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WEATHER. (0. 5. Weather Bureau Partly cloudy and tomorrow fair Temperatures—Highest, 66, at 2: vesterday; lowest, 51, at 6:15 a.m. pan tod: Full report on page colder Forecast.) Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Entered as second class matter Washington, _@h D. Landis Inspects Muddy Field Several Times Before Postponing Battle. BLUEGE MAY BE READY TO RETURN TO LINE-UP Ferguson and Kremer Named for Mound Duty—Both Man- agers Stand Pat. With the r game each, Wi wait until tomorrow for its first game ©of the 1925 world serles here between the Nationals and Pirates. Rain that started early this morning made the outfield at Clark Griftith Stadium so sog that Judge Kenesaw Landis, Dase ball commissioner; Clark Griflith, president of the Washington club, and other officials decided at 11:30 that no contest would be possible. ut the time the game should tarted the skies cleared and hout the city abid fans on hand were lamenting what 'med fo be an unnecessary post- ponement. Tickets were issued for games 3, it and § of the series here. tickets will be honored at the morrow, while games 4 3 played here Sunday and Mond: Today’s postponement mak sible that Oswald Bluege, National third baxeman, who was hit in the head by one of Vic Aldridge’s pitches in vesterday's game in Pittsburgh : nd put out of commission, will be abie to resume his regular position with the American League champions when teams tied at one o, park to- will be it pos- ton will have to) HUNGRY, ACHING, CHILLY FANS | STAND IN LINE ALL NIGHT IN VAIN Brave Tortures of Long Vigil, Actually Reach Bleacher Seats, Sit for Hours in Rain and Then Are Told Game Is Off. Talk about your hard luck! How would you like to have been one of the triple-distilled Washington rooters who languished through the long, dreary hou st night to get a lowly bleacher seat at today's world | series gzame, only to have Forecaster | Mitchell and Judge Landis combine to defeat your purpose? Their bodies and heads aching, their spines bent and twisted, their eves drooping wearily, what must have been their thoughts when it was an nounred shortly before noon that the game was postponed until tomorrow? | Light-heartedly these threescore and ten fans of the first order had maintained their sleepy vigil through the long riocturnal hours. The team’s | defeat yvesterday in Pittsburgh did not cause their hopes to fade or their de- { termination to falter. Bravely they | hied themselves to the Fifth stre ide of Griffith Stadium to await their coveted reward in the temporary | stands in center field. They came from all directions, young and old, men and one or two women, white and colored. They stood, | stooped, sat, leaned and reclined on | |improvised seats and couches, and fought off the chills that sought, ever | and anon, to creep down the bick of i their necks. | They jovousiy and good-naturedly | scrambled for places of vantage on the | hard, rain-soaked benches of the stand las the gates were thrown open this { morning, and they even defied the oc- casioral showers’ that fell ominously | i about them before noon. | | _And then—to find that all of this ‘REJECTION OF DEBT TERMS BY CHAMBER had been in vain. awful, that's all. | But most of them were not yet | squelched. They left, breathing defi- { ance at the scowling heavens, mutter- ing threats at the weatherman, Clark Griffith, Judge Landis and Redds O'Dea, but announcing, withal, that they would be on hand again in the temporary bleachers when the curtain goes up tomorrow carcely had the bleacherites set- Ives this morning in their than many were forced to v shelter beneath an adjoining pavilion out of reach of a drenching shower. Among women, Oh, it was utterly all-nighters who steidfastly maintained silence as to their identity. Some of the waiters said that they had driven to Fifth street, where the line formed, in an automobil bearing a Pennsyl the were two ! k this morn alconer of nizfellow street, one of Busines School's prettiest co-eds. Mis Falconer brazenly admitted that she was playing hookey today for the first time in her young life, and all fc naught! She was accompanied by three of her cousins—F. H. Drum right, J. H. Drumwright and Bill | Edmonds—all of whom came from K t to stand in line with the More hard luck The first fan in line was Webster Contee, colored elevator operator, who lives in Georgetown. b, arrived _Contee (Continueld on Page 2, Column 7.) SMALL FIRE TRAPS HOLD U. 3. STORES, took