO TOKIO. |Conlidgo and Kellogg Agree on Successor to Bancroft. President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg agreed today on the choice | f a successor to the late Edgar A. | Bancroft, Ambassador to Japan. The name will be forwarded imme- diately to Tokio for decision as to the acceptability of the appointee. 1 Mother, 68, Has 30th Child. | MADRID, Spain, September 17 (#). -At the age of 68, Camille Lorenzo, | made it clear that this inquiry will | not interfere with the calling of Mitchell as a witness either before the Shenandoah inquiry or the President’s special alrcraft board. The Inquiry into the disaster will furnish an opportunity for the Navy Department to question Col. Mitchell s0 as to develop precisely what he did charge in connection with this case and what proof he has to offer. At the same time the department will be in_a position then to reply. While Col. Mitchell undoubtedly will | be called before the President’s special | board, it is not likely that that hoard, rged as it is with a general in-; quiry, will go into the details of the | Shenandoah disaster to the extent | that it might develop from the Army i officer in full detail his charge: TWOHOTEL BANDITS SENTENGED TO DIE Men Who Invaded the Drake,l‘ in Chicago, Are Convicted of Murder. E [ 4 i | | | | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, September 17.—Joseph | Holmes and Jack Woods, two of five | robbers who. a few weeks ago, in-| vaded the fashionable Drake Hotel| and staged a pistol battle in an at- tempted hold-up, were convicted| early today by a jury of the murder | of Frank B. Rodkey, hotel cashier, | penalty. | The jury deliberated for more than nine hours until nearly dawn lodn\'l and several times were reported; deadlocked at 9 to 3 and 10 to 2 for| hanging verdict, the minority hold- | out for life imprisonment on the | grounds that the pair were insane. | | Relied on Insanity Plea. The defense relied on an insanity Star. The Star’ every cit. as fast as tl Yesterday’ “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers block and the regular cdi- tion is delivered to Washington homes he papers are printed. s Circulation, 93,594 FTY-FOUR PAGES. COMMONS MEMBER BARRED AS RED BY U.5. RAPS KELLOGG Imbued With “Petticoated Aristocratic Ideas” of Brit- ain, Saklatvala Asserts. HOPES TO VISIT ANYWAY; . WOULD RESPECT LAWS Inflammatory Speeches of Com- munist Caused Ban on Attending | Parliamentary Gathering. | | By the Associated Press, LONDON, September Saklatvala, Communist member of | Parllament, barred from the United | States as a member of the British delegation to the interparliamentary conference in Washington, blames | Secretary of State Kellogg for his| troubles. i Formally notified this morning that | his passport visa had been revoked, the Communist member of Parliamen! said that Mr. Kellogg, through hi 17.—Shapurii | * Associated TWO CENTS. Press. association with British peers and | others of thelr class while serving as | Ambassador in London, had become | “imbued with petticoated aristocratic | ideas of Great Britain to such an ex tent that he still clings to them, gven in 2 NATS LEAD TYGERS, 84, INSIXTHINNING klalvala expressed the opin-| ion that the Secretary of State by his | cancellation of the visa had violated constitutional practices as well as the | laws regulating the working of the| interparliamentary conference, andl Bunch Hits to Come From! had ‘‘disregarded the ordinary laws| | Behind—Goslin Gets | of political decency H “Afraid of Trut | Home Run. “The Americans,” he added, to act as my host, and vet at the last | moment I am refused admission to' the country. Can it be that the Amer- | fcans are afraid of the truth being | known there, and took action on this plea and in the closing arguments | account? declared there were many Instances in which persons accused of murder had pleaded guilty and been sen- tenced only to life imprisonment The prosecution called 46 witnesses, | many of whom identified both the| accused and named Holmes as the! actual ver. (Confessions of both| were read into_the evidence. Holmes and Woods, allas Wilson, with three others, terrorized the ex-| clusive hostelry on_Chicago's “Gold | Coast” at tea time, July 29. Masked and armed with pistols and | shotguns, they held up-a number of | employes and engaged in running | fights with a house detective and traf- | fic policeman from nearby Lake Shore Drive. Two Were Killed. Two of the party, Eric Nelson, the leader, and “Texas” Court, a half- breed 'Cherokee Indian, Nelson commandeered