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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, not much change in temperature. ‘Temperatures: Highest, 75, at noon today; lowest, 65, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 No. 31,144 post _office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. ¢ Foen & WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1929—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. JEPPELINTO START ROUND-THE-WORLD Eckener Is Advised Weather| Is Favorable for First Leg of Cruise. PASSENGERS ORDERED TO BE ON HAND AT 10 P.M. Rumors in Lakehurt Hint Globe Cruise to Be Dirigible Cap- tain's Last Flight. By the Associated Press. NAVAL AIR STATION. LAKE- HURST, N. J. August 7.—Dr. Hugo Fckner. on his return here from New York shortly after noon foday, an- nounced that the Graf Zeppelin. the weather appearing favorable, will set off on the first leg of her round-the- world cruise at midnight tonight on #chedule. At the same time Wilhelm von | Meister. American _reprpesentative of the Zeppelin company, said “zero hour” for the 18 passengers, some of whom will go only as far as Friedrichshafen, had been set for 10 p.m. Refueling Is Completed. All passengers and the ton of mail and nearly two tons of freight—inclid- ing one Boston bull pup named Happy -—will be aboard at that hour, and the Graf may take the air at any moment thereafter. The job of refueling the Graf was completed at noon. Workmen were still pumping hydrogen gas into her, how= ever, in the early afternoon. Although the Graf Zeppelin probably will ascend into cloudbanks tonight, ‘Washington weather forecasts handed to Dr. Eckener as he arrived at the station indicated that conditions gen- erally were favorable for the Atlantic crossing. An area of calm weather, the fore- cast stated, would extend from Ber- muda to the Azores. At Lakehurst and for some distance out beyond the coast the sky was expected to be overcast, and fresh west and southwest winds were predicted. Some rough weather over the Atlantic was forecast. but it was north of the Zeppelin's route. May Be Eckener's Last Trip. As Dr. Eckener was completing his plans for departure in the hangar here, reports drifted over of rumors said to be fairly insistent at Friedrichshafen, that this trip around the world is to be his last. The doctor was tco busy to talk to reporters, however. Names of all the passengers who will be aboard tonight have been made public save one, He—or she—did not want any information given out before sailing time. All day reporters and; cameramen eagerly scanned groups of arrivals, trying to guess which one might be the unknown eighteenth pas- senger. Among those who expect to remain aboard the airship until she arrives here again a month hence, flying out of the West, are: Comdr. Charles E. Rosen- dahl, U. S. N.: Lieut. J. C. Richardson, U. 8. N.: William B Leeds, son of the late tinplate king; Sir George Hubert Wilkins, explorer; Lady Grace Drum- mond Hay, Karl Von Weigand, news- paper correspondent, and Joachim D. Rickard, writer. Comdr. Rosendahl, | survivor of the ill-fated Shenandoah | and former commander of the Navy dirigible Los Angeles, and Lieut. Rich- ardson are going as observers for the Navy. C. P. Burgess, a civilian engineer at- tached to the Navy, will be a passen- ger as far as Friedrichshafen. Other Americans who will leave the airship at Priedrichshafen are Nathan Wexler and_ William Weber of New ! York, John E. Larney of Brooklyn and | Moris Shumofsky of New Rochelle, | N. Y. | ‘Wicks Resigns From Navy. The passenger 1'st of 18 includes | several Germans who arrived on the| Graf on her flight from Germany. Lieut, Comdr. Zeno W. Wicks, U.S.N. who had charge of pumping fuel and lifting gas into the airship’s| storage bags, said the task would be completed 12 hours before the take-off. Refueling the Zeppelin was one of the last duties of Lieut. Comdr. Wicks as a naval officer. He has resigned to become hangar and construction su- perintendent for the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation at Akron, Ohio. where two dirigibles larger than the Graf Zeppe- lin are to be built for the Navy. Forecasts indicated that ‘weather conditions would permit the start as scheduled. Cloudy weather, with pos- sible showers, was in prospect, but Lieut. S. F. Reicheldorfer, Lakehurst forecaster, said there would be no high wind to prevent the take-off. ‘Weather To Be Radioed. Hans von Schiller, one of the pilots ¢ the Graf, said he expected the air- ship would reach Friedrichshafen early Ffunday. The ship will be grounded there for four or five days, then set out for Tokio and to Los Angeles. Each trip is expected to take four to five days, with layovers of the same dur-| ation at each stop. The trip eastward acrods the United States is estimated to consume two or three days, which will bring the airship to her starting place here about September 3. Weather reports will be supplied | to the airship by radio as frequently as they are available. The jump from Friedrichshafen to Tokio is regarded as the most hazardous, because mountains, clouds and rain may make navigation difficult, and weather reports in that part of the world are meager. MEXICAN LABOR CODE NEARS FINAL PASSAGE Drastic Measure Is Approved in Senate—State Legislatures Must Ratify Law. Dy the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August 7.