Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1926, Page 2

New Foghorn S C dC B Y e e o el S HERE TOPS BILLION - THOAREBURNDD | INGASOLIN BLAST Ousted Dry Chief K. OF C. DENIES AID INMEXICO REVOLT 'MARIE,BACKINLS, 0 VIEW 0LD WEST By the Associated Press. ST. CATHERINES POINT, Isle of ‘Wight, November 6.—The farmers are phone. It was originally designed as & musical instrument. It has been Dry-Cleaned Curtains Ignited { in Electric Wringer—In- i valid Rescued. An attempt to dry gasoline-drench- Bd curtains in an electric wringer in the basement of 900 Maryland avenue | northeast yesterday afternoon pro- duced an explosion and fire which resulted in injury to two persons, one | critical condition at ! ©of whom is in Casualty H the rescue of an nvalid occupant of the house trap- | ped on an upper floor, and approx- dmately $500 damage to the premises. Police investigation revealed that the explosion took place when the ®lectric wringer Amos Stoll, occupants of the hovse. Machine Blown Across Floor. The explosion blew the heav= -ash- fng machine across the celle. in a gheet of flames. Mrs. Stoll was burn- ed severely about the head, arms, hands, back and legs when her cloth- dng ignited, and her husband was burned about the face, and Brms. Policeman John O. Patton of No. 9 precinct, who was on Lis way to U precinct statlon, half when the fire started, graphically d scribed the scene in his official report &S follows: “About 4 o'clock, while returning to station to report off duty, I saw smoke and flames coming from the Windows of 900 Maryland avenue kortheast. “As I got to the door, Mrs. Pauline Etoll came running out of the house Wwith most of her clothes burned off. Khe was severely burned about the face, arms, back and legs. 1 took my coat’ off and wrapped it about her Rnd asked her if there was any one else in the house. “She hands On the third floor I rushed up the far as the third floor, but was forced to return because of the smoke. being started to | dry the curtains, which had just been | leaned with gasoline by Mr. and Mrs. | { Powerful CHRACH COMDR. HALSEY POWELL, Who has_been appointed to succeed Capt. Walter Gherardi as aide to Sec- retary of the Navy Wilbur. CAPITAL TO BLAZE INARMISTICE FETE Flares to Flood Whole City Planned for Celebration. Plans for a spectacular celebration of Armistice day in Washington, which would entail the setting off of hundreds of powerful flares designed to flood the entire city with brilliant I then ran to the front of | colored lights between 11:30 and mid- the building, where I climbed on top |night, November 11, were formulated of a bay window and into the top floor By that time, No. 13 Truck arrived with a ladder and I carried Mrs. Rose Bpink down the ladder and to the reserve wagon. I ordered the driver to go to Casualty Hospital. Baby Clinic Threatened. Meanwuile, M ‘been taken to C treatment. from the hospi Weir, 64 years old, 8pink, had reached the ladder with the a men. The smoke and flames immediately following the explosion created & near panic in the building, giving the appearance of a more serious fire than it ultimately was found to be. Immediately over the basement, the first floor of the premises is devoted to the child hygiene clinic of the Health Department. Three bables being examined there at the time Were brought to safety by attendants. Policeman J. 1. Hickey of the ninth precinct, who was aiding in fighting the fire, sustained a _cut on the hand and received first-aid treatment the clinic. | alty F Patton Mrs. Charlotte mother of Mrs. the bottom of stance of fire- at | MOTHERS’ MEMORIAL | BALLET CLEARED $3,168' $30.000 Receipts for Entertain- ment Attended by Queen Went | Mostly for Expenses. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 6.—Attach ments of the proceeds of an entertain- ment sponsored by the Mothers' Memorial Foundation and attended by | Queen Marie, for which boxes were said to have sold as high as $1,000 | each, show that $3.168 was realized, the New York World says V. E. Scott and Suzette tached the proceeds to satisfy claims for publicity against the Women's Universal Alliance and the Mothers' | Memorial Foundation. Mrs. Clarence Crittenden houn, | representing the foundation, announ «d before tainment that | £30,000 had be int on advance | =2 The Loie Fuller ballet, which | ished part of the entertainment, worked on a 50 per cent box office | sasis, Other expenses were $2.500 to | the New York Symphony Orchestra and $1,400 to the Metropolitan Opera House, BALLOT FAVORS G. 0. P. | Charles County, | | However, Gives Democrat Senatorship. | Epecial Dispatch to The Star. | LA PLATA, Md., November Result of Tuesday’s election in Charles County, the count of which been | completed, show Walter J. Mitchell | was re-elected State Senator. He is a Pemocrat. All other victors are Re- publicans, except L. H. Steffens, Democrat, unopposed for surveyor. John E. Bardroff and Joseph A Wilmer were chosen for the House of Delegates. Benjamin B. Compton was elected for county treasurer over Ben- jamin M. Edelen, who ran as an inde- pendent. George A. Wade was chosen for register of wills. There were four espirants for sheriff. Joseph E. Bowie was the Democratic nominee, Robert R. Cooksey the Republican candidate. Notley T. Dutton and John N were independent candida Cooksey was elected George H. Moreland, E. I en and John W. Owen were elected rounty commissioners. The following were unopposed: Warren M. Albrit. tatn for clerk of the court, Ferdinand C. Cooksey for Stat attorney, Er- nest N. Hender sha D. Jones end John R. Ry Judges of the ©rphans’ Court TWO0 SCHOOES CLOSED FOR LACK OF FUNDS Falls Church District Conditions Are Taken Up by Fair- fax Authorities. Ppecial Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., November 6.