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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18
BRITAIN GETS REPLY
TO OCCUPATION NOTE
Rhine Problem Negotiations Ex-
pected to Bring Cut in Allied
Force CHARTERED There.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 18.-Great Britain
has received a reply to two notes sent
recently to France on the subject Of
a proposed reduction in the number
of allied troops in the Rhineland.
The whole Locarno policy OF con-
ciliation is involved in the Anglo
French diplomatic exchanges, which
have continued for nearly a month, as
Germany awaits reduction of the oc.
cupation forces in accordance with her
understanding of the aims enunciated
at the Locarno conference.
1t is believed in London that the out
come of the negotiations will be q re-
duction in the French troops by 5000
or 10000, which would be followed by
10 per cent reduction in the small
British force of occupation.
The foreign Office today declined to
comment on the tenor Of the French
note or on the progress Of the pego-
tiations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. August IS.
The gloomy, subterranean avenues
of Nick-a-Jack cave, at Shield Mound,
Tenn, held in mysterious silence to-
day the fate of l.. s. Ashley, Seologist,
who entered the cavern Monday on
an exploring trip.
Ashley declared at that time that
he would return Tuesday night at the
latest. Since then nothing has been
heard of him and yesterday a party
of friends organized to search for him.
They traced him for distance of 4
miles into the cave, following chalk
marks which he had left on the walls.
Where the chalk marks ended, foot
prints were found in the moist earth
and other marks which indicated that
the explorer had stumbled and fallen.
Nearby was a sharp declivity which
ended as the bank Of an underground
streaaa. The searAhefs feared that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18
Fourth Rescue Party Fails to Find Trace
OF Geologist Lost in Mysterious Gave

Ashley had fallen into this stream
and that his body was carried away
into unexplored recesses. Further
search was to be carried out today.
Ashley has for a number of years
been enthusiastic in work of develop
ing the cave, which he claimed ranked
as an equal marvel with the more
famous Mammoth Cave of Kentucky.
A fourth rescue party returned from
the recesses of the cave today with
out discovering any trace Of Ashley.
Another party will enter the cave with
in a few hours to search a hitherto
unexplored cavern.
The third rescue party, which Is
still in the cave is expected out dur.
ing the afternoon.
Claude McAbee. guide, who led the
searches, said he is convinced that
Ashley had eithher been caught under
a rock slide or as fallen into the
stream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18
"Most Critical Condition In
Country Exists There"
Declares LoWman.
SPECIAL MICHIGAN UNIT
TO BE HEADED BY STONE
Deputy Administrator at Cleveland
Placed in Command
Of Forces.
BY the Associated Press.


Declaring that Detroit presented
the most critical condition in law en-
forcement in the country" Assistant
Secretary Lowman today created q
separate enforcement district OF the
State of Michigan, which heretofore
has been joined with Ohio.
Thomas E. Stone, deputy admins.
traitor at Cleveland, was appointed ad-
ministrator of the Michigan district,
with headquarters at Detroit. effective
September I.
Lowman indicated that other admin
istrative changes probably would fol.
low:
I'VE consider that Detroit presents
the most critical condition in law en-
forcement in the country today" he
said. This change is part of plan
Of the prohibition, custom and Coast
Guard services to plug up the hole
that allows thousands Of cases OF
whisky to flow into the United States
from Canada"
The segregation of the Detroit area
was made necessary by the present
unsatisfactory condition Of enforce
ment there, the dry chief said. His
announcement was made following a
conference with Admiral Billiard, head
of the Coast Guard, and representa-
tives of the Customs and Prohibition
Bureaus. Stone was called to Wash
ington to receive his instructions be-
fore taking up his new task.
Present Official Transferred.
The Detroit suboffice has been In
charge of Thomas Williams, deputy
commissioner, who operated under the
administrators Office at Columbus.
Ohio. Prohibition Commissioner Do
ran said that Williams would be trans
ferred to another district.
Stone, who is a native Of Maryland
and resident of New York, has been
in the Internal Revenue Service since
1911 and has been in Government
service for q years. He was attached
to the White House during the McKin.
ley and Roosevelt administrations.
A customs patrol, in charge OF Col.
lector Ferguson, and now operating
on the Detroit River. will continue 70
function. it was said. co-ordinating its
activities with the new administrative
head at Detroit. o.
Ohio Administrator Retained.
The new district, comprising the
State of Michigan. will be designated
as No. 25. The Ohio and Michigan
district, which was divided by As
sistant Secretary Lowman today, was
designated as No. II.
w. H. Walker, administrator for the
twelfth district, will retain charge OF
Ohio, with his rank unchanged.
RJTM SMTrCCT ING EASY-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18
PREMIER JOHN OLIVER
DIES IN VICTORIA, B. C.
Canadian Politician, II, Was Re-
1ieved of Duties by Party
Last Month.

