Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1930, Page 1

~ TODISTRICT AREAS WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and continued followed by local thundershower: afternoon or night; fair. Temperatures—Highest, 10: .. yesterday; lowest, 78, at . Full repert on page 9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 Entered as second class matter Washington, No. 31,508. post office, warm, s this ahest, 103, ot 3130 D, C. WASHINGTON, - pening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, WEDNESDAY, SHOWERS TO BRING TEMPORARY RELIEF Government Agencies Bend Effort to Task of Aiding Stricken Nation. AGRICULTURE REPORT | CONFIRMS DISASTER One Death and Five Prostrations Comprise Toll in Capital Yesterday. ‘While light showers were expected' to bring temporary relief from excessive heat to Washington and nearby Mary- land and Virginia this \afternoon or tonighit, requests for aid from many parts of the country continued to pour into the Capital as the concentrated effort of Government agencies was bent today to the task of ascertaining ac- curately the needs of the drought- stricken Nation. Discouraging as the situation appears, the Weather Bureau today could offer no ray of hope for such soaking rains as are needed in the stricken areas to save crops or depleted water supplies that are threatening cattle raisers and dairy men with ruin in far scattered sections. Local showers yesterday in the Ohio and Upper Mississippi River Valleys only served to whet the appe- tite of dry, cracking farm lands without bringing relief, except in slightly lower temperatures. The Department of Agriculture and the Federal Farm Board, at the direc- tion of President Hoover, were engaged | in determining both the existing condi- tions and the measures the Govern- ment could employ to assist the suffer- ing agricultural States. The President expects a report to be placed before him Monday. More Gloom Added, The Department of Agriculture in its ‘weekly weather and crop report y added more gicom to the 'drought situ- ation. In the North Central portion of the country during the past few days local | areas have been benefited by showers | and these have fallen also in some? Central Gulf districts. _Beneficial rains | have fallen in the Rocky Mountain area and in some of the South Atlantic States. That was the only relief, ‘and the seventh consecutive hot week aggra- vated conditions that were already gerious. The report said sections that| have been doing well until now are| becoming “alarmingly dry.” In general, the report confirmed sto- ries of disaster and near disaster from widely scattered regions. It said the drought was now general everywhere east of the a few fortunate localities and the Southeast, and added, * raw- vegetation is seriously affe L~ tlying farm counties in Maryland, and particularly in Virginia, are suf- fering as badly as other parched sec- tions of the country, Meanwhile, Gov. Sampson of Kentucky, in a telegram to the President last night, described & desolation equaling the destruction of floods, tornadoes or earthquakes. A plea for a proclamation for Nation- wide prayer meetings to ask divine aid for rain came to the Chief Executive from Alexandria, just across the Po- tomac. Food for humans as well as cattle was asked in an appeal from the Virgin Islands. One Death, Five Prostrations. One death and five heat prostrations comprised the toll of yesterday's maxi- mum temperature of 102 degrees in Washington. Compared with that rec- ord, the Weather Bureau predictcd the mercury would hover around 90 degrees this afternoon. At 10 o'clock this morning a few drops of rain began to fall in West ‘Washington. It soon stopped, but was enough to indicate that the clouds over- head would supply rain during the aft- ernoon or night. Tomorrow, however, will continue fair. A minimum temperature of 78 degrees prevailed here at 6 o'clock this morn- ing. At 8 o'clock the mercury rose to 80 degrees. Five degrees were added during the next hour. Then the mercury re- mained stationary until at 10:30 o’clock it fell a point to 84 degrees and took a Jump of two degrees by 11 o'clock. A rather low humidity, 41 per cent, compared with 71 early yesterday, will help matters during the day, the | Weather Bureau reported. The one death, Allen F. Burris, col- ored, 45, of 1924 L street, having died at Emergency Hospital, brought the Capital’s total heat tcll for the year'up to 25. Burris was overcome while