Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1927, Page 2

DR. JOHNSON QUITS ASHIGHWAY HEAD Seeks to Have Salary Used to Prepare Publicity on Road Building. Throwing down the gauntlet to the residents of Arlington County, Va., who oppose the route of the Lee Boule- wvard across the county from the Ar- lington Memorial Bridge to a poinf near Falls Church, Dr. Johnson, managing director of the Lee H Association, which is constructin transcontinental road, has resigned his post. His resignation, Dr. teday, being paid him as salary to be divert- ed to preparation and ination of maps and publicity for general road building purpo: He dec he would continue as honorary president of the association and working head of the organization without the title or salary of managing director. Will Go to Texas. “J shall be interested to learn just what the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy think should be done in Arlington County to honor the ory of Gen. Robert E. Lee,” he Dr. Johnson will remain in V ington to attend a hearing at Arling ton County courthouse a week from today on location of Lee Douleva through the county to Texas to take of a bond issue in that State for building purposes. In the mea he is devoting part of his time to Johnson stated i o1 furthering the project for a boulevard | from Washington to Bar Harbor, M under the name of the Boulevard Association. ganization is to be incorporated in a few days under the laws of the Di trict of Columbia, with Dr. Johnson as president. A 90-foot boulevard through Arling- ton County, as proposed by the “straight-to-the-b e adherents of the plan for car the road through the adjoining Virginia county, * 30 to 40 feet in the center occupied by a trolley line, will not enable us to supply the feature of the plan of the Greater Washington which we have wisualized,” Dr. Johnson declared in & statement today touching on rejec- tion by the Straight-to-the-Bridge As- sociation of two compromise plans offered last night. “The proposal for a compromise did ot originate with me,” Dr. Johnson said. “It came from one of the direc- tors of the Straight to the Bridge As- sociation and was backed by two other directors. It was submitted to a com- mittee and I was invited to a meeting of the committee. I was willing to agree to the compromise for I have never been against a direct access for Falls Church, Baliston and Clarendon to the Arlington Bridge. Under the compromise we would have had both roads built by the time of the opening of the bridge.” The Lee Highway Assoclation and the Straight to the Bridge Association have been at odds for many months over location of the road through Ar- lngton County. Two routes have been chosen, identical as far west as the Porter Woods south of Fort Myer, but ‘branching off in different directions after leaving the Porter Woods. The Lee Highway Association claims its Toute is the proper route and should receive State ald, while the Straight to the Bridge Association claims its route is the proper outlet to the ! bridge from the thickly settled sec- tion of the county. “] regret that the straight-to-the Bridge directors decided to continue the fight,” Dr. Johnson’s statement continued. “However, it takes two to make a fight. I have not offered the slightest opposition to the Claren- don route and will not do so. Wants South’s View. “At the hearing I shall offer the gervices of my organization to the county and State for whatever route they may select. However, a 90-foot right of way with 30 to 40 feet in the center occupled by a trolley line will not enable us to supply the feature of the plan of the Greater Washington which we have visualized. “It would be an amazing thing If, when a New Englander who is now the President of the United States, has taken steps to provide the most magnificent entrance to the Nation's Capital that any highway has ever had into any city and this a part of a memorial to Gen. Robert B. Lee, a part just adjacent to his Arlington home in the Commonwealth of Vir- ginia, should say, ‘No, we think a 200-foot boulevard is too much. We think that a 90-foot boulevard is all that the situation calls for.” “I shall be interested to learn just what the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy think should be done in Arlington County to honor the memory of the Southern chieftain.” Officers of the National Boulevard Association follow: Dr. Johnson, president; Joshua Evans, ir., treas- urer; Frederic A. Delano, Dr. W. J. Showalter and W. S. Hoge of Wash- ington, Thomas R, Keith of Fairfax, Va: R. T. Morrison, Luray, Va.; C. E. Tiftany. Warrenton, Va.; Charles Henry Davis, Cape Cod, Mass.; Maj. ‘Willlam A. Welch, Bear Mountain Inn, New York: Charles Wellford Leavitt, New York; C. H. Huston, New York; Gen. Hugh L. Scott, Princeton, N. J.: Abraham Jelin, New Brunswick, N. J.. and Charles P. Vaughan, Philadelphia, COMPROMISE IS REJECTED. Straight-to-Bridge Group Turns Down Proposal. CLARENDON, Va., July 19 (Special). —The board