her place in ! they next face the Pirates. APPARENT IN PARIS Bluege Recovering. According to a statement from the Washington club physician this morn- ing, Bluege shows no symptoms of brain concussion and was resting com- fortably. Tt was thought that the third baseman turn to the line-up after a d. However, such an injury that sus- tained by Bluege always is more or less serious, the physician stated, and an Xeray will be taken of the player's head this afternoon or early tomorrow, that a more thorough examination may be made. Bluege wa; of rest. struck on the left side of his head just above the mastoid process and was unconscious for sev- eral minutes after being hit. After reviving, he was helped to the Na- tionals’ dressing room and_withstoed Iast might's train ride from Pittsburgh well. suffered during the night had been re- lieved this morning and it is believed a day off will make him fit for duty. Managers Stanley Harris and Bill McKechnie of the rival camps do not ntemplate any change in their plans for the third contest of the series a sult of today’s postpone- ment. Harris will send+to the slab tomorrow Alex Ferguson, the right- who had been named for ay's engagement. Ferguson will be opposed by Ray Kremer, Pittsburgh’s clever curve ball right-hander. McKechnie Stands Pat. The Pirates will stand pat on the remainder of their line-up. seen in the Barnhart, Ma and Kiki Cuyler will col the outer line of defense. Earl Smith, who toiled behind the bat in the first two games, again is slated to do the . d Bluege be unable to get into action tome Buddy Myer, the Youthtul substitute shortstop who wi ent to third 1 ifter Ossie was hurt vesterday, will continue to take care of the territory around third base for the Nationals. Roger Peckinpaugh, Stan Harris and Joe Judge will com: plete the infield of the American League champions. The starting outfield will_include Goose Goslin, Sam Rice and Joe Har- However, should the Nationals would not be sur- ve Harris withdrawn cely sent into the oute nse, was _done by Hurris in Wednesday’s ba eld. Muddy Ruel is ably will be behind American League zames of the seri cordon of Mana tle on to catch the pla titlehold nd pre for the in all Teams h the e ing v Excelient Trim. ion of John 8 infielder of the I and Bluege, sligible membe each of the contending clubs t The § r ecially are in fine fettle, and today's postponement prob- ably will mean that the hurlers who were opponents in the Pittsburgh bat- tles will clush here In Sunday's game, Walter Johnson, | who baffled the pi pitched one of the g t games of his long career on Wednesday, likely will be pitted st Lee Meadows, the hespectacled moundsman wHo tes when he then was outpiched by the veteran of | 9 19 campaigns with the Nationals. Monday is apt to bring in opposition Stan Coveleskie, the Washington spit- baller barely beaten yesterday by Vic Aldridge. The opening game of the serles here was postponed after Clark Gritfith and other officials made a tour of the field and satisfied them- selves that it could not possibly dry up kb five s thdsuch action was neces: sary. The bas ball ¢ s have been exceptionally fortunate in the matter of weather. Only cne game in the past four vear previous to this series had to be called off because of rain. Postponement Expected. Except for the ever faithful bleach- 1 mere handful of fans were in stadium when the decision was reached. The majority of those hold- ing admission cards evidently took it for granted hours before that no sane base ball club would try to play out n world_serfes in the weather that greeted Washington today. As late 11 _o'clock, however, Judge Landis and Mr. Griffith refused to order the postponeme; That zs eternal” seemed ¢ bubble over in their breasts, for both were decidedly optimistic, de- &pite the fact that it was pouring then. Judge Landis asked to be taken to the field immediately upon arrival at the stadium. Accompanied by Griffith ind officials of both leagues, he made n_thorough tour of the out (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) would be able to re- | The headache and dizziness be | |at Havre Saturday and to make his titute | Judge Landis, | v game time, the second time in | Caillaux’s Approach Finds | Growing Storm of Opposition { to U. S. Proposal. i | By the Associated Press. i PARIS, October 9—With the near |approach of Finance Minister Cail- {laux on his return to France from ithe debt-funding conference at Washington, it seems apparent that I storm clouds