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GHURCH PEACE DUE| SHORTLY IN MEXICO Calles’ Terms Pave Way to Resume Services Unless Un- foreseen Hitch Arises. By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, August 23.—A settlement of the controversy be- tween church and state seemed today to be imminent. Unless unforeseen obstacles are_encountered it is likely that services in Catholic churches throughout the republic. which have heen discontinued for three will be resumed in a short time. A conference of Bishop Diaz of Tabasco, secretarsy of the Catholic eplscopate; Most Rev. Leopoldo Ruiz v Flores, Archbishop of Michoacan, and President Calles at the Chapultepec Palace was “truly satisfactory,” says @ statement by the episcopate. The prelates were informed by President Calles that the requirement contained in the new religious regu- lations that priests should register with the government authorities was made purely for administrative pur- poses and that it was not the intentfon of the government to interfere with the church on questions of dogma. Declaration Is Accepted The deciaration, episcopate has accepted this and it is announced that as soon as the churches have ful filled the legal requirements there will be no further objection to resum tng church services. It 18 not the intention of the epis- copate, however, to abandon its in- tention to seek through the new Con gress, which will convene early next month, to have the religious clauses in the constitution amended so that the church may function unhindered by _them. The reception of the two prelates by President Calles Is described as having been cordial. A statement is sued by the episcopate says the dif- ferent phases of the religious situa- tion were made clear during an in- terchange of impressions. The belief was general today that as soon as details were adjusted there would be an end to the economic boy- cott and a resumption of normal re- ligious life Economic Losses*Felt. The fact that Catholle merchants and manufacturers, facing ruin, had urged a compromise in order to pre- vent further losses through the €co. nomic boveott of the League for De- fense of Religious Freedom, and that financlers had informed the govern- ment that Mexican eredit abroad was being menaced, are believed to have | had a ments. A special committee, headed by Archbishops Mora v del Rio and con sisting of 10 archbishops and bishops here from various parts of Mexico, is studying carefully the future course of the Roman Catholic episcopate in the present religious controversy with the government. The committee is centering atten- tion in the developments of the past few days, especially the turn that the situation has taken as a result of the conference on Saturday night between President Calles and Arch- bishop Ruiz y Flores and Bishop Diaz. Reports Made to Vatican. It is understood that the committee has been sending detailed cable com munications to the Vatican through Mgr. Caruana at Havana, the papal legate who recently was expelled from Mexico. Any action by the episcopate concerning the registration of priests, as required by the new religious regu lation. and resumption of church ser fces is belleved to depend on the Pope’s reply. A considerable time may pass hefore Congress acts one way or the other upon the rveligious clauses. Conse. quently the public is centering lts hopes upon the possibility that the episcopate will resume church sery- ices as a result of President Calles’ assurance that the registration of priests is only for administrative pur- poses and that the government does not purpose to interfere with religious dogmas Although the episcopate will not take any action on the economic hoy- cott which was ordered by the League for the Defense of Religlous Liberty, some in close touch with the situa- tion think that the league will a don the boycott whenever the epis pate orders church services to be re- sumed. In other quarters, however, there is fear that the league may at tempt to maintain the boycott until Congress amends the constitution, an act which would continue the present business distress for some months and possibly longer. M large share in the develop tant Factions Exist. There exists what might be called a militant clement among the Cath- olics who favor continuing the boycott 1o the bitter end. and who regret the episcopate’s statement describing Sat- urday night's conference with Presi dent Calles as “truly satisfactory,” as too optimistic. This element will be satistied with nothing except a conclu sion thut can definitely be proclaimed a “Catholic victory Persons close to leaders of both the episcopate and the government, how ever astert that the essential spirit of the conference between President Calles and the prelates would lead to an agreement preserving their mutual dignity without necessitating that efther party be declared conqueror or conquered There are also some elements with- in the government