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=% place any vacan 5 WEA S Weather this after colder "w Rain slightly fair. Temperature—1) today: lowest, 47, Full report on y $ Closing N.Y. Marke THER. ; Bureau Forecast.) noon: clearing and onight. Tomorrow ighest, 50, at noon At 3 am. today. page 9 ts, Pages 14 and 15 c PR RMES . SUsLT_ — B tered as secor ' W ol No. 50,486 \d class matte WASHINGTON, 1 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D: WEDNESDAY, O ¢ Foening Star. service. Yesterday’s Circul CTOBER 19, 1Y DIL COUNSEL CLAS AT TESTIMONY OF FINNEY ON' LEASES Not Consulted on Develop- ments Leading Up to Con- tract, Says Asst. Secretary. ; FIRST SKIRMISH RESULTS IN GOVERNMENT VICTORY | Verbal Battles Follow Reading to Jury of Letter From Fall to Doheny. i the trial of ecretary of the F. Sinclair. New | was off 10 a good when Owen special Government prose cutor, and George 1. Hoove attorney, engaged in several brushes while Roberts was eliciting tesiimon: from Assistant Secretary of the In terior . C. Finney, to the effect that he was not consulted on developments Jeading up to the lease of Teapot Dome, and did not know of its leasi until several days after the papers had | heen signed. As Mr. Roberts read to the 10 men and 2 women who comprise the jury in Criminal Division 2. over which Justice Frederick 1. Siddons is pre siding, a letter from Fall to Edward 1. Doheny, in which he stated that | he would handle leasing matters ex- | actly as he thouzht best, Mr. Hoover | suggested another letter be inserted, | to which Mr. Roberts Look exception. | declaring he had no right, .in the presence of the jury. to make such 2 remark, and, further, that he would conduct his own case as he saw fit. | Mr. Hoover replied he did not sece| where he said anything "o get mad | about. Government Scores Point. The first efforts of the defense to| block Government testimony resulted in victory for the Government, when | Justice Siddons permitted Mr. Finney | 1o tell what the practice was in the Interior Department with respect o | leasing public lands to private indi- vidual The two prominent attorneys man- aged to zet in a few words at each other during their arguments for and | against the admission of the testi-| mony to the court, but in the end | Mr. Roberts was sustained. | he witress’ reply to the question | was that there were several prac- tices, one permitting a prospector to have a lease after We had “wildcatted” for oil and found it; another to have | a Jease if he surrendered a mining claim, a thirg ctice was o i 65&6‘»“ “proven land into competitive bidding before a lease was signed. Assistant Secretary Finney declared he was not consulted about a letter Fall wrote to Secretary Denby on July 23, 1921, in which the former suzgested he inguire of Denby what disposition would be made of royalty oil accruing 10 the Government as a result of the lease granted, and in- cluding the suggestion that crude oil he exchanged for fuel oil and storage space 1o be provided by the lessee in- stead of the royalty oil. likewise had no knowledge s reply until some time after, he testified. Denby’s reply acquiesced in Fall's suggestion that Government royalty oil be exchanged for fuel oil and storage tapks. | Knew of Conferences. | Finney, in answer to questions from Mr. Roberts, said he was cognizant of conferences about that time betwera ¥all and naval officers. Likewise, Fin- | ney did not know of Denby’s letter 1o Fall of October time afier its receipt. tains suzgestions for handling the oil | accruing to the Government and | among its recommendations was the | declaration that developments of Tea- pot Dome should not he undertaken >xcept to protect the Government from depletion of it¢ oil by privaie parties drilling on the horder line. Fall went | West abont December 1. 1921, and re- | rned ry 27, 1922, and duri that time he had no knowledze of any report being prepared for tne Secre tary on claims against Teapot Dome. Finnev first heard about leasinz Teapot Dome some time in the early | t of February, 1922, when Fall told 7 he was “considering a propo: leasing Teapot Domz and Mr. Sin- | clair or Mr. Sinclair’s company would | be a possinle applicant for the lease. | The next he heard of this was when an employe of the department ashed Finnéy for the use of a legal drafis man to prepare the lease. Learns of Signing. Finney did with itx prepa departed for lease in his des tn give anythin after the lease of the werves had been made Mr. Finney 4 he knows of no public notice having been issued call ing for bids on a lease for Teapot Dome or any public notice to the ef fect that the department would lease that reserve. The next question led up to what was the policy or practice §n that respect. and resulted in the arguments between opposing counsel Asked if “one Shaffer” had applied for a lease of Teapot Dome prior 1o 1922, the witness replied that he had, and that former