Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1928, Page 17

STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1928.° The gread day arrives. A little expression of youthful glee that speaks for itself, as Washington youngsters rejoice on the last day of school. President Coolidge attends the little Congregational Church at Brule. He is shown here in front of the church after services with the blind pastor, John Taylor (at left), and Dr. R. E. Bayes, visiting pastor. —Associated Press Photos. Taking a chance to win the race. Only the quick shift of human ballast saved this yacht from capsizing and the crew from a ducking in a race for class A boats the other day at Ted- dington Beach, England. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Wins his bachelor of arts degree. John Coolidge, son of the President and Mrs. Coolidge, in cap and gown on graduation day at Amherst College. John now becomes a fellow alumnus of his father, —Wide World Photos. Youth conquers experience on tI right), competing under the long-hel congratulates the 19-year-old high sc! feated Him in both the 100 and 200 meter dash events of the Los Angeles Olympic tryouts. 'mucLSEEK GUN IWomanH:u:Tr;k INFATAL SHOOTING I;Says She Is Unhurt, But Soon Falls Dead By the Associated Pre MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 20— After being struck by a truck in front of a hospital Monday, Mrs. ‘W. B. Waddell, 48, arose, told the driver she was not hurt, walked into the hospital, chatted with doc- tors and nurses for a time and then fell dead in a corridor. An examination revealed her skull ‘was fractured. MNeighbor Tells of Seeing Woman Flee Los Angeles Scene—Bride Held. i H { b, the Associated Press. ‘ 10S ANGELES, June 20.—Search' PARLEY 5 OPENED home here Monday night was ing made here today by police. “This clue was adopted afler authori- ies gathered ides Frontier Question and Other Points of Difference Be- fore Conference. suspicion of murder. leces of evidence were regarded the police as important. One was| story of Mrs. Esther Wilson, &) in the house and the wife of M./ Wiison, Glab's caretaker and| the Gilabs quarreled | hreatened | circumstantial evidence | they declare points to the ealthy man's wido, 25-year-old Hazel , beld on Two p v v the A 1 dener, that jently and the young wife t kill her i L Sees Woman Run. other was the declaration of a ”:A;};ow Mrs. J. Goodrich, that after g the shot and Glab’s cry 07 | gy tne Assoctated Press ip. she looked out of the window and | "o pper June 20 One of the Foman ht dress run from :g: ;::k:d . ‘!ll)‘z the Glab house. | most momentous conferences in the his- car When arrested Mrs. Glab wore a light | tory of the little entente opened today dan dress and & gray coat. { under the chairmanship of M. Titulescu, Police last pight tock Mrs Glab|o o .00nsoreign minister. Foremost grom ber cell to her home, where sl enacted the scene as described by Mrs. | on the long agenda are questions arising Goodr Prom Mrs. Goodrich’s bed- | petyeen Italy and Jugoslavia, Hungary's yoom window, she and several Police ayempy 1o revise the Trianon treaty, e e Ghogch said, “it looks | Italy's penetration of Albania and the fike the same person I the nignt | ratification of the Nettuno convention of the murder. 1 can't be absolutely |yy jugosiavia, permitting Italans to ac- certain” . | quire land on the Jugoslav Coast. At Jeast three pistols were found on | » 2 3 d a 32 caliber | In conversation with the Associated by CHab astate—s 38 and & | Bress: commespondsnt. oasy. Dr: Hetes representing Czechoslovakia, said he would urge Jugoslavia to ratify the Net- m the quarters of the Wilsons and a Y5-caliber automatic in & small purse | tuno treaty, as being in the interest of peace. in Mss, Glab's bedroom. It was a 32 “Premier Mussolint is the last man to aliber bull which killed th 7 Police absolved Wilsc held him as * | wish 10 break Jugoslavia or seek war.” ; AP | declared Dr. Benes, who also said that ’}'lrhfr'z-(» 'ya,«{‘—r‘d: i o Mussolini, well aware of Italy’s financial nis iyt Waver, o1 O situation, would never condone the con- Both declare the flagration which might arise from an Okla g C was In Another Shooting. story of d; in the house at the n tempt to revise Hungary's frontier Sentenced for Stealing Airplane. INDIANAPCLIS, Ind., June 20 (#) J. Lacey, 24, of Lomax, 11, believed 1 be the first prosecuted under the act for the transportation of a Jlen airplane from one State to an- ced by Judge Robert al Court here yes r and a day in the reformatory. Lacey Glab's own y the former vatr @ropped when she t have | pleaded guilty, fired in self-defense | McIntyre 10l authorities he had | beers given & permit 1o ca reed last Pall, came to Seatile with two months ago because ¥ B-year-old daughter Betty in April ened his life. He also ad f Mre b visited him & few hou Closed Chicago Store, +dore her husband was shot. He de CHICAGO, June 20 (#).