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t ! _pver, be. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional showers tonight and to- morrow; not much change in tempera- ture. Temperatures—Highest, 83, at & p.m. yesterday; lowest, 65, at ¢ a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 23, 24&_25 Entered as second class matter post office. Washington, No. 30,384 PARLEY COLLAPSE LOONS [F BRITISH INSIST ON DEMAND Tension Increases Despite Hope of Optimists for Cruiser Compromise. U. S. AND JAPAN OFFER , TO TALK CAPITAL SHIPS First Lord Defends Plea for Brit- ' gin’s Seenrity—Japanese Favor General Reduction. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, July 9.—Collapse of the naval reduction conference loomed to- day as a pos lity for next week un- less Great Britain consents to make a substantial reduction in the total tonnage of cruisers on which she now is insisting—something like 600,000 tons. The tension has been steadily in- creas!ag, alth ugh the more optii. “stie have held to the belief that a s lution of the cruiser problem would be found. When the Americans recently an- nounced a disposition to go as high as 400,000 tons—100,000 more than their original proposals, W. C. Bridge- man, first lord of the British admiral- ty, it Is understood, told the Amerl- cc 1 that the British considered this an ultimatum. D. ch WASHINGTON, ‘D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1927—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. JOHN DREW, NOTED ACTOR, DIES AT AGE OF 73 AFTER LONG ILLNESS Veteran of American Stage Had Been in Hospi_tal Since May 31. Carved Brilliant Career of More Than 50 Years in Footsteps of Parents. By the Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.—John Drew, noted American actor, died here today after being confined to a hos- pital since May 31 with arthritis and rheumatic fever. He was 73 years old. Mr. Drew arrjted in San Francisco the latter part of May to play an en- gagement in “Trelawney of the Wells.” Because of his physical condition, however, he was forced to cancel his appearance and was taken to a hos- pital. His condition grew so serious that on June 4 John Barrymore, Drew's nephew, was called from Hollywood, and he, with Drew's daughter, Mrs. Loulse Devereaux, came to the noted actor's bedside. Drew rallied several times, but he invariably suffered relapses, each leaving the actor weaker. Cheerful Through Suffering. On June 9, following a relapse, the physiclans issued their first bulletin, admitting that Drew's condition was “grave."” Through all this suffering Drew was cheerful, his mind keen and he show- JOHN DREW. S S RS ed great iInterest in the flood of tele- grams from friends in all parts of the world. The vitality of the actor and his unwillingness to admit that he was playing his last part on the stage of life was declared by those who at- tended him to be the only reason he survived so long. A steady stream of friends passed through the hospital doors, but none but the actor's daughter, her husband and nephew was allowed into the darkened sickroom. Coming from a family which, through three generations, holds what is_probably a record for continuous activity upon the stage, John Drew (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) SETTLEMENT SEEN “No progress has been made,” Ad- miral Viscount Saito of Japan told the Associated Press as he emerged at noon today from a meeting of the executive committee of the tripartite naval conference. The Japanese dele- gate appeared extremely downcast. Would Discuss Capital Ships. Both the United States and Japan would be willing to have the question of capital ships, which was raised by Great Britain, taken up at the tri- partite naval conference on the con- dition that agreement is first reached with regard to auxiliary craft, it was indicated in a communique issued after today’s meeting of the executive committee. The communique reveals that the Japanese delegation, after prelimi- nary discussion of the cruiser ques- tion, made the following statement: “The British proposal presents va- rious technical problems on some of which the Japanese government is un- able to express its views without ma- ture consideration. They (the Japa- nese government) are at the same time of the opinion that the matter might with profit be taken up at the pres- ent conference with the view of arriv- ing at some kind of understanding as regard capital ships. Care