Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1926, Page 1

TG DRVEON OPC . NETS 100 SUSPECTS: MORE ARRESTS DUE « Federal Agents, After Four Months’ Activity, Swoop Down on City Dives. ROUND-UP IS GREATEST % IN HISTORY OF CAPITAL Narootics, Alleged Peddlers and Addicts Held—Many Face Liquor Charges Also: Further arrests were expected to- day in the city-wide narcotic clean- up campaign which, lagt nigh of the Capital. A stream of prisoners went through the routine of having photographs police headquarters this morning and then and fingerprints ‘taken at according Federal narcotic officials and police in charge, has already resulted from t's arrests in the biggest round-up of “dope,” and suspected peddlers and addicts in the history went before United States Commi: sioner ‘Needham raignment on char # the Harrison narcotic act. s of placed the findings last night, it was nmounced. The exact number of prisoners and the amount and value of the narcotics seized had not been determined today but it was estimated: that the prisqners would number more than 40, as a net result of more than 100 having been held in by officials in charge, the raids. 'I' Result of 4 Months' Work. Turnage for ar- s of violation of Charges possessing liquor also: will be inst several as a result of an- Tl;:rcln.mup campaign was directed B. R. Rhees, Federal narcotic agent in charge of the Washington division, which includes the District Virginia, “Columbia,” Maryland, “Nerth Carolina and West Virginia. Concentrating ~ his experts on the tal, Dr. Rhees sent them Into the “dope” underworld to dig out the evi- dence. men of the Federal After about- four months of this work, in which three iundercover narcotic force lived with the marcotie ring of Dr. cif ‘Washington, of his men here Whitss and negroes ‘were | with a nurs- She spent the 3 ‘one_mother ‘?-‘u arrested. o8, AN With the Co-operal ey al m-"m‘ night Staged Rhees the 2 " the. House 'of Dftention; with head- ml-_r_!gsz her at ”}fimncg {(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) HERMIT DIES IN FIRE, « OVERCOME IN SLEEP Ooal Company Shack Near Cum- /‘perland, ‘Md., Destroyed by Speelal Dispatchi to The Star. “CUMBERLAND, Md., “July Jack ‘Aronbolt, 50 years oid, was burned to death yesterday in & shack “ gwned by a coal company near wmine near here. 0 Apparently Aronholt was overcome ‘while: aslee, He ltved of the fire is unknown. The body burned to a crisp. It »to -an undertaking establishment identified. P. ®s a hermit. The origin was ‘was removed and He leaves a brother,- Wheeler Aron- holt .and a sister, Mrs, E. of the peighborhood. F. Wolfe, / TWO NEW BRIGADIER IN ARMY AIR SERVICE Lieut. Cols. Frank P. Lahm and William E. Gillmore Given Promotions. By the Awsociated Prees. ‘President Coolidge has approved the appointment of Lieut. Col. Frank P, Lahm and Lieut. Col. Willlam 'E. Gilimore, as brigadier generals in the Army Afr Corps. The two officers will assume their new duties under recess appoli nt- subject to confirmation by the Gen. Gillmore has acted as chiet of the supply division of the Service since in that ca) , is stationed y. Gen. Lahm, n San Francisco, Alr 1919, and will continue who will becomie either Air Service operations officer, in command of Kelley Field, » or officer in charge of training, with headquarters in Washington. - * ‘Brig. Gen. Fechet, who became as- sistant to Maj. Gen. Patrick when “Gen. William Mitchell was re- of that command may be given the Kelley Field station. $FLO0DS OUST THOUSANDS . Jugoslav Peasants Flee to House- |}yzed tops When Dike Bursts. o iy Apatin 17 (®).—Forty e ‘best soil of ' the of peasants which L «':"m‘:"' nnrw f and % Thousands: 3 ‘taken refuge on housetops, from et partiss. to As Herrin Leaders 3 Give Peace Pledge By the Associated Press. MARION Ill, July 17.—Opposing factions whose periodical clashes have resulted in Herrin being placed under martial law several times In recent years, have pledged themselves to Supreme Court Judge Warren Duncan of Marion to maintain peaceful relations. Judge Duncan called the leaders together and explained the ultima- tum of State officials that unless satisfactory assurance was had that there would be no recurrence of disorders, martial law would continue in the area. ‘The men then pledged their word that order would be maintained and on the judge’s recommendation the governor ordered the with- drawal of troops. ——ie. MELLETT SLAYING BAFFLES PROBERS Rewards Totaling .