Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1927, Page 1

3 WEATHER. “From Press to Home (U. 8. Weather B Forecast.) a2 Badtipiclaaty S ontgliciana) ombe: Within the Hour” row, local thundershower's tomorrow THewStantis caviicas ivnsinlicarets aq;_-flrnuin; ‘x‘u.gl:tl\;l?':qlrfluq\(er tonight. every city block and the regular edi- foday: uwest; SV iatic: tion is delivered to Washington homes Full report on page 9. as fast as the papers are printed. : Saturday's Circulation, 91,126 Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 20,21&22 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Sunday’s Circulation, 107,283 No. - B0i3B6; | T5 Smoe. Waainaton B e WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, JULY 11, 1927—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. b UP) Means Associated Pre TWO CENTS. ARRESTS FOLLOW D'HIGGINS INDUBLIN Trio in Auto, Guided by Two Scouts, Shoot Free State Vice President. “| GO TO JOIN COLLINS,” | GASPS DYING OFFICIAL Body in State While Grief Is Wide- spread—No Motive Revealed. Cabinet Session Called. ASSASSINATION OF Br ‘he Associated Press, DUBLIN, Ireland, July 11 arrests were reported to have gnade today growing out of the assas- ; ‘sination of Kevin O'Higgins, viee pres- | hdem of the Free State Council, but | o indication has been made that (lw‘ ctual persons implicated in the crime | | bave been found. An official account of Mr. O'Hig- pins’ assassination says that five men ‘wvere engaged in it, two of whom mcted as scouts. All are believed to have been between the ages of 20 | nd 35. The account says that one of the| | men signaled to the others when he | maw Mr. O'Higgins approaching and that therkupon the three men opened fire. Descriptions of the men have been obtained. | Stolen Auto Abandoned. been | | The official account further states that a stolen automobile, which is sapposed to have heen used by the s, was found abandoned at Milltown A verdict of wilful murder by three ¥ persons unknown was returned at the inquest on Mr. O'Higgins tod: Testifyving the inquest, Prof. John M told how the first thing Mr. O’'Higgi id as the pro- fessor stooped over h “1 for- give my murderer The dying man then gave directions for taking charge of his papers. s “He told me,” id the professor, *to give a message of love to his Jwife, to tell her he loved her—that he *loved her eternally The body of Mr. zins lay in state today in the Mansi Touse. s in St. Andrews’ Church there will be a public will take place in where many lead- history are huried, arnell and Daniel | | the whole nation to the gov- support, and inspire all par- ment with a new sense ©f respon: The paper calls for quiet testimony of faith in the government’s stock and the country’s destinie The Independent says the country has not even the solace afforded by the knowledge that an individual of unsound mind was responsible because \“the fatal ambuscade was carefully planned by men determined on attain- ing their object.” Mourning Is General. Signs of mourning were everywhere O'Higgins _was _“the strong m of the Irish Free State. He was shot from an automobile as he w: walking to mass from his home Black Rock, near Dublin, and died ort time with words of for- for his enemies on his lips. O'Higgins, usually accompanied n escort of detect was alone s own request, for the first time in . His assailants sped after inflicting half a ap- uickly away n wounds nt. The dving man gave the ai- ties a good description of the men. O'Higgins, who was vice president ‘of the F te council, minister of justice and foreign affairs, fell with hullets in the neck. chest and one ear, I forgive them all” I eming of the mini: finance and Prof. John MacNeill, mer minister of education, were in the hborhood and were soon on the the wounded man rested | aing’s lap, he whi v've got me, s father.” Later zive them. 1 die enemies and my God.” éecisively he dicta queathing all his pc wife and baby daughter. he peace with my miy and will, be- | ons to his Then he Eot my en home. Beyond Surgical Aid. | bhest surg came, but nothing to be done. O'Hig- gins knew he was dying. He em.| Jraced his wife and child and said | rewell to friends and co-workers in | » Free State o Shortly before | - end he rais ed himself from his | pillow to say: I am dying at peace Mith my enemies. 1 die for my co Dubli there w trv. 1 go to join Michael Collins.” One_ of the nds at the {zemurked: “‘Kevin, while there’s life s hope.” there is no hope,” he a bit of a di cabinet w \lun l|nl|ll3d tely to de steps in what is looked 3 uation, for the swered hard.” “Ah, t I was alwa wned to ]l\|Mn| only \ a League of Nations Conferenc He had conduct wtry-wide eampaign in the Republican nd ; the disorders before the ty ¢ he was arre il in Beltast. When the tr promulgated, however, he an ardent worker for the ted and he- Free ter of jus- NANKING LOAN IS INVALID. 