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: WEATHER. o Cloudy, followed by tonight and tomorrow night; cooler tomorrow Temperatures—Highest, p.m. vesterda today’ S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) showers warmer owest, 58, at 6:30 a.m. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 late to- 78, at 3:30 ch ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. " service. The only evening paper in Washington with Associated Press news the Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,245 Entered as se post office, No. 30,073. nd class matter Washington, B WASHINGTON, D. C.;, WEDNESDAY, SE PTEMBER 1, 1926—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. SHORTRIDGE T0PS SENATE ASPIRANTS 'Brown Announces List Designed to Cut Down Arrests—Says Men Get No Rating on Court Cases. INCALIFORNIA RAGE Young, Johnson Candidate, | 14 MINOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS TOBRING ONLY Fourteen traffic violations relating principally to faulty equipment, for | which the police plan to issue warn Ahead of Richardson for ;‘Ihuufl arrests have been agreed upon | Governor Nomination. | | plained of in the report of the Board | falls to comply with the tof | MRS. KAHN WINS EASILY | RUNNING ON WET ISSUE‘; Run-off Mnd; !\{eces;ary in Southz Carolina—Smith Fails to Get | a Majority. | By the Assoria‘s SAN FRA ‘0, Calif. i ber 1.— United States Senator Samuel | M. Shortridge, Coolidge l(»puhlwan.i 4 Pr 8 Septem running for renomination, and Lieut. Gov. 0. C. Young. contesting for the | Republican gubernatorial nomination, | increased thelr leads cver their oppo- | nents as additional precincts um-] tabulated early today from yester-| dav's state-wide primary. | Shortridge had more than doubled | his early advantage over Robert M. Clarke his leading anti-World Court opponent. on returns from 3.096 pre- | eincts, which gave: Shortridge, 110.503; Clarke, 80,397, Lineberger, anti-World | urt and Anti-Saloon League candt- | date, 31.182 Young's Lead, 13,011 | Young had a lead of 13.011 over Gov. Friend W. Richardson in the Re- publican gubernatorial race on ve-| turns from 3.650 precints. which | gave: Young, 126.983: Richardson, | Goodcell,” 46,566; Meclellan, | Mitchell, 1,025 and Thomas, | i | Despite the growing vote in favor of their opponents, both Richardson | and Clarke refused to admit defeat. | Tn the contest for licutenant gov-| ernor Burton Fitts, former Amerlcan | Yegion department commander, won | by a wide margin, in the face of the | fncompleta returns. With 9 pre cincts complete, his advantage amounted to about 35,000 votes over his nearest opponent. Frank F. Mer- | riam. The figures: Fitts. 95,906, Mer riam, 61,130: Lyman M. King, 3s~.|3x.i An interesting feature of these two | major conflicts was the part played | {n each by Senator Hiram Johnson. | He stumped the State for both Young | d Clarke, attacking ¢ Richard- son's administration as “reactiona and spendthrift,” and assailing Sena- tor Shortridge for his prolcourt vote | Johnson Not Affected. | The returns early today H sidered particularly indecisive as | they affected Senator Johnson, as the candidates he supported were ap- | parently both winning and losing. | Somewhat similar indecisiveness | prevailed in the Democratic guberna- torial and senatorial conflicts. which towether have heen looked upon « preliminary skirmish in the Ppresidential campaign. John B. Elliott. who was indorsed | for Senator by William Gibbs Me- | Adoo, was leading Isidore Dockweiler, whom he sed of complicity in a Tammany Hall plot to capture Cali fornia_democracy. 3,200 to 2814, But Carl Alesander Johnson, San Diego dry. also hearing the McAdoo indorse- ment. was trailin s in the gube to 2919, W by AT & with Tamm. Wet candidates reveral congre: fourth district wa i 19 | | | | Wardell | 1 votes | accused | Adoo candidates of traf- dell also was ny were leading in ional contests in the | i Mrs. Kahn Wins Easily. | Mrs. Florence Prag Kahn, out- | #poken wet Incumbent. opposed for the Republican nomination by several candidates. including Mrs. Cecil D. | Mamilton. advocate of stidet prohibl- | n enforcement, won a sweeping | vietory Tn the second district another wet candidate. Harry L. Englebright, was | far ahead of several wet and dry op- | nents for the Republican nomina. | fon to succeed the late Representa- ! tive John . Raker. The Republican nomination to succeed the late Law. rence 1. Flaherty in the fifth was easfiv won by Richard Welch, San Franclsco supervisor and avowed wet. In the eighth district early returns showed Representative Arthur M. | Free. Republican, far ahead of both Peroy O Connor, dry, and Philip (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) | | NOTE FROM MEXICO | REJECTS LEAGUE ‘AID’ Declares International Body Has! No Authority in Nicaraguan Dispute. By the Associated Press | MEXTCO CITY. September 1.