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SUBURBANUTILITY AGREEMENT MADE Elcctric Companies Propose. to Divide Montgomery and 1 Prince Georges Areas. Power nent with the Electric Co of and the napolis & apeake Power Co. relative to the werving of certain communities in Montgomery and Prince (eorges Counties, in Maryland, with electfic current and thereby averted a threat- ened fight before the Ma lic Service Comm vealed today by H. M. Keyser, secre- tary ofthe District corporation. The agreement involves the fixing of definite territorial boundaries with- in the two counties in which the three corporations are to confine their busi- ness. It was reached, it is understood, at a recent conference between repre- senjtatives of the companies. Asks to Extend Lines. As a result of the agreement, the Potomac Electric Power Co. b plied to the Maryland commissi permission to extend i lines intop Montgomery County co r ©of the territory for 5 solidated Gas & Electric Power Co. asked a franchise in a petition to the commission last thonth. The applica- tion secks authority to extend the lines from the present terminus on the old Baltimore pike midway be- tween Rockville and Norbeck, thence along the pike to Norbeck, thence along the Brookeville road to Oakvill Olney and Brookville, d from Olney along the Sandy Spring road to a point between Sandy Spring and Ash- ton, and also along the Laytonsville Pike from Washington Grove to Ro- zella, Emery Grove and Laytonsville and to the territory adjacent to these proposed lines. Mr. Keyser has written a letter to the Maryland commission, outlining the basis on which the agreement was reached between the three companies. The latter said: “After full and complete discussion of all phases of the problem, with particular reference to the needs of the communities involved, and with a view to establishing a condition which ‘would result in the furnishing of elec- tric service most economically and efficiently, the representatives of the three companies agreed upon the establishment of boundary lines to be fixed as follows: “That the first boundary line be fixed by the chord drawn between two intersecting points of two circles, each of 20-mile radius, the one having as a center the ‘zero mile sione’ south of the White House in the District of Columbia and the other having as a center the southwest corner of the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railway Co.’s building at Naval Academy Junction, Montgomery County, Md., and extensions of this chord in both directions. Would Bar Encroachments. “It is the understanding between the said companies that the Consoii- dated Gas, Electric Light & Power Co. of Baltimore and the Annapolis & Chesapeake Bay Power Co. will, in the furnishing of-service for electric light, heat and power purposes, con- fine themselves to territory north and east of the chord, with the exception that the Annapolis & Chesapeake Bay - Power Co. will supply Lanham, Ard- more, Dodge Park, East Columbia Park and within a distance of 1 mile east and west therefrom, provided that such distance shall not encroach on territory already supplied by the +Potomac Electric Power Co., which #aid territory includes the subdivisions ©of Cheverly and Landover. “The’ Potomao Electric Power Co. ‘will confine its operations in the fur- nishing of such service to the terri- tory south and west of the said chord, with the exception that the Potomac Electric Power Co. will supply north- ‘west through Beltsville and Muirkirk to a point midway between the last poles of said company and the An- napolis & Chesapeake Bay Co. on the ‘Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, and within a distanoce of 1 mile east and ‘west therefrom, Exceptions to Be Agreed On. “Naturally, instances may arise ‘where it will be necessary for the companies to extend their lines slightly beyond the agreed boundary line in order to more efficiently serve certain consumers or groups of con- sumers and the understanding be- tween all parties concerned is that these exceptional instances will be taken up and discussed as the neces- sity therefor arises, and agreement veached before any of the certain companies extend beyond the territory #s defined by the chord. “It is understood further that the Consolidated Gas, Electric Light & Power Co. of Baltimore and the An- napolis & Chesapeake Bay Power Co. will not object to the granting of the petition accompanying this letter and that the petition filed by the Consoli- dated Co. and now before this com- mission will be modified to conform to the agreement reached between the said companies.” el TWO WOMEN ARE HURT IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Mrs. Mary G. Knowlton, 74, Is in Critical Condition—Daughter Bruised. Mrs. Mary G. Knowlton, 74 years old, is in a eritical condition at the Alexandria_Hospital today, and her daughter, Mrs. Maud R. Staples, is suffering from many cuts and bruises @s a result of their automobile over- turning on Snake Hill, just south of Alexandria, on the Washington-Rich- mond highway, last night. The two women, who live at 1514 Upshur street, were returning to_the eity from Colonial Beach, when Mrs. Staples became confused at the ap- proach of two machines, running abreast and lost control of the car, which plunged off the road Into a ditch. They were rushed to the local hospital, where they were treated by Dr. S. B. Moore. Little hope is hold for the recovery of Mrs. Knowlton, but the condition of her daughter is not regarded as being serious. OIL FRAUD INDICTMENT The Potomac Electr has reached an ngre Consolidated Gas & B: it was DISMISSAL SOUGHT 14 Companies Notify U. 8. at Los Angeles Attempt Will Be Made Monday in $20,000,000 Case. By the Associated P: LOS ANGELE group of ol companies today ment against the oil promoters. B. Frank Wood and J. trial. The invader group of charged that thousands 'intrusted more than $20,000,000 to the moters of the various companies ed in the mail fraud indictments l Saves Attacked Pair ' Co. | July 21.