—The way today was almost clear for final enact- ment of the drastic national labor code proposed by President Emilio Portes Gil. It was regarded as a foregone conclu- sion that sugs remaining would be taken with little hesitation. The Mexican Senate yesterday passed, with _modifications imposed by _the Chamber of Deputies, the bill amend- ing the national constitution to permit cnactment of the labor code. Legisla- tures of all the Mexican states have been called into extraordinary sessions | to consider the constitutional amend- ment. o Two-thirds of the states must ratify the amendment before it can become MRS. WILLEBRANDT HOLDS DRINKING IS LESS, DESPITE AMPLE SUPPLY OF LIQUOR TRlP AI M"]N'GHI Ex-Asst. Attorney General Scores “Soci- ety” Use of Cocktails, but Believes Ac- counts of Consumption Exaggerated. (In this, the Lhird of her series, the jormer Assistant United States Attorney General compares conditions in America before and after pro- hibition; “easy drinking” and “noisy drinking” of the present, the casual Saturday night drunk of saloon days, the busy cocktail-shaker at the country club; economic and legal gains and losses.) BY MABEL WALKER WILLEBRANDT. failure. Mrs. Willebrs in the wettest of the wet spots. Not long ago, a magazine of general circulation sent a writer through the length and breadth of the country with instructions to determine how wet is dry America. difficulty in finding liquor refreshments, with alcoholic content, in almost any section of the United States. ‘To many people this was conclusive proof that prohibition is a They overlooked the fact that if the same writer had been sent in search of alcoholic stimulant in the days before national prohibition, he would have had a far easier task. I do not know of a time in the history of this or any other country, either under National or State prohibition, local or county option, gov- ernmental sale, or under rigid regulation of the open salcon, when it has not been " possible to obtain intoxicating liquors at almost any hour of the day or night,| either in rural districts, the smaller towns, or the large cities. Certainly it would be ridiculous for me to deny that liquor is sold in large and small quantities throughout the country, and that practically any one who pos- sesses simultaneously a thirst and as much as a quarter or a half dollar can partially assuage that thirst. proves that a failure, I do deny. Apparently the writer had no That this of itself rohibition has been and is Situations Compared. Let us briefly compare the situation ;s with that which exists under prohibition. When the eighteenth amendment took effect, this country possessed 507 distilleries with an annual output of 286,000,000 gallons (1,144,- 000,000 quarts) of distilled spirits of various kinds. There were 1,217 breweries with an cutput of hundreds of millions of gallons of beer, 503 warehouses containing practically 200,000,000 gallons 000,000 quarts) of intoxicating liquor, and last but not least 178,000 open saloons. In addition, of course, there were scores of thousands of “blind pigs” selling liquor of every kind—good, bad and indifferent —not only in supposedly dry towns and “local option” sections, but (800,~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) VICTOR L. BERGER DIES OF INJURIES Socialist Leager, 69, Was Struck by Street Car in Milwaukee July 16. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, August 7.—Victor L. Berger, world socialist leader and Mil- waukee newspaper publisher, died at a hospital here this afternoon from in- juries received July 16, when struck by a street car. Mr. Berger was 69 years old. TWO SLAIN IN FIGHT LAID TO GANG “WAR” One Pittsburgh Man Is Shot Down at Hospital Door—Other Found Dying in Street. