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WEATHER. (U. S. Westher Fureau Cloudy and warmer tor morrow, probably light row. Temperatures—High today; lowest, Full report on page 7. t 4 a.am. today. Forecant.) night and to- rain tomor- . 63, at noon Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 ch No. ond class matter ashington, D, C. - FRANCE TO OFFER COUNTER PROPOSAL T0 1. DEBTPLAN More Conservative Section Now Looks Askance at Flights of Miami, But Has Its Own New Terms, Due Next Week,: Result of Hostile Reception of Caillaux Report. ITALIAN PRESS WARNS ENVOYS TO BE WARY Maximum of $38.600,000 Yearly Is Advocated—Belgium Expected to Ratify Agreement. By the PAT =overnment prepal proposal on the debt question which ably be sent to Washington e 11 accord brought back {lamentary ble to re- vorably received in p is felt prefe nnt circles that new negotiations for th nited St submit rovision ther thar to the plan with an 1x took back with him payment of an- £40,000,000 irrent ir the con £4,200.000.000 Govern f about ited States ated debt owed to the ment by F of ny LONG DISCUSSION SEEN. Treasury Expects Possible Gain to, . In Reported Move. The French cabinet’s apparent T ction of the American debt propc regarded here as the probable fo runner of a long se between the two effort to find a new for tory to both Tt was said today at that if France has defl the American five-year the consequent delay may result in a favorable situation for the States. The American policy has been 1o insist on agreements based on the capacity of the debtor to pay, and the Treasury's information is French economic structure is making important steps toward « sounder basis. ITALIANS SAIL TOMORROW. ~- the Treasury tely deciined Debt Mission Given Advice by Nation's Press on Terms. ROME, October 21 (#)—The ques- tion of Italy's war debt to the Unitad States returned to the front pages of the newspapers today, on the eve of the departure of the Itallan mis- | sion under Finance Minister Count Volpi, which is sailing from Naples tomorrow. The ne comments ranging from expression of best wishes for the success of the nezotiations varnings being led into promising too much under the influence of “opulent sur- roundings” in the United States Fascist View Stated. 11 Tevere, Fasc emphasizes must be made crystal clear ington that if th ns do not pay we do not pay, g Second, since Tt allotment under the tion plan amounts 000,000 gold marks should not un ffer to gold lire ( editoria points: First, *It ' repa to 250,- 500,000) she sumstances Money Transfers Opposed. The third po concerninz the manner s 0t tary transfers while the and the Fordney gration and the The editorial obstacle to be chauvinism of a by Senator Borah and other such men, is really no need to TPuritan redskin person only to the 'Providence.” The Milan Iishes an int in which he dence in the s tic ohnson bill T prohibit emi- Xportation of good: "he greates is in the Kuided Smoot the Th lities rexpond inscrutable designs of hon Popolo D'Ttalia, with Count Voly in expressed confi of the negot pub- BELGIUM TO RATIFY. Approval of U. S. Terms Regarded Certai Brussels. BRUSSELS, 21 (). —Rati- fication of the debt settle ment, which is considered certain, and pproval of the government's finan- al policy by Pa sential conditions Belgium to ; The finance 1 sen, %o inform vesterday, and “I am convinc Parliament will ¢ of our debt tc Washingtc settlement are : fmprovement of our frane in interna- tional exchange. Belgimn had reimbursed 600,000,000 francs of its outstanding debt since June 1, 000,000 of which went toward liguidation of the foreign debt. d. The finane Iditional taxe 900,000 francs, t Jans sondents iphatically: the the settlement signed at ges of this ient in the amount of 400 and he was sure the budget would be | {Goose Chased and Killed by Plane, ‘ And Missouri Flyer Faces Arrest balanced. MEXICO TO PAY DEBT MEXICO CITY, October An officlal of the Mexican department today stated that econo- mies effected between last September and the first of the coming vear will be devoted to payment of the in- terior debt, in orde budget without a defl This will make pos 21 treasury s ible resumption of service on the foreign debt should | Federal Game Warden Barmier after | the a final agreement | proposal | arrangement | United | that | spapers fill columns with | against | Wash- | per cent | Belgian | P).