Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1926, Page 1

—————ee———— WEATHER (T & Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers and thunderstorms prob- able tonight and tomorrow, not much . change intemperature. Highest, 01, Full report on parge 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 2:30 p.m. lowest, 68, at 4:30 a.m. toda esterday; ¢ enin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g Star tion is deliv The Star's carrier sy ] every city block and the regular edi- “From Press to Home Within the Hour” stem covers ered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 93,527 No. 30,038 Fntered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1926 —THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. (#) Means Associated Pre: TWO CENTS. MAZER COLLAPSES, BUTFLATLY DENIES MELLETT MURDER Direct Accusation Breaks| Nerve of Suspect Confront- ed by Ironclad Evidence. NET OUT FOR 10 OTHERS IMPLICATED BY ROACH Underworld Leader Counted Upon by Authorities to Quickly Clear Up Mystery. Br the A 24 Press CLEVELAND. Ohio. Augnst 17—/ Al the “iron clad” evidence that Jn #eph R. Roach, famous Chicago clean- up attorney, has gathered in his effort tn &nlve the murder of Don R. Mellett Canton publisher. early this aftertoon wne being hurled against the denials of Louis Mazer, underworld character that he committed the murder. After he collapsed hefore the direct | sccusation of murder hy District At- torney A. E. Rernsteen. Mazer stif fened and stoutly denfed any knowl- edge of the crime. “It'e a lie. T did not do it," Mazer shouted over and over again. Carl Studer, another Canton underworld Ieader and alleged confederate of Ma ver in various illicit trafckings, was brought before the accused man. | Mazer was startled 1o see Studer. He did not know his former partner in the awnership of a Canton peolroom | was being detalned in the inquiry. Accusation Is Surprise. The accusation that caused his col- lapsa brought Mazer his first direct knowledge that he was wanted for the | alaying. Mazer was nervens and agitated when he was taken in to face his ac- cuse, His appearance led excited ohservers fo helieve him a narcof user, but this was flatly denied by Roach The shock of the words “You are charged with the murder of Don R. Mellett” was declared by Roach to | have heen the immediate cause of Mazer's collapee, % Confident of himeelf. apparently, Mazer was reported o have slept well In the connty fafl last night, but as he walked to the Federal Building he became nervous. Now Hoped. From Mazer authorities hope to ohtain admissions that will lead to fmmediate and complete solution of the case Mazer was taken from Bernsteen's ofice intn the office of the marshal. where the district attorney and two others quizzed him At one interval in the questioning Mazer hroke down for a second time and wept. Ten Others Are Sought. Already a net has heen spread over the country for at least 10 men against whom Roach declares he has positive evidence that they were m- licated jn the plot to Kill Mellett. Solution Coolidge. | declined to discuss With Mazer's story complete the in- dictment of thess 10 by the Stark | County grand jury. which already has | bean convened, will be started and the | solution of the case will have been ef- | fected. Investigators sav. 1 Stave Kascholk. the man who | turned informer and gave himself into tha custedy of Canton authorities a | week after the slaving to reveal all | he knew, also confronted Mazer today. Studer knows I didn’t do i1, Mazer protested. Rernsteen pounced upon the state- ment “Then Studer must know @0 it he shouted back. Studer joined in the shouted pro tests and’ Insistence of Mazer and Rernsteen. The questioning worked | to a heated climax i Bernsteen turned his full attention | ta Studer and Mazer was shunted into | annther room hefore Cantan investiga- | tors, who proceeded to grill him ahout the Mellett ploy | REPORTS MAZER THREAT. who did Attorney Says Mellett's Alleged Slayer CANTON IS SHAMED INTO ACTION MONTH AFTER MELLETT MURDER Pressure of Outside Demand for Punishment of Slayer Finally Spurs City to Grapple With Evil Forces Editor Exposed. BY BEN McKELWAY, Staff Correapondent of The Star. "ANTON. Ohio. Aungust 17.-A it tle over a quarter of a century ago the name of Canton., Ohin. took tion’s first page as the home town of a President. Today Canton stands there again not boasting lovingly of her native sons, but trembling and shuddering like the silly fool who has killed a friend and sobs hysterically, “I didn't know it was loaded. Canton didn't know it was loaded. Canton had played with a dangerous weapon in the form of a loose and careless city zovernment which shrug- zed its shoulders and turned its head away with such pharisacal excuses There's always vice, there's al- wavs sin." while Don . Mellett, young newspaper editor, hammered away on his warnings. On a morning a little nver a month agn Canton awoke in horror to find that Mellett was right. but that had cost him his life 1o prove it. He was shot down from hehind—shot down in the dark withont a chance to defend himself—hy some eringing cow- ard who fled, and Canton’s only =ol ace to the widow and children he left was the stuttering. abashed lament of its | place proudly at the top of the Na-| the idiot-—"I'm =0 sorry, =o sorry. 