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WEATHER. S. Weather Burcau Forecast.) tonight and probably tomor- 1in row morning, followed b colder tomorrow afternoon Temperatures—Highest, P vesterda lowest, (oday. Fuli report on pag by fair and n and night. 63, at . at 7 am. e 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 ch Entered as post_office, No. 29.763. Wa nd class matter shington, D. C. ¢ Fhoeni WITH SUNDAY MORN: ING EDITION WAS HINGTOX ny Star. The Star's tion is deliver “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- ed to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Sunday’s , D. ¢, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, Saturday's Circulati n Circulation, 98,019 110,303 n, HIRTY-FOUR PAGES. (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. GAILLAUX REFUSES 0 RESIGN AND BE GOAT' FOR CABINET Reported to Have Defied; Painleve’s Request That He Quit Post. DENIES HE’S RESPONSIBLE FOR MINISTERIAL CRISIS| | Briand Is Taken With Violent! Nosebleed After Session, But Clash Is Scouted. Be the Assaciated Press PARIS, October 26 dissension in the | head today he internal nleve cabinet | a1 a meeting which had heen called as the pre-| liminary to one under the chairman. £hip of President Doumergue for final decision on the financial | While the n rs addjourned with out definite and the meeting With the President v postponed vntil tomo the breach between » Minister Caillaux on the one nd Premier Painleve and For-| Minister Briand on the other | hed 2 point considered in politi- cal quarters as bevond healing. M. Caillaux this morning is report- el to have flatly refused a request by Premier Painleve for his resigna- | tion. The finance minister sald he | had come to the meeting in pursu- nce of his duties to present his projects for the financial restoration | of the country. Won't Be Scapegoat. He had no intention of being made | scapegoat for the whole govern-| ment, which was equally responsible with him for the present situation. | lle declared vehemently that he would not, by resizning, let the country that he was accountable for the ministeri: The cabinet then listened to his plans for stabilization of finances, but | put over action on them until to-! morrow. i Echoes of the violent discussion | reached the lobbies of the war minis try where about 100 reporters were awaiting the result of the meeting. | Foreign Minister Briand was taken | with a violent nose bleed after the | session and it was announced that he ‘ would be unable to preside over the ozram. tion I row, n { Teague of Nations' council meeting | plight of the refugees pitiable, as |before on the Greco-Bulzarian question this | afternoon. Fresh Crown of Thorns. News of the foreign ministers in- | Aisposition at first caused great ex-| citement, being momentarily taken as evidence that the wordy quarrel bhetween the ministers had developed into a physical clash. It was, how ever, only the retyrn of a sii trouble to which M. Briand is subject. | Mis place at the League council is| heing taken by Premier Painleve. | M. Cailleux “in his grim fighting | spirit, declared in an address before | the electors in his department of the ! Sarthe Mesterd “T expect fresh | erowns of thorns on my still bleed- | ing brow.” and said he was deter- | mined to battle to the bitter end | inst the capital levy. he asserted. | swerful financieres and great in- | dustrial interests, know that such a law would create disorder and be highly propitious for big money-mak- | ing operations H Deni being the Premier nce min s Asking Resignation. Thi; situation, the only nleve to eliminate | ter is to resign with s ministers. Then, as the pre- - would not have been beaten by vote in the Chamber of Deputies, | President Doumergue, in accordance with u. . would call upon Premier | Painleve to form another ecabinet, | which he could do without giving M Caillaux a portfolio, himself either taking the ministry of finance or giv- Ing it to Louis Loucheur or some other man. The semi-official Havas Agency this| afternoon said that Premier Painleve | formally denied that he asked Finance Minister Caillaux to resign during to- cabinet meeting. The premier ies tha lent discus i took place before or during meeting. ARGENTINA TO HONOR GEORGE WASHINGTON. | | | Will Hold Service Concurrently