Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Local thundershowers tonight and tomorrow; mt quite o warm tonight: orrow. Temperafure— vesterday; low- The only evening in Washington wil Associated Press service. per the news est . 75, at 5 a.m. tod: Full re ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star. * Yesterday’s Circulation, 91,1“ TWO CENTS. ‘SHAKE-UP OF POLIGE - TOEND ROBBERIES | Chief Issues Ultimatum Also Against Promiscuous Use of Firearms. (P Means Associated Press. JULY 14, 1927—SIXTY PAGE Entered as second class matter post office. Washington, D. C. - SWITH HOPS OFF WITH BRONTE FOR HAWAJAN ISLANDS | Delayed Two Hours in Start.‘ by Fog, Flyers’ First Take- | 0Off Fails. THURSDAY, QUESTION GF SITE OFCENTER MARKET - MAY ARISE IN 1528 | | | 30,389. WASHINGTON, D. C, ] | 'Detroit and Chicago Mayors Will Race To Island hy Plane By the Associated Press. DETROIT, July 14—An plane race by Mayor William lale Thompson of Chicago and Mavor John W. Smith of Detroit from their respective cities to Mackinae Island, in northern Michigan, m:y he held on July 24, Gov. I'red W Green of Michizan said todey. T two mayors will make the 1 to attend the annual conterence of governors at the island, According to Gov. Green, Mayor Smi i Detroit an_ hour ter than M#yor Thompson leay Chicago, to allow for the differ in distance. Executives of a score or more States who will be at the island for the conference will Judge the race. Smith will have Paul Strasburg, Detroit flyer, as his pilot, while Mayor Thompson is te travel in a plane owned by M. C. Meigs, rep- resenting a Chi . PRONIED TONIGAT | | | | AMITY 1S KEYNOTE AT PUBLIG SESSION OF GENEVA PARLEY |U. S., British and Japanese| Delegates Express Hope of . Eventual Accord. \Former New Jersey Czar Tells of Huge Offers to Smooth Violations. air- ol Reeves resigned May 25 as New Jersey prohibition administrator. Hix experienties. he diffciltiss of ' enforcement. vy he auir, he i discioxing in o series orariicies he is writing for ‘The Ntar und North Awerican Newspaper Alliance This i the fifth arlicie { Possibility of Inclusion of Jus- | tice Building in Estimates Is Reason. BY IRA L. REEVES. It a prohibition enforcement agent or official serves more than a week | without being accused of accepting bribes, he is licky. i If a bootlegger is in business more than a weck without being “shaken oy e LR AR, T FOR ENTIRE CITY FORCE , ‘ ENGLISH SPOKESMEN DEFEND CRUISER PLEA ACTION BRINGS PROBLEM NEARER THAN EXPECTED FORCED TO MAKE NEW RUN AS PLANE HITS RUT Father and Fiancee of Smith Bid Him Good-by as He Enters Cockpit. | 0 charge of receiving bribes. The blackmailer ‘finds the bootlegger is most helpless prey. During my term of office T directed my efforts as far as possible against the major violators of the prohibition law, such as operators of large com- mercial stills, cutting plants, the larger roadhouses and the more flagrant saloon offenders. I decided upon a policy best and briefly described by my motto, “Hit 'em in the pocketbook!™ No one is in the bootlegging business for fun or his health. The profits | alone r the business alluring, and anything the prohibition enforcement unit ean do to lessen the profits will naturally decrease violations. Every | | action T took, every raid and seizure I made,”was with the one idea of | naking it cost the bootlegger money. I Hattey myself on having been necdless for me to say I never fairly sueccessful. [ personally know |a penny of it. that we nkrupted many of the still The prohibition agents directly un operators and a number of the prin- [der my control were absolutely loya cipal hootlegzers. I believe my seven | to me, I think, and could not be bribe i months in office cost the bootleggers | while I was their leader. I was th~ | force. threatening a shake-up. of New Jersey $6,000,000. Hrst New Jersey administrator to test | While roll call was in progress in the Call Men Loyal. my agents before making any changes | central detective bureau, Maj. Hesse in personnel, and the men I dismissed | appeared unexpectedly and warned Thieves Drill Safe in Drug Store and Get $1,000, Adding to Unsolved Crimes. Commissioners to Report to Con- gress on Location for Stands for Farmess. Bridgeman Urges Agreement on De- stroyers and Submarines if Deadlock Occurs. | | | | Aroused by rol the series of unsolved eries and the promiscuous use of by policemen, Maj. Edwin B, . superintefident of police, today | tssued ultimatum to his entire site for Center a problem to next year Selection of a new Market loomed wday e od when it was strong pos: group of Br the Associated Press, OAKLAND, Calif., ver-winged monoplane land, manned by Pilot Ernest L.| Smith and Navigator Emory B.| Bronte, took off here at 10:40 am. to- | day for a 2,400-mile flight to Hawaii. | The plane left the runway about | SMITH. GENEVA, Switzerland, July 14—1 The plenary s on of the tripartite DS naval conference "today, which had | been looked forward to with much | speculation by observers, came to an negotiations. % On the contrary, all the speeches, Tuly 14.