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Evening star., 1924-06-13
BELIEVE PLANE USED.

By the Associated Press.
giving the name of Charles Allen was
held by the police today for ques-
tioning in connection with the rob-
berry OF Chicago, milwaukee ana
st. Paul mail train last night.
Belief that the loot may have been
carried away in an airplane was ex-
pi essed by some local authorities to-
day when it was learned that an
unidentified plane was seen to land
this morning in a field two miles
north of the scene of the robbery.
Two men were seen working hur-
riedly about the plane, and five min
utes later 1t took of and after at
tanning a height of about 1000 feet
started toward Chicago.
Evening star., 1924-06-13
EVENING STAR WASHINGTON q, FRIDAY JUNE 13 1921

forty-o odd pouches Of registered mall:
All the registered mail pouches were
taken by the robbers.
Post Once Inspector Germer de-
ciared 1t was evident that the oanal.s ;
had inside" Information. and that
packages. He believes the same men
engineered the recent mail robbie riee
At Crystal Lake, ILL.,, and at inoiana
Harbor. He expressed the belief tnat
more mail robberies would follow uh-
less the source of the bandits IN
formation could be located:
The robbers knew exactly what 10
take and what to leave, sa)d tne IN
spector. They took only the moss
valuable psSkssss i ns is fn1s %ithe
out the co-ope ration OF some one on
the inside"
Several days will be required TO
check up on the loot to determine
exactly how much was taken, ne salu.
The police continued rounding up
suspects.
Postal Inspector Gerner was noti,
fed today that one Of the stolen mail
pouches. ripped open and looted, mao
been found at Crystal Lake, WIS. In :
spectors Immediately were sent 10
that point.
Engineer Obeys Orders.
Engineer Waite said that the first
indication he had that anything out
Of the ordinary was in progress was
when he felt some one slide into the
seat beside him. Something nara
was prodded into my back" he said,
II turned to look into the face of a
hard shelled fellow who ordered me
to stop the train. Fireman Diboie
was covered also"
Waite said he stopped the train
and obeyed orders.
Fireman Dibble said he was inciin- :
ed to fight until he heard shots. He
said that the robbers took the en-
gine crew to a point in front OF one
Of their automobiles and guarded
them there
Sandy McRea, fagman, was sur
prised when he walked to the rear
Evening star., 1924-06-13

or the train and was met by = rob-
Der VINO had been hiding in the rear
coach. He confronted me-" McRAA
SAID. and ordered me to the ground.
OF the train and lined me up with
the rest OF the boys"
Gas Attack Described.
B. w. Jeffery, mail clerk, declared
that the men in his car intended to
protect their mail pouches. and did
attack.
We turned out the lights and con-
ceaied ourselves" Jeffery said. Some
one pounded on the door and said,
come come out or we'll shoot They did
US Then something crashed through
one or the windows and a voice from
me cne OUTSIDE announced. Now. you'll
come out The air in the car be-
came stifiing and tears rolled down
our races. We had to unbolt the
stand it The robbers promised not
TO shoot IL we came out without re-
sistance. We were not in much
shape to resist after the gas at
Clerks Carry Out Mail.
r M Peterson. another mail clerk.
told how the robbers looted the mail
cars. After we had been lined up
against the side OF the car" he said,
"a middle-aged fellow, wearing q
white cap. who seemed to be the lead
er. ordered one OF our men into the
middle car with him and made him
point out the registered mail sacks
and threw them from the car When
this was done we were required to
load them into automobiles. When
the sacks were loaded into the ma
chines the robbers. after warning us
not to follow them, turned their cars
toward Chicago"
A large shipment Of gold from Chi
Evening star., 1924-06-13