a taxicab and, firing at pursuing policemen, led a chase over miles of fashionable North Shore boulevards until brought to bay and slain in a cellar. The fifth, William Mellnechuck, or Mellonchuck, escaped with $3,500, part of the hotel’s pay roll taken after Rod- key was killed. Neither of the condemned men showed emotion on the reading of the sentence. As they were led from the courtroom one remarked to the other, “Well, we got the rope,” to which his partner listlessly responded, *Yes. Mrs. Frank Rodkey, widow of their victim, commenting” on the verdict, said: “I was entitled to the verdict. They took my man, the best in the world.” The defendants’ attorneys presented to the court a motion for a new trial, which will be argued October 3. Robert E. Crowe, the Sta ney, hafled the verdict as of a return to law and order. EIGHTY MORE CHRISTIANS | ARE EXPELLED BY TURKS Refugees Area Destitute at Bagdad, News Agency Says. Bs the Associated Press. BAGDAD, Irak, September 17.—Ad- vices to the Exchange Telegraph cor- respondent say 80 more Christian refugees have arrived at Zakho from the Goyan district of Mosul, all in a destitute condition. The authorities of Zakho have been instructed to assist the refugees as much as possible. It is estimated that 8,000 Goyan Christians have been forcibly turned out of their homes by the Turks. Formal complaint was made by Great Britain to the council of the League of Nations at Geneva on Tuesday that Turkish soldlers had removed Christian inhabitants from villages in the territory of Mosul, soverelgnty over which is claimed by both Turkey and the British manda state of Irak. The Turkish spoke: |man said the British charges could | not be true, as there had been no Christians in the territory in guestion for the last year. 105-MINUTE DUEL FUTILE. | GENOA, Italy, September 17 (#).— An hour and three-quarters of thust- ing and parrying failed to settle the differences of fwo Italian officers, Col. Rosetti and Capt. Queirolo, who met on the field of honor today. Both ex- pert swordsmen, they pricked each other in the word arm several times, but were unable to inflict serious in- Jury. ‘The duelists had quarreled over the recent treason trial of Prof. Salvemini of the University of Florence, the cap- tain boxing the colonel's ears. { Fighting a Blizzard i Problem ‘of keeping Wash- ington's streets open for traf- fic, and policy of snow re- moval, discussed in fourth ar- ticle on “What Is the Matter With Our Streets?” by Will P. Kennedy, on page 2 in to- day’s Star. Watch for Final Articles |a resident of the town of Valladolid, Jhas just given birth to her thirtieth child. Tomorrow and Sunday. i | the Constitution in every particular. | Rue | course I cannot go Saturday, but I am | dressing room. | x | ‘I had no intention of carrying nn[ any propaganda in the United States| and intended to respect the laws and If the American Government desired | to be fair and just it should have al-| o Un lowed me to enter the country and| then referred the question of my par- ticipation In the conference to the Jficial council of the Interparliamen- | | tary Union. If the council !hnuld} g of the opening game of the dou- | have decided against my participa- and BY JOHN B. K GRIFFITH STADIUM. September —The Nats rallied in the sixth in. | ble-header with the Tygers this after- | tion that would seem quite a different | noon and scored three runs, to take matter.” 8 54 lead, “Politically,” he remarked, During thé*yger batting practice a much disappointed man.” | Bob Fothergill was -struck on the 1n an interview later given the Eve-| head by a liner from Heine Manush's ning Standard Mr. Saklatvala sald:|bat and knocked unconscious. He “I shall still try to go to America. Of | revived after being carried to the | Fothergill was josh- | convinced that the American people | ing Topper Rigney. who had been hit will discover that Secretary Kellogg | In the face by a thrown ball, as he | “1 am were killed. | te's attor- | evidence From Disputed Mosul | | I {ing blast. | by dense clouds of smoke that rolled is not acting rightly, and I do not doubt that I shall get my vise. I shall not try to enter the United States, through Canada.” Drops Business Connection. Mr. Saklatvala also announced his | resignation from the firm of Tata, Ltd., Bast Indian traders, whose cot- ton mills department he has managed for several years. He gave as his rea- son that the recent publicity of his political actvifties and views might have a tendency to hinder the com- pany’s business. Fred Maddison, secretary of the In- terparliamentary British delegation was phepared to start for Washington on Saturday and that the dropping of any particular member would not upset the arrange- " (Continued on Page 4, EXPLODING POWDER HLLS 2N MINE {75 Pounds Set Off in West . Virginia Shaft—Official Starts Inquiry. By the Associated Press. WHEELING, W. Va., September 17.