should, how- d in handling the ques- tion so thatvit may not ¥ allowed to stand In the way of the principal ob- of the present conference—the limitation of auxiliary naval arma- ment. It would therefore be advisable that the question of capital ships be held up until an agreement shall have been reached with regard to auxiliary vessels.” Gibson Issues Statement. Hugh Gibson, head of the American @elegation, in behalf of his colleagues, then issued the following statement: “The American Government has given its most careful consideration to the proposals submitted in ‘behalf of the British Empire delegation with respect to the size and replacement age of capital ships and aircraft car- riers. “I take great pleasure in informing Mr. Bridgeman (W. C. Bridgeman, head of the British delegation) that we will raise no objection to an in- formal exchange of views with respect to these proposals in case we are suc- cessful in reaching an agreement with regard to auxiliary craft and after such agreement has been reached. "It is our desire that such an ex- of views should not be of a character to prejudice the declsions to be taken at the 1931 conference by any of the powers, but should be rather of a nature to elicit informa- tion with respect to the British pro- osals to enable our governments to Eive these proposals thorough and in- telligent study. Would Recommend Program. “I should further be disposed to recommend, in the event of the suc- cessful conclusion of our other work, that this conference adopt a resolu- tion laying these proposals before the governments of the powers which are parties to the Washington treaties, and that the conference should fur- ther recommend that, if agreeable to all the signatory powers, the 1931 conference should be held early in 1931 rather than in August in order to give ample time to determine the effects of any decision reached by the th regard to the capital ment program, which be- ember of that year." sh delegation, the com- munique made a reserva- tion after hearing Mr. Gibson that could not consider themselves bound not to raise the question during otier point The ¢o cruiser scussions &ion, the com- held at 3 o'clock hall of the Hotel in the famous ue of Nations' opening meet- will be ted on the convor Monday to k erred to “lies” ning the Brit. ide against United es on the the total tonnage hint that the s out after construe- sive” type of cruiser, e roturn fire from the tion's headquarters. on down, the tes refused to be nment on the first lord's the OF 2 FORD SUIS Negotiations Réported Under Way in $1,200,000 Libel ‘Actions. Ty the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 9.—Settlement of two libel suits for damages aggre- gating $1,200,000 against Henry Ford was seen as a possibility u?ay fol- lowing the motor manufdcturer’s promise to discontinue attacks on Jews in his Dearborn Independent. Aaron Sapiro, Chicago attorney and plaintiff in a $1,000,000 suit against Ford, said negotiations for settlement of the suit were under way, while Louis Marshall, counsel for Herman Bernstein, New York author and edi- tor and plaintiff in another sult, said representatives of Ford had asked him “what could be done to put an end to these conditions.” The New York Herald-Tribune, how- ever, said it had learned on good au- therity that neither Mr. Bernstein nor Samuel Untermeyer, associated with Mr. Marshall as counsel in the suit, was ready to withdraw the ac- tion. Mr. Bernstein, at Sheffield, Mass., sald: “Henry Ford's statement speaks for itself. I have no comment to make at this e."” Speculation Over Motive, Amid the gereral acclaim by promi- nent Jews and others that greeted Ford's retraction there was some dis- sent, centering mainly on speculation by newspapers as to the motives that prompted the statement. Some New York newspapers connected the state- ment with possible presidential as- pirations by Ford or business con- tingencles. The Herald-Tribune says Earl J. Davis of Detroit, formerly an Assistant United States Attorney General, was in Washington several weeks ago seeking the advice of politiclans, in- cluding a New York Jew who is a Representative in Congress, as to means of saving Mr. Ford from going on the witness stand in the Sapiro case. The case had been declared a mis- trial, and Mr. Davis is said to have told the New York Representative that Ford was perturbed over the prospect of the retrial next September, and that the manufacturer and his (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) e ALBERTA CYCLONES DEMOLISH HOUSES Torrential Rains and Hail Accom- pany Storms, Causing Un- estimated Destruction. By the Associated Press. CALGARY, Alberts, July 9.