8alt Inspectorate so Notifies Banks on Proposed $60,000,000 Plan. July 11 (#).—The salt v notified the banks and n e contemplated flota- u notes to the value| o1 - 36 by 1h nking gov- enment, on the security of the salt Te o 'of the provinces of Kiangsu ciang, cannot be recognizes i obligation. nspectorate states that the pro- creating ‘the Freed KEVIN 0TI esident of I Vice Pi h hoe State. HONGER MENACES FLOODED SAXONY Storm Toll May Reach Sev- eral Hundred Dead—Com- munication Paralyzed. By the Associated Press DRESDEN, Saxony, July 11.—Most of Saxony presented a scene of wreck- as relief squads and emer- s were at work to aid the and _alleviate suffering floods after cloudbursts caused hy Saturday. Just how many persons lost their lives in the catastrophe, described by meteorologists as the worst of the kind suffered by Germany in the last 50 vears, will not be known for some time because of severed communica- tions, inundated roads and demolished bridges, but enough has been learned to indicate the toll will reach several hundred. At Berggieshubel, which of the many flooded towns and villages suffered most, the authorities place the known dead at 93. Food Situation Acute. At least half the populace of this place were thrown on the mercy of the elements when the raging waters washed all before them. The food sit- uation was acute today, as only one provision store was left standing. Re- lief parties found it difficult to get supplies to the scene. In Lauenstein, in the Gottleuba Valley. the devastation extended from ‘18 to 20 miles. The picturesque Gottleuba Spa was all mud and water today and a_deathlike silence was everywhere, Before the wreckage of one house. iwo elderly women were incessantly overhauling their pitiful belongings. They lost their entire fami- lies and went mad. Their shrill cries continued throughout the night. A railway car at Glashuette was derailed by the onrushing flood and thrown a distance of 300 yards. Rush to Tragedy. The district around Chemnitz looks like a big lake several miles in diam- eter. Residences and factories have been made unfit for use. High waters of the Eister and Pieisse Rivers, as well as their tribu- taries, threaten to cause still further floods in towns along their lower courses. Railway communication be- tween Leipzig and Hof, on the regular Jerlin-Munich route, is being main- tained by relaying trains by round- about route: Federal and State authorities are co-operating in the relief mea The rush of persons to the d zone is increasing hourly. ing from distant places fo scek rela- tives and friends. Meteorological experts explain that the catastrophe was due to the fact that heat waves from the eastern ion of Germany, which had been uffering from an unusual hot spell, me into contact with cold air from the west, causing indspouts and subsequent cloudbu | JERUSALEM QUAKE Walls of Houses Cracked in Tre-| mendous Tremor—Many Re- ported Injured. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, July s were huln‘nd in 11.—A v per- a_tremendous to the ler‘u<’\lem di: JE\\]Hh ’l(-leL aphic Agen spatch said that the walls of many houses were cracked by the shock. No details concerning the cas- ualties were given. Australia, July 11 mor occurred t around Euroa, Victoria, vester Continuous rumbiing was followed by a loud ex) on, in which many buildings were badly shaken. felt here at 2:03 o'clock this morning. FEARED DISASTROUS | Slight earth shocks have occurred | in the region for some weeks. CAIRO, Bgypt, July 11 (P.—An ‘th tremor lasting nearly a minute felt here today at 3:08 a.m. JERUSALEM, July 11 (P).—An earth shock lasting five seconds was ENGLAND AGREES CONDITIONALLY 10 U.S. CRUISER PLAN Brmsh to Accept Tonnage Figures if Number of Shlps Are Limited. | PACT WOULD PERMIT NEEDED SMALL CRAFT Plenary Session Scheduled for To- day Delayed in Tribute to Slain Irish Official. | By the Associated Pr | GENEVA, Switzerland, July 11.