Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1927, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. (U. 8. W Partly cloudy and slightly colder tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudi- ness. Temperature—Highest, 68, at v 1 3:30 p.m. yesterda a.m. today. Full ¥Closing N.Y. Stocks No. 30,291, post office, Wa. ther Bureau Forecast.) } i l lowest, 46, at 8 port on page nine. and Bonds, Page 14 Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. he WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Sar. WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, [N APRIL 1927 —FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,528 TWO CENTS. TROUBLE BREWING AT HANKOW, HOUGH | REPORT INDICATES Japanese Assemble Five Ves- F sels to Protect Citizens 7+ on Yangtze. COAL FAMINE MAY DETER EVACUATION OF ALIENS| Foreigners Concentrated Water's Edge, Americans Spend Nights on Ships. . By the Associated Press Foreboding conditions at Hankow,| more than 200 miles above )I::nkxnz‘ on the winding Yangtze River, shared the center of interest in de- velopments in China today with the attltude to be taken by the Moscow government over ralds by Chin authorities at Peking of Russian property within the diplomatic com- pound. Rear Admiral Hough, commander of the Yangtze patrol, reported the situation at Hankow as “very bad,” while another message apparently from him, but transmitted to Wash- ington from Minister MacMurray at Peking, sald that the Japanese were reparing to defend their conces- :’lo:?na aLg that city. This dispatch reported that a Japanese naval force of two cruisers, four destroy- ers and a gunboat had beeen as- sembled there. Shortage of Coal Felt. The admiral also disclosed a new problem in the evacuation of Amer- jeans from cities along the upper stretches of the river due to a short- age of coal. This dispatch reached the Capital about the time the Ship- ping Board announced that it has authorized R. (Stanley Dollar, vice president of the Dollar Steamship Lines, to divert both passenger and cargo ships operated by t company from their regular schedules to ac- commodate Americans in their evacu- ation of China and return to the United States. : Aside from this, officials manifest mnxiety over conditions along the Yangtze and conferences continued over various aspects presented in the evacuation of the refugees. The ac- tion of the Shipping Board, it was ex- plained, eame after Mr. Dollar had advised that a deviation from ship schedules would be necessary to ac- commodate refugees. He said his company also was ready to undertake any transportatign of trgops or sup- plies. Fuel Running Low. ‘While the Dollar ships will touch only at deeper water ports the injec- tion of a coal shortage adds another to the many problems already con- fronting evacuation of refugees from the upper Yangtze. Admiral Hough said that owing to strikes and labor disturbances, fuel for the smaller river craft, which are all coal burn- ers, was running low. Should it become necessary to order the craft from the upper river on this account, a serious problem would arise in carrying the refugees to ports where they might embark for the United States. . ‘Admiral Hough sald that plans for recalling the craft were being con- sidered, as it did not appear that coal was available at Shanghai for shipment into the Yangtze areca. This prospec- tive shortage, however, will not affect destroyers or other naval vessels of heavier type which are oil burners. Forelgners at Water's Edge. In speaking of the condition at Hankow, the admiral said that the Japanese had been evacuating their concessions since the recent riot, and that foreigners generally were con- centrating close to the water’s edge under protection of warships. From this point, he reported, they could be taken aboard upon short notice. ‘A aispatch from Consul General Y.ockhart also said that more than 100 Americans remaining at Hankow were spending the nights aboard the vessels, while Admiral Hough indi- cated that he was preparing to order Americans to remain aboard the ships unless the tension should relax. Meanwhile the State Department continued to withhold information as to the status of demands to be made upon the Cantonese outrages, althougl the definite decision n demands in the form o has been reached Vigorous agitation for strike continues in Shangh though no serious labor t (Continued on Page 2, e SECRET WIRELESS POST FOUND IN HEART OF PARIS Russian and Lettish Financiers Made Big Profit on Ex- change Quotations. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April T.