Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1926, Page 2

» THIRD BIG FORTUNE MADE BY DURANT Credited With Clearing $20,- 000,000 on General Motors. Cosden Return Seen. 2 By the Associated Fress. NEW_YORK, July 30.—Ore spec- tueular Wall Strest operator, Willlam C. Durant, has scored his third big ! financial triumph and made a third fortune out of the same stock, and another, Joshua S. Cosden, has come out of retirement seeking to repeat victories in the Street. Mr. Durant is credited with ha ing made a $1,- 500,000 paper profit terday when General Mo- tors Corporation, which he founded, soared teo a record of $191. He is also credited with having profited ,000,000 in the r through undaunted in the com pas his faith vany. General Motors made a net gain of 1215 points yes terda; 373,000 shares being sold. Mr. Durant made his fortune after founding General Motors. but was removed from its presidency in 1921, In General Motors stock he made a second fortune that was esti- mated at $100,000,000 before the 1920 depression ,in which he met disa Many Wall Street men believe that the third Durant fortune is as large as ever before. | Mr. Cosden again is figuring in big enterprises in the ofl industry as well | as in the stock market - Wall Street hears he is about to| reappear as a dominant factor In| concerns with which he was formerly | connected. 5 A report that he is regaining con trol of the Mid-Continent Petroleum | Corporation, formerly the Cosden Oil | Corporation, is denied. but it is said he has a large stockholding interest. | A new undertaking in which he is reported to have a substantial in- terest is a syndicate with extensive oil concessions in Columbia. He withdrew from the market and business last Januar nd sold his Long Tsland estate to Vincent Astor. Wall Street today ribed the General Motors stock as a gold mine for the E. I. Dupont de Nemours Co. Inc., because it ow 30,829 shares carried on its books at §70 a share, ':\Ii{t’h General Motors at $191, this uld mean a s profit of $16 A paper profit of $161.- | THIRD-TERM BOOM SEEN AS INJURIOUS TO PRESIDENT NOW (Continued from First Page.) William €. Durant. | he looks for very little in the of legislation other than supphtn?sgl‘" and such urgent matters as are pend ing and which may arise between now and December. Like Senator Fess, he looks for the farm relief subject to bob up again, but any relief plan that wants a chance to succeed cannot be vpatterned after the MeNary- Haugen Price-fixing measure, he declared. Committee to Meet November 1. 1t was announced by Mr. Snell, who | 18 not only chairman of :h:”'r:hz: Committee but a member of the | House steering committee, that the House appropriations committee will commence its meetings November 1 In order to whip the appropriation measures into shape in time for the opening of Congress the foilowing month. He expects the ways and means committes to convene early to consider drafting a measure to dis. pose of alien property and pay Amer. fcans who have been awarded dam. | ages by the German-American Mixed Claims Commission. The conferees on the radio regulation bill will meet some time in November in an effort to draft a bill that will overcome all objections and can be passed, be- cause there now is a_widespread de. mand for regulation of this fast-grow- ing industry. During the past week Preside Coolidge has been giving ronsidei’?&h’]‘: of his day to the Government's busi- ness, all of which has interfered some- what with his fishing and casting practice. He tried to make up for lost time vesterday afternoon. Also it is thought that he discovered that the fish supply at the camp was run ning low and there was company in the camp. He was undoubtedly anxious to make a_deep impression upon his old friend, Frank W. Stearns of Boston, who arrived during the day for an indefinite stay. The Presi- dent went to Follansby Pond, the only real fishing ground in these parts, and fished steadily and doggedly for nearly five hours. His face and hands were good and red when he returned, but he minded not at all, he was so proud of his afternoon’s work. His basiet contained more than 40 of what the President called “beautfes.” They were mostly small-mouth bass and trout. So interested was the Presi- dent in this sport that he failed to return to the camp at the usual hour, and when he carried his catch to Mrs. Coolidge for her customary praise her | eve was more interested in the clock than her husband's fish. Plans of the President as indicated today call for a trip to his home in | Plymouth, Vt:, next Wednesday or Thursday. The journey will be made by train, and his stay will be brief. 