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WEATHER. (T. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and tos ing temperature today. morrowy ris- Temperature—Highest, 66, at 2 p.m.; lowest, 60, at 6 a.m. Full report on Page 7. No. 1,120—No. 30,077. SPAIN STAYS ALOOF FROM LEAGUE, BUT HAS NOT RESIGNED Rivera Declares “Dignified Abstention” Is Demanded by Nation’s Prestige. WAY CLEARED TO GIVE GERMANY SEAT ALONE Concession by France and Britain on Tangier May Be Madrid Cue to Return. Br the Associated Press. IVA, Switzerland, September 4.—-%pain must persist in her attitude of “dignifled abstention” from the ac- tivitles of the league assembly and council. This pronouncement was made by Gen. Primo de Rivera, the Spanish premier, in reply to a joint; niessage from Briand, the French | foreign minister, and Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign secre- | tary, urging Spain to take part in the | present sessions of the league. In his telegram the Spanish pre- mier says that his personal inclina- tion would be for Spaln to continue to sit in the council and assembly, “were it not my duty to mount guard over the prestige of ancient, glorious and well beloved Spain, who, rele- | gated to a rank below her own, must seek a becoming attitude in her digni- fled abstention. “I am convinced that our decision will not compromise any interest or principle of the League of Nations, ! whose prosperity Spain, her King and her government desire most fer- vently."” Thanked for Consideration. Primo de Rivera concludes . by thanking M. Briand and Sir Austen Chamberlain for the high considera- |league 1f hér pride were not satisfled, Entered as second cl L vost oMce, “Washington, ‘B €. L BRE Nations BY SIR PHILIP GIBBS. By Cable to The Star. GENEVA, September 4.—During the past three days in Geneva a bat- tle has been fought in the League of Natlons. Loyalty to the league has prevailed over the varying interests and sympathies of separate nations and groups of nations. It seems to me a remarkable demonstration that after all this League of Nations is attaining moral power strong enough to lift- its members above selfish in- terests and secret bargalnings. The refusal to grant Spain a perma- nent seat on the council, in spite of her threats to withdraw from the is some proof that its members have been ready to sacrifice their own claims in order (o save the league it- self from humiliation ahd disruption. Poland wants a permanent seat; so also does China; but they both waived their claims for the time being in order to avoid challenging the consti- tution of the league and pcssibly split- ting it to bits. Italy is in close alliance with Spain, but voted against her on this issue DOCTOR ARRESTED IN DEATH OF WIFE Accused of Administering Poison Tableis After She Had Operation. By the Assorfated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 4. tion shown to Spain, saying: “1, therefore, cannot, to my deep- est regret, follow the lofty indication of your excellencies, as would have heen my desire.” In their joint note to the Spanish premier the French and British for- eign ministers asked him “In the most | cordial and earnest manner’ to sure them that Spain’s council seat should not be vacated, “in order that { the royal government may continue to contribute to the Geneva meetings the precious aid of its high authority.” | Germany to Enter. Unless the plans of men go ' again Germany this time really will | enter the League of Nations and take her place around the council table on 2 footing of equality with the other great powers who at Geneva discuss matters of world moment. Today the council voted to give Germany, and Germany alone, a seat on the council, and placed its seal of approval on the special commis- #ion’s report, which refuses to accede to the Spanish petition for a position of honor on the council similar to that arranged for the Reich. i i astray™.}vash., with first.degree murder in —Dr. Paul E. Moore, charged with the-death of his wife in Port Angeles, ‘Wash., was arrested by city detectives tonight at the home of his brother, C. P. Moore, an instructor in Hume- Fogg High School, Nashville. WARRANT CHARGES MURDER. Couple Said to Have Disagreed Over Woman Friend. PORT ANGELES, Wash., Septem- ber 4 (#).