Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Burean Forecast.) Partly cloudy and cooler tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness. emperature—Highest p.m. yesterday: 1 today Full report on 86, owest, 7 page 9. Closing N.Y. Mark N, R0A15. Trieelas e ets, Pages 14 and 15 he Foening Star, Fntered as second class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, B 40y UESDAY, AU The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,695 GUST 9, 1927— HIRTY-TWO PAGES. * G TWO, CENTS. Means Associated Press. SACCO-VANZETTI PLEAS FOR RESPITE ARE DENIED:; 145,000 OUT IN NEW YORK Revocation and Stay Refused by Thayer. FINAL APPEAL PLANS RUSHED Supreme Court and Gov. Fuller Last F o B the Awo pre DEDHAM Judge \t rior Cou defense Augnst 0— the Supe- Mass., ver of ied motions by co for a revocation of the death tence and for a stay of execution f Nicola cco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Their respite expires at midnight Wednesday. The judge's decision was made known here in the form of a tele- phone call from Judge Thay at his home in Worcester, to the clerk of the Noriolk County Court. Text of Dec The text of the decision, as writ- ten by Judge Thayer at his home, was on its way to Dedham in the hands of a deputy sheriff when the clerk announced that he had been notified of it by the judge. The complete text of Judge Thayer's decision follows: The motion for revocation of sen- tence and stay of execution is hereby denied. To the denial of this motion, the defendants duly saved all rights to which they are entitled as a matter of law, whether by exceptions, appeal or otherw! se on. Way for Appeal Open. The text of the decision was made known before the official copy reached the courthouse here. Judge Thayer was at his home, in Worcester, and word received from there was that hé would add nothing to the brief ruling. Lawyers explained, however, that hy the second sentence of his decision the judge left the way open to the defense counsel for an appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Court, this sentence preserving for the condemned men any right to take exceptions that their counsel might have had had the decision been announced in open court. Counsel for the condemned men were xpected 1o proceed immediately in an effort to bring an appeal from Judge Thayer’s decisions denying a new trial, a stay of execution and revocation of sentence before the State Supreme Court. Delay Up to Governor. Whether the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti is to take place as scheduled sometime after midnight Wednesday night, or is to be deferred while their counsel continue the legal moves to #ave them may, in the end, rest with Gov. Fuller. Should the State Su- preme Court consent to consider the appeal from Judge Thayer's ruling, attorneys said the execution could be halted only by another respite from the_governor. None of the counsel for the con- demned men was in court here today 10 receive Judge Thayer's decision, nor was any representative of the State, EXECUTION SET FOR THURSDAY. Intervention by Governor Unlikely; Prison Walls Inspected. BOSTON, August 9 (®).—If all moves to obtain a stay of execution fail, it is expected that Nicola Sacco end Bartolomeo Vanzetti will go to their death in the electric chair at the State prison in the Charlestown district early Thursday morning. Gov. Fuller, when he granted a respite from the original execution te of the week of July 10, announced that this respite was “to and including Wednesday, August 10.” Foreseeing the possibility of an adverse decision, the defense has pre- pared to follow even that thin line to the very end in the less than 40 hours remaining to them ceptions to fusal of a new trial vesterday, have heen prepared and will be rushed to the State Supreme Court; another appeal for a writ of hat corp: may be made to the Federal Cour < a last, desperate effort, a fu Little Hope From Fuller. Those closely in touch with the sit- wation at the State house, however were inclined to minimize the possi- hility of intervention by the executive, pomnting out that in his review of the case last week, the Governor had severely criticized the delay which had allowed it to drag through the courts tor seven Years, It was said the Governor's office considered the case closed. While the court proceedings were continuing with increasing