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5 & BUDGET TRINMING WILL BEGIN TODAY Commissioners Face Task of Cutting $3,000,000 From Estimates. ‘The task of trimming approximately $3.000,000 from their tentative esti. mates to bring them down to the limit ©f $38,804.780 fixed by the Budget Bu- seau. will be started by the Commis- sioners this afternoon. Officials indicated this morning that they had no preconceived ideas in ad- vance of the board conference as to | where the deepest cuts wpuld be made, | pointing out that the original recom- mendations of heads of departments already had been sharply reduced be- | fore the tentative total of approxi-| mately $42,000,000 was submitted to | the Budget Bureau. Although it is | believed that some part of the $3,000.- 000 cut will be taken from the tenta- | tive total of $18,500,000 for the opera- | tion and expansion of the school s tem, there were indications that mu- | nicipal officlals have no disposition to | curtail the needs of the school build- ing program any more than is abso- | lutely necessar: It is likely that some blue pencil- ing also will have to be done on the | list of street paving and highway recommendations. Requirements of the public school tem and the highway department represent a considerable proportion of the total District budget every year, and it is difficult, therefors, to take out $3,000,000 fromi the entire budget without some reductions under those two headings. : . In any event, the Commissione; it is virtually certain, will take advan- | 1age of the privilege accorded by the Budget Bureau of submitting in the form of urgent supplementals the more important projects that must be eliminated from the regular esti- mates in getting down to the Budget Bureau total. In submitting supple- mental items, however, the Commis- sioners must forward a statement explaining to the budget authorities just what would result from the failure to approve each of the items carried in that list. . GILES, OUT OF GAS, IS FORCED DOWN IN FIELD IN INDIANA (Continued from First Page) and expect to make all five hops on schedule time. Copyright. 1927, in all countries by North American’ Newspaver Alliance, SPENT 13 YEARS IN ADVENTURE Giles Ran Away From Home ' to Enlist in Yeoman Regiment. al Dispatch to The Star and North Boectal Dentu Newspaper Aliance. DETROIT, Mich., August 19.—Thir- teen years of adventure in far places culminated in the longest non-stop airplane flight ever undertaken, when Frederick A. Giles, English aviator, took off from Detroit on a flight of 11,151 miles to Wellington, New Zea- land. The Hess Bluebird biplane which Giles will fly as a messenger of good will from Detroit to the antipodes was completed August 5 and taken up for test flights August 6. The flight is being financed by ‘Willlam H. Rosewarne, general con- tractor, of Detroit, as a sporting prop- osition. The flight will be known ax the W. H. “Rosewarne-Detroit-tran pacific Australasian flight. First Adventure Fell Through. Giles first became actively inter- ested in a transpacific flight in Febru- ary, when he was offered a position as navigator aboard the ship Capt. John Clarke was to fly from Van- couver, British Columbia, to Aus- tralia. When this venture foundered because of administrative difficulties, Giles enlisted the aid of Rosewarne, who had been his cabin mate on the trip from Australia to America. Plans for a Detroit good will flight followed. Giles brings to the flight 10 years of flying experience, with an official air log record of 2,300 hours in the air. He has never been injured in any flying accident, despite war serv- ice over the western front in France, during which he was credited with bringing down seven German planes and one dirigible, ‘Was Born in England. Giles was born at Crown Point Hall, England, November 23, 1898, and edu- cated privately at London University and at Norwich. In October, 1914, he ran away with several other boys and enlisted in the King's Own Royal Regiment, Norfolk Imperial Yeoman- ry, with which he served in France on the Somme front. In February, 1917, Giles was com- missioned a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Force, and has been an active fiyer since. After serving some time as an instructor in France and Eng- land. he returned to the front and took part in numerous aerial encount- ers. During the last two months of the war he was credited with shoot- ing down seven enemy planes and one dirigible, and November 9, 1918—two days before the armistice—his own plane was shot through the engine and forced to land behind German lines. Served in