— | What was regarded as a signifl nt :h:!"x:e in the British attitude toward wht‘ cruiser problom was evident this afternoon when it was announced in | anthoritative British circles that if Great Britain and the United States could agree to limit the number of 10,000-ton cruisers to about 10, Great Britain would be prepared to accept the American maximum total tonnage figure of 400,000 tons. The idea bac kof this plan was that i only a small proportion of tonnage were expended upon on the larger cruisers, Great Britain would have enough tonnage left to maintain the number of small cruisers which she regarded as necessary for the need of the empire. Gibson Hears of Plans. W. C. Bridgeman, first lord of the admiralty and head of the British delegation, conferred with Hugh Gib- son, head of the American delegation, at American headquarters this after- noon concerning all aspects of the situation. On Jeaving. Mr. Bridge- |man was asked whether he could make any statement. He answered © “I can’t speak in the * hotel. It is outside my gic death of the Trish states- man, Kevin O'Higgins, yesterday has, b some strange destiny of events, | served to prevent an immediate col- lapse of the tri-partite naval confer- ence. Out of respect to the memory of Mr. O'Higgins, who was present at Gi neva only last week as the represent tive at the conference of the Irish Free State, the delegates today de- cided to postpone indefinitely the plenary public session ‘which had been requested by W. C. Bridgman. head of the British delegation. Mr. Bridge- man_ had asked for the meeting in or- der to give the British delegation an opportunity to restate its position on the cruiser problem, to clear up what he called misunderstandings and to ask a series of questions of the Ameri- can delegation. Feared Debate Session. Today’s projected session had been considered potentially filled with dan- ger. The American delezation did not desire it because it believed that little good could be achieved by a public debate of this nature. The Americans were ready, however, to answer any of the questions which the British might propound and might even have asked a few questions themselves. It is understood that the Japanese, like the Americans, looked with some apprehension upon the projected ses- sion because of the risk that things would be said which might provoke the “blow up” of the conference. Late last night, the British, pre- sumably as the result of some offi- cial word from London, suggested to Hugh Gibson, head of the American delegation, that the meeting be post- poned. Mr. Gibson answered that as the British had requested the ses- sion, it is they who should assume the responsibility and initiative of having it called off. Break Avoided by Death. This reply resulted in no action and virtually all of the delegates to the conference spent a sleepless night as a result, for all knew that the con- ference was on the brink of a precipice, Mr. Bridgeman had explained that Great Britain’s proposal to confine the treaty to an arrangement con- cerning building programs was worth serious study and that under the cir- mstances it was perhaps unneces- ary to 50 on with the public meet- ings. Mr. Bridgeman finally decided to convoke the meeting of the British and Dominion delegates this morning to take some final stand and it was just before this meeting opened that | official announcement was received that Mr. O'Higgins had been assas- sinated, The next development of an anxious forenoon was a telephone call from the headquarters of the American delegation, communicating Mr. Gib- son’s assumption that in view of the death of the Irish minister, the British would prefer to cancel the public ses sion, If this was the case, the mes- sage said, Mr. Gibson was entirely of the opinion that it should be done, and, indeed hoped that it would be, as a tribute to Mr. O'Higgins. The American initiative was deeply appreciated in British circles, and soon afterward an official communique stating that the plenary session sched- uled for today had been indefinitely postponed, was made public. Saves Awkward Situation. The general opinion voiced at Geneva that the death of the Irish | leader had saved the British from an vom which they were seeking to extricate themselves, and. what was even more important, had saved the conference from a pos- sible rupture. __The_British_proposal_which_wa “(Continued on Page 2, Column 7. s _to In Effort to Te By the Associated Press. 1, Oreg., July 11.—The broth- Roy and Hugh de Autre- mont, who are serving life sentences in the State penitentiary here for the murder ot four men in the dynamiting of a mail train in the Siskiyou Tun- nel four years ago, have turned their cs upon the philosophy of Nietz > and Huxley in favor of the Bible. Their change of attitude was an- ounced by the Rev. D. J. Howe of Medford, Oreg., after he and Rev., Charles R. Scoville of Chicago had vis- ! flotation constitutes a flagrant ‘ n of the revrganization loan | i-b.lv"*n-r! of 1913, jted them at of their mother, Mrs. Belle de Autremont. “Rev. Mr. Howe said they, asked De Autremont Brothers Turn to Bible ach Fellow Prisoners for Bible, after the interview and had promised to devote the remainder of their lives “to the betterment of their fellow prisoners.” The iconoclasm