Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1925, Page 2

P) . PLAN FOR STADIUN GETS NEW IMPETUS Sherrill Lays Proposal Before Chamber of Commerce Committee. Further steps in the direction of pre viding a large stadium here in which might be held national and interna tional competitions, such as the Army and Navy foot ball classics and inter national polo games, as well as the Olympic series, were taken toda) when the matter was under discus = slon between Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, director of the office ef public build. ing and public parks of the National Capital and a special committee on stadlum of the Washington Chamber of Commerce. This latter committee consisted of M. A. Leese, flrst vice president; Ivan C. Weld, second vice president; N. Harper, a former Robert N. president of the association and one of the prime movers in the construc- auditorium secretary Washington Seymour, tion of the and Arthur B the association Sherrill Explains Plan. lasted for more half. during Sherrill laid The than conference an hour and which, It was said, Col hefore this commitee his idea as to the means of providing such a stadium as well as furnishinz sug gestions for providing the necessary site and the funds for its building. The committee of the chamber is expected to report the results of this conference to the main body for fur ther action. Col. Sherrill, author of this new plan to provide the National Capital with a place for holding national and international games, has not as vet seen fit to make public detail. He has submitted it sentatives of local organizations. in. cluding the Washington Beard of Trade. the Merchants and Manufac turers’ Associatlon, the Federation of Cltizen: Assoclations and the Cham ber of Commerce. Will Publish Plan One result of the conference this morning. it was learned. is the pro- posal of a plan to lay the whole mat ter before the public through the: local bodies. Col going to prepare a statement ing his proposal detall and within a few days would start to the civic bodies, and In that way et it before the public generally. It is probable that the Chamber of Com- merce will extend to him an invita- tion to appear before it and lay the stadium question before a meeting of that body TINNEY’S WIFE BEGINS HER SUIT FOR DIVORCE Comedian Will Fight Claim for $750 Monthly Alimony, Asked by His Spouse. to repre. By the Associated Pre: NEW YORK. November vorce suit of Mrs. Frank Tinney. wife of the former Broadway comedian, whose cscapades with Imogene (“Bub- bles”) Wilson recently startled the Ri alto, was begun vesterday before Su- preme Court Justice Riegelman in Mineola. Counsel for Tinney announc ed he would not contest the suit as far as custody of his son Frank was concerned, Dbut that the comedian would fight bitterly the claim for $750 monthly alimony asked by his wife One of the witnesses vesterday tes tifled that Tinney was living in a ho- tel at New Castle-on-Tyne, England with a tall blonde known as b bles.” The witness testified Tinney and “Bubbles’ were registered as man and wife. t no time tions,” testified Tinney's counsel He fixed Tinney 500 a week. Another witness said Tinney made $1.500 a week from one hooking in England and from $1.000 to $1.500 additional by appearing at night clu DENIES ACTI()N TO SUE EXECUTORS FOR GOULD Accounting of Millions Asked 0ld Suit of Railway Com- pany Receivers. By the Aseociated Press NEW YORK. November 6. Su preme Court Justice Proskauer de- nied vesterday an application to make the executors under the will of George J. Gould defendants in the suit against Mr. Gould and Myron T. Her- rick. Amt sador to France, for an accounting of millions of dollars, brought by Henry W. McMaster and Francis H. Skalding as receivers of the Wa h-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway Co. The suit was filed in 1910 and had been on trial four vears at_the time of Mr. Gould's death. The suit was brought against the defendants as managers of the Pitts- hurgh and Toledo syndicate, organ- ized In 1901 to acquire raflroads in Pennsylvania, West Virginia - and Ohio and to build a terminal in Pitts- burgh. The properties were con solidated in 1901 as the Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Raflway Co., and subsequently went into the hands of receivers. The accounting sult is based on allegations that the syndi cate manager used funds for im- proper purposes After the death of Mr. Gould an ap- plication was made to substitute his sstate as a_defendant and to confinue the suit. That was denied in all the courts. At the last session of the Legislature a statute was passed pro- viding_that in a proceeding in New York State in which jurisdiction had been obtained against the resident of a foreign state such action should not abate by the death of such de- fendant, but the exacutors under his will should be substituted. Then the question of making the Gould executors defendant was again taken before the Court of Appeals, but the court held the law unconsti- tutional. The application came be- fore Justice Proskauer on the conten- tion of attorneys for the receivers that the question had not been pre- sented squarely to the Court of Ap- peals. Justice Proskaner’ based his decision on the ruling of that court. TURKEY BMiS DAGGERS. New Law Forbids Near Bast's Favorite Arm. CONSTANTINOPLE, November 6. (P).—Cartoonists must make another alteration in their caricatures of the Turk. Besides substituting the hat for the fez, they must erase the dag- gers which always have figured in their representations of the so-called wild man of the Near East. A recent law passed by the new gov- ernment prohibits the carrying of any knife more than 4 inches long. In other words, the traditional sinister dagger has shrunk to the prosaic pen- knife. during Grorge our conversa A. Hopkin: was Tinney sober. in Carrying of .. Chinese wag their. clenched fists instead of shaking hands. 