Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1927, Page 2

RUM GLUE PROBED IN MILLS MURDER #Confession” Pinned to Coat Seen as Slayer’s Attempt to Cover Tracks. l Proposes Air Ports Bpeels! Dispatch to ROCKVILLE, Md 10 days of intensive investigation the | authorities conducting arch for | the murderer of Edward L. Mills, 46 years, prosperous Hunting Hill dairy-| man, who was shot to death near h heme at dawn on July 7, have reached the conclusion that “confess pinned to the dead coat was an attempt of the murderer | t0_cover his trail. | Having studied the confession from | every conceivable viewpoint, ~the | authorities are unanimous in the decla- | ration that it could not have been | written by an injured hus had a valid grievance ‘wife's bet er “Liquor” Now Suspected. « With the “confession™ dis @ genuine motive for the muyder the| authorities are centering their investi- | ‘gation on the probability that the murder was committed hy some man who had a “liquor” quarrel with Mr. Mills. Receipt of a letter from Mrs. N Jones of Baltimore advising the au- thorities that she is certain her 18-} year-old son, Willie Jones, farm hand near Hunting Hill, was murdered Jast November, and did not commit &8s was at the time concludex eaused the authorities to invoke a vigorous search for the note which was left by the Jones boy's hody. The note stated that he had de- sired death because he had been liv- ing “an unclean life.” Detective May Return. Weary and discouraged, 1 | James E. Manning, Baltimore detec-| tive, left the murder scene today. It | was stated by States Attorney Robert| Peter, jr., however, that Lieut. Man- ning might return after he has had a rest. The investigation has been taken up with enthusiasm by Ray- mond E. Kennedy, head of a private Baltimore detective bureau. Kennedy ! has some original ideas which he says he 18 confident will result in the solu- tion of the murder. ¥rank Polan, the wandering musi- elan, picked up by the aythorities and questioned in the Mills case as well as in a Washington assault case, was re- | leased from the jail today and was sent to Gallinger Hospital in Wash- ington for mental treatment. It is said that he has been treated before at this hospital. WOMAN PRISONER | RELEASED IN A | Visit of Detective Investigat- i ing Screams Leads to ; Arrest of Two Men, Charges that a woman had been ner for five -days on the oor of the premises at 1449 U ‘were revealed by the police last when two men were formally sed of assault. The woman, who gave her name as Mrs. Elizabeth Tyndall, 35 years old, B street southeast, was rescued night, according to the police, in & raid made after an unidentified woman had called Capt. Walter Emer- n, acting chief of detectives, by lephone and reported that she had screams and saw an ashen face a window while passing the house. informant declared that the wom- had motioned in an unmistakable for assistance. Hear Woman's Appeal. t, Emerson assigned Detective . Charles Warfield of the head- narcotic squad to the case, also called in Sergt, George Lit- of the liquor squad. Martin An- attached to liquor investiga- was sent to the premises, where { he alleges he had no difficrity in pur- ehasing liquor, and that he visited the | third floor and saw a woman Wwho iE i . !!g:g:! I | | i I ] | f | | | i ! | | | derson, tlem, 1] | one to get me out of he: , _A warrant for a raid was sworn out, and on the third floor a woman ‘was discovered who crled out as the police entered, “For God's sake get me out of here.” . James Paul Brown, 25 yeurs old, 7 2151 Oates street northeasi, who, ac- cording to the police, took the wom- | an to the address, and Richard Lusky, , B0 years old, alleged proprietor of the U street address, were arrested. Last night police eharged both of them with assault. * Held for Investigation. The woman was held Friday night for investigation after it had been as- certained at Emergency Hospital that her condition was not serious. At this time she gave her name as Kthel Bvans and said she was a house- kee Yesterday morning, Warfield declares. she told him she had been . taken to the house Monday night at § ! o'clock, and that after taking one drink she lost consciousness and re- membered nothing for several days, coming out of a coma Friday and call- ing for help, She said she had been deprived of her clothing. Later she told Warfield, he declared, that her | eorrect name was Tyndall. Later yesterday Lucky was charged i with sale and illegal possession of i liquor as the resuit of the raid, . '§ AUTO KILLS CADDIE. i | Car Strikes Boy Running to Re- | trieve Ball. | Bpecial Dispateh to The Star. ' ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 16.— | Wwhile Joseph Cocking, 14, a caddie | st the Atlantic City Country Club, was running across the Shore road at Northfleld today to retrieve a golf »-ball, the boy was struck by an auto- | mobile and injured fatally. “He died a | while later in the Atlantic City i Hospltal. Irving Campbell, 38, attorney of | Osks, Pa., who was operating the { automobile, stopped immediately to | attend to the hoy, and then reported | the case to the police. He was re. | leased under §5,000 bail to answer a | echarge of manslaughter. Clarence ! Emory, attorney of Norristown, Pa., | who was riding with Campbell, was | held in $1,000 ball as a material | witness, | POISON TRIAL ABOLISHED. | PARIS, July 18 (®).