Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1930, Page 2

23 DAY FLYERS GET | ROLES IN THEATER Pilots of Endurance Plane i Wrestle With Managers and Admirers. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 5.—Their aerial la-| bors ended after 553 hours 4115 minutes | of continuous flying to a world record, the brothers Hunter pried sticky eyelids apart today to face the trial of un- accustomed roles. 4 Contentious managers—six of them— public adulation and the insistent solic- itation of professional exploiters com- bined to make their return to earth as harrowing as the three weeks they spent in the air over Sky Harbor Airport. The two brothers, John and Ken- neth, who piloted the City of Chicago to a new world record by a margin of 133 hours over that of the St. Louis Robin, arose at 11 o'clock after 10 hours of sleep, breakfasted and, with the other Hunters brothers, Walter and Al- bert, switched managers for the fifth time. Rushed to Theater. All four were then rushed to a Loop theater with their sister Irene, to begin vaudeville appearances. Their plans fol- lowing the next week in the theater were indefinite. They said they would be unable to attend a celebration plan- ned for them Monday in their home town, Sparta. Ill. The end of the Hunter boys' epic flight came at 5:21'2 pm. (C. 8. T.), the Fourth of July, owing to clogging of an oil filter and a leak in the oil gauge line. This defect caused hot oil to spurt over the flyers and indicated quick failure of the steel-hearted en- gine that had carried them for weary days without faltering. the Illinois aviators, who had gpent many days of thelr lives like moles in mines to earn the plane with which they shamed the flying power of birds, settied to earth as the motor be- gan to heat for lack of oil. There was not only no panic in the landing, but even strategy, as John Hunter at the controls taxied about the crowded field to avold the people and even drove the grimy plane right into its hangar. Crowd Pushed Back. Caught on the shoulders of admiring friends, the aviators were taken to a seciuded room for pictures and inter- views after the invading crowd had Peen pushed back enough to release the | fatigued but happy fiyers from the | lane. Then after the first real bath | n 23 days and clean clothes to replace the ofl spattered overalls, the pilots and their brothers, sister Irene and the | mother were taken to town. Tired enough to sleep standing, the fiyers were forced to sit through a severe series of dinner speeches, probably more | horrid to their tired ears than the | drome of the endurance motor. But | eventually they were let go to bed at| midnight. They had been back to earth after a longer flight than was ever made, but to make them feel more at home, the Hunters were lodged in a bungalow apartment 300 feet above the | street atop a hotel suite once occupied | by President Coolidge. Sleep Ts Swell. | And, how they slept! They had been able to snatch short naps in the plane, sometimes fairly long rests, but there | was always a tension, frequently sudden | awakening by the other brother to help with refueling, even to crawl out on the | nose of the ship close behind the hot, | throbbing engine to adjust some mecha- nism. Kenneth once had crawled to the end of the fuselage to detach paper and string that had clogged the rudder and elevators. So today was different as they left the limelight of endurance flyers to struggle with contending managers, as- piring bookers, advertisers, and even to | arrange to answer a suit for holding up | their earnings of some $25,000 for the ight. “It was easier someways up in the air,” said John. GANGSTER KILLERS SHOOT DOWN FOUR MEN IN TWO CITIES; (Continued From First Page.) & victim of his association with the investigator. Roth acted as an undercover man for Hamtramck and Federal officers and was carried on the Hamtramck police pay roll as a patrolman. Mrs. Roth said -one of the killers had been to see him | previously to ask his assistance in some “caes. He had agreed to help Mietz, she .said, accounting for the latter's pres- “ence. UGS” MORAN BOSS IN HIDING. -Ex-Lingle Murder Suspect Fears Second 3 Ambush Attempt. CHICAGO, July 5 (#).—Jack Zuta “was too much afraid of bullets to come rout of hiding today. The for =“Bugs” Moran chose to defy police and forfeit a $400 bond for a court hearing ‘rather than expose hLimself as a target to the gang gunmen who failed in a first attempt to kil him in a Loop ambush last Tuesday night after he had been released as a suspect in the mur- der of Jake LingY, crime reporter. Zuta was especially wanted by the police since the attack on him four days ago, authorities viewing this assault as m attempt by rival gangsters to avenge the killing of Lingle, whose slaying led | to & war on crime and a disclosure of -an apparent alliance between him and Al Capone’s gang. ‘The police offered to escort Zuta to and from court if he would indicate his ~hiding place, but he ignored their offer. He had as a deterrent the fact that seven other members of the Moran gang were lined up against a garage wall on 8t. Valentine's day, 1929, and mowed <down with a machine gun handled by & gangster in a policeman’s uniform. No evident headway in the Lingle in- quiry has been made in the last few days. Authorities are awaiting the re- .turn here of Frankie Foster, gunman, arrested in Los Angeles and indicted as Lingle's killer. Foster was the original buyer of the pistol found beside Lin- gle’s body. GANG DRUG RACKET REVEALED. Telegrams on Men Arrested in Los Angeles Indicate Traffic. LOS ANGELES, July § (#).