Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. 7 - ' ey e ; Ll Y e . “From_Press to Home Forecast.! 3 Generally fair and- slightly warmer foihl g & . ; ; - Ay 4 'y Within the Hour tonight; tomorrow pnl;uy cloudy and 5 : bt L = 4 G 4 _ - g 0k b . The Star’s carrier tem covers c:mo"e:‘i: vm-m,t followed by local - 85 n 3 5 : | ? ¢ ] B : s . K eve: city block and the regular edi- oF night, cooler Thursday - 2 : g & s : i : i : ! & : ¢ tion is delivered to Washington homes Full report on page 9. W " e 5 e . 9y ) s et as fast as the papers are printed. Closing . Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20, ; , i WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION . : VUL T Yenenlay's Gresation, 95,380 No. 30030, Euvsher wpertoussmer "~ WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1926_THIRTY.SIX PAGES. % . m e Awecitsd e TWO OENTS. | o >l ] ; ” g e ‘T ‘. T’. ;\ b . o T : P v . HORSE KICKS YOUTH, 18, — TO DEATH NEAR LAUREL Guy Bedwell Anfmal Rears Up and (NOERWORDGNES| PLUNG OF FRANC MELETSLAVERS| g zaiem BANGS DEMANDS MMESTOPOEE, — owdR® ([ ARDUSTISTEP b mnldyup and kicked him in the face :‘ the Yellow le farms, three from L / 2 - lhoo trom Laurelrs. 7. B, meawen,| BUsiness Nearly Unanimous EXECUTIVE EXPECTS HIM TO RELINQUISH OFFICE IMMEDIATELY Resignation Given More Than|imestigaiors Think et 15| ‘ : 2 Closing in on Gunmen Who | T 7 ORI S horse while It was being bied by | in Call for Committee With Two Weeks Ago—Paper Is in ey 7 , . | [ ke Be B Dictatorial Powers, Hands of Attorney General. 77 died before a physician could be called. Mencke camé to this country from Germany two years ago and has HERR'OT CABINET’S L'FE gme been omplon: T; ’tm tr:!::lul:' % rae farms, used mainly for g the race horses of Guy Bedwell. EXTREMELY DOUBTFUL Mencke's parents still are living in Germany. He would have been 19 years oid on August 1. PITTSBURGH GANGSTERS BELIEVED INVOLVED APPOINTMENT OF . SUCCESSOR b e 3 : nit s WILL NOT BE MADE AT ONCE ey 10 Bl e Yol tion Plan Denied. Pennqlv!nh Police Grilling Spokesman Explains Announcement of VIR o Retirement Was Delayed to Permit |- S35 & tr s o e _ 2 o LAW S"_[I__S[]UGHT Completion of Work. lett, Canton publisher, . ties investigating the crime are run- S A e o ey ning down the leads. By the Associated Press, PARIS, July 20.—Deputies in the lobbles of the Chamber today were more engrossed in the fall of the frano than in discussion of the néw cabinet. Several brought news of rising im- patience among their constituents, es- Detective Ora_ Slater, conducting ? : Z ; President Wants Mine Peace | pecially the business peopie, who ap- i : * pear be almost unanimous in call- “.BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, the Stk Countr Ty, S Sivie ; : 1 il Li B o0 Goimition of Dabity MY oabentsr ort bt the information {oday by underworl on Rail Lines, But Seeks |7 for & commices oc puvie sioey WHITE PINE CAMP, July 20.—Frederick A. Fenning has| “The underworla usually is right.” tendered his resignation as Commissioner of the District ‘of Co- mn':':;: l"n"‘l"f‘r;"’“"‘”‘ on. that lumbia, and it is now in the hands of the Attorney General in| George V. Armstrong, Cincinnati Washington. - - et e mvesissnon: caunty [OFFICERS, CRAZED BY SEIZED, In making this known officially here today the President said [ Prosecutor C. B. MecClintock employ- t}‘m\ugh his sp‘okcsman that this resignation was requestgd by ;':r"fim‘“m";,“;.%",’; i I‘IQUOR’ SHOO’I‘ UP 3 H(),I‘ELS him. It was said also that Mr. Fenning wrote out his resignation |is necessary to interview in attempt- = the night before President Coolidge left Washington for his vaca- m"n:: .f.'