Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy today followed by showers and much colder tonight. Tomor- row generally fair and colder. Temperature: Highest, 55, at mid- night: lowest, 42, at 8 am. Full report on page 7. he Sunday Sta WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday mornin 60 cents and service wil * No. 1,191—No. Entered as second class matte: post office Washington, D. C. 30.574. WASHINGTON, (., SUNDAY MORN 10 REBELS KILED AS WARIE PLANES o oo BOMBSINDINDLAR. Criticize U. S. | Delegates in Havana Expect‘ | Coolidge to Make Vital ‘ Pronouncements. | | Airmen Hide in Clouds, Then Dive Down to *Strafe” Insurgents. | By the Associated Press. HAVANA, January 14.—Gen. Ger-| ardo Machado, president of the Cuban Republic, declared today that it was not within the province of the Pan- American Conference to assume. the | RESIGNATION OF DIAZ RUMORED IN MANAGUA Irole of a tribunal to judge the : ; [ Nicaraguan problem or the general U. S. Reinforcements Arrive at ‘R PUnited States with re Corinto—New Drive Against spect to intervention in small states as the conzress has no such rights. | Imnrgenn Foreseen. It would be dangerous. he said. to stablish such a precedent ’ Mlutions of an internationai RY re without efficucy.” he con inued, “if they lack the support of ! the members. These are my opin- were killed 10da¥ bY |jons, and they are based on the in.| ne squadron that | structions the Cuban delegation hasJ stronghold received. | ndino, the squad- | Upholds Monroe Doctrine. “Rusty 1 desire to regard the Monroe Doc- ing tonight. | trine as representing the noble ac-: in the |tion of a President of the United wds and dived down States who prevented the reconquest | ed to drop|0f America at the time of the| e Alliance. The Monroe Doctrine | s and ougbt to remain, the com- defs e policy for the terri. Jan " rebeis & Marin attacked Gen. dron’s Rowell, The av commander, reported on Te itors hid 5.000 feet mon | low PRESIDENT OF CUBA DEFENDS SPIRIT OF MONROE DOCTRINE PRESIDENT MACHADO. torial integrity of America. The Mon e Doctrine is not only compatible with the sovereignty of America the Rio Grande, but is a docu- ment giving the greatest force to that right.” Cuba’ ations, s influence n-American the « complish a_better undersianding be membership in the League id the President, does Cuba's adherence Union. He believed of not ¥ t a MARINE FLYERS REACH MANACUA [ Three Airmen Complete First Non-Stop Flight From | United States. Chipote. San ino’s P in stronghold which 1= K.000 feet above sea level. EIl Chipote ta neariy 20 miles northeast of Quilal which Marines recently captured from the rebel general in the cost- liest hattle since United States forces came to Nicaragua Wait Above Clouds. Waiting above drifting clouds. the planes would dart into clear atmos- phere, circle low enough for San- @ino’s positions to become distinctly visible and drop bombs. Thes would then sweep lower and “strafe” the retels with machine guns and hund grenades. These tactics were followed time and acain with what the savad- ron considered satisfactorily disas By the Associated Press. | MANAGUA, Nicaragua, January | 14—Maj. Louis Bournee, United | | States Marine Corps. who hopped off | trous results. | from Miami, Fla, at 5:31 am,! Sandino had two anti-aireraft SUNS | pagtern standard time, today for a | which kent peppering awav at the | planes. which also were targets for | NOP-stop flight to Managua, arrived D N "fre One niane was|here at 5:33 pm.. Central standard | | time. wiruck twice by bulleis which almest With Maj, hit_the pilot One nhw—r\gr stated that he saw | Asheville N. C. eizht rebels killed 3 some engine | Plachta of Pittsburgh and Master | troubie and thousht for @ while be | Sersl. B. F. Belcher of Elberton, Ga | wizht have to land in enemy territor: Only 2 small crowd had gathered | The airmen were elated over toda at the air fleld when the glant Fok- expedition. which they consider the ker landed, for the city thought the Mmost severe “strafing™ Yol given 8an- | ;ane would stop over night at Tela | Honduras. The plane made a beau- | tifyl landing. the crowd remarking | dino. Lejeune Artives. Marine