Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, probably followed by show- ers tonight and tomorrow; slowly ris- ing temperature. Temperature—High- 63, at 8:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 8, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 30,125. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. - HUNDREDS PERISH AS QUAKE SHAKES WHOLE OF ARMENIA Thousands Injured and Many Others Made Homeless. Population in Panic. RN 9,000 ORPHANS ESCAPE UNDER AMERICAN CARE Doctors and Nurses of Near East Relief Do Great Service in Treating Those Hurt. ated Press LENINAKAN, Armenia, October 23.—Many persons were killed and scores Injured and the whole popula tion thrown inte panic by an earthcuake wh. shook all of Armenia late last Many houses vollapsed, telegraph wires were wreched, trees uprooted and cattle killed. There was no loss of life among the large personnel of the American Near East Relief or the 9,000 Ar- menian orphans under its care. his was due to the sturdy construc- tlon of the old stone Czarist Military Barracks in which they are housed and the splendid main- tained by the Americans children Believing h Ararat, @ short distanc ay, was in erup tion, the inhabitants rashed in panic from their homes. They were soon reassured by the American and nurses attached to the Ne Relief, who, by their prompt and cool demeanor, preserv mirable order throughout the town bitants of the slopes of Mount i tell to their knee aving deliverance from the ecalamity, while others rushed to the churches scipline among Mount s Population 2 the former 15 one chief towns of 40 miles northeast of Kars Jation is about 23,000. M legendary resting place of Noah's lles about 60 miles to the south. Armenia hax heen a Soviet republic since April, 1921 HUNDREDS REPORTED KILLED. wdropol, Armenia, Thousands jured and Many Made Homeless by Quake. YORK, October 23 of persons were thousands injmed and other eands made homeless by the e quake which shovk Armenia late ht, said a cablegram to the Near | last Relief today from Erivan. All} of the 40 American workers of Near | Zast Relief are safe. the m said Buildings of the Near t at| Children | 1zes and Doc- for ) Killed thou rth- | st NIW Hundreds in caring the inj = The cablesram requested an appro- puiation to meet the emergency. “The Near Bast Relief centered its | Armenian activities in Leninakan, | Where it has been taking care of 9,000 orphans. SUGAR CLOGS PUMPS ’ AS SHIP FIGHTS GALE; Baltimore-Bound Vessel Stops Off Miami After Riding Out Hurricane. By the Associated Prese { MIAMI. Fla.. October and bruised from h with the tr hurricane, the erip- pled Munson steamer Munleon, bound | from Havana to Baltimore, dropped | anchor for a brief time off M Beach tc for fresh supplies and continued her journey later. The Hunleon was caught in the path of the storm Wednesday, 15 south of Miami. and fc her engin, ull speed w ing prosress in the heavy se e wir amaged the superstri washed all lifeboats overhe and disabled the wireless. Paul T engine room helper, was re 1y _injured The plight of the crippled vessel was augmented by her 24.000bag cargo of sugar, which partially turned into mo- lasses and clogged pumps. The Mun- leon loaded medical supplies, fresh water and di ip stores —Battered | r gruelling battle | mi| Spanish Premier Discounts Bank- ers’ Plea for Tariff Cut. BARCELONA, Octobe UP).—Belief that economic warf will continue was expressed today by Gen. Primo 1, the Spanish | premie commenting on the recent nternational economic manifesto call ing for the elimination of tariff bar- rier “While &nd indust remedy, will cor f who win will b prepared wit power and wit work harder premier “Spain,” he added, “will be victori ous in the economic fisht because she favors her home industries.” TC-5 LEAVES BOSTON. Dirigible to Stop at Lakehurst on | Way Back to Langley Field. BOSTON, October 23 (A.—The Army's non-rigid dirigible TC-3 took | off from the Boston airport today on its return flight to Langley Field, Ya. The big ship planned to pass over Mitchel Field, N. Y., and will stop overnight at Lakehurst, N. J. | The main purpose of the cruise of | the 196-foot airship here was to ac- quaint the crew with the Atlantic Coast line. In addition. opportunity Spain de bankers cribed -a | economic war | those peoples who are best and n who will said the the international ialists have 1 eve th , at those resou the | only | tors | | State Prison. | ceedings. | | obtainin j grand jur; { the investigation { hopes to | Tuesday | masse from the salty | thun pert @b ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1926—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. ISLE OF PINES STORM TOLL IS 38: By the Associated Press. HAVANA, October The ple- turesque little Isle of Pines paid heavy toll in deaths, injured and n terial damage when the Caribbean hurricane passed over it Wednesday morning on its way to Cuba to spread further death vas that among them t more than 200 per- nd that the prop- es will amount 1o steamer Cristobal 17 Amer erty and oth 0,000,000 T Colon brought to I injured persons the isle were destroye e R dities Crops were | Gerona, Santa F Many wealthy homes’ in th of 1 miles from Culy such as the i ates in gre There nd { t quantities, have bean | with ans, food | ave being sent from »ano eports from varion s of Cuba visited by the b ne served only to add 1o the material damage done in the republic. The number of fatalities estimated was stll under 1,000. 