Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1927, Page 5

APPROVAL OF VETO - CHEERS COOLIDGE Letters of Commendation Received at White House Outnumber Protests. President Coolidge began to feel yes- | terday the country’s first reaction to Haugen farm | when a tide of telegrams | his veto of the McNa reliet bill, and letters poured all parts o1 the Nation. ‘inc senin ment expressed in the massages a3 a whole, White House attaches declared was “veiy encouraging.” The congratulatory messages were overwhein.ngiy predomiaabe, it was #aid, although some objections to tho President’s decision were voiced. Be-| cause of a strict_rule that the con- tents of communications addressed to the White House must be held as con- fidential, unless otherwise stated, the | texts of the messages were not made public. Both the members and manner of | the missives, however, were described as surprisingly gatifying to the Presi- dent and his advisers. A surge of telegrams began to reach the White House before President Coolidge had left his office, press wires having in- formed the country of the veto within | & minute or two after the decision | was announced at the executive offices. | Continue to Pour In. When President Coolidge reached his desk again this morning he found the telegrams multiplied many time: o his office from in number and supplemented by scores | of letters, which had come In with the | morning’s mail. These messages came from all parts of the country, but White House attaches would not say whether those from any particular district indicated sectional condem- nation or not. This wes held to be confidential, too. ! Some picture of how the Middle ‘West will react to the veto was pre- sented personally and frankly, how- ever, by Lloyd D. Heath, president of the Hamilton Club of Chicago, and W. G. Edens. chairman of the “polit- ieal action committee” of the same organization, who called toge her at the White House this morning. The club was described as ‘“one of the { discovered. | affair. WERD GOINGDENCE INMURDER VERDE Jury Decision in Busch Case Reached at Same Hour of Convicted Trio’s Capture. An uncanny at the close of the deliberations yes- terday morning of the jury in Crim- inal Division ? which returned ver- dicts of murder in the first degree | against Nicholas Lee Eagles, Samuel { Moreno “and John Proctor, for ! death of Policeman Leo W and acquitted Johh F. MeC char; Almost five months from the minut that the #hoo inz began on street that early Sunday morning, which resulted in the deaih of officer Busch the jurors, having neared a completion of their task in the night | before, arose at 4 o'clock and be gan to go over the case once more. And just befgre 9 o'clock, or nearly five months from the minute that Eagles and Moreno were taken in custody by police of the tenth pre- | cinet, the fate of these two men and | that of a third was sealed and the | 12 men breathed a sigh of relief. | Tt was then that the coincidence was Tp until that } no thought had been giv time | element in the sensational shooting | The hour of getting up vester- morning had been pre.determined some as o means of clearing up the | e in time to cause no delay in re I day b | porting their findings. Caught by Two Citizens. The four men placed on trial} charged with the murder of Officer | Busch were apprehended by that of- ficer and Policeman Frank L. Ach, himself seriously wounded in the battle, at Georgia avenue and Upshur | street about 4 o'clock on the morning | of September 26 and a short time later | both officers were shot down, one be- | ing mortally wounded. Kagles and Moreno escaped to a cellar at 4105 New Hampshire avenue, and, as they sought to escape after daylight broke, were caught by Charles Newhard and Roscoe Oatley, residents of Petworth, | and turned over to Capt, Frederick | coincidence developed | Cornwell of the tenth precinct and his officers. who arrived about 9 o'clock on call from another resident of that com- munity. Aside from the coincidence which most influential Republican organi- zations in the Middle West.” Mr. Heth and Mr. Edens read to the President a belated letter plead- ing with him to sign the McNary- Haugen bill and pointing out to him that the Hamilton Club “Is in a po- sition to know how seriously the Re- publican hold on the Middle West will be endangered by a veto of the farm relief bill.” They also handed him copies of a resolution adopted by the club some time ago, asking him 1o _sign the bill. The letter told President Coolidge that he was obligated by the Repub- lican party platform pledge of 1924 to enact measures which would place the agricultural interests of America on a basis of economic equality with other industry and by 'his first mes- sage to the present Congress, to