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WEATHER
(Tt i. Weather Bureau Ferecs.it <
Pair tonight; tomorrow increasing
cloudiness, followed by showers and
somewhat cooler in the afternoon.
Temperatures—Highest 90 at 1 p.m.
yesterday: lowest 68 at. 5 a.m. today.
Pull report on page 9.
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15
N' Oi Entered as second class matter
O, Ol,\Jau. post office. Washington. D. C.
mm REQUESTS
REPORT OF ATTACK
ON CUSTOMS MEN
Asks Treasury for Particu
lars of Firing on Boat
by Rum Smugglers.
i
LIQUOR RUNNERS FLEE
INTO CANADIAN WATERS
Arguments on Dry Killings Renew
ed in Congress—Glass Accuses i
Admimstra tion.
Br the Associated Pr»ss.
Secretary Stimson has asked th® i
Treasury Department to give him a full
report on the firing on a customs patrol
boat, on the Detroit Hirer by rum
smugglers.
Reports reaching Washington have
been that, rum runners fired on the
customs patrol boat near the American
shore and then fled Into Canadian
waters. Assistant. Secretary bowman
has pointed to the incident as bearing !
out the necessity for having customs
agents carry arm*.
Assistant Secretary bowman of the
Treasury had not. received a report to- ;
day on the incident yesterday. He said
he had wired officers in charge of the :
Detroit office of the Customs Bureau to
telegraph him the complete report, and
he expected it to be received during
the day.
No Indication of Procedure.
Secretary Stimson did not indicate
what disposition would be made by the
State Department of the report on the I
shooting, nor did he disclose whether ;
the American Government would make
any inquiry of Canada concerning the (
incident.
Lowman later telephoned the Detroit ,
office and asked for an immediate re
port. He said that as soon as the re
port had been received and studied it
would be transmitted to the State De
partment,.
The Assistant Secretary said that j
this was not the first time that rum
runners had opened Are on customs
boats and that it had happened fre
quently in the past, with the aggressor
escaping into Canadian waters.
It was pointed out at the State De- j
partment that Canada, at the Ottawa
conference. Indicated a willingness to t
prevent the smuggling of liquor into
the United States, but refused to make
the export of liquor from the Dominion
into this country illegal.
Meanwhile, State Department officials
declared no definite decision had been !
reached in connection with the aclec- ;
tion of an arblrator for fhls country
in the case of the Canadian craft I’m
Alone, a run-runner sunk by an Ameri- j
can Coast Guard cutter in the Gulf of !
Mexico.
It was Indicated that negotiations
between the two governments in regard
to the I'm Alone were progressing sat
isfactorily and an American arbitrator
would be selected probably in the near
future.
Glass Accuses Administration.
The Senate went Its temporary way
from Washington yesterday leaving be
hind a sizeable closing day bulk of de
bate on prohibition, during which
Senator Glass. Democrat, Virginia,
charged that the administration was
‘submerging’’ prohibition in the law
enforcement inouiry.
Such other stalwart, drys as Senator
Jones of Washington rushed to th* de
fense of the President, and before the i
day’s discussion had ended there were
charges from drys of both parties that
shootings by enforcement officers were
being exaggerated as part of a wet ,
propaganda drive.
Senator Glass quoted from President
Hoover's New York speech declaring
prohibition was a “segment” of the
task. He then told the Senay that in
the campaign no mention was mart*
ebout general law enforcement, and the
issue was always the eighteenth amend
ment and the Volstead act.
“And I challenge any man to point
to e syllable uttered or a sentence writ
ten by the President in the last cam
paign.” he continued, "which com
mitted him specifically to advocacy of
the eighteenth amendment or in any
wise to advocacy of the eighteenth
amendment. Nowhere explicitly or im
plicitly has he said that he is an advo
cate of the Volstead act.”
Jones Defends President.
Senator Jones, going to the Presi
dent’s defense, asserted that while he
' may not have said to his Isw enforce,
raent commission what I would have
said, nevertheless he has twice before
given his prohibition views and we must
gp e him more time and opportunities ,
before we can believe he has forsaken i
the principles he announced.’’
Senator Copeland. Democrat, of New
York, a wet. denounced shootings by
prohibition agents and deplored the
■ fanatical attitude” toward dry en
forcement which he contended was un
doing the law.
Senator Brookhart. Republican, of
lowa, an ardent dry. replied it-was j
time to "stop ell this gush about mur
ders and force Senator* to help enforce
the law."
He declared “the Senator from New
York could make a louder speech about
the 55 dry agents who have been mur
dered.” saying most the killings by dry
agents were “accidents and some of
those who ""ere killed ought to have
been killed.”
