Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.y Fair and warmer today; tomorrow showers. and night. Temperature—Highest, Lowest, 52, at 6 a.m. Full report on page 7. 30,084. ALL NATIONSPLOTS ON LIFE MUST END Premier’s Speech, After Fu- tile Bomb Attack, Plainly Aimed at France. 100,000 CHEER DEMAND FOES ABROAD BE CURBED Message Sent to Americans Con- tains Assurance No Peril Wilt Change His Course. By the Ass ROMIE. 1ated Press September 11.—"Tell the Americans and the Italians of Amer- fca that neither pistols, bombs nor other instruments of death can make nie desl. from m course,” Premies Mussolini declared tonight to the As #ociated Press correspondent, whom he received in his private office in Chigi Palace "This is the third attempt against me in the space of several months, but, like the others, this one has not disturbed me in the slightest. 1 con sider myseif a soldler who has spe cific orders and who is ready to con front any risk. My duties impose upon me the task of working with ail my energy for the well being of the Italian people.” Alluding to the pronouncement made in his specch this evening that capital punishment would be reinsti tuted if necessary, Mussolini deciared, while the great throng under his windows continued to shout “Long live the duce, Premier Cordial Mood. of which I multitude are not for myself, but for the Italian people, which must not be forced every once in a while to see its mag: nificent activity disturbed. The premier was in cxceptionally cordial mood. coming forward from his desk in the huge office to greet the correspondent, who accom nied by the Marquis ’a i Speaking in perfect Jjokingly asked whethex heen enough “copy “The grave spoke to the measures Roman there ' to send to Amer- hen the attempt s life was referred to the smiled und shrugged his as if 1o say “it is nothing.” Sees Fascism Unbreakable. A general statcment issucd this evening by Mussolini to the foreign press says: “This attempt, like the preceding ones, left me perfectiy calm, A few moments after the explosion of the bomb I was at my working desk fmparting necessary instructions throughout Tualy clusses has been great undisturbed “The nation gathers around Iascisn as an unbreakable bloc which b never siopped even for a moment the rhythm of its vigorous activit “Tell foreigners who terest in me and ail Italtans that bombs explode, but Mussolini tranquilly remains at his post facing any danger, because this is his precise duty. . premier shoulder but order is take an in Warns Against New Plots. A bomb flung at this morning by an Italian anarchist who had sneaked back into the coun wry from France to kill him. failcd to reach its mark. but has caused rela tions of Fascist Italy and republican France to be more tense tonlg ay since the Black Shirts en- aved from of the chauffe gas when he feit the bomb strik motor car, the supreme chief of cism this evening faced a mob of a hundred thousand cheering patriots and announced that Italy would de mand that plots St her peace fomented on b soil must be stopped at once “This must end.” shou an Immense gathering Squa tonight “We end to gentle tolerance mulpable in these matters well for responsible governments 1o gake note of this. because otherwise gheir friendship with the Italian peo e may be fatally compromised. And e are ready to apply suitable ethods for this purpose Believed He Premier Mussolini fovernments in the plural and did not refer by name to hix neighbor the Alps, but it was crystally clear he meant France. The third attempt #o murder the Fascist dramatic affair of but a few As the premier wus viding closed limousine from his Willa Tortolonia 1o the go offices in Chigi Puluce. Erm vannini, 26 vears vid a nurble stepped from a recess and L bomb. The boml crashe at Mussolini's side wud car but back on the and then rolled to chaffeur, scenting he had not seen creased his speed exploded with a the car was many was barely scratched pieces of the bomb Mussolini escaped withou but eight people in the bleeding from superticia Giovannini was captured the police being on hund enough to save him from the ®nce of tae crowd Assailant Is Young Man. Giovannini i oung man with ick, long hair anarchist of an individual %0 have alone conceived out the plot The voung medium height dressed in a modest suit When first questioned by the police he would not talk. but several hours of grilling broke down his reserve and he cried, “I'm tired. Wait a bit and I'll tell you everythin, Then followed his confession. = Glo- vannini said he was born in 1800 in the town of Castelnuovo di Garfag nana in a district of north Italy where he early went 10 work in the marble quarries. He « led to the colors 1 the latter days of the war and thercafter became an adher “{Continued an Page &, Column 3) a who stepped on the the aga ioh ! 