With Exercises Here at De San Martin Shrine. While President Coolidge 1s speak- | ing in acceptance of the statue of | the Argentine hero, Gen. Jose de San Martin, here on Wednesday afternoon | a commemorative ceremony of the event will be takin, bLefore the ! monument to Geol shington in | Buenos Aire Word has been re-| ceived that President Alverdar and! American Amba dor v will gsather se of the statue of Washing Palermo k< view of school children dresses will be features of the Buenos ! Aires event. ‘The monument (o rtin here | was practically compl rday. The | unveiling ceremonies will be held in | the open air at 3 p.m. Wednesday, un- | less inclement weather prevents. Ar- rangements have been made that if necessary the addresses will be made in the hall of the Pension Building, famous as the scene of inaugural balls In years past. The address of presentation on the part of the Argentine people will be made by the Ambassador of Argen- tina, Honorio Pueyrredon, and Presi- dent Coolidge will accept the monu. ment for the American people. 1 in Separatist Papers Seized. BARCELONA, pain October 26 (®)—A large quantity of placards #nd other propaganda in furtherance of the movement to separate the pro- vinee of Catalonia from Spain proper, has been confiscated by the police. Among the placards was one on| which was imprinted the Ca'talonian peparatist banner with the inserip- tion: “The hour bus arrived.” e TRUCE IN BALKANS [FRANC SELLERS HIT AS MORGAN LOAN IS USED TO HALT DECLINE| Caillaux Stops Foreign Movement and Steadies Ex- change by Action—Criminal Proceedings Threat- I | | ened to Illicit Exporters of French Capital. By the Assoeiated Press PARIS, October 26.—The drop in the franc was brought to a sharp halt to. day by government intervention in the market and a grave warning to spec ulators in the form of criminal pro ceedings opened by the minister of justice against unnamed parties for illicit exportation of capital. Finance Minister Caillaux allowed the o r to the dollar be fure deciding to make use of the Mor- Tan loa havin; according to infor- mation around the Bourse, caught some French bankers largely short of francs on foreign exchanges, prin msterdam. of the criminal proceedings speculators selling trance spread swiftly ar nd At the me time hegan offering pounds and dol- freely imme. New against REPORTED AGREED Bulgaria and Greece Said to Have Accepted Ruma- nian Demand. By the Associated Pross LONDON, October 26.—The Ex- change Telegraph's Athens cori spondent reports that the Greeks and Bulgarians, acting at the instance of Rumania, will withdraw their troops behind their respective frontie ntrenching. NA, Austria, October 2. (). from Sofia, the Bulgarian sapital, declare that the Greek troop: L all points are digging in and strengthening their positions, ap- parently for a long stay on Bulgarian soi Early this morning they are report- ed to have occupled a new position outh of Petrich, which hitherto had been in the hands of Bulgarian troops. A number of persons were killed or wounded in the Greek bombardment of Pipernitza and Petrovo, about 15 miles north of Demirhissar A heavy rain fall is making the many of them are forced to camp in The Sofia authorities n give categoric denial that there is a single Bulgarian soldier on Greek soil. Greek Fire Continues. SOFIA, Bulgaria, October 26 (#).— The Bulgarian Telegraphic Agency as- serts that the Greeks last night con- | tinued intermittent bombardment of |2 similar the border villages. The Greeks yesterday are reported to have burned Novolescvo, a village constructed recently to house refugees from Greek territory. MANY FLEE PETRICH. Town Awaits Doom From Fire of Greek Artillery. LONDON, October (®).—The Daily Express prints a dispatch from Levonovo, Bulgarian headquarters 4 miles from Petrich, dated Sunda ing that the Bulgarians Greek: warfare. The correspondent, however, confines the details to the doings of the Greeks, not mentioning any Bulgar | retaliatio He savs that on Sunday he could ee Greek shells falling upon one of the Bulgarian mountain batteries | which arrived Friday night, but which had not been used. The (ireeks were red to greatly outnumber the s, and their artille nd airplanes, to make an ea: sk for them, especially as the Bulga- rians are under strict control and or- dered not to retaliate. “The Struma Valle: patch, dotted with refugees wait- ing to take their cattle to safety. Petrich is awaiting its fate. The in. habitants are leaving in terror. The attention of the Greeks now seems to have been diverted from Petrich to Pepernitza, which is constantly shelled. The food problem is becoming serious. The only blessing is that the weather is fine, which heartens the population. GUE TACK & says the dis- Greece and Bulgaria Deflant as Coun- cil Takes Up Case. PARI October 26 (#).