Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1928, Page 1

. | WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Burean Foreo: Fair and somewhat warmer tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and warmer, probably showers tomorrow night. Highest, 81, at nqgn today; low- est, 60, at 5:15 a.m. today, Full report on'page 9. he WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening St Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. 9 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. i No. i s TUNNEY RETIRES { | i B PROFESSIONAL Covure Frola i 30,77 * BOXING CHAMPION fHas Fought Last Bout, He States, at Luncheon to Muldoon. Le Paradis, fashionable cafe at No. 1 nas Circle, was ordered “padlocked” r a year this afternoon under terms the national prohibition act for selling to patrons “set-ups” of ice and ginger ale, purported to be used in mixing intoxicating drinks. Declaring the conduct of the cafe to be a nuisance, Justice Charles S. Hat- field rendered an opinion granting a STILL YOUNG ENOUGH TO START ANEW, HE SAYS | Boraanent, tnjunction against the Na- {An appeal probably will be taken by | Attorneys Simon, Koenigsberger. Young & Brez. counsel for the defendant, to | the Court of Appeals. Reviews Evidence. Justice Hatfield wrote an opinion of 45 typewritten pages. in which he re- iews at length the testimony of police- women and revenue officers, who told of drinking by s from private flasks at the cafe. e court declares hat the idence shows conclusively hat neither the written notice from the prohibition administrator nor the | | | | Would Remain to Defend Title. but Sees No Real Contender on Horizon Br the Associa NEW YORK. . hearyweight cha ed Dhis retirement Gene Tt on boxer, announc- from the ring today #t & luncheon given in honor of William ey, “made any impression on the defend- ““Furthermore,” savs the justice, “the temporary writ of fnjunction issued by filing of the Government's complaint | WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, JUL Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,400 e = o B 1, 1928—FORTY PAGES. 'LE PARADIS IS PADLOCKED ONE YEAR FOR “SET-UPS§" Cafe Is Nuisance in Granting Injunction—Appeal Is Planned. this court was treated with contempt | It is obvious. therefore, that in order to abate the nuisance the premises must be closed.” Assistant United States Attorney Har- old W. Orcutt is directed by the court to prepare an order for the closing of the cafe. “The intention of the people,” said Justice Hatfleld, “in adopting the eighteenth amendment s perfectly plain. Accordingly, the national prohi- bition act, which was enacted for the purpose of carrying into execution the will of the people, as expressed in the | Constitution, must be construed by the { courts in accordance with and not con- {trary to the plainly stated purpose of | the Congress. If the prohibition amend- ment is unwise. or if the laws enacted in pursuance thereof are deemed to be oo great a restraint upon personal lib- erty. as has been suggested in the ar- quments in this case, relief must be sought from the people or the Con- gress, or both, not from the courts, Cites Supreme Court. ‘Whatever doubt may have attended | this construction of the law has been | dissipated by the denial of the Supreme i Court of the application for a writ of certiorari in the Fritzell case.” Muldoon. 82-year-old member of the ‘New York State Athletic Commission. “I have fought my last bout as a professional boxer,” his statement said. | Staging a “farewell party” to the com- missioner and more than 50 newspaper man guests, Tunney declared definitely | ihat the time had come to step out o!] the game that made him a millionaire. | Reports that Tunney was to retire md: been circulated since he crushed Tom | 2 SM'IH EHARGES Heeney in an 11-round technical knock- | out at the Yankee Stadium last Thurs- L ST day night | & e ‘Only Accusations as to Votes “Feeiing still young enough to make | gz another start in new fields,” Tunney | fOr Saloon Sta"d' Ed' declared himself grateful for the bene- | tOr saYS' fits conferred and anxious to leave the | $2me better than he found it. | “There is no contender at the pres- ent time who appears capable of at- | By the Associated Press .