Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1930, Page 2

PARADE PRECEDES SESSION OF LEGION More Than 200 D. C. Depart- ment Delegates Convene. Election Tomorrow Night. Advertising their coming with a col- erful parade through the streets of Georgetown, representatives of 36 mem- ber posts of the American Legion con- wined in the Western High School au ditorium et night for the twelfth nual _convention of the District of.Co- >imbla Department. Several bands and bugle corps eLliv-| ened the parade, which formed on Twenty-fifth street bstween M and N, behind she mounted cavalry band from Fort Myer. Marching along M street to Wisconsin avenue, the units paraded along the avenue to R strest. at which point - a reviewing stand had been erected in front of the school. Six busses filled with veterans from Walter Reed and Mount Alto Hospitals wraceded the mamhing _units.~ All resseq 1n Teview bororz officiale of fhe femr?. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, District Commissioner, himself a Legionnaire, and officers of the Georgetown Citizens’ Association, which is co-operating with the Legion' in holding the conventlon. More Than 200 Gather. More than 200 delegates assembled | for the opening meeting, which consisted | of receiving greetings from various offi- | cials of veterans' organizations, ecivic| bedies and community officials and the awarding of prizes for accomplishments in the several posts during the past year. The first business meeting of the convention will be held this evening, with the concluding meeting, at which departmental officers will be elected, an event of tomorrow evening The Killeen Post won the prise for having the largest number of marchers in the parade. Victory Post’s drum and bugle corps was adjudged the best lo- cal and Alexandria Post’s the best visit- ing drum corps. The Veterans of For- eign Wars Drum Corps won the prize for the largest musical organization in the parade. A feature of the parade was the float entered by the Bureau of Printing and Engraving Post. Representing “the old woman in the shoe,” the float bore a 10-foot papier-mache shoe covered with redeemed United States money which at_one time represented & value of $10,000,000. The float was constructed at the bureau by post members and was designed to be symbolic of the 's activity in behalf of orphan and destitute children. Admiral Charles E. Riggs, the sur- geon general of the Navy; Maj. Gen. Peter C. Harris, retired, formerly the adjutant general of the Army; Gen. Crosby, John Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of the don’s National Legal Committee, and William. N. Mor- rell, general convention chairman, were among the speakers, as was John H. Small, who welcomed the delegates on behalf of the Georgetown Citizens’ As- sociation. Frederick V. Pisher, execu- tive of the George Washington Bicen- tennial Commission, spoke of plans for the celebration. Comdr. Knight Presides. Charles H. Knight, the department commander, presided, and the invoca- tion was delivered by Rev. Howard E. Snyder, the chaplain, ore Cogswell, District register of wills, and Dr. B. C. McNeil are candi- dates for department commander in the annual election. More than a score of trophies were | once worth $10,000,000. The float is sym! G THE _EVENING bolic of the post’ ’ STAR, WASHINGTON. The shoe was made by members of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving Post from redeemed United States money 's interest in destitute children. ~—Star Staff Photo. Henry Barnes, Garageman, Drives to Hospital for Aid. Attacked on T Street on Way Home When Money Is Refused. A city-wide search was instituted by police today for two unidentified cols ored men who last night jumped on the running boards of a machine driven | by Henry Barnes, 31-year-old Baliston, | Va., garage worker, and attacked him with fists and razor in an attempted | hold-up in the 1300 block of T street.| Barnes was slashed three times on his | left arm with a razor by one of the men, while the other dealt him severe blows on the face when he refused their | demands for money, he sald. Barnes, an employe of Emerson & | Orme of the 1600 block of M street, | declared he was returning home about 10 eo’clock when the two colored men attacked him. When he told them he was without funds. he said, one of the | men struck him with his fists while the other slashed him with a razor. ‘The attackers disappeared in the dark- BANDITS ON RUNNING BOARD BEAT AND SLASH VIRGINIA MAN HENRY BARNES. —Star Staff Photo. ness immediately after the assault, Barnes said. The injured man drove to Emergency Hospital, where his wounds were treat- ed. Hospital physicians said his condi- tion was not serious and he was allowed to leave the institution. He later re- ported the matter to eighth precinct police, who broadcast a description of the bandits. RIVER AND VALLEY BEING SEARCHED FOR awarded to individuals and posts. Paul J. MeGahan, a ms of the Na- tional Executive Committee, made the presentations. The winners were: The J. Miller Kenyon Trophy won gu}{enry C. Spengler Post, No. 12. John Leéwis Smith Trophy won by U. S. