Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (D. 8. Weather Cloudy and war; by 1ain afternoon; much Full report on tomorrow; Burean Forecast.) ‘mer tonight, followed colder tomorrow colder Sunday. at noon page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. ' 30,900, Ehised s oo Entered as second class mattes shington, D. C. ~ RUTH ELDER GIVEN .~ ROARING WELGOME - INGOTHAM HARBOR Crew of American Girl Met at Quarantine by Mayor’s Committee. FESTIVITIES PLANNE. BY VARIOUS GROUPS Haldeman Says He Will Try Trip Again in Spring and Eopes to | | Inefficient Air Schools Men- ace to Progress, He | | | Claims. Aviation Personnel Vital to Safety of Travel by Plane. (Copyright by the Associated Press.) NEW YORK, November 11.—Col. Charles A, Lindbergh has responded to a request by the Associated Press that he write his impressions on avia- tion in America and its future, based upon kis observations during his re- cent flying tour of the United States under auspices of the Daniel Guggen- heim Fund for the Promotion of Aero- Take Aviatrix. | nautics. By the Associated Press. N YORIK, November 11.—The metropolis toda red its welcorie to two daring aviators who cailed| King Neptune's bluf—Ruth Elder and Capt. George Haldeman. Just a month from the day of their takeoff in the American Girl fo a nonstop flight to Paris that came to grief when th in the ocean off the Azores rescued by a Dutch tanker came back to their starting pc receive cheers of thousands. New Yorkers, who have had lots of practice in welcoming returning avi- ators in the last few months—Lind bergh, Comdr. Byrd and his fellow edventurers, Chamberlin and Levine— gave them a typical reception. Harbor craft shrieked a greeting: the mayor’s reception committee m them down the payv and took them from the Aquitania at quarantine, ®nd thousands roared them welcome as they proceeded from the Battery, aup Broadway to their hotel. Won't Quit Now. The aviators had their first taste of New York's welcome when the city tug Macom _drew alongside the steamer and Miss Elder rushed into th: embrace of Lyle Womack, her waiting husband. He came to New York from Panama to greet her. Capt. Haldemann, striving to remain in the background and leave the honors to Miss Elder, embraced his wife, who had come with the welcoming party on the Macom. There were tears in Mrs. Haldemann's eyes. “Informed that her husband had ex- pressed the hope that her fiying days were over, Miss Elder smiled and s: “I'm sorry about that, but I've no intention of quitting now.” Husband Is on Board. Those named as members of the welcoming party on board the Macom, inciuded Lyle Womack, Miss Elder’s | husband; Mrs. Susan Odom, her aunt; Mrs. Virginia Haldeman, wife of the copilot; Miss Sarah Hendersen Hay, a native of Miss Elder's home town, Anniston, Ala., delegated by the mayor of that town to welcome the aviatrix; citizens of Wheeling, W. Va., where the flight received its financial back- ing, and members of the mayor's com- mittee for reception of distinguished guests, headed by Grover A. Whalen. A dinner under the auspices of the | National Women's party will be given | “Miss Elder Sunday night. Among the speakers will be Mrs. O. H. P. Bel- mont, Mrs. James J. Walker, Miss Jiva La Gallienne, Mrs. William Ran- dolph_Hearst, Miss Marjorie Oclrichs, Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt and Miss Doris Stevens. Broadway hopes to welcome Elder tonight. She has been i 1o attend a performance of the feld Follies.” Sells Poppies on Ship. On board the Aquitania, as it neared New York, Miss Elder exclaimed, "It js perfectly wonderful to be coming again.” hul‘\'l‘fii! xEld&"l‘ offered her services in the Armistice day program aboard £hip and consented to sell poppies to the passengers. A dance was given for her last night, although she ab- sented herself to finish her packing. A rag doll, held in the arms of lhfl‘ aviatrix as she started her flight, was ed during the vo e ented & wirehaired terrier by a passenger. Miss Elder said the dng. vould be called Captain in memory of the voyage. The captain on the Aguitania on its latest crossing is Sir Rostron. AY(‘I‘:::::. l}(aid':nmn remarked on the steamer, “We will be in the air again Jext Spring, as soon as the weather is good and if I can make arrange ments, for