Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1926, Page 1

WEATIER. S Weather Bureau Fi norrow right i cloudy fair: lowe about 36 de Highest, 35, at 1t 6:30 a.m on page and w § 5 res 1" t o ccast) ner tonig werature Temiy am. today oday ch No. 29.866. WASHINGTON, 1 AIDERS TORTURED, 'DRUGGIST, NOT SENATOR, 1S HELD | FATHER OF 3 CLARK DAUGHTERS WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ). €., SATURDAY, FE SEPARATE BUREAU ILLED AND BURLED st of ctamans o copper sinss wean [N TREASURY ASKED BY MOONSHINERS Constable and Aide at Ed- wardsville. lIl.. Brutally Mur- dered—Trio Sought. STILL HUNTERS TAKEN AFTER PITCHED BATTLE Hands Bound Behind Them During Six Davs of Agony—Searchers Find Grave. P 1. el several wore tract > souzht by ies inve stahle Oh assistant, Joh fies in ahallow grave on the wer tand. A ne of by by ghastly the two thwarted « Is in s Lex of officers s varid irdsville ved hy od T tured for six tied behind Lefore th wuthorit nic days the ipt 1 ndo Killed on “Thursda badies “T'his theory =1 fAndi Coroner Baer condition of t men were slain or night In an aba e grave, a on agents d va gallons of wk found parts o The house, Ly bullets, hattle hetwe the offcers T Tt is tho have raided the f the moonsh frer o returne hlood or the 1001 neat whio 100,000 iners capture m in the absence Wl were cap moon- ace While Bound. officers while th is {ndicated, et gl Sla - Xilied Lound br the fer thi : tinz his brain. F: tims were powder-burned Hockett's skull was crushed, was evident he h | Leaten the head wi rp instru There were no marks of vio- Balke's hody rned last night that Sher Deimline had ined from wardsville real estate office imes and descriptions of three Ital tans who had rented the tract. The land is known as the “Island.” and & the center of a locality which the past ten re q n scene of a m and mystery L The grave in which the bodies were found was in a clump of bus and wits about 4 feet deep. Hockett's bodv was on top of that of Balke. Both bodies fully lothed. with hands_tied backs with baling wire. > suspects have bed inquest will get under wa LT. COL. BOURBON KILLS were were shot help suthorities was builet ti shot pene- e vie- and i over ment lence on It was B Fi 1ind ested An today HIS WIFE IN MADRID | Son of Duke of Seville Fires Two Bullets Into Spouse After a Violent Argument Br the Associated Pross MADRID, February lose Bourbon de la killed his wife after ment. He fired two which took effect Lieut. Col. Bourhon of Infante Enrique was killed fn a dy Montpensier about 6.~ Lieut Torre shot a violent shots, ho! ol nd rgu of is a arandson Rourbon, w the Duke Bourbon de la T 0 Bourbon v wville. e Ia Torre y Ba The parents wej Lieut. Col. tha son of I tellvi, Duke of was Maria Luisa nf Havana, Cuba marrfed in New York September 1 1 Lieut. Col. Bourbon married Marfa Luisa de Rich v Carvajo. She was 36 vears old. The colonel is 47 e is Cas. YACHT PARTY RESCUED. Gene Buck. Wife and Baruchs Are Taken From Boat. PALM REACH, February ). —Gene Buck, New York composer. his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Sailing Raruch of New York, together ith members of the crew of the B: h vacht Doneldo, were rescued coral reef off the South Florida Coast iy the yacht Janey last Thursday morning, it became known here last night. The rescue came after the Baruch party spent a harrowing night follow- | ing the wrecking of the Donaldo, which struck a coral reef, Mr. Buck said. The party left Palm Beach Monday for a pleasure cruise and ran into the storm which swept the Florida_Coast. The Janey is owned by Walter Iirizgs of Detroit TRAIN KILLS WOMAN, 80. Four Other Occupants of Auto, in Crash, Injured. HOLLYWOOD, Fla., February 6 (#).