Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1924, Page 2

FEy KORETZ IS FACING | TWO PROSECUTIONS Both lllinois and U. S. Gov- ernment Seek to Press Charges He Confesses. By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, November 25.—Both | Federal and State attorneys today| aimed first mght to prosceute Leo oretz, master swindler, due to leave | for Chicago latc today from Halifax. | Nova Scotia, where he was arrested thorities h: taken the prisc given into thefr hands immediately on his ral to answer to a Federal in- dictment charging use of the mails to defraud. Robert L. Crowe, State’s attorney, said he would not willingly accede to any such demand. Claim to Property. Proceedings have been Instituted steps to has Abel Davis, t of the Chicago Titie st Co., trustee of the Koretz estate, to e tablish to Korete's property Nova S held under the name of Lou Keyte Mrs. Mae Koretz, his wife, who| forced to give up th and pretentivus intained er his dis 1d support herself and t clerical work and a small co: had little to say. To in-} > s&id she hoped the trial| ended soon. News of her son’s arrest y with- | 14 from Mrs. Marte Koretz, one of | he the scheme. She suf- | ered a breakdown at the time of the | exposure end disappearance of the| won. CONFESSES TO THEFTS. Koretz About to Flee When Ar- rested. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, November 25.—Leo Koretz has confessed, according | to police, to perpetration of mail frauds ich netted him approx!- nately $2.000,000 and for which he was indicted in Chicago a vear ago. Ife disappeared at the time of his in- dictment and no trace of him was found until he was arrested here Sun- | dey night. i { i Preparing to Fiee. | Horets also revealed that when he was arrested he was preparing to laave for South America. He safd that he had come to Nova Scotia in crder to obtain passports. In a statement concerning his al- leged fraudulent land deals, Koretz today made mention of “my beautiful wife and two children,” whom police raid he left destitute when he dis- and with whom he has never communicated while playing {he part of a free-handed millionaire ere. Krown for M. Aseistant state’s attorners who came here to arrest Koretz revealed that Chicago police have known that Koretz had been in Canada since January but did not say when the exact place of his hiding was discov- ered, The officers said that Koretz had Dbeen traced through hospitals and physicians to whom he had been for treatment of a malady from which he has suffered for vears. Although Koretz was said to have made no detailed confession, merely admitting the main features of the charges against him, according to po- lice, he freely discussed the case with which he had conducted his land business. He caid that one Chicagoan had “implored” him to ‘“accept’ $200,000 for investment. Although it had Leen planned at first to take Koretz back to Chicago today, when he waived extradition and expressed his desire to start le- &2l machinery moving in his case, he was still held in jafl here tonight, and it was said that he would not leave until tomorrow anyway. According to his statement, Ko- retz has spent virtually all the money which he s alleged to have taken with him in a satchel when he dis- =ppeared from Chicago. He has spent thousands of dollars in renovating a country home he hought near here | and has entertained lavishly and made | 5 hobby of collecting rare and ex-| Densive books, furniture and curios. Traced to New York. iy { Police say that Koretz told them that when he was indicted he went to New York with the proceeds of his| transactions and registered at a hotel under his own name. Learning that he hed bsen traced there, he moved to an apartment and for the first time took on the name of Lou Keyte, He told police, they said, that he financeg & bookstore on Madison ave- nue, which he placed under the man. sgement of Temple Scott, a well known figure in the book store and vublishing felds. In January he started for Canada, partly because of his failing health, ind “was tuken {ll in Montreal, He| had to o to a sanatorium there. I'rom there he came to Nova Scotla and settied down to playing the role of generous eccentric millionaire. Last night Koretz obtained a lawyer and made assignment of all his hold- ings here. In his cell the ex-millionaire, bad uchieved such a reputation for honesty and earnestness here that recently he was tendered and accept- ed an tnvitation to preach a sermon, presented & Dicture of dejection. FEDERAL JU who DGE KING RESIGNS TO COOLIDGE Atlanta Jurist Expected to Return to Practice of Law on January 1. i iy the Assaclated Press. ATLANTA, November 2. —Judge Alexander C. King of Atianta, a mem. ber of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, has forwarded his resig- nation to President Coolidge, to take cffect January 1. Judge King. who is well known in all parts of the South, will re-enter the practice of law in Atlanta, it is sald. Although no formal statement was made by Judge King, it {s understood that the travel and hotel life involved in the course of his work is not to his liking. The circuit over which Judge King presides comprises Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Loulisiana, Texas d the Canal Zone. He was appointed in 1920 by President Wil. son following the death of Judge Don A. Pardee. B e REBELS IN BRAZIL ROUTED Lose 31 Killed, as Against 12 on Government Side. . BUENOS AIRES, November 25.