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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
COOLER WEATHER
LIKELY TOMORROW
Weather Man Says Showers
May Bring Relief, But He
Won't Promise.

After sweltering for several days.
Washington prepared for its week
end of rest today with r quallhed pre-
diction from the weather man that
| thundershowers this afternoon and
tomorrow would leave the city mot
quite so warm by tomorrow night.
| Forecaster Weightman was not
| prepared, however, TO shout this mes
sage from the house tops, and hasten
ed to add that the District OF Colum-
bia could hardly begin celebrating the
end of the present torrid wave on the
| basis of this prediction for tomorrow.
| TIE thousands of Government
workers had their regular Summer
half holiday to look forward to- today
and it is more than likely that hun
dreds will climb aboard the family
automobile this afternoon and head
toward the country or nearby sea
shore for over-Sunday trips.
Two more heat prostrations were
reported early this afternoon, bring
! ing the total for "A hours to seven.
/ Eugene Butler, colored. 40 years old,
of 223 r street southwest walked into
| Emergency Hospital and applied for
treatment, and Mrs. &. +. Schofield.
| so, passing through the Capital, was
removed to the hospital from tour
| lists camp.
| Forecaster Welghtman explained
i today that Washington seems to be on
| the border line of the area which is
/ due to q drop in temperatures tomor-
NOR, and for that reason it is difficult
| to predict just how many degrees the
mercury will fall here following the
anticipated showers of tonight and to-
morrow afternoon.
North of this vicinity-in such cen
! ters of population as Philadelphia and
| New York-there should be a subStan-
| tial decline In temperatures tomorrow
| night but the forecaster could not say
! how much of this relief would he
shared by the National Capital. He
! thought 1t wise to stick to the state
ment, Not quite so warm tomorrow
| night"
| Other Places Hotter.
| 1t may be a source of some ConSo-
| Ia tion to the local resident as he fans
| his fevered brow to know that Wash
| ington did not lead the league yes
! terday in high temperatures. The
| District of Columbia cheerfully gave
| the right of way to Yuma, Ariz
with 1O6: Phoenix, with 1O2, and Fort
Smith, Ark, with 100. The official
maximum for this city yesterday was
| down to 9S.
Mr.. Weightman expects the max
imum here today will not exceed
Yesterday figure of 80, with the
| added prospect of temporary breezes
ACCOMMODATING the anticipated thun
| dershowers.
Five Treated at Hospitals.
Five cases of heat prostrs 4 or
complications attributed theSfN % were
treated at local hospitals over night.
The most serious case was that of
Mrs. Louise Fisher, so years old, Of
1865 Columbia road. who had to be
overpowered by police yesterday eve-
ming as she harangued a crowd in
front of the former Persian legation,
1920 Sixteenth street.
Mrs. Fisher is reported to have ges-
ticulated with an umbrella and threat
ened spectators before she was sub
dued by police of the third precinct
Continued on Page 4, Column 3D.
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HOlCOMBE'S PLACE
TO BE FILLED SOON
War Department May Name Sue
cessor Next Week to Assistant
Engineer Commissioner.