—Authori-~ ties said today telegrams found in pos- session of Chicago gangsters arrested here indicated they were engaged in a “narcotic racket” between Chicago, Los Angeles and Mexico. The telegrams were seized in the fashionable apartment of Frankie Fos- ter, held for the murder of Jake Lingle, Chicago reporter. The officials said the tele; and some letters were sent "to_Chi authorities. ~ awalting extradition. George and Frank Fisher, fellow gang- ~sters, are held on of attempt- “ing to break jaill. Davis also faces “charges of assault to kill in Detroit, Mich. — . Marvin Hart and Herman Walters, ~arrested with the others, are at liberty on bail pending trial on vagrancy ~charges. P L Four Victims of Firecrackers. “Special Dispatch to The MARTINSBURG, W. Va., July 5.— “Four local persons reported for hos- | ‘fl}"‘ treatment Friday and today for juries during the shooting of "fire- on the Fourth of July, |ous wind currents, pendence day holiday, no disorder. e Boy Hopes to Try “Book” Flying With Homemade Plane By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., July 5.~ Sixteen-year-old Philip Dytsky has never flown a plane, but, he sald today, he has read a lot on the subject and will know just what to do when he takes his homemade ship into the air. He plans to make a test flight next week, and was to take the plane to the field for tuning up today. The craft, powered by a four- cylinder motor cycle motor, was built in 16 months by Philip and three boy friends. It was a wing spread of 12 feet. He got the idea from a magazine on mechanics, which informed him lots of other boys made airplanes. ‘The parents have not taken a hand—yet. BALLOON RAGERS LANDING IN WILDS Reports From Many Parts of Southwest Indicate Thrills in Contest. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July 5.—Eight balloons in the national balloon race, which started at Houston last night, were reported sighted over Mount Ida, about ¥00 miles west by southwest of Little Rock tonight. One of the eight sighted at Mount Ida was believed to be the Army No. 3 balloon, which came down near Dan- ville, about 95 miles due west of Little Rock, at 7:30 tonight. Another of the balloons was seen passing over Olga, 10 miles east of Dan- ville. Mount Ida, Danville and Olga are lo- cated in the Quachita Mountains, south of the Arkansas River, in Western Arkansas. The territory for the most part is of an isolated character, lack- ing rapid means of communication. Down Near Texarkana. Four of the balloons were down near Texarkana, Ai%.: a fifth at Danville, 95 miles west of Little Rock, and the sixth balloon was down at Egger, in Polk County, 150 miles west of Little Rock. One was believed still in the air north of Broken Bow, Okla., where it was last reported this afternoon. ‘The Aero Digest of New York and the Navy No. 10 landed within a half mile of each other late today about 75 miles north of Texarkana, at Daisy, Ark. The Detroit aircraft entry landed on the L. C. Adams plantation, 25 miles northeast of Texarkana; the Kelvinator of Detroit landed at Horatio, 25 miles north of where the Detroit aircraft en- try landed, The balloon piloted by Capt. K. S. Axtater, an Army entrant, was reported down in Johnson County, north of Dan- ville. Run Into Thunder Clouds. Kilkoff and L. B. Cunningham, pilot and aide of the Detroit aircraft entry, said they lost gas and ballast when they ran into a chance wall of thunder- clouds just northwest of Texarkana shortly after noon today. After vainly maneuvering either to scale or sneak under the clouds, which rose past a height of 7,000 feet, and threatened to engulf them in treacher- they drifted over the Red River bottoms, snared their drag lines twice in tree tops, crossed the river with the lines cutting through the water, and finally came to rest in a swamp of an old river bed. After two hours wandering through underbrush, Cunningham reached a plantation in the river bottoms and summoned aid to remove the balloon. Due to Gas Shortage. Dr. George Le Galle, pilot of the Kel- vinator of Detroit, told the Texarkana Gazette over telephone from Horatio that ;115 landmguwas due to a short- age of gas, resulting from an accide; during inflation at Houston, ot Practically all the ballast had to be released early to keep the bag afloat, he sald, and finally it drifted naturally, to rest in a cotton field near Horatio, 286 miles from its starting point, FISHER STRIKERS ORGANIZE UNION Communist Agitators Will Shunned, Body Company Workers Assert. Be *~ Acsociated Press. FLINT, Mich,, July 5.—Striking em- ployes of the Fisher Body Corporation formed their own organization, a locoll union, today and ann Will Fate y ounced that they agitators o no dealings with Communist e Wwho came here from other Cecil Comstock, head of the strike committee, said that a canvass of the strikers showed that they did not want the outsiders formation of to deal with touh?ve M;{npnrtt in the a union or attemptin, officials of the comgmyg. The plant was not operating today, aving been closed for a double Inde- and there was TWO SOLDIERS CAUGHT IN ACT OF TAKING CAR Held on Attempted Larceny Charge Until Police Confer With Mil- itary Authorities. Two Fort Myer soldiers were bein held on charges of attempted lurceng of an automobile by Traffic Bureau po- lice last night following their arrest by Bic;c]e Policeman W. J. Liverman at Thirteenth and Pennsylvania avenue. They were booked as Robert M. Pier, 18 years old, and Elmer W. Reed, 20, and taken to the first precinct to be held until police officials confer with military authorities regarding their case. According to