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Evening star., 1926-08-15
Attorney to Present Findings
to Canton Grand Jury at
Hearing This Week.
DECLARES PATROLMEN
DROVE LIQUOR TRUCKS
McDermott, Sought as Key Man"
Reported to Have Visited City
With Rum Load.
BY the Associated Press.

CANTON, Ohio, August 14.-What
ever evidence any one has concerning
the murder Of Don r. Mellett, pub
Usher of the Canton Daily News, will
be sought by the Stark County gran6
jury next week. Following the state
| ment by Joseph r. Roach, famous
cleanup" attorney, that while in
quiring into an alleged liquor conspir
acy in Canton he had procured con
elusive evidence against the murder
ers, Prosecutor C. B. McClintock an
nounced today his information will be
welcomed in the grand jury investi
cation.
Court action thus is to be brought
into play to release if possible the
stranglehold which outside investi
| gators declare the underworld and
political cliqueS have fastened on Can
ton. Roach says evidence which he
possesses and which should be inves
tigated by the grand jury includes The
following:
That the bullet which killed Mel
lett was fired from a revolver of for.
eign make owned by a prominent
member of Cantons underworld.
Holds Police Aided Plot.
That Canton police officials knew of
the murder plot against Mellett and
at least one police officer took part
in the aSsa ssination.
That police officials have been pro
tecting the murderers and have aided
in covering up clues.
That the murder conspiracy is in
tricately interviewer with liquor
ogv,tx> {,, oinl, <,tf nd
officials either took part or of which
they have knowledge.
That trucks carrying illicit liquor
into Canton from Cleveland some
times were driven by members of the
police force.
That Patrick Eugene McDermott,
wanted as "keyman" in the murder
solution. at one time during a stage
in the murder conspiracy rode into
Canton on a liquor truck driven by
city detective.
That besidess the owner of the re.
volver, McDermOtt and the police Of
flcer, at least two other Cantonians
actively took part in the assassina-
ton, while others knew it was trans
piring.
Plotters Looked On as Heroes.
That the impending murder was
common knowledge IN the under
world and that those who took part
in the plot believed they would be
heroes because of the part they were
to play-heroes in having disposed of
the greatest menace the Canton un-
derworld had-Mellett. the crusading
publisher.
This evidenCea which Roach says
appears to him to be satisfactorily
corroborated to bring about convic-
ton of firstdegree murder, has no.
been presented to a grand jury be-
cause of a too intimate" contact be-
tween vice circles and political and
official cliques. Blackmail between op-
posing political cliques and between
the underworld and politicians. Roach
says he has reason to believe, also
has blocked the prosecution.
In answer to the challenge. McClin.
took said. let the chips fall where
they may, the case is to be laid be-
fore the grand jury with whatever
evidence is available from any
source"
Roach says his information is air,
tight
Evening star., 1926-08-15
CHECK-UP OF HALL
DEATH AREA MADE
Prosecutor Measures Dis
tanCes and Photographs
Home of Widow.