beadquarters here was In-|ingt the pilot had done as well as | Lindbergh. : | formed tonight that American war- The newcomers were greeted warmly Bourne, who is from C.. were Lieut. J. F. I Health Proves Severe Strain on Nicaraguan President MANAGUA —{nsistent Nicaragua, January 14 rumors that President | use of §] suan Congrens inte o of Ater has been chief execut wan and cur other new und Bank rmen 1az, brother of the Wil The Amsociated Press equested his brother W re- | oresident has been a vietim and hix comsiders the wirain of the com Aai1on 1 the present WUt by the prevence of American Marines snd pressure of Aitical probiers great for him I Lz whould teszn Gen, Barolome Viguer, first deignute weniior. would [ P Viq Yuaraguan in NEW FLIGHT PLANNED. Conitdirs | Sip Mexico dur | of alleged pe-Finberman, and the rescue off Nantucket late venterday | about €06 Marine Corps reinforce- | by Maj. Ross y Yvea by ‘air from EI Chipote, til Monday plans are likely 1o be put in effect im- | Gen. Augustino Sandino. l rexion of Nueva Segovia. 13 hours in the alr. Bourne sad that | cvmmanding the Marines. believes | The three flvers took turns at the | Marine and National Guard patrols. |~ The flyers will be entertained by Quilsli vvery morning. They are un- | POLICE AROUSE FA—MILY On several occawions KToups oL Woman and Children Driven Out the coming elections, been fng with opposition in the Chamber | | O wtreet, drove her and her five chil- | DIAZ MAY RESIGN. just in time to save them from pox- | maged. The fire originated in the 0. Diehl of No engine com- | | head but continued to work. Charles blocks In his night clothes, calling | GUARD SAVES CREW WHEN | Destruction by fir otrmin brought of the crew of wh ships bearing Maj. Gen. John A. Le- | jeune, Brig. Gen. Logan Feland. and Rowell. who was cov- { ments_wers entering the port of Co- | ered with grime and dust, since he had | Finto. They had not been expected un- | just ar ! | where be had commanded a squadron | With arrival of the vessels, definite | of planes in an attack on the rebel. | mediately for the campaign against | Bourne and his companions were | Sandino, who has heen active in the |in exceilent condition after spending Vor the moment the rebels are in | his party encountered all kinds of | @oncealment. Col. Mason Gulick. | weather. | that they are hiding i the dense controls and ate sandwiches or drank | forests. awaiting the passing of the | coffes at intervals, Marine Corps officers here before Flanes On Patrel. their return to the United States. Four or five planes fly to Octol and der instructions 10 bomb any surpected 1 place where rebels might be e s men . ENDANGERED BY BLAZE hine guns are brought into - - | he electoral law giving Briz. Gen sank McCov: O ¥ #'| in Night Clothes—Fireman Hurt | sdopted by the Senate, bul is meet- by Fall of Extinguisher. { of Deputies. Some of the Deputies as.| Fire early today in the third-fioor | @ert that the law is unconstitutional. | apartment of Mrx. Sadle Fillah, 902 | |dren to the street in their night | clothes. as police aroused the family | wible suffocation by dense clouds smoke The third floor was badly | pany, wan knocked down and dazed when a fire extinguisher fell on hix | | ¥illuh, 15 years old. ran from his smoke-filled Toom and raced ix to police that his house was afire, - ALLEGED RUM SHIP BURNS | By the Associsted Prese rom schooner, the I fiying an glish fog wam reporied Suard o ra destroyer Me€al) | signted the burning vessel eurlier in the dny and stood by until the crew 10 & dory. After rescuing the the McCall fired several shot 1 the faming derelict, and sank her. The crew wan taken 1o Hoston and urned over o the dmmigration wn thorities The report, which was shington by the Coast stroyer Trippe. wald the Leargn wan sleohol consul ok Germsn From Brazil to MEXICO CITY reimved 1o « 1 ae menooner | | ary saye 1 Mexicn ano Cali ry under the susphoes 1uhy of Brszl for sy ex Of commersial i The Y4 Universs fignt trom Br fornis in Fer the Awry sserstion by Bhuserie ¢ ihat Khoene now s in Bnd e Alscussing the yropossl wih the Aero Club, the Ysrazlion authoriies and the Mexicun e mbassedur 1o