11 Duce to in Colonna must put an of purties It would be Meant France. used the words Leross vear was a within thi dict Seconds. in his the not I rd ground. The . ulthough the assailant, When the itic detonatior yards away and by the fying in th b street Jay wounds ediutely, quickly vene a pale, tense-faced burninz eyes and He claims to be an t type and A carvied thin and < demen neat brown quiet n [ had | The emotion of all | broud | Premier Mussolini | Cooler tomorrow afternoon 75, at € pm. post _office, T. CUDDIHY. LIEUT. G. UDDIRY IS WINNER OF PURSUIT RACE Leads 13 Other Entrants to Set New Record for Class at 180 Miles an Hour. BY FREDERICK R. NEELY. Staff Correspondent of The Star PHILADELPHIA. September 11 Lieut. George T. Cuddihy of the Naval Alr Station at Anacostia, vietim of an aviation jinx in alrcraft contests of the past two vears, today shook the il omen from his shoulders and romped away with the free-for-all pur- suit race, the climaxing feature of the 1926 national air meet. Flying a Boelng pursuit plane, espe- cially fitted with a Packard 60-horse- power engine, the daring little officer flashed out ahead of 13 other speedy entrants to the tune of 180.495 miles per hour. The engine and plane did most of the work, and what was lac] ing to put the Washington airman ahead of the Army and Marines W skili and experience he possessed in | handling high-speed craft. Just a couple of weeks ago the pilot flew from this city to Washington in 32 minutes. Washington also wou other honors in the race. Capt. Ross Hoyt of the office of the chief of Air Corps and the man who worked up a large part of the detalls for the Army’s contem plated South American flight, came in a good third, flying the 120-mile course in a Curtiss P-2 pursuit plane at an average speed of 170 miles an hour. Sandwiched in between Lieut. Cuddihy and Capt. Hoyt was Lieut. i Bl liott of Selfridge Field. Mich., who won the race yesterday for the first pursuit group. His speed today was 178.609 | miles per hour Two Officers Disqualified. | Many of the thousands who turned | out today left the grounds along about 15330 o'clock this evening under the impression that Lieut. Elliott had | won, Lieut. Clarence E. Crumrine of | McCook Field, Dayton Ohlo, was sec ‘ond, ana Lieut. C. C. Champion, jr., of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Wash- | ington, was third. About an hour and [ half later when the final tabulations were made, it was revealed that these Hatter two officers had heen disquali- | fled for “cutting” a pylon. Along | with these, Iieut. William L. McKit- {trick and Master Technical Sergt. i Benjamin . Belchner, both of the | Pirst Marine aviation group at { Quant Va., were disqualified for |the sume offense. | Fourth place went to Lieut {C. Nutt of Wilbur Wright F | field, Ohio, In u Curtiss F {miles per hour; fifth to Lieut. | McCormick. also in a P-2 at 169.588 | milest per hour; sixth to Lieut. Jimmie Barner of the Naval Air Station, Ana costa, in a Curtiss Hawk, with a D-12 engine at 163574 seventh Lieut | Lawson H. Sanderson of the Quantico { Marine aviators, in a Boeing pursuit |\With a D-12 engine at 163.364, and eighth to Lieut. A. B. Ballard, Army A Corps, in a Curtiss P-1 eng 159.253 miles per hour P2 plines were fitted with a Curtiss V-1400 engine, brought for the first time last vear in Pulitzer races. Void of the he racing planes heretc seen as final event of air meet, the pursuit race, howeve eclipsed such events in thrills by far. Fourteen planes were roa around the course, only 12 miles for the triangle land it was a constant merry-go-round Clifford d. Fai at 170.769 H. The, new out the tremendc speed of o n { (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) MAN. LONG DEAD, FOUND. Motorist Sees Foot in Swamp. Mur Probe Begun. CHICAGO ) foot protruding roadside swamp, which attracted the attention of a led the finding of the body of & man near Black Oak, Ind believe he had been into the swamp Sherfff Strons at 1 Polnt cted an investigation the pucket bore the e of “Three Rivers, Mich.” ‘he body was badly decomposed 1 was described as between 30 and vears old, weighing 130 pounds and 5 feet 6 inches tall September 11 from a pussing motorist, today to \uthorities and two murdered nezwr! who cond letter in £ “Blaisi Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. C. | with D-12 | | seat | pyoved Al thrown | monthsy e WASHINGTO CLOSER TIE SOUGKT IN FRANCO-GERMAN PARLEY IN GENEVA Accord on Political as Well as Trade Issues Briand- Stresemann Goal. AMONG POINTS COVERED British and Belgian Ministers In- formed of Move—League Cir- cles' Interest High. UHE MA By the Associated Press / NO Mo GENEVA. September 11.