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CLAIMS DRINKING TITLE.
District of Zenicka in Bosnia Con
sumes 35 Gallons Per Head.

BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, February
9 %.-Thirty-flve gallons per head
including the children-is the alcoholic
beverage consumption registered dur
ing the past year in the district of
Zenicka, in Bosnia. This is shown in
returns just made to the Jugoslavian
government.
Zenicka, which held last years all
Jugoslavian championship for liquor
consumption. is now being put forward
by the government authorities as
candidate for the championship of the
world. Large quantities of wine are
made in the region.
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Chamberlain Unchanged.

George Z. Chamberlain, former
Senator and Governor of Oregon. who
suffered a paralytic stroke here Fri
day, had a comfortable night at his
Wardman Park Hotel apartment, and
his physicians asserted this morning
that he was holding his OVID.
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Persons in Many Cities, In
Guiding Capital, Named in
Federal Warrants.
CONSPIRACY is DECLARED
TOBE ONE OF GREATEST
Flooding of Entire East With Al
cohol Said to Be Aim-Two
Revenue Employees Held.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, February =
Thirty warrants We're issued
here today charging conspiracy TO
violate the Federal liquor laws as a
result of Federal grand jury inves-
tigation of an alleged nationwide al
cohol conspiracy plot.
The warrants include persons In
Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Balt-
more. 1t is understood persons In st.
Paul. Washington and several other
large cities will also be named in the
warrants.
Evening star., 1926-02-09
GASQUE BILL HIT
BY SCHOOL BOARD
Seven-Page Statement De-
nounCes Measure Providing
for Election of Members.

A scathing denunciation Of the
Gasque elective school board bill is
contained in a seven-page statement
embodying the unanimous views OF
members Of the Board Of Education,
made public at the Franklin School
today.
The statement IS addressed TO Rep
resentative Frank r. Reid, chairman
of the House subcommittee holding
hearings on the Gasque bill.
Opposition to the Gasque bill Is
voiced by the board members from u
number of angles, the board taking
the view that lin seeking to crafty
this aspiration by having general
election of the Board Of Education 1t
would seem to be letting go the sub
stance to grasp at the shadow
Uphold Present Method.
IAN things considered >" the state
Inent said, we believe that the pres
ent mode OF choosing members of the
Board of Education has worked well,
and that as a rule careful attention
has been paid 10 the various sections
Of the city in the selections"
At the outset of the statement the
length, 81 pages, and the compleXity
of the Gasque bill is criticized by the
board members, who voiced the belief
that the supervision of the electoral
machinery by the board would 'sc
burden them that positions on the
board would hardly make any appeal
to either a man or woman truly in
terested in education
Emphasis is laid in the statement
that it Is the belief of the present
board that the Gasque bill would de
liberately invite bitter contest II
which the defeated nlinorities would
become exceedingly restive.
Sees Racial Antagonism.
1T Is not believed" continued the
statement. that the provisions OF tbs
Gasque bill have eliminated the dan
ger of racial antagonisln, which the
election of the Board of Education, ir
accordance with the provisions of that
bill, deliberately courts.
NO plan Of districting the city OF
Washington or limiting the franchise
in a way to prevent the Colored cit
izens from having the fullest suffrage
should be tolerated"
This viewpoint by the board is in
reference TO that section of the GdSque
bill which provides that colored resi-
dents should vote only for colored resi-
dents on the board. while white resi-
dents would vote only for white mem
bers of the board.
Evening star., 1926-02-09
SEEKS ABOLITION
OF ALL CROSSINGS
ZihIman, Spurred by Tragedy
at Takoma Park, Gives
Bill to House.

PUBLIC sentiment, aroused over the
death of a crossing watchman and
a schoolboy in Takoma Park, D. C.,
yesterday, found expression today on
Capitol Hill and in requests sent TO
the District Commissioners urging the
city heads to press Congress for ap-
preparations for elimination of the
TWO dangerous crossings in the sub
urb.
Representative ZihlInan. Republican
of Maryland. chairman Of the House
District committee, introduced a bill
providing for abolition of all grade
crossings in the District after CON
ferring with District officials on the
grade crossing situation. Senator
Arthur Capper, Republican of Kan
sas, chairman of the Senate District
committee, said he was IN favor of
the gradual elimination of the remain
ing grade crossings as rapidly as pos
Slble. The Citizens Association of
Takoma Park sent a request to the
commissioners urging their hacking
toward passage of the deficiency bill
carrying S1o 1000 for construction of
SubWayS at the two dangerous cross
ings in Takoma Park.
Will Reward Widow.
Meanwhile, officials of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad. whose Capi-
tol Limited struck and killed Alexan-
der Dunn, watchman at the Chestnut
street crossing. and Alexander Greg
ory, 9-year- old son of w. E. Gregory,
IA Cleveland avenue, Takoma Park
Yesterday, paid tribute to the bravery
of Dunn. Dunn's widow at Gathers
burg. Md, will receive insurance and
other monetary benefits from the
railroad under the roads insurance
plan.
An inquest into the double tragedy
yesterday was held at the District
morgue early this afternoon. Funeral
services for the Gregory youth will
be held at the Presbyterian Church
In Takoma Park at l 80 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. DR.. Thomas c.
Clark will officiate. Interment will be
at Rock Creek Cemetery.
The Takoma Park civic organization
told the Commissioners that last wear
Congress appropriated money for the
construction of a subway at Van
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WEATHER.

