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) WEA' (U. 8. Weather Fair, slightly warmer tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures—High yesterday; lowest, day. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 THER. Bureau Forecast.) 81, at 3 p.m. 56, :45 a.m. to- e —— Entered as post offic /! No. 30443. LEAGUE ASSEMBLY WILL SEEK METHOD TOCUT ARMAMENTS Questien Becomes Vital Fol- lowing Collapse of Tripar- tite Naval Parley. Wa I | | UNIVERSAL PEACE PACT PUT FORWARD BY POLES Debate Expected to Occur Soon After Conference Gets Well Under Way. By the Associated Press GENEVA, Switzerland, September 6.—The League of Nations Assembly, | which opened its eighth annual meet- | Ing vesterday, is determined, before its | adjournment. to find out what can be | mplished toward a general reduc- tion of armaments. That is the clean- | cut impression gleaned from the talk in the lobbies and -on the Assembly floor itself. The failure of the tripartite maval conference, in which the United States | was represented, a bare month ago and the previous sethacks encountered | by the League's own Preparatory Dis- #rmament Commission have made the | armament question a vital topic of| discussion. | A “full dress debate,’ 1 Minister Stresemann promi: pund Germany's disarman . ‘and either Foreign Minister | 2viand or M. Paul-Boncour, France's, with other nations’ delegates interven- ing from time to time, seems inevitable § fairly early in the present session. The question will come up first in the Assembly committee designated for the study of disarmament and later on the floor of the convention. Non-Aggression Pact. Also there is an as yet und:'nll;‘t::i Jish suggestion for a general - :.;:::‘sslu:bpart designed to outlaw War, and somewhat similar to the pact forming the subject of the conversa- tions between M. Bri m‘l the ican Secre! of State. AT the Poles see it, the pact would not ba dependent upon the League siructure or even upon the Locarno treaty. though it might in a sense| rengthen the latter. ¥ Hlowever, the Germans and British | view it askance even in its present| rebulous form, as they fear it would vend to make perpetually binding the present territorial limits, notably Po- land’s own western frontier. Germany certainly is mot satisfied with her present frontier, and Great Britain, ever since the days of the Lioyd George government, has been determined not to be drawn into any arrangement by which she might be even theoretically obliged to defend the boundaries of the new Poland. Canad Seeks Admission. Canada’s candidacy for a non-per-| nent seat in the League of Na- tions Council has been announced by the Dominion delegation. 1t is un: derstood that this attitude is in keep. ing with the belief of t various PBritish dominions that they have a right to representation in the council despite the fact that the mother country is a permanent council mem- | ber and watches over the interests of the empire as a whole. One chief of state, two prime ministers, eighteen foreign ministers and nine other esmen of cabinet rank are participating in the assem- bly, which settled down today to at least three weeks' work. Besides these dignitaries, the dele- gates and alternates now in Geneva include 52 ministers plenipotentiary and envoys of their governments. ‘There are six full-fledged ambassa- dors, 12 senators from various lands and climes and 30 plain deputies, con- gressmen or members of Parliament, although two of these should be ad- dressed “Mr. Speaker.” An Array of Titles. The British dominions are respon- aible for three high commissioners and there are 15 officers of high army or navy rank, while those delegates sporting titles of nobility, inherited or mcquired, and ranging from prince and maharajah to plain knight, num- ber 31. 3 The chief of state in question is President_Giuseppe Motta of Switzer- land. Lithuania and little Li bourg are represented by - miers, while the foreign ministers ar headed by the so-called “big three,” Briand of France, Sir Austen Cham- berlain of Great Britain and Strese- | mann of German SECOND PRISON BREAK | PLOT IS UNCOVERED Man Accused of Killing Guard in \ First Attsmpt Betrayed by | Fellow Convict. By the Associated Pr BALTIMORE, Md., September 6.— A plot for a second attempt to escape from d Penitentiary b Benjamin Spragins, jr. h- ! mond. Va., serving a 10-year term for burglary, has been unearthed by ; prison officials, it was learned tod: Spragins nd b rl Carey, a life termer, are awaiting trial i for the der of Guard Alfred H. Walker, whom they fatally wounded in a dash for freedom Ju! Walker died a week later. Treachery of was in Sp ins’ confidence led to the discovery of the new plot, it was said. A search of Spragins' cell resulted in the finding of files, hacksaws, bits of metal drilling and a pair of scis- sors. * in which For-| to and the Mary ALLIES TO CUT FORCE. , Armies Occupying Rhineland to Be Reduced From 70,000 to 80,000. GENEVA, September § (#).