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LONDON CLASHES
ON CANADA TARIFF
MacDonald Government Is
Urged to Study Steps Taken
in Dominion.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. September 18. —Contrasting
views are expressed and the economic
gospels of the metropolitan dailies are
clearly reflected In editorial obsrrva
tions on the Canadian tariff revisions.
The Morning Post today urged the
MacDonald government to study care
fully the steps taken by Premier
Bennett.
“Unemployment." the Post says, “is
an evil to be scotched with energy'. Mr.
Bennett, having no illusions as to the
close connections between foreign com
petition and unemployment, has drawn
up a tariff calculated to reduce Canada's
unemployed by 25.000 within a short
time. Moreover, instead of going to
Geneva in order to surrender the free
dom of his country. Mr. Bennett has
taken a bold retaliatory measure of
repaying in their own coin those coun
tries whose tariff policy has excluded
vital Canadian exports.
Test for Beaverbrook.
“What has Lord Beaverbrook. cru
*ader-in-ehief of the empire free trade
forces, got to say to that?" asks the
Laborite Daily Herald, “that” being the
t statement that the "Canadian Parlia
/ meat is debating a bill which would
confer upon Canada the highcat tariff
wall known in her history and barricade
her markets more severely than ever
against British petrol, earthenware and
half a hundred other articles.
George Wood, secretary of the Federa
tion of the Woolen and Worsted Trades,
describes the new Canadian tariff rates
as “a concealed closing of the gap be
tween the duties on imports from
Britain and those on imports front
foreign countries.” The ad valorem
duties, he. said in a press interview
I today, are increased, thus closing the
f \ gap between the prices of Imported
w articles from different countries after
duties have been paid.
By addition of a specific duty, says
Mr. Wood, this gap is closed much
further, and it may easily be, he thinks,
that, in the end. the specific duty will
become more of a deterrent to the im
portation of British goods than the ad
valorem duty. In fact the secretary of
the woolens federation believes the new
tariff, designed to protect Canadian
manufacturers, will actually have the
effect of giving a disproportionate
Impetus to imports of French and Ger
man manufactures.
FRENCH REPRISALS HINTED.
PARIS. September 18 </PV—Canada's
new tariff changes are creating uneasi
ness in France. There is already a hint
in French dffleial circles of possible
reprisals.
"It Is not generally realised in Can
ada.” a high French official said today,
“that France is the second largest im
porter of Canadian wheat, being sur
passed only by Britain. France buys
mo6t of her Canadian wheat on the
British market.”
The officials sported French statistics '
in an endeavor to show that the bal
ance of trade between Canada and
France is already favorable to Canada
to the extent of $10,000,000 a year.
MOTHER JONES BETTER;
PHYSICIAN IS PUZZLED
After being near death for several
days. Mother Jones, 100-year-old labor
leader, has taken a decided turn for the
better and this morning seemed her old
vivacious and cheerful self again.
The change to her condition puzzles
her physician. Dr. H. H. Howlett. She
still Is unable to take nourishment and
for almoet two days has received no
stimulants.
Mother Jones’ mind was clearer to
day than it has been for a week. Her
voice was strong and she chatted cheer
fully with callers, giving her opinion on
World happenings, past and present.
ENTERPRISE LEADS
BY WIDE MARGIN
IN DECIDING RACE
(Continued From First Page.)
tween the two boats was made by Lieut.
J. T. McDermott, navigating oflloer of
the Kane, using a range finder with
which the Navy computes the location
of targets.
Commodore Vanderbilt, who knows
the tides and wind currents of the
course like most people know the topog
raphy of their back yards, put in for
whore at 11:50, seeking the current
which runs sometimes as high as 3
miles an hour.
The Shamrock’s skipper, apparently
discarding his eylier plan to sail his
own race regardless of what Enterprise
did, followed Enterprise in toward
•hore.
He had tried the shore road too soon,
tt appeared, and a long tack toward
the open sea had only lost him precious
ground.
It took the American sloop on’y 1
hour 23 minutes and IS seconds to make
the 10-mile beat to windward, fast going
In the face of the 14-knot breeze.
Shamrock rounded the mark at
12:12:14, almost 10 minutes behind the
defender.
The breeze continued to freshen,
blowing IS and 18 miles an hour as
Enterprise rounded the turn and she
!2L“ all .* or the *’«>nd 10-mile marker
with a bone in her teeth. This leg was
a close reach, almost a run before the
wind.
Make Fast Time.
Enterprise rounded the 30-mile
marker at 12:55:06.
It took the American boat only 51
minutes 61 seconds to make the 10-mile '
run before the wind on the second leg. !
Shamrock rounded the turn at i
101:55. 7 minutes behind the defender i
Enterprise doused her baby jib topsail j
Just before going around the turn, *
which caused some in the spectator fleet!
to believe she had met with an ac- I
cident such as befell Shamrock yes- 1
terday.
