Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1927, Page 2

EXAMINE B0DY - Finding One Jnjury—Leph- few to Face Inquest. Libiskiicans An autopsy was performed this morning upon the body of Mrs. Edith Kneessl, who died Tuesday morning at Emergency ifospital frem injuries she received when she is declared to have leaped from the automobilé of Walter Scott Lephfew on Military road, Arlington County, Va., early Saturday. Thus the District of Columbia made its first official move since it assumed the jurisdiction of the investigation of the woman's fatal injuries vesterday when Lephfew, who was held at the Arlington County Jail pending a probe, escorted officials of the District, Federal Government and Virginia over the road to indicate the exact place where, he says, Mrs. Kneessi jumped from his machine. 2 In the autopsy, performed by Dr. ! Herbert E. Martyn, deputy coroner, and Willam Schoenberger, morgue master, the only injury discovered was the fracture of the skull, from which hospital autherities said the woman died. No other wounds could be found. Inquest Ts Ordered. 2| _In the meantime Coroner J. Ramsay %' Nevitt had ordered an inquest for to- morrow morning at 11 o'clock. The decision to hold the inquest was reach- ed vesterday afternoon following a conference with officials of the Dis- trict attorney’s office. by whom it was requested that the District of Colum- bia take charge of the case. Yesterday afternoon Lephfew was taken from the Arlington County Jail to show authorities of three jurisdic- tions where the woman received her fatal injuries. He was accompanied by his attorney, James A. Boswell; Detective Edward J. Kelly of the Dis. trict, Homer Crawford, Department of Justice agent, and William C. Gloth, commonwealth attorney for Arlington . County. The place indicated was 4 within Government territory, and the ¢! Virginia authorities promptly refused % to be identified further with the case. Story Given Credit. Detective Kelly and the Department & i of Justice agents are inclined to be- ¢ lleve Lephfew’s story of the manner in which Mrs. Kneessi received the in- * o Juries which eventually resulted in 8! her death. Lephfew, who is still in custody, has said since his arrest at Emergency Hospital Saturday that the woman leaped from his automobile early Saturday morning following a heated argument Friday night. He said she jumped before he could move ! to stop her and he halted his car im- { mediately, picked up the unconscious T T eevsomens ot - s B -3 07 MRS KNEESY i Physicians Perform Autopsy, from West Virginia made pilgrimage. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO SHRINERS PAY HOMAGE TO UNKNOWN Pat M. Wilson, potentate of Beni-Kedem Temple, placing wreath on Arlington tomb this morning, when visitors The absolute limit of the human race, with every available inch of soil cultivated to provide food, is about 8,000,000,000, Prof. Albrecht Penck of Holland told the International Con- gress of Soil Science at the United States Chamber of Commerce Build- ing this morning. Prof. Penck.based his conclusions on an intensive study of crop capaci- ties throughout the world with the most efficient agricultural methods known at present. He predicted that long before the limit is reached the density of popu- lation will have shifted from the tem- perate to the far more productive tropical zones, an immigration that will proceed by gradual stages. This ultimate density of population, Prof. Penck believes, will be reached in a few centuries, but quoted more pessimistic scientific phophets, with predictions that the absolute limit is about 2,500,000,000, a figure that prob- ably will be reached in the present century. ! woman and took her to'the hospital. The police have been unable to dis- eover any evidence of struggle in the % ¢ apartment at 55 M street, where Mrs. 2! Kneessi lived, and witnesses declare %! they saw a man carrying a prostrate woman in his arms on the Military road Saturday morning. The man placed the woman in his automobile %, and drove rapidly toward Washington. $! They learned later, by telephoning Emergency Hospital, that the couple . had reached that institution. i . H . OFFER TWO PLANS TOALTER STREETS ! Architects Show Way to Treat Area From Capitol and Union Station. Two outstanding plans for develop- 2 ment of the area between the Capi- tol and Union Station were presented to the National Capital Park and Planning Commission at its meeting : today, and, according to indications, ‘will be more fully developed and sub- mitted to Congress. Each plan called for an avenue run- ; ning diagonally from Union Station di- rect to Pennsylvania avenue. One would terminate at Peace Monument, while the other would run into Penn- svlvania avenue at a point between Second and Third streets near Third street, The two alternatives, submitted by David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, 3 and a representative of the architec’ tural firm of Bennett, Parsons & Frost, were given intensive study by the commission today and it was de- cided to continue with a still more in- tensive study ahd leave the decision 3 :;enlvfeen the alternatives to Congress tself. - Will Draw Report. will be drawn for submis- sion to the next session of Congress. The consensus, according to Maj. Carey Brown, engineer to the commis- sion, appeared to