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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and tomorrow with slowly rising temperature; gentle east and southeast winds. Temperature—Highest, 68, at 3 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 60. at § day. Full report on page 7. 30 a.m. to- & New York Stock Market Closed Today ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entered as seco; ¢ post office, No. 30,076. Washington, nd class matter p.C WASHINGTON, D- C, N \ Staf. tion “COUNCIL APPROVES GERMAN ADMISSION AND 3 NEW SEATS Proponents of Plan to Give Poland Semi-Permanent Status Win After Fight. | MOLLIFYING MESSAGE | WILL BE SENT TO SPAIN| YLeague Assembly Takes Up Recom- | mendations Next Week—Tur- | cused Of Unnecessa Assistant District Attorney David A. Hart revealed this afternoon that the Government will make a sweep- ing investigatian into the methods employed by a police flying squadron which vesterday smashed its way into a number of apartments at 1336 Massachusetts avenue in search of the headquarters of a syndicate of “telephone hookmakers. Mr. Harte announced that none of the four persons who are charged with making handbooks as a result of this and other raids, which were carrfed out simultaneously, would be brought to trinl until his office has looked into the authorvity under whick: the policemen invaded the key Sends Observer. nciated Press, A, September 4.—The League of Natlons council today adopted the report of the commission on reorganization of the council, pro- | viding for the creation of three new non-permanent council seats and des- | ignating Germany as a permanzut | seat holder as soon as she is elected | to League membership. Sweden alone expressed the opinion that there should be nd increase in | the number of non-permanent seats. After approving the report, the coun- cil forwarded it to the assembly, with the recommendation that it be adopted by that body. i The council also instructed the | league's secretary general, Sir Eric | Drummond, ¢o forward to Spain’s rep- resentative the reorganization comi mission’s resolution expressing regret that the Madrid government's desire | for permanent representation on the council could not be met at the pres- ent time. Private Session Lively. Viscount Ishii of Japan, in report- | ing the commission's conclusions, was successful in having the council pass | @ resolution to the effect that Ger- many alone should be elected to a permanent seat at the present session. ! Passage of the commission’s report in favor of creating three non-perma nent seats, along With its recommen- | dation that Germany alone should { be given a permanent chair, const-| tuted a victory for France and her ally, | Poland, but was not obtained without difficulty. A somewhat stormy private coun cil meeting preceded the pubiic ses- slon. The opponents of the pian 1o give Poland a semi-permanent post| at the same time Germany was eiect- | ed to a permanent one made a last stand. Sweden, as in the March sion, took the lead in this opposition. | The consequent discussion delayed | the ' convening of the public councii| session nearly an hour and a half. Plan to Elect Spain. League leaders plan to elect Spain to a semi-permanent seat, despiie Bpain’s probable absence from the ux sembly. They hope this will induce the Madrid government to abandou any idea of vresigining from the league. It i also learned that the Turkish ministers in London and Bern have arvived here to observe political de- velopments, especially the effect of the entrance of Germany into the league, which now seems a certainty. ‘The importance of Germany's en try had been tempor ed by the Spanish league crisis, the statesmen were beginning to em- ! phasize that, with Germany | once an active league member, no European power could atford to be absent. he presence of the here is interpreted by some as foreshadowing early application by the Angora government for league membership. MADRID Dj i 1 t Turkish diplo | 5 | JAYS ACTION. Qutcome of League Meeting to Be Awaited by S| MADRID, September + Spanish government wiil not take any immediate action e withdrawal from the League ¢ tions, but will await the outcom: the league assembly, opening #).