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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warme: row; light variable tle_southwest or wi Temperature—Hig! today: lowest, 56, Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 24 and 25 r tonight and tomor- winds, becoming gen- 68, at 11 am. at 4 am. today. Th ¢ Foen LA A’ n WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star. car an, c . v city bioc! b as fast as the papers **From Press to Home Within the H our” system covers he regular edi- 1 th delivered to Washington homes re printed. Yesterday’s Circul ation, 101,705 Entered as sect post office W No. 30,811 ond class matter .Gl ashingt WASHINGTON, D. 1928 —THIR TY-FOUR PAGES. > " SWITZERLAND ASKS CLARIFICATION ON LEAGUE OPINIONS Gencva Request May Effect Adhesion of U. S. to World Court. APT TO MAKE AMERICAN OBJECTIONS INOPERATIVE Simple Majority or Unanimity of Council in Asking Rulings Is Made Issue. Hughes Is Elected World Court Judge at League Session By the sociated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, Septem- ber 8. —Charles Evans Hughes of the United States was today elected a_judge of the World Court of International Justice at The Hague by the Assembly of the League of Nations. The election fills a vacancy caused by the resignation of John Bassett Moore, another American. By the Associated Press. | GENEVA, September 8.—On the fore- | noon of the day when it was expected | Charles Evans Hughes would be elect- ed a judge of the Court of Interna- BULLETIN By the Associated Press. BOSTON. September 8 —The Phil- adciphia Athletics defeated Boston in the first game of today's double- header. The game went 10 innings. Score by innings Philadelphia 004 Boston 0on1 | 0 i 00 1101 | 005 000 06 NEW YORK. Scptember 8— Washington was leading the Yankees by a 1-to-0 score at the ending of the second inning of today's game, the last of the series. CHCAGODEATHLAD TO NEW YORK GANG Loop Shooting Seen as Re- taliation for Slaying Uale in Gotham. | | | | 2 + By the Associated Press h CHICAGO, September 8. —Tony Lom- | bardo is dead, a dum-dum bullet in his brain. The vengeance of Frank Uale, slain New York gangster, has spoken. Never was murder done more boldly. | Thousands of persons were pushing along in the late Friday afternoon | i | | AMITY AND UNITY DECLARED POLICY {0ld Idea of Infringement in Far East Denied by Fugi- mura at Geneva. TAKES FLING AT POWERS FOR UNDERHAND METHODS | Baron Says Own Nation Is Respon- sible for Present Stability of Manchuria. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. Dy Cable to The Star and Chicazo Da News. Copyright. 1923 GENEVA, September 8—Baron Yo- shiaki Fugimura, one of the Japanese delegates to the League of Nations as- sembly, who has just arrived from Ja- pan, has given the writer an important authoritative declaration of Japan's Far Eastern policy. This statement is par- ticularly interesting on the eve of the Chinese Nationalist government's at- OF HPANIN CHNA crush when the Loop canyons echoed to the roar of assassins’ guns and Lom- bardo, pal of Al Capone, pitched fm--i ward on his face. ! The slayers could not have gotten | half a block from the vicinity of 61 | West Madison street, in front of Which | jgter of communications and a personal | | Lombardo fell, before bedlam broke. | friend of Premier Tanaka. | | Sccres had seen the shots fired, hun- | tempt to secure re-election to the League Council, and thus insure prompt recog- nition by most of the countries of the world. Baron Fugimura is a member of the Japanese House of Peers, a former min- | | | He was a BIG COM TO OPEN ON tional Justice at The Hague Switzer-|dreds had seen the three gunmen drop Jand made & move m the asscmbly of | their still_ smoking weapons to the vhi . | pavement and then lose iemselves in the League of Nations which may af- | j, “eronq, thousands had heard the fect the eventual adhesion of the United | pots. while other thousands poured to | States Government to the court. the murder srene from adjacent streets Giuseppe Motta, chicf of the Swiss|and office buildings, adding to the con- delegation, introduced a resolution that | fusien- the Council of the League should ask Police Pour Into Strect. the court to decide whether advisory| Not in a long time has the sun opinions may be requested by a simple | gleamed on the barrels of so many majority of the Council or wheme”rcvalvcrs. unsheathed for action, as it unanimity would be required. |saw in the hands of police yesterday The United States has made her | afterncen. Detectives in plain clothes, | joining the court conditional upon 8d0b~ | 44 1nen and traffic officers, pistols | dotted the crowds as the blood tion of a rule that without American | consent. no advisory opinions could be | ready, ted | of Lombardo oozed onto the sidewalk States possesses or claims an interest. | from the ugly bullet hole behind