favor a large, open sp. h of C street for open-air ! oas ®s. Between B and C strests, on the west side, it was 3 thought that in the future some build- % ing could be developed in the growth ®' of the Government to align with the facade of the Senate Office Building. The large area would be given a parklike treatment, he said. Consider Thoroughfares. ‘The commission also opened consid- & eration of the problem of major thor- 4 oughfares for the city, submitted by Marland Bartholomew and associates of St Mouls. This will be continued at a méeting this afternoon, and the commisgion will continue its sessions throighqut tomorrow and Monday. is planned for Sunday morn- Great Falls, where the com- will look over the ground of T TO PAPER’S SHOW ® Young British Painters Agree to Place Lower Prices on Their Work. Correspondence of the Associated Press. LONDON.—More than 3,000 young- er British artists have made appli- cation to exhibit pictures at the Young British Artists’ Exhibition being held by the Daily Express. All have agreed to place low prices on their work to encourage the pur- chase of pictures by art lovers of limited means. Mrs. Dod-Proctor's “Morning.” representing a sleeping girl, one of This the most discussed works in year's British Academy, was pur- chased by the Daily Mail and will be offered to Gallery. The price that which prominent the for $1.500 Tate far below pictures Less Land Cultivated. Dr. O. E. Baker of the United States Department of Agriculture, on the other hand, told the conference that a revolutionary change had taken place in agricultural conditions in the United States since the close of the ‘World War, which has been the sub- ject of an intensive statistical study in the department. The area of land under cultivation, he said, has decreased, the production per acre has remained stationary, there are less farmers, prices are low- er—and yet the American people are securing from the land more to eat and wear. This paradox, Dr. Baker explained, is almost entirely due to the increased efficiency of meat and milk production, the substitution of machinery for horses and mules, thus making more land available for crops; the improved stock and a shift from beef to pork in _the diet of the people. Dr. Baker explained the history of the United States in terms of the his- tory of agriculture, showing how the evolution of American society had de- pended primarily on the progress of immigration from poor to increasingly richer land and then back again. The increased food production by more efficient methods of transforming vegetable matter into meat, he warned, cannot last indefinitely and eventually WORLD CAN FEED 8,000.000.000 POPULATION, SCIENTIST SAYS People Will Migrate to Tropical Zones Be- fore Absolute Limit Is Reached, Soil Congress Told. Prof. Penck explained his deduc- tions as follows: “There are still vast areas to he drawn into service for man and also in the greater part of the world the productiVity per unit of area can be very much increased. I calculated that the earth can nourish about 8,000 millions with the present known means. In making this calculation I assumed that each climate can sup- port a certain density of population, and have deduced these densities from statistics of representative coun- tries, 1 assumed that the moist tropics can support the greatest pos- sible density of population, because there vegetation reaches its greatest prolificness. “But at present the moist tropics are in general very thinly populated, for their climates are unsuitable for active man. Many deny the white man can exist there for more than one generation or so. “I bhelieve that he can acclimate himself if he migrates step by step and very slowly from high border regions into the moist plains. Brazil offers the most favorable conditions for such a migration and gradual acclimatization. If the lowlands of the Amazon can be richly settled Brazil can become the most populous country of the earth. Depends on Cultivating Tropies. “If the great augmentation of man- kind in the last century was mainly due to the clearing of the forests in the temperate zones, the future in- crease will depend upoh the cultiva- tion of the vast areas of tropical forest. This work rests upon the shoulders of the followink “Feagra- tion, if the increase of the populas tion of the earth will continue with- out disturbance as in the last cen- tury. o “My estimate of the possible num- ber of inhabitants of ‘the “earth .is, of course, .a provisional one, apd must be elaborated into more defi- nite and detailed forms. This§can be done, as:I mentioned in the be- ginning, by investigations of. th geographical distribution of the:dif- ferent soils and researches in their productive forces on experimental farms. According to my opinionj the evaluation of the productive capacity of the world is one of the most fm- portant tasks in the furtherance,of the welfare of man, and I am con- the American people will be face to face with the problem of increasing the fertility of the soll. ARMOUR AND COOPER TEE OFF IN DUEL TO WIN GOLF CROWN (Continued from First Page.) of the club, and J. R. McCarl, con- troller general of the United States. Armour had the honor and outdrove Cooper by 5 yards, carrying about 250, Cooper’s iron was hole high, just off the green, while Armour’s shot hit the carpet 