—Cy- clones, torrential rains and hail brought unestimated destruction and probable death to two widely sepa- rated districts of this province late - | yesterday and last night. The most serlous damage was wrought in the town of Rocky Moun- taln House, 125 miles northwest of here, where a cyclone and 12-hour storm carried away houses, unroofed virtually all the business bufldings, destroyed two hotels and caused un- told tnjuries to crops. One man re- celved injuries from which he was ex- pected to die: several were being taken to Red Deer for medical atten- tion. Fears were expressed that, with restored communication, other casual- ties would be reported from outlying sections. At Vulcan, 75 mliles southeast of Calgary, a cyclone swept away build- inge, telephone poles and fences. No 10ss of life has been reported. By tho Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 9.—A glant flood- lighted tower climbing 1,320 feet into the sky and ‘topped with a dirigible mooring mast and an afrcraft beacon visible from Springfield, Iil., or Grand Raplds, Mich., on a clear night, may greet the eyes of Chicago's World Falr visitors in 1933. Plans for the constraction of such 4 tower in honor of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh were placed before Mayor Thompson last night by Samuel In- sull, jr., chairman of the centennial Gibsin has not yet committes of the Elw'lcal Assocla- i iy 8 Phtna 11 CHILDREN PERISH IN'SERIES OF FIRES Four Elder Persons Dead in Vancouver—Mother Loses Life in Reading, Pa. By the Assoclated Press. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 9.—Seven persons, three of them children, are dead as the result of a fire which gutted the upper stories of the large Royal Alexandra Apartment Hotel here yesterday. A dozen were injured. David Henderson, a painter, who was declared by police to have started the fire when he dropped a lighted cigarette into a can of highly inflam- mable paint remover in one of the apartments, is in jail on a charge of manslaughter. One Child Unidentified. The dead are: Henry Griffen, Manitoba. An unidentified woman believed to be Griffen's wife. Edward Fitzgerald, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Fitzgerald of Edmon- ton, Alberta. Mrs. John Barber, 66, of Vernon, British Columbia. Mrs. Emily Rickaby, 63, keeper of the Roval Alexandra. Grant Luckhart, 10, son of Mrs. Grace Luckhart, Toronto writer. An unidentified child, believed to be Mrs. Luckhart's 12-year-old daughter, Jean. Most of the occupants of the hotel were visitors in the city and all lost their clothing and personal effects. Many were being cared for in Van- couver hotels today at the expense of the city. Fire Spreads Rapidly. Starting on the fourth floor of the seven-story structure, the blaze rapidly spread, trapping men, women and children, who' struggled frantically through the smoke-filled corridors to fire escapes and the roof. Within a few minutes exit by the stairways was cut off. Henderson sald the cigarette was dropped by a passerby on paper in the fourth floor corridor and was re- sponsible for the fire. The painter received minor burns while making his way to safety. MOTHER AND SIX DIE. 40, of Winnipeg, house- Flames Follow Explosion in Reading, Pa., Home. By the Associated Press. READING, Pa., July 9.—Mrs. Cath- erine Fair, 35, and her six children, ranging in age from 1 to 15, were burned to death early today wken flames, following a terrific explosion, destroyed their farm home Bern- ville, 15 miles north of here. "County police blamed a still, The father, Mark Fair, and Angelo Consoli, the farm owner, were seri- ously burned. The father may die. Nelghbors several hundred yards dis- tant, awakened by the concussion, said they caught sight of Mrs. Fair, with a child in each arm, trapped by flames on the stairway. Babies Burn to Death. By the Associated Press. GOSHEN, 1Ind, July 9.