his ear. i | | baron, “is that Japan must be China’s business man before he entered the po- litical and diplomatic field, and conse- | quently uses somewhat plainer language than is customary in Oriental diplomacy “Our fundamental policy,” said the ?Maj. Harry M. Horton An- nounces Plan for Field | at Halpine. i best friend and assist her in her present ‘ Nationalist aspirations. Whatever may have been our policy in the past, it is now generally recognized in Japan that our best and only possible course must be based on Chino-Japanese amity and co-operation. Infringement Denied. “Even the sternest members of our military group have long since discard- Airport Expected to Be One| of Largest in Country When Completed. Work will be begun within the ““‘“il week or 10 days on the Peter Wagner | [ | SHAVER i e cougse o -CHAIRMAN CLEM'S COMMENT. o2 =—Z MERCIAL AIR SCHOOL ROCKVILLE PIKE given on questions in which the Unil Requests for such opinions by a simple | majority of the League Council would, in principle, render the American veto inoperative. Favors Majority Vote. | Some of the delegates here think that | if the rules were clarified in this re-! spect it would lead to renewed negoti- | ations with the United States. M. Mot-| ta told the assembly that personally he} favored a mere majority vote as suf- ficient for obtaining advice from the court. It is understood, however, that i one or more of the countries represent- ed on the Council will oppose any pro- | posal to leave determination of this | procedure to The Hague Tribunal. The Swiss chairman took occasion to welcome the return of Spain to the league and to hope that the presence of an Argentine observer presaged tht! country’s resumption of membership. He complimented Costa Rica on its! favorable reply to the Council’s response respecting_interpretation of the Monroe | doctrine. He also hoped that Brazil un- derstood tnat all members of the league desired her return. Seouls Antagonism. | To his mind the assurance given | {of the newly reorganized police force | | studied the long and involved ramifica- The downtown, daylight murder of the one time 'head of the Unione Siciliano meant more to police than the passing of another gang chief. In the blood of Lombardo they saw the handwriting of Frank Uale’s avengers. They saw the outbreak of new gang gunning, this time on an intercity scale, with the bad men of New York | and Chicago aligned against each othef. Capone, they said, is a marked man. | His close alliance with Lombardo was well known. The Alello brothers, down | in the police catalogue as bitter foes of | Capone and Lombardo, also were men- tioned frequently while the bestsleuths tions of gang murders, sceking a lead : that would take them to Lombardo's | murderers. | Seen as Ret:liation. The Uale connection was cxplained this way: Uale was shot down, presum- ably, by Chicago gunmen. Capone’s name was brought into that case by | reason of the belief that he had been | instrumental in obtaining the weapons | with which Uale was killed. New York gangsters, therefore, might have picked Lombardo, Capone’s close associate, as ed the old idea of making any infringe- ment whatever on China's territorial integrity. That is an outworn idea. absolutely discredited among the Japanese people at the present time. estate at Halpine, Md., six miles north | of the District line on the Rockville | pike, on what it is claimed will be one | of the largest and most completely | equipped airports in the United States.| 2tin America that it would have three | the victim by whose assassi seats in the Council showed the 8DDre- | meant to auswer. the ;f,’,‘smt’g;‘l lt;?[' ciation of the league fmr the co-opera- | Ugle. tion which has come from that section | = Both Lombardo and Uale were Sicil- of the world. He saw no possibility of | jans, each powerful in his termnr; Eagn' entagonism between the league and the | dominated large groups,,collecting trib- Pan-American Union., because many | ute, police said, in many forms. Lom- states already are members of both | bardo, ostensibly a commission broker, oreanizations. ... ! was reputed to have had a monopoly on Prof A. Widemaras, prime minister | the sale of sugar to hundreds of persons of Lithuania, created another stir in|engaged in the manufacture of bootleg | the assembly by proposing that the alcohol “King of the Mafia” was a title | covennt of the League be revised. He police often placed in apposition to his claimed that this was necessitated by | name | the signinz of the Kellogg-Briand pact, Lombardo was in his early 40s. The and he introduced a resolution instruct- | gangster rarely lives to be much older | ing the Council fo study the covenant When he was killed he had a revolver, | and report necessary changes to the | but it was still in his pocket when police The prevalent view in Japan is that China and Japan, in their own best