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Disappointed, but not giving up hope the “no-sign; sterday o ne French §4 00,0 debi to the 1 nited tates. the American Debt Commission today turned to considera tion of the next debt parley—with th Czchoslovakian — Repul opening carly next week. lialian 1 nanian, negotiations ortly. French ith practically o may follow &l Finance Minister Caillaux 1 of his debt commis left Washi by an rning train today, carrying to Paris the latest American offer of & five-vear interest-payment plan. Un this pian W0D,000 @ year for five years on her and would reopen the negol some time during that period. ux did not agree to the Am can offer, saying he was not author- ized to conclude such an accord. Caillaux is Hopeful. Caillaux promised to present American offer to the French ment, and to continue negoti: ch he said ““cannot fail to reac) uwcreement.” From the Am mission came the expression of beli that “a basis can be found at such later date which will meet the views I our two countrie: “rench and American debt com- missions had met for one week, offer- ing proposals and counter-proposal rejecting each other itions with regularity and finality. atest offer yvesterday was flatly refused by the Americans, who then countered with the surprising tenta- tive plan for a five-year payment of interest of $40,000,000 annually, a rate of about 1 per cent on the total principal. Caillaux, in a short se sion yesterday afternoon, neither cepted nor rejected the offer, but continued the negotiations by the un- usual move of promising to carry ck the American plan without his signature. ~should the French Parliament ap- prove, it would then be necessary for the American Congress also to ratify the plan, before it could be put into effect. In the meantime, it is ex- pected, although no formal promise was made, that France will continue to pay her §20,000,000 annual interest on the war supplies debt, to which the new plan simply adds $20,000,000 vearl sfon, on carly Czech Mission Coming. Negotiations with the Czechoslovak are expected to open v next week. The visiting com on is due in New York either or tomorrow. on the liner Berengaria, while the new Minister from that republic, Zdenek Fierlinger, fx expected to arrive in the Capita tomorrow, having sailed on another ship. the New Amsterdam - courtesies are expected and it circles that zechoslovakian would open week. The ymmi to upy some time, thought in American negotiations ov debt of $11 time 0 arly next Debt ded by Vilem Pospis Italy has informed this Government that her debt commission, hoping to und_the Italian debt of $2,138,543.- to the United States, will sail about the middle of this month. The French debt of more than four billion and the Italian debt are the two larz est outstanding unfunded war debts ie United States. Results of the Franco-American negotiations are known to have been far below the expectation of some American commissioners, although in on nd possibly | hack i nce would pay $40,- 1 was | "1 “We would have reached Hawail if shift, Conscious of BY J. RUSSELL YOU . | President Cooliige had shown no | disposition up to this afternoon to make public his opinions regarding the sudden collapse of the negotla- tions for a definite settlement of the French debt to this country, or upon the tentative proposal made by the American commission, but those close- 1y associated with him feel very cer- tain that he Is keenly disappointed at | the outcome. | Some of those who discussed the | matter with Mr. Coolidge today not jonly gained this impression. but they | | i | | expect him to make some form of a public statement, indirectly either directly or reflecting his views late | this afternoon. probably when he con. | ducts his bi-weekly conference with | the newspaper correspondents. May Break Cust | It is explained in this connection | i that it is not the President’s custom to_comment for publication upon in- ternational subjects, but in view of | the fact that the settlement of the French debt—in fact, all forelgn | s of such vital interest and ' He Derives Some Satisfaction From Make- Having Done Duty. j because the American public has held | out such high hopes that the present | administration would succeed in dis- posing successfully of the French debt, he naturally feels called upon to express his viewpoint. The Presi- dent is conscious that the country at large is awaiting his expressions as to the five-year truce tentatively ar- | ranzed with France. | Moreover, President Coolidge had not only been expecting a definite and | satisfactory settlement himself, but he has in the past, and