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, with _an hmgfle mention award to the Jang A Delano Post, No. 6. The Paul J. McGahan Trophy won by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Post, No. 23. The Dorot’ly B. Hnrg:r-m(m and Forty Trophy won by tl U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones t, No. 2. The Frank L. Peckham hy won by the Vin- cent B. Costello Post, No. 15. The Ed- ward L. slp-flord Trophy won by Sec- ond Division Post, No. 28. The Har- lan Wood TropMies won by 2d Di- vision Post, No. 28, and the Jane A. Delano Post, No. 6. lius 1. Peyser Trophies wonby Jane A. Delano Post, No. 6, and 2d Division Post, No. 28. The Quentin Roosevelt Post, No. 11, Trophies won by Becond Divi- sion, Post No. 28, and Lincoln Post, No. 17. The Willlam E. Spicer Tro- ly won by Miss Mary E. Weide, mem- officer of U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2. The Earl J. Brown Tro- g_x;ly ‘'won by @ergt. Jasper Post, No, 13. e L. E. Atking Trophy won by Lin- coln Post, No. 17. The Mabel F. Staub ‘Trophy won by Belleau Wood Post, No. 3. And for leadership in their post membership campaigns an American Legion watch to Comdr. Fowler of Lin- coln Post, No. 17, and American Le- gion nng to Miss Winifred Nichols, membership officer of the Jane A. Delano Post, No. 6, and Membership Officers Johnson and McDough of the ::n:\'x of Engraving and Printing Post, - CUBANS MAY ASK U. S. INTERVENTION IN NEXT ELECTION (Continued From Pirst Page.) en who now eontrol the Cuban ss and occupy almost all of its seats. The present situation, therefore, 1s that in spite of the efforts of Ambas- sador Guggenheim the Cuban opposi- tion will not be permitted to vote in November and i's leaders are oconse- quently turning to the United States and % to| Washington as the only hope of re-| ,I\n\nl their political opportunities un- | ess they resort to arms and raise a | rebellion .i‘w‘ President Machado, which they fear would be suppressed by | United States Marines. Any Cuban opposition delegation | eoming to Washington would probably | be headed by Cosme de la Torriente, | formerly Cuban Ambassador to th!( United States and president of the Assembly of the e of Nations. He | has written energetically in favor of the abrogation of the Platt amend- | ment between the United States and ! Cuba, but during Senator Thomas’ visit to Cuba he vigorously expressed the view that internal peace could be restored to Cuba only through elec- | tions to which the United States would bring fairness and justice. This pros- pect the United States dislikes and re- | sists because of the hostile criticism | which United States intervention any- | where always arouses throughout Latin America, (Copyright. 1930.) FLYING FINE REMITTED Canadian Army Officer Landed at Non-entry Airport. Department has re- | mitted a fine of $600 assessed against Maj. Gen. James H. MacBrien of the Canadian Army for landing his l\rphne’ at Chicago, which is not an airport of entry. After landing at Chicago, Gen. MacBrien was fined by the | customs at St. Paul. Assistant Secretary Lowman said the fine had been ordered returned to the Canadian officer because his violation ely technical. He sald MacBrien upon landing in Chicago and learning that it was not a tor of ‘ MISSING REALTY MAN (Continued From First Page.) thing to guide him or any indication of where the car might be found, Donn ‘Thomas drove back and forth through the District all day yesterday seeking his brother’s automobile. Parked at Chain Bridge. He happened to notice it parked in & small area at the District end of Chain Bridge, which is usually used by fisher- | men driving there. The ignition had been locked and the keys removed and there was no gasoline in the tank. Nothing could be found inside to indi- cate what had become of Thomas, ‘The 42-year-old real estate man, whose residence is at 3710 Military road, had been working lanfrheurl during the | hot weather, to repair recent financial | losses. Although he apparently was in the best of health and was of an op- timistic and cheerful nature, his rela- tives fear that the strain under which he was working may have been re- sponsible for his disappearance. Thomas was last seen about noon on ‘Tuesday, an hour after he left his office at No. 1 Thomas circle, to make some business calls in_the vicinity. After stopping at.two offices, an acquaintance saw Thomas enter his car at Sixteenth | and I streets and drive away. It was the first time Thomas ever remained away from home more than a few hours without letting his wife know of his whereabouts. became extremely worried over his absence and early ‘Wednesday morning telephoned Donn Thomas who notified police. A descrip- tion of Thomas and of*his automobile was broadcast to the precincts and to neighboring cities. omas’ family said he had only & small amount of change on his person and apparently he had withdrawn no money from the bank. He had given no hint of a possible intention of leav- ing town and left papers on his desk as sl;n:'%h he expected to return imme- Search Until Midnight. When Donn Thomas discovered the automobile last night, police organized a search which was abandoned at mid- night to be resumed at daylight. While some 500 motorists looked on, they played searchnights over the vieinity and dragged the waters of the Potomac and the canal. No trace could be found of the man in the darkness, how- ever. Early last May, Thomas was found