Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1927, Page 1

e —— e WEATHER. ‘Weather Burean Forecast.) fair tonight and tomor- warmer quite so warm tomorrow. Temperature—Highest today; lowest, 6, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page . nerally slightly Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 Entered as second class matter Washington, . EMOCRATIC WOMEN'S SLOGAN CONTEST BARRED AS LOTTERY i No. 30,452. post office, FRANCEINTARIFF | tonight; not 91, at noon D, C ch WASHINGTON, b, WITH SUNDAY MORNI C., THURSDAY, EPTEMBER 15, NG EDITION REPI.Y Pl.EAI]S H]R ‘Entrance Fee of 81 Is Held * RECIPROCITY PLAN Answer. to U. S. Protest on Rates Is Delivered to American Embassy. PRESENT SCHEDULES ARE | . IN FORCE PENDING PARLEY Rejection of Treaty Proposa Sug- gested Here After Receipt of Paris Note. By the Associated Prees. PARIS, S the United States for reciprocity in the complete sense of the word as the only | mcceptable basis for a 14 ift ‘between the two ecouniries. In a nota replying to | Pepresentations concer ning the . French tariff schedule, the French for new eign office today set forth the French | ‘onception of reciprocity as the condi- | tion for entering upon fruitful nego. | tianion of a tarift treaty. Nothing less than the present high | | gates in force are offered until the | American reply to this note shall be Teceived. When a reply from the | United States is received that the | American Government is ready to be- | gin such discussions then the French xovernment will substitute for the | present scale a mo ! ing American goods considerabl: | @r rates. The reply proposes o accord Amer- jean commodities of 50 per cent duction of the general tariff now t! fective to hold during negotiations for » commercial treaty. Since the gen- al tariff is four times the minimum i yate, American products thus would have to pay twice that assessed on ! imports from Germany and other countries with which France has com- mercial treaties. Prolonged Debate Expected. The impression in both French and American_circles was that the note | was simply the first step in opening what are likely to be prolonged treaty | negotiations. In the ministry of com- merce the feeling apparently was gen- eral that such an agreement could not be concluded in less than three or four months. The note, which was not made public but was immediately cabled to Washington, was handed to Shel- don Whitehouse, American charge { @affaires, who called at the foreign office by appointment. He was met by M. Arnal, a high official in the economie department, who de- livered the note of three typewritten pazes, explaining verbally some of the features of the reply. Embassy “Issnes Communique. Tater the American embassy issued the following communique: s “As is well known, upon publica- tion of the new French tariff the American_embassy made representa- tions to thé foreign office as to the extermely onerous incidence of the new French general tariff with re. Epect to a large number of Ame) ean products and requested that, pending negotiations for a commer- cial treaty between France and the ' United States. the first step in which was taken by the embassy's trans- mission to the foreign officc on Sep- ! tember 12 of a comprehensive draft y low- \_treaty of friendship, commerce and | Neonsular rights, the application of Ahese new tariff rates will be sus-| \ pended. 1" “The embassy a reply from the foreign office which |lguggests negotiation of a general commercial treaty on a different ! hasis from that embodied in the draft | treaty as submitted and in return | envisages partial reductions on the { new general tariff rates as applied | *0 American commodities. The French | answer cannot he said completely to meet the situation and the form in which it was presented necessitates further instructions and negotiations, which, needless to say. will be pushed with the utmost celerity.” . S. OFFICIALS I)IS.“‘I‘OI,\'TED.