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ATHER. ther Bureau Forecast.) ¢ and tomorrow; some- ner tomorrow est, 77, at at § p.m report on page 7. Tempera- midnight; 1,115—No. 30,042.} Entered as second class matt post office, Washington, D. PLOTTOKILL GALLES NIPPED AS POLICE CAPTURE SUSPECTS: NATION 1S TRANQUL Few Guards Are Only Sign of Enforcement of Rules of Republic Governing Re- ligious Bodies’ Activities. WORSHIPERS CONTINUE RITES WITHOUT PRIESTS | b i Few Clergymen Are in Evidence Throughout " Nation — Many Completing Inventories of Church Treasures as Last Act| Before Leaving Posts. By the Assoc . MEXICO covery dent Calles was ar ce tomight. en women and twe men have | ctained by the police charged g against the life of CITY, July 31-Dis- a plot against the life of | ounced by | with conspir Presid Calles. The police claim that the plot was headed by Senorita Dolores Lemus, | a voung city hall stenographer. | Senorita Lemus was arrested by | officers attached to the President’s I of the alleged con- me about when policemen investigated reports of the organi- of movement among city loyes to openly oppose the discovery acy cam zation hall em govern Pol the great Mexico City a Catholi and the other churches of country, and the saddened | faces worshipers who streamed | throughout the day into the -holy edifices to pray, despite the absence of officiating clergymen, were the only outward signs that the govern- | men+'s new religious regulations had gone into effect Apparently “{he Cathelics - were obeying the admonition of the pas- | toral letter issued by the Mexican | Episcopate to remain calm and to con- | tinue their religious devotions. It | was in accordance with this pastoral | letter, signed by the eight Arch bishops and twenty-nine Bishops o the of { removing the source of the evil ele- { With Rum Evils All Abou ‘ But First Results Are ARTICLE VIIL BY BEN McKELWA' MONTREAL, Quebec.—If one ac- cepts at its‘face value the axiom that experience is the best teacher, Canada bas been taught that prohibition Is a fallure. And the failure cin be attributed directly to the fact that prolilbition, once tried, loses i(s prestigey honest effort to tmprove the! and soci- | vlogical conditio a group and | degenerates into a state of mind. | In other words, ‘Canada has found that a people beset with the evils lalcohot who see these evils are ready a change, the mere act and on every hand willing to accept once the change, and But of vates it. The Demon Rum becomes St. Rum. Instead of two hor d a forked tail it accumulates a halo and a pair of wings. The old | soak finds himself picked up out of the gutter, brushed off by gentle | hands and patted on the back by those who used to pass him by. He is glorified as a man who has lost his personal rights. Pretty soon the reaction contravenes all laws ot physics and becomes stronger than the original action. Modification | follows prohibition and things re- turn more or less to normal. People | he "WASHINGTON, CANADA FIGHTING HUMAN NATURE IN LOSING PROHIBITION BATTLE t, People Want a Change, Just as Dissatisfying. Denied Whisky, They Want It Back. stop talking about it. The old soak returns to the gutter and nobody notices him. A day may come when St. Rum, once again assuming his original role, will be thrown for another loss. But in Canada the day seems far off. As this is written, the experience of Ontario, now the only province of importance in' Canada remalning in the dry column, comes to mind. After many vears of playlng with the prohibition 18 Ontario stepped out and went d But the dryness must not be confused in the mind with what dryness means in the United States. According to Ontario’s first law, the citizens could import liquor for their own use and keep it in their homes. They could buy their native wine. They could brew their own beer. About the only thing aceomplished was the wiping out of drinking in public. The peo- ple were in favor of the law. Then the law was made more drastic. Im- portation of liquor was cut off. When a man used all the whisky he had in his cellar he couldn’'t legally get any more. The large majority in favor of prohibition decreased ap- preciably. And a few years ilater, when the people were asked how they liked this form of prohibition they remained dry by a still smalier majority. They can still make their own beer, still buy their own native wine, but now they want to be able to get whisky when they want_it. (Continued on Page 4, Column §.) PRETTY BARONESS JUMPS T0 DEATH Husband, Arrested Later, In- censed .