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I i WEA (U. 8 Weather ir tonight. par tomorrow southwest Temperature pm. yesterday: low | today. Full report e {ighest, THER. Bureau Forecast.) tly cloudy; cooler by gentle to moderate 78, at 2:20 est. 56, at 5:30 am. on page 7 | —— Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 h ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION & Wa nd_class ma shineton, D, ing Star. The Star’s carri as fast as the paper: “From Press to Home - Within the Hour” every city block and the re tion is delivered to Washington homes er system covers ular edi- s are printed. TWASHINGTON. D, (. SATURDAY., SEPTEMBER . 1928—THIRTY- o Yesterday'’s Circulation, 104,107 SIX PAGH /) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS FLOOD AND DISEASE INCREASE HORROR f OF FLORIDA STORM Waters of—l—_ake Okeechobee Cover West Palm Beach * Hills, 50 Miles Away. DEATH TO—L[ TO EXCEED 1,500, GOVERNOR SAY Unfluenza Epidemic Breaks Out in Clewiston; Profiteering Hit by Court. By the Associated WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. Septem- sing of flood ‘ber —Disease and watel 1 ope jons in the Florida cverglades today as official esti- mates of loss of life m last day's passed the 1,500 mark. outhreak of discase occurred @t Clewiston on the southwestern shore of Lake Okeechobee, where many ref- ugees had gathered. Fort Myers sent o doctor, two nurses and three trucks| Silled with supplies when Chief C. G.| Enos of that cily reported 40 cases of i tnfiuenza. [ Gov. John W. Martin, who, with other | high officials, completed a survey of the i Pahokee disaster area on the eastern| shore of Lake Okeechobee, was authority | for the statement that the whole of | the everglades was flooded. Governor Finds Floods. i The governor’s party was forced to, negotiate part of its trip_along the corpse-strewn highway to Pahokee by motor boat and truck, due to flood con- ditions. In an official statement re- newing his appeal to all Florida to contribute and speedily to the everglade the governor described flood conditions as follows: e | “For a radius of 25 to 30 miles just, back of the high ridge of land that separates Lake Okeechobee from the everglades, the land is completely cov- ered with water. These people are un- able to get out or off this ridge of lani adjacent to the lake house because of miles of water which surrounds on both sides and sufficient boats are not available to handle the situation. Con- nors Highway, the only road to this territory, 1s under water for nine miles. The entire everglades are flooded.” The governor was moved to tears during his inspection trip yesterday, and he could hardly speak when he turned to Attorney General Davis and said: “Fred did you ever see anything like this condition? It is the worst sight T have ever seen in my life.” Sees Corpses in Water. In a statement en his return-o Palm ‘Beach the governor described the con- dition of which he spoke: “Today in traveling 6 miles on the road between Pahokee and Belle Glade (where the hurricane was believed to have exacted its heaviest toll in lives), T counted 27 corpses, which had not been taken from the water. The total number of dead lying on the roadside and not yet buried. but in plank coffins, numbered 126. This ehould be added to the 537 already interred. Fifty-| seven additional bodies were hauled out today in trucks, and tonight, four truckloads of bodies were brought from adjacent areas by boat, loaded, and sent to Palm Beach for burial. “When the water recedes and the dead are taken from under the debris cast up by the storm, the total number who perished in this disaster, carefully estimated by the most reliable people living in this section, will number at least 1,500, and bodies are being discov- ered under the debris and in the water hourly. * * * The area visited by me today does not begin to cover the stricken territory, and I mention these conditions in an appeal to the people | of the State of Florida, urging them | to respond quickly and generously.” | Appeal Finds Response. That the governor's appeal, together | with his first one made earlier in the ! week, was receiving attention was borne out in the reports of various Fiorida cities and profiers of aid from the out- | side. Arkansas has offered any Iacililyi she had, while the Salvation Army at Atlanta made appeal for clothing to be | sent into the disaster area. > Practically all the cities of Florida had contributed hundreds of dollars in council even before public appeals were issued. Tampa’s public relief fund had passed the $20,000 mark last night. Trucks and supplies were mov- ing on the disaster area from all sides. They were filled with clothing