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! Senator Curtis, ) \WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Burean Forecast.) Cloudy, probably showers late to- night and tomorrow; slightly warmer tomorrow. - Temperatdres—Highest, 69, p.m,” yesterday: lowest, 67, at 7 today, Full report on page 7. at Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 No. 29,737, Ent DEBTSETTLEMENT N SGHT: MUTUAL CONCESSIONS MADE Differences Between French and U. S. Experts Rapidly Composed Today. office, $130,000,000 YEARLY NOW ASKED OF FRANCE American Mission Considers Secu- ity Clause Stumbling Block in Past Sessions. Rapldly composing their differences the French and American Debt Com- missions today were within sight of & successful conclusion to their nego- tiations for funding France's four-bil- lion-dollar debt to the United States. At noon today a picked few from both commissiona, headed by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and French ¥inance Minister Caillaux went into session to thrash out the question of a security clause, which the French have Insistently requested as a part Entered as second cluss matter Washington. INTEREST ON FIRST $500,000,000 . ONLY BAR TO DEBT AGREEMENT Deferred Payments Make High Rate Too Burden- some, French Think, Asking That Charges Be Waived—No Trouble in Safeguard Clause. D. C. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. France and America have come to 1 tentative agreement on $6,200,000,000 as the amount to be paid on the total war debt. The French are willing to pay an average of $100,000,000 a year for 82 vears to wipe out that sum. The Americans want an average of $40.- 000,000 for the first five years and an average of $60.000,000 annually for the next five years—in other words an average of $50,000,000 for the first 10 years so that at least $500.000.000 will be paid by 1936. After that the Americans feel that the sums should reach a maximum of $130,000,000. In order to understand the French reaction to the American suggestion it is necessary to bear in mind that M. Calllaux offered an average of $90,- 000,000 & vear {n his first memoran- dum, but he now has agreed to an average of $100,000,000. Taking the first 10 vears of pay- ments at an average of $50,000,000 means that each year $50,000,000 will be cleared, making a total of $500,000,- 000 which must be wiped out in the succeeding 52 years, along with the regular average of $100,000,000 pay- ments. The American commission wants 5 per cent interest on the sum { deterred, which makes $25.000,000 a year and $5,000,000 to wipe out the of any funding agreement. | The gulf between what the French | have offered to pay and the Amer- principal, so that $30,000,000 would have to be added. to the $100,000,000 he F enir WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1925 _SIXTY-EIGHT PAGES. which the French are willing to pay. The French say this is too high and they are asking that on the first de Ter payment of $500,000,000 there should be no interest' charge what- ever. If this were granted, then France would pay an. average of $50,000,000 for 10 years and she would wipe out the $500,000,000 deferred pay- ment by adding approximately $10,- 000,000 to her annual payments of $100,000,000. Thus the French maxi- mum would become $110,000,000. The French point out that the Brit- ish did not ask .any interest on the payments deferred as a result of the first 10 years of small annuities and that America should do likewise. There is a bare chance that the United States will grant a 31§ per cent interest charge on the $500,- 000,000 in question, which would, together with sinking fund, make the maximum French payments around $120,000,000. The French think the American mission must show the American peo- ple a large maximum figure for the vears immediately after the first ten, but when the same set of figures is presented to the French people . Caillaux will deal with annual av. erages, a vear and come up even to $110.- 000,000 is not regarded as so bad from the French vewpoint, especially when America first asked maximum payments approximating $150,000,600. It may be sald today with con! dence that the two sides are near an (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) icans have offered to receive has been | narrowed. As a result of informal| conferences late yesterday when the Americans, it 13 understood, lowered their figure to $130,000,000 for the| average annual payment over a period of 62 years. The French has offered an average annual figure of $100.