&;;'m: f,',"::’,m,d = oo ik 5 AL i se Clubs on Guests in Beds When Ammunition ion, despite statements issued since by Mr. Fenning that he had |vigorously as yesterday along various S o no intention of resigning and had not received any. word from the |l#ads, while word was being awalted Runs Out—13 Persons Injured, Fixtires Power in Strikes. R e s e ks this morning found it at a new low level. At 9:15 o'clock the quotation By & Staff Correspondeut of The Star. on the «dollar was 47.28 and on the q WHITE PINE CAMP, July 20.—|,,ung sterling 230. At 10:20 o'clock It was learned here today that Presi |y naq fallen still lower, the quota- dent Coolldge expects that as 800N 85 | on being 47.90 france to the: dollar Congress reconvenes a. suitable plan | 200" 133 'to the pound steriing. in the form of coal'legislation will be | 3%, *42 0 the Potnd Serloe. o L offered for the purpose of preventing dollar 40 to the quln RUM FlGH strikes in the coal industry. This plar | 20 4533 to the i A is expected to be patterned along the 3 » de. 5 lines of the Watson-Parker raflroad labor bill, which passed during the : gn from. Pittsburgh on any developments % : last session and which s now being President about retiring. in'the grilling of George Psialias, Smashed. Success in London to Be Fol- |t 220" e, t now The President’s spokesman explained that announcement of :l'l'g:" Fyad ;m{;”fi.?n':‘m:fi : N b lowed by. Negotiations eag:::i ::no:.ml::mx: Tactor in the exchange situation. be- the receipt, of the resignation was withheld so that the Commis- |autherities believe. "u‘:;s:(fi;:fi Do L __nmf ;‘;:‘m el hflmvm‘;‘n X 2 forts that may be made this Sum- :flwflc&f‘m‘“ :Bes on. e sioner could eomplete certain work he was enguged in and which| . - Piftsburgh Gang Suspected. n id wounded, two | jured were believed to have been resi With Other Capitals. mer to obtaln an agreement between | "'y o paris Bourse of Commerce to- - 2 bbed coal operators and miners. The Presi- day took stringent measures to pre- < should have been finished by now. Theorles that Pittsburgh gunmen o L s L e dent_said through his spokesman to- | vent speculation in sugar on a ; Although the President was represented as saying that he | killed Meliott wers strensthonsd of oo by L s e aiariat ookl | By the Avedeistad Prase 5 ‘ Bective tise by declding that no Seals looked for Mr. Fenning to step out of office any day now, he did ee ot the. Pittsburgh: ‘howicide, | Sures d amuck in | thfough doors. at ' fixtures and at| LONDON, July 20/—A bid for from will e abpeoved At prices hishierthus - o4 g Ty py sl 2 o, & hotels. s attempti; to escape down | world-wide co-opera of foreign L last Friday's - 3 not indicate that he was in a position to appoint a successor D 5 i Davis, 1 % - an. adjoln: | erpments in 'the. enforcement of Pro- |’ > 2 This action._somewhat. “nlad ;h: ; Mr. Fenning immel After e e e hiet-vasd | hibition in the United States may be the feane. again weakensd under the drareély. 2 It is known that Mr. Coolidge has been giving much thought |; to this appointment since coming here, but it is thought that he has not yet reached a decision. - He has had before him numerous ¥ ved -and the outcomme ‘of the present Anglo- impetus of '8 8l ‘and went o ued arrived nd 47 | American 'discussions heve f plans . He | near the Scent mark at 49.33 to the materialize as anticipated by Wash- [indicat : dollar. ] s Prton : i~ Silk: Industry Speals. names suggested for the commissionership. Besides these the In the event 'an agreement s d President is known to have made inquiries of certain individuals in s ook redchac Wil the Britian, It ls consid: The: Pr The silk manufacturers of Lyon, of Washington in whose judgment he has profound respect. He has W!I.