Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1926, Page 2

GRAIN MEN OPPOSE . GREATER ACREAGE Delegation Urges President Not to Encourage In- creased Production. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Opposition to the opening of fur- ther reclamation projects in the near future was voiced to President Cool- 1dge today by a large delegation of grain growers and dealers, who argued that there already Is too much grain Erown in this country and therefore the National Government should not encourage greater production. The President was not represented afterward as having made any com- ment upon this objection to one of the policies of his administration, and one that has been a tradition with Repub- lican administrations for two decades. There were more than 30 men, rost- 1y outand-out dirt farmers, in the delegation. They explained to the President that their object in calling on him at this time was because the annual meeting of their organization, the Furmers' National Grain Dealers’ Assoctation, is being held in the Cap- ital for the first time in its history and they wanted to acquaint the President with the organization’s viewpoint on some of the more important matters bearing upon agriculture. Relief Ideas Approved. Besides objecting to increasing the mgricultural acreage by opening more reclamation projects, the delegation told the President it approved heartily of several ideas he has advanced in the interest of agricultural relfef. First of all, the ciation is on record as being opposed to equalization fees and anything bordering on price-fixing by the Government. They are also opposed to legislation that would make co-operative marketing compulsory. The delegation informed the President it hoped for early development of the Bt. Lawrence waterway as & sure means of lowering freight rates, espe- clally for shippers in the Middle West. of Omaha, Nebr., of the association acted as s 1 or the group. He stated that the association is op- posed to compulsory co-operative mar- keting because such a step would be economically unsound. He said the members agreed with the President, who has advocated that the matter of increasing and bettering the co-opera- tive plan of marketing should be left entirely with the farmers themselves: that the Government's interest should be confined exclusively to rendering financial and moral support and other practical assistance through the me- dium of the Department of Agricul- ture. executive secret: Post Hard to Fill. As a general rule, when antlcipating & vacancy in one of the major posi- tlons of the Government, President Coolidge is fairly well prepared to fill it immediately or within a compara- tively short time. But in the ¢ Huston Thompson's resi the Federal Tr: dealing with the score or more candidates for this post. To comply with the law he must ap- point a Democrat, and since he has si nified he desired to appoint a man from the South, each State in that section has brought forth one or more aspirants. The latest name to be presented to the President is that of Col. A. R. Brindley of Alabama, now associated with the Federal ' in the capacity of name was presented today ator Underwood of Alabama The Alabama Senator with the President regarding the cotton situation in the South and told him_something of his observations in Europe this Summer. He stated that Iurope is far from having fully regained its economic soundness. Calls Tariff Too High. The Alabama Senator contends that the American ff is too high. He argues that it has virtually closed the doors of this country to Importation of European goods Senator Underwood appeared very hopeful of beneficial results growing out of the assistance being given by the administration the cotton growers and organizations in the ited that he saw no good reason why the Department of Agriculture should be criticized as being responsible for the slump be- cause of error in overestimating the cotton crop. The predicament in the South as a result of the cotton problem was also discussed with the President by a committee representing the American Cotton Growers’ FExchange. This del- egation was accompanied by Secretary of Agriculture Jardine. OLD COMET RETURNS. Berman Scientist Rediscovers Sky Visitoer of 1913. October 19 w comet, origl- nally observed by Inicobini in Paris and Zinner of Bamberg, Germany, in 1913, has been made by Schwassman kt Bergedorf, Germany. A cablegram yeceived by the Harvard College Ob- pervatory from Copenhagen said the romet was observed by Schwassman on_October 16. The comet is of the fourteenth mag- hitude and therefore invisible except with large telescopes. It is now in the constellation of Ophiuchus, which is slightly west of the constellation Aquila and 20 degrees north of Scor- yio. SPECfATURS HOLD DRIVER Xept Him From Leaving Machine After Crash, Officer Says. Three spectators held Harmon A. ook of 724 Eleventh street southeast when he tried to leave his machine, at Fifteenth and P streets last night, after the car in which he was riding hed collided with two other auto- mobiles, it was testified in Police Court this morning by Motoreycle Policeman Avon Shockey of the Traf- fic Bureau. Cook was still in the grasp of W. A. Long, H. L. Long end Herman Freeman when he ar- Fived on the scene, the officer said. About $50 damage was done to the two machines Cook is alleged to have struck. Arraigned today, Cook pleaded not gullty to a charge of driving while intoxicated and demanded a jury trial. Bond was fixed by Judge lsaac R. Hitt at $1,000. sy, Democrats to Meet Tonight. Representative Stephen W. Gam- brill of the fifth Maryland _con- fonal district and Mrs. M. will address the National Dem- ooratic Club of Washington tonight at 8 o'clock in the gray room of the Raleigh Hotel. Maryland campaign eports will be read at the regular T k! presided over by Fred | T Mivors, precdant of the.sigh. s M 15 Minutes Late, Man Finds Farmer Has Hanged Self Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., October ‘19.