on more than one occasion recently, given assurance to the country that the problem of the French debt settlement would be solved. The President’s attitude toward a settlement has been no secret. He has been especially frank regarding, his viewpoint, at least up until the time the French commission, with M. ! illaux at its head, set sail for th: country to enter upon negotiations. | To explain the President’s attitude | clearly but briefly, it might first be| recalled that his outstanding thought | in the matter of debt settlements is that a bill is a bill: an obligation is ' an obligation; that it should be lived| up_to. He has _been firm ! (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) ! | ) | | i RODGERS ABSOLVES NAY FROM BLANE * FRFUGHTFASE) | Objects, However, to Some of Conditions to Which Sea Flyers Are Subjected. | | | TaKing direct: jssue with Col. William Mitchell's charges, Comdr. | John Rodgers, a witness today before { the President's Air Board, issued a challenge to any one to make “a just criticism of the arrangements - the Hawalian flight of the PN-9 Col. Mitchell prevously had told | the board the preparations for the | flight, which was e nded by | Comdr. Rodgers, looked like the work {of “bungling amateurs.” { Used Proper Tactics. ‘Without mentioning Mitchell by name, Rodgers declared the Navy i adopted “the proper tactics” and that | he was *“fully satisfied” with the crew and personnel assigned to the flight. 1 cannot see,” Rodgers continued, i “how the Navy Department could {be held responsible Yor the failure {of the flight. | “Everything was done that could ! be done. | “The Secretary of the Navy per- ! sonally visited San Diego and ordered the Bureau of Aeronautics to give us everything that we asked for. ! " “This ‘was done.” H Authority in Plans. | Rodgers declared he was given au- {thority to arrange the flight plans, | which statement flatly contradicted | Mitchell's charge that preparations | were handled by ‘“‘non-flying” officers. “So far as the Navy Department {was concerned,” Rodgers continueq, ! “it went the limit in providing all ! that was desired. | “The planes were tested. showed them capable of the flight. The tests | the wind had not been against us, or {if the plane had given the same | mileage it did on the tests. i “Had we found a rescue ship on ! the first day we could have gone.” | Army planes were not used in the search, he declared, because if thev | had gone down there would have been no one to rescue them.” | I was fully satisfied with my crew | and personnel,” he déclared. Everything was in my hands. Re- | gardless of what mistakes were made the opinion of other American mem- | before or after, I challenge any one THO NOREBODES TAREN FRON 51 RESCUEHOPEGONE Only One Compartment on Craft Unexplored—May Not Be Flooded. By the Associated Prees. ON BOARD THE U. CAM- DEN, OFF BLOCK ISLAND, October 2.—The toll of the known dead of the submarine §-51 was raised to four today when divers recovered the bodies of two of the crew in the en- gine room compartment of the ship. | The men were identified as Walter E. Lawton, electrician’s mate, first | class, Somerville, Mass., and B. D. | Lindsay, engineman, second class, 527 | Government street, Pensacola, Fla. The bodies were recovered after | divers had cut open the hatch of the engine room. They had determined | definitely that this compartment was | floodedmlast night when an exploring | hole the size of a pencil was bored in | the hatch. Only a few air bubbles were emitted. i Both of the men were fully clad and | evidently had been on watch when | the submariné was rammed by the | City of Rome last Friday night. | The bodies, which were in fair con- | dition, were taken aboard the Camden | and were held ready for shipment to | the Newport Naval Hospital, where the bodies of two of the crew prev- iously found had been sent. MOTOR ROOM FLOODED. One More Room in Submarine to Be Explored by Divers. NEWPORT, R, I., October 2 (#).