Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER tomorrow cloudy colder tomorrow night. Temperatures—Highest, today: lowest, 39, at 4 a.m. today. Full report on page 2 (U. §. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder, with fr followed by rain, ost_tonight; . at noon Closing N. Y Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 Entered post oftic 15 secon No. 29,764 W o PAINLEVE CABINET RESIGNS; RETURN . OFHERRIOTLOOMS Present Premier Will Be Ask- ed to Form New Cabinet, But Failure Is Seen. FISCAL POLICY FORCES MINISTRY INTO DEFEAT. | | Demand of Radicals and Socialists{ for Capital Levy Direct f Cause of Course. Pain- | M. Painleve called on Pre: ue shortly ~ented the collective the ministers. ! The premier informed the President | that the cabinet could not continue its | work of restoring the French finances | without being assured of a favorable wajority in Parliament. The decision of the ministers to re sign was unanimous. It was caused ! by the attitude taken by the Radical | and Soclalist parties at their recent congress in Nice, wh the principle | of a tax levy on capital was adopted. | dent Dou nd pre- resignation of afte i { i Statement Issued. After M. Painleve’s departure from he Elysee Palace, tollowing com- | Tunique was fssue “The cabinet council, which ceding meeting had e vorably the plan elabora minister of finance, disc fon this morni although | there had been no essential difference | between the members of the ministry | regarding the plan in order for the | ministry to devote itself to a study of the political and parliamentary sit n as created by the recent manife of the parties “onvinced that an toward national restoration ¢ pursued without the certaint of a stable (parliamentary) majority, the government unanimously decided to remit its resignation to the President of the republic. Premier Painleve told the co respondents upon leaving the presi-! dential palace that he would follow | M. Doumergue's instructions what-| ever they might be. He would form a new cabinet, If so requested. or| would collaborate heartily with any | other statesman the President might | call to power. M. Painleve added that the decision | to resign was taken last Friday, but that it was withheld in order to El¥ve Foreign Minister Briand, as the “main negotiator” of the Locarno agreements, an opportunity to pre- side over the League of Nations Coun- cil at its sitting here on the Greco- Bulgarian dispute. Herriot's Return Seen. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. | PARIS, October 27.—President Dou- mergue will ask Premier Painleve to form another cabinet, it is stated in well informed quarte but parlia- mentary authorities believe he will} he unable to do so and the President of the republic will ask Bdouard Har-| riot to form abinet in co-operation | with extreme Socialists. (CopsTight. 1025, by Chicago Daily News Co.) in its] amined fa-! d by the interrupted that urgent effort | nnot be Pa The Painleve ministry was formed on April 16 of this year to succeed that of Edouard Herriot, which also went down throush the refusal of | Parllament to accept its financial | policy. | Fusion Gave Majority. { Like its predece: the cabinet which steps down today depended for Its parliamentary majority largely on | the parties of the Lett, including the | vadicals and radical Soctalists. Jo- seph Caillaux, Painleve’s minister of finance and one of the outstanding personalities of the government, has resisted the Left bloc in re to resort to a levy on cap- means of lifting France out difficulties. spatches for the last few made it plain that the pre. F Minister Briand 1. and were not in aux's plans, ark during » cabinet Official Views Here on Far Ap B the Associated Press Diverse op were mdministration _quarters the probable effect of the French cabinet on negot funding the French war debt At the White Ho officials said that President Coolidge saw little indi cation that the discussions would be retarded. 