of directors of the Straight- to-the-Bridge Boulevard Association, meeting here last night, by a vote of 8 to 2 rejected a proposed plan of compromise aimed to bring about a spirit of co-operation between the two road factions of the county working for separate State-ald roads connect- ing with the new Arlington Memorial of compromise was suggested that the people of the county might present a united front at the meeting of road connection with the bridge. The compromise plan proposed that elon adopt Lee Boulevard and the straight-to-the-bridge routes first direct Boulevard right-of-way across Porters Woods to this highway would then be discontinued until after the State has exhausted its limita- tions in the way of construction on the State Highway Comm! both the so-called that the as State-ald roads and construction be on route from the Lee Clarendon. Work on the Lee Boulevard. Maj. E. W. R. Ewing, chairman of alght- @ special committee of the St to-the-Bridge Boulevard Assoclation Swhich received the compromise pro posal, ‘board declared it is up to the organi zation to show the commission that the direct route is the only logical jon would of one. He said the or; be disloyal to the c ns west Clarendon if it approved the compro mise. ' Pine timberland on the farm, well |iet with trees and properly protected was to permit the money now | the State Highway Commission to be held at the Arlington County Court- house July 26, when it is expected a decision will be reached as to what the State will do in providing a State in urging its defeat by the me,g_gs an gsset of increas- SANDINO OUTLAW, KELLOGG DECLARES | Marines Ordered to Disarm Bandits, Secretary Writes to A. F. of L. President. By the Associated Prese. Sandino and his Nicaraguan foliowers, who clashed yesterday with Amerfcan Marines at Ocotal, “are in effect nothing more than outlaws,” Secretary Kellogg declared in a letter last night to William Green, president | of the American Federation of Labor. Mr. Green has forwarded to S | retar telegrams from Nic: dele tes to the Pan-Americ: ation of Labor Congress, decl Marines were threatening an attack nd has asked s correct. s department is aware,” | Secretary Kellogz said, “Sandino and | his followers do not have the support | pproval of any of the leaders of { ither of the political parties in Nica- < that_Sandino, formerly at- hed to the Liberal army, had re- od to surrender his arms and had Ly force taken possession of an Amerl- can-owned mine, the Secretary said the Marines were planning to disarm | the weneral, but that Sandino “is re- ported to have attacked the American farines and the Nicaraguan National : esterday morn- ing and to have suffered a decisive | defea ays Sandino Ts Bandit. received your letter of July in which you quote a telegram which you have received from the es of the Nicaraguan Federa- tion of Labor to the Fifth Pan-Amerl- an Labor Congress, stating that { American_ Marines Nicaragua | threatened (o Nicaraguan | forces. You add th | members of the Pan | tion of Labor are deeply concerned be- | ca of the exceeding] disturbed | co hich exists in Nicaragua. | araguan forces to whom | this telegram refers are undoubtedly | those headed by a certain Gen. San: | dino, who formerly attached to the revolutionary army commanded by Gen. Moncada. At the time that an agreement was arranged through the good offices of Col. Stimson pro- viding that both the government forces and the revolutionaries should lay down their arms. Gen. San- dina alone of the revolutionary commanders operating with Gen. cada refused to accept this agree- ment, and with a emall body of followers, said to have numbered about 200, withdrew into the interio; where he resorted to banditry, prey- ing on the country and terrorizing the inhabitants. His activities cannot b& considered to have had any political significance whatsoever. “On June 14 the department was informed that Sandino was reported as having held the managers of French and German concerns near Ocotal until payment in cash was made of a total of $5,000, which he demanded under threat of returning to burn their bulldings if the entire amount was not paid to him within a few days in his camp, .some miles dis- tant. The department was at this time informed that the commander of the American forces in Nicaragua considered it necessary to treat San- dino as the outlaw, which he was gen- erally considered to be in Nicaragua. On June 30 the department was in- formed that Sandino, who had former- 1y been employed by an American citi- gen, Charles Butters, in his mine at San Albino, in northwestern Neuva Segovia, a wild and unsettled territory, entered the mine at the head of some 50 armed bandits and, threatening death of Butters, carried off some 50 pounds of dynamite and subsequently took forcible possession of the mine. ““The department was then informed that the commander of the special service squadron had directed the commander of the Marine forces in Nicaragua to inaugurate