I feel a ,n?llumh ,uvil;Jnh‘:l) the trip, and should e f:"m:lemm Eider the chance to be the first girl across.” Denies Movie Hopes. iz « nd were they as the fiyers arrive Miss Eider waved a , flashed : emile and went immediately to her room to prep {L mie reception at sity Hall jater in the day. Ll;\“\ll?!: Elder will turn a cold sh_nu!dm to all movie offers, she s No con tracts have been offered her to go into pictu , she added, but “1 don’t want to he a movie actress anyhow T'm afraid I don't know how. Joseph Schenck, movie magnate who was a passenger on the Aquitania Tad offered her no contract for her services in the pictures she said. RUTH ELDER T0 BE GUEST AT WHITE HOUSE MONDAY Lindbergh to Get Medal in Eve- ning in Presence of Other Noted Flyers. Ruth Eider, recipient of plaudits for a satlantic flizht attempt, & expected to lead a group of distinguishe: at the White House here Mc the guests of President and Coolidge. i The luncheon will preced evening ceremonies, at whic President will present to Charles A Lindbergh the Hubbard medal, award- ed by the National Geographical So- clety. Ohers invited to attend the luncheon an dthe presentation exer- cises include Comdr. Rich Byrd, Bert Acosta and Clarence Chamber- ln. . late t Mrs the the o Alfonso on Way to Spain. CAGLIARI, Sardinia, November 11 (P).—King Alfonso, traveling in- cognito on his way back to Spain from Naples, where he at ded the wedding of the Duke of Apulia, today anoard his yacht. ‘wargly wejcored by the popu He was e when she | wd surged about the Hotel | but | arrived here In Col. Lindbergh’'s statement he stresses the menace to aviation caused by improper training schools and their product of inexperienced flyers; he urges regulation of all fiying activi t and further r the factor of statement follows: “One of the gravest problems facing the advance of aviation is that of per- sonnel. Flying is safe today, but it must be combined with training and experience. We have not vet reached the stage in the development of air- craft where the pilot plays a minor part in the operation of an airplane, and until we progress to that stage it is essential to have trained and ex- perienced operators for safe flying. “Thousands of miles are flown each day over the airways of America with 1 record of which any ground trans- portation company might be proud. “It has been strikingly demon- strated both in America and in Eu- ons to promote in the air. His ch WASHINGTON, LINDBERGH URGES FEDERAL REGULATION OF ALL FLYING by the Department of Commerce | COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH. rope that there need be no fear for personal safety in traveling with mod- ern equipment over organized air- ways. _“There is another phase of conmer- cial aviation, however, which is in need of regulation. There are not (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 0000000 GEM RING UNCOVERED Diamond ~Smugglers Best Organized Crooks in World, Authorities Hold. BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, November 11.—Florent Lamont, with his Charlie Chaplin shoes loaded with diamonds, has led New York customs officials into the biggest and most audacious smuggling conspiracies ever uncovered by the United States Government. Further arrests 4 “the cage-wers promised today by customs inspectors, who seized Lanlont and five alleged confederates after Lamont's suspi- ciously large shoes had yielded more than $100,000 worth of cut diamonds from hidden compartments. Lamont was picked up after he had comw ashore from the steamship Lapland, on which he was second electrician. John Michael Blake, assistant United States -attorney, sald today that it would be shown that Lamont was em- ployed by a great smuggling syndicate, which for years had been conducting worldwide smuggling of gems, with a most elaborate and high- ly organized system of operations. Vast Operations Suspected. Government officials agreed with Meyer D. Rothschild, president of th American Jewelers’' Protective Assoc ation, that the continental smuggling ring now is sending into the United States somewhere between $50,000,000 and $60,000.000 worth of diamonds every year. “The arrest of Lamont and of the five other persons with whom he had contact, has opened up ramifications of this plot which will