face downward in a stream in Rock Creek Park by a passerby. His auto- mobile had overturned after striking & bump in the road, hurling Thomas through the door and into the bed of the small stream, where he lay un- consclous with his face in some four inches of water. He was rescued, how- ever, before his lungs had absorbed much water, and taken to Walter Reed Hospital and treated for lacerations on | the face, body bruises and shock. No one near the spot where Thomas’ r was recovered could recall seeing it there at any time previous. The proprietor of a store nearby, however, was certgin that the machine was not there when he passed early yesterday morning on his way to town. It is possible that Thomas was the victim of thugs, who later abandoned the car. As far as police have been able to learn, Thomas had no business in the vicinity. If the missing man abandoned the machine, he may have done so when the car ran out of gas. It is more probable, however, that thicves siphoned the fuei police say. was in a highly nervous . Her husband, she said, was a man of regular habits and lefp home without telling her where hy was 'nln‘. ‘Thomas is the father of & 10-year-old daughter and of a son of high school age, Joseph. The missing man was to have attend- ed the forty-sixth wedding anniversary yesterday of his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph D. Thcmas. The elder ‘Thomas is president of s hardware con- cern, Ruggedness Hampers Search. Police were hampered in their ch by the extreme ruggedness of the ares gone to Bt. Paul to bt had been unsble to find any customs officials to whom he could, report. A - near C‘hlin E,flf‘." .l:lst by th: hck'—g: any clue which m point to Thoma: n phoned headquarters this morning that she had seen a body in the water below while driving across Chain Bridge in an automobile this morning. She said the va had lodged on a rock and she could see it plainly. The police, however, could find nothing at the point she described to them.- Mr. Thomas founded the J. Benson ‘Thomas realty concern about {wo years fgo, after having. been a partner in the Quinter-Thomas Real tate Co., with offices on Fifteenth street above H street. The present Thomas Co. deals largely in real estate loans ana financing. No_statement - was farth- coming at the Thomas offices today. ——————— BAKER DEATH CASE IS GIVEN TO GRAND (Continued Prom First Page.) Seventeenth and B streets and returned know he was .there,” one official de- clared today. Involved Hermann Barrere, Campbell first assumed a prominent role in the case several weeks ago when he turned over to investigators a pistol which he at that time said he believed had been stolen from his office by Her- mann H. Barrere, an itinerant painter, used by the latter in slaying Miss Baker and then returned to his desk. Officials immediately had the revolver examined by noted ballistics experts. Tests by these men resulted in official reports that the bullets removed from Miss Baker's body Campbell’s gun. This was agreed on by Col. Calvin Goddard, criminologist of Northwestern University, at Chicago; Dr. Wilmer Souder, ballistics authority of the Bureau of Standards, and Lieut. John C. Fowler, firearms expert of the Washington police force, An injernational search eater in scope than any ever instituted before in Department then was Ilsunched for Barrere. It resulted in his capture in Montreal, Canada, and his return to Arlington County. Barrere established an airtight alibi and proved to the satisfaction of in- vestigators that he had no knowledge of the slaying. He was released after be- ing held without privilege of bail for more than two weeks, s Statement Later Retracted. As soop as it developed that Barrere had no connection with the crime, in- vestigators brought about the arrest of Campbell, and since that time he has been the central figure in the case. He has admitted that the revolver involved had not been out of his possession from the time Miss Baker was killed until he took it to the authorities. After his ar- rest he also retracted a statement he had previously made to the effect that pair of gloves believed to have been | worn by Miss Baker the night she was killed had been stolen from his home by Barrere, Worried by the gravity of the charge against him, Clmrbell told police after long hours of grilling that he had no actual knowledge of the sl and had deliberately lied in the inning in an effort to obtain publicity and boost the business of a miniature golf course he owns. Charles Henry Smith, an Alexandria attorney, has led a spectacular legal fight to prevent removal of Campbell to ann&tan. He has contende: ere was insufficlent evidence linki gflhl‘ ng- eclient with the crime to warrant ing him to this jurisdiction, bt s Hut They Occupied Before Berry Picking Trip Catches Fire. JOHNSTOWN, Pa, August 14 (#).— Two 14-year-old boys who slept in a hut in preparation for a berry-picking ex- pedition were burned to death here early today. The victims were John Brookhart and John Kitka. Mrs. Mary Brookhart, mother of the Brookhart boy and a lgdov, awakened in her home near the and found the amall structure in ;u ‘was burned on the whereabouts of s, A woma who said she was “Mrs. Miller,” tele- flames. 