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Evening star., 1926-11-04
246 KEYS ON MAN
ROUSE SUSPICION
Detective Holds Herbert Roy
Sloane and Friend, Seen
Near Auto.

Detective Frank NJ. Alligood is just
naturally suspicious of Herbert Roy
Sloane.
Alligood, now a member of the po-
lice automobile squad, has no personal
animoSity against Herbert. In fact.
ne owes the boy debt of gratitude.
But he simply cannot help being
suspicious when Sloane is around.
Alligood owes his promotion in part
to the capture of Herbert several
years ago in connection with an auto
mobile theft.
Yesterday he saw Sloane. who Is
now 81 and lives in New York City,
making a careful examination Of the
numbers on a hired automobile a.
Eighteenth and l. streets. There was
another youth with him.
Alligood picked the two up on
suspicion. His suspicious were in
creased when, as the car neared po-
lice headquarters. Sloane stepped on
the gas, evidently with the inten-
tion of avoiding being taken there.
The detective brought the car to a
stop.
At headquarters the boy was found
to have on his person 246 new keys
for all types of a certain car and
more than $1,000 in cash. This fur
ther increased Alligood's suspicious,
although Sloane assured him there
was nothing to be suspicious about,
since stranger had given the keys
to him to deliver to another stranger
on a street corner in Philadelphia.
This explanation failed to impress
Alligood and both boys are due for
further questioning. They met in re-
form school, Since reform school
DAYS, Sloane admits, he has served
10 months in prison in Philadelphia
for auto stealing.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
MRS. MARY NJ. FREEMAN,
BISHOPS MOTHER, DIES
Shock From Fall Believed Cause
of Her Death-Was 81
Years Old.

Mrs. Mary Morgan Freeman,
mother of Bishop James F.. Freeman
of the Episcopal Diocese OF Washing
ton. died suddenly in Yonkers. ". Y.
early today, according to word re-
ceived here. Death was attributed to
shock from a fall received several
days ago.
Mrs. Freeman would have been 95
years old next December and had heen
in good health. At first no serious re-
suits were anticipated from the fall
and her death came as a shock to her
friends.
Bishop Freeman is leaving Wash
ington for Yonkers this afternoon. No
funeral arrangements have been COM
pleted.
Born in northern Ireland. Mrs. Free
man came to this country when a
young woman and lived the greater
part OF the time in New York.
Besides Bishop Freeman, she Is sur
vived by another son. Rev. II. r. Free
man, rector of st. Johns Church,
Troy. n. Y. and a daughter, Mrs. c.
Irving Latin. with whom she had re-
Gently made her home in Yonkers
Evening star., 1926-11-04
POLICE INVESTIGATE
GAS POISONING CASE
Records State Physician Was De-
MED Entry to Apartment-Her
Condition Grave.

Police today started an investiga-
ton into the gas poisoning of Mrs.
Sylvia Torman Of apartment So, 918
Eighteenth street, who is in a serious
condition at Freedmen's Hospital to-
day. unconscious. following the dis
closure that Emergency Hospital rec
ords show a notation that a physician
was refused admittance to the apart
ment when he responded on an am
bulance call there Tuesday.
Mrs Torman was taken to Freed
mems Hospital yesterday afternoon,
and DIR. G. O. Pair, who is treating
as very serious"
Learning that an ambulance had
gone to the apartment Tuesday after
noon, police discovered that Emer-
gency Hospital "ambulance-run' rec
ords showed g. notation that a call to
this address was made, following
which was another notation: Illus
band refused to let in"
At Freedmen's Hospital inquiry into
the case developed that Mrs. Torman
was known by persons acquainted
with her to have been in previous
spells Of depression.
1t was also learned according to
physicians at Freedmen's Hospital in
ODtalnlng history or the case, that
her husband, w. Torman. had lost
his temporary position with a large
apartment house early this week.
The police are investigating to
clear up the puzzle.
Dr. McNeill of Emergency Hos
pital, who responded on the ambu-
lance run Tuesday. stated that he
first went to 91S Fifteenth street, and
there found no case. going to the
proper address of 91S Eighteenth
street, from that place.
Arriving at that apartment house,
he stated that a man informing him
that he was the husband of the per-
son i'll was by that time getting
along all right" and was in no need
for treatment.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
D. c. F|NGERPR|NT
EXPERTS CALLED
Sergt. sandberg and J. H.
Taylor to Testify in Hail.
Mills Case Soon.

