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WEATHER Weather ; slightly cooler tonight; tomor row fair. Temperature—¥ today; lowest, 6 Full report on Burean Forecast.) lighest, 76, at moon 3:45 a.m. today. f page 9. l Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 —}:o. 30,471. Yntered as secor post office, Wa: K ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION nd class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, o D © ., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, { = L The only e in Washingt Associated service. vening paper on with the Press news (/) Means Associated Press. PRESDENTIS R 1 FIGHT ON NEW FRENCH SCHEDULES £ Chicf Executive Views In- creased Dutics as Discrim- ination Against America. FIRMER TONE FORECAST IN NEXT U. S. EXPRESSION «Demand for Same Treatment Ac-| corded Other Nations Is Likely to Be Made. The tariff dispute between this Na ‘ {‘on and France has reached a point as | its back up and st it be mot discriminated nee in the ainst | ng | at the White ident was | n | of le maiter made cle Jise today when the Presi spresented as saying that the main on as it appears fo the Ameri wan Government is one solely of d mination and that every other| Jhase of the conflict that has been zomg on for some weeks is subordi 1o, Asks No Favors. 11 was made elear that the State De- partment in its next note to France dealing with the tariff controversy will inform that country that the United States is determined that it will enter | no negotiation unless the dis tory tactics of France are removed France will be informed that America | wants to be treated the same as any | of the other nations with which it h commercial intercourse; that th country asks no favors and looks for | no_preference. | The President was represented as regretting the difference between the | two countries have not been adjust- | «d before this, particularly as he con siders the two countries on such splen- Aid terms, and is not unwmindful of | the fact that they were so recently associated in arms. But it was made clear at the White House during the discussion of this subject that the| American Government feels keenly | hurt at what it considers the di crimipation against its commerce by France. It was pointed out that the amount of the American goods affect- ¢ this discrimination is not large, ibly not amounting to more than 10,000,000 annnally, but it 1s the principle that is involved that the American Government finds hard to fustity. Discrimination Claimed. In further making clear the posi- | tion of the Govermment the President was represented as saying that the Tnited States is not complaining to rance about rates or tariff customs. ( Nor is it protesting against the e lusion entirely of certain articies ex- norted by the United States to that country. Neither does the American Government offer any complaint | hout the extending of favors by | rance to any other country, but it} does insist that France is discrimi- | nating againat the commerce of the! ited States and it is made clear| , that there wili be no adjusting of the tariff differences existing now be- iween France and America unless | this discrimination is stopped. PROBLEM AGITATES FRENCH. Press Considers Matter Difficult, but 1Is Hopeful of Solution. PARIS, Octeber 4 (#).—The Franco- American tariff problem is one of ex- treme difficulty, in the general view of | the Paris press, and publication of the 12xts of the aides’ memoirs exchanged by the two governments brings this out more clearly than ever before. Nevertheless no reason is seen, Le | Matin says, why a solution should not | be found, for “in spite of the fact that | the doctrines of the two parties are | completely opposed to each other, the | negotiations have been opened in a most amicable spirit.” Le Journal, widely circulated paper, | is critical of the American viewpoint, | saying: “If on the French side there is evi-| dent proof that good will is pushed to | the extreme limit, on the American | the arguments are stated in a tone of | imperialism. | “Washington does mot hesitate to | soize as A pretext the signature of the Franco-German accord, which causes America, as a matter of fact, hut the slightest prejudice, and to| raise the whole question of interna- | tional commercial relations.” | There is little other editorial com-| ment, although the papers publish coplous summaries of the documents. | | GERMAN PLANE OFF | ON FLIGHT TO U. S. | Norderney for| | Junkers Leaves Azores on New Attempt to Span Atlantic. NORDER: many, October A new German attempt to span he Atlantic Ocean by air began to- day with the departure of the D-1230, three-motored Junkers hvdro-air- 4 Jiane, for the United States by way | the Azores. The plane, in command of Freder- ok Loose, one