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. v WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) with lowest temperature near Fair freezing tonight; tomorre warmer. Temperatures—Highest, a.m. tod: lowest, 30, Full report on page t 6 ow fair and 37, at 11 .m. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 No. U.3. ACTS TOHALT BANK AID 10 DEBT DODGING NATIONS Warns Financiers That Loans Even to Municipalities Are Frowned Upon. 29,768, SIX COUNTRIES HEADED | BY FRANCE AFFECTED | Money Already Advanced in No Way Touched by Administra- tion’s Stand. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The United States Government has notlfled private hankers that it would ! look with disfavor not merely on loans | to foreign governments which have | jailed to settle their war debts with America, but on all loans to cities iu | those same countries or to industrial | enterprises owned or partially owned | by federal governments. The embargo on loans, has been made complete. Italy, Greece, Jugoslavia, Ru: Rumania are the only countries left which have not yet agreed to settle war debts. In almost eve the exception of Fr commission is on its way to the United States, or s been empowered therefore, France, The case of France presents inter esting aspects. While the new min ist made no announcement \hout its polley, considerable sig- nificance is attached to the coming change of Ambassadors at Wash- ington. Berenger Is Expert. Senator Victor Berenger, who is to be the new Ambassador, is known as | 2 financial expert. The move on the whole 15 taken as a favorable sign, because much of the work of nego- tiating a settlement can be done by an Ambassador if he is really author- ized to discuss the question with officlals of the American Debt Fund- ing Commission. Meanwhile, the ban on lcans will have a profound influence on the French attitude. It must be stated frankly that Government does not enjoy the proc- ess a bit, but feels that something vital like the ban on loans is the only way to bring French opinion to & real- tlon of how seriously Washington regards a continuance of the unset- tled condition of war debts. The leans of Frengh cliles are & good Investment always, and their horrowings in the United States have | been considerable. Nothing in the American Government’s policies af fects in the slightest the loans that already have been mude, but private bankers, although eager to make new ones, will not go against the wish of | the Department of State. It was dis- covered that some applications for loans amounted merely to a transfer from French cities to the French fed- eral government, and that unless the embargo was comprehensive it would be futile. Similarly with respect to certain public utilities supported by the French government, the loans made would merely have relieved the Paris ministry of certain items in its budget. U. S. Sees Delay Unreasonable. The American Government feels that there is no real reason why an agreement by France to pay should not be made within the next few months, so that the document can be presented for ratification at the com- ing session of Congress. e agree- ments already have been made. Those with Great Britain, Finland, Hungary, TLithuania and Poland have been rati fled by Congress. Agreements with Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Ethonia and Latvia have been concluded by the Debt Funding Commission and will.be submitted to Congress for ratification in December. oo BUYS MILITARY PEANES. Chilean Government Orders Nine From Swedish Aircraft Company. SANTIAGO, October 31 (#).—The Chilean government has ordered from the Swedish Airplane Co. nine heavy military planes, each to-tie fitted with the engines and designed to make a speed of 190 kilometers (117 miles) an hour. Each machine is to carry three Maxim guns and be fitted for several bombs. The first six airplanes are to be de- lvered next March and the rest in May. This Swedish company is controlled by the famous junker concern, the treaty of Versailles debars from manufacturing airplanes of this type 1o Germany AREA FREE OF QUAKES. Geological Expert Denies Danger of | Shocks in New England. | RUTLAND, ¥t. October 31 (P).— | There is no indication that the New | England area Is in danger of a severe | earthquake, Arthur Keith of t United States Geological Survey, who for several wecks has been studying the results of the earthquake of Feb- ruary 28 last, announced here. He| sald he saw no reason for the warning sounded at Providence by Prof. Kirtley F. Mather of Harvard that New Eng- land should be prepared for a temblor, Aslde from shattered chimneys and Dbroken glass, no evidence had been found of property damage in the Feb- vary disturbance, Mr. Keith said. P EBERT SHRIN UNVEILED. Imposing Sarcophagus Erected to First German President. HEIDELBERG, Germany, October 31 P).