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WEATHER. (U, S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature, ‘Temperature—Highest, Yyesterday; lowest, 56, today. Ful report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 70, at 3 p.m. t 6:30 a.m. ch No." 30,116. post_office, . MAIL BANDITS KIL GUARD, GET §160.000 INJERSEY HOLD-UP Two Carloads of Outlaws At- tack Truck Escorted by Elizabeth Police. MOTOR CYCLE OFFICER AND P. 0. EMPLOYE SHOT Rain of Bullets Poured Into Vic- tims as Thugs Sweep Streets With Guns. October 14.— Bandits armed with a machine gun und sawed-off shotguns held up a Tnited States mail truck in the cen- ter of the city today and escaped with #n unknown amourt of loot. The mail pouches stolen are said te have contained upwards of $100,000 in currency being transported to the ¥lizabethport Banking Co., payrol funds of the Singer Manufacturing Co., and other registered mall. Two post office employes were shot, one fatally, and a policeman also was wounded by the bandits. The business district in which the holdup occurred was in a state of terror as the ban dits swept the streets with bullets. Dies In Hospital. The dead man is John Enz, 382, driver of the mail truck. He died in General Hospital five minutes arriving there. He had been #hot through the head. The injured are: Patrick ¥. Quinn, 26, a post office o was riding on the truck with Enz. He in a hospital with three bullet wounds in his left arm and hand. His condition is not re- garded as eritical. Motor sle Patrolman Jacob Christman, 30, who was escorting the truck, received two bullet wounds in his right leg. 1is condition is not critical, Holdup Well Planned. The hold-up gives every evidence of having been carefully planned. It took place at 9:20 o'clock, at a time when hundreds of persons were in the vicinity. : The truck, carrying five sacks of vegistered mail, was proceeding downtown from the main post office. Christman was riding just ahead of it on his motor cycle when one of the two autos used by the bandits collided with his machine and spilled him into the street, LOOT PUT AT $160,000 Armed Search for Bandits Begun in Newark Streets. NEWARK., N. J., October 14 (®).— oll of $160,000, consigned to Elizabethport Banking Co. and intended for the Singer Sewing Machine Co., was obtained in the El abeth mall robbery, according to re ports reaching this city. Acting on _reports that the maill bandits had fled toward Newark, the Department of Public Safety threw every reserve into the search for the killers. Streets in the business section were patrolled by motor cycle police, 20 de- tectives were ordered to begin a search of garages, and an automobile fleet of one car from each precinct was hastily assembled to scour the outlying district Reports to Newark police said that there were eight bandits in the party, and that the loot consisted of five bags of mail addressed to a bank at Elizabethport. A rain of bullets was poured into the victims from rapid-fire .45-caliber guns. Postal inspectors arrived within an hour after the holdup, and took to the chase immediately. STORMS AHE PREDICTED TO RETURN TOMORROW Santa Clara Director Says Sun Spots ‘Will Bring Back September Ravages. By the Associated Press. SANTA CLARA, Calif., October 14. —Storms of “attenuated intensity” are forecast for tomorrow and Saturday by Father J. S. Rieard, director of the observatory of the University of Santa Clara. Calling attention to the journey across the sun’s disk of the giant sun- spot_group first observed at the uni- versity September 13, Father Ricard said “That famous group was first seen at the observatory of the university September 13, After that it was ob served every day until its final disap- ance Neptember 2. it became central, storms, floods and earthquakes were raging in various parts of the world. Its center of gravity will again be central on' October 1516, when storms of attenuated intensity will reoccur. “The spots have already reappear- ed, commencing their second rota- tion.” NAMED TO SHIP BOARD. R. K. Smith Appointed by Presi- dent to Succeed Walsh. R. K. Smith of New Orleans was ap- pointed by President Coolidge today a Member of the Shipping Board to suc- oeed J. H. Walsh, resigned. Both Smith and Walsh are Demo- crats. The new commissioner was received by the President last week and his appointment was subsequently d cussed with Senator Broussard, Demo- crat, of Louisiana, and others. 