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, August 7—~Two men were slain here last night, one at the door of a hospital and the other on a street in the East End district. The police described the slayings as “mob killings,” believing they may have re- sulted from a continuation of gang fighting. One of the victims was Steve Monas- tero, alleged racketeer, and the other was Tony Lilo. Monastero was enter- ing a North. Side hospital with his brother Sam to visit a friend. Shot- guns were shoved through the curtains of an automobile parked nearby and fired, Monastero fell and one of his assailants jumped from the ambush ma- chine and fired several shots into the fallen man’s head. Meanwhile,. Sam Monastero had ob- tained a pistol from his own automo- bile and fired three times at his broth- er’s slayer. None of the bullets took effect and the assailants fled. Several hours after the Monastero killing. police found Lilo unconscious from stab wounds. He clutched a knife in his hand as he lay in the street. He died in a hospital before he could be questioned. Bank Statements Washington clearing house, $4,460,- 84.19. New York cldaring house’ exchange, $1,482,000,000. New York clearing house balance, $182,000,000. Treasury balance, August 5, $146,- 295,935.97. In the 4th chapter of Prohibition," -ners and federal officers. ciTective and the labor law passed. | State News, Pages 4 and 5 | ! —will appear in tomorrow’s (OEDINFORNED SNODK OFRVAL Doctor, Accused of -Murder, Describes Details of Love Triangle. By the Associated Press. COURTROOM, COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 7.—Details of the triangle involving Theora Hix, Marion T. Meyers and himself were related by Dr. James H. Snook from the witness stand this afternoon in his trial for the killing of the medical co-ed, as the defense pushed on its effort to prove that the arrangement was such as to indicate the insanity of all the parties involved. Under the questioning of Max Seifert of defense counsel, Dr. Snook, in his clear, cool voice, depicted the three- cornered affair in which both men car- ried on intimate relations with the girl and told how the girl kept him in- formed of her relations with the man who was his rival for her friendship. Dr. Snook went to the witness cnair after his wife, Mrs. Helen M. Snook, and his 68-year-old mother, Mrs. Abner Snook, had faced the sea of faces in the crowded court room to tell their belief that in the last few years Dr. Snook had changed. The defense shortly before the noon recess, won the right to introduce into the trial, an account of the friendship existing between Marion T. Myers and Miss Hix. ‘The court permitted the testimony from the defendant, who was in the witness chair, after a bitter contest between defense and State attorneys as to the relevancy of the evidence. He cautioned the jury, however, that it was to be considered only as it con- tributed to Dr. Snook's claim of in- sanity and not in the light of revealing the character of the slain girl. Kisses Wife in Courtroom. Steeling herself against the ordeal it must have been, Mrs. Snook came early to the courtroom and sat at the defense counsel table waiting to be called to the witness chair to bare before the crowded courtroom the answers to the questions that were in store. She was sitting there when Dr. Snook was brought from his cell at the county jail. One long look passed between the two and then the former Ohio State professor took her hand, leaned over and kissed her on the lips. E. O. Ricketts of defense counsel took up the examination. Mrs. Snook said she lived in Colum- bus before her marriage in September. 1922, and that she had known Dr. Snook 15 years. Asked as to his dis- position, she said he was “quiet and even tempered.” “I never saw him angry or abusive,” she added. Her answers were given in a low, controlled voice. “What was the con- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) . KILLED—135 CIVILIANS 55 GOVERNMENT AGENTS - her series, “The Inside of Mabel Walker Willebrandt —former Assistant United States Attorney General in charge of Prohibition, condemns the unjustified use of firearms and relates exciting stories of gun battles between rum run- “Enforcing Prohibition by Murder” sue of The Eoening Star POLLARD IS NAMED DEMOGRATIC HOPE IN VIRGINIA FIGHT Educator Nominated by Over- whelming Majority in State Primary Election. FALL ELECTION SEEN AS TEST OF SUPREMACY “Battle of Professors” Will Deter- mine Extent of Return to Party Ranks. BY G. GOULD LINCOL Virginia has set the stage for an unprecedented gubernatorial campaign. In the Democratic primary yesterday the regular Democrats nominated Prof. John Garland Pollard. He will be op- | posed by Prof. Willlam Mosely Brown, | the nominee of both the Republicans | State. On the result of the election this ¥Fall rests the fate of the Democratic { organization of the Old Dominion. But there is more bound up in the elec- tion than that. The result will in no £mall measure determine to what ex- tent the Democrats in typically South- ern States have returned to their party allegiance, following the split of last year due to the nomination of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York for President by the Houston convention. Confident of Pollard Election. ‘The Virginia Democratic leaders pro. fess confidence in the election of Mr. Pollard. They feel that the showing made in the Democratic