—A warrant charging Dr. Paul Moore, & physiclan of Sequim, connection with the alleged polsoning ot his wite, who died July 20, was issued here today. The physiclan s accused of ad- ministering poison tablets to his wife while she was in a hospital, attend- ed by two other physicians, one of whom, Dr. H. S. Jessup, became sus- picious too late to save the woman's life. Moore and his wife are known to have disagreed over his friendship for | Mrs., William Kendall of Sequim. The | OYALTY TO LEAGUE PREVENTS | AKDOWN OVER SPAIN'S PLEA| Give Remarkable Display of Sub- ordinating National Selfishness to Save Organization. - he with unexpected loyalty to the league ideals. Argentina and others of the South American states, to whom Spain is still mother country, sym- pathize warmly with her desires, but they knew that if they voted in her favor for a permanent seat on the council other powers would press their claims for this privilege, and there would be another crisis, pre- venting the entry of Germany 'and in all likellhood breaking the very foundations of the league itself. They voted painfully for abstract principles of justice against personal and na- tional sympathies. Struggle for Three Days. For three days 1 have been watch- ing this struggle between divided loyalties, and it has been intensely interesting, although not revealed b: any violent scene or dramatic act. Representatives of those nations who are commissionad to make a report on the future composition of the league council providing nine non- permanent seats to satisfy smaller pewers, have never once raised their volces above a conversational tone, never once have they departed from the rules of perfect courtesy. All would have seemed very dull if one had not known the enormous is- ~(Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) PRESIDENT HELPS G.0P.INQUIET WAY Prosperity Interviews Give Party Candidates Cue in Local Campaigns. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspoudent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y., Sep- tember 4.—To all outward appear- ances President Coolidge has kept aloof from any actual participation in the congressional campaign now in progress throughout the country, but there is no disputing the fact that he has, in a very quiet but effective way, made considerable of a contribution to the cause of those many loyal Re- publicans who are striving for elec- tion to either the Senate or the House next November. The emphasis which -Mr. Coolidge has given to the opinions expressed by his numerous callers this Summer regarding the business condition -of the country is known to be having a good effect everywhere. He has in a most natural way sounded the pros- perity slogan for his party. He has done it in a manner that has been very impressive and beneficial {o his party’s candidates, and at the same time it has been of a nature to not warrant criticlsm by the opposition. Keeps Personally Aloof. Long before coming up here on his > | that VICTORY OF BLAINE Y WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION PREDICTED DESPITE| FIGHT BY LENROOT La Follette Strength Expect- ed to Swing Wisconsin to His Candidate for Senate. EKERN HAS EDGE IN RACE FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP Senior Senator Answers Charge He Got $20,000 to Help President- ial Ambitions in 1920. BY G. GOULD LINCOL) Staft Correspondent of The Star. MILWAUKEE, Wis., September- 4. —On the eve of the primary elections here Gov. John J. Blaine, La Follette Progressive, looks to be a winner in his contest for the Republican sena- torial nomination against Senator Irving 1. Lenroot. Tn the race for the Republican gu- bernatorial nomination Attorney General Herman L. Ekern, La Fol- lette Progressive, and Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman are run- ning neck and neck, and much will depend upon the vote cast for Charles B. Perry, the stalwart candidate for the nomination, and for W. Stanley Smith, the wringing wet Progressive. With the La Follette influence back of him and Senator La Folleite stump- ing the State for him, Ekern prob- #bly will win the nomination when all the ballots cast-on Tuesday are counted. Lenroot Making Hard Fight. While Gov. Blaine is expected to win in the senatorial contest, he will know that he has been in a fight. Senator Lenroot has staged a whirl- wind campaign during the last two; ! months that has taken him into all but three counties to address 230 meetings. He has traveled some 10,- 000 miles. Lenroot, recognized as one of the ablest debaters in the Senate, is a hard-hitting campaigner. He has addressed large crowds and has been favorably received. He has defended ably his vote for American adherence to the World Court and his record of gervice in the Senate. Gov. Blalne admittedly enemies in the Progressive camp. Some of them are expected to knife bhim. He is by no means as strong a candidate a8 Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr., would have been had he been slated to run again this year. Senator Lenroot has been gaining ground in recent weeks, through his own exertions. He is playing a lone hand in this campaign and is not connected with any of the so-called tickets for governor and other State offices. Blaine Has Strong Support. Biaine, on the other hand, is part and parcel of the La Follette-Blaine- Ekern ticket. He has the advantage of the epeeches made not only by him- self, but by Senator Ekern and the other candidates on ticket. The senior Wisconsin Senator is winding up his campaign has his| La Follette; | Despite the difficult position in| physician and Mrs. Kendall disap- re_tonight, except a non-p vacation the President more than once litical ¢ ay Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1926.