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WEA n storda THER. awt ) W | 1 tomortow thunde ht increasin Armer eloud rshowers tomorrow Highest Vi lowest port on pag g : 1 L & WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @ ice. Was! \d class matter hington, D, C. TUESDAY, J ening Star. ULY 12, 1927— HIRTY-FOUR PAGES. * CEOLANDGESN CONERONBRITSH CRUSERPROPOSAL England Would Increase Ton- | nage Beyond 400,000 Limit | Before 1942. i EXPERTS FAIL TO REACH SOLUTION OF DEADLOCK Meet Most of Night Seeking! Answer to Problem—Japanese Chary of Estimates. the Associated Press. EVA, July 1 Cecil of Chelwood. one of the British dele- gates at the naval conf called on Hugh Gibson, Amer resentative, today for xion of the new Britis} This proposal fixes the maximum figure of 400.000 tons for cruisers, but is accom- | panied by the condi rge mize cruisers will the minimum number. It is now understood that the Brit ish would hope to keep within the | above maximum tonnage up to 1934, | or even 1936. They are unable to com- | mit thems even indicate that their building pro-| grams would probabl¢ bring the ton- nage up much higher by 1942, The naval experts met until early morning trying to fizure out the re- placement effects of the British plan. | Viscount Cec of rep- | diseus- | to Atmosphere Less Tense. The atmosphere of the conference | continued less tense, but apparently a | solution of the cruiser deadlock has | not_yet been discovered. “We are more hopeful than we have | been for some time, said one of the younger attaches of one delegation to. | day as he emerged from a meeting of | the junior members’ conference which | is trying to find whether any possible solution of the problem can be found | by appro: it from every con-| cevabl irrespective of any- | thinz which has gone on in the past. | “We are in a bunker; niblick can " was the golfing metaphor employed today by a Japa- nese member of the committee which | has been charged with going over the | new British proposals for crui limitation now before the conferenc: Committee to Try Again. This committee worked yell into the night trying to approach the prob- lem from some mew angle, but finally separated, agreeing to have another try today While tory sugge p nding a number of concilia- tions in the British pro- posa the Americans doubt whether 1he will really efficacious in the direction of effective limitation if they on extend to 1931, as suggested. Such a plan, the Americans believe, | entails th ibility that the “Ilid for a renewed race in cruiser construction. As announced, the British plan em-| hodies acceptance of the Ame an maximum total of 400,000 tons for cruisers, provided the United States and Great Britain agree to limit the | number of 10,000-ton eruisers to about | 30. ‘The British hold that if only a nall part of the tonnage were used | for larger cruisers, it would be pos-| xible for Great Britain to have enough ! left for the fleet of small cruisers| which she contends is necessary, be eause of the far-flung nature of the enipire. Japanese Chary at Figures. The Japanese are chary of the pre- mise that 400,000 tons would In:yll\u total figure for each of the two 5 yatio powers. This d { Japanese 3 plus a fraction to con-iy siderably more than desired in these | t Ives further, however, and | ¥ hothing but a | BY the Associated Press. witn airplane from Transjordania said that | a |said that were damaged or had collaps of erection was seriously damaged. 40 seconds, surrounding ing. man, while others were killed at Rudd and | zations Ramleh as well as in various villages | circled in salute as the Maui idled in Transjordania. peared terrified by ment; | habitants | afternoon W great would bring the! tragedie: mall dome of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, churches, reported ¢ ne of the world's famou acked by thquake. "AVIATORS LINER" BRINGING ATLANTIC FLYERS BACK HOME Chamberlin Boards Levia- than at Southampton for Return to U. S. BYRD AND COMPANIONS JOIN SHIP AT CHERBOURG Commander Sailing With Plane America—German Woman Pilot Also Leaves. By the Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, England, July 172 —Carrying back to the United States his long-distance air record won on his transailantic flight from York to Germany. Clarence D. Cham berlin, accompanied by Mrs. Cham. berlin, sailed for home today aboard the steamship Leviathan. The giant steamship, which prom- fses to become known as “the av tors liner,” left for Cherbourg, where transatlantic companions