1z had been fmpossible to cal- culate the number of 1. The damage is estimated at $100,000,000. The bodies of 25 persons have been found in the municipality of Batabuno. Early reports placed the death list | there ). A check-up in the port of Hav veveals a_possible loss in inj | of water | three 17 AMERICANS ARE AMONG DEAD Property Loss Is $50,000,000—Cuban Dam-~ age Put at Over $100.000.000. i Fishing Crews Lost. the crews of 46 fishing boats. aggre- gating some 80 men, are missing. In- coming vessels report having seen 48 bodies floating in the sea. The loss of life in other sections of the city is estimated at between 60 and 100. Communication by railroad or wire to devastated districts continues | erippled. In the Provinces of Havana and Matanzas and in some sectlons of Pinar del Rio the sugar and tobacco crops and sugar mills sustained ex- { tensive damage. n iav street car service has Dbeen resumed and a limited amount available to all sections of the city. Only the interurban lines remain out of commission. COAST GUARD SENDS AID. | Cutter and Patrol Boats Carry Medi- enl Relief and Cook. The Coast Guard cutter Saukee and two patrol boats left Key West early today with medical personnel and sup- plies to give assistance to hurricane victims on the Isle of Pines. A mes- ge to the Navy Department from the commandant at Key West said a naval lieutenant miliar with the waters to be explored, a naval doctor, Hospital Corps men, a radio operator and a cook had been sent on ukee, as well asa staff sergeant, from the Army bar- e and the patrol boats will e e et xpected to be able to make their | vay into Neuva Gerona and Bato { the waters there of 157 lives. Twenty- | five hodies have heen recovered, but ACCUSER FACES " EXDRAGON TODAY Interest in Indiana Political Investigation Returns to By the Assoc MICHIC ted Press. AN CITY. Ind., October 23.—For a second time since Thomas | H. Adams, publisher of the Vincennes Commereial, made his charges of al-| lewed political corruption in Indiand nterest in the ensuing investigation wtered at the Indiana State Prison here today The publisher and Will 0. Feudner and Court Asher, associates in his publication of statements charging that high State officials had corrupt ings with D. C. Stephenson during. his political regime in indlana, to- gether with five other persons, were here today to interview Stephenson. Warden to Admit Them. 1f they sought such an interview, they would be admitted, Warden Wal- ter H. Daly night. 5 Accompanying Adams were William deputy prosecutor of rges is in . Miller, Muncie; plinger hville, and Liloy: ©O. Hill, Indianapolis, attorne: {ephenson, and a representative of the offico of Attorney General Arthur L. Gilliom. The pr ! prison held the limeli was two_weeks ago, from Indlanapolis sought to remove Stephenson to Indianapolis to testifs in a civil suit in which he was in- volved. were temporarily unsuceessful, Short timo later Stephenson was there to testify before the grand jury, and at the same time he ap-| peared as a witness in the civil pro-| ion in which the it of the cas when attorney Refused to Talk. H When Adams made original charges. he asserted that Stephenson it given the opportunity, would su antiate them wi documentary dence and it W day’s visit w before the was so brief that it was thought at the time that he volun- teered little information of value in and this impr n sis refusal, on his in the eared. Stephe: W lent color b constitutional P civil case at which he app REED SHIFTS PROBE. Klan Political Hearing Resumes Mon- day in Kansas City. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind October ving almos! luded its in- tgation of charges of Ku Klu lan control of politics in Indian: unds commit- today until wifl reconvene Reed, Democrat, M who has been car | at Chicago and here | by because other members | of the committee could not be pre nd up his work Mon, ‘nd devote the (Continued on Page 5 | was (Continued on Page QUEEN HAS DOCTOR FOR HER BAD COLD Prince and Princess Carry Out Their Schedule of Engagements. Column 7.) By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October A physi- cian was called to the royal suite at the Ambassador Hotel today to attend Queen Marie of Rumania, whose cold considerably aggravated by a strenuous series of speaking