by the Associated Press.
SOMERVILLE. y. J., August IA
The taking of photograph and meas
urements Of the Hall home in New
Brunswick today were added to the
mystery of the Staying four years
ago of Rev Edward Hall and Mrs.
James Mills. for which crime the
minister's widow. her brother and a
cousin are charged with murder.
Senator Alexander Simpson, special
deputy attorney general appointed
to prosecute the case. accompanied by
inspector Underwood OF jersey CITY
and Patrick Hayes, chief investigator.
appeared az the recently remodeled
Hall home this afternoon with news.
paper photographers and an archi-
tect
Mrs. Hall did not come out of the
house. but Russell l.. Watson. one of
her attorneys, offered the party plans
OF the building. These We're declined.
Measurements Are Made.
Cursory measurements were made
of the house and grounds and pic
lures taken BY New York newspaper
photographers. Mi. Simpson said he
asked the newspaper men 10 do the
work for him. because official pho
toElapherS were not available.
The party then left for the Phillips
farm. just over the Middlesex County
line, where the bodies were found
under a crab apple tree. The dis
tance between the spot where the
bodies had lain, and the home Of Mrs
Jane Gibson. who yesterday identi-
fed Willie Stevens, Mrs. Halls broth
er, and Henry Carpenter, her cousin,
as the persons she saw there on the
night of the murder. were measured
by driving an automobile over the
route
Earlier in the afternoon Mr.. Simp-
son questioned several unidentified
witnesses at State trooper head
quarters.
Inspector Underwood announced he
had teleEraphed the San Francisco
police request for sworn statements
from Henry Dickman, former New
Jersey trooper and lone hand investi-
gator in the original investigation.
Expects Deposition Tuesday.
lie did not expect the deposition be.
fore Tuesday. Dickman Is serving d
term in the military disciplinary bar
racks at AlcatreZ Island. Army au
thorities, Underwood said, had signi-
fled their willingness to turn Dick
man over to the New Jersey au-
thorities.
A San Francisco paper had quoted
DiCkman as having admitted that he
accepted a bribe to drop his investi
cation and disappear. but this was
later denied by Col. William Morrow,
commandant at the disciplinary
barracks.
Carpenter and Stevens will remain
in the county Jail until Monday morn
ing. when the hearing to determine
if they shall be held for indictment
on charges of numbering the couple
will be resumed before Judge Cleary.
Mrs. Hall is at liberty under $4,000
bail.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
VOLSTEAD IS DECLARED
IN LINE FOR DRY POST
Nav Succeed Gen. Rhinow, North.
west Enforcement Director, Who
Will Quit, Paper Says.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL. Mimi. August 14.-The
ST. Paul Pioneer Press tomorrow will
say that Brig. Gen. W. F. RhinOw.
Northwest prohibition enforcement di-
rector and Maj. B. B. Wilcox, his
chief aide, will resign at the expira-
ton of their present terms, accord
ing to statements made by their init.
mate friends"
The newspaper will add thata Gen.
Rhinow lis expected to be succeeded
by Andrew Volstead. former repre-:
sentative. and author Of the national
prohibition enforcement act" who is
now legal adviser for the Northwest
district prohibition headQuarterA
Evening star., 1926-08-15
ONCE-R|CH bR|TON
HELD IN SHOOTING
Former Husband Of Ruth
Wynne Accused of Wound
ing Friend.
BY Cable to The Star and New York World

BY Cable to The Star and New York World.
LONDON. August IA. - A!phonSe
Francis Austin Smith, grandson OF
one of the builders of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad and former son-inlaw
of Robert j. Wynne. onetime United
States Postmaster General, was ar
rested today at White Stable, near
Canterbury, accused of attempted
murder.
The police inspector making the
arrest testified he went to Stella
Maria, Smiths seaside home, and
found John Thomas Derham, interna
tional rink hockey player and grand
son of Gen. Tyler, V. C.. dying of Il
bullet wound IN the stomach. Thomas
was taken to a nursing home, where
he died a few hours later.
Smith is grandson of both Sir
Frank Smith and Hugh Ryan, asso-
ciate of Lord Strathcona, and two Of
the earliest millionaires In Canada,
both being railroad builders.
Once Enormously Wealthy.
Smith, as an heir, once was enor
mously wealthy. 1t is reported he
was a victim of the notorious Will
liam Cooper Hobbs, Montague Noel
Newton and Roberick Morrison gang.
Hobbs was the principal figure In the
notorious "Mr "A" blackmail trial,
Mr.. A" turning out to be the Maha
rajah Hari Singh of Jammu and
kashmir.
One report said these men were APP
pointed a committee of inspection of
the Smith inheritance. Smith was
married in 1912 to Ruth Wynne and
was divorced in 1922. He took as his
second wife Miss Catherine White, by
whom he has three children. He is d
near neighbor of Derham, who is said
to have given lessons in automobile
driving to Mrs. Smith
Derham Also Married.
Derham in 1918 married Miss Con
suelo De Cologan, a daughter OF the
Marquis de Tore Hermosa. For the
last few years he has been living
apart from his wife. Both Smith and
Derham are graduates of Eton, where
they were schoolmateS. Derham was
40 and Smith 81.
1t is reported Smith in 10 years
disSipated a fortune of Sl0O0.00O ana
ther borrowed from Hobbs and New
ton.
In the divorce proceedings Mr..
Wynne's daughter received in settle
ment a substantial share of the eX'
peCted inheritance. Smith once was
In the dragoon guards.
In the war he joined the Canadian
forces AS a private. Derham was
graduate Of Trinity College. Cam
bridge. and was d captain In the war.
tCopIright. 1925.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
FIND LOST BOYS TRACKS.
Searchers on Trail of 7-Year-Old
Missing on Mount Hood.

