Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U, 8, Weather Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow: much change in temperature; gentle Fair tonight and variable winds. Temperatures—Highest. 85, at 3:30 : lowest, 63, at 5 a.m. Full report on page 7. p.m. vesterday today. Closin not . ch ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION n Star. The Star every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,003 No. 30,069. post office, g N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1926—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. (#) Means Associated Pre: TWO CENTS. . MEXICO BARS MOVE BY LEAGUE IN ROW WITH NICARAGUANS| resr o istne. Foreign Minister Hotly De- nies Charge of Aiding Fili- bustering Expedition. MANAGUA- PROTEST SENT BY GENEVA TO MEMBERS First Latin American Dispute to Reach Body—U. S. Lands Ma- rines at Bluefields. Br the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, Angust 28.—“The Teague of Nations has nothing to do with Mexico, and Mexico has nothing with the League of Nations,” said Foreign Minister Saenz today He referred to the announcement £ as protested to ‘he leged AlLUSEriNE | gweep of the tide. Nicaragua from aid the revolutionists in American Iepublic, nz added that the Mexican expedition sent to Mexico to the Central Senor government had no knowledge of any | Mexican interference in the Nic; raguan revolution, and sald that if any individual Mexicans were there revolutionists or munitions run- ners, all President Chamorro had to Ao s to capture them and seize the munitions. it s entirely and the Mexican nothing to do with waid. Nicarag government it.” Senor Saenz Role of League Undecided. The protest of Nicaragna to League of Nations is the first American dispute to come before it. and has led to the question what the attitude of the league shall be toward controversies ng on the Ameri- continent e covenant of the ue prohibits the league taking any action which would affect the dity of the Monroe doctrine. Mexico i the can s from Geneva say that the ary general of the league, Sir Drummond, has sent coples of the protest to all members of the or- ganization and Mexico as well. it is provided by the covenant that non-members of the league shall be invited to accept the obligation of membership when a dispute arises between members and non-member Nicaragua has requested no specific action by the league, but the organi- zation is desirous of hearing both sides of the controversy. If there should he an al for an investig: tion by the league council of Nicar: gua’'s charge that Mexico flag violated the rights of the araguan vepublic by use of force. the council would carry this out and make recom- mendations. 1f Mexico then refused to accept tempor membership in the league n the league co Eric enant. NICARAGUAN NOTE CAUSTIC. Outright Charge of Mexffan Plot Made by Minister. MANAC D ragua. August P —The N guan government h: sent a note to Mexico declaring it ha irrefutable evidence that Mexican & thorities equipped, armed and manned with men in Mexico's milit s the Concon, which sailed from Saling Cruz on August 17 on a filibustering expedition to ‘aragua he note, which is signed by Foreign | ing tour almost entirely to her Minister N was arranged by Nic and financed and suppo Mexican government. It declares suc action manify the Ciples which govern civi @nd which Mexico has repeatedly pri claimed as a fundamental principle of its inte tional policy. “Nicars a weak savs the expedition aguan exiles fon. will know how to de- fend. even with sacrifice, thix menace | to “better wade into the job 10 its independence and sovereignt and it leaves to vour government th grave responsibility that shall fall t it before the world and history for such illegal condue - copy of the note was sent to the Yeague of Nations and all foreign dip lomatic and_ consular officials in Niearagua. The government in send- ing the protest to the League of Na- tlons said it desired to acts of Mexico. It right 10 make claims against Mexico. LEAGUE CIRCLES STIRRED, Answer to Nicaragu Charges Béing Awaited at Geneva. 