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group finally to get behind La Fol-
lette and to keep of the ballot.
Mn (sul,3rn q fNHfal RacA.

No fight is being staged for gov
ernor this year. Gov. Walter M.
Pierce, Democrat was elected two
years ago for a term of four years.
But the State government is control
led by a council made up of the gov
vernon, the treasurer and the Secre-
tary of State. An election for treas
urer will be held, and as the secre-
tary of State is a Republican and the
governor a Democrat, the Democrats
are making a strenuous bid for the
election Of their nominee for treas
urer.
In the congre ssional contest 1T is
generally conceded that Senator Nc
Nary, Republican. seeking reelection,
will win over Milton A Miller, his
Democratic opponent. Miller is not
regarded as the strongest candidate
who the Democrats might have put
up. At present two of the congress
Sional districts are held by Republi-
cans and one by d Democrat Wal
kinS, the Democrat, won out two
years ago with Khan support, it is
said. He will have difficulty return
ing, however, unless the religious is
sue can be famed into flame again.
Oregon, when other Republican
States in the Northwest and West
were cracking over the war and
peace issue in 1915, gave it's electoral
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even to Davis-which might now go
to La Toilette.
The population of Oregon is about
$4,000. one third. of it is in Port
land another third in the smaller
cities and towns and the rest on
farms. The farms are, many of them,
in bad shape. The wheat crop has
been short and the higher prices Will
not help here as much as in some OF
the other grain growing States.
Judgment Was Wrong.
heard of one farmer today who
had $4,000 bushels of wheat in 192o,
when wheat was quoted at about
S27O: he borrowed a dollar a buShel
on his wheat and then held it hoping
that the price would go to IS. w hlie
he was spending the money he had
borrowed. the price fell and fell In
the end he had to sell for less thail
81 n buShel
Since then his crops have been
short, or the price has been low. tie
is stone broke. Eight members OF ms
family are going to vote for La FOL
Iette. The fact that it was his poor
Judgment and not the Republican ad-
ministration which put him III d nole
is not considered.
In Portland itself business is good.
Wages are good. There is some nh-
employment, but not a great deal Inc
Republicans hope to carry the clty
Notwithstanding the organized labor
vote They figure not all or the Ia
Dor vote will be found in the La Fol
lette camp The business men gener-
ally are lining up for Coolidge
though Davis Will have the support
of some of them.
The La Toilette proposal for rail-
road ownership by the Government
is being used as an argument among
the farmers, alleging that it Will re-
suit in higher taxes. And higher
Evening star., 1924-10-03
FIRE PERILS GASOLINE.
Huge Storage Tanks Wrapped il
Flames at Spartanburg, S. c.

SPARTANBURG, S. c., October g
Thousands of gallons of gasoline and
oil are threatened with destruction by
fire which at 1880 o'clock this morn
ing had been burning more than three
hours at the storage plant of the
Blackburn Oil Company here.
Three tanks containing 10000 gal
Ions of t,lSoline and one containing
5000 gallons of kerosene are on nre.
Ii is feared the flames Will spread to
the plants of the Standard OIL Com
pany, National Oil Company and
Texas Company, which are adjoining
the Blackburn plant. Flremen have
been unable TO make any headWay IN
lighting the flames. Several eAplo-
SionS have occurred
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Persian Soldier
Shot to Death in
I1nbrie Staying

The State Department was noti-
fed by cable yesterday of the exc
cution by a firing squad at Te-
heran, Persia, of Pvt. Morteza,
Persian Army Transport Corps,
convicted by court martial of haV-
ing been implicated in the murder
of American Vice Consul Robert
w. Imbrie. The execution occur
rcd yesterday morning at the
Kasr Kadjar barracks, just out
side of Teheran, and lin the pres
ence of the entire garrison"
An interpreter from the Ameri-
can legation witnessed the shoot
ing of the soldier. who was ar
rested soon after the attack on
Consul Imbrie and tried before the
special military tribunal which in
vestigated Imbrie'S death at the
hands of a fanatical mob on July
Is. MorteZa was sentenced to
death on August s.
