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10 IAL MURDER PLOT ANDESCAPENPPED Warden “Listens In” on Pris- oners’ Talk—Jury Probes Ringleaders’ Complaint. Epectal 1 1o The Star. PHILADELPHIA, Da, 14—A secret underground November i wey beneath cells in the county pris- | on at Holmesburg, “lstening in” on ot prisoners, halted a plot in which three keepers were have been murdered in a wholesale jail delivery. This fact {s just made public fol- lowing smuggling from the prison of a letter by an inmate compluining of brutal beatings and of being iso- lated from all other prisoners since last March. The letter is in the hands of Judge Monaghan and will be read by members of the grand jury who inspected the prison Mon- day, but did not see the pri question Finds Prisoners Sullen. The letter was signed by Barne Baaish, serving a sentence of three and & half years. The first intimation that a had been planned at the counts on, according to Supt. Heston, was when seventy inmates refused to tak r exercise period ir moving abou and rigid wttention 4 which permits to break pris the ) stood compl omething wrong two kcepers desc e underground night and crawled in the tunnel an Leard the complete plans for the jail dellvery and the murder of three eepers, nversation among thA~ inmates, said Huston, showed that Banish the real leader. Search Leaders’ Cells. Knowlng that the murders would tempted with bare fists, & of the ringleaders’ Keepers Swanson and entered Banish's cell the pris- oner fought desperately and the keep- ers were compelled to use their fls Heston in such manner that Banish ved a broken nose Jost sume teeth of which he complains in his smuggled L After Banish Hestc was and ROME TO WELCOME RULERS OF SPAIN “Imperial Apartment,” Where Wil- sons Stayed, Set for King and Queen. nd a v November Quirinal and the Vatic great preparation ing visit to ¥ and Queen Victoria royal visitors w called the “im the palace, wh for tne German was used @ other including i‘resident his visit_here in January, 1919, The Vatican. for the first since its full from temporal pow will receive “th, t Catholic ereign” In pou plentior. Pius has in self in prepa- ration for sdience to b wiven in_ the presence of the entire ed Collexe. Marquis_ Pad ‘mbas- sador to Madric of Premier Mussolini’s cl inet, will accompany the part Rome. Premier Mussolini wishe give the Spanish rulers amd Gen. Primo Rivera, head of the ish military directorute, and id the Italian revival in all flelds, ing them the aeri a cayalry school sidered the best in Euro] 1i—HBoth' the n are making for the approach King Alfonso Spaln. The oceup: what s apartment” in first arranged and later of perial now emperor heads Wilson during who 1s also chow- developments German Ambassador Sends Good Wishes to Council of Churches at Philadelphia. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November Delegates from ten countries ad- dressed the forenoon session here to- of the annual meeting of the American Council of the World Al- liance for International Friendship Through the Churches, In the absence of an official repre- sentative from Germany, a letter was read from Ambassador Weidfeld of that country, In which he sald: “I deeply regret not being able to attend in person the meeting of the eouncil, and would ask you, there- fore, to accept these few lines as a message of greeting on behalf of the German government and the rman peopl: . “No_ organization is .so fitted to spread the message of peace and good will amoni the nations of the world as the churches of Christ, and at no time was this message more sorely needed than today. Among the forcign delegates who brought greetings to the churches of America were Dr. Nathan Soeder- blom, Archbishop of Upsala, Swede: Archbishop lenteleimon Athanas- siades, representing the eastern orth. odox church; M. Le Pasteur J. Jeze- the Protestant uel, representing 3 Prof. Arthur G. churches in Franc: Dorlan of Canada, the ¥ Takaro of Hungary, Dr. of China, T. Uwoki of Japan bert Sein, representing Mexico. Dr. Peter Alnslee of Baltimore re- gponded for the American churches. WILL RESUME HEARING IN KLAN OUSTER SUIT