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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and probably to- morrow morning; temperature. Temperature—F esterday: 1 epol not much change in Tighest, 81, at 3: owest, 60, at 5 a.m. vt on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 R WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITIONg Entered as s post 7 No. 80,409, class matter on, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1927 —THIRTY-SIX PAGES. PRESIDENT CONFUSES POLITICIANS *'BY EMPLOYING WORD “CHOOSE”; OUT OF RACE, ASSOCIATES DECLARE Many Foresee Acceptance if L Nominated. 'HOOVER BOOM GIVEN IMPETUS “Third Term” Issue Held Put Up to Party by Acl. By the Associated Press. A night of speculation left Wash- ington political heads still muddled ! today over President Coolidge’s terse ! announcement that he did not “choose” to run for President in 1928, Instead of clarifving the situation v as the time approaches for active campaigning to get under w for the 1928 national conventions, the action of Mr. Coolidge broug vast outpouring of opinions which | graphically illustrated the uncer- tainty in the minds of both friends and opponents of the administration. A majority of these opinions were fnformal, because there was a great reluctance on the part of politicians | to commit themsclves on the ques- ‘tion which was on every lip: “Will the President run if he is pominated?” Opinion Is Divided. Senator Smoot of Utah, an admin- {stration stalwart, thought he would, although he would prefer not to. Others said he was definitely out of the race. Still others said the issue had been put up to the Republican party, with the President now in a position to cast’his line into the quiet pools of Black Hills streams and await develop- ments, The thought which was persistently expressed in the Capital was concern- ed with the course now to be taken by the friends of the President who have insisted that he would be nominated whether or not he chose to serve for another term. Persons wise in the ways of politics do not expect the | answer to this question to be im- mediately apparent. The gossip here long has been per- mistent that with Mr. Coolidge eliminated Secretary Hoover might feel himself free to get into the race along with Vice President Dawe: Frank O. Lowden, Speaker Nicholas Longworth, Senator Borah and the others who have been classed as eligibles. Whether Mr. Hoover would inherit the Coolidge strength has been an- other subject of much speculation. The Commerce Secretary has sided with Mr. Coolidge on many of the fighting points of his administration, including the vetoed MeNary-Haugen hill, some of whose features were in- dorsed by Mr. Dawes and Mr. Lowden. | No Indication on Hoover. 1 Notwithstanding the per Hoover talk in Washington, there | has been no indication from either | Mr. Hoover or the White House that he was being groomed as the adminis- tration candidate. Several months ago reports gained currency that there had been a rift between the President and Mr. Hoover over talk that Mr. Hoover was to succeed Secrotary Kellogg. At that time a statement by the President about that subject was in- terpreted in some quarters as a_re- buke to Mr. Hoover, but the President removed that idea by sending forth | word from the White House which was highly Jaudatory to the Secret On the surface, with the ex of the Lowden candidacy, the ities on behalf of the other Republic: high lights have been unostentatious. Most of these men have been content 1o remain silent on political develop- ments, and none of them has issued any public announcement of a de- sire to enter the White House. Never- theless there are groups in and out of Congress who are in sympathy with program to throw their way. There are many politi tngton who are waiting to President Coolidge will atatement of yesterday, but they con fess they have little reason to believe he will do %0, Thy concede. howev that political developments now and convention time i rther announcement from '“,l?l‘.v‘,f‘“.