- 000,000. | Should the two groups in session at noon today come to agreement on | some kind of a security clause which would be acceptable to the French Parliament and American Congress, it | was the definite indication today that the two commissions may be able to bridge the gulf of $30,000,000 in the annual average figure and come to a successtul conclusion of the debt par- | ley. SCALPERS DRIVEN FROM BALL PARK Griffith and Eynon Unable to Stop Bids, However, as Ticket Sale Opens. Threats of riot marked the initial distribution of world series tickets at | Clark GriMith Stadlum today as offi- clals of the Washington base ball club unceremoniously drove from around the booths a dozen scalpers who were offering fans from $10 to $20 each for the white cards that entitled them to seats for the three games to be plaved here. Secure in the knowledge that such tactics are beyond the reach of the law here, the scalpers and their run- ners walked boldly up and down the long lines of fans who were waiting for the windows to open and the sale of tickets to begin, holding out tempt- ing inducements to those possessing the coveted white cards to relinquish them and watch the series from some scoreboard. Offers for Seats. “Say, old man, where're your seats —grandstand, eh? I'll give you $20 for that card; you can watch these gamens just s well from one of the score- U. S. Position Explained. The security clause has been a big | factor In the minds of the French. Up| to vesterday afternoon the Americans, it had been explained by a spokes- | man, had declined to conaider such a clause, taking the position that a debt was a debt, and that if unforeseen con- | tingencies arose and France defaulted | the matter would have to be reopened | anyhow. l The security clause was before the | entire American commission for more | than an hour this morning. The Americans met at 10 o'clock and, it Was explalned afterward, devoted near- | 1y all their attention to this subject. Differences are known to exist in the American commission, some congres- | sional members having declarad in. formally against such a clause. So far | ®s could be deduced from an Amerl- | can spokesman after their commis-| sion met this morning, there seemed | to be hope that the Americans would | be willing to go some distance, at| least, in the formation of some kind of general clause. It was believed, | however, that no formula would be acceptable to the Americans which made definite reference to repara- tions, or which made the French payments to America contingent upon successful continuation of payments from Germany under the Dawes plan, France Conciliatory. From French sources it was learned today that shodld a security clause satisfactory to the French be drafted there would be in all probability further concessions by Caillaux in the matter of annual payments. The general situation overnight seemed to have improved perceptably, especially with the revelation that the Americans vesterday afternoon in in- formal meeting with the French had dropped their figure for the average annual payment from about $150,000,- 000 to $130,000,000. The question of leniency to France during the first few years of funding was understood to occupy a position of more {mportance to the French than to the Americans. The French, at present, feel that they cannot pay more than $30,000,000 a vear at firsts increasing this figure slowly during the first 10 years. At the conference today concerning the security clause there were five members of each commission. The American party included Mellon and Hoover, Senator Smoot, Representative Crisp and Secretary to the American Commission Winston. Both Republicans and Democrats were Included, Representative Crisp repre- senting the latter. Calllsux Encouraged. M. Calllaux, according to sources close to him, now feels very much more encouraged over the prospect of successful funding, while on the American side there were definite evi- dences that hope has increased. Fol- lowing the informal session late yes- terday afternoon at the Treasury, a spokesman for the American commis- sion admitted that progress had been made, and that the question of a se- curity clause had been opened for con- sideration. The informal conference last night came as a surprise to the public and observers, as it had been understood a plenary session of the two commis- sions would be held yesterday after- noon at 3 o'clock. Instead, this meet- ing was postponed. It was learned at that time and some time later it was further discovered that a little meeting of the leaders was going on in Sec- retary Mellon's private office. At this meeting there were M. Cail- laux, Secretary Mellon, Secretary Hoover and Undersecretary Winston. After this session M. Calllaux also saw Mr. Winston in a special confer- ence with a group of experts. Anotneer factor contributing to M. Caillaux’s increased optimism was vealed by him last night at his con- ference at the embassy. With much enthusiasm the French leader said he had received word of his election as speaker of the Council General of his department, a council corresponding 10 an American State