Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8. Weather Partly cloudy tomorrow fair. Temperatures— p.m. yesterday; lo day. Full report on page 9. Burean Foreepet.). and cooler tonight: Highest, 91, 1t 2:45 west, 68, at noon to- Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 No. 30,456. Wa nd class matter shington, D. C. R. KAUFFMANN DIES INDUNKIRK, . Y. AT - HOME OF DAUGHTER Heart Attack Proves Fatal to| Vice President of Evening i Star Co., Aged 74. BEGAN HIS CAREER AS REPORTER HERE Was Member of Cosmos, Chevy Chase, National Press and Gridiron Clubs. By the Associated Pr DUNKIRK, N. Y Rudolph Kauffmann, vice pr and managing editor of The Washing ton Star, died suddenly at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lewis N. Murray, | on West Lake road, near her Death was believed to have been ed by heart trouble. Mr. Kauffmann came to his da ter's home about three months He was 74 years old. 11l Since Last February. Kauffmann was taken ill sud in February, 1% After several weeks' illness he had recovered suffi- ciently to o to the home of his daugh- ter in Dunkirk. Born in Zanesville, Ohio, October 5, 1853, Mr. Kauffmann was the son of the late Samuel Hay Kauffmann,| president of The Evening Star News- paper Co., until his death in 1906, and one of the original members of the company which purchased The Star in 1867 and still owns and controls it. The son spent his early vears in Ohio, moving with his parents during the Civil War to the National Capital, where his father had been tendered a governmental position. Here he attended the Emerson In- sutute, prepgring at_that school for Amherst College, whence he grad- uated in 1875 with the de e of bachelor of arts. Stirring incidents and scenes connected with the War of the Rebellion, including a personal in- terview with President Lincoln, made & strong impression and remained al- | ways fresh in his mind. With Star Since 1875. In the Autumn of 1875 Mr. Kauff- mann entered the service of The Star as a reporter and was consequently at the time of his death its oldest living employe. In 1878, while on leave of absence, he served as a spe- cial attache of the United States ex- ibit At the Pass _Wortl;d Fair. As a mental.. . he.. ven transportation 1o France oh & Aaval| vessel, the old sailing frigate Ports. mouth, remnant of the Civil War Navy, whose voyage consumed three weeks, Returning to Washington and The Star after the close of the exhibition, Mr. Kauffmann remained in news. | paper work about a year. Tempted | by the opportunities apparently of- 1ered in the cattle-raising industr bought a ranch in Nebraska, then con- sidered a far-Western State, in part- mership with a cousin, and for two years lived the hard and strenuous life of a cowpuncher on the plains. The cattle venture proved unsuccess- ful, however. The ranch was sold and in 1881 Mr. Kauffmann returned to newspaper work On January 5, 1882, Mr. Kauffmann married Miss Jessie Kennedy of this city, and thenceforward the couple made their home in Washington. Mrs. Kauffmann died January 1926. In 1901 Mr. Kauffmann built Airlie, on the Military road, adjacent to Rock Creek Park, as a Summ: home, and a few years later mads it his permanent residence, occ ing it until Mrs. Kauffmann's death. Business Conneetions. Resuming his position as a re- | porter, upon his return to Washing- | ton, Mr. Kauffmann rose through the various grades in the news depart- ment and was appointed managing editor in 1893. Later he was elected vice president of The Evening Stz Newspaper Co. He also was presi dent of the Columbia Planograph Co. of this city and a. director of the National Metropolitan Bank. He a member of the board of managers of the National Geographic Society, a director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the Children’s Hospi- tal. His club affiliations included memberships in the Cosmos Club, Chevy Chase Club, National Press Club, Blue Ridge Rod and Gun Club, | Percy Summer Club of New Hamp- shire and the Gridiron Club. He wa the first strictly local newspaper man ever taken into the Gridiron Club until then composed only of cor- respondents t-of-town papers, and served a sident of tbat widely knowr ion. Interesting Assignments. Puring his ea per reporte a number of assignments few report: of the plac on the Washinzt cember. 