Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1925, Page 1

A\% ATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Faw temorrew tomorrow night. Temperatures—Highest, noon: lows Full report on Page with rising temperature toda warmer, probably showe! 45.8, at 12 37.0, at 6 a.m. yesterda 1,073—No. 29, T48. Entered as second clags matter post_office, Washing’sn, D. C. 7 * GRIFFSTAKE THRD, 4703 INTHRILLING. TEST OF COURAGE g | Rice Cuts Off Pirate Home} Run by Leap Taking Him : Into Bleachers. | MARBERRY TURNS FOE | BACK WITH BASES LOADED | Spectacular Ninth-Inning Rally, Ended With Tying of Contest Hanging on Single Pitch. BY DENMAN THOMPSON, The Star. Pittshurgh Sworts Ed Washir i with the coura chan e Tarris' of her esterday made »f which jons ble, band athletes hase tory i > in their arme L will 1o win that offset due to the loss Blu de- Fortune. they | the annals of 1 triumph over testing any club’s drove a second cations of the Pirates ! them the coveted world seman and thy ind by in the doin, ey are defending i L contest ht with tense ! jations and teeming with the spec- icular that a throng of 36495 unmindful freezing bl umbed toes the which and prol Nationals at ory them a two the ma Buc which games to one for n n tior the honor they bro for the first time in half a endeavor Just Kes : to the Capital | ntury of | m Rice ner. e to the brim though it was | that ran the gamut from jance to dismal stupidit one feat acknow every probably the est ever 2 1in e blue r vent of sportdom and in its ent modest performer chi dgar Rice, but known through | length and br ith of th as “Sam” attained undying fame. It was a leaping, back-hand catch of | a mighty wallop from the bat of Earl Smith, Pirate catcher. Highlights | abounded in the course of the contest, | all the other deft stops and heaves, the | home-run_clout of ( lin, the | sterling slabwork of Alex Ferguson and his mound oppunent, Ray Kremer, | and even the scintilluting box work of | Ferguson's successor, Fred Marberry, | n bon h Who disposed of two of the mightiest ! x maulers in the Freebooters’ fold with 1he bases loaded in the final frame, | faded in comparison with Rice’s super. human effort. It was in the eighth inning. with the Nationals leading by one precious tally | after having twice overcome a Pi ical advantage of the same propc tions, when Smith gave Rice his op-| portunity to bask in the c: re. ! Marber aving fallen heir to Fer- 5 s the result of a tactical | Harris in the preceding | round which resulted in the Griffmen | obtaining their hard-earned lead. had | just struck out Wright and Grantham | and was matching the cunning of hi brain and the might of his arm against the power of Smith's biudgeon when the latter caught a fast ball squarely | on the end of his weapon and sent it soaring toward the fence. At the crack of the bat Rice raced over and | ack from his position in right field in | what appeared fo be a_ futile effort to| in pt the ball that had stiff wind | as an auxiliary to its propelling power. Rice Hailed as Hero. " the huge throng with bated breath conjectured on the seem- ing hopelessness of any human agenc) arresting the flight of the sphere. An other” step and he had all but reached | the barrier. Then, with a leap that! varried him up and on this modern | Mercury swung his gloved hand high over his head and clutched the ball just as it was abc i1l among oe- | cupants of the temporary seats in| front of the fence drive and the momentum of caused Rice to half fall over railing in front of the s But he | never relinquished h ke grip | and as he trotted back to the bench he received ovation such as seldom | has been accorded a performer on any | field. ! In October, 1924, this same player made a similar play in the sixth in-| ning of the sixth game azainst the | Giants when he robbed Irish Meusel | of a home run with a runner on hase and enabled the Griffmen to hold a} 2-to-1 advantage and drill on to ulti- | mate triumph over the MeGrawmen the following day, but this stunt of yesterday transcended that earlier ef- fort and has made Rice the subject of | Jaudatory conversation wherever eye- witnesses gathered last evening, which means ev ere in the District of | Celumbia and its environs ill McKechnie. Pirate mana abandoned a contemplated pr est the victory on the ground ! that e had failed 1o make a| fair ch after conference with | Commissioner Landis, who told him that the decision of Umpire Rigler in a question of fact could not be re. versed off the field On he sped s spring the low 1 ti | i guson Starts Badly. | Unable