of Nietzsche and Huxley was credited in the confession of the trio with having led them down the path which ended in the train dy- namiting and resulted in their capture after a world-wide search. Although they have bheen in the prison less than a month, the de Au- tremonts are fitting into the convict life well, Supt. Henry W. Meyers re- ported, explaining that this meant they were learning the routine and behaving themselves. Day after day they face the rock pile, the iron wheel- barsow and the guard with a gun, __, Officer Youth Slain by 20 years old, Above: Larry Hall, chase of stolen Killed by policeman car. Below: Policeman B. R. Campbell of the tenth precinct. who shot at llllvdmlrlllne in which Hall was found dead. AMERIGAN ESCAPES CHINESE KIDNAPERS Capt. Fisher Said to Have Reached Ichang After Eluding Pirates. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 11.—A Reuter dis- patch from Shanghal says that Capt. Fisher, American aster of the steamer Chichuen, who was captured by pirates two weeks ago, reached Ichang safely on Saturday, after hav- ing escaped from his captors. The dispatch says that Capt. Fisher, who was held for $20,000 ransom, refloated the Chichuen, which had gone aground about 30 miles from Ichang. The advices said that the Chinese owner of the vessel was still in the hands of the pirates. TROOPS GO TO SHANTUNG. Company of Japanese FEngineers Ordered to Tsingtao. TOKIO. July 11 (#).—A company of railwayteleszaph troops departed from Tokio today for Tsingtao, in the Chinese province of Shantung. They will arrive July 15. The government stated it was not planning to send further reinforcements to China at present. British naval authorities have heen informed that 300 Japanese marines were landed at Tsingtao yesterday. The navy department at Tokio an- nounced Saturday that 900 J; bluejackets were landed at for guard service until the arri military reinforcements from Dairen, expected momentar It was stated the bluejackets probably would be withdrawn when the troops arrived. There were indications at the Japanese foreign office on Saturday that the situation in Shantung ap- peared to be serious, with all the for- eign shops closed. It was stated that while no heavy fighting had been re- ported as vet between the opposing Chinese factions, communications were disturbed. U. S. Landing Again Denied. SHANGHAT, July 11 (#).—Japanese reports of the wholesale landing of Americans at Tsingtao are further dis- proved by British press dispatches from that city received here. They state that virtually the only foreign activity in Tsingtao is by the Japa- nese, who dispatched 1,500 troops to Tsinanfu July 7. Another brigade from Dairen was expected to land to- day. The dispatches further state that 25 American Marines landed July 7 with the permission of the Chinese authorities for signal duties. Flyer Black Reaches Calcutta. CALCUTTA, India, July 11 (#).— yan, Lear Black, Baltimore publisher, arrived here today from Rangoon on a return flight from the Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam. He flew from Bangkok to Rangoon Sunda traveling in a chartered pla two pilots and a valet. “Conquest of the Air” Begins in Today’s Star A pictorial feature, which tells the romantic story of man'’s effort to conquer the air—a complete story of aviation from the first ex- periments to the recent At- lantic and Pacific flights. On Page 23 of Today’s Star JURY EXONERATES POLICE SLAYER OF BOYIN STOLEN CAR Coroner’s Group Finds Fatal| Shooting Done in Line of Duty. EDWARDS DENOUNCES DEED AS “ATROCIOUS” Senator Threatens Action if Responsibility Is Not Fixed “Where It Belongs.” Patrolman B. R. Campbell of the tenth precinet this afternoon was ex- onerated in the fatal shooting ye: day morning of v Hall, old, after a mile-a-minute and four men in a stolen automobile. The coroner’s jury held that Hall |came to his death “from a gunshot wound in the brain, hemorrhage and shock, caused by the firing of a gun in the hand of B. R. Campbell of the tenth precinct while chasing a stolen automobile. We believe this to be an accident, not intentional on the part of Officer Campbell, in line of duty,” the report concluded. Edwards Ts Aroused. Meanwhile Senator Edwards of New | Jersey, aroused by accounts of the Shooting, issued a statement this morning denouncing the shooting as “one of the most atrocious and_un- anted exercises of police pow has occurred in the Nation's Capi- ve been in the United Senator Edwards d. red that “if the proper authorities do not fix the responsibility where it belongs 1 shall use my influence as a member of the L n.