— Brasllian border advices say a rebel column under Honorio Lemos has ‘been routed at Cavera, southern Rio Gradne, Brazil, by state troops. The rebel Josses are given as 61 lkilled and many wounded, while the government forces admit the loss of 12 ¥ed and 40 wounder. [ may reach $7,000,000. ! help him in solving the mystery of Admits Huge Fraud { | and 11:37 o’clock, on the same dial getting for KDKA. The signals, Mr. jLincoin said. were very distinct, but, {&s the announcer spoke in French, he was unable to interpret his an- nouncements. Gets Tewor and Piano Solo. KORETZ, Arrested near Halifav, N, ., who has | confewsed that he was the “master mind” of & Chicngo ofl xwindle, which WOMANIS QUIZZED IN FURNACE DEATH Says Mrs. Sheatsiey Appear- ed Normal on Day of Death. 4 Press Ohio, November ey, wife of the pastor hrist Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bexley, appeared to be in a normal frame of mind| t Mon noon, County Prosecutor John R. K was told Lithopolis a village south of here. today by | Mrs. Gladys Redelphs, wife of Re Harry Redelphs of the ilage. Redelpl visited the Shesatsley last Monday, of the persone who last saw the minister's wife alive. Mr. King went to Lithopolis today hoping that Mrs. Redelphs might Fave some information that would | the finding of Mrs. Sheatsley’s body in the furnace of her home last Monday evening. He anncunced at | the conclusion of the interview. however, that nothing definite had | developed. 1 Delivered Christmas Cards. Redelphs sald she Gelivered mas cards to Mrs. Sheatsley which the latter had orgered two weeks before. She said she arrived at the Sheatsley home about moon,! and that she was admitted at the door by Alice, the 13 year-old daughter. Cl: nce, 16-year-old son, the first one, according to testimony, to find something strange in the furnace, and Mr. Sheatsley, Mrs. | Redelphs told King, were examining | the morning mail. Mrs. Sheatsiey was in the kitchen preparing lunch. | After a short talk with Mrs. Sheats- ley, Mrs Redelphs said she left, after having declined an invitation to re- main for lunch. She said she did not know what Mrs. Sheatsley was get- ting for the meal. Mr. King found, at Lithopolis, that Mr. ‘Sheatsley, with President Otto Mees of Capital University here and other men, were hunting in that sec- tion the Saturday preceding the find- ing of Mrs. Sheatsley's body in the furnace, and that they obtained sev- eral rabbits. After spending the morning in Lithopolis, King returned to his office. Pastor Accounts for Blood. Mr. Sheatsley, fn a statement at Canton today, sald that reddish stains which were found by King and hts in- vestigators in various places in the Bheatsley home vesterday and which will be analyzed to determine whether or not they are human blood, asserted | that the stains probably were made by | him while dressing rabbits, which he had obtained on the Saturday excur- sion. I returned from a hunting trip on the Saturday before the affair, and | carried four rabbits down the steps | where the stains were found, into the | cellar and dressed them near the furnace,” eaid Mr. Sheatsley’s state- ! ment. | A pair of trousers also found yes- | terday and which contained stains | Mr. Sheatsley declared, were the ones that he had worn while on the hunt- | ing trip, and probably, he said, had been marked by rabbit blood. May Exhume Body. On his return here, King took under advisement a move to exhume the body of Mrs. Sheatsley, in order that Dr. H. M. Brundage, pathologist, who is working on the case. may examine the skull for signs of fracture. At a conference late last night between county authorities and Edwin Ahbolt.i Jocal undertaker, who removed Mrs. Bheatsley’'s remains from the furnace, Abbott said that he thought a por-| tion of Mrs. Sheatsley's skull had| been broken. He Indicated, however, that the intense heat of the furnace might have caused this. HOLD SUICIDE THEORY. Members of Sheatsley Family Stay in Seclusion. By Consolidated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November It is & typical minister's famil, served and cautious in the face of inquiry, which will figure in the de- velopments that may grow out of the furnace death of Mrs. Addic Sheats- ley, wife of Rev. C. V. Sheatsley of Bexley. 1t {5 & family bulwarked with the rily aesociated with a pastorate the most exclusive church of exclusive Bexley, a Colum- bus suburb. Right now it is an un- approachable group, maintaing still that the mother and wife of the fam- ily deliberately took her life by crawling into a blazing fire box. Since the tragedy struck, Rey. Mr. Sheatsley, his sons, Clarence, 16, and Milton, 20, and his daughters, Alice, 10, and Elizabeth, 14, have remained in’ seclusion, talking freely to none but Prosecutor John R. King. Holds Enviable Position. The minister, erudite, stern, a schol- ar, but still a sportsman, is guarding his brood, now otherless. A pastor of attainment, a professor of religion in Capital University, student relig. fous adviser, leader in national synods of the Lutheran Church, his position 1s enviable in the cxclusive society of | English Amateurs, However, Re- | hearing an American station. {VICE SQUAD TAKES MEN. | sons, | edy, liad left the house before either THO RADIDFANS HEAR EUROPEANS Many Amateurs in America Pick Up First Test From Overseas. 