Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1926, Page 2

- First Discussion of Rum-Run- & ning -Curbs With English Officials Planned. By the. Associated Press. RSP | SLATED TR LONDON, July 14-—Brig.Gen. Liu-| | coln C: Andrews, America’s prohibi- tion enfgrcement chief, will have his first meeting with British government officials tomorrow to seek ‘ways of putting thorns in the pathway of the transatlantic bootlpggers. There will bé & round-table @iscus: sion at the foreign office between<all the ' American experts ‘of Gen. ' Aul- drews’ mission 4nd representatives of the British foreign ' office, board of trade, admiralty, customs department and colonial office. It will be explained at this general | @iscussion that the object of the visit of Gen. Andrews and his aides is to discover what Gréit, Britain can do ' AUGUSTA L. HAMILTON, *in an administrative” way to make the | smuggling of liquor: the. United States difficult.” - Varied Conclaves Planned. After the plenary meeting it i ex- pected the participants will split nito groups for, considerition of. spécific questions such as smuggling, false declaration of .the tions of liquor ‘cargoes from British ports, and certain proposals. for giv- ing American revenue citters author- ity to enter British waters in chasing rum rupners. 3 p Announcement of the program Was made after a conference this morning between Gen. Andrews and the Amer- ltmn Ampassador, Alanson B. Hough- on. ultimate destina-; ~SLAY 21N CHICAGO Gunma;i-and Genéa’ Chieftain Slain—Four Wounded:in New York S&m_eis Leaving his hotel for the embassy,|” Gen. Andrews noticed that the doors of the public houses, displaying ale, stout and whisky- signs in big giit letters, wers closed. When he asked about ‘this, {t was explained that the Puh(l)hdldn'( opel‘liolll\ 11 o'clock. “Oh, so you have & little; pro- hibition here?” i After “Master” Smugglers. “America’s prohibition ~czar,” as Gen. Andrews is also styled- by the London papers, said the prohibition fleet is fast driving the smaller liquor smugglers to cover, and intimated the principal warfare now would be di- rected against the “master” or big b“‘l."hm interests of the rum trade. e, mission which Gen. A WS heads plans to exchange mtornnmtelon with the British government on liquor- smuggling - activities and evolve some system whereby United States rum chasers could more easily keep tab on sailing of liquor ships from British Quoting - &n interview - he had re- cently with-one of the “master” smug- glers, Gen. Andrews said this illicit trader ‘admitted the Government pro- hibition fleet. was driving the smaller CHICAGO, July 14-~Gang warfare resulted in_two deaths in different parts of the city early today. Jules Portugese, 24-year-old convict- ed gunmah, and once before a. target for gangster bullets, was “taken for a ride” and his bullet-riddled body left by a lonely voad 25 miles from Chi- and the four ‘bullet wounds in the head indicated to police that the vic- tim had been killed.in the traditional gang fashion. Joseph Ciccone, 37, said to be a high leutenant in the thinning ranks of the notorious Genna gang, was.called to the door of his home shortly after ‘midnight and shot and killed. The as- sailants, who were said ‘to -be only youths, escaped after an exchange of hots with a policeman. Ciccone'’s wif six children were with him when daor bell rang and he opened the door to face the fusil- There were no'elues in either case as to the identities of the slayers. Portugese first was linked with gang warfare in connection with the murder of Dion O'Banion, gang chief- tain, in November, 1924, Last Fall he ¢ | was wounded as he walked the streets act e ™) them, and if an S ;:th Great Brital i Andfewy safd " was rather pleased that the- ‘“cheap skate” was being forced ‘to give up the ghost. The general added: “Then I told the master bootlegger that about the time. we Tfinished -off the “‘cheap skates' the ‘master bootleggers ‘would begin to feel the pifch.” : WOMAN BATTLES MAN FOUR HOURS (Continued from First Page.) and that I had three other ‘engage- ments last night. He mentioned a $200 commission, but 1 said ‘that I would not consider it under any cir- cumstances.” Did Not Like Appearance. “I left the store, but he followed me up the street and gngaged in con- versation again and then a man in uniform came up and told me that the man was all right and that he was his brother.” | Finally, Mrs. Hamilton said, she was persuaded to go and look at the house, on condition that & taxicad driver go along. She.sald that she . did not like the appearance of the “client” and mentioned his “strange look