work- ing on a paving job, The prostration cases involved Elsie Weatherington, col- ored laundress, 31 years old, of 356 H street southwest; Mrs. Ann Bolton, 52 years old, of 1451 Park road; Alma Lewis, 28, of 616 Emerson streef beth Griffith, colored, 1130 Twentieth street, and N. J. Ward, 927 B street, and George H. Hatcher, 1213 Eighth street. None of the cases was regarded as serious by hospital physicians. Maryland Draws D. C. Water. Suburban Maryland, more fortunate than other sections of the State, con- tinues to draw largely from the District of Columbia to augment its own de- Iy private estimates of drought damage to [coth growing hourly. To these reports From Winchester to Drooping Orchards Fields Tell of | advance guard of ruin, are gallop! Virginia. farmlands between the fire-scarre drooping apple orchards and wit) what threatens to be the worst t gion since the days of Sheridan’s r: To the-farmers, who can only stand -helplessly and watch the destruction of | their harvests, it seems as if the horse- | men of the Apccalypse had been turned | loose upon them and church ‘onven- | tions are attributing it to God's curse on an evil age. Here at the Virginia | Polytechnic Institute, headquarters of | the State agricultural experiment sta- tions, the experts take a more worldly view of the situation, but they have very little to offer in the way of help. If plenty of rain cores soon a good deal can be saved. Otherwise the farmers, and with them the towns and villages which depend upon them, prob- DROUGHT, FIRE AND HAIL SWEEP VIRGINIA VALLEY| North Carolina Line rn a L and Withered Co Threatened Catastrophe. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Staff Corresponde! BLACKSBURG, Va., August 6.—Drought, fire and hail, merciless of The Star. ing apace down the fair valley of From Winchester to the North Carolina line, over all the rich d peaks of the Massenuttens and the Alleghanies; fields and pastures that look like overdone toast, hered cornfields tell the story of ragedy that has befallen this re- aiders. ably are facing a miserable Winter, especially when their loans at the banks come due. Already the losses, in so far as they can be measured in money, are far into the millions. - One of the worst possible blows already has struck. The normal hay crop is valued conservatively at $22,000,000. T. R. Hutchinson, charge of the agronomy department of the State experiment station, estimates that it was at least 75 per cent below potmal. The drought to be felt, early this Summer when the hay should have been making its greatest growth. (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) GRAIN PRICES SOAR: CORN AT $1.01 MARK Drought Reports Followed by Avalanche of Buying in Western Markets. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, August 6.—Bullish enthu- | siasm returned to the grain pits today | for the first time in many weeks and prices soared, wheat gaining from 5 to 6! cents a bushel over yesterday's close and corn values rising 6% to 7% cents. Both the leading grains sold at bet-| ter than a dollar a bushel, and at the | finish corn for September delivery had widened its price lead over wheat to 41, cents. September wheat finished at 96% to| 967 and December at 1.021: to 1.02%. | while corn for September stopped at 1.01 to 1.0135 and December at 974 to 97} cents. Y Trading nearly reached the riot stage at midsession as corn and wheat prices leaped forward and buyers found offer- ings scant. The public interest in the market had doubled overnight, .in- spired by the procession of official and today ¢were added predictions from Saskatchewan that many thousands of acres of Canadian Spring wheat would never be harvested because of severe damage from rust. At times the trad- ing was so swift that quotations varied a cent or more in separate sections of the pit. MANHOLE COVERS HURT ONE IN BLAST SERIES Explosions Are Blamed on Throw- | ing of Lighted Match Into Sewer Opening. By the Associated Press WEEHAWKEN, N. J, August 6.— One man was injured, windows were shattered and citizens were thrown into great excitement by a series of explo- | sions in a sewer line early today. Man- | hole covers were hurled high in the | air and broken into bits. Police said the explosions were caused when a laborer dropped a match into an open manhole near the Erie Railroad pler. After the first explosion, others occurred in rapid succession as one manhole cover after another blew off with a roar, LINDBERGHS AGAIN TAKE AIR OVER HOME FIELD By the Associated Press. HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N. J, Au-| gust 6.