—A thorough investigation into the explosion late last night of 15 five-pound cans of powder in the No. 2 mine of the Elm Grove Coal Co. at Triadelphia, 9 miles east of here, will be started today, A. E. Lafferty, district mine inspector, said. Two men were killed and two severely burned in the blast, but ap- proximately 67 others, who were in the mine, made their way out of it uninjured. The survivors said they were work- at various distances from the Some were made aware of it through the workings and others by a workman who ran through the mine shouting a warning. Those who were unhurt made their way t the surface unassisted. One of them, John Murt of Fayette , Ohio, a track layer, earried ‘William Morris and Frank Meyers, who had been overcome by smoke, to one of the entrances, where he re- vived them. Murt also reached a telphone and summoned assistance. The dead, Rock Sande, Triadelphia, a motorman, and Willlam Kimball, Cambridge, Ohio, a trapper, were riding an electric motor car which started from the mine entrance with 76 cans of explosives. When the car had gotten into the workings to a depth of about 2 miles, and all but 15 cans of the powder had been un- loaded along the way, the remainder of the car’s load exploded. It is be- |lieved that a spark from one of the car's motor wires ignited it. Ross Baker, Triadelphia, laborer, and Svdney Prichard, Elm’ Court, a subboss, Who were working near the car, were terribly burned and are now in a Wheeling hospital. The mine-was inspected early to- day by Inspector Lafferty, who said it is undamaged. It is owned by the J. P. Paisley interests of Cleve- land, Ohio. Union, today said the | | was struck. | The attendance was 10,000. q FIRST INNING. | DETROIT—Haney took a third | strike. S. Harris tossed out O'Rourke. | Wingo fanned, and was thrown out Ruel to Judge. No runs. WASHINGTON — O'Rourke threw | out Rice. S. Harris walked. Goslin | grounded to O'Rourke and was safe i when Holloway, who took the throw, was charged with an error for not touching first. S. Harris stopping at second. Tavener went to short left for Judge's pop. J. Harris fouled to Bas- sler. No runs. SECOND INNING DETRORKT—Cobb walked Heilmann topped the ball in front of the plate and was thrown out by Ruel, Cobb taking second. Blue was safe when his grounder was fumbled by Peck, {Cobb_stopping at third. When Cobb and Blue tried a double steal, Ruel threw to Harris, who returned the ball to Ruel and Cobb started back to third Then Ruel heaved wildly past Bluege, letting Cobb score, and Blue reached third. Tavenner fanned, Bass- ler walked. Holloway forced Bassler, S. Harrls to Peck. One run. WASHINGTON—Bluege fouled to |Bassler. Peck fied to Wingo. Ruel {fanned. No runs. THIRD INNING. DETROIT—Haney flied to Goslin. Bluege knocked down O’Rourke’s hot bounder and threw him out. Wingo walked. Cobb tripled to right center scoring Wingo. Peck threw out Heflmann. One run. WASHINGTON—Tavener threw out Johnson, Bassler was charged with an error when he muffed Rice’s foul, Rice followed with a triple to the_ score- board. Tavener threw out S. Harris, Rice scoring. Goslin got a_home run over the right field fence. Judge flied to Heilmann. Two/runs. FOURTH INNING. DETROIT—BIlue flied to Goslin in short left. Tavener fanned. Bassler singled to left. Holloway filed to Rice. No_runs. WASHINGTON — O'Rourke went back to short center for J. Harris' hoist. Bluege flied to Cobb in left center. Peck singled over short. Peck stole second. Holloway threw oat Ruel. No runs. e FIFTH INNING. DETROIT—Haney fanned. O’Rourke singled to left, Goslin barely missing a shoe-top catch. Wingo singled to right, O'Rourke going to third. Cobb walked, filling the bases. Harris went back to short right for Heil- ! mann’s pop. Peck cut down Blue's grounded and threw wildly to Stan! Harris, Wingo and O'Rourke scoring. Cobb stopped at . 