Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1929, Page 1

WEATHE! (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and warmer, followed by local thundershowers slightly cooler tonight: tomorrow gen- erally fair. Highest, 87, terday; lowest, 64, at 6 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page 7. No. 1,269—No. 31,120, R. afternoon, at 4 p.m. yes- Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. PLANERACETOU. ! ABANDONED WHEN FRENCH AND POLISH RIVALS TURN BACK Feeling of Mystery Apparent as Messages Fail to Tell| Direction in Which Ships. Travel on Ocean Hop. IDZIKOWSKI AND KUBALA MAY BE FORCED DOWN Coste Doesn't Tell Reason Why Question Mark Gave Up Flight to New York, But France Be- lieves Adverse Weather Caused Emergency Change in Plans, LE BOURGET, July 14 (® — Capt. Coste notified aviation headquarters here at 8:35 o'clock this morning that he would land at Villacoublay. By the Associated Press. LE BOURGET, France, July 14 (Sunday).—A report received by way of Rochefort that Capt. Dieudonne Coste again was over France brought a sigh of relief to those who waited all night in greatest anxiety for the safety of the flyers. So far Paris has not learned what caused the flyers to turn back. By the Assoclated Press. Indefinite wireless reports from the Polish and French aviators) who took off from France yester- day morning, ostensibly for New York, last night indicated that the i race across the Atlantic is defi- | nitely off. An air of mystery, however, in- Jected itself in the situation as| ships at sea and ceastal radio sta- tions continued to log messages! from the Question Mark and the Marshal Pilsudski. Dieudonne Coste and his me- chanic, Bellonte; reportet through the Havas agency that the Ques-| tion Mark had turned back to! France after reaching a point| north of the Azores last night. A message, relayed to Paris via Lis- | bon, said simply, “Returning Le Bourget. Startsd back 6:15 p.m.” | On the basis of this message it was expected the plane would reach Le Bourget about 10 o'clock (4 a.m. East- ern Standard time). At Horta, in the Azores, a message from_Idzikowski and Kubala. aloft in tne Polish plane, was picked up in- dicating they were only 50 kilometers away and wanted to land. 5 Message Relayed. Shortly afterward, the British steam- #hip Relillio relayed a message to the | Associated Press at London that Coste had been sighted at 10:40 at a point 200 miles distant from the Azores. The message did not make it clear whether the plane had been seen yesterday morning or last night, nor did it in- dicate the direction in which the French fiyers were headed. ! The Assoclated Press also picked up & message from the steamship Narenta At 7:36 G. M. T., saying it had sighted the Marshal Pilsudski in latitude 40.50 and longitude 2643 W. The wireless aiso failed to state the direction in ' which the big plane was headed. The pusition indicated is about 200 miles nprtheast of Fayal, Azores, ! Tdzikowski and Kubala were experi- | epcing serious motor trouble and, in fact, logically might have been consid- ersd plready forced to land at sea or | upon one of the rocky islets of the Azores group. Lacking any official information to explain Coste's abandonment of the flight, the French government assumed it to have been due to bitterly adverse ‘weather conditions. The Polish fyers reported their mis- fortune to the steamship Narenta in A message saying “my motor has tyouble.” More than five hours later Horta re- ported them as indicating an urgent need for a landing location. Following the Horta report mot a word came from any source for several hours. Aviation observers deduced from this that the Polish plane must have been forced down. Santander Notified. At the same time Commancent Renvoise informed these air fields and #Aips at sea of Coste’s return. He added inat Coste would pass by way of Spain and included Santander among ‘the points to which he addressed his mes- sage. Both machines carried wireless sets using 600-meter wave-length transmis- sion, but limited in range to less than 250 miles. The perils of the Atlantic crossing have been experienced by Coste, as well as his friendly Polish rivals. The Frenchman hopped the Southern At- isntic from Africa to South :‘America in 1927, making the first jump between those continents. . The goal of thesrace is one of the few transoceanic flying m?