1 didn’t know it was loaded. If I had only known— " But young Mellett was dead. Canton was shocked at Mellett's murder. It was an awful and terri- ble thing. But the greater shock was yet to come. Like an army, undisci- plined, leaderless and untrained, or | like a man grown fat and flabby from loose living, Canton found itself para- Iyzed when the emergency arose. The emergency was to find who killed Mellett. A few pitiful efforts were. made, brave words were said. but the mur- derer remained uncaught. Yester- day two of Canton's well known un- derworld citizens were arrested in Cleveland on Federal warrants. Their arrest may /solve the murder. But if a solution is found. it will be in spite of Canton, rather than through any assistance given by the recognized forces of law and order of this city. For. now that the first sharp sense of the tragedy and shame has been softened hy quick. healing time: now that the <orrow of a voung widow has heen forgotien: now that the eves of a curious Nation have heen turned on Canton to ask “Why?" Canton | casting about for an alibi. Canton | wants to explain. ‘‘He ought to have known hetter,"” it is said of Mellett. “'Of course, hi: “(Continued on Page 7. Column 2) $100,000,000 FARM CREDIT PROPOSED Plan Reported Backed by New York Group—President Uninformed of Pool. Br the Associated Prees NEW YORK, August relief to the farmers is a plan that will <oon he under consideration by President (oolidge and several New York bankers. it was reported today. Members of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. would not talk about' the proposed plan in advance of an official invita- tion to a conference by President Otto Kahn of Kuhn., Losh & Co. the relief plan, which is understood to be in a tenta- tive =hape and which will require | prolonged conferences before any defi- nite action can he taken. the distinet impression that He gave such a | plan was afoot, but as to any detalls { he was extremely reticent. e Some Doubt Benefit. Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan & Co. was in Maine today on vaca- | tion and there was no comment forth- coming from the Morgan house, ex- cept that one of the members of the firm said that if there was anything to say it would have to come from President_Coolidge. Some of the New York bankers are quoted by the New York Times as saving that the farmers have all the credit facilities they now require and that they would not he henefited by the proposed plan, while others de- clared that good would come of a serfous stu of the farmers' economic conditfon and that intel gent aid should be extended to agr L | culture as it had been to manufacture. Magnus W. Alexander of the indus trial conference board. and Owen D. Young. chairman of the board of the | General Electric Co.. who have given long study to the farm relief question, are out of the city and their views could not be obtained. KNOWS NOTHING OF POOL. President Expected to Make Own Plan Public Shortly. Br a Staff Correspondent PAUL SMITHS, N. Y., August 17. Although President Coolidge has let it he known that he is giving consider- able thought to a plan whereby he hopes to provide assistance to farm- ers’ co.operative organizations in the 17.——A $100.. | 1000,000 farm credit that would afford MEXICO REPORTED SEEKING HUERTA | Extradition of Former Presi- dent, With Estrada. May Be Asked, Paper Says. By the Associated Preas. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.., The San Antonio Light that Mexico will ask States for the extradition ds la Huerta, former provisional President of Mexico, and Enrique | Estrada. now in jail at | Calif.. as allegzed leader of a revolt | against Lower California. and all lead- |ers who participated in the de la Huerta revolution in 1923, The paper quotes as its authority Amilcar Zentella Sanchez Marmol, controller general of Mexico under de la Huerta and now a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He ix here gathering information on the de la Huerta movement. H Funds Being Investigated. Deputy Zentella said tha specific charges will he maladministration of {funds. The Mexican government, he |said. has sent agents throughout 17 today United Angust savs the made during the de la Huerta