Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1928, Page 1

WA (U 8 Weather THER. Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and cooler tonight: to- morrow partly cloudy | vesterday: lowest Temperature—Highest 74, at 4 am o4, at 4 pm today. Full report on page 9. red as sec office W ashinston lass matter D C. ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION SHar. service. Yesterday’s Circula The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news on, 96,335 WAS AUGUST _THIRTY-EIG HT PAGES. P Means Associated P C ress. TWO CENT! _ ROBINSON ATTACKS 6. 0. P.IN ADDRESS: LAYS FARM RELIEF FAILURE T0 HOOVER #Holds Republican Nominee. | as Coolidge Adviser, Re-I sponsible for Lack of Aid! to Agriculture. LARGE CROWD ATTENDS HOT SPRINGS CEREMONY RUSSIA ABBEP"'S { $enator, Formally Notified. Praises $mith and Says Democratic Party Has Room for Those Who Differ on Method of Selving Prohibi- tion Problem L5 > HOT SPRINGS. Ark. August 1 selection by t e presidential obinson toda toward the cam- He shortly 1 begin a spea that will carry him deep into territory almost from the moment of his selection by the Houston conven- nd place on the Democratic | Senator has awaited only the formal notification of his choice to | ralse in protest a voice against what he regards as the shortcomings of eight years of Republican control. Issues Challenge. And last night in this little valley of the Ozarks. official word of his notifi- cation, conveyed by Claude G. Bowers of New York. hardly had ceased to echo up and down between the towering mountain ranges before the Senator was on his feet, issuing a challenge to his litical foes. puFa'rm relief, prohibition, merchant marine and political corruptios —Lhese{ are the issues, he said. upon which the D-mocratic party must fight out the campaign. And of the four, he cited the farm problem as perhaps the most outstanding g The Senator, without mincing words, feview the eight years' record of Re-| publicanism in Washington. and then of that party's new chieftain said: Mr. Hoover as the President's trusted adviser is p;g;nps more{dfm:tl:;flriz;‘ neible.for the fallure, of farm Teo's)s‘,ztmn during €ight years re- | ferred to than any other single political | Jeader. His present position touching | legisiation for agricultural relief mnrks\ 1o material advance. In his speech of | acceptance it is asserted ‘the most urg- | ent economic problem in our Nation to- | day is agriculture. Differences of opin- ton as to both causes and remedies have ded the completion of a construc- ogram of relief.’ ! This language expressly recognizes | the persistence of the problem, and what | 1 ore significant the failure of his| party in relief.” Then the Senator added that theugh the equalization fee principle was not expressly approved. the Demo- eratic platform did recognize the “prin- 2 the cost of opera he respect to surplus crop: eted units whose producu‘; ? thereby,” and that the | Papacy was right when it said the Kel | nant was drafted. Article 21. which! when an economic ad- | stified in behalf of the farmers throughout the of Touches on Dry Issue. ed from farm relief to prohi- here has always been room in the Democratic party,” he said, “for those y as to the best means of temperance and of SUPPress- | wyich o' not want anxieties nor any | added to nor subtracted from the doc- fic of alcohclic beverages fon recognized that the is neither a prohi- | 2ti-pronibition organi- d with power. its laws he telegram 1o and again a returning temper- r law can be pro- ges in the existing ificationist and an titution? Such argu- the intelligence of their President Wilson had but that the was not qui faith generally s the red Will “Rescue” Government 1 the face of hi 15.000 persons i Hotel, and lean- e trom which over the four cor- he Senator shoo'ed pledges itself ent from those by dis- part principle soaked audience campaign First appearan: hirthplace allroom, where he kob of the T Mr. Bowe leader nad jour er membe iy pres cemed the ga i v shelter for their ceremonics. Bt Albany, the weather cieared waz about 10 get undes would force he program The text of Senstor Eobinson's speech is printed on page antie flight 1o Oftawa only while the plane was u’u prepared | its safety. Bare Legs Cause Stir in League Council Meeting the sociated Pr LONDON. August 31.