- The sil City of Oak- conside the next an the $30, bility that mates under 000,000 five-year building program include an initial allotment rd the new Department of Justice 4,000 feet from the starting point on | its second take-off attempt, the first | having gone amiss when Smith halted | after veering toward a crowd of spec- | | tators. As it arose slow] v from the ground the escort planes that had been cir- cling about during the delay after the first hop-off fell in behind. Fog Delayed Start, A fog bank in his path off the Gold- en Gate necessitated a wait of two houts, after which he attempted a siart, but a ground loop, which threw his plane to one ‘side of the run caused him to halt rather than ri the possibility of veering into a mass of spectators. The plane was reset for a_start and Smith and his navigator, Emory B. Bronte, stood by while their manager, Capt. Willlam Royle, inspected the plane. - Inspection of the landing gear showed no damage done. Police of- ficers started pushing the crowd far back from the runway. Smith in- spected the plane and climbed into his cabin once more, while Bronte took his place in the navigator's cabin. Flyers Grin at Start. Smith and Bronte, grinning, prom- fsed to “make it this time.” The plane was placed to start farther to the left of the runway than on its first attempted take-off. This was to avoid the rut. The motor was_started again at 10:35 a.m. and Smith raced it for the warm-up. The blocks were removed from the landing gear. i The close proximity of the crowd to the runway had a deal to do with the failure of the plane to take off, Smith said. When he sweryed to the right he had to shut off the motor to avold pulling over nearer to the massed sidelines. Smith’s father ran down the run- way to the point he expected his son to take off. The motor was started at_9:55 am. The crowd ! cheered, Miss ~ Marjorie Brown helped Smith on with flyer's coat and helmet, patted him on the back and Xissed him and bid him good-By. 5,000 at Field. Smith first climbed into the pilot's cabin at 8:56 a.m. and two small cages containing carrier pigeons were shoved into the navigator's cabin. These birds were to be released 200 and 400 miles out to sea and return to their Oak- land cote. Lieuts. Maitland and Hesenberger, Army flyers, arrived about 20 min- Qutes before the time for the hop-off. The crowds cheered them enthusiasti- cally. The Avmy fiyers discussed flying conditions between her and Hawaii with Smith and give him advice as to_the ianding field. Bronte and Smith thanked the Army men for the pointers, The flyers :100k hands and Maitland said: “Well, we're going to see you get over there old men. Good luck.” The crowd was estimated at 5,000 Four Navy planes en route from San Diego to Reno, Nev., were on the field o act as escorts to Smith out over the bay %o the Golden Gate. One by one the escort planes took off from the 7,020-foot runway to mwing about overhead, waiting for Smith to take the air. Smelling Salts Sent For. There was a marked difference in| the attitude of the fiyers today com- pared to their ruffied, uncertain dis-| positions the morning of June X, | when they were rushing arrangements to take off in the wake of the Army | Fokker. i “There is mothing uncertain this time. Everyvthing is in the best con- dition,” Smith said. After Bronte had elimbed into the navigator’'s cabin and ‘was settling himself among his instru- ments, Capt. Royle, flight manager, dispatched @ motor cycle rider to a nearby drug store for a bottle of smell- ing salts, This was done at the sug- | gestion of Lieut. Maitland. who told | Capt. Royle tht he and Lieut. Hegen- | berger experienced difficulty in keeping awake during the middle of the night il and could have made things aid of the salts. enfed to | the flvers by Miss Anna Van Limge and Miss Advilda Benncourt. The i | | | | | acknowledged the gift from their | than life ap: ions in the plane. At the last min- it was revealed that there were four instead of two pigeons in the plane, Two birds were to be carried #ll the way to the Islands and be re- British Open Champion Has 140, Six Under Par, for Two-Day Total. By the Associated Press. . Scotland, July 14.— Bobby Jones played his second round of the British open golf championship in 72, one stroke under par, giving him a total for the two days of 140 and maintaining his lead in defense of the title he holds. e was a stroke over par for the first nine, but clipped | two strokes off coming home. The champion faced the final 36-hole test tomorrow with an advantage of six strokes under par for the classic St. Andrews course. He was five under par with his record-equaling 68 score of vesterday and added another today. Bobby's score of 140 for 36 holes compares with par 146 for two made by the official representatives of the United States, Great Britain and Japan, although they unequivo- cally explained the- varlous positions on the cruiser problem, were