Effort in Kansas to Banish Or- ganization From State by Legal Procedure. By the Assoclated Press, TOPEKA, Kan, November 14— Hearing of the state's ouster suit against the Ku Klux Klan is sched- uled to be resumed here today before Supreme Court Commissioner S. M. Brewster. Testimony will be heard from Klan witnesses, the state hav- ing rested its case last May. About a dozen men, including rep- resentatives from national headqua: ters of the Klan at Atlanta, Ga., will be called by the defense, attorneys for the Klan announced. The state seeks to oust the Klan from Kansas because it has no char. ter to operate in the state. —_— It 1s estimated that if a farm wife svas paid g salary based on her actual worth, she could command at least $3,800 2 year as seamstress, laundress, cook, nurse, assistant hired.man and rvaru other tasks whigh sha per- orma, . i )b en the whispering { ner in | and | 14— ] |SHARP CUT IN WHEAT! ACREAGE IS FAVOREDi Alternative Crops on Land Held| Solution of Unsatisfactory Price for Grain. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 14.—The nrn-‘ duction committee of the Wheat 1 Council of the United States at the | close of a two-day meeting here last | {night made public a report embody- | ing its idea of a national program | olution of the wheat problem. , growing of al- : crops on acreage formerly used for wheat, lucreasing of domes- tie wheat consumption, assembling of yrellable figures on cost of production |in various sections and a program | extending over a long period of years {were some. of the recommendations { made. i As a means of program, th : Sidney dent of the i wheat co smmended that the | ! council call a conference by states or ! L re of the leaditg representatives | jof all int di fon of | ate or re ms to be co- {ordinated w national program. H Present wi acreages, the com- | mittee’s report sald. should be re- ! duced from 00,000 tos 50,000,000 | mcres, this being made as fast as al- | ternative crops can be provided. Suf- ficient wheat can be grown on 60,000, 000 acres, the commitice sald, to care [for all domestic nee A return to pre-war domest nsumption of wheat, the committee said, would ab- | sorb about 80,000,060 bushels of wheat over present domestic requirements and the committee recommended tha 2 canpaign to inerease umption \couriged, Concerning co-operative production arketing, the committec safd it ed that ' co-operative clevators and selling associations have result in demonstrable advantages to the , but that the advantages of co-operative selling secured in other commodities and in foreign countries had not yet been secured in wheat production MURDER OF WOMAN HELD DEEP MYSTERY |Body of Mrs Boudreau of Elkhart, Ind., Found in Phoenix, Ariz., School Yard. accomplishing this headed by | By the Associated Press | PHOENIX, Arizona, November 1 The murder of Mrs. George Boudr of Elkhart, whose body wa found y in the vard in the, rear of the Monroe School remains shrouded in mystery. H y y found close to the chool Mrs. Boudre glas nd torn " hair {net were found on the fiat roof of the annex, which {s about forty feet from the ground. An outside stairway leads to the top of the building. Marks in the earth nearby indicated. Investi- gator said, that the woman had struggled with her assal t The theory i advanced that he o ried her to th roof the where, it is_presumed, thg strug ontinued. Whether Mrs. Boudreau jumped from the bullding in an effort to thrown from it mined, po- badly bat- tered and her clothing stained with blood and mud. A plain cuff link wa picked up near spot where the body was found. Mrs. Boudreau came to Pho ast | July for he health, She was two ve 1. She was return- from a dance hall late Monda ht. whére she was employed, when was attacked. The police say that an unidentified man_with whom Mrs. Boudreau re- fused to dance Mond: night is under | surveijance. It is believed the atta hout midnight Monday, reau’s watch having opp o'clock. Mrs. Boudreau & twclve-year-old son, South Bend. Ind. e WANTS LIQUOR HELD ! BY POLICE FORFEITED: o a one- r- B ck occurred Mrs. Boud- d at 12:30 survived by who lives in TU. S. Attorney €laims Bay State Stations Are Not Safe Storage Places. { By the Associated Press. BOSTON, November 14.