—An Ex- change Telegraph dispatch from Geneva says that n interna- tional incident” was narrowly averted in the couneil room of the League of Nations today when three women. wearing ex- cerdingly stylish Summer dresses, but minus stockings, strolled to- ward the diplomatic reserve seats. The secretariat only recently issued a ukase forbidding women with bare legs in the League Building. The head usher in- formed the women that they could not be allowed in the coun- cil_room. The women protested vehe- mently, and as they possessed the necessary guest cards, which had been given them by an im- portant delegation, were finally admRtted, creating somewhat of a sensation in the council room, where delegates were discussing the suppression of opium. ANTIWAR PACT Nete Says Treaty Will Give Soviet Chance With Her Disarmament Plan. Br the Assoc MOSCOW, August 31.—Soviet Rus- has consented to adhere to the Kel- log-Briand renunciation of war pact. Acting Foreign Commissar Litvinoff ated Press | todey handed to the French Ambas- sador the Soviet answer to the invita- tion extended through France that Russia adhere to the pact The note says that while the pact is vague and without provisions for disarming. yet it does impose certain obligations upon the countries before the bar of public opinion and simul- taneously gives the Soviet Union a ibility of submiting to the signatory nations questions of the greatest importance to the cause of peace—that of disarmament—which is the one and only guarantee against war. DUCE'S BROTHER SCORES PACT. Calis Treaty Merely “Platonic Gesture.” More Nations to Join. . August 31 (#).—Signa- ure of the Kellogg-Briand treaty was “a platonic, respectable gesture, but will have no influence in the course of his- tory.” declared Arnaido Mussolini, brother of the premlier, in a speech to offtsers of the Paselst ‘militia during | recent military maneuvers, The speech was published today in Arnaldo’s paper, Popolo D'Italia. “There is no need to laugh at this | act, signed with much solemnity by va- rious great powers, Italy included,” the peaker said, “but if we want to be sin- ere and also severe we must say that | there is in this Kellogg pact and in manifestations for its signature a mu- tual bantering with much rhetoric and transparent insincerity. Quotes Pope. “If we want to be benevolent in our judgment we can say that having signed the pact at Paris, in the capital of people which for four-fifths of the ast 100 years have been ever making r, it was a platonic gesture. The logg pact is not a novelty but already the 1000-year-old patrimony of the Church of Rome. "Anyway, it is true that politics is S AND HALF THE SOL\D SouTH STRONG FOR You! LEAGUEOF WATONS| SN | MWOEDOGRNE " Costa Rica Interpretation THE MISSISS PP SOLID, ! | i A ENGLAND { Request Discussed at | \i:t; NE! N | e / EW Secret Session. JURISTS DRAFT HOLDS | | COUNCIL INCOMPETENT| Hypothetical ~ Questions Must Await Actual Issues, Belief in Geneva. GENEVA. Augus v Teague of Nations Council late today | reached a decision on the main | points of its reply to the request of | Costa Rica for a League interpretas | n of the Monroe Doctrine ‘ 3 The | The Council will meet again to- morrow to revise and agree upon the text of the reply A member of the Council told the Associated Press that that body has decided not to interpret the doc- | CHEERING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. | trine. Thi. is in accordance with | previous informatiofi. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, August 31.- | The council of the League of Nations | {met in secret session today and con- | | sidered the recent request from Costa | Rica for a League interpretation of the | Monroe Doctrine. 1‘Sentimental Journey’ Causes | The council failed to reach an agree- Capture 0' Musso“n S ment concerning the request, but will | meet later today to continue its dm'i Exiled Enemy. cussion. | All previous indications concerning A P, |Woman Agent ‘Enticed’ Man i | the Costa Rican request are that the counctl will decline to make an inter- ‘prellticn of the doctrine. | Across Border One Ver_ | The tenor of the discussion showed Y | that the council was impressed with . . | the seriousness of the request and that | sion Indicates. {1t wished to do nothing which would | | displease the Latin American states or | = " | which would embarrass or seem hostile | By the Associated Prese. to the United States PARIS. August 31.