of the great monoplane America. plan to board the vessel with their plane. To make the aviation flavor of the vovage even more distinct, Fraulein HOLY LAND QUAKE DEATHS REACH 300 Heavy Damage to Property and Famous Shrines Also 1RO, E s who —An today pt, July 12, arrived here by persons were believed to have been killed in yesterday's earthquake. At M houses there d com- letely, while a mosque in the course most of the The movements of the e and were visible lava beds, the in the| witness | id, des Many persons were Killed at Am-| Palestine, the witness said, everywhere ap- move- Desert Bedouins While the earthquake was felt in Cairo, no damage was reported. JERUSALE DAMAGED. 36 Reported Dead, With Heavy Prop- erty Loss in Holy City. LEM, July 12 (#). which terrified of Jerusalem and wrought destruction here and in many parts of Palestine nd Transjordania, while not on a scale as _some simil ook -aused widespread damage. An casualty list em eye PACIFCFLYERS Welcome Maitland and Hegenberger. | By the Associated Pr SAN FRANCISCX A barrage of n nation’s acclaim, greeted Lieut Lester J. Maitland, and Albert Hege! berger here today as they came bhac) an, Arabia, the eyewitness|from their pioneer flight from Cali- {f sirens soungd-producing available the hundreds aboard harbor caught firs ships in Honolulu. Above aircraft—every querors from din scores of hat the Army could muster—dipped an | through the solden Gate. Wives Guests on Cutter. Mrs. Maitland and Mrs. Hegenber; er, the flyers' wives, were gues aboard one of the cutters which s out to meet Mr. and Mrs. Maitl parents of Lieut. ) to remain at the dock The official program allowed fivers 45 minutes alone with ‘e the public, aside fro; relatives | the official reception committee, clair ed them for the day. Mrs. Hege | berger, who arrived here Sunday, v reported il ;, but said | would be able to greet her husband | the advance program. ank Ma t Maitland's brother, from Milwaukee with The program called for a triumph: - GREETED WITH DIN and other instru- | ments were brought into play as- the sth lasted | thousands lining the waterfront and the sight of the liner cribing the effect as terrify-| Maui, which brought the aerial con- the plane and welcoming organi- the Maui at Quarantine. of Burlingame, aitland, preferred the | their arrived his | | | Thea Rasche, Germany's only woman at Southampton with her little stunt plane. Chamberlin's Mother Stays. Chamberlin's mother, who came to lurope after the flight of her son, canceled her passage homeward at the last moment, because of her de- sire to remain with her sister, Mrs. George Piloteile, whom she has been visiting at Wembley. Pilotelle is ill and Mrs. Chamberlin did not care to leave her at this time. Charles A, Levine, Chamberlin's companion on the New York-to-Ger- |many flisht, had been expected to {make the run from Southampton to Cherbourg on the liner, but ¢ nged | He missed seeing Ch late getting aboard | last night after a visit "> Bristol to look over the airplane works there. Chamberlin flew from Bristol during the evening and went to bed on the |liner and had not reappeared this | morning before Levine left. Woman Flyer Beats Storm. Levine’s main_object at Southamp- ton unpeared to be in connection with an effort to _make an arrangement to London m- | berlin, who was n- proposed transatlantic flight. but, cording to best accounts, foot free. Fraulein Rasche, who - flew from London to Southampton in the fa of a severe storm yesterday after noon, arrived here with her plane and herself in good shape and got the tiny machine crated and ahoard the ship vithin two hours and a half after her arrival Just before sailing, Chamberlin said that he could not definitely sav what his future plans would be until he returned to the United States and saw Giuseppi Bellanca, designer of the Columbia. in which he and Levine made their transatlantic flight to Ger- many. FOG MARS BYRD'S DEPARTURE. He: nd z- ts et m m- n- Commander at Cherbourg. CHERBOURG, France, July 12 (#). —Fog, which kept Comdr. Richard Byrd and his companions from, le Bourget on “their arrival by air from America, rolled down through the zaps in the hills along the Cherbourg he in it- al New | Comdr. Richard E. Byrd and his three | licensed pilot, boarded the Leviathan | his mind this morning and went back } with Fraulein Rasche concerning her | she sailed | Three Companions Await Arrival of | SLUSH COMMITTEE SUT FOR BALLOT BOXES DISMISSED gFederaI District Court Holds| Senate Alone Can Tell if Probe