Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Fair tonight; tomorrow Forecast.) cloudy; : probably light rain or snow. Temperature—Highest, lowest, 33, at 8 a.m. Full report on Page 7. No. 1,131—No. 30,154 BRITISH PREMIERS ~ GRANT AUTONOMY T0 ALL DOMINIONS Council Declares Each State Equal in Status With . Mother Country. AUTHORITY OF ENGLAND TO MAKE PACTS LIMITED Will Sign Only for Great Britain in Future—Each Unit Master of Its Own Destiny. Br the Associated Press LONDO: November 20. — The British Empire taday entered a new | epoch, with the mother country and the dominions oficially recorded as mutonomoud® units, equal in status within King George's world-wide realm. Like the States of the United Etates, no member of the British com- monwealth of natlons is subordinate to any other. England and London remain the center of the empire by tradition, sentiment and common al- legiance to the crown, but each self- governing member of the empire is master of its own destiny. The principle of the automony of | the dominions has been admitted | hitherto, but never was formally out-| lined until today. when the committee | of premiers, who have shrouded a month's deliberations .in Downing Etreet with secrecy, made their report on inter-imperial relations. Dominions’ Demand Realized. By it the demands of the dominions, | which Premier Hertzog of South; Africa so strongly voiced on his ar- tival in London last month, have been fully realized The exact words of the report, as| ndopted by the conference, are: “The position and mutual rela- tions of the group of seif-governing communities composed of Great Brit- #in and the dominions may be readily defined. They are autonomous com- munities within the British Empire, equal in status and in no way subor-| dinate, one to the other, in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common alle- giance to the crown and freely associ- ated as members of the British com- monwealth of nations,” Federation Held Impossible. The report. briefly reviewing recent history. save the tendency of the dominions toward equality of status is both right and inevitabie Geographical and other conditions make this impossible of attainment by way of a federation. The only alter. | native is by way of automony, “and along this road it has been steadily | eought. Fvery self governing mem- | ber of the empire is now master of its | destiny. In fact, if not alwavs in form. it is subject to no compulsion | whatever." The report continues: “But no nac-| rount, however accurate, of negative | relations in which Great Britain and! the dominions stand to each other can ! do more than express a portion of the | truth. The British Empire is not | founded upon negations. It depends | essentially. if not formally, on positive ideals. Free institutions are its life| blond. free cooperation its instrument, | and peace, security and progress | among Its objectives.” i | Treaty Power Curbed. The report opens with a discussion | of the relations between the various parts of the empire and declares that a governor-general should be the rep. resentative of the crown only, not of the Britith government Tt recommends the appointment of a special committee to consider the competence of the dominior parlia- ment to give their legislatirn extr territorial effect on other points ari ing from dominion legislation, with a subcommittea to deal with mer chant shipping legislation With regard to relations with for eign countries the report seek: to give tull application to the resolution on the negotiation of treaties which was | adopted at the last conference. (1—It recommends that in future treaties the British ministers shall | sign for Great Britaln instead of for the empire, with cach dominion sigi Ing for itself. Canada signing immedi- atelv after Great Britain (2)—It recognizes that in foreign re- lations neither Great Britain nor the | dominions could be committed to ac ceptance of active obligations without the definite assent of their own gov- | ernments KID McCOY SENTENCED | TO 24 YEARS IN PRISON Murder Conviction Brings 10, As- | sault and Robbery Addi- | tional 14. i Br the Associated Press i SAN QUENTIN, Calif.. November | 20 _The State parole board toda fixed the sentence of Norman Selby (Kid McCoy) at 24 vears on four sepa rate charges. Selby, who had expect- @4 a lighter sentence, was depressed At the news \ &alby, who was sent up from Loe Angeles County after the death of | Mrs. Theresa Mors at his hands, was | given 10 vears for mansiaughter and seven yvears each fer assault to com- mit murder and rohbery, the sen tences to run consecutively. He was | also given six vears for assault to do! great bodily harm. this sentence to run concurrently with the others. | Under the California law a con.