—The coionel and Mrs. Lind- | bergh yesterday made their first flight | togethex, since the birth of Charles Au- | gustus Linabergh, jr. It was a short| flight and the colonel did not venture | beyond the neighborhood of the field. | THIEF SHO? TO DEATH Companion Escapes as Policeman Opens Fire in Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., August 6 (#).—A policeman early today shot to death one of two men, who held up a small hotel. The other man escaped Wi approximately $100 in cash. The two robbers held up H. C. Bass, night clerk at the State Hotel, and forced him to open the cash register. Patrolman George Coughlin, who had been assigned to guard the hotel in an picted water supply With the three emergency connec- tions_with the District water supply | as the men ran fter getting the ued on Page 3, Column 3.) effort of the police department to check | robberies at such places, opened fire { money. (C ' HOOVER’S PLANS REMAIN INDEFINITE AMID WORK | Date on Which He Had Hoped to Leave Draws Near, | With No Indication From President. By the Associated Press. As the time draws near when Presi- dent Hoover hopsd to leave for his va- cation in the Rocky Mountains, his declined to discuss plans even with his aides at the White House. Continuance of the drought, making necessary emergency n:euurei by the Government, also least two weeks VI - Yellowstone Nad FOR VACATION - Parks still stood. He may be com- lled, New England, but it was ining to attack Hankow, and volunteer Western vacation was still foremost in REDS EXECUTE 2,000 IN HUNAN CAPITAL Foreign Warships Rushed to Zone as Provincial Forces Re-enter Changsha. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI August 6.—Japanese dispatches today reported Communists executed 2,000 Chinese after capturing Changsha last Tuesday. In addition, 4,000 Chinese were missing from the wealthy, Hunan Province capital, many sections of which were looted and burned, the dispatches said. The | Chinese were believed either murdered | or kidnaped by the invaders. Foreign advices from Changsha today | sald Communists had withdrawn from that city, allowing the.return of pro- vincial defense forces, whose scattered members were assembled there. An official government dispatch from Nanking asserting provincial troops had re-entered Changsha was received here with great reserve. The situation there and at Hankow, threatened by advanc- ing Red armies, was considered grave. Additional warships yere being rushed to the Red zone by foreign governments, whose decision to reinforce the Yangtze River patrol was hastened by further outrages against their nationals. Eleven Whites Victims. Eleven whites were known to have fallen victims of Communists cince last Wednesday. Six American and three British sailors have been wounded in skirmishes be- tween bandits and gunboats on the Siang River, near Changsha. Dispatches continued to tell of Com- munist depredations throughout the Yangtze Valley. Reports from widely scparated areas in Hunan, Hupeh, Kiangsi and Fukien Provinces said numerous Red bands, numbering from a few hundred to 10,000, pillaged towns and spread terror virtually unopposed. Whereabouts of many foreigners, mostly missionaries, who have evacuated these areas, was unknown here. It was feared some may have fallen intc the hands of Reds. Foreigners were leaving Kiuktiang, Kiangsi Province, in great numbers, fearing an attack by 10,000 Reds report- ed advancing upon the city from the west. Loot and Burn Vilidges. Between Kiukiang and Hankow, along the Yangtze, Communists looted and burned many small villages, apparently seeking to frighten peasants into join- ing theig forces. Uneasiness continued at high pitch in the tri-cities, Hankow, Wuchang and Hanyang. Reds were reported plan- defense forces were being formed there by Chinese and foreigners. | North of Hankow reds extorted money and supplies from helpless farmers. Capture of Nanchang, Kiangsi capital, by Communists was reported a matter of hours in foreign wireless dispatches, considered reliable and conservative. Red hordes almost surrounded the city and were greatly superior to. defending troops in numbers and equipment, ad- vices stated. Meanwhile the government announced it was mustering all available forces in an effort to halt the advance of north- FARM RELIEF