The maneuver was deliberate to allow i
• her to hit the mark closer and go
•round without losing too much ground. I
Both boats made the turn nicely and 1
set out for home with the wind on their ,
beam, apparently logging almost as
many miles as they did on the run
before the wind.
The time margin of the Enterprise
at the 20-mile turn, with each boat
logging around 12 knots, indicated a
lead for her of between a mile and a
quarter and a mile and a half.
At 1:30, with the finish line a scant
five miles away, Enterprise broke out
• ballooner.
t Shamrock had carried a ballooner
* from the turn and apeared to be gain
ing slightly, but not enough to menace
the lead of Vanderbilt’s boat.
The wind was weakening, decreasing
the margin of possibility for any mis
hap to Enterprise's sails or rigging. It.
also cut down the Shamrock’s chances
to overhaul the American boat.
Comdr. W. D. Taylor, captain of the
Kane, paced the Enterprise for away
and found that she was making ap
proximately 11 knots.
Enterprise broke out her spinnaker
at 1:35. It bellowed out into the wind
W beautifully and the race bacam* a mote
hope lest chase than ever for the
Shamrock.
Retired Banker Dies
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ALBION K. PARRIS, SR.
ALBION K. PARRIS
DIES IN CANADA
Was Prominent in Local
Fraternal and Patriotic
Organizations.
Albion K. Parris, sr.. veteran retired
banker of this city and long promi
nently identified with various groups
and organizations in the National Cap
ital, died early today in Toronto. Can
ada. at the age of 73 years.
Mr. Parris was stricken with a heart
attack this morning while at the home
of a friend. Mrs. George W. Salter, and
died shortly afterward. He had gone
to Toronto several days ago from Port
land. Me., where he was visiting, and
was preparing to leave soon to visit, bis
son, Worden W. Parris, in Detroit.
Death Unexpected.
Although suffering with heart disease
for some time, his death came unex
pectedly. His son. Albion K. Parris, jr.,
of this city, received a letter from him
several days ago telling of having had
some trouble with his heart, but oth
erwise he was thought to be well. Mr.
Parris had apparently recovered from
an illness he suffered several years ago.
He left Washington to visit in Maine
in July.
One of the best known men in finan
cial circles in this city, Mr. Parris was
a co-founder of the original firm of
Crane, Parris & Co., which he organized
with Augustus Crane. He also was a
charter member and past president of
the Washington Stock Exchange. He
had written an authoritative history of
this institution, which was organized
here in 1881.
Mr. Parris was a member and past
president of the District of Columbia
Bankers’ Association; a member and
past president of the Georgetown Citi
zens’ Association: a vice president of
»the Association of Oldest Inhabitants
of the District of Columbia, the Arts
Club of Washington, the Columbia His
torical Society, the Maine Historical
Society. St. John’s Episcopal Church,
Georgetown, and the Masonic order.
His Masonic affiliations included mem
bership in the George C. Whiting
Lodge. F. A. A. M.; Washington Chap
ter, No. 1, Royal Arch Masons, and
Washington Commandery, Knights
Templar.
Supported Patriotic Tradition*.
In addition. Mr. Parris had long been
an ardent member of the Sons of the
Revolution In the District of Columbia
and was a strong advocate in keeping
alive American traditions and patriot
ism. He was past president of the
society.
He came into national prominence in
January. 1926, when he took strong
issue with the writer, Rupert Hughes,
and challenged the “aspersions oast
upon the memory of the principal
founding father." after Hughes deliver
ed an address at a meeting of the Sons
of the Revolution in the Willard Hotel
here on George Washington. Hughes
had declared “Washington was a great
card player, a distiller of whisky, and
a champion eurser.”
Mr. Parris had himself seen military
service. In 1877 he was captain's clerk
to the commanding officer of the
Frigate Powhatan, U. S. N. During
the World War he was a member of
the District of Columbia Home Defense
League and received the Treasury De
partment’s medal for "patriotic service
to behalf of Liberty loans.”
Mr. Parris had long been active in
charitable circles. He was a member
and treasurer of the board of the Eades
Home In Georgetown, a home for
widows of Georgetown residents, until
resigning in the Summer, after having
served since its incorporation in 1906.
Wrote Numerous Articles.
He was the author of numerous
articles, among them, “The Laymen's
Place in the Church.” which he con
tributed to the Columbia Historical
Society.
Bom In this city, April 5, 1857, Mr.
Parris was the son of the lat» Samuel
Bartlett Parris and the late Mrs. Annie
Kinsman Parris. He was a descendant
of Samuel Bartlett, an officer of the
Revolutionary Army. Mr. Parris’ grand
father, the late Albion K. Parris, was
at one time Governor of Maine. He
received his education in the public
and private schools of this city.
Early Interested In the banking busi
ness, in 1875 Mr. Parris entered the
banking hou'e of H. E. Offley it Co.