are beginning to hover | which may, when they break, sweep {away the tentative debt agreement reached by the French and American Commisstons. ! M. Caillaux is expected to arrive i report to the cabinet and the finance jcommittee of the Chamber of Depu- |ties before nightfall. But already | the tentative plan calling for an an- inual payment of $40,000.000 for 5 ! vears has met with opposition from {a source strong enough, in the opin- {Jon of political observers, to militate |against final passage by Parliament of the project. Opposed By Bouillon. The opposition comes from no les a personage than M. Franklin- { Bouillon, president of the foreign re- lations committee of the Chumber. Franklin-Bouillon considers the hington arrangement “an attempt to gain time on the basis of post- poning a_definite solution for five years.” He so told the guests at a (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) PALMER’S AIDE RESIGNS, OPPOSES BOARD POLICY Comdr. S. P. Fullenwider Says Ac- tion Is Protest Against Ouster of Fleet Head. | Comdr. 8. P. Fullinwider, who yes- | terday resigned from the Shipping Board, explained today that his ac tion was taken because he did not ap- iprove of the policies of the board. | Fullinwider was assistant to Leigh C. { Palmer, just deposed as president of | the Fleet Corporation. His resigna- fon was accepted shortly after it was submitted. Comdr. Fullinwider did not state ny reason for his action in his for- mal letter of resignation, but he said {today that not being sympathetic to |the present methods of administration in the Shipping Board he felt that he ! could be no longer of service there. | “Lam wholly in accord with the at- ! titude of Admiral Cone” (who also re- signed), Comdr. Fullinwider stated. “He and I wholeheartedly supported Admiral Palmer and his policies, and when the hoard took the action it did everal days ago we decided to leave membership.” Comdr. Fullinwider was appointed {to the board by Admiral Palmer in February, 1924, He was made as- sistant to the chairman, and had been one of Palmer's close advisers on shipping matters. Comdr. Fullinwider is a retired naval officer and resides at 3017 Gates road. T — tures—a graphic record of base ball. The Gravure Section is RS A VA R W AT I§ Order Your Copy Fro M {old Board of Awards. Opening of the World Series Action Pictures of the First Game CAUSING HUGE L0SS Large Warehouse Near Sid- ing Needed to House Heavy Quantjty Shigr_nents. This is the ernment-owned buildings in the Dis- trict of Columbia to house important Government activities. The scventh article will appear tomorrow. No. 6—General Supply Committee. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Uncle Sam needs a large fireproof warehouse, located on a railroad sid- ing, quantity purchase of all supplies need- ed by the Government and to take care of all storage requirements. This Government purchases annu- Ally in dribs and drabs, through more than 40 different -agencies scattered through the Federal establishment in Washington, upward of $5,000,000 worth of miscellaneous supplies. By buying” on a definite quantit basis and taking advantage of s sonal opportunities a great saving could be effected in unit cost. There would be considerable discounts for prompt payment. There would be also a considerable saving on carload- | lot deliveries instead of small freight or express invoices. Truckage could ba reduced to a minimum. Storage space in each department could be re- leased for office use. There would be one inspection instead of many. Cleri- | cal work would be minimized. For these reasons the Public Build ings Commission has for the I three years advised Congress that such modern warehousing facilities should be provided for the general supply committee,aninterdepartmental board, through which all the purchasing agencies in the various Federal es- tablishments make their purchases. Senator Smoot, chairman of the Pub- lic Buildings Commission, recommend- ed to Congress that “the construction of such a building would be of im- r\e e benefit to the Government serv- ce. In reporting the public building bill to the Senate from the committee on public buildings and grounds on May 3, 1924, Senator ‘Keyes said: ‘A large fireproof warehouse for the use of the general supply committee and other purchasing agencies would be a most advantageous investment on the part of the Government. building should be conveniently lo cated with respect to raflway facil- ities and large enough to accommo- date