Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1926, Page 1

. WEATHER, . (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forscast.) - Showers tonight and morrow mor: night; cooler tomorrow. ning’ slightly cooler to- to- . Highest, 83, at 6 p.m. yesterday; Iom‘t.l.“, u‘k a.m, today. . Full report on page 9. Cloing N, Y. Stocks sad Boads, Page 24 No. :30,023. [oieohis ookl matior Mussolini Critic . | 19DEAD RECOVERE Is Challenged hy | ASSHELLFIREENDS) _ Prother of Duce AT NAVAL ARSENAL .“Soldiers Continue to Bring in | Vietims From War-Torn [ Area in New Jersey. DANGER OF FURTHER EXPLOSIONS IS PAST Several Blasts Occur During Night—Thieves Strip Officers’ Uniforms. Br the Associated Press. DOVER, N. J., July 13.—Cessation ©of bombardment by shells today war- ranted recovery of the dead and help to the living on New Jersey’s peace- time battlefield. 5 Several hundred soldiers and Ma, rines were on duty about the Lake Denmark Naval Depot in search of additional victims of exploding am- munition, which after a flash of light- ning Saturday afternoon, reduced the depot and miles of surrounding coun: try to ruin. From a no man's land due to an act of nature there had been brought in today part of 19 bodies, 13 of which . were identified through records sent from Washington by airplane. Shift- ing winds, which took expiring flames toward unexploded magazines, caused stoppage of explorations yesterday afternoon by order of Secretary of Navy Wilbur, who visited the devas. tated area. Danger Declared Past. Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum issued a statement this morning pronouncing danger from fresh explosions past. He arranged to take newspaper men over the entire area in a train of flat cars. During the night and early morning there were eight explosions believed to be those of 14-inch shells and about 60 of smaller’ shells. Orders convening an Army board of investigation in ‘connection with the * explosions also were made public. The board will consist of Col. W. H. Tschappat, Maj. A. J. Stuart, Ma. F. H. Miles, jr.; Maj. W. B. Hardi Capt. J. B. Harris and Dr. O. G. Storm, medical consultant. Will Estimate Damage. The functions of the board, as de- fined in a telegram from Brig. Gen. C. C. Williams, w _survey the extent of 2 e Army Arsenal, adjolning the depot; to estimate-the cost of and reconstructiof, and mend such tempotary and pe: transfers-of function as shall sidered nect o RS All the officers named on the board were here this morning “except Col. Tschappat, whd was said to be on the way. The wife _of Lieut. Herman + Schrader, identified among the dead today, had hopéed until the last that her husband would be found alive. ‘When the explosion oceurfed the lieu- tenant was at home with his family. He told them all to run toward the gates, but himself jumped into an automobile and started for the scene. Mrs. Schrader said the last she saw of him was when she turned while running and he looked back in his car and motioned her and the others to keep going. Hill No-Protection. Residents -surrounding the depot learned a lesson inSaturday’s explo- ¢+ gion that Is known by every soldier— that a hill is no protection against shell fire, . | ; When the depot was built many years ago it was in a position of isol: tion, but in recent years the région has become a favorite Summer sec- tion, and villages have sprung up all about it. The village of Mount Hope, for instance, was only three-quarters of a mile from the powder magazines. It was on the opposite side of a ridge. and inhabitants belleved that their ection lay in that ridge. ‘When the explosion came, however, the concussion caused an uprush of air that twisted 'wooden houses from their foundations and shells lobbed éver the ridge and drepped among them as though directed by an enemy observer. Bodies Taken to Brooklyn. Bodles were taken to the Naval Hos- pital in Brooklyn. With few excep- tions, fingerprints and other minute records were necessary in the work of identification. o, Two, boards will be named by Fecre: tary Wilbur to investigate the ex- plosion, which, aside from the loss of life, destroyed 50 buildings and seri- usly damaged 400 others, and made 350 families homeless. Nine of the bodies taken from the area yesterday were those of marines who were on duty at the depot. They were identi- fied as follows: ‘ * Baker, Virgil C., ‘private, Mount