| victed person is senrenced to an_in- determinate term in prison. The State parole hoard then fixes the| length ‘of time & conviet must serve | in prison. SHIP’S PIANO ON RAMPAGE | Crashes Onte Deck — Four Pas-| sengers Are Injured. | HAVRE, France, November 20 (). | —The French lner Paris arrived | here today after 8 stormy passage in | which four passengers were slightly | injured 1 At the height of the storm Thurs- | day night a grand piano was :ornl from {ts moerings in the saloon and crashed through a wall onto the prem- ‘Mdl deck. | into ‘pended preceedings until | cutor, | fense counsel, 38, at 2 p.m.; Entered as second cl post office, Waehin, s matter gton, D. C. he MERCY WINS OVER VENGEANCE IN LOVE DRAMA OF 3 MOTHERS Gov. "Ma" Ferguson Pardons Wife of Slayer Over Protests of Woman Whose Son He Killed. By the Aseociated Press AUSTIN, Tex., November 20.— Three women played the principal roles in a triangular drama of love, justice and mercy here today, and when the curtain dropped one, who was seeking freedom from punish- ment for the death of a young man, was handed a full pardon. All of the women were mothers. One was Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson, one was Mrs. Mattie Robertson, mother of the slain boy, who pro- tested the pardon, and the other was Mrs. Frank Collier, wife of a former mayor of Wichita Falls, Tex. Mrs. Robertson's son, Elsie Robert- son, was killed by Frank Collier on the ‘streets of Wichita Falls after the vouth had married Collier's only daughter, Frances. The marriage was not looked upon with favor by the Collfers, Collier, who fired the shots, received a three-year sentence in the peniten- tiary, and_his wife, who stood by while the boy was killed, received a sentence of 10 vears. It was charged that Mrs. Collier had prompted the Killing. The latter was due to start her sentence within a few davs. Today the three women came to- gether. Mre. Collier pleaded for clem- ency. while Mrs. Robertson, who is a widow, asked the governor not to lis- ten to Mrs. Collier's plea. “All my happiness is gone," she said. “They did not give him a chance. He was unarmed. He was all 1 had and they took him away from- me because he married their daughter.” The third woman, representing jus tice, listened to both sides and then, after several hours’ deliberation, granted a full pardon to the woman who was seeking to escape from the impending term in the State prisor. tion, declared fhat the State had proved Mrs. Collier's husband had fired the shot that killed Robertson ‘“As strange as it may seem, Robertson. The State then inflicts a verdict of murder on this unfortun- ate woman with a 10-year s=ntance In prisen, although she never cocked a gun, let aione shoot arvbody.” STEVENS' MURDER NIGHT ALIBI BACKED UP BY FISHERMEN Henry, Caim in Three-Hour Ordeal, Is Unshaken by Cross-Examination. By the Associated Press. SOMERVILLE, N. J. November 20.—Henry Stevens and his fellow fishermen from Lavallette today told the jury trving the Hall-Mills case that the defendant was surf casting on the beach at Lavallette the night Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills was slain with his brother-in-law, the Rev. Edward W. Hall. Henry Stevens is on trial with his sister, Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, and brother, Willie Stevens, charged with the murder of Mrs. Mills, For three hours the defendant-wit- ness told his story, calmly and care- fully. He declared that he never had heard of the slain woman be- fore her death, knew nothing of any affair between her and his brother- in-law and had not fired a pistol in vears, with a shotgun. Mayor Supports Story. Behind Stevens came his neigh- bors. Mavor Enoch T. Vancamp, serving his third term as mayor of Lavallette, was supporting the Stev- ens' alibi when court recessed over the week end. During the afternoon three other men, who were fishing on the beach the night of the double slaying, told of Stevens' presence there. One, William H. Egar, Wash- ington, D. C., real estate man, sald that he left Stevens in his home as late as 10:20 o'clock the night of the killing. Mrs. Egar, the only woman wit ness of the day, succeeded in getting the record over the objection of attorneys, and the court, a state- ment that Henry Stevens told her he was going to catch a big bluefish for her to bake. Late in the crowded court day, Justice Charles W. Parker ordered ie audience from the room and sus- tators eould be shooed out by the court crier, John Bunn, the dismissal | of the crowd followed the loudest of several ripples of suppressed laugh- | ter