—Two high schools of the three in the Falls Church district were ordered closed by the Fuirfax County School Board yesterday because of a lack of funds. The school at West End, which has the largest average attendance, will be continued, while those at baileys Cross Roads and Annandale will be Mr. i L. tuart at- | A. imms | ! by the National Patriotic Council at a meeting at the Willard Hotel last night. If present plans are carried out, flares to be fired every 15 minutes in various parts of the city will provide “the brightest half hour” in the his- tory of the District, officlals of the council declare. Want Homes Lighted. In addition to the flates and the usual spotlishts directed on the Cap- itol and the Washington Monument, each resident is to be asked to light his home for the special half-hour oc- casion and to place a lighted candle in the front window. “o-operating in this plan for pay- ing homage to the American boys who triumphed in France is the Chem- jcal Warfare Service of the Army, headed by M: Qen. Amos A. Fries, who also is an_honorary president of the National Patriotic Council. The Patriotic Council also planned an Armistice dinner, to be held at the Willard Hotel next Thursday, when a commission is to be formed to foster nationally the observance of patriotic anniversaries, it is announced. Officers Elected. The council last night named as vice presidents of the society Secre- 4 of Navy Wilbur, Secretary of Davis and Secretaries McCrack- Warner and Davis of the Air and reelected the following y War en, Corp: Noble Newport Potts, pres- ide Rear Admiral William A. Moftett, U. S. Maj. Gen. Fries, Mrs. Laura B. ans and Mrs. Larz Anderson, vice presidents; Rexford Iiolmes, secretary, and Maj. Frederick W. Keough, U. S. A,, treas- urer. Members of the executive commit- tee are Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, pres- ident general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Mr: John Laidlaw Buell, Secretary Wil~ bur, Sec Davis, Maj, Gen John .8, M. C; Maj, P. R ham, Mrs. Violet Blair Janin, Col. Willlam M. Mumm, Mrs. George Maynard Minor, Frank I. Peckham, 's. Potts and Brig Rockenbach, U. S. A. NEW 16TH STREET LIGHTS ARE PUT IN OPERATION | 30-Mile Speed Limit, However, Will Not Be Effective Till All Stop Signs Are in Place. Recently installed automatic traffic lights on Sixteenth street between Fuclid and Newton streets have been turned on, making Sixteenth street a light-controlled area from I street to Newton street. The signals at the intersection of Colum ever, will not be placed in service special trafic conditions. Boulevard stop signs are now being installed at intersections along upper Sixteenth street in preparation for a 30-mile speed limit between Newton | street and Alaska avenue. The Com: missioners have approved the high- er speed and it will be put into effect Jjust as soon as all the signs are erect- ed. The 30-mile limit will not be con- tinuous. In the closely built-up sec- tions along the northern portion of the thoroughfare the speed will be reduced to 15 and 22 miles an hour. Special signs will designate the re- duced speed. ASKS CHURCH CONC—ESSWN Calles Proposes 6-Year Period of Grace in Foreign Colonies. MEXICO CITY, November 6 (P).— President Calles has presented to Congress a bill which would regulate Article 130 of the Mexican constitu- tlon so as to permit foreign colonies {n which Spanish is not spoken to have forelgn clergymen for a six- vear perlod, During this period such forelgn ministers would be com- pelled to asree to teach their religion to native-born Mexicans. The purpose of this is to have Mexican citizens at the end of six years qualified to succeed all foreign ministers. Gen. S. D.| i CHARGING OIL COMBINE a road, how- oil pending further adjustment to meet | (o For 1925, Washington’s Levy Reached $14,925,000, Cen- sus Bureau Figures Show. . . ‘Washington was one of 12 cities in 1925 which had property subject to general property taxes for city pur- poses in that year assessed at more than a billion dollars. Such prop- erty in the Capital last year was assessed at $1,329,709,000, or a per | capita_of $30.31, the Census Bureau announced today, making public a municipal finance bulletin for 247 cities of more than 30,000 population throughout the United States. Property subject to general prop- erty taxes for city purposes through- out the United States was valued at $63,584,524,863, while total levies on the property in all the cities for the governments of the citles, countles, States, school districts and all other governmental units for all purposes amounted to $1,936,343,361, or an average for each person of $47.51. The per capita levy throughout the United States averaged $41.48, more than $11 above the average in the District of Columbfa. Taxes assessed here in 1925 aggregated $14,925,000. The 1924 per capita tax levy in the Capital was $25.49 and $18.02 in 1917. Municipal Revenue Receipts. Total municipal revenue receipts for Washington, including earnings of general departments, public serv- ice enterprises, licenses and all other revenue for 1925, totaled $32,197,- 000, a per capita return of $65.89, against $56.86 in 1924. Total reve- nue receipts for the 247 cities were placed