6. E. AKERSON GETS POST. Washington Correspondent Made an Assistant to Hoover. . Akerson, Washington cor- .39'.?7.5:..’5 of the Minneapolis Trib- une, has been made an assistant to Secretary Hoover in the- Repartmenty Entered as seeond class matter Washington, D. C. Scientist Locates 3 Mystery Quakes Under the Pacific BY the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash,, October 14, —G. E. Goodspeed, jr., professor Of geology at the University of Washington, declared here today that it was his belief that three earthquakes recorded yesterday on the seismograph of the Gonzales Helghts Observatory, Victoria, British Columbia, occurred in What is known as the outer edge of the great Pacific basin, under the Pacific Ocean, between the Wwestern end of the Aleutian Is- lands and northern Japan. The United States Navy radio station at Cordova, Alaska., which 15 in regular communication with all wireless stations in Alaska and the North Pacific, reported to the Associated Press that the shocks Were not felt on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea, north of the Aleutians, at Dutch Harbor, in the islands, or in Alaska. Five earthquakes, all apparently centering in the neighborhood of the Aleutian Islands, off Alaska, have been recorded within 24 hours on the seismograph at Georgetown University. QUEEN MARIE ASKS FORAMERICAN FOOD Chief Steward of Leviathan Replaces French Chef to Prepare Dishes. By the Associated Press. S. S. LEVIATHAN, October 14.— Buckwheat cakes with Vermont maple sirup and sausages were the American gustatory delights chosen by the Rumanian queen and her fam- ily for their second breakfast at sea on thelr voyage to the United States. Marfe also tasted American breakfast cereal for the first time. The meal was prepared by Billy Linn, chief steward, who donned a Kitchen apron and displaced the Leviathan's expert French and Ger- man chefs in response to Marie's re- quest that she have a day of strictly American food. The menu prepared for luncheon was chicken a la Maryland, with corn fritters, hot beaten biscuits and honey. ' This repast was to be served in the main dining room, with Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and her brother, Dr. Richard Bolling, as guests of the queen. Wants to See Skyline. When the Leviathan points her prow up New York Harbor next Mon- day, Queen Marie will be on deck to view Bartholdi's famous Statue of Liberty and the vista of the city's skyline, with buildings almost piercing the clouds. The Queen has expressed a desire to see the panorama unfolded as the Leviathan its way through and up to her dock at the foot of West Forty-sixth street on_the Hudson River. The program of Mayor Walker of New York €ty contemplated sending down to Quarantine the city’s official reception boat Macom to take the royal party on board and land them at the Battery for the trip up Broadway to the City Hall for the officlal wel- come by the mayor. Views “Movie” Show. The democratic spirit of Queen Marie, which was evinced when she first stepped on board the Leviathan from the tender at Cherbourg, still is maintained. Last night the Queen, Princess Ileana, Prince Nicholas and other members of the royal entourage saw a motion picture show in the general drawing room of the liner as the vessel made its way through somewhat rough seas. = The Queen and her children are proving good sailors, although it was sald she was fearful before she boarded the Leviathan of an attack of mal-de-mer and brought on board a medicine to ward it off. SHORT-CHANGERS LOSE ON CONFEDERATE BILLS By the Associated Press. AMIENS, France, October 14.—It has been learned that certain persons in Amiens who recently changed American_ dollars into francs and thought they were reaping a profit of some 50 per cent by “short-changing"” American tourists, got the worst of the deal. “For once we got the better of the Americans,” the Frenchmen are said to have declared when they met at a bank to again translate their dollars into francs and reap their profit. They were completely disconcerted when the paying teller rapidly ran through the pile of bills and, looking through the bars of his window, said: “I think you will have to send these bills to Richmond, Va. They were is- sued and were good there some 65 vears ago. They are Confederate Dills.” ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sfar. Yesterday’s “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes fast as the papers are printed. Circulation, 100,161 WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1926—SIXTY-FOUR PAGES. CORRUPTION CASE MAY GRUSHG. 0. P. HOPES N INDIANA Loss of Two Senate Seats Feared if Adams Makes Good on Charges. DEMOCRATS SEE CHANCE TO WIN STATE CONTROL Leaders, However, Wary of Making Issue of “Stephensonism” Without Proof. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., October 14. —While charges of political corrup- tion involving Republican leaders, great and small, fly like hail, Indiana proceeds with a campaign v:hich is to result November 2 in the election of two United States Senators, the en- tire State delegation in the House and other officlals. It is campaigning on the edge of a volcano. If the volcano erupts be- tween now and election day the re- sult may be the defeat of two Sen- ators, Watson and Robinson, and the transfer of political control of the State from Republican to Democratic hands Stephenson Case Figures. Charges of wholesale corruption have been brought by Thomas H. Adams, veteran Republican editor of Vincennes, Ind., in which he asserts that David C. Stephenson, “Steve,” at one time grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan of Indiana, and now serv- ing a life sentence for alleged mur- der, contributed hundreds of thou- sands of dollars to the last Republican campaign here and recelved assur- ances he was to be paid back three times the amount he gave and was to have the say in the selection of certain officials. ' These charges are denounced as fabrications by Republican leaders. Adams has demanded an investigation by the State Senate and has urged that a special session of the Senate be called. He has asked that his own independent investigating committee be given the opportunity of question- ing Stephenson, who is in Jail at Michigan City. Mr. Adams made his first_statement to the press Septem- ber 23. Up to date, however, neither he nor his committee nor the press has had an opportunity of question- ng Stephenson, although it was sald “Steve” was anxious to give all the facts. Grand Jury Takes Trail. A grand jury investigation of the charges, however, has been begun here. Adams has been before the (Continued on Page 4, Column 2,) o ol MELLON GOT HEAVY TAX REFUND, COPELAND SAYS Secretary Saved Million for Him- self, Senator Asserts—Condemns Wadsworth for Aid. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 14.—That An- drew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, took advantage of rules known ‘only to a few lawyers and bankers to obtain for himself, as pres- ident of the Aluminum Co. of Amer- ica, a tax refund of about $1,000,000, was the charge made by Senator Royal S. Copeland at the Tammany Hall rally here last night, which opened the local Democratic cam- paign. . Senator Copeland accused Senator Wadsworth of backing up Mr. Mel- lon’s Treasury administration and of voting for the “beet sugar’” trust, which, he sald, “is now costing this State $26,000,000 a_year.” Ho re- ferred to Senator Wadsworth’s ap- proval of tariff schedules taxing Cuban sugar. 30-GALLON STILL FOUND AT DEMOCRATIC CLUB Reported That - Employes, Not Members, Peddled Whisky From New York Quarters. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 14.—Today's American says a 30-gallon still was found recently in & cellar of the Na- tional Democratic Club on Madison avenue. No member of the club was concerned with the apparatus, it is explained, but employes made whisky and smuggled it out to peddle. The discovery was made, it is said, when plumbers were called in to make some repairs after the discharge of a paid executive of the club. The club has on the most prominent country. roster many of emocrats in the By Under this title, Queen Marie has writ- ten two important and interesting articles for The Star and the other papers affillated with the North American Newspaper Al- liance. The first will be printed tomorrow, the second Saturday. Tn her writings the Queen answers the question that so many are asking—why does she come? authoritatively; best of all, she answers it HERSELF. print was written personally by Royal Marie. Her Majesty, Marie, Queen of Rumania She answers it fully and Every word The Star will The publication of the article consti- tutes her salutatory to America. They are the only expressions she has made or will QUEEN MARIE make at this time. The only paper in Washington to have the articles will be The Evening Star. LEGION® SELECTS | SANANTONIOIN'S Committee. Decides on Fur- ther Investigation of Air Defense Department. By the Associated Pro PHILADELPHIA, October 14— San Antonio, Tex., was today select- ed as the 1928 meeting place of the American Legion’s national conven- tion, The selection was made unanimous on motion of Stanley M. “Larry” Doyle of Montana, after the call of half the States had made it apparent that the Texas city had a big lead in the vote. The other cities in the contest were Miami and Denver. Harold G. Edwards withdrew the Detroit invitation with the under- standing that it would be renewed for the convention of 1929. Doyle of Montana presented the invitation of Denver, having been a former resi- dent of Colorado for many years. The committee on aeronautics, af- ter agreeing to recommend a unified air service, today changed its mind and decided to have a further investi- gation of the subject. The convention defeated a resolu- tion reaffirming its position in favor of the World Court. Election of the new commander continued to be a subject of much discussion today. Gen. Pershing, al- though he