(U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Rain or snow this afternoon and to-
night; temperature tonight 32 degrees:
tomorrow fair. Temperatures-High-
est, 80. at pm. yesterday; lowest, 20,
at z am. today.
Full report on page 9.
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Retired CLERKS
CONS|DERPROTEST
Pension bureau Announces
Increase in Annuities Will
Be Paid Soon.

Indications that retired employees of
the Government may enter Il protest
at a meeting this afternoon at the
G. A. r. Hall against the alleged de
lay in putting into effect increased
annuities authorized by Congress fed
to the announcement from the Pen
sion Bureau today that progress in
this matter from now on may be eX-
pected at much more rapid rate.
The meeting of the Retired En-
plOyeS' Association was scheduled for
2 o'clock when. according to some
members, the question of why large
number of annuitants are still being
paid under the old rate would be
discussed.
AT the Pension Bureau it was eX-
planned that provision in the law
made it necessary to check back on
all records of the 1884 annuitants
in regard to leave taken during
service. Departments of the Govern
ment have returned answers to about
two-thirdS of the queries sent out by
the Pension Bureau. A total of
2,7S6 annuitants out of the 1884
have had their claims adjusted and
are now being paid under the new
figures.
Promise was given at the bureau
that from now on with the data at
hand the number of adjustments
would speedily increase. Each annui-
tant will receive the new rate back
to July l of this year.
Vigorous protest is being made per
sonally by some members of the Re-
tired Employees Association because
they claim they are still being paid
under the old rate and feel that the
Pension Bureau should have adjusted
their pay by now.
Evening star., 1926-10-02
GERMAN, SHOT IN ROW
WITH OFFICER, SEIZED
French Authorities Say Lieut..
Roucier Was Attacked and
Fired in Self Defense.

By the Associated Press.
GERMERSHEIM, Germany, Oc-
tober 2.-Herr Holzmann, one of the
three Germf IS shot by the French
lieutenant Roucier here Monday,
has been arrested by the French au-
thorities on the charge that he struck
at Roucier during the affray. The
arrest was made after Holzmann and
the lieutenant had been brought to-
gether for examination at Landau.
The population of Germersheim is
displaying indignation over the ar
rest.
The French foreign Office yesterday
said official investigation showed that
Lieut.. Roucier, who killed one Ger.
man and wounded two others, fired
in self-defense. Reports from the
military authorities in the occupied
area. it was added, indicated that re-
cent agitation there was due to the
infiltration of young nationalists, who
entered the territory for the purpose
of provoking disorders.
Lieut.. Roucier was said to have
been threatened twice the night Of
the shooting by different crowds of
young Germans.
On the second occasion. according
to the French version, he fired into
the air and di. not turn his pistol
against the Germans until they rails
ed their canes to strike him.
Evening star., 1926-10-02
WEATHER MAN SEES
WEEK OF SHOWERS
Predicts Sunshine, if Any, Will Be
Intermittent Temperature
to Rise