Krazl. To Spitc Ci_ty fqr» By the Associated Pross el - | #ARIE Junuary 14—Angry w [rhante of Boulogne Bur Mer have 56 TAKEN IN RAID. | stupped using electric lights in their g i ‘rmm_ 1o wpite the city government [t “Stnpomug e long string of new tsxes on Wemn. Kor Two nights now— wnd pight falls 6l 430 1hese daym—ihe places of businees of butchers, bakers Wi un liapactor 8nd oMoss and condlentick makers hiave hed the e wqusd vaided e | womber wir they knew 100 yewrs 3o, Alibetic Club, wn slleged bookmsking | with fickering candlen and dim cosl S ablisiunent here Lol Jusmpm suppiying the huminution When tie six patrol Wouds hed bee ¥l T =tid) glow in th et e ut Ve Aoore of Ui pollee #t8- | lumps, for the eily takes care of that, B and Ve vorioum neies boscribed [yt street Jamps sie few and rether ©n the dockel 11 wes fu That the far between in the winding ol by roid had neited 56 prisonces Chsiges | wase of this anclent town were made sgainal 1wy and b were Meanwhile the municipality 18 loring bed an wilucssen revenues from ite elecgie Nght plant, BALLIMORE, Jenuary, 14 A Fix patiol doade of men were taken 1 1 Wester, police wistion a | i L mechn Mouni Vernon Soil Sent to Havana For “Amity Tree” By the Ascociated Press HAVANA, Januvary 14—Soeil from George Washington's estate at Mount Vernon arrived today to be mixed with soil from 20 Latin- American nations to give root-hold to a Ceiba t one of the kind under which Columbus i= said to have prayed when he first land-d on American soil. A Suphng Ceiba will be planted Monday afternoon in this con erate soil with appropriate monies cipated fn by Presi- President Machado and heads of delegations to the Sixth Pan-American Conference, The sapling, called the “Tree of Amity” or “Tree of Fraternity, intended to be symbaolical of ideals and friendship ‘of the pa ticipant nations. its growth repre senting their growth WANT TIME LIMIT Date for Completion and Bar Control by President. By the Associated Press Secretary Wilbur's recommendation that no definite date be set fur comple tion of the administration’s $710,009, 100 new warship construction program was rejected yest hy an whelming vote by Heuse commttee. over- the naval Thumbs likewise were turned down | by the committee on sther by the Naval Secretary thut the Pres ident be empowered to yuspend the propused construct ither in part or in the whole at time he might deem It advisable, Fifteen mbers vot Secretary on the fir one, McClintie, Democrat recording himsell as g . Becrelary’s second request wax te Jected, 15 to 1, MeClintic voting to support the Navy Department he Urges Real Fleet Immediately after the m Republican members, Chalrman But Britten of iliinols, Darrow of and Andrew of Massa- chusetts interpreted the committee's action as u positive expression in fa vor of “actual iros nd steel” whips in stead of u porsible 'y Butler explained thut a ma the committee felt that in warship construction bill it might re port 1o the House, a specific tin completion should be provide he waid, there would be no G surance to the country that all or any of the vensels would ever be launched. “If we had only stralght suthori- zation for the vessels they might never be constructed,” the committee chalrman continued, “What the com- mittee decided to do today Wan 16 pro vide that this fleet I be buflt by 4 not by paper mukers P thit lust sew. prososal n 1 against propoxal with Oklahoma, ent. T ing four » The ¢hulrmi wton the Budget Bureau falled to ommend funds 1o start construction on the lnst three of the eight cruisers suthorized In 1924, and that funds for these »hips W 1 by Congress over the b », Avold Repetition. “We want o prevent a repetition of thit oeeurrence,” he dec MeClintie sald after that Recretary Wilhur the program, had harmony with P fiscal plans, wnd that Heve the Mecrelary quested omission of a ¢ It the President hiad not o the in meeting presenting he ald not would have mpletion date ewlred ‘Merchants Sto; Gsingg_ Electric Lights lmposing New Taxes an meters wre no longer clicking off Kilowutts in the shops, That Is just s the merchur intended It should e, What the 0 do 1 Lo teach the city fathern a lesson and compel