itself wh are op- posed 1o anyvthing except a clear-cut government victory whereby the chureh would accept the religious regulations without qualification. It is realized that either these or other un foreseen factors mav frustrate a epeedy settlement, but. unless Presi dent Calles or the episcopate alters the attitude which eac maintained at Eaturday's conference it the prospects continue favorable. g GOES ON 1882 VACATION. British Postmaster Among Many| |Police Auto Backfiring in Chase Sounds Like Gun: Notified Decades Too Late. LONDON, Augt (/). —The wave of his majesty’s post office department are slow, but sure. A number of post men at Bromley, in Kent, have just received notice’ of holidays due them from 10 to 30 vears ago. The men who already have had their fort night's vacation are trying to get an extra two wecks' pay instead of more holidays. Postmaster Holloway, how- ever, has gone on holidays due him in 1882 Virginian Marks 101st Year. Spectal Inspatch to The Star PURCELLVILLE. Va.. August David J. Tavenner of Philmont has just celebrated his 101st birthday an. | of his Minnie for were niversary with members family and friends. Miss Tavenner entertained at dinner her father. Many relatives present. Mr. Tavenner, until he resigned on January was postmaster at *hilmont 50 vears and had been ac vely engaged in farming most of his lite. " He was born only a short dis tance from his present home. He Joye good health. ‘ weeks, | is felt that | Overthrown. I THEODORLU: | Dictator of eece, Who posed Yesterday. JACKSON BARNET FAVORS TRIBE L Weaithy Indian Asks to Be Allowed to Remain in Oklahoma. Was FE | | | By the Ascociated Pre | MUSKOG Okla., August 23. | Indicating a preference for tribal at- |mosphere rather than the white {man’s luxuries, Jackson Barnett, 76- | year-old wealthy Creek Indian, 1 turned from Los Angeles last night in custody of a deputy United States marshal to answer a charge of con- tempt of court. Barnett falled to ap- pear in Federal court here in connec- ton with an investigation of his marriage to a white woman in 1921 “I am glad to be back and I want to stay,” Barneit said as he left the train with Deputy Robert Bailey. *I want my horses brought back from California and will stay here.” Barnett, known as the world's wealthiest Indlan, obtalned large sums of money from oil royalties on his Oklahoma farm. He married Anna Laura Lowe of Tulsa at Coffey ville, Kans.. in 1921 after unsuccess- ful attempts to have the ceremony performed in Oklahoma. Numerous | suits are now pending in various State and Federal courts relative 1o the status of a $350,000 gift to his wife, as well as the donation of an equal amount to Bacone College here. In addition to questioning the le. gality of the gifts, the Government | charges Mrs. Barnett kidnaped him {from his home, near Henrietia. Mrs. Barnett ie understood to be en route here from Los Angeles, where she ob. jected to her husband’s arrest Friday, declaring i1l health would not permit a long overland trip. Authorities indicated Barnett would not be held in jail pending his hear- ing August 2 K. OF C. HEAD DENIES INTERVENTION PLEA Declares Or;l—er Does Not Seek to Define U. S. Action in Mexi- can Situation. By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn.. August | The Knights of Columbus are not de- manding governmental intervention by the United States in Mexico as a result of the church controversy in that _country, Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty announced yesterday in a statement given out at the Knights of Columbus home office here. “The Kuights of Columbus.” he said, “believe that the situation in Mexico should be brought forcibly to the attention of the American peo. ple and our Government and vigor- ous protest made against its contin uance. We do not undertake to de- termine what steps should be taken by our Government to remedy this situation,” he said He asserted the attitude of the Knights of Columbus as expressed in a resolution adopted by the Supreme Council at Philadelphia August 5 had been misinterpreted. CAMERAS WEARY WALES. “Do Chuck It; That's a Good Chap.” Heir Begs One Newsman. LONDON, August 23 (P).—Some public men view it differently, but the Prince of Wales Is wearied of the ever-present newspaper photographer. The most photographed young man in the world appealed to one per- {sistent camera man at a recent in- | spection of a_cadet corps in Chelten { ham | “Won't that be enough for today {Do chuck it; that's a good chap.’ PANAMA ACCEPTS BID. Will Join Conference on U. S. World Court Reservations. GENEVA. August 23 (®).— Panama | has notified the council of the League of Nations that it will participate in the conference September 1 to cuss American reservation to the Per. | manent Court of International Jus tice. The acceptance by Panama raises the number of countries which have | already signified their intention to be | present to 19 s | | THE EVENING NEW ARRESTS DUE INMELLETT PROBE Federal Attorney Expects to Take Two More Today on Liquor Charges. By the Associated Press. CANTON, Ohio, August 23.