and food, which was to be turned over to | Red Cross chapters and relief camps Tor systematic distribution. A nwhile State, county and local ities and the Red Cross continued map out their co-ordinated relief m, while the State Health De- partment continued its effort to haul out the bodics of the dead with the aid of military forces, which are patroling | the entire Everglades district. Vaccinations Under Way. ations procceded apace through- area, particularly against ty- phoid, feared mostly because of the con-| dition of water supplies. The Clewiston infiuenza outbreak was isolated, it was belizved. Train service was invoked today in the hasty efforts to remove bodics as_they rise o the surface of flood waters. Serv- 'TRAGEDY BY WHOLESALE FOUND ON FLORIDA TRIP | Evey ilness Sees Cro | Aimlessly, Indifferent to Under- | By the Associated Press 1 OKEECHOBEE CITY. Fla. Scptem- | ber 22.—A journey by boat through | dreat Lake Okeechobee to the southern shore, where the tropical hurricane's fury blew the lake over towns and| drowned helpless hundreds. reveals a| g | Breat area of desolation and wholesale | wii tragedy. Thousands are homeless. At Bvllcl Glade and South Bay, both isolated from the outside world except by boat, drastic steps have been taken to pre- vent spread of disease. The whole area of both towns has been sprinkled with lime. Capt. G. G. South, Florida National | | Guard, with headquarters at Belle | ! Glade, said that for the moment he | was more concerned with preserving | sanitary conditions than with the re: covery of bodies. He said the Guard was trying to do both. | “We have neither the equipment nor | the men,” said Capt. South, which to do what we would like to do. I could show you the bodies of several hundred persons we already have lo- cated, but have been unable to recover because we have an insufficient num- ber of boats, trucks and men. Walk any direction out of town and you will takers at Gruesome Ta “with | I wds of Living Roam (The several | the offi- of plenty hodies.” hungred © mentioned were not included recoveries given out.) “Thos help, and becaust the moment mo preservation of died are beyond they are, we are for e concerned in the anitary conditions than else. The Coast rd_unit cd last night is giving itself over to the recovery of bodies, and we rve the health of are trying to pre: those who still live.” Asked what he believed the death total would be, the captain said that in his opmion “it will be a minimum of 1,500. Of course, not all the bodies will be recovered, but I feel it safe to say that 1,500 will be. That's why I place the probable number of deaths at that figure. That is minimum, 1 think. “Newspapers and press have It p throu should b couid an e de befor 1 that d been told we woul ve already received more help here. I believe the whole Nation would have responded by | n W, “This has been the greatest disaster | in the history of the Stat At Belle Glade no building remained "“(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) NEW POLICE LINKS T0 RUM RING FOUND Philadelphia Bootleg Records List Protection Payments Alleged Made. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 22— New records of a bootlegging concern listing payments alleged to have been made to policemen for ‘“protection” have been discovered by District At- torney Monaghan, who is conducting the grand jury investigation of gang murders, rum runners and racketeers. Evidence has been obtained, the prosecutor said, that a police captain deposited $5,100 in one bank from May 1 to ‘September 4 and that a special policeman, earning $5.50 a day, de- posited between $25,000 and $27,000 in less than three years. Monaghan said that the captain withdrew his deposit after other police officials had been ex- amined by the grand jury. “This,” he added, “is significant. If one captain does it, and a second cap- tain does it, and a third captain doesit, don’t you think there might be some indication of a system? “It seems to be a feature of the boot- leggers’ operations that they must keep a list of the police to whom they pay bribes. This is going to be their un- doing.” Police Capt. Charles W. Schoenleber, Frank Loesh, a detective, and F. D. Wilson, a former officer of the Indus- trial Alcohol Co., were among the last witnesses examined yesterday by the grand jury before it adjourned over the week end. Schoenleber was questioned two hours. WARNS OF SOVIET’S READINESS FOR WAR Commissar Tells Soldiers Russia Must Ever Be on the Alert. By the Associated Press. KIEV, Russia, September 22.