of the crew of the Junkers plane Bremen during the un successful transatlantic , attempt in ‘August, took off at 4:46 p.m., after a start of about 150 yvards, and he: in a westerly direction with the / as its destination. The greatest secrecy surrounded the final preparations for the hop off and ¢ was impossible to learn whether Lily Dillenz, a Viennese actress, was wu board, as had been reported. N Recommended as Envoy. Appointment of David W. Kauf- man, Philadelphia lawyer, as Minis- ter to Egypt, was recommended to- day to President Coolidge by Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsyivania. He said Senator-elect Vare of Pennsyl- vania also favored Kaufman's se lection, zores age 34 Radio T’;;é;;g;rtl-‘P inot by the Yankee: | the finishing touches on their prepa- | habitants | e led | 'HOOVER HAS STRONG LEA ENT OF MIC IN SENTIM | Republican erential Prima Favored by | { { D LINCOLN t of The Sta } BY G. GOU Staff Coriespon DETROIT, Mich,, October 4.——Any indidate for the Republican ion from Michizan in 1928 Hoover to beat. That will )b, Mr. Hoover is out in > Wolverine State and like. to well in- and ob- | | othe [vh-lfl: | Herbert | be some | tront in t liy to | formea leader: | servers here. Claims that the dele- | =ation will be for former Gov. Frank coming from Lowden | headquarters in New York, are the | merest propagand id. Michigan is a Progressive State. regards Mr. Hoover as a Progressive. {: likes his record as an administrator hoth during the war and afterward. [t is a great industrial State as well | as agricultural. Its business men like Hoover and its farmer e not so namored of the MeNary-Haugen bill to make that a serious issue sainst the Secretary of Commercy Added to these factors is a_considel able support which Mr. Hoover al- ready is receiving from some of the principal newspapers of the State, including the Detroit News. which s boosting the Hoover candidacy at every opportunity. Mr. Hoover is no stranger to the O. Lowden, 1t s D | HIGAN } Who Wo;erAcmocratic Pref—: ry There Once Progressives. half men. Seven and | | voters of Michigan years ago, when he was first | tioned as a presidential po hility, | Mr. Hoov name was voted on in | both the Republican and Democratic presidential primary. In the Repub-| | lican primary M. Hoover finished fourth, and ‘in_the Demox pri- | | mary i At that time many Demo- | crats were insisting that the war-time | food administrator he the party nomi- nee for President, and it was not until after the Michigan primary, April 20, 420, that Mr. Hoover made it clear to_the public generally that he w |2 Republican and had always been a | Republican. After he had done that, the Democratic State convention, per | force, had to go on record in favor of a Democrat for the presidential nomination and the State delegation EXICAN UPRISING FAILS AS FEDERALS XECUTE SERRANO | Leader Accused With Gomez in Revolt Captured and Summarily Tried. AS AIDING INSURRECTION Obregon Pledges Aid ,in Military Campaign Against Rivals in Presidential Election. at the national convention supported another man. The candidates in the Republican | presidential primary in that year fi |ished in_the following order | Hiram Johnson of Californis with 156,938 votes; Gen. | Wood, second. with 112,56 | Lowden, third, with 6 | Herhert’ Hoover, fourth, with Michizan had heen a_strong Progre Sive and Roosevelt State. When Hi ram Johnson, Roosevelt's running | | mate ‘in 1912, e in the big 2 921 i v _turned (Continued on Page 5, Column 6. first, Leonard Frank 0. | PENNOCK INJURED ON EVE OF SERIES | Star Yankee Pitcher Suffers Ruptured Blood Vessel in Batting Practice. | | | By the Associated Press. | PITTSBURGH, October 4.—Herb | Pennock, star Yankee southpaw, suf- fered a ruptured blood vessel in his left leg today when he was struck by a line drive during practice at Forbes | Field. The ball hit him just above| the knee. | Pennock was serving them up when the accident occurred. The line drive | was off the bat of a sub-outfielder, | Cedric Durst. The ball struck the | hurler about an inch and a half above the knee. He did not fall, but was in much pain as he limped to the club- house. Dr. Schoell of St. Petersburg, Fla., a Yankee fan, who was nearby examined Pennock and found the rup. tured blood vessel. The inflammation was spreading upward and the doctor applied ice packs. According to_the doctor, the injury may not keep Pen- nock out of the series, He added that he could not determine the exact ef- fect of the injury until tomorrow. Mainstay of Yanks. | Pennock, who has never lost a| world series game, had been counted on by Miller Huggins, Yankee man- ager, for series service. Pirates and Yankees camped today on the outskirts of the battlefield and | waited for a coy sun to do its duty