Bterling, Xy. Powell, Ernest, . Dhio. ‘Alfeon, Orlando, - private, 'Farming- fon, Minn. Weber, Frank C,, private, Cleveland, ©hlo. Schrader, Herman, lieutenant, long private, Richmond, Beach, Calif. Va. Graham, Ragan Van F., Fort Worth, naval repair to = nt. eon-, private, Hamilton, Monroe, John, d. . Mackert, Henry D. Jr., private, Richmond Hills, N. Y. Previously identified 'bodies were i, Richmond, Va. \ Feéney, Mrs. Frances, Brooklyn. - Brown, Harry Chrisitian, pharma- cist’s mate, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hardaker, Morris, of Gailaway, Fla. Died Facing Enemy. Like the heroes of the 8-51, their ompanions now in death, the Marines died in_course of duty. -They per- ished advancing toward the enemy. Secretary Wilbur, " after - his tour, Baid the position of bodies indicated that - the Marines died wgle going toward the danger. “We think they were members of the squad fi running to ‘the fite-when the explo- sion snuffed out their lives' he said. lieutenant, my'urhn to the south. ROME, July. 13.—Arnaldo Mus- solin), ‘brother of the premier, has challenged 'Gen, Bencivenga to a duel. The challenge follows critical MI by the general, who is nown' leader of the o sition to the Fascist wvirnmm on an article written by mier's W 1oy s GRCS BOGY FOLND PACKEDINBONES Boston Police Baffled by Gruesome Murder of At- tractive You‘no Woman. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, July 13.—Boston. police today were faced with the most grue- Some and bafMing . murder mystery they have encountered in recent years. % The body of a_girl, mutilated, dis- membered and unidentified, lay in the city mortuary after it had been dis- covered early today on a lonely road that winds its way bétween two ceme- teries in the Mattapan district of the city. Police belleve the young woman, attractive and apparently refined, had been dead a week, and that her body had been cut up’and packed into the two boxes and-burlap bag in which it was found, some time last Sunday. - This was indicated b; superficial ennnnluc:" by meM authorities. l(nog.'l‘le‘ by Experts. The only clue left for the police to work oh was the manner of tying the knots in the heayy window cord that bound the boxes.. They were tied, apparently, by a seaman or some one familiar with marine knots. ‘The hoxes bore no marks of any sort and there were no tracks to show how they had been transported to the street between the grave yards The boxes were lying near a wall that separates - Calvary Cemetery from Walk Hill street.’ On the other side of the street is Mount Hope Cemetery. ‘was éutside the wall. A laborer, o Jenney, on his way to work, saw the boxes an notified the police. Path Used by Many. The -spot between the cemeteries is off the beaten path for traffic, it still is used by many rians and only 8 main arteries to ti A i ot st The only clothing found in.the pre. liminary e tion was a of Nile. green stoc! and a’wl cot- ton _chemise, ‘The vital organs had removed | from- the. body and wrapped. in - the chemise, which was then placed under the head in the larger box. . = Medical Examiner O'Leary, after an examination of the body, which he he to be able to entirely re- construct, said that it appeared that the girl had been ‘the victim of an illegal operation. This theory was strengthened, he said, by the fact body had been skillfully done and ap- peared to be the job of an expert surgeon. Identification Sought. Reports of missing girls through- out New England were being run down by the police and fingerprints on the boxes in which the body was found were taken in the hope that this might aid in the apprehension’ of the snurderer. The girl probably was between 22 and 25 years old, and had dark, bob- bed hair, the examination showed. A {TRIP OF KING BORIS REALLY WIFE HUNT Bulgarian Ruler on Errand of Heart, Not Abandoning Throne, His Premier Reveals, By the A-ndnle,dnl’;.n. e SOFIA, Bul , * July. - 13,—The trip of King Boris abroad is a matri- monial errand and he hl(tblol\lhl( no intention of _abandoning his throne. 'The only abdication likely to overtake the King on his present voyage 1is 'that of his state of bachelorhood. # Such is the gist of the information imparted to the Associated Press by Premier Andrey Liaptcheft in. the course of an interview “today. The re $ : B he rumor of & plot against the King is absurd. Calm reigns in Bul- garia. The King's/trip abroad is the best proof of that. Perfect undei nding exists between the King and sta) myself.” MILAN, Italy, July 13 (P).