‘ Rejection of French proposals for ecommercial ireaty negotiations with the United States on a basis of rec ! procity was foreshadowed in an au thorized statement at partment today that the Washington | Government could not under existing Jaw negotiate on that b: 3 The statement was made in advance of receipt of any report from the em- hassy in Paris on the reply today by the French foreign office to the re quest that treaty negotiations be dertaken on a most-favored-nation basis. On th of press accounts as to what rench reply contained, informed officiais took a gloomy View of the possibility of adjusting differ- ences over the mew French tariff schedules at an early date. If the French communication demand that the treaty negot he based upon complete indications are th Government will anthority 1o ne; which are fixed only authority gr act is for treaties on the s a by pted by Congress. tne tariff most -favored-nation yasis. This basis provides that the Tnited States would be granted same treatment granted any nation, Whether ment_might the Washington to duties per impose penalty up cent upon goods act 59 treaty | American | re- | of- | | is mow in receipt of the State De-| s |that the board already had been se- negotiation of commercial | the | other | Hamburg-American Steam Govern- | invoke the powers con-| ¥ear: ferred on the President by .the tariff | to | imporiei | Etheron, Smallest Thing in Universe, lllegal by Postal Authorities. ‘Circular Letters Bring Ban | on Plan to Raise Cam- paign Funds. onsternaiion reigned & ally prominent members of i Woman's National Democratic of Washington when they learned to from Post Office officials that their national slogan contest for which they an the | day prize exact ducted through the mails in violation of the lottery laws | The innocent cause of all the trouble | was a paragraph contained in the nailed announcements which slogans which may be submitted by any one person, but all entries must be accompanied by an entrance fee of $1 to assist in defraying the clerical | expenses incident to a contest upon 0 large a scale.” Prizes of $100, 50 nd $25 are being offered for the hest | three Demoeratic party slogans. | Members Are Indignant. Enthusiasm over hitting upon such a successful scheme to finance the | campaign and at the same time re- the | e Club | Devartment | an entrance fee of £1 is being con.| read: | 5 Pty ¢ | “There is no limit to the number of | ptember 15.—France asks | ! HARRES X kw?‘"& MRS, MINNIE NNINGHAM. plete the diminished war chest of the Tub gave way to mingled indignation m the sart of some members and Alarm on the part of the contest com- mittee when it was realizes had run afoul of the post Mrs. Minnie Fisher airman of the contest committee, s ahsent from Washington and Mrs. Huston Thompson. wife of Interstate “(Continued on Page $14.500 BRIBE PLOT Duvall, Indianapolis Execu- tive, Accused of Taking Money by Politicians. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, September 1 the trial of Mayor John L. Duvail of Indianapolis in Marion County Crim- inal Court on a charge of violating the corrupt practices act. Duvall is charged with baving accepted $10.009 from Armitage and promising him the right to name certain appointees in return for the politician’s support in the 1925 city campaign. Armitage testified that he had given Duvall $14,500 prior to the mayoralty election in 1925 and tbat all but $500 of that amount was his own money. He said the $500 was given him by William H. Freeman, who asked him to geliver it to Duvall. Freeman, ac- cording - to the witness, was one -of the men he had in mind for a place on the board of public works. Tells of Meetings. Armitage said that Duvall request- ed him some time in May or June, 1925, 1o come to his house and that when he arrived he (Armitage) said: “Now we will see if we can get together.” “I told him T wanted to name two men to the boaid of public works and the city civil engineer, and Duvall asked what it would be worth,” the | witness said. | “I told him $10.000. 1 William H. Freeman and Ernest L. Kingston were the men 1 wanted {named on the board of works and Frank C. Lingenfelter for city engi- ne Duvall said they were all righ with Duvall at a later date in an office building in Jndianapolis. “What happened?” the witness was asked. “I gave him money—$5,000. paper money.” “What did you say, if anything, when you handed Duvall the money?” “I said, ‘Here is $5,000,’ and he said, “All right.” 