distinetly temperate in tenor and breathed a note of hope that the conference would | eventually succeed. British Ask 70 Crui: W. C. Bridgeman, ficst lord of the British admiralty and head of the British delegation, and_Admiral welli- coe insisted that the British need a large number of cruisers with a fied winimum_of 70. Hugh S. Gibson, head of the Amer- jean delegation, insisted upon the necessity of a low tonnage in_ordec to limit the burden of taxation and to prevent naval expansion. Admiral Viscount Ishif, peaking for Tapan, publicly proposed limiting the number of 10,000-ton cruisers to 10 or less for the United States and Great Britain and 7 or less for Japan. Mr. Gibson, after voicing hope of an agreement at the confcrence, sail that the Japanese delegation had ad- vised a_procedure which was substan- rounds. Bobby found when he had completed | his round he was leading the field by | two strokes. B. Hodson | Wales, returned a fine 70 toda coupled with his him a_36-hole total of 1 wood” was in third plac made up of two 725. Mehlhorn Is Eliminated. Bill Mehlhorn was watching Bobby score with intense interest, for it evident that Bobby's 36-hole coun would determine the players to remain for the final competition. When Bobby turned in a total of 140 for 36 holes, Bill was eliminated as he had taken 157 over the same route, more than 15 strokes behind. Jones' game today was almost as spectacular as that of yesterday, al- though he was more uncertain from the tee. He was pulling his drives to- day, but he had not misplaced his put- ting touch. Jones' card: Out .. 544 453 43 in ... 325 444 454—35—T72—68—140 Crowds Trail Champion. Trailed, by all the crowds at the British open golf championship. Bobby Jones started out this afternoon on his_second round of the 72-hole play with his fine 68 of yesterday in sup- port for his bid to recapture the cham- pionship which he won so brilliantly last year. Playing conditions were as nearly perfect as they ever are at St.| Andrews when Bobby teed off. His long drive was 40 yards from the with 144, | —37 ran His putt back was (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) PAIR END LOVE TRYST IN POISON WINE DEATH Bodies Found in Separate Rooms of Lake ‘Cotuge—llusband Is Bitter at Man. the green. By the Associated Press. KVNOSHA, W July 14.—Dead from the quick-acting poison which had been mixed with - jug of wine, the bodies of a man and woman were found in separate rooms of Silver Lake coltage late yesterda One theory is that Mrs. Hazel Van Tatten, 41, wife of a Kenosha auto- mobile worker, and Joseph Conforte, 38, unmarried, pledged a troth to death together in the poisoned wine as a_tragic_sequel to a clandestine. love air which relatives of the womun said hat been going on nearly a A note, written in Italian and s ten and he preferred death rather ten, the husband, Conforte hen he | last night. He said he had known of the affair betw + his wife and Conforte for §2ph was bitter s . leased there. While the crowd and fly- waited for th ival of the smell- ilts four Navy slowly about overhead. | The smelling salts arrived, and was | handed to Smith. The two flyers were | 1o Maj. Livingston Irving of , one of the entrants in the . Dole flight contest, opening 12 My son is going to make it,” said th's father with 2 smile. Miss Ma: Brown of i Francisco, who ed yvest t she and R h would t ma d if he com- vleted the flight, stood near the plane, Weeping. BIRGER JURY COMPLETED. Buccess Attained After Four and Half Days of Effort. RBENTON, 111, July 14 (®), s conapleted today es Birger, Art syland, southern chi with the murder of Joe Adams of West Citr. Fonr and 4 half days were required to ob 11 % e jury and nearly 100 venirc ¥en were examined, —A jury t Newman Tlinois gang Gk for al of < and Tiay xers, planes circled | some time. pin, but his mashie niblick pitch over- |y ! 1| British delegation, was introduced by by Conforte, said that Mrs. Van Tat- | tially in accord with the minimuin cruiser level submitted by the United States, but added that difficulties had risen in finding a common ground he- tween the low level proposed by the Tapanese and the level which would be involved in fulfillment of the naval requirements advocated by Mr. Bridge- man. Explains Task of Parley. Mr. Gibson declared that finding a common ground which would obviate the burden of competitive building was the real task before the confer- ence. He insisted that naval needs are relative and not absolute and de- clared that the United States, did not feel justified in agreeing upon a ton- nage so high that, far from limiting the burden of taxation, would merely sanction naval expansion, The American spokesman said he was_confident that all his colleague: would repudiate with equal vehemenc any sort of conflict between their re. spective countries and that they could safely leave each free in finding the tonnage limitations to build in each class of warships as they see fit. Answering criticism of the alleged position of the United States