dramatic <ity, preparations were going stead- stown prison for out the sentenc Notices were sent 1o the official wit- a deadline barring for all tr 1 blocks from the instit from Wednesday night arranged end provisions checked for the ela orate system of- guards Within a without the walls. A larze crowd was expected to gath the vicinity in answer 1o the notice sent out by the defense com mittes asking mobilization there of ail sympathizers. Prison Walls Inspected. A minute Inspection of the State prison walls was made today by Dep- uty Supt. Goode of the Boston police and Warden Hendry. Particular at- tantion was paid to the Rutherford avenye side near the death house, Srhere Bacco and Vanzett! are con- finad. It was understood that the police were considering & plan to plice ma- chine guns at intervals along the walls tomorrow. Representatives of the mneedles tr=des unlons of Rosion al a meeting Page 2. Column %) er in Judge Thayer's re-| Explosives Stores Near Boston Sought After Arrestof Two By the Associated Preas. BOSTON, August 2.-Police Capt Herbert Goodwin said today that State police had been sent to a amp 35 miles from Boston and to another place mnearer this city where he had reason to believe ex- ives were stored. The information, he said. came through the questioning of two men arrested as suspicious persons. | pi | | POLICE AR NEARU. 3. BUILDING One Held for Questioning. | Other Freed—Both Found at Justice Department. One man was being held for inves- tigation at the second precinct today nd another was released from cus- tody this morning following arrests | by police guards and Department of Justice agents on duty in the vicinity ¢ the Department of Justice Build- |ing. at Vermont avenue and K street, |to prevent possible outbreaks by | Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers. One suspect, giving his age as 24 | and his emplovemnt as a clerk, is held [for investigation. He was arrested |by Policeman R. B. Carroll of the second precinct yesterday afternoon while Carroll was on guard at the building in company with Justice | agents, | The man who was released this morning was taken into custody at 1:30 a.m. yesterday, but investigation revealed that suspicions of the arrest- ing officers were unfounded. Officials Are Reticent. | A check-up is being made today on the second suspect, it was admitted but both police and Department of Justice officials were reticent when queried about the ease. It was ascertained, however, that the arrest was made after an auto mobile had been seen in the alley near the Department of Justice Building sundly afternoon as well as yester- ay. Officials at the Department of Jus- tice admitted knowledge of two ar- rests having been made by the police guarding the building. They refrained from making any comments, however, on the ground that the arrests were made by the police and the case was considered entirely within the hands of local authorities. They indicated | that in one case, at least, they were | satisfied that the arrest brought noth- ling to light upon the Sacco-Vanzetti trouble, and professed the belief that the second arrest would likewise prove | unconnected with that case. | Police were just as close-mouthed. { At the second precinct, it was learned, the general impression had gone out tha¥ the least said about the arrests the more pleasing it would be to De- partment of Justice officials Today the guard around the Depart- ment of Justice Building continued at full strength. Two plain clothes police- men hobnobbed on the corner of Ver? mont avenue and K street: a Depart- | ment of Justice agent lolled indolently | against a parked automobile in front | REST TWO Strikers (juit as Police Keep Close Watch. ARMORED CARS READY FOR USE | Thousands Strike in Other Cities as Protest. Br the Associated Press NEW YORK. August usand patrolmen were Union Square today ar ler de- tachments were placed at some 30 | halls throughout the city to preserve order during what, its leaders said, | would be the biggest strike in the | history of New York called for one day in protest against the impend ing execution of Sacco and Vanzet Ihe strike, which Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers said would bring out between 300,000 and 730,000 persons, | began in orderly manner. The work- ers leit their places of employment quietly and proceeded without dis- | turbance to