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CUBAN DEATH TOLL IN STRIKE MOUNTS 21 Slain and 120 Wounded as Disorders Break Out in Havana. (Continued From First Page.) Liberal party had asked that he with- draw, it was learned on reliable author- ity that such a request was made. Per- sons assisting in mediatory efforts said they were hopeful he could be persuad- ed today to ask for a leave of absence from Congress, which yesterday began a permanent session to consider the situa- tion. The Legislature yesterday gave the| President authority to suspend consti | tutional guarantees of personal liberty | in an effort to curb the spreadmg1 strike. Immediately military forces took over Havana and heavy firing rang through the streets. In Santa Clara Province riots oc-! curred at Esperanza, Camajauni and | Manicaragua. In those towns 3 per- sons were killed and 20 injured. It was understood on high authority that Machado told five Liberal party representatives that he was ready to leave office if the people so willed, but that he would not quit as the result of any “foreign intermeddling.” Political circles took this as a refer- ence to United States Ambassador Welles' attempts to mediate the politi- cal differences. Welles was understood to have suggested a peace formula in which it was provided that Machado take a “leave of absence.” Ambassador Welles went to the em- | bassy at 7 a.m., left for an unannounced destination shortly afterwards and re- turned to the official residence at 9 o'clock. His conferences with party leaders were then resumed. Meanwhile legations of several for- eign countries, and the Spanish em- bassy made inquiries regarding the kill- ing or wounding of their nationals in the disorders. Rifles were distributed this morning to all police, who toured the city in automobiles throughout the night with arms in readiness. Official figures on the casualties re- sulting from strike and political disor- ders were not available, and the police ordered the hospitals to give out no information. INDEPENDENT SINCE 1902. Cuba Became ) n After Period of American Military Rule. NEW YORK, August 8 (#)—Cuba took her place among the sovereign nations of the world on May 20, 1902, after a period of American military rule which followed the Spanish-Amer- ican War. The career of President Gerardo Machado—a white-haired man whom his enemies call a ruthless tyrant and his friends a benevolent patriot— began even before Cuba attained inde- pendence. A At the age of 22, he served in the revolution of 1895. He has been a sol- dier, politician, cattle breeder and sugar grower. His governmental posts have included those of inspector gen-| eral of military forces and secretary of | the interior. He became President in 1925. He is 61 years old. Cuba is a one-crop country. She has been dependent on sugar for 80 per cent of her national income. Several years ago the sugar industry | collapsed and the decline was subse- quently accentuated, bringing economic | woes. President Machado has laid the Cu- ban troubles to these economic diffi- { head of the Cuban government. .S, HESITATES THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 1933 Machado, Once Idol of Cubans, Now Cursed Many for Island’s Ills of President’s Supporters Hold Economic Troubles to Blame for Politi- cal Situation Now Boiling Over. (Editor’s Note: This is the first of five dispatches presenting condi- tions in Cuba where the general out- breaks against the Machado govern- ment have raised the question of whether the United States Govern- ment will be forced to intervene. The second article will appear hers tomorrow. It will include an inter- view with President Machado.) HAVANA, Cuba (By Airmail).—I was waiting to see President Machado, There were guards at the door. There | are guards, soldiers and police every- where in Cuba. A few hours before I had seen a parade of veterans of the Spanish War broken up on the Prado, that artery of Havana that begins at the Capitol Building and extends through the cen- ter of the city. The strike was on. The Communists were busy, but the strike is merly en- couraged by them. They are an off- stage noise. The strike is part of a general protest. y Outside the iron gates of the Presi- dent's palace the noise of Havana rushed by. There were the cries of the street vendors, the sound of ships from the harbor, the rattle of traffic. | Through the iron gates I could see gawking tourists staring at the golden- colored dome of the palace, where now 10 SEND TROOPS Hopes for Peace in Cuba as| Welles Continues Medi- ation Effort. (Continued From Pirst Page.) men who can no longer put up with | the whims of the dictator. All this is clear to the State Depart= ment Yet neither President Roosevelt | nor those in charge of the Latin-| American affairs desire to see American | marines and bluejackets landed in Cuba to take over the government, as was | the case in 1906, when the American | troops exercised the power of govern-| ment in the island' for three years. The second time when America had | to land troops in Cuba was in 1912, when on account of social disturbances at Santiago at the sugar mills a par-| tial intervention had to take place at| the request of the Cuban government.