Th® prohibition furore in the Senate
was stirred up by consideration of th®
Jones resolution to carry out Presi
dent Hoover’s recommendation for a
congressional study of reorganizing th®
prohibition agpncies under the Depart
ment of Justice. Senator Glass and
Robinson of Arkansas. th® Democratic
leader, said such a resolution was un
necessary and amounted to an attempt
to shift responsibility for such a step.
An amendment to the presidential
reetuest for the joint commission pre
sented by Senator Hawes. Democrat.,
(Continued on Pag? 4. Column U
Youth to Get Diploma in Town Hall
As Sole Member of High School Class
E<- the Associated Press.
LANCASTER. Mass., June 20.—The
Lancaster High School class of 1929,
consisting of John Samuel Gilmore, If
to be graduated tonight 1n the town
hall. Indication* are for a capacity
audience. . , , .
The occasion of John Samuel being
the lone star of his class is due to the
fact that all his former classmates are
graduating from ether high schools,
Wulnftlpaljv in L»omlr*'»r rnt-n.
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Mother Kills Son.
Three, With Bullet
From “Empty'" Gun
R» th* Asewieted Press.
CHICAGO. June 20.—“ I'll I
show you how I'd shoot a bur
glar.” laughed Mrs. Jeanette An- j
zolone to a group of friends at
her hr me last night.
Please don’t.” shuddered one :
of her guest*.
“Oh. it Isn’t loaded.” smiled
Mrs. Anzolone.
But tt was H»r 3-ycar-old son
Leonard dfed early today in a
hospital, a bullet in his head.
DR. SNOOK GRILLED
24 HOURS IN PROBE
Professor Admits Taking Key;
of Slain Co-Ed Near Bodv, !
!
Detective Says.
I
B? »hf As*nriatrd Press.
COLUMBUS. June 20.—A key taken 1
I from the spot where the body of Theor# !
Hix, 24-year-old student at Ohio State |
i University, was found last Friday, an
| admission that, h® had burned woman's !
i clothes the next, day and inability to j
| explain blood stains on his automobile, j
was information authorities today had
wrung from Dr. James H. Snook, dis- 1
missed professor at the university. They I
wer® continuing their questioning.
Dr. Snook, questioned until 6 o'clock !
this morning, was brought back before ‘
: Prosecutor John J. Chester and deter- ,
tives a short time later. At noon Ches- 1
ter summoned a stenographer into the i
room where Snook was closeted. Snook <
has been under questioning almost con- j
| tinuously for 24 hours.
Admits Burning Clothing.
Chief of Detectives W. G. Srhellen- '
barger said Dr. Snook told him he took j
I the key to the north side room, which !
he and Miss Hix had shared as man j
| and wife, from the spot, were the girl's !
: body was discovered. It was returned !
to the landlady of the rooming house j
a short, time before the slain co-ed's |
body was found.
Authorities also said Snook had ad
mitted burning woman’s clothing in the i
furnace at his home shortly before he 1
was arrested for investigation, and was |
unable to tell how blood stains came 1
on his automobile. Th? blood stains ;
are being analyzed to determine
whether they are human or animal !
blood.
Attorneys Shift Plans.
Attorneys for Snook said they had
, < emporarity dropped plans for obtain- j
ing his release on habeas corpus pro- i
ceedings and intimated they would have 1
j a statement later.
Authorities had no comment on bow
Dr. Snook, who has maintained he was ,
home, the night of the killing, was bear- !
ing up under the strain of the pro
longed questioning. t
Detective Otto Phillips, who took part I
in the questioning, said the session that
extended through the night had ended j
after Dr. Snook admitted taking the
key from the girl's keyring, which was
found near the body.
Phillips said he asked Snook; “Where
did you get that key before you turned
it in Friday?” He said Snook replied, j
“you know where I got it.”
Narcotics Enter Into Quiz.
“At. the body?" Phillips asked, and Dr. j
Snook was quoted as replying “Yes."
Phillips said that Snook asked him:
“You believe me about the narcotics,
don't you?”
Phillips said he did not know what,
the question referred to but that, he
answered “yes” and that Snook then
said "well, she hounded me to give j
them to her.”
Phillips said he did not know whether;
Snook meant to imply that they were I
for her own use or for other purposes.
Snook was taken back to the county I
, lail at 12:45 p.m. Prosecutor Chester and
police heads left the police station with- i
out revealing what had been the out-}
| come. |
Attorney John Siedel conferred with i
his client at the jail for a short tiirr
then said to newspaper men: “They say j
he has confessed. Snook, however, de- :
nies it to me. What is the situation. j
anv wav?