1 went back to my office, but saw Duvall a week or so later at his home and gave him $5,000 more. He took it, and we talked about the campaign. and gave at dit- times before the election him $4,500 more, part of it ferent times. { paign was a little short.” i Doubt About Appointee: The witness was asked to tell about the $500 he delivered to Duvall at the request of Kreeman. The witness said he told Duvall that Freeman had requested him to turn the money over to Duvall, and said he had related portions of his conversation to ¥ree- man. Armitage testified that Duvall | had come to the Armitage home about | six times to talk over campaign mat- { ters prior to the election. | “Duvall asked me what T thought {of the campaign, and I told him he was going to win. I told him 1 had heard that Mr. Coffin (George V. Cof- fin, Marion County Republican leader) was_ going to name the Board of | Works. He said that was not true; lected. “I told Duvall that T had heard it said that I was going to control his | | election, and T told him he had better | say something contrary to that in his | ! he agreed.” | speeches, and Plan Canada Sh BERLIN, ip Line. 15 (). The hip Co. has September announced that direct pa; e to Canada will be res William H. Armltage, local politician, | was the State’s first witness today in | told him | | Armitage then told of a meeting | {TWO REPORTED HELD It was | “I saw Duvall at my home several | He told me the cam-! BROCK AND SCHLEE ABANDON FLIGH World Trip Ends at Tokio as Aviators Read Scores of Cablegrams From U. S. | By the Associated Press. TOKIO, Neptemger 15.— Public opin- ion and the pleading of loved ones at home brought to an end the round-the- world flight of the monoplane Pride of Detroit here today. Edward F. Schlee and Walter S. Brock, co-pilots of the craft that set out from Harbor Grace, N. ¥, on August 27 last, tb beat the record in circling the earth, feared no danger or obstacle that fate or the elements could offer them. They braved storms, heat and erratic tropical winds. They were delayed by government formali- ties in Turkey and flew over war-torn hina, and the jungles of Burma and siam. They went through a typhoon and tidal Wave in Japan unscathed and showed up at Kasumigaura in a rainstorm smiling. At Tokio -they were {old by aviation authorities and their own agent, J. V. Walker, that it would be suicide to attempt to fly across the Pacific Ocean. Still they persisted. Children Plead With Father. Then the flyers began to read the scores of cablegrams that had come for them in care of the American embassy. These contained threats, warnings, advice and supplications against making the Pacific hop. Among them was one from the Schlee chil- dren of Detroit, asking their father to consider them before he tried to fly over the Pacific. He weakened. Brock emerged from a lengthy con- ference on_the subject downcast, and “(Continued on Page 4, Column 5) IN OBREGON PLOT Former High Officials Declared Seized as Suspects—Poisoned Bullets Discovered. The Star and cago Daily Copyright, 1 MEXICO CITY, September 15— Confirmation seems to have been found for the report that a plot was heing hatched to A Obregon. former Pre and foremost candidate for that office again. Gen. Roberto Cruz, Inspector gen- eral of Mexico's police, advised today that the case is being investigated. | The known facts are few, but the following seem reliable. Gen. Ramon Garrido, former director of the mili- tary college, a post of importance, and former Lieut. Col. Joez Guada- ranadoa, once holding a high Vv garrison, are being held, charged with complicity in the plot. The plot was originally laid in Cayeacan, a suburb of Mexico City, and later the conspirators came to the capital. Some person imbued with ihe idea that it would he a patriotic By Cable to New 27 to he used in car The price to be T 000, and a_.38-caliber revolver was to be used. It is said that this weapon is in the hands of the police, together with a hox of cartridges wrapped in cotton and wool and smeared with strychnine to cause death from the wound Gen. Obregon is now restinz after | his tour in the interests of candidacy. mg out the act, him was $1 those countries which practice | discrimination or, in the mination, 1oy vinst xuch officials did not ¢ It was said, however, that the riff schedules were dis. inst the I'nited Stales e alone has discrimi haracter which epply to American goods. The Washinzton Government has thiee most-fovored-nation com nercial treaties in operation with Germany. Two other such treaties are awaiting ratification and coramercial relations with a other countries arve nducted temporary underst eibody the most-favored-nation 'he nmer aguinst impo tations diet. new Freneh eviminatory under al treaty on the the | vent of con- | e an ab- | re to pre-| including that dozen | * iding which also | ause. | ench proposal to negotiate a | basis of By the Associated Pross MARE ISLAND, Calif., September | 15.