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WEATHER. (U, S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain this afternoon and tonight; slightly colder ton ‘Temperature—Highest, lowest, p.m. yesterday: am. today. Full r Closing N. Y. Stock ight; tomorrow fair. 46, at 3:15 39, at 5:30 report ‘on page 1. s and Bonds, Page 28 No. 30,286. post office, Fntered as second clas Washington, s matter D. /C. WASHINGTON, ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 9 = 1927—-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. * BRITISH RUSH MORE TROOPS O CHINA; BLOCKADE DEBATED New Outrages “Feared as Cantonese Army Starts March North. DISMISSAL OF CHANG LACKS CONFIRMATION Americans in Canton District Warned to Seek Safety of Foreign Colony. By the Associated Press LONDON, April 2.—The British gov- ernment, it was officially announced today, has decided to send reinforce- ments to Shanghai, consisting of a brigade of infantry and auxiliary units. The reinforcements will consist of & battalion each from the following yegiments: Guards, Queen's Royal, the Northamptonshire and Welsh. These wunits will be brought to full strength by the incorporation of army reserv- t8ts. Blockade Is Discussed. . Reuter’s Peking correspondent says 4t is believed there that a blockade of the southern Chinese coast and the ‘mouth of the Yangtze River will prob- ably be started if the demands of the powers regarding the Nanking incl- dent are pot complied with when pre- sented to the Nationalists. Tt is admitted in official circles that #such a blockade has been prominently discussed. Yesterday's cabinet meeting was at- tended by Maj. Gen. Sir Hugh Mon- tagu Trenchard, marshal of the air, #and other members of the committee .of imperial defense. Premier Baldwin, who usually Jeaves London on Friday for a wi end rest, postponed his departure. 8ir Austen Chamberlain, foreign secre- tary, it is understood, is staying in town today and tomorrow. CANTONESE START WORK. anguard Reaches Fengyang in March to Yellow River. SHANGHAI, April 2 (P.—With Civil War Veteran Weds Girl He Left Home 60 Years Ago By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, April interrupted romance which sur- vived for nearly 60 years of separation bloomed anew today as a Civil War veteran of Minneapolis started on a honeymoon with the girl he had left behind more than a half century ago. James M. Templeman, adjutant of a loca) post of the G. A. R., was married Wednesday at _Cedar Rapids, Towa, to Dora Dennis Wray of West Liberty, Towa. He is 81 and she is 78 years old. evealed that after War, Templeman became engaged to Dora Dennis. The engagement was broken off, neither could now remember why. They met again last September at a G. A. R. encampment and the second engagement followed. NORTH CHINA CRISIS ALARM CRFICALS Dispatch of U. S. Gunboat to Tientsin Adds to Appre- hension Here. 2.—An the By the Associated Press. In the face of a policy of.blank official silence at the State Depart- ment on the diplomatic angles of the Chinese situation, speculation turned increasingly today to the northern cities of China, with their large for- eign populations and investments. Press dispatches from Shanghai and Peking have indicated an increasingly grave outlook in that regard and the sending from Shanghai to Tientsin of an American gunboat was an added indication of official apprehension that anti-foreign disorders may break out there, whereé two battalions of Amer- ican infantry already are on railway guard duty under the Boxer protocol. The policy of silence defeated today every attempt at the State Department to learn authoritatively the immediate status of discussions with the London and Tokio or other governments over the Nanking outrages and steps to be taken, jointly or otherwise, to ob- tain reparations for attacks on Ameri- cans and other foreigners. Kellogg Visits White House. Secretary Kellogg made a hasty trip Shanghai and Nanking safely in the hands of the Cantonese forces, the Na- tionalist flag was being carried stead- {ly porthward today toward the Yel- low River. mm rd of the southerners had-y g, 25 miles from [ the i Nn‘u'v_!htmlu ‘were - be- | Heved to have penetrated beyond & xperts here do not Junction of the Tientsin-Pukow-Lun- chal railways, is a point of such stra- tegic importance that Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, commander-in-chief of the Northern armiles, is considered bound, at all costs, to defend it or forfeit his dominant position in North China. ‘The that nearly half of the Northern forces are digging in at $isuchowfu suggests that if the pres- ent struggle ever reaches the point of @ real military trial, the first decisive battle of the campaign probably will be fought in this area. CANTON SITUATION TENSE. Americans in Outlying Districts Or- dered Into City. CANTON, April 2 (#).