Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly warmer' toda morrow increasing cloudiness, prob. ably followed by showers. Tempera- ture—Highest, 87, at 4 p.m.; lowest 64, at 6 a.m. Full report on page 7. No. MOODY SMOTHERS MRS. FERGUSON IN 1,119— No. 30,070. RUN-OFF PRIMARY Governor Is Overwhelmingly Defeated in Second Contest for Texas Nomination. lTTORNEYVGENERAL SURE OF ELECTION IN AUTUMN Wote Is Lighter Than in July. Nominee Appeals for Party Unity in the Future. By the Assoctatn DALLAS, T Mondy, h general, swept political po Tun-off primary Gov. Mirtam 9% —Dan torney ns ot Democratic 1 red-haired the Fer in tos in Te A, Fergu treated fo of incomy Mondy wili won renom- te bu overwheln a Yynatton on t conclusive ret: ard bearer of the paris hext governor of the Lone noemination on the Democ being equivalent to November. Vote Nex <. as stand- rly 2 te 1. With returns in from nearly the the State, mos Moody was ileadin nor by nearly had gained s r The count. slection bu counties, 417 69 comp e “Moody. 150: Fergusor In the st with tfout contest today hetween the attorney zeneral and the isons, Moody showed E thar he did in the elimin primary tn Julr, wher he more thas 170,008 votes oy Assure Moody cal ate to la campaign the verdlct rather saw the prinefples cated in this ¢ he d'd not as a i Al vietory. but “the complete triumph of t advo Ferguson Is Silent. husband and 1 Moody's d to con make arn an James 12 Ferguson Adviser of Mrs. Ferguson chief political enemy, refu cede his wife's defeat or statement. Whai effect, if outcome would have on Gov announced sion af v primary to ré&ign this Fall, could not be learned. The Fersusons charged durving the np: that a victory for Moody a vietory for the Ku Klu Moodv, who first came int wee by his prosecution of nlleged Kian 1l years decta The Klan issue . that the riddan sonism wax the major issue of the primary. In the Staie treasur race, W Gregory Iatcher of Da the in- ctmbent, who has been opposed by Gov. Ferguson, was well i the lead over The doubt Wichita Claude promi case howeye: i i < de race is Allred ahead Houston. in of of attorney gener wi Pollard « Vote nerally Light. The run brought oni eliminatior Reports Btata were and in most tha proportion in which mo were cast No distur feported o'clock. The Moody forces w mctive tn efforts to get o Yote as possible Narious olties vied in attempting to set INTERFERENCE BY CHURCH oters ous parts of ing started ases had not grown t of the ficst primar tha b nees of The polls ne another ONLY BAN IN GUL\TEMALAl Priests Permitted to Practice Their Rites, Although Foreigners Are Not Being Adinitted. By Cable to The Sta GUATEMALA August (Delayed by Guatemala government oniy the church from tics, having expeli alleged ac order. not admit they are alre granted a peruit rites Several from Belg Ivador Central Amer The prohibits in censor) interfering poli s for publi d some p igainst the tholic the itry, by restdents they practice are pir n fry fous services freed the es the people and they are sat *McADOOS ESCAPE .INJURY. Wild Horse at Rodeo Plunges Into Box Family Occupies. August Ps P —A wil - Tom Yhase at a rodeo here this ernoon Phrew its rider, broke through a fence ¥nd plunged into the hox occupied by William hbs MeAdoo and members of his family. The rider was injured in the fal Mr. MeAdoo stood between his wife chfldren and two women while 1 climbed out of the rear o the box. 1t took the best efforts of ®Bix cowhoys to overcams the animal! @nd drag him from the box. Neither Mr. McAdoo nor any of the members of his party was injured. Agile Wife Wounds Mate. CHICA August 28 (P, Emma Williams and agile, infuriated with her husband, James, chased him blocks with a gun, followed him in a climb to the roof of a one-story build ing and shot him in the side. Wil liams is in-the hospital and cops who an climb trees are iooking for Emma. of | was | t | tired. bu priests are | arrived | ' | the Amer guests, | five | Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he WAS er and e e Los i RS, CORSON WS AANNEL VCTORY fAmerican Woman at One | Time Had Chance to Set New Time Record. i 1 2. August Mrs. Cleming- n of New York, a trim little vears old, and the mother of 1wo children, this afternoon waded {up the beach a mile east of Dover, triumphant, for she had con- nglish Channel. 