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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and warmer. Temperature—Highest, 65, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 44, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 2, Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 30,489. U.S. PEACE POWER SEEN IN FINANCE post _office, OF MANY NATIONS Loan to Poland Insures It Against Trouble With Soviet and Germany. ‘AMERICAN CONTROL OF CREDIT IS GUIDE Influence on Russia Cited in Ber- lin's Seeking Aid in Big Steel Project. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. Daily PARIS, October 22.—Various events in the lzst few days illustrate how | the United States is using its vast| financial power in the interest of | peace and stability and international solidarity throughout Europe. | American influence over European countries does not take the form of of- | ficlal diplomatic intervention, but it is nevertheless unmistakable. The basis of the system is the ability and willingness of the American people to buy foreign bonds. The United States is today the world’s greatest reservoir of credit, and no considerable _international financing can be done without Ameri- can aid. By opening and shutting the sluices of this reservoir With respect to any particular country, the United States can affect not only that coun- try’s immediate prosperity but its po- litical destinies as well. The American State Department and the big Amer- jean banks work together in exchang- ing information and viewpoints. The Government maintains the right to veto foreign loans in the interests of America’s peace and policies and the protection of American investors. Heads of Banks Confer. The heads of the British, French, German and American national banks meet periodically to discuss questions of common interest. In these con- ferences the United States has the most influence, because it has the ‘most money, and Great Britain is next in influence and money. Usually what the British and American bankers to- gether agree upon is uitimately done. Thus, the international stabilization joan to Poland, issued in New York and London and ohter centers a few days ago, was a political event of Entered as second class matte Washington, D. C. May Succeed Vare I JAMES M. BECK. PARTY PICKS BECK 10 SUGCEED VARE Former Solicitor General Ex- pected to Get Senator’s Seat in House. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. James Montgomery Beck, former solicitor general of the United Stat and one of the Nation's foremoSt orators and constitutional authorities, is to enter Congress. He is to be the successor of Senator-elect William S. Vare. Beck will be selected within the next few days by the Republican city committee of Philadelphia for nomination for the vacant represen- tation of the first Pennsylvania dis- trict in the lower branch of Congress. Gov. Fisher of Pennsylvania has called a special election for Novem- ber 8. Mr. Beck, who for years has main- tained a home in Washington, though recently domiciled officially in Phila- delphia, will be nominated for the place just relinquished through resig- nation of James M. Hazlett. Prefers Philadelphia Post. Mr. Hazlett, who is a candidate for re-election as recorder of deeds in Philadelphia, was elected from the first district in November, 1926, to at importance. Poland’s moral and g:\‘nndnlpgrea!t long has been at low Many people were even found that the mew state was us and could not continue to alked of ;'ovlalnz her Lithuanja main and main- tains a “state of war” against Poland, and Poland's great neighbor, Soviet Russia, was openly hostile. However, following the Locarno pact and espe- cially Great Britain’s break with Rus- s1a, the general attitude toward Poland became more confident. The present Joan is the result. It is a symbol of the confidence that Great Britain and the United States and other govern- ments feel in Poland’s, future. It will be difficult, henceforth, for the Germans, the Russians and the Lithuanians to think about over-run- ning Poland. The moral and financial support of the United States and Great Britain are now squarely be- hind Poland and will doubtless con- tinue there so long as Poland shows herself worthy of it by wise and mod- erate policies. Accurate information as to this point seems assured by the appointment of Charles Dewey of Chi- cago as “financial advisor” to the Polish government. After President Pilsudski, Mr. Dewey will doubtless he, for the time being, the most pow- erful man in Poland, just as another American, S. Parker Gilbert, head of the Dawes commission, is one of the most powerful men in Germany. Direct Interest in Plan. The United States has a direct in- terest in the Dawes plan for the re- covery of costs in the Rhineland occu- pation and for war