3 A, Switzerland The American Continent denly and sensationally entered doma of possible League of political activities vesterday, Nicaragua filed a protest agair fco. alleging a freebooting expedition by an auxiliary Mexican warship to help Nicaraguan revolutionaries over- throw the government. gua. in its note of protest not request specific league ac but Sir Drummond. zeneral of the league, has for- protest tc nization. a The communicated sud- the when does tion, 1ary warded thy of the A non-member eral has also well as Texic secretary gen- to the Mexican government that, in accord-! run-off ance with the regular procedure of | Moody lacked forward to ! communication | five candidates. in i the league. Mexico may league members any which it may consider desirabie connection with the Nicaraguan not The league is awaiting an answe to the Nicaraguan accusation so that both sides may be told. not a member of the league, | alties are provided in | tions | secre- | all the members | as | b | prin-; it.” d nations | Jim" says the note, “though | campaigner invaded Moody territo a1l the atten-| that Moody will be unable to get his tion of the world to the alleged illegal | name on the November ballot, alleg- s reserving the | ing violation of the election law in in the future|he July | contributions. August 25 | little interest is shown in these races, t Mex- | today is considered as the next Gov- | husband, | Moody. | clared the sole issue was “to rid the | advise my wife so long as she a i ned SECOND U. S. WOMAN CONQUERS ‘CHANNEL: EDERLE MARK STANDS Mrs. Clemington Corson Only 57 Minutes Behind Best Is Mother of Two Children. Man Companion Quits Mile and a Half Out. . By the Associated Press. DOVER, England, August Mrs. Clemington Corson of New York. the mother of two children, and well known as a long-distance swimmer, today swam the English Channel. Except for the record of 14 hours and 31 minutes made by Miss Ger- trude Ederle, Mrs. Corson, the second | woman to accomplish the feat, broke | the records of the pervious five man Channel swimmers, her time being 15 hours and 28 minutes. The best time made by a man Channel swimmer was by Sebastlan Tiraboschi, the Argen- tine-Italian swimmer, who crossed the Channel in 1923 in 16 hours and 23 minutes, Swam About 50 Miles. is_estimated that Mrs. Corson 50 miles in all. owing to the Because of the criticism (hat followed Miss Ede swim. no tug accompanied her. 28.— Tt swam wax attended by a large motor boat. | 3 which Awa) son, FERGUSONREGIME FACES TESTTODAY always kept 50 to 70 yards Her husband, Clemington Cor- | rowed a small boat. which kept | Close Run-0ff Stirs All Texas, Moody (;Iaiming Advantage Over Governor. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., August Drawn to the polls by a spirited run-off pri- mary campalgn featured by charge: of Ku Klux Klan and “oil intere control, Texas voters today cast their ballots in what they regarded as the supreme test of the Ferguson regime. Defeated in-the July primary for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination by Dan Moody, 33-year-old attorney general, Gov, am A. Ferguson, re- vived the anti- form, on which she rode to victgry two vears ago in | her “vindication” campaign, after her | James 1. Ferguson, had been ousted from the Governor's chair. In an active campaign, her husband added charges that oil interests were combining with the Klan to elect Moody Stumping State. Moody, executing his promise to carry his attack on “Fergusonism” to every school district, made from two to five addresses a day in the second” campaign. He charged that Mr: rguson was governor by I only, and that her husband dictated the policies, which he alleged | i created turmoil in State affairs. Moody denied the Klan was an issue. Answering the Ferguson harge that if he hecame governor “the State will be in the hands of an invisible government.” Moody de State of Fergusonism.” Mrs. Ferguson intrusted the speak- band, who attacked the Klan answering Moody's “proxy” clalm, de- clared, "It is my God-given right to In the July campalgn “Farmer called on the State rangers to quiet ~hecklers, display of a pistol being necessary on one occasion, | while in the second drive, the veterag,/ usually tearing off his coat and collar mpaign closed threats of investigations of irregularities came from both camps. Moody supporter: onfined their threats to actions plan- at the special session called by Gov. Ferguson for September 13 to validate more than $80,000,000 of State road bonds and to “investigate any departments of the State deemed advisable.” The Fergusons claimed As the « They also demand primary. of campaign fund an investigation Today's Winner Next Gover Although run-off contests developed for the Democratic nomination for State treasurer and attorney general, e With the Republicans polling but 16.