1 entered the water at at 1132 o'clock last ‘hed the English shore DOVE ton Cor: { woman, quered the Mrs. Cod { Cape Gri | night, and r 25 MORE DEATHS ARE REPORTED IN GULF HURRICANE Out, Navy Airmen Discover. TUG SINKS IN RIVER, SIX PERSONS MISSING Red Cross and Army Send Aid to Stricken Area on Gulf Coast. By the Assocfated Press, Tweénty-five persons are dead as the result of a hurricane which hit Hou ma, La. the American Red Cross headquartérs here was advised last night by P. E. Seider, it representa- tive in that vicinity, who appealed for aid. Grover Crane, a disaster relief ex- pert, has been ordered by the organi- zation to proceed from Tennessee to the stricken area, and the War De- partment has authorized the use of Government blankets and cots to be sent by truck from New Orleans. William P. Simpson, the New Orleans ( Cross, in a telephone message to head- quarters here, urged immediate relief measure DEATH TOLL MOUNTING. Bodies of Seven Fishermen Found by Naval Seaplane. NEW ORLEANS, August 28 (). The death toll of the hurricane that swept in over Louisiana from the Gulf Wednesday night stood at 17 tonight, with prospects of its rising higher. Bodies of seven fishermen at Pointe Au Cine were found today by a naval seaplane circling above the marsh- lands in search of # fishing colony at that point. Not a member of the col ony survived. The hodies of three white men and \ were found earlier | ar Montegul. X other persons are believed to have lost thelr lives in the Mississippi River during the storm when the tug- boat Patton sank near Convent, Li The body of Mrs. George Theis of the captain of the Patton, was found Thursday and a sex s being made for the bodies of the captain and the crew. Property loss exceeded $5,000,000. The undertaking establishments of Caballaro & Willlams, at Houma, La.. the nearest town to Felicity 1 land, where the bodies of storm vi tims were found this afternoon, told the Times-Picapune tonight over long distance telephone that trucks and automobiles had heen sent to Pointe Au Cine, about 16 miles awa bodies of the victims. The trucks, they said, were expected Houma about midnight. © under Shakespeare Cliff at 3 o'clock | { this afternoon, her time being 13| ! hours and 32 minutes. | Several thousand persons, who | | from the cliffs had watched the plu [ American woman battle her ¢ to | | the shore, rushed to the strand to| { areet her with cheers for her feat, in| | many ways, was as remarkable as | Miss Ederle’s faster swim across the Channel three weeks ago. Realizes Life" “It was glorious! fo ambition as a swimmer,” said Mrs. | on to the Assoclated Press a little “I didn't lower Miss Ederle’s| | time, but I = the Channel, and that's enough for me. 1 take great | pride in achieving the ambition of all distance swimmers, and 1'm proud for | the rake of my youngsters in New { York that their mother has accom- plished the task she set out to do.” Glow in reflected glory at her side. »d her husband, Clemington Co who in a dory rowed near his | wife all across the Channel, refusing | to allo one else to take the oars. | < the finest girl and the best | fmmer in the world,” said pud husband Shifting tides forced Mrs. Corson swim approximately 40 miles ross the Channel. Because of the riticism which followed Miss Ederle’s swhn, Mrs. Corson dispensed with an attending tug. The motor hoat i anied her kept from 20 |t 70 vards away and her husband lin his rowboat likewise was careful 1 not to draw too near. No swimmers | entered the water with Mrs. Corson at any time to pace her or for com- pany. Her only nourishment in the { whole swim was two pints of hot I chocolate, four lumps of sugar and | few crackers. | Defeats Men Swimmers i ! | Corson mot only conquered | {the Channel, but defeated two men | swimmers who left the French shore ore she did. yptian, Helmy, gave up the attempt to cross after | 's In the water while the | n, Perks, swam 1413 hours | s forced to admit defeat. ted a hali an hour before | n woman, but he was 21y | {miles behind her when he quit from | [thauflth.n Mrs. Corson in her swim used a { trudgeon crawl, stroking from 16 to | (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) Ambition. T've realized my | | {m to | s “We don't know how many bhodies there are” the undertakers said. “All we know is that the body of C. C. Jupont is among them and that the hody of his son has recovered.” NICARAGUA GIVEN AMERICAN NOTE Rebels Threaten to Bombard Town Today—Mexican Con- sulate Guarded. By the Assoclated Press. MANAGUA, caragua, _August 28.