Is Official. | | | | PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY VOTES WERE SOUGHT Existence of Reed Group Doubted in Wilson-Vare Elec- divisions. The " 1 for tion Contest. | e Ry the Associated Pre PHILADELPHIA, Federal District Court Pennsylvania today disn of the Reed Senate committee to com- | pel tha production of ballot boxe | Delaware County for examination in the Vare-Wilson senatorial election | { contest, | Judge Whitak Thompson | dismissing the suit declared that court had no jurisdiction in the and that it was a matter for the |ate to decide whether one of its com | mittees was still in existence. | Obtained Other Boxes. The suit was filed by Jerr s out representing the Senate special com- | mittes investigating campaign ex- penses and the election contest prought by William B. Wilson. Demo | at, against Representative William | . Vare, Republican, who holds a cer-| ificate of election from the Verne | of Pennsylvania. ; The special committee Senator Reed of Missouri | man, sought and obtained possession | jof the ballot boxes of Philadelphia | land Allegheny Counties, When the | committe requested the ballot hoxe {of Dels are County, which adjoins Philadelphia, it met opposition on the | ground that the committee had no official existence King for July The, fo stern ssed the suit by | in the | ase, | sen. acks Reed. Counsel the Delaware County | custodians of the ballot boxes argued that the failure of the Senate to pass la resolution continuing it took from | | the committee any authority to com- | | pel the production of the ballots and other election papers. Senator King of Utah, |the committe rgued that the | Senate was continuing body v that the Reed committee was still in existence, | Judge Thompson said that the members of the Reed committee were asking the court to decide a question | which they would, no doubi, have had «e to the Senate to decide if the | Ser e were in session, and it would | not have occurred to any one IvvJ |invoke the aid of a court t were | not that the Sej (1S, WARNS REBEL CHIEFINNICARACUA | a member of | | recou | | Marine Leader Threatens to Attack Unless Mines Are Evacuated. By the Associated Prees, | ragua, July 12.- | 2 Hatfield, commanding | Maj. G. D. | here, has sent an ultimatum to the | | with men | Kevin Its personnel consists of civil ser When T was first appointed to the prohibition department in September, ! . 1 was a deputy administrator and the administrator of the Philadelphia | | district granted the permits for New Jersey. later The general ternity, ric This is office of he the manufacture of ce and it was then Prohibit Reeves resigned as New the diffienlties of enf < he s writing for T the nd acticle. %% cement, Associated service. Yesterday’s Circ () Means Associated Press. The only evening p‘nper in Washington with the Press news ulation, 98,592 —— | TWO CENTS. 'REEVES TELLS OF GRAFT GAME | IN ISSUING ALCOHOL PERMITS Payments Reach $25000. Pointing to OF AUTO SPEEDER Hcavy Resultant profit. Says Former ion Chief. May 24 ing in 3 her Al Jerses probibition administrator why he quit. he 1s dis and North American Newsp BY IRA L. REEVES. a prohibition adm first of these, about the enforcement division. This Is composed of prohibition agents who make the actual raids and | seizures and whose work is necessarily more spectacular, although not as | important as that of its companion divisien. The second chief unit is the permisstve or permit division, and it is by | far the most important group of a prohibition district. to the granting of permits for the use of alcohol, wine, spirituous liquors | Investigation When Aide Reports Al D inistrator is separated chief whose work the public hears most, is into two All matters pertaining everages are handled by this division. e clerks and of inspectors Real Troubles Begin. my real troubl les began. public having no intimate knowledge of the hootleg fra- | lacks adequate appreciation of their innumerable schemes to | police, orde withdraw liquor, ostensibly for legitimate tises, but in reality to be diverted | stragiht into bootleg channels, |aid in this work They generally find their lawyers of great | VeAPOD. Besides wrestling with these schemes I found that T also had to contend (Continued on Pa age 5, Column 4.) COUNTS SONHED INDHEENS DATH ‘George Plunkett and 10 Oth- ers Accused of Conspiracy, Ending in Murder. By the Asenc DUBLIN, ity to murder Kevin O'Higgins, vice pres e State council, who |perous Hunting Hill dair. dent of the was ass Plunkett, several