admin- istration and to draw a bill showing just where the money went. The Mexican Congress has gathered |a measure to be deliberated on when it meets September 1. Then the | measure asking for the extradition of | |all de l]a Huerta men, not on political |grounds, but as ordinary law vio lators, will be laid before President | Calles. who will make formal request to the United States, the Light savs. The measure is sald to be the first {only by the famous Dreyfus case in | France. |asked for Drefus’ extradition from | England on non-political grounds. | | Plot Laid in San Antonio. | Deputy Zentella declared the recent- |lv frustrated plot. in which Gen. Estrada and 150 men were captured, originated in San Antonlo. is | of Adolfo ! San Diego, | Mexico and the United States to in- | vestigate concessfons and contracts | fnformation which it has embodied in | one ever taken by Mexico and equaled | The French Republic then | PRESIDENT STANDS FIRM FOR MEXICAN HANDS-OFF' POLIGY Emphatic Support of Kellogg in Handling Religious Dis- pute Is Announced. PROTECTION OF ALL U. S. PRIVILEGES DEMANDED But Southern Republic Held With- in Its Rights in Expulsions or Domestic Issues. BY J. RUSSELL YOUN Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP. ¥, August 17.--President Coolidge’ has not the slightest intention of inter vening in the Mexican church and | state controversy. That iz a domes | tic matter for the Mexican govern ment itself to handle without inter. ference from other nations, accordini to an emphatic and unmistakably clear declaration of the President attitude made today by the pres dential spokesman. It was reiterated that Coolidge proposes to follow a “hands- { off" policy so far as Mexico's domes tic problems are concerned, but that | the American Government will at all { times endeavor to protect the life and | property of Americanz. It has done this in the past and will continue to | do it in the future, the President's spokesman stated. | But as for interfering in Mexico's | purely personal and domestic trou- | bles, the President does not intend to | he swayed from his hand=off pol Ly strong influences in the United | States. It was pointed out by the President’s spokesman that the Amer ican Government has no authority t interfere in Mexico's purely domnest | matters. However, in its endeavor to protect American life and propert. | | from infringement the American Gov ernment has throuzh its diplomatic | representatives seen to it thai Amer L re duly protected. President { Expulsions Are Legitimate. As for the protests received hy the American Government against the ex- pelling of Americans from Mexico, | the President id. through h pokesman, that the Mexican govern ment is absolutely and clearly within |its constitutional authority to expel any one it desires. It was pointed lout that Article 33 of the Mexican | constitution gives the government this authority. ! The spokesman. while on the sub- fect of expulsion of Americans. added, | however. that the State Department, at times in the past when it appeared that some American was expelled | | without good reason, interceded, | sometimes successfully’ and some: | times unsuccessfully In making this declaration of the i President's Mexican _attitude, the {spokesman made no divect reference {10 the petition received from the Knights of Columbus in which pro- test was made against alleged indig- | nities imposed upon Americans in | Mexico_and in which the United | States Government was asked to ir ene in the church and State row. {The spokesman stated that the Presi- {dent has knowledge of enly one spe- {cific complaint made in relation to | the taking of church property in | Mexico, 1t was added that Ambassa- {dor Sheffeld. was directed to lodge ! | this complaint with the Mexican gov {ernment and in response to the for-, {mer's representations to the latter he | was informed that the matter would | be satisfactorily adjusted. Kellogg Gives Full Data. | The manner in which the adminis- ! tration’s Mexican policy was <o clearly | iand emphatically defined today was [ all the more impressive and significant becauge it was made at a time when | CORONER QUIZZED | B the Associated Press | ders INHALL-MILLS CASE Testimony on Presence of Carpender at Murder Scene | at Odds With 0Id Story. SOMERVILLE, N. J.. Auzust 17| The State today continued to call wit- | to sustain the cl that | de la Bruvere Carpender and Willie Stevens are guilty of the mur- | of Rev. BEdward Wheeler Hall | and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. Mrs. Francis | Stevens Hall, the rector’s widow, also | is charged with the crime, but is at Hberty on hail while the men are held without hail. | The first witness today was Charles A. Collins, a Middlesex County detec tive. who was sent 