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WEATHER. (1" S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and continued cold, with lowest temperature freezing or siightly below tonight: tomorrow, increasing cloudi- ness. Temperatures: Highest, 39, at 2 p.m. vesterday: lowest, 31, at 7 a.m. ull report on page 7. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Entered as second class matter post affice, Washington, D. C. TRIAL OF MITCHELL RULED LEGAL; REID " FLAYS PROCEDURE AS LAW VIOLATION Declares Method of Prepar- ing Case Entirely Wrong. Asks It Be Thrown Out of Court on Technical Error. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. WASHINGTON, Foening Star. OCTOBER Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,428 TWO CENTS. PAINLEVE ASSUMES PLACE OF CAILLAUX 10 FORM MINISTRY Will Act as Finance Minister as Well as Premier in Revamped Cabinet. . 29.766. D. ! [COLORFUL AUDIENCE OF WOMEN | ‘ PRESENT AT COURT-MARTIAL o, THURSDAY, C, OTECTION ASKED RAMERICANSIN SYRIAN DISORDER | | — : | | | 1925 - FIFTY-SIX PAGES. ns Associated Pres Furred, Hatted Feminine Contingent Gives Overmm-‘, of Romance to Military Proceedings—Colonel | and Wife Greet Early Comers. | It was an audience composed mostly | her shoulders was drawn a silken - |of fashionably dressec women which | bandana, shot with riotous colors. She packed itself today into the little court- | Whiled away her time by snifing a | France Must Pay for Dam- | room at First and B streets, where the | 1arge white chrysanthemum in her trial of Col. William Mitchell, sports- | hand. pausing now and then to raise | man, social lion and soldier, is under | 2 lorgnette to her eyes at some pa Wy, ticularly important phase of the trial. | Yesterday there were but a few s Mitchell and the colonel greeted | | feminine spectators on hand for the|# number of men and woman specta | opening chapter of the big trial, but | lors as they entered the room this | [ today they were out in the full splen- |Morning, and shook hands with some | {dor of their furs and hats. A military | With whom they apparently were not court proceeding usually is devoid of |Acauainted, but who wished to assure Bt thettalal of |y | 1he officer of their “support.” hing aviator and horse| The majority of the women present | something azain, BY FRENCH COMMANDER ! vere youns and prefty. The men. for | small crow perfunctorily the most part, were middg azed. The i limited by the confines of the impro. YOUNE women, eviaeniiv, were drawn in vised courtroom 1wd as though it ; | 6.000 Casualties Reported i the romance of the trial. the men Wi preparing to wateh the former as. | DY e seriousness and probable con- | Brutal Strife—Holy City Sistant air chief take the jumps, this sequence of the thing, their i | time over the hazards of military dis- | (eVest. whatever the motive, is intense Heavily Bombarded. cipline i was attested by the that during i Those who had expected to see the (he recess from noon until 2 o'clock fiery colonel climh over the il vesterday afternoon many went with shake Lis fist in the nose out lunch in order to remain in thei hashed judges were sorely the afternoon session pointed. howe age to Property of Foreign- ers, United States Hints. 15,000 TROOPS ASKED [ INEW LINE-UP FORMED | AFTER LABORIOUS NIGHT chell, w else Some Change May Be Made Later, and Fate of New Body Is Watched With Interest. RULING ON JURISDICTION IS BLOW TO DEFENDANT ‘. W\ S kel By the Associated Preas oo e PARIS, October 29.—At 5 this morning, after a laborious task throughout the night, Paul Painleve succeeded in completing a cabinet combination which is to be submitted President Doumergue for ratifica tion. Painleve will beminister of finance in place of Joseph Caillaux, and also continue as premier. Subject to last ute modifications, the new minis is constituted as follows Premier and minister of finance. M. Painleve. Minister of foreign affairs, Aristide and. Mi temp: Mini meck. Minister Bonnet. Minister Minister Minister Ministe cent. Minister and Minister phos. Minister Perrier. Minister ur, Minister treiou. Colonel, However, Strikes Back at Once on Ground Charges Should Ambassador Herrick In Paris has o'clock mude representations to the French sovernment for protection of American life and property in Damascus i Instructions for the Ambassador to ] jmake the move were forwarded when | word of the disorders in Syria was re cefved. The Washington Government S0 has sent two American destrovers places for is itchell’s attorney, by the way To date. Mitchell himself has main. @ notable figure at the trial. He Have Been Brought by Imme- tained a complete. ear-tantalizing | frequently on his feet, challenging I | silence. Tl has had plenty to say, Statements of the prosecutor, hutling diate