| NEW YORK. July 31 —William Allen | White, Kansas editor, today withdrew ring. but it looks as if it might be two or three years before a dangerous op- ponent is developed. That is too long o stand and wait.” { his charges against Gov.Smith's legis- Jlntxve record so far as bills governing gambling and prostitution were con- | cerned, because, he said, he did not wish {to question the motive of the Demo- cratic presidential nominee. | While allowing his contention that - | Gov. Smith had consistently voted for lared it his desire n&’mbi‘j!he saloon to stand, Mr. White said be awarded by | of his other charges, “I could not fn | good conscience press this issue, realiz- ing that Gov. Smith, whom I greatly admire for his many high qualities, feels that my Wflm the pur- ity of his motives, which always should . be granted in any political controversy. “Yesterday, talking to Walter Lipp- Praises Tex Rickard. gave high credit to Tex ¥ ‘Tunne; ird s o Tunney's statement follows: “I bave fought my last bout as a {e:sional possess | agd it has given me something -iess ephemeral than fame—many real and | verm friendships. which I Mope and| expect 40 keep through all the years to come. T always shail take a live and active | interest in boxing.” There is no finer | physical exercise or more engrossing | science. It 15 a game which. properly | conducted. teaches and develops such quaiitics as stamina, confidence, pati- | sonal mann of the World, a friend of Goy. Smith and of mine for many years, I icarmed that Gov. Smith was deeply aggrieved that I should charge him with protecting gambling and prosti- tution ‘in his Assembly record. I mi understand, after considering what Mr, Lippmann said, that the governor in casting those votes ageinst those re- form bills might honestly have felt that the bills w unconstitutional, or were | not emg;ce:‘ le, or infringed upon per- | , or encouraged | blackmatl, mnm. “But Gov. Smith certainly is entitled to fair treatment. I always have tried | to fight fair. I have never consciously Questioned any man's motives, and 80 | ence, self denial, bodily fitness, mental | ness and courage. | “1 have a great affection for boxing | and one of my chief desires has been to | leave the game better than 1 found it. | I have tried to be not only a champion, but 2 sportsman. Sces No Further Opportunity. | “But the time has come when pro- fessional bozing can offer me nothing further that I desire. I am putting it | benind me, grateful for benefits con- ferred. but with the feeling that I am still young enough %o make a new start in other fields 1 e is no contender at the present who appears capable of attracting blic interest. If there were I delay my retirement long enough # him in the ring. but it looks | this issue. this morning, before the morni TS have come and before I kno‘:n:::ge!( any, reply Gov. Smith has made to my statement of yesterday, I desire to with- draw the charges formally in so far as they affect his votes on gambling and 1250 ARE ARRAIGNED - INTEXTILE STRIKE Workers, Jailed for Rioting, Brought to Court in Trucks. Br the Associated Press NEW BEDFORD, Mass., July 31— | Weary and hoarse after a night of confinement at police headquarters dur- ing which they sang and cheered al-| most continuously, 250 textile strikers, arrested yesterday afternoon and last night, went into District Court for ar- raignment. All were charged with ri- oting. National Guardsmen, called out to ald police when a crowd of 10,000 strikers and sympathizers threatened to storm the Central Police Station to release the prisoners, had been withdrawn to the State Armory. Pickets Sparser Today. Mill gates were day with the hnm% | | | o the e Whitman where started of several hundred pickets were on duty and a crowd of over 2,000 looked on, Still deflant, as they were wi they picketed en masse at mill gates last night contrary to police the strikers, 82 of them hard today under the orders. women, tried handicap of ph 1 exhaustion to carry on the militant spirit. Thousands of strikers, sympathizers and spectators lined the streets near the courthouse to cheer the arrival of truck loads of pickets. The prison- ers cheered and waved greetings to their sympathizers. The first defendants to be a ed were 17 pickets of the New ord Texttle Council who had obtained bail after their arrests last night. The cases of all were continued until Thurs- After their arrai ts the police began bringing in the strikers who had spent the night in cells at police head- quarters. These defendants were all pickets of the textile mill committees, | day upon request of counsel. prostitution, but not his positicn as to the saloon { “On the question of the menace of | Tammany and of Gov. Smith's Tam- many record for the open saloon, the | whole issue of the campaign is coming. Other Questions Passing. “Organized, protected prostitution is quickly passing out of American life, | and that izsue is not vital; but, vital or | not, I could not in good conscience press | “80 the 10 or a dozen votes on gam- | bling and prostitution come out, of the record, hope now American news- s if it might be two or three years before a dangerous opponent is de- veloped. That is oo long o stand