2 his plan in | Sherrill said he was | outlin- | presenting it | The di- | income as about | ELEVATE M | BY JAMES ROBBINS. | Article No. IX. How Mary Pickford. “Little Mary as they still call her in the world of \t!lm! pouted her lips, stamped her No. 2A and refused to be a ‘‘factory | worker” any longer in metion plc- |tures is told by counsel for the Fed- | vral Trade Commission in thefr sum mation of the Investigation of that industr This narration from the testimony, much of it from her own lips, includes ‘!hn steps taken by her and other stars to jump their salaries and incomes to the enormous fizures that have be. come almost bewildering. ‘Factory working™ was the making of pictures and selling them in bulk, which resulted in poor pictures bheing mixed with good ones and the theater owners being forced to show those they realized were bad. Was First to Obje Miss Pickford, according to her tes timony, was the first of the stars to object to this. She felt that iIf she | were to maintain her popularity her pictures would have to be distinctive | |and not identified with the presenta | tion of inferior ones. which were be {ing sold alonz with hers, and which | she considered a burden | Adolph Zukor. president of the Fa | mous Plavers-Lasky Corporation. who | became the center of the Government {attack in its allegation of unfair tac- | tics in the industry. told as exclusively published in The Star. of the compli cations that arose when demands were ! made by stars for higher pay and the | sudden revolution in distribution and the percentage arrangement. ZuKor does not Dbelieve his plctures ever {have been made under factory | methods. | Miss Pickford. playinz “The Good | Little Devil” went to work for Zuker in 1913, quickly bhecame one of the {most popular stars in , pictures and was a biz drawing attraction. Soon she requested a_larger salary. Paramount Pictures Corporation | then was distributing and had not been acquired by Famous Plavers. To | kep her on the Paramount program | Zukor demanded more for the produc tion of her pletures. Producers had heen zeiting £5 per cent and distribu tors 35 per cent Cut Distributo Share. ikor secured a special contract for | Famous Plavers on the distribution of three Pickford pictures, whereby Famous received per cent of the | | gross flm rentals and an advance of 000 on each picture on the release | date. This left but 2713 per cent for I the distributer. In addition, Zukor entersd into a contract with Miss Pickford for sev {eral pictures which should either be distributed independently of the Par | mount program. or, if they were ma la part of it. some special arrange ments for them should be made. | Then Zukor secured a contract for Iten Pickford pictures on similar terms, |and later still another for eight more { wherebyv mount advanced $50.000 on each picture and guaranteed a re | turn of 60,000 on each within 15 months after release But. it Is stated. Miss Pickford still was dissatisfied with the way her pic | tures were being distributed and re. tused to make any more. Finally with her consent. her pictures were I put out with those of Douglas Fair | banks. who had decided to “produce bis own' and who she afterward mar- | iried, George M. Cohan D. W. Grifith. William 8. Hart. Geraldine Farrar and B. DeMille Opposed Block Sy Cecil em. Many the stars and directors { wanted to take more time on pictures i2nd make a less number of them. but |larzer and better ones. They wanted. i too. 1o control their own destinyv. Oth ers wanted their pictures sold sepa- rately, so they might judge by box office returns what character of pic tures audiences preferred them in. Thev objected to th selling in blocks or sries. The btter and more popular star: strenuously objected to their pictures being grouped with mediocre and unknown ones whom some pro ducers were trying to make futures for. To avoid this condition Miax Pick- ford provided in her contract with Famous Plavers that all leases for her films should he kept separate and apart from others. but counsel for the commission state this contract was not kept and her pictures were sold en | masse in the block system, they being | used to sell other Fairbanks also | had this clause in his contract. Zukor i always contended the terms of these contracts were scrupulously kept by | him Miss Pickford refused to renew her | contract under this selling method. which had become known as the “fac- | tory system.” It is stated she re-| fused to work any longer under it and | was unhappy. When her contract with Famous Plavers expired, it is| said. she offered to make three pic |'tures a vear for .000 per negative and 10 per cent of the gross receipts she to pay all the expenses of making | the pictures. Offered $250,000 to Quit. Tt is stated that Zukor persisted in | making a contract for her services at {a fixed price and to manage the pro- {duction. He is quoted as saving to her when he was convinced he could not hire her on his terms: “I think you have worked long enough. Why don’t you leave the pic- ture husiness? T will give you $250, 000 to leave.” Miss Plckford testified she sald to| him: “Mr. Zukor, I am a_voung girl; why should 1 retire at this time of my life?" Then she testified: “I wanted to go ahead and make | bigger and better pictures.” | Counsel for Zukor contend this is a | ridiculous charge, inasmuch as that | year he pald her $1,000,000 for her work She entered Into negotlations with First Natlonal and closed a contract on the terms she had made to Zukor. Her agreement with First National was that her pictures were to be sold on a competitive basis, and the exhib- | itor who offered the price would get the picture, whether he was a Iirst National franchise holder or not. Other Stars ceded. Other stars were dissatisfied with the factory system, and refused to re- new their comtracts with Famous Players, it is sald. They started pro ducing their own plctures. Among them avere Charlie Chaplin, Olga Pe. trova, Norma and Constance Tal- madge, Anita Stewart, Mack Sennett and Charles Ray. This dissatisfaction among stars, re- spondents’ counsel claims, was engen- dered by the newly formed