0aly two Washington radio fans.as far ws couid be ascertalned today, picked up the signals of the Furo- pean broadcasters during the first of the series of international broadeast- ing tests Jast night. Fred 8. Lincoln, prominent Washington business man, and John Lutz both are confident they heard roreign stations, while hundreds of other fans strained their ears without getting a sound from the overseas broadcaster: Using a five-tube set, Lincoln heard a French station between 11:30 Mr. Lutz belleves the station he heard was efther French or Spanish. At 11 he picked up a temor solo, which was followed at 11:26 with v piano solo. The signals were clear, Lie sald, but he wus unable to catch he cull letters of the station. Mr. Lutz used an efght-tube superhetero- dyne with an inside 100D axienna. The Europ stations will again tonight trans special programs between 11 v'clock and midnight in i an effort to =pan the Atl . The| American stations will broadeast pc- | cial international prozrame 10 and 11 ock. The ! broadeasters hiuve volunteered to keep their sta night to ai MANY HEAR EUROPE. ns silent for an hour each ¢ in the tests. [ { Confusion in Sending Agrcementl Interferes With Success. By the esoclated Press. NEW YORK, November merous amateurs in the States today reported having heard the radio programs wihich were broadcast from Europe last night in the international broadcasting tests. London, Paris, Rome and Brussels were reported heard Reception was not perfect and in many cases (he listeners were un-| able to identity the sending stations. Interference, attributed to the tunin, in of thousands of regenerative was the principal difficulty. The also apparently was confuslon in b sending of the programs, as shortly before the test began it was an- nounced that only British etations would broadcast, whereas the co tinental stations broadcast thefr programs in accordance with the schedule whicli had earlier been a ranged. The effort to send American pro- Brams to Lurope apparently were less successful, although full reports had not been received today LONDON GETS PITTSBURGH. i port No Success. i LONDON, November 25.—The first attempt on a large cale at reclprocal broadcasting by American. British | and continental stations made during the night was only partially success- ful, the sole American station picked up being KDKA, Pittsburgh, which as distinctly heard in London and retransmitted to America. Up to noon today no amateurs had reported CHICAGO GETS A FEW. : One Fan Reports Hearing French and English Stations. CHICAGO, November 25.—A few Chicago radio fans last night re- ported they had heard European sta- tions in connection with attempts throughout the country to plck up foreign stations. Among them was Clifford Ayres, who asserted he picked up station 2LO, in London, and PTT of Lyon, France, and also heard stations in Plymouth, Birmingham and Manches- ter, England. “KENTUCKIAN GETS BERLIN. Reports Hearing Program and An-| nouncements From Germany. CINCINNATI, Ohlo, November 25— An announcement, “This is radio sta- tion VOX HAUS. Berlin, operating on 430 meters,” was picked up at about 10:30 o'clock last night by Arthur Bender, Covington, Ky., owner of an eight-tube recelving sct, of the su- perheterodyne type. He heard an in- strumental number, a song and then the announcement, he eaid. Two Arrested on Dry Charge at Restaurant. Harold H. Levi, 36, of 3610 anmb‘ street was arrested by members of the vice squad last night as he was about to enter Le Paradis restaurant. He posted $75 collateral on charges of transportation and illega’ posse: sion of liquor. With him was Wil lam S. Ridmen, 41, who gave his ad- dress as New York city, who was ar- rested on similar charges. minister 15 not carried over to his nor was it characteristic of the wife, who was a retiring, moth- erly woman of pleasant appearance, cultured and held In great regard by her friends. Her favorite child was Milton, a manly chap, husky in build, star cen- ter of the Capital University foot ball tear. Milton, on the day of the trag- his father or his brother. Since the tragedy he, with his two sisters, has shown the most grief of the family group, which semeed to consider it undignified to give vent to emotions. Boy Is Questioned. Clarence, the brooding, morose member of the family, is the one to come under more questioning by the prosecutor. His stories have not sa isfied the investigators, they say, tirough they admit they have not a thing tangible upon which to base suspicion. He was the last to leave the house on the day his mother was killed and was first to return, The girls are young and grief stricken. They are bright, good-looking children, resembling their mother. But it is the minister, 2 power m his community, experienced by world travel and training, who is directing the affairs of his brood in the crist In the face of chemists’ finding that death occurred before the body entered the fire box and in spite of the findings of the investigators a week after the crime that point def- initely to murder, Mr. Sheatsley holds to his conviction that suicide brought his aristocratic neighborhood. That position of influence has car- rled 0 far as to make