—International Survey of Rule Given. complications were thought possible EX-FASCIST'S ARREST IN ITALY MAY CAUSE SWISS-ROME ROW long historical survey of the Montoe The Colombian delegate presented a | today due to the arrest of Gen. Cesare Rossi, exiled former Fascist leader, on Doctrine and its application, referring | to the case of the Emperor Maximilian | of Mexico and also to the attitudes adopted by Presidents Roosevelt and ‘Wilson. what was termed a “sentimental jour- ney” just over the Italian border from Switzerland. Bome Swiss disptaches questioned the regularity of the capture of the man, who with Mussolini and two others or- ganized famous march on Rome and later fled from Italy. It is reported that Rossi was seized at Campioni, where it is said no Italian visa is necessary for a visit, and was taken to the jail at San Donnino. There are various versions as to how Rossi was “enticed” across the border. A member of the council told the Associated Press later that while the ! question was difficult. this did not mean that an accord would not be reached. ! Many members expressed a desire to express their views and consequently the session was adjourned until later | m the day. It 15 understood that the draft of reply prepared by jurists who are not| | members of the Councl says that the | | League is not competent to attempt @ | . | technical interpretation of the Monroe | Some say & woman Fascist agent lured | Doctrine, which is recognized as a policy | him there. Others state that Italian | of the United States | agents rented an apartment in Lugano | | GEN. OFSARE ROSSI | Bwitzerland, and organized on Swiss | territory an excursion to a villa they | had rented across the frontier, Rossi |and the woman joining in the excur- It is not clear whether the woman | was a party to the plot. | A few years ago, after the assass! |nation of Dr. Giacomo Maiteotti, a Soclalist member of the Chamber of Deputies, Rossi was arrested and charg- (Continued on Page 2. Column 1.) | Sy Tenor of Draft. IN LIBERIA DENIED | mentions the Monroe Doctrine. was deliberately made to follow an article | ! stating that League members would | | abrogate treaties inconsistent with the ! an ugiy fiction and all this outery covenant. | against war while we arm ourselves secretly against an act of reprehensible insincerity in this twentieth century allows the supposition that it is an adreit, crafty attempt at salvation for those nations already rrived’ and one to disturb their slow digestion of gold and dominions.” Arnaldo declared Italy places her greatest reliance in her armed forces. He extolled the Fascist militia as the defender of the new Fascist code. Other Nations to Join. BUCHAREST, Rumania, August 31 (#).—The cabinet today decided unani- mously in favor of Rumania’s adher- ence to the Kellogg-Briand treaty. A cable to this effect will be sent to Wash- ington today. BELGRADE. Jugoslavia, August 31 ®)—The foreign office yestérday de- the livered io the American Minister Jugoslavian government’s reply to an invitation to sign anti-war pact The note Jugoslavia's readiness to sign the pact retaining the right to determine herself what constitutes defensive warfare VIENNA, August 31 @) Continued on Page 2 Announce- Column 2) MAN BITES FIVE. Shoemaker phobia KASHAU ) —F eritical been afflicted with hydrophobia e hort Goes on Rampage. C ve condition today after fterward Caddy, 11, Gets Ace WATERTOWN, Conn., August 31 (P The “hole-in-one club” has an ar-old m Bobby Clark in the caddies’ tournament on local links. not only captured the prize. but made the a short over a marsk n 1 rowed clibs {Wheel Wa il Uy i R Wl Part of Loewenstein-Wertheim Plane PARIS 31 () dium Tire fied the markings on August on their wheel ma alrplane St Loewenstein-Wertheim Hamilton and Col. ¥ appeared just s year transatlantic flight to Canada Capt ‘The Bt. Raphael |1and, on Auguet 31 lef Upavon “Cansda the Kellogg-Briand expresses Suffering From Hydro- cchoslovakia, August 31| hospital officals were in a ! having bitten by a shoemaker who was | He finaily bdued and died in the hospital 11- playing | the | drive Bobby used bor- The Pala- anufacturing Co has tdenti. | Ananced the fight, suddenly announced an airplane wheel | that she would ma e jour