—Howell Leuck, assistant United States dis- trict attorney, has returned to Can- | ton expecting to issue two Federal warrants for arrests today in the in- vestigation into the bootleg lquor conspiracy linked with the plot to murder Don R. Mellett, Canton pub- lisher, who was assassinated July 16, presumably by the underworld or its hirelings. Leuck said today that service of the warrants may ur at any time and that within five minutes’ time he can get as many more warrants as he necds by appearing before United States Commissioner Julius Whiting. lle admitted, however that events of the day may interfere with the plans and cause a delay in the arrests, Evidence Declared Stronger. Joseph R. Roach, Chicago criminal lawyer. investigating the liquor con- spiracy and the murder plot, said: “More than a week ago I said I had | evidence which would convict several men of the firse-degree murder of Don R. Mellett. That evidence has been constantly evidence is being prepared the consideration of the Stark County grand jucy, which reconvenes Wednesday. Detective George \'. Armstrong, as- ristant to Ora Slater, Cincinnati de- tective conducting the investigation into the murder, returned last night from Nanty Glo, Pa., the home of Patrick Eugene McDermott, with the assurance of ‘“‘Pat’s” brothers that they will do all they can to find him and turn him over to the investiga- tors. Mazer's Alibi Under Fire. McDermott is helleved to be one of those who were employed by “higher- ups” to shoot the crusading editor. TRoach is to make further attempts today to break down the alihi of Louis Mazer, charged with Mellett's murder and held on a liquor conspiracy charge also. The lawyer is striking at the alibi through ~the story of Floyd Streitenberger, city detective, which at first supported Mazer's alibi, hut since, according to Roach, has become “wobbly.” Mazer and Streitenherger declare they were together at the lat- ter's home at the time of the murder. DETECTIVE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN SLAIN Gaines Murder Investigator Found Dead in Seattle—'‘Suicide™ Note Held False. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., Augus Ing on a theory that Robert secret investigator for the State in the slaying of Sylvia H. Gaines. Smith College graduate, was murdered, Cor- oner Willis H. Corson has taken custody of Glanville'’s body for an in- vestigation, it was learned here today Glanville's body was found in a gas-filled room here Tuesday. Wallace oyes Gaines, the girl's father, was convicted Thursday of murdering her and the penalty fixed at death' by hanging. A note found near ville’s hody said, “Good-by, 1 am kind of disappointed.” Investigators de- claved the handwriting on the note did not appear to he Glanville's The detective’s connection Galnes case was not revealed after his death. although officials said he played an important part in un- covering links in the chain of evidence by which the State obtalned Gaines conviction. FONCK'S NEW PLANE FLIES SUCCESSFULLY Giant Machine for Transatlantic Flight Stays Up 32 Minutes ‘With 12,000 Pounds. —Act- until By the Associated Preas. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Au- RuSt 23.—A successful 32-minute test flight w: Fonck. French war Sikorsky, in the S35, giant biplane which Will he used in Fonck's pro. posed New York-to-Paris flight next month. The 35 carried 12000 pounds ahout half the weight it will car on the transatiantic flight, as it el cled about the country. Capt. Fonck and Lieut. A. P. Snody, U. S. N.. han. dled the controls while it was in the afr, with Sikorsky making the ascent and descent. Three flight mechani cians were aboard throttled the plane made a speed of 90 miles an hour and rose to a helght 5,500 feet, The N Sikorsky managed with ease equal fighting plane. We felt i whatsoever We are more confident than ever,” Fonck said. y The mechanicians carried Sikorsky and Fonck upon their shoulders in their enthusiasm. ace. and Igor said, “was to that of no vibra t BAND CONCERTS. TODAY. At the Capitol, 5 p.m., by the United States Navy leader: Charles Wise, second leader. | { | Staccato harking of his old motor, | which sounds like a battery of ma-| chine guns when it gets warmed up, is blamed by Policeman Howard Ogle of the fourth precinct for the latest -accusation against him, that of shoot- ing at an automobile. following a| chase early vesterday that ended in a wreck and one injury, at Water and P streets southwest Albert Rosebud colored, 46 years | o1d. of 70412 Ninth street southwest, is | in a serious condition at Emergency | Hospital, with a possible fracture of the skull as a result of the crash, but | Frank Pavne, colored, 28 vears old, of 1230 Howsen street southwest. and | Viala Davis, colored vears old. of § Wonder's Court southwest. his com panions, escaped