Liverman the two soldiers made unsuccessful attempts to start several cars before they finally succeeded in starting the machine in which they were arrested several mo- ments later, after they had backed it out of a parking place near the inter- section of Pennsylvania avenue and thi th street. CHICAGO LACKS MONEY TO BRING BACK SLAYER By the Associated Press. :‘\;ktfxgri:’i:k there cannot obtain the money to have him returned, Frank R. E:iy& inspector of detectives here, said “We are forced to instruct you to release him,” Bog:l said John W. Nor- ton, chief of CI detectives, told him én a telegram following Hawkins’ The col man was sentenced to a the work house on 30-day W “‘suspicious. n” charge. Police said he admi killing mly; 4 quarrel-on January 14, 1927, PACT FIGHT START HANGS ON QUORUM Debate on London Tfeaty Expected to Be Bitter, to Open Tomorrow. (Continued From First Page.) objections to the particular document itself will, of course, be presented dur- ing the special session. “Any attempt to curtail full, free and honest discussion, by long hours to wear down Senators, any effort to prevent the fullest consideration of every con- ceivable phase,” he added, “would be not only unfair to Senators, but an out- rage upon the American people them- selves, for it must be remembered that this treaty comes to the Senate without report of any kind or a single word of official explanation or elucidation, “There is another aspect of this treaty that is appealing to those who have believed this country should be free from the internationalism which our peop.: have repudiated,” Johnson continued. “Following this treaty will come un- doubtedly what has been spoken of so often during its negotiations—the ‘im- plementing’ of the Kell act. Just exactly what ‘implement; means no one has taken pains to explain, as none has officlally explained to the Senate thus far what the treaty means, but sufficient has been said for us to know o that ‘implementing’ the Kellogg pact means putting the United States into some sort of pact or alliance in con- Junction with European countries. Foresees Internationalist Cry. “When we have concluded with this mysterious ‘implementing’ then we'll have the League of Nations' Court with the celebrated Root formula, which is the abandonment of what the Senate once did. And after that the same old internationalist cry will be raised through the country in the same old way to take us into the League of | Nations. “If the memories of our people were not so short this would be obvious to them from the round robin’ in the 1920 campaign presented to the American people by Messrs. Root, Wickersham, Hoover and others, telling our people, in substance, that the way in which the United States could be brought into the League of Nations was by the elec- tion of Presiden Harding. “While these gentlemen were mis- taken in their prophecy then, there is nothing to indicate that this pious wish has been abandoned.” Senator Johnson has with him in op- position to the treaty Senator Moses of New Hampshire, the president pro tem- pore of the Senate, who has strongly opposed the calling of a special session to deal with the treaty, and Senator Robinson of Indiana, another Republi- can member of the Foreign Relatidns Committee. ~Senator Hale of Maine, chairman of the Naval Affairs Commit- | tee, is committed. also, to the opposition, and so is Senator McKellar of Ten- nessee. Others who are regarded as certain to vote against the treaty are Blaine of Wisconsin, Shipstead of Min- nesota, Broussard of Louisiana, Oddie of Nevada, Steck of Iowa and Copeland of New York, 11 all told. Senator Bing- ham of Connecticut and Senator Cut- ting of New Mexico are listed as doubtful. It requires a two-thirds vote of the Senators voting to ratify a treaty. The strength of the opposition as at present indicated will not run above 13 votes out of a total of 96, if all the Senators are present and voting. If the propo- nents of the treaty are able to maintain a quorum and to keep a sufficient num- ber of their group in Washington, the ratification of the treaty becomes only a question of time, Opponents to Demand Quorum. It is expected that the opposition, which is seeking to postpone a vote on | the treaty at the special session and put it off until next Fall, will insist that there be a quorum of the Senate on hand at all times. Further, after the debate has run for a number of days, it is likely that a move will be made to adjourn the Senate. ‘The treaty is open to amendment and reservation. No one believes at this time that it will be possible to attach amengiments or reservations to the pact by Senate action. But it is possible and probable that reservations and amendments will be offered and de- bated at length. Senator Johnson him- self, however, is not paying attention to reservations and amendments. He is out to defeat the treaty if he can, not merely attach reservations to it. The opponents of the treaty insist that it does not give the United States the kind of cruisers which this country needs, and that because of the great number of British naval bases, the treaty leaves the United States without parity with Great Britain in naval strength. They contend, too, that the treaty gives to Japan a greaier ratio than the 5—5—3 ratio established in connection with the capital ships at the ‘Washington Naval Conference in 1922. Advocates Insist Parity Given. The advocates of the treaty, on the other hand, flatly deny the charge that the United States does not have full parity with Great Britain in naval strength under the treaty. They also :derend the agreement reached with | Japan and the ratio accorded that coun- try by the treaty. While the supporters of the treaty apparently have the needed votes to clamp a cloture rule on the debate should occasion arise, they are not likely to adopt that course unless a | determined filibuster sets in. They do not desire to curtail the debate, as long as it is legitimate and not evidently designed merely to delay. The leaders do not intend to permit anything to come up before the Senate which will tend to slow up consideration of the treaty. ~The President may send nominations to the Senate and doubt- less will do so. But any controversies which may arise over nominations will be postponed until after the treaty has been disposed of. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, is ex- pected to return to Washington Tues- day to take part in the fight. The Democrats, generally speaking, favorable to the treaty, The ad- ministration has done all it could to bring about the negotiation and con- sideration of the naval treaty in a non- | partisan way, and partisan politics ! have not entered into the matter up | to date. |- e {HOPKINS’ CAR, STOLEN IN CAPITAL, RECOVERED Shortly after the automobile of Rep- resentative David Hopkins of Missouri was reported stolen from a parking | space at Sixth street and Howard place | yesterday afternoon two colored men | were placed under arrest at Fairfax § Court House, Va., in the stolen car. i "'The men were returned to the Dis- y Detective Sergts. Joseph Con- ners and Henry Jett of the automobile . squad and booked at h 3 Yy | names as Samuel R. Moten, colored, 23 old, of 1541 Sixth street, and Wil- H. Right, colored, 31 old, who told police he was a janitor at 832 Rittenhouse street. They will be ar- raigned in Police Court tomorrow. R. | . TEMBLOR HITS SEVILLE SEVILLE, Spain, July 5 (#).—An earthquake of 4 seconds duration shook Seville tonight. It was intense enough to move furniture and gause pictures to fall off walls. ‘The quake was also &1t at Cordoba Kelly, after and Granada, but no serious damage bus hit Was reporteds _ bersons, QUEEN HELEN Wearing the uniform of an honorary She was recently reappointed to that post following the return of King Carol and the annulment of their divorce. JULY 6, 1930—PART ONE. ALLIE CORBIN DIES, OF RUMANIA, colonel in the 9th Rochiari Regiment. YOUNG 70 WEIGH MOONEY'S APPEAL Governor to Be Guided by, Court’s Recommendation on Billings. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 5.—Gov. C. C.| | Young said today he would study thor- oughly the case of Thomas J. Mooney, who has petitioned for a pardon from life sentence for the 1916 San Prnnclsco’ preparedness day bombing. The governor said he would confer with members of the State Pardon Board. He indicated it would be sev- eral days before his decision could be announced. Lieut. Gov. Carnahan, chairman of the Pardon Board, was due here tonight and expected to confer with the gov- ernor tomorrow. Mooney and Warren K. Billings were convicted for the bombing, which caused 10 deaths. The State Supreme Court yesterday declined to recommend a pardon for Billings. The governor has said he would be guided by the Billings recommendation in making a decision on Mooney’s plea. CAMPAIGN TO CONTINUE. National Mooney-Billings Committee Attacks Court’s Action. NEW YORK, July 5 (#)—The Na- tiopal Mooney-Billings Committee an- n¥inced today that it would continue “its campaign to free them from the California prisons where they are serv- ing life terms for participation in the 1916 preparedness day bombing in San Francisco. The California Supreme Court, in & report to Gov. C. C. Young yesterday, said a pardon should not be granted Billings and this was considered a bar to Mooney's immediate pardon, since Gov. Young has said the two cases are identical. “The Supreme Court had all the facts, but ignored them,” said Roger N. Baldwin, secretary of the commit- tee. “It confines its comment to gen- eral inferences as to the guilt of the men. What the court says merely af- firms what we have been saying all along. That these men stand convicted on general principles as labor agita- tors and not for a specific, proved crime.” He said the case would be made an issue in the California primary. ONE DIES, ANOTHER DYING, 16 OTHERS HURT IN CRASHES (Continued From First Page.) boys jump from the’ wrecked vehicle and flee. The car carried “dead” tags, and the search was carried on at hos- pitals and through inquiries at physi- clans’ offices. Mrs. Ida B. Korman, 46, of the Tu- lane Apartment, 2109 Eighteenth street, was injured about the arms and knees when struck and knocked down near that address last night by an automo- bile driven by Albert Thomas George, | 33, of 2129 Eighteenth street. Hit by Ambulance. Hit by a Walter Reed Hospital ambu- lance carrying a patient to the hospital, Willlam Shaw, 27 years old, colored, of 2335 Sherman avenue, was injured when crossing Georgia avenue near Mili- tary road, but had to be taken to Walter Reed Hospital in the emergency auto- mobile from No. 13 police precinct. ‘The ambulance was on its way to the hospital when it struck Shaw, but had a patient, and so could not take him along, it was reported. He was treated for a bruised left knee and right fore- arm and returned home. Man, Aged 70, Knocked Down. A 170-year-old colored man was the victim of a hit-and-run driver last night. An automobile struck Albert Johnson, colored, of 1331 First street southeast, at M and South Capitoi stigets, and speeded away. Johnson was taken to Providence Hospital, where he was treated by Dr. D. Rogers Young for concussion of the brain and lacerations to the left arm. Bystanders furnished the police with the tag number of the car, and William Stovall, colored, 144 N street southeast, later ted Police » but was furnish the of the later that the same auto- been involved in two other collisions before it knocked Johnson down. One of the cars was being driven by Lieut. Ira C. Eaker, Army aviation ace. Damage to Lieut. Eaker's car was estimated at $50, but nobody was injured. The other collision was with a parked car in front of 64 M street southwest. Five Killed in Bus. ARAD, Rumania, July 5 (#).