—Libels ask- ing for the forfeiture of 60,000 gal lons of lquor, much of which is now stored in police stations throughout the state, were filed In United States district court here yesterday by Assistant Unlted States Attorney | Elihu D, Stone. The iiquor covered in the libels was said to be valued at $2,500,000, “bootleg price The {action was taken as a result of a| recommendation made earlier in the {day Dy the federal grand jury that the government at once acquire a warehouse of its own for the storzge of_setzed liquors.’ The grand jury’s recommendations were based on its study of conditions at the Massachusetts Storage ware- house from which, the report sald, there had been ‘promiscuous steal- ing” of liquor. The step taken by the federal officers follows _the recommendation of the grand jury that all liquors now held under selz- ure should be =0ld or destroyed and all_seized hereafter be placed in a government warehouse. The libels ask also forfefture and destruction of approximately 2,000 stills valued at $250,000. iNEVADA BANKER FOUND SLAIN IN AUTOMOBILE Evidence Shows He Was Shot From Rear, as. Bullet Entered i Back Seat. E) the Associated Press, RENO, Nev., November 14.—Mahlon D. Fairchild, fifty years old, presi- dent of the Stock .Growers and Ranchers' Bank of Reno, was found dead from a revolver wound yester- day, near the city limits. The police found a revolver which belonged to Fairchild a quarter of a mile distant. The evidence shows that Fairchild was {n the rear seat of the car when shot, as the rear seat was penetrated by a bullet and was covered with blood. When found the body was in the front seat, with arms folded and an overcoat drawn about him. The engine had been shut off and the brakes set. The bank ot which he was president and -his own affairs, it is said, were in excellent condition. —_— FILES IN BANKRUPTCY. McCray Partrer Lists Liabilities of $91,250. CHICAGO, November 14.—Anthény Messman, farmer and stock raiser of Homer, Will County, Ill, has filed 2 voluntary petition’ In bankruptey in the district court, individually and as a co-partner of Gov. Warren T McCray of Indlana, in the firm of A. Messman and Company. He listed liabilities totaling §91,250 which according to the petition, ‘are notes which he signed as an endorser for Gov. McCray. He scheduled total u‘n':‘luman:lr s:.ll.?ls.:‘nd asserts con- sis ncpally wearing ap- m‘l“ud live stock of 35175, THE EVENING Party of D. C. On World’s Recital of Daredevil enced in Rapids of Colorado River on Geological Survey Service. Daredevil adventures in the raplds of the Colorado river. of the| wildest water in the world, featured the summer of a party of Washingtor engineers under command of Col. C ‘ H. Birdseve, that explored the last| of the Colorado canyon for ical Si of the Interior some Col. Birdseye has just returned to Washington. During the weeks the party were.in the canyon frequent | reports that they had met with dis- aster were from Arizona. At 1to be one | of their b as discovered empty | and badly battered many miles below rapids. Again a ¢ fer pigeon picked up with a note on Its leg | ling of a party in distress in the Nobody was hurt. bowever, aays, in spite of the perilous nature of; the work. | Ahounds in Waterfalln. 1 terfalls | feet high. There is no way to get around them, | s e the walls of th anyon rise eer several hundred feet from th edge of the water. Consequently the v was obliged to take chances in sting over them in the open boats. | We ran such rapids with the boat| stern fi Col. Birdseye says. W | w ut on life Jackets of cork | and face down in _the boats, clinging hard to the lifelines that were stretched across the deck. We becam: g0 d riding rough MEXICAN POLITICAL REFUGEES MURDERED! Gen. Juarez and Friend Shot Down by Assassin in-San Antonio. sent | By the Ass t SAN ANTONIO, Tex., November 14. | —Gen. Aquilio Juarez, former gover- nor of the state of Yucgtan and a member of the constitutional con- | vention of Queretaro, was killed and | Leon Martinez. his companion, was probably fatally wounded