Legislature. M. Caillaux feels that this election from his home constituency in the Depart. ment of Sarphe, is a definite expres. sion of confidence in his policy. The French delegation has been appealing direct to congressional lead- ors outside the Debt Funding Com- )nission, it was revealed today when Republican leader, (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) Secretaries | boards downtown,” was the usual ap- prodch. If the holder of the card had particularly good seats coming and seemed to hesitate the price immedi- ately went up, and some transfers were seen for 330, which the next | buyer will have to pay, with ‘interest. Incensed over the openness with which the scalpers were violating the rules of the ball park and somewhat chagrined over rumors of poor treat. {ment to Washington fans, Clark |Grifith and Edward Eynon finally went out and ordered some of the | scalpers from the stadium grounds. | They were helpless, however, when the scalpers simply moved out to the pavement and accosted the ticket holders as they arrived. : | Orders were then issued to the men in the ticket booths to spot these scalpers and refuse to honor their cards once they brought them to the windows. One hotsl, Mr. Griffith said, had three bell boys working among the card holders. He pointed out | other bell hops from many of the larger hotels whose ticket agencles | were offering fancy prices for world { serles tickets to resell to out-of-town guests. | Cards Not Honored. | One beliboy from a large hotel suc- ceeded in buying six cards, each en- titling him to two seats. When he presented the cards to the booths he was told they would not be honored. The same policy will be adopted, Mr. | Grifith announced, in every case where scalping can be detected. Bell- boys from another hotel were inform- ed they were known and that it they | bought any cards they would simply lose the money they had paid for them. In the meantime hotel newsstands are “taking orders” for world series tickets, but making no promises of de- livery. A reporter for The Star called at some of these stands this morning. In each case he was told the Washing- ton Base Ball Club had refused to allot the hotel any tickets this year, as they id last year, but that they hoped to ‘get some” before “the present sale of tickets to the public is over.” “We've got a walting list.” one hotel newsstand manager announced. “It's a lot longer right now than we will be able to take care of. But we'll (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) TRACTION SURVEY BIVEN FOR STUDY Will Reveal Advisability of Rerouting or Changes After Examination. If it is possible to improve street car service in Washington by rerout- ing of lines, revision of schedules or similar adjustments, officlals of the local compantes should be able to de- termine it after studying the mass of information gathered in the recent transportation survey, in the opinion of Edwin Gruhl, vice president of the North American Co., which had the | survey made. Mr. Gruhl expressed this bellef to- day while in Washington to present to the Public Utilities Commission the completed text of the survey report. which consists of two huge volumes, containing detalled data on every imaginable phase of the transporta- tion problem. Study Required. The vice president of the North American Co., which had the survey made because of investments it has in the local utllity field, said the re- port would have to be carefully studied for three or four months be fore any definite conclusions could be arrived at as to whether a merger of the local companies should be | sought. Although the facts gathered by the engineering firm of McClellan & Junkersfeld in making the survey Were made public several weeks ago in chapters, the completed report was not avallable for study until today. Heads of both the Washington Rail- way and Electric and Capital Trac- tion companies already have an- nounced that as soon as they ceived the report they would analyze it carefully to find out how ' service on their respective systems might be improved by the data thus furnished them. Mr. Gruhl said today the North Amerijcan Co. also would have ports made to it by transportation experts as to the conclusions that should be drawn from the fact-find- ing survey, and that any information the company obtains will be avail- able to the Utilities Commission it it s requested. | In answer to queries Mr. Gruhli said that so far as he knows there have been no developments toward a merger since the survey was com- pleted a few weeks ago, and he indi- cated that it would be several months before definite conclusions could be drawn from the report. The delegation presenting the re- port to the Commissioners today in- cluded the following officials of the North American Co. and McClellan & Junkersfeld: Col. Peter Junkers- feld, Edwin Gruhl, F. W. Doolittle, K. G. Smith and G. E. Owen. Maj. W. E. R. Covell, who represented the commission in working with the en- gineers, also was present. Greece to Dissolve Parliament. PARIS, September 30 (#).