Chief, Instead of Rocken- | indivectly, it is true. but only through defiance into the faces of the court. the medium of his attorney. Repre- He talks choppily and very rapldly bach of Capital Area. sentative Frank Reid of Ilinois. and often emphasizes his remarks by | | And this enforced silence seems to | moving forward to the table at which e {chafe him. He leans forward in his | the generals are sitting and emp 5 % Gol Walliamt Mitchelt | chair during the exchanges between INg sweeping gestures of the arms from Gibraltar to Alexandria, Egy Jle to military law for his denun. | COUnsel and frequently appears to be | All the while his countenance is ajiwhere they are ready to proceed to} ition of the organization of Amer- | defense forces, the general | court-martial, before which he faces | is respon- ‘Best Bootleggers’ UGHESMAYRUN Bt Bootesgers’ on the verge of thking n bami in the | puzzle. He seems to be half smiling, | Beirut should the situation require trial on charges of insubordination, of justice, Camille Chau Y.M.C.ATOSURVEY FIELD IN DISTRICT Associated Press. ' of the interior, A. Schra- of the budget, Georzes count the of work, Antole de Monzie. of war, Edouard Daladier. of marine, Emile Borel of commerce, Daniel Vin Intensive Study Planned toi Pave Way for Great Build- | ing Program Here. The House wavs and means com inz o while the muss of complexities in volved in making a tax bill to give thought to the after-effects of hoot leg liquor Does liquor made from dena- tured alcohol canse death, just slow death, or ix it harmful at all?"” Rep blow mittee today swept aside showing of agriculture, Jean Dur < of instruction, Yvon Del for the colonies, Leon surprise to those followed the irom its heginning. it of labor, Antoine Dura who have case a of pensions, Louis An mossip New Line of Vndaunted by first ult, Col With another surp Representative I of defense counsel the charges and | him should be stricken out and the court-martial disbunded on the | rround that the trial had been called | in disregard to the resular proceed- inzs of military law. It was the fizhting air colonel's second attempt to ca the battle to those who op- Attack Taken, this repulse of his! Mitchell came back when, throuzh nk K. Reid, chief he moved that oceedings against | the aims S of | but when the import of what he is;further steps to safeguard Americans ohlie ot B wife, Deepos pagain and | o \ing reaches the ears the smile|and their property i Mrs, Mitchell was fn high spirits | Pecomes by turns ironical, or quizzi-, It Was estimated by officials here again toduy, Her black tam o' shanter | cal. or even meaningless. | that about 150 Americans probali: agaln ay. er black tam o/ ishanter| ——= = 5 - | were in Damascus or its immediate f was tilted saucily to one side.” Around (Continued on Page 5, Column 3, | {00, 1 (JAmatcus or 1s fmmediate decided today. It wnanimously over- ! cans were hurt Fhces ruled the former assistant air chief's | ! The instructions to Ambasssdor sl D e ACTING GOVERNOR FREES |ncrrn revied Vi o Nthti tht il S, oo S e French government to take necessary i inrisdiction and announced its com- TWO MORE FROM CELLS ' cteps forthe protection of American € S, s Xp petency to hold the defendant to ac- | = lives and property and of American s s = for his statements. | . D I consulates, not oniy in Damascus, but B \lthough the verdict dealt a tell- | P“;d":‘ That D“wke""':‘;:‘ :" elsewhere in Syria where they may be st s G - e ails to Stop Arkansas Officia reatened g at Col. Mitchell's hope of P o Official 'reports from Damascus Reported Ready to Contest even before the court-mar- i New Action. “hows that while French residents NEP eady nies tial got fairly under way, that there Ainoginted Press were removed to barricaded positions, 5 ’ . e ¢ & i the hombar e by e kT - "o is no military statute to forbid an LITNEBROGEK, Ak, Octolier 29, — | S carorerament by tbe Erench pro Primary With Wadsworth. officer of the Army criticizing a con- | Lieut. Gov. S. B. McCall of Arkans: eigners. Demands for indemnification Gi Di dition within the service that he be- whose action yesterday a8 acting ov-| yndoubtedly will be made in Paris iven Dinner. licves toib et mtolcaable the decision ernor during the absence from the \hen the details of injury to Ameri icves to be intolerable, the decis Sl Bl 1] State of Gov. Tom J. Terrall in grant- | can property are recelved. It is known - o il o et o did not come as iLea Body Will Wit o ardon 1 Baciilall former |there %as some small damage. | BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE asked Martin J. Ittner, Jersey ; practical steps looking toward i gue Body I eSS s visoronaly ot o Amiericans! LoncuiTomen Cerbrm : : p v chemist, vepresenting dealers |new national functions and a zreat g £o i | By far t nos teresting plece oilet articles, who asked reduc- | bhuile yrogram for the Young Men's o | ment issued last night by Go rrall . SRS 1 S S ment S ntekeating Dl in toil A o tilding program for th. ing i Re-Establlshment of at* Birmingham, today granted tao| JONDON. October 29 rp)' A Jeru- fof Washingion political of | tion of the alcohol tax Chciatien A daosiatianiin (s (cits will | salem dispatch to the Daily Tele- | (he precongression:l revolves The high-class bootlegger 1 had T ARearm ot & {graph =ays that homes of American S S Border Posts. 