- | 000 votes in July, as compared to| more than 800,000 in the Democratic gubernatorial _contest, the winner ernor of Texas. Moody supporters claim that 405,000 votes he received in coupled, with the trend shown more than 100,000 received by Lynch | Davidson, also anti-Ferguson, give the attorney general an advantage in the run-off. Moody has also referred to Mrs. Ferguson's offer to withdraw from the race if he led her in the first primary. She fgnored this offer, saying Moody failed to accept. The became necessary when | about 1,700 votes of | having a majority over the field of the July | by | | | | Minister Trades | the President feels vei MRS. CORSON. a few vards away from the swimmer throughout the trip. Conditions were ideal throughout the crossing of the channel as far as the weather was concerned, but the reversing of the tide presented the usual problem. he accompanying party consisted of 16 persons, who encouragement of the swimmer throughout the long night, mostly im- promptu verses and popular s Mus. Corson neared the English and the morning haze lifted <began to assemble and by the time she reached the nd (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) CORPORATION DATA HELD UP 0 STATES President Thinks They Are “Better Agencies to Force Publicity on Status. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star CAMP, N the belief of I Coolidge that shareholders in corpora- tions should have the fullest informa- ugh publicity, on the status of the respective companies in which they have their money invested. He would like to see the interests of the many millions of investors ade- quately safeguarded, but, according to his viewpoint, this is fundamentally a matter for consideration by States rather than by the Federal Government. ’ Briefly, this sums up the views of President Coolidge on the plea of rof. E. Ripley of Harvard for er information on the fiscal af- of the big corporations which e developing and. while not trusts, nevertheless, are gigantic In their pr portions. Judging from the Presi dent's discussion of the question his conterence yesterday afternoon with the correspondents, it was evi- dent that he is interested in the sub- ject and has been giving it-some sel ous thought. Whether or Commission has not the Federal Trade uthority to compel fuller publicity regarding corporations than is now the custom, the Pres dent was not prepared to say. Through his spokesman the President indicated that there are questions of Jaw involved which could be decided only after careful study and exam- fon. Matter Up to States, means of possibly overcoming 'k of information about which he complained, one of the suggestions made by Prof. Ripley was that action might be taken through the Federal Trade Commission. While there is a case in the United Statex courts now which may throw some light on the extent of the powers the sion has to control business enter- prises or require reports from them, sure that in iness concerns and privileges they are most by powers ates in which asmuch ax derive theil from the chartered, the matter is one for the! respective with. Broadly speaking, the Federal Trade Commi: . according to the Pres den s confined in its acti 'S 10 matters of interstate com- merce. While it has jurisdiction over a manufactured or grown product, it is vel questionable if it has juri: diction over fiscal affairs of the com vanies or the corporate practices of corporations commonwealths to de; to give more thought and study to the subject and its relationship to the Federal Trade Commission before com. mitting himself, it was apparent that the President’s conclusion now is that the best_and most adequate protection (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) DRY INFORMER'S BILL REDUCED BY M'CARL Only $29.80 Expenses for Car Fare and Evidence Allowed Out of $82.30. A prohibition informer *in Calo rado has been allowed his car fare and amounts paid for evidence in a de- cision by Controller General McCarl made public today. but the man was | denied not only his bare living ex. | bacts directed against each other, and penses, but money stant. praid to a woman ang songs for the | there | the | commis- | Although it was pointed ; |out that the President would prefer | 4 GONVICTS SEIZE GUARDS' GUNSAND FIGHT TO FREEDOM Michigan Reformatory Virtu- ally Taken Over by Gang in Sensational Coup. i POSSES SCOUR SECTION; SERIOUS TROUBLE FEARED Quick Action by Deputy Warden Prevents Wholesale Delivery of 400 Offenders. By the Associated Press. IONIA, Mich., August 28.