—A Havas dispatch from Athens savs the Greek government has decided unexpectedly to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies, alleging that the nation has lost con’ fidence in it and that it no longer is representative. Flyers Badly Hurt in Crash. HUNTINGTON, N. Y. September 30 UP).—Lieuts. Perry Wainer and G. C. Groves of Mitchel Field were se- verely injured today when their plane crashed here. Fearing By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., September 30.— Something in his life that “he cannot overcome' has caused a Houston man to seek death—and he wants it to be in & “hazardous undertaking which will save some man upon whose shoulders rests the responsibility of a family.” This man, with an apparently keen, properly functioning mind, has pre- pared a letter to Gov. Mirlam A. Ferguson, asking that he be assigned to a duty “where the possibility of death is 100 per cent.” Whether the governor will ‘*‘call the bluff,” If it be a bluff. and what this person will do if the governor X \ ‘Something He Can’t Overcome,’ Man Seeks Duty Where Death Is Sure raises the ante and assigns him to a particularly hazardous undertaking remains to be seen. The man is of German birth, 35 years of age, and made a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States in 1924. One of his grandfathers lived in Texas before and during the Civil War. The man says he is unmarried now, has a good position and is not in need of finances. He speaks Enzlish, Ger- man, French and has a fair knowl edge of Spanish. He asks the governor to place him in a dangerous situation as soon as possible, “or I will try to bring my days to end In this or -that way." Having offered $90,000.000 | |GALE AGAIN STOPS ATTEMPT 10 RAISE S:91; DIVERS IDLE Al Operations Suspended After Slings Had Been Placed for Hoist. VIOLATION OF SEA RULE BY CITY OF ROME FOUND Hull Shows Submarine Was Struck on Port Side by Vessel Overtaking Her. By the Associated Press. U. 8. 8. SUBMARINE BASE, NEW LONDON, Conn., September 30.—All rescue operations on the submarine 8:51 have been suspended because of unfavorable weather conditions, Rear Admiral H. H. Christy reported in message today to the submarine base here. The message from Admiral Christy, who is in charge of the fleet work- ing over the spot where the S-51 went down last Friday night after being rammed by the steamship City of Rome, sald: “Present weather condi- tions S-51 make operations im- possible.” | This was the first word to come | from the rescue fleet since late last night, with the exception of a brief | weather report transmitted by the sub- | marine meother ship Camden. The weather report had {ndicated that div- | ing operations at least could be re-| sumed early todav. | Derrick Ships Return. | Plans to make another attempt to | raise the submarine by the two glant | cranes, Monarch and Century, had | been thwarted when the lumbering craft were forced to return to New- port early today after & midnight at- | tempt to join the rescue fleet. The cranes were being held in readi- ness, however, to proceed at once |r} conditions moderated sufficiently to | permit. i Rear Admiral Christy has refused | to give up hope that some of the, men who went down with the ship are stilt a¥ve and his feeling is shared h)'l Capt. E. J. King, commander of the | submarine base. Many of the other | officers sorrowfully admit, however, | that they can see little chance of any | survivors being 'found, particularly | with the elements delaying the rescue work still farther. Forty deep-sea divers are aboard the boats of the rescue fleet anxious | to ald in the effort to reach the sunk- en submarine before all hope is aban- doned. Several trips were made to the ocean floor yesterday. Two bodies ‘were brought to the surface on early trips and tater the divers cleared | away debris and took other steps to enable them to continue the search of the hull more expeditiously. Air Pumped Into S-51. ‘The submarine S-50, whose sister ship lies 138 feet below her, is being used to pump air into the S-51 and ' at the same time for divers rehearsals. | Before going below the underwater | workers are made famillar with all| parts of the submersible and given an opportunity to try out the va-| rious openings with their diving suits | on to determine whether these pas- | sages can be safely negotiated below. The message from Admiral Christy | announcing suspension of operations | caused no great surprise to naval of- | ficers, notwithstanding an early mes- | sage from the mother ship Camden had indicated that weather conditions | e | had improved considerably dvernight | and that the