Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1926, Page 2

2 * PROGRESS SHOWN INSTREET REPAIRS Part of $1.000000 Resur- facing Fund Alletted to Feeder Thoroughfares. Note—This is the coneluding article of n series dealing with the treatment of feeder streets lrading into the viain avenue of approach to the Natonn Capital imonnt of this In addition tn the larce asphalt resurfacing mer and Fall. the h expects to have clnse in the currer® appropr ' Winter month= for u i i pr of renewing old asphalt Spring . This work streets already Spring. and the locations Wil remaininz $200,000 is to he sent he decided upon until afte engineers see where Winter W dnee the most damaze Congress at the la creased the lump sum for repairs streets to £1,000,000, the larges: fund for this class of work the District has had. Half of this was set nside for routine maintenance. such = patching bad hnles in all sections The remaining £300.000 was allotted ta the compiete vesurfacinz of the oldest asphalt s which are vond the staze where j Sum sram styeets next wiil he i add Jisted for pot nat cote nr eood Fapenditures to Total $300.000. By the time work slacks up in Decenvher estimated ahout 2800 007 will have heen spent nut of thie aliotment vinz a substantia! halance 1o keep the sieam rollers go e at pace next Spring until the appropriation for the fiseal vear 192523 is availahle Most of this resurfacing out 1ump sum is in the central portion of ‘he where practic all streets are asphalt paved and whe of renewal fell hehind durinz and fol owing the war. It was with 5 view tn bringing this rénewal nf ol streets up to date that Congress vaised the lump sum 10 $1.000.000 and the hich way division hopes to have a sin ameunt allowed for the next three or four years This resurfacing of ald asphalt will improve a good man: streers that are fmportant from a traffic standpoint. hut is apart from the problem of pu ting permanent pavement on outlyinz streets throuzh which trafic flows to and from the main boulevards, Will Dress Up Outlying Feeders. €. B. Hunt, engineer has indica that, with the main all_completed. his dnring the next few years will 1urn attention tn these outiying ferders. In a previnns fssue an outline was given of the cituation in the Northwest section of the ritv with regard to sireets that connect na‘turally with houlevards In the Northeast, Scutheast and Southwes! inns there are similar highways that hear an important rela tion to the houlevards because of the trafic they carry In the unfinished year's paving program funde are availahie. streets definiielr listed for improve ments at the east end of the city, nam 1y G street southeast. from 14th to 13th and from 1&th to 17th streets, £16.000. Sixteenth straet southeast. A strest to Massachusetts avenue, $15.000. Sixteenth street northeast. East Capltol 10 B strest, $15,000, and 1, street northeast, Second to Sixth streets. 325,000 street it i steads wilevards nearly of this which portion for Fngineer Hunt. discussing t eral question of feeders to bo mentioned a number of road the eastern portion of the city that would fall within that class and he considered in A progr perman ently improvinz sich highways within the next faw vears Minnesota avenve. running from Penngyivania avenue southeast fo Anacostia and Congress Heights, is an important secandary traffic street, in Mr. Hunt's npinion It now has a gravel surface Alabama avenue {s annther feeder that serves this same territory from the top of Pennsyl vania avenue hill to Gand Hope road 1t i partly maradam and partly gravel and. therefore. requires con gtant maintenance. Ir the neighhor hood of Renninz read. Mr. Hunt pointed out that Central avenue. a feeder running to Capitol Heights, has recently heen paved Turning next to Rladenshurg road, the engineer was nf the belief that most of the traffic on that thorough fare keeps going straight. Althongh Fouth Nakota avenue rins across as a connecting link hetween Riadens burg road and Rhode Isiand avenue, Mr. Hunt said he would hardly class it ae a secondary trafic street from the paving standpoint at this time Heavily Traveled Route Cited. Twelfth street m of northeast from Rhode Isiand avenue northward to Monree streat is A heavily traveled route and prohably will he listed fe Improvement hafare lang. Menroe straet j= another throuzh trafic street batween Rhnde Island and Michigan avenuas and has heen partl: With eoncrete at the eastern and In addition tn these antiving fic feeders, a tour of the city certain portions of heavy etreets nearer o the center city are in need of attention asphalt patching ganzs. This work on asphalt thoreughfares, how ever, can he done out of the Jump sum available tn the enzineer depart ment for maintenance North Capitnl street hetween New York and Fiorida avenues is a worn shows traffc of the by the pair etretch nf acphalt likely ta he renewed | tn the near future. Florida which carries a