Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (V. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional showers, possible thund- erstorms tonight and tomorrow; some- ‘what cools Hi tomorrow night. ig] 90, at 3:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 76, at 6:00 a.m. today. Full report. on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 No. 30,043. CHURGHREQUEST - TRUGENEXO TOALLOW BALOY Episcopate Says It Is Willing to Halt Dispute if Plebi- scite Is Ordered. PARADE OF LABORITES REVIEWED BY CALLES Government Employes . Opposing Regulations Dismissed—Boy- cott Is Not Felt. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August 2.—An an- nouncement that the Catholic Epis- copate is willing to enter upon a truce with the Mexican government until the Mexican people are able to express themselves by plebiscite on the religious controversy, and the discovery of a plot to assassinate President Calles, were the outstand- ing features of Mexico's first priest- less Sunday. Notwithstanding the great parade of the religional confederation of labor, which required two hours to pass a given point, the day ‘was as peaceful a one as the capital ever has known. While the marchers passed the palace, where President Calles, sur- rounded by his ministers, stood way- ing his handkerchief in answer to the cheering, members of the faith- ful ‘kneeling in prayer in ‘arlous churches, beseeching an amelioration of the situation brought about by the government putting into force its new religious regulations. Some Churches Closed. All 'the Catholic Churches, without priests on the altars, were open for prayer and meditation, except the great cathedral and several of the downtown places of worship, past which the parade made its way. The doors of these were closed in the fear that some untoward event might occu - Dispatches from all parts of the re- public indicate that tranquillity pre- vailed Sunday everywhere Although there was tense feeling at - some places, no actual trouble developed. The government had made strong mil- itary preparations in advance prompt- ly to suppress disorder. The expression of willingness. te| arrange a truce with the government, was made exclusively to the Asso- ciated ‘Press by the episcopate.. It was suggested that ‘it should run for a reasonable length of time to give the people a chance to vote on the sit- uation growing out of the religious controversy. Meanwhile the episco- pate would have the new regulations and the “anti-religious persecutions” suspended. | the finance and foreign affair religious | Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. Safe of Vatican Garden Director Reported Robbed By the Associsted Press. ROME, August 2.—For the third time within a year a theft in the Vatican has occurred. Thig time the thieves got away ‘with 4,000 lire from the safe of the director of the gardens In addition to 700 lire belonging to the di- rector. POINCARE TOBACCO SCHEME INDORSED Cabinet Also Approves Plan to Repay Bonds—Debt Accords Not Shelved. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August’ day approved Premier Poincare's pro- posal for an autonomous repayment fund for national defense bonds and for cession of the tobacco monopoly to a French corporation under gov- ernment control. When Parliment has voted provi- slons for .the autonomous fund, the government proposes that both chambers shall meet at Versailles in national assembly to make the law part of the constitution. The assem- bly is not expected to meet before August 10, Debt Pacts May Come Up. The debt ~set{lements between France and the United States and | between France and Great Britain now appear likely to come up for ratification by the French Parliament | during the present month before the | Summer recess. Ever growing oppo- {sition of financiers, as reflected by the press, to shelving the Washing- ton and London fynding agreements untill October, apparently has caused Premier Poincare to recede from his determined and oft-announced posi- tion of “no immedite ratification.” A communique issued by the semi- official Havas agency last night, evi- dently inspired by the government, is authority for their statements, the communique reads in part: “Information published in an. eve- ning paper attributing to the premler the intention to adjourn to a very distant date examination of the Amer- jcan and British agreements con- cerning French debts is groundless. i Exchange of Views. | “On the contrary, M. Poincare In- tends as'soon as the financial projects now before Parliament are definitely voted to have an exchange of views | concerning' the interallied debts with 3 rs. com- { mittees