of being involved in Republican ac- tivities, and the other men -were ar- | rested last night. They were remand- | ment of the posting of the reward, | ¥ sinated Sund: who has ed In custody untjl Mond All protested against being arrested *obviously on what false charge. The names of the other nine arrest- | convinced s follows: William Roe, Michael Fi nnolly, O'Carroll, | Aubrey Hunt and Henry Hunt, ed men were lin Owen ( they called an Frank Ker- tric o'Carroll Reynolds, Brodon ; Joseph Held for Conspiracy. The men are charged wi July ns ing with on pe der, and spiracy in did noon on July 10 at Booterstown ave-| malice aforethought, nue, with and slay Kev 10 u | erime punishable b pu be in h conspir- previous dates to commit a v “to wit, mur- ance of id con; 11 o'clock and ), and nknown rsu tween kill istopher O'Higgins by shooting him with revolvers where- by he wa: Republican sination. that the Or as a serious ally | repudiated responsiblity the ssination | president of the council might have aftermath n i 3 i | disturbances b detachment of United States Marines | disturbances has 4 e rates AATIRCS | filfilled in Dublin, and Ireland gener- | remains calm. mortally wounded.” leaders have publicly for the assas. other hand, f of the od in the happily way ve not been On all sides ex 12.—George Plun- | kett, son of Count George Plunkett,|ward of $1,000, to be paid upon the | was one of 10 men who appeared in | receipt of informati court today charged with conspiring | arrest and con N | been arrested | times previously on charges|the county commissioners held at the of REWARD OFFERED FORMILLS' SLAYER County Posts $1,000, and Gives Description of Man Wanted. | ROCKVILLE, Md., July 'r‘nnbnn( the murdeter of Edward L. Mills, 46 yea t dawn last Thursday morning, was srdered posted today at a meeting of Rockville Courthouse. Simultaneously with the announce- State’s Attorney Robert Peter, jr.. | who recommended the reward, issued |a preparea statement outlining “the type of man” who, the authorities are after five dayvs’ investiza tion, was responsible for murderin Mr. Mills and placing a sensational love confession upon his dead body. Slayer's Description. the authorities are con vinced that the murderer is over 30 s old, that he has the equivalent igh school education and that | he is quite proficient in the operating of a typewriter. In issuing a prepared statement describing the type of man who the authorities believe murdered Mr. Mills, States Attorney Peter said that he believed the public was entitled to this information inasmuch their co-operation is eagerly sought in aid- ing the officials to apprehend the murderer. The text of the statement follow “After consultation with a number of mental experts and experts in typewritten matter, the general con- cen is that the person who wrote the letter found on Mr. Mill's body This was changed two months | 12.—A re- ! leading to the | POLIGENAN SLAYER 1S GITED FOR TRIAL | Maj. Hesse Orders Formal | Charges Filed as Edwards Threatens Inquiry. | | | | | PROSECUTOR STUDIES ACTION FOR HOMICIDE Police Superintendent Orders Full Shooting Unjustified. While today investigation™ shooting to Policeman B day during Mdwin B Sena rsey threa by the Senate into the cath of Larry Hall by R. Camphell early Sun- “speeder” chase, Mal He: superintendent of 1 the trial d, take up the case of Campbell for of his allegedly without justifica- { tion or excuse, and the ¢ rof L ted | States District Attorney Gordon also made r for a preliminary study of a vom the chief prohibition investigator’s office and also from that | the whole case with a view to present- | of the supervisor of beer and alcohol control both in Washington. ing it to the grand jury to seek a hom- icide indictment. Outstanding in the report of In- spector Charles A. lvans, assistant superintendent of police, which influ- enced Maj. Hesse to cite the police man for trial before the pe al board was the positive the lives of Campbell and his police- an companion were not in danger en the shooting occurred. At the time of the shooting,” the Evans report said, “from the evidence produced at the coroner’s inquest the lives of the officers were not in dan- ger, as that period of the chase had passed and they were directly in the r of the fleeting automobile out of nge of being crowded off the road, nd it the orders from headquarters ind the provisions of the manual had |been obeyed this death would not | have oceurred in the manner in which it did.” Formal ( ges Ordered » reading