them Lo suppress the new list of taxes und surtaxes, which go so far an (o levy w duty on baleonies, just as in anclent dnys windows were tuxed he merchsnts declare that If (he municipality does not remove the new [ ey will g0 even fugther In war ring against the public’ exchequer They could, for exa ™ 0 the Lrwmways, conse winhing (he by hunde and faces with water from the municipal pipes, vefuse Lo let the pub I rugploker curry away thelr tiash ar deny thelr garbuge to the cily auavenKer, be- | nference would be uble to | AMITY EXPECTED AT PAN-AMERICAN PARLEY IN HAVANA U. S. Delegates to Avoid All Actions Which May Imply Domination. CONDITIONS ARE IDEAL FOR COMING CONFERENCE President to Leave All in Klndsf of Delegates After He Gives Speech Tomorrow. Fla., January 14 Coolidge's special in Key West at 20 minutes ahead of «chedule, having made up 30 minutes after leaving Miami. The President was asleep. He retired coon after 9 o'clock A company of placed on guard around tracked special train. BY J. RUSSELL YOUN St Corcespondent of The Stac. ARD PRESIDENTS SPECIAL IN FLORIDA, Junuary 14— sident Coolidge’s was througn ¥l dats it was revealed that the American | delegation to the sixth Pan-American which convenes in Ha-| Monday, will enter th meeting confident of har- ns and a successful con- KEY WEST, (@~ President train arrived 10:10 p.m., 20 Marines was the sid \ THAIN Ax ;1{‘1 train Sidha orida | vana, important | clusion | There appears to be not the siight | ¢ doubt but that the representatives | the 21 Ametican republics who wil {take part in this forum will be able to work out {he program for the mutual Lenetit of all the countries involved. | "On the purt of the American dele- | gates there iy no fear that the situ- | ation in Nicuragua will be a cause for | dissention that it will cali for ny cesction towsrd the United | setes. This fuct can be stated with | | Gan degtee of assurance for the son that the United States I8 aown by the guvernments Lo be rep wen c¢d in Huvana to be in no con- | |iroversy ut the present time either ! ‘th the mational government of Nica- ua or with tue recently active Jevolutionary party in that republic. or U N 0 Sanctioned. Moreover, the uctlyities of the| United States in its efforts to protect | Aericall inleiesls 10 that country have been sanctioned by every respon | | sible faction in Nicaragua except that | led by Sandino. It is generally tec: lumuxea that in its ‘warfare in Nica- ragus the United States Government ix dealing with & group of bandits and thut th.s country has ubsolutely no ulterfor motives fn its present Nica-| | raguan poliey. t The two Important phases of the Nicaraguan situation so far as the in- | | ternational viewpoint is concerned ix | that no controversy exists between | the United States and the government of Nicaragua. The second phase Is hat it Is recognized here that the | lLest thing that can happen to the | United States would be to have all the {Central American governments strong and Independent and capable of self- government. The United States only Lecomes Involved where there ix a it uation Indicating the lack of a strong self zovernment for the time being. The American delegation appreciates all of the representatives of the ies participating In the conter re coming with a feeling of { friendship and good will and that there will be an absence of prejudices It ix realized that a great deal will de- e stmosphere in which the 1t will undoutedly | be the policy of the American delega- tion to walt patiently and not attenpt a role which might lead to the charge that this country was attempting to dominate the conference or to diclate | its course and action on the various | | sublects which appear in the agenda. The United States Government has | | refrained from making suggestions as | to the program for the fear of misin- | T attitude of the tion will be to fall in and at_the same ke 4, Column 40 TODAY’S STAR ART ONE—14 P, News— Local, and ¢ ntinued on I AGES, General Natlonal Forelgn. Clubwomen of the Nation— Clvilfan Ar News and Colle and 1 of the Great War—Page 33 | Corps Notes-—Puge 33 | | AU the Community Centern- Radio News and