Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1926, Page 17

POSTAL ROBBERS were seekt; vArawn gu: .Pohce of Three New England States Seek Five “Tough- P ive post erday. F uil na WATER PLANS EXPLAINED \idnight. or his shoulders A “LARENDON ission has deleg <, Distrd Suffell, d R. lington THE EVE 'HE PRESIDENT White Hous~ apened the OPENS EXHIBITION. telograph office President Coolidge. in the pressing a gold key exhibition in New Orleans. vesterday, a which international trade \ STATEMENT TO THE PRESS FROM “MISTER” MITCHELL. fter the resignation of Col. Williame Mitchell from the United handing his press statement to Representative Fran k Reid of Ilino during the recent courtmartial proceedings. This {Commission A ClosingNon-Paying | British Coal Mines By the Associated LONDOY Westminster Gazette cast of the cox - port, according to which the rec- ommendations will include the £rouping of mines somewhat after the manner already done with tho rallways, and the closing down of unprofitable pits. is sad to be essen: reorganization GETSZE0000L00T | . | 1 Looking Birds.” ? iated Preas AWTUCKET, R. 1 1 inspectors were here to- coming to take | h-looking | supply of | amps from the While longer hours and are not advocated, the n considers that lower ho possible, w run would give the me: t ec RITCHIE RIVAL HITS DRY LEAGUE LEADER| lower com- February 2 and more w the trail of four ds” who stole th 1,000 worth st office here e of this State,as well Connecticut and Ma o-operating in a highway pntmlh g the automobile in which they d from the looted post office yes- equal pa tn those ’ Lchusetts, he four men, all masked forced their w. lding as Peter Rafferty, the n, was clos i )“‘11;;? | Crabbe Misstated Fact and Showed | by doors at Poor Grace in Attack, clerk, Humphreys Says oieresy ol & through al Dispatch to The Star. Y vlt‘u'ul\h‘ plines ot te| BALTIMORE, February :.—Muri mhen put a coat | A Humphreys, Republican candt ter he said hflif!fl' governor, In a statement yester- 1d_ Sulll- | day attacked the business methods of - | Anti-Saloon League and George | . Crabbe, its superintendent. The statément was Issued as the re sult of an address by Mr. C the church Mr. Humphre bury ~ Sunday, 3 said | ‘We need men in publie office who will not denouncc y have pre tended for a lifetime to stand for in |order to get the wet underworld vote | of Baltlmore. That may be applied them tiree | where the shoe fi torch, | Mr. Humphrey he had fuses | protested against permitting Mr. med Rat- | Crabbe to speak from the pulpit of | ullivaz 10t to touch the | the church. He sald further that an- | ised them to leave the |other statement by Mr. Crabbe to the v the effect that Mr. lluxu]-hre\\ had signed | “hier postil inspector | pledges, but had not contributed finan- | inounced after o | lal support to aloon League, | yeur's Wa&s untrus T 0,000, hac ‘I have canceled checks In my files Al. the present time, made out to the! Antt-Saloon League, cashed by the | league or persons purporting to he its | ) representatives and charged to my count at t bank,” Mr. Humph him and George Sulliv. prisoners dn vault ith an atchman and one on | el t0 @ meard «d heen wrecked, piled the supply of il pouches and left who says 1 the robbe: 1 calmly taurant them ribed them : he emplc and d said k over- at goes, I feel that any n comes with very poor g { from Mr. Crabbe when it is levele | prominent members of a congre; {before which he appears only courtesy. “It comes with singularly bad| grace when it is part of an appeal for | funds and when no accounting has ever been made to the congregation for the use of similar funds raised in oth years, save In the most general -)unh Pl oject Laid Be- tore Civic Federation A Dispatad to The e Arlington County Civi h initiated the » water suppl; County r of the mply ary 8 Feder: wement for rstem for iiting in i Arlington County Commission and con r by th Will have the en: it has developed | it its regular meeting > tonight. The com- ed Asa I. Phillips, consulting engineer, to tell of the ns and explain the status of con- ssional legislation which is neces- ¥ to allow the county to draw on supply of the Federal Government the Dalecarlia Reservoir and the e Citizens Postpone Meeting. The meeting of the Trinidad Citi zens' Association, scheduled for to- night, has been postponed until March 2 because of the desire of members to attend the celebration arranged for the opening tonight of the fire engine! house at 14th street and Florida ave-| nue northeast. Announcement of the change was made by Robert MM incd to it the courthou: 1an of the Mo co ryland ingune ates Army became effective. | Edwin B, | who | terda; | who is termed “m | ). | and which di; | made the will, { the Chicago | was sentenced in CLARENCE DARROW committee of the H District of Columbia. of the committe > William Ham Distri Left to ri nutative taken vesterday Mitchell ix The latter was Mitchell’s attorney Copyrisht by P'. & A. Photos. CONVICT CLAIMS photograph was % m “0 ES]-A.