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WEATHER.
(U. B. Weather Bureau Forecast).
Fair and somewhat cooler tonight and
probably tomorrow.
Temperatures—Highest, 97, at 4 p.m.
yesterday; lowest, 79, at 7 am. today,
Full report on page 4.
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 13,14 &15
No. 31.867.
WORLD FLYERS HOP
OFF FROM MOSCOW
FEN HOURS BEHIND
POST - GATTY MARK
Herndon and Pangborn Hope
to Stay Aloft 24, Hours in
Flight Across Siberia With
Irkutsk as Goal.
AIRMEN STILL EXPECT
TO MAKE NEW RECORD
Landing in Berlin Almoit Over
looked as Germans Are Occupied
in Greeting Beturn of Graf Zep
pelin From Arctic; Oversized
' Wheels Put on Bed Monoplane.
Sr the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. July 31.—Clyde Pang
born and Hugh Herndon, jr., pass
ing through on their way around
the world, stopped only a little
more than five hours here today,
then roared away across Siberia,
seeking to lower the globe-girdling
record set by Harold Gatty and
.Wiley Post.
They got here from Berlin be
fore noon and left at 5:20 p.m.
(9:20 a.m. Eastern standard time),
planning to reach Irkutsk, in the
middle of Siberia, before coming
down again. After that their
schedule calls for stops at Khar
barovsk and Nome.
They had perfect weather
ahead, although a light head wind
promised to cut down their speed
somewhat.
They were approximately 10 hours
behind the trail blazed by Post and
Gatty when they took off, but they still
believe they can make up the time they
lost and lower the round-the-world
record.
Ten Hours From Berlin.
The flight from Berlin required a
little more than 10 hours, and the first
thing they did upon arriving here was
to arrange for refueling so that they
might resume their long, hard Journey
as quickly as possible.
Pangborn said they had abandoned
their original plan to make the Pacific
crossing in one long hop from Tokio to ■
Seattle, and instead will follow the
Post-Gatty route across Siberia and the ;
Bering Sea to Nome
They believe they have an excellent I
chance to beat the mark set by their !
predecessors, because they Intend to
make fewer and shorter stops.
They had excellent flying weather I
from Berlin, although there were some 1
headwinds, and when they landed both I
said they were feeling fine, although I
they were looking a bit worn.
Lost Little Time.
After the customs formalities at the j
airport thev went to luncheon at a'
hotel, and returned to the flying field |
Immediately.
Post and Gatty stayed here more
than 12 hours, and by reducing the
length of their stop. Herndon and !
Pangborn hoped to make up consider
able time.
One advantage on their side is that
they can relieve each other at the stick
while the ship Is in the air. Post han
dled the controls throughout the earlier
flight, Gatty serving as navigator.
Profiting by the experience of their
predecessors, Hemdcn and Pangborn
have fitted their plane with oversize
wheels to prevent getting stuck In the
mud as Post and Gatty did at
Blagoveschensk.
To stay. Up 24 Hours.
When they took off they hoped to fly
at least 24 hours before landing again.
That should take them almost to
Irkutsk in the middle of Siberia.
Dispatches from Berlin said their
atop there had been longer than they
expected, as they were delated by the
necessity of having repairs made. Bat-.
tery trouble put their navigation lights
out of commission. The trouble was!
partly remedied by new batteries, which I
gave them instrument lighting, but
rather than wait for the job to be com
pleted they hurried away.
When they arrived at Tempelhof Air
drome, in Berlin, the Graf Zeppelin,
back from an Arctic cruise, was there,
and it was some time before German
field officials realized they were also
playing host to a pair of fivers who had
crossed the Atlantic and were out to set
a new round-the-world record.
World Flyers’ Log
By the Associated Press.
(Time Is Eastern Standard Time.)
Tuesday, July 28.
5:18 a.m.—Left Floyd Bennett Field,
N. Y.
Wednesday, July 29.
1:00 p.m.—Landed Moylegrove, Wales.
Thursday, July 30.
12:15 a.m.—Left Moylegrove.
2:15 a.m.—Landed Croydcn Airdrome,
London.
9:15 a.m.—Left Croydon.
1:30 p.m.—Larded Templehof Air
drome. Berlin.
4:49 p.m.—Left Berlin for Moscow.
8:20 p.m.—Sighted over Koenigsberg,
Germany.
Friday, July 31.
3:52 a.m.—Landed at Moscow.
9:20 a.m.—Left Moscow.
TAKOMA PARK STREET
BURNS FOR 20 MINUTES
Firemen Battle Philadelphia" Ave
nue Blaze After Tar Wagon
Catches on Fire.
