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Evening star., 1929-06-04
PRISONER TRIES
TO SHOOT OFFICER
Fires Point-BIank at Him in
Taxi, but MisseS-Gun Jams
in Second Attempt.

Policeman Leo Murray of the liquor
squad escaped death or injury shortly
after noon today when colored man
fired point-black at him in taxicab
while resisting arrest. The bullet went
wild and when the prisoner tried to
fire a second time the gun jammed.
Murray, eating lunch near Sixth and
D streets, heard two shots fired in quick
succession, and ran to the scene. He
found two colored men struggling with
q third In q cab at the curb.
Goes Into Cab.
The officer pushed inside the door
and reached for the man with the gun.
AS he did so the gun was discharged.
The accused man, Ernest Womack,
81 years old, who described himself as
a steamboat fireman of 962 Wacourt
street, Baltimore, Md, was booked at
the sixth precinct station on two charges
of assault with a dangerous weapon and
q third charge Of robbery.
According to David Sims. colored,
of the 1900 block of Sixth street. Wo-
mack had been shooting dice with him
in the rear Of a lunchroom, near the
Union Station. Sims said Womack be-
came disgruntled because he was losing
whipped out a gun and robbed him OF
S23, and then haStened to the side
walk and hailed taxicab. Sims said he
called for his brother. Richard. of the
200 block of Fifty-flfth street northeast.
to follow him and they rushed to the
sidewalk in pursuit of Womack.
Just as they emerged from the door
womack jumped into cab, and the two
brothers entered the cab also. WomacR
said the men were beating him, anc
when they were in the vicinity Of Sixth
and D the shots were fired. The two
colored men were struggling with
Womack when Offlcer Murray came
running up.
A sum approximating $23 was taker
from Womack's pockets at the sixth
precinct.
Says Loaded Dice Used.
womack told officers he came te
Washington this morning from Balti-
more and had entered a dice game
with five or six strangers.
Womack said they switched pair OF
| loaded dice into the game and when HI
learned this, he pulled his CUR and de-
cided to recoup his losses, which hi
| described as about $50.
| The case will be heard in Police
Court tomorrow.
The driver of the taxicab gave hi'
name as D. Sullivan Of the HOO blcoi
Of -Four -and-a-hal street southwest. ST
suddenly had the quarrel come about
| in his automobile that he did not have
time to interfere, but was sitting at tho
drivers seat when Murray arrived.
Evening star., 1929-06-04
PAIR ASSERT INNOCENCE
IN DEATH OF WOMAN
Inquest Witnesses Tell of Seeing
Miss Soutar Enter Mrs. Cass-
ler's Apartment.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO June 4-What happene i
in the Dorchester ayeune fiat of Mrs.
Catherine Cassler a week ago Monday
and where she went in her automobile
either that day or the next with Miss
Camerola Soutar were the questions
Chicago and Indiana officials were
trying to solve today In their In
vestigation into the Staying of Miss
Soutar, whose body was found in a
swamp near Hebron, Ind, last Thurs
day.
Witnesses at q coroner's inquest
yesterday. at Valparaiso. Ind. told of
seeing Miss Soutar enter the Cassler
apartment on Monday. May 81, and
seeing her leave, either that day or
the next, in an automobile with Mrs.
CasSler and the latter's foster son,
Edward. 10.
Throughout the session both Mrs
Cassler and the youth maintained their
calm and insisted they were innocent.
1t is no new experience for Mrs. Cass-
Ter. who two years ago was convicted
and sentenced to death for murder,
later to be freed when granted a new
trial and the State was unable to
produce its witnesses.
Mrs. CaSsler was convicted Of the
murder of William Lindstrom. whose
body was found on a rainy night in an
alley near the CaSsler home. A
detective noticed that despite the rain.
the Soles of Lindstrom's shoes were
dry. excluding the possibility that
Lindstrom had been injured in fall.
Evening star., 1929-06-04