—Foreign Mniister Briand of France, acting as president of the allied conference of ambassadors, has formally notified Joreign Minister Stresemann of Ge many that the Allied Army of Occu- tion in the Rhineland will be re- Guced from 70,000 to 60,000 men. Details of the reductions will be pnnounced later, but it is understood 10 include a cut in the number of the command in order to release ildings in various cities which the cond class matter | taxed by CAMPAIGN DISCORD | Reeves. ss . hington, D. ¢ WASHINGTON, WAYNE WHEELER, RUM FOE, DIES AT HEIGHT OF BRILLIANT CAREER Leader Victim of Heart! ttack After Removal to Sanitarium. Dry A End Hastened by Tragic Loss of Wife and Her Father in Fire. By the Associated Press. BATTLE CREE! 6—Wayne B. mannered Ohio ls has been prohibition’s most famous | d successful crusader, is dead at the zenith of a brilliant career. Thirty-three years of energetic labor in the cause of temperance were end- ed at a sanitarium here late vest day. The general counsel of Anti-Saloon League had asked U to hand him a book He half lifted himself in bed to t it. They 1 heart stiained by disease and over tragedy which ok the life Wheeler three weeks a of Mrs stopped At his bedside were Wayne Wheeler, and Hyde Russell, founder which Wayne B. Wheeler so succe: fully ser L | Tragedy Hastened Death. | Heart disease, following prolonged | treatment for kidney trouble, was (h“k cause of death. Mr. Wheeler had come to the sanitarium last week | from his Summer home at Little Point Sable, Mich., the home where a_son, Robert | Dr. Howard | of the league | | droppe | | | | WANNE B. WHEELE] August 13 his wife was burned to when her clothing caught fire an oil stove and where her a2 witness of that tragedy, had dead. Specialists at the sanitarium had announced only a few hours before Mr. Wheeler's death that his condition had improved =0 much that a major operation, for which plans had been made, would not be necessary. The double tragedy at the Little Point ble_cottage was said by his friends “(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) on death from father. IRS CONVENTION Two Candidates Fight for Leadership of Army and Navy Union. Discord among the local delegates to the thirty-ninth annual encampment of the Army and Navy Union today | threatened to drown out the note of cordiality sounded by speakers who | welcomed . the visi g veterans to| Washington. While Secretary Work | >t the Interior Department and others praised the war-time and peace-time accomplishments of the organization, supporters of two rival local candi- dates for the post of national com- mander worked feverishly to secure votes. The candidates are Capt. C. O. How- ard, present national commander, who seeks re-election for a third term, and Maj. William L. Peake, commander | of the President's Own Garrison of this city. There are two other candi- dates in the field, John Hartnett of Atlantic City and C. B. Saunders of | Cincinnati. ! Charges against campaign workers for the local~ candidates embittered the lobbying and several issues were | injected into the contest. One of | these is a proposed amendment to the Constitution which would make Wash- | (Continued o DOG BITES (.iIRL’S NOSE. =t | Child Attacked Sticking Head | Through Hole in Fence. Page 2. Column 1. The next time Edna Stenpeck, 7 vears old, 2141 H street, sticks her head through a hole in her back-yard fence she will wear a nose guard. Edna stuck her nose through the fence yesterday afternoon. It w promptiy bitten by a dog. She was treated at Imergency Hospital. Another dog took a liking to a 7 year old, biting Desprino Glagos on| the hip as he was playing in_ front f his home at 453 Pennsylvania | avenue. He was treated at Emer- | gency also. WASHI McNeely, rf.. Rice, rf. Stewart, 2b..... Speaker, cf. Goslin, If, Judge, 1b. Ruel. c.. Berger, ¢ Bluege. 3b. = Marberry, p. Braxton, p. I = b WIS S Totals.......... 42 | AB. Bishop, 2b. Hale, 3b. French, rf. Simmons, rf Cobb, cf ... Cochrane, c Perki Dykes, 1b Jacobson, If.. Boley, ss Walberg, p |Gray, p.. Johnson, p | Powers, p Foxx | Galloway Collins Totals..... | Galloway batted for Powers in t Collins batted for Bishop in the ni 1 0 SUM. Hs—dncobson, Bishop. Wite—Bishop. Boley. Kuel, Bluege, | Washington.......ccooeeeennee Philadelphia | Two-base Three-buse | Per | Speaker, Goulin. Goslin, * Hale, Reeves. Double piay—Hale to Bishop to Dskes. Germans desijg 10 use for municipal ‘ governmental purposes. Left an_ bases—Washington, 9; hia, NATS ROUT MACKS | BOX SCORE—FIRST GAME l PHILADELPHIA Foxx batted for Johnson in the sixth inning. SCORE BY INNINGS 0 INOPENER, 14109 Goslin and Bluege Hit Homers Braxton, in Relief Role, Halts Athletics. BY JOHN B. KELLER. PHILADELPHIA, September 6.