—The an government has replied of- | Iv to Sir Eric Drummond. secre- | general of the League of Na- | tions in Geneva. who recently forward. | ed to Mexico a note of protest by | agua over an alleged freebooting expedition 1 out by an auxillary Mexican warship to aid the revolu- tionaries to overthrow the Nicaraguan government. The reply reiterates the recent an- | nouncement by Aaron Saenz, the for- | elgn minister, that Mexico has noth ing to do with the League of Na- tions and the League has nothing to do with Mexico. Mexico's reply was | sent by Senor Saenz under instruc- | tions from President Calles. It said “I have the honor. referring to yours of the 27th. to inform you that Mexico has not any connection whatever with the League of Nations and to thank vou for your attention.” Mexican Consulate Closed. MEXICO CITY. September 1 () The foreign office announces that the Mexican consulate in Managua, Nica- yagua. has been closed in consequence | of a recent demonstration there ! against Mexic { Mexico severed diplomatic relations with Nicaragua and withdrew her minister some months ago on the elec. | terview | Coolids ing cards instead of making imme- police officials 1o cut down the large number of minor arrests made annually, one of the conditions com- rade trafic committee yesterd: 'he infractions for which corre tional notices are planned are: lllegal lenses, no lights, one light, no rear light, dazzling lights, insufficient ishts, obstructed tags, improper tags, Improper tires on trucks, defective brakes, no mirror on truck, defective muffler, improper signaling device and | unsafe mechanical condition. Inspector 15, W. Brown, chief of the Trafic Bureau, said today he has had the proposed 'ticket plan approved and is ready 1o order the printing of hlank forms. It may be a week or two before the tickets will be ready to put in_use. The inspector pointed out today that all of the shortcomings listed on the back of the proposed ticket are things a motorsst ean have corrected in a very shoft time after his attenton is called to them and the desired result POLICE WARNING thus obtained without going through ‘ the formality of an arrest i The ticket will direct the motorist | to have the condition complained of orrected and report to the Traffic Bu- | reau with the automobile within 48 | hours to demonstrate that he has! | obeyed the instructions. 1f a motorlst | i arning card | © will obtain a nt after | od of grace has elapsed. | g the statement in the | Boa veport that a | of traflic policemen are | | reflecting on the department by seek- | ing 1o make records for large numbers | rests. Inspector Brown said today that he does not encourage his men | to seek records for the number of ar- | | rests made, nor does he measure the efficiency of the motor cycle men by that yardstick. The inspector also | went on record as opposed to motor cycle men hiding on side streets or ! running without lights in order to | trap motorists in making arrests. ““When new men are assigned to me | {for traffic work.” sald the inspector, 1“1 tell them they are on probation for | a vear and that they are sent out on | the streets to prevent accidents and Ve t n 3 | the offic “(Continued on Page K. C. DEHY ASKING U. 5. INTERVENTION President Hears Order’s Ex- planation of Attitude on Mexican Policies. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP. N. Y., Sep- tember 1. sident Caolidge today was assured by a group of officers representing the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus that their organization is not advoecating inter- vention In Mexico because of the present controversy between the Mex- ican government and the Catholic Church. <. James A. Flaberty, supreme knight, told the Prestdent that the resolntions adopted by the Supreme Council in Philadelphia several wecks ago call- ing for some action on the part of the United States Government to pro- tect Catholic churchmen in their dis- pute with the Calles government was misinterpreted and that the dele- gation sought to correct this wrong impression. Although the Knights of Columbus are not secking intervention, the Pres. ident was given to understand that the Supreme Council of this order wants the Government to do what it can with propriety, to protect Ameri cans in Mexico Blame Former Policies. made very plain by these