Br a BUS Correspondent of The Star.
TAKOMA PARK. Md„ July 31.
Philadelphia avenue in front of the Ta
koma Park-Silver Bpring High School
caught fire here today. The street
burned for 20 minutes before volunteer
firemen could subdue the flames with
chemicals and water.
The fire broke out while laborers
were coating the street with tar and
waa caused by a tar wagon used by the
pavers first catching on fire, spilling
burning material onto the thoroughfare.
Dense smoke attracted a huge crowd,
which watched the pavement bum as
the almost baffled firemen attempted to
cope with the situation.
Spontaneous combustion was blamed.
Entered as second class matter
post office. Washington. D. C.
I AMERICANS HAILED AS HEROES
BY PEOPLE OF ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Boardman and Polando Invited to Be
Guests of Mustapba Kemal Pasha at
Summer Residence.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 31 (fP).—
Russell Boardman and John Polan
do, who flew here from New York
in a little more than 49 hours, said
' today their plans for the future
were still undecided, but that they
I were considering continuing on
around the world byway of India,
I making a number of stops.
By the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 31. Fortified
by a night’s sleep in borrowed pajamas
and a breakfast with American coffee,
Russell Boardman and John Polando
stepped out today into a city which had
become theirs overnight.
I They got the pajamas, as Lindbergh
once did, from the American Am-
I bassador. The coffee was brewed
especially for them because they could
not go the strong blend preferred In
i Turkey. They also had brand-new suits
of clothes.
The flyers came here without luggage
and finding a pair of ahoes for Amer
: lean feet Is not the easiest thing to do
in Istanbul. In all the city there were
LINDY TO REMAIN
IN OTTAWA TODAY
Consults With Officials About
Conditions Over Northern
Canadian Wilds.
By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, July 31,—Like a couple of
motor tourists stopping to ask how the
roads are ahead, Col. and Mrs. Charles
A. Lindbergh tarried here today to con
sult with Government air and radio
officials concerning conditions over the
Northern Canadian wilds which lie In
their path to the Orient.
Time for departure on the next stage 1
of their Journey was not announced, but
Col. Lindbergh said it would not be
before tomorrow. Their next flight will
take them to Moose Factory on James
Bay, the southernmost arm of Hudson
Bay, 461 miles from here. From there
on the route lies over some of the wild
est, most sparsely settled country on
the continent.
They landed on the waters of the
Ottawa River at the Rockcllfte airport
here at 4:36 p.m. yesterday after a
! leisurely flight at 105 miles an hour
! from North Haven, Me., which they left!
j at 1:06 p.m., after saying good-by to I
! their infant son and Mrs. Lindbergh’s
! parents at the Summer home of Sena
tor Dwight W. Morrow. They covered
the 380 miles In 3 hours and 30 minutes.
A crowd of 1.500 was at the airport;
!to welcome thtm, including Hanford,
I McNlder, United States Minister to'
| Canada, and Mrs. McNlder, at whose
j home the Lindberghs will stay while in
i Ottawa.
i Mrs. Lindbergh proved her skill as a
j radio operator during the flight from
I North Haven by stndlng frequent bul- !
| letins reporting the progress of the
; plane. The last one w\s sent from
over the airport announcing their ar-
J rival.
CHOICE OF JURY TO TRY
COL. LUKE LEA IS BEGUN
i
Special Venire of 125 Ken Sum
moned to Asheville From Near
by County.
By the Associated Press.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.. July 31.—A spe
cial venire of 125 mountain men from
Haywood County reported to Judge M.
V. Barnhill in Superior Court hese to
day. and the task of selecting a jury to
try Col. Luke Lea, Tennessee publisher,
and three others on conspiracy charges
was Immediately begun.
With his son. Luke Lea. jr.: E. P.
Charlet, a business associate, and Wal
| lace B. Davis, former president of the
I defunct Central Bank Sc Trust Co.. Lea
i Is charged with consolring to defraud
the bank of $1,300,000.
The State quickly accepted 12 Jurors.
Defense attorneys tore into the tentative
panel, and the flght over each seat bids
fair to continue throughout the day and
perhaps tomorrow.
—■ ■ • ■
LEAP FROM PLANE FATAL
WHEN PARACHUTE FAILS
By the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J„ July 31.
Ray Forrest, 30, of Weatherfield, Conn.,
a parachute jumper, was killed last
night in an exhibition Jump over the
oceen at the end of the Steel Pier.
He Jumped from a plane at an al
titude of 1,600 feet and his parachute
failed to open. He had been making
Jumps twice a day for a week.
