Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1930, Page 2

D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1930. B, - THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, I Sl U. S. MARSHAL ARRESTS CAMPBELL NATINAL DROLEHT “CALANITY FEARED Grange Head Tells Hoover Government Help Is Imperative. (Continued From First Page.) Washington district today was “Mostly fair and continued warm tonight and ‘Tuesday; moderate southwest winds.” There was an indication of possible local showers in Western Maryland to- night. But the sections in Maryland and V ginia where the drought has wrought havoc with crops generally, 4ii prebably retsais dry for some days to_come. H New_ York, Pennsylvaiia. Northern | New Jersey and West Virginia are | promised local rans. General Exodus to Beaches. ‘Washingtonians made the best of hot weather vesterday. There was a general exodus to the nearby beaches. where brisk winds were blowing in from the Chesapeake Bay and sleep was made comfortable, Large crowds | swarmed Potomac and Rock Creek | Parks again last night, after the ex- treme heat of the afternoon had driven motorists to seek relief. Nearly 18,000 persons, however, braved the heat at Griffith Stadium. Large spots of brown dead turf marked the outfield, visable signs of the effect of sun and drought, Except for a break that occurred | during most of last week, the heat wave | has gripped the National Capital since | July 19. While August is expected to | be a bit more comfortable than the | previous month in Washington, the ‘Weather Bureau on several occasions has warned local residents to be pre- pared for extremely warm temperatures during the remaindér of the Summer. Temperatures in the early mornings will range within the 70s, but, except on cloudy days, sunrise will start a steady upward march of the mercury. There has been no change in the water situation for suburban Maryland. ‘With the supply that is being obtained from the District of Columbia for use in Takoma, Chevy Chase and other sec- tions, the water level in the Burnt Mills Reservoir was said to be holding its own. ALL-TIME HEAT RECORDS SET. Mid-West Corn Belt Hit Hard by Merciless' Weather. CHICAGO, August 4 (#).—One of the longest and most intense heat ‘waves of recent years held the Nation n its merciless grip today. ‘The effects of the blistering sun and wind were felt in nearly all sections of the country, but the principal crop damage was in the middle of the conti- nent, where three weeks of drought have made serious inroads on the cornfields. Government forecasters saw no permanent relief in sight. There is &ome chance of local thunderstorms and very slight rainfall, they said, but the heat wave js not expected to be broken for at. least another week. Hard on Corn Growers. ‘To the farmer whose principal crop corn, this meant serious hardship. Another week as hot and dry as the last two would seriously damage even late. planted corn. The earlier part of Coast Guard Cadet (4 ALBERT E. HARNED, Five Columbia avenue, Takoma Park, who has been appointed a cadet at the Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn. PREMIUMS EXCEED INSURANCE LOSSES Superintendent Makes Re- port Showing Large Profits for Companies. Insurance companies doing business in Washington took in more than three times as much money in premiums as they paid out in losses during the past fiscal year, according to the annual re- port of Thomas M. Baldwin, jr., super- intendent of insurance, made public today. ‘The premiums received for all classes of insurance amounted to $34,226,539.82. The losses_paid amounted to $10,153,- 443.01. Fire insurance premiums, amounting to $2,499,996.79 were more than double the losses, amounting to $1,059,392.83. Life insurance premiums, amounting to $22,210,435.21 were more than four times the losses, amounting t0 $5,302,918.57. Total Insurance Written. The total insurance written in the District amounted to $2.720,064,649.85, which was divided as follows: Life, $130,348,387. health and ac- cident, $20,198,461.70; fraternal, $1,- 962,731.15; fire, $463,532,836.47; marine, $2.104,022,233. ‘The fire - losses paid amounted to 422-5 per cent of the amount received in premiums. This was the largest percentage in recent vears. Last year the percentage was 23.1 per cent. On this subject the report says: “Evidently the Districc is still consid- ered by fire insurance concerns as a very fertile field for business when you take into consideration the fact that according t> the last report of the insurance department of the State of New York there were operating in that State 275 stock and 74 mutual fire in- surance companies, or a total of 349, the crop has been hurt to such an{while in the District at the present extent that private estimates suggest & loss of around 400,000,000 bushels already. ‘ Pasturage has also been burned badly and may affect dairy products. Rivers and lakes are so low; the Unifed States’ Bureau of Fisheries announced, that the Nation's fish population is in the most distress ever experienced. The Mississippi has fallen so much that river navigation is hampered and many boats are grounded. Yestes was one of the hottest days ever recorded in the United States, with records falling in the East, the Middle West and the Southwest. In Boston 98 set a new high mark for the season and equaled the all-time record for Au- gust. It was 100 in Washington, 96 in Baltimore, 94 in Philadelphia and 92 in New York. It was the hottest day in Providence, R. I, since 