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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly fair today and tomorrow, not much change in temperature. p \ ) i b L R g ‘ iaf Full report on Page 7. * WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION . \\'ASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1926.—126 PAGES. S Move, ANKEES CAPTURE FIVE CENTS. WET AND DRY ISSUE Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. STRESEMANN ASKS U. §. T EUROPEAN CONCILIATION MOVE {Franco-German Accord s No. ~ GARPENDER BRIBED 1,124— No. 30,105. P Means Assaciated Rress. HIN TO DROP PROBE. DICKMAN SWEARS Affidavit Reported Declaring, He Was Paid $2.500 by Mrs. Hall’'s Ceusin. BELIEVED HE HAD FOUND SOLUTION OF MYSTERY | Separate Trial of Widow and Two Brothers Set for November 3. | Di Martini Arrested. Br the Assoriated Prass | NEW YORK. Octoher 2. The New York Times will tomorrow it Jearns authoritatively that Henrv L Dickman, former New Jersey Sta trooper, has made an affidavit av ring he was paid $2.500 by Henry De La Brovere Carpender to drop his fnvestization of the Hall:-Mills mur-| der case early in 193, Carpender, is one of four persons indicted for the murder of the Rev. BEdward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills The affidavit, the Times will was obtained by the State from Dick Governors Island last Wed after he had heen- brought from California, where he was an Army pris Carpender sav man at nesday cousin of Mvs. | Frances Stevens Hall. widow of Dr Hall. She and her brothers. Henry and Wilie Stevens, are also under in dictment. Belleved Mystery Solved. Dickman is said to have conducted A lone investigation of the murder| mystery during the Fall of 1922 and the Spring of 1923 He has told present investigatofs that he thought he had solved the mystery. The Times will say, he asserte in his af fidavit that he laid his findings before Fred A. David. Middlesex County de tective, but that David received his disclosures with skepticism At a hearing marked by the dra matic defeat of defense lawyers on five important counts Supreme Cour! Justice Parker *today set November 3 for the heginning of the t& ale of the four persons charged with the mur ders of the Rev. Hall and Mrs Mills, Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow, and her brothers, Henry and Willie Stevens, will be tried at one time. Carpender, their cousin, will be tried separately, later. Special Jury to Be Picked. a A one composed of men or women selected on the basis of unbiased fairness and mental bal ance. will be picked for the friale In addition to its defeat in opposi tion to these three points, the defense was denied two applicatisne. Justice Parker refused them permission to examine the grand jury minutes after the first investiga enied the aplication for a' of Dr. Hall's calling card which. according to the State, was marked by the finger prints of Willie Stevens and another person. vet unnamed The card was found at the feet of the &lain rector. Soon after the proceedings a rant charging ‘“accessory affer tlie fact” was iseued for the arrest of Felix Di Martini of New York. a pri vate detective emplaved by Mrs. Hall early in the investigation i Martini later was arrested in Brooklyn tonight by two State troop. ers from New Jersey Robert H. MeCarier. chief of the defense counsel in the present investi- gation, previously had refused to pro- duce DI Martini Di Martini's arrest is the fifth since the reopening of the investigation intn the siaving under State Senator Alexander Simpson of New Jersey, £pecial prosecutor appoinied by Gov. Moore. Gets Hearing Tomorrow. Martini was charged with being cessory after the fact by Intimi of witnesses and attempted bribery of witness after the discovery ¢ of the hodies in Sepiember 19 He was taken to Brooklyn police headquarters where he will be given a hearing tomorrow. Capt. Harry Walsh and Sergi. Richard Burke of the Jersey Ctiy police. who made the presented a warrant sizned by Judze Frank L. Cleary in Somer- ville teday and an affidavit signed by Inspector’ John Underwood of the Jersey City poice, special fury. war U. . DEFENSE WORST | EVER, SAYS MITCHELL | Andrews Prompted Raid at Hobo- | Former Army Man Tells Manassas Kiwanians Nation Was Better off in Revolution. Spacial Dispatch to The Star MANASSAS, Octoher 2. —Gen. \liam Mirchell, formerly of the States Army. and proponent 4 Alr Serviee, told a large dience here tonizht that conditions af National defen<e In this eountry are worse than thev have ever been in the Natian's history The present svstem of defense,’ he =ald. s not as