Secreiary Payne had denied the application Taking testimony this morning after Littleton of New conngel fo Kinclair Jong openinz statement phatie declaration that ne part, direct passing of Lit amount of $230.500 Government »! cansed 10 be del William E. Leahs reserved his opening after the completion ment's cas Bond Charge Denied. After setting forth with painsia eave Sinclair's version of the v which Roberts vesterday told the jury in regard to the alleged transfer of First indication that Albert B. Fall, former Interior, and Harry York start came this afternoon J oil magnate Roberts, Sinclair's This letter connectior rned of its 12,1922, when Fall W Mexico, locked the and zave orders not about it until Czlifornia re was M started rtin -~ W, York. associate wound up with the em his client had indivectly. in the bonds the Fall thi “aeiive, riy 1 to o nnsel for Fall sterment until the of 10 Fall, Littleton declared the evidence would show that “he never passed to ¥all, ev any one in behalf of Fall" bonds of the description ziven by prosecaiion. The Government b Yold the ury that out of the profits made by the Continental Trading Co. n in which Sinclait honds were pur ributed and some of Page 3. Column 2.) |ments wh disarmamen Govern German Sels New World Record in Glider Altitude By the Associated Press MAISENBU Germany. Oc: tober 19.—Ferdinand Schulz, noted German expert. today achieved wh a new altitude re . remain ing in the air 4 hours 113 minutes, at a height of meters (about 2500 feet) in gliding plane West Prus; This mark world record 638 meters Schulz has held world records for sliders for some time. the altitude vecord being the only one not credited to him ANTIWAR CRUSADE BEGUN IN ENGLAND der his than the nee at was b held ¥ Idea of Naval Competition With U. S. Repudiated in Liberal Manifesto. RY CONNTANTINE BROWN. Ry Cable 1o The News, LONDON, erals have and ©) Copyright, 14 October 19.—British launched their campaign or “outlawing war’ with a party manifesto made public today. The manifesto contains four important proposais 1. To sign an undertaking framed by the League of Nations to refer all international disputes 1o the League's Court of Justice at The Hague. 2. To enter into general or particu lar treaties of arbitration. Would Reduce Armamanets. 3. To reduce ewsisting British arma- Sta azo Daily petition with the United States. 4. To press forward the contem plated codification and definition of the principles of international law. The action of the Liberal party is meant to be not only a direct chal- lenge to the Conservatives, who, through Premier Baldwin's speech last week, announced that next year" tary expenditures, but also officially accepis the ided of ontlawry of war, making it one of the important politi- cal platforms for the next election. Ceeil to Start Crusade. Many outstanding leaders are fol lowing the move with the greatest iy- terest. Lord Cecil, while not sympa- thetic with Lloyd George, has prom- ised full support. Lord Cecil starts Friday on an “Abolition of Wars” cru- sade with plans for a series of meet- ings throughout the country. He will submit to the English people u con- sidered plan for Kuropean and world r t; -wii@r<British pacifists consider essentlal hefore any other scheme for outlawing war can be dis- cossed. It is expected that labor leaders shortly will make a statement support- ing the Liberal m:nifesto. COLORADO WARNS STRIKE PICKETS 1. W. W_Call Held Illegal—United Mine Workers Refuse to Walk Out. By the Associated Press DENVER, Colo., October 19.—Strik- ing Colorado coal miners affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the until some | World today faced an ultimatum from | down to posterity as a great soldier PN | State and county authorities that all | pickets would be arrested because resterday’s strike call bas illegal. Although approximately 4,000 miners responded to the 1. W. W. strike or der. only part of the State's coal fields were seriously affected thus fa United Mine Workers, although in the minority in most fields. continued to denounce the movement and al- tempted to carry on their usual duties. Claim of 1. W. W. Disputed. 1. W. W. leaders declared lhvlwnlh ont virtuaily 100 per cent effective in mine off this a Several puted by in the southern part was mines I Lib- are beyond present needs | |and repudiate any idea of naval com- | bud- | et would contain no reduction in mili- | PRESIDENT ACCEPTS MEADE MEMORIAL GIFTTO NATION Guns Boom as Shaft Is Pre-' sented by Governor of Pennsylvania. WAR HERO IS PRAISED IN GLOWING SPEECHES i | Daughter of General Unveils $400,-| 000 Monument at Botanic Garden. | | Amid a fourish of trumpets and the booming of guns in salute, Presi- dent Coolidge, on behall of the Na | tion, this afiernoon accepted from the | | commonwealih of Pennsylvania the imposing marble and granite memorial | to Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade. commander of the