reveal by far the higgest smuggling conspiracy ever detected at the port of New York,” said Blake, “This ring has been in operation for vears. It is an organiza- tion' far superior in intelligence and resourcefulness to smugglers of aliens {and drugs, In fact, it is an organiza- | tion of de luxe crooks. “There is reason to believe that the delivery of diamonds on this side. A smuggler arriving with diamonds does not go directly to the place where they are to be delivered. It possible he will make a casual re- quest of some innocent person, ask- i r a package to some- crcdit to the United States Gov- er.ment in wa* time, in their o lent innocence and in the impossibility | of deciphering them. We have abun- ant reason to believe that some of the best b ains in Europe are engaged in tk’ . conspiracy. Watch Frequent Travelers. | “If we had to depend merely upon some evidence of concealed gems on [th person of the smuggler we would } rely make an arrest. Our espion- - stem here and in Kurope (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) COLD SNAP AND SNOW MOVING EASTWARD | Freezing Wave From Rockies | Brings Sharp Drop in Many States. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, November 11.— Term tion of a six-week armi: between Fall and Winter that brought |record high temperatures to the |Middle West and Southwest was | threatened today as a cold wave moved eastward from the Rocky Mountains. A storm starting in Montana ves- terday left from three to eight inches of snow in that State and today con- tinued into Wyoming. Billings and Butte, Mont., reported temperatures well below freezing. The mercury also dropped in the | Pakotas, Nebraska and western Kan- h forecasts of snow tods |many innccent persons are used for | g SABOTAGE BLAMED FOR FATAL WRECK Spikes and Bolts Removed From Rails at 500-Foot Bank, Officials Say. By the Associated Press. LOUDON, Tenn,, November 11.—In the belief that sabotage was respon- sible for the derailment of part of Southern Railway passenger train N New York to Memphis, here last night, county authorities and railroad police today sought to trace the persons responsible. ¢ -reported that spiles had been pulled from the rails in what appeared to have been a deliberate attempt to wreck the train, plunging the engine and three cars over a 500~ foot embankment and resulting in the déath of the engineer and serious injuries to the fireman and a negro passenger. Bolts Were Removed. In addition, bolts had been re- moved from the rail joints, causing the tracks to spread as the train passed over. Officials called attention to the fact that the system mainfains sig- nals and the latest automatic train control devices in the section where the accident occurred, but that be- cause the spikes had heen pulled, leaving the bond wires between the rails intact, the control devices were not affected and could give no warning. So far, no clue to the culprits has been found, but it was revealed that detectives had been here for more than a week investigating reports of tampering with railroad property in this' vicinity. Sheriff Expresses Doubt. A few minutes before the wreck passenger train No. 17, an accommo- dation running between Chattanooga and Knoxville, passed along the same stretch of rail and went into a sid- ing 4 miles ahead of Lenoir City to allow the Memphis Special to pass, according to_Sheriff John W. Miller of Loudon County. Sheriff Miller, ‘after visiting the ne, expressed the opinion that the time between the two trains was in- sufficient to allow for any unspiking or unbolting of the track. Autocrat Wins Cup. LIVERPOOL, November 11 (#).— Autocrat, owned by H. E. Steel, today captured the Liverpool Autumn Cup, one of the last of the racing season's big feature: 3 Unaware that his wife, injured with him when they wi struck by a hit- and-run driver, near Thomas Circle Tuesday night, died early this morn- ing, H. A. Hirshberger of Kingston, Pa., is lying today in Emergency Hos- pital in a critical condition with a bro- ken back and serious internal injuries. The death of Mrs. Hirshher the second within 12 hours result of a traffic accident. B. Maull, 47 vears old, 716 Roxhoro place, also died at ergency Hos- pital early this morning. These deaths brought traffic fatali- ties here for 1927 