of the Chamber and "Senate, which already had been asked official- ly by'the preceding governments to the report on the Berenger- { Mellon and Caillaux-Churchill agree- { ments.” | The newspaper statement to which | the communique refers has an edi- torial by the Journal des Debats, say- &, among other things: “Adjournment of ratification of the Willing to Offer Solution. “On its part,” says the statement, | In\ “the episcopate is willing to give a! solution to the conflict that may save | debt agreements for a long time is public liberties and at the same time | regrettable trom ail angles, and from not be unbecoming to the govern-|the viewpoint of our immediate needs BRTISHRALTSLIR | NUSOERWAR| DEBT COLLECTION Public Sees Danqer of Slan- derous Outbursts by Sec- tion of Press. BALDWIN PLANS TO GET AMERICAN TRADE IDEAS Value of Co-operation of Two Na- tions Rated Supreme by Lead- ers in English Life. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. LONDON, August “‘Stop _this defamation of America” has become the watch word of decent people throughout ‘Great Britain. " Government officials have received letters warning ‘them of the danger inherent in the agitation. It .ig be- lieved that Winston Churchill's’ vell: ed incitements of popular passjon will not be repeated. Prime Minister Baldwin's decision to send a government commission of employers and employes to the United States to study the relations of capital and labor is a friendly gesture. It implies that in the government's view the secret of the great American pros- perity must be sought in something eise than war-created wealth. Lull in Outbursts. There is a lull in the slanderous outbursts of political and journalistic cheap Jacks. . Lord Rothermere has leashed his anti-American pack and even is supporting a movement to attract more Américan visitors to England. His purpose in branding the Amgerican people with ‘‘usury” is staféd in well informed circles to have been intended to aid his friend, Poincare, to the United States. However this may be, Lord Roth- ermere has been a thick and thin champion of France in every ques- tion that has arisen since the war. His attacks upon America have caused deep concern not only in gov- ernment, parliamentary and diplo- matic circles, but among business men and bankers from end to end of the country. Hundreds of letters have gone to America expressing ‘regret and mortification. Lord Rothermere's cablegrams from some of the ‘people who recently entertained aim in New z:)l‘k are said to make piquant read 8- Hotel Managers Worried. British hotel managers are espeé- cially unhappy over the abuse of Americans. Their appeals to offend- ing newspapers to cease firing are poignant documents. Shopkeepers, too, join in the cry, “Gag the black- guards.” All this despite the fact that only an occasional person in Great Britain feels kindly toward officlal America or thinks the war debt to the United States should be paid. In. other words, if there is widespread dis- in evading France's debt' 4 5377 2 e (22 17 VE ECHOES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. urday’s Clrculation, 85, Bandags ‘Chesiatton 10553 UP) Means Assoclated Press. TWO CENTS. WOMAN HALF WAY IN CHANNEL SWIM Miss Clarabelle Barrett of New York Making Nearly Record Time. By the ‘Associated Préiss. : DOVER, England., ‘August 2:-SAt 1 o'clock this afternoom,: five hours after entering the water, Miss Clara- belle Barrett of New York was 12 miles out, on a.straight line between Dover and Calais. in her attempt to ‘conquer the English Channel. ‘Should'she swetded, she w \ first WO ‘to' §twitn'the channel. Miss Barvett, six feet tall, 18 a thoroughly experienced swimmer, per- fectly at home in the water and full of confidence. : Conceded a Charce. Experts who saw her start conceded that she had a chance to conquer the channel. The day was unusually warm and ealm, and her excellent progress indicated that the currents were favorable. 1,600 Sailors Fight Six Fires Believed Setby Incendiaries By the Associated Press. EVERETT, Wash., August More than 1,600 sailors from the United States flotilla at anchor here aided in combating six fires of alleged incendiary origin that menaced the city late last night and early today. Fire departments from three cities also combined to fight the flames, all of which were under control this morning. . The damage was placed at $300,000. A wood and coal company’s plant, part of a ball park, a Tumber company plant, several small mills, an oil company. warehouse and a laundry were destroyed by the firess. \ 2 | trlan wou, INGURY OROERED INPSTOLBATILE Police Car Driver Says Men in Suspected Rum Auto Opened