\!m jal committee to vindi- ice mpbell testified before the coro- 's jury today that he fired twice at the tires of the fleeing car and did not aim at any of the occupants. e in which he and Offi- cer William 8. Buchanan were riding was almost forced into the fence around the Soldiers’ Home grounds, the He he said, and he fired to make occupants of the automobile stop. testified that the motor c bumping up and down so tha difficult to aim accurately. One bul- let went through the spare tire and the rear of the car and the other broke the glass in the rear and ploughed into Hall's head. Buchanan Describes Pursuit. Buchanan on the stand gave a graphic description of the pursuit and shooting. Tl and _Campbell were sing near Michigan avenue and Harewood road early yesterday morn- ing, he said, when a car turned into Harewood road from the avenue at about 50 miles an hour and sped Giving chase, the officers were ocutdistanced until the car slowed down about three blocks north of Michigan avenue and a man got out and ran into the Catholic University grounds. Coming up to the nutnmohxle Bu- shans 1, he_and_Campbell_cried (Continued on uge 2, Column 5) BYRDRECOVERED FROM POISONING Ptomaine Effects Cleared. Flyer Chats With Wales on Polar Dash. By the Associated Press. ROUEN, France, July Richard . Byrd was his ful self this morning, a real night's rest at the quiet villa of his Annapolis classmate B. B. Howard. at the ex- clusive seaside resort of Cabourg, did much to clear away the effects of too enthusiastic French provincial hos. pitality. Saturday night, at Le Tou- quet, was sleepless for Byrd as he was suffering from ptomaine poisoning. Drives through quaint towns and winding highways of Normandy with a minimum ceremonial also did much to bring the commander back to nor- mal after a week of festivities. Colleagues Are Well. His three campanions, Bert Acosta, George Noville and Bernt Balchen, spared the ordeal of speechmaking, which fell to Comdr. Byrd as leader of the expedition, showed no ill effects from the long series of banquets. Byrd was received by the Prince of Wales yesterday and they had a friendly chat, the heir to the British throne’ recalling that he had had oc- casion to offer_his_congratulations to the aviator on his North Pole flight. Prince Asks Questions. The Prince was much interested in the projected air expedition to the South Pole and ked a number of questions, After a farewell visit today at Ver- r-Mer, where the monoplane Amer fell into the sea on its flight from New York, the aviators will go to Cherbourg, where they will embark on the Leviathan tomorrow. _ PANGALOS TRIAL SOON. Greek Cabinet to Hear General's Case Before August 15. ATHENS, July 11 (#).—The Greek cabinet has decided that the trial of Gen. Pangalos will take place before Augu t 15, the exact date not having been fixed. The former dictator will be tried by the Chamber, there being n. Senate, which ordinarily would hear the case, under the present Greek constitution. CLEMENCEAU IMPROVES. Former Premier of France Recover- ing from Influenza. PARIS, July 11 (#).—Former Pre- mier Georges Clemenceau, who has been suffering from influenza for sev- eral days, improved today and is not considered to be in any dange:-, it was learned at his home here this after- anon, 11.—Comdr. sual cheer- tween two policemen in a motor cycle | | shortly DRY AGENTS IN NEW JERSEY FACED CONTEMPT OF PUBLIC| 'Former Prohibition Chief Says Federal| Men Were Regardecl as "Loathsome™ and Met Active Opposition. Col. Tra I, Reeses resi articles e ia the sccond art d as A A gl is n‘nlmx for T Bree ot North American Nespaser: Afliance Jersey prohibition administeator May 24 he quit s disclosing in 2 BY IRA L. REEVES. Men do not emerge from prohibition enforcement work as herces. When they enter they seem to fall naturally into one of two classes; those who have a sincere desiry to gain illicit wealth quickly. They depart from the service in to enforce prohibition, or those who see in this work a chance two classes; either enriched in pocket or impoverished in character and reputation. ‘When I took charge of the New Thompson, the State was known as the wettest spot in the Union. Jersey district, succeeding Capt. Jesse 1 found the Federal prohibition law the subject of jest in song and speech in vaude- ville, on the stage generally and also at most public and social gatherings. The official who had sworn to enforce this law was regarded, I found, as a loathsome thing to be avoided as one would a rattlesnake. 