Prom 1879 to 1882 he was assistant
teller of the banking house of Lewis
Johnson At Co. From 1882 to 1883 he
was cashier of the brokerage house of
Bateman it Co In the latter year he
i organized the banking firm of Crane,
Parris Co.
Survived by Three Son*.
He is survived by three sons, Albert
K. Parris, jr., teller for the American
Security it Trust Co. here; Morris A.
Parris of Boston and Worden W. Par-
I ris of Detroit; a daughter. Mrs. Theo-
J dore N. Gill, jr.; of this city; a brother,
i Willis Parris of Long Beach. Calif., and
; a sister. Miss Elsie May Parris. His
wife was the late Mrs. Bessie Butler
Howlson Parris.
i Funeral arrangements have not been
completed. The body will be brought
, here. Relatives say the services prob
| ably will be held in St. John's Church,
' Geoigetown, Monday.
John Bull Falls Behind.
LONDON. September 18 OF). —Bobby
Jones has all the golf cups, Stribling
| knocked out Scott, Australia won the
ashes, the polo cup Is in the U. S. A.,
Shamrock V is no better than I, 11, 111
and IV, and woe is me, thinks John
j Bull, the American contract bridge team
| is ahead by some 5,000 points.
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BAND CONCERT.
By the United States Soldiers’ Home
Military Band, this evening at 5:30
o'clock. John S. M. Zimmeimann.
bandmaster; Anton Polntner, assistant:
March, “Grand March,” from “The
Prophet” Meyerbeer
Overture, “Mignon” Thomas
Duet for cornet and baritone, “A
Night in Venice”..
Grand fantasia, "Reminiscences of
Ireland” Godfrey
Descriptive, "The Colored Wedding,"
Laurendeau
Waltz suite, "Oriental Rores”. .Ivanevici
Finale, “Thefanner of Liberty,"
W Zimmermann
“The Star Spangled Banner.”
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1930.
U. S. AWAITS NEWS
FROM LATIN STATES
Expect Cables Telling Formal
Notification of Recogni
tion Has Been Made.
State Department officials today
awaited cables from plenipotentiaries in
Argentina, Bolivia and Peru that they
had formally notified those governments
of their recognition by the United States.
Robert Wood Bliss, American Am
bassador to Argentina, had cabled he
would resume formal dlplomatlcvrela
tionship be foie noon. Fred M. Dear
ing. Ambassador to Peru, and Edward
! Feely, Minister to Boiivla, also were
expected to make their forma) notifica
tions early.
No Formal Loan Notification.
Secretary Stimson, who announced
yesterday that economic reasons had
motivated in part the speedy recogni
tion granted these three new revolu
tionary governments, said today he had
heard Informally a number of firms were
bidding for loans there. The Secretary
added the State Department had re
ceived no formal notification of loan
activities and would not until such
transactions were virtually completed,
when the Department would be asked
if it had objections to such loans.
A rapidly mounting list of countries
recognizing the new provisional Argen
tina government, the most recently es
tablished regime of the three, was com
mented upon by Mr. Stimson. He men
tioned recognitions by Sweden, Italy,
the Vatican, Norway, Denmark. Spain
and France. Germany and Chile, In
addition, also have recognized Argen
tina. while Great Britain has announced
it would take a similar step.
ARGENTINA TO SEND ENVOY.
Ambassador With Full Staff Will Be
Installed at Washington.
Dispatch to The Star.
BUENOS AIRES. Argentina. Septem
ber 18.—After a lapse of a year and a
half Argentina is to have an Ambas
sador with a full embassy staff at Wash
ington and diplomatic relations with
the United States are to be resumed on
a normal basis, following formal recog
nition of the de facto government by
the American State Department,.
Robert Woods Bliss, American Am
bassador at Buenos Aires, communicated
the recognition to Ernesto Bosch, minis
ter of foreign affairs, last night and was
granted an audience this morning to
make the usual formal communication.
Senor Bosch told newspaper men that
the appointment of a new Ambassador
to Washington would be made at once.
He also said that the diplomatic service
Is being reorganized and that Argentina
will resume the place in the family of
nations she occupied before Dr. Hipolito
Irigoyen, deposed President, instituted
a policy of isolation w'hlch has made
the country virtually non-existent as
far as international intercourse was
concerned.
Borrow* to Pay Creditor*.
The federal government his borrowed
18.000.000 pesos (about $6,570,000 at to
day’s exchange) from the municipality
of Buenos Aires with which it will pay
its creditors, who for two years have
been unable to collect from toe former
national government for supplies fur
nished and work done. This sum is the
balance that the municipality had on
hand from discounting treasury notes
in the United States some months ago
to finance the widening of certain busi
ness streets.
Argentina's exports during the first
eight months of this year were $259.-
942.817 less than for the corresponding
period last year, totaling $438,902,213, as
compared with $698,845,030, a decrease
of 37.2 per cent, according to a report
sent the minister of finance, Enrique
Perez, by the National Bureau of Sta
tistics.