8 head and feet in sttempting to save the boys, JURY IN DISTRICT| to his home as soon as we definitely | had been fired from | the history of the Washington, Police | CONFERENCE OPENS Dry Spell Reported Broken in Middle West and Southern States. (Continued From First Page.) are: Caulfield, Missouri; Louis L. Em- merson, Illinois; Leslie, Indiana; Wil- liam G. Conley, West Virginia; John G. Pollard, Virginia; John E. Erickson, Clyde’ M. Reed, Kansas Towa; Arthur J. Weaver, Nebraska, and Myers Y. Cooper, Ohio. Senator John M. Robsion of Kentucky is representing the governor of his State and Harvey T. Harrison, a Little Rock, Ark. lawyer and T. Roy Heid, assistant director of extension at the University of Arkansas, are representing their State executive. Others meeting with the President are Secretary of Agriculture, Hyde; James C. Stone, assistant chairman, and Charles S. Wilson, a member of the Federal Farm Board. Alexander Legge, chairman of the Federal Farm Board, is hurrying East from an inspection trip to the Far Weat to attend this meeting, but it is not exrected that he will reach Washington before tonight. To Continue After Dinner. The conference was called for 2:30 o'clock and was expected to run right on up to dinnertime. The conferees will be President Hoover's guests at din- ner at the White House tonight and afterward the group will resume the conference. The President planned to open the meeting by first going over the general situation and then asking for the ex- pression of views from the State repre- sentatives, The President will submit & tabulation of the reports recelved during the past week from the several hundred county agents of the Aj cultural Department in the drought as well as other reports he has received, notably from the Ameri- can Red Cross and the United States Public Health Service d from the railroads operating through the drought areas. It was expected that the governors and the governors' representatives would each report conditions in their re- spective States and advance id-as rela- tive to the organization of a general relie! program. Inasmuch as the most recent advices received by the President | indicate that the unemployment situ- | ation in the affected areas is growing more serious, it was expected that this subject would occupy considerable of the attention of the conference. Many farmers whosé lands have been ruined and are without funds to carry them, as well as the loss of employment of farm hands, must be taken care of for the present at least, according to re- ports the President has received. It has already been lul’elled to him as & result of a canvass of the situation that an increased road-building pro- gram might offer some promise of im- proving this feature of the drought problem. Many Measures to Be Discussed. According to the manner in which the President already has mapped out a tentative relief program, the other meas- ures to be discussed at length include the extensions of rural credit for the purchase of feed and the rehabilitation of farm lands; the evtension of emer- gency freight rates for the movement of food and water for live stock and the movement of live stock from the affected areas; the relief for families in actual distress, which is expected to be handled by the American Red Cross lhmurh 1ts local chapters: the-question of price advances which might become extensive as a result of any food shortage and the matter of health work an itation, Besides President Hoover's summary of the reports made by the Agricultural Department fleld agents, the conference will receive the survey reports from Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, which will be made public following the conference. It was said at the White House to- day that the President still is of the opinion that there is no general short- age of foodstuffs in prospect and that there is no occasion for consumers to become alarmed. Administration of- ficials have been quick to warn against any concerted movement on the part of housewives to overstock their larders with canned goods for fear of a rising market this Winter. It was said in of~ ficlal circles that while the Federal Government proposes to keep its eye on the food prices there is no authority for the Government to act in the mat- ter of price boosting unless there is evidence of violation of the anti-trust laws, or the interstate commerce laws, Gov. Leslie Makes Proposal. ‘The extension of credit to farmers in the dry sections to enable them to carry on operations and prepare for another crop year drew more attention than any immediate action to relieve suffering in the preliminary discussions today. Gov. Leslie sounded the alarm on the crisis confronting the farmers. He made no proposition, awaiting the outline of rogram by the President, but he said 815 money we need and must have." “The farmers for the most part have nothing left to put up even as security for a loan” the Indiana Republican staged, “and he must have money if 1s going to try ang carry on again next year.” : Gov. Caulfield presented the first plan to a Government department for rellef mensures. Caulfield proposed to stcrehr; Hyde that next year's allotment of Federal aid for ‘State highways apportioned on September 1 rather than January 1, appropriated for Federal aid_for highways for the flscal year 1932 at the last session of Congress was $125,000,000, If this amount eould be placed in the D. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1930 ENDURANCE FLYERS STILL GOING STRONG Jackson and 0’Brine Plan to Rémain in Air 1,000 Hours. By the Associated Pres: ST. LOUIS, August 14—With the world record for sustained flight again in their possession, Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brine soared on today, taking up the twenty-fourth day of their en- durance grind at 10:11 am. (C. 8. T. At that hour they had been up 579 hours and had beaten the matk of the Hunter brothers by more than 25 hours. Seek 1,000-Hour Mark. ‘When Jackson and O'Brine will land remained problematical today. “I think we will be up next year if the weather and _everything holds out,” O'Brine radioed from the endurance plane, Greater St. Louis. Both flyers have talked of remaining aloft for 1,000 hours, and it was considered unlikely at Lambert-St. - Louils Field, over which they are flying, that they would come down before reaching that goal if every- thing continues to go well. Now that the record is back in their possession, Jackson and O'Brine clung close to the fleld. Chilly, threatening weather failed to deter some 25,000 persons, who flocked to Lambert-St. Louis Field last night to acclaim Jackson and O'Brine for (ulnllln¥ their pledge to bring the world record for endurance flying back to St. Louis. The flyers saw it all and they joined in the celebration by occasion- ally firing Very flares. Real Celebration at Night. A heavy downpour of rain had pre- vented a large crowd from being at the alr field when the fiyers actually re- gained the record yesterday morning, so the real celebration was put over until last night. There was & huge fireworks exhibi- tion and a carnival of noise-making by the miliing throng, which remained at the fleld until a late hour. Radio speechmaking also was an attraction. The aviators, whose flight for nearly three weeks had attracted compara- tively little attention, were regaining fame, and as the flight continued there :vu assurance they would regain for- une. From the moment they exceeded the 554-hour record of the Hunter brothers they befln earning $100 an hour, that sum being promised them by an oll company for the first 70 hours after beating the previous record. Various attractive offers from commercial or- ganizations and some cash donations were among the messages of congratu- lations that poured in at flight head- quarters. Jackson and O'Brine earned about $40,000 when they made their 420-hour record flight a year ago and now they hope to “cash in” again. SECOND AVIATOR AND FIVE MINERS HELD FOR BOMBING (Continued Prom First Page.) lowed today by a fire that destroyed the ucopplu of the Providence Coal Mining The fire, described by officials as in- discovered in & shed and and the, tipple and two Nashville” coal cars on a siding. Loss was estimated at $50,000. ‘The bl was lald by Wayne Crow, a deputy sheriff, who investigated it, to revénge for the arrests here late last night of Essell Grant, 35, and Ewing Riley, 20, in connection with the raid in which nine bombs were dropped from an_airplane on mines in this vi- cinity. It was one of a series of dis- orders which included the dynamiting yesterday of an Illinois Central trestle. Grant and Riley, arrested on infor- fessed he piloted the bombing plane, were released today in $5,000 bond eac! hearing was set for Frida Montgomery is exrected to be brought here about that time for arraignment. Meantime union leaders called a meet- ing for this afternoon to discuss the situation, ‘The mine No. 3 of the Providence Coal Mining Co., where the fire occurred, hed not been operated since differences over jes d working conditions caused a shut-down April 1. Officials, however, had planned to resume oper- ations September 1. Both Grant and Riley denied any connection with Montgomery's air raid and sald they did not know him. Mont- fit‘mlx‘ery sald he was hired to make the hands of the States, together with the State appropriations Gov. Caulfield sald it would aid toward relleving farmers in the driest areas. Before leaving Missouri for the con- ference, he added, he urged his State high commission to s‘peeu up work on roads to furnish relief through em- plovment. ‘The Missouri executive. a friend ot Secretary Hyde for many years, ex- pressed confidence that the conference “will result in an organization that will g0 a long way toward relieving the drought situation.” In any plan for relief, Caulfield said, Missouri can spend “a good deal of its own money in that direction.” ‘The Governor added any “real human.” distress can be taken care of locally.” Caulfield said all Missour! was in the drought area, but the sections where ¢Tops were entirely destroyed were lim- ed. Recent rains, he added, have stopped further damage. While in the city Gov.