wind and sea were abat- | | ing. | | Capt. King explained that while | conditions were not what would be | | considered ‘‘rough weather” by naval | the Chittenden, the vessel from | which the divers make their descent, ! feels even a moderate swell. After the | | blow of last night there was likely to be a very marked swell today, he said, and this probably was why it had not | been possible to send men over the | side. The plan for today had been to at- tempt lifting operations with the huge derricks at dawn. Falling in this, div- ing operations were to have been re- sumed. Slings for Hoist Ready. Operations of divers yesterday in closing the conning tower hatch and | forcing air into the submarine had | raised hopes that the cranes would be able to bring her to the surface. Slings had been placed about the stern of the sunken vessel and all prepara- tions had been made to begin work with the expected arrival of the der- ricks at dawn. The sea had been almost glassy smooth during the afternoon, but a northeast wind sprang up early in the { evening, and the message from the rescue fleet said its velocity had reach- | | ed almost 26 miles an hour and that white caps were being kicked up. Six trips to the ocena floor were made by divers yesterday. They got no further than the battery room.| Now they will probably endeavor to work through the wreckage in the for- ward part of the battery room to the torpedo compartment bulkhead to de- termine whether the door leading into the forward part of the craft is s cured or just closed. The door cured would mean that the forward compartment, in which several of the men had their bunks, is still airtight. Automoblles of several members of the crew are at the base. The cars ‘were parked by their drivers before starting on the availability run, which was to have been but overnight. City of Rome Blamed. Lieut. Comdr. R. F. Jones, physician attached to the Submari; Division 2, who has made a study of living conditions aboard undersea craft, is spending much of his time with the families of the men on the S-51, en- deavoring to _keep up the spirits of many who refuse to abandon hope. The work of the divers has estab- lished that there was a violation of the rules of the sea bv the City of Rome in the collision, in the opinfon of Capt. E. J. King, commander of the submarine base. A dent in the hull of the S-51, he sald, showed that she was struck on the port side by a vessel overtaking her. - International rules provide, he added, “that every vessel overtaking another vessel shall keep out of the wey-of the ovestaken vessel.™ ¢ Al BY THE~SIDE : OF {CEE n Star. “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 as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,339 #* WISCONSIN SENATORIAL BOULEVARD HAWAUAN FLIGHT HIEF IN CGAPITAL Rodgers and Aides Make Re- port to Wilbur—Will Meet Probers. Comdr. John Rodgers, with three other officers of the Navy's recent un- ccessful Hawaflan flight, came to ‘Washington today for the double pur- pose of reporting first-hand to the Secretary of the Navy Wilbur on his experiences while adrift for nine days in the disabled seaplane, PN-9 No. 1, and of appearing before the Presi- dent's Alrcraft Board. Comdr. Rodgers’ first objective was accomplished shortly after his ar- rival here this morning, when he and his fellow officers, including Lieut. Byron J. Connell, also of the PN-9 No. 1; Lieut. Allen P. Snody of the PN-9 No. 3, and Lieut. J. G.) Law- rence W. Curtin, went to the Navy Department and received the personal congratulations of Secretary and Mrs. many had feared to be certain death. His next mission will be fulfilled Friday, when he and his brother aviators are to give what testimony they can in furtherance of the board’s desire “to better the quality of the alr services.” Confer With Notables. Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur, with Rear Admiral Eberle, chief of naval operations, chatted with the bronzed heroes for nearly an hour, while a roomful of newspaper and newsreel photographers snapped innumerable poses and ground out reel after reel of Ailm. Prominent in the pictures will be noted Comdr. Rodgers’ splint- bound middle finger—the only out- ward evidence of his sensational fight !against the elements after his plane| had been forced down near its ob- Jective by lack of “gas.” Mrs. Wilbur appeared to be quite as much interested in the stories of the fiight survivors as did the Secre- tary of the Navy himself, and she frequently broke into the conversa- tion with questions about their ex- perfence. Comdr. Rodgers was almost | reticent in giving his account of the happenings to Secretary Wilbur as he was newspaper men Who first greeted him after his rescue. He answered each question put to him briefly, as would a sea captain to the owner of his vessel. but his respect- { ful and