Army of the Po. (omac and hero of the battle of Gettysburg | _The impressive dedication cere- nias took place hefore a large and distinguished company of Federal and State officials, representatives of the military and gray-haired veterans fl{‘ ! the Civil War, assembled at the foot of the $400,000 monument in the! | Botanic Garden. The formal presenta- ' | tion was made by Gov. John 8.! Fisher of Pennsylvania. War Hero Acclaimed. | After calling attention fo the fact that “America has ever been the most zenerous to those who have rendered service in time of war,” the President stated “On hekalf of the Government of the Nation which he (Meade) helped to save, I accept thix memorial erected I by the commonwealth which was his own home and the home of his ances- tors. The confliet in which he took such an important part has long since passed away. The peace which' he ‘oved has come, The .«ommmmon; ! which he sought is complete. The loy- | alty 10 the flag which he followed is | universal. Through all of this shines hia_immortal fame.” President Coolidge poinied out that | “We have not only heen lavish in the | public honors, which have been con- | ferred on our veterans, but we have | lso bestowed on them pensions and | | gratufties reaching down to every | | man in the ranks. with which no other country can make any comparison. Such beneficences accorded to Civil War veterans, he said, probahly will exceed twice the cost of that great | | | | The President traced Meade's ear cereer as a soldier in the Mexican War and as an engineer of distinction, and recounted ju.detail his servige-as defender of Washington during the conflict hetween the States. He laud- ed Gen. Meade as “a responsible and reliable commander.” whose military | | abilities and gentlemanly qualities | | won him the admiration and respect | not only of hix associates, but of his | adversaries in battle, Memorial Presented. Fisher formally turned the me- over to the Government with | these words: “This group is the gift lof the Commonwealth of Pennsy ! vania, made under authority of t ct of June 14. 1911, and its several supplement. 1t, therefore, | my rare privilege and duty on behalf {of the Meade Memorial Commission, which is the lawful agency of the Commonwealth, to transfer to you, | Mr. President, as the representative of the Government of the United States, this memorial erected to Penn- sylvania’s great soldier.” The governor declared that “all ad- mit that the name of Meade will go mor | capture, becomes | WFE GETSWORD FROM GEN.GOM Message Reported Received in Los Angeles Says Rebel Leader Is All Right. | By the Assoviated Press 108 ANGEIL Ociober 15.- The Examiner savs a radiogram from Gen. | Arnulfo R. Gomez. leader of the recent rebellion in Mexico, who has been eluding federal troops hent on his was received by wite here last night. ‘The message was picked up hy the tanker Santa Tecla while it was in the vicinity of the Tumpico oil fields and relayed here from New Orleans. Jt told of the well being of Gen. Gomez and declured that he now had three ' light bombing planes operating in con- junction with troops. the number of which was not mentioned. Benora Gomez did not reveal the voint of origin Gf the massage. ARMISTICE IS FORECAST. it Archbishop Says Plea Will- Follow Coming Elections. | CHICAGO, 111, October 19 (#).—An | | armistice in Mexico's religious war | tare will follow the presidential elec tions there, Right Rev, Leopoldo Ruiz, exiled Archbishop of Michoacan, pre- dicted upon his arrival Here to make | De Paul University his home. | “Even Obregon's return—and that | appears certain—will bring ahout at | least a partial eettlement of the con- | troversy hetween church and state,” the Archbishop said. “Complete religious freedom will not come at once. The right to worship God as we wish will be restored to us, but gradually. Yet slowly but surely, the yoke of oppression will be lifted.” Commerting upon Mexico's most recent revolt the exiled church officer asserted the government had ‘“‘full right to punish Serrano and Gomez, for they had risen in rebellion,” but Exiled and as the triumphant commander in | the decisive conflicts of all ttimes.” After giving what he termed {*a thumbnail sketch” of Meade's c: veer. Gov. Fisher sai “In private life he was as courtly as in war he was chivalro He never sought preferment or permitted him- | self indulgence in milita dramatic: | Whatever he did was dictated by a und. well-balanced mind. He was | courageous to the last degres. His wounds were rveceived in the charging | battie line. His soidiers described him the flaming spirit of v 1inz the assault. i “He was deeply religious. His appeals Christian. His fame is enduring. He he deplored the “killing of hundreds | of their followers. | TOWN RAIDED BY REBE1 Citizens Drive OF Marauders After Hours of Looting. MEXICO CITY, October 18 (P).