~Caulfield will be the guest of Secretary Hyde. Gov. Hammill, joining in advocating immediate rellef steps, proposed the Farm Board dispose of the surplus crops in the stricken areas as feed for cattle. “Let'’s make the Farm Board useful as well as ornamental,” Hemmill said. The Iowa Governor expressed the hope that the American Red would extend relief to those who may be suffering. He sald the Government should outline some program whereby loans may be made to farmers for seed for next year's crop. Gov, Hammill was one of the few to bring with him an optimistic note. He said recent rains in Iowa had improved conditions noticeably and he believed the corn crop would be 70 per cent of normal at the worst. White Room Conference Scene. The scene fo the Governors' confer- ence was the stately white room in the Executive Mansion, where signifi- cant events in the national history have taken place. As the Governors gathered the first large-scale relief measure already was under way. Rallroads were extending 850 per cent freight rate reductions to farmers in more than 300 counties in eight States selected by Becretary Hyde as the ones most in need of im- mediate ald. ‘The States named were Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. ‘The rates applied on feed shipped in and on cattle shipped to zing ounds, but not to market. A further st of counties to cover the entire area in need was being compiled by the agriculture chief. On guard against food profiteering, as & result of the drought, the Agriculture Department undertook to put into ef- fect today or tomorrow a system by which the consumer will have full in- formation on the quantities of vegeta- bles and fruit available at the principa: markets. Daily reports will be issued, giving the carload receipts at each point of cantaloupes, peaches, lettuce, onions, white potatoes, sweet potatoes and wi termelons. They will continue through- out the drought period. The Shamrock V, Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger for the America’s Cup, entered the harbor at New London, Conn., August 13, completing a voyage of 4,000 miles across the Atlantic. Pheto shows members of the crew waving to persons aboard welcoming craft that hied to the scene for a glimpse of the English racer. HERRICK 1S HELD FOR COURT TRIAL Former Representative Ar-'Sir Thomas Lipton’s Fifth| rested Operating Still at Great Falls, Md. BALTIMORE, Md., August 14.— Manuel Hergick, former Oklahoma Representative, was held in $1,500 bail pending a Federal Court trial, when he was arraigned today before United States Commissicner Harry M. Aber- crombie on charges of manufacturing and possessing intoxicants. ‘The charges against Herrick grew out of his arrest at a still near Great Mills, | Bt. Marys County, August 6 last. Wil- liam F. Airey, the reputed owner of the still, and Pius B. Ennels, a Negro, who were caught near the still, with Herrick, also weer held in $1,500 bail each. Airey and Ennels were represented by Harry Camaller, St. Marys County at- torney, but Herrick acted as his own lawyer, punctuating his interrogation of witnesses with frequent side comments. Since the time of his arrest, Herrick has steadfastly contended that he was in the vicinity of the still only for the pur- pose of obtaining knowledge of dry law violations. “The agents who took him into custody testified that he was pass- ing buckets of mash to a colored man. In support of his argument that he was working in the interest of pro- hibition enforcement, Herrick placed on the stand today as a defense witness John P. Moore, a senfor clerk in the Prohibition Enforcement Bureau. Promised Herrick Aid. Herrick drew from: Mocre the asser- tion that Moore had promised Herrick that he would “attempt to get. eom- pensation” for the former Representative if Herrick gave the enforcement de- partment information of prohibition violations of major importance. Moore said that Herrick came to him last July and asked if he could get a position in the Prohibition Department. “I told him there wasn't a chance,” Moore testified. Under cross-examination with the former Congressman, Moore later ad- mitted that he made the statement about violations of major value, but added: “I warned him that he was bequesting evidence at his own risk and the Department could assure him no protection.” Herrick told Commissioner Aber- cromble that he had hoped ‘o pla another defense witness, A Mr. Morris McGrath, on the stand, but that he was out of town. Witness Knew of Work. According to Herrick, McGrath knew of his work on behalf of the prohibition department. In fact, the former Con- gressman said, McGrath had acted as a sort of intermediary for him, because “it was useless for me to attempt to get letters concerning information of dry law violations through the St. Mary’s County pest office.” When Herrick took the stand in his own defense, he admitted that he was in Airey's employ, and said that he had been working as a hired hand about the Airey place, cutting and hauling wood and planting potatoes. He added that it 18 his present opinion that Airey is neither the owner nor the operator of the still. At the time of his arrest Herrick was welnnfi blue denim shirt, overalls and hobnailed shoes. _Today was more nattily attired. But, as & el of baggage, he carried a battere it case bound with rope. —Associated Press Photo. CRODM SHAMROCK FORAMERICAS RACE Challenger Completes 26-Day Trip. | By the Associated Press. NEW LONDON, Conn. August 14— | The task of preparing the Shamrock V, Sir Thomas Lipton's newest challenger | for the America’s Cup, began today at | the Electric Boat Works yards. | She is the fifth challenger the | doughty Sir Tom has sent across the Atlantic