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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
Lieut.. Howard Folk C0uncilI
and C. T. Guddens Fall at
Vineyard Haven, Mass.
BOTH WERE STATIONED
AT NAVY AIR FIELD HERE
Pilot Was Slated Soon to Join
Crack Pursuit Group-Both
Popular in Capital.
By the Associated Press.


VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. July
31.--Lieut. Howard Folk Council. L.
S. N, and his mechanic were killed
here late today when a naval sea-
plane plunged into the harbor. The
body of Machinist Mate c. r. Giddens,
whose full name was not known here,
was recovered shortly after the crash.
The plane, which was Of the am
phibian type. left Washington thrs
morning for Chatham, Mass, carrying
three men. 1t landed here about noon
to enable Capt E. S. Land of Wash
ington to visit his family at Vineyard
Haven. Late in the afternoon Lieut..
Council and Giddens, took off to fly
to Newport, r. L.. for oil and fuel.
The big plane was about 500 feet
over the harbor when apparently
engine trouble developed and it plunged
into nose dive. Watchers on shore
said the plane broke in two while
falling and struck the water IN pieces.
A fast power boat put out for the
scene and picked up the mechanic. He
was still alive but died short time
later. The body of Lieut. Councill was
not recovered until the wreckage was
raised by a lighter several hours later.
Capt. Land said the plane had not
given indications of any defect on the
journey from Washington here. He
said that Lieut.. Council was q. native
of Hickory, n. c. Giddens came from
Norman Park, Ga
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
CANADA FIGHTING HUMAN NATURE
NLOSING PROHIBITION BATTLE
With Rum Evils All About, People Want Change,
But First Results Are just Dissatisfying
Denied Whisky, They Want 1t Back.

stop talking about it. The old soak
returns to the gutter ana nopooy
notices him. A day may come Wnen
ST. Rum, once again assuming ms
original role, will be thrown Tor
another loss. But in Canada the
day seems far off.
AS this is written, the experience
of Ontario, now the only province OF
importance in Canada remaining IN
the dry column, comes TO mind.
After MANY years OF playing with
the prohibition issue, Ontario
stepped out and went dry. But the
dryness must not be confused In the
mind with what dryness means IN
the United States. According 10
pntario's FIRST law, the citizens conid
import liquor for their own use ana
keen 1t in their homes. They could
buy their native wine. They could
brew their own beer About the only
thing accomplished was the wiping
out of drinking in public. The peo-
ple were in favor of the law Then
the law was made more drastic. Inn
portation of liquor was cut off. When
n man used all the whisky he had
i'm his cellar he couldn't legally get
any more. The large majority in
favor of prohibition decreased ap-
preciably. And few years later,
when the people were asked how
thev liked this form of prohibition
they remained dry by still smaller
majority. They can still make their
own beer, still buy their own native
wine, but now they want to be aDle
to get whisky when they want It.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
WOMAN, SLUGGED
ON STREET MAY DIE
Miss Edna HendrickSon'S In
iuries May Be FataI-3 Ar
rested on Suspicion Freed.

