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— ; ATHER. 3 (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) showers tonight and tomorrow: warmer tonight, colder v W Cloud; probably tomorrow night. 4 Temperature—Highest, today: lowesf, 41, at 3:45 a. g Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 9 .'1'0' post office, Wasl - QUEEN 1S SPEEDING T0 WASHINGTON ON HER SPECIAL TRAIN Rain Hinders Ovation to Royal Visitor in Brief Stay in New York. i ENTHUSIASM GVER TRIP SHOWN IN EVERY WORD ing member of royalty, the National | guard of m nd de | Capital, from highest officialdom to | tectives will attend the Queen through {the man on the street, was ready to- | out her stay in Washington, which ix day to whow even the movie world | scheduled to end Wednesday morning 3 : : a thing or two in the way of royal reception over, the royal Love of Americans Asked in Only | rocepiityg guests will rvetire to the seclusion of Interview Granted—Princess | “Too Young to Marr; Br the Associated Prese NEW YORK, e of Rumani the ci October 18,4 whisked | 0 quickly today that { ew Yorkers vhole were hardly of her passing. She stepped with her party at the Battery Iv hefore and hardly an our later was on her way, in a spe. rain. to Washington, ceremonies @t City Hall having occupied the in- was noor morning rain that soaked Despite comuiittee, thousands ion Entered as second cla: 56. at noon .m. today. matter hington, D. C. WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Foenin REGAL WELCOME TO CAPITAL ‘ AWAITS QUEEN MARIE TONIGHT Cavalry and Marines to Escort Guest to Legation—Kellogg Heads Uniqn Sta- tion Reception Committee. With a flourish of trumpets and an | then begin the formal procession unsheating of sabers in salute, Wash- | through crowd-lined streets to the ington wiil bow a_regal welcome to | Rumanian Legation, at 23rd and Q| “Europe's most beautiful Queen,” | streets, Marie of Rumanta, upon her arrival : here this evening in company with | service operatives and other guards | Princess Ileana and Prince Nicholas | will protect the royal party from the and their royal retinue. | moment it leaves the uain until it | Taking fullest advantage of the rare | arrives at the improvised royai palace | policemen, secret | opportunity of doing honor to a reign- | near Sher A speclal body officers i It will be suggestive, indeed, of «u filmland pageant which unfolds itselt at 6 o'clock this evening In Amer. ica’s center of democracy. As her majesty and their royal high- es alight ai Union Station from | the legation building for the remain- der of the eve ppear tomor- | row mornir round of s | seeing and, later the day, formal exchange | White House and at the le in ation. i train aranged for thefr|State dinner at the White House use by the vernment. a war-|morrow night will conclude the strength squadron of cavalry and a | cial program ares battalion of marines will come to at. | flrst visit here. She will pay tention at the sound of a bugle, ard | ington a return c carly in De the United States Army Band will | ber. strike up the national anthems of | The sound of hammers and the| seurrying of feet told of last-minute | preparations being made at the lega- tion this afternoon in the effort to provide quarters ‘1t for a queen.” of an eleventh-hour radio ajesty, expressing icholas be quar. legation instead Column 2.) America and Rumani: Escorted to the presidential recep. tion room by Assistant Secretary of | State J. Butler Wright, who accom- panied the royal party from New York, the Queen and her youthful children will be greeted formally by Secretary of State Kellogg and other high officers of this Government, and will h that Prince tered with her at the (Continued on Page 1h path of the roval party ress from the Battery to City A1 and on to the Pennsylvania Sta- | 1 Ioit the weather did much to ent the neisy demonstration of | Welcome that was expected | City Hall Plaza itself was jammed | with watchers, whose determination | « e dampened by rain, but | they induiged in no cheerfng and the | T of mareh was thinty populated in | 1o fairweather crowds | coted other royalty and with noisy abandon. s hich have brities Given Paper Snowstorm. oush there 1s much i he greeti 1 been ex Queen al her party were to the peculiar accolade that roadway always gives its fa itors, the paper snowstorm. ) automobiles of the royal was proceeded through. the great By the Associated Press m ticker tape spiraled to the| CHICAGO, October 18.—A move-| INDIANAPOLIS, October 18.