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Evening star., 1926-04-20
FORMER DRY AGENT GOES
ON TRIAL IN FRAUD CASE
Nations and Three Officers and Di-
rectors Of Defunct Concern Be
fore st. Louis Court.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, April 20. - Gus. O..
Nations, formerly chief Federal pro
hibition agent here, and three officers
and directors of the defunct Federal
Home Building Corporation went on
trial in Federal court yesterday on
charges of using the mails to defraud.
Nations was counsel for the cor
poration. which is alleged to have OBJ
tanned $2S0,000 from 800 investors
who suffered total loss. His attor-
ney indicated the defense would be
that Nations had acted merely as at
torney. Those who went to trial with
Nations were Christian w. Beck,
president of the corporation; +. w.
Barrett, general manager, and Eu-
gene II. Paulus. a director. The Gov
ernment dismissed the indictment
against John II. Beck and David
Beckett, directors. for lack of evil
dence.
Evening star., 1926-04-20
ORCHESTRA CONCERT.

Band auditorium, Marine Bar
racks tonight at 7;30 o'clock,
by the United States Marine
Band Orchestra; William H..
Santelmann, leader; Taylor
Branson, second leader.
March, Arms of Amer
lea" 'Tfyoi
Overture. 1.-The Force of
Destiny. .Nerdl
(a "Babillage" 6or
Str1ngSD. .......... 'Hilio'
Cb) Characteristic, Chinese
Wedding Procession. Hosmer
Dedication and benediction, from
"The Huguenots" Meyerbeer
Waltz, "Bad'ner Mad
len :. .hoilzdh
Suite de ballet, Mas
querade". .............La .Lacome
(a) Carneval March, marcia
pomposo.
(b) Harlequin and Colombine,
allegretto eleganza.
(c) Antics of the Clown. tempo
minuetto. \
I'D The Mandolin Serenaders,
andantino.
(e) Finale, Grand Parade, ALA
polka.
Grand march, "Hom-
age. Wagner
Marines hymn. "The Halls of
MonteZuma."
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
Notice.-There will be a. con-
cart hv tho Marine Rand OrChesS-
ira at the Marine Barracks Fri
day. at $3.50 pm, and the month
ly symphony program will be
presented Tuesday, April 81, at
7:30 pm.
Evening star., 1926-04-20
Ordered to War College.

Maj James H. Burns, Ordnance De
partment, has been relieved from duty
in the office of the Assistant Secretary
of War and ordered to the Army War
College for temporary duty.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
GOVERNMENT ACTS
|. TO LIFT OIL LEASES
Justice Department Asks Re-
view of Proceedings Against
Elk Hills Holders.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Another naval Oil reserve case
reached the Supreme Court today.
Following the argument in the
Doheny case by special Government
counsel, the Department OF Justice
through Solicitor General Mitchell,
took up the fight to clear the reserves
of leases made while Albert B. Fall
was Secretary of the Interior, asking
the court to grant a review in pro
ceedings against the Bellridge Oil Co..
which has a lease ON the Elk Hills
reserve in California.
The lease is challenged by the Gov
ernment as invalid on the ground that
1t was made without advertising fol-
bids The validity of the action oi
President Harding in transferring the
administration Of the reserves from
the Navy to the Interior Department
also is questioned.
The lower courts sustained the
lease, holding that the Secretary OF
the Interior had the authority tC
make it, that Government officials
had approved it, and that Congress
with full knowledge it had been made
acquiesced. The Government asked g
review so it could test out the validity
of all such leases.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
NEW POLICE COURT
/. IS BASIS OF PARLEY
Fine Arts Commission Meets
Judges to Discuss Location
of Proposed Structure.

Members of the Fine Arts Commits
sion will confer this afternoon with
judges Of the Police Court of the Dis.
trict of Columbia on the location of
the proposed new $1,0O0,O00 building
for the Police Court. The confer
ence will be held at Police Court, inn
mediately on the return Of the COM
mission from a trip of inspection of
Civil War forts in Anacostia and
Northeast Washington which are
proposed to be acquired as links in
the park system.
Although the commission last
Spring placed itself on record as fav-
oring location of the Police Court in
Judiciary Square between a prolonga.
ton Of E and + streets, some differ.
ence Of opinion among municipal jus
tees has arisen and this proposed
site may be abandoned. Charles
Moore, chairman of the commission
has discussed with Chief Justice Nc
Coy of the District Supreme Court
the advisability of locating the new
Police Court building on Indiana
avenue opposite the present municipal
courthouse, and indications today
pointed strongly to abandonment of
the Judiciary Square location In
favor Of another site The commits
sion last Spring conferred with Judge
Schultz and announced it's approval
of the Judiciary Square site.
Votes Road Elimination.
Elimination of the upper border roaG
constituting part of the Rock Greek
and Potomac Parkway between
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.)
Evening star., 1926-10-14
QUEEN MARIE ASKS
F0RAMER|CANF FOOD
Chief Steward of Leviathan
Replaces French Chef to
Prepare Dishes.