various meeting places. ward Levinson, secretary of the strike committee, asserted shortly be- fore noon that 145,000 workers had walked out this morning. He hased his sertion on reports he had re- ceived from officials of local unions, Levinson said he was informed that 8,000 members of the Pocketbook akers’ Union had joined the strike, 000 clothing wor 00 cap 25,000 Jewish workers on the de, and 45,000 cloak makers. Mostly Garment Workers. Strike leaders estimated that the walkout involved 75 1o 80 per cent {of the workers in the garment dis- trict, who humber about 100,000. In i the fur district no walkout was evi- dent up to shortly before noon, and shop heads were positive that there would be none. Police expressed the’belief that there would be no disturbance in connection with the sympathy strike, but every precautionary measure was taken. Be- sides the assignment of extra police at the meeting places, armored motor cy- cles were held in readiness and speeial automobiles carrying tear bombs were prepared for immediate use in case of emergency. Identical resolutions addressed to Gov. Fuller of Massachusetts were adopted at all the meeting places of the sympathy strikers “energetically protesting” against his decision in the Sacco-Vanzetti case, which was de- scribed as “an offense to the con- science of mankind.” Judge Thayer Denounced. “Your decision will lead many r spectful and law-abiding citizens,” the resolutions read, “to look upon the justice of Massachusetts as a tragical farce. We appeal to you to revers: your cruel decision and to grant them a new trial.” In Beetboven Hall 4,500 members of the capmakers and millinery trades, most of them girls and young women, gathered to hear fiery speeches de- nouncing Judge Thayer and the Mas- sachusetts courts. FRENCH WORKERS STRIKE. 9 -One posted at i e General Walkout for 24 Hours Fails of one of the entrances; still another guard watched the alley to the north | of the building, and indications that others were in protected nooks and | crannies nearby were lacking. | DRY RAIDERS WOUNDED. Two Agents Shot During Activi-| ties Near Allentown, Pa. | ALLENTOWN, Pa. August § (P).| —Prohibition Officer Eccles of the| | Philadelphia prohibition enforcement | |office and an *‘under-cover” man who was acting as his chauffeur late last night were wounded while conducting a raid near Delphs, in Northampton County. Two bullets struck Fecles in the thigh 2nd the chauffeur was hit in the left leg. Both men were taken to Haff’s Hospital, Northampton. Eccles refused any information on the shoot- ing, referring questions to his su. perior, Mai. Campbell, at Philadelphia The' chauffeur’s name was not dis- | DIES OF AUTO INJURIES. | Tampa Woman Fatally Hurt in Richmond Crash. | RICHMOND, Va., August 8 (#).— | Mrs. Leonora Coleman, 60, of Tampa, | E died last night at a local hospital | as the result of injuries sustained here yesterday afternoon when the car in which she was riding crashed into a telephone pole. The accident was attributed to a slippery road. to Materialize, However. PARIS, August 9 (P).—Part of the working population went on strike in Paris and in many provincial cities vesterday as a protest against the death sentence which is hanging over Sacco and Vanzetti. It was far from the general strike that the Communist leaders predicted, however, as most of the trade unionists declined to join the extreme labor men and leave their jobs for 24 hours. There were speeches, parades and meetings in many cities, but no vio- lence had been reported up to last evening. In Paris itself the police dis- persed several meetings and maintain- ¢d a heavy guard about American Government and business buildings. { Republican Guards were added to the | force in front of the embassy. Most Taxicab Drivers Idle. Most of the Paris taxicab drivers | were idle. As a result business was | extremely dull for jewelers, costumers |and others whose customers are drawn largely from the non-pedestrian |classes. The men in the building | trades were the only others in the | capital who struck with anything ap- proaching unanimi | The telephone operators in one ex- | change quit work for one hour dur- |ing the morning, one gas company | reported that 20 per cent of its em- | ployes were absent, and in the ‘“red belt,” as certain industrial suburbs just outside the gates of the city are called, the number of people