~The smallest thing the uni verse, the etheron, represents the real | force that causes the mightiest of | material structy to topple once they are swung off their center of | balance, Capt. T. J 8. N, | afl 1 noted mathematician ained in a statem So infinitesimal i3 the etheron, Capt. See explained, that it “has corpuscles « thousand million times smaller than the electron, which is 1,760 times sinaller than a hydrogen atom.” “To clarify this explanation Capt. i in oday at his | iprocity, which implies the granting | gee said that if atoms of common gas of (ariff concessions in particnlar com- | such as hydrogen, nitrogen or nxygen Causes Gravitation, Says Astronomer | than light, is the real cause of gravi- | sam con and the etheron, | is like a fine | particle of smoke from a cigar This explanation of Capt. theory leads to his contention that incessant traveling of ether | moving at a velocity of 294,000 second, or 57 per cent faster See's tation. So fine are those particles of the ether that they freely penetrate through the earth, sun or planets, the scientist declared Capt. See’s wave theory, expounded in this, his ninth mathematical memoir 'dealing “with the cause of gravitation, was proclaimed the final and complete trinmph of his extensive | Gty to kil the former Bregidont. wag | the League's preparatory disarmament has been done in the line of real di | armament,” and the nations with the {Woman Employs CANADA ELECTED, BELGIUM DEFEATED - FOR LEAGUE SEAT 'Cuba and Finland Also Get Places on Council, as 49 States Ballot. ' BELGIANS LOSE OUT ON ELIGIBILITY VOTE Move Seen to Obtain U. §. Aid in Case of Martial Action Against Aggressor Nations. | e | | | | | | By the Associated Press, September 13- -Canada inland today were elected | to fill the three vacant non-permanent | seats on the Council of the League of Nations for three-year terms. | The assembly voted today that Bel | ginm not eligible at the present | time for re-election as a non-perma. | nent member of the League Council. | Fortynine states took part in the | voting. Cuba received 40 votes, Fin. | 1and 33 and Canada 26, Canada receiv | ing one vote more than the necessary | absolute majority of X Belgium, Salvador and Czechoslo- vakia were elected last year for one- | year terms under the new general | system of election, one provision of | which is that non-permanent members | could be re-clected when their term expired provided the assembly by a | three.quarter vote declired them re- | eligible, Belgium received votes today with 19 against, this being tantamount to defeat for re-election. Pledges Support to League. Foreign Minister Vandervelde, the | Belgian representative, in a hrin‘ =peech, said that he considered the | votes against Belgium's candidacy | were inspired by considerations of | principle and mnot by unfriendliness for his country. He pledzed Belgium's loyal support of the League as here. tofore. The presence of President King of | Liberia on the assembly floor was | noted in his opening remarks by Al- berto Guani, president of the assem- bly. tion, A communication from foreign committee of Board of Deputies and Jewish Association, submitted b Lucien Wolf, their special delegate, | declared that these organizations. be- | lieved that if any nation which was | bound by treaties to care for minority | nations became a candidate for the | Council, such nation should not be ! recognized as eligible for election un-| til the assembly was satisfied that had fulfilled all its obligations toward | those committed to its care. “The election of any state known | to be a defaulter in its obligations to- ward a minority people committed to its care would have a deplorable ef- | fect on the various minorities through. | out Eastern Europe.” the communica- | tion declared. “The confidence of these minorities would be undermined | and they might be thrown back on | methods of vindicating their rights, which might prove a menace to the { general peace.” U. 8. Influence Stressed. A feature of the discussions of the assembly has been the importance at- tached by numerous speakers to the influence of American public opinion | on hopes for settlement of interna-| tional questions aimed at the promo- tion of permanent peace. This despite | the fact that the United States is not | a member of the League. | The latest indication of this atti-| tude was the address of M. Politis, | Greek statesman, yestere before the commission which Is studying Dr. Fridtjof Nansen's project to outlaw war by a voluntary universal arbi- tration agreement. M. Politis urged Americans to de- velop the movement, which he said had its origin