BY the Associated Press.
s. S. LEVIATHAN, October IA
BuckWheat cakes with Vermont
maple sirup and sausages were the
American gustatory delights chosen
by the Rumanian queen and her fam
lily for their second breakfast at sea
on their voyage to the United States.
Marie also tasted American breakfas st
cereal for the first time.
The meal was prepared by Billy
Linn, chief steward, who donned a
kitchen apron and displaced the
Leviathan's expert French and Ger
man chefs in response to Marie's re-
quest that she have a day of strictly
American food.
The menu prepared for luncheon
was chicken a la Maryland, with corn
fritters, hot beaten biscuits and
honey. This repast was to be served
in the main dining room, with Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson and her brother,
DR.. Richard Boiling, as guests of the
queen.
Wants to See Skyline.
When the Leviathan points her
PROV up New York Harbor next Mon
day, Queen Marie will be on deck to
view Bartholdi's famous Statue of
Liberty and the vista of the city's
skyline. with buildings almost piercing
the clouds.
The Queen has expressed a desire
to see the panorama unfolded as the
Leviathan plows its way through
Gravesend Bay and up to her dock at
the foot of West Forty-sixth street
on the Hudson River.
The program Of Mayor Walker of
New York City contemplated sending
down to Quarantine the city's official
reception boat Macon to take the
royal party on board and land them at
the Battery for the trip up Broadway
to the City Hall for the official wei.
come by the mayor.
Views ''Movie" Show.
The democratic spirit of Queen
Marie, which was evinced when she
first stepped on board the Leviathan
from the tender at Cherbourg, still is
maintained. Last night the Queen,
Princess Ileana, Prince Nicholas and
other members of the royal encourage
saw a motion picture show in the
general drawing room Of the liner as
the vessel made it's way through
somewhat rough seas.
The Queen and her children are
proving good sailors, although it was
said she was fearful before she
boarded the Leviathan of an attack
of mal-de.mer and brought on board
q medicine to ward it off.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
4OSCHOO[SFOUND
WITHOUT WARNINGS
Eldridge Plans to Confer
With BaIIou on Safety
Measures.