constant flaw town traffie. shawe the naed of pateh Ing at certain places. In the 1hwest through route from the waterfront to the navy vard and Anacostia and gives evidence of neading attent various places NINE PLEAD NOT GUILTY ON LIQUOR CHARGES Men Accused of Being Heads of “Synthetic Gin Syndicate’” Ap- pear in Cleveland. Avenue. of cross N cireer feoa Br the Asaciated Press CLEVELAND. Octoher £ 112 defandarts eited in the gin evndicate indictment Federal grand jury last Spring ap pearsd late vesterdav hefare Federal Tudge Jones and pleaded not muilty to the allegations against them They were Frank Fogel. Benjamin and David Gersonstein. all of Phila Aelphia. alleged leaders of the gin svndicate: Harry Fishman of New Nine of “synthetie vored York. and Samusl Goldherg of Pitts- | burg. both alleged ring purchasing agents. Eli Hart, owner of a transfer and storage house buginess in Duluth; Leslia R Horn of Detroit, Julius Michels of St. Paul and Charles F Lobdell of Minneapelis Previous honds ranging from $7.500 e $10.000 were allowed to remain un changed. The defendants were given | until November 1 to file dem The defendants were chareed wirh spiracy in connection with w! nh‘unura ture of . rre division | { flercest of the | e the work | 1 put of highways. | ted within the past few days | there are four | | siderably Heavy Rain Cuts | Telephone Service Throughout City ppled Ahe Last night's telephone sertica ity last night Two hundre: focted. dewnporr throughous frunk lines were af the majority of them around Fifteenth and streets and F.fteenth street and Vermont avemie. These was siid. are connecting imes between the West and Atlantic stations. Al the other =ta fons were 1leo afecied This merninz it was imposseble get & call throuzh West o Atlantic aperitodfs on the Atlzntic exchanze conld get calls o the West exchanse i i round about way The s fort ¥o it to from Will be yecored to der during the n: working o was i® SENATORIAL RACE HOT IN MISSOURI Hawes Has Support of a: United Democracy in Con- test Against Williams. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Special Dispateh ta The S1a ST LOULE, M ball mad St Lonis and eqaally tie Missouri points east, west and south, have littie cones ties at this dour, yet this (v der State i< m the thick of on. electron in Ovtaber 6. Base pesta- north nin g al | of tas ite conte tory The senatorial race | publican meumbent, € liams, and his Demociatie rival, resentative Harry K. Hawes, is close, and growing hotter from honr to hour. s outeome 1= fraught with com uncertainty. Present-hour condi Missonuri ung Ay in doubtful column. German Vote to Figure, In St Lows. which will be the de cisive latteground, there i consider- alle evidence that the tide is running | fave Representative Hawes. The m normally Republi- an by or more. The Demo wats contend, with a convincing ray of facts und fig that they w “ome from dowrn State with a Haw nAJOrity of net less than 30000 and swamp Willian.s, no matter he : 3 vote he rolis up in the city tican mans meede that s the home town of hoth candidites. will give Hawes a heavy vote because of his ringing wet attitude and sonal papular The (ierman . - cans of South St Louis—the same ele. ment that elected “Jim™ Reed in 1422 will swing strongly in Hawes' tion. His standing with St zenerally will the regular Democrats do not need tn earry Louls to win, Their objective is to keep Williams' vote here down to the narrowest possible proportions. On that they are hending all energies. The resnl: the \Williams-Hawes contest may depend upon the outcome of a modern Lincoln and Douglas dehate a duel hetween the oratorical giants of the United States Senate, Rorah of Idaho and Reed of Missouri. Borah has placed his speaking services at the disposal of the Repuhlican senatorinl campaign committee. Thix is ane of the Midwest States assigned him. If he comes into Missouri to ald Senator Willlams, Borah will con- offset the great mainsta of the Hawes campaign, Senator “Him” Reed, who is stumping the State with all the effectiveness horn of his heightened prestigs at Wash- ington, Tssues Not € tn arly Cut. On what issue Borah will go to the mat with Reed is not cie “Rhey not | Hawes' see eve 1o exe in their enmity to the Waorld Court, which is realls not at stake in the Missouri fight hecause both Williame and Hawes oppese it. Rut the forensic contesi hetween the Senate’s outstanding debatery will he thrilling. whatever thexr argie ahout. Rorah is said in Missouri to he irked aver the long strides Ree in the Senate. If the Idahuan's silver tongue can help Williams smash Hawes, whose paramount hope is Reed, Borah's status in the Senate will be carrespondingly enhanced. As hoth men are ed with presiden- tial ambitions. their impending clash- atarms in Missouri has move than a local aspect The weak point in the Hawes armor is acknowledged to he the Ku Klux Klan danger. The hooded knights oppose the St Louis