—A| warning to the “bourgeois countries” as to Soviet Russia’s ever-readiness for war, was given by M. Voroshilov, war commissar, last night before a large as- sembly of Red officers, soldiers and Communist civilians after the recently- ended big Red army maneuvers in south Russia. “The technique of our army is no | worse than that of our neighbors,” he said “We are forced to spend large {sums maintaining an army without | which we could not exist for a moment. Since there is no security from our | being attacked at any moment, it is our | | immediate task daily to improve our| | technique as well as the fighting| capacity of the Red army.” (1,500 ELECTION JUDGES | AND CLERKS REMOVED | Chicago Board Ousts Vote Officials | on Discoveries of Primary | Discrepancis (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) STEAMER AND TANKER CRASH OFF CALIFORNIA Kentuckian, Reported Leaking, Re- turning to San Francisco After Collision. Associated Press. N FRANCISCO, Secptember steamer Kentuckian reported ping circles here today that urning to San Francisco after g figured in a collision with the oil tanker Los Alamos off Point Sur, 150 miles south of San Francisco. The Kentuckian was reported to be leaking, but whether she was in danger was not learned. The Los Alamos is a ship of 3,262 w0 tons. owned by the Standard Trans- tion Co. She was on her way to Francisco from San Pedro, Calif. Sa Whether she was apy ably damaged was not reported. The Kentuckian, a freighter of 6479 tons owned by the A wailan S was mship Co n Pegro fro perated beiwed American- headed 1 San Fran- n here and she | | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, September 22.—The Board |of " Election Commissioners has an- inounced the removal of nearly 1,500 ! election judges and clerks following the covery of discrepancies in the ballot i count at the April 10 primar | A majorit | wards of the remov: % 26 and too, in the twentieth, the ward |in which Octavius Granady, negro law- as slain a few hours before the d. s were in | FOUND SLAIN IN AUTO. Rum Runners' Feud Blamed Shooting of Salesman. KENOSHA, Wis., September 22 (#).— Slumped in the front seat of an auto- mobile, Eugene Russo, 26, Kenosha, was tound shot to death this morning. Po- {lice expressed belief that he was slain ]ln a rum runners’' feud. Seven wounds in the body gave evidence that the bul- lets had been fired at short range. Po- lice believe that Russo was “taken for a ride.” The car in which he was found | in 7. There were | U.S. TOACT SOON ON NAVAL ACCORD. Note Expressing American Disfavor Expected Next ‘ Week. By the Associated Press The position of the United States on the Anglo-French naval accord for the limitation of cruisers and submarines is expected to be made clear early next week after President Coolidge has had an opportunity to study the preliminary draft of a note being prepared at the | State Department. { That the reply, if sent, will express | American disfavor of the principles of big cruiser and submarine limitation without limitation of smaller ships of | either type which was evolved in the | Anglo-French conversations s consid- ered certain. The question still in doubt, however, is the tone the pro- posed communication shall be giyen and whether it shall be made public im- mediately in order to clarify the situa- tion for the American public as well as the rest of the world. About the only official matter Son ‘which the Washington Government has to act consists of the two resumes of the uncerstanding between France and England, sent here by those countries early in August with requests for com- ment. These resumes disclose that Great Britain and France proposed to submit a plan to the League of Nations pre- paratory commission on amendment limitations for the restriction of large cruisers and submarines and to ignore limitations of lighter craft. HELD AFFRONT TO U. S. British Press Loud Criticism of Pact With France. LONDON, September 22 (#).—With terms of the Anglo-French naval com- promise gradually becoming known, the opposition press today criticized it as bound to offend the United States. Even papers not hostile to the gov- ernment dwelt on the mischief which had been done by the failure of the government to reveal the terms. The papers carried abstracts cabled from the United States after publication by | some papers of what purported to be the text. The French have been, insisting that the terms be revealed immediately, but the British have withheld consent. Advices from Geneva assert that the accord covers an agreement between France and Great Britain that a dis- armament conference shall deal with these classes of naval vessels: 1—Surface ships of 10,000 tons or less armed with guns over 6 and up to 8 inches in caliber. 2—Ocean-going submarines of more than 600 tons. 3—Capital ships of more than 10,000 ¢ tons or armed with guns excceding 8 | inches in caliber. 