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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Fair tonight; cloudiness; not’ m perature. Temperature—1 pm. vesterday; I Full repor Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 red as seco 99 office, Wa No. 30,422. tomorrow Burean Forecast.) increasing nuch change in tem- Tighest, owest, t on page 9 at 2:30 am nd class matter shington, D. C. ah WASHINGTON - NINE DOLE PLANES WILL START TODAY ON HONOLULU RAGE Contenders Wait Impatiently for Take-off Signal in 2,400-Mile Hop.: 17 MEN AND ONE WOMAN WILL STRIVE FOR PRIZES Awards of $25,000 and $10.000 Dole Stake Are Awaiting Winners. Two Br the Associated Press. MUNICIPAL AIRPOR Calif., August 16 Nine the first transoceanic aerial d were at the starting post here today swaiting the signal that will send | them away over the vast Pacific to | the thin target of the Island of Oahu, 2,400 miles out. The goal is Wheeler Field, at Scho- field Barracks, Hawali, a few miles | outside of Honolulu. The stakes ave | the two prizes of $25,000 and $10,000 offered by James D. Dole of Honolulu. Post time was noon, Pacific ("Das!‘ time. Nine trim airplaes, entries from five States and the|Territory of Ha-| to carry 17 mdp and a woman, were drawn to the Jead of the take- off -course during the early morning | hours, Oakland, Fog Menace Appears. | Tn the background of San Fran- cisco a real menace loomed, so the weather man reported—fog, piled high and extending at least 50 miles to sea. Racers of today these planes were, | replacing the nimble, nervous quad- rupeds of the “paddocks.” Graceful creatures of the air, droning musical- 1y in the last-minute motor tests, the center of interest for hundreds of per- sons who arrived at the airport long before the rising sun. A picturesque setting, red, blue, vellow, orange, silver and golden wings, glistened in the morning sun; n runway 7,000 feet long, 600 feet wide at 'its head and 300 feet at the take-off point; fa banked nlong the runway fence; roads block- by automobiles t ng to get to parking places before the checkered flag dropped for the first starter: of- ficial cars dashing from point_ to point on the field; motor cvele police patrolling the boundarfes, and in the center of it all the planes. surrounded by. their pilots and navigators. Excitment at Start. At all-the “paddocks” -tools were tered on tarpaulins. Along the 9,000 feet of fence spec- tators found points of vantage. They understood that the excitfnng mo- ment of this novel race occurred at the start. Skill and luck were the two factors depended on to Jift safely 4.600 to 5900 pounds of flesh, wood, cleth, steel and high-test gasoline from the ground at an aver- age speed of 90 mileg an hour. Onee | the air the steeds had only to ceep going.” Constant reminder of the specter misfortune was the presence of “crash equipment.” Fire engines, wrecking crews armed with long steel cables and grappling hooks, am- hulances. a hospital tent and two fast official “crash cars” carrying airport officials from their stations to the scene of a mishap. “Merely preparedness, not a fear,” the field officials declared. “We ex- pect the racers to take off in one, two, three order, without a hitch. The runway offers every chance for success.” For days and late into last night tractors had dragged harrows, scrapers and rollers back and forth along the runway, leveling the sur- race and packing it tight. Water wagons sprinkled hundreds of gal- lons of water to lay the dust, yet un- der the whipping propellors of planes taking to the air the one bogie, du remained. Only those persons near the end of the runway were expected to see the planes leave the ground. Not until the wings emerged from the dust clouds could those at ing point know the fate of the ing, speeding crafts. Interest in Woman Entrant. Atop a spindly wooden tower to one | of roar- | de of the runway a man was to de- | scribe to radio fans the action of the take-offs. Thousands were expected only 1o hear the roar of the moto shouts of the crowds and the voice of the man saying “They’te off.” To the left of the field were the Japping waves of the I'acific, the ze of the “hig drink” the flyers ¥ joked ubout for days, each other, “if vou don’t m 1s the “big drink’ for you.” Spec ve been keenly ested in first won across the o n toward th Miss Mildred Doran, the teacher.. of Flint, Mich., garbed her man’s uniform of olive drob, with Sam Brown belt insiznia, has attracted at- 1 when she appeared on the field with her pilot, John i of Flint, and Lieut. Vilas R. Knope, Naval ai cer of San Diego. The names of the plangs entered