1855 outdoor sports, including cyeling, base pall, tennis, rowing and. later, golf. He was an ardent fisherman, especially | for fr e fish, and made | many_tri it points both in the Uni and Canada fin Imon and trout. He on de- | | | | nt on th e alumi ument in De = fond of | n the o¥ and was one of tl here to uti xuit of in the pur- that =oon be one of the first ch 1856 of the Covenunt, established in was a faithful attendant there at the time of his death a mem ber of the hoard of trustees Mr. Kauffm n is survived by son, Rudolph Max Kauffmann of The Star; a daughter, Mrs, Lewis Newton Murray of Duni Y.: a brother, Victor Kauffmann of The Star; sister, Mrs. John Crayke Simpson of this city, and by Soviet Hails French Decision. SCOW, September 19 (). —( ing it “a victory for common sens 1he Soviet authorities and press grec: reat satisfaction the declaration ench Council of Minister no ground for breaking diplo ations with Rus was k, N Snow Falls in Minnesota. APOLIS, September 19 (/) Riz snow flakes. accompanicd by lizht rein, began falling here today. ‘mutudl rélations." ter’s nationals owning land in Transy reporters | o | Drum Major's Queer Antics, Eagles BY JAPAN'S ENVOY League Observers See Refer- ence to U. S. in Ori- ental’s Reservation. ssociated Press. VA, Switzerland, September | 19.—A Japanese reservation that the employment of pacific means for the settlement of all kinds of disputes between nations applies only to mem- bers of the League of Nations caused a flurry today when the Leagne Assembly disarmament committee ap- proved the Polish project for out- lawry of all wars of aggression. The Polish resolution, as finally voted, provides that all wars of aggression are and will be forbidden, that pacific means should be utilized for the settlement of conflicts, “what- ever their nature,” arising between nations, and that the Assembly de-| clares that there is obligation for all | members of the League to conform to these principles. Would Limit Resolution. Harukazu Nagaoka, Japanese Am- bassador to Germany, moved to add to this statement the wotds “In their Other members of the committee remarked that members of the league are already prevented by eovenant from resorting to wars of aggression, and the Salvador representative, Senor ‘Guerrero, pointed out that the Japanese amendment would have the regrettable result of limiting the Polish principle of the employment of the pacific means to states affiliated with the League, but would not affect non-members. The committee interpreted Senor Guerrero’s statement as particularly an allusion to the United States and to the relations between Japan and the United States as a non-member of the League. The Japanese representative there- upen withdrew his statement. He said he agreed that aggressive war was prohibited as against all nations, vhether members or non-members of the League, put believed th:. applic; tion of the provision for the employ- ment of pacific means might be dif- ficult as between members and non- members. Manufacture of Arms. He then announced that the Japa- nese delegation would interpret this | part of the Polish project as applying only to the relations between members of the League. The committee then adopted a reso- lution calling for the convocation of an international conference to super- vise the private manufacture of arms at the earliest possible date, with the idea voiced also that if the conferenos embraces the subject of publicity for all manufacturers, whether private or vernmental, this will satisfy coun- like the United tSates, which in- upon the supervision of govern- mental manufacture and those, like Italy, which oppose this. Germany, through storff. introduced a resolution asking that a general international conference for the reduction of arma- ments he convoked before the League assembly of September, 1928, The council of the League was o cupied all morning with further di: cussion of the Rumanian-Hungarian controversy over the rights of the lat- Count von the representative, that the council is not competent in the matter and that the question should be referred to the World Court of In- ternational Justice for an advisory | opinion featured the session. Criticizes Hungary. Sir Austen Chamberlain, the British foreign minister, who headed the com- mittee which made a report that has not met with Hungarian approval, se- verely criticized Hungary's attitude, ing that since the start of the me- wotiations for settling the problem he | his not budged an inch, while Ru.| | mania showed a much more concilia- | tory spirit. The Japanese representative spoke | in a similar vein, and the council post voned sion o nthe matter umll] later today. % Ch WASHINGTON, D. INANNUAL PARADE | By thelAssociated Press, | parade, | and Massachusetts were watched by a lit ‘a shivery day for the spectators, LEGION 1S GREETED WILDLY BY FRENCH Paris Gayly Decorated fori Big Turnout of Veterans. Marchers Impress Crowds. SPECTATORS SURPRISED AT 0DD U. S. UNIFORMS and State Yells Feature Spectacle. PALAIS DU TROCADERO, Paris September 19.