to locate the plate for Moore, | e first Pirate to face him, and hit- | “avey with a pitched ball, Fergu- ot off to an inauspicious start in third contest of the current clas- He emerzed unscathed when ivler lifted a fly to Goslin and Barn- hart hit into a double . initiated | 1y Peck, but was fortunate in | the second innir Then Traynor opened wich a line drive to right that netted three ba when Joe Harris failed in a desperate attempt at a shoestring catch, and scored the initial tally of the pastime when Wright 1ofted to Goslin i The latter got no farther than first | base when Smith let Goose's swing for 5 third strike get away from him in | the Senatorial half of the initial round, | and the Griffmen failed to profit in | e second from Carex’s muff_of | Peck’s I and a pass to Ruel, as Fer- | i th puson proved a it vietim of Column 2) COOLIDG he WASHINGTON, E FORGETS ABOUT COLD, DISCARDS WRAPS AS TEAM WINS| ;B]unkcts'Fall Unheeded to Floor When Game Be- comes Exciting — Mrs. Coolidge &mong First on Feet in Thrilling Moments. The frigid blasts sweeping American League Park were forgotten vester- day by President and Mrs. Coolidge along with their more than 36,000 fellow-rooters as Washington over- came the Pittsburgh lead and then checked the Pirates in a thrilling ninth-inning finish. Automobile robes carefully wrapped about the Executive and his seventh inning when McNeely scam- pered over the plate with the tving | marker when Mrs Joe nd the robes were still there Harris drove “Bucky” Harris ss with the winning run a mo- t later. The President oved hands at me, nd Mrs, enthn i on the s cap of gloves, coat_and Both moved to the edge of their however. in the ninth, and the again dangled loosely as Pittsburgh filled the bases. and both were among lauded with “his h points in the Coolidge, always an pencil in acti -| the first up when McNeely scooped in | looping fly for the final out. ed in their enthusiasm, wifes| | dropped to the floor, unnoticed, in the | . Coolldge rose to cheer as | Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge stopped on their ay from the stands to congratulate some of the happy Washington play ers trudging to their dressing rooms. They shook hands with Manager Harris, Walter Johnson, Alex Fergu son, Fred Marberry and “Muddy” Ruel. “That was fine” Mrs. Coolidge ejaculated as she waved a good-bye. Mr. Coolidge participated briefly i the opening ceremonies. After pos- ing for pictures with Managers Har- ris and McKechnie, the President un- loosened his overcoat and threw out the first ball toward Umpire McCor- mack, but a spectator on the field nabbed it. | As the presidential party, including Attorney General Sargent, Frank W Stearns of Boston. Dr. James | pal and Mr. and Mrs. Frazer Hunt of New York, entered the stands the nd struck up “The Star Spangled anner Heads were kept bare as ! bugler “then played for the late Christy Mathewson, who was | buried today | Secretary’ Kellogs, Undersecretary Grew of the State Department and | Mr. and Mrs. Clark Griffith occupied | other seats in the presidential box. JAMES B. DUKE DIES ATNEW YORK HOME Tobacco Trade Leader Had Transformed College in North Carolina. By the Associated Press NEW YORK. October 10.—James Duke, tol » manufacturer, died tonight gt 6 o'clock, at his home after an illness of several weeks that fol- lowed a nervous and physical break- down. Mr. Duke died in the presence of his family and Dr. Robert H. Wylie, who has attended him through his long illness. The physician said that the end came as a direct result of bronchial pneumonia contracted after the breakdown. Mr. Duke had fallen into a state of coma after several days of fighting for life. At times he showed such improvement it was thought he would recover. He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Nanaline Heolt; a daughter, Miss Doris Duke: a brother, Benjamin Newton Duke. and a niece, Mrs. An- thony J. Drexel-Biddle Duke, who be- fore her marriage was Miss Mary Duke Funeral services will be held at the New York home Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The body will be taken by special train to Durham, N. C., where interment will take place Tuesday afternoon in the family mausoleum. Provides for Enterprises. In one of his last statements before his death, Mr. Duke said his passing would have no effect on the future of his varied interests, as all were in good hands. For several years Mr. Duke had not taken an active part in the conduct of the many enterprises in which he was interested. Actual management was intrusted to men he had trained, Ithough he frequently went to his New York offices and kept in close touch with business matters. Mr. Duke always maintained close relations with the farmers ~whose products he purchased. In his early vears as a tobacco manufacturer, he instructed his buyers to pay the farmers enough for their crops to as- sure them a living, notwithstanding market conditions. 