on the number of 10,000-ton cruisers, Mr, Gibson denied that .American insist- ence upon a large number of these was an obstacle fo the fixation of a new tonnage level. Mr. Gibson denied the allegation that the 10,000-ton cruiser type “was forced upon a reluctant world” by American insistence, asserting that this type was decided upon by a general agreement at Washingtor: and that the United States-only began its construction of them several ter other countries had start- Mr. Bridgeman declared that noth- ing had occuried at the econference which imperils the good relations be- tween the nations represented. Charges Misrepresentation. Mr. Bridgeman said that the Brit- ish delegation had asked for a plenary session because it believed that the atmosphere of the conference was being vitiated by gross misrepresenta- tions of the British case in certain quarters. He declared that some trouble had been caused by Parties who would rejoice at the failure of the conference. Even if no agreement were possible , he declared, it would be worth while to reach an agreement on destroyers and submarines. Accept- ance of the British proposals, he con- tinued, would mean a definite reduc- tion in the offensive power of every type of warship because it reduced their size. He then reiterated fireat Britain’s reasons for her proposals as being based on the British need of a large number of cruisers for the pro- tection of her food supply and over- seas routes. Jeilicoe Defends Cruiser Need. | Before Mr. Bridgeman began his ad- dress, Admiral Jellicoe, member of the Ambasador Gibson, head of the Amer- ican delegation, who presided. Admiral Jellicoe presented a justifi- cation of the British cruiser needs, saying that it was difficult to reduce them in view of the responsibility of the navy to the mother country and (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) | Fight on E_thics of | By-the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, July 14.—Disagree. | ment developed today between twe | prominent members of the Izaak Wal | ton League over the ethics of use | worms as trout bait by President Cool- | idge. I Fred G. Shaw, one-time international fly champion, said he was prevented from broadcasting an address over | WABC last night because he refused | to delete several p: g1 { he upheld the use of worms a The deletion, he said, was equested by Miles Flynn, secretary of the league of education, whom he char ad with “trying to injure President Coolidge among_sportsmen by fulmi- nating inst Mr. Coolidge's use of | worm bait ) 3 | "'In support of his ‘contention he pro- | duced a_letter he said was written to him by Mr. Flynn, in which lhe latter Expert Anglers of Izaak Walton League of | “political bias” | Fishing With Worms | snid: “Inclosed various clippings as to Cal's worm fishing. Note he is now a member of the (Isaac Walton) league. | It 15 up to you member and ac- knowledged “authority on angling to | say just what you think of the worm in this enlightened day.” Commenting on this letter, Mr. Shaw observed that a “‘remarkable phase of the controversy is that Flynn has been a worm fisherman until a com- paratively recent period, but now, k ngel of light, he bursts out ation of the worm as bait.” ] Shaw declared he thinks an- gling with the fly is the noblest sport, | but_would not criticize any one who prefers to use worm bait. “As a mat- ter of fact.” . “a_great majorit f not all, fishermen in the |m Eastern Torrid Wave Likely| to Set Year’s High Here. 25 Reported Dead. | While the heat wave was concen- | trating its force on the eastern por- tion of the count:y, causing the death of 25 persons in the l:=t 21 to 36 hours, Washington was waiting relief this afternoon from what promised to be the highest temperature of the year to date. Compilations made in New York to- day show that a score of persons lost their lives in that city and surround- ing country, while Pennsylvania re- ported the death of five of its citi- zens from (he torrid weat: As in the case of Washington, pre- dictions were for slightly cooler weath- er this evening, but forenoon tempera- tures gave no i"dif"dl!l)n of relief. Likely to Reach 98. Unless clouds intervene between the sun and the District of Columbia, the temperature here this afternoon is likely to reach 98 degrees, or the highest so far this year, Forecaster Mitchell said at noon today. The fore- caster, however, was expecting local thunder showers late this afternoon, which, he said, would aid materially in bringing about a drop in the tempera- ture of enough degrees to constitute “relief.” The prospect of showers tomorrow appeared somewhat bright to the fore- caster. Tomorrow probably will be cloudy, which will go far towards bringing the desired relief. Latest weather bureau advices indicated to- day that a ‘‘cool wave’ reported to be due here after the predicted thunderstorm this afternoon was not as strong as was first reported. “I am not expecting tomorrow to be a eool day,” Mr. Mitchell said. “Neither