—Mrs. Margaret Smith, 80, of Rochester, N. Y., wds killed and four other Rochester persons were injured, one seriously, when their automobile collide: trd My nith and They were carried t and Mr. a local hospital. Physiclans said F. H. Smith was not | expected to live. found | and the ! also | an | the | in | . the | the | His mother | ave | ced. | | Nephew of Other William Andrews Clark Agree That Claims of Trio Are Invalid. | Piess L Moo Febry itor William of Mont the three “Who's Whe the lute rellsvitle, i daw Americ i i lows | school i Missou md went to Monta in unt Pleasant in It | 1l kin of won whis s e was M h it srview with the S trell said that the laie not her =brother Andrews Clirk. Stewarts | s « | ville, A 5 erted his | gia f nall da o iy dru Deny Clavk Indian the stoveke campaizn, Clark, Lo Stewartsville : Cotrell servant T Mis i | with The daught Addie ) the : NTORY CORROBORAT Milie B of Dy w DENVE | | Effie Nephew ggist Clark Says He ] 3 | s Not the nior. ‘ ) “olu., Fe Mrs at Wi Montuna of th his A ds m Andrews | L wits tiree womer | daushters, w B | Olorado State Bank | The bavk executive laves he 15| he nephew of W. A rk the drug-| kist of Stewartsville, Mo, who disap- | " peared in 1879, and that the druggist ind the na Senator w nut rson. He says that Column Lent night Both Scho vell Buoth men . Mo Teacl Lol near Clarks vespects their itfered tather but in oth - suid to hay dd the drnggist Ludia in 184 4 commnon school ation in that S d canie to Missouri in 1863, s th his parents near rksdile, In 1868 he neighbor his marriage he entered the dr ne: winuing to operate h elopement TILLVIANS START ~ ALUMINUM GO.A VARRIAGE ANEW TO BE MADE PUBLIG Pair Reunited After Five-Year Department of Justice’ Court Fight, Sail on Trial | Get Evidence of U. Honeymoon. Trade Commission. ol | | | (ontinued on Page Will By the A a4 P | NEW YORK, February 6.—The New York American, in a copyrighted ays that Mr. and Mrs A. Stillman sailed for Europe al the Olyu midnigh . in a i eiliatic sensatic i ar divoree liti ions, ned Commission in it Aluminum Co. of An to the Depa inquiry compar the i ment to deter has vio s | part wits eons vd to of a Chairman committee. it a » the doption vesterdio resolution § nted b Cumming of the judiciary i slution wais adopted vote after publican, Pennsyiy told the » that the Aluminum Co. in whicl g ary Mellon is a stockholder, wa willing to have the data made p Although the evidence will lable to the Department « e i n ke and his wif is stated, planing start in are new ife on honey- | frer! 0z the | their ditti sen- | moon clean slate of marital culties. Mr. recognizes v | N uy stiliman, now 7 vears old. as his son, and with draws his allegations in his unsuccess- ful divorce suit that the boy is the son of Fred Beauvais, Indian guide. demand nate Investigation of the company acting on the charge by the Trade | pmimission that it had violated the court decision. Senator Waish, Demo- | crat, Montana, had propose pendent investigation in a report to the judiciary committee in which he said doubts had ar n “as to the | MRS. STILLMAN Divorce Suit Dropped.” ree suit recently started by . Stillman is to be dropped and lawyers of both have been notified that their services are no lonzer re- quired. The | ment of Justice in making its inquiry. The commitiee likely will nsider on Monday the report of Walsh. who was a leading f e i the recent enate inquiry in | department’s investigation | GIRL PRODIGY AMAZES. | Nine-Yeay-0ld Daughter of Tailor | ‘Wins School Honors. NEW YORK, February 6 (®)— | | Ruth Horn, 9-vear-old daughter of a tailor born in Austria, enrolied in the John Er High School, Brooklyn veste) : r teachers conside: one of the standing child prodi; in_this count The child was graduated last week m the elementary school with hon. . She completed the standard ele- | | mentary school course in three years, it | starting when she was 6 vears old. couple 1d a quiet farewell dinner at M liman’s home in West Fifty-second street last night with the 14-vear-old son, Alexander. 'om now on we march together, we the | quot them ing. “We don't know what fate holds for us in the future. Tonight we leave for a new | honexmoon, t of trial honey for American o are through with 4 are going st other and with our th reconciliation will Le permanent only | time can tell. We both hope so.” The American prints in a fa note written by Stillman wyers. We on | | o e not fairy tales. "hey are as bitter as death some- nd as splendid as God, one.” Sail Under Assumed Names. M e Olympic | RELIEF MEASU&ES UP. | . Stillman w { the Americ and “Miss staterooms. booked House Passes 52 Bills in Interest of Individual Citizens. onsult Dr. R. \zlish