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\WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and possibly tomor- row morning; cooler tonight; shifting winds. Temperature—Highest. 86, at noon; lowest, 71, at 3 a.m. toda; Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 The Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ng Sfar. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,106 No. 30,074 post office, ntered as second class matter Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1926—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. * ted TWO CENTS. Press. SPAIN DETERMINED T0 QUIT LEAGUE AT ONGE, PARIS HEARS Assembly Opening Without | Her Envoys Lends Support to General Rumors. ACTION LAID E‘COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP RUPTURE Madrid Said to Be Preparing Formal Statement on Position for Submission Tomorrow. By the Associated Prese PARIS, September Ageney’s Geneva correspondent says &pain will withdr om the League of Nations without awaiting notifiea tion of the decision of the council regarding her demand for a perma- nent couneil seat. Official notifica- tion to this effect, he adds, will be given the league within 24 hours. The Havas Brazilians Also Absent. eptember 2 (). —Spain Brazil' were absent when the council of the League of convened shortly after 11 this morning. ign Minister Benes of Cezcho- ided. The council dis s routine matters, in- ports of a number of And the 1 which will be for- | warded to the assembly. Spain's abstention, while expected, nevertheless caused a considerable flutter in the league lobbies. The de- termining cause was the action of the commission charged with reorganiza- tion of the council, which turned down Spain’s demand for a perma- nent council seat at yesterday's ses- Rioi Senor Palaclos, who represented £pain on the reorganization commis- sion, let it be known that he was awaiting fresh instructions from Madrid as to the course to be fol- lowed. 1ie expects these instructions tomorrow. Ambassador Is Missed. Tt was the first time within the memory of faithful league followers that the rotund, cheery face of Count Quinones de Leon, Spanish Ambassa- dor to Paris, was not to be seen at the council table. It is understood that the Spanish foreign office of statement as to the reasons for its withdrawal, which will, presum- be sent to-the council within the next few days. sides Dr. Benes, those attending meeting ~ were Sir Austen Britain; Signor <count Ishii, Japan; unl.” Uruguay; Dr. Unden, and M. Vandezvelde, Belgium. meets in ‘tomorrow Senor Sweden The council afternoon. i ) Universal Peace 1 a resolution ceord between (¢ aly fc n econom! tion of Abyssinia represents tempt at illegitimate pre Abyssinia. the ord as incompatible with the spirit of the covenant of the League of Nations and modern conception of ternational law. It also urges the creation of gion, acting under the league, to solve the problem of distribution of the water of the Nile, with Abyssinia, sgyvpl and Sudan represented in it. resolution passed by the tests against the preten- inty over Tan- gier. It recommends t the league take over control of this international- 1 city in northwest Morofco. ITALY EXPLAINS STAND. day the recent ain and 1 aving that at Brit- penetra- an at- ure on sion of Says She Will Not Take Initiative On Tangier Questic ROME, September 2 (#).—Italy. it 1= officially stated, has no intention of taking the initlative in the Tangier question by summoning a conference at Genoa if the meeting suggested by patn ix not held in Swii nd. This try will continue pursue an aloof but watchful s owing to the fact that she est in Tan “We permit ou of supporting the a government spokesm: hoth because we de ful outcome and because political rather than uri not the slightest intention of ins upon anything. “If we are invite probably we shall attend. If a settle. ment is made against our interests without us, we will not recognize it.” PLOT hEVEALED TO KILL 1 to a conference, FOE OF CLEVELAND VICE| Man Confesses Gamblers Offered $50,000 for Death of Safety Di- rector Edwin D. Barry. he Aseoriatad Press CLEVELAND. Ohio, An alle d plot by mblers to kill Safety Director Ed- vy was being investigated and detectives today. The s revealed by who as t he and seve had red $50.000 of September profesional plot wa serted th Leen off ATy rid The alleged plot is believed to have | ¥ concocted beca warfare against the gamblers, he drove out of Cleveland, after they had opened in the suburbs. ed them until he was prevented Ly a court injunction from further fnterfering with their operations. Details of the plot were told de- res by a man taken into custody a burglary and larceny warrant. Iie denied the theft and said that the man who had sworn to the warrant was a gambler who had approached Fim and several other men two nonths ago and had offered them $50,000 to slay Bar ARMED MEN TAKE $2,000. 