2cond. Tavener flied | to Goslin. Two runs. WASHINGTON—Haney tnrew. out Johnson. Rice singled to .center. S. Harris looped a single over second, sending Rice to third. S. Harris stole second. Goslin fanned. Judge ground- ed to Blue. No runs. SIXTH INNING. . DETROIT—Bassler singled to cen- ter. Holloway singled through Judge, Bassler stopping at second. Haney sacrificed, Johnson to S. Harris, O'Rourke popped to Peck. Wingo lined to J. Harris. No runs. WASHINGTON—J. Harris doubled against the right-field fence. Bluege walked. Peck sacrificed, Holloway to Blue. Haney knocked down Ruel's bounding single, and J. Harris scored, while Bluege took third. Johnson sac- rificed, Holloway to Blue, Bluege scor- ing and Ruel taking second. Rice doubled down the right-field line, scor- ing Ruel, and Rice took third when Heilmann fumbled the ball. Haney threw out S. Harris. Three runs. $1,000,000 in Coin Sent to Malay for “Marriage Gold” ~ Associated Press YORK, September “Marriage gold,” valued at $1,000 000, was shipped to the Straits Settlements today by New York banks. The gold is in United States coins, which are melted and used for adornment and dowry purposes in parts of the Far East. The shipments formerly were sent from San Fran- cisco. Now there is direct steam- ship service via the Panama Canal. The Mal rubber situation, which has brought prosperity to the natives, has caused an in- crease in the shipments this vear. MANY MORE TAKEN IN AUTO TAG NET Maryland Police Stationed at Silver Spring to Arrest District Motorists. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 17.— Maryland police continued to arrest Distrigt motorists today in their drive against “fictitious tags,” summoning many in addition to the 50 arrested vesterday. Rockville Police Court was crowded with defendants this morning, and wiil be the scene of much activity for several days. Names added to the list this morning by two of the five officers operating with Sheriff Plummer, sta- tioned at Silver Spring during the est traffic, follow: C. Brandenberg, Montrose; Paul E. Tolson, Bethesda; Charles T. Mottler, Bethesda: Clarence Hurl, Rockville; W. H. Stark, North Chev: Chase; Fred L. Hamon, Rockville; W A. Clem, West Chevy Chase; Louis Dent, Bethesda: George E. Case, Be- theseda:; Arthur E. Balagner, Garrett Park: Charles A. Page, Silver Spring; J. W. Henry, Silver Spring; Miles Henniger, Spring; Warren S. Silver Spring: William Tronillo, ring: P. D. Poston, Woodside; Boydston, Linden; Virgil B. Rockville; Thomas King, Sil- ver Spring; George F. Hamilton, Sil- ver ring: Joseph Magner, Silver ; A. J. Giovannoni, North Wood- side; R. A. Mays, Silver Spring; Thomas H. Martin, Rockville; Hugh Phillips, Silver Spring; C. M. Veach, Takoma Park; E. A. Brown, North Woodside. All are charged with operating au- tomobiles under District of Columbia tags while living in Maryland. Mary- land tags cost much more than those of Washington. First Defendant Freed. The case of Miss Anna Herburg ot Edgmoor was the first called ' this morning. She pleaded that, although she lives in Edgmoor, she maintains a residence in Washington also, and did not believe it necessary to obtain a license_for her auto in both places. Judge Riggs dismissed her case upon payment of costs—$2.25. John. C. Miller was fined $10 and costs and ordered to procure a Mary- land license for his automobile when he admitted that he lived in Bradley Hills. He sald, however, he had been living in the suburb only 30 days. C. Steppan of Bradley Hills was (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. WOMAN AND TWO MEN- ARRAIGNED FOR MURDERS Occupant of Fleeing Rum Car That Klled Nun Faces Two Charges. Pleas of not gullty were made by John Middleton and Louis Arthur Boule, both colored, when arraigned in Criminal Court today on indict- ments charging first degree murder. Estelle Robinson, colored, also ar- raigned today on an indictment charging manslaughter and second degree murder, pleaded not guilty. Estelle Robinson. it is charged, was an occupant of an automobile which ran down and killed & nun during _a liguor chase near Provi- dence Hospital several months ago. Clifford Younsg, alieged operator. of the automobile, previously had been arraigned and pleaded not guliity, The indictment against Middleton charges ‘him with killing Willlam Simms, colored, at 1244 Howison street southwest, when the latter was shot after a quarrel over money. Boufe is charged with killing Mary Ella Jones, colored, by throwing her down the stairs of the home both lived in and, breaking her. neck._ L BIG BATHING POOLS Sherrill Proposes Two to Ac- commodate 3,000 Persons Each Next Summer. !ing pools for the use of Washington's | population next Summer are being | tentatively worked out under the di-| rection of Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sher- rill, director of the office of public buildings and public parks of the