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MYSTERIOUS CALLS INHALL-MILLS CASE Alleged Missing Trunk Fuill of Evidence Believed Hoax. Arrests Not Made. By the Associated Press BOUNDBROOK, N. J., August 6.— Mysterious telephone calls and an al- leged missing trunk have been added to vanishing witnesses as headlin factors in the reopened investigation of the murder four years ago of Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. Police today discounted as a hoax a report to them at midnight that a trunk full of documentary evidence had been stolen from the home of Mrs. John Merlett, where Azirlah Beekman, who conducted the first in- vestigation, lived before his death. Attention of a score of newspaper men had already been concentrated on Boundbrook earlier in the day by a tip purporting to come from the Jer- sey City office of Assistant Attorney General Simpson that “something big would break in Boundbrook at mid- night.” Somewhat similar “tips” have been daily occurrences this week ‘Wednesday night a score of report- ers waited witht Nellie L. Russell, negress, at her home, near New Bruns- wick, until after 4 o'clock in the morn- ing for her arrest as a material wit- ness. Her husband played cards with the mnewspaper men by automobile headlights and another group watched vainly for the advertised arrest of Ralph V. Gorsline, who was a vestry- man in Dr. Hall's church. Yesterday Mr. S withdrew orders for their . then instruct- ed State troopers to hold the warrants ready for use when wanted. He de- clared State troopers had been ordered to watch Mr. Gorsline in Wildwood, and arrest him if he attempted to leave the State, but reporters were unable to locate Mr. Gorsline there. State troopers were on guard today before the homes of State witnesses, some of them formerly servants in the Hall home and the others friends, Mr. Simpson said. $12.50 PER ROOM OFFERED TO 60,000 U. S. WORKERS HERE (Continued from First Page) scheme announced to the chief clerks, was that if carried out it would be a serious detriment to the present market and would not materially re- duce rents. Real Estate Men Skeptical. Most of the real estate men admitted that the apartment house market I already overbuilt and many have ex- pressed concern in regard to renting the 75 or 80 new apartment houses ;;I:ich will be on the market by Octo- Last vear, it was pointed out, wasa record year in construction. In spite of this, for the first six months of this year apartment house construction has increased 72 per cent and hous- ing accommodations have been sup- plied during that thme for 22,500 per- sons. It is expected by the end of the year that these accommodations would increase to provide for 47,000 persons. One of the largest. firms here deal- ing in apartment houses points out that they have reduced their rents as much as 25 per cent and are con- sidering further reductions this Fall. It is also generally known in town that some banks and large finascial institutions are tightening up in re- gard to the financing of apartment houses because of the market condi- tion. That construction is progress- ing rapidly, however, is shown by the fact that this week a total of more than $5,800,000 in new construction has been authorized. It is expected that this by $5,000,000 the record set last Would Save Only 8 Per Cent. Rufus S. Lus president of the Operative Builders' Association, de- clared “this project cannot he possible unless the buildings came as an en- dowment to the city. The most it could eliminate would be the average 8 per cent profits made by the apart ment house owners on their struc- tures. “In fact, the buildings would prob- ably cost more to erect than those bufit by the operative builder, who has his own organization and his owvn carefully worked-out procedure and system that have taken years of ex-| periénce to organize.” Mr. Lusk stated that he presumed the project contemplated would give the same accommodations, equipment and service as are desired by those renting, apartments from regular apartment owners. One owner and agent for a con- siderable number of apartments in Washington stated that he had apart- ments to rent on Connectiout avenue - facing a parkway of two rooms, kitch-. enette and bath with southern ex- posure for $55 and $65. He sald he did not think that any better propo- sition could be built. The total amount of money spent on apartment houses for the first six months of this vear was $13.729,000, as compared to $9:741,000 for the first six months of 1925, the record year. TWO MORE PRIESTS REPORTED YIELDING T0 NEXICAN LAWS r{(ilrm Firs that business conditions in Mexico City have been depressed for many months, and that much pessimism prevailed over the situation long be: fore the religious crisis arose. Thus far the Mexican government has made no statement with regard to the action of the Knights of Co- lumbus convention in Philadelphia sending a petition to President Cool- jdge, asking him to raise the embargo on shipments of arms to Mexico. There was much interest shown in the news by members of the Mexican Epis- copate, but