—Wire of the French pos & difficuit search have t wireless post operated in the Paris by a group of Lettisi sian financic 1t is alleg they transmitt i to agents in Amst n, Russia, which enabled ther Jucrati-e business through arbitrage. "The postal authorities cons mtarted proceedings toda Nicolas Freudenstein and Orlatvvn, Russians, and Samuel Dul- brovics and Leopold Loevenstein Letts; an electrician who lled the plant and French operators Worked it. They are charged with vio lating the law giving the e the telegraphic monopoly, Convis * entail heavy fines. BLACK HAND WAR GOES ON Must Continue Until It Is De- stroyed, Says Mussolini. April 7 (P).—W % Hand organization 1 continued until every anizations is destroyed Premier Mussolini to! Palermo yesterday for more than six montl carrying on an anti-Black Hand cam paign, called at Chigi Palace to make ort to the premier. The good work must be continued even more energetically and rigor- ously,” Mussolini said, complimenting the prefect on his guccess ... 1 been | report Column 5) | o Associated Press. 7.—Severance of ns between Peking and Moscow was regarded as probable in many quarters today as a consequence of s raid on several buildings near The authorities of the Ankuochun, or allied Northern armies, stated th the raid produced “overwhelming evi den. that the Soviet union was eply involved in plots to overthrow w and order in North China. D Wellington oo tendercd premier tod M: 'so-lin It is r cd t Gen Yang Yuct Cha chief adviser, will become premier. learned that Dr. Koo, at >-Lin's request had drafted a protest to the Soviet charge d'affaires accusing the embassy of sheltering criminal plotters who were ity of the government. Fire Causes Comment. the Dahl (Soviet) bank, the Eastern Railway Building, and a building for- sed by the Russian lagation guards in Czarist days. It is Wnder- stood that during continuation of the search last night 200 pistol# were found. Comment has been aroused by the fact that while the raid was being zed by the Northern soldiers, fire started in one of the buildings. An unconfirmed report was soon circu- attempting to undermine the author- | The premises raided ircluded the 1 SOVIET-PEKING BREAK SEEN AFTER RAID IN NORTH CAPITAL Koo Prepares Protest Alleging Russian Embassy Is Sheltering Criminal Plotters. Diplomats Gave Approval. lated that the building. was set afire deliberately in order to prevent rec- ords falling into the hands of the raiding party. The fire was ex- tinguished before much damage was done. CHINESE EXCEEDED AUTHORITY MacMurray Declares Permission Was Given to Seéarch Certain Houses. | By the Associated Press. Raiding by Chinese soldiers of erties of the Russian Soviet em at Peking, which has threatened se rious international developments, was described today by American Minister Murra case whereln the Chi went beyond the authorization anted them by the Peking foreign iplomatic corps. Reporting to the State Department, Mr. MacMurray sald (he Netherlands finister, as senior. diplomat, author- ized the Chinese local authorities to search “'certain private properties” of the Dahlbank and the Chinese Eastern Railway adjacent to the Russian em- y in the Peking diplomatic quar- ter. No Chinese officials or soldiers may enter this quarter without diplo- matic permission, because of an agree- ment after the Boxer uprising. The Chinese, however, also raided the compound of the former Russian legation guard, where four Russians had barricaded themselves and set fire to various papers. They were over- and_there was no_bloodshed. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) i Sy |8 {d CANADIANS T0 ASK TRADE-RIVER PACT Combine Commerce Treaty With St. Lawrence Project in Draft. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Tie Canadian Cabinet and a large number of members of the parliament at Ottawa have approved of a tena- tive draft of a treaty of reciproeity with the United States. Negotiations lo king to a consummation of the agreement will e begun shortly. Coples of the draft that have reached here indicate there is little likelihood of - Canadn -entering into an arrangement on the St. Lawrence waterway project unless a trade treaty is combined with it. A number of rea- sons for this exist but chief among them is the resentment against the Fordney-McCumber tarift law. The Canadians feel that the American farmers never really benefited from that act anyhow. In the proposed draft the sugges- tion is made that the following articles come into either country free of duty: Cattle, poultry, wheat and agricul- tural products generally, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, fish of all kinds, timber, building materials, pulp of wood, newsprint and all other paper and various other