— The Nats beat Philadelphia in the first game of the double-header here this afternoon. The score was 14 to 9. Ossie Bluege hit a home run in the third inning, scoring Ruel ahead of him. Ruel had just tripled with two mates on the sac slin hit a four-bagger in the ninth inning. The bases were empty. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON ~— McNeely popped to Dykes. Stewart fanned. Speaker was safe when Hale’s throw was wide, Goslin singled to right, Speaker stop- ping at second. Judge fanned. No runs. PHILADELPHIA—Bishop tripled to left. Hale's hard drive that Reeves knocked down was good for a single, but Bishop held third. French singled over second, scoring Bishop, while Hale stopped at second. Cobb forced French, M eely to Reeves took third. Cochrane scratched a hit by Stewart, scoring Hale, Cobb stop- ping at second. Dykes fouled to Ruel near the A’s dugout. Jacobson was called out on strikes. Two runs. SECOND INNING. SHINGTON—Ruel popped to Dyl Bluege walked. _ Reeves fanned. Marberry walked. McNeely forced Bluege at third with a ground- er to Hale. No runs. PHILADELPHIA—Boley tripled to the score board in right center, Wal- berg’s long fly to Speaker let Boley score. Bishop bunted to Bluege and was thrown out. Hale singled to left. Hale was out stealing, Ruel to Reeves, One run THIRD INNING. {INGTON — Stewart fanned, Goslin forced Speak: Column 7.) WA Spea (Continued on Page NGTON R. 0 0. 0 2 1 4 n 3 o [ 0 0 0 0 14 16 27 3 1 R. 0. 9 0 1 9 he ninth inning. inth inning. 6 [ 5 4 0 8 3 [ 9 R. 2 ~-14 3 -9 2 3 4 18 MARY |Bases on ball—Marberry. : Walbers, 4; erw, 1. | Struek out—By Marberrs, 1: by Walbers. 4: | by Johnson, 1: by Braxtor 1|II(\-—(|;N Marhe: ®in 3 4 1 1 innings: off Gra iin 113 ohnson, 1 £ D. TUESDAY, 0D GLORY LEAVES FRON MANECOAST ONFUHT 0 RONE Hill and Bertaud, Favored by Good Weather, Take Off From Old Orchard. C, ) NEW RADEQUIPMENT INSTALLED ON PLANE Wood and Schiller in Doubt as to Plans for Continuing Trip to Windsor. By the Associated Press —The plane Old Glory, bound for Rome, took off from the beach here at stern standard time, to- The plane carried three men. A non-stop flight was planned. J. D Hill won the toss of the coin from his co-pilot, Lloyd Bertaud, and took his seat at’ the controls. The giant ship rolled easily down the beach at the start, gradually gaining momentum. After about a mile and a half the wheels left the ground and Old Glory rose slowly but steadily, into the air, There was a margin of at least mile between the take-off point and Old Orchard pier, which crosses the beach. Hill bore out over the water and passed the end of the pier with a few hundred feet altitude, He kept on away south, before swinging off and taking his course. Payne Passenger in Plane. A few minutes later the Old Glory was a speck on the horizon as she sained speed and altitude rapidly, with a helping wind of 15 miles from the Payne, representative of Wil- liam Randolph Hearst, who is sponsor- ing the flight, was the last to, enter the plape before the take-off. While Hill and Bertaud were climbing into the cockpit, he had raced back to kiss good-by once more his wife Dorothy. Relatives and friends of all the flyers had gathered around the plane several hours before. Last minute weather reports, which continued to be entirly favor- able, were given the men by James H. Scarr of the New York Weather Bu- reau, on the basis of telegraphic re- ports from both sides. Final Tests Are Made. The plane was run down the beach at 11 o'clock to Pine Point, two and a half miles north of Jones' hangar. its landing place here upon arrival from Roosevelt Field Saturday night. and the engine was turned over for a final ground test of the radio. ‘Word ‘was sent to the Hotel Bruns- wick for the sandwiches and other food already prepared and to get Lloyd Bertaud, one of the pilots, who had remaimed there. Mechanics had gone all over the plane before that hour and pronounced it ready to go. The plan was to run Old Glory along the beach in a southernly direc tion, using about a mile of the beach, and to be in the air before reaching 0ld Orchard proper. The tide was well out and the hard- packed sand furnished good going. There was a fairly brisk southwest wind into which the plane would head on the take-off, which would help lift the load. The sun was out and there was perfect visibility, with the late weather reports that all would be favorable for the hop to Europe. New Radio Installed. New. radio equipment