9 n RBELFAST, Irels September () —Sixty clerks were busily caring for a_crowd of employment-seekers in the Shankhill Labor nge here this morning, when a band of armed men entered the place. The robbers hastily collected all the visible funds, amounting to §2,000, and escaped, s preparing some sort | ngress to- | The resolution condemns | an international commis- | Wwhom | damaze nd then, | Publisher of “Show Boat” Agrees to Revision After Libel Suit Is Threatened. {Doubleday Voices Regret That Casual Choice of Label Caused Trouble. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, September 2.—Tom Taggart, Democratic leader of In- diana, today won his protest against the use of his name ‘for that of a character depicted as a gambler in Edna Ferber's new novel, “Show Boat. Nelson Doubleday, Vice president of Doubleday, Page & Co., publishers, id today the fiction zambler's name® would be changed in all subsequent editions of the novel. A $100,000 libel suit was threatened by Mr. Taggart unless the publishers deleted his name { from future editions. Mr. Taggart was informed of the publishers cempliance with his de- mand, Mr. Doubleday said. A name having the same number of letters the one originally used for the char- acter will he substitutea. This business of using true names in fiction is bad suuff,” said Mr. Doubleday. *“The use of Mr. Tag- gart’s name was purely incidental, and was not essential to the stor: Any other name will do just as we| and since Mr. Taggart objected we were only too glad to make the { change CHANGE IN GAMBLER'S NAME IN BOOK FORCED BY TAGGART TOM TAGGART. More than 135.000 novel, Miss Ferber's twelfth, have | been sold already. Her last novel, Big." was awarded the Pulitzer prize as the best American novel of 1925. The former United States Senator and owner of French Lick Springs demanded that three paragraphs men- tioning “Tom Taggart,” “West Ba- den” and “roulette” be rémoved from all unsold copies in the hands of book- dealers and from future editlons. coples of this 1. WORLD COURT YT DISCUSSD Acceptance of Reservation Hinges on League’s Opinion, Request Rules. VA, Switzerland, September —The opinion that the United States should have the same rizhts in the World Court as members of the League of Nations Council, but no more, was voiced by many delegates at today’'s session of the international conference, convoked to di: the American reservations to membership in the court. If this opinion weighs in the con- ference it may be impossible to accept { the fifth American reservation, requir- ing the consent of the United States to requests for advisory opinions from the court on questions in which Amer- ica claims interest. The reasons for this is that the law of the League of Nations is so obscure that it is uncertain whether unani- mous or only majority vote is nece: sary when the league ‘council asks he court for such opinions. Hold Plan Inoperative. Some of the delegates held that, if animity were made essential, the United States could not vote anyway {as a party to a question at issue, while if a simple majority only were needed, !it ‘would_be impossible to accord the United States the right to block the | decision of the majorit | Ttaly and France joined in an ap- ! peal to the United States to waive in- | sistence upon the right of veto to agree to sit temporarily with the league council on an equal footing with the great powers and to ablde by what- {ever rules may be accepted by the great powers and the members of the | council generally. The discussion was continuing this afternoon. The fifth reservation found a cham- | pion in Count Michel Rostworowski of Poland, who said it was a réason- able condition and should be approved. The Polish spokesman interpreted this as a desire by the United States to be on a footing of equality with the {members of the League of Nations council, which body is the one re- questing advisory opinions from the court. M. Fromageot, French juri thought the fate of the fifth reser tion hinged entirely upon the answer to the question whether the council should request advisory opinions by nanimous or simple majority vote. ! This was a question on which opinions 5| differed. but It must be answered defi- ® | nitely before action could be taken on { the reservation. Belgian Jurist Agrees. Fromageot emphasized that if jority vote was sufficient, any ible American objection could be ed over and the opinion of the | court could be asked despite Amer {can opposition. He warned the con- ference that this would jeopardize the American reservation because it would | render it inoperative. | M. Rolin, Bel, (Continued on Page 2, MAZER ANSWERS SUIT. Accused Canton Slayer Replies to Widows' $100,000 Claim. ND. Ohic ist, agreed with Column 5.) September | with first degree murder in connection | with the slaying of Don R. Mellett, | Canton publisher, today filed an an- swer in Federal Court to the $100,000 suit brought b M |ence Mellett, Indianapoli: widow of the slain publisher, against him, Ben {Rudner of Massillon, and Patrick Eagene McDermott of Nanty Glo, Pa. | $130,000 JEWEL THEFT. Man Attacked and Robbed in Chi- cago Hotel. CHICAGO, September 2 (#).