PORTLAND, Greg. August II up
While woodsmen, forest rangers. sol
diers and officers were leading search
parties on the slope of Mount Hood
today in search of Jackie Strong. I
year-old boy, lost in the wilds for as
hours. fresh footprints. believed tC
have been made by the boy last nigh;
or this morning. were round.
Trackers said the footprints were
firm and indicated the boy had been
calmly making, his way.
The boy had wandered away from
TWO brothers while fishing Thursday
afternoon.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
OFFICIALS FOUND DRIVING
3 STOLEN AUTOMOBILES
Eleven Cars Recovered in Peoria.
and Clues to Score More An
nounced by Chicago Officer.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 14.-Recovery of
II stolen automobiles and clues to
about a score more were announced
tonight by Police Sergt. Frank a. Nc.
Donald on his return from Peoria, in
vestigating stolen car market there.
One of the stolen cars was being
driven by ]. Shirley West, chief of DO
lice of Peoria. and another by Jess
Weast, assistant States attorney of
Peoria County. Weast's secretary, Po-
liceman Richard Clandein, was driving
another car the serial number of
which corresponded to that of a car
stolen in Chicago.
Recovery of the II cars came
through the arrest of Floyd OVERLY at
Peoria two weeks ago on seven war
rants charging him with receiving
stolen property, automobiles stolen on
Chicago streets.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
TODAY'S STAR.
PART ONE-44 PAGES.

General News-Local, National and
Foreign.
Maryland and Virginia News-Pages
26 and 81.
News of the Clubs-Page 33.
Radio News and Programs-Page "a
Around the City-Page So.
Tales of Well Known Folk-Page. 80
Financial News-Pages 40, Al and AZ
PART TWO-l4 PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
PART THREE-14 PAGES.
Amusements-Thea and the Photo
play.
Music in Washington-Page 4.
Motors and Motoring-Pages ), {, 9
and 10.
Army and Navy News-Page II.
District National Guard-Page l..
Boy Scout News-Page 10.
Civilian Army News--Page Is.
Veterans of the Great War-Page 49,
Fraternal News-Page IA.
PART FOUR PAGES.
Pink Sports Section.
PART FIvE-8 PAGES.
Magazine standardization and t'ea.
lures.
The Rambler-Page 3.
PART SIX-8 PAGES.
Classified Advertising.
Reviews of Summer Books-Page 8.
Y. w. c. A. News-Page S.
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COMIC SECTION PAGES.
Betty: Reg lar Fellers: Mr.. and Mrs;
Mutt and Jeff
Evening star., 1926-08-15
STORM HA[TS HEAT
WAVE AS TWO DIE
Five Frustrated Yesterday,
But Further Relief Is
Promised Today.

After fastening two deaths and
prostrating five other persons yester-
day the heat wave that has made
Washington and it's environs swelter
for nearly week was temporarily
broken by the thunderstorm yester-
day afternoon and further showers to-
day are expected to bring a decided
improvement in temperature before
night.
The storm which brought welcome
breezeS to the city also caused prop
erty damage when lightning set fire
for the Aged and Infirm at Blue
Plains. The COWS in the barn were
led to safety.
Those whose deaths were attributed
10 the heat were:
Col. Henry II. Ludlow. l.. S. A..
retired, 72 years old, who was stricken
in the lobby of the Union Trust Co
and died shortly after arriving al
Emergency Hospital
Robert Mahoney, Colored, y laborer
for the American Oil Co., who died
from the effects of heat attack while
WORKING on road at Rosslyn. Va.
Heat Causes Apoplexy.
NCi' L%uNIcN' NIlO IeSIUcQ AT IN
Jefferson street. was retired in f91S
He had gone to the bank to transac,
some business. Acting Coroner Her
bert f.. Martyr issued certificate OF
death due to apopleXy, Superinduced
by the heat.
lhOSe prOStrated, none of whom is
In serious condition. follow:
James A. Woulfe. 1927 Twelfth
street, who was overcome while al
work late yesterday afternoon and
was treated at Emergency Hospital
Felix Mcdonald. ~ years old 10:
Michigan avenue. treated at Elmer
gency Hospital
Mrs {. +. Schoffield. 80 years. stop.
ping at the tourist camp, treated AZ
Emergency Hospital.
Eugene Butler. colored, 223 B street
pital ''''
Samuel Waters. colored. 53 wears
old, prostrated while WORKING in ar
excavation and treated at Sasualt, !,
Hospital '
Forcaster Weightman of the
weather Bureau. announced last
nlght that survey of the situation
following the storm, indicated tba,
there would be definite break in the
present torrid wave this afternoon.
Showers Due at Midday.
Sunday morning is likely to he
sticky and close" Mr.. Weichtmar
SAID but there will probably be
showers about the middle of the dav
ana If they occur they will be followed
by a more comfortable temperat,re
than Washington has had for severa
days
Early Yesterday morning the fore.
caster predicted cooler weather today u
Tor Philadelphia and New York. but
at that time il was not certain that
the region of declining temperature
would extend down to the District of
Columbia. Late last night, however
MI. NelShtman reported that the
outlook for relief in Washington to.
day was quite favorable" and should
arrive before evening
The highest temperature yesterda Y
was 9S degrees at 4 o'clock, the same
maximum reached Friday. When the
storm broke about 6 O'Clock the mer.
curry dropped to "a. While the fore
caster could not predict how much
lower the temperature would be this
afternoon, he confidently expected il
would be decidedly lower than for the
past three or four days
NEW YORK HARD HIT
Evening star., 1926-08-15
Curiosity Fills Church of President
To Regret of Rev. Jason Noble Pierce

