Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1926, Page 2

WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1926, GORDON IS WAITING:| FOR PISTOL PROQF | | District Attorney Seeks Posi-| tive Data on Alleged Scriv- ener Weapon. District Attorney Pevton Gordon ""i day was still waiting for positive veri- | fication from Fiorida that the pistol{ Henry Miller Moore, a District _Jail | prisoner, admits he stole in that State | and has identified as the Scrivener! death gun was a .38-caliber Iver-John. | £on and not a .38-caliber hammeriess Harrington & Richardson. such as Moore gaid It was. Mr. Gordon alread: has received a_telegram from one of the employves of the Florida establish- ment whera the.gun was stolen stat ing that it was an Iver-Johnson, but | he said he would not be satisfled until | he had received word from the pro prietor himself. . If the expected telegram confirms; the first message received hy Mr. Gor- | don the clue offered by Moore that he dropped the gun in a trash contatner | end saw two plain-clothes men pick it | out necessarily will be discarded. Probe “Marking Time." Tt was apparent today that the spe- elal Investigation of the District At- torney’s office into the murder was “marking time,” with no information | in hand which would justify their be- | ing encouraged over the progress of their attempt to solve the Scrivener case. Policeman Orville Staples of the ! seventh precinet today denied that ha had attempted to interest Representa- | tive Thomas L. Blanton in taking up the Serivener {nvestigation. Mr. Rian- ton called The Star vesterday after- noon and said that he would interest himself in the case. Staples Visits Gordon. Staples eald today that he visited District Attorney Gorden vesterday to give him information wkich he thought he ought 1o have in connec- tion with the Scrivener case. He i1 not volunteer why he had not given this information to the polica before this time. It is known, however, that Staples was interviewed by a head- quarters detective last night. The officer reiterated today that in giving the information to District At- torney Gordon yesterday he mention. ed the name of a certain police pre- cinct captain. Mr. Gordon declined to discuss his conversation with Staples. THOMPSON IS BACK FROM PHILIPPINES Sees Big Future Market for American Manufactures. To Report Soon. { i | | Br the Assnciated Press. SEATTLE. November 20.— Col. Car- mi A. Thompson. personal investigator for President Coolidge in the Philip- pine Islands, sees the islands as one of the great future markets for Ameri- can manufactures, he said on his ar- rival here vesterday. With Tour trunks flled with data gathered in a six-month tour of the 40 provinees of the islands. he is pre. paring to report personally to the President ahout December 1. Col. Thompgan. accampanied by his Avife and a staff of newspaper men. arrived on the Admiral-Oriental liner President. Jefferson. | “1 saw first-hand the conditions in| which the natives live—even the semi. | wild Moore.” Col. Thompeon sald. “I liked the people. and have reached an understanding, I think, of thelr problems.” The information gathered “must he whipped into the shape of an official report to the President.” he mid, add- ing, “Naturally it is impossible for me to make a statement of my findings until that report has heen made.” A brief visit 10 Japan and <hina waa made by Col. Thompson in an effort to understand trade and soclal rela- tions existing hetween those countries and the Philippines. “While we spent too brief a time in the Orient proper to allow an exhaus- tive research.” he said, "I shali in clude the nature of those relations in my report.” d'rhe party will remain here several | ays, | MAN’S BODY IS SOUGHT IN POTOMAC BY POLICE | Officers Follow Theory That Archer Asten, Army Medical Museum Clerk, Committed Suieide. Harbor police today are dragging the river in the vicinity of Haines | Le Paradis Ca Fire breaking out in the resort on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard Investigation is being made of a report of incendiarism. last night completely destroyed the place. CHATEAU PARADIS DESTROYED BY FIRE Incendiarism Theory Probed in Burning of Summer Cafe in Maryland. Incendlarism is belng studied toda a8 one of the possible causes of the fire which last night destroved the Chateau Le Paradls, at Ammendale, | Ma. Investigators representing Meyer Davis, the owner, and police and fire officials of Prince Georges County are at work. The only clue to support this belief is the mysterious destruction by fire, shortly after the chateau had been reduced to a mass of glowing embers, of a new and unoccupled bungalow at Fast Riverdale, Md., a few miles away. The Hyattsville Fire Depart- ment returned to its statlon at 3 a'clock this morning and a short time later was summoned to the burning bhungalow. Motorists Give Alarm. The alarm for the Chateau Te Paradis fire was sounded by passing motorists about 11:30 o'clock ~last night. The structure, which sat sev- erad hundred yards off the highway | and in full view of traffic on the road, was a mass of flames when dis- covered. The Hyattsville telephone operation was notified and she in