1le is under the impr that the cabinet crisis in Paris ar from don tic nd that the ef fect_on such foreign policies as debt | funding will be remote. * In_other administration quarters familiar with the debt question, how ever, it was predicted that conversa- tlons on that subject would encounter at least a temporary delay. With Fi- nance Minister Caillaux now out of office, the work that he did as head of the French mission to Washington is left in an unfinished state, and it is conjectural what steps will be taken by the new cabinet to carry it for- wrd. In these c that before taking up the thread the debt negotiation the new cabinet | probably would take time to intrench | itself on domestic questions. Subject Are d as to| all of the ons for expi te | ssion | DENIES WIDOW DOWER. James M. Carolan, who died Octo- ber 6, by his will iiled today for pro- mpts to exclude his wite, Carolan, from participation estate, and leaves all his prop- o his sister, Julia Carolan. The testator explains that his wife “wil- fully deserted me and my home than a year ago and hcs sin fused to live with me as my wife, he declares “I have denied her participation in my estate.” The widow's dower in the District of Columbia when there are no chil- dren is one-half of the personal ests and a third interest in the ine from the real estate and may not be taken away by @ will any ! demonstration sible League of Nations move had | {turn of | zarian {arising vi: | plie Chamberlain, the Britl l;lml'.\l(l) HERRIOT. BREEK EVACUATION OF BULGARIA BEGUN AT LEAGUE ORDER Geneva Body Council Had| Considered Navy Display to Enforce Terms. By the Associated Press ATHENS, October government today prompt evacuation of ritory by its forc The movement will be effected as soon as the Greek frontler guards have been restored to their former posts ordered the Bulgarian ter- Navy Display Considered. PARIS, October P).—A before Athens naval was o h the government of Premier Pangalos declined to bow to the league coun cil's decision that it must cease all hostilities and remove all Greek forces from Bulgarian soil. Although M. Carapanos, the Greek Minister, told the council today that both Greece and Bulgaria had reached a_direct accord, through the good offices of Rumania, to suspend hostilities and _retire hehind their frontiers, the Bulgarian representa- tives declared they had no confirma- | tion of this report. Bulgarians Bitter. Indeed, M. Morloff, speaking for | the Sofia_government, informed the council that u direct entente with Greece was utterly impossible be- cause of Greece’s persistent refusal to listen to Bulgaria's repeated of- fers to appoint a joint commission to_inquire into the border trouble. M. Morloff said the latest dispatch from Sofia showed that up to yes- terday the Bulgarian losses were 43 killed or wounded. Of these 26 were soldiers and 22 civilians, men and women. There was the probability of other unknown victims. He demanded that, independently of any penalties which the council might apply to Greece for her “‘grave blow at international peace and viola- tion of her league obligations,” com- plete reparation should be accorded Bulgarla for the demages to persons and property, and all prisoners should be immediately released. Says Accord Reached. Greece's representative, M. Cara- panos, announced at the opening of today’s meeting of the council that, through the friendly mediation of Rumania. a direct agreement has been reached between Greece and Bul- zarin for evacuation of their respec- tive territorfes. The conditions of the agreement, he id, were that Bulgarian and Greek otti should proceed this afternoon to the frontier to arrange for the re- the Greek border guards to their ginal posts. The Greek troops in Bulgaria would begin their withdrawal immediately and the Bul forces would not advance in . manner to_hinder the Greeks until ter had crossed the frontier. Caraponas explained that the s really in anticipation yesterday action by the league council and resulted from pleading by the Rumanian rnment that both ountries give proot intentions to from fresh with the or irreguls of their mutual prevent danger incidents in con- nection ctivitles of the oniitadjis, v bands. Demands Order Be Met. M. Briand, president of the council, intervened o remark that he was glad to hear this news, but wished to mphasize that the agreement as out- ned indicated certain reserves from the decision taken by the council. He insisted that both Greece and Bulga- conform exactly to the conditions id down by the council. To this the Greek spokesman re- that the agreement between reece and Bulgaria contained no con- ditions and argued that the accord was in consonance with the council's action. M. Briand again interrupted to say this disclosure pleased the council, but that nevertheless its information was that guns still held the stage on the frontier, and he asked the Greek minister to give new assurances dur- ing the day that the council’s condi- tions would be accepted without re- serve. Caustic intervention by Austen foreign secre- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) @h —The Greek | ‘WASHINGTON, WHEN TRAIN ROLLS | OVER INTG RAVINE | Three Day Coaches Plunge | Into Tangled Mass as Track Spreads. RELIEF PARTIES RUSHED | T0 ISOLATED DISTRICT | } | Death of Conductor Holds Up In-| formation—Ambulances Sent From Memphis. | By the Associated P MEMPHIS, Tenn. October 27.