by the Census Bureau at $2,- 508,924,366, or $570,755,502 more than the total payments of the year, ex- | clusive of payments for permanent improvements, but $403,066,594 less than the total payments, including those for permanent improvements. Only 44 citles raised sufficient reve- nue to meet all payments. Payments in excess of revenue receipts were met from proceeds of debt obliga- tions. Revenue receipts in Washington in 1925 exceeded total governmental cost payments by $280,000. and ex- ceeded payments for operation, maintenance and interest by $8,330,- 000. Washington had no net debt in 1925 and spent $8,051,000 in outlays for permanent improvements. Of the total cost of the city govern- ment—$23,867,000—the cost for opera- tion and maintenance of general de- partments in Washington was $23,- 026,000; for operation and maintenance of public service enterprises, $776,000, and for interest, $65,000. Income From Taxes. General property and special taxes raised $14,312,000 in Washington i year; licenses raised $3,338,000; special assessments and charges raised $504.000; subventions, donations and pension assessments raised $10,746,000, of which the Federal Government con- tributed $10,235,000; general depart- ments earned $1,405,000, and public service enterprises earned $1,214,000. while all other revenues aggregated $678,000. Washington was the only one of the 247 cities without a net debt. In 1924 the net debt in the Capital was 41 cents per capita and in 1917 was $12.87. Gross indebtedness of the 247 cities outstanding at the close of the year was $6,650,590,864 (per capita, $163. and net indebtedness—funded or fixed debt less sinking fund assets—$4,659,- 629,243 (per capita, $114.33). v led’ all the cities in ation on taxable prop- 2,944,481,000, with a total levy in general property taxes of $311,716,000. The other citles above the billion valuation mark were: Philadelphia, valuation, $3,967,810,- 27,000; Detroit, $2,757 1356,000; Cleveland, $2, $50,108,000; Chicago, 3,922,000 and $152,054,000; Boston, $1.862,800,000 and $46,633,000; Balti- more, $1.476,386,000 and $26,644,000; Angeles, $1.374,751,000 and $53,- 50,000; St. Louis, $1,194,663,000 and $26,744,000; Cincinnati, $1,018,498,000 and $21,297,000; Pittsburgh, $1,014,- 117,000 and $36,722,000. - SARGENT TO GET CASE San Francisco Independent Dealers Say Seven Companies Have Agreed to Stifle Trade. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 6.— United States District Attorney George Hatfleld announced yesterday that charges that the seven dominating oil companies in California had effected a combination in restraint of trade are to be submitted to the United States Attorney General. The charges were made by 28 independent oil deal- ers in San Francisco. ‘The companies named are Standard, Richfield, Shell, Assoclated and Union companies, General Petroleum Corporation and California Petroleum Corporation. The complaint asked that the purported combination be in- vestigated by the Federal grand jury. It alleged that on Octobet 1 repre- sentatives of the seven companies met in Los Angeles and agreed not to wholesale their product to the inde- pendent stations below a certain figure. e TAXI DRIVER IS HiJRT. Cab Collides With Tree, But Pa- tient Will Recover. Merritt W. Abel, 28 years old, §20 C ‘street southeast, a taxicab driver, is in Emergency Hospital following a collision of his cab last night with a lamp post and tree in front of 229 First street northeast. When police found Abel he was unconscious and believed to have been in a_serlous condition, but physicians at Casualty Hospital sald today that he i3 certain to recover. Navy Yard Needs Buffers. The force of buffers and polishers at the Washington Navy Yard will be increased soon, and the Navy Yard labor board is on the lookout for qualified persons and will furnish the necessary civil service application forms and information to those who apply. Balked by Budget Bureau, Navy to Ask Congress to Increase 1928 Equipment closed. At Baileys Cross Roads, it was pointed out, the three teachers recelved a salary of $300 a month and the average attendance is only 16. The closing is conditional upon the contracts with the teachers, which the board does not intend to violate. Besort Motel Burned. Epecial Dlspatrh 1o The Star. DANVILLE, Va., November 6.— 7The hotel at Clusser Springs, a well known resort in Ralifax County, was destroyed by fire lagt night. Cottages nearby were saveds The Navy, balked by the Budget Bureau in jts effort to have the ap- propriation for the year 1928 in- creased, apparently intends to carry to Congress its plea for more men and more morey. Reports from the White House said that Gen. Lord, director of the budget, has refused to approve the $17,000,000 increment which the Navy says it needs over its $315,000,000 appropria- tion for 1927. It is reported that Presi- dent Coolidge investigated the dispute [ between naval and budget officlals and declined to interfere. Plans for laying the whole case be- fore Congress are expected to cul- minate in a few days after the return to Washington of Chairman Hale, Re- publican, Maine, of the Senate naval committee. Hearings on the naval pro- gram are scheduled to begin next week before the House subcommittee on naval appropriations. Naval officials contend that 86,500 men will be needed to carry out the 1928 program as against the 82,600 to which they have been lumMed. ).iof only a few cities in which finding that the new foghorn erected here is interfering with