all current stocks of supplies car- ried by the Government and to take care of all storage needs.” These recommendations _dovetail very accurately with the administra- tion plans for reorganization of the administrative branch of the Govern- ment. The general supply committee was created 15 vears ago, in lieu of the It is composed of officers, one from each of the ex- ecutive departments, designated by the head thereof. It is the duty of the general supply committee to make an annual schedule of required mis- cellaneous supplies for the use of each of the executive departments and other Government establishments in Washington, to standardize such supplies, eliminating all unnecessary grades and varleties, and to solicit bids based upon formulae and specifi- cations prepared by specialists. This_general supply committee has (Continued on Page 3. Column 4.) R IR R TR Tl In the Gravure Section . OF Next Sunday’s Star Superbly printed photographs of the first game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington team—a full page of “close-ups” and telephoto pic- a great event in American enlarged to 10 pages In Next Sunday’s Star m Newsdealer Today. This | WASHINGTON, D. | ject | speak ! public irth of a serics of ar- | ticles on the urgent need for new Gov- | | Navy i War large enough to accommodate | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., FRIDAY, MITCHELL IS DENIED TRIP T0 BALTIVORE T0 ADDRESS LEGION Subject to Arrest and Must Remain Here, War De- partment Says. ACTION ON HIS REFUSAL TO TESTIFY IS AWAITED Was Willing to Talk, But Took Reid’s Advice to Remain Silent, Counsel Says. The War Department decided to- jday to refuse to grant Col. William i Mitchell permission to go to Balti- more, where he had been invited to make an address. It was explained that Col. Mitchell was under investigation with a view to disciplinary proceedings of a seri- | ous nature. An officer in that status would he subject to military arrest under nor- mal circumstances and while it has not been found neces: to go to that length in the case of Col. Mitchell, it was indicated at the De- partment that he would be required to remain in Washington and be sub- to the orders of the inspector general of the Army until the investi- gation is completed. Legion Sent Invitation. The fnvitation to Col. Mitchell to in timore came from the an Legion organizations in and he filed an application War Department mission to make the trip. Col. Mitchell still was awaiting ac- tion today by the Navy court or the War Department on his 1o testify Ameri that city, with the ter inquiry The court today formally filed with Acting Secretary Davis of the W 1y in the Shenandoah Mitchell to testify. Notification was n of a_lette the War Depa The text of the letter was not made at the Navy Department, but understood to have cited the they occurred when Col. declined to testify on the that court-martial proceed- were pending against him. The Department holds that its au- thority ends in the Mitchell in the form v Wilbur to it is facts as Mitchell grounds ing jit lays the facts before the W partment for whateve proper. With this certification in hand, the Department will determine whether action is within its jurisdic- tion. Upon first reading of the legal authorities, some Army officers were of the opinion that the colonel in ap- pearing before the court had complied with his orders, and that the next step in the matter rested with the court itself. Representative Frank R. Reid of Illinois, counsel for Mitchell, in a formal statement last night, said the officer had acted throughout upon his advice; that personally Mitchell was ready and willing to testify even at the risk of jeopardiging his case in the impending _court-martial proceedings growing out of his charges against the ction it deems | War and Navy Departments in con- nection with the Shenandoah disaster. Reid added that if the court held that the position taken by the officer in refusing to a formal subpoena was unsound the court had its remedy un- der the statute authorizing it to certify the case to the Federal district attor- ney for possible contempt proceedings and trial in a civil court. GEN. LR, SHERWOOD NOW NEAR DEATH 90-Year-0ld Veteran, Nine Times Member of House, in Serious Condition. By the Associated Press. 3DO, Ohio, October 9.