1917, the ther- mometer reaching 97. The 105 recorded Keedysville, Md., was among the highest Eastérn temperatures. All-Time Records Set. In the Plains States all-time records were_set at Emporia, Kans, where it ‘was 113 yesterday, alvi at Omaha, where it was 111. City’s Government thermometer reached 1072 and the mean temperature for the day was 97, the highest on record. Other high tem- | ;;::nru included: Sac City, Iowa, 11: ont, Nebr, 112; Mangum, Okla., 111; Beatrice, Nebr., 111; Topeka, Salina and Wichita, Kans., and Algona, Jowa, 110. Prairie fires broke out near Sheridan, Ind., and destroyed a 20-acre woods be- | fore being checked. > The main crop damage has been re. ported in Nebraska, Kansas and Mis- souri, where the hot blasts and lack of rain have withered the corn. Crop experts say late-planted corn is being damaged to some extent. but still mighj make a fair crop if rain comes withif®! & week. A thunderstorm gave Chicago tempo- zary rellef yesterday, but later in the day the mercury climbed back up to 98 and brought about a general exodus for the beaches and highways. Ohio Continues to Swelter. CLEVELAND, August 4 (#).—Swelter- ing heat continued throughout Ohio again today, with expectations that temperatures would. reach 100 degrees in many places. Relief was in sight, however, for tonight and tomorrow. The United States Weather Bureau said cool winds from the West and scat- tered thunder showers were due for late today or late tonight. Temperatures in most parts of the State today were mounting steadily. It was 92 at Akron, 90 at Cleveland and Columbus. Clevs land had & maximum of 95 yesterday, making it the hottest August 3 in 38 | years, and today was expected to reach | 95 again. Columbus had a prospect of 100 de- ! grees today. Youngstown, with 88 de- grees at 8:30 am. expected tempera-| tures close to that mark. It was 99 there | yesterday. Cincinnati had 89 degrees at 10 am. and expected the mercury| ‘would go 10 degrees higher. Pennsylvania Prays for Rain. HARRISBURG, Pa., August 4 (P).— Eyes scanned the skies today in all sections of Pennsylvania in the hope | of discovering signs of rain to relieve | the worst drought in years. While local showers were forecast in | some_sections little hope was held by the Federal Weather Bureau for relief :’r.vm the heat and drought for several ys. Continued destruction of crops and devastation by forest fires in the agri- cultural and wooded sections of the State vied with the water supply prob- lems of the centers of ra"gu tion as the most serious result of the drought, Prayers for rain were offered from many pulpits in the State over the week end. Showers Relieve New York. of the season. The maximum official temperature st the Government Weather Bureau in this city yesterday as 95 degrees. Rain Cools Southern Seaboard. ATLANTA, Ga., August 4 (#).—The South today was experiencing m:hlr- | selt.” time we have 209 stock and 42 mutual fire insurance companies, or a total of 251, District Profit Large. “In one of the leading insurance journals_recently statistics covering a period of 29 years (1900 to 1928, inciu- sive) brought out that during that period premiums received in the United States amounted to $11,258119,391; losses paid, $5,839,348,771, with a_ loss ratio equivalent to 51.5 per cent of the aggregate premium volume. For the District of Columbia, the premiums re- ceived during the 29 years in question amounted to $34,424,929, losses pald, $11,205,416, a loss ratio of 32.5 per cent of the premiums collected here after paying all losses. “From the above you will see that the District ylelds handsome returns to the fire insurance companies on the premiums collected here after paying all losses.” The report recommends passage of & blue sky law in the Ditrict governing the sale of insurance company stocks. Employment of a full-time actuary is also recommended in order to verify the valuations of policies and assist in GIRL HELD IN BUCKLEY PROBE WINS RELEASE Radio Singer Is Freed on Writ of Habeas Corpus—Jury May Inquire Into Death. DETROIT, August 4.—Marjorie Man- sell, radio singer, arrested in connec- tion with the killing of Gerald E. (Jerry) Buckley, radio political com- mentator, was released today on & writ of habeas corpus. A conference today between County Prosecutor James E. Chenot and Re- corder Judge W. McKay Bkillman strengthened a belief that a grand jury investigation may be held into the kill- ing of Buckley, political commentator of radio station WMBC. Judge Skiliman said after the con- ference that he would neither affirm nor deny that a grand jury investiga- tion had been discussed. Grand jury sessions are not part of the criminal code routine in Michigan, such investi- gations being called only in extraordi- nary cases. A judge may act as a one-man grand jury, or_may summon a panel of citi- zens. ‘The latter course seldom is taken. George A. Lumsden, secretary to Police Commissioner Thomas C. Wilcox, said today that Wilcox is investigating the Buckley murder along “lines en- tirely original and known only to him- ‘Wilcox is in Duluth attending a meeting of police chiefs. S R Firemen Hurt in 0il Blaze. BALTIMORE, August 4 (#).