The successor TO MAJ William
Henry Holcomhe. assistant District
Engineer Commissioner. who has
been transferred to the United States
Engineers staff at New Orleans. = ex
pected 10 be. named by the War De
nartment early next week. according
10 Engineer Commissioner }. frank
lin He'll. Maj. iiolcombe will leave
Washington for his new post Au-
gust 2S.
In addition TO his engineering du-
ties. Mai. Holcombe is detailed for
work with the following Reserve or
paniZations of the 4th Corps Area:
succeeding Maj. Howard :. Bennion
Corps of Engineers: i43d Auxiliary
Engineer Battalion. New Iberia. La.
as4lh Auxiliary Engineer Battalion.
Baton Rouge. La: 41Sth Engineer
Train Natchez. Miss: 43tth- oohth
and 4eSd Engineer Battalions at Min
den, La, Bastrop, La. and New Or
leans. respectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
FIRM STAND HELD
SHEFF|ELD'S AIM
Mexicans Do Not Expect En-
voy's Return Unless u. S.
Stiffens Demands.
BY LELAND III. REESE.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
MEXICO CITY. August 14.--Ambas-
sador Sheffield's s departure from Mex
leo City Friday night for a vacation
of two months in the United States
coincided in the Mexican view at least
with the temporary quieting of the
religious crisis and the revival of the
controversy between Washington and
Mexico City over the petroleum and
anti-alien land laws.
During his courtesy visit to Presi-
dent Gales prior to leaving, the Ameri-
can Ambassador was cordial In the
extreme. This, Mexicans regard as
significant in view of persistent re-
ports here that before Mr.. Sheffield
retuNms to Mexico-if he does-he
will have obtained from Washington
am expression of confidence in his
policy. calling for a, tirmer stand by
the United States. with reference TO
affairs south of the Rio Grande.
New Envoy May Return.
Unless he receives that expression of
confidence. it is understood here. an
other diplomat more in sympathy
with the mild policy of the State De
partment will represent the United
States in Mexico.
Mr. Sheffield's demand throughout
his stay in Mexico has been for pro-
lection of American lives and proper
ty In this regard he has been de
scribed in some Mexican citadelsS as
almost fanatical. While the contro
versies that have arisen have been
handled apparently to the satisfaction
of the State Department it is recog.
niZed that the policy has not been in
entire accord with the dictates of Mr.
Sheffields conscience.
Now, according to persons in close
touch with the Ambassador, he will
outline to President Coolidge what he
believes would he the most effective
program for protection and develop
ment of American interests in Mexico
regardless of any possible conflict
with the views of Secretary Kellogg
Concerning matters of discord, how
ever. Mr.. Sheffield declined to talk as
he boarded the train for the United
States.
Warren's Work Recalled.
The representative of the United
States in Mexico. now is on a some
what different basis from the time
when Charles Beecher Warren came
here and negotiated renewal OF
diplomatic relations. following the
long diplomatic break between the two
Continued on Page 2. Column -
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STARTLING EXPOSE
H|NTED|N MEL[ETT
MURDER EVIDENCE
Special Liquor Plot lnvesti-
cation Intimates Police May
Be involved.
GRAND JURY WILL GET
INFORMATION NEXT WEEK
Evidence Against Several Said to
Be Alright "-Upheaval
Predicted in Canton.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CANTON, Ohio, August 1.-THE
Mellett murder case will be carried
directly before the Stark County grand
jury, which convenes next week. Pros
ecutor G. II. McClintock said today.
Evidence sufficiently strong to con-
vict several men'of the murder of Don
r. Mellett, publisher. has been uncov-
cred by Joseph r. Roach. Chicago
criminal lawyer, conducting an inves-
tigation into an alleged liquor con
spiracy in Canton,
Roach declared that the evidence
is "airtight," but that it has not
been carried to the Stark County
grand jury through fear of a general
upheaval which might follow in Can
tons political circles.
Roach Is not in a position to carry
the case into the State courts be-
cause he Is at present without State
authority and is preparing the liquor
conspiracy case for Federal grand
jury investigation.
Ready to Tell Jury.
He said today that he is ready and
grand jury when it convenes next
week to tell it what he knows of the
murder plot.
In his inquiry into the liquor CON
spiracy Roach says he has discovered
that the contemplated murder of Mel
lett was A matter of common knowl-
edge in the underworld for days be-
fore the assa ssination, and that there
were many who knew just when it
was to occur.
The men who were designated to
murder Mellett thought they would
be heralded among the dwellers of
the underworld as heroes and that
they would be lauded for their work u
Roach said. Mellett's continual cru
sading against the underworld is CON
ceded to have precipitated his as,
sassination.
Involves Local Officials.
With several political cliques in di.
rect and counter opposition in Canton
and with II multitude of evident ties
between the underworld and public
officials, 1t has been impossible to get
anywhere in the local inquiry, Roach
observes.
But if the local authorities do not
bring the murderers to light they will
all be revealed in the Federal courts
in the disclosing of the liquor con-
spiracy," Roach declares
On evidence now in Roach's pos
session, he says. it appears that sew
eral members of the Canton Police
Department are involved in the liquor
conspiracy and that some of them
had knowledge of and even were i'm
plcated i'm the murder plot.
when the conspiracy is disclosed" ="
Roach said. lit will be one of the
Continued on Page 4. Column g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
Sums From so Gents to
500 Swell Total TO Aid
Poor in City.
Associated Charities and
Gospel Mission Workers
Now Have Tickets.