Detective Sergt. Fred Sandberg of
the Police Department and J. Fl. Tay.
lor, chief of the identification divi
sion of the Bureau of Navigation.
Navy Department, two of Washing.
tons leading experts in f1ngerprints,
will probably be heard within the next
day or two from witness chairs in
the trial at Somerville, y. j.. for
three defendants in the murder of DR.
Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs
Eleanor Mills.
Without leaving definite word as
to where he was going, Mr.. Taylor
left Washington quietly last night
bound for "some place near New
York"
A long distance telephone call ar
rived for Sandberg this afternoon
after which he made immediate ar
rangements for a trip to Somerville
n. j.. prepared to testify as to finger
prints in the Hall murder case.
The fingerprint testimony, accord
ing to Prosecutor Simpsons outline
of the States case in his opening
expected to identify the person
whose fingerprint was left upon the
calling card of DR.. Edward Wheeler
Hall, which was left dramatically
tilted beside the feet of his body.
Simpson said that he expected to
connect this fingerprint with one
from the hand of willie" Stevens,
brother of Mrs. Hall, and Henry
Stevens, who are both on trial with
him indicted for the murder
The testimony of the Washington
experts, therefore, is indicated
through the opening statement of
Prosecutor Simpson as being of great
importance in the establishment of
the case against Willie Stevens.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
My Impressions Of America
By Her Majesty the Queen of Rumania
Written Exclusively Other Members Of the North
American Newspaper Alliance.
RECEPTIONS IN NEW YORK-NEW YORK HOTEL LIFE.

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Evening star., 1926-11-04
MADDEN PREDICTS
ANOTHER TAX CUT
Representative Quoted as
Forecasting $780, 600, 900
Reduction in Year.

CHICAGO. November 4.--The Chi.
cago Daily News today printed a
news story saving that Martin B.
Madden chairman of the appropria
tions committee Of the House of Rep
resentatives and watchdog of the
Federal treasury" was of the opinion
that taxes on next years incomes will
he cut between 300,00O,000 and $780,
600 900
Il am certain that another reduc-
tion can be made and I will recon-
mend 1t. as I did the last one" the
Daily News quoted the Representative.
There will be a surplus in the
treasury at the end of this year." Mr..
Madden was quoted. ut will amount
to about $3.50, 900, 900. Next year we
will undoubtedly be able to arrange
new tax cut to become effective in
1928 on 1927 income"
Theater Tax May Go.
Mr.. Madden hesitated to forecast
what taxes would receive the benefit
of the next cut. but he indicated that
the theater and amusement tax prob
ably would be removed, said the
Daily News.
The newspaper also related Mr. Mad
den's story of the origin of quarterly
payments Of income tax.
A man with a $1O,O0O,o00 income
approached him with the statement
that he had warehouses full of goods
to sell, probably could raise $40 .0O0. .00O
by dumping goods on the market, but
to do so would break the market and
hurt the business of others dealing
in the same line, with the effect pos
sibly reaching all business and every
body"
Payment + ! Burden.
"Whats true in my case is true of
many lines Of business" Mr.. Madden s
visitor said. Taxes are paid in a
lump sum at one time and everybody
borrows to the hilt, or some OF them
do, because money is tied up in mer-
chandise and can't be turned into
cash again overnight.
consequently around income tax
paying time a dangerous portion of
credit is in use. That is not healthy
condition. 1t is not good for business
nor the country at large"
Mr.. Madden agreed to call a hear
ing, said the Daily News, with the re.
suit that the quarterly payment plan
was devised.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
EX-GOVERNOR LOSES
S5,0O0,OO0 LIBEL SUIT
Kansas City Paper, Accused by
Davis, Gets Verdict-Plainti6
to Pay Costs.

By the Associated Fress
TOPEKA. Kans.. November 4.-The
$4,000, 900 libel suit of ex.Gov.
Jonathan NJ. Davis against the Kansas
City JournalPost has been decided In
favor OF the newspaper, which first
published charges that the former
governor sold pardons An order
signed by Judge John c. Pollock Of.
the United States District Court
finding the issues in this cause In
favor of the defendants was filed
today with the clerk Of the court
here.
The order was dated September 90
five weeks before the election in which
Davis was defeated while seeking to
return to the governors chair.
Judge Pollock assessed court costs
against Davis. The costs. declared
F.. l.. Campbell, clerk OF the United
States District Court. will amount
to about 800. including the fees n
the Shawnee County District Court.
from which the case was transferred
to the Federal Court
Evening star., 1926-11-04
HEAD Of SPANISH
REVOLT CAPTURED
MaCia Taken in French Town
on Frontier-Ninety-Th
Others Are Held.
By the Associated Press.