[E Twelve New Routes Will Bn- Oll(‘l‘dll'd \uuu—hrd* Inmate of Marquette Prison Files Will to Be That of Rich Recluse. CHICAGO, amant to I Precs Febru: the §i y recluse, led ves ter was re ard Koe filed a will in ch, he sald, and which o Koest It die Gr v three persons the esiate to Koester, | ¢ dear friend,” and | orthern Trust Co. of | stee. Koester, atto located two of the will. | was badly mutl- Iated and which left much of the es. | 1o educatic purposes, thrown out because the attesting nesses’ names were not deciphera Then a number of dis relativ laid claim to the estate case | is still pending. appoints the | Chicago as neys said, witnesses to the One will, which tru has Inmate STTE, ward C. the Marquette yesterday porting to be t nings, ~wealthy ot Prison. MAR Mich.,, February Koester, inmate of | branch prison, who | a will In Chicago pur- | it of Edwin B. Jen- cccentrle Chicagoan, | cts that the entire Jen. given to Koester, said Jennings made the will n Chicago on October 1918, in the | > of three witnesses i not_pre hen Jennings | r, “but I Jan; few mnmu‘*‘ the Will was made and joined | gain o short time later. The | s made in the Victoria Hotel and the witnesses were | Stahl, publ rapher employed in th William AWTe do V‘lll know, nings estate he fennings' wife. | he knew his | the Jennings | know what its con- r saw the will mother died three 1l says his sistel who lives in Toledo, found the will a book which belonged to his mother and sent it to him. Koester says his case Is being handled by a Chicago law firm. Last night he was busy pre; a full statement of his claims connection with the will. | This statement will be forwarded to | attor ys toda he said. Koester is 40 old and is said to be in extremely poor health. He 1925 to the Mar- prison from Detroit to serve 5 to 14 years for forgery. Ac- cording to records in the prison he served a term in the Michigan re- bafore coming to Michigan and also also served a term in the Michigan formatory in Ionfa. mother b v of will, but did tents until OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY | commercial thasiastle AND UR( vesterday. where hearings ive John B. Sosnowski on of Delaware, con ht: K Rol -l' North (unln Safe after altitude flight. Lieut. John A. Macready on the earth again after his sensational attempt to break the altitude record at Me- Cook Field, Dayton, Ohio. He will probably make another try for the record. Cov: t by P. & A. Photos. N S TOLE of Mi Clar el ATIONS \[R MAIL TUESDAY RANCE held higan. Repre Darrow, K d lawyer nof are bei It a girl! Miss Marichen Wehslau, champion swimmer of Hawaii, who has arrived in this country for a series of matches with champions. claimed to be the fastest ance swimmer in the world. Wide Workd Pho FEBRUARY appears u the McLeod bill to abolish uunml purishment in the e J. McLeod of ank R. Reid of linois and Representa ) y 1926. g before the judiziary sub- Michigan, chairman Copsright by Harris & Ewing. [HEIR HOME IS A RAMBLI 5 IRVI( ‘E ON EVE OF (,RIL\I‘ EXPANSION Scheduled for February 15, Will Link Chi- go, Cleveland and Detroit. ploneer in aviation in the United world trail blazer in is on the eve of henefit @ The ai service, and night flying, expansion which a arge portion of the runtry Withi the next few months air mafl service will be provided for two- score more cities, with Indirect benefit » other places in a wide e 15e of {erritory. ‘This progressive step has been t en under the law passed last vear permitting the Postmaster Gen- eral to co ract with commercial avia- tion enterprise for the carryinz of |the mails through the air Dozen Contracts Let lat or States art of el will Contracts have been have been advertised for a dozen routes. | to begin service will be the and the Cleveland- February 15, and {The fi Chicago-Detrpit Detroit routbs on by April a_majority . are expected to be in operation Postmastey General New and Sec- | ond Assistajt Postmaster General W. tover, who has direct super- 1 of the Alr Mall Service, are en over the prosp w air mail routes, The first air mall service was initl ted {n 1918 between New York and ‘Washington. A through ser tween New York and San was begun July 1 | night servi ween New York and Chicago has been in operation since July 1, 1925. Alr ‘mail pilots have than 10,000,000 miles si ment of the sery During ¥ 2,601,555 miles were flown. ~ With the new air mafl contract routes now propose 1 pilots, it is estimated, will fly total of 4,015,804 miles yearly. visic flown more New Services Listed. The new services with the yearly fnclude contract routes be d St. Paul kee and La Chicago and via Moline, St. Wichita. and Chicago and finneapolis psse, 230 Dallas-F Worth Joseph, sas City, Oklahoma City, 604,044 St. Louls via Peoris T v Ang . Seattle and Los