Slugged from the rear by an un-
identified man while she was walking
along E street between the Post Office
and the Government Hotels shortly
before last midnight, Miss Edna
Hendrickson, 29 years old, of 40 G
street was taken to Casualty Hospital
suffering from wounds about the head
that doctors said will prove fatal.
Police are searching the vicinity for
her assailant, who, according to Mel
vim Humphrey of 215 Third street, an
employe of the Adams Express Co,
was a colored man who fed the scene
when Miss Hendrickson screamed as
she was hit.
Passing motorists attracted to the
scene found the woman sitting against
tree box, bleeding profusely from
two deep gashes in the head. They
took her to the hospital, where 1t was
found her skull is fractured.
Humphrey, on his way to work
when he witnessed the attack, said
the assailant was of medium build,
wore a cap and an old Army raincoat.
Three suspects were quickly picked
up, but released for lack of identifi-
cation.
Miss Hendrickson told the police
that she was on her way home after
mailing a letter when she was struck
down. She said that her father had
recently died at their home in Bur
lington, Iowa, and that she was max
ing her home at the G street address
while working here.
The members of the party of motor
lists who picked Miss Hendrickson up
were: Nicholas Passero, 225 E street
northeast; Arthur Markell. 1902 Irving
street northeast; Wade Hampshire,
iii Four and One-half street south
west, and Benjamin F. Bailey, 800 NJ
street southwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
WHITE ROBED BAND
OF 6 ABDUCTS MAN
Policeman, 90 Feet Away, Unable
to Aid Captive in Quick
Seizure at Texas Hotel.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, Tex, July 31.--
Half dozen white robed men
seized an unidentified man from in
front of hotel here late tonight,
hurled him into a motor car and
drove Off The abduction was exc
cuted so quickly that a policeman
standing 90 feet away did not have
time to interfere.
The car drove off in a northerly
direction, 1t was stated by Patrolman
Leslie and Lanier Webb, Is, eye wit
nesses. Webb, a newsboy. stated that
the robes worn by the abductors bore
red crosses.
The witnesses declared the man
seized shouted several times for help
as he was being carried away. They
reported the car stopped near the curb
and that a large man walked up be-
hind the victim and picked him up
bodily and thrust him into the ma
chine despite his struggles.
Police have developed no clues rela-
tive to the abduction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
GIRL, 10, FOUND DEAD,
HAD BEEN ATTACKED
Body Discovered in Field by Work
man; Child Had Been Missing
All Night.
~ ,ba 4 ssociated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COsHoCTON. Ohio, July 3i.-The
body of Gertrude D'Ostroph. 10. who
a annarently had been assaulted and
then slain, was found in the weeds
near the Walhonding River BY Earl
Virgins, power company empioye, on
his way home from work today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur D'Ostroph the
girls parents, said she had run away
from home yesterday evening, but
they did not notify authorities until
this morning.
When Virgins stumbled over the
body. searchers were In neid
nearby. They found the girl had been
criminalIy attacked and cnokeo 70
daath There were also bruises on
her body.
a handkerchief.
a man was reported to have given
the girl a ride on the merry -go-round
at park last night. He had been Ia
the vicinity for several weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
NO. q ENGINE WINS
FIRE SPEED TEST
Clears Station in s Seconds.
Beating No. 20 for D. c.
Championship.

Flashing out Of its quarters IN
six seconds fiat on a regular alarm OF
Are No. 81 Engine Company, station
ed on IIanier place near Ontario ROAD,
Yesterday afternoon won undisputed
nossession of The Star Cup for year,
slashed more than q second from the
national record established by No. 25
Engine Company last year, and PROB
ably earned the distinction of being
termed the fastest fire-hghting Or
ganization on wheels.
Tied for first place with No. % Com
pany in the test of the entire Wash
ington Fire Department held earlier In
the week, No. 81 met the winning out
fit of last years contest in fair COM
petition on neutral ground at 2:3O
o'clock Yesterday afternoon and dem
onstrated its speed in striking manner.
No. % Topped a fifth of second
from its own record, roaring out of
quarters in sevon seconds fiat, but 1t
could not get down to the astonishing
mark set by it's challenger.
Believe 1t L. S. Record.
Whatever doubt may have existed
heretofore as to Washingtons right to
claim the honor of having the fastest
fire engine company in the United
States was banished, fire prevention
officials agreed following the demon
stration by No. 21 yesterday after
noon, and they added that they be-
lieved the record one that no other
company using present-day apparatus
will soon equal
The quarters Of No. % Engine Com
pany, located on Conduit road near
Reservoir road, was selected in which
to run off the tie between the dead
locked companies because it is a new
house, has wide doors to insure against
an accident and offered ample room to
take care of the spectators. The
contesting outfits arrived at 2:15
o'clock and found crowd of several
hundred persons awaiting them. In
addition the heads of the local de-
partment were present, including
Chief Engineer George S. Watson.
Original Rules Used.
Battalion Chief Thomas O'Connor.
W. w. Dean, fire prevention engineer
of the War Department, and a re-
porter for The Star, who judged all
of the tests In the full department,
had charge Of the run-off. The same
rules used in the earlier test We're
followed with the exception that the
drivers were given the option of leav-
ing their IGNITION switches either con-
Continued on Page ?, Column So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
MELLETT KILLING
SOLUTION NEARER
McDermott's Arrest Will
Clear Up Case, Detective
Says on New Evidence.
By the Associated Press.