— | Divers_exploring the sunken subma- rine $:51 today found that the door of | the motor room was open and that the | compartment was flooded, according to a wireless message from the rescue ship Camden, intercepted here. Finding of the motor reom flooded cut down sharply on the slim chances that there are any of the crew still| alive. The engine room was found | flooded iast night and two bodies re- | covered in it this morning. | There is still one compartment re- | maining to be examined for any signs | of lite. That is the torpedo room in| the bow of the ship. The divers, act- | ing under orders from Rear Admiral | i | | | i | | i | | tions, plan to cut a small exploring | hole in the hatch of the compartment | to see whether or not it also is flooded. | The divers also plan to explore the motor room compartment to deter. | DELEGATESCHER WLD DENUNCATIN OF SHKLATVALABAN | pose of the ! phasis wheneve | added ! English Laborite ‘Declares U. S. Action Blow at Inter- parliamentary Union. MEN OF MANY NATIONS APPLAUD FIERY SPEECH | Germans Get Translation, Then: Add Voices to Chorus of Cheers and Outcries. The Interparliamentary Union, as- | sembled in the House of Representa- tive chamber in the second session of jts twenty-third conference, voiced loud disapproval today of the Ameri- can Government's action in excluding Shapurjl Saklatvala, British' com- Munist delegate, from this country. Admittedly speaking for the entire British delegation, Ben Riley, peppery British labor leader, poimting out | that “a member of the unfon- who was entitled to all of the constitu-! tional rights of an accredited dele- gate was prevented from being here,” declared “a great blow has been struck at the very basis and pur- Union.” Deliberate Slap at United States. Although the conference took no official action as a body, Mr. Riley's address, delivered with heated em- it referred to the exclusion of Saklatvala, was inter- ruptéd time and again with enthusi- astic cries of approval from the dele. gates of virtually every country rep- resented. So deliberate was the | demonstration that it virtually con-: stituted a formal protest against the American State Department’s action. “Unless the council of this union ! can make such arrangement as will enable all its members to enjoy equal | rights and to make their particular contribution to the great work for which the union exists,” Mr. Riley declared, ‘“‘confidence il be de- stroyed. and a great blow has been struck at the very basis and purpose of the union. “The controlling majorities come and go,” the British Labor delegate ' but unless minorities work ing within the constitution of the union are assured the knowledge that they will be treated as collcagues | working for a great cause, then the very foundatic., of our work.will be' destroyed. “On behalf of my colleagues I there- fore desire to express the hope that | the council of the Interparliamentary Union at the earliest opportunity will take every possible means to afford all its members the simple and com- mon right to which they are justly! entitled by the constitution of this union.” Terms Union Dilatory. Mr. Riley was unsparing in his measured effort to criticize the atti-| { tude of the union in the past on mat- ters of great moment. He denounced the immaterial progress the union has made toward world disarmament, | without which, he said, there can be | no world security or lasting peace. | And he frankly asserted, jus be- fore launching his pointed attack against the Saklatvala incident that | “some groups had utterly falled to | recognize’” the important phases of' the union’s work. At the conclusion of his vitriolic ad- dress. many of the British delegates | leaped to their feet with cries of | “Hear, hear.” | Other delegations followed suit, and | in a minute practically every person in the room whe was able to under- stand the English language, in which ! the address was delivered, had given vigorous approval to its content. i Possibly the only delegation that sat | calm and undisturbed during the ! frank denunclation of the American | Government's attitude toward Saklat- | vala was the Japanese. The seven or | eight delegates from that country took Christy, in charge of the rescue opera- ! no part whatever in the demonstra-|lapse and tion. ! German Delegates Applaud. The German delegates, however. ! called for the speech to be translated | | agal as fast as tii Yesterday’ (#) Means Associated he papers are printed. s Circulation, 96,823 TWO CENTS Press. 'MITCHELL ORDERED T0 REPORT MONDAY T0 FRONTCHARCES | Testimorly Before Air Board Completed—Will Submit Further Data. {NO TIME WILL BE LOST SULLIVAN 1S DEAD ON EVE OF RETIRING <-. ;Police Chief Was to Havej Been Put on Pension List Last of Month. After 36 years of faithful service to the community in which he lived, Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superintendent of police, died last night at his home, 15 V street, just one week from the day the Commissioners granted his application for retirement. Maj. Sullivan ended his career while still at the head of the department | to which he devoted the best vears of his life, for his retirement was not scheduled to take effect until Oc tober 31. Although: the police chlet had suf- fered a severe fllness nearly a year ago, he had