5 He became extensively interested in the development of hydro-electric power, and established large plants in sections of his native State of North Carolina. Recently he spent large sums in an effort to discover a method of producing cheap fertilizer for the benefit of the farmer. Last year he established the Duke Foundation, setting aside $40,000,000. Under its terms Trinity College, at Durham, N. C.. changed its name to Duke University, and an active pro- zram of expansion was begun. Native of North Carolina. James Buchanan Duke was born in . near Durham, N. C. and re- ed his education in the country Schools. His first connection with the tobacco industry began a few years after the Civil War, when his father, Washington, Duke, established the plant which proved to be the nucleus of what later became an institution known around the world. The father took his two sons, Ben- jamin N. and James B, Duke, into the business with him. When James, the vounger son, was 18 years of age his father turned the active management of the business over to him. The business grew rapidly, and in 1890 Mr. Duke formed the American Tohaceo Co., takinz in numerous other concerns. Some yvears later the com- pany was attacked as a monopoly, and in 1911, following suit by the G (Continued on Page 2, Column RETURN OF SEIZED of Irregularities in Alien Property Case. By the Associated Press | ALBA N. Y. October leged irregularities in payments made by the alien property custodian’s _office will be laid before the Federal grand jury in New York City next Tuesday, Hiram T. Todd, a special in- vestigator of the Department of Jus- tice, announced today. Mr. Todd refused to go into details further than to say that the irregu- larities involved payments made alien claims. Decline to Discuss Data. Department of Justice officials hera declined last night to discuss the in- formation to be placed. hefore a New York Federal grand jiry in connec- tion with payments rhade by the alien It was announced several months 80 that the department was invest] ®ating certain transactions in connec- tion with the return in 1921 of several million dollars in seized funds to the American Metal Company, but depart- ment officials decline to say whether this is the case now occupying Hiram Todd, the special assistant, who i3 in charge of the work. Formed By Germans. | The company was formed in the United States by German metal in- terests and the settlement was made during the administration of Thomas W. Miller as property custodian. Mr. Miller has just returned from Europe. Frederick C. Hicks, the present c todian, has declined steadfastly to discuss affairs in connection with the department’s investigation, merely declaring that he wanted to co-operate and “not to attempt to cover up any thing if something is wrong.” MARINES AND HAITIANS IN CLASH AT MEETING Disturbances Reported at Citizens' Gathering to Demand Legis- lative Election. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 10.—Disturb- ances between a detachment of Amer- ican Marines and Haitian citizens meeting in the plaza before the Amer- ican legation at Port au Prince Fri- day morning to demand the holding of a legislative election have been re- ported by cablegram to the local offices of the Haiti-Santo Domingo Independ- ence Society, it was learned today. The advices stated the Nationalist leader, Elie Guerin, and his associates. Saving, Hector and La Forest, had been arrested. ‘“The people protest against these brutalitles,” the cable- gram stated. It was signed by officlals of the patriotic union of Haiti. _ STUDENTS DIE IN CRASH. Three From Colorado School of Mines Are Auto Victims. DENVER, Colo., October 10 (#).