installed on the Old Glory consists of an auxiliary sending apparatus which is entirel self-contained. Should trouble aris and the plane be forced down, this paratus would continue to send calls automatically on the standard length of 600 meters. Plans for the Royal Windsor's flight seemed indefinite. In view of the fuel situation in Newfoundland, “Duke’ Schiller and “Phil” Wood were still in doubt as to whether they would move over to Old Orchard and take on fuel sufficient to carry them to Windsor, England. In spite of the fact that last night they had announced they would hop off soon after dawn, by midafternoon they were still unready to set a definite hour for their departure. WEATHER HOLDS UP LEVINE. | Headwinds Delay Take-Off Until To- morrow—Passenger Rejected. CRANWELL, England, September & (P).—Last-minute bulletins telling of adverse. weather conditions over the Atlantic were all that prevented Charles A. Levine from getting away on his transatlantic hop this morning. Levine, who flew to Germany with ~(Continued on Page, 2, Column 2. BROCK AND SCHLEE | ARRIVE AT CALCUTTA Globe Flyers Complete Uneventful Hop From Allahabad—Plan Ran- goon Flight Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. CALCUTTA, British India, Septem- ber 6.—Forging steadily ahead in their endeavor to break the record for a voyage around the earth, ‘William 8. Brock and Edward F. Schlee arrived here today from Allahabad. The trip, made in 4 hours 40 min- utes, added 485 miles to their log, and put them 8,120 miles from their start- ing point, Harbor Grace, Newfound- land, which they left on August 27. They flew to Allahabad vesterday from Karachi, a distance of 925 miles, and left the aviation fleld six miles outside Allahabad City at 7 o'clock this morning. The next leg, from Caleutta to Rangoon, Burma, is 665 miles. The Pride of Detroit made a grace- tul landing at the Dumdum Alrdrome here atter an uneventful flight. Brock and Schlee told the Associated Press correspondent that the weather was quite good until the journey was about half over, but less favorable later, as they encountered low hanging clouds and a slight rain. They leave for Ran- £0on tomorrow. Their route from that point on has been tentatively mapped out as: Tou- rane, French Indo-China; Hongkons, Shanghal, Tokio and then over the Pacific via the Hawaiian Islands. They McGowan, Evans and will make final decision rega route later. I OLD ORCHARD, Me., September 6. | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITIONg SEPTEMBER 6, 0 4 - Star. 1927—FORTY-SIX PAGES. The only ev service. * 'CITY HARD HIT BY FIVE FLOODS IN YEAR VIEWED BY HOOVER | Houses Jumbled Abou; Lil:ei Toy Blocks.| Citizens Nearly Penniless, Move Secre- tary to Grant Red Cross Aid. BY REX COLLIER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARKANSAS CITY, Ark., Septembe: 6.-—~Here in the heart of delta country Secretary Hoover has gained some conception of what a flood c: a first-class town once its fury is un- leashed. On2 look at this desolated lumber town and Mr. Hoover dug into the Red Cross coffer and handed out 000 in one lump toward its rehabilita. tion. This makes a total grant of §45 000 to Desha County for relief and reconstruction work, much of which has gone into this stricken commu- nity. Arkangas City might just as well have bel as its present physical and economic conditions are concerned. Caught in the rush of waters from the Pendleton break on Arkansas River last April, n do to| wiped off the map as far | about as hand, and muddy landscape resemble in ar- pile of toy its houses as though by scattered over | haphazardl angement | blocks. | ve floods have hit the town this ar and the water from the last rise just gone from the streets. Re- n is yet to begin. Some refugees still remain in tents on the levee, while others have gone forth into the black mire, located what re- mains of their homes and re-estab- lished themselves as best they could. reening walls, slanting floors and twisted porches do not awe this flood- | experienced people. The muddy torrent whipped from | their foundations tome 300 of the houses and, receding, left them high and dry as much as a mile away from where " they belong. Motoring out of wera some g the they a jumbled | town along the BOMBING SUSPECTS RESIDED IN CAPITAL Survey of Mail Found by Po- lice Shows Group Moved Frequently. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 6.