—Evacuation of all Americans in the vicinity of Canton and those in the native sec- tion of the city was ordered today by the United States consul. The Americans were ordered to pro- eeed to Shameen, the foreign colony of the city, because of the growing seriousness of the anti-foreign situa- tion. Extra precautions were taken in strengthening the barricades of the foreign colony, Americans participat- ing in the work. Michael Borodin, Russian adviser of the Kuomintang, or Cantonese party, 4s expected here soon in attempt to ptir Canton laborers intd action. CHANG DISMISSAL DENIED. Split Taken to Mean He Will Be Ousted, However. PEKING, April 2 (#).—Official con- | firmation of the reported dismissal of | Chang Kai-Shek as generalissimo of | the Cantonese forces was today. Nationalist to him leaders close denied the report, but through aufthor-| of English troop ftative foreign channels of informa-|ar tion it was learned that Chang and| sl to the White House early in the day and conferred with President Coolidge for 20 minutes. It was said later he bad taken over dispatches bearing on the Chinese situation, but their pur- port was not disclosed. Later he refused to discuss plans being formulated for :n-em Amer- orities at Hankow. The Nanking incident was now under study both in ‘Washington and in correspondence ‘with Minister MacMurray at Peking and Admiral Williams at Shanghal, it was said.. Whether it also figured in Mr, Kellogg’'s conversation yester- day with the British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, who called at the State Department, officials declined to say. Direct questions as to whether the text of American demands already had been transmitted for delivery to the Nationalist foreign office at Hankow brought no direct reply at the State Department. Secretary Kellogg did not know, it was said, Just what conversations Consul Gen- eral Lockhart may have had with the Nationalist foreign minister on the subject. Silent on Nanking. It was said, however, that Secre- tary Kellogg was consulting with Admiral Williams, probably through the Navy Department, in regard to the Nanking incident, but the de- partment refused to give an inkling as to_the conversations and also de- clined to say whether a British com- munication outlining steps the Lon- don government is preparing to take and asking American co-operation had been received officially. Uneasiness over the situation at Tiefitsin and even at Peking, where there is an American legation guard of approximately 400 Marines, is be- lieved to reflect official knowledge here and in Shanghai that agitators have already gained a foothold in these northern cities despite military control of Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian war lord, whose battle slogan in recent months has been elimination from China of Russian influence. By the Associated Press. | _Conditions prevailing today in the | Shanghai international settlement and | the French concession were reported | to be quiet. Defenses Strengthened, Barbed-wire and sandbag defenses lacking | in the settlement and the concession are being strengthened, he said, add- ing that the arrival of one battalion (the Green How- would bring the Brit- strength to rds), due today. h defense the members of the left wing of his (13,000 men. forces controlling the Hankow politi- Agitation continues in the native cal machinery had come to a parting ! section of the city, it was reported. of the ways and that the dismissal | of the generalissimo would be the Jogical outcome of such a breach. It appears from these sources that Chang’s sudden and unexpected arrival in Shanghal Jast week was due to his | desire to dig in there, where large | revenues are collected, before the| members of the left wing forestalled | him. Chang is said to be gathering | bout him such comparative moder- | U pa today by the V Mobilization of additional units of nited States Marines for possible dis- wteh to China was being carried out hington Government. Orders for concentration of widely (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) WIFE