1t is thought he will be back at the Summer White House by a week from Sunday. Only Speech Next Week. The only engagement for the Sum- mer ywhich calls for a speech on the part of President Coolidge is the one next Tuesday afternoon at 6 o'clock, when he will make a brief address over the radio incident to the opening of the ceremonies in Colorado marking the fiftieth anni- versary of the admission of that State to the Tnion. The indications at the executive office today are that the President is refusing all sorts of invitations to visit various places this Summer and to make speeches, mostly in this locality. Some of these invitations have come from the management of county fairs, local pageants and cele- brations and the like. He is turn- ing down all of them, explaining that he is up here for a rest and to kecp the business of the Government running. Some of thege invitations from the President's Summer neighbors are humorous, if not downright auda- clous. Many of the people who have Summer camps in this lake section have the impression that the Presi- dent's camp is being overrun with politicians apd office seekers and they have written to the President to pack up his things and come to their camp, where he and Mrs. Cool- idge ¢an find real quiet and rest. While at the executive office to- day Mr. Stearns received a letter from Mrs. Stearns, whom he left back at their Summer hom Swampscott, Mass., saying she was coming to the Coolidge camp next week. 2 | schuyler, {journed the hearingg SHITH CAMPAIGN FUND LIST SHOWN Moore Reveals Clement Studebaker and Ira Copley Were Largest Donors. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 30.— Allen F. Moore, campaign manager for Frank L. Smith, successful candidate in the Illinois senatorial primary, decided to- day to furnish the Senate campaign funds committee names of all contrib- utors to the Smith political fund. Moore disclosed that Clement Stude- baker of South Bend, Ind., had ‘con- tributed $20.000, and former Repre- sentative Ira . Copley of Aurora, 111, had given $20,000 in two Install- ments, Other contributors included Daniel Chicago attorney, $2,600; Fugene Pike, £1,000; Judge Stransky of Chicago, 0, and Nick Kachavois, on behalf of Greek merchants of Chi- The ‘Smith managers said that Studebaker met him in the Congress Hotel here on the occasion of the Indiana dinner last Winter and had stated t he was very much inter: ested in his friend Frank L. Smith. Made Two Donations. “He asked me to call at his office, which 1 did he gave $10,000. Later he gave another $10,000," Moore said. In making known his decision to give the names of the contributors, said that e of the men for political and business re: had requested him no! veal these contributions. e committee that the imposed upon him by was that in any way only obligat Smith in the was not to obligat ‘The Illinols Repullican nationa committeeman, said he knew nothing of the report that Smith manage had offered Charles Scendry of East St. Louls, president of the Tllinois Forelgn Votérs League, $6,000 for the support of that organization. n going through my files 1 came across an unanswered letter from Scendry under date of July 22, of this cear, asking for a conference with me,” Moore said. My secretary re- ed it and threw it in a basket.” The witness added that if the mat- ter had come to his attention he would have told Scendry that Smith already had the support of the for- eizn voters and so did not need his assistance. Gives Memorandum Book. The little black memorandum book to which Moore referred when he first appeared Monday was handed to the committee. It was in cipher, the wit- ness explaining that he kept it in his |desk for noting interviews with down- state leaders who called on him. Opening the book at random he read one cipher that a leader asked for $2,800 for campaign purposes in his county and was given $600. The committee did not press for all details from the book, and Moore was ex- cused after being on the stand only half an hour. James A. White, United States mar- shal at Murphysboro. Il testified that he had charge of organization work for Senator McKinley in five down-State counties and that he per- sonally spent $1,475 of his own money for which he was not reimbursed. White could not say how much money was raised in the five coun ties—Alexander. Union, Pulaski, Per- rv and Randolph. There were local organizations in each of the counties, he added. Own County Expenses. Taking up his own county of Jack- son. the witness testified that there were hired workers at the polls. re- ceving from $5.to $15 each. Seven hundred and fifty dollars of the $1, he gave went for workers and auto hire, while $400 was for stationery and postage. White exhausted the list of wit nesses on hand and the committee ad- until next Tues. day to enable Senator Reed to fill week end engagements in Missouri and Senator La Follette to fill such engagements in Wisconsin. TWO DENY AIDING SMITH. East St. Louisans Contradict Senate Committee Testimony. EAST ST. LOUIS, 11, July 30 (). —Louis F. Lumaghi, president of a coal company, and Allen T. Spivey editor of the East St. Louis Dail Journal, today denied that they were connected with the organization of Col. Frank Smith in St. Clair County, suggested by Timothy P. Me- Carthy, testifying before the Senate committee investigation of the Illinois primary at Chicago. POOR GET FREE ICE TICKETS FROM ELKS Free ice tickets, provided by the social and community welfare com- mittee of the Washington Lodge, No. 15, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, are being distributed among the { poor of the District today hy police officers. Two hundred and fifty dol- lars” worth of ice will be made avail- able during the first experiment and | more may be made available later. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of, police, yesterday called the captains of the several police precincts to the central office and explained to them the plan of the Elks in affording worthy familles ice they were said not to be able to provide for them- selves. The Ice tickets are heirg given out in strips of 10 or 20 to each family, providing for a delivery of ice each day so long as the tickets last. The suggestion for the innovation in relief work by the Elks was made by Inspector Willlam S. Shelby. per- sonnel officer of the Police Depart- ment, who is secretary of the Wash- ington lodge. The project was 'plan- ned and executed by a committee com- posed of Lieut. Howard M. Peter, U. 8. M. C., chairman; Judge Robert E. Mattingly, R. F. Downing, Samuel Richards, F. J. Mersheimer, Daniel R. Nihon and E. J. Murphy A number of cases of real suffering for lack of ice came to the attention of the Elks, Inspector Shelby said. MOND OWENS REILLY Miss Virginia Mackey. MRS. RA Formerly Miss Virginia Mackey, daughter of Crandal Mackey, local attorney, of 2020 Sixteenth street, secretly at Rockville on Raymond Owens Reilly, nent New York family public today by the Mac “We tried to keep the marviage dark for a while, but it finally got out,” Mra, Mackey explained laughingly to- day. The 2 old girl, well known in local society circles, slipped away to Rockville with her prospective bride- groom and three friends not long after Mr. Reilly met her at a gathering of the younger social set here. The friends were Miss Virginia Robinson, Miss Ellen Skinner and Miss Martha Blackman, The girl's parents first the elopement through the marriage license list. immediately ques- tioned Virginia about it and the wed- ding was admitted. The parents gave | thelr blessing, holding several parties in honor of the with intimate friends only prs Reilly, who is the University | He expect business in New Mr. and Mrs. Reilly spent their honeymoon in New York. They in- tend to return here shortly for a brief stay before establishing a permanent residence in Long Island. Mrs. Reilly attained newspaper prominence last year when she res- June 7 of a promi- it was made ey family. duated by last June brokerage of ¥ enter York the become caught in the stirrup of her mount, which was runnihg away Mrs. Reilly galloped alongside the speeding horse and brought it to a stop after its rider had been dragged tor some distance. QUARTET CLEARED Mexicans Acquitied of At- tacking Peteet Girls—Cele- bration Follows Verdict. By the Associated Pr TIA JUANA, Lower California, July 30.—The acquittal of former Chief of Police Zenaido Llanos and three other residents of Tia Juana of | having drugged and atta R and Audrey Peteet here last February was the signal for an informal cele. bration last night when the jury re- turned a verdict after deliberating for about two hours. The alleged attack resulted in the sulcide of Thomas Peteet, his wife and thelr davghters at San Diego after the family had visited the Mexican race track town. The hasis for the charges was con- tained in death notes left by mem- bers of the family. Jose Kelley, an investigator for the Mexican Federation of Labor, fled yesterday that he had investi- gated the character of the Peteet family at San Diego, Los Angeles and Kansas City, where they had lived, and his investigation disclosed that the young women were indis- crgr?L he immediate aftermath of the trial and acquital was a round of conjecture among Tia Juana residents as to how the verdict would be re- ceived across the border. The most optimistic of these discussions resulted in expressions that United States of- fcials might modify international boundary regulations to permit visitors to remain in Tia Juana until late at night, as was the practice before the Peteet suicides. Llanos, who was suspended as chief of Dolice as a result of the charges, left for Calexico, Calif., where he has made his home. Luis Amador, a co-defendant with Llanos, an: nounced that he intended to remain in Mexico. United States authorities have been eager {0 take Amador since he Jumped his bail several years ago while he was under charges of sell. ing narcotics. MAGAZINE DEALER ASKS JURY TRIAL IN TEST CASE W. H. Smith, Accused of Selling Salacious Matter, Reserves Right to Withdraw Plea. William H. Smith, whose arrest a charge of distributing salacious magazines here formed the basis for a test of the law governing such sales, today demanded a jury trial in Po. lice Court, with the proviso, however, that the demand may be withdrawn ve days. e was rel lateral of $100. e The case originally hearing yesterday, then was post- oned until next Monday, and the atest move will entail some further delay, “desired, it is understood, to bring additional counsel here, Smith was arrested recently when the police resumed their campaign to break up the sale of indecent publi. cations, and, pending disposition of his case, the drive has been allowed to lag, more or less, as the result of his hearing. it was explained, will serve to establish the rights of the police in this respect. was set for “Republics Are Not Ungrateful,” Veteran Of Civil War Says, Aiding D. C. Memorial. Calling himself “an old Civil War pensioner” who knows that “repub- lies are not ungrateful,” Y. H. Little, of the Monticello Apartments, 3151 Mount Pleasant street, has sent his contribution to the $200,000 fund be. ing raised for the Doric Temple Me- morial to Washington’s boys who served in the World W In a letter to John Pool of the fund, Mr. Little stated: “When I saw the lads going away I felt that the country was safe, and that they would uphold the honor and reputation of the United States. Re- publics are not ungrateful.” Another letter of indorsement was received from Nellie C. Coleclazier, treasurer of Abraham Lincolp Cir- cle, No. 3, Ladles of the G. A. R, who forwarded that organization's check for $5. She pointed out that the donation was voted ‘‘unanimous. ly By its members toward this lauda- ble project,” and expressed her “best wishes for the success and speedy completion of the monument.” Subscriptions are being received b: Mr. Poole at his office in the Fed: ral American -National Bank Building, Fourteenth and G streets. was married ! to learned of | cued & girl companion whose foot had | INASSAULT CASE testi- | HARD BLOW STRUCK 10 DRY UP BORDER Ninety Indicted in’ Buffalo. " Efforts Made to Close Huge Brewery. By the Asdociated Press. BUFFALO, N. July 30— The blows struck by Federal agents against alleged violators of the Vol- stead act in the last 24 hours promise to make the Niagara frontier the driest it has been since the prohibl- tion law became operative. On tap of the indictment of about 90 Buffalo and Niagara Falls men, members of an alleged rum ring that operated as far west as Detroit and Canada and sald by officials to be one of the biggest illicit liquor organi- zations in the country. the Govern: ment dollar brewery at Niagara Falls, which, it is alleged, furnished the Falls and Buffalo with “good” beer for many months. Indictments have been against the owners of the Cataract Brewing Co., Including officers. stock- holders and employes. The president, James Canavan, sr., and his son, James, jr.: John H. Legget. attorney and former assemblyman. and seven | others were arrested last night, ar- valgned before .a commissioner and released on bail. Padlock proceed- ings against the brewery will be in- stituted in addition to the criminal proceedings already begun. Have Been Arraign Thirty-one of the men indicted the alcohol conspiracy have arrested and arraigned hefore a Fed eral commissioner, who fixed bail at d. in is moving to close a million- | returned | Lure of Fishing Makes President Late for Dinner By the Amsociated Pross. PAUL SMITH'S, Y., July 30. —A. domestic tragedy common to a million homes was staged at the Summer White House last night. Mrs. Coolldge was forced to walt dinner one hour while the Presi- dent wound up his day's fishing with a second trip to Follensby's, Jr.! Pond. If the potatoes were soggy and steak overdons when Mr. Coolidge, returned after dark and long past the time set for dinner, he prob- ably omitted cominent, for his cree] was Jammed with fine brook trout. GIVING U. 5. GANADA FOR DEBT SCOUTED Suggestion for Meeting War Obligation of British Hit in Commons Debate. B the Associnted Pres. LONDON, July 30. - In the debate in the House of Commons yesterday on Dominfon and colonial question: J. H. Thomas, Labor member, alluded to suggestions which he understood have been made in some quarters in the United States that Canada might be handed over to the United States been | sums ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 | each. Arthur J. Jopp. president, and eléon Carmen and A. 1. Hoelizll, directors the Jopp Drug Co. of Buffalo, gave hail in the latter amount A trolley car was chartered by the prisoners from Niagara Falls last night. There was a demonstratio by friends of the prisoners as the car was starting from Buffalo, but there was no trouble in dispersing the crowd . In the meantime the KFederal auiry into the sale of polson liquor that' caused more than twoscore deaths here and in nearby places in the last week has extended to New York. Frank J. Hale, supervisor of alcohol control, has sent two men to the metropolls on leads that are ex. pected to disclose the origin of the shipments of the wood alcohol used hy local bootleggers. - SIX HELD WITHOUT BAIL. TORONTO, July 30 (#).—8Ix men, arrested today, are being held on charges of manslaughter without bafl in connection with the sale of poison- ous liqguor which has caused the deaths of 18 persons in Ontario. The men were indicted vesterday at Jamestown, N. Y., on liquor smuggling. —_—— CALLES DECLARES FIGHT TO FINISH ON RELIGIOUS ISSUES (Continued tonight there would be thousands who had been unable to enter the *hurches and shrines to worship for the last time in the presence of priests. When the priests withdraw will turn over the churches to lay committees. The Government has announced that it will not permit lay committees to take over the churches, and has ordered the mayor of each town to name his own committee for that purpose The priests’ commit. tees, however, will endeavor to ne- gotiate with the municipal author- ities in an effort to reach a compro. in- | ; | whatever view the | Federal agents to bring a batch of | charges of | | party at . Eleventh and H | northeast. { i | | | | { they | | mise on the personnel of each com: | mittee. A report from Vera Cruz says the mayors have heen instructed to use federal troope if necessary to preserve order when the mayor's committees