damages from Ger- Jany, but even greater is the indi- Yect interest in a satisfactory general Teparations _settlement which ~will eliminate international disturbances. The adoption of the Dawes plan en- abled Germany to recover her pros- perity by drawing enormously on American credit. But whenever Ger- many tends to abuse this privilege, restraints begin to come into play. The new Prussian state loan of $30,000,000 was vetoed by the Ameri- can State Department until a clause Was inserted assuring the priority of i Dawes plan payments. And Mr. Gil- bert has just precipitated something Jike & political crisis in Germany by calling attention to the @fnger that the government’s projected expendi- tures for salary increases and new schools might, by unbalancing the budget, endanger the Dawes pay- ments. While neither directly represents the American Government, the pres: ence of Mr. Gilbert in Berlin and of Mr. Dewey in Warsaw is a remark: able attestation of the strength of American influence in Europe today. V. S. Also Influences Russia. Our financial powers are also in- fluencing Russia’s future. ‘The Soviets are in dire need of money. Their currency, while mnominally stable, I8 threatened by new inflation. The number of bankrnotes in circula- tion in Russia increased in the last year and a half from twelve hundred uillion to nearly sixteen hundred mil- Jion rubles. The banks show credit inflation and of a total of 3,000.000 workers there are more than a million unemployed in Russia. Germany is Russia’s ally. Germany Jast year advanced the Soviets credits of $75,000,000 partly, it is to be feared, with the proceeds of American loans 10 Germany. Since the British break with the Soviets and the recall of the Soviet Ambassador from Paris, the Russians have been particularly eager 1o get more money from the only pos sible source, namely Germany. But 1he Germans are reluctant unless the American banks will algo aid. There is now a project for a new $40,000,000 credit to the Soviets, of which Ger- many will take threé-fourths and the United States one-fourth. The inter , ested American bankers are Dillon & Jtead. The proceeds would be used to byild steel mills in South Russia, the materials being all purchased in Ger- Tnany. It is probable the State Depart- ment will veto this loan so far as we pre concerned because it is out of line \with our Russian policy. - succeed his brother-in-law, William S. Vare, elected on the same day to be United States Senator from Pennsyl- vania, Mr. Hazlett chooses the Phila- delphia recordership in preference to a career on Capitol Hill in Wash- ington. Beck’s appearance in the House of Representatives will be notable from many standpoints. In the first place, he is unquestionably in the front rank of American public speakers. He is also an outstanding exponent of constitutional law. His “History of the American Constitution” has be- come a- classic. President Coolidge wrote. the foreword for one of its later editions. Beck’s contributions to. congressional discussions will not be confined to the Constitution or to mere eloquence. He is a profound student of international affairs, goes abroad regularly, enjoys contacts with the leading public men of Europe and has more than once spoken before political and learned bodies ‘“‘over there.” He has often been considered for the ambassadorship to Great Britain. The first district of Pennsylvania, for which beck will speak in the Seventieth Congress—for the Republi- can nomination, in that rockribbed Philadelphia constituency, is equiva- lent to election—has been distinguish- ed before in the person of its spokes- man at Washington. Gen. Bingham, long the father of the House of Rep- resentatives—roughly from the end of the 70s to 1912, or thereabouts —was the first’s member. Then came “Bill” Vare, uncrowned king of Philadelphia and now the center of a bitter controversy in the United States Senate. Mr. Beck is a native Philadelphian, 66 years old, a graduate of the Uni- versities of Pennsylvania and Michi- gan, a former assistant United States attorney at Philadelphia, and former assistant Attorney General of the United States, CIDER CHRISTENS SHIP. Wine Displaced at English Naval Ceremony. PLYMOUTH, England, October 22 P).—Old shellbacks groaned while prohibitionists - smiled when the 10,000-ton cruiser Devonshire was christened by Lady Mildmay of Fleet with a bottle of Devonshire sweet cider instead of the traditional wine. The vessel is the seventh warship to bear the name of “the shire of the sea kings,” but the first to be built on the shores of Devonshire, famous for its cider. —e ch WASHINGTON, JBILLION SLUMP WIPES OUT RECORD WALL ST.PROFITS Sinking Spell in Rails and In- dustrials Continues at Today’s Session. U. S. STEEL COMMON AT NEW LOW LEVEL | General Motors and -General Elec- | tric Also Tumble in Downward Movement. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 22.—Wall Street observers, surveying today the effects of a week of sharp reactions in the stock market, estimated that $3,- 000,000,000 in quoted values have been wiped out since the industrial and raiiroad averages established their {record high prices a few weeks ago. five of the leading industrial shares alone have lost mearly three-quarters of a billion dollars and five of the leading rails over $180,000,000. The total number of stocks listed is nearly 1,100. The market had another sinking spell at the opening today because of its inability to digest the large volume of selling orders that poured into the market overnight. Early losses ran from fractions to seven points, with United States Steel common, General Motors and General Electric all touch- ing nmew low levels on the current downswing. Staffs Work Late. Some of the leading brokerage houses worked part of their staffs most of the night in order to catch up with the tremendous volume of business that developed in the last half hour of trading yesterday, when prices broke wide open and delayed the printing of the final quotation for 22_minutes. Dinners and hotel accommodations were provided for many employes, 8o that the decks might be cleared for the opening of the exchange this morning. Thousands of margin calls, asking for more collateral on specula- tive accounts, were sent out, although the leading commission houses report- ed that the majority of such accounts were strongly intrenched. The recent reaction in prices, which has dropped many of the leading issues 10 to 30 points below the year's high levels, is regarded by bankers as a natural sequel of the speculative ex- cesses that have been taking place in the market in recent weeks. Prices have been climbing steadily in the face of disappointing trade news and poor earnings reports, but until now these factors~huve béen disre- garded. On the other hand, cheap money, as the kbone of the recent advance, has n over- looked' this week, as call loans dropped to 3% per cent, the low level of the year. Figures Show Decline. Brokers loans, however, are at the record high figure of nearly three and one-half billion dollars, or three. fourths of a billion above the total at this time last year. The following table {llustrates the extreme decline in 10 of the leadi industrial and railroad issues: Lehigh Valley, $55,050,000. New York Central, $49,825,000. Atchison, $34,575,000. Union Pacific, $21,115,000. Chesapeake & Ohio, $20,665,000. Total, $181,230,000. Industrials. General Motors, $243,600,000. General Electric, $165,950,000. U. 8. Steel common, $152,100,f American Telephone, $148,000,000. ‘Woolworth, $69,700,000. Total, $769,350,000. BIGAMIST TO BEGIN TERM. Rev. Willis T. Jordan Abandons Plan for Appeal. CHARLOTTE, N. C., October 22 (#). —The Rev. Willis T. Jordan, convicted of bigamy, yesterday prepared to ac- cept his sentence of 18 months to 2 years in prison without appeal. Attor- neys for the Columbus, Ga., minister announced that Jordan would go to the Raleigh Penitentiary next week. The announcement followed a con- ference between Jordan's attorneys and Edwin B. Bridges, State pardon commissioner. Mr. Bridges told the attorneys their application for a par- don for the minister, who was con- victed of contracting a bigamous mar- riage with Mrs. Emma Langridge of ‘Washington, D. C., was out of the question at the present time, and that a parole was possible only after a prisoner had started his sentence. —ies. MEXICAN ENVOY AT HOME. Tellez Sees Bright Future for U. 8. Relations. Dogs Cost County $3,922. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., October 22.— Ravages of stray dogs upon live stock and poultry throughout the county cost the county commissioners $3,922.40, according to the auditor’s re- port just filed. This amount was paid to persons who had animals killed by dogs. This sum was paid from dog tax receipts, which totaled $6,722.21 for the same period. | By the Associated Press. LENINGRAD, October 22.—A mu- seum of brains for the purpose of studying the source of genius is to be instituted with the sanction of the gov- ernment. The “Brain Pantheon” will preserve the brains of illustrious Russians in glass bowls. The brains of three celebrities are already in the care of Prof. Vladimir Bechterev, psychiatrist and hypnotist. They are those of Anton Rubenstein, pianist and composer, who died in 1894; Dimitrl Mendeleef, naturalist and chemist, who died in 1907, and Alexan- der Dohni, writer, jurist and ranking Radio Programs—Page 28 member of the Academy of Science, | who died last September. Prof. B terev said that the Russian Jasso, Feo MEXICO CITY, October 22 (P).