BY the Associated Press.
VICTORIA, British Columbia. Au.
gust 1S.-Prenier John Oliver Of Brit.
ish Columbia died early today. 49,
The premier, taking a sudden turn
for the worse after several months
illness. died at his home here before
his physician could be called.
Mr.. Oliver was relieved Of his ONCE
duties when a Liberal caucus last
month nominated ]. d. MCLEAN, min.
lister of finance and education, as act.
ing premier and leader designate Of
the Liberal party in British Columbia
during the premier's illness.
The premier was n years ED,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18
TRAIN-AIR SERVICE SEEN.
Railroad to Study Advantages of
Airplane Links.

BOSTON. August IS CP.-"The air.
plane commercially today may be said
to occupy a place similar to that of
the motor bus Is years ago, and it
may be that at no distant date some
of our passenger trains will be CO.
ordinated with scheduled airplane
movements, as they are today with
our motor coach runs" President
George Hannauer of the Boston &
Maine Railroad said today in an an.
nouncement of the appointment OF
committee on aviation.
The committee will include six off,
cials of the road, and will study air
transportation as it affects railroads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18
SO ALLEGED RED SPIES
ARRESTED IN RUMANIA
Persons Taken in Bessarabia Are
Thought to Be Part of Wide
spread 0rganiza tion.

By The Associated Press.
VIENNA, August 1S.--Dispatches
from Bucharest, the Rumanian cap
ital, report the arrest of SO alleged
Russian spies in various parts of
Bessarabia. The arrested persons
it is added, are thought to be a part
og widespread organiza ton.
Soviet Russia has never recognized
the clause in the treaty Of Paris of
1920 awarding the province of Bess-
arabia to Rumania. Bessa rabia bor-
ders on the Soviet republic of the
Ukraine. Reports of fighting in the
frontier last April were denied by
the Rumanian foreign office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18
MELLON TO SAIL AUG. 80.

Secretary OF the Treasury Mellon.
who has been spending his vacation on
a cruise of the Mediterranean Sea, Will
sail for home on August 80, it was
learned today at the Treasury.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Dewey, who also has been on a vaca-
tion IN Europe. Is expected to arrive
In New York tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18
Woman, 63, Gives
Blood to Save Her
Dying Crandchild


By the Associated Press.
JERSEY CITY. \. J., August Is.
A pint and half of blood given
him by the 63-year-old grand
mother for whom he had called in
his delirium, today was bringing
William Ortman, 20, back to re-
covery after he was almost crushed
to death in a mixing machine
Of the Davis Baking Powder plant
here.
Mrs. Emil, Coons, the gra nd
mother, volunteered for the opera
ton after two Young men We're re-
iected. Whats the matter with
me-" she inquired.
Surgeons hesitated because OF
her age.
Come on, lets so, the woman
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18
PLANE WINGS STILL HELD.
Officials Deny Reports They Have Been
Returned.

SHANGHAI, China. August IS
P).-Both Chinese and British officials
today denied report that the Chinese
had returned the wings of the British
military plane. seized after the plane
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
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The biplane carrying Miss Doran,
Auggy Pedlar and Lieut.. Villas
knope, II it has been forced down in
the ocean, can remain atioat q. full
dav or more If the sea is not too
rough, Lieut.. Ben II. Wyatt, nsvi-
cation inspector of the Dole hight
committee. announced after scien
tifc raicnla tion.
Uontinusd on Page 2. Column s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18

~. g weather Bureau ForecastJ
Cloudy tonight and tomorrow. pre-
ceded by showers tonight; cooler to-
night.
p.m. yesterday; lowest, 50. at am
todav. Full report on page 8.
Evening star., 1927-03-31