—Attor- neys for 14 officials of the invader in- formed the United States district at- torney’s office that an attempt would be made Monday to obtain a dismissal of the $20,000,000 mail fraud indict- Leigh Nourse, officlals of the invader com- panies, will appear in court to enter pleas, and the Government attorneys said they would ask for an early companies ioperated largely in the midcontinent fleld, and Federal accountants have of investors yland Pub- |E couple_attacked in a machin Oxon Hill, Md. COUPLE STONED BY FOUR ATTACKERS Assailants Flee When Res- cuer Appears—Victims in Hospital. Stoned by four colored men who attacked them last night as they were in a parked car near Oxon Hill, Md., John W. Buckle 6_Prospect avenue, and b Miss Al- herta. Rice, 14 street, are in a serious condition at Casualty Hos- pital, virtually covered with gashes and bruises. But for the timely fntervention of W am Goodacre, 1514 Connecticut avenue, who drove up just as one of the men had d ed the girl from the car and her companion was lapsing into unconsciousness, the couple might have suffered a worse fate. ncee, Hackers Flee. As Goodacre stopped, in response to the girl's screams as she swayed forward into the light of his head- lights, her face covered with blood, one of the negroes struek him from behind with a stone, inflicting a cut on the head and hcaved unother through his windshield. The negroes fled as Goodacre helped Buckler fell dazed by the side of his car his machine and started with couple to the hospital. Sherift Charles Early of Prince Georges County, assisted by three of his five deputies, searched all last night for the quartet with his only clue the report of Buckler that he had succeeded in cutting the face of one of his assailants and a desecrip- tion of one of the men furnished by Goodacre, to the effect that he wore a blue shirt and khaki pants. Aroused by the attack, a volunteer posse joined the sheriff this morning and a search of the neighborhood is being made today. Sheriff Early ex- pressed the opinion that the men live in the vicinity. After attending a band concert at the Monument grounds with the parents of Miss Rice, the couple went for a drive. Miss Rice, who is badly shocked and is wounded about the eye and forchead from rocks, stated that they were parked in their car when two colored men in an auto- mobile drove past, pausing to call something to the about “mov- ing on.” Girl Pulled From Car. A few minutes later the men re- turned, this time accompanied by two companions, Cursing volubly, the girl said, the four men left their card and surrounded their roadster. Then they began to pelt the couple with stones, trapping them in the car. Unable at first to extricate himself from the car, Buckler shiclded the girl from the flying stpnes as best he could, receiving fearful bruises. He has six bad gashes on the head and a possible fracture of the skull, while his mouth is mashed almost beyond recognition. Finally, the girl stated, two of the men drove away. One of the remain- ing two grabbed her and pulled her from the car while the other grap- pled with her weakened escort. 1t was then that Goodacre came along, just as Buckler had managed to hit his opponent in the face and stagger toward the girl. F. M. Rice, father of the girl, vis- ited Mr. Goodacre this morning and. thanked him for saving his daughter. POLICE ARE EXONERATED OF FUR STRIKE CHARGES Cleared of $100,000 Bribery Accu- sation After Inquiry by New York Magistrate. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 21.—The New York police, accused at a public hear- ing in April last of having accepted $100,000 “hands off” money from the left wing side of a 17-week fur strike, were today officially exonerated by Maglstrate Corrigan. The magistrate, who conducted the hearings in the mayor’s investigation into the charges, said in his decision that examination of the testimony given by all concerned did not support the charges, and that the Police De- partment must accordingly be given a “clean bill of health.” At the hearings last Spring, inst- tuted after American Federation of Labor officials had announced that the left wing leaders had spent large sums in bribery, the charges were denied by both the left wing leaders and by the police. The left wing leaders counter- charged with the statement that the charges had been made by the Ameri- can Federation of Labor officials lo discredit the left wing group and take away the leadership in the strike. the THE EVENING PUBLISHERS WIN PAPER RATE CASE leged Overcharges Award- ed Eight D. C. Firms. tion in the amount of alleged on shipment of news print | paper in carloads from producing points in New gland, New York and Canada to Washington was awarded | by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion today to eight Washington pub- lisking companies. The companies which will benefit under the award are The Evening Star | Newspaper Co., Washington Post Co., Washington Times Co., Washington Daily Newspaper Co.. Washington Herald Co., Pathfinder Publishing Co. and the National Tribune Co., all of which are corporations, and Capper’s Weekly, published here by Senator Arthur Capper. . The exact amount of the reparations to be awarded in each not stated in the commis- sion’s order today and will be deter- mined later. Contentions Are Upheld. ‘The order of the commission