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—_— e WEATHER. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and cooler tonight; (r. s tomorrow fair. Temperature—Highest. .m." yesterday; lowest, § Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 /7. at 5 1, at-8 am. b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Fpening S, The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. - Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,632 No. 3 ,108. YANKEES LEADING CARDINALS, 2101, IN THIRD INNING Babe Ruth Gets Two Homers in First Two Trips to the Plate. BAMBINO IS IN FORM, SMACKING RHEM’S CURVES Field Crowded to Capacity in| Fourth Game of Series in St. Louis. BY CARL 8. BREANDEBURY. ST. LOUL (#).—The New York Yankees were leading the &t Cardinal the third in ning ot the fourth game of the world meries here thiz he score was 2 The action Octaler # Lovis in Afternoon to 1 big guns of base ball got in today. Rhem fanned Combs and Koenig and then Babe Ttuth delivered a drive that went over the right-fleld stands. In their half of the first the Car evened the count with successive hits Douthit, Southworth and Hornshy. ither team score in the second in as Rhem and_Hoyt settled down to their hurling job. Jabe Ruth, coming up in the third put his tear ahead by ¢ uplicating his first-innin a4 homer over stands \ two vietories to the eredit of itional League champions, the went into the wame with cks to the wall. In the three games alre plaved the American Leazte pennant winners, had done Uitle hitting. They announced hefure the zame that today would see them pping out of their slump. thers was anather colorful crowd, the stands to their capacity of imately 35,000, The Cardinal could hothing but another vietory and mphant note marked the advance cheering FIRST INNING < After the band played the Rhem early ning their 1 1 filli apy YANK “The Star Spangled ardinals took the warmed up a hit and se plenty of speed. Combs up: Strike 1, called; the first pitch was a fast in- side. hall 1, inside. low: strike swnung: foul: Combs struck out, ting a4 fast curve breaking over the plate go by. Krenig up: Strike 1 called. strike 2, swung: Koenig struck out, takin led third strike. Ruth up:’ Ruth a home run over the rightsfield stands. hitting the first pitch. The hall fell into the adjoining street. Meusel up: Ball 1. outside: w. inside: strike 1. swung: foul. strike 2; ball 3. high: foul: foul; foul: Meusel got a base on balls, the fourth pitch being outside. Gehrig wp: Ball 1, low. On the hit-and-run play Gehrig singled into right. Meu el going to third on the throw-in Meusel tried for the plate and was out Southworth to Hornsby to O'Farrell One run. two hits, no errors. CARDINALS—Douthit_up: Douthit beat nut 4 hit to deep short. hitting the first Tall pitched. Southworth np Ball 1. outside: ball 2, low: foul 1: foul. strike 2. ball 3. high and out side: Southworth singled to center, Douthit oing to third. Hornshy up The Yankee infield played hack. Ball nside: fonl: strike 1 strike 2, called: Dt ed nn Hornshy's sinzle to uthworth stopping at second 45 mow warming up for ork. Bottomley up: Ball 1: low cntside: strike 1. swung <trike 2: Bottomley sent a fly to Ruth. the runrers holding their bases. Bell 1 Re flied out to Combs, South- vorth advaneing to third on the catch. It was a sacrifice fiv for Bell. neby held first, Hafey up: Foul. Tall 1. outside. It was a hall 2. outside: foul. strike Jow. Hornsby stole second struck out. swinging for “One run, three hits, no Banner, field. let hall v Hafey third ervor "OND INNING. Lazzeri up: Ball 1. in i got a long hit into left ind was out stretching $t. Douthit to Thevenow to Bell. Du gan up Dugan popped to Thevenow Severetd up: Ball 1. low. nutside. ball ) itaide: strike 1. called: Sev ingled over the middle hag . Rall 1, inside. ball 2, high strike 1. ealled: strike t popped Hornshy hack to make o hits, no err Ball 1 n to v O'Farrell up h and inside. strike 3. low and inside; Laz hit away from O'Farrell CARDINALS neide | 2 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. the | red to have | strike | foul. | the | the | o WASHINGTO jST. OUIS FANS' ENTHUSIASM i GREATER AS 4th GAME OPENS ‘Skies Somewhat Brighter, Light Wind Dries Grounds—Cardinals Are in High Spirits BY BRIAN BELL. PARK. St. Louis, The enthusiasm that | has swept St Louis as its Cardinals| have taken the lead in the world series battle burst forth again today | | as thousanas struggled to gain admis- sion to the park for the fourth game. It was sull cool and cloudy, but skies were somewhat clearer than yes- | terday, when Jesse Haines' big bat nd strong