—The | next cion, official organ of the | government, In an editorial today, insists that the government, instead | of hestitating in placing the ques- ! tion of Tangier before the League, ot Nations, should take advintage of | the gathering of representatives of the varlous countries in Geneva 1o plsce the question befure the full session of the assembli. The newspaper urges the Spuanis government to seek the support of | France and great Britaln I tion for sovereignty ove: suggesting' that Spain co to give up her aspiratio tions In return for this = newspaper praises the wcovernmen for having brought to lirhi its de- mands for Tangler instead of carry- ing on secret negotiations. ipport VATICAN DEFINES STAND. Officially Denies Increased Interest in | League Activities. ! ROME, September 4 (#).—The Holy | Bee has not In any way changed its attitude toward the League of Nations, Osservatore Romano, Vatican organ, ! declared yesterday In offic denying | Italian ne per reports of increased | interest in the activities at neva. The article refers. especial to a statement in the Tribuna vesterday | that the Vatican proposed tu use the! papal nuncio in Switzerland as its ob-| gerver. The Tribuna stated two points in the Vatican program were disap- | proval of Spain’s attitude on the Tan- gler situation and approval of the plan : to give Germany a seat in the league | eounctl. i MEXICAN DEPUTY SHOT. | | Beveral Others Wounded in Street Fight in Capital. i GUADALAJARA, Mexico. Septem- ber ¢ (P —Deputy Laberto Mez Le- desma was killed and several persons were wounded during a pisto! fight in one of the principal streetx of tie business section here yesterday. The fight was between rival -groups of Xoui(golmcl.u\s and was the out- gro of arguments regarding the mypicipal-elections to be Leld tomor- rowy” 1 | apartments { sided. members of the committee. | court before in the Massachusetts venue house. It is said that no evidence was ob- tained during the dash through the Massachusetts avenue apartments, but some time after the raiding offi- ad departed two men, one of m was mentioned in a warrant, % James J. McQuade, leader of the flying squadron, sur- rendered themselves at headquarters. They were charged with violating the District code which prohibits ac- cepting bets on horse races. Five raids, conducted simultaneous- ly, netted four prisoners, on charges Trial of Four to Aw- 'U.S. TO PROBE METHODS USED BY RAIDERS AFTER COMPLAINTS {Flying Squadron, Secking “Bookies,” Ac- ry Destructiveness. ait Inquiry. of violating section 865 of the Dis- trict of Columbia code prohibiting taking bets on*the races, and a total lof 12 witnesses, who were released under $500 bond to appear when the cases are called. “The police entered the Massachu- setts avenue house armed with a warrant for the arrest of Charles Daniel Payne, understood by the police to be the representative of the “syndicate” in that buliding. On the third floor they entered the apartment of M. P. Mclnerny, while Mrs. McInerny was present, and be- gan ransacking it for evidence. They came through’ the door, Mrs. Mc- Inerny alleged. without warning. They found nothing to use as evi- dence. Below, in the flat of Manuel M. Glron, director of the Congressional Institute of Languages and interpre- ter for the French embassy, the squad conducted a very thorough search for | evidence In the absence of the ten- | ants, going so far. it is alleged in the general charges informally maide to police officlals, as to tear down parti- tlons, and damage the property. Again the search was fruitless. After the raid, however, Payne and John B. Keleher, both identifying 1 ate me ‘ame . Column 7) WAY NEARLY LEAR FOR . S. IN COURT Small Committee Takes Up Reservations From Juridi- cal Viewpoint. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, September 4—The first meeting today of the committee of 14, which s to carry on the work of the World Court con- ference, convoked to examine the five reservations to American adherence to the court, was devoted to & juridical study of the court’s regula- tions. The object of the study is to de termine how far the regulations, as at present framed, make it possible to accept,the American reservations. One question touches on the right of the court to grant public hearings, | which is raised in the fifth American reservation. Move for Publicity. (The first part of this reservation reads: “The court shall not render ny advisory opinion, except pub- licly after due notice to all states adhering to the court and to all in- terested states, and after public hearing or opportunity for hearing given to any state concerned.”) Prof. Van Eysinga of Holland pre- The discussion was quiet and general. Future meetingg will