award- ing reparation today brings to a close one of the rate cases instituted by sev- eral Washington publishing corpora- tions, and upholds their contention that rail rates on news print paper from points of origin to Washington have been unreasonable. Several months ago the commission found that the rates on news print paper in car- loads from various points in New England, New York and Canada to Washington swere unreasonable to the extent that they exceeded the rates in effect to Baltimore, Md., by more than 2 cents per 100 pounds; and that the rates from Philadelphia, Pa., to Wash- ington were unreasonable to the ex- tent that they exceeded the rates to Baltimore by more than 3 cents per 100 pounds. # Finding for Damages. The commission found the partics to which reparation is.to be paid made shipment of ne print paper from the points of origin covered by their complaints to Washington; that .pon such shipments they pald and bore the charges at rates which the commission found were unreasonable; that they were damaged thereby in the amount of the difference between the charges paid and those which would have ac- crued at the rates found reasonable in p. vious reports, and that they are led to reparation with inter Attorneys for the rallroads contend- ed that reparation should not be awarded on the ground that the pro- ceedings before the commission in- volved a general readjustment of rates and that under such circumstances the commission does not ordinarily award damages. J. T. Geoghegan, traffic ex- pert; Manghum & Manghum and R. M. Johnson appeared for the com- plainants, and James E. Gowen and Charles R. Webber appeared for the railroads. Repa overcharge: RUM SENT TO WIFE OF MONDELL SEIZED Family of Former G. 0. P. Floor Leader Disclaim Knowl- edge of Shipment. By the Associated Press. SHERIDAN, Wyo., July 21.—A case of liquor addressed to Mrs. Frank Mondell, wife of the former Repre- sentative from -Wyoming and for years floor leader in the House of Representatives, was seized by Fed- eral agents at Newcastle, Wyo., Tues- day, according to word received here today. Word of a liquor shipment from New York reached Federal headquar- ters early in the week, according to information gained here, and Fedcral Agent Yohe spent Tuesday waiting for some one to call for the package. When no one showed up Yohe at- tempted to gain possession of the package. The Mondells were called, and Frank Mondell, jr., appeared at the New- castle express office. After talking to Yohe, he refused to accept the pack- age. Yohe shipped the liquor to Lon C. Davis, Federal prohibition director at Cheyenne. Mr. Mondell is not in Newcastle, where the Mondells have their Sum- mer home. Members of the Mondell family denied any knowledge of the shipment. —_— D. C. INSTITUTIONS BENEFITED BY WILL Seven Are Remembered by Late Julia Stout, Former Resident Here, Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, July 21.—Seven in- stitutions in Washington will receive bequests ranging from $1,000 to $10,- 000, according to the terms of the will of the late Julia M. Stout, for- merly of Washington, which was filed for probate in Surrogate's Court yesterday. The Washington Home for Incur- ables was left $10,000 and the Prot- estant Episcopal Cathedral Founda- tion, otherwise known as the Wash- ington Cathedral, will receive $5,000. Bequests of $1,000 each are made to the National Library for Blind, the Washington City Orphan Asylum, Association for Prevention of Tuber- culosis, Columbia Polytechnic Insti- tute for the Blind and the Navy Re- lief Society. «James C. Need of Frederick, Md., recelves a life estate in §$20,000 under the same will. Records at the Washington Cathe- dral fail to disclose the name of Julia M. Stout, though it was belleved she was a sister of J. Kennedy Stout, a former resident of this city, who has been a benefactor of the cathedral fund in recent years. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, July 21.—Three sailing vessels were piled up on Cape Cod, a Nantasket excursion steamer and a United Fruit liner had crashed in the harbor here, 400 passengers on a Provincetown ship were marooned all night and the Leviathan, the world's largest steamship, was awaiting clear- ance weather to emter port today as a result of the heaviest fogs which ever blanketed the New England coast. Harbor and coastwise traffic along the Massachusetts, New Hampshire d aine coasts was at a standstll. tho outer bar not far from where the fishing sloop Ruth Mildred had piled up shortly beforo midnight. The crews remained with their ships. 4Aa ynidentifie§ auxillary schooner 400 Marooned, Leviathan Held Up, Ships Run Aground in Fog Along New England went ashore south of Wellfleet, but \ydAked oft with the aid of a rising tide. At Plymouth the British freighter Hazelpark, from Yucatan with a cargo of sisal hemp, grounded when she missed the harbor buoy, but managed to float under her own'power within an hour. In Boston harbor 125 passengers aboard the Nantasket excursion hoat Mayflower were thrown into tem- porary panic when she crashed into the United Fruit Co. liner Limon, at anchor near quarantine. The damgage to_the Mayflower was estimated at 25,000. No one was injured and of- ficers of the ship succeeded in calm- ing the passengers. Another excursion craft, the Doro- thy Bradford, returning on her daily trip from Provincetown, was forced to spend the night in the harher with 400 passengers aboard. B . S Reparation in Amount of Al-| STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1927. FIRST HEARING HELD IN DIVORCE SUIT OF DORIS STEVENS IN PARIS Dudley Field Malone Says' Wife Has Never Asked for Alimony. Friends Say Incompatibility of Strong Minds Is Only.Cause. By the ciated \Press, PARIS, July 21.