byproducts of the rnrsgoing all of which are enumer- ated. Freedom as to Forest Products. A provision has been inserted giving the States and provinces of both coun- tries freedom of action in the preser- vation of forest products. The articles relating to waterways follow, in part: “It is understood and agreed that the parties hereto shall grant permis- sion to the State of New York and the Province of Ontarlo, at their own ex- pense and on such terms as may mu- tually be agreed upon, to build for power purposes a shore-to-shore dam, or dams, on the St. Lawrence River, between Cornwall on the Canadian side and St. Regis on the American side of the river, provided: “(a) That the said State and prov- ince shall, in consideration of the granting of such rights, construct, equip and maintain in the State of New York a canal of the character ions recommended in the of the International -Joint Waterways Commission, to permit the passage of vessels between the helght. ened level above the dam and the level s t all the work shail be per- formed and carried out in such a ma ner as to be of the utmost aid to navi- gation. “(c) That before any work ! : under- taken the plans and specifications shall be submitted to and approved by a jo! ° engineering board, such as may be approved by the International Joint Waterways Commission or the per- onnel of which shall be determined y them. Article three. It is understood and agreed that the United States of America shall refund to the Dominion of Canada one-half of the amounts have been expended in the con- iction of the new Welland Canal t interests during construction emed part capital 1 nderstood and e Dominion of Ca sion in con- with the treal on the lines the International Commission or any 1 tive plan that Column 7,) recommended by 2000 PROHIBITION J0BS 70 BE FILLED Civil Service Body Announces Competitions Under Classifying Law. The first big step toward classifying, under civil service law, all personnel in the Bureau of Prohibition, as pro- vided for under act of March 3, was taken by the Civil Service Commit sion, which announced competitive examinations to fill nearly 2,000 posi- tions, ranging from chief of fleld divi- gion, down through prohibition ad- ministrators, agents and junior pro- hibition agents to warehouse watch- men, In announcing the positions, the commission declared that all prohi. bition workers who had not been classified “must compete with others in examinations if they wished to have an opportunity to retain their positions,” and that all applicants for the positions will be subjected to a thorough and painstaking investiga- tion into their character and past ac- tivities, iy Not Under Civil Service. Prior to the passage of the act, ¢ | enforcement officers were not under |, the clvil service Jaws. The campalgn to recruit eligibles for the vacancie amounting to 2,500, will be Natlof wide and is for the following positions; One chief of field division, at §6,000 a year; 5 prohibition zone supervisors, at $5,200 a year; 24 prohibition admin- | istrators, at $4,000 to $6.000 a yea 24 assistant prohibition administrators (enforcement work), at $3,800 to $3,200 a year; 24 assistant prohibition ad- ministrators (permissive work), at hibition administrators, at $3,000 to $4,600 a year; 2 fleld office inspectors, at $3,800 to $3,900 a year; 4 associate field office inspectors, at $3,000 to $3,600 a year; 18 senior prohibition in- vestigators, at $3,800 a year; 109 pr hibition investigators, at $3,000 a year; 53 junior prohibition investigators, at $2,400 a year; 228 prohibition agents, at $2,400 a year; 1,260 junior prohibi- tion agents, at $1,860 a year; 102 ware- house watchmen, at $1,140 to $1.800 a year; 74 attorneys, at $1.860 to $5,200 a year. Competitors to Gather. The examinations for investigators |below the senior grade, those for |agents of all grades and those for as nation rooms for written mental test These will be given in approxima 600 cities. The other examinations, listed do- not _include written mental tests in examination rooms. In order to give the oral tests it will be necessary for the commission to £3,300 to $5,200 a year; 50 deputy pro- | ! | warehouse watchmen will require the { assembling of competitors in exami- | GANGSTERS 10 60 WITHIN 90 DAY, THOMPSON PLEDGE New Chicago Mayor Says Gunmen Must Leave City Immediately. SMILES WHEN INFORMED OF PRESIDENTIAL BOOMl Will Take Party Leaders to New! Orleans to Discuss Civic Appointments. ociated Press CHICAGO, April 7.