in this-elassic were no less colorful than the race itself. There was the Aloha ¥l chanto, rish for “The Charm’ ”: Dallas Air King: Pabeo Fiyer; Wookaroe, an Indian wood luck name: the Golden Eagle; Oklahoma, and the Miss Doran. No € 1 ke it, it inter- 13 hins on Five Planes. the nine pilots wing their way Jacitic with their heads exposed the elements, while the remaining four were protected by inclosed cahins. Martin_ Jensen, f 1 the Al Maj. Livingston Irving, in the I ¥iver; C. W. Parkhurst. King, from Peoria, 11l.; fin in the Plane, Oklahoma, and | Frost in the monoplane, Golden Eagle must depend on the windshield alon to ward off wind or rain. John Auggy Pedlar in Poran, the plane from Flint, Lieut. Norman A. Goddard, home-built El Encantro: Art in the Woolaroe, and Capt. Wiliiam in, in the Dallas Spirit, are pro tected by fully inclosed cabins “The pilots flving the “touring” open type planes declared they not believe they would suffer were 1 pat to pre over the the Mi: in his ehel or from exposure. during the 20 or more hours | in the air. Gasoline Capacities of Machines. The gasolinecarrying capacities of the airplanes aggregated 3,500 gal vas distributed as follows rplanes in | the start. ! reminding | Mich.; | aid | 'PRESIDENT SEES . IF CONGRESS |Reduction Possible Executive 7 -— | | BY J. RUSS + YOUNG, Staff Correxpondent of The Star Dak., August 16.— was represented to it a tax reduction is but action ;d«-]\on-ls‘ upon the disposition of the | next Congress to spend money. As far as he personally is concerned the President said that it is impossible | for him to state at the present time | what the prospect for another slash the ta will when the next | ngress meets | He indicated that it is evident that | | there will he something of a surplus | {and th the matter was left Iy in his hands and without interfe ence from Congress, he could now definitely what the Nation could ex pect in way of having another lower- ing of the tax hurden. In this connection | | | RrapPID CrTY | President Coolidg; | aay | possible next session s as saving t any in xes he the President TAX CUT STOPS SPENDING at Next Session if ment Expenses Are Held Down, Believes. | mada it very clear that he is fe [at this time to make any promises {0 zo ahead and plan for the turning | back of the surplus to the [ beeause of a feeling that | will provide for the spending of more public money than is contemplated by the budget. He was represented as amplifying this feeling by saying that it is a known fact that the reduction of taxes depends greatly upon the amount of the money the Government proposes to spend, and that it is a well known | fact that Congress always has shown a disposition to spend. In speaking so candidly of his opin ion of Congress in the matter of veck less spending, the President indicated that hie is inclined to feel that anothor tax cut would be possible if the ex penses of the government could be kept down to ths amount set down in the budget 'he President, while discussing the subject_with_friends _today, not_only (Continued on Page 5, Column Expires in London J. OGDEN ARMOUR. J, OGDEN ARMOUR 1S DEAD IN LONDON Millionaire Packer Expires After Long lliness of Typhoid Fever, Contracted Abroad. By the Aseociated Press. CHICAGO, 1l August 16.—J. Og- den Armour died today in London, a cablegram received here by Lester Armour, his nephew, said. Mr. Armour, wealthy Chicago pack- er, had been ill for some time with typhoid fever, recovery being greatly hampered by recurrences of stomach attacks, an ailment from which he has suffered for some time. The pro- longed fever left him in a weakened condition, cabled reports said. John J. Mitchell, jr., accompanied by Mrs. Mitchell, who was Lolita Armour, recently hurried to the bed- side of her father, from California, when his condition became grave. Lester Armour said the cablegram announcing the death contained no further information. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Ar- mour were at the bedside when Mr. Armour died. Mr. Armour would s old in November. Developed Huge Business, have been 64 ye founder of packing in- of Philip D. Armour, t Armour & dustry, sacrificed his Yale ersity hecaus desire to give him an early trainin the rudiments of the huge business enterprise that he was destined event- | the gr Jonathan Ogden Armour, eldest son | SACCO-VANZETTI ARGUMENTS MADE Four State Supreme Court Justices Hear Pleas on Bills of Exception. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, Angust 16.