‘l‘v&h- ments that remains to be achieved. ‘While Capt. Koehl, Maj. Fitzmaurice and Baron von Huenefeld. made .the first westward crossing of the North Atlantic last ‘season, they' flew from Ireland, and a crossing from the con- tinent to the North America has never been accomplished. L 20-Year Dream.. “Paris to New York” has been the dream of French aviators since the day 20 years ago when Bleriot flew across the English Channel and immediately predicted that some one would, some day fly across the ocean., Coste kept his intended destination secret until after he had left Le Bou because the French government t | prosperous year Hoover Assures Students of Loan Of ’Possum Mascot Hyattsville Boys® Letter| Gets Reply Promising Further Use of Animal. President Hoover has assured the Athletic Association of the Hyattsville High School of Hyattsville, Md., that it may have “Billy,” the White House opossum, as a mascot at any time in the future when his services may be needed. A letter to this effect has been written by the President and sent to Robert Venemann, representing the athletic association of that school, in response to & letter by Robert and Willlam E. Robinson, also of the athletic associa- tion, thanking the President for the loan of “Billy” as a mascot during the closing weeks of school and reminding him that the animal brought the school good fortune in its participation in_the Prince Georges County high school champlonships in soccer, basket bail, track and base ball athletics. Boys Thank President. The letter of thanks from the two boys to the President follows: ‘Dear President Hoover: Please ac- the hearty thanks ur associ- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) DRY AGENTS HELD FOR MURDER TRIAL Two of Four in Raiding Party Must Face Court After Double Deaths. By the Assoclated Pres TECUMSEH, Okla, July 13.—Two members of a Federal prohibition offi- cers’ raiding party must stand trial in State District Court for murder as an outgrowth. of slaying of James Harris and Oscar Lowery, farmers and World War veterans, it was ruled today at the conclusion of a preliminary trial before J. J. Dutton, justice of peace. Jeff B. Harris was bound over for trial on a charge of murdering both : men and W. W. “Snake” Thomason was bound over on a charge growing out of James Harrls’ death. Charges against John Willlams and Tom Little, two other members of the party, were dismissed after little evidence had been produced to connect them with the slayings. Thomason is a commissioned Federal prohibition enforcement agent. Wash- ington officials have denied that Harris was a commissioned employe, but testi- mony_introduced at the hearing was that he had represented himself as a Federal agent in a conversation follow- ing the slayings, both of which were attributed to him. Held Without Bond. No testimony was offered today by the defendants, who were represented by J. B. Dudley, an Oklahoma City at- torney identified with the defense of Gov. Henry S. Johnston, who was impeached "and removed from office last March. Both Thomason and Har- ris were ordered held without bond for their trials which probably will be held in the Fall. -Mrs. James Harris, the 31-year-old widow of one of the slain men, was the chief State witness. The Harris family, tenant farmers, lived near Tecumseh, and both the victim and his wife were leading members of a small community church. Several witnesses testified they | never had known Harris to touch liquor or to have any in his house. ‘With the youngest of her three chil- dren, a curly headed little girl of three years, playing about her feet and later ing asieep in her arms, Mrs. Harris related in an emotionless voice that Jeft Harris had killed both her hus- band and Lowery, her brother, as they stood unarmed and with hands uplifted. Believed Man Drunk. Jeft Hafris came to their home on the morning of July 4, she related, and after a preliminary search of outbuild- | ings, started toward the house. Her husband, James, in the meantime had gone into the house, she sald. Mrs. (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) . BANKING MEN CONVICTED. Ex-President and Ex-Cashier of Ohio Bank Seek New Trial. KENTON, Ohio, July 13 (#).