"Ufttil he tells me with his own lips j
that he killed the gtrl and how he |
killed her. I will not believe it.” Siedel j
said. "When we were together in the I
room Snook said: I got as much out of j
them as they did out of me.’ It looks j
lik® some inferences might have been
taken by them from answers Snook j
j ( Continued on Page 2. Column 1.)
DENIES MEXICAN j
PROBLEM SETTLED
Vatican Newspaper Use* “Prema
-1 ture Optimism" in Headline
Reporting on Issue.
VATICAN CITY. June 20 </P). j
Premature optimism” was the headline j
used by Ossrrratore Romano today over
an article denying that settlement, of
the Mexican question already had been
reached.
For the "second straight day the office
of Cardinal Gasparri. papel secretary of ,
state, refused today to divulge what de- !
cision—lf any—the Pope has arrived at ■
in connection with the Mexican re- 1
llgiou* controversy.
It, was pointed out that in any event
th® papal decision would be announced
first at Mexico City by Archbishop Ruiz ,
v Flores, who, with Bishop Paceual Diaz,
has conducted n-gotiations with the I
Mexican President for a settlement of
i th- problem.
After the archbishop’s announcement
the Vatican spokesman will announce
th- settl-ment formally without com- ;
ment. as the Pop* may direct. The only
deduction possible here from the delay
in msking his decision known was that,;
'he Pone was giving the tentative set- 1
tie ment. recch-d at Mexico City his ear
nest eonsideration.
j After an overture by an orchestra and
in'oration by a local pastor, John Sam
i uel Gilmore will read the class history.
Tht Lancaster Girls’ Glee Club will
then sing after which Gilmore will read
an essay on chemistry. Later he will
present the class gift which will be
; accepted by the chairman of the school
committee and then will be presented
with his diploma.
The exercises will conclude with a
reception by th* full class memberrhtp.
I htmsplf.
W)t |Et) euing
WASHINGTON, D. C\, THURSDAY, JUNE 20. 1929-FIFTY-SIN PAGES.
CAPITOL DESERTED
US CONGRESSMEN
START VACATIONS
• —-
Senate Finance Committee.
Toiling Over Tariff Figures,
Stands Guard.
! PROHIBITION DEBATED
; DURING CLOSING HOURS
I Administration Proposal to Post
pone French War Supplies Debt
Maturity Is Approved.
*
By the Associated Pres*.
Th* Senate finance committee stood
j truard at the riesert«ri Capitol today to i
I toll over the mass of figures involved in I
! the pending t-arifT measure while th- j
other members of Congress enjoyed a
1 vacation.
For two mofiths the commltt.ee will
hear witnesses and work over the
j voluminous tariff measure passed by
I the House, and then the Senate will
I return—on August 19—to begin con
sideration of this last recommendation l
!of President Hoover remaining to be j
acted upon at the special session.
Prohibition Move Is Heaved,
j’ Th® rrr.es; was taken las* night after a I
day of vigorous debate in the Senate. !
i revolving principally about, prohibi- j
j tion and a few hours of discussion in I
j the House over the administration i
| proposal to postpone the maturity date j
| of i htf $400,000,000 French war supplies
: debt. The latter was approved by both
I chambers before adjournment.
\ The Senate prohibition debate I
l hinged on the resolution of Senator j
j Jones. Republican, of Washington, pro- |
posing appointment of a joint, congres- i
j sional committee, as requested by j
I President, Hoover, to study the advisa- j
i bility of transferring the prohibition
i agencies to the Department of Justice. }
The long round of discussion forestalled 1
, action, and the resolution went over as
| the unfinished business before the Sen
' ate to be taken up after the recess.
Debenture Plan Up Again.
Th» final hour of the session found
I ‘he Senate again reverting to its dis- ,
I mue with President Hoover over the j
I export debenture farm relief plan.
; Senators Norris of Nebraska and John
son of California, leaders of the Re- ,
; publican independent group which sup- j
l ported the debenture proposal, assailed !
| published stories which they said cast 1
! aspersions on the motives of Republic
; an* opposing the President on that
! issue.
In contrast to statement* that som-
Senators had voted against th® Presi
| dent because of failure to get patron
-1 age. Senator Norris declared he under
stood considerable “pressure” had been
brought to b®ar on Republicans to win
their support for th® Hoover viewpoint.
Not Aceusinr Hoover.
