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Evening star., 1924-10-31
GEN. WANG CAPTURED.
Enters Town Without KNOWN
Enemy Held It.
BY WILLIAM II. GILES.

/ By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
| MUkDEN. October 31.-Official an
| nouncement has been made that the
Mukdenites have captured and en-
tered Lanchow with their second
army and that the Chihli general,
| Wang Wei Cheng, not knowing that
Lanchow was in the hands of the
Mukdenites, retreated there and was
captured. Among the soldiers cap
tured with him were numbers suffer
ing from frost bites.
Another brigade has captured Linku,
] while one Chihn general. who is CO.
! operating with Chang Tso Lin, will
occupy Tangshan tomorrow, thus
cutting off the remnants of the
! Chihlis which WI Pei-Fu will be
unable to transport to Tientsin.
Gets Pledges of Support.
Gen. Feng Yu Hsiang has received
telegraphic assurance from military
| leaders in Suiyan, Shensi, Chahar and
several other provinces that they will
| support him. Supposing that event
| ually WI Pei-Fu will advance toward
Peking from Tientsin, he has de-
spatched strong forces from Lang
| fang and Fengtaion to Peking.
The Mukden railway is erecting
| strong defensive earthworks. This
is considered the forlorn effort of WI
Pei-Fu. who, seeing the approaching
end, wishes to pass out in a halo of
| glory.
| Actually, Mukden is most peaceful.
! The only correspondent who has been
| any way near the front has seen
WI Pei-Fu's defeats and has watched
his wounded soldiers being brought
| in prisoners.
The Pekingites. who have been filled
| with WI Pei-Fu's propaganda, are
| panic stricken.
Ex-Governor Arrives.
Lu Yung Hsiang, the Ex-Governor
| of Chekiang, and his staff arrived in
| Mukden today. Lu Yung Hsiangs
chief of staff stated that the
! MukGenites' victories had demoralized
the kiaRgsu leaders. who are not
willing to fight against Chang Tso
/ Lin. Five thousand Chihli prisoners
have arrived from Manchuria.
Correspondents and couriers arriv-
ing from Jehol state that the Chihlis
are fraternizing with the Mukdenites
after laying down their arms.
1t is explained that the failure of
| Feng Yu Hsiangs division to arrive
| took all the heart out of them. The
| couriers also reported that the Muk-
denites had to hold up their advance
past Jehol to allow time for Feng Yu
Hsiang to make his coup d'etat at
Peking.
A courier from Shanhaikwan states
| that the Chihlis, who have been sur
| rounded, are putting up a good fight.
| fearing that. on account of their
| having refused to surrender, they
| will be slaughtered IL they do sur
! render now. Chang Tso Lin has
| acted throughout most mercifully to-
ward the prisoners. He has been
| bringing in the Chihli wounded.
| while the Chihlis are said to have
been leaving Mukden's wounded on
the field to die.
downright. 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co..
Evening star., 1924-10-31
BURKLEY ACQUITTED
OF MURDER CHARGE
Marlboro Jury Out But Hour and
Half in Deciding Still
Raid Case.
Special Dispa tch to The Star

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, October
S1.-After deliberating less than an
hour and a half. a jury in circuit
court here today, in the case of
Charles II. Burkley. charged with the
murder of Alan Chase, returned a
verdict Of not guilty.
Chase was a county officer and with
others raided still near Tuxedo.
During a gun battle he fell fatally
shot and Burkley was charged with
the shooting. James Barnhart and
Warren Myers. alleged accomplices in
the operation of the still, were wit
neSSes.
They testified yesterday as to the
positions of the men in the battle. 1t
was the contention of the defense
that the bullet, which caused the
death of the officer ranged down.
ward and could not have been fired
by the defendant, because he was
in the house where the still was To-
Gated. surrounded by the officers. who
were on a higher level of ground.
Evening star., 1924-10-31
NEW YORK STOPS SALE.
Bans Use of Motor Fuel That Has
Cost Lives of Five Workers,
tho tod proce

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 31-Thirty-
six persons are under observation or
treatment in hospitals and eight 9TH
ers in their homes as New York City
and New Jersey health officials join
ed today to investigate the dangers
of ethyl gas, the manufacture of
which at the Standard Oil Company's
plant at Elizabeth. n. j., already has
caused five deaths.
The New York Board of Health has
prohibited the sale Of the gas in the
city and made it a misdemeanor for
any one to use 1t in automobiles.
Several New Jersey cities also have
taken action prohibiting it's sale.
The fifth person to suocumb was
Herbert Fuson Of Elizabeth, N. J..
who died yesterday. All the dead
and those who are under treatment
are employees at the Standard Oil
Company's plant at Elizabeth, N. T..
and were afflicted while engaged in
making the gas
A statement issued by the Stand
ard officials admitted that the gas
was extremely dangerous while i'm
the process Of manufacture, but de-
clared that in the diluted form in
which it is used in automobiles it is
harmless
Evening star., 1924-10-31
ADMITS BOMB BLAST.