FOES| BEATEN IN KANSAS AS GOV REED FALLS Virginia Voters Nominate Smith in the 8th District. Burch Leads in 5th. | JONES TAKES LEAD IN WEST VIRGINIA Missouri Representatives Are Re- nominated in Election Devoid of Interest. | By the Assoctated Press. Rejoicing and comfort growing out of primaries in four States yesterday appeared to be distributed largely to the Farm Board, the administration and those Democrats who never have forgiven their brethren who did not give their all for Alfred E. Smith. /The wets found balm in a Virginia race, but the drys could counter with results in West Virginia. It was a question in political.circles whether the voting was an indication of the drift on national issues or was dominated by local issues and candidates. In Kansas, however, Senator Henry J. Allen, who has indorsed almost every Hoover policy, won the Republican nomination to fill out Vice President Curtis’ unexpired term with votes to spare. Reed Loses to Haucke. Gov. Clyde M. Reed, whogtook the stump to attack the Farm Board plea that Kansas farmers reduce their wheat acreage, had apparently been soundly beaten by Frank Haucke, Worid War veteran and former Cornell foot ball player. Haucke, however, did not make acreage reduction & direct issue. Senator Arthur Capper was unopposed for the Republican nomination, nor did Jonathan M. Davis, Democrat, who will run against him in November, have op- position. The Kansas House delegation won their nominations. The record of misfortune to those Democrats who have been assailed for opposition or lukewarm support to Smith in the 1928 campaign had another chapter added in Virginia. Thomas G. Burch attacked Representative White- head for his attitude toward Smith and defeated him for the nomination in the fifth district. A Ball Loses to Smith. Howard Smith, who failed to get the approval of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League, won the Democratic nomination over State Senator Frank Ball, who had league indorsement, in the eighth dis- trict. James Ellwood Jones, coal operator, was far ahead in the race for the Republican senatorial nomination in West Virginia. . Prohibition was not a dominant issue in the campaign, but one of the candidates was Benjamin L. Rosenbloom, who urged modifica- tion of the Volstead act. Rosenbloom ran second. In Missourl the entire House dele- gation, 10 Republicans and 6 D crats, were renominated. The vote was | light. SMITH AND DEAL WIN. Burch Leads Whitehead in Fifth Vir- ginia District Race, RICHMOND, Va, August 6 (#).— \Joseph T. Deal and Howard Smith Were the Democratic nominees for Con- districts today, following the party pri- mary yesterday. Thomas G. Burch, who challenged the incumbent’s party loyalty, appar-| ently had won the place of Representa- tive Joseph Whitehead, with a lead of 3,634 votes. Former Representative Deal will op- pose Menalcus Lankford, Republican incumbent, who unseated him in the Hoover landslide in the November gen- eral election. Yesterday he gained his victory over Mrs. Sarah Lee Fain, a former member of the House of Dele- gates, and W. W. Vellines, & present delegate. h In the sharply drawn wet-dry fight in the eighth district, Smith, a former circuit judge, who falled to get a satis- factory rating from the Anti-Saloon League, was nominated over State Sen- ator Frank L. Ball, an outspoken dry, ! who was runner-up; Thomas R. Keith, Crandall Mackey and E. H. De Jarnette, all three wets. 3 ‘The Burch-Whitehead contest cen- tered about Burch’s denunciation of his opponent for lukewarm support of Al- fred E. Smith for President in 1928. The tabulated vote: Second district, 122 out of 126 precincts, Deal, 6512; Mrs. Fain, 1,858; Vellines, 1,732, Fi| 167 out’of 217 precincts, Burch, 9,974; Whitehead, 6,340. Eighth, 144 out of | ern rebels into Honan and Shantung Provinces Government advices sald more than 30,000 Nationalist troops arrived at Tsingtao, Shantung, from Canton, th | Southern China, to be hurried against the northerners along Tsinanfu Railway front. URGE MISSIONARIES RELEASE. the Tsingtao- | British Government Makes Representa- | tions to Nanking Official. LONDON, August 6 (4).