the inquiry into the death of Mrs. Sheatsley a cautious and slow affair, despite his apparent willingn to ald in any way he can. But that posillve character of the about his wife's death. ‘What strength this theory holds is to be determined by the prosecutor in a more detailed questioning when the minister returns to Columbus from Paris, Ohio, where he has re- tired to be away from the scene of the tragedy. { the airigible i partments virtually stopped as thou- In District Record of First Police Court D. C. Found in Archives Discovery of the first Police Court docket, in which is disclosed the first case ever tried in the Police Court of the National Capital, was brought to light today by Frank A. Sebring, clerk of the court, who sccidentally came upon the old book while rummaging for records in the basement of the present Police Court at Sixth and D streets. The docket dates back to July 11 1870, when, under an act of Cen. gress, the first Police Court was authorized and used on C street, between Four-and-a-half and Sixth etreets. Later this court was aban- doned because of jtu smallness and the old Unitarian Church, at Sixth and D streets, was sold and taken over by the District government for Police Court purposes. Time went on and this bullding became inadequate. It was torn down and the present one erected on the same site in the year 1908. The old bell from that Unitarien Church has now been installed in the new Unitarian Church recently completed at Sixteenth street and “olumbia road. The bell for « long Picture in Statistics Of Great Air Cruiser Named Los Angeles Here are the npecificatiol of the ZR-3, which will be Lnown a Angeles: Length, 638 feet. Diamecter, 92 feet. Weight, 100 feet. Gam capacity, fee Fourteen gav cells. Total weight, inflated with helium, about 145,600 pounds. Dead weight, abeut 53,000 pounds. peed. maximum, hour. Speed, cruising, 60 miles per howur. Horscpower, 2,000; five 400- hersepower Maybach German cngin Cruising radins without step- ping, mere than 6,000 miles. Crew, 85 officers and men. The dirigible was constructed by the Zeppelin pany at ¥Friedricl many, feor the United States Government as a rep for twe airships of smaller size to which this country was en- titled at the close of the great miles per | hours and 17 minutes, or at an average wpeed of approximate- 1y 62 miles an hour. ZR-3 ARRIVES HERE TO BE CHRISTENED BY MRS. COOLIDGE i 1 (Continued from First Page.) t full view n of the Capital of the Na- Goes Over War Coliege. At the routh end of Bolling Field made a graceful turn and proceeded over the War College toward the Washington Monument, in which position she afforded a splendid view to the thousands be- low. On and over the city she flew, offering to every one below a chance to set this most famous of all diri- gibles. Bhe will continue her flight ut the District until 2:30 or 2:45 o'clock—depending on the time of ar- rival of the President and Mrs. Coolidge. Business in the Government de- sands craned their necks for a look at the Nation's mew monster of the air. Navy. officers watched her per- formances with the greater interest, because it was her first trial on this side of the Atlantic, her first venture in the hands of American naval men and the first time she had taken the Alr using helium instead of hydrogen in_her inflation tanks. The appearance over the American Cupital of a Zeppelin in her war paint during the eventful days of '17 could scarcely have demoralized more com- pletely the work-a-day life of Wash- ington. But today's visitor found orly & whole-hearted welcome, both in her own right and because she symbolized a new friendship between the land of her nativity and the coun- try to which she has come. Greeted by Two Planes. Two planes, one Army and one Navy, were in the air when the ZR-3 broke through the fog from the northeast. They flew toward her in battleplane formation in mode of at- tack, but it was for he purposs of begin the first to greet the ship on her first fligh anywhere since her delivery to the Navy at Lakehurst, N. J. last month. With one plune above and another playing below the three craft offered a pleasing picture to those on the ground. Had the ZR- 8 been inflated with hydrogen these planes would not have been permitted to approach so closely on account of the possibility of an explosion. Crowa at Bowling Field. By the time the' ZR-3 circled the Washington Monument, proceeded to Arlington and over the Tomb of the Unknown Soidier and headed for Washington again the spectators on the Army side at Bolling Field in- creased more than 100 per cent. The little group of automobiles parked near the officers’ quarters grew until it stretched almost to the entrance of the fleld. 