right arm propelled the Cardinals to a homecoming shutout victory over the New Yorkers on a rain-soaked field. The diamond had dried out consider- |ably under the influence of a brisk | The Yankees, on the other hand breeze overnight. while the sun came | Were out early for batting practice out this morning to augment the ef-|In an effort to snap out of their slump forts of a gang of .workmen putting | And get their eves on the hall. They've the grounds into shape, rollected only nine hits off Alexander The bleachers in left and center| (Continued on Page 2. Column 7.) JNLEDKLANSMAN DEFENSE RESTS BARES SLUSH FUND. - DAUGHERTY CASE | flelds were fillsd to their capacity of some 6,000 3 hours hefore start- ing time, whie the covered stands in right field aiso filled rapidly, in- dicating that yvesterday's record jam of 37,708 paying spectators might be exceeded. Pitching prospects were for a tussle bhetween the rugged young right- hander of the Yankees. Waite ‘[Joyt. a hero of the 1921 seriex. and ilint Ithem, also a right-hander. The Cardinals came to the park for practice in high spirits, confident that they would carry on their winning streak and conclude the series here with victories today and tomorrow. October Neither Miller Nor Former Attorney General Called to Testify. ‘Stephenson. in Letter, SaysI { He Can Prove Political Deals Involving Million. | | : By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. Ocober 6.—The de- fense rested unexpectedly today in the Daugherty-Miller conspiracy trial. The jury was excused and motions for striking out parts of evidence and direction of verdicts acquitting the defendants were denied by Judge Mack. Court was adjourned at noon until 2 o’clock, when summations wer to begin. Neither Miller nor Daughterty teok the stand. | By the Associated Press CHICAGO, October 6.—Continuin; his fight for audience with D. C. | Stephenson, now serving a life term | for ‘murder in the Indiana State Pri- { son, Thomas H. Adams. Vincennes, Ind.. publisher. today released a let- | ter* he said had been smuggled from | the institution in which the former | Ku Klux Klan leader asserted he | could prove, political intrigue involv- | | ing nearly a million dollars. The let- | | ter, attributed to Stephenson, said the | ! writer had evidence to prove that “a | prominent Indiana politician owed | | him $825.000 in connection with cam-| | paign expense Mavors of three In- | diana cities and 40 lesser politicians ' similarly were indebted to him, the | letter charged. It also contended Stephenson is held practically incom- | municado to prevent his expose of | political “deals™ in Indiana in recent | vears |7 Adams was in Chicago after being denled permission to interview | Stephenson at the prison in Michigan | City, Ind., vesterday. Later e de-| | parted for Inidanapolis. The publish-| | er has declared he will carry his fight | to the people of Indiana in an effort ! to compel Gov. Jackson and others to f1ethStentiesone etk 000 that Richard Merton, German I Has Written Agreements. metal magnate, gave the late John i g opportunity to talk, ac- | T King Republican cmomitteeman to make his summation this afternoon. Max Stever. United States Attorney Emory R. Buckner to make the Govern- ment’s summation tomorrow after- noon. Judge Mack is expected to charge the jury Friday. Tells of Finding Bonds. Mal 8. Daugherty, testifying today, told how $74,400 of Merton-King Lib- erty bonds were found in Jesse W. Smith’s accounts after his suicide. The bonds, part of a block of $391.- ng to the letter, Stephenson will | | prove that he spent £275.000 for the election of one prominent Indiana official with the understanding that he would receive three times that amount. He said he would produce 3 “written agreement” with the ‘mavors of three large cities in In diana, hinding them to repav me on a ratio of three to one for all money = for rushing through the alien prop- erty custodian’s office the claims of the Societe Sulsse Pour Valeurs de | Metaux for $7.000.000 of impounded assets of the American Metal Co.,, were in banks in Washington and Cleve- land. Mal Daugherty testified. Mal Daugherty is a witness for the defense in the trial of Harry Daugherty and Thomas W. charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government in connection with the approval of the Swiss claims. Harry eral and Miller was alien property custodian at the time the claims. were paid. T had advanced in their be- half and further azreements are in i my possession where these same | men agree to Rilow certain indi- | viduals to name all appointmen The letter purported to have heen