and papers, and particularly Republican | newspapers, will give the same consid- | rration to this statement that they gave | to my statement yesterday.” | Mr. White last night had made pub- | lic the results of the two-week study | made for him of the New York Assem- bly Journal to show “the record of Gov, Alfred E. 8mith as it affects the saloon | and the allies of the saloon, made by him as Assemblyman during the first dozen years of his political career.” The “record shows, Mr. White said, that as a n.ember of the AsSembly Gov. Smith favored the old-time “wide open, untrammelled, unregulated saloon,” and voted against measures introduced for the purpose of putting restrictions upon it fought again it would have ard. 1 regard him ing promoter of all nat another champlon will ollow me. T can think of no more | le hands than Rickard's in which | the selection of such a man v as he will necessarily be! guided by the advice and assistance of | snother man, to whom I owe more than 1 can express. There could be no more | fitting time than this for me 1 pay tribute to the untarnished honor. th wist counsel, the generous friendship and the lion’s heart of that grand old man of am Muldoon o place iy & belt, or other su supremacy, w be awarded by nm 10 that boxer who, through a series of elim bouts, or victories over the mos idable opponents that can be oblained, shall prove himself de- serving of it "1 have no thought of trying nate my suceessor Smith’s Idea of Saloon. Gov. Smith's record on the saloon a | dozen or 20 years ago is chiefly impor- | tant today in view of the fact that he defied the platform of the mocratic parly and promised to introduce & liquor plan of his own” Mr, White satd “His record shows what his idea was of a good saloon when he was & Tammany assemblyman. Mr. White pointed out that the rec- ord was jade when Gov, Smith was a young man 1%, of course. unfair to judge Gov records of 20 years something of his view- ¥ be found in that record,” Mr o nomi- and say, ‘Ma DENIES POISON CHARGE. Mis. 2e)) he best man win Smith ago y Pleads Not Guilty Husband's Life assume that which Al, if h* has not hi: mnid since 1903, the which be wonld restore to the American people would be wide open trom 5 o'clock in the merning tll far nto the night, could he within 200 feet of schoois and churches; could be op- erated by man who could not ged Mrs. Grace Marie Zell today pleaded 0! not guilty before Justice Peyton Gordon 0 an indictment charging her with mixing poison in & quantity of whisk with intent to take the life of her hus- M. Zell, he is Ty g L L e T BTy | o ML (e faw 3t e oonile The womsn was arrested recently “Ontrol the judge before whom he was when the police heard of an alleged | tried and gef a suspended sentence. plot by which she was ssid 1o have ar- Would Prevent Ousting. ranged to go on &n automobile ride 3 with her husband, from whom she has | “And we find finslly & record 1o pre: een sepurated for 11 years, and {o ger |Vt the people of “the nefghborhoc Sim drunk and then aaminister the [0m voling 10 oust th saioon even doctored whisky. Afterward, ft thongh 40 per cent of the neighbors tition for an eleetion. Here s the e Billcio B spndf i o iy wide open. untrammelled, unregulated torney M. M. Grudd appeared for t aloon of the good old days. Here, in- o - deed migh' Gov. Smith put his foot on The bar and blow off the froth as he > publicly vaarned to do in an interview Bremen Flyer Under Knife vith the Mew York Times in 1923 this | the so-called radical ™ The court proceedings promised to be lengthy. H Read Riot Act. As news spread of the olesale roundup last night, a crowd estimated at 10,000 gathered about the police sta- tion. Chief of Police S8amuel D. Mc- Leod then called upon Battery E of the Coast Artiliery, while deputy sheriffs forced their way into the throng to read the riot act, The National Guardsmen surprised | the mob by pouring out of the station with fixed bayonets, and, although a few stones greeted their arrival, the crowd was quickly pushed back and | the streets cleared for two blocks in | all directions. An erroneous report that a man or woman had heen stabbed by a soldler's bayonet temporarily caused fresh excitement. Police found complications in several cases where both parents had been ar- rested, leaving large familles of small children to wander in the streets or seek shelter from neighbors. The cases v.‘O:e referred to the Children’s Ald So- clety. While the so-called radicals were contending with police the textile coun- cil met and voted to submit to its con- stituent unions the question of arbi- trating the strike as proposed last week by the Btate Board of Arbitration and Conciliation at & meeting attended by representatives of labor and manufac- turers, ‘The unions are expected t0 make krown their deciston by Thurs- day night, LINDBERGH LANDS PLANE T0 FIX MOTOR TROUBLE | | | Wife of His S8anta Barbara Host Leaves Him at Flagstalt to Return hy Train. By the Associated Press EAST VAUGHN, N. M. July 31.