—Four justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, sitting as the full bench, today heard arguments on the exceptions taken by counsel for Nicola Sacco and Bartol- |omeo Vanzetti to decisions made by Judge Webster Thayer of the Superior Court_and Justice George A. Sander- son of the Supreme Court. There were two bills of exceptions. The first was to the denial by Jus. tice Sanderson of a writ of error for {which defense counsel had petitioned on the ground that the defendants’ constitutional rights had been violated by the alleged prejudice of Judge Thayer, who presided at their trial for murder, The second bill excepted to Judge Thayer’s refusal to grant a new trial, a revocation of sentence or a stay of sentence. ception also was taken to his refusal to decline to hear the motions and to request that another Superfor Court judge be assigned to hear them. Arthur D. Hill, chief defense coun- sel, appeared to argue for the ex- ceptions. ' Attorney General Arthur K. Reading represented the State in op- posing them. Courthouse Closely Guarded. Pemberton Square, where the hearing was held, was closely guarded. Po. lice were stationed about the building. The corridor leading to the Supreme Court chamber was barred by a 10w of benches and court officers excluded every person who could not show that he had a right to be there. Attorney Hill submitted a lengthy brief signed by himself and by Elias Field and Richard C. Evarts s asso- ciate counsel. ¥. Delano Putnam and R. Ammi Cutter, assistant attorneyvs general, and Dudley P. Ranney, assistant dis. trict attorney of Norfolk County, where the murder trial was held, were present to assist the attorney general. Justice Sanderson did not sit in the case. In the absence of Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg, who is ill. Justice Henry H. Braley presided. The other members of the court sitting were Justices Fdward P. Pierce, James Ber- nard Carroll and William C. Wait. Ordinarily an argument before the Supreme Court is limited to about an hour. At the outset Attorney Hill said that he would ask for more time. | Justice Braley assured him that he might have all the time he might | think he needed. Prejudice Ts Alleged. The brief filed by defense counsel, upon which Mr. Hill elaborated in his arguments, was devoted to the ques- tion of Judge Thaver’s alleged preju- dice and the power of the courts to take action in favor of the defendants. “The following fundamental ques. tions.” the brief said, “‘are before the court: 1. Whether, in view of the state of mind of Judge Thayer. as disclosed by the facts upon the record, the peti- tioners had such a trial and such ~on- sideration at subsequent proceedings | ually to direct | Aftera y of apprenticeship, dur- ing which he made a study of every anch of the vast concern, young Ar- | mour assumed the executive respon- ibilities of the packing house, and for more than 17 years applied himselt diligently to the task of m every phase of the packing busine:s, | He assumed complete control upon the death of his father in 1901, Under the direction of J. Ogden Avmour, the volume of Armour & ‘40' business grew from $1 00,000 | a year 10 more than $1,000,000,000 a vear, and the activities of the company were greatly expanded and developed. { Mr. Armour built additional plants in | various parts of the country to en- { courage and develop the produetion of {live stock in the territory | ine these plants, and to eliminate un- | duly lonzz hauls to the yards. It was e also that the South | under his guidgr iaries of the company Ame n subsl were established. These opencd w livestoek rai. uth America rolee the v monopoly held by | Britizh interests in the cattle husines of Argentina. Today there ans | plants south of the Equator, in the United States, and one in ‘anada, There also are Approxim 400 branch houses in the United Lo facilitate distribution. Mr. Armour’s rdministration of the busin ing to his cl asse peenliar in that it was one of develop- -nt almosi exclusively. | ; r1d marke Born in Milwaukee, J. Ogden Armour was b 1kee, November 11, 1863, [ vears later the Armour fam | from Milwaukes to Chic | iending the public schools th | Armour entered Yale in 1551 vears lat returned (o Ch bLavk upon his business caree | Mr. Armour marrvied seldon. daughter of N don of Suflield, Conn., in 1891, They [have one daughter, Mrs. John .. | Mitchell, jr., who was Lolita Ogden Armour, horn in 1886, Mr. Armour had extensive husiness (Continued on Page 6, LII mn 4.) e n in Mil- Twels surrounds | -1 that as that to which they were entitled under the law and the Constitution {of Massachusetts and of the United ! States. ‘2. Whether the question of Judge aver’s own prejudice or any other | question in the case could legally and | constitutionally be decided by him. ‘3. 