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Evening star., 1927-04-28
LEAGUE TO OPEN CAMPAIGN.
Anti-Saioon Body to Oppose Vets in
Both Parties.

WESTERVILLE. Ohio, April %
P1.-Probability that Gov AL Smith
of New York. win be one of the leading
contenders for the Democratic nomina.
ton for President next year resulted
in an announcement today from the
national headquarters of the Anti.
Saloon League here that a campaign
is to be started at once to stir up
sentiment against the selection by
either party of a wet presidential
nominee"
The statement said: This means
that a determined fight will be waged
against the candidacy of Gov. al
Smith of New York, for the Demo.
cratic nomination, as records of the
league show Smith has been con-
sistently opposed to prohibition legis.
lation."
1t also means 'that neither Gov.
Ritchie of Maryland, nor Senator
Reed of Missouri, who hope to be the
recipients of the Smith following
when it becomes certain Smith cannot
be nominated, would be unsatisfactory
as their records are also unfavorable. +"
The program for the campaign as
announced by league officials calls for
more than 100000 meetings in all
parts of the country to be held in
churches. clubs and public halls.
Speakers, it was said, will specifically
urge against the nomination and elec-
ton of any candidate 'who favors the
repeal or notification of existing pro.
hibition laws"
Evening star., 1927-04-28
PATROL LINES DRAW TIGHTER.
Hundreds Refuse TO Leave Swamp
~ Time to Gut Levee Nears.

NEW ORLEANS, April 2S R).--
Patrol lines drew tense today along
the levee protecting New Orleans
and the immediate vicinity from the
high waters of the MISSISSIPPI as final
plans were being worked out for the
creation of an artificial creYasse at
Poydras.
The half-sulien evacuation of the
marshes of st. Bernard and Plaque
mines continued and concentration
camps i'm the city were being filled as
refugees streamed into the city.
There were occasional declarations of
dissatisfaction at the forced removal,
but there was no open threa
REPORTS throughout the nigh kept
National Guardsmen and st. Bernard
Parish deputies on the alert and two
companies of guardsmen were hastily
concentrated at point below the
city, when reports reached headquar-
ters that dynamiting might be at
tempted there by 1rate trappers.
Hoover Visits Scene.
Secretary of Comerce Hoover and
Mai. Gen Jadwin, chief Engineer of
the United States Army, visited the
scene Of the proposed cut during the
morning.
In preparation for the cut to be
made tomorrow, George &. Schoen-
berger. chief state engineer, and
Adjt. Gen. l.. A. Toombs, took every
precaution to prevent interference. No
delay will be permitted they said
The residents Of the two parishes
Continued on Page 5. Column 81
Evening star., 1927-04-28
DRY ISSUE DROPPED
I. BY WOMEN VOTERS
League Rejects Motion to In
CIude Prohibition in Pro-
gram for Year.

Definitely sidetracking the prohibit
ton issue after a sharp fight develop
ed behind closed doors. the general
council of the National League of
Women Voters today voted down al
most unanimously motion to include
the eighteenth amendment and Vol.
stead act in the leagues study pro-
gram for this year.
AS a result of this action the coun-
ell adopted a substitute resolution
recommending appointment Of COM
mittee to report to the league next
year just before the political conven-
tions on the possibility of including
prohibition enforcement in the leagues
program. ~
Desire "Sane" Discussion.
League officials explained that the
purpose in postponing action on the
prohibition question at this time was
due to q desire to discuss the issue
'in a sane and safe way" Study
of the prohibition issue is so extensive
in scope. it was declared, that officials
of the league believed the constitu-
tional and legal aspects should be
given careful consideration.
Mrs. Robert l.. De Normandie of
Boston, president of the Massachusetts,
League of Women Voters, made the
original motion, which precipitated a
sharp controversy. The differences of
opinion that developed devolved on
methods of study and administration
of the law. it was declared. rather
than on the wet and dry issue itself.
Mrs. Ernest Z. Mott of San Fran
cisco, a director of the national
league. headed the revolt and obtained
adoption of the substitute motion
which sidetracked the issue definitely
this year.
Similar action was taken on prohi-
bition at last years convention of the
league, when motion was voted
down overwhelmingly.
Four Items Added to Program.
The league adopted resolutions pro-
posing the addition of four new items
in its 1928 program. These were:
Study of the corrupt practices act
legislation, support of settlement of
international difficulties by arbitration
and support of treaties having the
same end in view, support of legisla.
Continued on Page 4, Column A.
Evening star., 1927-04-28
1S COMMUNISTS EXECUTED.
Police Strangle Prisoners Arrested
i'm Soviet Embassy Raid.