am 1 expecting a cool spell. It is likely to be between 80 and 85 if it is cloudy, but if the sky is clear the temperature might reach 90. Not Summerless Year. Mr. Mitchell said the aerology flight, made daily by pilots of the Naval Air Station at Anacostia,to an altitude of around 10,000 feet, to de- termine the meteorological conditions of the air above the cit: showed that “it was pretty there.” Other data brought back to carth led him to predict a hot after- noon if no clouds come to the rescue. Even though all signs point to a cooler day tomorrow, the atmosphere probably will be “sticky,” Mr. Mit- chell said, which fact not always prove to be relieving. Summing up his observations, the forecaster de- clared that this will “not be a Sum- merless year” and that Washington is going to have -“normal July and August weather.” A canvass of local hospitals at noon today revealed no deaths from the heat in Washington “NUNGESSER PLANE” IS SEEN BY INDIANS Pair Tell of Touching White Ma- chine in Woods, About 200 Miles From Chicoutimi. CHICOUTIMI, Quebec, July 14.— Another suggestion that the missing French airmen, Nungesser and Coli, may have landed somewhere in this north country has come through a story told by J. A. Gobeil, secretary of the Chicoutimi County Agricultural Society. But in view of the false alarms that threw the parishes of this sparsely inhabited region into a ferment that lasted for several weeks, the new report is being taken cautiously. Mr. Gobeil declares that two In- digns he encountered in the woods a few days ago related that they had not only seen a white airplane, but they had actually touched it back in the woods. When these Indians, named Bacon and Gagnon, were ask- ed to give the location of the white plane, they replied that it lay back in the bush, about a week's march distant. This would place the wreck- age, if such it is, anywhere between 150 and 200 miles north of Chicoutimi. H. W. Smith and L. O'Rellly of New York, screen news men, sought out Bacon and Gagnon and imme- diately left on an expedition to where the Indians say they saw the plane. NEW YORK, July 14 (#).—Ray L. all, editor of Pathe News, declared today he is convinced the Irench flyers, Nungesser and Coli, will be found either dead or alive in the Can- adian wilds. His statement was based on a report from two Pathe photographers, who are following two Indians into the woods north of Chi- coutimi, Quebec, to what their guides believe is the wreckage of an air- plane, D. C. TEACHER SEES POPE. ROME, July 14 (#).—Pope Pius gave a private audience today to Prof. Pat- rick McCormick of the Catholic Uni- |is | Black Hills district of South Dakota angle with a sunken lure.” Radio }rogr;ms—Page S0 versity, Washington, D. C. The Pope showed great interest in the develop- ment of that center of Catholic study and ‘Inquired about the health of. the rector, Mgr. Th'ny J. Shahan. Building, the location of which has ed for the present site of | Center Market. In this case the question of what to be done with Center Market would become A matter for the next Congress to pass upon. Move Felt Remote When the problem of selectinz a new market center was commanding the attention of the city last year, the only urgent phase of the que: wh which are on ground to be tak for the Internal Revenue Buildins. While the future of Center ket was discussed widely at the wame, time, there had heen no Federal build- 1 market and there w a rather general feeling that the mov- ing of Center Mar remote than th Lieut. Col. 17, Grant, ., who went thoroughly into the market ques- tion last Summer as a member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, said today that in his opinion the selection of the Center Market site for the Department of Justice Building would seem to make the future of Center Market a prob- lem for earlier consideration than heretofore has been deemed necessary. Farmers’ Market Status. The situation with respect to a new Farmers' Market is as follo The last Congress declined to authorize an appropriation or to empower the Com- missioners to close a deal for a new location, because of a feeling among members of the Senate District com- mittee that Congress should have a voice in approving the location. An act was passed, however, directing the city heads to recommend a site to the new Congress jn«December. C. W. Kitchen, assistant chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the Department of Agriculture, which bureau has charge of Center Market, said today the department has not taken any official action on the prob- lem of what to do with Center Mar- ket since the Public Buildings' Com- mission announced its approval of tl market square as a site for the De- partment of Justice. Officials of the department were not prepared at this time to discuss the question of what should be done with Center Market, but the probabilities are that when funds are requested of Congress to begin a_Department of Justice building the House and Sen- ate committees will call