Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1927, Page 2

2 A% “ OLICEMAN HURT IN BATTLING THUG Burglar, Caught in Office, Subdued by Bullets. Another Nabbed. in a handto iter with a colored bandit in the dark office at the 3, g & Son, char TS, Sout , Policeman Spottswood vely of No. 4 precinct subdued his man after shooting him in the chest and right leg, and sustained a wrenched trigger finger himself whe his opponent tried to gain possessior of his revolver. Within an hour another intruder @lso a colored man, was captured after ed he attempted to open a the sheet metal plant of the Kober Co., In g & t Fifth and K streets. nted” in Offic t the of Aroused by 3 ¥ Gensbe ed sever before, himselt in ik room ve on the | dow. He had been there but a few | \utes when he heard some one fun- | at the sash. A ag his revolver, he waited in| darkness until the bandit had «cd the window and lowered him- self into the room. Then the police- man ordered him to hold up his hands the bandit t the policeman, grabbing ol and knocking it to the floor. | The two men grappled, rolling over | and over, each attempting to gain possession of the weapon. Gravely | managed to regain it and fired three ghots at his opponent, who was still fichting desperately, one shot going wild and the other two taking effect. Shots End Battle. After being wounded, the bandit, who gave his name as Arci Simms, 44 years old, 718 Fifth street south- east, slumped to the floor and was taken to Casualty Hospital, where hi: captor also received treatment for hi sprained finger. The prisoner was, transferred later to Gallinger Hospital, | under guard, ahd a technical charge of investigation was lodged against him. Two Hyattsville youths, Harry Bost and Samuel Smith, were responsible indirectly for the capture of the other bandit, who was held for investiga- tion and gave the name of Benjamin Owens, 22 years old, 224 Drapers court southwest. Waiting for a car in front of the Kober plant they noticed a light in the office and spied a colored man hacking nonchalantly away with a hammer and saw at the safe directly under the glowing bulb. While one boy watched the other telephoned the second precinct. Captured After Chase. Capt. Burlingame dispatched the patrol wagon, bearing Policemen Charles Stello and R. M. Davis, who crashed into the building and rushed after the cracksman as he fled from the office. He had entered the build- ing by lifting an iron grating from the sidewalk. Headquarters detectives and’ men from the sixth precinct, in which the plant is located, joined in the search and swarmed through the building, but the man had apparently disap- peared. Glimpsing a light in the orack of a door of a small room off a basement areaway, Policemen Stello and Davis forced the door and found the man crouched in a corner, They seized him and turned him oyer to Mo- tor Cycle Policeman William D. Halslip of the sixth precinct, who had Joined in the hunt. P . QUEEN WINS DISPUTE OVER BOBBED HAIR Infanta Christina of Spain Bows to Mother’s Request for Long Tresses. his pls Correspondence of the Associated Press. MADRID, .Spain—The Queen of Spain_has had her way again, Her second daughter, the Infanta Chris- tina, is letting her hair grow to its full length. It was bobbed in her childhood, but s the infanta approached her debut into society, made this year, her mother thought it would be more fitting it the daughter permitted her locks to grow. N The “battle royal® between mother and daughter still rages, not only in the royal family of Spain, but in other royal families of Europe. It is under- stood here among friends of the royal family that the Infanta Beatrice, the elder daughter of the King and Queen, will allow her halr to grow, if her sister princess finds that it is a suc- cess. FUMES KILL WOMAN. Overcome by gasoline fumes while clothes in her apartment at umbia road early last night, allie E. McLeod, an osteopath, 60 years old, died within a few minutes after the efforts of four doctors had failed to revive her. Dr. . Burtt, living in the building: Dr. Grace Hurd and Dr. Albert Parham were sum- ed her until the ar. mbulance from Emer- gency Hospital. She was rushed to the hospit:l, where a pulmotor failed to revive her, The coroner issued a certificate of ; Hospital to- | ved i , An- ctured ekull rec charged Lightfoot was district SRR 00000 SPENT & | Battles Burglar POLICEMAN S. F. GRAVELY. BY PRESBYTERIANS De- of 1,927,268 Members, crease in Number Churches Reported. By the A i PHILADELPHIA, largest sum in the history byterian Church, nearly was expended in the inter its national and world-wide enterprise during the fiscal year just close cording to the yearly review of denom- inational statistics made public yvester- < Seymour Mudge, s of communic s as the largest official Presbyterian census ever en- rolled, but point2d out that the net in- n membe ) of 18,1537 for the 54,657 deaths against acc municant members, 64,713 new mem- bers on certificates from other denom- inatio and 11,028 restorations, the report : A gain of 15,375 in Sunday school ship brought that total up to 1,596,615 i the 299 presbyteries