—King Boris’ of Bulgaria, accompanied by his suite, arrived here this afternoon. After a short visit he left for Switzer- land. PRAGUE GENERAL OUSTED, & ¥ PRAGUE, July 13 (P).—General of the Czechoslovak gen- eral staff, has been dismissed from his post. because ~of indefinite charges based upon his fascist tendencies and his epposition to reduction of the mili- tary forces. 3 1};:-" was no -official explanation of the dismissal and rumors of every. kind are prevalént in Prague, " Pastor Ousts Fussy Congrega By_the Assoctated Prees. MILFORD, ing conditions within his chu had become 80 that he doubted “ir éven the Devil knows who's who around here,” ' the Rey, . pastor of the Methodist it Insolved his con. Although Senators Edge ‘and FEd-| Ly Wards demand that ammunition de- “pots be in .such remote civillan life cannot be “endangered, thelt’ views and the efforts of State helf! views and the _efforts of State " (Conitinued gn Page 5, Column 3.) Pact Signed in. London Cov- ¢rs Virtually All Debts Be- tween Nations. SAFEGUARDING CLAUSE ' OMITTED FROM ACCORD But Failureof ' German Reparations Will Justify ‘Reopening Issue. Paris Still Dubious. By the Associated Prese. LONDON, July 13.—The settlement signed in London = yesterday by Finance Minister Caillaux covers not only the French war debt hut virtually all the outstanding accounts between Great Britain and France. An- nouncement to this effect was made in the House of Commons by Chan- cellor “of the Exchequer Winston Churchill.* p : The French payments, he said, would be £4,000,000, £6,000,000, £8,000,- 000 and. £10,000,000, rising to £12,- 500,000 annually, the last named fig- ure being reached in 1930. From 1930 to 1956 the payment would be £12,500,000 arinually, rising td £14,000,000 for the final 31 years, No Safeguarding Clause. There is no safeguarding clause in the agreement itself, but letters have been exchanged between the two gov- ernments making it clear ‘that in the event of a complete or very. serious failure in Germany's reparation pay- ments France. will be entitled tagask P oniidoration of the arrabe: ment. Mr. Chufchill. said that this pro- vision in no. way invalidated -the. re- sponsibility of France. It only gave her the right in certain circumstances to-ask for a review. The British right to argue the.case remained open. A transfer clause, providing for. a delay within- certain Nmits ifl m: payments, on account of exchange difficulties, had been agreed jupon, he said. along the lines of that contained d|in the French settlement with the United States. Provision for. Future. There was aiso a clause providing Hoom Teparations and wAr debia ox: re] war s ex- ‘at any tinie in the future what Great Britain shall have pald since. ‘the .end of the war..to the U States, the surplus shall be - divid between the various allied debtars in reduction of niriby- tions. e E Mr. Churchill pointed out that this conformed to the Baifour note nlg ne m for the delivery of bonds in a suitable for sale in the market. In view. of this being a complete settlement of all outstanding accounts arising from the war and post-war periods, £2,000,000 of French money already in London can be transferred to-the British exchequer, incréasing this year’s receipts from France to £6,000,000. - ¥ Calllaux Flies to Paris. Finance Minister Caillaux left by special ‘airplane for Paris from Croy- den Field this morning after a busy 24 hours in London. - The French minister seemed in-a py mood as he took his seat. satisfled with what he had accomplished here, he shrugged his shouldert and said: “Yes, 1 am satisfled. I try to be satisfled with everything I do.” - * PARIS IS N(fl"_ ELATED, - - 3 Desired Before Settlemient Is Praised. PARIS, July 13 (P).—The signing in London yesterday of an agreement on the French war debt to Great Britain caused only moderate satis- faction here today because of fear that there had been important and unpleasant omissions from forecasts of_its nature. s Publication of forecasts was fol- (Continued on’ Page 2, Column 2,) ~ CRUELTY CHARGES FILED ON BRANDING MISSIONARY e Korea ' Takes Formal Action on American Who Put Acid on Young Orchard Thief. By the Associatéd Press. 4 TOKIO, July 13.