— | Amozoc, near the City of Puebla, was attacked, captured and looted Kriday, says El Sol, by a band of rebels under | the Jeadership of Manuel Fernandez| r when lead- | Delara, which has been operating in!of (he ilhfi State of Puebla for a year. The citizens of Amozoc, says FEl ton | e Boulder district north of here. but | to his soldiers and his public utter-| Sol, basing its information on stories als. I ances breathe the fervency of a sincere | told by travelers arriving from Puebla, rallied together after some hours of of the State were reported operating [ needs no monument or uttered speech | looting, armed themselves with shot- th about half the regular forces. Arrest of 17 pickets in the Trinidad district by Sheriff J. J. Marty marked the first action of authorities to pre- vent (he spread of the movement The pickets were held without charge tast night. but officers said they would be charged with violation of the State law requiring 30 days’ notice for strike orders. The authorities claim no such notice was given, The I. W. W. lead maintain the law was complied with. eports that a carload of arms and amnfunizion had been shipped to ihe southern district for distribution to strikers were denied by 1. W. W. | representatives and scouted by au- | thoritise. The strikers insisted the movement would be carried out peace- | tully. One Mine Clos>d. A check i the Walsenburg dis- trict in southern Colorado, where the walkout was considered the most effective. showed 1.180 miners of the | normal force of 2,594 wera idle. In the Aguilar area, regarded as an 1. W. W. stronghold, one mine closed for i of orders, two were operating with full forcss and two at 50 ni capacity The shar decline production caused the Denver Grand: Westarn Railroad 10 three coal trains that serve th daily Organized l2bor leaders denonnced the strik president of the Colorado | abor. said his -organization e DArt_in the movement in Walsenburg cancel area generally rl Hoage. would {take no tho just grievance Demand $8.50 a Day. ank J. Hayes, former interna- union men to continue work as usual “The I. W. W. is made up of wan- dering trouble makers who preach lof a | “The: l2d e Hayes said wyers and have wreck | rything they have touched. | strike notices posted by 1. W. W demand a flat seale of 3850 a day for Iall classes of mine workers, a six-hour day and a fiveday week. per | e & Rio eration of al-| ugh he balieved the miners had a! or written volume to perpetuate his services. In erecting this beautiful | memorial. Pennsylvania rather does iherself honor, and simply vindicates ihe judgment of history which has heen testing him ont for two-thirds of a century.” Daughter Unveils Shaft. 1 unveiling Miss Henrietta Mead, daughter of Gen. Meade. As she pulled aside the curtain, revealir statuary group with central figure, a salute of 13 guns ws fived by a4 platoon of Battery A, 15th Kield Artillery. Simulianeously the | whole assembiy stood at attention. The ceremonies were simple but | deeply effective. They began with the | blare of trumpets and the clattering }u( Cavalry, which heralded the arrival of Gov. Fisher and members of the | Meade commission of Pennsylval | The troops, from the 3d Cavalry, For { Myer, escor.ed the governor and his | party from the Mayflower Hotel, fol- | for The act lowing their arvival there shortly be- rehand by automobile The exercises were called 10 order Senator Simeon D Kess of Oh alrman of the | the Jibrary and lthe Meade Mej Invocation Hugh K. Reserve Corps. Then followed the dedicatory speech of Gov. Fisher. the unveiling by Miss { Meade, the battery salute and the President’s address of acceptance. Seulptor duced. picturesque feature of the pro- was the appearance of Past H. Spayd of the Penn- | by acting chalrman of orial wax. pronounced Fulton, chaplain, A gram onal president of the United Mine [ Gen. Meade. Jiberty bonds from the oil magnate | workers, here on a survey, urged Appliuse greeted the introduction to the audience of the sculptor, *harles Grafly of Philadelphia, and of the architects, Edward P. and he land work for communistic doctrines | Grant M. Simon. also of Philadelphia. praver of dedication,” by Rev. J. H. Pershing, chaplain, Department of Pennsylvania, G. A. R., concluded the program. Patriotie music hy a military hand preceded the exers (Continued on Page 7 was done by - |and sent them in pursui . 2 Senate committee on | arc - awear National Com- | guns, rifles and pistols and drove off the marauders. El Universal quotes persons arriv- ing from Jalapa as declaring that the rebel leaders, Gens. Gomez Almada and Lucero, were seen Saturday ari the town of Las Vegas in central Vera ! apparently {rying to reach Tlapu- | miles to the north. A vehel | mmanded by Gen. Luis Gutier- | res is operating in that region. ! | Gen. Gomez and his companions' ihe gigantic marble ' were said to have been riding ar « | fiy (o Kurope next Meade as the | 2 brisk pace, closely pursued hy Federal | troops. Four soldiers of the 50th Battalion, which rebelled, surrendered ar lLas Vigas. Three soldiers, said to be the | | last of the rebels, were with Gomez. GOMEZ' NEPHEWS SOUGHT. | Reports Say 600 Agrarians Have Been | Equipped to Pursue Brothers. NOGALES, Ariz., October 19 (#).