Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1926, Page 5

QUCKTRALFACED BY 41N SHODTING Case Against Men Accused of Wounding Policemen Is Nearly Ready. Having effected in record time a complete round-up of principals and suspects in Sunday morning’s sensa- nal gun battle in Petworth, the ma- chinery of law moved rapidly today to bring to trial the four prisoners charged specifically with the shooting of Policemen Leo Busch and Frank Ach, both of whom are in serious con- ditlon at Garfield Hospital, Chief Pratt of the detective bureau announced today that his case against the alleged gangsters is virtually in ape for presentation to the District attorney’s office, some delay being oo- casioned by the condition of the po- licemen and of one of their alleged assailants, John Proctor. Proctor is in u Baltimore hospital with bullet wounds in the leg. As soon as he is able to be moved, it was sald, he be brought here to face his wounded accusers, Nichols Lee Iagles, Samuel Marino and John F. Mc(abe, the trio captured here after the fight, were identifled by the police- men when brought to the bedside of the officers last night. Two Confessions Claimed. Marino and Eagles, police declare, have signed statements admitting their part in the fracas, but McCabe and Proctor so far have refused to admit culpabilit McCabe has confessed that he was a member of the quartet that did the shooting, but denies firing any shots and claims he was the in- nocent dupe of the other trio. Proc- 1or is said to have told Baltimore po- lice that he knows nothing whatever about the affair, explaining that he shot himself in the leg accidentally while cleaning his gun. Marino and gles, however, ac- vording to Inspector Pratt, directly accuse beth Proctor and MecCabe of full complicity in the shooting, Marino asserting that McCabe fired his gun repeatedly at the policemen while poking the weapon around Marino's body and under his arm. District Attorney Peyton Gordon is following the progress of the case closely and will present it to the grand jury as soon as the evidence is placed in his hands, he stated to- day. He promised quick prosecution of those accused of the crime, adding that the matter might be placed be fore the grand jury before the end of the week. Story Told By McCabe. McCabe's story, as related to Head- quarters Detective Kelly, was that he met Eagles, Marino and Proctor for the first time Saturday night. He sadd he had been drinking and was asleep in an automoblle, which he had bor- rowed from his emplo an E: automoblle sales firm, when he woke up to find the car under way | with the other three men in it. lie said he fell asleep again and was awakened again by a kick on the foot, to find that his car was out on the ‘road. TMe trio of strangers, he said, were talking about having got- ten some watches, stickpins and money. (Marino and Fagles repeated- 1y have confessed to holding up two tomobile parties on the Baltimore late Saturday night.) vhat dazed and frightened, Mec- erted, he was brought back ashington and the four got out on Webster street and walked _to Georgia avenue, where they were plac- ed under arrest by Policemen Busch and Ach. He contends that while walking with the officers toward the car they had just left, his new com- anions broke loose and started shoot- ng. In the melee he hid himeelf be- hind a’ hedge and then fled to his home, bewildered by the events of the evening. ] Others Taunt McCabe. Marino and Eagles, however, bitter- Iy accuse McCabe of lving. “Why don't vou tell the truth”’ they de- manded of him last night, with an epithet, while the trio were being driven to Garfleld Hosplital to confront men. Detectives also proof that MeCabe's McCabe was the brains Headquarters Detective Murphy. who captured him yesterday, declared. Police point, also, to the fact that McCabe went into hiding after the shooting, Instead of volunteering 1o glve the “Information” he had to the police. Under police guard at the Franklin Square Hospltal, in Baltimore, John that he is not the man wanted by Washington authorities in connection with the shooting. But police, who heard him explain that he had not been shot in escaping from Washing- ton police, but in cleaning a pistol, nppeared skeptical after the inter- view A patrolman has been detailed to watch the wounded man until he can L turned over to police here. The wounded man said today that he lved with his brother Walter at 2702 