that the Supreme Council does nt the Government to give to the Calles government any support, encouragement, sympathy or aid at this time. They said that much of the present difficulty in Mexico is the direct result of the policies of the Wilson and Harding administrations. A different policy should be followed by the American Government if it hopes to ameliorate conditions in Mexico, they said There was no statement on the in- forthcoming from _official sources, although President Coolidge posed for a group picture. It is un- derstood, however, that as a result of the conference a tharough understand- ing between the United States Gov- ernment and the Knights of Columbus now exists. In the delegation besides Mr. Flaherty were Martin 1. Carmody of srand Raplds, Mich., deputy supreme knight; Willlam J. McGinty of New. Haven, Conn., supreme secretary Luke . Hart of St. Loum, Mo., su. preme advocate; Willlam C. Prout of Boston, supreme director, and John Conway sistant supreme secre- tary. The group was in a closed confer- ence with the President for about an fhour. Mr. Flaherty dictated this state- ment “We called to discuss the resolutions adopted by the Supreme Council meet- ing in Philadelphia_with President We explained the attitude of the Knights of Columbus with ref. erence to conditions in Mexico, and among other things made it plain that the Knights of Columbus are not ask. ing for intervention by the United States Government in Mexican affairs. Cites Military Aid. “However, we did present to the President the views of our order as outlined in the resolution concerning non-intervention and non-interference by this Government, and we endeav- ed to make it plain that the present It | situation in Mexico is the result of the attitude assumed by the Government as represented by previous administra- tions (Wilson and Harding) and that Mr. Calles, as successor of the Car- ranza and Obregon regimes, owes his position in Mexican affairs to the sup- port of the United States, and that during the administration of Obregon (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) {Throws Evidence Into River, Officer Dives in After It By the Assoclated Press WHEELING, W. Va.. Septem- ber 1.—An attempt of Glen Moran of Glendale to destroy evidence by throwing a jug alleged to contain moonshine whisky into the Ohlo River when officers arrived at his houseboat to arrest him for pos- sessing liquor wus frustrated when Chief of Police A. K. McCluskey borrowed a bathing suit and dived into % feet of water to bring the jug to the surface Moran was arrested yesterday and held for the county grand ‘harged with possession of Jiquor. He was released in $5,000 bond. tion of Chamorro. Mexico refused to recognize Chamorro, but continued to waintain a consulate at Managua. Ra&io Progr;lms——Page 37. L BITTER STRUGGLE STARTSINCENEVA i Italy, Spain, Great Britain; and France Seeking ) African Territory. ! | BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, September 1.—Will Italy | and Spain, recently banded mgcuwr; by a new treaty of alllance, go so far | s to Wy sabotage at the present League of Nations meeting in Geneva, in order to increase their North African colonial territory at France's expense?” This question now is belng asked | in all European diplomatic circles and developments will be observed with keen interest. What is certain is that a new and close struggle for power in the Medi- terranean basin has begun in earnest. Great Britain and Italy want to divide Abyssinta. Ttaly wants Tunis from France. Spain wants Tanglers. Threat to France Seen. P ically all observers agree that the recent Italo-Spanish treaty is a direct threat to France, especially to | France’s communications with its North African empire, and hence to this empire itself. Great Britain, which now controls the Mediterranean by naval power based on Gibraltar, Malta and the Suez Canal and by the traditional policy of “divide and rule,” poses as Spaln's an- clent friend. Great Britain disliked the recent Franco-Spanish co-opera- tion in Morocco, which now is abrupt- ly threatened by the Italo-Spanish treaty. Great Britain also owes Italy something for Italy's help in bluffing the Turks into accepting the Mosul agreement. Demands Well Timed. Both Spain and Ttaly, therefore, find the occasion propitious for putting for- ward their demands. They are uncer- tain just how much they can get, but they ‘mean to get something. The whole question rests on how far France is disposed to go in order to conciliate them and how far they are disposed to go toward wrecking the Locarno agreements in order to ac- complish their purpose. (Copyright. 