injury. crashed into a wall. | Ogle today said he was thinking | about selling his old automobile. It is continually getting me into trouble,” he said. Why, whenever I | an ; Fugitives Wrecked it gets warmed up, it starts backfiring and you can’t blame people for think- ing thev are being shot at. It makes awful racket. Anybody can tell vou that. Why, once hefore the same thing happened, and T was completely exonerated.” Policeman Burke, a frequent occu pant of the automobile and a precinet mate of Ogle, standing nearby whils this was being stated, confirmed the Ogle sighted the Payne automolile while riding in his machine with Po- liceman Wise of the fourth precinct near Second and ' streets southwest. he sald. His attention was attracted by the woman screaming. He started in pursuit. he sald. and the car was speeded up. Payne apparently was Their car | under the impression that a man he was keeping an eye out for was chas ing him, according to the police. Rose bud is expected to recover from his injuries. Payne is char; ’. less driving. strengthened in the last | anville, | ilan- | ~| with the | made today by Capt. Rene | With the engines | Band. Charles Bepter, | STAR., WASHI TRICK THOMAS James Malevitis, a Greek huckster, i his face from photographers while in from a picture taken »vhen he was a MONDAY, rrested this morning after the shooting of n a fruitless attempt at banditry, hides custody of the police. Inset—Thomas, rrested here hefore in a shooting case. (Continued from First Page) [ bers of persons sought to gain en- [ trance to his suite to wish him good | luck in his fight, but even his closest nds were barred by the special | guard set at the door. Aside from S. “eorge’ Ullman, his manager, who ac- companied him to the hospital, no one but the doctors and nurses was | admitted to the sickroom, until night_when Joseph S | the United Artists Film Corporation. ! was admitted for a brief fareweli anging from ater and religlous relics were sent him by hundreds of persons from all over the country. The only state- | ment made by the actor after he went to the hospital was one of thanks for the sympathy of his ad- mirer. flowers to | Former Wives S During his illness hoth of Valen- tino's former wives—Jean screen actress, and Winifred Hudnut (Natacha Ramhova), a dancer—were especially solicitous as to his condi- tion, and Pola Negri, film star, to whom he had heen reported engaged. alled frequently by telephone from Los Angeles. Although icitous. the sereen star's latest | visit to New York was to end in tragedy, his arrival here was | marked by countrywide amusement | occasioned by a Chicago editorial to which Valentino took angry excep- tion. While passing through Chicago on his way here the actor read an editorial in_ the Tribune which linked his name with the u of pink powder puffs by men and which he interpreted as casting as- persions on_his manhood He immediately. in a newspaper, challenged the anonymous editorial writer to a duel, “American fashion.” fists to replace the rapier. On arriving in New York he gave in-| terviews in which he told in detaii about his pugilistic intentions if he could ever establish the identity of the “powder puff” editorfal wr The name of the writer was not re- vealed, however, and the duel failed to materialize. Priest at His Bedside. The cause of his death was given a5 septic endocatditis, resulting from | the double operation ;i i’h‘\xdmlp fctons hedside when he died | were Gieorge S. Ullman, his manager: | Rev. Bdward K. Leonard. rector of | the ‘Chapel. of St. Malachi and Drs. Harold D). Meeker, Panl E. Durham and _G. Randolph Manning, his at- hysicians., e Mes of the Catholic Church had been administered at 10 o'clock he Rev. Joseph M. Cangedo of the Chureh of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, who i€ from the small town imStaly where Valentino was bornand spent his hoyhood Father Leonard tino's confession and absolution yesterday wher on took a turn for tlon dook 8 %5 veacefully.” (saial DE.| didn’t know was going. 111 last words which any of us could understand were spoken to me at 3:30 thic morning. when he turne« to me cheerily and sald: N tor. do von know thre greatest thing T am looking forward to? URvhat is 162777 1 asked. wyalentino smiled, and said: ‘T am looking forward to going fishing with hext moenth. 