Tonnage exports from January to
August totaled only 7.161,378 tons, com
pared with 13.306,559 for the corre
sponding period in 1929, a decrease of
41.8 per cent.
(Copyright. 19M.)
LONDON O. K.’S ARGENTINA.
Ambassador Instructed to Notify Gov
ernment of Recognition.
LONDON, September 18 OP)—The
British Ambassador to Argentina was
authorized today to Inform the provi
sional government of Argentina that
diplomatic relations between the two
countries will remain as before the
recent revolution. It is understood
similar action will be taken with regard
to Peru.
BOGOTA, Columbia. September 18
(A*).— Poreign Minister Santos announc
ed today that the Colombian govern
ment had formally recognized the new
governments of Argentina, Peru and
Bolivia.
CENSUS GIVES D. C.
15,105 QUALIFIED
TO EXERCISE VOTE
(Continued From First Page.)
the enumerators, he expressed the
opinion that the inaccuracy could be
easily accounted for—first, as a result
of the failure of the enumerators to
ask questions regarding voting, and
secondly, because of the hesitancy of !
Government employes to advertise the
fact that they are exercising the
franchise. This, he said, is caused by
the regulation of the Civil Service Com
mission relating to political activity.
Colpoys of Same View.
The same opinion was expressed by ■
John B. Colpoys, chairman of the;
Democratic State Committee of the j
District. He said the census figures un- j
doubtedly are not correct and that it is '
very easy fer those who have been i
identified in getting out the vote in the 1
District to know why they are wrong.
Chaffee said that during the 1928 .
presidential campaign Republican head
quarters in Washington furnished in
formation to more than 50,000 persons
by actual count. Os course all those
seeking infot.nation regarding ballots
and how to ezccute them, he explained, j
may not have voted, but it is safe to \
claim that 98 per cent of them did. In
addition, he declared, there were many '
men • and women who voted without ,
seeking information from either the
Republican or Democratic headquarters.
Chaffee pointed out that while his
headquarters is without a definite rec
ord of the absentee vote actually ex
ecuted in the 1928 campaign, he has
reason to feel convinced It would total
more than 12,000. Many thousands who
sought information at Republican head
quarters, he declared, executed their
ballots either at home or before some
notary public. In which case the local
headquarters have no record of the
votes cast.
Colpoys said records were not kept
at the local Democratic headquarters in
the last presidential campaign, but from
the great number of persons who ap
plied for information and from those
who actually had the ballots executed
there, he had not the slightest doubt
the total number of man and woman
voters in Washington amounted to at
least 65,000.
—
Record Seeker fit Sofia.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, September 18 (A*).—
Capt. Matthews, British flyer, arrived
here from Belgrade at 10:30 a m. today
in hi* effort to break a 13RJIay record
set by Bert. Hinkler between England
and Australia.
jBOOTLEG CASK AID
DENIED BY MS
1 1 Senator, on Witness Stand,
Disavows Contributions to
Campaign in 1926.
By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash., September 18.—
Senator Wesley L. Jones yesterday
i added his denial to that of Roy C. Lyle,
suspended prohibition administrator,
and William M. Whitney, former legal
adviser, that 86.000 was contributed by
bootleggers to the Senator’s campaign
in 1926.
Senator Jones, advocate of prohibi
tion. was a defense witness in the trial j
in Federal Court here in which Lyle
and Whitney and two former dry
agents are accused of taking 8100,000
in bribes.
Senator Jones also testified to the
good reputation of Lyle and Whitney,
saying, “I think among all law-abiding
people their reputation was good.”
Denies Hearing Suggestion.
Queried about testimony by Alfred
M. Hubbard, star Government witness,
that Roy Olmsted and other liquor
runners had been asked by the indicted
prohibition officials to contribute to
Jones’ campaign, the Senator said:
T certainly heard no suggestion of
that sort. As a matter of fact, they
would be the last people to contribute
to my campaign. I remember Mr. Whit
ney came to me. and perhaps Lyle was
with him. and told me he wanted to
contribute to my campaign. I told him
I was running on the Republican ticket
and if they desired to make any con
tributions they could make it to the
Republican State Central Committee.”
The Senator said he had conversa
tions in September, 1929, with Lyle and
Whitney in regard to the hiring of
Hubbard, then a protege of Olmsted,
liquor runner later convicted.
"I can’t say any advice was asked.”
Senator Jones said, ‘ but I was asked to
see if the appointment could be ar
ranged. They told me Hubbard was
connected with the Olmsted gang and
asked if he could be made a special
agent in order to get inside evidence.
Consented to See Haynes.
‘ They asked me if I would see Mr.
Haynes, commissioner of prohibition, to
see if Hubbard couldn’t be appointed.
They told me they thought Hubbard
could be depended upon, but that any
way it wouldn't do any harm. I told
them I would see Mr. Haynes.”