— | BY BEN McKELWAY, SMaff Correspondent of The Star AMPA, Fla., October 19 (By Matil). | —Here in Tampa and ac the Bay {in St Petersburg one becomes im- mediately fmpressed with the di fattitude on the part of the nativ scornful superiority over anything connected with the ast coast of | Florida, and particularly Miaml. The | feeling here may be comparable to that of a staid country banker over )!h(‘ once famous activities of the late ‘.\ll', Ponzi of Boston. | Of course.” they seem t {cannot deny taat ast of Flg ami the But ther S T rther into detail. fact the antipathy f the east jcoast towurd the west coast and th: of the w st toward the east coast is such that only 1 abhorrent fear of becoming classed as a disciple of Jingoisin prevents my coming out | strongly with a prediction that the | next war will be between the east and | West coasts of Florida, with the middle | 10f the State remalnuing neutral untll | ire which is to be the victor. say, “one | a place called the ida, and one of its ame actually Wl 1o need to i seems to be the thorn in the | are these good people over here, | WASHINGTON, ¢ Foen .~ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ ny Star. T Star’s every city blc tion is deliver e “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers sck and the regular edi- ed to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s D C WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER Circulation, 100,587 9 1, 1925—FORTY-SIX PAGES. *® UP) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. WEST COAST OF FLORIDA CONTEMPTUOUS OF EAST) | | { Boom, Too. | the fly which prev stherwise | perfect ointment cre is any | weakness in this present development | of the State.” they . sorrowfully, | “it 1s to be found in Miami. If there | is to be a crash or Jeflation, it will be | in Miami. i And as for the Gulf Stream. tion of the Gulf Stream by any connected with the east coast Florida immediately sends the west coast into peals of loud and uncon trollable mirth. 1 “The Gulf Stream! they shrle ‘the Gulf Stream' Why, they talk | about their little old Gulf Stream over | there as if it really wmounted to some. thing. Over here we have the whole Gulf of Mexico it at our front door. And thei country! Why they have no back country. All the: ha is a little six seven mile stretch of land between the sea and the everglades. Why over here we | have the whole State hack of us Miami indeed! Pish, piff and Men ¥ be sour e along it. But it that Miamni’s severest critics | who_live around this sec- | (Continued on Page 11, Column 2 | It ma | ORDERED 10 EGYPT {Move Follows Request for Protection of American Citizens in Syria. | By the Associated Press Two American destroyers have been ordered from Gibraltar to Alexandria, Egypt, to remain in readiness there {for use in Syrian ports should their nce become for the | protection of American lives and prop- erty the result of the revolt by { tribesmen n that country. Instructions_were cabled Vice Ad- Wells, commanding the squadron, after a request for the ships had been recelved here | from Paul Knabenshue, American iconsul at Belrut, Syria. State Departnient officials are hope- {ful that it will not Ye necessary to | move the ships from Alexandria, but in any emergency they will be within { quick sailing distance of Syrian ports. Advices concerning the Syrian dis- turbance show that it centers in the | vicinity of Damascus. A high moun- | | tain_range separates Damascus and | the Mediterranean coast, and for this reason it is believed the revolt will not spread to the coastal regions to threaten Amerigan life or property. FRENCH PUT DOWN REVOLT. Crush Latest Druse Effort After Pitched Battle in Damascus. By the Associated Press. TASCUS, Syria. October 21.— The French troops have succeeded in crushing the most serfous revolt ! started by the Druse tribesmen since France's occupation of Syria under the League of Nations mandate. The trouble was not put down, however, before a pltched battle had been en- gaged in and an entire quarter of the City of Damascus had been virtually rutned. Artillery, tanks and armored cars were used by the French. The troops were surprised by the suddenness and the bitterness of the attack, which was carried out by bands of Druses which had filtered into the southern part of Damascus and were Joined by members of the ! local populace Heretofore the ac tivities of the Druses had been con- aistricts. ler started at 8 o'clock evening In the Moslem section | of the city and it was only after 24 hours of fierce resistance to the French troops that the rebels offered to capitulate. During the fighting the Druses set fire to numerous stores and private residences and fought the French from behind hastily thrown up barricades. The French, in addition to meeting the rebels in hand-to-hand combat, trained their guns on the Moslem sec: tion and bombarded the rebels through- | out the entire period of hostility. ! ‘Armorea cars and tanks also were | effective. | “'The French losses are declared to ce been light. A full surrender hy rebels is expected shortly | | | ! th MEMEL ;EJR 7\UTONOMY. Parties Win Large Majorities in! Parliamentary Election. {EL, Lithuania, Ocober 21 (@) | —Farly returns from the Memel par- ! lamentary elections, covering almost | ! f the votes cast 0! 