—Wil- llam Knapp, jr., aged 3, and his sis- ter, Betty Jane, aged 1, children of Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Knapp, were burned to death late last night when their home was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin. The parents, away from home, ar- rived shortly after the fire started. The father was severely burned in attempting to rescue the children. He was taken to a hospital, with Mrs. Knapp, who was in a hysterical condi- tion. Huge Light Tower With 300-Mile Beacon Urged as Chicago’s Honor to Lindbergh Mr. Insull’s plans called for a tower costing $1,000,000, elevators rising 1,000 feet a minute, costing $104,000; flood lighting and a beacon of 1,200, 000,000 candlepower, with a range of about 300 miles and costing $313,400. The tower would be a monolith. of the stepped-off type of architecture with bastions and turrets and a lhight- ing system running from base to spire. No location for the tower was rec- ommended, but Mayor Thompson suggested that it be erected on the proposed island flying field oft Grant Park, downtown, or that it be built ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ATLANTIC FLYERS LEAVE FOR CALAIS ON JOURNEY HOME Byrd and Companions Bid Farewell to Paris—Will Visit Dunkirk. POLAR EXPLORATION PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED Aviators Will Return to United States in Suite Used by Queen on Trip Last Year. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 9.—Comdr. Byrd and the members of the crew of his trans- atlantlc monoplane America sald farewell to Paris today, leaving on the Golden Arrow express train for Calais just after noon. There were no formalities, but a big crowd was on hand at the station to cheer the aviators. The commander and his party ar- rived unostentatiously from their hotel and went directly to their seats in the train. Sheldon Whitehouse, the American charge d'affaires, was at the station to say farewell in the name of the embassy. Will Motor to Dunkirk. From Calais the aviators will motor to Dunkirk, where they will be made free citizens of the city, and then to Le Touquet, where a banquet will be given in their honor. They plan to arrive at Cherbourg Tuesday, to board the Leviathan that afternoon. It is learned that they will occupy the suite on the liner used by Queen Marle of Rumania on kLer American trip last year. The aviators spent the morning packing their luggage, which has grown tremendously since their ar- rival just a week ago from Ver-Sur Mur, where the America ended its aerial Odyssey. Announces Expedition Plans. They made no last-minute visits, all farewells, with the exception of that to Mr. Whitehouse, having been sald last night. The airmen seemed in fine health and spirits, and sald their strenuous week in Paris had done them a world of good. Comdr. Byrd is planning to start on a flight to the South Pole ‘“before the end of the year.” The man who flew over the North (Continued on Page 6, Column 4.) LEVINE WL GVE TROUHIN STE00 French Paper Tells of Con- tract—Chamberlin ~ Meets Mother, Leaving Colleague. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 9.—Maurice Drouhin's contract with Charles A. Levine, under which he is to pilot the trans- atlantic plane Columbia back to America, runs for one year with compensation of $150,000, the news- paped L'Auto says today. Expressed in French money, this amounts to 3,750,000 francs, which appears to be rather a stupendous sum to the French public. L'Auto’s story has tended to stimulate, rather than quiet, the controversy raging over the proposed flight, and the newspapers generally criticize both Drouhin and Levine. Farman Condemns Both. L'Auto, which characterizes the silot’s decision as “regrettable,” prints a communication from Henry Far- man, veteran airman, who condemns both men. He says he thinks Levine might have chosen a pilot from the large number of efficient men only too willing to go, without taking the man who has been training for his own transatlantic flight. There are still, however, a certain number of voices in support of Drouhin’s decision to seize the oppor- tunity which presented itself to get ihead of the German pilot Koennecke, who is reported to be straining every nerve to make a westward trans- atlantic flight. Columbia in France. There is some division of opinlon among French flyers and airplane ex- perts as to whether Drouhin will suc- ceed in fiying the plane to Nbw York, and the newspaper Intransigeant quotes Chamberlin as doubting whether on a westward flight the ma- chine could get farther than New- foundland, because of contrary winds which are certain to be encountered. Commandant Weiss of Le Bourget Field has tendered his congratulations to Drouhin, with an expression of confidence that he will succeed. The Columbia was