Senator Jones said that when’ he had
returned to Washington he had seen the
orohibition commissioner, told him what
Lyle and Whitney wanted, and "left it
up to him.”
"My recollection is that Haynes said
at that time that Hubbard would be
appointed,” he added.
Senator Jones also said under cross
examination, he had no independent
knowledge about Hubbard, but said un
der re-direct examination by Defense
Attorney A. R. Hilen that he knew in
general about the operations of the
Olmsted gang.
SLASHED MERCHANT
SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS
AT PRINCE FREDERICK
(Continued From First Page.)
have been in an u ’y mood since Ben
was found dying in his store yesterday
morning. All day yesterday and late
into last night they hung about the
new store Ben completed Just last week,
and there were many muttered threats
of what would happen If Ben’s assailants
were caught. All ran along the line of
one spokesman, a farmer, who said:
Threat of Drastic Action.
"Lynchin’ would be too good fer them
as done fer Ben.”
The crowd has calmed down some
now, and Sheriff Morris Buckler, a close
personal friend of Ben Lyons, doesn’t
believe there will be trouble if the mer
chant's assailants are caught.
From a casual Inspection of the store
In which Ben was killed and a recital
by all parties who knew anything of
the circumstances leading to the attack,
two Baltimore city detectives, Robert E.
Bradley and William Flynn, the latter
a fingerprint expert, today inclined to
the theory that Ben. for some reason
not now known to the police or to the
members of the large Lyons family,
killed himself and made up the story
about the bandits.
Hendricks Lyons, one of Ben’s older
brothers, won’t believe Ben killed him
self. He can’t find any reason for it.
He says Ben was doing well, had money
in the bank and was facing bright pros
pects with his new store, opposite the
railroad station at Owings. He says
that Ben couldn’t have been in trouble,
because he hadn't come to any of his
brothers for help, and they all stood
ready, Ben knew, any time he needed
a helping hand.
Hard Times in County.
There have been hard times in Cal
vert County this Summer. The broad
and usually fertile acres about Owings
and Prince Frederick have been baked
as hard as bricks almost by the beat
ing sun. unallaved by rain The corn
, is standing withered and brown, the
i ears immature and worthless. The to
i bacco plants, those that have matured,
haven’t been worth a whole lot, and the
garden farms have not been a success.
There has been scarcely enough to sup
ply the farmers’ own tables. So the
farmers and the business men of the
section have decided to put down the
Summer of 1930 as a bad one and
"pocket” their loss.
Ben wasn't the sort to end things
that, way, his friends and family insist.
His reputation for fearlessness, hon
esty and industry is a byword in Cal
vert County. Everybody knows him.
; and the stranger in Calvert County was
told yesterday that anything that had
; to do with the Lyons boys was all right
I —that if it was credit neede, or a help
! ing hand, Ben and the rest of the Lyons
i boys were good for it.
Friends of the Lyons boys point out
that there has been a series of petty
i robberies in the community during the
past few weeks. Stores have been held
1 up, money taken and homes have been
broken into. There are a lot of people
not working in the county now and
they put it down to real necessity. But
i until yesterday morning there has been
j no violence.
Approached by Three.
Hendricks sat by Ben's bedside for a
1 long time yesterday. Ben's terribly
i slashed throat seemed to bar any at
| tempt at speech to tell the brothers
i and the police what happened. But
j Hendricks got Ben his false teeth and
when they were put in Ben found he
could whisper his story.
| He said he had Just made up his
i buying list and was going out of the
store to wait on his truck for Rufus D.
I "Dolly” Harrison, a nearby farmer, to
Igo to Baltimore. He had turned out
the store lights and was at the door
when the three men approached him
Two stood before him, one holding a
gun, and ordered him to throw up his
hands and give up his money.
“I haven’t got any money, it’* all
In the safe,” Ben told the bandits.
Then, Ben said, the other man. the
one who appeared white, grabbed a
piece of sash cord lying on the floor,
j looped it about Ben’s neck, and Jerked
him backward. Then, he said, one of
the men siezed a butcher knife lying
nearby and slashed his throat.
Harrison arrived at the store at about
4 o’clock yesterday morning. The
store was open, but dark, and the night
was dark, a light rain falling. Harrison
said he sat on the front steps of the
store a moment and then heard groans
coming from Inside the store. Follow
ing the groans, Harrison entered the
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NEWSPAPER ADS BEST
CHAIN STORE FINDS
Sear*, Roebuck to Center Moat of
Anniversary Sale Advertis
ing: in Dailies.
Newspaper advertising, placed in 543
newspapers throughout the United
States, will form the backbone of the
advertising campaign in connection
with the forty-fourth anniversary ob
servance of the Sears, Roebuck ds Co.,
according to C. R. Porter, manager of
Sears, Roebuck & Co., for the Wash
ington district, of which the Washing
ton store is a part.
