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—_——— WEATHER. (U S Weather Fair tonight; cloudin perature, Temperature-—Hi tomorrow ess; not much change in tem- Bureau Forecast.) increasing ighest, 58, at noon today; lowest, 40, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. ¥Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. service. The only evening paper in Washington with Associated Press the news Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,482 o. 30,290. Entered as second class matter WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1927—FOR! 6, I'Y-TWO PAGES. - (#) Means Associated Pr WO CENTS. CHINESE BOYCOTT PUT ON 0. §. G00DS IN'HUNAN PROVINGE Anti-American Feeling Also; Takes the Form of Strike at Changsha. ALL ALIENS PREPARE TO EVACUATE KIANGSI Situation North of Yangtze Grows More Precarious as Cantonese Press Advance. SHANGHAI, April 6.-—Anti Amer- fcan a »n, taking the form of a strike and a boycott of Amer goods, has broken out at Changsha, ital of the province of Hunan, in| Southern China. A wireless dispatch from that place today said the strike and boycott went into eftect at noon Monday, and reported that the American consul has gone aboard the United States gunboat Palos, on the Siang River, proparatory to leaving Changsha. The whole province of Hunan will be evac- | uated by foreigners shortly because of labor and anti-foreign manifestations. Kiukiang, on the Yangtze River in Kiangsi province, reported that a gen- eral strike against all foreigners has led to begin at noon today, t Hankow, headquarters of the or Nationalist government, | all business was virtually at a stand- still. Japanese Lezving Hankow. anese civilians boarded steam- ehips on the Yangtze, making ready to cuate Hankow. About 100 French, Belgia and Swiss remained in the city. Britishers and Americans took quarters close to the water front 80 as to be ready to leave at short notice. The Americans in Hankow number about 105. Several heads of American firms ap- plied to the American consul general for his approval of their remaining at their posts, but he informed them they would stay at their own risk. ‘While the state of affairs south of the Yangtze River, caused by anti- foreign agitation appears to be grow- ing steadily worse, the civil war sit- uation north of the great river is be- coming more precarious as the Can- tonese armies progress toward ‘the northern capital, Peking. For the moment the objectives of the Can- toese are Tsinanfu, capital of Shan- tung, and Tientsin, strategic raflway center of the north. Americans Sedk ‘Safety. Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, the North- ern war chief, it is felt here, can hold Peking only =0 long as he is able to retain possession of Tientsin, for that railway eenter provides the only means of communication with the Manchurian base of the Northern fore Americans and Britishers in the ter- ritory through which it is expected the Cantonese now will make their way are hastily seeking points of safety, | fearing a repetition of the outbreaks which followed the Cantonese victories in the Yangtze Valley, A manifesto, issued at Shanghai by the Cantonese leaders, denied in veil- ed terms that a split existed within the Kuomintang or Republican revolu- | tionary party. It contained an appeal for unity within the Cantonese ranks at “this crucial moment.” As for the foreign settlements at Shanghai, the manifesto had this to s The Communists have indorsed the Kuomintang’s resolution to refrain from the use of military force to ef- fect the retrocessions of the settle- ments. The General Labor Union has issued a manifesto that laborers will not try to invade the settlements, singly or independently, of others.” Nanking Reported Bombed. n airplane of the Northern Chinese , says a wireless message from dropped three bombs today king and two on Pukow, across r from Nanking. __Anti-forelgn feeling was reported to (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) SEVEN ARE ARRESTED IN $12,000,000 FRAUDS Former City Employes at Havana, Including Ex-Mayor, Are Accused. Jay By the Associated Press HAVANA, April of the 6.