the milk sup- ply of the island. Whenever the horn sends forth its loud blasts, intended as a warning to seafarers, the cows scam- per across the fields, frightened at the noise, and at milking time are not so prolific as when they have browsed all day without being excited. The foghorn is known as the dla- COMMUNTY HEST DISSENT IS HEARD Rev. Dr. John 0’Grady Says Local Catholic Charities Will Not Join Plan. The Catholic charities of Washing- ton will not join with other welfare organizations of this city in fostering establishment of a community chest for the financing of all social service enterprises here, according to a state- ment issued today by Rev. Dr..John O'Grady, director of the Catholic or- ganization. Declaring that in most instances community chests established in other cities had failed to give adequate sup- port for the work needed, Dr. O'Grady stated that the effect of the plan would be that the strong welfare or- ganizations would be handicapped by having to bear the burdens of "the wezaker ones, Questions Limited Control. Dr. O'Grady also questions the ad- visability of placing the control of the n;‘m):: welfare g;)cletles in the hands of a few men. His statement, in part, follows: : fost community chests are finding it increasingly difficult year by year to obtain their quotas. Two of the most successful community chest or- ganizations in the country-—Roches- ter, N. Y., and Cincinnati, Ohlo,—falled to reach their quotas last year. In both citles, social organizations have found it practically impossible té ob- tx.gn any increases in their budgets. n Cincinnati, rellef organizations have been hard pressed for funds, but cannot obtain any increase in their budgets. On the other hand, several organizations have been carried along by the Cincinnat! community chest, which left to themselves would have been unable to raise their own funds and in the normal course of events would have gone out of business. In very few cities that I know of are the community chests keeping up with the needs of the relief organizations. ““Are the stronger organizations of Washington ready to commit them- selves to a system under which they must remain at a standstill forever? Experlence in other cities has shown it s very difficult to obtain any in- creases in the budgets of the first yeal Are all agencies in this city ready to place themselves under the control of a few people who are natu- :’allj\' seeking to extend their domin- on? Follows Soundinz Out? “‘Dorsey Hyde says he knows of only 12 cities in which community { chests have been a fallure. I know the | chests have been really successful {from a social work standpolint. 1 “If the Associated Charities, Citi- | zens’ Relief and their followers want to form an association for joint flnancing of their work nobody will question their right to do so. Others are equally within their right when they object to calling such an organi- zation a community chest.” Dr. O'Grady’s statement followed the decision of the Citizens' Relief As- sociation board of managers Wednes- day to sound out sentiment here again on the community chest idea. His reference to Mr. Hyde bore on tho latter's statement at the board meeting. NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE GETS $375 IN GIFTS Cash Donations at Birthday Cele- bration Range Erom Pen- nies to $100. The sum of $375 was received in cash donations, ranging from pennies given by children to one gift of $100, during the birthday celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the found- ing of Nelghborhood House, held in the headquarters at 470 N street southwest yesterday, it was announced by Mrs. Clara D. Neligh, head resi- dent, today. The deeding over of properties valued at $12,000 by Miss Ellen A. Vinton and a cash gift of $2.000 for repair work on the property oecupled by the establishment by Mrs. Alice P, Barney as birthday gifts were an- nounced several days ago. Accordingly, the birthday party itself, which was concluded with a community dance last night, was a big success, Mrs. Neligh stated. Mrs. Nellgh emphasized today, how- ever, that the celebration yesterday had not been arranged for the purpose of making a drive for funds. While expressing deep appreciation for the gifts received, she explained that Neighborhood House will need much more money to run it during the year and that plans for raising additional funds will be made at a_testimonial dinner in celebration of the founding of the house some time this month. The property given by Miss Vinton was the same that she has furnished the settlement rent free for the past | . geveral years. Exevcutioner'l Aide Freed. HAVANA, November 6 (#).—Frank Davis, 69, a negro of Savannah, Ga., who recently acted as assistant exe- cutioner in the garroting of two mur- derers in the Santiago jall, has been pardoned. Davis, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, in which he served as a sergeant in the 9th Cav- alry, was serving a sentence £or rob- bery. ;ra’mea for his assistance in the two garrotings. Seven Men Hurt in Explosion. KANSAS CITY, Kans, November [] (#).