— | Unconfirmed reports to the Nogales | Herald yesterday said the Mexican | government has armed and equipped {600 agrarians in the state Df']fldlll(‘i i brothers, nephews of Gen. Arnulfo P’. | | Gome: | Smal! hands of rebels operating In | Oaxaca were reported to have joined | forces with Gen. Onotre .liminez, who recently was ousted from power by | | the central government. ! !"In the state of Puebla a large force | of federals i engagéd in tracking down Kernandez de Lara, former ban- dit_chief. De Lara was reported re cently to have menaced trains of the National Railway lines, repeatedly at- tempting to derail them and firing | | ! Comedian Hurt in Crash. CHICAGO, October 19 (#).—Willie Howard, singing comedian in Georg White's “Scandals,” was seriously in- jured Jast night when the taxicab in which he was riding (o the theater was s'ruck by another car. His nose was broken and he was severely hurt about the head. | | meeting in Milun, Ita! Key West-Havana Air Mail Service Is Started Today ocrated Press KEY WEST, Fla., October 13 The Key West-Havana air mail service was inangurated at 8 a.m. today, when & seaplane piloted by Cy"” Caldwell of New York left for Havana earrviug seven bags of first-class mail. A large crowd of post office offi cials, Army and Navy officers and loeal citizens saw the plane leave the navy vard on its initial flight. AIR EXPERTS SET “BOON” PROGRAM By the A Aviation Out to Eclipse Pre- vious Records by . NewFeats, By the Associated Preas NEW YORK, Octoher 19, Aviation today advanced a new vear hoom pr gram calculated to surpass the un- precedented achievement of the sea son now drawing te a close. That program includes: A transal ntie ht by Clarence D. Chamberlin in a huge Bellanc: plane capable of transporting 20 per- sons Building of new factor A. Levine and Anthomy H. Manufacture by Levine ranging from a “filvver” $1,500, to a multimotored ocean travel. An air_experition into the Aretic under command of Gen. Nobile, mem- ber of the crew of the Norge. Promotion of new aeronautical re search by a fund created hy Harry F. Guggenheim “ by Charles Fokker. of planes priced ar type for Banner Year Seen. hese projects, coupled with others alveady outlined for 1928, were used as the baxis for predictions that the new seascn would bring into eclipse a year that has seen the shattering of almost every aviation rec Levine said he would soon start large-scale production of planes of 45 horsepower, to be built in two facto- ries, one at Richmond, Va., and the. other near New York He said he also plang to build planes ‘olumbia type, and ix bringing | from Europe (wo designers (o assist | in the creation of a~ seven-motored plane with a 180-foot wing spread, for transatlantic service. Anthony Fokker, by arrangement with husiness men’ of Wheeling, W Va., plans to build a $1,000,000 ai plane factory mear that city for the | manufacture of commercial planes. It is understood that the plant of the At- lantic _Aircraft Corporation at Teter. horo. N. J.. operated by Fokker. wil' be devoied to experiment and design. | Start Work on Plane. Chamberlin. at_Philadelphia. dis closed that work had started on the big Bellanca with which he hopes 0| with stops at | Newfoundland and the Azores i Plans for Nobile's new flight 1o the 10p of the world were advanced at o | The expedi- tion, designed to cover an area of 500,000 square kilometers, is schee uled for 1928 in commemoration of | the tenth anniversary of the war vi tory. backing the project. | Fstablishment of Guggenheim's fund | was disclosed at a dinner in Philadel. | select a s phia at which Chamberlin spoke of | Crumpacker, Representative from the | third congressional district, on the|post of people’s commissar for post | tace of complete unofficial {trom 524 of tne 532 precincts. DEAD.| The returns: Korell, his new flight. The purp of the fund is to develop instruments to re duce the hazards of flying. MOUNTAIN Body of Mather, Wealthy New Yorker, Found. TWIN LAKES, Colo.. October 19 (). The body of Richard L. Mather. wealthy resident of Niagara Fall N. Y. who disappeared Ottober after he had started an ascent of Mount Elbert, was found by a search- g party today. Mather had stumbled into a five-faot prospect hole, while wandering in a blinding snowstorm. His negk was broken by the fall. — Laborite Is Refused Visa. TONDON, October 19 (#).