—The American Legion headed by a delegation of French war mutilated, started from the Place D'Iena at 1:41 p.m. Delegations from all the States in the Union began assembling in the vi- cinity of the Place D'Iena shortly be- | fore 1 o'clock just as rain started to | the great disgust of thousands of | French spectators, but the leglonnaires did not seem to care. Drain Plans Mobilization. The Avenue President Wilson was | chosen by many as an ideal spot and the delegates here from Arkansas, Michigan, Alaska, Virginia, South Car- olina, Maryland, Towa, New Mexico, Nebraska, Utah. Missouri, Colorado great crowd of spectators. Gen. James A. Drain, grand marshal of the parade, carried off the mobiliza- | tion in great style in spite of the in-| clement weather, while Gen. Gouraud, the honorary grand marshal, gave val- uable assistance. “Thanks to Gen. Gouraud these ar- rangements proceeded just as well as the preparations for last vear’'s parade at Philadelphia.” Gen. Drain said. The statue of Washington in the Place d'lena—the most decorated monu- ment in Paris—was the object of spe- cial attention from the groups of Legionnaires formed in its vicinity. Gen. Drain, in his full uniform of a general of the American Army, headed the first group of American marchers. Weather Changeable. A drizzling rain and cold wind made and although a fair-sized crowd had assembled it was not the huge throng that. watched Lindbergh’'s progress along almost the identical route when he was received by the cheering thou- cands at the Hotel de Ville, Vantage points like the Place de Con- corde and Place de L'Opera were well filled, but some places along the route, especially the lower Rue de Rivoli, were uncrowded. It seemed hours be- fore the parade was due to pass there, and there were more soldiers and police than spectators. At 2 o'clock there were about 5,000 persons massec in front of the Hotel de Ville, where the line was due to begin disbanding. Florida’s canary-colored costumes made a great hit with the French, while Oklahoma’s Indians, with their feathered headdresses, were cheered as they passed Washington's statue. One man bearing a placard on his back reading, “From Lindbergh’s Home Town,” received the greatest reception of any general or other celebrity. The rain had halted by the time that the parade got fully under way, and as the paraders approched Etoile, there was a regular old-fashioned 14th of July—the French Independ- ence day—crowd present. Uniforms Puzzle French. French Boy Scouts before the statue of Lafayette handed the marchers little bouquets of red, white and blue flowers to be placed on the grave of the Unknown Soldier as the Legionnaires passed under the Arc d'Triomphe. The French crowd was amused and puzzled by many things in the parade. They laughed loudly at the high gold boots of an Ohio drum major, and applauded the smart uni- forms of the various groups, but their comments showed that many thought the various State costumes were some sort of queer American Army uni- form. They were amazed at the great Connecticut banner that stretched across the street, which was altogether new to them in parade stunts, As the parade got und weather improved, and ¥ content with merely windows and doorways houses, invaded the streets. o'clock it was the wonderful of the great French holida i The parade at this time had covered nearly a mile without the slightest ign of trouble, when suddenly a cry rose from a little restaurant in the Rue Poissiere. The crowd, which was at a highly nervous tension be- ause of fear that the Communists might make trouble, made a con- certed rush on the restaurant, only to find that it was a provincial visitor complaining, ‘“This coffee is rotten. Take it away.” Cheers for Lindbergh. ‘When the Minnesota group along with its sign, “Minnesota, de Lindbergh”—"Minnesota, State of Lindbergh"—there were great cheers, for the French have not forgotten the tremendous enthusiasm which the transatlantic flyer aroused. The Legion eagles reminded the 1d Frenchmen of Napoleon and never nce his day has Paris seen so many h emblems. ‘The State yells given by the various contingents startled the crowd. Both men and women marchers took ad- | vantage of every halt_in_the parade (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) r way the the By 3 crowd | 1300 in Canada Marooned Without Food ' As Lake Gale Clos four grandchildren. | By the Associa WINNIPE 19.