can have the post, has informed 8 committee that he cannot serve because he has not recovered his health. He hopes to attend next year's convention in Paris as a dele- gate. Others whose names have been put forward to be acted upon at the elec- tion tomorrow are Col. Willlam Mitch- ell of the District of Columbia; Thomas A. Lee, an attorney, of Topeka, Kans.; J. Monroe Johnson, an attorney, of South Carolina; Howard Savage of Illinots, Edward Spafford of New York and Jay Willlams, an attorney, of South Dakota. Col. Mitchell has in- formed friends that he is not a candi- date and has expressed the hope that his name would not be put before the convention. About 27,000 veterans of the World War, 8,000 of whom are suffering from tuberculosis, are still in hos- pitals and sanitarilums. The au- thority for the figures is Brig. Gen. John V. Clinnin, national commander of the Disabled Amerioan Veterans of the World War, who came to Philadelphia to express gratitude for the Legion's aid to disabled veterans. Clennin Polnts Remedy. Thirty-seven thousand veterans are attempting to earn their daily bread, although partially incapacitated from inciplent or arrested tuberculosis, and 100,000 more are blind, maimed or otherwise handicapped from injuries recelved in service, but are now re- habilitated. In the view of Gen. Clinnin the best remedy for a veteran in a hos- pital is a visit, & hand clasp and a smile from an old comrade of service days. Members of the Legion were trying today to establish the identity of a homeless veteran who has carried a name not his own for three years. The veteran was here to undergo the scrutiny of other Legionnaires in con- vention. In 1923 a man suddenly opened his { eves to a normal world out in Stock- ton, Calif. It was a new world to him. His name, his past, were blank. Doctors named him “‘Jerry Tarbot,” and a search was begun through the archives of the War Department. Men in New York sald they once shop before the World War, but they could not recall his real name. An- other said he recalled the man as a ! buddy in the Marine Corps, but could give no more information. William R. Beach of San’ Diego has deposed that he saw “Tarbot” in a | marine uniform in the Verdun sector. Maj. Gen. Neville of the Marine Corps, San Francisco, has sald that “Tarbot” undoubtedly saw _service, probably with the marine brigade at Belleau Wood. & FIRE ENCIRCLES CITY. LONDON, October 14 (#).—Evening News' dispatches from Sydney, N. S. W., say disastrous bush fires are rag- ing along the coast north of that city. Much of the country from Lismore to Port Macquarie, a distance of a hun- dred miles, is ablaze. Communications are and detalls are scarce.. Dispatches from Brisbane say fierce bush fires encircle that eity, with prac- tically every hill withiw a 50-niile ra- dius ablaze. —_—— Radio Programs—Page 46. J interrupted Chinese Bandits Free Missionaries Without Ransom By the A sociated Press. October 14.—Three sionaries captured by at Miliwan, Western Hunan Province, have been re- leased after having been detained 18 days. No ransom was paid. They were freed Monday. The_missionaries released are Miss Minerva Weil and Karl H. Beck of the Reformed Migsion and Miss Lydia Koebbe of the Evan- gelical Mission. NEW POLICE COURT 5 BASIS OF PARLEY Fine Arts Commission Meets Judges to Discuss Location of Proposed Structure. PEKIN American n Members of the Fine Arts Commis- sion will confer this afternoon with Judges of the Police Court of the Dis- trict of Columbiz on the location of the proposed new $1,000,000 building for the Police Court. The confer- ence will be held at Police Court, im- mediately on the return of the com- mission from a trip of inspection of Civil War forts in Anacostia and Northeast Washington which are proposed to be acquired as links in the park system. Although the commission last Spring placed itself on record as fav- oring location of the Police Court in Judiciary Square between a prolonga- tion of B and I streets, some differ- ence of opinion among municipal jus- tices has arisen and this proposed site _may be abandoned. Charles Moore, chairman of the commission, has discussed with Chlef Justice Mc- Coy of the District Supreme Court the advisability of locating the new Police Court building on Indlana avenue opposite the present municipal courthouse, and indications today pointed strongly to abandonment of the Judiclary = Square location in favor of another site. The commis- slon last Spring conferred with Judge Schultz_and announced its approval of the Judiciary Square site. Votes Road Elimination. Elimination of the upper horder road constituting part of the Rock Creek and_Potomac Parkway _between (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) CITIZENS SEEK OUSTING OF GOV. R. H. HARTLEY Seattle Banker Heads State-wide Drive to Remove Executive After University Wrangle. By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, October 14.