SLAIN, MAN MAY DIE ates as are known to be loyal, and he | yoman Beaten to: Death, Mate has called certain loyal generals and | troops from Canton since, it is as-| pwied even his vosition in Shanghai| fs insecure. Has Only 12,000 Troops. Chang has not more than 12.000 troops in the Shanghai area. The Joyalty of those in other parts of the | yrovince of Kiangsu Is declared to be | doubtful, while hostile Communist | elements are tightening their control | U on Shanghai labor. "At demonstra- | tions throughout Nationalist terri. tory, evidently worked up by Com- munists, demands for Chang’s over- | throw have been made. | George Hsu Chien, Nationalist min. | Sster of justice, the most powerful in dividual in the Hankow regime, is #aid to be Chang’s arch enemy and | the strongest supporter of the Rus- sian, M. Borodin, and a Soviet alliance. | His recent utterances indicated the |, urpose of reading Chang out of the | {uomintang. i The outcome of the controversy. it | ¢ is asserted, may be a three-fold divi- | mion of China, with Chang controlling | the southeast, the “red” Nationalists ze provinees and the olumn 2.) H to h: Mrs. beaten Mandel, was found in front of their home early today with his throat cut. acked lapsed into unconsciousness and was taken to an emergency hospital were found in the home. Found With Throat Cut. OAKLAND, Calif., April 2 (P .— Marie Frates of Oakland, was to death and her husband, e probably will die. Police arrived at the home in time » hear ¥rates say two men had at- them. The husband then knife and an ax The motive as not yet been ascertained. MOROCCAN REBELS WIN. A blood-stained Tangier the Ex- ph Co. e added that after the nish allies were defeated by the , the Senadja tribesmen revolt- a started a march on Targuist, outhwest of Melilla, to WLKIS, KDWPED ANERCAN, SLANBY MENCAN BANDTS Murder Follows Pugsuit by Soldiers and Doubt of $20,000 Ransom. BODY FOUND ON HILL; TROOPS KILL OUTLAWS Several Reported Shot After Chase, | But Majority Elude Federal Forces. By the Associated Prese SXICO CITY, April 2.—Edgar M the American kidnaped near | jara Sunday, was killed by his captors 24 hours later, it is learned. | The slayers made no attempt to hide the evidence of their crime, and the body was found, lying on El Colll Hill, near Santa Ana Acatlan. The discov-| ery was made by an employe of the Chapala Electric Co., of which \\'mum! was chief engineer. | Wilkins, a former resident of Savan- nah, Ga., was captured Sunda; motoreyeling with his 10-year-old son near Guadalajara. The Kkidnapers, headed by Severiano Canales, demand- ed $20,000 ransom, and the son was;| sent to Guadalajara to obtain the money. Murder Follows Pursuit. When news of the kidnaping reach- ed Mexico City, the American embassy | made urgent representations to the! Mexican foreign office. The kidnapers, hearing that federal | troops were seeking them, and appar- ently convinced that the ransom would not be forthcoming, killed their captive. They were overtaken by the federals at Cerro Chine and several were killed. The majority, however, escaped. Wilkins, who was 55, had been a| resident of Mexico for vears and his | wife was Mexican. He had been kid- naped twice before, but was released unharmed. Wilkins was an electrical engineer in the Chapala Electric Co.'s plant and had been in Mexico since he left Sa- vannah. When he first came to Mexi- co he was an electrical inspector in Mexico City under the old Diaz regime. Later he accepted a position with an American corporation and then took the job he had when he was killed. A brother, Langdon C. Wilkins, re- more than | sides in New Yotk, and a sister, Miss Emma C. Wilkins, in Savannah. Slain Like Rosenthal. Rosenthal, a retired New ‘York mer- chant, who was captured by bandits last ‘September in the wild country 40 miles outside Mexico City. The bandits demanded $10,000 ransom for Rosenthal, wito was taken as he and his party, which had beea spending the week end at Cuernavaca, were returning to Mexico City. By a ruse Federal troops tried to capture the outlaws and release the prisoner, and when this failed the bandits brutally murdered Rosenthal. Afterward the troops killed two of the bandifs as they fled the scene. Through the American embassy here the Washington Government protested to the Mexican government against the kidnaping of Mr. Wilkins shortly after the mews of his capture was received. U. 8. AWAITS REPORT. Officials Silent Pending Word From Sheffield. The State Department today await- ed a report from Ambassador Sheffield, at Mexico City, on the killing of Ed- gar M. Wilkins by Mexican bandits. Urgent representations had been made by the Ambassador to the Mex!