Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1927, Page 1

“From Pr;u to Home WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Within the Hour” Generally fair tonight and tomor- row; slightly warmer tomorrow. Temperature—Highest, 77, at noon today; lowest, 84, at 7:30 a.m. today. The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Full report on Entered as seco; post office, No. Washington, page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 30,439 nd class matter ;e PRINGESS LANE FEL INATLANT OFFIRAL BELIEVE Ship and Wireless Reports‘ Indicate Flyers Never Reached America. CANADA PREPARING TO HUNT LOST AVIATORS Craft May Have Landed Near Fishing Fleet on Grand Banks | or Hit Forests. Br the Associated Pr HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sep- tember 2.—The wireless station at Cape Grace, Newfoundland, ad- vised the naval dockyard here this | ' afternoon of a message received | from the Dutch mer Blijden- | dijk stating that 6 am., g m. t, yesterday the vessel sighted a | white light, probably belonging to | #n airplane, in latitude 39.29 north, Jongitude 64.43 west. The light was proceeding in an easterly direction, Py the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ontario, September 2. Negative reports from ships and wireless stations today convinced offi- cial circles that tragedy has befallen Princess Lowenstein-Wertheim and her attendants, Col. Minchin and Capt. Hamilton, in their England-to- Canada plane, the St. Raphael. The opinion prevails that the monoplane never reached the shores of the North American continent. Wireless Keeps Busy. Government wireless stations, how- ever, are continuing to broadcast for information in the hope that the fiyers fell into the ocean and were rescued by a vesscl unequipped with wireless. The Belle Isle station reported to the government that the weather this morning was fine and glear with light morth winds, adding, “No information on plane so far.” Lindbergh Field, on the outskirts of the city, was deserted today after a night in which the Royal Canadian air officials remained on duty and kept searchlights on the field. Mrs. Leslie Hamilton, wife of the aviator, refused to abandon hope, and spent a sleepless night in her hotel. She made no plans to leave the capital. 1 “fhe most generous estimates of the plane's tuel supply gave it a flving period of 44 hours, barring accident, but at 11:32 o'clock, Eastern standard time, last night—the expiration of the estimated fuel_limit—no been received from the craft. The plane hopped off at 3:32 o'plock, East- ern standacd time, Wednesday morn- ing. Capt. Hamilton had estimated he would make the trip in 37 hours. Flares Light Fields. Flares penetrated the darkness about flying, flelds to guide the plane to a landing in case it reached Newfound- land behind schedule. Constant vigil through the day in Newfoundland was ended at midnight, Jocal time, the signal station above St. John's being closed in the belief that further watch was hopeless. Mrs. Hamilton sat thirough the long night, eagerly snatching every bit of news furnished by the Canadian gov- ernment air force and the newspapers. Late at night, accompanied by J. A. Wilson, controller of civil aviation, she visited the air port where the plane was to have landed. Crowds formed in the street outside her hotel awaiting news of the flyers. while newspaper bulletins were eager- ly scanned. Hundreds waited for . hours at the air field in hope of seeing the plane arrive. Anxiety for the safety of the plane increased with the passing hours. The provinical government prepared to mend airplanes in search of the St. Raphael, on the first report indicating 1t may have descended anywhere be- tween the Labrador and Quebec-On- tario boundaries. Capt. Robinson, who Riloled the plane sent in search of Nungesser and Coli, was one of those ready to start on the hunt. May Land Near Boat. | ‘The convictlon was general at Har- bor Grace that the plane had gone down, probably near one of the Grand Banks fishing fleet, unequipped with radio. Another theory was that the craft might have gone off its course and landed on some barren and un settled part of the thousands of miles of wilderness in Newfoundland, where eans of communication were not available. The flyers carried a four- day food supply. Although weather reports indicated that the St. Raphael did not face un- nsually bad weather over the ocean, it met head winds most of the way and some rain and fog. Showers and head winds prevailed over midocean, with northerly and fresh winds from | the Grand Banks to Newfoundland. | Conditions were cloudy. The North Atlantic under the best conditions, however, is regarded as dangerous for a westward flight. LONDON'S ANXIETY DEEPENS. Hope for Flyers’ Safety Based on Use of Rubber Boat. LONDON, September 2 (#).