—“Trial by | poison,” an old tribal custom of ! nch Equatorial Africa, is officially mbolished by a recent decree. Under this system persons accused of crime took poison. If they showed | mo il effects they were considered innocent, If they died they were eonsidered guilty, CHARLES M. UPHAM. WIDE ROADS URGED ALONG AIR ROUTES Ten Aviation Paths, With Airport in Every City, In- cluded in Proposal. Plans to span the United States with 10 air routes, with an airport in every city and a road wide enough to land on under every mile of the routes, are now under way. The program, which has been drawn up by the American Road Builders’ Association, will be presented to the annual good roads congress in Cleveland next January for action, according to an announce- ment by the association yesterday, The plans eall for construetion of airports in cities along the routes of the 10 transcontinental highways now under construction, and also along the 10 north-and-south highways plan- ned hy the association, In addition they call for the widening of roads so that a plane can make a forced landing at any point. This program marks the introduc- tion of aviation into the good roads movement, and at future good roads congresses the subject of alr trans- portation will play a big part, accord- ing to Charles M, Upham, managing director of the association. Mr. Up- ham, who heads the committee spon- soring the air route plan, said that it had already been decided to devote a considerable part of the next congress to discussion of alrways. Holds Roads Indispensible. The recognition of aviation as an important factor in the good roads movement was hastened by the re: cent boom in aviation as a result of the transatlantic and Hawalian flights, Mr. Upham explained. At the sar time, he said, road builders have realized for some time that good roads are as indispensible to aviation as are airports. The increase in air tramsportation will stimulate rather than retard au- tomobile traffic, it was explained, be- cause of the necessity for using auto- mobiles to get to and from the air- ports. Persons who use the air to get from one place to another do so because it is quicker, and what pas- sengers the air takes from the land will come from the rallroads rather than from automobiles. The Road Builders’ Association 18 working on a five-year program of good roads, which calis for the com- pletion of 10 transcontinental and 10 north-and-south highways by the end of the five-year period in 1931. One of the transcontinental routes has heen practically completed and all of them are well under way. Most of them have good roads most of the way, but with stretches of dirt road, and it is these dirt road stretches which the association expects to eliminate. The introduction of the airway fac- tor increases the task. It will be necessary to make much of the high- way several feet wider than had been planned, in order that planes may land safely if forced down, It will also be necessary to use the influence of highway associations to secure the construction of airports in cities along the routes. The Road Builders’ Association works through the State and county highway assoclations, Although pre- liminary steps have already bee: taken to interest the highway tions in the plan, it is hoped that the good roads congress, by actively sponsoring it, will give the impetus needed to insure the completion of the airways with the completion of the roads. Mr. Upham said that a study of present air routes has shown that they closely follow the routes of the transcontinental highways. If the present program is completed air- planes can fly across the country zuided as long as daylight lasts by the narrow ribbon of the road be- neath them. At night they will be guided by the headlights of auto- mobiles. BORAH OR M’ADO0O URGED ON DRY TICKET | Likely Presidential Candidates in 1928, Prohibition Party Chairman Says. By the Associated Press. OAKLAND, Calif., July 16.—8en- ator William E. Borah and William Gibbs McAdoo stand today as likely presidential candidates of the Pro- hibltion party in the 1928 campaign, declared Dr. Leigh Colvin, national chairman of the party, in an address here today. “If the Democratic and Republican parties fail to adhere to hone-dry platforms,” Dr. Colvin said, “the Pro- hibition party will select either Mr. McAdoo or Senator Borah to be its dard bearer,” The speaker sald that the present administration failed to gain the sup- port of the prohibitionists in the com- ing campaign through its reduction of prohibition ~ enforcement budgets for | the sake of economy, | LONDON SHIPPING GAINS. LONDON, July 16 (#).