- can foreign office in connection with the kidnaping of Wilkins and the American consul at Guadalajara had been active in efforts to rescue him. State Department officials were un- willing to comment on the case today. o FORD PROGRESSES TOWARD RECOVERY Normal Improvement An- nounced by Physician—Bul- letins Discontinued. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., April 2.—Henry Ford is making normal progress toward recovery from the injuries he received last Sunday, when the small coupe 4n which he was driving alone was forced from the road and crashed into a tree. Unless there is a change | for the worse in his condition, nof more medical bulletins will be given out. This was the brief statement this morning of Dr. Roy D. McClure, chief surgeon of Henry Ford's own great hospital here, who has been attend- ing the injured automobile king. It was the only word that has come from inside the Ford seat at Dear- born, where Mr. Ford, removed from the hospital Thursday, has been ord- ered to lie flat on his back to facili- tate speedy recovery. Mr. Ford is making a normal re- covery, and In the event his condition changes for the worse the public will be_informed,” Dr. McClure said. The suspicion that there was any- thing preconcefved about the necldent that forced Mr. Ford's machine off the road last Sunday night virtually | has heen abandoned, HEAVY SNOW IN NEW YORK N. Y., April 2 (®).—Five and one-half inches of snow fell here | overnight. April snowstorms also were reported from other sections of the State. Today was the opening day of the brook trout season, but most of the 2 upstate streams were clogged with [ slush and early catches were small, ‘Georges ~County, HAZARD N CONTROL OF PLANNING ZONE Maryland Suburbs Pay Costs, But May Lose Two Commissioners. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star ANNAPOLIS, Md., April Sweeping away powers that would have kept control of the metropolitan district_of Maryland in the hands of the people "of this area and their representatives—men who have| deeply at heart the development of | the community in the section—the Park and Planning Commission bill passed the Senate of the Maryland General Assembly last night. It car- ried additional amendments, intro- duced by Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Upper Marlboro, Prince eliminating ~from’ the preposed district that section of the latter county not now in the sanitary ' district, or that area he- tween Seat Pleasant and Fort Foote on the Potomac River, known as the Oxon Hill and Spaulding districts. The possibility of having repre- sentatives on the commission from the county at large and not wholly from the planning district, which must pay the taxes, has developed a wide protest from some citizens and was made the subject of a par- ticular protest to Speaker E. Brooke Lee, who directed the inclusion of the amendments, although they were offered by Senator Eugene Jones of Kensington, by Delegate Burton L. ¥ord of College Park, Prince Georges County, and Delegate Kent Roberts Mullikin of Laurel. Ford Raises Objection. Mr. Ford said that he was directly opposed to the amendment which per- mitted this state of affairs, and that the people of Prince Georges were opposed to it. He sald that he had not learned of it until the Senate had adopted the amendments, and under- stood that the amendments being of- fered in the upper house were purely for the purpose of making the pro- posed law constitutional. Speaker Lee, according to Mr. Ford, explained to him that the provision was optional and just made it possible that the third representative .could be appoint- ed from the county at large. Speaker Lee further said, according to Mr. Ford, that the third member of the commission could still be appointed ntinued on Page 9, Column 2.) INJURES TWO OTHERS Drops Upon Workers When He Hurtles 15 Floors Down Elevator Shaft. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 2—One man was killed and two others were in- jured, probably fatally, when Willlam Mullone, 22, hurtled 15 floors down an elevator shaft in a building under construction in Brooklyn yesterday. As Mullone made the 170-foot plunge to his death, he struck Rich- ard Dettloff, 32, of Wayne, N. J., who was working on the top of the ele- vator cage in the sub-basement, both men crashing through the elevator roof, falling on Joseph Wademan, 28, who was working inside the car. Mullone was dead when fellow workmen reached him. Dettloff and Wademan suffered severe internal in- Juries and Long Island College Hos- bital physictns say their recovery is doubtful. FRANCE TO TAKE ACTION ON DORIOT IN HANKOW Red Member of Chamber of Depu- ties Accused of Incit- ing Revolt. By the Associated Press. PAR! ~—The French gov- ernment has decided to take action | against Jacques Doriot, Communist | member of the Chamber of Deputies, | munication between who is reported to be active among the Chinese at Hankow. | Foreign Minister Briand today fur- nished the ministerial council with the latest news of Dorlot's speeches and alleged attempts to foment re- volt in the Far East. . 54 Barthou on Minister of Justice instructed to draft basis of which removal immunity Man Who Danced Charleston at 109 Dies in New York By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 2—Chaim Weiss, who danced the Charle: ton a few weeks ago at a party celebrating his 109th birthday, died last night at the home of the Sons nd Daughters of Israel on the lower east side, where he lived for 14 years. few days ago while on his daily walk he contracted a cold which developed into pneumonia. FERDINAND STILL CLNGS T0 LI Condition of King Reported Unchanged—Censor- ship Enforced. By the Associated Press, BUCHAREST, Rumania, April 2 At 9 o'clock this morning the condi- tion of King Ferdinand was reported as unchanged. The attending physicians were in- clined to be optimistic despite the grave nature of the King's malady, and his weakned condition. Queen Marie of Jugoslavia, Ferdi- nand's favorite daughter, arrived in Bucharest just before midnight. She vas met at the station by her mother, Queen Marle, and immediately taken to her father's bedside. REPORTED ON BRINK OF GRAVE. Iliness Due to Influenza Serious in View of Chronic Malady. PARIS, April 2 P)—King Ferdi- nand of Rumania today was report- ed to be on the brink of the grave. Reports were that he was not suffer- ing from the chronic malady for which he recently underwent radium treatment, but complications arising from an attack of influenza. The latest direct mnews from Bucharest received in Paris said the monarch today was slightly better, but it was the opinion of physicians that, in view of his long illness, his condition was grave. At _first it was thought here the attack of influenza was not serious and it was only when news was re- ceived that his daughter, Queen Marie of Jugoslavia, had hastily left Belgrade for Bucharest that it be- came known that complications had set in. As far as known former Crown Prince Carol, who is living in Neuilly, has not been summoned to the bedside of his father. A strict censorship has been estab- lished in Bucharest and only the offictal bulletins of the doctors in attendance upon King Ferdinand are permitted to be published there and transmitted abroad. % MYSTERY SURROUNDS CAPITAL. Travellers From Bucharest Report City Resembles Armed Camps. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily ews. Copyright, 1927 VIENNA, April 2.—A mystery surrounds . the Rumanian court and the country’s political situation today, for the second time in less than six months. It has been officially confirmed that King Ferdinand’s battle for recovery from his cancer has been checked by an attack of influenza, complicated by lung trouble. Likewise, it is officially confirmed that his daughter, Queen Marie of Jugoslavia, has rushed to his bedside—first reports sald she went | by special train and later reports sald she used the Jugoslav naval monitor Sava for a trip down the Danube and proceeded thence by automobile from Glurgiu. Meanwhile, for the past 24 hours a special traln has been under steam in the Belgrade station, apparently intended for King Alexander’s use if his presence at Bucharest is required. Official dispatches, as well as an- nouncements to the press of Rumania and to attaches at the central Euro- pean legations, state that King Ferdi- nand’s condition is improving, that the been passed and that there is ho danger for the pres- ent, At the same time U com- cloud of Bucharest still is closed courts and SHORT SUSPENSION SENSED BY LEWS Some Owners Foresee Lull‘ | Lasting for at Least By the Assoc CHICAGO, ypril mates of the cay-mining shutdown in | the central comp ytitive