engage- ments yesterd Her lady-in-waiting had announced earlier that the Queen's cold was slightly improved, but later Dr. Albert B. Duel was summoned. He was ac- companied by Tileston Wells, the Rumanian consul general. The Queen’s condition was said to be not serious and the doctor's visit did not disarrange the day’s schedule of either the prince or princess. Prince Nicholas left the hotel in his roadster to visit the Brooklyn Navy Yard. A delegation of Girl Scouts escorted Princess Tleana to the Capitol Theater for a reception. Radio Audience Disappointed. Thousands of radio fans who count- ed upon hearing the Queen were dis- appointed last night. Because of what was represented as a misunderstanding as to time she failed to keep an engagement to speak from 21 stations in a national hook-up last evening, but her address at a dinner given in her honor by the Tron and Steel Board of Trade at the Hotel Commodore later dld get on the air via three stations. The announcement was that the Qucen would speak for the national hook-up between 8:30 and 9 o'clock. She arrived at the studio of WJZ at 205 and left a few minutes later en informed that a little time must pse before the hook-up could be &l A program of music, paid completed. for by a commercial company | being broadeast by WJZ at the time. A typewriter company, which broad- cast the Dempsey-Tunney fight, had rranged for the national hook-up last night. After the Queen’s speech at the steel dinner the announcer of WJZ sald over the air that an ice cream company had arranged for the Queen to broadcast next Friday at 9 pan. 1f her schedule is followed she will then be fn Winnipeg. Queen Does Not Wait. At the studlo of WJZ, while the Queen was waiting in the reception room, David Sarnoff, vice president of the Radio Corporation of America, was trying to arrange an immediate hook-up. When he returned to the reception room he found the Queen had gone, and immediately went to her suite at the Hotel Ambassador to apologles. liver Harriman, speaking for q said other engagements prevented her majesty from waiting. A Sarnoff then returned to the studis An announcer, through a mis- take told the radio audience it would have the pleasure forthwith of hear- g the Queen. Instead Mr. Sarnoff went on the air with apologies and an explanation that the time for the ha i 0_her ed P October which 1 wilder h Two hundred )e: have been getti | for the past 30 00- | ac island in the middle of Gra at | Salt Lake, will be hunted down dur- = November. to the opinion Westerners who declare the animals are “tame as old bossy in the rd,” the buffalo have become extremely wary and will race en ake shore to of the island rather nit 1 proach them. Contra of some the highest p was afforded to test the capabilities of berthing such craft where there were no permanent installations for she purpose. At a recent drive five horsemen rounded up 100 head to bring them before two weekly news reel cameras. Aftex seven hours of Hgrse-killing tand l?OO Wild Bu{?fsiloés. Growing Wilder, ' To Be Killed Off on Salt Lake Island riding, two buffaloes, and a cow, stalked up over a ridge, aw the cameras and galloped up a steep hill and disappeared among the rock ledges above. The balance of the herd had broken away 10 or 15 at a time and raced up the numer- sus gullies to safety in the mountains. The he which “posed” for one great moving picture, will be almost exterminated during the hunt, only a bare remnant being left to keep the species on the island. Indian have been brought from the Fort Hall Reservation, in Idaho, will act as guides and assist- Lol T e W B e Ty 2 Radio Programs—Page 30. an aged bull (OWAG. 0.7 TCKET SUCCESS FORECAST ON FARM AIDISSUE Brookhart, Stewart and 11 Representatives Have Or- ganization Support. COOLIDGE FOUND STRONG IN TALK OF 1928 RACE Porter, Democratic Senatorial Can- didate, Making Active Fight in Confident Mood. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The 28, Towa, October 23.— lowa, storm center of agricultural un- rest, is going to the polls November 2 with every prospect of electing the | Republican ticket. 1n the first place, the Republican leaders of the State, | including the candidates on the ticket, { have taken a lead in the demand for | farm relfef. Col. $mith W. Brookhart, | former Senator, and at present cand date for the long senatorial term, s been one of the foremost crusaders in and out of Congress. In the second place, the Republican State organization has accepted Brook- | Lart as the party nominee since his | | defeat of the late Senator Cummins | by seventy or eighty nd votes in the primaries this 3 From a national political point of | view the election of Senators for the short and long term, and of the 11 members of the House are the impor- tant features of the present lowa cam- | ! palgn. That Col. Brookhart will be clected for the long term seems cer- Margin May be 100,000. 