Fire on Them. Police officials today ordered an in- vestigation of the pistol battle which took place in Southwest Washington yesterday when dry officers pursued occupants of a suspected liquor car. At the same time Commissioner Ru- dolph and Superintendent of Police Hesse announced their disapproval of | the “indiscriminate -use of revolvers by police in pursuit of rum runners.” Prefers Escape to Death. Commissionet ~Rudolph said ~ that - have an innocent pedes- _or perhaps killed in ‘|the wild chases between bootleggers Mrs. Harding Disappears in Chicago—Officials Skep- tical of Story. and police he would “prefer having 40 rum runners escape.” Maj. Hesse detailed Inspector L. J. Stoll to make a thofough investiga- tion of the shooting affray, which took place while Precinct Detective How- ard Ogle and Revenue Agent A. J. Brown were pursuing the colored oc- cupants of a fleeing automobile, be- lieved to have been loaded with whisky. The officers lost the chase when the speeding car in front of | estate of the late Gen. W. H. F. Lee, Ex-Inmate Kidnaps Girl Patient From Asylum for Insane By the A JACKSONVILLE, IIL, August 2. —TDavid Cooper, 38, a former paroled oconvict from the Jollet penitentiary and a voluntary in- mazte at the State Hospital for the Insane here during the time of his parole, early today kidnaped Beu- lah Kitchen, a 16-year-old patient at the hospital, and escaped in an automobile. Cooper, acquainted with the customs of the inmates of the institution, waited near a walk along a row of industrial bulldings until the woman patients passed on their morning walk and then seized the girl. He thrust her into an automobile which -had been waiting and drove out of sight before an alarm could begiven. e YOUTH ARRESTED IN'LEE HOME FIRE Destruction of Ravensworth|¥ in Fairfax County Brings Incendiary. Probe. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., August 2.—Rus- sell Wood, 20 years old, is in jail here pending investigation of the fire of early vesterday which de- stroyed Ravensworth, the famous 12 miles south of this place. Wood, who is a son of O, E. Wood, dairy farm manager of the estate, denies any knowledge of the fire, the circumstances of which are similar to one of the previous Sunday morn- ing, which damaged the home of Andrew Nelson, caretaker of the estate. The loss yesterday has been esti- mated at $70,000 with $40,000 insur- ance. Many pieces .of furniture, much colonial silverware and several heirlooms were saved, but other art- icles, including a historic rifle, a paint- ing of Gen. Robert E. Lee, father of Gen. W. H. F. Lee, and 16 other oil paintings were destroyed. 1 Owners Are Notified. | | The estate is jointly owned by Dr. George Bolling Lee, son of the late| Gen. W. H. F. Lee and Mrs. Robert E. Lee, whose late husband aiso was a son of Gen. W. H. F. Lee. The widow has been making her home in Washington and Dr. George Bolling notified vesterday of the loss both were at the scene of the fire today, according fo the TFairfax police. Three brick chimheys are all that remain of the famous old home. The fire started at 1:25 a.m. and burned until after 9. Firemen from Alex- andria and neighbors combatting the flames were greatly handicapped by lack of water. three- story frame h brick inside. The flames destroyed boxwood, a | huge hemlock and other trees. { Had Historic Background. at Newport, R, L They were and | ‘The house was a| CHOICE FOR FENNING POST MADE; MAY BE KNOWN IN 24 HOURS President Wants Formally to Accept Resignation Be- fore Announcing Name. SARGENT IS GIVEN MUCH CREDIT FOR GETTING MAN Executive Satisfied That New D. C. Commissioner Is of Caliber Sought for Position. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y., Au- gust 2—Within the next 24 hours President Coolidge is expected to an- nounce the' successor to Frederick A. Fenning as a member of the Board f Commissioners of the District of Columbia. It was learned from an authorita- tive source here today that the Presi- dent has finally reached a decision in this matter, and that he will make public the name of his choice probably late this afternoon or tomorrow be- fore noon. Other than to say the in- dividual picked by the President'meas- ures up to the high standard he had set in making a selection, he gave no intimation of the identity of the new Commissioner. % It was said by an associate of the President that the latter felt greatly relieved that he has completed a task that was most trying and difficuit, and that he was glad to be able now to put this matter of the District Com- missionership aside and to give his at. tention to other pressing matters. Details Not Complete. Some