—SEVENTY-TWO PAGES. ¥ P Means Associated P P 4 “From.Press to Home Within the Hour” The Staris delivered every evening and Sunday* morning to Washington homes at 60 cergs per month. Telephone Main 5000 and sarvice will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. 18 00C-VILE FLIGHT Makes Army Air Corps’ Plans Virtually Complete. (TRIP EXPECTED_;I'O BEGIN PROTEST VER RAD NDT BENG PUSHED Husband Realizes Police Were Excited—“Bookie” Phones Still Sought. A protest against alleged discour- teous treatment of Mrs. M. P. Mc- Inerny by police led by Lieut. James D. McQuade in an unsuccessful raid in search of bookmakers at 1336 Massachusetts avenue, Friday after- noon. was presented vesterday to Maj. E. B. Hesse by Mr. McInerny, investigator for the Veterans' Bureau, and tenant of the third-floor flat at that address. Mr. Mclnerny, after hearing the explanation of the rea- sons which police maintain they had for the search of the premises, de- clared that he did mot wish to prefer formal charges against any of the policemen. Melnerny, according to Maj. Fesse, did not protest definitely against any property damage. and no protest was received by the police yvesterday from any other tenant or owper of the building. Awaits Detailed Charges. Maj. Hesse is awaiting detailed charges from euch tenants or owner as to property damage in other parts of “the building where the raiding party broke down a door and tore down a wall partition in a fruitless TODAY’S STAR. PART ONE—20 PAGES. General News—T.ocal, National and Foreign. ¢ Radio News—Page 14. Schools and Colleges—Pages 14 and 15 Financial—Pages 18 and 19. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Reviews of New Books—Page 4. Around the City—Page 4. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 4. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 28. PART THREE—12 PAGES. heaters and Photo- Music—Page 4. Veterans of the Grea t W [ Army and Nav Civillan Army ews—Page 12. PART FOUR—1 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea. tures. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Yews of the Clubs—Page 8. nish War Veterans—Page §. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 8 Boy Scouts—Page 8., 2 D."A. R. Activities—Page 8. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—i PAGES. |GIRL HURT IN CRASH GOING TO HOSPITAL Car Rushing Poison Victim to Emergency Rams Another Machine. | | ing unconscious in the arms of | Rer brother-inlaw, Allen T. Hart, as | she was being rushed to Emergenc Hospital suffering from the results of | self-administered pofson, Miss Kath- | leen Moore, 18 yvears old, was hurled | through the windshied of a private | automobile at Pennsylvania avenue | and Thirteenand-one-half street last | night when it rammed another ma- chine. Hurrfedly extricated from under | the two cars, Miss Moore cut about | the head, neck and arms, was trans- ar—Page 4. ferred to the cab of Charles W. Cal- ' < who | loway, K street northeast, ¥ continued to the hospital. Traffic Tied Up. The machine which was taking the | girl to the hospital was owned and operated by Edward Johnson. 1024 Eighth street, ivho told police he was employed at the Winston Hotel, 116 First street, and had volunteered his services. His car was badly damaged. Tt took the combined efforts of about | 20 men to clear the wreckage from| the pathway of the strest cars, which | were tied up for 20 minutes on ac-| count of the accident The other! car, owned by the American Drive-Tt. 27 !islands of the Carr ! Army Air Cor LAST PART OF NOVEMBER Maj. Dargue, Leader, Is Pioneer in Aviation, and Others Are Flyers of Experience. Announcement yesterday by the War Department of the Army Air Corps pllots who will participate in the South American flight brings the project ranking in importance. hardships and miles’ of travel second only to the world filght—to a point where nothing more is needed to get under way but a nod from the Stste Department that the necessary forelgn approval is In hand. Roughly. the flight will be 18.000 miles in length, and the five Loening amphibian planes will visit every coun try south of the Rio Grande—their starting point. The exact time of de parture has not been