found off the coast of Iceland as beiug | g roducts and suggests that the | British air ministry that have belonged Lo the Fokker | the % T Repacl, in which Princes: Leslie | a steamship, but the position was not ¥. Minchin_ dis- st el ago while on a Eng- on A transal- | the plane putting in an appearance any- It was | where. | The draft reply stresses that Article | 21 :mplies that regional understandings | such as the Monroe Doctrine. do not | relation of the doctrine to the League, | including emphasis that when the cove- President King Says State - Department Did Not Force Concession and Loan. BY C. D. B. KI) President of Liberia. MONROVIA, Liberia, August 31 (#) —1 have noted with surprise the al- leged statements made in an address delivered at the Williamstown Institute of Politics by Prof. Raymond D. Buell, | particularly the suggestion made there- |In that the Liberian government was | coerced by the United States Depart | ment of State in the matter of the | Pirestone rubber concession and the 7 | per cent loan of 1927 | This suggestion is without any foundation In fact. The approach to | the agreement was made by the pri- | vate enterprise of Mr. Firestone, and fall within the category of objection- Lab)e treaties. It continues that inclu- sion of reference to the doctrine neither { trine, but simply left it where it was— | a declaration by one government, not ! | clearly defined, but accorded at least | quasi acceptance by some other. | | This draft concludes with the state- {ment that it is not desirable to give |snswers to hypothetical questions in | advance, but that it is preferable to wait until actual cases involving the doctrine arrive. It looks upon the | covenant as an entity where one article must be read in connection with all others, | SIX MINERS KILLED I GAS EXPLOSION | Canadian Victims Were Only Ones of 200 to Remain in Shaft at Noon. | the mfluence brought to bear upon | government of Liberia by the Depart- | | ment of State or any other department | or offictal of the United States com- | pelling the granting of the Firestone | concesstons By the Associated Press FERNIE, British Columbia, August 31.—8ix miners were dead today as the | “The fact that the negotfations be | result of an explosion yesterday in the [ tween Mr. Firestone and '"S Liberian No. 1 East 3 e . | government were protracted over a el F,”.,M"" of the Coal Creek Col- | HRid"0f two and a half years should O | conclusively show that there was no The blast. believed to have been | coercion, but rather that full consid- caused by a blowout of gas, occurred | eration was given to the views of each \«;nen all of the crew of 200, except the | party by the other Boon Phyxlated, had left the mine at " pofengy Loan From United States. Several members of the rescue (eams In respect to the loan of 1927, were overcome by the gas. The bodies | fernal economic conditions growing out of the victims were recovered of the World War dictated to the gov- { nment of Liberia the propriety and | necessity of funding its and reorganizing its finances. this which led to the offer of | United States Ciovernment in 1921 make avatlable funds which in the Wil- Eight Killed by Explosion HONFLEUR. France, August 31 () Eight persons were killed and more than 20 injured by an explosion in a dyna- mite factory here Seven storerooms of dynamite were destroyed, together with | filtering and grinding plants It was to Liberin during the war This proposal did not meet with the approval of Congress and the tentative agreement which had been reached by the two governments lapsed. Neverthe- | less the need for reorganizing Liberlan fnances still existed and Liberia, ltke |other states in similar cireumstances | took advantage of the opportunity of- | fered by the American money market In the negotiations between the gov- ernment of Liberla and the Finance | corporation of America there was no participation by the Department of State and the only reference in agreement to the Government of United States is the provision for designation by the President of United States of a financlal adviser Internal Strength Greater. Up to the present the effect of (his loan in addition to stabilizing our finances has been to give greater in- ternal strength to the government of Liberia and to avert allen intervention in_our domestic affairs upon grounds " (Continued on” Pags 3, Column 7. 