Monoplane Pilot Killed.
ST. LOUIS. July 31 iff).— Fred Shep
pard. about 35, of Chicago, flying a
small monoplane, crashed near Flor
risant, in 6t. Louis County, yesterday
afternoon shortly after he left Lambert-
St. Louis Flying Field for Kansas City
and was instantly killed. The plane
fell about 1,500 feet.
INFLUX OF SEA NETTLES HALTS
USE OF SEINES IN CHESAPEAKE
Fishermen Report Single Haul of Seven and One-Half
Tons of Pests From Bay.
' Hauling of seines has practically been |
1 discontinued In various parts of Chesa- I
peake Bay and tributary rivers because j
of the influx of sea nettles, the Bureau:
of Fisheries announced today.
Fishermen have reported one haul
' in which approximately seven and one
half tons of nettles were taken. This
1 resulted, they explained. In the smother
: lng of the flsh which were mixed with
' j the solid mass of nettles In the pockets
1 . of the seine. Trap nets also are said to
jhave become choked with the nettles.
> I The . bureau said the nettles have
I i been reported more numerous this year
■: than ever before.
E Bureau officials said they had con
.! dueled an investigation and found
i theie was nothing to be done except
i l to wait for a stiff inshore wind to blow
1 the floating pests sufficiently far enough
up on the beaches where they would be
destroyed. . . ,
it
t imUllitfi
W\z ©jetting J&kf.
only two pairs to fit the new heroes.
The embassy staff found them.
There were hundreds of telegrams
awaiting the flyers when they woke up
this morning, but the most Important
was from Mustapha Kemal Pasha,
President of the Turkish Republic. He
wants to meet the men who flew from
New York In 49 hours and 20 minutes,
and probably they will go tomorrow to
Yalova, the Summer capital, which the
President created out of the small
Village of Ismldt.
Sometime today they wanted to drive
1 out to the airport for another look at
the monoplane Cape Cod, which carried
1 them to a new world distance record
I for non-stop flying. The record is not
yet official, out on the basis of available
i figures it appears to have bettered the
mark set by Coste and Bellonte.
First, they were to be guests at a
luncheon given by Ambassador Joseph ,
C. Grew at the embassy and after that
i they were to sit for the young Turkish
artist, Halid Bey.
The Turkish Aviation League has
, been instructed by President Mustapha I
i Kemal Pasha to prepare two medals
i (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.)
RITCHIE DEMANDS
ACTION FOR IDLE
t
Government Must Act if Busi
ness Won’t, Virginia
Bar Told.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.
Va.. July 30.—Addressing the Virginia
Bar Association annual meeting here:
last night, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of
Maryland said that If business does not
do something about the unemployment
situation the Government will.
"I suppose that nothing has stirred
the American people more than the
period of Industrial depression and
unemployment through which we are
now passing.” he aaid. “It could not
be o herwise. with from elx to eight
millions of men and women wanting
work and needing work, but unable
to get It.
“The underlying cause is the break
down in our economic balance which
followed the World War and the in
evitable crash which came after our
Po6t-war orgy of extravagance. Infla
tion and wild and reckless spending
! and credit buying.
I "When we consider measures which
will prevent, or. at least mitigate, a
recurrence of these distressing condi
' tlons, we see that there are funda-
I mental national policies which might
; be so shaped and directed as to con-
I tribute to that end.
“I believe that the lowering of our
present tariff to overcome these ob
jections at least would react favorably
i on American business.
"No one denies that much of the
economic and political Instability in
; Europe, which in turn affects us,
grows out of the reparations and the
International deb’s, so that if our
statesmen and those of other coun
tries would face the realities of this
situation and turn their attention to
considering now what will have to be
considered later on anyhow, namely,
whether all these international obli
gations will not from sheer economic
necessity have to be radically read-
I Justed, this might supply the courage
and the hope, the impetus and the
opportunity needed for returning pros
perity In other lands and in ours.
Preparedness in Industry.
"Let me ask the captains of Ameri
can industry, the business and finan
cial leaders of the land, this question:
What are you doing to be ready for
this unemployment situation when It
breaks the next time? You fear to
have government prepare for it, be
cause the political element.? in govern
ment may adopt plans and panaceas
which, like compulsory unemployment
insurance, you believe are unsound or
harmful or futile, and may in the end
overwhelm an already overburdened
public treasury. In truth, that mav
happen. Then what are you Indus
trialists doing to put your own house
In order, so as to avert this danger of
governmental intervention?