in drying out Forbes Field for the first game of the world eries tomorrow. Rain yesterday brought rest to the players, needed by the Pirates but| nxious to put rations. The rain came when the Yankees had had only a few minutes’ batting practice and kept the Pirates | off the field altogether. However, the downpour brought no rest to the carpenters building tempo- rary seats which have already been | sold. The craftsmen wrestled with/| slippery hammers and saws as they built benches to seat 4,000 more than the big playing field normally offers hospitality. Experts on Job. The sound of the hammers beat time to a cry from the fans for tickets | and more tickets. But there were no | tickets except in the hande of specu- lators, who think they are worth much more than their price tag would indi- cate. The scalpers hope the sentimen- al value of the pasteboards will be T ed before game time. With a day to pass before the first act of the annual clas be staged, Pittsburgh was practically the bands of the experts. Old in- aid the stronghold of the bold Buccancers had never before been subjected to such intensified ex- perting. Mos of the information came | straight from the feed box, many of | the players using the hands that will later wield bats and toss curves to pound typewriters in giving the fans the “low down.” This information has been valuable and consistent thus far. Every Yankee writer has pre- dicted ctory for the American League, while the count was evened by the Pirate ecribes, who to a man pick the National League entry. The f: who seem to know a =ood deal about the situation, are zhing the credits and debits of the sting clubs with careful thought, arriving at the conclusion that this is the question mark at the end of the world series sentence. in the pitching of the Pirates still the mighty bats of the Yankees?” Ruth and Gehrig Feared, There were many questions that | tomorrow afternoon ca nd ni SOUGHT AS BANDIT, WILSON GIVES UP Man Accused of Robhing Bank at,Mt. Jackson, Va., | Surrenders Here. | | Cecil Hampton Wilson, 21 years old, sought since July 25 as a member of a band of four bandits, two men and two women, for the §2,000 hold-up and robbery of the National Bank of Mount_Jackson, Va., surrendered to the police here “today. Wilson, while admitting the Vir- ginia robbery, gave himself up in the District in the hope that he might be tried on an embezzlement charge and ginia authorities. ‘Wilson, however, will be surrendered to the Virginia authorities if they make application for him, Inspector Henry G. Pratt, chief of detectives, id. Wilson’s reputed embezzlement here, amounting to $400, was from Home Laundry Co,- where he employed. It antedated the bank rob- bery a couple of days, according to Pratt, The detective chief said he would get in touch with the Virginia anthorities immediately. Posses Are Eluded. Betty Wilson, one of the two women sought by the police as members of the randit gang, forced him at the point of a gun to drive the automobile to the bank and hold up the cashier, Wilson told the police. Kirby B. Dellinger, paroled Federal convict, identified by the Virginia au- thorities as the second male member of the band, became separated from | him five days after the man hunt in the Virginia mountains, Wilson told the police, one day after the two had abandoned the two women with whom they had eluded posses for the four days following the hold-up. Went to Florida. Wilson declared that he went to Florida after he made good his escape | from Virginia and had just returned here. Reports recelved by the Vir- ginia officials this week disclosed that Betty Wilson and her woman com- panion_had been traced to the home of a relative of the former at Niagara | Falls, N. Y., whence they disappeared several days ago. Hired in Capital. After the robbery on July 25 it was definitely established that the automo- bile used in the hold-up and left aban- doned at Mount Jackson was hired in Washington. C. I Dellinger, hookkeeper at the | bank, is a cousin of the fugitive, Kirby Dellinger, and recognized him when the hold-up took place, It was this clue that brought the identity of Wil- | son and the two women to the police. DISASTER AVERTED. STONEHAVEN, Scotland, October 4 (#)—The London-Aberdeen express, bearing 500 passengers, narrowly es- caped disaster at a stone bridge span- ning a ravine 150 feet deep near here last_night. The train, of 13 coaches drawn by two engines, was making fast time when the second engine and four of the coaches left the track. The de- | railed cars plowed up the roadbed, but | the weight ana pull of the first engine held the train steady until it came to a standstill only a few feet from the ravine. No one was injured. Indicted v(;mcial Resigns. INDIANAPOLLS, October 4 ().