Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (D. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy, probably thunder- showers this afternoon o @ight; to- morrow fair with moderate tempera- ture. Temperature: Highest, 90, at § sterday: lowest, 72, at 5 a.m, ull report on page 9. The only eveni in Washington nw'l {I: Associated Press news service. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Foening Star. i Yesterday’s Circulation, 97,449 WASHINGTON,- D. C, TWO CENTS. U. 5. CONSULATE EPIDEMIC FEARED AT OCOTAL AFTER -~ MARINE VICTORY | Bodies of 300 Slain Rebels Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 n«-l 11 Entered_as second class matte; post office, Washington, D. C. ~ BRITISH DELEGMESEMANY UNLICENSED DOCTORS ALLOWED TO PRACTICE HERE TORETURNHONETO v Pemic Discsing snd Tt o BONBEDINNIEE; GET CABINET VWS ™R, Sumgesns Rt 1 U~ DAMAGE SLIGHT Leave for London Tonight: Sacco-Vanzetti Backers Be- JULY 19, 1927—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. UP) Means Associated Press. o. 30,394, UESDAY, K first of siv articles dealing 1w0ith conditions in Wash- se upon 12e human Body and diagnose human NOTE: This in ingron which 2l ayyhody in proc “that the harmonious spirit prevailing Announcement Causes Sen- sation at Geneva. GIBSON MORE HOPEFUL ug he docs no. The second ar Viness—prot title of M. D. BY BEN Mc! “Health for Sale! Put out such a sign, and what a waiting line there would be! {lame, the halt, the blind; young men and women stricken down and laid | “HUNGER STRIKE” ENTERS OF NAVAL AGREEMENT | 2side b¥ | clutching feebly at the tiniest straw something gone wrong; old | sweetness of life that years of disea Beginning to See Light, Says Amer- | children held in the arms of parents whose faces tell a tragic story of hopes ?Doctor Says Condemned Men Can| ican Representative—Har- mony Prevails. e Associated Press SVA, on was caused heve la the official announcement Cecil, member of the Brit- ish delegation to the tripartite naval conference, will return to London to- night and W. C. Bridgeman, head of the British delegation, tomorrow for the purpose of consulting With the Rritish cabinet and elucidating the British position at the naval con- ference. Capt. Edgerton of the British dele- gation also will return instead of Ad- miral Field, who is ill. The journey to England will mean several days’ suspension of the maval! conference. ! The British declined any further statement except to say that the re- mainder of the delegation will stay on in Geneva. It is believed here that the London' eonsultation was considered necessary because of the seriousness with which the British representatives view the| problem of the size of seconda cruisers and the caliber of their arma- | ment. Switzerland, July 19— Gibson More Optimistic. The American delegation is con- fending for the right to build large- | size secondary cruisers capable of porting 8-inch guns, British are opposed. “We are more optimistic now_than we have been for some days,” Hugh S. Gibson, chief American delegate to the tripartite naval conference, de- clared after a conference this morning between the six principal delegates. “The discussions are continuing in 2 most cheerful and friendly atmos- phere.” added Mr. Gibson. “We are beginning to see some light ahead.” Mr. Gibson, however, indicated that | this morning’s deliberations, which were devoted to the broader phases of the cruiser problem as a whole, would have to be followed by several other sessions of the “Big Six” and 1p- today did not necessarily signify rapid | progress in concluding the work of | the conference. | The American delegate stated "‘a‘i there would be no meeting of the executive committes of the confer- ence for three or four days. This in- dicates that there is little likelihood of another public plenary session of the conference before next week. Obsoleteness Discussed. The question of defining the ohso- leteness of cruisers—determining what #hips shall be counted as active units and included in the total tonnage limi- tation of surface craft—appears to have formed the subject of today’s discussion. Replying to a question as to wheth- er agreement was in sight on the number of 10,000-ton cruisers, carry- ing 8-inch guns, to which each of the three powers would be entitled, M:. Gibson said that that problem had not vet come officially before the con- ferees and that it would be some time before it was reached. One indication that there was some progress to report was the decision of the American delegation to receive | representatives of the world press t afternoon, these meetings having bee; suspended several days ago. After the conference, Mr. Gibson had a busy day