—Wor- ried because he had leased right of way through his sister’s property to a power company, Fred S. Coontz, prominent farmer of Page County, committed suicide by hanging himself from a rafter of his barn late yesterday. Coontz, who was guardian for his insane sister, had been advised by his attorney that he should not have signed the lease. He asked the power company to return the agreement, which it agreed to do. Its representative was to have ar- rived at 5 o'clock yesterday after- noon. Arriving 15 minutes late, he found Coontz dead. The coroner’s jury today ren- dered a verdict of suicide. Coontz was 35. His widow and child sur- Y CRANTON GRDERS TENANT EVCTED Michigan Representative Acts When He Learns of Dry Law Arrest. Special Dispatch to The Stas DETROIT, October 19.—Representa- tive Cramton of Michigan, ardent -dry leader and prohibition legislator, whose Irving street home in Washing- ton has been occupied by an alleged bootlegger in Mr. Cramton's absence from the Capital, yesterday ordered his secretary to evict the tenant. The nature of the “business” being carried on at the dry leader’s home has caused comment over the entire tion as a result of the arrest last Sunday of Jack O'Hearn, 28, on a charge of transporting liquor. O’Hearn, who, according to Cramton, rented the Cramton premises by pos- ing as a “high brow” from the West, has been released under $500 bond. Eviction Ordered. Following receipt of a telegram from his secretary in Washington, notifying him of his tenant’s tilt with the law, Representative Cramton im- mediately wired his aide to have the man ousted. Cramton is now making a lecture tour of Michigan. “I first learned that conditions in my Washington home were not as they should be,” Cramton said yesterday, “when 1 received the wire from my secretary. “He advised me that my tenant was highly undesirable and that consider- able comment was being made about it. I, of course, wired him full in- structions. Surprised by Arrest. “I rented the home to this man O'Hearn last May, at which time I was preparing to go abroad for a while. I had advertised in the papers, and he apparently came in response to the ad. He told me his name was Anderson, that he was a doctor and was in Washington doing some re- "|search work at the Congressional Library. His home, he said, was in Denver, Colo., to which he planned to return following completion of the work in Washington. “He was a scholarly appearing sort of person, and it is a great surprise to me to learn of his arrest.” TESTS OF NON-STOP PLANES TO BE MADE Fuel Consumption Will Be Studied Before Flight From Vir- ginia to Panama. Final teats of the two PN-10 planes assigned for the Hampton Roads-Canal Zone non-stop flight will begin at the Naval Aircraft Factory at Philadel- phia tomorrow. One of these tests will be the fuel consumption under various load conditions for the pur- pose of assuring naval experts of the ability of the ships to meet the 1,789- mile jump to Colon, Panama. The two planes have been under- going other engineering tests at the factory for the last week, and it is expected they will be ready for the flight by October 26. They probably will proceed shortly after this to Hampton Roads for the take-off. The actual date for the long flight has been left entirely to Lieut. Comdr. H. T. Bartlett, commanding officer, who also will make final selection of the crews. The aircraft tenders Wright and Sandpiper will take station for the flight on the first long overseas lap of the journey between Cape Hat- teras and Miami, Fla. The mine- sweeper Swan will take station a hun- dred miles out on the course from Colon and two destroyers, still to be selected, will link up with these ships in covering the 760-mile water gap between Colon and the Isle of Pines. HOLLYWOOD TURNS TO LEGITIMATE STAGE Film City Bids for New York Pres- tige as Home of “First Nights.” By the Assoclated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., October 19.— This city, long the headquarters of the motion picture world, is making a bid for some of New York's pres- tige as the home of “first nights” on the legitimate stage. Edwin Carewe, screen producer, an- nounced today that he had purchased all rights to the play, “The Heaven Trappers,” by George Scarborough and Annette Westbay, and said that he and his film-producing friends were “willing to spend some of the money made from the movies to prove that Hollywood can do what New York has done with stage plays.” Carewe has announced as members of his first legitimate cast Dustin Farnum, Bessie Barriscale, Henry Kolker, Howard Hickman, Sarah Pad- den and Willlam Burress. JAILED FOR ASSAULT. Two Men Given Year Each for At- tack on Two Others. John Thomas and Ray Dent, both colored, were given a jail sentence of one year each, following their con- viction by Judge Robert E. Mattingly in Police Court today on charges of assault. It was testified that the two de- fendants deliberately picked a quar- rel with Elias Sorrell and Harry Jones in a drug store yesterday -at Eleventh and K streets southeast,’and later struck them with a heavy B iiooman 1. &. Speith of the. . Policeman -made EVENING KTAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, TUESDAY MOST PARENTS ASK LATE SCHOOL HOURS Some Disapprove Change, Answers to Star’s Safety Ballot Indicate. Four out of every five parents who cast ballots today in The Evening Star’s. poll to determine public senti- ment on changing the opening school hour as a safety measure indicate that a change from 9 o'clock to 9:30 would be favored. Of the majority who favor a change in the opening hour, only 20 per cent have registered for an opening school hour of 8:30 o'clock. The minority group of par- ents who are content with the pres- ent 9 o’clock opening hour in many cases explain they are convinced the solution of the problem of protecting school children from traffic lies through stricter police regulation and more intensive safety education. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintend- ent of schools, and other school offi- cials, who daily have been interestedly following the results of The Evening Star’s poll, are maintaining an open mind on 'the subject pending _its formal presentation tomorrow after- noon at the meeting of the Board of Education. Board Studies Opinions. Members of the Board of Fducation have expressed a determination to study intently the wishes of the par- ents” on questions vitally affecting their children, and they are expected to exhaust all of their methods of contact with it before they announce any conclusions. In casting her ballot today Mrs. Clyde Kelly, wife of Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania, says: “We wculd favor an earlier hour for open- ing school rather than later, as our little people are always up very early in the morning.” Change Is Opposed. Mrs. J. Lynn Yeagle, 3000 Connecti- cut avenue, in opposing the change, says that mothers will help the situa- tion by giving their children time to get to school leisurely. She says: “In changing the hour would we not be encouraging the motorist to disregard ‘slow”’ signs?” Registering the_ viewpoint of a visitor, Harry A. Porter, 1703 Irving street, says that Washingtonians should bestir themselves earlier in the morning. He says he not only favors an §:30 opening hour fer school chil- dren, but also am earlier opening hour for the Government departments. “I don’t know,” he concludes, “why Washingtonians should be so tardy in £ TR S business of the Parents are urged to fill out the bal- lot today, as all reecived by tomorrow morning Will be included in the official report to the Board of Education. DEFINITE LOCATIONS FOR FARMERS’ MARKET NOW BEING SOUGHT (Continued from First Page.) the west will be selected for the farmers’ market. Considerable dissatisfaction was ex- pressed today by leaders among the men in related lines of business, such as dealers in seeds, fertilizers and ag- ricultural implements. They protest that they will not be tied by any de- cision of Federal or District officials to locate the new market center on either the Eckington or waterfront sites. They say they will not move to either location, but would be will- ing to move to the mideity location. The reason for this is that they do only about 40 per cent of their busi- ness with the farmers and the rest with the general public. Many Wash ington business and professional men have farms in suburban territory and buy from these dealers, who would not buy from them if they were shunted to railroad yards in either Eckington or the Southwest. Area Being Surveyed. The entire Eckington area is being surveyed by rallroad officials, repre- sentatives of the wholesale market men and by Government officials to see which is the most desirable area for the new market center. This area extends from L street along the Baltimore and Ohio tracks to Rhode Island avenue and as far west as First street northeast south of New York avenue and west as far as Eckington place north of Florida ave- nue. Extreme care is being exercised that there shall be no encroachment on the vicinage of the new educa tional center on T street northeast, where the new Langley Junior High School and the new McKinley Man- ual Training School, to cost $2,250,- 000, is being erected. Two very advantageous squares south of Florida avenue are being es- pecially studied. These lie to the north and south of the coal dumps which are on B. & O. sidings. One of these is between N and O streets, First street and the railroad tracks. The District of Columbia owns a small tri- angular plece just east of this prop- erty. This square contdins some 252,000 square feet and is owned by the same parties who own the Patter. son tract east of the railroad tracks and fronting on Florida avenue, which was known as Camp Meigs during the war. The other square lies to the east and west of Colfax street between L and M streets. There is outside own- ership of some 100,000 square feet In this property, and the Baltimore and Ohio Rallroad owns a considerable area abutting the railroad tracks. It is pretty well understood that when the site has been decided upon for the wholesale market that it wiil be acquired as a unit, either by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad develop- ment department or by an organiza- tion representing the wholesale mer- chants. The purpose of this is two- fold—to prevent the individual com- mission men from bidding against each other for the location, thus run- ning up the price, and in order that there may be uniform construction which will make the new wholesale market architecturally attractive. Then the various stores would be ap- portioned out at prorated cost. Site May Be West of Tracks. Until the location of the wholesale market has been determined no defi- nite action can be taken in locating the farmers' market. The recom- mendation of the city planners gives