— Three Colorado School of Mines stu- dents were killed in an automobile accident near Golden last night while returning from a foot ball game. Pattison Fisher, 21, New York City, a junior, and Earnest Payne, 17, Col- lege Park, Long Island, N. Y., a fresh man, were two of the victims. Three other students were injured. C Thoughts of an all-night battle azainst wintry elements and drooping ids, with a bleacher seat at today’s world series game as the sole compen- <ation, failed last night to enthuse any fans to the point of standing watch again as many of their fellows had done the shivery night before. Forecaster Mitchell's warning of a | freezing temperature for the night | sent shudders through the frames of those who may have made plans for such a vigil, and at an early hour this morning the Fifth street side of Grif- fith Stadium was deserted in favor of warm blankets and cozy beds at home. Relenting somewhat after doling out yesterday one of his choicest Midwinter gales, the forcaster an- nounced, furthermore that a warm sun <his morning would dissipate the frost of the night and provide some I real base ball weather for a change. “IUN Le fair and much warmer,” he old Wipes Out Bleacher Waiting Line, {But Fair, Warmer Weather Is Due Today prognosticated confidently. “The mer- | ury will elimb rapidly after dropping to the freezing zone in the night, and there will be little, if any, wind to cause discomfort. Yes, we are in for a warm spell now, lasting at least through Monday and maybe longer. He sald he expected a good frost for last night, but that the morning sun would soon bounce the ther- mometer up to around 55 or so de- grees by midday. The only persons at the bleacher entrance last midnight were enter- prising colored youths bent on selling places of vantage near the ticket booths. Business was anything but rushing, however, and as the hours wore on the boxes which they had hoped to dispose of for 50 cents or a dpllar were fed piecemeal to the flames of a roaring fire built at the curb. All of which points to a grand stampede this morning at the ticket beoths for the temporary stands in i center field. > Cou- | Grand Jury to Hear Charges | 10—Al- D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, undiy Star WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION 1925.—116 PAGES. * The Star is Sunday mornil and service wil | ' FUNDS IS PROBED Three wise men of Gotham Went to sea in a bowl; If the bowl had been stronger My song had been longer, From Mother Goc e Melodies. VL CRTCHORY | — Declines to Go Into Merits, 1 Former Arkansas Prelate. . October 10.—Or- | dered by the presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church to ap- | pear before him Monday morning to i receive sentence after copviction on charges of heresy, Bishop William | Montgomery Brown. today sought, | | through his attorneys, intervention ! from the United Stitey €ourts. | The effort was only partially suc- cessful. Judge Louis H. Burns, United | States Court of Eastern Louisiana, de- clined to issue a restraining order against the House of Bishops, but signed an order requiring the presid- ing bishop, Right Rev. Ethelbert Tal- ! bot, Bishop of Bethlehem and the House of Bishops. to appear before him Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock | { o answer the complaint of the plain. | {tiff. This is two days after Bishop | Brown will have been deposed if the | | program of the House of Bishops is | carried out. Church Has Own Powers. ! “The court is chary about interfer- {ing in matters fo the internal admin- istration of ecclesiastical bodies. Judge Burns told Joseph W. Shart: attorney for Bishop Brown. “Your pi Ititlon obviously involves a principle {lnid down in the fundamental law of !this country—that of complete separa- ition of the church and state. It is generally recognized that ecclesiastical | bodies are autonomous. “This court cannot inquire into the Imerits of your ecclesiastical contr iversy: if the court has jurisdiction it | |ean only inquire ff the body which {acted had authority under the consti- jtution and canons of the church to ltake action. 1 can only cite the par- {ties against whom veu are proceeding | lto show cause why I may not grant | |the injunction prayed for. You do not ishow irreparable loss, so the court cannot issue a restraining order be- {fare a hearing is had. It is rather a {grave thing for a secular court to at- itempt to say ‘stop’ in this matter. That might amount to abuse of au- | thority.” Court Order Served. Copies of the order of the court | were served on Bishop Talbot at the conclusion of the day’s session of the | House of Bishops. Chancellor George Zabriskie of New York, a member of the Housgeof Deputies, was designated to represS8 the presiding bishop. He would make no comment other than i to say, “we shall see what we shall see,” nor would he permit Bishop Tal- bot to reply to questions as to plans for carrying out the deposition of ishop Brown. B hepe was no_indication that the presiding bishop had made any change in the plan to pass sentence of Bishop Brown Monday morning in St. Paul's { Church. Bishop Brown said during the day that he did not plan to appear | for sentence. Should he fail to appear | members of the House of Bishops sug- gested ‘that the sentence would be | passed in his absence. George W. Wickersham, former At- | torney General of the United States and a deputy from the New York | dlocese, declared that he would not resume to anticipate the court's > ? tion,” when the matter shall be called | for hearing at the Federal tribunal. $ 1; 10 HURT. TAMPA, Fla., October 10 (#).