—-A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners' Fed- eration of Great Britain. has been refused a visa by the Polish govern. | ment_and has therefore heen obliged to abandon his projected visit to Warsaw fo attend a meeting of the Miners’ International The British government has declined to vene. . CLIMBER | | ' 27 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. | of that year took ne action. * Tu bring Ttalian experts and capital are | gay yirtually was assured of victory |neard from, Korell's supporters pre- £.000 votes. | By the Associated Preas. inter. . State Hoapital *ou P) Means Associated Pre: ‘Potato 4 Feet 7 Inches Long lIs Grown in Virginia By the Associated Press RICHMOND, Va., October 18 Henry M. Taylor, statistician of the Virginia State Department of Azriculture, has received a letter from Accomac County announcing the growth of a sweet potato four feet seven inches long and only an inch in diameter. It was grown hy Stanley Groton of Hallwood and is the most curious freak reported In the year's poiato erap. “I have seen some curiou toes this year,” Mr ~lor said “hut nothing like this. The weather conditions have produced large potatces, but only a few in each hill." OATHTO COUNGIL MAY BE ABOLISHED Attack Stirs Doubt on Right to Give Official Aspect to Citizens’ Advisory Body. | | | pota The administration of an informal cath of office fo members of the C sens’ Advisory Council, one of the fac- tors which has given it a guasi-official status, may be stopped by the District Commissioners! as a result of the veiled attack on this hody by Wash- ington's major trade organizations and the District Bar Association The guestion raised by (ho»'rade or- ganizations as to the authority of _Hv’. ]( mmissioners to delegate _xeml-of- ficial powers and responsibilities on one group, it was indicated today at the District Bullding, has made a deep impression on the city heads, and is | miving them considerable concern. The Commissioners themselves are not quite certain, it seems, whether they have legal authority to admin- lister an oath to a semi-officlal hody such as the councll, which the trade organizations point out is representa- tive of “hut a portion of the citizenry of the District.” Legal View to Be Sought. Bui they propose to definitely de- termine this point before mapping out AINE RETAIN DREG PRIARY Special Election Rejects Caucus and Convention System. By the Associated Press PORTLAND, Me.. Octoher 19. Maine has chozen to retain the direct primary. By a vote of nearly two to a course of action on the formal pre one the Rtate in a special election yes. N ; : e | test made against the council, and terday ted a referendum seeking i Wil W IN% | Corporation a return o the caucus and wonvention | LOrPOTat called upon s Bride is expected 10 b system of nominating candidates €or | o 4 legal opinion within a few days. public office. The Commissioners, however, do not Although an active campaign had | intend to take any definite action on heen carried on ‘for weeks to bring | the petition of the trade organiza- about a repeal bf the primary law, |tions until the -Advisory Council |zn Ry Sebi, s ' | given an opportunity to express ils the clection brought only approximate- | §i2C8 &1, FHONGN 40, X ohairman Iy 60,000 voters. The normal vote of | te*" i ol U ounced that no the State s in the neighborhood of | jlans have heen made as yet to ap- 200,000, Newspapers received few | pear hefore the Commissioners Lo un- calls inquiring as to the result of the | swer the trade hodies. At an informal polling. mesting of five members last nl.ll;lt. 5 5 | b2 _said, the consensus was. that the Cities Vote “Yes. The cities, regarded as the mainstay of the repeal forces, for the most part voted to retain the primary. Only three, Waterville. Fastport and Rock- tand. gave small ‘‘ves” majorities. All of the 16 counties except Knox de- clared for the primary. With 49 sm: points missing out of the election precincts in the State, the vote stood For veneal. 19.586. Against, 35,357 i In a statement issued immediately after the result was announced. Gov. Ralph ©O. Brewster. who, with for- mer Gov. Percival P. Baxter, led, the fight to retain the existing . called upon “‘all good citizens to work to- gether to develop a public sentiment that will sanction and require the observance of the laws as to the nominating practic and expendi- tures, interest of fair play among can- the controversy at this time. | The Conimissioners. on the other | hand. expect the council to make |some’ reply to the attack. Engineer | Commissioner William B. Tadue said he wanted to confer with the council before taking any step, and if the { members did not come to the District ! Building seeking a conference he like- Iy would send for them. Fear Results of Dispute. No attempt was made by the Com- missioners to conceal their concern over the split that has occurred he | tween the trade organizations and the council, and fear was expressed that it probably would have a serious effect on the District's legislative program for the forthcoming session of Con- gress. In fact, Proctor L. Doughert: chairman of the Board of Commission- ers, summarized this feeling in the fol- lowing statemen ANl of the organizations have got to together or