—Gen. R. Sherwood, 90-year-old vet- eran of the Civil War and nine times representative of the ninth Ohio dis- trict in Congress, lies at the point of death in his home here. He has been suffering from apemia for some time. Infirmities of age <also have hastened his de- cline. Last Spring smoke from a fire in his apartment aggravated his con- dition and he has been confined to his home since that time, leaving it only once, May 30, when he arose from his bed and joined his com- rades in blue in the Memorial day parade. Gen. Sherwood served from the first battle of the Civil War in West Virginia to the last battle in. North | Carolina, rising from private to brig- adier general. He is said to have been the only man who served his district in Congress for nine terms after he was 71 years of age, and the last ex-Union soldier in Con- gress. | AMUNDSEN TO HOP OFF FOR POLE AGAIN IN MAY Explorer, Returning to U. S, Is Confident of Finding Land in Arctic for Air Base. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 9.—Capt. Roald Amundsen, returning today on the steamship Mauretania after his exploration of the Arctic reglon by airplane last Summer, expressed con- fidence that there Is land between Alaska and the North Pole, which will serve as an air base in his pro- posed dirigible expedition. Capt. Amundsen, discussing his next expedition, said he would hop off next ‘| May in an Italian airship which he will name the Norsk. Lincoln Ellsworth, his American as- sociate on the Polar flight by airplane, met him at guarantine. ’ for per-| refusal ves- | { Department certification of the refusal | of Col OCTOBER 9, 1925 —FORTY-FOUR PAGES. ¢ Foening 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, 105,185 TWO CENTS. WIDOW REITERATES THAT LANSDOWNE FOUGHT FATAL TRIP Tells Navy Court Flight Was for Political Purposes and Unwise. ns Associated Pres READS OFFICIAL RECORD TO SUPPORT CHARGES Says Husband Felt Shenandoah Was Warship, Not to Be Taken Inland. Mrs. Margaret o Lansdowne, widow of Comdr. *hary Lansdowne, captain of the Shenandoah, reiterated | today before the naval court of in- quiry that the Navy Department had tordered the airship on the Western | flight for political purposes over the | protest of her husband. To support her statement she read from the official correspondence intro- duced into the record showing that | Lansdowne wanted the flight pos ! poned to the second week in Septem- ber, and also wanted a trial flight to | test the Detroit flying mast. JONT IECH DT SESSONISCALLED Funding Mission to Meet With Americans This After- ' noon for Second Time. ' Funding negotiations | Czechoslovakia debt of §1 { the United States entered a more | tive phase today with the calling o meeting of the American debt commis- , sfon at 3 o'clock, to be following by a | joint meeting between the American and Czechoslovakian negotlators. | Although the exact status of the { conversations carried on for several | ays between experts of the two com-! sions was not reveased, it was un- | | derstood that the subcommittees had {arrived at some conclusion over the | disputed question of the principal of | the debt and were ready to weigh this before both groups. Hope for Success. | Whether a final agreement was in | sight for this afternoon was uncer- | tain, but there was no change in the | apparent hope on the part of the | American commission for a successful settlement. The negotiations this morning | opened with a session between Secre- ! tary Winston of the American com- mission and experts of the Czechoslo- vakian commission. Mellon in Conference. i About noon this meeting was ad journed to the big conference room | where joint sessions are held. At this { point Secretary of the Treasury Mel- lon joined the group and was in con- | ference for some time. Afterward it | was announced that the American |commission had heen callea tor 3 | o'clock, with a joint session to fol- 1 low. | The experts of the two countries | have had before them for several days | the figures on the principal of the i debt, over which there was disagree- ment. The American Government has taken the position that the principal | stands at $91.879,671, while the Czecho- | slovakians, in diplomatic correspond- | ence prior to the arrival of their com- mission, said they recognized an obli- gation of $80,234.808. The interest on this debt, according to American fig- ures, computed at 5 per cent, was, as [ of May 16, $25,799,424. There has been no joint session of the two commissions since the open- ing of the negotiations Monday. Lithuanian Debt Funding Up. Details of another funding agree- ment were completed yesterday when new obligations were placed in the