written hy Stephenson, also declared he was being cruelly treated at the | prison, was denied the right of se- | lecting attorneys to peri:ct an ap- | | peal for a new trial, and that he| had heen “framed” in connection | | with his indictment for the wurder | {of Madge Oberholtzer, an Indian- |apolis girl, early fn 1825 The lonz-standing fight between {the Indiana Highway Commission and some.politicians also was men- | tioned in the letter. Stephnson charging that he was being made | | to suffer because he refused to help | “frame” the roads body. | “Because [ hold the documents {+ * * and because 1 have the | knowledge set out in the foregoing, | men who owe me their very exiet- | ence—their meat and hread. their | high position, all that they nave and all that they are—these men, o in- debted to me—had me framea and sent to prison for life h.cause it was cheaper than pavinz their | debts.” Stephenson’s latter derlared. ! “Kven after he had heen convicted {last November. Stephenson said he was assured evervthing was all right !and that he would be released within Smith Estate $200,000. The estate of Smith amoéunted to a little less than $200.000, Mal Daugh- erty said. This “country merchant” who became the ex-officio organizer of the Department of Justice and who orders concerning Government investigations, had sold his general merchapdise store before he died. That brought him $39.000. Mal Daugherty testified that Smith |had never had large sums deposited in the Midland Natlonal Bank at Washington _ Courthouse, Ohio, of which Mal Daugherty {s president, unti! after Harry Daugherty became Attorney General. He could ac- count for the sudden acces: to, wealth by Smith. The “Jesse Smith extra” account in the Midland National Bank, out of which Smith paid Harry Daugherty’s Washington hougehold expenses, was transferred to a ‘“‘Harry and Mal Daugherty”” account after Smith's death, Mal Daugherty said. This account was for about $700, he testi a month | fied, Stephenson ix serving a life sentence | "{G 0 pe Harry and Mal Daugh |arty account was opened as a ‘“polit lieal account,” Mal Daugherty contin | ued, it was not used as such. gave on (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) Willlam Rand, counsel for Miller, is | counsel for Daugherty, | is to make his tomorrow morning, and ! | from Connecticut, as a “commission” | M. | Miller, | Daugherty was Attorney Gen- | traveled at Government expense and . OCTOBER D. C., WEDNESDAY, 6, BOY'S DEATH STIRS PARENTS 10 SEEK - SAFETY GUARANTEE ‘Slow’ Signs and One Police- man to a School Fail to Pre- vent Fatal Risks. PUPILS PLUNGE HEADLONG INTO DANGEROUS TRAFFIC Citizens Want Protective Measures Devised That Actually Will Safe- guard Children. The tragic death this week of a 6- year-old schoolboy beneath the wheels of an automobile passing in front of his school has awakened Washington | to the fact that grave hazards to life and limb lurk in the city's so-called “school safety zones.” Citizens are asking themselves if they have not heen lulled into a false ! sense of security by high-sounding phrases and attractive traffic signs, | instead of getting down to a bedrock | basis of enforced safety through dras: | tic measures of school traffic control. ! Startled into a realization that what | happened last Monday to little Freddy Grosskurth of the Gage School might | A 1926—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. AT THE SESOUL AMERICAN THOUGH DISFRANCHISED. ) Means Associated Pr | { also have happened to “‘my Johnny" | FOUND NEAR FOR | capital's school boys and girls have | ! begun to look around, somewhat fran Pvi. Edgar H. Miller Discov- ered Dead With Bullet | tically, for some assurance of relief. Definite Plan Lacking. Hole in Head. | And the amazing part of it is that | no one, from the Police Department {and Traffic Bureau to the school offf cials themselves. Is ready to offer this moment any definite, ironclad | guarantee of child fety Kuarantee that will protect the city's y oungsters n spite of themselv | or it 18 just such an infallible war- nty that is needed here today, judg ing from a preliminary survey of con ditions conducted erday by a rep resentative of The Star. | The Investigation, made during noon recess at the Thomson School. at | Twelfth and L streets, showed clearly | that the existing methods of child protection i school trafic_zones—in. | volving erection of “slow” signs ‘o | warn motorists and slationing of a { single policeman 10 watch the chil | dren—are wholly inadequate to mes the demands of such a “lite-or-death” | | situation. { The body of Pvt. Edzar H. Miller, with a bullet