"Industry is doubtless doing all it
can to dig Itself out of the present
depression. No doubt It Is taking on
new men when It can justify them,
not laying off old men when that
can bs avoided: doing future work now
wherever possible, staggering employ
ment shortening the work period,
(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ~
U. S. MAY LEND JOBLESS
THOUSANDS OF BEDS
By the Associated Press.
War Department officials said today
the Army had 1,600,000 blankets and
250,000 cots In reserve depots that could
be used for the relief of unemployed
next Winter If needed.
They said they had received no re
■ quests from relief organizations for esti
mates of equipment.
The blankets and cots will be loaned
by corps area commanders through
State Governors, when requested as
1 they were last year, when 28,000 blan
kets and 18,000 cots were distributed
. Protests received by the bureau from
citizens in the bay section and one from
an official of the Maryland Trust Co.
I stated that Summer beach resorts have
been fosced to erect expensive nettle
screens or have suffered heavy loss of
patronage.
It was also reported that Ashing by
trap nets and seines has been seriously
affected in these wtters. *
The scientific division of the bureau
today said that climatic conditions may
be responsible for the abundance of
nettles. It was explained that no
scientific study had ever been made of
nettles end a theory was advanced by
members of the division that the only
means of permanently destroying them
would be for a stiff inshore breeze to
blow them high and dry and allow
nature to perfom the rest,
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WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1931—THIRTY PAGES. ***
RELIEF PREDICTED
AFTER NIGHT HEAT
SETS NEW RECORD
Lower Temperature and Mild
Winds Forecast for To
night and Tomorrow.
: CLOUDS AND SHOWERS
ADD TO DISCOMFORT
800 Sleep in Parks as Mercury-
Stays at 79 or Above—Cool
Wave Expected Prom Lakes.
I
Temperature Range
After a maximum of 97 degrees
shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, the temperature ranged
a3 follows:
4 p.m 96 S a m 82
6 p.m 91 4 a.m 82
8 p.m 87 5 a.m 80
9 p.m 86 6 a.m 79
10 p.m 85 7 a.m 79
11 p.m 85 8 a.m 81
12 p.m 85 9 a.m 81
1 a.m 84 10 a.m 81
2 a.m 84 11 a.m 82
“Somewhat cooler weather” was In
prospect today following a night of
record-breaking temperatures and
breathless humidity. The mercury
never got below 79 degrees all night,
and showers developing at Intervals
only added to the general discomfort.
More than 800 persons, the largest
number ever to turn out In a single
night, sought refuge in the city’s parks,
and many hundreds of residents spent
at least part of the night out of doors,
on front stoops, private lawns and roof
tops.
10 Prostrations Reported.
Last night’s heat was the aftermath
of a 97-degree maximum yesterday (
which resulted in 10 prostrations and
the early dismissal of some 10,000 Gov- :
emment employes from the temporary)
buildings.
With temperatures averaging from:
8 to 16 degrees cooler this afternoon, j
however, there was little prospect of a i
general dismissal of employes, although I
a few small groups may be released,
later where conditions are especially
ill suited to hot weather.
The Weather Bureau reported tem
perature recordings In the forenoon
and early afternoon comfortably under
those of yesterday. At 11 o’clock the
reading was 83 degrees, followed by 85
at noon, 88 at 1 o’clock and an hour
later had fallen off one degree.
Temporary buildings housing Cen
sus Bureau and Federal Trade Com
mission employes were 10 to 12 degrees
cooler than they were yesterday, snd
cooler U'eather was attended by a light
breeze.
Last night's humidity, unusually high
in view of the fact that It was attended
by high temperatures, ranged from 70
per cent at 8 o'clock last night to 61
per cent at 8 o'clock this morning.
A trace oi rain was recorded at the |
Weather Bureau during the night,
showers falling about 10:30 last night
and 3 o'clock this morning.
Clouds Present Relief.
Only light breezes accompanied the
rain, however, and an overcast sky pre
vented the cl from cooling off during
the night, the forecaster said.
During the night park police counted
808 sleepers In the parks. 334 of whom
sought relief under the trees of Judiciary
Park. More than 250 others slept in
the Potomac Parks, and the remainder
were scattered about in the various
parks over the District.
The current forecast said: “Fair
and somewhat cooler tonight and prob
ably Saturday, accompanied by gentle
winds, mostly north and northeast.”
Capital Held Lucky.
The forecaster said today that Wash
ington is “lucky,” because there is a
drift of air from the Northern Great
Lakes and New York State, where fairly
cool weather prevails. It Is not un
usual at this time of year, he said, for
the air currents to come from the Mid
dle West, scorching just now under
some of the hottest sunshine of the
year.