Africa. After the war Giles served with the army of occupation in Germany, and in May, 1919, he left for Egypt to aid in quelling the anti-English uprisings there. FEarly in 1920 he was selected to undertake the long- est cross-country flight made in Af- rica and successfully flew a De Havi- land “9" biplane from Caliro, Egypt, to Nasser, in the southern Sudan, near the Abyssinion border. Later he took part in the tribal war agalinst the Garjak Nuers and won the Su- danese medal In silve Giles returned to England in 1921 and served as a flying instructor with the Roval Alr Force a year, when again he was sent to Egypt. In 1924 he returned to England, resigned from the Royal Alr Force and went to Australia as a pilot on the Sydney-to- Adelaide air mail route, He left Aus- tralia last April. Giles’ only near relative is his moth. er, who lives at Brundall, Norfolk County, England. (Copyright, 1927. by North American News- paper Alliance ) JEWS IN TURKEY PROTEST Thousands in Demonstration at Slain Girl’s Funeral. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 19 {#).—The Turkish authorities were faced today with the first grave mi- nority incident since the inaugura- tion of the republic when thousands ot Jews, following the hearse of a ewmk girl murdered by a Turk, staked a dramatic demonstration, blocking trafic for hours and re- pulsing the attempts of the Turkish police to establish order. Scores of manifestants were ar- rested, the governor and chief of police are carrying on an investiga- tion, while the entire Jewish cclony is agitated. - . N THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, tem, and escaped with $5,000 worth of THIEVES ROB SHOP: CHEW OWNER'S GUM Intruders at F Street Store Cut Through Roof and Make $5,000 Haul. Burglars with a craving for chew- ing gum and an aversion to burglar alarms, cut through the roof of the jewelry store of S. M. Selinger, 818 F street, last night and stripped the show window of a choice collection of watches, besides taking the best pieces of jewelry from the show cases. Mr. Selinger estimates the loot to ag- gregate $5,000. The roof is the only part of the store that is not heavily wired with burglar alarm apparatus and the thieves avoided carefully the safe and other strong boxes, which were pro- tected by alarms. Seized Owner's Gum. They took time, however, to exer- cise thelr jaws with & box containing 24 packages of chewing gum, which Mr. Selinger- had purchased for his private consumption just before clos- ing time last night. When he opened the stors this morning he found the floor littered with gum wrappers. The intruders took also an old pair of pants, hang- S. M. Selinger, manager of the jewelry store at 818 F street, where bur- glars last night cut through the roof to avoid an elaborate burglar alarm sys- Jewelry. ing in a locker. They overlooked sev- eral thousand dollars’ worth of watch- es in a wooden cabinet a few feet away. In cutting into the store, which was believed to have been burglar proof, the gum-chewing burglars were shield- ed by a skylight inclosure on the roof. They cut through a layer of roofing as well as several boards, plaster and lathing and dropped down on the mez- zanine floor, where the office is locat- ed. Three years ago an attempt was made to rob the show window by smashing it, but the burglar alarm went off as soon as the glass was shat- tered and the robber was frightened away. Watches and Jewelry Stolen. The burglars took 35 watches from the main show window and then went through the cases taking rings, brace- lets, scarf pins, silverware and mesh bags. The only clue they left is the assur- ance that they like chewing gum. o ST. GABRIEL’S CARNIVAL PLANS NEAR COMPLETION Church Arranging Many Features for Fete August 24 to September 3. Arrangements for the carnival of St. Gabriel's Church, to be held from August 24 to September 3, are being prefected rapidly by the groups as- signed to take charge of various fea- tures. The general chairman is Rev. J. E. Nelligan, assisted by Vice Chair- men, James Gessford and John E. Malloy and Secretary Treasurer Miss Mary Powderly. Those in charge of booths are: Radlo game, Mrs, Charles Gormley; orange tree, Mrs. Helen Baker; apronsMrs. Walter Burgess; fancy table, Mrs. B. A. McKenny; duck game, Edward White; general donations, Leo Shee- han; balloon game, James Quigley; cigars and cigarettes, George B. Ost- mann and James C. Kraft; hoop-la game, Burton G. Cowles; frankfurters, Frank Beuchert; homemadse. candy Miss Agnes R. Connelly; ice cream, Miss Lottis Waters; jingle board, John E. Dily; peanuts and popcorn. re. L. F. Beck; refreshments, Mrs. Sallie