1o Philadelphia to | determine whether there were blood | stains on a tan coat Mr. Hall sent | there to he dyed black | He said nothing unusual had been noticed on the coat, but a' wool shawl. he w told by the dver, | “might have had bhloodstains on it that wonld not shew through black dye.” He said the dver told him Mrs. Hall had never before sent clothing to him for dyeing. | Other Places Near Her, Ferd A invest David, one of the original tors in the four-vea stified that there dveing establishments near Mrs Hall's home. He identified the gold- rimmed spectacles worn by Dr. Hall| when he was killed. One by one David took from a hox that stood | side the witness stand the panama | hat, the blood-stained collar, a sock, | a garter, a coat and trousers that | Dr. Hall wore when his found. He identified the taining the clothing When Dr. William H. Long, first physician to view the bodies the rector and his chorister. called, a lonz and bitter con raged over his report of the finding He was Somerset County coroner at that time. It was allezed that he had not reported that Mrs. AMills' throat was slashed. He testified he the | of | “Three revolutionary juntas were | the Secretary of State was at White did report it. held in San Antonio during February. April and June," he said. “They tried {to obtain funds, but could not until 1$30.000 was raised in various parts of the United States from Mexicans. Estrada tried to cross | from July 15 to July 20 and failed {On August 12 he tried again and | failed and the last attempt was on August 15." inte Mexico | Pine Camp where he has heen con- | ferring with the President, and fol-| | lowed closely on the heels of a per-| | sonal it paid 1o the Secretary of ! | State in_Washington by Supreme! (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) MISS CANNON FAILS Says Stevens Was There. He said that he issued a burial permit on the Sunday following the Friday on which the bodies were | found. Later he learned that the | bodies had been buried on Sunday in- | | stead of on Monday. as he understood | {it had been planned | | When Dr. Long could not recall! | reduction | The Ball Game Off; Double-Header For Tomorrow Rain the zame here bhetween Detroit. The rain. which be after noon. had not to a half hour hefore was due to bezin. header will played the first game starting caused the cancellation of scheduled for this after noon the Nationals and gan shortly ceased up the game A double tomor, at 1:30 PHONE RATE QUT 0 BE CONSIDERED Public Utilities be W Commission Holds Additional Reduction by Company Is Possible. Utilities Commission public hearing for consider a further The today September Public called 15 to in the Poton the peake & h than a y telephone on unifmited Telephone commission more cut in the 5 cents a month residential service and increased the calls on party lines from 33 to 40 a month, telephone users have not henefited hecause the company contested the valuation on which the reduction based in the courts. The ¢ is pending. The records of the company for the past vear, according to officials of the commission, show that it was unusual Iy prosperous and carned a return of more than 7 per cent on the valua tion. A cut similar to the one made last yvear is possible, it was said, with- out denying the company a fair re- turn The valuation as fixed by the com- mission amounted to approximately 15,500,000, It has increased since the case was taken before the courts, it was said. to ahout $19,500.000. The commission granted the request Co. was { of the Capital Traction Company for | permission to discontinue its bu serv to the Rock Creek golf course company offered to turn over to the concessionnaire or to rector of Public Bulldings and Public Parks a bus which c continuation of the se The Washington-Luray bus line was given the authority to make an additional stop at Twenty second and ice the di-| uld be used for | KERENSKY DEBT MAY BE AFFIRMED Soviet Reported Willing to | Recognize Half of Total Due U. S. From Russia. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MOSCOW, August 17. — Russia’s | recognition of her pre-revolution | debts, which is involved in every dis- | cussion of resumption of diplomatic relations with other countries, is in | an entirely different status respecting | America, according to the policies to | which the Soviet government has com- | mitted itself. The Soviet government is willing to recognize the so-called Kerensky | @ebt, which totals more than half of | America’s claims of $385.000.000—con- trasted with France's claims of $I. | 500,000,000, comprised largely of czar- | ist debts. ’:1 revolutionary debt. coming after | the overthrow of the Czar. in Febru- | ary. 1917, it preceded the Bolshevik volution of October that vear. which ites of the