set, owing to the present international status in volving permission from several Latin American countries for these planes to fly over them. It i thought. how ever, that some time between Novem ber 15 and December 1 the 10 Air Corps pilots in the five planes will good-by to Kelly Field. San An tonio. Tex.. with Bolling Field. Ana costia, D. C.. as th-ir objective, vi Central and South America and the ibean. Dargue in Command. Maj. Herbert A. Dargue. assistan chiet of the war plans section of the is the commander of the project. Capt. Arthur B. McDan el of Kelly Field is second in com- mand, and the third ranking officer of the expedition is Capt. Ira C. Eaker. acting executive. officer of the Ai: and. like Maj. Dargue, weil in Washington. The othe: members are Capt. Clinton F. Wool sey of McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio: First Lieut Bernard §. Thompson. Phillips Field, Aberdeen, Md.: Leonard D. Weddington, Fo m Houston. Tex.: Charles McK. Robinson, Fort Crockett, Tex.; Muir S. Tairchild Langley Field, Hampton, Va.; Ennis hitehead, Wilbur Wright Field. fleld, Ohio: and John W. Benton, Crissv Field, San Francisco, Calif. Maj. Dargue is one of hslf a dozen men who hefore the World War formed the Air Service of the Army He has been flying continuously ever since and in recognition of his pioneer work for Army aviation he bears the designation of “military aviater.”” for which he is permitted to wear a stai above his wings. Has Had Wide Experience. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., November 17, 1887, Maj. Dargue was appointed o the Military Academy at West Point from New Jersey. and was graduated in 1911, Shortly thereafter he became C Fair! Betty; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs. Nott s Jafr. Yourself Co., also was badly damaged. | {nterested in flying and devoted much The latter car was driven by Leon ' time and expense to m ing the Compton. colored, 1762 Willard street. | difficult subject. In the capacity of Eve witnesses said that Johnson “military aviator” he served with the was speeding up the Avenue contin-|punitive expedition into Mexico in the which Spain has placed herself by the | peared shortly after the funeral of Continued on Pags b ~vary earnestness of her demand for ! Mrs. Moore. a permanent seat. the opinion voiced | Hinbaadiite il Clincges: by many delegates tonight is that | . Premier Primo de Rivera will not| wWilliam Kendall, husband of Mrs. search for evidence. ‘The allegation now hefore the super- | ntendent of police is that the raiders | rushed into the McInerny flat, con-| ducting themselves discourteously to | made it very evident that he had no | intention of taking a personal hand ! in the campaign. He said he would write no letters, nor would he make any political speeches. Ie said also His next duty was gaver all ties with Geneva by officially | KKendall, who traced the physician's HUGE RAIN CROP he would make no journeys to any of | resigning league membership. | Tangier May Play Part. | The prevailing view that Spanish premier will wait at least | to see what he can get from Eng-! land and France in the way of greater | authority over Tangier before taking | 1he frrevocable step concerning the | league, whose leaders today abso-| lutely refused to consider Tangier as & league problem i Tt is rare in European history {hat such flattering tributes have been | paid to any nation as were showered | on Spain during the recent council negotiations, and statesmen here feel that Spanish national dignity and prestige will be so satisfled that the premier wouid hesitate to throw the league aside and thus lose what d00ks like an absolute certainty that Spain will be elected to a semi-permanent seat in the uneil. At the international labor office to. dayv the spec mmittee of the World Court conference began a furfdical study of the American reser vations. Final acceptance of these in some form is generally believed to be a probability VATICAN DENIES REPORTS. the | | i Has Made No Plea to Spanish King | In Council Issue. ROME. September 4 (#):—The Os. | servatore Romano, the Vatican organ. | ~haracterizes as fantastic the reports | that the Pope had urged the King of | Spain to keep his nation in the League | of Nations. | The paper eategorically denies that | the Pontiff entrusted Mgr. Tedeschini. the Nuncio at Madrid. with a message | to that affect to be delivered to the: King of Spain. AIR LINE TO NORFOLK | WILL START SHORTLY| Passenger, Mail and Express Serv- ice to Capital to Begin September 13. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK. Va.. September Daily alr service for passengers, and express. between Norfolk Tashington will be started by Philadelphta Rapid Transit Air Serv- ice Monday, September 13, local busi- ress men were notified today by Thomas E. Mitten. president. Prom- inent Government officials will be Mr. ( Mitten's suests on the first flight | down from Washington 1 Detailed arrangements will be com- | heard nothing of any investigation |from the Maryland and a 40-foor pleted Tuesday. when Mr. Mitten and hie associates come here for confer- | ences with Fred B. Brunvate, secre.! iary of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Cham { Mann act. | liver complaint performed by Dr. | lamps last Tuesday night and brought { here. - Dr. P. C. West. a pathologist movements, declared he would file charges against Moore under the Mrs. Kendall is reported to be in Seattle. | While his wife was in the hospital | recovering from an operation for & | will | Taylor of this city, Moore is alleged | to have given Mrs. Harry ¥: T. O'Brien, a nurse, 2 tablets wifh. in structions to give them to the patient. Dr. Jessup said he picked up the last of the tablets the day Mrs. Moore died and tasted it. becoming suspi- | clous. He replaced the tablet and went | to a drug store where he had three tablets made up, one containing the | poison he suspected and two others containing the non-poisonous medi- cines which Mrs. Moore had been ng at the direction of Dr. Taylor. Without the nature of any tablet be ing indicated, Jessup tasted all three. Tie handed back the poison tablet to the druggist with the remark, he sald. that it d just like the one in Mrs. Moore's room. When Dr. jessup returned to the hospital Mre. Moore had taken the last tablet. She died within a short time | Mrs. Moore's hody was quietly ex- humed by the light of automobile of Seattle, performed an autopsy and took the vital organs to Seattle, where, after an examination. he re. ported polson had been found. The Moores came to Sequim six vears ago from Kentuc! Mre. O'Brien and Dr. Jessup de- clared that after administration of the tablets began July 13, Moore ex- pressed fear that his wife would die. They said they ridiculed his fears Comment on Suffering. After violent convulsions began. the afternoon of July 19, they said, Moore stated he had seen patients suffering in that way in Kentucky after such an operation as his wife had. Mrs. O'Brien added that when she, asked Moore to help her hold his wife. he refused. explaining that he ! could not bear to see her in such &pasms. Prosecutor John M. Wilson said to night that he held afidavits covering the case. Dr. Moore atter his arrest by City Detectives Gus Keiger and George Redmond here 30 minutes after his rival at his brother's home said that | his wife was taken ill on July 4 and! that she dled July 20 of abscess of the | liver. Dr. Moore is said to operate a | private hospital at Sequim, Wash. He | declared there had been no trouble be- tween himself and his wife previous dr | He the States where Republicans are | known to be having difficulties for the purpose of bolstering up his party's | cause. In a strict sense of the word he has | refrained from doing any of these | things. He has faithfully kept out of the fight, so to speak. i Nevertheless, there are students of | out that the Presi- | vart just the same. the cue for determining | which the congressional | taroughout the country will be fought between now and elec- | tion day. Not only has he given this | cue to his party’s candidates and po- | litical mandgers, but he has given mil- | lions of voters throughout the land ! something that mpressed them and to | think about during the long. hot Sumn- ! r months. He has, in a gene: way, taken their mind off local polit- ical issues and party differences by has given he isaus i DAMAGE REPORTED Storms in Middle West Inflict Enormous Losses—Three Persons Are Dead. By the Aseociated Pre: CHICAGO, September 4.-—Damage to crops from rainstorms and torna- does which visited seven Midwestern States during the week gained pre- minence today, over property losses timated at $550,000, the flooding of 0 homes at Hannibal, Mo.; the clos- emphasizing the reported prosperit: that now prevails all over the United | of three dead. States. Gets Prosperity Reports. _Freak happenings and humorous in- The President’s numerous Visitors | carine from. J.S:;".?,?:"w‘r’&'i‘ag?a“r e told the Presldent and later the news- | Rocky Mountain Limited on the Rock paper correspondents with him all|ygland Railroad near here when a g of a factory at that place where {1,800 men are employed and the toll | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2, to her death but that ther had planned & trip east to see his rela- | tives. i ‘After her death he came on alon three weeks ago and arived at Cal-| houn. where he visited his! brother Moore, he said. IHe left | there this