throughout the United Stat ’] number of infants baptized during the 33, represented a decrease of , while a decrease also was noted in the number of baptisms on confes- sion of faith. The report noted a decrease of 68 in the number of churches, now 9,497, and a drop -of 29 in the number of ministers, of which the denomination now has9,961. The report lists the 10 largest presbyteries in the same order as last year with the following membership: Pittshurgh, 66,347; Philadelphia, 47,539; Chicago, 111, 47.419; Los An- Calif., 43,193; New York City, 3 Brooklyn-Nassau, N. Y., 33,94 Detroit, 31,71 Philadelphia, nort 31,676; Corisco, West Africa, 26,467, and Lackawanna, Pa., 23,478, ELEGY FOR VALENTINO. Women Weep as London Movie Actor Leads Service. LONDON, August 20 (#).—Thou- sands of women fought their way into Shepherds Bush Pavilian, a Lon- don movie theater, to a ‘“Valentino memorial service,” performed in a “Temple of Remembrance” on the stage. This “Temple” had smoking censers and tall candlesticks on either side of a plinth, the lower step of which was decorated with the letters “R. V.” A large iaurel wreath rested against it. On top was a large picture of Valen- tino, and the Italian flag. The “service” was conducted by the English film star Ivor Novello, who after placing a bunch of red roses in the “temple” delivered a short speech. A tenor vocalist sang Massenet's “Eleg| ‘Women wept. ... THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. PRESIDENT PLANS TOBEHERE SEPT. 12 Executive Will Stop Once During Return—May Arrive Earlier. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. STATE GAME LODGE, S. Dak., August 20.—The President and Mrs. Cooiidge will be back in Washington | by September 12. Official announcement to that effect was made by the President himself when he said to the newspaper corre- spondents vesterday that he is count- ing on getting back to the Capital by that date. By that time the President will_have rounded out an absence of three months from Washington, having left for his Black Hills vaca- tion on the night of June 13. | "At the time the President made known the time he has set to be back |in Washington he stated that his only formal stop while en route East will be at Brookings, in the extreme east- ern section of this State; where he will attend the dedication of the Lin. cold Library at the State Agricultural College. May Be Back by September 10. It is thought by some of the Presi- dent's associates here that he will be back in Washington on the 10th of September. They explained that the President’s statement that he would the 12th meant that he would be back not later than that date, but did not mean he would not be back ahead of that date. Official announcement also was made of the.President’s decision to visit Yellowstone National Park next week. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge, their son John and part of the White House staff here. The party will Jeave Custer, 18 miles from the gama lodge, tomorrow night by special train over the Burlington road. It is his intention to cover a large part of the tour through the park on horseback. He will spend four days in the park proper, seeing the scenic wonders and the places of interest as well as fishing and inspecting the Gov- ernment’s activities, returning to the Summer White House the latter part of the week. Several Stops Planned. It is understood that several stops will be made going to and from the park, among_these being Billings and Livingston, Mont. The party is ex- pected to enter the park by the north entrance. In the little more than a week that will remain of the President’s stay in the Black Hills when he returns from this jaunt, he will make one or two more side trips in this section of the country, one of them to the Federal ir- rigation project at Newell, about 70 miles north of the game lodge, and the other to Nisland, only a few miles from Newell, to attend the county fair. PARK TOUR ARRANGED. President Will Visit Yellowstone for Five Days, Work Announces. By the Associated Pre President Coolidge has _decided definitely to visit Yellowstone National Park next week, Secretary Work an- nounced here yesterday. He said that the presidential party would leave the South Dakota Black Hills Monday for a five-day visit. Indications at Rapid City have been that the President would leave Sun- day, if he made the trip. ‘The park is under the jurisdiction of the Interior Department, and Secre- tary Work has instructed Supt. All- bright to arrange for the convenience and pleasure of the President. Mr. Coolidge will be, the fourth President to visit the park during his term of office. President Arthur vis- ited the park in 1883, Presinent Rocse- velt went there in 1903 and President Harding stopped there in 1923. o BEAUTY CONTESTS DRAW FIRE OF PRESS IN. BERLIN Tageblatt Holds Competitions to Determine Prettiest Women Are Nuisances, Correspondence of the Assoclated Fress. BERLIN.