Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather ' Bureau Furecast.) Fair and continued warm today and tomorrow, followed by thundershowers tomorrow afternoon or night. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news » ‘Temperatures—Hi Pp.m. yesterday: lo Full report ighest, 91, at 1:45 west, 71, at 6 am. on page 7 ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o ;fi%?filif. service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 99,484 ntered as seco post office, Wa POLISH PLANE SEEN DFF FRENCH COAST DN TRANSATLANTIC OP T0 NEW YORK dzikowski and Kubala Be- | lieved Well Out to Sea After, Take-Off From Le Bourgetf Airdrome at Dawn. EATHER IS STORMY AND VISIBILITY POOR! 00-Mile-an-Hour Speed by Airmen‘ Indicated—Plan to Fly Over| Azores and Reach Goal Late To- morrow—Have Heavy Load Ofi Fuel for Long Flight. By the Associated Press. LORIENT, France, August 3—Headed through heavy clouds and mists, the Polish transatlantic plane Marzalek pilsudski, which left Le Bourget early is morning for New York, was believed ell out to sea on her long flight today. Three hours and 24 minutes after a zardous take-off with their heavy plane, Majs. Louis Idzikowski and Kasimir Kubala were reported sighted by the French trawler Pinquin 60 miles off the French coast. The Pinquin sent a wireless message %o the maritime prefect at L'Orient that the white plane was sighted at 8:10 am (Greenwich mean time) in lati- gude 47 north and longtitude 4.30 west. | Prhe plane was headed westward when sighted. | From the position given it is assumed | that the Poles left the French coast be- | tween the Gulf of Morbiham and | L’'Orient. { Visibility Is Poor Visibiilty was poor and none of the | coastal stations or other lookouts saw | the plane. | The spot at which the fiyers were re- | Krn‘d is approximately 350 miles from | Bourget, indicating that the Polish | airmen were doing approximately 100 | amiles an hour, or slightly better than perhaps Bermuda striking directly for the United States. Aerial Escort Turns Back PARIS, August 3 (#).—The escort of the Polish fiyers turned back today after ing that the transatiantic airmen were going so well. No further report has reached Paris of their sighting since they passed over | Dreux, 60 miles from here. But as com- munication with the provinces is slow and Rennes is the only large town on | their way, there was no ¢oncern yet. TAKE OFF AT DAWN. Tolish Fiyers Hope to Reach New York Tomorrow. LE BOURGET, Prance, August 3 (#). —Two Polish knights of the air sped westward with the dawn today, hoping to make the first non-stop east-to-west ht to New York from France. ajs. Louis Idzikowski and Kazimir Kubala of the Polish air service hopped o at 5:46 am. Paris daylight-saving time, 11:46 p.m. Thursday, Eastern #landard time, in their plane christened Marszalek Pilsudski, in honor of the Polish dictator. The hopes of the airmen were high, though the barometer was low, The; nt against the advice of the French ‘weather service, but were confident in word {from America that they would run nts good conditions on that side of the Atlantic, T expected to land at New ‘ Saturday afternoon after a fiight of from 3,000 to 4,000 miles, de- pending on the route followed. A/ strong northeasterly breeze wafted them | on their course, which led southwest | over the Azores | The plane passed over Dreux, about | 50 miles from Le Bourget, at 6:38 am. ng westward at a height of | and at good speed ! Circle Around Suburbs. H The airmen eircled widely around the | Paris suburbs and signaled to escorting | planes that all was going well by waving | their arms. The Polish plane seemed e flying smoothly and powerfully. the sirmen hopped off later r reports were received. While | ere not 1o favorable, they of- ast more chances of success onditions which prevailed atly ench airmen agreed that the Poles had made their siart under much more favorable auspices than the mpts to fly from Parls ili-fated flight of nd Coll and the attempt Corbu, who turned back 1,500 fe word 1dzi- Chis Russian what of of adio, and was which, the: would prove usele 1dzikowski in Pilot’s Seat Idzikows u leather coal climbed into the wok the pllovs seat dungarees, 0ok behind. One slight in- he start when an oil and overfiowed, Bix m the big | when the motor stopped. The plane COURTNEY ON WAY | New York goal today on board the Brit- y | rescue and saying the shi the | |Row Over Sending Cutters to Bahamas nd class matt er shington, G 'FRED STONE INJURED IN CRASH FLYING FOR PILOT'S LICENSE| Plane Goes Into Nose Dive While Veteran Comedian Is Making Solo Flight. | | | Actor Suffers Leg Fracture‘! !k \ Scalp Wound and J Abrasions. By the Associated Press. NEW LONDON, Conn, August 3.