—Without adequate food supplies and unable to communicate with the ide world, hetween 300 and 350 persons were marooned today at rand Beach and Victoria Beach, on | the eastern shores of Lake Winnipeg. | A 'violent gale, which swept the | lake throughout Saturday. whipped | the water into mountainous waves at | « neck of a peninsula through which 120 miles of Canadian National Rail. | way trackuge is laid. goday this low-| Press. Manitoba, September es Neck of Peninsula |lying area was completely submerged | and_ the stranded people have been unable to go on the lake in the small | boats available. ~The victims of the storm were on a special excursion to close their Summer cottages at the two beaches. A special train has been dispatched to Grand Beach with food supplies and wrecking crews will start repair work on the inundated roadbed as soon as the water recedes. If rail communication cannot be quickly | a legal standpoint. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1927T—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. ¢ Foening Star. * (#) Means Associated Press. Saturday’s Circulation, Sunday’s Circulation, 106,30’ “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. 3,01 > —————— TWO CENTS. THE. VACANT CHAIRS AT THE OPENING OF SCHOOL. 125 PLANES START AIR DERBY: ALCOHOL CONTRO U. S. Hopes to Cut 5 to 10 Million Gallons Off Next Year’s Supply. The Government today took steps for the first time in the enactment of the prohibition law amount of alcohol produced with a view to cutting last year's output of 95,000,000 gallons to about 85.000,000 or 90,000,000 next year. Dr, James M. Doran, prohibition commissioner, in making this an- nouncement today, said the program called for co-operation with the manu- facturers of alcohol, but elimination of what he called the “lawless fringe."” Although & so-called “quantitative” control of aleohol has been in effect for some time, 1t' was eéxplained by the prohibition commissiorier that heretofore manufacturers of alcohol who hold Government permits have been making all the alcohol they thought they could sell. Under the new plan, which will be- come effective January 1, the Bureau of Prohibition will make allotments to each manufacturer as to how much he shall be allowed to produce during the year as his share towards supply- ing the legitimate demand. Hopes for Sabilization. “We hope to bring about a complete stabilization of the alcohol business,” said Dr. Doran, “and we believe we shall have the co-operation of the alcohol manufacturers as good mer- chants and good citizens.” Dr. Doran at the same time made public another change in his general plan of enforcement by the addition of two new field supervisors from the Bureau of Efficiency, who are to check up on the business methods used | in every field office. The two appointees have been con- nected with the Bureau of Efficiency for several years. They are John L. Keddy and Edward E. Berney, both of whom have been investigators of the Bureau of Efficiency. Mr. Keddy has for some time been connected with work on the field classification of the Customs Service. The appointments were effective today. Council to Give Advice. Dr. Doran, in discussing the newly inaugurated plan for control of alco- hol, said the Government would appoint from the industry a trade advisory council to provide the Gov- ernment with expert advice as to the legal, commercial needs for alcohol. Special attention will be given to supplying the legal demand, Dr. Doran | said, and the allocation made to vari- ous plants for manufacture will be subject to revision if the facts warrant. “We are going to keep a finger on it,” said Dr. Doran. The new system, it is helieved by prohibition officials, will result in a substantial reduction in the amount of alcahol diverted from legal to illicit channels. Problem Studied Carefully. Close and extended study has been given to the problem of alcohol con- trol, Dr. Doran said. He has before him exhaustive statistical tables showing both production and demand. Experts of the prohibition bureau have also studied the legal phase of it up with the Department of Justice. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, As- sistant Attorney General, in charge of the prosecution of liquor cases, has studied the question, Dr. Doran announced, and has come to the con- clusion that there is no question as | to the propriety of the program from “There is no doub! “that we are dealing with a legally controlled commodity. The new gram is authorized by the general provisions of the Volstead act, which | the Government shall the manufa provide that issue regulations for ture of a quantity of alcohol consist- | ent with the interest of the Govern- ment.” SUIT ASKS $1,000,000. Collar Manufacturer Charges Slan- der Against Six. NEW YORK. September 19 (#).