—A State- wide movement to recall Gov. Roland H. Hartley was being organized to- day, under a unanimous '‘resolution adopted at a meeting attended here v 4,000 persons last night. The reso- ution accused the governor of violat- ing his oath of office. Worrall Wilson, Seattle banker, who was chafrman of the gathering, was instructed to name 100 represent- worked with “Tarbot” in a machine |ative citizens of the State to carry out the recall plans. The meeting was called to protest against recent action of University of Washington regents in placing Dr. Henry Suzzallo on indefinite leave of absence as president of the school after he had refused to accede to their demands that he resign. A majority of the regents were ap- pointees of Hartley. When Mrs. Coolidge Was a Girl A Series of Five Articles By Mrs, Herbert Hoover Beginning Tomorrow in The Evening Star ASCHOOLS FOUND WITHOUT WARNINGS Eldridge Plans to Confer With Ballou on Safety Measures. With Washington in the midst of a concerted movement to safeguard school children from traffic hazards, it developed today that fully one- fourth the 160 public school bulldings have no slow signs warning motorists that they are approaching a school zone, Traffic Director Eldridge said he would confer with Superintendent of Schools Ballou within a day or two on the general subject of additional safety measures that ‘might be taken around school buildings and that he would go specifically into the question of where school warning signs are still needed. . Ballots reccived by The Star today in its poll on the proposal to change the opening time of school to enable children to avold the peak of the traffic flow showed 78 per cent in favor of 9:30. Of the balance, 3 per cent voted for no change and the others favored some other time than 9:30. Parents are urged to express their views by filling in a ballot be- fore the data is laid before the Board of Education for study. Explains Lack of Signs. After a casual tour of a few neigh- borhoods by a Star reporter this morning showed six locations where no school signs were in sight, an official~of_the sign-painting shop of the Traffic Bureau stated - that it never has been a policy to erect “Slo” signs at every school in the city. The sign shop explained that the Police Department began to erect school warning signs_about elght vears ago, but that the plan has been to place them only where par- ticularly dangerous situations exist or where the signs have been re- quested by the teachers or parents of a neighborhood. The police policy has been, appar- v, to put signs where the school s ask for them. Despite the fact " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) OHI0 MAYOR OUSTED ON CHARGES OF VICE Steubenville Executive Found Guilty of Misconduct and Refusal to Enforce Law. By the Associated Press. STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, October 14. —Mayor John S. H. Patton, 36, was removed from office today by Common Pleas Judge Jay S. Paisley for mis- conduct in office and refusal to en- force laws against vice and crime. The Steubenville executive was found guiity on 9 of the 10 charges preferred against him by the Steuben- ville Ministerial Assoctation. The re- moval is the first in Ohio under a statute, amended in 1925, giving Com- mon Pleas Court the right to remove city officlals. Mayor Patton was found guilty by Judge Paisley of permitting gambling, prostitution and liquor selling to oper- ate on a large scale and of encourag- ing and aiding in almost every brand of vice. Liquor “fortresses” operated in the heart of the city without molestation and with encouragement from Mayor Patton, the court ruled. » (#) Means Associated 13-Year-Old Hubby Fights Alimony of - 25-Year-Old Wife By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily MOSCOW, October 14.—Efforts of 13-year-old Victor Anikin to evade paying his 25-year-old wife alimony for the support of their infant son have reached the Supreme Court and are engrossing the attention of sclentists and youthful sheiks. When the baby was born the mother, a mald in the boy’s family, secured an allmony order from the People’s Court of Justice. The schoolboy father was unable to pay. The baby's grandfather ap- pealed to the district court. The latter confirmed the order, requir- ing the grandfather to pay, and also sent the case to the Supreme Court to determine to what extent the baby's mother was responsible he informal marriage. (ég:)l!