enty mail clerks and guards. all
armed, but only those in three cars
were compelled to face the guns of
: the robbers. Those cars carried the
registered and first-class mail.
The robbers forced their way into
the cars by breaking windows and
! throwing bombs filled with chlorine
gas. The clerks and guards, nearly
overcome by the deadly fumes, were
forced to open the doors and allow
} the robbers to enter.
omcials are certain that the hold
up was arranged by men thoroughly
familiar with railroad and railway
mail clerks work
At least two of the robbers con-
cealed themselves aboard the mall
special before it left Chicago Tha
z train had just gone through Rondout
and was travelling close to sixty
miles an hour. Two men carving
nashlight and pistols, came from
their hiding place behind the tender
ana the first coach. crawled across
me sWayfng coal tender and into the
wnsno, ens,ne cat. cab. The muzzle of one
: OF ENGINEER S. r. Waite Of MilvsuN
kee; the other bandit covered ~.
nreman, f. j. Biddle, also Of Mil
waukee. "A half-mile down the
~ N YOU II see a red light flashed
~. WEST slde, the man back of
train ~ @ sald; You'll stop the
Train slackens Speed.
me train roared on with slacken-
ing speed as the bandit had ordered
$40" application of the brakes.
Just where the Buckley road. A non
ulsr auto route between Chicago and
Laoertyrille, cut the track rod
hsnt hared close to the west rail.
VOW jerk it," the bandit yelled
INTO the engineers ear.
nefore the train came to a .full-ston
eight cars of the train ONLY one CO..
Ilned registered mail The bsndi1.
I.rectsd that the train be slowtv
oscked so that the car was stonneS
car pc -, me auto road. Clerks in the
sid. Two automobiles on the east
iae si1 OF the train and two on the west
us. senSed something was wrone.
amt. T aceordlng to their orders. eYtin.
Forced Out by Bomb..
When they refused to open tba ao.r.
me bandits hurled gas bombs thromuh
fumes 1ho"s, tho and against the deadly
'heir pistols were Intellectual anu
..tsioe they were lined up with the
,nsiheer. fireman. conductor and 7ar
hWo other cars likewise wsrs
1onoeo with gas and the occun.nts
for air. 'heir heads,
The pounches sought were found
TTny In the middle coach. howevar
me fhe leader of the robbers. a stock
IeuoW wearing a gray suit, donned y
-. mask and forced one on the cbieT
anall clerk II want the federal 70.
nsss serve shipments to Milwaukee. Min
neapoiis. St. Paul. Helena and Snn-
kAne, the leader announced. IT aIso
S4nt Tor my own special purposes
a sack you have consigned to Round
Even the mystery bag labeled
noundup, Mont" was obtained
As the bandit leader and the chief
cterk hung the pouches to the rround
the other bandits forced the mail
cierks TO carry them to the waiting
automobiles ''s
Few Clues Left Behind.
.seSeral discarded masks a bottle of
nItrosiycerin and quantity Of dy
namlle lle were found discarded at the
zoe oil the track after the robbery.
Evening star., 1924-06-13
WEDDING UPsETs TOWN.
Resignation Of Bride VacAteS Six
Important Jobs.

PETERBOROUGH. England, June
13.-Rev. John H. Trott, seventy-six
years old, really cannot continue to
manage his vicarage and village of
Marlborough now that his daughter
has married. He will have to resign
and has told the bishop SO.
DR.. Trott's daughter was orEanist.
choirmaster, district visitor, Sunday
school superintendent, deputy sex
ton and churchwarden, and the pros
pect Of all these duties falling on to
his own shoulders il too much for the
aged vicar.
Evening star., 1924-06-13

Those, and a deep pool of blood evil
IDENTIFY from the wounded bandit.
were the only tangible clues the
robbers left
More than 500 armed men quickly
were put to work on the robbery.
They included every available agent
of the Milwaukee road. all the post
office inspectors of the Chicago and
Milwaukee Offices, squads OF police
from Chicago and Milwaukee and
number of posses.
THEFT BIGGEST RECORDED.
Evening star., 1924-06-13

In parts of rural England there are
still men who entertain a supersti-
tious belief that they will improve
their childrens health by eating
ratsins and placing the stones on the
baby's stomach.
Evening star., 1924-06-13

overlooked by the robbers, It devel-
oped today. Much OF the loot, ac.
cording to postal men after hurried
check, consisted of foreign merchan-
disc, as we'll as cash.
Evening star., 1924-06-13
MAIL BANDITS GAS
CLERKS AND GUARDS;
STEAL $780, 900

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1924-04-18
w. R. & {. MAY FACE
FINES OF $6,75O,OOO
Corporation Counsel Charges Use
of 0pen-Vestibule Cars Vio-
lates District Law.
$500 TO $500 DAY PENALTY
0ld-Style Equipment Figures in
Complaint Filed.