—Seven former Havana City Hall T vesterday, charged with implication in frauds, which it is claimed will reach more than $12 More arrests are expected rrests were made after an on into a series of frauds y Mayor Miguel Gomez, STILL HOPE TO FIND TWO AIR MAIL FLYERS r of Plane Which Disappeared on Way From Fresno to San o Francisco Renews Search. Associated Press. FRANCISCO, April 6. search since Sur Dl which fruitless ng ¥ of the owner, hope t t , a company officer, Pacific Air refused to- t the twe fiyers i n er search of the irregular ter- tween here and Fresno was ed and observers scanned neisco Bay in in the hope the two men or traces of the plane might be found The finding of a floating in the bay a flurry hion sed was at plane, was no canvas vesterday and m the als said it Edward Neher | post office, Washington, D. C. MANCHURIAN WAR LORD RAIDS SOVIETS EMBASSY AT PEKING Six Russians and 15 Chinese Arrested—Machine Gun and Rifles Seized. American Woman and Man Detained by Marshall Outside Legation. By the Associated Press. PEKING, April 6.—Troops of the army of Marshal Chang Tso-lin, the Manchurian war lord, and armed po- lice raided the Soviet embassy this morning. Six Russians and 15 to 20 Chinese were taken to the police sta- tion, and a machine gun, 15 rifles and a quantity of ammunition were re- moved from the embassy. Measures had been taken previously to guard all entrances to the building. More than 100 troops and police, act ing on signed authorization of the diplomatic corps. rushed the embassy One shot was heard, after. which a an was dragged out, fighting and He was bound and . carried off in a motor car. Troops Hold Embassy. The troops still occupied the build- ing this afternoon. The Russians and Chinese arrested at the embassy were described as agi- tators. Marshal Chang Tso-lin has been de- scribed in dispatches to the London newspapers as_a determined foe of bolshevism. After the disorders at Nanking, Chang, expressing sorrow over the events, was reported by the ‘Westminster Gazette of London to have sald that he believed the powers should direct their act sheviks rather than agains nese. He declared further, according to the Westminster Gazette's correspond- ent, that if the powers would guaran- tee’ the Manchurian frontier against soviet Russia, he could liberate 150,- 000 reliable troops to help the Shan- tungese. Chang was reported to have been chiefly responsible for the seizure re- cently of the Soviet steamer Pamiat Lenian and the arrest of Mme. Boro- din and three Russlan agents, who were aboard at the time. They were charged with having in their posses- sion bolshevist propaganda intended to help the cause of the Cantonese, or Southern Nationalists. ILL JUROR HALTS TRIAL OF BOERSIG Farmer, 60, Stricken While Closing Arguments Are Being Made. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. _FAIRFAX ' COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, April 6.—Iliness of a juror, John M. Plaskett of Lorton, Va., twice delayed the murder trial of Louis F. Boersig, which opened its concluding day this morning in the 127-year-old courthouse here. The - time < Mr. Plaskett slumped in_the jury box it was ap- parent to Judge Howard W. Smith, who is presiding, that the juror was in extremely bad physical condition and he immediately recessed the court. Dr. Ford Swetham, who treated Mr. Plaskett, reported to Judge Smith that his patient's condition was “very bad"” and that he doubted, whether the court session could be resumed in less than two or three héurs. Dr. Swet- ham regarded the,condition of Mr. Plaskett serious gnough to cause the authorities to communicate with his people at Lorton. Mr. Plaskett is a farmer and/ about 60 years old. Friends of the sick juror said today that he was subject to heart attacks and evidéntly the close air in the crowded courtroom. had proven too much for him. Judge Instructs Jury. Before Mr. Plaskett’s second illness it appeared as if the case would be given to the jury before the lunch hour recess. At the outset of today's session Judge Smith read the instructions to the jury, going into every phase of murder degrees, their punishment and the Virginia law concerning premedi- tation. After Judge Smith instructed the ury at_length Commonwealth's At- rney Wilson Farr began his sum- ming up of the case. After reciting the details of the killing of 7-year-old Loretta Ridgeway and the child’s sister, Cathleen, 4, and the serious in- jury of their mother, Mrs. George Ridgeway, who were clubbed at their home March 4, he reiterated his belief that Boersig was the perpetrator. At the conclusion of his