Repre. sentative hecanuse of his general wet ness and his specific modificationist views. Once upon a time the Klan had power over political life and death in Missomri. lis menace ix what it used Ve, hut it is formidal h oo cause managers some sleepless nights. They claim also 1o fear te enon still improved | traf- | | other t with in| i will by | . | ment [ ders. | Aned Inrush of, “Republican gold” at eleventh hour the campaign. in the same tweath plead their impoverishment But the Hawes people se these perils. real and imagin factor an which their fondest are pinned. That factor i a “united Democracy.” fAghting shoulder to shoulder for the first time since Reed Demoerats and Wilson Demoerats wielded their axes against an during the World War, Today olated exceptions, these once implacahle Missouri foemen are marching in solid phalans nst a Ax one Demoerats All for Hawes, Charles M. Hay son chieftain fantly for Ha ix. Hay is not nator lieed only an azdent Wil <onfan, but an outstanding Missouri drv. who was ence an astorney \nriSalon League. With Democrats, Reed Demacrats, wet Democerats and dry Democrats pre senting an allied front. Howes con ciders that his forfunes are in un promising shape. any appreciahle importance in the Missonuri campaign thoush Hawes, poll & tremendous “thirs: amonz Repuhlicans and Democr alike. Rlodgett Priest. Williams' Re. publican drv opponent in the pri maries. ohtainad 85000 votes, Hawes thinks he will capiure & heavy per. centage of these. especiallv in St Louix. Willams is rather nen.com mittal on the Liyuor issue = Senator Willis who i an intel Jectual lawyer with a judicial tempera. inheri from six ve; Firenit heneh, is mot rolling up cleeves azainst Hawes as some G. O, T, managers think he must do 1o win Williams insists he is fizhting for cause.” and to date has refused tn deviate from highgrade tactics. Unul 2 few dayve ago the chief Willlams ipeaker. former Gov. Arthur M. Hyde Was making speeches not lacking in punch, Hawes set in to retort in ind. He announced he was ready to match personality with personality, if The Republicans wanted that kind of a merap. The resull was prompt or- apparently instigated hy that the contest must he con o v Hyde has quit aking. for the time heing. at least ad Williams is continuing to extol Wilson ms his liame he econemic achisvements of the e oaiee aqministration. To paint the he Worll Cowt and to his | " this hax made | an | the | and | own | hopes | ¢ the | = a wet of the wats, | ve | on the | wil- | TREASURY CORNER CONTROL NEEDED Congestion at Ma'dison Place and Avenue Is Danger- ous Problem. he d'rector of irafe, the TraMe Bu- | reau and the Metropolitan Police are in | thorough agreement that “something “uzht to be done” to relieve conges- | tion and trafe jams which oceur frequently throughout the day at the | corner of Madison place, Eust execu. | tive avenue and Fennsylvania avenue. | hut investigacon hy The Star reveals ihat heyond this nothing has been ' done 1o snlve the prohlem. | A early as Jaruayy 24 Inspector | Brown of the Traflic Bureau recom mended that 4 policeman he stationed ' «t this corner, “wiih:n the shadow of the White House,” und one of the buslest street intersections in Wash. inkton throughout the daw. The di | rector of traffic, M. O. Eldridge, is of the same opinion. Inspector Shelby. | | personnel offi the Metropolitan Police, thinks the same thing. Bul. 1 taking refuze behind the explan@tion i that there are noi enough policemen 16 g0 around. the Pulice Dspartment { has left the corner ungnarded except an officer who is taken off hix bheat to direct traffie there during the morning and -afternoon rush hou the vesult that the corner ion i net only dangerons asents throughon! the day a Affic and mis-ups, 13 Pofice on Duty. Washingon, the capital of the Na-| in hur tnre noowitie § ey, is un flie throughout “he ant corner, hecatise e spared for the | o the statement of { vile 10 reguinie tiy day at this imy a singie officer ¢4 1ask, d | Inspector % | Talice uMivia’s, they declare, would | [like 10 see n policeman stationed at | intersect from 730 am. to| {830 pan. daily and also at 10:30 pm., (1o regnlate the hoavy trafe that pours | through these aricries at the conclu- | [xion of theater performances. o would tha \vashinzton public. accord. | {ing 10 the tone of remarks N those | wh zht in the | Selecting (for no partieular r {the half Lour hezinning at vesterdav afiernoon. an ohserver took a position on the sonthwest corner and watched the heavs volume of traf Hlow an fion nd he. come clogged of the crossing, whiie At the curbing, stood on one foot and | then on the other, waiting patiently an opport unds T ger theonsh the whitedined Lines preovided for them While there was no accident in this half hour, the lafihand turns. from Ease Executive avenue into Pennsyl vannia avenue west, and from Penn- svivania avenue to Madison g e, ithin the first five minnies of