to 6S. The total for the year of 1926 was 78. The death of Mrs. Hirshherger came as a tragic end to what was to have been a happy second honeymoon for the couple, who came to Washington for a few days to celehrate the thirti- eth anniversary of their wedding. Skull Fracture Fatal. Mrs. Hirshberger received a frae- ture of the skull, which proved fatal early this morning. Jack Edwin Fhermometers climbed to 76 here | vesterday to set a new record, Radio Programs—Page 39 4 Parker, 19 years old, of Beltsville, M a student of George Washington U versity, driver of the car, which he had borrowed from a friend, Francis ] the chain “of incidents that brought HUSBAND BATTLES FOR LIFE, UNAWARE INJURED WIFE IS DEAD Woman Succumbs After Traffic Mishap‘ That Ended “Second 'Honeymoon.” Another Dies of Injuries. WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITICN D. C, NEW ANGLE IN OIL INQUIRY PROMISED A QUIZ NEARS END Cordon Prepares to Close His Investigation Into Jury Tampering Charges FRIDAY, BURNS SLEUTHS PARADED BEFORE FORMER JURORS | Government Attorneys Seek TFur- ther Evidence—Detective Chiefs Are on Hand. Promising within a few d closures in the Fall-Sinclair | tixing investigation that would cause an explosion greater than Teapot Dome, United States Attorney Peyton Gordon -was preparing today for the | final windup of the grand jury's re- lentless search for information ligk- |ink Harry F. Sinclair directly with | s dis- about the mistrial declaration. With complaints standing against the defendant Sinclair and two of his trusted associates, Sheldon Clark andy Henry Mason Day, charging them with conspiring to influence the deci- sion and action of the trial jury, Government attorneys were angling to catch others in the grand jury drag net, now that the end of the investigation is in sight. Both Day and Clark are out under bond, while a warrant for the arrest of Sinclair is still hanging over his head pending results of the grand jury investigation. A third Sinclair , Harry Jeffries, the oil magnate's ~eretary, succeeded in evad- i proceedings, although Gov- ernment attorneys are hot on the trail of a telephone call that Day is said to have made from Sinclair’s apartment in the Mayflower #Hotel to Jeffries in New York, ordering him to engage the Burns detectives to be put on the case. Five Indictments Possible. .4 Maj. Gordon refused to tell what he has up his sleeve, although it is be- lieved that at least five indictments will result from the grand jury in- vestigation before it winds up its investigation. £ nsational disclosures already made diring the course of the investigation have focused public attention on con- ditions that brought abruptly to an e d one of the most important crimi- nal trials in the history of the country, involving former Secretary of the In- terior Albert B. Fall and Sinclair in an alleged conspiracy to deprive th Government.-of naval - eil Tesmen, i Turning jts attention today to ac- tis .ies of the Burns' detectives em- plovcd in shadowing the trial jurors, Neil Burkinshaw, assistant United States attorney, staged a secret “iden- tification party” in his private office. The 16 Burns' men, while William Burns and his son W. Sherman Bur w ‘ted outside in the corridor, were paraded one by one before the 12 3~ 008 One “mystery woman,” who was later disclosed as a Mrs. Dodd who lived across the street from Juror Charles Holt, 1104 Four and a Hailf street southwest, was one of the wit- nesses before the Grand Jury.today. She was brought to corroborate the statement of Detective Kirby that he had rented a room from her in order to be close at hand tu shadow Holt's movements, Detectives Under Scrutiny. For an hour before the grand jury met at 11 o'clock the entire group of Burns detectives, including Charles G. Ruddy, their director, were paraded one by one before the 12 Fall-Sinclair Jurors. Burkinshaw conducted the identifica- tion party, over which he and Sher- man Burns had a verbal tilt yester- day. in his private office. Burns had demanded that his operatives be mixed with others, as is usually the case in identification, but the young Govern- ment attorney went ahead and man- aged the show in his own way. The whole affair was conducted in secrecy, Burkinshaw explaining after- ward that e would not say