nature of the cases. and turn the
entire matter over to him for prosecu-
ton at Police Court. For more than
a week now Mr.. Stephens said he has
willingly neglected his other duties In
favor of granting interviews with per-
sons who believe they have been the
victims of "lean sharks"
Persons Involved Known.
Once the campaign against illegal
interest on money loans Is in the
custody of an assistant corporation
counsel. Mr.. Stephens feels there will
he sufficient evidence at hand to pre-
clude the reopening of the Govern
ment's case for any additional in
stance of law violations, and his part
in the drive will have come to an end.
The Is or 20 persons involved In the
drive know who they are, even though
no names have been given out by his
office, Mr.. Stephens said. The law of
6 per cent and per cent by contract,
Is plain. and a loan shark" who ex-
tracts so, IS and even 100 per cent
interest on loans he has made needs
no information from the corporation
counsel's office that he Is operating
contrary to law. Mr.. stephens declar-
ed he had received several anonymous
telephone calls inquiring If the names
Of certain persons were under consld-
Grafton by him for possible violation of
the law, but the reply invariably has
been that the violators know without
being told
Evening star., 1927-03-31
0MPLA|NTS DELAY
LOAN SHARK CASE
Stephens Puts Off Presenta.
ton, as Evidence Continues
to Accumulate.

The uninterrupted flow of com
plants against a number of money
lenders in the District. which has
poured into the office of the corpora
ton counsel of the District the first
three days of this week, has delayed
the plans of Francis HI. Stephens, the
corporation counsel, to begin prose
cution by the end Of the week.
Consequently. judicial action prob
ably will not begin for another week
or 10 days, Mr.. Stephens said today
at which time, however, the cases will
have been so rounded out and com
plete that no further delays are an.
ticipated by those in charge of their
presentation to court
800 Cases Anticipated.
Mr.. Stephens collection of 200 ap.
parently clear-cut cases of uSury have
increased to about ESQ since Saturday,
and 1t is believed the number will
reach 300 before the matter Is ready
for prosecution. Mr.. Stephens said
he did not wish to begin proceedings
now, when further cases would be pill.
ing up daily, and preferred to wait
for cessation Of complaints or a suf.
ficient slackening of them to enable
him to close that phase of his plans.
When he feels that all the evidence
of violations of the loan shark" law
is in, he will select one of his three
assistants in Police Court spend day
or SO in acquainting him with the
Evening star., 1927-03-31
FORGERY OF CHECK
FOR $2,1OO CHARGED
Negro Said to Have Signed Wom
ans Name Following Loan
on Property.

Albert Edwards, colored. was arrest.
ed and charged with forgery yester-
day in connection with a SIS. 900 loan
on the property of Mrs. Viola Warfield
wife of the head physician at Freed
mans Hospital.
Edwards was arrested when he at
tempted to cash $2.100 check at a
local bank made out by = title com.
pany to Mrs. Warfield to which, police
say. Edwards forged her name. Ac-
cording to the police. the cashier of
the bank questioned the signature,
whereupon Edwards rushed out, later
to be apprehended by a traffic police
man and turned over to Headquarters
Detectives Weber and Talley.
Edwards was taken to Police Court
today and an information made out
charging him with forgery. After con-
sultation with Ralph Given, assistant
United States attorney. Weber took
Edwards out of the cell and accom-
panied him to police headquarters,
where a thorough investigation was
begun.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
RUMBR|BERY TRIAL
OFF Until MONDAY
Court Adjourns Soon After
CroSS-Examination of Mrs.
Evans Is Begun.

The cross-examination of Mrs. Della
III. Evans. former stenographer in the
prohibition unit, who is appearing as
chief witness for the Government In
the bribery charge against Daniel j.
Shields, wealthy hotel owner and poll
tfcian of Johnstown, Pa, will be re-
sumed Monday morning before Justice
Hoehling in Criminal Division l.
Her direct testimony was concluded
this morning with the statement that
she was given a total of $500 by
Shields for information as to reports
OF prohibition agents concerning Ger.
tain breweries in Pennsylvania. al
though the Indictment alleges only
the payment of $4,000.
Cross-Examination Halted.
Col James S. Easby-Smith, who is
associated with Judge Michael NJ.
Doyle in the defense of Shields. began
his cross-eXamination. but was inter-
rupted by the adjournment of court
until Monday. The defense lawyer
took the witness over the salient fea-
lures of her direct examination and
when he inquired where Shields asked
her If she would like to make $1,000
a week, was told by the witness it
was at Keith's.
What was the name of the show?"
inquired the lawyer.
'Daddy's Gone a-Hunting," re-
Sponded the witness.
The answer drew a burst of merri-
ment from the crowded courtroom
which took the hailiffs some minutes
to quiet
Mrs. Evans declared the first $1,000
was given her by Shields February
16. 1922. and was in $40 bills, which
he took from an inside pocket of his
coat. This payment of $1,000 was
made in new bills, she said. although
another payment was in used cur
rency.
Sample Stock Exhibited.
The lawyer had 100 bills of 81 each
of new currency and a similar stack
OF used bills which he placed on the
witness stand and inquired If they
were about the size of the stacks of
admitted the new stack was about
right, but thought the used bills were
older and mot so bulky"
Counsel for the Government was
asked by Easby-Smith to admit that
the older bill is the thicker a bundle
or them will be, to which Assistant
Corporation Counsel Fihelly agreed.
The lawyer then inquired what dis
position the witness has made of the
first 81 900, and she was not clear on
that. declaring that the second pay
ment was made the next month and
she had both of them when she in.
vested $500 IN the stock of a mortgage
company and spent the rest i'm clothes.
hats and necessities
Evening star., 1927-03-31
Miss Ella S. Tilg gilman Found Near Park
After Being Missing; Sent to Hospital