| On that occasion, however, the Ameri- | can troops acted as a police force and did not take over the government of the republic. | The reason why the United States; is reluctant to send troops to re-estab- | lish law and order is not that the| situation does not justify such ani | action, but because the President in his new policies toward Latin America | | wants to keep America out, as much as | possible, from political and military in- | terventions in Latin America. | The President is desirous of establish- ing relations of good neighbor with all the Latin American States. He hopes | the Montevideo conference in December | culties, but his enemies have replied that he is ruling illegally, that he has | been a dictator without regard for human rights. Three dreaded words, “ley de fuga,” have played a part in recent Cuban history. They mean “law of flight.” Dispatches from Cuba have told of prisoners of the secret police being found shot to death. The official ex-| planation was that they were shot while trying to escape. | Foes of the Machado regime have charged that these were “official as-| sassinations” of oppositionists. | A potent fozce opposing the Machado regime is the A. B. C., a secret society | which grew out of the student move- | ment of discontent Underground strife between members | of this group and the secret police has | flared into violence and terror. Stu-| dents and government officials have| will bring important econcmic results | to all concerned and does not wish to | have such excellent possibilities marred | by an armed intervention in Cuba. European countries have been re- cently extremely active with anti-| American propaganda in Latin America. | They have been telling the South Americans to beware of the greed of | the United States, because once Amer- ican capitals are in those countries, there is little likelihood they will pre- serve their independence. The Ameri- | can capital, the South Americans are | told, is always followed by American | marines and American _men of war. Now that Nicaragua has been evacu- ated and Haiti will be evacuated long before the treaty requirements, Xhis‘ propaganda had been greatly weakened. Should the Government, however, be compelled to land Marines and blue- | jackets in Havana, there is mo doubt | such an action would offer an excel- lent means of anti-American propa-| and then comes that lonely man, Ger- ardo Machado. Havana is not Cuba. It is a play- ground for the world. There one may do virtually anything he wishes with- out interference. There are gayety, pleasure, entertainment, luxury, amuse- ment, drinks, vice and very little crime. Havana is a clean city. Its death rate is perhaps the lowest of any city of its size in the world. It is ‘a beautiful city. Its own inhabitants know how to live. Only the tourists make the dizzy round of the night clubs, the entertainment spots, the bars. Havana is filled with beggars. There were always beggars there. But now they have grown to small armies of mendicants, large and small, old and young, male and female. And beneath all this froth and front of Hanava is extreme bitterness. Téld All Ilis Economic. T had been told by Machado’s sup- porters that all of Cuba’s ills were economic, that Cuba was caught in the maelstrom which had the rest of the world in its grip; that the United States had demanded sugar of Cuba during the war and had encouraged the in- crease in output and now imposed a heavy tariff and limited the quota. I heard stories of sugar cane cutters who had worked in the fields cutting cane while they wore silk shirts and silk underwear. They are begging to work today for 40 cents a day. In | answer I told them of American work- ers who, during the same period, wore silk shirts to mills and drove expensive cars and who are today in bread lines. “It is all economic,” was the pro- test of the government men. “If the United States will help us with sugar the Machado government will become popular again. It is up to the United States.” And once there was the old argument of war. “It would be better for the | United States to keep all of Cuba’s sugar market,” said one Cuban official. “In time of war it would be better to have this market close at hand instead of bringing sugar from the Philippines.” Bitterness on Outside. And so it went. Palace gates there is bitterness. About 1,000,000 of Cuba’s 4,000,000 inhabitants are out of work. Many are near starvation. I was careful always to listen to figures about the United States—her own 12,000,000 unemployed and bread- lines. “It is the same here,” they said. “As soon as times improve the government will