Programs | and 47 | DUA R Activities W, €T 1 Note | 1arent Teache, FART TWO—8 PAGES. Htarlule and Editoriad Features Notew of Art and Artistw—age 4 Iteviewn of Winter Books—I'nge 4 | Finunclal News-'agen 6, 6, 7 and PART THREE—16 PAGES. Soelety Talew of Well Known Folk Newn of the Clubn - Page 10 Around the City—Pageo 16 | PART FOUR—I14 PAGES | Theater, Sereen and Musi Moturs nnd Mator Munic ~Vage A 1 Page Herinl, Puge 10 District of Columbla Naval Reserve— Page 10 Fraternal News—Pages 12 Dinteiet Natlonal Guard- Boy Beout New PART FIVE~A PAGES. Pink Hports Beetlon PART SIX—H# PAGEN, Classified Advertising Hpanish War Veterans —Page § ART REVEN—S PAGES, | Mugasine Hection —Fletion agd Humor GRAPHIO NECTION—& PAGEN, Waorld Events In Fiotures, COLOR NECTION=—4 PAGES, Mutt ni r Fellers; Mr, Miss Hrown of X s of History, ! tanks | them | tin's | Bround st fres had 0o apy | now | lending | on thelr st night o the &l NG, JANUARY 15, 1928—114 PAGE | | Temperatures Drop Around Zero Mark. After Warm Spell #d Press. January CHAMBERLI PLANS FOR NEW ATTENP Try Again for Record After Close Defeat. By the A CHICAGO of rapidly descending temperatires tonizht extended southward into Kansas and Eastward to Lake Michigan. The Federal Weather Bureau forecast especially cold weather for Michigan, Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota to- morrow. North and Northwest «hippers were warned to protect s below zero weather, weather from 3 t bove. the South for to 20 degrees for tempera- 10 to 12" de- senclat By the Associated Press MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y. Januarvy 14.—Undaunted by failure today to es tabiish a new record for duration fiy ing. after a gruelling struggle of 5i hours. 52 minutes and 24 seconds Clarence D. Chamberlin‘and Roger @ Williams tonight were planning start their third joint attempt dawn Monday The flyers came down skies at 2:04 pm today off at 10:12 a.m. Thursday, In an effort to break the present w id record of 52 hours, 22 minutes und 31 seconds, held by Germany. They were hollow-eyed from fatigue and disappointed at thefr second de- feat this week, but their tighting spirits, put to the test after long how:s of sickness, cold and hunger, remained unshaken. Barely two hours after they were forced to land for lack of fuel they were making plans for their third duration flight attempt instead of getting the sleep they had been looking forward to. Return to Field. The fiyers reached thelr decision In their rooms at a hotel in Garden City where they had gone to get food and rest. Having made up their minds. they fmmediately donned their oil- smeared flying clothes i motored 1o Mitchel Field and prepared to fiy their monoplane Lo Curtiss Field. by. to have it reconditioned. The pilots landed from with a “dead stick They have envugh gasoline lett in to tasl their plane from far end of the neld tu the operations offic than half a mile away here 8 number was walting lvv.\\hhk i o their otel In Garden City for food and slecp from at and at out of the ing taken ary 14 Chicago © was the warmest Ja of the an siation. der weather pros- | Washington and adsacent and loudy weather todu, Weather _Bureau announced lnst night, Tomorrow, however will be fair. but the day will be sider” 1t was gtated MELLON PLEADS OR EXCISE TAES Secretary Urges Retention of Levies as Safeguard in Event of Slump. test not their the their did % Br the Assoiated Press tess ity - Andrew of the Treasury, inkage in a slow educe in from this v with which t 1o the st described v plece of governmental ing up of p comes and revealed when th 1 discarded eve They laughingly remarked that they had even considered throwing shoes overboard 1o source “It is for this reason that the Treas has opposed the elimination of stuch excise tuxes as those on auto mobiles and admissions.” he told the Women's 1l Republican Club at its sev anniversary iuncheon “l is and popular.” he said “to’ slash taxes, particularly those | which have & gencral application and % | are widespread in their appesl. Both the Treasury and Congress are In Agreement in wanting to reduce taxes | to the greatest extent consistent with the revenue needs of the