Charges that the Washington Rail-
way and Electric Company had vio-
lated an act of Congress requiring
closed vestibules on street cars in
the District, contained in an infor-
nation fled today in United States
branch of Police Court by Assistant
Corporation Counsel Frank w Madi-
gan, would, if sustained by the
court, make the. company liable to
fines of from s1,s5O,OoO to s6,75o, 900.
The information was filed today by
direction of Corporation Counsel F..
II. Stephens. 1t is understood that
congressional influence is behind the
movement to prosecute.
The act provides that street car
companies must provide inclosed vesti-
bules for protection for the motormen
against cold, snow, sleet and bad
weather
The first count of the information
charges the street railway company
with operating one car for $50 days
without the vestibule. and the second
count charges the operation of ninety
cars with vestibules, for similar
period, in violation of the act of
Congress.
minimum fine for this offense is
500 day, while the maximum fine
is $500 d day.
In most of the modern equipment t
of the W. r. & f. Company the cars
have inclosed vestibules. The cars
complained of in the information
just filed are of the old type.
Evening star., 1924-04-18
Mrs. Charles F. PfIug At
tempts Suicide After
Killing Husband
COUPLE, ESTRANGED,
MAN SOUGHT DIVORCE
Boots, Why Did You Strike
Me-" Woman Asks Husband
After Shooting.

Murder and possible suicide loomed
today as an aftermath of an unhappy
marriage. with DR.. Charles S. Plug,
dentist. fifty-four years old. dead in
a local undertaking establishment,
and his widow, Mrs. Mariana Plug,
forty-three years old, in critical
condition from an overdose OF a drug
at Emergency Hospital, under police
guard. charged with the sensational
shooting of her estranged husband,
that electrified residents of the quiet
Portner apartments yesterday after
noon.
An ante-mortem statement made by
DR.. Plug to DR.. L. L. Mason. family
physician and close friend, charges that
he was shot from the rear while he was
gazing out his laboratory window in
the Portner. Mrs. Mason, the doctors
wife, who was one of the first to arrive
IN Or. Plugs office. where the shooting
took place, said that he told her: she s
finished me-deliberately."
At the hospital. by Mrs Plugs bed
side is a policewoman awaiting lucid
moment that a statement may be OBJ
tanned. At the eighth precinct the charge
OF murder is written opposite her name.
Shooting Follows Divorce Suit.
The tragedy follows months of es-
arrangement, during which the filing of
divorce suits figures prominently.
After Mrs. Plug withdrew a divorce
action against the dentist last week.
he filed one early this week through
attorneys. naming a correspondent
Mrs. Plug was served with papers
yesterday. it was stated by friends.
She was with DR.. Plug for some
time prior to the shooting. She is
phone calls, and to have told the
callers that the dentist was not feeling
we'll and could make no appointments
Friends of Dr. Plug said that he was
garding the divorce action, and that
he expected il late in the afternoon.
-Four shots Fired.
Then, about . o'clock in the after
noon,.- from the dentists office came
the sound of shots. Four were fired.
a mans voice called. Help, help.
Mrs. Mason and Louis T.. Aliwine,
acting manager of the apartment
house, with others, rushed to the
dentists Office. They say that there
they found DIR. Plug and Mrs. Plug
graphing over reVoiVer. lie yen
ed as soon as they entered Ito get
the revolver" Allwine seized it.
Mrs. Plug then, according to Mrs.
Mason. attempted TO take some tab
lets. DIR. Mason, arriving on the
scene at this moment, aided Mr.. All
wine in choking the tablets from
her throat and taking others from
her hand.
1t was just previous to this that DR..
Ptiug is said by Mrs. Mason TO have
told her that this finished me" and
to have added deliberately"
Later. after DR.. Mason had sum-
m0ned DIR. Charles Stanley White for
Continued on Page 4, Column 81
Evening star., 1924-04-18
BREAK IN JAPAN'S EQUALITY
WITH POWERS SEEN IN u. S. BAN
Portsmouth Treaty, World Var, Washington ParIey
and League of Nations Rated Toxic at Par, Says
Obseruer-NO,U Put in Separate Glass;

follow in the friendly relations of
the two countries-commerc political
and dramatic-Seems certain. There
is surprise that the Senate should
base it's action so largely on the un-
fortunate use of a phrase, even
though of an ambassador, rather
than on the merits of the exclusion
clause.
This is the principal reason that a
message from either President Cool
idge or Secretary of State Hughes is
expected 1t may at least take the
sting off the situation. 1t probably
will not change 1t, as the admins
tration will not jeopardize the pas
sage of the immigration bill and
throw the country open to unrestrict-
ed immigration. which would follow
on June so, when the present law
expires.
Effect Upon Japanese.
1t is apparent to both Americans
and Japanese that the exclusion
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Evening star., 1924-04-18
AID OF RE|CHSWEHR
PLEDGED T0FULF|LL
PREPARATION TERMS
Troops to Resist RoyaIist
Moves to ObStruct Gov
ernment Plans.
BY EDGAR ANsEL MowRER.