—A motor a tree here today, killing five name Poe’s Tomb Visited By 56,798 Since 1925, Records Show BALTIMORE. July 5 (Special).— Since June, 1925, a total of 56,798 persons, mostly tourists, visited the tomb of Edgar Allan Poe in West- minster Churchyard, Fayette and Greene streets, according to a re- port of Edward H. Pfund, execu- tive secretary of the Baltimore Press Club, custodian of the grave. During June, 19830, 884 persons visited the shrine. The visitors were from many States and countries, The Omnibus College was repre- sented by 320 tourists. Contrary to reports which have reached here, from other places, pub- lic subscriptions for the maintenance of the tomb are not solicited. The Press Club maintains at its own ex- puase a caretaker and registry at the grave. In the registry are names of | many notable persons from all parts i of the world. OCEAN FLYERS - SOUVENIRHUNTERS |Kingsford-Smith and Crew Carried Canvas From Alcock Plane. By the Associated Press. OAKLAND, Calif., July 8.—Charles Kingsford-Smith and his transatlantic | fiyers, who have guarded the monoplane Southern Cross from souvenir hunters, | admitted tonight they were something| of souvenir hunters themselves. John Stannage, radio operator, dis- | played a fragment of canvas from the | fuselage of the Vickers-Vimy bomber in | which Jack Alcock and Lieut. Arthur W. Brown made their successful flight | from Newfoundland to Ireland in 1919. “That's our good luck charm,” he said. “We carried it in the Atlantic | flight and I prize it very highly.” | _ Kingsford-Smith. _incidentally, gave | bis_fur-lined helmet today to Mrs. C. | A. Tusch, known to scores of fiyers who trained at Berkeley during the World | War as “Mother Tusch.” Her Berkeley | cottage is filled with autographed me- | mentoes of flyers, many of them fa- mous. M. E. Van Dyk, co-pilot, described by Kingsford-Smith 'as the best fiyer in| Europe, probably will leave tomorrow | for New York via Los Angeles. Van Dyk has been asked to visit the Fokker, Wright and Pratt-Whitney aircraft | plants for the Royal Dutch Air Lines. | The Dutch fiyer is a pilot on an airmail line between Amsterdam and Java. His company, he said today, plans replace- ment of French motors on its lines by American products. Tuesday Kingsford-Smith, J. Patrick Saul, navigator, and Stannage will fly to | Santa Maria, Calif,, where the South- ern Cross will be turned over to Capt. Allen Hancock, backer of the Oakland- to-Australia flight. After two days in Southern California Saul and Stannage | will return to England. Kingsford- Smith will go to Australia via England for his marriage in September to Miss Mary Powell. Stannage said he expected to return to America as a radio technician with a commercial air line. 81,300 ARE SLAIN BY RED BANDITS | Communist Raiders Claim Heavy Toll of Life and Property in China. By Cable Yo The Star and New York Herald- Tribune. Copyright, 1930. SHANGHAL July 5.—Some idea of i the appalling loss of life and property attributable to the Communist bandits operating in a large area in China may be gained from a recent report issued by. the authorities of Kiangsi Province. According to a census of losses ob- tained by sending forms to be filled out to each of the 43 hsien, or districts, it was learned that during the past nine months Communist bandits have taken the lives of 81,300, destroyed $214,000,000 worth of property and burned 37,700 houses. And these fig- ures are for only one province. Ten of the 43 hsien g.d not replied to the que e when report was issued. 5 CHUTE JUMP FATAL REEDSBURG, Wis., July § (#).—The body of “Peaches” Lamar, 20, Rockford, I, parachute jumper, was found em- bedded in a marsh south of here to- ht, after she had fallen more than 00 feet Whién her parachute failed to open during &n exhibition today. Physi- jclans sald every bone in her body was broken. VICTIM OF WOUNDS Daughters of Man Attacked by Farm Hand May Recover. Special Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va., July B.—Allie Corbin, 55-year-old farmer, who., with his two daughters, was shot by Ell- wood Payne, 28-year-old colored farm hand, last Sunday night, died here in the Fauquier County Hospital at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. One of the daughters, Estelle, 25 years old, was reported in a critical condition tonight and attending physi- cians are apprehensive for her recovery. Isabella, 33 years old, the other daugh- ter, is in the same hospital, and al- though her condition is regarded as serious, she is expected to recover. Prisoner's Transfer Rumored. As soon as word of Corbin'’s death became known, it was rumored that Payne had been taken to Alexandria for safe keeping. The transfer of the alleged self-confessed attacker, how- ever, was not confirmed by the local police, who said he still was lodged in the Warrenton Jail. Physicians who have attended the three wounded members of the,Corbin family said Corbin's death was caused by the gunsnot wound in the head and not by the burns the man suffered