oh- servation, cansed seven jams, lasting | only a very short time. but demon strating conclusively the need for | hourly regulation. i Every minute of that perind marked | the passaze of automohiles through | these important arteres. the pre- | ponderance of {raffic at that time| seeming to he from Pennsvlvania west and from Fast Executive av nue. At least ome-third of the cars| emerging from these streets executed lefthand turns. Confu The soon became | routine. string of rushed {norti on East Executive avenue, while Pennsylvania avenue, gofng ea line came along. Fach | e natmally, seemed to take . man for him- ! qelt, pushed his car as far as )n would go. Then the leading ecar lin either group would signal a left. [hand turn, about the time x stree: « clanging its bell and applyving |its brakes, added to the confusion In {4 secand there were cars in the mid- idle of the stveet pointing all direc. {tions, with lines vunning hack inte ithe four streets, hlocking pedestrian {traffic and creating one of the nu | merous 30 ar 40 second jams. Some one would give wav, sacie Ifice his right to push ahesd and let the other fellow ‘g0 by, and i an- | ather few seconds cars would he run ning east and west or north and| south. In a short time the whole thing would he repeated again | On one oceasion a heavy truck turned west fhto Pennsylvania avenue from East Executive avenue and, just ax it was #bout to compiere the change tn direction. the engine st Other from East Executive avenie had erowded 1 to within an inch of each other, while rafMc going south on Madison place was haited by the lead- er of that line, who wished to make a | ert-hand turn into Pennsyivania ave- nue. That leader conld get nowhere { hecause of the line of cara from East Executive avenue held up by the stall- truek. and the line running into n place was likewise sialled. and west traffic was paralyzed until the huge trick got under way | ance maore. | Kivery street ¢ar going east or west | forced ta apply its hrakes at this point 1o avoid collisions with spoedy, | “ent-cornered” left-hana turns, and 1t i« not an uncommon thing tn And fhem in ahe center of jams ot this point. Brakes seream. fires drag on the roadway and fenders and humpers click at vegular iftervals. The motor hreathes a sigh of relief as he leaves this problem behind him. in Ctions the eenter nedestrians, run of events cars | fon Becomes Routine. i | | Lon lanother long driver, the Ivery and I a { defend his own Washington. | n unlikely 1 | two-vear record at the Democrats finish without will tet the eampaizn smoking ont Williams on certaln per. sonal propositions. They are already jdaring him, for instance. to explain his alleged vote for Reed in the 2 senatorial campaign. They are chal (lenging his “lighining change™ on farm hilis in the Senate accusing him of heinz against the administation | measures, but voting for them when | his personal tally showed the bills | weg heaten If “Williams and his friends eved into a eampaign of pe they have twa issies re One = Hawes' record as S mmissionar twenty-odd | vears ago. Those were the days of {roughand-ready tactics at election 1ime. There are weird stories of hew { Hawes' hiuecoats systematically “heat 1p inoffensive voters who laoked like ! Ltepublicans. 1t is xaid that Senainf ! Williams himseif bears the sear of an | encounter with Hawes' policemen on tne of those turhulent nceasion:. But a more up-to-date {ality” which may enliven the cam | paign ix the charge that if Missorri | tends Hawes tn the Senate. Senator | Reed will have two vetes in tha i body. That & to say, Hawes' | ponents are alleging that Hawes is a | Reed puppet. and that his every thought, emation and act in the up. per houss would be in response to “his master's voice.” ¥ is easy to | imagine how Feed would handie such an accusation. That may he one of | the reasons Williams' managers have | |nnt vet signaled such a line of al~1 se. palice person 1ack . At a wedding in Hull. England. re. cently. the ceremany gas performed by a hrother of the hride. another hrother was organist. another best | man and another gave the bride away. ent traffic jams at Pennsylvania avenue a mntrolled all day by a traffic offic ave not enongh Lower: Snapshot of heavy f lets nature take its course. ther PERSONAL PROPERTY ISSUE CONTESTED Question of Assessment on Potomac Light Company Overhead and Underground Construction. Are the conduits, overhead and undergronnd construction of the lectrie Power (o. through and npon Government and private property real personalty? | “The company claims thay are personal property, while the District Commis sioners assert they constitute real estate and have assessed taxes total- ing §190.000 for the years 1917 to 19 Justice Stafford of the Distriet Su poles, Potomac By The Associated P HANKOW, aber Ivunches and several succeeded in bringing 12,000 women and children to this city from the neighhoring city