else the Distri will be up against it on Capitol Hi While members of the council de- clined to discuss any phase of the at- tack of the trade organizations, sev- eral of them pointed out that if a conference is held with the Commis- ioners. one of the first questions they will ask is when and by what form the six organizations named in the petition submitted to the Commission- ers authorized their respective presi dents to sign the documents. !m law The direct primary law was enacted | in Maine in 1911 by exercise of the initiative and referendum provision of the State constitution after the Tegis- lature had refused to take action. Widespread dissatisfaction with the workings of the system was expressed | by spokesmen for both political varties at various times, the charge | heing made that the primary actually entailed the expense of a double elec- tion and was meaningless. Opposed by Women. The State conventions of both Re ican and Democratic parties in 19 adopted planks asking that the question of the primary be veferred to the people, but the Legislature DOVGOLEVSKY NAMED about sterday’s referendum. the ' Ambassador to Japan Will Succeed same plan led adoption of the primary in the first instance was re- Rakovsky, Whose Rzcall Was sorted to. ! rvers professed to see in Demanded. Mt the infiuerce of By the Associated ® opposed ": 2| TOKIO, October 19.—Valerian Do change in the electoral method. be-|gqlelcky Soviet Ambassudor to Japan, tieving that the primary system would | jug heen notified of his appointment protect their interests better than the ¥t Mo o ador fo France to alternative plan. e | succeed r Rakovsky. ‘The, movement to hring ahout A re | eca)l from Paris was demanded by turn ‘to the convention svsiem of | ipo jvench government. nomination was led by ex-Gov. Wil Dovgolevsieyr will leave: Wokio liam T. Cohb of Rockland. for France by way of Moscow as i ot T soon as the new Soviet counselor ar- KORELL AHEAD IN OREGON. rives here mext month. Nothing is Kknown here as to who wll succeed him. Has 5.000-Vote Lead in Race as, Crumpacker’s Successor. PORTLAND, Oreg.. Octob — ®eanklin ¥. Korell, Republican, m‘} Dovgolevsky, who was born in J caine and comes from a .Jew- ish family, lived in France many 19 (#). | vears while an exile from Russia be- cause of revolutionary propaganda. During his stay in France he joined the French Socialist party, of which to| he hecame a prominent member, B | After the World War, Dovgolevsky | recurned to Russia and soon attained prominence. being appointed to the in yesterday's speeial election cessor for the late M. returns | and telegraph in 1921. Jater he be- {came Soviet Ambassador to Japan. 83: Elton | P G Lindy Off to Atlantic City. BALTIMORE, October 19 (#).— | Col. Charles A. Lindbergh left logan Wield here shortly after noon for Af- lantic City, N. J.. in connection with | his tour of the country. Warkins, Democrat. 12,481, With only eight precinets 1o be dicted he would win hy more than estro. Minus Hearing, Leads Band ‘faotncil should mot become involved SOVIET ENVOY,TO PARIS | whose | | would be glad.to The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Pre: lation, 100,537 TWO CEN EFFICIENCY BUREAU METHODS IN PROBES COMING UNDER FIR ! Wholesale Inquiries Carried on Independent of City's Constituted Authorities. RESENTMENT OF TACTICS SEEN UNDER THE SURFACE Many Questions Arise as to Limits of Power for U. 8. Body and Permanency of Role. BY BEN McKELWAY Since the adjournment of Congve: March 4 last, the Bureau of Efficie has been conducting a fishing expedi- tion at the Di t Building and with its work sull to be completed and some attractive territory vet to be covered has landed abeut reports and rec ommendations on how to improve the operating machinery of the municipal i government. Including those made since the first of the year and whils Congress was st.ll in session, the total number of investigations and reports reaches 62. Some reports are 10 be made public and some inv 3 tions are yet ;o be started. What A are the hureau does not care to st and the District Commissioners do nd Know. A few davs ago the Commid sioners gave out the information that of the reports and recommendations in hand. 40 per cent have been acted upon and the recommendations adopted in ole or in modified form, leaving 60 per cent to be disposed of. either by later action or necessary legislation. At the Bureau of EM- ciency, however, these figures are not subject to verification. The bureau { has a “follow up” list of its own, show- ing the number of recommendations adopted, but it does not choose to make it public. During the last eight months the District government has been sub- 1o search from garret to cel- . and the end is not yet. The Dis- trict Commissioners have devoted a go0od many hours of hard work perus- ing lengthy reports on faults found and remedies suggested, and the bu- reau has virtually concentrated iis force of expert