—Jewel | valued at $130,000 were taken today Ifrnm Norman D. Kadison, son of Lazarus Kadison, New York jeweler, !by two armed men, he told police. | Kadison said that as he returned to his room at a downtown hotel the i men overpowered and gagged him, tied him to the bed and took the { jewels from his person. | ” Kadison said he had just gotten the | jewels from the hotel safe and re- ! turned to his room when he was attacked. He worked the gag loose | after his assailants had escaped and summoned help. N ouis Mazer of Canton, charged | Flor- | ACCEPTANGEOF U.S, IN COURT FORESEEN Optimism Growing Here That Powers Wili 0. K. Al Reservations. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Optimism that the United States will be accented ns a member of the World Court begun to prevail here, after many months of doubt and skepticism due to a fear that the United" States Senate had so phrased the reservations as to make them un- acceptable to the rest of the world and thus block American entry into the court. The friendly reception given the first three of the American reserva- tions at Geneva has led to here that all now will be accepted. The reasoning employed here is about as follows: First, the troublesome fifth reser- vation could not now be amended be- { cause of the temper of the Senate, but there > telling what another Senate might o five or ten years hence, especially if the wording of the res ion is such as to bloc movement for peace im a specis emergency involving other nations in a possible war. Advisory Opinion Question. hypothetical case in can interest might be ndering of an ad- not even on the never arise. The disadvantage of a possible instance ch could block the rendering of an advisory opinion is of advantages to the other n: the world in having the United States a member at last of the permanent | court. Third, the record States is not that of and if the other governments ask con- sent of the United States so that the World Court can render advisory opinions in special cases, it unlikely America will claim an interes exercise a veto simply to impede the work of the court. 1f, on the other hand, public’opinion should strongly oppose the rendering by the World ourt of an advisory opinion on something like immigration or the Monroe Doctrine, then the rendering of such an opinion in the face of American protests might cause such an unfavorable im- pression on this side of the Atlantic as to encourage those who advocate withdrawal from the court. Thedeague members have always been k- ers for sovereign rights and non-in- terference in internal questions and that is why they cannot logically object to America’s desire to safe- guard herself against advisory opin- jons on American questions without the consent of the United States being asked. No Delay on U. S. Consent. Fourth, the process of asking Ameri- can consent and obtaining it is not going to be one of delay. The Presi- dent is charged by the Constitution with the responsibility of defining American policy abroad. It is taken for granted here that the President and Secretary of State, and not the Senate, will define whether an Ameri: can interest is involved in a dispute. The Monroe Doctrine itself, which ha often been called the keystone of | American foreign policy, is a declara | tion by the Chief Executive, and never | has been subject to approval or disap proval by the Senate, though many | resolutions endeavoring to amplity and interpret the doctrine have been intro- duced. Under the circumstanc artment of State (Continued on Page 2 Second, the which an Amer involved in the 'y opinion on and ma of the United an obstructionist ‘Nats énd Red éox Game Postponed Because of Rain Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, September forced postponement of {ington-Boston base ball this afternoon. While no official announcement has been made, the game probably will be played off with a double-header to- morrow or later during the long series that the Nats and Red Sox are holding. The rain is a boon to Harris, for he was forced to use all but two ¢ his meager pitching staff yesterday. The extra day will give his twirlers @ longer and much-needed rest. 2. —Rain the Wash- game here PRELATES” APPEAL 10 CONGRESS HELD FUTILE IN MEXICO Going Ahead With Plea as Only Course Open Except {to which the Catholic Episcopate is Religious War. CALLES HAS VETO RIGHT EVEN IF NEW LAW WINS President Says Land and Oil De- crees Are Just—Defends Stand Toward United States. By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, September 2.