Five of those overcome yesterday re
mained at hospitals today, although all
were regarded out of danger. They were I
Joseph Mayo, 34, who fainted from the
heat and fumes while working in the
Washington Gas Light plant at Twenty
sixth and G streets He was admitted
to Emergency Hospital.
Thomas Rlnehard, 19-year-old car-,
penter, of Wayside Inn, Md., was over
come while at work at the Bureau of
Standards. He was taken to Emer
gency Hospital, where he remained for]
treatment.
Robert Mints, colored. 24 years old,
of the first block of E street northeast,
fainted while at work at Fourth street
and Florida avenue. He was admitted
to Casualty Hospital.
Herman Jackson, colored, 47 years
old, was overcome while driving a truck
at Thirty-eighth and R streets. He
was admitted to Georgetown University
Hospital.
James Pickett, colored, 50 years old,
was overcome at his home in the 1300
block of V street. He was taken to
Freedmen s Hospital and remained for
treatment.
Others Given Aid.
Others given first aid and allowed
to go home were Mrs. Bernice Arnold,
26 years old, of 1726 Fourteenth street,
who was overcome at Thirteenth and
G streets: William Monden, 65 years ]
old of 805 Mount Vernon place, who
fainted while at work on the new De
partment of Commerce Building; Mary
Jones, 32 years old, who was treated
bv the fire resque squad when she was
overcome at the Washington. Balti
more & Annapolis Railway Station, and
later removed to her home In the
l Franklin Park Apartments; William
i Gillespie, 42 years old, of 1012 Park
road who was overcome while working
’ -t Tenth and Monroe streets, receiv
! lng treatment at Garfield Hospital, and
s. Robert Bell, 33 years old, colored, of the
r 3100 block of Seventh street, who was
given first aid at Freedmen's Hospital.
r More than a score of Census Bureau
. employes received first aid in the
emergency room when they were af
i fected by the heat yesterday afternoon.
, The 5,000 employes were dismissed
p about 1 o’clock from the buildings at
, seventh and D streets.
r
r Four Die in Cincinnati.
J CINCINNATI. July -31 (VP).—Four
j persons died here today of heat prostra
, tion as the temperature mounted toward
the 95-degree mark.
P
HENDERSON ESTATE
COLLECTORS ASKED
Seay, Executor and Heir Un
der One of Wills, Urges Court
to Conserve Assets.
Harry A. Seay, former secretary of
Senator John B. Henderson and named
1 as one of the executors snd a residuary
j legatee under the November 17, 1930,
: will of Mrs. Mary F. Henderson, widow
j of the Senator, today asked the District
! Supreme Court to appoint collectors for
] Mrs. Henderson’s estate. No effort Is
j being made, he says, to protect and con-
I serve the Income from the enormous
holdings of real estate and personal
property, valued at $6,000,000. It Is
necessary, he claims, for collectors to
be appointed.
Through Attorney Norman Lan
dreau, Beay informs the court of the
death of Mrs. Henderson at Bar Har
bor, Me.. July 16 and asserts that her
only heirs at law and next of kin are
Henry Arnold, a nephew, and Francis
Arnold, a niece, both of New York City.
No mention is made In the petition of
Mrs. Beatrice Henderson Wholean, the
reputed granddaughter and adopted
heir of Mrs. Henderson.
The petition sets out that the assessed ;
value of the real estate approximates j
$3,000,000. and that the stocks and secur
itles are estimated at a like figure. It is
| pointed out that there are six wills
filed snd no petition for the probate of
any Has been presented to the court.
Seay says he Is a large creditor of
the estate, as well as being named as
executor snd one of the residuary
legatees under the will of November 17,
1930. For more than 20 years, he tells
the court, he has been intimately con
nected with the management and direc
tion of the affairs of Mrs. Henderson.
He anticipates, he says, a long drawn
out contest over the estate.
PRESIDENT GOES
TO RAPIDAN CAMP
Expected to Confer With Doak
at Camp on Unemploy
ment.
With no pressing governmental busi
ness facing him for the moment, Presi
dent Hoover left Washington this aft
ernoon to spend the week end at his
i fishing camp on the Rapldan River In
Virginia. His purpose is to give no
thought to work or State affairs during
Ms absence, but to devote his attention
entirely to rest and relaxation. ‘
It is expected, however, that he will
| confer at some length with Secretary
t of Labor Doak, who will be In the week
end party, regarding the unemployment
(situation. ..