1 large ma- Jority In favor of those parties stand- | autonomy for Memel L se | _ {he Peoples, the Socialists and | grarians, drew combined vote of | 35.000, while the Lithuanian party, the Communists and other _minority | groups received only 2,750, insuf- | fictent to glve them any seats'in Par } liament. | | | ing for Memel, which has a population of about s detached from Ger- 2 lles treaty, and Lithuania in Fet ruary subject to certain cordi | tions regulating the use of the port | by both Lithuania and Poland. %Nme | 1aw had | to ga | Iitnois, | {zens abroad than those here. i DRIVE FOR TAX CUT OPENED N HEARIG | | i | Organizations Lay| Cases Before Committee | at Initial Session. | garian f ! i By the Associated Press. aried forms of tax ief were | sought by a number of organized in- | through representatives ap- | at today's session of hearings | the House w and means | committes on a new revenue bill ations were allotted | time today by the committee, which ! will hear all partles interested in the | proposed tax reduction measure be- | fore starting work a week from Mon- | day on the drafting of the bill i Exemption of salarfes of employ of munictpal-owned sys i urged by Representative Johnson, Re- | publican, of Washington, who spoke for the municipal employes of Taco ma. Committee members ruggested this was a legal point for the courts. | | Charges Discrimination. i *. Little of Rochester, Mt speaking for the American Water | ks Association, pointed out that erpretations of the present ade salaries of employes of municipal-owned w tems sub- ject to the tax, and he insisted this was discrimination, since State an other municipal employes are exempt. Representative Hawley, Republican, Oregon, pointed out there was a dif. ference between employes on city pay rolls and water works pay roils. “If I had my wav,” said Representa- tive Garner, Democrat, Texas, *I would tax all city and State employes, but the Supreme Court holds another | view. So it seems to me this is up to | the court also. | Petitions for repeal of the capital | stock tax on corporations and the au- | tomobile accessories levies were pre- | sented on behalf of constituents by | Representatives Hawley and Upshaw, ! Democrat, Georgla. Opposes Retroactive Clause. Abolishment of the retroactive fea tures of provisions of the law relating in or loss involved in transfers of property in connection with busi. ness reorganizations was asked by McKinley W. Kreigh, of the Ameri can Mining Congress. He suggested that the retroactive date, if retained be set at December 31, 1924, instead of December 31, 1917. O. K. Davis, representing the N tlonal Forelgn Trade Council, asked exemption from taxation of incomes | of American citizens resident in for-| elgn countries and engaged in the promotion of Amerlean foreign trade. | No other natfon i levies on| stmilar citizens, he and American commerce suffers accordingly “We are asking that these men who are promoting American foreign trade | and rendering a distinct national serv- | fce.” he sald, “be relieved of an un.| handicap and placed on & plane | tax equality with foreign com petitors.” Representative Rainey, Democrat, ed it the burden of tax was not much less on Amerfcan cit- | Would Limit Exemptions. Mr. many foreign countries high as or higher than here. Representative Garner suggested if the exemption were allowed it would was s ! be profitable for Americans to reside abroad, but Mr. Davis replied exemp. tion was asked only for those engaged | In_American trade, The American Banke * Association | asked repeal of w provision under | i | which the grantor of a trust is com- | pelled to pay tax on the income of the | trust if he retains power to revest | himself of title. W. H. Baden, speak- Ing for the association, declared the | provision taxed creators of trusts, in- | stead of the actual beneflciaries. | “It means penalizing those actuated | haritable and benevolent im. | " he said. | Chairman Green and Representative “(Continued on Page 2, Column 8) | By the Associated Pre: ! JEFFERSON CITY., Mo., October | 21.