W. Mudd; fruit, Willlam Mil- ler; sign painting, T. L. McNamara, and soft drinks, Frank B. Kirkpatrick. It the gypsy “mind reader” who yesterday offered to demonstrate her clairvoyancy on Sally Campbell and Roosevelt Jenkins, colored, could read their minds today, she probably would strike them off her list as regular tomers. Sally and Roosevelt have lots of faith in human nature, but they ad- mitted to police today that there are limits. They point out that when the gayly garbed gypsy woman told them her mind would work better if they let her hold $60 belonging to the “subjects’” for a period of 3 hours, they readily agreed, but when the 3-hour period expired and the gypsy didn’t return according to contract, their faith began to get & little wobbly. The “mind reader” appeared at 3324 Sherman avenue vesterday afternoon and soon interested the occupants in the mysterieg of her ‘profession,” FARMERS' MARKET SITES SUGGESTED Removal to Okio Avenue Pro- posed—Blick Offers K Street Space. Two suggestions for taking care of the farmers who bring produce to Washington if the present farmers’ market has to be abandoned before a new one is ready were received by the Commissioners from outside sources today. John 8. Blick, president of the ‘Washington Convention Hall Co., of- fered to give the farmers space at the K Street Market while the prob- lem is being settled permanently. Leéo Simmons, an attorney, propo that the farmers be allowed to p: temporarily along Ohio avenue he- tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets and extending up Thirteenth street from Ohio avenue. Blick Offers Use of Site. In his eommunication Mr. Blick of the Convention Hall Co. said: “We have on the property of.this company approximately 30,000 square feet, part of which is covered, svhich is available for this purpose, in ad- dition to which there are sidewalks on Fifth street, K street and L street between Fourth and Fifth, which a number of vears ago were used by farmers. We beg to submit, grati the use of the property of this com: pany for the farmers, either tempe- rarily, permanently, or until supch time as a permanent site may be; se- lected.” ‘The area around the K Street Mar- ket was one of the three general lo- calities discussed last vear when the problem of selecting a new permanent market center was under considera- tion. The other two proposed sites were in Eckington and near the waterfront in the southwest. Board Meeting Delayed. The Commjssioners were delayed this morning in beginning their regu- lar board meeting, but they may con- vene later in the day. They plan to discuss the letter from the Treasury Department which brought the Farm- er's Market question to a head by ask- ing information as to the latest date on which the existing farmers’ space can be vacated to permit construction to start on the new Internal Revenue Building. ‘While it is not expected the city heads will solve the question at this board meeting, they may draft some reply to the Treasury communication. Pt MAN, 65, FOUND DEAD. Michael McIntyre’s Body Is Dis- covered Near Shack. ‘The body of Michael McIntyre, 65 years old, who for the past three years lived in a shack near the dump at Benning road and Twenty-sixth street northeast, was found on the ground near his little shack early this morning by Mrs, Fannie Simms, who lives on Cottage Hill. Police of the ninth precinct super- intended the removal of the body to the District morgue. Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, city coroner, stated this morn- ing that death resulted apparently from natural causes, although he has not yet issued a certificate. Efforts are being made to locate his relatives. Inca Uprising Quashed. BUENOS AIRES, August 19 (P).— Dispatches to La Naclon received from La Paz, say that the Inca re- bellion in Bolivia has been put down, according to official information, and that 24 leaders will be tried by the regular courts for their part in the uprising. “Holds™ $60 to Aid Mind Reading: Clients’ Minds Now Easily Read police were informed. The money- holding plan was carefully explained and the colored woman surrendered $40 and the man $20. The gvpsy thanked them and disappeared, prom- ising to return upon expiration of the 3-hour perlod. The pair settled back to wait, mean- while giving their thoughts free play. At the end of the first three hours their thoughts needed no mind reader to give them expression, and this morning they decided to let police in on their secret. Police have a good description of the woman, and Sally and Roosevelt are wating—and hoping. Their cases were the third of the kind reported to the police, Elizabeth Robinson, also colored, 323 Eighth street northeast, saying a gypsy wom- an claiming to be a mind reader, got $2 and some silk underwear from her ‘Tuesday, to be returned by 1 o'clog! wqa’aday. It hasn't been, 4 i A e | which have been dug by the men in . D.C. GUARD LAUDED ON CAMP SHOWING 'Col. Alfred T. Smith, U. S. A, Inspects Fort Humphreys Area and Bridge Work. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ¥ORT HUMPHREYS, Va.,, August| 19.—Praise for tha methods and effi | ciency of the 121st Regiment of Engi- neers of the District National Guard was given to the officers and men in the training camp here today, when Col. Alfred T. Smith, U. S. Army, in- spected the entire area in which the District troops are engaged in mili tary operations. Col. Smith is from | the headquarters of the 3rd Corps| Avea, at Baltimore, and is in charge of all National Guard activities in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Vir- ginia and Pennsylvania. After inspecting the spar bridge which the men are building here out of materials which they are cutting in the forests nearby, he said it was as fine a plece of work which he had seen during the entire Summer which he has spent inspecting Guard activi- ties in the fleld. He said that much credit was due the men for the effi- clent manner in which they had con- structed such a strong bridge in_ the short time allotted, and pointed to the value of giving to each company an opportunity of building the various sections so that the men would know how to construct any part of any bridge ywhich they wero called upon to uild. All Day in Camp. He spent the entire day in camp and went over all of the area, including the trenches and machine gun nests the various parts of the woodland as a part of their engineering operations. Tncidentally, Col. Smith blasted the hope held hy officers of the District Guard of some time getting the entire 24th National Guard Division in a field training encampment at one time, when he said that it was not practica- ble to mobilize them in one place, as there was not an established militia camp site within the entire area capa- ble of holding a division. The 29th Division consists of the militia of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. Col. Smith said that he had today wired Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan of Washington, commander of the 29th, that he would be at Cascade, where the division staff and other District of Columbia units are in camp, on Au- gust 25 to inspect their field training. Men Sent to Dogue Creek. A detachment of the regiment was sent this morning to the shores of Dogue Creek, whera the men splashed around waist deep in the chill waters, engaged in the construction of a foot bridge. The first of the kangaroo courts held its session last night when the unoffi- cial Army court of the Headquarters and Service Company, after its officers were reported safely in their quarters, met and meted out punishment to the recruits of the command, consisting mainly of a shower bath and a vigor- ous sand and canvas rubdown in the chill night air amid screams and howls of protest. Several prisoners whose names were on the docket when they saw the method of punishment made Apid strides for the nearby woods. Sergt. Maj. James Skelly pre- sided over the court, while Pvt. Tom G. Boman attempted to defend the men. Sergt. Harry Harth returned to- day from New York City, where his father was ill, and took charge of the newly organized drum and bugle corps, which will make its debut on the parade grounds at the Sunday review, Col. John W. Oehmann will leave Sunday for Cascade, to report to Gen, Stephan for duty with the 20th Division staff, which is to engage in a 24-hour field maneuver. Pvt. Harry Wechsler, chauffeur of tha Engineer headquarters car, also will go to Cascade, as will Technical Sergt. Frank B. Kave, official photog- rapher of the regiment. EDUGATIONAL BODY OPPOSES ARBUCKLE Group Warns Appearance ‘Here Is Undesirable—Citi- zens Protest. Officials of the National Education Association of the United States wired a protest today to the New York book- ing office responsible for the scheduled appearance tomorrow on the stage of a local theater of Roscoe Arbuckle, former screen comedian, involved in4 a scandal on the Pacific Coast several years ago, Formal objection of the association against the local engagement of Ar- buckle, which is booked to extend a week, {8 couched in terms similar to sentiments expressed in scores of in- dividual letters registering emphatic protests against