! Besides Mrs. Hoover and the Sec
retary of Labor, those In the week
end party will be Mrs. Doak, Represent
ative Parker of New York and Mrs.
Parker, Representative Free of Cali
fornia and Mrs. Free, Will Irwin, nov
elist and special writer, and Mrs. Irwin;
E. A. Yost, special examiner of the
Radio Commission, and Mrs. Yost, vice
chairman of the Republican National
Committee in charge of women’s activi
ties: Mrs. Marie Brown Meloney, New
York editor; Thomas E. Campbell,
chairman of the Civil Service Commis
sion, and Jay Haydon, Washington cor
respondent of the Detroit News, and
Mrs. Haydon.
STOCK POOL OPERATOR
GETS 10-YEAR SENTENCE
1 Promoter Who Pleaded Guilty Had
Claimed Backing of A1 Smith
and Raskob.
] Br the Associated Frew.
I NEW YORK, July Sl.—Robert Lee
. Harrison, who pleaded guilty to one
. of three Indictments charging grand
’ larceny In connection with a $1,000,-
1 000 stock pool which he said was backed
| by former Gov. Alfred E. Smith, John
! J. Raskob and others, was sentenced
: to from 5 to 10 years In the penlten
tlary by General Sessions Judge Max
, S, Levine today.
! *
Oil Stonge Tank in Flames.
i HAMILTON, Bermuda, July 31 UP).—
t A huge oil storage tank maintained
by the West India Oil Co. on the north
shore of St. Georges Island burst into
flames early this morning with a shat
tering explosion and was still burning
r hours later.
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1 Radio Programs os Pagt B-9
Suspend Policemen
For Associating
With Bootleggers
Conviction of 2 Follows
Charges Against Others
of “Extortion.”
Two additional fourth precinct po
licemen, Franklin R. Gue and Oscar
L. Fisher, today were suspended by In-
I spector William S. Shelby, acting po
| lice chief, for associating with boot
! leggers. •
Only yesterday Frank J. Hospldor
and Edward W. Gore, two other fourth
precinct policemen, were held for the
action of a grand jury by order of
Police Judge Robert E. Mattingly for
extortion in accepting "protection
money” from whisky dealers.
Inspector Bhelby revealed Investi
gators had been told Gue’s personal
automobile had been used in the de
livery of liquor. The acting chief added
both men would be taken before the
Trial Board. He said the investigation
would be continued, with a remote pos
sibility of criminal prosecution.
Flank Adams, colored, of the 700
block of First street southwest, testified
yesterday in Police Court he had paid
$lO in graft to Gore In the presence of
Fisher. He also told of other collections
of a similar nature made by Gore and
Hospldor.
The suspension of Pvts. Gore and
Hospldor were approved by the Com
missioners today, effective from July 28.
WHITEIUSEAIDE
TO GET NEW POST
Walter Ferguson, Veteran on
Secret Service Staff, Is
Assigned to Field.
Walter Ferguson, one of the veteran
members of the White House secret
service staff, will leave that assign
ment tomorrow to go to Providence,
R. I„ where he will be connected with
the secret service district office there.
Mr. Ferguson is making this trans
fer assignment because of the health
of his wife. It Is said at the White
House that the recent Investigation of
the secret service as a result of "news
leaks" had nothing to do with the
transfer.
Mr. Ferguson, a native of Quincy,
Mass., where his father was chief of
police for a number of years, has been
on the White House secret service de
tail since 1917. Before coming to the
White House he was a field operative
of the secret service and distinguished
himself In Investigation work incident
to espionage in this country.
During his long service in Washing
ton Mr. Ferguson made friends with
: many persons of national and interna
tional distinction. He accompanied
' President Wilson on both journeys to
France incident to the completion of
the negotiations of the Versailles treaty
and accompanied President Harding on
his ill-fated Alaskan trip.
During President Harding’s admin
istration Mr. Ferguson’s distinguished
work called forth the praise of Presi
dent Harding on more than one occa
, sion, and during the last year of Presi-
I dent Harding's life Mr. Ferguson was
[ confidential aide to the President.
POLICE GHOST CHASERS ACQUIRE
THREE SHEETS FOR THEIR LABOR
Shrouds of Mystery Yielded by Haystack, Fleeing Man
and Cavorting Girl.
Br tbe Associated Frew.
MEDIA, Pa., July 31.—There may be
ghoets and phantoms at Glen Mills
Cross Road, near Media, where 2,000
] persons gathered at midnight to catch
| a white-shrouded figure, but a cal
• loused State police detail Is richer by
l three bed sheets today—the result of a
| hectic night’s work.