—Mutual de- fiance marked the attitude of both Bulgaria and Greece today before the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) DE BRODES IS DENIED RELEASE BY COURT Inmate of St. Elizabeth's, Accused of Killing Mother, Not Sane, Judge Rules. Justice Hitz of the District Su- preme Court today denied the appli- cation of George V. de Brodes to be released from Howard Hall, the ward of St. Elizabeth’s for the crim- inal insane. De Brodes claimed that he had recovered his mental balance and asked to be tried on the charge of killlng his mother, Mrs. Frances G. de Brodes, June 1923, at 117 C street northeast. Several days were devoted by the court to hearing tes- timony, both lay and expert, as to the present mental condition of the applicant. Dr. W. A. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s, as well as other phy- sicians there, testified that De Brodes suffers from epilepsy’ and has seizures as often as once a month. It was claimed that during one of these attacks he shot and killed his mother. The experts said he should not be released. Assistant United States Attorney Horning opposed the release of the prisoner, while efforts to obtain his liber were made by Attorneys Wil- ton 0. Lombert. Godfrey L. Munter and Austin F. Cannield. S the | certain | and the | continue to wage intermittent | v, machine | ydiate reaction which was cd | throughout the session. | | The pound fell 5 franes and the 1 in the space of an heur. | nance Minister Caillaux, it said on the Lourse, is killing two birds with one stone, putting the speculators in a had position and at | the same time gaining a point against | the political-financial opposition direct- | e at him by certain important banks. | LONDON, October 26 (#).—1 | French political crisis_ brought newed heavy selling of the franc on the London Exchange market this| morning and the rate went to 1211y | | to the pourd sterling, surpassing the | | week end record low level of 1203 The postponement of the French cabinet crisis vesulted in a sharp re- | vy of the frunc dur T today's late te rising to 115% to! The franc closed VRS, FREY GIVEN 7500 DANAGES accentu | Wins Alienation Suit Against AIRMEN HOP OFF - IN SEAPLANE RACE: ONE ITALIAN UT Lieut. Doolittle, Army Pilot,| First Entrant in Air in Schneider Dash. ONE BRITISH SHIP LEFT IN EVENT; TWO WRECKED 17 U. S. Navy Aircraft Are Lost in Storm—Pulled From Moor- ings by Gale. By the B Oct driving the tiss racer trophy, t ne in acefully i 1 SHORE Tia United & which ok off flash of As: y . Baltimor H. Doolittle ates Army Cur the Pulitzer the starting K today, rose above the waves to head off the internat Jacques Schneid trophy seaplane races. His unoffi take-off time was 2:40 p.m. The other contestants took the air at f-minute intervals. Capt. Hubert Britain's Gloster-Napier won Broad, Great roared in 111, direction of the first pylon. George T. Cuddihy, in T | ALL | SAD WAs BUDS ALL AT SEA IN THIS VENTURE 1 | | | Wilda Bennett, Musical | vest the stand and disappeared in the | ‘I'[]RNAI]U KI[I-S ‘l] i ‘ y Comedy Star. By the Associated Press | MINEOLA, N. Y., October 26 | Katherine Frey of Louisvi Hennett, actres roalie of the plaintift's ©. Frey, rac sny iven to the jury in ast Friday afternoon and a sealed verdict returned night. The verdict was 1 when court convened this morn- The case was tried before Su urt Justice Faber. for $100,000. The 3 t a week. Miss Bennett and F sat in the court- room as Mrs. Frey, on the witness stand, accused the actress of stealing | the affections of her husband. Miss Bennett entered the courtroom lon the arm of Irey a few minutes he verdict was opened. and ey entered just the ver- | mu- ating hus. horse $3 | sical comed the affection: band. Charles | owner and spe The e Wwas Supreme Court a was v | ing. preme