Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1928, Page 2

NEW TRAFFIC CODE EFFECTIVE TONIGHT More Than 60 Amendments to Be Observed by Driv- ers and Pedestrians. The more than 60 amendments to MOTHER OF EAGLES LEARS 0F DEATH iSlayer’s Attempt to Deceive Her Fails—Attends Son’s Funeral. The mother of Nicholas Lee Eagles, from whom he tried to hide his fate, the trafic code adopted several weeks ago by the Commissioners will become | effective at midnight tonight, but the | police department announced today | that it would not enforce them strietly | for a “reasonable period” in order to | permit motorists to familiarize them- | selves with the new regulations. | The amendments establish a umfm‘m“ feft turn st _intersections controlled | pither by traffic officers or signal de- wices, create 10 addition one-way streets, four boulevard highways and clarify the right of way rule as applied to boulevard and arterial ~highways fThe standardized left turn rule prov ides | that vehicles make the turn at| intersections ¢o! lled by officers in the | same manner that they are now made at light-controlled intersections. ‘This wule follows: Instructions to Driver. “To make a left turn where traffic 85 controlled by an officer or electric| traffic device a driver shall keep as far to the right as posible, stop as near| the far turn of the intersecting street @s convenient for turning, then proceed in the desired direction when given the proper signal by the officer or wnen the light on the intersecting street anges to green.” mkfiutflang: are afforded protection tuinder the new regulations which pro- wide that at all cross-walks controlled Py traffic officers or traffic devices the drivers of all vehicles making tur shall yield the right of way to pede Pedestrians, however, are for- bidden to cross the roadway through | gmoving traffic on ai street upon which | traffic is controlled by electric signal | m’?;;‘mx:h traffic is given absolute | Fight of way over vehicles approaching | on intersecting streets on boulevard or | grterial highways. The new regulations | also provide that vehicles about to enter | these high s must come to & com- | plete stop and shall not proceed to fenter or cross the boulevard or arterial highway until such entry can be made pafely without interfering with through traffic. New One-Way Streets. o Iixéh !rs;:e ge\fr:teemh to Twenty-sixth ew York avenue to r westbound | c. L street from Ni | Massachusetts avenue for traffic. Wiltberger streel for "'he morth side of Stanton Square fortheast for westbound traffic. - "The south side of Stanton Square for tbound traffic. -'Z}nles street northeast from Pifteenth %o Seventeenth streets for eas! Rosedale street northeast from Fif- Reenth to Seventeenth streets fer west~ bound traffic. Th: new ;mlkvud highways are: southboung | thur Eagles told of the effect of her knew shortly after she left the jail| Thursday, when she saw him for the last time, that her son was to die Fri- day. This was revealed today by Mrs. Arthur Eagles, his sister-in-law, who declared that, despite the objections of hbr husband, she told the elderly wom- an of her son’s fate “because I thought it best that she know the truth.” Eagles had arranged before his death for a letter to be sent his mother from Atlanta, where he told her, he was to be imprisoned for life, stating that he died there. He thought the ruse would succeed since Mrs, Eagles cannot read | English, although she speaks it fairly well. Interrupted while reading a farewell message from Nicholas Eagles, received through the mails this morning, and whose_contents she withheld, Mrs. Ar- son’s death on the mother. When first told the news, she almost collapsed, but was well enough by 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon to attend the funeral, and now is recovering from the shock. DRY LEAFLET BAN MAY BE RETAINED | | i School Board Secretary Says ‘W. C. T. U. Resolution Not Likely to Aiter Decision. _Despite & resolution adopted by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union yesterday protesting a decision of the Board of Education to bar temperance leaflets from the public ‘schools, it is not likely that the board will rescind its action, Harry O. Hine, secretary, declared today. ‘The question of the temperance leaflets came up at the closing session yesterday of the District of Columbia W. C. T. U. meeting in the Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church. Stating that the union did not wish to. take issue with the Board of Educa- tion on the matter, the resolution continued: “The board was informed that the leaflets contain well