The suns efforts to break through
the veil of showery weather which
has shrouded the city lately will meet
with no permanent success, according
to the gloomy outlook as viewed to-
day by Forecaster Hanson Weight
man.
Showers are threatening to drench
the already dampened landscape to-
night. and more of them are on the
program for the Sabbath, the fore
caster said. There may be period
of sunshine tomorrow morning, but
cloudy and rainy conditions are ex-
pected to prevail later in the day.
Another temporary clearing process
is looked for by Monday, to be fol-
lowed by a more or less indefinite
period of showers and more showers
during the week.
The temperature will continue to
rise in the meantime, Mr.. Weightman
said.
The outlook for the world series
game tomorrow is similarly threaten.
ing, he added.
Evening star., 1926-10-02
100 SHOTS CO WILD
IN KLAN BATTLE
Foes Fell Trees Before
Knights Autos and
Fight Ensues.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GROTON. Mass, October "A
revolver and rifle battle between
klan and anti-Klan forces number
ing more than 500 persons, in which
more than 100 shots were fired short
ly after last midnight. was under in
vestigation today by town and State
police. No casualties were reported.
The disturbance was the latest of a
long series, which have occurred in
various parts of the State i'll the
past two years. r.
A field Uttered with the remains
of splintered windshie.ds was all that
remained when town and State po-
lice arrived in response to calls of
alarmed residents of the vicinity.
An attacking party of 100 persons
in automobiles surprised 400 Klans-
men meeting in a field off side road,
and after telling trees to barricade
either end of the highway by the
field they opened fire, according to
the police.
klanSmen scurried to their ma
chimes, meanwhile returning the fire,
and sped through the fields seeking
to gain the road without passing the
trees. behind which the attacking
party had taken a stand.
Evening star., 1926-10-02
Vanguard Outside Stadium
at 10 O'Clock Last Night.
Clouds Are Dispersed.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
BROKEN BY HUGE THRONG
Playing Ground, Covered With
Mats, in Perfect Condition
Despite Weather.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
YANKEE STADIUM, New York
October 2.-Before a colorful throng
estimated at $4,000, figure shatter-
ing all world series attendance rec
ords, the New York Yankees and ST.
Louis Cardinals took the field today
for the opening game of their spec
tacular battle for the world base ball
championship. Southpaw stars of the
rival contenders were picked for the
pitching duel, with Herb Pennock on
the mound for the Yanks and Willie
Sherdel carrying the hopes of the first
st. Louis team that ever entered the
fight for base balls premier, title.
Light sprinkleS of rain punctuated
the half hour before the start of the
game and skies became increasingly
overcast, but the call of play ball"
found no more than an outside pros
pcct of interruption from the weather
conditions.
Sprin!tling Starts at los PM.
At 1905 pm. it started to sprinkle
lightly. Box holders and spectators
in the uncovered stands put up their
umbrellas.
The veteran Grover Cleveland
Alexander took part in the Cardinal
batting practice along with Sherdel,
the expected pitching choice of the
National Leaguers.
Rube Marquard, former major
league Southpaw star and now at
the head of the Providence Eastern
League club, was the first to greet
HornSby and wish the Cardinal
leader luck.
Hornsby plainly showed the effects
of the double strain he has been
under--his duties of leadership as
we'll as the shock of his mothers
death in Texas few days ago.
Dark circles were under the Cardinal
pilots eyes, but he smiled as camera
men photographed him shaking
hands with Babe Ruth.
The Babes little daughter, Dor
othy. was center of attraction on
the Yankee bench before taken to a
box to be with Mrs. Ruth.
Gates Opened at 10 AM.
Hundreds of police were on hand
to handle the lines of spectators,
which grew rapidly from an all-night
queue of several hundred into sew
eral thousands three hours before
game time. The gates opened at 10
o'clock. and within half an hour fully
10000 persons had filed into the un-
reserved sections.
The playing field was kept under
mats and the groundkeepers reported
that the diamond was in fine shape.
Little American flags stuck in the
o1,pt,yl1 oh ba HntfnrpI in he
titful breeze. The players came to
the clubhouse about II o'clock and
began dressing for early practice.
Herb Pennock for the Yankees and
Willie Sherdel for the Cardinals were
slated for mound duty, subject to pos
Sible laSt-minute switches.
Two hours before game time the
rush for unreserved stands seemed at
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strike 1; Thevenow tried to sacrifice;
Thevenow sacrificed, Dugan to Geh-
rig. Flowers batted for Sherdel.
Strike /. called; Pennock took Flow
ers grounder and O'Farrell was run
down, the play being Pennock to
I.aZzeri to Dugan. Flowers went to
second on the play. Douthit UP:
He walked on four straight balls.
Holm~batted for Southworth: Ball l,
high: foul, strike !: ball 2, high ana
inside: Combs made a fine catch or
Holms short fly. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
YANKEES-Ruth up: Ruth limped
a little as he came to the plate. Mean
while there was a delay as the st.
Louis pitcher walked across the field
from the bull pen. Haines now in the
box for St. Louis. In the dark light
Hornsby had called upon fast-ball
pitcher. HaineS warmed up bit in
the box: Ball |, inside and low; ball
2, outside; Haines is using nothing
but a slow ball: Bell threw out Ruth
at first Meusel up: Foul, strike /;
ball /. inside; Meusel had to step away
from the ball; ball 2; Meusel had to
side-step another one; ball 3, inside;
strike ., called; Meusel walked. Gen.
rig up: Strike l, called: Gehrig flied
to Hafey. LaZzeri up: Ball /. hlgh;
Haines tried to catch Meusel on hrst.
IaZzeri grounded out to Bottomley,
who touched him on the line. No
runs, no hits, no errors.
NINTH INNING.
ST. LOUIS-Hornsby up: Hornsby
flied out to Combs Bottomley up:
Bottomley singled to right for the
second hit of the game. Bell up:
Ball /, outside; foul, strike 1; strike
2, swung; foul; ball 2. high and in
side: Bell famed, swinging for the
third one. Hafey up: Ball /, low;
Iazzeri took Hafey's weak roller and
threw him out. No runs, l hit, no er-
rorS.
Evening star., 1926-10-02
PLAN HALF-CENT CUT
IN ELECTRIC RATES
Utilities Board Indicates Slight
Reduction in Service After
January l.