First Na- tional organization in an effort to take those of Famous Players. This dissatisfaction among stars, re- spondents’ counsel clalm, was engen- dered by the newly formed First Na- tional organization in dn effort to take those of Famous Plaver: The evidence discloses, it i set forth by Government counsel, that the fac- system affected not only the stars, but the public, as under it pictures =0 poor that an independent would not have a ghost of a chance of selling were sold at a profit to the purchaser. Some of the stars who set out to produce on their own hook came in contact with a “carnered market,” it {Film Actress Opposed “Factor) duction, Her Counsel Tells U. S. Trade Com- mission in Its Hearings. | the b | tie | Mueller, THE EVE G IMARY PICKFORD’S FIGHT TO ., VIES REVEALED ** Methods of Pro- is stated, with disastrous results. Miss Pickford and Fairbanks both testified to especial difficulty in getting their productions seen in New York City. Saw Menace to Industry. On the effect of block booking and producer-owned theaters Miss Plck ford testified: “1 believe if it Is permitted to con- tinue 1t will sound the death knell of the picture Industry of the big artistic pictures. because they will put’aside certaln amount of money. schedule a certain amount of pictures to he done in a year. and one cannot make the blgger and better plctupes under this method, and one must have a free hand and free, rein In order to make fine productions, such as we hope to make in our organization, with unlim- ited time and unlimited money and no shackles. And 1 believe it the pictures are sold in blocks and are controlled by one group of people that all the in centive to make big picures wil be killed, and that the artistic people will cease to be interested in 1t: and I, for one. will retire if conditions continue or hecome worse than they are now. because 1 cannot devote the time and energy to my films and worry about the distributing of them at the same time.” Douglas “At Mercy of Combinations.” ““The only thing that will stimulate the industry, as 1 see it, is the full expression of the individual artists in this business, unhampered by such commercial attitude as is taken by a great many of these combinations to- day. The fact that 1 am hesitating, awaiting the decision of this court In this p ient case before I make my next pleture—which s a very big thing, and a very inspired thing, a very worth-while thing—because the amount of money 1 would have to put into that production is such that I would be afraid 1 would not be able to zet it out if these fellows realize what, to all appearances they are af ter, an amalgamaiion or control or diciation of the poliey of the indus- try —that fact is significant. S 1 am at the mercy of the combination and the conditions that exist around the country. Counsel for Famous Plavers claim the opinions of Miss Pickford and Falrbanks should be discounted, as on cross-examination they admitted all of their pictures had been exhibited in theaters and that thelr testl- mony was a “mistake.” They point to this as a sure indica tion of an open market in the indus try, with free competition having full play and the best pictures alwavs be- ing afforded showings in the best theaters 3 000 KLANSMEN *airbanks testified: SECEDE FROM BODY Arkansas Chapter to Form New Order—Greater Secrecy Planned. By the Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark., November 6.— Declaring that efforts to induce James A. Comer, grand dragon of the realm of Arkansas, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, to resign have falled, and that there has heen a general loss of con fidence in imperial officers, Little Rock Klan. No. 1, last night adopted a reso lution severing its connection with the imperial office in Atlanta, and calling for the formation of a mew organiza- tion, to be known as “the Grand Clan of America.’ The resolution was signed by P. H Baird, exalted cyclops of the local klan, who sald that “all but four of five of approximately 3,000 members attending the meeting voted for fts adoption.”” The action is said to have followed several weeks of internal dif ferences in the order. The resolution said it was decided to make the action public “'so that there may be no guess | ing or speculation by the klan public | or the general public. National Order Is Aim. In regard to the resignation of the grand dragon, the resolution said that his “usefulness was at an end, and has been for many months, on ac- ount of inactivity as State organization and because of loss of prestige.” The local klan will sur- render its charter to the imperial office and cease all connection with the general organization, the resolu savs, The new organization is to meet here Monday night to complete de tails of organization, It was said. He sald it was probable that the ot zation would be national in scope, but that declsion was left open for | then present. More Secrecy Planned. Two outstanding accomplishments that are to be realized immediately. according to the resolution, % “greater secrecy and utter banish- ment of the spirit of monetary gain." The new organization will start with the knowledge that “there may be threats and hints of legal proceedings + + + by those who have profited from our long-suffering submission.” the resolution concludes, adding that this will not interfere with plans of the new clan. It was announced that the first official_act of the new oragnization would be to vote o donation of $1.000 to the Little Rock community fund, to be paid during the coming vear. NO SUPPORT HERE. Teaders Will Not Aid Seceding Ar- kansas Members. Reports of the severance of affiia- tion with the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan by the 3,000 members of Klan No. 1 of Little Rock, Ark.. and the projected formation of a new organi zation to be known as “the Grand Clan of America,” were received with- out comment at the offices of L. A. imperial representative and local Klan leader, today. “One thing is certain,” said a spokes- man, in the absence of Mueller, who is on a trip through the West, “and that is the new organization can ex- pect no support from Washington Klansmen. “In this city we have a harmonious body of Klansmen, who are perfectly satisfled with the administration of the national affairs as they are con- ducted in Atlanta, Ga., and this city. The local grievances of the Little Rock Klansmen come as news to me.” Two Held as Swindlers. ATLANTA. November 6 (#).