PERPrGNAN, France, November 4.
Col. Francisco Macia, alleged head
of the Spanish revolutionary plot dis
covered on Tuesday, has been cap
tured
He was brought here today from
PratSde- Mollo, near the Spanish
border. where he was arrested with
the members Of his staff. The French
agents who made the capture say
they found a large ammunition depot
at Mollo.
Ninety-three other men, arrested
near here on Tuesday. are being held
in the local barracks pending decision
as to the disposition of their cases.
Calm was reported in Barcelona and
throughout Catalonia this morning,
but telegraph and telephone cOmmu-
nications were watched closely by the
police. Some kilograms were held up
and others LED to fresh arrests.
Trains from France to Spain were
subjected to the strictest surveillance.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
WRG|N|AN IS SLAIN
AND THREE BEATEN
Youth Held for Safekeeping
in Roanoke Jail After
Attack in Home.

ROANOKE. Va. November a.
Charles F'ringer, a. Botetourt COun-
ty business man, is dead and his
wife. "a: his 21-year-old daughter Miss
Hester Fringer. and Mrs. John Graly,
55, are in q serious condition as re-
suit of an attack alleged to have been
made upon the four this afternoon at
Francis Walker. 20-year-Old youth of
Lithia. Walker was brought to the
Roanoke Jail for safe keeping by
Sheriff l.. T. Mundy of BotetOurt
County. Removal to Roanoke from
Fin Castle. where Walker was taken
in the afternoon, was ordered by
Phillip COen, commonwealth attorney
of Botetourt.
The attack is said to have taken
place yesterday about l O'Clock. Fol-
lowing dinner at the F'ringer home,
Mr.. Finger, accompanied by Walker,
went to his mill nearby.
Shortly afterward Walker, it was
alleged. returned to the house and
rang the door bell. Miss Fringer went
TO the door.
"A negro killed your father-don't
make any noise" Walker told Miss
Fringer, according to the latter's S
statement.
When she screamed Walker is al
1eSou 10 nave IlcI Oil the Iledu
with an iron bar, leaving her upon
the floor. Entering the house he is
then alleged, according to officers. to
have beaten Mrs. Fringer and Mrs.
Graly, a neighbor, who was visiting
the family, until they were uncon-
scious.
Miss F'ringer, on regaining con-
sciousness. ran for help and when the
officers arrived Walker was found on
the porch of a store nearby with his
throat cut.
He denied hitting the women,
claiming he and F'ringer We're at
tackled at the mill, near the Fringer
home, by negro who. after hitting
the older man over the head with a
bar. cut his CWalker's) throat with a
knife.
Evening star., 1926-11-04

At least 81 woman scientists are
employed in the Government depart
ments in Washington, the Woman's
Bureau Of the Department of Labor
announces. They include chemists.
biologists, physicists. botanists and
pathOlOgists.
The Department of Agriculture
alone employs IA woman chemists.
In the Bureau of Home Economics
four chemists are engage4sin solving
fundamental problems Of the home
and kitchen. described as the original
source of all 4nemistry. One woman is
engaged in fundamental researches on
the problem Of capturing nitrogen
from the air.
In all, 313 man and woman chemists
are employed by the Government in
Washington. most of them at the De-
partment Of Agriculture and the Blu
reau of Standards.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
81 Woman Scientists Employed Here
Working in Government Departments

The latter establishment employs
several woman physicists. They are
restricted in advancement to the posi-
ton of assistant physicist, a position
in which laboratory research work is
done without immediate supervision.
The Bureau of Plant Industry of the
Department Of Agriculture employs
a total Of 35 women engaged in botany
and similar lines of research. One
woman horticulturist is employed as
plant quarantine inspector.
Three women are employed in the
Bureau Of Entomology, engaged in the
study of insects that affect man and
crops. One woman zoologist is in the
Bureau of Animal Industry, and the
Bureau of Dairying has one woman
bacteriologist.
The Woman's Bureau holds that the
Government service affords an excel.
lent oppo1tunity for women Of scien.
tiflc inclsS .tion and training.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
U. S. CLERK DIES.
w. Silas Sheetz Was Resident of
WASHINGTON for 35 Years.

w. Silas SheetZ. IS years old. clerk
at the War Department and resident
of Washington for 35 years, died sud
denly yesterday at his home. 1881
Holmead place.
For IS years Mr.. Sheetz was pro-
prietor of Photographic supply house
here and entered civil service at the
War Department about nine years
ago.
Surviving him are his widow, who
was formerly Miss Carobel Sapping-
ton, and a sister, Mrs. Katie Sheetz
Best of La Grange, y. c.
For many years Mr.. Sheetz was
prominently identified with the Fourth
Church of Christ, Scientist, of which
he was a member of the board.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at II o'clock at Gawler' s
funeral parlors. Interment will be
at Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
Veterans Postpone Dinner