-m Shot in "Head. ered likely that other governments, 5 asked these if the 2 y could suggest any one of the caliber desired Ed Conway, merchant policemgan, for this place. v ¥ e e e ¢ s seversly "vounded in trying o 5 C i An.:onn:un:m:n; No ‘Sol:‘l,;ply'h:‘- i 3 Registered in Warren, lmusklm easily subdued and placed . - of oo uncemen ere . .mm“] . { Fenning’s resignation came as no I WI - e s 1 i WA ohowtly Akvecal atlier viscovos. st/ aliovel K negro hie ;:l;f;!se Si:ul:hg‘l‘: ::fl::-i rl;r::kgr!;t! : after moidnight. Conner said it was|to Im:: lnon, k!:uum but had mln " | would deal a deathblow to the rings dent Coolidge has made it plain that 3 clork Bad | OO D e hecatale e | Hix. -of PE Mt hootegmaes. Commissioner Fenning would_ shortly St many fied to nearby hotels or private z Pittman, police- | B Gen. Lingain C. Andrews. | ion yhich. among other things, wil | P4F E TRICEARL | m 1s undoubt. ton he announced this belief. The variance wiih the suspect’s story. B avars . Investigating .the case said | ownse Of one of the hotels, and shis |chlef. said to the Associated Press to- kot o ot Aiferonser s | edly due to the frequent ministerial stories from Washington to the effect ot i P b Sy Ber-|inat Davis and Cormack had been |son John Smith, Benjamin Butts, K. |day: ; the case of an emergency and will | changes and procrastination in set- manmfgon;axmoper Fenning showed / 3” &hmfi"&"‘ s kg il onxl:u: in_liquor raids _during b Focaly; aot “Bitokin’ Williase, b of give the Executive power to appoint | tiing the financial problem. They call no lon to retire not S~ eveni . Search of heir automobile ogee. Initiation in Washington. a coal administration to handle the |upon Parliament to adopt the plan turb the President In the least. In e 4 . With- the mentlon of, Pittsburgh situation in the event scarcity {of the expert committee which was answer to questions regarding the Delano Is Most Prommently gunmen and of ‘“coffee houses™ in -“If we are successful in our present |13 threatened. . - o Y | appointed under the Briand — e — 3 { regime. ‘Washi rts h 1 1d Pittsburgh, Canton and points be- | misslon, it is quite bable, i t Inflati . 22y Commsonies Fenning s sone 0| Mentioned to Sucoeed to [swese;t Became wwident hat an 7 I H PT TTR R R e RN o e retire. . e) y ‘underworl eu 1 " that th it It 15 now recalled that the President being brought Into the inqulry. : e e e I 4 = : ould resort to further inflati always used the word retire in his Commissionership. Conners were joined fh e g Ay e S 2 creasing demands for rejm- answers regarding Mr., Fenning. conference by H. J. Burton, Columbus { Sy who have consiahtly broken e e e ot Never once did he say, after knowing —_— detective, employed by the Canton - G IAwe. £ are denied in official circles, where it the Commissioner had tendered his| when Frederick A. Fenning closes | Dally News, of which Mellett was pub: Thin Iu & question, howkver; .Whick § is said-the cabinet will under no cir- resignation, that he expected the |y esic in the District Bullding this | iSher. ; g must be decided by Washington, he | hazard f. I latter to resign. The President indi- “Mellett's frequent -editorial attacks Y cumstances ask for more paper pointed out, as it would entall con- cated today that it was not his in.|afternoon it will be his final act 8 |, the underworld and its characters - | siderable diplomatic correspondence | C Bay, near Baltimore, and the | ™ Finance Minister de Monzle is cred- tention to be misleading, but to be | Ommissioner. Tomorrow, accompanied | gre accredited with having caused his| . e ¢ne at Paritan, N. J. reed ersi: as gracious as possible in the matter. | by Mrs. Fenning, he will leave on an | murder. i ; First Arrest Made in Drive to|Severe Punishment Awaiting|Prior to the initiation of actual nego, s ited with . plan for forced conversion th Costly to Mave Depots. of the whole interior debt, including “In view of the fact that our mis- S t mm-‘d“"“w“l‘lh.ulflomLmhondl‘ with a cost many millions to move these 4 ATy A ey oo Y He was anxious to have the Commis- | extended motor trip through the New sloner