morning. He said he had | until informed of it by shville de- | tectives. who had received instruc- tions late today to arrest him. Dr. Moore, a graduate of the Uni- about the happy and prosperous con- ditions in the country. Most of these | visitors, while giving out their pros- perity talks, did not forget to give | some credit to the policies of the pres. ' ent Republican administration and ! Congress. These visitors were men | whose utterances could not help but | be accepted as being of significance. | They included bankers, automobile | manufacturers, big merchants and other captains of industry, as well as ! Senators and Representatives. mem- | hers of his cabinet. labor and farm | leaders and some out-and-out political | leaders. A fairly good cross section of | the countr: registered in SAILOR SEEKS TO SWIM | COAST CHANNEL -TODAY John Radowitch to Attempt 20- - Mile Strait Off Santa Cata- lina Island. By the Associated Press. SAN PEDRO, Calif., September 4.— | John Radowitch, sailmaker's mate on | the U. S. S. Maryland. pians to start | at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning in an | attempt to swim the 20-mile channel between lete and Santa Catalina Island. Radowitch intends to strike off from Long Point on the island and swim toward Point Firmin. will be accompanied by a motor saiior cruiser. Three vears ago today, Art Banfleld | entered the Thannel at Point Firmin and c ued for 9 hours a 20 i pody wes conveyed to the hearse. Government lock tender discovered a weak spot in the roadbed and report- {ed it in time for the train to detour. Crops in Illinols, Jowa, Ohio, Nebras- ka, Kansas, Indlana and Missourl suf- fered from washouts, tornadoes and heavy railfall generally. Corn Crop Damaged. Fifty per cent of the Illinois corn crop was reported damaged in cer- tain areas by rain and tornadoes. The crop already was considered as de- layed due to inclement weather. The heaviest agricultural and industrial losses were reported from Iowa and Illinois, with Missouri next. Large amounts of small grain still in the flelds are partial losses. Tornadoes which accompanied the rainstorms in several sections did $150,000 damage along the Kansas- Nebraska line near Pawnee City, ebr., and $100,000 damage®south of Joliet, Ill., where hundreds of acres ! of corn were flattened. At Hannibal, Mo., where almost 6 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, more | than 300 homes were flooded, a shoe factory employing 1,800 persons was closed by flood, and fire and street | departmenis worked without sieep to maintain a leves along a swollen stream. An undertaker at Hannibal, called to care for & body, put a rowboat in his hearse and made the last part of his journey in the boat, In which the A home on the same Harnnibal streel was lifted bodily by the flood and de- posited @ block aw Rescue work- ers braved water waist deep to rescus { children from flooded homes. Coal Mine Is Closed. A coal mine near Peoria stopped work when a landslide struck its buildings. Water which covered the paved | Mrs. MeInerny and using discourteous language. Mr. McInerny's protest along this line was emphatic, but he is said to have stated that he realized police made honest mistakes at times in attempting to enforce the law. and appreciated the excitement attendant {upon raids. Detective Varney. who accompanied Lieut. McQuade on the raid, specifically denfed to Maj. Hesse that there was any discourtesy by any member of the raiding party. Police were emphatic last night in the statement that the raid on the premises, which is a dwelling con verted into flats, was made with the aim of breaking up a telephone book making ring, which they later learned was still doing business while the raid was progressing. Detectives and police last night had centralized their efforts on the job of ferreting out the location of eight telephones of the syndicate which the raid had been directed at sflencing. Only a few hours after the raid po- lice learned that the telephones were still in use for bookmaking purposes. Yesterday the rather embarrassing knowledge that these telephones were humming merrily away with book- making business while police searched for their location in vain spurred the police officials to new channels of ac- tivity. Police are determined to hammer away at the telephone syndicate, Maj. Hesse announced. System Is Clever. A caveful investigation, according to police officials. reveals the ‘‘tele- phone syndicate” as one of the smoothest devices for frustrating de- tection instituted in Washington gambling circles. The system is this: The clientele, which police declare is the largest of any bookmaking establishment in the city, places all bets over the telephone. Eight lines are used