in the Agri- culture Department officials to express their views. Redft Is Factor. The Department of Agriculture co- operated with District officia in studying the relocation of the Farm- ers’ Market, but no definite policy was laid down as to the removal of Ce ter Market. There we no indica- tions then that Center Market would be taken for any of the first buildings to be erected. While it. is not known definitely at this time that funds to be:in the De- partment of Justice will be included | in the mext estimates to Congress at the coming session, that department is expending approximately $140,000 annually for rented quarters, which may be considered in determining the time when the Justice building should be started. . Farmers' Market Sites. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission. recommended three general localities for the new Farmers’ Market, as follows: In the vicinity of the Eckington ight vards, in the Southwest, near the water front, or a mideity site, which was generaily regarded as in the Vi- cinity of K Street Market. It ‘was looked upon as a possibility today that if the plan to place the Department of Justice on the site of Center Market is adhered to, it may lead to consideration of the future of Center Market at the same time that the Farmers' Market being taken up by the next Congress. When hearings were held at the last session on the Farmers' Market bill, it developed keen rival between the advocates of the different sites, particularly between those favoring Eckington and the water front. WOMEN DEMAND PART IN LINDBERGH GREETING Buffalo Admirers Protest to City Officials, After Hearing Rumor to Exclude Them. By the Asociated Press BUFFALO, N. Y., July 14.—Ths women of this city are up in arms. A report emanated from the City Hall yesterday that because of the demand for reservations, women might not be permitted to attend the dinner to be given to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh on his forthcoming visit here. ‘Within a few hours the City Hall §new full well that women wanted to attend, and probably would. LARGE VIPER KILLED: NAPLES, Italy, July 14 (®—A viper more than 4 feet long and weighing nearly 3 pounds, kil by a Fascist militiaman at an altitude of about 1,500 feet has been received by the laboratory of the University of Naples, from Bracigliano, near Naples, The specimen Is regarded unusual value, since reptiles same species in this district exceed 2 feet in length. of 1 also believe that $300,000 should be added to the $6,000,000 fund of decreased profits to which I referred. For 1 am convinced that at least an- other $500,000 was collected from boot- leggers on the representation that it would be paid to me. I hope it is were let go because they did not pro duce results while serving under me, and not because of reports of thei conduct before I took charge. (ases of attempted bribery are ~(Continued on Page 6, Column 6.) POLICE HOLD TRIO INMURDER INQUIRY Mrs. Garvin, Husband and Son Detained in Slaying of Charles L. Smith. Moving swiftly in the hunt for the slayer of Charles Leon Smith, 38- year-old iron worker of 234 Tenth street southeast, who was beaten to death last night while in company with Mrs. Agnes Garvin of 236% Quincy place northeast, police today | took into custody for investigation Mrs. Garvin, who said the slayer also slashed her; her husband and son. Smith's skull was crushed with a heavy earth tamper, as he lay, ac- cording lo the police report, under the influence of liquor in a clump of weads at the eastern extremity of the New York avenue bridge on the line of Third street northeast, where he had been taken by Mrs. Garvin for the purpose of being revived be- fore going home. Husband and Son Held. J. Anderson, 14-year old son rs. vin by a former marriage, being held at the House of De- tention, while police checked his story of his movements last night. Michael Garvin, b r-old husband of the woman, is being held ‘for investigation at the ninth precinct. He alleges he home the entire evening. A Garvin, cut_across the stom- ach, is in Casualty Hospital under po- lice guard. Police learned of trouble at the scene last night from J. E. Ball, rail- road employe in the yards nearby, who notified the ninth precinct of g a_woman's screams. Responding, Lieut. Lauten and po- lice of the ninth precinct discovered mith in an unconscious condition cuts on her abdomen, just off the projected line of New York avenue ss the bridge in a clump of weeds. h were taken to Casualty Hospital, was pronounced dead. His body removed to the morgue, The headquarters ‘“‘murder squad" took up the investigation at an early hour this morning. Woman Tells Story. Detectives interviewed Mrs. Garvin. She stated that she and Smith were together as early as 7 o'clock last night, when Smith was under the in- fluence of intoxicants, and they de- cided to go to the New York Avenue Bridge site, near the Patterson tract, 50 as to revive Smith before he went home, where he lived with his mother. Shortly after 7 o'clock, at the office of the watchman of the District as- phalt plant, which is at the entrance to the unused roadway of New York avenue extended, she telephoned to her son, William, for a blanket which could be spread on the ground. Wil- liam came to the watchman's shack, where Edgar Vincent, 76 years old; was on duty, and informed his mother he could not get the blanket. Later he went back to the home, which is only a few blocks away, and got the blanket, leaving it with them, accord- ing to the story obtained by the investigators — Detectives Waldron, (Continued on Page 3, Column 4) TAKES O’HIGGINS’ POSTS. President of Free Ete Assumes Duties of Slain Official. DUBLIN, July 14 (®).