Hunt- ington avenue, Baltimore, and worked asa wan for a Capital auto- mobile agency. Identified by Policemen. phere was tense with tement when Marino, 1zagles and McCabe faced the eritically wounded policemen last night. Brought handcuffed. to the bedside of the cers, they blinked their eves as Busch made an effort to arise from what may be his death bed and t to clutch at Marino with the | :: the man who shot me!” already had admitted firing according to_the police. Ach identified the as port of the quartet of s o shot them down In the quiet of a Sabbath dawn without giv. ing them a chance to draw their own weapons. Mrs. Busch, attractive young wife of the tenth precinct private, stood quietly by, while r nd's al- Jeged attackers were being take from the automobile into the hospital. She £poke sobbingly of the hrayery of her husband and his fellow officer, but &aid nothing to the prisoners. Three Were Released. Three of the prisoners caught in the whirlwind police round-up of suspects ses following the bat- a yesterday. Ralph ‘flliam Proctor, the former of th street and the latter of more address given by John tor, both brothers of the latter, were let go on $500 bond eachi for ap- amatior ' Sarbara (“Bobbie™) | neing instructor, of veet, who knew Me- sed’ unconditiona Pratt became con- vinced that she had no connection with the shooting or with the preced- ing held-ups laid to the prisoners. The others held as witnesses are Mrs, “Pal” Eagles, wife of Eagles, who is said to be half-breed Indian;| Miss Gladvs R. James. who resides at the REagles' home, at 319 C street southwest; Harris J. Atchison of 3634 irteenth street; James Callan of Al-| «xandria, and James am Powers | of Ballston, Va. The last-named was ! picked up before the sh picion of ha e in Virginia anc ver of two days, | | robbery, |INGE SEES ENGLAND PASSING FROM STAGE AS WORLD POWER THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 1926. | “Gloomy Dean™ Finds Main Danger Inside Empire—Canada Held Safe Only Be- cause U. S. Does Not Want It. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—The early passing of Great Britain as a world power is forecast by Dean Inge of 8t. Paul's, London, in an analytical survey of the empire, published yes- terday as the latest of a series by varfous authors on *“The Modern World."” Living up thoroughly to his title of “the gloomy dean,” he sees great danger not only in the international situation, but even more from the “anti-social and unpatriotic sectional- ism, which is the curse of industrial civilizaton,- especally dangerous in a country situated as we are.” “The main danger is interior to the empire,” declares the dean. “The omens at present are very unfavor- able. “Everything points to a coming time of trial for the nation and the empire. It seems for every reason un- likely that our position as a world power will endure much longer. Much depends upon the friendliness of the United States, on which we certainly cannot count, though of which we should not despair. Relations With America. “The cordial friendship which many Englishmen _enjoy with _individual Americans * ¢ * must not blind us elther to the intense concentration of the American people at large upon what they consider thelr own inter- ests, or to the prevailing unfriendli- ness of America, as expressed by its politiclans and ~Jjournalists, to this country. “If in the future we are attacked by a European coalition, we may take it as probable that the United States will leave us to our fate, un- less, indeed, we are invaded by a black army.” There are no reasons for war at present between the British empire and the United States, says the dean, “since our government Invariably glves way.” “Americans inslsting upon repay- ment of the vast debt, incurred for France, to which we rashly put our names, have secured that we should remain permanently tributary to themselves.” Direction Nation Ts Taking. “We probably shall retain our present form of government if only because there is no obvious alterna- tive,” Dean Inge concluded. “In plain living and high thinking will be our salvation, or the salvation of the ‘remnant’ which will survive the tur- molls of an age of transition. Plain living - will be forced on us, whether we will or not.” England is at present moving in the direction of syndicallsm ¢ ¢ ¢ made in France,” he asserts. “All that remains of our pride,” says the writer, “is. a wholesome in- difference to