Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1927, Page 1

WEATHE! (U. 8 Weatber Bureau Cloudy. tomorrow, not much cha ture. Temperature—His R. Forecast.) Possibly showers today and nge in Lowest, No. 1,169— 30,420, No. BOSTON POLICE BAN PROTEST MEETING FOR SACCO TODAY Defense Commitiee Calls Demonstration, Then Order Forbids It. FROHIBITION 0N SPEAKING{ STILL BEING ENFORCED ' Attorneys for Convicted Radicals| Continue Consideration of Legal Maneuvers in Courts. Be the BOSTON ment the Nacco-Van tommittee that there woull he a new *protest” on Boston m- fron tomorrow, announcement by the yolice that there would be no meeting [ the tompletion of Nichola Sacco’s bt hun siriking and continued zal scratching by the defense coun- pel. were day's chief develop- wents in the Sacco-Vanzetti case. ting e Boston common 1omorrow, the < 1se committee’s announce- tomorrow’s meeting would called at 3 p.m.. was in line with 3 siatement two days ago that the tespite period granted last Wednes- Jav would be occupied with “an in- fensive drive to get this case dis- | tussed and anaylzed.” The police rejoinder took the form ) a routine order calling attention 1o the fact that all permits for public speaking on the common had been tevoked temporarily, after last Sun- fay’s fracas, In addition it was made tnown that the reserve force of the pearest district station would be kept At full strength tomorrow, and that »iher downtown stations would keep | tdditional men on hand. | Police Superintendent Michael H. rowlev. who broke up last Sun- ay's attempts at protest meetings ldpv‘ permits granted other speak- | 1dmitted tonight that he planned | io be “on hand” tomorrow, and that | ‘there isn't going to be any ‘wild' | talk on the common.” New Committee Formed. Formation of the citizens' national | tommittee for Sacco and Vanzetti was | innounced here, tonight. It has drganized for the purpose of secu mg presidential intervention for Sacco and | Vanzetti because of the rela the Department of Justice in the case. | Robert Ross Lovett of New York, who ! Fsued the call for the formation of the committee, says it includes Prof. Mlexander Meiklejohn, former presi-| fent of Amherst College, and now of | the University of sconsin; Dr. David Starr Jordan of Leland Stan- ford Unive and Zona Gale, hovelist, Headquariers have been establisned n this city Over at the State prison in Charles- town, Sacco, who began a hunger thout three weeks ago tonight, by tefusing his supper, again declined to touch food shoved through the bars of his cell. The usual details as v his heart, pulse and respiration were fot made public tonight, in line with Warden Willam Hendry's thregt to mppress detailed information because ¥ the “flock of wild rumors it seems i start.” Sacco’s Condition Normal. The prisoner's condition was d teribed tonight by the prison physicia 1= “normal under the circumstancy and not of such a nature as to require | | 28-day- he Entered as second ¢ post office, Washington, M iCloihes of Dry Leader’s Wife Catch Fire as Oil Stove Blows Up. Parent Co||apses When She Rushes, Flaming, From Kitchen. ! & | | By the Associated Pr RAND RAPIDS, Mich., August —Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler, | old, wife of the general coun: aloon League, died at a Shelby 1., hospital tonight, her father, ohert Candy, 82, of Columbus, Ohio. |is dead, and Mrs. Candy, 81, suffered | severely from shock as the result of | an accident at the family cottage at le Point Sabel, near her>, today. Mrs. Wheeler was worki oil stove in whe Kitchen and a drum on the the fumes of ignited from the explosion which Names. With clothing ablaze. Mrs. an screaming into the living room, ve her father. who recently had suffered a heart attack, was reclining The aged parent aros ped, and [fen dead from shock. while the | screams brought Mr. Wheeler from n upstairs room and Mrs. Candy trom another part of the house. Inhaled Some of Flames. Wheeler smothered the flames with 1 blanket and applied baking soda to |the burns. A physician residing at | the resort ordered her immediate re- moval to the hospital. Mrs. Lillian C. Bethel. aunt of Mrs. | Wheeler and a_widely known author of books on parliamentary law, was outside the house at the time of the | xplosion, but got a fire extinguisher | nd put out the blaze in the Kitchen. At the hospital it was learned that 1 of the hack latter b o porch some an with ste filled the room Wheeler | B | Washington WASHINGTO ) RS. WAYNE B. WHEELER DIES