1 doubt if ever before in American history were Federal officials held in such contempt by the general public. Given Little Support. T have said many times, and 1 now repeat, that i the prohibition en- forcement agents received the co- operation of local police authorities, New Jersey or any other State could be made absolutely dry within 24 hours. But we did not receive it. The most we could hope for was that the local men would not actively oppose us. There were plelnty of cases In which_we_encountered active opposi- tion, and I clte this one as illustrative of the attitude of a large proportion of police and public toward my agents. ¥arly one morning I was roused at my home by a telephone call from one of my men who told me he was | under arrest at Trenton, N. J., with three other agents. These men had been sent by me to dump on_information supplied by the United States district attorney’s office. They proceeded about their mission in a careful way, but were at- tacked by a crowd just a minute after they had located the evidence. One of them, and I regarded him as one of my best men and had frequent evidence of his soundness of judg- ment, fired a shot or two into the air to_get police assistance. The police (Continued on Page 3, Column 1 ARTS BODY RENEWS APPEAL FOR BRIDGE Chain Bridge Closing Near, Group Holds in Citing Need for Span. With the virtual certainty that the historic Chain Bridge may be closed perhaps permanently, the Commission of Fine Arts today re- newed its recommendation that an- other bridge be constructed across the Potomac River, preferably in the vi- cinity of Great Falls. The stone pler at the Virginia end of the Chain Bridge is in such a weakened condi- tion that an unusual strain or stress may precipitate the entire span into the 35-foot-deep river. Engineers are watching the old-bridge closely, fear- ful that a sudden cave-dn of the an- cient structure may cause loss of life. Holding that, even if the Chain Bridge were safe for vehicular traffic of any proportion, another bridge is needed between nearby Maryland and Virginia points, the “fine arts body declared today that the gorge of Great Falls is the ideal location for another structure across the Potomac. “Not cnly should a bridge be put up immediately below Great Falls, but the District of Columbia should acquiro and develop as a park all the area_around the picturesque falls,” H. P. Caemmerer, secretary of the commission, said today. “Our com- mission has repeatedly urged that an- other bridge be constructed across the er and that it should be at Great Falls. Whether or not the Chain Bridge is repaired and made fit for traffic, the other bridge should be built.” Wants States to Build Span. Mr. Caemmerer suggested that if Congress does not see fit to provide » money for the proposed Great lis bridge, the States of Maryland and Virginia should build it on a 50-50 basis. The practicability of repairing the deteriorated south abutment was dis- cussed at a lengthy conference today between Engineer Commissioner Wil- liam Ladue, Assistant Engineer Commissioner H. C. Whitehurst and Engineers of the District Bridge De- partment. The conference developed the fact that the District is faced with one of two alternates—closing the bridge until an appropriation is provided for its reconstruction, or making tempo- rary repairs to the abutment, which constitutes the greatest hazard at the present time. The officials, however, estimate that it will cost between $25,000 and $30,000 to put the abut- ment in a safe condition, and they are dubious as to the wisdom of spending such an amount on an old structure that will have to be re- built in the near future. To Fix Responsibility. Before reaching a decision, Commis- sioner Ladue and his assistants plan to confer with H. G. Shirley, commis- joner of highways of the State of Virginia, to settle a mooted question as to jurisdiction at the south abut- ment. The Virginia authorities have main- tained that they have no jurisdiction whatever over the bridge and have therefore declined to proffer financial assistance toward its reconstruction. The District, however, contends that a portion of the south abutment, par- ticularly its two wings, are in Vir- ginia territory, and that if repairs are undertaken, ‘it is doubtful whetner District funds could be legally used tor work outside of its jurisdiction. The bridge can be reconstructed for ahout §330,000, according to estimates of District officials, by using the abut- ment on the District side of the river and the existing piers. The abutment on the Virginia side, in the opinion of the officials, will have to he replaced. ARREST EXPECTED INMILLS MURDER Officials Look for Solution of Slaying as Investigators Conduct Search. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 11.