—One | person is known to have been killed | and at least 10 seriously injured when | two Atlantic Coast Line passenger | trains crashed head-on 15 miles east | of this city shortly after 10 o'clock to- night. 5 A Base Ball Extra |WRECK KILL Will be issued by The Star immediately after to- day’s game. Price: Two Cents OF BISHOP'S PLEA ! of Episcopal Action Against | | superintendent. TODAY’S AVSATAR PART ONE—18 P A\rmy and Navy i'arent-Teache hos nd 19, d News—Page 20. ind the City —Page Radio Yews and Programs—Pages 36 nd 3. Civilian Army New’s Financial New At the Community Cent Serial, ““The Night Page 48. PART TWO—14 PAGES. ditorials and Editorial Features ashington and Other Society Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Reviews of Autumn Books—Page 4 Tales of Well Known Fulk—Page 11 D. A. R. Activities—Page 13. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Am]\l ‘ements—Theaters and the Photo- pla Music in Washinzton—Page 3. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6, 9 and 10. Fraternal News—Page 12. PART FOUR—8 PAG Pink Sports Sect PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction tures. The Rambler—Page 3 PART SIX—10 PAGE! Classified Advertising GRAPHIC SECTION—10 PAGE! World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—i PAGES. Betty; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jefr. s—Page 45. of the Wedding" PATROL BOAT IS ADRIFT IN GALEWITHOUT FUEL Two Cutters on Way to Aid of Ves- sel 100 Miles Off Massa- chusetts Coast. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, October 10.—The Coast Guard patrol boat CG-238, with a crew of eight men, was adrift in a, gale to- night 100 miles off the Massdchusetts coast, according to messages received here. The boat, a 75-footer, exhausted her fuel. it was said. bucking the storm last night and toda: Two destroyers at Provincetown, at the tlp of Cape Cod, were notified, and the cutter Redwing started for the scene. The cutter Tampa, cruising in the waters near Cashs Ledge, was re- ported in radio communication with the boat and on her way to her as- sistance. It was said here that the Tampa should reach tne driftinz craft before morning. Government radio stations were in_constant ~ommuflication with the CG-238. The commander reported that the crew was very comfortable and that the vesscl had siffered no damage and was not leaking. The vessel left her base here yes- terday and was caught in the heavy gale of Cashs Ledge. She was re- ported to be riding the storm satis- factorily tonight, and was said to be in no immediate danger. FOR DRUNKEN DRIVERS Persons Under Influence of Drugs Also Barred by Police Head From Cash Release. An order forbidding the release on cash collateral of persons arrested on the charge of operating an automobile while urfder the inflaence of liquor ;or drugs was issued to police captains vesterday by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, The order reads as follows: “In the future in all cases of per-| sons arrested on the charge of oper- ating motor vehicles while under in- fluence of liquor or narcotic drug, and where the person arrested is mani- festly unfit for immediate arraignment in court, he will be detained at the station house until his condition is such as to permit his appearance in court to plead. “In view of the fact that the law makes a jail sentence mandatory upon conviction for such an offense, you will refuse to accept collateral for the release of persons detained under the provisions of this order, but willerequire real estate bond in such amount as may be fixed by the clerk of the court.” and Fea-| FRENGH OPTINISTIC 1US OF DEBT Good Spirts Upon| | Mission in | Return—Official Silence Still Maintained. By the Associated Press PARIS, October 10.