1 hope vou have of fishing rods. Mine are in letter to the had heard Valen had granted him when his condi- rse. | | you plenty Californta Did Not Expect Death. Valentino did not Know he was dving, according to Mr. Ullman, and ad confidently assured his manager that he would he back in his hotel | suite in a few days. As Valentino's life slowly men, women and children gathered in the street outside the hospital in such numbert A had to ask the police to disperse them. Telephone operators in the hospital were besieged with an endless series of lephone calls concerning the {actor’s conditiol {ing sympathy poured into the hi | pital after his death. i Movie World Shocked. The movie world was profoundly shocked at the news of the death of Rudolph Valentino today and trib- utes to him poured in from all quar ter: 08 yria Swanson said He was a real artist, a charming gentleman, a true gportsman and good friend. Both the motion picture industry and the public have suf- fered a great loss Maj. Edward Bowes, vice president of the Metro-Goldwyn Corporation, paid this tribute “ile was a hard, honest and sincere worker in his profession. and, as 1 | happen 1o know pe Iy, u clean living man. lie gave the best that { was in him to his work and appreci- | ated fully the responsibility which | went with the high he was held by the movie public. He will long be remembered and respect ed for the high standards which he has set in his chosen profession.” | Joseph M. Schenck, chairman of | the board of directors of the United Artists ¢ nd Hiram_ Abrams, &peaking for that organization, issued a joint statement saying: “We are greatly grieved and shock ed at the great loss. Every one hoped for the best, especially since-the boy | th reck-| had waged so great a fight against ' her husband. the huge odds. The loss is a great last | henck, head of | Acker, | Jin his 13 ebhed, | that the hospital authorities | n. , Telegrams express. | teem in which . RUDOLPH VALENTINO IS DEAD AFTER 8-DAY BATTLE FOR LIFE PO];‘! Négri Dazed By Grief at News Of Fiance’s Death By the Associated Pross LOS ANGELES. August 23 Pola Negri. who has frequently admitted her engagement to Ru- dolph Valentino, was prostrated with grief in her apartment in a hotel here today when she received the news of the “sheik’s” death in New York. She was unable to talk asked to make tement e e e when one to us personally, as he was our friend, and surely a real blow to the motion picture Industry in which he stood o high." Adolph Zukor, Players, under whose bhanner tino appeared in “Blood and and “Monsieur Beaucaire.” said “He threw himself into his parts and tried to live the very characters he played. The screen has lost a hard worker, an artist, an actor -who was always trving to better his work and to please ‘the public. In all my con- tacts with Valentino T knew him as a gentleman of the best type. He was a credit to his profession.” WAS CAVALRY OFFICER'S head of Famous Valen Sand" SON. Valentino Tried Farming After Leav- ing Genoa Military Academy. LOS ANGEL August 23 (#) From a brass polisher and a landsca gardener to the heights of screen dom was the stride made by Kude Valentino, filmlard’s “perfect lover," vear span of life in the United pe tar- States. The movie little Italian May 6, IR Rudolpho, heik villag His Alfonseo was born in the of Castellanetam full name was : affaelo Pierre Filibert Gugliclmi di Valentina d-An. tonguella. " His mother 1w the daughter of a Parisian doctor, Pierre ilibert Barbin. His father, Giovanni Guglielmi, was in his youth'a captain of Ttalian cavalry and later a veteri- nary doctor, ~When Valentino was died and the future matriculated at Dante ege. nishing here at the age 13. he entered the military «»fne:\! Della Bapionza at Perugia. irom this school he was sent home hecause of breaking. discipline to see the King. who was visiting the school ¢ Next he went to Venice to try for the naval examinations, but failed there and returned home for a year. He next entered the military academy at Genoa, from which he was gradu- ated at the age of 17 with the degree of doctor of agriculture, Left Farm for Paris. Finding farm life little to his lik ing. he drew all the legacy coming to him from his father and went to *aris. The Riviera and Monte Carlo followed quickly and at last Paris again and bankruptey. According to his own accounts. he sold his auto. mobile and two Irish jumpers to pa debts, the remainder of which were settled by his mother. _America attracted him and he ar- rived in New York December 23, 1913 with $4.000 given him by his mother. He set out to learn Engiish by taking private lessons. HBetween his studies and odd jobs he began frequenting cafes, where he took up dancing. 11 his father screen lover Alighieri Col- tackling landscape gardening for a time in Central Park. His quest for work found him doing everything from sweeping out d brass on automobiles. The start of his career as a pro fessional dancer came when he per- suaded the head waiter at Maxim's to give him a job as an entertainer. Later he traveled Drifting to Los Angeles, he met gave him his first part in pictures |as a “heavy” at $50 a week until after appearing in several pictures he | was selected bv June Mathos, scenario writer, for the part of Julio in “The Four Horsemén of the Apocalypse,’ a role which started him on the road to fame. _In November, 1919, Valentino mar- ried Jean Acker. screen actress, hy whom he was divorced in January, ) 3 Starred in “Sheik.’ The film career went on apace and Valentino became a matinee idol with his appearance in 1921 in the “Sheik." the first of a series of desert mances, Before his divorce from became final Valentino married fred de Wolfe Hudnut, dan adopted daughter of the i manufacturer, May 13, 1922, at Mexi jcall. Lower Calitornia. e was ar. | rested a-d charged with bigamy and | released on bond. Later the charge | was_dropped. The couple were re | married March 15, 1923. at Crown | Point. Ind. A rift in the marriase { app-ared early in 1925 when Mrs. Val- entino left for New York to return | to the stage under the professiona! | name of Natacha Rambo | I was termed by the two a separation.” Mrs. Valentino went to France. followed shortly by Shegobtained a Paris . Valentino re- un Acker “Wini and o aetion “trial divorce last AUGUST He shifted from one job to another, | stores to shining | with a musical | comedy road show, and at Oakland, | Calif., he became a dancing instructor. | Emmett J. Flynn, film diractor, who | later 23 AIRPLANE BEACON . TESTS UNDER WAY Standards Bureau Seeking to Develop Best Type for Various Routes. Five major projects are under de- velopment by the Bureau of Standards in consonance with the civil aeronau- tics program now In progress under William P. MacCracken, jr., the new | Assistant Secretary of Commerce in charge of civil aviation. One of them | is the installation of an equi-signal| radio beacon at the flying fleld at| College Park, Md. The bureau is working to develop the best possible type of beacon to be installed on the various air route: and research work 1s now in progress at the radio laboratories of the bu- reau on a number of features which will improve the present installations of radio beacons. A method is being developed by | means of which a pilot may determin his course by observing a pointer. Another innovation belng developed is an interlocking type of equi-signal beacon by which a pllot may hold to a definite course, with a low power | beacon to produce a distinctive radio | signal at about every 25 miles along his_course. The bureau is also working on a new type of radio transmitting ap paratus by which weather reports may he given to pilots in flight. The radio heacon to be installed at | College Park is of the type developed by the bureau in 1921 with inter- locking and goniometer features which have been added by Signal Corps en- gineers. It will be installed at one of the field, with a 70-foo* tower to be constructed to hold the antenna system. This tower will be painted a brilllant vellow so it may readily be seen by pilots coming into the fleld. An airplane has been as- signed to the bureau for use in its development work on radio alds to alr navigation, to be piloted by Lieut. Frank W. Jerdone of the Army Air Service, 1. 5, TAKES STEPS 0 CONDEMN LAND Files Proceedings for Four Parcels Needed to Link Two Parks. corner | wooden | United States Attorney Peyvton Gor- don and Assistant United States At- torney James J. O'Leary today filed in the District Supreme Court a pro- ceeding to_condemn four parcels of land near Rock Creek in Georgetown, needed for the connecting link be- tween Potomac Park and Rock Creek Park. The suit is filed on the order of Attorney General Sargent at the request_of the Rock Creek and Po- tomac Parkway Commission, compris- ing the Secretaries of the Treasury, War) and Agriculture. This proceeding, it is sajd. will he followed by others seeking to condemn the land necessary for the sites of the new Government buildings, which | will involve the expenditure of $50,- 000.000 by the Government. The land sought to be condemned, with the names of the owners, con- sists of lot 801, square 1237, owned by Sandy Hamilton: lot 802, owned by Delilia Bundy (life tenant), and Della A. and Zenobia M. Bundy: lots | %06 and 807 in the same square, be- longing to Sarah Johnson Orders of publication will be issued against all persons having any in- terest in the land and a commission of three citizens will he selected in September or October, which will hold hearings and determine the value of the property sought to be condemned. MRS. WOLF, 80, DENIES CHARGE OF DESERTION the Associated Press SENATOBIA, Miss., August Denial of charges of desertion alleged tn her husband's suit for divorce on that ground was contained in an an- swer to the suit filed Saturday by at- torneys for Mrs. Elmire J. Wolf, 80. Mr. Wolf, also above the fourscore mark. filed suit some weeks ago, al-| leging that Mrs. Wolf had deserted him in Kentucky, where he took his wife as a bride shortly after the war between the States. Mr. Wolf's peti- | tion stated they have not lived te gether in more than 0 vears and that he is the father of two &ons, whom he has not seen in that time. In her answer. Mrs. Wolf charges her hushand with desertion. ‘The di- vorce petition was the result of differ- | ences over pensions. Nelther is able | to attend_court_because of infirmities | ! By turned here to make ““The Son of the heik.” his last pleture. His film er during his two mar. riages was