The reduction in electric rates
which the Public Utilities Commission
announced sometime ago would be
ordered January 1 will amount to
about y a cent a kilowatt hour, it
was indicated today at the District
Building.
The cut will be based on the return
of the Potomac Electric Power co.
for the current calendar year in ex-
cess of ~ per cent on its valuation.
In accordance with its agreement
with the commission. the company
will share equally with the con-
sumers all money netted in excess of
the fair return which is expected to
amount to $950,00O.
With an excess of 100000 last
wear, the company and the consumers
divided the amount, the latter taking
it's share in reduced rates, while the
company added the profits to surplus
funds.
The present rate is cents kilo-
watt hour, the lowest in the history
of the District. The expected reduc-
ton will make the rate 612 cents.
Evening star., 1926-10-02
QUEEN WILL STAR!
TOU. S. TOMORROW
Few Days Visit Planned in
Paris Before Sailing Octo-
Der IL for New York.

BUCHAREST, October 2.-The
royal Summer residence at Sinai was
the scene of feverish activity today
as final preparations were made for
the departure of Queen Marie and
her party on their journey to the
United States.
They leave tomorrow afternoon on
a special train which will connect with
the Simplon express for Paris. After
several days in the French capital
they will board the, United States liner
Leviathan, which leaves Cherbourg
October IL and arrives in New York
Harbor October IS.
The entire government, other high
Rumanian dignitaries and the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps plan to
go to Sinai tomorrow to bid Her
Majesty godspeed.
The press today repeats that the
Queen will give no interviews before
her arrival in the United States. al
though she may send a wireless mes
sage to the American people from the
Leviathan in response to an invita-.
ton from the American Legion.
Evening star., 1926-10-02
MUSsOLINI URGED TO REST.
Chamberlain Quoted rs Advising
Italian Premier Tllus.

ROME, October = CFD. Sir Austen
Chamberlain. foreign secretary fol
Great Britain. advised Premier Mus
solini during their recent meeting not
to overwork himself on affairs OF
state. La Tribuna says in printing AN
interview with the British foreign
secretary. The newspaper quotes Sir
Austen as follows
"Mussolini is a wonderful man and
q formidable worker. | cannot, and !
DO not wish to enter into the policy OF
foreign countries, but | must say
that Premier Mussolini is working for
the greatness of his country. lie has
a tremendous weight upon his Shout
ders. i said to him: You must do
like me and take long rest aboard
yacht. but it must he a full rest. For
ten days ! haven't read a newspaper.
Besides. take my advice. when on
board your yacht. do as ] did and re-
move the radio from your ship. That
is the only way to have true tran
uuillitV'' -
Evening star., 1926-10-02
RADIO CALLS SURGEONS.

SAN DIEGO, Calf. October CR.-
The destroyer Decatur, with two
Navy surgeons aboard, sped from this
port yesterday in response to an sos
call.
The President Harrison wirelessed
that a passenger, whose name was not
given. became seriously i'll. The vessel,
.one of the Dollar Lines round-the-
world fleet, was off the coast of South.
ern California. The Decatur expect.
ed to meet the liner at noon today.
Evening star., 1926-10-02
NEW FRANCOJUGOSLAV PACT.

PARIS, October = CR.-The Journal
says today the signature of a Franco
Jugoslav pact is now imminent, fol
lowing a talk that Foreign Minister
BRAND had yesterday with NJ. Mint
chitch. the JugOslav minister of for
eIgn affairs. The newspaper adds
that the treaty. which has been the
subject of lengthy negotiations, has
now been satisfactorily worked out.
The Journal says the conclusion OF
the accord is regarded as possessing
special interest, in view Of the iInpor.
tant treaty Jugoslavia recently signed
with Italy.
Evening star., 1926-10-02
Chamberlain and MuSSolini
Believed to Have Deeper Mo-
tiveS Than Are Revealed.
PROMOTION OF LOCARNO
SPIRIT, OFFICIAL VIEW
New Balance of Power Grouping =
Possible Result, in Pri-
vate Analysis.
By JOHN GUNTHER.

By Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily New
LONDON, October 2.-What han
pened at the mysterious conference
between Foreign Minister Chamber
lain and Premier Mussoini is as fol
lows, according to reliable informa
ton received by the correspondent:
First, Mr.. Chamberlain presented
the British viewpoint that the stahiI-
ity of Europe, now predicated upon the
Locarno treaties. must in time be re.
inforced by individual understand
ings" with various countries con
cerned.
Second. that in view of the cclc.
brated luncheon at Thiory between
Foreign Ministers BRAND and Strcse
mann. eliminating in the deCl1ratiou
of a FrancO-German entente, ''ro
harm" would result from similar
quasi-secret conversations between
the spokesmen of Great Britain ana
Italy.
General Accord Desired.
Third, that such conversation
should aim not at grouping pairs ot
powers as possible rivals. but rather
at combining all ir some sort of pan
European accord, further emphasiZ-
ing the LOcarnO attitude.
Whether Premier Mussolini went be
yond cordial sympathy with these
proposals is not known. So much for
the cautious exposition of the British
attitude, as it came to the writer on
high authority.
Most observers feel that something
deeper occurred in quite a different
direction. Every one knows what
happened in January as a result of
the private hour between Messrs.
Chamberlain aud Mussolini at Rapallo
1t has been assumed in the light of
subsequent events that Great Britain
promised to wink if Italy should move
into Asia Minor against Turkey-with
the result that Turkey surrendered on
the MOsul question before ltaly'S
bluff. The agreement between Great
lowed soon after.
Deeper Issues Discovered.
1t is in the mind of many observers
that it is quite within the range of
possibilities that some similar discus
sion over some phase of international
relations took place on the pretty
yacht Giuliana at. Leghorn.
Put brusquely. it is the feeling that
Great Britain and Italy may have
paved the way for an understand
ing" in case anv such understandings
ever is necessary to balance the
Franco-German understanding. In
other words. many observers believe
that LeghOrn has come as a logical
successor to ThiOry The age of
secret private conferences has come
again to Europe. The concept of the
balance of power has been revived
Copyright. 1926 by Chicago Daily News co..
Evening star., 1926-10-02
REBEL TROOPS BEATEN
Nicaraguan Federa1s Inflict Heavy
Losses on Foe.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua. October 2
R.-The liberal revolutionary forces
have been defeated in battle at La
Reforma, IL miles from Chinandega,
on the west coast of Nicaragua. The
government troops captured 100 rifles.
a machine gun and 10000 cartridges.
The revolutionary losses were heavy.
A delayed report from Cape Gracia,
received by way of Honduras, states
that revolutionists assaulted Juan
Paiz, a collector of customs, taking
the money he had on hand.
Evening star., 1926-10-02
Rail and Steel Man Dies.

CONCORD, Mass. October R.-
Arthur Holland. identified for many
years with the iron and steel trade
in Pittsburgh. and with railway in
terests, died at his home here yes
terday at the age of rs. He became
president of the United Railways of
San Francisco in 1901. In 1907 he
reorganized the York street railways
of Pennsylvania.
Evening star., 1926-10-02
1880 KILLED BY AUTOS.
35O.OOO Injured in Traffic During
First Eight Months of Year.

Approximately 1890 persons were
killed and 350,000 injured by auto
mobiles in the United States during
the first eight months of the year.
the American Road Builders Associ-
alton repo rted today. Plans for
curbing the number of casualties will
be discussed, the statement added, at
special meeting, on Road Build
ers' day at the Sesquicentennial Ex-
position, Philadelphia, october 20.
Evening star., 1926-10-02
HALl-MILLS TRIALS
WILL BE SEPARATED
Carpenter Will Not Be Tried With
Three Other Defendants
in Staying Case.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SOMERVILLE, N. j., October p
Supreme Court Justice Parker today
granted the request of special Prose.
cutor Simpson for severance in the
Hall-Mills cases by which Henry Car
pender will be tried separately from
the other three defendants.
AS a result of teday's ruling Mrs.
Frances Stevens Hall, and her broth
ers Willie and Henry Stevens, will
be the first to go to trial for the mur.
ders in 1922 of the Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills.
November 3 was set as the date for
the first trial.