—Silence, plete official sflence, was the watch- word of the entire French mission, which reached Paris this evening from | Washington. Official silence, h | soon gave way td informal talks, from which the zathered that the members of misston were greatly impressed by the continued courtesy and welcome they were accorded in the United States. com- friendl; | reach a final accord, | been in vain. | M. Caillaux, minister, and party arrived at Havre aboard the steamer France early in the after- | noon. They direct to M. Caillaux wa | large crowds outside the & | station. His home-coming warmer and more affectionate than | when he returned from London, at which time his negotiations were hailed as “a great victory.” the French finance Painleve Thanks Caillaux. Premier Painleve greeted his min- ister of finance personally at the sta- tion and thanked him for the great work he had done for France. | M. Caillaux supplemented a brief i ing, “I like and admire America, 1 enjoyed my stay there and earnest- |1y hope to return when I am out of |office.” He was ed, “Why, don't you think you will return when you are still in office” | “That is a leading | sponded the minister. |15 that I enjoyed and 1 J‘ v and people so much that I want to return and look it over like a tourist, more leisurely.” uestion,” re- 11 1 can say ked the coun- Silent on Ratification. The members of the mission re- II‘r‘allle(‘l from expressing any idea of | what attitude they would adopt to- ward the Senate and Chamber con- cerning ratification of the provisional |accord which M. Caillaux is bearing, | with the exception of M. Lamoureu: budget reporter of the Chamber, who announced he would oppose ratifi- cation, and Senator Berenger, budget reporter of the Senate, who said he would support ratification. All paid tribute to the American Funding Com- mission’s attitude and its desire to reach an agreement. The cabinet will meet tomorrow morning, under the chairmanship of President Doumergue, when M. Caifllaux will present a_statement of his efforts at Washington and their result. . The minister of finance upon re. turning to France finds the treasury in a bad situation. The bank note issue has reached the legal limit au- thorized by Parliament, but his political standing is believed to have Ibee’l much improved by his attitude at Washington. The bulk of the French nation feel that M. Caillaux will find a way out of the present difficulty, which it was feared might oblige the Bank of France to issue additional paper currency. Boy Killed in Foot Ball Game. | MILTON, W. Va., October 10 (#).— {Auldon Stewart, 17, Milton High School quarterback, is dead, having sustained a fractured skull in'a game with the ‘I.Pructorsville, Ohio, high school. He was crushed against a goal post. 1 Bank Bandits Flee Under Fire, Losing Good Part of Loot By the Associated Press. FORT PIERRE, 8. Dak., October 10.—Discovered while looting the Fort Pierre National Bank in broad daylight here today, flye bandits were forced to flee under gun fire of a ploneer, dropping $3,000 of their loot and escaping with, about $3,000. | Joe Depner, in company with a | dozen citizens, hurried to his store for his rifle and opened fire. Two robbers returned the fire. Other citizens fled, but Depner stood his ground. The bearer of the lmt came within range of the dvi iz buliets and was wounded, dropping all but $3,000 of the money. HIGH WINDS HERE INJURE 4 PERSONS Much Property Damage Is Done—Fire Calls Are Greatly Increased. | 1 SRE TR | I | '\ i | Washington's share in the high| wever, | opinion was | the | They believe that the mission's trip | to Washington, in spite of failure to] will not have | the members of his| was | | statement he had made at Havre by | | wind which swept the East last, night, stopping air races in New York | and jeopardizing shipping along the | | Atlantic seaboard. included four in-! juries, considerable property dam-| age and a 400 per cent increase in | fire calls. | | The most serious result of the gales | | which struck Washington during the | afternoon yesterday was the falling | {of an 18-foot section of a board| | fence at the site of a building opera- | [tion on Fifteenth street vetween G | | street and New York avenue, when | | Miss Edna M. of 636 C| street northeast, ph E. Pop- | kins, 19, of 3409 R street, were pinned | heneath it to the sidewalk. At Emergency Hospital last night | it was stated that Miss Shreve's con dition had improved and an X-ray photograph revealed that she was not.