Chesa- |hitherto has fixed the dead line of the Bell is especially | present government's recoznition of Russian obligations. Will Waive Point. The willingness of Soviet Russia to | recognize the Kerensky debt does not | Soviet convictions that debt was used support officials at accredited to any officials have that the that their of to | mean | changed | larger part lin “America | Washington not | government and | ganda against the Seoviet government However, the Soviet is willing to waive this point for the purpose of reaching an agreement. but it does not include in such waiver claims of actual damages which Russia suffered | through allied occupation of Arch- |angel and Siheria after the collapse | of the Kerensky regime | Recoznition of the Kerensky debt, | according to aiptomagie circles, would not establish a prefedent for recog of the earlier czarist debts, form the greater part of the claims against Russia. Soviet cials have stated frequently that it | was economically impossible for Rus sia to recognize and liquidate these debts, according to Soviet officials, does not | diffes from that of France and other European countries, except that the | latter say they will pay and don't, while Russia says frankiy that | cannot p nition which Although the Kerensky debt is also | conducting propa- | off- | Her position regarding them, | she | COL BELL PROPOSES 10 SHIFT PURCHASE OF SCHOOL SITES Would Transfer Work to Assessor’s Office for Greater Efficiency. WILL SEEK REPEAL OF 25 PER CENT RULE Great Increase in Land Values Since Last Assessment Will Be Cited in Plea. The task of procuring desirable sites for new public schools and other mu- nicipal projects made exceedingly dif- ficult this vear by the clause written into the District appropriation bill with the stipulation that appropria- tions for land may not be expenced when the price exceeds by 25 per cent the assessed valuation probably will be shifted from the engineering de- partment of the District government to the tax assessor’s office. This became known today, and at the same time it was announced that an effort will be made at the next ses- sion of Congress to have this 25 per | cent limitation lifted. | Engineer Commissioner J. Franklin Bell is behind both proposals. He wants to transfer the land acquisi- tion activities to some official in the office of Tax Assessor Willlam P. Rich- ards as soon as Maj. William Henry | Holcombe, assistant engineer commis- sioner leaves for his new post in New | Orleans, the latter part of the month. Awaits Return of Rudolph. Maj. Holecombe has acted as a liaison officer between the District and school | authorities in selecting school sites | and other land acquired for municipal purposes during his three-year detail with the District government, and Commissioner Bell feels that his suc- | cessor. lacking knowledge of the geo- graphical arrangement of the city, its | property values, etc., will be unable to step in where Maj. Holcombe leaves off and perform this difficult work | efficiently and judiciously. The logical place for such work, Commissioner Bell believes, is in the tax assessor's office, where the em- | ployes are not only familiar with the ity and property values but the ag- essments as well. While Mr. Rich- {ard's force is now undermanned, Col. | Bell thinks it will be possible for him. i to detail one of his subordinates to | devote a part of his time searching ifor available sites. The proposition, however, will be discussed with Mr. | Richards and the two other Commis- joners before any further move is made to carry out the change. As the tax assessor's office comes under the jurisdiction of Commissioner Rudolph, now away on vacation, Col. desirous of getting his opinion on the plan. Commis- | sfoner Rudolph is expected to return August 24. None of Sites Purchased While the opinion of Controller General McCarl holding that all funds of whatever nature appropriated for school sites is subject to the 25 per cent limitation has added further dif- ficulty to the work of acquiring land | for such purposes, Commissioner Bell said he does not believe that the five- vear building program will be hamper- ed serfously before Congress recon- venes, when an effort will be made to have the restriction removed. Appropriations totaling $703,500 are authorized in the current fiscal act for the acquisition of nine school and | playground sits, and because of the 5 per cent limitation District officials have been unable to procure any land | whatever as vet for these purposes. | Only one piece of property affected by the restriction has been purchased | for municipal use since the act be- | came effective July 1—a site near the interssction of Wisconsin avenue and | River road, on which a new police station will be erected. Col. Bell