through the forehead, was found behind the Arlington Ceme tery wall, just across from the Fort Myer drill field, today There is a possibility of either mur- der or suicide, Fort Myer officers said today. Immediately after the disc of the body a hoard of officers. headed by Capt. Albert Bowen, was appointed to investizate the circum- stances and had not completed their investigation early this afternoon. The body of Miller was identifiéd by Capt. Jobn Axton. jr.. chaplain at the post. Miller. it w had been mis The wound w: iber revolver nort of its locati mine whether i inflicted it himself. Miller has ueent Myer since last June. tion picture operato ery Cross Amid Traffic. The vehicular traffic on Twelfth street at the noon hour yesterday was | exceedingly heavy. A lone policeman | stood on the corner, walting. A bell rang. and two score heedless Johnnys and Marys trooped happily from their classrooms and across the traffi--in- fested artery within the first 15 min | utes of reces: | Due either to the hand of Provi | dence or sheer luck of childhood, five of these voungsters escaped from | what appeared to he certain injury or death beneath oncoming passenger | cars or trucks. The policeman on the ! corner did not save them. No human being could have done so, after the | sudden dash of tiny feet had started. Yet the policeman was doing his duty as outlined to him by his superio t | That duty, it appears, was to see | | first of all that motorists observed ! | the warning signs as to parking and | speeding. and if they didn’t. to arvest i them, if possible. or get their license i tag numbers; and. second. to assist | jthe children in getting across the | street, to the extent of the ability of | one man to cope with a host of exhu- | berant hoys and girls. i It was a large task which had been ! Four mapped out for him. but, valiantly | though he tried, it was manifestly | impossible to watch trafic and at the same time keep tab on the scattering. romping pupils en route to nearby candy stores or to their homes for ! lunch. | The Thomson School is not an ex ! ception. True, it is located in the downtown congested section, where, perhaps, the traffic is heavier than in outlying districts. But similar condi- been carried in vesterday's State elec: i tions are known to e: in varying 'tion, in which John Martineau, | degrees of seriousness, in virtually | Democratic nomines for governor, de every school “safety” zone in Wash- | feated. M. D. Bowers, Republican. | ington. The referendum measure, initiated | _The Bunker Hill Schaol. out on by the raflroads operating in the State | Michigan avenue, Brookland, is not to repeal the so-called “full crew lav 'a downtown school. vet only last night was defeated on the executive committee of the Mich | plete returns from about half of the igan Avenue Citizens’ Association met counties. in special session to protest about| Amendments which were what was characterized as “the fail- seemingly on the face of these returns ure of police and engineer authorities provided for school districts to increase to take proper precautfon in safe.|the mill' tax exemption of textile mills guarding their children." in the State from taxes No Warning Signs There, vears, issuance of bonds for public im provements by cities At the Bunker Hill School there is second class and prohibition of local a policeman on sentry duty, as else- | legislation. The other referendum < reported at Mort Myer, ing since Sunday night. s inficted with a . nd the medical ri will larzely detor soldier stationed at Fort He was a mo Ginth street Monday nizht. The shots. it was reported came from near the spot where the soldier's hody was found. MARTINEAU ELECTED ARKANSAS GOVERNOR Constitutional Changes and Election Referendum Be- lieved Carried. By the Associated Prese. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., October f. — Indications today were that the four constitutional amendments and one of the two referendum measures had carried but there are could have | m ambush at Ernest Johnson, | | the face of incom- for seven | Workmen Unearth Unknown Writings Of Omar Khayyam Br the Associated Press LONDON, October covery of previously unknown poems hy Omar Khayyvam is de- =cribed in a dispatch to the Daily Express from Karachi. British In dia. The correspondent says work men in digging for a foundation for a building at Sehwan, in the province of Sindh, unearthed a brass case containing manuscripts of many hitherto unknown quat rains written by Omar during his wanderings in Sindh. The vel ontain allusions to “the Madian.” a probable conqueror of Sindh, whose history is lost in antiquity. The correspondent says it had not been known previously that Omar visited Sindh and that this will add to the history of the poet’s ife. Omar, a Persian, died in the first quarter of the twelfth century. VON SEECKT 0UT AS CHIEF OF ARMY Participation of Former Crown Prince’s Son in Ma- neuvers Is Cause. BY ERICH PODACH. Br Radio to The Star and Chicago Dails News BERLIN, October §.