NEW YORK, October 31.-A man
who described himself as Richard
O'Hara, a driver of Communipaw, N.
j., was taken to Bellevue Hospital
today, after he had walked into a
police station and declared that he
was "the driver of the wagon which
carried the bomb" used in the Wall
Street explosion in 1920.
The police questioned him in the
hospital, where he is under treat
mnet for alcoholic poisoning.
O'Hara said he was conscience
stricken and wanted to make q clean
breast of it."
Evening star., 1924-10-31
PASTORS SON "BANDIT."
Police Say Los Angeles Captive
Confesses 10000 Raid.

LOS ANGELES, October 31.-Ar-
rested here last week in An alleged
attempt to rob q diamond broker
office, Albert L M. Gross. 22-year-old
son of South Barre, Mass, clergy
man, was quoted by police today as
confessing that he staged q $4,000
daylight diamond robbery in Wor-
cester, Mass, last February.
II his confession is corroborated by
Worcester authorities, he will be sent
there foE trial. It was announced.
Evening star., 1924-10-31

American Federation of Labor; Will
liam Johnston, president of the In
ternational Association of Machin-
lists: Chester VI. Wright. G. A. Vargas
and L. c. Dawson of the Pan-Ameri-
can Fede ration of Labor.
Tomorrow at II O'Clock, Gen. Gales
VIII place Il wreath on the tomb of
the Unknown Soldier, and at noon
VIII be the guest of President Cool
idge at luncheon at the White House.
The program for the distinguished
visitors activity while here includes
trip to Mount Vernon. Sunday morn
ing, aboard the U. S. S. Sylph and the
placing OF Il wreath on the tomb of
George Washington. He will be ac-
companied by Mr.. Wright of the
State Department
Gen. Gales will leave Washington
some time Monday afternoon or eve
ming.
Evening star., 1924-10-31
mo. We just sent out the records"
did you have any field agents?'

mo. We just sent out the reCordS"
did you have any field agents?'
"Only the local agents."
Morrison said reports that the A. F..
Of L. had unlimited wealth" had been
sent out by a political party to detract
from their practices.
What party do you mean?" asked
Chairman Caraway.
"The one that has collected the most
money"
w. l. 'Bourland,' Republican coun-
sci. drew from the witness that he
had spent an average Of five hours a
day and had exchanged thousands of
letters" with the $4,000 local score
taries of the organization regarding
the La Toilette campaign.
Morrison said the political workers
of the organisation served voluntarily
and were paid only when they were
called on to do specific work" Ten
or Is clerks are engaged in political
work, he said, at the Washington
headquarters Of the American Fedora
tion Of Labor. He gave the orsaniza-
tion's expenditures as $20,003.06 up to
today. About 5000, 900 circulars, which
cost $1.s6 per thousand for printing,
had been sent out, the regular force
with extra help being used for that
work.
Evening star., 1924-10-31
.T|ENTS|N GUARDED
BY FOREIGN TROOPS
Influx of Wounded Chinese of
Wu's Army Stopped-U. S.
Sends Force.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
T1ENTSIN, October 31.-Foreign
guards tonight guarded Tientsin from
an influx of wounded Chinese soldiers
formerly WI Pei-fu's central govern
ment armies.
Two shiploads of men arrived this
evening and moored their craft on
the river bank adjoining the old Russian
concession. After reports were re-
ceived that even more of them were
coming, a Japanese destroyer was
sent down the river to intercept them.
British troops tonight patroIled the
Russian water front to keep the
Chinese soldiers from landing, while
American troops took charge of the
opposite bank of the river in the
former German concession, to pre-
vent any attempted crossing.
May Admit Wounded.
because most of the Chinese in the
two ships are wounded, IL was said
10 be probable that Tientsin foreign
authorities would permit them to be
removed to the city, first disarming
them.
WI Pei-Fu, who is preparing for
military action to regain the posi-
tlon he recently lost, that of military
dictator of the central government
at Peking. today issued a formal
order directing that the Bank of
China pay all salt revenues to him
personally instead of to foreign
banks, in accordance with the terms
OF the reorganization loan agree
ment. (The agreement, signed in
1913, made the salt duties security
for the f25, 5000, 900 loan.)
The manager of the Bank Of China
reported Wu's order TO the foreign
consuls, who Immediately lodged
formal protest against diversion of
the revenues to Gen. Wu.
Fighting Breaks Anew,
Reports were received late today
that fighting had broken out at
Tangshan. tThe Chilli troops re-
treating from Lwanchow, where the
Manchurians defeated them, were re-
ported concentrating at Tangshan,
important coal mining center, in
former dispatch.)
Trouble also has broken out again
at Tangku. 27 miles by rail from
here, where many of the troons
brought by Gen. WI from Chinwang.
following the overthrow of the Pc
King government and the dismissal of
WI as mmanderin- chief, were
landed Ten thousand troops there
are said to be out of hand
In the face of such situations. the
foreign guards here are being stead
lily increased. Two American de-
stroyers from Taku, bringing United
States marines, and an American
gunboat are expected here tomorrow
In addition, a contingent Of British
marines is expected from Weihaiwei
(Shantung) on the British govern
ment steamer Narration.
Latest reports from Chinwangtao
said the recent war port was quiet
Evening star., 1924-10-31
u. 5. EXPERTSDENY
. ETHYL GAS DEADLY
Declare Experiments Have
Proved Motor Fuel Not
Dangerous.