be- lieves that the owner of this land | sold at a sacrifice because of his public- | spiritedness. | Nine Sites Authorized. The nine sites authorized by Con | gress this year follow: I who is { whom he had seen at the crabapple | tree, when he viewed the bodies, he | Pennsylvania avenue on inbound trips IN CHANNEL szM“l'as asked h{ Proeecutor Simpson to|only. and an additional northbound | {look around the courtroom and see if | car stop was ordered established on | | he could see any one who was there. | Fourteenth street on the near side of | | He pointed out Willie Stevens. Simp Varnum street. The present stop, at in the murder of Don R. Mellett, cru. | the surplus crops. i Officials Believe. | Baltimore Girl Forced Out by son then asked him if Carpender was | Fourteenth and Upshur streets, was eading mewspaper editor. swho sent to| Reports that the President's plan| SAN DIEGO, Calif.. August 17 (/P — | ¢ | there, but he could not remember | changed from the far to the near side. 2Ry maRen CU "0 WENt 10 calls for the formation of such a pool | Desire for wealth and péwer and not| Storm—Will Attempt Feat that. = Again Soon. | handling of erop surpluses, he knows | | nothing of the forming of a pool | o ¥ & amongz large and influential financial !.v'_-“l%{":\'_ -flv}"-' ""'*" Star. " groups to extend credit to farmers e s hio, August 17 "¢ land co.operative organizations by | Estrada Played for Large Stakes, arrests of men accused of implication | raising a $100,000,000 fund to handle | Private Claims Large. i | In the vicinity of Alaska avenue and So far as the private claims of the | Hqlly street for a 16-room school build- Americans are concerned, Russia is | confident that she will be able to ad. 'N% _ Sust these satisfactorily with the| In the vicinity of the Wheatley claimants. The largest claimants are School for a playground. | the Singer Sewing Machine o, In.|_ In the vicinity of the Dunbar High | ternational Harvester Co.. National ! School for a drill ground, playground | and athletic field. City Bank of New York and various 4 life insurance companies. Though in-| _In ']‘nsm“"u'l for a new junior high schoo Warned Him to Be Silent. LURED BY AMBITION. | | FIFTH NATION APPROVES his death hecause of his campaign|of banking interests were described | concern for Mexico's religious plight | Simpson then read a transcript of a | Aagainst Canton's Tungle” under. | by the President’s spokesman as be-|was the moving force behind the plot | | former_examination of Dr. Long, in! v world. were expected haurly 1n (leve. | iN€ Without any foundation. He was|of Gen. Enrique Estrada and his as- land today Car! Studer are under arrest With United States Attorney A. E. Rernstecn. who took the men into cus. tody. promising in Cleveland tional disclosures. which will rock the Ftate of Ohio,” developments were ex- pected here in Canton which will link ! other denizens of “The Jungle the cold-blooded murder of Mellatt Mazer. a rum-runner and leading eutenant of Studer, described as a | & of the underworid.” is going to | talk. Already. it seems, hoth of them | have talked tao much, for those in close touch with the case declare ! that evidence enough Is at hand to] prove conclusively t Mazer was the man who arranged the shooting | and brought the actual zunmen to the home of the murdered man | Threat. . | in the Attorney Reveals An ca E interesting development came here today when Norman Clark, a Young attorney, former police prosecutor, who has repre- | sented both Mazer and Studer in court. charged that his life had been threatened by Mazer within the past two weeks. and that as a result his wife, with a prematurely-born child, | is at the point of death. & i Clark's story is that Mazer ap- peared at his home here recently and, | in the presence of his wife, declared ' “Clark, vou've been talking. If vou! don't shut vour mouth and watch | vour step, vou'll be the next fellow to get the same dose Mellett got.” | Appeals for Protection. He appealed for protection, but stated at the samé time that there | was nothing which could involve him in wrongdoing. Since that time in- vestigators are said to have learned that Clark's activitiee in behalf of Mazer and Studer and with certain (Continued on Page 7, Column 1) Charges That ing of any such scheme and that he hak discussed it with no one. The President is inclined to think Where Louie Mazer and |represented as saying he knows noth- | saciates to overthrow the government of Lower California, officials of that state believe. The plot went awry when agents cenea. ( that the problem of handling the crop | of the United States Department of ' surpluses this vear can be solved to|Justice and county and city officials | to swim the English Channel. i | BS the Asocisted Press | CAPE GRIS-NEZ. France, August | 17.