Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. Weather Bureau Forecast) Partly clondy tonight and tomorrow. @) cool tamorrow, s 69, at 5 a.m. yesterday. Full report on Temperatur 2 a.m. today, lowest page 9. 1 | i Closing N.Y. Mark No. Entered as nost ce 30,435. ets, Pages 14 and 15 ch second class matter Washington . [ WASHINGTON, ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. MONDAY, ny Star. “From Press With The Star's carriel Saturda Ciren Sunday's Circul: AUGUST 29. 1927 P RTY PAGES. () Means Associated Press. o Home in the Hour” r system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. alation, 90,605 lation, 0 105, TWO CENTS. WORLD FLYERS ARRIVE IN MUNICH; " REDFERN REPORTED IN VENEZUELA 9 RAIN TURNS CARLING PLANE BACK : Tln'm:g Cheen‘s Brock and Schlee REFRESH THEM State Officials and American Consul Greet Pair. Br the Ascociated Press, MUNICH, Germany, August 29. —Completing the sccond lap of their projected round-the-world flight, Edward F. Schlce and Wil- liam S. Brock arrived here in their monoplane, Pride of Detroit, from Croydon Field, England, this aft- ernoon and state officials, the an consul and a large and enthusiastic crowd cheered loudly as the graceful monoplane came down at the Munich airdome shortly after 4 pm. Brock and Schlee were each handed a large stein of Munich beer as they stepped from the machine. By tha Associated Press. CROYDON, England, August 29.— The Pride of Detroit, American round-the-world plane, took the air at the aviation field here at 8:32 o'clock this morning, with Munich, Germany, about 600 miles distant, as| the destination. The flight is tl\_e‘x second lap of the globe-circling air | tour being undertaken by Edward F. Schlee and William S. Brock. | Brock was at the controls when the monoplane started. They taxied over the field against the wind and made a beautiful getaway, circling| over the airdome and waving good- | by to the few spectators assembled to witness the take-off. Then the machine headed toward the east, and | within four or five minutes was out | of sight. Weather reports iudicated there was some mist over the English| Channel, but that visibility on the continent was fairly good. The weather at Croydon was compara- tively clear and the aviators consid- ered the flying conditions were such as to warrant an attempt to reach Germany, since they are out to com- | plete their journey within 28 days. Before the start they received a great many cable messages from the Tnited States, wishing them every success in their venture. As they made their last-minute preparations| and saw to the stowing aboard of a ch of cheese and chicken sand- -hes and coffee they held handfuls of telegrams and letters. Get Good Night's Rest. Among those wishing them goo Juck on their undertaking was Col. ra Edwards, representing the British r ministr; Both flyers had a splendid night's slecp after their transatlantic hop. "hey were feeling: exceptionally zood and looking forward eagerly to their journey. They arose at 6:30, had | hreakfast in their royal suite at the | Savoy Hotel and came to Croydon in | a limousine, arriving about 8 o'clock. | The machine was all prepared for taking the air, except for refueling. Jifty gallons ot gasoline were taken aboard within a few minutes, making | 2 total of 135 gallons, they having had 85 gallons left after their trans- atlantic flight. This was considered more than ample for the approxi- mately six-hour flight to Munich. Just prior to starting for Munich, Frock and Schlee emphasized they were mot trying to loop the world in a fortnight or so. “We are on a sort of pleasure stunt.” =ald Brock. “We are taking our time; we are not hustling by any means " Hope to Beat Record. He explained to the English news- paper men that if they were really Tetling, as the word is taken in the American meaning, they would have lopped at Crovdon only a few min- utes to refuel and pushed on “Instead of any such rush,” he added, “we are jogging alonz, as we 211 it, but we do hope to beat the 28-day record" Z While limhering up their machine. preparatory to the take-off, the air- yaen were shown a photograph which had been radioed to the United States and back. showing Schlee shaking hands with T. H. Kinkade, Wright motor expert, with Brock, cigarette in mouth, in the background. ¥LYERS ARE CONGRATULATED. a [] 1. | L German Minister Addresses Telegram to Schlee and Brock. BERLIN, August 20 (P).