interests and the interests of the rest of the world, should go hand in hand and work torether for the cammon cause of peace and security in the Far East. A disunited Asla is as unfortunate as a disunited Europe. The greatest ohstacle to a united Asia today is the lack of cohesion and unity among the Chinese themselves. “To bring about peace and stability | in China, we are willing and anxious to do all we can. But not Japan alone, but all the rest of the world should try to help China establish a stable gov- ernment. Therefore, it is unfortunate that some countries professing to be friends of China should sometimes at- tempt to gain her favor by steps which !n the long run are likely to do her no good. “The prob!em is undoubtedly difficult. It is to be feared nobody, not even the Chinese, can predict what may happen ited number ot student aviators and an extensive sightseeing and inter-city passenger service are to be. established. ‘The school will be a commercial project. The announcement of the project, Army Afr Corps Reserve, of 4439 Klingle road, is the culmination of nearly three years of effort to obtain a proper site for such a field. A long-term lease has sented by Maj. Horton, it was an- nounced today by Peter & Peter and Harry V. Bouic, realtors, who handled the transaction. The airport to be established on the Wagner estate will cover 283 acres, of which 200 acres already is cleared. There eventualy will be three contigu- ous fields, which may be thrown open as one field for emergency use. The A modern flying school for an unlim- | made today by Maj. Harry M. Horton, | been obtained by the interests repre- | MAJ. H. /M. HORTON. main alrport landing leld. actording to Maj. “4orton, will be approximately a half mile square, with unobstructed ap- proaches from every direction. A run- avallable for heavily laden planes, which require long runs to gec Into the air, Construction of hangars of steel and artificial stone is to begin as soon as rawing up of the incorporation papers Maj. Horton said. The hangars have | been designed and will be built by Wil- liam Wagner, contractor and builder. A small hotel for overnight stops by fiyers using the airport is to bs provided, and eventually machine siops and other facilities~ for emergency repairs and " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) DENIES DROPPING VAL ACREEMENT in China tomorrow. It is only a month since I left Japan and already I feel as if my knowledge of the Chinese situation may be out of date. Unified Control Seen. “I will say, however, that it is widely feared in Japan that China may not yet have succeeded in putting her housc in order. The Nanking government seems to have unified control, but ap- pearances are sometimes deceptive. The balance of power in China is so nicely | L oment uing fonn s s | BTiLAIN Admits, - However, of actors, playing a new drama in a | That Abandonment May Be Necessary. new political setting. “Until these questions become clearer | it is almost impossible for Japan to | give formal reecognition to the new Nationalist government. Also the un- next assembly | Premier Waldemaras based this on the point brought out yesterday by Nicholas Politls of Greece, who pointed out that while the Kellogg treaty makes ! aggressive war illegal, there is a possi- | > ity of such a conflict when means of | settling a dispute under the League covenant failed. The Lithuanian leade: said that this discrepancy should b eliminated. Pact Wins Praise. He maintained that once the Kellogz pact 15 ratified, it _becomes a powerful Judicial treaty, really outlawing war. He also said in his resolution that when embers of the League signed the pact, hey “took on engagements not con- tained in the covenant. There was praise for the new from Waldemaras and also from 2 Zaleski, foreign minister of Poland. The wo men have been handling the bitter dispute between their countries over | that Lombardo’s death might mean the | reached his body. Two bedyguards were with Lombardo when the shooting took place. One of them. Joseph Ferraro, was shot in the | back and may die. Joseph Lolordo escaped the gunfire and was pursuing the killers when police stopped him. Effect on Votinz Seen. | Police sneculated on the possibility | | transfer of the control of thousands of votes which Lombardo is_believed to have possested. Not since five men shot Dion O'Banion down in his flower shop has there been a slaying as portentous | of future warfare as this one, police said. | 1t has becn no secret for months that Lombardo was merked for death, and 2ven before the Uale killing in New York | attempts were made against his life. | Onc» police uncovered a small arsenal in a building across from Lombardo's | home. The muzzle of a machine gun was aimed at the Lombardo front door. the possession of the City of Vilna. M. Zaleski saw in the pact an encourag- ing basis for further work