—Henry E. Dickinson, former president of the defunct Mount Victory State Bank, and Joseph A..Korns, former cashier, were convicted tonight on charges of falsify- ing entries to the State banking de- partment. The men were released un- der $5,000 bond each pending hearing of a motion for a new trial. The wuda WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION & WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1929—120 PAGES. ‘STIMSON CLASHES - WITH BORAH OVER TARIFF “PROTEST” Secretary Denies Canadian Minister Has Complained to Department. l IDAHOAN SAYS F—IGHT ORIGINATED IN U. S. Watson Declares Dominion Vigor- ously Has Opposed Schedule Increase by America. Secretary of State Stimson and Sen- | ator Borah, chalrman of the Senate | foreign relations committee, came to a | | rhetorical passege at arms yesterday in the tariff dispute, as Capitol Hill bofled | over a reported Canadian threat of re- | prisals if new American duties brought | distress to the Dominion, ; Secretary Stimson vigorously denied | that Vincent Massey, the Canadian | Minister, had made any provocative protest to him. Senator Borah had | confirmed & report that he was sum- moned to the State Department earl | in the week and “acquainted with Mr. | Massey's objections to proposed Ameri- : can duties on Jumber, shingles and cattle.” i | Senator Borah replied yesterday in a | statement that Mr. Stimson's statement | justified his belief “all along that these | supposed protests from Canada origi- nated in the United States.” “British Preference” 1s Threat. ‘The two leaders in American foreign affairs drew from Senator James E. Watson, Republican Senate leader, a declaration that “there has been a protest from Canada and a vigorous protest.” Senator Watson said this Government had been given to under- stand that a system of 50 per cent British preference might result from any new American tariff rates to which Canada strongly objected. Senator Watson's statement was re- ceived with considerable interest in view of his breakfast conference with Presi- dent Hoover on Thursday, at which ths tariff was the subject. What transpired in that conference, also attended by Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, | another protectionist and member of the Senate finance committee, has not been ; disclose With d. several protectionist Senators resenting “foreign interference” in American tariff LF. as a result of the Canadian incident and the lodging of complaints from 28 other countries, the Senate Republican leader made it plain that he did not think any foreign protest would carry much weight in the revision of the tariff. State Department’s Statement. Secretary Stimson was brought into the tariff controversy by the widespread publication yesterday morning of reports that Canada, through Minister Massey. had protested to him against certain duties, and was considering retaliatory measures. The following was issued at the State Department: “When his attention was called to newspaper reports to the effect that the Canadian Minister, Vincent Massey, re- cently protested to the State Depart- ment against the proposed schedules on shingles, lumber and feeder cattle and had intimated that if the tariff proves too drastic the government of Great | Britain might retaliate by trying to im- pose a duty on American wheat, the Secretary of State said: “‘I wish to deny unequivocally that any such statement was made by the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ADOLPH MENJOU SIGNS CONTRACT FOR TALKIES French Actor Makes Agreement Just Before Sailing For France. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, July 13.—Adolph Men- jou, film star, who told reporters that he was going to Europe to hunt for a job just before the French liner Paris sailed Friday night, will return to New York within 30" days to begin work on the first of a series of talking pictures for the American Sound Recording Cor- poration of 342 West Forty-fourth street, Aifred Walker, vice president of the con- cern, announced yesterday. Menjou signed a contract to make the pictures on a co-production basis, Mr. Walker sald, and the deal was completed just as the ship began to leave the dock. All of the pictures will be made in the ! company’s New York studios. M'MILLAN EXPEDITION RACES THROUGH FIELD OF ICEBERGS Baffin Land Explorers Reach Village in Labrador Without Meeting Drift Ice. BY DONALD By Radio to The Star. MACMILLAN. HOPEDALE, Labrador, July 13.