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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
Y SECRETARIES DENY
VETERANS ACCUSATIONS
Declare Charges False in Hearing
Before General Secretary.
Probe to Continue.

Emphatic denial of the seven
charges filed against them by a group
of cx-service men living at the
Y. VI. G. A. Service Mems Club, at
1904 e street, was made by w. T.
Reatson and T. T. Flynn secretaries
in charge of the club. at q hearing
yesterday before William Knowles
Cooper, general secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
The testimony of all of the COM
rlainants as we'll as that of the two
secretaries has been completed. Mr.
Cooper announced today before leav-
ing Washington on a weeks business
trip that the investigation would be
continued during his absence and his
decision in the case would be given
upon his return. The complainants
have demanded the dismissal of Sec
retaries Flynn and Beatson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
EARNINGS OF PEPCO
SET AT $50 PER CENT
Utilities Commission Accountants
Complete Study of Figures for
Year Just Past.

Accountants of the Public IT'LL
tiles Commission have finished their
study OF the earnings of the Potomac
Electric Power Co, and will be ready
to make a report to the commission
next week, Earl v. Fisher, secretary,
stated today.
MIR. Fisher said the study shows
that for the year ending August 1
the power company made a return of
SO per cent on the commissions fair
value of the property. The commits
sion will decide after getting the
report of the accountants whether a
rate hearing should be held at this
time.
The power company will continue
to collect the Decent light rate and
impound the difference between that
amount and the rate approved by the
commission until the courts settle
the valuation dispute between the
company and the commission. The
present rate fixed by the commission
for household current is 76 cents
per kilowatt hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
JUDGE DEALS BLOW
TO BALL RENT ACT
Court Declares Affidavit of
Tenant Not Sufficient to
Bar Owner.

Judge Mary O'Toole of the Mu-
nicipal Court today held that an
affidavit pleading failure to comply
with the provisions of the BAH rent
legislation was lnSumclent ana
awarded judgment for possession to
Joseph Rhoade. who sued his tenant.
Ernestine Brooks, for recovery or
apartment . of the Marlborough, 5l2
u street northwest This decision
goes farther than those rendered by
other judges of the Municipal Court,
which has jurisdiction OF landlord
and tenant cases.
Judge Aukam has expressed his
opinion that the act has ceased to
operate by reason of the passing Of
the emergency, but has not been
obliged to enter judgment where that
was the only question involved.
Judge Meehan recently ruled that the
burden of proof was on the tenant
to show that the emergency mad not
passed, but that case was compro-
missed and did not go to Judgment.
Judge Mattingly, on the other hand
has upheld the rent legislation, and
a writ of error from his judgment
is to be heard in the District Court
IF Appeals october 6.
In the case decided today by Judge
O'Toole, Joseph Rhoade brought suit
to recover an apartment from a
tenant, setting forth only that she
was holding on monthly agreement
and that a 30-day notice to quit had
been served on her. The tenant. in
an affidavit of defense, set forth tina,
the suit should not prevail because
the declaration did not comply with
the Ball rent act, which required that
it show possession was needed for the
use and occupancy of the owner or
for the repair of the building, etc
Attorney Max Rhoade, for the owner
moved for judgment on the ground
that the Ball rent act was inopera-
tive, and Judge O'Toole sustained his
point.
Similar rulings were made by Judge
OToole in three other cases pending
before her today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
OIL FIRMS MOTION
TO DELAY TRIAL LOST
Judge in q. S. District Court Re.
fuses Mammoth Company Plea
for Postponement.

Atlee Pomerene and Owen j. Rob-
erts. special counsel for the Govern
ment in the oil prosecutions, announced
today that Judge Kennedy of Wyom-
ing, sitting in the United States Dis
trict Court at New York. denied late
yesterday afternoon a motion of the
Monmouth Oil Company to postpone
the trial Of the civil case brought by
the United States to set aside the COM
pany's lease to naval reserve oil fields
Counsel for the company wanted the
trial, which has been scheduled for
October Z. deferred until after the cleo
tons in November and asked a con-
tinuance until November Is. Counsel
for the Government opposed the mo-
ton. and the trial will proceed, it is
stated, October Z.
Attorneys Pomerene and Roberts
have served notice on counsel for the
company that they will take deposit
tiQns of witnesses in Canada under an
order of the Wyoming judge permitting
such testimony. These witnesses will
be examined next week, it is expected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
SCORES IN ARMENIA
DIE IN EARTHQUAKE
Meager Reports Tell of Many
Bodies Recovered in VIII
lagos Around Erzerum.
~ the Associated Press