25 feet short of the pin. Cooper gave the ball a chance and his pitch overran the cup nearly 4 feet. Armour’s putt rolled 2 inches to one side and 4 feet by the hole. He sank it for a “birdie” 4, but Cooper missed and took 5. On the uphill second Armour drove a safe straight ball to the middle of the fairway, leaving the green open. Cooper's tee shot was again a few vards back, but well in the fairway. Harry looked up at the green for a minute and then placed his iron 7 feet from the cup. Armour pitched on, but did not get inside Cooper's ball. Tommy rolled his putt close and took the par 4, as did Cooper. Cooper Evens Score. On the third, another uphill hole, Cooper outdrove Armour 20 yards, although both were in falr position. Armour hit a crisp iron, which car- ried off the green to therleft, while Cooper also missed the small green by a few yards. Armour pitched six feet from’ the cup and Cooper was three feet closer. Tommy missed the putt and took five. Harry made his, evening the score. Cooper was trapped from the tee on the long fourth, while Armour drive was not so long, but safe. Tom my’'s wooden club drive was short of the green. Cooper came out on the fairway and failed to reach the green on his third. Armour was on in 3, 20 feet from the cup. Cooper’s fourth left him a long putt for the par. Armour's putt went Cooper missed by inches and took 6. Armour got his par 5. Count Again Evened. Armour drove nearly 300 yards on the fifth, while Cooper 35 yards back. Harry's second was 15 feet from the cup, while Tommy was 8 feet from the pin. Cooper was short with his approach putt while Armour was over, and away. He then missed coming back and took 5. Cooper got his par 4, again evening the count. Sea Lions Rule Island. That sea lions reign in the Auckland Islands and Snares Islands, is the re- port of Dr.’ Du Reitz of the Royal University of Upsala, Sweden, who has just visited there. He says that the ‘only paths through the dense brush are made by the huge seals, and as his party went along these paths they found the sea lions in the past the cup.) vinced that this First International Congress will make the first step in this direction.” . College Graduate Gets High Honors in Many Activities Correspondence of the Assoctated Press, LAWRENCE, Kans.—Miss Twila Shoemaker of Centralia, who has ust been graduated from the University of Kansas, not only received in all her courses, but also achieved high honors in extra-curricular college life. Miss Shoemaker was a member of the rifle, class hockey and volley ball teams, a member of 11 organ- izations, in most of which she held office, and on Sundays taught at #Ankall Institute, an Indian school ere. JARBOE FOUN.IEJ GUILTY IN LIQUOR AUTO CASE Indicted on Bmoke-Screen Charge. Dement, Companion, Killed After Chase. A jury in Criminal Court No. 2, Justice Smith presiding, returned a verdict of guilty today against Aus- tin 1. Jarhoe, on an indictment charg- ing him with being in possession of a device for creating a smoke screen and with being In an automobile equipped to throw out a smoke screen. Jarhos was indicted jointly with ‘William F. Dement, following a chase by police last April of an automobile, jwhich they suspected was carrying ligquor. Dement died, after being shot during the chase. The chase ended when the automo- | bile cra a h Gavernment by Assistant District At- torney George Horning, ir., and Jar- boe was represented by Altorney Bert- rand Emerson, jr. PROBLEM IS HARD. Ohio Man’s Estate. Special Dispatch to Th g YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June 17.— 1t may be necessary for Trumbull County Common Pleas Court officers to brush up on their higher mathe- matics before they complete the parti- tion of the estate of the late John S. Hull of Hubbard, The property consists of a city Iot and dwelling listed on the tax dupli- cate at $6,000. There are 90 heirs whose shares will vary from one-sixth to 1-134th. way. Ignorant of their great strength and good tempered they paid little attention to the visitors. brought in pre-war times and fs i dicative of the difficulties youn, artists Mow face to be found everywhere, said the doc- tor, 65 being counted in one group on Enderby Island, They werelwaner Harris have been appointed Fancy Figuring Required to Divide | p: BATHERS WARNE OFRVERIND. . Pollution Kills Fish and Fouls Boats, Says District Health Officer. Another warning agalnst the use of the Potomac in the vicinity of Wash- ington for bathing purposes was f. gued today by Dr. William C. Fow! District health officer, following = chemical analysis of a sample of water the foot of which showed vas so polluted as to tend to asphyxiate fish and foul the hulls of boats. For the past few vears Dr. Fowler has admonished bathers to avoid. the Potomac in the vicinity of Washing- ton, but in view of the results of the analysis of the water just completad, he pointed out that the pollution prob. ably is worse in the vicinity of George- town because of the chemicals present. Asks Police Investigation. As an efluent from a plant in the veinity of Thirty-second and K streets is believed by the Health Department to be responsble for the extent of pol- luton along the Georgetown water front, Dr. Fowler as requested tne Police Department, which is charged with the protection of the Potomac and its tributaries in this jursdiction from pollution, to make an_ investiza- ton. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superin- tendent of police, announced that pros- ecution would be instituted against the owner of the plant if it ix deter. mined positively that the effluent from it is causing the condition revealed by the analysis. The sample was taken at a point in the Potomac opposite the discharge duct of the plant and about 15 feet away. from it. High in Volatile Solids. In his report to Dr. Fowler on the analysis of the water S, F. Fuller, Health Department chemist, sai “The water is fairly high in_Yolatile solids, but extraordinarily high in oxygen consumed, which in turn means that the organic matter pres- ent is of such a nature that it readily combihés with a relatively large pro- portion of oxygen. This reaction oc- curring between the organic matter and the' disgolved oxygen in the water would result in a deficiency in the lat- ter. Water so’ impoverished would tend fo bring about a condition of asphyxiation of the fish, which would be more or less complete, depending on the exfent of the polhition. Hulls of hoats in .the, vicinity would also probably tend 'to become unduly fouled.” Dr. Fowler .explained that the an- alysis was made,of the water because complairts made. to his department hat fish were being killed in ihe Georgetown Channel due to the con- dition of the water. PLANS FOR R.ETURNING TO MEXICO UNSETTLED, SHEFFIELD DECLARES (Continued from First Page.) antagonism on the part of the Calles administration, Mr. Sheffleld has his position during these years made more difficult in Mexico . © the attitude of the State Departmc:t and a relentless fire of criticism rom members of the State foreign relations committee, After his last visit in Washing- ton, Mr. Shefield returned to his post with great reluctance. He let the President and Secretary Kellogg understand that it would be his final return to Mexico City. Events since then have not made his task in Mexico any easier. Mexico officials have held Mr. Shefield personally responsible for what they regard as the antagonism of the Washington administration and happenings in Washington did not_tend to dispel this impression. The Mexicans were inclined to hold him regponsible for the Kellogg state- ment of two years ago, which demand- ed a change of policy on the part of Calles and in blunt language placed Mexico “on trial” hefore the world. During the months that followed, the President and Mr. Kellogg called for- mer Ambassador Charles Beecher Warren into conference on Mexican affairs, thus undermining to a marked degreo the standing and usefulness of Mr. Sheflield in Mexico City. Re- gardless of what actually was taken up at these conferences, the issues and the fact that Mr. Sheffleld was being treated more or less as an offi- clal figurehead were colored by the Mexican- press to suit its own purposes, M scquently, was quick fo on that Mr. Sheflield ¢ being consulted by his Government. In the event that Mr. Sheffield is to be succeeded in the near future hy another appointee, the Mexicans would rejoice in the designation of Mr. War- ren, whom they always have regarded as an exponent of concillation. The situation in Mexico is such at the sent time to require the need of conciliation in dealings between the two governments, equally on the part of Mexico, however, as on that of the United States. BRIAND ORDERED TO REST. PARIS, June 17 (#).—Foreign Min- ister Briand has heen ordered by his physicians to remain in his room for a few days on account of the illness which compelled him to leave Geneva yesterday without waiting for the sop- clusion of the present meeting of the William Weitz, T. R. Matthews and commissioners to determine if the equitable division can.be .. Court records in the rase are volumnious, "~ Council of the League of Nations. ‘The doctors say M. Briand is experi. encing sharp pain from “local lesions" near his eyes, which they attribute to overworks NUNGESSER QUEST AIDED BY TRAPPER Man Tells of Hearing Plane Along Ste. Marguerite River May 9. By the Associated Press. CHICOUTIMI, Quebec, June 17.— Hope for the safety of Nungesser and Coli, missing French aviators, rested today on a trapper's story that an un- seen airplane had droned out of hear- ing behind a storm-swept mountain along the Bte. Marguerite River on the night of May 9, the day the flyers were expected in New York. 4 The story, told by Georges Rousseau, 50 years old, who returned from his traplines in Bersimis, created new in- terest In the theory fhat the aviators have been forced down in the wooded silences of the northern regions of the province, . Heard Plane Whirring. ‘T had injured my leg,” said Rous- seau, “and-vould not go a step farther, so I resigned myself to camping for the night on the banks of the Ste. Marguerite. Toward 7 o'clock in the evening, the wind blew up into a gale and the snow began to fall. It was one of the worst storms we have had in this district. iddenly 1 heard the noise of an rplane. It was a bad night and it was difficult for me to see anything. Another reason why I couldn’t see it was hecause there is a mountain ex- tending up from the river, hiding the airplane from view. The plane passed on the other side of this mountain—at least two miles from me, Lights Theory Abandoned. “The noise