become popular again.” There is something in their claim. Because the Cuban is by nature an easy- going, good-natured fellow. Warm skies smile on him, food is cheap and he needs few clothes, and does not worry ?zout fuel bills and steam heat and the ike. Yet there is so much bitterness in Cuba that one wonders. They admit their teachers have gone without pay for some time; that the veterans have not been paid. (They point to the same situation in the United States.) “It is all economic,” they insist. They hope it is so. They hope for the best. In Cuba there are many factions. There are, first of all, the three parties, the Liberals, the Conservatives, and the Popular. Machado is the repre- sentative of the Liberal party. Fought for Cuban Liberty. They told me of Machado. He fought for the liberty of Cuba in the | latter part of the 10 years’ war. He became a general during the struggle with Spain when the United States stepped in and gave Cuba her freedom. He was a poor, young lawyer. But he had a genius for politics.” And he attached himself to a group and he rose with it. Soon he was the leader of the group. In normal times a man is “groomed” for the presidency of Cuba. He is almost assured of the office for years before it is his. There was a great national demand for the poor young lawyer who had come to be such a great power in Cuba. He was it is safe to say, the most popular man Cuba had seen in years; perhaps since the hysteria of her days immediately after the war for freedom. He was elected President by an over- whelmingly popular vote and by the greatest electoral vote a President had seen His every appearance on the street following his election was the signal for an ovation. Crowds followed his car. They shouted his praises. They showered him with gifts. Would Be Regarded Messiah. And outside the | UNIFYING AMERIGAN| I Roosevehts on Honeymoon | |COSTELLO MOODY, PRESIDENT’S SON AND BRIDE AT SANTA MONICA, CALIF. FORGE IS VISIONED U. S. Ambassador to Chile Speaks at Reception Given in His Honor. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, August 8—A uni- fying force is operating among the American states, even under their dif- ferences and even conflicts, W. S. Cul- bertson, American Ambassador to Chile, said yesterday in an address at the Uni- versity of Chile. His speech was delivered on the oc- casion of his reception as an honorary member of the faculty of juridical and social sciences, the highest award given by the institution and one accorded to Theodore Roosevelt when he visited Chile after his “River of Doubt” expedi- tion. Mr. Culbertson, who recently an- nounced he would retire after a decade in diplomatic service, did not mention the Monroe Doctrine, but cited with ap- proval certain declarations by South American governments generally sup- porting the spirit of this famous enun- clation. Sees Spanish Relationship. “A special relationship does exist among the American states,” the Am- bassador declared. “Convincing evidence of this perma- nent bond is found in the concern for its existence which hostile critics show. “More convincing evidence, however, is found in the feeling which you have and I have that there is something which, while it does not isolate, does definitely set apart the Americas from the rest of the world.” “The first tradition or policy is di- rected against non-American political intervention in the affairs of the New World,” Mr. Culbertson continued. “It asserts not only the independence of the American republics, but the con- cern felt by each American Republic for the maintenance of the political independence of the other American republics.” Sees Political Freedom. ‘The Ambassador expressed the con- viction that the fact the American re- publics have declared their political in- dependence from Europe and have “shown their determination to maintain it for themselves and for their fellow republics” has prevented, and continues to prevent, action by non-American powers. “Europe and Asia understand, even if some individuals in the Americas do not,” he said, “that there is a latent force of protection in the psychology of the American peoples—a force which is something more than self-preserva- tion, a force which is co-operative self- preservation.” The second traditional policy, he as- | serted, is the recognition of the equality {of the American republics under inter- )nstxonal law “and the loyalty of these | Tepublics_to the conception of a unity among themselves.” D.C. GUARD UNIT FINISHES TRAINING 260th Coast Artillery Holds Successful Airplane Detect- ing Demonstration. | Bpecial Dispatch to The St FORT MONROE, Va.. August 8. —A successful airplane detecting searchlight drill, the annual dance and a battalion parade, featured the last 24 hours’ ac- tivities of the 260th Coast Artillery, Dis- | trict National Guard, which is in train- | ing here In the searchlight maneuvers, an at- tacking plane under cover of darkness last night attempted to reach Hamp- ton without being seen. The attempt was made from five different directions. In each instance sound locators of Bat- tery A, placed far in front of the searchlights, succeeded in determining the position of the plane. The data was transmitted to the lights, which were flashed directly on the plane. Regular Army instructors on duty with the battery expressed surprise at | formance of the unit. The longest pe- riod used in locating the plane in the darkness was 30 seconds, while it was what they termed a “remarkable” per- | § “melancholy and moody” Elliott Roosevelt and his bride, the former Ruth Coogins of Fort Worth, |, Tex., are shown during their honeymoon at Santa Monica, Calif.