statement, which he delivered cooly and without dramatic effect, he informed the Jjurors: 7 “I ask you gentlemen to bring in a verdict of guilty of first degree murder and that you specify the death sen- tence as the penalty.” Evidence Called Circumstantial. Frederick L. Flynn, in making the closing statement of the defense, en- deavored to impress upon the jurors that the evidence against Boersig ivas solely circumstantial and in an im- passioned tone challenged them to send to the electric chair a man against whom he said the common- wealth had failed to make a case. Flynn told the jury that while the State cited robbery as the motive they had never found the $83 Boersig was supposed to have taken from the Ridgeway home. He said that while it would have been impossible for any one to have murdered the two little girls without having blood stains on their clothing, the authorities never had found any blood on any of Boersig’s clothing. At this point Fiynn ordered Boersig DE PINEDO UNHURT ASSEAPLANE BURNS Crew Also Escape as Four- Continent Flight Ends Disastrously. By the Associated Press. APACHE LODGE, ROOSEVELT DAM, Ariz., April 6.—The intercon- tinental flight of Comdr. Francesco de Pinedo came to disastrous end at 12:05 today, when the Santa Maria caught fire as the plane was being put under way preparatory to taking off for San Diego from Roosevelt Dam. The Santa Maria had arrived-here at 10:14 a.m. mountain time ~from Elephant Butte Dam, N. Mex., and had stopped at Roosevelt Lake to re- fuel. The Italian flyer, who flew over dangerous Brazilian jungles without mishap, had intended to reach San Diego by 4 p.m., Pacific time. The plane is a total loss. Comdr. de Pinedo and his crew escaped unin- Jured. FERDINAND GIVEN - EXTReAiE GNCTION Peasant Party Reported De- manding Revecation of Carol’s Exclusion. By the Associated Pre VIENNA, April ~—A Bucharest dispatch to the Neue Freie Presse this morning said King Ferdinand had re- ceived the last rites of the church and that his death was expected hourly. The same correspondent says the National Peasant Party is trying to enforce a demand that the King sum- mon a crown council at his bedside and revoke the exclusion of Former Crown Prince Carol from succession to the throne. The dispatch adds that nervousness prevails throughout the country. CONDITION EXTREMELY GRAVE. BUCHAREST, Rumania, April 6 (#).—King Ferdinand’s condition was extremely grave this morning. The monarch, stricken with influenza sev- eral days ago, has been fully con- scious, The semi-official newspaper Indreptarea says he was able to sign a number of documents and letters yesterday. Ferdinand passed a troubled night because of his cought. DUTCH LINER STRANDED. LONDON, April 6 UP.—A Hong- kong dispatch to the Evening News reports that the Dutch liner Tjileboet, bound for Java with 1,500 Chinese emigrants, stranded off Kingting Island, 15 miles south of Hongkong, (Continued on Page umn 7.) in heavy weather, Ry the Associated Pre CHICAGO, April 6.—Evanston won a silver loving cup yesterday as Chi- zo's best suburb and based its plea for fame partly on the fact that it is the home of Vice President Charles G. Dawes. The competition, in which six Chi- cago suburbs participated, was before the Chicago Rotary Club and a sextet of not-too-modest orators from the suburbs presented the merits of their respective towns, The women, along with the Vice President, were given part credit for Evanston's fame by Prof. Ralph B. Dennis of the School of Speech of Northwestern University, who pre- or that shrink- ing violet of cities, Evanston. We owe our name to the surname of one man, John Evans, but we owe our two women. The first was Willard, she of the W. C. T. U. The second was that famous ‘niece’ of Vice Radio 'Prog—r;ms-'-—Paze 23 - President Charles GI(M‘DAWOI. < Frances Willard and ° Win “Best Suburb™ Cup for Evanston A Wi ‘Hell'n Maria.” When the general bowed his head before the Senate and prayed to that niece of his, she made the first page, Dawes made the vice presidency and we of Evanston mounted to everlasting renown.” We are a city of churches and bootleggers,” the professor continued, waving a right hand gracefully north- ward. “They are striving against each other for the new business out our way. Sometimes the drug stores are ahead. In our great suburb we have a few wild women, but they are modest and well behaved; we