field and adja- cent territories W ire made tpday. Some operators were doubtful of a | prompt settlement and predicted a sus- pension lasting at Jeast thnee months. President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, on the other hand, be- lieved that the closing would not last long. Mr. Lewis, who addressed a miners’ gathering at Taylorville, Iil, yester- day, said he ‘expected a conference would be arranged for within a short time ‘and that the Jacksonville scale of wages again would be adopted. Both Sides Insistent. It was the expiration of the Jack- sonville pact at midnight Thursday that opened the new mining contro- versy, operators maintaining _they could not pay the wage scale and sur- vive non-union competition, with the |miners just as insistent that they | could not accept a cut. “It took us 37 years to fight to a decent living wage,” said President Lewis in explaining the miners’ view- point. “They are not golng to rob us of it overnight. For seven years we have had to battle against a wage reduction. I can assure the operators they never can win their point by closing their mines and holding us at arms’ length.” Characterizing the suspension as a “lockout, not a strike,” the miners’ president maintained that the ecrisis was brought about by “inefficient management by the operators. Every time they suffer financial reverses through their own short-sightedness they attempt to retrieve their losses by persecuting the pocketbooks of the men who dig their coal.” On Non-Union Basis. An opposite view of the wage situ- ation was taken by H. F. Baker, presi- dent of the Pittsburgh Terminal Cor- poration, who announced that the company, employing 3,100 men, would operate its seven mines on a non- (Continued on Page Column 3.) bl g RESCUED CREW IN PORT. Sailors Saved From Schooner Shortly Before She Foundered. PHILADELPHIA, April 2 (#).— The crew of the British schooner Sea- brand, rescued from their sinking craft 500 miles off the Newfoundland coast by the Swedish motorship Nuoja, arrived off quarantine’ last night aboard the Nuoja. Sighting the waterlogged Sea- brand on March 28 in a sinking condi- tion, the Nuoja, Narvik from Philadel- phia, rescued its crew of six men without a mishap despite high seas and a stiff gale. Shortly after the men were taken aboard the motor- ship, the schooner sank. The Seabrand was owned in St. Johns. Bank Head Kills Self. BLUFFTON, Ind, April 2 (#).— Ralph Studebaker Todd, 46, president of the Studebaker State Bank of this city, which closed its doors last Satur- day, ended his life today by firing a bullet into his right temple. The bank had deposits of $1,400,000. Exa- miners have been working on the books. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, April 2.— ?l bush negroes in the wilds of P | tHyatlsville Mayor Assails | bailiffs. | Three Months. I3 Natives of South American Wilds Léarn At Last Qf World War; Glad It’s Over “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Stir's carrier system covers every cit; block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,461 (®) Means Associated Press. Three-Foot Snow And Winter Storms Sweep California April three-foot snowfall at the summit of the Sierra, in all sections of the the south, Spring received a back today in California. Blue Canyon, Redding and Truckee, reported almost blizzard conditions yesterday, and the Weather Bureau predicted unset- tled conditions 1n the far Western States today with probability of rain_in northern and central Cali- fornia, as well as in Oregon, Wash- ington, Idaho and Nevada. RIVERDALE POLICE ORCED T0 RESIGN Tactics—Town Council Gets Officers to Quit. As a result of a meeting of the town council of Riverdale, Md., last night, attended by many citizens in- dignant because of frequent com-| plaints lodged against alleged speed traps maintained by Riverdale police officers, the resignations of the entire police force were asked for and ac- cepted. Mayor John M. Schaefer stated that Riverdale will be without a police force until May, when a new council will be elected which will have the power to create a new force. It is probable that a salaried officer will be appointed, he said, doing away entirely with fee officers, which result, he said, in many arrests which would not otherwise be made. Hyattsville Mayor Speaks. Irvin Owings, mayor of Hyattsville, was present at the meeting and madoe a strong speech assailing the tactics which he alleged were employed by Harvey