Continued from First Page)
might be asked to take this post. Lord
Cecil nominally is conservative, but
recently unhitched himself from the
party harness. His worldwide reputa-
ton as an internationalist might make
him valuable addition to Labor cab
met.
Woman May Be Named.
One woman was regarded as almost
certain of a cabinet pest, the first Brit
ish woman to gain such distinction
She is Margaret Bondf1eld, underSecre-
tary OF labor in the first Macdonald
ministry. 1t was belieied here today
that she had been p;cked either fol
minister of labor or Of health.
In London the national executive
committee Of the s,.abor party was
meeting today with che parliamentary
Labor party executive committee, with
Mr.. Macdonald sl,ted to discuss the
situation with thoa< bodies, taking the1l
counsel for the future. These two bod
les are composed of SO men and women
representing every phase OF British
| labor life.
The Daily News, one of the CHIEF
| Liberal organs, delivered edttorially to-
day to the Labor party a warming
given in all seriousness with knowledge
of the facts"
After recounting the main items o.
Liberal policy and mentioning the Lib
eral position as holding the balance o.
power, it said:
IF the Labor government, putting
aside the more extreme proposals OF it,
election program, will concentrate or
| these great national issues. we are con
vinced the Liberals will give Labor 1t!
fair chance to prove its capacity fol
craftsmanship. But there will be
| lamentable breakdown unless Mr.. Mac
Donald changes in two important par
ticularS which characterized his las
| term Of Office.
"First, he must remember he Is th'
servant not of his partys executive
committee, but of Parliament and TIT
nation, and secondly, his attitude to-
ward Liberal members must undergo
complete spiritual transformation.
THE Liberals will never again sub
nit to the cheap, spirited indig
mites to which Labor in 1924 though
fit to subject them, and unless the ordi
nary human decencies are preserved
practical cooperation will be tmpos
sible."
Evening star., 1929-06-04
REDUCTION IN HAWLEY ,
TARIFF BILL TO FACE
VIGOROUS OPPOSITION
Continued from First Page.)

many newspapers. According TO in
formation obtained from off1cial sources,
the sentiment In regard to the tariff bill
contained in editorial expressions of
opinion, is overwhelmingly against the
bill as a whole.
The measure has been criticized Wig
orously in the foreign press and by
foreigners interested in American trade.
There criticisms have been brought to
the attention of the State Department
and through it to the attention OF the
President. Furthermore, these criticisms
will be laid before the Senate finance
committee, II present plans are carried
out. by the Secretary Of State.
What the Senate finance committee
will do with the bill when 1t comes to
rewriting it for report to the Senate is
still a matter of conjecture. The high
tariff group is strongly represented Ill
the committee But whatever the COM
mittee does, the bill will have to run
the gantlet OF Senate consideration,
and there Is good reason to believe that
body will force some OF the rates lower
than they are at present.
The tariff revision, when undertaken
was expected TO be primarily in the
interest of the American farmer ana OF
some of the industries which, .lcve ad-
mittedly been suffering in recent years.
like the textile industry.
The bill as now revised goes far be.
yond such limits. Mass production ano
! the changes in industrial centers In
| this country have been responsible IT
| part for the heavy demands from many
producers for increased duties on theii
| products. These have been the prin.
cipal reasons, indeed, for the demand
| for increased duties, in some industries
rather than mere foreign competition
| The manufacturers who have been un'
able to keep pace in the domestic com
petition hope by raising the tariff t.
bring about increases in prices ana 81
to keep themselves alive.
Evening star., 1929-06-04
CHARLOTTE GREETS
CONFEDERATE VETS
$4,000 Visitors Present for
Opening of Reunion
Tonight.
Fy the Associated Press.

I
CHARLOTTE, N. c., June with
the fire of youth in their eyes and the
glory of the warrior shining in their
faces from rekindled memories, gray
haired men who followed the flag of
the South in the COS assembled here to-
day for the opening tonight of the
thirty-ninth reunion of United Confed-
crate Veterans.
Reunion officials estimated no less
than 1000 visitors had reached Char
lotte early today, while each arriving
train added to the numbers. They came
from almost every State of the Union.
Today the Stars and Bars waved side
by side with the Stars and Stripes from
business buildings and from almost
every residence as Charlotte welcomed
the visitors.
The reunion will be formally opened
tonight with an address Of welcome by
North CarolinaS governor, o. Max
Gardner. and by the address Of Gen. A.
T. Goodwin Of Elmore, Ala. COM
mander-in chief, to his command.
Preliminary to the opening of the re-
union the birthday anniversary of JET
ferson Davis, first and only President of
the Confederacy, was observed last
night.
Evening star., 1929-06-04
QUESTION VETERAN
IN MAIL THREATS
Former Orderly Suspected
in Ransom Demand
Upon Morrow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, June 4.-The solution OF
the mystery of a long series of threaten
ing letters received by prominent per-
sons appeared nearer today through
the introduction onto the scene OF
George E. Long a customs guard.
The latest in the series was demand
of $4,000 from Dwight W. Morrow url-
der threat of violence to his daughter
Constance, sister -in-law of Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh.
Long, 5O-year-old father of three
children, was said by newspapers TO
have told postal inspectors. IF ever
wrote them, don't know why"
City police, however, who released him
early today after questioning him for
two hours at headquarters, said that 1t
was all a mistake" to take the man into
custody. They declared he had con-
vinced them he had no knowledge of the
letters.
On the other hand, postal inspectors
declared Long had admitted having sent
similar letters more than seven years
ago to a. number of prominent persons
in Washington.
Letters like those received by Miss
Morrow at the Milton Academy, where
she is student, have been mailed in
the past few years to Freedrick H. Raw
son. president of the First National
Bank of Chicago the family of Frances
ST. John Smith, Smith College student,
whose body was found recently in the
Connecticut River; Mrs. Larz Anderson,
socially prominent, and Mrs. Curtis
Guild, widow of a former Governor OF
Massachusetts,. Long was once valet
for Maj Gen. Clarence r. Edwards,
Bank of Chicago: the family of Frances
wartime commander overseas of the
26th New England) Division.
Long Is a Spanish War veteran with
good record. He was once stationed In
Washington as an orderly in the War
Department.
Evening star., 1929-06-04
OATH OF OFFICE
TAKEN BY WHEAT
Chief Justice Mccoy Presides
at Special Meeting of Dis
triCt Supreme Court.
From the $50 Edition of Yesterdays Star }