—Chicago gang stel “a &0 ; to hit the gravel so | fast their shoes will burn up,” “Big Bill” Thompson said today as he pre- pared to take over the ecity’s chief office for a third time on April 18. “The great exit” for gunmen, crooks up men will be among the igns he will stick up after his ation, he declared. wWill Drive Out Crooks. | I'm going to drive all the gang- and crooks out of the city to New York, to Cleveland, to St. Louis and elsewhere. And maybe some of them will get to London,” he added after he had been shown a London cable saying English newspapers in their accounts of the Chicago mayor- alty glection had pictured a reign of awlessness and terror at the ballot boxes Tue g “In 90 days the crooks will be prac- tically driven out of Chicago. The police will be put back on police du ties, instead of sniffing around for honie brew and fanning mattresses for pints.” The “Big whom hundreds sought to ¢ te, was not the ! campaign Massaged and rested after an arduous campaign and wild election night such as Chicago never before had witnessed, he| radiated happiness and hope as he| told of his future plans. “will Put America First.”” “This is going to be a city where America is first. See those"—and “Big Bill" pointed to the American flag, to a picture of George Washing- ton, and framed y of the Declar: tion of Independence—"That's what we're going to stand for. No more en- tangling alliances, no more drafting of American boys to fight Europe’s | wars, no League of Nations and no Desmirching the of fathers.” Thompson smiled when reminded that some enthusiastic follower had launched a “Thompson-for-President” movement. After his induction into office Thompson and other party leaders will go to New Orleans, where they can discuss, unhampered by office seek- ers, the selection of appointments. Thompson said he had had no in- ntion of returning to politics until 430,000 pledge cards were given me last December asking me to run against Dever.” “Why, listen, they said I made this a dirty campaign—and it sure was a mud-slinging affair—I wanted to keep it on the issues, America first, no entangling alliances, no King George the public schools, but they wouldn't let me. They even tried to bring a gang of colored folks to my names our ‘Big Bill’ did it. “But we were too smart.” AMERICAN REPORTED MURDERED IN MEXICO| Fred Combs and Chinese Cook Slain on Way to Mine Near Espe- ranza, Dispatch Says. By the Associated Press. NOGALES, Ariz., April patch received here today Fred Combs, 37, an Amer nected with the La Dura Mining Co. at La Dura, Mexico, was-murdered llast Saturday while en route from Esparanza, a railway station, to La Dur in his automobile. A Chinese cook with him also was | slain, the dispatch stated, adding tha | the murder is attributed to Mexican andits. MEDICINE MEN MARKED send investigators to interview appli- cants in various parts of the country. “The character investigations will be made with the most painstaking care,” the commission declared, “and be- cause of these two features of the examinations the testing of applicants for the 2,500 newly-classified positions under the Bureau of Prohibition is one of the largest single tasks ever undertaken by the commission, “Fingerprints will be made of all applicants who attain eligible rating: These will be used to check the accu ¢ of the applicant’s statement as | to arrest, indlctment or conviction for | crime or misdemeanor.” . Pours 0il in Stove; 3 Dead. ELKHART, Ind., April 7 (#) Anna_Holler,’ 32, and her 2 son, Chester, are dead today as a re- sult of burns received in an explosion last evening. The blast came while Mrs. Holler was pouring keresene into a stove. Naval Airman Rescued From River Naval Alr he of had ane the been acostia catapulted ied up near the presi- acht Mayflower at the Wash- Yard It functioned aceordin witnesses, and Lieut. | Ellis' plane was cding out avy ble. Station vly escaped seri- when the Loening was piloting perfectly, into the river when a strong cross wind struck it, causing its wings to wob- The left Wing pontoon struck a climb, the metal hull hit the water cavily. The hull protruding in front bent upward causing the three- ie propeller to rip a long gash in it The hull filled with w: gan to sink, but Lieut. El cued by a motor boat and tak | Naval Air Station. A Navy sea-going | tug put out immediately and secured a { line to the plane before it went down. It was towed ashore. The plane was fired from a smoke- less powder catapult, which about a year ago demonstrated its efficiency the water and then the right and . before the pilot could get up suffi- cient speed to pull the dane up into Radio Programs—Page 40 UNLESS THREE RECOVER Tribes Believe Women Are Victims of Evil Spell—Weird Rites Held. By the Associated Press. YAKIMA, Wash.,, April 7.