| suffering from a fracture of the! apine ax at first believed. | Popkins also improved greatly after | treatment at Emergency Hospital and | able to be removed to his home | last night, suffering from severe. but | not serious injuries to his legs. ruck by Flying Glass. The two other persons injured as a | result of the wind were Mrs. Mary | Dean, 30, and her 10-year-old daugh- | ter Mary, both of Congress Heights, | D. C., who were struck by flying . which was blown from a show | indow by the wind at 901 D street. | They received firstaid treatment at; a nearby drug store for cuts about | the arms and legs. The plate glass window was blown entirely from its| framework and shattered on the! | street. | | In many sections of the city the! | wind tore branches from trees and at the intersection of Wyoming ave- nue and Columbia road a big tree was uprooted and blown over The wind swept water down the river until it looked like an unprece- dented low “wind-tide.” No damage | to river shipping, however, was re. ported. * Yesterday there were 16 fire alarms. Fires being started and the high draft pressure produced by the wind brought overheated stoves and burning chimneys. CHESAPEAKE HAS LOW TIDES. | Heavy Wind Drives Water and Steam- er Is Aground at Wharf. Special Dispatch to The Star. i ANNAPOLIS, October 10.—Freakish weather from several angles has be the rule in this section during th last 24 hours. In fact, just such a combination of incidents in this vi- cinity cunnot be remembered. | The heavy winds of last night and today, blowing steadily from the Northwest, have driven the water | { down the Chesapeake Bay so that unprecedented low tides prevail. The steamer Majestic, running on the ferry between here and Claiborne, was aground at her wharf here and did not get off until 7 o'clock, four hours luter than the time for her to leave. | Though she started on her trip, it | as anticipated that low water would prevent her from geting to the Clat- | borne wharf. D | The tides in the waters near An- napolis are so low that bars extend | into the river and bay farther than | ever known before, and it is possible almost to step across the mouths of some deep creeks. Flurries of snow | were reported this afternoon at South River, Millersville and other points | near Annapolis. | SNOW FLURRY IN NEW YORK. Several Persons in City Injured by ‘Wind—Deaths at Nearby Points. EW YORK, October 10 (A).—: Sweeping from the Great Lakes at a | 72-mile-an-hour velocity, a bitter cold nor-wester tdoay unleashed its strength | upon the metropolitan area, toppling | the thermometer to 35 degrees for the | |coldest October 10 in 55 vears, and spilling the first flurry of snow of the season. While the city’s millions shi ered, all traffic, shipping, pedestrian and ‘vehicular, experienced the worst atmospheric upheaval in months. Seven persons were injured. A milk bottle blown from a window sill in Brooklyn fractured the skull of @ passer-by. sudden swirl, shied into an open cable trench, injuring two workmen. A whole roof was wrenched from a build- ing in Brooklyn. A falling sign knocked a man unconscious in that section. Scores of pedestrians were bowled off their feet. Miles of telegraph lines were torn down in the suburbs and trees uproot- ed. Many windows were broken. Episcopal Deputies By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, October 10.—The word ‘“obey” in the marriage cere- mony of the Episcopal Church was ordered taken out today by the House of Deputies of the triennial conven- tion of the church meeting here. The vote was 97 to 28 with 15 votes divided. The ~ma: ceremony of the church will now make the promises of the man and woman identical in Word “Qhey” From Marriage Ritual Vote to Take form. The amendment also will strike out the phrase said by the man “and with all my worldly goods I thee endow." There was very little opposition voiced by the House in debate on the proposed amendment. The Rev. H. A. Stowell, Pine Bluffs, Ark., was the only delegate who spoke against the (P) Means Associated Press. { office. only { ed. these rec | the Feder: | ministration | Treasury De A horse, frightened by a | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” delivered every evening and ng to Washingtor homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 11 start iminediately. FIVE CENTS. FEDERAL QUARTERS N CAPITAL HELD NATIONAL DISGRAGE $50,000,000 Building Pro- gram Blocked by Request for National Program. {LAST HOUSE DEMANDED $100,000,000 FOR STATES Lives of Employes and Priceless Records Exposed to Fire Failure of Bill. This is the last eight articles on for new the urgent Government-owned build- ings in the District of Columbia to house tmportant tivities. No. 8—The Duty Before Congress. WY WILL P. KENNEDY. Vers -tareful and extensive survey Un am's workshop forces this mazing indictment—that the bizs husiness in the world, the business the United States Government, is