psycholog psycho! yeis of Mrs. Stillman, when she s broken in spirit at the time her husband brought suit for divor helped her, in her own words, to * her For | By the Associated Pross. | For the first time in eight y House yesterday controverted by various ways f s. the took up a batch of < proposing relief in - individual citizens. In the previous vears the legislative jam has crowded out all bills of this kind which could not be acted upon by unanimous consent Within slightly more than four hours, the House passed 52 such bills ! some of which were warmly opposed a number of members. They | ures providing pen- r widows to a pro- @ to clear the milit record of a Civil War soldier of a d sertion charge. the su American con secking to for nal charge: ther during the Six weeks ag Stillm: n ring into his wife's hand I love You. I have Will vou come nues, the et the 1 hurled voree tri t | Toved me? " i you. The ring was one of the two pieces bequeathed to the banke Sarah R. Stillman, Admiral McNamee Ordered to Sea. | Rear Admiral Luke McNamee, merican naval attache in London, has been ordered home to command the destrover squadrons of the battle fleet on the Pacific. He will relieve Rear Admiral Frank H. Scofleld, who is due for shore duty, but who has not been assigned. the Ame: i that the banker picked up * | vate Life of Helen of Troy" and, point- 'ing to a paragraph. read “nrepent- ent and too beautiful to Kill.”” This sentence, he told his wife. fitted her as a garment. They talked their affai over and | (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) gBurbank Claims Power to Heal Dying Through Psychic Powers; Cites Results bank told of a number of his experi- ences In healing the sick. “Why, many years ago my nearest neighbor was dying.” he is quoted as saying. “Four doctors had given him up. He sent for me and I went to his bedside. He told me, ‘I am going to dle tonight.' I told him, ‘You are go- ing to get well. Tomorrow morning I will see you at your woodpile as usual.’ He was there the next morn- ing. That is only one of so many cases.” | By e Associated Press. S4NTA ROSA, Calif., ary 6. e the ill by the laying on is claimed by Luther Burbank, plant wizard, whose recent anmouncement regarding his views on religion caused a sensation. Burbank sald he had demonstrated his power to heal in 200 or 300 cases and could relate results that “‘would almost make your hair stand up.” Conviction that he is possessed of | “he power “is not supernatural,” psychie personality was expressed by | Burbank added. “And bear in mind scientist vesterday, following a|that I will not allow the afflicted to | to his home by Konradi Leitner, | be brought to me: I cannot have my | | Swiss psychologist. door thronged with patients. I am far After discussing with Leitner the|too busy to take on any more work powers of personal magnetism, Bur-!than I have now on hand.” S the inde- | vigor and good faith” of the Depart- | | for { recognized that Smoot Bill Would Ban Enforcement From Internal Revenue. ANDREWS ASKS CHANGE IN VOLSTEAD MEASURE Wets to Propose Modification at Big Conference Here February 22. Creation of ©oof Depart tuns in separate bure Tre would now vested internal revenue the dry a bill introduc prohibition e ment to ferred the compission in which duties of with for in today hy of the finance The same bill also would cr bureau of customs in the Department and provide that the b would b a4 commissioner appo Treq connection is provided the Senate hairman Senator b duties Feterene ot nitl the 1on mder the powers probit v, that Limisstone: o< were draf Andiews NperiEnces e i of Secretian ¢ as ol ey enforcement « wnd have proved by Mellos Boylan Renews Rerewin, { tion of his hil act, Represent: | New Yori ommittee today Congress was | prohibition rather listen Anti-Saloon tasteful realit “Clear sighted and bonest cluding the chief of the nit, Assistant 16 Treasury, not been “With millions 1 sit would * the dis fair 5 iles than face wen, probib An prohibition sald in rews of has vernment one f that Cor suns neding Wets Launch New Attack. The introduction of the i today coing th lin and out o was indic step in the di tion legislation con templated in the ury program