1son ans of Charles Secretary of and Coolidze be soon Tends More to Left. The new combination tends slightly ! more to the Left than the former cab- inet. The task of recruiting the new cab- inet kept Premier Painleve steadily at work all night. First of all he spent more pardons. tne plied. “undoubtedi One issued tod ced L e round eportec witnes plied doubtedly aTantific: Burvevi of | Weashtiifan Wy e lsmicdlitoday, freealiT se-2odo, | SO0 s8vs (het homes of Amevican und ‘1}::. e ‘n:. the poison so that slow | Scientific survey of Washington b companies in Damascus were de. 7 & ncies of the National Y. M. C. A under sentence from Conway County | = i pist 5 ith is the maximum penalty, but t stroved during the insurrection of ; State In the Harding This was indicated today as the lat on i 1o serve three vears for burglary, and : s the clum metimes Kill off their the other, Ma Oden, Rro woms a i 2 3y sorhe) ot b e BY A. R. DECKER. “:m:_, o ‘MI' \‘:.T—.:.n w ;‘:.:.’:.""""""" 18 to 20, and that the Amer. | Cabinets Is said ve his eve customers too quickly est development in prospect for great- | Aot 0 Daily News. | Union County, for second-degree mur- | 140 consul had presented a demand ; the New York Republican senatorial . Iv enlarged activity of the organiza- DICASTRO, Greece, October|der. 3 or redress to the French authorities. | nomination in 1926. If he enters the tion in the National Capital within 2 reeks completed evacuation | The action of the lieutenant govern- he dlfig’ml« h w}*ffl[h\rz'{ part of lists, Mr. Hughes will contest the la few years. as the National Council|uch energy in trying to induce for- of Bulgarian territory eight hours|®F il Sranuing the pardon to Hall, |the Jewish quarter of Damascus &as iprimary election with the incumbent, Y. M. C. A. at the Willard Hotel, | mer Premier Herriot to take his place f Bulgaris rritory efght hours| o L inder a fe v ce | destroyed by the French artillery;{'gy A ; H : i - . : t { head of the order to withdraw by 8 | fon T e onieRCeland that hundreds of Jewish UeMbaTRtor Janies:W. AWadsworth, i which last night authorized a New | and form a cabinet, or at least to as- o S s ¥ B[ for the alleged embezzlement of State | . : Mr. Wadsworth is the official leader !1ocal program. plunged into what was ! sume a portfolio in his ministry. Her | o'clock Thursday morning, thereby | funds, was the first pardon isaed in |dents are reported to have , ! 2 5 - Bl s eed et T e L b e Republican party in the Em expected to be the final business of ay riot, giving as a pretext poor health, | 5 2 s 3 rrall took office | Ipire State. Victory over him maintained his refusal. r pose him rather than to wait (01“ them to bring the assault to him. | Mr. Reid told the court in plain | language that the case was not prop- | 'lv before it, that the commanding ! er under whom Col. Mitchell | ved at the time the alleged offense | was committed had not even inves- tizated the case and that the actual | charges were brought by the com- | manding general of a corps area to which the accused officer owed no responsibiilty. I'nder the languac for the conduct of reartial, it is obl fending officer’s immediate minder to institute the preliminary investigation and then recommend the | ppointment of the court. if the ac- | “ation seems to have heen substan tiated, Mr. Reid declared. Neither of | these prerequisites were followed in | the case of Col. Mitchell, the defense counsel asserted, e of the manual | seneral courts an of- com- | Rockenbach Accuses. | “Insiead,” he said 1t Briz. Gen. ‘the record shows | Samuel D. Rocken- bach, commander of the District of Washington, preferred the charges. It does not show that even he saw fit to investigate the case. What strunge - thority or e be that gives the of one district the right to call a nking officer of @nother district t count for some- thing he did in his own area i ‘We wish 10 go on record as de- claring that the proceedings here are | irregular, according to your own mili- | law, that this court has no juris- | diction in the case before it as now | presented. and we make a motion that | the charges and proceedings now | in progress against Col. Mitchell shall | be striken