— virgil Vandagrifft, who recently was indicted on a charge of violating the | State securities act, today resigned as president of the Indianapolis Board of Works. Vandagrifft's indictment | then only in part. The duel of man- agerial minds w in to be inter- “(Continued on Page 5, Column 2. had to do with a private business venture. Woman Says Her Da For Seed Cleaning By the Associated Press CHICAGO, October |according to Mrs. Alice N. Warren, | provided the idea for the $5,000,000 invention which is occupying the at- tention of a master in chancery here. Mrs. Warren, who is suing Harry | R. Warren, president of the Warren | Sced Cleaning Co., for divorce and for | 1,475,000 stock in his concern, testi- | fied yesterday that had it not been |tor the dandruff there would have been no seed cleaning devi It is | on her claim that she was co-inventor | with her hushand of the valuable de- | vice that she bases her claim for Dandruff, P ¢ marriage, sr:} testified, Device; Asks $1.475.000 ndruff Led to Idea and while she was living in Nevada, e was bothered with dandruff. A comb was of little use, she said, so she attached an ordinary hair brush to a vacuum cleaner and used this contrivance on her hair, Later this nciple was used in the seed clean- ding machine. r arren, she said, was a neighbor at that time, She told him her st nd he built a seed cleaning machine. They were married in 1921 shortly after he had taken out pat- ents. Both Mr. and Mrs. Warren are ask- ing for divorce on counter charges of infidelity. The hearing before the master in chancery, however, is solely on the financial questions involved. The divorce trial i3 on the Superior {Couss calendar. ot | By the Adeociated Press. leading t former Obregon, and accused by the Calles government of being sponsible for the prosent revo! movement in Mexico, has been ¢ tured and exccuted with 13 of his fol lowers, Nogales of 19 rebe state of Jali k. Further Nogales reports clally prominent Mexicans rested in City t ce fighting in the S were Mexico City night, in- cludics 12 women, on charges of im- plication in the revolt. Ten of the women were subsequently freed. A censorship of all communication with Mexico was reported by the Galveston cable oftice. Telephonic communication with Mexican news- papers and correspondence from New York could not be obtained. The first direct news from Mexico City received today by the Associated since yesterday was filed out of Mexico City at 1:40 p.m.. a_brief bulle tin announcing the execution of Gen. ano. 13 EXECUTED WITH SERRANO. MEXICO CITY, October 4 (#). Gen. Francisco Serrano, one of the al- leged leaders of the revolt against the Mexican government, together with 13 of his followers, has been captured, summarily court-martialed and exe- cuted. Gen, Serrano and the 13 executed with him were captured by troops loyal to the government in the state of Morelos. (Gen. Serrano and Gen. Gomez, who also was a presidential candidate against Gen. Obregon, had been re- ported missing from Mexico City since last Saturday and were definitely ac- cused by President Calles of being the in the mutiny within the Mex- garrigon late Sunday night.) ident Calles is determined to suppress “in a peremptory manner” the revolutionary movement of Gen. Serrano and Gen. Arnulfo Gomez, he says in a statement published today. As long as they confine their presi: dential-campaigns to words, he says, he gave them all possible guarantees to press their candidacies, but now that they have taken to the field they are “traitors” whom the government is determined to ‘“‘combat and annihi- ll:lte " The presidential statement fol- low: “Since the beginning of the presi- dential polftical campaign my govern- ment has had knowledge of the sedi- tious work done by nerals Serrano and Gomez in their electoral policies. ‘I was advised after several military chiefs had received invitations from one or the other candidate to rebel against the constituted government. “I knew many emissaries of these chiefs who made frequent trips in the various military zones of the country, attempting to subornate the military chiefs of these zones. F ‘andidate Given Free Hand. On the other hand freedom was maintained for Gen. Gomez as well s Gen. Serrano and their friends in their communications which they so frequently sent to the press and in the propaganda speeches made on po- litical trips. “It is known to the nation that seditious work was carried on in their statements which threatened fre- quently that they would go into arm- ed conflict. “The executive also had knowledge that the headquarters of the Mexico City garrison conspired constantly nd 1 knew of the activities of Gen. Ignacio Alamada. “In spite of all this the executive, guided by serene attitude, never mo- lested the