retire without being forced out. | England States, and before his re- Questions “King . of Jungles.” Tious'to have the Commissiones com: |-y’ sosiuation il Bere e | e o T ait o " |accepted and his successor appointed. | tention to t: plete certain important work he is .fitwk 3 These plans are understood to have o~ ibility that Clean Newsstands Here of | Any One Defying Religious Indecent Piotures. Decrees, He Warns. now engaded in. He also wanted to give the Commissioner ample time to|Dbeen_completed at a conference at 1d leader was. in- % X of finance. Wind up other affairs in his office. the District Building today between e Associated Press. 2 wisdom such - & courss is| " My cabinet has e Moreover, President Coolldge saw no |the Commissioner and Frank J. Ho- [YOPR& ' 1\ e4 their delving into P MEXICO CITY, Fuiy 30—President | | . ; detenss of the tranc.” said M. Horrior need for great haste in the matter. As[gan, his chief counsel during the im- | ne "\ nderworid last night the | £ and, lien: 10~ datirmtied ito’ Wntoroes el | depots, Bast to President Doumergue when he pre- Wwas stated in The Star of last Satur- | peachment proceedings ~before - the |interrogation of “Jumbo” Crowley, 8o- X " religious Retoh, “Which o ; N question.| gented. the ministers at the Elyses day, the President had made up his|House judiciary committee, while |called »King Of the Jungles.” ~Crow- ’ o s ) Solthero—and. Ssarithing i mind that there was to be another |slegraph wires brought to Washing. |ley's famillarity with the Canton G| B0 wheet: July 1. : sampeithalyy X - X Commissioner and that the Fnning |ion the news that Mr. Fenning's resig. |derworld, it was believed, might sive : A SO b Bo: Cutp case, so far as he was personall o cerned, was & closed incident. ’_‘“"‘ tion is in the hands of Attorney | the, police important information in ; - Re neral Sargent. Displeased With Attitude. “No Comment to Make.” Although the 'President made nol: ° R mention of it through his spokesman | Even when confronted ' with the today, it is known from an authorita- | newspaper dispatches Mr. Fenning tive source that he was thoroughly|¢lung to his oft-repeated mhfl- displeased with the attitude assumed |tic statement, “I have no nt to Commissioner Fenning, not only | make.” Mr. Hogan dlso declined to nce he sent his resignation at the | deny or affirm the reports, but in- request of the President to the Attor-|dicated in his conversation with mey General, but betwéen that. time | paper . men following the conclavé and the publication previously of the | with the Commissioner that it might |. findings of the House udiclary com-|be true. “ 3 'y mittee that investigated the many| Mr. Hogan did declare, -however, charges against him. . “Mr. P It was hinted last Saturday that t! President, would wait only a little long- yreports . from the - Sumy er before closing this incident. House, and pointed out t| There is a belief here that the formal | mal statement was accgptance of Commissioner Fen- ning's resignation may be announced from the Attorney General's office. < Other than to let it be kriown that Commissioner Fenning had at his re- quest tendered his resignation, . the |torne; President toda®% through his spokes- man gave_no reason for his requesting | the Com! the Commissioner to retire, nor did he explain why he considered it best for the District government and the eiti- zens of Washinglon that ‘Mr, Fen: ning should be roplaced. Influenced by Report, % Although ‘the President. was 'silent on these points, it is known that aside from his own personal feelings in the matter and his estimation of Commis- sioner Fenning after the reral col gressional investigations into his prac- tice .o‘ guardian and committee for mentally deficient war President was Influenced Aoflty report zlfll by t.l;;. felary committee after mw of