-That She Broke Their Suicide Agreement. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., July. $1.—Baron Royce-Garrett was taken in custody in & thicket, a hundred yards from the Arch Creek Railroad sta- tion. early tonight for questioning in connection with the sulcide of his wife, the beautiful Baroness Royce- Garrett, who Friday night leaped to death from the eighteenth floor of the Everglades Hotel here. Tolice who arrested the baron sald he was attempting fo hang himselt with a small plece of. twine. Baron Royce.Garrett said. he read last night In an early edition of the Miami Herald ‘that an unidentified woman had leaped to death from the Everglades Hotel tower. He knew when he read the article, he said, that Mexico, a protest agalnst the re- ligious regu that the priests ! withdrew from their churches today. | Few Priests Seen. | AIT the churches were comfortably | crowded with thousands at prayer, while here and there outside quiet | groups stood talking. But no large | assemblies could be seen, no conges- | tion, hing remotely approaching the scenes of the past fortnight when anxious crowds pressed about the | chirches and shrines eager to perform their devotions before the priests withdrew, to have their children bap- tized or confirmed, or to go through ge ceremony eptions, no priests Many of them were in completing inven- ries of church property, as required by the government. A great number o the churches out- side the City of Mexico already are in | the hands of municipal committees, | notwitstanding that the priests ap-| pointed lay committees to take charge | of the places of worship. Thus far | no difficnlties have been reported, but | most cases each committee IH‘ claiming authority. | | Great Cathedral Closed. The Mexico City Cathedral, where | st of religlous fer- | in Mexico kept the | ly on duty for the ! This, it | llow the clergymen consts . was closed today. understeod, was to sts to complete their inventory of its great store of treasures. As the | last services were ended at the cathe- | 1 last night a cordon of police was placed around the edifice, but this morning most of them were with- and only a fewsstood guard at | es through the day. The small | athered seemingly v by curiosity, and no signs of disturbance. 1s was known tonight the re condition prevailed in ail parts of the republic, the only trouble re- ported being that which took place last night when the officials, by order ment of justice, began nt seal church prope ption of the s of W Disorders broke t that time in half a dozen piaces \d about 10 persons were wounded | hen the excited crowds began hurl- | ing stones | o feeling among | decribed as more bit- | the religlous regulations | 7 in most of the districts outside | the capital. The archbishop there | has appeal tholivs to shun | violence il to bring abou t stitution, “th as sons of the ¢ Business Contifiues Active. Thus far the business life of Mexico City s no evidence of a reduction of ctivity, although the economic boycott of the league for the defense | of religious liberty was supposed to take effect today. Under this boycott | Catholics and all those opposing the | regulations were asked 1o refrainy from riding in public vehicles, patron- | izing amusements and purchasing | anything except absolute necessaries. | A canvass of the downtown sections showed the usual business was being conducted. The few police guards stationed at cach gate to the Cathedral grounds and the one or two soldiers at each of the Cathedral doors were not called upon to do more than stand there, The roads to the Guadalupe Shrine, tramped yesterday by thousands of barefoot pilgrims and for many days teeming with great multitudes, knew an occasional traveler ' today. & church center to which tightly ~ {Continued on Page 2, Column 2) gainst ! means | the con- | thetr dutie: nd.citizens."” { such as is | ed when asked if he knew anything { woula die together. ::m:ly yesterday morning and told me to he woman was his wife. Says Pact Was Broken. The baron's only expression con- cerning his wife was of disappoint- ment that she had not kept an agree- ment made seven years ago with him that they would “die together” when they died. Baroness RoyceGarrett, the baron told questioners, asked him to leave their apartments in