gond as that em pioved by thie Government during the Reuvolntionary War." Ha said that at that time the forces of the Govern ment were concentrated in a single des| partment. whereas now they are con trolled by the Army and Navy with out praper co-rdination of functions Gen. Mitchell came here upon invi < Club from his | estate near Middieburg. where he fa an enthnusiastic hraeder of hinoded horses, the occasion being father and | gon night at the club. After a ban-| quet at the Masonic Temple the meet- | ing was adjourned to. Corner's Hall | where the public had been invited to hear the address. ! COL. ROOSEVELT ILL. EVANSVILLE. Ind.. October 2 (® | Col. Theodore Roosevelt, jr.. failed | arrive here today to take part in | he opening Republican rally in the | tampaign in Vanderburgh County. He ! waa scheduled to make the principal | address. Col. Roosevelt was taken sick and is | in @ hospital at Cincinnati, Philip Declared in Line With President’s Aims. Chamberlain Puts 0. K. on Paris-Berlin Plan for Understandinz. | BY the Ascociatad Press. COLOGNE. Germany, October 2.— Foreign Minister Stresemann today again sounded the note of European conciliation and besought the help of the United States in achieving it. Acting as chairman of the Peoples Party convention here, he presented the most complete outline of Ger- many's foreign policy that has been made public as yet. He traced the | politicat developments since the treaty of Versallles, the occupation of the Ruhr valley by the French and finally Germany’s entry into the League of | Nations. This latter step he said rép- resented a steady growth in Ger- many's return to treatment on an equality with the rest of the world. The foreign minister asserted that the fGierman people by a vast majority now approve a foreign policy which GUSTAY STRESEMANN. | has for its basis international paci- fication and the re-establishment of understanding. Turning to his recent discussions with Foreign Minister Briand of France at Thoirr, Dr. Stresemann held that_a \co-German _iinder (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) SEVEN MEET DEATH IN BURNING PLANE Paris-Croyden Craft Bursts Into Flame 400 Feet Up. Victims Trapped by Fall. By the Associated Press. Kent, England, Oc- —Seven persons. five of them passenger<. met death this afternoon when a French Air Union plane en route from Paris to Crovden burst into flames only a few miles from its destination and crashed near here very persen in the great four-engine air liner was burned bevond recogni tion In the sesthing furnace. ‘The nationality gers was not definitely determined to. night. hut it was believed that they were all English. The pilot and me- chanic were French. Physicians stated that the charred bodies of three men and two women were taken from the abin, but the French Air Unien in Paris i{ssued a statement saving that it was belleved that there were two | men and three women aboard. One Woman Alive. The names of the passengers as given out by the liné, with the char. acterizition “‘probably correct,” were as follows Gertrude Hall, Margaret Stainton, Flora Parker. L. Hamilton and Joseph Noble. The pilot's name was Mallett and the mechanic's Bouver. At least one of the woman passen- gers was alive when the plane struck the ground. She died while the over- seer of a nearby farm struggled un- successfullv to rescue her. The wom an's terrified face could be seen through the roaring flames. She was clutehing her purse desperately fore the overseer could get to her she was obscured by the flames and smoke. Second Tragedy in Two Months. Fdward Sands, the overseer. told a correspondent for the Associated Press that he saw the plane burst info flames near the fail when about 400 feet in the air. It dived to earth The crash was-followed by two ex plosions, and flames 30 feet high shot into the air, enveloping the wreckage and making it impessible to rescue the passengers. who.were piled in a heap within the burfiing cabin. The pilot n several feet in front of kpif, but also was burned to weather was perfect and cause nf the accident had not determined tonight. The tragedy i the second cross Channe! airplane accident in the past two months, a_plane en route from Lehourget to Crovden crashing near Folkestone. causing the death of three persons and the injury of nine others. One American was killed and six athers were injured in this crash. The plane was a sister ship to the plane which erashed today. BRITISH LINER'S CAPTAIN FINED FOR RUM ON BOARD the been ben, in Which Four of Crew Were Seized. Assaciated Press YORK. October Br the NEW 2.