—Conver- = EPaRTME satfons, the object of which is a broad Franco-German understanding not only on probiems existing between France and Germany, but on Interna- tional policies as a whole, were begun today between Gustav Stresemann, the German foreign secretary, and M. Briand, foreign minister of Franc with the knowledge of both Sir Aus- ten Chamberlain, Great Britain, and M. Vandervelde of Belgium. Sund WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION KEEP OFF UlEr_u RNT aqa y Stac D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1926.—114 PAGES. & This is the beginning of the embodt- ment of pledges made by the German | and French statesmen on the League | Assembly vesterday that they would | strive_loyally to reach an accord, and | the announcement of the pour parlers | attracted tremendous interest becau e} of the possible repercussion for a suc- cessful undertaking on world politics. | | Rhine Force Cut Asked. It is understood that broad lines | were discussed today, and it is learned from German sources that Dr. Strese- mann broached the matter nearest to | the German heart, namely, the reduc- | tion of the Irench forces in the| Rhineland, and proposed first that| the troops should be cut down from about 70,000 to 38,000; second, the evacuation of three watering places, Kreuznach, Langenschwalbach and | One special subject to be embraced | that he is desirous of keeping the in- in the proposed understanding is elab. | tegrity of the Mall safe from the en- oration of an accord on financial and : croachnient of public buildings, and econonfic questions along the lines of | hjs pelief that the present Center Mar- the Franco-German trade agreement, | ot site “would be a convenient and which has been under negotiation r.m[pm,’um location for. the new $10; Pt Sieer manifications; “1000,000 home for the Department of After a long conversation with Al. i Briand, Dr. Stresemann conferred-with | Commerce, encourages the hope that entire market avea‘ may be Sir Austen Chamberlain and put the | the British statesman in touch with the cleaned out at one time, which would details of the Franco-German conver-|make possible a most efficient reloca- sations, which will be continued next, tjon of a model market center for the week. { National Capital. Interest in Freuch Army. The entire problem, which now The proposed reductions links the long-contemplated and cher- Fronch iy Mave: erenen cansiane |ished plan of improving the triungle able interest in Geneva, indicating to | between Pennsylvania avenue and the the minds of many of the delegates to ' Mall with Government bulldings most the league that countries will lessen | conspicuously with the relocation of armament burdens without the need |the market system, comes before the of written convention. ! Commission of Fine Arts this week The spokesman of the German dele. | for its advisory consideration gation declined to comment upon the| The Fine Arts Commission is mot significance of the French project and | 80 much concerned with the site on allowed it to be understood that the|Wwhich the market may be located, be- Germans were more immediately inter- | lleving that convenience to the pub- ested in the French intentions regard. | lic and business considerations in the ing the forces of occupation in the |handling of food products should guide Rhineland than in the size of the|the choice. The Fine Arts Commis French national army maintained on |sion believes Washington should have her own soil. |a market like the one in Paris, and | The delegates in Geneva who have |if not, then at least one similar to the | been following disarmament problems | market in Newark, J., which s § particularly and who had been some- | really a monumental building | what dismayed over the lack of con- cord shown by members of the techni- | cal committees which are preparing | for the disarmament conference, said today they were becoming more con- Fine Arts Commission to Give Its Advice for Removal From Mall. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Di ¢l Removal Long Favored. For a quarter of a centu the Fine | Arts Commission has been on record }in favor of removing the various units vinced that the disarmament problem |o¢ (he market from the area between will take care of itself gradually. Bach | pennsylvania avenue and the Mall, state for economic reasons, they be-|pecause it regards them as an eve lieve, will reduce its armament burden | sore, The commission at the same in proportion to the security it is con- | time believes that \Washington abso- ikt Hlutely needs a public market as a res- | ulator of prices for food supplies. ! Whatever location is selected for | the new market center, the Fine Arts Commission wants it structually to be | 'a model market. The commission will | insist that the plans provide for keep- | ing the new market out of the streets and off the sidewalks, and that the susgestion lts reception aroused was |market area be surrounded by archi- that it might be seized upon as a pre- | tecturally attractive and harmonious text by the group that obposes un in- | structu It will advise that there | crease in the seats of the council to ' should be more handling of foodsuffs block the adoption of (he reorsaniza- | through the back door instead of the | - s > | front door and will advocate as a gen Genuine regret is expressed at the | era! principal the greater use of alleys Spanish decision to withdraw. It is and back var king of auto Considpned distinct loss to the | mobiles, s as to give accommodation League. as Spain always exercised | for more cars in the streets. a beneficent influence in mediation. | In recent conferences between the “The note from the Spanish govern- | co-ordinating committee on the mar: ment glides over the reason for the ket problem and the National Capital resignation, but the Spanish repre- | Parks and Planuing Commission. it sentative had made it perfectly clear | was decided that the present whole that the cause of the withdrawal|sale district and the farmers' mar was failure to obtain a permanent ; ket should be closed out at the same in the council of the League!time, entirely indeperdent of whether multaneously with the election of | Center (or retalll Market s moved Germany to that honor. {now or eventually. Charles Elliott the new city planner, was prompt in stating his opinion that the whole | market area in the triangle south of | the Avenue should be cleaned out as soon as possible. The market centers GANGSTER IDENTIFIED IN MAIL CAR ROBBERY i his Furthermore, it declares that Spain | is- eer ia convinced that her deciatan aoes | Henchman of Saltis-McErlane Beeny uot compromise any vital interests Runners Accused by One Victim on Train. Spain’s Course Analyzed. That the Spanish government is not serving the best interests of Spain in resigning from the League was the general opinion voiced here when the news spread that the long expected note from Madrid was here. The first By [vo {ll Awaited League Action. It frained cation points out from that Spain giving official until the assembly had ap- the reform in the composi- the council as regards per- members because it wished respect for the League of | and desired also to awai | the assembly’s pronouncement on the admission of Germany—"which event ' Spain ardently hopes will be of greas advantage to the lLeague of tions.” had re- notifi e tion of manent to show Nations e Na- or principle of the League. “whose prosperity is ardently desired by <pain, her King and her goven ment.” 1 Editor Reviews of Around the City—Page 4. Clubwomen of the Natlon—Page 4. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk- News of flm'('lulv& -Page 16, Amusements plays. Music: Automobiles—Pages 6 to 15. Fraternities-—Page 11. age 11. Veterans of Great War--Page 13. strict National Guard Arm; Civillan Army Boy Magazine tures. The Rambler—FPage 3 assified Finanecia Betty: Reg Mutt fore brought lice records here tonight. Nelson al checks Rev. leader. sey., was Henry State prisom nea Deputy 1y that he took part in a double mur Rrunswick the Edward tem ! bodies of Rev details TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—11 PAGES. and and_Virginia . 26 and | General News—Local. National and Foreign. Sehool Radio—Pages and Colleges—Pages 30 to 34. 40 and 41. News—Pages PART TWO—16 PAGES. and New Editorial Books Page 4. Page PART THREE—16 PAGE age 4. Scouts. and Navy heaters and Page Men—Page News—Page 16. Phy 15 15 PART FOUR—1 PAGES, Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGE Section—Fiction and PART SIX—12 PAGES. ¥ coMIC and Jeff. Advertising. 10, 11 and Pictures, 32! ECTION—1 PAGES. ar Fellers: Mr. and Mrs.; Mills Disclosure. the Sept the mber to was a in on Edw M rd Jam W arrested it Assoviated Press SAN FRANCISCO, September | The confession of Henry nois convict ina double killi Nelson, he was implicated | FFeatures. 