—Wilhelm Yoch, German minister of communi- {ions, addressed a telegzram of con Zratulation, admiration and welcome 1o William S Brock and Edward ¥ Schlee when news reached the eapital 1his afternoon of their successful ar- rival at Munich from England. The minister expressed best wishes for the successful completion of their round-the-world flight. BANDITS KILL TRAINMEN. Fifty Passengers Held for Ransom by Japanese. . August 29 (P).— 'okio, correspond vandit exploit of s staged over the when a gang held up a train cast of the Japanese capital shooting the mewbers of the crew and all others who resisted Pifty passengers were eaptured and held for ransom. Special trains bear ing troo have been ordered to the vicinity ¢ | as it we had eve | in the midst of a storm, the rain spat- | tering against our windshield. | continue. AROUND-WORLD FLYERS BARE THRILLS OF ATLANTIC STORM| \Voyage Better Than a Movie Thriller. Says Schlee—Bro ck Finds Sight of Land Best Part of Trip. BY EDWARD F. SCHLEF Co-Pilot of the Pride of Detroit and Racker of the Flight Around the World Br Cable to The Star and New York Times LONDON, August 29.—"It was bet-| ter than a movie thriller, only far more nerveracking. for there were tima when our chances of ever reach- ing the other side seemed slim indeed. | Everything appeared right enough at | the start. When we took off froml Harbor Grace the weather was almost | perfect and with a strong westerly breeze helping us eastward. it looked | v chance to set a | new record for transatlantic crossings. “But he hadn't covered more than 60 miles seaward when the whole out- look changed. We noticed the atmos- phere growing a bit thick and soon | found the wind had veered to the | northwest. Then black clouds began | appearing directly in our path and| almost before we realized it we were | “From then on until almost dusk we ran through a succession of showers, | but just as the sun was setting it cleared for a time, and we beheld | just in front of us a gigantic rain- | bow. As the plane sped eastward we | storm | watehing | Tt BY WILLIAM BROCK. Filot of the Prde of Detroit By Cible to The Star and New York Times. LONDON, August 20.—It took about six hours fighting against three hours fighting against and the terrible monotony of the dashboard indicators sleep during the fog to cro: he rest was comparatively e: It is hard to remember many tails so soon after the flight is ended, but 1 will never forget what a battle it was in the middle of the night over the Atlantie, nor how good land looked when we dived through a hole in the fog and saw it the next morning. We got away beautifully from Har- bor Grace, although there fairly stiff breeze across the runway. Thoso people in Newfoundland built a fine flying fleld, 3,850 feet long, but we did not use more than half of it. One would think, perhaps, it would he a memorable sensation to start to cross the Atlantic, but what I chiefly remember is how beautiful the engine was turning and the feeling of confi- dence in the ship and all its instru- ments, It seemed as through evervbody in Newfoundland was out to bid us fare- (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) RAINTURNS BACK CARLING FLYERS London-to-London Hop Halted Over Lake Ontario by Storm. Is ‘ i By the Associated Press. | LONDON, Ont., Augusi 29.—The monoplane Sir John Carling, which took off early this morning for Lon- don, Eng., returned to its starting point today, driven back by a storm it ran into south of Oakville. Capt. Terry Tully and Lieut. James Medcalf took off in the Stinson-De- troiter monoplane at 5:50 o'clock this morning and were back at their start- ing point at 11 o'clock. Although the weather 1-as fine at the hop-off, the aviators ran into a heavy rainstorm while flving over Lake Ontario. When they reached Oakville, just west of Toronto, they decided that storm conditions were so severe that it would be unwise to After a run of about three-quarter: of a mile down the field, the fiyer made a perfect getaway into the gray dawn. They, took off to the west, and after circling the city to gain height, turned the nose of the plane toward the rising sun. The attempted 3,742-mile flight is for the $25,000 Carling prize. Start Virtually Perfect. As the great plane rose with it heavy load a cheer was given by the 12,000 spectators at the field The start could not have been more nearly perfec! At 5:30 Capt. Tully kissed his wife | good-by and climbed into the cockpit. Five minutes later, 1. J. Mulligan, expert of the Wright Airplane Corpo- ration, started twirling the propeller and calling for contact. For a few minutes the spark failed to fire. But at 5143 the great motor roared into action, and the propeller became a blur of whirling metal. Tully allowed the motor to roar for a few minutes to give the motor an opportunity to warm up. But at 5:50 the plane began to move, slowly at first, then faster and faster as the propeller's whirling increased, and its pull began to get the mass of more than 2% tons into motion. Rapldly the machine gathered speed and_about three quarters of a mile “(Continued on Page 2, Column 7. 