candidates Gen. Gomez and Serrana, giving them all possible guarantees and treating them always as friends “In various conferences I had with them in privgte form, I indicated to them and ufged them to remain on the road of duty and patriotism, ad- vising them that, whatever the result of elections, the people would up- hold it. ‘I knew perfectly that Gens. Gomez and Serrano never could, in justice, charge me with partiality in the elec- torial contest or say that I took the least part in it. “In spite of all this Gens. Gomez and Serrano succeeded in corrupting, with the co-operation of Gen. Hector Ignacio Almada, chief of staff of Gen. Eugenio Martinez, the chiefs of four companies of the garrison of Mexico City, who Sunday night started, on orders of said Gen. Almada, a rebel- lious movement, leaving their bar- acks and taking the road to Tex- coco, where they remained until 11 a.m. Monday, according to informa- tion brought by airplanes sent out to find them. The rebellious troops did not dare to offer combat with the loyal forces of the garrison. ‘Fortunately, this movement is con- sidered .a failure, above all because a great number of chiefs, officers and subalterns and part of the rebellk soldiers have deserted the rebels and returned to their barracks. “It can be said that the group of rebels from the four companies who rebelled does not exceed 800. “In anticipation of all this, Gens. Gomez and Serrano two days ago left the capital to put themselves at the head of the rebellion, which, accord- ing to their belief, should have broken out simultaneously throughout the re- publ Serrano went toward Morelos and Gomez toward Vera Cruz. Claims Federal Victory. “In Torreon, following instructions of Gen. Gomez, at daybreak Monday the 16th battalion revoited, but was immediately attacked by loyal forces and subdued after three hours of com- bat. The chief and officers were made prisoners and the soldiers dis- armed. The rebel chiefs are being summarily tried by court-martial. “In Vera Cruz I have knowledge that on Monday, following instructions from Gen. Gomez, two regiments re- volted and that Gen. Gomez probably heads them. i B | | B | | | | | | | | | | re- | Jatehes report the death | | PR | |State Commissiorer Says | | | | | Jimmy, My BoY, YOU DONT VIRGINIA AUTO TAX WILL BE ENFORCED Part-Time Residents Must Pay. James M. Hayes, jr., commissioner of motor vehicles of Virginia, today advised the Traffic Bureau that all District citfzens residing, however temporarily, in Virginia, must buy Virgin tags for their automobiles, | but he left unsettled the question as | to commercial vehicles. With regard to the latter class of vehicles, Mr. Hayes wrote: “As to commercial vehicles operated in ginia, if the owner is carrying business in this State, he will have to have a Virginia license. I don’t think this will apply to concerns de livering to their patrons, when the sale is made in Washington.” District traffic officials regarded Vir- ginia’s reply, in so far as it affects commercial vehicles, as “ambiguous and not tending to clarify the sftua® tion.” Ruling for Private Cars. “So far as business automobiles are concerned, we know but little more now than when we wrote for enlight- enment,” Assistant Traffic Director Eldridge remarked. “Mr. Hayes makes it quite clear, however, that District residents having cottages in Virginia, and others spending of their time there, Virginia license plates.” The traffic director had asked the on Virginia motor commisisoner how long | a District citizen might live in Vit ginia, temporarily, without being re- quired to buy tags; and whether Dis- trict owners of commercial vehi doing business in Virginia should b to equip their trucks with Virgi: plates. 1 Mr. Hayes' answer follows: “Under a ruling by the attorney gen- nia Vir- | Coolidge Thanked 'By Von Hindenburg For Felicitations | By the Associated Press, | BERLIN, October 4.—President von Hindenburg was greatly touched by the greetings to the German nation which President Coolidge included in his message to the German president felicitating him upon his eightieth birthday, October “Please accept, Mr. President, my grateful thanks for your birthday congratulations which gave me the sincerest pleasure,” President von Hindenburg tos said in acknowl- edging Preside Coolidge’s con- gratulatio The message of sincere friendship from the Ameri- can people to the German people, which you transmitted in such appreciative words, was a special birthday joy to me and from my heart I reciprocate the same in behalf of the German people.” CODLIDGE INVITES REDCROSS TOHEAR 00 RELEF TALK lHoover to Describe Work of Organization in Mississippi Valley Disaster. | < Delegates to the American Red Cross convention temporarily laid aside emergency relief measures