1 oto- Fea- GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events CONFESSION UPSET IN JERSEY KILLINGS | ot Convict Asserted He Aided Murderers Day Before Hall- i mi- & at New Brunswick, Hall-Mills light, N charge at the time of the slaying of here 5, 19 was jail of H murders sha; here and his choir | ttered 2, the day be- were by | awaiting passing bad Mills, in New Jer- the police records show. August under the alias of Michael Nel 1 Narey STORY CONVICT TOLD. Says He Was in New Bi Years Ago. LK . Nelson, a Warden at New 15 19: Ison 929 nswick Fe September conviet F choir leader were found. Deputy Iner formation to Nes as given W b; here, ank Mrs. v day in 11 the . ). — new confessed to N b W James Kness o pefore Hall M aut « | (Continued on Page 6, Column 1) to. Sep- the | and ills Warden Kness and Warden Green plan to send their in Brunswick ities. in an effort to learn whether the the conviet hor coin ELORIDGE 0 SEEK PEDESTRIAN RULE Pink Warning Cards to Chiefs This Week. Adoption of the long-proposed pedestrian control regulation will be recommended to the District Commis. sioners this week by Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge. i Acting on the advice of the District | i Traffic Council, Mr. Eldridge will urge that the regulation, during an experi- mental period, apply only at intersec- tlons controlled by automatic signal lights. It was originally planned to regulate pedestrians at all intersec- tions controlied either by tratfic offi- cers or the automatic lights, but the traffic director has decided to accept the suggested modification of the traffic council. Pink Cards to Be Given. An educational campaign will be | carried on for an indefinite period to acquaint pedestrians with the new regulation providing it is approved. No arrests will be made but police- men will be stationed at the intersec- tions. They will present all violators with u pink card warning them that -they have committed an Infraction of the traffic rules. The “presentation ceremonies,” Mr. Eldridge believes, will cause sutllcient embarrassment o the pedestriun vio | lators to make them more cautious in the future and thereby obviate the necessity of making wrrests for such infractions. The regulation, however, i will carry a peralty for its violation, | and at the expiraiion of the so-called campaign of education it is propesed to make zrresis, Former Rule Held A pedestrian control was put into force soon after | creation of the Tratfic Bureau, but it was held invalid in cqurt and sub- sequently stricken fronl the tratfic {eode. The amended traftic act, how: ever, gives the director of traffic au | thority to regulate all moving ve- | hicles and animals in motion and | leaves no loopholes, in Mr. Eldridge's opinion, for some Police Court judge alid. trol regulation illegal. An educational campaign, similar |to the drive which Mr. Eldridge has | outlined preliminary to enforcing the | new regulation with arrests, was | waged during the shortlived period the former “jay walking” prohibition was in force. No pink cards were lssued to offenders, but the police officers conducting the campalgn re- | corded their names and addresses on littlp note tablets. The pink card {idea was copied from Cincinnati, which has been using it fo time with marked success, according to Mr. Eldridge. 1135 DEAD IN EPIDEMIC IN FAR NORTH VILLAGES Trading Schooner Back From Herschel Island and Coronatlon Gulf Region Reports Heavy Loss. By the Associated Pr VANCOUVER, British September 11.—Nearly 100 men and women of the Herschel Island region, and 35 adulis at Coronation Gulf, both on the North American coast of the Arctic Ocean, had died in an influenza epidemic when the trading schooner Old Maid. No. 2, visited there this Summer, Capt. Karl Klengenburg reported upon his return herg today. At another post many natives were ill. Columbia, | The communication continue K by | (Continued on Page 2. By the Associated Press | “olumn 1)_| CHICAGO. September 11.—Nick | BZ)y \fil;o lgosed as Policeman to Run i In Race Sentenced to Polish 25 Saddles September ! Horow h school sprint star, | who. essayed the role of traffic po- | liceman vesterday in order to com- pete in police games must polish 25 saddles and bridles In the traffc di- vision barns before he can return to civilian life. A judge imposed that sentence to- day on the vouth who masqueraded 12 a policeman and showed his heels to a dozen “flut Toots” to Win a race for the traffic divisi, track meet. / 11.