assurances that it will be located in the same general area as the whole- sale market and within a reasonable distance. It can be safely stated that the farmers’ market will probably not be located east of the railroad tracks, although at least two sites east of the tracks are still receiving serious con- sideration. One of the sites proposed for the farmers' market is on the south side of Florida avenue, just opposite the Patterson tract, between the railroad and Sixth street. On the square near- est to the railroad the District is now an occupant, and will in all probabil- ity purchase that land during the coming year to use it as a rage epace. It really needs this storage space near the railroad tracks, and cannot well sacrifice this location as part of a farmers’ market site. Another proposed site for t;a‘o farm- v Mail Robbers Use “Just Married’ Tag In Fleeing Jersey By the Assoclated Press. NEWARK, N. J., October 19.— Tagged as a wedding party, four men believed to be members of the gang of eight bandits which robbed a mall truck at Elizabeth, ' after killing the driver and wound- ing three other persons, escaped in an automobile into Pennsyl- vania, the authorities learned yes- terday. Joseph Stull, a gate tender at the Frenchtown, N. J., end of the toll bridge over the Delaware River, reported that a blue sedan, containing four men and the rear license plate covered by a “just married” sign, dashed across the :pfin yesterday without paying oll. Pictures of suspects in the hold- up were shown Stull. He picked that of James “Killer” Cunniffe, suspected in the Elizabeth hold-up and other recent robberies in which murder was committed. POLICE WILL GUARD AGAINST SKATING HORDES Residents on Maryland Avenue Northeast Appeal for Protection. The District Commissioners today ordered that a special police detail be assigned in the vicinity of Eleventh and Twelfth streets and Maryland ave- nue northeast to protect pedestrians and private property against large groups of skaters that gather there every night. A petitlon of protest was received by the Commissioners recently from resiients on Maryland avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, com- plaining that the “hordes of skaters™ that congregate every evening make the night ‘“*hideous with their noise,” the sidewalks unsafe for pedestrians and destroy private property. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, advised the Commissioners that the only effective method to cor- rect the situation is to enact a regu- lation prohiviting roller skating on the sidewalks. The Commissioners, how- ever, decided that such a regulation would force children upon the streets which would not be desirable. WORLD FINANCIERS URGE REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO TRADE (Continued from First Page.) industrialist; Nicola Pavoncelli, presi- dent of the board of the Bank of Italy, and Felice Guarneri, director general of the Association of Italian Corporations. Austria—Alfred Heinsheimer of the Vienna Bank Verein; Dr. Arthur Krupp, steel manufacturer; Baron Louis Rothschild of the Rothschild firm, and Dr. Richard Reisch, presi- dent of the Austrian National Bank. Belglum—F. Hautain, governor of the Natlonal Bank of Belgium; M. Despret, head of the Bank of Brus- sels; J. Jadot, governor of the Societe Generale de Belgique, and F. M. Phil- lipsson, banker. Czechoslovakia—Dr. Vilempospisil, governor of the Czechoslovak Nation- al Bank: Dr. Josef Barton, head of the Textile Manufacturers’' Associa- tion; Dr. Hanus Karlik, president of the sugar association, and Dr. Adolph Sonnenschein, iron manufacturer, Denmark and Others. Denmark—A. O. Andersen, head of the Danish Steamship Owners’ Asso- clation, and Lensbaron Rosenkrantz, managing director of the National Bank of Copenhagen. Holland—C. E. Ter Meulen, banker; Dr. M. W. F. Treub, former minister of finance, and Dr. G. Vissering, head of the Netherlands Bank. Hungury—Gustavus Gratz, former forelgn minister; Baron Maurice Kornfeld, director of the National Bank of Hungary; Count Ladislas Somssich, president of the Agricul- tural Union, and John Telesky, for- mer finance minister. Norway—Caesar Bang, head of the Federatiop of Norwegian Industries; dent of the Association wegian _Private Banks; N. Rygg, head of the Bank of Norway, and H. Westfal-Larsen, president of the Norwegian Ship- owners’ Association. Poland—Stanilaw_Karpinski, presi- dent of the Polish Bank, and Marjan Szydlowskl of the Mining Industries Association of Upper Silesia. Sweden—J. S. Edstroem, electrical manufacturer; Victer Moll, governor of the Bank of Sweden, and Marc Wallenberg, chairman of the Swedish Bank Assoclation. Switzerland—G. Bachmann, presi- dent of the Swiss National Bank; Leopold Dubois, chairman of the Swiss Banking Society, and Rudolf Sarasin, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Basel. TARIFF CUT NOT FAVORED. President Represented as Holding to Present U. S. Policy. It was made very plain at the ‘White House today that President Coolidge will not agree to a general lowering of the American tariff as is being advocated by an organized move- ment of prominent financlers and manufacturers and some Americans, including the Morgan company. While he is sympathetic toward the economic recovery of Europe, he is not in & frame of mind to contribute toward this reconstruction at the ex- pense of his own country. The manifesto in question, while it has not been read by the President, is evidently familiar to him from the manner in which he discussed it through his spokesman at his confer- ence with the press. He doubts very much if the tariff can be lowered, as is