established scien- | tific facts. May we not hope that fur. their consideration of the subject will | lead to a different conclusion. { In discussing the matter, Mr. Hine | said that while he could not speak for | the board, he did not believe the regu- | lation ,was aimed specifically at the temperance leaflets. Andrew Wilson, president of the Dis- trict Anti-Saloon League, said more Maj. Luts and the crew of the left to right, are M; plate of a picture s Lutz, Lieut. H. C. Busl ilar o this, taken yesterday by a Star photographer, for delivery to the Miami News. e Marine plane, which erashed early this morning near Bowling Green, Va., causing the death of three of the fiyers. The flyers, | Dbey, Corpl. Reeder Nichols, and Corpl. D. C. McChesney. All but Nichols perished. Maj. Lutx was carrying a photographic | Star Staff Photo. | DECLARES PROCTOR PLANNED SUICIDE TO ESCAPE CHAIR (Continued _from First Page) | would give him to destroy also, but give my dictionary to my brother James. and I am very grateful to you for all your kindness. You have been a won- derful man and God knows I appreciate it God bless you and your loved ones and even though you can't do what you would like to I'am grateful to you. | as you are a saint and God bless you | always. Yours respectfully.” Scribbled on the same sheet of paper were the following nervously scratched notations: “Believe about John.” “John Proctor—John.” “Proctor, Prisoner John." “Proctor, John.” “John Proctor.” “John."” “Proctor.” ‘This letter was dated June 21. Letter to Sweetheart. The letter, addressed to his sweet- heart and his mother, follows: “Lella and Mama: Please forgive me for this, but it's good-bye, and it's sav- ing a disgrace for you. Also please for- give me, as you know there is only one mother in the world, and I love mine better than life alone. And I have a wonderful sweetheart, too. She has 1928 | been so loyal to me, and I love her 5o | pnjon Soldiers. much, and some day we are.going to | courage. ~SOMEBODY ELSE. NOT ME.” SAY WAITERS INVITED TO FEED LION MAJ. LUTZ KILLED, WITH TWO OTHERS, IN CRASH OF PLANE Press Club Help Are Cool Toward Pro- | (Gontinued trom Fist Pege) _ posal for Entertaining “Leo.” Moving-Picture Beast. Announcement today of a plan to en-) lions tertain Leo, famous moving picture lion, | viction that any man who opens the | . McDowell has a deep-rooted con- where he was promoted to a first lieutenant in 1908. He then went back to Panama, from there to New York City, thence to Santo Domingo, Guan- tanamo, Cuba; Philadelphia, Vera Cruz, Porttau-Prince, Haiti, where in 1916 he received his captaincy, then to Parris | Island, S. C. in June, 1920, he received | his majority and his first command | of the Marine Barracks at New Orleans. In 1924 he transferred to aviation at a luncheon in the National Press|door and invites one to walk in is not| and after being graduated from the Club Wednesday, has not aroused any help at that establishment. With two waiters already having “re- spectfully declined” to attend Leo and the third and last hope reported as “wavering,” the situation has taken on an aspect sufficlently serious to bring {out the lines of worry in the assistant manager’s face. Upon the time worn but still capable shoulders of Daniel Henry McDowell, 86-year-old colored doorman. will fall the responsibility of being the first to weltome Leo to the club. Was Younger Then. “Mac” believes he has his share of During the Civil War he once went out to face a whole regiment of But, he explained, he was younger then and unexcelled at re- showing the best of judgment. Argu- | marked enthusiasm among the colored | ments based on the experience of the biblical Daniel, who emerged from the lions' den with a whole skin, do not appeal to McDowell. He feels that he may have been given the name without the immunity. Robert Wood, oldest waiter at the club, who has been selected for the | honor of serving Leo at the luncheon | concedes that the picture of the lion ! eating raw beefsteak in a jungle setting | will be novel as well as realistic. Prefer Horseflesh. He has heard, however, that lions prefer horseflesh to the choicest beef. Wood has been closely associated with norses all his life, he told the manager, | and feels there is at least a possibility | that Leo’s sense of smell may be keen | enough to detect this relationship. After the luncheon the lion will be taken on a world tour for exhibition | Naval School at Pensacola, he went to | the Army Schools at San Antonio, Tex. From there he took the Army Air Corps tactical course at Langley Field, Va., was graduated in 1926 and then assumed command of Brown