this section of the re- port, . Hesse stated he approved entirely of it and immediately orc the formal charges drawn up which will bring not only Campbell before the trial board on a charge of wron ful use of his weapon, but also Polic man William S. Buchanan, who ac- companied him, and in_whose motor rcle Campbell was riding, contrary to_the recent rule against policemen ! elding in the side cars of motor cycles. District Attorney Gordon being ab- sent, the papers in the case as ol tained from a stenographer at the coroner’s inquest, were being pre- served Acting District Attorney Leo A. Rover today, pending the re- turn of Maj. Gordon tomorrow. Mr. Rover stated that Maj. Gordon would few the transcript of testimony on his return and then pass upon whether ihe case is to he presented to the grand jury for indictment. Branding the slaying of Hall as “the fourth instance of unjustifiable | murder by a police officer in the Dis- | trict within a few months,” Senator | Edwards, minority member of the District committee, in_a letter to Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty demanded to know if death is the | penaity in the District for convie- tion of speeding, being intoxicate¢ or transporting or possessing intoxicat- ing liquor? Holds Slaying Unjustified. “Irrespective of the findings of the coroner's jury,” Senator Edwards de- am’ not satisfied that the | s ustified, and if you po- |lice authorities do not take speedy |and proper action righting the wrong lone, I shall call the matter to the at- ention of the Senate District com- | mittee and ask for a sweeping inves- W f | Ar | | days when stringent economy is the| watchword at Tokio. ] At any rate, the tension that pre- vailed over the week end had disap-| incomplete was over 30 years of age, had the |} equivalent of a high school education, | and was quite proficient in the use | % | parade up Market street to the Civie rict placed | Center for the official reception. Next njured at in line was the luncheon prepared by when reports | the ‘hamber of Commerce, after which tion.” enator IEdw..x Tows: rebel leader, Gen. Sandino, who has | been occupying American mines at San Fernando, to lay down his arms ds shortly after noon, o that when Noville, Acosta and Balchen arrived by motor from Cabourg, the entire sions of horror at the crime and sorrow over the loss of a great states | man bracing the Jerusalem d the dead at 25 and the nd officials fear that ds’ letter in full fol- peared to a large extent today, and | three camps were displaying an earnest good will to arnve =lt‘ some ory solution as, speedily as| Just what will be the American| attitude if the British insist on limit ing to ten the number of 19,000-ton | cruisers has not been divulged. but it is generally believed the American: cannot e agree to this. It has been made clear all along by the representatives of the United States| that their country requires a con-| siderable fleet of the r cruisers hecause of the long distances to be covered without nmaval bases both on | the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Bridgeman Defends Plan. W. C. Bridgeman, first lord of the British alty, reiterated {hat Great Britain had no thouzht of con- 1esting with the United States but_he ¢ that the defense of parity was a different question. 1In | his opinion restriction of the number of 10,000-ton c only would facilitate the drafting o treaty, but would do much to diminich the | danger of war. He added: “And I sincerely hope to God there will never be another war.” A bronzed and hearty admiral Jellico, steamed away from A sador Gibson on the local nine-hole golf course yesterday, negotiating it in a perfect 36. Ambassador Gibson yequired many more strokes. He re fused to divulge how many. OKADA PREDICTS AGR ar] MENT. Jananese Minister of Navy Opposes Expansionist Plans. TOKIO, July 12 (®).—The belief the dele at the tripartite conference at Geneva will he able to avoid a breakdown of the dis cussions was pressed by Admiral Okada, min of the navy, at a cahinet me today. The admiral state that Premier Tanaka yesterday exchanged views with the Ame n and British Am bassado and indicated Japan's ex- treme disapproval of any expansionist program, reiterating her intense de wire for the conclusion of a limitation | axreement, U. S. OFFICIALS HOPEFUL. | | | ¥o Kel lowing a_ visit of Secrefary 28 to the Navy Department yes- terday, admittedly for the purpose of conferring with Secretary Wilbur or the developments st th val lim tions conference in Geneva, it was offeially_denied that any British ntinued on I ' Radio ge 5, Column 1) | | Progr;;-l—’age 28 | damage dome of the Holy Sepulchre | members {until the moonshiner: are received from the outlying pl: | the . { figure. death roll will reach a I the material small b, Jerusalem itself, R extensive. In cupy te which 1} (Continued on Page 3, Column 2, DRY OFFICER SLAIN IN AMBUSH IN HILLS | | Another Wounded by Moonshiners| Defending Still—State Troop- ers Seek Suspects. By the Assaciated Pr WELCH, W. Va. July 12.