— Manuel Tellez, Mexican Ambassador to the United States, who left Wash- ington October 17, to attend to per- sonal affairs, arrived here today. Ambassador Tellez views Mexico's relations with the United States optl- mistically and sald the outlook was brighter than ever before He an- nounced he would return to Wash- ington early in November. Russia to Establish Museum of Brains To Assist in Study of Sources of Genius dor Chaliapin, had willed his brain to the new institution. Before the brains are placed on dis- play they will be dissected and their characteristics tabulated. “There are a few things about the brain already known,” Prof. Bechte- rev said. “But these are the mere vague beginnings. We know the brain’s weight determines nothing. ‘The developments of particular curves seems all important. Great orators’ brains show unusual development in the rear part of the left forehead curve. Painters’ show development in the rear regions controlling sight. Athletes show marked development in the central brain regions.” Relatives of Leo Tolstoy have re- fused to allow the writer's brain to be placed in the collection, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., SATURDAY, TROOPS 70 GUARD STRIKE ZONE ASKED Mobilization of Colorado Guard Sought After Arrest of 100 Mine Pickets. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo., October 22.— Moblization of the Colorado National Guard for patrol duty in the State- wide coal strike called by Industrial ‘Workers of the World was advocated today by the Huerfano County com- missioners. The commissioners came here to present thelr plea for mobilization of the Guard to Gov. W. H. Adams to- day after arrest of more than 100 man and woman pickets failed to stop I. W. W. activities in. southern Colorado, where the strikers have concentrated their campaign for higher wages and shorter hours. Opposition to the use of troops was ‘volced by George M. Taylor of the State Industrial Commission, He was supported by A. C. Watts of Utah, representing coal operators in the ‘Walsenburg area, where I W, W. leaders established headquarters. Confers With Governor. Watts conferred with Gov. Adams last night, but declined to comment pending a general conference to which the commissioners have been invited. Meanwhile, wives of strikers, led by 17 women who were released after thelr arrest yesterday, led a campaign to extend what they termed peaceful picketing of mines today. Arrest of more than 60 pickets ot ‘Walsenburg filled the jail and caused county authorities to express doubt that sufficient funds were available to provide enough special officers to pa- trol mine properties. Confinement of the men for an in- definite period brought a demonstra- tion from the women, who left the courthouse singing their battle song, “Solidarity,” after they led the man prisoners in a lusty song feet. The women declared they would conduct a house-to-house campaign to place the wives of all strikers in the picket lines. Plan to Extend Picketing. Plans to extend picketing were en- couraged by Roger Francezon, chair- man of the national executivé board of the I. W. W., who told the idle miners that raids would not stop ac- tivities of strikers. Paul Siedler, 1. W. W. organizer, who threatened to arm pickets in case of bloodshed among strikers, was arrested and held without charge. Operators in Huerfano County and adjoining districts, where the larger mines are located, showed that less than half of the normal forces were at work. While the strike resulted in a partial tie-up in this area, virtually all mines in the Boulder district, north of here, continued at a standstill on the fifth day of the walkout. WOMEN STONE GUARDS. Taunt Them to “Start Something” As Male Pickets Look On. WALSENBURG, Colo.,, October 22 (®).—Embattled women, leading a group of male Industrial Workers of the World strike pickets, hurled stones and other missiles at guards of the Tdeal mine of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. near here today. The women taunted the guards to vgtart something” as they directed their volleys. The men pickets re- mained in automobiles while the women took the offensive. Terf of the women and 30 men were arrested and brought here. No action was taken by the mine guards. The pickets peaceably sub- ‘mitted to arrest by Sheriff Henry Capps of Huerfano County. Sheriff Capps said the women would be released some time today, but that the men would be held. ‘Windows were kicked out of the county jail by pickets who have been in custody since yesterday when they saw those rounded up today approach- ng. All joined in singing “Solidarit,” an 1. W. W. song, which has been made the battle cry of the strike called by the organization in the Colorado coal fields. ‘With the county jail in the base- ment of the courthouse filled with pickets arrested prior to today, the group from the Ideal mine was placed under guard in the district court room. Pirate Prize Ship Sinks. HONGKONG, China, October 22 (#)—The steamship Irene, cap- tured by the notorious Bias Bay pirates and shelled by the British sub- marine L-4, burned out and sank in the bay today. The submarine's shells were fired in effecting the res- cue of the vessel's crew and set the ahip afire. Z o) CTOBER 22, HOW HAPPY ) COULD BE 1927—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. # WITH EITHER. WERE TOTHER \ DEAR CHARMER. AWAY- HERRICK GOES TO RESORT. Ambassador Plans Vacation at Hot Springs, Va. CLEVELAND, October 22 (#).