primary yes- terday is encouraging. Mr. Pollard was overwhelmingly nominated. The latest figures available show that he received 96,299 votes to 28,200 cast for G. Walter Mapp, and 4,455 for Rose- well Page. This is a total of approxi- mately 129,000 votes, with 331 voting precincts out of 1,681 still to be heard from. The total vote in the primary may run to 150,000 when all the re- turns are in The vote in the presidential election last November when President Hoover carried the State by a combination of Republican and anti-Smith Democratic support was: Hoover, 164,609; Smith, 140,146, Dr. Brown wastmominated by the anti- I Smith Democrats in Roanoke several weeks ago in convention. His nomina- tion by the Republicans also was through the convention route. It is im- possible, therefore, to make a compari- son of primary figures between Pollard and Brown. The coalition candidate against Pollard has always been a Democrat up until last year, when with many other Demo- crats he broke away and voted for Hoover and against Smith. The anti- Smith Democrats believe that it will be possible to rally many Democrats who are against the present control of the national committee by John J. Raskob, a wet, and the selection of Al Smith for that post in support of Brown. 3 | _The Republicans agreed to cast their | (Continued on age 2, Column 5.) Details of the Virginia primary will be found on Page 4. PICKETT ANSWERS Methodist Official Declares Church Records Offered for Inspection. By the Associated Press. Deets Pickett, executive secretary of the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church, today denied the board had failed to submit its records to the Department of Justice in con- nection with charges yesterday by Representative Tinkham, Republican, Massachusetts, that the board's ex- penditures in the last presidential campaign had not been reported. Replying to Representative Tinkham, Pickett issued the following statement in full: “In & statement given publicity through the Associated Press, Repre- sentative Tinkham of Massachusetts said: ‘Dr. Clarence True Wilson, its (the board) general seeretary and spokes- man, is like Bishop Cannon (head of the social service board of the Methodist Episcopal Church South) in that while protesting that my charges are unfound- ed and assailing me for preferring the charges, he has not offered to the De- partment of Justice the board’s ledgers and records to prove his innocence.” Offers Records. “This statement is in keeping with Mr. Tinkham'’s habit of making frequent reckless and unfounded charges. The |Banrd of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episco- pal Church has publicly said it is ready to offer the Department of Justice every facility for investigation of its books and a thorough understanding of its activi- ties. This assurance was sometime ago given to the Attorney General himself. In his statement, Mr, Tinkham said he had transmitted to Attorney Gen- eral Mitchell a “digest of the essential facts of Bishop James Cannon, jr.'s, ‘loans’ to the anti-Smith D:mocrats of Virginia as disclosed by the “HP“I!\ expense returns under the Federal cor- rupt practices act.” The Massachusetts Representative said he had “suggested the Frnrmw of a probe by the Department of Justice of these transactions” by the bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South which “appear on their face to bring the bishop within the purview of the Federal corrupt practices act.” ‘Wants Full Account. “T am hopeful,” Tinkham said, “that Att General Mitchell may be able to force from Bishop Cannon a full dis- c losure of the source of the $37,000 of ‘loans’_and advancements which the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 'Radio Programs—Page 28 | and the anti-Smith Democrats of the |, TINKHAM CHARGES ny Star, i “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,198 TWO CENTS. \« \ OF WASHINGTON' AW LEE LEXINGToN , VA {PERSIAN ENVOY CHAUFFEUR TO Legation Employe Is Fined $10 as Minister Bars Immunity Claim. | Official Declares He Will Not Permit Law Violations to Go Unpunished. | i A chauffeur for the Persian legation paid a $10 speeding fine in Trafic | Court today, when the Persian Minis- ter, Mirza Davoud Khan Meftah, noti- fied Judge John P, McMahon that he would not claim immunity for the driver, as he did not intend that any one attached to the legation should “violate the laws of the District of Columbia and then escape punishment under claim of diplomatic immunity.” | George H. Brown, the chauffeur, was | ordered to appear in court last Satur- day and failed to do so. Accompanied | by a counselor for the legation, he ap- | peared this morning and paid the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.;‘ INATIONALS TRAILING | RED SOX IN FIFTH | Thomas Starts Game for Washing- | ton, With MacFayden in Box for Boston. BY JOHN B. KELLER. BOSTON, August 7.