which had punctuated sharp ex- | changes beiween the spectal prose- Alexander Simpson, and de- principally, Clarence E. Case. a fellow State Senate mem- ber, with the prosecutor. Stevens Takes Stand. Henry Stevens mounted the witness stand soon after the fourteenth day of the trial was opened. He 1ad sat throughout the long sessions, scarcely moving in his seat, and exchangini onlv a few words each day with his relarives about him. Little thet has taken place in the courtrorm seems to have escaped him. As he took his seat for the beginning of his examination. he seemed pre- pared for an experience that was new for 2 man who knows more about fish- ing tackle than court machinery. His composure did not desert him, and a vigorous and searching cross-examina- tion did not bring a change in his story of nights and days of fishing. The defendant, Who opened his tes- timony with the statement that he (Continued on Page 5, Column 3. although he is an expert ! the spec- | ENTRY OF MADOO INTO 1928 CONTEST LIGHTLY RECEIVED Democrats in Capital Not Enthused as Meredith Launches Boom. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The McAdoo hat, dropped into the 1928 presidential ring by former Sec- retary Meredith of the Department of Agriculture, has caused no enthusi- asm among Democrats in the National Capital. Democratic leaders who two vears ago supported Willlam Gihbs McAdoo at Madison Square Garden, shook their heads pessimistically after read- ing the Meredith interview, in which the former member of the Wilson cabinet pictured McAdoo as the choice of the dry South and West for the Democratic nomination in 1928. Frankly, they think that Mr. Me- Adoo is weaker politically than he was in 1924, If he could not be nom- inated then, he cannot be nominated in 1928, they say. * Fear Resumption of Row. Furthermore, if the McAdoo-Smith battle of two vears ago is to be re- sumed at the next Democratic na- tional convention, the Democrats see the nomination of their party worth exactly nothing at all by the time the convention row is over. Many _Democratic leaders have hoped against hope since the last national campaign that both Gov. Al Smith and Mr. McAdoo would fade out of the picture. They hoped that the congressional elections and elec- tions for governor this vear would supply some outstanding figure who would be able to dominate the situa- tion and toward whom all factions of Democracy might turn in 1928. But the elections have let them down. Pomerene of Ohio or Evans Woollen of Indiana, both candidates on the Democratic ticket for the Senate, might have been the choice of the party had they won. But they were defeated. And out of the :lections Smith has emerged more powerful than ever, with Gov. Ritchie of Mary- land, Gov. Donahey of Ohio and Sen- ator Jim Reed of Missoliri as the other “possibilities.” Gets Blow in California. Mr. McAdoo lost cast in the election contests this yvear. His man, J. Elliott, candidate for the Senate, was beaten hy Senator Shortridge in Cali- fornia, Mr. McAdoo's home State now. Mr. McAdoo lost Democratic friends because he did not go to the front for John W, Davis, the nominee of the party for President two years ago. He went to Europe instead, and when he came back he went to a hospital and wound up by making no campaign for Mr. Davis at all, although he was urged to get into the fight in the Western States. Some of the Demo- cratic leaders are recalling this fact now. The principal elements of McAdoo strength this year will be the dry Democrats, and in his fight against Smith, the anti-Catholic Democrat. Mr. Meredith says McAdoo is to be the party. Of course, Gov. Donahey, who has been elected gover- nor of Republican Ohio_thres: times, may take another view of-fhis ma (Continued on Page 6, Column 1) Zneana Greets Ayres. WLO Was Ousted From Train, on Arrival in New York By the Associated Preee. ZW YORK. November 20.—When Princess Ileana arrived with her mother, Queen Marie, tonight she was greeted by J. B. Ayers, representative of the Ford Motor Co., who was put off the train in Seattle. They shook hands warmly and after a moment the Princess stepped into an automobile held ready by Ayres. and with him beside her, she drove off to Tuxedo, where she and Queen Marie are to rest until they sail on Wednesday. The royal mother pre- ceded the couple in another car. It was learned from member of the entourage that Ayres was pres- ent at Ilena's request and that she had previously asked to have him:in the car during the drive. Ayres, still wearing the huge rac- coon coat that identified him as a member of the roval party on the Tastern part of the tour, was all smiles as the Princess gulded the car, dismissal