$20,450 Offered for Men Who Killed Publisher. | under. the strain. By the Assoclated Press, CANTON, Ohio, July 17.—Investiga- tors of the murder of Don R. Mellett, publisher of the Canton Daily News, are no nearer a solution than they were immediately after the crime was committed early yesterday morning. Rewards totaling $20,450 have been offered and have served to spur the inquiry. Several detectives, strictly incognito, are believed to be in the city. = Charles Morris, editor of the Dayton Daily News, and R. B. Mead, secre- tary-treasurer of the same paper, are in Canton, representing James M. Cox, publisher of the Canton News and Dayton News. They said that no definite steps have been taken by them in furthéring the inguiry, except to confer ‘with C. B. MecClintock, Stark County prosecutor, and Ear] Hexamer, Canton safety director. They urged correlation of the activities of investigators, they said. Strictest _privacy = surrounded . the funeral of Mellett at his residence at noon. The services lasted but half an hour, the body then being started on its journey to Indianapolis, where it is to be buried. - Lowell Mellett; another brother ar- rived during the night from Wasbing- ton, where he is connected with the ySpapers. ‘The publisher’s widow, after. her 1¢ is Mellett's brother Lioyd. with him on the Canton News, who appears most heavily bent He: has told his Acquaintances that he carnnot clgse { drive’ from his mind a feeling that some of the articles he wrote may have caused members of Canton's underworld to slay his brother. ‘The State took its place today with ral, county and city authorities in the hunt for the assassins. Gov. Donahey's persopal investiga- tor, 'C. H. Sisson, was ord from Costipition Ha. 1 16 Sesp. 106 on- jon. He o the gov- ‘s office_informed of progress in 3 Gov. Donahey said ' that “the State offers every facility to as- sist prosecutor McClintock of /Stark County."" § Met Governor July 7. In his relentless fight against crime in Canton, for which he gave his life, Mellett - conferred with the governor here for more than an hour July 7. At the hend of the city's forces s Chief of Police S. A. Lengel, who has pending in the Stark County courts'da: a libel suit against the Canton News and Don Mellett. The suit was brought because of articles printed when Lengel was before the Civil Serv- fce Commission charged with laxity in law enforcement. was later reinstated. The chief d all his men are on their toes to bring in the murderers, . The City Council, in special session last night, learned -that it could not make definite appropriation for fur- thering the investigation, but vated to finance the activities which ‘may be required in the search. Police yesterday traced to Johns- town, Pa., an automobile which came under jon. Neighbors of the Melletts said they ‘saw an .automo- bile with a Pennsylvania license hover- ‘These re- ports outside of Canton n the erime at the behest of the rulers of the city’s underworld. P A complete alibi was established for the Johnstown car, learned. It is conceded that the murder is the | war and of Mellett againgt MEXICANS FREE CAPTIVE. VERA CRUZ, Mexico, July 17 (#).— Miguel Loyo, & Mexican rallway en- gineer, wWho kidnaped late in May, has been I ‘Strike Halts Shanghai Mail. A e O Pesod by & Btrike of 3,200 Even Bet Placed That Pre- mier Will Retire on Defeat of Power Demand. [ HERRIOT ATTACKS BILL AS REACTIONARY MOVE Cabinet Head Denies Blow at Re- publican Institutions and Calls " “Duel” a Tragedy. By the Asociated Press. PARIS, July 17.—Debate on the bill granting the government full power to deal with the financial situ- ation by decreeing corrective meas- ures began in the Chamber of Depu- ties this afternoon. Former Premier Herrlot, leader of the Radical party and president of the Chamber, took, the rostrum at the ‘| financial situation as being so critical opening of the sessions, and began a speech against the bill. The action of the president of the Chamber in leaving his post as im- partial arbiter of the debate, and re- suming his place among the members of the Radical-Socialist group came as a surprise to many. Bank’s Reserve Mentioned. M. Herriot began his atlack after M. de Chappedelaine had outlined the finance committee’s conclusions and