—The department of justice is ‘officially advised that Full Terms MALGEN. WALLER, U .M. C. IS DEAD Noted Fighting Officer Won Distinction by Bravery in Action. Maj. Gen. Littleton W. T. Waller, aking | United States Marine Corps, retired, one of the last of the old line of picturesque - and fighting marines, djed at the Creston Hotel, Atlantic City, at 2 o'clock this morning, 4é. | cording to information received here. The: general was stricken - with pneumonia 10 days ago while visiting at the shore with Mrs. Waller and was in a state of coma since noon Sunday. . He had been in failing healtli since he suffered a stroke three yeass tago, and since that time he ‘has_been using h Ithough, more receritly a % i 1 Gen. Waller was in his seventieth year, and had been on the retired list since 1920, From the time he was com- missioner a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, June 16, 1880, Gen. Waller missed little in the way of active - service - ekcept ' during the World ‘War, .when he was in.charge of the advanced base force at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. His fighting career was spectacular and brought promotions after almost every-major engagement in which. he. participated. He became fondly known to his subordinates as “Old Fire-Eater’” and “Old. Pepper-Box. For distinguished service in the presence of the enemy in the Boxer uprising in Ching Geén, Waller, then a major, was breveted a lleutenant colonel, He helped “clean up” the Philippines, and in charge of a later notable expedition became known as the “Pacifier” of Haiti. S * It was largely because of the lat- ter service, although he coromanded the first brigade of Marines, Wwhich served ‘in Mexico in 1914, that he was given the newly created rank of brigadier general in 1916. ‘He was promoted . to major general jn 1918, Strict Disciplinarian. 4 There was nothing of the military. dilettante about the general. He was a disciplinarian and carried out any order given him with a grim deter- ‘mination that boded il for “uprisers,” “rebels’ or “insurrectionists.” But hé more than once proved that he had the mrl\;c t’l"uhc‘ was a -nx-uuu t places. n ex- ample of this he gave at the bombard. ment. :; Am‘“hmgt Aribla the “false prophet.”” s He wupmxched to the United States gunboat Quinnebaugh, the only ‘American craft in' the harbor. He was then a lieutenant of Marines and ‘was nrdaudh to :nngzisn Alm&ar: detachment of men and:re- it Charles Beresford of r. ‘Waller helped-to clear the streets of - the city of Arabs, who wers threatening the lives of foreign residents. He carried out his part of the program Wwithout firing a shot. Gen. Waller was a_ captain when bY | the Spanish-American War broke out. Admiral Cervera's fleet came ouf 1| Santiago Harl y Rans- besmactor 2t ToKiD, painied b lor , painted the with acid after he had orel ‘When Korean papers’ made the incident public, after the boy left school because of the ridicule’ to which fhe sub; , Kans., July 13—Declar. “Charles . Everett | He had fory o8 ip_Indiana ‘when it of 6 e tationed at the Marine at h‘l!:ll:ckl at Cavite in. June, 1900, when he was to China. He was then a major, and distinguished himself in fentsin, assisting in ‘Boxers a fort near * From China., Maj. Wi Man! .nalfiumtnam _|{about 48 to the of the secondary bat-|" $he battlesh BELGIAN FRANC PLUNGES;| [DRASTIC MOVES PLANNED !QtUQ_mmflt to Be ‘Asked to Vote King Power to Regulate All Matters Concerning Money. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 13.—The. government-ig alarmed by the sudden and inexplicable. drop of the Belgian frane 25 points to 2.07% cents, or ‘measures to -defend - the franc have been decided upon, the principal one being that Parliament will be asked to vote King Albert full =) e \;K\-\\\lfi_ W 7 A " g o K, ARG OV BOSTONIAN CHOSEN ASCITY PLANNER Charles W. Eliot, 2d, Employ- ed by National Capital Commission. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, of Boston, power temporarily to regulate all ques~{ has been employed by the National tions concerning the issuance of paper money, loans and the management of the sinking fund. ‘The minister of finance and repre- sentatives. of the principal banks have formed a permanent technical com- mittee to take immediate steps neces- sary to-defend the Belgian franc. Capital Park and Planning Commis- sidbn as a city planner, in accordance with the authority given in the re- cent law reorganizing the commis- sfon. Mr. Ellot will report for duty August. RONGALROSSLS Planes Wil Put Globe Gir-|™sser. Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system cavers k and the regular edi- city blocl dcYévenq_to Washington homes a} fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,503 P Meane Assosisted Press. - TWO CENTS, Riot Marks Close "Of U. S. Base Ball Tegm’a Japan Tour By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. OSAKA, Japan, July 13—The final game in the Stanford Univer- sity base ball team's tour of Japan ended here in an abusive row over the umpire's decisions, police being “calléd jn to preserve order. . The California base ball men, who_pleasantly, it unsuccessfully, played university nines in Tokio, encountered a different class of Japanese players when they ven- tured outside of collegiate ranks and took on the semi-professional Diamal club of Osaka. The Diamai backers were cha- grined -at the superiority of the American boys. The Diamai pitch- er, jeered by his compatriots, lost his temper. The police were called in.. Wordy abuse was” freely ex- changed, especially over the Japa- nese umpire’s decision. The incident was an unfortu- nate ending of Stanford’s tour, but the better element in the Japa- nese bleachers solely! blame the Diamai club. apyricht. 1926, by Chicago Daily News.) COUNCI PROPOSES BUDGET INCREASE Supplement to Original Fig- ures Raises Total Now Asked to $38,729,060. The Citizens’ Advisory Council will submit te the Commissioners today a supplement to its original tentative recommended budget for the District for the next fiscal year providing for an inerease of approximately $529,000, and making a grand total of $38,729, 060. ‘The revision ‘was made during a protracted discussion at a‘ special meeting last night which followed public criticism by James G. Yaden, president of the Public School Assoc! ation, of the council's budget of $38,- 214,060, which limited the school aj propriations te $12,000,000. The in- crease was arrived at chiefly through the transfer of items. To the school estimates '$900,000 was added, with a recommendation that it be applied to the five-year building program. The ‘counc] figure for the schools now stands at $12,900,000, Trafic Funds Reduced. priation of ety ’I‘IM in New At same time it was announced a as_engineer of the com- committee, which city and park ‘The diers in New York About 3 | | rianning committee, held its A.M. Tomorrow. Special Dispatéh to The Star. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July'13.— Edward S. Evans and Linton Wells took off from here at daybreak this morning | for . North Platte, - Nebr., where they expect to arrive between 10 and 11 a.m. * The two globe circlers will be miet there by two Army Doug- Ias observation planes sent from Fort Riley, Kans., yesterday afternoon, which will carry them to Dayton, Ohio. - The two fiyers arrived in Salt Lake Ctiy last night and found it, impracti: cable to proceed in the darkness. The delay makes it improbable that they .will reach New York before Wednes- day .morning, probably later than 3 o'clock, and during their twenty-ninth day of travel. By arriving in New York at any. time before 11 o'clock ‘Wednesday night they will break the present record for circling the globe by more than a mk‘.”m e Ll The Army planes and Wel mfiw reach om:in about 1 o'clock this afternoon, Des Moines at 3 -o’clock, Chicago at 6, Daytoh about ‘11, Bellefonte at 1 o'clock Wed- nesday morning and New York two hours jater. Eddle _Stinson, famous American fiyer, who originally scheduled to carry Evans and Wells: from North f‘;‘&éfia":"nf}f 3 {0 act as a re- o 0 n - in” case of emergency. He.is about four. hours ahead: of the globe girdlers, ready to turn back and them up if be or_to. meet at any point that connections 5 Copyrightt 1026, “g Ngeh American News- LINCOLN CARTER, 61, Auumr.;l' Famous Melodramas of o tions will be submitted to. the " Planning Among the )posed changes one to wlmanfinlt n':d from the be absorbed by North Dakots avenye and North Capltol street. Another of the changes which will éome up for hearing will be the juestion of between Bunker Hill District' line. FOUR VICTIMS OF S-51 AWAIT FUNERALS HERE Pirst Interment at Arlington Takes| Place Tomorrow—Family of One Not Heard From. PLAYWRIGHT; IS _DEAD | Monsay: " The $400,000 to $100,000, while $15,000 was added to the estimates of the Public Library for the ‘acquisition of a site for a branch public library in