Coral Gables | early Friday morning and not to re- turn home until the last trolley car had run on the Coral Gables inter- urban line. *“‘She told me to be sure and buy the Herald, too, before I came home,” thé baron said. He bought the Herald and discovered his wife was dead. He sald he then walked on his crutches to Coral Gables, a distance of 5 miles, and sat in front of the Antilla Hotel until daybreak, speculating on methods of killing himself. He did not return to his apart- ments. At daybreak, the baron said, he ob- tained a ride from a passing motorist and alighted in downtown Miami, where he procured a bit of twine, used In tying express packages. With this concealed in his pocket, he boarded a bus bound for Arch Creek, 10 miles north of down- town Miami, determined to hang himself to a tree in that vicinity. He declared he already had failed in an effort to climb a tree in Coral Gables. Chose Suitable Free. He selected what he termed a. siiit- able tree and sat down 1o Rwait nightfall, he told police. The baron sald he amused himselt through the day calling to the birds about his retreat, and for more than |an hour a small monkey kept him {company in the thickets. He could Inot explain where the monkey came {from. Police believe it was the pet {of some child in the neighborhood. The day wore on. The baron said | he became restless and moved about }in the thicket. His movement in the bushes attracted attention of persons, who notified the police. The baron was arrested. Royce-Garrett readily answered questions. He told his cap- tors he was planning to hang him- self. They could not find the rope which they supposed he. would use. He did not reveal it until placed in the county jail, where he dramatically flung it o the floor in the warden's office. Shocked at Wife’s Act. “I am shocked that my wife did ot keep her word to me,” he explain- about her suicide. “Sevel vears ago we agreed that if we could not, for any reason at all, live together, we She sent me come home on the- last Coral Gables car. Then I discovered that she had killed herself—Kkilled herself without giving me an opportunity to die with her, as we had promised eath other. Police were undecided as to their { next move, although it was announce- ed’ that the baron would be held under a technical charge until a coro- ner's jury investigates the death of the haroness at a meeting Monday. Baron Royce-Garrett lost a leg in ! the World War. This, he told police, | made it impossible to climb a tree from which to hang himself. He and the baroness made the voyage from abroad together, and while authorities at Ellis Island ad- mitted the woman, they hesitated to admit her husband, whom they feared might become a public gharge. ! by CALSFOODLST RS, PHERSON'S Prosecutor Sure Carmel Cof- tage Grocery Items Are in Her Handwriting. By the Associated Pre 1L.0S ANGELES, July 31.—District Attorney Asa Keyes declared today the handwriting on the grocery list found in a cottage at Carmel, Calif., was plainly that of Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson. IKeyes' agents have re- ported to him the cottage was oceu- pied late in May by a man identified by residents of Carmel as Kenneth G, Ormiston and a woman companion. Keyes said he considered it unneces- sary to submit the specimen to a handwriting expert, for “any layman can_compare the writing with that of Mrs, McPherson.” He stated he would submit it directly to the grand jury when the body renews its in- Vestigation next week of the Kkid- naping story told by the Angelus Tem-| pie pastor when she appeared at Doug- las, Ariz., June 23, after 35 days’ ab- sence from her flock. Telegram Is Received. Another development in the Me- Pherson inquiry which commanded interest today was a telegram received Keyes from a_Chicago attorney apparently retained by Ormiston, who formerly was Mrs. McPherson’s tem- ple radio operator, stating that an af- fidavit from Ormiston was en route to Keyes by air mail. This supported a telegram received yesterday at the temple purporting to come direct from the former radio man, in which he said 2 sworn statement ‘‘cancerning Carmel incident clearing you” had been forwarded to the evangelist. Mrs. McPherson recently issued an appeal through the ‘press to Ormiston to come forward and dispose of rumors that she had been his com- panion at Carmel for 10 days after she disappeared on the beach at Ocean Park, May 18. Mrs. McPherson, who