Field, | Quantico, Va., which he just relin- quished to Maj. L. M. Bourne to go to Nicaragua. Maj. Lutz is survived by his widow, Mrs. Priscilla Lutz, and two children, Priscilla, 6, and Charles, 9. Busbey Was Washingtonian. Lieut. Busbey was a Washingtonian | having been born here January 11, 1900, His mother, Mrs. L. W. Busbey, re- sides at 900 Nineteenth street and his widow, Mrs. Rowena Busbey, lives at Pensacola, Fla. Lieut. Busbey entered the Naval Academy in Jume 1917, but did not. complete the course. CODLDGENAYARE STUNP FORHOOVER to Make Speeches, Ob- servers Here Feel. Reports circulating in the Republi- can camp here today have it that back of Secretary Work's decision to pay a visit to President Coolidge at the Sum- mer White House is a hope that the President will volunteer to make a speech or twe for the Hoover campaign. Dr. Work, who is chairman of the Hoover-Curtis campaign committee, ex- pects to leave for Wisconsin about the end of this month. His astensible pur- pose is to hand to Mr. Coolidge his res- ignation as Secretary of the Interior. There are rumors, however, that the real motive is to sound out the Presi- dent's attitude on suggestions that he take an active role iu the ferthcoming campaign. Whether he will be asked directly to make some addresses in bolhalt of Hoover is decidedly uncer. tain. Den't Knew, Says Work. Questioned today as to the possibil- ity of a request being made of the President to take the stump, Dr. Work !said, “I don't know.” | Dispatches from Brule have indi- | cated” the President’s surprise at re- | ports that Dr. Work was planning to {pay him a visit. Despite Mr. Coolidge's | apparent Jack of knowledge about the impending visit, Dr. Work sticks by his assertion that he will'call on the Presi- dent within the next week or so. Dr. Work said today that the cam- paign organization in the States al- ready is in shape, and needs “only a little stimulation” to set the campaign “rolling onward toward a successful outcome.” He is holding conferences | daily with State leaders. A confer- ence of several of these will be held this afternoon at the Willard Hotel. James W. Good, pre-convention man- ager of the Hoover forces, was due here today. He will be asked to take charge of the Western division of the cam- paign organization. There is some doubt about his ability to do so, because of the pressure of his law business in Jowa. He already has forsaken his practice for several months in further- ance of the Hoover cause. Good in Parley Today. Good was scheduled to confer with both Hoover and Work during the after- noon. Senator Edge of New Jersey, in conference with Dr. Work this morning, reported that there was no reason to regard New Jersey as a ‘“‘debatable” State. It is for Hoover over Smith, Edge declared. Dr. Work said that the doubt that had at one time beclouded New Jersey’s stand on Hoover has cleared away. Sen- ator Edge pointed out that the appoint- ment of Representative Fort as secre- tary of the national committee and of Daniel E. Pomeroy, also of New Jersey. as a vice chairman, has greatly Republicans in New Jersey. Dr. Work announced to the press that there was “no bad news" from any point. Everything is proceeding smooth- ly and satisfactorily, he stated. LOWDEN EXPENSES (Work Apt to Ask President: PLANS PRESIDENTS BRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. Coolidge Secretive About Festivities on g Fourth of July. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star BRULE RIVER, Wis., June 23.—Plaas are under way for big doings at Summer White House on the Fourth July, it being the anniversary of Pres dent Coolidge’s birth as well as Inde pendence day. President Coolidge has not giver consent to anything bordering o© honest-to-goodness party, but Coollidge, who has taken charge plans, has indicated that he is goi to be kept in the dark as to the form the celebration will take. Whatever she arranges will be more in the form of a surprise party so far a Mr. Coolidge is concerned. He has never been much of a hand at making a fuss over birthdays. even though they do happen to fall on so important a day in American history as the Fourth of July. For that reason these affairs have never been pretentious, but they have been just enough so to give some form of sentimental expression, and the Pres- Ident is represented as having always enjoyed them. Keeps Plans Secret. Mrs. Coolidge does not intend - part from that custom this yenrm ;;m has let very few in the presidential party in on her secret plans, although as the day approaches it will be nec- essary for her to take quite a number into her confidence in order