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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- fair and ooohr;oflnm tion is delivered to Washington homes pm. lowed by er tonight, Highest, 65, at 2 N Yesterday; lowest, 44, 3t 7 Full report on page 3, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 No. 30,118 KENTUCKY STAGING REAL “HORSE RAGE” INSENATE CONTEST Support of Jockey Club and Biue Grass Liberals Gives Edge to Ernst. DEMOCRATS SAY UNITED PARTY WILL AID BARKLEY Situation So Close That Slight . Defection. May Give Victory to Either of Two Candidates. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staft Correspondent of The Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 16.— Kentucky, where horse racing is both #n industry and a pastime, is staging real “horse race” in the senatorfal ampaign. And the affection of the eople of the Blue Grass country for he sport of kings is likely to be a de- lding factor in the senatorfal elec- lon. Thres years ago the Blue Grass ntry, which lies between the moun- Ins of the eastern part of the State nd the western tier of counties, rose arms against Representative Alben V. Barkley, the Democratic senatorial didate this year, who then was mning for the gubernatorial nomina- n egainst the late Representative Campbell Cantrill. Judge Barkley campaigning for governor on a form ticket, a platform that prom- ed to run pari-mutuel betting at the tracks out of the State. The ds of racing saw in him a threat ell horse racing in Kentucky. The It was the nomination of Mr. antrill after a campaign that lacked fothing in bitterness. The Blue Grass Sountry is strongly Democratic, and it n appreciable number of the Demo- rats of that section support Senator fchard P. Ernst, the Republican can- idate to succeed himself, or stay away from the polls, it wiil go hard with Judge Barkley. “Blue Grass” Unfriendly. Here in Louisville, where the Ken- tucky Jockey Club has its headquar- ters, there are plenty of its adherents who insist that the liberal element in the Democratic party is going to think twice before it casts its ballot for Judge Barkley. Indeed, the reports privately brought from the racing country, where horse raising and horse racing are dear to the hearts of the people, are not favorable to Bark- V. ‘The Democrats supporting Judge Barkley, however, discount these re- ports. They say that the discordant elements of the party are really to- ether again, that the race this year s vastly different from what It ‘was three vears ago, when a governor was to be elected who might have been able to carry out his threats egainst the race tracks. The election of a United States Senator, whose ac- tivities will be centralized in Wash- ington and not in Kentucky is an- other thing than the election of a governor. Furthermore, they point to the statements jssued by Mrs. J.C. Cantrill, the widow of the late Repre- sentative Cautrill, indorsing the can- didacy of Judge Barkley. They point, too, to the support of James E. Cantrill, son of Campbell Cantrill, given the Democrat senatorfal can. didate. Former Senator Stanley, a Jeader of the liberal element of the party, likewise is campaigning vigor- ously for Judge Barkley. G. 0. P. Growing Along Border. For the last 30 years the balance between the Republicans and the Democrats of Kentucky has been rowing more and more even. It has een the history of the border States enerally. As industries have grown, epublicanism has grown. It is cus- tomary to think and speak of Ken- tucky as a Democratic State, but the election of Republican governors, of Republican Senators and the close Vvote in presidential elections during the last score of years has indicated that Kentucky cannot rightly be reckoned as strongly Democratic, even though a hundred per cent vote ©of the entire State might show the Democrats slightly in the lead. The situation is such that a slight disaffection among the Democrats turns the scales in favor of the Re- publicans. President Coolidge two years ago carried Kentucky by a little less than 25,000 over John W. Davis. It is true that 38,000 votes were cast here for La Follette, the Progressive candidate, but while probably a large number of the La Follette votes were drawn from the Democratic ranks as was the La Follette vote in other States, it is equally true that some Republicans supported the Progres- sive candidate. At the same time President Coolidge was carryving Kentucky for the Re- publican national ticket, the second time since 1897 that such a result has been obtained, Senator Sackett, Re- publican, was defeating Senator Stan- ley by 24,000, with no Pregressive senatorial candidate in the field. Four years