about the eyes which seemed bloodshot,” but she finally agreed to_go. \ The time of the arrival near the cemetery boundary in Virginia-is fixed at about 8 o'clock last night by Mrs, Hamilton. There, over her protests, the taxicab driver was dismissed, Re- lugtant to accompany the man, she said she went a distance to get a sight of the “house,” which she has ot seen yet. Arriving a short distance off the gravel road, she was forcibly thrown to the ground; and there, she said, ensued the four-hour fight which end- ed when the two unidentified rescuers came up. * - Signs of Struggle Seen. ‘The ‘warrant was sworn out after this recital. & Mrs. Hamilton ‘Grass'and ‘shrubs had been trampled down. There was evidence of a prolonged strugi Detective ‘ook "detectives to prass, uncovered a man's comb, evi- dently recently left: there, which he will seek to identify. Detective Kelly found a fountain pen, Mi Hamilton then went to the where she stayed all night on the porch. Inmates of the house identified her. They said they were attracted by her automobile, of a New York jéwelry salesman [t fa00, t m‘gw oo hued a writ pend- _and was ar- con- FOUR SHOT IN NEW YORK. Prisoners’ Friends Attempt Rescue in " Streets. NEW YORK, Jyly 14.—Detectives Thomas Hammill and Henry Hoffman of the fence squad and two of four ners they were taking to police eadquarters in an automobile were shot yesterday in-a desperate attempt by five or six unidentified men to res- cye the prisoners ‘in Twenty-first street. The four wounded men are in Bellevue Hospital. The detectives will recover. ~Hammill " received a scalp wound and his right arm was broken by two, bullets. n receiyed a flesh wound in his left side. The two prisoners are Peter Bfanco, 26 years old, who was wounded under the heart, and Dominick Bianco, his brother. They are in the Bellevue prison ward charged with felonious assault. The other two prisoners in ‘the car with, the detectives escaped during the fusillade, in which it was said not less than forty shots were fired by the detectives and gunmen. SON SEEKS T0 BREAK FRANCIS JONES’ WILL Charges Brother and Others Con- spired to Get Comtrol of $8,000,000 Estate. By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, July 14 —A petition: to set aside the will of Francis W, Jones, former president of the Melba Manu- facturing Co., involving spproximately $8,000,000, was filed yesterday in the Federal District Court by attorneys for his son, Walter E. Jones, of Phoenix, Ariz’ ° Charges that his] brother, Albert G. Jones, with others, Approval Business of Nex}: Sessiofl. Approval of plans for a néw House ©Office Building) to relieve M crowding in the offices of ‘the National House of Tepresenta- tives, is special, business awaiting the next session of Congress. Because of the pressing jmportance too-long<lelayed of passing a buildings bill and other urgent legis- lation, the House u 3 3 ‘'mission, consisting \of Speaker : Long- worth; Representative Bacharach, Re- publican, of New Jersey: Representa- tive Garrett, of T ‘ming Jeader, ai the Capitel, project until the cember. ' The membership House is ready to follow the advice 'of this commission. Fod Preliminary studies have been made pursuant to a provision in the legis- Intive appropriation act for 1926, and a report submitted ‘by. the architect of the Capitol after conferences with the allied architects of Washington. The Commission of Fine 'Arts has ‘also been consulted and heartily ap- proves the tentative plans, being par- insistent that the two squares directly south of the Cap- itol grounds,.lying east and west of South Capitol street and bounded by B and C streets, New Jersey and Delaware avenues, should ‘be ac- quired, y 8 Other Schemes Suggested. Alternate schemes are suggested for the approval of the House Offic Building Commission—one, to erect a building to occup‘( tho;mln l‘q':l.n just west across New Jersey avenue from the present House Office Build- ing, now, occupied by the Pul Health Building, the Coast amd cago. G detic’ Survey Bulldings and Congress by Moré. than $100 found on the body | Hall I Hotel; the other, 1o erect the new bullding on the north -front of the two squares, leaving the rear area available for future expansion. This latter proposal weems fo be the more popular, and fits in better with the policy of the Commission of Fine- Arts, the only disagreement at’ present being that the Commlis- sion 'of Fine Arts would like to have Abov $8,000,000 structuire Mm:Ne'h lfl rsey avenues, fronting B street, to contain 270 twoavom e suites, w office suites, with lounge, . Goodetic ;| occupy Do | B street ! entire two squares