‘.l.. those who ha 11?';19. eir reputation political fore- = (‘ahr‘n‘ are maving little openly as to ossible happenings in the next few months. TELEGRAMS SW MP COOLIDGE. tent tion activ- ns in Wash- e whether mplify his him, President Silent Amid Hubbub Over Terse Announcement. Dak., August APID CITY tremend 1 befo nns tor mn he rer an the expressic friends in ume from ¢ vey tk aders and the States. ige had scarcely left his office vesterday after making his re- markable and unexpected ement Defore the wires into Rapid City start- ed humming and soon the commerc lines W ugmented by t Presi dent’s personal wire from Washirgton with fast mounting communicatior In the midst of all this h b @oolidge settled back into his acc tomed W of saying n¢ onece he Dad made statement, content to let the ¢ interpretation was interesied ment his pro end he examined cle came to him from v Messages Aw Some of the messages which reach- tapid City were relayed immedi to the Summer White House to_col Mr. his v Tet » such He com ho v n the neement had ¢ Jata that el (Continued on Page 5, Column 7.) al lal | denc: | nated in 1916 as the spontaneous act | al the nominatien | between | y bring a ). ! F COMMENT FROM MEN UPON PRESIDE! By the Associated Press. Vice President Dawes—His de by millions of his countrymen William M. Butler, chairman o; am not convinced he will not run Secretary of Commerce Hoo Coolidge should be re-elected Former Gov. Lowden of 1llino; in all ‘our history Gov. Smith of New York, Den | | | convention decides that it wants | armer-L. the | 2 ator Shipstead, saw and sensed the revolt of Senator Capper, Republican, Kan with the Republican party. squarel Charles D. Hilles, vice chairn 1 think he intends this to be Senator Moses, Republican, N him as party leader will none the Senator Johnson, Republican, ing thing. Speaker Longworth of the Ho PRESIDENT PLACES DECISION ON PARTY Determination Not to Seek Nomination Result of Long Consideration. tee. | | | BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge literally means what he said when he announced that he did not ‘“choose to run for the | presidenc and this means o that he has placed squarely be-| fore the Republican party the decision of whether he shall be drafted at the next Republican national convention | to be the nominee for the presidency. | This is no sudden action on the part of Mr. Coolidge, startling as his words may seem to many, who have not been aware of his own matter-of- fact attitude toward the political world. Mr. Coolidge did not say that he would not accept the nomination if | tendered to him by his parl He me! id he did not “choose to run,” and he is sincere | in refusing to v or his influence to bring about his own re- nomination. Between now and the national convention in June, 1 Mr. Coolidge will not lift a finger to forward his own cause in the convention. In this respect Mr. Coolidge has taken exactly the same position which Woodrow Wilson did in his famous letter to A. Mitchell Palmer in 1913 when he said that Presidents should not use their office to perpetuate them- selves politically and that so far as he was concerned he pledged himself to rt to nothing but public opinion in deciding his own attitude toward a second nomination. Charles Evans Hughes, while on the Supreme Court | of the United States, definitely said he was not a’candidate for the pi y. Nobody ever was authorized by him to obtain a single delegate or ganize a campaign. He was nomi- i of his party. Third Term Talk Embarrassing. Mr. Coolidge has been embarrassed by the insistent criticism of his oppo- nents that it was his ambition for a “third term.” Senator Walsh of Mon- tana recently returned from Europe and predicted that Congress would T CC who has run awa Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah—I believe if the Republican |Break at Opening on Presi- | ment that he did not choose to be a jof | son from 193 to 19 | THE PUBLIC EYE | )OLIDGE’S STATEMENT ecision will be received with regret f Republican national committee—I if nominated. ver—I still believe that President | is, Republican—I know of no man from the presidency. mocrat—No comment. him to run he will so bor, Minnesota—Cal West. came and he Tt places the responsibility man Republican national commit- final ew Hampshire—Whoever succeeds less carry the Coolidge banner. California—It is a most astonish- use—I do not care to comment. STOCK PRIGES DROP, THEN RISE SHARPLY dent’s Choice, Then Climb, Some to Record Levels. y the Associated Press, NEW YORK, August 3.—The stock market broke 3 to nearly 16 points on the first onslaught of selling which | followed President Coolidge’s state- | candidate in 1928 staged a remarkable recovery which substantially reduced or wiped out most of the early losses and cavrriéd a few issues to record high levels, The initial break, while unusually severe, was hy no means demors ing. Offerings appeared to come largely from pools and professional traders who have been sponsoring the recent advance. So-called public par- ticipation in the market has been on a small scale in recent months, accord- ing to leading commission houses, with the hulk of speculative activity in highpriced $ssues which do not. appea! to the small speculator because the Jarge margin required to carry them. 6 Opening Prices Lowest, Opening prices, as a rule, registered the extreme