advocated in it, without gravely jeopardizing the po- sition of the United States and with- out serlously damaging the high standards of living and a prosperous production in this country. The President is understood to be aware that more than one movement is on foot to bring about the breaking down of the present tariff, but from the manner in which the President viewed this subject today he is pre- pared to lead a determined fight against any such onslaughts in the future, It was pointed out n consideration of the proposal to lower the tariff for the benefit of foreign countries that out of the $5,000,000,000 worth of im- ports intae this country annually a tariff duty is paid on only $§1,500,000,- 000 of that amount. The remainder of this amount of imports enters this country duty free. ——e Here there is unlimited area for de- velopment which is practically wild. It lies between Rhode Island avenue and Brentwood road. There is now a spur track into this area, which is a Parsons and Hyman development with two warehouses already estab- lished there. This is considered by no means a desirable location for the farmers’ market and would meet with extensive opposition, as being too far removed from the other two units of the market system $s well as from ‘public, BANK LOOT SEARCH ENTERS MARYLAND Reward Spurs Hunt for Knapp and $320,000 in Pittsburgh Swindle. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, October 19.—Search for Charles E. Knapp, who disap- peared Friday with $320,000 in cash, centered upon Maryland today, with pursuit spurred by offer of a $1,000 reward for the alleged bank swin- dler's capture, and a bonus of 10 per cent of all money found on him. One clue to his whereabouts sent Pittsburgh detectives on a fruitless search last night to Side Hills, Pa., a mountainous hamlet in Fulton County, and then across the Maryland border, 10 miles away. Just what their Mary- land destination was could not be learned nor had any report been re- ceived from them since they had re- ported their failure to find Knapp at Side Hills. Meanwhile additional informations charging embezzlement were preferred against three officials of the Brother- hood Savings & Trust Co., which was closed after Knapp's disappear- ance with the cash, nearly a third of the bank’s funds. He had been given the money in payment for $800,000 worth of Liberty bonds, al- leged by some detectives to have been the property of John A. Bell, presi- dent of the bankrupt Carnegle Trust Co. The information charging em- bezzlement were sworn to by a State bank examiner. The reward for Knapp's capture was offered by R. A. McCrady, presi- dent of the bank, now free under $175,000 bond on various charges brought in connection with the swindle. COST OF CONGESTION PUT AT $10,500 A DAY Loss Due to Traffic Result of In- adequate Facilities in Big Cit- ies, Road Builders Declare. Traffic_congestion is costing the United States approximately $10,500 per day, the American Road Builders’ Association estimated today on a sur- vey of traffic conditions throughout the country. The total loss in time, accidents and property damage was estimated at $3,832,500,000 for the year, exclusive of the loss in insur- ance as the result of over 20,000 fa- talities. “The enormous cost of congested traffic is the result of inadequate facilities in and near thickly settled communities,” the association: de- clared. “The improvement of streets has been carried on in relation to the increase in automobile traffic, but the amount of traffic the improved streets will carry is little greater than two years ago. The situation de- mands the immediate widening of highly traveled streets and highways throughout the Nation.” The statement said congestion cost the City of Chicago nearly $200,000,- 000 annually. YORKTOWN HONORS REVOLUTION’S HEROES 145th Anniversary of Cornwallis’ Surrender Commemorated in Patriotic Celebration. By the Associated Press. YORKTOWN, Va., October 19.— Tribute was paid to heroes of the American Revolution today by thou- sands of persons wio assembled here to commemorate the one hundred and forty-fifth anniversary of the surren- der of Cornwallis. The placing of a wreath on the Yorktown Monument by representa- tives of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Daughters of the American Revolutfon and other pat- riotic organizations will open the exer- cises, which are under the joint auspices of the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution of Virginia. The principal address will be given by Representative S. Otis Bland of the first Virginia district. Yorktown first came into being fol- lowing the act of ports in 1691, on the site of the village of Pamunkey Chesklack, which was settled soon after the English founded Jamestown, about 1630. The village led a placid_existence until Revolutionary days, when it was converted into a battlefield by British troops, who were subsequently bot- tled up by Washington’s army and the French fleet. It was here that Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the American commander-in-chief on Oc- tober 19, 1776. e SEVEN CITIES SEEKING NEXT PORT CONVENTION Co-operative Marketing and Farm- ers’ Organizations Urged in Ad- dress at Norfolk Meeting. By the Associated Press. Chicago and St. Petersburg, Fla., were received by President J. Spence Smith yesterday for the 1927 convention of the American Association of Port Au- thorities, which opened its annual con- vention here yesterday. Advocacy of co-operative market- ing organizations and organization of farmers to work with the Government in the solving of agricultural problems was made by Lloyd