— Ambassador Myron T. Herrick of France, who underwent several seri- ous operations several months ago, left today for a vacation at Hot Springs, Va. From there he will go to Washington for a conference Wwith State Department officials. Parmley Herrick, son of the Am. bassador, said today that his father was in “splendid shape” and expects to return to Paris about the first of the year. o IRISH PRIMATE DIES OF BRIEF ILLNESS Double Pneumonia Proves Fatal to Cardinal 0’Don- nell in Dublin. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Ireland, October 22.— Patrick, Cardinal O'Donnell, primate of Ireland, died shortly before noon today at Carlingford, where he had been Il several weeks suffering from double pneumonia. Although the death of Cardinal O'Donnell had been regarded as in- evitable by those in close touch with him, the end came with unexpected suddenness at 11:05 o'clock this morning. The cardinal’s attending physician, Dr. Finnegan, stated that the cause of death was an embolus, or obstruc- tion in the circulatory system by a blood clot. Very Weak for Days. The cardinal’s condition had fluctu- ated within recent days. At one time he suffered a stroke which brought death very close, but recovered. For the last few days he had been very weak. His illness was diagnosed as influenza pneumonia, and pleurisy had developed on the right side. Bonfires blazed on the hills of Donegal on the night of Dacember 14, 1925. They marked the glevation on that day to the cardinalate of Mgr. Patrick O'Donnell, Archbishop of Armagh, who from a Donegal cottage had risen to the rank of prince of the church. He succeeded Cardinal Logue, who died in 1924. The history of his family was for years the history of Donegal. From the thirteenth fo the seventeenth cen- turies the O'Donnells ruled in Done- gal and no other princely Gaelic house produced as many able men. Cardinal O'Donnell was born in Kilraine, Glen- ties, County Donegal, in 1856. For some years he was the young- est bishop in the church, having been appointed bishop_of Raphoe by Pope Leo XIII when he was 32. He h previously been a professor of thedl- ogy in St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth. ‘Won Hearts of People. Raphoe covers the County of Done- gal and the young bishop had a dio- cese liable to poverty and largely Irish-speaking. He was, himself, a fluent speaker of Irish and won the hearts of his people by his devotion to their needs. Donegal had been a stronghold of the moonshine industry. The young bishop announced that to drink or buy or sell “poteen” was a reserved offense for which only a bishop could glve absolution. That might mean a journey of 40 miles to Letterkenny and there was a disagreeable inter- view in prospect for the penitent moonshiner, Consequently, within five years ‘poteen” disappeared from the diocese. Cardinal O'Donnell was an ardent supporter of the home rule move- ment and the trusted adviser of the Irish parliamentary leaders from Parnell to Redmond. Conciliatory in method, with wide economic and financial knowledge, he was an im- portant force in Irish politics. Active in Movement. Bishop O'Donnell’s prominence in the home rule movement was marked by his selection as chairman of the national convention in 1897. When Premier .Lloyd George in 1917 at- tempted a solution of the Irish ques: tion by consent and set up a conven- tion of all parties to debate it, Bishop ©O’Donnell was one of its members and | Mo took an active part in its discussions. failed, owi s, and The convention to the absence of Sinn partly owing to differences on Irisk financial autonomy, Bishop O'Don- nell warmly advocated Ireland’s fight for fiscal freedom, i ad | would bring about a deficit. ¢ Foening Slar. “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. (#) Means Associated Pr Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,382 g et — ] TWO CENTS. Sailor, 67, Seeks | ew York-Florida | Rowboat Record} By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 22.