BY Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1924.
BERLIN, April 1S.-Replying to for
eign fears that the reactionary Ger
man movements would obstruct full
fillment of the experts plan, Reichs-
wehr Minister Gessler gave the full
est assurance that the army would
stand by the government in putting
through any decisions.
What is the attitude of the reichs-
wehr toward semi i-military organi-
zations whose members openly ex-
press their determination to over
throw the republic by force and pre-
vent peaceful arrangements with
other countries under the treaty of
Versailles"
Military or semi-nilitary organi-
cations have been expressly prohibit
ed since 1921" replied Minister Cess
ler. I'm its own interest the Ger
man government cannot tolerate such
organizations, especially when they
propose to overthrow the constitu-
tion by force. The reichsWehr has
sworn fidelity to the constitution, and
it's firm attitude toward sedition has,
during the past winter saved the
country from civil war and collapse"
Explains RoynIist View.
What of the charge made abroad
on the basis of the Munich trials that
an attempt to overthrow the German
republic by force is regarded in Ger
many as an eminently, patriotic and
praiseworthy act?' was asked.
There are parties who believe that
monarchial restoration is necessary
to the country's salvation, hence
praisewoNthy and patriotic act The
reasons are primarily to be sought in
the thousand years of monarchial
government and in the fact that the
republic, under pressure of Versailles
dictation, struggles against the great
est difficulties.
The numerical importance of these
party groups with a program of vio-
lence is less than it seems. Their
strongest argument is that the en-
tente has steadily been leading on
Germany with false pretenses. Every
increase of outside pressure is water
to the mill of these party groups.
Germany will have to struggle long
with these difficulties
Evening star., 1924-04-18
2 KILLED, 3 HURT
IN CRASH ON ROAD
Truck and Bus Collide on Lee
Highway Near Green
wood, Va.

Two colored men were killed and
three white men, all residents of Falls
Church, Va, slightly injured early to-
day when a motor truck in which
they were driving to Washington
struck a motor bus of the Sandifer
& Brooks Co. on the Lee highway
near Greenwood, Va.
The dead are: Ernest Byrd, about
thirty five, and Walter Weaver, about
sixty.
William Taylor, driver of the truck
and sixteen-year-old son of Summer
field Taylor of Falls Church, riding
brother, J. w. Taylor, also of Falls
Church, were slightly injured in the
collision, which almost totally de-
stroyed the truck and tore off one of
the wheels Of the motor bus Roy
Marcy of Cherrydale, Va, ninteen-
year old bus driver and only occupant
of the bus, which travels hourly over
the road between Georgetown and the
Washington Golf and Country Club,
was uninjured.
Marcy Was Indicted.
B. II. Swain, coroner Of Arlington
county, and William C. Cloth. COM
monwealth attorney, viewed the
bodies, heard both sides Of the story
and released Marcy and young Tay-
lor on their own recognizance to ap-
pear at the Arlington county court
house for the inquest at O'Clock
this afternoon. Marcy Is one of sew
eral young men of Arlington county
named in an Indictment recently re-
turned by the grand jury on a statu-
tory charge brought by a girl living
in Arlington county. He has been
operating motor bus for Sandifer
& Brooks for about two years, trav-
ersing what is considered by motor
lists one of the most dangerous pieces
of road anywhere about Washington
that between Georgetown and Cher
rydale.
Summerfeld Taylor, father of the
driver of the truck, runs a grocery
and meat store in Falls Church and
was on the way to Washington to
purchase supplies for the store.
None Of the three white occupants of
the truck was in condition to talk,
Mrs. Taylor declared at her home,
as they were all suffering from shock
and slight injuries.
Byrd and Weaver, according to
Traffic Officer Bruce Smoot of Ar
lington county. picked up a ride
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Evening star., 1924-04-18
Ruins of Roman Ampkitheater Traced
From, Marble Steps Found IL, Bulgaria