be held as the activities of the league sembly permit freedom to the All the be secret. revafled today s of the Ungted States required for American adhe- on to the Permanent Court of Inter. national Justice will be finally accept- ed by the representatives of the 33 countries holding membership in the court. Four Already Accepted. Four of them have already been ac- cepted by the delegates to the confer- ence who have been considering them. Only part of the fifth, which would req ‘e that the consent of the United States musi be obtained hefore the court may entertain re quests from the council of the League ¢ Nations for advisory opinions on questions in which the United States interested remains to be ac cepted. After adjournment of the confer- ence last night a promihent delegate went so far as to say that all the American reservations eventually wo 1 be accepted. Speeches at the closing session left the general impression that the con- ference would leave nothing undone » the way of concessions to meet the -wsof the United States, indicating importance ountries attach- - becoming a mem- that the Polish Jurist Confident. Poitsh the Jurist, United Rostvorovski, convimeed os would collaborate in any neces- amendments to the stagutes of ¢ World Court. Hg sald the United tox #hould be repibsented at a spe- +ia conference to carry through this codification. : A suggestion was made by Sir Cecil Hurst of Great Britain that the Polish | project should provide a program if i the e < should renounce her adhesion to th “Why talk about the United State: alking out of the he comes in?" retorted Count Rostvorovski. The great problem of the committee will be to find a formula satisfacto: to the United States and also preserve the functions of the council of the league concerning advisory opinions. During the two days’ sessions of the conference a majority of the delegates manifested apprehension whether ac- ceptance of the American conditigns would derange the machinery of the League of Nations. hension volced was that the alleged ambiguity in tie fifth American res- arvation would block advisory opinions by the court altogether, because if the United States cnate had to say whether Am a's consent was to be ven there would be fatal delay. nited § Optimism in Geneva. The optimism prevalent in Geneva that the United States will adhere to the World Court is shared by Presi- dent Coolidge. At the Summer White House 1t is stated that the President is confident the signatories to the court pact will accept the American reservations and that examinations of the reservations will show that their object to place the Unit Sta on equality in the court w! (Contirued on Page 2. Radio Programoil’age 32 Another appre- | PRESIDENT DENIES RAGE IN ARMAMENT Spokesman Voices Views Be- lieved Designed to Rectify Wilbur Statement. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y., Sep- tember 4.—It is not the intention of this Government to compete with other nations in any form of arma- ment, even where there are no treaty restrictions, according to President Coolidge. | This pronouncement came from the President through his spokesman, and it is looked upon as more sweeping and far-reaching than any previous utterance the President has made looking toward the discouraging of competition among the world powers in the matter of armament. It was made very plaln by the President that the United States is not now engaged in competitive con- struction of armaments, including airplanes, but at the same time the President indicated that hLe stands ready to extend the restrictions that ¢ ‘apply to battleships apd airplane iers to “all classes and cases.” Wilbur Statement Recalled. The understanding is that the President’s frank discussion of this subject at this tlme was brought about by a public statement a few days ago by Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, who is represented as having declared that when the United States completes its naval air program it will be leader among the natlons in the matter of airplanes. The im- pression was gained by those with whom the President discussed this that he was anxious to make it un- derstood that this country is not at- tempting to outstrip the world in building aireraft. | The President is of the opinion that the aviation of the United States is as far advanced as that of any other | country, not because this Nation is at- | tempting to compete, but because a program has been adopted and is be- ing developed in response to what are | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ¢4, 1926 -THIRTY-TWO PAGES. * The Star” every city block and the regular edi- delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 95,279 “From Press to Home Within the Hour” 's carrier system covers TWO CENTS. LA FOLLETTE'S GRIP ON WISCONSIN SEEN AS PRIMARY 1GSUE World Court, Farm Relief and Other Topics Held Screen to Real Objective. STALWARTS USE SLOGAN “SMASH MADISON RING” Young {Bob” Seeks to Show His Hold Not Due to Sentimental Tribute to Father. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. MADISON, Wis., September 4.—La Follette progressives and their op- ponents are hooked up in a mighty struggle in Wisconsin which Is to be decided at the polls on Tuesday. The prizes include State control, the gov- ernorship and all the major State of- fices and a United States senatorship. The campaign, which has been one of the most bitter waged in the his- tory of the Badger State, is closing| with charges and counter-charges of undue political influence, expenditures of money by various interests and the like. The stalwarts, the regular Repub- licans as opposed to the La Follette Republicans, are laying their all on two candidates who formerly were La Follette men—Senator Irvine Lenroot and Secretary of State Fred R. Zim- merman, candidates, respective for the Republican nomination for Sen- ator and for governor. It is true that State Senator Charles B. I’¢rry is the regularly indorsed candidate for gov- ernor of the stalwart convention held some time ago. But it does not appear that Perry bas a Chinaman’s chance. Hope of Smashing “Ring. The hopes of those who wish to smash the so-called La chine, the “Madison ring,” therefo are centering on the nomination of Zimmerman over Herman L. Ekern, attorney general and for years a lieu- tenant of the late Senator La Follette. Indeed, the chalrman of the stalwart convention which selected Perry, Wal- lace Ingalls, two weeks ago repudiated Perry and came out for Zimmerman. Furthermore, the Janesville Gazette, a dyed-in-the-wool stalwart newspaper, and other such newspapers have also given their indorsement to Zimmer- man. It is anything to beat the La Follette progressives, to make a dent in the organization which has been in the saddle for vear Here "is the picture in a nutshell: Today the La Follette progressives ! have one of the two Senators from ‘Wisconsin—Senator Robert M. La Fol- lette, jr. They have the governor, John | J. Biaine, who is the La Follette pro- gressive candidate for the senatorial nomination against Senator Lenroot, and they have practically all of the State offices, with the exception of Zimmerman, who has kicked over th traces. Should the La Follecte pro gressives lose In the senatorial race and in the gubernatorial race, their plight would be evil. 1If they had to lose one of the two races, they would prefer to lose the senatorial race and win in the gubernatorial. As matters stand today, they look to have a better chance to win in the senatorial race than In the gubernatorial. Basic Issues Involved. On the other hand, if the La Follette essives win and nominate their ates for both governor and Senator, and the elections in November result in similar fashion, they will be more strongly intrenched thap even in the days of the late Senator La Follette, For they would have two United States Senators, which they never had before, In addition to the governor. ‘What are the fundamental issues considered as the requirements of ade- quate defense. He is convinced that the air program of this counury is in most respects superior to that of any of the world powers, and that while “(Continued on Page 2, Column BULGARIA WILL AVOID APPEALS TO LEAGUE Premier Tells Parliament Loan Will Be Barely Enough to Provide for Refugees. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daiiy News. VIENNA, September 4.-—Premier Liptscheff of Bulgaria has informed llament that Bulgarla will not {bring before the League of Nations | the recent frontier troubles and ex. | change of notes between Bulgaria, Jugoslavia, Ru dispatch cever, that g if any other po grapi: Ager He added, would not obj brought up the subject. The premler also declared th League of Nations' loan to Bulgaria will barely ' meet the most urgent needs of refugees, buy lands w. the state requi and bulld neces i sary houses. His statements were in | response to Socialist interpeilations | which demand that the government carry the frontier and refuse: tions to the league as the only” billu of bringing -peace in tlkans. onyright, 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co. TENTH VICTI 1 M DIES. Two Others Near Death. as Resuit involved in this contest for control? rom_the point of - of the La (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) KONDYLIS' REGIME IS HELD TEMPORARY New Greek Premier Pledges Self to Keep Faith With Jugo- slavian Treaty. By the Associated Press MILAN, Italy, Septembet 4.