—Two firemen were injured today in a blaze which swept through three upper floors of the Oll Manufacturing Co.’s build- | ing. Piremen were hampered by dense clouds of smoke, but soon controiled the Middle West Stifles As Mercury Hovers Around 100 Mark By the Associated Press. The prevalence of the present heat was shown today by a partial compilation at - the Weather Bureau of cities which had a temperature of 100, or higher, yesterday. ‘They included: Omaha, Nebr., 110; Shreveport, La., 100; Fort Smith, Ark., 106; Little Rock, Ark., 100; San Antonio, Tex., 100; Louisville, 100; Des Moines, Iowa, 106; Keokuk, Iowa, 106; Daven- port, Towa, 102; Peoria, Tl, 102; Springfield, Ill., 102; . uis, 1027 Kansas City, 108; St. Joseph, 106; Columbia, Mo., 104; Wichita, Kans,, 104; Concordia, Kans., 108; Sioux City, Iowa, 104; Huron, 8. Dak., 104; North Platte, Nebr., 102; Dodge City, Kans, 104; s, Tex., 100, and Abilene, Tex., 102. PUBLICTY SEEKERS | | TOGETPOSTAL BAN “Blackjacking Advertisers” Who Demand That Papers Print Material Aré Probed. By the Associated Press. The Post Office Department today announced lts determination “to put an end to the practice of certain ad- vertisers blackjacking newspaper pub- lishers into printing publicity material as reading matter.” Acting on the complaint of news- paper publishers, the department has been conducting an investigation into the methods pursued by certain adver- tisers who, it is alleged, have threatened publishers with the loss of display ad- Vertisements if they did not use the publicity matter sent them as news or for editorial purposes. Assistant Postmaster General Tilton said under postal laws newspaper pub- lishers who comply with such requests from advertisers might be guilty of contributing to an act of conspiracy against the Government in conjunction with the advertiser. Both the adver- tiser and the publisher, he- said, might be subject to a penalty of $10,000 fine or of imprisonment for two years. The postal laws provide that pub- licity matter inserted in a publication as straight editorial or reading matter must be plainly marked with the word “advertisement.” Failure of a publisher to so mark matter coming within the provisions of this law is made punish- able by fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500. MEARS, CRASHING, PLANS NEW FLIGHT Undaunted by Wrecked Plane, Aviator Will Try to Clip Zep’s Record. t ' By the Assoclated Press. HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland, August 4—Despite the wreck of his plane John Henry Mears today set about making new plans to regain the world circling record taken from him by the Graf Zeppelin. » Mears’ plane, the City of New York, was wrecked at 2:45 am., Eastern standard time, yesterday when he at- tempted to take off in the dark against’ the advice of airport officials. Mears suffered a wrenched shoulder, but his pilot, Henry J. Brown, was unhurt. The plane was a total wreck. “We are temporarily down, but not out,” Mears said. “We will try again. If not this year, in 1931.” ‘The plane did not catch fire and this probably saved the lives of the flyers and their dog mascot, Tail- wind II, who scampered away after the wreck. Mears said he did not blame Brown, who had insisted on an early take-off, for the accident. The accident came after what seemed & perfect start. = After leaving the smooth path that stretches out from the airport, the plane struck the side of the runway careened along the burhs jon the side and turned over. Mears said the wreckage would be shipped to New York. The ‘airmen took off from Roosevelt Field, N. Y., early Saturday to break the record of 21 days for a globe-circling flight held by the Graf Zeppelin. Mears on two previous occasions had established round-the-world records, in which, however, he used fast boats for ocean crossings. RAIN DELAYS REPAIRS ON R-100 AT MONTREAL Fubric,@n Torn Fin Has Been Re- moved and Giant Patch Is Ready to Be Laced In. By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, August 4 —Rain early today delayed repairs to the damaged fin of the British dirigible R-100. All fabric surrounding the portion torn when the ship struck a terrific air bump Thursday on her journey from Cardington, England, has been re- moved. The huge patch to cover the entire section is ready and as soon as the weather clears riggers will coms mence lacing it into place. By Wed- nesday night the ship is expected to be ready to move if it is decided to make scheduled flights to Ottawa, Toronto and Quebec. ‘The airport yesterday was visited by a crowd estimated at nearly 300,000. MRS. MARSHALL FIELD, 3D, SEEKS DIVORCE IN RENO Attorneys Say Heir to Great For- tune Is Being Charged ‘With Desertion. By the Associatea Press. RENO. Nev., August 4—Mrs. Evelyn Marshall Field filed suit for divorce | here today against Marshall Field, 3d, an heir to the great Marshall Fleld fortune. The papers in the case were sealed, but it was said by attorneys that the charges were desertion. HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE Joseph H. Mealey, 60 years old, of the Ambassador Hotel, and George Henry Gosha, 48, of 1013 Thirteenth streef, were arrested by Policeman A. B. Clark of the first precinct, yesterday afternoon at Twelfth street and New York avenue when a search of their machine brought forth two pints of al- leged whisky. Gosha was charged with possession and transportation of two pints of liquor, no_ permit and no registration card. Mealey was booked on & posses- sion charge also. Fire Damages Planes. NEWARK, N. J, August 4 (P).—A Fairchild "'monoplane valued at $20,000 done to a Sikorsky amphibian by fire of undetermined origin in a hangar at Port Newark today. Employes rolled the burning planes into_the open and saved 15 others in the hangar. Derailed Cars Halt Trains. SOUTH FORK, Pa., August 4 (#).