—Gen. von Seeckt, commander-in-chief of the Ger- man army, resigned today, following a scandal regarding the participation of Wilhelm. the eldest son of the for- mer €erman crown prince, in the re- cent review maneuvers at Muenschen. The incident led to bitter conflict hetween Minister of Defense Gessler and Gen. von Seeckt Ges: hastily conferred with the general. It is underetood that the minister of defense charged the general with possessing previous knowledge of the voung Hohenzollern's attendance at the maneuvers. Despite prompt de nials of the ministry of defense, the Republican press soon exposed the story of Wilhelm's escapade. Wilhelm resided at the Hotel Muen- singen, where President Hindenburg lived during the maneuvers. The youthful prince repeatedly appeared on the drill field and participated in the exercises. alternateiy wearing the Republican reichswehr uniform and the uniform of the old imperial army Republican circles expressed alarm f.—The dis ‘of the first and |that this might be considered symp- tomatic of the undermining of the reichswehr's . Republican character and strengthen the monarchist am- er today | | | | | MORE INDUSTRIES URGED FOR CITY ‘Trade Board Committee Sees | Need of Factories for Fu- ture Growth. More energetic encouragement | diversified light industries in Wash- ington, bearing always in mind that the National Capital is not to be marily an industrial eity, is a cated in a report just approved | the industrial interests committee of the Board of Trade. The committee’s conclusion, it ports, is that both the need and opportunity for more manufacru exist here. . The need is stated as foll “Washington must provide work the young men, not only of the pres- ent, but of future generations, in or- der to prevent the accumulation of an idle population. The Federal G ernment cannot possibly support majority of the future populaticn Opportunities Scarce Here. The Washington boy who is in trially inclined has scant opportu of pri- dvo- by re- the ring | ows: for ov- | ke | | dus nity | President—a { “Forum lings from our citizenry, | present and those who could not come TWO CENTS. SESQUI HEARS PLEA FORVOTELESSD. . 1. 00GO FROM HERE Citizens- of States Learn of Washingtonian’s Status in Exposition Speech. COMMISSIONER RUDOLPH INTRODUCES DR. LEWIS Day Set Aside for Capital Is Sunny After Rainy Start of Spe- cial Trains. Br a Stalf Correspondent of The Star PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. October 6 — The plea of the Washingtonian for tha right 10 be represented in Congress and to vote for President and Vice right enjoved by all other Americans—was proclaimed by Dr. Willlam Mather Lewis, president of George Washington University, de livering the principal address at the observance of District of Columbia day at the Sesquicentennial this aft {ernoon Looking out from the stage of the of the Founders,” a new open- air amphitheater, upon a gathering that included many citizens of the States. as well as hundreds of his fel low townsmen. Dr. Lewis painted vivid word picture of how the Natior Capital has grown since 1800 from gismal wilderness” to a capital *'s passed by none in the world.” Rudolph Thanks Mayor. A spokesman for the board of Dis- trict Commissioners, Cuno H. Ku- dolph, its president, at the outset of the ceremonies, thanked A. L. Sutton, director of domestic participation of the exposition, representing Mayor Kendrick. for the invitation extended to stage a celebration at the exposi- tion. “We, citizens of Washington, have been deeply interested in the wonder- ful exposition which you, our sister city. have produced, and we have come in goodly numbers today—not for the first time for many and not for the last for all of us to feast our eyes on its beauties, to avall ourselves of the wonderful educational advantages that this exposition af- fopds the people of this country and of foreign lands.” the Commissioner <aid. “We bring you cordial greet- from those with us, and tender our best wishes. We express the hope that our stay among you may be conducive to a mutual increase in our clvic and per- sonal regard, of avhich your eloguent greeting is a happy token.” Commissioner Rudolph also paid & glowing tribute to Dr. Lewis when