declines. The subsequent rally undoubtedly was stimulated by short covering _ of _professional “shorts,” who sold stocks freely at the opening, and by the appearance of strong barking support for the high-grade issues. Du Pont, which opened 15% points lower at 280, rallied to a new high record for all time at 299 before the end of the first hour. Timken Roller Bearing showed an initial loss of 5% points at 132 and then soared to a new high record at 142. General Mo- tors rallied from 22135 to 2273, Atchi- Baltimore & Ohio | Baltimore & Ohio | from 22, Houston Oil from | 1481 nd’ United States Steel common from 134% to 137. Similar recoveries took place in most of the other active issu Total stock sales in the first hour ran above 800,000 shares, Cotton futures, which broke about $2.50 a bale at the opening, also re- covered about half their loss before the end of the first hour. Other com- and immediately from 118 to adopt a resolution expressing its opin- jon against a third term. All this v assumed to be a direct attack on M Coolidge's motives and desires. He has been embarrassed furthermore by the attitude of certain groups in the West who keep using the 1923 1 situation as a threat unle; t to a certain kind rm relief legislation. Indeed, Mr. Coolidge has found that every act he commits as President is subject to po- litical scrutiny. To retain the independence which he thinks a President should have and at the same time to free himself of any responsibility for what the politicians | may decide—whether they choose to draft him or discard him—the Presi- dent has at any rate spoken the first word long enough in advance of the coming political session of Congress i ational Conven- to point to his his personal |recent statement as | preferen Mr. Coolidge would 1Le the v that could be placed on his announ: He knew that if the Repub. {lican party did choose him by ac- clamation, the responsibility for the “third term” would be on the Repub- lican party itself and it the Re- publican party was victorious at the | polls, representing in such a case the majority of the American voters, the decision would be then the public opinion of the Ur s as ex- pressed by the maj a referen- dum. It would not then Mr. 1 Cooli violating a term preceder hut that when they wish tond term or { of service n e { the right to do so bec constitul 1 limitation o al tenure. Position What Mr. Coolidge has done is to rid himself of the charge thai he is trying to get the nomination and at the same time has strongthened his position in the electoral carpaign if he should be nominated. If he had not issued such a statement as ae did | yesterday, he would have been hesieged between now and next June with requests for an expression of { opinion, particularly in connection | with those prima ntests in which his name can go on the ballots or his written consent. This cor nt wrote some time that Jidge would answer somw of the t requests for his cor nt by | refusing to permit his me to go on of the primary ballots. Mr. N s announcement makes it ¢ to write such letters when the ime com The plan has been In the mind of the President for some time, and he has indicated his viewpoint taa few very (Continued on Page %olunm 1) kr { ment. had is no there the presi Is Strengihened. | res modity markets made little or no re- sponse to the Coolidge announcement, grain, rubber and sugar quotations | showing practically no change from | vester Foreign exchanges also | held ste: | Bet He'll Be Re-elected. | <, The York Times says Wall | | Street booking firms are willing to bet | “real money” that President Coolidge | will be the next President of the United States, despite his announce- ment, One firm announced it acted as com- missioner for a wager of $5,000 against $7,000 that Mr. Coolidge will be reelected and said it had $20,000 more to be placed at the same odds. The stock market, having completed an uninterrupted advance since June |28, which carried both the rail and lindustrial averages to record high plevels, was in “a vulnerable posi tion for such an unexpected announce- ment. The current “bull” movement rted more than three years ago and quently has been referred to as a Coolidge market.” he only serious | interruption to the advance took place in March, 1926, when a bad break on selling inspired largely in the New York Fed- eral Reserve rediscount rate and the Interstate Commerce Commission’s re- jection of the original Van Sweringen merger plans. Small Reaction Last Fall. | Another reaction of moderate pro- { portions took place last Fall and there {have been the u minor setbacks from week to wee nd has been unn inz the current 0 leading railroad and 20 le lindustrial stocks have advanced 120 points each § il gains have taken place - of individual issues. Com- Solvents B ranged from a low . Baldwin from 143% to United States Steel common 13 to above 175 for the old stock and from 111% to 138% for the increased stock, after the distribu- tion of the 40 per cent stock dividend. Extreme fluctuations in scores of other issues have ranged from 20 to 50 points. ce |CANAL SETS NEW RECORD. 