CANTON. Ohio. July 81 The ar
rest of Pat" McDermott. now being
sought In Nationwide hunt in CON
nection with the murder of Don r.
Mellett, Canton publisher, will solve
the mystery, Ora Slater, private de-
tective, said tonight upon his return
from Cleveland. In Cleveland Slater
interviewed police officers who have
been trailing McDermott's movements
and three woman friends of McDer-
mott and a youth.
Slater said: Pat is on the run. He
got going before we could get to him.
Shouldn't be surprised If he gave him
self up to the police somewhere. If
we get our hands on him we'll find
out what we want to know about the
murder of Mellett."
Has Witnesses Ready.
In Cleveland Slater said he found
detectives In possession OF corroborat-
Ing evidence and admitted he has wit
nesses In Canton ready to tell about
McDermott's movements in Canton
up to and shortly after the time of
the murder.
Based on information given them
by mysterious informer" still
locked in q Jail near Canton to pro-
tect him from possible attack, the in.
vestigators believe:
That McDermott had a definite part
in the conspiracy to murder Mellett.
That he was employed as one of
the gunner.
That he came to Canton with others
to do the job.
That he was in Canton several days
before the murder and left shortly
after
That he tralled Mellett about the
city with the other conspirators walt.
ing for the zero hour
That. even though he may not have
been one of the trigger men, he
knows the arch conspirators
Roach to Head Clean-Up.
After comforting with Acting Chief
HeXamer this morning. Joseph r..
Roach, Chicago criminal attorney,
who is to act as advisory counsel in
Canton's clean up campaign, left
for Chicago to wind lip some business
affairs before assuming his new duties
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
OLD VIRGINIA MANSION
is SWEPT BY FLAMES
Home of DR.. George B. Lee at
Ravensworth Catches Fire From
Undetermined Cause.
Undetermined Cause.

The old family mansion of DIR.
George B. Lee at Ravensworth, Va,
about IA miles from Alexandria,
caught fire from some undetermined
cause early this morning and at 2
o'clock was reported to be burning
rapidly.
0. Il. Wood. who supervises a dairy
herd on the farm, and his family. live
a short distance from the Lee home
and were awakened shortly before 2
o'clock by the reflection of the blaze
in their windows.
Mrs. Wood stated by telephone that
Mr.. Wood and his sons were making
valiant efforts to save as much of the
colonial furnishings in the mansion
as possible, but added there did not
seem much chance of saving the
home.
According to Mrs. Wood, DIR. Lee is
in New York and the house had been
closed up for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
Jury MAZE POINTS
TO JAM IN COURT
Cases Piling Up, Validity of
Rulings in Air-ACCused
Only Are Satisfied.
By GEORGE ADAMS HOWARD.


For the first time within it's history
the Police Court of the District of
Columbia faces the Summer months
without the assistance Of jury.
Because. Congress passed an amend
ment to the present code, lengthening
jury service from two weeks to three
months. and specifically stating the
time this new jury service might be
chosen. the right of the present jury
10 sit has beer challenged.
Judges and officials alike admit the
situation is serious, but can see no re-
lief. As a result. when legitimate
jury can be called. namely 10 days be-
fore the first of October. the jury
docket will be 50 crowded with prohi.
bition violations of all kinds. running
from the rum seller to the user of his
wares. that affairs of court will not be
Strengthened out for months following.
Hard on Some Offenders.
A majority of law offenders them
selves may laugh at the matter, but
not the offender who has to wait for
months unable to meet bond. Judges,
clerks. marshals and bailiffs may find
their work easier through the warm
DAYS. but none TO them looks with
Measure to the tedious days ahead,
when many of them are perhaps Just
returning from their vacations.
Judge Isaac f. Hit. who preslded
over the challenge made by Bertrand
Emerson, jr.. against the present
iurv TO sit and try cases, is striving
=. fr,ol lnnnhnIn
rule the attorneys motion. James j.
OI.eary. assistant United States at
torney. tried by every legal argument
on the statute books to refute Mr.
Emerson's claims. but those in close
touch with the case believe the
chances futile.
Even should Judge Hit overrule
Mr.. Emerson's motion. the latter al
ready has signifed his intention either
TO ask for an appeal or 4 writ of pro-
hibition. In either case. the service
of the Jury would be held up pending
the outcome of the decision OF the
higher court. whose ultimate opinion
would not be handed down in all prob
ability for some time. In the mean
time the present jury is excused until
further notice. The right 10 pay
them even is questioned.
Findings Fate in Air.
AT present, a matter far more i'm
portant except to the inviduai juror,
is whether or not the findings OF the
present p jury shall become null, and
void This question is one of specu-
lation, but is arousing considerable
interest. AS matter of fact. only
one conviction has been returned be-
fore the jury was excused, that one
being in the trial of a man operating
a still. But whether convicted or ac'
nuitted the possibilities are that each
trial will have TO be repeated. The
chances are. according to various Of
il improbable that the Government
would keep its liquid evidence after
"a se had been disposed of. The mat
ter of bond, however, might seem
somewhat unfair to the defendant
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
VICTIMS POPULAR HERE.
Lieut.. COuncilI Excellent PnOt-Gid-
dens Praised by Chief.