sign the McNary-Haugen bill, which, the letter added, Congress decided by a substantial majority would solve the farmers’ problems. Likened to Farm Board Bill. Mr. Heth also informed President Collidge that the McNary-Haugen Bill was analogous. in many respects to the Federal Farm Board bill. Both were experimental, he said, as prac- tically every major zdvance in legis- lation is also. The needs of such legis- lation were both economic and politi- cal, the letter concluded, saying: “The Middle West and Middle Wes- tern agriculture in particular, has for more than a generation been the backbone . of Repubiican strength. The Hamilton Club of Chicago is in = position to know how seriously the Republican hold on the Middle West evoked expressions of surprise from the jurors when they learned of it,| the deliberations of the panel were void of the unusual. Immediately on retiring to the room they gathered about a long conference table, elected Jacob C. Lesher foreman, or as they preferred to view it, ‘“chairman.” The deliberations assumed the aspect of a meeting of a board of directors, each member being entitled to one vote. It was unanimously agreed that McCabe had the best case, that it was ‘“murder or nothing” and in five minutes he was acquitted. Incidentally, McCabe no longer is wanted in Maryland in connection with the two highway robberies which occurred about one hour and a half before the Petworth shooting. Although he was an occupant of the bandit car, the jury, by its verdict, declared he had been abducted, was held prisoner by Eagles, Moreno and Proctor and took no part in the hold- ups. The three defendants, individ- ually on the stand, have exonerated McCabe of any connection with the robberies, but before the verdict was brought in there was a report, even accepted by McCabe's counsel, that the 31-year-old father would have to answer for the two hold-ups. So McCabe now is as free from the clutches of the law as he was on the morning of September 25, 1926. Eagles Next Considered. The case of Eagles next was taken will be endangered by & veto of the|up by the jury and the first ballot re- farm relief bill.” sulted in nine votes for his conviction Circles close to the White House for first degree and three for second were surprised that the delegates|degree murder. Moreno then was from the Hamilton Club should have | reached on the list given in the indict- ted the letter and resolution the after President Collidge had vetoed the McNary-Haugen bill. It was too late then for an appeal in behalf of the bill. Mr, Heth and Mr. Edens had even prepared a full copy of their letter and resolution for dis- tribution to newspaper men. T GAINS IN COOLIDGE STRENGTH SEEN IN VETO OF FARM BILL (Continued from First Page.) There. is no discounting the fact that the.veto of the farm bill has increased the oppositivn in these organiged quar- ters among the farmers. Leaders of these farm organizations have been referred to as the “farmers ‘who farm the farmers.” They may or may not be able to influence the actual dirt farmer against the President be- cause of the veto; that remains to be seen. Whether the President is a candidate to succeed himself or not, many of the Republican leaders here are strongly of the opinion that he has strengthen- ed his party by his veto and his veto message. They liken the present de- mand from some of the agricultural states for the McNary-Haugen bill to the demand for free silver and the Populist movement in the early 90s. Due to Hard Times. Such demands, they say, spring up periodically when times are hard. The Republican party won its stand agatnst free silver and the Popullst movement, and it will win again, they insist, by | the stand now taken by its titular Lead. Whatever the effect there 1s no doubt Coolidge has srre in the West, that President gthened himself in the East by his veto of the farm bill. Many messages of congratula- tion upon the veto and the message have flooded Into the White House in the last 24 hours. They are by no means contined to any one section of the country. They come from the West, Middle West, North, East and South The serfousness of a antl- Coolidge moévement in the agricultural States will depend very largely upon| crops and crop price conditions dur-* ing the coming year. If there should be poor crops or poor prices for farm products, or both, then the revolt might grow 1o large p s. But it would not rest en veto of the tarm bill ed revolt wouid bLe likely conditions no natter d done to the s farm bill. S s NOVELIST ASKS DIVORCE. Adele Rogers St. John Charges Husband With Cruelty. LOS ANGELES, February 26 (). Adele Rogers St. John, novelist and short-story writer, filed a complaint for divorce in Superior Court today, charging her husband, Ivan