Portland, Medford, Sac- ramento, San Francisco, Fresno and Bakerstield, 686,052. Detroit and Chi- cago, 145,044, Detroit and Cleveland, 55,69 Chicago and Birmingham, Ala., via, Indlanapolis, Louisville and Nashville, 378,828. Chicago and New Orleans via St. Louis, Memphis and Jackson, 532,440. Atlanta and lle and Tampa, Seattle and Victoria, British Columbia, 20,832. New Orleans and Pllottown, La., 14,720. Other services of the air mail under operation by the Governmpnt are between: ki New York and Frisco. New York and San Francisco via Bellefonte, Cleveland, Bryan, Chicago. | Towa City, Des Moines, Omaha, North | heyenne, Rawlins, Rock Salt Lake City, Elko, Reno acramento; transcontinental 0 miles y the | of these routes | of the | | fonte, Clev 1 service; overni s yearly Owing to th fferent laws e [usntas air mail service | there are several rates of postage. On the ntal rov the rate is and Cheyenn: {ice between jthe rate is {each contract | &t 10 cents an ounce for 1,000 mil |less; 15 cents for 1,000 to 1,500 mile and 20 cents for ove 0 miles, Alr mail originat on contract routes and destined voints along | the transcontinental 5 will bo ¢ | rled over the latter route at b conts an cunce for each zone in addition to the contract air mail postage. 1 the overnight York and Ci 0 cents an oun IS SOUGHT BY PONZI “Wizard” Also Plans to Dig Canal | Across Florida to Gulf. By the 4 ated Pr TAMPA, F denied space February Z—1Thot thin the inclosure of the South “lorida Grounds, Charles Ponzi of to whom, his own_ statement “nothing is impossible,” and whose financial op- erations in the past have attracted world-wide today planned to Jaunch h zn here for clem- ency in Massachusetts. Coincidental with his long-distance plea for mercy, the postal certificate 5 o “wizard” opened the market for his Columbia County lots. At the same time, he was entertaining a plan to dig a eanal * {from the St. Johns River, on the east coast. acro. pe Gult of Me ing this venture, which will sald, in the neighborhood of 000, he confided to Mayor Wall and last night that it had been for- rded to Gov.® Martin for his ap- How the sstonian planned to stage his Tair grounds “show” he had not revealed, but it was understoo he intends to conduct a “soap box drive Just outside the grounds. Since his arrival here from Jackson- ville, Ponzi has been the center of an interesting throng. He has been feted by the Italian colony and was elected to an honorary membership in the local Itallan club. Recognition of him on the streets has been the signal for the gathering of & crowd at his heels. At a favorite restaurant swhich he tholds court during his odd moments, telling of his plans to repay all who have invested with him in the pas “There is more than one way of tal ing the skin off a cow’s back,” he in- formed an open-mouthed assemblage yesterda Lime salts with which the famous Amati violins are -stained are the is the latest theory of € has made informal headquarters he | 1o FRANCE DESIES DEBT PAGT CHANGE. Britain to Be Asked lo: Lighten Burden in Two Respects. | ment with 1 {two fundamental res | stood, before instruct | | i Ambassador Berenger to proceed with funding negotiations at Washingt 1t desires Great Dritain to reno her insistence that payments wmade to her by I'rance shall be propertionate to those made by France to America. It also_desires that she withdraw her lemand that payments from her debt- | ors, either former enemies or allies, | shall be on a scale sufficient to meet BAY STATE CLEMENCY | ments to the United the British | States, Italy’s Treatment Ciied. Finance Minister Doumer, who is| { handling the negotfations, asks that France shall have the same treat- ment as Italy regarding the g de posited ainst the war debt with the Bank of ngland, under the agreement recently re: ched, is to have l\r*r gold deposit returned, Anll France the restit gold francs which she placed in Lon- don. French experts will endeavor to re- duce the annuities arranged b Caillaux, former finance min 12,600,000 to £6,000,000 or s he British trea. ribed as giving no encou ment to these ]' P The tentative agreement reached between M. Calllaux, then French finance minister, and Chancellor of | the Exchequer Churchill last August | | provides for 62 annual payments of £12,600,000¢ with a partial moratorium until 1930, Conditional on U. S. Funding. The agreement was made condition- al by the British upon the funding or | the Trench debt to the United States on the same terms. M. Caillaux w: unsuccessful in his subsequent gotiations in Washington. The above dispatch indicates that the I'rench government seeks both to scale down its payments to Eng- land and to divorce the Franco-Brit- ne: ish settlement entirely from that to | be made by France with the United States. OPPOSITION TO PREMIER. Once Defeated, Again Will Have to Contest for Parliament. PRINCE ALBERT, Saskatchewan, February 2 (#).