C Mrs { trial Mrs. F | ! the open without the slightest shelter. | dict was being read | Fallon Plans Appeal. | William J. Fallon, counsel for Miss | Bennett, immediately announced that he would appeal. lis motion to set aside the verdict as being contrary to the weight of evidence was denied. Fallon then asked permission to argue motfon next Wednesday which Justice Faber granted. | | Miss Bennett smiled when the ver- was read. d Verdict or no verdict, T know I am all right. Of course, T do not in- [ tend to pay it d Frey, who sat de the actress said: “There will be an worry about that.” Mrs. Frey said she was too happy ! {to talk. I feel that my suffering has been somewhat allayed,” she said “The verdict shows that these thing g0 on unchecked in New s Considerable testimony was | on the question whether Mrs. Frey's husband, Charles C. Frey, wealthy clubman and turf follower. had been | “pursued and won” by the actress, | as charged by Mrs. Frey, or whether he had, as he testified, ceased to love his wife before he met Miss Bennett in 1923. Parties Are Described. eakfast parties, at which Frey said to have attended, clad only in purple silk pajamas, and enter- tainment by him of women in his | apartment, were prominent features | of the testimony. Mrs. Frey alleged that she and her | husband had lived tozether until Frey met Miss Bennett at Syracuse | in 1923. Frey testified that he had ceas- ed to love his wife in 1922, Counsel for | Mrs. Frey referred to Miss Bennett | as a Broadway doll, who saw what | she wanted and got it."” | Frey swore that it was he who did the pursuing, not Miss Bennett. J said that damages could be awarded only if the jury found that the ac- | tress had indeed alienated the af»i appeal. Don't Yo n i i fections of Frey from his wife. FASCISTI ANNIVERSARY PLANS MADE IN ROME, City Ablaze With Lights and Lampposts Are Garlanded for Fete Wednesday. | B the Associated Press. | ROME, October 26.—Rome is dress. | | Ing up for the celebration Wednesday of the third anniversary of the Fascist | | march on the capital. Fascisti are' planning to make of the event the | most imposing demonstration the city | has vet witnessed under their regime. | | The Piazzi ai Popolo already is| | ablaze with thousands of electric' | lights, which bring into bold relfef | | the centuries-old gate and the sur-| | rounding buildings. Over the gate is an electric light design of the Fascist | coat of arms. The lampposts are| | garlanded with vari-colored electric | bulbs, 80 as to make them appear like | ! palm trees. NOW IT’S BEAR BITE. | Week-Ender Heroically Strives to Avert Effects of Bruin’s Chewing. ATLANTA, October 26 (#).—Bear bite is the newest malady bootleg rum has been called upon to reme- dy. Ed Joiner of Lithia Springs, | here for the week end, was sobering | up at police headquarters to- day as the result of a heroic attempt to avert any serious consequences of a mishap. A local had a bear walk; Jolner hars to pet Lit him, i moving picture theater in a cage on the side- reached through the the animal, when Bruin ! race, was fourth away | derrigging j ed its navigability ! until loft for N: No. 3 Curtiss, took off across the starting line shortly after the third signal rocket was fired. Italy No. 6 Macchi flying boat, have been piloted by Riccardo selli, was backed into its hangar a few minutes before it was due to take-off, and Mario Castoldi, its de- signer, said engine trouble would pre- vent its entr Lieut. Ralph A. Ofstie, with the No. 1 Navy plane In which Lieut Williams made 302 miles an hour and which was second in the Pulitzer s scheduled. Great Britain’s challengers were definitely reduced to one this morni when Pllot Bert Hinkler, in Britain's reserve plane, a Gloster Napier 111, went through his pontoons in landing on the Chesapeake at the start of his third attempt to qualify. The Gloster s towed to her hangar with S pontoons smashed and its un- n loose, one wing bent and its propeller blades in the water. The pilot, brought in by a gig from the U. 8. 