—Anxiety deepened today for the safety of the trensatlantic plane St. Raphael, two #viators, Capt. Hamilton and Col. Min- chin and their princess passenger. If the plane alighted at sea, what- ever hope exists here is based on the rubber hoat which the St. Raphael arried, for it was taken for granted the plane would sink quickly. It was realized, however, that this boat could not be expected to float long if the mea was rough. Nevertheless the ex- perfence was recalled of Harry G. Hawker, the British aviator, who was rescued in midocean by a May, 1919, while on a trans flight from St. Johns, Newfoundland, to Ireland. It was felt by some that the St. Raphael crew might have heen picked up in a similar manner if they were forced down. WEATHER SIMILAR TO BYRD'S. avy Experts Say Princess’ Plane Probably Met Crosswinds. Weather conditions along part of he route the now overdue St. Raphael lane expected to follow from Eng- and to Canada are believed by naval vdrographers here to have been com- rable in part to that encounter on Page 4, Column 6) tinople shortly before noon Wednesday and word had |immediately Turkish red tape, which would not permit them to take off on the next 1ap of i was given by the Turkish military au- ch WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SEPT Activities of Six Flying Expeditions Shown at Glance By the Associated Press. LE BOURGET, France.——Leon Givon and Pierre Corbu hopped off for New York in the biplane tod Blue Bird at 6 am. Paris time, and returned bec: of fog. CARIBOU, plane Sir Jok Capt. Ter: us Me.—The n_Carling and Lieut. James Metcalf, about 7 o'clock last night, stern daylight time, was forced down by fog in the township of Washburn, near Caribou, on a fiight from Lon- don, Ontario. to London, Eng- land. ST, mono- with JOIIN'S, Quebe monoplane Royal Windsor, pilot- ed by C. A. Schiller and Phil Wood, was forced down about 9 o'clock last night, stern day- light time, in a flight from Windsor, Ontario, to Windsor, England OTTAWA, Ontario. The monoplane St. Raphael, carrying Princess Lowenstein-Wertheim, Capt. Leslie Hamilton and Col. Frederick 1" Minchin, in a flight from Upavon, England, to Ot- tawa, is still missing. STANTINOPLE. — Wil- Brock and Bdward . Schlee hopped off from Con- tantinople for Aleppo and Bagdad on their round-the-world flight in the monoplane Pride of Detroit, SOUTHAMPTON, England. — Capt. Courtney hopped off for Plymouth in the first jump of his proposed transatlantic flight. BROCK AND SCHLEE ONWAYTOALEPPO Airmen Leave Constantinople After Day’s Delay in Get- ting Permit. “The, ALEPPO, Syria, September 2 (). —The American round-the-world plane, Pride of Detroit, is reported by the Havas Agency to have flown over Moslemiyeh, a few miles north of Aleppo, at 2:15 o’clock this aft- ernoon, headed southeast. By the Associated P CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Sep- tember 2.—The American round-the- world plane, Pride of Detroit, hopped off here at 5:20 o'clock this morning for Aleppo and Bagdad. The airmen, William 8. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, hoped to réach Bagdad, about miles from Constantinople, by :30 in the afternoon. Brock and Schlee reached Constan- from Belgrade, Jugoslavia, became involved in Aintil ‘authorization thorities at Angora. Day Lost in Flight. As patiently as they could they waited all Wednesday afternoon and throughout Thursday for the permit to fly over Anatolia, but it did not reach them until late last night. The plane faced a difficult crossing of the mountains of Asia Minor and the desert regions of Aleppo, Syria, but, weather reports being favorable, the Americans hoped to reach Bagdad, Irak, before dark. They were to make a detour of 136 miles around the Black Sea Coast to comply with ,a Turkish stipulation that they keep away from the naval base at Ismid. Enjoyed Hospitality. As they left they were bade fare- well by the Turkish commander of the airdrome, who won their grati- tude by his courtesy and continued efforts to release their delayed plane in the face of governmental red tape, Brock and Schlee were so happy to be off that they jokingly referred to their delay as evidence of the famed Oriental hospitality, whose code is never to let the guest go, even when he wants to. 160 DIE AS FLOODS RAGE OVER POLAND Southern Part of Country In- undaded—Town Destroyed. 10,000 Homeless. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, Poland, September 2.