have ab- sent-minded professors, wandering aimlessly and harmlessly about the streets, and co-eds with short hair and shorter skirts roller skating us off our feet. We give money to the sufferers of Miami and m “Let no one say we're not regular fellows. We dance on Friday night, play poker on Saturday and go to church on Sunday. “But the one distinctive fact of Evanston is youth. We stay young with our children and we spend our money on them." i . | Thompson, former cowboy, lassoed the THONPSON CARRES CHCAGOELEGTION R PLIALITY Nearly Million Votes Cast in Balloting Marked by Little Disorder. FORMER COWBOY WINS CITY COUNCIL CONTROL Prodigious Support in Negro Wards Overcomes “Silk Stocking” Re- publican Defections. William Hale 's chair 1n Chicago's biggest election yesterday, and prepared to ride into the City Hall with a plurai- ity of 83,072 votes in his saddiebags. Nearly one million votes were cast. Thompson received 512,740, Mayor ‘William E. Dever, Democrat, seeking a second term, got 429,668, and Dr. John Dill Robertson, banner carrier for an insurgent Republican faction, was a poor third, with 51,209, Viewed by wards, Thompson and Mayor Dever split nearly even, Dever carrying 23 and Thompson 27 wards. The second, third and fourth wards, strongholds of the Southside negro vote, wrought prodigiously for Thomp- son. Of his 83,072 plurality, these wards contributed 59,215, Thompson running better than 6 to 1 ahead of Mayor Dever there. Besides the four-year term as mayor, Thompson also apparently won con- trol of the council, having the prom- ise of support from 18 of 39 alder- men chosen at the February 22 pri- maries, to which were added probably 16 favorable aldermen yesterday. 2,500 Celebrants Endangered. More than 2,500 Republicans, cele- brating the victory of Thompson, were thrown into terror early today when the floating clubhouse of the Fish Fans' Club, anchored in the Belmont yacht harbor, sank slowly to the bot- tom, a distance of 8 feet. Firemen were called, and those on hoard were ordered to leave the boat. As soon as the vessel was relieved of the unausually heavy burden, it rose peveral feet, and the firement pumped it out. Despite dire forebodings of blood- shed and disorder, and much viewing with alarm by law enforcement agen- cies, the election was one of the quietest in Chicago history. “As quiet as a Quaker funeral,” Capt. Stege of the detective bureau called it. Few Instances Reported. Hoodlumism was almost entirely absent, theft of one ballot box, dyna- miting of two places used as Demo- cratic headquarters, destruction by fire of a’negro church under mysteri- ous circumstances, and the firing of a few shots were the only untoward incidents reported. No one was hurt. Police attributed the peacefulness of the day to a fear instilled in gang- land’s heart by the shooting to death on the eve of the election of Vincent (Schemer) Drucci, beer baron of the northside. Many known gangsters, the police said, “spent election day in the country” rather than challenge the warning that the police would “fire first, talk afterward.” Mayor-elect Thompson served as chief executive for two terms, d915- 1923. He was not a candidate when Dever was electe The new mayor will take office as soon as the official canvass of the votes is completed—probably within 10 days. Thompson ran strong on the north and wst sides, and carried the “gold coast” area, but Dever had a lead in the south side “silk stocking” terri- tory of Hyde Park, a Republican stronghold. { ITALY AND HUNGARY MAKE AMITY PLEDGE Mussolini and Bethlen Are Voluble in Praises and Promise of Friendship. By the Assoclated Press, ROME, April 6.—Italy and Hun- gary, through their prime ministers, drank toasts last night pledging eter- nal friendship and aid. Both Premier Mussolini and Count Bethlen, the Hungarian premier, were voluble in their praise of each other and their sovercigns. The occa- sion was a dinner which Mussolini tendered in honor of the visiting Hun- garian statesman, and followed the signing yesterday of a treaty of friendship, conciliation and arbitra- tion between Italy and Hungary. The premiers also affixed their sig- natures to official notes sanctioning the decisions of Italian and Hun- garian experts after a study of means of affording Hungary a trade outlet to i the sea through the port of Fiume. ymbolic of complete restoration ndship between Italy and Hun- Mussolini presented to the Hungarian premier the ‘“Cor- vinian Codes.” These documents are a part of the library gathered by the fifteenth century Hungarian King, Matthias Corvinus, which was grant- ed to Italy under the terms of the Trianon treaty after the World War, INFLUENZA SWEEPS TOWN | Disease in Epidemic Form Hits Bethel, in Alaska. NOME, Alaska, April 6 (P).