in the United States, | for an agreement that in time of war the neutral powers would renounce to a certain extent their rights of neutrality in case the League powers took military action against any ag- gressor nation. Holds America Could Aid. The idea_tehind this suggestion is that the United States, if unable to join the League, would help that or- ganization by refraining from trading with or helping economically or finan- cially any nation which the League powers declare to he an aggressor and meriting of punishment. Last evening's session of the assem- bly's disarmament committee was marked by the declaration from Count von Bernstorff, wartime German Am- bassador to the United States, that | | Cuba and ¥ = | | | | | 20 | President King received an ova- | | the the s the Anglo i commission along and plished. The people of the world, he said, were beginning to that S0 much talk about “security” was merely an excuse for mot reducing arms. Speaking in French, he caused some- what of a sensation by quoting a let- ter from M. Clemenceau of Frauce to the German peace delegation in June, 1919, saying that the allied and seociated powers considered the en- forced disarmament of Germany un- der the treaty of Versailles as a pre- liminary step toward more general disarmament.’” ince that time, he added. “nothing should hurry get something its work accom- exceptions of those vanquished in the war, stand practically where they did in 1914, | | | Lawyer Husband { ToGetHerDivorce By the Associated Press. Tt A, Okla., September 15.— Decid” 'that as a husband, her spouse was a good lawyer, Mrs. Sarah Marriott Foruman has em- ployed him as her attorney to ob- tain a divorce. Foreman, a local attorney, filed his wife's divorce pe- _ tition yesterday. erally, regime. 1927—SIXTY-FOUR PAGES. ¢ Fpening Star. F¥ The only ev: service. Yesterday's Circul ening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news lation, 98,068 (/) Méans Associated Press. TWO CENTS. I THE ATHSTNDING TA Norw %6, D0 NOT u)f_b‘l‘TS REPUB ARE TIMID ABOUT ToSSNg THE(R HATS INTO TON W | COMRADES IN BATTLE TO COME | HGHT []N M EARL ' HERE FOR SHEEHAN FUNERAL| BELIEVED IN OFFING United Interdepartmental Pressure Said to Be Grow- | ing Against Controller. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Efforts are taking shape in Wash ington for a combined and concerted challenge of Controller General John R. McCarl's arbitrary power over Fed- eral expenditure. There's been talk of such a move in the past, but it is believed that it never before gave promise of materializing in the form now thought to be imminent. In the | past the Navy and War Departments, | and military and naval officers gen- | have been the principal vic-| and ‘opponents of the MecCarl | According to information | emanating from those quarters, it has recently been found possible to bring about united departmental pres- | sure. It is planned to go to the Presi- | dent with an impressive request for | on that will remedy a state of| s which the affected hranches of the Government are coming to regard | unhearable. | Mr. McCarl's latest achievement to | cause resentmept in an executive de-| partment is his refusal to sanction the | diversion of $2,000,000 from the rivers | and harbors appropriation for emer- | gency flood control in the Mississippi | Valley. Dwight ¥. Davis, Secretary of War, made formal application for the | funds, but the controller general took | the position that he was without au- tims | thority to make the allocation desired. | McCarl Is Adamant. | A few days ago Secretary Davis re- | peated his request for the money, stating that it was urgently needed | for the temporary closing of 250 cre- But Mr. McCarl was adamant nd again pleaded his inability to as- | sign the amount. From the same | funds the Army engineers desired to.| do some vitally necessary dredging work that must be accomplished be- tween October 1 and December 1, if it is to be effective. The controller general of the United | States—the imposing title which Mc- Carl enjoys—has made a specialty of overruling opinions of the Attorney General of the United States. Time and again the Attorney General has informed executive departments that they wera authorized to do this or that, and made official, formal rulings to that effect. But the omnipotent McCarl just as often set aside the de- crees of the Department of Justice chief and proceeded gaily upon the even tenor of his autocratic way. Once Secretary to Norris. It remains to be seen whether the President has authority to shackle McCarl or whether Congress alone, which created the General Accounting Office, must be called upon. Mr. Me- Carl has held the post since its estab- shment on July 1. 