'PARLEY ON FIREARMS ' OF GOVERNORS URGED| | Ottinger, at Convention of Attor- neys General, Suggests President Coolidge Call Conference. By the Associated Press BUFFALO, | vocation by President Coolidge of a }mmnnal conference of governors for the exclusive purpose of formulating a uniform system of firearms regula | tion was proposed today by Attorney General Albert Ottinger of New Yor State in an address at the opening ses- sion of the annual convention of the National Association of Attorneys Gen- eral. Such a conference, Mr. Ottinger as- serted, would constitute the first step | n an organized Nation-wide drive upon | erime, having for its purpose the curb- |ing of eriminal traffic in small ar machine guns. bombs und explosi of various kinds. The ubject of fire arms ion, he recalled, is one of ! the principal matters to be considered | hy the attorneys-general at their gath ring Attorney G that the hrough the rul Ottinger suggeste ulation he effective licensing of purc | of firearms ana explosives in the same manner as drivers and operators of motor vehicles are at present, with the ! no passport. . Y., August 29.—Con “ [ who returned LEVINE MAKES HOP Dodges Drouhin and Flies to England Presumably to Get Atlantic Pilot. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 23.—Charles A. Levine landed at the Croydon Air- drome in his airplane Columbia at 4:05 o'clock this afternoon. There was difficulty in making the landing 2nd the Columbia circled over the airdrome four times before coming down. The Columbia landed with a great bump and jump and Levine appeared rather nervous. He had nething to say when members of the flying field force, who had watched his perform- ance, congratulated him on his narrow e from an accident. Levine's flight from Paris was an absoluteiy =olo performance, as unaccompanied even by a mech- nician. Queried as to his plans and whether Capt. W. G. Hinchcliffe, Brit- ish aviator, was going to pilot him over the Atlantic, Levine said he did not know and countered by asking where Capt. Hincheliffe wa When told that t British fiver was in Co- logne, Germany, Levine had no com- ment to make. He was attired in an ordinary busi- ness suit and brought no haggage and He told his questioners that he might leave the plane here and go back to France. CHASED BY FRENCH PLANES. es Gives Drouhin Unpleasant Surprise by Flight. ugust 29 (P).—Charles A. Levine took French leave of France . Without telling any one of his intentions, he flew his transatlan tic monoplane Columbia away from Le Bourget Ficld and went straight to London, giving Maurice Drouhin the most unpleasant of all the sur- prises that have come the French- man’'s way s reed to pilot Le- vine from Paris to New York. When it was learned that Levin2 had slipped away in the Columbia, two French pilots set out to “catch him,” but failed.. Drouhin then an- nounced that he would sue Levine in the United States for breach of con He said he had taken the pre- ave the contract registered consulate, d, never posted the 301 which the contract called for as an insurance fund for Drouhin's family, and with the Co- lumbia out of the country there is nothing which can be attached in lieu of the money. Drouhin has for his trouble, it 1s added, only 20.000 s of his two months’ pay of 100,000 francs. Mrs. Levine is leaving for the United _States tomorrow on the Ile de France. When informed that her husband was safe in London she aid she did not know whether he as coming back to France, but add- ed that he had no intention of going home by boat. She declined to say whether he expected to get a British pilot for his transatlantic hop. GANGSTERS TO BE TESTED Detroit Proposes Sanity Probe for Suspected Criminals. CHICAGO, August 28 (A).