—The American charge d'affair: Lawrence Dennis, delivered a com- munication from the Department of State 1o President Chamorro thi afternoon. The communication is de. seribed “highly important The rebellious forces have an- nounced that they will bombard the town of El Bluff unless it is evacuated by the government troops before to- morrow. El Bluff is five miles from Blueflelds on a peninsula. It has a population of 500, and the government has a garrison there of 400 men. There is a_fine customs house, wharf and other buildin The only American at El Bluff at present is said to be W. J. Crampton of New York, acting as collector of customs. The police today checked a demon- stration against the Mexican consul- ate caused by the report that Mexico I\'as openly supporting the revolution- sts. GUNMAN SLAIIV\IV Iil HE)LD-UP CHICAGO, August 28 (#).—John Waters, Detroit and New York: gun- man and robber, was shot and killed by police here tonlght during a sen- sational downtown holdup of an al- leged gambling house, which Waters and his three pals attemped to raid. Waters was identified by finger- prints, and records show he is also known by the'name of John McGovern. whom Detroit police want. President Returns to | | | | PAUL SMITHS, Y.. August 28, ! _With the trout season ending early next week, President Coolidge turned fisherman again today and went on | an expedition in the heart of the Wil- | | lum Rockefeller preserve, a few miles trom White Pine Camp, to try his yrod and line. Realizing that it might be his last | { opportunity for extensive trout fishing | Ihis year, Mr. Coolidge went equipped 1 wah hip boofs to wade the tumbling | stiewn of the preserve and planned | o zemain until darkness put a stop {10 he sport. He was accompanied | by guldes and secret service men. | | “The President found good fishing | | this afterncon and he returned at | dark with 50 trout, which he and Richard Jervis, chief of the White | valescing thera. Camp With 50 Trout After Full Day in Rockefeller Preserve The biggest of them to_a pound In preparation for several hours’ absence, the President spent the en- tire morning at the executive offices and before he left for lincheon had cleared his desk of Giovernment busi ness matters. Tomorrow Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge will attend services at the First Presbyterian Church at Saranac Lake. During the week also it is prob- able that the President will inspect the Veterans' Bureau Hospital at Tupper Lake. 30 miles from here, and greet personally the war veterans con- Beyond this he has no other visits in prospect during his residence in the Adirondacks. Present_indications are he will re. turn to Washington soon after the weighed close House /secret service, h‘ caught. middle of September. el WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION HINGTON, Entire Fishing Colony Wiped! chairman_of | apter of the Red | not yet been | D. SUNDAY UNCLE SAN MORNING, AUGUST 29, N Y u\\\\\\ f MAY YET GET \\'l’{;‘\'l‘ T Y Star, 1926. —104 PAGES. RO IE WANTS. | 0.6, TOSEEK EXTRA SI0000 BUDGET Estimates May Be Listed as Supplementals. When the District Commissioners | { transmit their estimates for next year | to the Budget Bureau somé time this ! week, reduced to the limit of §38. 829, fixed by the budget authori- I ties, indications ave that they also will send forward a supplemental list of ftems aggregating approximately $3,000,000. | While the city heads cannot reveal | ithe final estimates or the items that | make up the supplemental schedule, reports are that they will resubmit as supplementals nearly all of the im- portant requests that had to be stricken out in reducing their tenta- tive figures from $42,000,000 to the limitation of $38,573,82 Hearing Is Next Step. the | the | in he development budget-making process will | hearing before the Budget Bureau | | offfcials, the date of which has not heen fixed, at which time the munici pal heads will explain the relative importance of the regular and sup- plemental estimates. Final decision | then will rest with the Budget Bureau | as to the total amount to be recom- | mended to Congress. | The submission of a long list of s plementals does not necessarily m that they are all items blue-penc from the regular estimates. In some cases projects were dropped entirely for another year and in oth stances allotments were placed on the supplemental list to cover needs that came to the attention of the Dis- trict heads after the tentative esti- mates had been prepared. Provides for Schools. The new budget, it is understood, again provides large sums for con- tinuing the school building program, for pushing forward with the exten-| sive resurfacing of old streets as| well as the paving of new ones and continuation of necessary construc- tion work at institutions such as the workhouse and reformatory and the home for feeble-minded. ‘Although the commissioners have completed the task of deciding which ftems should be taken from the regu- lar estimates and selecting the ones | that should be resubmitted as supple- mentals, it will take department heads two or three more days to get the detailed figures in shape for trans- mission to the Budget Bureau. |BIRTH HOME OF GRANT IN OHIO UNHURT BY FIRE Centenary Commission Chairman Says Cabin Is in Glass Case, Denying Loss Report. By the Aseociated Press. CINCINNATI, August Hugh L. Nichols, chairn nt Centen v Commis {branded as incorrect a recent feport | that the cabin in which Gen. U. S. | Grant was born at Point Pleasant, ! Clearmont County, Ohio, has been de- { stroyed by fire. Neither that cabin nor | any part of it was touched by fire, he | | said. “As a matter of fact,” explained | Judge Nichols, “the cabin in which | Gen. Grant was bogn does not rest { on the original foundation, but is lo- | | cated on the Ohio State fair grounds | at Columbus, where it remains in- | closed in an immense glass case. ! " “The only part of the building that | -emains on the Jesse Grant lot at Point | | Pleasant is a_small shed or lean-to.| | There was a fire in Point Pleasant re- cently, but the little shed was untouch- | ed. The lot on which the cabin origi- | ! nally stood has been recently pur- | chased by the State of Ohio and vigor- { ous efforts are planned to restore the | cabin itself to the old foundation dur-| le {ing the coming year E {DISBAND CATHOLIC BOYS. The next | { i | | 28.—Judge | N of the| fon, today | i Scout Organizations Accused of Raiding Fascist Quarters. MANTUA, Italy, August 28 (P).— The government of this province has ordered dissolved all organizations of | Catholic Boy Scouts because of a raid on Fascist headquarters here earlier {in_the week. { It is alleged Catholic youths re- Fascist. quarters. i Many Iltems Cut From Mainlz- | The Rambler—Page | pounds of TNT. The crew of a Coast TODAY’S STAR. | PART ONE—44 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. chools and Colleges—Page News—Page . eterans—Pag 3 - News—Page 34. . A. News—DPage 34. Radio News and Programs—Page 35. News of the Clubs—Page 35. Financial New: ges 3% and 39. The Starry in September— Page 41. PART TWO0—14 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. shington and Other Soclety. ws of Recent Books—Page 4. und the Clty—DPage 4. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 11. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Am;momomw ~Theaters and TPhoto- play. Music Motors and 7. Fraternal News—Page 8. District National Guard-—Page 10. Veterans of the Great War—Page 10, | in Washington—Page 4. | | and Motoring—DPages 5, s\’ PART FOUR—1 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. * PART FIVE—8 PAGES. .\L:';n ne Section—Fiction and ures, Fea. PART S 10 PAGES. fied Advertising. Serial, “The Misty Pathway Page 9. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures, TON—1 PAGES. Fellers; Mr. and Mrs and Jeff. o MELLETT SUCCESSOR | GOING BEFORE JURY Morris Wil;Tell St(Try “Mystery Witness” Fears to Give—Three Indictments Expected. comic Mutt By the Associated Press. CANTON, Ohio, August 28.—Charles Morris, publisher of the Canton Daily News, who succeeded Don R. Mellett, assassinated July 16, will go before ind jury Monday to tell a story which another man, a mystery wit- ness, now fears to tell. ~ It became known tonight that Mor- rfs would he subpoenaed Monday, since the mystery witness has become fright- ened and does not care to talk, officials tonight safd. This witness is said to have recently told investigators that he had seen persons now suspected of knowledge | of the murder near the Mellett home. | He had previously told this story to Morris and now Morris will be asked to repeat it to the grand jury. Evidence sufficient to ‘indict three men for first degree murder already has beerr placed before the grand jury, in the opinion of the investigators into the slaying. 22 IN DANGER WHEN MINE | DROPS AFTER GEAR SLIPS| Crew of Coast Guard Cutter Picks Up War Relic Containing 350 Pounds of TNT. Special ‘Dispatch to The Star. CAPE MAY, N. J., August 28.