asked the Chamber to ratify the gov- ernment bill quickly. because only 700,000,000 francs remained. for the Bank of France to advance to the state. Herriot declaved the government's proposal for full powers had pro- foundly shocked all the republican members of the Chamber. He could | 1| not vote for the government's project, he sald. He adjured the government not to leave the Chamber outside the decisions it proposed to take. ‘While he was talking bets were laid in the lobbies at even ~money that the cabinet would fall. New Ministry Discussed. Prior to the session the impression In the lobbies was that the chamber was growing more and more hostile to the government. This impression Chamber Bouyssou would preside in- stedd of M. Herriot. It.-was rumored in the lobbies that: mergue’s summons for a new cabinet. During his »] h against the bill M. Herriot he would resign | the presidency of the chamber if the | powers of the lower house were cur- tafled as the government proposed. Premier Briand then rose to reply. the government desired to attack re- publican institutions. He added, amid applause from the Center and Right benches, that an encounter between M. Herriot and himself in the present crisis amounted to a tragedy. “I don't know what will be the out- come of this duel,"” he sal “No, it is not a duel,” M. Herrlot interrupted. . Calllaux Wants Dedision. Joseph Caillaux, finance minister who seeks dictatorial powers, Tegards the that he wants an immediate decision, even if the Chamber has to sit Sun- ¥ M‘P‘oollnt that th:u m cannot un unt » Which is the day on which it was intended that the measure should be debated, the cabinet decided to appeal to the Chamber today to reverse the decision of the Chamber’s finance committee which - yesterady disapproved the grant of power the cabinet sought, by a vote of 14 to 18. The government has decided to press ratification of both the British and American debt settlements before Parliament recesses for the Summer. Opposition Not Weakening. Premier Briand’s announcement to this effect undoubtedly has reduced the number of the government's par- tisans on finance comittee and will make its task harder inithe chamber, for. opposition to the Washington agreement {8 strong there and shows no 8 of weakening. M. llaux maintains there can be no real restoratfon of French finances and no stabilization of the franc until these war debts have been settled. His intimation that Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has written him a communication containing certain assurances on the American debt set- tlement is arousing keen 'interest here. Although the communication t reached M. Caillaux, reports of existence have weakened S n ok Ty ia Uhe. Iohbiss ot the e e hatper of Deputies. Tho comvating cation is sald to contain certain satis- o 8 com- A O i ‘a clause, - which 1 M:h-_vo beén - severely e W Mmmyt-‘mgnwn 1 of ot THREE DIE, 4DHURT INWESTERN STORM Extreme Heat Is Followed by Tornado in Wisconsin, '+ Damage Is Heavy. By the Associated Press. ASHLAND, Wia., July 17.—A sud- den Summer storm starting ‘on. the Iron Range of Minnesota. swept 90 miles: between Chisholm, Minn., and ‘Ashland, Wis.,, yesterday . evening, causing at least three deaths, injury to probably two-score persons and con- siderable damage to farm and town property. The disturbance followed a day of extreme heat throughout the North- west, -in -which mercury records of 25 years. wera shattered. 'Four addi- tional deaths were attributed to heat - the“&verage - temperature “well above the century mark. - The - storm which crossed the tip Lake Bi jor, a few miles Duluth, inn., ‘was accompan! ‘by- hal} ‘and rain and reached t! proportions: of a tornado near Ash: land and:Ashland Junction. Much of the countryside west and south of Ashland was damaged, and three persons were killed in this vicinl- ty. Every bullding in- Upson, a vil: lage of 300, 13 miles south of here, was reported blown down or damaged, and 26 inhabitants were believed in- Jured. 3 The invaded territory suffered heavi- 1y from . the fall of hail. - The icy peliets rained upon Chisholm for 15 minutes and destroyed so much glass: that hardware concern ordered three and one-half tons of glass to repair the damage. Roads were coversd with debris, sections of raliroad were da 5 making necessary rerouting of t wire communication was hampe! and farm homes were mowed down @8 the storm advanced southwest- ward. . Three Young Persons Killed. Ashland was not in the direct path of the tormado, but experienced a heavy fall of hail. 