ahead of him in con- | sultation with the technical experts. Tentative Accord Reported. Twelve 10,000-ton cruisers for the | United States, 12 for Great Britian | and eight for Japan—such is the | tentative agreement reported to have | heen reached yesterday at a private | meeting of the chief delegates. Now that Great Britain has come down “handsomely,” as one observer put it, in total tonnage figures and met the American views in this re- spect, the outstanding problem to he solyved is the size of the smaller crusiers and the size of the guns to be mounted on these. The British spokesman said last night that it would be exceedingly dif- ficult for Great Britain to obtain even the reduced number of cruisers, as now proposed, unless the Americans and Japanese agreed to lessen the displacement in the second category of cruisers and restrict the guns to 6 inches. But the Americans may even ask the right to have the maximum of the mecond category placed at 8,000 tons, instead of keeping it at 7,500, which represents the indefinite tonnage of the Omaha class of cruisers. The British tendency is to restrict the size 10 6,000 tons, and to keep S-inch guns off ihe seas unless they are instalied | on 10,000-ton cruisers. | The American delegates apparently are aiming to convince the British that the American Navy, whatever guns are carried, is not built against Great Britain, and that because of close Anglo-American friendship there | can be no justification for apprehen- wion. NEW ALLIANCES MAY RESULT. Changes in World Alignments Seen by European Nations. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and the Chicago D: - Wowse Copyrient, Sogy. 2e0 Daily GENEVA, July 19.-—Continental countries, particularly France, Italy, Germany and Russia, are watching the Geneva naval conference with in- tense interest. All see therein political events of the utmost importance. The result, it is thought, may even be a change in world political alignments. On the one hand, it is believed both Japan and Great Britain regret the dissolution of their alliance at the re. | paths, dieticians | | proposed that the cruiser tonnage for | | erushed out. “Health for Sale!" What riches he would amass whe kingdoms, and hearts, and souls, all his And how tender he must be, how o “health for sale.” who give him their mend if he can. Unlicensed prescribe medicine, use /e will appear in tomorrow’s Star. but who broken hodies and the knite. or assume the KELWAY. The men and women, bent and broken, se and suffering have swept away; v could sell it—jewels, and gold, and for the asking. skilled—this man who careful, how takes in his care those who suffer, that might let them taste again the | lieved Responsible for Blast on French Soil. THIRD DAY IN BOSTON Live But 10 Days if They Refuse to Drink. By the Associated Prese. NICE, France, July 19.-A broken hopes and broken minds 10 | was exploded today in front of the Doctors. In Washington the plumber who calls to diagnose and treat a clogged water pipe must be a licensed plumber. must be licensed, and his food kept to The man who operates a restaurant standards, subject to inspection. The barber shop and the soda fountain must comply with certain regulations designed to guard their patrons. But in Washington the telephone directory who are permitted to treat the human body without = some 300 tion, without inspection, without any standard by which their skill may be measured. In Washington the motorist who that privilege if he is color blind and red and which is green. But in Washington approximately electro-therapists, pl drives an automobile i deprived of thereby unable to tell which sign is 300 chiropractors, osteopaths, naturo- hysiotherapi: drugless physicians, iridologists, and a host of other *ologists” are permitted to set up offices, put the title “doctor” before their names, and advertise to treat and cure the human body of all imaginable ills—and this without an examination to determine whether they are capable of spelling ‘cat,” “rat” or “hat,” not to mention more difficult words of two In Washington a man must be lic engine, But in Washington any Tom, Dic | himself a “doctor,” diagnose illness and treat the human body | manner he chooses, so long as he does not prescribe medicine or use the | knife. | Medical Practice R syllables. ensed before he can operate a steam k and Harry who wants to can call in any estrictions Strict. In Washington a man who has spent at least two vears in college and to which the|four years in a medical school, and who has successful subjects must first pass a rigid examination by a board of medical examiners and serve an apprenticeship as an interne before he is permitted to hang out his shingle and proclaim himself an M. D. But in Washington the former st chiropractic, iridology, or any of the ot! call himself a “doctor, completed his reet cleaner who applies himself for two days or two years, two minutes or two hours, to the study of osteopathy, her methods of drugless healing, may whether or not he has a diploma to show for it, (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) NAVAL PACT BASIS HELDBLOWTOU.S. i Tentative Agreement Would Give Britain 8-Year Start on Replacements. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ) The provisional agreement between | the British and the Japanese at the Geneva three-power naval conference, by which the United States and Great | Britain each is to have a total ton- nage of 500,000 tons in cruisers and destroyers, and an additional 125,000 tons of cruisers in a special reserve or obsolete class, is regarded here as unfair to the United States. | On the surface, the 500,000 total | tonnage for cruisers and destroyers | approximates the original proposal of | the American delegation. As such it | hould be satisfactory. The Americans | the United States and Great Britain should be from 250,000 to 300.000 tons, and the destroyer tonnage should be 200,000 to 250,000 tons. But the proposal now put for- ward in the British-Japanese tentative agreement provides that in addition to the 300,000 tons of cruisers per- mitted the United States and Great | Britain, each of these countries would be allowed an additional 125,000 tons of cruisers over the proposed 16-year age limit. British Beneflts Seen. The British would benefit greatly by any such arrangement. All of her cruisers have been completed since 1911. They are fast and fairly modern. They have considerable “life” remain- | ing. The United States, on the other hand, outside of the 7,500-ton cruisers, of which the number is limited, has only old and slow cruisers, which are now obsolete, built between the years| 1894 and 1908. The British, it is found on exami- nation of the records, could transfer seven cruisers of the Champion class completed in 1915 to this special addi- tional class in 1931 and could at once lay down a replacement program for the so-called active navy. But these vessels of the Champion class would still be of value from a military point of view. In the year 1932, the British could similarly transfer six vessels of the Concord class, completed in 1915, 1o this special class and lay down new tonnage. In successive years, the Brit- h could transfer many of their cruis- ers and lay down new building up an efficient reserve class. 01d U. S. Cruisers Obsolete. The United States, on the other hand, having no cruisers correspond- ing to the classes of British ships, to which reference has been made, would be in the position of retaining 125,000 tons of old and obsolete (Continued on Page 5, Column 5) The right for a wife to bob her hal® despite protests of her husband was upheld by Judge Robert E. Mattingly in Police Court today when he sen- tenced Grover L. Carr of 248 Third | street to six months in jail when the | wife testified that she was spanked quest of the United States six years |after her hair-cutting venture, mago, and now are seeking a rap Mre. Clyde L. Carr told the court prochement. This belief is considered | that when she returned home with her 1o be substantiated by the relative ease with which the British and Jap- ocks shorn, her husband flew into a rage, grabbed her by her remaining anese delegations at Geneva were (Continued on Page 3. Columna %) tresses and violently paddled her with the palm of his hand. The husband admitted meting out! UNION WITH BERLIN SEEN BY AUSTRIAN Minister of Trade, Discussing Situation, Says Merger Inevitable. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio {o The Star and the Chic: Nows.” ‘Copyright, 1937 ¢ Daily VIENNA, July 19 (By Courier to Berlin).—"“The Austrian government refuses all negotiations with the Sociai Democratic party and declines anyv political changes under the whip of terrorism, especially as it has been proved that the Social Democratic leaders have lost all control of the masses. The cabinet will remain as it is until Parliament meets, when the entire question can be d led. The cabinet must remain, because it was constitutionally placed in power, and it will maintain order at any cost.” Thus spoke Minister of Trade Josepf Schurf, when he received the corre- spondent in the cabinet council room of the famous chancellery on the Ball Platz,_where the Serbian ultimatum (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) 'WEDDING TOURISTS SOUGHT IN KILLING Polioe Believe Fatal Ride Resulted in Death of Two Persons. By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, July 19.