—Twenty- four convicts from the Michigan State | Reformatory here were at large today., | many of them armed, as the result of j & sensational break in which they vir- tually took possession of the institu- tion. The plot, which prison officials be- lieve had been in the process of forma- jtion for several weel culmitated | early today in a well organized attack 1in which the escaped prisoners, all { housed in one of the institution’s dor- mitories, fell on the guards there, over- powering and disarming them. They made their way into a rotunda leading off from the dormitory, rushed the guards there and likewise overpowered them, They then charged the administra- i tion office where additional guards and officials were seized. The prison au- thorities were then marched back into the cells formerly occupied by the pris- { oners and locked there. Two of the convicts were recap- tured this forenoon in a wooded sec- tion 19 miles north of here. The | prisoners, Napoleon Smith and Charles Smith, both from Wayne County not related. surrendered readily, The prisoners said they knew noth- ing about a plot for a wholesale de- livery, but merely walked out when | the doors were opened. 400 Confined in Cells. About 400 men were confined reformatory. but the escaping pri ers_m de no attempt to release any others than those in their dormitor Inmates of the institution are ali { younz men, ranging in age from 18 to 130 vears and most of them are first | offenders. Only two life prisoners were |'corifined at the institution. | A gene arm was sent out and | posses were formed at a half dozen { cities to assist authorities in appre- { hending the men. The alarm soon spread and residents of the district were thrown into a near panic when repopts that the armed | desperadoes were at large were re- | ceived. | About eight of the men fled from { the Institution in two automobiles i which they seized. The others were reported to have fled afoot into the Several hours after the escape reports were received that | some of the men were seen heading {toward Lansing. Posses were report- |ed formed at half a dozen towns to | head off the convicts, and serious | trouble is feared. The 24 men who { escaped, according to officials, include many of the most desperate crim- !inals housed at the institution | Others Are Blocked. i An officer on duty at a telephone {booth in the prison office sounded the {alarm. Officials who were summoned | i succecded in preventing the excape of | lany of the prisoners confined in the { other dormitories. | i but | About 15 of the convicts later en- | (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) | \PALACE AT AMSTERDAM | RANSACKED BY BURGLAR| 1 Hollanders Aroused by Ease in| Which Guards Were Passed. Only Badges Taken. { By Radio 10 The Star and Chicago Daily N AMSTERDAM, August 28.—. { sation has heen caused here by pub-| i i | lication of the news that a burglary | { has been committed at the Amster- i dam royal palace. The loss proved to be slight, but trong criticism is heard of the fact that a burglar could penetrate the palace by the back door without being held up by the palace guard. The burglar entered the palace | apartments, searching writing desks !and wardrobes. However, he proved to be an inexperienced evildoer, for | { he stole only some badges of knight- ! hood, leaving the safes untouched. Before leaving, the burglar set fire to a pile of gala uniforms, but the blaze was extinguished with little damage. No trace of him has been discovered. «Copyright. 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co.) RUSSIAN-POLISH PACT IS NOW IN NEGOTIATION Official Announcement Made of Non-Aggression Treaty’s Study by Two Nations. | . | | | ! | | By the Associated Press. i MOSCOW, August 28.— It is offi- | cially announced that Russia recently submitted to Poland the draft of a non-aggression treaty. It provided | that each nation should maintain neu- ! trality if the other was attacked by a | third power; that there should be no | participation in political or economic that any differences between the two { countries should be settled by a mixed | enough to know hetter, ac ! went to the house to make the arrest | WHERE'LL = VSETT “BOY." 60. REARED UNSPANKED. Police Get Surprise When They Go to Arrest Stepson of Richard D. Pollard Richard D. Pollard, Sl Fourteenth - street northes ving trouble with his stepson, William Francis Pollard, 60 years o0ld, and now the “boy” has been ar- rested. When arraigned in “Police Court today on charges