PEKING, April % (P).--Li Ia -Chao,
well known Communist. and IL other
Chinese arrested recently during the
Chinese police raid on premises within
the Soviet embassy compound here,
were executed this afternoon. They
We're strangled at police headquarters.
It was expected that the prisoners
would be tried in a special court being
formed TO hear the evidence against
those arrested in the raid, which the
Northern authorities, whose headquar-
ters are at Peking, have claimed re-
suited in the discovery of documents
showing that Soviet Russia was ac-
lively supporting the Cantonese
against the Northern authorities.
Apparently, however, the police de-
cided that the evidence discovered
against the men completely proved
their guilt. and the court, having
somewhat informally investigated the
cases, ordered the summary execution
Of IS.
Evening star., 1927-04-28
SECOND i. S. PLANE
HIT IN NICARAGUA
Fired on in Observation
FIight-ParIey Fails to
Halt War Activities.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated ffeSss
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April Is
A United States Marine Corps airplane,
in which Maj. r. Z. Rowell was max
ing an observation flight over Teus-
tepe, was fired on yesterday: When 1T
returnd to it's base a bullet hole was
found near the pilots seat. Three
other American planes were engaged
in an observation flight at the same
time. but they were not molested.
Mai Rowells plane was the second
American machine to be fired on this
week. On Tuesday American Marines
engaged In an observation flight over
El Niejo. in the Chinandega region,
were fired on WITH rifles and machine
guns. There were no casualties.
War Activities Continue.
While delegates appointed by DR..
Juan Sacasa, the Liberal president,
are on their way from Liberal head
quarters, Puerto Cabezas, to Managua
to discuss the situation with Henry l..
Stimson, personal representative OF
President Coolidge, war activities are
continuing. Conservative aviators,
returning from observations, reported
that 1900 Liberals under Gen. Mon
cada had advanced to within three
miles of Teustepe, less than 40 miles
from Managua. The aviators said the
Liberals were we'll fortified on the
hilltops in a semi-circle about the
town.
The Conservatives have 1900 troops
encamped near Boaco, while the Lib
erals have 900 men at Las Mercedes,
not far from Boaco.
Optimistic for Peace.
The Managua newspapers are OPP
timistic that peace is imminent be.
tween the Conservative and Liberal
factions. There is a feeling among
Liberals here that their government
probably will be willing to give up its
campaign in return for assurances by
the United States that Liberals VIII
have an equal chance with Conserva'
tives in the proposed elections. The
Conservatives have indicated readiness
to lay down their arms Immediately II
the coming conference is successful
Three members of DR.. Sacasa's cabi-
net are on the way to Corinto, aboard
the United States destroyer Preston,
for the peace discussions with Mr..
Stimson. They are expected to reach
here Saturday. Mr.. Stimson invited
DIR. Sacasa to make personal visit to
Managua, but the Liberal leader de-
clined, naming the ministers to repre-
sent him.
Evening star., 1927-04-28
10000 WITNESS
BLOSSOM PARADE
Huge Crowd Tmongs Win
chester Streets as Queen
Rides in Main Event.
Rr a slan corrasnondent of The Star.


WINCHESTER, Va, April 2S.-
Shenandoah valleys fourth annual
apple blossom festival entered its sec
ond and final day here today under
clar skies that banished all fear of
more rain of the sort that made the
first day a hit-and-miss affair.
The sun was shining brightly and
the chill in the air served to add
snap to the days festivities.
1t looked as though the whole valley
of Virginia were here today Main
streets of Winchester We're packed.
from sidewalk to sidewalk, while con-
tinuous exhibitions and parades kept
the crowds occupied every minute.
There was hardly moment from 8
o'clock this morning until late this
afternoon that there was not some
thing going on.
1t was estimated that between
10000 and 10000 visitors were here
today.
The official festivities began at $50
o'clock this morning, with the firing
of q salute of 13 aerial shells to Gov.
Harry Byrd of Virginia. Half an
hour later a salute was fired to a
Queen Shenandoah, Mrs. Isabella Ty-
son Gilpin, who was crowned yester-
day. Throughout the morning shell
and daylight fireworks We're set off.
keeping the air above the town filed
with smoke flags, figures and bombs
Dozens of Bands Parade.
All morning dozens of bands. which
are here for the grand parade this
afternoon. staged private parades
though the principal streets. sOn al
most every corner there was a band
and each did its best to drown out
the music of the one in the next
block.
At I o'clock the big feature of the
day was scheduled to begin, huge pa
rade with the Queen, in Gayly deco
rated float, followed by her princesses
in other floats. The parade began
forming soon after noon. Gov. Byrd
rode in the first division of the parade
with members of his military staff.
They were escorted by IL American
Legion Posts, preceded by the United
States Navy Band, Confederate Vet
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Evening star., 1927-04-28
HOOVER VISITS POYDRAS LEVEE,
WHERE CREVASSE WILL BE MADE
Sullen Farmers and 'Bad Men of Trapping
Country Threaten Officials With
Retaliation.