earlier Benator Ernst, the present Republican candidate, de- feated his Democratic opponent by 5,000 votes, while President Harding lost the State by 4,000 votes. Wet Issue Fades. The wet and dry issue that is tear- ing some of the States apart this Fall is not in evidence here. Both Senator Ernst and Judge Barklev are rated satisfactory by the drys. Ernst’s record has been 100 per cent dry, the Re- ublicans point out, while Judge Bark- ey has been one of the strongest sup- orters of prohibition in Congress. @ was one of the members of Con- gress who had received honorariums from the Anti-Saloon League for de- livering dry speeches for the league, it t Wwas developed at the senatorial hear- ln&ln ‘Washington last Spring. Antt-Saloon League in Ken- tuc is as Democratic as the Anti- [ 13 League in Ohio and Indiana, for exampie, !s Republican. The league has tied into the more domi- pant party in the various parts of the country where it was striving for 'rmmL This fact may be of assist- nge to Barkley now. gnltor Ernst is making President and prosperity under Re- ublican rule his main issue in the gn. He is urging the voters to send him back to Washington to uphold the hands of the Republican President. Right here it may be well to state that President Coolidge is highly regarded in this State, and (Continued on Page 4, Column.3J Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. a.m. today. Why I Am Coming to America By Her Majesty, the Queen of Rumania As Given to the American Public Through The North American Newspaper Alliance PART 1L want to see, to hear, to learn, to discover in America? Niagara Falls, the Great Lakes, the Mammoth Cave in Ken- tucky and the little States of Rhode Island and Delaware, the huge State of Texas, where there is enough space to give almost every human being in the world one square yard of territory to stand upon. I hope I am not jumbling up all the things that I know about your won= derful country, that I am not making you smile? There is so much, so much, that I must really be forgiven if sometimes I have got it a little bit wrong. I learned all I know little by little, from so many different voices, each of which had wonders to_tell. Shall I see the steel works of Penn- sylvania, beautiful suburbs of all your cities, the Twin Peaks of Cali- fornia, Pike's Peak and Lookout Point and the everglades of Florida? I'm getting quite breathless when I think of traveling across your huge ossessions. I'm sure my. people at ome will get nervous, fearing I shall never come back to them. And, of course, I want to go to Chicago. Friends of All Kinds. Near Chicago are several small centers I want to visit, centers in which I became interested because of personal associations. I have in many places American friends, help- ers and co-workers who have proved their friendship to me over and over in. I never forget a kindness. Royal people are supposed to be un- grateful. I do not think they are. QUEEN MARIE. Surely, 'm not. I remember through 5 scores of years a kind deed done, a kind word said. 4 " My friends have been of all kinds, humble workers and captairts of in- dustry. Some I have met by chance and others I have never even seen. Hundreds write to me, and I treasure their letters They tell me their ideals, their joys, their pains. My thoughts seem to go out to them, and they answer me by trust and love. 4 : You are a young Nation, full of vision. My heart, too, is young with- in me. We each can see the bond between us, the belief that “right makes right,” and that all good, big, true things can be brought about by work and love. Your Statue of Liberty waves a magic wand which will reveal to me unknown depths, things which will stir within me the greatest emo- tions, aspirations and inspirations. Will my pen be stilled by the bewilder- ment of it all, or shall I turn, with an irresistible impulse to put it all down, to take all of it back to my own people, who will be waiting and longing to know what I've seen, thought, felt? But shall I have time? That is the question which tortures me. Perhaps it will be too much. What will inspire and interest me most? Why, the people, of course. The people who are of another race from the one I know; a people cre- ated by a new atmosphere, made by the birth and growth of a new world, an amalgamation of many races come over from the different parts of Europe. Now, you are welded together, speaking our language—the same as my own, for I am English, you know—a big people, a great people, the people of today and tomorrow. . . . Ah, I want to see all that I can of this new world and its people. Would Like to Stay Longer. 