operations to disarm Sandino as soon as possible. Called Common OQutlaws. “A telegram from the legation re- ceived this morning states that, Sandino, with far superior numbers, is reported to have attacked the American Marines and the Nicara- guan national guard at Ocotal early yesterday morning and to have suf- fered a decisive defeat. “From the above you will observe that the Nicaraguan forces referred to in the telegram which you quote, and which it is stated are whole- heartedly supported by the Nicaraguan Federation of Labor, are in effect nothing more than common outlaws. So far as this department is aware Sandino and his followers do not have the support or approval of any of the leaders of either of the political parties in Nicaragua. ““With the exception of -the small band which has been operating under the leadership of Sandino, peace has been effectually re-established in Nic- aragua, and the United States Gov- ernment, in accordance with it promise to the leaders of both politi- cal parties in Nicaragua, plans to supervise the elections of 1928 in that country, in order that an opportunity may be given to the Nicaraguan peo- ple freely to indicate their choice for president of Nicaragua during the coming term. U. S. CONSUL BLAMES ANARCHIST FOR WOUND | By the Associated Press. William E. Chapman, American con- sul at Puerto Mexico, who was shot and seriously wounded Sunday by an intruder in his home, has informed the American embassy in Mexico City that he belleves his assailant was an an- archist “Please convey to President Calles my appreciation of his personal in- quiry through the military command- er as to my health, and his urgent or- ders that local authorities apprehend the anarchist,” Chapman telegraphed to_Charge Schoenfeld His message said that the attack on him had aroused resentment among the people of Puerto Mexico, and added: “All day yesterday and until after midnight one after another and in groups they called to learn my condi- tion.” Chapman sald he was improving normally. I have in merican Federa- Political Spe;i{er Swallows Teeth DuringDeclaration Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., July 19.— While J. Calvin Spidle of St. near here was telling his constituents what .| county commissianer he make for Franklin County, swallowed a plate holding two false teeth. The accident temporarily has .| stopped Spidle’s campaigning, since an ability to talk glibly is one of the chief assets of an office seek- er. The suffering candidate want to Philadelphia where the plate was removed and he is expected to resume his campaign within a Afew days, i .| Thomas Top, DeHaviland observation planes, which routed the enemy, rine Gugper Michael Wadare: down wi los H. MeCullogh. BAIL GRAFT CHARGE MADE IN DRY CASES Lawyers Say U. S. Agents Took Prisoners 55 Miles to Arrange Bonds. Special Dispatch to The §tar. . BALTIMORE, Md., July 19.—United Btates District Attorney Amos W. W. Woodcock announced this morning that he would make a personal inves- tigation of charges that prohibition agents attached to the Washington office took prisoners 55 miles from where they were arrested for a hear- ing in order to obtain graft from pro- fessional bondsmen at Upper Marl- boro, Prince Georges County. Charges that dry agents operating out of Washington did this were made before United States Commissioner J. Frank Supplee yesterday by John H. Mudd, an attorney of La Plata, and A. Kingsley Love, former State’s attorney of St. Marys County. Ac- cording to Mr. Love, a client of his, Samuel Suit, a farmer who lives near La Plata, was taken from his home to Upper Marlboro for a hearing, and that while there the agents introduced him to a professional bondsman, who wgnt on his bond, and that later he saw the bondsman hand one of the agents a 10-dollar bill. Cites Other Cases. Francis Thomas and Joseph Mar- shall, negroes, were arrested by agents near La Plata, according to the charges made by Mr. Mudd, and despite the fact that the men could have been given a hearing before a magistrate near La Plata and furnished bond, they were taken 55 miles to a magls- trate at Forestville, Prince Georges County r. Mudd declared his clients were given no opportunity to obtain bail at their own home, and that the trip to Forestville was made solely for the purpose of providing business for professional bondsmen there. “This situation is manifestly unfair to the accused,” Mr. Mudd told the commissioner, “and there is no good reason for Federal agents taking al- leged violators of the Volstead act from their home county to the upper end of Prince Georges County solely to give them the opportunity to pro- vide bond for their appearance before the United States commissioners. Awalts Formal Charges. “It is a matter of fact that in every instance the accused has been intro- duced to professional bondsmen wait- ing to furnish the required bond at the rate of 10 per cent of the amount posted. There are competent magis- | trates in both Charles and St. Marys sounties, but there are no professional bondsmen in these counties.” John J. F. Herbert, prohibition ad- ministrator for the Maryland district, which includes the District of Colum- bia, announced this morning that he would take no action in regard to the charges unless formal charges werc filed with him by the ati.neys who made the charges before Commissfon- er Supplee. MAN IS ACCUSED OF BEATING WOMAN Special Dispatch to The Star. WHEATON, Md. July 19.