working in many plants was as much as 20 per cent under normal. For the most part, however, busi- | ness went on as usual. At Dunkirk. Montpelier and some other ports the longshoremen and _dockers obeyed or- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) [Wales ancl Premier pass Unlmown At Village Decorated for Reception By the Assoriated Pres SCHREIBER, Ontario, August 9 — There is one spot in the wide Domin lion o Canada where the Prince of Wales may pass unknown. The royal train which is bearing the heir to the British throne westward, | with Prince George, Stanley Baldwin, | Premier of Great Britain, and the | members of their party, stopped for | five minutes at White River. Flags flew overhead and a crowd had gath- ered at the station, for the royal party had been expected. The Prince of Wales and Premler Baldwin hurried down the platform, shaking hands and extending words of greeting. There were answering =miles in some cases and puzzled looks n others. And there was not a cheer, The people dld not recognize In the | Prince of Wales and Mr. Baldwin the ones for whom they had been waiting. Perhaps it was the clothes the v | tors wore which caused the confusion. { Both the prince and the premier were wearing light flannel suits, and White tver was looking for something more regal. Possibly the informality of the manner of the prince and the premier had something to do with it, for there was nothing of the ceremonal Moreover, Mr. Baldwin's staff was giving an energetic display of medi- cine ball down the platform. White River had never heard that medicine ball and royalty went together, So the prince and his party steamed on their way, unrecognized by the gen- eral public of Whits River. the oddest Incident of the royal tour, Radio Progr.ams Page 20 It was | by MOéLEYTG;.ABTu 1 o 00 Qn. 0L TOP. w?urq LIKE YOUR' HORSEBAC THE RETORT COURTEOUS. PRESIDENT BLOCKS CEN.WODD BURED c FEDERAL FARM AD - PLAN HOPE GROWS President’s Decision Not to | Seek Re-Election Will En- hance Prospects. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Coolidge’s decision not to terially enhanced the prospects of farm reliet legislation at the coming session of Congress, it is said here, The President has been the out- tanding foe of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill. It is no secret that some of the supporters of that mes { President over the knuckles than they were to set up the machinery of that bill. With his withdrawal from the field as a presidential candidate thz Nary-Haugen bill vanishes. There is room for legislative aid to the farmers. President Coolidge has admitted it frankly. and has expressed his desire to see sound legislation put through. A bill has been prepared and presented to the President Secretary Jardine of the Department of Agriculture designed to stabilize prices of farm crops, not to “fix” | prices. President’s Position. The President will now be ‘in a po- sition to throw the weight of his in- ires, without being accused of pla ng politics. If he is not to run, the farm vote means nothing to him per- sonally. The burden of the charge of playing politics will be on th shoulders of the McNary-Haugenite: if they persist in their efforts to put through that measure, knowing that it can only meet a veto at the hands of the President. The farmers gener- ally will know that the only thing which prevents remedial legislation, in that ewent, is the insistance of the or_nothing. The passage of the Jardine bill, or some such measure, at the next ses- sion of Congress would effectual ake the farm problem out of t campaign of 1928 as a political issue. This would not be to the liking of the supporters of the McNary-Haugen bill, who really belieye in_the principles of that measure, including the equali- zation fee. It Seems certain, there- fore, that if the McNary-Haugen bill cannot again command a majority of the Senate and the House, some ele- ments in Congress and out will seek to prevent the passage of other legis- lation. But they will have a real task on their hands. Atitude of Candidates. One of the great difficulties, so far as the farm problem in Congress is concerned, has been the failure of the adminstration to do more than oppose the McNary-Haugen bill. It now it g028 to the front strongly for a farm bill like that now before the President for his consideration, the situation may be greatly changed. | tial possibilities will rejoice in the Former Gov. ¥rank im to_consider- age 4, Column sesion, ho 0. Lowden's_chie (Continued on THREE CHINESE DIE IN POLITICAL FEUD Split in Nationalist Party Adher- ents in Northwest Blamed for Slayings. | By the Associated Pr | VANCOUVER, British August 9.