to success- fully carry out the program. It is understood that the party will be held out on the grounds about the lodge, if the rain, which has come down 50 incessantly since the White House was established here, will permit. There will be a big birthday cake, ice cream and other goodies, as well as some add- ed features to contribute to the interest of the celebration of the President's fifty-sizth birthday anniversary as weil as observance of Independence day. Re- garding the latter, it is assured that there will be no shooting of firecracks or other things that explode, because of the danger of fire. ‘There are reports that Secretary and Mrs. Hoover will come here on their way to their California home, w. the former will officially receive the notification of his nomination, and that their visit will about hit on the Fourth of July. This would add greatly to the interest of the day. but no one abou: the Summer White House has been able to confirm this report. Moters to Brule. Incidental to the birthday plans. Mrs. Coolidge yesterday motored to Brule, the nearest village to the lodge, where she visited several little stores and made some purchases. It is needless to re- mark that Brule was all agog with ex- citement. The news of her presence traveled fast and within a few mo- ments virtually every ane of the ham- let's 200 inhabitants dropped what he or she was doing and rushed out to see Mrs. Coolidge. It was her visit and the first time she has been off the grounds of the Summer White House. President went fishing again The skies were forbidding the time but he seemed to have n. concern. He was dressed for the weath- hi: of meet again; so don’t WOrry Over mMe.|treating when such a thing became K street mortheast from the intersec- But, God knows, I didn't fire & shot | necessary. He entet the Marines in May, 1922. | serving at Quantico, Parris Island and | er and at an early hour he and John Larouque, his half-breed Chippewa In- than 75 per cent of the firms which had been in traffic dealing with | purposes. Leo will arrive here from ion of Florida avenue to Seventh street west. Nichols avenue southeast from Good fHope road to Upsal street. Thirteenth street from Iows Circle d d streets ue northwest. Other important amendments pro- ©of any change in ‘within & “rea- time” as to the changes made. bile tags shall be Te- cars listed for sale. not be parked for the repairs except in then only of & lights are not in opera- trafic must stop before crossing streets where lights are installed. Vehicles not park on grades, or approaches thereto or on jcts. No vehicle shall park at any time on Conduit road from New Cut road to the District line within the limits of the P4-foot roadway. No parking will be permitted at any gfiu also on Prospect avenue between irty-fifth and Thirty-sixth streets. A two-hour parking limit between 8 am. and 8 pm. is established on M street between Twenty-ninth and Thir- ty-sixth streets and on Wisconsin ave- pue between M and P streets. ‘The new regulations also eliminate fire warning signal and contain defini- gions for both arterial and boulevard bighweys —_— ARMY CITATIONS SCOPE EXTENDED Davis Issues New Order Including Smaller Acts and Peace- Time Sacrifices. Under an order just issued by Secre- fary of War Davis, the Army is directed to extend its system of peace-time yecognition of meritorious service and eonduct to eover all cases which might not be of such a character as W Sustify awarding of the Distin- guished Flying Cross or the Boldiers’ Medai All commanding officers are directed &0 recognize any acts or service above the ordinary by written commendation amplified by such public announce- ments as the circumstances may War- yant, Where written commendation is niot warranted, the regulations scribe, opportynity will be taken by 21l commanders o give verbal com- mendation Heretofore all military decorations and @wards were for gallantry in battle, ex- cept the Distinguished Service Medal the award of which is limited to meri- forious service in & position of great re- sponsibliity. Until recentiy no provision has been made 1o recognize by awards exceptional peace-time conduct. To Al that lack the Distinguished Flying Cross was suthorized in 1927 for “hero- 1sm or extraordinary achievement while rijcipating in an serial flight” either fx:pveu‘) or war. In the same year the Boldiers’ Medsl was established for “heroism not involving conflict with an eneny.” ¢+ ‘Will Conduct Berlin Orchestra FBERLIN, June 23 (@), —Emst Kun-| ald, former conduclor of the Cinein- ‘nat! SBymphony Orchestra, has been ap- |vised, by interested &P | tion betore Justice i