is under subpoena before the grand jury Tues day, was said to have a witness from Carmel whom she intends to take with her before the body. Deputy Dietrict Attorney Ryan, who conducted the investigation at Carmel, said he knew who the witness was; that Mrs. Me- Pherson had a right to take any one she chose to testify. Reports from Monterey today said that B. J. Cohn, process server, re- ceived a telegram from Keyes advis- ing him that the grand jury hearing will not be held Tuesday as scheduled, and instructing him not to serve the subpoenas on Carmel witnesses. Both Joe Ryan, deputy district at- torney, and William Carter, foreman of the grand jury, were at a loss to explain the Carmel report. They said they had not been Informed of any change in the plan to reopen the Me- Pherson case Tuesday. District Attorney Keyes could not FENNING IS EXPECTED IN OFFICE WEDNESDAY Returning From Vacation to Re- sume Job Until Resignation Is Accepted. Commissioner Frederick A. Fenn- ing, wl has been vacationing among the Thousand Islands, is ex- pected to return to his office in the District Building Wednesday, unless | President Coolidge accepts his resig- nation in the meantime. ‘When Mr. Fenning left Washington for a two week’s motor trip in the North, he left word at his office that he would return August 4, providing his successor had not been named. The latest reports from the Summer White House indicate that the Presi- dent is having considerable difficulty in making a selection for the com- missionership. 1t Commissioner Fenning returns | Wednesday, his colleague, Cuno H. Rudolph, chairman of the Board of Commissioners, probably on his own belated vacation. Engineer Commissioner J. Franklin Bell is away on a week ehd trip in Washington, Pa., and will return tomorrow » . Belgium Fights Inflation. BRUSSELS, July 31 (#).—To fight against new inflation, the government has decided -to. vonvert all six months treasury bonds al those maturing December 1, 1926, into mftng;l shares in the Belgian Rail. ways 5 FO £ will_start | > D. O, IMYSTERIOUS WIRE GIVESIMPETUS 10 HALL-MILLS PROBE {Woman Who Sent Message Says She Saw Four Men Near Scene of Crime. WAS WARNED TO KEEP - SILENT, SHE DECLARES Is Certain Rector's Widow Was Not Present—Thinks She Can Identify One Man. By the Amsociated Press. SOMERVILLE, N. Juily 31 mysterious telegram from Milwaukee has quickened the lagging investiga- tion into the murder of the Rev. Ed- ward Wheeler Hall and his cholr singer, Mrs, Eleanor Mills, four years ago. The telegram, supposed to have been sent to Joseph Hanlon, county detective, was in the hands of Capt. J. J. Lamb of the State police today. its contents, but said “we are taking action on it.” The telegram was ad- dressed to “Sheriff Hanlon.” Hanlon formerly was sheriff. Admission of receipt of the tele- gram was made by Capt. Lamb after he had been told that Mrs. Howard Harding of Milwaukee had sald she had telegraphed “Sheriff” Joseph Hanlon that she had clues which might aid in solving the Hall-Mills death mystery. Says She Was Threatened. Mrs, Harding, In Milwaukee, said she was driving alone in her automo- bile between Manville and New Brunswick on the night of Septem- ber 14, 1922, when she was halted by la man who threatened her if she re- vealed what she had seen on the roadside. She said she would give what other information she had only to_ “Sheriff” Hanlon. She did not seé a woman, but believed she saw three men standing behind the man who halted her, and whom she took for a robber until he refused money she offered him. n told of the telegra, said: That's the 've - received thousands of letters from all over the world. attention to them. . 1 take no stock in what people say about the case. I have. nothing to fear from any of these so-called new revelations, I will | be at home any time I'm needed for further questioning, I've already been given third degrees in several places and all they got out of me was the truth. Lawvers and private de- tectives have offered their services, i but I told them I did not need heip from any source. The truth is my { support.” Former Maid a Figure. { Investigation into the rector of a New Brunswick | church and the choir singer recently was revived when Arthur Riehl of | New Brunswick, filed suit for aunul- ment of his marriage to Mrs. Louise Geist Riehl, a maid in the Hall home lat the time of the murder. In a i supporting afidavit Rieh! said his wife had conceeled from authorities her alleged knowledge of facts that would place guilt. Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, wife of the -slain pastor, who was from Somerset County jail ye: 0 da SOLUTION EARE | McDermott’s Arrest Will Clear Up Case, Detective Says on New Evidence. By the Associated Press. { CANTON, Ohlo, July 31 —The ar- {rest of “Pat” MeDermott, now being sought In a Natfon-wide hunt in con- nection with the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, will solve tha mystery, Ora Slater, private de- tective, sald tonight upon his return from Cleveland. In Cleveland Slater interviewed polica officers who have | been tralling McDermott's movements and three woman friends of McDer- | mott and a youth. { Slater said: “Pat is on the run. He got golng before we could get to him. Shouldn't be surprised if he gave him- | self up to the police somewhere, If we get our hands on him we'll find out what we want to know about the murder of Mellett.” Has Witnesses Ready. In Cleveland Slater said he found detectives in possession of corroborat- ing evidence and admitted he has wit- nesses {n Canton ready to tell about McDermott's movements in Canton jup to and shorily after the time of the murder. 1 ! Based on Information given them by a ‘“mysterious informer” still locked in a jail near Canton to pro- tect him from possible attack, the in- vestigators believe: That McDermott had a definite part in the conspiracy to murder Mellett. That he was employed as one of the gunmen. That he came to Canton with others to do the job. That he was in Canton several days before the murder and left shortly . after, | That he trailed Mellett about the | eity with the other conspirators walit- {Ing for the “zero hour.”, That, even though he may not have been one of the “trigger men,”, he knows the arch. conspirators, ' Roach to Head Clean-Up. After conferring with Acting Chiet Hexamer this morning, Joseph R. Roach, Chieago criminal attorney, ‘who is to act as advisory counsel in nd | Canton’s ‘“clean up” campalgn, left for Chicago to wind 1up some business affairs before assumi; new duties : (Couumdon?.\ ‘Column 3) WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, He would not disclose the nature of | Tames Mills, husband of Mrs. Mills, | the murder of | 1{ Emerson, jr. against the present 1926. —108 PAGES. ay St 60 centsper Z (i 7 N JURY MAZE POINTS T0 JAM IN COURT Cases Piling Up, Validity of i Rulings in Air—Accused | Only Are Satisfied. BY GEORGE ADAMS HOWARD. For the first time within its history the Police Court of the District of | Columbia faces the Summer months without the assistance of a jury. | Because Congress passed an amend- ment to the present code, lengthening jury service from two weeks to three months, and specifically stating the time this new jury service might be { chosen, the right of the present jury l(n sit has been challenged. | Jfidges and ofMcials alike admit the situation is serious, but can see no re- lief. As & result, when a legitimate jury can be called, namely 10 days be- fore the first of October, the jury docket will be so crowded with prohi- | bition violations of all kinds, runming { from the rum seller to the user of his wares, that affairs of court will not be straightened out for months following. Hard on Some Offenders. | A majority of law offenders them- | selves may laugh at the matter, but | not the offender who has to wait for { months unable to meet bond. Judges, clerks, marshals and bailiffs may find their work easier through the warm days, but none fo them looks with pleasure to the tedious days ahead, when many of them are perhaps just returning from _their vacations. Judge Isaac R. Hitt, who presided | over the challenge made by Bertrand Jury to it and try cases, is striving for some technical loophole to over- rule the attorney’s motion. James . O'Teeary, assistant United States at- torney, tried by every legal argumest on the statute books to refute Mr. Emerson's claims, but those in close touch with the case beifeve the | | chances futite. Tven should Judge Mitt overrule Mr, Emerson’s motion, the latter al- ready has signified his intention either fo ask for an appeal or a writ of pro- hibition. In elther case, the service of the Jury would be held up pending the outcome of the decision of the higher court, whose ultimate opinion Would not be handed down in ail prob- ability for some time. In the -mesn- time the present jury is excused until further notice. The right to pay them even Is questioned. l Findings Fate in Air. At present, a matter far more Im- portant except to the invidual juror, {s whether or not the findings of the presens jury shall become null’ and Void, ‘This question is one of specu- Jation, but is arousing considerable interest. As a matter of fact, only { one conviction has been returned be-, s excused, that one | | being in the trial of a man operating | TODAY’S STAR. PART ONE—41 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign, - News of the Clubs—Page 23, Y. W. C. A, News—Page 23. Boy Scouts—Page 30. Radio News and Programs—Page 34. Civilian Army News—Page 38. Veterans of the Great War—Page 40. The Starry Skles in August—Page 42, PART TWO0—16 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Reviews of Summer Books—Page 4. and Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 13. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Amluuzmems—'rheaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5, and 7. Fraternal News—Page 8, and Page 40, Part 1. Army and Navy New:—ru;“x. 5 Veterans of the Great War—P 3 District National gfirfl—?flv f; spanish War Yeterans—Page 12. Serial, “The Misty Pathway —Page 13. PART FOUR— PAGES. - Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. . Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures, The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—10 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Financial News—Pages 8, 9 and 10. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—1 PAGES. Betty; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. 6 NO. 21 ENGINE WINS FIRE SPEED TEST Clears Station in 6 Seconds, Beating No. 23 for D. C. Championship. Flashing out of fts quarters in six seconds flat on a regular alarm of fire, No. 21 Engine Company, station- ed on Lanier place near Ontario road, yvesterday afternoon won undisputed possession of The Star Cup for a vear, slashed more than a second from the national record astablished by No. 23 Engine Company last year, and prob- ably earned the distinction of being termed the fastest fire-fighting or- nization on wheels. Tied for first place with No. 23 Com- pany in the test of the entire Wash- ington Fire Department held earlier in the week, No. 21 met the winning out- | case had been disposed of. might seem a still. ethe quitted the possibliti trial will have to be repeated. But whether convicted or ac- ies are that eac! The | petition on neutral ground h | fit of last year's contest in fair com- at thances are, according to various of-|giclock yesterday afternoon and dem- ter of bond, however, The mat- |18 improbable that the Government | ,strated its speed in striking manner. | would keep its liquid evidence after & |'q; "9 joined a fifth of a second from its own record, roaring out of |selzed shouted several times for help somewhat unfair_to_the defendant | |GIRL, 10, FOUND DEAD, HAD BEEN ATTACKED | Body Discovered in Field by Work-| man; Child Had Been Missing - All Night. By the Associated Press. (COSHOCTON, Ohio, July 31.—The body of Gertrude D'Ostroph, 10, who apparently had been assaulted and then slain, was found in the weeds near the Walhonding River by Earl | Wiggins, power company employe, on 'hls‘v‘my home from work today. | Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D'Ostroph, the | girl’s parents, said she had run away | | from 'home yesterday - evening, but they did not notify authorities until hi orning. : {:’t:gn Vigging stumbled over the body, searchers were in a fleld nearby. They found the girl had been criminally attacked and choked to death. There were also bruises on. v, h"'x:r?:d child's face was covered with a handkerchief. A man was reported to have given ari: the girl a ride on the merry-go-round 2t a“park last night, He had been i r quarters in sevon seconds flat, but it could not get down to the astonishing mark set by its challenger. Believe It U. S. Record. ‘Whatever doubt may have existed heretofore as to Washington's right to claim the honor of having the fastest fire engine company in the United States was banished, fire prevention officials agreed following the demon: lieved the record one that no other company using present-day apparatus will soon equal. ‘The quarters of No. 29 Engine Com- pany, located on Conduit road near Reservoir road, was selected in which to run off the