no statement was forth- coming. Bishop Diaz, secretary of the Episcopate, and other Catholic lead- ers thought it would be unwise and im- prudent to make any comment, Episcopal Church Restored. Government agents, who recently took charge of the Episcopal church of San Jose De Gracia because the Mexican rector failed to register with the . municipal authorities, have re- turned the church to the rector. The church is owned by the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States. TUsual services will be resumed ghortly. During the time the church was in the government's hands the doors were kept open, worshipers entering as they pleased. \ Monsignor Mora y Del Rio, aged Archbishop of Mexico City, is still in bed with a slight fever. He is ex- ceedingly weak, his feeble strength having been exhausted during the strenuous weeks preceding the date when the religious regulations went into force. Physiclans say his ‘condi- tion is not such as to justify alarm. iy b * fPhe first women’s auto club in Ger- (gan many has been organized by socl women in Potsdam. 5 I % ar's building will exceed | RALPH GORSLINE. BELL WANTSNEW CUMBERLAND ROAD Canal-Level Highway and Federal Control of Potomac Urged to Zihiman. Legislation granting to some Fed- eral agency control of the power and | water rights of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohlo Canal between Washington and Cumberland, with authority to develop ‘them, 18 urged today by Engineer Commis- sioner J. Franklin Bell in a letter to Representative Frederick N. Zihlman of Maryland, chairman of the House District committee. The letter also. revealed ambitious plans for development of a national boulevard along the canal from Wash- ington to Cumberland and paving the way for the projected Great Falls power development. The letter follows: “Since our conversation relative to securing and preserving the power and water rights of the Potomac River I have discussed the matter with the chief engineer of the Fed- eral Power Commission. My assistant, Maj. Covell, has started the compila- tion of the statistics needed on which to base the proposed legislation. Asks Varied Powers. “I believe that this legislation should grant to some administrative Federal agency the following powers {and responsibilities: “(a) Control of the power and water rights of the Potomac River. with the authority to condemn any conflicting rights heretofore granted to private parties or companies. Rights granted to municipalities should be accepted. “(b) Authority to acquire by pur- chase or condemnation canal land and rights between Washington, D. C., and Cumberiand, Md. It does not follow that the operations of the canal company should be terminated. ‘The idea is merely that the rights of that company shall not be permitted to interfere with the power and water rights to be secured from the river. The construction of a national boule- vard along the canal from Washing- ton to Cumberiand should be consid- ered. Any one who has driven over the mountains from Cumberland can visualize how necessary it will be in the | future to have a canal level boulevard for bus, truck and automobile traffic from Cumberland to the National Cap- ital. I have made no attempt to com- pute the saving of time and power for {this enormous and growing traffic in dollars and cents, but it is apparent that it might he very large. The boulevard would leave the canal line at points to avold curves and to keep down construction costs. This boule- vard plan may be impracticable, but the success of the Bear Mountain road and park plan, as well as somewhat similar developments elsewhere, leads to optimism. Perhaps the develop- ment of traffic along the line of the canal will encourage the use of that canal for heavy freight by providing adequate access to the canal, with transfer facilities at various- points. Electric or gasoline power would probably be used for the canal boats. Thinks Purchase Easy. “(c) Authority to acquire by pur- chase or condemnation any properties necessary to develop these power and water rights or the proposed boule- vard. 1 do not believe it would be wise to incorporate in the proposed legislation any plan for power devel- opment such as that proposed at Great Falls, or any proposal to construct the boulevard to Cumberland. The legis- lation proposed would, however, se- cure and preserve to the Government the rights needed so that future plans of this nature by Government or other prohibitive by excessive costs. What is proposed can very probably be se- cured at the present time at a reason- able figure, as there Is very little traf- fic on the canal, and the/power and water rights have not been utilized to any extent. | “Of course, this is a matter that | concerns all our members of the Na- tia Capital Park and Planning Com- | mission, but it is of Vital interest to you, not only on account of your in- terest in the National Capital as chair- man of the committee_on District af- fairs in the House of Representatives and as a member of the planning com- mission, but on account of the vital interest of your