—The MacMillan-Baffin Land expedition has arrived at Hopedale, a Moravian Eskimo village in Northern Labrador. Thus far we have encountered no ‘weeks ago the Eskimos here were driving dog slds up and down the The sea is fairly dotted with ice- bergs. Yesterday we could count them from the deck of the Bowdoin between here and Battle Harbor; we have passed at least 500 icebergs, but smaller than | %® in previous years. Our largest was about 200 feet above the water, which would indicate a depth of about 2,000 feet under water. Though the millions of tons of ice the schooner Bowdoin hurried north under sail and engine. It has been so cold during the last two months th: the hull still is covered with great patches of snow, more than I have ever seen at this time during the last 21 The signs here seem to indicate a for codfish at the pres- officlally “ frowned wupon transatlantic | with ng_those “in_the know" were tinued on Page 3, Column 3.) All tubs, barrels and were 50 many. X an boxes have been filléd, s drift ice in spite of the fact that three coast. boat to |, My men are all busy today on scien- ! Swarthmore ‘College” i ovér. the hils j collecting botanical ‘nlhvrlu is studying spectmens of trout land on board by the i specimens. Dr. W. C. Kendall of the Bureau of salmon it Iltvlew of New Books—Page 4. hold the catch. To hold the | Organized lce | Spanish War Veterans— Marine Corps Notes—! REFERRING INDURANCE REC far. ‘ORDS! FLIMSY PORTABLES SEEN AS COSTLY Room For Room Basis Shows Waste in Tem- | porary Schools. PROBE NEARING END Engineer’s Report Will Govern School Board’s| Future Policy in Problem BY CHARLES B. DEGGES. During the 12 years the District has | been building, moving and repairing its 75 portable schools, the average amount of money spent on any elght of them has | been nearly 60 per cent of what it would have cost to build and maintain an elght-room permanent school building. Figures obtained by The Star show, furthermore, that if the permanent bulldings had been reproduced as near- ly as physically possible in the port- ables the cost would have been 71 per cent of that of the regulation eight- room school. The cost.of sites is not included in either of the averages as | portables in most cases are located ad- | jacent to permanent buildings. Portables Virtually Serap. The investigation further revealed that at the end of the 12-year period the permanent bulldings were perfectly sound, while the portables were about ready for the scrap heap. That's the economic side of the | portéble school question here and it's the side which doubtless is responsible for the hitherto unannounced study now being made by school officials to determine whether it would not be cheaper to transport suburban children by bus at public expense to more cen- trally located permanent school bulld- ings than it is to attempt to maintain portable school groups within ‘walking distance of each of the city's newer resi- dential developments. Another study of the portables was completed last Friday when a special committee of engineers appointed by the municipal architect inspected the 1ast of the 75 structures now in use to determine those which, through struc- tural weaknesses incurred by frequent moving and general deterioration, pre- sent actual dangers to their occupants. The engineers are expected to report (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. PART TWO—8 PAGE! Editorial_Sectjon—Editorials ai torial Features. | | | | and 8. nd Fdi- PART THREE—12 PAGES. Soclety. Cl\lbwzmen of the Nation—Page 7. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 7. News of the Clubs—Page 8. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 9. At Community Centers—Page 9. Army-Navy News—Page 10. W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 12. PART FOUR—14 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen d Music. !nmf.hz Motor’ World—<Pages 4, 5, 6 and 7. \ Aviation ‘Activities—Pages 8 and 9. Fraternities—Page 10. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 10. Dist National Guard—Page 11. Reserves—Page 11. -Page 12. Radio News—P: 13, Serial Story, “ ‘Treasure House of | Martin Hews"—Page 14. PART FIVE—10 PAGES. Sports and Finaneial. PART SIX—8 PAGES, Advertising. A reng Cross-word Pu-lo——hn 20. GRAVURE SECTION—$ PAGES. World Events in- Pictures. . COLOR SECTION—S3 PAGES. -{1and * * * pal ; Mutt and Jeff; Reg' EXPERIMENT School Cost Comparisons “Permanent Bldg. 8 Portables. Cost bldg.. . .$125,000 $32,000 Furniture . 2,000 (inc. above) Heating . 4,400 4 Repairs . 3520 | | 26,400 ‘Total ....