—Seven men were injured, one | o, severely, when an explosion wrecked the fertilizer department of the Wil- son & Co. ‘packing plant here early today. The explosion was be- lieved to have been caused by spon- taneous combustion. Officials esti- mated the damage at $50,000. BAND CONCERTS. TODAY. The United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, 6:45 o'clock, John S. M. Zimmermann, leader; Emil A. Fenstad, second leader. ———— At one time kings and nobles were the only ones permitted Leards. alve It s understood the pardon was | Helen wml developed to such an extent, however, that its voice has a range four times the length of this 13-mile-lohs island, 50 that no cow is free from the horn's bellow and accompanying oscillations. Officials aver that more foghorns of the diaphone type are to be installed to warn ships passing in the fog, not. withstanding the dairyman's fear of milkless days when the Winter fogs settle down in earnest. SMOOT T0 CONVENE BUILDINGS GROUP Chairman of Commission Is Silent on Plans for $50,- 000,000 Program. With the return to Washington of Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the public buildings commission, the commission is expected to meet some time next week to take up the vari- ous problems that have arisen dur- ing the last few months in connec- tion with starting the $50,000,000 Fed- eral building program in the National Capital. : Senator Smoot, who has just reach- ed the city from Utah, has decided not to discuss the varfous locations and plans for new buildings until he can meet with his associates on the public buildings commission. Sena- tor Smoot.has been out of the city the greater part of the Summer. Many Plans Offered. During that time plans were brought forward for the location of the Ar- chives Building between B and C. Twelfth and Thirteenth streets; for the erection of the Internal Revenue Bullding, between B and C, Tenth and Twelfth streets, and a proposal was advanced to place the Commerce Building in the Mall, between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets. This last mentioned suggestion aroused opposition on the ground that no structures should go within the Mall. The Fine Arts Commission has recommended that the Commerce | Bulilding occupy a considerable part of the Government-owned land be- tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, Pennsylvania avenue and B street. Proposals Held Up. A few days ago it developed that these various propositions for the first buildings to be erected were tentative- ly held up in order to give further study to the entire building program in its broadest aspects and also with relation to whether the entire triangle between Pennsylvania avenue and B street, the Treasury and the Capitol should be improved by the Govern- ment in connection with the carrying out of the $50,000,000 program. All of these proposals, it is expected, will be thoroughly discussed when the commission meets. L POST_LAUDS RUDOLPH. Costello Legionnaires Regret Offi- cial’'s Resignation. A resolution regretting prospective retirement of Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph_from office was adopted by | Vincent B. Costello Post of the Ameri- can Legion at a meeting last night. The resolution mentioned the “un tailing courtesy of Commissioner Ru- | dolph, his kindly dignity and his un-| affected courage and rectitude.” Senfor Vice Commander Henry M. | Jett presided at the meeting. THE WEATHER District of Columbla—Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow, fair with mild temperature; moderate south shifting to southwest and west winds. Maryland and Virginia—Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer in interior to- night; moderate to fresh south and southwest winds. West Virginia—Fair tonight and to- morrow; warmer tonight. Record for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 pm., 51; 8 pm., 46; 12 midnight, 40; 4 a.m., 35; 8 a.m.,, 36; noon, 50. Barometer—4 p.m., 80.00; 8 p.m., 30.17; 12 midnight, 30.20; 4 a.m., 30.20; 8 a.m., 80.24; noon, 30.21. Highest temperature, 54, occurred yesterday at 2:30 p.m. Lowest temperature, 33, today at 7 a.m. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 64; lowest, 44. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 2:45 a.m. and 2:60 p.m.; high tide, 8:24 a.m. and 8:36 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 3:30 a.m. and 3:27 p.m.; high tide, 9:02 a.m. and 9:15 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 6:40 a.m.; sun sets 5:03 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 6:41 a.m.; sun sets 5:02 p.m. Moon rises 7:30 a.m., sets 6:01 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at Great Falls at 8 a.m.—Tem- perature, 44; condition, slightly muddy. ‘Weather in Various Cities. & Temperature, occurred ] ® Stations. OYIH [ +3a3yu gser om0 Weather. 3 » 333 SSRBERSEES hgstasaecohiics, ot FTR PR R DRSS BB SRBIISIAITRD2ISIIDAD: BAGDETSTCC ZIRBE SRS DEBOB D B SBBR I DD B DER BB IRD. B L5D S 51559 LM 23R DT GO U RO ik S Do DO DB R B S 5 A B I ieiaieg AR RS2 535038 253 EEER A Station, Y i ba. . vana, Calles Government Charged With Violating Principles of Civilized Nations. By the Associated Pres: CHICAGO, November 6.