recently regained suffi- clent strength to be up and about and his passing was somewhat unex- pected. Visited Head.uarters. Only a few days ago the major came to polce headquarters and. while he showed plainly the effects of his long battle for health, he displayed a spark of the jovial disposition which en- deared him to every man on the force from the rookies to his immediate staff at headquarters. As he gathered together his per- sonal effects to take them home that day he chatted about police affairs and it seemed to those who saw him that being in his old surroundings in had brought back some of his former vigorous spirit. Malj. of Edwin B, Hesse, who was chosen by the Commissioners to succeed him as chief, and before he left head- quarters Monday for what proved to be the last time he ipped quietly over to where Mr. Hesse was engross- ed in work and pinned to the lapel of his successor a small gold badge worn by the superintendent. Suffered Relapse. Patting his friend on the shoulder, he said: “Good luck to you, Ed.” As he left for home that day all of his associates expressed to him the wish that he would live long to enjoy the retirement he had so well earned. Yesterday, however, he suffered a re- sank rapidly until evening, when, surrounded by his wife and children, he succumbed about 8:30 o'clock. He was 63 years old. Maj. Sullivan will be buried Mon- day with full police honors, Acting uilivan thought a great deal | '1 STUDENTS’ ify Harvard Graduate | Determined to disprove the tradi | tion that all freshmen are decidedly lacking in intelligence, 1,200 studen! lenterinz George Washington Unive: sity today tackled a new kind double-barreled intelligence test. de- | sizned to enable university officials to catalogue them according to their so- ial abilities. When the results are tabulated some months hence the university will know how many of the new students are | “&ood mixers,” low many are adept at | tathoming individuals and social sit- uvations, and how many should make good in positions requiring tact in meeting and handling the public. The tests, which cover two phases ot intelligence—abstract and social— were devised by Dr. Fred A. Moss, as- sociate professor of psychology at the university. They comprise several hun- dred questions embracing every con- o4 INEW INTELLIGENCE TEST TRIES SOCIAL ABILITIES rge Washington Freshmen Scratch Heads to Clas- in Caretaker’s Job and Other Situations Just as Queer. ceivable social problem and condition, in addition to tests of memory, quicl | perception, ete. Approximately 500 took the tests yves- terday, and the remainder are under- going them today. _ Dr. Moss points out that the social intelligence test is entirely novel. Its purpose is 1o size up a student accord- ing to his natural social abilities while e is vet at the university, so that he may adjust his studies to corre- | spond with his innate possibilities. Dr. iMoss explains that many students wh {Tank high in the customary intelli |gence” tests, covering abstract ideas and mechanical ingenuity, often do not succeed in the work they set out to do in later life. The first test to which the young men and women were put was de- signed to see how well they could re- {member names and faces. Portraits {of 10 men, with their names, were thrown on a screen and the students given a short period in which to fa- (Continued on Page 5, Column 3. SPANISH CAPTURE -~ RIFFIAN CAPITAL Great Rejoicing 'in Madrid Follows News of Downfall of Ajdir. By the Associated Press. MADRID, October — Spanish troops entered Ajdir. capital of Abd- [ el-Krim, the Riffian, leader, at 11:30 | o'clocx this morning. according to offi | sial advices from Morocco. | News of the victory was received here with great rejolcing. Flags were flown from most of the houses in Madrid, and King Alfonso appeared at a window of the palace to receive an ovation from a great crowd which gathered there. X The King and the military direc- torate sent the telegrams of congratu- lation to Gen. Primo de Rivera, head of the directorate, who had personally been directing the Moroccan cam- o CAUGHT IN RAID WITH 320,000 RUM Prisoners Locked in Cabin Set Fire to Boat and Three Leap Overboard. By the Associated Press. BURLINGTON, N. J.. October 2. Fifty-six prisoners, taken in a raid at Masonville on a barge containing a! half million dollars’ worth of liquor, | were brought to the county jail today. | Efforts of the barge crew to burn | the boat were frustrated by the State | police. The barge contained 20,000 cases of | foreign lquors, including champagne, benedictine, creme de menthe, Scotch | and English whiskies and French ! wines. The capture was made by four| State police, assisted by Charles Cars- | body MAKING INVESTIGATION Court-Martial Not Yet Technically Decided Upon—Colonel Needed in Shenandoah Probe. | B the Associated Press Col. William Mitchell has been | ordered by the War Department to re | port Monday to the inspector general iof the Army in order that the in- ! vestigation of hix conduct with a view { to Tisciplinary proceedings may be resumed. | The order to Col. Mitchell was given vesterday after the Alr Board had notified the War Department that it had concluded its examination of the | former assistant chief of the Army |Mr Service, but that it had requested him to prepare and submit “certai data, which he should be able to by Monday. Cannot Attend Convention. Col. Mitchell had planned to attend jthe convention of the American | Leglon at Omaha, but the War De { partment explained it desired to pro ! ceed without delay with the investiga i tion of his conduct and that personal arrangements of officers could not be { permitted to interfere with such in : vestigations. | ColL Mitghell was directed to I port to the inspector general of the { Army in connection with the investi | gation previously ordered as to | whether language he employed in « statement made public in San An- i tonio, Tex., and which precipitated the appointment of the speciul Air ! Board, constitutes conduct to the i prejudice of good order and military dicipline. Action Delayed. The War Department held disci plinary action against Col. Mitcheil !in abeyance after he was called | to Washington to appear before the | President’s Air Board to relieve him | of the position of giving testimony | while under military charges. The | order that brought him to Washing- | ton, however, also directed him to i report to the adjutant general for instructions as soon as his appear- { ance before the board was completed. | He then is expected to receive in | structions to report to the inspector : general. |~ The technical decision to file | charges against Col. Mitchell and to appoint a court-martial has not yet | been taken and will not be until the | inspector general and the judge ad- ! vocate general make their reports | I the court-martial is ordered it will | be convened in Washington without | delay. |, Col Mitchell also is expected 1o | be called as a witness before the | naval board of inquiry investigating the Shenandoah disaster. Told to Stay Here. Col. Mitchell, while asserting he had received no official summons to appear before a War Department board of inquiry, announced this afternoon that he has been notified that he must remain in Washington until further notice. He received this notice &n | the eve of his departure for Omaha | as a guest of the Washington delega- tion to the American Legion conven- tion in the Nebraska city. “No, I haven't received any sum- mons to, appear before any court of inquiry or committee of investigation. a court-martial or any other similar " Col. Mitchell declared. “Fui- thermore, I am not concerned about the matter at all. All I know is that the War Department wants me to stay in Washington for some reason i or other, and I am not going to bother myself trying very hard to fizure out why they want me to remain here.” Knows “What It’s All Abou bers there never had been real con- fidence that complete success would attend their efforts. Difference Finally Admitted. Asx the French In their latest offer proposed t they could pay $40,000,.- Q00 annually for the pext five vears, 1t was said b sion in the final Americ this figure might be con: hasis for the new understanding. This annual sum would be considered “full current interest on the debt during that period.” It was further said that “at the end of this five 1 the two governments review the capacity of F termine at that time the amounts which shall be paid over such further terms a: ¢ be then agreed.” It was evident from the turn negotiations from time to time. finally admitted by the Americans in their statement to the French, that stumbling-block to agreement difference in judsment as to the future ca ¥ of France to pay, without, as we have stated, und wining her economic amd soc fabric”! n offer that dered as the of the American commis: | nce to pay and de- | and | to make a just criticlsm of the Ha- { wailan flight.” | " Comdr. Rodgers bluntly and em- | phatically told the air board at the | outset of the hearing that there is | something vitally wrong with the Navy TDepartment: that it is humanly impossi- | ble for the President to co-ordinate the Army and Navy, and that the only, to a scheme of co-ordination at the “very top, where