poultry, household belongings Snd
other simple possessions.
A number of others of the "old
school," however, enraged at the sud
den turn of events, and encouraged in
their resentment by one or two angry
leaders, have made dire threats of
retaliation to officials participating in
the evacuation plans. These trouble
makers, all avowed bad men" of the
Poydras trapping region, have been
harangued by leaders into an ugly
state of mind, eliminating III abso-
lutte refusal to leave their homes,
flood or no flood.
"Some of these people think nothing
Of taking human life" prominent re-
lief official told this correspondent to-
day. '"They have trapperS wars
among themselves and shoot to kill
when they decide to fight their
enemies. They can cause us a lot of
trouble if they SO desire"
Guards Line Levees.
Aroused at the open threats of this
group of disgruntled men, State and
municipal authorities have lined the
New Orleans levees with armed
guards, who patrol their beats night
and day. A stranger venturing near
the levee takes his life in his hands,
under the rigid instructions issued
to these guards.
A Red Cross official who strove to
induce some of the recalcitrant ones
to comply with Gov. Simpsons evac-
uation proclamation was confronted
with frank declarations that those re-
Continued on Page 5, Column g.
Evening star., 1927-04-28
SITUATION GROWS
TENSE IN HANKOW
Trenches Prepared and Guns
Set Up in Preparation
for Trouble.
Rv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, April 2S.-Disturbing
news continued to be received from
Hankow today. bearing out reports
of tense situation in the Yangtze
stronghold of the radical Cantonese
organization.
A wireless dispatch said that, In
anticipation of trouble, eight three
inch fieldpieces had been set up near
the Chinese Race Club and that
trenches had been prepared. 1t was
also reported that the Japanese. the
object of attacks by the Chinese
recently, had extended and made
stronger the defenses separating their
concession from the native city.
Cantonese Near Kiukiang.
Kiukiang, on the Yangtze River
about 12O miles southeast of Hankow,
reported that troops of Gen. Chang
Kai-Shek, commander of the mod
crate section of the Cantonese, were
within 20 miles of Kiukiang and that
fighting was going on. Kiuklang was
giving shelter to q great many
refugees from Hankow, who SAID tnat
residences in the native city of Ameri.
can missionaries were being looted
and occupied by troops.
The defeat of the Southerners IN
battle with Northern troops moving
from the Han River toward Penanfu
was reported in wireless message
from Hankow.
Train Service Suspended.
All train service between Nanking
and Changchow, on the Grand Canal,
was suspended by the Nationalist
military authorities. The reason was
not explained.
The police reported that plainclothes
men and Nationalist troops broke UP
strikers demonstrations at Kingw2n,
killing three strikers and woundlng
many others. One hundred and fifty
persons were arrested.
Wounded u. s. Sailor Landed.
A sailor, the most seriously wound
ed Of the casualties aboard the United
States auxiliary vessel Penguin, which
was fired on by Chinese near Kiang-
yin several days ago, was brought
here today aboard the United States
destroyer Peary.
The man, whose name was under
stood to be Nelson. was placed in the
ships hospital aboard the United
States transport Chaumont.
Evening star., 1927-04-28
Bear Abandons Swim Across Lake Erie
And Terrorizes Northern Ohio Section

appear as he plowed through the
waves, but hastened home for their
guns when the bear changed his mind
and reversed his course. Residents
near here awaited his return with
loaded rifles and shotguns last night,
although his return after dusk made
his landing point uncertain.
The bear. which weighs 400 pounds
and is known to be vicious, was pur-
chased from the Government for exhi-
bition purposes by Mrs. Pappas,
former vaudeville actress.
Searchers watched for him today.
believing he is wandering about the
lake shore or perhaps seeking q mar
rover crossing.
Evening star., 1927-04-28
LEGATION FIRE F0ILED
BY LITHUANIAN ENVOY
Minister Bizauskas Discovers Peril
on Arising Early to See Friends
Off-S1.5OO Loss.