- Twenty dead and more than 30 in jured was the known toll taken when ihe Sunnyland, fast St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train, left the rails today near Victoria, Miss., and tumbled In u tangled mass down a 40 foot embankment. At least 20 persons were killed out- right or dled before a rellef train could |reach the scene, and possibly twice | that number were injured. The train, traveling at about 30 or 160 miles an hour, apparently spread | { the track about 200 feet from a 40-| foot trestle. The engine cleared the | | trestle, as did the first baggage coach. | The engine did not leave the tracl Three baggage coaches and nine da coaches and Pullmans made up the train. All couches except the last Pullman | rolled down the 40-foot embankment. | The three day coaches were a tan- gled mass of wrec One of them dived headlong into the clay bank by the side of the track, and the others rolled and jammed as they struck the bottom, plling the occupants into the | tops and ends of the cars. | Few of the passengers eleeping in the last three Pullmans suffered seri- ous Injury, and it was these who di- rected the rescue and firstaid work before relief trains arrived. A partial list of the dead, gathered | from several sources, include: | J. W. Ryan, conductor, Memphis. 0. 0. Jordan, Carroliton, Ga. Mrs. O. O. Jordon, Carroliton, Ga. Fay Jordan, eight, Ninekah, Okla. John M. Jordan, Ninekah, Okla. Miss Oliic_\Webster, Oxford, Miss. Dr. H. G. Hathorn, address not know J. 8. Thompson, Tupelo, Miss. J. Burdett, news agent. Floyd Wagner, Tupelo, Miss. Partial List of Injured. Among the more serfously injured were: Mrs. Bessie Jordan, 40, Nin- | eekah, Okla.; cut and possibly internal | injuries. | P. Anderson, Aberdeen, Miss.;; bruised about_the body. | | B. Hogan, Emory, Miss.; both legs | broken. M. A. Kelly, 27, Memphis; both legs broken, back wrenched. Louis W. Helnrich, 32, Russellville, Ark.; severe bruises, back wrenched. J.'C. Champion, 70, Winfield, Ala. broken shoulder and back wrenched. | Mrs. Ala.; severe bruises and cut the body. Theodore Fulbright, 30, Batesville, Ark.; bruises about the body and back wrenched. 1 H. J. Kellett, 18, Williford, Collar- | bone broken, back wrenched. Cecll Bossett, Okolone, Miss.; status unknown. Meager reports recelved here indi- cate the train was derailed and rolled down a steep embankment. At the offices of the railroad it was stated that no official reports as to the num- i | | i | about | ber killed or injured had been re- ceived. Relief trains were sent from Mem- phis, and physicians and nurses were hurrifed from Amory and Holly! Springs, Miss., to the scene of the wreck, which occurred in an isolated section about one and a half miles from Victoria. Ambulances also were sent overland from this clty. Rescue Work Underway. Unofficial reports recelved here in- dicated that after leaving the ra'ls the train crashed into a ravine. The fact that the conductor ana | possibly others of the tralnmen were among the dead or injured delayed railroad officials in obtaining reports of the wreck. One report was that virtually the entire train left the ralls and tumbled down the embankment. Rescue par- ties, hurriedly organized in Victoria, began the task of removing the dead and injured from the wreckage, and a4 summons was sent to nearby towns and to Memphis for all avallable phy- siclans and nurses. AUTO RULING MADE. An order has been issued to mem- bers of the police force directing them to make known to the legzal authori- tles at Police Court all of the cir- cumstances involved in cases of ar- rest to enable those officials to pre- fer the proper charges against the prisoners. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintend- ent, said the order was prompted by | a case in which a policeman charged a man with colliding, although, Maj. Hesse said, he also had credible in- formation that the man had been driv- ing while intoxicated. Maj. Hesse said the policeman was of the impres- sion that he had to see a person in the act of driving to charge him with the second offense. The major sald the law officers stationed at Police Court are there for the purpose of advising policemen as to thelr rights in given cases. ‘Convict Spurns Chance to Escape . To Rescue Guards in Auto Crash By the Associated Pr ARKDELPHIA, Ark., October 27.— Given a chance to escape in an auto- mobile_accident near_ the Little Mis- souri River Bridge, Dalton Hall, al- leged escaped convict, chose to rescue the three men in charge of him from belng crushed to death under the automobile. Hall had extricated him- self and enabled C. J. Hill to get from under the overturned automobile when help arrived. The other two men extricated were Charles Hill, chairman of the road commission of Alken S. C.. and a man named Bell, superintndent of « road work in the same county. C. J. HIl], the father of Charles, suffered a broken right arm and his son received 8 badly bruised and wrenched back. Hall was painfully cut about the face. All were residents of Alken, S. C. Hall was convicted of murder several years ago and sentenced to ten vears in prison, according to the story told by Sank Earle, who aided in Tescuing the officers. While a trusty he married a girl at Aiken and |ran away, locating at Dallas, Tex. | South Curolina officers learned of his 1 hereabouts and were en route East when the accident occurred, ¢ T 1000 a year beer syndicate. | by elght emplo: ! Central Rallroad questioned by James | | L. McDowell, assistant Federal prose- J. C. Champion, 65, Winfield, pae {on gunmen; | the death of James Devito, bootlegger, \WIFE ASKS DIVORCE { By the Associated Press. | in social circles. D. C, TUESDAY, 150TH ANNIVERSARY, U. S. NAVY, enit ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 0 OCTOBER 5, SHIVER MY TIMBERS! HOW THE KiD HAS GROWN ! e 2y = - Star. service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,920 27, 1925—-FORTY PAGES. UP) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. A g inENg 1 | { CHICAGO OFFICIAL DRAWN INTO PROBE $9,000,000 Beer Syndicate | Involves Police Heads and Railroads. ! | l | | | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 27, cago offic Aurora and Peor captains and employes of five roads have been drawn into the Fed- eral investigation of Chicago's $9,000,- —several Chi- | ials of Joliet, were reported named s of the New York| Some of thi cutor. Representatives of the and Baltimore and Ohio railroad: were interrogated. Explains Shipments. W. L. Harper, general coal and coke agent of the New York Central, threw light on reports that beer was run into Chicago from the with rail- road employes’ conniva Federal prosecutors said. Harper explained | that shipments of beer were recon signed and rerouted by forged orders. He produced records, the Govern- ment men sald, that showed that his name had been forged to orders of r shipped from & Corning, i brewery, causing it to be recons | at Elkhart, Ind., in an attempt to| confuse prohibition agent One city official questioned was Thomas Keane, city collector, who hid been under inquisition during the| sacramental wine investigation several months ago. Prosecutors would not disclose anything he told them. The investigation of police connec- | tion may reach such lengths as to re- quire the aid of Morgan Collins, police chief, the district attorneys intimated. Revokes Doctors’ Permits. o o Cofncident with the inquiry. will_culminate in grand jury ; E. C. Yellowley, Federal prohibition administrator, revoked six whisky permits of physicians and druggists and summoned 50 others to his office to show cause why they should not lose theirs. Meanwhile, detective squads w; lauor _runners, rring caused killed when his automobile, laden with moonshine liquor, crashed into another in his efforts to elude a pursuing police squad. B —_— FROM CARTER LEIDY Former Josephine Widener Sues for Decree—Cause for Action\ Is Withheld. NORRISTOWN, Pa., October 27.