of Wuchanz, wher Northern and Southern Chinese troops are at death grips. The rescue was cifected Sunday and Monday after a previons attempt had failed. when the preme Court today henrd arguments | <hips were fired on and forced 1o ve of counsel on this proposition of law. | 1, although opposing forees had An agreed statenient of facts wi v agreed to the resci mitied to the court by Attorney 8. R. [ The Northern troops whe ave hold- Bowan for the company and Assistant [ine Wuchang against the hesieging Corravation Cotnsel Williims for the [Cantonese, have permirted the hegsar Distriet Commi: The court is [and improverished element o the axpected to ti tter under ad- | civilian population to depart. holding Yvisement. the better classes in the city The heaving is on a suit bronght by [ Chavitable organizations are caving the company 1o vieate the assessment | for the rescued, who velate appalling of the poles and other eqnipment men- | stories of conditions in Wuchang tioned as real estate and to set aside | They sayv the people. desperate from the tax of $190,000. starvation, are eating dogs, cats and . rats, Tree roots and leaves had al MAY RESTORE TERRAPIN. ready heen eaten. Military Suffer Also. Special Dispateh 1o The Star BALTIMORE. October The military as well as the civilian population avving after consum- the restoration of the diamond-back terrapin to his old place ag one of the ing all the live stock. Rodies litter the streets, unburied hecanse coffins chief products of the Chesapeake Bayv arve heing considered. according to e nnobtainable. K11 available coffine ve heen filled with nd and used s harricades, State Conservation Commissioner | “Tpp Ui in Cie Feport that 200 Swepson Karle ern soldiers were killed during a re Diamond-back cent sortie from the city zates. hecoming extinet in the bay, Mr. Farle | ““rho reccue vessels are to cross the sald. Fearing their eventual extermi. | yangise River azain to hring to sfety nation, the commission and the United States Rurean pf Fisheries are study ing means to conserve the supply and stimulate their propagation. Fifty vears agn, Mr. Earle said, ter. ping were so plentiful that fisherme frequently gave them away. Kven veare agn edible terrapin sold for about $10 a dozen. and the sea-food delicacy was listed on menusg of many hotels and restanrants, e to rapid deple. tion of the supply, diamond-back fer rapin now seil for about $60 a dozen Mr. Barle said. “Even at this price they seldom are found on restaurant menus.” #—Two rescue estate . lighters have B Plans for rth- terraping ave rapidly negotiations hetween the AN peice ve heen broken off | opposing 1roops hi entirely. When the narthern troaps repeated refused to surrender the city the ARRESTS OF TR v 2.815 in August—Four Per- sons Killed. RSDAY. ding 10 post FOR TH 1ries appenr FIRST RACE—Clainy for men 2-sear-olds i hat 1ot 10t 114 a8 103 143 10 fes entry o1 et Woadis Gartn entry. B RACE—Claiming - purae. $1.300 YN i vns mle and 50 vards Helene Hackw'th 103 ! oo 10 tions of the traffi code dropped perceptibiy during the month of Septembe monthly report o Supt. today. Totgl Arrests for traffi hreaches last month numhered 5. as compared with 2.815 during August tand 180 during July, the report shows, Largest reductions were in Ariving cases, which fell from rests in Augnst to 140 last month. and in speeding cases, which were reduced from 393 cases in Augusi. and from K28 in July, fo 281 in September. here has been an increase. however, in arrests for driving whhe intoxi- 1 ted, the numbers heing 41 in Julv, I3 3 in August and 38 last month 10 During September the 1R | shows, there were four persons Killed here in traffic mishaps and 9 athers serionsly injured and less ously hurt. The total number of acei dents was set at 531 Arrests for felonies increased the number in August, a tofal of 316 heing reported for September, as or posed to but 242 for August. Arrests inder the Volstead act also leaped. mounting to 41% for last month. s compared with 401 for August. Viol tions of the Sheppard law were re ported at 1,263 during last month and 999 during Avgust. Arvests for " S o . according to the Maj. and made puhlic L B an 101 0 o police Jdwin B, Con Ameni Alnhahet Hesse, nzeris Kitle Water Bahy *Myes Relvie *Spanish Castle Also elizihle. - 196 Twiz law i Gl reckle: \ Tl TRD R. Claimin: piree, $1.300: LA T oo Then. .11 Caveteen it N arinll] ming: purse. $1.500 Ly miles, Sonny Red Stone 'TH RACE. 101 nl‘an-\ 108 Wriesi 100 RACE—The Cumbariand Purse. de and up: 14 miles. owis ... 110 Harx Baker . MeAWMIT I 103 Big Biaze . Festival 103 Ingrid . 4 07 QIXTH RACFE—The Tyrone Purse. $1.300 a.ymar-olds: 5ty furlongs. 12 103 | 108 108 13 oures. | sNo over “FIFTH <1200 Heyear-e 103 113 10 Sea Mose L. SEVENTH RACE — Clamins SonT N crar alAs and un: 104 mi 113 Open Hand . 105 *Frank Fogarty. 108 *Aoprentice allowance rclaimed. Weather clear. track sloppy. cent Trish Free State's census that proportionaliy mere The v ealed . 