—President Cosgrave announced in the Dail today that he would act for the present as minister of justice and miniter of external affairs, posts held by Kevin O'Higgins, who was assassi- nated Sunday. Ernest BI; succeeds Mr. dent of the B where Smith, he, minister of finance, O'fliggins as vice presi- ee State Council. | and Mrs. Garvin suffering from the | COLE DROPS SUIT AGAINST MINISTER Engineer Accused by Dr. Pierce Will Leave City as Charges Are Withdrawn. The $30.000 libel suit of Howard T. Cole, Shipping Board engineer, against Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor of First Congregational Church, ended today with the filing in the District Supreme Court of an order of Cole's attorneys directing that the case be unconditionally dis- missed, The settlement was brought | about by Dr. Pierce's withdrawal of | charges of moral turpitude when Cole is said to have declared be wanted to leave Washington. Cole was to leave for Boston today. At the same time Frank J. Hogan, counsel for Dr. Pierce, denounced statements made by Cole and pub- lished in a morning newspaper fo- day with a copy of the pastor’s letter to Gen. A. C. Dalton, president of the violation of an understanding reach- ed by all persons concerned.” Dr. Pierce, Hogan said, agreed to with- draw the charges so that Cole might be transferred to Boston on his own request, thus bringing about the pastor's objective, the removal of Cole from this city. Denies Financial Settlement. Hogan emphaticelly denled that there was any financial settlement or that the pastor had retracted his charges. Costs of the case were paid by Cole, Hogan said. The suit grew out of memoranda filed with Gen. Dalton on April 2 and May 10, in which Dr. Pierce asked for the dismissal of Cole for his reputed association with a woman who is a member of Dr. Pierce’s congregation The name of the woman was with held from all memoranda in the case. The libel suit was filed May 16, The agreement which brought about its settlement was reached June 8, be- fore Dr. Pierce left for a vacation in Europe. Hogan's statement in full follows: “The publication in a morning newspaper of a_copy of a letter ad- dressed by Dr. Plerce to Gen. Dalton, president of the Lmergency Fleet Corporation of the Shipping Board, on July 2, and of statements made regarding , that_letter and the suit filed May 16, 1927, by Howard T. Cole against Dr. Plerce, constitutes a viola- tion of an understanding reached by all persons concerned and makes proper at this time a statement of the facts. I must acquit Messrs. Rufus W. Pearson and Edwin M. Martin, Cole’s attorneys, and Gen. Dalton of any suggestions of a_violation of the (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) LINDBERGH 'I:O TOUR CITIES WITHOUT FIELDS Will Make Side Trips by Train ‘While on Air Journey to 48 States. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, July 14.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s national tour, which will carry him into every State in the Union, in the interest of avia- tion, will be augmented to include trips by rail to a number of cities without landing field facilities, Earl C. Thompson, one of the flyer's back- ers, has announced. “Lindbergh feels the greatest serv- ice he can render the cafke of avia- tion,” Thompson said, *“is to visit cities which have no landing fields and urge that they take steps to af-| ford them.” The itinerary of the trips by rail has been worked out. Is Seized b By the Associated Pre £ SEATTLE, Wash,, July 14.—Five men were held in Seattle and San Francisco today in connection with the sefzure of smoking opium declared \to be worth $3,000,000 at “street ped- dlers’ * prices. The arrests .climax a two-year in- vestigation by Federal narcotics -of- ficers, who describe the case as one of the largest in ths history of their efforts. to suppress smuggling on the 7acific Coast. 