1 want tosee . . . tosee . . . tosee . . . HY do I come to America? Will I ever be able to enumerate all my reasons, or all that I but shall I have time? My own people let me go grudginfily, although they know I am going to your hearts. At least, through the interest and affection you have all shown me I have been led to believe your hearts are open to me. Never- theless, my people consider me their possssion. I cannot leave them too long. They are accustomed to see my face in Rumania, here, there and everywhere. They miss me when I am gone. They say that everything seems less alive, less worth while when I am far away. And, as I love, them, it is nice to hear them speak so, . . . And my King, who works <o ard, and likes to talk all things over with me. Shall T have time, shall I have time? There are the Carnegie libraries, the various State buildings, the women’s clubs, from which, for many years I have received affectionate and pressing invitations. The Chambers of Commerce, Cleveland and De- troit, the two great centers of my own people. I would not miss them for the world. When we were poor, oh, so very pdor, and in the throes of after-the-war reconstruction, each sent me gifts of money, gifts that ac- 'corded with their hearts rather than their purses, 50 as to help me in my work for the orphans, widows and disabled. / . In Detroit, too, are innumerable unknown friends who have, one and all, sent the King and me invitations to visit them and the immense in- dustry they represent. Then there is Nashville, Atlanta, St. Louis, Omaha, (Continued on Page 8, Column 8.) MARIE TAKES DIP {300 HUNT BANDITS AS COLD LEAVES) WITH GAS BOMBS Recovers From Slight lliness.|Marksmen Ordered to Shoot Attends Mrs. Wilson’s on Sight, Roads Closed, Tea on Leviathan. Machine Guns Ready. By the Associated Press. By the Assoclated Press. S. S. LEVIATHAN, October 16—| SOMERVILLE, , October 16— Although suffering from a slight cold | A great man hunt in the Watchun for the last two days, Queen Marie | Mountain district was intensified to- felt good enough this morning to|day. Some 500 city, State and volun- take another dip in the Leviathan's|teer police, equipped with machine pool after having a cup of tea. Marle | guns, gas bombs and automatic rifles, and her daughter, Princess Ileana,|sought eight machine gun bandits remained in the water about 10 min-| who robbed a mail truck in Elizabeth, utes and emerged much refreshed. N. J., of $151,700, killed one man and The Rumanian soverelgn and her|wounded two others. suite are much goncerned over the| Gov. Moore offered the use of 2,000 clashes about contracts for her liter- | militiamen if the forces now at work ary output in America under condi-|should prove insufficient. tions which are varifously interpreted. ’A'her ?andlt h“lm in the ‘generally - = peaceful, sparsely settled, wooded Soul Surgeon” Aboard. Terion caused terror among the. in- Queen Marie and the other mem-| habitants. Children were ordered to bers of the Rumanian royal family|shun motorists, for the bandits es- are interested in “Scientific Christian. | caped in two cars. Shades were drawn “soul surgeon,” who is a triend Of| Ly out warning if sure of their sus. Marle and Nicholas. He is returning | 50 01 GTREIE 5, SUr OF, Thelr Sus: from the Far East, where recently|sharpshooting riflemen. Picket posts he was in attendance upon the Em-|were established and connected by press of Siam, who had sought his| telephone to a headquarters. All mo- aavice. mmuxx“:;; stopped by xunged troop- Frank N. B. Burchman, and |ers. Nobody was permitted to 8 ol h,.k:,‘yabuk e | without establishing his identity. Stam he stopped off for several weeks | Smaller roads were blocked by wooden . 5 fences on the theory that if a car in Rumania. Prince Nicholas and Mr. | ghould approach it would be detained Burchman spent some time together |long enough for search. Planes were in England and during the voyage of | sought for use in spotting the bandits. the Leviathan they have dined to-|There was some doubt that they were gether. still in the region. { Princess Tleana has Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon in her mind| TROOPS MAY GUARD MAILS. { a8 places which will prove of greatest interest to her, but she also wants to| New to Ask Law Making Armed see “lots of Indians, living in their Postal Bang Capital Off native state.” s e United States mails will be pro- EenapI e tected against bandits even if It be. She told correspondents that, like | comes necessary to call upon the | Prince Nicholas, she is fond of motor | Army, Navy and Marine Corps to cars and is eager to visit Detroit and | guard them. watch the manufacture of cars. Ileana | This order went forward today from said that at home she drove her own | Postmaster General New, following a car and sometimes tinkered with the | decision reached by President Coolidge mechanism. and his cabinet as the result of the Queen Marie, at Mrs. Woodrow Wil- | $300,000 mail robbery at Elizabeth, son’s birthday tea yesterday, dis-|N. J. played another beautiful creation in| The Postmaster General added that the gown she wore. It was of sapphire | he would recommend to Congress the velvet with a flaring skirt, which | passage of legislation to make an showed the waistline clearly. The armed attack upon the mails a capital neck and hem were trimmed Wwith [offense. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION hening WENIG, U. . ENTRY, WINS WORLD TITLE IN ORATORY MEET Defeats Four Foreign Youths Before Brilliant Audience. President Speaks. CONTEST’S EDUCATIONAL VALUE CITED BY COOLIDGE Canr 1a, England, France and Mex- ico Represented by Highly Capa- ble Analysts of Governments. Herbert Wenig of Los Angeles last night became the schoolboy oratory champion -of the world. The California youth won the championship and the great silver loving cup, which is its symbol by a close ‘margin over Jose Munos- Costa of Mexico City in the first in- ternational scholastic oratory con- test. The five boys who contended spoke from the same platform where, a few moments before, the President of the United States had expressed his enthusiasm over just such contests because of their potency in inspir- ing the youth of all lands to study the fundamentals of government. The President considered that the pur- pose of such contests as this, spon- sored by a committee of publishers in the United States and abroad, is only secondarily to provide a mere test of oratorical skill. The primary purpose is educational—that school boys and girls may dig for them- selves out of the mountains of his- tory the ore of understanding pa- triotism. President Is Epigrammatic. Mr. Coolidge’s address, which is printed elsewhere, abounded in the epigrammatic, quotable statements for which his speeches are notable, such as the following: “Good cltizenship is not so much a matter of information as of disposi- tion, not so much of the head as of the heart, not so much dependent on knowledge as upon sentiment.” “Those who want to do right have little difficulty in finding out the right.” ‘“‘Observance of the law is the es- sence of self-government.” “To neglect to vote is to abdicate.” Repeated Winring Orations. ‘The contestants repeated the ora- tions with which they had won the championships of their own countries, Both words and manners of the speak- ers afforded an interesting study in customs and _Mmethods First caine the Cunadiaw champion, Herbert Moran of Toronto, who spoke o “Canada’s Place in the New ‘World.” The oration throbbed with the enthusiastic idealism of a new country. Young Moran was almost a perfect orator. He dwelt chiefly on the future of the Dominion, its nat- ural resources, the high quality of its citizenship and its idealistic outlook upon . the world of tomorrow. He stressed its contributions to the world's science and culture and passed lightly over its record at arms. But Canada, he emphagized, has its roots deep in the traditions of the British Empire and is conducting an altogether different sort of experiment. in freedom than that of it;ufmz neighbor to the south. It is ving to attain similar ideals of liberty while still clinging to Great Britain as to a childhood home. British Speaker Effective. An entirely different picture was presented by the second speaker, Wil- llam Meades Newton of Liverpool, who spoke on “The British Empire.” The English boy gave a highly intel- lectual presentation of British im- perialism. He spoke easily, confl- dently. There was no self-conscious- ness, no striving for effect. Newton spoke with a notably English accent. He seemed to disdain the arts of ora- tory—the subtly varied inflections, the gestures. He had a message to deliver to the effect that British imperialism was not the evil thing that it had been painted; that it never had been a Machiavellian policy, but had grown purely circum- stantially, and that it had contributed enormously to the civilization of the world. Newton’s manner on the stage was that of a boy on a great lark. A happy-go-lucky smile played over his face. It apparently made no great difference whether he won or not. Wenig Typically American. Wenig was the third speaker, and his oration differed markedly from those of Moran and Newton. It was typically American with the tradition- al faults and virtues of things Amer- ijcan. Without any question it was the outstanding talk of the evening from the standpoint of