—An influenza epidemic of serious propor- tions in the town of Bethel, on the lower Kuskokwin River, was reported by R. H. Merrill, aviator, who arrived here Monday night from Anchorage. Merrill obtained his information when he landed at McGrath, 200 miles northeast of Bethel, to refuel. Re- ports there said that virtually all the residents of Bethel were stricken. Bethel has about 150 inhabitants, mostly Eskimos. U. 8. Navy Engineer Killed. SHANGHAI April 6 (®.—A. T Welr, engineer of the U. S. S. Pitts burgh, was accidentally shot and killed today by a comrade while he was unloading a pistol. Weir's home is In Georgia ST . | LADUE PLEDGES DISTRICT SERVICE New Engineer Commissioner Has Good Knowledge of Technical Problems Here. BY J. A. O'LEARY. Staft Correspondent of The Star. GOVERNORS ISLAND, N. Y., April 6.—In an informal message to the people of Washington today, Col. Wil- liam B. Ladue, newly appointed En- gineer Commissioner, pledged the best service of which he is capable and invited the full co-operation of all groups of citizens during his adminis- tration. The new Commissioner said that in his epinion Washington as it stands today is the most attractive city he has ever seen, but declared himself in sympathy with the movement to continue its development along phy- sical lines to make it a more beautiful capital eity. Will Study Problems. “I think every one in the United States wants to see Washington beau- tified,” said Col. Ladue, “and I would be in favor of anything within reason looking to that end.” As to the merits of important Dis- trict legislation that will be pending in the next Congress and as to issues on which he will be called upon to act at the District Building, Col. Ladue nat- urally was not in a position to ad- vance definite opinions, inasmuch as he has not resided in Washington for 14 years. The new Commissioner said that he would give early and careful study to such matters -as merger of the street railway systems, national representa- tlon for the people of the District and similar problems on which he wants to inform himself more fully before discussing them. Familiar With Projects. Since Col. Ladue resided in Wash- ington he has made several brief vis- its to the city and he displays a rath- er unexpected knowledge of the physi- cal makeup of the District and of its engineering service. In his present assignment Col. La- due not only has had charge of New York harbor work, but has been di- vision engineer, supervising all Army engincer districts from Maine to the District of Columbia. In that capacity he has followed rather ciosely the building of Washington’s new $8,000,- 000 water supply from Great Falls to Dalecarlia. Reservoir, is conversant with the data now being prepared for Congress on the proposed improve- ment of the Washington Channel river front, opposite Potomac Park, and has a working knowledge of what is being done to reclaim Anacostia flats into a parkway along the eastern edge of the District. Col. Ladue appeared anxious to ac- quaint himself with the work of the Public Utilities Commission, of which he will become ex-officio a member, as soon as possible. While his term of service here will not begin until June 23, he indicated that he would en- deavor in the meantime to familiarize himself with the laws under which the Utilities Commission functions. Interested in Schools. He also displayed an Interest In the school building program now under way and expressed the be- lief that the District has made some admirable additions to its school facilitie vy the way, is the Force School still in use on Massachusetts avenue?" the colonel asked. Informed that it is, he recalled that his two children attended that school when he was living in Washington from 1909 to 1913 and that his daughter, Miss Louise Ladue also was a student at ‘Western High School. The ne commissioner will be accompanied to Washington by his wife and daughter. His son, Lieut. Laurence K. Ladue, 8. A, is in the 6th Cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Col. Ladue has a calm, quiet nature with an affable manner that makes a visitor feel at home. He is fond of his pipe and bears out the reputation his friends have credited to him of being a diligent worker at what- ever task is before him. Appointment Was ‘Surprise. He said the news of his appoint- ment Lad come to him a few days ago as a complete surprise, and then he added: “I feel very much honored by the appointment. I regard it as a very important and honorable position and one that carries with it great responsi- bilities. I want to say that I shall enter upon my duties with the fullest recognition of the responsibility as well as the honor. I hope to have the fullest co-operation of all civic ‘and trade organizations In studying these problems and will welcome sug- gestions in connection with them. “I feel a strong sense of responsi- (Continued on Page 5, Columa 2) i pOUBTS COOLIDGE RACE. Moses Quoted as Saying President Won’t Run Again. NEW YORK, April 6 @) Herald-Tribune today quotes Se Moses of New Hampshire as saying President Coolidge will not be a can- didate for re-election next year. “Mr. Coolidge’'s psychology is such that he does not want to be confront- ed with four years of diminuendo,” sald the Senator. FEE SYSTEM CURE SOUGHT IN BILLS Virginia Legislators and Gov- ernor Seek Means to Cor- rect Judicial Evil. BY REX COLLIER. Staft Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va.,*April 6.—A defl- nite move was under way here today to obtain legislative relief from the quandary into which Virginia's half- fee system of remunerating magis- trates has been plunged by the recent decisfon of the United States Supreme Court in an Ohio fee case. Bills have been drawn up to this end by officials of the town of Potomae, where the American Auto- mobile Association has launched an {mportant court battle against Mayor Kleysteuber and other town author- itles accused of having pecuniary in- terest in the outcome of traffic cases tried before them under the Virginia fee system. Little Hope Seen. Copies of the bills were placed in the hands of State Senator Frank L. Ball and Delegate Charles T. Jesse, Arlington County’s representatives in the Legislature, by Walter U. Varney, corporation counsel of Potomac, fol- lowing conferences had Monday by Varney with Gov. Byrd and Attorney General Saunders. There appears to be but little hope, however, that the measure will reach the floor of the Assembly at this hurried session. One of the bills would remedy the condition which allows the magistrate to receive on acquittal of a defendant only one-half of the fee he would have gotten had he convicted him, SCHOOL QUIZD . COVER TEN YEARS | Efficiency Bureau to Get Evi- dence on Institutions and Branches. A mass of evidence which has been accumulating for 10 years will be made available to the United States Bureau of Efficiency when hearings are started sometime next week on conditions surrounding the incorpora- tion of private schools and other insti- tutions here. This relates not only to the institu- tions actually oprrated in the District of Columbia, but to their ramifications throughout the United States and in foreign countries. Much of this is in the files of the United States Bureau ot Education, some is in the files of the State Department, and some in the office of the United States At- torney for the District. Anxious to Give Evidence. David A. Robertson of the Amer- jcan Council on Education, who has been a prominent figure the last few years in the fight against the “edu- cational underworld of the United States,” said today he was anxious to place in the hands of Herbert D. Brown, chief of the Bureau of Effi- clency, all the information in the pos- session of his organization. The coun- cil has received frequent complaints against institutions chartered in the District of Columbia, but has been able to do little except issue warnings against activities of the low-grade “colleges.” The determination of the Bureau of Efficiency to hold hearings which will bring the whole situation to the sur- face was hailed by Mr. Robertson as one of the most hopeful developments which have attended the long fight to rid the country of the schools chartered in Washington whose “branches” have sprung up in other States and in South America, Europe and Asia. Charter Obtained Here. A search of the