Treasury, displacing the original pa- pers on the Lithuanian debt. | Kazys Bizauskas, the Lithuanian Minister, delivered to the Treasury bonds of his government in the princi- pal amount of $6.030,000, receiving in exchange the original obligations given by his government in connection with the sale of surplus supplies by the Secretary of War and relief supplies furnished by the American Relief Ad- ministration. Of the principal amount, $30.000 had been paid on June 15 last. The bill approving the Lithuanian settlement was signed by the Presi- dent September 22, 1924. The agree- over ment has likewise been approved by the Seimas of Lithuania. : Fair and Warmer Weather Forecast For Next Few Days Rain was responsible for the world series base ball game being called off today, but there's fair weather ahead, and fans can de- pend on when they will use their tickets and when to plan a holi- day from their work. For the next three days, Chief Weather Forecaster Mitchell says, there will be fair weather, with a rising temperature. The 8 o'cloc observations to- day at the Weather Bureau, to which many pleading eves were turned. showed that the rain was going to stop this afternoon, but not exactly what time. It will be cold tonight and to- morrow will be cold, but a little better than today, and Sunday will be fair weather, with a rising temperature that will make watch- ing the game a pleasure, EARTHOUAKE FELT INNEW ENGLAND Shock Rattles Pictures, But Does No Damage—Believed to Be Local. By the Asscciated Press. FRANKLIN, N. H., October What appeared to be an earthquake shook houses and rattled pictures and dishes at 9 a.m. today. A sound like an explosion accompanied the shock, which lasted two or three seconds. Felt at Manchester. MANCHESTER, N. H. October 9 (P).—Slight earth tremors were felt throughout the Merrimack River val- ley in New Hampshire about 9 a.m. today. None of the towns that felt the tremors reported any damage. Believed Purely Local. CAMBRIDGE, Ma October 9 P).—The Harvard seismograph re- corded a thickening of the line made by the instrument at 8:56 a.m. today, continuing about a minute. “It may be assumed from this,” Associate Prof. Kirtley F. Mather, in charge of the instrument, “that any reported disturbance in New England this morning was purely local.” NAVY OFFICER DROWNS. 9 PHILADELPHIA, October 9 (P).— Lieut. W. 8. Jackson of the U. S. S. Hannibal was drowned early today when he fell from the deck of the ves- sel at the Philadelphia navy yard. It is believed he slipped on the freshly washed deck and fell into the river, striking his head against the side of the pier in the fall. Lieut. Jackson was 25 years old and was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1921. He had been attached to the Hannibal ever since. His home could not be learned. The dignity of the District Supreme Court was rudely shaken today when an aggrieved wife and her sympathetic mother started a free-for-all fistic en-; counter that ended somewhat dis-| | astrously for the husband, as well as a_private detective and a deputy United States marshal. The wife, Mrs. Anna C. Rupp, be- came incensed when Chief Justice Mc- Coy granted a week's delay in the hearing of the wife's petition for col- lection of arrears in alimony. Declding to vent her anger on her spouse, Mrs. Rupp braced herself and started toward her hubby. Willlam H. Rupp, about this time, discovered he had business elsewhere that was urgently calling him, and he started out of the courtroom in haste, with Mrs. Rupp in close pursuit. Reaching the corridor, the indignant wife caught up with her quarry and proceeded to administer a right sound thrashing with the aid of her fists and fingernails. Mr. Rupp's clothing was beginning to show signs of wear and tear when his mother-in-law hove into view with a belligerent look. She pro- ceeded to assist her daughter in her efforts, > g | known. {Enraged Wife, Aided by Mother, Beats Ex-Hubby and Deputy in D. C. Court At this juncture Perry Bonner, pri- vate detective, swung into action, ac- companied by United States Deputy Marshal Clarkson. The law, they con- tended, must take its course, and being symbolic thereof, they decided to take punitive measures. They had not reckoned well, how- ever. No sooner had they started their peace-making overtures than the two women turned on them with waving arms and clenched fists and let loose ‘with a barrage of venom that made spectators see double. Almost before the doughty private detective knew what was