—An imposing sarcophagus, erected as a monument to Friedrich Tbert, Germany's first president, was | unvelied in the cemetery here today and then turned over to the city of Heldelberg. The ceremony was attended by Herr 1ibert’s widow, Defense Minister Gess- | jer, Labor Minister Brauns, Prussian | Premier Braun, Dr. Meissner, repre- senting President Von Hindenburg, and delegates from numerous republi- can organizations. The sarcophagus . ¥as sculptured by.Prof.Behrens, case, with | foreign | the American | {ot | soldiers, nounced today in refuting press state- | second class matter Washington, D. C. GEN. SARRAIL, ! Removed as French high commissioner in Syria following reports of atrocities | in Damascu: LEAGU E ASKS PARIS INSYRAN REVELT |Cites Numerous Complaints : Filed at Geneva—France ! Removes Sarrail. | By the Associated Press. | GENEVA, October 31.—The per- { manent mandates commission of the { League of Nations todav asked France for official comment upon petitions | protests and complaints which have { been filed with the league concerning the bombardment at Damascus on October 18 to 20. | LONDON, October 31 UP.—A di patch to the Evening N: from Haifa, Palestine, says the sithation in Damascus, where the French recently {put down an insurrection, 1s still critical, while the surrounding coun- try is “seething.” The French author- { ities are said to he imposing heavy |fines on the city. Owing to the Damascus insur- gents’ failure to deliver rifles in ac- cordance with the terms lald down { by the French, a fine of 10,000 pounds sterling ($48,500) was imposed on Monda: | Of the 3,000 rifles demanded, only 11685 were dellvered, and further {fines of 500 pounds sterling must be i paid each day until the last rifle 1s |handed in, the correspondent re- | ports. The French guaranteed there iwould be no further bombardments, {but barbed-wire barriers have been jerected in the streets to prevent | ambushes. ! The city is reported quiet, but with strong revolutionary undercur- rents. The country to the north, | the dispatch savs, is in a state of | complete revolution. The telephone lines have been cut. Motor cars are held up within 3 miles of the city {and the passengers robbed. | Strong bands of Damascenes are attacking villages in revenge for the failure of their inhabitants to join in the firing against the French. SARRAIL IS OUSTED. | Civilian to Be Placed at Head of Syrian Mandate. rail, France's high commissioner in Syria, whose reticence with regard to the recent fighting in Syria, and espe- cially Damascus, which underwent a | severe bombardment, has been ordered jhome to give a full explanation of the | situation. He will not return to his post, for a decision has been reached y Premier Painleve and his cabinet that instead of a military commis- | sioner a civilian henceforth will take | dated territory. ! The French cabinet for several days |has been mueh perturbed over the {ican and British official sources regard. |ing the bombardment of Damscus by | the French artillerists from October {18 to 20. Lengthy descriptions were given in | these reports of amazing and extraor- | dinary events accompanying the shell- ing. The British consul in Damascus in his report to the British foreign of- fice, which conveyed its contents to the French government, described ‘“atro- cities” by Gen. Sarrail’s regime. French Displeasure Plain. The French endeavored to hide their dis over the trouble between the French i and Syrian tribesmen. Before an- nouncement was made last evening i that Gen. Sarrail was to be recalled there was a direct killing of great numbers of the popu- lace of Damascus and the razing of a large part of the city by the shells of the French guns. This came in a remark of Minister the Interior Schrameck, who asked if the high commissioner was not to be recalled. “The most elementary discretion,” replied M. Schrameck, “commands us first to inform the interested parties | jof the decisions { which' they have been the object be- and measures of fore the press is permitted to publish them.” i The anger of the cabinet is satd to have been increased by the fact that Sarrail = virtually ignored an urgent telegram demanding from him a full report. A short dispatch say- ing he had mailed a report last Tues- day and that this should arrive in Paris in a day or two was his reply. French Losses 585. The French losses in Syria since the beginning of the insurrection are 585 killed or missing, and of these a little less than half were French the premier's office an- ments saying 6,000 had been killed. The government points out that the 6,000 represents the total killed or a@h | changes | | PARIS, October 31 ().