—Mrs. Herbert Bowman, 30 years old, yes- terday swore out a warrant charging assault with intent to kill against Preston Martinus, 35, said to be a rel- ative of her husband. Mrs. Bowman said that Martinus was waiting at her home when she returned from an automobile trip Sunday and immediately seized her by the hair, dragging her 50 feet and then partly tore her clothes off and beat her. Montgomery County authorities, who investigated, said that no scratch- es or bruises were found on Mrs. Bowman's body. The warrant had not 2yk, whose a bullet hole through the gas been served this morning. It was sald at Rockville today that Mrs. Bowman and Martinus had previously had quarrels, sometimes resulting in blows and that on at least one previous oc- casion she had him arrested, but re- fused to prosecute after he hadg been STAR, WASHINGTON. left to right: Capt. Francis E. Pierce, observer and machine gunner; Lieut. Frank Weir, Lieut. Harl A. Thom: each plane being equipped with five machine gu lane was struck three times by enemy fire. Lower, left to righ nery ne tank, and whose pistol holster was struck; Capt. Robert J. Archibald, and five uni D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1927. Center: One of the five Marine Co: pound fragmentation bombs; and ergt. A. S. Munch, whose plane was shot Corp. Lawrence H. Pabst and Lieut. Car- (Official photos, U. S. Marine Corps.) Giant of Locomotives Runs Wild in City On Test Trip and Injures Two of Crew By the Associated Press. DUNKIRK, N. Y, July 19.—Two employes of the Brooks plant of the American Locomotive Co. here were slightly injured and several passengers at the New York Central station nar- rowly escaped injury or death today when one of the largest freight loco- motives ever manufactured at the plant ran wild for a half mile before leaving the rails. The engine, which was for the Den- ver: & Rio Grande Rallroad, had just been completed and was being tested in the Brooks plant yards. Suddenly the engineer, Barney Schweyan, found that he was unable to shut off the steam, and the huge locomotive swung out of the yards and on_to the main line tracks of the New York Central Rallroad. It had gone about a half mile, attaining a speed of 15 miles an MILLS GASE PROBE CENTERS ON FARMS Investigators Check Up on Typewriters and Fire- arms in Vicinity. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 19.—A thorough canvass of every farm and dwelling within a five-mile radius of the Mills farm at Hunting Hill, where Edward L. Mills, 46 years, owner, was slain at dawn on July 7, was ordered today by State's Attorney Robert Peter, jr., in the desperate hope that some information will be developed which might aid him in his investi- gatlon into the murder and the pin- ning of a sensational ‘‘confession” on the dead man's coat lapel. Four Montgomery County officers have been detailed to make the can- vass and they started out on their laborious job shortly after noon. They are: Roy Bodmer, Oscar Gaither, Douglas Dosh and Dean Wilkinson. Territory Divided. The officers have been instructed to divide the territory into four sections, each one working a section. They are armed with an especially prepared map which shows the location of every farmhouse or other habitable building In the territory. The five- mile radius is known as the Travilah, | Gaithersburg and Darnestown neigh- | borhood. Particular attention will be paid by | the officers to a census of typewditers | and firearms. They also will ask those ‘ living in the neighborhood to place themselves on record as to where they were at 4:45 o'clock on Thursday morning, July 7, in order that all the stories may be checked. Effort also will be made to learn whether any one is missing in the fiye-mile radius. While State’s Attorney Peter ad- mits that the survey probably will develop a mass of worthless informa- tion, it is his hope and belief that it may develop at least one or two clues which may be of service to the murder investigators. Esxpects Report Today. Aside from the house-to-house can- vass which he is inaugurating today, Mr. Peter declared there is absolutely nothing new in the progress of the murder investigation. Mr. Peter said he expected to get a report today from the Bureau of Standards, where minute examina- tion has been made of the automatic revolver found at the home of Ed- ward Miles, brother of Clarence Miles, evewitness of the murder. The State's attorney does not believe that the revolver figured in the killing, but he is taking nothing for granted in his painstaking effort to locate the murderer of Mr. Mills. . Hitching Posts to Go. S8T. PETER, Minn., July 16 (#).