— All four main line tracks of the Penn- sylvania Railroad were blocked and some of the road’s most important trains were delayed hours early today because a gondola type car attached to a west-bound train left the tracks, tearing up the two west-bound tracks. eastbound tracks, tearing up part of the rails and blocking the others. Quake Felt in Portugal. , August .- rp earthquake tremor was felt here this forenoon. The frightened inhabitants fled from their homes into . or was destroyed and $2,000 damage Was| . Swerving about it crossed over to the ' | rere saia his CAMPBELL IS HELD ON U. S. WRIT AS STATE DROPS CASE __ (Continued From First Page) time been in Arlington County. The order under which my client has been released should bring out that point be- cause he has been held in jail un- fairly.” Reads From Petition. Gloth then picked up a copy of the petition for the writ filed by Smith and read from it in an effort to support his contention. This revealed that the petition said Campbell was being held in the Arlington County Jail “under the authority of a warrant.” . Turning to Smith, Gloth shouted: “I know yowll say I haven't any senshe and you have all the intelligence in the world, but I don’t like your order.” : “We are about even,” Smith replied. | “I don't think either one of us is over— burdened with brains.” Smith's reply caus:d laughter and relieved the tension. | Judge McCarthy at this point an- nounced he would issue an order along the lines suggested by Gloth. As finally constituted the order fol-| lows: Text of Order. “This day came the petitioner Her- bert M. Campbell in proper person and by counsel and the respondents Howard B. PFlelds, sheriff of Arlington County and Harry L. Woodyard, jailer, and produced the body of Herbert M. Camp- bell in accordance with a writ of | habeas corpus heretofore entered by | this court and it appearing from the | original petition filed herein and from the statement of the attorney for the commonwealth that the warrant here- tofore sworn out against Herbert M. Campbell has been dismissed by virtue of an entry of an order on nolle prosequi entered by sald attorney for the commonwealth. “It is therefore considered by this court that the said Herbert M. Camp- bell be and is hereby discharged from custody and the said Howard B. Fields sheriff, and Harry L. Woodyard, jailer, are hereby ordered to release him forthwith.” The new murder warrant was served on Campbell by William Schoeni of Alexandria, a deputy United States marshall. He then was transferred by automobile from the Arlington County Jail to the Alexandria City Jail. Greets Photographer. Again demonstrating his good ‘humor and his non-chalant attitude, Camp- bell turned to & photographer who awaited him at the Alexandria Jail and remarked with a_smile, “You certainly have earned your money today, big| boy.” As the situation now stands, Camp- bell will be taken before Barton Phil- lips, a United States commissioner, in Alexandria Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock for & hearing on whether he ghall be removed to Washington. ~The new -warrant under which he now is being held alleges he committed the murder of Miss Bakér April 11 “in the District of Columbia,” The previous warrant charged that the crime took place in Arlington County. Since Campbell's original arrest, however, in- vestigators have reported learning from witnesses facts which convinced them that Miss Baker met death in the Dis- trict instead of in Virginia. Smith today again threatened to carry the case to the United States District Court in Norfolk, Va., should it be necessary. Collins Is Confident. Equally confident, Collins announced he would fight to bring about the re- moval of the prisoner to this jurisdic- tion. He insisted it was only neces- sary to prove to the satisfaction of the commissioner Campbell is the man named in the new warrant, that he is substantially charged with the murder and that he is a fugitive from justice. Smith argued on the other hand that the prosecution would be forced to show | by competent testimony that the crime | was committed in the District. Meanwirile Smith failed to show the enthusiasm for the use of the lie, de- tector demonstrated by his client. “I have utterly no faith in any such contraption and will make no effort. to have it brought into the case,” Smith id. Campbell was ungccom;lnled by hi.l wife or other relatives during today’s | hearing. Mrs. Campbell failed to visit the court room. The defendant sat alone by the side of his altorney. Has Further Clues. Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, who has been one of the principal figures in the investigation which resuited in Campbell's present predicament, was an attentive specta- tor. He told reporters he still had numerous other persons, to interview and other clues to run out in the case. Barrere declined to divulge to new: paper men his plans for the future. He said he had had “all the publicity I want.” Barrere was asked by Judge Mc- Carthy in open court whether he had anything to say. This question was put to the man after the judge ex- plained he had received a letter from Barrere requesting an interview. Bar- only interest was to obtain but that he had thought to his release, learn why he had been from the Above: Herbert M. Campbell (left) just after he was arrested foday by United States Deputy Marsh: il liam Schoeni on a charge of the mur- der of Mary Baker. Below: Hermann Barrere, who was released today. —Star Staff Photos. the authorities