of grand lar- ceny, the case was continued until Thursday and bond was set at $3,000. Matters reached a climax a few weeks ago when Mr. Pollard found that his most treasured possession, the family Bible, had been mutilated and from it taken various family papers, even more precious to the father. Mr. Pollard, probably the only su viving member of the Union Army Balloon Corps during the Civil War, has never in his peaceful life found casion to 1ise safes or strong boxes. He has put his faith in the Bible. It was safeguard enough for the securi- ties for which he has saved during a lifetime to purchase for his old age. But when he found his treasured book torn he recalled that about four months ago he had consented to have 2,000 of bonds locked up in a drawer in’ his son’s rogm, the only place in the house under lock and key. Pollard Suspected Bo He suspected his “boy” and broke .the lock. ‘The bonds were gone. Then he notified police. After a long period of investizgation the “hoy” was arrested as he came out of hix room this morning. This “boy 75 vear | by the w: is old rding to the stepfather. He cannot be excused on the grounds of vouthful rashnes: He has just passed his 60th birthda In his complaints to the police M Pollard had continually referred to “my boy.” Detectives Talley and Weber. who | this morning, were astounded when the gray-haired man was pointed out to them as the “boy" to he arrested They smiled and so did the prospective in Bond Case. prisoner, but the stepfather uporl the affair as anything but a Jjoke. given his “boy tomary punishment if the’ detectives had not in Mr. Pollard, * been in danger for some st of something more serious whipping. I have had my re- volver ready. Never Struck Boy. “I married this boy’s mother when he was 6 years old. 1 brought him up like my own son. keep the Branch house on the other side of Benning Bridge and the boy always had everything. He was given a good schooling, and I don't remem- ber that I ever struck him. “I've been so upset over this affair that T haven't been able to read my Bible lately, For the past three weeks I haven't been able to use my left hand, and so I haven't worked at my trade. But I intend to go back to work."” The elder Pollard a taxidermist. In this connection thetic _little touch with his step-son. In his parlor there is an antique knick-knack stand filled with curiosi- ties: It was left by the “boy’s” mother when she died. a family heirloom, with instructions that it be passed on to her son. All these years Mr. Pollard has been filling it with -the stuffed forms of animal freaks. Some- body in the neighborhood had guinea pig born without a tail. The taxidermist immediately went sfter it. stuffed it, and put it away in the stand. A curious bird was shot in the neighborhood. It took its place in_the collection. Mr. Pollard was making thi lection of curiosities for “his boy “I'll be darned if he gets them something of the cu 1s- for “bad hoys" is something of there to his is a pa- relations (Continued on Page 2. Column 3.) GOVERNOR MAY ACT INHALL CASE ROW . INJURED IN CRASH Prosecutor, in Appeal to| Trenton, Says Detective David Mishandled Clues. By the Associated Press. SOMERVILLE, N. 1., 5 Ferd A. David. chief of detectives of | Middlesex County, where lived all the principlals involved in the murders of the Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, today faced possible action by Gov. Moore for alleged ob- struction of the present investigation and careless handling of clues placed in his custody. Incensed at what he termed David's attitude of obstruction and hinder- ance, State Senator Alexander Simp- son, special prosecutor in the case, last night asked Gov. Moore to take action against the detective. Chief among the things . which moved the special prosecutor to pro- test was David's manner of account- ing for a brooch pin found near the scene of the crime the night of Sep- tember 15, 1922, a day after the mur- ders were committed. In a swosn statement, David failed to mention the pin, Simpson said. Later Devid said he had given it to a man who claimed it as his property. A visiting card found at the feet of the slain clergyman, which Simpson said bore the fingerprints of Willie Stevens, one of the three charged with the murders, had also left the SHIPPING OFFICIALS Emergency Fleet Corporation Treasurer and Aide Hurt at 21st and Q Streets. Two officials of the Emergency Fleet Corporation were injured, one serious- Iy, when the automobile in which they