records in the office of the recorder of deeds has just re- vealed to Miss Pearl McCall, assistant United States attorney, who has been a central figure in past attempts to root out the low-grade institutions, that a New Jersey college, which set up a branch in Washington a few years ago and granted a large number (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) “Puff—Puffing“ Must tion, They Through the clouds of tobacco smoke which are said to shroud the membership of the Brightwood Citi- zens' Association the good women of that community were groping their way today toward adoption of a com- bined bill of rights, proclamation of emancipation and declaration of inde- pendence. In a sort of preamble to what should be a historic instrument in the annals of organized citizenship the announcement is made today, ffrom somewhat veiled and secretive sources, that the woman members of the Brightwood Association are being literally smoked out of the organiza- itkm, puft by puff. May Form Own Association. Things have come to such a pass, |it is declared in a letter sent today 'to President Yaden of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, that the choked and gasping ladies of Bright wood need only the encouragement {and sympathy of federation officials to follow the determined lead of the women of Georgetown and organize an association of their very own, I'where women's rights are respected and fragrance rules. The letter, signed by “Mrs. L. C. W., for Committee of Woman's Citl- zen: Association of Brightwood,” follows: “Knowing your very great interest In the ladies who are only now com- ing into their rights and how you were nobly seconded by a former president of the association, Jesse | Suter, in your, efforts to bring the Woman's “Citizens' Assoclation of Georgetown into the federation over the protest of “men, we are em- boldened to layfthe situation of the ladies of BrightWood before you and “SMOKED OUT.,” WOMEN CHARGE: THREATEN OWN CITIZEN GROUP Stop or They Will Form Feminine Brightwood Associa- Warn Men. the Brightwood Citizens' Association, but it doesn’t do us much good, for when we attend, the men simply smoke us out. Ivery man smokes. 1 counted one meeting and just one member, Mr. Clayton, smoked 11 cigars in one hour. It is so thick, I mean the smoke, that we can't even see one another, much less talk. “Now, some of us women have got together and have formed quite a large group ready for a beginning of the Woman's Citizens' Assoclation of Brightwood, As you gave the women of Georgetown a charter for the same territory the men claimed, we want to know if you will give us the same right in Brightwood and admit our association on an equality with the old Brightwood association. “Encouragement from you and Mr. Suter and we will go ahead. One of our most aggressive new members sald we women could smoke clga- rettes, but what can cigarette smoke do against cigar smoke? Besides, the real ladies of Brightwood don't want | to smoke, not even cigarettes. Clayton Defends Cigars. vill you and Mr. Suter see that our association gets into the federa- tion if we go ahead?” William McK. Clayton, named as the champion cigar smoker of the as- soclation, defended his cigars against the innuendoes of the women with the statement that he smokes the same brand of stogle as he gives away to his friends. He conceded there had been some agitation among the wom- en abeut the general smoke situation, but indicated that he would part with his cigars only with great reluctance. President Yaden stated he had re- ceived the letter, but in view of the fact that the author’'s name was not PLOTTOKIDNAPU.S. CITIZEN NIPPED BY IMEXICO GITY POLICE 0il Branch Head Unaware of Plan to Seize Him in Capital Streets. : RSt “REVOLUTIONIST” BAND UNDER CORDOVA TAKEN Intended to Hold A. E. Watts for Heavy Ransom—More Wilkins Murder Arrests Expected. | By the Associated Press. | MEXICO CITY, April 6.—A plot to kidnap Albert tts, head of | the Mexico City branch of the Sin is]mr Oil Co., was discovered by the | police last night when they captured |a band headed by former Gen. Fed- | erico Cordova. j Mr. Watts left for the United States | yesterday morning without knowing | that he was to be captured Mond: i \\'hll.a driving through the commerc! i section of the city and taken to the hlnu\mmins in the state of Morelos, &nfi.