1 . by Chicago Daily News Co.) C L. PLAN ADOPTE] Reorganization of League Council Expected to Satisfy All Powers. GENEVA, September 1 (#).—Spain has failed to take the usual reser- vations for her delegates at the Hotel des Bergues for the League of Na- tions assembly, and this has produced the impression that she has practi- cally decided not to be represented at the coming meetings. As far known, no apartments for the Span- iards have been reserved elsewhere. The commission charged with drafting pldns for the reorganization of the league council today adopted its subcommittee's report. This port is planned to satisfy the aspira- tions of Spain and Poland for semi- permanent seats in the council, the i tenure of which is three years. It is practically the Cecil-Fromageot draft, with slight modifications. Spain refrained from voting and Poland made reservations, which President Motta declared amounted | to “partial abstention.” Reservations | were also made by Italy and Sweden | to_varfous points in the report. M. Cantille, the Argentine repre- sentative, after voicing his country’s | reservation to several points in the ireport declared he would not insist 'upon them. The representative from ! China received assurance from Presi- dent Motta that one reason the com- mission recommended an enlarg ment of the council was to give wider | representation to Asia. The compromise of the council seat | problem as accepted by the commis- | sion is expected to satisfy both Spain jand Poland. Fach of them will get a semipermanent seat for three |years after which the assembly of |ihe league by a two-thirds vote can | give re-eligibllity to any such non- permanent member of the council whose term expires. The present as- sembly can by the same vote endow the new non-permanent members | with re-eligibility in advance. There will then be five permanent seats for English, France, Germany, | Ttaly, Japan and nine semf-permanent | seats Instead of six as at present. Spain Standing Pat. SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Septem- ber 1 (P).—Foreign Minister Yan- | guas, referring to the forthcoming | assembly of the League of Nations, | today declared Spain's attitude to- ward the league was unchanged. The Spanish government, he said, reso- lutely maintained its demand for a permanent seat on the league council, and was interested in no other formula. {of 76 to 17, to join the World Court. WORLD COURT 0.K. IS GIVEN T0 THREE 1. RESERVATIONS One Stipulation Expected to Go to a Commission for Examination. UNEXPECTED OPPOSITION DEVELOPS TO ANOTHER Advisory Opinion Where America Is Involved and Amendment Clauses Cause Trouble. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 1.--Members of the Permanent Court of Interna- tional Justice, convening today, ac- cepted three of the five conditions under which the United States would become a member of the World Court. It is the general impression that the fifth United States reservation will be turned over to a commission_for study. The belief prevails that the basis of this reservation is a desire on the part of the United States to prevent any attempt by the council of the League of Nations to seek ad- visory opinions either on immigra- tion problems or questions affectin: the Monroe doctrine and Latin America. The fifth reservation provides that | the Court of International Justice | shall not, without the consent of the United States, entertain any request for an advisory opinion touching any | dispute or question in which the United States has or claims an in- | terest. | Other U. The other reservations under whici | the United States is willing to ad-| here to the court ar | First. adherence shall not involve legal relations with the League of Nations or the assamption of obliga tions by the United States under the treaty of Versailles, * i Second—Equality %hall he given | American_representatives with mem- hers of the council and assembly of the League of Nations for the eclec- tion of judges and other officers of the court and for filling vacancies. Third—The United States shall pav | a fair share of the expensex of the court. Fourtl withdraw herence. The American reservations were adopted January 27 by the United | States Senate in deciding, by a vole Reservations. The at any United time States may | from its ad- Created by League. The Permanent tional Justice was League of Nations and ix composed of men of high individual standing from | all parts of the world and representing | all systems of thought and law. The ! purpose of the court is to settle dis-| putes on the