—Gen. Sar-| i jup the task of supervising the man- | representations reaching it from Amer- | authorities have not | leasure | indication that' | this would be the culmination of the WASHINGTON BARRING OF TRUCKS ON SOME STREETS ASKED BY ELDRIDGE Would Allow Hard-Tired Ve- hicles on Designated List for Deliveries Only. WANTS PEDESTRIANS | TO ABIDE BY SIGNALS; Proposed Regulations Would Bar" Right-Hand Turns at Red Light. WA i The texts of & number of proposed | in the tiaMc code which | have been submitied to the Commls. | sioner by Traffic Director Eldridg ere made public today, and include | as one outstanding innovation a new rule which would prevent solld-tire | commercial vehicles and horsg-drawn | | | vehicles from operating on certain | | thoroughtares except for the purpose i e 1 |of delivering a commodity on such | thoroughfares. { The proposed changes have not been jacted upon by the Commissioner, but | | were given out as recommendations under consideration. | The st includes certain fixed { changes in the parking time for the | i congested district, to permit two-hour ¢ | ¥mit indicate signs, it approved iby the Commissloner. | Rule for Pedestrians. Mr. Eldridge also has submitted pro- | posed regulations providing that pedes- | {trians shall obey the Instructions of i traffic officers or traffic devices at con- trolled intersections. This rule further {provides that pedestrfans shall not cross the roadway through moving traflic on any street upon which traf- fic s controlled by electric signal lights. H The Trafic Director also explained | {that Corporation counsel Stephens has | ruled that the speed limit cannot be | increased on boulevard highways, but | can be increased on what are known | as_arterlal highways. | "The traffic director further explained | that under this ruling the main thor- { oughfares in the outlying portions of the city wil be known as arterial high- ways and the main thoroughfares | within the thickly buflt-up portion of | the city will be listed as boulevard | highways. He emphasized, howeve: that even after the Commissione have acted upon the proposed chang { no increased speed 1imit will be in ef-| fect on an arterial highway, except | when a slgn has been posted showing thenew speed. Text of Regulation. The texts of the proposed neéw regu- lations restricting soiid tire com- mercial trucks and horse-drawn ve- hicles reads as follows: “‘Commercial vehicles, equipped with | solid tires, and horse-drawn_vehicles | shall not be operated on Sixteenth street between H street and Colo- | rado avenue; New Hampshire avenue ,becween Washington Circle and U | street; Rhode Island avenue between Connecticut avenue and North Capi- | [ tol street, or Massachusetts avenue | | between TUnion Station Plaza and | Sheridan Circle, except for the pur- {pose of making delivery or loading {and for such purposes such vehicles | shall enter and leave at the nearest | Intersection to the delivery or loading point; provided, however, that ve- hicles using sald highway for the | purposes herein permitted shall at {all times obey the crossing regula- tions in force thereon.” Pedestrians Must Obey Signals. The text of the pedestrian regula- tion follows: “Pedestrians shall have the right of way at all crosswalke except those controlled by traffic officers and traffic devices, at which points pedestrians shall obey the in- structions of the traffic officer or {traffic device. Pedestrians shall not ! cross the roadway through moving i traffic on any street upon which traffic is controlled by electrical | signal lights.” { The ruling of the corporation coun- sel that boulevard highways and {arterial highways are different in | that special speed limits can only |be applied to arterial thoroughfares imade it necessary for the traffic | director to rewrite the existing { boulevard regulation. i Boulevard and Arterial. { In its new form the proposed rule | does not create new through high- ways, but divides the existing ones linto “boulevard stop highways” and “arterial highways,” as follows: | “Sixteenth street northwest from H | street to U street, Vermont avenue | trom Thomas Circle to Florida avenue, Sixth street northwest from G street | to Florida avenue, Florida avenue and { Ninth street from Sixth street .north- {west to Sherman avenue, Sherman javenue from Florida avenue to New” Hampshire avenue, New Hampshire avenue from Sherman avenue to Georgia_avenue, Eighteenth street | from Massachusetts avenue to Co- |lumbia. road, Calvert street from Adams Mill road to Connecticut ave- jnue, Massachusetts avenue from Stan- ton Square to Sheridan Circle, Q {street from Wisconsin avenue to | Massachusetts avenue, M street from Thirty-fifth street to Pennsylvania avenue, Pennsylvania avenue from M . street ‘to Washington Circle, New Hampshire avenue from Washington { Circle to U street, Rhode Island ave- nue from Connecticut avenue to Fourth street northeast, South Dakota | yavenue from Rhode Island avenue to Bladensburg road, Pennsylvania ave. nue southeast from Second street to Ellicott Circle, New York avenue and i Mount Vernon place from Sixth to i | Ninth streets northwest. “Arterial highways—Sixteenth street from U street to Alaska avenue, Alas- ka avenue from Sixteenth street to Georgia avenue, Georgia avenue from New Hampshire avenue to the District line, Connecticut avenue from Florida avenue to the District line, Massachu- setts avenue from