\lht. 1826, by Chicago Daily News Co.) COVERNMIENT ACTS TO LIFT OIL LEASES Justice Department Asks Re- view of Proceedings Against Elk Hills Holders. By the Aesociated Press. Another naval ofl reserve case reached the Supreme Court today. Following the argument in the| Doheny case by special Government | counsel, the Department of Justice, | through Solicitor General Mitchell, took up the fight to clear the reserves of leases made while Albert B. Fallf was Secretary of the Interior, asking the court to grant a review in pro- ceedings against the Bellridge Oil Co., which has a lease on the Elk Hills reserve in California. The lease is challenged by the Gov ernment as invalid on the ground that it was made without advertising for ids. ‘The validity of the action of | ident Harding in transferring the | administration of the reserves from the Navy to the Interior Department also is questioned. The lower courts sustalned the lease, holding that the Secretary of the Interlor had the authority to make it, that Government officials had approved it, and that Congress, with full knowledge it had been made, | acquiesced. The Government asked a review so it could test out the validity of all such leases. LOS ANGELES STARTS 3-DAY DETROIT TRIP gible Is Due in Michigan City Tomorrow and Back at Lake- hurst Sunday Night. Di 1 By the Associated Press. | LAKEHURST, N. J., October 14.— The Navy dirigible Los Angeles left | the Naval Air Station at 11:05 o'clock this morning on a three-day flight to Detroit. Departure of the dirigible, first scheduled for Mon- day morning, had been postponed by unfavorable weather. The dirigible is due at Detroit early tomorrow morning and is ex- pected to return to the Naval Alr Station by Sunday night. A crew of 44 men, commanded by Lieut. Comdr. Rosendahl, was aboard, together with Admiral Mof- fat, three other officers, rated as pas- sengers, and one photographer. A message to the Navy Depart- ment from Lieut. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl said the Los Angeles would follow route No. 3, over Philadelphia. Pittsburgh, Akron and Toledo on the flight to Detroit. The normal flying time for the ship over this route is calculated by the Navy Department at 16 hours and 5 minutes. This would bring the Los Angeles into Detroit at 2:10 on Eastern standard time. “RED” MEETINGS BANNED. Berlin Police Refuse to Allow Open- Air Protestations. BERLIN, October 14 (®.—On ground that public security would be endangered, the police issued an order this morning forbidding open-air dem- onstrations planned by the Commun- ists for this afternoon against pro- posed compromise property settlement with the Hohenzollerns. The Communists, notified of the po- lice order, hired eight halls in various sections of the city in which to stage their protest meetings. -— SWORD DUEL FOUGHT. NICE, France, October 14 (#).—A dispute over foreign exchange pro- vided the grounds for a sword duel to- day between Count Paul de Villers, a Frenchman, and a former British army surgeon, Dr. Scalisi Jarvis. The count was wounded in one ear. seconds stopped the combat, but the duelists refused to shake hands and left the fleld unreconciled. An argument about the dollar and {tive's com: The | TWO CENTS. SCRIVENER SLAYER BOY, A WOMAN OR - THIN-NECKED MAN Length of Necktie Reveals That Wearer Wore Small- sized Collar. Press. POLICE LACK ANY REAL MOTIVE FOR SHOOTING Fingerprints on Gun of Fine Texture Bearing on Possibi of Shooting by Woman. The Evening Star today posted i $1,000 with Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, to supplement the $300 reward of the ico Depart- ment, for the capture of the murderer of Detective Scrivener or for information leading to such capture given exclusively to the proper police authorities. Maj. Hesse was empowered fully to administer this reward and to d;’t:"rmlne to whom it shall be paid. The necktie that Arthur Scrivener clutched In his death grip early yes terday morning was worn by a boy, man with an exceptionally small neck or a womah. This much has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the slain detec des ut police headquarts and may furnish the “lead for th hoys to work on” that Scrivener morn than once promised he would leave if anybody ever “got” him. The neatly tied necktie was parted cleanly In the back. The knot was not drawn up. Scrivener clutched both ends of it before he dled, and either his sudden tug or the welght of his falling body broke it squarely in two At h the tie, placed together, show t wearer was a man, woman or with a size 12 or 14 collar, Police Lack Definite Clue. The obscure fingerprints f()u’\l on the pistol thrown away by the fleelni murderer show ridges of a fine texture which Sergt. F ndberg, finger print_exper es may have been made by a woman or boy. Detectives were unwilling today to say how much credence they would put in a theory that Scrivenes slayer was a woman, but the size of the necktie undoubtedly has siven them a valuable working point. Every clue is being run down thor- oughly. But this afternoon, 36 hours after the