108 | United States than from any other country. flic at this corner—traffic which adopts the slo; Lotr | -| s many more refugees as possible. | steamer Kiawo, 185 ar- | 111 | women emigrate from Ireland to the | | with enue, a busy corner, which ot be, it is stated, hecause man for himself,” and 12.000 STARVING REFUGEES WIN WAY OUT OF BESIEGED WUCHANG, Scenes of Horror, With Dead Littering' Streets and Populace Feeding on Cats, Dogs and Rats, Described. Cantonese mounced they would place an endmizo on the city and cut all i connications. How have succeeded s he the refuzees supplies well they vaphically vevealed Scene of Bitter Fighting. Wichang has lheen the scene of some of the bitterest fighting in the present war. Bxaet information is lacking with regard to who is winning in other aveas. It is unknown here which side holds Nanchang the fate of the ihahitants since the sontherners cap- d Tehan, where communications with Kiukiang were cut off. The vn mor, that the southerners have cap- tured Kinkiang is doubied here. Reports received from 1 toher 1 told of supposedly 1dvices veceived theve f1 nkow Oc- wihentie anchang veizn of terror in the latier city of Sun Chuan-Fang in possession of the place. Attack British Action. SHANGHAL October () —A message from Hankow savs that dur- ing an anii-British meeting held there vesterday in protest against ghe ac. tion of the British recently in Aring wpon and killing Chinese at \Wanh sien, mueh anti-British literature was disseminated. British marines pre- vented the demonstrators from enter ing the Rritish concession The British gunboat Mantis and the which has heen ean- A British n vessel, Wanhsien for Cungking, where it iz reported efforts are heing made (o intimidate Chinese employes of Rritish residents. nps verted inta have left AFFIC | SOVIET PUTS COLONY VIOLATORS FALL OFF ON WRANGEL ISLAND September Reports 2.558 Against Fifty Emigrants Established in Arctic to Hold Russia's Claim to Land. By the Associated Pre IRKIUTSK, Hastern § er 6. Whatever claim the United States and Canada may have had to Wrange! Ieland is held hy Soviet opin- ion to have disappeared with the es. tablishment there of Russia’s first colony and the raising of the Red flag The new settlement at Rogers Bay consists of 30 emigrants from the Si- herian mainiand, taken there by the tussian volunteer fleet steamer Stav wpol. The Soviet government pro- vided the settiers ‘with money, cloth ing and foed for three vears, They form the nucleus of the larger colony which the government hopes o extah lish, It ix intended to administrative center polar regions. Siberian #overnment officials helieve the islapd s not only of mreat stratezic value to the Sovier union, especially aerial hase, Lt that it ean be made #n important econom and industrial factor, as it ahounds in furs. fisheriex and min erals. Russian observers also report in- dieations of the presence of gold, plati- num and oil. MRS. COWEl:L A WINNER. E. Cowell, widow of Alex- was vietorious in an match eon- Home and Petworth heria, Octo. ke Wrangel the of the Russian Mrs. Mary ander T. Cowell shioned spelling by the Petworth tion at the t nicht. mtestants were arvanged in four groupe. with the winner of each gr competing for final hongrs. match was a feature of & meeting of the association. |Scientist Predicts Increase in Sun’s Curative Powers By the Associated Press. PASADENA, Calif., Octaber 6. The curative powers of the sun's rava are to be greatly increased during the next vear, according to Dr. Edison Psttit of Mount Wilson Ohservatory here, He has an. nounced that he has fonnd that the ultra-violet rays of the sun. the part of the sunlight that cures some diseases, and also canses xun Inirn, are 1o he more numerous in 1927 This is caused. hé sail. by the increasing of the spats ongt sun. - i, will much figures that the sun give off ahout 2l times as nitra-violet light in 1927 as it did in 1923, when the spots were less numerons, The 11.vear maxi mum of spois on the sun will he réached next . he said ST. LOUIS FANS SHOW GREATER ENTHUSIASM AS 4TH GAME OPENS First Pettit (ontinned from Puge.) and Haines in two games and haven't gotten a base runner to third in 1t inninz “We hope to get goinz today Manager Miller Huggins. “our ean't tied indefinitely, The are hound to get some hits out their system.” a hoys of Rooters Seem Stronger. Instead of hausied from near s interrupted cheering. {celebrating. the haidy Cardinal voot ers seemed stronger than ever. | The advance jam inside the park wa in a continual uproar, velling a1 the slightest provocation or npen appar ently none ai all. A band in left field helped keep things lively. Manager Rogers Hornsby of tne Cardinals shifted his earlier pitching plans on arrival at the park. an- nouncing Rhem. the club's leading pitcher during the pennant season, 1 would draw the assignment Ithem was given the