1lis probable plurality will be any where from 40,000 to 100,000, depend- ing upon the extent of Republican de- fection because of the enmity still felt for Brookhart by many Republicans growing out of his attacks in 1924 upon the national Republican ticket and his support of the late Senator La Follette for President. David W. Stewart, a newcomer in Towa politics, is the Republican nom- inee for the Senate for the short term, the unexpired term of the late Sena- tor Cummins, which ends March 3 next. Mr. Stewart, 39 years old, a lawyer and a top sergeant in the Marines dur- ing the World War, s unopposed b; the Democrats, and his election is as- sured. ‘The Republicans confidently expect to elect all 11 members of the House, and thelr confidence seems to be justi- fled. In two districts, the eighth and fourth, the Democrats are making a strenuous effort to put across their candidates. The fourth district is represented by Gilbert N. Haugen, one of the fathers of the McNary- Haugen farm relief bill. e is op- posfd by Frank E. Howard, Demo- crat. With the entire State, generally speaking, clamoring for the enact- ment of the McNary-Haugen bill, the suggestion that Mr. Haugen is not to be re-elected comes as a shock. Mr. Haugen, however, is said to have made enemies in his district during his long service In the House. Furthermore, he roused some antag- onism when he sent a telegram to Iowa during the senatorial primary campaign saying that Senator Cum- mins had been of much assistance in (Continued on Page 4, Column 2 MRS, MPHERSON SURE OF VICTORY Heartened by Testimony at Trial, Evangelist Takes Up Work at Temple. By the Associated Prest LOS ANGELES, Octobér 23— Heartened by the trend of testimony in her case, Aimee Semple McPher- son, the evangelist, today predicted a complete defense victory and vindica- tion for herself as she turned from the 18-day ordeal of her preliminary hearing on charges of criminal con- | spiracy to plunge into the week end | services at Angelus Temple. i Reviewing the testimony of yester- day’s court session, Mrs. McPherson declared it had been a ‘“wonderful” day for the defense. Mrs. McPherson said she was par- ticularly jubilant over the testimeny of Judge Carlos Hardy, a member of the Superior Court bench of Los Angeles County, her friend and ad- | viser. Tells of Ransom Offer. Judge Hardy took the stand late yvesterday. His testimony revealed conversations with Mrs. Minnie Ken- nedy, the evangelist’s mother, con- cerning his dealings with the late R. A. McKinley, blind Long Beach attorney. Judge Hardy said that prior to Mrs. McPherson's return to Los Angeles after her 85 days’' ab- sence from Angelus Temple he in- formed her mother that McKinley had been approached by two mysteri- ous men who offered to produce the then missing pastor for $25,000 ran- som. McKinley came to his office to tell his story, Judge Hardy ex- plained. Being blind, McKinley was able to describe the men only by their voices, their mannerisms and the names which they gave, Judge Hardy was told. After learning about McKinley, Mrs. Kennedy went to Long Beach and consulted the police. Later, Judge Hardy said, he personally called on McKinle At this time his informant told him he had heard from the strange men a second time. They accosted him on the street to reassure him that they could produce the missing pas- tor. The hearing was adjourned yester- day until Monday moraing, when the | the ca icld, 22 Eighth street 11624 v street southeast, “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes () Means Associated Press. 19 HURT IN SEVE TRAFFIC MISHAPS Locked Steering Gear Causes | Injuries to Nine in One Car. Nine persons were injured. four of them seriously, shortly after mid- night when the automobile In which they were riding ran off the roadway near the south end of Anacostia Bridge and crashed against a tree. A locked steering gear was given as use of the accident. The seriously injured, tuken to Cas- ualty Hospital, are: Tlarry W. Satter- fleld, 5 vears old, 2 ourteenth street southeast, right knee and hip fractured; George Gotthart, 24 vears northeast, right ankle fractured; Arthur Lusby, jr. 3 internal in- nd Harry Walsh, 21 year old, Nichols avenue southeast, left ankle fractured. Other occupants slightly hurt, were: gomery, 22 vears old, southeast; Archie Coope old, 8200 Nichols avenue Ernest Poore, 19 years old, 1221 Mor- ris road southeast; James Cook, 24 vears old, 1922 Fourteenth Street, southeast and C. A. Lushy, 32 years o0ld, 1242 Pleasant street southeast. of the car, only Walter E. Mont- 1237 U street 19 years southeast; Returning Form Dance. Lusby, driver of the car, was re- turning to the city from a dance in Congress Helghts, for the purpose of taking Gotthart home. The other members of the party are residents of Anacostia. Two automobiles collided near the main entrance to Arlington