oratory. The boy's voice has the quality of & cor- net—deep, rich, musical. It was an impassioned talk. It was intensely, unquestionably sincere. It was let- ter spoken than written. It was Clay, not Burke. The boy dwelt eloquently and ten- derly on the founders of the Constitu- tion, on the place of that document as the corner stone of American liber- ties and the American system of gov- ernment, and on the duty of Ameri- cans to defend it against the attacks of prejudice and ignorance. The speaker neglected none of the arts of oratory and he carried his hearers with him easily. These speakers had represented Anglo-Saxon thinking and culture. Btrikingly different was the offering of the Mexican boy, Munos.Costa, who spoke on_“Bolivar and the Latin American Peoples.” There was a very close vote between the Mexican and ‘Wenig for the championship, but from the point of view of oratory alone, the American had the superiority without much question. Mexican Is Intellectual. ‘The Mexican lad’s offering was high- ly intellectual, eloquent and a trifle mystical. It approached nearest to that of Newton among the English- speaking contestants, but there was & distinctly Latin element. He dwelt upon the spiritual foundations and as- pirations of his people. There was no Inote of material patriotism. Munos- Costa’s oration was Thought dressed in red silk with bells in her hair, mak- white fur. Marie wore her usual| Any man participating in such an pearls and @ sapphire pendant. A [attempt, he declared, “has murderous "';‘ .;h: “‘".‘.gf:h:-cy".m or h‘: brow simple mulberry-colored silk frock, | intent, and the world is a good deul o Eflhh Doy shring - i e e ' \ 4 WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1926—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. A TRAFFIC ALTRURIA. LABOR BANK SHUTS, ™" Wexiom csncen AS CASH I MISSED $102,000 Is Reported Gone in Pittsburgh and Three Officials Are Arrested. By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, October 16.—The Brotherhood Savings and Trust Co. of Pittsburgh, a labor bank, failed to open for business today following dis- closure of an alleged bond swindle in- volving $102,000 of the bank’s funds. The bank was ordered closed by the State banking department, which took over the affairs of the institution after the arrest of five men, including three officers of the bank, in con- nection with the alleged swindle. Those arrested and held for investi- gation are R. A. McCrady, president of the bank; Willlam J. Kelly, vice gr:;‘lldeht, J. L. Nelson, treasurer, and nk T. Redman and Bennie Dia- mond, all of Pittsburgh. Authorities Seek Man. Charles E. Knapp, 50, of Pttsburgh, former private Pittsburgh investiga- tor, is being sought by authorities in connection with the missing funds. The arrests were made following in- formation secretly given to detectives that bonds amounting to approximate- ly $640,000, to be delivered at Mc- Crady's office before 4 p.m. yesterday, had not arrived at midnight. Detec- tives refused to divulge the name of their informant. Redman, who is not a depositor at the bank, indorsed a note for $102,000, police sald, to complete the $320,000 needed by Diamond and himself as payment for the securities. Police Not Notifled. The money, McCrady stated last night, was delivered to Knapp yester- day, who had been introduced to him by Redman, McCrady said, and Knapp was to have purchased the bonds and returned with them to McCrady's office. The supposed bond salesman’'s ab- sence at the specified time did not alarm him, McCrady said. He did not notify the police, belleving Knapp to be unavoidably detained. e LOS ANGELES LANDS AFTER 13-HOUR TRIP Stay in Detroit Cut Short by Storm, Big Craft Makes Perfect Voyage Home. By the Associated Press. - LAKEHURST, N. J., October 16.— The first major flight of the dirigible Los Angeles since the Shenandoah disaster ended at 6:35 o'clock this morning when the craft arrived over the air fleld after a 780-mile trip from Detroit. The flight was completed in 13 hougs and 6 minutes, cruising at an average speed of 60 miles an hour. The ship traveled a total of 1,550 miles. “We had a very pleasant trip,” the skipper, Lieut. Comdr. C. E. Rosen- dahl, said. “The only trouble we had was caused by a wireless an- tenna wire becoming loose after we left Lakehurst. “Mr, Ford met us at the mast yes- terday morning and came aboard the ship. He was deeply impressed by its performance. He was to take a flight with us, but the storm warnings caused an early departure, which made it impossible. Mr. Ford tender- ed us a wonderful dinner.” The storm that caused the unex- pected return was not encountered on the flight, Rosendahl sald. It was due over the Great Lakes region this morning. A slight frost forced the Los Angeles to hover over the air fleld for an hour and a half. Each time it attempted a descent to the cold level within 100 feet of the ground the ship bounced Iltke a huge rubber ball. It was berthed in the hangar at 8 o'clock. Foot Ball Player’s Injury Fatal. MORRISTOWN, N. J., October 16 (#)—Howard TIsenberg, 19, halfback of the Morristown High School team, died last night of injuries received in a game with La Follette High yester- day afternoon. He was carrying the ball when he received a blow on the head. O: lite, but-! fesn Reporter Wounded in Riot When Hooting Brings Clash Between Spectators and Deputies. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, October 16—Spe- clal dispatches from Monterey say that three persons were killed and a newspaper reporter was wounded in a riot in the Chamber of Deputies of the Nuevoleon State Legislature last night. The trouble started when spectators in the gallery hooted the deputies. The lawmakers and spectators there- upon engaged in a free-for-all fight, in which pistols were freely used. The dead include the sergeant-at-arms of the Chamber. Troops are protecting the governor’s palace. Bitter political feelings pre- vail. INJUNCTION DENIED IN PAINTERS' ROW Court Finds No Conspiracy in Higher-Pay, Shorter- Hour Demands. The purpose of labor unions to ob- tain for their members higher wages and shorter hours or fewer days of work, is not unlawful, and the united demand of 1,000 workers, with~ out duress or threat, is no more an unlawful enterprise than the similar demand of a single worker. This pronouncement was made by Judge James Francis Smith of the District Supreme Court today in_an opinion refusing an injunction asked by the Barker Painting Co. of New York City against the Brotherhood of Painters and Paperhangers of America and the Washington local and its officers, in which a charge of con- spiracy was made by the plaintiff when it was unablo to get local painters to work on the Mayflower Hotel under the Washington schedule of wages. The Washington painters demand- ed the New York terms of $10.50 per day and a fiveday week, instead of the Washington rate of $9 per day and five-and-one-half-day week. When they refused to work the New York concern ‘filed suit for injunction through Attorney W. C. Sullivan. The union, through Attorneys Sheehy & Sheehy, denfed there was any con- spiracy and contended anti-trust laws did not apply to the painting trade, which is not interstate commerce or trade. “Laborers and artisans individually have the indisputable right,” said Justice Smith, “in this country to say upon what terms they will ac- cept employment, and the employer on his part is free to accept or reject the terms demanded for service. “Laborers or artisans who combine to demand a wage which will raise their standard of living, or who com- bine to stablize local wages or to main- tain the local supply of labor, or to make less tempting the migration of labor to places having a lower, cost of living, cannot be regarded as acting in bad faith or with evil intentions or for the consummation of an {llegal purpose. “Union terms of service may not be economically sound and may strip the farm of labor by concentrating the workers in the citles and towns, but it cannot be said that combined and concerted action for higher wages and less working time is discriminatory or is designed for an unlawful and ul- terior purpose. To make it illegal it must be in violation of governmental laws in force and effect.” As long as no threats were made by the painters, the court finds, their con- certed refusal to work cannot be re- garded as a common-law conspiracy. BAND FREES MISSIONARY. SHANGHAI, China, October 16 (P). —Rev. Freeman Davies, Australian, and Mrs. Davies of the China Inland Mission, kidnapped by bandits from Chowkiakow three weeks ago, have been released. Riding, another British ary, is being held for ransom of ““$500,000 and 100 pistols.” Rags Now Social Pet. NEW YORK, October 16 (#).