—The British government today made urgent repre- sentations to the Nanking government for the Telease of the missionaries, Miss Edith Nettleton and Miss E. J. Har- rington, being held for $50,000 ransom. It was Miss Nettleton whose finger had been reported cut off and mailed in a letter demanding $50,000. Minister Lampson, in Peiping, told the Chinese government today that if the brigand threats of further outrages were carried out the result would be a deploreble and disastrous _reaction of public opinion throughout the world and Chinese people and government would be disgraced. —e— BODIES. OF FOUR FOUND Fugitive Kills Wife and Two Chil- dren and Self. SANTA FE, N. Mex, August 6. Mr. Hoover's The White Mr. denied Pebing exgursion off Long Island. (P).—The body of Napoleon Benavides, sought by & posse since July 20, was found yesterday near Cuba, N. Mex., ith of his wife and two 154 precincts, Smith, 9,324; Ball, 4,612; §‘,’1’"" 3,945; Mackey, 995; De Jarnette, AIRMAN IS MISSING Australia-to-England Flyer Unre- ported Over Dangerous Area. BATAVIA, Java, August 6 (P).—A. Cunningham, Australian amateur air- man, who left Sydney August 1 on a solo 'flight to R,:lklnd in an attempt to beat Bert Hinkler's 15-day record, has not been reported -since he_left Wyndham, North Australia, for Bima at Dawn yesterday. The Wyndham-Bima stage involves several hundred miles over sea, and is one of the most dangerous sections of the fiight. LUNDGREN IS SILENT lkound»World Flyer Reaches New York—Will Not Discuss Plans. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y. August 6 (#).—Ted S. Lundgren, Hollywood aviator who is thnhll a_round-the- world fiight, arrived today from Akron, Ohio, He declined to discuss BOMB POLITICIAN'S HOME RAIN, Ol August 6 (P).—The Lo uck, Republican politi- ‘as _boml early today in said was|the result of a grudge ld enemies. ho home alone at ‘was unhurt. his plans. will make cian, gress in the second and-eighth Virginia [ AUGUST 6, 1930—THIRTY tar. Associated service. The only evening in Washington wit! R e Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,712 PAGES. (#) Means Associated M BoY! OH BO EQuALITATION AND DE. Fees BENTURE WOuLD HAVE OTHIN' N HIS FOR HAWKS TAKES OFF FOR ALBUQUERQUE Refuels and Resumes New! York-Los Angeles Flight at 11:45 A.M. By the Associated Press. WICHITA, Kans., August 6—Capt. Frank Hawks refueled here today on his westward dash across the continent for a New York-to-Los Angeles flight record and took off at 11:45 am. for | Albuquerque, N, Mex., his next refuel- | ing stop. SEEKS WESTWARD RECORD. 1 | | | | | i | Plans From 3 to 5 Stops En Route for Fuel. CURTISS FIELD, N. Y., August 6 (#).—Capt. Prank M. Hawkes took off at | 5 am, (Eastern standard time) for Los Angeles in an effort to set a new West ‘ ward transcontinental flight record. 1 Capt. Hawks planned to reach Los| Angeles in about 14 hours, making three | or more stops en route for fuel. He | sald he expected to reach his destina- | tion about 4 p.m. Pacific time and be | on the golf links a®the Hollywood Club | with his father and three business asso- | clates by 5 p.m. He wore his golf togs { and carried a bag of clubs. His Travelair monoplane is equipped | with a 300-horsepower Wright motor | and has a maximum speed of 270 miles. He said he did not plan to fly a# more | than 200 miles an hour. Fuel supplies were held in readiness for ‘him at Columbus, Ohio; Indian-| apolis, St. Louls, Wichita, Kans; Al-| buquerque, N. Mex., and Kingman, Ariz. Plans 3 to 5 Stops. Capt. Hawks sald he would make as few stops as possible, but expected to take fuel from three to five times en route. His gas tank contained 107 gal- lons when he took off, but the motor uses gasoline at the rate of 30 gallons an_hour. He holds the Atlantic-to-Pacific speed | record for & non-stop flight which was made in 19 hours 10 minutes and 32 seconds. There is no record for a| multiple-stop fight such as he. plans ay. “These non-stop or one-stop flights are the bunk,” he said before taking off. “My thought is to establish a high- speed pony express, stopping at prin- cipal citiés for the fast transportation of mont securities and merchandise on which interest and other charges can be saved by 14-hour service across the continent.” After a few days' rest and_ time to| check his motor he plans an Eastward trip when he will push his plane to the utmost in an effort to beat the record l;:ldhby Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- rgh. AR S, NATIONALS LEADING MACKS, 1 T00, IN 2D Bluege Triples and Scores on Cronin's Single in First Inning. PHILADELPHIA, August 6.