Washington has acted promptly
and generously to provide ice for the
poor mothers and babies of the city
who would otherwise have to face the
Summers devastating heat without
the slightest relief. Already the
generosity of the early donors has
brought coolness to several hundred
suffering families.
Within less than "a hours after The
Star yesterday announced inaugura-
tion of the fund subscriptions had
raised the total to $474.50, and each
mail is bringing to The Star office
other donations.
one Of the first letters opened today
contained check for 500 from Cleve-
land Perkins of I'LL | street. Mr..
Perkins simply said: Il take great
pleasure i'll sending YOU herewith 500
toward the fund for providing ice for
the poor in this hot weather" 1t was
followed by other checks and cash
ranging from 30 cents up to S25.
At the same time the demand for
tickets increased rapidly. and two ad-
dtional sources from which those in
need may obtain them were eStab-
lished. All visiting workers of the
Associated Charities will carry a
supply of tickets With them for dis
tribution where they are needed.
These visitors come into daily contact
with the very people the fund hopes
most to reach.
The Gospel Mission was also sup
piled with tickets. Harvey Y. Prem
tice. superintendent of the mission,
said their workers daily go into homes
where the suffering from the heat is
intense. Tickets may also be obtained
at the organization headquarters,
PA John Marshall place, or at Thir-
tieth and NJ streets.
AS the heat wave continued today
the need for swelling the ice fund
increased in proportion. 1nvestiga-
ton has disclosed that there are hun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
WHERE TO Use THEM.

dreds of families in Washington that
have been braving the sitting humidi
" and heat without even an occasion
al bit of ice to cool drinking water OF
milk.
Many of these quiet sufferers have
reached point where their health
and even their lives are in jeopardy
AS one donor pointed out in his let.
ter: ITO he without ice in the Sum.
mer is indeed a calamity" The call
for help did not originate with the
sufferers. 1t found voice from those
who saw human beings-brave moth
ers and whimpering babes-sufferins
for want of a 10-cent piece of ice.
The ice fund will need every penny
the people of Washington can spare
for it. No contribution will be toe
r continued on Page ., Column 5.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
ALLIGATOR ROUTS CROWD.
Three-Foot Reptile Attacks Passaic
River Bathers.

PASSAIC. \. j.. August IA OP.-
An alligator attacked TWO children on
the bathing beach Of Pennington
Park Pa assaic River. last night and
caused a wild exodus of several thou,
sand women and children from the
passaic River. The reptile came
close To shore and snapped at police
sergeant Who tried 10 Kill it with a
club.
4 park attendant succeeded In hook
ing il with 4 gang" fishhouk and
drew II ashore. 1t Was about three
feet long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
Boy, 8, Confesses
He Started Fires
Menacing City

By the Associated Fress.
YAKIMA. Wash. August IA
Yakima's esltire business district
was endangered by fire yesterday
afternoon when an S-year-old boy
started four blazes in the heart of
the city within an hour. The chief
fire inspector said today the boy
had been placed in the detention
home after making a complete con-
fession and also admitting he at
tempted to fire the big warehouse
of the American Fruit Growers,
Inc. in the produce section here
two weeks ago. All of the fires
were eXtinguished with only small
losses.
Officers said the boy has previ-
ously been in a detention home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
FEWER CHOLERA CASES.

SHANGHAI, August IA R).-With
falling temperatures the cholera epi-
demic that has been ravaging the
Chinese population in the environs OF
Shanghai Is subsiding. This also Is
due to the drastic precautionary meas
ures enforced by the authorities.
The new cases are of a milder type
and mortality is decreasing. Out
breaks of the disease. however, are
being reported from many places In
Kiangsu Province. north Of Shanghai.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
MELLON is PLEASED
WITH ITALY, SAYS VOLPl
Minister Declares Treasury Chief
Discussed Finance With Duce
During Private Visit.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME. August 1i.-Andrew Mellon,
Secretary of the United States Treas.
ury, during his recent visit to Rome
in his talks with Premier Mussolini
and Count Nolpi, Italy's finance min
lister. was able to see with his own
eyes the solidity of the political situa-
ton, the activity and disciplined
productivity and the strong co-ordi
mated and constructive sense of Italy,
and he did not hide his keen salts
faction
This statement was made today by
Count Volpi. who added that. although
the calls of Mr.. Mellon upon Signor
Mussolini and himself We're strictly
private. finance was discussed. and
the problem of Italian currency also
came up from purely generic view.
point"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
BELGIAN TOURIST TAXES
INCREASED TO AID FRANC
Travellers From Nations With High
Exchange Affected in New
Economy DEGREES.
By the Associated Press.