Beach, Va., early today, resulting in three persons being injured, but not seri- ously. The automobiles were badly damaged. Howard Sharp, 17 years old, of Fairfax, Va., and Frank B. Allen of Marshall, Va., were the drivers of the car. Those injured and taken to Bmergency Hospital were: Gwendolyn Williams, 17 years old, 125 Beach street, Clarendon, Va. and Jack Carr, 18 vears old, Wes over street, Clarendon, Va., occu- pants of Sharp's car, and Philip Epstein, 21 years old, 721 Gallatin street, occupant of Allen’s car. A collision between motor cycles driven by Ralph Lee Feltman, 18 years old, Clarendon, Va., and Robert Preston, colored, 1812 North Capitol street, occurred at Seventh and R streets shortly before 6 o'clock yes- terday afternoon. Preston's leg was fractured, while James Hopps, col- ored, 1422 Eleventh street, who ac- companied him, was less serlously hurt. The Preston motor cycle landed against the parked automobile of James Lewis, 1623 Sixth street, and damaged it. The injured men were treated at Freedmen's Hos- pital. Others Are Injured. Charles B. Wright, jr, 50 vears old, and his wife, Mrs. Georgie Wright, 47 years old, 3911 Northamp- ton street, were knocked down at Six- teenth and Monroe streets last night by the automobile of John C. Wagner, Parkside Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Wright were taken to Garfleld Hospital, where Mrs. Wright was treated for an injury to her right ankle and possible in- ternal injurie The husband’s left leg was bruised. A motor truck, driven by Walter ddane, 3208 Q street, struck and seriously injured George W. Walker, 30 years old, 1420 Ninth street, who was crossing Twenty-fourth street be- tween M and N streets, vesterday aft- ernoon. Walker was treated at Emer- gency Hospital for injuries to his body and possible internal injuries. Mrs. M. A. Stokes, 72 years old, 440 Randolph street, recelved injuries to her face and ankle last night as a re- sult of being knocked down near Eck- ington and Quincy places northeast by the automobile of Earl D. Dean, 1924 Fourth street northeast. She received first aid at a physician’s office near the scene of the accident. Jerry Callahan, 42 years old, 149 W street, sustained a fracture of the right leg last night as a result of be- ing knocked down on Fourteenth street between L. and M streets by an automobile that was southbound on Fourteenth street. He was given surgical aid at Emergency Hospital. Crippled Tanker Towed to Port. NEW ORLEANS, October 23 (P).— After floundering helplessly for about 48 hours with a broken shaft and minus a propeller, the oil tanker Ed- ward L. Doheny was brought into New Orleans by the tanker Oscar D. Bennett. The Doheny lost her propeller in the recent tropical storm, Police Use Tear Gas to Break Up College ‘Pep’ Meet, By the Associated Press. N ARBOR, Mich.. October 23. - gas was used by pollce last night to break up 2 student demon- stration following a “pep” mecting preliminary to today’s Michigan- Tilinois foot bail game. The gas was used when several § score of the students after a “snake” dance up State street at- tempted to rush a motion picture theater. Upon recovering from the effects of the gas the students followed the officers toward police headquar- ters, hurling eggs. cabbage and other soft missiles en route. Final- Iy a brick was heaved through the glass door of police headquarters, and the police gave chase. Six students were held to appear in Police Court today. TWO HALLMILLS PRISONERS FREED Mrs. Clark Out on Bail and di Martini Wins Plea for Habeas Corpus Writ. By the Associated Press. 'SOMERVILLE, N. J.,, October 23— A man and a woman involved in the Hall-Hills murder case today were in possession of court orders which as- sure them of liberty for the present. Mrs. Minna Clark, who was choir leader in Dr. Hall's New Brunswick church until suverseded by Mrs. Mills and whom Special Prosecutor Alex- ander Simpson accuses of knowing more than she has told of events leading up to the killings, was re- leased in $5,000 bail last night by order of Supreme Court Justice Parker. The Court of Appeals at Albany, ordered the release of Felix di_Martini, a_private detective employed by Mrs. Hall after her hus- band was murdered. Both Mrs. Clark and di Martini are said to be included in the group of persons against whom Simpson has begun submission of evidence to the grand jury. Mrs. Clark was held for the grand jury here yesterday. Judge Cleary sa!d he had to do so without determining whether the evidence was strong or weak. Simpson agreed that she be released on ball. Mrs. Mary Demarest, a cousin to Mrs. Clark, testifled that she saw Mrs. Clark “spying” on Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills. The Court of Appeals at Albany be- sides ordering di Martini's release also nullified extradition granted by Gov. Smith_conditioned upon the outcome of habeas corpus proceedings. The lower courts ruled against di Martini in the habeas corpus action, but he won on appeal. He has been a pris- oner in a Brooklyn jall. He was ar- rested in Brooklyn on the night of October 8, after he had refused to come to New Jersey for questioning. TETRAZZINI IS MARRIED. FLORENCE, Ttaly, October 23 (#).