can be secured for np%r‘oxlnnuly $1,500,000. . e_proposed buflding .on the two squares makes for symmetrical, bal- anced. treatment of the two squares in completion with the setting of the ‘Capitol Building. It does not leave the fate of the western squars to the uncertainties of the future. It is proposed to split the building into two distince parts, with a court between to allow an unobstructed vista from the Capitol down South Capitol street. (In this, way better lighting and ventilation can be se- cured besidés the more pleasing possi. biljtles for court gardens. Intércom- of the buflding will be provided on the first and ground floors, with additional second-story communication across an open terrace passage. The break in commuriication ,on the upper floors is not considered serious in view of the fact that-all committes rooms remain in the present House Office Building, with little necessity for intercommuni- cation: between the offices on the same .Xw 0 a grea facliity conferences between members, instead of having to meet in small, stuffy offices, as At present. v Arrangement of Suites. The typicalyoffice suite has been the subject of considerable detalled study, to the end that not only should the needs of the. tatives be, met the new buflding put up on the rear|in (or southern) half of these two lots, while facing north. This would leave | pris a wide parkway in front of the bullding facing The idea of the Commission of Fine Arts is that such a setting would be more in conformity:with the develop- ment on txmmn: "f’ of the &l.pllol grounds the improvement o the recently acquired land lying to- ward Union_Station in park effect. In such a method of treatment it would be posaible to ‘widen B street, both on the north side and south side. of the Capitol grouhds. ' " There are two objectiont pan he new Hol tori ‘for complicity in the hold-up aguinst the gsetting of tl yse Dffice B on.the rear of the two Jotanione ".i o ibers og-r?r- ‘gress object to its being any or away from the Capitol than Is neces- -rn and the other is unth there is o wn grade.. to ~the which * would m-um; alter fim land require a much higher balwa to conform with others In the Cap! ‘Agreed on Main Theme. Thip is ‘erely” & matter of’ ment, however, afl i P S, House'Office Bullding project.. In any event it is agreed that the vista,from the Capitol down South- Capitel street the Capitol grounds. |’ Fii q the simplicity of ai regularity of span wil f | minimum of construction cost. The suites to be provided for each member of the Houss will be just about the same as are now provided for members of the Senate. Tt must be borne in mind tbat Coh- osa i Jant ecenmai ment. bill based on 3 cenisus of 1920, and that with the eause it i Taither & very co- siderable increase seats: in_the ‘l-nnn——w = provided—or it imeans that -: States ‘will Tose representation in the House. The volume of work in the offices of ‘members of the House in consequence of legislation establish- E‘ new agencies of government, ost of which concern the dally life ‘all residents of the.s to the Potomac River shall not be ob-{. Thi structed, and that while the entire front of B street will be utilised,-there a8 now Rennmln‘ ol street by pedestrians and an un- ipeded vista. " Before any of the plans were pre- there. was a general ement as to the:niimber of additional offices. required, the ‘genegal er ‘these offices, accessory “elements of the building, and the essential re- quirement -that it should be a ser- vicable, economical - bullding, not “monumental.” ~ These requirements have been recognized in plan, story beight,- interior finish, and fenestra- tion, and an effort has’ been ade to | produce a simple, dignified building, not out of harmony with {ts sur- roundings. Thul-. ""n'i' are’ the J:; sult of composite as ©0-Operal effort by 17 of the legding architects of the Capital City. Acquiamm of lthemn,lto ‘:::l’ e:tcm of the building is caleul o Dbetween $8,000,000 and -$9,000,000. The bullding ' glone ~would . cost ap| - mately $8,000,000. 270 suites of for Representa- tives, with 85,000,000 cubic Teet of m‘m’:::ld . 