it is most im- | portant,” is the creation of a secretary of national defense, who should take [ over hoth branches. i The witness said it had been sug- sted to him that the plan for re- anizing the nationai defense was o vislonary,” and that he better not | mive it. He nevertheless read from | hix prepared statement, which haa | been given out at the Navy Depart- | ment, when he went on the stand. Wants Separate Budget. As a remedy for existing conditions fn naval aviation, Comdr. Rodgers had ! ziven the board his opinion that there | would not be a separate corps in the | but that there uld be :li fon budget and a sepa- | te promotion Hst. “But I will go further.” he declared. { answer or mine whether there are any bodies there. DERRICKS RECALLED. | into thelr language, and when it had | | been reread to them, most of them : | jumped up with shouts of “Jah woll," i Supt. Charles Evans announced today. While detailed arrangements have not been completed, there probably will be a mounted escort at the head of paign. PETAIN MORE SKILLFUL. lake a former prohibition agent of Columbus, Ohio. Lieut. William | Nichols, who led the party, is the | holder of a distinguished service | Col. Mitchell, with a characteristic smile. indicated that he “knew what it was all about,” however. Asked if he was expecting to be court-martialed. Documenta ¢ evidence of the prog ress of negotiation during the week made public by the Ameyican commission last night revealed in fig- ures what had been info indi vated at varfous times: That the two ommissions were not only far apart on the future capacity of France to pay, but that their methods of ap- vroach to the problem were peculiarly different. The French, on thelr part, had from the outset held their offers to flat sums, annuities, including both principle acA interest. Calllaux and his experts figured out what, in thelr opinion, France could pay, and made the offer in terms of vearly pavments, both principal and. interest. 1y Procedures Far Apart. On the other hand, the American commission followed the plan it had nsed in previous negotiations. of con- <idering the principal In instaliments and the interest by fts rate. This practice of shooting in different direc- tions, as it were, at the same mark. was helieved to have heen the cause of some delay and confusion during the negotlations, as each wished to) (Continued on.Page 5, Column 1) past | nly one of the greatest functions | overnment is national defense. | the commander-in: chief of the Army and Navy. It is hu- !manly impossible for him to co- {ordinate these two branches. They work together only by co-operation be- tween themselves. Problem Very Complicated. “This plan you may say is visionary —too great an upheaval—too difficuit {to attain,” he continued. “But the problem of national defense without | considering the airplane is so compli- cated and so difficult that. the intro- duction of the airplane makes it abso- |lutely necessary to install a highly scientific organization in order that the best defense ‘be obtained for the money expended, and without such an organization the aircraft question can- not be solved to the best advantage.” Alrcrgft would be ‘placed under the departnfent of _ supplies, Comdr. Rodgers said, as there "is no essential difference between the supplies of zuns and airplanes to the Army and Navy. Both can, in my opinion, be | better rupplied if developed and manu- ! of the The President is Admiral Christy Favors Release of | Two Big Hoists. UNITED STATES SUBMARINE | BASE, New London, Conn., October | 2 ().—Rear Admiral H. H. Christy, | in charge of the rescue operations the scene of the wreck of the sum-| marine S51. today recommended the | release of the two hig floating cranes, | which yesterday made an unsuccess ful effort to raise the vessel. His recommendation was made after announcement had been received of | the recovery of two additlonal bodies | found by divers in the engine room, ! and was taken to mean that no fur. ther efforts would be made to raise the submersible. Walter E. Lawton. one of those | whose body was recovered from the S:51 today, was married, and lived in! New London. The Somerville address | reported from the steamship (‘amden | was said tagbe his home at the time | of his enlistment. Baffled at every turn, rescue work- ers are carrying-on in their attempts to find more bodies and perhaps a spark of life in the S-51. (Continued on Page 2. C 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 11:00 o'clock Fri- day night to insure publication in the Saturday Star. The “schedule applies also to Saturday advertisements sent by mail to The