modest answers told a never- theless remarkable story of heroism. Mrs. Wilbur admitted to the fiyers: that she had virtually given up hope of their rescue after the long lapse of time during which no word of encour- agement was received, but she added that her husband steadfastly refused to “give in.” Asked About Food. Secretary Wilbur's questions ranged from how the near-famished crew managed to distill water for drinking purposes as to whether they caught any fish. Lieut. Connell explained that gasoline from the fued tanks was used to operate the still and Comdr. Rodg- ers sald that a few small fish were captured for food purposes. Incidentally, Comdr. Rodgers told newspaper men that he “hoped” the Navy would try another Hawalian- West Coast flight, and if such an at- tempt were made again he would like to take active part In it. “If I ever go to Hawall again,” the commander remarked to the pre "1 intend to make the trip in a sea- plane.” He added, somewhat regretfully- it seemed, that he would be stationed in ‘Washington for the next three years under his new promotion and assign- ment as assistant chief of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics. He said he ex- Dects to reside at the Army and Navy Club while here. Assigned Presidential Suite. The four flyers arrived here from Chicago at 9 o'clock this morning and went immediately to the Willard Ho- tel, where they were assigned the suite occupled by President and Mrs. Coolidge before they —entered the White House. Upon their appear- ance at Union Station they were met by a battery of movie and news pho- tographers, and again at the hotel they were besieged by the press. ‘With Comdr. Rodgers at the hotel were his mother and father, with whom he breakfasted before going to the Navy Department. Comdr. Rodgers was' anything but voluble while the newspaper men were around, however, and one re- porter who plied the officer with numerous gqueries that he already had answered in Honolulu and San Francisco was chided for his “fail- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.)- /BRIDE, 75, WOUNDED IN TOWN'S| | Mr. Day to ripen into tinkling wed- | guns, adding gleeful howls to the riot Wilbur on their escape from what JOYOUS UPHEAVAL OVER WEDDING | Reds Corner, which occupies several acres along the road from Washing- | ton to Upper Marlboro, entered 80 enthusiastically last night into the | celebration of the wedding of Mrs.| Estelle Windsor, 75 vears old, to N.| 1O. Day, 66, that today the bride is/! a casualty, some of the town is a wreck and there is general talk that before night the nearest jail may be| thoroughly tenanted. The good folks of Reds Corner had waited some two years for the ro- mance bhetween Mrs. Windsor and ding bells, and when the nuptial hour finally arrived it was decided the couple should not be permitted 1o embark upon their honeymoon with- out a rousing send-off from their neighbors along the Marlboro turn- pike. ‘The nuptial knot was tied vesterday afternoon by Rev. George L. Connor of Bell Methodist Episcopal Church, in the bride's home, at Reds Corner. The wedding supper passed Dpeacefully enough. but with darkness came bed- lam. Gathering in front of the newly- weds' home, the crowd let loose with firecrackers, pistols and even shot- of noises that rang the welkin several times over. Not content with this demonstra- tion, the populace endeavored to further show its affection for the elderly couple by piling the vard of their home with rusted automobile bodies, broken down wagons, spoke- less wheels and almost every variety of debris such a small town could dis- cover in forgotten corners. Finally, Mrs. Day declded the “fun” had gone far enough and determined to stop it. Stepping out into the vard of her home, she ordered the merry throng to move elsewhere. In the joyous chorus of shots and shouts that greet- ed this command, some one struck the elderly woman on the hand with a | stick, severely bruising and cutting her knuckles. When the {nfuriated husband went out and helped his wife back into the house, the mob decided it had celebrated enough and dis- persed. Today, however, Mr. and Mrs. Day are considering having a little party of their own. They recognized nine members of the mob and it is under- stood they Intended swearing out war- rants for their arrests. Additional arrests may follow later. Residents of Reds Corner protested, however, that “it was all in fun” and they are now busy trying to persuade Mr. Day and his injured bride not to take drastic retallatory measures. WARGULT ISUE BANNED AT PARLEY Germany Accepts Allied Re- fusal to Deal With Case at Locarno. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 30.