E. Smith, deposed Riverdale police head, and his three under He cited incidents which had been, reported to him of improper ar- and pointed out that the two cipalities are divided by a “‘paper on the Washington-Baltimore boulevard and ‘that Hyattsville was gaining an undeserved national repu- tation for imaintaining a speed trap. ¥ormer Chief Smith, speaking for himself and for the men who were under ' him—Shipley, Mallette and Monrote—charged that creation of popular sentiment against his force was the result of personal animosity entertained toward him by Mayor Owings, who, he said, had been try- ing to “get him" for years. Denies. Personal Motives. Mayor Owings admitted that he had long worked for the removal of Smith from office, but denfed that he was motivated by any personal animosity, but for the well-being of the en- tire community. He said that 10 years ago Smith was one of the leaders in a speed trap at Hyattsville which gave the community a_reputation which it had just succeeding in living down and which he felt Smith was endanger- ing again. Smith admitted the ex- istence of the trap 10 years ago, but explained that it was legal at that time and denied operation of a speed trap since that time. Mayor Schaefer, regarded the of- ficlal conduct of Smith and his men as “improper” and said that the action of the Riverdale meeting last night would have been taken without the presence of or urging by the neigh- boring mayor of Hyattsville. Received Many Complaints. “There is ill feeling between the men,” he sald, “but that had nothing to do with the meeting. The action of our council would have been taken any if the officers hadn’t been fee officers, they would not have made so many arrests. We have re- ceived many complaints concerning their activities.” The feeling against the operations of the fee officers was brought to a head by the action Wednesday night of American Automobile Association representatives, who visited Riverdale and caused the arrest of former Constable E. R. Greer, whose com- mission has expired, and John Rickard, who drove his car, on charges in: volving the operation of an auto with but one light. Rickard was charged also with driving without a permit. Both men drew fines. Hyattsville To Aid. The A. A. A. investigators, Attor- ney C. C. Collins and T. F. Behler, were present at the meeting last night, but took no part in the discus- sion. Mayor Owings indicated that he might cause action to be taken against Greer for making illegal ar- rests in Hyattsville after his con- stable’s commission had expired. Pending the creation of a new Riverdale police force, the Hyattsville authorities have promised their co- operation, although the chief of police of Hyattsville would be unable tc make arrests out of that town. His bailiffs, however, could be sworn in need should arise, and Sheriff Early and his deguties of Prince Georges County are, of course, authorized to make arrests in Riverdale. Former Chief Smith was emphatic in attributing his virtual dismissal to the personal animosity of Mayor Owings. He stated furthermore, that he voluntarily tendered his resigna- tion and that of his men out of defer- ence to popular gentiment, which he admitted was against him, but con- TWO CENTS. LADUE T0 ASSUME DISTRICT ENGINEER POST ON JUNE 21 New Commissioner First Of« ficer of Rank of Colonel to Be Chosen. SERVING AT PRESENT ON GOVERNORS ISLAND Lieut. Col. Bell, on Way to Pan- anfa, Is Expected to Return to Capital Early in May. Col. William B. Ladue, considered as one of the ablest officers in the Army Engineer Corps, and now on dl-l ¥ as engineer officer on the staff of the commanding officer, Second l:ul‘lis Area, Governor's Island, New York, was detailed yesterday after- noon by Pregident Coolidge to the post of Engineer Commissioner of the District, succeeding Lieut. Col. .. Franklin Bell, whose duty expires in June. Col. Ladue is the first officer of the rank of colonel ever to be named for the post here. Col. Ladue will enter upon his new assignment June 21, the date of the expiration of Lieut. Col. Bell's detail. Lieut. Col. Bell -now is en route to Panama aboard a Government. trans- port, where he plans to make a study of the various problems in connec- tion with the maintenance of the canal locks. He probably will return to Washington the first part of May. Before his departure Lieut. Col. Bell sent to the office of the chief of engineers a list bearing the names of six officers of the Army