turn called the Fire Department. The Hyattsville firemen, augmented a few moments later by the Cottage City department, pitched into the task of subduing the flames with heavy odds against them. They lald 2,000 feet of hose to a stream and pumped water into the roaring flames, but without success. Shortly before 3 o'clock they left the scene, the stone foundation and brick chimney being all that remained. At East Riverdale the firemen were able to ohserve that the back door of the hungalow was standing open, this glving rise to the }‘wlle( that the siructure was the victim of & firebug. The firefighters lald down 2,500 feet of hose to the nearest water facilities, but they were unable to save any portion of the house. Opened Two Years Ago. Chateau Le Paradis was opened two R o as an adjunct of the e die Cafe hera during the hot Mr. Davis acquired the Traperty. an old colonial frame struc- D yom fhe Mandeville Carlisle family, and invested several thousand dolzrs in reconditioning it. This ex- penditure included stucco, the merg- ing of all rooms on the ground floor and part of the upper story into one large room. Willlam Lawrence Bot- temly, a New York architect, noted for his cafe decorations, designed and snpervised the reconditioning of the terior. e chateau was completely fur- nighed and nothing had been removed since the close of its season shortly after labor day. Thomas Garrison weather. Point, following the disappearance of | Archer Asten, 44 vears old, principal | clerk in the library at the Army | Medical Museum, Seventh and B streets southwest, whose abandoned | automobile was found in East Poto- | mac Park between Haines Point and | Highway Bridge, yesterday morning. The police think Asten may have jumped in the Potomac. Fellow em- ploves doubt this, however. Asten reported sick Monday about noon, received his pay and laft the office. Tuesday morning he left his home near Boundary and Chicago avenues. Blair, Md., a short distance from Silver Spring. and took a neighbor in his car as far as Park road and Fourteenth strest. Noth- ing more was seen of him. It is stated.that the car had been seen parked in Potomac Park the past four days,'during which time relatives were engaged in a search for the missing man. His disappear- ance was not reported to the police until last night, however, after the abandoned car had been found and taken possession of by Sergt. W. F. Shelton of the park police. A descriptive message of the miss- ing man has been telephoned the sev- eral police stations. and polica of nearby cities also have been asked to participate in the search for him. EMIGRANTS' FARE CUT. Britain Aids Farmers and Servants Going te Canada. OTTAWA, November 20 (#).—Re. duction of rates for the assisted pas- sage agreement, by which farmers, farm laborers and domestics seeking to emigrate to Canada from Great Britain are aided, was announced last night. Robert Forke, minister of im migration, also announced the agree- ment would be continued for two years more. The rate has been reduced from £3 sterling to £2 sterling for passage to ints in Halifax, St. John and Quebec. Similar reductions to other points in Canada are provided. SRR of Hyattsville, a private detective, had heen employed to watch the property for the Davis interests, but he was hot @ resident caretaker. As far as fonld be learned to day, the building and furnishings were covered by in- e GREEN ASKS MEXICO FOR RELIGIOUS PEACE Knights of Columbus’ Magazine Quotes Labor Chief in Letter to Luis N. Morones. By tha Associated Press NEW HAVEN. Conn.. November 20--A letter from William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. to Luis N. Morones, Mexi- can secretary of commerce, industry and labor, and real head of the Mexi- can Federation of Labor. pleading for settlement of the present religious controversy In Mexico. is quoted in issue of tha forthcoming January Columbla, natlonal magazine of the Knights of Columbus. The letter written under date of August 3. 1926, with the approval of the executive council of the labor organization. is part of an article hyf| Frank Duffy, second vice president of the American Federation of Labor. “I would not Be frank with veu if 1 4id net state that. in my opinion, wise council mnst prevall, sound judgment must be exerrised, tolerance must be practised and temperate language must he used if we are to continue to maintain the cordial and friendly rela tions which have existed between the American Federation of Labor and the Mexican Federation of Labor for vears,” sald the letter, after pointing out that “many believe that the action which has recently been taken by the government of Mexico ix an inter- | ference with the exercise of religious | treedom.” The fact that 15,000 Canadians cross the border dailv to work in Detroit has arcused a protest from the labor organizations in that city. s‘ Mrs. J. C. Miiler, whose husband | is ons of the owners of tha famous | W Winnipeg and the Twin Citles. The day following my birthday (vou see I have only reached the thirtieth of October) we arrived at Winnipeg towards evening, which, however, did not mean that that was the only re- ception we had, for all along the way at the