—Super- stition among the Indians of the fakima reservation has marked cer- | | tain medicine men for death uniess | | three Indian women repor of a mysterious disease recover. i The unknown illness already has | caused the deaths of two women and feeling is running high because the tribesmen believe the medicine men have cast an evil spell upon the vie- | tims. | Tribal customs require them to be | put to death if it is proved to the sat- isfaction of a councik that they are re- sponsible, Indian doctors, medicine men in sympathy with the victims, and a number of whites of an isolated reli- glous sect have gone through weird ceremonies at the bedsides of the patients. . DIES TRYING TO SAVE DOG ‘Western Electric Co. Official Struck by Train. MAPLEWOOD, N. I tuart 1. Wells, general & of the Western Electric Co., today lost life in an unsuccessful effort to save a stray dog. He was killed in try ing to coal the animal from the path of hing express train. The dog by. the train and so badly hurt that it had to be shot. ‘Wells was waiting at the station to April T (P)— les engineer ite a riot so they |* | Judge Smith ed_dying | News Note: ! | i | STIMSON S NAMED PRESIDENT'S AGENT TOVSIT NCARAGUA Former' Secretary of War tr Carry Administration Views to U. S. Envoy. APPOINTMENT IS MADE AT KELLOGG’S REQUEST | Announcement Synchronizes With Reports of Diaz's Victo- ries in Battle. By the Associated Press. A determined move on the part of President Coolidge to solve the vex ing Nicaraguan problem indicated Animal Owner in Falls Church, Va., Fined for Cruelty to Animals. PLANS T APPEL N BOERSG CASE Counsel for Condemned Man Will Not Give Up Fight. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star FAIRFAX COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, a., April 7.—Steps to ap- pl7 to the State Court of Appeals for a writ of error and an appeal from the death sentence meted out to Louis ¥. Boersig by a jury here:late yester- day afternoon were begun today by Frederick Flynn, the condemned man’s counsel. Mr. Flynn said it would take two or three days to make up the points which the defense be- licves warrant an appeal. Boersig was convicted of first-de- gree murder yesterday, after a trial “twhich lasted only 50 minutes, of .7 year-old Loretta Ridgeway, He also had been charged with the murder of 5-year-old Kathleen Ridgeway, and the brutal assault of their mother, Mrs. Minnie Irene Ridgeway, in the Ridge- way home near Alexandria, March 4. Accepts Sentence Calmly. Accepting the death _sentence calmly, Boersig today urged that his attorney press an appeal. His wife, who was present at the trial, but out of the courtroom when the sentence wag rendered, became hysterical when she was advised of the verdict. If Boersig goes to the electric chair at Richmond, June 7, the date set by Judge Howard R. Smith yesterday ternoon, he will leave not only his wife, but four children. Five minutes after the verdict was rendered yesterday the defense coun- sel formally moved for a new trial. Judge Smith promptly overruled the motion, but delayed the death sentence 60 days in order to permit the Court of Appeals to take action on the case. If the Court of Appeals does not act within 60 days the death sentence date will be set forward. Grounds for Appeal. One of the grounds of appeal will be the refusal of the court to give the defense time to get witnesses to the trial, it was said today. Through- out the trial Mr. and Mrs. George Ridgeway sat in a front seat and they freely voiced satisfaction over the verdict. It was the positive identification of Mrs. Ridgeway that Boersig was the slayer of her daughters that apparently convinced the jury of his guilt. Before the verdict was read to the crowd which packed the courtroom, lined the aisles with officers and commanded them to place under arrest all persons who gave expression to their feelings. This precaution resulted in the crowd receiving the verdict in virtual silence. \ Bed in Courtroom. Upon the advice of physicians a bed -was brought into the courtroom prior to the opening of the final ses- sion of the court at 3:45 p.m. The bed was taken up into a balcony room and before the trial had an oppor- tunity to get under way John M. Plaskett, 60 years old, of Lorton, Va., a juryman, whose heart attacks on two previous occasions had de- ayed the trial, had a third attack nd was immediz taken up to the balcony bed after waiting a half hour Plaskett to reappear that sel for the prosecution and de- se agreed to rest the case without further evidence. Judge Smith then led the 11 jur Mr. Plaskett, instructed. them, left the case in their hands. R AT R FATAL POLITICAL ROW. and to the bedside of | | Better Business Buys Top Floor Of Building to Get Roof for Tennis By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 7.