— More than 180 persons have perished, as estimated by present reports, in | the floods which have raged in south- ern Poland. Ten thousand persons are homeless and utterly destitute. The town of Kuty has been de- stroyed and the fortress town of Przemysl, of 47,000 inhabitants, is in- undated. The oil fields near Droho- byez and Boryslav are badly damaged. The flood area extends for 150 miles from Przemysl and Sambor in the north to the Rumanian frontler. Airplanes are being used for the most part in directing rescuers to the most distressed places, and there are many instances of heroic rescues of women and children by soldiers and students, some of whom lost their lives. The heavy rainfall, which has been responsible for the floods, continues. DYNAMITE WRECKS CAR. BALTIMORE, September 2 (#).— Dynamite, falling from a truck onto | the tracks, exploded when a trolley car ran over it in Liberty Heights |avenue, northwest Baltimore, today. One woman was injured and nearly a score other occupants of the car were severely shaken. The trucks of the car were wrecked and the windows shattered. The motorman said he saw a pack- age fall from the truck. It is said three sticks were exploded. Ten oth- ers were scattered between the rails, but were not set offy / A S PIRATES TAKE SHIP WITH BRITISH FLAG | Captain and Chief Engineer | Shot—English Navy At- tacks Outlaws’ Lair. SUN’S LOSSES PLACED AT 40,000 ON YANGTZE | Northern Forces Reported With- drawn to River Bank After Sanguinary Battle. By the Aseociated Press. HONGKONG, China, September 2.—Pirates seized the Chinese steamer Koochow, flying the British flag, at Lingyang Gorge, on the West River. Twelve pirates board- cd the vessel, shot the captain while he was at dinner and then shot the chief engineer, throwing the body overboard. The Koochow was taken to Taipinghu, where more pirates helped to loot the ship. The compradore and his staff, with 100 Chinese passengers, were carried off as prisoners. BY PAUL WRIGHT. Star and SHANGHAI, September _2.—Na- tionalist officials estimate that the Northern commander, Sun Chuan Fang, has suffered losses totaling 40,- 000 in attempting to t his foot on the south bank of the Yangtze River, though Sun himself would put his losses at much less and foreign ob- servers here assert that 40,000 is an exaggeration. However, today's in- formation makes it clear that Sun’s campaign has resulted unhappily and that he has withdrawn to the north bank after a desperate and sanguinary battle. The killed and wounded during the last few days have been more numer- ous than during months of fighting Detween Tientsin and Pukow (north of the river). All along the Yangtze the South is reported to be preparing strong defenses, and as Sun Chuan Fang is presumably similarly engaged, another stalemate has developed in the lower Yangtze valley. Both armies, metaphorically speaking, are licking their wounds. Shanghai Is Apathetic. Ghicaxo Daily Shanghai is apathetic, betraying reither joy nor sorrow as yet. Even Kuomintang (Southern) flags were hidden a few weeks ago and they are still kept in bureau drawers. Those forces in Shanghai in plain clothes waiting for a Sun Chuan Fang victory before declaring allegiance to him and trying to take over the city still have to continue waiting. e As a_result of the pre E impasse, m&*.rfi,um&;’n will take a hand in the A Chinese newspapers assert that the Shantung (Northern) militarist,” Gen. Chang Chung Chang, has promised to send two armies to assist Sun Chuan Fang, but they have not arrived. It will be remembered that Chang Chung Chang’s assistance to Sun last Spring was just too late to be of value. Triple Drive Arranged. The Nationalists (Southerners) an- nounce details of a triple drive against Pengpu, which is eight miles north of Pukow on the Tientsin-Pukow Rail- way, to cut off Sun’s retreat by rail. The three phases of the offense are: First, Wuchang-Hankow forces via Anking; second, Nanking armies via Pukow; third, Christian Gen. Feng Yu-Hsiang from the northwest. Gen. Ho Chih, commander of Wuchang- Hankow forces, is reported already to have reached Pengpu. Shanghai has rather been expecting a naval battle at Woosung, close at hand, as the cruiser Haichi and four other Northern warships left Tsingtao two days ago and are expected at Woosung. While Chinese were an- ticipating that Sun Chuan Fang would attack Shanghai from Tungchow, his nearest approach to this city, foreign reports are that he is evacuating Tungchow. BRITISH SMITE PIRATES. Successful Punitive Expedition Is Conducted by Navy. SHANGHAT, September 2 (#).