—Beauty contests are de- scribed as a nuisance by the Berliner Tageblatt. Two films were then shown. One was Valentino's “Monsieur Beaucaire.” The other was entitled “Reminiscences of Valentino.” POLICE FINE. SUSTAINED. Commissioners Uphold $25 Assess- ment Against Taylor. The Commissioners vesterday sus- tained the decislon of the police trial board in fining Policeman E. M. Tay- lor §25 on a charge of unwarranted use of his revolver. Taylor, on a motor cycle, was chas- ing an automobile on Benning road northeast last month, and he told the Commissioners in his appeal that he fired twice in the air to prevent the operator of the car from jumping out and leaving it driverless. . BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band, on the upper band- stand, at 5:40 o'clock this evening, M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; atner, assistant leader; thlem of Freedom,” Goldman “The American,” ‘ictor Herbert amp, Tramp, March, “E Patriotic overture, Solo for euphonium, * Tramp” (air Va Goldman Musician Guy Giove. | Potpourri, "Reminiscences of | in Blue : the Boys Rollinson Meacham “Stars and Stripes Forev <ousa “The Star Spangled Banner.” 'Ancient Aztec | To Light Through m for which Robin- | in sbinson said he had resigned and hifoot had come here to Robinson's accounts and Robinson said tfoot, who fell, strik on the marble floor. Old I}orse. on Way To Grave Kills Man Leading It to Death J., August farmer, Henry was kicked to h yesterday by a 32-year-old e, which he was leading to the he had dug for it. The horse kicked Ang in the stomach. Dr. Charles C. McNulty of At tantic City had just pronounced t period of the horse’s usefulness at @n end. This was the first time the animal had been out of his stall for several years, g e By | August at* Tenayuca, is being rapidly brought under its mantle of Eduardo Noguera, of | 8 .\f‘-xl‘(\xf'fl 3 light from h Dr. of the department there by the Indians to protect the m the ravages of the Span- more than 400 years ago. | the pyramid is now un- | feature in which this monument | aiffers from other Aztec pyramids, Dr. | Noguera said, is its double stairway, diréctly in front of the other, rming two separate struc- is a steep drop from the | top of the first structure to where the | sloping stone stairway of the second | inne begins. The effect is | somewhat like looking down from the top of the wall of a castle into the | deep moat surrounding it. | " Carved stone snake heads still bear- | ing remnants of ancient red paint jut | from a low stone wall surrounding the mafn building at the base as far as has been excavated. On the terrace at one side of the monument lies the huge coiled figure of a stone snake, *| lished in the magazine. The Tageblatt calls attention to a Berlin publishing house which in a circular has announced a beauty competition, at the same time asking people to subscribe to its weekly mag- azine, It publishes the question, “Who are the six most beautiful wom- en of Germany?’ All persons are urged to cast their vote on this ques- tion and are advised to look up the entries as the appear In the periodical. Candidates are informed that the full name and address of every would- be movie actress will be added in a special cut line for each plcture pub- The circular says the magazine will prove a valu- able reference sheet and study for the film trade.’ Suicide Ends Life By Crawling Under Wheels of Truck By the Associgted Pre: PITTSBURGH, August = 20.— How Stanislaw Marnik, 41 years old, Cleveland, crawled, under the wheels of a heavy truck and wait ed patiently for it to start and crush out his life was related to coroner’s investigators, by wit- nesses yesterday in establishing sui- clde as the cause of his death. Marnik was fist reported as the victim of a hitand-run driver. His widow, Mrs.:Frances Mar- nik, of Cleveland, who claimed the body, said her husband had been out of work. Serpent Temple Brought Archeologist’s Search its head raised to the sky. The mark- ings of its body are represented by flat stones laid in concrete, much of which has been destroyed during the centuries since it was buried in the earth. The snake motive is every whera obvious, and probably has a di- rect relation with the star Venus, Dr. Noguera believes. l’grol. Ramon Mena, chief of the de- partment of archeology at the Mexi- can National Museum, believes from observations he has made that the’ head of the coiled snake figure was in line with the Pole Star at the time the pyramid built, and from the angle by which it now deviates from that position he believes he can compute the age of the monument. According to this method, this structure is now over 1,700 years old, but archeological evidence indicates that it is more re- cent and of Aztec origin, other scien- tists claim, In removing the vast amount of earth by which the ancient monument was covered many samples of Aztec pottery, baked clay ornaments, figur- ines and idols, flint and obsidian ar- rowheads, spearpoints and tools have heen found, which have been the :\'gt“gvgnl Museu; R e SATURDAY, ST 20, 1927, YOUNG ORATORS AT HISTORIC SPOT IN PARIS ‘Winners of the recent Nat their tour of E Birmingham, Ala.; De Lisle of Chl Carl Albert of Oklahoma City, M jonal Oratorical Contest held in Wasl rope. Left to right: Randolph Leigh, di F icago, Dorothy Carlson of Salt Lake Cit; rs. Randolph iLeigh, chaperone of the pari gton, at the Place de la Concorde, in Paris, on Arthur Fermente of Mexico City, Maxwell Lancaster of IPNPI“u‘on Meagher of New. York City. and W, Loker of Leonardtown, Md. ORATORICAL PARTY WILL VISIT ITALY Winners in National Contest to Sail for New York on September 9. PARIS, August 20.