Two guests who arose at four
O'Clock this morning to catch an early
train probably saved the Lithuanian
legation, at 1929 Sixteenth street,
from a serious fire today.
Getting up to see his guests off,
Minister kazys Bizauskas, smelled
smoke and discovered a fire in the
rear of the first floor, which was
checked, hut not before it had caused
more than 81 500 damage.
Origin of the fire is undetermined.
1t worked through the rear room on
the first floor into the hall and up a
dumbwaiter to the second floor be-
fore fire apparatus arrived to check
it. Flames ruined the walls and doors
in the rear of the first floor of the
building and smoke and water caused
as much damage as the fire itself.
Almost all of the rooms on the
floor above the fire were filed with
thick smoke, which coated the walls
with soot.
Evening star., 1927-04-28
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CONNEAUT, Ohio, April 2S.--A
vicious cinnamon bear was at liberty
in northern Ohio today. gone on a
rampage after breaking his bonds here
yesterday and plunging into Lake
Erie en- route to Canada, a goal he
abandoned after a few miles out.
The bear, pet of Mrs. Gus Pappas,
broke loose when she sought to put
collar on hinL Snarling and swapping
at half dozen scampering men who
had assisted Rher, he sprinted to the
nearby. beach and plunged in, swim.
ming deterfainedly toward Canada.
Qnloekers watched him slowly sdis-
Evening star., 1927-04-28
POLISH-LITHUANIAN
CONFLICTS REPORTED
Irregulars Said to Have Fired on
Blockhouses on Poland's Side
of Border.
BY the Associated Press.


WARSAW. Poland, April 2S.-After
several months of complete calm along
the Polish Lithuanian and Polish Rus
sian frontiers, the newspapers report
that several sanguinary conflicts have
occurred recently. Bands of Lithu-
anian irreguiars, they state, have
twice crossed the border and fired on
blockhouses Polish frontier guards
are said to have driven them off, but
the raiders escaped, carrying off their
wounded.
The Polish press suggests that these
incidents are due TO the failure of
Lithuania' S efforts to get the Wilma
question reopened before an interna-
tional forum.
On the Soviet border, the newspa-
pers say, bandit gangs made several
incursions into Polish territory, re-
crossing the frontier after pillaging.
(Both Poland and Lithuania claim
Wilma, and efforts to settle the dispute
have thus far been unavailing. In
January League of Nations circles at
Geneva expressed concern over the
Russo. Polish situation, central Euro
pean statesmen being apprehensive
that any renewal of difficulties be.
tween Poland and Iithuania over the
wilma problem might lead to serious
trouble)
Evening star., 1927-04-28

the extension Of first order level
nets. The general opinion was ex-
pressed, however, that the explana-
ton would turn out to be purely
physical, connected with prevailing
direction of the winds, salinity of
the water and various other causes.
Sea Levels Differ.
The sea level at Galveston, Tex,
was taken as the mean" Going
eastward. sea level at Biloxi, Miss.
was found to be 2 centimeters low
er and at Cedar Key, Fla. IS cent?
meters below. Turning northward,
sea level at st. Augustine was found
to he "a centimeters below that at
Galveston and from then on there
is a gradual rise, sea level at Port
Continued on Page 4, Colutnn 81
Evening star., 1927-04-28
Predicts Governor Would Not
Be Sacrifice to Religious
Bigotry.
MODIFICATION STAND
FATAL, SENATOR HOLDS
Neither Favoring Candidacy Nor
Forecasting Support in Virginia,
However, He Declares.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April Ex-senator
Carter Glass of Virginia, in the cur
rent issue of Review of Reviews, gives
his views of Gov. Smith as q presi-
Dental possibility. He writes:
Should Gov. Smith, in a square,
stand-up contest, get the Democratic
nomination for the presidency upon
sound and sane declaration of funda-
mental Democratic doctrines and
policies-one of which is not the
avowed right to sell or buy or trans
port intoxicating liquors-he should
not, and I venture to think he would
not, be made q sacrifice to religious
bigotry i'll Virginia or the South or
the country"
An attempt to make "antagonism
to prohibition test of party fealty''
in next years presidential election,
the Senator asserts, would result in
"sWamping" of the Democratic party.
Praised as Another TiIden.
'Al Smith," the article continues,
has, perhaps, made the most effec-
tive and useful Governor of New York
since Samuel J. Tilden. He is highly
accomplished in the science of gov
ernment and experienced in it's prac-
tical administration. He is undoubt-
edly one of the notable men of the
age. However, this does not mean
that Virginia would favor the nomina-
tion of Smith, or that / personally
advocate 1t. / do not believe the
first to be a fact; / know the other
is not.
Should Gov Smith be nominated
as an exponent of the view that the
eighteenth amendment of the Federal
Constitution should be repealed or
molested, or that the Volstead act
should be superseded by legislation
which would, textually, render the
eighteenth amendment ineffective. he
would, in my judgment, be badly beat
en- in Virginia and in the South and
the country"
Views of Glenn T.. Shaver, chairman
or the Democratic National Commit
tee, and George w. Olvany, leader
of Tammany Hall, over the two
thirds rule prevailing in the Demo
cratic convention We're set forth in
today's newspapers.
Tammany Wants Rule Changed.
''Tammany is against the old two
thirds rule and also the unit rule. y
Mr., Olvany said Majority rule is
sound Democratic principle and
New York Democrats will be found
fighting for it. The unit rule also
ought to be abandoned.
There is no good reason why the
convention should not adopt a rule
under which a delegate could rise
in his place and register his choice
of candidate"
Chairman Shaver, New York papers
say, has sent literature to members
of the national committee, designed
to uphold the two-thirds rule, believ-
ing that it is essential to mainte-
nance of proper balance of power
in national conventions.
The larger Northern States, like
New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois,
acting in concert, the chairman Is
credited with contending, would be
able in the absence of the old rule
to form combinations that would ride
roughshod over the Southern States
TEACT.Er ro nDrN- rANFpATCNY
Evening star., 1927-04-28
Student Boxer Dies.