intimation as to the ihden- tity of the newgCommissioner would have been given today, even in ad- vance of the President's formal an- nouncement, but this was prevented because of several details incident to completely clearing up the matter which must be disposed of before any inkling of name of Mr. Fenning's suc- cessor is given to the press. First of all, the President wants formally to accept Mr. Fenning's let- ter of resignation, which was placed in the hands of Attorney General Sar- gent at tne wyequest of the President the day before the latter's departure from Washington for his vacation. President Coolidge had been advised when Mr. Fenning left Washington more than a week ago for a brief vacation of the date upon which he would return, and it was indicated at the executive office today that the President hurried along his decision 80 as to have the new Commissloner appointed and ready to take office be- fore tomorrow, when Mr. Fenning will return. Wants Choice Approved. Also the President will probably awalt the official approval of his se- lection by the Republican State com- mittee of the District of Columbia be- | fore making his announcement. In- ment.” |18 useless. The conditions offered by | ;00 001 0t Tord Rothermere's meth. them laid a smoke screen. i | asmuch as this committee, which is The statement. declares that some ! the United States in settlement of our' Latin American diplomatists and some | high government officials. have offered | their good offices to meditate. “The episcopate,” it continues, “de- spite its slight hopes for a successful outcome of this offer, has sincerely ac- cepted it, but without any success as yet. However, we are confident, and we desire that President Calles may | not be absolutely deaf to the voice of | the people. | “The present religious conflict is a | needless duel. t 1s a ruinous duel from an eco-| nomic point of view, as the blockade | gives promise of being éffective. | Bull Fight Crowd Normal. In the capital the bull fight drew its usual crowd of spectators, as also | was the case with the moving picture | end other theaters. Restaurants and | cafes had their normal patronage. The economic boycott of the League for Defense of Religious Liberty, has taken effect at various places, but its extent has not yet become apparent. The government has commenced dis- missal of employes who are not sup- porting its religious policy. Two de- partmental heads at the city hall were discharged because of their announced opposition to it. Special dispatches from Guadalajara say one woman and one policeman were killed and nine Catholics wound- ed in clashes following the suspension of services at the Church of San Juan de Dios Saturday night. Paper Denounces Church. Restauracion, a periodical issued by the Mexican Orthodox , Catholic Church, commonly known as the Bchismatic Church, which does not recognize the Pope, gflll criticising the attitude of the oman Catholic Church in opposing #nforcement of the religious clauses of Rhe constitution. It declares that the Roman Catholic ‘hurch “once more has unnecessarily tated the poor and ignorant peéople, and, according to what is said, has re- keived from them: the trifing sum of About 10,000,000 pesos throughout Mexico for confirmations and other priestly ceremonials, performed in juch quantities since the present agi- tion began.’ Alvarez Discovered Plot The police announced that the plot bgainst the life of Calles was discov- @red through an investigation con- Wucted by Gen. Alvarez, head of the Ppresidential staff. A secret service operative, under orders from Gen. Al- ‘varez, got himself accepted as one of the plotters, and in this way he met Benora Clemencia Baquedano, wife of a soap manufacturer, who with her 16.year-old daughter is among those arrested. The police say Senor Ba- quedano is also implicated, and they mre searching for him. No information has been given out @s to the time or method the plotters intended to use. ‘The first person to be arrested was Benorita Lemus. She was apprehend- ed in the city hall, facing on the same plaza as the presidential palace. She requested some one in the office to call a certain telephone number to say she was arrested. The police found it was the Baquedano residente, where the secret service operative said he had attended meetings of the con: spirators and where he testified he had once heard Senora Baquedano (Continyed.on Page 5, Column 4.) prints an edi-( debt will not have changed in a few months; the American Constitution {& against it. Nobody, not even Preal dent Coolidge, can alter the Berenger- Mellon accord. We hope our govern- ment will be better advised than