— Josephine Pancoast Widener Leidy, daughter of Joseph E. Widener, mul’ timillionaire of Philadelphia, today in- stituted divorce proceedings against her husband, Carter Randolph Leidy, in the Montgomery County Court. The papers in the case were im- pounded and the cause for the action was not made public. Beyond admit- ting that the action was started, the law firm of High, Dettra & Swartz, attorneys for Mrs. Leidy, would not discuss the case. The marriage of the palr at Knox- ville, Tenn., on January 31, 1920, created a sensation in social circles as no intimation that the event was to take place had been given to friends. Mr. and Mrs. Leidy went to Asheville, N. C., where they awaited parental forgiveness. Mrs. Leldy was 17 years old at the time of her marriage and her husband 20. He is a son of Dr. and Mrs. Jo- seph Leidy of Philadelphia, prominent He was a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, but after his marriage he was em- ployed at the American Car and Foun- dry Co. plant at Berwick, Pa. After a residence of several years in Berwick Mr. and Mrs. Leldy lived in New York. They have one child, a daughter, about 2 years old. No information was forthcoming from the Widener home, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, a suburb of Phila- delphia, in Montgomery County. Mr. Widener and Dr. Leidy, the fathers of the pair, left word with their secretaries that the- had noth- ing to say. Young Leldy was in New York today preparing for a trip abroad, it was sald. Radio Programs—Page 33. A !Hires Man to Take | Jail Term; Now Must = z Serve Triple Time By the Associated Press. Minn., ause he hired a to serve his jail sentence months, John Connor of Grand Forks, Minn., con ed bhoot- legger, yesterday received a tional 13 months for contempt of court. Authorities did not learn of the substitution until the sentence had ompleted. 3 v in Federal Court here 1 the change. Now he e to spend 6 months in 1ty jail in addition to the 3 ionths in Federal prison at Leavenwerth. FRENCH OUTRAGES October ramp" of 6§ (N ARABS CHARGED Briton Describes “Revolting Attack” as “Imitation of Barbarity.” BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. LONDON, October 27.—Revolting details of events in Damascus, where French troops are attempting to quell the rebellious elements of the Arab population, appeared in the London press today, accompanied by a re- markably frank criticlsm of the French commander, Gen. Serrail. The first authentic report of the out- break of violence in Damascus tends to prove that the French mistook a minor plece of lawlnessness on the part of brigands for an inciplent rev- olution and shelled the most beautiful of Arabian cities for 24 hours, destroy- ing a score or more of historic build- ings. This, in the eyes of British com- mentators, constitutes a piece of un- necessary destruction hardly in keep- ing with civilized ideas of justice, but the acts which preceded it are held to be “a grotesque imitation of the bar- barity of primitive peoples.” These forceful words are used editorially by the London Times in referring to the act of the French in burning several cities southeast of Damascus and then bringing 24 corpses of brigands into Damascus on camels and parading them through the main streets, finally laying them out in a row for public inspection. The spectacle of the bodies lolling over the camels’ backs and swaying in rhythm to the animals’ movements was declared to be the most horrible sight of recent history. Far from in- timidating the outraged Arabs, the act immediately provoked savage repri- sals, in which Circassians, Armenians and French troops were brutally mur- dered. : No officiai comment on French tac- tles in Syria is possible, but it is ob- vious that public opinion condemns such merciless acts of intimidation. (Copyright. 1925, by Chicago Daily News C0.) NEGRO SAFE IN JAIL AFTER CHASE BY MOB Officers Outwit Crowd Angered by Attack on Woman in Ashe- ville, N. C. By the Associated Prees. ASHEVILLE, N. C., October 27.