anything but smooth sail-| ing. Shortly after his divoree from Jean Acker trouble arose with Fa- | mous Players-Lasky, but he made one more picture there, “The Young | Rajah.” Then he broke his contract with that organization. There fol lowed a two-year absence from the | kereen. Returned in “Monsieur Beaucaire.” He returned to Famous Players at the conclusion of two years to make * and “The Saint | | Devil."” o e amiiation with RitzCariton | Pictures, to which he aligned himself | a short time afterward. Valentino| broke with Ritz-Carlton and signed | with Joseph M. Schenck to make pi | tures for United Artists. His life was insured by the producer for $1.000,000. In March, 1996, announcement was | made of his “trial engagement” to Pola Negri. 3 Valentino leaves a brother and sis ter 4n Ttaly. The brother, Alberto | Gugilelmi, an attorney, recently was |a visitor at the star's home in Holly- | wood. i | fabs more and more interestin, the probably after another weel Channel m Fails CLARABELLE BARRE BANKERS CONCLUDE VISIT WITH MELLON Strong, Gilbert and French Financier Leave for Paris After Conference. By the Associated Pr 5 o, August jamin Strong. governor of Federal Reserve Bank in New Seymour Parker Gilhert. jr., general for reparation paymen: Theodoure Rousseau of the ( Trust Company of P: left for last night after several days in con ference with Andrew \W. Melion, United States Secretary of the Treasury, Althrough on vacation, Mr. Mellon has found time to see a good deal of Siv Robert Horn, former British chancellor of the exchequer, who frequently motors here from Aix-les Bains and lunches or dines with My Mellon. Field Mars| Earl Haig al mostdaily s Mr. Mellon's opix at_golf. Mr. that his conferences with here had no significance. prominent Amerfeans and French ocrats, with whom the hotdl is ed, are finding Mr. Mellon's con- The Secretary says he expected to sail for United States September 11, visiting Paris and London stay in Evian. Perry Belmont New York and Mrs. Belmont last night gave u dinner, at which Mr. Mellon, the Irench Senator Dupuy and Mme. Dupuy. the Duke and Duchess of Mont morency, the Countess de Chevigne and the Countess Montgomery guests., GREEK COUP CALLED PYRAMID PROPHECY British Preacher Says It Was Event in Clear Harmony With Symbolism. -Ren- the York agent and rantee Paris 1 rent financiers but the <ociated Press HAM, England, Rev. Walter Wynn, who that the Pyramids showed mentous event would ocenr on August 22, is pointing to the coup d'etat in Greece as a striking fulfillment of his_prophecy g Speaking from his pulpit last night, Mr. Wynn said: “It was an event in clear harmony with the Pyramid sym bolism denoting a period of accel erative chaos, This Greek revolution will have many indirect effects Therefore the Pyramid date, August 22, will be found an index to events that will transpire of aried reve Tutionary character hetween now and November 7 of next vear. This out standing event August points to the revolutlonary splrit that is symptomatic of the condition European nations. In various for and ways this revolutionary spirit prodyeing unexpected events in eve direction and will until May. 1928, KRUPPS DENY HEIR IS VISITING IN U. S. Statement by Man By 1h CH Angust 23 asserted a mo in California Creates Surprise in Berlin. Had Name Wrong. By the Associated Press BERLIN, August The e ment that Germany's famous Krupp Works at Essen prohably will never manufacture arms again as_attrib uted to Baron Frederick FE. von Krupp at Los Angeles, has caused some surprise here. The Krupp secretariat ecategorical Iy denied that any member the family Is touring the United States As the family's name is Krupp von Bohlen, it was said that there can he no Frederick von Krupp belonging to it. The oldest son of the family, Al- fred, is only 21 years old Retired Fire Horses 1 | Barney, Gene and Tom, the three veteran fire horses that were retired to the District Tome for Aged and | Infirm at Blue Plains when the last plece of horsedrawn apparatus gave jway to a modern motorized engine, may ‘be through as fire department heroes, but they will always be fire | horses in spiri | William J. Fay, | the institution, related for the first time today the story of how these faithful warriors of many a fire run | reacted to the thrills of a blaze when superintendent ot | Race 7 Aihé)ut Fiél;i their hoofs leisurely in another stable some distance from the dairy building when the fire wis discovered. Fearing the hluze might spread. workmen released them and turned them out of their stails. Hearing the clanging of bells and the shrieking of sirens as a dozen pleces of apparatus from the eity raced up the lane, Barney. Gene and Tom straighteped up their ears, pranced about for an instant and then broke into a gallop across the pasture According to My. Fay, they eavorted back and forth as though at a loss to stamping fellon told the Associated Press | were | fem— MRS. NPADOD PUT 1928 ANGLE IN