—The first hearing of a suit for divorce brought by Doris Stevens, woman suffrage leader against Dudley Field Malone, interna tional attorney, was held today be fore the court tribunal of the S department. The hearing came a surprise, because only a week ago ne as [Miss Stevens flatly denied that she had filed suit against her husband. | At the conclusion of the hearing Mr. Malone told the Associated Press: “In answer to published false statc ments, T wish to state unequivocally | that my wife has never asked for ali-| mony, and therefore I have never re- fused her allmony, since neither of us believes in the principle upon which | alimony Is based.” “Wife Is Splendid Woman.” My wife is a splendid woman,” Mr. Malone continued. ‘‘She has the most extraordinary mind I ever came in contact with and I know that her life will be filled with great happiness | and distinguished achievements. Mr. Malone refused to comment fur- ther .on the case, but it was learned | from friends of both parties that they decided a year ago that they were unable to get along together because | they had equally strong mind: | The widely known attorney, who is especially known for his work as a divorce lawyer, was served with the papers in the suit while away on va- cation in Italy, service being accepted | by his French counsel. Undecided to Last. Miss Stevens' denial that she was going to ask for a divorce is explain- ed by friends of her and Mr. Malone as proof that she was undecided up to the last moment about taking the step. Those best acquainted with the couple say that their romance is still unended, but that there is such an in- tense incompatibility of temperaments that it was impossible for them to get along together. The couple have been llving apart for more than a year, but met occa- sionally, and Miss Stevens only re- cently made a call at the lawyer's of- fices in_the Boulevard Haussman. Mr. Malone, who always spoke in the most flattering terms of his wife, Xpper: Doris Stsvens. Lower: Dudley Field Malone. is represented by close felends as greatly affected by the divorce action. Miss Stevens, who is working in Paris on two books on feminism, on July 13 termed reports that she had asked permission of the Seine Tri- bunal to file suit for a divorce as “false news."” “I don’t understand these rumors of divorce that persisted for more than a year, he said. “Mr. Malone and I are mood friends. We have denied similar rumors before and I deny them again.” HESSE BAGKS USE OF PAID INFORMERS Holds Offering of Rewards Aids Police in Enforcement of Many Laws. Tse of paid “informers in obtaining evidence against liquor law violators was vigorously defended today by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, with whom members of the district attorney’s staff have requested a conference next Wednesday to dis- cuss the situation growing out of the campaign conducted by the Citizens’ Service Association. As a result of the confessions of Charles D. Davis and Jesse D. Hall, dry squad informers who pleaded guilty to perjury in presenting evi- dence in a case, the District attorney's office will put up squarely to the Po- lice Department, it is understood, the question of eliminating paid inform- ers 1n such work. Dissension Is Foreseen. “I don’t see why an exception should be made in liquor cases,” Maj. Hesse declared today, “when the Police De- partment offers rewards for informa- tion leading to the arrest of other law violators.” Just because false in- formation is sometimes turned over, Maj. Hesse believes, is no reason why the policy of using paid informers, which has been'followed a long time, should be dropped in view of the pres- ent situation, It was evident that the question, when it comes up at the conferenc will find the district attorney’s office and the Police Department on opposite sides of the fence. Maj. Hesse, while opposed to elimination of the paid in- former in police work, nevertheless be- lieves that every effort should be made to maintain a sharp lookout for agents who might try to “frame up” evidence. The conference with Maj. Hesse was requested hy Raymond Neudecker, and it is understood that the District at- torney's office also will be represented by Capt. Harold Orcutt and Davis A. Hart. A serious situation has resulted from the false evidence turned in by the two dry squad informers, as a re- sult of which is is possible that a score of cases based solely on evidence ob- tained by the pair will be nolle possed as soon as the District attorney's office can review them. 12 Cases Postponed. Twelve cases of alleged violations of the liquor laws scheduled for trial yesterday were postponed at the re- quest of Maj. Peyton Gordon, United States District Attorney, because evi- dence against those accused was obtained by Davis and Hall. Mean- while, Maj. Gordon's staff was busy today examining evidence of about 35 other cases worked up by the two dry informers, but no further step was taken today to drop any of these. In the opinion of Maj. Hesse f{t would be a great mistake to eliminate the pald informer in police work, since the rewards offered for informa- tion have been helpful in the past in tracking down criminals. “A law is a lav,” he added, “and if the police pay for information leading to the arrest of one class of criminals, there is no reason to exclude the em- ployment of such methods in detect- ing liquor law violators.” He declared that it is customary to pay rewards for bringing about the arrest of auto- ists who violate the traffic regulations. G. C. Hinckley, secretary of the As- sociation Against the _ Prohibition Amendment, in commenting on the