all he knew about the case. “What little information I possess is in favor of Mr, Campbell,” Barrere said. The judge, showing no desire to go into the matter, merely told Barrere the action of Gloth in nolle prossing the charge made him a free man, thus closing the incident. PRESIDENT RETURNS FROM CAMP RESTED Tariff Commission Study for Brief Time Saturday Only Work Done Over Week End. After a week end at his Rapidan camp, during which time virtually all business cares and work were shunned, President Hoover returned to his desk during the forenoon today, happy and well rested. For a brief period Saturday, while sitting in the cool of the shade in front of his cabin, Mr. Hoover studied seriously the problem of appointing a Tariff Commission. Other than that he gave little attention to anything bordering on the business of his office. Neither did he indulge in anything resembling physical work, such as dam building, at the camp. He merely took advantage of the occasion to relax and take it easy. At 6:30 o'clock this morning Mr. Hoover started on his motor ride back | to Washington. After an uneventful journey he reached the White House a few minutes before 10 o'clock and soon afterward was at his desk. Mrs, Hoo- ver with two friends of the week end party motored back later. ‘The camp was pleasantly cool dur- ing his presidential vacation, but there was no need for blankets. For an hour or so the President rode hor: back over the mountain trails. ,lé:; Hoover accompanied him, this being her first horseback ride since her in- jury early in the Spring. CHICLE CONCESSION CUT Decree Charges Companies With Destroying Trees. MEXICO CITY, August 4 (®)—A residential decree to be put in force flnmzdlluly says that no further con- cessions will be granted by the govern- ment for chicle production except to co-operative organizations in which the workers share the profits. Until now large companies, most of them American, have produced most of the chicle coming from Vera Cruz and Quintana Roo. The decree does not specify if these concessions are to be retired. The decree charges the companies with having destroyed the chicle trees without replacing them. COUPLE FOUND SHOT Police Attribute Deaths to Suicide Pact. LINDEN, N. J, August 4 (#).—The bodies of Henry Martels, 76, and his wife, aged 60, of Jersey Shore, Pa., were found early yesterday on the Pennsyl- vania Rallroad tracks in front of the Linden Station. Both had been shot through the head and police believe artels killed his wife and then turned | sian gun upon himself. William ~ Reinman, engineer of & westbound train, saw the bodies on the eastbound tracks as he brought his train into the station. A Philadelphia bodies, held so long when he had already told removed; express train, down upon_the P A IREDS CONSTITUTE CHINA'S CHIEF FOE Communists No Longer Bands of Thieves and Robbers, but Organized Forces. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, August 4.—China's al- leged Communists, originally viewed as merely isolated bands of thieves and robbers and disgruntled militarists, to- day number thousands and constitute not only the major obstacle to con- tinued growth and development of re- publican China’s revolutionary Nanking government, but also the principal men- ace to rural China's peace and pros- perity in threatening to turn China Red and place her within the grip of Red Russia in the latter's campaign for a world Soviet. China’s Communists today are called Reds because they are struggling o overthrow within China all evidences of class distiction, capitalism and im- perialism. Their aims are those of con- verts to Soviet Russia’s Third Inter- nationale elsewhere throughout the world who are striving to overthrow the so-called upper classes and establish un- hampered munal governments. Cl munists have ceased to be mi dfllt bands of thieves and lawless 8 Instead they are genu- ine converts to Russia’s Communism. Their tenets come from Red Russia. Farmers Join Ranks. Reds in China no longer are roving brigands victimizing helpless farmers. Instead, poverty-stricken farmers by thousands are joining China’s Com- munist ranks, WBvinq red flags and re- sorting to unparalleled looting, burn- ing and killing foreigners and Chinese alike, in the belief that by such a blood bath they will achieve social equality and material prosperity as taught by shrewd Chinese Communists. The latter in turn became Commu- nists at the hands of Moscow's Reds, who themselves planted in China the seeds of world-wide Communist revo- lution before the conservative elements of 's Nationalist ranks drove in into Soviet Russia. Russia’s Communists first showed interest in China when they seized power at home and established their own Soviet republic. They asked China to attend the first Congress of the Communist Internationale at Mos- cow In the Spring of 1919. Two months later the first Communist propaganda. was found at Shanghal. Sought Recognition. In July, 1919, the Moscow Com- munists issued a manifesto to China, offering to return all lands taken from China by the Russian imperial govern- ment, to restore to China undivided control of the Chinese Eastern Rail- way, to renounce all Russian claims to a share in the Boxer indemnity and relinquish territorial privileges in China. The condition was Chinese recognition of the Russian Soviet gov- ernment. China’s then existing foreign office declined. The Soviet foreign office renewed its offer in September, 1919, and in addi- tion offered to cancel all