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THREE ARE ARRAIGNED.
Men Charged With Killing Police
man Enter Pleas.

James T. Holmes. Harry w. Free
man and John A. Gross, all colored,
were arraigned today before Justice
Siddons in Criminal Division l on an
indictment charging them with MUIR
der in the first degree in connection
with the killing of Policeman Ray
mond {. Leisinger August % last.
They entered pleas of not guilty
and their counsel were allowed 10
days in which to decide on an attack
against the Indictment. Attorneys
Bertrand Emerson, James A O'Shea
and John W. Wilson appear for the
prisoners. United States Attorney
Gordon will ask that the case be as
signed for trial at an early date.
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Lieut.. Marburg Resigns.

The resignation of First Lieut. Ed
gar Marburg. Corps of Engineers
l.. S. A, stationed at Fort du Pont
Del, has been accepted, to take ef-
feet at once
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vote to Hughes instead Of Wilson.
though only by about 5000. In 1920,
Hardings vote was $4,000 to $4,000
for Cox
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LA FOLLETTE.DAVIS., !.
OREGON FIGHT MAY
LET, COOLIDGE WIN

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Tells Why Denmark Proposes
To Abolish Army and Navy

it is willing. if desired. to submit the
disarmament bill, after it's having
been passed by both chambers and as
operation, to a referendum for which
all persons, male and female, should
be allowed to vote.
If the Landstinget, with the assist
ance of the Left party, thwarts the
Will of the majority of the electorate
the Folketinget will be dissolved, and
the Left members in the Folk etinget
will be answerable to their electors
for the position which the Left mem
hers of the Landstinget have taken
up.
If we succeed in carrying through
the disarmament bill. it will entail.
besides the direct expenditure of
eleven and a half million kroner. an
expenditure of from six to seven mill
lion kroner as pensions for the Of
ficers who will be dismissed
Not later than one year after the
coming into force of the disarmament
act, the disarmament may be fully
carried through, and the new police
arrangement be ready to be put into
practice. and the assets in the shane
of buildings and land areas now pos
sessed by the army and navy and rep
resenting a value of more than four
hundred million kroner, may then be
assigned to other state activities or
be sold.
Copyright. 1924. in U. S. and Canada by
North American Newspaper Alliance All
rights reserved.)
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EVERYDAY RELIGION
By RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. d.,
Bishop OF " ashngton.
Bishop of Washington.

character in this remarkable drama,
gross and vulgar comedian, fell un-
der the spell OF the stranger. and his
while nature underwent a far-reach-
ing change.
Drew a Fine Distinction.
A further incident that came under
my observation, illustrative of the
Masters method, occurred in the
Church house in Providence. The
head of this house, the Rev. Frank
Decker. sent a man whom he regard
ed as a trusty of the home to deliver
bundle of clothes. Forgetting for
the while his sense Of obliga ton, the
trusty sought to pawn them. Con-
fronted at length by Mr.. Decker he
said in defense of his action. II
didn't say let's pawn them; / said,
some fellows if they had these
clothes would pawn them" With fine
discrimination, in the spirit of the
Master, Mr.. Decker replied: There is
something splendid about that lie of
yours: it shows that you care for my
good opinion. Now l will show you
how TO get it," and he did. with the
result that he restored the trusty to
his place OF favor and saved his soul
alive.
1t is a singular thing, with all our
we disclose it in dealing with men
and women, who from one cause or
another have been broken on the
wheel of fortune. our whole method
of attempting to make men and wom-
en- good seems to be far removed from
that which Christ employed.