constituents in Mary- land in what is proposed. The peo- ple of the Potomac Valley in Mary- land and Virginia will undoubtedly join In supporting the proposed legis- lation. “1 should like to have your views, at your convenfence, and meanwhile we shall be getting together the infor- mation necessary to support what- ever legislation you may deem wise.” o HOUSE BUILDING FIXED. Repairs Being Made to Approach and Terrace. Extensive repairs to the ornamental approach and elevated terrace at the northeast corner of the House Office Bullding have become necessary as a result of a settlement beneath the terrace. G The rearrangement of this entrance to the building was deemed advisable to prevent damage to the steam-heat- ing conduit of the Capitol and office buildings, which passes under the terrace at that point. The work which has already been started 1is estimated to cost about $30,000. DUGGAN IS LOCATED. BUENOS AIRES, August 6 (). —La Naclon's Rio’ Grande do Sul corre- spondent ceports that Bernardo Dug: and his fellow aviators, missing sinee Monday, wrrived there unexpect- edly at noon today. authorized agencies will not be made | 10 RODGERS' POST Head of Navy Material Divi- sion Succeeds Commander, Assigned to Survey. Acceding to a wish expressed sev- eral months ago, the Navy Depart- ment late yesterday ordered Comdr. John Rodgers, assistant chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, to comamand an experimental scouting squadron lo study conditions of operating long- distance scouting planes with the fleet and as_independent units for shore bases. He will take over his new duty about August 16. | Capt. Emory 8. Land, head of the material division of the Bureau of Aeronautics, was appointed -to suc- ceed Comdr. Rodgers. Comdr. Rodgers, who sprang into in- ternationa! prominence as commander of the Hawall flight last year, was given the Washington post imme- dlately after his rescue from nine days in the Pacific Ocean. On active sea duty the greater part of his ca- reer as a naval aviator, Comdr. Rodgers is known not to have been personally comfortable in his office duties. Capt. Land is regarded as one of the foremost figures in naval aviation, and to him can be traced many of the |rapid strides in aircraft development during the last four years he has been head of the material division. He is a member of the Construction Corps, and, therefore, is not eligible to com- mand ships or units. When Capt. Land entered the Bu- reau of Aeronautics he was unable to qualify as a pllot because of the age requirements, but he took the observ- er's course at Pensacola, Fla., and won the rating of an observer, which car- ries half a gold wing. His interest in flying is very enthusiastic, and he utilizes the airplané for his official travels wherever possible. Capt. Land was born in Canon City, Colo., in 1879, and was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1904. He en- tered the Construction Corps_after graduation, and in 1916 came to Wash- ington in the Bureau of Construction and Repair. In 1919 he was with the naval forces in Europe, and later served as assistant naval attache at London. He returned to Washington in 1921 to the Bureau of Construction and Repair and November 6, the same year, was assigned to the Bureau of ‘Acronautics. The following year he qualified as a naval observer. He was awarded the Navy cross in the World War for designing and con- structing submarines and for war zone work. The Navy Department annoynce- ment said Capt. Land's ‘‘experience, involving the development and use of aireraft of all types. will serve to fit him particularly well for his new dutles.” Comdr. Rodgers has held his pres- ent position since January 1 of this year. His experimental squadron will include two new aircraft to be designated as PHIO and PNIO, now nearing completion, and larger than the PN-9 type, which he used on the Hawalian flight. DENTIST'IS.ORDERED TO GIVE BOND IN SUIT Sum of $3,000 Required of Glyde M. Gearhart Pending Action on Wife's Divorce Plea. Justice Jennings Bailey of the Dis. Supreme Court today directed de M. Gearhart, dentist, at 1624 1 street, to furnish a bond of $3,000 to guarantee that he will stay in Wash- ington pending action of the court on a suit for a limited divorce and ali- brought against him by his Mrs. Ethel H. Gearhart. Dr. arhart was severely injured in the Knickerbocker Theater collapse and lost his first wife in the catastrophe. Mrs. (learhart, through Attorney Roger J. Whiteford and Henry C. Clark, tells the court she was married March 24, 1923, and has no children. For about six weeks, she says, her husband was affectionate, but then began to indulge in intoxicants and struck her about three months after the wedding. She declares he frequently attacked her, and on one occasion hit her so severely in the face that she bled pro- fusely. The dentist has threatened to leave Washington, she says, it she sued him here. He claims to have retained his residence in Ohio, she tells the court, although he has been 17 years in ‘Washington. Dr. Gearhart has a practice netting him between $25,000 and $30,000 a year, the wife states, besides owning half of the capital stock of the Dental Laboratory Products Co., capitalized at $150,000. He has an automobile and hires a chauffeur, the wife says. Mrs. Gearhart tells the court that at the time of her marriage she had $4,800 in cash and several diamond rings. The dentist nagged her into selling the rings and investing the proceeds with her cash in stock, she adds. Later she pledged these stocks for the benefit of her husband and now says she is liable for the repay- ment of the money, of which she had no benefit. She asks an accounting of the money belonging to her which her husband has handled and for an in- junction to prevent him from molest- ing her. The wife says her husband has threatened to recover by force a diamond ring worth $4,200 which he gave her with certain stock in his company. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR ISRAEL ZANGWILL Babbi Wise of New York Speaks. Thousands Gather to Pay Last Tribute. By 'the Associated Press. LODON, August 6.—The funeral of Israel Zangwill, who died Sunday was held at the crematorium in Gold- ers Green, near London, yesterday. So many persons gathered to pay a last tribute to the well known writer that many were unable to gain admission to the building. “Rabbl M. L. Perlzweig of the Lib- eral Jewish Synagogue conducted the services and Dr. Stephen Wise of the Free Synagogue of New York, deliv- ered an address, “We American friends of Isreal Zangwill, alas, cannot claim him as our own,” Dr. Wise said, “but we were tae first to acelaim his youthful genius and to discern that the author of ‘Children of the Ghetto’ was not a facile and brilliant journalist only, but a truthful interpreter of his peo- ple's dreams, * * & 'He was always loyal to the soul of Israel, which he loved.” : Warner to Visit Florida. “Assistant Secretary Warner, th ntw!:mmmlc chief 2: th: Navy Da' K.tmem.l vfl::“};uve( f:; Pensacola, - Y. 80 Spe! station. will go b;" A &o ex- zeu 8: go from that point to Cleve- CAPT. EMORY S. LAND, CALLES IS ACCUSED OF 14 VIOLATIONS Catholic Secretary Lists Al- leged Constitutional Rights' Affected. The Mexican government has vio- lated the federal constitution in 14 specific ways in restricting the rights of Catholic clergymen, Rev. John J. Burke, secretary of the Na- tional Catholic Welfare Conference, sald in a statement last night. Father Burke referred entirely to rights guaranteed all Mexicans as citizens and to special rights per- taining to a clerical status. In the decrees published in July by President Calles, Father Burke points out these restrictions: “The civil authority usurps the right to determine the qualifications to be required of one entering the ministry. “Requires a priest teaching in an incorporated public school to teach only laical ethics, etc. “Makes it a criminal offense for a priest to found a primary school without authority from the ecivil authority. “Requires that a private school be subject to the vigilance of the civil authorities in all matters of cur- riculum, text books, teaching per- sonnel, etc. “Makes it a criminal offense. for priests to live in community. “Establishes a censorship over the spoken word of the priest, whether uttered in public or private. “Abridges for the priest the right of assembly. “Denies credit for studies made by the priest in a seminary. “Denies the freedom of the press. “Subjects all acts of public worship to a censorship exercised by the civil authority. “Prescribes the kind of clothes which priests may wear. “Usurps the right to commission the rectors in charge of parish churches. “By confiscating all buildings used as churches, schools, benevolent insti- tutions, parish rectories, etc., and denying the right to acquire others, reduces the exercise of the religious ministry to absolute dependence upon the clemency of the federal and vil- liage officials. “Subjects the minister to the tyranny of every village authority in Mexico.” — NORTH ATLANTIC SHIPS WARNED OF HIGH GALES Intense Tropical Storm Moving Up Coast, Weather Bureau Reports, Urging Utmost Caution. A tropical storm of marked intensity is moving northward from Bermuda, and the Weather Bureau has warned shipping off the North Atlantic Coast to expect gales tomorrow and Sunday. i ‘The bureau today issued this warn- ng: ““The tropical disturbance that was south of Bermuda Thursday morning appears as a storm of marked intens- ity, centering quite near and west of Bermuda, where the barometric pres- sure reading is 29.66 inches. “A wind velocity of 52 miles an hour from the southwest was reported at Hamilton. “It will move northward attended by shifting gales and extreme caution is advised for vessels north of its center. “Gales may be expected over the North Atlantic steamer route near the American coast Saturday and Sun- day.” . E. M. VAN NESS DIES. Takoma Builder, 54, Lifelong Resi- dent, Was Long Il Eugene Montgomery Van Ness, 54 years old, builder, of 213 Holly street, Takoma Park, Md., died today at his home after a long fllness. He had been a lifelong résidént of Washing- ton and was a member of Columbia Lodge, No. 126, Loyal Order of Moose, and of Lodge No, 15, the Elks. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Kate Harrison Van Ness; a daughter, Mrs, Charles F. Meyers; tWo sons, Benjamin H. and Edwin Eugene Van Ness; two_sisters, Mrs. E. Van Ness Duvall and Mrs. Charles A. Duvall; a brother, Willlam H. Van Ness, and three grandchildren. . Funeral services will be conducted at the home on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. C. H. Lambdin of Anacostia Methodist Episcopal Church, followed by interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery. O R ot ] New York City has about I photo - engraving _establishments, which employ practically one-third of all the photo-engravers in the entire United States and Canada. Fiiters’sunlight E all know how annoy- Ing the glare of the sun is; it retards produc- tion and costs industry many millions of dollars early. And it is a need- - ess loss, one that can be remadied conveniently and ‘v’r-l;d:"u Alglt({ skylights. Write us for lnlm Founded 1864 s i, CLAIMS REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA PERSECUTES CHURCH IN MEXICO Catholic Editor Declares the Constitution Under Which Calles Government Acts Never Was Approved by the People. BY CONDE B. PALLEN, Editor of the Catholic Encyclopedia. The Calles administration seeks to destroy the Catholic Church in Mex- {co. Its medium is the so-called con- stitution drawn up-in 1917 by an arm- ed revolutionary junta and imposed by violence upon the Mexican people. It was never submitted to the Mexi- can people for their approval any niore than the Soviet constitution was submitted to the Russian people, and was designed to deny religious free- dom to the Mexican peopie when its framers deemed the opportunity ripe. Its anti-religious articles have hung like an ominous threat for nine years and are now launched like & thunder- bolt of wrath. In the ironical name of a consti- tution religlon s being torn out of the Mexican soil, root and branch, and the American people are asked to ap- plaud this nefarious destruction of the spiritual organization in Mexico, to hich 95 per cent of its people give heir allegiance. But 15 a political document sacro- sanct simply because it is called a con- stitution? The American abolitionists called the American Constitution “a compact with hell” when this country was confronted with the great moral question of slavery. Yet our Constitu- tlon was only an accidental, not an intentional, compounding with the in. stitution of slavery. The so-called constitution of Mexico is a_dellberate alliance with the powers of darkness to destroy the faith of an entire people. Charges Made irf U. S. There have been in the United States ome dark allusions to the history of he Roman Catholic Church” in Mex- | They | fco and in the world at large. are sweeping statements, charging the Catholic Church with dark tyrar and_diabolical oppression of all man- kind. These allusions are not only false history, but stale and outworn fiction ‘concocted in the Voltairean mold of the eighteenth century, whose motto was, “Lie, lie, lfe, and something will stick.” Voltalre and his kind thought to destroy religion by this method. But it cannot be done in this way in this century. When a nation and a great church are in the agony of a dreadful spiritual persecution, it is time to look facts square in the eye and refrain from revamping ancient and exploded calumnies in extenuation of the violence and outrage of the per- secutor. While not advocating any direct in- tervention on our part in the present instance, it might be well to remem- ber that the American people have in- terfered in the purely internal affairs of other peoples. We Interfered in Cuba, and waged a war for the politi- cal Afberation of the Cubans. We in- terfered in Mexico just before the : middle of the last century, and waged a war against Mexico in that inter- ference. I am only citing the facts, not the justice or injustice of our ac- tions. ‘We also interfered in Mexico under President Wilson's regime, not openly —-save in the concrete matter of lay- ing emb.rgoes and lifting embargoes on arms and blockading the port of Tampico—but diplomatically and se- cretly o as to determine the triumph of the revolutionary dynasty, which now oppresses Mexico in the name of o constitution which is a written despotism against religious freedom in that unhappy country. : Rely on U. 8. Support. It is upon American moral support by way of the recognition of their government that the Calles adven- turers rely in their effort to extermi- nate the Catholic Church in Mexico. They also bank morally upon the belief that American public opinion, which is so largely Protestant, s in- different to the welfare of the Cath- olic Church in Mexico. But here the Calles crowd are reckoning without their host. The question is not, in relation to American public opinion, fundamentally the destruction of the Catholic Church in Mexico, but the survival or destruction of religious freedom in the house of our next door neighbor. The American people at