smaller stations crowds as- sembled everywhere, and I never dare disappoint the people; however ear- nestly I might be occupled I left everything at every call, thinking of the disappointment of those who had often come a long distance with the hope of seeing me and my children and even perhaps having a word with us. All this takes time and energy, nor must I allow myself to become absent-minded, remembering that al- though I am always the same one person, those who receive me are al- ways fresh crowds. ‘At the Winnipeg station we were recelved, as usual, by all the authori- ties ahd the committee especially charged with arranging for our re ception. It is always disappointing to arrive at a town when it ia getting dark, as much of its beauty is then lost upon one, but as much as 1 could see of Winnipeg I thought it a beautiful city and those who received me were charming. Liked Prime Minister. Mr. Bracken, the prime minister, was the one who drove with me in my car. I liked him exceedingly, though there was something shy and retiring about him. He confessed to me that he dreaded talking in public and that he pitied me for having to stand up so often, facing an ever new audience. He asked me how I could stand it. I replied that it was “the courage of the innocent” alone which upheld me. I realized this, too, again that eve- ning when at a tremendous hanguet glven at the Hotel Royal Alexander by the Canadian Woran's Club I an- awered Mrs. Bracken's address. This invitation to the Winnipeg Woman's Club had been accepted many weeks before, as 1 had been in touch with Canadian women's clubs while I was still at home. Mrs. Bracken spoke charmingly, which made it easy to find my answer. Before leaving we were conducted to the Parliament building, the doors of which had been thrown open to the whole of the public that passed before us in endless file. The extraordinary number of women who had come to ses me was very remarkable. The whole of Winnipeg seemed to be on itm feet that evening, and they passed and passed and passed till we became almost dizzy. The Parliament house is a magnifi- cent bullding. We stood in its gre central hall, and hehind us on the wall was a superb fresco by Brangwyn. I recognized his style immediately, as he is one of the English painters I most admire. The amusing part of it was that I alone and the custodian of the place seemed to know that the plcture was a Brangwyn, but this old man was enchanted that I had recog- nized the great master's touch. Supper for Authorities. Although the banquet by the Wom- an’s Club had been coplous, e were all the same invited to sit down at & supper given by the governor in the Parllament library, so that we should more closely make the acquaintance of the authorities of the town. They were all most agreeable, and I humbly confess that I had not remembered ail their names. Our next stop was at Minneapolis and St. Paul, which we reached in the late afternoon. All the morning I tried to write, but I was endlessly in- terrupted, which seems my fate. How much more 1 could do and how much better 1 could do it were this not the case. But I am served by many, and no man seems satisfied unless I daily keep up the personal touch. This is, however, not conducive to peaceful hours of work. Besides, I must look after my personal appearance to a certain degree, as all my receptions are official. I cannot get out of the train just anyhow, with my hat on one side and a cloak which does not match my dress. Minneapolis and St. Paul are sister towns, which does not mean that they are not rivals. So that hoth should have something of us, I dropped my children at Minneapolis, under the care of Mrs. Washburn, as Maj. Wash- burn is a citizen of that town, which is full of their friends. My children were delighted to have an unofficial afterncon among those of their age, whilst I sternly attended to my Qeen’s work. I continued to St. Paul, whera a colossal reception had been arranged at the superb station hall. This reception was quite spe- clally well done. There are very many Rumanians in St. Paul, and these were lned up in groups, so that they should be the first to welcome their Queen. A small platform had been placed for me, on which I stood all alone, so that my people could have a good view of me, and it was from this little platform that I received their addresses and their bunches of flowers. They wers avercome by emotion. and more than one woman wept with joy. It must have been a curious event in thelr lives to be greeted by their Queen in 101 Ranch (n Oklahoma, has never been horseback riding. their faroff land of adoption. My Impressions of America By Her Majesty the Queen of Rumania ten Exclusively for The Star and Other Members of the North American Newspaper Alliance who gave me a splendid welcome. | The people of St. Paul gave me a tre- mendous reception. I shall never forget the crowds and the enthysiasm as I mounted the broad steps of the capitol to be re- ceived by the governor. I turned a moment to wave my hand to the multitude assembled .beneath, and from that high position I could look over part of the town and all the eager, welcoming faces. I could see the soldiers drawn up fn