—Boston was leading Washington in the fifth in- | ning. The score was 2 to 1. Myles Thomas and Danny Mac- Fayden were the pitching choices for j the start of the short series between the Nationals and Red Sox. The day was clear and cool and about 3,500 turned out for the contest. ¥ FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—Judge singled to right and took second when Barrett fumbled. Narlesky threw out Rice, Judge going to third. Goslin singled to center, scoring Judge. Goslin stole second. Myer lined to Narlesky, who threw to Rhyne, doubling Goslin off | second. One run. BOSTON—Narlesky flied to Rice. Scaritt singled to left. Wililams hit into double play, Meyer to Cronin to Judge. No runs. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON—West singled to center. Tate forced West, Rhyne to Narlesky. Cronin singled to left, send- ing Tate to second. Hayes walked, fill- ing the bases. Thomas was called out on strikes, Judge hoisted to Barrett. No runs. BOSTON—Barrett lofted to Rice. Myer threw out Regan. Todt walked. Alex Gaston popped to Judge. No runs. THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON—RIce singled to left on the first ball pitched. Goslin knock- ed a long fly to Williams. Myer drove ;:s'fy a' g%:!ale Npl.ly, Rhyne to Nar- 0 runs. BOSTON—Rhyne singled to right. Macfayden bunted and Rhyne was forced at second, Judge to - Cronin, Judge making a pretty pick up and throw. Myer fumbled Narlesky’s ground- er, putting the batter on first, while Macfayden went to third. Scarritt flied to Rice and Macfayden scored after the catch. On the throw to the plate, Nar- lesky tried to take second and was caught for a double play, Rice to Tate to Cronin. One run. FOURTH INNING. ' WASHINGTON—West doubled to right center, Williams barely missing a smhoe-top catch of the drive. Rhyne threw out Tate, West going to third. Cronin flied to Barrett in short right and West, trying to score, was caught at the plate, Barrett to A. Gaston. No runs. BOSTON—Cronin threw out Williams. Barrett walked. Regan got a double with a loft to left center which got by West, ' i l l ) il —— OF WILL1AM AND MARY (breec- WILLIAMSBURG, V4 . SENDS SPEEDING TRAFFIC COURT HARRLS & EWING MIRZA DAVOUD KHAN MEFTAH. SEARCH FOR CDER LIITED BY ORDER Doran Sends Letter to Agents | to Enter Homes Only With Warrant. N By the Associated Press. Prohibition agents were instructed to- day by Commissioner Doran that entry into dwelling houses to investigate the sale of non.intoxicating cider and fruit juices must be made only upon a bona fide search warrant. The agents were warned not in inter~ fere with the manufacture and use of non-intoxicating cider and fruit juices in homes except upon satisfactory evi- dence of unlawful sale. Sends Out Circulars, The instructions were contained in a circular letter addressed to prohibition administrators, special agents “and others concerned,” which declared that entry into dwelling houses to investigate the sale of non-intoxicating cider and fruit juices must be made only upon a bona-fide search warrant. ‘The letter said that the national pro- hibition act authorizes the unrestricted manufacture of non-intoxicating cider and fruit juices in the home upon three conditions: “Pirst, that such cider and fruit juices shall be non-intoxicating in fact; second, shall be exclusively for use in the home, and third, shal not be sold or delivered to any person except those having permits to manufacture vine- gar.” Shipments Legal. Doran-added that shipments of grapes, ape juice and concentrates by carload ots or otherwise for resale for that pur- pose was entirely within the law. Doran explained that the order was issued because the grape and cider sea~ | by the Public Utilitles Commission this | | tion for a 10-cent cash fare. son was approaching end there had been some confusion in the past as to the rights of the prohibition agents. “We want to make the matter per- fectly clear to the agents concerning their rights so there will be no further confusion,” he said. W.R.T.NADEPARTY T0 RATE MAKIG Utilities Commission Orders| Move on Motion of Feder- ation Representative. The Washington Rapid Transit Co. was made & party to the pending street | car rate making case by an order issued | afternoon. The action of the commission wa: taken in_upholding a motion made by ! William McK. Clavton on behalf of the | Federation of Citizens' Association on the opening day of the hearing asking that the bus line be included with the Capital Traction Co. and the Washing- ton Raflway & Electric Co. in the peti- The bus | comnany opposed the move. Clayton vesterday. when the motion was argued. gave formal notice that| the Pederation of Citizens' Association would insist on a revaluation of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. if made a party to the present case. Notice was served by the commission in its order that it would give con- sideration Fridav to the presentatign of evidence as to the bus line. President John H. Hanna of the Capital Traction Co. comvleted his direct testimony before the Public Utilities Commission today and People’s Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty had asked a few questions in cross-examination before adjournment at noon. ‘The hearing was suspended until 10 o'clock tomorrow at the request of Mr (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) POLICEMAN AND WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN ROOM | Probers Unable to Decide Whether | It Was Murder and Suicide or Double Slaying. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa.. August 7.—Each | shot through the right temple, Bel- mont Pugh, 36. night lieutenant of po- lice in Wilkinsburg, a suburb. and Miss Louise Stine, 28, were-found dead in the woman's apartment early today. Police were unable to decide if it was a case of double murder or murder and suicide. The woman was found lying across the bed by detectives summoned by a taxi driver, who saw her through a window. Nearby they found Pugh, in full uniform, his revolver clasped in his hand. one cartridge fired. Near the body was an empty shell which po- lice said fitted the empty chamber of the pistol. Pugh was married and was the father of two children. |FLIGHT STATUS DOUBTFUL STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 7 (). —Despite a cablegram from Capt. Albin Ahrenberg received here yesterday say- ing that he intends to continue his flight from Ivigtut, Greenland, to New York, it is belleved here thag the Swed- ish airman will decide within a few days to return to> Sweden and abandon niis effort to fly the Atlantic by the far northern route. It is generally felt here that Capt. Ahrenberg's experiences in struggling with fogs and other northern conditions have contradicted the theory that the northern passage by way of Iceland, Greenland and Labrador is better than the direct route from Ireland or the South Atlantic. MAN HUNT TURNS TO DUEL OF TIME AS INDIAN OFFICER TRAILS INDIAN Wife Slayer’s Markmanship and Fearlessness Cause Pur- suer to Resort to Waiting. By the Associated Press. TEKOA, Wash., August 7.—The mu- tual respect of two picturesque Indians for the courage and marksmanship of each other caused an unusual man hunt in the Mocltme Valley, near here, Barrett scoring. Cronin went into short left for Todt’s pop. A. Gaston filed to West. One run. FIFTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Hayes popped Todt. Thomas doubled to right. N lesky threw out Judge, Thomas gof third. Rice walked. Rhyne took Gos- lin’s hot shot and touched second for a force out of Rice. No runms. N—Rhyne reached first when his drive went through Myer for an error. Macfayden sacrificed, Thomas to Myer covering first. Hayes threw out Narlesky, going to third. Scarritt fanned. No runs. to today to turn into a game of watchful waiting. On one side was Charles Cherrapin, a well educated, prosperous Indian who grows wheat on a Federal land allot- ment in the Coeur d'Alene Reservation 10| of Idaho. Cherrapin is wanted for the murder of his wife, Mary, who, officers said, ‘returned” to him after having eloped two years ago with Victor Lee, @ Montana Indian. On the other side is “Two-Gun” Hart, /Coeu d'Alene Reservation Indian po- liceman, who led a posse after Cherra- pin. Hart wears the conventional “10- gallon” hat, red bandana and two pis- tols, in emulation of a movie gunman. Reservation officers said Cherrapin had told his wife that he would kill her if she ever returned to him. She came back Monday, they said, and in kept his vow, shooting her four times in the back. Cherrapin, well Arn'ld ed, tflier‘x" l-h‘rtt o a posse and went in pursuit, I.n?;rmint his men that Cherrapin probably would shoot to kill if caught. Hart tracked Cherrapin to the for- ested valley yesterday. There he stopped his own and another led by Sheriff Ira Horn of Benewah County, Idaho. The Indian officer declared Cherrapin car- ried a rifle, a pistol and 100 rounds of ammunition and “would rather die than be arrested.” ¢ The then settled down to a game of waiting. Hart believes hunger will force Cherrapin to come out’of the forest that hides him. FVE FAGE CAARCES OF BLAGKHAL PLOT AGAIST CALAOUS Attempt to Extort $30,000 From Capital Couple Is Charged. SCULPTOR AND WIFE ARE INVOLVED IN CASE “Greatest Scandal in Country” Threatened Unless Money Paid, U. S. Warrant Claims, Conspiracy to blackmail Mrs. Cor- nelia D. B. Calhoun and her husband, Capt. C. C. Calhoun, socially prominent and officers of the Woman's Universal Alliance, out of $30,000, is charged in a warrant sworn out today by an agent of the Department of Justice before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage, against W. Clark