—The members of the National Oratorical Contest party from the United States, who have heen joined by the spokesmen for England, France, Canada and Mexico in the International Oratorical Contest, are td round out their Euro- pean tour by a trip to Italy and Swit- zerland, which they will visit the last week in August and the first week in September, The party has spent three weeks in Londan and rural England and is now completing its visit to France. The students making up the party have been almost as delighted with the extra features of the trip as with the visits to places of scenic and his- torical interest. ¥ew students of their age have listened to as many operas as have been attended enthusiastically by the party in Paris. In their three- week visit here they have seen “Aida,” “Thais,” “Romeo and Juliet,” *“Tann- hauser,” “Samson and Delilah” and “The Valkerie,” at the Grand Opera, and “Madame Butterfly,” “Carmen’ and “Tosca,” at the Opera Comique. - Active Socially. On the social side, their stay has also been a busy one. They were given receptions by Le Matin and by M. Bokanowski, minister of commerce, the only cabinet minister who has been in Paris during their visit. They have also been entertained by the American Club and by the American University Women's Club, On September 8, the day before they sail from Cherbourg for New York, the party will be given a farewell din- ner 4n Paris by Count Plerre de Viel Castel. Frenchmen prominent in all lines will he present, as will the Amer- ican party, and the English, French, Canadian and Mexican spokesmen. The sight-seeing portion of the trip been an ambitious one, with a two weeks' stay in London and a week in the Shakespeare country, Ox- ford and Canterbury and vicinity. The French portion of the trip has includ- ed three weeks in Paris and 10 days in visits to the battlefields, the Cha- teau country, Biarritz, Sarcassonne and_Cannes. The chief stops outside of France will be in Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Geneva and Brussels. ‘Will Sail September 9. The members of the delegation from the United States follow: Dorothy ‘ar]son, Salt Lake City; W. A. Loker, Leonardstown, M De Lisle Craw- ford, Chicago; Jefferson Meagher, Binghampton, N. Y.; Maxwell Lan- caster, Birmingham, Ala.; Carl Albert, McAlister, Okla., and Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Leigh of Washington. With these the following will sail for New York on September 9, on the President Roosevelt, to participate in the international finals on October 14 in Washington: Georges Guiot-Guil- Jain, St. Claude, for France; James Keith Watson, Ben Rhydding, York- shire, for England; Arturo Garcia- Fermenti, Mexico City, for Mexico. Miss Dorothy Carlson, who won in the national finals Jast May in Wash- ington, will speak for the United States in the international finals in October, TR " COOLIDGE GETS MEDAL. Brought by Lindbergh From King Albert of Belgiani RAPID CITY, 8. Dak., August 20 (#).—Announcement was made today of the presentation of a medal to President Coolidge by King Albert of the Belglans in recognition of his in- terest in aviation. The medal was: intrusted to Col, Charles A. Lindbergh at the time of his reception in Brus- sels after his epoch-making Atlantic flight. Col. Lindbergh brought it to the White House in Washington. . The medal is cast in byonze, and on one side bears the President’s name and on the other the words: “High protector of the International League of lators.” . Soldier of Fortune Shot When Truck Runs Over Bullet By the Associated Pres HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Augustg20. —Capt. Carey Harrison, who only a few days ago quit the life of a sol- dier of fortune to make a try at motion pictures, today faced the prospect of losing his chance at a film career as a resuit of a bullet wound received in a freak accident, Harrison was struck in the eye yesterday by a charge from a car- tridge laying on the pavement and exploded by the wheels of a truck. Physiclans said he would lose his eye. ‘Wallace Beery and Raymond Hat- ton, film comedians, induced Harri- son to join the films with a part in one of their coming pictures, Har- rison played a part in international affairs in 1913, when Pancho Villa's placed in forces captured him, and he was b fore a firing squad, when United States guzgpriu FEMA o _his res. g e INDUSTRIOUS HENS PRODUCED AT U. S. STATION IN BELTSVILLE Hard"Working Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds Challenge Laying Records Made by Foreign Birds. Hens that approach very nearly tha ideal of laying one cgg a day are being developed at the poultry ex- periment station of the Department of Agriculture at Beltsville, Md. One Leghorn in the Government flock laid 312 