Porter says there will be other ad
vertising, but that newspapers will be
relied upon to bring the message of the
anniversary campaign to the public,
with other forms of advertising simply
rounding out the newspaper campaign
“Our company,” he declared today,
“has always found newspapers the most
Jiroductive form of advertising, per dol
ar spent, of any media which have
been tried. We expect to stick with the
newspapers and expand our expendi
tures as the business grows to warrant
It.”
He pointed out that the concern plans
to spend approximately $4,250,000 this
year in newspaper advertising, in which
expenditure the seven stores in the
Washington area will share with in
creased advertising budgets allowed for
the anniversary event.
Two Fingers Amputated.
Two fingers were amputated from the
right hand of Albert H. Bushlin, 35 j
years old, of the 200 block Cedar avenue,
Takoma Park, at Casualty Hospital
yesterday afternoon after his hand had
been caught in a roller press at the
Ben Franklin Printing Shop, 1300
block F street.
store and found Lyons lying in a pool
of blood behind the counter.
He ran across the road, to where
Hendricks Lyons lives, and called the
brother. Hendricks ran across and.
with a searchlight, ascertained his
brother’s condition. A bloody butcher
knife lay beside his brother’s body and
the bloody piece of sash cord still was
about Ben’s neck. A $5 bill and some
checks were lying in the pool of blood
on the floor beside the prostrate body
of Ben.
Local doctors were called to admin
ister first aid, and then Ben was rushed
to the Prince Frederick Hospital, and
Dr. Elliott H. Hutchins of Mercy Hos
pital, Baltimore, a blcod transfusion
specialist, was called.
Mrs. Helen Hunt Lyons, Ben’s wife,
doesn’t know any reason why Ben
should want to kill himself. She be
lieves the story of the bandits. Ben.
she says, was years old, in good
health, happy innis home and w’lth
good prospects in business.
WARTIME SCENES
ENACTED AS FIDAC
DELEGATES ARRIVE
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i B and C of the 16th Field Artillery,
Maj. George, commanding.
In solemn dignity the procession con- ■
' tinued to the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier, where the Army Band fur
nished music for simple, but impres- j
sive. ceremonies.
Lieut. Col. Fred W. Abbott of Great
Britain, international president of Fi- !
1 dac, was chosen to place the wreath
and Fidac Gold Medal of Recognition
upon the Tomb. At the same time the
Minister of Portugal. Viscount d'Alte,
! placed upon it the Portuguese Crois de
J Guerre.
Pershing to Be Pinner Host.
Upon their return to the city the
delegates were the guests at luncheon I
of their ambassadors and ministers of i
their respective countries. Tonight’s
events will culminate with a formal
dinner at the Wardman Park Hotel, at
whifh Gen. John J. Pershing, com
mander in chief of the American Ex
peditionary Forces, will be the host.
High officials of the Goernment have
been invited to meet the guests and
addresses will be given by Col. Thad
H. Brown, general counsel of the Fed
eral Radio Commission; Maj. O. L.
Bodenhamer, national commander of
the American Legion, and M. Joseph l
Granier. attached to the ministry of |
war of France and head of the French 1
Fidac.
Today's activities of the Fidac are
dedicated to France, each day during
j the three-day stay in Washington be- j
I lng simillarly dedicated to some allied
; nation.
j Chief interest centers in the opening ;
of the congress in Continental Memo- s
| rial Hall, where the veterans of 10 j
■ countries will hold daily sessions to con- ;
| sider mutual problems growing out of |
the World War. Maj. Peyser will be
| the chairman today.
led by the United States Navy Band,
i the session will open with the national
anthems, followed by an invocation
which will be delivered by Rev. Francis
J. Hurney. The score or more of for
eign women representing the Fidac
Auxiliary will meet jointly with the
veterans. They are headed bv Princess
Alexandrine Cantacuzene of Rumania,
their president. Arter today the auxili
ary will hold separate sessions in the
Carlton Hotel.
Bodenhamer Will Speak.
National Comdr. Bodenhamer of the
American Legion will give the first ad
dress of welcome at the plenary session.
Then will follow Mrs. Lowell Fletcher
Hobart, president general of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution, in
whose hall the sessions are being held;
Maj. Gen. Herbert L. Crosby, on be
half of the District Commissioners, and
Mrs. Donald Macrae, Jr., national presi
dent of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Officials of the Fidac have had many
inquiries regarding the “40 and 8” box
car winch they brought from France to
present to the American Legion conven
tion in Boston.
Coming direct from New York, where
they were feted during the past three
days, prominent delegates to the Fidac
convention here were royally received at
the Union Station early today. At top
ire C'apt. Angjelinovitch, celebrated pub
licist: Maj. Lujo Lovric, blind hero of
the World War, being received by Nikola
Perasic of the Jugoslavic Legation here.
Center: Princess Cantacuzene of Ru
mania shaking hands with Mrs. Robert
Walbridge, American vice president of
the Fidac. Other women in the group
ire members of the European delegation.