o postpene consideration of this agree ment.” The inclusion of a tax on foreign- ers in Premier Poincare's bill, voted by the Chamber, caused a certain amount of surprise. Identity cards and renewals of such cards every two years will now cost foreigners 375 francs, instead of the present 68. Stu- dent and journalists will pay 40 francs, while foreign volunteers who ods, there is almost universal sym- pathy with his motives. Criminations and’ recriminations be- tween Europe and the United States, particularly between Great Britain and the United States, are viewed in ministerial councils with concern that cannot be exaggerated. How could it be otherwise? We have long been ac- customed to hear from time to time that war between Great Britain and America was “unthinkable.” It is un- thinkable only provided the deep emo- tions of the two peoples be not em- bittered. Danger in Situation. Contemptuous hatred of America in Great Britain, together with a pro- served in the French army during the war are exempt from any fee what- ever. Passage of this clause was made contingent on abandonment of a bill drawn up by Deputy Falcoz, re- quiring every foreigner to pay a fee upon entering the country. CHANG AND WU ALLIES _ ARE INCREASING FORCES Move Regarded as Indication of New Campaign in Dolon- Nor Section. By the Associated Press. PEKING, August 2.—The allied armies of Marshals Chang Tso-Lin and i Wu Pei-Fu are increasing their {forces in the Dolon-Nor sectign in Chihli Province, to which much im-. portance is attached. The stalemate i that has existed on the Nankow front following the recent defection of two brigades of allied troops, necessitating ithe shifting of ¢commanders and re- alignment of forces, is believed here to indicate that the allies realize the futility of renewing an attack on Nan- kow, and consequently the next move- ment is looked for in the Dolon-Nor region. . There is a lack of definite news, with both sides claiming satisfactory prog- ress. It seems appgyrent there is no serious fighting under way at present. CHARLES W. MORSE ILL. BATH, Me, August 2 (P).— Charles W. Morse was recovering to- from what was described by his family as a slight shock sustained yes- terday at his Summer home here. Mr. Morse was stricken during the middle of the forenoon and was un- consclous all day. 20 Poisoned by Cake at Wedding found feeling on the part of Amer- fcans that they deserved mothing of the sort, would be extremely danger- ous to peace if a really grave dispute suddenly arose between the two na- tions. Nationalistic sentiments are like a dry gorse—easy to fire and quick to blaze flercely when alight. Enable the British and American peoples to understand each other and entertain for each other that high esteem which all the substantial facts warrant, and war between them will be indeed unthinkable. Those persons in either country who- diffuse mutual disaffection and enmity are traitors to English-speaking civilization. America's good will toward Great Britain and Great Britain's good will toward America are reciprocal assets of incalculable worth. Our interests meet everywhere and are mainly com- plementary. They meet and have a peculiar and significant importance in a certain far place called the Pacific ;)lce.;n—!he patrimonial ocean of man- nd, Move on Pacific Ocean. Upon this ocean awaits enactment of the incomparable drama of human history. Great Britain and Ameriea should stand together there, not. as against Japan or China, or any puni- tive Asian or pan-Asian bloe, but for that Imer»mln) culture and equi- librium, upon /which depends the peace of the Pacific and of the world. Canada wants no estrangement be- tween Great Britain and America. Australia, New Zealand and South Africa want none. Japan and China, the writer verily believes, want none. Those who would produce such an estrangement for relatively minor matters, such as Great Britain's debt to the United States—that in all like- lihood will be reduced or canceled when the moment shall be ripe— hould svreep their eyes around the wide horizon and adapt their judg- ment to a big equation. (Covyright. 1826. by Chicago Daily News Co.) Fete; Eight Others Made Ill by Eating Beans By the Associated Press. . CHICAGO, August 2.