— Fred Stone, veteran comedian. suffered a compound fracture of his right leg. fracture of his left leg. scalp wound and external abrasions when a biplane i which he was making a solo flight from the Groton airport today went into a nose dive and crashed, bury- ing him in the wreckage. At the Lawrence and Memorial Hos- pital, where he was taken for treatment, | it was stated at noon that it would be impossible to say at this time whether | ___ or not Stone's injuries will force him to end the stage career which he start- ed at the age of 11, in 1884. Stone holds a student fiyer's license and has been practicing solo flying with the intention of securing a pilot's certificate. | Plane Went Into Nose Dive. | Stone had been in the air 10 minutes | and was returning to the flying field i | went into a nose dive. Stone was fly- ing low at the time and was unable to right the plane and it continued on down, burying its nose in the ground. Stone was pinned in the wreckage until persons living in the vicinity, and who had seen the fall, reached the splort and helped him to extricate him- sel The veteran actor came to Groton this morning with his daughter Paula, in the plane in which he later crashed but which at that time was being WASHINGTON, D. FRIDAY, AUGUST o BA 1998 —TWENTY-SIX PAGES. | | | piloted by Lieut. John. L. Chapman, his flight instructor. After the trio landed Stone decided to try a solo flight and, taking his | place at the controls, took off from the | field. He circled over the field several times gradually widening his circle until he was some miles distant Flew From Summer Estate. Stone has a Summer estate in Lyme, Conn., which he calls Star Ranch, and it was from there that the party flew to Groton this morning. From the farm where he crashed, he was brought by automobile to the hospital here, a distance of several miles. ‘The Groton Airport is a Poquonock, which is south of the Rhode Island State line. The airport was opened recently and the 43d Division Air Serv- ice of the Connecticut National Guard has just completed a two-week en- campment there. T00. 3. ONLINER Flyer Aboard Rescue Ship.i Forced Down at Sea in Burning Plane. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 3.—Capt. Frank T. Courtney and three companions, forced down in Midatlantic in a burning plane, were safely on their way to their ish liner Minnewaska. A suggestion of the hazards they had faced was contained in a brief message to Mrs. Courtney in London. “Had to come down owing to fire. Nothing to worry about,” radioed the British air- man. There wunnzh:er a m}m his message of the 1 urs of ing on the ocean u\lnv:: which !ouo;_ed the descent, until t! were Tescu The plane, onywhk‘.h Courntey had concentrated months of endeavor in the hope of realizing his ambiition to fiy across the Atlantic westward, was abandoned to the seas which had claim- ed it. This information was relayed by the steamer Cedric. Had Covered 600 Miles. - |istan and the British Empire. took the rs aboard. -n.c‘lm c-n;y;: Courtney and crew from plane. All is well,” Capt. Claret of the Minnewaska wirelessed to the Radio Marine Corporation late yesterday aft- ernoon when fears were beginning to be felt that the plane had sunk and the rs were lost. meme International Mercantile Marine also received a message from the cap- tain of the Minnewaska telling of the was pro- ceeding to New York with all speed. No. further details were given. The Minnewaska is due to dock at New York Monday morning. Drifted Nearly 10 Hours For nearly 10 hours Courtney and his three companions, E. D. Hosmer, Mon- treai banker and backer of the flight: E. W. Gilmour, radio operator, and Fred Pierce, mechanic, had been drifting helplessly in a strong current. When they landed on the water and sent out their 8 O 8 calls they gave their position as 42 north latitude, 41 west longitude. The Minnewaska found them, however, at 42:27 north, 39:05 west, almost a hundred miles from their | original position and approximately 1,500 miles from New York It was shortly after 6 o'clock yester- day morning that the first message came telling of the fiyers’ plight. “Need immediate help but in no immediate danger,” he said They had landed near the southern | steamship lane and many ships hearing | their calls for aid turned from their | zourses toward the position given RIVER SPEEDER HALTED. | CHESTER, 1., August 3 (®).