— Charles McCord and George Kennedy, wanted here in connection with an alleged “bunco syndicate” in 1919, have been arrested in London and are to he brought back for trial, Solicitar General John A. Boykin announced tod: sl Eskimo women make as high as 2,000 a year raising foxes. 3 leader of the | STAR, WASHINGTON, NEARBY MARYLAND | CITIZENS TO UNITE Suburbs of Washingten Plan Federation to Promote Civic Interests. Mohilization of the eitizenry of southern Montgomery County, Md., to develop and push for progressive measures for this fast-growing com munity, which is to hecome the metropolitan district of the National Capitl. 1s being planned. Announce | ment has been made that the organi | zation meeting of a federation of or ganized and citizens’ selations will be held in the audi- the Bethesda School next Thursday night at § o'clock. It is proposed thuat the Southern Montgomery County Civic Federation be composed of delegates from all towns. villages, taxing areas and un- organized communities within the | genaral territory skirting the District of Columbia. It is sponsored by the Bradley Hills Community Associa tion, which was so active in organiz ing the people of the county In their successful protest against the pro posed establishment of a belt line llroad with consequent industrial invasion of this residential com munity. As a matter of fact, it was the attempt to get this project es tablished in the county which point ed to the need of such a central body is proposed in the federatlon which could keep tab on everything in the county and would furnish the ready organization to promptiy ject that which Is bad and whale heartedly push all that s good for the growth of this section, including as it does many of Washington's most prominent suburbs. Provision for Delegates. communities torium of The federation is expected to serve as the voice of the public in this| community on questions affecting it. and each organization and community will have equal volce, for the tenta ive constitution provides for three | delegates from each. The proposed i constitution savs that the objects of | “this organization shall be to devise ways and means, and to take action to promote the general welfare of Montgomery County and vicinit Special emphasis Is lald on the fac | that 1t will be non-partisan and non | political. Cementing of the citizenry of this | fast growing residential community together by means of such an organ {1zation, according to those behind the movement for its establishment. will result in building up thix section into the finest suburb of the Capital City Under the terms of the proposed constitution each civic body or legal ized community would name three delegates to the central federation, | and one alternate. They would serve | for one vear. Incorporated comuni tiles or citizen: associations would | |be admitted on two-thirds vote of the | present members of the federation. on { seek- | | & petition from the community |ing_recognition The officers of the association would | be president, vice president, secretary | | and treasurer. to be elected by the | federation itself at the annual meet. | ing. which is to be held each October, | and these officers would hold for one ! year. Membership fees for each com. munity and organization represented | in the federation would be $10 an- | pually. ¢ Meetings would be held monthly but authority is given the president 1o call special meetings on his own inittative or upon a written request of five members. Committees Provided For. The tentative constitution also pro- | | vides for nine standing committees. | The executive committee would con sist of the four ofcers of the federa | tion and one member from each com- | munity represented in the federation | The “committee - on transportation | | would have jurisdiction of all matters | relating to rafiroads, electric railwayvs, | telegraph and telephone companies | mail service. | The committes on legislation would | watch legislation and also investigate | and conduet lagal actions upon behalf | of the federation. There also would be committees on sanitation and public health, roads, streets and bridges, public safety, publicity, internal coun ty fmprovements and public schools. Provision is made for the appoint- ment also of special committees to handle special problems as they arise. In view of the importance of the meeting, and the desire that all or-| ganized communities and citizens’ as sociations bordering the District shall have voice in the formation of the proposed federation, letters have gone forward to presidents of these organi- zatlons requesting their attendance at the Bethesda méeting next Thursday | night. Citizens generally from all sections in the lower Montgomer County are especlally invited to at- tend the meeting. SHIP HELPLE.SS BEFORE LAKE SUPERIOR GALE By the Associated Press. HOUGHTON, Mich., November 6.— At least one vessel is known to be in distress and many others scurried for cover in one of the worst storms of the season which struck western Lake Superior last night, The Hamonic, a Canadian steamer operated by the Northern Navigation Co., was reported with her propeller | gone and being driven helplessly by a | 50-mile gale 20 miles west of Caribou Island, about 50 miles northwest of Whitefish Point. A radioc communi- | cation telling of the Hamonic's trouble |was intercepted at Eagle Harbor. The vessel is a passenger and packet freight ship running between Sarnia, Ont., and Duluth. It was considered improbable she was carrying passen- gers this late in the season. She car- ries a crew of 40 men. - SIX MEMBERS OF FAMILY BURN TO DEATH IN HOME | | | By the Associated Press. BALLSTON SPA, N. Y.. November 6.