— Mme. Louisa Tetrazzini, famous op- eratic singer, was married here this morning to Pietro Vernati, 20 years her junfor and the tenant of her home in Rome, where she met him. Amadeo Bassi, tenor, was witness for the.bride, and Col. Bombassel Frascani for the bridegroom. The ceremony was performed by Alderman Sebregdoni in the presence of a large assemblage. Tetrazzini is 52. ‘was J. G. Bazelll. Her first husband SCRIVENER “CLUE” FOUND BASELESS ‘Suspect’ Questioned Proves He Was Merely on Way to Work at Early Hour. Another one of the so-called “sure tips” in connection with the investl- gation of the shooting to death of Detective Arthur B. Scrivener in an alley near Wisconsin avenue and N street the morning of October 13, re- ceived late last night, brought In- spector Henry G. Pratt, chief of de- tectives, and detectives investigating the case to police headquarters. “And the tip was like so many oth- ers,” abserved a member of the mur- der squad this morning. “There was nothing to it. A brotherdnlaw of Miss Ielen Barnes Parker, flance of Detective Serivener, is reported to have learned of alleged susplcious movements of a Georgetown resident the night Seriv- ener was killed, and he and Miss Parker were at police headquarters last night to render what assistance they could in the investigafio The man mentioned in’the “tip” imparted to the police was found and taken to police headquarters, where he was questioned about his movements the morning Scrivener was killed. It quickly developed that his leaving home early that morning was merely for the purpose of going to his place of employment. Surprised that his name should have been dragged into the case, the man readily consented to submit to any sort of an examination or question- ing the detectives would suggest. He even went so far as to permit the taking of his fingerprints, and it quickly developed that the prints tak- en of him showed not the slightest resemblance to the print on the pistol with which the detective was slain. He was thanked and released. Early today another of the many “sure tips” was fmparted to Inspector Pratt, and Detectives Waldron, Keck, Sweeney and Thompson conferred with the inspector. Nothing is expected to come of it. Reported clues have been given to the police in such large numbers the detectives have been kept on the go ever since the slaying of Scrivener, - FOOT BALL FIGHT ENDED. Harmony Restored in Row Over Bus Ride of 112 Miles. ERIE, Pa., October 23 (#).—Har- mony prevailed again today between Principal John Ray and 19 members of the East High School foot ball squad, who had refused, because of physical strain involved, to ride 112 miles by bus today and play a game ‘with Newcastle. ‘The trouble was ironed out at a conference yesterday, following the canceling of the Newcastle game and the barring of the players from future school athletics. An official announcement stated that “both_sides realized they had made a mistake,” and that the schedule for the r of the season will be carried out. SUFFOCATED BY DUST. Team Driver Smothered While Rid- ing Along Highway. FRANKLIN, N. C., October 23 (#). —Dust from the highway suffocated a man here yesterday. Harley Sorrelle, 35, was driving an ox team when he fell from the wagon to the road. He held to the lines and ‘was dragged a short distance. His mouth and nose became filled with dust and he smothered to death, the coromer reported. The Giraffe Has Been Named! Judges have picked a suitable name for the new baby giraffe now on its way to the National Zoo, from a mass of suggestions made by the school children of Washington, nearby Maryland and Virgini: Winners of the contest will be announced tomorrow’s issue of The Sunday Star as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,381 TWO CENTS. RESIDENTIAL LAW HAMPERS CHOICE OF COMMISSIONER President, at Sea Over Ru- dolph’s Successor, Re- grets 3-Year Clause. FIELD OF POSSIBILITIES NARROWED BY BARRIER Executive Indicates He Will Offer No Objection to Repeal or Modiflcation of Act. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Coolldge frankly admits he is all at sea in the matter of selecting & successor to Cuno I Rudolph, who has asked to be relieved | as soon as possible as a member of the Board of District Comraissioners, | At present he has no one in mind | for the place, and moreover he sees { little possibility of muking a selection in the immediate future. Discussing the subject, the President plainly in- icated his task is a difficult one mainly because he is so restricted and limited in making a choice. The President, mindful of troubles he has had in the past in making ap ppintments to the Board of Commis- sioners, said through his spokesman that the principal difficulty lies in that section of the law, governing the ap pointments of Commissioners, which requires a three y legal residence in this city. Law Limits Field. n voicing his oppesition to 1 striction the President contended that the law not only makes his task ail the harder, but limits the field from which he may choose. President Coolidge does not belleve the three years' residence limitation is entirely necessary. e indicated he would of fer no objection if an attempt s made in Congress to repeal or modify the section. During this candid the subfect there was nothing sald or intimated by the Executive which could be taken to infer he intended personally to initiate the movement to repeal or modify this feature of the law which is proving so_trouble- some to him. Nor did the President give the impression that he wants a free hand to permit him to go he yond the limits of the District of Co lumbia to find a Commissioner, or that he considers this city licking in available material for the position The President agrees that a resident of Washington should be appointed to the commissionership. He belleves such an appointee should have lived here at least three years, as is speci- fled In the law, but he does not think the retention of a legal residence in some of the States merely for voting purposes should bar an individual from accepting this appointment. Mr. Coolidge was represented as he. ing satisfled that there are any num ber of persons living in the District of Columbia who would suft him in every particular, but who are ineligibla because they maintain a voting resi- dence elsewhere. Good Material Eliminated. The President pointed out that some of those he had in mind have lived here for a number of years, have homes here, uas well as business and other Interests, and are therefore cits- zens in fact, although they may still hold on to a voting residence in a State. He contends that such per sons are virtually citizens of this city and he regrets that the law compels him to eliminate them from any con. sideration. As for the available material among the residents of this city who are eligible under the law, the President was represented as saying he knows there are any number of them who have the experience and ability re- quired. He has found, however, that many of these desirables do not want the place. They are either too much absorbed in thir own private affairs or else they are not in position to make the necessary sacrifice in the event they should respond to the President’s call to public service. Then, too, the President, from his experience in ting about last Sum- mer for a successor to Frederick A. Fenning, knows that many of the: availables, who are eligible in every way, do not care to accept the position and be compelled to face attacks from members of Congres: Must Meet His Ideals. Although not at all enthusiastic over the task confronting him, the President is none the less determined to get the type of man who will measure up to his ideals. He has not vet given any considerable amount of thought or study to this problem, but will do so, later. In the meantime he has turned over to two of his close friends, who are prominently identi- fled in Washington and who have wide acquaintances, the task of look ing about for him. To these men, the President has merely outlined his desire in the mat ter of the caliber of person he wants and has requested them to canvass the fleld thoroughly. The President is hoping that one of these &couts will eventually produce the person who will qualify. The list of candidates for the com- missionership is growing daily. The prospects are that the field will be larger even than the one last Summer, when the President appointed Proctor L. Dougherty. It is said at the White House that more than 50 names were presented to the President at that time. Already more than a score have made their appearance at the White House. Some of these early ‘candi- dates have displayed no end of in- genuity and enterprise in the matter of the campaign they have launched. Some have solicited the support of one or more Senators or Representa- tives and others have accompanied their applications with indorsements of varlous organizations and individ- uals. discusslon of Two Women Active. Probably the two most active can- didates, at least from the viewpoint of indorsements, are two women, Since the two latter made applications for Mr. Rudolph's place the White House has received any number of communications from women's clubs and organizations, not only in this city, but from all over the country, urging the President to appoint a woman to this position. It was made known at the White House that when Commissioner “(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)