resting again on French soll today after a flight across the English Channel to Croydon, Eng- land, and back. Charles A. Levine hopes to start his flight to New York within a fortnight. Clarence D. Chamberlin, pilot in the journey from New York to Germany, flew the Columbla to England with Drouhin at his side. Levine was a passenger. At the Croydon airdrome Chamberlin_and Levine parted com- pany, and Drouhin piloted the plane back to Le Bourget. Chamberlin Meets Mother. Soon after Chamberlin landed at Croydon he was in the embrace of his gray-haired mother, who had not seen him in seven years. Chamberlin told inquirers that while he had disagreed with Levine over linking his name with a challenge to Comdr. Byrd for a competitive Atlan- tic fiight, “we still are the best of friends.” He added: “I have finished my job, which was to prove that a transatiantic flight could be accomplished in an ordinary machine. “I wish Levine and Drouhin all the luck in the world on the return flight. Drouhin is an able and pilot, and it the Columbia serves him as well as it did me he ought to be completely successful.” over’the City Library on Michigan R adio ram—Page . 34 e B = ol CHINESE SEIZURE INCREASE GRAVITY OF CANTON UNREST Americans and Englishmen Fined for Protesting Bag- gage Impounding. JAPANESE REGARD SITUATION AS SERIOUS Hankow Regime Refuses to Co- Operate With Feng and Chiang Kai-Shek. By the Associated Pres CANTON, July 9.—An increasing anti-Japanese boycott in protest against the landing of Japanese forces in Shantung, radical actlvities and a shipping strike are causing grave un- rest and anxiety in Canton. Japanese goods reaching here have been seized and deposited in police stations. A cargo from Hongkong, conslisting of the personal baggage of Wuropeans, was seized by strikers while being taken from a British steamer to be transferred to Shameen, the foreign settlement. Strong con- sular protests have falled to secure the release of the baggage and an American and an Englishman who registered protests were arrested and fined. JAPANESE BLUBJACKETS LAND. Nine Hundred Sent Ashore at Tsingtao to Await Troops’ Arrival. TOKIO, July 9 (#).—Nine hundred Japanese bluejackets were landed at Tsingtao, Shantung Province, China, yesterday to perform guard duty until the arrival of military reinforcements from Darien Monday, the navy de- partment announced today. The blue- Jackets probably will be withdrawn when the troops arrive. According to the Japanese foreign office, the situation in Shantung Prov- {Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) P MURDER INQUIRY TAKES NEW TURN Witness and Brother Held in Investigation Into Slay- , ing of Dairyman. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 9.—With the sole witness of the revengeful mur- der of Edward L. Mills, prosperous dairyman of Hunting Hill, Md., which happened within a stone’s throw of the Mills home at dawn Thursday morning, behind the bars at the Rock- ville jail, the investigation took & new turn this morning with prospects bright that a solution of the murder would be reached before nightfall. ‘While Clarence Miles, 20 years old, the farm hand who sald he witnessed the murder, is not being held techni- cally in connection with the murder, Detective James Manning of Balti- more, in charge of the investigation, declared that he would grill him today on the theory that he has not told all he knows. Two Brothers Held. Miles, together with his brother Clinton Miles, 18 years old, was ar- rested last night by Rockville police at the request of the Prince Georges County authorities, who informed the Montgomery County 1aen that the two brothers had broken jail from Marlboro following their arrest on an alleged theft charge. Under strict orders from Detective Manning, the two brothers are being held incommunicado until after they have both been subjected to a strenu- ous quizzing. The entrance of Clarence Miles' brother into the case caused the authorities to adopt a new theory to- day. While Clarence vigorously de- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2)) ICELAND PEASANTS SEEK INDEPENDENCE Growing Demend for Unlimited Separation From Denmark Voiced by Party Leader. BY BJORN BUNKHOLDT. lo_to The_Star and_Chicago Daily By Radlo o opyriEt, 1051, OSLO, July 9.