North- east Washington. ‘The traffi¢ estimates were reduced for the extension traffic light system. Chairman Jesse C. Suter pointed out that there would be no_such llm:xr renewals in the d that to provide 80 much for more signals the money should come' from taxes. traffic expert,” commented Council- man Harry N. Stull, “but it seems to me too much is being spent for traffic signals. After we get £350,000 worth this year we ought to have enough.” School Program Offered. At the outset of the meeting mem- bers of the council were furnished with a tabulated statement prepared by the engineering department of ti Di shoying e for con- struction during the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1928..Chairman Suter recommended that all of the school board’s requests for buildings and sites in conformity with the five-year ing program be recommended ex- cept the grading and seating of the stadiums at the new McKinley Tech- nical High School and the Dunbar High School. His recommendation would have added. $1,710,000 to the school estimates and raise the school total to $13,710,000. George R. Wales Ing | secretary until PRESIDENTWANTS RUDOLPH TO STAY, FENNNG TOLEAY Never Intended to Intimate He Desired Former to Quit, Spokesman ‘Explains.: BELIEVES THAT PATIENCE WILL SETTLE PROBLEM Making No Move to Oust Latter Commissioner—Successor Not Yet Being Considered. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y., July 13.—It was made plain.today by au- thority close to the President during his vacation in these mountains that it was not his intention to convey the imp n that he was anticipating the resignation of Cuno H. Rudolph as District Commissioner when he mentioned the other day a rumor he had heard about the Commissioner contemplating retirement because of ill-health. - This authority added that the Presi- dent has a high regard not only for the thanner in which the latter has administered the affairs of the Na- tional Capital, but for his personal abllity and integrity. He knows Com- missioner Rudolph and has had inter- esting chats and conferences with him. ‘ Also the President is understood to have said to some one of his intimates at the time he first heard the rumeor about Commissioner Rudolph’s con- templated retirement that he” hoped the report was not true, and that the Commissioner would find it convenient to remain. * Has Not Changed Views. This occurred before the President left Washington for his vacation and prior’to the time the congressional in- vestigations in connection with Com- missioner Fenning's administration Fenning case, it is not thought by his -associates at White Pine Camp that the President’s opinion of Mr. since he last discussed the matter with those correspondents who are with him on his vacation. It was made very plain by the President last week that he expects among the President’s associates at the camp as to just how long he will wait for Commissioner Fenning to re- sign before asking him directly for his resignation. ¢ —_ Expected Fenning to Qut. It is understood from a reliable source that the President has never actually taken the matter of resigna- tion up with Mr. Fenning personally. He has left this detail to a mutual friend—One close to the President, and in whom he has implicit confi- dence, and who at the same time, because of his long residen in ‘Washington and his important politi- cal affections, is a friend of Com- missioner Fenning. Naturally enough, those about the President, who are apaprently in his confidence in this matter, are somewhat surprised that Commissioner Fenning has not acted. Continued newspaper reports to the effect that Gommissioner Fenning is showing as yet no signs of retiring only add to the surprise and con- fusion of the preésidential party. -Any number of names of prospec- tive candidates for Mr. Fenning’s place already have been received at the Summer White House, but these are being withheld by the President’s the proper time ar- rives for the President. to give con- sideration' to the appointment of a I am thoroughly sold on including in| our figures every item asked for by the School Board for buildings and RS e FRIGHTENED INTO SPEECH Veteran, Deat and Dump Nine Years, Is All Right Now. LAWRENCE, Mass., July 13 (#).— Frightened by a policeman’s » light, George. Gibbs, deaf and dumb for nine years, since he was wounded in-the World War, is talking and hearing again.