1509 Vessels Cross Panama in { political fortunes | | | Intended to Be ‘Inal, View at Black Hills. TERM CHOSEN AFTER STUDY Coolidge Declines to Amplify Brief Statement. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff ondent of The Star. RAPID CITY, S. Dak, August 3. ~When Calvin Coolidge announced so unexpectedly to the world yes- terday that he does not choose to run for President in 1928, it was his sincere purpose to remove himself definitely from consideration for an- other term in the White House. Whether the phraseology of his electrifying announcement calls for a different interpretation being placed | upon his declaration, the fact re-| mains that President Coolidge has | made up his mind not to accept an- other nomination and that he hoped his statement of this determination | would be accepted in that way. Belief of Associate. | This is_the positive belief of one | of the President’s associates, who has been closely identificd with bis | or many years and | to have been taken | ent’s confidence con- siderably in advance of the an- nouncement. In t, the writer reason to believe that this intimate was consulted, at least to some ex tent, by Mr. Coolidge before pub- licly setting forth his attitude to- ward another term. It is admitted that the use of the word “choose” in his state- ment undoubtedly will call for much speculation as to his real purpose in the matter. Moreover, there will be those who will signal out the use of the word “choose” as a direct eva-| sion. Also there will be those will interpret the Coolidge mode of expressing himself as meaning that he is not finally barring the door to the presidential political arena behind him—that his phraseology is ambigu- ous, and that his statement is merely an indication that the President is not an aggressive candidate. On the other hand, there will be those who in their speculations will accept the President’s publication of his attitude in the sincere manner in which it was intended, but who will be inclined to think that despite his | own desires in the matter ne will respond at the eleventh hour to the popular call for him to become the party's standard bearer. Given in Good Faith, Of course, there will be all sorts of | other points raised during the debate | arisen so closely upon the | this surprising news from | ident’s vacation spot. | , the President's an-| nouncement of his attitude, no matter | how equivical or debatable it may ap- pear to many, was given in absolutely | good faith and intended to be final. And those who have been close- ly associated with Mr. Coolidge and who are familiar with his traits of character are satisfled in their own minds that this is final and that under no circumstances will he change his mind. There is every reason to believe that the President will remai will refuse to be mov He will turn a deaf ¢ urgings from personal friends and party leaders to reconsider later and permit his name to be placed before the next Republican convention. Aside from all this speculation and debating and political calculating there are a few who can admit honestly that they anticipated the President doing precisely what he has done. Without attempting to reflect upon Mr. Cool- idge’s principles and motives. It was pretty generally assumed that the President was going quietly about hi: business, all the time building up his political strength preparatory to the forthcoming campaign for delegates to the nominating convention. Of course, there was no s for this conviction, at least from anything the President had said or done. But inas- much as he is not in the habit of say- ing anything, his silence only added to the general belief that he would be a candidate, Followed Tradition of Silence, who is known into the Pre | | President’ s decision. r to appeals and Running true to form, Mr. Coolidge at no time sid anything to correct this widespread feeling concerning his attitude. Neither did he see fit to make any response to the frequent criticism of what has been described as his political motives and his vote- getting activities. The President followed the Coolid; tradition—silence. He has known for a long time that he would not be : indidate to succeed himself. 