45 h. 70 “'{‘t v‘l'filch 48 & gymnasium, Y. !u::m to be an essential need for ercise in the open. There is aiso to be a swimming pool, 36 by 140 fest,! with am| Jocker and shower facilities. Quarters are also provi for, a_folding room_ to take care government mlhunul‘hu ‘which had “the will fraudulenly extcuted,|fice and while the father was not of sound mind, are W‘x’mr with the provision that should iny other legatee contest the 1 would become null other brother, Albert, screams about 1 o'clock this morning, | the but that they feared it was'a gypsy Other fight down the road and refused to | v o, "3, open the door. They gave her per- “mission to stay on the porch. Spent Night in Chair. On & small piece of bed-clothing, Mrs. Hamilton lay down and attempt- ed.to sleep. n_she got up and sat in a-small rocking chair until the. _street cars and bu started run- came into he. occul sightseeing automobile Sio, whers he 18 omployed, Mrs, Barm: ni em] m’wcflhhn. i e. g E. Jones was bequeathed | ‘Space is provided for ‘a congres: glonal lounge, which will be of very great convenience to - visitors all parts of the country who come: call upon their mmnu‘tgn Congress. space automobiles is to be made in the basement. i office. :lrggm of a new office bullding im- perative. WALTER JOHNSON FATHER OF ANOTHER BABY GIRL Base Ball' hwh Boasts m Addition to . His Family. * Mother Doing Well. THREE BALDONS BOES NAY PONE = NRAGENDTSEEN, GRCS HURDERE Only One’of Four wmfiflafl Chicago Last Night Has - Been Sighted. By the Associated Press. . CHICAGO, July 14.—Sixteen ‘hours: after the mxm ot four balloons IPRESIENT URGES | | INDUSTRIAL SETY Message Read by Davis at Deriaring that evenythough there may, b no hi n reasons for mflum ers. of Amerioa ¢ industrial accidents, “the hard | T time drive us to of the country must the hard business principle of saving money by saving men,”. Sacretary of Labor Davis today urged inauguration of an educational m to reduce the wastage of hu- progra : | man lives and efforis in industrial ac- cidents. +| trom Mr. Davis opened the indus- trial accident conference called by him at the Mayfiower Hotel today with a to_employers to take every pos- means to uflu:; ecidents and cident takes its toll. . He vead to the conference a letter Presjdent (oolidge, extending the hest wishes of the President for i| the success of the mieeting and ex- +{ dustrial accidents ha Form Clue in"Hunt' for Per-in his hope that it would have iclal results. . letter From President.” 'he letter of the President follows: “I am pleased 10 note that you are calling an industrial accident preven- tion, conference to be held at the seat of government for the purpose of dis- Cuswing remedies, “It. is difficult to believe that in- reached an irreducible minimum, while the death toll. is probably not under 28,000, and the non-fatal injuries approximately two and one-half million each year. Especially should we be hopeful of greater improvement in this record i those who claim that 85 per cent of accidents. are preventable or even approximately right. “I am particularly gratified at the large number of States that are to be represented by delegates coming directly from governors of the States apd the large number of delegates from associations and manufacturers particularly interested in reducing the accident records within' their indus- tries, : . “Y thank you for the interest you \ve shown in this matier and wish to extend through you my best wishes 10 the conference and to express my - | hope for its/every possible success.” “ 'BOSTON, July 14.—Police todiy called. upon newspapers. te ald them in .the solutiom -of. the mysterious murder: of an attractive yotng {Pm- an whose @ismembered body awaited identification ‘in the cify 'mo¥gue. A " reconstructed picture of the girl's tace wag printed In fl. iden papers in the, effort a The police aré seeking the dri ’|of a large blue sedan seen near the cemetery wall in the Mattapan diy- | triet ‘where the body was féund yes- terday morning. The car was ob- owed | gerved at the spot shortly after mid- night Tuesday. Efforts also sre be- +| ing made to trace the dlayer through “in the number of “which - would | they | WRITERS GET WET. - Correspondents Tip Canoe und Suf- fer Ducking. PAUL SMITHS, N. Y., July 1{ (P, -Excitement here. for' 8 few Walter Johnson, the pride of the | &\ o of Washington ball club and the boast of base ball fans the country over, to- @ay laid aside his wonted modesty and indulged in & wholesome amount. of bragging all his own. His wife last night presented him with & baby weighing, 7 pounds & ounces. .h"l!ht stork w"vuofl with the infant ‘Memorial the: tuents, | recent ‘when the accldent.happened, . . P AL Bill Never Passed J> speration befére ' heér: death, tiess dectarved. - Dr:’ Timothy foal’ “examiner, sald the' ismefiberiment had been donie by orie, skilled in surgery. Fla., —— Urges Special Bureau. creation in museum, W the latest and most efficient industrial of Museum of Bafety. Mr. Resnick told the conference that more lives have been lost by July 4 celebrations in the achlevement of o m‘lhn ‘were 108t in sequiring it. added that mlllrx.