— Max Phillips, president of the Phillips- Jones Ci day started a $1,000,000 slander suit against Bernard K. Marcus, president of the Bank of the United States, and five members of the Berg Detective Agency. Phillips charges that the to control the | aspect | of the question and have taken this| sald Dr. Doran, | pro- | | | | | | | | | MEYERS LEADS AT CLEVELAND 10 REDUCE OUTPUT .1 west ¥ rom Ohio Metropolis in Waco 10 Machine as Rival Flyers Come Down in Field. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, September 19.—C. W, Meyers of Detroit, first to get away | plete the first leg of its journey today. | from the airport at Bellefonte, Pa., in the national air derby, landed at | and a half later the Waco 10, piloted | the Cleveland airport at 12:19'%;. He | is listed as entry 36, flying a Waco 10. Leslie Miller, Des Moines, Towa, in his Eaglebrook plane, entered as No. 41, was second to land. His official time of landing was 12:32. James Charles, Richmond, Va., also an Eaglebrook, entry 32, swooped down onto the field a few seconds behind Miller. Just as Miller and Charles dropped | out of the skies from the east, Meyers, first to land here, went into the air headed westward at 12:31 pm.~ and Charles took off simultaneously at 2:37 p.m. for the West. FLEETWING TAKES LEAD. BELLEFONTE, Pa., September 19 (#).—The Pitcairn Fleetwing, plloted by A. M. Banks, Philadelphia, was the flying | firstof 25 light commercial planes in the | cross-country aerial derby to com- | It arrived here at 9:27. One minute I by C. W. Meyers, alighted at the field | here. Pilot Meyers took off at 9:36 to take the lead from Pilot Banks. Both planes took on gasoline and oil after | making perfect landings. According to word received here | the Monocoup, piloted by V. L. Rob- rts, came down at Newfoundland, . J., due to compass trouble. The third plane to arrive was Pilot Leslie Miller's Eagle Rock, which ar- rived at 9:39%. Pilot Myers, the second. arrival, evidently lost his bearings en route from Roosevelt Field, as he came to the flying fleld from the west instead of the east, Pilot Eugene Detmer brought his Travelair down at 9:51. The Eagle Rock, piloted by J. S. "(Continued on Page 5, Column 1) PREDICTS COOLIDGE WILL BE DRAFTED Fess Sees Renomination if President Stands on Brief Announcement. Unless President Coolidge issues a statement elaborating upon the brief announcement he made at Rupid City | during the Summer that he did not choose to be a candidate to succeed himself before the next Republican nationak convention convenes, he will be renominated by his party, accord- {ing to the opinion expressed today by | Seator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio. Senator Fess, who was a caller at the White House tods wished to make 1t very plain in expressing his opinion that he Jid not discuss this subject with the President. He stated that from his observations the senti- | ment is so overwhelmingly in fa of President Coolidge for anotl term, regardless of his expressed in- tentions not to be a candidate all other possible candidates are com- pletely overshadowed. Senator Fess went so far as to pre dict thag, in the event the President renfains silent on the subject, that he would be renominated on probably the fourth ballot at the convention. He added that there will be a flock of fa- vorite sons voted for on the first or sec- ond ballots and that on the third bal- ot most of these names will be dropped and only the more serious candidates will receive votes. He feels satisfied that the convention will not wait long thereafter before being stampeded for President Coolidge. The Ohio Senator is the fourth prom- inent Republican caller at the White House within the past few days to ex ss the belief that President Coolidge be the next Republican candidate. POLICE ARREST 600 or wi ON TRAFFIC CHARGES Campaign Started Last Friday Pur- sued With Vigor—Many Forfeit Collateral. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse's campaign against reckless driving netted the District government $572 in forfeitures of collateral in Judge Hitt's court to- day. Of the 172 persons who gave collateral since Saturday night, only |21 appeared for trial. Since the inauguration of the cam- paign last Friday morning, both the night and day Traffic Courts have had busy sessions. Although yesterday was Sunday the traffic squad, specially enlarged for collar manufacturers, to. | this campaign, was active, 219 arrests being made in the 24 hours ending at 8 o'clock this morning, bringing the total for the campaign to approxi- mately 600. The majority of these have come under the head of ‘“mis- defendants tried to prevent his gain- | cellaneous offenses,” which includes established with the marooned ex- cursionists, a lake steamer will be semt 80 the scene. ing knowledge of financial conditions | such lesser infringements of the regu- of the bank by causing his arrest in !lations as overtime parking, driving Etontown, N. J.. on a Mann act'through a safety zone, cutting corners chavsa. i *" and similar oftenses, NEW SOUTH CHINA * RULE ESTABLISHED | Third Nationalist Government | Will Assume Power in Nanking Tomorrow. | | | | By the Associated Pre SHANGHAL China, September 19. “——A new Nationalist government, ‘whi(h will succeed the two functioned from Hankow and Nan- king, will assume office at Nanking | tomorrow, it was announced today. The government will be controlled |by a commission of five, consisting of Hu Han Min, former generalissimo of the Kuomintang (Nationalist po- litical organization) army; Dr. Wang Ching Wei, chairman of the central | executive of the Kuomintang; Tsai | Yon Pei, minister of education in the |1 | Shi- | Republican _cabinet under Yuan Kai; Tan Yen Kai, member of the executive committee of the Ku- omintang, and Li Lich-Chun, for- |mer_civil governor of the Province |of Kiangsi and_also a prominent | member of the Kuomintang. In addition, seven minzs‘ries and tary affairs will carry out the sov- ernment’s executive duties The following portfolios have been allotted: Foreign affair Dr. Wu Chao-Hu: finance, Sun Fo, son of the late revolutionary leader, Dr. Sun Yat Sen: justice, Dr. Wang Chung Hui, (an authority on international law; | communications, Wang Pei-Chung, |and education, Tsai Yuan-Pei. Fosm e i EBL.ACKMER, MISSING OIL CASE WITNESS, FOUND By the Associated P | NEW YORK, September of two missing witnesses | | Doheny oil . leas been found in France and has been subpoenaed to appear at the trial of he case next month, says Atlee Pom- rene, counsel for the Government. 19.—One the Fall- M a Pomerene said on his return from sit to Europe. James E. O'Neill, whose testimony also is sought, is hiding somewhere abroad, whewe all consulates have been asked to deprive him of his pass- port and aid in turning him over to Ar::ieflcan authorities, Mr. Pomerene “American Soldiers of Fortune” 5 By Albert Payson S<rhune In Art and Story Begins on Page 29 of Today's Star, two councils on education and mili- | The witness is Henry M. Blackmer. | Rubber Stop Signs By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, September 19.—Mo- torists who from force of h or by accident run into or over stop and go sign posts will be unable to further damage posts or themsclves if experiments with rubber signal posts started here today are succes The rubber p b with 2 big top, were installed in some streets ovening into boulevards. 1f the motorist runs over them they bend flat to the pavement, then spring back into position. RECORD ENROLLING ot on Largest Opening Day Regis- | tration Looms as Cer- tainty as Doors Open. With the largest opening-day en- rollment in the history of the school system looming as a certainty, the Washington public schools opened their_doors this morning to receive the city’s juvenile population to forge another link in its educational career. cipals at high, junior high and ele- mentary schools indicate that the im- pending school term will be a decidedly 'ge one, so far as enrollment is con- cerned, even exceeding the expe tions of school officials. The comparative calm which pre- vailed at the Franklin School through- out the morning gave evidence of the fact that the opening routine was be- ing taken care of efficiently and with- {out_untoward incident in the field. By 2 o'clock this afternoon all principals "m;; day enrollment, it being explained | hour. Ballou at Desk. | Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent | ot schools, stayed at his desk through- out the morning, conferring with his | corps of assistants and taking care of | He will make a tour of some of the i schools tomorrow. | Charles Hart, principal of Eastern | High School, predicted this morning | that the enrollment at his school today would reach 1,800. Of this | number, 1,000 are girls and 800 boys. | This _opeming day enrollment would | be 182 higher than Eastern last year's opening _enrollment of 1,618, and | shows tnat there will be a substan- tial increase in the high school en- rollment this year. Principal Hart declared today that he believes the enrollment at Lastern High School will be 2,000 by October 1. An enrollment