Every midnight since Tuesday, folks
: around this staid old Quaker town say,
a fiendish laugh has sounded over the
fields of the John Storey farm end a
white figure appears atop an embank
ment.
- Farmers, merchants, milkmen and
1 spooners have told of seeing the ghost.
> Two women motorists became so ex
> cited, they say, at seeing the apparition
* they crashed their vehicles Into a ditch.
I Armed with revolvers, stones, clubs
and determination, 500 men were at
the lonely spot night before last to
i «tch the ghost of the slayer of John
' Stone. Legend has it the killer, after
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4 •
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour"
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,334
Means Asaoelatad Prata. TWO CENTS.
WRITER FEARS WAR
FROM DISARMING
Simonds Sees Threat In
Equalized Armies in Pres
ent State of Affairs.
By tb« Associated Press.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mas*.. July 31
War instead of peace, said Frank H.
Simonda today, might be the remit of
disarmament in the present stage of
world affairs.
Simonds, well known writer on po
litical and economic subjects, was ad
dressing the General Conference on
Disarmament at the Institute of Poli
tics. It was the first sitting of group
sessions at the institute.
The disarmament group is presided
over by James G. McDonald of New
York. Armaments, Simonds, said, hare
nothing whatever to do with the pres
ent situation between France and Ger
many, where two great peoples are at
odds “over issues which to them spell
life and death.” Disarmament or reduc
tion of ai in—tnta which would equal
ize the fighting force of the nations
might perpetuate war, he mid.
Another speaker was Norman Thomas,
director of the League for Industrial
Democracy and Socialist presidential
candidate in 1928. He also stressed the
futility and danger of disarmament as
a sole and sufficient means of peace.
Parley Difficulties Noted.
Opening the discussions, Chairman
MacDonald emphasised the importance
and difficulties of the forthcoming dls
armiment conference. If the confer
ence fails to secure “reduction of the
present crushing armament burden,”
the world's efforts to build up an ade
quate peace machinery "will be re
tarded perhaps for a generation,” he
said. “Nevertheless, today the prospects
for the first real disarmament confer
ence in Geneva next February are net
encouraging. Now failure seems more
likely than success. The recent elab
oration of the French program discloses
how difficult her terms of acceptance
will be. Great Britain and the United
States, particularly the latter, are com
pletely unwilling to give the guarantees
demanded by the Qual D’Orsay,” Mr.
MacDonald said.
Simonds visualized post-war chaos as a
conflict between 200,000,000 people aris
ing from peace treaty settlements.
"If you look at the European conti
nent it is to see not less than two hun
dred millions of people arrayed against
each other. The German. Austrian and
Hungarian peoples, the losers of the last
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OPEN SHIRTS TABOO
British Postal Head Denies Mail
men’s Hot-Weather Plea.
LONDON, July 31 UP).— The postmas
ter general yesterday refused a request
of British postmen to wear their shirts
open at the neck during the hot
weather. . ..
He said that neckties were Indispen
sable for upholding the proprieties of
British dress. •
Plant Beopens, Employing 120.
WHEELING, W. Va., July 31 (A 5 ). —
Officials of the Wheeling Steel Corpo
ration announced yesterday that the
blast furnace of the company's River
side unit at Benwood would resume
operations today, providing employment
for 130 men. The furnace has not
operated since January 15.
hacking Storey’s body, hanged himself
In the orchard.
They didn’t catch him because
Farmer McGeehan, with a revolver, dis
suaded any one from vaulting the fence
and trampling his vegetables, ghost or
no ghost.
Last night more than 2,000 persons
assembled at the spot.
At midnight a State trooper saw a
white form and grabbed it He got a
sheet, which he still has; the wearer
got away.
A few hundred feet away a dosen
cautious men snatched another sheet
Underneath was a stack of hay.
A mile away troopers caught a girl
flitting about with a sheet wrapped
about her. She didn’t break a law,
they discovered, but they took the sheet
anyway. She said she was just having
some fun.
“What to do, what to do,’’ said the
troopers as the 2,000 citizens announced
they would return again tonight to
catch the ghost.
But ghost or no ghost, the three
sheets went out In the weekly police
bamoks laundry bundle today,
-■ S• v• -T-' Vi" •-
CAPONE ALLOWED
TO CHANGE GUILTY
PLEAINTAX CASE
Wilkerson at Surprise Ses
sion Reserves Decision
on Dry Plot Motion.
HEARING IN SEPTEMBER;
U. S. JURY TO RECONVENE
New Indictment Carrying Longer
Tern Sought—Schall May Ask
Probe of “Deal.”