Calling attention to the diff ference
between tetraethyl lead and ethyl
gasoline in connection with the death
at the Bayway. N. j., laboratories OF
the Standard Oil Co. OF New Jersey.
the Department of Interior today
| said the theory that the product
| causing the death by poison of five
persons was ethyl gasoline is er-
roneous. The product from the
handling of which the deaths oc-
CURED is manufactured at the Bay
way plant and is concentrated
tetraethyl lead. This product. the
department said, following investi-
cations by the Bureau Of Mines Is
not sold to the automobile driver
except when tremendously diluted
with gasoline. Tetraethyl lead is not
in itself an engine fuel and is only
used in greatly diluted form, ordi-
narily less than one part tetra ethyl
lead to 1000 parts of gasoline by
volume.
The Bureau of Mines has conducted
experiments with small animals in
the use of ethyl gasoline at its
Pittsburgh experiment station. 1t
finds that the problems of the health
hazard due to the use of tetraethyl
lead may be divided into three parts:
The first of these is the hazard in
the manufacturing and handling of
the concentrated tetraethyl lead, oc-
curing in the manufacturing plants.
The second Is the possible hazard in
handling ethyl gasoline with one
part tetraethyl lead to one thousand
parts of gasoline. This possible haz-
ard may affect those handling ethtyl
cpaS Snlinar hnYaan Ga id The third
possible hazard is due to the exhaust
gases from automobiles using ethyl
gasoline, the bureau said, and con-
Germs the entire public.
All Hazards Probed.
All these possible hazards have
been Investigated by the bureau and
are still in process of investga ton.
Sufficient data have not to date been
obtained to draw conclusions, but as
soon as the investigation has been
completed the results will be made
public.
In it's experiments with small ami
mails in connection with exposure to
exhaust gases from engines using
ethyl gasoline the bureau found no
indication Of lead poisoning. The abb
sence cf lead poisoning, the bureau u
added, may be due to the small
amount of lead present in the exhaust
gas mixture. Furthermore, observa-
tions made on man showed that most
of the lead in exhaust gases coming
from ethyl gasoline when inhaled is
again exhaled.
The inves tigation conducted indi-
Gates the extreme remoteness of any
danger of undue lead accumula ton in
the streets through the discharging
of scale from automobile motors
Evening star., 1924-10-31
BANK MANAGER HELD.

NEW YORK, October 31.-wallace
l. Conner, former manager Of the
Sumner Savings Bank In BROOKLYN
was held In $4,000 bail today on a
charge of forgery in the alleged en-
bezzlement Of $4,000 from the bank
Conner, who was arrested on Octo-
ber Is, has restored sac, 900 and IL at
tempting to raise additional money
to repay the bank the entire amount
he was alleged to have taken.
Evening star., 1924-10-31
La Toilette Pins
Unpaid For, Suit
Here DiscIOses

The Pioneer Badge and Supply
Company Of Arlington, N j., has
filed suit in the District Supreme
Court to recover $1.33O.50 from G.
August Gerber of New York. who
had the contract to furnish the
La Follette-W Wheeler campaign but
tons. The buttons were made by
the plaintiff company and fur
nished to Gerber, who has failed to
settle the balance due. 1t Is stated.
Attorney Lunsford L. Hammer of
counsel for the plaintiff stated
that the suit was not against the
La Toilette campaign manage
ment, which has co-operated in an
effort to secure payment of the ac-
count.
Evening star., 1924-10-31
SOVIET ABANDONS PLAN
OF WHEAT EXPECTATION
Government Fails to Acquire Suf-
f1cent Grain to Cover
State Needs.
by the Associated Press.