—The | record of 90 hours between New Or- | leans and St. Louis on the Mississippi | remained undisturbed today. Six hours | ahead of the mark set by the packet { boat, Robert E. Lee, in 1870, the speed- boat Bogle struck a snag 30 miles be- low here early today and was so crip- | pled as to be eliminated in the contest ainst time flhr Louls Leroy, in command of the motor boat, took the disaster in good grace, and made the statement that ¥ tions among the British, Prench, Ital- | my governments, KING GEORGE LAUDS KELLOGG WAR PACT Confident Treaty Will Be| Peace Guarantee, Ruler Tells Parliament. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 3.—Confidence that | the Kellogg pact to outlaw war will be an important guarantee of peace was expressed by King George in proroguing Parliament today. The speech from the throne said: “My government has been happy to accept the proposed treaty for the re- nunciation of war in the form in which it was finally proposed to them by the Government of the United States. The proposed treaty has similarly been ac- cepted by my governments in the do- minions and my government of India. “It is my confident expectation that when completed it will constitute a new and important guarantee of the world's peace.” Cites Good Relations. The King expressed gratification:over the visit of the King and Queen of Afghanistan last March, which strength- ened good relations between Afghan- The speech took notice that negotia- ian and Spanish governments for the revision of the Tangler statute had reached a successful conclusion, and under the terms Italy became a con- tracting party to the statute and Spain received additional guarantees for the security of her zone, A treaty, the speech said, had been signed regulating the relations between Great Britain and Persia and providing for the abrogation of existing provisions which limit the right of Persia to settle her customs tariff autonomously. The speech continued: “In harmony with the resolution of the imperial conference of 1926 recom- mending further development of the present system of consultation between arrangements have | been completed for the appointment by my government in Britain of a repre- sentative in Canada with the title of high commissioner. He will proceed to Ottawa in September. Improved Telegraph Systems. “The imperial wireless and cables conference supmitted an unanimouys re- port on improvement in telegraphic communications between several parts of my empire. To the principles under- lying the report, the governments con- cerned are favorably disposed. 1 hope with the whole-hearted co-operation of the telegraph systems that the various parts will be organized to the lasting benefit of my empire.” The speech mentioned that the com- missioners appointed to inquire into the agricultural and rural economy of Brit- ish India had submitted a report con- taining many recommendations for the welfare of the rural population. Regarding the British basic industries and the high level of unemployment, the speech pointed out that the min- isters had prepared a scheme which was expected to give the necessary relief. Assent was given to the measure as- similating local governments and to the parliamentary franchise of men and women which will confer equal electoral rights on the two sexes. Twelve Soldiers Die in Blast. | BERLIN, August 3 (#).—Dispatches | | from Bromberg report that 12 Lithu- anian soldiers were killed and 100 in- | though the boat could not go on he had demonstrated that the mark could | be hettered | E— | May Block Ai rt was made the avialors | g (1. Associated Press e utmost in the their success was t minute. ldzikowski of teking off wi ton Sesqui plane with & )-horsepower molor, Was ce as he pulled down his | threatened to prevent the dispatch of & | cejved from British suthorities, 4 hunched over the controls. | o ey 1 u schooner reported In dis- | Guard officials explained that the loca- motor roaring and spitting the fiyers gave & started plue flames of their hands the plane trundling down and he field, ae: companied by cries of encouragement. \Conlinued on Page 2, Column 7.) but | laps Kubala was cool and prac- Reluctance by Coast Guard officlals to send American cutters into Bahaga aters because have developed with Britlsh authorities g | over their rum chasing activites today | | n- | tress in that area, Lauderdale, Pla, from the Belgian tanker - £ of differences which | The Coast Guard Btation at Fort received a message scaroline that & five-masted schooner with ' was at Key West, jured in the explosion of a Lithuanian | munition depot at the town of Olity, {on the Polish-Lithuanian frontler. d for