—Capt Clark of the Lamport and Holt liner | Van Dyck today was required to pay a fine of $70.30 on a technica! charge of Raving ahoard liquor that was not declared on the manifest. A raid on the British liner at Hobo. ken vesterday resulted from direct wders of Assisiant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews. officials sfated here today Several hottl of liquor were seized and four of the crew arrested Federal anthorities did not carry out threat left port Members af hond for jnry at Trenten, N. 1. Octoher 30 a it today of the five passen | Be. | 1o confiscate the vessel and | r e crew arrested posted | appearance bhefore a grand | FLOODS THREATEN Exceed Flood Stage—Kan- sas Again Menaced. By the Associated Pre. CHICAGO, . October Hundreds of families fled from their homes in Illinois River Valley today as the Mississippi and , Illinois Rivers ap- proached or exceeded fipod stage, with levees at the breaking point. Twn lives were lost in the valley Helen Hanspn. 11. of Drake Sta tion. near Whitehall. Tll.. was drowned m the flond waters of Hurricane Creek when her father attempted to carry her to safety when the Hanson home was threatened. Louis Mead, 33. of Clarksdale. was killed by light ning when a bolt struck a school build- ing in which he had sought shelfer. At Jacksonville, the second big flood in two davs threatened, when rain began falling in torrents at 3 o'clock. The eity is without commer. cial lights and its gas supply is al- most exhausted. The Chamber of | Commerce ordered all businass houses | closed at 6 p.m. 25 Families Homeless, Nearly families of Liverpool, Chautauqua and East Liverpool were driven to the hills with their personal effects as the Illinois River rose. South Beardstown was vacated during the dav as the river rose and stopped bridge trafic and forced the use of a ferr The southern quarter of Naples was flooded. forcing many familiess to evacuate. ahove the mouth of the Missouri | River and for the Tllinos River were issued by the Weather Burean at St. Louis. The Illinols River rose 15 inches at Naples, wag interrupted and plant shut down People Use Rowboats, Zet to the stores. Volunteers spent the day bullding temporary levees around Liverpool on bhoth sides of the river. where it was declared even a slight wind would wreck them Appeals were sent to the Govern- ment shipyard at Peoria for aid. Peoria the river passed flond stage of 22.2 feet last night Rivers and creeks in southern Kan sas inundated farm lands for the sec. ond time this Fall, filled by rain which hegan yesterday afternoon. The Santa Fe and Missour! Pacific Railroads were halted near Sedan and Niotaze, Kans. Little Kany and Middle Kany Creeks near Sedan, reached their highest stages since 1896. | Elk Rivers were still rising tonight. | SKULL IS FRACTURED WHEN AUTO PINS MAN | Ford Machent in Critical Condition | at Georgetown Hospital Fol- lowing Accident. |, Pinned under his automobile when it skidded on the Lee Highway last night and overturned, Ford Machent, 23 vears nld. of Clifton, Va.. suffered | a fractured skull, and is in a eritical | condition at Gesrgetown University Hospital. ) Machent. acording the police, was driving hetween Fairfax « ourt house and West Falls Church when the accident happened. He wae ex ; by a passing miotorist and to the hospital He is the son of Elmer Machent, a telegraph operator at Clifion. Vir- ginia authorities are in - estigating the accident n Judge in “Bread and Water™ State Sends Liquor Seller to Prison for Four Years By the Assnciated Press HOLDREDGE. Nebr, October 2. bread and water diets. has dealt what is believed to he among the most severe ever ordered for violation of the Volstead act. Convirted of fllegal posseasion and sale of liquor. Oscar Nelson. wealthy farmer. was sentenced to four vears in the Nebraska State Penitentiary. He has posted bond and i at liberty pendins appeal to the State Supreme Court Nelson and his brother Jim. bache them for this purchase the agents suggested that it would be well to | Stern Nebraska law. which has placed |buy some- “‘white mule” also - many iquor law violaters in jail on The brothers said they | “white mule,” but sold the agents five hottles of Canadian whigky at $10 a hottle, the agents testified. Oscar, who has been twice convicted of liquor law violations, pleaded not gullty, but was convicted. The court imposed a sentence of two years for illegal possession and two vears for illegal sale, the sentence to run con- secutivel John wae also convjcted, but as the | court alleged it was his first offense chairman of the meeting, told |lors, were visited by liquor agents.