— Nationalist headquarters assert that the Northern forces have evacuated Pukow, opposite Nanking. The Na- ti-nalists add that the evacuation was made necessary by the arrival of Nationalist reinforcements from Han- kow, which threatened to cut off Gen. Sun’ Chuan-Fang, _Northern com- mander, from his allies by severing the Tientsin-Pukow Rallway at Pengpu. At the same time foreign reports state that the Northerners gradually are working their way across the Yangtze. British naval forces, it was officlally announced today, conducted a suc- cesstul punitive ~expedition against the pirate stronghold, Bias Bay, near Hongkong, yesterday. No details were issued. The correspondent of the West- minster Gazette (London) at Hong- kong said that the punitive expedition which raided Bias Bay in search of pirates who looted the steamer Yat- shing, consisted of the cruiser Danae, the sloop Foxglove, the destroyer Sirdar and the aircraft carrier Hermes. He reported that several villages were destroyed by gunfire and dynamite, but there was no trace of pirates. Pirates were active off the Kwang- tung coast of China early in the year and as a consequence British naval authorities carried out a strong puni- tive expedition on the Bias Bay lair, using all the paraphernalia of modern warfare. Jnder cover of airplanes, landing parties destroyed about 100 houses by fire and explosives in two groups of villages. EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE. Blast Wrecks Fireworks Plant in Argentina Town, BU. S AIRES, September 2 (#).— Eleven persons are known to have been killed in an explosion at a fire- works establishment in the suburb of San Martin this morning. The build- ing was wrecked and burned by fire following the explosion. As firemen fought to extinguish the blaze it was feared that bodies of additional vic- tims would be found in the wreckage. INCHINESE WATERS EMBER 2, LLSAY I'M PREPARED 4 TO TAKE (T ) TNt IF T COMESY MY WAY YM\\\ A I ) A ¢ Foening Star. 192T—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. /) \ / POTSDAM SCENE OF FLAG DISORDER Neutral Police Intervene in Assemblage of Republicans and Reactionaries. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By o E i BERLIN, September 2.—Potsdam, home of Prussian glory and militarism, aptly symbolized all Germany last night, when, under the eye of “neu- tral” police, republicans, reactionaries and Communists assembled in the chief square before the former town palace of the Hohenzollerns and tried to shout each other down. The pretext was a manifestation called by the republican Reichs ban- ner organization to protest against Mayor Rauscher of Potsdam bringing a suit against the Prussian govern- ment for compeling the Potsdam mu- nicipality to fly the republican tricolor on constitution day. Acting according to order,«the Pots- a;m teactionaries, “under-the leader- ship of the Steel Helmet Boys, occu- pied the square, and, reinforced by about 1,000 Communists, blocked the entrance. When the Reichs banner procession arrived they found the square occupied and had to push through hostile throngs. Despite the assistance of a couple of military bands, they were unable to make their speakers heard above the roar of hisses, cat calls, whistles and patriotic hymns sung by the reactionaries. The police intervened only to pre- vent fights, and the general demon- stration ended with a negative victory for the reactionaries, who succeeded in destroying the efforts of the Reichs banner demonstration, thus summing up the general condition of political Germany. o DEMPSEY-TUNNEY INJUNCTION ASKED Club Which Held Former Cham- pion’s Contract to Meet Wills Would Stop Fight. By the ciated Press. CHICAGO, September 2.—A petition for an injunction to stop the proposed Dempsey-Tunney heavyweight cham- pionship fight here September 22 was filed today by attorneys for William Clements, president of the Chicago Coliseum Club, which once held Demp- sey’s contract to fight Harry Wills. Summonses were turned over to balliffs for service and notices were to be served today on six defendants. Those to be served were: George Getz, chairman of the mayor's committee and promoter of the Tunney-Dempsey bout; Floyd Fitzsimmons, the South Park Commissioners, the State Ath- letic Commission and Dempsey. The petition alleges that Dempsey failed to carry out a contract dated September 29, 1925, to fight Harry Wills. - The Coliseum Club, of which B. E. Clements is president, contends there was a contract between Dempsey, Wills and Fitzsimmons, entered into at Niles, Mich., and that this contract was transferred to the Coliseum Club on March 6, 1926, It is further alleged that up to July 19, 1926, Dempsey represented that he would fulfill the Coliseum contract, but on that date he repudiated it, and since has refused to comply with its terms. It is intended to seek a temporary restraining order, the notices calling for the appearance of the defendants on September 6, when a prayer for relief can be made pending a final de- termination of the issues involved. . KEEPING SCHOOLS SHUT IS OHIO DOCTORS’ AIM State and District Health Officials Expect to Combat Infantile Paralysis Thus. By the Associated Press. , COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 2.