8. awmut, was not hurt. He said he found the surface upon tanding rougher than he expected. , in Great Brit TI1, which pass test last Friday, will be the only British plane to enter the race this afternoon. One British Plane Ready. Capt. Broad's Gloster was the only one of the three seaplanes brought to this country by Gre Britain for the Schneider Cup to escape misfortune Supermarine > . in the cock- pit of which s fondest cun hopes rode, st Friday with Capt. Henry ( . Two previous attempts by Pilot Hinkler to qualify the reserve Gloster had failed. Capt. C. B. Wilson, leader British team, held ot anothe ipt to put the ane in the race might vet the damaged Gloster 1 the hangar runway. riding with her nose in the bay. Hinkler had taken a trial spin, had made one short circle over the bay and landing for his first taxiing test when he hit the water in a shower spray, the tail of his ponteons stri ing first and buckling under the strain. Gloster Napi of the hopes that Italians in Trouble. At shortly after Italians tuning up, were in trouble with their motors. Two theories were advanced by the planes’ handlers that two grades of gasoline brought to the angers for the Italian planes inad- vertantly had become mixed, and that rain water had penetrated the fuel drums. The motor experts working with the 1 o'clock, the machines declared the engines prob- ably could not function properly until the feed lines had been cleaned. An attempt was being made to put the motors again in trim before time tor the take-off, less than two hours awa The Schnelder rules prohibit changes in engines after the navigability tests n .| ana the Ttalians were in some doubt They rus stice Faber, in charging the jury, | as to whether the cleaning apparently | a deluge of rain, working for hours necessary would disqualify them. Ten United States seaplanes were battered into shapeless heaps and seven less seriously damaged vester- day when, under the buffeting of a terrific southwest gale, they dragged with them or broke loose from 475- { pound anchors and piled up along se: eral miles of seawall and beach at Sollers Point, near the mouth of the Patapsco River. Six other machines safely rode out the storm. The planes were a double detach. ment from Hampton Roads, 10 at- | tached to scouting squadron VS-1, six to torpedo squadron VT-1, while the seventeenth machine wrecked was a staff plane. All had been at anchor off the point since last Friday, when they were brought here to take part 2 (Continued on Page MUSSOLINI'S DAUGHTER BOWS TO IRON RULE Declines to Take Part in Fascist Demonstration Without Pre- mier’s Permission. Column §.) By the Associated Press. PARMA, Italy, October 26.—Pre- mier Mussolini’s iron discipline pre- valls not only throughout the Fascist party, it develops, but also, at least to some extent, within his own family circles. His daughter Edda, who won some fame last Summer by rescuing a drowning bather at Cattolica, recently telegraphed Mussolini asking permis- sion to accompany friends on a mo- tor trip in connection with the third anniversary celebration of the Fascist march on Rome. Recelving no reply, she was urged by her friends to “come along any- but she answered proudly “I am a disciplined Fascist. With- out permission from my Duce I re fuse Lo move in,"” % - MANY ARE INJURED Property Heavily Damaged in Alabama Counties. East Also Suffers. By the Associated Pre TROY, Al dents of many portions of P’ bour and Crendhaw Coun today were endeavoring to bring order out of chaos that resulted from a tornado | {which claimed a known toll of 17 lives, infured many, rendered hundred: homeless and left thousands of dolla damage in its wake Troy Red Cross for physicians were ministering to the needs of the injured and were assist ing the stricken people to orient themselves. A relief fund was sub- | scribed here yesterday afternoon and made immediately available to the re- lief workers who went into the field The tornado seems to have had its origin in Crenshaw County, where it swept down with tremendous force. ithen tearing its way across the breadth of Pike County and on east- ward into Barl where it appears to have spent it 3 October —Resi- i s and local ‘Woman, 105, Is Vietim. Near Luverne, county seat of Cren- | shaw, two were killed, both of then aged. and one past 100 years of They were a Mrs. Peac old, and Tom Long. 70 v The death list could not ted as to names y scattered districts | remote from te communication. and the ger pairment to wires by the t In addition to the two d. shaw County, in Pike County Of the eigh Pike four w family, while their w seriously injured and are not ex- pected to live. Two other persons of mily name, Knight, were | | 5 rnado. | rbour. ves in sam nd mother nd » not be so far killed at Comer Their names The death checked, follow enshaw County 5. Tom Long, Pike County Iph Knight, Ruby Knight, 16; Frances Knigh Mary Ellen Knight, 3; Mrs. Eliza | Davis, all white, and_Beatrice Tullis' and baby and Ella Lee Blue, | negroes. | Barbour County: Seven unidentified | | negroes. | ! Rain Hampers Relief. Spring Hill. n learned st s could be Mrs. Peacock. 