alcohol voluntarily gave up | et permits after the passage of new | regulations governing this activity by the Treasury Department. “As soon as dealers were required to show proof of legitimate use before | :‘:.fhdn'll ’h:l::'i‘d.] me than 100,- | of 0] peared from the m trade.” » William Jarvis, executive secretary of | the Citizens’ Service Association, asked financial aid for his organization. RECEIVING HONE DISPUTE IN COURT Woman Property Owner Asks Injunction Against Dis- trict Authorities. Declaring that the proposed leca- tion of the receiving home for juvenile criminals on Stanton Park would be a public .nulsance, would violate the zoning regulations and would be an unlawful waste of public funds, Mary V. Lipscomb, a property owner, re- siding at 623 C street northeast, today invoked the aid of the District Supreme Court to prevent the renting by the District authorities of the Stanton Park Accident and Receiving Hospital prop- erty at Sixth street and Massachu- setts avenue northeast. Named as defendants are George S. Wilson, director of public welfare; the District Commissioners and the Stan~ ton Park Accldent and Receiving Hos- pital, a corporation. Attorney George E. Sullivan appears for the petitioner, who declares she sues for herself and for all other owners in the vicinity who care to intervene in the proceeding. ‘The court is informed that the lots and improvements about to be rented by the District at $8,000 per annum are carried on the assessment books as of the value of $27,685 and are not worth more than $30,000 and have a rental value not to exceed $2,500 per annum. This, it is clainied, involves an inexcusable waste of public funds to the serfous injury of the taxpayers and to the “unjustifiable enrichment of one of the defendants.” ‘The point is also made that the property to be acquired by the defend- ants is zoned as residential and its] use as a hospital has been without con- sent of the necessary adjacent owners under the zoning laws. The court is also informed that the proposed use of the property will con- n;l)tu‘u‘ & nulsance pe:n“l ldnd will injure adjoining property, including propert; of the plaintiff. s Protests have been made without avail to the Commissioners, the court is ad- roperty owners and by the Board of Education, and un- less the court interevens the alleged unlawful project will be put into execu- tion July 1 Attorney Sullivan will make a mo- Hitz next Priday for & temporary injunction. ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY IS URGED A resolution favoring the abolition of capital punishment in the District was adopted last night by the Pederation of Civic Assoclations. ~Action was taken on motion of John E. Bowles, executive secretary Detalled reports on the progress of the proposed transit merger negotla. tions were made by Dr. George H. Richardson and W. H. Lewls, members of the Citizehs’ Advisory Council. The | reports were recommitted for s report to include the results of the valustior | survey of the traction companies to | made this Summer for the Benate Dis- pointed conductor of the Berlin Sym- phony Orchestra, to fill the vacancy waused by the death of Emil Boijpke oy 1 triet committee | A new association, the East Central was admitied 0 membership in the fed- €lalon. be | Taltavull that night, and I am innocent of it.| I am prepared, so don't WOrTy. “T'll love you all in eternity. “YOUR JOHN. x ling Leila: I got your last message from Mr. H, and I am read- ing your last letter, “Alwa: rs, i “JOHN. «p. §. 2—Don’t let Bobby fool you, as I love you alone. “Always, “YOUR JOHN.” as the letters were d:oo;er:g b ards assigned to clean the dea tles'uXhey were taken by Maj. Peak to the Distriet Building and turned over to Commissioner Sidney F. Taliaferro. The Board of Commissioners Was convened in special session immediately and officials of the penal institution, Board of Public Welfare, Police De- partment and corporation counsel's office were called before the bosrd. They included Ma). Peak, Capt. M. M. Barn- ard, superintendent of penal institu- tions; George S. Wilson, director of public welfare; Ma). Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police; Police In- spector Henry G. Pratt and Corpora- tion Counsel Willlam W. Bride. The Commissioners ordered an im- mediate investigation by the Police De- partment and officials of the penal in- stitutions to determine whether there was any collusion between Proctor and his friends to cheat the chair. Coro- ner J. Ramsey Nevitt "llr dtucted.gy mmissioners to perform an au- :l{‘;lyca! determine whether Proctor had taken poison which might have caused bis collapse in his cell. Coroner’s Jury Sworn. Coroner Nevitt ordered that Proctor's body be held at the Adolph J. Schippert funeral parlors, 2008 I street, where the body was taken after the execution. A coroner’s jury was convened there shortly after midnight and was sworn in over the y, so as to permit the to be sent to Jop}xl‘g, \:n, nv.l 1’1 'elock this morning. e funeral is ?nd:: held at Joplin at 2:30 o'clock to- ternoon. A formed last night, The autopsy, per! showed um" grocu.w's stomach was in an abnormal condition. A sample of the stomach's contents was taken and was turned over to the District Health Department this momln{_l for thorough examination. District chemists would promise today that their examina- tion would be completed before Tus di or Wednesday. It is not likely that a formal inquest will be held until the results of the chemists’ examination wn. “elnnt‘lge meantime, however, the Police Department_invest tion will be push- od as rapidly as posible. Headquarters etectives are working to establish the fruth of the report that poison was smuggled to Proctor and to learn, in case this report proves to be true, who gave it to him and who was re- sponsible for glving this person the opportunity to smuggle the poison to dayer. sctive Fowler attempted today to Detective es sent to Proctor check on the packages o years ¢ the District Jall during the :l his Incarceration there, but was blocked by the fact that no records are kept of packages or by whom they are sent. As soon Funerals Held. Deputy Coroner Joseph D. Rogers, who ;prr{nrmed the autopsy on Proctor's pody, canferred today with Inspector Pratt on the case. After the conference he told reporters that there is no ques- tion that Proctor was alive when he was strapped into the electric chalr and that he was killed by electrocution He sald that preliminary study of the condition of Proctor’s internal organs has resulted in elimination of several polsons from the list of those which might have been used to produce the coma in which Proctor met his death, The Dazansky Funeral Parlors, 3501 Pourteenth street, were crowded yester- day sfternoon with friends who attend- ed funeral services for Esgles and a small crowd waited In the strect to see the body borne out. Burial was in the Anacostis Jewish Cemetery. Rabbi wil- Jiam M. Rosenblum officiated Moreno’s funeral was conducted this morning at 10 o'clock at the W. Warren Undertaking Establishment Fourteenth and Bpring road, by Rev Father Edward Nestor, who was with 3im when he died. The body was buried Only the in Mount Olivet Cemetery, lmmediate family # uux s While he s not exactly afrald of | New York this afternoon. 1. FARMMETHODS OUTLINED T0 CLUBS E. V. Wilcox Gives Compari- son With Foreign Coun- tries to 4-H Groups. American farm methods were com- pared with those in foreign lands by E. V. Wilcox, journalist and agricultur- | ist, in an address this morning to the | second national 4-H Club camp in the auditorium of the National Museum. Following the address the club mem- bers and State leaders held conferences, | Later the party made an “educational | tour” of the greenhouses of the Depart- { ment of Agriculture. This afternoon the boys and girls are making a piigrimage to Mount Vernon Secretary of Labor Davis will address members of the clubs in all sections of the country as well as those attending the camp here, through 21 radio sta- tions, at 8 o'clock tonight, speaking from the National Press Clib auditorium W. Wanburton, extension director, will preside Dr. J. J. Tigert, commissioner of ed- ucation, was the principal speaker at yesterday's session. Louls W. Hoffman, physiotherapist office of Miss Eloanor Lehman, who told executed yesterday, confided in him several weeks ago that he dld not intend to £0 to the chair "while there was 50 muc graphed today as he entered the Distriet tence was deferred until Tuesday, aboard the U. S. S. Mississippi. While | borhood. aboard this vessel he was commended by the Secretary of the Navy for res- cuing, in September, 1925, a’man who had fallen ovderboard from the battle- ship Maryland. Lieut. Busbey was commissioned a first lieutenant in January of last year, a year after he began training as an aviator. Following his graduation from Pensacola, he was detailed to Quanti- co and was a squardron commander at the time he was selected by Maj. Lu\d to go along on the flight as assistant pilot. Lieut. Busbey was to have served a tour of “foreign duty” in Nicaragua. SHELL EXPLOSION KILLS 8, INJURES 40 Large Caliber Missile Bursts| During Fire in Belgian Storeroom. rine Corps was aerological work. Careres of Companions. Corpl. Nichols