—Six members of one family were burned to death by fire which de- stroyed & bungalow early today. The sole orphaned survivor is in & critical condition. The dead: George Kemp, 40; Mrs. George Kemp, Viola Allen, 14; Myrtle Allen, 9; Carol Allen, 10, and Marcina Kemp, 11. The . Allens were children of Mrs. Kemp by a previous marriage. The Kemp children were born in Kemp's previous marriage Beatrice Kemp, 9, sole survivor of the family, escaped with her clothing in flam As she leaped through a window she heard a sister crying for help. She summoned neighbors, but they and the firemen found the bungalow a furnace. The nearest hydrant was a quarter of a mile away. ‘When the flames died down the bodies were found huddied in one room of the one-story bungalow. From the position of the bodies, a doctor judged Kemp had found a way of escape and had turned back to find the rest of his family when flames closed their way out. [ tele are not | price compilations. | changes in food prices in i vear period |affect D. Over Million Paid For Home Coolidge BOSTON. November &.—The Adams House, home of President (Coolidge when he was Governor of Massachusetis, and famous since 1746 when it was the Lamb Tavern, hasx been sold to George A. Carpenter of Brookline and Wolf- boro, N. H.. it was learned toda The deal was said to have involved more than $1.000,000. Mr. Carpenter expects to keep the building in operation as a hotel. PRIGES FORFOOD ON UPGRADE HERE Rise of 2 Per Cent Recorded Between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15, Labor Report Shows. for food in Washington, | which have shown a steady UpWwa trend since the war. now are proaching the peak of pr here early in the Summer of 1920. 'rn»} Labor Department today announced an increase of 2 per cent in the price af food in Washington in the month between September 15 and October 15 last. and at the same time declared food prices here have risen § per cent since October 15, 1924, Investigators for the Labor Depart ment secure actual prices for 43 ar ticles of food in Washington from stores every month. The prices tained form the basis for the monthly price publications, and are, not ol tained at random from a few scattered stores, Aac ding to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Several representa tive stores of the chain-store grouy operating in Washington are included in those from which prices are ob tained. and everv effort is made to se cure the averagepriced store, where the average workingman or the man on a salary trades The larger stores catering to a spe clalized and usually high-priced clien included in the of | establishments from which prices are | obtained. This procedure, the hureau | believes. constitutes the fairest method of obtaining true and accurate food The bureau, for ohvious reasons. does not want the | rames of the stores made publ | Notwithstanding slight ret ograde | movements in food prices in Washing ton from time to time, the averags cost of food here has been steadily on the upgrade since 1921, when the low est price level was reached since the war. The vear 1920, which saw al nation-wide boom, with high salaries| and high prices everywhere, likewise | saw the highest recorded food prices | in Washington. That occurred in | June, and shortly after Midsummer passed. food prices here began to o down, reaching their lowest mark | since the war in 1921. Beginning l.’\(!“ in 1921 food prices again began to| rise. until they now are near the peak | reached in 1920, ! The increase in the average cost of food, however, is declared by the Labor Department to he general and not confined to Washington alone. However, the department, announcing 22 of the 51| cities surveved monthly. places Wash- ington, along with Richmond, as be ing the highest clty In the percentage increase since 1913, food costs here having risen 70 per cent in the 12. Prices Seasonal fluctuations in food prices | the general average which is| revealed by the Labor Department figures, statisticians say. Such | changes as increased Winter prices for fresh vegetables, enhanced prices | for butter and eggs, which alwavs rise ?h price in the Fall and Winter, and fluctuations in the coffes market | affect the average. The present high| price of potatoes will probably have | an effect upon the level of prices for the early part of November. CRISIS DRAWS NEAR IN NEGOTIATIONS TO FUND ITALIAN DEBT (Continued from First Page.) French negotiations having ended un. satisfactorily. From foreign quarters in Washing-| ton today it was still evident there is a feeling that should the Italian ne gotiations fall down, in all probability there will be called In Europe a gen eral conference to consider the whole interallied debt problem. From some American sources prior | to a meeting at the Treasury of prin-| clpal figures from the two commis-| sions there were indications that the | outlock for & settlement was “very fafr.” On the other hand, sources, it wus leurned that some of | the negotiators felt gloomy to the point of predicting that no settlement | was in sight. The vell of secrecy which both the Italians and Americans have thrown around mctual negotiations has kept from the public any detalls as to the actual progres: Wide Gulf Exists. Informality was understood to be the outstanding feature of the pres- ent efforts to get together, and as no offer has definitely been made before a joint session of the two commis- sions, even though the first offer and counter offer may have been far apart, it was considered that the negotia- tions would proceed with earnest en- deavor on the part of both to recon- cile the differences. As a matter of fact, it was learned that though def- inite figures in the first Italian and the American counter proposals were not made public, there did exist a wide gulf between them. Having agreed substantially on Italy's eco- nomic status, the negotiators are now understood to be down to terms where the