—Rags, mascot of the 1st Division, is quite welcome in fashionable Park avenue homes, although he has been barred 10 & temy 1 gen was used to prolong his | from several shows. Some debu- omnnhuunam mmun:"&mmmu as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,117 (® Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS- SCRIVENER PISTOL MAKER'S AID ASKED Police Send Weapon to Man- ufacturer in Hope of Ob- taining Number. Not content to rest on the failure of the Bureau of Standards tests to bring out the number of the pistol found at the scene of the murder of Detective Arthur B. Scrivener early Wednesday morning, police today had sent the pistol back to the factory of the arms manufacturing company for inspection of factory experts with a view to establishing its serial number. Meanwhile a local sporting goods dealer, who some time ago suffered the theft of a number of pistols, some of which were later found to have had their serial numbers ground off with an emery wheel, had sent.a salesman expert on firearms to consult with In- spector Henry G. Pratt, chief of @»- tectives. Sergt. Cornwall of the Fourteenth precinct, specialist in fire- arms, also appeared at police head- quarters to volunteer his assistance, if required, in the case. Both the man from the dealer and Sergt. Cornwall were informed that the plstol had al- ready been sent away, and it would not _be possible to examine the pistol in Washington for several Jdays at least. The dispatch of the pistol to the factory, if it did nothing else, opened anew the hope of investigators that this clue would not be wholly lost. Although it may require several days for the factory experts to report suc- cess or failure of their research work, it was pointed out that a “lucky break” might bring the information much sooner. As far as the actual investigation of the case is concerned, the police were still treading blind paths in the maze of mystery surrounding the murder of Scrivener. The police are working to establish the identity of a woman whose friend- ship with the detective has been brought to the attention of the po- lice in the hope that the hitherto con- spicuously absent motive for the slay- ing may be uncovered.: The search, if successful, may prove futile in es- tablishing anything, but police are following down every possible clue, it is stated. Plans had been completed by Scriv- ener's friends and fellow-workers to attend his interment in Winchester, Va., tomorrow. Most of them will teave the city tomorrow morning early by automobile. Members of the Elks Lodge here will conduct memorial services tonight, and go to the funeral tomorrow in a body. Many members of Lebanon Lodge, F. A. A. M, of which the deceased detective was a member, will also attend the funeral, as will the members of the Tenavus C}:;lb, in which he also held member- ship. Members of Costello Post, American Legion, with which Scrivener was (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) DRY LAW'S AUTHOR SEES BOOZE GOING By the Assoclated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., October 16.—The prohibition law is wiping out slowly but surely the liquor traffic of the United Btates, according to Andrew J. Volstead, sponsor of the dry en- forcement act. . Mr. Volstead, who is legal adviser of the Northwest prohibition adminis- trator with headquarters here, told the Minnesota Anti-Saloon League convention last night that the unlaw- ful liquor business was becoming un- profitable and soon will have to be abandoned because of the various agencies at work against bootlegging. “The wets,” he said, “have organ- ized against prohibition; the drys no longer have the advantage of the actual saloon condition which formerly was a strong factor in fostering sen- timent favorable to the drys. “Four stages followed passage of the dry law. First, the drunkards bought patent medicines for their alcohol. Then attempts were made to rob Government liquor warehouses. Later alcohol "permits were obtained for the manufacture of various prod- ucts in which alcohol was needed, and then came smuggling of liquor from abroad. “Today all these sources have been stopped and the business of running stills and selling liquor is becoming very unprofitable.” ]Radiohpgramo—hgez& PLANNERS ANALYZE MARKET PROBLEM REPORT ON CRUSE Decision on Farmers’ Center May Be Reached Tonight by Commission. PROPOSED WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT APPROVED $3,000,000 Estimated Cost of Im- provements—Body to Visit Wash- ington’s Birthplace. ‘Washington's market center prob lem, brought to the fore by the public bulldings program, which will drive the farmers’ market from its present location, is being considered today b: the National Capital Park and Plan ning Commission during a seven-hour cruise down the Potomac to Wake field, Va., and a decision is expected to be reached tonight at a dinner at the Princess Anne Hotel, in Fred- ericksburg, Va. Although the commission recelved the report of its committee, which has been considering the problem, late yesterday afternoon, it gave it no consideration because of the pressure of other business. The comm 3 however, did approve the plan for the development of the Washington chan nel waterfront as prepared in the of fice of Maj. Brehon Somervell. en gineer officer in