investigators in a thor- ough comhing of the municipal estab- lishment. And while on its surface the water appears smooth, clear gnd unruffled, all is not so smooth beneath the surface and there is a good bit of stirred-up mud. At the Bureau of Ef- ficiency there are intimations that jis investigators-have pot. been aeccrded -that full measure.of hearty, cheerful co-operation from the divisions of the city government which might be de. sired, but is hardily to be expected under the circumstances. At the Dis- trict Building one does not have to search long or far before obtaining & generous earfull of information not al- together complimentary to ‘the bu- reau’s workers, their tactics and their motives. When Congress meets this i vear the bureau's investigations of the Summer 1l have an echo, and even now there are disturbing noises plainly audible even to those whose ears are pot held to the ground. | | | lmportant Questions. While it is foo early even to at- tempt an analysis of the bureau's work or to argue whether it will re- sult in greater efficiency at the Dis- trict Building or confine itself to changes in method and procedure the benefits of which are yet to be dem- onstrated, a series of interesting ques- tions already stands out in bold relief, and it becomes increasingly important | that they be definitely answered. | For instance: _Has the Burean of Efficiency been given the permanent role of a finding |and Axing agency ar the District Building, or has it been given a tem- |porary task of reorganizing the Dis trict government on the basis of what it believes o be right? Where does the authority of the Bureau of Efficiency end. and whera does that of the District Commission- ers begin? Is the Bureau of Efficiency so or- | 8anized that it constitutes the proper agency for solving the problems of municipal government administration |in Washington. undertaking to decide matters ranging from a legal inter- prétation of the right of the Wash- ington Terminal Co. to grant a cab | monopoly to the sociological policy to be pursued in the detention of depend. ent and incorrigible children? The Bureau of Efficiency has mot conducted its search of the District Government without a warrant. Rep- resentative Madden af Illinois. chair- | man of the House appropriations com- mittee. wrote a latter to Herbert 1), Brown. chief of the Bureau of Eff- clency. conferring upon the burea what has been interpreted at the bu- teau as hlanket authority to go whers {and when it desired in gathering in- formation. And Representative G- ! son of Vermont. chairman of the spe- | cial investigating subcommittee of tha House District committee, gave Mr. Brown instructions to carry on the investigations which the subcommit- tee jtself was forced to drop with the adjournment of Congress. Call for Experts Seen. But in this connection there is an interesting point relating to the in- structions given by Mr. Gibson. At the District Building. for instance, they were Interpreted as meaning that the new Board of Commission. ers should look well into the condi- tions they found. and if any help was needed from the Bureau of Efficienc the District Commissioners could call upon the bureau and receive the ad- vice and assistance of its experts. Former Commissioner Bell is under- stood to have told the bureau that he have his dep: ment investigated. and if anything was found to be wrong he wanted Of Deaf Nji‘_ a—t Welfare Confcljence The three organizations—the deaf, the blind and the wanderers—played terday. They won high m_conference leaders, who pointed to them as examples of the u\‘:t(llullnnll work being done by the During the evening, the genial leader of the hobo band—Frank Ray Hall, 85 years old—wandered from the concert hall and disappeared. Police were asked to help search for Hall, who was believed to have be- come confused in the excitement of | the evening. JOLIET, I1... October 19.—The blind leading the blind was more than a quotatién at the Illinols welfare con- ference today. Not only did a blind bandmaster lead his group of blind musicians, but a man, who has lost his hearing led @& band of deaf men. while to com- plete a strange musical ftriad the Veteran Hobo Band from Jacksonville t Is notes under the baton of a hobo maestro, A to know about it. Outside of this rather informal request, no other pleas for assistance were sent to the bureau from the District Commis- sioners. But none was needed. The bureau has not notified the Commissioners of its intention in ad- vance of making any investigation. Its investigators have appeared without introduction and proceeded to investi- gate. Following the investigation the Commissioners have been informed of the bureau's findings. together with its recommendations. Nor has the hurean ceased there. I has not left to the Commissioners the choice of whether its recommendations will or will_nat be adonted. hut has pushed (Continued on Page 10, Column 3J