Distressed Ship {more than a score of men on board was reported in distress near East Brother Rock, which 18 five miles east | of Great Isanc in the Bahamas. The Lauderdale station transmitted a message here, but it was sald that no | steps o send assistance were probable Anisee s request for aid should by re- Coast tion of the schooner was in British waters and that in the past differences had developed at several times over :Ray Barbuti U.S. TAKES FIRST VIGTORY ON TRACK OF OLYMPIC MEET of Syracuse Captyres Quarter Mile in Terrific Drive. i FROM COMPLETE ROUT Finns Triumph in 5,000-Meter Race—Yankee Is Third in Field Events, America to Enter British Field Meet With 51 Athletes By the Assoclated Press. AMSTERDAM, August 3.— American Olympic officials de- cided today to take 51 athletes to London next Thursday for re- newal of the track and field battle with the British Empire August 11 at Stamford Bridge. The veterans Jackson Scholz and Charley Paddock are not in- cluded in the sprint list, which comprises Henry Russell, Jimmy Quinn, Frank Wykoff, Charley Borah and Fred Alderman, the latter running in the 200 and the medley relay. By the Associated Press. OLYMPIC STADIUM, AMSTER- DAM, August 3.—Ray Barbuti brought the United States its first running track victory of the Olympic games by win- ning the 400-meter championshfp to- day. Big Barbuti, former Syracuse Univer- sity foot ball star, scored in brilliant style over a field of the greatest quar- ter milers in the world. His victory saved the United States from utter rout in the track events, as| this was the last of the Olympic cinder path races with the exception of the relays. Barbuti’'s time was 47 4-5 seconds, which s within 1-5 second of the Olympic record. Finland started the day with another impressive victory, Willie Ritola carry- ing off the 5,000-meter crown, with his teammate and rival, Paavo Nurmi, sec- ond, and the only American to finish, Leo Lermond, fourth. “Barbuti’s victory was the sixth men's championship * won for .the United States thus far in the games, but it was the most welcome of all, as the other five titles were gained in the fleld events, while foreign footracers ran away with all’ the cinder-path laurels in sight. | ' Collapses at Emd. Herman Phillips of the Iilinois Ath- letic Club, the second American to reach the final, also placed among the int winners, in the 400 meters, fin- hing sixth. The American barely withstood a ter- rific closing drive to beat James Ball of Canada by inches and collapsed after scoring his vietory. Barbuti giving every ounce of energy and heart, raced into the stretch® with the lead, having passed the two Ger- mans, Buechner and Storz,.but began to falter with the tape in sight. He fought "is way forward as Ball rushed up gaining at every stride. The Amer- ican barely got to the tape first. Fall- ing forward full length on the track. Barbuti drew the pole position, while Phillips was far outside. Phillips was off in flashy style and led at the half way point with Barbuti running easily. ‘The German favorite, Joachim Buch- ner made his bid around the last turn and moved out, followed by his country- man, Harry Storz. Barbuti, picking up, gained rapidly and had a clear four yards with 50 meters to go, the Canadian, Ball, timed his spring too late and ed by less than 1 foot to catch the American, who fought to the finish courageously. Although Phillips brought the United States 1 point he finished last as the field numbered but six. He weakened somewhat after setting a killing pace. Americans Go Wild. ‘The American contingent, which has been sitting gloomily for five days, went wild as the big ex-Syracusan won this event for America for the first time since 1912. Picked up after his great finish, Barbuti staggered drunkenly for a few moments, but revived quickly enough to respond to cheers and jog off_the field. The order of finish in was: Barbuti, U. 8, Buchner, Germany; Storz, Germany, Phillips, U. 8. ‘The Olympic record, which Barbuti just fell short of equaling, was 473-5, set by Eric Liddell of Great Britain in winning the event in Parls, in 1924, Strangely enough the last American to win the classic 400 at the Olympics was a product of the same New York State institution, Syracuse University. Charley Reidpath won at Stockholm in 1912, Since then the champlonship has gone to South Africa and Great Britain. With the single exception of Liddel's great run. Barbuti’s was the fastest 400 meters in Olympic history. Barbuti’s right side, elbow and leg were scraped and bruised by his fall, Dr. J. H. Larson, the team's physician, declared