was born February 1, 1904, in Fiorence, Ala, where his mother, Mrs. Zether Ruple, now resides. He enlisted in November, 1923, in the Marine Corps and in 1927 entered aviation. He already had had much training as & radio operator and is re- garded as an expert in this line. He was detailed to make the trip on ommendation of Maj. Lutz. Corpl. Dixie Clyde McChesney born Pebruary 9, 1904, in Marion, and his next of kin is Clyde D. Chesney of Detroit. He enlisted in and specialized on airplane engines. has been at Quantico since September of last year and like Nichols was select- By the Associated Press BRUGES, Belglum, June 23 —Eight | were dead today and 40 injured, many of them seriously, as the result of the bursting of a large caliber shell in a| scrap metal storeroom. The shell exploded during a fire. The | blast wrecked the storeroom building and damaged other houses in the neigh- | borhood. ‘The storeroom proprietor and | another man who had been helping | of last vear and like chol weo St him in an attempt to extinguish the | {7 s 2 who had paid great tribute blaze were killed, their bodies being|to ~his mechanical knowledge and blown a considerable distance. M\m’}}:ly. et ot o 2 e e fatal cras ‘Those injured were principally work-| b %, \he' frst accident which marred ers in the storeroom and in the neigh- | DEYG R IR "o the big planes to the Marine Air Force in Nicaragua. Four previously had made the flights. The first was taken by Maj. Edwin H. Brainard, chief of Marine Corps avia- tion; the second by Maj. L. M. Bourne, successor to Maj. Lutz; the third by Lieut. George R. Towner, and the fourth by Lieut. H. J. Palmer. All made the “trips via Miami. where they spent the night, departing for Managua in the early morning hours. Since the last trip, however, the tro- pical rains have set in and this caused Maj. Lutz to change the flight plans previously used. JONES HOLDS LEAD FOR THIRD ROUND IN NATIONAL OPEN __(Continued from First Page) | For a time it was feared the fire| might result in explosions of other | shells, a great number of which were kept in the building. Gene Sarazén, New York, 154—73— 227, Paul Runyan, Little Rock, 15888 246. Frank Nunnally, Urban, Calif,, 158— 8624 Jim Barnes, New York, 15378231, Felix Serafin, Wilkes-Barre, 15177 Willle Macfarlane, New York, 147— 13--220. Frank Ball, Atlanta. 15178229 A Al Watrous, Grand Rapids, 152—178— 230. :!’llll Mehlhorn, New York, 157--86— 24 Charles Guest, Detrolt, 15579234 “George von Elm, Detroft, 146—76 Turnesa, New York, 15)%-+74 Walter Kossman, Belleville, TIl, 158~ 236 ‘Trout, Topeka, Kans, 158 *Amateurs. KANGAROO FOR COOLIDGE. Two Pacific Flyers Sail for U. 8, Accompanied by Marsupials, SYDNEY, New South Wales, Jus 23 (A .Lieut. Harry W. Lyons, nlvl:f wtor of the Southern Cross, and James arner, the plane's radio operator, salled today on the 8. S. Sonoma for America, taking with them two kanga- roos, One of thess is to be given President Coolidge, they sald. as a mark of esteem of the Australian people. ‘Thousands were at the dock at thelr departure and they were given an ens thuslastic farewell, , facing sentence for the death in his the authorities today that John Procter, ch poisen In the world." Hoffman photo- Supreme Court for nnlrnvl? The sen- - @ar Stall Photo, The lieutenant's speciality in the Ma- | LISTED AT §78.%3 $10,000 Left Over, Buck Tells Senate Inquisitors at Chicago Hearing. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, June 23.—Clarence F. Buck, campaign manager for Frank O Lowden, advised the Senate campaign expenditures committee today that ex- penditures in Lowden's campaign for were $78,953.14. Contributions totaled $88.976.31. guess I'm a piker in spending money.” Buck observed in pointing out that there was a balance of $10,000. Since he appeared before the commit- tee on May 15, the Lowden manager said his organization raised $24,276.31, and spent $20,400.24. A. B. Fontaine, Grand Bay, Wis, former chairman of the Republican State executive committee of Wiscon- sin, was the first witness before the committee today. Senators Frederick Steiwer, Republi- can, Oregon, and Willilam H. McMaster, Republican, South Dakota, conducted the inquiry, which probably will be completed today. The chairman advised Fontaine that informed the committee the La Folette group had spent $6.267 and the regu. lar Republican group $39.844 to win national convention seats. Fontaine said his group desired the election of uninstructed delegates. Campaign collections for his organi- zation were made by George Vitts of Manitowoc and expenditures were through Fontaine's office, the witness said. advised