large, of all creeds and no creeds, are rooted deeply, staunchly, as a keystone of our own fabric of government, in the principle of religious freedom. Here s something that the Calles crowd have overlooked. All Americans are one and indivisible on this point. American public opinion is beginning to see through the camouflage of the military junta waging such bitter war against the Catholic Church in Mexico. The American press is now alive to the true situation there, and every nook and corner of this country is _being made acquainted with the nature of the farcical constitution, which is being used as a lethal in- strument to destroy religious freedom in_Mexico. When American public opinion has become fully enlightened as to the hideous reality of oppression by an irresponsible military junta in Mexico, and begins to make itself felt in Wash- ington, our Government need not in- terfere in Mexico's internal affairs. Under the mandate of public opinion it has only to withdraw recognition from the pseudo-government there, to see it ignominously collapse and the people of Mexico regain those unalien- able rights common to all mankind. (Copyright, 1026.) SHEFFIELD T0 GIVE COOLIDGE REPORT Enyoy to Mexico to Bring President Data on Re- ligious Dispute. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MEXICO CITY, August 6.—James R. Sheffleld, American Ambassador to Mexico, will leave almost immediately for the United States. He is expected to deliver to President Coolidge a con- fidential report on the religious con- troversy, particularly as it is likely to affect foreign and domestic trade. ‘When the correspondent visited Am- bassador Sheffield he requested not to be interviewed on internal questions of a political nature, but took oc- casion to spike rumors, persistent since the outbreak of the religious war, that once back in the United States he would resign. “The nature of American-Mexican problems at this time,” he sald, “are too involved to risk misinterpreation either here or in the United States.” The Ambassador declared that un. doubtedly since the development of the fight between the Catholic Church and the state there were persons who might be happy to have a new envoy in Mexico, but, so far as he knows, he is coming back to this country. He will spend a 60-day holiday in the United States. Ambassador Sheffield would not dis- cuss the arms embargo, which lately has become a subject of widespread comment in Mexico City. At present :he Mexican constitutional government alone is permitted to purchase arms in the United States. (Copyright. 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co.) RICHMOND INVITESw BYRD. Medal to Be Presented Pole Flyer at Waterways Convention. Special Dispatch 1o The Star. RICHMOND, Va., August 6.—Comdr Richard E. Byrd of the United States Navy has been invited to come to this city during September, wheh the At- lantic deeper waterways convention will be in session, and to be the gu.st of the city. The distinguished service medal voted him by the city will have been completed by that time and will be presented. The medal is of gold and will be the fourth the city has voted, the others going to Marshal Foch, Gen. Pershing and Charles Hoftbauer, the artist who decorated the Battle Abbey. Hoff- bauer is a_Frenchman and, when his | country called for troops he quit his work here and returned to France, served with distinction, returned and completed his work. — o Diamonds imported into this coun- try during one month amounted to more than $6,000,000. L% at your dealer every day DIEGAN SHOOTING MYSTERY PROBED Bootleggers- Blamed for Wounding of D. C. Man and Kidnaping of Other. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., August 6.—Po- lice today were investigating the shoot- ing of “Big Bill” Diegan of Washing- ton and the kidnaping of Benjamin Sadano late yesterday by five gun: men In a tournig car. Called from a restaurant at Fawn and High streets Diegan was shot five times and Sadano was dragged into the auto and carried away. Later Sa- dano returned unharmed, saying his }(lldnupers had drepped him near Pim- co. Sadano, unable to explain the at- tack by the men, whom he denied knowing. vowed vengeance. “I'll always remember the face of one of those guys,” he said, “an when I meet him again he'll get hi: Diegan, taken to Mercy Hospital, will recover, it is said. He also denied knowing the men. He told police, however, he believed the shots were intended for Sadano. Baltimore police yesterday had been warned by Philadelphia authorities that five gunmen, who participated in a recent hold-up in Philadelphia, were believed to be headed toward Balti- more. Police attribute the occurrence to a bootleggers’ feud. Hohberger’s Pharmacy 14th & Buchanan Sts. N.W. Is a Star Branch When X ou have Classified Ads for The Star do not inconven- ience yourself to take a trip 'way down town, but make use of the facilities of The Star Branch Office in your neighborhood—where the ads will be han- dled promptly and efficiently — without fees of any kind—only - regular rates- will be charged. The Star prints MORE Classified Ads evéry day than ail the other papers here combined. Everybody knows that Star Clas- sified Ads bring re- sults; " “Around the Corner” is A Star Branch Office IPOINTS U. 5. COURSE INLATIN AMERICA Dr. L. S. Rowe Says Fear of This Nation’s Power Should Be Allayed. By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., August 6.