—A. P. Photo.|and the widow alone. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Has a gigantic meteor—perhaps as into the ringed yellow planet Saturn? ‘That is one of the explanations ad- vanced by Naval Observatory astron- omers for the strange “white spot” on the face of the distant world which they are watching nightly through their telescopes. It was discovered last Pri- day night by Astronomer John E. Willis of the Naval Observatory staff and now is being observed by astronomers all over the world. This white spot covers an area as big as the earth. It is due either to a meteor crash, the naval astronomers believe, or to something akin to a mon- strous volcanic eruption on earth. That is about as near as they can come to an explanation with Saturn now in a billion miles away. It looks like an of the planet's atmosphere. This is the third time ig a century that such a white spot has been ob- served on Saturn. the Naval Observatory in 1876 and Ger- man astronomers reported the same phenomenon in 1903. The practical value of the observation is that it en- of Saturn’s revolution. _Apparently it is whirling around on its axis at the dizzy rate of once every 10 hours— more than twice as fast as the earth. But the rate of rotation at the Equator is a little faster than at the poles and Equator. Observations of the phenomenon for the past four nights have shown that Saturn is revolving just about on sched- ule time. If the meteor crash explana- tion is correct, it was not forceful enough to dislodge Saturn from its orbit or change its speed of rotation. Even- tually, the naval astronomers believe, \Meteor Crash May Of “White Spot” on Satwrn Explanation Is Advanced by Naval As- tronomers Who Discovered Phenomenon Now Being Watched ANl Over World. big as the moon—crashed headlong | opposition to the earth and more than | enormous dust cloud on the outer edge It was detected at | ables astronomers to check on the speed | the present white spot is very near the | Be Cause the spot will be dissipated and they are making the most of the opportunity | while it lasts. Saturn still is a good deal of a mys- tery to the astronomers. It is 94 times the mass of the earth t. other obser- vations have shown, its density is only about one-thirteenth that of the earth | and considerably less than that of water. This indicates that it must be | largely a great ball of gas, but there may be a solid interior surrounded by an extremely deep atmosphere. In | theory it should be very cold, since it is more than a billion miles farther away from the sun than the earth and only a_very attenuated sunlight reaches it. Thermocouple observations by Dr. W. | W. Coblentz of the Bureau of Standards | show that at the outer edge of its at- mosphere the temperature is about —150 centigrade—but that is not much colder than is the earth at the outer edge of its atmosphere and is by no means so cold as it should be. The conclusion is that Saturn must have some great in- terior furnace which supplies it with | heat. and an explosion of this may ex- plain the mysterious white spot. As the naval astronomers turn their | telescopes on Saturn they see the great | triple luminous rings which surround it. | These are believed to be enormous ag- | gregations of dust particles. The great planet has nine moons. One of them, Titan, 1s bigger than the earth's sat- ellite. The smallest, Phoebe, is only about 200 miles in diameter. The pos- | sibility that one of these moons has crashed into the planet is very im- probable, the Naval Observatory as- tronomers say. The observation of such spots on planets, the astronomers point out. is the only way to tell with certainty the rate at which a planet is revolving. Years ago this was fixed for the great planet Jupiter by observation of a red spot near its equator, which reappeared every time the planet had made one revolution. | | | 1 | Dies Here ARIZONA VOTING WITNESS STATES peared Depressed Before Death, Reserve Fireman Tells Court. By the Associated Press. SALEM, Mass, August 8—State prosecutors in the trial of Jessie B. Costello, charged with the poison-slay- ing of her husband, today took steps to refute testimony that Fire Capt. ‘William J. Costello