—Tweénty-eight persons were” ill here today as the result of eating tainted food. A score were poisoned supposedly aftér eating a cake at’ a wedding celebration. Eight others, two women and six children, were. poisoned when their curiosity tempted them to taste a curious bean found in the basement O ysicians said all would recover. wedding celebration. in the stricken were Manrillo, his wife and their five children. The party was in honor of Amico Manrillo and his bride of a week, both of whom were victims, They were sent to a hospital after residents in an apartment upstairs heard groans below 'and investigated. Prompt medical attention was belleved to_have saved the lives of several. poison case,. the six Dr. George Brewster of London also made the attempt today. He entered the water at 11 a.m., and by 2 pm. was five miles off Dover, on a line with Folkestone. Miss Barrett's swim developed into something of a race against Brewster, who started midway between Dover and St. Margarets. It was anticipated that big gun practice | by Britidh naval units at targets towed down the channel might prove troublesome ‘to the swimmers. Swam Sound in 10%. Hours. NEW YORK, August 2 (#). eces- sity of earning a lving for herself and a widowed mother seven vears ago prompted ‘Miss Clarebelle Bar- rett to become a professional swim- ming instructress and acquire the ability which sent her on a quest to conquer_the English Channel. Miss Barrett is now 32 ars old and holds a position as swimming instructress in the new James Monroe High School in the Bronx. Although virtually unknown in swimming circles, she attracted at- tention by her unusual speed and stamina in the water last June when she swam approximately 11 miles from the New Rochelle breakwater across Long Island Sound to Seacliff in 10% hours. Except for some beef broth in_ the early stages of the swim Miss Bar- rett took no nourishment, yet she finished with few apparent signs of fatigue. Experts declared her achieve- ment one of the most notable ever registered by a woman swimmer. Miss Barrett's father was Nathan Frank- lin Barrett, nationally known as landscape artist. She was born in Ne Rochelle, attended the schools there and later studied at Drew Seminary and Alfred University. EDERLE TO TRY ABOUT FRIDAY. Spring Tides Will Then Be Flowing; Others to Make Attempt. BY JULIA HARTMAN. GRIS-NEZ, France August 2.—The month of July failing to furnish a sin- gle day fair enough to try swimming the English Channel, Gertrude Ederle hopes to make an attempt between the 6th and 10th of August, during these days the Spring-tide, which is favored by lemulW. Burgess, Miss Ederle's| ong of the men warned. her * coach, ‘be running. ~ The last Spring-tides were from July 24 to the 30th, but during that period the wind blew ferociously, the water boomed to (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) . VIKING SEAMEN NEAR. Four Following 10-Century-Old te, Believed Off U. 8. Coast. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, August 2 ). —Capt. T. Folgero and three com- panions, who are making the 5,000 mile trip over the 1,000-year-old Viking trail, from Norway to America, are belleved today to be well down the New England Coast bound for the Sesquicentennial celebratign in Phila- delphia. ' . This is reckoned by a report from an isolated fishing village on the Halifax County Ilml..:llrwwhlch the voy; passed ‘ednesday. Thm in the tii Erikson, e ny open craft Leif of the ship that ‘across the ocean By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 2.—Mrs. Virginia Dorothy de Leon Harding, wife of a Milwaukee filling station employe, who came to Chicago with the asser- tion that she was prepared to solve the murder of the Rev. Edward W. Hall and his choir singer, Mrs. Elea- nor Mills, was among the missing today. She had checked out at her hotel and her whereabouts was un- known although she was believed to be still in the city Officials were not inclined to take her statements any too serlously. while those in New Jersey, and Mrs. Hall herself, held in connection with the slaying,’ manifested little, if any, interest. Mrs. Harding had found it difficult, if not impossible, to find rail- road fare to New Jersey, officials having learned she had a penchant for traveling. She declared Mrs. Hall was innocent and she could prove it. NEW EVIDENCE FOUND. of Mrs. Gibson Declared Partially Supported. SOMERVILLE, N. J., August 2 (#), —Inquiry into the murder four years ago of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Nrs. Eleanor Mills passed into new hands today, as new evidence was forthcoming in partial support of testimony of Mrs. Jane Gibson that she saw the slaying of the minister and his pretty choir member. State Senator Alexander Simpson, ‘ho was appointed by Gov. Moore as special prosecutor to push the case, has ar for conference today with Gov. Moore and Prosecutor Ber- gen of Somerset County. Gov. Moore said yesterday that in addition to prosecution of the murder charge against Mrs. Hall, widow of one of the victims, Senator Simpson might take action on