OF BURNS: SHOCK KILLS FATHE R Mre. Wheeler the flames. Neighbors are attending Mrs, ndy, while the body of her hushand was removed to a Shelby undertaking establishment had inhaled some of Well Known Musici Wheeler, wife of the dry lead- er, is well known in music circles of the city having been a soloist at the | Fourth Presbyterian Church and Heights Preshyterian Church. She also has sung frequently over the radio The Wheelers, who reside at 2801 Adams Mill road, have been away for the Summer. spending their vacation at their Summer home, at Little Point Sable. This Spring Mrs. Wheeler con- ducted a concert at the Fourth Pres- byterian Church, featuring the Amer- ican_composers. She also introduced to Washington music circles this sea- son Johin Pringle Scott, the American composer, on his first visit to Wash- ington. n. Mre ERMAN AVIATORS LAND IN COLOGNE Prepare for Flight to Amer- ica as Soon as Weath- er Permits. By the Associated Press. | COLOGNE, Germany, August 13.— | Cheered by thousands of Cologne | people who had waited patiently for hours, Otto Koennecke and Count Solms-Laubach, who plan to fly from | Cologne to America, arrived here at | 0 o'clock tonight from Berlin in| their airplane “Germania,” after a flight made difficult by storms. It was nearly dark, but thanks to Koen- necke's piloting skill they landed with- out mishap at the Butzwilerhof air- drome, Representatives of Cologne city, the Lufthansa, or German Air League, and the Flyers Veterans Association greet- ed the aviators and formally extended | wishes for the ‘“Germania's” safe ossing of the Atlantic. Gets U. S, Bill of Health. In order to spare the Germinia a | | fine of $500 for arriving in the United L reible feeding. It was understood that Mrs. Sacco, who has urged her husband to break bis fast, has exacted a promise from 3im to eat of his own Violition rather | than submit to forcible feeding if prison officials decide sich a course & necessary. Vanzetii, whese sporadic hunger siviking ended with the granting of | \ new respite last Wednesday, con finued on & somewhat restricted diet | loday and was reported to be in ex- tellent spirits. Counsel for the tpent the entire day in drafting the dills of exceptions and arguments to be presented to the Supreme Court sn Tuesday. PRIEST IS EXECUTED AS SPY IN MEXICO! Member of Old Family of Dons; Killed After Summary Trial, Dispatch Says. Br the A iated Press. NOGALES, Ariz., August pispatch to the Nogales Herald today from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, says Don Miguel de La Mora, Catholic priest, was arrested, fefore military court and exe Tolima Jast Wedn, 7 The delayed report said the priest, pccompanied by his brother, was en toute to Guadalajma from Colima when he was arrested at Cardona, Michoacan, on orders of the military t Mexico City. He was charged with | a church spy and seeking to| trouble. His brother was furned over to civil authorities to mand trial on complicity charges. “The dispatch said the execution had | tended to engender bitterness in Jalisco over the religious issue Mora was a Mexican Citizer old family of dons. The bod furned over to relatives and the night of the exécution. SEVERE EARTHQUAKE OCCURS IN TURKESTAN burie Undetermined . Number Buildings Destroyed and Ground Splits Open. By the Associated Prese. LONDON, August 13.—A Reuter's dispatch from Moscow says that an earthquake has occurred in the region of Fergana, Turkestan. It appears to Mave reached its maximum intensi at Namangan, where two shocks d stroyed several buildings and killed a Jrumber of people. Jtis reported that six miles from yiangan the shocks split the ground water spouted out. or Felt in Paraguay. JON, Paraguay. August 13 (P, A strong earthquake was felt Yere this morning. causing much alarm ameng the populace. bhut it did | 10 moterial dam and there were 'nr casuaities. two men agnmi 13.