difficult problem of recon- clling the agreed upon low present capacity of Italy to pay with anything approaching the general terms writ- ten into other agreements signed by the American commission. Some negotiators were known to feel today that eventuully some con- clusions agreeable to bLoth govern- ments may be reached. It would be futile, on the one hand, it was ex- plained, for the American commis- slon to agree to anything likely to be rejected by Congress, while the Itallans have taken the position that they will promise to pay only an amount which they can actually pay. Exceedingly lenient payments are understood to have been asked by the Itallan commission. The Americans, it is believed, would be willing to accord very lenient terms for the early years. But the crux of the negotiations comes in the amounts to be paid later during an amortization period of any- where near the 62-vear limit written into other agreements. From some quarters today came re- ports that the congressional element in the American commission was one more likely to hold out for terms somewhere near the equivalent terms of other agreements. No official state- ments have been made, however, on the part of these congressional mem- bers as to what their attitude is on this point. from other | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, | sponsible. CITIZENS ARE URGED | Opposition to Return of As- 1925. SYRIAN SITUATION REPORTED BETTER Rumor Arabs Had Joined in Revolt Denied by Cairo Dispatch. By the Associated Press LONDON, November 6.—Reuter's Cairo correspondent says there is no confirmation of the report that the Arabs have joined the revolt against the French in Syria. On the contrary the situation there is considered slightly improved. DEMANDS LIBERTY. agloul Pasha, Egyptian Leader, Scores French. CAIRO, Egypt, November & (#).— A demund that the Syrians be granted self-government on the ground that the French had abused their mandate over the country was voiced yester day by Said Zagloul Pasha, Egvptia Nationalist leader and former premier. in the course of an appeal for funds 1o relieve the distress in Syria. Zagloul also demanded redress on behalf of the Syrians for “the French errors” by the punishment of those re- aid 7 n In making his appeal for funds the former premier headed the list with a personal subseription of 100 pounds. DE JoUv Editor to Be High Syria, Says Report. PARIS, November § (#).—It is un- derstood the French government has decided to appoint Senator Henrl de jouvenal, chief editor of the Matin, as high commissioner for Syria. The official announcement of the ap- pointment is expected to be made shortly and M. Jouvenal will .leave Paris to take up his duties in Damas- cus at the earliest possible moment. The Syrian situation, suddenly sprung upon the unsuspecting Pain- leve cabinet by the parties of the Right and Center in the Chamber of Deputies vesterday in the form of a| demand for immediate discussion of | the “grave events in that country,”| merely had the effect of rallying the| entire parties of the Left around the | wavering ministry and gave it an op-| portinity to score what will probably | be the greatest parliamentary success, of its career Premier Painleve refused to discuss the situation until the arrival in Parls of Gen. Sarrail, high commissioner in | Syria, who has been recalled, and | made It a question of confidence. He was upheld by the chamber, 400 to 30. The chamber fixed November 20 as the date for the Syrian debate. Gen. Sarrall himself will then appear be- fore the parliamentary committees. M. Painleve once more gave the offi- cial figures of the French losses in Syria since France accepted the League of Nations mandate. He ad- mitted that France had lost 6,622 men, | killed. died of wounds or illness, or| missing, but he produced figures de-| signed to show that nearly 70 per cent | Commissioner in 1 of the losses occurred under the gov- ernment of the Conservative and Right parties As officially stated, the losses were, 20, 2,192; 1921, 2,032; 1922, 636; 1923, 1924, 238 The losses for the perod of Gen. Sar- rail’s tenure of office, which was par- ticularly under fire, were 624 from January 1, 1925, to October 15. The date were not given losses since that ! in detall TO RE-ELECT SUTER sociation’s President Is Declared Ingratitude. With the election nei‘uhd to take place at the District Building tomor- row night, twe delegates to the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations came out today in appeals to their asso. ciates to re-elect Jesse C. Suter presi-| dent. George A. Ricker, delegate from | Kalorama _Citizens' Association, ad.| dressed a letter to all of the delegates calling attention to the many impor tant matters pending in which the federation is actively engaged and | urging the members not to change leadership in midstream. Mr. Ricker characterized President iter as a progressive and earnest worker for the federtalon, and ex-| pressed the bellef that he Is entitied | to more than one term. William Torbert of the Rhode Island Avenue Association made public a statement in which he deprecated the opposition which had developed | against re-electing Mr. Suter. Mr.| Torbert said he thought it would be ingratitude not to give a second term to & man who has worked as long and industriously for the federation as Mr. Suter. “While not always in accord with Mr. Suter.” said Mr. Torbert, “I be- lieve in his honesty of purpose, his constructive policles and his extra- ordinary energy, both mental and physical. 1 believe the best interests of the federation dictate that he be continued in office for another term Supporters of Mr. Suter are alse pointing out that two terms has been the general rule in the federation in past years. The group of delegates opposing Mr. Suter have put forward Charles A. Baker, a_ former president. for head of the federation, and William Henry White for vice president. Mr. Baker also is a popular delegate in the fed- eration, and it is expected the elaction of officers will tranacend all other busi- ness at the meeting tomorrow night. FREEDOM BILL PASSED. Filipino Measure Will Allow Vote | on Independence. MANILA, November ¢ ().