Na. tional Capital. One of the principal features of these pools, which will have sand beaches around the edge, instead of concrete coping such artificial pools, will be that they will be so arranged as to use either river or city water. These plans and designs, together with the proposal for the breakwater type of bathing beaches on the Poto- mac and Anacostia Rivers, will be submitted to Congress, together with figures showing so far as it is possible to do so in advance the cost of build- ing and maintaining each. It will be up to Congress to decide the location and type. Cost Not Determined. It cannot be ascertained at this time just how much such pools will cost, will ' have something to do with this, and Col. Sherrill is not prepared to make a selection at this time. How- ever, it is believed that they can be constructed at a minimum expense, and that once constructed the cost of purifying the water by chlorina- tion will be cheaper than if break- water pools are constructed in the river proper. It is planned to have the pools of such a size that they would accom- modate from 2.000 to 3,000 bathers at a time. The maximum would be al- lowed in at one time. but for a lim- ited period, when they would be re- quired to come out and others al- lowed to bath, so that the pool could be used by taree or four such groups in a day. Location of the pools close to the river would permit of the use of river water, and pipes would be connected so that they could also be filled with water from the city's water system Col. Sherrill said that it would not be desirable to have pumps to pump the same water around a purifying sys tem, but that a pump could be used to bring in the river water. The pool could first be filled with the purified city water, and kept pure by pump- ing in river water, or, in case of ne- cessity, the river water could be pumped in direct should it not be de- sirable to drain the city's system when heavy demands might be made on it for various purposes. Plans for Purity. To keep the water in the pool at the height of purity when bathers are in it, it is planned to have a small float continuously going around spraying chlorine in the water. It is { believed that the use of city water will be practicable now, in view of soon be placed in use. The suggestion has been made that breakwaters be constructed in the river proper for bathing purposes. These would have small openings from the river. While they would be protected from the direct current, water would flood into them on each rise of the tide. At such periods chlorinating boats could cruise gack and forth across the entrance and purify the water, and also during the time of bathing, to insure its purity. The expense of chlorinating under such conditions would, of j course, ‘it was pointed out, cost more than chlorinating in the pro- made by impounding either city or river water. Classified and Church Advertisements. The Star, on Saturdays, will continue to print its regular edi- tion at 12 o'clock noon. All Classified and Church ad- vertisements must, therefore, be received at The Star Office not later than 1¥60 o'clock Fri- day night to insure publication in the Saturday Star. This schedule applies also to Saturday advertisements sent by mail to The Star, which should be posted in time to be recelved at The Star Office on Friday. Lost and Found Ads and Death Notices will be accepted until 10:30 a.m. Saturday. PLANNED FOR Y Designs for two large circular bath- | usual to | because the matter of location | the fact that the new conduit will | posed bathing pools, which would be | MKINLEY-SMITH SENATORIAL FIGT - STIRRING ILLINOIS Senator Gets Jump on Op- ponent in Struggle for G. 0. P. Nomination. |CHICAGO FACTIONS DUE | TO FIGURE IMPORTANTLY Incumbent and Other Candidate | Are Coolidge Backers—Primary to Be in April. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ! Staff Correspondent of The Sta. | CHICAGO, Iil., September 17.