With Washington in the midst of a
concerted movement to safeguard
school children from traffic hazards,
it developed today that fully one
fourth the 100 public school buildings
have no slow signs warning motorists
that they are approaching school
zone.
Traffic Director Eldridge said he
would confer with Superintendent of
Schools Ballou within a day or two
on the general subject of additional
safety measures that might be taken
around school buildings and that he
would go specifically into the question
of where school warning signs are
still needed.
Ballots received by The Star today
in it's poll on the proposal to change
the opening time of school to enable
children to avoid the peak of the
traffic flow showed 78 per cent in
favor of $50. OF the balance, per
cent voted for no change and the
others favored some other time than
$50. Parents are urged to express
their views by filling in ballot be-
fore the data is laid before the Board
of Education for study.
Explains Lack Of Signs.
After a casual tour of few neigh
borhoods by a Star reporter this
morning showed six locations where
no school signs were in sight, an
official of the sign-painting shop of
the Traffic Bureau stated that 1t
never has been a policy to erect
"Slo" signs at every school in the
city.
The sign shop explained that the
Police Department began to erect
school warning signs about eight
years ago. but that the plan has
been to place them only where par
ticularly dangerous situations exist
or where the signs have been re
quested by the teachers or parents of
a neighborhood.
The police policy has been. appar-
emily, to put signs where the school
officials ask for them. Despite the fact
Continued on Page 2, Column S)
Evening star., 1926-10-14
LOS ANGELES STARTS
3-DAY DETROIT TRIP
Dirigible Is Due in Michigan City
Tomorrow and Back at Lake
hurst Sunday Night.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LAKEHURST, N. j., October A.
The Navy dirigible Los Angeles left
the Naval Air Station at 11:05
o'clock this morning on a three-day
fight to Detroit. Departure of the
dirigible, first scheduled for Mon
day morning, had been postponed by
unfavorable weather.
The dirigible is due at Detroit
early tomorrow morning and is ex-
pected to return to the Naval Air
Station by Sunday night.
A crew of Al men, commanded by
Lieut.. Comdr. Rosendahl, was
aboard. together with Admiral Mof-
fat, three other officers, rated as pas
sengers. and one photographer.
A message to the Navy Depart
ment from Lieut.. Comdr. Charles E
Rosendahl said the Los Angeles would
follow route No. 3, over Philadelphia
Pittsburgh, Akron and Toledo on the
flight to Detroit.
|. The normal flying time for the
ship over this route is calculated by
the Navy Department at 16 hours
and minutes. This would bring the
Los Angeles into Detroit at 2:1O or
Eastern standard time.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
Loss of Two Senate Seats
Feared if Adams Makes
Good on Charges.
DEMOCRATS SEE CHANCE
TO WIN STATE CONTROL
Leaders, However, Wary Of Making
Issue of "Stephensonism"
Without Proof.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN,
Staff Cnrresnnndanf of The Star.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, October IA.
While charges Of political corrup-
ton involving Republican leaders,
great and small. fly like hail. Indiana
proceeds with a campaign which Is TO
result November 2 in the election of
two United States Senators. the en-
tire State delegation in the House
and other officials.
1t is campaigning on the edge Of
a volcano. If the volcano erupts be-
tween now and election day the re-
suit may be the defeat Of two Sem
ators. Watson and Robinson, and the
transfer of political control Of the
State from Republican to Democratic
hands.
Stephenson Case Figures.
Charges of wholesale corruption
have been brought by Thomas II.
Adams, veteran Republican editor of
Vincennes, Ind, in which he asserts
that David c. Stephenson, "Steve," at
one time grand dragon Of the Ku
Klux Klan of Indiana and now serv-
ing a life sentence for alleged muir
der, contributed hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to the last Republican
ances he was to be paid back three
times the amount he gave and was
to have the say in the selection of
certain officials.
These charges are denounced as
fabrications by Republican leaders
Adams has demanded an Investigation
by the State Senate and has urged
that a special session of the Senate
be called. He has asked that his own
Independent investigating committee
be given the opportunity of question.
ing Stephenson, who is in Jail at
michigan City. Mr.. Adams made his
hrst statement to the press Septem.
Der %. Up to date, however, neither
he nor his committee nor the press
has had an opportunity of question.
ing Stephenson, although it was
said Steve" was anxious to give all
the facts.
Grand Jury Takes Trail.
A grand jury investigation of the
charges, however. has been begun
mere. Adams has been before the
COntinued on PaOo Col,,p,0 oI
Evening star., 1926-10-14
OHIO MAYOR OUSTED
ON CHARGES OF VICE
Steubenville Executive Found
Guilty of Misconduct and
Refusal to Enforce Law.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STEUBENVILLE,O Ohio, October IA.
Mayor John S. H. Patton, SO, was
removed from Office today by Common
Pleas Judge Jay S. Paisley for mis-
conduct in office and refusal to en-
force laws against vice and crime.
The Steubenville executive was
found guilty on 8 Of the 10 charges
preferred against him by the Steuben-
Vile Ministerial Association. The re-
moval is the first in Ohio under a
statute, amended in 1925, giving Com
mon Pleas Court the right to remove
city officials.
Mayor Patton was found guilty by
Judge Paisley Of permitting gambling,
prostitution and liquor selling to oper-
ate on large scale and Of encourag-
ing and aiding in almost every brand
Of vice.
Liquor ''fortresses" operated in the
heart of the city without molestation
and with encouragement from Mayor
Patton, the court ruled.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
LOOT PUT AT $16O,000
Armed Search for Bandits Begun in
Newark Streets.

NEWARK, \. j., October IA P).-
A pay roll of 100000, consigned to
the Elizabethport Banking Co. and
intended for the Singer Sewing
Machine Co, was obtained in the EliZ
abeth mail robbery, according to re
ports reaching this city.
Acting on reports that the mail
bandits had fed toward Newark, the
Department of Public Safety threw
every reserve into the search for the
killers.
Streets in the business section were
patrolled by motor cycle police. 20 de-
tectives were ordered to begin a
search of garages, and an automobile
fleet of one car from each precinct
was hastily assembled to scour the
outlying districts.
Reports to Newark police said that
there were eight bandits in the party
and that the loot consisted of five
bags of mail addressed to a bank at
Elizabethport.
A rain of bullets was poured into
the victims from rapid-fire .45-caliber
guns.
Postal inspectors arrived within ar
hour after the holdup, and took to the
chase Immediately.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
l3-Year-Old Hubby
Fights Alimony OF
25-Year-Old Wife

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
MOSCOW, October 14.-Eforts OF
13-year-old Victor Anikin to evade
paying his 25-year-old wife alimony
for the support Of their infant son
have reached the Supreme Court
and are engrossing the attention OF
scientists and youthful sheiks.
When the baby was born the
mother, a maid in the boys family,
secured an alimoAy order from @ Ihe
Peoples Court of Justice. Ihe
schoolboy father was unable to
nav. The baby's grandfather ap-
pealed to the district court. The
latter confirmed the order. requir,
ing the grandfather to pay, and
also sent the case to the supreme
Court to determine to what extent
the baby's mother was responsible
for the informal marriage.
tCopyright 1925. by Chicago Daily news Oo'
Evening star., 1926-10-14
Scientist Locates
) Mystery Quakes
Under the Pacific
By the Associated Press.