—Three Chinese, two of them | prominent in Vancouver's Chinatown, | were killed in a Dattle resulting from 2 political fzud here last night. The dead are: Louis Man Ha, president and editor of the Canadian Morning News, and special commissioner of the Vancou- ver branch of the Chinese Nationalist League. Wong Park, typesetter and writer for the News, A Chinese believed to be Wong Suey Sang of Kamloops, British Columbia. Police stated after an investigation that the affair was a result of a recent split in the Chinese Nationalist party followers here. Eye-witnesses said that Wong Park, the_ typesetter and writer, was slain ‘Wong Suey Sang, the visitor from amloops. The deaths of Wong Suey Sang and Louls Man Ha were wit- nessed and probably were the resuit of a duel hetween the, two, police said L) run for President next year has ma- | 2l ure were more anxious to crack Ihe‘ veason for such support of the Mc-| by | fluence back of this measure, if he de- | die-hards. on the McNary-Haugen bill | Not all of the Republican presiden- | sage of farm legislation at the coming | Lindbergh Smokes | In Public to Prove He’s Not ‘Tin Saint’ By the Aseociated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio. August Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, during the dinner ziven in his honor here Saturday night, smoked a cigarette, and though hundreds of perscns saw him do it, no one saw an thing vnusual in it until yesterday. The smoking was said to have been the outcomea of an incident in which Lindbergh told his ‘“pal.” Phillip Love, "I won’t be played for a tin saint.” He was said to have told Love that a national women's organiz tion is sending out circulars call- ing on the young men of the coun- try “to follow Lindy’s exampie and abstain from smoking cigarettes. “I am going to smoke a ig- aretie at that dinner tonight, and [ don't care what they say about it” Lindbergh was quoted as say- ing to Love. “I did mnot say I would never smoke a cigarette. The aviator's first smoke in pub- lic was sufficiently successful to fail to attract attention. | | 'LONDON COLLAPSES ALARM ENGINEERS Experts Study Possibility of City Crumbling Due to Heavy Traffic. By | Cable to The Star and the Chicago Daliy right, 1 | LONDON, August 9.—London engi- are wondering if the city crumbling down as the result of col-| lapse of buildings in several parts of | the city, culminating in the collapse { f the Commercial Union Assurance Co. Building, near the famous Royal | | Excha At fi = t it was thought these occur- | rences werz accidental and due mainly | to faulty construction, but today the engineers were watching excitedly the continual widening of the gap in Cornhiil, one of the city’s main streets. London’s soil is mainly clay and | and, and. although the houses are | built’ solidly, it appears that the in-| crease of heavy bus and lorry traffic | reets and the large number through which thousands from early morning un- | ht are shaking the foun- | of trains pa til late at n dations of the sreat buildings. The engineers d, wonder- ing what measures to take to prevent further catastrophes. For the time being the exact cause of the Cornhill collapse is undetermined. Expertsare hoping it was due to some mistake of the architects, but the county council is worried lest the real cause should turn out to be to extensive tunneling. 1f this is the , it is feared Lon- don’s eight million people will be de- prived of the fast and cheap convey- ance by way of the famous “London | tubes,” which may have to be stopped in order to strengthen the under- ground foundations of the city. {WORKER KILLED BY ROCK. Louis Hally Had Been Employed by District 20 Years. Crushed under a 2ton boulder | which slid 3 feet as he was exca- vating on the new water supply op- | fons morthwest of Chain Bridge, | Hally, 50 years old, colored laborer, was killed instantly shortly after noon today. Fellow workmen had to jack up the huge rock before the body could be extracted. It was taken to the D!s-‘ {rict morgue. Hally had been an em- | ploye of the District for 20 years. | roughly is|1 | around 30,000,000 gallons. | was initiated under the administr MEDICINAL LIQUO PLAN ABANDONED Lowman Holds Manufacture Not to Be Resumed as Supply Is Ample. | | The proposal to resume manufac-| ture of medicinal liquor this Fall has | been definitely abandoned by the | | Trea: Department. | | Announcement of the change in| | plans was made by Assistant Secre- | |tary of the Treasury Lowman. who said that an amazing decrease in the | withdrawals of liquor stored for me- | dicinal purposes in the bonded ware- | | nouses of the country leaves supplies | sufficient for seven or eight years. | The decision to drop all plans for | making new medicinal liquor this | vear was reached, the Assistant Secre- tary in Charge of Prohibition Enforce- | ment said, atter a conference with Dr. | James M. Doran, prohibition commis- sioner. The whole situation was gone over carefully and surveyed from all angles. 30,000,000 Gallons on Hand. Although there is mo recent gauge the exact amount of medicinal on hand. it was estimated at the Treasury today that there may be around 30,000,000 gal-| lons. This figure was arrived at| roughly from reckoning of former reports showing that on June 30, )26, there was a theoretical supply of 32,288,039 gallons on hand, and there was withdrawn for the year ending at the same date 1,859.338 gal- lons. | The withdrawals during the fiscal year ending Jun2 30, 1927, are known to have been somewhat less than th withdrawals for the previous year. But the figures are all based on a zauge of several years ago and (he re- corded withdrawals since that time. An indeterminate loss, however, is due to evaporation and illicit withdrawals on which an adequate and detailed | of whisky | quate for { velopment of the Navy POSSIBLE CRUISER AS NATION OFFERS BUILDING CONTEST' ~ SOLEMN TRIBUTE Will Oppose Expansion of Thousands Along Avenue Pay Construction Program, Talk Homage as Warrior's Today Indicates. Body Passes. CONFERS WITH WILBUR ON PLANS FOR 8 SHIPS Failure of Geneva Parley Seen as Com FORT MYER CANNONS BOOM FINAL SALUTE nions in Arms and in Civil Having No Influence in U. S. Life Mourn at Grave of Navy's Future. Noted American. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG Staff Cos ence of The Sta. APID CITY, S. D., August 9.—Tt is led cert by those who 1 with President Coolidge toda the failure of an agreement hed by the Naval Limitations Conference in Geneva is not going t influence him in agreeing to a cruiser huilding race between th. Great Britain “ollowing a long wrtis D, Wilbur, Navy, who arrived White House yester . the made it very clear today would oppose any expansion naval program a He was represented as presence of Secret that despite the collapse of the Gen eva conference, this country will con- tinue with the naval building pro- | sram calling for eight additional cruis ers of the 10,000-ton class. which was decided upon before the Geneva con- | ference was entered upon. Program Held Adequate. The President made it ver that he considers this pro m ade- the meeds of national de- | ferise and for the protection of the commerce lanes of this country. I To substantiato the President’s po- | x‘:’f ";“”‘-r"“ sition, he authorized the Secretary of | '®geamt. R the Navy to say that the Government | FoT some moments Mr. Wood stood expects to go ahead with the build- | SAKINE Wwith emotion. Then, he litt- ing and replacement plan of shipbuild- | | o (F 0 r‘,‘jt e ympathetica ing as developed by the general beard | & AN OV U . Frank R. Mc of the Navy for the country’s needs; | ¢ OF: & Case Henc "f-i?”le“g;’;"';f?.’-} | thou as he. | Leor ountry and conference Secretar: t the with of the Summer President that of ed upon 1in Capit had been v for the time he had arrived from saying in the | Philippine Tslands, ed in today | Union Station on the Federal E: wel- Paid Impressive Tribut arked by he st impres since that of son A. Miles, who died in 13%. As the fi ns of “taps” were | sounded over the grave on a beautitul | knoll in Arlington in the Rough Rid- tion n of Admi- mpson, Jacob the dead brother, the ctators and over aped coffin, without milit to a warrior clear | roped spe that there will be no change in these plans due to the inability to reach an agreement at Genev so that the exact details to be presented to the next Congress have not vet been de- |7 termined and will be arrived at in the usual manner. | When pressed for an_explanation | Flowers Bank of what he meant by the reference | - " “to be arrived at in the usual ma GLoybios o ner,” he explained that estimates for | Col. John T. A future appropriations must be ap-|chaplains, officiat proved by the Budget Bureau and |Chaplain Watts read the I then by the President before they are | service, after which the fl ir‘vw{fixv was tenderly lifted a in white sand spread at its head submitted to Congress. Will Have 1,000 Planes. ve de.