From the $50 Edition Of Yesterdays Star }
Alfred A. Wheat, former acting So
licitor general of the United States, to-
day took the oath Of Office as an asso-
ciate justice of the Supreme Court OF
the District Of Columbia. Chief JUS
tice Mccoy presided at special meet
ing of the court in general term, al
attended. The oath Of office was reao
to the new jurist by Chief Justice Nc
Coy, and Justice Wheat repeated 1t
phrase by phrase.
At the conclusion of the brief cere.
mony Justice Wheat received congratu-
lations of members of the court and
then held a reception for the felicita.
tions Of the lawyers and others as
sembled for the ceremony.
Justice Wheat will be assigned to the
hearing of condemnation cases if the
corporation counsel has any such pro-
ceedings ready. In the event no such
cases are ready for hearing it is eX-
pected he will take up the hearing OF
equity motions which usually crowd the
last month before the beginning of the
Summer recess. He has been assigned
one Of the vacation terms" when he
will preside in all branches of the
court.
The assignment of justices for the
Summer recess has been announced by
Chief Justice Mccoy. The Chief Justice
will preside in all the courts from July
l to IL, when he will be succeeded by
Justice Bailey, who will serve until July
26. Justice Gordon will hold court
from July 27 to August 8, to be followed
by Justice Hitz until August %. Jus.
August % and serves until September
a. Justice Siddons will return Septem-
Der and will preside until September
II. when he will be succeeded by JUS
tice Stafford, who will serve until Sep
tember 30. The Fall term of the court
will open October /, with all the JUS
tices in attendance.
Evening star., 1929-06-04
IOWA ASKS BIG TEN
FOR REINSTATEMEN ENT
Committee Meets to Hear Plea of
Suspended Conference
Member.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June A special COM
mittee of the Big Ten Athletic Con-
ference went into secret session at IL
am. today to hear the plea OF the Uni
versity of Iowa for reinstatement.
The committee, acting as supreme
court in the case, was presided over
by Prof. George A. Goodenough, Uni
versity Of Illinois. Assisting him were
Profs. Thomas E. French, Ohio State
University, and James Paige, Min
nesota.
Iowa was represented by E. H. Lauer
director of athletics, and DR.. Louis
Pelzer, Iowa's representative on the
faculty committee which suspended
iowa 10 days ago on charges Of
sroselyting and subsidizing athletes.
AS the committee met, one of three
decisions was to be made: Reinstate
Iowa Immediately: reaffirm the faculty
commuters indefinite suspension be-
ginning next January ] or placing lows
on probation for several months start
| ing at once.
Evening star., 1929-06-04
Black Diamonds Lost
In Mail Plane Crash
Recovered for Owner
nx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 4.-The sun
says today that black diamonds
worth $25,000, lost in the crash
of a mail plane near Moline, Ill,
In March, are now back in pos
session of their owner here.
The package Of diamonds. 132,
valued at $4,000, was shipped by
registered air mail to New York
from Ell Paso, where they had
been sent for inspection by
prospective purchaser. The plane
crashed and burned in swamp.
Postal authorities and insur-
ance adjusters had tons Of wet
loan scooped up and shipped to
Dixon, III, and New York for
sitting. Forty-three stones were
found in the dirt sent here, and
go in the muck sent to Dixon.
Laborers at the scene OF the
crash are still sitting for the rest
Of the stones, valued at $4,000,
and will receive rs per cent Of
all they find.
Evening star., 1929-06-04
ABINGDON WITNESS
DENIES HALT ORDER
Slain Students Companion
Says No Officers Appeared
to Wave Them Down.
By the Associated Press.