—During the fiscal year just ended the London CRITICISM OF 0. SEEN BY LABORITES Pan-Amzrican Federation to Discuss Nicaragua at Session Tomorrow. Sharp criticlsm of the United Btates’ policy in Nicaragua is expected at the fifth congress of the Pan-American Federation of Labor, which opens hefe tomorrow, The federation, which has taken an active interest in the Nica- raguan and Mexican situations, has ready for presentation to the congress several pleas for aid in the crisis now impending hetween the American forces and those of the Liberals. Associated Press dispatches from Managua Friday sald that Gen. Au- gusto Sandino, who has been oceupy- ing the American mines at San Fer- nando, has refused to lay down his arms in accordance with the ultima- tum of Maj. G. . Hatfleld, command- er of the American Marine forces. Gen. Sandino has 1,000 men under arms, the dispatches said. William Green, president of the Pan- American Federation and of the American Federation of Labor, with which the Pan-American Federation is affiliated, has recelved requests for mediation from two delegates of the Nicaraguan Federation of Labor to the congress, and from Dr. T. 8. Va- cac, representative in the United States of the Liberal government. Mexican Immigration Poser. The labor delegates, Salomon de la Selva and Tranquilino Saenz, explain- ing that they will bring the situation before the congress, urged Green to take immediate action to prevent “what amounts to assassination of fel- fow workers.” Dr. Vaca, referring to Gen. Bandino’s defiance of the ultima- tum, suggests that “perhaps by your mediation these intrepid patriots could be saved.” The Mexican labor situation is also expected to receive detailed attention at the congress, which will inquire into the activities of communistic or- ganization In that country. The Pan- American Federation s aligned against communism, as is the Mexi- can Federation, which at its last eon- vention sent a letter to the Russian envoy at Mexico City inviting her to keep “hands off” the Mexican labor situation, Immigration from Mexico to the United States will be studied by a commission appointed by the Amerl- can and Mexican federations of labor. The commission, which will meet si- multaneously with the congress, will seek & program to eliminate com- plaints on both sides of the border. SHtuation in Argentina. Plans will be made at the congress for organization of federations of labor in all Latin American countries, Prac- tically all the countries now have labor organizations, but many of them are not consistent with the principles of the A F. of L. Special effort will be made to purge these anizations of communism, and it is Hkely that the congress will undertake a publicity campaign, sending speakers into those countries where organizations affill- ated with the federation are not strongly entrenched. The situation in Argentina uzn ticularly acute, There will be no - gate from the Argentine federation, in spite of special efforts made to get one here. The federation, predicting suc- coss for the congress, cabled that shortage of funds made it impossible for a delegate to be sent. At the same time the Soclalist party cabled President Green asking him to secure a “guarantee of safety” from the United States for delegates who would *” as represented by the A. F, of L. President Green cabled back thal t no guarantee was necessary and the delegates would be free to say what they pleased, but so far no word of their arrival has been received, Among the important accomplish- ments of the federation during the past year, according to & report sub- mitted by Vice President Matthew Woll, was the passage at the Pan: American Commerelal Conference of 2 resolution to include in the agenda of tuture conferences the subject of improving the condition of the work- ing classes, Woil was made a dele- gate to the commercial conference at the request of President Green in accordance with a resolution passed at the Mexico City congress of the federation in 1924, It was the first time the American Federation of Labor had a delegate at the conference. 11 Countries Represented. There will be 36 delegates from 11 countries represented at the congress. The first of these are due to arrive today and will include the Mexican, Cuban and Peruvian delegates, In addition to the countries represented, five countries sent messages indorsing the work of the federation. The officers of the fed Willlam Green, presiden Marones, vice president; Ma Woll, treasurer; Chester M, Wright, English language. secretary, and Santiago Iglesias, Spanish language secretary. The delegates are: American Fed- eration of Labor, William Green, Frank Morrieon, Matthew Woll, James Wil son and James P. Noonan; Mexican Federation of Labor, Luls N, Morones, Eduardo Moneda, Canuto Vargas and Samuel O. Yudico; Nicaraguan Fed- eration of Labor, 8alomon de la Selva and Tranquilino Saenz; Panema Fed- eration of Labor Enoch Adames V, Leopoldo Cordero Ayala and Carlos Alfredo de la Guardia; Dominican Fed- eration of Lahor, W, Medrano, jr., and Manuel Pazos; Raflroad Brotherhood of Cuba, Oscar Diaz Perez, Enrique Ferrer Perez and Miguel Angel Del- gado Alonso; Bullding Trad In- dustrial and Agricultural Unions of Cuba, Juan Arevalo; Venezuelan La- hor Union, M. Florez Cabrera, B. Saurez, George Pigeon, Ricardo A. Martinez and Luis Munoz Marin; Ven- ezulean Federation of Labor, Reyes and Pedr o A. Arl Guatemala Federation of Lahor,Manuel Tribouiller, Jose Felix Quintana and Andres H. Morales; Universal Union of. the Peruvian Confederation of Artisans, Luis Roberto Rios Castell; Assembly of United Societies of Peru, Amador Benavides; Colombia Federa- tion of Labor, Eduardo Illera; Free Federation of Workingmen of Porto Rico, Santiago Iglesias, Pedro San Miguel and Blas Oliveras, o FRIEND TO GET ESTATE OF SHERWOOD ALDRICH Last of Three Wills Leaves Resi- due to Ethel M. Sears After Bequest to Mother. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, July 16.—After provid- ing an annuity of $25,500 for his mother, the residue of the estate of BSherwood Aldrich, on the death of the beneficiary, is to go to “my beloved Ethel M. Sears,” according to the terms of the last of three wills which was filed in Surrogate Court today. Aldrich, who died here July 3, was president of the Ray Consolidated Co, Et M. Bears s a port handled more traflic than ever before, the total tonna being 49,- 995,610, compaved to 47,064,000 in 1928. It is estimated that 1,000 ships of all sizes pass Gravesend every 24 hours. London's network of docks, wharves and warehousts spreads For years the French authorities ' ‘:vo tried to stamp out this custom well as other brutal and danger- ‘l ‘Ous practices. ) = over 50 miles of river bank. Virtu- ally 60,000 men are registered as dock workers, . h .vonph‘i Tl\)}. Aldrich o: ne M. ri Riverhead, N, Y. The value of the es- tate was not given. The will refers to his former wife, Jeanette T&ad“ldfllclhzlt from whom he Was separa n but 4is saade to her . . “_”',.“m Prominent offieinls of the District and Maryland attended the formal opening of the new Defense highway, run- nipg from Bladensbu Dougherty, Rear Admiral E. W, Eberle, Rear der, master of ceremonies, Hampton Magruder, James Armstrong John N. Mackall, chair- Maryland. Back row: C. C. Ma to Annapolis yesterday, at Priests Bridge. Left to right, front row; dmiral John Halligen and former Gov. . Magru man of Maryland State Road Commission, and J. A. Walton. REFUSAL BLASTS MINE PEAGE HOPE Ohio Union Rejects Offer of Operators in Hocking Dis- trict to Confer. By the Associated Press, COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 16.—The last hope of any immediate amicable settlement of the coal mine wage controversy in any part of Ohio was blasted today, when miners of the Hocking district refused to meet with operators of the district next Monday in an attempt to agree upon & wage scale for the district. Refusal to participate in the pro- posed joint conference was wired to the wage scale committee of the Hoecking district operators by Oral Daugherty, president of the miners’ union of that district, after con- ferring last night with other sub- district and local mine union officials. The union officials, Daugherty said, voted unanjmously against particl- pating in the proposed Logan con- ference, Daugherty, in his telegram refus- ing to participate in the proposed conference, said he had “no desire or authority” to accept, adding that the miners under his jurisdiction sub- scribe to the proposal for reconven- Miami, Fla., joint wage con- e for the central competitive field, which embraces Ohio, Indiana, II- linois and Western Pennsylvania. Buch a proposal had been made by the Ohio mi union officials last week as a counter to the operators’ ultimatum, that the miners return to work at a scale based on the 1917 wage agreement or the mines would be opened non-union. Operators yes- terday rejected the miners’ proposal for reconvening the Miami Jjoint wage conference. While operators have announced that approximat half a dozen mines will be opened in eastern Ohio next week on a non-unjon basis under the wage scale proposed by them, little or no activity towards opening the mines in other districts has been manifest, according to re- ports from those districts. SURRENDER OF “RUM KING” DELAYED A DAY Arrest of William Dwyer and “Pay-Off” Man Held Up Until Tomorrow. By the Associsted Press. NEW YORK, July 16.—The sur- render of William V., Dwyer, racetrack magnate and former “bootleg king,” and E. C. Crohon, his “pay-off” man, for transportation to Atlanta Peniten- tlary, where both are to serve two years for conspiring to violate the federal prohibition law, was postponed today until Monday by order of Judge Mack. No “prison car” i8 booked as yet to start for Atlanta from the Pennsyl- vania station either today or any day next week. Accordingly Dwyer may start for Atlanta on Monday in the custody - of two deputy marshals, whose expenses as well as his own will be paid by himself. TWO STUDENTS DROWN. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., July 16 (#).