Government. But care must be taken to keep such reductions well within the surplus which may be counted on. for we do not want to be lowering and then FAININE OUT LAXGS OVErY VOdr or two. While it may be good for business to wwer taxes, it most assuredly would not help matters to be obliged to ruise them 'Once the eliminatod t e lighten ury ) th thrilling, stru us described {n notes jent intervals, we tonished at th the Might. I the monoplane, ness from | lonking tanks and broken dials on the | indi of their flying instruments, it had been calculated that they woutd be able to remain in the alr until 7 o'clock. their sick ndwick Food Ruined by G ! The first ones to greet the aviators | when they lunded. (ncluded Chamber lin's wite, und A Martine, backer of the fight; G M. Bellanca, designer | of thelr plane, and Mitchel Field of | feers At flvers sald they W not want to Chamberhin Wil hotel the tite and nuch However A for a gls of warm milk ax preferved hot voffe anundly and 1y the excise taaes have been hey will not be rest ve will be to iner on ndividual and Chamberlin | Ineome toes and the vory per thelr supply | urging an excessive redue 1 oruined by the | taxes will be the fiest 10 pay the pen ethy L-ganotine. leaking (rom [ alty 10 any increased faxes walch hie of the gravite tunks In the wings, | may be necessary for the productiv how the “terrible coft i their | of needed revenue.” thermon bottles had made them sk, Our present revenues, he said ey hud endured Intense cold 1o the high level of prosperity the heat pipes in thelr cabin, | for the past few vears and any re om the exhaust, had Broken | duetion (n taxes must be made on the [n-n npt that this prosperity will 0| continue without abatement the et ion ave oy when vered the leading tank wh Mashlight to malk Thursday night’ “We o rofilled U and used it e Al twe und These Nittle wecasional wald the i We e Bur;!lars Strip Home st hours thi hour watches sndichen of wleep o Arinks of water kept us we tried o eat ot wichen that survived the bath, they made us sick, Just like the coffee, which wan the most terrible stuff | ever tasted ul Jal Dispateh 1o The Star NEWHEURVPORT, Mass, January 14 —While the police force of New. DUEYpPOrt Was tn conforence assembled “Thin Mng at 730, we forgot (o | (o learn by onder of M Andrew J eat, Weo were too busy trylng (o) “Hossy" Gillis & few rules of polite- fgure how far we could go on the [neas, burglars violated o giam we had leit, Bince then, we had [mary tenota of the etiqueite books. leon uning about five gallons of wam | They visited the home of City Audi- an hour. When we saw we might | tor Willam Ralch and took us sou- not make the grade, we ked | ventvn ov away our the dogen sandwiches and a box of Mushlight batterlos. They landed on | The local newspapers and some of wome farm in Westbury, 1 think, lm- honor's politioal foes commented “That's all there ia to it We came [eather caustically on the colncidence down when our Ganks went dvy, wil finat the burglary and (he politoness the stick dled, teason coincided and Hossy s peeved Chamberiin and Willlame came | He has tuened sleuth e the accasion within 20 minutes and weven seo [and in the hig blue mayoral sedun onds of equalling (ho world record of s out hunting the tmpolite buvglare Ristlon and Bdsard, who won the | “It's just more monkey business," honova for Germany by shuttling back [ Bossy stormed before ho went ant and forth between Dessau and Lelpsia. 'on uf. jent, “IUS Just another Wylng and & Kilver soup turess yihing valuable from rings, months and y o bottles, & couple of [and watches 10 un automobile Hoense | a single arrest. ANy orook that wasa't | STOWING movement as <he e o TAXI DRIVER SLAIN CAB RUNS WIL Shot From Darkness Kills W. H. Jones—Mystery Call Fails as Clue. Shot from the darkness as he was driving south on Twenty-first street Letween M and N streets last night William H. Jones. 