the injury was only superficial, although the elbow appeared to he slightly twisted Barbuti in the center of an excited and happy group of American officlals in the dressing room, smiled as the trainer, Peter Poole, attended to his bruises and skin torn in his headlong finishing dive. Took Early Lead. “I wanted to see the Stars and Stripes go up that middle pole so bad 1 felt like going out and raising it my- self,” Barbuti declared, to which Head Conch Lawson Robertson replied “You did.” Barbuti said he changed his usual tactics of getting the lead ns soon as possible and holding it instead of run- ;:m,‘ risks in trying to come from be- in “1 never noticed the other runners after the start,” said Barbuti, "I heard them, but all I kept thinking was, ‘Run. kid, run’ “I don’t remember anything of the last 100 meters except a mad desire to get to that tape, °t seemed a mile off when I guess I was only 60 meters from it I hope my folks know about it." this great race | Ball, Canada; | Rinkel, Britain; Douglas Lowe of England, who won the 800-meter champlonship, was among American cutters entering that area. It was said t the nearest cutter the first to congratulate the American. “You ran mi 1, Lowe “"(Continued on Page 3, Column 9 MANY FORMER U. S. WORKERS FAIL TO CLAIM RETIREMENT PAY o, of Dollses Piling B i Pl at Treasury—McCarl Orders Careful Check Made. Thousands of dollars are piling up in the civil service retirement fund at the Treasury, belonging to persons who have retired from the Government serv- ice, but who have failed to claim their own retired pay. This was disclosed today as the re- sult of a careful check which is being made of the status of the retired pay throughout the Government depart- ments by a new ‘system of accounting established by Controller General Mc- Carl in co-operation with the depart- ments and establishments. For instance, one of the first estab- lishments to complete a check on its retired pay list, the Veterans' Bureau, found that there was a fund of more than $115,000 which belonged to per- sons who had retired, but had not ask- | ed for their own money. Regarded as Indication. This figure was believed by officials making the inquiry as an indication of the fact that the same thing was hap- pening throughout the Government service, with the prospect that hundreds of thousands of dollars of idle money belonging to former Government work- ers is lying unclabmed, drawing no in terest whatever, in the coffers of the ‘Treasury Department. Under the law. the retired pay draws interest during the serviec of the Government workers, but at their departure from the service by retirement their fund cases to draw intrest, according to officials. L= CROSSING THE STR How much there is of this idle money belonging to retired government work- ers has not as yet been figured by any agency, as it will be known only when the final checks are all completed throughout the deparfments and estab- lishments. But it is believed the total probably will be amazingly large. Every effort is put forth by govern- ment officials, they say, to see that each person who leaves the service is informed of the fact that money has been deducted from his pay and can be had upsn application on the proper form. 1In some departments it is known' that application blanks are furnished to | employes as a part of the routine of retirement. Records Being Checked. ;Detailed records of the have withdrawn their it pay are on file in the Retirement Division of the Department of Interior and will | be used as a check t the res now being compiled McCarl's new orders throughout the departments. It was predicted by some officials today that perhaps it twould be found that some persons lad applied for and ob- tained their retirement tunds direct from the Retirement Division later on and that there might have been no record on file in the Veterans’ Bureau. The civil gervice fund at the Treasury, according to computation as of July 31, amounted to $104,195,050. This includes $19,950,000, the first contribution ever made by the Federal Government, which under law was added to the contributions deducted from employes’ pay, beginning July 1, the first of the present fiscal year. who AF.OFL ISREADY TOSTRIKEATREDS Communists Attenipt to Win Over Rail Workers and Miners. | | | Special Dispatch to The Star ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,, August 3.