—Bamuel W. Ligon, 23, of Pamp- lin, Va., and Clyde W. Eddington, 24, of Knoxville, Tenn., were drowned in Mariaville Lake about 15 miles from here tonight. Both young men were “'test student: ng a year's course at the General Electric Co.'s : | plant her DEFENSE HIGHWAY FORMALLY OPENED WITH CEREMONIES itinued_from First Page. Barracks, infantrymen from the Dis- trict of Columbia Headquarters Com- pany, and bluejackets, only they were clad in Summer ducks, from the re- celving ship Reina Mercedes. Despite the heat the crowd was good natured, out to enjoy itself, Tt resembled a big family reunion, neighbor greeting neighbor and dele- gations from the District mixing with the Marylanders like old friends. Musical Program Given. The band, led by Myer Goldman, played refrains which sounded through the Maryland hills long before auto- mobiles were invented. Miss Gretchen Hood, Washington solofst, sang “Maryland, My Maryland” and “The Star Spangled Banner,” accompanied by the band. Hampton Magruder of Prince Georges County was master of ceremonies. As soon as the speaking at the bridge was over, everybody headed for Annapolis. The procession was led by an escort of Maryland and District motor cycle police and then came Fire Chief George Watson. Maj. Hesse, superintendent of police, was there, too. Right after the passenger cars bearing the offic: came three big busses. One bus bore the banner of the Women's City b, the next car- rled a goodly representation from the Board of Trade and the third bore members of the \Weshington Chamber of Commerce, The streets of the old town were decked in flags, in honor to the vis- itors and the occasion, and the United States Naval Academy Band, seated under the maples in the academy grounds, gave a special concert. 300 Attend Dinner. The National Defense Highway ded- ication dinner was the official title of the meal which was served at Carvel Hall and attended by about 300 peo- ple, hut it was really an old-fashioned Anne Arundel County friend chicken supper. Ridgely P. Melvin of Annapolis, as toastmaster, bade everybody welcome and then Charles W. Smith, mayor of Annapolis, got up and did the same thing. Representative Stepheri W. Gambrill, from the fifth congressional district of Maryland, said that at the next segsion of Congress he plans to rein- troduce his bill, which seeks a $1,000,- 000 appropriation for widening the new highway. Somebody asked why it was parrow, and one of the Mary- landers replied, “So as to make it longer.” E. C. Graham, president of the Board of Trade, visualized a day when the highway will be a 50-foot boule- varde lined with houses. He said it already has made Washington and Annapolis adjacent communities, and that there was a big need for addi- tional entrances to Washington to re- lieve traffic congestion at the District line. Other Washingtonians Speak. Martin A. Leese, president of the ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce, spoke of the highway as a wise in- vestment paying dividends through in- creased business enterprise, and men- tioned the avenue it creates to the shopping _district of Washington. Stanley Horner, _representing the Washington Branch of the American Automobile Association, spoke of the roadway from the stdndpoint of the motorist, tracing its development from a dirt road to the present concrete thoroughfare. James A. Walton of Annapolis, one of the leaders in the movement which made the highway a reality, told of the early plans for the project. Judge Mary O'Toole, the first presi- dent of the Women’s City Club, was at the speakers’ table and so was Rear Admiral Edward W. Eberle, chief of naval operations, and Isaac Gans, former president of the Cham- ber of Commerce. Chaplain W. N. Thomas, United States Navy, pronounced the benedic- tion and Rev. James J. Lynch of Annapolis gave the invocation. After the dinner most of the crowd strolled down to the harbor and watched a display of fireworks. The day closed with a dance at the St. John's College Gymnasium. Only 91 Babies Died of during the intestinal troubles past year. According to the District Health Officer, with 9,306 babies born in the District of Columbia during the year ending June 30, 1927, only 91 died of intestinal troubles within that time, less than one per cent. This shows that our constant endeavors, for many years, to educate Washington mothers in infant feeding, in particular by our pamphlet— The Well-Nourished Baby formerly the Bottle-Fed Baby sent free during the past 6 years to each home where a baby was born, have been effective. The old high babies mortality and the fear of the second Summer so universally dreaded by all mothers in_former years and which was due to ignorant feeding, has totally disappeared. And the babies one nowadays sees on the streets appear to be in good health, with rare exceptions. Bureau of Health Education 1464 Columbia Road Who have paid for the above dullotin (legel notice) Commissioner Proctor L. C. Harrington of SEARCH FOR DEATH RAZOR IS FAILURE Electro-Magnet Fails to Find Instrument Used to Kill Harry Smith. An attempt with an electro-magnet to pick up the knife or razor used Wednesday night by the murdered of Harry Leon Smith to slash Mrs. Mary Agnes Garvin, companion of Smith when he met his death, failed yester- day