take over the churches. Church authorities have instructed all Catholics to continue attending church and to pray for a satisfactory settlement of the situation. The new regulations provide that only clergy of Mexican citizenship may officiate at religious services: that all church property shall he con- fiscated on the ground that it has been held by churches unlawfully for 50 years. Religious instruction in schools is prohibited. Sectarian pub- lications are forbidden to comment on or carry news on national political affairs. Boycott to Be Started, 'he National League of Defense of Religious Idberty will start an “eco- nomic hoycott” of protest tomorrow. The boycott contemplates that all Catholics and persons opposed to the government's present religious policy. as well, shall cease spending money for anything except absolute necessi- ties, The league hopes by the boy- cott to effect an economic slump which will be sufficiently embarrass- ing to the government to cause it to modify its policy. Three successive sets of directors of the league have been arrested, charged with inciting the people to acts of disorder. 1Tt is certain that many Catholics intend strictly to ad- here to the hoycott idea, although it is impossible to predict its extent. The Regional Confederation of Ia- bor declares it will fight on the gov- ernment side, particularly against the broposed economic boycott, which it thinks it can render inoperative. Big Parades Planned. The Confederation of Labor and So- clalist members of Congress and other political groups and government em- ployes have planned big parades for Sunday in Mexico City and other cities as a demonstration of their sup- Dort of the government. All vehicular traffic will be suspended in the capital during the parade. 9 Catholics have been instructed by the church authorities not to stage counter demonstrations, but instead to assemable in church for prayer. The police have begun a watch upon all Catholic churches, fearing their treasures may he taken away. Yes- terday they arrested four youths who were taking from a church a type- writer and other personal property of a priest. The youths sald they were taking the property to the priest’s new residence by his orders. Attorney-General Ortega has issued a private warning to the directors of the foremost newspapers of the capi- tal to be cautious in their treatment of news regarding the religious situ- ation. No Official Order Tssued. Senor Ortega. said that the situation had been magnified and that the news. papers and newspaper men were caus- ing a grave and troublesome situation for which they might be held respon- sible unless they mended their ways. No official order in this respect has been lssued. No specific reference was made to foreign correspondents by the attorney general. Dispatches from Puebla say that Garein Farfan, a grocer, who on Wed. nesday attempted to shoot Gen. in exchange for cancellation of the British debt to that country. He de- clared that he would he sorry to think that this represented any prevalent American view, but that it seemed to show how difficult it was for some people to understand the Rritish men- tality Mr. Thomas. speaking of the con- stitutional difficulty in Canada. urged the government to emphasize that ernor General of Canada may have taken in the re- cent political controversy and what- ever advice he may have given. he acted solely on his own responsibility, from knowledge on the spot and with- out any interference of any kind from Downing street. Lieut. Col. L. €. M. Amery, secre- tary for the dominions, in the course of ‘a general reply, in behalf of the government, emphasized that the do- | minions were just as independent as the mother country. He said no mem- ber of the British government would ever he competent, or have the neces- sary knowledge of the facts, or he constitutionally justified in offering to interfere with the governor's advice or suggestions. Ly ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. ~ TONIGH' “Seareheads” will be the subject of the sermon at Washington Hebrew CAngregation, 8 o'clock, by Rabbi Willlam Franklin Rosenblum. Joseph H. Milans Lodge Chapter, No. 41, O. E. 8., will give a lawn streets Mrs. lLouise Kreglow, rman. To be repeated tomorrow. Amays, the military commandant. but instead wounded Gen. Sanchez in the hand has been shot and\ killed by un- known persons while being trans. terred in an automobile to the mili- tary prison. Farfan shot at Gen. Amaya when the commandant enterd his store to investigate a_poster placed in the window, which was described as re ligious propaganda. Cut Down Food Supply. A servant girl emploved by a for- sign family and receiving a modest money allowance for food today in. formed her employer that she would require considerable less money after Inquiry elicited a statement from the girl that she intended after today to eat only barely sufficient heansm and bread to sustain her life until the religlous question is settled. She declared that all her relatives and acquaintances intended to carry out a similar program. ; Three persons were badly crushed, including a young man and his mother, in the Mexico City Catholic Cathedral vesterday afternoon when the explosion of a newspaper photo- grapher's flashlight caused a panic. Those inside the densely crowded edi- fice believed it was a bomb or the beginning of combat. People Rush to Doors. The people tried to rush for the doors. They were packed so tightly Inside the edifice nobody could move tar, This fact ‘s belleved to have save many from being finjured or killed. Federal troops are known to be in readiness for any emergency. At the department of the interior today it was said that “all necessary measures had been taken to suppress possible disorders. 