SEATTLE, Wash, October IA.
&c. E. Goodspeed, jr., professor
of geology at the University of
Washington, declared here today
that 1t was his belief that three
earthquakes recorded yesterday on
the seismograph of the Gonzales
Heights Observatory, Victoria,
British Columbia, occurred in
what Is known as the outer edge
OF the great Pacific basin, under
the Pacific Ocean, between the
western end of the Aleutian Is
lands and northern Japan.
The United States Navy radio
station at Cordova, Alaska, which
is in regular communication with
ell wireless stations in Alaska and
the North Pacific, reported to the
Associated Press that the shocks
were not felt on st. Paul Island
In the Bering Sea. north of the
Aleutians. at Dutch Harbor. in
the islands, or in Alaska.
Five earthquakes, all apparently
centering in the neighborhood of
the Aleutian Islands, off Alaska.
nave been recorded within "a hours
on the seismograph at Georgetown
University.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
MELLON GOT HEAVY TAX
REFUND, COPELAND SAYS
Secretary Saved Million for Him
self, Senator Asserts-Condemns
Wadsworth for Aid.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 14.-That An.
drew w. Mellon, Secretary Of the
treasury, took advantage Of rules
known only to a few lawyers and
bankers to obtain for himself, as pres.
!dent OF the Aluminium Co. Of Amer
lea, a tax refund Of about 1000 900
was the charge made by Senator
Royal S. Copeland at the Tammany
Hall rally here last night, which
opened the local Democratic cam
paign.
Senator Copeland accused Senator
Wadsworth Of backing up Mr.. Mel
Ions Treasury administration and OF
voting for the beet sugar" trust
which. he said, ''is now costing this
State $26.ooO,oOO a year" He re
ferred to Senator Wadsworth's aD
proval of tariff schedules taxing
Cuban sugar.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
MAIL BANDITS KILL
GUARD, GET S1GQ,0|I)
IN JERSEY HOLD-UP
Two Carloads of Outlaws At
tack Truck Escorted by
Elizabeth Police.
MOTOR CYCLE OFFICER
AND P. o. EMPL0YE SHOT
Rain Of Bullets Poured Into Vic
tins as Thugs Sweep Streets
With Guns.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ELIZABETH, y. j., October IA
Bandits armed with machine gun
and sawed-off shotgunS held up a
United States mail truck in the CEN
ter of the city today and escaped with
en unknown amount Of loot.
The mail pouches stolen are said tc
have contained upwards Of 100000
in currency being transported to the
Elizabethport Banking Co., payroll
funds Of the Singer Manufacturing
TO, and other registered mall.
Two post office employees were shot,
one fatally, and a policeman also was
wounded by the bandits. The business
district in which the holdup occurred
was in a state of terror as the pan
dts swept the streets with bullets.
Dies In Hospital.
The dead man is John EnZ, 81,
driver of the mail truck. He died In
the General Hospital five minutes
after arriving there. He had been
shot through the head.
The injured are:
Patrick f. Quinn, 26, post office
clerk, who was riding on the truck
with Enz. He in hospital with
three bullet wounds in his left arm
and hand. His condition is not re-
garded as critical.
Motor Cycle Patrolman Jacob
Christman, 30. who was escorting the
truck, received two bullet wounds IN
his right leg. His condition is not
critical.
Hold-up Well Planned.
The hold-up gives every evidence
of having been carefully planned. 1t
took place at $3.50 o'clock. at a time
when hundreds of persons were In
the vicinity.
The truck. carrying five sacks Of
registered mail. was proceeding
downtown from the main post office.
Christman was riding just ahead or
it on his motor cycle when one OF
the two autos used by the bandits
collided with his machine and spilled
him into the street.
no nAn
Evening star., 1926-10-14
SWORD DUEL FOUGHT.