lice had her taken to Gallinger Hos
pital.
Miss Tilghman was reported miss
ing from the Episcopal Diocesan
Home, 1915 Wisconsin avenue, last
night, having wandered from the
home about 4:30 o'clock in the after
noon. She had absented herself from
the home on other occasions. it is
stated. and no harm had come to her,
and it was believed she would be
found and cared for last night.
Instead Of remaining on the streets,
however, it is thought Miss Tilghman
started to stroll through the woods,
became lost, and was unable to assist
herself or summon assistance. al
though she was in sight of heavy
traffic on Connecticut avenue, the
roadway being high above the ground
where she was found this morning.
Policemen Mills and Collins of No,
IA precinct responded to the call for
assistance and found Miss Tilghman' s
physical condition such that she
needed immediate treatment.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
W00OLEY ROAD BUS LINE
EXTENSION is REFUSED
Utilities Commission Considers
Gas Companies Revelations, But
Takes No Definite Action.

The Public Utilities Commission TO-
day denied the petition of the Devon
shire Downs Citizens Association for
an extension of the Woodley road
motor bus line to Wisconsin and
Nebraska avenues.
The commission considered the an.
plication of the Washington and
Georgetown Gas Light compan MES for
a revaluation of their physical prop.
critics, but no definite action was
taken. Plans We're made, however, to
consult valuation experts before MAX
Ing final arrangements to proceed with
q revaluation.
Decision also was reached by the
commission that ii has no authority
to order the street railway companies
% erect car-loading platforms Com.
gress at its last sess on directed the
District not TO pay the cost of the
construction of these platforms.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
THE WEATHER

District and Maryland-Probable bic
showers tonight and tomorrow; not
much change In temperature.
observation-disclosures tonight and to-
morrow; not much change in tempera-
ture.
West observation-disclosures tonight and
tomorrow: little change in tempera-
tdre.
Record for 81 Hours.
Thermometer-4 pm, So; pm,
So: u midnight. 48; am, 40; s am,
i3: noon, So.
Barometer-4 pm, 30.08; pm,
80. 06; IL midnight, 30.05; am, 5o.O1:
s am, 30.05; noon, 1904.
Highest temperature, 56, occurred
at AIS pm. yesterday.
Lowest temperature, 40, occurred
at 4 am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest. 40; lowest, II.
Tide Tables.
diminished by United States Coast and
GeodetH SurveyD
Today-Low tide. 12:40 am. and /
pm: high tide, 6:23 a m. and 6:51 pm.
Tomorrow--Low tide, 1923 am. and
lisa pm; high tide, 7:16 am. and 7:44
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 5:57 am; sun sets
$50 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 5:55 am; sun
sets $50 PM.
Moon rises 5:23 am; sets 4:45 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Condition of Water.
Temperature and condition Of the
water at Great Falls at s a.m.-Tem-
perature, As; condition, clear.
Weather i'm Various Cities.
Evening star., 1927-03-31
FOREIGN

Is am. Greenwich time. todav.l
-
Evening star., 1927-03-31
Dental Convention Set.
II Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, March 81
The fifteenth annual convention of the
Shenandoah Valley Dental Associa-
ton will be held in Lexington April
and Z, with meetings, clinics and
banquet taking place at the Robert
E. Lee Hotel. DIR. Ralph 3. Snapp,
president, of Winchester will preside
Evening star., 1927-03-31

Miss Ella S. Tilghman. 81 years old,
member of the we'll known family of
Tilghmans on the Eastern Shore of
Maryland, was found seated on the
ground near Kiingle Bridge, Connect
cut avenue between the Zoo and
Cleveland Park, about s o'clock this
morning, having spent the night in
the open. She was suffering from ex-
posure and loss of memory, and her
physical condition was such that po-
Evening star., 1927-03-31
Arrest Prevents Wedding.
.cial Dispatch to The star

Special Dispatch to The Star
FREDERICK, Md, March al
Wedding plans were shattered fol
Wilbur Martin, 81, and Miss Carrie
Reynolds, both of Emmitsburg, thi
county. yesterday. when the groom
to-be was arrested in Gettysburg, Pa.
on a charge of forgery. They wer,
on their way to York, Pa, to get mar
ried
Evening star., 1927-03-31
PERMITS BECOME VOID.
Drivers Cards From $4,000 tc
10000 Invalid at Midnight.