—Reports from Ice- land emphasize the growing demand for absolute separation from Denmark. When the general election campaign began in Iceland, the peasant party leader presented his party’s chief aim as “Iceland’s unlimited Independence. The peasant party has 24 members out of a total of 42 in the Altinget, or National Assembly. The separation issue cannot be con- tested_until 1940, as the union treaty with Denmark does not expire until that time. The present union was en- tered into in May, 1920. Until then Iceland was only a colony. Through the treaty Denmark acknowledged Ice- land as independent, but fixed a com- mon King and diplomatic service with Denmark. ng Shr. The only WHEEL MISSING, PILOT LANDS SAFELY WITH 2 PASSENGERS Flies Close to Ground to Ask, Which One Was Lost in Take-0ff. Balances on Right Side Un- til Craft Is Nearly Stopped. Losing a wheel shortly after he had taken off with two young woman pas- sengers for a sightseeing hop over the city, Stewart Reiss, 327 Carroll street, Takoma Park, a new pilot re- cently acquired by the Potomao Fly- ing Service, Inc., which operates from Hoover Fleld, late yesterday afternoon negotiated a successful landing on one wheel without so much as scratching the plane. As Reiss had gained altitude on the take-off yesterday in the Waco *“Ten," newest of the Flying Service's planes, the left wheel dropped to the ground. A wave of consternation swept over | the people at the fleld familiar with this form of aviation mishap and they frantically began to communicate the fact of the missing wheel to the pilot, who, as past experience has shown, does not always know of the lost wheel. Commotion Caught Eye. Attaches rushed out on the fleld, au- tomobiles raced up and down and the wheel itself was held aloft and pointed to by a mechanic. Finally Reiss, seeing the commotion on the groun RIVER YIELDS BODY OF MISSING CHILD Boy Bather Believed to Have Lost Life in Fall From Float. The body of Gb-yearold Harold Bennett, son of Morris Bennett, 1236 Girard street, who disappeared late yesterday 'afternoon while bathing with three companlons at Sandy Beach just above the Key Bridge, was recovered at noon in the deep water of the channel 65 yards from the float where he had left his clothing. Tom Donaldson, one of the searchers patrolling the river, found the child’s body. Harbor police took charge of it and it was taken to the District Morgue. .. Fsint Hope Ends. Finding of the body ended the faint hope that the lad had strayed away along the shore. Word was sent out to the searching parties among the Virginia_hills lining the river that the child had been drowned. Longshoremen stated this morning that at about the time of the lad’s disappearance, a speed boat raced past that point, causing such a swell that the big float was set to rocking and several small craft were nearly capsized. W. C. Hobell, who has a houseboat near where the boy dis- appeared, stated that the boat passed him at a speed of about 40 miles an hour, and that it caused a swell suffi- clent to take the boy out into deep water, or if he was standing on a float to cause the float to lurch suffi- clently to knock him overboard. Clothing Found on Fleat. At the time the lad disappeared he had been paddling about with a group of boys. He called to his 13-year-old brother, Kenneth, that he was going in and would stop at the float and get his clothes. He attracted no further attention, but when the other boys prepared to go ashore they found Har- old’s clothes still on the float. When grappling hooks, system- atlcally dragged through the stream, failed to obtain any evidence that the boy was still in the water, the river- men expressed the hope that the boy had not been drowned, but was lost somewhere ashore. The father organized a searching party on land. Campers abandoned their festivities and boys and girls, armed with flashlights, covered a wide area along the wooded bank until an early hour this morning. -— CHILD DIES AS RESULT OF EATING FIRECRACKER Given Him by Boy Who Was Ac- -cidentally Drowned Before Death of Phosphorus Victim. By the Assoclated Press. LOUISVILLE, July 9.