— Automobiles keep banging into the (ron hitching posts on Main street, and 8o the survivals of Dobbin's day are to be remeoved from St. Peter streets. hour, when it strucl a derailing switch and overturned. The injured were Edwin Swinton and Thomas :n of the locomotive test crew, both of whose legs were bruised when the men leaped. Schweyan escaped injury, although he remained on the engine. The engine left the rails just west of Main street and a few yards from the passenger station. Travelers wait- ing for New York Central trains, see- ing the engine coming toward them, fled from the station platform, Main line tracks of the New York Central were torn up for some distance and a wrecking train was sent from Buffalo to place the engine back on the rails. Traffic was blocked : for about three hours. The accident, occurring near the center of the city, attracted a crowd of several thousand persons. INQUEST PLANND IN SHITH DEATH Police Hold Woman and Seon, but Admit Absence of Clues. An inquest into the death of Charles Leon Smith, killed near the New York Avenue Bridge last Wed- nesday night, will be held at the Dis- trlct Morgue tomorrow at 11:30 o'clock, it was announced today. Six days of investigation have failed to produce sufficient tangible evidence against any person for a specific charge to be laid, it was ad- mitted by detectives today. The mys- tery remained as deep as it did last Thursday morning when work started on the case. ‘Woman and Son Held. Mrs. Mary Agnes Garvin, who was with Smith when he was killed, was still being held at the House of De- tention under the technical charge of “investigation,” while police con- tinued to hunt for evidence. Her 14- year-old son, Willlam J. Anderson, also was still in custody today. Attorneys James A. O'Shea and John H. Burnett, representing the woman today were considering taking steps for her release. The attorneys were brought into the case by Mrs. Gar- vin’s mother yesterday afternoon. Coroner Nevitt had announced the inquest would not be held until police were satisfled they could not benefit by further delay. This morning Cor- oner Nevitt was notifled that all pre- liminary steps possible had been taken by headquarters investigations and that the inquest might just as well be held as soon as he deired. Jury Ready to Act. Beyond a heavy paving tamper, found near the death scene, and the empty pocketbook of Smith, no clues were uncovered in the case. Attempts to pick up additional clues near the scene by ‘cutting down the weeds at the death spot and by drawing a mag- net over the spot fafled. Police con- tinued holding Mrs. Garvin, it was learned, because they were not satis- fied with the account she gave of her actions at the time of Smith's death. The jury for the inquest tomorrow was sworn in last week over the body of Smith. After the swearing of the jury Coroner Nevitt announced the continuance of the case long enough to give police and detectives time for further investigation. o BAND CONCERTS. TODAY. By the United States Marine Band, at Mount Alto Hospital, 7 o'clock; Arthur S. Witcomb, leader. By the United States Navy Band, at Eastern High School, 7:30 o’clock; Charles Benter, leader. Band concert by the Army Music School, 650 o'clock, at Washington Barracks, Tuesday, July 19, 1927, at 6:50 pm. W. O. Vernon W. Miller, leader. P Children should eat bananas onl; when they are (ullv'bn Aliein L MARINE AVIATORS JUBILANT AT FEAT Visualize Deadly Maneuver Employed in Routing _Rebels at Ocotal. Marine Corps aviators in particular and military airmen here in general were jubilant today over the success of the small aviation detachment in Nicaragua which saved the day for two score Marine infantrymen and a group of native constabulary at Ocotal against a ferocious and prolonged as- sault by the rebels. Ten airmen, nine of them from Brown Field, Quantico, Va., flew more than 100 mlles through a terrific tropi- cal storm and killed 200 of the at- tacking force with machine gun fire and fragmentation bombs with which their wartime De Haviland observation planes were equipped. Maj. Ross E. Rowell, whose home station is San Diego, led the flight. Marine Corps aviation headquarters today were without official reports of the battle Sunday other than a brief fadio message from Maj. Rowell to the sffect he had attacked with five planes, routed the enemy and that he would attack again “Monday.” Pilots Given Free Rein. The battle marked the first in which the handful of pilots and planes par- ticipated and also registered the first time since the occupation that they were given free rein. In the past their big, loggy De Haviland’s had been cruising about the country on regular observation patrols with strict orders not to fire their machine guns or drop bombs unless in the event of an extreme emergency. Friends of the airmen here today visualized the enthusiasm that burst forth