Criminal Restored to Society.
a brilliant Scotchman declared some
i'm no
of society will be with reference to
it's criminals and failures, not how
to punish them for their worst. but
how to help them to their best" Much
Of Christian work-yeS. much of our
Christian preaching today. miScarries
because it lacks the note that signal
lied the ministry of Christ One of
the most har dened criminals. indeed
one of the most distinguished of his
kind that I have ever known, man
who seemed to be practically beyond
hope. was restored to his place as
wholesome. contributing member of
society because he fell under the in
f1uencc of one who revealed to him
the finer and better qualities of his
nature. The application of Christ's
method touches the life OF the home.
of society. of business and of the
world in general. We need not COM
promise with sin nor do we need to
condone it's baleful influences. On
the other hand. We must deal with il
as the physician deals with his sick
patient. Remedies are indispensable
to heal the malady, but the patient
needs above all else the stimulation
and encouragement that come from
the physician whose remedies are
supplemented by the spirit of hope
This principle has it's broad applica-
ton to the needs of men and women
today, and until we recognize it We
shall stumble along in our blind way
in a world that is overshadowed with
hopelessneSS and despair.
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that it would be safe to adopt as such
a rule the requirement that the adher-
ents of the party in power should never
do what would cause friction in the Of
flee and subvert discipline if done by the
opponents OF the party in power. A man
in the classified service has the entire
right" this report stated, ito vote as he
p'eases and to express privately his
opinion on all political subjects. but he
should not take any active part in politi-
cal management or in political cam
palgns, for precisely the same reason
that judge, an Army officer. regular
soldier or a policeman is debarred from
taking such active part. 1t is no hard
ship to a man to require this. 1t leaves
him free to vote. think and speak pri-
vately as he chooses, but it prevents him
while in the service of the whole pub
lie from turning his official position to
the benefit of one of the parties into
which that whole public in divided. and
in no other way can this. be prevented
1902 Rulings Quoted.
The sound Civil Service doctrine on
this subject was announced in a let
ter from Theodore Roosevelt under
late of June IS, 1902. when he said:
In consideration of fixity of ten
ure and of appointment in no way
due to political considerations, the
man in the classified service, while
retaining his right to vote as he
pleases and to express privately his
opinion on all political subjects,
should not take any active part in
political management or in political
campaigns. This of course" he
stressed. applies even more strong
ly to any conduct on the part of such
employe SO prejudicial to good dis
cipline as is implied in public at
tack on his or her superior officers
or other conduct liable to cause scan
DIAL"
Postmaster General Payne. during
the Roosevelt administration, in an
order issued October l, 1902 said: "As
to political activity. a sharp line is
drawn between those in the classi-
fled and those in the uncla ssified serv-
ice. -Postmasters or others holding
unclassified positions are simply pro-
hibited from using their offices to
control political movements from
neglecting their duties and from
causing public scandal by their po-
litical activity"
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told Mr.. Skinner that his company
had spent $4,000 in prosecuting that
interference claim and the other three
parties had spent at least as much.
4 X x x
One of the earliest harvesting ma
chimes that went into actual use was
a wire binder, some of the patents
on which were by Sylvanus n. Locke
of Hoosac Falls. y. Y They were
built for several years and then
abandoned for Irvine binders, pat
ents on many of which were granted
on applications by the Mccormick,
Deering and Walter A. Wood COM
panies. Harvester machinery was
built up by a succession Of patents on
parts and attachments, Mr. Skinner
explains.
About the time that the bicycling
boom started. along in 1892. the di-
vision of velocipedes was, transferred
to Mr.. SINNERS jurisdiction. There
were so many applications for pat
ents received that il became neces-
sary to transfer all other applicat ons
out of the division. and for some
years this division handled twice as
many applications as any other di-
vision SO Mr.. Skinner passed upon
practically all of the important BIZ
cycle patents during the most active
stage of development. including the
old "ordinary' high-front- wheel CO.
lumbia and the old Star ratchet up
midtown push. with the small wheel
in front. His work was largely on
the development of the Safety BIZ
cycle now. in vogue. including the
pioneer Victor spring-fork and the
Warwick.