1 4—Airplane carriers of more than | 10,000 tons. The Daily News said today: “If Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign secretary, really found the compromise hopeful, he must be more innocent than anybody thought. It gives Great Brit- ain unlimited small cruisers, France unlimited small submarines and .gives America nothing she wante It is al- most too crude to be true.” “The transcendent folly” of the Brit- government making a mystery of “clumsy and unappetizing document ich led the American people to think n was trying to hide is W that Great Bri something” was denounced by the Daily Chronicle, The Times said the compromsie was quite innocuous, but that it an un- | fortunate error to withhold publication. FIRE AND HURRICANE | MARK LINER’S VOYAGE| | By the Associated Press. ; NCW YORK. September 22 —Pas- sengers of the Ward liner Monterey, ar- rived in New York four days late from Vera Cruz and Havana today, told of an adventurous voyage marked by fire and hurricane. Fire started aboard the vessel while she was anchored off the port of | Progreso, Mexico, September 11, Capt. A. W. Peterson notified the Ward line that the passengers were all ashore at the time, that the fire had caused little damage and that he would proceed to Havana, hoping to reach New York last Monday Leaving Havana for New York last | was not his. | Russo, his wife sald, was an auto- mobile salesman. Three Racine youths driving along the Berryville road dis- covered the body. | saturday. the Monterey { West Indian hurricane and on Sun put back to port until the storm ran into the i ' | cases it handled. ¢ 1 REMOVAL OF THREE POLICEMEN UPHELD Y COMMISSIONERS Imposition of Drastic Pen- alties by New Board Given | Indorsement. SCHENCK DISMISSAL IS INCLUDED IN LIST Dropping of L. G. Miller and R. E. Smith Also Approved—Get Five Days for Appeal. Action of the new police trial board in imposing drastic penalties on police- men convicted ®f serious offenses was given the formal indorsement of the District Commissioners today ~when they approved the board’s finding and recommendations of dismissal from the force of the first three officers whose | The three policemen ordered removed by the Commissioners are Pvts. Fred- erick A. Schenck of the sixth precinct, Lawrence G. Miller of the fourth pre- cinct and Raymond E. Smith of the tenth precinct. The Commissioners now have seven more cases to dispose of involving policemen whom the trial board has recommended dismissed from the force. Schenck Staples Case Witness. Schenck was a defense witness in the case of former Policeman Orville Staples, who was defended by Repre- sentative Blanton of Texas. He was found guilty by the trial board on a charge of conduct prejudicial to the good order, reputation and discipline of the Police Department after his arrest in a raid. Miller was charged with being under the influence of liquor, failing to com- municate through the signal patrol system and conduct prejudicial to the good order, reputation and discipline of the force. The specifications alleged that he assaulted a brother officer, Pvt. J. W. Conner of the fourth precinct, in the rear of a near beer saloon in Southwest Washington last June 12. Smith was convicted on a charge of desertion. He was accused of leaving Washington to accept a position in Vir- ginia without formally submitting his resignation. Given Five Days for Appeal. Although the Commissioners directed the dismissal of these three men, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, said he would not take steps to fill the vacancies for five days, the period allowed under the law fos a con- victed policeman to note an appeal from the trial board’s findings. The policemen dismissed from the force in the present crusade for im- proved discipline, Maj. Hesse explained, will be replaced by applicants who are certified by the Civil Service Commis- sion. An eligible list is now on file at the commission from which the new officers will be drawn. COUNSEL T0 OFFER FARE CASE NONDAY Utilities Commission Then Will Take Increase Under Advisement. ‘When the Public Utilities Commission resumes hearing of the street car rate case at 10 o'clock Monday morning, counsel will present their final argu- ments, after which the commission will be ready to take the issues under advisement. The original application for an in- crease either to an 8-cent cash fare or to 10 cents cash with four tokens for 30 cents, was filed by the Capital Traction Co., but Willlam F. Ham, president of the Washington Railway & Electric Co,, told the commission yesterday that if any raise is made, it should apply to both systems, Mr. Ham devoted the afternoon