among the flyers when word was received from two of the De Hav- ilands on patrol that their services weré needed and needed badly. It was explained that the method of attack adopted by Maj. Rowell undoubtedly caused the Marine alrmen “to run wild” as they dived downward on the overwhelming force of attackers and poured machine gun fire into the ene- my from their Lewis guns at the rate of 400 shots per minute, and at the same time dropping 25-pound frag- mentation bombs, which are complete- ly effective within 4 radius of 200 yards. The Quantico flyers who partici- pated in the battle were: Capt. Robert J. Archibald and Lieuts. Hayne D. Boyden, Frank Weir, Earl A. Thomas, Jesse A. Harmon and Carlos H. Mec- Cullough; Marine Gunner Michael ‘Wadarczyk, whose plane, according to’ press dispatches, was hit three times; Gunnery Sergly A. S. Munsch, who was shot down with a bullet through his gasoline tank and another through his pistol holster, and Corp. Lawrence H. Pabst. Armament of Planes. Capt. Francis E. Pierce, also of Quantico, undoubtedly assisted in one phase of the battle, it was believed here. Capt. Plerce is the “radio bug” of the Marine Corps, and in addition to that he is rated as a crack shot with machine guns. The De Havilands, as they appeared over the enemy, each was equipped with five machine guns and bomb racks for five of the fragmentation bombs, which on exploding break into about 300 pieces. One gun was fixed on top of the fuselage and directly under the center section of the wing and fired through the propellor. On either side of the fuselage and mounted on the wings were two guns. In the observer’s cockpit and fastened to a turelle were two more. As the planes arrived over the scene of the struggle they probably deployed into column. Maj. Rowell, with his 400-horsepower Liberty en- gine wide open, dived on the attack- ing force, at the same time firing his fixed gun through the propellor and the two wing guns. As he passed over his objective he pulled his bomb releases and let go a bomb or two and then yanked the ship up into a zoom. Immediately on taking the skyward course, the airman in the back seat, standing up and with his hands on the trigger, let loose with his two Lewis guns. Others Repeat Maacuver. No sooner had Maj. Rowdll pulled off to one side to gain altitude than Capt. Archibald repeated Maj. Row- ell's maneuver, and so on through the five planes. As the last one paid OCOTAL MARINES VETERANS IN WAR Fifth Regiment Detachment Fought in France; Others in Tropics. | “We'vé fought for life In many a strife And we've never lost our merve.” So goes one of the verses of the Marines' Hymn which applies so aptly to the two officers and 58 enlisted men of the corps, aided by a handful of native constabulary, who held the bloody fleld of Ocotal against 500 attacking rebels under the Liberal, Gen. Sandino. Only the most meager sort of dis- patch from the Marine base fn Nicara- gua, recelved at Marine headquarters early today, gave the units of the Marines engaged in what is character- ized here as the “hardest engagement” fought by the corps in any Latin American country. name of either of the two officers and headquarters has nothing more to go on other than press reports, which carried the names of Capt. Gilbert D. Hatfield and Lieut. Grover Cleveland Darnall. Press reports gave the num- ber of Marines engaged as 39 men, but today’s dispatch stated the num- ber of enlisted men as 58. Detachment of 5th Regiment. These comprised a detachment of the 8th Machine Gun Company, 3d Battalion of the 5th Regiment, con- sting of one officer and eight men, and a platoon of the 2nd Company Ist Battalion, 11th Regiment, com- posed of one officer and 50 men. Both the 5th and 11th Regiments are veteran units of the Marine Corps, the former composed of the first Ma- rines to land in France during the World War. The 8th Machine Gua Company engaged in all the combats of the 2nd Division. The 11th Regi ment has seen much active service in the tropics. The American forces at Ocotol were picked from the main body, conse- quently headquarters here has no way of identifying, at this time, the officers or men who fought in the en- gagement. Capt. Hatfleld, reported erroneously in press dispatches as being a major, is in command. Prior to being enlist- ed in the corps he servéd five years and 10 months as an enlisted man. He was appointed a second lieutenant April 5, 1 from New Mexico and h:\ss been aptain since October 17, 1923. Saw Service in Haitl. Capt, Hatfleld served conspicuously with the 1st Provisional Erigade in Haiti from December, 1917, to August, 1919, and with the 2nd Provisional Brigade in Santo Domingo from 1922 to 1924. Lieut. Darnall, who was in com- mand of the detachment of native constabulary, was appointed a second lieutenant while serving with the 73d Company, 6th Regiment, in France. He was detached from the Army of Occupation to duty with the Army of France. Other foreign service c¢on- sists of duty with the 1st