—The Knights of Columbus charged the Mexican government yesterday with “violation of all the principles of civilized government,” but disavowed any complicity in revolution by Mex ican Catholics against government edicts affecting the Roman Catholic Church. . Directors of the order, meeting here to plan the expenditure of a million- dollar fund to arouse American opin- ion against “oppression of Catholic worshipers” by the administration of President Calles, ratified a state- ment by James A. Flaherty of Phil delphia, supreme knight, that “the Knights of Columbus is not instigat ing revolution In Mexico nor pro- moting armed resistance to the Mex- ican government.” . Charge Called Baseless. The conferees spent the entire day discussing reports which have ema- nated from Mexico since the govern- ment began enforcement of orders torbidding church ownership of prop- erty. Some of thess reports, they said, credited the Knights of Colum- bus with participation in revolution- ary movements. “Such baseless charges,” sald Fla- herty's statement, “are sent out by the Calles government to bolster up its policy of religious oppression, which {s without a parallel even in Soviet Russia.” “The Mexican government,” it con- tinued, “has denied freedom of speech and freedom of conscience and has suspended the writ of habeas corpus and denied the right to trial by jury. But since it has been unable to break the will of the Mexican people by such methods, its agents are now resorting to murder, rapine and cruelties, the like of which have never been Wit nessed on the American continent. The supreme knight charged that “within a few days a young girl, the daughter of one of the most cultured familles in Mexico City, was arrested for passing out defense league litera- ture and was outraged.” Others Threatened, He Says. Similer treatment, Flaherty sald, had been threatened to others “if they continued to give out defense league literature.” : “Knowing these facts,” said the executive, “it is not hard to under- stand that, despite the fact that they are without arms and unable to pro- cure them, the Mexican people are resisting in every possible way the arbitrary and despotic rule of the re- gime now in charge of their govern- ment. “We beliave that the Mexican gov- ernment is communistic, that its prin- ciples are subversive of American ideals, and that for this condition to be maintained on our border consti- tutes a menace to American institu- tions. * “We believe that the American peo- ple should be advised of this danger to our Government. Tha Knights of Columbus has raised $1,000,000, every dollar of which is being spent in the United States for the purpose stated and for relief work among exiled priests and nuns. That is the extent of our activities.” REPUBLICANS CARRY | CONTESTS IN ALASKA Sutherland Returned as Party Wins Majority of Offices at Stake. By the Associated Prees. JUNEAU, Alaska, November ‘With 90 per cent of the Alaskan vote, reported, Republicans were victorious, re-electing Dan A. Sutherland dele- gate to Congress and naming two Ter- ritorial Senators and 12 Representa- tives. Independents apparently elect- &d one Senator and four House mem- won. In the next Territorial Senate won. In the next territorial Senate four of the eight Senators will be Republicans, two independents and two Democrats. Sutherland received 6,900 votes, while his opponent, Thomas A. Ma: quam, Republican, running as an in- dependent, had 4,242. Republican candidates aligned themselves with the delegate, defending him against accusations. MRS. C. H. SABIN QUITS WOMAN VOTERS’ LEAGUE Holds Organization’s Paper Prac- ticed Unfair Tactics in Pub- lishing Statements. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 6.—Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, Republican national committeewoman from New York, has resigned from the Non-Partisan League of Woman Voters because of what she regards as “totally unfair” tactics in printing on the same page of the organization's bulletin state- ments by Democratic and Republican women. The statements about women in politics were from Mrs. Emily Newell Blair of the Democratic national com- mittee and Mrs. James W. Wads- worth, jr. Mrs. Sabin said that the latter “was a woman who has never held office or even taken an active part in politics.” Mrs. Wadsworth's statement said, “Men have not taken women in poli- tics seriously enough for them to wield any powerful influence.” Mrs. Blair said of the men that, “We find them fighting animals and we find their organization based on com- petitive and contest methods.” Mrs. Evelyn Brainerd, editor of the bulletin, sald she picked up the statements from the daily press be- cause “I thought they were funny, S0 $ used them because I get tired of printing serious things. They really were not intended to apply to the campalgn.” CURTAILS ENVOY’S LEAVE State Department Orders Geissler Back to Guatemala. The two months’ leave of absence granted Arthur H. Geissler, American Minister to Guatemala, has been cut short by orders from the State Depart- ment, and he left Washington Thurs- day night to catch the first steamer leaving New Orleans. His hasty de- parture followed a day of calls upon President Coolidge, Secretary Kellogg and State Department officials. No reason was given for his de- parture, but it is generally understood that trouble may result from the presidential elections in Guatemala December 3. Gen. Lazaro Chacon, President pro tempore after the re- cent death of President Orellano, and Gen. Jorge Ublco are the candidates. R. L. LIVINGSTON, Whose resignation as chief of the Dis- trict prohibition offices has been re- quested. DRY AGENTS HALT CHIEF OF REVENUE AND FOUR ARE FIRED (Continued from First Page.) comment except to say that he had reported the matter to prohibition officials as a private citizen. From other sources it was learned that Mr. Nash, with three com- panions, had been fishing near Piney Point two weeks ago yesterday and was returning about midnight along the highway between Waldorf and Washington. Revenue agents had blocked the road in a hollow, it was learned, and had their smoke screen apparatus on the Government car working full blast. This set