— | The battle between communism and American labor has only started. The executive council of the American Fed- eration of Labor, meeting here, has un- dertaken in almost Nation-wide offen- sive, bringing the warfare again to an acute stage, because of fresh attacks by the Communists, which President Green charges are under orders from Moscow. Two of the outstanding facts that have moved the council to take up, the cudgels, which have been comparatively at rest since the fur workers' battle ended some 18 months ago, are that the Communists have called a convention of railroad workers to meet in Chicago on October 1 and that they have called a convention of miners to meet in Pitts- burgh on September 1. Make Open Moves. What the Communists have done by these two open moves is to launch a campalgn In two great flelds where American Federation of Labor unions have been powerful and in a manner As to what form this counter attack As to what for mthis counter attack will take Mr, Green has no plans to dis- close, saying merely that each situation will be met as seems wisest, ‘The Communists have abandoned their program of “boring from within," and are now launching direct and open attack, which means reshaping of the whole contest. That the United States Government can or will take any active steps in the domestic fight between the American Federation of Labor and its Communist opponents 15 probably out of the ques- tion, but the situation is not without its bearing on the general question of relations with Russia, and that aspect of the matter is freshened by these present developments, Keep Track of Activities. The council had evidence here of Communist activities in a half dozen trades and as many States, and it also has the records, council members point out, that show the underlylng purpose of the Communist propaganda to strike at the unions as & means of striking ultimately at the institutions of Ameri- can Government. WAR THREAT SEEN ON POLISH BORDER Martial Law Reported in| Cracow and Lvov as First Move on Lithuania. BY JOHN GUNTHER. By Cgble to The St 0 MOSCOW, August 3.—Reports from Berlin stat: that the town of Vilna has | been declared in a state of siege and that Marshal Pilsudski, the Polish dic- tator, is planning to assemble 40,000 Legionanaires th: in preparation for the oft threatened coup to wipe Lithu- ania off the map. Such reports are common enough, but & deeply serlous view is taken of today's report, cspecially since it is said the Berlin foreign ofice has officlally pro- tested to Poland and has sent an emis- sary to France to warn the English gov- ernment of the danger of war. = Additional “eports state that martial law has been established in Cracow, Lvov and other Polish towns and that there is intense military activity on the frontler. Pllsukski is quoted as saying he will in Kovno by September. Russia views these alleged military preparations seriously. There Is no doubt here that actual danger of war exists. "t will be remembered that it was the Russian note to Poland last Autumn, wamlnr Poland to respect the territorial integrity of Lithuania, which threw the old Vilna squabble into a new alarming light, This warning has not been repeated so far, but the official newspaper, Izvestia says the full seri- ousness of the situation Is realized not only by sober statesmen, but by the public opinion of all Europe CHARGE TROOP MASSING. By the Assoctated Pri WARSAW, Poland, August 3.—~News- papers published details last night of an alleged concentration of Lithuanian troops along the Polish border. Various points were specified at which it was charged that four infantry regi- ments, a battalion of artillery, a cav- alry regiment, two avlation squadrons and a large detachment of irregular infantry had been stationed, The reports were accompanied by bitter denunciations of Lithuanta. It was stated that the latter country had been following a course extremely pro- vocative to Poland. The Lithuanian authorities were accused of having dis- It 1s significant that the labor men charge some emglnytn with having lent courage to the Communists In one way " (Continued on Pa lumn 3) tributed propaganda pamphlets among (#) Means Associ ed Press. TWO CENTS. SMITH RENOUNGES EQUALIZATION FEE ASAIDTO FARMER But Backs Principie of Con- trolling Sale of Sur- pluses. CONFESSES HE HAS NO DEFINITE PLAN ! Bares Stand to Press Men After Parley With Peek—Will Con- fer With Walsh. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 3.