introducing him ‘as the Distric Sesquicentennial speaker, and pointed out that it was peculiarly fitting that the District should have a part in the ceremonies associated with the 150th | anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The visitors from Washington reached Philadelphia on three special here now. the report points out. but |trains, carrying approximately 1,500 must find his life work in some other | person: community. Opportunity consists. the committee in excellent transportation facil- by rail and water: ample | train ce for small factories, particularly |grounds at 12 the Southeast section: plenty of (behind schedule, the two other spe- cilled workers former- | cials Iv emploved in the navy yard and the | tervals. find: ities, spa in skilled and un: bot! Washingon Steel and Ordnance | ideal small homes with pleasant roundings, ample, low-cost electric rent. The report points out, as a spes Co.; | sur- | cur- | cifie case, that one large, nationally known concern has square feet just purchased in Washington to el 50,000 rect warehouses, deserting a location in a iz industrial city because of the ter transportation facilities here. Dirt Avoided by Electricity. The electrification of small tries. the report predominant objection to them in National Capital—dirt. Factories in now be made attractive additions to|munity obligations a city. bet- | { Government. i dus- the | can Heavy showers just before the trains left Washington prevented many others who had planned to do so from making the trip. The first backed into the _exposition 5 o'clock, 35 minutes following at five-minute in The skies had cleared by the time the passengers detrained and a bright October sun did its best to wel- come them. Great City in Own Right. After portraying the physical beau- ties of the rederal City, Dr. Lewis took as his keynote the thought that Washington is a great city in its own right in addition to being the seat of In driving home this t that thought the speaker pointed ouf claim four-fifths of the residents . has removed the | Washington as their permanent home d together in clubs and and are band fully alive to their com- associations Dr. Lewis lauded the Nation for The program advocated by the com. | what it has done for Washington, but e has two objects st, to foster located here. dustrie ‘The first objective, be helped along by more inaus loyalty among Washingtonians should purchase homemade industries already Second. to seek new in- | abroad. that it was sa¥® can | clared rial | who | goods | are wherever possible and give local com panies an opportunity to bid on local work Co-operation Urged. committee The recommends groups be established within the Board | ship. that | oceasion to correct an im which he said has gone the people of the District from taxation. He de- that while the Government hears a part of the cost of maintaining the Capital, the costs of golernment higher than elsewhere, because of the scale on which the city is laid out. “And we would have no objection to thie,” Dr. Lewis continued, “if with the responsibilities of taxation we received the privileges of citizen- For while our Nation was he took pression, are exempt of Trade representing each branch of | founded with the slogan. ‘No taxation industry now here. to devise ways of | without representation’. upon the TWO THOUGHT SLAIN. where, no warninz measure would combine the State and signs for motorists and no sidewalk 'congressional elections. helping business. ! foundation that ‘governments derive hitions_regarding. the dominant influ- . For the second part of the program | their just power from the consent of ounder near second and ont. Thevenow strike 1. called; ball 2 sent up a weak fly to m up: Ball 1. outside: ed: strike 2. called: hall Rhem fanned. taking a th the hat on his shoul- no hits, no errors HIRD INNING. ‘ambs up: Ball ont a high Strike 1 m side the 1. in fiv 1o called: play of Koe- him out. Ruth sreeted ~him. home run into the Rhem one, 1t Combs s thit. Koenig up made an easy threw and boos 4 on anoth the right field n he was loudly applauded ool him with a slow sixth world series home up: Strike called; ung 1. hizh and in had to jump away from ide: Rhem threw One run, one hit, Hornshy nig's ¥ roller and Cheers over went out in left field trike 1. called: hall 1. Douthit went out hy the Koe. route. Southworth up did not like his bat and annther one. Strike 1, hworth gnt A ) center for his speond hit game. Hornsby up. trike 1, Jul: strike 2 Hornsby struck vinging for this third strike. Hornsby went out on three pitched halls. Bottomley up: Foul. strike 1: strik alled; ball 