—Clarence Bennett, 17-month-old son of a motor cycle policeman, died here today as a result of eating a firecracker given him by John Ray Billingsley, 8 years old. The Billingsley boy was drowned in the Ohio River a few hours be- fore the baby's death. The two children had been playing together early in the day. Billingsley had several firecrackers, and when he left for a fishing expedition with his brother Stephen he gave them to his little playmate. John Ray slipped from a steep bank Into the river and was swept away while Stephen, who could not swim, stood helplessly on the shore. TI Ben- nett baby died of acute phosphorus polsoning. Less Than 2 Per Cent of Autos’ Lights Are Correctly Adjusted, Survey Shows Less than 2 per cent of the auto- mobiles examined Jast night in the opening day’s survey Out of 477 cars tested at half a tthrough July.16. STEWART REISS. caught the point. TFearing the in- evitable noseover when the plane landed, Emergency Hospital was ap- pealed to and the ambulance with physicians responded and joined the high-strung throng. After what seemed like hours had passed Relss glided down tol the fleld, cut his engine and yelled out: “Which ‘wheel?"" “The left one,” shouted the throng, as he made another circle above the field. Cutting his engine once more, he told his passengers in the front cockpit what had happened, not to be frightened, for at the most there would be just a little ‘rxup™I saw to it (Continued on Page 5, Column 8.) LIQUOR CAR CHASE ENDS WITH CRASH Police Nab Two and Seize " Rum as Fugitive Auto Hits Two Others. A mile-a-minute chase, starting at the District line, where the liquor squad had lain in wait for an auto- mobile they had been “tipped” was coming through from Maryland, ended in the 1000 block of Bladens- burg road early today when the pur- sued car, leaving the road, crashed into a telephone pole, snapped it off, careened into an ice truck, driving it against a car parked at the curb, then came to a halt. The liquor raiders’ car was just a traction of a second behind, and when a trio of policemen reached the scene they arrested Norman Van Horn, 21 years old, of 3615 Thirty-seventh street, Mount Rainier, alleged to have been the driver of the other car; a companion, Jack Leavitt, 24, of 621 H street, and seized 480 quarts of liquor, which the pursued car was reported to be carrying. Van Horn was held on charge of illlegal possession, transporting and reckless driving. A second charge of reckless driving was also preferred, growing out of a pursuit on Bladens- burg road the morning of June 28. Leavitt was charged with illegal pos- session and transporting. Sergt. George Little, in charge of the dry squad, and Policemen Walter H. Schultz and George C. Deyoe, members of the squad, had been watching for Van Horn since June 28. Following the brush on Bladens- burg road, Sergt Little and his men went to 1119 First street southwest seeking a colored man in connection with a liquor Investigation. They were forced to batter down a door to enter and found 29 cases ot liquor and a smoke screen. There was no one on the premises, how- ever. e 55 DROWN IN FLOODS SWEEPING SAXONY Rivers Leave Banks After Cloud- burst and Spread Ruin. By the Associated Press. DRESDEN, Saxony, July 9.—Fifty- five persons are known to have been drowned in torrential floods of the Mueglitz and Gottleuba Rivers, after a series of cloudbursts. Telephone connections are broken, and it was impossible to ascertain ths number of missing early this after- noon. Premier Heldt and other members of the Saxon cabinet have goneto the flood area. Cloudbursts are reported in other sactions of Germany, including the mountains of Silesia, the Western Palatinate, the Sarre Valley, the Harz Mountains and the region about Erfurt. e s POLISH SPY TO DIE. Russians Sentence Man to Death for Ukraine Activities. MOSCOW, July 9 (#).—The semi- official news agency Tass reports that Peter Casskevitch, * Polish spy,” has been condemned to death by the Kharkov tribunal after conviction on charges of having entered the Ukraine under false pretenses and with supplying the Polish Intelligence Service with secret information. owners. Offenders who refuse to have their lights adjusted will be dealt with by the police for violation of the traffic regulations. The testing station on Lamont street did a rushing business, the motorists lining up as early as 7 o'clock in the evening. Four head- light inspectors and two charts were used at this station, At the regular testing l!l!lnlll) of the Traffic Bureau, near the District Building, a total of 136 machines were brought in for headlight adjustments. The headlight drive will m‘l ue o i in Washington wi Press Yesterday’s Circulation, 98,123 TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT FACES HARD TASK FILLING SHEFFIELD'S PLACE Selection of Successor May Be Delayed Longer Than Had Been Expected. SCHOENFELD TO ACT WITH FULL CONFIDENCE Ambassador, Still at Game Lodge, Indicates Difficulties Con- front New Envoy. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staft Correapondent of The Star. STATE GAME LODGE, Black Hills, S. Dak., July 9.—There is a strong feeling here that President Coolidge protably will take ample time before reaching a decision as to the selec- tion of a successor to James R. Shef- fleld, whose resignation as Ambassa- dor to Mexico he accepted yesterday. Some of those who discussed with the President our relations with Mexi- co and the probability of Mr. Shef- fleld’s retirement from the diplomatic service just prior to the former’s ar- rival at the Summer White House are inclined to think that the appoint- ment of a new Ambassador to this post may be delayed longer than is generally imagined. President Coolidge sald yesterday, while announcing his acceptance of Mr. Sheffield’s resignation, that a con- siderable number of names already had been suggested to him for con- sideration in_connection with this ap- pointment. No intimation was given by the Executive that he has any one person, or even several, under what might be described as serious consideration. Confldence in Schoenfeld. There is a feeling on the part of those who have talked with lhgaPrui- dent that he is not going to find it any too easy to obtain the services of the caliber of man he wants to assume the interests of the American Govern- ment in Mexico City. ‘The fact that the President is known to have great confidence in the abllity of H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld, the Amer- ican charge at Mexico City, who will handle the affairs of this Government below the Rio Grande until a new Am- bassador is named, adds to the feeling that is prevalent here that President Coolidge is not going to act hastily. Since the announcement of Mr. Sheffleld’s retirement, talks with the President and his assoclates have prompted calculations as to pos- sible time of the selection of a sue- cessor, which produce three answers: First, “Some months.” Second, “Some time in the future.” Third, “Not any longer than if Mr. Sheffield were to return at the end of his period of lexve.” When the President men- tioned the latter possibility, he was not certain as to the length of Mr. Sheffield’s present leave of absence. These calculations, which are highly indefinite, are based on things the President himself has said, and if studled carefully and well boiled down can readily be taken to mean that the President is uncertain as to his own ::'ll:!:g and t;mt !:o time has been de- upon for the naming of A’x"“mh ng of the new m! dor Sheffleld Is still a guest at the game lodge and he and the Pres- ident, during their series of confer- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) e MOROCCO CHIEFTAIN GIVES UP TO FRENCH Spanish Premier Expects Revolt in North Africa to End as Result, By the Assoclated Press. MADRID, July 9.—~Premier Primo de Rivera announced today that Slite, chieftain of the Ketama tribesmen in Morocco, has entered the French zone and surrendered with his followers. He received confirmation from the French commander, and was of the opinion that Slite's surrender meant the collapse of the entire rebellious movement in Morocco which had been smoldering since Abd-el-Krim, the Riffian war lord, surrendered to the French. Spanish activities m Morocoo now will ba concentrated on iment of the natives and the development of Morocco's agricultural and mineral re- sources. The newspapers, however, say this will not be an easy task: that considerable tact and patience will be required to carry out the program. Troops will continue to be held in readiness for any emergency. Dies After 55-Day Fast. TORONTO, Ontarlo, July 9 (#).— Weakened by a fast of 55 days, which she had hoped would cure her indi- gestion, Mrs. Hope Leontough, who collapsed several days ago, died today. Snoopers and pies Bullets and Bribers A Dry Chief’s Life Col. Ira L. Reeves, a gallant fighter in his country’s wars, threw up his hands and quit as prohibition administrator of the New Jersey district. Attempted bribery he thrust aside with contempt; threats of violence left this crack shot smiling. But snooping and spying and constant harass- ment made him helpless. Col. Reeves describes his | battles, the methods of - the | rum forces and difficulties of enforcement with vigorous di« rectness in a series of articles he has written and which will start in The Sunday Star Tomorrow