—A | summarily tried | uted at | ])n la | Killed, | The dispatch savs | States without a bill of health, Ameri lcan consular officials A. H. Gernert {of Louisville, Ky. and William G. Liser of Cologne, presented Koen- | |necke and Solms-Laubach with a| | United States Treasury Department I bill of health, certifying that the air- | ship had complied with the quarantine | rules and regulations. Koennecke tonight ordered the | “Germania” to be cleared for a trial fllghr by 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. When the Germania arrived at the | Butzweilerhof, Frau Koennecke and Iher oldest son, George, as well as relatives of Count SolmsLobach were assembled to greet them. Frau Koen- necke arrived from Berlin with the correspondent of the Associated Prags | by airplane, after the stormiest ride { she ever had encountered. Gale Too Much for Her. “I've gone up many times with m; hushand, but I never experi | gale_like thi she said. (Continued on Pagi ARRESTED IN BOMBING. Union Miner Held in Blast of | Boarding House. miner, sted today | nnection with the hombing of a | | buarding house at the Tyler mine of | the Washingion Gas Coal Co. earlier in the dav. The mine is operated non- union. Burg was held in the Wash- inzton County jail insdefault of $10.000 bail pending arraighment next Wed- | nesday. | Six occupants of the house escaped | injury when the homb let go. The house was badly damaged and win- | dows in nearby homes were shattered. |2 union in ¢ wa | Bee, | predicted that it will not be DEMOCRATS CLASH INDRY LAW DEBATE Glass, thchle and McAdoo Warmly Express Views at Charlottesville. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., August 13.—A clashing interchange of views on States' rights in general and pro- hibition in particular by three Demo- cratic party leaders—Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland and William Gibbs McAdoo of California—came as a climax of the first week of the Uni- versity of Virginia's Institute of Pub- lic Affairs. Speaking at a general conference here this afternoon, Mr. McAdoo be- gan the discussion by a studied pres- entation of the question of the rela- tionship between private rights and rublic authority. His statements car- ried no direct reference to prohibition, but this issue was forced to the fron: when the question was raised as to whether the unit for the enforcement of public authority should be the Siate or the Federal Government. Started by Rosewater. This question of the unit through whicii_authority should be exercised | was first propounded by Victor Rose- , former editor of the Omal He was followed by Gov. Ritchic, who, after explaining that he agrecd with Mr. McAdoo in principle, added that the community which should xet- tle such questions, as “under our Gov- ernment they have always been local,” is not the Nation as a whole, but the particular community these questions affect. “For instance,” he continued, "I be- lieve that questions like prohibition, the regulation of child labor and edu- cation are matters which, under our form of government, should be set- tled and can be settled best by each State. The people of my State ought not to be required to accept a decision of this kind which is forced upon them by the people of other communi ties and States.’ Liquor has no rights that any- body should respect,” said Senator Glass, who traced the dry movement through the era of local option down to the present. He said that when Virginia had bec v as a com- monwealth, the “wet States border- ing on Virginia utterly refused to respect the State's rights of Virginia and deluged us with strong drink.” Condemns Dry Issue. ‘nator Glass expressed his doubt whether the eighteenth amendment can be repealed within a century and party cam it will issue in the next paign, because, in his opinion, split_any party that inserts it as a plank in ts piatform. He concluded by saving that the Volstead act is not sacred, and might be modified to the advantage of prohibition nlu.h' 'u d h (Continued on Page presidential Column 1.) ‘ John Holland's First Submarine, Lost 140 Years, Regtcd Fougd in Passaic River By the Associated Press PATERSON, N. J., August | What is claimed to be the first sub- marine built by John Holland and missing for more than 40 years was reported found today resting on the bottom of the Passaic River on the outskirts of this city. The old underwater craft was found by George Duggan, one of seven high chool students, who had been dig- ing in their spare time to learn, they 1id, whether there was any truth in the oft-heard reports that Holland's first submarine lay abandoned in the viver. With the aid of a dip needle and | by information given them by Theo- | dore Bower, who said he remembered | the place where the submarine was | last seen, the seven voung men be- zan their labors. Today, Duggan re- ported, he struck the hull of the suh- marine while digging about 6 feet heneath the surface and about 3 (et from the shore. 