S. Tenny, act'ng chief of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics, who made the principal address of the day. The convention continued in session today. . et CUBA PICKS ENVOY. Quesada to Represent Nation at Roosevelt Memorial. Cayetano de Quesada, attache at the Cuban embassy here, has been appointed by the President of Cuba to represent that government at the Roosevelt memorial celebration to be held in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Octob- er 27, the anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s birth. Senor Quesada will leave for Flori- da late this week and return to the embassy immediately after the cere- monies. He is a member of the United Spanish War Veterans, being the first foreign born person to be elected to membership in that soclety. The President of Cuba and Senor Rafael Sanchez Aballi, the Ambassa- dor from Cuba, were the second and third to be elected. Theodore Roosevelt, of all Ameri- can Presidents, is revered by Cuba because of active service inthe war af OCTOBER 19, 1926.' SVITH MAY LOSE ON LIQUOR ISSUE Split Party and “Slush” Problem Look Dark for Illinois G. O. P. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, October 19.—Illinois’ three-cornered senatorial contest en- ters upon its final fortnight in a whirl- wind of doubt as to the outcome. The State that gave Coolidge half a million majority in 1924 is by no means cer- tain of giving even a plurality to Frank L. Smith, Republican candidate for the Senate. On the contrary, he is fighting with his back to the wall, with defeat a grave possibility. What Senator Reed’s slush-fund committee, again in session at Chicago, unearths ;hés ‘week will probably decide Smith’s ate. The Republican nominee already has been deserted by thousands of Repub- licans outraged by Smith’s acceptance of public utility funds in his primary campaign. Many have gone openly over to the side of Hugh S. Magill, the religious educationalist, who 1is the independent Republican candidate. Others, reluctant to do anything that might elect George E. Brennan, the Democratic candidate for Senator, will not vote at all. No one at this hour can estimate how big the anti-Smith Republican protest vote really is. But there IS general agreement that if Senator Reed’s renewed activities smear the Smith escutcheon still fur- ther the Republican candidate’s for- tunes will be imperiled to the point of disaster. Prohibition Is Vital. Smith is in danger mainly, but not exclusively, on the slush-fund issue. The other factor that is rocking his leaky ship, and may sink it, is prohi- bition. The Republican nominee, run- ning as a dry on a dry platform, will lose practically the solid wet vote to Brennan, his Democratic opponent. But Smith is far from commanding the solid dry vote. Although backed by the Anti-Saloon League, the influential church element, so powerful a factor in that organiza- tion, is in flerce revolt against Smith. It opposes him for two reasons. In the first place, the churchmen chal- lenge the league's right to indorse a senatorial candidate, however dry, who bears the stigma of having accept- ed $287,000 (or 71 per cent) of his cam- paign fund from public utility corpora- tions while chairman of the Illinois Public Utllity Commission. They con- sider such support a travesty on the high morality which is supposed to inspire Anti-Saloon League policy. In the second place, churchmen are horrified by Smith's plans to stump Chicago on the wet platform of the Cook County Republican organization. It is the fat county offices that mainly fire the political enthusiasm of the Chicago G. O. P. As the metropolis is almost as wet as abutting Lake Michigan, Cook County can only be held by a wet Republican party. To command its support, Smith has to appear, in Chicago at least, to be as wet as the organization. His readi- ness to do so, while campaigning down- State as a dry, has infuriated Repub- lican drys. Nation’s Eyes on State. Illinols voters are aware that the Nation’s eyes are upon their State, because of the slush fund scand: They recognize that the issue it raises is more reprehensible here than in Pennsylvania because of the source of the money that nominated the Re- publican candidate for the Senate. The great newspapers of Chicago, the Tribune and the Daily News—the for- mer Republican, the latter independ- ent—are fighting Smith tooth and nail. The most important down-State Re- publican newspaper, the Bloomington Pantagraph, is opposing him. It is the slush fund that inspires all this enmity to what is charac- terized by the Chicago Daily ‘a, candidacy of disgrac News not only belabors Smith for ac- ceptance of “lavish public utility do- rations,” but berates the Anti-Saloon League of Illinols as his ‘“greasy camp-follower.” The Magill support- ers, especially the church drys, are bitterly angry with Wayne B. Wheeler for suggesting that *sensible” voters will support Smith because “he is a dry candidate who can win” and not waste their votes on “a dry candi- date who is bound to lose.” The muddled conditions which the slush fund and prohibition issues have churned up naturally fill the Brennan camp with gleeful hope. The Demo- crats say Brennan will sweep Cook County by anywhere from 100,000 to 150,000 plurality. They reckon that Magill will cut into Smith so fiercely that the regular Republican nominee cannot possibly reach Chicago from downstate with enough votes to over- come Brennan's lead. The Democrats frankly pin their faith on Brennan's wetness, They count not only upon their own full party vote, but on enor- mous accessions of wet Republican strength. Brennan is ip no position