$147,900 $81,920 Comparable costs for facilitie completely lacking in portables: { $7.200 | | Classrooms .. *Eight rooms. SEESSTATEPERLS INFEDERALPOWER Senator King Flays .Burealf~ cracy—Hits Huge Finan- cial Combines. A threatened absorption of the Stat:s by the Federal Government in the field of politics, 2nd the growth of trusts and monopolies in finance and industry were singled out by Senator Willlam H. King of Utah last evening as de- velopments in twentieth century Amer- ica that imperil our form of Govern- ment though declaring faith in the ultimate triumph of democracy. Senator King spoke in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broad- casting System. The address was broadeast locally from Station WMAL over a coast-to-coast network of sta- tions. Hope of Demoeracy. | Senator King asserted that if democ- | racy as a form of government is to pre- vall, it must break with a growing federalism and find its strength as well | as its hope for success in local self- | government, | “This is not a question of bringing to life a dead ‘State’s right doctrine.’” | he declared, “it is dealing with a funda- mental question of political science. ‘The question of local self-government and the principal of the sovereignty of the States is not a dead one. It is one of the most vital problems in our body politic.” “A powerful bureaucracy is being es- tablished in the United States with al- most autocratic power,” he declared. Have Federal Authority. “More than 800,000 persons are clothed with Federal authority and con- stitute a part of the great bureaucracy under which we live. The activities of the Federal Government are being ex- tended into almost every home in the ternalism is growing, and side by side with it socialism strides with vigorous step, while bureaucracy marches with triumphant banners throughout the'land. The melancholy picture is presented of many of the people shrinking domestic and legal re- sponsibilities, betraying their States and contributing "tg lek decline bz ving support to Federal n an ;ledenl gummmm vernment.” “What is needed today,” he declared, “is a renaissance of the spirit of State's n‘hlts and lner:ld ullt-gwemment. o: revolt against Federal usurpations an a defermination to resist the centraliz- Fight on Trusts at End. In the realm of finance and industry, Senator King is convinced that the revolt against trusts, characterized by the Sherman anti-trust law and the Clayton act, has subsided, “or at least | the” voice of opposition has been para- Iyzed.” “‘Gigantic in nearly every line | of business are increasing,” he , “and are defended upon economic grounds; and millions of capital are be- ing_massed to secure the trol of banks, trust companies, ind 1 and b\lg%:t 'fl"' and organizations. of limited means are stroyed by the advam business which absorbed or de- cing hosts of big | C Phone Company Employes | into fiames. TWO ARE INJURED “From Press to Home. 5 Within the Hour” , The Star is delivered every evening and Sundsy morning to Washingto= homes by The Stay's exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start.immediate delivery. (#) Means Associsted Press. FIVE CENTS ITEN - CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS| - ELSEWHERE - RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM - GIVES CHINA 3 DAYS TO ACT IN MANCHURIA Consternation Seizes Soviet Lead- ers as Rumblings of War Continue in Siberia. | "MOSCOW THREATENS FORCE UNLESS DEMANDS ARE MET 'Red Workers Hold Wild Demonstrations, Advocating Armed Resistance—Dis- patches From Border Brief. | By the Associsted Press. MOSCOW, July 13.—The Russian government late tonight ad- dressed to the Manchurian government and the Chinese National gov- ernment an ultimatum giving the Chinese three days to assent to & conference for regulating the conflict over the Chinese Eastern Rail- way, recently seized by Manchurian authorities. Failing agreement of the Chinese to hold a conference the Rus- | sian government said it would be compelled to resort to “other means | of defense of the legal rights of the Soviet Union.” Official circles and Russians generally were in consternation tonight over | the bare Teport from the official Tass News Agency that Chinese authorities had expelled Russian officials of the Chinese Eastern Railway and that Man- churian troops, including Russian White Guards, had advanced to the frontier | of Eastern Siberia. AS AUTO BURNS | Saved by Motorists in Crash Near Alexandria. Charles M. Shepperson, jr., 22, or‘me very 312 South Washington street, Alexan- dria, and Courtland Smith, jr., abou 28, of 1919 Nineteenth street, Wash- | ington. were badly injured last night when the latter's