Sheridan Circle to the District line, Wisconsin avenue from Massachusetts avenue to the District line, River road from Wiscon- sin avenue to the District line, Rhode Island avenue from Fourth street | northeast to the District line, Bladens- burg road,from Fifteenth and H streets northeast to the District line, Pennsylvania avenue southeast from Ellicott Circle to Alabama avenue, Ala- bama avenue and Bowen road from | Pennsylvanta_avenue to the District WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITiON ¢ Foening Star. D. 3 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 97,542 HALLOW 1925 -THIRTY-SIX PAGES. CLEAR AND MILDER WEATHER ON WAY Untimely Snow Routed. Cool, Spicy Temperature to Continue Next Week. Yorecaster Charles L. Mitchell, chief dispenser of weather prognost!- cations at the Weather Bureau, smiled his broadest this morning and an- nounced that Washington and vicin- ity will be favored over the week end and through the early part of next week with clear, cool and tonic- giving Fall weather. The snow forecast for vesterday by Mr. Mitchell arrived according to schedule, and after a 2-nch fall the thermometer began to climb back to normal this morning. . This“&vening will remain spicy, but Sunday and Monday will be warmer. The Eastern coast, from Philadel- phia north to Maine, is having some of the lowest October temperatures | in recent years, but Old Sol is warm- ing things up today. Throughout the Middle West the weather has cleared and no disturbances are e: pected to come here out of that region until late next week, if at all. SNOW RECORDS BROKEN. Early Falls Cover Foot Ball Fields as Far South as Tennessee. NEW YORK, October 31 (#).—Oc- tober snow and freezes are being ex- perienced by a large portion of the| Atlantic seaboard following similar conditions in the Midwes Foot ball flelds as far south as| Tennessee were snow covered today. | snow records were broken Early in Connecticut. An inch and a half in New Haven, Conn., was the heaviest there in 52 vears. Farther south, in Charlottesvilie, 6 inches of snow forced postponement of a foot ball game be- tween the University of Virginia and Randolph Macon. | Had not a flurry on October 10 al- ready broken the New York record for early snow, yesterday's snow would have done it by piling up inches deep, if they had not melteds In some parts of Pennsylvania sleighs were brought out. Salvaging of the wrecked subma- rine S51 off Block Island, R. 1., had Lo be suspended because of high seas and the blinding flakes. ‘Warmer weather is predicted for tomorrow. An abatement of low tem- peratures already Is working its way east. The farther north on the seaboard the less snow apparentl Boston had none at all and Virgii the most. One of the blg spots of Midwest snow, now abating, was northern Ohio, with an 8inch fall. In Elyria a woman, blinded by snow, was killed by a train. Some -vessels on the Great Lakes are covered with ice. —_— PERSIANS HIT DYNASTY. Strong Nationalist Movement Against Government Under Way. ? | Uses Flag to Wipe | Window and Gets | {250 Days in Jail | | —Two hundred and fifty days in | Jail was the sentence given Jake | | Ball, cleaner and dyer, who used | { an American flag vesterday to wipe his shop windov Bail i pleaded ignorance of the law, but the judge ruled that ignorance cn such a point w worse than the desecration. Defe notice of appeal. WAY PAVED TO CUT MAJORITY F TAXES House Committee Lays Plans to Repeal or Reduce Virtually All Levies. | | By the Associated Pres | ‘Concluding today its second week | of public hearings on revision of the revenue law, the House ways and means commitee has received appeals | for repeal or reduction of practically | levery tax now on the books. { There is every indication, however, | that the committee will follow in | general lines the suggestions of the | Treasury, keeping its proposals for | total reduction in revenue near to the ! $300,000.000 mark, of how 1 | | | | | i | tions of Secretary Mellon as to how the reductions should be effected. The committee will begin next Wednes- | day, at the conclusion of its hear- ings, the actual drafting of a tax reduction_bill. Frank W. Mondell, former Repub- | lican leader in the House, and James B. Colt of Boston, Mass., were allot- ted time today for appearance before the committee. Exemption of tangible personal| property from the inheritance tax was urged by Mr. Colt. Appraising of such property for taxation, he said, | “constitutes a burden on our tax-| payers wholly out of proportion to the sums received by the Govern- ment from that source.” He estimated it cost estates $1,112,600 to make re- turns from which the Government collects less than $300,000. PAINLEVE’S FINANCE PLANS ARE OUTLINED Forced Consolidation and Bond Moratorium Measures Are : Missing. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 31.—The Matin prints a long statement from Premier Painleve today, outlining the finan- clal measures which he hopes to sub- TEHERAN, Persia, October 31 (P).