his own account in connection with reports that a previous dnvestigation had been un- duly hindered. Mrs. Ho Harding, a former resident of this vicinity, telegraphed from Milwaukee Saturday to County Detective Joseph Hanlon that on the night of the crime she was accosted by four men near the scene and that 1l get you if you tell what you saw_here.” it has been learned that Mrs. Harding also said she could furnish additional testimony, and that she would,leave Milwaukee at once to give it. ~ Mrs. Harding's statement bears out testimony of” Mrs. Gibson, although Mrs. Gibson said Mrs. Hall, charged with the murder of her husband and his young woman companion, was present at the slaying, while Mrs. Harding did not mention seeing a woman. Mrs. Harding said she was em- ployed at that time in soclal service work for the Johns-Manville Co., at Manville, N. J., but George Halliday, general manager, said she was merely a “waitress and housekeeper” and “was never adverse to notoriet; ‘William Phillips, night watchman, who was arrested Thursday as a ma- terial witness, was still in the Somer- set County jail today, unable to obtain $2,500 bail, reduced from an original $5,000. Mrs. Hall was released in $15,000 bail. * Story Radio Programs—Page 21, Says Pursued Opened Fire. According to Ogle, the colored men in the escaping car opened fire on the police car, which he was driving, and the revenue agent returned the fire. Ogle denied firing any shots himself. He said he drove the police car at as much as 70 miles an hour at times. Shortly after losing the pursuit the same officers “picked up” another ma- chine, and after another chase through the Southwest section captured two prisoners, confiscated their car and seized 672 quarts of -alleged whisky. The men, who identified themselves as Russell Murray and Hugh Gal- ligher, were to be arraigned in Police Court this afternoon on charges of :lmnapnrllng and illegally possessing iquor. e FREIGHT SHIR BEACHED. Crew Safe on Vessel Believed of Shipping Board Line. VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass., Au- gust 2 UP).—A ship, reported by the Coast Guard to be the Shippin steamer Governor John Lind, went ashore on the rocks on Hedge Fence shoal early today. She was resting easy and none of her crew was be- lieved in danger. Three patrol boats went out from the Woods Hole Coast Guard statlon. ‘The vessel is loaded with freight and bound east. BLAST DAMAGES HOME. Pittsburgh Suburb Constable’s Residence Hit by Bomb. PITTSBURGH, August 2 (#).—An | exblosion, belleved to have been & dynamite bomb, damaged the home of Albert Frantz, borough constable of Whitaker, a suburb, early today. e T, 0] elieve e bombin, out of the officer’s actlv!llan'insr:}l'- forcing the prohibition law. |Admits Being Fined $5 as Speeder in D. C. 40 Years Ago Speed law violations antedate the automobile, it was disclosed today, when William Apel, 77 years old. applied for citizenship mpcnl Asked by Justice Balley of the District Supreme Court if he had ever been arrested, Apel search- ed his men;lory h:;w recalled that 40 years ago he been pay a fine of $5 in Pomlhuulr&eu‘r: for “speeding.” Inquiry develop- :ld “t'lrxh::le :flvb:lcnnl then drove a 0 a bread wago: “(:) fast. " . pel was born in 1849 and came to America. I 1875 In response to an inquiry of the court why he had Board | Except Mount Vernon and Gunston Hall, Ravensworth was the most im- portant of the old homes of Fairfax County, according to Representative R. Walton Moore, who lives in-that county. The original estate was part of a grant of about 22,000 acres, made to William Fitzhugh of Stafford County in 1686, he said. ‘William Fitzhugh of Chatham, who in his old age, after the revolution, re- moved to Ravensworth and was the ?rst of the family to reside there. He dled early in the nineteenth century nd by will left a large part of the | estate, including the house, to his son, Willlam H. Fitzhugh. The latter was & very prominent man. In the Vir- ginia constitutional convention of 1829-1830 he represented the district embracing Fairfax and Louden Coun- ties along with former President Mon- roe and two others. It was expected that he would soon be elected to the office of governor, but he died in 1832, ‘The manner of his death was most un- usual. By his will he left about 8,500 acres of the Ravensworth estate to his widow, to go after her death to his niece, Mary Custis, who married Rob- eft E. Lee. | Occupant During War. Dyring the Civil War Mrs. Fitz- hugh occupled the house, and was protected by the Federal authorities. Following the death of Mrs. Fitzhugh and ‘Mrs. Lee the property was parti- tioned among the children