'l';z known dead, all of whom lived on farms, are: Mabel ‘Joknson, 18; Julia Johnson, 20; Albert Anderson, 12. Several were injured; some struck by objects driven with cannon-ball force by the wind, are in the hospital at Ashland. Among them are Mr. Mrs. Otto Johnson, parents of the girls killed, and Mrs. Eimer Johnson, ‘who lived on anmother: farm. The storm first struck in the vicin- ity of Ashland, on the farm of Ben Anderso! ing trees, -tearing down fences and ling wires, then rushing to'the Southwest. Safe in Basement. ; The farm -of Charles Willis came next. ‘Willls was injured when struck by debris. The.twisting cloud swept on to the farm of the Elmer John- Mr. and Mrs. Johnson -and hastened to the base- ment and knelt in prayer. Ob jeots. fell into the open bassment but the | Johnaon's were unhurt. Boards ~torn from the wrecked 4 uggest that Mr. Mellon might. stop I red | 1and to confer with Gen. Lincoin C. U. S. LEGATION GUARDED. Swiss * Authorities Take Precau- tions After Sacco Warning. GENEVA, Switzerland, July 17 ). Bwiss police have taken measures for the protection of the American legation in Bern and the consulates throughout country. owing to the recelpt of several threat- ening letters by the legation. The letters are connected with the case of the Italian radicals, S8acco and Vangzetti, who have staged a long: drawn fight for their lives at Ded- ham, Mass., after conviction for murder. TR MELLON, MORGAN AN MACKAY SAL International Significance Denied by Finanoiers as They Leave for Enope:” By ihe Awociated Prese. NEW' YORK, July 17.—European vacation trips beginning today on the liner Majestic of Secretary Mellon, J. P. Morgan and Clarence H. Mackay, | president of the Postal Telegraph Co., have aroused considerable spec- ulatjon, The Secretary’s announced destina- tion was southern Burope. Montague ‘ofman, governor of the Bank & of ngland, and Benjimin Strong, gov- ernor of the New. York Federal Re- serve Hank, are in France and are supposed to have been holding con- ference in Antibes on means to halt the tumbling franc in the interna- tional money markets. All three Americans salling today insisted that they were merely going on vacations. One s lon was n Eng: Andrews, head of prohibition enforce- ment, who is negotiating 'te curb smuggling of liquor into the United States. . Accompanied by Son. Mr, Mackay is accom, ied by his son, John W. Mackay, ahd his son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ken- neth O’Brien. Mr. Mackay's .other daughter, Mrs. Irving Berlin, and her song-writer husband, ‘are now in Eu- rope, where they have been since a few weeks after the marriage tha estranged Mrs. Berlin from her father. Mr. Mackay's last statement indicated no_ change in his attitude toward the Berlins, ’ Mr. Mellon sald in . Washington yesterday that France had received better terms from America in the settlement of her debts. than that from any: other itor nation. He - sald ' that the agreement amounted to cancellation of the war debt and an actual return only of advances made after the war.. He explained that his ‘remarks were occasioned by erroneous comparisons made in the American press with the London agreement. 9 Loan Depends on Ratification. My. Mello remarks were taken as an answer to reports from Paris that the French government might Beek, modification of: the American agreement. It was ‘recalled that previously Mr. Mellon had sald the ¥ tion ‘was out of the hands of mm commission, of which he is 8| chairman, a ‘would make French | on nd in the hands of Con- t | virtually will control liqugr trafic Detroif PROFESSOR ADMIS * SLAYINGHS W Hit Her With Hammer and In- terred Body After Per- forming “Rites.” By the Assoclated Press. SYRACUSE. N. Y., July 17.