out of the station. His from the train at Seattle followed pub- lecation of interviews in ?fich it was sald Henry Ford's money was helping to finance the tour. Ayres denied responsibility for the statements, but Col. John H. Carroll, in charge of the train, refused to per- mit him to remain aboard. Immedi- ately afterward, Ayres left for Den ver, where it was expected by many aboard the train that he would rejoin the party. When Denver was reached, how- | ever, Ayres had been called to De- troit, the Ford home office. jof the royal party in Ayres came to |{light when Col. Carrcll and Maj. Stanley Washburn, aide to . Ford in Ayres’ behalf. Both pointed out that the young man had made himself useful to the Queen and her entour- age, and that he was well liked. Ayres explained tonight that he had planned to remain in the back- ground at the station but was sum- moned into Queen Marie's car. There, | he said, he met Tleana and was asked to drive with her to Tuxedo. He felt he could not refuss, he added, and se complied with the royal command. The governor, in explaining her ac.| the rallying point of the drys in the, A. Vic! Interest | {or to indicate what would be their atti- | ! | ; e | sion 1 of the District Supreme Court eaid, “the State never attempted t0lfor the trial tomorrow of Albert B. show that Mrs. Colller trieg 1 shoot | pa)) of New Mexico, former Secretary | | | B.|man who said he represented a social | ") paper men, who will be attracted to {far as shown by the records of the i stand for the prosecution. vy WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION FALL TRIALTO OPEN TOMORROW NOTED LIST WILL TESTIFY Justice Hoehling to Preside al Hearing of Charges Against Ex-Secretary. DOHENY ALSO TO FACE JURY IN PLOT CASE| Gordon Probes Mysterious Tele-' phone Calls to Men on Jury Panels. The stage is set in Criminal Divi- of the Interior, and of Edward L. Doheny, oil magnate, of Los Angeles, Calif, on an indictment charging them with conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with the lease of the' naval oil reserve at Elk Hills, Calif. All preliminary motions and efforts to thwart the trial of the case have been disposed of, and the men have entered formal pleas of mot guilty. | An array of legal talent for the de-| fense will begin tomorrow a battle of | wits with special counse! for the Gov- ernment following the selection of a| jury of 12 men to pass on the ques- | tion of the gullt or innocence of the | accused. Justice Adolph A. Hoehling will | preside at the trial. He is regarded as especially equipped to try the case tecause of his knowledge of the crim-| inal law and his experfence at the| local bar before his elevation to the | bench. The justice held a conference with the lawyers on both sides Friday afternoon and arranged for the seat- ing of counsel about the trial table. Phone Calls Probed. District Attorney Peyton Gordon‘ admitted last night that inquiries are | being conducted at his order into} what are regarded as mysterious tele- | phone calls to members of the families of prospective jurors in the case. Maj. Gordon said the matter had been called:to his attention several days ago. He declined to discuss the| subject further, except to say thati he had deemed it necessary to order | an inquiry to see if there had been any violation of the statutes against the obstruction of justice. There are 26 men on the jury pm’]ell in Justice Heehling's court, and it; was learned that inquiries concerning their. personal affairs had been made in practically each case during the last 10 days or so. The mattér was first called to the atténtion of Maj. Gordon last Thursday by Arthur H. Mitchell of 1700 Lamont street, who has acted several times as foreman of juries selected from his panel. It was learned also that members of the families of jurymen in Justice Hitz's court had been subjected to similar calls. Various methods were used by the telephone questioners. Some repre- sented themselves as insurance agents, others sald they were speaking for the court and still others represented themselves as census takers and agents for social and telephone direc- tories. No Jurors Believed Reached. i It was not believed that any pro- spective juror was reached personaily in this manner, the queries being di- rected at members of their families. | In one or two cases, it was said, rnllsi I were made at the homes of jurors. Mr. Mitchell said he could not ac. | count for such questions, but believed ! they should be called to the attention | of Maj. Gordon. I regarded the situation as dan- gerous and suspicious,” he said last night. “I have never heard of such a procedure before and thought it my | duty to report it.” The first telephone call came to his house last Monday. his wife in- formed him. She did not think there was anything unusual about it and only referred to it casually Wednes- day. She told Mr. Mitchell that a register had asked her to give him some information about her husband and_his affiliations. ““This man asked about my politics, | what fraternal organizations 1 be- longed to, and whether I was a mem- ber of the Ku Klux Klan,” sald Mr. Mitchell. “My wife answered all his | questions, and thought so little of the matter that she forgot to men- tion it to me at the time. Since then 1 have heard that practically eves member of the panel has been th subject of such calls.” ” Plans for Press Acosfnsddations. Edgar C. Snyder, United States marshal, and_a former newspaper man, made extensive arrange- ments for the accommodation of the press. Several benches used for wit- nesses and others attending sessions of ‘the court were removed and two long tables arranged for the news- the trial because of its national in- terest. Besides the representatives of | the local papers and men from the | various news-gathering associations, space has been provided for special writers from all over the country. Significant of the importance of the trial is the list of distinguished wit-| nesses who will be present in court | in response to subpeenas from counsel | for the prosecution. It is rumored | that the Government has even sent | out summons for all the members of the family of Edward L. Doheny, in- cluding his wife, his son, Edward L. Doheny, jr., and the latter’s wife. This report could not be verified, as the jubpoenas have not been served as marshal's office. In ‘the civil suit the wife of the accused took the witness stand with her husband's consent. Counsel for Doheny declined to com- ment on the issuance of the subpoenas tude should an effort be made to place members of the Doheny family on the Distinguished Witnesses. Notable among the Government witnesses known to have been served with process are United States Sena- tors Irving L. lenroot, Thomas J. ‘Walsh, Reed Smoot, J. W. Harreld.and former Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, INTHRILLING FINISH | periods the Eli soldiers of the grid- Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 21, 1926.—122 PAGES. ¥ “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. ANDREWS ASKS US. T0FORM COMPANY 10 MAKE ALL RUM Wants Government-Controll- ed Concern to Be Sole Source of Medicinal Liquor. UP) Means Associated Press. I et T Orie] DEMOCRATIC BULLETR boAf.fl.‘____- o JMREED HAS JusT PURCHASED'A ‘NEw KansasCitY | HOME w(TH A iWOULD PURCHASE ENTIRE STOCK NOW IN COUNTRY Private Corporation Would Be Un- der Rigid Supervision—Mellon Indorses Proposal. Branding the present system of Go as “impossible,” and failure, charging that sales agents of the private owners of whisky too often had been able to thwart Government attempts to prevent diversion and adulteration, and reiterating that the medicinal supply for the country is running so low that manufacture will have to be started again shortly, As- sistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews last night announced Con- gress would be asked to set up a pri- vate corporation. under rigid Govern- YALE VIGTORIOUS Spectacular Field Goals by Wadsworth and Tibby Beat Harvard, 12 to 7. By the Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn., November 20.—Thrusting two mighty feet out of the shadow of threatening defea‘, a bruised and battered Yale Bull Dog kicked its way to vietory over Har- vard before a throng of 80,000 in the | New Haven bowl today, 12 to 7. | Two spectacular field goals by Jerry Wadsworth and Capt. Tibby Bunnell rescued the game for the Blue in the second half, after a sensational vard pass had unexpectediy put the Crimson out In front by a single point, 7 to 6. Leaping into the fray, a min- ute man from the sidelines, who had only one task and did it well, Wads- worth clinched Yale's triumph with a placement boot from the 23-yard line. Bunnell Furnishes Climax. 