of Gen. Robert E. Lee, and 500 acres with The grand- | son and namesake of Fitzhugh was | headed by Samuel J.” Prescott, has | made no formal recommendations to the President and has refrained from jformally indorsing” any vandidate for { the Commissionership, it is taken for | granted here that the committee will | immediately give its official approval to the President’s selection. Making a decision in this matter has probably been the most trouble- some business the President has had | before him since coming to his moun- | tain camp. It was difficult for a num- ber of reasons. The President more than once admitted this himself, and it i{s onmly natural for him to give a long sigh of rellef now that he need give it no further concern. For a time the task looked practi- cally hopeless because of the difficulty the President was having In casting about for the type of individual he was seeking for this post. Because of the attacks made upon the Com- missioners by members of Congress and threats that these assaults are to be continued in the future the job lost considerable of its usual attractive- ness to the citizens of Washington. Of course, there was the usual run of perpetual candidates for Commis- sioner. Candldates Complicated Task. The same names that invariably bob up when there is a vacancy on the board did not fail to materialize on this occasion, but it is known that these, instead of being of any assist- ance to the President, only added to the house were allotted to his son, W. H. F. Lee, who lived there while representing the eighth Virginia dis- trict in Congress. By his will he di- vided the property among his widow and his two sons, and in recent years there has been some controversy and litigation in respect to it. A statement that the liquor was stored in the house at the time of the fire is a mistake, as there was not a drop there,. according to Rep- resentative Moore. It is many years since the- ancient wine cellar con- tained any of the winés which in the early days were commonly imported from the Azores and elsewhere. ‘Wood: was arrested about § by Haywood Durrer and Virgll Wil- liams, Fairfax police, who learned of the alleged kerosene odor about the ruins of the fire. FILIPINOS LOSE APPEAL FROM 17-YEAR TERMS Seven Were Convicted of Cutting Off Ears of Man Oppossd to Quezon. By the Associated Press. MANILA, August 2.—The Insular Supreme Court sustained today a lower court decsion sentencing David Mutua, Pedro Zauiat and five other Filipinos to 17 years each in prison for having cut. off the ears of Popio Montenegro because he expressed himself as opposed to Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippive Senate. The defendants kidnaped Monte- negro, a teacher in a high school in Tayabas Province, carried him away in an automobile, tied him to a tree, .m. his burden. Being away from Wash- ington, thereby making it impossible for him personally to see and talk with those who might be considered avail- able timber for the office, added to the President’s difficulties. Another troublesome feature of the business of selecting some one meas- uring :p to the standard he had set was the fact that any number of men who were thought available were away on vacations and could be reached only by great difficulty. Also several so-called big-caliber men, y one of whom the President would have been happy to appoint to this place, were found to be legal residents in some of the States despite the fact that they resided in the Capital the greater part of the year. The law gov- erning the appointment of a Commis- sioner requiring the latter to have been a legal resident of the District for three years prior to his appoint- ment_is known to have added consid- erably to the President's troubl He several times Intimated that this law greatly restricted him in combing I'a wider fleld for the type of man he ‘wanted. Has Worked Slowly. The President has taken his time and he has made a selection which he is satisfied will be entirely satisfac- tory to the citizens of the Capital City. The President said at the beginning that he wanted a big, broad-visioned man of experience in civic affairs and a trained executive, and it was inti- mated at the executive office today when the appointment was being dis- cussed that the President has chosen some one of all the qualifica- tions and one in whom he has every confidence. It was stated at the executive office that when this individual was first given an indirect offer from the Presi- dent, much to the disappointment of the President, followed the steps of others and declined to permit himself to be seriously considered. Friends of the it back in_ Wi