shooting, police were forced to confess that they still lacked what might be their greatest asset—a tangible theory of a motive for the shooting. The police admit that the night and day work of the combined forces of the uniformed and detective branches of the department thus far has failed to bring the investigation to any real starting point. Sure of Getting Man. Yet, there has heen at the same time an Increase rather than a dimi nution among the detectives and the police of a feeling of certainty that the man who shot Scrivener through the heart would sooner or later be found. Meanwhile, arrangements for the funeral of Detective Scrivener wera being completed. His brother, Detec tive Gardner Scrivener of the Akron, Ohio, force, arrived early this morn- ing. Services were arranged for 10 o'clock_tomorrow at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Walsh, 3123 treet, where Scrivener had roomed, after which the body is to be taken by automoblle to Winchester, Va., for the burial. With the chaff being blown away and false theories dissolving, a storv told police by Joseph Brannan and his sister Ethel, next-door neighbors of Scrivener, at 3121 N street, became more and more fmportant. ‘Went Away From Gara Brannan recalled seelng Scrivenes at about 12:20 o'clock on the morning he was murdered. He and his sister talked with him reagrding some minor infringement of the traffic law Brannan had made an appointment with Scrivener to see him luter. Their conversation took place, Brannan sald, at the corner of Wisconsin avenue and N street, and then—here tho police find an important element —Scrivener drove off in his automobile, not turn- ing toward his garage, but heading north past N street out Wlsconsin avenue. X These last known persons to have seen Scrivener before his death thus presented to the police this question: “Where did he go; whom did he meet, before returnivg to the garage; and why did he go?” This question is unanswered. The answer to it will solve the mystery, in_the opinion of the police. The second element in the investi- gation not yet proven worthless is the Bureau of Standards examination of the pistol which the murderer dropped at the scene. It takes considerable time for the chemicals used by the experts to bring out the number identifying the pistol. Police are cer- tain this will be forthcoming tomor- row at the latest. Then, With the num- ber of the pistol in hand, a tracing ot that weapon from the maker to the adquarters the broken ends of its boy e. pound led to the duel on the grounds of a villa at Juan les Pins. Foot Ball Signals Bring Identification Of Student Who Lost Memory in Crash By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis., October 14— “Numbers keep buzzing through my head, 14-3-7, and then the word ‘shift’ It came to me all of a sud- den that I had been playing foot ball. You must know where it was, I have forgotten.” Detectives who surrounded the speaker, a clean-cut youth of 18, who sat with his head in his hands, sobbing and vainly trying to recall his name, pulled from thelr files of missing men a bulletin with a photo- graph. It was a picture of the youth who sat before them in police head- quarters here last night, and cleared th rance ef %‘?uu.t..%m A ity s student and freshman foot ball play- er, who had been missing since Octo- ber 7. ‘Wiener had gelephoned police head- quarters that he believed he was missing_and could not recall his name. Unable to tell where he was telephoning, police told him to call a taxicab and tell the driver to take him to headquarters. He is the son of a wealthy Mich- igan City, Ind., merchant. A Nation- wide search had been started for young. Wiener, who could not tell how or when he came to Milwaukee. He disappeared immediately after being injured in an automobile acci- dent. A jJarge bruise was found on head, purchaser will be attempted, through records kept of sales of various fire- arms. Tie to Be Traced. Important also, as an indicatory element, is the statement of Mrs, Annie E. Stouff, a resident of a home for aged women at 1255 Wisconsin avenue, who reported hearing the sound of low, quick volces outslde her ground-floor window and beyond the fence separating her from the alley in which Scrivener kept hf automoblle, just before the mu shot was fired: Her report led police to belleve thas since Scrivener probably talked fof two minutes with his assallant, théy ~were_acquainted. The fact that he died before he could get the informa- tion to police worked a hardship on the investigation, which could hav. then started immediately with the name and identification of the mur- derer—the big void at present. False reports trickle In. A plethora of informants have made their ap- pearance. And working without any real sleep or rest, Inspector Pratt, ‘L‘ununued on Page 2, Column-2.)