Lower: Col. Fred W. Albott, left, presi
dent of the Fidac. is being greeted by O.
L. Bodenhamer, national commander of
the American Legion.
—Star Staff Photos.
NYE PROBE ENDS
IN ILLINOIS UNTIL
AFTER ELECTIONS
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“Did you spend any more than you
received?” Senator Nye asked.
“Yes, $3.15.”.'
“It has been charged that there was
very lavish use of money in your coun
ty,” Senator Nye said.
Big Sums Reported Spent.
“Yes, there have been reports of im
mense amounts spent in Will County,”
j Mr. Lara way said. “I was told at one
I time by a Deneen worker that a man
who gave his name as Groh was in
i vestigating my expenditures.
“As a matter of fact, in the State
Senate campaign, between Senator Barr
and Mrs. Lottie Holman O’Neill, there
was a great deal of money spent, but
there was no link between the State
! Senator race and the United States sen
atorial campaign.”
Charles H. Green of Freeport, Mrs.
McCormick's manager in Stephenson
County, said he had received no money
and that he paid $lO to himself for the
| distribution of posters, an amount later
returned to him. A small sum for post
age constituted the only other outlay,
he said.
$35 Spent by Manager.
Michael F. Walsh of Harvard, Mc-
Henry County manager for Mrs. Mc-
Cormick. set his campaign disburse
ments at, $35, which he paid himself.
He said he received nothing from her
or her organization; that his county had |
always been a stanch McCormick sup- |
porter and remained such.
Leach explained his failure to be
available as a witness in July and was
absolved of blame in the record. He
thought he had been excused.
He told of his negotiations with a
public utility for a campain contribu
tion.
“I believe it to be a fact that the
public utilities not only support candi
dates for the United States Senate, but
candidates for our own State As
sembly,” he said, when he was ex
cused.
Senator Clarence C. Dill will Tetum
to Washington tonight. Senator Robert
Wagner will leave for New York today
and Senator Roacoe Patterson of Mis
souri left for Kansas City at noon.
Though barred from the evidence, the
tapped-phone charges continued to bob
Into the probe. Photographs of the
phone circuit, which Mrs McCormick.
Republican senatorial nominee, claimed
tapped the line to her home at Byron,
111., were laid before the Senate Investi
gating Committee yesterday by T. B.
Thompson, publisher of the Rockford,
111., Daily Republic, owned by Mrs, Mc-
Cormick.
The photographs were taken last Sun
day, Thompson said, when he was called
as a witness to testify whether or not
j the Republican Candida f e had become
I financially interested in the newspaper
in order to further her campaign. The
photographs were not admitted as evi
dence, but the members of the com
mittee inspected them.
Charge Not Definite.
Chairman Nye then told Thomp
son. “unless you are definitely prepared
to declare that this committee, a mem
ber of it or an employe was responsible
for this wire-tapping we are not inclined
| to carry our investigation any further."
1 Senator Nye also said, “no member of
; this committee, no person employed by
j this committee had done anything of
1 this kind.”
The committee again denied the plea
of Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom
of Illinois that he be allowed to present
! a statement In defense of Mrs. McCor
i mick.
Mrs. McCormick, in a statement last
night, attacked that of Nye by asserting
that “it is a fact that agents of the
committee have tapped wires and that
these operations were in connection
with the investigation being conducted
by the committee.” She said lier only
conclusion was that "the reason the
chairman h*» finally refused to hear
those witnesses,” who, she said, would
prove her charges, was "that he Is afraid
, to hear them.”
HOODLUM DRIVE''
BATTLE TO FINISH
Chicago Police Raid Labor
Unions to Gain Informa
tion of Gang Control.
By the Associated Press.
CHICACO, September 18.—The police
hunt for 26 “public enemies’’ was re
vealed today as just a segment of *
concerted finish battle against rackets
and hoodlums.
Raids on 10 labor union offices, direct
ed by Strte’s Attorney Swanson, spread
the warfare into another sector yester
day and resulted in police seizure of
records which are expected to shed
light on the efforts of underworld gangs
to ’muscle'’ into control of reputable
labor groups.
The union offices were entered by
seven squads of detectives, under au
thority of warrants from Chief Justice
John J. McGoorty of the Criminal Court,
who inaugurated the major offensive
against the gangs in a special charge
to the September grand jury.
No Chance to Remove Record*.
The police squads struck simultaneous
ly so there would be no chance for re
moving or hiding the records. Assistant
State’s Attorneys Mueller and Louns
bury, in charge of racketeer prosecu
tions, said that most of the unions
involved were under the domination of
George (Red) Barker, William (Three-
Finger Jack) White? and similar char
acters. Both Barker and White were
listed by the Chicago Crime Commis
sion as “public enemies’’ and were on
the list of the 26 sought on vagrancy
warrants.