ses- sion yesterday to presentation of testi- mony in support of the policy always adhered to by the commission of keep- ing the fare uniform. He quoted from previous decisions of the commission and pictured what he thought would be the effects of two separate rates. Clayton Gives Objections, Before the hearing recessed yesterday, Chairman John W. Childress announc- ed that the commission will decide wheather a revaluation of the car lines is necessary before reaching a final determination. Earlier in the day, Wil- liam McK. Clayton of the Federation of Citizens' Associations sought to have the " hearing deferred on the pround that there should first be a new valu- ation. Mr. Childress said the commiss does not wish to be understood as ing that value has nothin, 1 the present case, but docs rule without consideration of all the - dence, 1t cannot decide wheather or not a valuation is neccssary. He :aid such a decision will be reached before | the case is determined. Calling attention to the extent to (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Obregon Reported to Have Carried $1,000,000 Policies in U. S. MEXICO CITY, September 22 (4). The newspaper La Prensa says that the late President-elect Obregon carried about $1,000,000 life insurance in vari- ous American companies issued by agencies in Los Angeles. The newspaper says that the com- panies have indicated they may contest the payments because of the nature of Gen Obregon’s death, and that conse- quently there are likely to be lawsuits in the Los Angeles courts brought by Obregon’s_heirs, bsided ward pa when she resumed her north- age. No confirmation of the story could be oblained in Mexico City. « His SUCCESS IS ESSENTIA OH, AINT ITA GRAND _ ANGLORI0US /2. W fi N\ HOOVER CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT Candidate Invited to White House on Mr. Coolidge’s Return. By the Associated P Herbert Hoover had an engagement for a second conference with President Coolidge today at the Whit= House. The Republican presidential candidate was invited to the Executive Mansion for luncheon by President Coolidge after the return of Mr. Coolidge from his New England trip. ‘Whether President Coolidge will go to his home State at some subsequent date to make an address has not yet been developed. Upon his return from the Summer White House in Wisconsin and his conference then with Mr. Hoover, it had been suggested that he might do so later in the campaign. Before going to the White House, the Republican nominee went to a theater for a private showing of the talking movies of his Newark, N. J., speech last Monday night. Returning then to his headquarters, he conferred with party leaders. The controversy stirred up by Alfred E. Smith’s Oklahoma City declaration on religious intolerance still swirled and eddied today, but Hoover was silent on the subject. The candidate seems to be content to stand upon the statement which he made in his acceptance address. Then he said that "by blood and conviction I stand for religious tolerance both in act and spirit,” adding that “the glory of our American ideals is the right of every man to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience.” ‘Whether the developments of the campaign will lead him to make ah- other pronouncement upon the sub- ject only the future can tell, but those who profess to know his views assert that a decision to do so would be reached only with great reluctance. Prohibition is another subject on which the Republican nominee does not intend to have more to say during the campaign, although it has been re- peatedly reported that he would go into that proposition again in his Elzabeth- ton, Tenn., speech, October 6. Under present plans there will be no addresses before that one and none be- tween that and the one at New York City October 16. The New England speech will be made late in the cam- paign shortly before his departure for California. E Much of his time is taken up with conferences. On his calling list today were several visitors, among them Sen- ator Pine of Oklahoma, bringing fresh Teports from his State, where the Democratic candidate spoke Thursday night. Another is Representative Ham- ilton Fish of New York, who is doing campaign work in the East for the na- tional ticket. GERMAN fliADE BALANCE IMPROVEMENT IS NOTED August Figures Show Increage in Exports and Decrease in Im- ports Over July. BERLIN, Scptember 22 (P).