yesterday. The killing was said to have been the outgrowth of a political feud that) began in Mexico Several years ago. Fernando Gomera, sald to be a rela- ive of Mrs. Carmen Romeru Diaz. widow of Porfiro Diaz, is under ar- rest charged with the shooting. Romero charged that Juarez had sed him to lose positions in Gautemala and here and sald the general attacked him. Juarez was shot twlice in the heart and Martinex twice in the breast. Juarez was said to have been a close friend of the late President Carranza, who appointed him_gov- | ernor of Yucatan. He fled to Guate- mala when Obregon overthrew Car- ranza and came to San Antonlo several months ago. A dry dock being built in Havre; France, 1,020 feet long, will be the largest in_that country. STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘ber of the party | fifteen hours, until yesterday, when a D. Engineers Wildest Waters Adventures Experi-| waters and getting soaked vied with one another to = plunge with a lighted pipe or cigar- c without Idsing the light )n one day, August 6. the ran seven rapids in succe of these were filled with jax against which the boats w ant danger of being dast houts would toss about lik in the huge waves, many of broke over them, me of the great party was | The Colorad: corks which discomforts of drinking is very muddy, and it w arely t A camping site was found which afforded water ft for drinking and cookin Hoat Overturns. ooting ons of the ous rapids that b gineer, who led the way, turned completely, ourageously plunged torrent at the foot of the| rapids and swam to the overturned| hoat which was tossing about. He finally managed to ‘turn it over and found the engineer clinging desper- ately to the cockpit, ‘almost drowned. At another point one of the boats wn high in the air and one of the Washington en- ers, Was thrown out between the boat and the rocks on the bank when it came down. He narrowly escaped being. crushed The entire run, to Needles, Ariz., Radio equipment enabled the par to keep in touch with the outside world when they camped for thej| night. DOGS SAVE WOMAN PINNED UNDER WAGON Pets Scratch Earth So She Cm‘ Breathe—Lay Fifteen Hours Before Rescue. t er. “While into the from Lees Ferry as about 450 miles, By the Assoclated Press THE DALLES, Oreg., November 14.—| Mrs. Ruby Pettis, fifty-three, who lives | on a ranch at Sherar Bridge, near here, | told in a hospital here yesterday how her life had been saved by her two dogs, | Jack and Pup. While driving a loaded wagon Sunday, the wagon turned over, pinning her bencath the load. Sagacity of the dogs in digging a hole under her head and upper part of her body enabled her to breathe, she said. She was unable to extricate herself, being forced to remain a prisoner for ranchhand heard the barking of the dogs and rescued her. Mrs. Pettis is recovering from exhaustion and brulees. —_— WE ARE UNABLE TO SUPPLY THE DEMAND —from prospective purchasers for well situ- ated business and {nvestment properties. If you have for sale business or other in- come-producing property and will communicate with s, either by letter or telephone, we will assure ‘you energetic action looking to its quick eale. ARNOLD AND GOMPANY 1416 Eyo Street Main 9434 | Auction Bridge Studio Auction Brld;:u::.‘i Mak Jongg 1711 CONN. AVE. PHONE NORTH 3076 RUCKER & RUCKER ‘Wall Papering and Painting. High quality work, but not high prices. M. 7422. 1210 HSt. N.W. Make Your Dresses, Wraps, Hats Bave Money — Professional and Home Courses. _Ask for Booklet. LIVINGSTONE ACADEMY, New_ address n.w., 24 floor. Franklin 7475. KRAFT & CO. Out of the high rent “dlutrict 713 H 8t. NNE. No Branch Bt Store hours: 9 -A.M. to 9. 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NORFOLK, Va., November 14.