—The lives of 22 men were momentarily en- dangered yesterday by a floating mine, said by Coast Guardsmen to be of German design and containing 350 Guard cutter picked it up while drag- ging the water 15 miles southeast of Cape M. As it was being lifted ashore by a derrick on the cutter it fell into the water when a gear in the derrick mechanism slipped. The mine had been towed in by the cutter, which anchored 25 feet from shore, and was lifted by the derrick. While it was swinging shoreward the gear slipped. Realizing the danger, Comdr. E. S. Addison, in charge of the Coast Guard station here, signalled to the men with him on shore to run. The mine did not_explode, however, and after much difficulty was brought ashore. A Federal rum chaser located a «fold, INJURED IN CRASH AFTER BEING SHOT Victim of Bullet May Die. Two Others in Hospital. Assailant Captured. Believing he had been ‘“double crossed,” James McConnell, 50 years 1111 Fourand-half street south- west, shot and seriously wounded Richard Hunt, 36 years, 2101 First street southwest, in the latter's home vesterday afternoon, according to police report. Police declare that McConnell, who fled after the shooting and was found 1331 Third street southwest, admits that he shot Hunt because he found that the latter had taken some corn liquor the two of them had hidden along the water front and secreted it in his attie. McConnell, according to the police, volunteered that when he was convinced that Hunt had taken the liquoi the row ensued which ended in the shooting. Flourishes Revolver. When Detectives Wise. Ogle and rke of the fourth precinct station ated McConnell in the woodshed say he menaced them with a volver, but one of the trio knocked it out of his hand while the other two took him into custody. Immediately after McConnell's ar rest the three officers went to Hunt's home and confiscated a 200-gallon still, 150 gallons of mash and 2 gal- lons of liquor. While Russell Breeden, 33 years old, 1027 Ninth street northwest, was ti ing Hunt and his wife, Mrs. Delia Hunt, to Emergency Hospltal, his car hit a street car at Third street and Pennsylvania avenue and caromed off into a'truck. It was necessary for a passing automobile to pick up the trio and complete the trip. The Breeden car was demolished. Three Hospital. physicians . examined Hunt they found she had sev broken ribs and a deep cut over her eve, while Breeden had slight cuts. All are being treated at Emergency Hospital. Hunt's condition is undetermined pending examination of ays, but it is feared he has a punctured lung and may die. Police at the fourth precinct sta- tion declare that Hunt it a squatter on what is known as Buzzards Point and that both he and McConnell have been arrested before. BURLINGAME MAKES RAID. One Man Arrested in Officer's First Sally in New Post. Capt. Guy Burlingame of No. 2 pre- cinct made his first raid of importance since he relinquished his assignment as chief of the flying liquor squad last night when he swooped down on 1510 Fourteenth street with a detail of his men and confiscated 49 cases of beer and 29 bottles of alleged liquor. He reports that he arrested John ‘erguson Van Horn, 29 vears old, the premises, charging him with flleg: possession, and has secured a W for a man who, he says, also is inter- ested in the establishment. When M Much-Robbed Safe Left Open. CHICAGO, August 28 (®).—To save Manufacturing Co’s. safe, Joseph Ko- pulos, manager, announced today that in the future its door would be left ing the past year, and blew it again last night, but it was empty. hiding in a woodshed in the rear of | wear and tear on the Imperial Valley | open. Yeggs cracked it five times dur- | * ) Means Associ Estelle Never Saw Dempsey in Fight; Does Not Intend To By the Associaied Press KANSAS CITY, August 28.—Es- telle Taylor of the movies, wife of | Jack Dempsey, en_her heavyweight championship hus- band fight, and she doesn’t intend to. She said so here today en route to Hollywood. Calif. Miss Taylor expressed confidence in her husband in his coming bout with Gene Tunney and added that the training Jack goes through every day is “terrible” and that “it would kill an ordinary person.” FRIES 1S ELECTED LOCAL LEGION HEAD Wins Clear-Cut Victory Over Harlan Wood—Auxiliary Support Withdrawn. Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief of the Chemical Warfare Service of the Army, was elected commander of the | Distriet department of the American Legion last night at the departmeat | convention at Central High School Gen. Fries' election over Harlan Wood, the only other candidate in the | field for department commander, | came on the first ballot and was a clear-cut victory. Gen. Fries re- ceived 40 votes to 1 for Wood, with S to elect. elective officers of the Dis- trict department were chosen as fol- Hows: Fi e commander, Theo- dore Cogswell, Augustus I’ ardner Post; second vice commander, Charles Hillegeist, Quentin Roosevelt Post; third vice commander, Isther V.