| Col Axton, after reading the custo- | mary funeral service, paid high trib- One point relative to the futu was firmly | and that was that the | Ute to Gen. Wood, both as a citizen, expects to have at least 1,000 rator and an Army officer. g planes in service within the BIROE W L LECC LR One of them was | from ident Machado and the rs as well as a lighte than-air dirigible three times the size s the size | L oople of Cuba, whose government | Gen. Wood reorganized after the of the Los Angeles. he President indicated very clea ; onvineed aeinery clearly fich War. Another was from Baron Tatic G. Tan: prime minister of Japan. The Sth Divisior, Association, °t to the Nation’s and that he is anxious to prising trooy ained at Camp m, Kans see a large program followed. Secre- tary Wilbur explained that the plans ; for this new lighter-than-air craft have | ¥\ °rld War sent floral offe |as did the Military Training ¢ | Associatior inctive floral trib- | Wood o by Oshorne eonard Wood, jr., 2 d with his si; Watts chief of A 1 at the ton. established, Nav fightin | been accepted, but the contract has - not been let, due to the inability of the : 4 . Navy Department to get the bidders to | 1te bore the card of President Cool- gree to a fived price for the con-|ldse struction. The latter insist on a cost plus basis, and the s declined to award the cont The Secretary said today that the matter will be referred to Congress to determine whether this type of tract should be negotiate > Dbrief funeral service the d, which hac from the Union Station, last tribute. This was -fol |lowed by the three-volley salute, and eor | & bus )k his post at the head of The pians | the grave and sounded “taps. E sion S R check has not bzen made for several vears. This brings the estimate on | whisky in bonded warehouses roughly | Plan Advanced by Andrews. The move to reopen the distilleries of Assistant Secretary of the Trea Lincoln C. Andrews, predec Mr. Lowman. Gen. Andrew: conference_with Dr. Doran, ywho_at | (Continued on Page 2, Column CHIANG DEFEATED, SHANGHAI REPORTS| Severely Checked Near Pengpu.| 1,000 Wounded Sent Across Yangtze. iated Press. *hina, August 9—Re- | ports from reliable sou indicate | that Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek, ‘head of the Nanking Nationalists, has suffer- ed a severe check at the hands of the Northern troops in the neighborhood of Pengpu, Anhwe Province. Seven thuosand casualties were suf- fered among his troops, the reports say. and 1,000 wounded have already arrived at Pukow, across the Yangtze | River from NanKing. \ {Woman Is Painfully B | Hurled by Assailant Into Street Car Columbia, | | Police hegan a search this morning | for a mysterious assailant who last | night tossed a small acid bomb | through the window of a street car, striking a passenger, Mrs. Cora Le> Brooke, 40 years old, 1736 North Capi- tol street, and searing her arm with a peculiar yellow acid. The bomb throwing occurred while her husband, Frank Brooke, was on duty at the Munitions Building as acting sergeant in charge of a detail guarding against possible bomb outrage: The bomb, about the size of an egg, broke open against her right arm, inflicting a small but painful burn and staining the shoulder and waist of her white silk dress with the acid. Had the missile been thrown a few inches higher it % struck her in the eyes. Mrs. Brooke Mrs. Edil ve s urned by Acid Bomb Southeast. As the car moved along G street hetween Tenth and Eleventh streets Southeast the bomb was thrown and Mrs. Brooke felt her arm seared by the acid. Mrs. Brooke was unable to ascribe a motive for the attack other than to say that a family living in the neigh- borhood entertained enmity toward her. Several weeks ago, she said a member of this family had threatened to Kkill her and she said that she had been conscious several times that she was being followed. If the, attack was directed toward me, I believe that it was planned and. organized by several :;'ng‘..;" she stated. wasn’'t for my dog Ginger canary, Dickie,” she said, “all k wouldn't have happened. I would | be away for .the Summer, but I can't my pets. and it's not possible to me.” 