—Co- incident with the opening of Congress, appealing in an admittedly forlorn hope for modification of the regula- tions for enforcing the religious clauses of the constitution, both Pres- belief | {|use of arms and nd American | lident Calles and the Episcopate again {have reiterated the unalterableness of | their respective positions. { Fach again charged the other with | I responsibility for the situation which | has caused a cessation of the func- tions of Catholic priests in churches | throughout the country and an eco- inomic boycott which admittedly is thurfing trade. ! In his message to Congress which| {convened yesterday President Calles | said that the rebellious attitude of the | {el had forced him to issue the religious regulations. He announced he ¢ntended to proceed firmly h he had chosen and that majority of the | | people would support him. oubts Legislative Relief. Later the Episcopate issued a state- ment saying that congressional relief | was most doubtful, but that it was pealing to the legislators to aid . as_the only other course open was a religious war, which would be contrary to the spirit of the church. The episcopate announced that it would submit to Congress a bill for the enactment of regulations for the | religlous clauses of the constitution to supplant those which President| Calles promulsated. The President| {Must approve whatever measures ! Congress passes and therefore even lif Congr modifies the present 1 regulation final decision on the question rests with him. Since the enforcement of the re- izlous laws, the message of the Pres- ident said. 42 churches, 73 convent; and 7 centers of religious propaganda | 1ad been closed and 85 foreign priests had abandoned the country for viola- tion of the law. | | Alarm Helds Unjustified. | The message added that for 60 | vears the religious clauses had been {in the constitution, but had not been | enforced owing to revolutions and {and other incidents. His duty io | enforce the religious laws, Calles { said. had been made necessary by | i the hierarchy calling upon its fol- flowers to reject the constitutional | provisions. The message said there had been no persecutions of creeds and that iarm was unjustified and untimely. The eplscopate’s statement says “We believe our specific_attitude, {although energetic and firm, {taught a lesson to those who believe {all conflicts should be settled by the revolutions. . We | have given all the world an example of how tyranny should be opposed and how to fight for liberty." Defends Land Laws. President Ctalles in his message made special reference to foreign re- lations, taking up the alien land aid petroleum lav “1 am pleased to inform congress, he said, “that the application of the allen land laws has not only been ettled in a definite manner with re- pect to the specific cases presented, | but that application has not hindered ‘iln any manner the operation of the | companies and organizations affected by them, and the government has been able to carry out its policy clearly and agreeably on this subject. “‘Promulgation of the land and also the petroleum law occasioned some diplomatic representations on the part of the United States Government causing a controversy of a diplomatic character, in which the United States Government expounded various con- siderations whereby in its view the | laws interfered with the rights of | American citizens in Mexico and so- licited modifications of some of thej details of the laws. But these details wHhich the United States desired modi- fied were only confirmations of other Mexican laws and of the Mexican constitution. i | Reply to U. 8. Views. i _“My government replied to the United States representations, sustain- |ing our right for enactment and en-| | forcement of land and petroleum laws, inot only because they enacted what was ordered in the constitution, but | ftundamentally because enactment and enforcement of these laws could not fect legitimately acquired rights fur- | ther than what is permitted by the principles of right, justice and equity “Furthermore, the Mexican govern | ment has also been careful to direct |its policy in respect to all acquired i rights, conforming thereby to the re- quirements of its own laws. The gov- jernment has based all its acts on this policy without any foreign representa- tions being necessary. “The policy of my government has not been other than to continue the policy of my predecessors, but at the same time. {t has been necessary to define in an unequivocal manner our right to legislate and safeguard all: interests in Mexico. Therefore, the| | issuance of these laws was necessary for the purpose of establishing clearly the conditions under which the inter- ests affected by the laws can operate | in our country.” L Prosperity Helps Cupid. NEW YORK, September 2 (#).— Fewer bankruptcies, more marriages The country’s commercial failures in | August numbered 1,593, lowest for four months. Marriages performed by New York authorities for the first half of the year totaled 10,897, or 700 more than during the same period of i Field Museum of | Marcos FIVE TO EXPLORE - ABYSSINIA PLATEAU U. S. Party Will Seek Secrets of Hidden Empire of Queen of Sheba. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, September 2.