The wine and beer drive, recently given indorscment by the i Temperance Society of the E; ed 1o take « to be held here on ashington’s birthday under the aus s of the Association Against the on Am. in the Vol Congress, having jurisdic no inclination to onsider them Bills to author the making of bee nd wine predon: inate among these measures. Saw Need. time Distriet Attorney at New York announced a of concentrating on bootleg- and rum runners in preference ser oftenders, and afterward it disclosed at the White House . while President Coolidge stood full enforcement of the law, he present machinery would not permit prohibi tion agents to e -pocket vio- lators the same itention Loot- leggers. Every test of strength in Congress in recent vears has resulted in over- whelming victory for the drys, and although many attempts at modifica- tion have b n made, not ngle syllable of the Volstead act has been wnged since it first was written on ntinued on Page n 6) the commit have show. President Column 6.) Take Liguor | enforcement | BRUARY 6, 1926-THI { the | in! Personal Greetings of King Presented to Rooseveit Men and Officers. 1 States who last [ Welcomed lin Weel vesou crew of the ish freighter Ant ted 1o f trade King G e the president Sie Philip Cun mal vep board Lister, Tesentative fier h i g name of the K eon presented in gallant ) o th Ie to Capt ze T'ried Robert Miller, Third Om Thomas Sloans and Fourth Offi Frank Upton. His speech of pres. wtion was in part as follows: Has Gripped Imagination. ¢ Foening Star. RTY-TWO PAGES | 'Dynamite Thrown Into Fire to See Fects 7 Mot NS OENTTHEFT UM TRAIN BANDITS SOUBHT IN PECRIA ers und Shortly in Hold-Up of A'cohol Carrier. By the Associated Press PEORIA. ML, Februany vineed that local hi-ja wer ie rescue which we are miet to|principals in the $10.000 thef: of : commemorate toduy has seiz the imagination and earned the ; tude of the whole British race. It already taken its place in the anna of the sea as one of the epics service - I like perhaps best own story. There the rescue is told in the sim jof one to whom gz e duty and high devotion e of Eervice. How much that "apt. Fried himself! answer to the 11 anship with seas. he mancuvered the President Roosevelt close to the doomed ship: | the determination with which he held in, and found her again when I ti risk “ is plain scue owed The fmmediate which, in colossal the untiring ingenuity displayed in devising one attempt after another. and last, but not least (of which he has never spoken), the force of his own example—of these Cupt. Iried has been silent. made them the plainer to us ull. Heroism of Crew. The bravery of his crew will live in our memories. Mr. Miller com- manded each of the three boats— what a record! We like to think that his forbears likely saw service on PBritish ships—Captains Coura- geous of an earlier age. “Upton, who only orders restrained from swimming to certain death! | Wirtamen and Heltman risking their i a_foreign_crew, and MOTHER OF ACTRESS IS KILLED IN CRASH! Vera Stedman Is Injured in Acci- dent Resulting When Auto Is Overturned. Associated Press. NGELES, February 6.—M | H. Prevost, mother of Marie Prevost, the film star, was killed, and Al Christie, screen comedy producer, and Vera Stedman, motion picture actress, were injured in an automobile accident | last night near Lordsburg, N. M., ac- cording to word received here early today. The accident occurred when the | car, a heavy machine owned by Miss Steadman, overturned while traveling about 30 miles an hour, the message said. Mrs. Prevost suffered a broken spine and a fractured skull, dving be- fore medical aid could be summoned. Christie and the actress narrowly escaped death, being pinned under the machine. Both were rescued for a few moments after the accldent by occu- pants of a passing car. Miss Steadman sustained bruises and lacerations about the face and lower limbs, while Christie escaped with a lacerated arm and head. A chauffeur, named Todd, who was riding in the front seat with Christie, who was driving, apparently was un- hurt. The producer and Miss Steadman were taken to a hospital at Lords- burg. The party lefi Hollywood last Wed- nesday for Palm Beach, F Mrs. Prevost