23 years old. taxi- cab driver, 2601 Morris place north- east. was fatally wounded. slumping over the wheel as his cab careened onward for half a block before smashing into a tree. First intimation of the shooting me when a colored woman ran into the offices of the Black and White company at 24th and M streets and shrieked to the cashier, G. L. Drew ‘One of your men shot.” Then \she ran out murmuring something ahout another man. Dies at Hospital. . Jones was taken to Emergency Hospital where he died 10 minutes later, at 10:35 o'clock. Early investigation left the police at a loss for any definite clue to the slayer. The meter in the cab showed |a sharge of 55 cents and it was thought possible that an argument over the fare might have caused the Officials of the taxi com- shooting. record of the call if pany had no any, on which gaged, but it was conceded that he might have picked up a fare on the | street. A colored man was seen running from the vicinity about the time of the shooting, and headquarters de- tectives and police of the third cinct under Lieut. Michael Ready locked on this as a possible clue, and ,also set about attempting to locate the woman who reported the shoot- inx. | One angle of the case was quickly run down when an investigation of telephone inquiry as to the drivers condition was found (o be from a nearby store, and prompted by curlosity Jones had been emploved by the taxicab company for the past four months and his associates stated that they had no knowledge of any enemies, who might be inclined te harm him, Gashes About Head. When fellow emploves rushed to the neighborhood of the shooting after the colored woman had given the alarm they found the cab against the tree with its front axle broken and front badly damaged was with & bullet hole in his right chest and hes about the head. The wounds on his head were due evi | dently to the collision and Emergency physicians stated that the bullet was [fired evidently from a revolver of large caliber. Jones, who has lived in Washington for the past four years, married Miss | Trene Marion kst June and made his home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Marion. Mrs. Jones is & nurse | at the Washington Hospital for Found- lings. 1713 Fifteenth street { Jones left nome for his employment vesterday afternoon at 230 pm Usually he returned home for dinner around T oclock. but last night he fatled 1o show up. He was to have o off duty at 8 am. Plan World Sdnenn;-. CHICAGO, January 14 - An Aucational program to combat “the polsonous doctrines of American su | pertority and Amerfean isalation” and {to foster & worll brotherhood wilt Ibe introduced into Congregational Churches throughout the United tates rof City A\;ditor As "Bossy " Teaches Etiquette to Police AUPIDRE 0 vass the present | Not that the burglary but it had no more o &0 with the politeness lecture at the station house than it had to @0 with the mayar's bum grammar “There have been a whale serles of the same sart in the same mayoer Tovalit v at | night They've astrung aleg for ears. There's never been [Aumb coulldt plek & dosen times & week [ When the cops on the beats theve | WOUKE be smew here elve, ' "It happened that the o were at headquarters for halt an hour Knew where they were, but the buv- lars.did not. 10 those same o had N aficially cut--and acteal restauranta we or the of thelr fries A8 they frequently Are—-the theit weukt LA sucoesstul and the driver was en- was faked, | About the same time of| We | ™ | R to Washi homes at ngton per month. Telephone Main 5000 1l start immediarely FIVE CENTS. MELLON SUPPORT MAY BE THROWN 10 HOVER CANDIDACY \Victory Certain, Observers Say, if Pennsylvania Votes Go to Secretary. |COOLIDGE MOVEMENT IS SPIKED BY BUTLER Carmi Thompson, Managing Cam- | paign of Senator Willis, Plans | to Launch Early Fight. a jump forward in several directions yesterday. ! In the first place, Chairman Wil liam M. Butler of the Republican na- tional committee, speaking in New | Yok, declared flatly that President | Coclidge had eliminated himself from the presidential race of 1928 and that ‘his decision must be respected.” Mr. | Butler's pronouncement is expected to have a definite effect in the recent “'back to Coolidge” movement, started in New York State Charles D. Hilles, Republican national commit- teeman and vica rman of the na- tional committee. Second, Senator Irank B. Willis ,e' Ohio announced that he had requested Carmi Thompson of Cleve- {land to take charge of his campaign |for the presidential nomination. Cal. Thompson accepted. and said that he | would begin active work for Mr. Willis immediately Mellon Support Seem. | Third, reports that Secretary Mei- lon of the Treasury Department | weuld soon make his preference clear !for the nomination of Secretary He:- | bert Hoover of the Department of |Commerce were in the mir. If Mr. ‘.