‘\r Cuernavaca, where Jacob Rosen- | thal of New York was murdered last | September. | The police allege that the kidnapers intended to demand heavy ransom for he release of Mr. Watt. The plot was discovered when Cordova approached |a secret service man disguised as a chauffeur looking for work, promising him a percentage of the ransom money if he consented to drive the car in which Watts was to be taken into the mountains. Three Sald to Have Confessed. Julian Navarro, Clemente Trinidad Rames, Serafin Corrales and Nazarit Matas Porras, all followers of the late Gen. Emillano Zapata, rebel leader, \wem captured with Cordova, and are \5"‘"’ by the police to have confessed | their part in the plot. Cordova is de bed by the police as a “revolutionist.” He specialized in kidnaping several years ago, and was responsible for the kidnaping of Wil- liam O. Jenkins, then American con- sular agent at Puebla, in 1919, Wilkins Murder Held Plot. Confirmation that the murder of Edgar M. Wilkins, American elec- trical engineer, was part of a plot against the Government, was reported to the War Department today by Gen.. Ferreira. The general says the confir- mation was had through a letter found upon Mariano Calzada, chief of the gang which kidnaped and subse- quently murdered Wilkins, The letter, according® to the general, was from a lawyer named Gonzalez Flores, al- leged to be the intellectual leader of the Malisco rebellion. It read: “I call your attention to the affair i of Mister——(meaning Wilkins) which must necessarily benefit us, because if we do not get the money from the electric company and he dies from fright, then our neighbors (meaning the United States) will make trouble for the Turk (Calles) and it will help help us bust him.” More Arrests Expected. Flores was among six men executed by a firing squad at Guadalajara re- cently. Four of them accused of di- recting the rebellion in the State of Jalisco, which has been gi authorities trouble for many months, while the other two were charged with manufacturing ammunition for the rebels. After a summary court- martial, seven men were executed Monday morning for the killing of Wilkins, who came to Mexico from Savannah, Ga., 15 years ago. El Universal Grafico says that many more arrests are expected at Guada- lajara, on information gleaned through the investigation into the Wilkins case. But the government, it adds, has nipped the plot in the bud, and now will be able to crush the Jalisco rev- olutionary movement PRESIDENT TO MAKE 3 ADDRESSES HERE Another in New York, All Prior to Vacation Trip, Are on Schedule. President Coolidge has agreed to make four speeches, three of them in this city, before' his Summer vaca- tion. This was revealed at the White House, where announcement was made that the President today accepted in- vitations to deliver an oration at the Memorial Day exercises to be held at Arlington National Cemetery, May 30, and to address a meeting of the Amer- ican Medical Association, May 17, at Arcadia Hall, Fourteenth street and Park road. The President will speak in New York on the night of April 25, the oc- casion being the celebration’ of the twentieth anniversary of the found- ing of the United Press Assoclation, and on the eVening of June 11, when he appears before the seml-annual meeting here of the business organi- zations of the Government. The President has received many in- vitations from all sections of the country to make addresses, but it is his intention to confine his speaking actlvities to the program of four speeches he now has on his schedule. TAXI LIMIT RESCINDED. Commissioners Recall Order Per- mitting Only 1,250 Vehicles. An unlimited number of taxicabs and other public vehicles may. operate in the District as a result of the action of the Board of District Commisioners yesterday afternoon in rescinding e ?I’;s\gouu order limiting the number to The limitation has been a target of criticlsm for many months. The chief complainants have been the independent taxicab companies. —— Boy, 15, Slain as Bandit. CLEVELAND, April 6 (®.—Wil- liam McDonald, 15, was killed last night while attempting to hold up signed to it, he would not reply. “It's a matter for the democracy Mr. Suter for yogr advice. ‘We are ‘ tted as members to' of Brightwood to decide for itself, be commented. Allen Beattie on a street here. Alfred Palmer, coming to Beattie's aid, fired one shot at McDonald, He was exon«