was to have been joined | They will go on guard at the scene | when he was transferred to the fleet there by her daughter, (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) TROOPS ORDERED 0UT T0 PREVENT LYNCHING | Negro on Trial Monday at George- i town, Del., for Assaults * Will Be Guarded. By the Associated Press. WILMINGTON, Del, February 6— A machine gun battery of the Dela- are National Guard will line ap- proaches to the Sussex County court- house at Georgetown Monday when Henry Butler, negro, is tried on charges of assaults on 10-year-old Elnora Steinmetz and a negress, Mrs. Bertha Neal. The order for the guard mobilization was issued yesterday by Gov. Robert P. Robinson. "The young girl, who was attacked January 21 near Bridgeville, Sussex County, is still at Milford Hospital with seven skull fractures. She has identified Butler as her assailant. The crime, to which police say But- Jer has confessed, has aroused threats of lynching. After authorities had taken the negro to Greenbank, near i Wilmington, members of a mob forced entrance into the Georgtown jail, the Salisbury, Md., prison and the New- castle, Del, county workhouse with the expressed intention of lynching m';:{ calling upon the National Guard to protect a culprit at his trial, for the first time in the history of the State, the Governor asked all citizens to assist in preserving the public | P ebout 150 men. comprising Batteries | B, Wilmington: G, Dover, and H, | Newcastle, will guard the courthouse | The first fwo eompanies are infantr; the third a machine gun battery. tomorrow. 1 upon of ried’s of the nguage common- | the daring and fine | :{ containing But the silence has | Rock n 1 from tion he experted Lol in the holdup of & Istand . Put Chicago an invest today nd in Pelin. T would follow soon One clue on which the story t ey arrests | worked was his name in was or 1 off the truin yesterday by u spe agent riding it near ( othe +id he wus “bummin but nis heliey man for the Silvit | “tip ot robbers Tools Believed Stolen. wis used in bre: the :':, have been | the Minne: road office at E | T kinz open the cars were believed robbery f Louis Rail tation Thurs i night Thieves oke into the ’l\uihlmg and took seve rifles, a eavy wrecking bar and number of tylene torches. cutiers and hose. Similar tools in the hands of the score or more robbers broke open the | three cars from whici: the alcohol. 160 cases in 10 crates and 80 cases in 5 crates, was unloaded and stacked in motor trucks in the roadway nearby. The alcohol was consigned from the Corning distillery here to Des Moines. Jowa. The train left the Rock Island vards about 10 o’clock Thursd: night and on a steep grade known as Henry Hill, about 40 miles north of here, sud- denly jarred to a stop. The air couplings had been severed. Train Crew Held at Bay. Tmmediately afterward the robbers leaped from the roadws toward the train. Members of the crew, Including T. Blankenhorn, engineer: F. Covurn, fireman; Charles Summers, conductor, and Merle Thomas, special agent, were surrounded and forced to hand over whatever arms they possessed. While some of the masked robbers held the engine crew at bay others herded the remaining trainmen into the caboose and their confederates opened the cars and took the alcohol. The trucks loaded. the entire band vanished in the darkness. ‘The methods employved were similar to those in a holdup of a Santa Fe Railroad train at Crandall Crossing near here, three years ago. Fifteen robbers, all masked, herded the train crew into the caboose and loaded alco- hol shipments into-waiting trucks. U. S. Agents Expect Arrests| service. The only eveniag paper in Washington with the Associated Press news (#) Means Associated ‘ FIRE CAPTAIN HELD Arrested on Charge of Taking Relish Bottles From Chain Store Shelves. i pr The Dy T i A wa forts were said o just the A situg ior spe port o the tiy ineer latter AL on prny cotnpli et Policeni med as the policeman ibsc Thirteenth s and has been Departmer, he offich THREE ARE EXECUTED AS MEXICAN REBELS General and Two Other Officers Put to Death—Figure in Plot Believed Here VERA Mexivo, 1 Juse Riveros and two ot at Jalapa y th the discov revolutionary ered officers