after police and detectives combed the site of the murder at the New York Avenue Bridge approach for more than two hours. The electro-magnet was obtained from the offic with the police . department trees and parkings. Boy, 14, Is Held. The only things picked up by the magnet were scraps of old iron and other metal, a few railroad spikes and some rusty nails. Police continued to hold Mrs. Gar- vin and her son, Willilam J. Anderson, 14 years old, in custody while the in- vestigation progressed. Thus far the only ciue has been the discovery of Smith’s empty pocket- book not far from the spot where he was murdered and the 30-pound iron paving tamper believed to have been used to inflict the blows which killed him. Believed Without Money. Detectives believe that Smith was without funds when he went to the deserted section near the New York Avenue Bridge. The taxicab driver who brought Smith and Mrs. Garvin there from the southeast section of the city stated that Smith pald his last cent out, he stated at the time, in settling the taxi bill of 85 cents. of public buildings and parks, officials of which cooperated in the effort to pick up another clue in the murder case. A small automobile was used to pull the magnet over the ground where weeds had been cut Friday by District employees from the office of the superintendent of Housewives Plan Gasless Day in Row Over‘Unjust’ Rates By the Assoclated Press. WICHITA, Kans, July 16.—A gasless day in protest to what they term an unjust gas rate will be observed by housewives of Wichita next Tuesday. Fvery housewife has heen urged by the Federation of Women's Clubs to shut off the gas range for the day and serve hot weather meals of cold dishes. A gasless day will be a “dra- matic and defiant gesture of pr test” against the recent rate in- crease, said Mrs. John Maltbie, president of the federation, in an- nouncing the plan. “It will serve the same purpose as the Bosto tea party served in another war for independence,” she added. AQUEDUCTBLASTED, TOWN GETS WATER Los Angeles Line, Heavily Guarded, Damaged—rFull Tanks Prevent Shortage. By the Assoclated P.ess. 1.0S ANGELES, July 16.—Owens Lake today was receiving the water intended for the city of Los Angeles as the result of two more dynamite blasts which last night blew out a sec- tion of the concrete walls of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, forcing the shut- ting off of control gates near Lone Pine, The Los Angeles Bureau of Water and Power said late today that re- pair crews were put to work before dawn today and that the water would be flowing into the aqueduct again late Monday. Control Gates Closed. The first blast, south of Lone Pine, did little damage. The second, north of Independence at the Thebaut gate, wrecked wooden structures and let the water flow into the old Owens River channel and on to Owens Lake. This blast forced closing of the con- trol gates. The dynamitings were the ninth and tenth in a war of Owens Valley ranchers with the city over $3,000,000 reparations for water and land rights. Armed guards, posted by the city on the 200-mile aqueduct, fired rifles into the darkness at the scene of the blasts, but injured no one to their knowledge. Reservoirs Are Full. Storage reservoirs between Los Angeles and the sites of the breaks are full, the water officials report obviating any danger to the city's supply. An organization of Owens Valley ranchers yesterday sent to Gov. Young their refusal of any accept- ance of his settlement plan, by which adjudication in the courts would be sought. They made known their willingness to submit the dispute to arbitration alone. The ranchers claim their property was damaged by the diversion ol water when the aqueduct was con- structed to supply this city GEN, ELY PLEADS FOR PREPAREDNESS Pilgrimage to Unknown’s Tomb Will Be Final Act of Sessions Tomorrow. The case remained at a standstill last night after the fallure of the electro-magnetic search, which detec- tives stated was hampered to some Michael Garvin, sergeant in the U, 8. Army and husband of the woman being held at the house of detention, is under custody of the Bolling Field authori- extent by the uneven grade. ties while the investigation continues. E. Berliner, Sec’y, i [ MAJOR HART, DRY AGENT, IS KILLED Dies Instantly as Cars Col- lide Near puffalo—Noted for Raids. By the Associated Press, BUFFALO, N. Y., July 16.