1: it was a pitch out, but Sc Lazzeri threw out Botomley at first. Hoyt used a half-speed curve all dur- ing the inning. No runs, one hit, no errors, eaguer in of the Texas | ithworth did not go down: | MARQUETTE. Mich.. Octoher & (#) ‘A blood-splattered rowboat, found | vesterday on the shores of Pickere] | Luke. gave searchers their first defi- nite to the possible te of Arvid Erickson and Emil Skoglund, came wardens, missing since last Wednesday It is the belief of officers that the wardens were slain and their hodies ! thrown into the lake by hunters they apprehended for game law violations. | | Skoglund's automobile was found near Gwinn, 50 miles from the terri. tory they were presumed to have heen | patrolling when they disappeared, Blood was fourd a few feet from the abandoned car clue as LIGHT VOTE EXPECTED. A, Ga.. October § (#).-A in the run ATL light vote was forecast off prima voters will express their prererence he tween Dr. L. G. Hardman and John N. Holder for the Democratic nomi- nation for the governorship. The nomination in Georgia 1 equivalent to election. Hardman and Holder received the greatest number of votes at the Sep- tember § primary. when no candidate received a majority of the 414 county unit votes. Fair and cooler weather was fore cast throughout Georgia. Scots Troupe Loses 51 Pounds and $84. But Plan to Recover From Hotel Fails It looks as though honny Scotland | s out of luck to the extent of 51 good | English pounds and 84 good Ameri- | can dollars | i But bonny Scotland. as represented by 52 members of the Orpheus Choir | from Glasgow, didn't give up without a fight The choir sang at Poli's Theater vesterday. Then they ' returned to| | their rooms at the Lee House and | went to geep. Four of them trust. | | fully neglected to bolt their doors. | When they awoke they said their money Was gone. The choir conferred. As a result of the conference 51 of them trooped out of the hotel with their baggage and got out of town. leaving one member to settle up. i\:mdnll Gray, S the spokesman, went to the desk and reported the loss with the emphatic assertion: “We won't pav the bill." “We'll hold your baggage then, sald the manager. This was just what Gray pected. He was prepare ““The baggage is gone.” he said. “Then we'll hold the choir,” sald the manager. “They're gone too." said Gray. It looked like a clear-cut victol had ex- v for card with the hotel—the holding of Gray himself. After considerable argument he de- posited. under protest, the amount of the bill—$250—and departed leaving a forwarding address in Glasgow. Police and hotel officlals are in- vestigating the reported robbery. today, in which Georgia | in tront of the school to keep vouth- - = ul pedesiyjans out of the readway $100,000 IN LIQUOR BEING DUMPED IN RIVER the Brooklanders complain. Repeated requests for signs and for the side walk have been unanswered. accord ing to R. R. Faulkner, president of the association. Mr. Faulkner learn 1 ad today, however, that a vepresenta- Big Prewar Stock. Saved by 14 tive of the engineering department of the District appeared at the school this morning to make a survey. Meanwhile, it wax brought okt at! the meeting, at least one family is (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) MEXICAN CATHEDRAL Continuances, Finally Ordered Destroyed. Br the Assnciated Press | CHICAGO, October ! dred thousand dollars’ f.—One hun worth of pre- began a seven-day trickle to lose its W|LL BE REOPENE potency in the waters of the Chicago River. el | Saved by more than a dozen con ! tinuances. the _private stock of for- Inventory, Begun August 1, Near- mer Alderman Robert J. Mulcahy was | = . | doomed vesterday with the expiration 1y Completed, Private Worship - of the fourteenth order to stay the 1 execution. Destruction was started to Be Resumed. immediately. E. C. Yehowlev. prohibi i tion administrator. estimated that one week will be required to complete the destruction Meanwhile an armed guard will pre. side over the warehouse to prevent at tempts at hi-jacking. Cobham May Fly to U. S. LONDON, October 6 (#).—The next flight of Sir Alan J. | By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News MEXICO CITY, October 6.—Mexico's | ,beautiful metropolitan cathedral, | which has been closed and strictly guarded by police since the end of | July, will be opened for private wor- | ship within the next few days, | | Since the religious conflict became | acute on July 31, and all priests and | great religious rites, the cathedral, which| , s constitutes the principal material rep. | ably Will be across the Atlantic. Be- resentation of Rome's power in Mex. | fore his recent flight to Australia and fco. has heen under the charge of a ! returii he made tentative plans to fly committee of citizens. This committee | from England to America. is taking an inventory of the contents, o — d t! bor {s nearly leted. s Do \Capariehs. 