—One State prohibition officer was killed and another wounded slightly last night when they were ambushed by moonshiners in the hills as. was learned today when reached the scene. Gus J. Simmons, of Beckley was the officer who met death. Sam Lester was wounded. Accompanied by two other officers, Simmons and Lester went into the hills to capture a large still. - Other of the party saved them- selves by dropping to the ground at the first shot and remaining quiet ceased firing. State troopers arrested Clifford Mul- len in connection with the shooting. They are searching for Lee and Wiley Sizemo brothers, who & of ha taken part it a posse ving lon the office Pedestrian H;n'l As Mouse Runs Up Leg of Motorist By the Associated Press. FOND DU LAC, Wis,, July 12 Charles Rawson was threading his way between two parked automo- biles when a mouse ran up the iex of 0. W. Gumz, who was driving by in his machine. Gumz let go of cluteh at the mous rammed into the rear jamming them together and ning Rawson hetween them Rawson suffered a brpken and possibly internal in, the wheel to and his cax ked car pin: leg of Little| | White Oak Creek, Wyoming County m to the retu scheduled for recognition. PLANE PARTS X-RAYE FOR HOP OVER OCEA German Aspirant for Transatlantic Flight Honors Will Start September 1. By the Associated Press BERLIN, July 12 pirant for tra Otto Koennecke, who announced terday_he would be ready to sia from Berlin for San Fran tember 1 of the motor of his Xeorayed to detect po Koennecke's ( metal like most but has a | ible defects. erman wood framework with As the wing area a_proportion of only 1 to 133 I tween the weight of the biplane a) the cargo. ‘Chamberlin had to carry twice t veight of his machiy. he put I am taking less chances." PINEDOTS HONORED. Mussolini’s Birthplace Makes FIl. er Honorary Citizen. ROME, July 12 (P).—The muni { pality of Predappio, birthplace” { Premier Mussolini, has confs orary citi lantic flyer, Pinedo, in thanking t was proud to be birthplace of the ‘n who is le st destiny. BANANA FUMES FATAL. Die in Cellar in Par Rotting Fruit Blamed. PARIS, July 12 (#).—Fumes, tributed to bananas rotting in a cell citizen of t gnificent - pil causged the deaths of three workmen markets today. Another workman, who went into the victims, narrowly in the Paris central cellar to reseu. t escaped being overcome. Firemen worked some hours before (haw eould recover the bodie ing avi- ermany’s as satlantic flight honor co on Sep- t every part e was being Ar plane is not all machines, . he said he must ob- added, redeon- enship upon Col. Francesco De Pinedo, the noted Italian transat- for the honor, said that ling Italy toward her high- roadstead was blotted out to the sky- line Comdr. Byrd was scheduled to ar- rive at 3 pan. by train from Caen, where he went to rescue the log book of the America, whch had been found by Gendarmes near the scene of the wreck and sent to Caen. Plans for any reception to Byrd here were upset when it was understood that he was ill. The only function will be a tea at_the naval aviation station. Byrd will proceed to the Leviathan by launch, accompanying other craft hearing the boxed plane America. They will be escorted by French sailors, who brought the airplane from Ver-sur-Mer. The impossibility of cutting 20 centimeters from the | wings of the America rendered its | transport by rail impossible, the wings being too high to pass under the tunnels on the Krench raiiways. Accordingly. the prefects of two de- partments halted all trafic on the roads from Ver-sur-Mer to Cherbou and sailors loaded the plane on road vehicles. They arrived at Cherbourg without accident. N\ s F FILM MAN FOUND DEAD. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 12 (#).