300 Resdy to Atd Landing. Out on the field 300 sailors, attired in white caps, jackets and canv. leggins and looking their very best, #tood “at ease,” waiting for the Zep- pelin to land in order that they may carry out the most Important and delicate operation of the entire trip, hauling her down. This ground forc was trained in theory only by Lieut. Charles Rosendahl of the naval air station at Lakehurst, N. J. As there was very little wind at the fleld it was not expected there would be any dificulty in bandling her. About 300 pounds is the weight the saflors will have to pull down and hold down until the ship is ready to depart. The Shenandosh. while be-! ing landed on the Pacific Coast by an inexperienced crew, was buffeted by the wind and the force lost control, with the result that slight damage was done to her nose. While the ZR-3 was circling the downtown section, the sailors, augmented by two com- panies of marines, were lined up parallel with the field and a final re- hearzal was held. MAKES GRACEFUL START. ZR-3 in First U. 8. Flight, Inflated ‘With Helium. oy the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J, November 26. The German-bullt dirigible ZR-3 took the air at 9:05 a.m. at the Naval air station today and headed southwest for Bolling Field, Washi: christened “Los Angeles, Calvin Coolidge. The big craft made an easy take- oft with four of her five motors whirr- ing as she headed into a 25-mil southwest wind. The fifth was going as the ship rose and soon the ZR-3 was fading away into the hase to the southwest. Comdr. Klein's parting word wag | mony {call ahead | been requested in the 15 sessions end- time reposed at the former Uni- tarfan Church on Fourteenth street. According to the old docket, which has been missing for many years, the first cases were tried by Judge Willlam B. Snell. The first five cases listed on the solled, time-worn pages are, as follow. 1. Aftray. John Shelton and Al- fred Brockenberry, defendant Fined $3 and costs ($10). Total, $13 paid. 2. Assault and battery. Touisa Barker, defendant. Kined $3 and sts ($11). Total, $14 pald. 3. Assault and battery. Robert Dyenforth, defepdant. Fined $10 and costs. 4. Assault und battery. Mary Meeks, defendant. Fined £3 and costs (§11.50). Total. $14.50 paid. 5. Threa Mary Graham, de- fendant. Case dismissed Trafic in those played a small part in the affairs of Wash- tngton. No mention of any viola- tion can be found after scenning the pages. The fine and costs i3 1OW a matter of the past. An act ©f Congress about 1900 eilminated the costs charges from tle fin GOMPERS CHOSEN A F.L. HEAD AGAIN Re-Election Is Unanimous. Convention Sets Record for Harmony. i i | i | ®; Dy the Associnted Press. EL PASO, Tex., November 23 Samuel Gomyers, leader of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor since its or- ganization in 1581, today was unan mously re-elected to the prosidency for the coming year. There were,no other nominations. Adjournment of the forty-fourth an- nual convention of the American Federation of Labor was in sight today. was indicated that har- in the proceedings had per- mitted the business to be disposed of so promptly that the afternoon session toduy, with the election of officers and selection of the 1925 meet- ing place, would be the last. Delegates claimed a record for con- vention harmony, in that, with all important husiness disposed of, the meeting today still had its first roll Only one division had i 1 | { ing last night. That was on & minor Jurisdictional question, rather, and| decided by a showing of hands. Oppose Red Recognition. The convention yesterday again declared opposition to relations be- tween the United States and Russia. The federation also voted to con- tinue fts cffort to curb the use of the injunction in labor disputes. Poligical activity of the federation will continue along lines of strict non-partianship, the convention de- cided, In rejecting two resolutions for participation in a new political party. “The object of the non-partisan pol- icy will be to make our Government more responsible to the will and the needs of the great masses of our peo- ple and not submissiva to the inter. ests of property alone,” said the com mittee report. Authority for a conference of inter- natfonal officers to consider the ini- *fation of a national labor-owned in- surance enterprise was approved. Ald im Recruiting. A resolution under which §1 civilian aides to the Secretary of War would have been signed from the ranks of the federation’s membership to assist fn recruiting young men to the ctti- cens' military training camps was re- terred to the exacutive council for action. The executive council was directed to renew its appeal to Gov. Richar@ son of California for a pardon fo. Thomas J. Mooney and to urge a new trial for N. Sacco and B. Vanzett:, onvicted of murder in sachuxetts, should an investigation establish prejudicial action by the court in the Jriginal trial. that he would hustie along to his destination, hoping to arrive there in time to loaf around over Washington before the christening ceremontes. He expects to return here by 9 o'clock tonight. Favorable Starting Sftuation. Favorable weather conditions early this morning greeted the ZR-3 as she was taken from her hangar. With a ground wind of but eight miles an hour from the southeast, naval officers asserted that the ZR-3 would have little trouble making what will be her first flight in the United States since her arrival here under the guidance of her German crew from Friedrichshafen, German ‘Taken from the hangar shortly after 6 o'clock, the ZR-3 was carried to & point several hundred feet from the huge mooring mast here and with 350 men clinging to her landing ropes was held to the ground. Nine o'clock was awaited for the depar- ture, so that the rising sun might have time to expand the helium with which the ship is inflated. The line of flight to the Capital carried her over Trenton N. Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore. The crew of the ZR-3 today num- bered 42 men, including 11 of the German crew which brought her here and 2 American Navy officers, who slso made the transatlantic flight. Comdr. J. H. Klein, jr., acting com- mandant at the naval air station, was in command, with Lieut. Comdr. Maurice Plerce executive officer. Both had been ached to the Shen- ndoah, the American-buflt dirigible, ster-ship to the ZR-3, and at pres- ent also an occupant of Lakehurst hangar. Lieut. Comdr. Sidney M. Kraus, who, with Comdr. Klein, made the trip from Germany in the ZR-3, today was her engineering officer. Because today’'s flight represented her first trip under American guid- ance and because of the substitution of helium for hydrogen, with which the ZR-3 was inflated for her trip across the Atlantic, officers here were intensely interested in her handling. Observers reported that the ship in her preliminary movements seemed unusually graceful and docile to her handlers. Christmas Is Coming Shop Early So You Can Mail Early TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, 25. |a dosen ehots were exchanged before | Bpanish-American war and also in the WASHINGTON MAN KILLED BY BANDITS Physician Shot Down in New | York Drug Store by Hold- Up Men. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 25.—Dr. Mel- ville Hays was killed last nignt in a pistol battle with three men who In- vaded a Washington Heights drug store and held up the occupants. More than s men fled, frightening off pursuers s they escaped in an automobile. Later three arrests were made. Dr. Hays was visiting surgeon at New York Hospital. He served as a lleu-' tenant {n the Medical Corps in the Boxer uprising in Chin; Former Washington Man. Dr. Melville A. Hays was a former Washington man. Inspector William S. Shelby of the Washington Police Department. a brother-in-law of the dead physiclan, was told over long-distance telephone that Dr. Hays had entered the drug store acroes the street from his resi- dence, at 124 Audubon avenue, last night just a few minutes before the men entered and held up the proprietor. According to the version given to Inspector Shelby, Dr. Hays was armed and went to the assistance of the! druggist. Shots were fired back and forth and the physician fell mortally wounded. ! Dr. Hays was 45 rs old and was born in the District of Columbla. His mother. Mrs. Margaret Hays, and 2 brother, W. J. Hays, reside at 1344 "our-and-a-half ~street. Inspector Shelby's wife, Mrs. Cornelia M. Shel- . 15 & sister of the dead man. He also is survived by his widow and an_adopted child. The doctor was gradusted from Georgetown University in 1800, and was appointed a surgeon in the United States Army, serving for a number of years in the Philippine Islands be- fore taking up the practice of medi- cine in New York City. Inspector Shelby is making ar- rangements today to bring the body | here for burlal in Arlington National “emetery, but the date of the funeral has not been fixed. “EXPRESS” SERVICE URGED TO SAVE U. S. Sitting on Velcano WNiTED TUpper: King Fuad of Egypt. whose throne may be endangered by events srowing out of the assassination of Gen. Sir Lee Stack. Lowe: ho delivered the Bri Egypt for apelogy and indemnity for the death of Gen. Stack. ENGLAND WILL LET CAIRO RECONSIDER ACTION ON DEMAND (Continued from First Page.) action to the old methods of con- trolling Egypt through puppet min- isters. In scornful terms, the Social- ists label the dem: made up Bgypt as “a shabby effort at imperial ism.” or “this shameful buliving.” MERCHANT MARINE (Continued from First Page) study of the merchant marine prob- lem, and {s in a position to give to Congress _valuable information and recommendations to what should be done o atd in the further develop- ment of American shipping. Members of the committes are withholding their views on the mer- chant marine problem until they can end their task and confer among themselves. But it Is no secret that they are keenly Interested in the maintenance of an overseas Amer- ican merchant marine, both as an aid to American trade and s an essen- tial part of the national defense. It is expected that their recommen- dations, when filed, will look to con- tinued operation by the government of the merchant fidet, untll they can be taken over by private interests and operated under the American flag. Such routes as cannot be taken over, because of the impossibility of making them pay, the Government will continue to run. The problem of the merchant marine from the standpoint of na- tional defense, an auxiliary to the military forces in time of emergency, has received careful study also by a committes in which both the Army and Navy have been represented. The fleet, as it stands today, would be of very great assistance in time of war. But it lacks strength in some classes | of veesels when compared particular- ly with the merchant fleet of Great Britain. This is true of the passenger liner type, capable of being trans- formed into fast scout cruisers and commerce destroyers. One recom- mendation put forward with this in- ferfority in view 100oks to the con- struction of vessels of the George Washington type, smaller than the Leviathan, but capable of great speed and valuable for use as passenger liners during peace. Faster Cargo