— State and district heglth officials from all parts of Ohio mét here today with the expectation of’ recommending the postponement of’ all school openings to curb the /spread of infantile paralyss. ‘There are 'ow approximately 250 reported case. in the State, with 25 deaths. Sevrfal cities already have announced thpir schools will not open Monday as :fheduled. adio P fogréms—Page 3L Stray Cat Delays Execution of Pair In Electric Chair By the Associated Press, LITTLE ROCK, Ark., September 2.—A stray cat held up the execu- tion of two negroes at the State penitentiary today when it wan- dered into a closet containing the coil connected with the electric chair. Calls of “Kitty, Kitty” avail- ed nothing for a time, but fina'ly the ~at came out. Then it went back. The assistant executioner finally locked the animal up in another room to prevent the possibility of a short circuit and the men, Hook- er T. Martin, 25, and Horace (a- they, 20, were executed. They hs been convicted of the murder Lewis Wilson, a Bla keeper. of kston store- CRUISER FOR FLYER Expected to Approve Assign- ing Naval Ship to Take Williams to Italy. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, RAPID CITY, 8. Dak., September 2. —It was believed today that President Coolidge will glve his approval to the proposition submitted to him by the Navy Department of assigning a cruiser to rush Lieut. Alford J. Wil- liams, jr., Navy aviator, and his privately constructed plane to Italy in time for the Schneider interna- tional trophy seaplane race at Venice 24 days hence, Beeause of the President’s, known interest in the development of Army and Navy aviation and his desire to have this country represented in the international race, it was said he is inclined to act favorably on the pro- posal of Acting Secretary of the Navy Warner. The President is tully aware that no merchant ship is due to sail in time to put Lieut. Williams on the scene for the race, and if the United States is to be represented, it will be neces to transport the racer in a naval vessel. Secretary Warner’s telegram was received by the President yesterday, but early this morning he had not given a decided answer. The Presi- dent was known: to he opposed at first to the idea of igning _a cruiser for Lieut. Wil but since he has been a circumstances, those who discuss the matter with Mr. Coolidge say he is now inclined to favor the proposition. When he expressed himself on a previous occasion, the President indi- cated that he thought the transat- lantic liners were adequate for such purposes, and that the assignment of a cruiser would be an unnecessary expense for the Government. RUSSIAN EMIGRANT SLAIN BY OFFICIAL IN LEGATION Warsaw Shooting Tragedy Is Traced to Attack by Newcomer ‘With Knife. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, Poland, September 2.— The Russian legation here was the scene of a tragedy at noon today. when a Russian emigrant was shot dead after an altercation with a minor official. It is declared that the official used his revolver only when attacked by the emigrant with a knife. An In- vestigation is under way. No_political complications are ex- pected, the Polish authorities say, as.| the incident occurred on Soviet terri- tory and involved only Russians. Bl ey WOMAN SWIMMERS FAIL. Mrs. Weidman and Miss Marriot Abandon Channel Attempt. LONDON, September 2 (#).—The English Channel has added two more victories to its long list. Mrs. Jack Weldman and “Jane Darwin” (Miss Lorna Marriot), British women, who took the plunge at Cape Gris Nez, France, yesterday in the hope of swimming across the treacherous waterway to the English coast, were forced to abandon the attempt. Mrs. Weidman collapsed after swim- ming 3% hours, and Miss Marriot gave up after about 2 hours, when she discovered she had missed the tide. This was the fifth unsuccessful at- tempt of Miss Marriot CHAIN BRIDGE TOLL MAY BE COLLECTED District Considering Means of Financing New Concrete Abutment in Virginia. Establishment of a toll fee for ve- hicles crossing Chain Bridge is being considered by District officials, it was learned today, as one means of financing the new concrete abutment to be erected on the Virginia shore to replace the present stone masonry, the deteriorated condition of which caused the cloging of the span to ve- hicular