| he was given 60 days in jail and $100 the Audience, Many persons left-when the sanounssment was made. who represented themselves to be mule buvers. While dickering with < for each count, sentence to run con- cwrently, HAVOC IN ILLINOIS Mississippi and lllinois Riversl region. ! virtually | Flood warnings on the Mississippi. | where train service | the pumping | The townspeople used rowboats to | At | The Verdigress and | had no | OPENING GAME OF WORLD SERIES, 2- Pennock Baffles -St. Louis, Holding Cardinal Sluggers to Three Hits. GEHRIG PROVIDES PUNCH Infield Out, With Bases Loaded on Passes, Brings in First; Single, Scoring Ruth, the Other. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. Sports Editor of The Star. NEW YORK. Octoher 2.—Skill and sclence scored over heef and hrawn today when New York's Yankees earn- ed a cleancut 2o-1 verdict over the St. Louls Cardinals in the opening Zame of the 1926 =eries for the base ball championship of the world. Flashing faultless support to sup- plement superlative pitching by Herb Pennock, the American Leaguers’ ma chine like play preved more than their rivals could cope with, and the initial | joust of the annual tussle for diamond superiority found Rogers Hornsby and hie gallant array thwarted before an assemblage that taxed the capacity of the largest plant devoted tp the na tional pastime. Considering the size of the threng.| numbering some §2,000. this tit pro- | duced less in the way of real enthusi- asm than any similar contest staged | |In recent vears. It was not through| {lack of appreciation for the determin {ed. but futile. efforts of Bill Sherdel. | diminutive port-sider of the Mound | City aggregation. to match the slab- | hing of his southpaw rival or that| | Gothamites are deficient in civic pride | that such notable apathy was dis. | plaved. It was due to the almost| total absence of the spectacular. No Sensational Plays. There were no home runs, no sen sational catches and nn base running | to set the puises throbbing. Tt was just a hard fought pitchers duel al Imost totally devoid of thrills—just a iball game, in other words. The stage | | was there, with a setting perfect for | {drama of the tensest type, but the |actors performed with such precision {and so little verve thal yawns were | induced where cheers or jeers usually | prevail. | With such a slugsinz aggregation | as that led by the mighty Babe Ruth and their little less dcughty National | League rivals on view. this throng | was_gathered to pay homage at the | throne of punch and power. but there {was little in évidence. All told, but | | niné hits were recorded in the course | of the pastime. the Cardinals contriv-| | ing to get but three off Pennock. while | | Sherdel limited the Yankees to a | meager half dozen. ! There weren't even any misplay ! oceasion vecal exercise hy the ftans,| the lone error committed by Lester | Bell being followed quickly by a side retiring play that rendered the hobble impotent as a factor in the =parse | scoring. Under the circumstances no keen interest could be expected, and none was displayed Pennock Far Better. Pennock’s margin of superiority over | Sherdel from a slinging standpoint was even greater than the figures in | | the box score indicate, for after the openin round he never appeared in | real danger of being scored on, and with a little better hreak in the mat ter of luck would have had a shut. to his credit. Sherdel was in on several occasions, due principally to an unsteadiness which | was directly respansible for one of the | Yankee tallles, while the other marker of the victors was attained in a much more decisive manner than the lone run gained by the Missouria The duel of detonations anticipated | hetween Babe Ruth, the monarch of | ! all maulers, and Rogers Hornsby, the ! scrappy chieftain of the Cards. who | until deposed this vear, was for six | successive seasons batting king of the Natlonal League, was as tame as the game ltgelf. Ruth did contrive to punch one ball to an unguarded spot | and thereby pave the way for what | proved to be the winning run, affer | drawing a pase that figured in the registration of the other tally, hut it was a mere single and therefore unin | spiring from a fence buster of his | prociivities. * Crowd for Hornshy. Rut atthat the Bambino had a wide edge on his swatting rival. for | Hornsby was unable to come through i with apything that even resembled a | Isafety. His popularity, enhanced by {his devoton to duty in the face of | | his mother's death on the eve of the { series, the ace of the Cards was given | the warmest ovation