—Detroit gangsters shortly will be given an op- portunity to assemble puzzle blocks and work with other paraphernalia used in administering sanity “tests, said Chief of Police Michael Hughes, today from the Mich- lie attended police Levine Levine, it is 000 franc whe Vit Chiet” Hughe: igan city, said that he was in urday with Mayor John Smith and Chief of Police Willlam Rutledge of Detroit and that sets of biocks and other material had been ordered. Details of the psycho- pathic campaign against criminals, which has caused a furore recently among Chicago’s underworld leaders, added provision that vhotograph | of each person =o lice t i ffl be filed at some central bureau in ¥ach locality. «d, and the Detroit cam- e similar to the Chicago the Atlantic. | was a| 0 LONDON ALONE he | Craft Believed‘ Sighted Over Orinoco. |ADVICES RENEW HOPES OF WIFE | | Message Indicates Georgian Kept to Course. | | B the Awsociated Press. BRUNSWICK, Ga., August 29.— Paul J. Varner, chairman of the Brunswick-to-Brazil flight com- mittee, announced today that the State Department has been re- quested to ask assistance of all South American governments in scarching for Paul R, Redfern. CARACAS, Venezuela, August 29 (P).—It was reported here today that an airplane was sighted over the delta of the Orinoco River at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, flying in a southerly direction. The government telegraph opera- tor at Tucupita City, in the center of the delta territory, wired the op- crators at Ciudad Bolivar Saturday that a mail carrier who left Barran- cas for Tucupita that day had in- formed him he saw an airplane at |3 o'clock flying over a small river |in the delta, called Macareo Cano. It was proceeding in_a southerly | direction toward the Boca Grande, | main outlet of the Orinoco. The Orinoco Delta is on the course mapped out by Paul Redfern, young aviator, who leit Brunswick, Ga., Thursday afternoon in a lone at- tempt to establish a world's non- stop record by flying 4.600 miles to Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. His route lay over the path of the Gulf Stream, east of the Bahamas, across the extreme tip of Porto Rico and thence over the castern part of the Caribbean Sea to the Vénezuelan coast. Redfern planned to continue over Dutch Guiana and the northeastern part of Brazil until he reached Macapa, on the north bank of the Amazon estuary. 1t conditions were favorable he planned to continue to Pernambuco, 1,300 miles farther down the coast, or to Rio, another 1,200 miles, Since his start there has been no authenticated news of his being sighted, although it was reported from the Bahamas that a steamer had seen his plane, progressing southward. WIFE'S HOPES RENEWED. | | | | | | | | | | i Redfern Is Safe. BRUNSWICK, Ga., August 29 (). —Renewed hope may have reached South America was given to the wife and friends of the aviator here today on receipt of the Associatéd Press bulletin from Caracas, Venezuela. The news was communicated im- mediately to the young wife of the aviator, who has been staying with friends here since her husband hop- ped oft at 12:46 p.m. Thursday for Brazil, Redfern’'s mapped schedule called for his passage over the Grenada Islands and the town of St. George Friday morning. A stretch of 489 miles of watar then should have brought him over the Tobago Islands, 489 miles from continent land. Friday afternoon he expected to reach near Port of Spain. Isle of Trin- idad, and Friday night he hoped to pass over the continent through Dutch Guiana, but if he encountered severe head winds he would have been held back possibly until Satur- day morning before entering South America. The south 45 degrees east course would have taken Redfern inland over South America at the mouth of the Copperame River in Dutch Guiana, west of Paramaribo. Food for 10 Days. Since Redfern was alone and had no radio, he had to™igure out as best he could his course in case winds or storms swerved him from the plotted route. The hope was held here that the aviator, in trying to dodge storms reported +in the lower Caribbean, turned purposely from his course and had descended safely somewhere in the interior of northern South Amer- ica, perhaps at some point where there is no wire communication. If Redfern was forced down in the interfor and escaped hurt he had suffi- cient food to last for 10 days and safety apparatus by which he predict- ed before ‘eaving he might almost in- definitely exist in the jungles. Apprehension for Redfern’s safety | was increased Saturday night when reports were received from aviators | returning to Miami that severe gales | had been