- Col. Charles Lindbergh, who landed | here last night to refuel and repair minor motor trouble, expected to hop today for an unannounced destination. The colonel came in from the West at 7:15 pm. yesterday after a flight from Santa Barbs Calif. He made an nn'rnlmduu stop at Flagstaff, Ariz, to refuel, Mrs. John D. Mitchell, wife of his host at Banta Barbara, and & mechanic {With whom he had flown over the | Grand Canyon left the plane at Fl staff, Arlz. Mrs. Mitchell met frien {on the Westhound train there and re- {turned 1o California, it was sald. Toledo to Vote on City Manager. 2 = Referring to a bill in 1910 which fried som Hieneteld, suwner snd passen. | “0Ud_have resricied_the_number_of ger of the transatlantie plane Bremen, | (Continued on Page 8, Oolumn 3. was operated on for appendicitis today e o e Yiis condivion wes reporied as satisfgg- | . e Sdn 3 " | Radig Progr sy Jose 2 TOLEDO, Ohlo, July 31 (#).—A new city charter providing for the city muumatorm of government will be stbm to Toledo voters at the No- :;mm "?f"fi" the mmmhnfiv elect- raft the propopsd chiarer voted it night, " m - v f | I | second behind the German Schlosske in LONE BEATS INRIOMETERACE OFOYWREFAWLS ‘ 2 |Fleet Englishman Sets New Record, With U. S. Star Poor Fifth. HAMM WINS BROAD JUMP, SHATTERING OLD MARK Miss Robinson Takes 100-Meter Event—Borah, American Hope, Eliminated in Sprints Trial. e | By ihe Associated Press OLYMPTYC STADIUM. AMSTERDAM, | July 31.—American hopes for a dec w.p: Olympic conquest received another jar- | ring setback today in the decisive de- | feat of Lloyd Hahn in the classic 800- | meter championship, although the | wearers of the red, white and biue | shield were able to hold their own by winning two of the four final events on | the day's program. The 800-meter crown went back to England to the tune of the flying feet of Douglas Lowe, the defending cham- pion, with Hahn no better than fifth and with two other Americans last, but y Hamm, the great Georgia Tech broad jumper, won his specialty for Uncle Sam, replacing as champion the American negro, Dehart Hubbard. who was eliminated in the second trials. In ?°l§h of these events Olympic records ell. American Girl Sprinter Wins. In the other two finals, both of which were for woman athletes. the United States also gained an even break. A fact-stepping Chicago lass, Elizabeth | Robinson of the Ilinois Women's A. C.. ran away with the 100-meter cham- pionship in the fast time of 121-5 sec- onds, and Lillian Copeland of the Pasa- dena, Calif., Athletic and Country Club placed second to Halina Konopacka of | Poland in the discus throw. | Both Miss Robinson's 121-5 for the 100 and Miss Konopacka's remarkable discus throw of 39.62 meters were an- | nounced as new world records. Miss Konnopacka's record is the equivalent of 129 feet 11 113-128 inches. The United States continued increas- ing its team total, showing an aggre- te of 71 points for the eight men's als contested thus far. Other totals were: Great Britain, 29; Sweden, 21; | aelr:uny u.h-ngoflnhnd."lq & ek we won yards, from Bylehn | of 8 % led until the final turn when wilted nnd“wal badly Phil Edwards of Canada mm and Seraphin Martin ‘There were nin¢ starters, Hahn jump- h'“:'t%lmmc at }helflm tune\dn;d: mal ¢ pace, closely pursu Y Lowe and Edwards. They kept in that order with the other Americans, Earl Fuller and Ray Watson, bringing up the rear until turn into the home ! stretch, where Lowe shot out and ran | away from his rivals as: though they were standing still. Hahn Falters at Finish. i Hahn had not the least sort of a sprint with which to match Lowe's | spurt and faded badly as three others | passed him. Behind Martii.. the world's | record holder, who was sixth, came his countryman, Keller, with the two Amer- icans last. The record broken by Lowe's great run had stood since the Olympic games at Stockholm in 1912, when it was set at 1:51 9-10 by Ted Meredith. The pace was even faster than when the English- | man won at Paris in 1924, his time | then having been 1:52 2-5. Hamm set a new_ Olympic record by | leaping 25 feet 43, inches, or 7.73 | meters. This was about five inches bet- | ter than his nearest rival, 8. P. Cator of | Haiti, who was second, Al Bates of the United States was third with 24 feet 4!, | inches. | Hubbard was eliminated in the sec- | ond trials. He barely qualified in the | first trials, fouling on his first at-| tempt and pulling 8 muscle slightly on