happening his coat was thrown over his head and one of the women pummeled him with remark- able effect, while the deputy marshal received a stinging blow in the face. The fracas finally was brought to an end as Mrs. Rupp fell into a faint. She was carried to a rest room in the basement of the courthouse, while the peacemakers headed for their respective offices. It all happened so quickly that few in other parts of the courthouse knew what was going on. What action, if any, will be taken by the court with regard to the fight was not made | i 1 { | | “My husband was very much op- posed to this flight,” she said. My { husband also felt that the Shenandoah of war and should not be | taken inland.” Reads Prepared Statement. Pointing out that war craft were MQUIGG ELECTED “It has been proved it could not be !done in the case of the Shenandoah.” Neither the court nor any of the in- terested parties had any questions to Ohio Veteran Wins on First 'ask Mrs. Lansdowne, and she was ex- cused after being on the stand only 5 minutes. | feated | (vice president), J. C. Ballot in Final Session |1\ of the airshin commana. ; jer was dressed in black. She walked i |rapidly to the witness chair and stood of Convention |without tremor as the cath was ad- ! i At the end she said, firm- in response to the injunc- By the Associated Prrss. tion to “tell the truth and nothing but OMAHA, Nebr., October 9.—John R.{tha truth.” McQuigg of East Cleveland, Ohio, w After she had identified herse! elected national commander of the the widow of the Shenandoah' American Legion on the first ballot |mander, she began the reading of her at the leglonnaires’ final session of |Statemert. She read in a firm, clear their seventh annual convention today. | Voice, without interruption, to the fin- The election was decided with theish- votes of 13 delegations still to be rec- orded. It was a landslide, and upon | motion of Howard Savage, Illinc candidate, and Edward ford, New York, losing candidate, made unanimous. DELEGATES LEAVE TONIGHT. Recalls Earlier Statement. “Immediately after the wreck of ndoah and the death of my her statement said, “I the newspapers that my | husband was ordered by the Navy | Department to proceed on this flight {to the Middle West in spite of pro- . —_— {tests made by him to the depart- District Legionnaires Pleased \\'kh:mll’“; and t ‘h]t’ flight was made e itical purposes. Stceases ixf Omaks. Wilbur was quoted in Special Dispatch to The Star. = that my husband OMAHA, Nebr., October 9.—Tonight de no protests against going the District legionnaires will embark | at this time and one of my reasons for home. Headed by the Costello Post | for appearing before this court is to Drum Corps, the delegates will march | emphasize ihe fact that my state- to the Union Station. The members|ment had heen substantiated by offi- are elated over the results of the con- | cial- correspondence read into the vention. The ;members assigned 1o | court's record. the various conmittees have worked| “The main points in this corre- unceasingly since the day of arrival, | spondence, as I see them, are all em- not concluding their work until the | bodied in a letter to my husband final session this afternoon. from the chief of naval operations, At the annual election of officers|dated August 2, 1925, in which the yesterday in the Forty and Eight or- | recommendations of my husband are ganization Paul J. McGahan, past de- | disapproved as follow partment commander of the District,| “l. Recommended that the flight be was elected historian nationale for the | made at the end of the second week fourth consecutive time. The newly |of September. Disapproved hecause elected sou chef de chemin de fer|the State fairs occur the first week Crockett of Ala- | of the month and must be flown over bama, was nominated by Robert as scheduled. roy of the District delegation. | Recommended that a trial flight At the conclusion of the big Forty |be made first to Detroit, to test out and Eight parade last night the Cos- | the new mooring mast there, before tello Post Drum Corps passed in re- making the long swing around over view before the judges and was|the State fairs. Disapproved because awarded first prize for having trav- | its necessity was not upparent to the eled the longest distance to attend a | department, in spite of the definite rea- convention. The prize is a handsome |sons for the recommendation, given silver loving cup and $100. ! as follows in a letter from my husband The leader of the Drum