1f either oh hoth of these ques- jtions be: determined in favor of the i petitioners, whether there is any lezal {remedy available to them in the two ases now before the court. This in- udes the question whether a writ of error may now be brought to re.ex- amine the case for any error in law or in fac Assalls Judge's Attitude. “It will doub‘less be contended hy | the commonwealth,” the defense brief said, “that no error of law appeared in the conduct of the trial. Even if this, however, be conceded, itsdoes not jclose the question. 'y lawyer knows how In fact, i spite of any restrictions of | powe such, for example, as the atute prohibiting charges upon the a judze can and often does jmake hisopinion felt. There is an atmosphere in every case which transcends anything that can be put | into words, and there is, perhaps, noth- ing more likely to affect this atmos- phere than the attitude of the presid- ing justice.” The brief pointed out that while there might be ‘“serious doubt” { whether under the statutes a_motion {for a new trial could be made after sentence unless the sentence were first revoked, Judge Thayer had insisted the motion for a new trial he rgued nefore that for revocation of sentence, adding; “If he had Judge Thayer would { had power to grant the motion for a | new trial.” | The brief reviewed the allegations of prejudice which have been put in evidence in previous court proceed- ings, based on alleged remarks by Judge Thayer outside the courtroom Woptinued on Page 4, Column 2.) e s - ses or | The Suffolk County Courthouse, in| | revoked the sentence, certainly ‘have | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION b. '"UESDAY, g BOMB RAZES HOME OF SACCO-VANZETT FIRST-TRIAL JUROR Family of Five Blown From! Beds, House Wrecked | by Explosion. |BLAST, FELT MILE AWAY, DIGS 20-FOOT HOLE | Only Threat Received Long Ago, | Vietim Says—Residences of ! Three Others Guarded. By the Associated Press, EAST MILTON, Mass., August 16, An explosion, helieved by the police to ave been ¢ used by a bomb equipped with a time fuse, wrecked the home early today of l.ewis Me- Hardy, a juror in the Sacco-Vanzetti E ars ago. his wife anc thres grown children, who were hlown from their beds by the force of the blast, narrow: Iy escaped death. All five suffered cuts and bruis and Mrs. McHardy was thought to have suffered from con- cussion. She was trapped in her room on the second floor of the two and one-half story wooden house. Police rescued her. Her husband s able to work his way from the ruins and his two sons, Jack and Theodore, carried their «ister Helen from her room. The family was cared for at the home of a neighbor. Blast Felt Mile Away. Windows were blown from hou a mile away and nearby trees were stripped of their leaves. With the e. ception of the rear wall of the Mec- were blown out. The granite found tion was cracked, the front piazza torn off and a hulkhead was blown out of the back of the house. A line of police was thrown about the wrecked house and an investiga- tion started immediately by State po- lice. Guards were dispatched to the homes of three other jurors who live in the vicinity The explosive wag plac d under the northeast corner of the house near the front door. The detonation of the charge blew a hole 20 feet deep in the earth. The blast occurred at 3:30. At 8 o'clock the policeman whose beat passed the McHardy se, rang in his box about 300 yards away. The patrol- man said he saw nothing suspicious in the neighborhood, but a report reached the police that a small sedan had Dheen seen leaving the vicinity shertly before the explosion. Received Threat Long Ago. The family went to bed about 11 o'clock, and had seen no one in the immediate neighborhood during the evening who aroused any suspicions. The Mcllardy home is in a sparsely settled section of the town with Woods bordering two sides of it. McHardy said that a long time ago he had received a threatening letter, as had others of the jurors in the famous trial. He said that he had not feared an attack and had had no mis- givings as to his safety. He is em- ployed in a chocolate factory in Mil- ton. During the Investigation by Gov. Alvan T. Fuller into the entire case McHardy had been called for an inter- view. He was in the executive cham- ber about two hours, he said. Since then, he said, he has received no threats of any kind. “The first I knew,” said Theodore McHardy describing his impressions of the explosion, “I found myself on the floor of the attic where Jack and I haq our rooms. 