ba of law and justice, | rather than on political expediency. Representatives of 18 countries ave attending the conference to discuss the American reservatio 1t 1s the belief of representatives of the powers in the council of the League of Nations that if the Ameri- can reservations should all be ac- cepted. such an arrangement would give the United States a privileged position as compared with members of the council. It is pointed out that if members of the council were parties to a dispute sheir vote would not be counted on the question of whether an advisory opinion should he asked of the court, whereas the United States. not being a member of the councll, would enjoy a perpetual veto. Court of Interna created by the Fear Weakening Powers. By some of the prominent mem- bers of the court the opinion is held that were the advisory opinion func- tion of the court weakened it might prove disastrous to the court. Opposition to the reservation that the statutes of the court could not be amended without the consent of the United States cropped up rather un- expectedly. Tt was led by Sir George Foster of Canada, who declared this reservation would prevent members of the league. to which institution the United States has no obligations, from ever amending the court statutes without American permis- sion. He remarked that the league members might deem 'some amend- ment necessary in the future, and he doubted the wisdom of the American inhibition. The (anadian delegate’s position was warmly supported by M. Marko- vitch, former minister of justice of Jugoslavia. The stipulation as to amendment of the statutes of the court is made in the fourth of the reservations adopt- ed by the United States Senate. Veto Power Opposed. M. Markovitch held that if the United States merely wanted to par- ticipate in the proceedings for amend- ment, there could be no opposition; but if she wanted the power of veto, the reservation was unacceptable. The session was rapidly getting snappy in tone when Latin America, through Senor Buero of Uruguay and Senor Zumeta of Venezuela, inter- vened, demanding precise information as to whether amendments to the statutes required unanimity or a mere majority. The Venezuelan delegate declared that, if unanimity were nec- essary, the American condition could not be approved. Senor Buero favored a general pol- icy glving the most favorable solu- tion to the wishes of the United States. The subsequent discussion brought out the fact that no provision exists specifying whether unanimity is ob- ligatory. A feature of the session was an at- tack by Stephen Osusky of Czechoslo- vakia, a former resident of Chicago, upon M. Rolin, the Belglan jurist, whom he accused of attempting to make the conferees believe they had been summoned to discuss the ques- tlon of America adhering to the League of Nations. Three Reservations Approved. M. Rolin, referring to the American reservation of the right to withdraw from the court at any time, warned the delegates that members of the league who were members of the court would not have a like priv- {lege. The conference approved the first three of the five American reserva- Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) 4 | scoring McNeely. {lin's grounder NATS LEAD RED SOX 21 IN 2D INNING Errors Aid Griff Batsmen in Opening Frame—Harriss Is Hit Freely. BY JOHN B. KELLER. BOSTON, September 1.—The Nats were leading the Red Sox in the sec- ond inning here this afternoon. The score was 2 to 1. eorge Mu . who wore a Led Sox uniform in pitched for the Nationals against y. He was opposed by Not more than 2,500 f; game. FIRST INNING WASHINGTON celv beat out a bunt to Todt and stole second. Rice doubled down the right-field line, Rigney took Gos- nd threw to third too late to get Rice. Myer forced Goslin, | Regan to Rigney, Rice scoring. Myer stole second and veached third on Rischoff's bad throw. Harriss took Judge's grounder and threw to Haney, trapping Myer off third. Bischoff dropped Haney's throw and Myer got back to third safely, while Judge got to second. Harris walked, filling the bases. Ruel fouled to Todt. Reeves took a third strike. Two runs. BOSTON-Tobin singled to center. Rigney walked. Jacobson flied to Rice, Tobin going to third after the catch. Rosenthal beat out a grounder to short, Tobin scoring and Rigney tak- ing second. Regan flied fo Rice, Rig- ney going to third. Rosenthal stole second. When Myer dropped Ruel's throw, Rigney tried to score and was out, Myer to Ruel. One run. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON — Murray fanned McNeely flied to Rosenthal. Rice bunted and was thrown out by Regan. No runs. BOSTON™-Todt singled Haney sacrificed, Murray Bischoff took a third strike. fanned on three pitched balls. runs. SOUTH CHINESE ARMY IS ADVANCING ON WU By the Associated Press. SHANGHAL China, September 1.— According to Japanese reports from Hankow, the forces of Wu Pei-Fu have suffered ‘severe reverses and the south- ern army is advancing rapidly against Wu Chang. The report is that Wu Pei-Fu hopes to check the red advance at Chehfangshi, 12 miles from Wu- chow, and that he is also building trenches in the suburbs of that city itself. Northern troops are reported arriv- ing at Hankow in great numbers and likewise refugees from Wuchow and the surrounding districts. Sun Chuan-Feng has so far, it is said, sent very few troops to assist Wu' Pel-Fu and it is thought he intends to maintain an_attitude of armed neutrality unless his own ter- ritory is invaded. to center. to Judge. Harriss No 15,000 Sprint to Gold Field. JOHANNESBURG, September .1 (P)—When it becomes too cold for swimming north of the equator per- haps some imported athletic talent will be useful if there's another diamond rush. In the latest sprint to a new district in the Transvaal were 15,000 persons, including 120 women in running togs or bathing sults. Sheik Mistakes Bobbed Hair for Sign of Mourning By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., September 1.—~When Shelk Raphael Emman- uel of Mesopotamia arrived in this country some time ago and saw so many bobbed-haired women he thought they all were mourning for lost sweethearts. Explaining at a teachers' insti- tute here that there were no “bobbed haired women in his coun- try except professional mourners, the shelk said in their case the operation was performed without the assistance. of a barber. Hired to mour the death of some de- parted soul, he said, they “bob" their own hair by pulling it out to manifest their grief. Near Death’s Door BROERWORD SENATOR W. B. McKINLEY, Tllinois, Republican, is in_dangerous condition in sanitarium, although he is reported somewhat improved and has regained consciousness. SENATOR MKINLEY APPROACHES DEATH Doctor Has No Hope for His Recovery Despite Rally Early Today. By the Associated Press. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Some Improvement in the of Senator William B. of Tllinols, who September condi- MeKin- 1 tion ley here, was reported today by his phy-; h. Dr. R. H. Egbert. Dr. Egbert said Senator McKinley was much better this morning after vesting quietly last night, but he held out no hope for his recovery. §iena tor McKinley was conscious, the', b sician said, and life might contihie throughout the d The Senator was broufit to the Home Lawn Sanitarium here from Washington about two weeks ago upon the advicesof his physician, suf- tering frem neuritis and sclatic rheu- matism, which had confined him to his bed since shortly after the Illinois primary. Last week he developed @ congest- ed condition of the lung, which grew gradually worse until last night he was in a semiconscious condition, and sinking slowly, according to his physician. ~ Dr. Egbert said there was little chance for improvement so long as he was unable to take nourishment. “Due to his somewhat advanced age and his condition, weakened from long illness, he is showing less resistance to his ailment than he has hereto- fore demonstrated,” Dr. Egbert said in_a late statement. Nurses are in attendance over the | stricken Senator and relatives from | Iinois and Washington have gathered at_his bedside. The Senator, semi-conscious through- out the night, regained consciousness today. When his secretary, C. A. ‘Willoughby, entered the sick chamber, Senator McKinley remhrked: ““Well, my little friend, how are you this morning?" These are the only words he had spoken in the t 36 hours. Senator McHiniey's heart action | was greatly improved today. WATER FRONT SITE. to Support Arguments Before Congress. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Strong arguments have heen pre- and the City Planning Commission in favor of locating the proposed new municipal market center on the water front in Southwest Washington. Spe. cial surveys and studies are being made with reference to that location preparatory problem’ to Congress. The public meanwhile is generally confused regarding the water front site, thinking that the object is to locate there the Center Market. or retail market, for all food supplie whereas the main feature of the sout west proposition is to establish there a great freight terminal for economic handling of perishable food supplies coming into Washington. What the Proposal