situation, issued the following:- state- ment: “Predicted Difficulties.” “We predicted at the organization of the Citizens’ Service Association that they would get themselves ‘in bad. Here are these great moral reformers, who were going to make Washington a paradise by the use of informers, disowning a man they previously claimed as one of their own. There is no calling so despicable as that of an informer. “Their willingness to use informers and to encourage decent citizens to become spys is evidence of one of two things—they are either childishly ignorant of the requirements of good citizenship or they know that prohibi- tion is a logt cause, which requires ‘terrorist’ mgthods for even a pretense ACTION IS DZFERRED ON ONE-#AN CARS Public Utilitics Commission Con- siders Questicn of Reversing Policy on Trolleys. The Public Utilities Commission again today considered the question of reversing the policy of the former commission with respect to the one- man street cars, but deferred action. The old commission was on record as opposing any increass in the num- ber of one-man cars now in operation, but the question of changing this policy was taken under advisement by the new commission several months ago as a result of a request by the Anacostia Citizens’ Association that the old-type one-man cars on the Ana- costia line of the Washington Rail- way and Electric Co. be replaced by those of the newer type with auto- matic rear exits. The car companies subsequently served notice on the commission that unless a more liberal policy toward the one-man car is adopted an appeal for higher fares probably would be made The companies pointed out that their return is far below that al- lowed by the commission and that the increased use of the one-man cars ap- peared to be the only means to avoid a plea for a higher rate of fare. The commission then sent ques- tionnaires to the various civic and trade organizations to ascertain whether their former attitude of op- position to the one-man cars had changed. The replies indicated very little of the opposition has dissipated. THREE DENY CHARGES OF ROBBING STORES Defendants Held for Grand Jury on $20,000 Bonds by Judge Mattingly. James Willis and Thomas Willis, brothers, and Archie Paige, all col- ored, pleaded not guilty to two charges of robbery in Police Court today before Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly, and were held for the grand Jjury on bonds of $20,000 each. The three were arrested by Head- quarters Detectives Frank A. Carney and James Collins, after their alleged hold-up and robbery July 16 of the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 1811 On- tario road, and the store of Samuel Morushnik, 1000 S street. George M. Willet, manager of the A. & P. store, told the court that the men held him up with a pistol and took $41.95 from the cash regis- ter, later escaping in an automobile. Morushnik testified that the men came into his store and asked for some cigars. As he went to get them a pistol was pointed in his face and 28 was rifled from the cash drawer. CAR TURNS SOMERSAULT. Machine Reported Stolen Lands Bottom Up—~Occupants Unknown. Diving through the guard rail on a turn in the road leading to Fort Myer Heights, Va., early this morn- ing, a heavy touring car that had been reported stolen last night from Charles M. Eagle, 925 E street north- east, did a somersault in the air and landed on its top in a grove of small trees 10 feet below the road- bed level. The machine was badly damaged, but there was no evidence of its oc- cupants having been injured, and in- quiry at local hospitals failed to re- veal any clue to the identity of the driver. = Investigation of the up- turned wreck disclosed a set of 1927 District of Columbia license plates which had belonged to an automobile owned by John H. Averill, 516% M street northeast. That machine was stolen May 17 and subsequently was recovered, —_— at enforcement. We advise Dr. Aber- nethy and Dr. Ellison to get out on the street and mingle with their fel- low men and get the average Chris- tian’s conception of what constitutes a square deal in social relations.” g et e s ‘Women's rest rooms in one of Toledo's large buildings have been equipped with ash trays to keep woman smokers from dropping ashes on the floor, iy SECRECY OF SAGE CASE IS DEPLORED Governor Accused of Bias in Conducting His In- quiry. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, July 21.—Gov. Alvan T. Fuller was called upon today “in the name of humanity,” 1 end the secrecy which has surrounced his investigation of the Sacco-Vanzett! case. At the same time he faced charges, sy implication. At least, that he viewed defense witnesses with suspicion, and had frequently indicated a decided pre- sumption of belief in the State’s case. Four leading members of the defense committee, which for more than seven years has waged a fight to save Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, con- victed murderers and admitted radi- cals, from death in the electric chair to which they are now condemned next month, declared in a communication mailed to the governor last night ‘hat the prisoners were “tortured to de- spair” by the governor's plan of pro- cedure. Hearing Are Secret. Referring to the hunger strike which the condemned men have under- taken at the State prison and which entered its fifth day today, the letter asked, “Do you wonder that they want to kill themselves rather than submit to a decision based upon the evidence of such witnesses?” Both the governor’s own inquiry and that of the advisory board, which he named to make an independent examination into the merits of the case have been behind closed doors. Touching upon the