1o take off that the princess, who the the the An unofficial message received at the plane was “going strong” The | message was thought to have come from given At Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, all meparations were made Lo receive the plane, but no definite word was ob- tained, and as time went on without hope was gradually given up for neither directly or indirectly was any | in- | indebtedness | | the | to | son_administration had been allocated | the | SAYS POLICE HEADS TOOK HUGE BRIBES Prosecutor Claims One Man Got $200,000 in Month From Rum Ring. By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, August 31.—-On the heels of disclosures that enormous sums for protection have been paid police of- ficials and policemen by the bootleggers’ ring, District Attorney John Monaghan | not | | announced today that he would only reveal the names of the recipients of the alleged bribes, but that arrests would be made. | He indicated these arrests would come after detectives had checked up | Information derived from records seized in the offices of Marks, Weinberg & Co., public accountants. by order of the { grand jury, which is investigating the connection between bootlegging and gang murders here. Carries Police Guard. When Mr. Monaghan arrived at his office today he was escorted by a police | mdn. He explained that in view of | conditions he had decided that a police guard was nec uard would at ‘annoyance.” “The list of police and police offi- | clals who have accepted bribes ‘bu(\(h‘unr'ln will be revealed,” said the | district attorney. “No arrests | been made as yet. We are making a thorough investigation in order to solidify our cases before taking action Then ‘we will take deliberate action.” Examination of the selzed records was { continued today, Four experts from the Bureau of Internal Revenue, two intelligence unit men and two special agents were assisted in the work by members of the district attorney's de- tective force. Mr. Monaghan would r detail regarding the evidence of alleged bery, but it was leared that the records showed one former high police official had received more than $200.000 in one month and that patrolmen and detectives on beats along which the rum runners passed received from $50 to $500 a month for “looking the other way." least save him from ot go into “Butler’s Men Listed.” show in detail, not each man was paid | which “payment” was made and the length of time he was on the “pay roll." Many policemen who served on the famous liquor raiding squad of Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler when he was director of public safety and which was abolished with the advent of the Mackey administration were reported listed In the seized ledgers. Max “Boo Boo” Hoff, named by the dlstrict attorney as the “king of Phila- delpma bootleggers,” was expected to the witnesses before tne grand jury again today. He has been ‘examined several times since the open- ing of the inguiry on August 30, only the amount but the dates on Texas Guinan’s Party Canceled By Western Club Be the Associated 1LOS ANGELES, August 31 Cancellation of a 1.000-plate ner in honor of Texas Guinan, New York night club hostess, who has returned to Hollywood to re- enter motion pictures, was an- nounced here today as the result of a disapproving gesture by offi- cials of the Breakfast Club, where it was to have been held. Permission to use the Break- fast Club's pavilion, scene of many gatherings in honor of dis- tinguished visitors, was with- drawn by club officials “because of lack of official approval and because of unfavorable com- ment.” An attempt to notify Mayor James Rolph, jr. of San Fran- cisco of the cancellation was made late last night. He was en route to Los Angeles to attend the dinner when it was called off. AN 1S ARRESTED INLEHMAN DEATH satessen Proprietor Held, C. H. Parker Sought in Hoffman Case. As an aftermath of the death of Miss Eleanor Lehman, March 3 last, follow- ing an illegal operation at the office of Louis W. Hoffman, physiotherapist, United States Attorney Leo A. Rover | and tant United States Attorney ‘[M. Pearl McCall today caused the ar- PENNSYLVANIA 15 SURE AND THE FARMERS SAY THEY CANT COOLIGE T0 START EASTSEPTENBER 10 rest of Samuel Wagshal, proprietor of obtained a United States commissioner’s warrant for Charles H. Parker, said to be employed by a telephone company in Philadelphia. Parker was paying attention to Miss Lehman before the operation was per- formed and is accused of being re- sponsible for her condition. Wagshal was the employer of Mrs. Dottie Ki who admitted taking the girl to Hof | man’s office. According to Assistant ited States Attorney McCall, Wag. shal financed the operation. Both are accused of aiding and abetting in the alleged illegal operation. Wapshal was taken into custody by [Wili Go First to Hartford, 1‘ Conn.