out. Only a few court_had taken Col. Mitchell's tion on no law power ¢ commander minutes under first ples: the grounds that there forbidding the staiements he made in San Antonio shortly | after the Shenandoah disaste which he now stands tr tribunal his superiors. The verdict came after a da & half of bitter argumenis fre the defense counsel and the Judge advocate before the | consideration | to jur of md n hoth trial Spectators Amused. without | Accord- The proceedings were not their comical phase, either ing to military regulution, the cour was obliged to consider each of the eight counts separately on the ques tion diction. As a resuli the Is kept marching back und forth between their antechamber: | nd the courtroom, much to the frani wmusement of the s Ltators ard the boredom of the trizl officers. | Maj. Gen. Robert L. Howze. presi dent of the court. offered no explana- tion of the ground on which the court had overruled the plea to jurisdiction. | It was pointed out, however, that the | court feels there is definite authority | for regulating the latitude of an army | officer’s actions. Col. Sherman More- | land, the trial judge advocate, declared that without it the army would soon | hecome a_mob. Just how long it will be before the court begins to take testimony is & question no one but Col. Mitchell and | his counsel can say. In the brief day and a half since this trial opened, the defense has made some sudden and unexpected attacks. No Testimony Today. No person can foretell how many more surprises Col. Mitchell and his Jawyers have hidden up their sleeve. It is certain that no testimony will be reached today. 1t was forecast today that Col. Mitchell has failed to be in his first skirmish, he has at least made it more likely that the court will permit him to submit direct testi mony on the question of the veracity of his statements. Time and again the question of the “{Continued on I 1. Colwinn The League of Nations commission now is in the evacuated area to Wwit- ness the re-establishment by 1 p.m. Friday of the Bulgarian posts. Retreat Is Cautious. KULA. Bul aria, October 28 (7 p.m., ! via London, October 29).—In this Bul-| garlan village, which has been scuttled oy the fir ee Bulgarian division, firing ceased this morning at 5 o'clock. A few hour later the Greeks began withdrawing their_artillery, munitions and heavy supplies. By noon the Struma High pouring out the reek army modern army, well equipped and ap- parently high spirited. Light infantry and some mountain pieces remained 1o protect the withdrawal, for the Greeks did not have too much confidence that the Bulgar troops, or Comitadjis would not take advantage of the situ ation to make an attack The Greeks were cautious ay w because on Tuesday night, a few hours after | the parley on Demirkapau. the Bul zars attacked post 73 from 11 o'clock 4t night until 7 o'clock in the morn- ing. This forenoon a Greek captain of cavalry went on : to the Bulgar lines before Petritch. e was blindfolded and led to a tent, where he delivered a messaze saying the Greeks were about to withdraw and that the Bulgars might reoccupy their posts after 24 hours. Bulgarians Boast. Bulgars, while leading the blind- folded officer back to “no man’s land,” said that if the League of Nations zranted them permission to mobilize he Bulgars would soon be in Salonika. Nevertheless, the withdrawal was begun this afternoon. The British military attache Athens and the Irench and Italian ataches at Belgrade, who form the leazue evacuation control commission, me to the Demirhissar “iron fort res<” and then motored to the Greek division headquarters at Kula Bridge, The commission then drove to Greek lines, where the evacuation was discussed. The French member pr posed that the evacuation take place (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) at BELGIAN STRiKE LOOMS. | Coal Miners Likely to Walk Out. | Wage Raise Refused. BRUSSELS, gium is thr 1 miners erators ha October 24 ened with a next Monday ving refused dems 5 per cent wage increase on (e ground that it is already impossibia for the industry (o meet foreign cam petition. ! Meanwhile the government, in hope of stimulating the market, praposes to purchase 50,000 tons of Belgian coal monthly for the railroads. This coal heretofore has been furnished from the German reparatien ship- ments at an actual loss to the gov- ernment. The coal stock at present total 1,644, 327 tons. BEER DEMAND LIGHT. Only One Windsor Cafe Asks for License Renewal. WINDSOR, Ontario, October 29 (). —Only one Windsor cafe, District Li- cense Inspector Maxine N. Mousseau announces, has asked for a renewal of its license to sell 4.4 beer. The fiscal year ended today. and time for application of renewal of licenses wax fixed for this date. but it was unoffi clally reporfed the time will be ex tended vntil May 1. Brewerx reports of sales indicate the 4.4 beer demand has been declin ing steadily until it has reached vir- ey the vanishing i strike of the o s for Sixth and a | fine | special mission | the | (#).