— from a thousand windows and [ ment to remove Frank L. Smith as |Papers and documents obtained from the contents of countless waste bas- | the Republican Senatorial candidate,|a safety deposit box in a local bank kets fluttered through :'"' "r- P through an appointment to wsome |Wwere laid before the Marion County e possibly the | other office by President Coolidge, | €rand jury today by Miss Mildred e U W e, on hoatd the | was testified to today before the Sen- | Meade, wr-old confidante of D. (. il ate campaign funds committee. Stephenson, former Indiana Ku Klux Thiore were some 200 reporters hud- | The witness was Dr. George B.|Klan grand dragon. Gl together in a dripping mass in | Safford, superintendent of the Tii.| Miss Meado is regarded by investi- « fover outside the presidential Galbrsl btiine Yonatess IOt eonRDiTaty guite about o voped inclosure. 1 conversation with Rev. Robert | between Stephenson and State officlals, A Jrush tell suddenty wnd Marie WaS | 0'Brien, Methodist minister of Chi. [ A% a-key - Xitness am-it 15 helleved Fopos. <miling 4t the newspaper | C2go. Dr. Safford sald he had been |her information will have an import- men snd wonen. Clad in a wine-col- | told that A. V. Smith, State’s attor- | Ant bearing on allegations made by ored velvet coat with black fur collar | ney of Lake County, would be named 3:11"-mns HE (grlams. nulhushmx- uf‘:‘he and cufts and with a_gold turban top- . i » ncennes Commercial and other n cheitut o the@0Rentwas | L l;;fli,’:‘l'r:: S place and would | members of the Indiana Republican \ ontrast to the bedraggled editorial association. thout b Takes Charge of Interview. “I told O'Brien that we were for | Willlam I. Remy, prosecuting attor: felling the reportors that she had|Col. Frank L. Smith,” Dr. Safford |nev. to an Xndxunu[nm dm.ukflrmurer} heard on the boat about the Darrige | gqig, I added that as far as running | PAPers from a safety deposit box and :;,,”,”, : ions ‘y‘.\yrf-’}."\‘] w]h: III:\‘:ll\“:ihlll:‘vp an independent candidate, the Anti- returned to the investigating chamber. vicw i e own hands, {3 Lo okl Jofn. Girl Held Under Bond. i ik ot vet had time to see| “O'Brien sald influences at Wash- . B e & oned to very much excited. T antieipate | Frank L. Smith. that is investigating the charges. ! time. I came here to Magill Urged as Candidate. Miss Meade's presence in the grand | s seautiful things in America. o v room has been desired for sev- 1 t know what 1 w t to see ““What were these influences?"” ask- | . 1l days, but authorities failed to lo- moest 1 owant to see everything beau- [ed Senator Reed, Democrat, Missourd, | . te her ‘;""1 late vesterds when she And 1 know 1 shall find here | chairman of the committee found at her home. Her parents tie of the love that Rumanians have ome sort of appointment to he . and Mrs. Charles Meade, id sh Americ | tendered by the Coolidge administra- | had been missing since October 8. Au- I a esnecially interested in the | tion,” Safford replied. He said Julius | (porities produced her under $2,500 ] t ‘ v | Rosenwald “had just got back from |phond material witni ¥ 1 1 ‘\\ hington. e | - | men e | Telling of a second visit of O'Brien, | jichers, made the first sweeping ) v owor will end wa at_which F. Scott McBride, general|charges of political corruption. plan. lon't start tighting among I'he iew lusted hut a scant t < and during that time the Queer ked steadily, her voice a o sugge wo o time: < broke through with | first of these, asked Both the Queen ters broke into a 1 wk query, which hree manswered Ame cookin the Queen | a trun A party They aven't r nsCthe Queen ally all ! 1don't spend so much | can get,” Safford went on. “I said, | trated by Miss Meade. < heen veported.” | “Mr. O'Brlen. you are unworthy to| The former Klan leader has been Arte . her | support Magill. represented by Adams as anxious to dauht na, and her| e MeBride said. *You know you | Bive evidence to support the corrup- ®on Prince N A for Photo- | canmm: eiar raur mant o M |ton charges in order to avenge him. Erap) O rien replied. “Well at jeast we can | *If on persons who he considers failed " one asked | elect Brennan'.” | 0 aid him during and since his trial ihe Qiieen Wi < d Le will- | Dr. Safford referred to large ex \'of Murdering Miss Oberholizer. | H ' : Hgy o . addition to 3 eade, officials | P e . L penditures by e inthe T | cummoned John P. Kiplinger of Rush. | | the mother | d Nicholas both | w Marie spoke | ANTISMITH PLOT nois Anti-Saloon League, who detailed merchant; Harold L. Ickes and others. | superintendent { League, was present, Dr. | the Methodist minister sta | was proposed to place Hugh S. Magill of Springfield, 1L, in the fleld as an tion of the’ independent