Along in November. 1898. when the
bicycle boom began to fatten out
Mr.. Skinner was selected to organize
the classification division. This meant
that he took charge of classification
OF the office, to work out an arrange
ment Of drawings of patents for the
purpose of examination and to ia
cilitate such examina ton. He or
sanized the present classification di-
ylslon and planned the present CLASH
fiCation Of the office and remained in
charge of that work until December,
1908. when he was appointed by
President Roosevelt a member Of the
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is to be established, for which a num-
Der of the ships now used in the navy
will be employed, serving solely as a
kind of police to patrol and supervise
the Danish waters and perform the
inspection of fisheries and the survey
of our waters.
Besides the ships used exclusively
for war purposes and at the disposal
OF the present naval defense, the in
spection of fisheries and the survey
service are now under the control of
the ministry for war.
The new coast guard would have
10 ships, besides IL hydroplanes. The
expenses being 100000 kroner an
nually. as compared with $4,000. 600
kroner for the present naval defense
The Danish Parliament always be-
gins its ordinary session on the first
Tuesday in October, and imm ediately
the national accounts for the finan-
cial year last past are laid before the
houses, and also the budget. The dis
armament bill will be introduced at
once.
For the passage of an act it must be
carried by a bare majority both in
the Folketinget and in the Landstin-
get.
Can't Dissolve Upper House.
AS the Social Democrats and the
radical Left members will vote for
the disarmament bill, it will be
carried by the Kolketinget, but as
the Left party and the Conserva-
tfves will vote against it, it will
probably be thrown out by the Land
stinget. And as the Iandstinget, &C
cording to the constitution, cannot
be dissolved for four years. the bill
il lost now cannot be carried during
the next four years.
The government has declared that
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rad political activity and the fact
that the political activity may be I'M
der the auspices of religious or
ganization (as in the question of pro-
hibition) or of a labor union (as in
the matter of legislation on labor or
other kindred questionsD does not
make it any the less prohibited polit
icAl activity, the commission says.
Activities Must Be Limited.
At the present time the debate re-
garding rights that is being waged
in the various Government Offices
centers around clubs. The Civil
Service Commission holds that en-
ployes may be members of political
clubs, but it is improper for them
TO be active in the organization of
such a club, to be officers of the
club. or members or officers of any
of its committees or to act as such,
or to address d political club. Serv-
ice as n delegate from such a club to
r league of political clubs is con-
Strued service an officer or rep
resentatiye of political club and is
prohibited as is also service as
delegate or representative of such d
club to or in any other organization.
In other words, an emploEe may be-
come a member of a political club,
hut may not take an active part in
its management or affairs, and may
not represent other members or
attempt to influence them by his
actions or utterances.
PRESIDENT Cleveland, in an execu-
tive order of July IA, 1885, said:
individual interest and activity in
political affairs are by no means con-
dcmned. Office holders are neither
'lisfranchised nor forbidden the exer-
else of political privileges, but their
privileges are not enlarged nor is
their duty to party increased to per-
niciouS activity by Office holding"
Applies to Both Parties.
In urging a strict rule on this sub
ject the Civil Service Commission in
its 18th annual report made clear the
intent that the prohibition should ap-
ply equally to all political parties,
saying:
The commission feels strongly that
whatever rule is adopted should apply
equally to adherents of all parties. and
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cording to Judge Ordway, appoint
ments to diplomatic and consular ro-
sions were generally made for politi-
cal reasons, and the Offices were
treated as spoils of party victory
Under these two Presidents. however
first the consular service and later the
diplomatic service were placed on a
regal basis, with more permanency
and stability. They were, however,
administered under different chiefs
and requiring the services Of at least
five different bureaus within the State
Department. The new unified foreign.
service has obliterated the old ma
chinery. replacing it with the one new
organization. 30
The nterchangeability feature of
the new system will be opcratcd In a
way whereby transfers between the
two branches diplomatic and consul
lar, will be based on the best inter
estS of the Government and the fitness
of the individual officers. If an officer
is particularly adapted to one branch
of the service, he will probably be
expected to serve in that branch. If
he should show qualifications render
ing him almost equally valuable for
either branch, he will be allowed to
take his choice. or remain in the one
of his choice SO long as the inter-
ests of the Government are served.