LANSING, Mich, April IS R).-~
Donald Hallenback, 10, high school
student, died last night following an
amateur boxing tournament. He had
won a semi-final featherweight contest
and was in the midst of final bout
with Kenneth U'Ren, when he re-
ceived two blows on the head that
prompted the referee to stop the
match. Hallenback died in q hospital
a few hours later. 4
Evening star., 1927-04-28
ARCTIC AIR MAIL STARTS.
Fairbanks Wiseman Line Opens,
Beating Old Means by Months.

WIsEMAN, Alaska, April % R).-
Tie first United States air mail serv-
ice ever operated north of the Arctic
Circle was inaugurated today with the
arrival here of Aviator A. A. Bennett
from Fairbanks. The mail which Ben
nett brought would ordinarily have
reached here early in July.
Evening star., 1927-04-28
FLYERS Leave Savannah.

SAVANNAH, Ga, April 2S (P).--
The Pan-American flyers hoped off
from Savannah at 9:45 o'clock this
morning for Charleston, S. c.. after
a twe-day stop here. ~ &
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Radio Prisrams-Pase b.
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CONTINUED on Page 4, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-04-28

fU S. Weather Bureau Forecastl
Partly cloudy tonight: tomorrow In
creasing cloudiness and warmer, fol-
lowed by showers at night.
observation-disclosures, 76, at Ais
p.m. yesterday: lowest. "A, at am.
today. Full report on page 9.
Evening star., 1927-04-28

Continued on Page 4, Column ~
Evening star., 1927-04-28

yUIontiniisd ton lPage 4, lCeIumn-S.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-04-27

Henry Jacobs crushed the fingers
on his right hand quite severely Tues
day afternoon when $50 pound bar
rel of lard slipped while putting it on
the elevator in the basement of the
meat market.
! Mr.. and Mrs. John Marriott and
child of Sleepy Eye visited at the VIM
Marriott home Saturday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Zieske enter
tanned the M. A. Dahms family Sum-
day.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. AL. Reed entertained
the VIM. and John Marriott families
/ Sunday.
Mrs. Kittie Olmstead went to Tracy
Monday to visit at the Jennie Rawlins
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Prail entertain
ed Supt. and Mrs. Point and Miss
Bernice Hinsel at a six o'clock din
ner Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Herder and family
of Springfield attended the Chas. Her
der funeral Friday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Lenly Nichol'
son of Tracy Monday morning twins
a son and daughter. Mr.. Nicholson
formerly lived at Walnut Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anil Ledenberg were
Marshall callers Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Wiecke of Elkton
S. D., attended the funeral of Mrs
Weeks sister, Mrs. Martin johnson
/ Sunday.
Alma Nelson of Revere is spend.
ing a few days at the Frank Will
son home.
Mrs. Abbie L. Wiley died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank
Wilson Sunday evening at the age
of 9 years. Funeral services will
be held Wednesday at Humboldt, Iowa.
Miss Mary Olson left Monday for
Strandberg, S. D., to visit her sister,
Mrs. August Werner and family.
Mrs. H. Boyle of Pennington spent
the weekend at the parental Chas.
Hanson home.
Mrs. H. Point entertained her
friend, Miss Goldie Miller of Currie
last week.
Mrs. Gerald Doig is on the sick
list.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Carpenter and
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Thompson of
Tracy visited at the Albert Danielson
home Sunday.