eggs of good quaiity last vear. Another laid an even 300. The production of the average barnyard fowl is 70 to 80 eggs a year. In scientifically conducted poultry farms 150 to 160 per bird is considered excellent. The Government flock is belng de- veloped on the basis of 200 eggs per bird per year, but actually is hexin- ning to exceed this high standard. Experiments Demonstrated. The experiments in breeding and feeding which have brought about this result were demonstrated last week to the leading poultry scientists of the world, who were taken on an inspection of the plant. About 50 British, French, Dutch and German poultrymen came to Washington from the meetings of the World Poul- try Conference at Ottawa to look over the scientific and marketing re- search work of the American Govern- ment in relation to poultry. The laying experiments are con- ducted with Leghorns and Rhode Is- land Reds, two of the most popular American breeds, and may eventually bring about big increases both in the egg production of the country and the profits of poultry farming. The work is in charge of Dr. M. A. ill, of the Dairy Husbandry Division. The present flock is ‘the result of several years of careful breeding, in the course of which much new light has been thrown on some of the hereditary characters of poultry, and the neces- sity of weeding out poor layers from any flock on which it is expected to make a profit. Not only has the 200-egg-a-year flock been developed but the hens have been bred with the idea of a steady production during the Winter months when egg prices are high. A great increase in production, which came during-Ahe Summer, would not prove of much value to the poultry- man, Dr. Jull pointed out, because the market is glutted anyway. ) Scientists See Specimens. The European scientists were shown Leghorns which start to lay from 160 to 170 days after birth and Rhode Island Reds which lay in from 170 to 200 days. The average of poultry flocks is” about 240° days. If the earlier laying strains could be intro- duced generally the poultryman would be saved nearly two months of feeding for which he can expect no return. One notable object of the breeding experiment is to get rid of the “moth- erhood” instinct in hens and produce birds which never will want to set or brood chickens. This has been elimi- nated entirely from the Leghorns, but there are traces left among the Rhode Island Reds. Brooding always stops laying and reduces profits, So far as is knowm, Mr. Jull said, the egg-a-day ideal never has heen, reached under official observation. ‘The nearest to this record was made by a white Leghorn in British Co- lumbia, which laid 351 eggs in one year and still holds the championship. The visitors were shown experi- ments on the value of meat and milk in the diet of egg-laying hens, both for quantity and quality of produc- tion. The hens are fed considerable quantities of sour skim milk, which contains lactic acid, proteins and cer- tain minerals, The addition of milk to the diet of young chicks stimulates growth up to three or four months, and is an important factor in the fattening process. Mortality Rate Reduced. Unfortunately for the happiness of the chickens, the poultry husbandmen at Beltsville have learned that they benefit by regular doses of cod liver oil. Quantitative experiments are being continued along this line to de- termine the correct amounts. Another important line of experi- mentation explained to the visitors has to do with lowering the death rate, especially among chickens. Ry selecting eggs from vigorous breed- ing stock, keeping the quarters strictly sanitary, and allowing the birds plenty of room, this mortality had been cut to 20 per cent up to 4 weeks of age. European delegates reported =ome remarkable poultry developments in Great Britain and Holland. In Eng- land particularly, a breed of laying ducks has been developed which pro- duce eggs without the customary strong duck flavor and_which have become popular on the London mar- ket. The duck, it was learned, may become a much better layer than the hen. One Australian poultryman re- ported a bird which has laid 365 eggs in a year under official observation, and 300-egg birds are not uncommon in England. The average for the Kahki-Campbell duck, the favorite lay- ing species, ranges from 150 to 200 ayear. The Pekin duck, most popular in the United States, has been bred to the point where it will lay 100 eggs a vear, but the general average is between 40 and 50. Rearing of Turkeys. Another important development is that of hatching turkey eggs in incu- bators and rearing them in brooders. Hitherto the young chicks have been considered too delicate to be reared without the mother hen, and this has restricted their culture to certain sec- tions of the country with proper climatic conditions. They have large- ly disappeared from the Kast. Delegates reported that the rearing of turkeys, long restricted to the United States, now is spreading through Austria, Hungary and eastern Russia. CHILEAN AMB.ASSADOR CABLES RESIGNATION Lack of Accord With Home Gov- ernment on Tacna-Arica Policy Said to Have Caused Change. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, August 20.— Migual Cruchaga-Tocornal, Chilean Ambassador to the United States, has resigned by cable and his resignation has been accepted by the government, it was learned yesterday. Carols Davila, a newspaper publisher, has been offered the post and accepted. Benjamin Cohen, second secretary of the embassy at Washington, h. been recalled and Jorge Silva Yoa- cham appointed in his place. The changes, according to quarters close to the foreign office, are due to the fact that the government consid- ered hoth Senor Cruchaga-Tocornal and Senor Cohen as being not com- pletely in accord with the govern- ment's policy concerning Tacna-Arica. At the Chilean embassy today it was said on behalf of the Ambassador that he had no comment to make on his resignation. MACNIDER IN CRASH. Plane Overturns in Landing—Pilot Is Injured. DANBURY, Conn., August 20 ().— Hanford MacNider, Assistant Secre- tary of War, was in a plane which overturned in making a landing at Danbury airport today, but was un- hurt. His pilot, Lieut. Maxwell Bal- four of Mitchel Field, Long Island, sustained a contusion of the hip. Secretary MacNider came here to speak at the State convention of the American Legion. MEAL PROVED COSTLY. Stranger Says Local Couple Robbed Him. Offer of a stranger to take him to his home and give him a hot breakfast for 25 cents spelled disaster this morning for Louis Harrell, colored, en route to his home at Rocky Mount, N. C., from Kenilworth, N. J., who re- ported that he was attacked and robbed by a colored man and woman when he went to the house to break- fast. Investigating his story, Howard E. Ogle and C. J. arrested on suspicion Beatrice Perry, 28 years old, 70 Defrees street, and Frank Glenn, 212 D street. The de- tectives recovered larrell's trunk checks and railroad ticket. e com- plained also that §75 of his $80 capital had been taken. ARMY FLYER KILLED. Lieut. Stumpf Dies, Lieut. Hutch- inson Hurt as Ship Crashes. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. August 20 (&).— Lieut. George Stumpf, with the 35th Division, Air Cerps, at Lambert-St. Louts flying fleld, was killed, and Lieut. C. C. Hutchinson, pilot, was seri- ously injured when their airplane crashed 20 miles south of here today. Lieut. Stumpf was a passenger in the plane. ectives Det, . P. Weber District Pound Demoralized as Skunk That Routed Police Is Put to Death The final odoriferous chapter was written yesterday s afternoon in the life of the skunk which earlier in the day had spread terror at No. 7 pre- cinct, when it continued to rout those with whom it came in contact, de- moralizing employes and prisoners at the District Pound and nearly putting the gas chamber out of commission before it got in its deadly work. “He's dead now but he sure played his part before he passed on!” said one of the 10 employes who witnessed from a safe distance the passing of the skunk. When the atrequlem of ¢ the pound, the dogs—60 of them—set up a mighty barking that was heard for many blocks. Employes ran for the yard as the prisoner was deposited in the gas chamber and the lethal ele- ment was turned on, . ‘The odor of the gas was quickly ab- sorbed by another odor, a far more pungent smell, familiar to those who havo lived in the country. It was many minutes before the men of the pound ventured to re-enter the build- ing, apd it was more than an hour before the yipping and the baying f the wood sy ceased, FILMOF “KEY CLUB" ONWAY T0 CAPITAL Tampa Movie, Reported to| Show Dry Violations, Coming Here. By the Associated Pres: TAMPA, ¥la., Tampa Morning T understood 1 quad ngton h film, which is alleged to depict activities of the club before raided re- cently by police on a charge of liquor law violations. The story did not comment on Pon- der’s sudden resignation yesterd Ponder and Harry Myers, an other vice officer, are credited with “shooting” the f Many prominent citizens here are said by’ the officers 20.—The ¥ =aid it mer city routs to the “Key August ibun Ponder, was Ww fc ehief, en today PRESIDENT FAVORS TRADE SHIP SALE Merchant Marine Building Program Frowned on in View of Losses. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staft Correspondent of GAME LOD( s 20.—President_Coolidge * of having the Gover Ny on another shipbuilding pro. its merchant m He appears very determined in this vespect, and while he was discussing | the subject vesterday afternoon, there | was no mistaking his purpose to offep strong opposition to any proposal | ing to the spending of more public money on the building of merchant vessels. President Coolidge is ambitious to /| in the role of “leading : Leo court. Judgd Stalnaker is at the same time faced with a defense motion ask- ing that he disqualify himself from hearing the case on the ground that he “threatened to' show the film, ac- companied by a pipe organ,” in’ the courtroom Two previous me of this nature have been overruled by the judg Ponder and My eral prohibition offi The story said it was believed that Ponder was rying the film to Washington to show it to Federal pro- hibition authoritfes in the hope of getting them to take over the prose- cution, although it added t this could not be officinily confirme WOMAN LAWYER PLANS TO TRY CASES ABROAD Detroit Practitioner Will Under- take Work on Her Vaca- tion Trip. By the Associated Press, DETROIT, August 20.