were riding and another machine col- lided at Twenty-first and Q streets shortly before 9 o’clock this morning. Edward H. Schmidt, treasurer of the Fleet Corporation and disbursing officer of the Shipping Box is at { Emergency Hospital, where physicians | say they will not be able 1o determine the extent of his injury for a few hours. Raymond - Martin Hicks, treasurer of the Fleet Corpor: ssistant tion, re- as badly hurt as Schmidt. Edward M. Skinn 30 vears old, of Akron, Ohio, driver of the other ma- chine, was not injured. Mr. Skinner is at the third precinct station await ing the outcome of Mr. Schmidt’s in- Juries. According to Mr. driving his touring car south on Twen rst street, accompanied by Mr® Schmidt, and the Ohio machine, a sedan, was going west on Q street Mr. Hicks said the fmpact of the se. dan against his car turned it over, throwing both men out. Mr. Schmidt was taken to Emerg- | Hicks, he was i He clinched his fist and would have You know I used to | celved cuts and bruises, but was not | MAJ L. E. ATKINS - TOGETD. C. POST Engineer Officer Will Be Aide to Maj. Covell, Taking Hol- combe’s Place. Tooked | Maj. Atkins, Corps of Enginee ed at Louisville, Ky., will succeed Maj. William H. Holcombe of the same corps, as as ant engineer of the District of Columbia, the latter having been transferred to river and harbor work in Louisiana with station at New Or- leans. An order to that effect issued at the War Department today by direction of the Fresident. Atkins will be allowed two or | weeks' time to clear up his affairs in | Kentucky before reporting for duty at the District Building. He is junior to Maj. W. E. R. Covell. now princi- pal assistant to Col. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer Commission, on the de- parture of Maj. Holcombe. but is se- nior in grade to the two other assist- ant engineers. Maj. Atkins is from California and s graduated from the United States Military Academy in June, 1915, and from the Engineer School in 1917. then located at Washington Barracks, he was assigned to the 2d Engineers, and was with that regiment on the puritive expedition into Mexico in 1916. Returning to this city in 19 was attached to the 1st Engineers for a few months. When the United States entered the World War he was sent to Boston |and helped in‘the organization of the _H‘h‘ Railway Engineer: He accom- panied that regiment to France in the | grade of major in the National Army and served with it in important rail- | road construction and other engineer- |ing work up to the time of the signing | of the armistice, when he was detailed jas an instructor at the Army Engi neering Rridge School in France. | Returning to the United States in l_l!)l!i he served with the 9th Engineers in Texas until April, 1919, when he {came to this city and served in the 1nflxr9 of the chief of engineers, War l)ep;n‘lmem. for a year, following which he joined the 5th Engineers at et Humphi s, Va. In 1920 he w made militar structa the Uni. versity of Illinoi: nd served intermit- tently as instructer at the R. O. T. (. camp at Custer, Mich., until Janu- . 1924, when he went to Louisville an sistant to Col. Georg R. Spalding. in charge of construction | work in that engineer district. ‘ EL |DAESCHNER IS NAMED FRENCH ENYOY TO TURKEY ! 5 Embassy May Be Changed From | Constantinople to Angora as ( Special Deference. By the Associated Press PARIS, August 8.—Emile Daesch- . former Ambassador to the United tes, has been chosen to succeed | Albert Sarraut as French Ambassador to Turkey Formal announcement of M. Daes ner’s nomination is waiting only for a dec s to whether he will take up his residence at Constantinople or Ango the seat of the present Turkish government. France is in- | elined, as a special mark of deference |to Turkey, to fk her Ambassador's I residence at the latter city. M. Sarraut resided at Constantinopl FASCISTI TO LOSE RIGHT TO PICK THEIR CHIEFS New Party Law Will Provide for Appointment of Even Minor Officers. the Associated Press. ROME, August 28.—Reform of the | statutes of the Fascist party provid- “h- By Maj. | three | While a student at the latter school, | NAVY MOURNS LOSS OF RODGERS, BURIAL TOBEINARLINGTON Flyer, Victim of Crash at Philadelphia, Was Hero of Hawaii Flight. PLANE HIT AIRPOCKET: FELL 100 FEET TO RIVER Wilbur and Other High Officials Pay Tributes—Mechanician May Not Survive. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 28.