matter of the governor’s alleged bias, the commit- tee’s letter declared: “Into their dark cells is brought the report of a denfense witness’ inter- view with you. They are told that you plainly seem to view this and other defense witnesses with suspicion and that you always indicate by your questions” and assertions a decided presumption of bellef in the prosecu- tion. & s “Our two friends starve in protest against a veil of secrecy that en- courages the bias—economic, raci: veligious and political—which has shown all’ through this case.” The committee made public a letter by Sacco to his six-year-old daughter Ines. One paragraph is: “The men of this dying old soclety they brutally pulled me away from the embrace of your brother and your poor mother. But, in spite of all, the free spirit of a father’s faith still sur- vives, and I have lived for it and for the dream that some day I would have come back to life, among our friends and comrades again, but woe is me.” At the prison the condemned men have accentuated their volungary abstinence of food by rejecting an offer of Warden William Hendry to change the menu. Vanzettl now re- fuses coffee, which he had been taking previously during his hunger strike. Both men drink water. COMMUNIST ARRESTED. Prisoner Jailed Following Agitation for Vanzetli and Sacco. GENEVA, Switzerland, July 21 (®). —Charged with pasting inflammatory posters on a city wall without legal authorization, a Communist was ar- rested here today as an outgrowth of agitation against the execution of Nicolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- zetti. The man was held in jail pend- ing further investigation. In the meantime an increasing num- ber of protests against the pending executions is being received by the American legation at Bern and the American consulates at Geneva and other points. The American consulate has requested protection for Hugh Gibson, head of the American delega- tion to the tripartite naval conference here, although Mr. Gibson has pre- [ viously declined police escorts or pro- tection. . Numerous posters which have ap- peared in Geneva declare that it is not clemency for Sacco and Vanzetti that is wanted, but justice. The posters say that Vanzetti was con- demned because of his doctrine: “I want a roof for each family, bread for every mouth and education for each heart.” The Conservative Journel de Geneve, which is widely read in Europe, has printed a ieading editorial, declaring that everything indicates that Sacco and Vanzetti were condemned, not be- cause they were murderers; but. be- cause they were revolutionists. After declaring that the case gives the im- pression that the men were con- demned because they were Italians, the paper continues, “Unhapplily it is too true that {n the United States poor immigrants are often considered as being human beings in the second category.” —_— VON MALTZAN REGRETS PLANS TO FLY TO U. S. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 21.—Baron Ago von Maltzan, German Ambassador to the United States, told American news- paper men yesterday he greatly re- gretted that German aviators evi- dently: were planning to fly to America. in August. At the same time he said that the German embassy in ‘Washington would give such aviators all possible co-operation. “They will, of course, get a hearty welcome in America,” said the Am- bassador, “but the President will be on vacation out West. The diplo- matic corps will be in Maine, and Massachusetts and other Summer re- sorts, and most of the officials will be on holiday. So far as the embassy’'s assisting them, this goes without say- ing, but at least ‘we must know who is flying. At present there is much TWO NEWSPAPER MEN DIE Leaders in Boston's Fourth Estate Stricken Suddenly. BOSTON, July 21 (®).—Two widely known Boston newspaper men were stricken suddenly here Tuesday, and died within a few minutes. Albert H. C. Mitchell, editor and publisher of the Fox Breeders' Gazette and a former sports editor of the Boston American, died while being taken to a hospital after collapsing in the downtown dis- trict. He was 60 years of age, and was well known in sporting circles throughout the country. Irving Pierson Fox, 67, president and treasurer of the Spatula Publish- ing Co. and publisher of the Church Militant, official of the Protestant Epis- sopal Church diocese of Massachusetts, dfed at his West End offices before help could reac SANDIND PREPARES FOR W ATTAGK Intercepted Messages Show Plan to Seize Key to Ma- nagua Occupied by Marines. By the Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July Notwithstanding the defeat with numerous casualties which his rebel band suffered at the hands of Amerl- can Marines and native constabulary at Ocotal, Gen. Sandino hopes to cap- ture Tiscapa Fort, which controls the city: of Managua, now occupied by Marines. An intercepted message addressed by Sandino to his wife, reads: “Al- though they believe me weak, I shall soon occupy the Tiscapa Fortress.” Another message signed by Sandino, which was sent the day after the Ocotal battle and picked up by a tele- graph operator at San Fernando, says the “only one responsible for what has happened here is the President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, who has supported Adolfo Diaz" (the Conservative President of Nicaragua). This message, addressed to “all authorities, civil and military,” to ex- plain why the Ocotal attack took place, declares that Sandino and his men desired to show they continued to defend the constitutionality of Dr. Juan Sacasa (former Liberal Presi- dent), to dispel the idea that they were bandits, and to prove that they pre- ferred death to slavery. Planes Report Activities. United States planes reaching Managua after reconnaissances in the Ocotal region have reported a few bands of rebels under Sandino at Chilpote and other concentrations of rebel forces to the southeast of Ocotal. Maj. Ross E. Rowell, in command 21— COURTNEY FLIGHT HALTED FEW DAYS Vibration of Instruments and Faulty Radio Cause Delay in Starting. By Cable to The Star and the North Ameri- can Newspaper Alliance. CALSHOT NAVAL FLYING BASE, England, July 21.