1921, having been appointed early in the Harding admin- istration. He thrives upon criticism and abuse. Once upon a time he was private secretary to Senator George W. Norris, Republican Progressive of Nebraska, and _evidently acquired something of the fighting spirit of that battling Westerner. The controller general is a lawyer by profession and has resolutely taken his stand’ on the strict letter of the statute governing his powers and privileges. Perhaps he is a disciple of the school to which Pres. ident Coolidge has just proclaimed his adherence. Somebody was asking the President for an expression of opinion about the Federal Reserve Board's squabble with the Federal Reserve Bank at Chicago. Mr. Cool- idge advised his questioners to have a look at the statute under which the Federal Reserve Board operates. He explained that when he himself is in doubt as to procedure on given oc- casions, he habitually takes refuge in the terminology of the law. He acts accordingly and always feels that he is on safe ground. The friends of the controller general say: “Fhat's McCarl all over. (Coyright, 16 “Deserted Vill;ge” In Prose Form Is Found by Professor By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September —15.—A prose version of Oliver Goldsmith's “Deserted Villag antedating the famous poem by 80 years, has been reported found by Prof. Ronald S. Crane of the University of Chi- cago. The version is complete and is said by Prof. Crane to throw. new light on the genesis of the poem 'HOQVER PRESENTS Body of Lieutena Nine Years, to Arri nt, Buried in Shell Hole| ve in Capital Mon- day—Rites to Be Tuesday. The body of Lieut. William A. Shee- n &f this city, which was found in an obscure shell hole grave in the Argonne two months ago following a search by relatives and friends of the officer spreading over a period of near- Iy nine years, will be interred in Ar- lington National Cemetery Tuesday afternoon, while his comrades of the 315th Infantry, 79th Division, who took part in the battle in which he was killed, and his associates in the legal work he was engaged in prior to an- swering the call to arms, pay reverent | respect to his meniory. | The casket bearing the body now is aboard the United States Shipping Board vessel Schodack, due to arrive in New York tomorrow. Monday | morning the body will arrive here and will be taken immediately to the re- ceiving vault in Arlington, where it will remain. upul shortly_before 239 | o'clooit~The At that time it will be transferred to the | chapel at Fort Myer, where the officer received his initial training, for final military rites. Brother Officers to Come Here. A number of officers who partici- pated in the battle of Montefaucon in the Argonne and were at or near the south edge of the Bois des Ogons near Ferme de la Madeleine on the morning of September 29, 1918, when Lieut. Sheehan and six enlisted men were killed, will come to Washington for the funeral services. Without excep- tion, each was extremely fond of the voung officer and they welcome this opportunity to show, in what manner they can, their devotion for him. Most of the officers are from Philadelphia, while several are from points near Philadelphia, one from Pittsburgh, one from Harrisburg and another from Baltimore, Rev. R. V. Lancaster, chaplain of the 315 nfan now a Presby- " Paged, Column 2.) FLOOD DATA TODAY Arranges Conference With!| President on Return From Stricken Area. Secretary Hoover returned here to- day to report to President Coolidge on conditions as he found them in the Mississippi Valley during a 10- day survey, just ended. Arriving here from St. Louis at § o'clock this morning, the President’s personal representative in the flood emergency went direct to his office in the Department of Commerce and made an appointment with the Pres- ident for later in the day. Besides giving an oral picture of the post-flood situation, Mr. Hoover planned to take to the White House a comprehensive written report, sum- | marizing health, economic, agricultur- al and relief conditions in the flood aren. The President was to be advised, it is understood, that the recovery | of the stricken people has been rapid, | except in several of the more devas. tated counties and parishes toward the south of the Delta, and that steps lare heing taken to stabilize the eco- nomic situation, which admittedly was | bad prior to the Secretary's visit. 