—An Ameri- can woman attorney will try ecases in Paris, Athens and London while on a “vacation.” She is Miss Grace 1. Brown of De- troit, who plans to sail to Europe soon out her legal plans. s Miss Brown will represent laiming $300,000 from nment for land he al- ated. She has been retained in an tion case _in Athens and an 1 estate will claim her attention in the London are former Fed- ss Brown has received introduc- letters to the foreign courts from Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg. SACCO PETITION DENIED RECOGNITION BY SUPREME COURT (Continued from First Page.) be filed until the records are pre- sented. Finding that there is no justice of the Supreme Court in Washington, Mr. Musmanno asserted that his as- sociate. Arthur D. Hill, in Massa- chusetts, would see Justice Holmes today for the purpose of asking him to stay execution of the two men until the Supreme Court can pa: upon the two petitions for review when it meets in October. Justice Holmes is in Beverly, Mass, The filing of the two petitions is en- tirely dependent upon the presenta- tion” of records in proper form. Should the records be found defective in any particular under the rules of llhe nited States Supreme Court the two cases cannot be docketed. Precedent in Recent Case. In asking a review by the Supreme Court. counsel for Sacco and Va zetti have the benefit of a recent ac- tion by Justice Holmes in another capital crime case as a precedent in asking a'stay of execution. On July 15, after Justice Brandeis had granted a temporary stay in the cases of Nathan Bard and Bunyan Fleming, two negroes sentenced to death in Kentucky for criminal as- =ault, counsel for the condemned men obtained from Justice Holmes a stay of execution until the Supreme Court could pass upon a petition for review, which the justice was assured would he filed. Up to date no such petition has been filed, although a stay of ex- ecution was granted. In the Kentucky cases, as in that of Sacco and Vanzetti, it was contended that the convicted men had not re- ceived a fair trial as guaranteed by the fourteenth amendment, in that the populace was excited and prejudiced and that the judgment of the jury was affected by local sentiment, Justice Holmes in acting in the Kentucky case stated that he granted a stay of execution “because human lives are involved and if I am wrong (in his conclusion that technically no issues were presented justifving a re- view of the Supreme Court) they would be sacrificed by my mistake.” Judge Accused of Bias. In the petitions asking a review of the final action of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts the two condemned men asserted that the judgment against them was entered in violation of the due process of law under the fourteenth amendment to the Consti- tution, in that the proceeding which resulted in their conviction and the refusal of a new trial were in the hands of Judge Thayer, who was prejudiced against them and their counsel. In the petition for a review of the action taken by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts substantially the same grounds were covered, the petition in addition asserting that the refusal of the Stage Supreme Court to issue a | writ of ‘error denied the right of ap- peal from the findings and rulings of a judge “so biased and prejudiced against your petitioners that he was incapable of acting as a judge in the true sense.” Latest Developments In Sacco-Vanzetti Case Justice James M. Morton, jr., of Federal District Court, re- fused writ of habeas corpus and refused radicals’ counsel per- mission to appeal to United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Chief of Counsel Hill asked Gov. Fuller for further respite. Gov. Fuller announced he will be in office Monday to hear any requests Hill will appeal today to Jus- tice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States Supreme Court for a stay of execution. United States Supreme Court clerk refused to accept petition because papers were not in proper form. Chief Justice Taft is reported en route to Washington after in- terrupting vacation in Canada. Plea for sanity tests will be the last hope of condemned men. Boston bans all meetings on glommon and prepares for trou- . Defense committee again asked Secretary Kellogg to publish Department of Justice files. Stalnaker’s | the American flag in the ¢ lanes of the seven seas and provide a it fleet for cor mercial purposes as well as for na. ional defense, but he does not want the Government to lose any more money in this connection than is abso- | iutely necessary., The President would be happy see the Government entirely rid of t operation of a merchant fleet. Throug out his admi ation he bLas oper | favored the sale of the Governr owned ships to private enterprises that the latter might operate them. He is of that opinfon today, probably stron