line, the splendid array of talwart policemen, everything in such magnificent order and 8o beautifully done that it is a picture I shall carry with me every- where. At the door of the capitol I was received by Gov. Christianson, & charming, youngfaced man With gray hair. Alas, the weather was bad, and it was beginning to rain. I, however, bravely ignored this fact, although I wore a red velvet cloak. Here the officials of the city were presented to me, and then I was hur- ried off to a far district of the city to attend a service in a small Ru- manian church, It was a touching | though humble ceremony, and it felt good to be among my people here where certainly it was an event to them to be in the company of their Queen. By this tfme it was getting dark, and our motor flew at a great pace over the long bridge which connacts the two cities. In the center of it I was stopped and presented with a magnificent silver fox—it was a pedi- greed fox, they told me, off one of | their farms, 1 was very touched at | this gift, given me exactly there where | the two towns met. | It was at their great art Institute that the officials of Minneapolis and many others were presented to me. I was intensely interested by this handsome building and the valuable | treasures the town is collecting there. I felt perfectly at home among ali! those precious, ancient objects, for art is one of my special hobbles, and I passed from room to room in a state of excited delight over the beautiful old furniture and pictures which have been collected and so tastefully set up. Among others there was an ex- quisite little old English Elizabethian room entirely reconstructed, with the wainscotting and furniture of the time. The lighting was most ar-| tistically done, and I resented being hurried away, as I would have liked | to inspect in detail each one of the treasures. However, I was merciless. Iy hurried away by ‘thoss responsible for our program and taken back again over the long bride into St. Paul, where I was allowed a short hour to take a bath and dress for dinner, while an endless quantity of exciting packets and lovely flowers were being brought to me all the time. Dinner at Private Home. The supper that evening was a de- lightful rest. It was at a private house, the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Hill. More delightful hosts cannot be imagined. Mrs. Hill is a lovely lady with an irresistible smile, adored by her husband and children and by ail her friends. They received us in one of the most delightful rooms I have ever seen, which they called the music room. There is an organ at one end of it, and at the other a great fireplace, in which a friendly fira burned. At the left of the fire- place was an exquisite pastel portrait of Mrs. Hill, 8o cleverly lighted that it was as though Mrs. Hill were for a second time with us in the room. That supper around that friendly table has left me a delightful sensa- tion of peaceful coziness, and I really felt that I could relax for two hours from the strain of officlalty. My host told me interesting things, while I ate delicious, beautifully served food to the sound of goft music played by a ladies’ orchestra in the hall beyond. During that time my children ate at a separate table in another room a meal offered them by the son and daughter of the house and other com- panions of their age. Before we returned to our train the different friends and acquaintances of our hosts came to greet us, and little by little the music room filled with select and elegant guests. Finally there was a little dancing, but time had moved on relentlessly, and it was all too soon that we had to leave that smiling company to return to our train, Coprright. 1826. in the United States. Great gin T ana all’ piher "counirics by the orth American Newspaver Alliance. Re. roduction in whole or in Dart brohibited. All rights reserved. MARIE, ON LAST LAP, OFF FOR NEW YORK AFTER VIRGINIA VISIT ___(Continued from First Page) mounted the staps at the Cameron street entrance and said: “I want to tell the people of Win- chester that I had intended visiting But it wag not only my Rumagpians many sections of your beautitul South- I3 [ | gratitude of the ! period of court mourning for IPOPE CONDEMNS |COAL STRIKE'SEND MEXICO“TYRANNY” Calls on Catholics in All Lands to Continue Their Prayers for Victory. By the Associated Press. ROME, November 20.—Pope Pius, in an encyclical published today, condemns the “bloody tyranny” suf- fered by the clergy and faithful in Mexico. exhorts those in other lands to continue prayers in behalf of the Mexicans, and expresses faith in the final victory of the church. He enlarges upon two themes, the Increasing violence of the persecu- ion, Ineluding attacks on young women and the growth of courage- ous. though peaceful resistance. He eoxamines especially “the arbi- trary character of the socalled polit- ical constitution of 1917 and the in- tolerable way in which the condi- tiona of the Catholics have been rendered, even more tragic by the recent and even more odlous law and by its violent application, ac- companied by the grossest ahuses of authority, reaching bloody tryanny. Compared to Martyrs. The principal