1t was added that the government is firmly decided to abate, once for ‘all time, any resistance to enforcement of the constitution which may be offered by the “unpatriotic work of Catholic or any other agi- tators.” Ricardo Trevino of the Confedera- tion of Labor has sent cablegrams to all labor organizations in the United States, Latin America, Great Britain, France and Spain, announcing that Mexican labor is supporting President Calles, and soliciting a sympathetic understanding of labor throughout the world. A Policy Toward Prelates. The government is still considering the question whether it will file formal complaints against the archbishops and bishops who signed the recent pastoral letter suspending church services by priests. In well informed quarters the belief is expressed that if the prelates are summoned ' it will be upon a charge of inciting the peo- ple to disorder. 3 Statements have been published here that Pope Pius has not approved the project’ of the League for Defense of Religious Liberty for an economic boycott, but, whether or not this is authentic, it has apparently had little influence among a considerable num- ber of Catholics, some of whom have been. heard to say that only specific disapproval by the Pope would cause them to abandon the boycott idea. The government agents continued today their investigation of the files and records in the offices of the league. They have turned over to the police the membership list of the league, as well as lists of ' members of other Catholic organizatione. May Control Stores. The Confederation of Labor, through its secretary-general, announces to union workers that if any industrial or commercial establishment supports the Ieague for Defense of Religious Liberty's economic boycptt, they will take the nece: y steps to control the establishment until the owners or managers cease supporting it. Special dispatches from Guadalajara tell of greai processions of Catholic men, women and children, who marched barefoot as evidence of sor- row and penitence through the streets of the city to a shrine several mil out in the suburbs, where special services were conducted and prayers were offered for a solution of the religious situation, { WD W eRLD. Upper: Mrs. Frances S. Hall, arres the murder in I Mills, and her h Lower, left to right: Mr: whose husband in filing suit for divo edge of the case referred to as “The Pig Woman, MRS. HALL APPLIES FOR JAIL RELEASE; PLEA 1S UNOPPOSED| (Continued from First Page.) family, esti- in her New worth $1 Jersey 500,000 wealthy mated right. James Mills, husband of Mrs. Mills small, timid. discouraged, formerly worker in a factory. Charlotte Mills, 16 years old at the time of the murders, independent and hobbed-haired, now emploved as a stenographer in an office “Willie" Stevens, 50 at the time of the murders, with the mind of a child, and a weakness for attending | fires. | Henry E. Stevens, another brother | of Mrs, Hall, formerly exhibition marksman for Remington Arms Co.| and du Pont Co. Henry de la Bruyere Carpender, New York broker, a first cousin of Mrs. Hall. Jane Gibson, “the pig woman,” so- called because she raised pigs. Louise Geist, downstairs maid Hall home. Arthur 8. Riehl, Louise {wo years ago. Rarbara Tough, upstairs Hall home. Prosecutor Francis Bergen of Sem- erset County, who succeeded the late Azariah M. Beckman. Pear] Bahmer, 15 years old. who sald she and a boy found the hodies while gathering mushrooms. Raymond Schneidet, 19, who was with Pearl at the time. John Toolan, prosecutor of Middle- sex County, who was assistant pros- | ecutor under Joseph F. Striker at the time of the murders. Robert H. McCarter, former attor- ney meneral of New Jersey and counsel for the Public Service Cor- poration of Mew Jersey, retained ves terday as M in who married maid Double Inquiry Begun. With the discovery of the murders a double inquiry was begun in Somer- set and Middlesex Counties. Love let- ters had been found beside the bodies. To authorities who questioned her Mrs. Hall said her husband had gone out about 7:30 in the evening, follow- ing a telephone call which he had told her was about a doctor’s bill for Mrs. Mills. At 2:30 in the morning, alarmed because he had not returned, she said she rose and dressed and, “Willie"” Stevens, brother of Mrs. Hall, own | {Outwardi in | . Hall's chief of counsely with the Hall murder. hut ted on new evi ward W. eist Riehl, a f declares that she boasted ess U years ago. MRS, HALL TAKING DETENTION CALMLY { Outwardly Seems Little Per- turbed by Sudden Accu- sation of Murder. Special Dispateh to The Star. SOMERVILLE, N. . . FY July 30, evens Hall seems little perturbed by the sudden charge of murder placed against her and the strange surroundings in the \l.