— Asheville was quiet today after its second mob demonstration within five weeks. Preston Neely, 23, arrested late yes- terday and identified by a white woman as the negro who committed a criminal attack upon her last Thurs- day, was reported safe in a jail some- where east of Asheville, after vigorous attempts had been made last night to locate the negro and wreak mob vio- lence upon him. Reports recelved here that Neely had been taken from the automobile of deputy sheriffs were scoutéd. With- out disclosing where he is now, the sheriff said Neely is safe in fail. Neely was arrested after he had been espied in a store by his victim. A few minutes later he was whisked away from the clty, 1. HOLDS MINERS CANGOTOCOURTS | Government Not Willing to | Interfere Otherwise Over | “Broken Contracts.” g BY DAVID LAWRENCE. | The Government will not permit| itself to be made the “goat” in the| coal controversy. The efforts of John | L. Lewis, president of the coal miners, | to force Government intervention on the ground that President Coolidge | assumed a personal responsibility in | | the famous Jacksonville wage con-| ference have been met with the po-| | lite suggestion that the miners should take their case of broken contracts | to the courts, and if relief cannot | be found there the matter can well { bex placed Lefore Congress to obtaln remedial legislation. Violation of Agreements. When two years ago a coal strike was threatened in the bituminous in- dustry President Coolidge and Federal agencles did all they could to bring the operators and miners together. The meeting was held at Jacksonville, Fla., and agreements were signed cov- |ering 31 districts. Eight months ! |elapsed and certain operators com- plained that the wage scale was too high and asked the Federal Govern- ment to intervene and obtaln lower wage scales. The Government re- fused. Three of the operators practi- Iy forced @ shutdown and plainly violated their agreements, pleading that they were losing money. Then they reopened their mines later, claim- ine the men had petitioned for work under non-union conditions. Now the coal miners’ unions want the Govern- ment to do what the operators origi- nally wanted done—namely, Govern: MAN DISAPPEARS FROM RIVER BOAT | C. F. Taylor Wires Wife Here to Meet Him at Dock—Fails to Arrive. | l 1 Disappearance of Charles Fisher or of 1401 Fairmont street, from ! the Norfolk and Washington steamer District of Columbia, on which he safled last night from Norfolk, after telegraphing his wife that he would arrive here today, started police on an investigation into the case. Mrs. Taylor brought quick word of the disappearance to police when she falled to find her husband at the dock when the steamer arrived here this morning. She displayed a telegram asking epecifically that she meet the boat. Officials of the steamboat com- pany and Washington police entered stateroom 36, which had been as- signed Taylor, and found all of his clothing in the room, the bed in a condition indicating that some one had slept in it and the window open. In the pocket of the trousers was the key to the room. The door had been locked on the inside, and entry was accomplished by breaking into the room. Mr. Taylor is 60 years of age, and the description furnished police stated he was about 6 feet 2 inches tall, welghing about 160 pounds. He has thin, dark-brown halr mixed with gray. All of his clothing except the under- Wwear was in the room. The window, which was open, af- forded easy access to the side of the steamer, according to police at the harbor precinct. He retired early last night, it was learned, and the fact Ithat the door had been locked and the window opened, led police to the belfef that he had climbed out of it before disappearing from the boat. ko Coolidge Names Thanksgiving Day | In Proclamation| President Coolidge claimed Thursday. November as Thanksgiving day, when gr tude should be expressed for “many and great blessings” which have come to the people during the past today pro- Nation has b brought ety and honor through an- other year, the proclam with peace at home and with the public health good, harvests and industries productive and labor well rewarded. MITCHELL COURT ARRIVING IN CITY ‘Stage Being Set for Trial, Which Opens Tomorrow, Probably at 10. Military Washington was in a b of anticipation today as the prepara- tions for one of the most outstanding court-martials in War Department history were in the final stages. Four members of the mightiest gen- eral court-martfal that ever sat in judgment of an officer in the grade of colonel had arrived in Washington to- day and registered with the adjutant general. The other members who are to try Col. Willlam Mitchell on charges of violating the 96th article of war are arriving this afternoon and evening, including Maj. Gen. ‘harles P. Summerall, president of the tribunal At the Emery Building, First and B streets, the s of the trial, carpen- ters, electric and painters were putting finis touches on the rather obsolete quarters which will] house the event. The main room Was | divided into three sections—the first for the court and its attaches, the second for the press and the third »r spectators. There are accommo- dations in chairs for only 80 members of the general public and they not be admitted to the building until 9:45 o'clock tomorrow morning. Likely to Begin at 10. 