—Bluege’s triple, followed by Cronin's single in the first inning, sent the Nationals off | to & 1-to-0 lead over the Athletics in a | game here this afternoon. * FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—Myer flied to Haas. Bluege’s fly hit the left field stand and bounded off the wall for a triple. Man- ush walked. _Cronin singled to center, scoring Blue Manush taking second. Judse ponped o Botey in-anort lft u ley 3 Harris fanned. One run. ELPHIA—Boley lkfilcd to right, Haas forced Boley, yer to ronin. Myer made a good stop and hrew out Cochrane, Haas gol to second. Myer threw out Simmons: No runs. v SECOND INNING. ' WASHINGTON—West fanned. Spen- cer sent a long fly to Simmgns. Jones fanned. No runs. 5 PHILADELPHIA—Foxx singled to Myer went back for Miller’s one. , Foxx was caught stealing, Spen- to Myer, for a double play. No As Williams took a third | (®). U. S. Thinks It Can Govern World; Fails Here, Says Briton By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, England, August 6.—~I1. C. Hannah, a lecturer at Cambridge University, addressing a group of Summer students to- day said: “America is a Nation which cannot always govern it- self, but thinks it can govern the rest of the world. “I never have seen worse gov= ernment than when I was in Chi- cago. America is building up a new empire of financial domsina- tion of all parts of the world. It used to be said, in the days of Queen Victoria, that trade fol- lowered the flag. Britain today is finding that it is not necessarily her own trade. We are finding that we are patrolling and polic- ing a great part of the world for American trade.” GOREFRE CHARGED T0 VRGHA Wilby Whitacre of Ebenezer Church Arrested as Result of Blaze. WINCHESTER, Va., August 6.— Welby Whitacre, 30, of Ebenezer Church, this county, about four miles northwest of Gore, Va, was arrested early today by Sheriff Pannett and deputies of Frederick County on a charge of arson as a result of the half- million-dollar fire at Gore, Va., early yesterday. Whitacre is incarcerated in the local jail, where he is being grilled by local officers. Reports seen in the Gore, Va, vincinity early yesterday morning after the fire. Two weeks ago, Bondell Larrick, postmaster, had Whitacre arrested on a bad check charge. Officers stated here today that Whitacre was once convicted before Magistrate Rinker, this county, on charges of stealing wool. He was con- | victed and served three months on this charge. Whiteacre is understood to deny the charge of arson and asserts that he was not in the Gore, Va., vicinity yesterday. 500 Men Are Jobless. Five hundred men are jobless, scores are horfieless, with practically no per- sonal effects except some furniture and the clothes on their back, and the pros- perity of Gore seems to be a thing of the past, as the result of the fire which swept the small mountain-side town early yesterday morning. All last night persons watched the flames, fearing thay might break out anew and set the remainder of the town and mountain side afire. Yesterday afternoon officials of the J. Natwick & Co. Lumber Corporation began to estimate their damage, while the Red Cross and other agencies gave aid to those who were refugees from their homes. Men were stationed to watch the furniture and other belong- ings still piled on the Northwest Grade highway, as.vandalism was reported (o be prevalent. The Winchester division of the American Red Cross, under the direction of Miss Martha Stowers, was on the scene of the conflagration all day offeri ald to the homeless men, women and children. Late yesterday afternoon the Red Cross issued a gen- eral appeal to persons in this vicinity (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) PASSENGER IS RE&UED FROM AIRPLANE IN LAKE Pilot Who Tries to Swim Ashore After Ontario Fall Drowns. Wings Save Companion. By the Assoclated Press BELLEVILLE, Ontario, August 6.— —An airplane passenger who used the plane as a life raft after it had been forced down in Lake Ontario, was alive today, while the pilot, who attémpted to swim ashore, lost his life. Terry McGovern, a parachute jump- er, was rescued from the wings of the me by boatmen yesterday and told the pilot, Gerry Fitton, had growned. He said they were on their way to ‘Toronto, when' the plane came about & mile off shore. As it hit the water the engine fell off, leaving the glme buoyant. He clung to the plane e said, but Fitton decided to swim. PFitton's strength was not equal to the | task and he sank. Bucharest Will Build Subway. BUCHAREST, Rumania, August 6 ‘The city council construct, an underground railway sys- tem to serve the municipality and