—Ger- many’s trade balance for August shows considerable improvement over July. Excluding gold and silver, imports amounted to 1,083,419,000 marks, or a decrease of roughly 100,000,000 marks, while exports (otaled 125,793,000 or an increase of 111,000,000 marks. Including gold and silver, the total imports were valued at 1.145304,000 marks, while exports were 1,028,611,000 marks. HEAVY QUAKE Twenty-Minute Tremor Registered RECORDED. at Georgetown University. Tondorf as “very, ver corded today on the Georgetown University. It began at 2:51 am., and lasted for four hours. Its maximum intensity, g beginning at 3:33 a.m., continued for | 20 minutes, which is a very unusual oc- curance. Director Tondorf estimated that the | center of the disturbance was 5,000 or 6,000 miles from Washington. But the direction could not be determined. Two Die in Train Wreck. JACKSON, Miss., September 22 (#) —The fiteman and engineer on train of the Vicksburg division of the s Central system, were at Gowdy. 2 miles east of her vhen the train was wrecl early today. No one else was injured. Young Socialist Refuses to Cede His British Title By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 22.—Young Oswald Mosley, whose father, Sir Oswald Mosley, died yesterday, is not going (o reject the title despite his socialistic beliefs, says the Evening Star in a dispatch from Nice, whence Mosley is returning to Eng- land today. “I shall retain the title,” the dis- patch quotes him as saying. “It is not. worth giving up. Titles count for nothing nowadays.” Young Mosley said that he would continue his work as labor member of parliament. SHITH NOW TURNS 10 WATER POWER Expected to Dwell at Length on Topic in Colorado Speech Today. By the Associated Press. GO. SMITH'S TRAIN EN ROUTE TO DENVER, September 22—Hav- ing unburdened himself of a sweep- ing counter charge against campaign whispering and more outspoken critics of his public record, Gov. Smith came into Colorado today prepared to tackle what he regards as a more construc- tive issue—water power. The Democratic presidential nominee's special train was due at the Colorado metropolis at 11 am. A trio of Demo- cratic leaders, including John Barnett, former national committeeman, had slanned to join him at Colorado Springs, the only scheduled stop in the State before reaching Denver. Gov. Smith worked late last night on the third speech of his Western tour as his train cut through the heart of Kansas and across the Kansos-Col- orado border last night. Thirteen stops since yesterday noon—four in Okla- homa after leaving Oklahoma City at 11 o’'clock, and nine in Kansas—where large crowds were greeted, had held up his work on the address and he had not expected to complete it until some time this afternoon. ' Backs States’ Rights. A firm believer mn public ownership and control of water power resources, ‘he governor was understood to be ready to dwell at some length on the subject His attitude has been that States, rather than private enterprises, should devel- op hydro-electric power, and turn it over to public utilities for distribution at reasonable rates. Under the plan he has favored, States should reap the profits from such reservoirs and if the private corporations charge too high a rate for distribution their contracts should be canceled. Crowds swarmed around the gover- nor's private car at every Kansas sta- tion, including Arkansas City. Winfield, Mulvane, Wichita, Newton, Hutchinson, St. Johns, Kinsley and Dodge City. Bands, each having a different key for “The Sidewalks of New York,” pepped up the greetings at nearly all stops as delegations of local and county lead- ers got aboard to travel with the nomi- nee for varying distances. At Wichita, where the large: most demonstrative crowd appeared, the nominee left his train and was es- corted to a narrow passageway in the crowd down a ramp at Union Station to a platform between the station and the Rock Island freight depot. At one time it looked as if the throng which broke through police lines, would stam- pede into the governor as he descended the ramp steps. Apparently touched by the cheering (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) t and % | [ SoMETHI's ¢ 2} For y PRESIDENT BACK FROM VERMONT Voice Breaks as He Praises Native State in Talk at Bennington. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. In a speech delivered from the ob- servation platform of his special train as it stopped at Bennington, Vt. late yesterday afternoon on the journey back to Washington, President Coolidge dis- played more real emotion and genuine sentiment than in any of the many other public speeches since becoming Chief Executive. Before he finished his voice was trembling a bit. That, for the President, was unnatural. It was while referring to his love for the State in which he was born and married, and where his dead “lie pil- lowed among the everlasting hills,” that his customarily calm restraint deserted him for the moment. Another interesting feature of that brief speech was the fact that it was the first he had made from a train platform since he has been President. He surprised the members of his party, who- have reason to know his attitude toward platform talking, when he made this departure. In making this speech he established a precédent for himself. Mr. Coolidge did not read the speech, although it was not exactly impromptu. He decided, as the afternoon was wear- ing on, to give some expression of his feelings to the people of Vermont be- fore leaving the borders of the State for probably the last time as Chief Executive. ~He selected Bennington probably because it was the last stop his special train was to make in the State. His decision was wired ahead to the authorities at Bennington and when the train reached the station there were more than six thousand peo- ple assembled to greet him. During the trip he sat back in a large arm- chair gazing off at the passing scenery and evidently planing what he would say. He made no notes. It was dusk when the train stopped at Bennington. He and Mrs. Coolidge were loudly acclaimed when they pre- sented themselves on the rear platform. So_enthusiastic were the greeters that it took a moment or two to secure quiet enough to enable the President to be- gin. He spoke slowly. He appeared to be carefully selecting his words. At first he spoke in a low tone—as though he was conversing with a small group close by. In response to cries of “loud- er” from the crowd, he quickly raised his voice. He put it at a loud, high pitch and, as an almost incomplete hush had fallen over the throng look- ing toward him, every word could be distinctly heard for a considerable dis- tance. “Fellow Vermonters,” Mr. Coolidge began, as he raised his right arm, seem- ingly to respond to a greeting from some one. “For two days we have been trav- eling through this State. We have been up the east side, across the State and down the west side. We have seen Brattleboro, Bellows Falls. Win White River Junction and Bethel. We have looked toward Montpelier and re- turning we have seen Rutland, and I have had an opportunity to visit again the scenes of my childhood. the press to other citizens of the State my sincere appreciation for the generous hospitality bestowed upon me and my associates on this journey across the State. “It is gratifying to note the splendid recovery from the great catastrophe which svertook the State nearly a year ago. Transportation has been restored, railroads are in better condition than before. Highways are now open to traf- fic for those who would travel by auto- mobile, “Vermont is a State I love. “I could not look upon tke peaks of | Ascutney, Whittier and Mansfield with- out being moved in a way that no other scene could move me. “It_was here I first saw the light of " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) . Husband Wins $5 Allowance in Court After 20 Years on $3 Per Week Basis By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 22.—Joseph Slouf was one of those husbands who turned his pay check over to the missus every Saturday night. Come 20 years now, Slouf had been doing that, and Mrs. Slouf had been giving him back $3 for lunches, car- fare and miscellanecus gee-gaws that might intrigue his interest. After two decades Slouf decided that $3 was too slight a sum to meet his incidental requirements. He went into a huddle with himself and decided to Gemand an increase to $3.50. Mrs. Slouf met the demand with lois of words, all of which meant “no.” Slouf then played his trump. If he couldn’t have $3.50, he said, he would keep the entire pay check. All right, sald Mrs. Slouf, and filed suit for di- vorce. Judge Sabath heard the story yester- day and said his sympathies were with Slouf. “ He urged a reconciliatign and named the two children of the'couple to fix their father's allowance. Slouf was quite pleased with the arrange- ment, especially because the court specified that Slouf should receive not less than $5 weekly. “State T Love.” | “I want to express to you and through | PLANS ARMAMENT CONFERENGE SOON | Meeting Would Take Place | By January, 1929, at Latest. FULL GROUP MUST YET ACT UPON PROPOSAL Aliusion to Franco-British Naval Accord Is Made—Delegate Explains Pact. Assoctated Press GENEVA, September 22.