excesses of this tyranny, verified by Incontestable testimony, he says, have been direct- ed not only against holy places and | persons, but aleo against those citi- 7ens who are most openly Catholic, and who, therefore, are suspected of aversion for the anti-religious laws of their rulers. The description of conditions in Mexico, the encyclical s recalls the atrocities of the worst perlods of persecution, including the French revolution, ‘whose martyrs the Pon- tift recently glorified, “thinking also of their imitators, the martvrs of Mexican persecution.” In contrast to the gloomy picture of the horrors of the persecution, the Pope described the splendid apectacle of resistance offered by bishops, priests and lavmen, especially the members of the principal Catholic assoclations, which he praises by name. These include the Knights of Colum- bus, the Federation for Defense of Re- ligious Liberty, the Assoclation of Mexican Catholic Youth, Union of Mexican all of which, he Vs, church and their country, Mentions Princlpal Heroes. He mentions the principal heroes in the fight for religious liberty, recalling with eapecial love and pride” those youths who, being asked to cheer for their persecutor, preferred death, which they met with rosaries in their hands, exalting Chriat as King. He also recounts the even more hor- rible fate of Christian virgins who, the encyclical says, have with “Satanic hate” been mprironed and subjected in prison to the worst ill-treatment. The Pope then recalls the divine promise of future victory and the im- mortality of the church, even amid the most terrible storms, and ex- presses the hope that the persecutors themselves may repent, realizing how much their country and they them- selves owe to the church and the Zatholic religion. Cites Progress of Faith. All good, civilization and progress existing in Mexico, the encyclical de- clares, came through the Catholic re- ligion, which first saved the country from the greed of its conquerors, and Jater from the reaction of the natives: then enriched it with the splendors of religion, with all the benefits of the Cathollc religion, with Institutes of charity and beneficence, and with schools of all grades and kinds. Finally, the Pontiff invokes Our Tady of Guadaloupe to forget the offenses she has suffered and obtain for the Mexican people peace and con- cord, and if this should be delayed, to intercede for Divine comfort for the persecuted M-xicans, consolidating them In their resiatance to laws which deprive them of the liberty of profess- ing their religion. land, but as you know I must hurry home. I determined to see some cor- ner of it, however, and for this pur- pose I had my tour haited to come to Winchester so that I would be able to say that I had seen at least this por- tion of the South. I hope if T should ever visit America again to make an extended visit to your dear old State and particularly come again to his- toric Winchester. I want fo thank you all for coming out in the chilly morning alr to meet me.” 5 The Queen was presented with an immense bouquet of roses by Mrs, W. Alexander Baker, wife of the president of the city council. Marie was intre- duced by John J. Cornwell, general counsel of the Baltimore and Ohlo Railroad. Mayor Jullan F. Ward extended her majesty the freedom of the city. When news came that the Queen and her party were approaching the city fire sirens, fire bells and church bells rang and factory whistles were blown. The sarty remained here half an hour, then made a whirlwind tour of a acore of Civil War battleflelds and traversed equally historic grounds én route to Harpers Ferry, , Where the foval train awaited the Queens arri- val. RECEPTION CANCELED. Invitations for the dinner and re- ception which the Ambassador of Italy and Nobil Denna Antoinette de Martino had issued for Frida, . ning, November 26, in honor of Queen Marie have been recalled, as the Queen will not come to Washington before salling for home. King Victor Emmanuel of Ttaly had authorized the lifting of the 30-day o King’s aunt that the Ambassador and Nobil de Martino might entertain the Rumanian Queen, but the mourn- ing will not be lifted now. PRINCE INSPECTS PLANTS. DETROIT, November 20 (#).— Prince Nicolas of Rumania, sep- arated from the entourage of his roval mother, embarked today upon an inspection tour of several of the larger manufacturing plants hers. A quiet evening spent at an in- formal reception at the Book-Cadillac Hotel and a later theater party left the prince fresh for the study of productien methods of the Ford, Packard and Burroughs adding ma- chine plants. - The Prince evinced considerable interest in the production methods of this country, declaring that “we could certainly use one boatload of efficiency in our country.” Following a Mgncheon at the De- troit Athletic lub, Prince Nicolas plans a fiying trip to Ann Arbor and a call upon Clarence Cook Little, president of the University of Mich- igan. A private dinner will complete De- troit's entertalnment plans for the Prince, the party leaving this eity at 11 o'rlock, Eastern standard time, for Cleveland. SEENDESPITEUNION British Miners Are Expected to Return Soon, Although Terms Were Rejected. By the Assoctated Press. TLONDO ovember .20.