to- day to study administrative problems of organization, but tonight, in one of the outstanding sessions, the story of its achievements during the Missis- pi flood will be told by Secretary of Commerce Hoover and leading Red 088 officis It is this story which President oolidge, in addressing the conven- | tion last night, described as one of the | “fine chapters in American history” |and aroused public interest by pledg- |ing that the Government would not in the Mississippi Valley. again permit such a disaster to occur | During the morning and afternoon | | sessions the discussion of city chapter 6.0.P.LEADERS }National Committee Mem- | bers Asked to Chat at White ‘ House Breakfast. even a small part | must purchase | | A score or more members of the | Republican national. committee, who | have been conferring here at Repub- |lican national headquarters - with Chairman William M. Butler will be the guests of President Coolidge at breakfast at the White House tomor- row morning. It was said by the President’s asso- | ciates that there is no occasion to at- tach any significance to the Presi- o e e Hinas Gocirell of Fair. | dent's inviting these committeemen fax County, the attorney general ruled | to ather around the breakfast table that those residing in this State (n»m-lzlhfl for an informal chat over hot porarily or permanently are required | cakes and sausage. There is no deny- to obtain license. “No specific time h been set. 1f a party has a_dual residence, part of the time in Virginia and part in the District of Columbia, he will have Lul take a license in this State.” Claims “Wholesale”, Violation. Then followed the clause about com- mercial vehicles quoted above, and oncluding the letter was this para- graph: “If the District authorities would co- operate with Virginia, and break up the wholesale violation of the securing of District tags by legal residents of Virginia, there would be no more trou- ble.” With regard to the latter statement, Mr. Eldridge declared that Washing- ton was sympathetic to Virginia's de- e to prevent bona fide residents of Virginia from coming here, giving a fictitious address and buying the cheaper District of Columbia tags, but he knows of no way in which local authorities can stop the practice. There is a provision in the traffic 2, Column 1. POWER FIRMS ACCUSED IN BOULDER DAM FIGHT By the Associated Press. SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.,, Octo- ber 4—What was described as a Na- tion-wide movement to expose misrep- resentation by power companies in the fight against the Boulder Canyon Dam project on the Colorado River was started here last night by Rep- resentative Phil D. Swing of Cali- fornia. Addressing the San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce, Representa- tive Swing charged that the Natlonal Electric Light Association at its At- lantic City meeting had organized the National Utilities Association, with the object of opposing the Swing- Johnson bill in Congress. “The power companies are putting | on an expensive Nation-wide cam- paign, in which they hope to reach every community,” Mr. Swing said, World Series Games —ON— The Star Scoreboard And Description of Plays by Radio Loudspeakers Complete Box Score in Base Ball Extras Immediately After Games. | ing the fact, however, that President | Coolidge, aside from his particular | leadership of the Republican party. has always taken a keen interest in ‘lhl‘ party’s welfare, and it is thought | quite natural that he is anxious to ihl‘ul‘ what these men have to report |as to the political conditions in their | respective States. | Those close to the President sug- | gested that in spite of the President’s announced decision that he does not choose to be a candidate again he is anxious to be informed as to the con- dition of the party organization throughout the States. Meeting Place Discussed. The committeemen who have been | here during the past two days and | who have talked with Chairman But- ler and other officers of the commit- tee as well as other committee mem- bel indicated today that the only object of these meetings so far as they have been able to find out has been to afford an exchange of ideas and observations and to discuss in- formally the possible meeting place for the next Republican national con- vention. It is evident from what most of the visiting committeemen have said since coming here that there is no doubt in their minds that President Coolidge was absolutely sincere when he an- nounced his decision to not be a candi- date to succee s is not the slightest possibility of in- fluencins him either to change his mind or to ba drafted at the eleventh hour. There are others who do not agree to this in its entirety. While they do not question the President’s sincerity