traffic several months ago. Virginia’s declination to share in the cost of repairing the bridge, it | was pointed out, will force the District to pay the enitre cost of the work. As no appropriation has been provided by Congress for the new abutment, the money will have to be drawn from the $50,000 bridge repair fund. While the officials are unwilling to estimate the probable cost of the project, they believe it will take the major portion of the repair fund and thus deprive a number of other bridges of needed Tepairs, i ‘Nominal Toll Charge. The establishment of a toll fee, which would be collected until the abutment is paid for completely, was first suggested to Engineer Commis- sioner Willlam B. Ladue when plans for financing the work were first under consideration. The commis- sioner made no comment on the pro- posal at that time, but he did point out that toll fees appeared to be gaining in popularity in different sections of the country as a method of paying the cost of new bridges. Since that time several other Dis- trict officials have considered in con- nection with the financing of the new abutment the establishment of a nom- inal toll charge ot either 5 or 10 cents, which would be abolished just as soon as the District has been reimbursed for its outlay. Adoption of the toll fee, they argue, would be an equitable so- lutipn of the financing problem, as it would force Virginia residents and tourists who cross the bridge to assist in paying the cost of the abutment and not place the entire burden on Dis- trict residents. Ringgold Hart, prin- cipal assistant corporation counsel, has advised, however, that the Com- missioners would have to get specific authority from Congress to establish a toll charge on Chain Bridge or any other bridge under their jurisdiztion. Specifications Nearly Complete. Specifications for the new abutment have virtually been completed by the office of the engineer of bridges and Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, assistant Engineer Commissioner, and bids on the project will be sought shortly. It Is believed that it will take three months to construct the new abut- ment from the date of the beginning of the work, In the meantime, Capt. Whitehurst explained, Arlington Coun- ty, Va. which has its water mains on the bridge, probably will be de- prived of its water supply should the water be turned on through the coun- ty by that time. The specifications contain a specific item requiring the contractor to state the cost of moving and replacing the water mains. An effort will be made to have Arlington County pay this item. SANDE’S WIFE DEAD. Jockey Cancels Riding Engage- ments for Saratoga Meeting. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Sep- tember 2 (#).—Marion Casey Sande, 26 years old, wife of Earl Sande, Jockey, died today. Sande jmmediately canceled his rid- ing_engagements for the remainder of the Saratoga meeting. This will eliminate him as a rider in the $60,000 Hopeful Stake and other events on the last day of the meeting tomorrow. * as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,860 TWO CENTS. Boy, Fearing Rod, Endures Wound By the Associated Press. FARGO, N. Dak., September 2.— Enduring for four days the pain of a bullet in his abdomen because he feared punishment for playing with a forbidden rifle, 10-year-o'd Francis Langer is dead. First the child complained of a stomach ache, and a doctor diag- nosed it as juandice. Then the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Langer, noticed a small hole in the boy’s abdomen. They were told by both Francis and his 7-year-old brother Edward, with whom he had been playing, that it w: a nail wound, the result of a f: On the fourth day Mrs. Langer told the child she thought it was a builet wound. Then the full story ;\'M told. Francis died two hours ater. EMBEZZLERKILLS * SLF WHEN TAKE 1922 by D. C. Police, Arrested in West. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg., September —C. L. Wilson, wanted by Washing- ton, D. C., authorities for embezzle- ment and who escaped from a deputy sheriff at Los Angeles on May 25, shot and killed himself early today after being arrested here. Wilson had been called out of bed by the detectives and was packing his hand baggage. Without warning he ripped out part of the lining of a bag, seized a pistol and fired a shot through his brain. Wilson, who was 35 years old, is also known in Wachizgton as W. L. Coghill. TAKEN ON WOMAN'S TIP. Coghill Sought by Washington Police for Five Years. The man known as C. L. Wilson, who committed suicide in Portland today, was William Love Coghill, wanted in this city to answer an in- dictment charging embezzlement of $1,289.87 