candidate and seek Anti- Saloon support for him. | from $300,000 to $400,000 for Magill," rned the ! Safford said. and | he could not ralse i table with his fist and said, ‘We have o lcrl(iu also came | 1o such sum could be spent legally. ssured | holes (in the law) through which we GIRL GETS PAPERS FOR INDIANA PROBE INILLINOIS BARED Dry League Official Tells Reed Committee of Plan to Remove Nominee. Former Dragon’s Confidante Gives Documents From Bank Box to Jury. By the Assoclated Press. Jullus Rosenwald, millionaire Chicago| Shortly after Miss Meade appeared | before the grand jury she went with of Anti-Saloon afford said ed that it the ned to renew his activities today. Adams in a sciies of statements | declared that he wants a broader i | vestigation than that being conducted before the grand jury by Prosecuting Attorney Remy, se jurisdletion, | the publisher contends, is limited. ‘He said it was proposed to spend _ Attorney Charges Tricks. “Dr. McBride told him | such sum.” Adams insists that publ v will be a potent > in exposing the cor- J Plenty of Money. | ruption that he alleges has existed in State polit ¥ “With that, O'Brien banged the Stephenson, who is now serving a life sentence for the murder of Madge | Oberholtzer, is said to have recently | given authority to Thomas V. Muncie, Ind., attorney, to obt: fon of certain documents Adams dec d would corrobo charges. Miller has ity, contained in a wr obtained from him by the money and we propose to T said to him,'You are not a bit better than the fellows you are ng".” afford said he pointed out that ain po which Dr. ten note, was ruse perpe- “He replied that there were some | ville, an come befor ittorney for Stephenson, to the grand jury today. Adams wes called. He was exam- |ined when the grand jury first met las | Tuesday, but he is wanted for furthe Rum Fight Put First. “If these expenditures were moral- y wrong. why are you supporting one S Uy writing her ge the Iy aries?” S or - R 4 showing that its 8 losne gy 4 this brought & ques: | S 4 DEnEHCHes: eEhaORARCel estinion: mounted to $29,149.06. A stralght ionas 1 i ) would write for } "H"("fil e the Anti-Saloon League Y:r‘l isd = 110 "('”': “:I‘Sh 1 “‘4'”' :h;‘;‘{ eight . sl R s lieves 0" ) i | months, he said he statistics re- Oh, 1pvotldn’e have thine forthat,” | oy e thors et el bolil Debs Has Breakdown. | vealed, would have turned the losses i : us to put up an independent | CHICAGO, October 18 (). —Eugene | into & net profit of $39 Asked About Interview | candidate,” Safford replied. | V. Debs, socis has been a patient| Maj, W. E. R. Covell 5 ! “You will swallow a dry even |at a sanits 1 Edmhurst. a suburb, | @nt_Engineer Comm F ot 1e that this is t hough he raised a sum of money so |for a week, xme known today. |10 public utllities, ¢ -examined Mr. | b rview vou will grant?” | lirge that when it was proposed to | Physicians said he was suffering from | Merrill extensively regarding various 5 | vaise a similar sum for another candl- | a nervous breakdown. Mrs. Debs and | items making up the company's own | she responded. 1 had to|date vou condemned the man who | his brother Theodore are at his bed-| valuation of $635000. Two of the ) e ar ment: T can’t be | proposed it,” Senator Reed observed. ' side. lnon s under fire involved the payment giving interviews all the time, can 17" | of $60.000 to W. Elkins Reed, a broker, The 1 ive of a Jewish news. | for seiling stock, and a “bonus stock” yaper ut the treatment of | Jews in Ru a The Jews have heen very fond of 3, “1 hope they aulways are treated alike the Jews are good wore a 1 with | ® | Press understands that the sl “anada’s first Minister at W powde < and li was in Board Tug and Get Salute. It !By the Associated Press. will shortly be discussed by the Brit- British Government Soon to Fix Status Of First Canadian Envoy to Washington| | premier as announcing that his gov-| October 18.—The Lon-|ernment would soon proceed with of the Canadian!negotiations for a new trade treaty | us of | with South Afri ington | Premier King said that there w: no danger of Canada being anne TORONTO, lon correspondent as | ) d | assador. ‘nder the arrangement reached by he Borden government it pro- josed that the Canadian Minister, in ponents may have raised the question of annexation during the recent elec tion, but that it was purely party poli- B! Al PATLY (the absence of the British Ambassa- | tic: { v and | for. ‘Should take charge of the whole| “It houldn't be taken serious 1 L Op 1(\“,1““}‘_‘. and represent imperial as|We laugh at it,” he said. H _ party | yell ax Canadian interests. The evening