18: | Residents near the path of the tor- » were aroused by the roar of the | ter and the cries of the injured hed into the stricken area in n; twi in a search for the dead and giving | | aid to the injured An_emergency call to Troy sent | doctors, ambulances and nurses from | here into the storm path and soon { scores of injured were being brought into the city, taxing hospital capacity | to its utmost. Dead and injured were i picked up in the flelds, in the roads and under the debris of fallen build- | ings and trees. In the area traversed by the storm are the little towns of Brantley, Glen- | wood and Goshen, from which meager i reports were received. These indicat- | ed, however, that there was no loss of |life, although the property damage was thought to have been severe. The tornado came at the conclusion lof a period of intense heat “(Continued on Page 5, C {SUPREME COURT TAKES TRADE COMMISSION CASE | Will Review Decision of D. C. Court of Appeals That It Lacked Jurisdiction. | The Supreme Court announced to- | day that it would review the decision of the District Court of Appeals in holding that it did not have jurisdic- tion to enforce the orders of the Fed- eral Trade Commission aimed to pre- vent unfair competition in the Die- trict of Columbia when interstate commerce is not affected. The com- mission sought to prevént Alfred Klesner from doing business here un- der the name of the “Shade Shop, charging that because another older firm had an established business here under the same name, that his use of it deceived the purchasing public. When he refused to obey its order the commission applied to the Court of Appeals to have it enforced, the Government taking the position that the act creating the commission gave | ington Auditorium, which was devoted ;of the Ministry as a Profession” was OFFICERS GREET DAVIS. Washington Army Men Pay Re- spects to Their Chief. All officers of the Army stationed | this city appeared in uniform to- ¢ to pay their respects to Secretary | and Assistant Secretary Mac Nider as heads of the military estab- | lishment. They assembled at the War Department at presented by name to the new civil heads of the department by Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, chief of staff, and his issistants in the general staff. Under special order ued to- | day the Army officers will wear thelr uniforms again tomorrow as a spe- cial_compliment to the Navy in_ree. | in ognition of the observance of Naval |; ' day. NATIONAL CHURCH MOVE IS UNDER WAY Congregationalists Take First Steps Toward Build- ing New Edifice. First Congre; « stepx ‘to obtain nation-wide in erecting the new First fonal Church at Tenth and streets out of a $1,250,000 fund, as nctioned by the National Council of Congregational Churches in a reso- ! lution unanimously adopted Saturd were taken at a luncheon held this aftérnoon at the Mayflower Hotel. The luncheon was called by Dr. Nehemiah Boynton. chairman of the national ~advisory council for the new church, who at the close of the present biennial council gathering | will begin an extensive speaking tour | in behalf of the fund. A hundred men and women who tking prominent parts in the 10- day council sessions attended the luncheon, gaining detailed informa-| tion of the proposed National Congre- zational Church. It expected within the next two days to name the 50 Congregationalists who are | to serve under Dr. Bovnton on the national advisory council. Speakers at Luncheon. Speakers at today's luncheon were William Knowles Cooper, general sec- retary of the Y. M. C. A.: Hugh A. Thrift, president of the local Y. M. C. A 'Rev. Albert W. Palmer of Tili- nois,” chairman of the business committee of the council; Rev. Carl S. Patton, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Los