—Lieut. Fred C. Nelson, U. §. A. | Afr Service, faces arrest on a charge of “driving, killing and capturing a | | ald of an algplane.” The unusual complaint was filed by | i | | | | on October 31, 1924, when it is al- leged he drove his plane into a flock of geese, the propeller knocking one | of the birds to the ground. It is further stated that a landing | to close the 1925 | Canadlan goose from and Wwith the | was made to recover the goose, dur. | ing which the plane was damaged. As Missourl game laws do not cover case Federal authorities were in agreement be reached between Sec-{ complaint of citizens of Callaway | called in. retary of Finance Pani, who now is in the United States, and the com- mittee of international bankers. County and a Federal warrant was | issued for the aviator here yesterday. Nelcon was with a passenger Lieut. Nelson is instructor for the 110th Alr Squadron of the Missouri Natfonal Guard. i in connection with the frontier fight- | Daviy sald the cost of lving | O OO UL e Dapartment of Jus. | of which Col. Mitchell is charged and | | avenue, an amicable agreement was | sooner if the new Department of Jus- BULGARIA GIVEN 48 HOURS TO SATISFY ATHENS FORATTACK Official Expression of Regret| and 2,000,000 Francs Indemnity Demanded. 'TROOPS REPORTED SENT TO BULGARIAN BORDER | Battle Is Climax to Tense Situation on Front—Sofia Asks for Investigation. By the Associ sess ; ATHENS, October 21 The Greek government has sent an ultimatum with a 48-hour time limit to Bulgaria g near Demirhissar, demanding an indemnity of 2,000,000 French francs, | an official expression of regret and the | punishment of responsible Bulgarian | officers. | Although the attack, which was| followed by nearly 24 hoyrs of fight ing, seems to have been engineered by comitadjis, or frregular bands, it reported here to have been carried out by regular Bulgarlan troop: i The Sofia government, it fs under stood, has proposed the formation of is | 1 mixed commission of Greek Bul garian officers to investigate the inct dent on the spot. Greek troops have been ordered tc take up strategic positions along the Greco-Bulgarfan frontler in the Dem irhissar reslon In Macedonia, mnorth east of Saloniki, to ascertain the strength and intentions of the Bul It is reported here, however, that Greece 1s determined to investigate! fully the reasons for the action of the Bulgarians in the Demirhissar region, where a tense situation has existed for three months because of the kill ing of a Greek citizen at Stanimaka, | Bulgaria. GREEK TROOF S MOVED. | | | { stamr Are Reported on Way to Occupy | Bulgarian Town. | LONDON, October 21 (#).—The Exchange Telezraph reports that after a ministerial conference lust night in Athens the Greek govern- ment decided to order troops to aud- vance by way of the Rupel Vailey in to Bulgarian territory and occupy Petrish, which s the headquarters of the Macedonian Bulgarian committee. | The object of the occupation of | Petrish, the dispatch says, is to assure pavment of indemnities de- manded by Greece for the casualties suffered in the frontier fighting near Demirhissar and to cause dissolution of the headquarters of the comitadfts (Continued on Page Column 4) | | ! BORAH'S FAVORITE INDOOR 1 | NATION-WIDE HELP INERECTNGEW CHURCH FORECAST | Approval of $1,250,000 Con- gregational Edifice Here Expected in Council. | MODERATOR APPLAUDED IN REFERRING TO PLAN President’s Frank Speech on Need of Religion to Uphold Govern- - ment Impresses Delegates. O backing Counell of The SPORT. COURT SELECTED TOTRY MICHELL Only Officers Superior in| Rank and Seniority to. Air Colonel Assigned to Duty. | Several years of open disagreement | between Col. William Mitchell and the War Department and general | over olicles connected with | the administration of the Air Service were culminated yesterday afternoon, when President Coolidge ordered a | court-martial to convene October 28/ the aviator on charges of | violating the ninety-sixth article of | war, The court-martial is believed to be | the highest ranking body ever assem- | bled for trial of ar the grade of colonei. It is headed | by Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, commanding the 2d Corps Area, New | York, and ranking major general in the Army. It also includes five major generals, six brigadier generals and one colonel. Secretary Davis Is Army officer in | | seven Congregational clergymen credited with having picked the mem- | bers of the court himself. All are senior in point of service and rank to