—Cruises About Superior Harbor. | By the Assoclated Pre SUPERIOR, Wis., August 31.—It was confirmed today that President Coolidge will leave Cedar Island Lodge Monday, September 10, for the East. His destination will be Hart- ford, Conn. How long he will stay a delicatessen store at 908 G street, and | TWO FOUND HURT AT WRECKED AUTO, ARMY PROBE IS ON Lieut. Richard Wetherill, Jr., and W. F. Griffith, Jr., in Critical Condition. EHOLD-UP SUSPECTED | BY FAIRFAX OFFICIALS |Officer and His Companion Had Attended Horse Show at Warrenton. A young Army officer and a com- panion were found unconscious on ‘the Little River turnpike in Fairfax County, 3 Va., this morning in and near a wrecked | automobile under circumstances which !lead police to believe that they may have been held up and beaten, although | there are indications that they may {only have been the victims of an auio | crash Both are in a critical condition and as neither has regained conscious- ness the circumstnces of their injuries are uncertain. Lieut. Richard Wetherill, jr.. of 1361 | Fairmont strees, is at Walter Reed Hos- | pital with a wound in his left leg and probably a fractured skull. The left i leg is broken and hospital officials say | that he may be injured internally. It | was at first thought the leg wound was caused by a shot, but the authorities i::‘twmer Reed Hospital said it was | |, In the meantime, however, an Army bo:xd of inquiry was ordered to investi- gate. William Francis Griffith, jr., of 1711 | Riges place. the other vietim. sustained | severe lacerations to his head. His jokull is thought to be fractured also and his condition is greatly weakened, i g;\yséuans say, because of great loss of jood. | Had Attended Horse Show. |" According to friends, the two young .| men had been to the horse show at Warrenton, Va. They were found about a quarter of a mile from Fairfax Court House by E. W. Groff, an undertaker of | Fairfax. | Groff deciared that Griffith was lying | unconscious inside the car and Weth- ierill was in a heap on a bank along- there was not determined. | Detective Sergt. Edward J. Kelly, who | Side the road: - Their car had struck a surrendered him to Deputy United | telephone pole as it rounded a turn. ary artd that such a ! from | have | It was stated that the seized records | BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staft Correspondent of The Star. SUPERIOR, Wis., August 31.—During | a cruise today about the Superior Har- bor, President Coolidge not only had his first opportunity to see the largest iron ore docks in the world and the mam- moth grain elevators, but he had a realization of the future possibilities of this haibor and the twin ports of Su perior and Duluth. | The trip, which was made aboard one of the Government's lake tugs, did not consume more than an hour and a half, thereby making it possible for the President to return to Cedar Island Lodge in time for luncheon. Members of the public affairs committee of Su- perior were the hosts to the presidential arty. | s Jalter F. Brown, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who joined the President at the Sumv. »r Capital today. brought with him an optimistic report as to the general political situation, Mr. Brown, who was especially active during Her- | bert Hoover's preconvention campaign, and who has since been active in or- | ganization work, principally in Ohio, | stated that the Republicans need have | By the Associated press no fear bout the outcome in Ohio. He | HARRISON. N. Y.. August 31.