—After months of negotiations between the allled countries and Germany it has been definitely agreed that high statesmen of these countries on Octo- ber 5 shall gather about the round table at Locarno, Switzerland, and en- deavor to arrange a security pact. Germany has accepted uncondition- ally the invitation of the allies to send representatives. She even has walived her contention that questions of war gullt, the evacuation of the Cologne area and disarmament should be made part of the preliminary proceedings. Gustave Stresemann, the German forelgn minister, and Chancellor Luther will head the German delega- tion. France and Great Britain held out strongly against the proposal of Germany to bring the war guilt and other questions before the assembly, declaring they constituted extraneous matter. Allied Chiefs Pleased. Both M. Briand, the French forelgn | minister, and Austen Chamberlain, the British forelgn secretary, expressed pleasure over the fact that Germany had acquiesced in their request for a meeting at which the thorny problem of security, the solving of which it is hoped will prevent further disturb- ances ot the peace, migh be thorough- ly and effaciously discu Particu- lar rellet was felt by the French and British statesmen over the fact that Germany, in accepting their invita- tion, did so without any reservations. Both M. Briand and Mr. Chamber- lain were gratified over the fact that Germany raised no objections to her entry into the League of Nations, an_essential condition to any mutual (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) RED NOVEBALKED BY BRTSH LABOR Plan to Discredit MacDonald Is Crushingly Defeated in Party Convention. By the Associated Press. LIVERPOOL, England, September 30.—The Red section of the Labor party received another heavy setback this morning with the defeat of a resolution by which it - planned to open an attack upon J. Ramsay Mac- Donald for his procedure regarding the notorious Zinovieff letter while he was prime minister. One part of the resolution. which was a_composite one, demanded that the labor executive send an apology to the Soviet government and M. Zinovieff, through Mr. MacDonald, since the executive had been unable to prove the authenticity of the let- ter which advocated overthrow of the British government. The resolution also urged the Labor party to with- draw from Parliament and force the resignation of Premier Baldwin's cab- inet. The next Labor government, it affirmed, must appoint trusted wori- ing class representatives to take charge of all the administrative de- partments, The resdlution was overwhelmingly rejected by a show of hands. DRY LAW EVASIONS 29,620 The solicitor of the Treasury handled 29,620 cases involving viola- tion of the national prohibition act in the fiscal vear ending June 30 and collected in fines and compromises more than §5,000,000 in these cases. Announcement of the solicitor's work was made in his annual report today, which showed that 529 of the cases resulted in offers to compro- mise. Of this number 398 were ac- cepted, the Government collecting fines in them of about $3,000,000; 11 were rejected and 120 still pending at the beginning of the current year. Soviet Official Ordered Shot for Aid To Czar in 1911; Rose High in Red Ranks By Cable to The Stay and the Chicago Daily News. MOSCOW, September 30.—A dra- matic finish was written to the career of Comrade Gabell, former director of the All-Russian Co-operative Bank of Siberia, when the Moscow provincial court found him gullty of serving the Crar's secret police in the reactionary him to be shot. Retribution for his supposedly un- known activities more than 10 years ago gvertook Gabell while he was rid- SUCCeSS &S an em- DloyBhof - the Soviet government. At w years from 1911 to 1913 and sentenced | the moment of his arrest he was actually stepping into higher office in the Soviet financial institutions. On account of the efficiency he displayed in Siberia he had come to Moccow to accept a place as director of a larger Moscow bank. It was disclosed that in a checkered career of 20 years Gabell had been publicly suffering imprisonment on ac- count of alleged revolutionary acts, while privately reaping rewards for disclosing his comerades’ plans. In one instance, it was charged, he betrayed the entire $ystem of the ‘“under- ground” rallway- by which exile: 11 Siberia. Fomtatihy &3 Chicago: Dally News.) UP) Means Associated P TWO CENTS. BUNGLING CAUSED NAVY AIR FAILURES, MITCHELL CLANS Blames Loss of Life on Shen- andoah to Neglect in Not Providing Parachutes. DECLARES TRIP MADE IN VIOLATION OF LAW Claims Engineering Data Showed Clearly PN-9 Couldn't Carry Gas Enough for Trip Over Pacific. A barrage of “destructive criticism” of Air Service management was laid down before the President's speclal Alr Board today by Col. Willlam Mitchell, who directed specific attacks at the Navy and charged the wreck of the Shenandoah and the Hawailan i flight flasco were due to poor judg- )menl and were the work of “bungling amateurs.” He blamed the Shenan- doah loss of life directly to the lack | of parachutes. | The colonel no sooner took that stand than he began a rapid fire of testimony in a high voice, with eyes flashing, all the while restlessly mov- ing about in his chair. The testimony | was characterized by himself as ‘“de- structive,” and he was reticent yester- | day to give it, he said. | He made plain, however, that his | charges “‘were not direct indictments against anybody or anything, but the [l tem we are now operating upon.’ ! Violation of Law. { “Mr. Chairman,” he began his testi mony. “I want to give some features which have made it impossible for the { Army and Navy to develop an air j service either separately or jointly. “What has precipitated this discus. sion was th sending of the Shen: | doah across the mountains, the Ha walian flight and the Arctic expedi tion. | “The sending of the Shenandoah over the mountains was in direct vio- lations of law,” he declare: He sald that the law provides that alrcraft should operate with the fleer and from land bases in connecting with operation of the fleet. ‘“The Shenandoah was not attached to the | fleet.” he added. irect blame for loss of Shenandoah was, plu:e'd ll(;vnn C‘:‘i Mitchell on the lack of parachutes. “There were no parachutes for the officers and men,"” he said. “This was e Sitcher ol. tchell said the jud; o handiing the Shenandeals which ne { deacribed as an “ | was “Intrusted to non-fiying officers He did not, in dealing with the three Navy reverses in the air, relterate charges made at San Antonio, Tex., September 5, of “almost criminal neg- ligence” as the cause of the Shenan. doah disaster and what then appeared 1o be the loss of the PN-9 No. 1. Work of Amateurs. “As to the Hawallan flight, engi neering data showed the planes couldn’t get through on one charge of gas. The thing was done in a hurry, there were inadequate arrangements. A ship should have been selected like the Army has developed, which would carry 60 hours of gas and be so ar- ranged that it could land on water and be provided for on the way. No mat- ter how brave the crew, engineering should not be intrusted to people who don’t know how to fly. It was the work of bungling amateurs. ‘The Arctic expedition was “done in a haphazard manner,” Col. Mitchell charged. “The planes are the best amphiblans we have; they carried radio that could be heard from water, | land or alr for 500 miles. But they were designed for the tropics, to oper- ate in the Caribbean Sea and in the insular possessions, and they were sent to the Arctic. You can't do that and get away with it. We cannot stand for that stuff in the air business. It has heaped up until it has become | the straw that broke the camel’s back. Maybe this is not as important as we believe it to be. Maybe it is only one- fourth or one-fiftieth as important, but We want the chance to prove the case before everybody." Definition of Flyer. Col. Mitchell gave his definition of a fiver as a duly qualified aviator, and “not a trick aviator picked off the deck of a battleship and rushed through a flying course.” He cited the Statutes at Large to show that fiving | units and detachments, except aircraft | carriers, should be commanded by flying officers. A little round of observations passed between Col. Mitchell and Judge Arthur O. Denison and between the witness and Representative Carl Vin- son of Geergia. Col. Mitchell departed trom his testimony long enough to compliment the committee as being the first one witnesses could appear before without being coerced. “But right now.” he said, pointing to a corner in the room, “there is an | officer from the general staff with a | stenographer taking down everything | that is said. Officers come here and have to weigh every word, because of that,” he declared. He pointed to Col. Charles B. Stone. “Does it make any difference if the general staff has a_stenographer or | not?" asked Judge Denison. ‘“‘There still is an official stenographer.” Col. Mitchell replied that in _the past it was the policy of the staff to | go over the testimony given and in a | tew days call on the officer and ask him what he meant by it. “Why,” he declared, “the day after the chief of Alr Service presented his plan before you for a separate air corps he re. ceived a request from the department for complete estimates of his proposal. He has to stop everything else now and do that.” Might Save Expense. Judge Denison then asked that the general staff perhaps had its own stenographer at the hearing to save the expense of buying an official re. port. “That may be so,” Col. Mitchell smilingly repleid, and the spectators roared. = Representative Vinson then asked if Col. Mitchell knew of more than_one instance where an_officer (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) | Radio Programs—Page 56. Pa