—Although the delegate conference of the coal miners yesterday decreed that the va- rlous district organizations should make no final settlement of the coal strike with the mine owners until an- other conference is held to consider the reports of the various ne.otia- tions, the consensus is this will have iittle effect. The belisf prevalls thot the seven- month strike, which is regarded the most disastrous in the country's an- nals, is victually over and that next week miners will be hastening back to work, even faster than they have returned to the pits of recent days. The decree of the delegate confer- ence was issued after the announce ment of ofticial figures in the ballot- ing on the government's terms for settling the strike, which were re- Jjected by a majority of 147,606, Mining Due to"tart Soon. There I8 no sign of any formal call- ing off of the strike, and it is expeoted that some of the die-hard districts will continue to hold out for a while; but all present indications are that prep- arations are being made for the min- ing of coal to stait forthwith and that the men will return, however reluct- antly, under conditions that almost oertainly will involve longer hours and lower wages. Such an ending has aroused mlis- givings in many quarters, where hope for permanent and contented peace seemingly is not strong. It is con- tended that while the miners have gained nothing and lost much, the mine owners cannot claim more than a pyrrhlc victory. Their losses and the losses of their shareholders are enormous; the nation and national in- dustries have suffered incalculable di ster which 1is Inadequately rep: sented by the current calculation of money loss, amounting to between $1,500,000,000 and $2,500,000,000. The ruin of the miners’ federation is among the results assumed by the press commentators. They say its policy has failed, and its final effort to keep control in settlements of dis- pute between minerg and mine owners is regarded as a hopeless attempt to save its face. Beaten by Economic Facts. Viscount Grey of Fallodon, former Ambassador to the United States, ina recent speech sald the miners had heen beaten, not by the owners and not by the government, but by eco- nomic facts. This view is indorsed by an influential section of the press. The Times, citing Viscount Grey's summation of the situation, say: ‘would be even truer to say they were beaten by their own leadership, not- withstanding the government's efforee to save them."” The newspaper thinks that the early departure of A. J. Cook, secre- tary of the federation, to attend the congress of the Russian trades unions in Moscow next month s a significant fact. After announcing the result of the vote against the government's terms of settlement, the miners' delegates adopted a resolution that all the dis- tricts be asked to negotiate with mine owners for agreements, but that no settlement should bhe made until a further natlonal conference was_ held to receive the reports. This left the miners and the mine owners in a position to make the best terms possible, under rather shadowy super- vision which the federation hopes to hold over the settlements, without any ald from the government. FUBITIVE HOLDING MOTHER AS SHIELD Shoots Sheriff When Sought for Attempting to Wreck Four Passenger Trains. By the Assoclated Prea FLORENCE, 8. C., November 20.— Tn a little house at Kingstree, 25 milea from here, Harold Wheelar, 30 vears old, was barricaded today, using his mother as a shield againat police, who seek him for shooting Sheriff Henry G. Gamble of Willlamsburg County. The sheriff was severely wounded when he sought to arrest Wheeler on a charge of attempting to wreck four passenger trains of the Atlantic Coast Line Rallroad. Wheeler was released from the State Insane Asylum six months ago. Last night police hesitated to at- tack the Wheeler home for fear Mrs. Wheeler would be hurt, and at a late hour decided to wait for daylight. Obatructions on the tracks north of Lake City that forced four passenger trains to stop caused J. A. Dorsey, a railroad policeman and a deputy sher- it of Willlamsburg County, to investi- gate. Bloodhounds followed a trail to the Wheeler home. When mble entered the house he was met by Wheeler, and at close range the latter fired a shotgun loaded with steel balls. The wounded man's tongue was almost severed, - and Wheeler fled to the woods adjoining the house. In the afternoon he re- turned and barricaded himself in the house with his mother. David Simmons, 18-vear-old negre, ‘who is sald to have seen Wheeler place obstructions on the railroad tracks, is being held in jail as a material wit- Shaw Reconsiders ;nd Will Take Prize Money to Promote Literary Relations By the Associated Press. TLONDON, Novemher 20.