—To wrest past and present secrets from the Queen of Sheba's ancient empire, the Natural History, the Chicago Dally News and the North American Newspaper Alliance, of which The Star is a member, are send- ing a scientific expedition into re- mote, mysterious Abyssinia. The expedition will leave Chicago September 5 to spend six months, at !least, on the vast Abyssinian plateau. That plateau, rising out of the African plain like an fsland of 400,000 square miles, is one of the few unknown lands of the earth. Hidden in its jungles and on its unclimbed mountains may be species of animals not known to science. The commander-in-chief of the expe- dition is Dr. Wilfred Osgood, curator of the department of zoology of the Field Museum. Dr. Osgood is an ex- perienced explorer as well as a dis- tinguished scientist. Two mountains in Canada bear his name and he has blazed trails for science in the Amazon country of South America. Fuertes to Paint Finds. Louls Agassiz Fuertes of Cornell University, the foremost painter of birds in America and the companion of John Muir and John Burroughs on the Harriman expedition to Alaska, will capture on his canvas the colors and forms of the strange birds dis- covered. Suydam Cutting, millionaire court tennis champion, will be the expedi- tion’s volunteer photographer. Mr. Cutting was the photographer on the recent Roosevelt hunt for the ovis poli. Alfred M. Bailey of the Field | Museum will be Dr. Osgood's assistant and Jack Baum of the Chicago Daily ews will be the reporter of the ex- | pedition. Baum will take with him a Burgess short-wave radio outfit_such as was ATTACK ON EL BLUFF BY REBELS EXPECTED Some Beacons in Lighthouses on East Nicaraguan Coast Are Extinguished. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, September 2.—Some of the beacons in the light- houses of Nicaragua's east coast have been extinguished for mjlitary rea- sons. An attack ix expected momen- tarily on El Bluff. At the request of President Charhorro, the United States gunboat i has proceeded from Corinto to the scene of the battle between govern- ment troops and revolutionists near Coseguina to take back the men wounded in the encounter to Corinto. There are no hospital facilities near Coseguina and neither the govern- ment nor the revolutionary forces have adequate medical equipment. The_revolutionists in their retreat after being defeated are reported to have been cut off from their base of communication. A number of m: chine guns and rifles and a quantity of provisions were captured by the government troops. The revolutionary generals, Samuel Sedales and Julian Vanegas, and Col. Torres are reported to have been killed in the engagement. Col. Potosme, who commanded the government forces, was raised to the rank of general on the battlefield. RAIN STOPS FONCK. Test Flight to Washington Post- poned Until Tomorrow. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N.-Y,, Sep- | tember 2 (#).—Rain prevented today i the first long-distant test flight of the glant Sikorsky plane, built for the New York-to-Paris non-stop flight. The flight will be made tomorrow, weather conditions permitting. The plane will fly over Philadelphia, Wil- 1925, | Radio Programs—Page 36 mington, Del., and Washington. Capt. Rene Fonck and Lieut. Allan Snoddy are expected to act as pilots. / The distance of the round trip Is approximately 500 miles. | SITH IS EXPECTED T0 BEAT BRENNAN IN ILLINOIS RACE Placing of Wet Referendum on Ballot Will Weaken Dem- Torture Evident In Murder Laid To Bootleg Gang By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 2.—Be- lieved to have been tortured to death with fire, gasoline and a rope, the body of a man was found in a field near Chicago Helights today. Police attributed the killing to a bootleggers' war that has claimed seven lives in the suburb. A rope was around the neck and the clothing had nearly been burned off the body, which was charred sufficiently to make identi- fication difficult. Police said it ap- peared that gasoline had been poured on the man’s clothes. It could not be determined whether the man had been killed by the flames or by previous strangulation. The body might have been dragged to the spot where it was found, the police said, with the rope about the neck, . the man having been Killed in some other way. DAWES PLAN WINS FULL VINDICATION Germany Bearing Burden of Reparations Easily as Third Year Begins. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily New of Dawes plan operation end with complete vindication of the experts’ plan. Although rumors of revision, largely from financially interested circles, continue to circulate and com- plaints are made by foreigne Ger- man Natiopalists and Communists against the crushing tribute, the fact burden well. The third year's payment is rather smaller than the second. and there is absolutely no reason to believe it can- not be borne easily. 