1t remained for Bunnell, however, to contribute a_spectacular climax to the struggle. His dropkick was one of the longest of the season, the Llail soaring over the cross bar in the fourth period from a point near the 40-vard line. For a time during the gripping struggle of the anclent rivals, it appeared that Yale, in spite of a more alert and versatile attack, would fall short of victory, as it had often done before in the last two vears. Three times in the first three 3. iron pushed to within scoring range, only to see the place Kicks of the husky Sturhahn travel wide of the uprights. But where Sturhahn failed, two other sturdy warriors of the Blue succeeded, and under the clouts of their unerring toes, Yale draped the curtain of triumph over four successive defeats in a glorious finigh. Although the Cambridge team's stunning touchdown by Saltonstall in the third period raised Crimson hopes of a victory over Yale for the first time since 1822, Harvard mistakes were too frequent and glaring for their army of supporters to take too much encouragement. Play in Harvard Territory. Blocked kicks and intercepted passes kept the play for the most part in Harvard territory, Stusahn going over for Yale's touchdon in the sec- ond period after Richards had stop-| ped a punt by ‘Coady and sent it rolling toward thg, €fimson goal line. Harvard was™” only twice within easy. scoring Tange. taking advantage of ita segofid opportunity to put over a touchdown after Guarnaccis had fai#€d to capitalize the first on an at- fempted field goal Harvard never threatened in the final period, which was featured by Bunnell's long boot for Yale's final three points and the strong kicking of Noble. Dashing back 35 yards after catching a Harvard punt, the Yale quarterback paved the way for his fleld goal with the longest broken fleld run of the game. —e CLA|>MS PACT SIGNED. Commission British-Mexican to Decide Damages. MEXICO CITY, November 20 (#).— A British-Mexican claims convention has been signed by Foreign Minister Saenz and British Minister Ovey. The convention is similar to that between Mexico and the United States. It provides for the appointment of a commission at an early date to investi- gate the claims of British citizens be- cause of damage or injuries in the 1910-1920 revolutionary period. e e “SLUSH” CHARGES FILED. Minister Accuses Gould, Maine Candidate, of Big Expenditures. AUGUSTA, Me,, November 20 (#).— Charles of illegal expenditure of money in the primary campaign were filed today against Arthur R. Gould of Presque Isle, Me., successful can- didate for the Republican nomination for United States - Senator. The charges were brought in a petition signed by Rev. A. F. Leigh of Ran- dolph. Although Mr. Gould could not be reached tonight, a close associate here said the candidate would be able to prove that he did not exceed the $1,600 1 lmit on such expendi- t candidate already has 3 n‘x'fi"; statement decla¥ing that his expenditures were - §1,324. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—52 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page 22. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 30. Financlal News—Pages 31, 32 and 33. News of the Clubs—Page 36. Radio News and Programs—Pages 42 and 43. D. A. R. Activities—Page 44. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 48. Around the City—Page 49. PART TWO0—16 PAGES, Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. otes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of Autumn Books—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 11. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 12. Girl Scout News—Page 15. Boy Scouts—Page 15. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- pla Music—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6, 7 and 9 At the Community Centers—Page 10. Serial, “Laila"—Page 11. Veterans of the Great War—Pags 11. Army and Navy News—Page 12. District National Guard—Page 12. Spanish War Véterans—Page 12. Fraternal News—Page 13. Civillan Army News—Page 13. PART FOUR—1 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. PART SIX—10 PAGES. Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—14 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. Mutt and Jeff: Reg'lar Fellers: Mr. and Mrs.; High Lights of History. MUTINEERS BEATEN:-{tocis, an, st pesonaic IN BRAZILIANBATTLE Other Rebel Forces” Escape After Post Is 30';nbarded for Eighteen Hours. By the Associated Press. RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, November 20.—An official statement regarding the revolt in the state of Rio Grande Do Sul, issued today, says a group of mutineers was captured at Bage on November 13. A lieutenant was killed during the fighting. The same day, “some troops" re- volted and fled from the Santa Maria barracks. They escaped after their post had been hombarded for 18 hours. The statement asserts that complete order reigns in all the other barracks in the state. First news of the revolt in Rio Grande Do Sul came through Argen- tina Thursday. Dispatches over the Brazilian border said 400 mutinous troops had attacked the town of Santa Maria with airplanes and bombs. The ment supervision, which would buy the entire existing stock. manufacture new stock and constitute in the future the sole source of supply