the second. He recovered sufficiently to | leap 7.11 meters, or 23 feet 37, inches on his final try, but was unable to im- | prove and was eliminated. American Beats Nurmi. Macauley Smith, former Yale runner, | performed a feat which has hitherto appeared impossible by running away from the great Finn, Paavo Nurmi, and also Edvin Wide of Sweden in the third and last 5,000-meter trial. Smith won by a great spurt on the last lap. | Wide set the pace most of the way, but did not attempt to chase Smith when the latter, after running third, uncorked a wild finish. Nurmi seemed determined to finish fourth and suc- ceeded in letting Herbert Johnston of Britain pass him. The time was 15 minutes 4 seconds. ‘The 200-meter dash, second trials, got under way with Jacob Schuller of Germany finishing first and Henry Cumming of the United States second, both thereby qualifying for tomorrow's semi-finals, The time was 22 seconds, In the second heat, W. B. Legg of South Africa won from Oyril Gill of Britain, in 21 4.5, while Charley Paddock, the American veteran, romped through the | third heat In the same time, to beat Kugelberg of S8weden by 5 yards. Charley Borah Eliminated. Charley Borah, considered America's best bet, was eliminated in the sixth and last 200-meter semi-final he: which brought together an all-star field. | It was won by the G n, Ht‘lllmmi Koernig, and Percy Willlams of Canada, the new 100-meter champlon, closed 10 beat out and eliminate Borah. Porah had saved himself by finishing the first 200-meter trials, in which only two ran, and which was won in slow time, and it was expected that he would be at his best, with & good chance to come through the next heat, but he ked not quite enough punch to trim [»':c sensational Willlams, Koernig's time in beating Willlams and Borah was 21 seconds, equaling the Olympic record, Schols Easy Winner. Jackson Bcholz, the American defend e not extended to cap- t of the second trial ley of Britain In 3 Was_won by atrick of Canada from the mez Daza. Paddock, Scholz nd Cumming all qualified for tomor- row's heats, while 8mith and Lermond also survived the 5,000-meter trials, G, O, Weightman-8mith, South Afr)- can h 3 the world llo-nu‘ur WO nur%lnlw 3 “ ton Dye and Stephen | had #‘“ he old mark in wo [ The South R SR TS BRITAIN SEEKS .S, APPROVAL OF NAVY - PACT WITH FRANCE TWO CE (#) Means Associated Press. | Franco-British Compromise Expected to Be Presented Today or Tomorrow. 1SUBMARI;IE QUESTION INVOLVED IN PROPOSAL | | Disarmament Conference to Be Arranged if Major Powers Accede. Chamberlain Accepis Invitation for Signing of Kellogg War Pact By the Acociated Eress. LONDON, July 31.—Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign secretary, has accepted an invi- tation from the French govern. :mnt lor.hllle signing of the Kel- ogg outlawry of war in Paris. August 27. Ly The invitation has been for- warded to the dominion govern- (Guns Used to HODVER 0 CONFER et ON FARM QUESTION ay | v | ‘ ) . gsler‘ Traced to Capone Miami Sportsman Is Quiz-; zed by Police—Arrests t Promised. Will Meet Leaders at Cedar! Rapids Parley August | 1 22 and 23. | it e 1 | NEW YORK, July 31.—Police an- | nounced today that they had positive | y . {7 Press. | i " CHICAGO. " July 31—A conference | ™formation that the weapons witn | between the Republican presidential | Vhich Frankie Yale, Brooklyn gangster. | nominee, Herbert Hoover, and repre- | WAS shot to death a month ago in a | sentatives of the farm relief sentiment | 9Uict Brookiyn street came from the ar- in Iowa and other Midwest States has | Senal of “Scarface” Al Capone, Chicago BIER'LI“N. July 31 (#).—A for- mal invitation asking Foreign Minister Stresemann to attend the signing of the Kem out- lawry of war pact in was handed to the foreign office today by the French Ambassador. Although the foreign minister is expected to go to Paris, his formal acceptance of the invita- tion is not likely to be sent teo Paris within the next two weeks, when he returns to Berlin after his short holiday. ROBINSON IS FREED OF MURDER CHARGE Release Expected Today, Following Acquittal for Slay-;! ¥ the Associated Press. LONDON. July 31.—Details of a ing Young Virginian. By 3 Staft Correspondent of The Star, FRONT ROYAL, Va, July 31.