An- geles, and Dr. Jason Noble Pilerce, pastor of the First Congregational Church of this city. At the conclusion of this morning’s sions of the council at the Wash- to the reports of the ministerial hoards, it was announced that a spe- cial meeting of the committee of twelve, under the chairmanship of Rev. Dr. William Horace Day of Con- necticut, and the business committee of the council will be held to consider the progress being made in the merger of 11 home and foreign missionary so- cietles into two general bodies. The principal discussion slated for this special meeting is lining up those organizations that have reported they anticipate some little legal difficul in following out the will of the cou cil on the merger question. A num- ber of the organizations have al- ready ratified the proposal at special meetings. Will Compromise Troubles. Tnasmuch as the members of the committee of 12 have always taken the view that they would not force the merger of any socleties when it would muddle their financial status, it is expected that the reported ob- stacles in the way of the actual mer- ger of one or two of the missionary entities will be speedily compromised after today's special meeting. It is hoped that a final report of the com- mittee of 12 on the merger question can be made to the entire council to- morrow. “The Maintenance of the Standards the subject of an address at today’'s session by Dr. Clarence Hall Wilson of Glen Ridge, N. J. ““The problem of the maintenance of the ministry.” Dr. Wilson declared, “reduces itself to the task of securing for the ministry our choicest young men. We cannot maintain standards with inferior material. What are the qualities which will make the ministry attractive as a profession to the best men? First, it must provide room for the intellect. Second, it must offer opportunity to make one's life count to the utmost in leadership and ef- | Hotel, “together with the loosening of 'HOOVER DEPLORES MORAL DECADEN noon and were | T€lls Y. M. C. A. Convention Religion Must Meet New Materialism. pressing the belief that “there ex- a larger, more widely distributed | will to peace than ever before in his tory,” Hoover Secretary of Commerce Herbe: today warned that ‘“perils ahead” were not ‘economic” bu “moral.” and of such nature as to challenge all “the forces of orderly constructive progress.” The great growth of perity,” Secretary Hoover told the I ternational Convention, Young Men Christian Associations at the Willard “national pros- | moral and spiritual standards by the war, must give us question as to the impairment of the reserves of indi- vidual and national character.’ Sees Moral Fiber Weaker. Evidences of this trend, the Secre- tary said, “lie in the weakening moral fiber, in loosening family and home | ties. in vouthful criminality, in the | easily breaking of by dults, in growing intolerance, in a leaning upon the state without corresponding will- ingness to bear its burden, in disposi tion to disregard or suppress discon- | tent instead of discovering the and removing them, in the intrigu or open purposes of groups to themselves regardless of the quences to others and to the whole of soclety, In the complaisancy of millions over the wrongs and sufferings within and beyond our borders, in waste and | extravagance.” | Building up the case of the chal- | lenge to the forces of moral constric- tion, Secretary Hoo went bevond the bounds of the United States, and declared that although he had no “fear for the ultimate cause of re- ligion,” it was a lamentable fact that n many lands religion is losing the vital power to instruct and inspire.” Religion Falling Behind. “The flooding in of modern know edge,” he said, “has cost religion intellectual respect and Out of our materialism serles of philosophies which that materialism alone is the basis of human action and inspira- tion. | “Large areas of socialism nd their philosophy and promise_solely on economic materialism. In Russia and elsewhere the Communist revolt | insists on sweeping away all existing | human institutions, including religion. | Thus, religious faith is to be swept out as refuse ‘incompatible twith communism, theoretically and prac- tically.” Godless generations are to | be reared on a national scale. The | Erown a insist | sole discard their