—Jay Gould, retired undefeated court tennis champlon of the world, will stay in trim on a private court on the roof of a 15-story apartment house along the East River. He has/ d his Fifth home and has paid §100,000 for 25 rooms—the entire top floor of the co-operative apartment dwelling in the Sutton place section, the neigh- borhood of Mrs. Willlam K. Van- derbilt, Miss Anne Morgan and others socially prominent. The roof, which is included in his purchase, will be laid out in a garden, and will Include a private court. avenue EFFICIENGY BANK PARLEY KEYNOTE 300 Savings Institution Offi- cials Attending Conference Opening Here Today. Aimed to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, render more efficient service to de- positors and to met the competition from institutions seeking tb attract funds from savings accounts, the Savings Bank Division of the Ameri- can -Bankers’ Association opened a two-day conference at the Willard Hotel today. About 300 bankers were present from the New England, Mid- dle and South Atlantic States. Chairman Harry V. Haynes of the Washington Clearing House Associa- tion, welcomed the visitors; Howard Moran, president of the District Bank- ers’ Assoeiation, followed with brief remarks, after which he introduced W. R. Morehouse of Los Angeles, president of the Savings Bank Divi- sion, American Bankers’' Association, as permanent chairman. Mr. Morehouse sounded the key- note of the convention in an address on “The Value of Efficient Service,” stressing the importance of saving the customers’ time, prompt comple- tion of all business transactions, ex- plaining fully the reason if it is neces- ry to refuse loans or other services, nd always of displaying cordiality. Smiles one day and grouches the next do not draw business,” he as- serted. Should Be No Favorites. “There should be no favorites—no patrons who receive special privileges, but the quality of the service should be uniform, day after day. Each de- positor should receive the best. There should be no such thing as a very friendly and over-accommodating serv- fce for the dazzling flappers, and a cool, half-hearted service for the old lady type of patrons. “The test of the quality of your serv- ice iy, are you pleasing patrons who are hard to please, or just the easy- going type only. If only the easy go- ing, easily pleased type, then your service is far below p: The ‘oldest bank in town' with a history running back into the past 100 years hasn’t a ghost of a show in getting new busi- ness in competition with ‘the bank of the efficient service’ unless it renders an _efficient service also. IZdward L. Greene of New York, managing director of the National Bureau, gave an ad- dress on “The Bureau and Its Rela- tion to Savings Bank Depositors.” Bank depositors’ savings must come from their earnings, he said, and as it PRESIDENT VETOES Holds Vote in Islands Now on Independence to Be Unconvinging. In a veto of the bill passed by the Philippine Legislature authorizing the holding of a plebiscite on the question of Philippine independence, President Coolidge has removed, at least for the immediate future, all prospect for in- dependence for the islands. The President does not belleve the time has arrived to consider freedom for the islands. Nor does he think the Filipinos are prepared as yet, for self-government. Besides, he.feels that the United States would not have per- formed its full duty by the people of the islands or discharged its obliga- tions to civilization if it should yield now to the present Philippine aspira- tion for independence. As for the proposed: plebiscite it- self, the President is satisfied that the results would not be convincing. As proposed, the plebiscite would provide merely a straw vote on the subject. He thinks the results of this vote would be unconvincing because no provision wauld be made for citizens to qualify their views—they must vote either “yes” or “no” on the subject of independence. He is satisfied that there are many Filipinos who believe that the United States is the best judge of the appropriate relation of the islands to the United States, but who, under the proposed plebiscite, would have no means of expressing their views. Sends Lengthy Veto Message. The President expressed 'his dis- approval of this bill in a lengthy paper addressed to Gov. Gen. Wood of the Philippines, who vetoed the bill when it was first passed by the Insular Legislature, but which was repassed over his veto. In this paper the President expressed himself very plainly regarding the holding of the plebiscite and upon the question of