Automobile operators permits num-
bered from 95,001 to 140, 900 will be-
come invalid at midnight tonight,
Traffic Director NJ. o. Eldridge warn
ed today. Motorists caught driving
with permits numbered lower than
140.0 900. he said, will be subjected to
arrest and a fine of $40.F
Under the staggered plan for re-
newal of permits, all those numbered
between 140.001 and 100000 must be
renewed before May /.
The Washington times., 1927-07-23
PUSH-CART MAN
IS ROBBED

Watching a Greek push.cart man
until he was ready to store his
little merchandise for the remainder
of the night, after having stood on
the street for nearly IL hours, two
negro bandits early today followed
him and robbed him of $50 in bills,
$40 in change and his watch, he
reported to police.
The man who was robbed is Tony
Melekatos, ~. 109 z st. N. W., and
the robbery occurred in a shed near
the Union Station.
Melekatos told police that he was
putting his cart and wares in the
shed when the two bandits ap-
peared. One held him at the point
of a pistol and the other took his
money He said that the reason he
remembered the exact amount was
that he had been to the doctor and
had counted his money when he
left" The bandits escaped.
The Washington times., 1927-07-23
NO CLUE FOUND
IN MILLS CASE

Montgomery county police expect
ito complete, before the end of next
week, the murder census" Of the
Hunting Hill section of the county,
where Edward l.. Mills, prominent
farmer and dairyman, was killed
on July Z.
This census was decided on last
Sunday at a conference between
States Attorney Robert Peter, jr..
and Private Detective Raymond f.
Kennedy, after all other efforts to
solve the crime had failed. Four
patrolmen-Rov ,Bodmer. Oscar
Gather, Douglas Dosh and Dean
Wilkinson-are devoting their en-
tire time TO it.
Printed missionaries are being
taken to the 400 or more homes in
the territory bounded by Rockville,
Gaithersburg. Jamestown and
Travilah. Each male member of
| the family is required to give an
account of his movements on the
to ownership and knowledge of
also is being noted.
This information Is then checked
by neighbors and acquaintance,
and an attempt is being made to
find IL anyone Is missing in the
neighborhood or If there are any
persons of unsound mind in the
territory. 1T is believed that be-
fore the officers are through $500
persons will have been checked up.
Over $50 homes had been visited
up to today.
GingeII Optimistic
Mr.. Peter declared that a num-
Der of typewriters and automatics
had been uncovered, but that moth
ing had been discovered to arouse
suspicion against the owners. While
! the States attorney reported him.
self as much discouraged as ever
over the chances of catching the
murderer. Private Detective J..
Stanley Gingell, Of Rockville, re-
tanned by the widow of the slain
man, was more optimistic.
He stated that he was working
on several promising leads and be-
lieves they offer chance to solve
| the crime.
Mills was shot down in his pas
| ture at sunrise when he went to
bring in his horses for the days
work. The shooting was witnessed
by Clarence Miles, a 19-year- old
farm boy, who declares he had
never seen the killer before but
that he was dressed wholly in
black.
The murderer pinned q note on
his victim which, If Mills had
signed it, would have been an adj
mission that he had made q GRIM
inal attack on a young married
J woman of the community.
The Washington times., 1927-07-23
INSlJRGENT
GROUP MAY
LEAVE

LOS ANGELES. July 2s.-Aimee
eemple Mcpherson. the red haired
evangelist, will come home today
to find the great church she found
ed threatened with civil war.
A large bloc of the Angelus
Temple membership. chatting under
Mother Kennedy's control, Is
ready to withdraw from the con-
gregation ii Mrs. Kennedy does
not.
The insurgents made public a
letter, supposedly written by the
evangelist to Rev. G. Il. Jaynes,
of the Riverside Temple, in which
Aimee explained her departure or
. recent revival tour of Illinois
was made necessary by her moth
er's officiousness.
Mother" Kennedy expressed un-
belief the evangelist had dictated
such a letter
The revivalist's mother, however,