1926, by Cicaso Daily Sewa 0o - RAdI0 Programs—Page 36 1 war brandy. gin and whisky yesterday | manufacturer: [ | { | I ' Cobham, | ment of hundreds of the singers. But there remained one |officials retired from the exercise of ' Great Britain's newest knight, prob. |from Washington who came here on ence of the army. IConyright. 1826 hy Chicagn Daily News Co.) Metal Rope and Wire Combine En- visaged in Europe. ANTWERP. Belgium, October (). —The newspaper Neptune says a European metal rope and wire con sortium along the lines of the recent steel organization is envisaged by Ger man, Dutch, Belgian and French 6 It adds that German. Dutch and Bel gian representatives met in Brussels Monday and arranged the preliminary agenda for a conference to he held in Paris. November 20, when French firms will participate. it urges that a committee of five appointed to collect data essential for | [ihert those who may be planning to estah- be | the governed'; and while around the v bell we find the biblical words, ‘Proclaim liherty throughout all the lish factories here. to lend them alljand unto all the inhabitants thereof.’ reasonahle encouragement, and keep a lookout for industries seeking | the governed. real liberty, hav | a home. The industrial Ao interests committee already has divided itself in groups representing present industries. Among the larger manufacturing es | mittee’'s survew specialties, printing and publishing and stone marble works. The committee €. Phillips \Hill, cfs G Addison. is chairman, yr:. P. M. ! products, flour milling, ice and ice | tional representation. cream manufacturing, iron and steel | Nation and woodworking, paints and | our ability. oils, slaughtering and meat packing. | Washington i: and | | composed of | trol Fran- | Certainly there is no better governed Ander- (Continued on Page 5, Column 2. | Washingtonians Find South Carolina Shares District Day Honor at Sesq Br a Staft Correspondent of The Star |the hanners of South Carolina flying PHILADELPHIA. October 6.—The |beside those of the District a barrage District of Columhia was forced to |of questions naturally followed. While no explanation was forth- share honors today with the State of South Carolfha at the Sesquicenten nial Exposition. much to the amaze- the pligrims the special trains to in the ceremonies. The impression had been given by the exposition officials that the day had been set agide solely for the ob- servance of District of Columbia day, but when the crowd marched through the exposition gates and discovered take part coming from the exposition offic Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph | | u1; lals, sald he had learned just befors leaving Washington that South Carolina day | and District day would be observed Jointly. The Commissioner his disappointment keenly, but clined to make any comment over arrangement. showed de- the consent of been still, the representation. denied the people of the District. Commission Rule Praised. ““There are those of us, and I be- | tablishments enumerated in the com. | lisve the large majority of the resi- are brick and elay | dents of the District, who crave na- We love our e her to the best of grant that first of all as its great founder called it. the Federal City. and that, therefore, the present Federal con- of municipal affairs is logical. W city than is Washington. Certainly our commission from the Government works admirably and places the af- tairs of the city in the hands of men who render efficient and unselfish service. “But there is a clear line of de- marcation between local affairs in the Federal City and the right which every citizen of the United States should possess of having a voice in the Government to' which he gives his allegiance, “On behalf of the permanent resi- dents of Washington who since the day of its founding have given much to the Nation, I ask that we be not denied the privileges which the hum- blest son of the Republic has a right to_enjov." Dr. Lewis, in conclusion, pictured a brilliant future for the National Capi- tal in the following words: “But with the vote or without it, The South Carolina day program, |there is a spirit developing in Wash- however, did not interfere with District day cereronies. " the ington which will carry it on te (Continued on Page 4, Columm §) ’ i

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