was in a suicidal frame of mind before his body was found stretched across a hallway in the Costellos’ cottage in Peabody. Edward P. O'Brine, a reserve fireman in Peabody, who, testifying for the de- fense yesterday, said the fire captain was melancholy and moody just prior to his death, was recalled to the stand for cross-examination today. He was questioned by Charles A. Green, as- sistant district attorney. O’Brine, whose regular employment is that of a clerk, testified that he had spent considerable time around Pea- body fire stations. He said he was friendly toward the attractive, 32- year-old defendant. He refused to testify, however, that he would hesi- tate to say anything that would hurt Mrs. Costello’s case. ‘The witness insisted Costello was one night when he saw him in the fire station a short time before his death, and was unshaken from his position under the vigorous questioning of the prosecutor. O'Brine said that several times he had visited the Costello home when Edward J. McMahon. Peabody zecrve policeman. and Mrs. Costello were thive. He said he usually stayed about an our and then left, leaving McMahon A brother came to Mrs. Costello’s defense today when Andrew J. Fyfe, jr., told the jury that he several times vsaw her husband mix with another substance one of the chemicals which caused his death. Mrs. Costello, 32-year-old mother of poisoned Fire Capt. William J. Cos- tello of Peabody in their home on Feb- ruary 17. The State contends she bought the particular poison with the express pur- pose of causing her husband’'s death. She has testified the material was pur- chased to be mixed with another chem- ical for cleaning brass work. Her hus- band frequently mixed the compound for her she swore. .Today Fyfe told of seeing the fire captain making the oleansing paste, once in the cellar and again in the ga- rage of the Costello home. Both times he wore gloves, Fyfe swore, and both times told him the paste was for clean- ing purposes. | Fyfe also described Costello’s mental condition before his death as moody and he bore out other defense witnesses in relating that the fire captain com- plained of pains in his stomach. ATTEMPTS TO UNIONIZE STEEL PLANTS IN OHO| tion Calls Mass Meeting for Tonight. By the Associated Press. 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On her arrest Dr. Dean simply said, “Well, I'm surprised.” ) Dr. Kennedy became ill last week m: Jackson while en route to visit his| parents. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Kennedy, | at_Pinola. Miss. He died Sunday. Attending physi- cians, officers reported, obtained a death-bed statement and the arrest of Dr. Dean followed. Dr. Dean for a long time was a mem- ber of Dr. Kennedy's clinic in Green- wood. About six months ago she re- signed to take up special study in New York. —_— SPECIAL NOTICES. O WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: TAKE notice that the certificate of sale for taxes | on lot 803, square 305. Washington. D. C.. on the Ath day of January. 1929. issued to Manuel Faust. has been lost or destroyed. and that T have applied to the Commission- C.. to issue (o me & duplicate of sald € D. PARKER. A s5.) 1937 12th St. N.W. one other than myself. GEO. C. SHAFFER. 3429 34th st. nw. as ICE 1 SHALL NOT BE d for by S ROSS. C. 8 (Address.) 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Baldwin, Receiver, with the igeal proot inereat within three mogths from s date or they DYt "O'CONNOR. e the Curreney TTIRN A CES cleaned FURNACES &55¢° s instal _ LIncoln_1440. ge by vacuum. | Parts for every d and re- any nature capably performed by practical rooiers. Cail us for estimaie. NS EQOFING 933 v St N.W. COMPANY NOrth 4423 | ports from Havana indicate the army | to pay the army regularly, so there is | force to re-establish order. | Pope Receives Theodore Roosevelt. | dore Roosevelt was received in audience | Machado Obstinate. Ambassador Welles is doing his ut- | most to harmonize the wishes of the President, which are not to intervene | militarily unless it is absolutely essen- tial, and the actual situation as seen from Havana, which indicates that an intervention may be inevitable. Welles is said to be trying to per- suade Machado not to push the situa- tion to extreme, and give up, if the | people of Cuba have really had enough of him. Machado is obstinate. The latest re- 1s still on his side. The Cuban army is unlike most Latin American armies. It has been trained | by American officers in the American spirit and is Joyal to the President re- | gardless of political conditions. It is not for Machado, but it obeys orders from the President, its commander in chief. Furthermore, despite the de- pleted treasury, Machado has been able no discontent in its ranks. Consequently, it appears at present that Machado can | still rely on his armed forces. But con- | fronted with a general popular upris- | ing, it is questionable how long he may be able