—Two men and a woman, who hired a taxicab Sunday for what one of them said was to be a short wedding tour into the United States, were being sought by police today as the slayers of Adelard Bouchard, 40, the taxi driver. Bouchard’s body, with a bullet wound_through the neck, was found yesterday in a ditch about 3 miles from Huntington. His machine was found later in this city bullet ridden and blood stained. Three hundred dollars that Bouchard had in his pockets was missing. Possibility that the woman in th party also was killed was seen hy police in the finding of a woman's shoes, stockings and hlood-stained clothing a few miles from where Bouchard’'s body was discovered. That the two missing men and the woman reached the border was Vi tually established by immigration in- spectors at Trout River, N. Y., who id they refused them admittance ba. cause of false statements. Police be- lieve the party then started back for Montreal. Husband Spanks Wife for Hair Bobbing And Gets Six-Month Jail Sentence the punishment, and called his wife's father to the witness stand, whose tes- timony showed that he did not believe in bobbed hair either. “I see no excuse,” Judge Mattingly remarked. “My wife hobbed her hair without my knowledge, but I did not get into Police Court over it. What shall I do with your husband?” “I want him severely punished,” the }\-i(! replied. “He has beaten me be- ore."” x months straight”” the court ruled, “for an unwarranted -assault.” Radio Program—Page 22 icense, without examina- | | sulate is located. | | in which the No one was hurt and only slight damage was done. The police started an investigation. Consular officials today expressed the helief that the hombing was the work of someona who wished to make building “doctors” | a demonstration in behalf of Nicolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzett! with- out actually causing bloodshed. Windows Are Broken. Nearly every window was broken in the consulate, but there was no ! other damage. | | | | afternoon that the consulate has re ceived many threatening letters re- cently concerning the Sacco-Van- zetti case and had asked police pro- tection. Lately officials have been disturbed nearly every night hy the frequent ringing of their- doorbells, although no one was visible when the bell was answered. French officials called early upon the consulate to express regret for the in- cident and promised every effort to arrest those responsible. The consu- late was heavily guarded today, with a force of police keeping the crowds in the street moving. Other Bombings Recalled. Presumably the bomb was exploded by sympathizers with Sacco and Van- zetts, as there have been similar oc- currences abroad since these twn radi- cals were convicted in Massachusetts of murder. American Government buildings in Paris, Sofia, Lisbon, Buenos Aires and Montevideo previously have been bombed or threatened by sympathizers of the condemned men. In several instances buildings were damaged, but there has been no Ameri- can loss of life. Last Summer, the State Department advised American diplomatic repre- sentatives to take adequate precau- tions against demonstrations by sym- | pathizers of the two men. HUNGER STRIKE SCOUTED. Prison Officials Ascribe Fast Recent Hot Weather. BOSTON, July 19 (#).—The volun- tary abstinence from food of Micola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti today entered its third day with State prison officials still inclined to attrib- ute their fast to hot weather rather than to admit the condemned men were actually on a hunger strike. Vanzetti continues to sip coffee and to refuse other food, while Sacco has declined everything. Both men, how- ever, have running water in their cells. Dr. Edmund V. Wilson, assistant superintendent of the City Hospital, said that if the men drink no water they could not live longer than 10 days. Their seven years' imprison- ment since their arrest in 1920 for the slaying of a paymaster and guard, and their continued incarceration throughout the fight which has been waged to overturn the verdict of the trial jury, has greatly weakened them, he believed. Former Fast Broken. The question of forcible feeding has not yvet heen considered by Warden Hendry, but he has-been given full authority hy Sanford Bates, State commissioner of corrections, to deal with any situation that may arise. In 1923, while awaiting disposition of motions for a new trial, Sacco con- ducted a hunger strike for more than @ month, but desisted after being forcibly fed. _Gov. Alvan T. Fuller and his spe- cial advisory committee are pushing their review of the celebrated case. The committee had before it today a request from William G. Thompson, counsel for defense, for a complete stenographic copy of all testimony it had heard. Sacco and Vanzetti exhausted their last recourse to the State courts when the Supreme Court recently refused their latest petition for a retrial, and hope now rests in Gov. Fuller and his counsel. Execution, originally set for the week of July 10, has been postponed by the governor until the week of August 10. NATIONALS OBTAIN WILLIS AND WELLS Left-Hand Pitchers Secured by Waiver Route From Athletics and Tigers. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star, CHICAGO, July 19.—Charles Willis and Edwin Wells, left-hand pitchers, who have been working for the Ath- letics and Tigers, respectively, were added to the Nationals’ roster this morning, Secretary Edward B. Eynon was notified by telephone by the American League headquarters here. They were procured by the waiver voute. ‘Whether the pitchers will join the Nationals here or wait until the club gets to St. Louis to start a series Thursday before reporting is not known by Secretary Eynon. This morning he said he received no word from Washington concerning the pos- sible acquisition of the men. Vera Cruz Revolt Held Quelled. MEXICO CITY, July 19 (#).—The local press reports that attempts at an armed political uprising in the State of Vera Cruz has been sup- pressed and that federal troops are in control of the situation. No details were available zdm UINDERGOVER MEN Consul J. Lee Murphy revealed this | to| homb | American con- ADMIT PERIURIES Liquor Cases on “Evidence” | Obtained by Hall and Davis | to Be Dropped. | | While Charles DeWitt Davis and| | Jesse J. Hall, professional “informers” |employed by the police dry squad, were | pleading guilty to charges of perjury | in Police Court today, the district at torney's office took steps to molle| prosse all liquor cases made out on| | “evidence” obtained by the pair. i | Davis, employed last March by the | | Police Department on recommendation | of Henry M. Douthitt, field secretary | {of the Citizens' Service Association, | and Hall, a protege of Davis, were held | by Tudge Mattingly for the gtand jury | on bonds of $5,000 each. | Assistant District Attorney Raymond | Neudecker eStimated that *“about 25 or 30" cases in which Davis or Hall were chief witnesses will be molle | prossed without delay. The district| attorney’s office, he said, will expedite grand jury action. Douthitt, on being called on recently to explain his statement that his asso- | ciation had obtained evidence in 200 | liquor cases, told Sergt. Little, head of | the police liquor squad, that in using | this figure he was taking credit on be- half of the association for all cases Davis had worked up since becoming an employe of the police department. Trapped in Police Net. According to Sergt. Little, Davis and | Hall confessed to having sworn 1o false information in a total of four| cases. The men were trapped in a| carefully laid police net la; day afternoon, when they to have perjured themselv. United States Commissioner Turnage by swearing to false information re- | garding a fictitious personage, “Danny Mill Maj. Hesse, superintendent of police announced today he would recommend | 1o the District attorney that all pro-| hibition cases in which Hall and Davis had a part in obtaining information be | nolle prossed. He said he didn’t be-| lieve there were a great many of this ki | The Police Department wants to enforce, the prohibition law in the | National Capital, but it intends to | do it by honest methods,” Maj. Hesse | declared. *As soon as we suspected | that Davis and Hall were not play- ing the game fair we watched them and finally laid the trap that resulted in their arrest yesterday afternoon. They admitted their guilt to me last They could not have done We had the goods on leged | efore | Sergt. Little told the pair to go to 612 L street southwest and “make & buy” of liquor from one “Danny Mills,” a “suspected bootlegger.” Lit- tle accompanied the agents to the vicinity ~Saturday afternoon and pointed out the house, so there would be no mistake about the address. Policemen In House. In the house pointed out at the time y were Police Inspector Stoll, Capt. Bremimerman of the fourth precinet | and Policemen C. C. Humphries and William Curtis. The house is the resi- dence of Policeman Curtis. Policeman Humphries was dressed in tramp's clothes and was to act the role of “Danny Mills” when the agents ap- peared. g 5 Davis and Hall did not appear in the vicinity all that afternoon. Yet, | early in the afternoon, they returned | to Sergt. Little at the sixth precinct | and presented him with a - int bottle of colored