's burns were treated | the Los Angele: |is not c for this craft call for 150,000 cubic feet ing radius gi 1 dirigible of Notables at Funeral. ot that ot the large delegation of tables at the funeral was Theods Roosevelt, jr | Gen. Wood and the late President Roosevelt were equally prom | members of the Rough Ric tingent in t h-American W A bl rse an empty a military boots the ips, & swe . sun, dan from the s scabbard, pranced im- [ patiently behind the funeral caisson | It was the Army’s own tribute to its | dead > The | Union | proce Among Ten Now in .seryice. In going over the naval program as it stands today Secretary Wilbur said “Ten ships of the Omaha class, rated at 7,500 tons, are already in commis- Five cru of 10,000 tons each | ! be: sion. ; under construction in private ship r of stir d and in in t & saddle building yards. “Three 10,000-ton cruisers have been igned to Government navy yard: for construction,” he added Secretary Wilbur explained that of the keels of and the tion onl. paper.” Secretary Wilbur is known to have discussed with th dent in considerable detail the present state of the Navy and to have presented a tentative plan of what the General Board of the ¥ considers a reason- able program to be followed. It was hinted by Secretary Wilbur that the tuture pian presented to the President plete. He indicated that the General Board has made a comprehensive study of the eruiser subject and that the econ omy program of the Government must be taken into consideration to a very large extent. The Secretary made it apparent that a big naval expansion cannot be entered upon if there is a large cut made in taxes this coming Winter, as is being contemplated by the administration. Despite the Secretary’s argumen or those presented from the Gen. Board, President Coolidge is represent ed as having been unchanged in his ideas of what the size of the American Navy should be. He was represented today as saying that nothing has de- veloped following his talk with Sec- retary Wilbur to convince him of the necessity for any drastic change in the present naval policy of the admin istration. vd gathered early at the Station and by the time sion started at 9 o'clock seve plaza arri ere Imm body it w den | o signale | strain [a det v 2 2, “chi Army Band arer, My God, te it soldiers bore and nt e east wir ard at “pre: Procession Passes Up Avenue. It took the han | one ¥ d its | measured way up P ave- procession more If to make pnsylvania nd to proach he salute of one-minute vals 1 procession entered made its way up The APy | boomed 2| the , sou d Marck It was headed | Chief of Police H ns and Brown, motor cycle officers. Society Does Homage. A committee of six past presidents of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia a nded the fu- 1 in a body as a tribute from the of which ( Wood was ident in 1910 and The committee co! Capt. ancis P. B. Sands, chairman; Lieut. 1 Benjamin R. Russell, U. . M. C.; ‘ol. Henry May, Albion K. Parris, EBriz. Gen. George Richards, U. S. M. C., and Dr. Marcus Benjamin, pres- ent of the societ Among the police guard at the fu- neral was Lieut. Sidney J. Marks, night inspector of the Police Depart: ment, who served as a personal body- guard to Gen. Wood on the United States Samoa during the uprising at Cottbatta. Lieut. Marks was a sea- man at the time, Philippines Kepresented. Tribute of the Philippines, whose government_the general headed, was expressed in_the presence of both aut the Union Station and Arlingtop of by a « and with ar 1 a ol “tors tail of de Heroic Rt;scuer Is Killed Near Scene of Exploill f id By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 9.—Within a few hundred feet of the scene of his heroic rescue of several women and children, victims of the sink- ing of the late excursion boat, Favorite, John O'Dowd, 24, has met his death. While swimming along a munic- ipal beach Sunday, O'Dowd dived, his head striking a rock. His neck was broken and he died in the same hospital where he carriéd Favorite by Dr. L. A. Cornet, 1927 pitol street. Pedro_Guevara, the Philippine 7 Calnmn 6 ' victims and resuscitated them 10 days ago.