its envirans. Bids have been invited. state that Whitacre was| has decided to |-Snel . to go to his home, adding ““There may CAMPBELL FACES RETURN HEARING Kelly’ls Only Witness for the Prosecution at Session in Alexandria. Herbert M. Campbell today faced ar- | raignment before United States Com- missioner J. Barton Phillips in Alex- andria for a hearing to determine | whether he shall be returned to Wash- ington to face trial on a charge of | slaying Mary Baker. The hearing was arranged fo start at 2 o'clock, and it was indicated that | Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the | homicide squad, would be the only wit- ness for the prosecution. Alban Jones of Richmond, Va, an assistant United States attorney, was present to demand the removal of Campbell under the Federal warrant on which he was ar- rested recently -after a State warrant had been nolle prossed. The new ‘war- rant charged Campbell with killing Miss Baker “in the District of Columbia.” Charles Henry Smith of Alexandria, counsel for Campbell, announced just before the hearing got under way that he would oppose extradition of the de- | fendant on the grounds that the au- thorities had no knowledge of the-place of the commisison of the crime. He re- iterated the bellef that an effort was being made to “railroad” his client to prison. Meanwhile, detectives continued a search instituted yesterday for a for- mer colored maid of Miss Baker. They | hoped to obtain important information | from the servant. So far, however, they have been unable to lécate the woman. 26 NATIONS REPLY " T0 BRIAND ON PLAN Answer From Switzerland Is Last Received as He Prepares Report. By the Associated Press. | PARIS, August 6.—Foreign Minister Briand today hati before him replies from all of the 26 countries invited to consider formation of an economic union of European states. The foreign minister has made sev- eral tentative drafts of his report on the replies, and was able last night to add to his survey the answer of Switzer- land, last to be received. . M. Briand today said he probably would consult the various Ambassaders at Paris during the preparation of his| report in an effort to evolve a formula which would be satisfactory to all of the powers asked to participate. He announced that he would, as soon as possible, send his report to the 26 foreign offices. This, he planned, would be done before the September assembly at Geneva so the conference could. be thoroughly prepared for a discussion of the proposed union and its international ‘problems. NEW YORK BROKER DIES | Huntington Jackson Succumbs to Heart Attack at Long Beach. NEW YORK., August 6 (#).—Hunting- ton Jackson, 53, senior partner of the | brokerage firm of Huntington Jackson | & Co., died Monday from a heart at- tack while bathjng at Long Beach. He 1s survived by bis widow, the for- mer Miss Shelby Converse, daughter of Rear Admiral Converse of Washington, & son, Peter, and a brother, Capt. John P. Jackson, U. S. N. Portugal Wins Reparations. LISBON, Portugal. August 6 (#).— | The government today was officially informed that the Arbitration Court at | Laucanne has awarded Portugal 48,000 | ip friends to receive salt water taffy. TWO CENTS. EMBREY GAPTURED, Press. HEAVILY ARMED, BY LONE DETEGTIVE |Was Sought as Third Man of Trio Which Robbed Bank Runner. RENDEZVOUS TIP LEADS OFFICER TO SUSPECT Return From Philadelphia to See a Girl in Washington Brought About Arrest of Fugitive. . Armed with a deadly automatic pistol and plenty of bullets and “prepared to shoot it out with the cops,” Paul C. Embrey, sought by police as the third member of the bandit trio who last Friday held up and robbed a Mount Vernon Savings Bank runner of a $4,000 pay roll, was captured single- handed this morning by Detective Den- nis J. Murphy of the thirteenth pre- cinct, who also played a leading part in the capture of Embrey’s accomplices. Not a shot was fired in the capture. Embrey’s capture ended a long search by police for the youth, who, since the robbery, has been playing a game of hide-and-seek with the Washington po- lice and who, as a final‘touch, sent his compliments to Detective Murphy in the form of a box of Atlantic City salt water taffy. Embrey freely admitted taking part in the robbery, according to the police. Alleged Confederates Arrested. Embrey’s alleged confederal Morris Beck, 18, and Carl Davis, 2?' lll’:ldy are under arrest and are reported by police to have confessed their part in the