whisky, which they asserted they had purchased from “Danny Mills,” at 612 L street southwest. Lit tle asked them it they were sure about it, and they said they were. T geant took them to Commi - Turnage and the »air swore to their statements and obtained for a raid on “Danny Mi Yesterday afternoon Insy and Sergt. Little presented the facts to Assistant District Attorney Given | and obtained from him warrants for the arrest of Davis and Hall I charges of violating section of the Penal Code, which deals with mak- ing false affidavits. Davis was taken into custody about 4:30 o'clock yes- terday afternoon. He had just re- ported for duty at the precinct when the trio arrjved. Little called him into a private room and handed him the warrant against him. Davis read it carefully, reddening the while, and then handed it back and began a deflant denial of the charge. Mistake, Davis Says. “Why should I want to do anything like that?” Davis asked. “Hall and I must have gone to the wrong place. You know I've made mistakes in ad- dresses before. In order to obtain evi- dence we have to take a few drinks, and one drink of this rotten corn liquor will dull a man’s senses so that he won't know what he is doing—I don’t care who he is.” Yes, you_mis- (Continued in o i s jupon the running board offering their Housewives Stop Using Gas for Day To Protest Rates Br the Associated Press. WICHITA, Kans., Juiy 19.—A ‘gasless day” was inaugurated to- day by the Wichita Federation of Women's Clubs as a protest against a new schedule of rates ordered recently by the Wichita Gas Co. In thousands of homes gas meters stopped their clicking. Mrs. John Maltbie, president of the federation, said many women were going to make “gasiess Tues- day” a permanent feature for the rest of the Summer. The number of homes in which gas was shut off was estimated as high as 12,000, more than half the total number in the city Gas company officials estimated their loss would he approximately $£2,000 today if the gas was shut off in the homes in the cit POLICE MAKE DRIVE ONTOURIST GUDES White House Guards Join in Campaign Against Free Lancers. A concerted drive against freelance ‘official Washington guides,” who icit tourists in the vicinity of the entrances to the White House grounds, offering to conduct them bout the Capital and through Fed- cral buildings at charges they claim are below those made by the regularl licensed sightsceing companies, was instituted this morning by the White fouse guards and the Metropolitan police. Recent _complaints against the con- uct of these “guides” have become | so numerous that the White House | to re.| guards were ordered today double their efforts against the trade | nd a bicycle policeman of No. 3 pre- inct, Metropolitan Police, was as- | igned to patrol Pennsylvania avenue | from East Executive avenue to Sev- enteenth street, with instructions to | warn all men found soliciting or wait- | ing to solicit tourists against the con- tinuance of the practice. Hop on Autos. The self-styled guides are equipped | with nickel badges, similar to the | park police badges, on which i lettered “Washington officlal guide, although there is legally no “official guide. These men wear civilian clothes, but some of the more ente prising. sport white-topped caps almos! identical with those worn by the ‘White House guards ‘These latter fasten their “official” badges to the front center of the caps. They oper- ate on foot and when an automobile hearing a_State license plate slows down as it nears the White House gates the “guides” frequently hop services. In their “sales-tal men even tell the visitors that with- out and official guide” it will be impossible to gain entrance to the buildings they wish to visit. Some of the less tactful solicitors resort to abuse of the woul vh they refuse their Others are so insistent that they objectionable, many touriste declar in their complaints to the police. Some of the objecting visitors compiain that | after receiving his pay in advance | the “guide” does not.keep hi ses to conduct them 7 throught the public building. Comply With Orders. In the first day's co-operative ac-| tion against them the White House | and Metropolitan_police have ordered | away from the Executive Mansion a dozen “guides,” all wearing their “of- ficial” badges. Most of them comply readily enough with the “move-on” some of the LABOR CONGRESS -~ HITSU. 