increased in intensity and became almost deafening. Twice the motor stopped. Then, little by little, the noise of the plane faded away in the distance and merged its noise with the storm. It went toward the North in the direction of the Peribonka River. If the airplane had continued on its route, Rousseau said, it might have become lost in the Peribonka district. The region, densely forested, is sel- dom visited by hunters and is sparsely populated by dians. Rousseau ex- pressed doubt that anyone could be located in the district by airplane. Belief that mysterious flares, report- ed seen in the Saguenay district, may have been signals from Nungesser and Coli was abandoned with receipt of messages that the lights weve those of Price Bros. Co. powerhouse at Chute Aux Galets, about 35 miles east of St. Germain, CAPITAL TO HONOR INDEPENDENCE DAY Plans Under Way for Com- munity Celebration on Slopes of Monument Grounds. Preliminary plans for the District's community celebration of Independ- ence day were formulated today at the initial meeting of the committee appointed by the Commissioners to make the arrangements. The program will be held in the Sylvan Theater on the slopes of the Monument Grounds beginning at 7:30 o'clock on July 4. The features will include mass singing and a massing of flags. Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest will be in charge of the latter. Fund Needed to Meet Expenses. Isaac Gans, chairman of the com- mittee, announced that a fund of $1,000 would be needed to carry out the program and appealed to the pub- lic to make contributions. Checks should be sent to the committee in his care at Saks & Co. The Marine Band already has been engaged to open the celebration with a concert. Arrangements will be made to have a person of prominence read the Declaration of Independence and Col. Willlam B. Ladue, the Dis- trict’s new Engineer Commissioner, will be invited to make his first pub- lic appearance in Washington at the ceremonies. The committee has arranged to have a limited number of seats for the guests of honor and subscribers to the fund. Prominent Guests Listed. Invitations to be the guests of honor will be sent to all prominent Federal and District government of- ficlals, members of the diplomatic corps and members of Congress who are in Washington &t the time. The chairmen of subcommittees ap- pointed by Mr. Gans follow: Arrangements, E. grounds, Lieut. Col. U, Grant, 3d; invitations, Brig. Gen. George Rich- ards; military co-operation, Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries; printing and badges, Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan; city and Government decorations, M. A. Leese, and publicity, Bess Davis Schriener, Graham; FINALS WILL BE HE—LD IN PROHIBITION ORATORY Six Boys and Girls to Compete in Methodist Contest Tonight in Church, Six hoys and girls, representing ‘widely separated sections of the coun- try, will compete tonight at Metropoli- tan Methodist Church in the finals of the national oratorical contest, con- ducted by the Board of Temperance, Prohibition_and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Each contestant will speak on “Pro- hibition.”” The winner will get $1,000 in cash; second place will carry an award of $500 and third place wins $200. Semi-finals in the contest were conducted last night. Nineteen win- ners of regional contests in varions sections of the country were divided into three groups, speaking at Pet- worth, Hamline and Trinity Churches. Two from each group were selected to deliver their orations in the finals. “The contest was opened about three months ago with young peopie ellgibie from Methodis piscopal Churches all over the country. Contestants who made the trip to Washington left the city for a sight-seeing trip in nearby Virginia today. Judges at the finals tonight will be: Dr. Arthur_C. Christie, Daniel C. Roper and Rev. James Shera Mont- gomery, pastor of the Metropolitan Church, King’s Prayer Eventful. When the King of Egypt made his prayers at noon in observance of the last Friday of the month of Ramada recently, the event at the Amr Mosque at Cairo was marked with ceremony. His majesty was received at the er trance of the mosque by the minister, Rushdi Pasha, the principal officials of the palace and others. At the close of the ceremony the director of the royal khassa presented a cashmere shawl to Shelk Mustapha Seit, who had preached the sermon, and distributed $150 lamong the ants of the mosq| I‘ . D. €., FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1927. Inventor Ends Life On Park Bench by Firing Toy Cannon By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis,, June 17.