1 Although no definite time ha { announced by the court, owing to the | lack of organization at present, Dro cedure and tradition have it that the | curtain will rise on the climax of Col. | Mitchell’s battle with the War De- rtment at 10 o'clock. It is up to! n. Summerall to fix the time, but it was generally conceded he would select that hour. “Jim” Preston, superintendent the Senate press gallery, and 311 1 Donaldson, superintendent of the| House press gallery, today had com- | pleted arrangements for accommodat ing 40 members of the press.and had seen that telegraph wires and tele- phones, which will carry the reports | of the trial, were installed. | Col. Sherman Moreland, judge advo- | cate of the court, Jo- ! seph 1. McMullen, assistant judg | vocate, who occupy positions cor sponding to prosecuting attorneys in civil courts, w closeted most _of | the morning, and officers of the War Department found it difficult to ob- tain interviews with them. | Representative Frank R. Reid of Tllinois, chief civilian counsel for Col. | Mitchell, announced that Judee F. R.| Plain of Aurora, IIl, also had been retained as civil n counsel by Col.! Mitchell, both of whom will serve in} addition’ to Col. Herbert A. White, | judge advocate of the §th Corps Area appointed by the War Department the air crusader’s request. Re sentative Reid said he would holc conference this evening with Col. | fitchell. He admitted he had no plans in store “because we don't know | what they are going to do.” As soon | as he finds the attitude of the court on various questions of importance, | he added, “we'll be red.” | Officers Arrive. The officers who arrived at the War Department this morning were: Maj. Gen. Fred W. Sladen, superintende of the United States Military Academy: | Maj. Gen. William S. Grave in com- mand the 6th Corps Area, at Chicago: Maj. Gen. Benjamin A Poore, in command of the Tth Corps Area, at Omaha and Brig. Gen. Ewing | 1. Booth, commandant of the Cavalry | School, Fort Riley. Kan. { offictals ? re. ! | 1 | of War Department that Col. Mitchell would be under “technical arrest” morning. when he app: court. The “arrest” cc S K | told by the president of the court| that he must remain within the juris- | diction of the court and hold hims in readiness to appear and answer a questions at any time. There are 36 points of procedure for conduct of trial by general court martial, and these will be followed by the court tomorrow and succeeding | days. The United States Infantry As- | sociation, with headquarters here, to-| day made public a summary of the manual for courts-martial, as com piled by M. R. Nichols, military court | thought | f | | reporter and member of the District | of Columbia Shorthand Association. ‘The procedure, in brief, as set forth in the pamphlet entitled “Check List for Judge Advocates,” follows: Organlzation of court: President calls court to order; trial judge advo- cate calls roll to ascertain presence and absence of members of court; in- troduce accused; announce presence of defense counsel and assistant de- fense counsel, if any; ask defense coun- sel and the accused whether the cused desires to introduce a dividual counsel; swear reporte: accused if he desires a copy of record of trial; read order convening court; ask if any member has formed an (Continued on Page 4, Column 4. i Coolidg Girl Students The President and Mrs. Coolidge have declined &n offer from the Girls Club of Vermont University of a large apple ple for the White House Thanksglving dinner. Althought no reason was given for declining the offer, apparently it was refused because acceptance might thereby be taken as an indorsement by the President of the proposed Apple week to he held about that time. This might be regarded as a recedent, fox indorsement of similar “« es Decline Big Apple Pie Offer for Holiday movements in other parts of the coun- try. The telegram tendering the ple said It was designed to be a part of the | Apple week program. Political Row Grips Chile. BUENOS AIRES, October 27 (#).