from the Federal Heating Co., A. M. Goldstein, proprietor, 310 Thirteenth strcet, during his seven- month employment as the firm’s book- keeper in 1921 and 1922. Coghill had been in trouble in con. nection with alleged theft of auto. mobile tires while connected with a local firm, it is stated, but Goldstein. willing to give him a chance to make good, employed him. Subsequently it developed that mon- ey was being taken from the firm's accounts, and when the auditor who later discovered the shortage went to work on the company’s books, Coghill, leatning of their presence, left town, abandoning his wife and daughter. Police search instituted for him led in various directions, but it was not until early last May that the police obtained definite information of his being in Los Angeles and Culver City, Calif., the tip coming direct from a woman in Culver City, who wrote tha Coghill, or Billie Wilson, as he w known there, was associating with her daughter, who had left home because her mother objected to his attentions. “His career in Los Angeles,” mother wrote, “could fill a bool It was some time after the receipt of the letter that Coghill, whose aliases were given as Wilson and Karghill, was arrested in Culver City, local police being notified of his ar- rest and asked to arrange to get him. Before negotiations for his return could be compléted, however, Coghill was released on bond for his appear- ance in court. He is reported to have jumped from the automobile of his bondsman in Los Angeles, however, and to have disappeared from that vicinity. Local police were never nétified by the California police authorities of the escape of Coghill from his bonds- man, it is stated, nor had they re- ceived word from the Portland au- thorities this morning of his suicide. Mrs. Coghill and daughter are still residents of this city, it is stated. and relatives may decide to have the body of the suicide brought here for burial. DETECTIVE'S HOME WRECKED BY BOMB Hazleton, Pa., Officer and Family Thrown From Beds, but Uninjured. By the Associated Pri HAZLETON, Pa. September 2 The home of Daniel I. McKelvey, city detective and president of the Penn- sylvania Police Chiefs’ Association, was wrecked by a dynamite explosion early today. He and his wife and two children were thrown from their beds by the blast, but were uninjured. | The charge was placed under the | porch, and blew out the entire front | of the house. The adjoining residence | of F. M. Esposito was damaged, and | windows in mearly every building | within a radius of two blocks were | shattered. - McKelvey attributed the explosion to gangsters’ plot of vengeance for re. cent prosecutions. | Man Instead of Lower Animals Proposed As Object for Surgeons’ Experiments By the Associated Press. LEEDS, Hngland, September 2.— Operative expesimentation on man himself. rather than lower animals was advocated before the British As- soclation of Sclence today by Dr. C. G. Douglas, psychologist. “Man could give subjective impres- sions not to be gained from lower ani- mals,” he said. ‘“We are bound to ad- mit frankly that direct observations by .methods involying operative pro- cedure on anesthetized animals can- not by {tself give us the full answer required,” the scientist said. “In study of normal physiology man in many instances is a far more ad- vantageous s 't for investigation.” shouldThore holes to get heat the e earth insteac of destroying a highly elaborate sub- stance like coal, the tion was told by J. L. Hodgson, mechanical engineer. He declared that heat stored in great spheres inside the earth is at least 30,000,000 times that available in the world's coal reserve. Hot rocks are found, he said, only about 33 miles below the surface and much nearer In voleanic areas. ‘The speaker sald he advocated drilling shafts five miles apart. Work- ers boring the holes would be protect- ed by heat-proof suits, including liquid ‘air containers to supply cool, dry air. ‘The lecturer estimated that a cubic mile hot rock would yield as much heat as burning 200,000,000 tons of MEXIGAN OIL ROW *# Days an Dies' ADJUSTMENT SEEN - ~ INGALLES SPEECH Officials Here Hopeful Courts Will Hold Disputed Land Laws Inoperative. | “INDECISION” INFERENCE AGAINST U. S. DISPUTED Confiscatory Action Not Regarded as Final Unless Sustained by Supreme Tribunal. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Although official Washington does | not relish the inference in the speech f President Calles of Mexico that the indecision” of the United States is responsible for the present ‘“regret- table” situation, there is a disposition to read between the lines a tone of optimism for the adjustment of the pending controversy over oil and land laws. When Mr. Calles says that not a | single case of injury of foreign invest- | ment through the operation of the new laws has been proved, the im- pression is derived here that he means by the same token, though in a negs tive way, to give assurance that Mexi- o does not intend to confiscate Ameri- can property. The use of the word * noted, and it is believed that Calles regards the confisc: of his department of inte s hardly a final step, because the Federal Su- preme Court has not yet sustained the action. In.other words. if the Mexi- can Supreme Court should. by a series of decisions. invalidate what the de- partment of inte done, the Mexican President’s s: vill be in effect that no confiscatory action can be proved against Mexico. He re- | rards the litigation as n de- bate on the meaning of ex ing laws. Indecision Rests With Mexico, The “indecision” to which Mr. | Calles refers is undoubtedly the atti tude of watchful waiting which the Coolidge admini; s adopted toward Mexic overnment here has said all that it is going to say on the legal and technical ques- tions of law that have s waiting to cee exactly how fulfill her promises that she does not intend to confiscat® American oil properties, While here and there instances of brought to the | confiscation h at‘ention n authorities, | the Ameri realizes { that the bre in the courts. If there is it is in Mexic ny intimations rned over the probable that s cone of the ¥'nited States-if the court’s decision should be adverse to can interests, but on the whole | officials here were gratified that the { speech of President Calles recognized | fully the importance of good relations between the United States and her neighbor. It is realized also that the | Mexican President for home consump. tion could not make a speech which would show that Mexico had yielded to American pressure. Basis for Understanding. On the whole, those who miliar w Mexican affairs upon the speech of Mr. Calles as con- taining the basis of an understanding, that the subordi- cials in the Mexican govern- ort to quibbles over ses. For many months, for the Mexil offic have ng that they never had nor never would “confiscate” American oil properties. This only meant, however, that the Mexican government did not regard the taking away of a legal title and giving in exc ease as meaning ‘‘con The American oil companies, on the other hand, pointed out that under Mexican law only Mexican corpora- tions could lease oil lands, so that the move was. merely a step to force American companies to incorporate under the new Mexican law, when they would, of course, lose their rights as American citizens and be subject to whims of changing Mexican adminis- trations. It is for this reagon that when the Mexican President’ 'S No concrete evidence of injury to American prop. erties through the operation of oil laws has been “proved,” the disposi- ifon is to believe that he meant that the Supreme Court of Mexico had not vet upheld the actio N department of interior. gleaned the hope that courts, which are at times responsive | to public opinion, may agree with the view expressed by President Calles ind hold article 27 to be inoperative o far as property rights acquired =ally before 1917 are concerned (Covyright. 1927.) CALLES HOPES FOR SOLUTION. ) Officials Optimistic Despite Warning Mexico Is Own Master, Notwithstanding President Calles’ warning to foreign ions that “Mexico master in her own coun- try,” Washington officials tod pleased (o note that the ecutive had expr y were Mexican ex- an amicable se would be reached as to differences existing be- itween the two governments over Mexico’s land and petroleum legisi In this hope, it was stated, t are in full Officials here also took er - ment from President Calles’ avowal that Mexico was willing to consider conerete cases that might be presented by the United States. But an exception was taken to President Calles’ assertion, in touch- ing on the controverted article 27 of the Mexican constitution, that up to the present time, however, there had not been called to his government's at- tention ‘“concrete actions that evi- dently constitute aggressions or re- jections to foreign capital invested in the oil indusiry,” while, on the other hand, foreign capital had show “activities, the contumacy and di respect’ of which no independent country can admit.” Copies of President Calles’ address, which was delivered last night at the opening session of the congress, were received at the State Depamtment and given careful consideration. President Calles, according to a translation made public by the Mexi- can e here, said that relations ~ (Conti on Page 2, Column 1) h