5. POLIGY Immediate Withdrawal of Ma- | P " rines From Nicaragua Urged by Pan-Americans. While the Nicaraguan delegation to the Pan-American Federation of La- bor Congress prepared to offer a reso- lution calling on President Coolidge immediately to withdraw United States Marines from Nicaragua, de- nunciation of the killing of 300 Nica- made openly at the second day's ses- sion of the congress meeting here to- day at the American Federation of | Labor headquarters. Salomon de la Selva of the Nica- raguan delegation, who yesterday made an impassioned denunciation of | the Marines, today drew up a formal | resolution_on which he said he would sk immediate on. At the same |time the anti-miliarists conference of the District of Columbia issued & statement, circulated at the meeting, condemning “warfare” in Nicaragua | and calling upon the President to put a stop to it. May Come Up Today. While the congress waded through routine business and adopted a lengthy report of the executive coun- cil, the delegates circulated about the building discussing the Nicaraguan situation and demands for action by the federation grew steadily. It was | believed likely that the resolution of the Nicaraguan delegation would be | given preferential consideration by the | resolutions committes and would be | brought before the convention today. The resolution, which was signed by | Selva and Tranquilino Saenz, was sec- onded by Andres B. Morales of Guate- mala. It declared that “as a result of | the Marine attack the city of Ocotal was left in a condition resembling a huge graveyard, flocks of vultures | feeding on the bodies of dead Nicara- | guans.” It then went on to say: “In- tervention of the United States is cre: ative of a state of mind not conducive | to_friendship_and good towarda (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) e PROTESTS KILLING Embassy Instructed to Take Up | Shooting of Riveros. MEXICO CITY, July 19 (®).—The foreign office announced today that the Mexican embassy at Washington had been instructed to flle a strong protest with the American State De- partment over the killing of Mavi- mino Riveros, a Mexican, by a police officer in Oklahoma. 'MEXICO American Officer Exonerated. OKLAHOMA CITY, July 19 (#).— Maximino Riveros, whose dsath has been made the subject of an investiga- tion by the Mexican embassy at Wash- ington, was shot to death here Satur- day last by Wade Spear, local police officer. Spear testified yesterday before a jury in Justice Court here that he and another officer attempted to arrest Riveros on a charge of looting a home here Friday night. Riveros resisted ar- rest, Spear said, and the shooting fol- lowed. Spear was exonerated. 'BODY IS WASHED ASHORE | Search Pushed for Drowned Son, as Father Is Found. The body of John Roland Johnson, building contractor, 7542 Fourteenth street, who was drowned Sunday in a vain attempt to save his son, Frede- rick, was washed .shore this morning near Owings Beach, on the Chesa- peake Bay not far from the point where the double tragedy occurred. Local authorities, aided by volun- teers from the shore cottage colony, continued today to drag the bay for order, but some, being thoroughly ac- quainted with the laws of the Dis- (Continued on Page 3, Column 7. the hody of the son. The waves gave up the father’s body about 8 o' clock this moring. Commercial Flying Across Channel Gains as Greater Safety Is Assured By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 19.—Cross-Channel flying is hooming this year. The Im- perial Airways reports that 2,460 pas- sengers were carried during the month of June, as compared with 2,098 the same month last year, while the Air Union reports 1,060, as against 8 Between 50 and 60 per cent of the pas- sengers were women. Many business men have utilized the airplanes for conti; trips to branch offices with their seoretariss and typists. Since the last accident, in December, 1924, Imperial Airways planes have flown 2,000,000 miles and carried 36, 500 passengers in safef raguan Liberals by the Marines was | A new air liner carrying 30 pa sengers is to be put into service | Marina, second in command to It will run | dino. shortly by the Air Union. from London to Paris in two hours 10 minutes, regular planes now running. The same company is planning a London- Marseille service by night. Each plane will carry four passenger: planes will be navigated in the dark- ness by directional wireless. & The |to _ hospitals. | sances_continuing daily_for Strew Nicaraguan Town After 17-Hour Fight. ‘iU. S. FLYER ESCAPES I WHEN PLANE IS SHOT Citizen Who Witnessed Batt! With Sandino Gives Vivid Account to Diaz. By tha Assoriated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 19.