LONDON, September IS. Only
meager reports Of the earthquake in
the Erzerum district have been re-
ceived in Constantinoplc.
The total number of deaths, the
dispatches add, is unknown. Some
accounts say ia bodies were re-
covered in the ruins of 81 villages.
Details from other places have not
yet reached Constantinople. There
have been recurrent shocks since the
big quake on Saturday.
Erzerum. pronounced ardz-room ac-
cent on last syllable, is the princi-
pal city of Armenia, and since the
annexation of kars by the Russians,
the chief strategical center and place
of resistance to a Russian advance.
1t is about 100 miles southwest of
Trebizond. the Armenian port on the
Black Sea.
The inhabitants consist of Turks
Armenians and Persians, and are said
to be very Industrious. The principal
industry is manufacturing in copper
and iron. and the city, in addition,
carries on an extensive trade. This
trade is greatly favored by the posi-
ton of the city standing al the juno
ton of several important roads lead
ing from TranScaucaSia by way of
Trebizond, and communicating with
various parts of Asia Minor. with
Persia, kurdestan and Mesopotamia.
ErZerum is a place of great an
tiquity. AnatoliuS. commander of the
Emperor Theodosius III, here built
the citadel Of Theodosiopolis. north
west of the open Syrian town of Ar
sen. On the destruction of Arsen by
the Seljuks. in l04a, the inhabitants
moved to Theodosiopolis, which re-
ceived from them the name of Arsen-
er-Rum, meaning Arsen of the Ro-
mans. Hence the modern name En-
Zerum.
In 1910 it fell into the hands of the
Mongolis. and in 1917 was taken by
the Turks. In spite of the misman-
agement of the Turks. it continued
to be the most important commercial
emporium of the Armenian Plateau
and had 100000 population. In 1923
it was taken by the Russians. but
was restored to Turkey by the peace
of Adrianople. Many Of the inhab-
itants, however, quilted the town
and settled in the Russian territory
In the Winter of 1877 it was besieged
by the Russians. who reduced the
defenders by famine. until in Feb
ruary, 1878. it was surrendered and
held by the Russians for several
months. 1t was again restored to
the Turks. In the World War
Erzerum fell a prize to the armies
of the Grand Duke Nicolas on Feb
ruary Is, 1916, after an assault last
ing five days.
Soviet Republic, allied with Moscow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
FRANCE MAY FEEL
/ MOROCCAN BLOW
Tribesmen, Flushed With Vic.
tories Over Spanish, Turn
to Dust All Others.
BY Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1924


PARIS, September 1s.-Spain's re-
verses may throw the burden OF re-
SponSibility for future DEVELOPMENT
of the Riff region of Morocco on
France.
1t is known that the French war
office and other departments OF the
French government are worried . err
the present situation and are ba: lily
engaged in discussing plans to meet
the complications which may arise in
the French zone.
Abdelkrim, leader of the victorious
Riftians, now can attack the French
at leisure III he chooses, because, after
elimination of Spain, they are the
only Europeans which stand in the
way of freedom and independen for
all Morocco.
Harder to Beat France.
France is a different enemy from
Spain, and not easy to dispose of in
d military way. Abdelk rim. who is
an Intelligent man, may realize this,
but the same does not apply to all Of
his followers, to whom all "Roumis,"
or Europeans are barbarians, to be
fought tooth and nail. Some of these
fanatical followers already have
caused trouble on the border line.
If Abdelkrim should turn toward
French territory he could cause scri-
Gus trouble for France. French troops
would be unable to pursue his ma
rauding bands into the Riff because
theoretically it is still Spanish terri
tory. The bands will be able to in
wade French territory at will and
then. when hard pressed, retreat into
Spanish territory, thus keeping north
ern Morocco in a continual state Of
uproar and act as a perpetual menace
to the city of Fee and the great road
connecting Algeria with French Mo-
rocco, which acts as vital line of
communication to French North Africa
Campaign Cost High.
Moreover. such campaigning would
cost France dearly, and would neceS-
state the shipment of reinforcements
Far s GIFTED F'renchmen fear that big
private European financial interests,
seeking mining concessions, are be-
hind Abdelkrim. Under Il cam0uf1ag-
ed name the German firm, Names
mann, is reported to be among these.
If war is to be prevented the only
other alternative appearing feasible
is to buy off Abdelkrim as the Span
iards bought off the rival chieftain
big sum of money. Furthermore.
there would be no guarantee that,
when bought. AbdeLk rim would be
able to hold his turbulent tribesmen
to the peace pact.
Copyright, 1924. by The Chicago Daily News
Coz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
BOY KILLS COUSIN,
HIDES IN BEDROOM
Accident Revealed by Discovery of
Body on Banks of Mary
land Creek.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