experienced off Hopetown, Great Abaco. on the eastern fringe of the Bahamas. Redfern had mapped out a_course which would have placed him in. the path of this moderate storm had he followed his schedule, Its intensity, according to the beliet of the Miami pilots, led to the con- clusion that Redfern mizht have been forced to swerve from his path and in so doing may have made an error in reckoning his position. Hope He Landed on Water. aint hopes are entertained here that Redfern, when his gasoline gave out, may have landed on the water or possibly near some island along his route, either near the Bahamas or somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. The plane was constructed to keep afloat for a congiderable time, and the chaices are declared to be far more favorable for his rescue on the water than if he had en forced down within the jungles & mountainous re- cesses of South America. Venezuela Report Strengthens Belief | that Paul Redfern | \ N\ AR TRIY AN R WO DIE N WRECK: Coupling Prevents Greater| Loss of Life in Mishap on ‘! Broadway Limited. 1 | | By the Associated Press, PITTSBURGH, August 20.—A rail- | road coupling pin stood between many passengers and death or injury early today when the crack Broadway Lim- | ited of the Pennsylvania was wrecked near the Gallitzin tunnel, just out-| side of Altoona. The pin proved its metal and held firm, even when the | first Pullman car shot out over the | edge of a hill and hung suspended | | over the bank, some 200 feet deep The wreck occurred on the sharp | Bennington curve. The tracks bend to | the right at the bottom of a down- | grade. Instead of taking the curve, | the heavy train, hauled by two loco- motives, apparently went stralght | ahead. The engines and a combina- | | tion baggage-club car plunged over ! the hill, bringing death to two engine- | | men and injury to two others. As | the ¢lub car went down. the pin hold- | ing it to the first Pullman gave way. This Pullman shot out into space and | came to rest hanging over the brink. The pin attaching it to a Pullman rear held firm and the passengers, awakened by the sudden bumping | halt, scrambled from their berths and | with the aid of railroad men made their way to safety mans left the rails ! turn. . but did not over- List of Victims. C. L. Garrett, engineer, R. C. Spangler. fireman The de: | Pircair, F Derry, Pa. The injured: B. F. Hartman, Cone- maugh, Pa., fireman, serious, with fractured arm, cuts, bruises and pos- sible internal injuries; G. R. Hunter, Pittsburgh, engineer, cuts and hruises. They are in the Alttona Hos- piial. J Simpson, conductor, Manor, Pa.: E. G. Sutton, bazgage- man, New York, and the ciub car attendant were in the club car at the time of the wreck, but were not hurt, railroad officers here reported Two relief trains carrying doctors | and nurses were sent from Pittsburgh and one from Altoona. Wrecking crews were dispatched from several points, and there is one stationed at Gallitzin. The train, which left Chi- cago yesterday at 9:55 _a.m. Central time, passed through Pittsburgh at 12:33 a.m. and was due in ing. The wreck occurred at i Eastern time. The train was com- posed of two engines, clubbagzage | car, eight Pullmans and one observi- tion car. i Inquiry Started. Railroad reports said that within a short time the passengers in the three derailed Pullmans had been given ac- | commodations in the six cars remain- ing on the track. | An extra locomotive stationed at Gallitzin was pressed into use and shortly before 6 a.m., the limited's pas- sengers, accommodated in the Pull- mans that had remained on_ the r: resumed their journey to New Yorl The railroad reported that the passen- gers had been made comfortable in the | Pullman cars until doctors arrived Ten physicians examined them and found none was injured, their only dis- comfort being the sudden awakening when the fast train came to a bump- ing halt. Passenger traffic was resumed on the main line by 7 a.m., some trains being detoured hy way of Newport- age. One freight track remained closed. A special from Pittsburgh, carrying | railroad officials, arrived at the scene shortly after the limited's passengers | departed for the Kast. They imme- diately launched an investigation in an effort to determine what caused the wreck. West-Bound Train in Mishap. Shortly after the East-bound Broad- way Limited of the Pennsylvania Rail- road was wrecked, the West-bound Broadway Limited, New York to Chi- cago, was in a mishap at Wilmore, Pa., near Johnstown. The crack West-bound flyer crashed into a freight car door, which, it was believed, fell from a freight train and landed on the main line rails. The pony truck of the first locomotive of the train was derailed. The enginecer made a quick stop and the second lo- comotive and the Pullmans were not affected. They remained on the tracks The crippled engine was cut off and, after a delay of 45 minutes, the train proceeded, being hauled by one locomotive. | Radio Program—Page 24 : Two other Pull- | g | ¥ | insi Bullet in Brain, Woman Still Lives But Is Paralyzed By the Associated Press. URBANA, Ohio, August 20.