'The agents announced that three of the men admitted divers wur; used to lum Five Held After $3.000,000 in Opium y U. S. Agepts on West Coast Those held here in lieu of $25,000 bail each include Alex Fogel, a room- ing house proprietor; James H. Sadler, a diver, and Harold Opsal, Sadler’s brother-in-law and assistant. The Identity of a fourth man, arrested in Seattle, was not disclosed. In the meantimé, Quock Woo, a Chinese, was held in San Francisco, Harry Willlamson, Federal narcotic chief here, announced. The Chinese was arrested after he was alleged to have claimed 200 tins of opium shipped from Seattle on the steam- | ship Kmma Alexander. In a series of raids here 983 tins of opium were said to have been found. ost of it was in Fogel's home, the narcotics officers reported. | Emergency Fleet Corporation, as “a| the detectives that unless more crimes |are solved a shakeup likely would be made in the personnel. Returning to his own office, he prepared to issue an order calling upon every member of the department to undergo an in- tensive perlod of revolver practice. “There are some nice long streets you fellows can pound if you don't Zet busy and find the crooks who are robbing the stores of Washington,” Maj. Hesse told the detectives. “I don't care whether the job is a big one or a small one. It's the duty of the Police Department to find the crooks.” | | Plans Target Practice. j. Hesse sald he planned to teach member of. the police force to { shoot straight and otherwise demon- | strate their_proficiency in handling a revolver. The target practice will start as soon as Summer inspections are_completed. The order directing the policemen to undergo another period of revolver practice was provoked by the fatal shooting early Sunday of Larry Hail by Policeman Benjamin R. Campbell of the tenth precinet. | Maj. Hesse made a thorough Inves- | tigation of this case, and has submit- {ted to Commissioner Proctor L. | Dougherty a comprehensive report in answer to questions raised by Senator Edwards of New Jersey. in a com- plaint he made to the Commissioners in® connection “with the shooting of Hall. : A safe robhery at O'Donnell’s dryg store, 1405#H street, last night w's added to the list of unsolved store and safe robberies of the past few weeks. Get $1,000 in Cash. Gaining _entrance fHrough & obp |light in thie second floor roof, the | thieves rol the safe of nearly $1,000 in_cash;, leaving undisturbed a number of checks and the store’s stock {of drugs. The robbery was discovered shortly before 7:30 o'clock by Guy H. Brigge, day-shift manager. who, with C. E. | Hall, pharmacist, was the first em- ploye to reach the store for the day's business. Going behind the drug cases in the prescription department at the rear of the store, Mr. Briggs found the safe, torn from its moor- ings beneath the drug shelves, lying in the middle of the floor with its door ripped open. Calling to Mr. Hall, who had not vet left the front of the store, the manager telephoned the police. Opened by Drilling. Detectives Walsh and Mansfield, the first to arrive, discovered the broken skylight on the second floor, through which the thieves had en- tered the store by way of the stock- rooms above. A complete examina- tion of the safe by Detectives Carl- ton Talley and L. M. Wilson and Fred Sandberg, police fingerprint expert, revealed that the safe had been open- ed by duilling a small hole in the lower corner of the door and prying o ‘th? lu;:ht metal sheathing which otects the combinati m«(’)chanlsm. ion and locking nce that opening had been made, it was a simple matter f o larg to unlock the door . ¢ > Work of Experts. Police declared the entry int store and subsequent opefing ol; :2: safe was the work of expert cracks- men. There is little in the robbery of O'Donnell’s store to suggest lheyhur- glary of Kafka's store sometime Tues- day night, when garments, valued at $4,000 were stolen, and police do not believe the two robberies were com- mitted by the same thieves. A 'hasty audit of the O'Donnell store’s books by a company account- ant this morning showed that the total loss will not exceed $1,000. The stolen moey .was that which had been placed in the safe after its re- moval from the several cash registers 1t closing time last ight and represent- ed one day's receipts and stock change. Mr. Briggs sald this morn- ing that last night’s burglary was the second robbery to be committed in that store in three years. PROGRAM IS COMPLETED FOR PACIFIC INSTITUTE Plans for Various Sessions at Hono- lulu Outlined—United States Has Largest Delegation. By the Associated Pres HONOLULU, July 14.—Arrange- ments for the formal opening of the Second Institute of Pacific Relations here tomorrow were completell today as plans for the various sessions were outlined. The press committee voted to have ali round-table discussions at evening forums, which are to be in the na- ture of executive sessions. Afternoon meetings will be open to press and public. The United States leads in number of delegates present with 43. Japan has 17, Canada, 16; Hawail, 15; Chin: 14; Great Britain, 12; Australia, New Zealand, 4, and the Philippine: 3. There are 4 “non-member” observ- ers—3 from the League of Nations and 1 from Korea. Damaged Cutter Saved. HALIFAX, N. 8., July 11 ().—The Canadian government revenia cutter Margaret, which was reporied sinking vesterday, has arrived at Amherst, Magdaléne Islands, in of steamer Lingan. °