HAGERSTOW Md, September IL.
Willard Mills. 15-year-old mountain
boy, was arrested and held here today
following the fatal shooting of his
cousin Raymond Mills. aged Is, while
the pair were squirrel hunting yester-
day. He was released, however,
when the police became convinced,
following statements secured from
the youth and from his parents, that
the shooting was accidental His
father, Daniel Mills. who was on a
fishing trip yesterday. said he had
warned his son not to go hunting and
that when he left the two boys took
the shotgun and went into the woods.
Millard said he fell, the gun was
discharged and his cousin dropped
dead. He became so frightened when
Raymond did not answer him that
he ran home and hid himself in his
bedroom, not even notifying his
parents of the shooting.
He was found there by the police
after a neighbor had stumbled over
the body on the banks of a creek
and notified the authorities. An in
quest was deemed unnecessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
SHANGHAI ADMITS
TROOPS IN REVOLT
Third Army Defending City
Misunderstanding Declares
War on Chang.
By tho Associated Press.


SHANGHAI. September 1s-The
Chekiang third army. assigned to
guard that province against invasion
while the first and second armies
fought off the kiangsu army attack
ing Shanghai, has revolted. Checking
headquarters admitted tonight.
As Il result of the revolt. I.u Yung-
hsiang, tuchun of Chekiang province
and communicated chief of the
Shanghai defense forces, has fed from
his provincial capital, Hangchow. it
was admitted. and is expected in
Shanghai tonight.
New Offensive Begun.
Rolling stock on the Shanghai-Hang-
chow Railway. it was rumored. all was
moved off toward Shanghai when the
troops evacuated the city How far
the kiangsu soldiers had advanced on
the western front was not stated
In the meantime Kangsu started a
new offensive against Liuho. key posi-
ton on the Yangtze estuary. so miles
northwest of Shanghai.
News that the new Liuho attack had
started, together with the consistent
character of the unconfrmed rumors,
raised to a point of general alarm the
already tense nerves of the interna-
tional settlement. The Shanghai Volun-
teer corps. foreign organization, was
ordered modified at 10 o'clock tonight.
Many Arrests Ordered.
In addition. the municipal council
tonight officially ordered the wholesale
arrest of all suspected dangerous char
acters in the settlement.
The order was issued after refugees
again began entering the settlement by
the hundreds, as they did at the start
Of hostilities. seeking protection under
the flags of the powers.
WAR DECLARED ON CHANG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
Village Brings $4,000
At auction; Station,
School. Church Stay

BALTIMORE, Md. September IS.
The village of Ashland, Balti-
more County, was sold at pub
lie auction yesterday to J. B.
Schwartz Of Baltimore for $4,000.
With the exception of the chusch,
With the exception of the church.
Railroad station, the entire viii
lage, comprising "a houses. mostly
small frame and-brick structures,
was owned by the Joshua Horner
estate. This estate was ordered
sold by the Circuit Court Of Balti-
more County, because the heirs
wished to realize some money on it.
The property was cold az q unit
after individual bids on the homes
totaled only -$32,5e0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
II BODIES SOUGHT,

SULLET, Wyo., September 49,
Rescue workers. after q night of
rest, continued their search of mine
No. of the kemmerer Coal Co. to-
day for the bodies Of IL Of tho 81
miners entombed Tuesday as a result
of an explosion. Five bodies were
located late yesterday, and % others
were removed from the mine. Twelve
en- escaped unhurt.
Preparations were being made to-
day to bury the victims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
SHANGHAI WINS TUAN.
Able Militarist Sides With Defend.
erS of City.