or motives, they feel hopeful he would not turn down the nom- ion if it comes to him unsolicited and by acclamation. isit committeemen inti- work, which ‘Emerson H. Landis of | Dayton, Ohio, newly elected conven- | tion chairman, declared to be the | greatest Red Cross problem of the | future, was before the delegates at | round table conferences. Other as- semblages devoted attention to rural | chapter work, charity and medical | service and details of meeting the 5,000,000 membership goal set by the | v;\llral committee for the 193 roll call. { Hoover Principal Speaker. | Tonight's session from 7:30 o'clock to 10:30 in the United States Chamber of Commerce Building will be a pic- | torial display of the great flood | disaster with® Secretary Hoover, who | directed the flood relief operations, in the role as interpreter of how the Government proposes to go about in dealing with permanent flood relief measures. Judge John Barton Payne, chairman of the central committee, | will preside and other speakers on the program are: Lieut. Col. George R. Spaulding of the Army Engineers, who directed the rescue work; Dr. William R. Redden, Red Cross chief medical officer, who has charge of the disease preventive operations in the inundated regions, and T. J. McCarty. who directed the reconstruction work in_Louisiana. ‘There were no sessions today of the Junior Red Cross, but these young delegates, numbering ahout 100, will make a pilgrimage tomorrow | i tomb of Gen. Wasbington. Eight sections of the volunteer service round table conference were in session at various hours todav with a result that most of the administra ive problems facing the convention were got out of the These problems will be crystallized in the form of resolutions for action hv the day. Rural Influences Praised. Speaking on the general topic, “The Problems of Town and Rural Chap- ters,” Dr. C. J. Galpin of the Dep: ment of Agriculture declared that despite the significant loss in population during the last seven yvea the rural communities of the Nation are a more potent force in American life than the cities. . During this period the rural popula- tion has declined by 3,000,000, Dr. Galpin declared, but instead of losing the lead in the moral and economic life of the Nation he held that the rural districts have developed even a stronger position than before the de cline in population. 2xtension of public health and med- ical service in the outlying country districts, he declared, was the great- present time. James T. Nicholson, assistant man ager of the Eastern area of the Red Cross, presided over the conference devoted to “The Problems of the City Chapters.” It was brought out by v “ontinued on Page 5, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.] Presid President and Mrs. Coolidge today are observing their - twenty-second wedding anniversary, but, as has been their custom, they have arranged no celebration, They have recelved a number of congratulatory messages from old friends and relatives back in Vermont and Massachusetts, and several happy reminders of the day have been re- ceived from official friends in Wash- ington. The President and Mrs. Cool- idge, however, haye never permit- ted the observance of this anniver- sary to alter the dally routine since they have in the White House. It has been their custom to observe ent and Mrs. Coolidge Observe 22d Anniversary of Their Wedding| the occasion in the simplest and quiet- est of ys. The President is under- stood to have presented a little token to Mrs. Coolidge to mark the anni- versary, and Mrs. Coolidge saw to it that there was a larger profusion of flowers about their living quarters in the White House today. ‘When President Coolidge met Grace A. Goodhue he was a struggling young attorney in Northampton, Mass., and she was an instructor in a school in that place. Their marriage took place at the home of Mrs. Coolidge’s par- ents in Vermont, and, after a brief honeymoon, the couple started life to- gether in very modest quarters in Northampton, which city has since been their home. convention on Thursday, the closing | est need in Red Cross work at the | | TWO CENTS. | COOLIDGE SOUNDS. ARNING TO AVERT LL WILLBY RADID President. Opening Confer- ence, Advises Against Im- proper Use of Facilities. |HOOVER ELECTED CHIEF OF BIG GATHERING HERE Sixty Nations Send 400 Delegates to Meeting 1n Capital City. Warning that the radio must 1sed to create il will and dise was sounded by President Coolids an address at the opening session of the International Radiotelegraph Con ference here today. At the same tir red that the United : claiming the rizht to be master its own independent developmeni in many fields, is prepared 1o make ssions to speed the development of the radio. The President addressed 400 repre