—Bel- | last January. | i ‘SNOW IN FLURRIES WITH CHILL WINDS [ ihe Slight ~ Fall Accompanies | Freezing Snap—Warmer Weather Forecast. ! | Shivering in below-freezing tempera- | tures for the first time this Winter, | Washington was promised relief today | from the cold snap which pushed the | mercury down to 31 at 7 o'clock this | morning, and caused home owners to stoke up the family furnace anew A slowly rising temperature is fore. by the Weather Bureau today i with lessening of the hizh winds, | Which reached velocities of as high as | | i a i 48 miles an hour, in gusts, about 9| o'clock last night. { Coupled with the windstorm and | tast-dropping temperature, which came | | with dusk vesterday. a few flakes of snow fell, not enough to be recorded on the instruments at the Weather Bureau, but still marking the first of- | ficial snowfall of the Winter. The ! snow fell with a small rainfall about | 8 o'clock last night. East winds will be ushered in to- | morrow, marking the end of the northwest gales which swept the city | last night, ripping a launch loose | from its mooring at the foot of the | Eleventh street wharf and knocking | branches from trees. With midafter. noon will probably come rain from | the East, while the temperature will | continue slowly on the upgrade. i Yesterday's disturbance was caused | | by a storm originating over the Gulf | of Mexico which boomed northward | | along the Atlantic coast. endangering | hipping and blowing itself out in Nova Scotia. Tomorrow a rainstorm | will come from another disturbance which is now in the southwest and will hit Washington some time dur- | ing the afternoon or evening. | The atmospheric conditions in Wash. | angton yesterday were regarded at the | Weather Bureau as typical of one of the most unusual Octobers ever | vecorded here. A mild forenoon and | pleasant afternoon was followed by & | change of wind which developed the | proportions of a small gale, accom panied at its height by slight pre- | cipitation and a fast dropping tem. | Derature. ('OLli GRIPS (‘Ol'Ni‘R\’. 1 By the Associated Press. : CHICAGO, October 29.—A proposal | to change the name “Indian Summer” | to “Eskimo” would find no objection today in the shivering Mountain States and Midwest, while the East also might be persuaded in its favor by arguments of snow and cold. The Christmas weather belt today extended from the Rockles, here Rapid City, Dak., thermometers stood at 14 below zero, to New York, where | overcoats were in order after rain, hail and a gale sent the mercury skidding. More snow indicated for today in most Western sections, with flur. iex in the East, but relief was prom- | ised, however, for tomorrow, in the Ohio Valley, the Kast-Gulf and Mid- | dle Atlantic States and Southern New | i England. ‘ The snow in aressingly light Continu. in Washington as- the East 'that felli mn 4) ! with “All Syria is reported to he aflame with discontent.” the dispatch con- tinues, “and this may be the besin- ning of a new war of Islam against the Christian powers. No one knows where the next attack occur.” 15000 TROOPS ASKED. PARIS. October 20 (®).—Premier annoyinz situation in which is declared to have attained such a serious aspect that Gen. S: the French high commissioner. requested 15000 reinforcements which to overcome the attacks of the natives Even in official circles, the silence of Gen. Sarrail in reporting com- pletely on the situation has caused considerable irritation and open eriti- cism of him. This is due fo premier's admission bhefore the chamber committee on finance that there were more than 6.000 casual- ties in last week's fighting between the French and Druses. Yesterday evening's conference he- tween Premier Painleve and Presi- dent Doumergue dealt with the ad- visability of recalling Sarrail. The newspapers, in admitting that dur- ing the revolt in Damascus on Octo- ber 19 the loss of life was heavy and the destruction great, call for the removal of Sarrail. Order Reported Restored. Order has been restored, says a report received today from Sarrail. Denying reports that the women and ha children were evacuated from the city, | | the general says a few persons left at the time of the bombardment against the insurrectionists on October 18, but | that they are returning. Phe only troubles, he declared, were ' caused by bands of brigands outside Damascus, and measures are being taken against these. A dispatch from Alexandria, Egvpt, vesterday asserted that the rioting in Damascus had its origin in the action of the French troops in parading through the streets of the city with { bodies of rebels who had been killed in fighting in the neighborhood. Refugee Syrians arriving from Beirut were quoted as authority for ment. The number killed in the rioting was in the thousands. 