his appearance. Citizens in Protest. The Columbia Heights Citizens' As- sociation, through Cora C. Curry, chairman of its welfare committee, heartily indorsed this morning the edi- torial attitude of The Star in disap- proving of the public presentation of the former motlon picture actor. J. W. Crabtree, secretary of the Na- tional Education Assoclation, sent the gnnuwing telegram to the booking of- ce: “Proposed appearance of Roscoe Arbuckle in the Nation's Capital re- garded as undesirable by civic educa- tional and religious organizations who recall the revolting scandal which led to the discontinuance of all Arbuckle films only a few years ago. His pres- ence will permanently injure the thea- ter presenting him. Officers of the National Education Association, rep- resenting 175,000 teachers urge you to discontinle all efforts to return him to the screen.” Appearance Held Revolting. The expression from the Columbia Heights Cltizens' Association stated “In behalf of the Columbia Heights Citizens' Assoclation I write to heart- ily indorse and approve every word of your forceful and timely editorial Business vs. Decency. “Public service and the interests of the moving picture business itself de- mand plain words at t Exhib- itors and producers should recognize that a publicity based upon loathsome memories is revolting to the public and that self-respecting people will not continue to patronize houses staging such characters.” o Hit by Lightning, Woman Lives. CHARLOTTE, N. C, August 19 (#).—Struck above the heart by a bolt of lightning which hurtled through the roof of the home of Mrs. Louis Gattls, Mrs. W, E. Lanier of Columbia, 8. C., late yesterday escaped i The Miss Doran (uper), with J. A. Pedlar, Miss Mildred Doran and Lieut. V. R. Knope as occupants, and the | Gordon Scott, which have not been heard from since taking off for the | Golden Eagle (lower), carrying Jack Frost and ures show the planes crossing the starting line. non-stop Hawailan flight. The pic D. €.” FRIDAY. AUGUST 19. 1927 e d i SIX PARTIES FAI 10 FIND EXPLORER Gigantic Granite Stronghold, With Crystal River, Con- ceals Mystery. By the Associated Pro SHELLMOUND, Tenn., August 19. —A granite-walled cave, onca the stronghold of freebooters, housed with- in its uncharted regions toda swer to the fate of Lawrence S. Ash- ley, geologlst and underground ex- plorer, who disappeared within its deep recesses Monday morning. Nick-a-Jack Cave, 30 miles west of Chattanooga, held fast the one man that possibly had lauded its wonders more widely than any other person. Ashley, ever fascinated by its marvels, held the cavern in higher regard than Mammoth Cave. Six Search Parties Fail. A seventh party of explorers took up the search for the missing geolo- gist last night when the sixth band of weary, bleary-eved seekers staggered exhausted out of its murky entrance after a futile eight-hour tramp through the mysterious windings, a slow, painstaking journey through six miles of subterranean passages, Tre- vealed no trace of the missing man, and only a cryptic sign, “L.8.A. 196, scrawled on a rock far within, which friends believed was merely a guide marker used by Ashley. Ashley, advising intimates that he intended penetrating deep into the cave for further investigations, en- tered the cavern with only a few sandwiches and a small quantity of carbide for his lamps, both of which searchers conclude were consumed hours ago. They cherish a faint hope that if he has escaped & watery grave in the clear river running to unknown avenues, he may be wan- dering alive within the impenetra- ble darkness. Others fear he may have met the fate of Floyd Collins in being imprisoned by a rock slide and held helpless in a subcavern beyond their reach. May Ask State Aild. A plan was crystallizing here to- day to ask the governor for State aid and possibly for State militia to assist in the rescue work. Nick-a-Jack Cave is situated at the side of Cumberland Mountain, near the Nashvill Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad depot in Shell- mound, 30 miles west of Chatta- nooge. It was formerly one of the secret resorts of the freebooters who infested this region. The main en- trance is on the Tennessee River and the mouth of the cave is about 30 vards wide. It is arched with granite and the height of the center is about 15 feet. A small river, crystal clear, flows from the cave, which gradually contracts to the size of the stream and can be explored in its innermost recesses only in a small boat. Just how far the cave pentrates the moun- tain has never been ascertained. e PLANE HUNT ABANDONED. Destroyer Unable to Find Trace of Wing Oft Capes. NORFOLK, Va., August 19 (#).