over Arthir Reinhart, southpaw. atter making un_appeal for a chance to tame the New Yorkers “I'm sure 1 can lic if I get the chan, Hornshy “Ail vight, hoy, vou're elected | manager replied. Yankees Like Fast Ball. Hornshy had previously hesitated to send Rhem to the moind because | his fast hall was considered made t or w' the Yankee sluggers. ¢ success with speed as well as pguinst the Huzmen vesterday | however. has put a different slant to | the situation. . | An hour hefore the zame, at 1230 { p.m.. central time. the <kies were still fiecked with clouds, bui they were not of the variety to zive much prospect of rain. There seomed indication that the fonrth game could he put throngh withont interruptions from the weather, It was chilly enough, however. to make furs and topeoats comfortable The stands took in their quotas of fandom rapidly. with hundreds ing standing room. The gates to the unreserved hleacher sections were closed shortly after 12:30. | Knocks Ball Far. | The Cardinals, finishing their | ting practice with a series arse or ex ding and hese fellows Ithem told the hat line singles, surrendeved the fleld 1o the Yanke The Yankees were zoing for distance and the erowd roared when Bahe Ruth drove one so far to vight that it landed in the rear of the s, Waite oyt took purt in the ee hatting practic | arivie, former Red Sox out- I A who has heen kept fn a state ful waiting on the Yankee heneh during the series, hit two | towering fliex over the right-feld stunds in succession, mbs cansed Charlie O'Leary, th York eonch, to fall to the ground in a successful effort to dodge a line drive. If the dodging had heen lese <ure the Yankees would have heen shart one ecoach. “The sun continued to shine and the «ky was hlue in contrast to the gray atmekphere when erdaye gAme startad AUCTION BRIDGE CLUB SOON TO BE ORGANIZED Washington Enthusiasts Given Op- New ¢ I portunity to Enjoy Amusement | Popular in Other Cities. ( Wash- rtan selves ons. ed o Auetion hridge enthusinsis ¢ ington ave scon to be given Ap ity to enjoy und ta perfect they {in the game under ideal con | An anction bridge elub. ealeut meet a long-felt want, is soon dted. with aquarters the Hatel i has its Portiand. New | the Cavendish and the Knickerhe and many other cities their auction hridge clubs, where members meet | develop all that s hest in the game, hut up to the present time Washing {ton har never established a similar ! organization. [ Membershin will necessarily e lim ited. while the list of those who have |consented 1o act as patrons and PArloneases ix said o assure suceess nvitations have not vet heen issued, [ hut it ix understood many have ex- | pressed a desire 1o he enrolled as members. The cluh is expectsd 1o e cupy its quarters ahout the middle of November. Announcement is in May Vork is made that the services of Mre. Charles Keene, a well known Washington author and authorlty on the game, have heen cnred for the new organization. MEIKELJOHN ADVOCATES EDUCATED DEMOCRACY Professor Says People Treated as if They Were What They Are Not. » tated Tross Minn. October & Hailling demacracy as “a delusion, gospel. a venture,” Dr, Alexander Meikeljohn, University of Wisconsin profes criticized bad thinking as treason in an address here last night. “Democracy. a self-evident fallure.” said. “treats people as if they were intelligent. kind, re. high, generous and sweet, when they ure nothing of the sort ting education, an educate all ito understand what whole (s doing. then democracy.” Holding that the only sin is willingness to believe some thing when there is no evidence for belleving it. the speaker declared this traft is “exemplified faday in re- ligion. polities,” groups, sects and parties.’ “We even go so far as 10 say who ever challenges dogma is disloval Loyalty to the Constitution is to think of ft—just swallow it whe The Secret Seriice will zet after you it dont.” he wsserted, the people the group as a you'll have a vou . The Ahu caM. road of Raiputana India, has been macadamized and is At for automobile traffic-sven in the flood season. ‘ ve of un-| preference | ker. | ‘SPEAKERS OPPOSE CLOSED-SHOP IDEA {National Association of Man- ufacturers Listens to Host of Topics. NEW ¥ . Octoher 6. The shop in industrial circles was 'posed by speakers hefore the Na mal Association of Manufacturers In convention at the Waldorf Astorix Hotel today. Dr. Charles R the association s subject. suhmitted an adverse report to such a poliey, while John Henrs Hammond of Riown Rrothers & Co.. bankers. John lester Dryden, dent of the | v ation. and D, 3 president of Colgate 1 niversity pressed the opinion that the he employe and the smplover be better off were the npe. | versally ostablished ! In his report Dr. King declared the | closed shop 1o e “a complete denial of the American ideal or individual libeity."” and said it promoted waste inefficiency and higher costs to the consumer. o the King. chairman committee on public, wenil shop uni i Points to Coal 1 | The closed i fields was strat 3 union <hop in the coal decia responsible o ‘I\)(hfll' production cogte, limitation of outpur - an stant interruptions jand sirite” by My Hammond | I it were not for the nenwnim {mines. anr cgal eoste wonld he ey ‘n!h ant and fast Winter many of ne might have frozen ta death he said | Building trades <uffer in large «itios {where the clnsed shap pradominated he said. and higher | rosuts. 