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 31.—“ Scarface Al”
Capone was allowed to withdraw his
plea of guilty to evasion of income
taxes today at an unexpected morning
session of court called by Judge James
H. Wilkerson.
The court reserved decision, however,
on the gang lord's motion to change
his plea on the indictment for conspir
ing against the prohibition law, and.
calling the Federal grand Jury before
him, directed it to review the 5,000
offenses cited with a view to reindicting
Capone on charges bearing a heavier
penalty.
The gangster has another five weeka
of grace before he is arraigned again,
September 8. At that time Judge
Wilkerson will set the income tax cases
for trial probably the last week of Sep
tember, and will rule on the pleas in
the liquor indictments.
The court gave its decision shortly
after 10 a.m., having summoned at
torneys at the last minute, apparently
desiring to avoid the turmoil of crowds
that attended yesterday’s session.
Only Michael Ahem was present to
represent the gang chief, and he took
no part in the proceedings. Judge Wil
kerson gave a brief statement of his
decision, docketed the case for hearing
and ajoumed court. Capone was not
present.
Orders New Jury Probe.
Upon adjourning court yesterday
Judge Wilkerson indicated he would
give his decision «t 2 pjn. today, and
the morning summons was a surprise.
In a brief statement In open court
the Judge said he believed the specific
accusations made by the grand Jury re
quired a more serious charge than that
contained in the liquor conspiracy in
dictment and he summoned the grand
Jury before him and directed that tha
evidence be presented anew before It.
Relative to the agreement between
Government attorneys and defense
counsel that the prosecution would
make certain recommendations, assert
ed by the defense to mean a lenient
penalty, Judge Wilkerson observed:
“As the coses ore to be tried, the
1 Interests of Justice require that there
be no further comment on the pro
posed recommendations or arrangement
1 that was attempted with reference
to It”
It was the court’s insistence yes
terday that Capone take the stand per
sonally If he solicited leniency, and that
all evidence in the cases be presented
before him, that brought the request
of the gangster's counsel to withdraw
his guilty pleas and stand trial.
Full Inquiry Desired-
In reserving a ruling on the desire
of Capone to stand trial on the prohi
bition count. Judge Wilkerson said:
“The matters covered by that In
dictment should be presented to an
other grand Jury.
“In the enumeration of overt acts
the defendant and others are charged
with substantial offenses within the
period of the Statute of Limitations for
which a heavier penalty is provided
than that possible under the conspiracy
indictment.
“The court will not believe unless
forced to do so that the language of
this indictment was chosen without
probable cause, merely for the p'irpose
of creating the impression that this
defendant has been a flagrant law
breaker over a long period of time.
“This matter must be inquired into
fully.”
Comment Pleases Ahern.
Attorney Ahem, who had been ad
vised of the special session only 45
minutes before court opened, listened
to the statement without a word. Then
he said he regarded the courts com
ment on the prohibition conspiracy
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STRIKERSAREROUTED
WITH GAS AND CLUBS
! Two Truckloads on Way to Picket
Mine Meet Deputies—Sev
eral Injured.
By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. July 31.—Strik
ing miners on their way to picket a
i mine at Harmarville were disbanded to
day by deputy sheriffs, who threw tear
‘ gas bombs, and swung clubs in a clash
■ at Cheswick. * Several persons were In
-1 jured.
Two truck loads of miners were en
route to the Consumers Coal Co. min*
when they met the deputies at Ches
wick. Witnesses said about 100 strik
ers were In the party and that the ofa
cers halted the first truck and hurled
the gas bombs. The occupants of the
second truck fled.
A crowd of persons believed to be
strike sympathizers, who were gathered
at the Cheswick railroad station, joined
the battle. Witnesses said the officers
used their clubs against them. Three
State policemen arrived and restored
order.
LLOYDiIEORGE passes
“FAIR” NIGHT IN SLEEP
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 31— David Lloyd
i George had a fair night and continues
to make progress, a bulletin issued to
i day said. The Liberal leader was op
i erated on Wednesday for a kidney
• ailment.
He slept most of the night, his doc
t tors said today, and his condition la
. entirely satisfactory.
A close friend of the Lloyd Georges
l said the doctors were astonished and
l highly gratified at his condition and
, vitality. He was reported taking tea
t and other nourishment.
; A newspaper reported doctors think
It advisable for him to take a sea voy
s age when he Is well enough.
I The paper said he may go around
> the world daughter, Mias
Megan {*3:. ,
> The 'sea and the Prinaa
i of -g inform
his cM fc- Jm