000 Reported Slain. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dail PARIS, October 29.—'The Paris press, regardless of political col- or, devotes editorials and front-page articles 1o the Syrian situation, which is considered extremely grave, with the prospect of growing worse in the near future. The death toll at Damascus is very great, unofficial reports mentioning as many as 5,000 killed or wounded. It is not the 10ss of human life, however, which excites the Arabs to a frenzy, but the fact that for the first time in history Christian soldiers dared to bombard the Holy City and drop bombs on the famous Senayeh Mosque, which contains, among other venerable relics, the rock on which Abraham made his sacrifice. This jewel of oriental art, which, in spite_of the political vissicitudes of the East, has been preserved intact for 800 years, is reported to have been damaged by French shells. Naturally such an act Is bound to have a tre- mendous effect all over the Moham- medan world, especially among the Mussulmans of Syria and neighboring districts, all of which are under Chris- | tian rule. (Copyright. 1925, by Chicago Daily REFUGEES SUFFERING. ewn Co.) \ LONDON, October 29 (#).—The Na- tional Political League today received a cable from Secretary Husseine of Continued on I'age 4, Column 4 4 may | Painleve’s new cabinet must deal with | Syria, | the | this state- | make Hughes not only the sena- torial candidate of the G. O. P. but its titular head in the State If the former Secretary of State achieves the purpose attributed to him, Mr. Hughes would become a formidable contender for lican presidential nom Although he will be April of that ve: today in the prime mental vizor. With the care he is accustomed 1o take of himself, his age three vears hence prospectivery would not put him in sthe ineligible During his recent pear- ances before the 1'nited States Su preme Court in Washington Mr. | Hughes impressed evervbody with his almost vouthful buoyaney He s manifestly enjoving thoroughly his return to the active practice of his profession Will Be Honor Guest. On the evening of November an Armistice eve dinner in New York y. Mr. Hughes is 1o be tendered the first public honors bestowed upon him since his retirement from the secreturyship of state last March The dinner was organized for that | &pecial purpose. The former foreign minister of the United States will be toasted by a distinguished predeces sor in that office, Ilihu Root. The only other speaker will be Mr. | Hughes himself. It may be that the function will turn out to be the open- ing gun in the fight for Senator Wads- worth's seat. That Mr. Hughes still regards him- self in politics is shown by the vigor with which he has thrown himself into the bitter New York mayoralty { campaign just drawing to a close. At the time of Secretary Hughes resignation early in 1 it { matter of common report that he left the cabinet nation in 1928, 66 vears old 1n Mr. Hughes s of physical and 10, at bitions. Mr. Hughes himself refused to confirm this talk. of course, ing that the desire to rebuild his per- sonal fortune was the soie cause of his return to private life. But his triends know that the Republican who lost the presidency in 1916 by the single eiectoral vote of California has always felt in his heart that he ought to have another chance at the White House under less treacherous condi- | tions than those which overthrew him | nine years ago. President Coolidge' (Continued on | intentions with ge 2, Column 5. DARING ANTI-.RED PLOT IS REVEALED IN RUSSIA Plans to Blow Up Railways. Bridges, Airdromes and Army Depots Found by Police. By the Associated Preas. MOSCOW, October of daring ‘plans for the destruction of railways. bridges, airdromes and mili- tary depots in Soviet Russia is claimed by the state political police, formerly known as the Cheka. cording to the police, was to be en- gineered by a counter-revolutionary espionage organizatian on behalf of the general staff of a bordering state. The police allege this organization has been collecting military and po- litical information for one of the great powers. arrested in connection with the plot, many of them former officers and cit- izens of the Sovlet republic former officer named Narsky, con- fessed, the authorities say, that he planned last month, when the sol- diers of the Red army were returning from camp, to destroy railway tracks and bridges with dynamite. The Investigation will be completed within a few days, when the case will be referred to the supreme court for wial would | the Iepub- | .