— | mit to Parliament within a week. A strong nationalist movement against | These include neither forced consoli-| the present Persian dynasty has been | dation nor a moratorfum for national |line, Good Hope road from Nichols avenue to Naylor road, Naylor road ““(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) - ki | “({Continued on Page 2, Corunm 1) under way for the last few days. The Mejliss, or natlonal assembly, which has been receiving numerous threatening messages from the prov- inces, was convened in special session to seek a solution in conformity with the national desires, but a few shots fired outside the Parliament Buildings today brought hasty adjournment. WAR ZONE QUIET. Not a Single Shot Fired Since Greeks Left Bulgaria. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. SIDERCASTRO, GRECO - BUL- GARIAN FRONTIER, October 80, via London, October 31.—Not a single shot has been fired eince the officers of the allied military commission, rep- resenting the League of Nations, ar- rived at the frontier. The evacuation is complete. Sunday the commission goes to Demirkapu to conduct an inquiry. (Copyright. 1825. by Chicago Daily News Co.) Soviet Commissar Dies. MOSCOW, October 31 (#).—Gen. Michael W. Frunze, Soviet commissar for war, died today following an opera- tion yesterday. adio Programs—Page 29. defense bonds, the principal feature being a sinking fund provided from the proceeds of speclal taxes, princi- pally on accumulated wealth, and con- sequently completely and permanently independent of the regular budget re-| sources. Meanwhile former Minister of 1"1-( {nance Caillaux and Louis L.-Klotz, ‘who also is a former finance minister, have become candidates for member- {8hip In the financlal committee of the Senate. Great importance is attached to the election, as it will provide the first indication of the present attitude of the upper house toward a capital tax, as both Caillaux and Klotz op- pose it. . PLANES BOMBARD ROME. Fireworks Dropped on City in Cel- ebration by Fascisti. ROME, October 31 (#).—Rome to- day underwent all the thrills of a bombardment from the air, except actual damage and casualties. Two dirigibles and 200 airplanes soared over the capital in military | formation, and for an hour main- tained a rain of fireworks. the detona- tions of which gave the raid a realis- tic touch. The demonstration was part of the program commemorating the Fa: march on Rowe thrge years ago, CHURCH COUNCIL PRAISES DRY LAW Declares Prohibition Justi- fied—Asks Greater Support in Enforcement. Churches are called to further sup- port of prohibition enforcement by the administrative committee of the Fed- | eral Council of Churches, in a state- | mer made public today, which de- clares prohibition “has already yield- ed results which fully justify its adop- tion. The statement followed study of the report on prohibition 1Ssued by the | research department of the council. | There was said to be noihing in the report “‘to justify modification in_the stand of the churches for prohibl-| tion."” Friends of temperance and the pro- hibition movement in other countries | were warned not to be deceived by various attempts to interpret the re- search report as a confession of fafl- ure or even discouragement. Text of Statement. The statement in full follows: “In view of the widespread interest attracted by the report of the research department of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America on the prohibition situation and of the serious misunderstandings which have arisen in connection with that report. the administrative committee of the Federal Council, composed of repre- sentatives of the church bodies which are members of the council, has au- thorized the following statement of its conviction as to principle and policy: “First of all, the committee would | emphasize its unequivocal support of | national prohibition, as expressed in many public utterances and reaffirmed | “bi by the quadrennlal sesslon of the whole_council in Atlanta last Decem- ber. We declare our strong conviction that the policy of prohibition is the deliberately and permanently estab lished policy of this Nation; that this policy has not faiied, but, on the con- trary, has already yielded results which fully justify its adoption; that the liquor traffic and the saloon must not come back again, and that the churches must set themselves with new purpose to see that prohibition is enforced by law and sustained by the national conscience. Certain Law Will Stand. “The statement adopted by the Fed- eral Council in December, 1924, as the authoritative expression of its attitude toward the prohibition amendment de- clares that ‘the effect upon the physi- cal, economic, social and moral life of the Natlon of the extraordinary effort of society to protect itselt from the Hquor traffic has been so beneficial that it Is now generally agreed that the law will stand, based as it is upon the unassailable purpose to. promote the general welfare.’ The present-day duty of the moral citizenship of the Nation we believe to be: ‘1. To magnify the value of the principles of total abstinence and the obligation upon the law-abiding citi- zens to practice the same; ‘2. To make unmistakably clear to both the lawless sellers and the law- less buyers of intoxicants that the liquor trafic has been permanently (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) * UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. Woman AmongFour| Sentenced to Die | As Red Traitors By the Associated Press | KIEV, Russia, October 31.—Four persons, one a woman, have been sentenced to death for alleged esplonage in favor of Poland. They are Mme. Goroditskaya and threo state employes, named Holschev- nikov, Kutcherenko and Shelutko. They were accused of furnishing to a Polish officer, Habiyenko, who lived in Kiev under an assumed name, particulars regardthg mov ments of the Red in the K military district, as well as informa tlon concerning’ the state railwas “and the schedule for military trains in case of mobilization. COURT TO REFUSE T0 CALL COOLIDGE Mitchell Counsel Plea to Be! Denied—Precedent for Action Is Found. By the Assoclated Pres | Counsel in the court-martial pro- | German Metal mediate U.S. TOPUSH TRIAL OF ILERIN HUCE ALLEGED BRBERY Grand Jury Indicts Former Custodian on $7,000,000 Fraud Charges. $441,000 IS REPORTED PAID TO THREE IN DEAL Company Heads Also Accused, May Come to U. S. to Face Court By the Associated the ( $4 0, prosecut; W. Miller, rorm tod Department of The Govern trial matters involving t Co., begun W ceedings against Col. Willlam Mitchell | ended his c: | were taking advantage of an adjourn- |ment today over the week end to pre- | !pare for the next stage of their legal tussle. This will be the actual trial of the officer on the charge of conduct violat- ing good order and discipline, a stage of the proceedings barely reached. after nearly three days taken up b: efforts of the defense to halt the trial, | when the court took an early adjourn- | ment yesterday until Monday to per-|cut, ¢5 The ocrurren ing the Harding ad As the result of payvment in cash nd Iib bonds of $7,000,000 by the United States the two Merton brothe; of Fr Main, the ng disbursements were made by the brothers, it 1s agents of ! charged To John T nat; King, former Repub! al committeeman 000, of which he {mit preparations for the offering of { Jesse Smith §: evidence. i | Col. Mitchell and his counsel, mean- | while, are going to decide whether they will ask the court that he be con- | fronted there by his accuser, meaning ! either President C t | War Dwight Davis, or hoth. Court Will Deny Move. If Representative Reid of Illinoi: the defendant’s clvilian counsel decide 1o ask the court to i poena for Presid Coolidge as ness, there was no_ doubt toc that the move would com » naught Legal military authoritles have defi- nitely decided, it was said, that « court- martial has no authority by which it may summon the President as a wit- ness, precedents for such an opinion, it was added, being found in decisions of the United States Supreme « | A request for the summons of retary Davis, however, a question which, in the absence of { precedents, the court would have to | dectde on its own responsibility Although he said he would re no definite decision on the mat il the court reassembles Mond: Mr. Reid bases his contention that President Coolidge is the accuser of | Col. Mitchell on the statement of the tral judge advocate, Col. Sherman Moreland, that he is being tried by “a presidenual court.” In_ordering the investigation the War Secretary, the judge advocate explained, acted as agent for the President. Sec- ach 3 Recess Is Surprise. | The recess taken br the court ves- { terday, after a_session lasting little | | more than an hour, came as a sur- prise, but was recommended by both | counselors to give them an oppor tunity to examine three witnesse: who had just arrived from Tex jevond hearing Col. Mitchell's plea and denying him the ! " he had requested, | Mexican State Jails Five for Re-| fusing to Marry. KICO CITY, October 31 Cons!derable religious excitement pre- | vails in Villahermosa, capital of the State of Tabasco, over the arrest of | five Catholic priests who refused to marry, say special dispatches from | Tabasco. | A decree recently passed in that | state requires that priests of any creed must marry in order to exercise the duties of their office. TWO KILLED IN CRASH. Auto Hits Standing Street Car. | Three Men Hurt. 1 MONTGOMERY, Ala., October 31 (®).—Their automobile crashing into a street car standing on the end of the line, two men were killed and three | seriously injured about 2 o'clock this | morning. The dead are H. J. Dudley | of the Veterans' Bureau, Birmingham, | Ala., and R. H. Holland, Seale, Ala. | The injured are Gerald Steenhuis, Bi mingham; Harry Denton, Seale, Ala., and C. R. Dudley, Birmingham. Ex-Gov. McCray Details Experiences In His First By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., October 31 (#).