—The | Senate today passed by a unanimous vote the plebiscite bill, under which the Philippine Islanders would be permitied to vote an -expression on the question of various phases of proposed independence. The bill now goes to the House. The Senate also voted an amend- ment to the general appropriation bill under which forelgn experts em- ployed to make a study of govern- Tent conditions would be employed for a vear and not six months, as originaily proposed. The extension of time was made upon the recom. mendation of Gov. Gen. Wood. Bank Manager Robbed of $10,000. DAYTON, Ohio, November § (#).— P. J. Kloos. manager of the Xenia avenue branch of the City National | Will Paint Names Of Cities on Roofs As an ald to aviation, the Standard Oil Co. of California has agreed to paint the names of (owns and citiex on the roofs of its ware houses, The Army Alr Service, which suggested the plan, was notified today of the company’s agreement, and expects other large corpora- tions to follow suit. Twelve-foot letters will be used which will enable pilots immediate- 1y to ascertain their location. Maj. Gen. Patrick feels that the system ix important In establishing na- tional airways. A A TOREQUEST STREET REPAIRING Advisory Board Indorses | Move to Curb Glare in Headlights. the run- The nesd for improving streets in ! down condition of many Washington, ax shown by a recent | serfex of articles in The Star. will be taken up with the Commissioner: in the nesr future by the advisor: board of the local diviston of the| American Automobile Association, it announced following a meeting | of the board vesterday. | The advisery board also voiced its| strong approval of the campaign now | being carried on to have every mo- torist in Washington keep his head- | lights properly adjusted to eliminate | the menace of the giare resulting from improper adjustment. All facil- ities of the association, including 26 A A. A. service stations, were put at the disposal of the traffic director and the Police Department in the work of adjusting headlights. Brakes Campaign. A similar campaign st an early date to see that the brakes of all machines are in good condition was urged by the advisory board and the same offer of co-operation in such an undertaking was offered by the A. A, A | The advisory hoard adopted resolu- | tions calling for figures as to the amount of money spent on Washing. | ton streets since the intreduction of | the gasoline tax and what portion, if | not all, of the gas tax has been used for street maintenance. i Officials of the highway division of | the District said today that last vear| Congress appropriated about $3.300,- 000 for all classes of paving and re pair work and that appropriations for | the current fiscal vear approximate the same sum. C. B. Hunt, engineer of highwavs, said today that his department is re- quired by law to spend all of the gas tax money on street work and that | all but $50,000 of it is specified b Congress to be used on certain| streats. { The $50,000 referred to, Mr. Hunt sald, is allotted to him by Congress as a lump sum to be utilized in re-| adjusting the gutters and curb lines | of streets in various parts of the city | where the old “barrelshaped” gut- | ters make it difficult to draw in and park vehicle 45 Streets Are Listed. The current appropriation act. Mr. | Hunt suid, listed 45 separate streets | to be paved out of gasoline tax col-| lections, of which number, he said, | 40 have been done. The advisory board of the A. A. A. also expressed disapproval of delay | in the completion of boulevard plans! nd boulevard stops as provided for in the traffic law. Thus far the boulevards have been marked only by painting the word “Stop” on the pavement. Director Eldridge said today that he is having metal “Stop” signs made, to be erected the curb line of all boulevard stops and that they should be put up within two weeka. The advisory board of the A. A. A. also decided vesterday to ask the Commissioners if an adequate pro- gram and ample facilities are avail- able to prevent trafic tie-ups during snowstorms this Winter. The city heads are taking steps to increase the number of snow plows this vear. BOY SHOOTS SISTER. DETROILT, Mich., November § (#).— Because his 5-year-old sister called “monkey” Peter Sarfano, 7. shot and probably fatally wounded the child yesterday, he told police de- tectives. “I was awfully mad, and I meant to shoot her, but 1 was sorry as soon as 1 had done it,” the Loy told police. The child was shot with a revolver obtained from a locked bureau drawer while the mother of the children was at a neighboring store. The boy re. placed the revolver and relocked the drawer after the shooting. FOR TOMORROW. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1.300: claiming: 3-year-olds and up: 14 miles. i | | 99 Viburnum .l *Real Artist . *Dentaria SECOND RACE—Purse. $1.300; claiming all ages: 6 furlongs. Silver Song . Mise Greble ... *Arbitration *Dream Maker. '.!)Ilfldur” 7 fimfivlnfl 4. 100 't o Merdi 24 108 Armor P’l';l ‘lass 1E. K. Bryson entry. Purss. $1.600: the Govans | Middleman Lucky Play Top Boot ... rm st deut. 2d .1l El { ] T 3 e = Golden Spi 0 &id” = Pllfizll J. Helticam . FOURTH RAC! Pim At P ire jotieiriet i ] urse. $8.000 icap: 3-vear-o :T ebrugge 1W. J. Sslmou and R. T. Wilson eutry. FIFTH RACE—The Merchants' Handicap $1/500+ 3-vear-olds and up: 1ve wiles tPrince Hamlet. 101 My Own .. Golden Rule 3 300 Rientingate Afcioor L & Unickvate By Hissert 15,8 Bedweit entry Ubria Sable enicy. T wifl Fark RACE—Purse, $1.300: the Druid i 2-year-olds: 6 furioos: 1Claptrap ... Dizzy Blonde v 1 uatee 10t ilter e Nomad 11 ocolate Soldier tApplecrass 5 Flyman Elsles tor 3Cupl i Muffet 1Log Cabin Stud_entry. ; Brown-H. W. Sage entry. E. B. McLean entr: 3. ¥. Richardson entry. SEVENTH RACE—Purse, $1.300: claim- 3-yaar-olds and up: 14 miles. Shadowdale 111 *Briges Buchan'n 108 12 08 18 18 0% o 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ] 5 5 and City Trust and Savings Bank: was robbed of $10,000 by a lone armed bandit about 9 o'clock this morning after being abducted and carried in the robber’s car for several blocks. *Pilgrim . 