-—-John 1 :“;"‘;,1;‘”",“1\“ . ,'A'f,“”‘,’“’d,l TELBC T Glab until three years ago was one of #irihood in Okla- | Hospital Center icago, The business , and Glab was re- wn there BISHOPT. | SHAHAN ‘NAMED POPES ADE Rector of Catholic University Is Appointed Assistant to Pontifical Throne. | By the Associated Press. ROME, June 20—Mgr. Thomas Joseph Shahan, Titular Bishop of Ger- manicopolis, and widely known educa- tor. has been named assistant bishop 1o the pontifical throne by a decree ap- pearing today. Mgr. Shahan has been rector of the Catholic_University of America, Wash- ington, D. C., since 1909. !'sity of America, explained today that the naming of Bishop Shahan as as- sistant bishop to the pontifical throne gives him an honorary title. This is a mark of distinction to bishops, Rev. Dr. Dougherty said, and gives them a special status in Rome. Bishop Shahan betomes a personal at- tendant of Pope Pius at public cere- monies, Rev. Dr. Dougherty pointed out. | " Preliminary announcement of this | honor to Bishop Shahan was made sev- eral months ago. The bishop's retire- ment as rector of the Catholic Univer- sity came in March, but he is still hold- | ing the rectorship until the appoint- ment of the new rector. Rev. Dr. ! Dougherty explained that announce- { ment of his successor will be made from | Rome |GUNS, AXES AND BOMBS [ FAIL IN POLICE HUNT i | Chicago Slayer Suspect Flees Down Fire Escape During Attack. | By the Associated Press | CHICAGO, June 20-—Police guns, axes and tear bombs at used the Drexel Arms Hotel early today in an unsuccessful effort to arrest Sam (Red) ‘mmm, sought in connection with the | slaying G last April 10 of Octavius nady, one of the victims of primary ction assassins While police were firing through the door of his room and dropping tear gas bombs over the transom, Bardin fled | down a fire escape Bardin was one of those identified | Monday by the special grand jury in- vestigating Chicago election terrorism. He was charged with kidnaping, at- tempted robbery with a gun and as ith intent to kil xed at §$125,000 | His bond has been | PROSECUTOR NAMED. i 1C. H. Smith to Press Case Against | Mrs. Marjorie Gloth, { o the Eaior of The Stur | CLARENDON, Va., June 20 —Charles Henry Bmith of Alexandrin was yester- | day named by Judge Howard W. Smith, Right Rev. Mgr. George A. Dough- | erty, vice rector of the Catholic Univer- | ult | he cinder track. Charlie Paddock (at d reputation of the “fastest human,” hool sprinter, Frank Wykoff, who de- ‘When two air kings meet. Capt. Emilio Carranza, Mexico’s good-will ambassador of the air, who recently flew here from Mexico City, is greeted by Clarence Chamberlin, the transatlantic fiyer, on landing at Mitchell Field. The Mexican flyer is planning a non-stop flight from New York to Mexico City. —Copyright by P. & A. Photos. ~—Wide World Photos. DONN BYRNE HAD FOUR CRASHES| { i TWENTY-SIX BODIES TAKEN FROM RUINS Thirty Injured, One American, by Explosion in Mexico City Bathhouse. Girl Secretary Says Steering Gear ‘of Writer's Car Was Defective—She Saved Her Life by Walking. By the Associated Press. CORK., Irish Free State, June 20— Death of Donn Byrne, American-Irish writer, today was attributed to the de- fective steering gear of his new auto- mobile. As described by his secretary, he was drowned after four successive accidents to the careening car. A ver- dict of accidental death wasgreturned at an inquest. He lost his life near his Irish residence, Coomain. Castle, at Brandon. Miss Burkett, his secretary, who start- ed on the fatal automobile ride with the novelist, said that shortly after they left the Byrne home she noticed the | . “Again Byrne righted the car and | drove on, only to have a moment later | a third crash. This time I had pres- ence of mind enough to apply the| MEXICO CITY, June 20.