—Hermau | ! who was said to have “run in on at a pollue' | Kramer, henchman of the Saitis-Me- | Erlane gang of beer runners, was | identified late today as one of the! two bandits who got $135,000 in the robbery of a mail car of a Grand Trunk train yesterday Kramer tody on the theory that the rohbery was committed to obtain defense | funds for The offeuse of the youth occusioned | some levity in court, but not among | volice, who waxed wrathy at the masquerader, lodged him in jail un- der charges of impersonating an of- ficer, and started a pair of investiga- tions. Chiet of Police Morgan A suspended Sergt. Fred W. J. Kell clerk: one of the identified John mail murder. robbed Kramer. to Salter, | office inspector in charge here, who Horo- | said that exactly $135.000 was taken. the name | It consisted of billx ranging from 1 and other: to 100 dollar denomination serial numbers of the bills are known, Miller said, and attempts to pass the CUIrency may result in arrestsy I witz as a contestant under an absent competitor police officials proposed prosecution of all the policemen who helped In the flasco. The | royal posed mostly members sord F have in of rquhar had been taken into cus- | By the Assoiated Press. the was personages ~and left bequests friends. - Princess Arthur of royal | through the depreciation of the estate | The amount of the loot was con- |©of the late Lord Farquhar, who died Collins | irmed today by Grant Miller, post |in August, 1923. he friend was Depreciation of Lord Farquharg Estate Causes Large Losses to British Royalty? “Polack Joe." Saltis and |98y newspaper, News of the World, Frank McErlane, who face trials for | prints a story of large financial losses | that these bequests cannot be paid, family | and of | King Edward and most of the other sup- large fortune, to his { naught and Lady Maud Carnegie es. LONDON, September 11.—The Sun- | Peclally were mentioned. The paper asserts that Farquhar's | affairs have been found so involved it is believed that Princess Arthur and her son, the Earl of Mac- Duff, are thereby losers to the extent | of about £300,000. The estates of the late Duke of | Fife also are said to be involved through Lord Farquhar's joint trustee .for them with the Princess Roval, King Edward's sister, who after the Duke’s death had to sell valuable pic royal | tures and furniture to supply certain | The Eng! Con- | deficlencies. A Will Present Plan for Use of| regulation | the | to hold the proposed pedestrian con- | some | 00 cents pe (#) Means Associated Pri Husband’s Talk’ While Asleep Euds In Divorce Suit By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 11.— If Erik Friman hadn't talked in his sleep his wife might never have known of the “other woman, she testifled in her divorce suit “Dell, T love you so much,” she heard him mumble. The wife's name isn't Dell. KLAN THOUSANDS * AWATTED TODAY Host Here for Big Parade Tomorrow. All roads lead to the Nation's Capt tal today for citizens of the “Invisible Empire,” Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.” By train and automobile, and heralded often by banners bearing insignia of the order, thousands of men and women of the order were due today to descend upon Washing- ton in readiness for what is promised to be the Klan's greatest public dem- onstration—a monster parade on Pennsylvania avenue tomorrow after- noon at 3 o'clock. The parade, which police and con vention officials expect® to exceed in | size the Klan's spectacular proces. sion along the same thoroughfare 'last August, will mark the opening | of the “Invisible Empire's” third bien- | nial convocation, to be held through | Wednesday in the Washington Audi- torium. 1 Officers to Be Elected. | officials will bring here State and eity delegates from all parts of the %nited States, Alaska and Panama for_the | purpose ‘of electing an Imperial Wi {ard and other national officers and of | formulating policies for the ensuing | two yvears. | Tt'is said to be a foregone con- !cluston that the present head of the ! national . organization, Dr. Hiram Wesley Jvans, will be re-elected. The first of a series of 20 or so | special trains carrying representatives |'of the order here for the parade, | alone, is due to reach Union Station {at 8 o'clock tonight, according to officials of the Washington Terminal It will_consist of about ten sleepers | from JFlorida and other points in the | far_South. The bulk of the specials will not larrive until carly tomorrow morning, however. They are scheduled to get |in at