The southwest proposition is this: 1. Development of a perishable foed terminal, with track-side unloading and delive in the triangular area between Water street, Mary nue and Twelfth street, comprising about eight and one-half acre a quired about a vear ago by the Poto- mac Freight Terminal Co. from the Southern Railway. Along the Water street front of this property would be constructed warehouses for whole- sale distributors of produce, meat and dairy products who buy in carload lots ‘and so need track-side facilitie: Along the rear of these warchous would be a community unloading pla form with a double line of tracks ser- ing it, so that three. five or ten c load lots could he promptly unloaded. Along the line of E street would be a truck driveway alongside railway tracks for general delivery purpose: The remainder of the triangle would be av able for packing houses. The Cudahy Packing Co. already _has erected a $150,000 plant on 15.000 square feet of land at Twelfth and £ streets. The Pennsylvania Railroad now has under lease the corner of this property between Maryland avenue, Twelfth street and E street, which it uses as a freight terminal. Along the Maryland avenue front of this property are the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington tracks, controlled by the Pennsylvania Rail- road, but over which the Baltimore and Ohlo Railroad has a contract right of wa; Just north of these tracks over which all the merchan- dise is hauled into Washington from the several lines that stop at the Potomac Freight Yards, across the river in Virginia. lies the Fourteenth street yards of the Pennsylvanta Rallroad, which it is proposed will be used exclusively for perishable food products. Across Twelfth street from this perishable freight terminal is the cold storage plant of the Washington Market Co., occupying the entire square, with sufficlent capacity to care for the needs of the entire ter- minal's plant. At the last session of Congress an act was passed au- thorizing the running of & conduit under Twelfth street to carry refrig- erator facilities to the perishable pro- duce terminal area. Farmers’ Market Also. 2. Directly across Water street from the wholesale provision ware- houses along the south side of tI volves. in pro tinued o locate the Far- . Column 1) Liberian Patriarch Travels 330 Miles To See New Electric Lights of Oolala| 1 ( By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily New. OOLALA, Ojrot, Autonomous Di trict of Siberia, September 1.—An elderly resident of Ojrot has arrived at Oolala, completing a trip of 500 versts (330 miles) through the passes of the Altaj Mountains, for the sole purpose of seeing before he dles the electric lights of the city. Oolala {s the capital of Ojrot dis- trict, lying along the Mongolian bor- der. One of the patriarch’s many sons, returning to his native village, where sacrifices still are made to heathen gods of good and evil and of- ferings made to appease the spirit of the mountains, water and air, told of the lights now burning in the cap- ital without fire, smoke or heat. The old man, not believing the story, started to the capital alone, promising upon his return to sacri- re fice 50 horses if the story was true, and to disinherit the son of 1,000 head of mountain cattle if it was un- true. Electric lights in Oolala are one of several slgns of progress of the ancient Ojrot district, through which runs the age-old highway to Mon- golla. Under President Alaguze, an ener- getic Ojrot, educated to the priest- hood, but now turned communist, the peopie have written language with a newly evolved alphabet consisting of the Russlan alphabet with four Latin letters added. There are public schools where the Ojrot lan guage is taught and Oolala has a high school. Some of the pupils come from surrounding villages, hundreds of versts distant. (Copyright. 1826, by Chicago Daily News Co.) URGED FOR MARKET Special Surveys Being Made sented to the co-ordinating committee | fo presenting the \\hnlol and ave- | Potomac Freight Terminals’ proper- | WORK ASKS EXPERT PROBE OF AFFAIRS ' ATST.ELIZABETH'S Calls Upon Five Heads of Asylums to Conduct Sweep- ing Inquiry Here. WOULD. HAVE CONDITIONS THOROUGHLY SURVEYED Charges Board With Determining if Hospital Is Up-to-Date in Treating Men. that the whole truth about St. Elizaheth’s Hospital as an institution for dealing with mental diseases should be the subject of ex- haustive inquiry, Secretary of the In- terfor Work today lssued invitations to five experienced and prominent su perintendents of insane hospitals to serve on a speclal committee to con duct a survey