—Major A. Hart, Buffalo dry agent, was instantly killed tonight when the car in which he was riding, collided with another machine on the State highway be- tween here and Rochester. Hart, who had conducted many raids single handed since coming to Buffalo, had been a general agent of the Washington force until July 12 when he was placed under jurisdic- tion of administrator McCampbell. Served in Baltimore. He became a member of the pro- hibition enforcement forces in March, 1923, and had worked in various States and cities. From May, 1924, to August, 1925, he was in Baltimore, where he made a name for himself with his sensational raids. Later he spent_some time in Pennsylvania and New York City. From 1923 until Sep- tember, 1925, he was employed in the Washington division under E. C. Yel- lowley. . Hart was born near Baltimore and joined the Army when he was 17 years old. Noted as Horseman. He saw_service in the Spanish- American War, on the Mexican bor- der, in the Philippines and in the World War. He was rated one of the best horsemen in the Army. He raided more wildcat breweries and stills than any other man in the service, according to Judge Roscoe C. Harper, under whom Hart had worked. . BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band, Marine Barracks, at 4:30 o'clock to- morrow afternoon. March, “Our Gallant Marines,” Overture, “‘Oberon’ “Fifth Nocturne”. ceeas Cornet solo, “Llewellonian,” * Llewellyn Nicholas Cicchese Grand scenes from “Le Cid,” Massene! ‘Opus Weber Clarinet sole, “Concertino, Emil Rada Valse de concert, “The Beautiful Blue " . Tschalkowsky Marines’ hymn, Halls of Monte- zuma.” The Star Spangled Bannen” A plea for preparedness was made last night by Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, commandant of the Army War College, addressing his former com- rades-at-arms at the banquet at the Raleigh Hotel which concluded the eighth annual reunion of the 3d- Marne-Division. A pilgrimage to the tomb of the ‘Unknown, this morning, will mark the official ending of the convention. Adequate peacetime congressional military appropriations were urged by Gen. Ely as premiums for war-time insurance. He cited the 3d Division as an example of preparedness as shown by its brilliant record during the World War despite its high casu- alties because of competent leadership and baptism of fire following thorough training. A silent toast to the war dead of the 3d Division opened the banquet, at which Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dick- man, retired honorary president of the association, presided, and Lieut. Col. E. L. Daly, 6th Engineers, acted as toastmaster. A snake dance in which former members of the 6th Engineers participated was a feature of the eve- ning. Among the famous veterans present was Capt. James H. Gay, 30th Infantry, who with a mere handful of men captured a whole battalion of Germans, for which he was the re- cipient of numerous decorations, in- cluding the rank of Commander, Legion d'Honneur, Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre with Palm. Among those attending the banquet were Maj. Gen. J. N. Nicholson, Lieut. Col. Frank Adams, Maj, T. B, Larkin, chairman of the committee on ar- rangements; Maj. E. C. Kelton, secre- tary-treasurer of the reunion; Maj. W. H. Marble, president of the associa- tion; Lieut. Col. McI. Wolfe, first vice president, and Maj. W. M. Bowers, second vice president. Messages of felicitations were received from Gen. C. P. Summerall, chief of staff; Maj. Gen. P. C, Harries, Brig. Gen. Fred W. Sladen and Brig. Gen. Henry Jervey. DEBUTANTE TO REWED YAFFEE AFTER DIVORCE Mother Quoted as Saying First ‘Wife Is Willing to Grant Freedom. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 16.—The Chicago| Herald and Examiner tonight quoted Mrs. Charles W. Simms of Dayton, Ohio, as stating that her daughter, Miss Charlotte Simms, will remarry Kenyon Anthony Stoddard, also known as Herman Albrecht Yaffee, as soon as he is divorced from his pres- ent wife, Mrs. Edith Widing Yaffee. “Mr. Yaffee's divorce has been ar- ranged and will be granted in two weeks in Portland, Me.,” Mrs. Simms was quoted as saying. She added that his first wife is willing to give him a divoree. A sensation was created in Dayton several months ago when society folks who had been invited to the deb- utante’s wedding learned that she had been married secretly for two months, and this sensation was cli- maxed by the information that the bridegroom had not been divorced from another wife. — Dr. Thomas Dimsdale, for vaccinat- ing the Empress Catherine of Rus- sia received $60,000 and a pension of $2,600 for lifes frac SAPIRO DROPS SUIT; FORD PAYS NOTHING Chicago Attorney Says Re- traction Entirely Satisfies Objective Sought. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 18.—Aaron Sapiro today abandoned his $1,000,000 libel suit again Henry Ford on the an- nouncement that the automobile manufacturer in a second apology had | retracted all personal charges against the Chicago attorney printed in the | Ford-owned weekly, the Dearborn In. pendent, had withdrawn the allega- tion that a Jewish ring sought to ex- ploit the American farmer and had indorsed the principle of co-operative marketing. The exact terms of the settlement | of the libel sult were not announced | for publication, but it was stated by Martin C. Ansorge, former Repre: sentative from New York, and J. K. Ostman, who acted for Ford in the negotiations with Sapiro at Chicago. that “Mr. Sapiro made no demand whatsoever for any compensation for any damages in view of the retrac- tion.” Is Entirely Satisfled. “I got everything I was fighting sald Mr. Sapiro in announcing lement of the suit, “I am entirely sfied.” In the second statement by Ford and the Dearborn Independent, the ame for