than ever before, because of his ¢ to put a stop fo the s public money in the {attempt to opers t Despite his ins | fleet be disposed ¢ ship as quickl demand that suffici given with each s President wants to see the establ cotinued, and he wiil e e to sales only under conditions which would secure this. Wants Merchant Marine. The President has a high es of the importance of by sea, but he has alw J the Government’s operation of mer- chant ships as one of the problems herited from the war. However considers it of prime importance that there should be a merchant marine, first, as an adequate means f tional defense, and secondly, a means of providing adequate se to_American commer: Those who are understoad to have broached the subject of en another shipbuilding been rep 8| profit from the ope: chant fleet last | tempting to deny operation profits, represented yestorday as stating that the Government fleet is heing operated at a loss. He added that all of the ships are losing money, if the capital outlay for the fleet is taken into ac- cqunt when figuring operating costs {and revenues. The President inferred that he has reason to know that the reported profits are on paper only. When he stated that the capital outlay should he taken into consideration in estimat- |ing costs, he had in mind the more .than $3,000,000,000 the Governmet has lost in its merchant marine revenue, Many Vessels on Hand. Moreover, Mr. Coolidge is not at all enthusiastic over the proposition to build more merchant ships when the Government already has such a vast number of vessels on hand, many of them not even in use. Considering his positive attitude re- garding the merchant policy of his administration it is felt by those who have discussed the subject with Mr. Coolidge recently, that he will displa a greater determination than ever be- fore to effect sales and to bring about private ownership and operation as soon as possible. Tt is understood that the President will treat this subject quite adequate- ly in his next message to Congres Since coming here on his vacation the President is represented as havin given some little thought to this prob- lem of the Government, and that he has discussed it with Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Matthew C. Brush, international shipping expert of New York, during their visit to the Summer White House. President Coolidge has not yet made up his mind in the matter of authoriza tions from Congress for additional ves- sels for the Navy. He intimated to- day while discussing the subject with callers that some new cruisers and submarines will be authorized, but he cannot say at this time how many he will ask for. Without making public the amount included in the budget for carrying on the work of building the eight cruisers, the building of which has begun, the President was repre- sented as favoring an appropriation for the next vear sufficient to carry o the construction work of these ships at what he described as “a reasonable rate,” Without at- PRESIDENT AT 0DDS WITH SHIP BOARD (Continued from First Page.) bids have not been sufficient, in the opinion of the board, to dispose of them. For the last three months the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States has heen carrving on a campaign against the continuance of Govern- ment ownership or operation of the merchant marine. The Shipping Board, on the other hand, has heen pointing to the profits of the United States lines and has indicated its de- sire for appropriations to build ships, especially cargo carriers, to replace those now wearing out. Some of the shipping men who feel that the Gov- ernment should get out of the pas- senger and freight business and con- fine itself to regulation of rates and kindred matters of ocean transporta- tion, have conferred with the Presi- dent and criticized the announcements from the Shipping Board and the Mer~ chant Fleet Corporation, There have heen rumors also that hig financial interests have been wait- ing for the opportunity to buy the Government ships at a low cost and float the securities to the public. The rames of many prominent banking institutions have been mentioned as behind the plan. So long as no new ships are built, the opportunities of the merchant fleet to develop mo: profitable business are limited, but this circumstance, In turn, is regarded by those who are trying to buy the ships as inevitably compelling the Govern- ment to sell the ships at a lower price, Congress next December will have to decide the issue as between more appropriations for new ships or allow- ing the fleet to depreciate to the point where private interests will get the vessels at the pri they think will permit them e at a profit. A Accepts Presbyterian Call. FREDERICK, Md., August 20.—4 Rev. Dr. Charles E. Wehler, former vice president of Hood College here and for two years pastor of Faith Re- formed Church, Baltimore cepted a call to the P Church here. By an alliance of churches adhering to the reformed faith, Presbyvterian and Reformed ministers may exchange pulpits. He will succeed Rev. Dr. T. Gaehr, who has accepted a pasiorate at Brooklyn, N, >