— Commonwealth Attorney John H. Downing was taking steps today to nolle prosse a first degree murder been arranged for August 22 and 23 in Cedar Rapids. Towa, it has been an- nounced at Western campaign head- ! quarters here. James W. Good, Western campaign manager for Mr. Hoover, said in mak- | ing the announcement that “the realj pl'oh.lem now is in mecting the lowa farmers.” | racketeer. The history of the weapons, a machine gun, A shotgun and a magazine pis- tol. was revealed, it was said, during a conference today between District Attorney Dood of Brooklyn, Police In- spectors Sullivan and hlin, Parker A. Henderson. jr.. son of a former mayor of Miami, Fla. ‘Police. Chief of Miami. The name of Hénderson, who is a wealthy young sportsman, came into the |to the village of his birth, West! | take part in the conference. | By the Associated Press. | objective of his 650-mile automobile ride The Republican nominee, Mr. Good | stated, would make no public addresses | in Cedar Rapids, but would devote his | time to conferences with farm leaders who have sought to discuss the agri- cultural situation with him. A public mass meeting has been arranged for the evening of August 22, to be ad- dressed by other speakers. Dates for the conferences were fixed to coincide with Mr. Hoover's return seen in Miami. Capone recently used | | Henderton as a go-between in buying | |a home on Palm Island, one of the | |islands in Biscayne Bay between Mi- (ami and Miami Beach, after he had | been ordered to leave town. The home was purchased from Mayor J. Newton Lummus. Yale, or Uale. was shot down as he | | sat at the wheel of his automobile by | gangsters, who drove past in another | The weapons used by the killers found later in an abandoned auto- | e bearing a Tennessee license. { Yale was said by the policé to have | en assoclated with Capone, but to| ave broken with him some time be- fore the killing. Henderson and Chief | Reeve arrived in New York last mghl! of the corn belt committee, which has | { and cm}:s(demble mystery was thrown about their presence. for its aim the improvement of agri-| “pojice said that (hey learned lndnv[ cultural conditions, would be invited to that the guns had been purchased in | Chicago and shipped to Capone m‘ | Miami. Police said they also learned | that at least four Chicago gunmen had | been in conference with Capone in his | Miami home shortly after the shipment | of the weapons. These gunmen, it was | said, after leaving Capone, purchased | (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Branch, Towa, where he is to speak August 21. Leaders in the fight for farm reliet during recent years will be aske attend the Cedar Rapids conferences Mr. Good said. so the Republican | p, nominee may have the benefit of their | views fn the shaping of a farm pro- | gram that will prove -acceptable, 1t was indicated that representatives | . v d 10| mobil HOOVER'S LUCK BAD. Catches No Fish on Noerthern California Vacation Trip. BROWN'S CAMP, NEAR HORN- BROOK, Calif, July 31.—Little luck has come the way 6f Herbert Hoover, Republican presidential candidate, thus | far in his quest for fish in the l'fm(\lr[ places of northern California and south- ern Oregon. But he has attained one | TWOYOUTHS HELD from his home at Stanford University— | charge in the killing of John M. John- son and expected to order the release of Henry C. Robinson, who was ac- | quitted last night by a jury in Warren i | County Circuit Court of a murder | | charge in the shooting of Johnson's 4 L -here Jupe 8. | | death by Robinson after a quarrel | case because of his friendship for Oa- OVer an automobile accident and the pone, with whom he was irequently | State decided to bring the accused to trial first for the killing of the son. The jury returned its verdict at| after three Four ballots ‘There was not a sound 11:30 o'clock last night hours of deliberation. were taken. in the crowded courtroom as the ver- dict was read. Only the acquitted man moved. Turning in his chair, he em- | braced his young wife, who was holding their three-year-old baby Doris u}up.‘ in her arms. Johnsons Are Dazed. The Johnsons appeared dazed when they heard the verdict. only Mrs. Middleton Johnson and five Johnson girls were in court, Mrs. John Johnson, nearly 70, being confined to her bed. Just before the jury filed in, Judge Philip Williams warned the spectators that no demonstration whatsoever would be tolerated. A. dozen armed guards were stationed throughout the room with instructions to arrest any person who commented in any way on the jury's decision. Robinson was the first person to leave the court. His attempt to thank the jurymen was cut short by Judge Willlams, who ordered the sheriff and an armed deputy to take Robinson back to}{:fl at Perryville. Mrs. binson, accompanied by a score of friends and relatives, returned lo her home on the outskirts of the own During the seven weeks since the son. Middleton Johnson, on the main | 1 The father and son were shot to Of the family. | ISAYS HOLLYWOOD FACES that of isolation from politiclans and | things political | Although casting in two rivers—the Rogue in Oregon and the Klamath in | California—the Commerce Secretary falled to pull in a trout