MOSCOW. October 31.-The Soviet
government has been obliged to aban-
don its plan for the expectation of
wheat, Leo b. kameneff announced at
a plenary sitting of the central com
mttee of the Communist party. This.
he said. was due to the failure of the
government organizations to realize
their original plan of acquiring 400,-
00O,O pools G,222.600 tons) of grain
to cover the state needs.
The importation of foreign goods
would be limited to articles Of abso-
lutte necessity, among them $50, 900, 900
worth of American cotton.
Evening star., 1924-10-31
; STONE TO LEAVE CITY.

Attorney General Stone leaves
Washington tonight for Boston, not
to return to the city until Wednes-
day, thus further delaying consider
alton by him of the report by Dis
trict Attorney Gordon on real estate
affairs Of the District Of Columb
Mr.. Stone will give the report his
careful personAl attention. 1t IL said,
before he forward it to the White
House. When this will be still re-
mained undetermined today
Evening star., 1924-10-31
A. F. OF L. HAS SPENT
$4,000 PROMOTING
LA Toilette RACE
Continued from First Page. }

to the A. F. of L.: non-partisan cam
paign fund, the attorney called atten-
ton that the first on the list was
$50 from the Glass Bottle Blowers
Association of the United States and
Canada
This contribution was made from
the treasury of this organization was
1t not?''
We recefpted 1t to that organiza-
ton
And the treasury of the associa-
ton is made up of dues and assess
ments from the members whether
or not they lived in the United States
or Canada?"
That would be a logical conclu-
sion."
DEMOCRATIC FIND GAINS
Evening star., 1924-10-31
RED ENVOY IN MEXICO.

VERA CRUZ, October 31.-The new
Russian Soviet minister to Mexico,
Stanislas Pestkovsky. arrived here
yesterday aboard the German steam
ship Rio Panuco, and left for Mexico
City. Members of Vera Cruz Union
of Revolutionary Tenants, carrying
red banners, escorted him to the sta
ton.
He declared an affinity of ideas and
tendencies existed between the Mexi-
can and Russian peoples.
Evening star., 1924-10-31
CITIZENS TO ELECT.
Federation Of Associations to Name
Officers Tomorrow.

Annual election Of officers will be the
principal business at the meeting of the
Federation of Citizens' Associations in
the boardroom Of the District Building
tomorrow night
Charles A. Baker, who IL finishing his
third term as president Of the fedora
ton, said today he preferred to see a
new leader chosen. The federation must
also select a new SECRETARY. Leland T.
Atherton, the Incumbent, having left the
city.
Evening star., 1924-10-31
Ferrera Not in Salvador.

Minister Schuyler at San Salvador
advised the State Department today
that reports that Gen. Ferrera, Hon.
duran revolutionary leader, had TAX
en- refuge in Salvador were inaccurate.
Ferfera, the TELEGRAM said. is sup
posed to be near the frontier Of
Guatemala
Evening star., 1924-10-31
PHILADELPHIA BANS GAS.
Points to Difference, However, in
Motor Fuel.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. October 31.-Sale
of gasoline containing tetra-ethyl was
banned today by the board of health
following similar action in New
York and several New Jersey cities.
DR.. Wilmer krusen, director of the
city department of health, pointed
out that the tetra-ethyl gasoline
should not be confused with the COM
mercial ethyl gasoline sold at motor
filing stations
Evening star., 1924-10-31
LOeb's Children
Are U7,n1entiOned
In $4,000 900 Viii
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 31-Albert H.
Loeb, capitalist and mail order
house official, who died Monday,
left his entire estate to his widow,
Mrs. Anna Loeb, according to the
will filed yestrday. The value Of
the estate was given as $4,000, 900.
The document was executed No
vember 4, 1918. No mention was
made of any of the children except
a son Allan, who was named as
executor.
Evening star., 1924-10-31

ly poisoned by this material in.
yariably indicate it in the incipient
stages before any harm Is done by
marked symptoms pressure. Doctors
in the employ of the company con.
tinually make this test ON workers
engaged In this process.
Evening star., 1924-10-31
SAYS PEDESTRIANS
MAY BE REGULATED