Corps is|to the chief of naval operations Au- Henry Loveless, bugler sergeant, with | gust 4, 1925 John T. Carroll as drum major. The| *‘In view of the fact that the suc- District delegation are elated over|cess of carrying out this proposed the victory. .The work of the vet-|itinerary’ and schedule necessitates erans’ joint committee was in effect | landing at the Detroit mooring mast, indorsed vesterday when the finance | it is recommended that the Shenan- committee voted late yesterday to!doah make a trip to Detroit during recommend to the convention that|the last week in August to test out the national finance committee make | the functioning of this mast. It is an adequate appropriation in the Pointed out that this mast is of a 1926 budget to promote a separate | NeW type and differs conslderably in and special service of the rehabili. | Certain details from the standard Navy tation commities, if necessary, for|mast. Thus in faliire to function the purpose of safeguarding the | Proverly of either the mact of gear rights and privileges of. the veterans | the Shenandoah could carry sufficlent in’ the Federal departments, espe-|fU¢l 1o safely return to Lakehurst clally in Washington, D. C. Cr iy Lo L e R ) L The chairman of the veferans joint | [STed/ed Prior to the Middle committee, Rarland Wood, appeared | 3 before the finance committee W ednes: Gould' Map{OwniRoute: day. urging an appropriation for thisi “It is, of course, understood that in work. Yesterday Howard S. Fisk, rep- | the case of a trial flight of this kind resenting the District on the finance | the commanding officer could pick his committee, made an appeal for assist- - weather, having no schedule to follow. ance from the national organization,! Because of weather conditions during setting forth in detail the necessity for | the thunderstorm period in the Mid- protecting former service men and|dle West the long legs on rigld sched- women in Government departments. | ule and the untried mast, my husband The committee approved the sugges- | was very much opposed to this fiight tion unanimously and will do every- |and protested as vigorously as any thing possible to set up a service de- allowed to do to his supe- partment in Washington to care for ery one knows that in mili- all civil service cases. or naval services orders are The committee on resolutions also | given to be obeyed, and mno officer adopted another resolution affecting | cares to earn the stigma of cowardice the transfer of the United S(amqlor nsubordination b; refgsing bc;\;n G o Pegol® ol "~ | right, after his protests have been (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) | (%1184 to do what he s told. — i “My husband also felt that the Colored Messenger | s, shoid be treated iike a man: A H gI | of-war, used only for war problems, t White House Is| Arrested as Scalper | | and should not be taken on comme cial trips inland, simply to give tax- payers a look at their property.” State Rests McClintock Case. STAUNTON, Va., October 9 (®).— | The State rested its case here yeste: day in the trial of John S. McClintock, charged with defrauding an Augusta County citizen of a $1,000 negotiable note during a stock-selling campaign conducted by the now defunct Ameri- can Fuel Co. in 1921. McClintock was one of 20 alleged officials and repre- sentatives of the concern recently in- dicted for violation of the Virginia “blue sky” law. Bushrod Mickey, a colored me: senger at the White House, for- felted $100 collateral in Police Court this morning when he failed to answer to a charge of ticket scalping. The messenger was arrested ye terday in front of the Union S tion when he was said to have tried to sell five grandstand tickets to J. W. Higgins, jr., a revenue agent, for $66. A memorandum was also found in his possession with the numbers and prices expected for 12 additional fickets. The tickets, which were confiscated as evidence, were sald to be part of a block issued to and signed for at the White House. Mickey will get his tickets back, it is said, if he calls at the office of_the revenue agent. However, Secretary Sanders and base ball club officials denied the tickets were intended for the White House. = Woman's Assailant Executed. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 9.—Doc | Mc)Millan, , was executed in the penitentiary here soon after 6 o'clock this morning. He was from Norfolk {and had been convicted of attack on a woman. The governor refused to com- mute the sentence. Radio Programs—Page 34.