Th® Nebraskan said on® Senator had 1
i told him lie had been offered "the j
j world with a fence around it” if he j
' would oppose the debentures. How- ]
ever, he said, he did not make any ac- j
cusation of improper activities by Mr. ,
• Hoover himself.
Senator Johnson said the newspaper ,
accounts demonstrated the kind of j
•propaganda” sent otft when members;
of the Senate attempted to aefinde- i
pendently. The particular story which j
; aroused the discussion was one pub- t
! lished by the United Press Association.
Restriction Is Success.
The determination of administration
, leaders to restrict th® session's work to
i the limited program outlined by the i
| President, was successful in general, J
j only a few minor measures of enter- !
, gency nature receiving any attention. \
I Os the numerous nominations sent to 1
1 the Senate by President Hoover, not j
| on® of importance was rejected. The |
I confirmation of former Senator Lenroofc
}as a Federal judge was bitterly op
! posed, however.
The adjournment was taken without J
I eonsideration of the conflicting reports
i made by the Senate judiciary commit
j tee on the right of Andrew W. Mellon j
! to continue as Secretary of the Treas- j
| ury in the face of an old statute for- j
I bidding that cabinet officer to be en- i
gaged in carrying on commerce. A bare i
majority of the committee held that j
• Mr. Mellon was legally holding office. '
j No action was attempted in the clos-
I ing Senate hours on the resolution of |
! Senator Wheeler. Democrat, of Mon- |
• tana, for an inquiry into labor condi- ;
, tions in the textile industries.
H. MASON DAY JAIL |
: WRIT DUE TOMORROW
i Oil Magnate Expected to Begin
Prison Sentence on
Monday.
Br *he Associated Press.
| The mandate of the Supreme Court
giving effect to its decision sustaining \
: JaU sentences imposed on Harry F. Sin- !
, clair and Henry Mason Day for con- j
tempt of court in shadowing a jury in j
the Sinclair case will be issued tomor
f
j Justice Sanford, at *he request of
counsel for (he men. instructed that ;
! the mandate be issued immediately in- 1
i stead of waiting the usual time pre- ;
1 scribed by court rules.
It was said that Day particularly was;
anxious to have the mandate expedited j
I =o he could begin serving a four months' j
jail sentence. He is understood to have
[ arranged to surrender himself for com
j mltmcnt Monday.
Sinclair now ts in th? District jail;
serving a sentence imposed for con-'
tempt in refusing to answer questions:
asked by a Senate committee,
j The sentence imposed on Sinclair for
! jury shadowing was six months, which
| he must serve after concluding his pres
} ent sentence.
Steamer Hits Iceberg.
! ST. JOHN'S, New Foundland, June
20 <*>).—The steamer Caimgowan,
bound from Montreal to London with a i
general cargo, reported today that she !
had struck an iceberg. The extent of I
the damage to the vessel was not re- |
ported, but her commander messaged |
that h? expected to reach this port |
safely this afternoon.
State New?, Page 17
WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?
I I
MYSTERIOUS GAS
KILLS 2, HARMS 16
!
! Fumes Spread Without
Warning Near El Paso Refin
ery—lo Others May Die.
Br the Associated Press. •
EL PASO. Tex.. June‘2o.—Two chil
dren were dead and 16 other persons
were in a hospital today from the
effects of a mysterious gas that spread
without warning over a residence dis
trict here last night. T»n others may
die physicians said.
The dead —Ignacio Ceniceros, 3. and
Bartolo Ceniceros. R.
Those in the hospital were Mrs.
Maria Ceniceros. 45; Migues Ceniceros.
45; Julian Ceniceros, 22; Maria Ceni
ceros. 14; Librado Ceniceroa. 19-menth
old girl: Cecilio villas. Emilia Villas.
Francisca Quiroz. Adrian Bernal®;, 24.
and seven unidentified.
It was reported the gas was natural
gas from a broken main and also that
it was marsh gas. but. the cause had |
not been officially determined.
Rescue parties were organtz»d soon
after the presence of the gas was known.
Their work was hampered as the gas
hung low over the district.
While the Ceniceros children played
in their home the gas crept about them,
and two fell dead. The others, and
members of other families who resided
nearby, rushed from their houses and
summoned assistance.
Horses, cows, chickens and house
pets were killed.
Physicians said the minds of snm®
of those overcome probablv would be
affected.
Natural gas from th® Lea Counts',
N. Mex, fields was turned into the
mains here only recently.
Poison gas was spreading todav and
thte district was evacuated. The mayor
and county authorities started an in
vestigation and called oil and gas com
pany officials into consultation in an
effort to determine the source of the
gas.
MRS. GANN WILL SIT
AT SIR ESMES’ RIGHT
Be the Associated Press.