— A toy cannon, an ingenious con- trivance of aprings, leversand odd bits of metal, which Emil Endler, 30, a maghinist. had fashioned, was the agent he selected to end his lite. He loaded the lethal weapon with a pistol cartridge and pressed the trigger as he sat on a park bench last night, the bullet passing through his heart. Police found & note near his body addressed to a Milwaukee girl and declaring that without her life “‘was not worth living.” . BETTER ROADS PLAN Highway Association Pro- poses Vast Improvements for Benefit of Agricuture. More than 2,000,000 miles of roads, most of which are now in poor condi- tion, will be improved for the benefit of agriculture under @& program mapped out today by the County High- way Officials’ Association at its organ- ization meeting here. Work on the program will start immediately. The association, which is sponsored by the American Road Builders’ As- sociation, met in the latte head- quarters in the Earle Building. Dele- gates were present from every State in the Unfon. The new organization will be a permanent body, meeting at least once a year. Pointing out that one of the great- est handicaps farmers face every vear is Inability to get their products to marketing centers at the right time, Charles M. Upham, business director of the Road Builders’ Association, de- clared that the opening of the Na- tion's secondary highway system would eliminate this handicap and go far toward solving the farm problem. Cites Irregular Marketing. “Due to the poor condition of many of the roads which penetrate agricui- tural communities,” Mr. Upham said, “farmers are able to reach the mar- kets only at certain periods of the year. The result is that the markets are flooded at these times and slack at others, More than $600,000,000 is spent every yvear on these roads, but it is spent in a haphazard fashion. The work of the County Highway Officials’ Association will be to sce that this money is spent systematically for im- provements that will do the most good.” : The association plans fo give imme- diate impetus to construction and jm- provement of roads in rural communi- ties and to provide standardized meth- ods of construction and maintenance to eliminate the waste of mone: this way the assoclation expects to facilitate marketing of farm products and co-operation among faymers. Includes 3,000 Highway Official The association will include in its membership county highway officials in all parts of the cound There are more than 3,000 of these, and up to the present time they have heen unorganized. The new organization, according to Mr. Upham, will do ‘much to standardize highway construction methods, reduce road bullding costs and give a new im- petus to secomdary road building. The association’s program was in- dorsed by Thomas H. MacDonald of the Farm Bureau Federation, who at- tended the organization meeting. The first sessfon was followed by luncheon at the Raleigh Hotel and the officials returned to their discus- sions this afternoon. CONFESSION CLEARS MURDER OF HERMIT NEAR UPPER MARLBORO (Continued from First Page.) nered” he struck him with a stick he was carrying. He then went out- side and grabbed an iron bar with which he struck Kuhne. He dragged the farmer’s body in the house, clos- ing the door. Davis said he then went behind the house and pulled up some grass and leaves, with which he attempted to set the frame house afire. It was rainy, however, and he as unsuccessful in getting the wet boards to burn, Re-entering _ the house Davis secured a can of oil, which he emptied on the wall, touching a match to if, then left the scene and walked straight back to the Oursler farm, where he went to bed. Davis said that the only money he got at the Kuhne home was $5. He wafd he did not rob Kuhne's body, as the farmer was still breathing when he dragged him in the house, and he was afrald to do so. Planned Baltimore Trip. On the day of the murder Kuhne told neighbors he planned to go to Baltimore the following day. He was in the habit of carrying large sums of money on his person. How- ever, only some change was found on the farmer's body by the officers and if he had paper money It is believed this was burned. Davis, who was released from the Cheltenham Reform School last October, said that it was common knowledge among the inmates there that Kuhne lived alone and that he frequently carried large sums on his person. A few years ago Davis, with several other reform school i mates, worked on the Kuhne farm setting out tobacco plants. Davis will be brought before the grand jury at the October session. Authorities said this morning it was not believed necessary to call a spe- cial session. Kuhne, who had lived alone on his farm for a number of vears, had no other relatives in the vicinity, his nearest kin being in Baltimore. Along with Davis a num- ber of other suspects were arrested, all negroes, hut all were released some time ago. FOR 2,000 000 MILES HANKOW SITUATION MORE PRECARIOUS Chiang and Feng Accord Be- lieved to Seal Fate of Wuhan Cities. PEKING, China, June 17 (#.— Marshal Chang Tso-Lin accepted the dicta‘orship of the Ankuochun (Northern Chinese alliance) this afternoon, it was announced by the alliance this evening. BY PAUL WRIGHT. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 107 SHANGITAT, June 1 communications with Ian| Wichang are Interrupted, hut Shang- hal regards seriously reperts from rious sources of an agreement he- cen Chlang Kal-Shek and Feng Yu | Hslang, which perhaps seals the fate of Wuhan cities and the group headed by Borodin and Kugene Chen. It Is belleved the agreement is re- sponsible for Gen. Tang SenChi's withdrawal from Honan toward Han- kow. The situation at Hankow is more delicate because the Nanking forces are edging up the river toward Hankow. The restlessness in Wuhan is being increased by clashes between return- ing troops and local police. JAPANESE ARE WARNED. Troops Going to Tsinan to Protect Nationals. TSINGTAO, Shantung, China, June 16 (®) (delayed)—Fifteen hundred Japanese troops will shortly proceed to Isinan, on the Yellow River in Shan- tung, Gen. Chang-Tsung Chang, gov- ernor of Shantung, having informed the Japanese authorities that he will not be responsible for the safety of Japanese natlonals. Japanese re-enforcements are being dispatched to Tsingtao from Sasebo, Japan. Ichang Is Occupled. LONDON, June 17 (#).