tie between the dead- locked companies because it is a new house, has wide doors to insure against an accident and offered ample room to take care of the spectators. The contesting outfits arrived at 2:15 | o'clock and found a crowd of several hundred persons awaiting them. In addition the heads of the local de- partment were present, including !Ghld Engineer George S. Watson. Original- Rules Used. Battalion Chief Thomas O'Connor, W. W. Dean, fire prevention engineer of the War Department, and a re- porter for The Star, who.judged ail of the tests in_the full department, ‘had charge of the run-off. The same rules used in the earlier test were followed with the exeeption that the the option of leav- WOAN, SLUEEED ONSTREET MAYDE Miss Edna Hendrickson’s In- juries May Be Fatal—3 Ar- rested on Suspicion Freed. Slugged from the rear by an un- identified man while she was walking and the Government Hotels shortly before last midnight, Miss Edna Hendrickson, 29 years old, of 40 C street was taken to Casualty Hospital suffering from wounds about the head that doctors said will prove fatal Police are searching the vicinity for her assaflant, ‘who, according to Mel- vin Humphrey of 215 Third street, an employe of the Adams Express Co., was a colored man who fled the scene when Miss Hendrickson screamed as she was hit. Passing motorists attracted to the scene found the woman sitting against a tree box, bleeding profusely from two deep gashes in the head. They took her to the hospital, where it was found her skull is fractured. Humphrey, on his way to work when he witnessed the attack, said the assailant was of medium build, wore a cap and an old Army raincoat. Three suspects were quickly picked up, but released for lack of identifi- cation. Miss Hendrickson told the police that she was on her way home after mailing a letter when she was struck down. She said that her father had recently died at their home in Bur- lington, Towa, and that she was mak- ing her home at the C street address while working here. The members of the party of motor- ists who picked Miss Hendrickson up were: Nicholas Passero, 225 B street northeast; Arthur Markel, 1402 Irving street northeast; Wade Hampshire, 1111 Four and One-half street south- west, and Benjamin F. Bailey, 320 M street southwest. s WHITE ROBED BAND OF 6 ABDUCTS MAN Policeman, 20 Feet Away, Unniale to Aid Captive in Quick Seizure at Texas Hotel. By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Tex., July 3lL— Half a dozen white robed men seized an unidentified man from in front of a hotel here late tonight, hurled him into a motor car and drove off. The abduction was exe- cuted so quickly that a policeman standing 20 feet away did not have time to interfere. The car drove off in a northerly direction, it was stated by Patrolman Leslie and Lanier Webb, 15, eye wit- nesses. Webb, a newsboy, stated that the robes worn by the abductors bore red crosses. The witnesses declared the man as he was being carried away. They reported the car stoped near the curh and that a large man walked up be- hind the victim and picked him up bodily and thrust him into the ma- chine despite his struggles. Police have developéd no clues rela- tive to the abduction. OLD VIRGINIA MANSION IS SWEPT BY FLAMES Home of Dr. George B. Lee at Ravensworth Catches Fire From Undetermined Cause. The old family mansion of Dr. leor:e B. Lee at Ravensworth, Va., about 14 miles from Alexandria, ! caught fire from some undetermined | cause early this morning and at 2 o'clock was reported to be burning pidly. 0. E. Wood, who supervises a dairy herd on the farm, and his family, live a short distance from the Lee home and were awakened shortly before 2 to'clock by the reflection of the blaze 1in_their window: | Mrs. Wood stated by telephone that Mr. Wood and his sons were making valiant efforts to save as much of the colonial furnishings in the mansion as possible, but added there did not seem much chance of saving the UP) Means Associated Press. along E street between the Post Office | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. THOLOGALARMEN MLLED N PLANES PNGE N AR Lieut. Howard Folk Councill and C. T. Guddens Fall at Vineyard Haven, Mass. BOTH WERE STATIONED AT NAVY AIR FIELD HERE Pilot Was Slated Soon to Join Crack Pursuit Group—Both Popular in Capital. By the Associated Press. VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass., 31.