Provisiopnl Brigade in Haiti from October, 1919, to May, 1921, and with the 1st Bri- gade in Haitl from December, 1925, to January, 1926. He is a graduate of the Army Tank School and was put in command of constabulary forces in Nicaragua last May. His home is in Illinois. Pvt. Michael A. Obleski, the only Marine reported killed in the fighting, enlisted November 17, 1924, at Cleve- land, Ohio, his next next of kin being Michael Obleski, believed to be his father, of Roulette, Pa. The other Marine casualty, Pvt. Charles L. Gar- rison, wounded in the shoulder and cheek, enlisted June 3, 1926, at Char- lotte, N. C. His next of kin is Carl Garrison, a brother, who lives in West Asheville, N. C. Garrison May Recover. According to the latest dispatch re- ceived at headquarters, Pvt. Garrison was in a coma, but is expected to re- cover. So far as information here is con- cerned, only one machine ‘gun can be accounted for among the Marine forces. That was the gun taken from the 8th Company. It was explained that each infantry squad is equipped with an automatic rifle, which is al- most as effective as a machine gun at close quarters. . EPIDEMIC FEARED AT OCOTAL AFTER MARINE VICTORY (Continued from First Page.) tion, with orders to prevent any con- centration of rebel forces.” A further message from Admiral Sellers said: “At noon July 16, two airplanes re- ported the town of Ocotal, garrisoned by 39 Marines, 5th Regiment, and 5th Guardia, under command of Capt. Gil- bert Hatfleld, being attacked by about 400 rebels, under Sandino. Im- mediately five planes under command of Maj. Rowell, were ordered to Oco- ta d made a bombing attack ci the Sandino force at 2:40 p.m., complete- ly routing the enemy, with estimated losses to the enemy of 200 killed, in- cluding Marina, s-:ond in command to Sandino. Conduct Held Gallant. Marines and Guardia National in Ocotal garrison conducted themselves with distinguished gallantry, magnifi- cently supported by our planes, which returned, although struck by thrcs bullets.” Still another dispatch from Admiral Sellers said: “Private Michael A. Obeliski, 16th Company, 5th Regiment, died early July 16 at Ocotal as the result of wounds recelved during action be- tween Marine garrison of that place and rebels under Sandino. Next of kin, father, Michael A. Obeliski, Rou- lette, Pa. Remains interred at Ocotal. Private Charles Sydney Garrison, same company, wounded left shoulder and cheek, condition serious, but doing well, and has hopes of recovery. Next of kin, brother, Carl Garrison, Ashe- ville, N. C.” Veterans Visit Poland. CRACOW, Poland, July 19 (#).—A group of Polish Amerlcans, veterans of the World War, arrived here today on a visit to Poland. They were greeted by army representatives and municipal official its respects Maj. Rowell was back again, followed closely by Capt. Archi- bald and the other pilots—a veritable revolving wheel of planes spitting fire, steel and bombs. ‘The principle employed comes un- der the new military aeronautical ma- neuver of “attack aviation,” against which, its adherents declare, nothing Dispatches here did not mention the | .- KELLOGG T0 GREET HAWAVIAN FLYERS Heroes Will Land at Bolling Field Thursday for Offj- cial Welcome. When Lieuts. Lester J. Maltland and Albert F. Hegenberger, Army Air Corps, step from a three-engined Fok- ker monoplane at Bolling Field Thurs- day afternoon they will be welcomed on behalf of the Natlon by Secretary of State Kellogg, F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Avia- tion, and Maj. Gen. Charles P. Sum- merall, chief of the Army general staff. A moment later Mr. Davison will pre- sent the airmen with certificates, cit- ing them for the Distinguished Flying Crosses, which will be presented them sident Coolidge after his return to_ Washington In order that the greeting to th airmen may not be pure John F. Victory, of the visory committee for aeronautics, chairman of the committee arranging a dinner at the Mayflower Hotel for the airmen 2!'; hours after they land, said today that the affair would be in the nature of a_ testimonial from the citizens of the District, arranged by the National Aeronautic Associa- tion. Invitations to attend have been addressed to the heads of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Associ: tion, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Board of Trade Navy Is Invited. Plans for receiving the alrmen a Bolling Field have been virtuall completed, Maj. Gerald C. Brand executive officer of Mr. Davison office and Lieut. Maitland's imme iate superior, said today. A receptio stand, to house 100 official guests, t whom invitations have been sent, i nearing completion. _Prior to th fiyers’ arrival from Dayton, severai Army Curtiss pursuit ships will give 4 program of uerial stunt flying The Navy today was invited to par- ticipate in the aerial welcome, first. out of courtesy, and second due to the popularity of the two young Army aviators among naval airmen. Friday morning the adventurous fiyers