\'lln\ur.xol County |" The wife of the murdered | n is in a room next to | charged with passis ad eheck | She is an elderly woman in black and its all day with her hands folded in |her lap. Her eyes frequently are | closed | The room in which she is 1 one of the six detention r women. The prison cells, her, are at the opposite end of the building. The room is small. with gray walls and steel-grilled windows. From one’ of ‘these windows Mrs, | Hall can survey most of the business dist of nerville. Through the better part of the day Somerville res dents, especially small boy {on the lawn and gaze at the w According to Robert H her attorney, her only rea been “shock and annovance “She hasnt wept a tear,” Yesterday aftern; two clerical garh, presumably ministers, entered the jail and re. mained about 20 minutes. ‘It is pre sumed that they came in connection they de- clined go give their names or discuss their husines cler negress oms for in num he s men Episcopal might be used ags Watson answered for “We have nothing to Willie Stevens was safd rum excitedly into the fire house, where he spent muc time, and said to the captain: ‘ thing terrible is going to happen Willie denied this to the prosecuta but told a reporter he had said it but was “bound by his s her: with her brother, Willie, went to the church. It was dark and locked. They went to the Mills home, and it, too, was dark. They returned home. In the morn- ing. she said. she telephoned the po- lice to learn if any accidents had been reported, and was told there re none. She went out in her car and met Mills, and asked him if her hus- band had been at his house the pre- vious evening. He said he did not | think so, and added that his wife was missing, too. Mrs. Hall said she then telephoned Mr. Hall's sisters to come to her, and met them at the train about noon. Then she telephoned her attorney, who said he would go to the police. In the afternoon she was told the bodies had been found. Love Letters of Both Found. The letters found beside the hodies and a diary of Mr. Hall were full of passionate protestations and endear- ments. Mrs. Hall declared she had had no suspicion that her husband was over- friendly with Mrs. Mills and that she did not believe it. Mills, however, said he had heard gossip, and had gone to Dr. Hall with it, and the_clergyman had told him it had no foundation. Mills beliaved him, he said. Owing to the double jurisdiction there was much confusion in the early stages of the inquiry. At one Charlotte Mills wrote to the rsey begging him to do something. The bodies of Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills were exhumed in an effort to get clues which might have been overlooked. A queer incident of the investiga- tion was the testimony of Mrs. Jane Gibgon, who said that when riding her “Jenny mule” near the scene of the murder that night she had seen a woman in gray and a man with bushy hair bending over the bhodies of Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills. The woman was sobbing bitterly. Mrs. Gibeon’s testimony was not believed. Louise Geist and Barbara Tough gave the investigators no information of importance. ‘When taken before Justice Sutphen he asked her if she wished to ‘make a nn.vmt. but cautioned her it and the honor of his famil explain. “I've got the there is,” he said later. gun.” The only “It’s a good out his home a every type inquify brought Henry - Stevens had in collection of practically of firearm known, but it was denied that he ever had left a weapon at the Hall home. He was at his home in Lavallette, N. J., on the night of the murder, it is said. poise and _calmness hody. She remain cluded and refused to be intervi until November 1, when she rec 50 reporters and answered their ques- tions without apparent nervousnes | saying she still believed in her hus- band. she had not heen near the Phillips farm, and she had “abso- lutely no knowledge that might clear up the crime.” The inquiry Mnguished and came to a standstill. Mrs. Hall went to.Italy after the close of the first inquiry and remained for several months. Revival of the Tnquir Two weeks ago Arthur S. Riehl of | Roselie Park filed a petition for an- nulment of his marriage to Louise Geist. In the petition he said he be- lieved she was “fully cognizant of the facts which led to the murders and that she was a participant in or accessory to the crime,” that her re- lations with Dr. Hall had not been proper, that she had received $8,000 for “her part in.the Hall-Mills case.” and that she, Mrs. - Hall, William Stevens and Peter Tumulty. Hall's chauffeur, had driven together to the Phillips farm murde; Miss _ Geist denied her- hushand’s charges. hut supplied the information that Barbara Tough had telephoned Mrs. Hall on the night of the murder that Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills were to- gether near the path leading to the Phillips farmhouse. Barbara Tough, it is learned, went to Scotland as soon as she was released upon the first inquiry, but is said to have returned to_America later. Investigation got under way again, and new evidence was unearthed, ac- cording to the authorities. Wednes- thereafter iged is | . | pastor — ter's honor | * not to | gun | that | ENGINE COMPANIES WILL RUN OFF TIE Nos. 21 and 23 Will Decidd Cup Winner Tomorrow on Neutral