Liners Urged. Faster cargo linere, also are declared to be an essential in building up a merchant marine which would take its proper place in the national defense. On the other hand, it is maintained that the present cargo vessels of the merchant fleet would measure pretty well up to requirements, and it is pointed out that no matter what the epeed, there would always be a demand for greater speed. Suppose the overseas merchant fleet should be wiped out of existence— would the large coastwise tonnage of this country be sufficient for national defense? This question was answered distinctly in the negative by respon- sible officials of the Government. It was added that when the last emer- gency arose the coastwise fleet had not been found adequate, and the coun- try had gone to work to build a mer- chant flest at tremendous cost, due to war conditions. Also the coastwise fleet, if taken from its usual activi- tles In event of a national emergency would leave the coastwise business of the country in sorry condition. To some degree, the British Liber- als join the Socialists in protesting eagainst any further application of what they term “the jron heel” but thelr objections are based largely on the dangers of inaugurating a campaign of reprisals. i The Manchester Guardian de- scribes the British demands as 2 “resort to coercion,” which, it de- clares editorially, leads to an asser- tion of despotic' power on the one side and unbridled terrorism on the other. “Is this sequence of events going to be repeated in Egypt?” the paper asks. “And if not, how is Great Britain golng to extricate herself without a loss of prestige?” (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Da: ENCOURAGED BY REDS. Letter Sent From Moscow to ““Com- rades” in Egypt. LONDON, November —~A Reuter dispatch from Riga, Esthonia, say the Third Internationale in Mosco has written their “dear comrades in Egypt and the Sudan” urging them to continue thelr struggle against “the imperialists.” In such a strug- gle, the letter says, “you will have News Co.) {the world's proletariat with you.” THE WEATHER District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much change in tem- perature; moderate west winds. West Virginia—Partly cloudy to- night; tomorrow fair; warmer in west portion, Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m. 12 midnight, 38; 4 a.m noon, 43. | “Barometer—¢ pm. {29.94; 12 midnight, 30.00: & am.. 30.13; noon, 30.15. Highest temperature, 56, occurred at 2:15 p.m. vesterday.' Lowest tem- perature, 34, occurred at 3:15 a.m. to- day. Temperature eame date last yve: Highest, 50; lowest, 38. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at § am.; Great Falls—Tem- perature, 40: condition, very muddy. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) . Today—Low tide, 12:48 am. ‘and 13:55 p.m.; high tide, 6:27 am. and 6:52 p. Tomor row—Low tide, 1:40 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.; high tide, 7:20 a.m. and 7:43 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose, 7:01 am.; sun sets, 4:49 p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises, 7:02 a.m.; sun sets, 4:48 p.m. Moon rises, 5:26 a.m.; sets, 4:26 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- The hope for a merchant marine | hal? hour after sunset. building program lies in the future. It may be that private shipping in- terests, if the merchant marine busi- ness picks up, as many hope it will, may undertake it. But if the Gov- ernment must come to it eventually, or see the merchant marine lag and fail, then {t likely will be undertaken. At present the people have not yet recovered from the last bullding pro- gram, and a proposal ahead with the construction, even of dail s the proposed two vessels of the |Atlantic City would be | Baltimore vessels | B George Washington type, subject to criticism. Such would run into the millfons of dol- lars and would require several years | Buffalo The demand now d{s | Charleston. to construct. for curtailment of expenditures with Tegard to the merchant marine. The |Cleveland Shipping | Denver appropriations for the Board and Emergency Fleet Corpora- tion a year ago were cut some $14,000,000, and in the budget which will be submitted to Congress next week the sum may be cut another $6.000,000, it Is said, with the total $24,000,000 instead of $30,000,000. One of the great problems of the Government-owned merchant marine is the laid-up fleet. There are prob ably some 500 of these lald-up ves. els that would be of use only in the event of another war exactly lke that with Germany. The coastwise shipping has absorbed about all it can of the Government tonnage of this kind. The prospects are that they will continue to be laid up. But, while they are not of use, they are always a potential menace to the shipping business. They might be scrapped. But scrapping vessels does not sound well in the ears of the American public. There Is an uproar today over the scrapping of the battleship Washington, under the terms of the naval limitation treaty. After the Civil War some vessels were allowed to stay on the stocks for a score of years, just because of vessels that might, possibly, some u‘r:‘na in some way be of use. - neé officers and men for the now to go :F.‘: ‘Wenther in Various Cities. P Temperature, =53 “a939mox Statious. Weather, Clear Pt clondy ne, Tex. irmingha jsmarck Boston Chicago ..