| snatched bundles was a| mainly - in order to be| free to promote his presidential am- | ;1€ AEEEE assert- | — Discovery |lated with this serum, he The plot, ac-| Several scores of persons have been | One, a| | firing without warning as soon as the | bank car 1 |Gunmen Shoot Bank AumI Driver, Overiooking | About $24,000. By the Associated Press BUFFALO. N. Y. October Desperate gunmen today swooped n armored bank automo- the driver. wounded a messenger and escaped g, Goniitighn bile, Killed zuard and a With $93.000 in cash Witnesses told the police that one of the gunmen resembled ||hl|ln;.'r.’;ph\': of Harry Harris, alias Garfield, who skipped his bail in Detroit after hav inz leen arrested there charzed with participation in several Buffalo roll robberies. Cha“les \W. Clifford, driver of the car. was shot and instantly killed. Lewis M. Yarvington. a bank guard, and John H. Mevers, messenzer, were seriously wounded. “The bank car contained abour $117, 000, which was being transferred from | the Federal Reserve Bank to the Bank of Buffalo, three bloeks away. | " The police were told that three men |in a large closed automobile started pay had drawn up at the Bank | of Buffalo. The bank employes re- | turned the fire, | Three other bandits who had been | | loitering about opened fire and containing money They then | running board of the achine and disappeared. Co., affiliated of Buffalo. offered a | reward of $10.000 for information | leading to the arrest and conviction ! of the murderers. | EPILEPSY CURE CLAIMED | BY RUSSIAN SCIENTIST | from the messengers. leaped on the | gunmen’s m The Marine Trust Serum From Brain of Dogs Subject to Seizures Declared to Make Humans Well. By the Associated Press. LENINGRAD., Discovery of a aimed by Dr nt in scientific research to the famous physiologist, Prof. Pavloff. His an- nouncement has created a sensation | in Russian medical circl Dr. Sperans conducted experi- ments with dogs, inducing seizures | ‘similar to epilepsy and producing from | the brain a substance which he calls! altotoxine. Healthy animals _inocu- vs, became immune to similar seizures. The scientist contends that use of the serum in cases of human epilepsy {would effect complete cures. Sees Air Mail to Cub: HAVANA, October 29 (£).—William Field, president of the American Chamber of Cominerce in Cuba, to- day told the directors of the chamber that he had been informed that an ajr mail service for Cuba will be es- tablished shortly. He said he had been assured of this recently during an interview with Assistant Postmas- ter General Glover in Washington. cure for epilep: Speransky, a Two Killed in Cave-In. MEXICO CITY, October 29 (#).— Special dispatches from Hidalgo del Parral in the State of Chihuahua say that two are dead and nine injured, owing to a tunnel cave-in at the La Prieta mine. Tt ix believed that sev. eral miners are entombed. ) AND STEAL $93,000 iz =2 | great | the survey | there is admittedly considerable | ment | passed earlier in the se: Before night it was would have 1926, elected meeting place the council for officers and chosen a the next convention. expected Survey of District. The survey of Washington will be made under the auspices of the zeneral hoard. the newly forced de partment of research, and a special committee headed by Cyrus McCor- mick of Tllinois, which is charged spe- cifically with responsibility for the Washington problem. It is very likely, according to indi cations this morning. that some of the social research foundations, en dgwed for the y . which have in the past made surveys for such organizations a TM CLA, may be ¢ ate in some manner in the National Capital. Although details remain to be work- ed out, It was considered likely that would take about three months. Tt would include all factors bearing on the two questions of what kind of nal function the Y. M C. A. should have in this city, and what kind of buildings should be con- structed and where, to house both lo- id national needs he movement at this time does not include the proposal to move national headquarters of the Y. M. C. A. from New York to Washington, although sen- timent among members of the council in favor of such a move. Resolution Is Adopted. The national council, in authorizing a study of the Washington situation, outlined its position last night in a resolution reading as follows: “That the associations be called upon to recognize the large, unique and ex- ceedingly vital national and_ interna- tional ministry rendered to the broth- erhood by the association at our Na- tional Capital, and that the general board, with the collaboration of the newly-formed department of research, make a special study of the situation with the end in view of an