toward dis- armament. HAMMER IS USED TO SLAY WOMA Daughter Beaten by Assailant. Police Seek Hus- Later officers raided a room in a down- | town hotel and found several machine | zuns in position to be fired across the | street, into a cigar store which Lombardo {and “Scarface Al” frequented | | Investigators of vesterday's killing ot little help from either of Lombardo’s | bodyguards. They told Ferraro he was dying. but he only shrugged his shoul- ders and would not talk. Lolordo was | more talkative, but pleaded fgnorance | of any connectfon with Lombardo. Parley Thought Held. ! At Lombardo’s office in a building | | near the place he was slain police found | in a semi- reasonable manner in which this gov- ernment_has recently declared abroga- | By the Associated Press | | willing | several chairs arranged { circle as though a conference had band. the Assoctated Press NEW YORK, September 8.—A woman was beaten to death with a hammer and her daughter was critically injured early today when they were attacked in their home in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn. Police, called by neighbors when 9-year-old Johnnie Wheeler ran to their home and shouted that his father had struck his mother with found the body of Mrs. Lillian Wheeler, 48, on the floor, her head crushed. The daughter, Hindel, 19, ran out of the house after she had been struck She was taken to a hospital, where, it was said, she was suffering from a broken nose and possible fracture of the skull. On the dining room table police said they found a note stating, “I did this because my wife was constantly nagging me.” It was unsigned. Detectives said By a hammer. | | been held. The floor was covered with | cigar and cigarctte ashes as though the | conference had been a long one. Lom- rdo's name. in his own handwriting, | | was scribbled on several pieces of | | paper scattered about. No two stories of the killing were alike. Police pinned their confidence on that told by Omar Riffie, who said rather vaguely that he was “from West Virginia.” Riffle said: “I was standing back of Lombardo when he was shot. I saw a man come from the doorway of the restaurant we were passing and run toward Lom- bardo’s back. I looked away for a se ond, and then came the shots. Lom- bardo -fell and then every one started first one way and then another, and the men with guns were running around the corner and policemen were running j toward the men who were shot. | “It was only a minute before the streets were fammed with people.” One man from out of the thousands swarming the streets after the raid was arrested, but he insisted he was tion of Japan’s treaty with China must be considered. This is nothing less than an act of lawlessness, unworthy of a modern state. Japan would be entirely to negotiate revision of the treaty if approached in a conciliatory and gentlemanly way, but what can we do when China, under whatever pre- text, treats our naticnal treaty as a scrap of paper? “As for Manchuria, our policy is clear and well defined. Japan fought two wars there. Their object. in brief, was to ward off the danger of encroachment in regions adjacent to our territory. Marnichuria is almost next door to Japan, and it is impossible we should remain indifferent when any great disturbance threatens to break out in this region or its immediate vicinity. Gives Japan Credit. “Whatever theories may be. facts show that Manchuria today is what it is mainly because of Japan’s presence there. Remove Japanese protection and therc would be no difference between Manchuria and any other part of China. where life and property are still in- secure. “Qur interests, however, are purely economic, and we are willing to co- | operate, not only with Chinese, but with | all other peoples, whether British, Amer- ican, French or German, in_ exploiting the natural resources of the land. “Regarding the League of Nations, the Japanese people still are somewhat ignorant and mdifferent. I have fea- son to believe, however. that the Japa- nese government will henceforth in- delegation to the Assembly who may be sentative of the people. It is hoped the idea and the spirit of international co- operation in Japan.” LONDON., September 8.—Official de- | nial was made today of reports publish- | ed in two London newspapers that the Anglo-French naval accord would be | abandoned. The reports said that ad- | verse criticism of the understanding had come from various quarters and partic- ularly from hostile American sentiment. Government circles pointed out that no action on naval accord coulds be taken until an answer is received from the United States, Japan and Itaiy, to which governments the proposals have been submitted. May Change Methods. The officials recognize that the ac- | cord may not meet the views of one or more of these other countries, in which case it may be necessary for the British and French to use some other method in bringing about an understanding on naval disarmament. Such an under- standing is needed to end the deadlock which prevails in the preparatory com- mission at Geneva. This body has been trying to prepare the way for a general jisarment conference under the auspices of the League of Nations. ‘The officials said that this situation was obvious and they indicated an in- ability to understand the motives which orompted reports that the accord had been abandoned. HOOVER MAY GET D OF PRESDENT I : : ' Executive Expected to Speak Once or Twice in Campaign on His Own Record. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CEDAR ISLAND LODGE, BRULE | RIVER, Wis, September 8.—If the necessity arises before the wind-up of | the present national campaign Presi- | dent Coolidge 1s likely to make a specch or two in behalf of Hoover and Curtls. The impression here is that he al- ready is considering his home State, | Vermont, as the most likely place for him to break the silence he has main- tained. It has been learned from an official source that I1r. Coolidge has {been in communication with Gov. | | Weeks of Vermont relative to the for- | mer visiting that State shortly and | there is every reason to feel that his | contemplated visit, which will be within l'a fortnight, will very happily coincide | with the date of some special occasion there which would afford -him a splen- | did opportunity to make his first vocal contribution to the campaign. | Prefers to Stand on Record. | It is known that the President would | prefer to let his record for achieve- | ment as the head of the Government during the past five years serve as his contribution to the campalgn, rather _ | burgh-district, the first of the class B way nearly onc mile long can be made s completed, probably early next week, | | than lend his voice to the cause of his It was emphasized that Great Britain - A ! party. While discussing this subject does not wish to concoct anything be- clude, as in this case, one man on its! described as non-diplomatic and repre- | result will be to popularize the League ' hind the backs of the other countries For that reason the proposals to which France agreed are considered as being only tentative. It is hoped. however, that if Wash- ington. Rome or Tokio feels that it can- not accept the accord some suggestion will be forthcoming whereby the situa- i | tion can be worked out on a thoroughly amicable basis. Wide Discussion. since Sir Austen Chamberlain, Brit- ish foreign secretary, announced in the House of Commons that an accord had been reached with France on naval armament there has been much discus- sion In the press. Considerable public- ity has been given to suspicions voiced HUNGE_R STRIKERS FREED. Kenosha Girls Order Big Steak After Fasting 11 Days. | KENOSHA, Wis., September 8 (#).— | It took & jury five minutes to acquit Kenosha's two girl hunger strikers on they were seeking for questioning the refused food for 11 days "The biggest steak ever cooked.” was Rittner, who vowed last night they would return to the picket line at the | Allen A Knitting Mills. The verdict | was wildly applauded In the streets by husband and father, Alfred Wheeler, 48, | only an innocent byst2nder lifge the rest, employed as an oiler by a power com- [and police after an investigation were pany. - inclined to agree. a crowd which had been warned against a courtroom demonstration. a picketing charge after the girls had | ordered for Hertice Hudson and Amanda | by American papers. As time passcd with a full explan- ation of the terms of the agreement, a number of London papers expressed dis- approval of this “policy of secrecy” as inimical to the best relations with the | United States. i with friends yesterday the President | was represented as calling attention to the fact that he has been undertaking to give an administration of Govern- ment that should commend itsell to the voters ot the country in the forth- coming election. Furthermore, he proposes to continue | administering the Nation's affairs in | that manner right up to election day. Following these definitions of his at- | titude toward the campaign, the impres- sion was gained that if Mr. Coolidge | does make a campaign speech its chief | voters to continue the policies of his ad- | ministration n effect by electing Her- bert Hoover to succeed him. ‘Those who are closely associated with | the President, while of this opinion, doubt very much if he even mentions Mr. Hoover by name in such a speech. if he should finally decide to deliver one, but that there would be an undoubted implication that the President desired his former Secretary of Commerce elect- note will be a clearly defined plea to | ed not only to continue the Republicans Washington, but as the man .~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) PLANES FIGHT FOG N CLASS B RACE | | | Livingston Ahead on First Lap—Five Forced Down on Way to Pittsburgh. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Sep- tember 8 (P).—-The four class C | +planes of the cross-country air derby | got under way at 10:27 a.m. Eastern standard tims today, trailing the 20 class B planes by more than three hours. R. C. Cantwell, flying a Lockheed-Vega, was first into the air in the C division. I By the Asscciated Press. | PITTSBURGH, September 8—Con- | quering a dense fog over the Pitts- transcontinental air . derby _entries reached Bettis Field this morning from Roosevelt Field. Johm H. Livingston of Monmouth, IIl, flying his Waco plane, and accompanied by M. B. Allen of Troy, Ohio, landed £ 'Fourth to Fly to Hampton! | the naval base at Hampton Roads, Va., (#) Means Associated Pre ess. . CENTS. TWO Hangs Up on Judge, j Subpoena Ignorer Is Confined in Jail' By the Associated Press CHICAGO, September 8.—Charles 5. Rosenthal was in jail today be- cause he banged a telephone receiver in Judge Comerford's ear. When Rosenthal ignored subpoe- nas against records of the Apex Motor Fuel Co.. of which he is vice president, the judge telephoned him. Rosenthal hung up while Judge Comerford was talking, and was sentenced to 10 days for contempt of ————e THREE YD PLANES 40P OFF FROW HERE Roads From Teterboro Within Few Days. Three of the four monoplanes to be | used by Comdr. Richard E. Byrd on his South Pole expedition took off from the Naval Air Station this morning for aboard ship | polar base where they will be loaded for transportation to the camp. The three planes came here | yesterday afternoon from New York. | the fiyers spending the night here at | the Carlton Hotel. The three ships took off between 10 jand 10:10 o'clock this morning and were to fly together to the Hampton Roads base. They will be taken apart there and loaded aboard the whaling ship Larsen, one of the expedition's vessels. The fourth plane of the expedition | today is at the Teterboro Airport, N. J. but is to be flown to Hampton | Roads witlfin a few days. Two of the three planes arrived here | yesterday at 12:28 and 12:30 p.m. with- out difficulty, but the third, the ex- pedition’s huge Ford-Stout tri-motored monoplane Floyd Bennett, was forced down at Logan Field, Baltimore, be- cause of motor trouble, which delayed its arrival here until 3:55 o'clock yes- | terday afternoon. The three planes left Mitchel Field, | N. Y. yesterday morning after the| completion of final load and service tests. The Floyd Bennett, named for the late Floyd Bennett. Byrd's com- panion on his flight to_the North Pole, | | was piloted by Bernt Balchen, one of | the heroes of Comdr. Byrd's transat-| |lantic flight, and carried seven passen- gers, among them Maj. A. L. Fleming, M. Gould, Ray Fernstrom, Old and Jerry DeCecca. The the Virginia and a Fair- Dr. L. Harold I. other plane: | at 10:14:45 a.m., Eastern daylight time. J. Warren Smith of McKeesport and | A. L. Litzenberger, Pittsburgh, in a| Cessna B monoplane, landed second at | 10:30 am. Three minutes later E. C. Schulz and W. R. Yahner brought their | Cessna plane down. The next arrivals and landing time were: Fourth, Ray J. Merritt and D. | Roy Bradford, New Castle, Pa., and E Epstcin, Pittsburgh, Ryan brougham, | 11:04 am One Plane Down. The first accident of the race was re- ported to Bettis Field from Washington, Pa.’ where C. W. “Speed” Holman and R. Gerard of St. Louis made a forced landing. Reports were that their Laird plane turned over. The pilots were un- injured. Four other forced landings were re- | ported. G. C. Quick and Clyde Cessna. | Wichita, Kans., were down at Glenhope. Clearfield County. Pa. in the Forest district. They were unhurt. Their plane |is a Cessna A. Stuart F. Auer and R. E. Herron, Mil- waukee, in a Waco, were far off their course when forced down. They landed at Bridgeport, Ohio. They were unin- | jured, and planned to attempt a take-off | for Bettis Field. ‘The airplane of Paul R. Braniff, Okla- homa City, one of the Class B trans- | continental air racers, was forced down | at Middletown, Pa., by fog. He said he would stay there with his Travelair plane until he received a favorable weather report from New York. A report from Lebanon, Pa. said a monoplane bearing the number X-7629 and competition number 110 on a wing, made a forced landing at 8:45 o'clock today two miles west of Jonestown. The pilot took off again after refueling with- out giving his name, ‘The 20 airplane pilots in Class B of the cross-country air derby took off this morning from Roosevelt Field, N. Y. The class C race scheduled for this i morning was deferred on reports of bad weather, but officials at Roosevelt Field said no warning could be sent to the airmen who left in the class B race. Leave Minute Apart. Twenty minutes after L. F. Shoenhair | of Los Angles soared from Roosevelt | Field as the first contestant to depart, {Ray J. Merritt of Newcastle, Pa., dis- appeared into the Western sky and all were away on a five-day race of ap- | proximately 3,000 miles, divided in 13 stops before the contest ends at Mines Field. Los Angeles. One woman, Mrs. E. W. Pendleton of New York City, was a passenger of Shoenhair, who also carried Tom Colby | of Detroit in a Buhl plane. | The contestants, all driving planes with | engine displacement of 510 to 800 cubic | | | | | | i i | i CURTS WS WET PLAN FOR STATES Senator Leading G. 0. P.