for this purpose. They have in their hands a circular giving the telephone numbers, it is claimed. When a client loses he visits another office in a downtown building, and with cash settles his account behind closed doors. tempts to collect in the same manne: that he has settled he is informed that his check is in the mail and that it will be good at any bank. The result of this contrivance. po- lice point out, has been virtually to keep undetected the headquarters whers the business of making and laying bets {s transacted. The place of settlement is a separate place. The clientele is known to the syndicate 1 managers and telephone operators, closing out chances of risky bets from police agents. And the only way in which the thing can be broken up, so far as police can see, is to locate the secret site of the telephone operators: rip out the telephones and stop the communication facilities. — Auto Somersault Fatal. RUTHERFORD, N. September 4 (#).—Jennings Harris of Cliffside was killed and Robert was probably fatally injured when When he wins and at-} abors of Asheville | REVENUE BUILDING WORK BEGINS SO0N Treasury Asks Occupants of Square to Vacate So Wrecking May Start. The clatter and clang of the wreck er's crew on the site of the new In- ternal Revenue Building may usher in the first actual operations of the Government's great Federal building program in Washington within a few weeks, This was the prospect last night, as it was learned the Treasury has served notice on all occupants of square 324, bounded by Kleventh and Twelfth, Little B and C streets. to vacate by October 4. Prior to that time, bids will be asked for wrecking the buildings located on this square and some time in October, therefore, it is expected, the first brick will be moved and the first nails pulled, to make way for the expendi- ture of $50,000,000 for Federal homes in Washington. Agreement on Market. Progress towara the wrecking of this block and carrying on the pro- gram was made possible through an understanding reached between Treas ury and District of Columbla officials concerning the farmers’ market, which lies south of the square to be wrecked and is to form a part of the Internal Revenue site. Engineer Commissioner Bell an- nounced yesterday that Treasury offi- clals had been assured thev could begin work on the western half of the area occupied by the Farmers' Mar- ket, in Januar plan is based upon the expectation that the National Capital Park and Planning Commission will recommend the permanent site for the new Far- mers’ Market in October, so that the necessary steps can be taken between then and January to move the farm- ers’ stand directly to a permanent location early next vear without re- sorting to a temporary move. This solution having been reached, {the Treasury is now ready to proceed with its several steps looking toward !erection of the Internal Revenue 1 Building, which is to be one of the ilnr;esz structures in Washington. Work to Be Pushed. The firat step will be the wrecking !of the block already owned and con |trolled by the Treasury Department which does not immediately involve the market. Eefore the wrecking The Commissioners’ | wously sounding his horn and dviving on the street car tracks. As he| neared the east end of the District | building, Compton, who had just made a lefthand swing around the! loading platform, came into his path. | Compton told police he heard the horn | but did not realize what direction the car was coming from. Neither of he drivers was held as a resull of | the accident. | Shortly after Mi Moore had been \ken into the emergency room her | ster, Mrs. Della Hart and David M. | Osborne, who informed police he w. engaged to be married to Miss Moore, arrived at the hospital. +Due to the fact that conflicting names were given, Headquarter Detective Disk Mansfield took M and Mrs. Hart and Osborne to head- quarters where he questioned them for more than an hour. Later they were released. Found Girl 111 in Room. Mrs. Hart told police her sister has been often subject to fits of depression and that she had threatened to take her life. She says that early last evening she, her husband and Osborne | went out to eat and the sister refused | to join them. When they returned from supper the hotel clerk informed them that the girl had summoned an ambulance. They went to the room and found her presumably suffering from poisoning. Mr. Hart told police he owned a restaurant in Knoxville, Tenn., where he and his wife-resided. Oshorne said he was from Louisville, Ky. The quartette registered at the Winston Hotel a few days ago. WKINLEY HAS RELAPSE AND IS AGAIN FAILING Veteran Senator Delirfous, Lung Is More Involved and His Vitality Wanes. By the Assoctated Press. MARTINSVILLE, Ind.. September 4.