1His an- | nouncement yesterday was not the re- | sult of any sudden decision. He de- termined this point, according to one of his intimates, while discussing it today, farther back than any one would imagine. He is not a man to decide things suddenly or in a hurry. Even if he did, he would be in no haste to make it known. Therefore, in consideration of all this, it is little wonder that the news of his decision caused such a profound shock. It would be putting it mildly to say that politicians here were gen- uinely surprised. They could hardly believe the news when it went flying over this city. Senator Capper of Kansas, who was a house guest at the game lodge and | who was at the executive office when | Month—Tolls Are $2,215,515. | PANAMA, August 3 (®).—A new | reco for commercial transits through the Panama Canal was established in July, with a total of 509 vessels pass- ing through the waterway, as against 506, the previous record, in December, 1923, and March, 1926, otal tolls for July were $2,215,515, the fourth largest monthly total in the historg of the canal, ik o S the announcement was made, gave the impression to correspondents only the day previous that he thought the President would be a candidate. Sena- tor Norbeck of this State, who has who |. | request by th A CHOICE OF;! T0 SELECT; To FULLER POSTPONES SACCO MEETING Decision in Slaying Case Is Due to Be Announced To- night, However. By the Associated Press BOSTON, August 3.—Gov. Alvan T. Fuller's meeting with his executive council, which was to have been held today, has been postponed until to morrow at noon, it wis announced this morning by William L. Reed, the governor's assistant secret Although no explanator; was made, it was surmised at the State House that the delay was to enable Gov. Fuller to submit to the council his findings in the case of cco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, ls who are under sentence of death for murder. Announcement Due Tonight, Gov. Fuller had announced that his decision on the case would be an- nounced tonight between § and 9 o'clock. 1If he chooses not to interfere with the execution of the sentence the council has no jurisdiction, but in the eventuality of a pardon, a com- mutation of sentence or a reprieve he must obtain the approval of a ma- Jjority of the council of eight membe: It was said at the State House that the postponement pf the meeting would not delay announcement by the governor tonight. Mr, Reed said that Gov. Fuller telephoned him this morn- nig to postpone the meeting because he would be occupied ail day and that he wanted to sit with the council when atement governor did not appear at the State House during the morning and umed that he was engaged ting his decision at his hotel. two prisoners met the day, which is likely to be one of the most momentous in their seven-year-long fight for liber s they have the past several days, even though they awoke in the death house, to which they were transferred last evening. Sacco entered upon the eighteenth day of his hunger strike by refusing breakfast. Vanzetti, who began eat- ing on Sunday, after two weeks of fasting, had a hea breakfast of dropped eggs on hash, with bread and coffee. Both radicals deiros, who murder ha layed, becav Celestino Ma- for another been several times de- e of the possible use of his testimony in connection with the Sacco case, are sentenced to die the week of August 10. VANZETTI'S and execution ER ON WAY. Leaves Turin After Mussolini Gets Her Passport. ROME, August 3 (#).—With a pass- port granted through the personal mediation of Premier Mussolini, a ter of Bartolomeo Vanzetti left Turin today on the way to Boston, where she hopes to arrive to see her brother alive. Deciding to go to America after the receipt by friends here of a messaze from the defense committee saying her brother desired to see her nly , for i Finally she sent a message to Premier Mussolini, after which her request was quickly granted. Before leaving, Signorina Van- zetti said the Italian government was closely following the case of her broth- er, who, with Nicolo Sacco, is under sentence of death for murder in Mas- sachusetts, Uruguay Protest Denied. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, August 3 (A Grant Smith, United States minister to Uruguay, has refused a Bus Owners' Associa- smit to his government its rinst the Sacco-Vanzetti He explained that the Government had no juri: diction whatsoever in such cases which are under the competence of the State tribunals, and that further- more any such communication by citi- zens of Uruguay must pass through the Uruguayan representative in ‘Washington. ——— GAME IS POSTPONED. Today’s Contest With Browns Call- ed Off Because of Downpour. Rain which rendered the playing field too muddy for hase ball caused Manager Bucky Harris to postpone to- day’s series opening clash with the St. Louls Browns. The contest will be played off to- morrow as part of a double-header. The first"game of tomorrow's bargin attraction will start at 1:30, with the likely starters on the mound Tom tion to tr protest itence. Ameri been in the President’s company fre- quently this Summer, said afterward that he was greatly surprised, and a made by Rep- Milton Gaston or Sad Sam. the Western club, 1 Zachary for Washington, and % TROOPS MAY QUELL |and the two governors sent replies | approving such a meeting. | ous ou Prince of Wales To Be Heard Here Over WRC Sunday The voice of the Prince of Wales as he makes the dedicatory address of the International Bridge at Niagara Falls, Sunday, will be heard in Washington at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, according to an- nouncement today from station WRC of the Radio Corporation of America. Graham McNamee and Milton J. ross of the National Broadcasting will serve as announcers dur- ing the program, which will be broadcast in its entirety. Other speakers, in addition to the Prince of Wales, will be: Prince George, Premier 'Baldwin, Premier Mac- Kenzie of Canada; Premier Howard Ferguson of Ontario; Lieut. Gov. Ross of Ontario; Vice President Dawes; Secretary of State Kellogg and Gov. Al Smith of New York. Three bands and a chorus of 40 voices will furnish the music. TROUBLE AT MINES Donahey Confers With Guard Officials as Outbreaks Bring Row to Head. By the Associated Press, COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 3.—Con- tinued outbreaks in Ohio coal flelds were rapidly bringing the wage scale controversy between union miners and coal operators to a head as Gov. Don- ahey today conferred with Ohio Na- tional G Is over the possibil- ity of sending troops into the flelds to maintain order. At the same time, the next move in the governor's plan for a tri-state conference of miners and operators awaited. The executive yesterday called on the Governors of Indiana and Illinois to aid him in requesting operators and miners of the central competitive field to hold a conference, Shooting at Mine. Yesterday's disturbances were mark- ed by the second disorder in two days at the Maple Leaf mine, south of Dover, when the tipple of the mine was destroyed by a bomb explosion and John Hines, night watchman, was slightly wounded by gunshot. It was the second shooting there, John Vesco of Wainwright having been shot in the leg the day before, when union sym- pathizers and non-union workmen clashed. Officials of the Pocock Co. mine of Massillon, owners of the mine, id the tipple burned after a bomb plosion had started the flames. Sheriff Clyde Hardesty and John nque, president of the local Miners’ Union, arrived at the Provident mine Clairsville, Belmont County, just in time to prevent a probable seri- k. A husky woman picket had knocked down a mine guard and two other guards were forced to flee into the mine offices. A’ tear bomb was hurled into the picket line by the guards, but it failed to explode. Fired On With Eggs. Complaints that they were show- ered with eggs were made by carpen- s at the Webb mine near Shady- Robert Haubrich and O. E.| Vational Guard, were ordered to Adena, Jefferson Count where numerous disorders have been reported. The two colonels, with Col. A. W. Reynolds, ea the day had investigated conditions at the Maple Leaf mine and reported the situation there again quiet. The three officers and Adjt. Gen. Henderson also were ordered to report every cit; To ELECT; To DECIDE FROM INCLINATION OR PREF— W2/ERENCE TO THINK PROPER ; Y 0 PLEAS CAMPBELL FAGES D.C.TRIAL BOARD Policeman Accused of Violat- ing Pistol Rule in Hall Death. Policeman B. R. Campbell of the tenth precinct today faced the Po- lice Trial Board with his position as a policeman in jeopardy on charg- es of improper use of his pistol early on the morning of July 10, when Larry W. Hall was shot and killed during a speed chase on Hare- wood road near Soldiers’ Home. On tr with Campbell was Police- man W. S. Buchanan, charged with allowing Campbell to occupy the side car of his motor cycle without spe- cial permission, in violation of reg- ulations in the Police Manual Defense Counsel Robert E. Lynch first called to the stand an array of more than a dozen character wit- nesses for Campbell and Buchanan among whom were represented high officiais in the Police Department and local civie leaders. Exonerated by Jury. The fatality, out of which this trial grew, already has been acted on by the coroner’s jury, which exonerated the policeman, stating that the shot which killed Hall was fired in line of duty. The matter also has been pre- sented to the grand jury, which