1f, as many persons believe, the real test of the Dawes plan will come in the fourth and fifth years, when repa- rations payments are considerably higher, means for revision exist with- in the plan itself. Recovery of Industry. German industry and business in the past vear have made an almost complete recovery. Foreign experts as well as German authorities consider the German situation nearly normal. Germany's greatest problem today is that of unemployment. The number of unemployed, if the unregistered are considered as well as those receiving doles, 1s not much under 2,000,000 and probably will not be dacreased soon. Intelligent Germans deny that un- employment _is due in any (Targe sense to the Dawes plan burden. They declare it is largely the result of the introduction of American methods and better machines making hands useless. This process is expected to continue. Therefore, serious con- slderation is being given to the prob- lem of lightening the load of the un- employed. It is admitted that the former Ger- man colonies did not furnish proper homes for Europeans. Therefore, German eyes are turned toward those still un-Europeanized portions of the world where colonization is possible. Perhaps the most likely spot is the southern part of the Portuguese ocolony of Angola, where the climate is temperate. The Germans figure that the cost of' endowing 100,000 families a year with $2,000 eagh (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) SRLIN, September 2.—Two vears | LLblh Sotbanliss Lot s | ter at the request of Mr. Hoover, and remains that Germany is bearing the | APARTMENT PLANS REPORTED 0. KD 20,000 U. S. Workers An- ocrat, Observers Think. CANDIDATE IRKS OTHER Question of Insull's Donations May Be Explained Away Before November 2. BY G. GOULD LINCOIL Staft Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, September ~Ilinois presents a wetand-dry paradox. Col. Frank L. Smith, Republican nominee for the Senate, and stamped as satisfactory by the Anti-Saloon League during the primary cimpaign, will in all huran probability defeat George E. Brennan, Democratic nom- inee and a roaring wet At the same time it is admitted by political leaders who themseives have. Leen regarded as dry and who have voted dry In State and Nationai Legislature that the proposed wei- and-dry referen similar to New York's, If it be taken, will result in a wet victory. The petition for signed by upward circulated hy Brennan supporters, today was taken from nefield and fled with of Stae Emmerson. The petition was given n great send-off. It forms a book 19 feet high, with names ‘written on each page. To the referendum, af 400,000 voters. and his wer swer Questionnaire—Gen- erally Back Scheme. Nearly 20,000 Government employe: have answered the questionnaires sent out by the Commerce De questing their views on tic proposal to construct apartment houses for Federal workers. While the tenor of the replies has not been made public, most of them are understood to have expressed the hellef that amelioration of housing conditions fox Government employes is desirable and that most employes who rent now are paying rentals in excess of the §12.50 per room per month charge sufwested hy the unnamed sponsor for the project. About 40,000 questionnaires were sent to the chief clerks of the Gov. ernment depa establishments. While fewer than half have been answered, this is explain- able, personnel chiefs say, by the f: that a number of employes ar leave. Secretary Hoover is expected back in Washixngton about September 18, and is expected, a few days after his arrival in the Capital, to confer with Dr. John M. Gries. chief of the hous. ing division of the department, and other housing experts on the feasibil ity of the proposed construction In the light of the replies from the employes. He may at the same time reveal the identity of the unnamed sponsor for the project, whom he has described as “a man of standing in the munity.” In the meantime, other Commerce Department officials have maintained silence on_the entire mat- there- has been no indication of the name of the man who proposed the construction. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of New York, which was mentioned in _connection with the scheme, has officially denied any con. | nection with the proposed construction here. CONDITION OF SENATOR McKINLEY IS UNCHANGED Illinoisan Resting as Easily as Could Be Expected After Re- lapse, Physician Announces. By the Associated Press. MARTINSVILLE, Ind ‘The condition of William B, Mec- Kinley, United States Senator for Tili nois, who has been near death here since Tuesday, was unchanged early today. His physician said during the night the Senator was resting as easily as could be expected, but that there was no perceptible change in the critical condition which followed relapse last evening. He was suffering from sciatic rheu- matism when he came to the Home Lawn Sanatorfum here, August 18, and lung congestion has since de- veloped. Relatives are at his FLETCHER UNDER KNIFE. de. Senator From Florida Has Second | Operation in Michigan. Senator Fletcher of Florida under- | went a sccond operation at Battl Creek, Mich., today for a bladder ail- ment, his office here was notified to- day. The opcration was described as “very successful,” and the Senator was said to be “doing nicel The operation was of a major char- acter, a preliminary operation having been performed some time ago. By the Associated Press. PEORIA, Ill, September 2.