-—The Navy today mourned one of its great- est latter-day heroes, Comdr. John Rodgers of the San Francisco-Hawaii flight. The aviator of distingulshed naval Lneage, whe kept his seapiane ailoat nine days when adrift in the Pacific, plunged less than 100 fect to death in a land plane yesterd The plane struck an side slipped and dropped into the Delaware River, a short distance from the navy yard field where he, was about to land. His mechanician, of Philadelphia, was in the Naval Hospital toda broken back and physiclans feared that he would not recover. Flew From Washington. Most witnesses say that the plane sell probably less than 100 feet into i feet of water. The commander was en route from Washington to attend a conference with other naval oflicer and to in- spect a partly finished new type of airplane 1n which he contemplated making a 3,000-mile flight. He had circled the landing field once and was descending to make a landing when the machine dropped, nose first, about 100 feet from shore. Officers, sailors and marines rush- ed to the rescue. Schultz had loosen- ed the straps that held him to his working to release Rodgers when help came. The heads of the two flyers were just_above “Easy rescuers tried to lift him free of the wreckage. “I'm caught somewhere.” gine Crushes Chest. The engine of the plane lay partly on the commander’s chest and one leg was caught in the wreckage. The plane had to be taken apart to ex- tricate him. He died two hours later. On_the operating table surgeons found that the heavy engine had crushed his chest. Broken ribs punctured his vital organs. The commander was conscious al most to the end. “He reminded me of some of the {men I treated at the front,” said Lieut. Comdr. F. E. Loucey of the Naval Medical Corps. “Sometimes a man would be thorou conscious and would ask for arette. Then, before you could get it lighted for | him, he would die. That was the way it was with Comdr. Rodgers. He wi game to the very end.” Realizing that he was fatally in- red, Rodgers asked that his moth who lives at Havre de Grace, Md., be notified. ~ She left for Philadelphia | immediately, but arrived too late tg see her son alive. Comforts Aide's Wife. This morning she gathered in her arms the wife of the enlisted man, her son’s mechanician, on the fatal flight from Washington, and comforted her. In the quiet corridor of the hospital at the Philadelphia navy yard last night the mother who lost her son found courage to hearten the young I\\'Ift' who raced from her Summer vacation in ew Je to the bed side of her husban Samuel J. irpocket, Samuel Schultz | ju i came to her eves as M quietly patted the young wife's shoulder and encouraged her as she waited to learn the outcome of her husband’s injuries. chultz has a broken back and ations of the head and face. Leaning on the arm of a son, Rob- ert P. Rodgers, a New York architect, and followed closely by her husband, Rear Admiral John A. Rodgers, re. tired, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meigs of Havre de Grace, Md., nephew and niece, Mrs. Rodgers came into the hospital to arrange for the funeral. Father Paces Corridor. While details of his son’s death were related by phy Rear Admiral Rodgers paced the narrow hospital | bassageway. Occasionally he paused, | his face drawn, and then began again | the ner s pacing, as he did a vear {ago when Comdr. Rodgers was miss. * ing on the Pacific Ocea | "I thought John wa® pretty safe, {for he seemed a very careful flyer. {1t didn’t seem possible he could have two such clo calls in so short a | time,” he said. John used to laugh at the Navy | i { Rodgers 1 i lacer i officers who said he was reaching the maximum number of flights ever mada by any flyer,” said his cousin, Mrs, | Meigs. “He loved nd sald he would fiy_until he was smashed up or was pensioned.” Yesterday's flight was to have been one of Schultz's last trips, as he had filed special discharge papers after serving elght years in tne Navy, and expected fo be released from service this week. The Schultzes have two children, a girl, 8 years old, and a boy, 4. Family Representation Ends. ! With the death of Comdr. Rodgers (the Navy finds itself for the first time lin years without a member of his family on its active roster. He was the son of Admiral John A. Rodgers, | i 1 ing for the abolition of the electoral | | s Tation Gecloral | tired, and a descendant of Commo. Home for Used Car 505 . o o 55230 ctaimed by conciliatory commission. ency Hospital in the automobile of hands of those who conducted the 200 MARINES LANDED. Rr the Associated Press. Two hundred