—Ichang, on the Yangtze River, in Hupeh Province, is full of troops and foreign properties have been occupied, says a Hongkong dispatéh to the Exchange Telegraph Co. The dispatch adds that the at- mosphere in Ichang is unpleasant, as the Northern general, Yang Sen, is de- manding a levy of $300,000. Troops have been sent from Chung- king, according to the Exchange Telegraph advices, to occupy Wanh- sien to prevent Yang Sen's return. Break Seen in Peace Parley. PEKING, June 17 (#).—Although some quarters interpret Marshal Chang Tso-Lin's announcement that he has assumed the post of generalissimo of the forces for suppression of the Com- munists a8 tantamount to the assumi- tion of the presidency, circles close to Chang deny any such intention. It is stated that the move indicates a resolve to reconstruct the Peking cab- inet on the basis of military author- ity and a determination to hold the territory north of the Yellow River and administer it as a Chinese repub- lic, regardless of what is done in other sections. There is a general belief also that Chang’s announcement indicates a breakdown of the peace negotiations with Gen, Chiang Kai-Shek, leader of the moderate Nanking Nationalists, and Yen Hsi-Shan, governor of Shansu Province, looking to co-operation in an anti-Communist campaign. Foreigners in Yunnanfu Isolated. PEKING, June 17 (#).—The rail- way linking Yunnanfu, capital of the province of Yunnan, with the outside world by way of Indo-China has been cut by Yunnan militarists fighting to determine a_ successor of Gov. Tang Chi Yao, who died recently. Conse- quently, foreigners in Yunnanfu are temporarily isolated. United States Consul Jacobs and a few American missionaries are among them. The fighting is purely local and the situation is not believed to be serious. BRIGHTWOOD. CITIZENS BID BELL FAREWELL Association Presents Commiuionerl ‘With Leather Traveling Bag. _Tree Views Given. The Brightwood Citizens’ Associa- tion yesterday paid its farewell tribute to Lieut. Col. J. Franklin Bell, retiring Engineer Commissioner, at briet cere- monles in his office in the District Building. As a token of esteem for Col. Bell the organization presented to him a leathar traveling bag. Charles Ray, president of the asso- ciation, thanked Col. Bell for the:many courtesies he has showm the body. William MeK. Clayton. in presenting the bag told Col. Bell that the hostile feeling toward military control of the District government, which was prevalent prior to his detail as gineer Commissioner, had_disappeared completely during his administration. Mr. Clayton said, however, that there was one blot on the horf-on and that was the District's policy in regard to the widening of streets and accom- panying destruction of shade trees, which he said his association opposed. In his reply Col. Bell defended the tree removal policy by declaring that it was absolutely necessary, and in pointing out that in 15 years the trees on Connecticut avenue would be far better in appearance than ever hefore because a better species of tree will be plarted in place of those which have been cut down. NEW DISTANCE RECORD. 3-Year-0ld, Lone Pilot in Wagon, Makes 3 Miles in 8 Hours. Special Dispatch to The ST. PAUL, June Setting out alone in_his high-powered coaster wagon, three-year-old Milo Hend- ricks, No. 1309 Hartford avenue, cov- ered three miles in eight hours, coasting by dead reckoning. Milo was given up as lost, or nearly 80, by his distracted parents after he had been missing all morning. R. M. Hendricks, the father, found his boy about to coast down a hill in high at Osceola avenue and Seventh street. Just why McKinley Barrett, col- ored, took his seven pet goldfish along on a liquor-running expedition from Baltimore to Richmond probably will never be known, but *'some med- dlesome person,” who put alcohol in a jar with the fish, proved Barrett's undoing here vesterday. Barrett first aroused the suspicion of Capt. C. L. Plemmons of the twelfth precinct and Motor Cycle Policeman Thomas F. Helde when his _car sped through a_22-mile zone on Bladensburg road at 35 miles. The motor policeman overhauled the speed- ing machine and brought it to a halt at the curh. Capt. Plemmons and Officer Helde questioned Barrett and Edgar A. Wengerd, 30 years old, of Springfleld, Mass., who was accompanying him. Gold-fish With “Jag" Well Hidden in Auto, Betray Liquor, and Pistol, Too Both men were sure the car contained no_liquor, Then Helde peered into the rear of the machine and the shameful per- formanc of the goldfish was discov- ered. In fact, one fish had succeeded in making several “outside loops,” the goal of every aviator, and the odor of alcohol on all their breaths was unmistakable. And all were hors de combat. Then a search began, which disclosed 72 quarts of alleged rye whisky and an automatic pistol. ‘The car and liquor were seized and both men were held on charges of possession and transporting, and Bar- rett in addition was charged with carrying concealed weapons. The fish were taken to the twelfth precinet, ed from ti :."'