1 thought at first I had simply fallen out of bed in a nightmare or something of the kind, and then suddenly the floor began to shake under me and I heard a dull roar, followed by a strange humming sound like an ayplane in the distance. “Then the door fell in upon me, the glass in the window fell smashing on the floor., and before I was really | awake the roof opened up and 1 could see the sky.” He said he groped his way to the room in which his brother Jack had been sleeping and the two then searched for their sister and led her out through a hole in the side of the house. They went back after their parents and found their mother lying on the floor, cut and bruised, and their father groping about in the debr Besides the Investigation by the State and local police, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Sullivan of Norfolk County went over the scene. South Braintree, where the crfme of which Sacco and Vanzettl were convicted occurred, fs also in Norfolk County. - SOCIALISTS REJECT STRIKE, Will Not Participate in Workers' Party. NEW YORK, August 16 (#).—The Socialist party announced today that it would mot participate in the strike called yesterday for August 22 by the Worker’s Party (Communist) in pro- test against the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, set for that night. “Although we will not relax our ef- forts to win freedom for Sacco and Vanzetti,” said Edward Levinson, sec- retary of the Sacco-Vanzetti commit- tee formed by the Socialist party and several trades unions, “it is altogether unlikely that another protest strike will be’ held.” Ho pointed to the protest strike on August 9 as “a clear and emphatic demonstration of how the work in regard to the two_Mass radicals, FULLER HAS CONFERENCE. Protest of ‘Told of Explosion by Commissioner of Public Safety. BOSTON, August 16 (®).—Gov. Ful- ler arrived at his office at the State- house this morning and immediately was visited by Alfred F. Foote, State commissioner of public safety, who | told him of the explosion early " toda which wreckeq the home of Lewis Mc 1 d of East Milton, a juror in the Sacco-Vanzetti trial. The commissioner said, after his conference with the executive, that no guards in addition to those already on duty at various points would be sta- tioned anywhere as a result of the ex- AUGUST Hardy home, the sides of the house | plosion, Radio Proms—l’age 30 16, U..S-MEXICO CLAIM Agreemenl Lengthened Two Years by Kellogg and .Ambassador. By the Associated Press. The agreement extending for two vears the provisions of the general claims convention between the United States and Mexico was signed today at the State Department by Secretary Kellogg and Ambassador Tellez. As originally drawn, the convention would have terminated the work of the Gen- eral Claims Commission on August 30, 1927, but the extension carries for- ward the period until August 30. 1929. Under the articles of agreement the commission is specifically denied juris- diction over any claim for loss or damage filrd subsequent to August 80, 1927, The extension of time was agreed upon to permit a sufficient time for the examination and adjudi- cation of claims filed on or before the end of th month. In making public the new articles of agreement, the State Department also issued a summary of the work of the commission, showing that of 51 American claims already heard and decided by the commission, awards were made in 36 cases aggre- gating $2,221,659 in favor of the United States. The total amount in- volved in the 51 cases of American claims aggregated $3.790,796. The commission also decided nine Mexican claims, in five of whith awards were made to the Mexican claimants aggregating $39,000, the total of the nine claims amounting to $440,910. Certain of the American claims al- lowed draw interest at the rate of 6 per cent from a date set by the com- mission in each case. The largest sum involved in awards made to American claimants was $1,807.531, to the Illinois Central Railroad Co., and the largest Mexi- can claim was $18,000, to Francisco Mallen. BOMBING IS BLAMED ON PUSHCART FIGHT Baltimore Police Think Outrage Was Result of Ban on Street Vendors. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, August 16.