— Search for the white wing of a plane, reported to have been sighted 155 miles east of the Virginia Capes yesterday by the steamer Gulf Point, had been abandoned today, follow- ing failure of the destroyer Shaw to find any trace of it. The Coast Guard cutter Manning, which left here yesterday afternoon to make a search of the vicinity where the wreckage was reported, returned when advised that the Shaw already was on the scene. PLANES STILL LOST AS SHIPS INTENSIFY SEARCH OF PACIFIC (Continued from First Page. miles apart. When the destroyers changed their course at midnight, it was estimated they were 180 miles from Paia, 225 miles northeast of Honolulu. Submarines Sweep Seas. In addition submarines continued moving in line formation from Hawali, 5 miles apart, covering a 60-mile’ sweep off Kahuku, Isle of Oahu, and starting for the windward side of the island in the direction of Hilo. They expected to arrive at the latter point at 9 a.m. Other sub- marines are_expected today off Ko- hola coast, Island of Hawall, where they have been ordered to investigate a mysterlous floating object. The destroyer Corry, which has been steaming toward _ Seattle, changed its course yesterday and headed for San Francisco, where it is expected some time today. The mine sweeper Ortolan and two additional submarines left Pearl Har- bor late Thursday to search the area northwest of the Island of Haual. PLANS SEARCH UNTIL TUESDAY. Navy Places Hope in Aircraft—Sub- marines Seek Floating Object. By the Associated Press. The present elaborate searching operations in the Pacific for the miss- ing Dole aviators will be continued until next Tuesday by the Navy De- partment. If at that time the aviators are still missing other plans will be made. The Navy places great hope in the operations of the aircraft carrier Langley and the aircraft tender Aroos- took, which today swung into position 100 miles out of San Francisco and began to comb the sea with land and sea planes. These two vessels are under orders to continue this method of search if necessary until they reach Honolulu. Six destroyers are now centering their activities around Farallone Islands, 30 miles off the California Coast, on the theory that the two planes may have gone down because of engine trouble. shortly after tak- ing off. On the Honolulu end of the flight the search is being conducted by sub- marines and submarine tenders. Two submarines have been ordered from the Island of Hawail to investi- gate reports of an ‘‘object in_the water” on the route of the Dole Hawalian flight on which tvo planes are missing, Rear Admiral McLean, commander of the submarine division, reported to the Navy Department to- day. Admiral McLean's message said the submarines S-15 and S-16 had depart- ed for San Francisco to search for the missing Golden Eagle and Miss Doran planes and that en route Would investigate reports of ‘an object” having been seen in the water. The message did not indicate whether the object might be the fish- ing boat discovered off the islands last night and which prompted re- ports that the Miss Doran had been found. o TAX! DRIVER HELD UP. Fare Asks Him to Catch Car, Faces Gun at End of Chase. Engaged by a colored woman to fol- low an automobile in which she said her husband was riding, Frank Em- a taxicab driver residing at New Hampshire avenue, over- hauled the other car early this morn- ing and was confronted by a drawn pistol, and a demand from the colored man wielding it to give up his money. Embrey said the bandit got nothin; and the driver himself left the scent hurriedly. The hold-up, Embrey told the police, was staged on Tilden street near Rock Creek Park, after he had carried the woman in the pursuit from Columbia road and Sherman avenue. More Than 20 Designs for Bus Colors Submitted in Contest Closing Tomorrow More than 20 designs had been sub- mitted at noon today in the color scheme contest conducted by the Washington Rapid Transit Co., in or- der to obtain suitable and artistic color designs for their new busses. The contest will close at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and officials of the company estimated today that last minute designs received during the closing hours will bring the total of competing plans up to about 100. death with only a few flesh wounds flfl a shocked nervous condxulcn. }dx,;s. nier is \(l;!!