| Forces in Maine—Addresses Mass Meeting Tonight. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Me., September 8.— Senator Curtis, the Republican vice presidential nominee, was leading the | Republican “big show” into this city today for the wind-up of the campaign in the Maine State election to be held Monday. A mass meeting will be held here tonight, with the vice presidential nom- inee as the speaker. William Tudor Gardiner, Republican candidate for governor, and Senator Hale, running for re-election in Monday’s contest, are also | on the program. Prohibiticn came prominently into the | Republican wind-up drive last night at | Bangor, where Gov. Brewster declared | it to be the sole issue so far as the na- tional election was concerned and Sen- ator Curtis flatly announced his opposi- | tion to the proposal that “States go into the whisky business.” Speaking solely for “Charliz Curtis,” the Kansas Sen- ator told an enthusiastic Bangor audi- | ence, “and without binding his running mate, without binding his party and without binding any one, Charlie Curtis is against the Government or any State government going into the whisky busi- ness.” Reductions made in the national debt, in fncome taxes and in the cost of run- ning the Government during the seven years of Republican administration were | i related by the nominee. MACINTOSH REWEDS. Former Husband of Constance Tal- madge Marries Miss Emery. i PARIS, September 8 (#.—Miss Lela | Emery of Cincinnati, a sister of Princess | Liyinskala, and Capt. Alastair MacIn- tosh were married at noon yesterday | in the City Hall of the seventh ward. By. a coincidence, Constance Tal- madge. motion picture actress and for- { inches, were routed to_proceed from | (Continued on Page 3, Column 4. | mer wife of Capt. MacIntosh, arrived | | lane, ¢ Si and _Stripes, | e iited by Do Smith and Harold | open for | sensational hi-jacking GIBSON DISCLOSE SECRET PROBE OF D. C. POLIGE FORGE 'Bureau of Efficiency Has Been Making Inquiry During Summer. NEWS OF INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE SURPRISE “Certain Persons” in Department Are Said to Be Affected by Findings. An important undercover investiga- tion of the Police Department has been conducted during the Summer by the United States Bureau of Efficiency. acte ing under instructions from the Gibson subcommittee of the House, it was dis~ closed today. The news of this secret probe, the ramifications of which are said to af- fect “certain persons” in the departe ment, is expected to create a sensa- tion in police circles, where no inkling of the inquiry has been permitted to circulate. First word of the investigation was given The Star today by Representative Gibson, chairman of the House com- mittee, over long-distance telenhone trom his home in Brattleboro, Vt. Asked if the committee plunned to resume its inquiry into conditions in the local Police Department as a result of the recent turmoil over discipline, Chairman Gibson replied: “The inquiry already is under way. It has been a continuing investigation, lasting all Summer. I expect to return to Washington early next week to take a personal hand in the sitnation. The committee will make public zll the facts disclosed, and we shall pursue the in- quiry without fear or favor.” It was learned authoritatively today that the investigation has been and is being conducted by experts of the Bu- reau of Efficiency, although officials at the bureau refused to comurent on Chairman Gibson's statement or to dis- cuss the probe for publication. Inquiry Is Secret. It was known, however, that the in- quiry has been carried forward with the greatest of secrecy, with a view to keeping those under surveillance in ig- norance of the fact that they were being investigated. It appears that the study is nearing completion, for preparations are said to be under way to submit a report on the | findings to Chairman Gibson within the next few days. It probably will be for- warded to the Vermont Representative at_his home in Brattleboro. There were indications that the re- port of the bureau would be directed more at administrative phases of the department than at personnel; that the report would concern efficiency rather than corruption. These were purely surinises, based on intimations that the bureau’s inquiry had produced valuable results, but that its report would not contain sensational matter from ths standpoint of the