—Lieut. Howard Folk Councill, U, S. N., and his mechanic were killed lhen—e late today when a naval sea- plane plunged into the harbor. The body of Machinist Mate C. T. Giddens, whose full name was not known here, was recovered shortly after the crash. The plane, which was. of the am- { phiblan type, left Washington thfs ! morning for Chatham, Mass., carrying three men. It landed here about noon to enable Capt. E. S. Land of W e ington to visit his family at Vine: Haven. Late in the afternoon Lieut. Councill and Giddens, took off to fly to Newport, R. I, for ofl and fuel. The big plane was about 500 feet over the harbor when apparently | engine trouble developed and it plunged linlo a nose dive. Watchers on shore said the plane broke in two while falling and struck the water in pieces. A fast power boat out for the scene and picked up the mechanic. He | was still alive Iy a short time later. The body ouncill was not recovered 1 V] the plane had not | given indications of any defect on the journey from Washington here. He said that Lieut. Councill was a nati of Hickory, Giddens came fr¢ Norman Park, Ga. VICTIMS POPULAR HERE. Councill Excellent Pilot—Gid- dens Praised by Chief. The Navy Department last night received messages of the crash from Capt. Land and the commardant of the first naval district which, how- ever, were unable to state the exact cause of the aceident. One message sald that after Capt.-Land went ashore, the plane took off, circled the harbor ta_about 500 feet and then made a slight zoom inté light cloud banks. Next it was scen coming out in a nose dive straight towards the water. Lieut. Councill endeavored to level off, but the ship hit the water before he could get it in horizontal flight. The plane, the only Loei fan at the here Friday tion of the old Naval Air § Chatham, M The three occupants spent the night at Rock: . N; and arrived at Vineyard Haven about 1:30 o'clock. Two hours later Lieut. Councill took off for Newport, R. L. to obtain fuel. Capt. Land have returned to Washington in the plane tomorrow. News Is Shock Here. Lieut. News of the crash flashed abe Navy aeronautical circles last eve- ning, causing a distinet schock to the many friends here of Lieut. Councill and his mechanic. officer had been on duty in the material section of the Bureau of Aeronautics for the past two years, serving immediately under Capt. Land, who is chief of that division. A few ago he jubilantly informed his brother pilots that permission had been granted him to attend the Army advanced pursuit course at Kelly Field. Tex., following which he was to fly with the crack First Pursuit Group of Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Lieut Councill experienced much dif- ficuity in obtaining permission for the First Pursuit Group training, the envy of all pilots, but finally “fixed it up” as he told his friends. He was born May 23, 1895, and was appointed to the Naval Academy from North Carolina in 1913. Four years later he was graduated and after serving three vears with the fleet entered naval aviation. He is survived by his father and mother, Judge and Mrs. W. B. Councill of Hicko N. two brothers and a sister. rents were notified last night by Lieut. F. H. Conant, acting for Comdr. John Rodgers, chief of the Bureau in the absence of Admiral Moffet. Lieut. Councill had as as much ex- prience with the amphibian plane as any pilot in Washington, Lieut. Comdr. Homer C. Wick, commanding the naval air station said last night. The officer brought the plane to ‘Washington from the factory, spent many hours running tests on it and was thoroughly familiar with its characteristics. The explanation for the dive was advanced last night.as being caused by the fog. Once an airman becomes enveloped in clouds, or a heavy mist, he has no way of telling whether he is flying straight ahead or straight down until he can again see a hori- zen. The “ceiling” was very low over the spot the amphlbian took off and the distance between the cloud bank and the water was too short for the plane to be pulled out of the dive it was believed here. Aviation Machinist's Mate Giddens was 26 years old and had been on duty at the air station for the past two years. His mother, Mrs. L. Giddens, at Noman Park, Ga., also was notified last night by Lieuc. Conant. “Giddens was an awfully fine bo: Comdr. Wick sald last night, “and he was one of the best mechanics on the station. 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