accorded any !of the athletes when he first took his ' turn at_bat, but against tMe cool and | crafty Pennock he was helpless, rais- ing an easy fly after failing on three occasions to bat the ball out of the | infleld. Southworth, O'Farreil, Bell and! sther batters of repute on the roster | of the Cardi: als proved equally harm. | less. Douthit and Bottom] alone succeeded in breaking into the hit column, and one of the latter's pair of pokes. notwithstanding that it | | proved productive, was a somewhat | {tainted tap. Sq far as the Yankees {were concerned, although they oh. | tained twice as many hlows as their | | opponents, thers were no outstanding binglers, none of Huggins' henchmen | getting more than one. although Lou Gehriz earned a lion's share of re. | ward on the offensive by heing credit- | ed as responsible for beth of his | team’s tallies. When Taylor Deuthit, lsad-off man | for the Cards. looped a fly to right | | fleld at the outset of the engagement and attained to second base as Ruth | rather amateurishly chased the ball | | as it bounded off the barrier, the fans | envisioned an attack of sizable pro- | portions. Southworth’s best. how- |ever. was a roller to Lazzeri that| merely moved Douthit to third base. ' | He was anchored there as Pennock | , deftly handled Hornsby's bounder and | raced home when Bottomley sent an | offering so far to Koem s right that | | the shortstop could not attempt a re- tiring throw | " Thereafier, save for a free ticket | issued 10 Lester Bell in the fourth, | | nary a Card got on the runway until ‘lruund eight, when St. Louis partisans ‘waxed hopeful as O'Farreil led off by Continued on Page 2, Column 2) FOR BOTH OF TALLIES| KLAN PROBE FAGTS | recount | Stepheneon | tion but |on at ! helieve vou know what veu are ahout. | i 1“//, ‘»‘l SHUHRN 0 [ i\ i ASTOUND SENATORS Six Indiana State Legisla- ture Members Want an Exhaustive Inquiry. Br the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October First steps toward an exhaustive in- vestigation of the political control alleged to have heen exercised over the Republican party in Indiana by D. C. Stephenson. former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, were taken here late today when evidence, | gathered by a probe committee of the | Indiana Republican Editorial Associa- | tion was submitted to a group of State Senators. Six Senators. three Republicansand three Democrats. heard Thomas H Adams, Vincennes, Ind., publisher | and chairman of the probe committee, the evidence his committee has gathered The Senators which they drafted a statement declared . they were “astounded at the revelations of Chairman Adams.” and declared “the evidence should receive exhaustive investigation.” Statement By Senators. The statement drafted by the Sena- re follows | “The meeting of Senators invited to hear the evidence submitted by the probe committee of the Indiana Re- publican Editorfal Association was astounded at the revelations of Chair man Adams. The actions of D. C. nd his intimate asso. ciates, including alleged: fraud. cor- ruption and bribery. were laid before the committee on affidavits and docu mentary evidence. It involves many officials. lnasmuch as it affects so many officials directly and indirectly, | it was the opinion of the Senators who were invited only informally that tha evidence shouid receive ex pstive investigation.” No formal step was taken today toward pressing the legislative {nves- tigation but the Senators indicated their willingness to meet again at the call of Mr. Adam: Alleged Sale of Positibns. Fvidence presented to the Senatore included alleged contracts for appoint ment of State officials and exchange of money for political advantage. Senator Joseph Cravens of Madison. minority leader in the upper house at the last session of the Legislature, ex. pressed astonishment at the evidence collected by Mr. Adama. “It is simply inconceivahle,” Sena- tor Cravens said. “There is no ques that constifutional govern ment in Indiana weighs in the bal- ance.” Stephenson now is in ¢he State pris Michigan City serving a_life sentence for the murder of Miss Madge Ohenholtzer of Indianapolis. The activities of the Ku Klux Klan tot fizured in Mr. Adams’ explanation of | Stephenson’s political power. Letter by Stephenson. Among the papers submitted was a letter by Stephenson to Court Asher, a former grand kleagle in the Klan TODAY’S STAR. PART ONE—5? PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. D. A. R. Activities—Page 2 At the Community Centers—Page 26. W, C. A. News—Page 2 Around the Citv—Page 30 Serial. ““Mysterious Sweetheart”— Page 3 Bov Scouts—Page 32 = Veterans.of the Great War—Page 37 Radio News and Programs—Pages 38 and 39. Civilian Army News—Page 43 Financial ‘News-—Pages 44, 45 and 43, PART TW0—18 PAGES. Editoriale and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society Reviews of Autumn Books—Page 4. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Girl Scout News-—Page §. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 12. News of the Clubs—Page 14. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 15. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo-. play. Music—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—¥ages and 8 Army and Navy News—Page 9. District National Guard—Page 10. Fraternal News—Page 13. 6 1 PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler— Page 3. PART SIX—1? PAGES. Classified Advertising Schools and lleges—Pages and 12. GRAPHIC SECTION—14 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. 10, 11 COMIC SECTION—{ PAGES. B ¥ X rs. Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. INCOME TAXES NET STIDO00D GAN Treasury Puts Collections for Third Quarter at " $536,212,000. By the Associated Press An Increase of more than $110,000,. 000 in income tax collections for the | third quarter over the same period last vear was reported yesterday hy the Treasury, which said collections amounted to $536,212,000, This was offset, however, hy a drop of $105,000.000 in miscellaneous tax i receipts, which resulted from the re- ! peal of the capital stock levy. These taxes netted $162,000,000 for the period. and Stephenson’s chief aid during his reign as grand dragon. Stephenson’'s letter ig in the nature of a planned pose”’ and says. {y Dear Friend and Partner: T theught over your plane and I really You are one I am confident will not double-cross me. Remember on thing. T am putting my life #nd liberty in your hands. I am watched most carefully all the time. Not allowed to see any one or sign papers, T will g vou the contracts you ask for and much more in addition. * . ‘Send me a lawyer that 1 can de “(Continued on Page 4. Column 3.) AMERICAN STYLES TAKEN 70 EUROPE BY PRINCESS Marie de Bourbon, Praising Wom. en's Clothing, Stocks Up Before Sailing Abroad. By the Associated Press. NEW_YORK, October 2.—Princess | De Bourbon. cousin of King | Marie Alfonso of Spain, sailed today carry- ing with her clothes bought in Amer- ica. She expressed admiration for the American women and praised their selection of styles in clothes. “American women wear beautiful clothes and do not copy French styles too much,” said the Princess. “Your women have their own styles, and they are beautiful.” Accompanying the princess to Eu- rope were Mrs. Bror Dahlbery, Chi- The prospective Treasury surplus |continued to grow, with customs col- | lections amounting to $156,762,000 for |the quarter. an increase of more than 1 $11,000,000 over last vear i Optimism over the possible surplus i was increased because of the fact that the full effect of repeal of the capital stock tax was expected to be felt in | this quarter. This tax netted almost $100,000,000 last vear. No diminution is expected in the {increasing returnt of income taxe {while the drop in miscellaneous re | ceipts is not expected to be so large hereafter An excess of $238139.000 receipts aver expenditures stands on the Treas. THREE FEDERATIONS District Citizens Vote 1o Join Hands With Bodies in Nearby States. Heralded as the beginning of a new era of co-operation between the organized citizenry of Washington and its environs, the Federation of Citizens' Associations, meeting last night in the board room of the District building. formally joined with the Montgomery County and Arlington County Civic Federations in forming an Interfederation Conference. Jesee C. Suter, as president of the | District Federation, will serve as one of the Washington delegates. He named Willlam McK. Clayton, Edwin S. Hege and J. G. Yaden as his asso- ciates. The move to align the Federation of Citizens Associations with the citi- | zens’ organizations in nearby Mary- land and Virginia in a liaison, met with no oppogition at last night's meeting. Only two delegates spoke on the propesition after President Suter had outlined it. 3nd both spoke in commendatory vein. The federation adopted a resolution declaring that the zoning commission | had gone outside its authority in ex- tending the effective date for a new regulation barring seml-detached homes from “A" areas. and requested that the commission reopen the mat ter and provide for a public hearing should be any postponement of the effective date of the