— Police detectives early tod=7 began an investigation into the apparently vio- lent death of Percival L. Linwood, 49, motion picture employe, who was found dead in his home Wwith a 2-inch gash at_the base of the brain. Linwood, who said her hus. hysterical, Police reported they were unable to obtain any information from her. a is be- nd he y- at Kl Ocotal by 8 o'clock of the morn ing of July 14. Gen. Sandine was notified case of his refusal to obey an attack will be made upo joint American and araguan forces. The general was appealed to | in the name of his patriotism to down his arms in order to save the | lives of his soldiers. | Gen. Sandino, who ori was a | leader in the liberal arm. cently lald down its ar operaling the American mines, as ing_taxes mnd maintaining his forces | at San Fernando. He is reported to | a force of 1,000 men und four | machine gun that in the order Gen. Augusto Sandino was reported in a Managua dispatch of July 1 to have seized the American-owned gold mine, San Albino, owned by Charles Butter, who was said to have invested more than $700,000 in the property. Butter requested immediate protection | by the American Government throug American Minister Charles C. Eber- hardt, and then started back to the mine, despite the bhelief that it might | be at the risk of his life. | | | Black Flies to Allahabad. ALLAHABAD, Britisi India, July 12 (®).—Van Lear Black, the Balti more pub’ who on 1 flight in a chartered plane from the | Dutch Kast Indies to Amsterdam, rrived here today at 10:30 o’clock from Caleutta. He will leave for Karachi tomorrow. is a ' ol Child Singer Sues D. he action of the District is preventing a 13- 1d_ child, proclaimed as the musical find of a century,” from earning his living during the Summer months, it was alleged in a_petition filed in the District Supreme Court to- day to compel the District Commis- sioners to issue to Max King, 13 years o011, 1255 Irving street, a permit to sing in local theaters during the Sum- mer months. The petition was filed by his next friend, Herman Becker of 1210 F_ street, through Attorneys Rufus W. Pearson and Kdwin M. Martin. The petition asserts that King is a “boy with urusual musical talent and possesses an extraordinary voice; that he has sung ovefythe radio and at charitable perforg¥nces in and about Arbitrary Commissioners he lot is. at- ar, For Permit to Earn Living in Theaters . C. Commissioners Washington and has been proclai ‘the musical find of the century. The court is told that application for a permit was made to the Com- missioners on June 23 last; that the Commissioners have said that the mattter has heen referred to the di- vector of the department of school at- tendance and work permits, and that the director does not recommend per- | mits for children under 14 to sing at | theaters. The petitioner contends that this authority is vested specially in the Commissioners and that they cannot delegate it. They contend also that the refusal is rary and contrary to Jaw and will deprive the infant of his liberty to find employment and to med henrd, Prof. John testimoi ion nessed it and Prof. M t stricken were mortal. The jury r ful murder demning in cruel Before fo! Lo the nt ; (Continu ceau, of - bronchitis night. that isfactor what Commi; District fe! tober 10, Tax 2conomists work and to follow his calling with- out due process of law. tion alse wi ferences meéd witness lying M W of the tra Th ac, moment minister and lover of his country are|of a typewriter tacNeill was the prin: | 1t wa the inquest today. purely a formal as he wit Al testimony he medi proved that any one of the many body wounds was sufficient to cause de h, id he realized proached the the wounds eill he th: Jury Asks Justice. turned a verdict of will- and added a rider, con- the strongest terms the Inquirer: Rue Franklin this his condition is considered s Assessor William Daniel J. Donovan, Frederick w. crime and trusting that the mur- derers would be brought to justice. the clothed in the habit of Our Lady of hody of the minister, Black Rock to the mansion house in there was aly, g0 umn 7.) CLEMENCEAU BETTER; PASSES GOOD NIGHT | Condition of Former Premier of France Satisfactory, Doctors Inform His Friends. —Georges Clemen- former premier, who is suffer- ing from a cold and a slight attack : an excellent at his home in the morning were told t- passed he 83-year-old states perturbed 3 friends, alarmed by false reports that | he was gravely ill, called at his home. ! He resented being called a s his brother said. D. C. DELEG sterda when man, strict P. Ri L. Beale, Newbold and Dr. Thomas Page. Besides the American assessors and those of Canada affiliated with the Cnagian conference on taxa- present, the two con- simultaneously. ATES NAMED.