| Hall, Jacob Jones Post: national com- mitteeman, Paul J. McGahan, re- elected, National Press Club Post alternate committeeman, William Wolff Smith, National Press Club. Active in Affairs. Gen. Fries, who was formally in- ducted into office a few moments after his election, is a member of the National Press Club Post, and has heen identified with Legion affairs in the District of Columbia since 1919. He is the national president of the sojourners Club and is a past master Columbia Lodge of M < seribing himself as “a private in the rear ranks,” Gen Fries pledged the convention to “work for the Legion with every effort in his power.” I shall know jost_or creed in my effort to advance the Legion,” Gen. Fries said. “1 esteem it a great honor and responsibility to be elected | to_this high offic The new department commander an- nounced his intention to push for vigorous Americanism in the Legion and said that as the years go by par- ticipation _of Legion members in mational affairs will become more and more a fact. Pointing to the large number of war veterans in the Sixty- ninth Congress, Gen. Fries said that | within a few years war veterans will | dominate every field of political and in- | dustrial activity. Sure of Confidence in Him. | aid he knew his elec-| of the Army | id | i Gen. Fries sion while an active office established a precedent, but he said | he felt satistied the District Legion | had confidence in him and his ability | or it would not have chosen him. Gen. Fries said he felt confident he can dissoclate his official army life from his life as commander of the legion as completely as he dissociat his official life from his socia The legion took a significant step in its meeting when it withdrew support from the American Legion Auxiliary, a group of women organ ed in the name of the legion and | who until last night had legion sup- port. The action was taken after Daniel J. Donovan, auditor for the District of Columbia, had moved that the legion recognition be withdrawn from the auxiliary in view of the un settled state of affairs of the women's organization affiliated with the legion in the District of Columbia. i He used the term “clean house” in referring to future associations of the legion with the auxiliary Believes 1t Means Disbanding. Mrs. Thacker V. Walker, president of the auxiliary, who sat on the plat- form while Donovan's motion was dis. cussed, said after its passage that, in her judgment, the action would mean disbanding of the American Legion | Auxiliary in the District of Columbia. he action came on a_ proposed ~(Continued on Fage 2, Column 6.) SEVERE EARTHQUAKE ROCKS MAINE TOWNS No Damage Is Reported, But Resi- dents Rush From Homes in Alarm, By the Assoclated Press. | PORTLAND, Me., August 28 earthquake of considerable inten ! although not so severe as that of vear ago, when virtually all New Eng. land was affected, shook part of the| State of Maine late today. The shock | was felt most in Oxford County, upper Androscoggin, Franklin and a few | towns in Somerset County. | The tremors in Oxford and Frank-| 1lin Counties were preceded by a pro-| longed far-away rumble. So alarmed were the residents of Oxford County | towns that many of them rushed from their homes. At Rangele, boats rocked on the lake's surface. | No damage was reported. An Equipped With Bull The Treasury is expecting delfvery early this week of two heavily armored, bandit-proof, steel-plated trucks for use at the Bureau of En- graving and Printing. Full details of the new cars have not been disclosed, but it is understood they were built to Government speci- fication, and constitute the latest thing in safety for transportation of millions of dollars of new United States money. mine of similar design in Delaware with shots from a one-pounder. In adition to bullet-proof wind- turning from a festival wrecked the Bay last Wednesday and exploded it | shields, the trucks have heavy armor about the money-carrying compart- 5 Treasury to Get New Armored Trucks. et-Proof Windshields: | ment which will deflect bullets, while special turrets have been constructed in such fashion that Government guards with rifles may fire from the Inside with perfect safety to them- selves, The cars were en route yesterday from a city in the West where they were constructed, and were expected to arrive In the city over the week end at the local agency for the fac- tory. They will be thoroughly inspect- ed Press. | been | Spanish the affairs. | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday ‘morning to Washington homes at 00 cents per mon and service will start immediately Telephone Main 5000 FIVE CENTS. ITALY BACKS SPAIN INPART ONTANGIER CONTROL SCHEME Advises Separation of Issue From Permanent Council Seat Controversy. NON-LEAGUE CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN ZONE ASKED France and Britain to Send Iden- tical Notes Refusing Major Requests of Madrid. By