By Gable 10 The Star and Chicago Daily News
SHANGHAI, September 1s.-Che-
kiang resistance to the kiangsu at
lacks of Tuesday and Wednesday was
unbroken, resulting in a lull in the
lighting last night. Chekiang is now
wholly on the defensive on its front
on the YanGtZe River and Taihu
Lake and is bringing up supplies and
men to strengthen its positions.
The Chekiang general staff gath
cred at LunCwha last night to per-
feet a defensive plan.
The Shanghai Chinese papers yes
terday printed long circular letter
directed by Tuan Chi-Jui, ex-premier
and former Anfu leader and an able
militarist. proclaiming support OF
the Chekiang cause and citing from
the book of Confucius ITO punish the
guilty and rescue the people" Tuan
Chi-Jui is expected to proceed to
Chang Tso-Lin's headquarters.
Local Japanese authorities are in
vestigating the disappearance Of two
Japanese correspondents who have
been missing since September 4, when
they attempted to enter the Kiangsu
lines. 1t is believed that they may
be held as spies.
Copyright. 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co. }
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
ASKS S. 900 DAMAGES.
Father Sues for Alleged Injuries
From Eating Ice Cream.

Irving MULTI. Is years old. by his
father. Jacob MULTI. today sued the
Chaplin Sacks Manufacturing Com
pany for $1,000 damages for alleged
personal injuries. The boy says he
purchased at a drug store container
of ice cream said to have been made
by the company, and when eating the
ice cream a piece of wire concealed in
the frozen delicacy became lodged in
his throat and caused alterations. 1t
was. necessary to secure the services
of q surgeon to remove the wire, the
court is told. Attorneys Newmyer &
King appear for the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18

Establishment of an interna-
tional air mail service between
New Orleans or some other gulf
port, the Panama Canal Zone and
the various Central American CAPT.
tails is being discussed by officials
OF the State Department., Post
Office and the Army air ser1 ice.
The project is regarded as both
practical and desirable by all coz
cerned, it is understood, but haA
as yet not passed beyond the stage
OF discussion of ways and means.
Establishment of air mail con-
nections with Central America, it
is held. would be Il tremendous
step forward in the development
OF communications between the
United States and it's neighbors to
the south. serving not only to pro-
mote commercial intercourse. but
also to stimulate the good feeling
already existing between the peo-
Piles and governments
Plans for the service as now de-
Veloped would provide that the
Army Air Service initiate it with
its own pilots and equipment and
with the cooperation of the Post
Office Department. 1t Is expected
however, that the service would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
OUR OWN AFFAIR"
SAYS BRIDE Of g
Mrs. Fray Presents Two
Karat Diamond to Groom,
lack Griffith, 20.
Special Dispatch to The star,

speclaI Dlspatch TO l he star.
NORFOLK, Va, September lS.-The
ceremony by which Mrs. Sarah Il.
Fray. 81 years old. became the bride
of Jack Griffith, %. orSanist at local
theater, and formerly OF Washington,
ID. C., was performed at 1856 o'clock
this morning by the Rev. DR.. A. r.
Love, at his parsonage in Portsmouth,
Va, across the river from this city.
This is our affair and ! cannot see
that the public has anything to do
with 1t, said the bride to Il reporter.
two-karat diamond ring was a
gift to the bridegroom. He denied
that he had received an automobile
as a wedding gift from his bride, and
would make no statement as to a re-
port that $4,000 had been transferred
to him.
Music Starts COurtship.
The ceremony was witnessed only
by J. Il. Porter as best man and
George Il. Jacob. Il newspaper man
Mrs. Fray lived at the home of
Mrs. W. w. Wayland, a daughter, 173
Quebec place, Washington. ID. 4. She
came here from Raleigh. " c. The
daughter and her husband recently
brought suit in Raleigh to prevent
Mrs. Fray from drawing excessively
upon her bank account there the
petition alleging that she had be-
come deprived of her faculties and
was in her dotage.r The marriage
was the result of a brief courtship.
when Mrs. Fray expressed her ad-
mirauon of the organiStS music at
the York Theater. which is only a
block from the home of her daughter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
al. w. WIS WIN PLEA.
Deportation Stayed to Allow Trans
action of Business,