sentatives of 60 nations, who gath ered at the building of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States for the first meeting of a conference that will last a month and a half. A com- Dlete new convention to deal witn radio problems, superseding tF adopted at the London conference of 1915, will be adopted. Urges Moral Development. Envisioning radio as the instrument which will enlighten “the dark places of the earth,” the President warned that there must be an increase in moral development if its iniluence is to_be for good. Like every invention which In creases the power of man, it may be used for good or for evil,” ha de clared. It can serve the cause of understanding and friendship among people and among mnations, or it can be used to create ill will and dissen sion. The world will not be benefited by this increase in the scope of its power unless there is corresponding increase in moral development.” The radio promises to be the means of reaching into the backward por- tions of the earth which have suffered from the lack of communication fa- cilities, President Coolidge said, point- ing out that its cost is little when com- pared to the cost of other means of communication and that its use does not even require an elementary educa- tion of readin and writing. Tt has how- ever, a weakness in the fact that it produces no permanent record for | tuture consideration Increass in Seope. In the last five vears, the President pointed out, radio has come to play & great part in the life of the people, in military defense, in navigation, in commerce, in education and in musical and theatrical entertainment. “An instrument of such far-reach ing magnitude,” he said, “natural equires mnational and internatiora gulation and control, to the end at there may be the most perfect order and the largest possible uni- formity in its use and enjoyment.” rging the delegates to pursue a nolicy of “candid discussion, generous conciliation and wide co-operation,” he warned that a single nation could render useless a broad area of sur ding territory. n many fields our country claims the right to be the master of its own independent development,” the Presi- id. “It eordially concedes the same right o all others. But in the iio field the most complete develop- ment, both at homa and abroad, lies |in mutual concession and co-opera- tion.” The dean of the conference, Count | Henning Adolf Hamiiton of Sw | replied to the P welcome, and nor Hoover, chief Americ {president of the conference. M. | Hoover was elected without oppositi Reviewing the progress of since the conference of 1915, Secretary Hoover declared that the rules laid {down at that meeting have now be- | shall hay |10 grea world,” 31 order in traffic diminish its serv Hoover's Address. out that the 1913 eonfer- rules to radio in ion, hed upon_the mu W uses to which the i been put and declared t linternational understanding of the ended uses we shail have defeat in the progress of this great branch of communications.” Opposition to one of the proposa | for the conference was indicated b |the Secretary in his address. This was the suggestion that the govern- ments consider subjects which con- cern them as communicating agencies and not simply as governments. The ion is understood 10 dening of the confer- | ence’s scope (o include subjects which | might Lring in overnment regulation | of vadio. | . Pointing out that this coun left radio development to m'i:'l:z? ot torpr nd that the situation further complicated by the dual sy tem of Federal and State govern- ments, he said: I do not doubt that it will becom: | necessary, in attempting to frame an {accord between so many sovereiza countries, 10 take into consideration ng characteristics of the governments of each, and the limita- | tions within each upon governmental | action. ‘But with the frank recogn tion and full appreciation of these ferences—which is bound to result from free discussion in this hall—wiih | the spirit of conciliation which I know | will exist, I see no insuperable ob- | | Pointi nee 1 | stacle to final understanding.” Air Traffic Regulation. Secretary Hoover also touched upon the proposal to amalgamate the con- vention of St. Petersburg, dealing with international telegraph services, with the international radio convention, He urged careful consideration of the proposal during the conference. Changing the name of the conter- ence and of the convention which it is to draw up was glso suggested by the Secretary. He explained that the words “radio telegraph” are no longer adequate and urged that the confer- ence be called “The International Radio Conference” and the conven- tion, “The Convention of International Radio Communication.” While inristing that “regulation of (Con‘nued on Page 2, Column 7.) ¥