—After making a test flight for 1 hour and 15 minutes over this station late yesterday eve- ning, Capt. Frank T. Courtney de- termined to further postpone his westward flight across the Atlantic for a few days. ‘The reason for the delay is that the radio apparatus instalied in the Dor- nier-Napier Whale flying boat, in which the captain intends to make the first westward flight across the sea, did not work satisfactoril; “There is nothing seriously the mat ter with the apparatus,” Capt. Court- ney said after making his landing, ut I am not quite satisfied with it. I cannot afford.to take any chances with our equipment. It is not worth it. Not Really Ready. “The fact is we are not really ready to go. I am anxious, if possible, to take advantage of the extremely fa- vorable weather. I thought that with a little luck we might have gone in a satisfactory way without further ad- justments. Now we will take time and clean up all of our tests proper Capt. Courtney hopped off on his test flight at 7 o'clock yesterday eve- ning and cruised about over the base here. A number of his friends who had assembled to see him off were still waiting patiently after the aviator landed expecting to see him rise again to be on his great flight. On descending ¢Capt. Courtney left the Whale in the water and went ashore. Attendants at the flying base pulled the flying boat ashore, and the machine had a narrow escape from being stranded as the tide ran out with great rapidity. Had it not been for the failure of the wireless apparatus to* function properly Capt. Courtney had intended to have the Whale moored to a buoy off the flying station last night, load- ed with pstrol and stores and ready for the take-off. Islanders Are Disappointed. Although Capt. Courtney took the delay philosophically, he and his com- panions were most anxious to make the start. They were more than ready to take advantage of the extraordinarily favorable winds which had been reporfed as a result of the observations directed by the air min- istry. The captain had awaited the reports with some anxiety for days, and it was when he received the last of the reports yesterday that he de- termined to make his tests in the air. of the aviation squadron, has sent by air to Ocotal a small field piece and some machine guns, and reinforce- ments under Maj. Floyd are expected momentarily at Ocotal, so the garrison will be prepared for any emergency. It was Maj. Rowell who led five bombing planes to the attack at Ocotal, which was largely responsihle in dispersing the rebels. His plune bears the marks of 44 bullets. Gen. Moncada, the chief Libecal commander in the campaign agaiust the Conservatives, which was termi- nated by the peace arranged by Henry L. Stimson, as personal representativ. of President Coolidge, has made charges against Gen. Sandino. Defénds Marines' Fighting. In a lengthy statement Moncada says that after the peace agreement was signed Sandino, despite appeals, even by his own father “took and held foreigners for ransom and dedicated himself to the assassination of his en- emies, whether Liberals or Conserva- tives.” At Ocotal, Moncada says, the United States Marines fought in legitimate defense, “We Liberals,” he adds, “regret the death of brothers, but it is our duty to refuse contact with bandits; we con- demn a war which has no idea. In Nicaragua the Liberals ardently de- sire peace and have confidence in the word of the President of the United States of America, given to us by his personal representative, Mr. Stimson. All the other chiefs have complied with their duties.” Rear Admiral Jullan L. Latimer, who was in command of the United States special service squadron in Nic- araguan waters during the trouble between the Liberals and Conscrva- tives, believes that Gen. Sandino will never be heard from again. The ad- miral describing Sandino as a bandit, said here he thought Sandino either would leave the country, probably crossing into Honduras, or lay down his arms voluntarily. In Mexico City Pedro Zepeda, cham- pion of the Liberal cause, announced he had dispatches from San Salvador that 25 United States Marines were killed at Ocotal. All other advices have had one Ma- rine Killed, one wounded. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Navy Band at Tubercular Hospital, Fourteenth and Upshur streets, at 7:30 o'clock tonight. March, “Givenchy”........ Overture, “Hunyady Lasalo”. Characteristic, “Three Dances, Saenger (a) Valse graciouse. (b) Introduction and Habanera. (c) Dance grotesque. Grand scenes from the opera * bardl” ...eececeenns ‘Waltz, “Folle Ivresse”... Gems from the “Some Time™ . Mazurka caprice, “Cinderella’s Bridal Procession,” Dicker Popular, “Selected.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” The concert scheduled by the Com- munity Center Band at Dunbar High secrecy on the part of the airplane companies.” . Baby Burro Quits First Lady of Land To Answer Mother's Familiar “Heehaw™ By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. STATE GAME LODGE, BLACK HILLS, 8. Dak., July 21.