independence itself. Besides pointing out the defects of the proposed legislation, the President went at some length into the under- lying reasons in an endeavor to ex- plain why he -believed the entire dis- cussion of the question of immediate or proximate absolute independence is untimely. While recognizing the progress of the people of the Philippines in edu- cation, cultural advancement, political conceptions and institutional develop- ment, he is satisfied that the Filipinos are too dependent upon the United States to be cast adrift upon their own resources. He thinks too little attention has been given by those aspiring to ‘mmediate independence to the matter of the material assist- ance given to the Filipinos in their advancement. Holds It Unfair at Present. “Unless and until the people and their leaders are thoroughly informed of this material assistance and have a fair appreciation of what its wi drawal means,” the President said, “a vote on the abstract question of in- dependence would be not only futile but absolutely unfair to them, and the acceptance of the result as an in- formed judgment would be dangerous to their future welfare.” To further emphasize the impor- tance of the question of assistance be- ing given to the islands by the United States and what it would mean if this was withdrawn, the President said: “This phase of the question has not received careful consideration in the islands because of the misapprehen- sion which seems to be quite general there that America, even though she Several Persons Killed or Wounded : at Salamanca, Mexico. MEXICO CITY, April 7 (P).—Sev- eral persons were killed or wounded yesterday at Salamanca in a clash be- tween members of opposing political groups. Dispatches from Salamanca report that the arrival of Celestino Gasca, former mayor of Mexico City, was the signal for a clash in the main square between his supporters and adherents of Agustin Arroyo, his opponent in the electoral campaign for the governor- ship of the State of Guanajuato. e Late, Judge Fines Himself. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., April 7.—Judge A. D. Dabney of Charlottesville has entered a fine of $5 against himself take the train for his office in New York when he spied the dog wander- ing along the track and giving no the dog in an effort to scare it from danger, and was struck by the train and decapi SO e for being 20 minutes late in convenir the corporation court. He_said car broke down. _H. T. Willlams, in the Potomac River by discharging | heed to the on-rushing express. Wells | local attorney made a motion | 1 Loening amphibian for the first time. | jeaned over the platform, shouting at | quashing the rule but the e Habl o Falng others who sppear e of others w] Wtemmeourt, - ool (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Given New Face to Face World Anew, Convict QEits Prison Unrecognized By the Associated Press.. SAN QUENTIN, Calif., April 7.— The plaint of ex-convicts that they seldom have a chance to “go straight” after haying run the gantlet of a penitentiary may find its end in a science popularized by the post-war age—plastic surgery. Plastic surgery has remodeled the ugly countenance of Jim Daly, 55- v about to be dis- rom Quentin. Ten days (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) Dr. Stanley, who had studied plas- tic surgery, consented. He pared Daly’s cauliflower ear down to normal size and used the pieces to fill a gap in_ his nose. An iron mask could have been no more effective in concealing his identity. When he told his fellow prisoners, those who felt the same affliction also applied to Dr. Stanley for help. The physician said 22 others have asked for operations, some of which already have been performed. FILIPINO PLEBISCITE today In the appointment of Henry L. Stimson, former Secretary of War, to g0 to the war-torn Central Americun republic as a representative of the President. The purpose cf his visit, as de- scribed at the State Department, will be to take to American Minister Eb- erhardt and Admiral Latimer, in charge of American Marines in that country, views of the American Gov. ernment which could not be conve: lently taken up in correspondence and to gather information for Wash- ington officlals, The department added, however, that “strife and bloodshed” now going on in Nicaragua was a matter of “great regret” and that the necessity of protecting American interests also was “very great.” Long Conference Held. Appointment of Mr. Stimson was made after a long conference at the White House participated in by Presi- dent Coolidge, Secretary Kellogg and Assistant Secretary Olds of the State Department, and Mr. Stimson. An- nouncement