of medicinal spirits. Secretary Mellon, who joined Pres- ident Coolidge in vetoing a previous proposal that the Government take over the supplies of medicinal liquor, has indorsed the new plan, which, Gen. Andrews was careful to explain, s not putting the Government in the liquor business. “Cripples Bootleg Industry.” “It cripples the bootleg industry,” said Gen. Andrews, in announcing the Treasury proposal for new legislation, “by depriving it of the present oppor- tunity to get pure whisky as a flavor in the manufacture of fake whisky, and makes it a serious offense to sell this fake whisky under false labels and stamps, claiming it to be good liquor of well known brands.” Faults of the present system were scored sharply by Gen. Andrews. Physicians and druggists were de- scribed as having been ‘“debauched.” “Fake whisky" has been sold to the public “on physicians’ prescriptions, said Gen. Andrews, and the Govern- ment has been “‘unable to assure either pure whisky or reasonable prices.” Furthermore under present law and regulations, Gen. Andrews explained, rangements have not been announced. | orten spirits, -suitablé- for medical purposes,” have been gonfiscated and Formerl; Circuit Bench. erly on Clreuts destroyed, when they should be made Beatén paths led Joseph McKennd |available “for the replenishment of the mhlhe 1::n:,ted Sm‘t’eSISu:‘r:m!e Court, | national supply’of medicinal spirits.” chere he became by length of service br & ! Replacement Law Difficult. senior assoclate justice. Like some-! T Angther difficulty pointed out by the of his colleagues and predecessors, he | eld:"marshal of prohibition was the bench, ent law for replenishment, which had served upon a lower Federal |q and like others he had acil cupled the office of Attorney General igoulq lay on the commissioner of of the United States, but his elevatioff{ i1tarmal revenue this responsibility. to a place on the nation's high€st | pepienishment must be mdae prompt- judicial body was generally attyiflited |, "s5iq Gen. Andrews, “but no thought to a triendship formed ln Ocngress-{fui citizen would want to place upon resident McKinley. with‘whom.4e |, Government official the embarrassing JUSTICE MKENNA DIES AT AGE OF 83 Was On Supreme Court Bench 27 Years, Children At Bedside. Joseph McKenna, former Associated Justice of the United States Supreme Court, died at 1:30 o'clock this morn- ing at his apartments, 1150 Connecti- cut avenue. Death came from the in- firmities of old age and after several weeks of increasing feebleness. He was in his eighty-fourth year, and two { years ago he retired, after a service of 27 years on the Supreme Court. With him when he died were his son, Maj. Frank B. McKenna, U. S. retired, and his three daughters, 5 Edward Alsop, Mrs. Pitts Duffleld and Mrs. Davenport Brown. Funeral ar- had served in the House of Reprsen- |} ; ; : A ponsibility of deciding what dis- tatives, CCAlled o United | tilleries shail be authorized to manu- States Circuit Coy Is cabinet, | facture 3,000,000 gallons of whisky and nine months Taf€r, when his ad- ministration &% a Aaw officer of the Government had-not been a_complete success, placed him upon the bench of thie Supreme Court to succeed an- othle‘r,w?r:rnar, Justice Stephen K. % ot California. Vhile regarded by his friends as a year, nor to require him to under- take to supervise this manufacture.” “Purely as a matter of administra- tive efficiency,” said Gen. Andrews, “‘and without regard to the merits of the prohibition law, we must ask Con- gress for a law to provide for the re- plenishment and more effective control and distribution of distilled spirits for medicinal use. Existing supplies have been reduced to about enough for five more years, and. as whisky must age at least four years before fit for medicinal use, its manufacture for re- plenishment must be undertaken be- fore another Congress may meet."” The legislation Gen. Andrews char- acterized as necessary even at this short session of Congress. The private corporation proposed, Gen. Andrews said, would be “in fact a beneficent monopoly. It would purchase and own all the medic- teem, the general demeanor of Justic McKenna was austere, severe and dis- tant. Even while,occupying the politi- cal office of representative in Congress he maintained an atmosphere of re- serve and restraint, and when he as- cended the bench his judicial robes magnified the impression of exclusive- ness which his natural character- istics of reticence and retirement had created. Mannerisms Were Emphasized. On the Supreme Court bench he was tempermentalat times during the argu- | inal spirits in the country, and be ment of counsel, showing what some |the “sole