—Twenty- brakes and save us from toppling over. | six bodies had been recovered today 1 appealed to him to leave the car and | from the ruins of four buildings de- hire another to take us back, but he de- | stroyed by the explosion of a boiler in clined, so I left him and he proceeded | a bath house. Thirty persons were alone. I followed, walking. Turning | known to have been injured. The bath a corner, I noticed that the car had house was in one of the poorer quarter: disappeared. of the city “I ran along the road, calling his| An American, H. Kenneth Ferguson name repeatedly. I could get no reply. | employed by the Mexican Telephone So T took off my shoes and waded into Co., was among those injured. His con- the water at the side of the highway. | dition was not believed to be serious. steering gear was out of order and ask- | Pinned Beneath Car. Four Buildings Wrecked. ed him to return. He said it was all| “Presently my foot touched some-| The force of the explosion was so zixl‘xgl‘;r;dm;e‘luied{ ks wcd visited friends | thing, and I saw it was Byrne's leg xn'mdlhul‘lhe‘ bmlé house and a build- s 0 return home. = . ing adjoining it and two other building: , | The awful reality dawned on me then | oS he sireet were reduced to debi U o e Censhes: | that he was pinned beneath the car. | Rescue workers feared that other vic “When we had proceeded a hundred | I pulled and tugged, but was unable | {ims might be buried beneath the ruins yards or more,” Miss Burkett continued, | to release him. I was all covered with | “"s"part of the boiler, hurled across the “the car swerved and crashed into a |water and exhausted when two men | gireet, knocked down a dwelling, killing wooden railing. It righted itself and we | heard my cries and came to my as- |3 mother and her two children. Walls went on, but when passing a horsecar | sistance. They took him out and tried | g1ong the street collapsed and many near the harbor, it crashed again, this|by artificial respiration to bring him | ! passersby were caught beneath the fall- time into a diteh. back to life, but he was dead. Hng phimalbe il An automobile in front of the bath house was buried by the falling debris and the driver killed. Glass windo: in all the houses for several blocks around were shattered and many walls cracked. Engineer Absent from Post. Police sald a bath house attendant, who survived, told them the explosion was due to the engineer, who left the | boiler to eat his lunch in another part of the building. When the engineer re- turned to the boiler he found it over- heated, and instead of opening the | By the Assoclated Press. ZIMMERMAN HEARD | TEAMS FOR CHURCH ON FARMING TOPICS DRIVE ANNOUNCED | President of Agricultural Engi- Rev. G. F. Dudley Makes First| Donation to Building Fund of Parish. Y 1 5 neers, in Annual Address, Dis- | cusses Profit and Production Cost. pipe. | Police were informed that the engi- ness was intoxicated. ‘The bodles of the engineer, disfigured, Two general sessions, embracing a| Organization of teams which wil wide varlety of topies bearing on agri- | conduct the $100,000 bullding fund drive culture, were on today’s program of | for the parish of St. Stephen and the {the American Socety of Agricultural | Incarnation, Newton and Center streets, Englneers, which heard its president, O. | has been completed, it was announced | B. Zimmermann, in his annual address | today. The firsé.pledge, $500, has been !at the morning sesslon, stress the l)l-<!d1;')"'.‘:l‘;:.yby the rector, Rev. George F. his lunch, were found among the bath | house ruins. for long-time research necessary "“‘} The complete roster of the teams agriculture to produce with more profit | follows " R i !us‘m lowered production cost. | S. Dawson, captain; Maj, E. F.|Army Reserve Corps Honors Be- Breaking the tape in a leap. Nellie Doerschlag of the Pasadena Ath- letic Club, finishing the 400-meter relay race for women, in which her team set a new record of 50 seconds flat, in the Olympic tryouts, at Los Angele: —Wide World Photos. $2,000 Additional Value Placed on ickford Effect P By th¥® Associated Press. NEW YORK, June from Europe last week. fident she acted she received be film actres: me valuation ther than I ] { &Shows Disappointment at Be- ing Beaten by Earhart [ | f Expedition. By the Associated Press. HARBOR GRACE. June 20.