—The police have finally abandoned the theory that the attempt to blow up the home of Mayor Broening on Au- gust 6 was made by a Sacco-Venzetti sympathizer, and now believe it was the work of some one with a griev- ance against the city administration. A check-up of all places where dyn- amite is sold as well as on all con- struction and other companies hand- ling dynamite, shows that the ex- plosive was not obtained in the city, police say. The latest theory advanced is that the bomb was exploded by one of the pusheart men, who were put out of business by a city ordinance, which went into effect on August 1. These men had been occupying the public streets for years and resented what they termed “the confiscation of their business” by the enforcement of the city ordinance prohibiting further oc- cupancy of the public streets by push- cart merchants. ‘While the ordinance was passed by the previous administration, the m: Jority of the men forced to rent store or go out of bysiness blamed Mayor Broening for their misfortune and it | it now helieved one of them attempt- ed to blow up the mayor's home in revenge. This theory is given weight hy the fact that the explosion showed signs of being “amateurish” and the homb was not properly constructed to do much damage. . EIGHT KILLED IN RIOT. Panama Mob Suffers in Attempt to Storm Jail. PANAMA, August 16 (P).—Eight persons . were reported killed and many injured in an attempt to storm the jall at Buenaventura yesterday. The dispatches said the mob sought to lynch a policeman whom it held responsible for the shooting to death of a prominent citizen. Unable to obtain arms, the crowds used rocks and sticks freely as the police and a handful of soldiers tried to force them back. Reinforcements had to be called from the nearby town of Call. ¢ Foening Star. 1927—-THIRTY-SIX PAGES. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. AFTON, Va., August 16.—The mys- tery of the strange “magnetic in- | fluence” in the Blue Ridge Mountains here, long a matter of debate among motorists using the State highway through this lofty ridge, has been solved—or, rather, exploded. The “influence” is the same as that which pulled the apple down on New- ton’s forehead so many years ago, gravity, and nothing else, accord- ing to State and Federal authorities who have Investigated the reports. Insist They Are Held Back. Motorists who have experienced the | peculiar “effect” on their engines as they pilot their cars up an apparently near-evel streich of the highway ap- proaching the famous “hair-vin” curve near Blue Ridge Terrace dog- gedly insist that some unnatural power grips their motors and holds back thelr automobiles at this point. But H. G. Shirley, chairman of the State Highway Commission; Wilbur A. Nelson, State geologist, and other offici who have looked irto the mat- ter agree that it's all a myth, found. service, (#) Means Associated Pre “"MAGNETIC PULL” ON MOTORS ONLY STEEP VIRGINIA GRADE PABT |S EXIENDEI] {Optical Illuvsion_l‘:o—ofii_Autoists Into Think-| ing Mysterious Power Is Holding Cars Back Near Afton. ed partly on an optical illusion as to the degree of the grade in the ascent. They point out that before reaching the “affected” stretch of road automo biles are forced to climb a long series of steep, torturous hills and curves and that by the time they are near the “magnetic” spot their motors are overheated and laboring. Then comes a brief section of open highway, much straighter than that they have just traversed and apparently much nearer level. Here is where they are de- ceived, however, they assert. Ascent Is Very Steep. “That particular piece of road that motorists claim is nearly level, as a matter of fact, is one of the steepest ascents in the mountain.” Chairmat Shirley declared today. “It is an op- tical illusion. They think they are Zoing over a comparatively easy sec- tion, and when their engines fail to respond as they should, they become convinced that some magnetic influ- ence is at work on their motors. ‘I have had Jots of inquiries about this situation, some of them from prominent citizens. One of the lead- ing bankers in Richmond still believes that_terrestrial_magnetism,_and_not " (Continued on Page 3, Column 5) (TALO-ALBANIAN FIGHT REPORTED | Belgrade Says Troops of Small Country and Roman Instructors Battle. By the Associated Press VIENNA, Austria, August 16.—Dis- patches from Belgrade, the Jugoslavian apital, say it is learned there that Al- banian soldiers and Italian military instructors clashed yesterday at Scu- tari, and that there were dead and wounded on both sides, Italy holds a mandate from the great powers, conferred by the Coun- il of Ambassadors, to maintain peace in Albania. Belgrade has been a clearing house for reports concerning Albania ever since the signing last year of the treaty between the Albanian and Ital- jan governments. The Jugoslavians charged that the treaty contained secret clauses enabling Italy to exer- cise undue influence over Albania, to the detriment of Jugoslavia. This was denied from Rome. Jugoslavia's especial interest in the matter is based apparently on a feel- ing that Ttaly, by controlling the smali country across the Adriatic, would by the same token control the Adriatic Sea, thus being able to cut Jugoslavia off from the Mediterranean. Two months ago an incident arose when Jugoslavia charged that an em- ploye of her legation in Albania had been arrested on a charge of espion- age. Diplomatic relations were sev- ered and the situation appeared threat- ening, but the matter was smoothed over through the good offices of the great powers. Pneumonia Kills 16 on Ship. LONDON, August 16 (#).