at Eastern of this proportion would fill the school be- yond its capacity. The situation at Eastern, however, {s expected to be partially relieved next February when the Stuart Junior High School begins | taking ninth year students. At Western High. Another case of today's enrollment substantially surpassing that of last |yeay is observed at Western Higt School, where it formally was an: nounced at 1 o'clock that the enroll- ment was 1,185 pupils. This is 154 | more pupils than were enrolled on the opening day last year, when the en- rollment was 1,031. The increased enrollment, however, was expected on account of the large number of recent building projects in the Western High School section. ‘Among the clementary schools, par- ticular congestion was reported at the E. V. Brown School. It is expected that the enrollment at this school will be materially greatér than last year due to erection of a number of new neighborhood. Due to the unusual it has been found necessary to ex: clude numbers of Maryland pupils, who had sought admission to the schoel. Spots of Congestion. Assistant Superintendent of Schools C. Wilkinson, reported that con- stion prevailed tcday, as was ex- 8 | pe | where the patterson is being razed |and at the Garrison and Cleveland | Schools. The unprecedented enroll- growth of the colored population in | the Seventh and Florida avenue re- gion. While there was a number of cases where expected furniture was not on hand, noticeably at the Wesley Heights portables, there were no seri- | ous inconveniences on this score, and | vtlicials declared all schools |in the week. Increaee of 182. At 1 o'clock, the Hine Junior High School reported an enrollment of 759 pupils as compared with 577 pupils on the opening day of last year. This is an increase of 182 pupils. Anu increase of 150 pupils also w: netted at the McKinley Manual Train- ing School, where the enrollment was | given at 1,254 for today as compared with 1,104 for the opening day last | year. | With increases of approximately 150 | or more maintaining at Kastern, West- the Hine Junior High School, it ap- | pears that the total enrollment for to- highest in the history of the school system, but will be far in excess of the expectations of school officials. | Daily Increase Seen. In fact, these three high schools and n increased enrollment of 668 over the opening day last year. Today’'s enrollment is expected to be materially increased daily for the next 10 days, as in years past the true enrollment has not been ascer- tained before the seventh day at least. There are scores of children who are not being enrolled today, due to delay in vaccinations, while there are others who are transferring who are not shown in any of the enrollments which will be turned in. ————e Plane Passengers Injured. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Septem- ber 19 (A).—A Danish passenger air- plane bound for Hamburg crashed shortly after its start today, the pas- sengers escaping with minor injuries. The pilot was serlously hurt. The machine caught fire in the crash and was destroyed. —_— Radio. Prog ern and McKinley High Schools and | | one junior high school have run up| | Bend When Hit by | Passing Motorists IND SCANDAL WILL AT SCHOOLS SEEN v estimates from various prin- | are expected to have filed their open- | that no official figures could be ex-| pected from them much before this | the few individual situations which | were taken up at the Franklin School. | apartment houses in the Chevy Chase | congestion at the E. V. Brown School | cted, at the Garnet-Patterson group | (U, RV LEAGE SHAY ININA VO | Attorney General’s Activities May Make Him G. 0. P. Gubernatorial Candidate. | “HONESTY” TO BE SLOGAN | OF DEMOCRATS IN RACE | T State Profoundly Stirred by Un- savory Reputation Due to Political Situation. | | ' G. GOULD LINCOLN, | Staff Correspondent of The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September | 19.