--Miss Mabel Boll, City tomorrow Columbia on June of future plans. Rumors of a contemplated Rome were dispelled by the | nouncement of cancellation for the pre: and his wife and son, who had brought .ent. at least, of all transatlantic prep- arations. Miss Boll made no attempt DRSS & march cn the of bad weather, Miss Boll at once vetoed a wish Land Settlements in Pales- | Rig, Dr. Edward LeFevre, P. A, Lati- was the topic of Dr. Elwood Mead, | mcr, George J, Fogle and W. J. Grant, ice of Arthur C. lloughton, captain; O. T. stowed Upon Seven Residents. tine’ ! director of the Reclamation S Commissions in the Reserve Corps of | { the Department of the Interior. The 1, Donald Gerow, Dr. J. R. Tub-|the Army have been issued to the fol- { society, which met today in the audi-|man and Ross Pollock. med residents of the District | { torium of the Interfor Department, got | J. Elvans Mayfleld, captain; J. C Joseph W. Brennan, 3701 ghimpse of agricultural enginecring | Williams, Miss Louise Willlams, Ridgely | Sixteenth street, as a captain and spe clalist; John F. Boblender, Garrett C. MeCandless and Norman H. Wiley Walter Reed General Hospital, as fi Europe through an address on that | D. Belt and Rev. Mr. Grambs ; Hermann Schildknecht J. G. Traylor, captain; R. B, Currie, Public Roads of the J. G. Stonebraker and T. 8. Scrivener. i1 {in subject of Dr {of the Bureau of ‘ e it 0 riculture A._Guy Reber, captain; J. R. Qriest, | lieutenants in the Medical b":f::mn);tlcm:x’nn‘?“mwsmn was set apart|J. C. Gordon, L. B. Farmer, F. H.|Charles M. Sullivan, 1503 Buchanan | for addresses by Phillp 8. Rose, editor | Buechler and E. R. Thomas. street, as a first lleutenant in the | of the Country Gentleman; Dr. L. L.| Mrs, G. L. Peckham, captain; Miss | Chemical Warls {umaden. senjor surgeon of the Public | Virginia Belt, Miss Alice E. Burton, Mrs. | M Connoll 2 Summit place, as a Health Service; Dr, C. W. Warburton, | D. E. 8nyder, Mrs, H. O. Cutting and [second lieutenant of Infantry, and | Miss © udine Ferguson, Mrs. Charles H. Shaffer, captain; Miss George W. Fisher, 1107 1 rector extension work of the De- i e i second leutenant of Enginee riculture,, and . H.| : et o a0 of agrlculiurai | Alice Gierow, Mrs. Wade Porter, Mrs. Gi.| Robert B, Midkiff, 308 North Colum e L Michigan State College, | 5. Cralgle, Misy Nellie Blackistone, Mrs.| bua street commissioned s a second lieutenant of Infantry Reserve, ra_Belt, Mrs. Martha Bushby and V. M. Aal Mrs. Lowls W. Richardson, captain; T 8. Sorivener, Mr. and Mrs. Dalgleish and Mr. and Mrs, 5, A The soclety will hold a business se slon tonight at the Hamilton Hotel jm,‘,:“-_., Mrs, McConkey Asks Divorce. \ Agitator Is Paroled. n essful Earhart expedition. LE ADY MOV Phones Miss Boll That Nothing Is to Be Gained Now, NEW YORK, June 20 (. Corps: | A Levine, owner of the Columbia, which | 88 Ja he loaned to Miss Boll for her projected » Service; Charles R, | transatlantie flight, has advised her telephone to abandon the attempt. Levine said that as the object of Miss veet, us a | Boll's flight was to be the first woman | Miss Boll attempting her flight . . Pilot's Body Unclaimed. 20 RICHMOND, Va, June 20.—Mary Pickford must pay additional duty on $2,000 worth of merchandise in ex- cess of the approximate $5.000 of her customs declaration, officials an- nounced yesterday at the completion of an examination of the contents of | | ‘the 12 trunks she brought back | No fines or penalties will be levied. The authorities said they were con- in good faith in declaring her goods at the discount ause of her fame 1155 BOLL DROPS SEA FLIGHT PLANS Newfoundland, | the Capone gang. Oliveri who had hoped to be the first woman to fly [the Atantic, will return to New: York With her three companions who flew here in Charles A. Levine's monoplane | she will confer | & safety valves turned on a cold Water | With her backers and & determination | Stlamone was killed instantly. Oliveri s : ceal her disappointment when her Tre- D. C. MEN COMMISSIONED. | of one of her pilots with the announc ent that she did not care to trail the o fly across the Atlantic and as Miss o v e g | Amelin Earhart has Already made the | e it the aleohol “racket, Alexandria, Va. has been | hop, there was nothing to be gained by | NG TRIOKILLED IN CHICAGD FEUDS | Two Men Shot Down in Day- light on Street—Third Slain at Night. Bvc';zfi Associated Press. HICAGO, June 20.