\ Cincinnati’ .. Detroit Miami, Fla.. New Grleans 30 RSB RIBURERL LSS A 2RTRANSY SSaRB2R838RTITNL2E merchant marine are as essential as ships. The Government today has no regular training school for merchant | for 3-year-olds and up; 14 mi seamen or officers. But the Fleet! Siow Maiden Corporation has provided for taking: Syims Grsivs the dislike of the idea of scrapping|on two young men to be trained in| sscarecrow deck dutles.on each .of its vessels and in-this way is. fostering the fraining of needed crews. - - (BIGGUNSTOTRAIN BOMBS ONWARSHIP Shells Will Fall Djrectly on Washington Deck With Crushing Force. Bombardment of the uncompieted battleship Washington off the Vir- ginia Capes by gunfire from War- #hips will be the last test made by the Navy Department, officials an nounced last night. All previous experiments have been bombing tests conducted both on the surface and from below the waterline of the ship. The tests have been made in &c- cordance with the program laid out at the Navy Department some time ago, and firing with big guns against the Washington's hull was not scheduied until the practical com- pletion of all other experimente. The statement was made after a telegraphic interchange with Rear Admiral C. ¥. Hughes, president of the special board appointed to con- duct the tests. Secretary Wilbur said there has been no bombardment whatever up to this time of the Washington with long-range rifies. The underwater tests of the ship's structure carried | out with fixed charges of explosives, he added, had sho that the “ship { Justified expectations of the naval coustructors who designed her, in fon as to the 1 are regarded as confidential Fire at Long Range. e purpose of the firing agains { the Washington with 14-inch armor- | piercing shells will be to test the deck armor and the fire will be at long range with the elevation such that the shells will fall directly on the decks with crushing force. It was not a part of the test program to firs on the sides of the ship here the armor is heaviest. Navy experts ex- pect to gain additional informati &s to anti-torpedo construction and other matters from a series of bomb tests conducted under water. i L oy = SCHIFF MAKES BIG BIFT T0 CATHEDRAL New York Jewish Leader Says Episcopal Project Merits Support. | By tie Associnted Press. NEW YORK, November 3I5.— celpt of a gift of $25000 from Mc timer L. Schiff for the building fund of the Cathedral of St. John the Di- vine was announced yesterday by Bishop Willlam T. Manning of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of New York. | In announcing his decision to con- tribute, Mr. Schiff said: | “I have given earnest comsideration { to your suggestion that I, though not & member of your falth, should con- tribute to the fung which i5 bei raised to complete the Cathedral, Mr, Schiff's letter sald. “T have reach- ed the conclusion that I should do so because I belfeve that this great edi- fice dedicated to the service of God will stimulate the spiritual life of the people of this city and therefore, of such cwic importance as to entitle it to the support of the entire con munity irrespective of religious a ations. ANl Creeds Interested. “Naturally, own faith must.and shoulg contribute the members of your greater part of the amount need because of their more direct interest but it seems to me appropriate that Sther citizens should aiso participate to evidence that interest of the en city n what is, in its broader aspects, & great community enterpr need that spirftuai influence only religlon can suppl: practical idealism applied t {day existence, we need co-cperat |{and mutual faith, we need discipiino and a sense of duty, and most of 'l we need the gospel of love and ser: - ice which is all too often forgoiten amid the selfishness and indiffer {of modern life. “The importance of this scends sectarian or creedal lines and because the Cathedral, as a symbol of spiritual life. can hope will make a far-reaching cor bution toward this end, that 1 ready to join in making its comple- tion possible. I shall be pleased 19 contribute $25,000 to the fund you at> raising for this purpose, and I taks this opportunity to express the hc that the entire amount needed m soon be forthcoming.” —. Tokio, Japam, has 40 more moving picture theaters than before the earthquake and construction of more is planned. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. FIRST RACE—Claiming: purse, $1,300; maiden 2-year-olds; 7 furloags. 123 1 *Transformer 12 Funmaker 112 Valenti; 12 *Tall Grass. 108 Master Bive 107 *Aggie ... SECOND RACE—Claimin maiden 2-year-olds; 7 furlongs. Rodeo McCully purse, Mie: Ormesvale Julla M. Beicross uburban . FOURTH RACE—Latayette; purse, §1.400; 2-year-olds; 7 furlonge. | {nself. 123 {Senalade . ve 332 ?:::.m. . 108 Danby .... . 108 Clondland . 119" tBattleficld . 106 1R. T. Wilson, jr., entry. 3Gifford A. Cochran entry. IFTH RACE—The Highway Claimiog Handicap; $1.800; for B-year-oids asd up: 14 miles, % 117 Battonier .. 112 *Golden Biliows . 105 *Ten Sixty. SIXTH RACE—Claiming; purse, $1.300; for miles. 3-yearolds 1 oSkirmien 1 ecree) Sea Wine 104 sPictile . 108 *0ur Btar. 95 SEVENTH RACE—Claiming: purse, 31,300; 100 Cote 108 *Apprentice allowsnce claimed, Weather cloar: track First vece, 3 g st