Sino-Russian treaties, negotiating anew on a basis of absolute equality. China still declined. During 1921 and 1922, although the Reds were unable to establish relations with China, their position in the Far East was strengthened. The Mongolian Soviet Republic was established and the Far Eastern republic became an in- tegral part of the Soviet domain. Joffe Met Sun Yat-Sen. Late in 1922 Adolf Joffe, among Mos- cow's cleverest propagandists, arrived in Peiping. In January, 1923, Joffe met Sun Yat-Sen in Shanghai. Sun Yat-S8en, founder of China's revolu- tion, then was a refugee from Canton, the anti-revolutionary forces having crushed his budding Nationalist move- ment in South China. Sun wanted foreign aid for his revolution. He long had hoped for aid from the Un! States or Great Britain. They continued to disappoint him and in desperation he turned to Russia. ‘This meeting between Sun and Joffe resulted in a Sino-Russian entente cordiale, which marked the turning point of the Chinese revolution. b Sun Yat-Sen declared neither Com- munism nor the Soviet political system was applicable in China and Joffe con- curred and promi the Soviets would not attempt propaganda in China. Both knew their ultimate aims were irreconcilable and that their entente would not last long, but the immediate alms concurred. Both Took Chances. Sun Yat-Sen wanted aid during the center willing to chance that Soviet propa- anda would not take root in China. ussia wanted help in her Far Eastern campaign against outposts of capitalism and was willing to chance that the Chinese Republic prove a friend rather than an enemy of her world revolution. the Russian military advisers arrived at Canton. Michael Borodin, their leader, sought to give the Chinese reve lutionaries the benefits of his experi- ence gained managing revolutions in Mexico and Turkey. In addition he sought to achieve Russia’s principal pur- pose, to get Chinese Communists into Chi revolutionary ~ Kuomintang party. Political and military training insti- tutes appeared. China’s revolutionary forces took shape along lines of Rus- sia’s Red army. In 1924 China’s Com- munists entered the Kuomintang, al though bound to obey the party's rulings. Russia Gains End. Red Russia had gained her end. China’s Communists were in a ition “to bore within.” They looked for con- verts principally among the wage earn- ers, poor peasants, uneducated young mbn and women and overseas Chinese who were dissatisfied with the slow progress of the revolution, and soldiers and sailors. The greatest source of recruits lay among dissatisfied peasants, who were close to the line of subsistence. Peasant leagues and unions sprang up every- where, especially in Kwangtung Province, China recognized Russia. From then on Russian and Chinese Communists in China worked openly, despite opposi- tion of conservative elements of the Kuomintang. Communism prospered concurrently with revolutionary progress. In August, 1926, China's first Soviet government appeared in Changsha, Hunan, followed quickly by a similar regime at Nanchang, Kiangsi. These facts explain why today these provinces contain the principal strongholds of the Chinese Communist movement. Estab- lishment of Soviet rule followed in Hankow, the Communists now proving a s\romer element of the Kuomintang than the conservatives. Break Within Party. Events moved quickly. In March, 1927, the conservative elements of the Kuomintang broke with the Commu- nists. Six months later Red Russia’s Soviet republic in Hankow collapsed. Borodin, Sun Yat-Sen and other radicals fled from China back to Soviet Russia and Kuomintang conservatives regained control, establishing the still existing Nanking government. December, 1927, witnessed the final collapse of ‘the openly maintained Rus- Communist influence in China, in the form of the Canton ripts. In these riots Russian Soviet consular officials, propagandists and military advisers alike met bloody deaths along with thousands of Chinese Communists, con- . verts to their Russian mc&!l‘!' jpropa- mul, but. now s in death be: the fury of 'Kuominteng eon- military stage of his revolution and was | Immediately following this compact | Flyer Leaps to Death To Prove Love to Girl After Fight With Her By the Associated Press. SETE, France, Al t 4.—Be- cause he had quarre! with his girl, Jean Casterand, aviator, Jumped to his death from his plane near Pe: . He fell into the garden of his mother’s home. ‘The plane crashed to earth a hundred yards farther on. Casterand left a note to the girl telling her that he was kill- ing himself as proof of his affec- tion for her. CHINESE REDS USED HUMAN SCREEN IN SACK OF CHANGSHA (Continued From First Page.) were strengthened Saturday when re- ports sald Communst armies, flushed with their success at Changsha, were marching toward Hankow and its sis- cities, Wuchang and Hanyang. Martial law was declared. ‘Thousands of terrified Chinese sought the protection of the foreign quarter. REDS STILL HOLD CHANGSHA. Main Body of Forces Reported Moving Eastward Toward Liuyang. Official American sources in China reported today to the State Department in a telegram dated August 3 at 3 p.m. that Communists still were in posses- sion of Changsha, though the main body of their forces appeared to have moved eastward toward Liuyang. Strict martial law, with traffic pro- hibited from midnight to dawn, is being maintained in Wuhan. All Americans at Kuling were warned on July 31, the report said, to withdraw at once. Eleven foreign naval vessels have con- centrated at Hankow to protect foreign- ers. They include one British gunboat, three French gunboats, one Japanese cruiser and three gunboats, two Amer- ican gunboats, the Guam and Panay, and one Italian gunboat. The United States gunboat Palos is remaining at boat Luzon has been ordered there. SEES RED SPREAD. Mrs. Lingle, Missionary, Believes They Will Make Further Gains. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, August 4—The sweep of Communism across Central China was described here today by Mrs. W. H. Lingle, American Missionary who pre- dicted three rich provinces would capit- ulate to the red movement. Mrs. Lingle, wife of the Rev. Mr. Lingle who escaped from Changsha as the Communists sacked the city, reached here from Kuling, the Summer resort in Northern Kiangsi Province being evacuated by foreigners in the face of a threatened red attack. Mr. and Mrs. Lingle have been in China 40 years, having come here from Cincinnati. The minister escaped by & narrow margin from the Changsha reds and reached here last Friday. Mrs, Lingle left the Presbyterian Mission at Changsba July 20. As she left Kuling last Saturday the evacuation was in full blast. Five hundred foreigners were leaving. Kuling and the nearby city of Kiukiang were in imminent danger, Mrs. Lingle said, a red army of 10,000 yas in the vicinity and ready to at- ck. SIEGFRIED WAGNER, SON OF COMPOSER, DIES AT BAYREUTH (Continued From First Page.) | i | i veloped unusual musical ability. famous father, however, realizing, per- | haps, that his son had talent, but was not a genius, did everything to divert | his son’s abilities into other channels. | Siegfried showed a predilection for | drawing and mathematics and because come an architect. | Accordingly, Siegfried, after he had | finished his high school course, ma- | triculated at Karlsruhe University and | later attended the Polytechnic Insti- | | tute at Berlin-Charlottenburg. He re- | mained at the latter only a short time. | His father had died in 1883, and the son abandonmed technics for music | studying under Engelbert Humperdinck, g:mptl)ser of the opera “Hansel and retel.” In 1894, Siegfried Wagner returned | to Bayreuth, where he became assistant, |and two years later, principal con. | ductor. He soon ventured out as guest | conductor in Berlin and other European | musical centers, limiting himself chiefly to the interpretations of his father’s works. That always assured him a re- | ception. His efforts to win immortality through ! nis compositions proved less happy. His first opera, “Der Baerehhaeuter,” composed in 1898 and produced the next year in several cities, was an honest success. Later operas, however, encountered negative receptions, even in the centers, which had taken kindly to the first. People uncensciously com- pared his efforts with the works of his father and the comparison proved fatal {ures to the succeeding operas: “Hergoz ‘Wildfan,” “Der Kobol “‘Sternenge- bot,” “Banadietrich,” ‘Schwarzsch- wanenreich,” “Sommerflammen,” “Der Friedensengel,” “An allem ist Huetchen schuld,” and “Der Schmied von Marien- berg. S'elxlried resigned to the inevitable and devoted himself entirely to re- gaining world recognition for the Bay- terribly through war and inflation. He visited the United States soon after the World War and raised considerable funds for the festival plays of 1925. Born at Luzerne, Switzerland, June 6, | 1869, Wagner was the son of Franz von Liszt's daughter, Cosima. The latter at the time still was Frau Hans von Buelow, although no longer living with that famous orchestra conductor and | planist. It was not until August 25, 1870, that Frau Cosima was married | legally to Richard Wagner. The latter | in_ his will dated March 17, 1883, acknowledged himself to be Siegfried's father, There was a striking resemblance between the two. i Woman, 104, Celebrates. LANSDALE, Pa., August 4 (#).—Mrs. | Mary Knapp, known as “Aunt Mary" to residents of Montgomery Square, near here, today celebrated her 104th birthday anniversary. reading of newspapers and planned an active day with the reception of friends | from miles around. servatives, who sought to prevent Chiaa from going Red. Severed relations between China and | Russia followed. The Sun-Joffe entente ended. Sun Yat-Sen ha¢ etained his revolution- ary military aid, but now the danger- ous fire with which he knowingly played in order to be warmed was con- suming him. i Red Russia had planted her Com- munistic tenets. Today, those seeds planted deep within minds of the dis- contented, poverty stricken, tax-ridden Chinese peasants are bearing fruit. Ignorant and devoid of all hope, in despair they are turning to Com- munism,, desperately and blindly striv- ing to better their lot. China’s Reds today are red and | Changsha, and the United States gun- | His| spectful hearing and sympathetic re- ! Only rarely were heard even the over- | reuth Festival plays, which had suffered | She began the day with her usual |« THOUSANDS OF FISH PERISH FROM HEAT jLow Water, Result of | Drought, Claims Heavy Toll as Sea Moves Inland. By the Assoclated Press. Any envy which may be felt by sweltering humans for the fish that spend the long days of heat and drought in cool-looking streapis and Jakes is misplaced, for the finny ones are dying by thousands. Low water levels and rising temper- atures have killed game fish in num- kers approaching a national disaster, and the United States Bureau of Fish- eries fears the brood it is raising &t mary hatcheries will be doomed to tinction unless relief occurs soon. Lewis Radclyffe, deputy commissiorer | of the bureau, said the situation is so | acute at one ?