to maintain the loyalty of his troops. Chance for Dr. Ferrara. His friends and Welles are suggest- ing ‘to him that he should retire and let his secretary of state take over the administration of the island until the new elections take place. In such a case, unless the secretary of state chooses to resign with the President, the former Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Oreste Ferrara would be- come temporary president. The Cuban constitution provides that the secre- tary of state should succeed the Presi- dent, in case of death or inability to serve the rest of his term. Ferrara would ordinarily not be eligible for the high office because he is a nat- uralized Cuban, but the constitution does not provide that he can not hold office as a stop-gap president until new elections take place. In well informed quarters in Wash- ington it is stated, however, that Fer- rara, who arrived yesterday from Xu- rope and left by air for Cuba, where he is due to arrive tomorrow morning, will resign with Machado should the latter be induced to do so. If Machado, who is a fighter, re- fuses, however, to listen to reason and cannot put down the present revolu- tion, there is a serious danger that the United States will be forced to send a VATICAN CITY. August 8 (#).—Theo- | today by Pope Pius. He was accom- | panied by Msgr. Eugene Burke, rector | regarded today as the Messiah of Cuba and there would be a demand for him to_return. But he stayed. The depression came. Cuba’s sugar plantations were almost ruined. They were taken over largely by foreign banks, most of them United States banks. Machado stayed to be called a butcher and a murderer. Crimes were com- mitted in the name of his government. Cuba became a land of bombings and murders. He stayed to see the formation of the A. B. C, one of the greatest of all secret societies, including leading mem- bers of the legal and medical profes- sions; of the business world and of the world of finance. The A. B. C. is an empire within a nation and it is almost as powerful as the nation itself; it is the leading fac- tor in the fight to obtain a new Presi- dent, a new constitution and a new life for Cuba. It is the A. B. C. which will determine the future of the nation. An Interesting Drama. It is one of the most interesting dramas in the world today; one of the | finest studies of government. And I was waiting to see the man who was once the most popular man in Cuba and who today is one whom taxi drivers and beggars curse on the street; whom reputable .businessmen assail and who goes from his farm to his palace afraid for his life and unable to fathom the wreckage of his career. The messenger came. “This way, please,” he said, and I followed him up the marble stairs and down a_corridor to ihe office of the secretary. The first step had been taken. Gerardo Machado was waiting. (Copyright, 1933, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) FRATERNITY OFFICIAL DIES AFTER ILLNESS Walter H. Mazyck, 37, for 13 years | an employe of the Bureau .of Accounts and Supplies, Navy Department, and a prominent member of Omega Psi Phi National Fraternity, of which he was grand keeper of records and seals, died last night at his home, 3031 Eleventh street. He had been threatened with nervous prostration for some weeks, but not until a week ago did his illness become critical. He was taken to Johns Hop- kins Hospital in Baltimore and later brought back to this city, where he died. He had held the office with the fra- ternity for 10 years. He also was a captain in the 428th Infantry Reserve. A little more than a year ago he pub- lished a book, “George Washington and the Nogro.” He is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Naomi Grant, Charleston, S. C. Funeral services will be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 3 p.m. to- of the American College. . morrow. Burial will be in Charleston. when he ran for office, he would be | mental commander, Maj. Walter W. Burns, at the Coast Artillery School | with the help of young women from the vicinity of the Peninsula and Nor- folk. After the dance, the party was taken on a moonlight ride aboard the mine planter, Gen. Scofield, to the naval base at Norfolk. Non-commissioned officers were in charge of the entire parade ceremony this morning. Music_was furnished by the 260th Drum and Bugle Corps under the direction of Sergt. Henrv C. Love- less. First Sergt. Robert Mooney acted as battalion commander and had as his staff Sergt. Donald Casler and First Sergt. Charles H. Beahm. EXTRA GUARDS PLACED AROUND PANTS PLANT Called Out After Woman Workers Attempt to Throw Foreman Out of Window. By the Associated Press. CORINTH, Miss., August 8.