—A trs extending from an alleged bomb fac- | tory in Brooklyn to the Panam: Zone and to Halifax was followed by police today in an effort to pin on tc six arrested suspects the bombing of the Supreme Court Building in Brook- lyn. Material used in the manufacture of bombs, pictures of public buildings and marked maps of New York sub- way lines were found in raids on two apartments ocoupied by the men in a foreign quarter of Brooklyn. Police also announced the seizure of anar- chistic literature and books on the manufacture of bombs. Three men, two of them specifically charged with the hombing, were in jail awating examination tomorrow, whila authorities directed their efforts to ward questioning of three other men who were believed involved. Six Foreigners Held. Four Mexicans, a Cuban and a Porto Rican were held. They gave their oc- cupations as laborers, dishwashers and bakers. Letters and post cards showed the group had moved frequently, liv- ing at times in Halifax, Soston, Cin- cinnati, Washington and in the Canal Zone. Two of them were alleged to have beeh recently on a tour of anar- chistic activity. At a lodging house where four men were arrested, police say, they dis- covered penciled maps of ‘the New York subway systems, on one of which was marked one of the two stations wrecked by bombs prior to the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti. Maps showing railroad bridges in ew Jersey and the Pennsylvania and Grand Central terminals here were also nd, together with marked postal ings in New York ard Washington. $500 Damage Caused. In a raid in a tenement house where two of the men lived, the police found a motley assortment of metals and materials, postal cards of build- ings in New York and Washinston and Halifax, and photographs show- ing the men at colon in_ the ‘Canal ‘A memorandum hook contained of Mexicans and addresses in Mexico City i Damage ~estimated caused by the courthouse explos early yesterday. Municipal and county buildings in_the immediate vicinity of the courthouse escaped damage, except that windows in the hall of records were shattered. The explosion blew out windows in the courthouse, cracked copings and tore a hole eight inches deep and two feet wide in a cement driveway. . Pay Huge Ransom. CANTON, China, September 6 (). — The commercial community having subscribed practically the entire $10, 000,000 Mexican, recently demanded by the militarists, the several merchants held pending payment of the money have been released. Banknotes today were quoted at an § per cent premium. raing the | Radio Program—Page 34 rds of public build- | COAL STRIKE PACT - REPORT IS DENIED {Mine and Union Officials Repudiate Rumor of Settlement. | i By the Associated Press | CHICAGO, 1ll., September 6.—On | | the eve of a conference tomorrow be- | tween Illinois bituminous miners and | | mine operators, the Chicago Daily Journal today published a news story | that it had authoritative information that a settlement of the suspension, | which has lasted since last April 1, | had been agveed upon. | The account immediately met denial, | [ however, by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica, at his home, in Springfield, IIl; | Rice Miller, head of the lllinois own- | ers, and oth | Mr. Lewis said that the miners and | operators would confer in Chicago to- morrow, but that as yet no agree- | ment had been reached. In a later edition the Journal said: “Illinois coal operators and miners |are certain that a conference between | their officials Wednesday will result in an agreement and an early resump- tion of work, probably not later than September o e ! “The Chicago conference that is to Iratify the understanding said to have I been’ reached, to meet today. owing to the fact that both opera and union officials were late in c back from Labor day outings { the postponement to Wedn {The operators did meet and were in session less than a half hour, but no announcement was made of what had {been discussed or what decisions | reached. | ming | Woman Writer Kills Self. YORK, September 6 (P).— over separation from her and two daughters and suf- fering severe pain from a carbuncle, | Mrs. Ruth Mason Rice, author, lec- turer and poet, committed suicide by gas in her apartment here yesterday. Her act was attributed by friends to despondency arising from ill health | better DAVIS TO TIGHTEN REIN ON IMMIGRANT Secretary Believes in Stricter Enforcement of Law Gov- erning Aliens. Secretary of Labor Davis returned to Washington today after an extended business and vacation tour through the East and Middle West, prepared to push to the utmost a campaign against illegal entry of aliens into the United States in violation of the immi- gration laws. Personal inspection trips to several of the large immigra: tion stations and conferences with im- migration experts have convinced Mr. Davis the network of Federal officers spread throughout the United States, at every port of entry and along the far-flung borders, must be tightened even more drastipally. The Labor Secretary is