Mrs. Edward Everett. Gann, the offi
cial vice presidential hostess, whose so
cial rank was disputed several weeks
ago. tonight will be the honored guest
of the dean of the diplomatic corps.
I She will be seated on the right of her
host. Sir Esme Howard, the British
Ambassador. She will outrank diplo
mats. cabinet members and Senators
Sir Esme has invited about 40 guests, in
honor of Vice President Curtis, MrF.
Gann and Mr Gann, to thp last en
! tertalnment at the embassy this Sum-
I mer.
A social secretary at *hp embassy
| said that the Ambassador has not vet i
made known any decision as to where
Mr. Gann shall be placed. Vice Presi
; dent CurtLs will have the place of honor
I beside the hostess. Lady Isabella.
AUGMENT SHOE STRIKE. |
, 2.750 Employes of Five Plants
Join 1.450 Already Out.
HAVERHILL. Mass, June 20 (/Pi. —
Shoemakers to the number of 2,750
were on strike here today, employes of
five factories joining the ranks of 1.450
strikers of five other plants who quit
i recently.
| The walkout is the outcome of failure |
of the Shoe Workers' Protective Union
j and the Haverhill .Shoe Manufacturers’ j
Association to agree nn new wage ?.nd j
, work-week agreements. Agreements
l with the plants now affected by the
strike have expired and pacts with all
: other plants in the city will expire by
I July 15. I
tinng IT nr placable Hatreds—Relentless
Revenge—(Conflict Between \fniter Brains,
j ' ;jj I
The Treasure House
of Martin Hew?
i,, i i
is the supreme masterpiece of
E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
ij! t . li!
Thrilling from beginning to end, it will grip you as
| I no mystery story has before.
Baffin it today on page 55 of The Star i
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Kills Man in Prison
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CARL PANZRAM.
44 CONVICTS FLEE;
KIDNAP 3 GUARDS
I
Prisoners Release Them
Later —Two Shot as Three
Fugitives Are Retaken.
Br sh» Ascoeiated Press.
BRAZORIA. Tex.. June 20.—Forty
four convicts kidnaped three guards at j
; the Clements State Prison Farm near ;
here early today and escaped.
A few hours later three of them had
be®n recaptured, two of them after
they had been shot by a cattleman
living in this vicinity of the farm.
The others are believed to have scat
tered and fled through the dense un
derbrush of the Brazos River bottoms.
The abducted guards were released
about 10 miles from the farm. On® was
forced to change clothes with a con
vict.
About 150 convicts, not regarded as
being dangerous, refused to join in
the break, although urged to escape
by the ring leaders of the dash for
liberty.
Those who fled were classed as dan
gerous prisoners. 42 of whom were
housed in one barracks. One of their
, number obtained a pistol and about
3:15 a.m overpowered a guard on duty J
in the barracks. The guard’s shotgun
was taken and two more guards quickly
were taken raptlve. The 42 convicts
were unshackled and th® freed prisoners
rushed to a second barracks, opening
| the doors.
Onlv two men tn the larger barracks
took advatag® of the invitation to
escape. „ ..
■ All right then you . the convict
leader is reported to have exclaimed,
“stay here and be quiet about it.”
The men th?n fled from the farm
in the direction of the river bottoms.
About an hour clasped before the es
cape was dlsco’er®d and Rn alarm
given.
Every town within a radius of 100 i
miles was notified and many of them ,
; sent posses to aid in th® man hunt, j
Bloodhounds were being used to trail !
the fugitives. I
By noon flv® of the fugitives had
be?n rounded up.
A report, from Sweeney, near here,
said "the woods are full of convicts over
here" and posses headed in that direc- j
I tion tmm®dietely.
MEANEST PRISONER:
MURDERS FOREMAN,
Panzram, Sentenced Here,
Runs Amuck in Leavenworth
Prison, Reports Disclose.
Th° meanest prisoner ever held at the j
District .Jail today began to make stood
his vow to kill the whole human race,
it was disclosed when Associated Press
dispatches from Leavenworth. Kans.,
1 revealed that, Carl Panzram, 39 years'
old. ‘ran amuck in the Federal prison
there and killed the foreman of the
laundry with a flat iron.
Sentenced to 25 years for house
brraktng and burglary by Justice Mr- j
Coy of the District Supreme Court last |
November. Panzram shrieked;
"I hate the whole human race and
; would like to kill every person in the
| world!"
Confessed Other Crime.