—Indiana leaps from sensation to | sensation in political scandal. Attor- ney General Arthur L. Gilliom stands out a dominating figure. He is fight- ing the Ku Klux Klan with one hand and the control of politics and office { holders by the Anti-Saloon League with the other. He may be the next governor, or his political career may be temporarily halted at the elections next year. If he goes down he will 30 down fighting. The Indiana attorney general is a Republican. But while the Repub- ican organization in the State has | played the game with the Ku Klux Klan, Gilliom has fought the Klan. He was elected in 1924 in spite of the Klan, though he ran from 100,000 to 150,000 votes behind other Republican candidates for office that year. This was the Klan influence against him. Tackles Dry League. More than a vear asq he tackled the Anti-Saloon League in the person of E. 8. Shumaker, superintendent of the league for Indiana, a powerful figure in the politics of the State be- cause of his control of the dry forces. Shumaker had written and published A report attacking members of the State Supreme Court, calling taem “‘wet,” and the court in general. Shu- maker was cited for contempt of court and Gilliom prosecuted the case against him. Because of this action on his part the Anti-Saloon Leaguers have called Gilliom 2 wet. They have tacked the label on him in a State which is al- most as dry as the Sahara in politiacl sentiment. But the attorney general is not wet. He believes in prohibition and is personally dry. The State has a law which prohibits the sale of medicinal whisky. Gilliom has recommended that the law be changed so as to permit the prescrip- tion of liquor by physicians in case of sickness. This has further in- censed the Anti-Saloon League heads. Months ago the attorney general had three children ill with typhoid fever. It was necessary they should have whisky to keep them alive, their physicign said. The whisky was pro- vided, though against the law. Later the wife of Gov. Ed Jackson, the Re- publican governor now under indict- ment for violating the corrupt prae- tices act in the elections, was serl- ously ill. She required whisky and she was provided with the necessary timulant. Letter Causes Sensation. Then the attorney general wrote an open letter to the governor, recom- mending that the law be changed so that all those who might be ill and require this stimulant could obtain whisky on a doctor’s prescription. It caused a sensation, and the drys ham- mered Gilliom all the harder. Now correspondence between Shu- maker and Senator “Jim" Watson, Republican leader of the State ma- chine, has been published which in- dicates that Shumaker a year ago sought senatorial influence to prevent the Supreme Court from sentencing him to serve a jail sentence in the contempt case. Immediately Gilliom entered a new motion to have the sen- tence of the court imposed on Shu- maker increased. Shumal had been sentenced August 6 last to serve 60 days on the Indiana State Farm and pay a fine of $: In his motion Gilliom said that the sentence “‘appears inadequate be- cause of attempts made by Shumaker to corruptly influence a decision fa- vorable to him in this cause.” In addition, the Attorney General | ment at these schools is due to the | has called upon Senators Watson and Robinson, Henry Lane Wilson, Boyd Gurley, a_newspaper publisher, and Clyde E. Walb, the Republican State chairman, to appear and testify in the matter against Shumaker. State on Tiptoe. The whole matter has Indiana on ment of stomach Senator ‘}Rnbmsnn stoutly denies that he has ever attempted to influence the Su- preme Court improperly in behalf of iSh\xmak?x', and so does Senator Wat- | son, althou; he wrote a letter August 8, 1926, to Shumaker in which he said he had been approached by Segator Robinson to work in the in- terest of Shumaker “in my own way as far as I felt I could consistently with my views in regard to courts, to keep you from being sent to jail.” Senator Watson said further in this letter: “I wrote a number of letters through Indiana which I hoped might be helpful in bringing about such a conclusion.” Shumaker says that in day’'s opening not only will be the|a telephone conversation with Senator Watson the latter told him that he had assurances from three judges of the court Shumaker would not be sentenced to jail. This Watson flatly | denies, Senator Watson has given assur- ance that he will appear and testify Gbefore the court when the attorney general's new motion comes up. it looks as though the fur would fly, with the two Senators at loggerheads over this matter, and both disagreeing with the head of the Anti-Saloon League. The Anti-Saloon League forces here have been one of the strongest assets of the Republican organization in the past. It is not difficult to understand that the Democrats are gleeful over the turn of affairs. Church Aid Sought. Shumaker is out crusading for the dry cause. He is urging the Meth- odist and the other drys to stand solidly back of the Anti-Saloon League, and is predicting that the next 18 months will see the hottest fight ever waged between wet and dry - forces. I*or yegrs the Anti- Saloon League head has used the churches from which to preach the dry eause. Irdeed, it Is claimed that the league by such methods laid the for the lous_growth