enlarge- and strengthening of this far- reaching service, and that the commit tee authorized by the national coun- cil at its ‘meeting in Buffalo be in- structed to proceed under the direction of the general hoard to the execution of such plan as may receive their joint_approval.” This resolution was a revision of the riginal less-active proposal submitted the general board, and which had ions. Judge Amboy, N. J Shipp of Pitts. Adrian Lyon of Perth moved, and Fred B. burgh seconded the motion that the previous resolution be reconsidered and referred to committee for revision. This was passed. John C. Haswell, chairman of the committee on the general board, which had reported out the previous resolu- tion, said the committee was ready to report at once and presented the above resolution, which was passed In supporting the resolution Wil- liam Knowles Cooper, secretary of the Washington Y. M. C. A., explained that the local association was already serving unofficially in a national serv- ice, as the secretary was an “ambas- sador” in the association’s relations with the Government. He explained that the plan proposed did not con- template the moving of the national council headquarters to Washington. Gives Much Authority. Action of the national council thus leaves much authority in the hands of its agents, the -general board, de- partment of research, and Washing- ton committee, and it was thought likely today that the movement would now go ahead steadily to the “execution” of the plans developed. Decigion as to building needs will be made by the various agencies in co-operation with the local Y. M. C. A, but it is known a tentative plan has under consideration erec- tion of a new central buflding in (Continued on l'age 2, Column i) | Vain efforts were made also by M. { Painleve to obtain the collaboration j of the Socialist leaders, Leon Blum and Paul Boncour. They declared { they were bound by the decision of | the Grenoble Socialist Congress for- | bidding participation in bourgeois governments. ! Visit to Palace. i Premier Painleve, accompani his new cabinet, arrived at the Elysee Palace early this afternoon for the ustomary presentation to the presi t of the republic. The cabinet also contains a new portfolio. that of minister of budget, which will be filled by :s Bon- net, former undersecretary of state to the president of the council The portfolio of commerce in | new ministry was declined by Charles Chaumet and Louis Lou- { cheur. There was a strong rumor in political circles this afternoo hat the premier later would name M. Chaumet governor of the Bank of France. This rumor was subse quently confirmed by the premier Retirement of M. Robineau from the governorship of the bank in favor of M. Chaumet, who w min- ister of commerce in the retiring ministry, is rezarded as a_concession by Premier Painleve to M. Herriot, the radical leader. Task Complete on Time. I The revised edition of the Pain- leve ministry presented itself at the | Blvsee Palace well within the 24 [ hours the premier had fixed for the | completion of his task “For once, M. Painleve was really ahead of time." remarked one of his colleagues. who added: “That fact augurs well for the combination, {although the fate of revamped cabi- {nets is to live a short and hectio 1 life." 1 The new cabinet is received gener- ally with suspended judgment, every- body apparently waiting to see what | Painleve is able to do as finance min- ister, which portfolio he has taken in addition to the premiership. No New Strength S | The combination as it stands is re- zarded as containing no new element jof strength, and whether the depar jture of Finance Minister Caillaux | proves an element of weakness is what political circles and the general | public are waiting for. The Senate and Chamhe of Depu ties, which had been called to meet today, held only perfungtory sessions. listening to eulogies of the members who have died since the last sitting, and then adjourning until next Tues- day to hear the declaration of the new | ministry. Undersecretaries of state in the new ! ministry were named as follows | " Presidency of the councll—Aime Berthod. | hant marine—Charles Danielou r—M. Ossola. Aeronautics—M. Laurent-Eynac. | Devastated regions — Jammy | schmidt. | Technical education—Paul Benazet | High commissioner of housing—JI. | | | the both en. Levasseur. | DEBT BODY DELAYED. | Rumanians Again Defer | parture for Washington. BUCHAREST, Rumania, October (P).—The departure of the Rumanian Deft-funding Commission to _the United States has again been post poned.. The reason now given is that M. Titulescu, head of the commission, has been delegated to represent Ru mania in several matters presently to be considered by the Reparation Com- mission. De- 29 Radio Programs—Page 41.