His conviction followed a aeries of
i sensational confessions to Maj. William
Peak, superintendent of the District
i Jail, in which he declared that he had
j killed a boy in Salem. Mass., and an
| other in Philadelphia. Details of the
confessions were sent to the police of
those cities and officers came here to
question Panzram. In Philadelphia he
was indicted and extradteted pro
ceeding started. District Attorney
Rover, however, insisted that. Panzram
he rtted here first on the housebreak
ing charge as the evidence In the mur- i
ders was not regarded as conclusive j
as that in the burglary cases here.
R. G. Warnke, was the man killed by
Panzram who also attempted to attack ;
fellow prisoners with the flat iron.
Panzram ran amuck shortly after re- .
porting to the laundry for work this!
morning, first attacking Warnke, whose |
skull was crushed. Panzram then chased ,
fellow prisoners around the laundry,
finally being subdued by a guard He
was placed in solitary confinement.
Officials Indicated he would be tried |
for murder.
While held in the jail Panzram also
addressed a letter to the chief of po
lice of New London. Conn., stating
that he had killed a boy in That State,
but. that he was not sure Whether it,
was near New London or Sew Haven.
He had killed so many persons he said *
that he could not remember all the
details of each crime.
He Was Identified.
Two Massachusetts women. Mrs. Ber
tha M. Luxton of Marblehead and Mrs.
Teresa Parsons of Salem, identified
Panzram as the man last seen with 12-
year-old Henry McMahon, whose life
less body was found on the outskirts of
Salem six years ago. The women picked
, Panzram unhesitatingly from seven
prisoners lined up before them. In hts
confession Panzram said he • enjoyed”
this murder more than any he had com
mitted.
At, th® Distirct Jail Panzram was re
garded as the meanest prisoner the in
situatlon had ever harbored.
| MELLON TO STAY IN U. S.
Treasury Head Does Not Expect to j
* Go Abroad.
• Secretary Mellon probably will not go {
abroad this Summer and much of the i
time will be with President Hoover in
Washington
The Secretarv said todav he did not
plan an extended vacation, but would
, make brief visits to his home in Pitts
j burgh and might take a short, rest
1 later.
I r*
'ENGINEER WHO ERECTED j
STATUE OF LIBERTY DIES:
j B' the Associated Press.
I BERKELEY, Calif., June 20. -George
Paul Dussau. 73. a structural engineer.
| who was sent by the French govern
ment to America to supervise the work
i of setting up Bartholdi s famous Statue
of Liberty, in 1883. died here yesterday
I at, the home of a daughter. Mrs. Elsie
; Tolton.
I A native of France, Dussau stayed in
this country when the work of erecting
! the statue was finished, coming to Calt
* fomla 25 years ago. He is survived by
j five children.
Bank Statements
i Washington clearing house, $4,700.-
758.36.
Treasury balance. $352,157,644.29.
i New York clearing house exchange,
! $1,438,000,000.
New York clearing house balance,
, $154,000,000.
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Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,993
UP) Means Associated Press.
Judge Lauds Scot
For “Bright Idea**
But Claim Is Lost
By th* Associated Prrs«.
LIVERPOOL. England. June
20. —Although Mr. Justice Mar- l
Naght.on said It. was a “bright
idea.” the jury at the Liverpool
Assizes today dismissed the claim
of a Scotsman for damages for
the "loss of his wife's society”
after an injury to h*r in a
motor car accident. His wife had
already been awarded damages
for the injury.
The husband told th- court
the idea of the second action was
suggested by his doctor, a fellow
Scot. Mr. Justice MacNaghton.
himself a Scotsman, complimented
the plaintiff on his business
acumen, but the jury returned a
verdict for the defendant.
CANNON’S STOCK
DEALINGS BARED
[
Bishop Refuses to Comment
on Reports of Losses in
Brokers’ Crash.
Bishop James Cannon, .ir.. of the
j Methodist Episcopal Church South was
j “much too busy with other matters”
| in his office in the Bliss Building to
n's v to comment on reports that h°
lost several thousand dollars in the
recent crash of a brokerage firm in
New York City.
j The crusading bishop, who led the
; anti-Smith forces to victory in Vir
ginia last, November, said he might,
have a formal statement on the matter
I later, and that any other quotation
j of him in thp press was 'unauthorized.'
! Dispatches from New York listed
I Bishop Cannon's reported losses as
i including an original investment of
I $2,500 and profits of $8,856. and quoted
I the clergyman as admitting the stock
dealings.
; The bishop's name, it was stated, was
j on a list of customers of the bankrupt
i firm of Kable Co., whose partners
were indicted on the charge of using
the mails to defraud.