whether v of the Burns men had been iden- tified. Likewise, the jurors, except John J. Costinett, were silent as to what took place inside. When Costinett left the room he said, “Well, T couldn’t recognize a blessed one of them.” Costinett is the Juror mentioned in the alleged Burns affidavit, which charges that a De- partment of Justice representative had trailed_him_and accosted him during (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. I arrested following the accident after another motorist set out in pursuitand forced him to the curb. He was re- leased under bond of $800 on charges of reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident without making known his identity. Mr. and Mrs. Hirshberger were taken to the hospital by an automo- bile driven by Frank M. Fanning, 412 Seventh_street southwest. The body of Mrs. Hirshberger, who was 55 years old, will be taken to Kingston this afternoon, accompanied by a son, Another Victim Dies. Mrs. Maull was brought to the hos- pital Monday night suffering from a fractured skull “after she had been knocked down at Fourteenth street and Rhode Island aveitue when she stepped out to board a street car, Leon Gitelson, 24 years old, 1100 Twenty-first street, driver of the auto- mobile, who was paroled by the police at the time of the accident, was taken into custody immediately following Mrs. Maull’s:death. Mrs. Mnu%”,nlihl with her married daughters, ‘W. Fisher and Mrs. Walter F. Ludwig, at the Roxboro NOVEMBER 11, 1927— ¢ Fpening Slar, in Washingt: Associated service. The only evening paper on with the Press news Yesterday's Circulation, 101,386, IFTY-SIX PAGES. (#) Means Associated Pres: TWO CENTS. T i LI muni THO NEN INUAED BYD.C.IRETRUCK Vehicle Sweeps Victims Off Car Platform as It Turns Corner. Swept off a street car platform at Ninth street and New York avenue this afternoon by the rear end of a hook and ladder fire apparatus as it rounded a corner, two men are in Emergency Hospital suffering from severe injuries. They are William H. Trathen, 54 years old, of Tuxedo, Md., a clerk in the office of the adjutant general of the Army, and John A. McCluze, col- ored, 46 years old, a barber, who lives at 92514 F street southwest. One Victim Unconscious. Trathen is the more seriously hurt. He is suffering from an injury to the back of his head and a bad cut over one eye. He was unconscious. wh picked up, but regained con on the way to the hospital was cut over the forehead, but his condition is not serious. The apparatus, Truck Company No. 4, was speeding south on Ninth street in response to an alarm from Thir- teenth and New York avenue. The truck was forced to swing out to the S | center of the street to make the turn west into New York avenue around an automobile which had stopped at the corner, with the result that the lad- ders in the rear swept over the crowd- ed car platform. Most of those on the platform_either ducked or were too short to be struck. The two men hit were unable to duck in time, The driver of the truck was A. F. Gauzreau, and it was in charge of Capt. M. D. Murphy. Fire in Shop. A ffre to which the truck was speeding was at 1215 H street, where fames believed to have started from a new oil furnace in the basement spread rapidly into the Woodie Wickle Shoppe. Albert Schnell, proprietor of the shop and owner of the building, was there at the time the fire started, together with Mrs. Schnell and five workmen. Considerable damage was dond to the building and to furniture in the shop, which refinishes and upholsters furniture. Companies responding to the call were No. 2, No. ‘16, No. 14 and No. 1 engine and Nos. 3 and 4 trucks. . TRACTION HEADS AGREE TO PARLEY Officials Ready to Meet Wil- son and Discuss His Merger Plan. The proposed conferences hetween officials of the street car companies and Harley P. Wilson, regarding his plan for consolidating the transporta- tion systems of the District, moved another step toward actuality today, when officials of the Capital Traction and Washington Rallway & Electric Cos. formally notified the Public Utllitles Commission that they are willing to become a party to such discussions. The traction officlals wrote to the commission in reply to its communica- tion to them earlier in the week, in dorsing the idea of conferences