—Gangland guns, s'y through weeks of truce, 'lfi: ith to three men yesterday. John (Bow-legs) Oliveri and Joseph amone were “put on the spot” near ath Corner, Milton and West Oak streets, where gang retribution has been | exacted in the past. A man stood in | the window of an apartment and slowly | tipped his hat. It was a signal to two | men who loitered on a porch across the ::r::r;‘ Oh:)}fll u:ld ms.nhmone fell under | & shower eat m (wo repeating | shotguns. e The double assassination was exe- cuted in daylight. The third slaying of the day took place on the South behind the curtain of night. James Regzi staggered from an alley with re- volver bullets in his arm and chest. Though conscious until death, he re- | fused to name his assailant. Vietims Were Gang Leaders. The names of Al Capone and the Alello brothers were heard frequently as police sought motives and clues to the Oliveri-Salamone slaying. The dead men, police said, were leaders in Deix de- | scribed as an Alefio man who had re- cently gone over to the rival group. Salamone and Oliveri had just stepped inte their automobile after stopping to talk with a fishmonger who operates a shop near the corner. The man who had been watching them from the near- by apartment gave the signal, and the two men on the porch opened fire the S | across ‘wmmded. 8ot out of the car and took A few steps before falling to the pave- | mept. His hand moved toward & pocket | where he carri a pistol, but he did lnol have the strength to draw it. | When paolice several hours later were | confronted with a third murder in the death of Reggl. they immediatsiv hop to flat a to con- rival, Miss Amelia Earhart, stole Scarched for some sign to connees tae Columbta expedition by !“\‘ crimes. < They believed they found making a successful flight \ the face ' it in a telephone number in Regsi's pocket, the number being that of a proposal | Phone in the house where Oliveri lived. Other Clues Obtained. Dr. Joseph Springer, police eriminolo- | 8ist, said he had other clues, which h: did not make publie, definitely linking {the Reggl slaying with the doubic | Assassination near Death Corner. ( Reggl was identified by fingerprints |as & man who in 1914 was sentenced {to Joliet Penitentiary on a charge of Charles | robbery, He was known at that time nes Malos. He was released in 1919, In recent weeks he had been employed by & malt and hop company, hich police raided early today in search of further clues. Five S-gallon tins of alcohol were seised. Oliveri and Salamone, too, were con- " police The slayings were the first in several | weeks 0 bear the carmarks of gang feudism. Several investigations Into | Chicago erime, one of which is being | conducted under State direction, have (#).— | been held responsible for the “lying ed to have twld friend® he was com- | presiding judge at the June term of the | o0 a9 p) - 1 | Wood Raymond A. McConkey, in the hack- or § » S ¢ | JOW" of gangsters and few B pelled to elose by the prohibition su- | Arlington County Circult Court, as| TOPEKA, June 20 (). ~-Joc Noll irs. J. 8. Buynitsky, captain: Mrs. | ing business, was sued yesterday for sop- | SrOrts 10 find relatives of Pilot James e BR :fl“‘_" horitie prosecuting attormey in the case of Mrx, [ said 0 be the only porson serving | cifuries Bdwards, Mis. M. O, Plummer, | arate maintenance by his wite, Myrilo [ R. Reed, who was killed May 26 when | . . Glab was arrested here In Junuary, | Marjorle C, Gloth, indicted on o charge | sentence In & Kansas penal Institution | Mrs, Louis Mareey, Mrs, A, B, Niess and | McConkey, 1119 Fourth street novth alr mail plane erashed about eight | Former Star Still Shines. fe of John 1. Glab on @ eonfc mie - eharge, | of shooting her divorced hnsband, Com-|on & charge of eriminal syndicallsm, | Miss Bita Poright east. They were married Decombor 20, [ miles north of Bishmond, have proved | HAVANA-Be g ' monwentvs Atorney William €, Gloth | was pronted from the State] A, B 11 Dowren. captain; Mrs. 3] 1020, and have one chi e |y i \ N omelal: | ¢ ¢ ;.‘.“nfi.‘.ffifim mkfi:‘; o ‘ / i n Mare praiientiay by Co/ Paulen W ' s, D, ¥ inslair, Mrs dwas obligdd to him her Wl the dody of ng dersonal ) eve wi hand in Los Ang ng with & ne” complatol wis. disuisesd Tho trial has been set for June 26 8t Mo had. terved Ove years and fve|Diiothy D, Hommer and Mis. N. M, Attornoy Menry A. Schwelhaut ape the yousg fyer will bo burkd in hor ol fims. Sbe e on ihe ‘\:43 from O M brs, Mun Glgh, whoe Wi G- Al Geb Dald Wos worigess, - A0 GClock W W MOIAWE. ... .. ... WOBLIS Of A ONO /w on yeur seplengs, Rolsen . RSN (TR TR VN A dnnepd, EE—— L R TIEE T [} [ ks ) 3 ’ po™ Ny