The books of the firm were said to
show that Bishop Cannon took nu
merous ‘ flyers" in the stock market
between August J 4. 1327, and April .70.
1328, and that on one day he sold
*75.000 worth of stock and purchaseo
$58,000 worth.
*‘l am much too busy here today to
comment on this matter.” Bishop Can
' non told a reporter for The S f ar today.
"Any quotation from m? in the press
is unauthorized. When I have some
thing to say I will say it tn a written
statement over my own signature. I
may issue such a statement latex, .but
I am too occupied with other matters
| to give consideration to it at the pres
ent time. I cannot submit to repor
-1 torial questioning."
The bishop said he had just returned
from a trip and had a large accumula
i rion of 'business” to attend to in his
offlee at headquarters of the Anti-
Saloon League, near the Capitol.
BISHOP IS QCOTEO IN NEW YORK.
Cannon Thought He Was Buying Stock
for Investment, Story Declares.
NEW YORK. June 20 <*>).—New York
newspapers today printed lengthy ac
counts of dealings in stocks by Bishop
James Cannon, jr.. of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. South, leader of the
anti-Smith forces in the Democratic
party and chairman of the Anti-Saloon
league legislative committee at Wash
ington.
I The transactions were with th» now
i bankrupt brokerage firm of Kable *
< Continued on PS"? 2. Column 5.)
LEGALITY OF NEWS
| RACKS QUESTIONED
j Judge Questions Privilege of
j Agents When Colored Youth Is
Brought Before Him.
• -
The privilege of route agents of news
] papers, who are said to own the papers
j placed in honor system racks, of plac
i tng the stands on sidewalks without li
; cense was debated by Judge John P.
McMahon in Police Court today.
The question arose in connection with
the arrest of George Pack, colored. 1300
block of Riggs street, who was charged
with the larceny of one newspaper from
a rack at Fourteenth street and lowa
* avenue today.
j The complaining witness, a route
i agent for an afternoon newspaper.
I testified that he observed the larency
j and pressed charges, although the alleg
i edly stolen paper was a morning edition.
! He declared agents in that section had
I been missing papers for some time and
j that they were responsible for their
loss, as they owned them They pur
' chased the papers from the publishers
! and resold them at a profit,
i Judge McMahon, questioned the au
j thority of agents, as they ownad the
papers to sell them from racks, "which
obstruct every side walk in the city”
j without a license.
"A citizen who attempted to erect‘a
food stand in similar spots would soon
find himself in the clutches of the
law," the court, declared.
The court reserved any further opin
ion regarding the matter and continued
the case against Pack for investiga
tion to determine who should prefer
charges against, the youth.
Rickey Reconsidering Sale of Tract
Where President s Fishing Drew Fire
Following appeals from official? and
residents of Frederick. Md., and the
nearby country. Lawrence Richey, one
of President Hoover's secretaries, is re
considering his decision to dispose of
the tract of land he purchased earlier
In the year near Catoctin Furnace,
which has been visited several times
by President Hoover as a Ashing and
camping spot.
Secretary Richev's determination to
sell the property through which Hunt
ing Creek runs for about two miles,
came as & result of printed stories that
some persons were complaining thaLr
Ashing rights were being denied by the
posting of the tract. Recently two
Washington citizens were Aned sls and
costs each for trespassing.
In announcing his intention of selling
the property and to look elsewhere for
a Ashing preserve. Mr. Richey said he
did not rare to have the President em
barrv-sed. explaining that Mr. Hoover
had no wish to Ash at any point where
he can be said to limit the fights of lo
cal Ashermen. He added that he
bought the property along Hunting
A
TWO CENTS.
NINE ARE INJURED.
FIVE CRITICALLY, IN.
TRAFFIC CRASHES
Four-Year-Old Girl Run Down
by Car Not Expected
to Live.
DRIVER OF CAR REPORTS
TO POLICE OF ACCIDENT
Two Hurt on Washington-Balti
more Road Are in Dangerous
Condition.
A s-ries of traffic accidents in which
nine persons were injured, five of them
critically, followed in the wake of a
special safety crusade inaugurated yes
terday by Traffic Director William H.
Harland.
Mr. Harland's campaign is in the in
terest of children particularly, and it
was the irony of fate, perhaps, that
three of the traffic victims were under
13 years of age. One, a 4-year-old girl,
is not expected to live. She is Lillian
Carr. 457 Massachusetts avenue.
The Carr girl was crossing I street
in the 400 block this morning when
sh» was struck by an automobile driven
by Frank A. Schaefer. 33, 4108 Four
teenth street, who took her to Casualty
Hospital. A preliminary examination
disclosed a probable fracture of the
skull and severe lacerations and brjg*
about the face and body. ‘'/w*'
Reports lo Police.