American sailors and wnarmes have been landed by the cruiser Galveston at Bluefields, Nica- ragua. to protect forkign life and prop- erty The previous American landing at Riuefields was effected May 7 by ma rines and sailors from the cruiser Cleveland. A similar situation e: fsted at that time, and the Amer can naval commander immediately de- clared Bluefields a neutral zone. It is expected the Galveston’s command- ar will take similar action 10 prevent fighting in any zone where it would endanger foreign interests, i ‘ { Horace H. Hagden the controller al. And Good Funeral ylowed only $29.80, which represented | | allowances of only two out of the five : | items submitted. — | Harden said he was employed by the Federal prohibition digector for Colo- {rado with the understanding that he | would be paid the amount of his ex. | | penses in“Addition to what he put up| | for evidence. the purchase of liquor. | | from places where prohibition agents ' | were unable to secure evidence. The | parties suspected were arrested and convicted. he said, resulting in collec- [ tion of $500 in fines and sentences of | 80 days injail By the Associated Prese GREENVILLE, Tex., Au: The Rev. J. W. Humphries. Baptist minister here, practices his doctrine “be prepared.” He has acquired a second-hand auto- mobile and a guarantee of funeral expenses in exchange for a house and lot. He closed a formal con- tract_with a local mortician when he piloted the motor car from the funeral parior te |hy\ senge, ]Rfidiu l’r(»grams—Pé.gé 36| jing kA visit to R I\’s’fll!am T. Tiiden, national singies Russia desired to sign the pact dui ussia by the Polish foreign minister. H. Zaleski. during the present month, but Poland did not approve of this, and now M. Zaleski's visit to Russia has been postponed until late in the Autumn, owing to the ' illness of M. Tchitcherin, the Soviet foreign minister. Tilden Defeats Chapin. NEWPORT. R. I.. August °8 (#).— champion, today defeated Alfred H. Chapin., of Springfield, Mass., in the final round of the Newport invita- tion temnis tournament, 3 6 60, 8—8, |1 A original investigation, the prosecutor claims. Knowledge of its rediscovery be- came public when the prosecutor at- tempted to introduce it during the application for bail for Stevens and Henry Carpender Thursday. David denied knowledge of the card, which Inspector Underwood of Jersey City said was turned over to Middlesex County authorities with other exhibits several days after the murders. The two male defendants, with Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow of the murdered man and sister of Ste- Joseph C. Grew. Undersecretary of State. Mr. Schmidt is about 50 vears old and lives at 1862 Mintwood place. Mrs. Hicks resides at 1400 Fairmont Street. -~ i BANDITS LOOT TOWN. MEXICO CITY. August 28 (P).— Gen. Eugenio Martinez. military com- mandant in the Valley of Mexico, an- {nounces that 18 bandits, shouting “long live religion,” appeared in the town of Amecameca and partially looted it. vens, are awaitinz action of the grand Mrs. Hall is free on bail, but P ~ Federal troops pursued and killed six of the handits and captured an- | othe flhem. The others escaped. - tem and the designation of even the minor official posts is now being worked out, according to the Fascist press. All officers up to general secretary |and members of the national direc- |torate are now elective. | officials theoretically are part of the ! national Congress, although since 11925 this Congress has not been con- | voked, Premier Mussolini making ap- | pointments personally | The new system would provide for {the appointment of minor officials of {the party, as well as the directors | of organizations dependent upon the party. Many of these organizations are already controlled By extraord- inary commissioners because of dis turbed local conditions, These high | dore John Rodgers, one of the fathers of the Navy. It has been a tradition that ther«= ..~ heen a John Rodgers In the Navy ever since there was a Navy. The feat of Comdr. Rodgers in the glorious failure of an attempted non- stop flight from San Francisco to tHawali last September thrilled the world. In command of the seaplane PN-9 No. 1 he was forced to descend almost within sight of his goal be- cause of lack of fuel, Rodgers and his crew were adrift for nine days on the Pacific Ocepn. His bravery in keeping this ship afloat and his four men in good spiritg won the commendation of his chief &nd promotion to the “(Continued on Page 2, Column 4 A