—George Bernard Shaw will accept the Nobel prize money which goes with the Nohel award for literature with a view to establishing a fund for the furtherance of literary relations be- tween Sweden and FEngland, says Baron Palmstierna, the Swedish Minister to Great Britain. Mr. Shaw made known his decision in a letter to the Minister. in which he said he would fulfill all the Swedish academy’s conditions regarding the Nobel prize 80 as to facilitate the legal use of the cash, which will be in furtherance of his wishes to ‘‘en- courage intercourse and understand- ing in literaturs and art between Sweden and the British Isles.” .Mr. SRaw in a previous letter sald he would accept the award, but not the money prize. The Swedish Academy of Litera- ture at Stockholm, which awards the prize, wili consider Mr. Shaw's propasal next week. It ig recalled that Theodore Roose For McAdoo in 1928 B T ¥ T. MEREDITH. NINEMEN SAVED OFF WRECKED SHP Vessel Goes Ashore 24 Miles From Buffalo During Heavy Snowstorm. Dy the Associated Pre BUFFALO, N. Y., November 20.— Buffale Coast Guardsmen today res- cued nine men from the former Ship- ping Board vessel Lake Grogan, which went on the rocks off Morgans Point, 24 miles from Buffalo, on the Canadian shore, during a snowstorm last night. A breeches buoy was used to take the saflors off their vessel, which was pounding to pleces in the heavy seas. The lake Grogan left Port Col- borne last night when a severe storm was raging in tow of a tug bound for Detroft. Off Morgans Point the Lake Grogan dropped anchor and the tug put back into Port Colborne. The anchor falled 10 hold, and the old ves- sel, bullt during the war at Hog ls land and en route to Detroit to be scrapped, struck a reef. A freighter, belleved to be an in- bound grain_carrler, ran upon the rocks near Martins Point, about 35 miles up Lake Erie, last night and to- day was still hard ‘aground, with the lifesaving crew in a power boat stand- ing by. The ship apparently lost her bear- ings in the heavy snowstorm that swept the lower end of Lake Erie. The assumption that the freighter ‘wans inbound was based on the report that she lay low in the water, indicat- v cargo. All the ships clear- ing late yesterday from Buffalo went up light. Because of the storm persons living near Martins Point could not identify the vessel. ONE VESSEL MISSING. MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, November 20 (#).—All of the ships reported miss- ing in the storm which swept Lakes Michigan and Superfor for two days were safe today except the C. Russell Hubbard, a 9,500-ton_ore boat, which had not been heard from since it passed through the Sault Ste. Marie locks Wednesday. COLLEGE HEAD UPHELD AGAINST CRITICISM Indorsed by Faculty and Students in Opposing Special Salary Offer to University President. By the Associated Press. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., November 20.—The faculty and student council of Marshall College last night ex- pressed confidence in Dr. E. P. Shaw- key, president of the college, who has been criticised for his adverse com- ments on an offer made to D ‘Withers of New York n become president of West University. Dr. Shawkey in a letter to a mem- ber of the West Virginia Roard of Education had intimated a_reported offer of $15.000 a year to Dr. With-| ers would discriminate against other State school heads. Tonight 24 members of the faculty sald they were “wholeheartedly" back of President Shawkey in “his attitude,” while the student council pald tribute to him as a “sincere and efficlent executive.” Dr. Withers has declined the presi- dency because of the protests of Dr. Shawkey and others, LITHOGRAPHERS DINE. Progress of Work Outlined by Speakers at Session. Developments in lithographic work throughout the country were outlined last night by speakers at the annual dinner of the photo lithographers, sec- tion of the Merchants and Mannfac- tures’ Assocfation of Washington held At the Oceldental Hotel, Speakers included: Mauriea {Saun- faders of New York, secretary of the Natjonal Lithographers’ Association: Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso- elation; W, D. Jamieson, former Rep- representative from lowa; H. Bocor- nelskl, W. J. Rogers, C. B. Guthrie and John A. Eckert. J. E. Halley was the toastraaster and Paul A. Heideke was in charge of the program velt devoted the $40.000 peace prize awarded him fn 1906 to a foundation for the promotion of industrial peace, following the example of the lats Sir ‘W. Randall Cremer. Lord Rayleigh divided the ecash which eame with his physics prize in 1904 hetween Cambridge University library and the Cavendish Lahoratory; Maeterlinck in 1911 endowed a French lterary award: T. M. C. er, who shared the 1811 peace prize with A. H. Fried. gave his to international law institutions, and Rabindranath Tagore used his 1913 literature prize in edycational work in Indi: DECREASES CITY LIGHTS. BRUSSELS, November 20 (#).—The burgomasters of every community in the kingdom have decided to decreass by 25 per cent the lights in their munieipalities. ¢ The rule will app! both to public ‘buildings and privi homes and will be enforced Imme ately, MEREDITH STARTS "BOON FORMAD Drys and Progressives Will Nominate Him, Former Secretary Says. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 20.