charge of the Wash ington engineering district. Shortly after adjournment last night, Maj. Carey ll. Brown, chair- man of the market committee, made public a part of his report to the com- mission which s being considered to- day on the engineer launch Chicago on the trip to Washington's birthplace at_Wakefleld, where the commisston will examine the site and the plans developed for improving it. Would Delay Market Removal. The substance of the committee’s recommendations is that the farmer's market be allowed to remain where it is until the commission merchants have located themselves, although that part of the report made public does not indicate what points are sug- gested for commission house location. The report does say that Eckington will permit of development of & central railroad terminal necessary for such handling of produce. This matter, however, it was pointed out, will come up at the April, 1927, meet- ing, when the commission's program on ratlroads and terminals will be con- sidered, and it is recommended that the substance of the present report be considered in connection with this study now being. made, The committee reported that it haa given further study of the.sitgation, u8 a result of the directions given by the commission at its August meet- ing, and had ‘“conferred with the proponents of various sites and others interested, including representatives of the farmers and of the commission merchants. “It must be remembered that while very probably a new Farmers' Market will be provided at public expense, the commission merchants are fres to choose thelr own location and must and will go where, by private enter- prise, suitable facilities will be pro- vided for them. Center Market Location. “As to the retall Center Market,” the report continued, “it is the bellef that from the standpoint of ac- cessibility and convenience to the public there s no better location than the present. No matter where the commission houses and the wholesale farmers’ market are moved, a certain retail business wiil develop, great or small, according to the accessibility of the location, and possibly succeed- ing to a large part of the business of the present Center Market. On the other hand, with the removal of the present wholesale Farmers' Market and commission houses, it is possible that the retafl market business will gradually distribute itself dmong the chain stores and varlous more out Iylng markets, public and private, making an effort to establish a Center Market elsewhere than at the present location inadvisable and uneconomical. For these reasons it is believed in- advisable to move Center Market at least until the effects of the removal of the wholesale market have been observed. “The committee, therefore, considers its problem to be the finding of a site " suitable for the commission houses and the wholesale Farmers’ Market, but not necessarily suitable for the retail business now conducted at Center Market. “As to such a site, the following points seem most important: (1) High- way and parking facilities; (2) Rafl- road (or rail and water) facilities; (3) Locality — convenient — suitable for l?;!;.:éneas—unob]ectlonnble ) Cost of Highway Facilities Essential. Highway facilities are, of course, absolutely essential both to farmers and commission men, as all produce is trucked from, if not both to and from, the market. Space must be available about the market for several hundreds of vehicles, and highways permitting distribution of traffic in all directions are needed. “Rallroad location offers obvious ad- vantages and economies to the com- mission houses. The direct cost of hauling produce from the railroad to the commission house under the pres- ent circumstances here is about 2 or 3 per cent of its sale value, to which may be added indirect costs due to damage and loss in handiing, to loss of time and to congestion. “In considering a railroad location three lines of rallroad approach are to be considered—that by way Long Bridge from the South; that by of the Pennsylvania fram <he way North and West, and that by way of the Baltimore and Ohlo from the North and West. For the year 1925 the relative trafflo in fruits and vege- tables was: South, 46 per cent North and West, 64 per cent. This does not include meats, poultry and dairy prod- ucts, which come mainly from the North and West. Under present con- ditions the commission men prefer the Pennsylvania to the Baltimore and Ohlo, as the haul to their stores is shorter. “The proportion coming into Wash. ington by the southern approach s, however, dz;mslng, due to: (1) a growing tendency to ship from Missis- "Fouisiana, Texas ,_ete., via \ (Continued on Fage 2, Column §6.)