—The present Greek regime is purely. tran- sitory, Premler Kondylis is quoted as declaving to the Athens correspondent of the Corricre Della Sera. Gen. Kon- dylis overthrew the Pangalos regime on August 22. “It was my intention to constitute a coalition ministry,” he is quoted as saying. “but it was not possible. My policies are simply liberty at home and good relations abroad. shall keep faith with the Jugo- avian treaty, which contains nothing | unfriendly to other nations, but, since T consider my ministry solely created o reestablish legality, Parllament will also have to judge the treaty.” Greece signed s slavia last month guaranteeing arbi- tration in the event of disputes. Of Special Interest to Washingtonians of Interurban Crash. ROE. Mich.. September d M. Thornton, 4§ 3 Xi, Iud., died this morning of received in the Andrew Charies Leatherman. conducior of the Detroit-bound car, were reported utl the point of death'In the hospital this | morning. Mrs. Edward Thornton, also | injured in the wreck. still is In the | hospital and is expected to recover. Willis Owens, motorman of the southbound car, d Homer G. Adams, his conductor, have admitted, accord- ing to officials of the Detroit United lines, that they forgotSorders to meet northbound car on a siding, In the Magazine Section of Tomorrow’s Star ‘The Capitai Recelves Big- mgest Shipment of Wild . Animals™ “A Day in the Woods With the President and His Guide” “The True Story of Barbara Frietchie’ “The Rambler Continues Story of the Wirz Case’ . In Tomorrow’s Star. “ollette ma- | reaty with Jugo-! [} i | Judicial circuit, after being located in | Like AtorheR i SPAN WILL VOTE ONRVERAREGINE [ Plebiscite Is Arranged to De- termine Nation’s Feelings ~ On Government. By the Associated Press. | MADRID, September 4.—Gen. Pri- {mo de Rivera. the premier, has con- | sented to the holding of a plebiscite | September 11, 12 and 13, in order that | the people of the country may ex- ! press their feelings toward the pres- ent regime. A new party—the Patriotlc Union {—which requested a plebiscite, also | has asked that the National Assembly be summoned to co-operate in gov- erning the country, and to this the premier also has acceded. All Over 18 May Vote. Plebiscite boards are being organiz- ed, presided over by deiegates of the Patriotic Union. aided by the local {authorities. ~ Persons of both sexes |18 vears of age or over may vote, but there will be no compulsion in any form. Those unaBle to go to the oles may vote by letter. A dispatch to the London Dail from Ifendaye, near the Franco-Span- ish frontier, vesterday said consider- {able significance wns being attached at Iendaye to a banquet that was given Thursday night at San Sebas- {tian by the Spanish foreign minister. Senor Yanguas, in honor of the Ital- fan Ambassador. Senor Yanguas was quoted as hav- ing sald In a speech that decisions taken by the cabinet council Thurs- day were of the utmost gravity and would cause a sensation greater than that when the dictatorship in Spain | was set up by Gen. Primo de Rivera. Sees History in Making. “Historic events are belng pre- pared,” the foreign minister declared, “and soon they will be made known to the general public. The statement of Senor Yanguas evidently refers to yesterday's an- nouncement by Gen. de Rivera re- garding the plebiscite. Recently there was rumors of dis- turbed conditions in Spain. but Gen. Primo de Rivera in a_personal mes. sage to the Associated Press denied that there was any trouble in the country, where, he said, calm pre- vailed: There also was a rumor a short time ago that a break had occurred between King Alfonso and the pre- mier. There was no confirmation of this. Mail SRR COLOM_BM'S RAILROADS ARE TIED UP BY STRIKE 5,000 Men Walk Out, Forcing Gen- eml Shutdown of Plants—Steve- dores Also Drop Work. By the Aseociated Press. BOGOTA, Colombia, September 4.