after the shooting. Judge J. T. H. Alexander tonight said he expected to call a special grand jury to hear the case. Payne first denied responsibility for the attack on the Corbins, but later he was reported as having confessed to the local authorities that he planned to wipe out the Corbin family because he feared the father would make trouble for him. He told Sheriff Woolf, Com- monwealth’s Attorney C. W. Carter of Fauquier County and Commonwealth's Attorney John Galleher of Loudoun County that he had borrowed a rifle from Corbin several weeks ago. Sub- sequently he asked Corbin to inspect some hogs he planned to buy at a neighboring farm, and while en route to the other farm, Payne is declared to have said, he shot Corbin in the forehead. Decoys Daughters Into Car. Driving back to the Corbin farm, Payne told the daughters that their father was ill and wanted them to accompany him to the hospital. The two women 8ot into the car and Payne drove off with them, only to shoot them in the head as he had their father. After driving abolit the country for five hours in an effort to decide upon a means of covering up his crime, Payne said he drained the gasoline from the tank, poured it over the bodies of the three wounded persons and set fire to them. Estelle managed to drag her father out of the car and escape herself to a nearby creek. Meanwhile, the flames attracted farmers and the other daugh- ter was hauled from the burning auto- r}l}mbllr. Payne was arrested later at his ome. Alexandria police Payne was in their custody. They said further they were unaware of any plans to transfer the man to Alexandria, HIT-AND-RUN AUTO KILLS MARYLANDER Woodley Buckler, 57, a State Road Worker, Victim of Accident Near Leonardtown, Special Dispatch to The Star, LEONARDTOWN, Md., July §.— Woodley Buckler, 57 years old, a State road worker, was instantly killed by a hit-run automobile at Avenue, miles from here about 1 o'clock this morning while walking on his way home. An inquest was held by Dr. R. V Palmer, resulting in a verdict that Buckler died instantly of injuries in being struck by an automobile, whose unknown driver failed to stop. The victim is survived by his wife and three daughters. Policeman Carl Billinger is investigating. UNEMPLOYED PLAN SUMMER PROGRAM Hunger Marches to Precede In- surance Appeal on Labor Day. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 5—Several hundred unemployed Communists and sympa- thizers gathered peacefully in a West Side auditorium today for a conference | on work and wages, their object a Summer’s program of hunger marches and demonstrations to cuiminate in a Nation-wide appeal for work or unem- ployment insurance on Labor day. Delegates at the meeting charged that yesterday's disorders in Union Park resulted from the broken promise of Daniel Roberts, West Park board at- torney, who they said had pledged non- :’gm'ference in any peaceful meeting ere. Nineteen persons arrested after a dis- turbance when poljce interfered y terday asked and were granted jury trials today on disorderly conduct charges. HOMECOMING FESTIVITY CONTINUES 3 DAYS Celebration Opened at Oakland, Md., by American Legion and Firemen, Special Dispatch to The Star. OAKLAND, Md,, July 5.—Oakland is having one of the largest three-day home-coming celebrations in its his- tory. The occasion is being sponsored by the American Legion and the Oak- land Volunteer Fire Department. The speakers yesterday included Mayor Thomas W. Koon of Cumberland, who brought the Cumberland Municipal Band with him; Representative Fred- erick N. Zihlman of the sixth Mary- | land district, and Harlan Johnson, State commander of the American Legion. The parade included the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps from Salisbury and Somerset, Pa.; Cumber- land and Frostburg, Md., and Grafton and Kingwood, W. Va., besides the Regimental Band from Morgantown, W. Va, and the Headquarters Com- pany of the National Guard of West Virginia. A number of Boy Scout troops, including Oakland Troop, No. 1, participated in the parade. Fire Destroys Fertilizer Plant. BUDAPEST, July 5 (#)—The largest chemical fertilizer works in the country were competely destroyed by fire today. There were no fatalities reported, but the losses reached $2,000,000. Senora Padilla at Santander. SANTANDER, Spain, July 5 (#).—The wife of the Spanish Ambassador at ‘Washington, genon Alejandro Padilla y Bell, arrived here today on the steamer Cristobal, Colon, so denied that | eight | MOVIE MAN GETS DECREE Robert J. Butler Charged Abandon- ment by English Wife. RICHMOND, Ind, July 5 (#).— Robert J. Butler, movie cameraman, was granted a divorce in Circuit Court here today from Phyllis Butler, whom he marrfed as the culmination of a waitime romance in London, where the womian was well known as an opera singer. The divorce petition charged abandonment. The coupla lived in the United States until 1921, when Mrs, Butler visited England and refused to return to her husband in this country. AQUATIC STARS LOWER RECORDS Three American Marks Are Washed Away at Meet in California. By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif., July 5—Con- tinuing the general revision of the rec: ord books, select swimmers in the na- tional A.’ A. U. championships today washed three American marks from the log in the third session of the fifty- fourth amnual meet. Apparently the only reason no new world marks were added to the list of five submerged in the first two days was that the events were not among those given the official C. K. of the International Amateur Athletic Feder- ation. Buster Crabbe, Honolulu, of the Los Angeles A, C., and two relay teams, the Los Angeles A. C. women's quartet and the New York A. C. men's combination, transformed the figures in three of to- day’s four races. Western Team Wins. The women's 880-yard relay aggrega- tion of the L. A. A. C., composed of Marjorie Lowe, Jennie Cramer, Olive Hatch and Josephine McKim, staged a brilliant finish to defeat the New York ‘Women's Swimming Association team in 11 minutes 15 2-10 seconds. The mark of 11 minutes, 22 8-10 seconds was posted by the Gotham swimmers in 1927. It was the first time in 15 years that a New York W. 8. A. relay team had been beaten. Miss Lowe, lead-off for the L. A. A. C, had a four-second ad- vantage over Miss Adelaide Lambert, New Yorker, at the end for the first 0-yard lap. Miss Cramer lost two seconds to 13-year-old Constance Hane, New York, but Miss Hatch increased the edge to more than six seconds. Miss Lisa Lindstrom, weakened badly in her race with Miss Hatch and Miss Catherine Ames attempting to overcome the 3-yard handicap, found the going too strenuous, with Miss McKim pulling away at the end. The Western Women's Swimming Club of San Francisco fin- ished third, far behind. New York Men Are Victors. The New York A. C. quartet won the men's half-mile contest in 9 minutes 27 seconds to surpass the 1928 figure of the Illinois A. C. by 6 seconds. Albert Zorilla went into the lead in the first 110 yards, with Raymond Ruddy, George Pissler and George Kojac steadily creeping away from the field to lead the Hollywood A. C., defending cham- pions, by 15 yards at the end. The Pacific Coast Club, Long Beach, finished third. The men’s 300-meter medley test re- solved itself into a struggle between two stars from Honolulu. Crabbe had a distinct advantage on the breast stroke lap. Maijola Kalili, native Hawailan, came up strong in the back- stroke brush, but did not have the speed to overtake the leader He weakened at the finish of the free style section, with Crabbe putting on a sprint to lead by 2 yards. Austin Clapp of the Holly- wood A. C. nipped Norman Kettering, Pacific Coast Club, at the end for third place. In winning, Crabbe set a mark of 4 minutes 6 8-10 seconds, 5 6-10 sec- onds better than his record, established a year ago. The triumph gave him his second title of the meet. Sinoaki Wins Honors. In the' high platform fancy diving, Farid Sinoaki, Egyptian 1928 Olympic champion, won with 97.94 points; Harold Smith, L. A. A. C.. was second, with 95.32, and Walter Colbath, Chicago A. A., third, with 93.68. Johnny Riley, L. A. A. C,, defending champlon, placed fifth. Today's results gave the Los Angeles A. C. the lead in team scoring, with 25 points. The New York A. C. was second, with 20, ll:ld the Hollywood A. C. third, with 14. In the women's section, the New York Women's Swimming Association forged ahead, with 26 points, the Los Angeles A, C. trailing, with 23. The unattached points, all scored by Miss Helen Madison, Seattle, placed her third, with 15. The Western Women's Club, San Francisco, was fourth, with 4 points. '?‘gmormw's final events hold promise of a renewed attack on records, inasmuch as Miss Madison will return to enter the half-mile free-style, after setting new world marks in the 100- meter, 400-yard and mile free-style races during the first two days. Crabbe will seek to eclipse the half-mile mark for men, with Kalili expected to give him a tough race. New American records may also go in the 440-yard breast-stroke events for men and women. Miss Georgia Coleman of the L. A. A. C. is favored to win the diving title again in the women's division. COMPANION KILLS GIRL AND HIMSELF Tragedy Ends Romance of Two 20-Year-0lds on Way to Her Home in New Jersey. By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J.,, July 5.—A tragic curtain fell on the romance of two 20~ year-olds today when Ernest J. Fricke of New York shot and killed Gladys Cann and ended his own life as the automobile in which they were riding neared the girl's home in Little York, N. J. Refusal of the girl to marry him is believed to have driven Fricke to the crime. Wwilliam Queen of New York, driver of the car, told the police that he and Fricke had called for the girl in New York rive her home. As_they neared her residence, Queen said, Fricke drew & pistol and fired two shots through the girl's head. Then he turned the gun on himself. Both died in a few minutes. A note from Fricke to the girl's father was found in the car, but the father re- fused to accept it. Other members of the family, who refused to divulge its contents, destroyed it. FIRE DESTROYS SHIP Nicaraguan Steamer Burns at An- chorage Off Mobile. MOBILE, Ala., July 5 (#)—The Nica- raguan steamer Greypoint, owned by Capt. Pelix Verzone of Mobile, was de- stroyed by fire at her anchorage at| Twelve wflle Island today, according to reports ught here by the tug Echo, which had been dispatched to aid tha cxu&. An estimate of the loss was not availal ITALY PLANS. HOP 10 S0UTH AMERICA Gen. Balbo Preparing to Lead Squadron of 12 Seaplanes. By Radio to The Btar an Herald-Tribune, Copyrig ROME, July 5.—Italy is planning a flight from Rome to South America, in which & squadron of 12 seaplanes, un- der the leadership of Gen. Italo Balho, air minister, will take part, according New Yorx t. 1930, to authoritative reports received here, The preparations for the flight, which is to start in the Fall, are already afoot. The exact date, however, is not known, as it depends on the weather, If pos- sible, the flight is to be without stops from Italy to Brazil and thence to Argentina. 