—Sugar held in the palm of the hand of the First Lady of the Land was not nearly as attractive: today to a baby burro as the “heehaw” of its mother. Soon after President Coolidge and Secretary of Commerce Hoover left the State game lodge this morning Mrs. Coolidge, who was standing on the front porch to bid them good-by, put Rob Roy, the white collie, inside the house because he was barking at a 2-months-old burro walking along the circular roadway leading to the front door. The burro, a friendly lit- tle fellow, who alternated between prancing and kicking up his heels, at- tracted the attention of Mrs. Coolidge. Descending the front steps, she called to him, “Here, Bob; here, Bob.’ The burro paid no attention to the call, so Mrs. Coolidge re-entered the lodge and appeared a moment later with a handful of lump sugar. As she e S 1 e e 1l 28 or y lttle He came half way to Schoo! tomorrow night has been can- celed. her, then he turned around and kicked up his heels, running back to A message received from Balentia, Ireland, where the Whale is to make its first stop, increased the disappoint. ment of the aviator and his crew. For days great crowds of men, women and bare-legged children have been awaiting the coming of the aeronaws. For days they have been scanning the sky and talking of nothing but the coming of the visitors from the clouds to their lonely island. Although there is no telephone but one belonging to the radio station on the island, every person on the island had heard of the postponement of the flight within a few minutes after re- ceipt of the news. The coming of the Courtney plane is the most exciting thing that has ever happened on the island. One of the Inhabitants of the island voiced the dreams and ambitions of his neighbors when he said: “We feel very ‘lonely Here placed on the edge of the world. To the east we have only a sparsely settled coun- try, for miles, and on our west is the ocean. Courtney's flight may mean the beginning of commercial aviation to America. Although the day when such a thing becomes real may be a long way off, we are very optimistic, for we believe that Courtney is going to give us a new neighbor.” Experts Find Vibration. While Courtney was pilotin Whale in the air for 75 l!r,ninu!ei yzl-'. terday, he was accompanied by two Marconi experts. They discovered a great deal of vibration in some of the instruments. This vibration was sufficient to seriously interfere with the operation of the wireless ap- paratus. It was noted that the test was made under rather adverse conditions. When the plane went down the slipway a mist was falling and the air was cold, The visibility was low. But the Whale rose in the soggy air like a bird, the drone of the engines showing that they were in perfect order. But after the Whale was beached, there was an anxious consultation with the Marconi experts. It was then stated -that a new generator and propeller would have to be fitted and that some of the machinery made f too much moise. This noise will h: to be toned down. Despite all this, though, the experts picked up m sages from Le Bourget and Cherbourg in m:’m?( that “the wheels were going round.” Mrs. Courtney Agitated. Mrs. Courtney arrived at the fleld yesterday merning looking a little bit anxious, believing that her husband was about to begin his epic fight. But though her face wore a strained look she smiled a little when she met her husband. The same smile appear- ed to be a-little less troubled when she learned of her. husband’s initial disappointment. ‘While the mechanic started the nec- essary tinkering with the Whale Capt. Courtney strolled around the big fly- ing_machine smoking a cigarette. “I am not worried at all,” he said. “We'll get through all right. (Copyright. 1027. in all countries but Great Britain’ by Notth American Newspaper Alliance, "In Great Britain by Westminster COOLIDGE’S FISHING UPHELD BY LEAGUE South Dakota Branch of Izaak Walton Organization Elects President Honorary Head. the main doorway. His mother, tied with a rope beneath the tree at the back of the lodge, spied him at that second. She gave a lusty “Heehaw" and was answered in kind. The baby burro put his nose close to the ground and started in a hurry for his morn- ing breakfast, leaving Mrs, Coolidge far behind. . The First Lady of the Land saw the humor of the situation and doubled over-with laughter. Then she decided to follow the burro into the pasture. For some time the baby pald no attention but frisked around its mother, sometimes standing on its hind legs and putting its feet on its mother’s neck. Finally the entreaties of Mrs. Coolidge were successful. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 21.—President Coolidge has been elected to and has accepted the position of honorary president of the South Dakota Division of the Jzaak Walton League of Amer- ica, national headquarters of the or- ganization announced here today. ‘'The action by, the Dakota Wal- tonians is taken as' complete approval of the early season presidential method of taking trout with the worm instead of with the more esthetic fAly,” sald the national headquarters an. nouncement. ‘‘The league is devotel to the practice of the highest refine- ment of fishing and shooting The baby burro came over and ate several lumps of sugar from hand. Then the mother stretched out the rope to its full length and wa rewarded with some sweetmeats, As ‘Mrs. Coolidge started away from the pair of burros the baby laid back its ears and followed so ly that Mrs. Coolidge turned around to make sure shq.would not be over, fatd method: “The practice of true sportsmanship is not dependent upon any given kind of lure so much as it is upon the inherent sportsmanship of the angler in returning small fishes to the water and in taking no more than he re. qulrl:. guvi':"th- nJA for "Mher anglars,® said former Judge J. M. Dickinson, national president of the