—A new record as the first man to row from New York to Florida is being sought by Charles Seilitic, 67-vear old sailor, who announced yester day he would leave the Battery Sunday morning in a 14-foot row- boat in which he plans to com- plete the trip to Miami in three months. Seilitic spent 14 years during his youth in various capacities on sail- ing vessels. PRESIDENT STUDIES FARM AID PROBLEM Executive Hopeful That Some Measure Agreeable to All Can Be Found. By the Associated Press. With the problem of agricultural re. lief already causing dissension among the recently organized bloc of inde pendent Republican Senators from the West, it has bean made known that Prenident Coolidge, while not ready to discuss a new farm rellef bill, is study- ing the situation caretully and is hope- ful that a measure the administration can approve may be enacted at the WILLIS OUTLINES PLATFORM PLAN Statement of Senator Seen as Unofficial Announce- ment of Candidacy. Senator Willis of Ohio, whose name has been frequently mentioned in con- nection with the Republican nomina- tion for President in 1928, especially to the extent of his receiving the vote of the Ohio delegation, issued a state- ment at the White House today de- fining what he considers as the proper platform for the Republican party and which has been interpreted by those who discussed it with him as an un- official announcement that he is a candidate to succeed President Coolidge. ‘When asked directly if his state- ment should be taken in that light, he sald the statement spoke for itself. He added that this time he is very much more interested in the question of program and platform than in the question of candidates. Urges Early Study of Platform. “There are numerous Republican any one of whom would be an exc lent President and any one of whom can defeat the Tammany candidate the Democracy {s certain to nomi- nate,” Senator Willls set forth in his statement. “The question as to who the candidate shall be will adjust it- selt in due time. However, the ques- tion of platform performance and pro- gram should receive the immediate and thoughtful attention of every Re- publican. The Republican party has merited reputation of meeting and solving great problems, and it must live up to that reputation in 1928, both as to platform and as to candidate.” The Ohio Senator wanted it under- stood that the contents of his state- ment was not discussed during the conferertce with the President, and in answer to inquiries as to whether he discussed politics with the President he answered that he did not. “J gather from recent events that the subject of politics is taboo at the White House,” he added. In his discussion of the proper plat- form and legislative program of the Republican party Senator Willis said that the forthcoming session of Con- gress must meet tildly and unequiv- ocally the problem of flood control. He considers this a national question not confined to any one section, and as the Republican party is a national party it should work in the interests of flood control legislation. Fears Too Big Tax Cut. He added that the problem is one for engineers in the first instance and financiers in the second, but that until it is known just what ought to done and what the approximate cost would be, it would be a mistake *2 8o far reduce the revenues of the \ov- ernment as to imperil the surplus in the Treasury. He favors tax reduction but believes that Congress should be careful to not reduce the revenues to a point that It is his opinion that Congress would do well if it succeeds in making a reduction this coming session of $250,000,000. Not only does the Ohio Senator insist that the problem of flood control must be met, but likewise the situation which has developed as a result of the failure of the recent Geneva con- ference for the limitation of arma- ments. He thinks the President acted wisely in seeking further limitation by Anternational agreement and he is (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) coming session of Congress. The President went over the subject this week with Senator Borah of Ida- ho, a member of the Western group, who said later that he felt certain Mr. Coolidge would leave the problem to Congress rather than embody his ideas in an administration bill. The rock on which the Westerners have split is the equalization fee pro- posed in the McNary-Haugen bill which caused much heated controver: sy in Congress last Winter and later the veto of President Coolidge. Senator Norris of Nebraska, whom the group has proposed for the presi- dency, is in favor of the fee, and in this he has the support of two other members, Nye and Frazier of North Dakota. Borah, however, is deter- minedly opposed. Brookhart of Towa is willing to go either way and has suggested a compromise under which the equalization fee would be replaced by direct governmental appropriation as a means of providing funds for the marketing of surplus crops. ‘A meeting of the bloc called for ves- terday, had to be postponed until Mon- day because some