thus far has‘not presented any indictment. An investigation by Inspector Charles A. Evans, assistant superin- tendent of police, resulted in the mat- ter being taken up by the trial board. Evans filed a report stating that the shots fired at the fleeing automobile, without the policeman knowing a fel- ony had been committed, and after the period in the chase when the po- licemen’s lives were endangered by being crowded off the road toward the Soldier's home fence had past, con- stituted an improper use of the pis- tol under the Police Manual, and the filing of charges against Campbell re- sulted. Dr. Herbert E. Martyn, deputy coro- ner, testified before the board that the wound which killed Hall had entered the back of Hall's head in an upward direction, and evidently struck some hard object before striking Hall. Ex amining photographs, Dr. Martyn stated the bullet could have rico- cheted from the road, or mushroomed in passing through the rear window glass in the automcbile occupied by Hall before it entered Hall's head. Photos Identifled. Fred Sandburg, headquarters identi fication expert, identified several pho- tographs of the automobile and of Harewood road which were introduced as evidence. - Capt. F. M. Cornwell of the tenth prencinct introduced the reports of the shooting made by the two men a few hours after it occurred. Capt Cornwell testified that in his precinct it cussomary for two men to use a motor cycle in bootleg chasing when the motor cycle of one of the men had been disabled. He testified that Camp- bell's motor cycle at the time of the shooting had been put out of commis | sion by a puncture. | Lieut. Jeremiah Sullivan of the tenth precinct and Neal E. Hollings- worth who saw the end of the chase at Harewood road and Blair road also testified at the morning session. There was little brought out at the | early session which had not been covered at the coroner's inquest, the outstanding testimony being a state- ment by Dr. Martyn that it would have been possibe for a bullet to have | ! richocheted from the road and then to have entered the car and struck the man. Position of Cars. The case hangs on whether the shots were fired during that period when the policeman reasonably believed it necessary so to do to protect his life and the life of his fellow policeman while being crowded off the road by a speeding automobile which was rapid- ly jamming the motor cycle toward a fence or whether the shots were fired to Gov. Donahey today to determine whether it will be necessary to send military forces into the various fields to maintain order. 50 SHERIFFS ON DUTY. Patrol Highways Near Mine Where Outbreaks Occurred. DOVER, Ohio, August 3 (P).—Fitty speclal deputy sheriffs today patrolled the highways in the vicinity of the Maple Leaf mine, near Newport, where two men were shot, a dozen beaten and a $50,000 coal mine tipple burned in clashes Monday and early yesterday between non-union miners and union sympthizers. at the mine have no disorders have oc- after the emergency had passed. Among the last things testified to this morning was the position.of the motor cyale tracks which showed, ac- cording to a photograph identified by Lieut. Sullivan, scarcely a yard’'s mar- g!n before collision at the peint dur- ing the chase when Campbell is al- leged to have fired the shots. One of the photographs showed two bullet holes in the rear of the automobile, one through the spare tire and one | through the rear window. 33 BOMBS SEIZED. LISBON, Spain, August 8 (#).— Police, after a pistol battle with four men, today seized a large basket con- taining 33 powerful bombs of various dimensions which will be thrown into the Tagus River to avoid danger of explosions,: 'From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers y block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,923 TWO CENTS. HOPE STILL HELD FOR NAVAL TREATY AT GENEVA PARLEY :Delegates to Meet Today to Discuss Compromise Plan Offered by Japan. | CABINET OF BRITAIN HOLDS HURRIED MEETING Enthusiasm Is Lacking Among Envoys at Sessions “Just an Idea,” Says Tokio Group. By the Associated Press, EVA, August 3.