—De- termination to exert all possible energy toward the completion of the proposed inland water route from Maine to Florida marked the opening of the sixteenth annual convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Assoclation here yesterday, with up- ward of 500 delegates and visitors from the Atlantic coast states in at- tendance. Mayor J. Hampton Moore of Philadelphia, president of the asso- clation, predicted early completion of the work, which was concelved six- teen years ago as one of the most glgantic development projects in the history of the United State At the conclusion of President Moore's annual address four standing committees were appointed, as fol- lows: Credentials, Charles F. Wise, New York, Chairman; E. H. McDonald, Maine; F. S, Davis, Massachusetts; W, T. Dabney, Richmond, Va. and 1. 8. vorth Carolin: nd means—Fred W, New Jersey, chairi zkopf, Norfolk; James B. Penney, s Don ner, Brieenbeck, JOHNSON CONFERS WITH PARTY HEADS Senator Sees Adams and Upham in Chicago and They Talk About “Weather.” and place—Charles . Reid, New York, chalrman; Jam, Charles P. Gillen, N Budd, Delaware. Resolutions—Emil P, Albrecht, Pennsylvania, chairman: John_ H. Small,” North CaYolina; W. W. Wil- lamson, Georgla; W. E. Woolard, New York; L. M. Witherill, Massa- chusetts. S President Sends Letter. | A letter from President Coolidge, expressing regret he would be un- able to accept an invitation to attend the convention, was read by President Moore. Five-minute addr éred by the following Representatives Charles New York, and Moore : Mayor Victor King, Camden, N. J. Mayor Paul E. Seabrook, Savannahi Mayor George W. K. Forrest, Wil- mington, Do Commissioner | Chartes 'P. Gliien, Newark, N. J. Newark, appeared & strong contender T e next convention of the association. After the ad- iress of welcome by Gov. Trinkle of | Virginia this afternoon the women visitors to the conventlon left the hall to be guests of Norfolk women a tea at the Norfolk Country ub. A _reception and dance clos the fi day of the convention. onvention will be in progre 1| through Friday of this week. e atons in o | p| ANNING FOR CRUISE IN SIXTY-FOOT CRAFT ould do” when asked Chicago Adventurers’ Club Mem- ere true that he would announce himself a candidate for the ber to Explore Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Darien. presidency during his stuy in Chi- | By the Assoctated Press. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 14.—W eather the natural nic beautles of Chlcago were the announced toples of conversation hbetween Senator Hiram Johnson of Califors stop- ping In Chicago for a few days, and cveral republican leaders, including Jobn T. Adams and Fred W. Upham, chairman and treasurer of the repub- licun national committee, In their con- ferences yesterday, Talking to newspaper night, Senator Johnson questions put to hi he s were deliv- men last dodged the admitting that conferred with Mr. Adams i but denied th. of a politic He also admitted that nversation, N went so far as to su He day the expects to stay he sald, and will s cauties” of the city. —_— RITES FOR A. H. SEMMES Funeral services for Alexander H Semmes, who died suddenly in hi offices in the McLachlen building |i$ here to begin an unusual voyage Monday, were held this afternoon at |to the Caribbean sea and the Gulf the famjly residence, 2203 Q street |of Darfen on his motor crulser, the northwest. Burlal was private. Adventurer, a sixty-foot craft. Mr. Semmes was & well known| He is accompanled by Mrs. Hender- member of the District of Columbla {son. Other members of the club are bar, and at one time had served as | expected to Jjoin Capt Henderson an assistant distriet attorney for the | here. His schedule calls for a vovage District of Columbia. He was a mem- [of 20,000 miles. b f the District of Columbia Bar | Exploration of St Association, University Club and the and a study of ti American Pater ociatio will be undértaken. Special Sale Watches and Diamondj We are offering these special low prices on Watches Diamonds as an inducement for Xmas shoppers. BUY EARLY. We will lay aside any article on deposit for future ™ WATCHES Solid 14-kt. White Gold Elgin Wrist Watch, thc latest shapes .. . 14-kt. 25-year White-Gold Filled, fine imported movement, oval or rectangular shapes.. e several - more of | i —capt. J. C. Henderson, a membe f tho Adventurers' Club, of Chicago, Andrews Island Darfen Indian $25.00 $16.50 $12.00 $30.50 20-year Gold Filled Gent’s Open-Face Elgin. . 14-kt. 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