8 Per Cent Helpless. Eight per cent of the flood victims still are unable to make their own living, the Commerce Secretary esti- mates, ard provision was made on this trip for extension of Red Cross sustenance to the unfortunate ones, at least until January 1. Secretary Hoover is known to he worried over the outlook for the Win- ter in parts of the valley, and it was believed he would bring this problera to the attention of the President. ‘Where crops have been a failure there is no source of income until next sca- son, and destitution therefore seems inevitable throughout the Winter, Mr. Hoover found. Between $27,000,000 and $28,000,000 already has been given to the valley by the - American_people, Secratary Hoover states. This total includes $16,000,000 _contributed _through_the (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) | included for URGENT ESTIOATE 10 BE MADE READY Budget Bureau Directs Com i missioners to Prepare Needs | by September 26. The District Commissioners were notified by the Bureau of the Budget today to prepare and submit urgent supplemental estimates for the cur- rent fiscal year not later than Sep- tember 26. While the Commissioners have not yet had time to consider what items to place in these estimates, it was said that many of those in the ill-fated second deficiency appropriation bill, which failed of passage through a fili- buster in the Senate in the last ses- sion of Congress, would be reinserted. Some of these items, calling for ap- propriations totaling $488,500, already have been shifted to the regular esti- mates for the next fiscal year, which | will reduce the amount to be asked for in the supplemental estimates. rict officials estimate that $802,755 in urgent needs contained in the old deficiency bill will be rein- serted in the urgent supplemental es- timates. In addition, items will be the rental of private buildings to accommodate the House of Detention, the Women's Bureau of the Police Departmeent, and the Health Department’s medical clinic, which will be forced from their pres- ent locations to make way for the new Department of Commerce Build- ing. COUNT TO HEAD PARTY. Will Succeed Self-Exiled Sanchez-|" Guerra in Spain. HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Fron- ti r, September 15 (#).—Count de Bug- allal will assume leadership of the Conservative party of Spain in the pl-ce of Jose SanchezGuerra, former premier, who not only left his party, but also his country in protest against the action by King Alfonso in signing the decree convoking a nonelective Na- tional Assembly. Torn between the desire to con- form to the dictates of the mode and the dictates of common sense, Wash- ington’s male citizenry worked them- selves into a nice perspiration today ove rthis straw hat problem. A glance at the calendar, which showed the fateful date, September 15, impelled the men to lift the old straw brimmer from the hook and sail it out of the window, but a shift- ing of the gaze to the rising mercury of the thermometer had a decided restraining effect. To be, or not to be, a slave of fash- ion was the worrisome question con- | {Perspiring Males Defy Fashion Edict | By Ignoring End of Straw Hat Season hats seen on the downtown streets, it would appear that comfort had won a signal victory over style. The looks of scorn which, by all rights of tradition, should have been directed at the flouters of that which is correct rainment, today were focussed on the poor souls who dared not disobey fashion’s injunction. Then, too, the familiar ‘“booes™ ‘which some misguided folk feel con- strained to heap upon the straw hat wearer, who sallies forth after Sep- tember 15, were noticeably lacking i safety zones even HESSE, ARQUSED, L AUNCHES WAR ON RECKLESS DRIVERS | Special Squad of 30 Instruct- ed to Take All Offenders Straight to Court. WARNING AT AN END; JUDGES ASKED TO AID Police Head Flays Drivers—De- clares There Will Be No Let-Up in Campaign. Aroused over the utter disregard District motorists are showing for certain of the major traffic regula- tions, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, super- | intendent of police, announced today that he has completed preparations for a special campaign to make the streets safer for pedestrians as well as the conscientious, law-ablding drivers. ‘Thirty motor cycle and bicycle offi cers, recruited from the various pre- cincts, have been organized