—The Monroe doctrine, instead of bringing the Latin-American coun- tries Into closer contact with the United States, and instilling a spirit of mutaal trust, hes elimi- nated from the minds of Latin American peoples all fear of ag- gression trom any portion of the world but the United States, Dr. P L. 8. Rowe, direc tor-generil of the Pan - American Union, told the Institute of Poli- tics today, in dis- cussing the atti- tude of Latin DR. L.'S. ROWE. America toward this country. Conscious of the great economic and political power that the United States has acquired, and recognizing that history contains no record of a nation who used without abusing a like degree of power, there is a con- stant question in the Latin Ameri- can mind, Dr. Rowe said, as to what we propose to do, and a cprrespond- ingly searching criticism of the for- eign policy of this country where it touches Latin America. The general attitude during the past 20 years has shown steady improve. ment, however, he said, and the higher standards of American business and business men who are making per- manent investment in Latin Ameri- ca are contributing greatly to the increase in good feeling between this country and her Southern neigh- bors. Better understanding between Latin America and the United States can be secured, he said,'by the general recognition by the people of the United States that the good- will and friendship of these nations are of vital importance to us, and specifically by the establishment of scholarships and fellowship in Ameri- can universities for Latin American students. BOYCOTT HURTS TRADE. Report on Mexican Situation Made to Commerce Department. Virtually all activity is being, af- fected by the boycott in Mexico grow- ing out of the religlous situation, the Commerce Department has been ad- vised by acting Commercial Attache Wythe, at Mexico City. Although business conditions were unsatisfactory before the boycott, the BONZAND ATTACKS RULERSOF XD Cardinal Asks Americans to Denounce Government There for Religious Policy. BY JOHN GUNTHER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News, ROME, August 6.—Cardinal Bon- zano, who represented the Pope at the recent Eucharistic Congress imj, Chicago, today gave the c rTespéndent a brief interview with regard to thé religious controversy in Mexico. ““The actions of the Mexican govern- ment are an insult to all civilizatton." the cardinal said. adding that he hoped all Americans in the world— Catholics and Protestants alike— would agree in denouncing “the evil attitude of Mexicans in this unhappy situation.” The cardinal was in America I myself especially in the Mexican prob- lem because it was not my province. But now it is the prevince of every Christian throughout the world. T remember the speech of Secretary of War Davis, who said ‘every nation that refuses to guarantee liberty of faith to its people must he forced to realize sooner or later that it is im the gravest possible error.’ H “These noble words are only too! true. 1 hope America will remember them in this bitter hour of distress for Catholies in the same hemisphere.” Official Vatican comment on the Mexican erisis {8 scarce, giving rise to thé" assumption that t S sure to make some importar decisive declaration of policy this week end. The Observatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, appeared tos day heavily “leaded” with black lines, indicative of the Pope’s mourning. (Copyright. 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co.) continued: “When I did_not interest Seaboard Agent Appointed. NORFOLK, Va., August 6 Appointment, effective August 9, of W. A. Marshall as assistant general freight agent of the Seaboard Alr Line Rafiway was announced here yesterday by H. Toomer, general freight agent of the company. Mr., Marshall’'s office will be in Norfolk Ebonite made purposely as the correct lubricant for the transmission and motor car or truck. At_ dealers in five-pound cans, wud service stations from the Checkerbonrd pump only. cablegram declared, its effect on lux- | | uries had been pronounced. Motion picture house receipts were said to have fallen 40 per cent and depart- ment and drug store trade curtailed, although mining continued active. Exports of petroleum and petroleum products from the Tampico district during the first six months of the year were reported 25 per cent below the same period of last year. A National Trade Union Federa- tion has been formed in Argentina, to embrace the national organizations of rallwaymen, tallors, leather work- ers and public service employes, to- gether with local unions of various other crafts. s a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. 1t kills the germs. 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