BRUSSELS. August 14.--The new
Belgian economic program, framed
TO aid in solving the financial diff
Guilty. went into effect today.
Foreigners from countries with
high exchange had their Judgement
tax raised from 10 to 20 per cent:
foreign automobilists paying 10 francs
daily, and foreign motor cyclists I
francs.
Measures are being taken to dimin
ish the number of state employees 80
per cent.
King Albert has used his dictatoria
power to authorize the sale of the
royal seaside cottage at Ostend.
known as the Chalet Royal. the pro-
ceedS to so to the treasury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
$38,573,S79 BUDGET
SET AS D. c. LIMIT
Gen. Lord Notifies Commits
sioners to Pare SO, 500, 900
From Estimates.

President Coolidge has allocated the
District a tentative ma Ximum budget
of $3S,573.S79, the Commissioners were
advised officially today by Brig. Gen.
Herbert NJ. Lord. director of the Bu-
reau of the Budget. The tentative
estimates submitted by the Commits
sioners last month called for appro-
priations amounting approximately to
$42 .O0o. 900
The work of trimming the estimates
to the limit set by the President will
be started by the Commissioners
Wednesday morning. The revised
budget will be transmitted to the
Budget Bureau by September /.
Limit Is Mandatory.
The official notification from Gen.
Lord follows:
Il have the honor to advise you that
the President has allocated to the Dis
trict of Columbia $3S,573,S29 as a ten
tatiVe maximum amount of the total
of your estimates for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1928. This amount
includes all items which arc appropri.
ated for in the District of Columbia
appropria ton act and $2,543,000 for
permanent ana lnueHnlte dppTOpIld'
tions.
Your regular estimates for the
fiscal year 1928 to be submitted on
or before September /. 1926. and
prepared In accordance with the in
structions of July IA. 1925. should
not, therefore, exceed in their total
the amount above stated.
Additional Requests Unlikely.
IF your estimates thus prepared
do not in your opinion meet the
absolutely necessary requirements Of
the District of Columbia. they will
be accompanied by a supplemental
statement showing the additional
amount which you believe will be
required. allocated TO appropriation
totals, and setting forth the neces-
sity therefor. In stating the neces-
sity for such increase it is requested
that you indicate the consequences
which would result from failure to
secure the additional amount that
you recommend
AS the Commissioners have gone
On record as opposing supplemental
appropriations unless absolutely
necessary. it is not likely that the
final draft of the budget will include
recommendations for appropriations
above the igure set by the President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
FAMOUS WALKER FOUND
DAZED IN BROOKLYN
Edward P. Weston, SS. Missing
From Philadelphia, Was Ap-
parently Starving.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 14.-Edward
Payson Weston. SO years old, famous
pedestrian. who had been reported
missing from his home in Philadel.
phia. was found today by policeman
in Brooklyn. He was exhausted and
apparently daZed. A physician exam
ined him at police station and said
he did not require medical treatment,
but that he was famished. steak,
wheat cakes and coffee were brought
to him and the noted walker ate with
the eagerness of a starving man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
FREE ICE FUND GROWS RAPIDLY;
MANY SUFFERERS ARE RELIEVED
WHERE TO GET ICE
TICKETS.