of either the steel head or the mountain variety. Upon his return to Stanford on Thursday Hoover will put the finishing | touches on his acceptance address. He had worked for days and weeks on his declaration of issues in the coming cam- paign and desired to get his mind cos pletely off of it before looking it over | for final deciston 1 While he likes this place, Hoover in-: dicated that unless he had success in fishing today. he would move on to the | Pit River, in the general vieinity of | Mount Shasta DANGER OF DAM BREAK Film Producer Brings Suit to Have | Los Angeles Water Bureau Drain Reservoir [ By the Awsociated Pross | LOS ANGELES, July 31 --Charging that the Mulholland Dam, overlooking Hollywood, is unsafe and that its fail- ure would cause property damage of | $300,000,000 and great loss of life, suit | has been filed In Superior Court here | asking that the Los Angeles Municipal | Water and Power Bureau be forced to drain the reservolr The sult was brought by David Hors- ley, who said he was a film producer. Oriticism of the dam. was made after the fallure of the St. Francis Dam, ai other part of the l'&mnmmnl Water sy tem, last March cently two comm tees of engineers declared the Mulhol- land Dam safe. MISS EARHART AIDS BYRD.| Woman Flyer Donates $1,500 to| Antarotic Flight Fund. NEW YORK, July 31 (). —Miss Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly voss the Atlantic Ocean, yesterday sent a check for §1600 to Comdr. Richard E. Byrd as her contribution toward the Antarctio expedition, In her letter Miss Earl told the - ml!lfl ‘h}! hh‘y"mhnw‘fl ploneer- vision largely made sudcess . SiBier ' e might to Engiand "o | trl-motared plans Frien | ' H ' IN MURDER GASE Humphrey ~ Whorton and John Atkins Jailed After Al- 8pecial Dispateh to E WARRENTON, Va., July 31.—John Atkins, 21 years old, of Sperryville, Va., was arrested early this morning at his home by Rappahannock County officers alter Humphrey Whorton, 18 years old, also of Sperryville, is sald to have im- plicated him in the slaying of Edgar Jenkins, 27, an employe of the State highway department Jenkins was slain Friday night when he was lured to a woods near Sperryville and killed with a shotgun. Whorton was arrested after the body was found Sunday, while riding a new motor cycle which he s said to have bought with money taken from the slain man, Whorton sald he got $i8 and Atkins | took the rest of the $200 Jenkins was reported to have had at the time. When questioned by Commonwealth's Attorney Willlam M. Moffett and Sherift i Jenkins, Whorton, who is said by triends to be subnormal mentally, is alleged to have confessed slaying Jenkins to get the money. “1 killed Mm for his money.” the officials say he told them. T killed a man in West Virginia two years ago. 1 {o'. )y with it and thought I could get away with this, I bought the motor cyele so 1 could State road cop. All T need s & cap. Soon after his arrest and the reputed confession became known feeling in Washington, the county seat, teached such a pitch that he was spirited away to Warrenton, from where, the sherift said today, he was taken to another fal Atkins 1s being held in the county jail | in Washington, and uo far has refused | 1 | shooting. Mrs. Robinson has handled her | husband's photographic business, ar- | |ranged for his defense and taken care of her home and baby. | Throughout the trial, Mrs. Robinson | has been under a terrific strain. Her | only breakdown In court, however. came | | vesterday afternoon when the strident | \tones of the defense attorneys fright- | ened the baby, which began to ery. While trying to comfort the child, the | | mother's overwrought nerves gave way | and she cried for about five minutes, | | finally leaving the courtroom, not to \relurn until she had regained her com- | posure. Accused Authorities. Since the opening of the trial, five days ago, Front Royal has been the | sathering point for people from mile: around. The closing session yesterda: | turnished the fireworks for which lhr! | Sbectators have been waiting patiently he relations between opposing coun sel were unusually n-lend{v during the , frst part of the trial, but became dly stralned yesterday, when Defense Attor. jueys W. C. Armstrong and Aubrey { Weaver accused four town authorities, | Wecluding Commonwealth Attorney | Dol'nlnf. of being responsible for the ! death of the two Johnsons. ‘The Dlood of John and Middleton ! Johnson stains the hands of the town authorities, not those of the defendant lurbins(m." Mr. Weaver shouted. | Robinson's appeals for aid and pro- |tection were denied by the mayor, the | | lustice of the peace, the deputy sheriff | |and the commonwea was left with no alter: ct himself.” Turning to Mr. Weaver leaned