source of supply from now lawyers considered impatience and |on for medicinal spirits.” It would purchase six or eight distillery ware- houses .and operate two distilleries. Profits Would Be Limited. The Government would name the initial board of directors, including “outstanding citizens whose experi- ence will assure proper management —wholesale druggist. banker, physi cian, life insurance executive, etc." The Government would audit the ac- counts, and earnings would be Jimited to assure a ‘reasonable cost’ of the product. The corporation would own all American brands of liquor, and imitation could thus be vranded a harshness in propounding inquiries and in commenting upon cases under consideration, but attorneys practic- ing before the court soon learned that these mannerisms were not a true in- dex to the man himself. When brought into unofficial contact with him off the bench, they found under the veneer a most kindly considera- tion joined with that degree of courte- ous and painstaking conventionality commonly associated with the old school of colonial aristocrats. He at all times unstintingly devoted himself to the business before the court, and frequently ignored his own personal convenience to give patient attention 10 thoes who sodght him, crime with penalties. Distribution When he was named by President|Would be direct to the retail druggist outcome of the fight was not given. A revolt of troops at Bage, it was re- ported, had been put down with the aid of civillan elements. Dispatches through Uruguay the sax.e day sald the Brazillan govern- ment was rushing loyal forces to the affected area. A seven-hour battle was said to have been fought at San Gabriel with heavy losses on both sides. McKinley to a place on the Supreme|by_American Railway Express. Court, numerous protests were filed| The corporation, however, Gen with the Senate judiclary committee; | Andrews emphasized, in an informal some charging that while serving as|®Xplanation of his formal statement, Attorney General he had excluded | Would be entirely privately owned, and himself even to those having highly | ¥ould not place the Government in the important business with the office, and | liquor _business. The method of others setting forth that he had not|financing under consideration, he shown sufficient ability while on the |53id, would endeavor to accomplish (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) (Continued on Page 5, Column 2) Tunney Takes Poke at Shaw's Boxer Hero: Won't Play Part of ‘Blundering Vulgarian By the Associated Pre NEW YORK, November 20.—Gene Tunney, world's heavyweight cham- pion and the only men who ever stood up against Jack -Dempsey and then delivered himself “to interviewers on Samuel Butler @nd other literary lights, today took a poke at George Bernard Shaw. ““The character of Cashel Byron is badly drawn,” said the champion. “and the story is silly. Frankly, I had not read the book until there was some talk of my making the picture, ilmll I was very much disappointed n_it.” - Rumors in the news that Jesse L. Lasky intended to start Tunney in the film, if Shaw would take $75,000 for the movie rights, were commented upon with the statement that he uet lend himself to filming of the book as it is written. Important Foot Ball Scores of Yesterday Quantico Marines, Fort Ben- nings, 7. Gallaudet, 19; Blue Ridge, 8. Georgetown, 39; Fordham, 0. Washington and Lee, 3; Maryfand, 0. , 12; Harvard, 7 27 “1 regard Shaw as the possessor of one of the greatest minds among liv- ing men—poseibly the greatest—and ‘Cashel Byron's Profession’ must be| viewed only as a product of his im- | mature years. When he conceived; Navy. 35 Lovola, 13. the idea of writing a novel around a| Brown, 40; New Hampshire State, 13. boxer he had a splendid opportunity| Lafavette, 35; Lehigh, 0. Army, 21; Ursinus, 1 but he missed it. “He understands neither the tem- perament nor the psychology of the professional boxer, with the result that Byron is made to appear as no more than a blundering vulgarian. That a girl reared in culture and re- finement should fall in love with a man whose only appeal was a mag- nificent body is absurd. “Before playing the role, I would insist that the scenario merely be besed on the story, in which case Byron woul be a , finer character and the story 4 preceed alpng more rational -lines. Carnegie Tech, 26; West Virginia, 0. Boston University, 3; Holy Cross, 0. South Carolina, 20; North Carolina State, 14. Furman, 7; The Citadel, 0. Centre, 7; Kentucky, 0. Virginia, 57; Randolph-Macon, 0. Notre Dame, 21; Drake, 0. Nebraska, 15: Y. University, 7. Michigan, 7; Minnesota, 6. Northwestern, 13; Iowa, 6. %:Io State, 1linots, 6.