the opinions of foreign nations. “The Englishman is nelther In- dustrious nor_thrifty, but disposed to be lazy, open-handed and fond of good living. * * * We owe our position as a great power to geographical situation ¢ ¢ * and to comparative freedom from continental entangle- ments. * * ® It may seem unscien- tific to attribute much importance to sheer lack.” Misfortune of Last Wal Of the World War he says: “No greater misfortune has ever befallen Britain, * ®* * There are omnious signs that it may be the last great war to be decided (by naval power).” Among the specific “problems” he lists the immigration exclusion policy which “can only be maintained while it is possible to exclude by force” and the fact that the loyalty of the colonies *“is less wholehearted than an Englishman could wish.” The absence of any real imperial government {s declared an outstand- ing drawback to the empire's stability. “The future of Canada is proble- | matical,” says Dean Inge. “Its chief safeguard is that it's not the interest of the United States to conquer it. If the British flag was hauled down on the North American continent, it's more than possible the nations of Eu- rope, enraged by bloated prosperity airs of superiority of ‘the man who won the war,' would combine to draw Shylock’s teeth. Position of South Africa. “South Africa is in less danger of | conquest. * * * the main probleml there is not the native races. “The future of India lies on the knees of the gods. Democratic instl- tutions have thrown power into hands of most pernicious agitators * ¢ bt native states are far happler and quiéter than British India. “freland’s loss will perhaps be con- ! gidered in the future the most shame- | ful event in English history * ¢ ¢ three-quarters of Ireland were left to relapse into barbarism.” COUNTY FAIR OPENS AT OAKLAND, MD. Patriotic Parade, Depicting U. S. History, to Be Biggest Feature of “National Day.” Special Dispatch to The Star OAKLAND, Md., September 28.— The tenth annual exhibition of the Garrett County Falr Association open- ed here today and will close Friday night. The fair has grown so much that additional buildings have been necessary and the latest to be com- pleted will house the community booths and industrial exhibits, Today was known as Fraternal day, with a street parade of fraternal organiza- tions this morning. Tomorrow will be School day, a holiday of all the schools of the county having been proclaimed by County Supt. Franklin E. Rathbun. There will be a parade of the school children and the county athletic meet, postponed last Spring on account of weather conditions, is to be held. County Agent Jester, assisted by agricultural teachers in the several high schools of the county, will be in charge of the third day of the fair, Thursday, designated as Garrett day. An effort will be made to make the closing day, Friday, to be known as the Natlonal day, the greatest of all. The local post of the American Leglon, assisted by the senior class of Oakland High School, will be in charge. The history of America will be_depicted in a parade. He will not be released, it was said to- day, until detectives make further in- vestigations. Several Robberies Alleged. The “stick-up” to which Marino and Eagles are reported to have con- fessed include three hold-ups of gaso- line stations more than a week ago on the Quantico road, a highway rot bery at the expense of a tourist while they were en route to Washington from th bery of the Milllon Dollar Groce: on Connecticut avenue, the hold-up of a gas station at Sixteenth and Taylor streets and the two highway robberies on the Baltimore pike last Saturday night The statements of the men are said by police to solve the recent list of spectacular hold-ups staged in and near the Capital, usually by four ., or by three men and “a red- headed woman.” Marino denies that o woman participated in the robberies however. In the meantime, through the ar- | vost vesterday and reported confes- o of another alleged robber, Alphonso Jones. colored youth of 8612 Fenton street northeast, police claim they have solved the recent wave of apartment burglaries in the residen- tial section. Jones, accompanied by Precinct Detectives Lowery and Thayer of the second precinct, is said to have pointed our 14 apartment houses in which he conducted his operations. As a result he is charged with 14 cases of burglary. Jones told police he obtained loot valued at approxi- mately $1,000 during his for , but lost most of it shooting craps. Charles W. Childs, also colored of 1027 Euclid street, who was arrested with Jones after the apartment of Charles Grumman, 1126 Eleventh street had been ransacked, is said to admitted participating in this but to have denied com- plicity in any of the others. Quantico robberies, the rob- | SCUTARI BESIEGED BY REVOLUTIONISTS Vienna Reports City in Albania Attacked in Revenge for Mur- | der of Former Premier. | By the Associated Press. | VIENNA, September IS.