amendment. The amended regulation, according to Chairman E. B. Henderson of the zoning committee, changed the effec- tive date of the order from January 1,1 to January 1, 1928, At the same time, the federation accepted an invitation, sent in the name of the zoning commission by Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, executive officer of the commission, with the zoning body in advance of the monthly public hearing changes in the zoning regulations. The zoning committee of the federa- tion was named to «it with the zoning commission headed by Engineer Com- missioner Bell. Ratified in Counties. The Inter Federation Conference plan already has been ratified by the Montgomery County Civic Federation and the Arlington County Civic Fed eration, President Suter explained “‘Recognizing the necessity and ad vantage of personal contact betws the concurring bodies.” he sald. “a working method of co-operation is desirable, and it is mutually agreed by the concurring bodies that there be established a liaison body to be known as the Inter-Federation Con |dent and three members selected by leach of the concurring bodies. | "It i= deemed advisable and of dis- tinct advantage that an fntimate re- lationship be established between the organizations mentioned for the pur- pose of concerted action on all mat- | ters of common interest concerning | the National Capital and its en- | virons, as well as to secure a better | understanding regarding such mat- | ters in which there may appear di- vergent interests.’ Willam McK. Clayton, one of tho: who have attended the informal i rfederation conference during the umer, was the first to speak in favor of the federation joining in the movement This is not a League of Nations or even a World Mr. said; “it is merely an attempt on the part of ex-citizens of the District of Columbia who have moved out into the hills of nearby Maryland or Vir ginia to help us and to have us help them solve our mutual problems. For ury hooks for the first three quarters this calendar vear. compared with | | | 280,000 last vear. an excess of $120 (Continued on Page 2. Column 3. By the Associated Press PARIS, October 2 —While reports |Jean de Luz, near the Spanish fron- |tier, that Spanish cavairy regiments |and engineers at Valladolid have re- volted in protest against the sentenc- ing of artillery officers, and that the { troops have been confined to barracks {in consequence, passengers from Spain, reaching Cerbere, France, an- other frontier town. say that all was calm when they left. cago hostess of the royal vigtor, and other mem| the tamily. Life along the frontier is said to be at border railroad junctions are less | have reached the French town of St.| " Revolt of Spanish Cavalry Reported To One Border Point, Denied at Another! | numerous, indicating, it is believed | here, that they may be busy else- | At St. Jean de Luz, it is learned ‘lh‘l trains from Madrid were blocked [b,\‘ the derailing of a freight train, caused, according to reports, by the | mysterious crumbling of the roadbed Spanish officiale on the frontier are | maintaining silence rezarding reports | from the interior. If a new movement against Premier Primo de Rivera has broken out ft must_have been sudden, for the King |and Queen remained undisturbed ves. Pyreness. 10 ACT IN LIAISON upon the question as to whether thers | 1o meet | on | ference, to be composed of the presi-, ahlbery | normal except that the civil guards|terday at their hunting lodge in the - SHOVING PARTISAN - POLITICS TO REAR Referenda in Nine States and Positive Stands by Nom- inees Force Question. NEXT CONGRESS TO SEE | PROHIBITION MAJORITY But Gains by Antis Expected in Both Senate and House From November Races. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Partisan politics have been forgot- ten by voters in some of the States this Fall because of their interest in | the wet and dry issue. In other States the two old major parties have them- selves seized upon the prohibition is- sue, naming wet candidates and in- serting wet planks in their platforms, | or naming dry candidates and declar- | ing for prohibition in their platforms. The issue has leaped into far great- er prominence than the drys had ex- pected or the wets had hoped. In i part, this is because there are no | great issues today dividing the Re- i publicans and the Democrats, their {differences are largely in degree rather than in principle. Differences in de- | gree are difficult for the people to | Tasp. But the wet and dry issue every one belizves he understands. Certainly every voter has decided opinions about 1t The