— Mrs. Bessie Gillespie, 33, today hegan the sixth month of living with a bullet in her brain, the re- sult of an accidental discharge of a pistol. The weapon was dropped by her husband, Charles Gillespie, in their Columbus home. Physicians fear to disturb the bullet, which is in the left lobe of the brain. Mrs. Gillespie's condi- tion remains unchanged and local doctors say she may live indefi- nitely. She is the home of her par- ents here, where she was brought from a Columbus hospital. She is conscious at all times, but has been rr\l}\;zu since the accident on rch 28 NEW YORK T0 HOLD HUGE SACCO RITE 100,000 Expected at Me- morial Service Today. Ashes to Be Paraded. By the Associated Press. V YORK, August 20.—A mon- r memorial demonstration and a procession through streets of the low- or Bast Side has been arranged for this afternoon in connection with the arrival from Boston of the ashes of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- zett More than 100,000 persons are ex- pected by Mrs. Clarissa Michelson, secretary of the Sacco-Vanzetti memo- rial committee, to attend memorial services in Union Square. More than 1,500 patrolmen and plain clothes men of the extra guard still on duty throughout the city wili be assizned to the meeting. Committee promised the meeting would | ired | and said police had a them there would be no inter in the exercises. Sa ence X sympathizers mean- while we to be determined upon their intertions to parade the remains of the executed radicals through the streets, despite announce- ment of police that no such procession would be permitted. At the close of the meeting in Union are, the committee said. the ashes will be taken to Stuyvesant Casino, | six b Wed . to lie in state until v afternoon. CLASHES MARK FUNERAL | Boston Police Forcibly Divert Proces- sion from State House. BOSTON. August 29 (#).—The cre- mated remains of Nicola Sacco and plomeo Vanzet executed radi today Sacco, widow Luigia Vanzetti. Ros Miss and the of the one. sister of other, after a funeral procession which | from the State clashes was diverted forcibly House and w marked by with the police. More than 100,000 persons looked on yesterday when through eight miles of rain-soaked streets the hearses carrying the bodies of the men were driven to the cemetery, often through crowds that had to be cleared by two- score mounted police. Hoarse occasional shouts from the | throng, as police attempted to check the following thousands, were the on'y demonstrations that came from the multitude. For the most part. the march was aorderly. Clash Near Cemetery. Plans of those who had charge of | the procession to route it past the State House were changed without | consultation by the police, who held the leading cars to a more direct way. Numerous _obstructions had been placed in the streets leading to the Capitol. Signs warned that the thoroughfares were under repair, parked city trucks left no room for other vehicles, while squads of police- men were ready to enforce the obvieus blockade. Only near the erematorium at the Forest Hills Cemetery was there a real clash, and there police drew clubs to enforce their efforts to keep traffic clear and speed up the funeral fol- lowers. Address Read in Chapel. In a chapel stripped of relizgious ignia, the sole spoken word of the service was an address read by Miss Mary Donovan, a member of the Sacco-Vanzetti defense committee, who termed gthe men ‘“victims of the crasses lutocracy the world has known #ince ancient Rome." A ol NN were in charge of Mrs. | | tion Commissioner Doran and Rear | Admiral | R | AW CANADIANS DISCUSS BORDER PROBLEMS Customs Commission Confers With U. S. Officials on Smuggling Prevention. Methods of combating smugsgling nd other illicit border practices were | discussed at the opening session to- the Royal Canadian Customs Com- mission