‘saw b}'r’n G%,gs - The designs will be grouped on a card and presented for the consider- lock M ation of the Juds ’g gt‘}‘? o I day morning in room 619, Investment Building. After the winners have been picked the deslgns wil be placed on public exhibition, it was stated. The judges will be: H. P. Wilson. representing the Washington Rapid Transit Co.; Miss Ethel Foster, head of the art department of Western High School; Miss Anne Fuller Ab- bott, director of the Abbott School of Fine and Applied Art; L. M. Leisen- ring, architect, and former president of the Arts Club of Washington, and UNREST IN AFRICA ISLAID T0 MOSCOW to Stir Up Strife in French Colonies. Br the Associated Press. accusation ment and the leaders of together to wreck France' emplire is printed by the Matin today. The newspaper says the Soviet mili- tary attache in Paris, M. Wolkoff, and the Soviet Ambassador at Berlin, M. Krestinsky, are collaborating to bring about a fresh rising of the Moorish tribesmen. ‘With the object of proving its ac- cusation, the Matin prints a long series of letters alleged to have passed between Volkoff, Krestinsky and “Comrade Gallaher” at' London rela- tive to supplying arms and munitions to the Riffian tribes and the carrying oncof propaganda in Algeria, Morocco and Tunis “to detach the natives from France.” Thus far, the paper adds, the attempts have had little success. and the Soviet government are insep- arable,” tha Matin declares. them are in the habit of noisily dis- avowing inconvenient documents, but they will not dare deny these. RED PLOTS DISCOVERED. Disorders in Fast Indles Traced to Moscow Government. By Radio_to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1027, AMSTERDAM, August 19.—It now is certain that the Communist disor- ders which ‘dccurred recently in the East Indies were due exclusively to underground action of Moscow agents. An exhaustive inquiry. just concluded proves that the movement was the re- sult of a broadly conceived Moscow plan, carried out through the co-opera- tion of Communists in China. Holland, faced with the problem of controlling colonial possessions, with a population six times as great as that of the mother country, is seriously perturbed at these disclosures. Money is alleged to have feached the natives through religious channels—in other words, some of the native priests have succumbed to red propaganda. SMALL PARK SITES PURCHASE FAVORED Planning Commission 0. K.’s Acquisition of Total of 30 Acres in City. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission today author- ized the purchase of several small areas of land totaling more than 30 acres. A considerable portion of the Takoma recreation center was author- ized to be bought, about 12 acres lying within the boundaries of Third street, Fifth street, Sheridan and Underwood streets. Several small areas totaling about 1%acres were approved for purchase in the Shepard parkway, along the bluff between the Naval Air Station and the Blue Plains reservation. The commission also heard the report on condemnation of about thres acres in Piney Branch district. west of Sixteenth street. This afternoon the commission planned to take up for final action changes proposed in the highway plan for the undeveloped section of the city. These changes were the subject of a hearing by the commis- sioners July 30. The commissioners’ report was to be presented. plteisbisini s bty Three Killed in Engine Blast. SHREVEPORT, La., August 19 (®). —Thres members of a Texas & Pacific Railroad freight train crew were killed early today when the boiler of the engine exploded 3 miles north of William I. Deming, architect and vice of the A o Shreveport. The men, all white, were said to be from Texarkana. The cause of the explosion was not learned. - Reds Charged With Attempt PARIS, August 19.—A categorical that the Moscow govern- the Third (Moscow) International are working colonial “The treacherous Third International “Both of THOSUANINFELD | AWONG POLCENEN |Factions in West Virginia | Town Stage Battle Over ’l Truck Light. | By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSON, W. Va. August 19.—Two factions of the Willlamson police force met in the street early oday and a gun battle ensued, during which two officors were killed, D. W. Deerfield and Harvey {ire were the victims of tha shooting. Tulius Tawson and James Kirkpatrick surrendered to county authorities and laced in jail. Truck Light Opened Fight. o in the police department had for some time. One force to be the “regulars.” whils , were kno: T Me- « aimed he others posed” offic continued to functi Deerfleld and McG ““deposed,” attempted today milk truck for Lawson and Kirkpat were present at the | ment ~ensued and followe Williamson residents were stirred to | high feeling by the climax of the peli- {tical differences between