St. John, editor of a fictlon magazine, with cruelty. i The complainant stated that a prop- | erty settlement had been made. Mr: St. John revealed last week that she had been separated from her husband ment, and the vote was eight for first degree and four for second. Proctor brought the same vote as was given for Eagles. Subsequent ballots revealed a lean- ing more and more to first degree for Eagles and Proctor but the vote forl Moreno remained more or less steady. Shortly after 10 o'clock it narrowed down to a point where those who had held out from the beginning for first degree were confident the matter could be settled and they were ready to strive for an agreement before mid- night. On being informed, however, that Justice Hitz had retired to his home, the jurors decided to retire themseives. Some of the jurors played cards, others chatted among themselves about the case and still others went to sleep. Then around 4 o'clock the men who had reached a decision in their minds the night before arose to be confronted with their conviec- tions, and while the majority found they could stand by them, a few began to weaken. The closing stages of the deliberations were interrupted by breakfast, and upon completing their meal and giving each other an op- portunity to air their views, they struck the final ballot which revealed unanimity. From that time untfl they reported to the court, which was to have convened at 10 o'clock, but did not actually get underway until 10:30, it was just a question of waiting. Horning Gives His Opinion. Assistant United States Attorney George D. Horning, jr., the youthful} prosecutor, who virtually single-hand- ed fought the stubborn defe: of the three convicted men as presented by the arrav of eounsel, gave his opinion of the verdict last night as follows: “It was a true and honest verdict by | red-blooded Americans not afraid to | render such a decision. I felt I had justice on my side from the beginning, and that the jury would not tolerate the ruthless shooting to death in the streets of the city of a brave police- man whose duty it was to protect the public.” When McCabe was discharged from the courtroom, and after he bowed his thanks to the fury as he was taken from the court by his attorney, James O'Shea, he went to police head. | quarters to inquire after the Mary. land incident, and was told there that he was wanted on no charge. Then, beaming with joy as the last load was removed from his mind, he rushed home to his wife and 6-year-old daugh- | ter Jacqueline. “Just let me get upstairs to my wife and baby.” crfed McCabe as he dis. | mounted from ap automobile in front of his residence at 1408 L street. Poses for Photographers. apartment where his wife was anxiously awaiting bis return, but a few minutes later reappeared, took his little girl in his arms, and standing by the side of his happy wife posed for the photographers. The jubilant faces of the little family expressed the happiness they felt more eloquent- | ly than their sincere phrases of de- light at the reunion. i But a different scene was enacted | at the other end of the city. “black maria” which departed from the jail yesterday morning with four men, charged with first degree mur- der, as its passengers, returned to the District jail with three men, drooping | | for sbout a year, saying that they had agreed to disagree, and that do- mesticity interfered with her many ‘writing demands. in spirits, but fighting to conceal their | feell: his two cell of the MecCabe hurried up the steps to the ||| The || ng: Eagles, Moreno and Proc- tor were led to their old cells. EI%' Joined THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 27 THIS WAS A HAPPY REUNIO - ; . . | the | ch, | be of the i Upper: John F. McCabe, greeting his wife and child yesterday after being ‘freed by a jury of his peers, who passed what virtually amounts to the death sentence on his three com- nions, of ‘the night of September 6, when policeman Leo W. K. Busch was fatally wounded. Lower: Assistant U. S. Attorney George D. Horning, jr., who con- gratulated yesterdzy for his prosecu- tion of the case. and Proctor went into another cell on the same tier, where he was greeted by his two mates. Morenos joined his two companions in still another celi| on another tier. At 4:30 the dinner signal was given and they filed down into the long cor- ridor with the other prisoners. To the observer, every one was eating the wholesome-looking meal, but suddenly one man was seen to swing around on the bench and turn his back on the food. At the same time he handed a tin cup filled with coffee to a colored mess attendant with a request and the contents were emptied. Water replaced the coffee and the cup was handed back. The prisoner took one swallow, placed the