papers publish his | wl Premier Mackenzie King, who has |statment prominently under big head- | x arrived in London for the imperial | lines. | vrrival of n;- Queen and I'xln en L(‘vnnfarsnro, probably will have a re-| e b I tourage at_the Battery coincided withd{jsjon to propose in this T . o Colmmn 3y . The-correspondent also gbies the |Radio Programs—Page 21 o Star. D. €, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1926—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. QUESTION OF STOCK STIRS BUS HEARING Clayton Charges Transfer Was lllegal and Stephens Is Given Task of Deciding. A tilt between William McK. Clay- ton, chairman of the public utilities committee of the Federation of Citi- zens' Assoclatfons and George P. Hoover, counsel for the Washington Rapid Transit Co.. over the legality of the transfer of the company from the former to the present owner, marked the resumption of the heuring before the Public Utllitles Commission today on the company's application for au- thority to charge a straight 10 cents cash fare on its bus lines. Mr. Clayton contended that the North Amérlcan Co. of New York had uired a majority interest in the apital stock of the Washington Rapid Trensit Co. without the approval of the commission, in direct violation of public utilities act. The injection of { the question of a transfer of stock into a valuation case, Mr. Hoover rgued, is “wholly irrelevant and im- material.” His contention was that if the commission considers this point, | it should do so as an independent pro- cedure, and adhere to the provisions of the statutes by giving the share- holders proper notice. Debate Starts at Outset. The debate on this question started at the outset of the hearing when Mr. Clayton besan a xamination of 2. D. Merrill, pre; manager tinued for almos .~ The com mission then referred the matter to Corporation Counsel Francis H. Steph- ens for an opinfon and procceded with the valuation case. Mr. Clavton pointed out t gene Thompson_of the local banking firm of Crane, Parris & Co. is trustce for 21,000 shares, or a majority, of the apital stock of the b company. The records of the commission show wompson is a trustee for Tripp, member of an_ in- estment banking firm of New York who acquired a majority inte in the capital stock of the com- pany in December, 1 After reading a prov! lic_utilities act, stipulating that it unlawful for any foreign or local hold ing_corpo utilit and con- jion of the pub- ation or any other public poration, directly or indi- to own, control, hold or vote or bonds of any public utilities ation in the District without the anction of the commission, Mr. ared: “If the ownership of stoc in the¢ hands of the North American Co. or any other company without the approval of the commission, it is a vio- lation of this act.” Objects to Question. Mr. Hoover objected to the r of this question, declaring it E relevant, but Mr. Clayton insisted t. it involved *a very important prin- ciple. < this law to be regarded or cast he asked. Merrill opened the hearing t four additiol exhibits aside Mr, submitting pertaining to the financial condition | of the company for the' first elght months of the current calendar year, losses in this period amounting to $28,000. While the commission has not yet indicated what valuation it will allow, the? compa figures of $635,000, i was learned, probably will be scaled to less than $300,000. The rate of fare which the commission will authorize is to be based valuation it fixes. ALL upon the BANDIT CLUES FAIL. sh authorities. One of the points|by the United States—a bogey which o e : !‘uh hnmmkfl:l o will be that of the | recently has been worrying some of |Authorities Find No Trace of Jersey [oven an embankment. Howard Mes Il Ameri- | \finieter's position during the absence | the British newspapers A Elnea, of Orange, N. J., was seri- of your people.” | eron \Washington of the British Am-| The Canadian premier, speaking to u ayers. ously injured, but doctors said he had t you to take me fy, newspaper men, said his political op- a chance to recover. The others SWARK, N. J., October 18 (f).— Federal. State and city authorities to- 2 id they were without the slight- est trace of the Elizabeth bandits who on Thursday held up a mail truck, killed the driver, wounded three others and escaped with $151.700. Search for the bandits in the Watchung Mountains was called off by the State police after it was an- nounced that the eight men had escaped over the only road left un- guarded by the State troogers, ' HIGHEST COURT TO GET the Washington Rapid Transit Co. is ! “ARREST” POLICE CHIEF. Boys Pick Wrong Man When They | “Touch” Autoist. | CHICAGO. October 18 vouths of Libertyville, a_suburb, de- Cided to “touch’ a passing motorist impersonating policemen, but they ked the wrong person. | Lester Tiffany. chief of police, at | Lake Forest, was the intended victim as the youths drove alongside his | to1a_him 1o pull up to the side of the (P).