- Fearful of an epidemic, the authoritie at Ocotal, scene of Sunday's 17-hou engagement between the forces Gen. Sandino, rebel leader, and join | body of 33 United States Marines and a group of Nicaraguan constabulary are cleaning up the city, which ha the appearance of a big graveyard Flocks of great vultures descended upon the battlefleld over which the bodies of about 300 of Gen. Sandino’s men lay scattered, most of the killed meeting death from bombs dropped by five planes ordered from Managua to tha rescue of the Marine force at Ocotal. Brig. Gen. Logan Feland. i Plane Brought Down. The rebel force, which attacked Ocotal at 1 o'clock Sunday morning, succeeded in bringing down one Amer- ican plane, but the aviator escaped safely and landed in Ocotal. The plane was piloted by Sergt. Albert S. Munsch. One bullet punctured the gas tank and another bullet went through | the pilot’s pistol holder. Sergt. Munsch was accompanied by Marine Gunner Michael Wodarzeyk, who was on a patrol mission in ‘anuzhrr plane, Wodarzeyk reported | that while looking for Gen. Sandino’s forces he saw a group of men south- west of San Fernando, circled over them and then dropped a bomb, after he had been fired on. Wodarzcyk's plane was hit three times. Force Marches on Town. Maj. G. D, Hatfield. in command of the Marine force at Ocotal, reported last night that all was well and that !a column under Maj. Floyd was marching on the town for the purpose {of preventing Gen. ndino from re- organizing his forces. Late reports indicated that the rebel chieftain was being deserted by the remainder of His band. A graphic_account of the fight, in which one Marine, Pvt. Michael A. Obleski of Roulette, Pa., was killed, has been received by President Adoifo Diaz from Arnaldo Ramirez Abaunza, one of the leading citizens of Ocotal. The account described the battle as one of the flercest in the history of Nicaragua. Abaunza said that Gen. Sandino at- tacked the city from all directions Sunday morning, the troops shouting and cheering for Sandino and crying “Death to the Americans.” The fight- ing became general, with the Marine force and the Nicaraguan constab- ulary returning a hot fire with rifles and machine guns. Scorns Sandino’s Threat. “The hosts of Sandino sweep on,” Abaunza said in his report, “attempt- ing to capture the municipal park, to use the stone wall for protection. It is now daylight—the Americans have not retreated an inch. The con- stabulary maintain their positio The American _sharpshooters & piling up the dead.” In another part of his Abaunza said: “Sandino remains at the entrance of the city directing the movements of his troops. He sends a note to the heroic Capt. Hatfield, intimating that | as he (Hatfield) had no water he would {eventually have to surrender. Hat- | field replied: ‘Received your message, and_say, with or withont water, a marine never surrenders. We remain here until we die or are captured.” “The captain and his gallant men are fighting like lions. The fighting { continues.” “As If Hell Broke Loose.” Describing the arrival of the Ameri- can bombing planes, the account con- tinued: “Five airplanes are seen at 8 p.m. They approach in battle formation: then they get in line, ing low and open fire with their 10-inch machine guns. They drop bombs on Sandino’s army, which is now beginning to re- treat. The explosions of several bombs are heard consecutively. It was as it hell broke loose—quick ex- plosions, then a heavy thundering something indescribable. The bombardment lasts about 30 minutes. Abaunza then told how the rebels had retreated and how the citizens of the town rushed into the street to congratulate the American marine force for the defense of the town. Four members of the constabulary were wounded and none killed. MARINES OFFICIALLY PRAISED. o message | Navy Report Commends Gallantry of Men Who Held Ocotal. By the Associated Pres High commendation for the conduct of American Marines and their air forces, and the Nicaraguan Guardia National was contained in the first official Navy report made public today on the battle at Ocotal between the Marines and the forces of Gen. San- dino. The report, forwarded by Admiral D. S. Sellers, commander of the American squadron in Central Ameri- can waters, said that Pvt. Charles Sydney Garrison, who was wounded in the engagement, still was in a serious condition, but “doing well with hopes of recovery.” Routed by Bombers. “The Marine Corps in Managua ad- vises that planes landed from Ocotal on the morning of July 17 and re- ported that Sandino attacked Ocotal at 11 a.m. July 16, with forces of about 100 men,” the report said. “A bomb- ing attack in the afternoon com- pletely routed the enemy with esti- mated losses of 200 killed, including San- Our losses: One Marine private 0 minutes faster than the | killed, one Marine private seriously wounded, one private Guardia Na- tionale seriously wounded. “Both wounded have been brought Airplane (Gontinued on Page 3, Columna 7 r