satisffed with the work of the quota immigration law, which has had its most eifective range within his term of office, but is not entirely in harmony with the selective proc- esses now in use for weeding out de- :ihllble immigrants from the undesir- able. Although as long as two years ago the Labor Department instituted a policy of inspection of expectan: im- migrants to the United States at their home ports of debarkation, Mr. Davis would widen this inspection to include extensive psychological tests, phvsica! tests and every means of determining whether the alien is fit to enter the United States and may not at some future time after his entrance become an expensive public charge. Holding up as his slogan “Not more deportations, but fewer deportations,” | Mr. Davis believes that proper inspec- tion at ports of debarkation of aliens intending to emigrate to the CUnited States would prevent expensive and involved deportation processes and would at the same time produce a immigrant stock than that brought here by the present more or less haphazard methods of selection. The Labor Secretary would not predict what legislative steps would be taken by Congress at the coming ession to improve the selective proc- but believed that remedial meas- | ures by way of enhanced appropria- tions will be taken to stop “bootleg- ging” of aliens across the borders of the United States and from vessels anchored at sea. The immigration service set a new record during the fiscal year closed June 30 for deportations, sending more than 11,000 undesirable alens out of the United States to the ports from which they came. Mr. Davis holds that a tightening of the weeding olit processes at ports in foreign lands would reduce deportations and save the United States much money in legal and transportation costs. Aliens brought into this country in excess of quota are not an expense to the United States, as the steamship com- panies ave required to furnish them transportation back to their port of embarkation. | —_——————— |ARMOUR LEAVES MILLION. Will of Chicago Business Man Be- queaths Estate to Family. CHICAGO, September 6 (#).—The will of J. Ogden Armour, who once was worth an estimated $200,000,000, was filed today for probate and disposed of an indicated estate of $1,000,000. The will left $100,000 outright to his daughter, Lolita, now Mrs. John J. Mitchell, ‘jr., and an annuity of $12,000 to_her husband. The remainder of the estate, except a few minor bequests of from $1,000 to $5,000 to servants, was left In’trust for the benefit of the widow {and financial troubles and daughter. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 6.—The World says today that professional evangelism, with its highly paid stars, its expensive' retinues and its whirlwind campaigns, faces a fight for survival with the Protestant Evangelical churches of the country arrayed against it. The churches are said to be plan- ning substitution of “visitation evan- gelism” for the practice which has for its present leaders such figures as Billy Sunday, Gypsy Pat Smith, G. Campbell Morgan and Aimee Semple ‘McPherson. Visitation evangelism is described as personal l!-al based upon a sur- (;Churches Reported Preparing to Fight | Professional Evangelism by New Method vey of the Protestant fgmeilies in a ecommunity by special eemmittees. The cost of this method is said by its advocates to be much less than the big meetings and more fruitful of church members than the hit-the- trail methods of the latter. The ‘“revolution against profes- sional evangelism,” which the World says is centered in the Federal Coun- cil of Churches of Christ in America, is reported to have had its origin in the East and to have spread until this Fall and next Spring visitation evangelism campaigns are to be con- ducted in New York City, Philadel- phia, Pittsburgh, Boston, San Fran- ciseo, Albany, Harrisburg, Pa.; Port- land, Oreg., and a score of other cities. PR MEC O E R ening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 85,332. TWO CENTS. COOLIDGE WILL G0 0 WHITE HOUSE ON ARRIVAL IN GAPITAL Belongings to Be Moved From Dupont Circle Residence Before Return Sunday. RECONSTRUCTION WORK VIRTUALLY COMPLETED President Will Find Nearly New Home, With Third Floor Added and Mansion Renovated. BY J. RUSSELL YOU Staft Correspondent of The Star, RAPID CITY, S. Dak., September 5. —President Coolidge announced defi- nitely today that he and Mrs. Cool- idge will take up their residence in the White House when they return to Washington from the Black Hills nest Sunday night. It was only re- cently that the President had been ad- vised that the White House, which has been undergoing extensive re- pairs and alterations, was in readi ness for the presidential