1f a non-stop flight will be impossible, a stop will be made on the west coast of Africa to allow refueling. The seaplanes used would be of the type of 8-55. The attempts to the extension of the plan followed by Italy in the past two years in long - distance tours comes logically after Gen. Balbo's successful squadron demonstrations in the West Mediterranean and later in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. No confirmation can be obtained of the earlier reports that Gen. Balbo intended to take the squadron to New York. The greatest secrecy is maintained regarding the flight, as no official an- nouncement has been made, Although the personnel, which will number at least 25, has already been decided upon, the names are not generally known. Strenuous efforts are being made to prevent, details from being known An attempted non-stop flight from Rome to New York by Comdr. Mad- dalena is also reported Maddalena would fly an airplane type S-64 in which he recently flew 67 hours, break- ing the endurance record FORMER CABINET MEMBER'S KIN WEDS Mrs. Josephine Alger Chaney Be- comes Bride of Detroit Banker, By the Associated Press. YORK HARBOR, Me., July 5.—Mrs, Josephine Alger Chaney, 33, of Detroit, granddaughter of former Secretary of War Alger, in President McKinley's cabinet, and D. Dwight Douglas, 38, president of the First National Bank of Detroit, were married here today, The ceremony was performed at the home of ‘Ars. Russell Alger of Detroit, the bride's mother. It was the second marriage for both bride and groom. Mrs. Chaney having been divorced in Paris a year ago. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. H. Millinger, pastor of the First Congregational = Church, York Village, The bridal party was attended by Miss Martha Dwight Douglas of Detroit and Morton L. Newhall of Philadelphia. The groom was graduated from the Sheffield School at Yale in 1914, “BIG BUSINESS” STRANGLES INITIATIVE IN U. S., SAYS DREISER ___(Continued From Firs age.) selves with nowadays? Why, little love affair, perhaps, marital experiences for 20 years. adventures of some dub in the detective world, or how terrible the world looks t.? s(flm dub who has never looked at it t all. M: with & Dreiser attacked introspective novelists who “cannot’step out into the world and survey it as it is.” He said they were not writers at all, but merel autobiographers. He had hopes, how- ever, that despite all modern handicaps American literature would become great “Life is life. It may be a lolling, fat. disgusting thing, but in the hand of a master it would become a very sardonic thing. The life of America today, fast Verging as it is on social tragedy, should lend itself to satire and irony. . per- haps, we might have a literature of despair like that of Dortoevisky. That might be a good thing. Conditions here are in many ways similar to those in Russia before the revolution.” As Mr. Dreiser talked, a beautiful wolf hound, silky as a goat and three feet tall, lay curled at his feet. The big sitting room in his duplex apart- ment at 200 West Fifty-seventh street was decorated with several modernistic pictures, large as barn doors, and on one side was a painting of Mr. Dreiser when he was younger. Lolling in a straight, uncomfortable chair, Mr. Dreiser kept rolling and unrolling his handkerchief. He spoke with great in- tensity, never taking his eyes off his audience, United States Headed for Change. “I have returned from a tour which I took to revive my understanding of America,” he said. “I am more con- vinced than ever that the country is headed for great social changes that will frustrate the life of the ordinary individual unless they can be checked bf’ a really important stand on the part of the intellectuals.” He said that everywhere he had gone he had found that corporations were functioning as government. Indiana, he said, had established the doctrine that it was illegal to enter into “unfair competition” with anybody. This, he sald, was used by chain hotels to close their small competitors. Having attacked the telephone and railroad companies, he said that in Minnesota a radical newspaper had been suppressed by big business inter- ests on the grounds it was a public nuisance, He sald that graft and crookedness in government was the principle topic of every newspaper he ad seen during his travels Small dealers cannot make a living unless they band themselves together into racketeering groups that serve to shut out competition by illegal meth- ods, he said. Because the “tru kept them from getting a profit on their crops, he added, farmers cannot make a living. Misery Needed to Stir People. “Nothing will be done till 50 or 60 gl\r cent of the people of the United tates feel the pinch that follows the right of the corporations to tax them to death” he said. “The only thing that will stir the people is misery. They are not miserable enough yet, but they soon will be. Men could organize this land so it could support three or four times its population without any misery, I have never seen a land more beautit- ful. It is self-sufficient; it could close its borders and live beautifully without any contact with the outside world. It could live beautifully.” He rose from his chair. mail me that $10,” he said. Colored Man Fonnd—l)eld. Andrew J. Williams, colored, 50 years old, was found dead in bed yesterday afternoon in his room on the twop floor of 1342 U street, by V. W. Grayson of 2818 Seventeenth street and Dr. H. W. Harris, 1342 U street, who broke down the door after they smelled gas. gHe was pronounced dead by Dr. W. T. Gregory. A note indicated he intended “Be sure to suicide,