cup on the table and resting his elbows on his knees, buried his face in his hands. No Singing Now By Eagles. It was Eagles—the man who sang all night in his cell at the Tenth Pre- cinet and who has sung continuously up untll yesterday morning, the happy-go-lucky figure of the trial who always found time to shoot a witty remark at newspaperinen, as he was led from the courtroom twice daily. Whether the other two prisoners ate heartily could not be learned for they meited it with the hungn silent throng that plunged into tthe evening meal. 3 Maj. W. L. Peake, superintendent of the jail, does not plan on changing the status of the three prisoners as yet. It is not customary to place such prisoners in the *“death house” untll a week or two before the date of execution. As motions for new trials for the three will be filed this week and should they be denicg ap- peals are to be taken from thé sent- ences to death in the electric chair, the Major does not consider transfer- ing them from their present confine- ment. ey e Judge Expected to Free Wife of Durkin, Sheik Bandit. PONTIAC, 11 26 (P) Circuit Judge S.'R. today in- dicated he would grant Irma Sullivan Durkin a divorce from Martin Durkin, the shelk bandit 4nd killer, who now is serving a 35-year sentence in the State penitentlary for the killing of Edwin Shanahan, a Federal agent. Irma was known as the belle of Cornell, Tll., where her father is the village Dblacksmith. She became a telephone operator in Chicago and met the sleek-looking automobile thief. Eventually Durkin married her in East St. Louls, I, while he was flee- ing the authorities and she accom- panfed him to Californfa. On their return Durkin was captured at St. Louis. The“evidence that Durkin alre; howed e N ra DAM AND OFFICERS’ BILLS MUST WAIT FOR SENATE VOTE ___(Gontinusd from First Page.) Senators casting their ballots against the petition including La Follette of | Wisconsin. and Nye of North Dakota. Ashurst Issues Statement. After the result was announced, Senator Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona, who has led the fight against the Boulder Canyon bill, issued this statement: “Arizona is very grateful and I am very humble.” “The breaks were all against us,” said Senator Johnson. “Here was a bill of extraordinary importance to our people. Pending were many other measures of importance to others. The wets feared a cloture of any kind. The drys were afraid a cloture on Boulder Dam would interfere with the passage of their pending dry bills. Some interested in the pork of public buildings wanted that above every- thing. ‘““Some enthusiastic advocates of the alien property bill wished no cloture upon another measure to {nterfere with their pet program. About 10 Senators like Reed of Missouri La Follette, Shipstead and conscientiously opposed to cloture. Another group feared an extra ses- sion if cloture should be adopted. Hurt By Other Interests. “The desires of all these elements unfortunately united against us and the strange spectacle was presented of Senators actually for a bill voting. because of the intensity of their in- terest in other matters, in a fashion quite contrary to the way they ulti- mately will vote. “A majority of the Senate is for the Swing-Johnson Bill and it will ultimately be passed.” Before the vote was taken on the Johnson petition. Senator Willi Republican, Ohio, a leader of the dry got the prohibition reorganization bill before the Senate on a motion offered when the wels were estopped by the rules from debating it. Then Senator Jones of Washington, the Republican “whip,” and another dry leader, filed a petition to limit the wet filibuster on the measure. Building Fund Up. After the Johnson and Tyson peti- tions had been disposed of, Chairman Lenroot of the public buildings com- mittee got up the measure to add | $125.000,000 to the public building fund and the Senate discussed that for three quarters of an hour. Any possibility of recalcitrant Sen- ators forcing an extra session of the new Congress was removed with the adoption by the Senate of the confer- ence report on the last of the regular | : DEFENDS POLICIES IN'LATIN AMERICA Chilean Envoy in Italy Sees No §mperialism in U. S. Attitude. By the Associated Pres February 26. — Complete vy and lack of im- perialistic motives of the United States policies in Latin America was expressed today by Enrique Villegas, Chilean Ambassador to Italy, in an interview with Giornale d' Italia. “If occasionally circumstances, such | as those which came up recently, spur | the United States policies to lengths | having painful repercussion in the entire American continent and even in the interlor of the United States itself,” he said, “I persist in believing that the United States is guided en- tirely by its