eologists of the chronological mu-
scum at Sofia will make further in
quiries and possibly continue the ex-
cavation.
This city contains some remark
able historic structures dating back
to Roman and pre- Roman times.
Among these memorials of the past
is a city wall, which runs over the
brow of one of the seven hills on
which like Rome, the city, named for
Philip of Macedon, is built
The wall still stands for a great
part of its original length. Originally
it served as a defense, but now houses
have been built over it and the wall
itself runs through the heart OF the
city.
1t is the belief of the archeologists
that valuable finds dating back to the
Roman and pre-Roman periods will
be found under the city when the ex-
caYations are made.
Evening star., 1924-04-18
D. A. R. CHEERS ALIEN
RESTRICTION DEFENSE
Representative Johnson Calls Bill
Second Declaration of Inde-
pendence for u. S.
COUNTRY NO LONGER ASYLUM
Delegates Give Speaker Ovation
After Fervid Address.

Declaring that the nation which
compromises its sovereignty invites
war, Representative Albert johnson.
chairman of the House immigration
committee, told the Continental Con-
gress of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution in Memorial Continental
Hall today that the restrictive immi-
grafton act passed by Congress is
Americas second Declaration of Inde-
Pendence.
With two resolutions before it ask
ing the Daughters of the American
Revolution to indorse the selective
feature of the measure, the congress
invited Representative Johnson to
address il upon the question, so that
the delegates may vote intelligently.
He was given the floor in the midst of
regular business by unanimous con-
sent, so that he might return to the
Capitol Immediately.
Changes United States Policy.
Mr.. johnson frankly stated that
under the terms of the restrictive
immigrat ton act now passed by both
the House and Senate, the United
States lends forever the idea that
it is the asylum of the oppressed of
the world" Such a step has become
necessary, he said. and added that
even those who are permitted to en-
ter must bring with them a COM
plete history of their own past lives
and those of their forbears, to be
used for reference when they apply
for citizenship.
We are about to end" he said, IAN
arrangement which is not part of a
treaty and which has caused endless
pie and those of friendly nation
of the far east. We are not abro-
eating a treaty. Emigration from
Japan is regulated by Japan. 1t is
our sovereign right to regulate i'm
migra tion to our shores; our right
to say who shall live among US has
been challenged and our nation has
been threatened with grave conse-
quences.'
Predicts No Compromise.
II say to you that no nation can or
will compromise it's sovereignty. This
nation, born of the deeds of your an
cestors will never do that. To do so
is to invite war. Not to compromise
is to prevent war. 1t is the pride of
our country that on great national
issues the Congress has always aban-
doned party lines and risen to patri-
otic heights. 1t is our hope that the
Congress always will.
Now that real restrictive immigra-
tion legislation is assured. our next
step is the development of real
Americanization. i congratulate the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton on the work done along these
humane and patriotic lines, and in
conclusion, / leave with you the as
surance that our new immigration
legislation passed by decisive vote in
each house, is Americas second Decla-
ration of Independence"
Applause Is Vigorous.
Time and again during his address
Representative Johnson was inter-
rupted by loud and prolonged ap-
plause. He spoke but few minutes,
and at the conclusion of his address
the congress rose as a body and ap-
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Evening star., 1924-04-18
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILIPPOPOLIS, Bulgaria, April
1s.-Archeologists are stirred by the
discovery of what is evidently a Ro-
man amphitheater in the city square,
Djumaia.
The workmen were digging founda-
tions for a new structure, when four
meters below the surface of the
square they came upon a flight of
marble stairs of massive construction
and surface worn smooth by the
tread Of many feet.
Officials summoned from the mu-
scum gave as their preliminary opin-
ion that these marble steps, a little
less than . meter wide, were the
aisle Of an amphitheater. The arch.
Evening star., 1924-04-18
U. S. Body to Hear
Public on Nations
RecrentiOnuI Aid

Representatives of more than
1000 organizations interested in
outdoor life will be invited by
President Coolidge's special rec
reation commission to meet here
May % to work out with federal
officials a plan for co-ordinating
all nation facilities to open them
to enjoyment by the public.
Secretary Weeks, chairman of
the commission, said the meeting
would be formally opened, proba-
bly, with an address of greeting by
President Coolidge. 1t is intend
ed that a committee will be Great
ed to draft legislation covering
the subject