— More than 5,000 employes of the gov- ernment’s Pacific Coast Railway lines have gone on strike. All rail trans- portation has completely ceased and machine shops, factories and other concerns have been forced to shut | down. / { The strikers have been joined by | stevedores in -the port of Buena- | ventura. Several steamers are being {held in port by the strike.. The authorities are impotent against the movement, which has strong pub- lic sympathy. Thus far,there have | been no disturbances. GANGSTER IS JAILED. | Florida Officials Recapture Man Who Escaped Guards. ORLANDO. Fla., September 4 ().— Jog Tracy, who recently escaped from kuards t. Cloud. after returning | from a trip to the Everglades. was taken into custody here at an early{ ur today and lodged in the Orange | County Jail, it was announced at the | sheriff's office . this morning. ! Tracy, the last surviving member | of the Ashley ganx, was arres‘ed near | WVewahoota at 1245 o'clock this morn- | ng by O. B. Jarman, jr.. State crim. | inal investigator of the seventeenth thé attic of the home of Willis| Hancock. | Recelving 2 tip that Tracy was at | | Wewahoota, Jarman. accompanied by | Deputy Sheriff D. W. Dorty, jr.. and George E. Jump of Orange County, Radio Photograph Of Signature Puts Man in Senate Race By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 4. —A message forwarded by the radio photographic tem enabled Robert W. Shingle, prominent Honolulu resident, to file as a can- didate for the Hawailan senate after he discovered the time limit for filing petitions would expire before a mail steamer could reach Honolulu. Before leaving for the mainland Mr. Shingle conferred power of at- torney to a friend that his signa ture might be entered at the proper time. On his arrival here he was informed only his own signature would be accepted. Last night he prepared a message carrving his signature and that of a witness. It was transmitted on the photo- graphic device and accepted a short time before the time for filing ex- pired, at midnight. ° TYPHOON KILLS 35 IN EASTERN J4PAN School Collapses, Train Is Blown From Track and 40 Army Planes Damaged. By the Associnted Press. TOKIO, September 4.—Reports to vernacular newspapers in Tokio say that approximately 35 persons were killed in a typhoon in central east- ern Japan today. The storm was one of the most severe in recent vears. At Toyvohashi, near the city of Nagoya, a scheolhouse collapsed. burying about 100 persons, of whom 12 may be dead and a score injured. Three houses were reported damaged there. At Hammamatsu a clothing factory collapsed and 8 persons are re- ported dead. Earlier reports told of & being killed and possibly 50 injured when the terrific windstorm blew a train off the tracks at the same place, but later reports revealed that only a few persons suffered minor injuries. Two lighters at Kawasaki collapsed and .15 members of the crew are missing. Forty military airplanes at the Akenogahara airdome were bad- Iy damaged and 40 telephone lines, connecting Tokio and Osaka, were interrupted. Numerous villages paid toll in death or injury or property damage or all three to the typhoon. Railways and light plants suffered heavily, although the damage in Tokio was negligible. NICARAGUA FIGHT RAGES NEAR CITY OF CONSIGUINA U. S. Gunboat Sent to Pick Up Wounded in Battle Una’ble to Be of Assistance. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, September 4.—Fighting between government and rrevolutionary forces is continuing at Cosiguina, on the Gulf of Fonseca. where there was a sanguinary battie earlier in the week, in which it was reported there were numerous casual- ties. The United States gunboat Tulsa. which. went to the Gulf of Fonseca to take on board the wounded for hospital treatment at Corinto, has returned to Corinto, hav. ing been unable to find the wounded. The vessel said it was reported that there were 300 men injured in the bat tle, but that they were too far from the coast to be aided. The revolutionary boat El Tropica’ is being detained at La Union, Salva dor, with 150 soldiers and 3,000 rifle: on board. SKIPPER 1S SUSPENDED. Captain and Third Mate of City of Rome Punished for §-51 Crash. BOSTON, Mass., September 1 (#). The licenses of Capt. John Diehl and Third Mate Timothy L. Dreyer of the steamer City of Rome were today suspended for nine months as a result of the collision last year in which the submarine S-51 was sunk with the loss of 34 lNves PHILIPPINE DRIVE BY REDS RUMORED Bolshevists Suspected of Arousing Class Conscious- ness Through Secret Bodies. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. AT SEA OFF SURIGAO, Island of Mindanao, P. I., September 4.—There are reports of bolshevist activities_in Mindanao operating through a secret society or societies. The purpose is to promote class consclousness and ¢ ganize the proletariat, using the slo- gan of independence, but with a dif- ferent end in view. In this respect the niovement resembles holshevist ac- are being scientifically organized un- der Russian tutelage, as they were or- ganized years ago in Russia and else- where. {and possibly elsewhere in the Phil- ippine Archipelago is said to center in Canton, China, where it connects directly with Soviet Russia. is notorfously a strategic point for bolshevism 1n the Orlent, much more definitely than Shanghai. Hitherto political maneuvers in the Philippine Islands have been by politi- cos, who are brilliant and highly edu- cated. A movement directed from Canton would tend to take control away from the Filipino intelligenzia. (Copyright. 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co.) >y A.T.&T. PROBE MOVE Effort Made to Get Nation-Wide Action in Determining if Monopoly Exists. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 4.—A move has heen started to unite and make Natlon-wide action by separate citles and States to have the Inter- state Commerce Commission investi gate the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. to determine whether it 1s a monopely in violation of the Federal statutes. M. Baldwin Fertig, assistant cor- poration counsel for this city, who has charge of the city’'s fight against in- creasing telephone rates, will go to Boston on Tuesday to confer with Mark Sullivan, special assistant cor- poration counsel of that city. who already has asked for a hearing be fore the commission. Similar moves have been made, Mr. Fertig said. by Indianapolis, Young: town, Ohlo; Los Angeles, the State of Michigan and the Ohio Public utilities Commission. He hopes to have these varfous actions consolidated, and others originated in other cities, to make Nation-wide the demand for an investigation, which would determine whether the telephone company operates in violation of the interstate commerce act and the Clayton anti- trust act. LYNCHING PROBE HALTS. Wytheville, Va., Grand Jury Tem- porarily Out of Evidence. By the Associated Press. WYTHEVILLE, V: k —The.special grand jury Investigating the lynching of Raymond Bird, negro, adjourned late vesterday to meet again on September 16. In announcing that further efforts to learn the identity of members of the mob that stormed the Wytheville jail would be delayed, Judge Suther- land said the inquiry was not com- pleted by any means, but that the grand jury was temporarily out of evidence. He sald that today being Saturday, it would be hard to have additional | witnesses summoned. and due to the {fact that he must hold court in Pu- {laski Monday, he deemed it advisable :’o continue the hearing to the later ate. i i e e ‘Wales to Visit Alfonso. LONDON, September 4 (#).—A dis- patch to the Evening News from Biar- ritz says that the Prince of Wales, who is spending a golfing holiday there, is expected shortly to visit King | Alfonso at San Sebastian. This will |bo the second time the prince has set foot on Spanish soil. He visited San for one day in 1924 tivitles in China, where the workers | The bolshevist drive in Mindanao | Canton | STARTS IN NEW YORK MARKET QUESTON NDTTO INTERRPT REVENE BULDIG Treasury Will Start Work on Western Half of Site by January 1. CITY HEADS AGH-EE TO VACATE BY THAT TIME Final Decision as to New Location for Farmers Will Be Reached in October, Bell Says. The Commissioners have personally agreed upon a plan of procedure on the market question which will enable the Treasury to take possession of the, western half of the farmers' markea at 12th and B streets for the Federal building program by January 1, wit the understanding that it will be pos, sible by that time to move the farmer® directly to the permanent site for a- new market. This was learned today from Engineer Commissioner Bell. Altheugh there has been no formar action by the Board of Commissioners, { Col. Bell stated that James A. Wet- more, supervising architect of the | Treasury, has been assured, as a re sult of the conference yesterday after~ | noon, that he can proceed with the | plans for the Internal Revenue Build- | ing on the assumption that it will be possible to’ vacate the western portion of the farmers’ market in January. It developed at the conference