Star, which should be posted in time to be received at The Star -Office on Friday. ctured under the direction of a com- | (Continued on Page TColumn 4) | Lost and Found Ads and Death Notices will be accepted . until 10:30 a.m. Saturday. | ) | Interparliamentary Union. Which means something like the Amer- | ican hurrah. This new outburst from the German representatives started | again loud applause for Mr. Riley's address. Agaln today, as at vesterday's con- | ference, the League of Nations oc-i cupied first place in the interest of the | As a mat. | ter of fact, it might almost be said | that this morning’s session represent. | ed unanimuus objection of the rest of | the world to the American attitude toward recent international questions. | Carl Linghagen, mayor of Stock-| holm and & member of the Swedis] delegation, who yesterday launched a vigorous appeal for the union to give formal recognition to the League of | Natlons, today reduced his ideas to the | terms of a definite resolution. Asks Support For League. i not not | In the resolution Mr. Lindhagen only asked that the conference only declare itself in favor of the| league, but further appealed to the | United States to become u member: The resolution, which will be acted | upon later, follows: “In view of motions made and with | reference to article 9 of the statutes of the union, I move: i “1. That the conference declare it- | self in favor of a united humanity for a_general provision of the covenant | of the League of Nations so that the covenant may give a true expression | of the aims of the league; | “2. That the conference address a triendly appeal to the United States of North America to join the League of | Nations; “3. That the conference direct, its | council to an investigation of the adoption of world language by mutual | international agreement as a spiritual | necessity for a united mankind*’ i The quandary in which this (‘onle!'-l | ence finds itself by the multiplicity of tongues and dialects is pointed to as | the best argument possible in favor | of the adoption of a world language. | i Every question, every speech, every mark must be repeated three times, English, French and German, and even then there are some persons at | the conference who are obliged to rely on later explanations before they (Continued on, Page 4, Column 4. the cortege and a detail of foot pri- vates as a guard of honor. The body will be taken from the home to St. Martin's Church, at North Capitol and T streets, where requiem mass will be sung. The exact time! bas not been fixed. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Born in Treland. Maj. Sullivan was born in County Cork, Ireland, July 25, 1862, but came to America at the age of 16. After earning his living in New York City 5| for a few vears_ he joined the Marine | Corps and served two enlistments. As {a marine he spent most of his time | in Panama. After being discharged from the service as a non-commissioned officer, Sullivan came to Washington and was appointed to the police force in April of 1889, Maj. Sullivan was trained as a po- liceman in the sixth precinct under the late Lieut. John F. Kelly, father of the present Headquarte Jdward Kelly. Lieut. Kelly was recognized as an exceptional officer success Sullivan achieved. By hard work and attention to his duties Sullivan was promoted gradu- ally to sergeant, lieutenant and cap- tain. Former Maj. Richard Sylvester recognized hif as a promising patrol- man and helped him to advance. Noted for Tact. Sullivan was noted for tact and aiplomacy and these traits helped him to advance. As captain of the third precinct a decade ago, Sullivan was charged with the protection of many of the embassies and legations during the tense period of the World War. He also won commendation for the manner in which he handled his men when the woman suffrage leaders were picketing the White House in their campaign for the vote about 8 vears ago. In June, 1920, Capt. Sullivan was advanced to the rank of ins and (Continued on Page 2, Column Radio Programs—Page 37. Detective | PARIS, October 2 (#).