church just to see the President. The
fact that we had to extend the seat
ing capacity of the church does not
signify a growth in spirituality but
rather an increase in curiosity
1T seems too bad that a President
has not a right to attend a church
service as a man instead of being
made The center FOR ali eyes. There is
one thing that his warmesl friends
and hittereSt enemies must Concede to
the President and that is his consist
ency in church attendance. lie is
genuine in his attention to his spiritual
duties"
Evening star., 1926-08-15

at a local department store. said that
his mother was partially blind
Mrs. Huguley was the widow of
James F. Huguley. who died years
ago, after serving - years i'm the
Treasury Department. She was a life.
long resident of the District, Funeral
services will be held Tuesday morning
at ST Martins Church. Interment
will be In Glenwood Cemetery
Evening star., 1926-08-15
Woman, 83 Years Old, Is Killed i'm Fall
AS She Mistakes Cellar Door for Pantry

Mistaking a cellar door for pantry
door. Mrs. Kate a. Huguley. So years
old, was killed at her home. 80 Rhode
Island avenue, Yesterday afternoon
when she plunged down a flight of
stairs. Dr. A. D. Evans. 1929 North
Capitol street. was summoned and
pronounced her dead as result of a
fractured skull and shock.
Edgar A. Huguley. q son. employed
Evening star., 1926-08-15
Married in 1912.

Since her divorce from Smith in
1922 the first Mrs. Smith, who was
before her marriage Miss Ruth Ber-
nadotte Wynne. second daughter OF
MIR. and Mrs. Wynne. has. made her
home in the United States. Her IA
ther was Postmaster General under
President Roosevelt and later was
consul general in London.
Miss Wynne and Mr.. Smith were
married in London in October. 1922.
After honeymoon at his country
nlace at Wendover. Smith and his
bride took a house in London. They
narted a year later. a reconciliation
was effected in 1916. largely through
the instrumentality OF Mr.. Smiths
mother. 1t was not lasting, however,
and in 1918 he assigned one-third of
his income of about $4,000 a year to
his wife.
The former Miss Wynne filed action
for divorce in June. 1921, naming
Miss Gertrude Lawrence. One of her
witnesses at the trial was her sister
Mrs. Hugh Ronald French. who was
married TO Capt. French of the British
army in 1909 and divorced him in
1913.
The first Mrs. Smith made her debut
here in 1909.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
PAPER SAYS MRS. Will SON
PROMISED LEAGUE VISITS
Late President. on Deathbed. Said
to Have Received Assurance
of Regular Attendance.

By Cable to The Star aud New York World
LONDON. August 14-Lord Rid
dell's newspaper. in its column of
Gossip of the Da:. said to have Rid.
dell's personal supervision, will print
tomorrow: 1T * not generally
known, but Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
promised the late President on his
deathbed that she would attend every
annual assembly of the League of Ma
tions. in Commemoration of it's in
ceptor, as long as she lived"
Mrs. Wilson now is in Geneva.
tCopyright. i926.l
Evening star., 1926-08-15
necial Disratch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
STAMFORD. Conn, August IA
nreacher who numbers a President of
the United States among his parish
toner's is more to be pitied than con
graduated. Rev Jason Noble Pierce,
minister of the church in Washing
ton. y. G.. that President Coolidge at
tends. told gathering of kiWanis
club members here today
Probably four out of five OF those
who attended the services are not my
people, he said. but cQne TO the
Evening star., 1926-08-15
Brief Will Ruled Out.