—Premier W. L. Mac- Kenzie King, who was defeated in North York constituency in the gen- eral election last October, will be op- posed by Capt. D. L. Burgess, an in- dependent candidate, in the Prince Albert bye-election, to be held Febru- ary 1. Shortly before nominations closed yesterday Mr. Burgess' papers were filed. The Prince Albert bs e-election was caused by the resignation of Liberal Member Charles MacDonald, who re- cause of the instruments’ rich tones, |tired in favor of the premier, who |conspired together to alienate the af- 4 “rman manu- ,v..um not ppear In Parliament with- > AFFAIR ON FOUR WHEELS. ects, it is under- | the debt | 73 TR JUST FOR THE THRILL OF IT. Miss Gladys Fngle likes to ride in airplanes, make parachute jump:, change from one plane to another E Winter Base Ball Played in Alaska Amid G P Alaska, sun iar shining, 1more sul the opening the middie « will be played i continues. Ther snow is seen ahove . bei on the higher mountains. s are ind blucberry salmon berry bushes are budding. othy blossoms were broug] k o from a nearb. t »«d ba Dandelions ar las and tr: port eastern Alas) 'DISCOUNT COMPANY | SUED FOR $7,921,500 line ete, just for the fun and thrill of the stunts, her, high over Los Angeles, changing from on The photograph show plane to another. D3 ht by P. & A [ b2 F There is no place like home to William O’Donnell and wife of Detroit, Mich., co when they go a-traveling they take their home with them. house motor they have just reached Washington, and they are on their way to the sunny South. In this Wide World Photo ELDRIDGE SCORES centanns CARELESSWALKER | Tells Takoma Park Citizens | Former President in Jail Awaiting | | Sentence and Corpomfion))irectors Accused of “Negligence.” By tue Associated | CLEVELAND, Suit for $7, mer president, und 16 other former officers and directors wr !mon ¥ Court late wrdner Abbott unt company ts was Judge 54 and W, | receiver ation by The sut, c 16 particulars {charged the directors with neglige: {in connection with the affal |company in that they paid dividends {out of capital und sanctioned utiau- {thorized loans by the mortgag cern. | The defendants i | Lebel, Los Angele New York, Pa. Kirby is in jail without bond a Ing sentence, having Leen convi /by a Federal jury Saturday of using \the mails to defrand. Judge John M. | Killits refused to free him on t {pending completion of a grand jury Influence prospective jurors in his two Federal trials, FILES SUIT FOR $250,000. Wealthy Man Charges Conspiracy to Alienate Wife. NEW YORK, February 2 (#).—A 250,000 alienation suit has been filed by Cameron E. Wylle, wealthy adver- tising man, against Lieut. Roger S. Ransehausen, U. §. N., of San Mateo, Calif.,, and Mr. Wylie's mother-inlaw, Mrs. Sadle L. Hart, it became known vesterday when Mrs. Hart filed pa- pers to quash service of a summons | and complaint against her. Wylie's Neomplaint charges that Mrs. Hart and Lieut. Ransehausen taken | op Alvin J. | Hit-and-Run Driver Is Public Menace. 53 person 4 and 9 the 1 v thoughtl ssued up to the presen operators’ permits an We are giving them an eve test,” c tinued the director. He cited case where operators re_ driving with defective vision. He referred t { the fact that there are inmates at S s filed in Com- | yesterday by at- | of the! | cent r to walk il | Elizabeth’s who have permits to dri motor but their permits cax be revoked under the existing la “We h bout mu cating of traffic reg ‘Our regulation « ¢ stmilar i Much mon: < Leen expend ed recently in printing the traffic reg v 100,000 copies of the Regulations.’ If the pedes follow the ple as s ol In_ referring of Judge Juh pedestrian t: trolled, he considered acter said, n tic expr a regul essentiu th o > the recent decisio P. McMahon could not be ssed rezret. N tlon of this char In Los Angeles, rian trafi ued, re traffic lights they are n this thoroughfare i safety for the first time. e scored the and considered him ommunity. arrested 1 Pede: favor of the teenth street a 600 persons were ting autc d condition Investigation into alleged attempts to |their driving permits revoked. Col. 1. C. Moller, assistant traffic rector, explained the operation of {1 new street-lighting signals. The meeting was presided over b: Charles H. Spencer, with Gurney 1 Hunt as secretar: Mrs. A. W. Miller was appointe: general chairman of the communit: celebration to be held on Washingtor ibirthday in the Takoma Theater Hall The costumes will of colonial de sign, and the officers of the variou organizations participating will receive their guests in colonial attire. Fall Injuries Fatal to Woman Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, February 2. plications which fellowed a which she fractured a limb weeks ago proved fatal to Mrs, K. Reill wife of O. Reill. fection of hi: wife Mrs. Constance Sharpsburg, who died in the Wash ' lggtep County, Hospital here, »