—Two road, and charged him with using lights that were too bright. They asked e chief if he wanted to settle it there or at the station, and Tiffany said he preferred the station, king the pair to one at Waukegan. They paid fines for disorderly conduct. FERGUSON ACOUSED IN CONTRACT PROBE Charged With Having Offered to Get Road Agreements in Texas for $7,500. | By the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex., October 18.—Charges that Jam rguson, husband of Gov. Mirlam A. Ferguson, had offered to obtain road maintenance contracts for a money con ion were made here today before the legislative com- {mittee investigating State depart- ments, . . Winder, highway contractor of sellevitle, Tex., testified that Fergu- son had made & proposition to obtain | contracts in five counties for $7,500, to be delivered to Ferguson in 5 and 10 dollar bills. The offer was made in April, 1925, the witness said. The committee which be today was ere sion of the Le Ferguson to valid {and, among oth gate State departments The session adjourned last week. W. G. Hill, public accountant, of Austin, who was the first witness, testified that he had given money to Eugene Smith, former secretary, and now chairman of the State Highway Commission. an work ted by the spec to investi- ; se: 'FALL-SINCLAIR APPEAL | District Appeals Tribunal Accedes to Plea to Suspend Mandate for Time. ” The United States Supreme Court i be asked to grant a writ of cer- tiorari to Yeview the recent action of ythe District Court of Appeals in dis-y missing the special appeals which had I been granted last Spring to Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior; | Doheny of Los | Harry incla ‘| ! York, oil magnates, from the de | of Justice Wendell P’. Stafford of the District Supreme Court sustaining the | validity of the conspiracy indictments involving leases to naval ofl reserves. The District Court of Appeals, on { motion of counsel for the accused, | today suspended for 30 days the man | date in the case to permit application to the highest court in the land. The | mandate was due October but !now will be held in ah ting | action by the United upreme | Court. The question & ue s the | validity of the act of Congress passed | July 3 at the request of Senator {Walsh of Montana depriving the | Court of Appeals of jurisdiction to {grant special appeals in criminal cases. | “CO-ED KILLED IN CRASH. | Youth Seriously Hurt When Auto | Goes Over Embankment. | MORGANTOWN., W. Va 118 (). ildred Jefferies, | lent at West Virginia University here, |\ras Killed last night when an auto- mobile containing four students went October a_stu- received only slight injuries. | Mexico Routs Rebel Group. } MEXICO CITY, October 15 (P).—A dispatch from Chalapa says that fed eral soldiers have defeated a rebel group at Epzote, in the State of Guer- rero. The head of the band, Maclovio Herrara, was killed and nine of his followers were captured. ‘The re- painder of the rebels were dispersed, PISTOL GLUE FAILS IN SCRIVENER CASE Weapon Found on Scene Not | One Sold to Suspicious Character. Back from Winchester, Va., where they attended impressive final rites for Arthur B. Scrivener, slain detec- tive sergeant. who was buried near the scenes of his boyhood vesterda: afternoon, detectives toda bling their thus far fruitless efforts to solve the mystery of his murder early Wednesday morning, had another clue fail. They were told that a weapon answerinz the general description of that used in the Scrivener killing had been purchased from a lccal pawn- shop by 2 man whose nervousness at- tracted the attention of the seller. The latter had required the man to inden- tify himself by personal papers, but when the fatal weapon was taken to the pawnshop the proprietor- said it was not the one he had sold. Pistol Sales Checked. In conjunction with this trend of the investigation, a city-wide check- up was being made on the sale of pistols in Washington. A thorough inspection was made of the records of such sales with scant results thus far. All hope has not been lost that the pistol which was found on the scene of the murder with the serial number carefully filed off, will finally be iden- tified. Detective B. W. Thompson, who took the pistol to the factory of the company which