ELIZABETH. y. j., August "a Op>.
The will of Police Capt. Brogan
was too brief. Surrogate Parrot ruled
today. 1t was scrawled on a sheet
from a memorandum book and read:
- Everything J own in the world. real
and personal properly. TO my wife -
Inclusion of the words give
quest was necessary. the Official
ruled.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
NEW YORK HARD HIT.
Three Distinct Storms Damage
Widely Separated Points

Special Dispatch to The Star
. NEW YORK. August 14.-Three
separate thunderstorms. one of them
accompanied by such violent wind as
Continued on Page 3, Column a.
Evening star., 1926-08-15
EXPERT will SEEK
U. S. BUILDING SITES
Treasury Seeks to Avoid Court
Action to Acquire Land
for Program

Faced with the danger of pro.
longed delay in the Government s
$50 100000 building program here on
account of the difficulty of purchas-
ing .and needed for the first strlIc-
lures, the Treasury has obtained the
services of an expert on sites, who
will open negotiations this week with
the owners of property needed
On account of policy the department
has withheld the name of it's expert
but it was learned yesterday that he
Is a man of long experience in pick
ing sites for the Government and is
expert in negotiating with the public
in such matters
Seeks to Shun Courts.
Treasury. acting through this agent
to make every possible effort to ac-
quite the land needed south of the
Post Office Department Building for
the new Internal Revenue Bureau
structure, and elsewhere.
1t Is the hope of the department
that the matter be kept out of the
courts if possible. and the expert
will devote his whole time and atten.
ton to the problem Of negotiating the
purchase by the Government of all
the property necessary at price
considered fair and just to the Gov
'ernment.
Condemnation Last Resort.
Should the expert fail, it is known
the Government will step in and in
stitute condemnation proceedings, but
the Treasury is pinning it's hopes on
the new campaign to keep out of the
courts and make speedy progress in
the great program of providing homes
in Washington for the Federal bu-
reaus.
When the property is acquired, ac-
cording to plans now under way the
Internal Revenue Bureau Building
and the Archives Building will be the
first to be started. If no legal snarls
develop in the question of acquisition
Of site. it Is probable that the feunda-
ton for the building for the Bureau
of Internal Revenue may be laid this
Fall
Evening star., 1926-08-15
''FrOn Press to Home
Withir, the Hour"

The Star is delivered every evening and
Sunday morning to Washington homes at
90 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000
and service will start Immediately.
Evening star., 1926-08-15

lContinued on Page I. Column %
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editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
Evening star., 1926-08-15

CONTINUED on Page 4, Column l.
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Continued on Page 4, Column 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-07

DAYS Officials attribute the increased
efficiency to the stimulation OF excite
ment, with the hello girls and other
workers constantly on the alert.
Bus traffic is so flexible that the
transportation situation In those cities
we'll provided with motor vehicles is
much easier than in those depending
upon street car lines. The tramways
have great difficulty in getting under
way, as strike pickets can redily block
the tracks. but the bus lines are routed
through districts where there are no
disorders and easily elude Instructions.
John Bulls reverence for law and
order and his habitual observation Of
regulations never have been more
clearly demonstrated than in Lon
dons traffic crisis. Crowds standing
in the rain waiting for buses run by
volunteers to get them 10 work and
back do not overload the vehicles Pla
cards requesting passengers not to
hail vehicles having no empty seats
are rigidly observed.
Evidence of the increa sing number of
volunteers available for railway work
is seen in an announcement by the
Midland Scottish line that the Irish
mail train LETT EuStOn IOaueu with
passengers and mails and that 500
trains were run over the system yes
terday, while the suburban electric
services were increased.
The Great Western Railway brought
$50 passengers from the Plymouth
docks this morning and the company
Is inaugurating increased suburban
service as we'll as maintaining yester-
days services from London to prov
inces and across country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-07
Features of British Strike

The strike has called back 10 the
throttle George Pearson. who re-
tired two weeks ago after having
driven his locomotive a million miles
between Canterbury and Whitstable
for 40 years. When the general
strike began he went to his old boss
es and volunteered for service. Il
want to drive my engine again" he
said. lie is back on the old route.
The strike is causing a loss of
about $S,680.50 per minute to Great
Britain's trade. 1t is figured by sta
tisticians of the British Chamber of
Commerce.
The high road between Glasgow
and Edinburgh is covered with
broken glass to prevent automobile
traffic Unwary drivers in Birmtng-
ham had their gasoline tanks emp
lied by strikers.
In Buenos Aires the Communist
party Is 10 hold a rally in sympathy
with the British strikers. Other
work ers' organizations are collect
ing funds to be sent TO England.
At Moscow the executive com
mittee of the Communist Interna-
tiOnale has resolved to call a con-
ference in Paris shortly to discuss
means of aiding the British strikers.
England Is enjoying the snappiest
telephone service since the air raid