desire to protect its own | interests above and beyond political considerations.” Amgbassador Villegas expressed the | opinion that the interpretation of the | Monroe doctrine was greatly exagger- | ated, and said that its sole purpose was the prevention of the armed con- | quest of American soil by non-Ameri- | can powers. He recalled a conversation with President Roosevelt, in which Mr. Roosevelt declared himself convinced that many Latin American states, particulariy Argentina, Brazil and Chile, were able to defend themselves without the aid of the United States. The Ambassador emphasized his be- lief that the League of Nations com- plements rather than is incompatible with the Monroe doctrine, pointing out that the activities of the Pan-American Unfon were devoted to purely Ameri- can questions. “The nations of America,” he con- tinued, “desire to reach a peaceful understanding among themselves on political questions affecting the Ameri- cas, but spiritually and materially for cultural and economic contacts they continue to look toward Europe, we South American nations especially to the Latin nations of Europe.” NICARAGUA PLEDGE; (Continued from First Page) nations may have reliance on Ameri- can protection of their rights. “If the Monroe Doctrine means what it says,” he declared, ‘‘there should be np need for Great Britain or Italy to station cruisers in Nicaraguan water, The presence of a British cruiser to be followed by an Italian warship s but fuel in the hands of the revolu- tionists down there and an evidence of at least diplomatic discord between the United States and foreign powers.” BRITISH CRUISER ARRIVES. rinto, Nicaragua. CORINTO, Nicaragua, February 26 (#).—The British cruiser Colomba arrived here this morning. She saluted the Milwaukee, Rear Admiral Latimer's flagship. The British charge, Harold Patteson, who came here from Managua, imme- diately went aboard the Colombo for a conference with Capt. A. M. Lecky. The Colombo, which has been sent to Nicaraguan waters ostensibly to serve as “a place of refuge” for Brit- ish nationals endangered by the dis- turbed conditions in Nicaragua, is the first British vessel to visit these waters since 1919. BORAH TRIP-PLAN BEATEN Administration Senators Block Pro- posed Mexico-Nicaragua Tour. By the Assoclated Press. Administration senators on the for- elgn relations committee won their fight yesterday to keep that committee out of Mexico and Nicaragua during the recess of Congress. With his resolution proposing such a visit facing defeat in the committee itself, Chairman Borah accepted an amendment by Senator Swanson of Virginla, the ranking Democrat, suthorizing the committee to sit during the recess, but confining its activities within the borders of the United States. Johnson Bolts G. 0. P. Administration _senators held out against the resolution even in this form, but they were outvoted by the Democrats and Senators Borah and Johnson, Republican, California, the poll standing 10 to 8 for a favor- able report to the Senate on the modi- fled resolution. Chalrman Borah plans now to make annual supply bills. that for the Dis- trict of Columbia. With that out of the way, the Sen- ate went into executive session to re- new its fight over the nomination of Abram F. Mvers of Iowa to be a member of the Federal Trade Com- mission, COOLIDGE NAMES WHAM. Nominates Him as Successor to Judge English. President Coolidge yesterday sent the nomination of Fred L. Wham of Tllinois to be- United States district judge of the eastern district of Iili- nois to the Senate. Mr. Wham will succeed Judge Eng- lish, who resigned while impeachment proceedings were being instituted against him in the House of Repre- sentatives, if the nomination is con- firmed. The Presidept also nominated John H. McNary of Oregon to be United States district judge for the district of Oregon. Charles L. Redding was named as United States attorney for the southern district of Georgia. Appointed to Medical Corps. First Lieut. Don Longfellow, Army Medical Reserve, on duty at Walter Reed General Hospital, has been ap- pointed a first leutenant in the Reg- ular Army Medical Corps. NEW BUILDING MATERIALS Big savings for you in our large pur- chases for cash. the report tomorrow, but is not at all certaln that it will be adopted as the parliamentary situation in the Senate is such that a very few senators can combine to kill almost any measure they oppose. The vote on the resolution was taken after the committee had heard three officials of the State Depart- ment, who, by direction of Secretary Kellogg, amplified extensively the in- formation which he gave the commit- tee several weeks ago when assaults on the administration’s policy toward Nicaragua first began in the Senate. During the day Secretary Kellogg, who has been ill at his home, visited the Capitol for a conference with Senator Borah. They discussed the [—————————— | This Coupon Will | Tahen as the First Payment on the ADVERTISED $247 Player Piano Be Sare to Bring This Coupon With You LYRIC PIANO CO. 1738 14th St. N.W. s— —s | | R as first yment on this - | | [} I I [} I [} | | | | T PLAYER PIANO ‘247 LYRIC PIANO CO. | be made to select at the next Repub- | U. S. GIVES BRITAIN ; BORAH PLAN BEATEN | 1927—PART 1. FARN CANDIATE SOUEHTBY OWANS Leaders Look Beyond Next Congress Toward Presi- dential Election. 