—News reaching here from Italian sources is that Scutari, Albanja, is besieged by revolutionaries, and that government | reinforcements are expected from the | south. The revolutionaries, stirred by the murder of Maj. Cima Kol, a fol- lower of Bishop Fan 8. Noli, who was premier for short perfod In 1924, at- tacked Scutari. They were met by government troops outside the city whom they defeated and captured their guns. According to the Italian news the revolutionaries then called upon the governor of Scutari to surrender the city. He refused, and the city now is hesieged. CHICAGO MUSEUM SEEKS GIRAFFE IN ABYSSINIA Other Animals Also to Be Hunted by Expedition Leaving France Today for Africa. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MARSEILLE, September 28.—A notable scientific and sporting adven- ture began today when the steamer ing flve members of an expedition with 15,000 pounds of scientific equipment, bound for the unexplored parts of Abyssinia. i Wilfred H. Osgood of the Tield| | Museum of Natural History, Chicago, j who is heading the expedition, told the correspondent: | “We have been sent to procure certain rare mami s, birds and rep- tiles. We estimate it will take us 6 months, but we will remain until the work is finished, maybe 8§ months. “The nyala, or Queen of Sheba's antelope, is the main object of our quest, but we also are seeking a gal- lada baboony an Abyssinian ibex, a| reticulated giraffe, a pigmy goose and la black maned lion. | “We have the best possible outfit and a good personnel. I cannot see anything ahead but complete success.” | Marseille crowds became enthusi- astic when the nature of the expedi- tion became known. The manager of the local museum commented: “It is entlrely fitting that this expe- dition should ® from M: departure point of the anci ers. This expedition is a modern cru- sade in the Interest of science.” (Copyright, 1920, by Chicago Daily News.) =y Irishmen Eschew Fishing. During the economic transition in Ireland since the war it has been re- vealed that Irishmen do not go in for fishing on a commercial scale. Shores of Ireland are dotted with French and Belgian fishermen who are making fortunes in Irish waters. ! 604-610 Nh sl.nNn | Daily, $1.00, $1.50, $2. 7 _rooms, $6 weekly: $10.50 rooms, with toilet. #bo $ and ‘lavatory, '8 in room. 50 % mol (other's. Rooms like perior able hich Marino and Fagles 4, accerding to pulice. merely a laxative . . regularly, safeguards your health. .. . It keeps you well! Sealed in new, san- itary mom - return- bottles your protection. ORE THAN . this su- Citrate of Magnesia, used MAGNESIA for !of the executive committees of Chamboard slipped down to sea carry- | ¥ FEDERAL WORKERS TOATTEND SESQUI 1,052 Pledge Selves to Make Trip on District Day, Week From Tomorrow. More than a thousand Government employes—1,052 to be exact—have pledged themselves to attend the Dis- trict day celebration at the Sesqui- centennial-exposition in Philadelphia October 6, it was announced today by Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the committee arranging for the observ- ance, after reports from E. W. Libbey, chairman of the committee on Gov- ernment departments, which thys far leads all committees in attendance pledges. The Treasury Department is in the lead with 478 prospects for its dele- gation, and then fgllow in order! Veterans' Bureau, 205; Printing Office 200; Interior, 80; Commerce, 45; Navy, 34; Federal Reserve Board, 4; Bureau of Efficlency, 4, and Civil Service Commission, . J. Harry Cunningham, president of the Board of Trade and R. P. An- drews, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assoclation have sent letters to the membership of those organizations asking their co- operation to make the celebration a success. The Board of Trade and the Merchants and Manufacturers' Asso- clations will each have a speclal car or cars, as the pledges of the mem- berships indicate, One of the features of the day will be the playing of the ‘“‘Song of Ameri- ca” by the United States Army Band. This song was written by Theodore Henckels of Washington. Isaac Gans, chairman of the music committee has made the arrangements with Secre- tary of War for the United States Army Band, which is now located at Philadelphia, to play on this da Indications are that three trains at least will be necessary to handle the crowds expected to attend. LEGION MEN TO LEAD DELEGATES T SESQUI Arlington County Merges Beauty 5 Contest With Annual Flower Show. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., September —DMore than 25 uniformed members of Arlington County Post of the Ameri- can Legion will head the delegation of nearby Virginia residents who will proclaim to the world the attrac tions, historical and moder o Arlington's “Gateway to the South® at the Sesqui in Philadelphia, October 12 to 14. Plans for the county’s participation in the Leglon day and Virginia day celebration during that period were perfected at a joint meeting last night the Amegican Legion post and “the Chathber of Commerce. In the meantime efforts of tt mittees will be directed to selection of “Miss Arlington will represent the county on the float being arranged for the Sesqui parade. It has been decided to merge the grand ball, to be staged in her honor, October 4, with the annual Fall flower show of the Arlington County Garden Club, which opens the same evening. Under the new plin there will be a simultaneous showing of the county's most_beautiful girls and flowers, fol- lowed by dancing and music, at Odd Fellows’ Hall, Clarendon, that eve- ning. Separate shows were originally planned. "The judging of the flowers will take place between 6 and 7 o'clock, the best bouquet being held in reserve for the | winner of the Miss Arlington contest, which will be decided immediately after the judging. All surplus flow- ers and bouquets will be auctioned off for the benefit of the American Legion and otherwise distributed to the danc- ing couples. All residents are urged to send flowers either for competition in the show or for decoration of the hall for the Miss Arlington contest and the dance. Prizes will be awarded winners in the various classes which follow: Class 1, asters; 2. dahlias; 3, gladiolas; 4, marigolds; 5, perennials; 6, roses: 7, snapdragons; 8, zinnias; miscellaneous bouquets; 10, special asket bouquets. Flowers submitted with no class specified will be given a special class and graded separately. At 8 o'clock all the girls competing for the honor of being Miss Arlington will be assembled on an improvised stage at the end of the hall, when the selection of Miss Arlington will be made by competent beauty judges. The dancing will start as soon as Miss Arlington has been chosen, and this part of the program will be car- ried out by the Legion in honor of that fortunate young lady. Nomina- tions will be received up yntil the night of the dance. The float, designed by A. J. Webb of Clarendon, will represent Arlington 28. | By The Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—Will Rogers, humorist and comedian, spoofed_his way down the gangplank of the Lewathan yesterday upon his return froth Burope, quite heedless of where his quips landed. “If I had the ‘Sec’ aboard another 24 hours,” he said, referring to for- mer Secretary of State Hughes, “I'd have made a Democrat out of him and taken him up to Syracuse with me. Secretary Hughes did not seem to mind, and his usual dignified mien melted into a broad smile. MAGEAN FACNG EXTORTIN CHARGE Claude A. Conlin and Alleged Confederate Under $50,000 Bond Each. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 28— Claude A. Conlin, vaudeville magh cian, billed as “Alexander, the Man Who Knows," and Christian C. Magen- heimer, head of two oil companies, are free on property bonds of $50,000 each following their arrest on Federal warrants charging them with attempt to extort $50,000 from G. Al- ten Hancock, Los Angeles millionaire. The charges were based on a letter threatening death malled to Hancock last June and signed “John and the Gang.” Similar letters have been received by Mrs. Hancock and Mrs. Philip Morgan, wife of an official of one of Hancock's investment companies, it was revealed today. Besides ‘threat- ening_Hancock's life, the letters con- tained threats against his_21-year-old daughter, Miss Rosemary Hancock, it was alleged. “You