1 oAnd <o {tien to the the added, taves and rents ar as the banker's rela i concerned.” interestud the edit of the harrower, If the latter is <o well situated that he can aver lcome the handicap of the closed <hop. ithe credit will he granted, but the wise hanker is hound ta fake inin consideration the added risk I Mr. Dryden told the canvention Fthat only 20,000 of the 700,000 workers laf Detroit were emploved in closed shops. He attributed Detroit's rapid expansion and prosperity ta that fact Says Closed Shop Must Gn. ten said the closed shop must go if the ecapltallabor problem wiik to he settied, and urged a the onen shop as the anly solution 1 shop ix the American plan, “then the closed non unien sn. Just as un-American i the ol G union shop.™ He wrged the ciation 1o the Nation hy annihilating the non unfon shop and shew the pihlic that Von are not assos ted or afiliated with anv emplovers wha o o UTRY closed shops of either kind, union o nnanion, n { Big Foreign ' | Stantey I ing for the committee on foreign frade, said the recent fiseal year was the sreatest for |the export of American manufactures that this country has ever known. Ex I ports ncreased 10 per cent over the i previous vear. he nd wers 0 iper cent higher than four vears he | fore. | The assor ident, John Ifered 1o e through its presi . vesterday of I the farmers of the country in helping to solve their nomic problems. H s the chief producing | said. addrexsing the ¢ | “there are more tles of e terest betwesn the farmer and the | manufactu than between any other |aroups in sociery.” \id. the Pledges Farmers Mr facty Fdgerion declared Association has sition to intrude inte the farm sitm; tion for pubMelty or other reasans n | sanctined hy i sense of fairdealin and good taste.” “Rut we are Manu no dispo ready.” he said, "t contribute the facilities of one organ | ization and of our individial sympa { thies to co.operate with the farmers {in earrying ot any sonnd plan that | Peompatible with the zenine f onr [politleal institutions and which thes themselves can agree npen Adequate Water fransportation Is one of the itest needs of the coun iry and it is the duty of the husines | men of the Nation 1 i, dokn [ H. Small of North ¢ a former memher of the rivers harbors committee, told the He urged the necessity water terminuls and also vitally necessary for the hoai lines to establish methods of prorating with each other and with the/rail lines just ax the railroads have done. In sipphy Vina and 180t io of proper said it is | | Women nstry. Admiral Charles 1. Plunkett ymmandant of the Brooklyn Na told the convention Anierie ave a merchant muarin carrying at least half this try's exports and imporie Women in indusiry was the two addresses hefore the ftion. Mrs. Clarence M. Smith. na | tional “eouncilor of the National | Women's Party. declarsd the right of woman to equal rights with men | should he established by Constity tional amendment. She declared the Lonly right women have | gained the first equal rights convention 1848 was the right to ! vate, |STARVATION THEATENS | VICTIMS OF FLOODS of conven | Water Selling at Premium After | { Sonora Capital's Plant Is “Drowned Out.” :Iv the Assnciated Preas NOGALES. Ariz. October & Wit I 20 known dead and hhundreds of fami ! lins homeless, the people of the state | af Sonora. Mexico, are endeavoring to | sulvage their helongings from the are: devasiated by last week's unprece. | dented rains. The search for bodies continues, with the expectation that | the death toll will mount. | Reports reaching here from the | south%ay that persons residing in the | vieinity of the Rio Sonora and the Rio San Miguel and their tributar | are faging starvation unless they m aid. selling at a premium in pital of the state of So. nora. the destruction of the wa [ter plant. and food ix very scarce. The Saithern Pacific de Mexico ar need from Its offices hers th Kilometers of track were washed by the floods, cure immediate is | MISSING EDUCATOR FOUND CHICAGO, October & () The Her. lald snd Examiner, in a coprighted digpatch from Dallas. Tex., says that Lewis E. Larson. former manager of {the Chicago Board of Education, who . has heen from | vanish mysteriously in 192 | found in Dallas, suffering of memor missinz Chicazoan working intendent |las cone company {vears, using the name “f the paper says His amp summoned him 1o Dallas son Leonard planned today. & heen o Dal for two Lawson.” wers have where his to meet him !