members were un- able to attend. Meanwhile Mr. Coolidge’s desire for passage of a sound ‘arm bill was mad: known at the White House, where it was said that the President feels that his views on farm relief in general and the McNary-Haugen bill in par- ticular have been clearly set forth in his various messages. BELIEVES COOLIDGE WILL BE DRAFTED Former Kansas Governor Says Only Definite Dis- claimer Can Stop It. By the Associated Press. The prediction that President Cool- idge would be drafted by the Repub- licans next year unless he issues a definite disclaimer was made by Henry J. Allen, former governor of Kansas, after a call today at the White House. “I am equally guilty with Senator Fess,” he said, “in belieying that President Coolidge will be drafted un- less he does something about it. “I believe that he was entirely sin- cere when he said in his statement that he did not choose to run, but there comes a time in a man’s life when his duty to his country out- weighs his personal wishes. “Mr. Coolidge could carry every county in Kansas with a larger major- ity than he did before.” Gov. Allen declared that he believed that Secretary Hoover was the second popular choice, but that he thought from a political standpoint Vice Presi- dent Dawes stood the better chance for getting the nomination. Kansas, Mr. Allen said, was not insisting on passage of the McNary- Haugen farm bill. He believes that farm relief had been greatly exagger- ated as a political issue. Some legis- lation to help the farmer in market- ing his crop was desirable, he added, but he felt that the farmer had come to realize that the best thing that can be done is to allow him to work out his own problem. Two Die, Eight Hurt in Crash. MEXICO CITY, October 22 (#)— Two persons were killed and eight injured when a Juarez-Mexico City passenger train was derailed between Agua Nueva and Laguna, dispatches from Chihuahua report. The engine and five cars overturned. ‘The accident was due to the bad condit’on of the tracks. College Flivvers Prepare to Race Today Over 50-Mile Course for Goldless Glory By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, October 22.— Twenty-five knights of the rattling rod faced the barrier today in de- crepit, wise-crack emblazoned motor- cars, to race to glory but no gold in the first cross-country “aged filv- ver” derby ever to be held. The entrants were Drake Univer- sity students; their vehicles, five-year old cars, some of which resembled automobiles. Starting from the Drake will mpt to_rattle tadium, Fetters of the will bind the contenders at either end of the course, but outside the jurisdictions of Des ines and Grinnel, the steel steeds and their collegiate jockeys may cut Motor cycle policemen will accom- pany them to_the local city limits, where Mayor Hunter will give them the starters’ flag at one minute in- After that they may personify col- leglate recklessness, except in pass- ing control stations at Colfax and Newton, half and three-quarters way points, until they reach Grinnell. There the police, who have taken the view that “they may commit suicide en route but they can't do murder here,” will take them in tow to make sure no Grinnell residents are killed of maimed in the streets. Elaspsed time will determine the winner, who for his daring will re- celve prizes offered by Does Moines and Grinnell merchants. The owner .whou ‘wreck” bears the cleverest “wise-crack” will also be singled out for honors. Even the worst ‘“also ran”—the first to experience a break- down outside of Des Moines—will re- ceive a prize. The driver whose conveyance least resembles an auto- mobile will likewise come in for re- Those whose “Junkers” fail to stand the gaff will be picked up by rescue cars, so they will not miss the annual Drake-Grinnell foot game game. OIL TRIAL HALTED AS SIDDONS PLANS TESTIMONY RULING ;Statements of Sinclair Before Senate Committee Are Basis of Argument. {EVIDENCE IS CONSIDERED VITAL BY GOVERNMENT Case Hinges on Meeting of De- fendants at New Mexico Ranch. With court in recess until Monday | morning, Justice Frederick L. Sid- dons, presiding at the conspiracy trial of Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sin- clair, today had under advisement the question of admitting as evidence against Sinclair statements made by the defendant before the Senate's oil investigating committee bearing di- rectly on one of the major charges in the Government'’s indictment. The most important turn in the trial thus far hinges on the admission of this plece of testimony, which de- f(‘VnSB attorneys are seeking to bar. When court recessed yesterday, witi the question still hanging fire, Justics $iddons announced that he would take lay or so” for rendering his dectaton, " T Sinclair's celebrated vi then a:ecrelary of the lnli(‘!lfl!nrtadll’;.';\”" the