The Navy Department last night
received messages of the crash from
Capt. Land and the commandant of
the first naval district which, how
ever, We're unable TO state the exact
cause of the accident. One message
said that after Capt. Land went
ashore. the plane took off, circIed the
harbor to about 500 feet and then
made a slight zoom into light cloud
banks. Next it was seen coming out
in a nose dive straight towards the
water. Lieut.. Council endeavored to
level off, but the ship hit the water
before he could get it in horizontal
flight.
The plane, the only Loeing amphib-
ian at the Naval Air tSation. left
here Friday afternoon for an inspec-
ton of the old Naval Air Station at
Chatham, Mass. The three occupants
spent the night at Rockaway. y. Y,
and arrived at Vineyard Haven about
1870 o'clock. Two hours later Lieut.
Council took off for Newport, r. T..
to obtain fuel Capt. Land was to
have returned TO Washington in the
plane tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
CALLS FOOD LIST
. MRS. M'PHERSON'S
Prosecutor Sure Carmel Cot
tage Grocery Items Are
in Her Handwriting.
Rx the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, july 3l.--District
Attorney Asa Keyes declared TO-DAY
the handwriting on the grocery list
found in a cottage at Carmel, Calf,
was plainly that of Mrs. Aimee Sempie
Mcpherson. Keyes' agents have re-
ported to him the cottage was oceu-
pied late i'm May by man identined
hy residents of Carmel as kenneth y.
Ormiston and woman companion.
Keyes said he considered it unneces-
gary to submit the specimen 70
handwriting expert. for any tayman
can compare the writing with that
of Mrs. Mcpherson" He stated he
would submit 1t directly to the grand
jury when the body renews It's m
vestigation next week OF the KID
naping story told by the Angelus Tenn
pie pastor when she appeared at Doug
las, Ariz., June %, after 30 days ab-
sence from her flock.
Telegram Is Received.
Another development in the Ale.
Pherson inquiry which commanded
interest today was telegram received
by Keves from a Chicago attorney,
apparently retained by Ormiston, who
formerly was Mrs. McPherson's tem-
pie radio operator, stating that an af-
fidayit from Ormiston was en- route
to Keyes by air mail. This supported
a telegram received yesterday at the
temple purporting to come direct from
the former radio man, in which ne
said a sworn statement concerning
Carmel incident clearing you had
been rwartled to the evangelist.
Mrs. Mcpherson recently issued an
appeal through the press to Ormiston
to come forward and dispose of
rumors that she had been his com.
panion at Carmel for 10 days after
she disappeared on the beach at Ocean
Park, May Is.
Mrs. Mcpherson. who is under
subpoena before the grand jury Tues
day, was said to have a witness from
Carmel whom she intends to take with
her before the body. Deputy District
Attorney Ryan, who conducted the
investigation at Carmel, said ne knew
who the witness was; that Mrs. Nc
Pherson had a right to take any one,
she chose to testify.
Reports from Monterey today said
that b. ]. Cohn, process server, re-
ceived telegram from Keyes advis-
ing him that the grand jury hearing
will not be held Tuesday as scheduled,
and instructing him not to serve the
Subpoenas on Carmel witnesses.
Both Joe Ryan. deputy district at
torney, and William Carter, foreman
of the grand jury, were at a loss to
explain the Carmel report. They said
they had not been informed OF any
change in the plan to reopen the Nc
Pherson case Tuesday.
District Attorney Keyes could not
be located.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
MYSTERIOUS WIRE
GIVES IMPETUS To
HALL-M|LLS PROBE
Woman Who Sent Message
Says She Saw Four Men
Near Scene of Crime.
WAS WARNED TO KEEP
SILENT, SHE DECLARES
Is Certain Rector's Widow Was Not
Present--Thinks She Can
Identify One Man.
By the Associated Press.