made it, in a further effort to bring out the obscured serial number of the weapon, returned early vesterday morning and attended the funeral. He reported that it might be Wednesday or Thursday before ex- perts at the fac would be ready to or failure of thefr s to bring out the number. Aecid baths b, oratory experts at the Bu- reau of Standards, prosecuted with the me aim, proved a disappointment ast week. Replying to a wire dated Miami, Fla., from John F. Maragon, former narcotic agent, an acquaintance of Serivener, who, like other friends of | Serivener, had been sought for friend- ly co-operation with police, Inspector Pratt today told him that he was not “wanted” by local investigators. Maragon's wire informed Inspector Pratt he had been in Florfida for sev- eral weeks, Thousands Attend Rites. Scrivener's body was consigned to its last resting place in Mount Hebron Cemetery yesterday, with ceremonies unprecedented in the history of Win- chester, 2,500 men and women, natives “nd visitors, paying their final tribute. arly yesterday morning a long string of automobiles filled the road from Washington to Winchester. | These machines bore Scrivener's com- ades—from the detective bureau, from the Masonic order, from the ks, from the American’ Legion, from the ivil life of Washington. From su- perintendent to private, the Police De- partment was represented. From in- spector to detective private, the detec- tive bureau was in attendance, At. torneys from the courthouse district: representatives of the district attor. office; those who had been Seriy- o as()(‘l;.flt asse tles as well as se assoclate: v those officially with him at- The family and friends of the de- tective bore up well under the long- drawn-out ordeal, which consumed more than three hour: Miss Helen tl’.:n;ws ]’Hrkfl;\ (;he girl Serivener was 0 have married on the day he was killed, was 1 Stierm e (‘!u_lh(' arm of his brother, Garner Scrivener, a detective of Akron, Ohlo. Hands Clasp Floral Spray. Literally hundreds of friends viewed the body at the home and at the r'hurr‘}t Scrivener was laid to his Q’r;al rPst (‘;laspln;; a floral spray from Miss Parker, bearing a me: z “With all my love. & e At 1:30 o'clock the funeral procession left the home of Scrivener's parents, Morgan A. Scrivener. I ridge and J. T policemen of Winchester, led the pro- cession. Then walked Maj. Edwin B. Hesse and Inspector Henry G. Pratt. The Valor Club of the Police and Fire Departments, including the men especially singled out for public com- mendation for their herolc deeds, oc- ;umed the place of honor, next, in ne. which Scrivener was president, went to the funeral as the guests of Fred W. Buchholz, a close friend of Seriv- ener and proprietor of the Occidental Hotel. Then followed Scrivener’'s associates from the detective bureau, the men M. lwith whom he had worked during re- “(Continu¥l on Fage 3, Column 33 redou- | in attendance | The members of this club, of | as fast as th. The Star’s carrier every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes “From Press to Home Within the Hour” system covers e papers are printed. Saturday’s Circnlation, 96,936 Sunday’s Circulation, 108,706 * (®) Means Associated Pre: TWO CENTS. ! Tokio Hears Gale Wrecks 11 Ships | In Northern Japan Br the Associated Press. LONDON, October 18.—An Eve- ning News dispatch from Tokio says 11 vessels are ported to have been wrecked by a gale in North- ern Japan, including the Maru, which foundered with “many passengers.” Lloyd's register Kaltsu Maru, 1,436 tons. port is Kobe. § a steamer, Her home SCHOOL HOUR VOTE WILL GUIDE BOARD Members Ask Summary of Star Poll for Consider- ation at Meeting. interest Evidencing ening Star's poll progress of The I : which has for its object a solution of the traffic peril as it affects the 66,000 school children of the city, school offi- clals today requested that an official summary of all ballots cast be sub- mitted to the Board of Iducation at its meeting on Wednesd: While the votes cast today show that 60 per cent favor a change in the opening hour to 9:30 and 40 per cent oppose any change whatever, the ballot total to date indicates that ap- i proximately 80 per cent favor either ilefifi than 20 per cent prefer that the 9 o'clock hour stand. | Sees No Need of Change. | Unqualified objection over the 1 hour | change of the opening school ‘ rs. elther to §:30 or 9:30 is voiced b Tanly, president Powell Junior High School Parent- Teachers’ Association, in a letter ac- companying her ballot, which was re- ceived today. Mrs. Manly state “There is not an hour hetween § and 11 o'clock when the main highways