-Dry Democrats from the West and South will nominate Willlams Gibbs McAdos for the presidency In 1928, it is be. lleved by Edwin T. Meredith, Secre. tary of Agriculture in the Wilson ad- ministration. Gov. Al Smith of New York will be sliminated as a possibility by the adop- tion of a dry platform, in Mr. Mere- dith’s opinion. The New York World, an ardent Smith supporter, regards Meredith's prononncement as a move to counter the momentum Smith received by his re-election for a fourth term. The former Secretary has been wide. 1¥ mentioned as a possible comproe mise nominee, but he insiats ha s not a candidate. Mr. Meredith made a set speech on farm rellef here Thursdav night. Today's papers publish his views, on the Democratic situation, as given to pelitical writers. Sees Progressives in Control. In my judgment,” he sald. “tha next Democratic national convention will be controlled by the Progressive Democrats from the West and South The platform will not ba wet and nn doubtedly will include in its declara tion of party policy and program a prohibition law enforcement plank. ‘This country is dry today. I do not believe that Gov. Smith consistentiv could run on the sort of a platform the 1928 convention is moat likely to adopt. Mr. McAdoo, he raid, would be “the for the Prograssives convention, adding le is the only man within our party around whom any considerahla group of Progressives, a majority of whom also happen to be diys, would gather to gnake their stand against the wets @nd what they regard as the reactlonary East.” Hopes to Avert Deadlock. Mr. Meredith said he thought Mc- Adoo's relative strength would bhe about the same as in 1924. He “sin- cerely hopes” introduction of Mc- Adoo’s name will not bring ahout a virtual repetition of the 1924 dead lock, which requ 103 ballots to break. “Howev Mr. Meredith re- marked, “I expect it to be an In- teresting convention.” The convention will without a doubt be held somewhere in the Mid- dle West or West, in Mr. Meredith's opinion. “Cleveland, St. Louis, or possibly Kansas City,” he suggested. Gov. Smith's recent election for a fourth term in this State “has un- doubtedly strengthened him,” in the opinjon of Mr. Meredith, but- not enough to overcome sentiment against him. Meredith said he had heen telling McAdoo men in various States to be- gin now to take steps to have them- selves elected delegates to the national convention. Towa for McAdoo. He gald lowa would be for Me- Adoo, as perhaps not over 10 per cent of the State's Democrats fa- vored Smith, When told that McAdoo's friends referred to him at times as a dark horse, Meredith said: “In’ the case of a deadlock the convention might say to any one of half a dozen men: ‘Pomerene, you're ity obinson, vou're it. Dona- hey, you're it, or Meredith, you're it In a juncture of that sort any one the convention might settla upon would - doubtless accept the draft. That"is the only sense In which I can be considered as a can- didate.” Asked if he theught McAdeo would be nominated, he answered in the affirmative. SUN APPEALS FOR HELP TO MANCHURIAN LEADERS “High Personage” in Tientsin to See Chang Declared Marshal Himself. By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, November 20— Gen. Sun Chuan. Fang, Shanghai leader, who has been fighting a losing battle against the northward march of the Cantonese, has definitely turned to ward the Manchuriana for help, Feng tien leaders affirmed here today. A “high personage” has arrived hare from Pukow, Kiangsu Province, Gan. Sun’'s strongest state, to confer with Marshal Chang Teo-lin, Manchurian digtator, and Gen. Chang Tsung- chang, his field marshal. This visitor is declared to be Gen. Sun himself, but the Manchurian leaders refusa to confirm or deny this report. They aver, however, that Gen. Sun has withdrawn opposition to the sanding of Shangtung troops into Kiangsu. TWO DIE, TRAFFIC TIED Swollen Rivers Cause Heavy Dam- age to Farm Lands—Much Live Stock Killed. By the Associated Prass MADRID, November 20— Two men were killed by lightning whila rail trafic and wire communication were badly crippled in many parts of Spain yesterday during torrential rains. Consfderahle damage to farm lands along the banks of awellen streams was reported from varfous sections. Much live stock perished. A violent wind and rain sterm swept over Barcelona early vester- day doing much damage. All ship- ping was tied up to ride out the storm. No fatalities were reported. Reports from Murcia say the Se- gura River, at flood stage for sev- eral days, is failing after having caused damage to the countryside. Twao shepherdn were killed by Nght- ning and numbers of cattle were drowned on. stock farms in the vicinity. DOG RACERS ACQUITTED. Three Absolved of Charges of Vio- lating Florida Gambling Law. TAMPA, Fla, November 20 (#).— Dr. Judd Q. Lloyd, former president of the Tampa Kennel Club, and L. G Throchmorton, Porter Haynes and Lew Baxter, emploves of the Grev- hound Racing organization, were ac- quitted here yesterday of charges of gambling and conspiracy to violate the State laws on gambling. The jury was out only three minutes, and a round of applause swept through a large crowd of spectators, includ- ing many women, as the verdict was announced A dozer “vitnesses testified for the State on 1he dog race meeting hers last Wintet; bt none of them gave direct evidence of gambling hy the defendants at the track. The defense produced no testimony and sides walved arguments.