ROW ’ ol Lo | Letter Indorsing Californian | Interpreted as Blow at Gov. Smith’s Aspiration. BY DAVID LAWRENCE Publication of the letter writter | Mrs. William G. McAdoo, | daughter of the late President Wil indorsing John Mot f | Dema nominat for United | States from California against Dockwe younge ie on Senator Isidor or Yema- tic mational committeeman, has given the California contest a Is that old th and nation al interest, for it tween Gov, MeAdao, One of the California wh rver of polities fn the this correspondent the line of the situation « | “In the Democratic | has developed betw een of McAdoo and the | tavorable to a Tammany Rram The Tammany | took advantaze of Meac {in the East to work clever scheme "hey State conference to nominate which, of eaurse. is in defian: direct primary e, Howe sugar-coated the convention « the statement that ther course, no purpose 1o 4 contest Deme atie party and that ence of Democratic leaders {lect a ticket that wonld |against tae common enemy | publican party—after the | primary. Gave McAdoo Me permit a nd dry e the conven their own numbers tom it is stru Al Wil Repu e has bee n a shre Aowin 1 part he supp Deno eats. | “They arranged t centage of loyal MeAdoc | oerats to have seats in | tion, but. saw to it that | erowd were in sufficient definitely control. A ticket w named. with Dockweiler for Senat | and - Ewing, State chairman atic committes, 1 full ticket for the off s Ewing sul hdrew and the committee appol ed to il vaeaneies named Wardell o aineisco. About that time the ple woke up, but really get action, heeause the Tamm | pervisors had moved fast and had { ten the indorsements of many of leading Demoerats of the State hefor the note of warning was riis \When | they bezan to move (hey put Alex der Johnson of San Diego in the for the Demo nomination governor. and they put up John Fhiott of Les Angeles, forme Hector of customs, for United Senat From a casual survey ation it does look as though friends of MeAdoo ean hope for « althongh they are planning vigorous a eampaign as mditic will permit. However, it will an index at all of MeAdoo's sty in Californi; as o many nent supporters have hecome pl and tied up by the confer dates. Dockweiler national co [ mitteeman from ¢ and th. of course, Kives additional strength with the voters. MeAdon to € “If the conference ticket is succes ful, as it probably will he, misinforn ed writers in the East ave apt (o position that the vietory means « definite defeat for MeAdoo and th loss of the delezation in 1928 1 think that there is nothing whatever this. The friends of MeAdoo are now aroused and will w ed] | take control of the deles MeAd e of the situ the not e 1&gth m of his pr 1 nee cane is alifornia him Demoeratic Deleg: tion to the | Demoeratic national convention Mr. Elliott, runninz for senattorial nomini in the National Capital, time he was on the staff ‘of the Ass ciated Press. e was a sirong porter of President Wilson and one of the floor manag - the MeAde campaign at the Madison Square Gar den convention in 1924, The primary is to be held on August 31 In the Republican ranks there is o | good deal of interest in the fight being conducted by Senator Hiram Johnson to defeat Gov. Richardso | Senator wiridge for | tive renominations. M dwelling consider on Court hut is to wrest control of the State organi zatign from the political opponents he has fought ever since he was governe (Covsrisht PANAMA CANAL GAINS IN GENERAL TRAFFIC the Know n who is well where it on, s it Johnson he Wor 1 eff 1 | i | iExceptions Noted in Mineral 0il | Shipments and Cargoes to i Far East. | There in hag been a progre Crease A1l the prine tributing to the traflic of th Canal during the past t the oil cline exception shipments and moving betw the United the W in cargo of St ed at from Col. M of the Canal 4the commere vear tone | 931 e aggreg thar on which toils ameunting to were collected | Figures show that the tween the Atlantic and Pa of the United States wa most important Canal route route hetween the east | United States and the | South America ranking | ume. Third in volume moving hetween Europe coast of South Ameri bound tonnage from of the United States ur times greater 1 of return cargoes over TWO HELD IN DEATH PLOT Members Accused o satd the second nel the the we was wm ti U orente Union of ing Dynamite In Automobile. CLEVELAND. August 23 (®) seph Mariells, husiness agent borers’ Union ) uber of the ted here today, ch winl possession of dvn police cl f the automobile of iness * of the n o | \ it with The w mite in Spencer, | Javers' union. Kill_Spencer The plot, | vutgrowth of a Jaborers The number of tubercular eattie in w b plot o lice eed, wis strike the dairy barn at Blue Plains burst | understand why, with the sounding |this country has Leen reduced from into flames recently. Bargey, Gene and Tom were of the old_familiar gongs. they were not beingZxlamped into harness. 4 per cent In 1923 to 2.8 per cent this ear,