are safe for small children to cross unattanded. i “I cannot see that the situation will be at all helped by cither earlier or later opening of the school ses sions. “Those who are not oblized to be in office at 9 wait until the rush is over, consequently there is rush up to 11 o'clock. Moreover many office- going fathers take the children to | school on their way downtown. A | change in the ‘hours would work a real hardship on families where such is the custom. |~ “It seems to me the only solution is adequate police protection at school crossings at the times of day that children are going to and coming from school. “Surely the childrer of the District of Columbla are sufciently fmportant that they are entitled 1o ail protection necessary for their safe attendance at school.” Officials Openminded. Basil M i While school officials are maintain- {ing an open mind on the change of the iupening school hour pending the study 1 of the ballots and arguments submiit | ted by parents in The Lvening & poll, it was indicated at the Franklin thool today that some of them favor change in the opening hour at cer- tain schools, but not as & blanket or- der all over the city. It was pointed out today that there iare more than 5000 pupils on part time in the public schools, and that a opening would compel the after- noon shift to sit until § o'cle is considercd highly undesirable, ir much as during the short Winter days it is dark at 4:30, and some of the hools as yet are not equipped with ctric 11gh Parents a views on el urged to register their this important question promptly, as all ballots received hy Wednesday morning will be included in the officlal report to be rendered for the guidance of membs of Education when they | Franklin School on Wed | noon. |U. 5. SAILORS GUARD | NICARAGUA PARLEYS Government and Revolution Lead- ers to Confer Twice Daily | on Cruiser. By the Associated Pross. —two sesslons will be held daily on board the United States cruiser Den ver by the delegates of Gen | Chamorro’s conservative party and the Liberal Revolutionists who a effort 1o end the revolution and bring peace to the country Lawrence Dennis, the American | charge d'affaires will preside over | the sessions. It is expected the con ference will last a wwek. United in the city during the peac tions. i Corinto is filled with visitors. M | persons have been unable 20 s | hotel accommodations. The Cons i tives deny that their representative in | Washington is seeking the aid of the ! League of Nations in the controversy. | Government advices today | rebels had been defeated in an attack on Somoto, near the Honduran bor der. The rebel losses are placed at. 17 killed and 10 wounded and the govern- ment losses at 3 killed and 5 wounded. negotia | FALL KILLS BALLOONIST. esterday afternoon | Aeronaut Crashed in Street When !and move to that section. | Gas Bag Bursts. Guth- | Boyd, motor cycle | HAVANA, October 18 (P).—Avelina | Rodriguez, a_Cuban balloonist, |killed” vesterday when his balloon burst while at a high altitude over the city. The body of the acronaut crash ed through a network of telephone wires as it fell to the street. Rodriguez was advertising the products of a Cuban soap manu- facturer. Comuesia Jail for Mexican Priest. | MERIDA, Mexico, October 15 (). Francisco A Catholic priest, has been sentenced to 15 days' im prisonement for conducting religious services in the town of Tixcocob. He was charged with holding a meeting without having previously registered with the municipal authorities, an earlier or later opening hour, while { the | s | velopment and expres k. This | CORINTO, Nicaragua. October i8.| | opposed to his defacto regime, in an ! States blue fackets will preserve order | w4 then only COMMISSION MEN TOCONFER ONSITES NEARNEW MARKET Will Meet With Planning Body to Discuss Location of Business Places. FIGHT AGAINST CHOICE WILL GO TO CONGRESS Organizations Favoring Other Situ- ations Declare Wishes of Citi- zens Have Been Ignored. The next move in the plan to trans for t ‘apital's market tacilitie fron: t present downtown site wil come from the commission merchant it indicated today by Mal. Care H. Brown, chairman of the site committee of the National P and Planning Commission. market apital Maj. Brown, together with Lieut Col. J. ¥Franklin Bell, Engineer Com ioner of the District of Columbia. will confer with m mission merchants’ ably today, and inform them ofticially of the action taken by the National Capital Park and Planning Commis | sion on the market project at their meeting I Fredericksburs, Va., S ueday night. The commission took the las the commission merel