robbery. Murphy, on the way to his home after an all-night search for Embrey along the bayside beach resorts, picked up Embrey on Tennessee avenue north- east shortly before 11 o'clock this morning. ‘The detective had been tipped ‘off that Embrey planned to meet a frignd at Tennessee avenue and C street northeast this morming and had a friend drive him there. As he drew up he found Embrey sitting in a new 4 Muq:t': t"l pedwt‘ ‘m&be ning y_lea rom. run board of his friend’s moving machine, drew his pistol and it into Embrey’s ribs before the youth couid ncit'.1 Embrey threw up his hands and sa “You've got me, Mr. Murphy; don't from the pistol, fully the youth’s pocket. Embrey immedi- ately was taken to the ninth precinct and then to headquarters for question< ing about other robberies in which he is suspected to have had a hand. Traffic Jam Balked Plans. At headquarters Embrey is alleged freely to have acmitted his part in the robbery of young Gilbert E. Hyatt, run- ner for the Mount Vernon Savings Bank, police declare. He said he and his confederates had planned to get $30,000 from the boy when he came from the Treasury early Friday morn- ing, but were balked in their robbery Elin by a traffic jam. He said they ept on the trail of the yuuth, however, and when next he came out of the ban® they followed him, abducted him at the Etnt of a pistol and, taking him to Creek Park; relieved him of the payroll and dumped him nto the woods. Embrey sald he escaped to Philadel- phia last PFriday night and only came back to Washington to see a girl friend before “getting away from Washington for good.™ N The girl found in the car with Embrey this morning is known to Murphy and will be questioned later by police. Murphy would not raveal her name. Embrey ‘laughingly told Murphy how he had sent the box of salt-water taffy from Atlantic City Sunday with the “‘compliments of P. C. Embrey.” The box was received at police headquarters yesterday morning, and Murphy was the butt of many jokes about the incident. In Embrey’s possession was found a little more than $100, a diamond ring. a watch and chain and a receipt for $300 which he had paid on the auto- mobile he bought in Philadelphia. Embrey said he had about $3.300 when he set out for Philadelphia. Asked where the money went, he told detectives it had been spent in pleasure. “It was the greatest amount of money I ever nad at one time. I didn't keep any track of it, it just went. There were girls, places to go and a lot of things to do at Atlantic City,” he declared. Indulged Taste for Finery. ‘The contents of Embrey's suit case, as well as his apparel, showed that he had indulged his taste for finery. There were plenty of new clothes, silver toilet articles and a heavy silver cigarctte case. Following the grilling given Embrey at headquarters, police announced that Embrey had confessed taking part in a series of robberies in Takoma Park. Police said Embrey’s suit case, ‘aken from the room in a local hotel to which a key was found in Embrey’s possession, held no money, only tie suspect’s clothes. Embrey was confronted with Davis and Beck, his companions. before be- ing taken 10 the first preeinct station. He greeted them happily, and both Davis and Beck expressed surprise that Em- brey had been caught. Embrey told them he had spent about $1,000 in having a big time in Atlantic City. He told Detective Mur- hy he was not the only one of his “1 sent it to all my friends in Washing- ton,” he declared. 5 Today's arrest ended a quick solu- tion of the robbery, almost single- authority of a | shoot.’ Murphy dragged . Embrey car and took a .32 automatic and ‘a-box of 50- | gold marks from Germany for dam- | ages to her African colonies. handed by Murphy. pector Wi (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. | By the Assoeicted Press. MINNEAPOLIS, August 6.—Charles S. Hall today killed his wife and 5-year- old son with an ax and then wandered back to the Veterans' Hospital at Fort has been a mental | patient. | . Clad i ‘in pajamas, he urged some one she had found WAR VETERAN LEAVES HOSPITAL TO SLAY WIFE AND SON WITH AX Urges Some One to Go to Home,. Saying “There May Be Something the Matter With My Wife.” 4 be something the maiter with my wifé.” Coroner Seashore returned a verdict of murder an< said indications were that the intense heat of last week may have affected Hall's mentality. Mary Jane, a daughter, heard her father fiee ‘and ca neighbors after her mother and brother dead.