—Extra guards were placed at the Weaver Pants Co. plant last night after a foreman ‘was attacked today by woman employes at a meeting in which they were asked not to join a union being organized here by agents of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union. Sheriff J. B. Coleman said the fore- man, Homer Bennett, was not injured and that order was restored quickly. “Some of the women just got mad and decided to throw Mr. Bennett out of the window,” the sheriff said. “They grabbed him and hustled him toward the window and tore his shirt, but they didn’t pitch him out. Everything is quiet now.” A number_ of city police were sta- tioned at the factory tonight, however. Today's incident follows the arrest Sunday of four organizers on charges of . “suspicion of impersonating an officer.” Headed by Prof. O. Carlson of the Commonwealth College of Mena, Ark., the four men were arrested by the sheriff at a meeting of workers. They were released after the charge against them proved to be unfounded. The three other men gave their names as Al Lehman, Eugene Morse and James Porter. GEORGIA ARMORY ROBBED 62 Pistols Included in Theft Amounting to $1,800. ATLANTA, Ga. August 8 (#).—The theft of approximately $1,600 worth of arms from the armory of the Georgia National Guard was reported to police here last night. R. STONE JACKSON. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR R. S. JACKSON Veterans’ Administration Official ‘Was Prominent in Capital Masonic Circles. R. Stone Jackson, Veterans' Admin- istration official, died suddenly Saturday at his home, 1434 Harvard street. Funeral services were held this after- noon at Hines’ funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street. Burial under Ma- sonic auspices was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Jackson was a past master of Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. 15, F. A. A. M.; a past high priest, and at the time of his death the secretary of Mount Pleasant Chapteg, No. 13, Royal Arch Masons; a past master of Mount Pleasant Council, No. 5, Royal and Select Masters; a member of Washing- ton Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar. and of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also had served for several years as a member of the Com- mittee on Finance of tHe Grand Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons. The interment was under the auspices of Benjamin B. French Lodge. Surviving Mr. Jackson are a son, Roy L. Jackson of Woodbury, N. J., and a daughter, Miss Frances L. Jackson of this city. The funeral was attended by a large representation from the organizations in which he was active. Mr. Jackson's wife, the late Miss Lenora Rialle Rooney, died several years ago. Sixty-two automatic pistols and 2 pairs of field glasses were included in the lot. The loss was reported by Capt. Rex W. Lafevre of the Headquarters' Company of the 122d Infantry, Georgia National Guard. ~ " ‘Woman Runs Airport. ‘The only woman airport manager in the East is Mrs. Dolly Bernson, who manages Muller Field, Revere, Mass. She is an accomplished aviator. Only Wet Candidates Are on Ballots, but Drys Can Be Written In. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, August 8.—Arizona | votes on the wet and dry question to- |day, and dry leaders agreed they have only an outside chance of keeping this | State from becoming the twenty-first | to ratify the proposed repeal amend- ment to the Federal Constitution. Because the drys were unable to | obtain enough signatures on initiative petitions, only repeal candidates for delegates to a State convention to pass on the amendment appear on the ballot. Anti-repeal votes, however, may be written in. Last November Arizona swept all fi:fi prohibition laws from its statute A temperance society has carried to the State Supreme Court an appeal from a lower court decision in an effort to have the election declared uncon- stitutional and void on the ground it does not conform to the pattern for repeal referenda stipulated by law. Voters also will nominate a successor to Lewis W. Douglas, resigned as Repre- sentative to become Federal budget di- rector. Candidates are Isabella Green- way, National Democratic Committee woman for Arizona; Harlow Ajers, Phoenix attorney, and Willlam Coxon, all Democrats, and Dillworth E. Sump- ter, Socialist. No Republican candi- dates were entered. ‘The polls open at 6 am. and close at 6 p.m. (mountain standard time.) NEW YORK AID SEEN FOR HOLLYWOOD STRIKES Technical Men Told That Labora- tory Workers in Gotham Will Be Called Out. By the Associated Press. 5 HOLLYWOOD, August 8.—A mass meeting of striking technical men last night was told by leaders of the walk- out from Hollywood movie studios that laboratory workers in New York would be called out today in an effort to fore- stall the producers from developing their negative films there. William C. Elliott, president of the International Alliance of Theater Stage Employes, will serve notice of the Eastern laboratory strike, the fgathering was informed. The number of employes who would be affected in the East was not given. 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