con ducted under housing cond no sane private business co tolerate. President Coolidge his known that he thoroughly the necessity for promptly this deplorable condition and that he will use his ntmost authority and in fluence with “Ae incoming Congress to have an ac-iuate ‘public buildings bill for the :=tic ipital enacted Cabinet ot*ers, Government offi s, the exccutive officers of 1 lic Buildings Commission business men und tions, even the prop Congress, all insist take action the coming dent Coolidge’s mendations for building progra a s o Government ac- fons t rn cou remedving arry out Pr S e public Washington \ation Wide. sentim21t throughout the arousea by a ition of g intensive e of Sentiment Public countr; peril du “Fire-Prevention week.” will the President. since it has been that daily thousands upon thous of Government workers, the most aluable of the Governmen: perty are hazarded in Congress, facing * 1e duty this Government ‘‘om scandal, from mora' respon the event that fire or should sweep one of the flimsy tempeo- rary war buildings in which tho sands of emplc wre herded, and from an ann te of hundr thousands of and to pr economy_and_ cfficiency. must pressed by these facts (1) Uncle Sam is paying a rent hill of $881.682 a vear in this city, and oc cupies 53 rented buildings. not count- ing the 33 substuilons of the post two o M are in Gov- ings. is must he euse 3,000 on of mote be im w ernment bui ¥ added an inc a vear rent Justice build (2) Thouch ““the archives of are the is of i history, thouzh the Nation might become liable for claims totaling many billions of dollars in the event thut some of i valuable ori ral were destro: as .cked on wooden shelves what are known t0 be fire-traps. (3) Thousands pon overnment employes daily in buildings o ruction, dried by a to a tinde combustibility., which have des ated until there is not on! grave fire peril but likelil Tapse in a hizh wind be ted underpinning. while sti ployes strain their eves e undermine their health working in cellars and imoroperly lighted or poo ventilated makeshift offices. of the at jeast §2 Department ation and e thousands of are working he flimsiest con- od of col- use of rot- more em nd other Efficiency Flouted. (4) Economy and efficiency, should be a strict rule and slogan in vice, are conspic flaunted by wide scattering of the working forces, and businesslike ad ~ made extremely diffi if not impossible. 5) Certain departments are scatter ed in many buildings. ie partment of Agriculture in tment in 37. partment of Commerce in 33 General Acounting Office in cult, and the 21, and | some of the units in these buildins are up to 7 miles from their admini | trative headquarters. 6. As the work of various units ex pand thev have to be given additional space wherever space can be fou {with a constant moving and shifting to accommodate the various activities as well as possible for the time being under existing and vexatious circum- stances. Thix resulted in the Gov ernment’s work being scrambled in many buildings. For example, in the Navy Building we find 12 agencies of the Government, each responsible to | different admini ive head. and in Temporary Building No. 1 we have 11 unrelated “agencie: 7. The Government still occupies with congestion of emploves and most valuable business and historical docu ments, 13 temporary war shacks which five vears ago were officially re |ported to Congress to be unsafe in structure and a horrible fire mena {Right now new underpinning, at ex [cessive cost, is being placed under one |of these buildings. 8. Carpenter shops, paint shops, ma chine shops, electrical shops, «smith shops and shipping rooms are in frame buildings: inflammable paints and oils, piles of lumber, exposed wir ing, forges, motors, planing mills. saw mills and other variety & machinery multiply the fire pesil. Remedy With Congress. Congress can correct all this by ap- proving in legislation President Coo!- idge’s proposal for a $50,000,000 public building program for the National Capital. Through this start the busi- ness of the United States Government would eventually for the first time have adequate and suitable housing— which would result in lessening the |burden of taxation on the peopie through saving in rents and through increased efficiency in service. At least seven new buildings are im proposed amendment. If the House of Bishops concurs in the amendment it will become the law of the church. peratively needed right now, as has been shown in detail in preceding arti- cles this_series—for the Internal (Continued on Iage 4, Column 1,