—Solu tion of the mysterious murder of Ed ward L. Mills, 46 years, prosperous Hunting Hill dairyman, early last expected at the courthouse here shor ly after noon, while officials eagerly awaited the return of State's Attor- ney Robert Peter, jr., and Lieut. James Manning, Baitimore crime sleuth, from an investigation of what was frankly declared to be “the hot- test and most promising clue yet ob- tained.” State's Attorney Peter and Lieut. Manning are said 0 be making a thorough search for a man whom several persons have confidently in- formed them they believe to be the slayer.. One 8f the informants is cer- tain he can identfy him. This man is known to have been missing both from his home and_his familiar haunts in Rockville ever since the Mills murder. In the searching the authorities admit that they still hold to the theory that Mills actually was murdered on account of a love triangle and that the sensational con- fession pinned to the dead man’s coat is a valid clue to the motive for the crime, Arrest Would Cause Sensation. The identity of the suspect is gen- eral knowledge around the court- house, and if he actually is arrested it will cause a sensation on account of his official standing, it was said The description tallies with that given by Clarence Miles, 20-year-old farm- hand and sole witness of the murder. The information, which the authori- ties are working on today was brought to them late last night by John Heagy, jr., son of a tombstone maker of Rockville. Heagy said he had met a colored woman who had seen the suspected man in a very ex- cited mood shortly after the murder, and that when he recognized her he started to run in an opposite direction. The colored woman told Heagy his name. After Heagy had received the information and given it to the authorities they interviewed the woman, It is said that the suspect is the same man whom Hezekiah Mills, brother of the dead man, and other members of the Mills fam have from the start believed guilty. Solution Is Predicted. When the investigators rushed out last night on the information they re- ceived through Heagy it caused a fu- rore of excitement about the court- house and confident prediction that the solution of the murder was at hand. A careful examination of the five bullets shot into Mills’ body by the murderer has revealed that they prob- ably were of German origin and of poor quality. Young Miles, in company with his brother, Clinton Miles, 18 years old, is still held a prisoner at the Rock- ville Jail, ostensibly for the Prince Georges County authorities on a lar- ceny charge, but in reality as a ma- terial witness in the Mills murder. Conscience Fund Gets $10. The Treasury received today $10 ore for the conscience fund. It me in an envelope in the form of a single $10 bill and with a brief note designating the gift as for the conscience fund. The envelope was postmarked from a small town in Illinois, “Kissing™ Pamphlet, Traced to State Hit by Ritchie, Hog Cholera Expert By the Associated Press. Department of Agriculture officials today claimed they had a right to let go a few quiet chuckles at the expense of Gov. Ritchie of Maryland. The governor in a speech before the Indiana Bar Association at French Lick, Ind., last Friday, at- tacked bureaucracy in the Govern- ment, and told his audience the Fed- eral protecting process had gone to the extent of issuing a pamphlet en- titled a st-Pocket Essay on Kiss- gt The charge brought a denial from ofticials here who declared they had issued no such treatise from any Government department, and they ek, @aid today hxmnuqn had disclosed the essay was the work of Dr. I. K. Atherton of the University of Mary- land. Dr. Atherton is employed in hog cholera eradication work for the Smtr University, which is entitled to clrculate its reports and bulletins on agriculture through the mails free of postage in Government penalty envelopes. The essay turned out to be a mimeo- graphed discourse whose title is mis- leading in that it is a general discus- sion of kissing and a defense of that indulgence to hold the reader's at- tention while bringing in its real ob- ject, that feeding garbage, swill and refuse to hogs is courting outbreaks of hog cholera. Radio Programs—Page 28 Trenton to raid a beer and alcohol | Thursday morning was momentarily | GOST OF AIRPORT AT GRAVELLY SITE FIKED AT §763,000 |Covell Submits Estimates Within District Budget on 5-Year Plan. FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD REDUCE FIGURES Three Projects for Construction -f Class A Field Given to Joint Sabcommittee. | Estimates prepared by Governmen: | engineers, showing the cost of estab- shing a class A airport at Gravelly Point to be well within the require- {ments of the District budget, in the opinion of Maj. W. E. R. Covell, As- ant District Engineer Commis- sioner, were submitted today to the Jjoint subcommittee