—Sixteen deaths from pneumonia are reported to have occurred during an epidemic on the British steamer Sutlej, carry- ing 800 immigrants from Trinidad to Calcutta. An Exchange Telegraph dis- patch from Cape Town says that the captain of the vessel, on arriving at Durban, South Africa, reported the deaths and added that most of the fatalities came after only two days' illness. New Serial to Start Tomor- . row in The Star H “Lady Slipper” H * E g BY ELLA WISTER HAINES { Author of “Mysterious Sweetheart™ - A vivid, realistic, intriguing mystery love story of today e GRAND JURY DROPS SHOOTING OF HALL | Declines to Return Indictment Against Policeman Who Killed Youth. clined to return an indictment against Policeman B. R. Campbell of the tenth precinct for the shooting and killing of Larry Hall, 20 years old, 751 Morton street, in the chase of a speeding auto- mobile on Harewood road just off Michigan avenue. Campbell w: in the sidecar of a motor cycle operated by Policeman W. S. Buchanan of the tenth precinct, and it was claimed that an attempt was being made by the driver of the auto- mobile to force the motor cycle against the fence inclosing the Soldiers’ Home grounds. It developed that the automobile, property of David Samakow, 2101 New Hampshire avenue, had bheen taken from in front of the owner's house the night before. Exonerated at Inquest. Campbell was exonerated by a coroner’s jury at an inquest conducted at the Morgue several days after the shooting. Counsel was employed by the mother of the dead youth to assis in an investigation of the shoo! and it was decided by the authorities to have the grand jury pass upon i In the meantime Campbell was taken before the Police Trial Board and tried on charges of violating the regula- tions of the department In regard to the use of firearms. The board held him guilty and recommended a fine of $100. Counsel for the accused police- man appealed to the District Commis- sioners and the appeal is still pending. The grand jurors also ignored a charge of bigamy against George Johnson, a charge of assault against Richard FE. Hall, one of joy-riding against William T. Slater and a charge of operating a smoke screen against Joe Edwards. Twelty indictments were reported by the grand jury, charges of grand larceny leading followed closely by allegatlons of joy-riding and non-sup- port. Other Charges Reported. Charges of grand larceny were re- ported against Carl Lee Taylor, Her- man Scott, Roy Beahm, Wilbert Tay- lor, John Robinson, John Pitts, Frank A. Randolph, Josephine Colbert (two cases) and Paul Greeniee. House- breaking is charged against John H. Hunter and Neil Lee Bailey. Joy- riding is alleged against Howard S. Cole, Bernard L. Downey, Willis T. Carey and Jamas Robinson (two cases). Operation of a smoke screen is the charge against George Dodson, who is sald to have turned on a heavy smoke screen when a policeman was following him. Joseph D. Ward is accused of larceny after trust and charges of non-support are made inst Dennis Boswell, Robert ker, John Mobley and John 8. The grand jury followed the lead | '] of the coroner's jury today and de- | The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,491 TWO CENTS. 0.C. BUDGET FIXED AT 38004760 IN NOTE T0 OFFICIALS Commissioners Must Pare Off $3,192,220 From Own Estimates. URGENT REQUIREMENTS MAY BOOST FINAL SUM ;U ual “Last Chance” Granted by Gen.. Lord Before Con- gress Meets itting somewhat deeper than pre. vious reports indicated, the budget bureau officially notified the Commis- ners today that a tentative limit of £33.804,780 has been placed on tMe Dis- trict estimates for the next fiscal year. Since the preliminary figures submit- ted by the city heads several weeks ago totaled $41,997,000, the limitation definitely fixed today means that the Commissioners must pare off $3,197.