Christmas holidays of 1921 &t Three Rivers, N. Mex.,, was in- volved in Sinclair's testimony before the Senate committee. It was during this visit that the Government charges the conspiracy was actually hatched. efore the Senate investigators, Sine clair made the admission that the purs Pose of his visit to Fall on that ooe casion was to discuss the I E leasin, the Teapot Dome oil reserves, o Justice Hoehling’s Ruling. Since that time and durin; present trial, Sinclair's Cuunselgh:bz contended that the oil magnate's visit to Three Rivers was for other pur- poses. To refute this claim, Owen J. Roberts, of special Government coun- sel, sought the right to read Sinclair’ testimony to the jury and by doing S0 to lay the foundation for the Gove en;;nem s chal:'ge of conspiracy. or more than two hours o counsel fought over the qllestlpom:: defense objecting on the ground that testimony given before a congressional committee may not, under the law, be introduced as evidence against the witness at any subsequent court pro- ceeding. To this the Government re plied that in order to take advantage of this provision, the witness raust make denlarauoge rot such intention g before the committee. In the Fall-Doheny conspiracy ::'::o last year, a similar question was raised by the Government in offering the testimony of Edward L. Doheny be- fore the same Senate committes as evidence. The two incidents, how- ever, are not identical, for in the case of Doheny, the California oil man ap- peared voluntarily before the commit- tee and announced that he “wanted the whole- world to know his story.” Justice A. A. Hoehling, who presided i in the earlier trial, rendered a decision upholding the Government’s conten- tion and Doheny’s testimony was read in full to the jury. Lawyers Cite Precedents. If Justice Siddons permits the in- troduction of Sinclair's testimony it will knock a prop from under the defense case, for the Government re- gards the oil magnate's statements as highly pertinent to the conspiracy charge and to bolster up the claim of secrecy in the awarding of the lease. Justice Siddons asked the lawyers on both sides to present hlmwv?vlth further precedents on the subject in- volved, and this they did this morn- ing. It is not altogether certain that the court will make its ruling Mon- day morning, when the second week of the trial commences. Or is it essential, for Government counsel have other witnesses ready to testify in_the meanwhi'a, § These witnesses will offer testimony planned to back up the Government's contentions that there was no immi- nent danger of oil drainage from Tea- pot Dome at the time the lease was made. Despite the efforts of Martin W. Littleton, chief of Sinclair coun- sel, to discredit testimony along this line yesterday, the Government suc- ceeded in getting in one report and the testimony of Dr. George Otis Smith, director of the Geological Sur- vey. The meat of this evidence showed that Fall was informed before he made the lease to Sinclair that Teapot Dome was not {n actuai danger from drainage, as the defense so stoutly maintains. Littleton made an effort to prove that the report in question was erroneous and that Fall gave it no credence when negotiating the lease. In this, however, he was unsuccessful, for Justice Siddons ruled that the burden shifted to Fall to ex- plain why he was not guided by the report in the transaction that followed, Offers Evidence of Secrecy. Except for the fight over the ad- mission of Sinclair’s Senate testimony, fraught with so much meaning for each side, the first week of the trial has passed without any particular sensation. Public interest was stirred when Fall arose in court to make a statement in his own behalf, but the issue involved. had no real signifi- cance. ‘While lacking the elements of the spectacular, however, Government counsel succeeded in laying much of the foundation to the charges of con- spiracy and secrecy involved in the leasing of the naval oil lands, both in California_as well as Wyoming. This was produced mainly ~through the presentation of letters and documents passing between Fall and Edwin F. Denby, then Secretary of the Navy, and the testimony of Edward C. Fin- ney, First Assistant Secretary of the Interior. This evidence was enough to enable the Government later to build up its case of secrecy involving the leases, and bore effectively on the charge that Fall had taken the reins in his own hands and had declared that would not further consult with ti Navy with regard to the leasing. The jury of two women and ten men who are sitting in judgment of Fall and Sinclair were excused Fri- day during the legal arguments pre- cipitated by Robe:is’ move to offer the Sinclair testimony in evidence. Unlike the jurors in the Doheny trial, (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) A