\lellon decides to back Mr. Hocver, many politicians here believe that the figkt for the Republican nomination in Kansas City, next June, will be all over but the shouting. Pennsyl vania has 79 votes in the national cv:’\'en;lofl. r. Mellon will control the delega- tion. He also is one of r:. must potent of the Republican leaders na- tionally. If he decides to throw his influence to Hoover it will be a major factor in boosting the Commerce Sec- Irel-r_\"u cause. Mr. Melion. who was |in New York yesterday, declined to comment upon the report or te “talk 1 politica.” { _Fourth, friends of Senator Charles }Curtis of Kansas announced that the {Curtis campaign would gain Impetus at the annual Kansas day dinner | here January 30. Immediately aiter | that dinner it is planped to form a |Curtis Club here and to go after dele- | gates in many States. | Butler Spikes Coolidge Move. Chairman Butler's statement that President Covlidge's “decision™ net to run “must be respected™ was made |3t a luncheon given in New York yesterday by the Women's National | Republican Club. Secretary Melion | was a speaker at the same luncheon. | Mr. Butler, Charles D. Hilles of New | York, and other members of the com- mittee on arrangements for the Re- publican national convention in Kan- sas City next June, will be in Wash- |ington during this week to take up | further details of the national gather- ng of the party. Col. Thompson, row in Washington, {made it clear that he intended to (bemn campaigning for the nomina- tion of Senator Willis without delay. He has been active in years and is prominently mentioned lin conmection with the gubernatorial | nomnation in Ohiv this year. He said yestenday that we would { fay aside any personal political am- dbitions for the present. dut that he would make an announcement later. Plans Aid for Willis. spend some time Rarmonious Willts 1 propose ¢ seeking to brir support of S prestdential nom also in other Stat sabl The driver | Iving across the steering wheel | o & bring about his nomina- He has alwsys bdeen a Repud- tican and delieves first of all in the weliare of America and (he American people. | delieve t the chances of Senator Willls for nomination are better than thase of Haves in T8, Garfield S0 and Handing in 1920, five months defore the com- ventions which ted those Qhioans. ™ Col. Thompson pointad out that e the eishieen Bational conventions Which have been heid by the Repud tican party Ohiny, W no have tesided States, have bean now and Harvison sacd deing nominated twice. Neven of the ov sil, nominatad men residing v Obhie Haves., Garfield. McRintey. Taft and Harding Al Wants United Delegation. taisted the Ohie X 0 Senatw convention There has puvh speculation where the delegation woukl go n the event Senstor Willis couM mat b nunmatal Hoover supporters have clatmed many of the delegates would B0 Lo him as A secvnd chove, and it APpears certain that e ol them will Indead. there is Ikelibood that & few of the delexates fram Ohi mRy vote for Mr. Huover on the fst dab BU Ol Thompeen plans, however o do all i Ris power to ring about united delegation in suppaet o™ doans of Ohi are Bty Jotermined o Maliain their poaitin ¢ prominence (n the councis of W | Repullican pavty hy woiting o the Ransas CIty convention e delagation, supporting carnest | ness and enthusiama the candsiaey which they will present” he sakh ey als belwve thai (hin cands [deey will amieul o (he Rey . | thrvughout the mation i % cwastantty the somination aipesaches. | . . e | Homars Mlitical Opponent. FRANKFURT, Ky, Junwary ) Pl oppoesitiog B soom o By Gov. Flen I\ Sampson. Re Sommisionet Robert Lowoan of Loutsville a colonel and G0 CAMP 10 NS stall. Luvas Sampan for the Republivan Uon e goveraan, | - ghven v