—Gov. Smith put his foot down today on the equali- zation fee feature of the McNary- Hau- POLICEMAN, FACING ARREST, KILLS SELF W. N. Still Ends Life With Bullet—Companion Held in Auto Theft. Preferring death to arrest and dis- grace, Policeman Williamy Nesbit Still, 31 years old, of the ninth precinct, last | night shot and killed himself as his lieutenant walked toward him, while he was in the act of backing an auto- mobile from an alley beside his house. Death was instantaneous. Following the shooting, Headquarters Detective Joseph Connors, chief of the automobile squad, arested Samuel H. Hendrix, 27 years old, 210 Ninth street northeast, who was with Still just be- fore he killed himself. Hendrix is held at the twelfth precinct station house for investigation. Connors and Lieut. Gustav Lauten of the ninth precinct had gone to Still's gen farm bill, declaring that it was un- acceptable to him. The Democratic presidential nominee reiterated that he recognizes the prin- ciple of controlling the sale of agricul- tural surpluses, the cost to be borne by the group benefitted, but he has no defi- nite plan in mind for carrying out that principle. Smith was led into a brief discussion of his farm relief views today by news- Ppaper men who sought more light om his statement issued yesterday after his | conference with George N. Peek, Illinois farm leader, who has swung to his sup~ i port. | Reads Editorial. | One of the reporters who visited the perspiring nominee in_his fourteenth floor suite at the Biltmore, asked whether in stating “control of the sale of the agricultural surplus is recog- nized by our platform as an essential need, the cost to be imposed en the unit benefited,” he had indorsed the equalization fee proposition, which President Coolidge contended was un- con_sl!’iltullh.ndn “The lead editorial in this morning’s New York World sums up my views cor- rectly,” Smith responded. A reporter mmxshueddhim @ copy and the nominee loud : ‘We take it that Gov. Smith's decla- ration comes down to this. “‘(a) That the Democratic party is committed to the principle of con- trolling the sale of agricultural sur- pluses, the cost to be borne by the zroupbber_}_e}:'hed. h 9 “i(b) at the plan for applyin; this principle contained in the M:‘;lixys Haugen bill is not acceptable to him. ““(_) That he has no plan of his own for carrying out that principle. “*(d) That he promises after elec~ tion to work out such a plan.’ Refuses More Comment. " That was all the Democratic candi- date had to say on farm relief. He disclosed that he had invited | home at 3106 Thirty-fifth street north- east to suspend him and question him concerning the ownership of an auto- mobile that he was seen driving earlier in the day. Heard Auto in Driveway. When they arrived at the house the only light visible was a dim one in the | basement. Lauten went up and rang the bell and Connors waited at the foot of the steps. While they were waiting for a response to the bell they heard an automobile being backed from the driveway beside the house and both started in that direction. As they turned the corner of the house they saw an automobile coming down the driveway and a man stand- ing on the pavement directing the owner as to the proper method of reaching the street. Lauten immediately started toward the car, but before he could reach it there was a shot in the machine. Run- ning to the car, the lieutenant fbund Still slumped ove. the steering wheel with a Fullet hole in the temple and his service revolver gripped in his hand. Lauten called the Casualty Hospital am- bulance and Still was pronounced dead on his arrival there, taken to the morgue. At the report of the pistol, Conners said, the policeman’s companion started toward an automobile that was parked two doors away. “onnors started after him and the man, who was later iden- lr)llflekd as Hendrix turned and came ck. Owner Saw Stolen Car. Trouble started for Still yester when Claris H. Layne, 1502 D !ll‘d:e{ northeast, was passing Fourteenth street and Maryland avenue northeast and saw parked at th- curb an automobile that had been stolen from him July 16. Layne notified Policeman W. E. Win- fleld ©f the ninth precinct, who recog- nized the car as one he had seen Still driving. Because of his companion’s excellent record, Winfleld questioned Layne very closely regarding his means of identification and was finally con- vinced that the machine belonged to el nfleld was familiar with the fact that Still frequented the shop near there, in which Hendrix was employed, S0 went there and got him and the three rr;:n Jvent to the station house in the car. There Winfleld summoned Connors and they questioned Still at length as to the manner in which he acquired the car. He told them that he purchased it from a tourist and that it bore Flori- ::A :nn.: nt':he time. Still explained that e had gotten a receip e eceipt for it, but had After_he left it was decided to sus- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) VARE'S CHANCE TO LIVE | IS SEEN AS “A GAMBLE” Paralyzed Senator-Elect Loses All Control of Muscles, Phy- siclans Report. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J Physiclans attending Wil of Philadelphia, Senator-elect from Pennsylvania, sald today that his i[r:mcs :'nr g(r was “a gamble. re suffered a paralytic stroke Wed- nng‘:y :“m. paraly e Wed | aughter, Miss Mildred Vare, | sald that he had spept a “fairly com- | fortable night.” but that his condition remained unchanged. He was con- sclous, but very drowsy. and able to| take but little nourishment. His three physicians were in almost constant at- | tendance upon him during the night Dr. Ellwood R. Kirby of Phllld‘e‘ hia, | Vare's personal physiclan and h‘?fll . August 3. lam S, Vare he frontler population assuring them that the Lithuanian army was strong cmu'u;h Polish a I to defend them agalnst an ek, ’ . A declared, after a consultation last ni with Dr. Edwin Strecker of rnn-fi phis and Dr. J. C. Marshall of th city, that the Senator-elect had practi- lost all muscular control, A, His body was | | Senator Walsh of Montana to confer | with him on the campaign outlook and | that, while the Senator had accepted | the invitation, no date had yet been | fixed for their meeting. After his return this morning from an overnight cruise in Long Island | Sound on the yacht of his friend, Wil- |liam H. Todd. Smith conferred with | Fred W. Johnson of Rock Springs, Wyo., who will have charge of regional head- | quarters ai Salt Lake City. Johnson, in conversation with news- paper men, said farm relief and water power ‘were greater issues in the mind of Westerners than prohibition. He also said that Smith's opponents in the West in their cam were emphasiz- ing his alliance with Tammany Hall After spending some time with his secretary, George Graves, on State business, the govermor went for the first time to national campaign head: quarters in the General Motors Bulld- n; 8. The Democrats are out to capture States in the Upper Mississippi Valley and with a well planned organization they intend to challenge the Republicans | for every inch of ground in that farm- ing territory. As Gov. Smith's followers see it, they already have made a dent in the lines { of the opposition by enlisting the sup- | port of Peek, supporter of Lowden for the Republican presidential nomination and champion of farm legislation along the lines of the McNary-Haugen bill. The Democrats plan a regional ca | paign organization, designed to_bring | Towa, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Ilinois { and others into line for the Smith | Robinson ticket. Headquarters prob- ably will be in Chicago. Plans to wage a finish fight ™ the corn and wheat belt were disclosed wes- terday by Chairman Raskob of the na- tional commuittee. Peek Assails Hoover. Peek, in a statement n which ke as- sailled Herbert Hoover and declated Jt Was not necessary to wait for his ae- ceptance speech to establish that he Was no true friend of the farmer, said he was convinced Smith. if eleeted. | would solve the farm problem “with | intellectual honesty.” Previously the Demoeratic presidential nominee had reaffirmed his intention to stand on the Democratic platfosm, plank by plank. | He also reiterated that, if chosen | President, he would egnsult farm lead- ers and economists during the Winter | to formulate a concrete farm reltef pro- gram, and he declared that in disre- | garding party lines in seeking advice he would enlist the aid of Lowden of Tilinots. Avoids Equalization Fee. In the statement which he after his conference with Peek. ! Smith promised to discuss the question at length in his acceptanc { Speech in. Albany three weeks hence steered clear from the equalization issued v He fee The plan of the Democrats to wage battle for the farming States was dis- closed as Gov. Smith was spending the last of the week in New York. After his conference yesterday with Peek. he went on a cruise into Long Island Sound. TARIFF POLICY SOUGHT. British Legislators Quiz Baldwin on Government Views. LONDON. August 3 (P.—Stanley Baldwin, prime minister. yesterday re- fused to be “smoked out" by questioners in ihe House of Commons who sought from him some definite statement on the goverament's tariff policy. There was a brisk fire of questions aimed to develop whether the Jree trade speeches of Winston Churchill or the protection | st utterances of Sir Willlam Joynso: Hicks, home secretary represented the cabinet policy . Radio l‘rogn;ms - l;uc ¥y 3.