and American officials. The meetings are being held in the Fed- eral Reserve Board room at the Treasury. Four major problems were laid be- fore the Americans by the Canadian | commission, which was appointed in July 1926, to investigate and report on the operation of excise and cus- toms laws. These problems were: Con- | sular involces, ports of entry, ap- | praisements and the operation of the | anti-smugsgling treaty of 1924. | The adoption of the consular in- voice system was urged as a method of combating fraudulent invoices on goods shipped between the United | States and Canada. The certification of shipments by a consul at the point of shipment, Newton Wesley Rowell of the commission explained, would serve to eliminate much of the fraud now practiced in making out invoices which enable dishonest shippers and receivers to make big profits. Fewer Ports Considered. The Canadians also sought advice on the matter of reducing the number of | ports of entry. Although the United States is much larger than Canada, | it has only about half as many ports of entry, and the commission was con- sidering the advisability of recom- mending that the number of ports in their country he cut with a view of better guarding against smuggling. ppraisement problems also were discussed with a view to eliminating many minor difficulties. The proposal to revise and amplify the anti-smugsgling treaty found favor | with the officials of both countries. | A more drastic supervision of liguor shipments was advocated by the Amer- |ican officials. Mr. Rowell said that traffic in both liquor and narcotics goes on from the United States to Canada. Before the | was adopted in Canada, he said, large quantities of recooked alcohol was smuggled into bone-dry Ontario. The alcohol was taken across the border at Niagara Falls in cans, he said. Although some narcotics are smuggled into Canada from the United States, -lose co-operation between law enforce- | ment agencies has succeded in keep- ing this traffic at a minimum, Mr./ Rowell said. Canadians to Make Report. The Canadian commission, which sought the conference to ascertain the opinion and methods of American pro- hibition and customs officials of the condition of smuggling on this side of the border, will include their findings in a report to their government. The commission includes: Chief Justice James Thomas Brown of the Court of the King's Bench katchewan, chairman; Justice William Henry Wright of the Supreme Court of Ontario, Justice Ernest Roy of the Supreme Court of Quebec, Paul | Leduc, King's registrar, and Mr. Rowel, King's counsel. The commis- sion. which is stopping at the Carlton | Hotel here, will leave tomorrow for Ottawa, where the final sittings will be held and the report drafted. The American officlals participating in the meeting include: Assistant Sec- retary Johnson of the State Depart- | ment, Assistant Secretary Lowman of the Treasury, in charge of prohibition customs and the Coast Guard: Pronibi- | | Billard, Coast Guard com | mandant. . TWO DIE IN GUN BATTLE. Policeman TFatally Shot, Bandit| Commits Suicide, Another Hurt. WICHITA, Kans., August 29 (®).— One policeman was wounded fatally and two bandits were shot in a gun fight here early today between two po- lice officers and three bandits. One of the bandits committed suicide hy shooting when their car crashed Into a tree after the policeman opened fire and a second was captured a few hours later. J. E. Marshall, 30. motor cycle offi- cer, dled an hour after the gun battle. The bandit who was captured gave his name as Charles H. Stalcup, 35, Sapulpa, Okla. He said his com- panion. who committed suicide, was | been captured by |day of a two-day conference between | new method of sovernment control | cals TWOU. 3. OFFIGERS REPORTED SEIZED INMEXICAN DESERT Capt. C. H. Reynolds and Staff Sergt. Gus Newland Believed Captured. FLEW ACROSS BORDER SEEKING LOST VETERAN Message to Friend Says Release of Army Aviators Is Being Negotiated. ciated ANTONIO, Tex., August 29.