up what amounted to a fog in the hol- low, it was said, and as Nash and his companions approached this place they were stopped by the prohibition agents, who were armed with guns. “They used drawn revolvers,” ac- cording to a communication which Gen. Andrews has sent to all his field officers as a warning “and threaten- ing and insulting language and methods absolutely without cause or even excuse.” They did not announce themselves as Federal officers or show their according to the complaint against them. “They might easily have been mis- taken for bandits,” the statement con- tinued, and “had the occupants of the car been armed, their ridiculous con- duct might easily have resulted in a shooting spree. They have shown themselves absolutely unworthy to ex- ercise the authority and dignity of Federal officers.” In his statement Gen. Andrews ex- plained specifically that his reasons for discharging the agents were be- cause “their conduct in stopping and searching a civillan automobile re- cently shows such disregard of in- structions” that he considered them “unfit for Federal officers.” The communication which Gen. An- drews sent to all fleld officers as an object lesson for his whole organiza- tion, declared that “‘the whole incident in its particulars, shows a serious lack of conformity with our instructions and general policy for the conduct of law enforcement. The deputy admin- istrator,” he added, “showed a de- plorable lack of leadership and sense of responsibility, and furthermore, during the investigation was far from exhibiting the qualities of frankness and straightforwardness which char- acterizes an officer in our service. Agents Fitzpatrick, Carter and Cook, who participated in the actual stop- ping and search of, the car, are equally gullty of inexcusable conduct.” Gen. Andrews explained in his com- munication also something of the sys- tem of signals which had been used in a manner which was criticized, but which did not result in dismissals of the involved. ‘The agents in the signai car, re- sponsible for giving the signals that this was a bootleg car, which signals resulted in the car being stopped and | searched, are culpable to the extent that they acted without having the requisite reasonable grounds for,be- lieving that this car carried contra- band,” said Gen. Andrews. ““They are guilty of failure to carry out instructions. I believe, however, that dismissal would be too severe a punishment at this time, “Let this, however, be a lesson to them, and to all others, that the de- partment means business when it di- rects that its agents shall operate only within the law and in a lawful manner.” It is definitely directed that our agents must not stop automobiles except for unquestionable reasons in- dicating that the car is engaged in il- leit practice. Mr. Nash, who was driving the car stopped, is an official of the In- ternal Revenue Bureau, which under the law is in charge of enforcement of prohibition. Gen. Andrews, in his official state- ment, however, sald that he would not reveal who the person in the car was “lest it might be assumed the occupant of the car made some difference in the action taken.” Gen. Andrews said also “that similar tion had been taken heretofore in similar cases and that he always omited pny reference to the occu- pant of the car, as that had no bear- ing upon the case.” Agents’ Story Differs. The story told today by two of the discharged agents differs materially with the implications in Gen. An- drews’ statement, In announcing that they intended to fight for reinstatement. Fitzpatrick and Carter said that they were pre- paring an affidavit to which the four men will swear and which will be pre- sented to the Civil Service Commis- sion, under whose jurisdiction they were placed last Spring, they claim. The men declared to a reporter for The Star that at 12:30 o'clock. an the morning of October 23 two parties of Federal agents stationed themselves along the Leonardtown pike near Mattawoman swamp. Shortly after their vigil was established, they said, an automobile came down the road. The first party gave a signal of five shots with revolvers loaded with blank cartridges. The advance squad | then released a smoke screen on the road and the oncoming car crashed into a fence after having fired shots at the agents. The occupants of this car escaped Into the swamp, but the automobile and several cases of liquor were seized. Returning to their stations, the men waited another hour, when a second automobile put in its appearance, traveling at a speed estimated by the agents to be over 50 milés an hour. The first party repeated its signal to the second party as in the first in- stance, and the car stopped before en- tering the smoke screen. Some of the agents, whose names will be made known in the affidavit, approached the halted machine identifying themselves, it is stated, as “Federal agents.” Somebody responded with “All right, boys, we haven't anything aboard, and after a brief exchange of ques- Queen Confident Loyalty to Her Will Heal Breach Aboard Train. By the Associated Press. MARIE TRAIN EN ROUTE TO { SEATTLE, November 6—Queen Ma- Irie’s train traveled back to the United States today from Vancouver, { British Columbla, with the Queen con- |fident that the breach between Sam | uel Hill, her host on the Far Western {lap of her tour, and Maj. Stanley | Washburn, her special aide, would be | healed by the same elements that she {believes caused it—friendship and loyalty to her. Although Marie plans to