“uwhery in West Vir- ginia that trahsfer of the fish to & cooler spot is planned in order to save some of them. The total damage is uncountable, he said, but it will show up for vears to come in depleted sport and barren streams all over the country. Trout have been the worst sufferers, as they must have cold water to live, and dry- ing springs have sent up the tempera- tures of their streams. Many other species have suffered as lake levels tell. Fish of the coastal riv- ers have been affected by sea water, which has made its way inland for rec- ord distances. Crabs, Radclyffe pointed out, now are being caught in commer- cial quantities in the Potomac River 20 miles from Washington. The river virtually has turned into an arm of the sea. ! { | | | GRANDFATHER GOE ON TRIAL, CHARGED WITH KILLING YOUTH (Continued From First Page.) yards down the Cubbage Hollow road from Uncle Jake's cabin. There a dis- pute arose between Uncle Jake's son, Melvin, and a grandson of the old man, Floyd. The grandfather inter- ceded and this was resented by Cubbage. Commonwealth’s Attorney Walton said that although there was a quarrel between Uncle Jake and Fred Cub- bage, the told man gave his grandson permission to pass homeward into Lucas Hollow by way of a path which led through Uncle Jake's yard and over the mountains. Alleges Old Man Stopped Youth. When Fred Cubbage availed himself of this permission, however, and started through the yard with Leonard Lucas, 22 years old, he was stopped by the old man, who stood before the cabin door with gun in hand, Mr. Walton continued. “Didn't I tell you I'd kill you if you came through here?” Uncle Jake is quoted as saying. “To_hell with you and your shotgun,” Fred Cubbage is said to have replied. A moment later a shot rang out and Fred Cubbage fell to the rye patch, only a few feet from the old man's doorstep. About 30 witnesses had been sum- moned by the defense and about two- thirds of them are related to Uncle Jake Sentiment is about divided be- tween them and considerable ill feeling has resulted. When Uncle Jake was given a pre- liminary hearing shortly after the shooting, the prosecution defeated an eflort to free the patriarch on hbond with the assertion that it would be dangerous for Uncle Jake to return-to Cubbage Hollow. The old man him- self, however, is unafraid to return and declared he would do so on his first opportunity. There were several eye-witnesses to the shooting, including Lucas, Uncle Jake's 16-year-old daughter, Amanda, and two distant cousins, Harry Cub- | bage, 23 years old, and Trent Cub- ited | 0f that his father wished him to be- | bage. 55 years old. The latter three | were present at Uncle Jake's cabin at | the time. THREE DIE IN WRECK 18 Cars of Grain Overturn, With Accident Laid to Heat. BELLEVILLE, Kans., August 4 (#).— | Three unidentified men were killed and | 18 cars of grain overturned when a | Rock Island freight train was derailed | near Agenda, Kans. late yesterday. | Action of the heat on the rails, caus- ing them to spread, was held respon- | sible for the accident by county au- | thoritles investigating. The men were stealing a ride on the train. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band | Orchestra this evening at the Marine | Barracks at 8 o'clock. Taylor Branson, Ilender; Arthur Witcomb, second leader. March, “Semper Paratus”... odgett | (In honor of the 140th anniversary of the United States Coast Guard.) “Festival Overture on the Danish Na- | tional Anthem" Tschaikowsky | Cornet solo, “Flashes of Gold”...O'Neil Musician Winfred Kemp. Excerpts from “The Vagabond King,” Friml Serenade, from the ballet “Les Millions d’Arlequin” . Drigo | Grand Scenes from “Tannhause! Wagner I‘Di\'ertissemenlv “A Day in Nlnlea.gn “Boatmen’s Chorus and Serenlde."yn “Dance of the Pishwives.” “Dance of the Macaroni Boys. “Tarantella.” Marines'’ Hymn, “The Halls of Monte- zuma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Navy Band Or- | chestra this evening at the east front of |the Capitol at 7:30 o'clock. Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, assistant: | | leader. March, “Emperor’s Maneuvers,” Friedmann Overture, “Military”.......Mendelssohn Solo for cornet, “Serenade of Olden ‘Times™ eeveeens oo Silvestri Bandmaster G. de Giorgio. This serenade, composed over a cen- tury ago, originally for banjo and guitar, has been transcribed for the Navy Band by Bandmaster De Giorgio. Scenes from the opera the Hearth” Two movements from phony” Allegretto. Finale. cracker Suite”... . Tschaikowsl Ballet music from “Romeo and Juliet, Gounod Allegro moderato. L'Istesse tempo. Tempo de valse. Allegretto moderato. Andante quassi, adagio. Allegretto moderato. Gems from the musical “Naughty Marietta” ... March, “Sons of Veterans' “Anchors Aweigh. “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Army Band Or- chestra this evening at Arkansas ave- nue, at Thirteenth and Emerson streets, at 7:30 o'clock. Willlam Stannard, leader; Thomas Darcy, second leader. March, “213th C. A. C., Pennsylvania National Guard” . Ballet, Popular, comedy Communism in China today is prob. ably stronger than at any time sinc Adolf Joffe and Sun Yat-Sen achieved their now historic entente cordiale here foreign-controlled ‘interna- @b @maRghLL, opular, “Sharing” Selection, “Show Boat' Valse lento, “Recuerdo March, an of the Ho A . “The Star Spangled Banner.