of the three local trade bodies. Given five years for completion, the project, according to the estimates, would cost about $153,000 annually without Federal contribution. The ap- proximate cost of reclaiming the land and equipping the field is estimated at $765,000. The cost of construction of a field the same size in two years would be $985.000, which Maj. Covell believes exceeds the limit the District can afford to pay even with Federal contributions. Provided the Government meets half the expense, as Maj. Covell be- lieves it should do, it would be possi- ble to construct an eight-way aviation field, including all equipment, at an annual cost of approximately $76.000 to the District taxpayers over a five- vear period. Without Federal con- tributions, Maj. Covell explained, the total cost would be $153,000. Would Meet Requirements. Maj. Covell explained that the engi- neers’ estimates were ‘“rough esti- mates,” but sufficient to give an ap- proximate cost of constructing and equipping at Gravelly Point an airport iarge enough to meet the require- ments of both the Federal and Dis- trict Governments. Additional esti- mates, including a survey of the point, he believed, would make no ma- tel'i::]l change in the figures already in hand. As prepared by the engineers, their estimates do not include the cost of buildings, drainage or road construc- tion, which Maj. Covell estimates roughly at $175,000. This amount he included in the foregoing estimates for the work at Gravelly Point. In the opinion of the Engineer Com- missioner the best set of estimates would hardly entail a cost to the Dis- trict of more than $160,000, even if the Federal Government refused to share at all in the expense. It is rea- sonably certain, however, that the Federal Government would pay its proportionate share of the expense, since its interests in an airport are larger than those of the District. Three Sets of Estimates. According to the engineers’ esti- mates, an aviation field 3,000 feet by 3,000 feet would cost $590,000, the work being extended over a period of five years. Add to this the $175,000 es- timated cost for equipping the field the total would run to approximately $765,000, or about $153,000 annually. Estimates to provide a fleld 2,500 feet by 3,600 feet, exclusive of equip- ment, call for an expenditure of $870,- 000 over a period of two years and $475,000 over a period of five years. The third set of estimates call for an expenditure of $1,530,000 to con- struct a field 3,000 feet by 6,000 feet over a period of five years and $860,- 000 for the same sized field at the end of 10 years. Opposes Buying Acreage. It is readily seen, Maj. (‘qvell ex- plained, that the longer period the smaller the ultimate cost to the District taxpayers. Any of the fields for which esti- mates have been made, it was said, would provide ample facilities for eight runways, meeting. all require- ments for a class A airport. Maj. Covell estimates that hangars and other necessary buildings at the field would cost approximately $140,000, with an additional $35,000 to surface the field, provide drainage and con- struct a roadway. “Any of these estimates,” Maj. Covell said today, “would place a far less burden on the District than the purchase of acreage, when one con- siders the lump sum that would have to be paid outright.” Ask Funds for Survey. After a two-hour discussion of all phases of the airport situation with Maj. Covell the joint subcommittee went on record as recommending that a $5.000 appropriation be included in the District budget for an engineers’ survey of the Gravelly Point site and the preparation of plans for the de- velopment of this site as soon as practicable with true economy. The subcommittee further recom- mended that as soon as the report of the survey is_compl the Board (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ARMY FLYER KILLED AS PLANE CRASHES Lieut. Howarth Meets Death When Ships Collide Over Texas Field. | By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., July 11.— .| Second Lieut. William L. Howarth of Harvey, Ill, student 'n the pursuit section of the Advanced Flying School, Kelly Field, was killed when his plane crashed on Duncan Field this morn- ing. Howarth was flying at 2,000 feet in a three-ship formation when the land- ing gear of the ship above him grazed his upper wing as the formation exe- cuted a cross-over turn. A large piece of the wing was torn away and the plane went into a tail pin with the motor wide open. Observers sald apparently Howarth made no effort to shut off the engine, rirht the plane or jump with his para- chute, They assumed he must have been struck and rendered unconscious by.a pl‘ of the broken wing.