to assail Smith on the slish-fund prop- osition, as he himself was a public utility primary beneficlary to the ex- tent of a paltry $15,000. Nor is that circumstance apparently doing Bren- nan any harm. The theory seems to be that Smith’s $287,000 reduces Bren- nan’s $15,000 to such insignificance that it is unworthy of consideration in this great ‘‘moral issue” battle in Illinots. Klan Vote Will Count. Brennan is certain not only to lose numerous Democratic dry votes down- State, but also in the same regfon will be bitterly opposed by the Ku Klux Klan. As Smith's wife, like Brennan is a Roman Catholic, cer- tain Protestant groups in rural Illi- nois probably will go to swell the Magill anti-Smith protest vote. But Brennan’s people think ‘ Republican wets will far more than offset defec- tions from him on the part of anti- Catholics and Democratic drys. The religious issue is not being stressed but the facts are known, and they will determine the action of a con- siderable body of voters. The independent opposition to Smith is hammering home the probability that if elected he will not be allowed to retain his seat. His defeat is there- fore urged not only on the ground of his ineligibility, but because, if elect- 6,763 Were Killed, 137,435 Injured on Railroads in 1925 By the Associated Press. Rallroad operations in the United States caused the deaths of 6,763 persons in 1925 and the injury of 137,435. The figures, announced today by the Interstate Commerce Commission, represented an in- crease over 1924 of 149 in fatali- tles and a decrease of 6,304 in In- Juries. All efforts to lessen highway e crossing accidents fafled during 1925, the commission added, in reporting 5,479 such collisions, as compared with 5,127 in 1924. Last year's grade crossing acci- dents resuited in 2,206 deaths, 57 more than in 1924, and 6,555 in- Juries, an increase of 80. Of the accidents at grade cross- g;‘! 88 per cent involved automo- les. SCRIVENER MURDER STILL IS MYSTERY Detectives Without Clues, But Hopeful of Unearthing Popular foicer’s Slayer. The hunt for the murderer of Arthur B. Scrivener, detective ser- geant, who was slain a week ago tomorrow, continued today with no results. p The detective bureau is awaiting the report from the factory experts of the arms manufacturing company which produced the pistol which, with its identification serial numbers flled off, was found at Scrivener’s feet. Little hope is held out, however, that the experts at the factory will meet greater success in attempting to bring out the filed-off numbers than was met at the Bureau of Standards, where acid baths failed. Detectives are confldent, however, that the mys- tery will be cleared up. No Relaxation in Activity. Failure of the meager clues thus far in hand has not resulted to any marked degree in lessened activity in the case. Inspector Henry G. Pratt, Detectives Kelly, Sweeney, Waldron, O'Brien and Nally and several other investigators continue exclusively to devote their activities to the probe. - A woman acquaintance of Scriv- ener was interviewed yesterday in the hope that she might throw some light on obscured events in his recent past, but she proved to be of little assist- ance to the police. - Virtually all of Scrivener's friends have been inter- viewed for some possible sign post to a motive for the crime, but it was found he had divulged nothing tangible to them which could push the investigation further forward. Bankers Express Deep Regret. A resolution of regret at the death of Detective Scrivener was adopted and spread on the records of the Dis- trict of Columbia Bankers’' Associa- tion at a meeting last night. The resolution recorded “deep re- gret at the untimely death of Detec- tive Sergt. Arthur B. Scrivener, who was one of the ablest officers of the Metropolitan Police Force.” ‘The resolution continued: “On many occasions he rendered for the Bankers' Association excel- lent service in apprehending ecrimi- nals who were operating in and about Washington. His daring, his expert knowledge and bravery made him feared by the criminal world. His contact with our banking officials, as well as his pleasing personality, won for him a host of friends.” JRR—— MAJ. DONNELLY FUNERAL. Services Here Tomorrow for Re- tired Army Officer. Funeral services for Maj. Walter M. Donnelly, Quartermaster Corps, U. S. A, retired, chief finance officer at the port of embarkation, New York, during the World War, who died Sunday, in the 56th year, at his home, 1218 Park road, will be conducted to- morrow morning at 9 o'clock at Sacred Heart Church, followed by interment in_Arlington Cemetery. The following will act as pallbearers: Capt. W. E. Cashman, James Callan, Herman Friedlander, Edward Shinn, M. J. McFarland and M. T. Lehane. Maj. Donnelly is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Esther Donnelly; three sons, J. Lee, Walter M., jr., and T. A. Donnelly, and a daughter, Miss Mary Anita Donnelly. MARSHAL SAVES WOMAN. Attack of Man, Accused by Mother, | Fails. United States Marshal V. W. Burke stepped In the way today when Nick Christ, who described himself as a Macedonian, made a lunge at Mrs. Isabelle Price, 623 Allison street. Mrs. Price's testimony had just re- sulted in Christ's being held for action of the grand jury under $5,000 bond. She told Judge Robert E. Mattingly that the man grabbed her and tried to take her pocketbook away from her as she was walking along the street near her home with her children Sunday. The attempted attack came as Christ was being led back to his cell. COAL | PRICES PROBED. New York Inquiry of Alleged Com- bination Ordered. NEW YORK, October 19 (#).