Col. Mitcheil and all hold tinguished service crosses or me: The court was composed by effort only of officers free frc connected with the War D and general staff administ Scope of Charges. While the War Department with- held the specifications of the charge duties rtment | YANGTZE FORGES | | from publication last night, so they | JUSTICE BUILDING REAEASED BY .S, Increase of $25,000 a Year Rent to Be Paid Until New i Quarters Are Built. | The Department of Justice to continue its occupancy of the adminis- | tration bullding at 1001 Vermont ave- nue under a five-year lease at an in-| crease of $23,000 a year for rent, mak- | ng the new rate $100,000 a year. This s the building, originally built ¢ private parties for the Department of Justice, first occupled on Februar: 1, 1917, at a rental of $36,000, and which the department was recently ordered to vacate within 30 days by Harry Wardman, the present owner, who claimed that he was losing | $90,000 a vear by Federal occupancy | se_other Interests had offered .000 rent for the structure. Injustice Admitted. The Public Buildlngs Commission, of which Senator Reed Smoot. of Utah is chairman and Lieut. Col. Clarence 0. Sherrill, engineer officer in charge of public buildings, is executive secre- tary, has for several years realized that an injustice s being done private owners by the Department of Justice continuing to hold this building, be- | cause higher rentals are being re- ceived for comparable buildings in the me locality. They had no other is tice, however, and so, awaiting action | by Comgress to relieve the housing | sist that the Department of Justice be not_ousted. 1 With a special plea to be made to| the incoming Congress by President | Coolidge for a Federal building bill | for the National Capital, start can be made on properly housing | Federal actlvities, and with the under: standing that a new home for the De- partment of Justice will be bullt promptly on the long-reserved site at Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania reached between Harry Wardman and the Public Bulldings Commission | Five-Year Lease. The new iease will be for five vears at $100,000 a year, but with the under- standing that the department will vacate the Vermont avenue bullding tice Building is completed before the expiration of the new lease. Senator Smoot will at once demand when Congress meets that action be taken upon the $50,000,000 public building program twice urged upon Congress by President Coolidge. Presi- dent Coolidge is expected to send a message to Congress upon the impera- tive need for adequate appropriations and authorization for a constructive buflding program for the National Capital. Radio Progran';s—Page 39. | trial sp_that |8 might be read first before the court in accordance with custom, it is more than probable that Col. Mitchell will be judged on evidence ,presented to show that he has conducted himself “to the prejudice of good order and military discipline.” With the charge against him confined to that specifica- tion, it is unlikely that he will be allowed to introduce in his own de- fense any discussion involving the Shenandoah disaster or the No. 1 flight Definite had not been drawn up by the War Department today, but as far as they had progressed it was learned the would be open to the public. The department was engaged today i ommodate the many Ived and negotiations were entered into with the Interfor Department for the use of the auditorfum in that bufld- ing. If future engagements for the auditorfum can be canceled or post- poned, in all likelihood that place will be_dectded upon No one at the War Department to- day would venture a guess on the duration of the tr let alone the final outcome. the opinion that Col. Mitchell's coun sel, both military and civillan, would | Chang Tso-lin. 1 pass over the “truth or falsity” of | forces opposed to Marshal Chang Tso- put up a hard battle and would not be content to allow the court to The de- intimated statements. has the airman’s partment repeatedly that the court would not be concerned | way junction about 200 miles north of with this phase of the question. Text of Article of War. The ninety-sixth article, for violation will be tried, reads: “Though not mentioned in discipline, all conduct of nature to bring discredit upon th military service, and all crimes o offenses not capital, of which person: bject to military law m: cognizance tary shall be taken PN | ans for the court-martial | obtaining a room large enough to|the former Chihli leader, who has de- persons in-|cjareq his opposition to Peking | Army officers were of |lower ¥ | | [ these | w otk e 5 F sorders and neglects tolince, joints the Tientsin-Pukow Rail- s e, have been forc > | articles, all disorders an g o chat the T ot e S prejudice of good order and mill-| w: | the defeat last year of the former tu- a | have retreated north along the Shang- EVEN PASTORS ARE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE GUESTS DURING COUNCIL Congregationalists Called Upon to House Visitors and Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge Insist Upon Meeting Obligation to Church. and Mrs. ( "hurch obligation this wee ng a precedent, through their housing at the House of seven Cor men and two ine days, When Rev tor of the ige are | ministers, two tors of Edwa ton, Mass, w of them being ex-pas- | Northamp- | President wor- third being the | wards Church | of the Taber- | h the President at-| the L wi Jason Nob! First sleeping_at 16 | avenue are: The Re ler of Hartford, Conn., urch; President und Mrs. | rer of Beloft College, ex dwards Church prese ni pastor of Rte /s, W.| nd W ss.. pastor of the | reh the Rev. Dr. nton of New York Cis W. Legge of Swu Vt. and the Rev. Dr. R. A. B vesterday, he President d Mrs. ) members of his church, would be ex- cepted. President Coolidge, ed a Congregaticnal « | Nehemi. who has attend- | the hurch since he boy, and Mrs. Coolidge, how- | Fargo. N. D. did not feel this way and notified | While a spokesman for the White tev. Dr. Plerce the White House | House today satd that the Pre could be relied upon to take care of and Mrs. Coolidge were m: | effort to keep the fact they w commodating their quota of Congrega- tional visitors a secret, the kindness of the Chief Executive and his wife s freely circulated among the dele. » pointed with pride to the the President’s act sets an example to the country of true Con- gregationalism. While it s made plain at the Execu- Mansion that the Congregation- e not “guests of the Nation,” are, nevertheless, guests of Mr Calvin Coolidge, Congrega alists. i judgment was used by Dr. Pierce in the selection of the seve 7. UPPORTWUPELFU, ~ STOPS FOR CARS Ports Along Lower River Re- | ported to Have Declared for Him Against Peking. Chief Watson Presents Re-| quest That About 100 In- | tersections Be Named. By the Associated Prees A Tequest that street cars be re. | SHANGHAL October 21.—The ral- | quired to make safety stops at aboyt 1g of strong forces throughout the (10) intersections fn all parts of the | angtze Valley to Gen. Wu Pel-fu,fcity where fire engines pass in an wering alarms has been laid before | the Public Utllities Commission by | Fire Chief George Watsor is | made known at the District today. | At the same time it was learned {that the railway companies and en- gineers of the commission are op- posed to establishment of so lurge a number of additional stops ground that such action up car service to such an extent that the schedules of practically all the car lines would have to be revised. While the recommendation has not been considered by the Commission- ers themselves, fndications today were | of | that the assistants to the commission e e cay e itihang® | would advise against granting the re- horth of this point, but @ few hundred | QUest of the Fire Department were cut off. | ire Stops Given Up. Prior to the war there were a large KIARES | umber of fire stops on all the street | lcar lines, but they were nearly all| abolished upon recommendation of | | John A. Beeler, the engineer who was employed by the commission about seven years ago to lmprove local street car service. An official of the commission explain ed today that on each car line there | 1d to Chang Tso-lin, is indicated in re- ports received here Gen. Wu left Yochow, in Hunan Province, on the Yangtze River, for Hankow yesterday. Two warships accompanied him Travelers arriving from up the river report that all the ports on the | angtze have declared in favor Pel-fu against Peking and i on the | wer 3 would slow | o u PEKING, October 21 (#).