of that institution. His announcement referred to the fact {that the management of the hospital {had been criticised in Congress dur- ing the past Winter. Personnel of the proposed commit- tee to whom invitations were issued today, include Dr. 11 Mitchell superintendent Warren State Hos {pital, Warren, Pa.: Dr. George M | Kline, commissioner N chusetts | department of mental diseases. Bos- jton: Dr. William L. Russell, superin { tendent Bloomingdale Hospital, White Plains, N. Y.; Dr. Owen Copp, consult- ant Pennsylvania Hospital. Philadel and Dr. S. E. Smith, pro na University, Indlanapolis, Declaring w. Text of Work Letter. The letter sent by Secretary Work {to the proposed committee follows, in | part: {""“The st. Blizabeth’s Hospital for the Insane, a Government _institution junder the general supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, has indi- | rectly been made the subject of con gressional investigation during the past Winter, “Although the custodial care i medical treatment of patients been publicly criticized nor | gated by Congress, I wish to know, as { the Government's representative | *“Whether or not medical treatment there is recognized as scientifically modern. - “If the medical staff is qualified. | _“If the nursing personnel is suffi- { cient .in number and competent. “If the housing space is adequate nd sanitary. “If the food is wholesome and lb and e mechanical or, beth's Hospital “If unnecessary straints are employed | “In short, if St. Kl is or fs not in fact a modern hospital for the most humane care, custody and curative treatment of those neces. sarily secluded from society for the | primary purpose of restoring them to thelr former positions in the com munity. Hopes Board Will Act. “T very much hope that you may he {willing to serve the Government as one of a commlittee of five eminently qual- ified, experienced superintendents of hospitals for the insane, to make such investigation as briefly indleated. “A survey of this institution as a mental hospital can only he valuable 1if made by men who are expert and widely experienced in this department of medicine and are familiar with the problems of such institutions “I am, therefore, nsking whether vou are willing to serve as a member of a medical committee to make this fnvestigation and report to me he whole truth about the institu tion as a mental hospital and its ef ficiency in dealing with mental dis cases, should be the vital part of the record. “It will be a gratultous servige. | am only ‘fermitted under the law to reimburse you for your necessary travelling _expens You will be lodged in the institution. Asks Immediate Reply. “I very much hope you will find vourself ‘able to perform this public service, and will appreciate a prompt response indicating how soon vou could begin.” A sephrate investigation of St. Eliza- beth's Hospital, dealing more with the financial and administrative side of the institution than with its medical effi cency, conducted by the office of the controller general, has been under wi at the direction of Congress for mor than a month. This inquiry was di rected by Congress following the hear- ings before the Gibson subcommittee of the House District committee in- vestigating the administration of for mer Commisioner Fenning and the veterans' committee of the House. About 40 employes of the office of the controller general are at work on this inquiry and will make a report early in the coming Winter to Congri WRECK KILLS FIREMAN. Locomotive Turns Over When It Strikes “Split Switch.” ANDERSON, S. ¢, September 1 (#).—Southern train No. 18, Atlanta to Columbia, was derailed this morn- ing entering the Anderson yards, the |locomotive turning over and killing ;Flremu.n Oscar Coleman. The loco motive left the track and ploughed {its way through a small yardhouse. Coleman was pinned beneath the wreckage and it was necessary to cut away parts of the engine with acety- lene torches to remove his body. Passenger coaches and a Pullman car carried by the train were not overturned and passengers suffered little more than a shaking up. Raflroad officlals attribute i wreck to “split switch. s $500,000 LOST IN FLOOD. Stream in Galesburg Overflows to | Width of Two Blocks. | GALESBURG, IIl, "September 1 (P).—Loss estimated at least $500,000 was caused here today when the Cedar Fork, a stream that divides the | town, overfiowed its banks to a width of two blocks. Railroads and manu- facturing and public utility companies were the chief losers. Merchants and home owners suf- fered heavy damage through flooded basements. There was no loss of life, 't re the |