the Hoover and Lowden man- agers not to make a campaign in Wis- consin. “Why,"” asked Steiwer. “I wanted to battle a single fight— I didn't want our Republicans divided.” Fontaine replied. Senator McMaster pressed Fontaine as to whether he considered all those who voted for Senator George Norris, Republican, Nebraska, in dential primary were considered Re- publicans by him. “I'm not indicting the Republicans of Wisconsin,” Fontaine asserted. adding “I'm very much interested in Wisconsin of an element such as we complain of and as now represents Wisconsin in the Senate.” State Senator Claude McKensie, G lord, Minn., Republican national com- manager in Minnesota. told the com- mittee the Lowden sentiment crystalised into an organization more than a year ago. McKenzie said his organization spent $16,000 for Lowden. $10.000 was received from the national head- quarters of the Lowden campaign The session recessed after McKenzie testified. with ounly one more witness to be heard. PISTOL CLUE.IS TRACED IN DEATH OF STUDENT Detective Goe: Hunt for Origin of Troxel Weapon, Headquarters Detective George Dar- nall of the homicide squad today went to Baltimore in an effort to trace the or R. oxel, 16-year-old high school stu- dent, ahot himself on May 26. His body was recently found In a sw near Rug road and the Baltimore & Ohio tracl embers of the youth's family were unable to tell where he got the piatol, claiming that it had never been seen about the house. It was said that the ammunition had been tra toa :-mmr‘m order house, the Republican presidential nomination | Buck said the report was final. “I| the Wisconsin secretary of state had | | The witness declared the regulars the presi- | ridding | h y- | {from Seabrook, for mitteeman and Lowden pre-convention | of which | to Baltimore in|R: in of the pistol with which Elvin | March. dian guide, were paddling down the Brule to where the latter says the best fishing holes are to be found. Mr. Cool- idge's luck has been remarkably good ever since this Indian has been accom- panying him. {JAPANESE SHIPPING MEN ENTERTAINED Experts on Way Around World Are Guests of Honor at Dinner. A delegation of Japanese shipping men, headed by N. Ohtani, managing director of the Yusen Kaisha, he Japan Mail Steamship Co. N which left Tokio a few months ago for a trip around the world, was guest of | honor at a dinner last night in the Me&m?ollhn Club given by Walter S. Penfleld. Members of the United States Shipping also were invited guests. In a brief address to the gathering | Mr. Ohtani gave it as his opinion that ‘\lhere is no prospect for an early re- | covery from the shipping slump, which | occurred after the war. | __“The condition of world shippl | 1927, though showing a slightly be: tendency,” Mr. Ohtani sald, “was © the whole a continuation of the dee | rooted depression that has prevailed | since the Spring of 1921 when the pos | war boom came to an abrupt end.’ Mr. Ohtani said the “situation in | world shipping today may be summed | up as a persistent continuation of ex- cess of tonnage over Cargo require- ments.” The increase in Japan's ton- | nage, he added. has been due to the | increase in Japan's trade with North | America. | | CITIZENS TO PROTEST CLOSING OF SCHOOL | Seabrook Residents Transportation or Classes for Their Children. | Special Dispated to The Star | UPPER MARLBORO, Md,, June ! A delegation of citiseps from the sec served by the one-room, one-te ‘Selbmok School will appear before { Prince Georges County Board of | tion June 29 to protest the boa cision to close the school. The boar as requested Nicholas Orem superintendent of schools, transportation for the next | to the Lanham School, about 2': pils who o | been attending the Seabrook School There was an enroliment of 23 a! | Seabrook School during the past year, TELEVISION IN PLANE. to Dem to Reception During Flight Be Tested Tuesday. CHICAGO, June 2¥ (# --Tei reception in an airplane will be cut for the first time Tuesday. A. J. Carter, Chicago radio enginee {has installed a television receiving |in an airplane, which, he said, & turn of & switch, would enable pas- rs to see persons in the studio of lo Station WCFL, the television broadcasting point. | sel BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band, at the bandstand. at § 30 o'clock, John S. M. Zimmermann, leader X Trumpeters”. . .Seitz Overture, “Oor g wes \ . Beethoven Solo for euj jum, (alr varie) “Tramp, Scenes ‘Tales’ Goldman Hoffman's Love R .%flfl\m;E Fox trot, “Romany Love «+ Sameon Waltz suite, “The Bower of Love." tton Finale, “The Boys of the Old Brigade " Chambers “The Star Spangled Banuver.” T