over ;\nd‘moul::: “You, Mr. Downing. are much to blame for these killings. When the ac- cused came to you for protection, you refused to help him, saying that you were going to a ball game." Judge Intervenes, The commonwealth nttormey, le With anger, jumped trom his chair ::d. denying that he had ever made any such statement, n&puled to Judge Wil- lams for protection. Attorney W. F. Moffett, the third defense lawyer, loft his’ seat at this point and started to speak, but was dragged back by Weave:, As the wrangle continued Judge Wil- Ith attorney, He native but to pro- | Downing, Attorney tife counsel table to discuss the charges in any way. Both are held without bond for m{ SBeptember O ammonwealti's Attorney Moftett left th'fl morning and is be tar and he mur- wi leved to to Harpers Fprry m‘fik on dor refs to two m‘l... - | Greorge [ 1 foroed to requ 1 ‘m.';:““”'\‘r ':n.‘ ,::ou‘nu to ‘The bad feeling broke out again when D. e s P 3 i 6 | Pranco-British naval compromise, men- |tioned by Sir Austen Chamberlain, | foreign secretary, the House of yesterday, are stated to have | been cabled to the British Ambassador jat Washingotn, where they are ex- pected to be presented today or tomor- Tow. | Commons | the tof | of war vessels is upon.) Submarine Question Involved. ‘The question of submarine construc~ tion is definitely involved in the com- promise, the spokesman said. In the event that the United States and other nations accept the compro- | mise, another meeting of the prepara- | tory commission on irmament of the League of Nations will be | consider the next step. In the event that the United States and other nations reject the compro- mise. a meeting will be called to consider modifications of it. The compromise will not become effective until the major powers accede to it. |, The government s care- | fully explained that the naval compro- Yy mise in no sense is an ent as to definite reductions. It is essentially a “formula of prineiples” on which reduc- tions can be made. What those princi- ples are, however, the government is unwilling to state at present. It was stated that the comprom: would not affect the Kellogg outlawry of war pact, but that the pact would | have much effect upon the compromise in that the pact raised the ideal of out- | lawing war toward which the naval | compromise was considered a concrete | step. The hope was expressed that the principle which has now been reached would inspire the calling of another naval disarmament conference, for | which the work of the preparatory commission was a preliminary. Possibility of renewed discussions among the principal naval powers hing- ing on the submarine was advanced by some observers today in commenting on Sir Austen Chamberlain’s statement in the House of Commons. Sir Austen indicated that the first open discussion of a compromise prob- ably would be by the preparatory com- mission for a disarmament conference of the League of Nations. When this commission found its work brought to a standstill last March through the impossibility of reaching an agreement, the question of the con- struction of submarines was one of the main_difficulties between Great Britair and France. Great Britain, having a large merchant fleet, wanted restriction of submarine construction. France was opposed. Lieut. Comdr. J. M. Kenworthy asked in Commons whether the proposals for i | armament limitation were purely naval | or not. Sir Austen replied that the proposals which he had indicated dealt with disagreements which arose with egard to naval issues in which Great Britain had great interest, as her mili- fary forces were very small when com- pared with those of other countries Discusses Kellogg Pact. Turning from the discussion of dis- mament to a discussion of ce, Sir Austen made this comment in regard o the Kellogg treaty outlawing war as al ll;\s‘l‘rumelm of national policy: - ' merican opinion ranges itselt behind its own qu,\x . treaty will be a most f terrent to war and an ag ;nm;‘ v,'lgx“ablr security to ce. This s what his majesty's governmen: it will be" o b v Former Premier David Lioyd George said that unless the Kellogg pact were followed by disarmament on the part of the powers and by the withdrawal of troops from the Rhine! the people would understand that had been tricked and that the thing was “pure humbug.” PLAN AWAITED HERE. land they whole By the Assoclated Press The State Department was still await- ing today the communication from the London government i regard to naval disarmament developments between England and France referred to by 8ir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign mmu:r. in his House of Commons speech. In view of the fact that secretary sald that the prelbmmary ¢ n wfiwfim&"m