intervals from 4 a.m. until just | betore the time for the parade. Baltimore to Send Many. 1 | The special trains are being made | up in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, | New Jersey, West Virginia and Mary iland, terminal officials stated. The | last train due here tomorrow | carry a large delegation from | more. All of these special trains will sta | their * return trip from the Capit | Monday night, taking with them tk bulk of their passengers, but sore of | these visitors, not actually delegates lto the convoeation, are expected to | remain here for the sessions Terminal authorities are | special prepavations to care for i large influx of visitors. Klan | cials ave been permitted to | two information booths inside | concourse, where the delegates jobtain ready advice as to street | housing facilities, ete. Indications were that marchers would come by automobile from neurby States Sev 1 cara vans of Klan motorists from the more distant Stutes dy have arrived | here. but the majority are expected itoday and tonight Flags Dot While such distinguishi (K. K. K. placards are not permitted on the tents in the East Potomae Park tourist camp, Manager Madigan pointed out that a sudden epidemic of | American flags has been noted in the {camp. These almost invariably note Klan tents, he declared yesterc afternoon. { Most of them deny they are | bers of the order, however Madigan said. “T asked one Balti- th offi rect the may ars e most of the urist Camp. signs as de. = mem Mi roup Trains and Autos Bringing| This national meeting of high Klan | will | making | | the nomination | private and | ciferous about | with | absenting 'whom 1 knew to be klansmen if they | They for the convention. ked me ‘What convention | laughed, and so did they An adjoining field, with space for 2,000 additional cars. ix being held in reserve with | wecommodations when present facili | ties are exhausted. Mr. Madigan b | leves there will be a steady stream of Klan machines into the camp all dur- ing today. Other private tourist camps | near Washington are prep: to car ! for large numbers of cars Most ¢ | them have erected large “Welcon K. K. K. signs to court patronage. Klan officials continued last night to profess Ignorance of the number of visitors whe will come to Washington tomorrow for the parade. Maj. Hesse superintendent of police, is expecting more than last year and has so noti | fled the Commissioners. The \Wash ington Convention Bureau holds simi- lar views. To Disband at Mo “The various units of the parade will form in w core of sire in the northeast, leading toward the Capitol ! grounds. The head of the procession | Wil be at First and B streets north east. The marchers will skirt the ! Capitol grounds via B street, and j eed west on Pennsyivania avenue | from the Peace Monument. dishand- ing on the Washington Monument grounds Most of the marchers will leave at once for their homes by rail or | way, while the accredited delegates to | the convention will go direct to the { Auditorium and begin formul sessions. were here iment. | Registration hvadquarters will be in | the Washington Auditorium at Nine teenth street and New York avenue All rooms of the Auditorium have been engaged for the convention, and one large assembly room has been fitted | with 1,000 chairs for woman delegates. | All sessions will be closed to the gen | eral publi Potato Record Broken. ! STOCKTON, Calif. September 11 | #).—The world's record for potato | production an acre was broken here {1oday when 61, pounds of tubers were gathered from one acre. . I Curry, potato speciulist for the United ates Department f Agriculture, watched the he American record 1% 57.752 pounds h record is reported to be 53,240 pounds to the acre. previe high | view to providing extra | | effect | first i | | | | i | whisk | M | nomination to “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at ‘month and service will start immediately. Telephone Main 3000 FIVE CENTS. RITCHIE ASSURED OF RENOMINATION INTUESDAY VOTING Weller-Hill Senate Contest Holds Stage Center in Maryland This Week. SENATOR HOLDiNG EDGE, IN OBSERVER'S OPINION Has Support of Business, Drys and Many Wets, But Grudges Y G. GOULD LINCOLN Staff fent of The Sta BALTIMORE, September 11 Ge Albert C. Ritchle, despite the opposi tion of William Niines Maloy, the third term boogaboo and the drys, will be renominated by the Democrats of Maryland as a result of the primaries to be held Tuesda 1 election in November follows, as the Democrats predict, then Gov. Ritchia will con tinue as a Presidential