—The draft- ng commgittee has approved a resolution dent London of the Prepa rmament Commission to con= | voke that body at the end of the present vear “or in any case at the beginning of 1929." The committee is a subbody of the League of Nations' disarmament com- mittee and the resolution must still be taken up before the full committee. The resolution suggests that the | Council of the League instruct Dr. | Loudon to keep in contact with the gov- | ern=-z. concerned so that he may progress of their {be apprised of the | negotiations. i - to the Franco-British | naval accord is made. the wording being the same at that embodied in the orig- | inal draft submitted by M. Paul-Bon- | cour, the French delegate, and reading that “the Assembly notes with satisfac- | tion the steps taken by certain govern- : ‘ments to prepare tic way for the future | work of the preparatory commission.” Opposes Phrasing. Signor Marinis of Italy had op- Dosed the use of the words “taken | steps” and suggested that the words | “made efforts” be substituted. but this was not accepted by the commitiee. Count, von Bernstorfl, the German | delegate, who has been insisting. that ! a definite date for an international con- ference for reduction of armaments be | inserted in the resolution, said today that he would abstain from voting when the resolution is considered in the fuil i committee. A Brtish spokesman said that Great | Britain and France accord were trying merely to etxend the un- | derlying idea of the Washington naval treaty. The British thought, he said, that owing to the difficulties of reach- ing agreement on smaller cruis it | was much better to make a beginning jon the powerful cruisers and subma- jrines, leaving to the future the possi- bility of limiting smaller warships. Briton Explains Pact. Speaking more in detail, that what the accord provide he said is that all cruisers carrying guns exceeding would fall to the 6-inch caliber the category subject | Similarly all submarine: ove 600 tons would come within t limitation agreement. He said that both coun- tries were quite disposed to allow America to set the pace in fixing the number of big cruisers. Geneva circles hold that the im- portant new feature of the Franco- British accord is the proposal to limit the total tonnage of big cruisers by a general agreement limiting surface ships of 10.000 tons or less carrying guns more than six inches and up to eight inches in caliber. It is pointed out that the Washing- ton treaty restricted the individual size of cruisers to the 10,000-ton limit, but placed no limit on the number or total tonnage of cruisers which the signatory powers could possess. Annexed to the accord is a table of four classes of war vessels, two refer- ring to matters settled at Washington, and two to_cruisers and submarines not settled at Washington. Covers Wide Ground. Although the Franco-British accord occupies less than one typewritten page. it covers a great deal of ground because it also provides a way of extending the Washington naval treaty to smaller powers. This met with failure when attempted at Rome several years ago at a meeting of a special commission in the presence of a Russian delegate. France and Great Britain now pro- pose that the League's preparatory commission take it up. They suggest that the smaller states accept the principles agreed on at Washington concerning capital ships, which include battleships, battle cruisers and aircraft carriers. The council of the league last night invited the Colombian, Netherlands and Chinese governments, which recently within iimitation. i .| retired from the council, to continue to collaborate in the work of the special | commission preparing for an interna- tional conference on disarmament. As states that are members of the council are automatically members of this com- mission, Venezuela and Persia will henceforth take part in the work. Hungary and Rumania yesterday agreed that they would open direct negotiations to settle their dispute over the expropriation of lands in Transy!- vania by the Rumanian state. MAN KILLS HIMSELF ON TRAIN FROM FLORIDA . Cuts Throat While on Way to Bal- timore for Treatment for Nervous Disorder. Cutting his throat with a razor, Joshua J. Ditch, 70 years old, of “The Cedars,” Marshallton, Del,, a suburb of Wilmington, killed himself on a Sea- board Air Line Baltimore-bound Flori- da train early this morning. The body was taken from the train at the Union Statfon here and held by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt for the man's relatives in Delaware. According to Charles S. Donovan of Venice, Fla., who accompanied Ditch, the latter had been suffering for some time from a nervous disorder, and was on his way to Baltimore for treatment. ‘The body was foupnd in a lower berth shortly before the train’s arrival in the Capital. Ditch was pronounced dead at 8:10¥0’clock by Drs. G. L. Alexander and Charles Wilcox, Washington Terminal physicians. Donovan said he had known Ditch for several years. Papers found among Radio Prngrmns?——l';ugc 10 deposit Ditch’s effects showed that he had on in a Delaware bank severa! thousand dollazs.