—An investigation into an alleged coal n price fixing combination was ordered | Rol today by Supreme Court Justice Tierney. He appointed Joseph Rosal- sky as referee, who was directed to begin his Investigation Thursday morning in the county courthouse, ed and unseated, Gov. Len Small will appoint Smith’s successor. That pros- pect appears to strike many Illinois Republicans as hardly less revolting than the prospects of a Smith sena- torship. It conjures up the possibility that either “Big Bill"” Thompson, for- mer mayor of Chicago, or Fred Lun- din, one-time Thompson boss, will be sent to ‘Washington to adorn the United States Senate. It is one of the reasons why Republicans in mass formation are in the mood to vote for Magill, even if thus half-voting for Brennan. DEBS’ DEATH EXPECTED. Socialist Leader Sinks Rapidly To- day at Sanitarium. CHICAGO, October 19 (#).—Eu- gene V. Debs sank rapidly early today and the death of the Socialist leader ‘was momentarily expected at the sub- urban sanitarium where he has been confined for some time, suffering from ‘The appointment was made on the application of State Attorney Gen- eral Ottinger. PETITION [SFILED TORECALL HARTLEY Washington Governor Denies Suzzallo Fight Is Result of War-Time Dispute. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., October 19.—The quarrel between Gov. Roland H. Hart- ley of Washington and his political opponents has come to a showdown in the form of an attempt to recall the State's chief executive. A recall petition seeking to oust the governor was filed with the Secretary of State vesterday and committees of repre- sentative citizens and representatives of labor unions today were to eircu- late petitions to obtain the 97,976 signatures required by law. The charges against the governor in substance are that he “violated his oath of office, committed wrong acts in office and committed right acts in wrong ways.” Goyv. Hartley's opponents charge he as been an enemy to education in the State and has crippled State edu- cational institutions and removed regents and other officials of institu tions who opposed his designs. The culmination of the trouble came with the recent suspension of President Henry Suzzallo of the University of ‘Washington at Seattls. The action, though taken by the board of regents, is accredited to the governor, who, it is alleged, obtained Suzzallo’s replace- ment by removing regents favorable to Suzzallo and appointing officials who would vote to oust him. Hartley Denies Charges. ‘The asserted dislike of the governor for Suzzallo, supporters of the latter assert, dates back to the war, when Suzzallo, as chalrman of the State council of defense, urged an eight-hour day in lumber camps. Hartley, being owner of large lumber camps, is sald to have opposed this and to have op- posed Suzzallo because of his attitude. All this the governor denfes and declares that he did not dictate to the regents in their action in removing Suzzallo. The governor also insists that he intends to carry out a pro- gram of economy and good govern ment without fear or favor. Specifically, the governor is accused of appointing members of the Le, ture to administrative positions “for the purpose of preventing the free expression of the will of the people through their representatives in the Legislature, and that concerning ap- propriations and levies for Stata Instl. tutions, including institutions of higher education, he failed, neglected and refused” to enforcer them and since thelr (the appropriation bills) passage by the Legislature he has attempted to prevent and has prevented thelr enforcement.” Majority Vote Needed. The recall movement was initiated at a Seattle meeting last Wednesday, when a gathering of 4,000 persons was called to protest against Suzzallo's re- moval and adopted a resolution de- manding the governor's recall and named a committee to accomplish this end. Nearly 300 persons enlisted for active work. It is the first time a governor has been sought in Wash- ington. Hartley, who became governor 21 months ago, has 27 months to serve. His first act on becoming governor was to ask the Legislature to adfourn that he might make a survey of the financial needs of State institutions. In comformity to his promise, he then called a special sesslon of the Legisla- ture, but a heated argument resulted over his attempts to cut educational appropriations, several of which were passed over his veto. If the. required signatures are ob- tained and approved by the Secretary of State, he must, within 15 days, et a date for a special election within 40 days. A majority vote is required for a recall. - BAND CONCERTS. TODAY. The United States Sgldlers’ Home Band Orchestra, at Starey Hall, 45 o'clock, John M. Zimmerman, leader; Emil A. Fenstad, second leader. —LAUREL ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. TRST RACE—Purse. $1.300: malden 2-sear-oids: 6" Furloiga — Partner. *Brown Study Reine Ridead’ *In Reine Ridenii Indign Light. Tzetta {“W Ascendant. » e ne King "1 Mathiida B, . tRay Parr and R. W. Carter entry. SECOND RACE—Puree. $1.300: 2 8.5ear-olds and up: 0 Trtonga0: Csimine: *Lemnos .. Hikhwayman . &3 L3383 H *Element; Maxiva IR S £33233 3= nny .. George J. §3 reoze . *Wonderful One sGrand Bey ... olde: 6 Turigagpe ™. $1.300: 3year 108 Lassa . ald Be W va e 0 190 Jod of e T 10 hathen . Sun Lynn ..l. 110 i FOURTH RACE—Purse, $2000: Graded Handicap: grado A: 3-yearolds and up: 1 High_Star . Bix Blaze Che Son of John Joy Smoke ree, $1.500: Graded Handicap: grade B: d-yéar-oids and up: All Gone SIXTH RACE—Purss, $ Handicap: grade C: 3-year-o mile. 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