| |'six Appointed to Tax Conference Scheduled for Toronto. delegates were appointed by the ioners today to represent the at the twentieth national con- :nce on taxation to be held in To- ronto, Canada, the week beginning Oc- hose named are 1 Experts Offer Advice. | Before outlining this gene | seription, ate's Attorney Pet. that he had obtained the advi of | eight mental experts and three or four experts on typewritten matter. While the county commi loners | were deciding upon the posting of the $1,000 reward, Mrs. Edward L. Mills W idow of the murdered dairyman, was | in a nearby office applying for letters of sdministration to the estate of her late husband. Mr Mills spent sev- eral hours at the courthouse. She w accompanied by her pastor, Rev. H. H. Nicholl, and her attorney, Clifford Robertson. In commenting on the case today, State’s Attorney Peter said that the investigating authorities were not at all optimistic over the possibility of apprehending the Mills murderer, but that they by no means had given up hope. Mr. Peter: edge of the investigation had con- vinced him that the murderer of Mr. Mills and the person who wrote the sensational love note are the same person. Baltimore Sleuth Aids. ate’s Attorney Peter said that he xpected to avail himself of the serv- s of Lieut. James Manning, Balti- more crime sleuth, for at least two or three more days. Mr. Peter said that he wanted to make it plain that there was absolutely no friction among the investigators, and that J. Stanley Gingell, former deputy sheriff. en- (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) THUGS TORTURE GIRL IN QUEST FOR PURSE | Wounded Victim Left in Field| When Thieves Fail to Find Money. 1 de said | v the Associated Press. HASTINGS, lowa, July 12.—Mr. d Mrs. Con White, living near rahn, this county, yesterday report- ed an attack upon thelr diug e, Mable, 15, by two masked men, who tortured the girl in an effort to com- pel her to reveal the hiding place of the family purse. The girl was left unconscious in a cornfield, where she was found by her mother, who had been temporarily ab- sent from the house. The girl was | B | | said that his knowl- | one and | | My dear Brr. Commissioner: | “I will sincerely appreciate your furnishing me vitli the following data |and informati .. concerning the slay- of L.rry Hall by Motorcycle Pa- | trolman B Campbell, near the Soldiers' Hom: grounds, ear Sun~ day morni July 10, 1927 1) Detailed report of killing made by Offcer Campbe'l and his immediate superior to ) Name addresses and occupa- tions of occ of the automobile and motorcyele involved. *(3) Detailed account of coroner’s In- uest. “(4) Names of all witnesses to the killing and those who testified at in- “(5) What action. if any, has been or will be taken to punish Officer Camp “f. Rules and resulations of your Police Department governing use of s by policemen. Is death the penalty in the Dis- trict for conviction of speeding, being intoxicated, or transporting or posess | ing intoxicating liquor? | “Irrespective of the findings of the {ecoroner’s jury in the Hall-Campbell murder, I am not satisfied that the slaying was justified and if your police authorities do not take speedy and proper action in righting the wrong done, T shall call the matter to the at- | tention of the Senate District com- mittee and ask for a sweeping inves tigation. Declares It Fourth Instance. “The slaying of young Hall is the fourth instance of unjustifiable mur- der by a police officer in the District within a few months. If a motorist in the Nation’s Cap- ital can be killed in cold blood for speeding, being drunk, transporting or possessing liquor, I believe the Congress should be apprised of the fact so that a small degree of sanity can be injected into the law. When Patrolman Campbell shot Hall, he could have preferred one and only one charge against him—speed- ing. It was not known that the car Hall was driving had been stolen. It was not even known that the occu- pants had been drinking. What conceivable justification was there for this murder of a defenseless man? Hall and his companions were not_armed. “It is alleged that Campbell’s motor- eycle was crowded dangerously near the curbing. If I know the Soldiers’ Home grounds, there is no curbing around it. “It was testified at the inquest that Officer Buchanan was driving the motoreyele and that Officer Campbell was riding in the sidecar. If this testimony be true, Hall's automobile ibly crowded the choked and her legs and body cut and bruised. The men did not obtain anything. and_Campbell