—Miss Lillian Cannon of Baltimore ailed this morning in her first effort A sud- a considerdble extent by centralizing | of southern California took approxi-|den storm, accompanied by thunder the resources of the local banks, life companies engaged in extending loanx to farmers and co-operative organi: tions. By bringing about a hetter co ordination of these interests and by (Continued on Page 7, Column 6.) | mately 170 men into custody Sunday. and ammunition hen one realizes the tremendous revenue that will begin coming in | next_month in the Mexicali district, (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) |ari Br the Aseociated Pre MEXICO CITY. August 17.—At- taches of the American embassy ; would make no comment today on an editorial appearing in Excelsior. a leading Mexican newspaper. stating in effect that Ambassador Sheffield's trip to the Wnited States at the pres- ent time constitutes a menace to Mexico. They are known however, that the allegations are unjustified. Although the Ambassador did not talk of the Mexican religious contro- versy before leaving for the United States, .the editorial says that he revealed in part his intentions by saying he was going home to discuss | with the White House the petroleum, land and other laws affecting Ameri- can interests. at a time when the petroleum and land questions have been quieted Mexico {s facing a religious problent, the paper con- tinues, and some interests in ‘the United States are seeking a cause for- the. hmwh}rmh to feel. | gheffiel_d's Visit to U. S. Menaces Mexico Held Unjustified’ | The embassy attaches point | that Ambaseador Sheffeld said noth- | ing for publication concerning his | trip except that he was going home on a vacation, which was announced | long before the religious question arose. | _ Excelsior editorially says :hat | Mexican Catholics neither seek nor would accept United States inter- ference in the religious controve and that any attempt of the Ameri- can Ambassador to that end. or any sort of attempt of interference by the United States, would hinder rather than help a solution. | “Unfortunately United States dip- lomats almost alwayvs have regarded | Mexico as a weak country, a zone of | influence and subject to influences | by the strength of power of the | United States.” the editorial con- | tinues. “History forces the fon- clusion that every American ambas- sador to Mexico has mixed in Mexi- can politics, almost always lending his-ald to-bad causes,? out ! and lightning. with the water after hours and 35 {her to quit the been swimming for 2 | minutes Miss_Cannon took to the water here at 12:55 o'clock this morning and at 2 lo'clock was swimming fast two miles {out in the channel. headed toward | Folkestone, England. At that time the clouds indicated the approach of 'a thunderstorm. The sea was calm Suddenly. around 3:30 o'clock, the storm broke, and with it came heavy seas. The experts on the hoat fo lowing the swimmer ordered her of the water. She demurred, saving she desired to keep at her task. Final- 1y, when told that it would be useless for her to go on she came out of the | water. | Mies Cannon plans to make another | attempt within a few days | " Miss Cannon. who is 23 years old !first gained fame as a swimmer last | year. when she swam from Tolchester to Bay Shore in Chesapeake Bay, a distance of 24 miles. She was ac- Ecnmmmed by one of her Chesapeake Bay dogs. i nce she arrived here, in Ma Miss Cannon had been training har for the attempt and had made several long-distance swims in the cold waters 1of the channel. She was one of the | firet to congratulate Gertrude Ederle, | the 19-vear-old New York girl who | crossed the waterway August 6 in 14 hours and 31 minutes; was the first woman to perform the feat, and low- ered the records of all five men who previously had crossed. It {s Miss Cannon’s ambition to make better time. in her swim than Miss Ederle, 2 - 5 prospects of | with | insurance companies and mortgage | together with a large quantity of | still worse weather to come, forced | having | which he said Carpender was at the | erapapple tree and that Willie Stevens | walked around the bodie | 1 PARTY OF FIVE, LOST IN WOODS, IS FOUND i i Shmes | Mothers and Children Located | While Praying After 12-Hour | Tramp in Rain. - the Associated Pro ST DOUGLAS. Mass., st neeling in praver. two women | and three children, who had been lost | in dense woods, were found huddled | under a tree early today. They had been lost for 12 hours and were four | miles from where they had entered ) the woods. ! They were Mrs. Louis Chabot of i Whitinsville, her two children, Louis and Joseph, 8 and 10 years, respective. 