NICE, France, October IA (R.-A
dispute over foreign exchange pro-
vided the grounds for a sword duel to.
day between Count Paul de Villers, a
Frenchman, and a former British
army surgeon. DIR. Scalisi Jarvis. The
count was wounded in one ear. The
seconds stopped the combat, but the
duelists refused to shake hands and
left the field unreconciled.
An argument about the dollar and
pound led to the duel on the grounds
of a villa at Juan les Pins.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
.SHORT-CHANGERS LOSE
ON CONFEDERATE BILLS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AMIENS, France, October 14-It
has been learned that certain persons
In Amiens who recently changed
American dollars into francs and
thought they were reaping a profit of
some so per cent by "short-changing'
American tourists, got the worst Of
the deal.
For once we got the better of the
Americans" the Frenchmen are said
to have declared when they met at a
bank to again translate their dollars
into francs and reap their profit. They
were completely disconnected when
the paying teller rapidly ran through
the pile of bills and, looking through
the bars of his window, said:
II think you will have to send these
bills to Richmond, Va. They were is.
sued and were good there some 65
years ago. They are Confederate
bills"
Evening star., 1926-10-14
Foot Ball Signals Bring Identification
OF Student Who Lost Memory In Crash

student and freshman foot ball play
er. who had been missing since Octo-
ber Z.
Wiener had telephoned police head
quarters that he believed he was
missing and could not recall his
name. Unable to tell where he was
telephoning, police told him to call
q taxicab and tell the driver to take
him to headquarters.
He Is the son of a wealthy Mich
igan City, Ind, merchant. A Nation
wide search had been started foI
young. Wiener, who could not tel
how or when he came to Milwaukee
He disappeared Immediately after
being injured in an automobile acci-
dent: A large bruise was found or
his head.
Evening star., 1926-10-14
STORMS ARE PREDICTED
TO RETURN TOMORROW
Santa Clara Director Says Sun Spots
Will Bring Back September
Ravage

6y tne Associated FfeSs.
SANTA CLARA. Calf, October IA.
Storms of 'attenuated intensity" are
forecast for tomorrow and Saturday
by Father J. s. Ricard. director of the
observatory of the University of Santa
Clara.
Calling attention to the journey
across the suns disk of the giant sun
spot group first observed at the uni
versity September l3, Father Ricard
said
THAT famous group was first seen
at the observatory of the university
September 13. After that it was OBJ
served every day until its final disap-
pearance September 25.
When it became central storms,
hurricanes, floods and earthquakes
We're raging in various parts of the
world. Its center of gravity will again
be central on October 1916, when
storms of attenuated intensity will
reocCur.
1.-The spots have already reappear.
ed. commencing their second rota-
ton"
Evening star., 1926-10-14

BY the AssocIated fre6S.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, October IA
Numbers keep buzzing through my
head. 1897. and then the word
shift It came to me all of a. sud
den that / had been playing foot
ball. You must know where it was,
I have forgotten"
Detectives who surrounded the
speaker, a clean-cut youth of 1S.
who sat with his head in his hands,
sobbing and vainly trying to recall
his name, pulled from their files of
missing men bulletin with a photo
graph. 1t was a picture Of the youth
who sat before them in police head
quarters here last night, and cleared
up the disappearance e9 Joseph A.
Wiener, Noxthwestern University
Evening star., 1926-10-14
3O-GALl0N STILL FOUND
AT DEMOCRATIC CLUB
Reported That Employees, Not
Members, Peddled Whisky From
New York Quarters.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 14.-Today's
American says a 30-gallon still was
found recently in cellar Of the Ma
tlonal Democratic Club on Madison
avenue. No member of the club was
concerned with the apparatus. it is
explained, but employees made whisky
and smuggled 1t out to peddle. The
discovery was made, 1t is said, when
plumbers were called in to make some
repairs after the discharge of a paid
executive Of the club.
The club has on its roster many Of
the most prominent Democrats in the
country,
Evening star., 1926-10-14
CITIZENS SEEK OUSTING
OF GOV. R. H. HARTLEY
Seattle Banker Heads Statewide
Drive to Remove Executive
! After University Wrangle.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, October IA State.
wide movement to recall Gov. Roland
H. Hartley was being organized to-
day, under a unanimous resolution
adopted at a meeting attended here
by 1000 persons last night. The reso-
luton accused the governor of violat-
ing his oath of office.
Worrall Wilson, Seattle banker.
who was chairman of the gathering,
was instructed to name 100 represent
ative citizens Of the State to carry
out the recall plans.
The meeting was called to protest
against recent action of University
of Washington regents in placing DR..
Henry SuZzallo on indefinite leave of
absence as president of the school
after he had refused to accede to their
demands that he resign
/ A majority of the regents were ap-
pointees of Hartley.