103 Kathlean Crs Frani 193 Fasnen “Ed Pendieton. 103 Altissimo " Opperman ave On Bramten Fentaer i T TRat sl oviace csimed. | Washington from | Capital and in his opinion th | them in the Middle West | Washington and r | selves | ocratic, {we could hardly WOOD DISCOUNTS DEMOCRATS' TALK Sees Electicn Results as Sat- isfactory to the Repub- lican Party. BY G. GOULD LINCOI Representative Will R. Wood of Indiana, chairman of the Republi- can congressional committee, today discounted the claims and prophecles made by Democratic leaders since the announcement of the results of last Tuesday's election. He assert- ad that the outlook for the re-ele. tion of a Republican Congress in 1926 is excellent He finds nothing in the elections of Tuesday to the contrary. He polnts also 1o the fact that in the elections to fill vacancies in the House xince the adjournmer of Congress lust March, the Rep licans have been successful, indi: ing that there has been real versal in sentiment Mr. Wood has just returned 1 Indiana. He h in a number of the Mide States since leaving 1 Weast ongi traveled Western ix strongly Republican and behind the Coolidge administr and the Coolidge policies Conditions S: “Conditions generalil factory. 1 were speak fou satisfactory politically point,” said It was extremely from a_Repu Mr. Wo not until returned ad the statement esteemed colleague, Chairmar of the Democratic congres sional committee, that 1 learned we were on the eve of a political up heaval. as indicated by the astounding fact that Tammanv Hall had again carried New York City and a Derr cratic congressional district in Ker tucky had again gone Democrat Ironically, Mr. Wood continued “Aside from the heartening effe the New York victory will & 1 the McAdoo wing of the Democrat | party, 1 had not been inclined to 100 much stress upon the result Tuesday's elections. My expe has been that results of off-vear ons do not offer much in the wa comfort when the next general tion is in progress Issues Not N of my Olafield el jonal. “However, the facts speak for 1he The Demos ts elected candidate for mayor of New City by an overwhelming mai They elected their candidate for zov ernor in New Jersey Neither of these contests was decided upon national party issues, nor indicated a rev of sentiment toward the national publican administration. It would as fair to assume that the City Boston may now be regarded as re liably Republican because it elected a Republican mayor for the first time in 18 vears. “Kansas City, erronecusly cited Chairman Oldfield upon the basis the early returns as having gone Dem elected a Republican mayor. and Republican mavors were elected in other leading cities of the cour try, including Indianapolis, Ind., and Louisville, Kv. While these results are naturally cheering to Republicans claim that national issues were primarily involved. Won Congressional Seat: York Re he by “On the other hand, it seems fair to look to the special congressional elections of the last year, including the two on Tuexday, for sich indica- tions of the trend of national po- ltical sentiment us may be involved Since tine general electl, 1924 six vacancles in the House of Represent- atives have heen filled at special elec- tons. Five of these vacancies were occasioned by deatiix Repul Hean ranks and one by death « a Democratic me Notwith standing the claims emanating from | Democratic congressional headquar- |ters early last Sprin before these |elections took place. that a deter- { mined contest would be made in each instance, and that result there would be a very material reduction i our majority in the next House, we axpected to elect, and did elect, a Republican in each instance where Republican seat was at stake. “Though it is axiomatic in pelities {that the party in power suffers in the |off-year elections when national is Aues are not paramount, and our ex- perience had shown us that we might reasonably expect greatly reduced majorities, the proportionate vote in our favor in these special elections of the last vear has been not onl approximately as large, but in one instance larger than it had been in ears, with the exception of the re- |sult in the third New Jersey distric last Tuesdav. Nevertheless, in the third New Jersey district, which went Democratic in 1¥16, 1918 and 1922, the Republican candidate won ‘h\ the substantial majority of more | than 6,500 in the fuce of the tide run- ning in faver of the Democratic can- didute for governor in thut Ntate Le made his campaign strictly upon nationul issues und declured his sup port of the policies of President Cool idge and the natlonsl Republican ud ministration upon every occasion, as did the Republican candidate in each of the other four districts carried by Republicans 5 “The lone Democratic vacancy in the third district of Kentucky, which has consistently returned a Democrat to Congress as frequently as election day has rolled around, in last Tues day's election again returned a Demo- crat, it ix true, but by such a close shave that the result in New Jersey might well be regarded as an out- ng victory by contrast October Circulation Daily ... 98,275 Sunday. . 105,888 m'r‘f“x '\Gc““i\a',‘bb B M: N siness Manager ot THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR does solemnly swe. that the actual num ber of copies of the papers named sold and distributed during the month of October, AD. 1925, was as follows n of “the \hes as Days. T Less adjustments.... Tota] daily net circ Total average net pa Daily averags uul service, e Dally average net circulation... .. SUNDAY. Day. id eirci r of Less Adjustments Total Sunday net circulation. Avarags net paid Sunday ciren oM aeooicae Average ‘number ice. ote... .. i a10 06,888 copies for werv Average Sunday pet_cireulation FLEMING VEiwzor fore me tl to hie ¢ ST YRl -