Continued from First Pare)
as to the power of the Commissioners
to exercise control over pedestrians
in the streets"
The effort being made by the traffic
bureau to bring about more order
ly and safer movement of traffic in
the downtown section by requiring
policemen to give warning blast on
their whistles before turning their
semaphores has demonstrated the
difficulty of inducing pedestrians to
cross busy intersections only when
traffic is moving in the same direc-
ton.
The purpose Of blowing the whistle
and leaving an interval of a few seconds
before turning the sign is to enable those
motorists and walkers who are halfway
across to complete the journey to the
other side before releasing traffic in the
opposite direction.
PedestHians' Part Voluntary.
The traffic officers have absolute power
to see that the drivers Of vehicles obey
the rule by stopping at the building line
when the whistle blows, but under pres
ent regulations they can only rely on
the voluntary cooperation Of pedestrians
to do their part
Although the Commissioners have not
attempted In the past few years to pass
regulations governing the movement of
pedestrians, the views expressed by the
corporation counsel today indicate that
they have the power If they should con-
clude that such action would be in the
public interest.
Engineer Commissioner ]. Franklin
Bell. who returned today from a brief
vacation in Pennsylvania, said he OBJ
served traffic officers in Pittsburgh
following the warning and interval
system with apparent success.
In Eject in Pittsburxh
TN that CITY," said Maj. Bell, they
seemed to wait about five seconds for
vehicles and pedestrians to clear the
intersection. The Pittsburgh officers
blow their whistles twice and there
Is a distinctive tone to each blast
"The first blast, which is rather
long and with a risting infection, is
to stop all machines and pedestrians
that have not yet started across.
Then, after waiting until the cross
ing is reasonably clear. the officer
blows a second and sharp blast as he
signals the traffic to move In the other
direction"
Maj. Bell added that Pittsburgh has
the same difficulty experienced here
of inducing the pedestrians to obey
the whistles
Evening star., 1924-10-31
6: O.P.FUND TOTAL
8 NOW &,Ao,0l)
Hodges Reveals Latest Fig.
ures in Probe by Borah
Committee.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 31.-Republican
campaign contributions to date have
totaled approximately s3.700, 900, Will
liam V. Hodges. the national treas
urer. testified today before the Chi
cago section of the Senate campaign
fund committee.
or this amount, more than $750,000
has been sent back to the States, leav-
ing nearly s3,OOO,OO0 for the presi-
Dental. senatorial and congressional
campaigns.
Hodges was directed to send in ac-
curate figures for collections to next
Monday, Chairman Borah saying that
the committee wanted the figures for
all the national political parties to go
to the country before the voters go to
the polls
Evening star., 1924-10-31
HONOR PAID TO GALES
ARRIVING IN CAPITAL

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1924-10-31
JOHN A. PETTY,
Executive secretary.
ASaaiiD MIRA TaylOY.

A801D IdyIOKs
Mr.. Petty reiteratedshis belief that
the statement made by Mrs. Taylor
Of the Rent Commission that 1000
eviction notices had been served
since October 1 was an exaggeration
and not founded on facts. He said
in discussing the situation today that
the Real Estate Board had obtained
the truth on the situation, which could
be verified, and that proof Of the
charges of wholesale evictionS had
not been given and only the weakest
excuses for the failure to produce the
proof had been forthcoming.
The rent increase shown by the
survey Mr.. Petty stated he believed
is recognised by the Rent Commission
as a fair increase and that the 1884
voluntary rent reductions effective
October affected 664 properties oc-
cupied by tenants and 490 on vacant
and unoccupied properties.
Declaring that the survey shows no
housing emergency in Washington to-
day. Mr.. Petty stated that ION several
occasions the Washington Real Estate
Board has gone on record opposing
unfair treatment Of tenants. Its ex-
ecutive committee during the past few
years has urged the members Of the
board to refrain from issuing un-
necessary evictions or making unwar-
rented increases This survey Just
completed indicates that the advice
OF the board has been carefully fol-
lowed by the members"
Evening star., 1924-10-31
SEVENTH RACE-C1ainlnE; purse, 81 500;
for S-yesr-olds and up; J. Il miles.

sApprentiee allowance claim
NaAxh6s cleUdy; tack. gQNda
Evening star., 1924-10-31

fE. b. McIEah ehtfy. .
Three pounds claimed for rider.
FIFTH RACE-Ths wasAington Handicap;
$25 600 added; for 3-yeafolds ana up; In
Evening star., 1924-10-31
LAUREL ENTRIES
FOR SATURDAY.

tMrx Z. Truenan and r. ". Carter entry.
THIRD RACE+The Manor Handicap; $4,000
5dod for S-yesr-olds: I mile,