—Mrs stated also that conditions have greatly | Ermina Churicci, 39, of Bantam, Conn. improved in Indiana, and that that| was shot to death as she saj at th sState will roll up its normal R.epubl!cnn' wheel of her automobile here today by plurality in IMNovember, He said he|Mrs. Mary Casidel of East White could not understand why so many | Plains. Neighbors said the two women | States in the East are being classed as | had been at odds for several months. either lost entirel to the Republicans | Mrs. Churicei, accompanied by her or placed in the doubtful column. | daughter, had been visiting friends. She According to Mr Brown, the Re- about to start for home when Mrs. publican varty is becoming better or- Casidei, who lives next door, called to ganized, and its machinery is function- | her. The two women exchanged a few ing in an efficient manner. In his| words, witnesses said, and then Mrs. opinion the “full dinner pail” will be | Casidel, hiding a revolver in her hand- the real issue in this campaign and not | kerchief, went over to the car. She the wet and dry issue and the farm | fired six shots, neighbors told the po- question | lice, five of which struck Mrs. Churicel, Dwight F. Davis, Secretary of War. The sixth hit the dead woman's daugh- and Eugene Meyer, jr. chairman of the | ter. Mrs. Rose Ciclino, wounding ner Farm Loan Board. will arrive at Cedar B Island Lodge tomorrow to be week end Mrs. Casidel was charged with mur- guests. der. She has two children. It is expected that the President will devote the greater part of this after- dovote the renter part of this atte | \WATERWAY LINK OPENED. It will be his last opportunity, as the | : | trout season closes tonight. From now Boston-Key West Channel in North Carolina Finished. on he must content himself fishing for BELHAVEN, N. C., August 31 (# — trout in the private pools on the Cedar Island estate, or else motor to some of | the nearby lakes and streams for bass, - | Attended by a mammoth celebration. the newest link in the inland waterway between Boston and Key West, Fla.. was DETRO” GUNMAN SLAIN opened here yesterday. More than 6,000 ON DESERTED STREET persons from all parts of North Caroli and the southern section of Virgini a—— were present to hear addresses of po. litical leaders who were in part respon- sible for interesting the United States Government i investing in the devel- opment. | "The waterway link opened today con- nected the Alligator and Pungo Rivers by a 12-foot ditch, 22 miles in length, and makes possible the passage of smaller vessels inland up the entire | took the prisoner before Commissioner Turnage. Bail of $1,500 was fixed for the appearance of Wagshal at a hear- ing before the commissioner on Sep- tember 7. Parker is under arrest in Philadelphia and Det ive Seret Thomas Sweeney has been sent for hi !denth of Miss Lehman and was sel | tenced to serve 20 years in the peni | tentiary. He has not been 1 n | the separate indictment. which charges | the performance of an alleged crim- ina! operation. 'WOMAN 1S SLAIN AT WHEEL OF CA Shot by Another After Two Quar- rel—Victim's Daughter Is Wounded. Passerby Fails in Pursuit of As- sailant's Car After Early Morning Assault. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, August 31.-Pete Milo, known to police as a racketeer and gunman, was killed by an unidentified | Eastern coast up to Boston. assailant on a downtown street at 2:40 b i | ACTRESS SUED ON LOAN. No one witnessed the shooting, al- | |though a man drove into the street where Milo was killed just as his as- satlant entered a car, which drove rap- tdly away. He pursued the car, but was unable to overtake it. Milo, who came here from Salt Lake City 10 years ago, was first arrested here in_ De ember, 1924, and turned over to Salt Lake City authorities, He was convicted of homicide and sen- tenced to life. Later he obtained a pardon and returned. Police have cribed no motive for the ying. Wedding March Played in Switzerland Will Form Part of U. S. Ceremony nett, is wed there to Willlam Chase Paulton of the Coldstream Guards. Ernest Schelling, noted planist, will play the famous march in the Villa Garan ‘The music will over tele) e W LOS ANGELES, August 31 (#.—Jane Cowl, actress, was sued yesterday by Louls Macloon, Lg;amc-l producer, to recover cash he “Mims to have loaned her more than three years ago. Miss Cow! was made defendant, under her family name of Jane Cowl Klauber, in a Superior Court sult for $4.375 Macloon alleges that in April, 1925, he advanced Miss Cowl $10.000 under an agreement that she should repay it at the rate of $1,250 a week. He complain- ed the sum sought still was due him, By the Assoctated Press CELIONY, Switzerland, August 31— ‘The radio telephone is to be called into unusual use tomorrow when it will be used to transmit the strains of Mendels- | to London and thence by radio to Man- i"-f‘.i‘:;:l:?