will set out again by air for Boston, Lfeut. Hegenberger's home. where a welcome awaits him. Amonx those present at the celebration will be Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Comdr. Richard Evelyn Byrd. Boston is the native city of Mrs. Byrd. The following Monday Lieuts. Maitland and Hegenberzer will return to Wash ington by airplane, probably stoppin: on the way at New York, and then they will prepa to return to their duties, from which they were detached to make the Hawalian flight. Guests at Dinner, Mr. Victory said today that among the honor guests at the testimonial dinner will be the three assistant sec- retaries for aviation—Mr. Davison, Willlam P. MacCracken, jr., of the Department of Commerce and Edward P. Warner of the Navy: Secretary Wilbur, Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, president of the Board gf Commissioners: Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick, chief of the Army Air Corps, who went to the West coast for the fiyers’ departure for Hawail and now is hastening home for the dinner; Col. John T. Axton, chief of the Chaplains’ Corps, U. S. A.; Godfrey L. Cabot, past president of the Natlonal Aero- nautic Association, and Porter Adams, president of the assoclation. Reservations for the dinner now are being made at 1623 H street, head- quarters of the Aeronautic Associa- tion. _— BRITISH DELEGATES TO RETURN HOME TO GET CABINET VIEWS (Continued from First Page.) thrown into one another’s arms by the tactics adopted late last week by the American delegation. On the other hand it is prophesied that the long and somewhat bitter wrangle between the British and American delegations preludes a seri- ous outcropping of the latent rivalry between Great Britain and the United States which continental powers have been expecting ever since 1919. American Alliance Sought. Great Britain, it is pointed out, has sedulously sought an alliance with the United States, both through big propa- ganda organizations and throush mak- ing repeated concessions to the Amer- ican viewpoint in all questions under dispute heretofore. American banks have helped the British bring the pound sterling back to par, but otherwise Great Britain has been outpointed in its hopes for on the ground can survive. In all, Maj. Rowell's flight dropped 20 bombs, and emptied 38,000 rounds of steel- Jacketed bullets into the forces which were dead set on “drinking Yankee blood,” according to the message Maj. Edwin H. Brainard, chief of Marine Corps aviation, received. The unit which won a big share of the glory in Sunday’s battle is known as “VO-7-M,” meaning Marine Observation Squadron 7. Its home station is Quantico, and recently the present personnel were sent there be- cause they were eligible for foreign service, and tl there indefinitely: o S =l American co-operation. The two powers, it is said, are rivals for world financial, commercial and industrial supremacy. American for- eign trade is increasing nd British is declining. The United States is be- ginning to plan a Government-sup- ported merchant marine, which is likely further to harm Great Britain's trade, as well as provide the American Navy with powerful auxiliaries in war time. The American claim for naval parity makes the United States Great Brit- ain’s only rival for predominance in sea power. Great Britain's hold over its dominions, it is argued, depends largely on the superiority of the Brit- ish navy. If the United States achieves full parity, the sympathy be tween the United States and certain of the dominions may be strengthened to the detriment of Great Britain’s own influence. Co-operation Made Difficult. All these reasons, it is thought, are going to render Anglo-American co- operation even more difficult in the future than it has been in the past and than it now is proving in the China question. The continental powers view this alleged Anglo-American rivalry with mixed feelings. They feel it is dan- gerous for world peace, and yet per- haps prefer that the two greatest naval powers should be rivals rather than allies, for an Anglo-American alliance would be invincible. Generally speaking, continental sympathies are with Great Britain rather than with the United States in the former's struggle at Geneva to keep her naval supremacy by hook or crook. France in particular approves the arguments adduced to support Great Britain's case, for these same arguments, it is contended, would give France the right to the world’s second Jargest navy, since the French colonial empire is second only to Great Britain' Deaths Reported. Barriet, Monee 85 A M8 Bt U% Aieeille P. Everson, 87, 227 Bryant et.. oA SRl s B, S ence o olas pital , 63, 1352 Columbia fiies E: Froeme, 8. o087 e % 's'flm H. Albanese. 48, National Homeo- ot BB 0. sivier Homital John iph "Moran, 29, Georgetown Unjversity P g é&’n‘ih. 25,303 7th st ne it ’ll 'rovidence Hos- pital. 3 i X . © e onte, % LB ‘ Middleton, 56. Gallinger Mu- win, 89, Freedmen's Hospital, R, Frosdatin's Tomitale d. ave.