possibility in 1928 on the Democratic side of the fence. Should the Republicans defeat him in the general election, however his boom is lkely to fade with siderable rapidity Senator O. E. Weller. Republicar candidate for renomination, on forr is expected to take the measure o Representative John Fhilip HHill, world's wettest Congressman. M. depends, however, on the beer and sentiment. If there is a tidal wave of wet sentiment-as there w in neighboring Pennsylvania wher Representative William §. Vare las Spring trimmed Senator Pepper fo. the Republican senatorial nomination Hill may win yet. His adherent and Mr. Hill himself loudly proclan that he will be nominated. To do - he must carry practically all of Bal more City and get a fair share of | county vote. Senate Row Holds Stage. The Republican senatorial row been the headliner in the Marylai campaign. Beer and grudges hay been Mr. Hill's chief assets in his tack upon Senator Weller. And if i wins it will be due to these tu. factors. Not that Senator Weller s Indeed, none of the candidates fu the major offices are As a Kentuck colonel once said of whiskey, we candidates in Maryland “exist onl in varving degrees of excellence.’ It is not that the drys love Welle:* that they are going to vote for hin but because they love Il less. The regard Hill as the most flamboyant o the wets in the llouse of Representa tives today, more objeetio wet even than Representativ my” Gallivan of Massachusetts has become to the drys as a red fha to a bull. Democrats Are Hopeful. The Democrats and hopetully orresp simor-pure dry who look longing toward the Senfte sca now held Senator Weller, (o tunately for them. have no contes for the senatorial nomination withi their party. Millard . Tydin€s, Re} resentative from the second Co gressional districi. is unopposed fo He is a hero of the which he entered as left as a lieutenan colonel. He is as wet. really, as M Hill, though he has not been so it World War, The campaign for tne iepublica senatorial nomin:tion has been of the welrdest in political history Senator Weller has not made a sir gle public address. He wis attended no great political gatherings. Al during the campaign, Mr. Hill has hurled verbal bombs in the directior of his enemy He has cha ed the Senator with currying water on one shonlde and whisky on the other abusing the franking privilege accorded a Senator by sending out campaign materia! (o the voters, with himself from the Senate when fmportant questions have been up for consideration and vote all of these Weller has deep and broods attacks, maintained a inserutable as that w over the North Pole, single exception to thig cour counter attack made upon some Weller's friends. who dis covered that Mr. Hill also had beer vith th® use of his frank in dis tributing cumpaign materkal. But Weller himself inade no statemen Even President Coolidge. who has eputation for thinking hefore he ks, might sit at the fect of Sen. Well and take lessons in silence Silence Has Its Effect. Senato silence hich The was a Hill b treatment senior and has not heen 1t is difficult to hit a effectively who never seems to there to hit, On the other hand, the Hill campaign has juzzed up the cor test and Hill's friends believe that hus ally effective It say the cand or tlon wil i) He has be accorded Senator without M fre somne Phix silen I by t Ml in some m strength of senatorial nom Senator Wells 1ind hine many of the conservative Republican busines men. He has much of the organizati in Baltimore City and in the couni though not all it Paradoxicall he has both wet and dry support. He has been declared “satisfactory™ b the National Association Opposed t: the Prohibition Amendment, which ix similar to the indorsement given M: Hill by that association. While the Anti-Saloon League has not formally indorsed Senator Weller, George W Crabbe, the State superintendent the Anti-Suloon League, has said he has done nothing to counteract sentiment for Weller among members of the dry league. In fact, it is well understood that such a sentiment for Weller is being informally encouraged because of the drys’ hatred for Hill Has Tait's Support. Senator Weller has also the support ofo Galen L. Tait. internal revenue collector and chairman of the Republi can State committee. And, not un turally, the Senator may expect to ive the support of a considerable mber of the Fede office holders the State. Back of Mr wets, e has Haltin . where trict_he now represents (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) v in -~ are the strength located Hill eat roaring in East »