—Marshal Petain i{s moving the French troops on the, Moroccan battlefield like an ex- pert chess player upon a chess board and now has achieved, in the opinion of the experts, after a two-day offen- sive in the Kifane region, “a very strong position on the right-hand cor- | ner of the board.” An advance of from 8 to 10 miles inorth of Kifane, as announced in the jofficial communique, places Marshal | : Petain in the position of “having the i king in check.” The “king" is Abd-el-Krim, and the hreatened position is Ajdir. The French troops now are at the | entrance to the passes leading into the most fertile Riff valleys north of the Atlas. The operations in the past two days have enabled the French to occupy more than 300 square kilo- meters of territory. The resignation of Marshal Lyau- tey, resident general, has caused a deep. impression among the native chiefs, who had come to regard Lyau- | tey as a superman. The Sultan him- | self, when he heard the news of | it iand his training was reflected in the | Lyautey's withdrawal, expressed great ; astonishment. He regarded Lyautey as the greatest exponent of French civilization and a colonizing genius. medal, and Trooper Rankin, who with ! Sergt. Wilton and Trooper Green com. ' posed the party, recently was award- ed a prize of $1,000 for an act of heroism. The barge arrived vesterday morn- | ing and tied up at Adams’ \vharf near | Bridgeboro. The raiding party arrived | as the first trucks were being loaded | and made its way into the center of operations without being noticed. No lookouts had been posted. Offered $75,000 Bribe. The troopers said they were offered | $75,000 to leave the place and allow the booze runners to continue unload- | ing. More than $125,000 was found | on the 56 men brought to Burlington. | The 31 prisoners in the cabin set fire to the boat and three of them, i breaking loose, jumpea overboard. A | threat to shoot to kill from the troop- | ers on guard brought them back. A | i fire_company was summoned from | Bridgeboro_and the fire was extin-! guished. The cabin was destroyed, but none of the cargo was damaged. The men were brought to Burlington | today. Two-year-old Margaret Ann O'Brien of 225 Channing street northeast has been in 2 semi-comatose condition for nearly a week with a disease just |diagnosed by physicians as encephall- | tis lethargica, or sleeping sickness. | Since it is a rarity for small chil- {dren to be afflicted with this baffling ailment, the attending and consulting physicians did not decide on a definite diagrosis until the possibility of all other infantile diseases having simflar symptoms was disproved. Margaret Ann sleeps night and day. |but arouses for brigt intervals to take nourishment from a bottle. She has even answered simple questions put to her dl\’ ng these lucid periods, but Child, 2, Semi-Conscious Nearly Week, |~ Declared to Have Sleeping Sickness there after she immediately lapses into another spell of lethargy. pathologist of George Washington Uni- versity, showed that the child was not suffering from meningitis, as had first been_thought by Drs. F. V. Atkinson and Edgar Copeland, in charge of the patient, and a tubercular test also gave negative results, it was learned today. - The baby was first taken ill more than a week ago, but did not display definite signs of the strange sleeping malady until several days later. Dr. Atkinson' said today that the child’s condition was “favorable,” al- though he would not say she was out of danger. and all 56 will be given a hearing | ‘Tests made by Dr. Oscar B. Hunter. | he said that he hadn’t given anv thought to the matter. When his at tention was called to press statements in which he was quoted some time nz he was expecting to be olonel laughed and I don't care what they do The colonel made it plain that he was very disappointed that the War Department should suddenly notify him to stay here when it had becom« known that he was planning to go to Omaha. He expressed his regret in ! being unable to join the local delega- ton to Department Comdr. Julius Pey- ser as the local legionnaires assem- bled this afternoon at the District Bullding to be photographed. The colonel posed with the deiegates. | COOLIDGE LEAVES SUNDAY FOR LEGION CONVENTION Tentative plans for President Cool- | ldge’s trip to Omaha to attend the { American Legion convention will take his train by way of Cincinnati and St. | Louis. | “Accompanied by Mrs. Coolldge, the President will leave Washington Sund ! day. The train is scheduled to arrive Iin Omaha Thursday, and after ad- | dressing the convention and reviewing | the parade of former service men the i President will leave for Washington. His return route has not been de- | termined. o | PLANE BELIEVED DOWN. Mail Ship. Due Last Night, Has Not Reached Bellefonte. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., October 2 (#).—One of the United States mail planes. westbound, due at Bellefonte at 11:30 o'clock last night, had not vet arrived this morning, and its whereabouts are unknowr. The plane, en rone from New York to Chicaso, was d_at Laureiton, about miles from Bellefonte, last night, and it is believed to have been forced Kiown in the mountains.