ABINGDON. Va, June 4.-Sterling
Dutton, 26, testified today that he saw
no officers waving in the road and
heard no commands to halt on the
night of May 6, when j. w. Kendrick,
Emory and Henry College student was
shot to death, while riding with Dutton
and Paul Phelps on the highway near
here. Dutton was the second State wit
ness In the trail of James w. Grove,
Washington County deputy sheriff, who
with w. H. Worley, another deputy
sheriff, and James McReynolds a po-
liceman, was indicted for murder for
the killing.
Dutton said that neither he, Phelps
nor Kendrick had had any whisky be-
tween o'clock and the time Of the
shooting. about 1880 at night. He said
that while no officers appeared in the
road to wave them down an automobile
drew up from behind, ran alongside
as II to pass and then dropped back. He
said he had heard no command TO halt
while the car was alongside.
Drove TO Hospital.
A few minutes later Dutton said sew
eral shots were fired and Phelps speed
ed up their automobile. continuing at
a fast pace for a mile or more. He said
they noticed that Kendrick had slumped
in his seat and was wounded. They
drove to an Abingdon hospital, he con-
tinued, and turned tine wounded boy
over to hospital attendants while he
sought to notify E. M. Kendrick, an
uncle.
On cross examination Dutton said
that he made no attempt to get In
touch with officers after the Shooting
but that DR.. Harry M. Hayer, at the
hospital, said he would notify police
After bringing E. M. Kendrick to the
hospital, he added, he went to bed
Asked why he had not given police the
facts so that an investigation might
be starter. he said z. M. Kendrick had
told him TO keep quiet and say moth
ing"
Phelps Cross-Examined.
Dutton came to the stand after de-
tense counsel concluded lengthy cross
examination of Paul Phelps, who was or
the stand when court adjourned late
Yesterday. Phelps admitted today that
he had been convicted on other occa-
whisky but denied that he had hac
any whisky on the afternoon or the
night of the killing. He said he knew
Grove and McReynolds well and also
knew that they were officers of the law
phelps was on the stand approxi-
mately an hour today. The state mas
called 10 witnesses and the defense
witnesses summoned number about 80
The thrcngs that attended the opening
of the trial were back today and the
halls and corridors as well as tne
courtroom itself were packed to ca
| pacity.
Evening star., 1929-06-04
FORMAL END OF ROMAN
QUESTION DUE FRIDAY
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, June 4.-Formal exchange of
ratifications of the Lateran treaty be-
tween the Quirinal and the Vatican
probably will take place Friday at either
the Venezia or the Chigi Palace.
Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary Of
state, and Benito MusSolini premier
and foreign minister of the Italian state,
will be the principals in the ceremony
which will end formally the sixty-year-
old Roman question.
Witnesses will be the same as those
who were present at the signing OF the
treaties. There probably will be also an
exchange of souvenir pens and other
formalities. with perhaps brief speeches
by the two principals.
The newspaper Piccolo learned that
the exchange Of ratifications will occur
at the Venezia Palace and will be pre-
ceded by publication Of the accords In
the italian Ofncial Gazette
Evening star., 1929-06-04
NEWSPAPER REPORT
SENT TO MITCHELL
Senate Transmits Ownership
Statements on Interests
of Power Company.
Py the Associated Press.


The Senate transmitted to Attorney
General Mitchell today for "appropri-
ate action" the report of the Postmaster
General showing the last statements OF
ownership filed by the publishers OF
the newspapers in which the 1nterna-
tional Paper & Power Co. owns stock.
The resolution of Senator Walsh,
Democrat, of Montana. proposing that
the Postmaster Generals report be sent
to the Justice Department. was adopted
without debate or roll call.
The Post Office Department report
disclosed some of the newspapers In
statements of ownership failed to show
interests of the International Paper &
Power Co. officials of the power COM
pany told of their interests in l3 papers
at the recent Federal Trade Commis-
sion hearings.
The resolution adopted today by the
Senate also requested the Attorney
General to advise what legislation. If
any. was necessary to make completely
effective" the law requiring newspapers
to show their ownership.
Evening star., 1929-06-04
NEWSPAPER GROUP
ENDS CONFERENCE
Business Paper Editors Dis
cuss Trade Interests With
President and Officials.