wet and dry fight this Fall is | confined to no single section of the country, although there is one sec- tion in which the issue has not been raised—the South, if the senatorial race in Louisiana is excepted. The question has been raised by referenda in nine States. It has been raised in senatorial and congressional elections in many more States. And it has been written into party platforms in a few of the States. States Having Referenda. The States in which the referenda ! will be held are California, Colorado, | Illinots. Missouri, Montana. Nevada, New York, Oregon and Wisconsin. The petition for u referendum in Ore- gon has just been filed by the “Oregon Prohibition Referendum Corporation.” In five of these States the referenda submit to the voters the question whether the State dry enforcement codes shall be repealed. These States are California, Colorado, Missouri, Montana and Oregon. In the other four States. Illinols Nevada, New York and Wisconsin, the referenda appeal to Congress to | change or modify the prohibition laws. | In New York and Illinois the ques- tion submitted in the referénda is, | Shall the Volstead act be changed 8o | as to leave to the States the decision | of what constitutes an ‘“intoxicating | liquer>” In Wisconsin the question is whether Congress shall be requested to modify the Volstead law. The Wis- consin referendum merely propounds the question as to whether 275 per cent beer shall be legalized. The | referendum in Nevada proposes that -Congress be asked to call a constitu- ional convention so that an amend- | ment to the eighteenth amendment | may be proposed. i Voting Opposed by Drys. The attitude of the dry organiza- tions of the country, particularly the Anti-Saloon League, varies regarding these referenda. It is, of course, an attitude of opposition to all of the referenda, for the drys hold that the prohibition question has been settled and all the agitation teday is beside the mark. The wets take the oppo- site view. But while the dry organi- zations urge their followers to vote in the referenda of the first group, these in which it is proposed to repeal State enforcement laws, they are strongly opposed to having the dry voters take part in the second group of referenda. which they declare are uncenstitutional referenda. With the drvs assuming this atti- tude toward the referenda in Iilinols. New York, Nevada and Wisconsin, it a foregone conclusion that the wets will carry the day in those States. On the other hand, the drys will fight tooth and nail to prevent the | rapeal of the dry codes in California. | Montana, Colorado, Missouri and Ore- zon. believing that the repeal of State codes merely plavs into the hands of the bootleggers and lavs too great a burden on the Federal enforcement | units. The drvs have an advantage. | too. tn mere proposals to repeal the | State codes. Throwing the State code into the discard means merely the encouragement of lawbreakers within the State, and even many persons who belleve the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act should be modified are opposed to doing away with en- forcement officers as long as the eighteenth amendment and the Vol- | stead act remain unchanged. Attitude of Wet Leaders. The attitude of the wets has been to go through with all the referendum | fights in the States. except that in Missouri. Ther candidates acceptable to the wets have been named for the Sénate by both Democrats and Repub- While Senator Williams, Re- | publican, is not the dripping wet. that | Representative Harry Hawes, the | Democratic candidate, has become, he |is regarded as “moist” and accept- | able. So the wet leaders have ad- vised their followers to “lay off” the in Missouri and to cen- | | referendum " |rentrate th | oMicials frowned on have the national A AP A | This ts the attitude of the dry or- the referendum, and ‘so officers of the | ganizations toward the referendums in Tllinois and New York, for example. | There they are advising drys to pay to concentrate on the defeat of George E. Brennan, the Democratic nominee | for the Senate, running on a wet plat- !for the House of Representatives and |10 concentrate on the defeat of Sena- tor Wadsworth, wet Republican leader maintain that the refer- « York, Illinois, Wisconsin and Nevada are unconstitutional and sist that such referenda can have no real effect on the situation. They hold that the Constitution does not |no attention to the referendum but form in Illinois, and wet candidates !of the Empire State. should be ignored. Further, they 'n- provide for & national referendum (Continued on Page A, Columa fi