CHICAGO. September 1s.-Four I.
W. w. members. held on deportation
charges. on which they were taken
into custody a year ago on emery
ing from Leavenworth prison, where
they served sentences for violation
of the wartime espionage act today
were granted a 60-day continuance to
arrange private affairs.
The four and the countries to
which they may be deported are
Herbert Mailer. Canada; Joseph
Oates, England; Patra Nigra, Italy,
and William Moran, Australia. Moran
is contractor on Long Island, N. Y,
and said he needed time to complete
construction work. Nigra said his
wife would accompany him to Italy
if he is deported. He has been in
this country 81 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
RUM PIRACY CHARGED.
German-American Is Held by
French Police.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS September 1S.-Jerome Max
Phaff, a natura1ized American citizen,
born in Germany, was arrested here
yesterday charged with piracy in hold
ing up tine French freighter Mulhouse
off the Atlantic Coast of the United
States in July, and robbing her of
a cargo of more than 1000 cases of
champagne and liquor.
The owners of the Mulhouse en-
ployed private detectives. who said
they obtained traces of the alleged
pirate gang through bootleggers in
the United States They finally dis
covered the whereabouts of Phaff in
London. and followed him to Ant
werp, Brussels and Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
SEEK CHURCH UNITY.

STOCKHOLM, September 1s.-The
thirteenth general church conference of
Sweden, just opened here, marks a
great drive to establish closer CO.
operation between the Church of
Sweden and the AuSustana Synod of
America, comprising the various
Swedish Lutheran churches of the
United States. Leading representatives
of this synod are taking active part in
the conference here, including Rev. DR..
l.. G. Abrahamson, president of the
Augustana Snyod; Rev. DR.. Petri. from
Minneapolis, and Rev. DR.. Chinlupd,
from Omaha.
A plan for exchanging clergymen
between the religious organizations Of
Sweden and the United States will be
one Of the principal subjects Of dis
cussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
BOY WHO TOOK $4,000
IN BONDS is ACQUITTED
Leopold-Loeb Verdict Referred to
in Mercy Plea-Jury Told Client
Had "Bond Intoxication."
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. September 18.-'Llttie
Willie" Dalton, the 16-year-od boy
who in 1921 upset the country by
walking away from a Chicago bank
where he was employed with bonds
valued at $4,000. went home with
his mother last night without fear
or being sent to reformatory or
penitentiary.
A jury trying him for the theft of
the securities, after two other juries
had disagreed, yesterday decided that
he is not guilty. Willie and his
mother each wept and thanked the
jurors when the verdict was an
nounced. The legal theory on which
he was acquitted and which was ad
vanced by WilIie's attorneys was
that he had no intent to steal, but
was a victim Of bond intoxlcation"
from his close association with mil
lions OF dollars in securities every
DAY.
Attorneys for the defense referred
to the leniency allowed Nathan f..
Leopold and Richard Loeb, who
killed young Robert Franks. IF the
benefit of doubt can he resolved in
favor of the sons OF the rich, we ask
you to do the same thing for the
son of a poor man." Willies attor
ney told the jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
WAR DECLARED ON CHANG.
Peking Says Manchurian Chief
Will Be Suppressed.

BY The Associat ted Press.
PEkING. September IS The
Chinese central government today
officially declared it's intention Of
suppressing Chang Tso-lin. hostile
Manchurian war lord, by force.
The presidential mandate defining
the stand of the central government
was issued tonight, several days after
concentration of the governments
troops on the Chilli Manchuria
border had announced to the world
that Picking was prepared to answer
with cold steel Changes defiance of
its authority.
Eight bombs were dropped into the
border city of Shanhaikwan this
morning by one of Chang Tso-lin' S
Manchurian airplanes without serious
damage being done it was officially
reported here this evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
KILLS WIFE'S ESCORT.
Buffalo Man Stabbed to Death bv
Woman's Husband.

BUFFALO, N. Y, September IS
Robert James, 80, was stabbed to
death last night as he alighted from
a street car. With him was Mrs. Maud
Prime, 20, wife of CIaudius Prime,
81, grocer, and James son Arthur.
Prime is charged with murder.
Prime made no attempt. to escape
after the murder. He had q knife in
his hand when q policeman arrived
and arrested him.
James and Mrs. Prime were return
ing from q shopping trip. The stab
bling followed an argument between
the two men. Prime is said to have
resented James alleged attentions to
Mrs. Primo. h =