between the company representatives and Mr. Wilson. The conferences were suggested by John H. Hanna, president of the Capi- tal Traction Co., as the best way to bring about a merger, after Mr. Wil- son had submitted a general outline of his plan to the Commission without previously discussing it with either the boards of directors or stockholders of the companies, ‘While the Commission has indicated that it will make no further move to bring_about the conferences, Chair- man John W. Childress has offered to turn his office over to the conferees, ‘The conferences, the Commission_be- lieves, should be arranged by Mr. Wil- son, and he {8 expected to do so within a few days. . . FLYERS FORCED DOWN. CHAUMONT, France, November 11 #)—Flight Lieut. George Madaets and Jean Verhaegen, Belgian aviators, who_started_on a non-stop flight to place address. us. She _l%mlved hy Scruggs of Spartanburg, 8. C, was (Continued on FPagt olumn 1.) the Belgian Kongo from Courtrai this morning, were forced down by bad weather at La Ferte-Sur-Aube, Fran: T =L oewaree res, 5= NOVEMBER 11, Record Rush Seen For Dry Law Posts Under New Regime 1927, By the Associated Press. W'ile there may be a difference opinion on the subject of pro- hibition, therc a pears to be vir- 1l unanimity of desire through- out the ~ountry to btain pesitions as nforcement officers under the fortheoming Civil Service reorgani- zation. The Civil Service Commission al- ready has received )00 applica tions for the 150 administrative positions carrying salaries of $3,000 to $6,000 annually, and 33,000 for the 3,500 subordinate jobs, paying 31,800 to $4,000. The Treasury reiterated today at because of the impending “ransfer of personnel to Ci¥il Serv. ice status, it did r . feel jus in asking Congress to appropriate for the next fiscal year more th the $13,000,000 for enforcement t year, INCOME TAX OFFIGE e 1O MOVE MARCH 1o Unit Plans to Vacate Com- . merce Building Site in Spring. The Income Tax Unit, occupying the Jarge temporary structure between Fourteenth, Fifteenth streets,. Ohio avenue and B street, which is part of the new Commerce Building site, will not be moved until March 15, it was made known following a meeting of the Public Buildings Commission in the office of Senator Smoot today. The move can be made at that time with the least possible interference to the work of the Income Tax Unit, it was explained, and in the meantime the work of clearing and excavating that portion of the Commerce site north ot Ohio avenue will proceed Officials of the commission said the fixing of March as the time to relocate the Income Tax Unit, will not delay progress of the Commerce project. It was indicated today tkat the commission is considering a number of moves with a view to housing the Income Tax Unit adjacent to other branches of the Internal Revenue Bureau in one of the temporary build ings between Sixth and Seventh streets, until the new Internal Reve- nue Building is erected. Some excavation work also will be started soon on a part of the site for the Internal Revenue Building, which is to cover the area from Tenth to Twelfth, B to C streets. One corner of this site already has been cleared and another large part of the site will be cleared as soon as the District Commissioners can make some other provision for the Farmers' Market. o Editor Too Busy With Hold-Up Story To Publish Paper By the Associated P BIRDSBORO, Pa., November 11, —The editor of the Birdsboro Dis patch, Berks County’s oldest week- ly newspaper, was too busy vester- day gathering news to get out his paper. The Dispatch was due to make its appearance yesterday, but Harry Hart, the editor, said a pay roll hold-up, in which a postal clerk was beaten and robbed of a_registered package contain- ing $22,000, had made so much news that he found it necessary to hold up publication. He said the Dispatch wouid come out to- day. “The Fom; BY FRANK L. PACKARD SENATORS IN ROW OVER FARM RELIEF Statements From Steck and Brookhart Follow Disagree- ment on Bill. By the Associated Press. Disagreement of three of the main farm organizations on the form of an agricultural relief bill stirred up a new round of statements at the Cap- itol today on the issue, with the farm leaders assailing President Coolidge, as well as each other. Senator Brookhart