The Washington Post
February 7, 1926

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TO MENTION WASHINGTON is to speak of America’s most beautiful city. Don't be slow to sound its praise. —— ee ee — The Washington ~*~ | |» Weather—Fair today; | this afternoon or tonight; tomor- row fair; moderate to fresh west | and northwest winds, Temperature yesterday—High- | est, 47; lowest, 28. colder ; ‘pe ede _ NO. 18,12 ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER POSTOFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. OQ, WASHINGTON: SU ND AY, i, Fle BR CARY ee ee ee ee 19: 26.—NINETY SIX PAGES “f COPYRIGHT, 1926 BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO. ee FIVE CEN Bb ares for $1,000,000, He Hopes to Buy Horse UPROARIOU DEBATE ON ORY LAW MARKS HOUSE PROCEEDINGS Upshaw Loses Crutches in Flare-Up Over Prohibition. $14,994,000 ASKED FOR ENFORCEMENT! Pronosal of Hill to Guard Each 10 Miles of Coast Loses, 110 to 8. New York, Feb. 6 (By A. P.). The thought of $1,000,000 might not mean much to some people, but it makes Henry Dana Hummel, of Portland, Me., dizzy. He admit.ed this today while discussing plans for his efforts to get the $1,000,000 estate of Abe Hummel, once noted divorce lawyer, whom Henry says, his father. High finance, which did not worry him back home where he drove a baker's delivery wagon, has him seriously New York. “I don’t know what I'd do,” he said when saked how ‘he would spend the money if he won his contest. “I’m so upset and worried. This thing is driy- ing me crazy. I don't believe I vant the money at all. 1) guess i might buy a I like horses and dogs." MELLON PROPOSES TO REORGANIZE DRY was worried in horse: By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN. Personalities, near personalities, shadow boxing in which that well- known dry advocate, Representa- tive W. D. Upshaw, of Georgia, Ges: 4 ticulated so vociferously thnt he lost one of his crutches, and a very uproariously general debate which waxed humorous at times, featured another prohibition flare-up 0 the floor of the House yesterday. It followed an amendment the general de- ficiency bill by Representative John Philip Hill, of Maryland increase the appropriation coast guard dry introduction of to to Create Two New U. S: Bureaus. for law enforcement from $3,900,000 to $14,994,000 for the purpose, as the representative declared, of ‘‘giving protection to every ten miles of coast line.’’ This amendment went the way of all its kind which have been presented, being knock- ed out by a vote of 110 to 8. Be- cause no record was taken the ac- curacy of these figures are disput- ed by both sides. Maryland The most radical step yet pro- tion of the customs and prohibition units was initiated yesterday. It is the Secretary of the Treasury today alone is responsible—and to provide 'entire coordination in law enforce- incidents | ment for both branches. Tom| Under the proposal, a bill to pro- Connally, of Texas, interposed him-| yjide for it having been introduced self between Upshaw and Repre-| jn both the Senate and the House, sentative Schafer in a boxing ref-|there will be created two new Like Boxing Referec. One of the was when RKepresentative ludicrous AUM RING TRAITOR Murdered, Says Wife of | Rome, Feb. 'mier Mussolini in the chamber of, He ridiculed the Bavarians, | deputies this afternoon KEPT OFF WiTNESo QTAND BY BULLET Man Who Brought On Biggest of Raids. TWO PRICES ON HEAD, | Former Rai Runner the Most | Germany in the eye with her hands | | | AND GUS TOMS UNITS | Man | liquor | headed Bills in Congress Seek to’ apprehension of more than 100 as posed toward complete reorganiza- | designed to insure complete individ- | ual responsibility in the administra- | tion of these two units—for which | | special SPOUSE TELLS POLICE ee eee Important Witness Against 100 Accused Men. New York, Feb. 6 (By A. P.). | Hans Fuhrmann, one time runner | i who | liquor syndicate prohibition agents lever “squealed” on the _ biggest | smashed, has been stopped from telling his story on the wit- ness stand by a bullet sent crash- ing through his head. He was found dead room on January 28 today was it known that he was the ring alleged by Whililam “‘squealer’”’ to have been V. Dwyer, and the responsible for the rum runners. Two days grand before jury his had death a returned | sixty odd indictments against mem- | bers of the so-called | cate.”’ District Attorney Buckner admitted today the death of Fubr- mann deprived him of his ‘‘most important witness” against Dwyer | and the men indicted with him. Made a Dry Agent. Fuhrmann was commissioned as |a prohibition agent at the time of | his death, though Prohibition Ad- ministrator John Foster had kept this secret until today. The hotel room in which he was found was just two blocks from the hotel in which a month earlier he | had identified sixteen members of the alleged Dwyer ring for prohi- on by | Adige, |possession since the world war. War With Germany Hinted By Mussolini in Chamber “Lying” Campaign in Tyrol Must Cease, Berlin Is To!d; Italy Can Carry Her Colors Even Beyond Present Line, Premier Asserts. A. P.).—Pre-} Adige was “simply deliv er ed | ing the Locarno spirit which the government’s answer to the|@escribed as having “become soft, anti-Italian campaign being carried | evanescent, insupportable and ev en tke ‘Germnans in the upper se deeds like habitual things. of which Italy has been in| ; that German campaign l\based on ignorance of the virile ‘Italian nation which-had succeeded ‘om ‘Italy desires to be a sincere! friend to the German people,” said | Mussolini, “‘but a friend looking ‘campaign ‘ ' added: ‘‘The Germans must learn ithe truth, since the Italian policy characterizing the German |!” as “nefarious, ridiculous | °"° little bit.” and lying,’’ the premier said: } He refused “We will be sufficiently explicit | Ge™™ans in —and I believe that plain speaking | Stituted a racial minority will serve truth, anq | Of being the residum of barbaric even peace—to the | invasions of the Brennen frontier. up.”’ After that admit the the upper to civilization alter slightly in a hotel | ; but not until | responsible for exposing the' “Dwyer syndi- | ‘coming from the vicinity | isle, ‘up last night by ‘of the Radio Corporation of Amer- ,ica. times it is necessary to pay two eyes for the loss of one, with ;one tooth.’’ Mussolini asserted that the re- cent address of the Bavarian Pre- 'mier Held concerning the upper old formula and declare that some- | with | | Stand Age a whole lot of teeth for the loss of | ‘I hope my speech will be under- stood by those who should under- Mussolini continued, ‘‘so that the Italian government need not pass to concrete answers, as it | would if tomorrow the German gov- ernment assumed direct responsi- CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE. TWO onIPS IN DIoTRESS; GALL ARE HEARD HERE One Is Off. Newfoundland; Tanker in Collision East of Rey West. ‘DETAILS NOT RECEIVED ee (By the Associated Press. ) A ship distress call identified as of Belle was picked radio station WRC off Newfoundland, The latter part of a message | which apparently related to the re- ‘ported ramming of the tanker Gulf AUSOO-OWIo9 DIOPUTE HAS BECOME oERIQUS Berne Rejects Soviet’s Plan for New Apology Over Vorovsky Killing. ARMS PARLEY IS A CLUB Geneva, Feb. 6 (By A.: P.).— Diplomatic circles here have advices Berne, that and from the Swiss capital, to- night, the conflict between Russia over the 1923, , but Switzerland Vorovsky assassination, in and its consequences, is serious ‘that the situation has not reached a complete rupture. Their backs unheard of.’’| invok-'| he! the upper Adige will riot flinch | Adige con- | instead OTILLIMANG ABOARD Reconciliation Surprises After Bitterness of Divorce Trials. me premier exprensed the vevet SLATE WIPED CLEAN, was | THEY BOTH Al ANNOUNCE ! ‘the Italy of a generation ago, and | Banker peiaiiien Baby Guy as His Son; She Drops New Court Action. Feb. 6 (By A. P.).