Postponement of their annual din
ner from February to the first We'd
nesday in May was decided upon last
night at a meeting of the Military
Order Of the Loyal Legion, at the
New Willard Hotel. Col. Robert M.
Thompson, commander of the order,
said that the veterans would visit one
of the nearby battlef1elds, probably
Fredericksburg or Bull Run, on the
afternoon prior to the dinner.
Evening star., 1926-11-04

Continued from First Page.)
when the cave-in started" he said.
"Just little farther in from the shaft
were Tom Kirby, jr.; Joe Mankee and
John Santti. All were close friends
of mine Mankee had been my best
man at my wedding just two months
ago tomorrow.
First tHere was low rumbling and
a blastApf air. l called to the other
boys TO run and l took the lead 1
heard them start to follow, but rock
was beginning TO fall down the shaft
as l reached and started to climb the
ladder. 1t was 500 feet to the surface
and they tell me l was up less than
10 minutes after the men on the sur.
face first heard the rumbling.
Cage Was Ascending.
Mud and water were right at my
heels all the way up. When 1
reached the surface my boots were
coated with mud
CaSeman Andrew Malvazie and
Ed Hallman and Albert Tippett were
on the cage. ascending, when the
cave-in occurred. According to their
story they We're only a few feet from
the surface when they heard the
rumhling and felt the rush of air
up the shaft. Reaching the top, they
signaled to be lowered again and
had gone down only about so feet
when they were met by a blast which
lifted the cage upward 4 feet.
1t was this blast. in the opinion
Of Will. which hurled his companions
from the ladder and back into the
debris which closed upon them.
A grief strick crowd Of women and
children. most Of them widows and
orphans of the victims. kept vigil
throughout the night about the great
gaping mudpit which marked the
grave of the SO miners. Forty of
the men believed drowned or suffo-
Gated were married and most of them
leave children.
ThrOngs Rush to Scene.
Huddled about bonflres and in
company shacks the little groups
presented a pathetic picture. Hol-
low-eved with despair they clutched
at the scant hope that in some
miraculous manner their loved ones
may have been spared. They re-
fused to leave the scene for any rest
and spent the night alternately
praying and hovering about the
workmen draining the shaft.
Curiosity seekers were barred from
the company property shortly after
the cave-in and only officials and
relatives of the eRtrapped men were
permitted on the grounds.
Thousands of persons came to the
mine in automobiles from all over
the Iron Range district following
first reports of the accident, and a
large staff OF State police was kept
busy clearing the roads Of &c
Nms.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
Will Appeal to President.

APALACHICOLA, Fla. November
4 R.-Advised that the United States
Supreme Court had refused to re-
view his case. William Lee Popham,
oyster king" indicted for using the
mails to defraud in the promotion of
land enterprises here. left last night
for Washington in an attempt per.
sonally to carry his case to President
COOlidge
Evening star., 1926-11-04
LAWRENCE TO SPEAK.

David Lawrence. widely known cor
respondent. will deliver an address on
The Political Outlook for the Next
Two Years" at the weekly luncheon
of the City Club tomorrow at 1890
pm.
Mr.. Lawrence, it is announced. has
interviewed many Of the leading poll
ticians and statesmen for the purpose
of summing up the outlook for the
presidential elections two years hence
and will tell of the situation as he has
found 1t.
Special music will be furnished by
the City Club Syncopators. consisting
of an eight-piece orchestra. Maj. Gen.
Anton Stephan. president of the club,
will preside, assisted by Rudolph Jose,
senior vice president.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
SEVEN CROWNED HEADS
WITNESS WEDDING OF
ASTRlD AND LEOPOLD
Continued from First Page.)

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were present in Stockholm for the
marriage of the princess who some
day may become Belgiums Queen.
They were King Gustave of Sweden
and his Queen. Victoria; Albert and
Elizabeth of the Belgians, Iiaakon of
Norway and Christian and Alexan-
drina of Denmark.
In addition numerous princes and
prinCeSSes and nOtables from foreign
states had come to Stockholm for the
ceremony.
Enthusiasm has been increased
since the advent of Leopold by the
devotion shown by the young couple
as they were seen walking arm and
arm in the street and the fact that
the marriage was to- he rather a love
affair than an affair of state
At all the state affairs preceding
the marriage the young princess and
Leopold appeared radiantly happy, al
though the crown prince more than
once appeared somewhat bored as
function followed function in quick
succession.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
BRITISH MINE PEACE NEAR
Delegate From Secret Meeting Il
Quoted as Hopeful.