take no public notice of the dispute over pres: jent control of her travels, a spokes- man for the Queen indicated that she expects the situation to bhe improved hen -the royal train leaves Seattle tonight for the East. Major Agrees to Stay. ‘The solution is thought to lie in the departure of Mr. Hill at Seattle and the retention of Maj. Washburn as aide. The major has agreed to remalin with the party, at Marie's re quest. L] Marfe regrets that the two m both her friends of World War days and both anxious to make her tour a success, have been unable to pull together. Her only suggestion to them was that they share for a time the responsibility of gulding the party. It was her wish that Col. John H. Carroll, official host to the Queen, and Maj. Washburn permit Mr. HI to handle the entertainment program of the Spokane-Povtland-Seattle-Vancou ver leg of the journey, and t Washburn and Carroll resume their regular roles after today. Queen Greatly Disturbed. Although disturbed by the contro versy, Marle was her usual calm self as she received Vancouver’s greetings vesterday, apparently unaware that the reception program itself was near collapse until nearly the last minute Because of the dispute on the train, Vancouver officials were not advised until late Thursday that the pro gram previously arranged was a ceptable, The fii scheduled stop on today itinerary was Blaine, on the Cana dian-American border, where Mr. Hiil several years ago built a peace por llal, and which was dedicated by President Harding. At Marie's own request, she made an excursion to the suburbs in the afternoon te in spect the new site of the University of British Columbia, a feature not in cluded on the official program, which consisted of a motor tour of the eity, civic luncheon, reception by the Wom- an’s Canadan Club and a formal ban quet. VIEWS OUTLAW HAUNTS. Shades of Old West Rise Today Beforv Marie in Wyoming. EHRMOPOLIS, Wyo.,, November (#)—The shades of the old West will pass before Queen Marie of Rumania when her train rolls through the Wind River Canon, the old haunt of frontier outlaws and bad men, on the morning of November 9. With rifles nestling in the crooks of their arms and six-shootersestrap ped to their wai. a score or more sheriffs and cowpunchers will guard the royal visitor in the canon. Sheriff F. B. Macfarlane, a Wyom ing law officer of frontier experienc with his deputies, wearing the pic turesque chaps and broad-brimmed sombrerors, will line the canon as the royal train passes through and halts for a few minutes to give the Queen a glimpse of Wyoming’'s mountalr fastness. ELDRIDGE AND MOLLER ADDRESS “BRAKE DINNER™ Automotive Engineers Hear Dis- cussion of Perfect and Imper- fect Mechanism. Automobile brakes, those that are efficient and those that are not, the squeaky kind and those that have handles that are not connected with the braking mechanism, together with brakes of every other kind and con dition, were discussed last night at the “brake dinner” of the Washing ton section of the Society of Automo. tive Engineers in the Hamlilton Hotel M. O. Eldridge, director of traffic and Col. 1. C. Moller, his assistant were the guests and both spoke brief ly on the subject of brakes. The advantage of brake equaliza tion, and a mechanism he has devised to assure this, were discussed by Lieut. Comdr. George L. Smith Comdr. Smith went into technical de- tail and revealed the results of the many tests to which the mechanism has been submitted. An interesting and entertaining talk on “Why Does a Car Plvot?” was made by Johannes Plum. H. A. Allen of the Bureau of Stand ards read a paper on work being done at the bureau in connection with au tomobile brakes, described the results of the long serles of tests and told of devices that have been developed to simplify the work. Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been fssued to the following John H. Pryor and Catherine A. Hawlins Herman Johnson and Geneva Robinson. moeorke P. Johnson and " Jacqueline ' T ompson. Francis M. Graham and Mabel C. Chris tian. William D. Young and Annte M. Willlams Vernon M. Hart and Angeline A. Oltvater. both of Baltimore. Md. Louls Leiderman and Myrtle Zimmerman, both of Baltimore, Md ugh B. Sila W. Thi John W. Dorman and M both of Baltimore. Md v ard Mary J. Mntesler. 4 and Ruth I Helsey, both . Morgan and Gertrude F Einhaug and Anna Marthinson . Peter of Fort Dodge, lowa, and Heider of this city. George W. Jarboe and Jane M. Spaight. George F. Cheseldine and Maty M. Piik erton. tions and apologles by the agents, a cording to their version, the car was permitted to proceed, and nothing imore was heard until several aays later, when the men who stopped the cars were told by their superiors that their conduct had been ‘‘unbecoming an officer.” Carter, one of the revenue men, de clared that no revolvers were bran- dished before the occupants of the second car, in which Mr. Nash, the “‘prominent official,” was riding. Cook, another of the discharged agents, car- ried no gun that night, his fellow of ficers declare, and Fitzpatrick's gun remained in its holster, as he was car- rying a “black, three-sectioned flash light” in one hand and a three-foot stick in the other. At that time, the agents did not rec ognize Mr. Nash and they heard of h part in the affair only after t learned of the investigation which resulted in their discharge. The iden tity of each of the members of the two parties and the part each played will be made known only in their sworn affidavit, they said.