the two fac- | tions. With both forces armed and laiming police authority, county au thorities considered means of avoiding | further conflicts, sither hetween them »r hetween sympathizers of the two groups. Policeman Riddled. Eye-witnesses of the shooting re- | ported Lawson and Kirkpatrick fired | first and Dwerfield died without having |drawn his pistol. After McGuire fell witneases said he fired once, inflicting L slight flesh wound in Kirkpatrick's leg. Deerfield was shot but oncs | through the heart. but McGuire was -aught in a cross fire between Lawson ind Kirkpatrick and was riddled with bullets. Six ripped through his body | ind others broke both arms. The gun battle occlrred on & street in front of ths office of Daily News, and was witnessed Charles Edwards, a newspaper re er, and Asa Savage, a garage They said Deerfield and McGuire proached a milk truck, standing wif |out lights in front of the newsp |office, and were about to “tag" xz% | violation of an ordinance when Laws | son and Kirkpatrick appeared. The latter two questioned the thority of the “deposed” officers tag the truck, and gunplay quick followed. Williamson, a_southern West Virs ginia town of 6,800 population, has had two police forces, one appointed |and sponsored hy Mayor W. F. Hat field and the other named last June by a resolution of other members of the city council. Dispute Aired in Court. Deerfleld and McGuire, members of the police force for nearly two years were ordered removed from office by , the councilmanic resolution, which named new officers, including Lawson and Kirkpatrick. Respective claims of the two factions went before the State Supreme Court on petition of the “regulars” for a writ to require Mayor Hatfield to recognize them. The court, however, sustained the mayor’s demurrer to the writ, with a provision that the petition might be amended later. Since the court action an argument over the two forces earlier this month resulted in the wounding of Dewey Boaz, one of the ‘“regular” officers, with which Willard Hatfield, William- son postmaster, was charged. ~Another outcome of the political * differences was a strike last week -of city firemen because they received no pay. Their failure to be paid was caused by the refusal of the city clerk to countersign their pay checks in re- tallation for the mayor's refusal te sign a pay check for the clerk's stenographer. ter, re, among those to tag & TWO YOUTHS HELD ON JOYRIDING CHARGE Accused of Taking Two Girls te New York in Auto Without Owner’s Permission. Lawrence Rucker and Harry West, two youths jointly charged with joye riding, were held for the action of the grand jury on bonds of $500 each, following a preliminary hearing ins Police Court today before Judge Mat- tingly. In a machine owned by Mrs. Florence E. Woods of 4521 Canal street, the two defendants are alleged to have driven to New York in com- pany with Constance Marie Denham, 15 years old, and Alice Rucker, 18- year-old sister of Lawrence. Arrest followed the apprehension of the two boys by Special Detective J. F. Ellis, called into the case at the instigation of the father of the Den- ham girl, who lives at 1133 Twenty- | fourth street. | The Rucker family live at 1030 | Thirty-first stfeet. MAN KILLED BY TRUCK. Five-Ton Vehicle Passes Over Head of Man. Who Fell. Losing his balance and falling from the seat of a wagon on Benning road near C street southeast, this morning, Morris Leland Butler, colored, 26 years old, of 176 Benning road south- east, landed in front of a fiveton truck filled with stona and was killed instantly when a wheel of the vehicle crushed his skull, Butler was reported to have fallen | while lighting his pipe. ‘Barton Lee Duvall, 45 years old, 116 | Eighteenth street southeast, was the | owner and driver of the truck. But | ler’s body was taken to the morgue and it is probable that Coroner Nevitt | will conduct an inquest at the morgue | tomorrow. BAND CONCERTS. TONIGHT. By the United States N Mount Alto Hospita! March, “Burr’s Triul Bohemian overture, * | | Suite, “Summer Days” (a) In a country lane. (b) On the edge of ths lake. (c) At the dan: Scenes from the opera. “Ione,” Petrelli Waltz, “My Lady Laughter”....Blake Gems from the musical comedy “Lady of the Slipper”......Herbert Popular—*‘Selected.” March, “Royal Australian Navy,” Lithgow By the U'nited States Army Band, at the Army War College, 6:50 o'clocks | March, “Army and Marine, Schmohl Overture, “Elverhoi” Saxophone solo, ““Valse Vanite.” Wiedoeft Tech. Sergt. E.~H. Hostetter, sololst, Excerpts from “The Prince ofLP!L

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