Schaefer told police the girl darted
I suddenly from behind a row of parked
cars into the path of his machine.
After taking her to the hospital he went
to the sixth precint police station and
reported Ihe accident. He was charged
with operating a car with bad brakes
and with reckless driving, and released
on his own recognizance to appear in
Police Court.
The two other children who suffered
injuries from automobiles are Charles
Garfield, jr.. 5 years old. 414 Columbia
road, and Jack Weinberg. 13. 915 New
! York avenue. Garfield's leg was frac
tured last night when hit by an auto
mobtle while crossing Columbia road
near Warder street, and was taken to
Garfield Hospital. Benjamin Goldberg.
27 years old. 839 Kennedy street, was
said by police to have been the driver of
the machine. Weinberg also suffered a
j fracture of the leg when he was struck
I last night by a car driven by Frank R.
Saltzman. 1303 Newton street north
east. while crossing at the intersection
of Rhode Island avenue and North Cap
itol street. He was treated at Biblejr
Hospital.
Two Hurt Critically.
One of the serious accidents, however,
occurred oh the Washiugton-Baltimore
boulevard, near Laurel, but. aO of the
victims were residents of the District.
Hugo Bfown, 28 years , old. 1000 Bitten
| house street, and James A. Berhardt. 31 •
years old. 1203 I street northeast, were
injured critically in this accident. An
other, Leo Clements, 21 years oltT, 1677
Wisconsin avenue, escaped with miner
injuries. Brown is thought to have a
fractured skull and internal injuries,
while Berhardt has a possible fracture
of the back and severe laceration*.
Both are tn Casualty Hospital.
Three others were injured slightly in
j traffic accidents. They were: Three-ye at -
; old Naomi Obstler. ROO Twenty-sixth
street: Marguerite Cole. 64. 1701. Six
! teenth street, and Pvt. Joseph G. Aren
des. 36. of 610 G street southeast,
■ driver of the patrol attached to No. T
1 precinct.
I Girl Runs Into Side of Car.
The little Obstler girl was said to
j have run into the side of a machine
operated by Anthony D. Sweeney, 20.
3139 O street, as she was crossing the
street near her home. She was treated
at Emergency Hospital for slight bruise*
about the body.
Marguerite Cole was hit last night as
she was crossing Sixteenth, at R street,
by an automobile operated by Paul Tan
gora. 4502 Fifteenth street. She was
i treated for bruises and shock in a near
by doctor's office, then placed under
the care of her family physician.
Policeman Arendes was bruised slight
ly when the patrol he was driving waa
in a collision with an automobile op
erated by Charles W. Harrison of the
4700 block of Conduit road, near the
latter's home. Harrison was booked at
No. 7 precinct on a charge of reckles*
! driving.
I : *
BREAK IN HEAT WAVE
SEEN BY WEATHER MAN
Thundershowers Tomorrow After
noon Are Expected to Usher
in Cooler Period.
The weather man today promised a
break in the heat of the past few days,
but added that the break will not come
before tomorrow afternoon.
Thundershowers, expected at that
time, the weather man said, will bring
a few days of cooler weather, as the
"Bermuda high" of the past few day*
disintegrates.
The mercury today was not keepmg
th-» pace of yesterday and Tuesday, the
thermometer at the Weather Bureau
registering but 86 at 1 o'clock this aft
ernoon. The forecaster doubted If the
temperature would get much above 90
this afternoon and predicted it would
be slightly cooler tonight.
Tomorrow will be hot until the ex
pected showers arrive, he predicted.
I , Creek on the representation that the
■ Ashing rights were private and went
I with the land.
Mr. Richey's announcement caused
f j a Aurry when it reached Frederick.
' Prominent citizens, heads of civic or
. I ganizations and the city government
I I are said to have let it be known they
i' were delighted to have President Hoo
j ver Ash in their section and they
' deplored the criticism which prompted
I Mr Richey's decision to sell.
A group of Frederick officials and
civic leaders visited Mr. Richey’s camp
I yesterday and are said to have been
impressed with all that has been done
to make that section an excellent Ash
ing ground. Mr. Richey was not there
; at the time, but Mrs. Richey, who was
present, welcomed the visitors. G. C.
| teach of the United States Bureau
of Fisheries and Maj. Glenn C. Kim-
J berly of the Department of Commerce
j were on hand also. These two later
had gone to Frederick to determine the
sentiment In that section regarding the
posting of Hunting Creek through the
: I Richey property.