—Con- fessing to the murder of his wife with a hammer, Aggestino Izz0, 51. & professor of music, yesterday led de- tectives to a make-shift .grave in which he placed a box containing her Kneeling before the grave he prayed for forgivenéss for “a murder which 1 innocently committed in self-de- fense."" S He told the police that on Tuesday morning he and his wife quarreled. He was tapping a barrel of wine in the cellar, he-said, when Mrs. Izz0, & knife in her hand, threatened that it he ““didn’t stop talking about her she would cut him.” X a hammer that lay on a box nearby and when my wife Iurched forward with the dagger, as though to plerce me with it, I struck at her shoulder, but struck her a glancing blow"on the head, knocking her to the floor. I saw she was dead.” He then dressed the body in the newest of clothing, packed it in a three-foot square wooden box, sprin- kied it with holy water and surround- ed the box ‘with candles. Next day he hired a truckman to take it to the spot where later Izz0 dug the grave. CANADIAN RUM MEN REPORTED ORGANIZED Organization of . Warehouses Op- posite Detroit Seeks to End Price Cutting. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, July 17—The Detroit News today says that more n a dozen liguor expart warehouses on the Canadian side of the Detroit River are to combined in an organiza. ticn, with a capital of several mil- 's Circulation, 95,358 ' {Hearing 75 Daily | Divorce Suits Tires Franks Case Judge By the Associated Press. % CHICAGO, July 17—Listening to an average of 75 different tales of domestic woes every day is “too strong” for Judge R. Caverly, so he asked for transter from the divorce court. After he had heard 224 pleas on one day alone, the Judge pre- sented one of his own—for some other assignment. Judge Caverly has heard nothing but divorce .cases since the trial of Leopold and Loeb for the Franks murder t:’i:d years 6go, at which he pre- sided. SMITH INDICATES ~ 198 CANDIDAGY Call on President Sets: Po- litical Pot Boiling at Camp in Mountains. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y, July 17.—Although Gov. Al Smith has very carefully avoided discussing politics, except in the most casual manner, since arriving in this section, his visit has, nevertheless, started no little po- litical discussion. The governor himself declined to give any inkiing as to his future plans, but the impression gained by many who have talked withi him and members of his party, is that he has no intention of fading into oblivion at the expiration of his pres- ent term as chief executive of the Empire State. Admissions came from several of his poitical intimates who are spending the week end with the governor at Paul Smiths that he will run again for governor, but that does not mean he has given up any idea of seeking the presidency two years hence. 4 Conferences Are Arranged. The fact that the governor is gi ing much attentfon to the prepara- tion of literature for use in the forth- | coming State campaign is one of the reasons why it is thought he Is con- | templating running again. Also he has arranged for a number of conferences with political friends before leaving here Monday, and he has arranged for meetings of a live nature at vari- ous points on the way back to Albany. Besides all ‘this, the governor is to | bave a conference at Lake Placid, about 20 miles from here, with Joseph P. ‘Tumulty, secretary to President | ‘Wilson. 1t is understood the Jatter -will ‘come .to some agreement with Gov. Smith to throw -his support to him” 1t Democratic nomination in 1928, It is realized that Mr. Tumulty is in close touch with many influential Democrats, and the Smith followers believe Mr, Tumulty could be very helpful. Mr. Tumaulty, however, con- tends_that he is no longer in politics, but the probabilities are, from recent developments up here, that he will be back in the harness when the Smith presidential movement gets under way. The governor, when asked directly by newspaper correspondents if- he didn't care to make an announce- ment through them of his candidacy in 1928, said it was too early to talk about such things. When the same question was put to him regarding his candidacy for govermor this Fall, he replied by saying, ““You are good fel- lows, but do you think I'd tell you before telling the gang back in Al bany?” Answer Is Enigmatic. He was asked if he thought the ag- ricultural situation would injure the prospects of the Republicans in the elections this Fall. He answered by saying it was too soon to judge. He aid add, however, that the Democrats weren't being hurt. lions, to end price-cutting_ wars. The | Publican new . organization, the News says, tween it and bor- fle;_n oities. e new company, the news, r‘n:‘r;.o m{at:: ::cm' ‘_:‘z ‘which rted cers ot Chnad agents breweries and df . The News says the first effect of the the A \ Landslide Barics Train at Sarajevo; was felt in Detroit fi:éfifl“mm Tor smusgied beer ‘end | body fe. . \ 80 Persons Killed| s By Radio 1o The Star and Chieago Daily News. . VIENNA, July 17—Eighty per- sons' were killed near Sarajevo when & landslide, caused by heavy oording to dispatches from Bel- grade. . It is expected that it will take several days to uncover the 2 n. {Copyrizht. 