will pay. * ® ¢ But your time is short if you don’t do exactly as you are told ‘and don’t show this letter to your fool detectives,” the let- ter to Hancock said. The message demanded $50,000 in unmarked $20 ow, you take a good think, or October 1" will be your last day. one of our gang fails, the rest won't said the letter. In a report made to police last month Conlin accused ‘Government officers” of obtaining documents from his home by subterfuge. He said his house had been ransacked of mail and others papers when a maid entertained callers during his absence. i LOSES'DIAMO.ND AND CASH. Mre. Margaret Seiss Reports $165 Loss—Other Thefts Noted. A diamond ring, valued at $100, and $65 in cash, secreted in a trunk, were stolen yesterday from the apartment of Mrs. Margaret Seiss, 1125 Twelfth street during the absence of the oc- B Sntrance was effected with | Bdward Pender, 1214 T street, lost two suits of clothes when his home was ransacked during the day. Theft of several suits of clothes ses was reported to the po- Gardner Greenly, driver of a laundry delivery wagon. The theft was committed while the wagon was parked in the 2400 block of Twen- tieth street. PASTOR ACCEPTS 7CALL. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., September 28 —Rev. Henry F. Kloman, who has been rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Salisbury, Md., has accepted a call to Emmanuel Episcopal Church, the oldest congregation of that de- nomination in this city, which had been without a. rector for more than {a year. Mr. Kloman is a native of Virginia and a graduate of the Vir ginia. Theological Seminary. For sev- en years he wae dean at the Cathedral of the Gethsemane, at Fargo, N. Dak, -——— CATTLE TRAIN WRECKED. Spectal Diepatch to The Star. CAVE TOWN, Va., September 28.— | Three cars of a cattle train were de- railed near here at 6 o'clock this | morning and nine head of beef cattle | were killed. Thirty or forty other ani- mals are still at large in nearby fields. The cause of the wrock is not known. | County as the gateway to the South. | Miss Arlington and others will pose during the parade at the gateway. ted without charge, but those who wish to remain for the beauty contest cents each. The money will be used to help in taking Miss Arlington and the Legion boys to the celebration in Philadelphi: Sunrise? Yes, It’s the Sunrise of — Will Rogers, Home, Dips Into Politics Claiming Hughes Nearly Democratic Rogers sald he found everything in Russia “pretty red.” Asked how he left the Soviet domain, he replied: “Well, I guess I came out kind of orchid.” He didn't see his “fellow New Yorker,” Trotsky, he said. He was told Trotsky was busy, and from that concluded he “was either in pris- on or exile, becausé being busy in Russla can mean a lot of things.” He expressed great admiration for Premier Mussolini. “I'm pretty high for that bird,” he said. “I asked him what would happen to Italy if he died, :?fl he said, ‘I am not ever going to CHANGES AT HOSPITAL. Dr. Ames Succeeds Dr. Edmunds as Johns Hopkins Provost. BALTIMORE, Md., September 28 P).—The resignation of Dr. Charles K. Edmunds as provost of the Johns Hopkins University ana appointment of Dr. Joseph S. Ames, now professor of physics, as his successor, was an- nounced by Daniel Willard, president of the board of trustees. It also was announced that Walter W. Cook, professor of law at Yale, has obtained a year's leave of absence from that institution to become visit- ing professor of jurisprudence. This chair has been established by Victor Morawetz, New York attorney and legal writer. Dr. Edmunds will con- tinue in office here until after Hop- kins' fiftfeth anniversary celebration, October 22 and 23, after which he will become American director of Lingnan University, China. Dr. Edmunds for 17 years was president of Canton Christian College. —_— RECEIVES AIR TROPHY. Capt. Campbell Wins Schiff Memo- rial Award in Flying. NEW YORK, September 28 (#).— The first award of the Herbert Schiff Memorial Trophy, a service cup to be competed for by naval aviators annu- ally, has been made to Capt. H. Benny Campbell of the United States Marine Corps, now stationed at San Diego, Calif. Capt. Campbell, who was wounded in the World War while a member of the 2d Division, became an aviator in 1921. During the year ending last June he flew 839 hours and 40 min- utes without a mishap. He has a to- tal of more than 2,500 flying hours without a crash to his credit. ——— e Mexico now has 727 oil wells, with a total produetion of about 7,400,000 barrels a month. I PROBLEMS OF MOVIES CONSIDERED AT PARIS International Congress Takes Up Various Questions Affecting Co-operation. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 28.—How future stars of the screen should be recruited was one of the subjects absorbing members of the International Motion ‘Pleture Congress in the course of to- day's work in committees. The meet- ings were held in the offices of the International Institute for Intellectual Co-operation, one of the offshoots of the League of Natlons. Other major problems considered were how to obtain better conjunction between film projections and musical scores, and the creation of an inter- natfonal federation of the motion pic- ture press. The American Consul General was represented by an attache, acting as an observer, on the committee charged with examining the legal status of the movie industry, customs duties to be levied on films and related questions. M. Burstein representing Carl Laem- mle, American producer, is to preside at one of the forthcoming plenary ses- sions of the congress. Mr. Laemmle in a cable message today expressed regret that the state of his health did not permit his personal attendance, but voiced best wishes for the success of the meeting. N VATICAN MOVE BACKED. Near East Church Circles Approve Honors for Martyrs. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. ROME, September 28.—The Vatican has received reports from the Near East confirming the favorable Impres- sion created by the news that the pope has decided to beatify, together with the Franciscan Monks on Octo- ber 10, three Marionite Massebki brothers who were martyred by the Druses at Damascus in 1860. Near East newspapers of the Ortho- dox sect express gratificatfon at the decision® and suggest it is another symptom of progressive reconciliation between the Roman and the Orthodox Churches. (Copyright. 1026, by Chicago Daily News Co.) e Less for Phones Than Tobacco. One of the curious bits of statistical information recently brought to light by a telephone cost engineer is the fact that the American public pays out more each year for the tobacco it smokes and chews than it does for the telephones it uses. Priests Released From Jail in Russia; Were Accused of Czarist Sympathies By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. BLAGOVESTCHENSK, September 28.—Local priests have resumed serv- ices in their churches after several weeks of sitting In jail as a resuit of a manifesto secretly distributed on behalf of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolai- ivitch, uncle of the late Russian Czar, and now an emigree in France. About a month ago circulars scattered in the streets. found at daylight and several were found in the possession of priests, though the priests claimed they found their coples in the streets the same as bther persons. Since there is no mnoticeable local desire for restoration of the monarchy, re They were | nor any adherents of the former com- mander-in-chief of the Russian armies in this neighborhood, the circulars, written in_reformed Soviet spelling, are believed to have been an attempt a practical joke. However, the results have been embarrassing, as | some 50 persons have been arrested I by the local police who are not at all appreciative of the humor of the }xuummn. The unpleasantness has been in- creased by the recent murder by peasants of the chairman of a neigh- boring village while measuring thelr fields for tax purposes. Though the peasants are fairly prosperous, they | object to paying taxes. ' (Copyright. 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co.) BANK BANDIT SUSPECT CAPTURED IN VIRGINIA Alleged Leader of Band Is Wanted in Connection With Crimes in Other Cities. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 28.—James Adams, colored, was cap- tured early this morning at Greens- ville, Va., near here, after a search of a week by armed posses. Adams {s suspected of being the leader of the band of negroes which robbed the Boyce State Bank, Boyce, Va., of $500 a week ago yesterda James Lee, another suspect, was shot after an automobile chase when his car crashed into a telegraph pole at Winchester shortly after the rob- bery, and Tete Watkins and Willie Carter were captured at Williams port, Md., a day later. 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