Notle, a local sculptor, and his wife, Mrs. W. Clark Noble, 1630 Sixteenth street; Mrs. Anna M. Hillenbrand, a nurse; James F. Bird, an attorney in the Munsey Build- ing, and Stephen A. Armstrorg, whose address is not given. Deputy United States Marshals Clark- son, Ceremile and Swanp served the warrants at the office of the attorney following a conference arranged by the Department of Justice agent, who took with him a check of Capt. Calhoun's for $30,000, which was to be turned over when the accused had signed a paper promising not to initiate a rival organization and not to publish certain letters derogatory to the organization or to the Calhouns. The agreement submitted for signature also required i | j the surrender of all statements pre- ! pared for publication regarding the al- liance and the Calhouns. Wording of Warrant. According to the warrant, it is charged that on July 20, 1929, the de- fendants conspired to violate the black- mail statute and in furtherance thereof each committed overt acts. Noble and his wife are said to have employed Mrs. Hillenbrand to act as agent for them and_that she threatened Mrs. Ccrneoa D. B. Calhoun and her husband with what she described as “one of the greatest scandals mn the country” un- less the Calhouns, by paying a large sum of money, would settle an alleged claim of Noble against the Calhouns and the Woman's Universal Alliance. Bird is alleged to have stated that unless settlement was made of Noble's alleged claim, he would. on behalf of Noble, organize a rival organization which would destroy the Woman's Uni- { versal Alliance, and that in the course | of such organization of another alliance, | “they were going to be very nasty about | it and venomous and make it as terrible as they could.” i Armstrong’s Part Is Charged. Armstrong is alleged to have said that if settlement was made he would | “stop Mrs. Hillenbrand from carrying out her alleged threats, otherwise he would do nothing.” ‘The alleged overt acts are said to have been committed at conferences at which one or both of the Calhouns were pres= ent. | "The five accused persons were taken to the office of United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and then were taken to the office of the United States commis= i sioner, where Mr. Rover said he would ask for a bond of $5.000 for four of them and $1.000 for Bird. All but Mrs. Hillenbrand made bond. Makes Statement. Assistant United Staies Attorney Charles B. Murray, to whom complaint was made of the alleged threats made by the accused, gave out a statement of what the Calhouns had told him. Ac- cording to this statement, Mrs. Calhoun said she was introduced in June, 1924, to W. Clark Noble, who has recently come to Washington and opened & studio here. She was advised, she says, that Noble had a plan in his studio for a monument to American womanhood, which might be adapted for use in the literature of the Woman's Universal Alliance. She says she told Noble about her plans for a mothers’ memorial, and he was eager that she use his design which he would present. and stated that he could bring financial backing to the undertaking. Noble, according to Mrs. Calhoun's statement to the assistant prosecutor, appeared before the executive commit- tee of the Woman's Universal Alliance, repeated his offer. stated that he was able to finance the issuance of a book- let, although he never provided the money promised, she says, and his model was never accepted by the execu- tive committee, nor did the Woman's Universal Alliance accept it. The al- liance, however, did accept his design in general outline for the purpose of {llustrating literature, which brought in practically no return, she declares. For this he was paid $2,000 from the funds of the alliance, Mrs. Calhoun stated, lnmd she personally gave him financial aid. In the Autumn of 1925, Mrs. Calhoun said, Mr. Noble withdrew his design, and asked that it be not used by the alliance. Submitted Draft of Contract. Noble then made an attempt, Mrs. Calhoun said, to organize a mother’s memorial group of his own, but was unsuccessful in the attempt. Noble submitted a draft of the con- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) GUNMEN GET $20,000 IN ROADHOUSE RAID Half Dozen Bandits Hold Up Pa- trons in Exclusive Chicago District. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 7.—Half a dozen bandits who used three machine guns to terrorize their wealthy victims last night swooped down on the Ridge- land Farm, a roadhouse in the heart of the exclusive South Shore district, and made off with $20,000 in cash and jewelry taken from the guests and the proprietor. Several Chicago business men, some with their families, were having late d!nrnen at the club after rounds of The bandits _appeared suddenly, planted their machine , wmy- manded all the patrons of the road- hmwfl&onmflmmdthn