3 Bower, tn speaking of the early days of the submarine, told of Hol- land’s taking his first submarine for a_trial trip in the Passalc River some 47 years ago. Instead of an engine, Bower related, Holland had a boy turning a_wheel which propelled the craft. The shore was lined with friends of the inventor, eager to see how the underwater craft would op- e Skimming the surface, he said, the boat suddenly submergéd, and ‘with anxiety the crowd walted for it to . After some time, when the boat did not put in an appearance, men jumped into the river, located the ciaft and pulled it ashore, I it was towed farther down the 1 and tied near where Duggan reportea finding it today. H Wolstenholne, one of Dug- zan's companions decided how they would raise boat, but intended, when they done o, to present it to the Passaic | County ~Historical Society. , said they had not | WITH DAILY EVENING EDITICN D: SUNDAY MOR rB[lUST INDEFENSE BUDGET OF NATION. WINS COOLIDGEO.K. | | Director Lord Says President Has Approved “Mate- rial Increase.” AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION | ON BIG SCALE PROMISED Program Includes Six New Cruis-| ers—Submarine Plans Are Not Settled. | | By the Assoriated Press RAPID CITY, §. Dak., President Coolidge has | material increase” | penditures for the national defense Herbert M. Lord, director of budget declared upon concluding an all-day conference at the Summer White | House. | Both the Army and the Navy will | | be “amply provided for,” Gen. Lord declared. President Coolidge des | that sufficient funds be recommended | to Congress to carry out the first | vear's work on all authorized naval | craft, including the six cruisers which | Congress authorized for last session. While the director would 1t com- ment on tax reduction, which he held | to be wholly up to Congress, it was | plain from the figures he presented | that a reduction of taxes is extremely | unlikely if all of the emergency ap- ‘ propriations already being planned ac- Kun.n_\- are made. Aircraft Program. Mr. Coolidge has provided for the | carrying forward of the five-year avia- tion program of the Army and Navy and for the Commerce Department’s aircraft plans, Director Lord said. When finally completed the program | will give the Army 1800 first-class| planes and the a fleet of 1,000. The only naval authorization for which the President has made no :ro- vision, he added, is that for three submarines asked for in 1916 on which investigation work is still being done. In addition to beginning the six new cruisers and other naval craft, Mr. Coolidge has approved funds to complete the remodeling of the battle- ships Nevada and Oklahoma. As the President’s visit in the Black Hills rolls around to its close it is be- ming apparent that he has, fig- { uratively speaking, set up the Sum- mer White House at the rim of the horn of plenty. Close by his door. the prairies of South Dakota are turning toward one of the most hounteous harvests this State has known in years and the re- ports Mr. Coolidge has received from neighboring commonwealths indicate that a similar condition exists in them. Three railroad presidents have brought the news to the Black Hills that their lines are massing from three to six times the number of cars used to carry the crops to market X year and Secretary Work, who visited here after a tour of four States, toid Mr. Coolidge conditiins were the best in-his 40 yvears of (b- servation. ‘What effect this condition will have on the farmer as rezards hi for agricultural relizf e, mains to he determined. Kugane Meyer, a commissioner of the Iederal Farm Loan Board, brought thke in- formation to the Summer White House today that the farmers’ incoine promises to be $1.000,000,000 in cxcess of last year on food and feed crops, | cotton and livestock and a few smaller | crops. He said he expecied this in- cre; to he reflected in a reduction of the farmers’ indebtedne: August 13 approved in next year's ex o8 Sees Payment of Loans. here is a large volume of delin- quency on farm mortgages due to past troubles,” he told Mr. Coolidge, “but it is hoped and expected that the present favorable outlook for good grain crops and fair prices, especially for livestock, will permit many bor- rowers to put their loans in good ordei ‘Whatever may be the case in other Middle Western States, in South Da- Kota_there exists the best feeling in (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) AR TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—36 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. annudl News—Pages 27, 28, 29 and and Ra\ilo News and Programs—Page 33. PART TWO—18 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 12. The Daily Horoscope—Page 17. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Amuszements—Theaters and the Photo- vlay. Veterans of the Great War—Page 3./ Music—Page 4. | Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 and 6. Serial, “Abie’s Irish Rose’—Page 7. Civilian Army News—Page Reviews of Summer Books—Page 8. Spanish War Veterans—Page 3. Army and Navy Union—Page 8. ‘Asrmy and Navy News—Page 10. District of Columbia National Guard —Page 10. Fraternal News—Page 11. Marine Corps Notes—Page 11. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 11. PART FOUR—1 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 2. PART SIX—10 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 8. lubwomen of the Nation—Page 9. Around the City—Page 9. News of the Clubs—Page 9. At the Community Centers—Page 9 GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. Mutt and Jeff; . ar Fellers;: Mr. and Mrs.; High lgm. of History. 33 | contact. NING, AUGUST 14, 1927—100 PAGES. * “From Press to Home The Star is Within the Hour' delivered every eveming and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per m onth. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. Sunday Star, T () Means Associated Press. TATE AID SOUGHT TOCAPTURE EARLY Marshal and Sheriff Called| on to Help Remove Leper From Mountains. authorities may have to into the mountains of Federal take an army North Carolina to remove John Early, | famous leper, who escaped from tk National Leper Home at Carville, La., several months ago and is now being guarded by friends and relatives. Early, who first was sent to the leprosium from Washington 10 years ago after having been in the custo of District Health officers for s(\el.\l months, has made his escape on sev eral occasions, on one of which he | walked into the District Building | after having been sought by the police | for several weeks. Dr. Hugh S. Cumming, general of the United States Public Health Service, has called upon United | States Marshal Brownlow Jackson and the State authorities to help Lim ke Early. In a letter to Senator Simmons, Dr. Cumming said: “I am making an effort to secure the co-operation of legally constitutea | peace officers in the vicinity where Early is supposed to be, to ascertain his whereabouts and effect his return to the National Leper Home. I am prepared to send an officer immediate- | ly to obtain his custody upon receipt of definite information as to his loca- tion and assurance that the medical officer will be protected from outside | interference in the execution of his duties. Object to Forcible Arrest. “Marshal Jackson reported to the Department of Justice that his depu- ties ‘object to apprehending the said | arly, by reason of the fact that the rest will probably have to be made | force and would require personal Last Spring. when Early left the home at Carville and returned to his | old haunts near Burnsville, threats of violence made, but Public Health Service agents finally pur- suaded him to accompany them with- out resistance. Dr.-Cumming reports that at that time of Polk County, advised his represen- tative that it would be very danger- ous to try to force Early, as his brothers had announced they would resist such action with arms. nder the present circumstances not anticipated that Early will agree to a voluntary return,” declared Dr. Cumming, “and I feel it neces- sary to have assurance, either from the sheriff of the county or the United States marshal, that the nec- essary co-operation will be provided and the medical officer protected from violence and outside interference. “While I regret very much that John Early has again escaped from Carville, and shall take the utmost precaution (o prevent a repetition of his escape when we have once more removed him to the home, I think it not unreasonable to expect the sheriff or the deputy marshal or other persons to give the nécessary co-opera- tion and assistance so that when a medical officer is sent to Tryon or other designated points, there will be | no delays or exhibition of violence to | circumvent h Recently Bought Land. For many years Early has rambled about the country, at times slipping here and there without being recog- nized. Recently he bought a small tract of land in the fastnesses of the mountains of western North Carolina and established a camp for himself, and announced that he will “have to be dragged every foot of the