LONDON, November R.-Leav-
ing a secret conference of miners of.
ficials this afternoon, a prominent
delegate said there had been a com.
plete change in the situation and that
there were hopes of peace.
etUMEkSts that the miners delegate
oonfsreAA tomorrow would vote to
'seak NDneAiare voiced by the London
n41Gnk
Evening star., 1926-11-04
SAYS COAST GUARD
AIDED RUM BOATS
Enlisted Man Declares U. S.
Crews Helped Unload and
Escort "Runners."

BY thc Associated Press.
BOSTON. November A story OF
six Boston Coast Guard boats that
ferried liquor from rum row and
whose officers were part owners OF
the rum boats has been told here and
has received at least partial con-
firmation from Washington. The con-
fession of an unnamed Coast Guards
man to Chief Inspector William j.
Wheeler is published in the Boston
American. The story says that Coast
Gnardsmen not only actually worked
side by side with rum runners to un-
load cases of Contraband from ships
in rum. row on one occasion n
Government boat escorted seven speed
boats into plymouth llarbor to see
that they made port I'm safety. eve
unloaded an average of 800 cases u
night. So you see the boys were fixed
pretty good financially the Coast
Guardsman is said to have told Wheel
er. \ union price" of 81 a case was
paid. but the skipper got most of this.
Might after night crews have been
so drunk that we did not know
whether we We're in rum row or sums
place else. F" the confession said.
report Partially Confirmed.
Partial confirmation of tho revcla-
tiOns was seen in the disclosure at
Coast Guard headquarters in Wash
ington that Wheeler had reported
three of four Boston Guardsmen for
disciplinary action.
The Coast Guardsman blamed the
leak" on friction among the men
who didn't see why they should un-
load liquor for nothing +or one of tho
officers of the base when they could
split up from $500 to $500 among
seven men for nights work"
The radio operator on the I'm Alone.
another rum-runner. was understood
to be the Department of Justice agent
who obtained the evidence against
the Coast GuardSmcn, the man said.
Pictures Used as Evidence.
II was always suspicious of that
hoat. because one day | saw ono Of
the crew taking pictures of our patrol
boat unloading the George and Earle.
These pictures have been turned in
as evidence to the investigators.
My boat and three others i'm our
patrol running out Of base no. :
(South BOSTON,. would spend four days
on rum row." he said After we left
port the skipper would tell us the
name of the boat we were To unload.
when we got out to rum row. the
George and Earle. one of the hest
known rum-rllnners that comes into
that row. would greet our skipper. On
one occasion. seven speedboats from
Plymouth came alongside the George
and Earle and we helped unload L. 900
cases of liquor off this ship to the
speedboats On this particular load
our skipper got $1,000. Our crew num-
hered eight. counting the skipper.
The crew got $500 to split among
seven. while the skipper had grand
for himself"
Evening star., 1926-11-04

merce. SO charming were they that
! felt something like lump rising in
my throat. but, pulling myself to-
gether. ! faced that sea Of mems faces
and answered in a calm and assured
voice as If this were an everyday
occurrence. l believe l did make
them understand that had never felt
30 much a woman as when such
manly hOnors were being conferred
upon me.
This emotional ordeal over, we all
went up to lunch. 1t became the most
cheerful Of meals. as if we had known
each other for years.
You might we'll imagine that this
was enough for one day, but not So
| Instead of being allowed to gather
my wits in a quiet room l was
hustled off to the train for Philadel-
phia. During the two-hour drive
did have a little peace and I tried to
remake my mentality to be ready, for
the next act of this great play of
which l was the whirling and un-
resisting center. l tried to make peo-
pie explain to me just what would be
expected of me in Philadelphia. I
wanted to know whom l would meet
and on what occasions / would be
expected to answer greetings to me-
Well, learned soon.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
2 LOSE PERMITS.
Suspensions by Eldridge Set New
Record for City.

A new record for suspension of
automobile operators permits was
established today by Traffic Director
NJ. o. Eldridge.
Within a few hours this morning
Mr.. Eldridge suspended the permits of
90 motorists. Sixteen of them were
charged with driving while drunk. two
each for leaving after colliding, sec
ond offense reckless driving and third
offense speeding.
The suspensions will remain in
force pending the trial of the offenders.