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By placing their cameras apertures in an explosion ¢ ber they can photograph a | By the Associated Prass. i DES MOINES, Towa, February 26.— | New evidence appeared today that | Towa political and farm leaders were | t looking beyond the next Congress and | ad it occurs and then study it at ity fatic lefsure from overy angle by pro- | [IESEIES pexin: ““'f"“"f‘ ""'""‘,‘""‘ .‘“] | fecting the films as slowly as they a concerted renewal of the agricul-| 1900 THR B R B e they can tural relief fight. | learn a great deal about mine ex- This evidence was the prominent plosions by showing what happens | part the political phase played in dis-| When a spark fiies into a dust-filled cussions of President Coolidge's veto| ©041 gulle of the McNary-Haugen bill. e = = Statement by Governor. lsAI.EsMAN AccUsED Gov. John Hammill, who called uv—' eral corn-belt conferences last vear | OF EMBEZZUNG 830 and led a farm delegation to Wash- | ington on behalf of farm rellef, con- | tributed this statement today to the | political discussion: i “I am sure that a special effort will | at Howard James Wolfe Is Arrested After Reporting Alleged Robbery to Police. lican national convention a man| whom the agricultural interest regard | as in sympathy with their program.” | The governor, when asked if he had in mind the presidenttal boom for | : g ; Frank O. Lowden of Iilinofs, said he | Howard James Wolfe, 30 years old, i not care to discuss him as a presi- | 706 F street northeast, a salesman dential candidate until he was advised | for the N. Auth Provision Co., was O e o | Dlaced under arrest at police head- A. C. Gustafson, chief clerk of th Towa Ilouse of Representatives, who | quarters last night and charged with promoted a petition among members | embezzlement of $300 of the provision of the Assembly yesterday asking |company's funds. | Mr. Lowden to become agriculture's| - ! - agriculture’s | " ywoife, necording to the police, came candidate, wrote the Governor today, asking his permis- | to headquarters and declared that two sion to continue the movement and | colored men had waylaid him at Third make it State-wide. |and E streets southeast amlhrobheg il Vi him of the money. After a thoroug el Ll i U By !grllling regarding the hold-up, how- Gov. Hammill declared that per-|ever, the police report that Wolfe ad- | sons interested in agricultural wel- | mitted that he lost the money in a fare never have been so determined | game of dice. as now that “a national policy look-| Armed with the address where ing to the general prosperity of all | Wolfe averred he lost his money, two industry be adopted. | automobile. loads of detectives sur- “They feel they were assured that |rounded it, but found the alleged if they would agree upon a program | game had broken up. It was after |and it was passed by Congress that | this trip that the embezzlement charge | the President wouid approve it. Sim- | was placed against Wolfe. {ilar legislation has been passed for | | other interests and they will continue { & vigorous effort to gain that recogni- | Salutes American Flagship at Co-| | tion for agriculture. There will be | | no letting down.” ——e LENTEN SERVICES HERE | ARE TO BEGIN MARCH 7 i Laymen’s Association of Local Diocese Will Have Daily Sessions at Keith’s. The ninth annual series of Lenten services held under the auspices of | the Laymen's Service Association of | the Diocese of Washington will begin | | Monday, March 7, at 12:30 _o'clock in | | Keith's ' Theater, 'Dr. L. W. Glaze-| brook, who has had charge of the ser- | vices since their inception, announced | vesterday. H The services will be held daily | throughout the season, as in former | years, from 12330 to 1 o'clock. The | Washington Federation of Churches | through the Department of Religious | Work, directed by Rev. Frederick | Brown Harris, will again assist in the programs. The services will be broad- cast through Station WRC. | Dr. Glazebrook hasannounced the fol- | lowing committees: Speakers, George | | R. Wales, Gen. John L. Clem and Dr. | Sinclair Bowen: publicity, Byron S. | Adams and Comdr. C. T. 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