Floor. | Tie hetween No. 21 and No. 23 lzine Companies for possession of Th Evening Star Cup, and the honor of | thus being adjudged the speediest fire fighting outfit in the District of Co- lumbia, will be fought out on neut {territory tomorrow afternoon At 2:30 o'clock th idlock com. panies will meet for a final decision in the new gquarters of No. 29| Engine Company, the Condui | road near Reservoir road first he required to | ing to the rules test just ended. | result, hoth engines will he !side by side, sounded 1 the first across the sill will get the cu The decision to on neutral ground r desire of the judges «t both companies equal opportunities use ex tly the me floor and both | will toe the same mark in the first run-off. Two of the ju will 1 m in the quarters to wateh men get off and the thir the » watech at the the time. Companies R The comp gh pitch take ho this enthusi Depactment [ from thel tke sure) havel are ulted to n wo Botl id ady for Test. re Keved determined Becanse e Fire ided that new en on Conduit r i should insure against accidents, re de th aratus up 1o a h tor con n off be used | Its de | space for th |t crosses ‘the sill little traffie. In be plenty of roor Under the rules laid run-off the me crews that the engines out during the the entire department must charge. Severa ready heen sent av but they have heen re led urday The only change will he that ftion switches may be kept on uring the te: ar required to have them “off." Since most engine switches are kept in contact all the time, however, this ange was made. After the win has been decidec ments will be n presenting the done at the winning company’s quarters Iate nexi week. ‘The chants and_Manufact tion cup will he presented fruck, on Wisconsin avenue Friendship, which defeated truck companies, the same even e Under Eight Seconds. The test this year has de five companies in \Washingtor one of them a truck company, can leave their quarters on a r alarm of fire in less than eight onds. Although the winning truck was a trifle smaller than the dreadnaughts with the automatie ladders, it has two fewer cvlinders and develops less horsepower, so that it is just about on a par with the “Big Berthas” of the department 12 Truck finished it= run in The low engine com- 7 1-5 seconds: No, 6, 7 2-5 second: nds. Only one fled to function. b and add for o mer on jes were of The tomorrow de immedi This w which lar sec- a and No. 18, piece of apparatus Tt was No. 8 truck. one of the hig grave juggernauts. A new batter: had recently heen installed and whi the driver failed to turn his engine over in 60 seconds he was disqualified and the shop was notified to examine Y- | the apparatus. GUILD C. F70$TER RITES. | Former Official Will Be Buried Monday in Indiana. 1 services for Guild < old, administrative officer of the office of the alien prop- erty custodian, who died vesterday after a long iliness at his residence, 1016 Sixteenth street, were conducted this o'clock, at the W. I s 1623 Connecticut avenue, John C. Palmer, of Washington Heights Pres Interment will he t Evansville, Fune . ster, fternoon at 2 eare chapel, by Rev. | byterian Church on Monday morning Ind Jle was a native of a leader ni Indiana F tics. lle was a nephew John W. Foster, and a cousin of Mrs. | Robert Lansing. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alma eise Foster, | two children by a_former | Mrs. Charles Legeman | ward C. Foster, both of Indianapolis, |and a brother, Matt W. Foster of Evansville. ansville and publican poli of the late POLICEMAN DENH'iS BRIBE. Carl Ramstad Held on $1.500 Bond for Grand Jury. Policoman Cérl Ramstad of the tenth precinct, charged with accept bribe, pleaded not guilty bhefore Mahon in Police i preliminary held for the on a bond is alleged to e accepted hig/| £ $100 for allowing A shing ment of liquor to come into the cif¥ unmolested. He was suspended from duty after being held at the eizhth precinct. Kenneth Wooldridge, implicated driving the alleged whisky into city, was released several days a bond of $500 for portin illegal possession. the on and int GIRL ACCUSED OF FRAUD., Ima Mae Tra vears old. 113 Maryland avenu theast, was ar vested today by Headquarters Detec tives Joe Waldron and Tom Nally and charged with false pretenses o is held at the House of Detention. The detectives say she purchased clothing | at a departmept store und of Miss Annie M. Stribling of Berry ville, Va. She denied the charge. was said Miss Traister had | asgistant postmistress at F She told the detectives she wis Treasury Department employe CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. The International Association Arts and Letters will not hold anniversary pienic this month account of the death of Prof. Leonar Wilder, a former vice president of the association. of its on | day night at 11 detectives State troopers formed a cordon ar the Hall: home and on Townsend street, which | to the residence of Henry de la Brurere Carpend | Mrs. Hall was told she wa arrest. She took the news calmly. only saying it was ridiculous™ ndl that she “would make those who did | this suffer as they have made me <uf- | fel She was taken to State polic | headquarters at Somervilie, nes | and committed to the county without bail. under ¢ the name on the night of ¥he & e \