—Veal loaf was blamed today for the ill- ness of nearly 200 persons stricken with ptomalne poisoning after the annual picnic of the City Christian Engeavor Societies. A half dozen of the cages were so serious as to prohibit the re- moval of patients from their homes to hospitals and physicians despaired of the lives of two girls. Two May Die in Nearly 200 Poisoned At Illinois Christian Endeavor Picnic yesterday afternoon’s outing with a banquet spread beneath the trees. It was expected that both Rev. J. Summers, retired, and Rev. R. F. Joop, pastor of the First Evangelical Church, would recover. Physicians who attended the vi tims agreed that the poisoning w the result of tainted veal loaf, which had been, prepared in advance for the picnic. Within a few hours of the meal the number of seriously il artment, re- | tments and independent | com- ! September | had Two clergymen were among the |mounted to 75 and it was e.mmmd{ do full honor to this thirsty plea that | Minois he allowed to decide how the | eighteenth amendment shall be en- 1 within her ewn borders a bl e, with brass bands aud Bren n himself as marshal . { Throngs joined | G. 0. P. Not Opposed to Plan. | The Republican leaders | all averse to the 1 [ or even to its acceptanes {tary of State. Republi { vote for the referendum and at same time for Col. Smith and feel that they hate given espression to theii feel regarding the prohibi i tion fssue 1 Ahout prohibition and the referen {dum, Col. Smith has said nothing | sinee his nomination. in e has nothing about ‘thing, for he | hins heen a sick 1 even now is iout of the State, rec at New Tonden, Conn, not expected hack before nest v t the carliest This silence of Col. Smith is gettlnz under the skin of Mr. Rrennan. The 4 enmpaisning viger npion of “hear and ich is an apparent v coining At air at Aurora this plaintively expressed mp: Smith would enlighten his prohibition are not at wets ean the an as the ¢ nce.” of his tates ously { tempe srradox Central week Brennan the hope that was over (ol the voters regarding stan Col. Smith sion that he wil wishes of the people essed in the referendim are himself for faw enfor while the eightecnt) the Volstead any event. he ix that Mr. Bren Senate. which ix ove and will r elections, nothing reven if cave the impre guided by 1 Tlineis e m. ement » point out ted whelmingly * the eor dry ng will for ent to V | Question Would Weaken Brennan. { The insertion of the questio | the ballot would weaken the position lof Mr. Brennan, in the opinion of the i politicians here. e started the {drive for the referendum, however {and now with the petition signed b 115,000 more names than is required i reely let go of it v ' upen which the voters will be asked to express them selves in this proposed referendum follows: “Should the (ongress of the United States modify the Federal law to enforce the eighteenth amend ment to the Constitution of the United States so that the same shali not prohibit the manufactur 1e transportation, importation or ex- portation of beverages wih are not in fact intoxicating. as determined in accordance with the laws of the re- spective States” Such action on | gress, senator Bor {declared, would be land eimple, of the would be mere !ancient quip | tion amoue friends?” Col. Smith i not geing to step out of the ser ce because of th revelation the fact that Samuel Insull, public utility magnate, con tributed upward of § 0 to his primary campaign, according to Smith’s closest friends here. Nor s there any prospect that an ndependent candidate of sufficient importance to cause a change in the result of the general election will be found by those who are now urging that “for decency’s sake” and the good name of Illinos neither Col. Smith nor Mr. Brennan be sent to the United States Senate. There is no denying that some of the good people of Tl nois Lave been shocked by the bl { expenditures in the Republican pri- | mary by the fact that Insull was the angel of the Smith and Brennan campaigns. They don't like it. But there is no wave of resentment dis- cernible in the State—not yet, at any rate. May Hold Expense Essential. Republican leaders do not like the look of things, but have made up their minds to go through with the election. They hope to convince the voters that the expenditure of large sums of money ina primary campaign in a State as large as Illinois is abso lutely essential If the voters are to be informed regarding the policies of the candidates. In Cook County alone, which is mostly Chicago, $154,000 is held to be a minimum requirement for such a campaign by a single can- didate. This sum would include the payment of workers on election day, idvertising in newspapers, headquar- ters (general and district), printing and mailing, the renting of halls for meet- ings, and nothing more. The talk of e part of Con- of Idaho has fication, pure wstitution. | aphrasing th the Constitu sufferers whom doctors were called |that another hundred persons were | Umiting candidates and their commit- at attend several hours after church luder,é-nd young people concluded aftected but recovered with administration of home remedies. the tees to the expenditure of $25.000. Fcotftlnued on Page 4, Column 1.)