were executed ay in of an to mnection allezed ve 4 nio. Tex Gen. Arnulfo Gom v operations in the announced thi id an been e from chief il ate « xecutions SAN ANTONIO, have been issued Huerta and seized hy Justice agents In raids cember are understood to be part of the evidence to be presented to the Federal grand jury convening February 15. The grand jury will be asked by Government authorities to Investigate the actions of 45 Mexi- e >partment here last De. -ans of San Antonio who are admit- ! tedly hostile to ment and who. plotted a revol the Calles govern- it was declared. have ion _in Mexico Huerta is believed here to be | New York or Washington, possibl under another name, but it is known that his brother, Alfonso, was in San ! Antonio in December. Adolfo de la Huerta Mexican uprising of 1 RUSSIAN PRINCESS SLAIN. ) — headed the MOSCOW. ‘el Princess Obholonsky. vears old, member of one of the olles: families in Russia, was found murdered to- day in the snow outside 2 bathhouse in one of Moscow’s principal street Police say the murderer is the jani tor of an adjacent house and that he already has confessed his guilt Capt. George Fried, commander of the steamship President Roosevelt, to- day was awarded the Navy cross by President Coolidge, on the recom- mendation of Secretary Wilbur, in recognition of his heroic services in rescuing the crew from the British freighter Antinoe during the recent heavy storm in the North Atlantic. Fried at the present time holds a commission in the United States Naval Reserve Force. He enlisted in the Navy on October 15, 1900, at New York, and by the jend of his first enlistment he had | attained the rating of chief quarter- | master. He served continuously in jthe regular organization until 1916, Naval Reserve. : r Capt. Fried Awarded Navy Cross By President for Heroic Rescue| In August. 1917, he was commis- sioned with the rank of ensign in the Naval Reserve and served until 1919, when 'he was relieved from active duty, at which time he had attained the rank of lieutenant. He had varied service during the World War, serv- ing on the U. S. 8. Solace, the T7. §. S. Kentucky,'the U. S. S. Petrol, com. manded the U. S. S. Zuiderdyk. and later was pavigator on the naval transport America _ engaged in carrying troops to Europe. Subse- quent to his service in the Navy dur- ing the war he served on the Army transports Cambria and America. Radio Programs—Page 10 Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,652 Pre; TWO CENTS. BOARD 10 SETTLE COAL EMERGENCIES ASKEDBY ROBINSON Democratic Leader Intro- | duces Bill After Conference of Party Leaders. |GIVES PRESIDENT POWER l TO DECLARE EMERGENCY Would Create Machinery to Deal With Future Industrial Troubles Personnel of Board resolut plot | Vera | sven tho iable in many i not be overlooke fof fuel are " (Continued on FRANCO PLANS TO RESUME ' FLIGHT NEXT TUESDAY | Leg of Journey to Be From Rio | Janeiro, Brazil. to Montevideo, de Uruguay | By the Assoviated Pres RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil | 6—Comdr. Franco and his av rades, who are resting in Rio de after their flight, intend to the next leg of their journev Tuesd | They ~will” proceed ~ to Montevis Uruguay, spend the night there and probably fly to Buenos Aires, Arger tina, Wednesday. | The flight from Per mbuco to de Jansiro was made vesterday in little over 12 hours. As in the previou stages of the long air journey. the Plus Ultra had sailing.” but fu was learned today that when the s plane landed, the crush of b gathered to welcome her was {that the craft was slightly dama Febru ator « | “GALLUSES” ON SKIRTS. College Girls Go in for Ultra Vivid Suspenders. | SPARS BU 6 (P).—Suspende hold up the skirts in woman's fashions. s the girls of Converse College here, who are to day idiing over the campus thusly at tired. The suspenders have succeeded the belt and are very conepicuous, as no drab-colored cross pieces are used, all colors of the rainbow being blendad lin those worn here. White shirt ! waists are worn with the skirts | The girls do not use the nail. as often used in licu of the missing but ton, and connect’ the “galluses” and skirt with safety pins. Februan y luses™ the latest thing