1ly. and Mrs. Chabot's sister-inlaw, Mrs. Adelard Chabet, and her 9-year. | old daughter of Fall River, who are | visiting in Whitins | | The missing party was found by one of a posse of more than 100 men | who had answered a call for assist-| |ance when it became known that the |swomen and children were lost. The women were almost exhausted by the continued tramping around in the | wonds in the drenching rain as they | |tried in vain for hours to find a path ! that would lead them out. | Radio Programs—Page 32. U. S. WORLD COURT STAND By the Associated Press. The number of foreign governments who have given assent to American adherence to the World Court as pre- scribed by the Senate reservations was increased today to five. Minister Charles Hart notified the State Department of Albania's ap proval of the reservations. The oth governments are (uba, Greece, I beria and Uruguay No government as vet has refused to concur, hut most of them are with holding a decision pending the con ference to be held this Fall at Geneva. FERNALD GRAVELY ILL. WEST POLAND, Me., August 17 (#).—Grave concern is felt for United States Senator Bert M. Fernald. who is 11l of intestinal poisoning, which has affected his heart. Physicians said today that his con dition was critical. He had a bad night and was unable to take proper nourishment. YOUTH’S LIFE SPARED. Donald Ringer's Death Sentence Commuted to Imprisonment. LINCOLN, Nebr, Donald Ringer, the voungest person to receive the death sentence in Nebraska, today won his long battle for life when hli imprisonment, August 17 (P).— claims are smaller in the aggregate | than the claims of several other coun- tries. Any time these claimants wish to discuss their claims the Soviet the claimants to recover their proper- ties and resume operations in Russia | under terms in accordance with the | present lawe The Sovier prefers | claims individually with the private | claimants rather ~than have them lumped with government claims. If private agreements are reached sep arately, they will not establish precdent with respect to other claims, Soviet authorities are confident that diplomatic_recognition would greatly facilitate Russian credit and trade between the twn countries Regarding both it is possibly over. sanguine. both depending largely on the needs as well as the arrangements each trader and credlior insists on | making, rather than on political dip. to discuss the lomatic recognition and discussion of | the amount of credit which the other ! country is willing to advance (Copyrizht. 1326, by Chicago Daily News Co.) HERRICK IS OPTIMISTIC. | Ambassador Says French Confi- dence Will Be Renewed. NEW YORK, August 17 (#).—Opti | mism as to the future of France was | wiy - Myron T. Her. | vihin th rick, United States Ambassador, who returned on the Homeric for a brief expressed today my vacation. {nowing the French people as I he said, I am confident that the the board of | French situation will straighten out pardons commuted his sentenea to|and confidence be returned in the | do. country.on_the.part of .the people.” dividually large. the American private | individually | government is willing to| hear them and to consider permitting | a, in America | Near Fourteenth and Ogden streets | for a 16:room school building. | In the vicinity of Sixteenth and Webster streets for a 16-room school building. In the vicinity of the Morgan School for a_plavground | In the Brookland-Woodridge section {for a junior high school | In Potomac Heights for an eight- | room building to replace the one-room Conduit Road School. i Citizens Help Search. Representatives of civic organiza- tions in all the sections to be benefit- d by the increased school facilities, Col. Bell pointed out, have been co- operating with Maj. Holcombe in an effort to find sites that come within | the appropriation limitation. The fact that land values in these outlying sections have mounted considerably since the last biennial assessment, whieh became effective July 1, 1925, has made the site acquisition even more difficult. These assessments were | based on sales in 1924, Commissioner Bell explained. and do not represent the property values of today. All of the data collected by Maj. Holcombe in his futile search for school sites will be assembled and presented to Congress as one argu- imr-nl for abrogation of the 25 per | cent limitation clause. { The ruling of the controller gen- {eral, which also held that the $154,000 | unexpended balance reappropriated for the purchase of school sites came 25 per cent limitation, does ! not represent the intention of Senator | Phipps and Representative Funk, ac- |cording tc Commissioner Bell. It was their idea, he said, to free the $154.- 000 appropriation of the restriction in order that it might be used to ac- quire land where the new appropria- tion was not sufficient to meet the . cost. " 1