—The announce ment that the six plenipotentiaries at the tripartite naval conference sup- plemented by three or four other dele- gates, would meet some time today to discuss the new situation created by the Japanese compromise plan, stir- red the hopes of those conference cir- cles in which a bellef is still held that a treaty can eventually be drawn up at Geneva What ever the decis “big six™ and the others can come to is felt to depend upon the verdict of the British cahinet meeting being held in London today. The American Stata Department has been heard from by its delegation | although in what sense, the American | spokesmen declined to hefore the meeting with the other plenipotenti- aries. The time has heen too short, they said, for word to arrive on the question from Kapid City, but ma come in the course of the afternoon | or early evening. Gibson Holds Authority. Hugh S. Gibson, chief of the Ameri- can delegation, meanwhile, has con- iderable liberty of action as to calling off or proceeding with the plenary session of the conference, which has n set in principle for tomorrow. The question now seems to be not | whether this meeting will be held or not held, but when it is held what will be its character and the tone of the speeches during it, and whether it will not mark the conference’s con- clusion. If the result of today’s deliberations and the reply of the British cabinet warrant the hope that progress can be made by the active resumption of negotiations with the Japanese suz- gestions as a basis, then the plenary session may be a tame affair, consist- ing of a public exchange of the views of the respective delegations. If snags, however, are struck in the course of today’s meeting and if th British cabinet turns down the Japa- nese “idea” as a whole, tomorrow’s session, it is felt, undoubtedly will Le the last. k It is likely that if the latter case, the Japanese will seek to h the conference terminate by the issu- ance of a joint communique or by ot the delegations setting forth spective national viewpoints. Enthusiasm Is Not Great. Although the Japanese proposal kindled a spark., there was no great flame of enthusiasm among the vari- ous delegations. Even the Japanese in presenting it said it was “just an idea”; that they realized it was entire- ly, dmperfect, and that Mr. Gibson sheuld feel at liberty to modify it or comment on it in any way he desired. The naval esperts were particularly skeptical regarding its acceptability, not so much by the United States—it being no secret that it was framed to please that count s by Great Britain. Indeed, W. Bridgeman, first lord of the British admiralty, flat- ly declared to the Japanese leader, Admiral Saito, that he could not ac- cept the proposed compromise as a basis of discussion, principally be cause the plan called for a secondary class of 8.000-ton cruisers capable of mounting nch guns. But in view of the earnestness with which ths Japanese was presented, he agreed to telegraph the text to Down- ing street. Meaning Is Discussed. Mr. Gibson, as soon as he seru- tinized the text, forwarded it to Wash- ington, with his own views and com- ment. Immediatel promise sugsestion conference circles were alive with gossip as to just what the various clauses meant and the various inter- pretations to which they were sus. ceptible. Particular attention was given to the clause stipulating that Great Britain and Japan cease build ing up to 1931 large cruisers beyond those already authovized, and fixing the number of 10.000-ton cruisers to be built up to at 12 for Great Britain and the United States and 1t for Japan. The plan starts out by calling for maintenance of the status quo as re- rds cruiser strength both for Great itain ard Japan, giving the United States nce to catch up with these two countries in powerfully armed and armored cruisers. There is a safeguard clause giving & signatory the privilege of denouncing the arrangement if it considers that se- curity is menaced by building activity of another signatory. Other clauses em- phasize that the United States not 0 beyond the total British cruiser ngth by 1931, and that the signa- es shall exchange complete infor- mation about eruiser construction. With the Japanese compromise plan forwarded to London for consideration of the cabinet, and to Washington for consideration of the American of- ficials, the delegates to the confer- ence spent the afternoon in competi- tion for the silver golf trophy offered by Admiral Saito. In the evening they attended a formal dinner given by the Japanese in honor of Crown Prince Yi of Korea. BRITISH CABINET CONFERS. the gist of the com- became Known Ministers Hurriedly Cancel Engage- ments to Study Naval Holiday Plan. LONDON, August 3 (#).—The dead- lock in th> tripartite naval conferencs at Geneva was considered by thLs British cabinet at a special meeting in the foreign office today. It is generally understood that pro- posals for a “naval holiday” were under consideration. The consensus of Downing street observers was th: in view of the failure to agree upon the main objects of the Geneva meet- ing, there was no other choice but to adopt a temporary agreement along aho lines of the proposed naval holi- ay. The cabinet ministers hastened to Downing street j the noon . on Page 3, Column ’