press. Hesse Welcomes Probe. Although unaware of the undercover investigation of the department, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent, de- clared that he welcomed an impartial probe. “The records of our department are inspection,” ~decldred the superintendent. “They speak for them- selves.” Maj. Hesse added, “if there “But, must be criticism of the police, I would like to have more of the constructive kind. I want to build up, not to tear down."” . Maj. Hesse pointed out that the de- partment had made every effort to carry out the instructions of-Mr. Gibson be- fore he left Washington in June to rid Washington of its gambling houses before his return. “We have been plug- ging y persistently. but not spectac- ularly,” said the superintendent. “Every one of the places listed in the report turned over to ™e by Mr. Gibson has been raided. Some of them have re- opened, however. ..t we will get them again. That is about all we can do under existin: conditions. “I told Mr. Gibson at the time that there were 200 or more gambling houses flourishing \in Washington, and that it was difficult to close them and keep them closed without additional legisla- tion and a greater degree of co-opera- tion from the courts. I told him, too that a few hours after the police raid and close a gambling house it reopens. He is familiar with the situation.” Old Board Still Sits. Maj. Hesse also announced thay the new Police Trial Board, created b§ the Commissioners yesterday in response to his urgent pleas, would not be formally organized until next Friday. In the meantime, the old board, which the Commissioners decreed should pass out of existence today, is making arrange- ments to dispose of the cases in which t has taken testimony. The old board will sit at the sixth pre- cinct station next Thursday morning to clean its calendar. According to records in the Police Department this board will have to dispose of eight cases be- fore it adjourns. One of these is the case involving Policeman Edward M. Taylor, who is now under suspension. The new board, composed of Inspector Louis J. Stoll and Capts. Guy E. Bur- lingame and W. G. Stott, with Capts. T. R. Bean and Fred M. Cornwell as alternates, will hear its first case Fri- day. Inspector Stoll. the highest ranke ine officer. will serve as chairman. Maj. Hesse sees in the new board the characteristics of a “strong. virile body." here yesterday from the United States. ¥ it ates. | capt. Burlingame has been described ?_United States-Mexico Air Mail Line [ Will Operate October Air mail service between the United | ci States and_Mexico will be inaugurated October ¢, Postmaster General New an- nounced foday, after receipt of notice from the Mexican government that service between Mexico City and Nuevo | Laredo would begin on that date. The service will provide direct con- nections between Mexico City, Quere- taro, San Luis Potosi, Saltillo and Mon- terey, in Mexico, connecting with the domestic service at Laredo, Tex., to which point the line from San An- tonio is being extended. The new service will cut in half the &e&huded for dispatch of or iny present six mail from Ne® York and the East to Mexico City. irect connection with the northern air mail routes to the Cleveland from Fort Worth will effect also a great saving of time. articles will be 20 cents for each ounce tries. from Mexico will be 75 centavos for cach 20 grams or fraction. planes will leave ‘Nuevo Laredo { by the superintendent as the most “hard-boiled” officer in the department. Capt. Stott also has a reputation for being “hard boiled” when the occasion warrants. Inspector Stoll. however. is reputed to have a calm demeanor and 2ven temperament, and he was placed jon the beard. it was said. to act as a sort of “balancing influence.” Expect Increased Discipline, Maj. Hesse as well as other adminis- trative officials of the department arc confident that this new trial board will have a tremendous influence in bring- ing about the desired increase in efficiency and discipline. The old board was criticised for being too lenient and permitting the continuance of a num- ber of cases, but the officers on the new disciplinary body were chosen, it was said because they are not likely to have lenient inclinations in cas:s here the guilt of a policeman is positive, 1. New Announces| ties of Kansas City, Chicago and Rates of postage on all air mail fraction. This will cover all charges cluding air mail service in both coun- Corresponding rates on articles A special cancellation will ke author- ized for the San Antonio and Laredo post offices on the initial trip. Under the tentative schedule arranged the 8:30 am. and arrive at Mexico City at 5:40 p.m. Returning, the plane will leave Mexico City at at Nuevo Laredo at 6:25 pam. 5 am. and arrive | DOt ex] On the other hand, police officials do t_the new board to be kept (Continued on Page 2, Column 7 _