Many Reach High Posts. ~
Ambassadors and minister's who
have been promoted from the foreign
service, already occupy about SO per
cent of the posts of chief of mission.
three ambassadors and II ministers
now on active duty having come up
from the ranks. 1t is admitted that GER
tain posts probably will be filled by the
President from political appointment
outside of the service
But the fact that the Foreign Service
Personnel Board. under the new regula-
tions, is required to submit recommended
tons through the Secretary of State to
the President, when vacancies occur in
the post of minister, is considered a
long step forward in the program Of
opening UP higher opportunities for men
who have dedicated their lives to tho
foreign service of their country.
The Foreign Service Personnel Board
is composed of Joseph c. Grew, under
secretary of State. chairman; ]. Butler
Wright, assistant secretary of State:
Wilbur Carr. former director of the con-
sular service, now assistant secretary
of State: Charles c. Eberhardt, consul
general; Edward ]. Norton, consul gen.
eral at large, and Hugh r. Wilson,
counselor of embassy.
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Itatus quo pending settlement of the
dispute. hut that Turkish attachments
mad violated the Lausanne treaty
status quo by pushing into Mosul
Province.
The other day the British COM
mander in Mosul told the Turks to
get back of the Lausanne treaty line.
wherefore the redoubtable Ismet
Pasha, Turkish premier and foreign
minister, telegraphs the secretariat
of the league that the British are
violating the status quo and that if
they commit any more acts of ag-
gression' the responsibility will be
on them. The British government.
informed of the situation, then tele-
graphs the secretariat asking for an
immediate meeting of the league
council to deal with the difficulty.
Information comes from Geneva that
the councils minutes show that the
Lausanne status quo was the one in
tended in the league injunction,
which would, of course, be the case,
and only a Turk with his ineffable
insolence would cause A row over a
matter so obvious. One hears that
the Grand National Assembly has
been called together by reason of the
crisis" which is bad news because
of the peculiarly bellicose character
of that body.
x x = j.
Tho Hedjaz--Ali, grand sheriff of
Mecca and son of Hussein, who on
October abdicated the throne of
Hedjaz. accepted the Hedjaz crown
rendered him by the grandees of
HedjaZ. Seeing that in accepting the
crown Ali gave an engagement not
to assume the style of khalif, 1t was
hoped that the Emir of Nejd, chief
of the Wahabis, would consent to
make peace and retire without enter
ing Mecca: The hope was falsified.
The Wahabis have entered sacred
Mecca and King Ali has retired to
Jidda. the port of Mecca on the Red
Sea. whittier the seat of government
of Hedjaz has been transferred Re-
ports differ as to how the Wahabis
are COMFORTING themselves in Mecca.
Ais great hope is of British inter-
vention in his favor. There would
seem to be possibility of that, now
that the khalifate question has been
eliminated
China--The hostilities in the vicin-
ity of Shanghai are ended with the
complete defeat of the Chekiang
defense commissioner of Shanghai,
his ally. and clever Little Hsu," of
old one of the pillars of the Anfu
clique and one of their principal
generals, have fled to Japan. Chinese
troops are most dangerous when de-
modified. The Chekiang troops are
footing and otherwise raising cain
in the native quarter of Shanghai.
Fighting continues in northern Chill
between the forces of WI Pei Flu
and those of Chang Tso Lin, but in
decisively.
There is a curious and obscure stu
alton in Canton. still the seat of the
So called government headed by Sun
Vat Sen. A merchants volunteer
corps" who call themselves Chinese
Fascist" and red army of labor