— °f that two Army aviators, Capt. . H. Reynolds and Staff Sergt. Gus Newland of Fort Sam Houston, have Mexicans was ex- pressed by friends of the men here to- | day. The men were forced down Satur- day, while returning from Phoenix, Ariz., where they had been assisting in the search for Alfred C. Menard, shell-shocked war veteran lost in the desert. A friend of Capt. Reynolds received a telegram from Marfa, Tex., today saying the men had been captured by Mexicans and were held at Vado de Piedras, eight miles down the river from Ruidosa. The telegram was signed by Col. C. F. Babcock of the 1st Cavalry at Camp Marfa. Babcock, who is unknown here, said the plane was not hurt and that he was making arrangements with authorities at Ofi- naga to negotiate their release. Lieut. Charles Douglas und Staff Sergt. Henry Williams, who also as- sisted in the search for Menard, mado the return trip without incident. Ruidosa and Vado de Piedras are southwest of Marfa and considerabl south of the route the men were s posed to have planned on taking. Oji- naga is on the border southwest of Marfa, but closer than the other two points to the Texas city. Col. J. C. McCarthur, chief of staff of the 2d Division, announced that he considered the matter yesterday with Alejandro P. Carrillo, consul general for the Mexican government here, and that Carrillo already had wired his government in Mexico City requestiug lhut”t;m matter be cleared up suun as possible. OFFICIALS NOT NOT/FIED. | Seizure Believed Result of Landing on Mexican Soil. Neither the State Department nor the War Department has been notified today of the capture by Mexicans of Capt. C. H. Reynolds and Staff Sergt. 1 Gus Newland of Fort Sam Houston. In the absence of official reports the | assumption was that the men had been taken in custody when they | landed on Mexican soil, which would | not be an unusual procedure in such cases. Hope that the 18 Americans and 11 British reported trapped by radicals in their homes at the Amparo mines in Mexico, are in no immediate dan- ger, is entertained at the State De- partment, although messages have failed definitely to clarify the general situation at the mines. Mexico Renews Assurances. American Charge d'Affaires Schoen- feld in Mexico City reported that he had received renewed assurances from the Mexican government that “ample protection” was being extended to American lives and property at At- zatlan, where the Amparo plant is located. Consul Satterwhite at Guadalajara, on the other hand, advised the de- partment that at 1 p.m. Saturday no Mexican federal or state troops, for which request had been made, had as yet reached the mines, but that the governor of Jalisco had arrived on the scene and that the local press report- ed everything “quiet” at Atzatlan. From meager advices received so far State Department officials are in- clined to diagnose the Amparo trouble, which started last week with the seizure of the mines by alleged radi- as traceable to labor unrest rather than to anti-foreign motives. The latter interpretation grew out of an earlier report from Satterwhite that labor agitators from Guadalajara were urging Amparo mine workers to take action against all foreigners in c:xso's;u-co and Vanzetti were exe- cuted $100,000 Damages Asked. No further advices have reached the iite Department regarding the train attack near Acapaneta August 23, In which Miss Florence Anderson of Los Angeles was fatally wounded. ‘The department said that any claima against the Mexican government hich relatives of Miss Anderson might wish to present would naturally be entertained by it under the usu2i formalities. Mrs. Jean Garrison, aunt of Miss Anderson, was reported last night from Los Angeles as having demand- ed, through the State Department, $100,000 reparations of the Mexican zovernment for her niece’'s death. If this claim is received before Tuesday it may be considered by the Mexican- American Claims Commission, for, under the recent agreement extending the life of the commission, it was given jurisdiction over all claims filed by August 30, 1 ROBERT FRENfiUND DEAD IN HOTEL ROOM Washington Man Had Gone to Florida on Business Trip—Com- plained of Feeling IllL MIAMI, Fla., August 29 (#).—The body of Robert S. French, 55, general manager and secretary of the National League of Commission Merchants of the United States, with headquarters in Washington, D. C., was found in a room of a local hotel today. Police ordered an autopsy. Mr. French residea here at 2616 Ca- thedral avenue. He went to Miami one week ago on a business trip, and at the time complained of feeling ill. He apparently recovered, however, and news of his death today was a shock to_his friends. His wife, Mrs. Mary F. Frenc a son, George F., and a daughte Mary French, are spending a vaca- named Barker. The rd member of the trio, said to beSnamed Meyers, escaped 5 Americss tion in Charleston, 8. C. Another son, Robert 8, French, jr., is in lauti