After consultation with Secretary of
War Good, Attorney General Mitchell,
Secretary of the Interior Wilbur and
Undersecretary of State Clark and
dinner with Secretary of Commerce
Lamont, the National Conference of
Business Paper Editors adjourned its
sessions here last night.
For the past eight years the business
paper editors have held frequent din
ner meetings with Mr.. Hoover while
he was Secretary of Commerce, at which
matters relating to the publishing busi-
ness were discussed. This year the
association continued its contact with
his successor, Secretary Lamont.
Editorial Awards Announced.
At the luncheon meeting yesterday
held at the National Press Club the
l92829 Associated Business Papers
editorial awards were presented by Vic
tor H. Power. chairman of the jury on
awards. Douglas G. Wolf, president of
the conference, presided.
The medal for outstanding editorial
service by a business paper to its in
dustry was awarded to Textile World
for its contribution to the expansion
and success of the rayon industry First
prize for the best article, series of
hTtlClto, VI llcWS AepO1k was AWARDED
to Flint Garrison, editor of the Dry
goodsman, for a series of 10 articles on
the subject, AN Opportunity for New
Wholesale Service"
Honorable Mention List.
Honorable mention for editorial serv-
Ice to industry was awarded to Elec-
trical Merchandising, the Foundry, and
Motor World Wholesale. Second and
third prizes in the best article" class
went to N. A. Bowers of Engineering
News Record, and j. 0. Dahl of
Restaurant Management, respectively.
The jury on awards comprised Victor
H. Power, vice president of the Manu-
facturerS' Record. chairman: DR.. Frank
M. Surface, assistant director, Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce;
Nelson s. Greensfelder, president of the
National Industrial Advertisers AS
sociation; w. L. Richard OF Richard &
Co. Inc, advertising agency, and
Everett 5. Terhune, president of the
Boot and Shoe Recorder Publishing Co.
Evening star., 1929-06-04
Parents Set Torch
To Flaming YOUTH
Church Quiz Holds
Episcopalian Survey Lays
Blame to Elders for
Wild Franks.
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 4.-Wayward parent
hood was blamed for the capricious-
ness of flaming youth" in most of the
responses to a QUESTIONABLE distributed
by the Diocese of Chicago, official
Chicago publication of the Episcopal
Church. the magazine announced today
Not that youth was not rebuked Tor
its flaming; it was, but its parents
we're accused of applying the torch.
Characteristic answers included:
"The present age is slightly more
insane in many respects, especially II
the way mature people act in regard
to Young people Parents OF today
flatter their children, slobber over them
and think they are endowed TO leao
their elders."-Dr. Bernard 1od1ne
Bell, warden Of st. Stephens College
Columbia University.
II cannot see that present-day
youth is any more frivolous or ire
sponsible than the youth of my own
day. A lot Of criticism OF youth Is
un1ustified. Rev. F. H. Sill, head
master OF the Kent School, Kent, Conn
The young people have contac'
with have clear standards and high
ideals. 1 have more fears for parents
than for the children. DIR. Charles
H. Young. headmaster Of the Howe
School, Howe, Ind.
There is bound to be some recoi
from the childs observation of adults
violation of prohibition laws and motor
speed and from adults lack OF interest
in religion. Miss Florence Wells, OF
Grafton, Fond duf Lac, Wise.
II don't find any more frivolity OF
irresponsibility or shallowness or law
lessness among young people thar
among their fathers and mothers. -
DIR. Frederick c. Grant president OF
the Western Theological Seminary
Evanston, Ill.
Evening star., 1929-06-04
SCHENCK is REMOVED
FROM SOLITARY CELL
Ex-Policeman, Under Prison Sen
tence, Was Closely Confined Fol-
lowing Attempt at Suicide.

Former Policeman Frederick A.
Schenck, under a sentence of 20 years
Imprisonment for two holdups, was re-
moved from solitary confinement &C the
District Jail today, where he had been
kept for three days as a penalty for
violation of prison rules.
Schenck is being kept under special
guard. however, to prevent repetition
of his attempts to commit suicide. After
his sentence last week he tried to hang
himself and last Saturday he was
caught ramming his head against the
wall of a cell.
Evening star., 1929-06-04
DAVIS TAKES OATH.

Dwight F. Davis, Secretary Of War In
the Coolidbe cabinet, today took the
oath of Office as Governor General OF
the Philippine Islands.
II was administered by Associate JUS
tice Stone of the Supreme Court in the
once of the Secretary of War. Among
the witnesses of the ceremony were
members of the Philippine mission,
headed by Rafael Aluman. insular sec
retary of agriculture; Manuel Roxas,
Speaker of the insular House Of Rep
resentatives, and Maj. Gen. Frank
Parker, chief Of the Bureau Of Insular
Affairs.
Mr.. Davis expects to sail for the
Philippines from Seattle about June Is