—Senator Willlam B. McKinley, who has been critically ill here for the suffered a relapse to- night, his physician, Dr. R. H. Egbert, announced. The Senator, who will reach his seventieth birthday tomor- row, had been failing since 5 o'clock this evening and was delirious. The Senator’s pulse had risen to 118, his temperature to 102 and his respir. ation to 40, according to Dr. Egbert. His left lung was showing more ex- tensive involvement. ‘The Senator’'s long sickness has gradually taken all his vitality. He was operated upon some time ago at Baltimore and a few days ago was brought here to recuperat ¥ con- dition has been serious ever since | | | | | Envoy Fletcher B;mfih;. NAPLES, Italy. September 4 (#).— The American Ambassador and Mrs. early part of 1918 v to command the flying school at San Diego, Calif. When the United States enterad the war he was sent abroad as member of a special mission to aviation and after the war he attended the engineering school at Dayton, Ohio, from which was graduated in 1920. He came to Wash fngton for duty for two vears and then attended the command and staff school at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. and his record reveals he was a dis- tinguished graduate of that course He then resumed his duties in the a study | office of Maj Gen. Mason M. Patrick chief of the Air Coryp 3 \When Gen. Patrick decided to be come @ pilot he selected Maj. Dargue %o instruct him. and for many weeks (he general and his teacher flew at Bolling Fleld in the Army's primary training type plane. Gen. Patrick passed the pllot’s examination with | dstinction and won his wings. better tribute has been given Maij Dargue for his instruction of the gen eral than that they are both alive to day and the general is a full fledged pllot. Mountains Big Obstacle. Until Maj. Dargue knows definitel: what Latin American countries will grant him permission to fly within their houndaries. he cannot discus< any details of the project, particularix the route to be followed. Tt is known however, that the 10 airmen will he thrown up against almost as man: hazards as the world flyers, and then particular obstructions will be the mountains of Central and South America. Advantage will be taken of lessons arned on the world flight as far a< advanced bases are concerned, and it is known that the stopping points and substations will be so thoroughl: equipped as to make it almost im possible for a disabled plane to be ruled out of the flight. The material gasoline, oil, engines and numerous vital airplane parts are ready to be | shipped on a moment’s notice to the many bases on the 1.800-mile route Leaving Kelly Field, the planes ara expected to confine their jumps to not more than 800 miles daily, which means eight hours of actual flvinz and consequently will result in many hours of ground work on the planes Proceeding southward, the airmen are likely to spend their first night a' Matamoras, just south of Browns ville, Tex. If this route through Mexico calls for coastwise flving the: will jump to Tampico, Vera Cruz and San Cristobal. The next hop prob ably would be to Puerto Cortez, Hon duras, and in order to include everv country on their itinerary the forma !tion probably would fly due south to Guatamala, thence across Salvador. Nicaragua and Costa Rica to the Pan ama Canal. Here the actual projec! begins, as Army planes in the pas’ have flown up through Central Ame: tica. Will Follow Pacific Coast. The route on the Southern Conti- nent will be along the Pacific Coast. Henry P. Fletcher sailed from here | I' is not known what cities have been today for New York aboard the steam. | selected as bases, but it is assumed er Conte Rosso. The Ambassador is|here that if it is physically possible gein= to the United States on a vaca- the capitals will be cluded. In th ton. (Continued on Page 5 ver of . Commerce and city officials. | versity of Louisville and a mtl\'e;mlnum before buffeting waves com- The planes will land and leave from | Kentuckian, was in the Army during | pelled him to give up. He is said to Fast Camp. near the naval base, and | the World War for three vears. In|have been within three miles of the «1il be eonnected nith the city proper ' 1920 he went west and establithed his |island when he was taken aboard his by fast passenger bue service, " hospital at Sequim. convoying tug. completed it is the plan of the Treas. | ury to have prepared specifications | and_to ask for bids for excavation {Contini Stare road beiween Elgin and Rock- tord. Iii.. receded, leaving the road laek ith thousands of fro “{Continued on Page 8, Column 2.) their auto left the road near here today and turned over three times. Nahors {s said te have lost control of the car, l [ -~