machine plunged into | The procedure of the Chinese was regarded here as a fresh atiempt to draw Russia into armed conflict, Retaliation Expected. The younger generation of Communists will undoubtedly demand strong | retaliatory ‘measures but the responsible leaders probably will abstain from jovert acts lkely to endanger world peace. Moscow learned of the events in Manchuria for the first time today | through Tass Agency reports, which said in part: “Simultaneously with news of seizure of the management of the Chinese | Eastern Rallway came the report of concentration along Soviet frontiers of | Manchurian troops fully armed and on a war footing, which had moved to frontier. “According to the same Teporis, Russian White Guard detachments which the Manchurian commanders intend to send forth on Russian territory were |lined up with Manchurian troops facing the frontier. Workers Demand Resistance. “News of the Harbin situation and of the Manchurian seizure of the rail- a telephone pole on Seminary road, near | way caused an explosion of wrath today in many workers' centers. Alexandria, overturning and bursting | “Armed resistance by Soviet Russia against aggression was demanded in | numerous meetings and demonstrations at Nijni Novgorod, Kursk, Chita and The two men escaped burning to | Voronezh, as well as other cities throughout the Soviet Union. death on the lonely Toad by the heroic | ‘work of known only as Potts and Lionheart, all | and Joseph L. Lash | counselor in Federal braved the flames to save | readiness to defend by ! Russtan workmen. he two men. Both Seriously Injured. Shepperson and Smith sustained fractures of their left legs, cuts and bruises, while Smith was badly burned | also about the legs and feet and bruised | above the right eye. | With Smith at the wheel, the two | men were driving along the Seminary | | road on their way to dinner at the resi- | dence of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hoff on Seminary Hill, where Smith, his wife and child are spending the Sum- mer, when the steering gear suddenly snapped, the car running wildly off the road, striking a telephone pole, and | overturning. The machine immediately caught fire. i Rushed to Hospital. | ‘The men were taken from the burning car by the trio from Barcroft and Lash, who were passing in their machine. Smith was rushed to the Alexandria Hospital by the Barcroft men, while Shepperson was taken to the hospital by Mrs. Elmer Spittle of Seminary Hill, who heard the crash while standing on the porch of her home. Both of the injured men are em- ployes of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co, in Washington. “Moscow alone remained comparatively calm in contrast with the vast Lioyd Johnson, two others gemonstrations elsewhere. Protests in the capital were confined to meetings in local factories and shops. g “At Kursk thousands of demonstrators passed a resolution stating their arms the friendly relations existing between Chinese and Nete Is Polite. The note was couched in polite terms and summed up Russia’s consistent efforts during the past years to maintain peace with China. Vice Minister of Foreign Affiairs Karakhan, after detafling the proposal for amicable settlement of the Eastern Chinese Rallway dispute, gives the Chinese three days for & re- ply, failing which Soviet Russia signifies her firm and unequivocal intent to en- force her rights. by . The note gave a detailed summary of the extraterritorial rights and privi- Jeges enjoyed by Czarist Russia in common with other foreign powers in Chins and surrendered by the Soviet government in pursuance of its socialistic policy. It then concludes with the Soviet government's proposals: Pirst, calling of an immediate conference for regulating all questions anent the Chinese Eastern Railway. Second, Chinese authorities to cease all illegal acis anent Chinese Eastern Railway. All arrested Soviet citizens to be liberated immediately and Chinese au- thorities to cease prosecution of Soviet citizens and Soviet institutions. The government suggests the Mukden and National governments of the Chinese republics weigh the serious consequences following from the rejection of these proposals. The note winds up with the Soviet government declares that it will wait three days for the Chinese government’s Teply to the proposals and warns that in the event a satisfactory reply is not received the Soviet government will be compelled to resort to other means to defend the Soviet Union’s legal righta. GANG FIGHT ON ROAD Dayton Labor Dispute Believed Cause of Shooting—Eight Persons Held. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, July 13— Frank Metzler, 19, Dayton, was shot to death at Brandt, 10 miles west of here, on the National Highway tonight in what police say was a gang fight caused by labor disputes in a Dayton factory. Springfield police, called to the scene, arrested eight persons on charges of suspicion and are holding them for the sheriff of Miami County. Between 25 and 30 persons engaged in the fight, it was reported. GEN. CARRILLO IS INJURED. MEXICO CITY, July 13 (#).—Special dispatches from Durango today sald that the Federal Gen. Jaime Carrillo, who gained fame by his successful de- fense of the port of Mazatlan against rebel troops during the recent rebellion, was injured seriously in an automobile accident near there. - Gen, Carrillo is expected to recover, MEXICAN REBELS LOSE |KING TO UNDERGO MEZQUITIC TO FEDERALS| opERATION MONDAY | War Department Reports 35 Killed | Buckingham Palace Bulletin In- dicates Minor Difficulty in Healing. and 33 Wounded in Fierce Fighting. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 13.—The war department today announced reoccu- | | pation by federal forces of the town of By the Associated Press. Mezquitic, Jalisco, after a three-hour| 1oNDON, July 13.—King George battle in which 30 rebels and five fed- | m,)5¢ yndergo another operation on erals were killed and 20 rebels and 13| ponday for the purpose of draining an federals wounded. abscess in the right side of his chest, The official report says that although thé rebels, who were intrenched outside the town, were 400 in number and the federals only 150, the government troops had attacked so fiercely that they drove the rebels into the mountains. Gen. Alfonso Sanchez led the federal attack. The Velez brothers commanded | the rebel band and have held the town | for several months. 5 | - Hungary Refuses to Eree Spy. ‘BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 13 (#).— The Hungarian government today in- formed Czechoslovakia that its request for release of the Czechoslovakian rail- ‘way man, Pecha, arrested for spying in but one of his two stafl officers probably will die. Their automobile skidded and turned over. Hungary, lacked sufficlent grounds. Pe- c):lt" ‘confessed that he had engaged in spying along the Hungarian frontier. BOY DROPS LIFE AS GIRL AT 19 TO TAKE UP LAW | Pennsylvania Youth, Only Child, Went Through Hi‘ghv School in Feminine Attire. By the Associated Press. SELINSGROVE, Pz., July 13.—Mai ‘Bodmor. after masquerading for 19 years as & legal profession. Bodmer had-enrolled at an Allentown preparatory and is preparing to enter the ‘when it was learned that young school, a boys’ school. TInquires as to why a girl was enroll- ing At a boys' preparatory school brought the admission from the parents’ that Marion or Marian was really & MASQUERADE rion Bodmer, 10, son of Burgess G. A. girl has donned mannish attire This was revealed here today the girls' basket ball team at the school. family explained that Marion was now living in Allentown ned to enter the preparatory in Fall, ted from the plans to study law. er was born, Mr. and Mrs. birth nt’: After o stated = bulletin issued tonight at Buckingham Palace and signed by six hysicians. 5 His majesty, who spent part of the afternoon in the grounds of Bucking- ham Palace, was_visited this afternoon by the Prince of Wales. The King onls recently was obliged to cancel his ususl Summer visit to Sandringham on sc- count of the state of his health, after » relapse during his convalescence at ‘Windsor Castle in June. The official bulletin follows: “The genenl health of his majesty the King as further improved. The sinus in the right side of his chest has ceased to give adequate exit to, and therefore secure the healing of the small resi- dual abscess with which it communi- cates. . “It will be necessary therefore, for this abscess to be directly drained and treated, and all consideration has been as to the best method of ef- n place Monday. “Signed: Hewett, H. Graham Wilfred Trotter, Hugh M. Rigby, L. Martyn, Dawson of Penn. Dated, Saturday evening.” o “ P The King's opera on .Monday’ understood to be a minor one. ILEANA TO SHOW INCOME. Princess’ Tax Protest Cre: " Sensation in ‘Rumania. . BUC] , R 13 0P), HAI\HT“ Jumh. July of Princess and | cess hich he is now mN]y“ wl enrolled, . gradual