whom he believed should be considered for his post as Engineer Commissioner. On this list were the names of Maj. W. E. R. Covell, Acting Engineer Com- missioner, and two former Assistant Engineer Commissioners, Majs. Ray- mond A. Wheeler and Carey . Brown. Surprise Greets News. Surprise greeted the announcement regarding Col. Ladue's selection in many quarters of the Army, where it had been thought a younger man would be given the post. Col. Laduge will be 59 years old in a few months. Responding to a request from the ‘White House, Maj. Gen. Edgar Jad- win submitted the name of Col. Ladue through the War Department, with a recommendation that he be detailed, and it is understood that several other officlals in the War Department familiar with the colonel's work, placed hearty indorsement thereon. Friends of Col. Ladue here today rejoiced over the appointment of their fellow officer and held out to the cit- izens of the District the promise that he would serve them with the faithful- ness and devotion to duty which has characterized his entire career in the’ Army Engineers. Fifth on List. Col. Ladue is the highest ranking officer vet to be seiected for the post, his standing on the list of colonels in the Engineers being fifth. This fact today was emphasized as evidence of the growing importance with which the Engineer Corps regards the office | of Engineer Commissioner, and it was added that when the recommendation was requested nothing was spared in an effort to select the man who would be of the greatest possible bene- fit to the District government. 4 “We are proud of the part we can play in the affairs of the District by contributing an engineer,” said one | official today, “and we determined that the best man available for that duty & would be selected even though we are & making a great sacrifice by removing ' him from his present detail. g Col. Ladue, in addition to being om the staff of Maj. Gen. James H. Me: Rae, commanding the 2d Corp Area, has the additional and by f greater duty of division engineer, ! which_includes all engineer districts’ from Maine to the District of Colums: ! bla 6ver which he has supervision an control. New York harbor is under his | jurisdiction, among other things, he is the highest ranking engineer in | that city. v Is Hard Worker. Col. Ladue is famed throughout service as a worker of the d type. He places duty above all his friends say of him, and exp the same from those who serve and under him. 3 Of pleasing personality, Col. is unassuming, which, it was d of him, is his outstanding ¢l istic. “He is not the flashy, h .- shaking, back-slapping type,” sald on of his fellow officers today, but he meet the public of Washington work hard for it. The District n Just such a man, it was added, and | the Engineer Corps always has b proud of him, so will Washin when they see this officer working the harness. i Col. Ladue will be available for du ty 4 on, here for the next four years. Altho the greater part of his New York to protect the Riverdale section if [tail has been district engineering work, Gen. yet his asignment to the staff of McRae places him in the role of serv: ing with troops, a department quirement, which brought about th detail of Lieut. Col. Bell to a yet u named post. Tall and Slender. Col. Ladue is tall, slender and wfl complexioned, and, a fellow offices who was describing him sald, “Yo would never think he was so close tended that it was actuated by the ef- |60, I don’t know what he does £o ki forts of the Hyattsville mayor. himself in such a youthful and sp condition, unless it is just hard due is not a “speechmaker at all,” added that that would not to take command. This same officer said that Col. his value to the office of which he 8 Col. Ladue was born at Mich., November 26, 18 o0 the Univatitty of Mishamea war has brought, even unto us. How which he was in 1 luated we rejoice that the Great War is £ ba O come o an end and that there now | e i bo ,,:Ew’“_ is peace. “Slay one another no more; humility and love. with a strong greeting in the name of the captains and of all my peopl The letter, written in the native United States Military dwell graduated in peace with one another; so speak S,;:E",’,‘,,‘}‘,‘,’,,, 12, 1894, Ne-x we, not vaingloriously, but in all| goholastic record, I greet you all}the 57 members, _His him_ has II::M'MM receipt of the com- | marine mine defense munication through the Dutch gov- ‘ernment. 3 Bay, and on the ¢ tar Fort " o the cons