—The | campaign for Republican nomination | for United States Senator from Il i nois, the seat now held by Senator | Willlam B. McKinley, is already under way, although the primaries at which the nomination will be made are not held until April 13, 1¢ Senator McKinley is a candidate t succeed himself and a strong The other candidate—only one other has so far come out—is Col. Frank { L. Smith, chairman of the Republic State central committee and a mem iber of the Illinois Commerce Com- mission and the Public Utilities Com mission. H didacy T been put forward ¥ Republican ational Committeeman Moore, successor of the 1 Yred Upham, as a mem ber of the ittee. Mr. Moore | was selected the State central committee for this job after Mr Upham's death. one w 1 No Split in Part There is no question of pr: and stalwarts such a consin asunder. Senator Mec! i stanch porter of Preside: Coolidge and his administration. He is as regular as a clock. The party whip never has to wo about h vote on party measures. Col. Smith on the o T X no less stal wa He has been chairman of the State central committee many times ile has been a candidate in the Republican primaries for lieutenant governor, governor and Senator, and when he has failed to win the nom nation he has invariably taken orf his coat and gone to work to elect his successful competitor. He is known as the best loser in the world. He is anxious to show how d a winner he is. He did serve a term |in the House of Representatives, being elected in 1918. But his am bitions have mot lain in the House. { Some of those who know him well | insist that his real deep-down ambi tion is to be Governor of Illinois, However that may be, he is trotted out now for the senatorial | nomination. Not, unnaturally, one | wonders what is the issue in the | campaign between two such regular | Republicans. There is none, so far |as can be learned, except the desire of cne man to remain in office and the desire of ancther to succeed him together with the desire of one group of regular Republicans to supplant the present Senator with another | McKinley Is Campaignii | _Senator McKinley is out in tho | State today campaigning. He has been at it ever since Congress ad- journed last March. a campaign- er he is the most systematic, per- sistent and painstaking candidate in American politics. He visits ry {city, town and hamlet in the State. | He goes up one side of Main street |and down another, talking to big Republicans and little; he attends meetings of chambers of commerce, the Kiwanis Club, church meetings |and school meetings. He takes a |county at a time and cleans it up. | In his office here in Chicago hangs a | map of the State, and on it are scat- | tered green and purple headed tacks. | Every time he completes his canvass jof a county a purple tack supplants ia green. There are many purple ones on the map today. He travels about the State in his automobile and has a regular schedule each day which { keeps him busy from $ in the morn- |ing "until nighttime. Four days in each week he devotes to this kind ot campaigning, and_ on the other three he rests from his labors, at- tends to business and enjoys him- | selt. Smith Opening Headquarters. | Col. Smith's name was put for- {ward only 10 days ago by Mr. Moore jand he is just opening up headquar- ters and getting under way. Al- though the primaries are seven {months away, he has got to move irapidly to overtake the active Senator McKinley. Both the candidates are millionaires, though Senator McKinley is many times a millionaire. Col Smith is a real estate man and both are reckoned good fellows. Person ally, they have been friendly in the {past and the campalgn is not likely to strain these relations. Indeed, Col. Smith, who is golonel by virtue of ap | pointment to the governor's staff, was | a candidate for the senatorial nomina tion against Senator McKinley in 1920. He was defeated at that time by only 111,000 votes, which is a mighty clo: Irace in a State where the votes a counted by hundreds of thousands. Although the present senatorship row is a “down State” affair, the Ri | publican factions in Chicago are lik | id to be {to play a big part in it before it is over. Illinois makes it a practice to send to the Senate one Senator from Chicago and one from “down_ State. Deneen is th® Senator from Chicago. He was nominated in the primaries of 1924 over the late Senator Medill McCormick, and McKinley supported McCormick in that race. Supported By Small. Furthermore, Smith has been identi- fled with the Léh Small administration through his acceptance of a place on the Public Utilities Commission and he gave his support to Small in the bitter campaign of last year. The . politicians here are eagerly waliting to see whether Gov. Small is now going to lend his support to Smith’s candidacy, and also to see what Senator Deneen will do. They are watching to see where the Lun- deen faction, the Thompson faction, the Barrett-Crowe faction and the Brundage faction of Republicans are going to light. When Col. Smith ran against McKinley in 1920 the Thomr son faction backed Smith. In that Cook County. year McKinley lost (Continued on Page 2, Column °