in quest of a trophy won by the yacht America in 1851. Originally | the cup cost 100 guineas. Today, if it were not for the “old mug's” glamor- ous history, no cautious pawnbroker | would loan $50 on it. Yet four or five | millions will have been spent this year because of it when Sir Thomas sails y in the Fall, victorious or number- his fifth defeat. Beats Shamrock IV Crossing. Although she was beset by headwinds throughout her voyage across the At- lantic, the Shamrock V dropped anchor here last evening after a 26-day land- to-land passage between England and the United States. Her time was a day better than that of the Shamrock IV, the challenger which was defeated by the Resolute and Charles Francis Adams, present Secretary of the Nav! 10 years ago. All superfluous fittings must be strip- ped from the Shamrock V before she is ready to cross the starting line off Newport, R. I, September 13 against a defender yet to be selected. from four American candidates. Those fittings in- clude the crew’s living accommodations | a | ing quartered on the Killarney, a former excursion boat, which has been fitted out fof them and painted to the taste of the old Irish knight, a brilliant green and white. Must Place Mast Together. ‘The most difficult and important | task in connection with Shamrock V's fitting out will be the putting in place of the top of her 162-foot mast. She came across under jury rig, using only about 110 feet of her two-piece spar. The other shorter section must now be | raised aloft and fitted, much as a fish- ing pole is put together. Sir Thomas is expected to arrive in New York on a.liner next Saturday. His private yacht, the Erin, will steam there to meet him and bring him here. Boat yard officials estimate that they will have the challenger ready for the water again in a week or 10 days. — NATIONAL CATHEDRAL IN MEXICO TO REOPEN |Building, One of Most Beautiful in Two Americas, Closed Since Church Trouble Started. By tlLe Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August 14.—Mexico's National Oathedral, known as one of the | most beautiful buildings in the two | Americas and built on the site of an| Aztec Temple ior living sacrifices, will | be reopened Friday after having been ! closed sinte outbreak of the religious controversy in 1026. Monsignor Pascual Diaz, Archbishop of Mexico, will preside at the opening mass, which is on the day of Our Lady of Asuncion, patron saint of the arch- diocese of Mexieo. No special celebra- tion is planned in connection with the opening. 714 CONTINUOUS BARREL ROLLS WIN 2 RECORDS FOR GIRL PILOT| Miss Laura Ingalls’ Feat 297 Greater Than That of Man. Surprised By Count Aftér 3 Hours and 39 Minutes, But Not Tired. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, August 14.—Miss Laura Ingalls, 25-year-old New York fiyer, to- day had added two new records to her collection of aviation achievements. And one of them she took away from & man. Flying over Lambert-St. Louis Field yesterday, Miss Ingalls completed 714 consecutive barrel rolls, 207 more 'gm the previous man’s record, which Dale Jackson held, and 647 more than the previous woman’s_record, which Mrs, Betty Lund held. Five official obsetvers % | watched Miss Ingalls’ flight and counted the rolls. ‘Taking the air at 3:50 pm., C. 8. T, Miss Ingalls landed 3 hours and 39 min- utes later. “How.many did I make,"” she asked as ground observers swarmed about her plane to congratulate her, “about 5002™ “I did 1t,” was her first comment when told she had made 714 consecutive rolls. “Well, I thought it was only about 500. Toward the end it began to get dark and I thought my wings were mtlnl wobbly.” An examination of plane, & D. H. Wasp Moth biplane, however, disclosed the wings were as secure as ever. MISS LAURA INGALLS “I didn't get tired at all,” Miss Ingalls | told reporters. “It was like getting your second wind. After the first hour had more power than at the start.” Miss Ingalls, who - took her flving | training 24 Lambert-8t. Louis Field, is one of the 14 women in the country holding & transport pilot’s license. ‘Within two hours after being awarded the transport pilof license she had broken the woman's record for con- secutive loops. Last. May, at Muskogee, Okla, Miss 'lggl“l broke her own loop record with consecutive loops. during her stay here: -The crew will be! FOUR KNOWN DEAD INNAPLESTORNADO Windstorm Hits City on Eve of Thanksgiving for Escape From Disastrous Quake. By the Associated Press. NAPLES, Italy, August 14.—On the eve of celebration of escape from serious damage in last month's earth- quake, the section of Naples occupied by the agricultural market today was swept by a tornado which took at least four lives and injured between 70 and 80 persons. ‘The city was panic-stricken and po- lice and carabineers had trouble in keeping back the crowds from the hos= pitals where the injured were taken. The storm broke at 6:50 am. the early hour, it was believed, keeping the casualty list as low as it was, since the market was not yet crowded. ‘The four known dead were found beneath the debris of the wall of the Romeo Aeronautical Works, a section of which, 10 feet high and 150 feet long, was knocked down. Policemen and firemen engaged quickly in re- moving the remainder of the debris in the fear other bodies