-'j,':'v‘." quickly recover- Ma: PLANE INSPECTED FOR BYRD FLIGHT Take-Off Today Is Unlkel as Weather Reports Are Deemed Unfavorable. By the Associated Pre ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y, June 17.—The Fokker monoplane America | was taken from its hangar this morg- ing for a final inspection preparatory to its flight for France, but it seemed unlikely that a take-off would be pos- sible today. The most recent reports of trans- atlantic weather were not encourag ing, and new reports were not ex pected before late afterncon. IHope was expressed that a hop-off might be made this week end, but the ex péctation that this would be possible not strong. he only member of the crew pres ent at this morning’s inspection was Noville, radio enginee smpany Comdr. Richard and Bert Acosta on the E. Byrd ocean hop. Although the Weather Bureau had no complete information this morning concerning atmospheric conditions, it was indicated that the weather was still unfavorable by known conditlons near shore. The liner Aquitania, passing Nantucket bound for Sandy Hook, radiced that it was steaming through dense fog. WOMEN SEEK PASSAGE. Write Appealing Letters, But Person- nel of Trip Is Settled. NEW YORK, June 17 (#).—Comdr. Richard E. Byrd today awaited only the clearing of the weather on the great circle course for the start of his flight to Paris in the Fokker monoplane America. The most optimistic construction of the weather reports had convinced him, he said, that there was little hope for an overseas flight before tonight. “It may be two or three days be- tore we will be ready to start,” Byrd said in announcing that he had kept a constant check on weather reports. Mothers Desire Trip. Comdr, Byrd said he was pleasantiy surprised to find public opinion still was In favor of his flight as being of value to aviation. He said he could understand this appreciation from technically interested in the scientific side of flying, but had not expected the same interest from the general c. rd said he had received many re- quests for a place in the America, most of the applications coming from young women. “They write charming letters,” he said. “All of them are very nice. I also have a few from mothers who want to be the fitst to fly the Atlantic. Some of them make me feel a little sorry that the personnel of the flight is all picked, but that's a fact, and there we are.” COL. BELL CONCLUDES WUNICIPAL DUTIES Winds Up Affairs as Engineer Com- missioner and Will Leave To- night for West Cos ub! By Lieut. Col. J. Franklin Bell wound up his affairs as Engineer Commis- sioner.of the District today, and to- night will leave Washington for his new assignment at the Presidio of San Francisco. En route he will stop in Pittsburgh and Washington, Pa. In the latter he will visit his mother be- fore proceeding to the West Coast. Before closing his desk in the Dis- trict Building, Col. Bell said he was so fond of Washington that he plans to make it his home upon retirement from the Army. “I know of no other city in which I would rather live than Washington.” he said. “So when my career in the Army ends, I expect to return _here and make it my home.” Col. William B. Ladue, who will suc ceed Col. Bell, will come to Washing- ton some time next week to take up his duties as Engineer Commissioner. o SMIDDY COMPLAINT SENT TO KELLOGG Commissioners Forward Police Charges of Driving Awto With- out Permit and Speeding. A complaint against Sarsfleld Smiddy, son of Timothy A. Smiddy, Minister from the Irish Free State to the United States, who is charged by the police with driving an automo- bile in the District without a permit and with exceeding the speed limit of 22 miles an hour, was forwarded to Secretary of State Kellogg today by the District Commissioners. Smiddy, according to Pvt. Allen F. Brown of the Traffic Bureau, drove 2 machine across the Connecticut Avenue Bridge about 12:40 a.m. June 6 at a speed of 34 miles an hour ind when stopped by him was unabla to produce a driver's permit. The driver, Policeman Brown reported, told him he wi an attache ef the Irish Free State legation and that he had left his permit at home. The policeman, however, said a search of the Traffic Bureau files failed to indicate that a permit had been issued to Smiddy. The Commissioners requested Sec- retary Kellogg to ascertain if Smiddy has a driver's permit, and if so, ad- vise them of the number and date of its issuance. BAND CONCEBT.é. At Mount Alto Hospital, 7 tonight. by the United States Navy Guiding Son and Stranger Mendelssohn Pantomine”............Lacome a. leandre et Isabelle. b. S mouche et Colombine. e. Pizzicato. d. Balla bile. Selections from the opera “Eugene Onegin” ..............Tschaikowsky Valse, “Nights of Love" Excerpts from the .nusic: “Take It From Me' Czardas, “The Ghost of ««.Anderson ‘Warrior " Grossman Popular (selected). By the Community Cents: Band, James E. Miller, director, at Dunbar High School tonight at 7:30. March, “Brooke’s Chicago Marines,” eits Waltz, “The Prisoner’s Jong,” Guy Massey One-step (selected). Medley selection. Fox trot, “Yankees Ros Holden and Franel “War March of the Priests,” Mendelssohn Vocal solo. Chester Dodson. Overture, “Princess of India’ S:lllll(ioll". +.Conterno