that that date would be satisfactory to | the Treasury officials. | Select Site In October. | In agreeing to this arrangement, | Col. Bell said it is expected that the | final decision as to location of the new i market will be reached at the October meeting of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, for two First, so that the Commis. will be able to go to Congress i a8 it meets in December (o ob- [tain whatever action is necessary to {move the sheds of the farmers’ mar ket directly to the permanent location as they are taken down at Twelfth iand B streets, and secondly, so that commission merchants. who 1 be required to move to make way { for the building program, may know | by October where the new market | center is to be as a guide to them in thelr business. ngineer (Commissioner gav { this outline of the sityation after he had devoted several hours this morn ing to a close inspection not only of conditions as_they now exist at the farmers’ market and wholesale row, but also of the proposed market site along the water front in the South west and the area surrounding the Convention Hall Market, known as the Mid-city site. Col. Bell carefully refrained from committing himself as to his own choice, since the decision is not to be made until October, but discussed some of the things which he believes necessary. He concluded by stating that if any one can suggest a de sirable location not yet mentioned, he would be glad to consider it. Mall Site May Be Eliminated. The procedure as now planned for allowing the Government to begin ex. cavating at the western end of the farmers’ market in January and making a determined effort to have | the controversy over the permanent | new location settled well before that time will, if successful, eliminate the proposal to move the farmers' market to a so-called temporary place in the Mall, a scheme which has met con siderable opposition. Col. Bell explained that the steel sheds now covering the farmers' markets from Tenth to Twelfth along B street are in perfectly good con- dition and can be re-erected at the new market site as they are taken down, providing prompt action is taken in settling the question of lo: cation. One of the important factors in this connection is whether land will have to be bought for the new farmers’ market, or whether it goes on land already owned by the Fed- eral or District Government. This is one of the matters the Commis- sioners want to be in a position to submit to Congress in December. Ample Space Desired. “After viewing the farmers’ mar- ket in operation at the busy hour of 7 o'clock this morning.” said Col. Bell, “I am convinced that the ne: farmers’ location should be enough to provide at aquare feet of space for the co: { sheds and fully 200,000 square feet of available space for the parking of i the numerous trucks and vehicles, not only of the farmers, but of the commission merchants and la: buyers who concentrate to trade in the early morning hours.” Bell Cites Advantage: Referring to his trip to the water- front a short while later, Col. Bell pointed out that among fits advan- tages is the fact that the Govern- ment owns the water frontage for a distance of 1,000 feet from the end of the fish market at Twelfth street toward Fourteenth street, and that railroad trackage facilities are near- by. He explains that farmers from ! Virginia could come across the High- | way Bridge, which is close to the pro- i posed site; that those from southern Maryland could enter by the Ana- { costia Bridge and travel through M i mtreet from the southeast to the wa- { ter front, and farmers from Montgom- ery County could in the future use | the boulevard that will come down ! from the northwest and around the | southern extremity of the city. Col. [Bell. on the other hand, said there j were disadvantages that could be cited, one of which would be that many people would have to travel & considerable distance to get to the waterfront site. The Commissioner also looked care- fully over the area surrounding the Convention Hall Market at Fifth and K streets and studied its advantages and possible drawbacks. Linked With Commission Houses. Col. Bell sald that his trip to the Farmers’ Market this morning dem- onstrAted to him that the farmers’ space and the commission houses are | closely linked and that it is essential to let a new market site where these | two branches of the marketing busi- | ness can be close together. He sald it not so essential that the . n