would be found. Many took shelter from the storm in its shadow and barely escaped when it fell. Storm Sweeps Rome. From 3:45 a.m. to 4:30 am. nearby Rome experienced a terrific electric storm, which knocked tiles from roofs and carried chairs and tables left on open-air balconies distances, Sleep was impossible. The Naples calamity occurred on the eve of Assumption day feast of the the Virgin Mary, traditional protectress of Naples. By order of Cardinal Arche bishop Ascalesi te deums of thanksgive ing for comparative escape from the earthquake were to be sung tomorrow at all churches in the city. Local authorities and the Duchess of Aosta, wife of a cousin of King Victor Emanuel, visited the scene of the storm shortly after it had ended and then went to hospitals where injured were confined. The duchess was cheered loudly by the crowd. People Invade Churches. ‘The storm created a tremendous ses, which tossed smaller boats ir the harbor about threateningly. No damage to larger vessels was reported. The populace invaded the churches soon after the tornado struck, implor- ing Divine protection, while the sex- tons tolled bells furiously as a warning and summons. ‘The storm began about 5:30 a.m. with a torrential downpour and considerable lightning. The wind shortly attained an extreme velocity and did not bear down until 7 a.m. It tore zinc roofs off the Poggio-Reale Fruit Market, fling- ing them far and wide. A number of people were hit by bricks which tumbled from buildings. UNARMED CASHIER TAKES GUNS FROM BANDIT SUSPECT (Continued From Pirst Page.) great | nis soot-covered face masked, was standing over the present janitor of the bank, Cosma Boyd, colored, who Cooper | had bound hand and foot to a'bale of | paper. Shoemaker Gets Guns. Shoemaker said he stood with his hands on his hips apd surveyed the situation. “‘What's the big idea, anyway?” Shoe- maker asked the masked man. “Why, I'm just playing a little joke on one of the men,” Cooper is said to have replied. “A little joke, eh?” said Shoemaker; “just a little joke. Well, you better let me have those guns.” Cooper immediately turned the guns over to Shoemaker, who, in turn, re- leased the unfortunate Boyd. Boyd said he was attending the fur- nace in the basement when he felt something hard pushed into his back. “Stick up your mitts!” said a voice, Boyd complied and was told to lle down cn the floor, while Cooper pro- ceeded to bind him hand and foot with wire and rope. Guns Property of Vice President. Boyd said he lay still and watched the man. He said Oooper placed his guns, which were later found to be the property of B. Agee Boles, vice presi- dent of the bank, on the floor and, opening the furnace door began sm ing his face with ccal soot. This was about 7 o’clock this morn- ing. Boyd said that a few moments later Shoemaker made his appearance and that the “little game the bandit and I were playing came to an end.” Cooper told police he entered the buflding before closing time yesterday and hid in the directors’ room on the third floor until 4:30 o’clock this morn- ing. He sald he then went down to the men's lavatory and walted until the night watchman, Thomas Scott, left for the night. Cooper said that he then went to Bole's desk and took the automatic. He said he obtained a second gun from another desk and then made his way cautiously to the basement where he found Boyd and holding him at the point of a pistol bound him to the bale of paper. Another Arrested in Case. Later in the morning police arrested Walter Samuel Carter, colored, of the 2700 block of N street, after he was seen acting suspiciously near the entrance of the bank. Police said he kept peering into the window tentatively watching them as they questioned Cooper. They said Carter then ran across the street and is believed to have made a phone call. When he returned police arrested him and are hoiding him at the precinct for investigation. Elmore T. Burdette, 2515 Wisconsin avenue, assistant cashier of the bank, told police this morning that Cooper had threatened him when he fired the man last May. Burdette declared Cooper said, “I'll get_you yet.” Ccoper was questioned as to whether he made any such remarks and he de- nied having made’the statement. Police announced that they are seek- ing a third man in connection with the case, but declined to reveal his identity. CROP THIEVES KILLED Two Were Stealing to Provide for Poor Family. ‘TOLEDO, Ohio, August 14 (#).—Vic~ tims of “hard times,” Elmer Tilton, 45, and his son Louis, 17, were shot to death on a farm near here early today, while stealing potatoes to provide food for the elder Tilton's wife and his six other children. The head of the family had been out of work for seven months, The father and son were shot by Lester Coy, 23, whose father is blind, |and who 'has been farming single- handed, with the additional handicap cf freqlient losses by crop thieves. After working all day, young Coy had found it necessary to stay up nignts to guard Ais crops. He was on guard with a zvn when the Tiltous appzard. Powder Bl:lt ills Vl’nur‘ MEXICO CITY, August 14 (A).—A message to La Prensa from Fresnillo, State of Zacatecas, today repcrted that four persons had been killed and four seriously injured in a powder explosion at No, 2 Mine of the Fresnillo Co. there,