- 220 before submitting their revised estimates on September 15. Following the practice of former years, Budget Director H. M. Lord told the Commissioners in his lstter teday that they will be given the priv- ilege, however, of submitting a sup- plemental list of urgent requirements. “Tentative Maximum. It is more than likely that the Com- missioners will take advantage of the opportunity of submitting urgent sup- plementals after they have brought the regular book of estimates down to the limitation fixed. If they follow that course. they may be able to ob- tain a slight increase in the total be- fore the budget finally is transmitted to Congress this Fall. As the lotter from Gen. Lord states, the limitation fixed today is a “tentative maximum." Reports from the Summer White House at Rapid City, where Gen. Lord was a caller a few days ago, indi- cated the District udget would be tentatively set at $39,500,000. The offi- cial letter received today shows the limit to be approximately $695.000 less, The task now confronting the Com- missioners is to go through their pre- liminary estimates and eliminate scme new projects here and there, such as a less important street paving item, a sewer main or a school building pro- posal, until they have eliminated a total of approximately $3,000,000. A year ago when the preliminary estimates were submitted, “he Budset Bureau fixed the tentative maximum at $38,573,839, so that this year, at the same stage in the process of budget-making, the Commissioners have been allowed aproximately §230,- 941 more than a year ago. The Budget Bureau letter states that the limitation of $38,804,780 includes all items that are appropriated for in the District bill and ,780,000 for permanent and indefinite appropria tions. This last mentioned figure covers such funds as school teachers® retirement, policemen and firemen re- tirement, trust fund deposits and sim- ilar sums that are handled by the District Government. Aside ~from these permanent and indefinite items, therefore, the tentative limitation leaves something more than $36,000,- 00 for routine expenses of the mu- nicipality and physical improvments to the ci Geu. Lord" The letter from Gen. Commissioners follow 3 “I have the honor to advise you that the President has allocated to the District of Celumbia $38.804,780 as a tentative maximum amount of the total of vour estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929. This amount includes all items which are appropri- ated for in the District of Columbia appropriation act and $2.750,000 for permanent and . indefinite appropri- ati Letter. Lord to the Your regular estimates for the fiseal year 1 to be submitted on or before September 15, 1 and pre- pared in accordance with the instiuce tions of July 15, 1927, should not, therefore, exceed in their total the amount above stated. “If your estimates thus prepared do not in your opinion meet the abso- lutely necessary requirements of tha District of Columbia, they will be ac. companied by a supplemental state. ment showing the additional amount which you believe will be required, allocated to appropriation titles, and setting forth the necessity therefor. In stating the necessity for such increase it is requested that you indicate the consequences which would result fromng failure to secure the additional amoun| that you recommend.” INCOME OF $444,000,000 PREDICTED FOR FARMERY Ninth Federal Reserve Bank Esti mates Return From Crops in Western States. By the Associated Pre: MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., August 16 —Based on prevailing prices, a cash income of nearly $444,000,000 from wheat, rye, flax and potatoes is_seen by the Ninth Federal Reserve Bank for farmers in its territory. This would approximate the 1924 ins come for those crops in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana and part of Wisconsin, says thy monthly agricultural and financial re port of the bank. The Northwest shippers’ advisory board was quoted as estimating a 31 per cent increase in shipments of ag. ricultural implements and vehicles in the third quarter of 1927 over ships ments in the third quarter of 1926, Faras i 5,000 IN DIAMOND RUSH. New Transvaal Discoveyy Fails tq Equal Grasfontein Strike, LONDON, August 16 (#).—Only about 5,000 people are participating fy the rush to the new diamond fleld aj Wolverdiend, Transvaal, as compared with 25,000 in the recent rush to Gras fontein. The Daily Mail's Johannsburg con respondent says the latest movemen) is called the “desperation rush” be cause the diggers declare that only by the opening of the Wolverdiend ares before the passing of the proposed pre clous stones bill, restricting the open ing of new daimond flelds, can they be saved from starvation. Other diamond diggings are nearly uuaud.m-uu.