‘"“‘ Mn;cm.lm n'l‘-yeg in m::m;i -:hr:nn It"wul be amplified so L Across antie for a t st hear wedding in Mano e e hester, Mass. wedding procession starts When Miss Annle Bulen Bennett, s«mfl\n; & pupil of Paderewski, m-'ummumtunu,uuw 1 daughter Pt Mr. and Mis, Carl 4 BN States Marshal John J. Clarkson, wto | im. Hoffman pleaded guilty to second de- gree murder in connection with the | Griffith was bleeding profusely, Groff | told police. | Oroff hailed a passing car and re- | quested the driver to take care of Grif- | fith while he took Wetherill to Wash- .ington. The name of the operator of ith: car was not ascertained when he ched the Alexandria Hospital with Griffith. Wetherill was taken to Emergency Hespital here, where he was identifieg | by & West Point ring he wore. It was iound through the War Department that he is the son of Lieut. Col. Richard ‘Wetherill. stationed at Fort Thomas, Ky. He was graduated from West Point this | year and was on his graduation leave. | Young Wetherill was graduated from | Western High School and studied for {a year at Schadman's Preparatory School. | . It was learned from friends here that | Wetherill had intended leaving Wash- | ington Monday and going to Fort ! ' Thomas for a short visit with his par- | ents before proceeding to Fort Haye: | Columbus, Ohio, where he was assigned | to the 10th Infantry. ' Deputy Sheriff Wllson Darr of Pair- |fax County said this morning that it appeared that the car had been travel- ing at high speed and was unable to | negotiate the curve in the road. When it was, learped. however, that the wound in Wetherill's leg appeared to have been made by a large caliber bullet, Capt Heywood J. Durer of the county police | was assigned to investigate. | Accident Theory Doubted. i | _The Virginia police admitted that | the theory of a simple accident would | hardly account for the position in which | the two men were found. Griffith’s parents were notified this morning and immediately went to his | bedside. His father is an engineer in the Bureau of Internal Revenue. ! Griffith is a former cadet at Virginia | Military Institute and played a promi- {nent part In the student strike last | Winter, when almest the entire student | body walked out as a protest against the attitude of Supt. W. H. Cocke, in the suspension of Griffith, who Was | accused of hazing a freshman. The | board of visitors of the institution up- | held the superintendent and refused to | reinstate Griffith despite the vigorous action of his classmates. Wetherill has a grandmother. Mrs. F. N. Wells, living at Lanham, Md. His | mother is at Fort Thomas with Col Wetherill and has been notified of tne | accident by the War Department. | _Col. Guy V. Henry. commandant at | Fort Myer. Va.. who was at the Emer- | gency Hospital this morning to visit & | relative who is ill, examined the wound | in Wetherill's teg and declared that he thought that it was undoubtedly caused | by w bullet. Col. Henry also declared that it appears that the voung lieu- tenant was struck on the head with a sandbag or some similar instrument. 'RUM RUNNERS HIT . BY ONTARIO RULING + Decision llt;ldini Al‘.i;uor Storage Along Border Illegal Not to Be Appealed. | By the Associated Press WINDSOR, Ontario, August 31--A | sertous blow to rum-runners along the Detroit River was believed today to have been struck by Magistrate D. M. Brodie in ruling that storage of liquor by inde« pendent dealers in Ontario is llegal The magistrate’s ruling was made 11 the case of three expor companics which stored liquor along Windsor water front, ostensibly awaiting shio- ment to foreign countries, Their ware- houses, authorities said, were the main source of supply for bootleggers oper- ating in Detroit and vicinity. ced decision of the attor- Transit Corporation s d the lrwr;l“mgol two of ‘:'f rms conv o gl sl ’llquor. not to appeal the case m‘d by lawyers to indicate the attitude of other exporters that it is useless to ques- tion the legality of the ruling. La predicted 1d be & muw rwlty among exporters still awaiting Tial. Radio Programs—Page 22 -