—Chinese Lin, the Manchurian militarist, have captured Hsuchow, an important rafl- Hsuchow Province. s in northern Here the Lung-Hai Raifl- running east from Honan prov- the main north and south line, linking Peking with Shanghai. Chang Tso-Lin’s troops, which have occupied Kiangsu, including Shanghai. since hun of the province, Chi Hsieh-Yuan, general or spectal or summary court- | hai-Nangkin and Tientsin-Pukow Rail- | is one intersection where motormen | martial, according to the nature and | ways, crossing the Yangtze a few days | are required to test the hand-brake by | at_the discretion of such court.” Under the provisions of this article, conviction could, in the discretion of the court, be made punishable by dismissal from the Army. Presi- dential approval, however, be put into effect. In addition to Gen. Summerall, the other members of the court will be Maj. Gens. Robert L. Howze, com- manding the oth Corps Area, at Co- lumbus, Ohio; Fred W. Sladen, super- intendent of the United States Mill- tary Academy; Douglas MacArthur, commanding the 3d Corps Area, at Baltimore; Willlam §. Graves, com- manding the 6th Corps Area, Chi- cago; Benjamin A. Poore, commanding the Tth Corps Area, at Omaha; Brig. Gens. Albert J. Boley, commandant Fort Bragg, N. C.; Edward L. King, commandant General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.. Frank R. McCoy, commanding the 3d Infantry Brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Edwin B. Winans, Fort Clark, Te: George, Le R. Irwin, commanding Fort 8ill, Okla.; Edwin E. Booth, com- (Continued on, Page 2, Column 6.) { degree ‘of the offense, and punished |ago at Nanking. vould be| Viscount Astor Tells Husbands It | required before such a verdict could | | | making a safety stop, and these stops | | have been placed at crossings used as | | regular runs by fire apparatus. These | | points, however, are | " (Contin ° | WIVES IN POLITICS 0. K.’D. Improves Homemakers. rs. La NUNEATON, England, October ’.‘I;Mls. nsdowne (P).—Viscount Astor advises men to! Given $1,000 Checki By Mrs. Mitchell do their utmost to induce their wives | to take part in politics. il “It is a matter on which I “am| well qualified to pass an opinion,” de- | ] clared Lord Astor in a speech. “T have | seen more homes wrecked through women concentrating on clothes and gossip than through taking interest in public affairs. “I believe the best woman, the best homemalker, is the one who 15 interest- ed in politics. Fear not, brother hus- bands. Do what you can to make vour wives take part in public affairs.” Mrs. Willlam Mitchell, wife of | the air crusader, today presented | Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne, widow of the commander of the Shenan- doah, a check for $1,000, which her | husband had received from a week- | ly magazine for displaying the “greatest bravery and courage' during a stated interval. In presenting the check to Mrs. Lansdowne Mrs. Mitchell request- ed that it be divided among the dependents of the nine enlisted men who lost thelr lives in the Shen- andoah disaster. Additional news of the Con- regationalist Council will ound on pages 4 and 5 of to- day’s Star. | | funds | del | th | all4mportant i merger of 11 mi | tober | uled United wood refer anding hought cide ferred the cor cot ntry the del the need tional President’s Frank Spee hand in ti that the pc ernn n to observe t the motive accompa the power from reli limited member mission b that an appeal b Congregatic Iy to the Con with v source: endown led onal chure When th the first que: proposition_to c sociate moderatos te it was question to the b for the time heln| h; na Ultimate Adoption Likely ation was made this morni at the creation of the moderatorship will alw: that either the moderator or ciate moderator be a s would do aw h the anm ‘mish over whetk 4 layman ol wan should be elected m It was arent th y X ite was con committee called to the platform and aphed copies of the final report were - plunged k. that of dec t the After this d uded the 12 was fter multi committee’s dele most serio the propos nizations eral hodies and the con { three church publ e t ing « into_two & solidation into one. Discussion on the proposed merg and consolidation is expected to tinue 5 ternoon and in quarter will for no -less t CAPTAIN SLAIN, TWO WOUNDED ON LINER | Cause of Shooting Aboard Melita, Canadian Pacific Ship, at Antwerp Unknown. By the Assoclated Press. DON. October 21 —Capt. ¢, commander of the liner Me belonging to the Canadian F Steamshlps, Ltd.. was shot and aboard his ship at Antw a message to the com ported. One of the ship’ alleged to be the slaver. Two of the Melita's officers were wounded, David Kennedy Gilmour of Glasgow, assistant chief engineer, and John Holll of Bootle, kngland junior eecond enginecr. The cause of the shooting is not known. The Melita, which arrived at Antwerp Oc- 18 from Montreal was sched- to sail again for Canada Southampton and other ports tods Capt. Clew’'s home was at Birkenh England. —eige Coolidge Is Honored. WORCESTER, Mass., October o1 (P).—President Ivin Coolidge to day was elected a member of the American Antiquarfan Soclety.