— A dispatch to La Naclon from San tiago, Chile, says a serious political tlon | on actual op | ¢ | duced to {be in t serio | ton, who treated him. CUTINLIGHT RATES BEFORE NEW YEAR APPEARS ASSURED Sufficient Reduction to Ab- sorb Estimated $400,000 Surplus Indicated by Ham. HIGHER PRICE OF COAL ONLY DIFFICULTY SEEN Detailed Studies in Progress to De- termine Possibility of Simpler Schedule. 1 elec 1 of the ured tod: president Pow Co., expects te have ble to be w pli Mr. Ham said te at this time how vear when ned prac William he Potomac tated the co: about $400,000 »d to a rate cut ~ould not predic much of a redu be possfBle in the present cents per kilowatt hour hold lighting, because kLo 10t kn ow the reduction will spread over di sses of service. The p Ham, Electric pany av rate of for 1 does be dent of the company also detailed determine whether le to simpl ¢ resic studies ars complic in house! schedule tion. He exy )lds there are different ra! for nt used for lighting, cooking and for small m operate ice boxes In ma; vate homes have two or three sepa- rate meters for these different current. Action Expected Soor. Mr. Ham said the compat¥ prob ably would pot wait until complete figures for 1925 are a: ble, would be some time in January, ; would take up question with the commis about December 20 which e the earnings up to De er 1 would be known. The prediction that $400.000 would be available for a reduction is based ns up to the pre: for November and December estimated. Mr. Ham sald the only factor which might cause a lesser e applied to a rate cut woull company should have to pay more for coal later on. Result of Settlement. time, with earni ted reduction in rates for 1926 Is a direct result of the settlement reached last January between the commission and the power mpany, by which the seven-year con- over the valuation and rates any was settled The rate for household current was re- 712 cents per kilowatt hour and it was agreed the company should be allowed to earn a return of Tt per cent on a new valuation of it aounting approximatel, Ught 0, prope to §32,500, Anot per cent a y d be divided equally between mers. Th duction in rh $400 ymatic feature ) the compan; r 000 is based on t of th and t EXPLOSION AND FIRE DAMAGE SOIL BUREAU Colored Laborer Injured When He Rushes Into Blazing Room. Loss Is $2,500. An explosion of undetermined origin followed by a fire in the photograph! laboratory of the Bureau of Sofls, in Department of v resuited in r and Agr injur; property damage “harles Jone: 1 the exp solored, 54 vears old, on, fellow workmen to ed _the ro n, burnin face and hands A fire alarm brought local ap- us, which promptly extinguished w70, confining it to the room in Jones, who lives him about the fourth pre- cinct patrol and was announced not to condition by Dr. Pres- Chief Clerk Reese of the Depart- ment of Agriculture announced that an investigation into the cause of the fire was heing made today. The blazo had been extingulshed before the | greater portion of the department em- s arrived for work FEE-SIV’-LrlTT|NG SURGEON ASKED TO QUIT PRACTICE Dividing With Doctor Who Sends | Case Is Scor=d at Meeting of College of Physicians. | By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, October 27.—An appeal to stop the practice of surgeons splitting their fees with physicians who send them patients was made vesterday, by Dr. Leroy Long, dean lina professor of surgery at the Uni- { versity of Oklahoma School of Medi- {cine, at the opening sesslon of the fifteenth annual clinical congress of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Long scored those who operate on the moribund and incurable for no other reason than the fee or in order not to offend the physician who sent the patient to them and who would get half the fee. eI, McEachern, surgeon of the Calgary General and Holy Cross Hospitals, also denounced the fee-split- ters, declaring that there was no use in the cellege creating standards for hospitals when fee-splitters were har- borel in these hospitals. As a remedy situation prevails in Chile. | The dispatch adds that a severe censorship has been established. he suggested that expulsion from the college be the penalty for those proven to have divided fees.