way back to_Carville." People in the Tryon neighborhood feel that Early’s presence is interfer- | ing with tourist trade of the popular resort. Simmered down, the situation seems to be -that both Surg. Gen. Cumming and the sheriff of Polk County are reluctant to take the ini- tiative in getting Early. Surg. Gen. Cumming, it was learned last night, intends to “stand pat” on his decision to send for Early when he is safely in custody, and not to risk the life of one of his agents by sending him into the mountains for him. He will wait until the sheriff gets him before he sends for him, it was indicated. Meanwhile, the sheriff seems to be waiting for aid from Washington be- fore going into the mountains. Bank Officials Held. BISHOP, Calif., August 13 (#).— W. W. Waterson and M. Q. Water- son. officlals of five Inyo County banks, which recently closed their surgeon- | | that | with eriff McFarland | | other, lon Twelfth | | pect, |Tram Set Aflame, Four Men Victims In Oll Truck Crash By the Associated Press LIMA, Ohio. August 13.—Con- verted into a flaming torch when it crashed into an oil truck at a xrade sing, a Baltimore & Ohio combination train was brought to a stop 700 feet further on by a baggageman with a death toll of three trainmen and the driver. All the passengers escaped. The accident occurred on a crossing near here. Gasoline from the truck was sprayed over the train and ignited. Engineer P. J. Lindner. Cincin- nati; Fireman Anthony Florie, Cin- cinnati; Howard Davis, Dayton, messenger on the train, and L. Lima, driver of the truck, POLICE NAB 2 MEN N. Officer and Prisoner Cut as They Plunge Through Glass Door. | Boot Shop, 1211 G street, shortly after | midnight, 1wo men who sought free- dom by ‘crashing through the glass | front of the establishment were caught after chase, one of the suspects and one of the quartet of pursuing officers being badly cut as they hurtled through the jagged opening made as | the glass was shattered. The suspect who was injured, re- | fused steadfastly to talk at Emergency | Hospital. where he was taken | treatment. The other man, brought to | the first precinct, was booked as Ains- worth Whi ars old, a cook, of | { Philadelphia and Chicago, who, it was id, admitted to Lieut. James Beckett that he had been in the store; said the ounded man was his companion. fur- nished police with a name and added a third man, allegedly operating them, had escaped. They ‘I;et-n stopping at a downtown hotel. Shot Fired in Store. Policeman F. B. Smith was the offi- cer injured, being badly cut about the legs. He, with Policemen R. V. Sinclair, J. R. LeFoe and L. B. Tripatoe, was summoned to the store by firemen from No. 2 Engine Company nearby, who reported they had seen a man on the roof. of the store, ihe policemen saw the two men up in front and made a dash for them, Sinclair firing one shot. which it later found out, went through the hat one of the men was wearing, presumably knocking it from his head to the floor where it was found. The two suspects immediately broke and ran, one diving through the glass doorway, and the other through window showcase with the officers in hot pursuit. Sinclair and LeFoe went after one of the men, chasing him to ¥ street, and nabbing him between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. He was the one who gave his name as White. Tripatoe and Smith followed the and came upon him, they said, crouched in the doorway of a store street, between F and G streets, weak from loss of blood. The other man. supposedly cated, ing to firemen Large Crowd Gathers. The noise of the pursuit attracted a large crowd, and while the prison- ers were being disposed of, one sus- apparenily intoxicated, was impli- at No. 2 TRAPPED IN STORE. Trapped by police in the Cinderella | for | had | Breaking through a door in the rear | mped from the roof, accord- | INSPECTOR EVANS ~ FATALLY STRICKEN | Assistant Superintendent of Police Dies at First Precinct Station. Stricken suddenly with a heart at- tack while making a routine visit to the first precinct station, Asst. Supt. of Police Charles Augustus Evans, 59 vears old. died at 3:30 o'clock yes- terday afternoon. | Inspector Evans had been at the station house about an hour before |the fatal attack. After discussing | police ‘business with Capt. T. R. Bean he complained of feeling ill and had second floor to rest. ‘When Capt. Bean returned from an errand in the precinct shortly before | | 3:30 o'clock he found Inspector Evans | teeling worse and summoned the | Emergency Hospital ambulance. By | the time Dr. Walter Atkinson arrived | with the ambulance Inspector Evans had died. Dr. Atkinson and Dr. Kil- roy, who arrived a few minutes later, diagnosed the cause of death as angina pectoris. Pratt and Hesse Too Late. | Inspector Henry G. Pratt, friend |of Evans for more than 30 years, rushed to the first precinct station from his desk at the Detective Bureau, | but did not arrive before the inspector ied. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superinten- dent of police, also hurried to the first precinct station as soon as he | learned of the illness of Inspector| | Evans, but he also was too late. | Shortly after the death the follow- ing message was broadcast to the police force by Maj Hesse: the major and superintendent police announces to the force the | death of Assistant Supt. Charles A. | Evans, “The flags will be flown at staff until turther notice.” Police Record Notable. This constitutes the first official | police record of the death. But the I police files in the office of Maj. Hesse half {hold voluminous testimonials of the ! worth of Inspector Evans. From the early 90s, when he did duty as a patrolman, notes of com- mendation for various endeavors have been imprinted permanently on the records at police headquarters. Dur- ing the last two years special com- mendations had been recorded. On May 22, 1926, it was noted that he \ad “rendered a distinct service to he District of Columbia” through his presentation of convincting testi- |mony to the grand jury which ulti- mately resulted in indictment and conviction of a promoter of a prize fight in this city. Then, during the Lindbergh celebra- tion, when details of policing the city were left to Inspector Evans, his work brought an executive order from the Commissioners commending him for | services which had been noted and | mentioned nationally regarding the | smooth-working police arrangements | for the celebration and the handling of the crowd: Inspector _Evans Barnesville, Md., near Frederick, De- cember 17, 1867, coming to this city when a lad of 9 years. He was edu- {cated in local public schools and | worked in this city for several years. | Appointed to Force In 1892. He was appointed to the police force April 14, 1892, and assigned to the third precinct as a patrolman. In 1902 he had been transferred to the second precinct and his long list of commendations began to find their way to police headquarters. was born in (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Bandit Presses Wron, A fumbling bandit punched the wrong key of the cash register in a Sanitary Grocery Store at 2409 Frank- lin street northeast, last night, lock- ing the money drawer instead of open- ing it, and as a result an attempted hold-up netted him only an injured head which he vainly attempted to shield with his hands as he fled the place in a shower of canned goods and bottled milk. Arthur K. Kimberly, clevk in the store, was behind the counter \hen the. bandit, wearing .a black mask, entered, and, threatening him with a uvolvar, stepped to the cash mum— doors, were arrested today on war- rants eharging theft and embezzle- ment on 43 counts, ¢ dlt rlu:ld a }uy.mmu he got his rst surprise, for the mioney drawer not only failed to open, but jammed Cash Drawer: ESCEI.PCS Under Barrage __He was commended for the arrest (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) | g Key and Locks so tight that the highwayman was unable to budge it. The second surprise was an ax, which came hurtling through the air, propelled by the good right arm of Alphonso Sullivan, manager of the store, who had looked in'from the rear where he was arranging the stock, and saw the intruder, working at the register while the clerk stood by under the gun. The ax was only the start of the barrage. for Sullivan then went into action in good style, and while the bandit was trying to fend off the shower of canned goods Kimberly joined in the assault, using milk bottles for his weapon: Something hit the bandit, who ran. retired to the lieutenant’s room on the | “It is with sorrow and regret that | of | FIVE CENTS. S39.500 000 BUDGET FOR DISTRICT GETS PRESIDENT'S FAVOR | Schools Well Taken Care of, Gen. Lord Declares After Black Hills Parley. {$10,000,000 FOR BUILDING PROGRAM HERE PROVIDED | :Estimntel Approved Are $12,500,- 000 Less Than Originally Asked for Capital. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star. GAME LODGE. S. Dak, A District budget of $39,- 500,000 less than the §42. | 900,000 requested by the Commission. ers, has been decided on by Presi- | dent Coolidge and Gen. Lord, it was learned here today. While declining to reveal what de- rtments of the city government | would suffer from the $2,500,000 cut, Gen. Lord dwclared that the public | school system, both in extensionand | operation program, had been well |taken care of. He added that the question of an initial appropriation for the new Chain Bridge had not been settled, and that a detinite sum for the start of this construction would not be allowed until further information has been furnished kim. Airport Is Included. It ie expected that this informa- tion will be furnished when the Com- missioners submit their final esti- mates to Gen. Lord in September. The amount asked for the starting of the airport at Gravelly Point was | among the items approved, as had been announced previously. Gen. Lord also revealed that pro- | vision had been made in the general | estimates for $25,000,000 to be ex- pended for the public buildings pro- gram, $10,000,000 of which will be | spent in the District. He also de- | clared that arather building item, the amount of which he could not an- nounce at this time, had been ap- proved 500,000, | Cut of $12,500,000. The District budget, as approved by | President Coolidge yesterday, nas peen slashed °$12,500,000 below the esti- | mates submitted to the Commission- {ers by the department heads...The first $10.000,000 reduction was mau by the Commissioners after the Citl- zens' Advisory Council had recom- mended a budget of $42,071,111 and the Washington Board of Trade had protested that the budget should not exceed $43.500,000. The figure agreed on. by the Pres- ident and Gen. Lord sustains the fore- cast that it would be possible to con- tinue the current tax rate of $1.70 or a slightly lower rate for the next fiscal year, A lower rate of $1.65 has been urged by Washington's three trade organizations, the Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce and Merchan! and Manufacturers” Association. The largest individual cut made by the Commissioners in the estimates of the department heads was in that {of the public schools when they re- | duced the requested $15,611,243 to approximately $13,500.000. The pro- portionate reductions were made in the estimates of other departments. 'POLICE START DRIVE ' ON “CAR WATCHERS” | Maj. Hesse Plans to Break Up Nuisance at Base ‘ Ball Park. Acting on complaints that thousands of motorists have been the victi; of “petty graft” by scores of men -nd ho\s in the collection of ‘fee: “watching” cars parked in the vlcln(!y of the American League Park during base ball contests, Maj. Edwin Hesse, superintendent of police, has ordered the police to put a stop to the practice. Maj. Hesse instructed Capt. Robert E. Doyle, in command of the eighth precinct police station, which embraces the territory around the ball park, to break up the annoyance and if neces- sary to detail a bicycle policeman in plain clothes to ride among the parked cars. A Among the complaints made to the police are several of damage done to machines when their owneérs refused to employ the “watchers.” Mallie J. Murphy, National Press Club, reported to Maj. Hesse that when Mrs. Murphy attended a base ball game several days ago she declined to employ one of the several “watchers” who ran up to the car as she was parking and that when she returned to the car she found grease smeared on the handles of the door. There have heen other reports of air having been let out of tires. e PORTUGUESE COUP PUNISHMENT ASKED Army Olficerl Request Cabinet to Act Against Participants. Remodeling Postponed. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 13.—The Por 1- guese cabinet met this vening > consider the situation arising from yesterday's attempted coup d'etat, says a Reuter's dispatch from Lisbon, and had before it the commander of the troops concentrated in the city. The commander presented a note signed by all the colonels of the regi- ments of his command, requesting the government to punlsh those partici- pating in the attempted coup with as great severity as, it showed to the insurgents last February. The war minister issued a' state- ment to the effect that tha remodel- ing of the cabinet had heen adjourned He fired .one shot as he went. Police searched the neighborhood, but tound no trace of him. in order to avoid the 1mpn-|on that the government w: pressure, adds the