SOMERVILLE, y. j., July 31.--A
mysterious telegram from Milwaukee
has quickened the tagging investiga-
ton into the murder of the Rev. Ed
ward Wheeler Hall and his choir.
singer, Mrs. Eleanor Mills, four years
ago.
The telegram, supposed TO have
been sent to Joseph Hanlon, county
detective, was in the hands of Capt
J. j. Lamb of the State police today.
He would not disclose the nature of
its contents, but said I'VE are taking
action on it," The telegram was ad-
dressed TO Sheriff Hanlon.' Hanlon
formerly was sheriff.
Admission of receipt of the tele-
gram was made by Capt. Lamb after
he had been told that Mrs. Howard
Harding of Milwaukee had said she
had telegraphed "Sheriff" Joseph
Hanlon that she had clues which
might aid in solving the HallMills
death mystery.
Says She Was Threatened.
Mrs. Harding, In Milwaukee, said
she was driving alone in her automo-
bile between Manville and New
Brunswick on the night of Septem-
ber Ia, 1922, when she was halted By
a. man who threatened her If she re-
yealed what she had seen on the
roadside. She said she would give
what other information she had only
TO sheriff. Hanlon She did not
see woman. but believed she saw
three men standing behind the man
who halted her, and whom she took
for a robber until he refused money
she offered him.
James Mills, husband OF Mrs. Mills
when told of the telegra. said:
That's the bunk, I've received
thousa nds OF letters from cranks
ali over the world. | pay no
attention TO them / take no stock
IN what people say about the case,
have. nothing to fear from any OF
these so-calle1 new revelations. l VIII
be at home any time I'm needed for
further questioning I've already
been given third degrees in several
places and all they got out Of me was
the truth. Lawyers and private de-
tectives have offered their services,
but | told them l did not need help
from any source. The truth is my
support
Former Maid Figure.
Investigation into the murder of
the rector of a New Brunswick
church and the choir singer recently
was revived when Arthur Riehl of
New Brunswick filed suit for aunul-
ment of his marriage to Mrs. Louise
Geist Riehl, maid in the Hall home
at the time of the murder In a
supporting affidavit Riehl said his wife
had conceal led from authorities her
alleged knowledge of facts that would
place guilt.
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, wife of
the slain pastor. who was released
from Somerset County Jail yesterday
on $4,000 bail, spent the day at her
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Belgium Fights Imitation.

BRUSSELS, July 81 LP1.--To fight
against new imitation. the Belgian
government has decided to convert
all six months treasury bonds and
those maturing December /, 1926. into
preferred shares in the Belgian Rail
NAYS Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01
News Is Shock Here.

News of the crash flashed about
Navy aeronautical circles last eve
ming, causing distinct schock TO the
many friends here of Lieut. Councill
and his mechanic. The officer had
been on duty in the material section
of the Bureau of Aeronautics for the
past two years. serving Immediately
under Capt. Land, who is chief of
that division. a few days ago he
jubilantly informed his brother pilots
that permission had been granted
him to attend the Army advanced
pursuit course at Kelly Field Tex,
following which he was to fly with
the crack First Pursuit Group of
Selfridge Field. Mt. Clemens, Mich.
Lieut. Councill experienced much diff
ficuity in obtaining permission for the
First Pursuit Group training. the
envy of all pilots but finally fixed
it up" as he told his friends.
He was born May 23, 1895, and
was appointed to the Naval Academy
from North Carolina in 1913 Four
years later he was graduated and
after serving three years with the
fleet entered naval aviation. He is
survived by his father and mother.
Judge and Mrs. w. B. Council of
Hickory, n. c.: two brothers and a
sister. The parents were notified
last night by Lieut.. F. II. Conant,
acting for Comdr. John Rodgers,
chief of the Bureau in the absence
of Admiral Moffet.
Lieut.. Councill had as as much eX-
prience with the amphibian plane as
any pilot in Washington, Lieut..
Comdr. Homer C. Wick, commanding
the naval air station said last night.
The officer brought the plane to
Washington from the factory, spent
many hours running tests on it and
was thoroughly familiar with it's
characteristics.
The explanation for the dive was
advanced last night as being caused
by the fog, Once an airman becomes
enveloped in clouds, or a heavy mist,
he has no way of telling whether he
Is flying straight ahead or straight
down until he can again see a hori-
zen. The ceiling was very low over
the spot the amphlbian took off and
the distance between the cloud bank
and the water was too short for the
plane to be pulled out of the dive
it was believed here.
Aviation Machinist's Mate Giddens
was 26 years old and had been on
duty at the air station for the past
two years. His mother, Mrs. l..
Giddens, at Noman Park, Ca, also
was notified last night by Lieue.
Conant.
''Giddens was an awfully fine boy
Comdr. Wick said last night "and
he was one of the best mechanics on
the station. He had been selected
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