1926, by Chicage Daily, he intends to run for the PRESIDENT T0 05T FENNING UNLESS HE YIELDS POST SOON Summary Removal Will Fol low Selection of Successor to Commissioner. DIFFICULTY EXPERIENCED ' IN FINDING RIGHT MAN i [Probes Render Job Unalluring. Hint Is Heard That Woman May Be Considered. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP, July 17.—1t was revealed here today by an au- | thoritative source that Commissioner ! Frederick A. Fenning, now is holding his position only by reason of the | fact that the President has no one in mind to appoint as his successor. Just as soon as the President finds the type of individual he is seeking to succeed Mr. Fenning, he wiggask the latter to step out if necessary. It is admitted, however, that the President is antleipating consider- able difficuity in choosing a new Com- missioner, and it is thought he may be delayed somewhat in reaching a decision. In advancing this information to- day, an associate of the President added that the latter {s worried not at all by the reports in Washington newspapers that Commissioner Fen- ning is assuming the attitude that he has no idea of retiring despite state- ments from the President to the ! effect that he is expecting such a step. Summary Action Seen. The President, it is explained fur- ther, has given the Commissioner to understand that he would like to ap- point some one to his place, and has afforded him plenty of time to relin- quish his post gracefully. However, if the latter persists in remaining after all this the President will be less considerate of the Commissioner's {feelings and will summarily remove {him, according to the positive belief | of those who are close to him up here. ' Any number of names have been sent to the President for cousidera- tion in appolnting a successor to Mr. Fenning, but a brief study of these within the past 24 hours has only ;added to the President's belief that he’is faced with a hard job to obtain the services of the kind of man he wants for the place. Several persons | have been recommended who would have readily very_ serious at- tention but for the fact that they do not possess the qualifications. It is necessary under the law governing the appointment of a Commissioner to se- lect some one who has been a legal resident of Washington three years prior to the appointment. In the first place, the salary of Com- missioner is not sufficlent to be at- tractive to many, and, in addition, the Job is one that requires close applica- tion and is assoclated with duties that are onerous. To make the selection ' more difficult, the commissionership has lost considerable of its attraction | since the Fenning inquiry and the in. . vest! of the District government by committees of Congress. Many Ineligibles Ready. Of course there is the usual batch of perpetual can who always ‘bob up when a Commissioner is to be appointed, but it is not thought likely that these will be given a second glance by Mr. Coolidge. ‘While discussing the commissioner- ship up here, the President has mani- fested a keen' desire to land what is described as a really big man, some one of wide experience, not only as | an executive, but in other fields. He ‘wants some one with ideas and ideals and one whose efficiency and breadth of vision have been established. It is known also that the Presi- dent would prefer to appoint som: one whose local affiliations, either politically or in a business ~way, would not prove an em nt later. Whether this has been sug- gested as a result of implications made during the Fenning investiga- tion not known, but it is known that the President is golng to look long and far and is going to be in ?lo undue haste in making a selec- lon. The opinion was expressed today by one of the President's associates he may steer clear of accept- any one identified with the so- to be in con- things generally in the Capi- whose activities were men- more or less prominently