At any police station.
Gospel Mission, ?li John Mar
shall place.
Salvation Army headquarters.
60s f street northwest; from
any of its district stations. at
Eighth and I streets southeast.
1915 jefferson street, George
town, and 1901 Seventh street
northwest. or from any family
relief worker Of the Salvation
Army.
WHERE TO Use THEM.
At any of the following sta.
tions of the American Ice Gu.
Station No. 1. Ninth and
Water streets southwest.
Station No. ,, Fifteenth and
f streets northeast.
Station No. 3, 81 Florida ave.
nue. northeast.
Station No. 5. 1872 Twenty.
third street northwest.
Station No. 6. Silver Spring,
Md.
Station No. :, Thirteenth and
I'pSiMr streets northwest.
Station No. &, 9iS v street
northwest.
Station No. 3. 1l41 Nine
teenth street northwest.
Station No. 10, 1909 y street
southeast.
Station No. II, Wisconsin
avenue and Jenifer street north
west.
TO take care Of all who need
ice tomorrow, all Of the above
branches of the American Ice
Co., will remain open until noon
Sunday to honor Star ice
tickets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
l,loo-Pound Weight
Lands Gently in
Parachute Plunge.
BY the Associated Press

SAN DIEGO. Calf. August -.
AT parachute tests at North Is
land naval air station yesterday
a 1,100-pound dummy torpedo
dropped 900 feet in 38 seconds at
tached to a 50-foot parachute. The
torpedo landed SO gently that the
paint on Ii was not scratched.
The tests We're preliminary to
experiments to he made August "a
at Inglewood. when airplanes are
to be used instead of torpedoes as
a means of determining IL para
chutes will not afford full protec
tion to airplanes when accidents
occur during flights.
During yesterdays tests NJ. j.
Harrison. aviation machinist' s
mate. second class. took a head
forward dive from an airpiane and
descended 500 feet like a plummet
before his parachute opened, He
landed safely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
TWO DROWN IN SURF.
Girl. 13, and Her Brother, 10, Are
Caught in Undertow.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Au.
gust IA @.-Thelma Goolsby. 13, and
her brother Clarence, 10, were
drowned In the surf at Pompano
Beach last night when an undertow
carried them off shore.
Several persons were attracted by
the cries of the two, but attempts at
rescue failed The bodies of both
were recovered shortly afterward.
The victims were the children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ishan Goolsby. who ar
rived at Pompano Beach from Algood,
Tenn, several months ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
CLOUDBURST KILLS GIRL.
Child. 13. Drowned in Field-Body
Carried Mile Away.

CHEMCNf;. \. Y. August II LP,.-
Caught in the middle of a field during
. cloudburst yesterday, Stella Pep
,,ard. Ia, was drowned. Her body
was carried a mile. sister. II.
saved her life By clingtng to bushes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
PLANE KILLS CAPITALIST.
Wichita Man Struck by Propeller
on Landing Field.

WICHITA, Kans., August IA Op1.
George L. Thesis. jr.. Wichita
capitalist. was killed last night when
he was struck by the propeller Of a
plane piloted by Lloyd Stearman.
designer of airplanes Thesis had
started across the landing field to re-
move his automobile from the path
of the plane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
100000 Church Burns.

THREE RIVERS. Quebec, August
ID R.--The Catholic Church at
Louisville, Quebec. Is miles from here,
was destroyed by fire early today
The loss is estimated at 100000.
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AGREE TO COURT PARLEY.
France and New Zealand to Join
Session on q. s. Reservations.

GENEVA. Switzerland. August Il
C9.-France and New Zealand have
accepted invitations to participate in
the conference opening September
to discuss the American reservations
TO adherence TO the Permanent Court
of International Justice.
This brings the total acceptaaces
10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14

Two-hase hits-MeNeely. Stewart.
Home runs--(iehrig. Ruth.
Saerifiees-Dugan. Ruether, Jones.
Double plays-Dugan to Lazzeri te Gehrig:
Stewart to Judge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14

Left on Observation-Disclosures. ): New York. 8.
Base on balis--Of Ruether, 2; of Jones. ..
struck out--By Ruether, 2: by Jones, 4.
Impires--Messrs Rowland, Owens and Din.
neen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
"FrOns Press to Home
Within the Hour"

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-14
WEATHER.

tU. :. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Local thundershowers tonight and
tomorrow: not quite so warm tonor-
row night: gentle to moderate south
west winds. Temperatures-Hi Highest
92. ut ! pm. yesterday: lowest. a. at
5:l5 am. today. Full report on page Z.
The Washington times., 1926-01-16
Plot to Trick Dry Men
Hits Sndg on & Toad
SYNOPSIS OF STORY

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