of the appointment said it had been made at the suggestion of Mr. Kellogg. The text of reads: _“The Hon. Henry L. Stimsos New York, former Secretary of {'\'n‘;f has consented to make a trip to Nicaragua as a representative of the President, at the suggestion of the Secretary of State, in order to take to our Minister, Mr. Eberhardt, ans Admiral Latimer, certain views of the administration which cannot con- veniently be taken up by correspond- ence, and in order to get information from them as to the entire situation in that country to bring back for the ::x::“o: this Gm,l'lernment. ‘which they ot very well give to us t correspondence, © S i e Victories Are Reported. signation of Mr. St od chronizes with elaim at Ml’:‘l‘:l?l th: gm Conservative forces of President iaz, whosé administration has been recognized by the United States, had won decisive victories within the past few days over the Liberal forces, led l;l}; ..Yl;t:: B. Saena.mz ;‘ga Sacasa regime N recoy & Cal- ‘e’,i,h"f Mlexic: y President Cal e relations of the United Sta with Mexico, recently have been m;xe: or less intertwined with the situation in Nicaragua. Charges have been made and denied that the arms to support Sacasa were shipped to him from Mexico, and these charges were prominent in the con- troversy in Congress over the admin- istration’s Latin American policies. Mr. Stimson, who has long been prominent in Republican polijtical eir- cles, has made a study of American insular affalrs, recently having pub- lished a number of articles on the Philippine situation. Developments Not Disclosed. Developments which might have led to the appointment were not disclosed either at the White House or the State Department, but it has been indicated that some step to settle the situation in Nicaragua, so far at least as it affects the American Government, was o be expected. The aaministration has held stead- dy that American interests in the Central American republic must be protected, but at the same time it has been subjected to criticism from a number of sources on its policies in Central America, particularly by Sen- ator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee. Mr. Borah conferred with President Coolidge at the President's request yesterday, but whether the appoint- ment of Mr. Stimson entered into the conference was not disclosed. During the closing days of Congress Chair- man Borah asked the Senate to ap- prove a resolution empowering his committee to investigate conditions first-hand in Nicaragua, but the reso- lution was lost. It has been apparent also that the question of an indefinite stay of Ma- rines in Nicaragua has been consid- ered. With conditions as they are, there has been no indication as to when they might be withdrawn, Stimson served as Secretary of War under President Taft from May, 1911, to March, 1913. In 1910 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Repub- lican gubernatorial nomination in New York. During the World War he served as a colonel of a Field Artillery regi- ment in France. He is a New Yor lawyer, having formerly been a mem- ber of the firm with, which former Secretary of State Elihu Root was onnected. He is a duate of Yale and Harvard Universities. Army Reported on Strike. The Nicaraguan legation reiterated last night that its latest advices indi- cated the cause of the Liberals op- posing President Diaz “is destined to end in complete failure." A statement issued at the legation declared that Dr. Juan Sacasa, the Liberal leader, faces the alternatfye of surrendering to Diaz or fleeing into Mexico. “His army, composed as it is of mercenaries, has gone on strike,” the statement declared. “Having had a vision of huge loot in case of success, but now realizing the impossibility of getting into the national treasury, many of the bandits who joined his forces are deserting in squads and re- fusing to fight any longer for a cause which bids fair to be so unprofitable.” Jackson Trial April 25. Philip Jackson, colored, who is un- der indictment for a felonious assault the announcement The prisoners insist that with facial alterations they would be free to really become “new men” to the outside world; that they could pass the by the “old gang” and the ever- suspicious detective without giving away their identity. Dr. Stanley said he would comply with all requests thus far received. on Mrs. Daisy Welling in the Capitol Grounds February 18, will be called for trial before Justice Hoehling in Criminal Division 1 Monday, April 25. Assistant United States Attorney William H. Collins will conduct the prosecution, while the prisoner will be represented by Attorney John H. W by, appointment of the court.