the Associated Press. ROME, August 28 —Italy’s reply to the Spanish note covering the Tangier problem, and the composition of the Council of the League of Nations has presented hoth to the ambassador here and to the Madrid government Whie strict silence is maintained about the tenor of the notes which were drawn by Premier Mussolint himself within two days in compliance with Madrid's specific request for speed, semi-official circles declare the answer 1s compiled in cordial lan guage substantially supporting the Would Separate Issue: On the basic point of the interde- pendence of the Tangier and the league questions and their joint con- sideration at Gemeva, which it is de clared was advanced in the Spanish note, the [talian government is unable to accept Madrid s views. Instead, it suggests that Spain take up the Tangier question in a special inte national conference. The Tribu semi-official organ, points out in th would be from any suc th® Versailles Treaty rding the question of a seat on the league council, Giornale intimates that Italy favol ish case, but also desires have a seat, so that ultimate decision is withbeld until it may be seen what compromise may present itself. That newspaper sa “Italy’s former avoid the Tangier overcome by circumstances. Italy's present purpose is to maintain the Mediterranean equiliberium, and in that endeavor the Spanish nation may be assured of her sympathy.” Spain Called Friend. “Spaln is our only friend,” is a entiment frequently expressed in political cles, where it is freely urged that ltaly support Madrid both in demand for a permanent seat in the league and for a mandate over Tangier, provided, however, that Spain ceases to link these two de- mands in her Ceneva negotiations That is considered an ill-advise error in tr; ving to problem is now | course here. While publishing cles about papers lacl voluminous arti- the Itulian news- al comment. This recalls other occasions when the Chigi Palace advised against “stirring the Cauldron.” On the other hand, the denial by the Havas agency of the ty unloosed columns iticism of the policy, and the newspapers we most_ unanimous in doubting the sub- denis both from Belgrade Sofia of the existence of any such treaty. PARIS POSITIO! CLARIFIED. Note Identical With Bri Ready Shortly. PARIS, August 28 (#).—The sug- gestion advanced by the nish government of a conference in Geneva anent ngier before the league meets IS now ‘The Spanish de- 's To Be mand for exclusiv also deemed impos question remaining far Great brit g0 to satisty ernment of the suppre band arms trading in Great Britamn and Frar will reply to the Spanish dum in a day or it stood that the two answers will be )th governments would y tor Spain to recede from tion she took regarding the one while suggesting some remedy for the evils tiuul Spain has complained about in tie policing of Tangier It is understood the French govern- ment wouid be willing to do so as far . The only be settled is and Frane Madrid g on of contl ier. e probably memoran is under- [ gier administrative Spain. Both the British and ¥ notes will make it clear, however, that Spain will not be allowed to have sole administrative power in the gier zone and that any consideration | of such a mandate by the League of Nations will be opposed by them. BERLIN IS OPTIMISTIC. Expects No Difficulty Over Admission to League. By Cable to The Star and N. Y. World. BERLIN, August 28.—The pe: mism of London and Paris dispatches regarding the League of Nations situ- ation is not reflected in official quar- ters here. Ambassador Von Hoesch, Berlin's envoy to Paris, and Dr. Gauss, the foreign office’s legal expert, left here tonight for Geneva with the government extremely optimistic over Germany’s entrance to the league. Officlals here attribute the gloomy reports from London and Paris to the alarm that is felt over Spain's Tangier lemands, which it is said here create an admittedly eerious situation, and not to the question of Germany’s en- trance into the league. WARRIOR FEARED WIFE. Admits Keeping Three Pistols in Home for Protection From Spouse. NEW _YORK, August 28 (#).— Joseph Wall of Brooklyn took part in some of the heaviest fighting in the World War, but he was so afraid of his wife that he kept three pistols ready to protect himself if she should return home. That was what he told police today when they found three ed, readjusted if necessary after their long journey over the roads, and after washing and polishing will be turned over to the Government, o revoivers in his bedroom. He was held for violation of the law pro- hibiting the possession of firearms without a permit.