of Towa, on be- half of the group of Western inde- pendent Republican Senators, de~ clared that the inability of the farm organizations to agree does not ex- cuse the President from keeping “the pledge of his party to extend farm relief.” At the same time, Senator Steck, Democrat, Iowa, completed a lengthy statement declaring that Senator Brookhart and the Western group to which he belongs, were actually hin- dering enactment of farm relief be- cause Brookhart and some of the mem- bers refused to support the vetoed Me- Nary-Haugen bill. Brookhart's Statement. Senator Brookhart insisted that re- sponsibility for farm legislation “rests with no less weight upon both Con- gress and the President.” “It is the duty of Congress to solve this great question,” he said. “The same pledge was made by both parties and if the President refuses to proceed with the solution of this problem in accordance with his party pledge, 1 want to ask the Democrats and Re- publicans in Congress to prepare a bill in accordance with their pledges to the farmers of the United States and join together and pass it over a presi- dential veto.” Stating that he recognized the im- portance of the farm organizations. Senator Brookhart said that onl about cne-third of the farmers of State were members of the National Grange, American Farm Bureau Fed- eration and Farmers’ Union, which met here this week in an un. successful effort to agree on a farm “The farm organizations are hu- man,” he said, “and they have human Jjealousies that oftentimes prevent an agreement among farm leaders. This disagreement is often promoted by outside selfish interests. To refuse to keep the pledge upon the pretext of disagreement among any farm leaders is an unjustifiable excuse for failure to perform the plainest public duty that was ever promised to the farmers of the United States.” Steck Raps Brookhart. Senator Steck said that while Towa demands the passage of the Me- Nary-Haugen bill without change, “Yet we have an lowa Senator nomi- nated and elected as a Republican, who is against the McNury-Haugen bill and who opposed the candidacy of Frank Lowden, who surely and certainly is favored by Renublican Towa for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1928.” “Brookhart has now joined a small group under the leadership of Borah,” he said. ‘‘This group is open- Iy opposing the Haugen hill and ih» nomination of Mr. Lowden. It would be a tragic situation should it be con ceded that Mr. ‘ Brookhart or group with which he has himself, has any influence or s outside its own Vv limited bership. mem Liquor Deaths Now Seven. BALTIMORE, Md, November 11 (#).—The seventh death attributed to poison liquor in this city within two weeks occurred tod: The victim was Charles Moffett, 36 vears old. He became {ll suddenly and died on the way to Colonial Hospital. Stragglers” One of the really great stories of the World ¥ Begins in Today's Star On Page 40 g fallen comrad CANADIANS SHARE | President Places Wreath on Tomb of Unknown as Troops Stand By. | THOUSANDS IN PRAYER MARK ARMISTICE DAY Dominion to Dedicate “Cross of Sacrifice” Today—Legion Holds Theater Services, Nine vears ago today. at the mo- mentous blast of a bugle, the war- scarred troops of the United States and 1 aside their smok- ing guns and joyously turned eager faces toward their common homeland 1cross the sea. Today the soldiers of these great American neighbors joined h again in reverent t to rim but e du3 armistice came in death itself. Led by the President and the Sec- retaries of War and Navy, the Na | tional Capital kept its annual Armi- stice day rendezvous with the Nation's heroic dead, and they stood by re- spectfully. that Canada might add en- erous tribute to her neighbor’s valiant sons, Procession to Arlington. President and Mrs. Coolidge and Secretaries Wilbur and Dwight Davis headed an almost continuous proces- sion of individuals and groups to Ar- lington National Cemetery, bearing impre ®_wreaths in memory of Ameriea’s Unknown Soldier, ‘The ceremonies at Arlington will be climaxed this afternoon by the unveil ing, before massed Canadian and United States troops, of Canada's mag- nificent “Cross of Sacrifice” in honor of American citizens who gave their lives in the service of the Dominion. The presidential party went to Ar- lington at 10 o'clock and carried out its ceremony in brief but dignified | fashion. While the military guard stood at attention, the President step- ped forward and placed a large wreath of green leaves and white carnations against the gleaming whiteness of the Tomb of the Nation's Unknown Dead. Mrs. Coolidge, in accordanc vith an annual custom, then laid a single long-stemmed white rose upon the tomb. A comparatively small crowd watched the simple rites. The Army Band heralded the approach of the party with “Hail to the Chief.” Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of staff of the Army. and Admiral Ed- ward W. Eberle, chief of naval opera- tions, also were present. Hundreds Offer Prayer. In addition to the formal ceremonies i at shrines, the citizenry of the Capi- tal paused in prayerful mien for a two-minute period at 11 o'clock—th¢ hour, French time, when the news o the cessation of hostilities started fte circuit of the globe nine years ago. Government employes, business men and persons on the street remembered the sacred hour by halting their usual routine and standing in reverent lence while the minutes ticked awa Radio broadcasting also was stopped for the fleeting period at the signal of a bugle sounded in the studio of station WEAF and broadeast through a chain of stations, including WRC. While most of the day’'s observ- ances centered in Arlington Cemetery, other ceremonies had been arranged for various plac The American Le- gion held impressive exercises at noon in Keith’s Theater, while loyal fol lowers of Woodrow Wilson, wartime President, at 4 o'clock this afternoon were to make their annual pilgrim- age to his tomb in the crypt of the National Cathedral on Mount St. Al- ban. Many meetings in lighter vein, in celebration of the gladsome phases of ‘the armistice anniversary, were planned for this evening. After the President had departed from the Tomb of the Unknown Sol- dier members of the League of Amer- jcan Pen Women assembled before the shrine, bearing flags of many States. Following Invocation by Mrs. Frank Ray, national chaplain of the league, a wreath laid on the tomb by Mrs. Edward Nelson Dingley, first na- tional vice president. Little Miss Helen Ethelstone Brooks, grand- daughter of Mrs. Aaron D. Newmgn, past vice president of the District branch, was the official “flagbearer,” although _she is but an infant. Mrs. Charles Fisher Taylor, national cus- todian of flags for the league, was In charge of the exercises. Chaplains Hold Rites. One of the more noteworthy trib- chaplains of the Army who took part six years ago in th interment services for the Unknown Soldier. At that time they pledged themselves to return each Armistice day and do honor to the memory of America’s martyrs for demoerarcy. Accompanied by clergymen of the Regular Army, the National Guard jand the Reserve Corps, these chap- I plains carried out a program of Scripture reading, hymns and praver similar to that which marked tho hurial of the Unknown, November 11, 1921, Wreaths were laid not only on this tomb, but on the monument to the 23 chaplains who lost their lives during the war. . The chaplains participating in these ceremonies were Col. John T. Axton, chiet of chaplains of the Army: Rishop Charles -H. Brent of western New York, Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron of the Baitimore Hebrew Congrega- tion and Chaplain John B. Frazier, formerly director of chaplains’ af- tairs for the Navy. Gen. Summerail headed a group of the 1st Division of the A. F. F. who visited the granite shaft in the park south of the State, War and Navy Building and placed a large wreath at the base of the pedestal in memory of their fallen comrades of that division. Gen, Summerall com- manded the 1st Division, and is now president of the 1st Division Society. Massey Guest of Legion. Vincent Massey, the Canadian Min- ister, and a number of members of the Canadian delegation here for the dedication of the monument this aft. ernoon were guests of honor of the @n at the services in Keith's er. I, Oliver P. Robinson, who was assoclated with Canadian forces in Siberia in 1918 and 1919, explained the slxnlflcance to a soldier of Armistice ay. “The armistice meant to me what (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) 3