mbers of the com committee, pre stand that mus nes given the opportunity finding Jand for it in the general laid down by the commission {The planning body purposely fixed a | date by which both the farmers’ m: ket and commission merchants' sites t be moved in order that the mat would not be permitted to drag by ny of the parties concerned. The planning comm! jon’s representatives Lwill offer their co-operation to the provide their own places of bus they should be of te merchants in trying to decide on one of the three locations laid down by the planning commission. They wil! ilable to the merchants f; make a lamd tigures which have been compiled the for ulroad facilities automobile and atlon and the dire. | tions from which the various products | come into the city. Disapproval Ts Voiced. | While plans were under way for tha onference between the planning off cials and the commission men, en: phatic expressions of disapproval of the commission’s action in selecting {the Eckington site over. the .wate: front and mideity locations—their sec- ond und third choices for the market— {came from business and civic inter- ests representing both of these latter locations, with the further promise | tiat they would carry their fight tu ngress. At the same time it was explained on behalf of the commission that the commission i the Lckington !site because of the railroad facilities there and the possibility of thelr de sed a preference [ for it over the water front site, be [ eauise it wonld prevent a large amount lof trucking from passing through the Mall The representatives of the commis n merchants will be urged by the {Government representatives to act | promptly in saying which ene of the three sites they favor, for informa | tion gathered Ly the special market Isite committee ~ indicated that the farmers’ line for which provision must i be and the commisston Pehants' line are inseparable. It fwis sald today that there apy was some confusion in some over the us the term ‘farme market’ in connection with the Cen ter Market. Tt was made plain today that the commission never at any had any idea of moving the ! farmers who sell at retail outside of the Center Market at this time. These farmers will he allowed to remain until such time as it b es neces | sy to remove the Center Market {which the commission has voted against at this time Most Produce From ryland. | Figures compiled by the market | committea from questionnaires sent fout to rmers in Maryland and I'the District of Columbia showed that { luring the past vear they brought into the District produce to the value 0,000, while questionnaires from 7 Virginia farmers showed that only 000 worth of produce came In from that area. This indicated to the com mission that the best location would be in the northern section of the ety | While not selecting any particular | site within the Eckington area, the | commission lald down the lines | within which the market lines should ! be shifted and indicated that the kington arex was generally bound ed by K d V' streets and orth | Capitol street and the grounds for the Columbia Institution for the Deaf ‘kington site put first in the list heeanse of the figures indicat ing that the greater part of the ship ments came from the North and West, and a study of the ground show | ed the possibility of railroad terminal development in an A easily ressible by motor nsport from rt of the city v. « s commission ny it. executive officer id that the com mission has discussed fn broad terms the question of eventually getting all swntown market facilities lo in the Eckington area, but | came to no conclusions as a body He gave it as his personal opinion. | however, that eventually the Center i Market would be moved to the Eck | ington ar ssuming, of course, that | the commission merchants follow the | Park Commission’s recommendation Howeve; | he said, the Center Market undouht ! edly would be allowed to remain in its present location for some time and would .be moved if the | patronage demanded such a step. | Fight Going to Congress. The fight to locate the new farmers’ market either on the waterfront or on the proposed mideity site will be arried over the heads of the Nationa) Capital Park and Planning Commis- t'(il)" direct to Congress, where the final decision is to be made, leaders lof the Mideity Citizens' Association {and the Southwest Business Men's | Association and Southwest Citizens | Associati nnounced today. | The ultimatum resulted from t Iumn ment by the planning commis sion Saturday night of its selection of the Eckington tract as the preferred (Continued on Page 2, Column 2