‘ safety movements have ‘5'1-’ my estifation,” Mif. Davis suid, otherwise American industry. Two Reasons Cited. “I have two reasons for keeping to In the first INWPHERSINCASE gelist’s Mother. By the Amsociatsd, Press. & LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 14— | Officers investigating the abduction story of Aimee Semple McPherson, | Angelus Temple evangelist, today con- centrated on the attempt to locate | Kenneth G. Ormiston, former temple | radio operator, who disappeared a few days after Mrs. McPherson was re- ported drowned at Ocean PaTk May 18, The motive for the extension of the sedrch was belisved to have been dis- closed in the publication by the Los Angeles Tinies todiy of a report that - | Ormiston had been ‘partly identified as the man who sent a telegram to Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, the evangelist's another, on May 21.saying the evan- gelist was mfe. Investigators believe Ormiston has left the State. Officials refused to tell whether Mrs. Kennedy was question- ‘| e@ by the county grand jury yester- day concerning the telegram. The grand jury, recessed after yesterday's Bsession to reconvene tomorrow. The Times sa) rs. Kennedy read: Al'l"lul Temple, Eden Park, Los “Mother McPherson: “Paughter ok period Do not worry period Communieation proven period Am signing for 4. H. A,, who I belleve ok. Details by mall. “DR. MURTEN."” Handwriting Is Similar. Handwriting on the telegraph blank used in sending the message is said by experts to be identical with that of a letter written by Ormiston’some weeks ago,” Partial identification of the sender of the telegram was made by Leslie Bland, 17, and Clifford Frazer, 17, of the Oakland telegraph office by means of photographs of Ormiston shown them. They said that the sender took elaborate precautions to hide his identity. According to the two, the man. drove up In front of the tele- office some time before 11 p.m., y 21, and. blew the horn of his au- tomobile until Bland, who is a de- livery boy, and Frazier, his chum, ‘went out to the car. Bland, who said the man in the car resembled’ photographs of ‘Ormiston, told of accompanying him some dis- tance from the telegraph office, where he dictated a message. Bland said the man then tore up the message and wrote another.. Bland took the re- vised message to the telegraph office. Both Bland and Frazier said that the automobile driven by the writer of7the telegram was a closed model and of the same make as that owned by the former radio operator. Investigation ‘shows that Ormiston urchased an automobile, a coupe, in tlle, March. 16. Fifteen hundred dollars of the purchase price was said by him to have been sent him from ‘enice by telegraph by his brother, James Wallace. Investigators were unable to losate a James Wallace. Jameés Wallace, they were told, was McPherson's half brother, long the telegram sent On May 26 a man believed to be Otmiston appeared at Salinas, 100 miles from San Francisco, and left his of | ear. The next day Ormiston appeared in"Los Angeles, communicated with Mrs. Kennedy and denied all con- nection with the case. The next day the man reappeared at Salinas and dro¥e his car from the garage where he had left it, to re- turn two or threevhours later with a ‘woman. May 29 the man, police sa; at San Luis Obispo, whe: . | appeared he and the woman with him registered T Ei? el £ i VIGTIM BURIED |55 Enliun"i. =) ATNAVALACADEMY 5 ; W Egbert Laid o/t " Rest at Sohool Which {7 a8 Mr. and Mrs.' Frank ‘Gibson of . Clerks at the hotel ter. After conferring with her lawyer, Deputy District Attorney Pearson was t Teported to have said he had evidence which would “dynamite the case out e _water.” L Attorney Asa L. y he hoped to com- taking of ‘testimony before the jury tomorrew he says the in- quiry will not closs “until he feels satisfied he has learned all he can of the crime Mrs. llc:::rlon says was committed Ififllfi g He intimated additional testimony exhausted condition and told a story of . abduction and imprisonment in.a shack’ mear the Mexican border. . FOUR TRAPPED IN CAR " DIE IN FOREST FIRE : ‘Women' ud Children Victims, ‘Hundreds of Blazes Reported in Northwest. By the Associated Press. CALGARY, Alberta, July 14.—Two . | women and two children were bu to death yesterday when a closed automobile was trapped by & forest ; fire 'on a road between Banff, Alberta, and B. C. & “.1‘ b This brought to nine the o fatalities in & wave of heat, lightning and fire” that struck .- the Paeific | Northwest . Friday, and which con- I tinued today without noticeable ke s “wections the flames have been :’:‘.{"-mmum—fluom ’ ’ 4