into a special squad for the drive and will operate directly from the Trafic Bu- reau. This squad is scheduled to be- gin its activities tomorrow morning, and will continue, Maj. Hesse said. until “definite results are manifest. The squad has been instructed t keep on the lookout especially for motorists who drive thtough car-stop ety zones, ignore boulevard-stop signs or traffic lights, turn corners at excessive speed and drive at night with only one headlight functioning. ow-moving vehicles which p as far to the right as possible and thereby create conges- { tion also are to be arrested. No More Warnings. Maj. Hesse declared that motorists caught for any of these violations during the campaign will not be given a warning, as has been the practice, but will be taken to court. More- over, the police superintendent said he has asked the co-operation of the Police Court judges in making the drive successful. The special squad will maneuver principally in the downtown con- gested section. Some of the officers, however, will be detailed to the out- lying sections and along the main :?nro\lghfflns through residential sec- ons. At End of Patience. “The Police Department has just about reached the end of its patience in endeavoring to get motorists to obey the simple and sane traffic regu- lations without taking every violator to court,” said Maj. Hesse, “Many jdrivers are showing no regard what- lever for these vegulations. Th Speed uround corners at A rate " of 30 miles an hour, drive through when they are occupied, or make left turns without paying ary attention to the signal lights. "As a result many serious accidents have occurred. “I am determined now to have a more decent compliance with the regu- lations. ~'There will be no more warnings to the thoughtless or care- less driver. He is going into court. And, furthermore, there will be no { let up in this policy until the streets and highways of Washington are MOTORIST ARRESTED AFTER TWO ARE HURT Edward Posselt Charged With Be ing Hit-and-Run Driver and Lacking Permit. After he is alleged to have ovei turned an automobile at Seventh and K streets northeast, shortly after noon today, injuring a man and a 'ward Posselt, 21 years old, Hyattsville, Md., was arrested several blocks from the accident and charged Wwith being a hit-and-run driver, fail- ing to have a District of Columbia permit and running a car with dead tags. Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Klatt, 7121 Georgia avenue, octupants of the car which going south on Seventh street when it overturned, were taken to Casualty Hospital, suffering from minor cuts and bruises. Posgelt, who was driving west on K street, is al leged by police of the ninth precinct to have kept on going without stop. ping to render assistance. He was halted at Fourth and M streets north- east by Patrolman Lassiter and placed under arrest by Patrolman J. H. Wood, who was investigating the ac- cident. 12 LEAP FROM TRUCK AS GASOLINE EXPLODES Twelve colored laborers, en route to work on a road in nearby Maryland aboard a truck of Corson & Groome, contractors, Thirty-third and K streets, were forced to jump for their lives this morning when three 5-gallon tanks of gasoline carried on the truck exploded, sending a stream of flame to the street. Henry Fowler, 65 years old, of Pal- myra, Va., received injuries ghat con fined him in Georgetown University Hospital, but the others escaped with bruises. The explosion, believed by officers of the company to have been caused by a cigarette, occurred as the truck was passing Wisconsin avenue and K street. Engine Company No. 5 extinguished the fire with chemicals. The truck was only slightly damaged, but the burning gasoline flamed down the street for nearly 100 yards. LOAN OF $45,000,000 FOR GREECE APPROVED By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 15.—A general consolidation loan of $45,000,000 for Greece vas ‘formally approved today by the council of the League of Na- tions, which also has received a today. Bulgarian request for a similar loan. ‘The league's financial committee has modities on each side, would mean. ac- | b %} n 3c: S,Among other things. (Continued on Page 4, Column 4 - uL Sopuman i ) ¥ approved the Bulgarian loan in prineivie- “he imagined the size of lemons.|researches on the cause of gravita- oranges or grapefyuit, then, on this | tion, It alleged and the social conditions which it fronting the brow-mopping populace of descitbes, i OUBY .F:p;r'_ tho b w,R!diO Progr;ms-l’age " N : P