Among the union offices raided In
cluded: The Municipal Clerks' Union,
said to acknowledge Dann Stanton, also
a “public enemy.’’ as leader: the Union
of Commission Wagon Drivers, of which
Bernard O’Donnell, two of whose
brothers are listed as “public enemies,”
is business agent: Newspaper Wagon
Drivers’ Union, said to be controlled by
Anthony (Red) Kissane and John
Barry; Coal Teamsters* Union, which
with its subsidiaries is reported con
trolled by Barker and White, and the
Filling Station Owners’ Union, said to
be dominated by James Belcastro, also
a "public enemy.”
Seek Barker Connection.
The raiders seized books and papers
of the Marble Setters’ Union and the
Billposters and Billers’ Union, while a
scrutiny was to be made of th erecords
of the Ticket Takers and Ushers’ Union
in an effort to ascertain if Barker held
some connection with it.
The prosecutors announced they
would seek in the mass of seized rec
ords some inkling as to how “these
hoodlums, gangsters and ex-convicts ob
tained union jobs” and also whether
their control was obtained by use of
I the pistol.
Though Acting Commissioner of Po
lice Alcock offered additional compensa
tion for any policeman bringing in one.
of the “public enemies,” the only one
apprehended was Danny Stanton, who
happened to be in a cell when the war
rants were issued. He obtained his re
lease by providing $15,400 bonds.
Police believe that A1 Capone, most
notorious of the group, and the lesser
figures of gangland had all sought hid
ing places out of the city.
Youngest Capone Arrested.
Matthew Capone, 21. youngest of the
four Capone brothers, who have become
the favorite quarry of police from Chi
cago to Philadelphia and Florida was
picked up on the far South Side early
today and locked up for investigation.
Young Capone was driving his auto
mobile when recognized.
Matthew was once arrested in Phila
delphia, where he was a student, while
“Scarface” Al, his best known brother,
was serving a jail term for carrying a
concealed weapon.
SEEK MACHINE GUN SOURCE.
New Yerk Police Launch Nation-Wide
Drive to Cut Supply.
• NEW YORK, September 18 (X\. —A
I nation-wide drive to close the aouroe «f
supply of machine guns and ammiml*
tion to gangsters was started yesterday
by Police Commissioner Mulrooney. Hi*
action was taken after the arrest
three men in what police believe to fi
a plot to provide machine guns for Aj
Capone's gangsters in Chicago.
The arrests led police to
cate with authorities in Buffalo, Detrafc
Chicago. Gary, Ind., and other lam
cities, to request their co-operatiofL
They said they learned 15 shipments of .
arms had been made to Chicago wj
Detroit gangsters.
Gary police wired they were seeking
a former Department of Justice agent
named Danielsky. alias William Scott,
who is alleged to have acted as go
i between in the shipment of arms from
! New York through Gary,
j In New York police arrested Cornelius
Bertslnger, owner of the Hudson Sport
i ing Goods Co., who said he sold six ma
chine guns to representatives of the
Capitol Coal Co. of Detroit, alleged to be
a non-existent concern. Bertsinger,
however, maintained he thought the
guns were to be used to guard industrial
premises and police were Inclined to be
lieve him.
The others arrested were Joseph
Bonaventure of Brooklyn and Charles
De Benetto, proprietor of a bowling
alley in Buffalo. Police said De Ben
etto's brother was slain some time ago
in Buffalo.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.
Dinner meeting, Thirteen Club,
cabinet room of the Willard Hotel, 6:30
p.m.
Dinner. American Automobile As
sociation, room 828, Willard Hotel, 7
p.m.
Meeting, Arts Club, 2017 I street,
this evening.
Card party, Woman’s Benefit As
sociation, 1750 Massachusetts avenue,
3:30 p.m.
Meeting, Lido Civic Club, north room
of the Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m.
Meeting, Association for a Home for
Widows and Orphans of Veterans,
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club,
Eleventh and L streets, 8 p.m.
Meeting George Washington Post,
No. 1. American Legion, 1441 Rhode
island avenue, 8 p.m.
FUTURE.
Luncheon, Alpha Delta Phi Frater
nity, Hotel Gordon, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m.
Breakfast, Insurance Section. U. S.
Chamber of Commerce, room 101, Wil
lard Hotel, tomorrow, 8 a m.
Breakfast, Governing Board of Na
tion's Business of U. S. Chamber of
Commerce, room 201, Willard Hotel,
.omorrow, 8 a.m.
Luncheon, American Legion Auxil
iary. Chinese room of the Mayflower
Hotel, tomorrow, 1 p.m.
Breakfast. Transportation and Com
merce Committee of the U. S. Cham
ber of Commerce, north room of the
Mayflower Hotel, tomorrow, 7:45 a.m.
The scheduled meeting of the Dis
trict of Columbia Dental Assistants’ So
ciety has been postponed from tonight
m the third Thursday in October be
muse of the absence from the city of
jeveral members.