family to move back into it again. The President and Mrs. Coolidge will go direct from Union Station to the White House upon their arrival back in the Capital. Their personal belongings and the White House fur- nishings which had been transterred to the Dupont circle residence which the Coolidges used during the White House repair work are being returned to the White House this week. It is understood that practically all of the things that were taken to the Dupont circle house when it was established as the temporary White House will be in their proper places when the family returns Sunday. Friends were told by the President today that he has not only been very happy and comfortable during his stay out in the Black Hills this Sum- mer, but that his health has been greatly benefited. He said he is feel- ing especially well and that he at- tributes it to the Black Hills climate and the fact that he has spent so much time in outdoor recreation. Regrets Cecil Resignation. The President believes that the resignation of Lord Robert Cecil, who was a member of the British delega- tion to the recent unsuccessful Geneva Arms Conference from the British ministry will leave the British government more unanimously in dis- agreement with the ideas of the American Government for naval limitation than it was before. In expressing this opinion to friends today, the President sald he had been given to understand that Lord Cecil had been represented as partially in- clined to agree with the American cruiser proposal, and with his leaving the ministry there is reason to feel that the British government will be unanimous in its opposition to the American proposal. This expression of views on the part of the President wa< taken as positive proef that Mr. Coolidge has very little, if any, hope of anything being accomplished in the near future in the way of naval limitation as a result of the work done by the rep- resentatives of the three powers at- tending the Geneva conference, Last Week Uneventful. The President’s last week will be an uneventful one. He has made few engagements for callers and none which call for him to do any visiting or traveling. He expects to devote the greater part of his time to the business of his office and in prepar- ing for the removal of the temporary White House back to Washington. Tomorrow the President and Mrs. Coolidge will personally receive the officers and men of the troop of the 4th Cavalry who have been doing patrol duty about the Game Lodge thronghout the Summer. Following handshaking a group photograph will be taken. WILL FIND HOME READY. President to Return to Virtually New White House. By the Associated Press. President and Mrs. Coolidge will find a practically new home when they return to Washington next week from their vacation in the Black Hills. Although nearly seven score years old. six months of reconstruction, re- decorating. cleaning and painting have transformed the historic dwelling on Pennsylvania avenue from a structure declared unsafe into an “Executive Mansion” in every sense of the word. Besides a new slate roof supported by steel beams and hollow tile arches, an entirely new third floor of 18 rooms has supplanted an old garret spac formerly used for servants’ quarters. Some of these additional rooms still are to be utilized for servants, while others will be used for storage pur- poses and for guest rooms in emer- gencies. New Ceiling Is Built. A new ceiling has been built on the walls of the second floor, taking the place of one that used to suspend from trusses of the roof, and elevator service has been extended to the third floor. New damask linings have been spread over the walls of the giren and red rooms, on the first floor, wii.® on the second some redecorating has heen done. The President's office has been cleaned and painted and the passageway leading from the floor to the roof of the south po tiled for use as a roof garden. The whole structure has been given a coat of white paint. While it was ainted only last year, this coating was found necessary, due to dirt cre ated from the reconstruction job. Scaffolding Being Removed. Only the rough, unsightly timbers of a workman’s scaffolding remain to be taken from around the front por- tico before the house is ready for oc- cupancy. This is being done today, and every small detail will have been attended to by the time the President and First Lady find themselves ready to transfer their personal belongings from their temporary residence in the old Patterson mansion on Dupont Circle. . While a sum of $350,000 was appro- priated by Congress for White House repairs, only about $250,000 thus far has been expended. Whatever amount remains unexpended will be turned back h:{o the Treasury.