— Marking the close of his first year as an inmate of the Federal Penitentiary here, Warren T. McCray, former Gov- ernor of Indiana, has written an edi- torial for Good Words, the prison paper he has edited since his arrival, in which he declares he believes he has done his duty since entering the institution. The former Hoosler governor also touches optimistically on the outcome of the prison management upheaval some months ago, which resulted in the conviction of former Warden Sar- tain and the.acquittal of former Dep- uty Warden Fletcher on charges of bribery. The editorial follows: ““With this issue, the first milestone of my editorship will have been y “Twelve months is but a very brief time as measured by the life of na- tions, but in the life of a man shut up in a place of confinement it almost is an interminable period. During the span of my editorship this institution has had a great deal of publicity, much of which has been of an un- L| savory kind. The reputatién of the institution suffered Irom the scandals i Year of Prison Life that have been freely aired in the, courts and the daily press of the en- tire Nation. As usual, much more has | been said than was actually warrant. | ed by the facts, but an upheaval such | as occurred was inevitable with the practices that were common, affecting certain classes of prisoners. The in-| stitution has come through this stormy period in good shape, however, and under the calm, firm and just| reign of Warden Snook the agitation and disturbances of one year ago have all subsided. * * ¢ “In my initial statement I said I would endeavor to do my duty and conduct this publication in such a way as to reflect credit to the institu- tion and for the uplift and betterment of the men. I have never lost sight of that pledge and have faithfully en- deavored to make the paper conform to thoes specifications. * ¢ ¢ “’As stated in my opening announce- ment and as I now repeat, the aim and desires of the editor will be to continue to follow the precept of Him who first gave utterance to the high- minded principle for the government of the conduct of one man toward another as embodled in the Golden Rule. There can be no better guide for us to follow either here or else: indictment. | erty. Smith v | ago in his Was | erty's where.” To Mille in Lib | through the Ui of stock of the A Metal Co. Miller Denies Charges. hout foundat. of Col. Miller as expresse iiis offic . Del., will ap- pear here - raignment. nex rosecutic ab the Merton xpectation Justice that t will come e trial because of erests in this co none « 1 the indi and they ca; > the T s will stand on record be arrested if they come of Fran! sident captain Tresids Basel etallgeselisc of Fran Swiss corp that it was ow Metallgesellschaft proceeds leurs de con- 1t to the Mete Pour V corpor: trolled by an defendants. is alleged that Col. Miller kne Swiss concern was controlled by Ger- mans Among the witnesses befors the grand jury was Roxfe Stinson, di- vorced wife of Jesse Smith, confidante of former Attorney General Daugh” s found dead two ye: ington apartment. His name had been mentioned in conn tion with various scandals investi- gated by the ate. Another witness was Harry Daugh- brother, Mal, whose bank was a depositary for allen property funds. ston B. Means, and his secretary, Imer Jarnecke, now serving time at Atlanta, were also brought here to testify STONE STARTED PROBE. Has Case in Shape for Vigorous Prosecution. The indictment at day of Thomas W v New York vester Miller, former |alien property custodian, concluded an investigation which was begun shortly after Harlan F. Stone succeeded Har- ry M. Daugherty as Attorney General Department of Justice officials de- clared last night that the Government case, directed by Hiram C. Todd of New York, as a special assistant at- torney general, was in shape for im- mediate trial and that the prosecution would be pressed vigorously. The naming of several forelgners in the indictment will not deter or handi- cap the prosecution, officials declared, it being the Government’s intention to proceed against all members of the alleged conspiracy over whom its courts have jurisdiction without ref erence to others who, as long as they remain on foreign sofl, may be able to lléeep out of the reach of the American w. A copy of the indictment, as made public here by Acting Attorney Gen eral Mitchell, disclosed that depart- ment officials regarded as an unusual stock manipulation @1 Germany prior to and during the Worll War, as the first of many steps leading &p to the claim by the Merton brothers for the funds held by the alien property cus- todian. Jesse Smith, whose name was link ed with that of John T. King, former Republican national committeeman from Connecticut, as taking part in arranglng the alleged transaction, was found dead in his apartment here in 1923, and later was mentioned (Continued on Lage 2, Coluwun 8.