the allegations against Mr. Sapiro was placed upon Robert Mor- gan of Berkeley. Calif,, who wrote fer the name “Harry Dunn.” “Mr. Henry Ford did not partiei- pate personaily in the publication of the articles and has no personai knowledge of what was said in them," read the statement upon which set- tlement of the protracted lawsuit was hased, “He, of course, deprecates greatly that any facts that were published in a perindical so closely associated with his name in the mind of the public should be untrue.” Explanation of Stories. Without mentioning Morgan's name, this explanation of the publication of the alleged libellous articles was made: ““They were prepared and written by a contributor to the Dearborn In- dependent whose works and writings have in the past appeared in various periodicals in this country. They were accepted at their face value by the Dearborn Publishing Co. “It has since been found that in- present in the articles 1 neous conclu- sions were drawn from these inac- curacies by the writer. “As a result Sapiro may have been injured and reflections cast upon him unjustly, “Such statements as may have re- flected upon Mr. Sapiro’s honor or in- tegrity, impugned his motives or challenged the propriety of his peg- sonal or professional actions a withdrawn. “Likewise the charge that there was a Jewish ring which sought to exploit the American farmer through co-operative associations s with- drawn,” Back Co-operative Marketing. Sapiro has devoted virtually his en- tire professional career to the work of farmers’ co-operative associations, and, it was testified at the first trial of the libel suit, has acted in his legal capacity in the organization of co-operatives virtually throughout the United States and Canada. 3 In the Ford Dearborn Independent recantation he found possibly his greatest satisfaction in this statement: “If the advaneement develop- ment of co-operative marketing has z\tlfl:;;ed by xte?mn t:f the publication ese articles, tl flgl"‘et i % then we sincerely “"'We recognize co-operative market- ing holds promive o!'sub!!lnthlk::- lief to the farmer and grower. T have suffered a_very great loss :’:}rfi‘onr:lllly," said Mr. Sapiro, as he s an; Setlleme’x’n, nounced the terms of the “1 still have my training in the law. however, and T am going o, start ali over again and rebuild.” Holds Ford-Guiltless. He reiterated he felt certai Ford had not been awere of 1o things that had been done in his name and said again that his chief interest in having the automobile manufac- turer take the witness stand at the trial, which resulted in a mistrial when “a Detroit newspaper inter- viewed a woman juror, was to have from Ford himself the statement of lack of knowledge of the details of catiof e n of the offensive “I am very greatly pleased th: have helped a great big man get Heht and that I have helped the Jewish people set themselves properly before the world,” Mr. Sapiro continued. T am gratified further that I have helped co-operative marketing to get general support and indorsement from the leaders of United States.” el Negotiations by Phone. The final phases of the sett! nezotiations \wers carried on hy long: distance telephone with Clifford B. Longley, general counsel for the Ford Interests, and Earl J. Davis, former Assistant United States Attorney Gen- eral, representing Ford and the week- y in Detroit, where Willlam Henry Gallagher spoke for Sapiro, and Mr. Sapiro and Ansorge and Kostman sitting together in Chicago. From Detroit it was announced that Gallagher and Longley had signed papers for the discontinuance of the lawsuit. They wil be filed In Fed- eral ‘District Court at Detroit. The suit was based upon state- ments appearing in a serles of articles published in the Dearborn Inde- pendent in 1926 and 1926. Previously there had been a series of articles concerning the “International Jew.” When Sapiro’s name appeared it was linked with an alleged plan of an international group of Jews to ob- tain control of agriculture. WILL BE FILED TOMORROW. Settlement of Noted Suit to Be Placed Before Judge. _DETROIT, July 16 (®.—A stipula- tion for the discontinuance of Aaron iro's $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford and the Dearborn Inde- pendent will be flled in Federal Dis- trict Court here Monday, and finis will be written to one of the most spectacular lawsuits of recent years. The stipulation was signed shortly before noon today by Willilam Henry Gallagher, chief of counsel for Mr, Sapiro, and by Clifford B. Longley, general counsel for the Ford Motor Co., after an agreement had been reached on the terms of settlement. It was sent immediately to the Fed- eral Court Building, but because neither Judge Arthur J. Tuttle nor Judge Charles C. Simons was there to sign an order of discontinuance, it was returned to Mr. Gallagher's of- fice. — Killel by Pitched Ball. HELENA, Mont., July 16 (®.— Frank Rigler of East Helena died last night in a Helena hospital of in- juries sustained when he was hit on the head By a pitched ball in & twi. light base ball game. His tkull was otwred. e Bt R