own faith with its cient moral sanctions and to refuse that of the forelgner. Well meant im- | pulses for social betterment in those directions will end in failure and dis- illusionment, for they are as a struc- ture built on sand His warning that perils ahead were | “moral,” Secretary Hoover declared, | was a ‘“call to create and maintain agencies for strengthening the moral and spiritual fiber parallel with our material agencies of progress.” | Material Progress Vast. This material progress, he said, had been “astonishing.” The application of “the many discoveries in the phy- sical sciences,” the Secretary said, “the increase in efficiency both in | workers and executives, the elimina- | tion of industrial waste and the ad- | (Continued on Page 4, Column 2, an- | | CONGRESS MAY ENTER PANAMA RENT FIGHT President Threatens to Call Extra Session Unless Landlords Are More Lenient. By the Associated Press. PANAMA, October 26.—President Chiari today gave warning that if landlords do not show more tolerance in their dealings with tenants he will convoke an extraordinary session of the Panaman Congress to take action on the rent problem. The President said that he hesi.| tated to call a session of the assembly, | fearing that the recent disturbances | growing out of the rent dispute would influence the lawmakers toward par- tial legislation in favor of tenants. He added that investigations by his (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) it jurisdiction over unfair business competition within the District as well as between the States, |Radio Programs—Page 28. s secret agents had shown that a ma- jority of landlords had increased rentals since January. One municipal judge today issued | orders for more than 100 evictions, | of oth { tute to keep MDONOUGH LEADS IN 250MILE RAGE AT LAUREL TRACK Da Paolo, in Third Position. After Leading Field at First. SMALL CROWD ON HAND TO SEE CHAMPIONSHIP Hertz Unofficially Breaks Track Record in Flash of Speed in Trials. WASHI Md., October ithful driver. field of speeding th shington DWAY, Laur- McDonough, 1e champions this afte race dir noon W in i0-mile race the Speedway i rare driving qualities his to and p machine the he i limit, the r 1 when Tommy Milton ih lo early latter veteran of the McDon . also pas gh was leading by a full Off at 2 0'Clock. If hour bhefo w ay mechan| drive sure t done to n a wild flig hundred m er tion, patted each one on the b promptly & i ir checkered ttere the high 1 the wo feet and then w the little d under la: th the roarir Jowered auto: Slowly for tiny cars leaped out on thei Journey Duray Leads For th They for the had nege was lead Meanwhile of the at Start | was in n ov tire frc dozen lay set to work clouds of s exhaust In the of the when Ny m ed by young 1 Cooped. De Paoly I and frequentl r racers track Duray Pushes Ahead. pressed 1 | heavily where it has not kept pace in | 1" confidence. | twenty-eight! Donogh in onds, but the larte; to the leader that moment he woull if not actually y Jim Hill, in R both pulled int thirtieth lap for mi ments. Sixteen monarchs faced the tape of this saucer. Three men are generally as holding the gr flashing home first Peter De P t tch in s the dwa nisst regarded ch nce of addi Crowd A mere hand were sc 3 stand shortly before a pitiful comparison t who fought t of mud to witne ural race postponement Saturday, which a driving rain, made it impo many to attend. An ideal racing day smiled those who did journey into the stands, howeve After fig valiantly all morning. the sun through the clouds and there w jugt enough of a tang in the tempers pirits in tune with th roaring motors that were darti (Continued on Page 2, Column | upon American Ship Rushes to Aid ot Norse Vessel in Midatlantic. LONDON. October 26 (#).—Lloyds reports from Valenci ain, sa that the Norwegian steamer EI Ven from Rotterdam for Svdney, is in dis tress in Midatlantic, with her steer ing gear and lifeboats car The American steamer Trader has gone to her The El Ven when reported was in latitude 49.13 north, longtitude 40.05 west. Former Bishop Il LOUISVILLE, Ky.. October 26 () The Rt. Rev_ Dennis O'Donaghue. formerly Catholic Biship of Louis Is serfously ill at his home here, it was reported today that he was not expected to live. He was retired five years ago because of ill bealda