- Out of the darkness which precedes the dawn, James A. Stillman and Anne U. Stillman sailed aboard the steamship Olympic today toward marital reconciliation and a new day. They were en route to Europe on a ‘“‘trial honeymoon,’’ which they hoped would be the “(first step toward a permanent reconciliation. The ‘interests of the children,”’ they said, had directed this dra- matic climax to their five years of divorce litigation. On the passen- ger list they appeared as Ben Smith and Henrietta Fuller, but New York, Mr. days ago to include Mrs. They occupied separate the same deck of the liner. Before their nounced that their slate.”’ brought by Mrs. Stillman, was scheduled to be heard shortly, was ordered withdrawn. Mr. Still- man recognized as his son and heir Guy Stlliman, now 7 years old, and the person around whom Mr. Still- man’s unsuccessful suit for divorce centered. He withdrew all allega-' tions made in that suit that the boy was the son of Fred Beauvais, In- dian guide, whom Mr. Stillman had named as corespondent. departure. they they had an- OLYMPIC BEGINNING A NEW HONEYMOON they | traveled on a joint passport which | Stillman had amended a few! Stillman. | cabins on} | MAGAZINE, “cleaned | The suit for divorce | which | Index to Today's Issue. Pages. MAIN SECTION. 1—-Rum Raises Uproar in House. Bullet Silences Dry “‘Squealer.’”’ | Mussolini Hints of War. Stillmans on New Honeymoon. Priest in Move to Save Wan. 2——Diners Merry At Trade Fete. 3——Dawes Again Boosts Cloture. 4. Intimate Papers of Col. House. 6—Princess Slain in Moscow. —Change Street Timing Signals. : —Churech Soon to Be Dedicated. —Club Buys Church Site. _ ‘ he 11-—Scent Graft in Dry Deaths. 12——Washington’s Birthday Fetes. 13-14-15-16—-Sports. 17-18-19——-Financial. 20—-Weather and Vital Statistics EDITORIAL AND SOCIETY. 1—-Editorials. 2—-Letters to the Editor. 3-4-7-8-9-10-11-15—Society. 5-—Capital Women’s Fashions. ~ 6——-Women’s Clubs Activities. ray oe scone Pe AND Stage and Screen. ii fe Realm of Music. -Art and Books. —Community Center Parent-Teacher 10-11 ]- 5- 8— 9- News. Activities. Radio and Electricity. AUTOMOBILES. of U. S. Personnel. 3 3—Fr aternal Notes. —-News Automobile News. COMICS, ROTOGRA- VURE, REAL ESTATE AND CLASSIFIED ADVER- TISING SECTIONS. BRENTANO AND NATIONAL 4-5-6-7—- Automobiles Rerouted and Street Cars Stopped for 5——Have New House Office Plans. | Mollie, a Working Girl's Story. | FEATURES. | | daily ito trial on | triple j They PRIEST IS BEHIND EFFORT TO SAVE WAN FROM CHAIR oo Rev. Pd Callaghan, Once at Catholic U., Directs Fight. OBTAINED BRILLIANT ARRAY OF LAWYERS ee Ce Davis, Lambert, Stanley and Other Noted Attorneys Aid Chinese Without Fee. -Associated Oil in New Hands. IS BEFRIENDED DESPITE DIFFERENCE OF RELIGION Cleric, Interested on First Visit to Jail, Has Organized Each Step of Defense. By EDWARD T. FOLLIARD. (Copyright, 1926, by The Wa Who ts behind the fi Jiang Sun Wan Whence to finance the hn ston Post Co ght to save from the electric the Who of Ja ma 3 oe D ‘ chair: has | money come ht? array this fig brilliant lawvers to conduct it? assembled These questions have been asked the (Chinese ol killing the victims ever since went Ben in the ago. unanswered a charge Sen Wu, one of murder here seven years remained the have until today, eve of the trial’s rend. HOTEL FIRES TIE TRAFFIC ' fense is a Catholic | One answer published was to the effect that a powerful Chinese defe have tong was behind the nse, and many of those who followed the helieved this. Behined the man behind the de- the Very Rev. Peter J. formerly trial have (‘atholic Actually, Priest Defense, priest— “ , H d H if. O'Callaghan, eree posture. The contrast be-| $10,000-a-year offices. They will be| bition agents with warrants. lof Mexico was' picked up by naval | stiffened by public opinion, the fed- our and aha tween the two was noticeable, UD-| named, respectively, director of the shaw being decidedly frail while|pyreau of customs and director of Schafer, a former locomotive €M-/ the bureau of prohibition. gineer, carries all of the brawn of The plan originated with Secre- the men in this This | tary of the Treasury Mellon, fol- caused the House a laugh, which was added to by the suggestion of Representative Barkley, of Ken- tucky, that, if debates of this sort are to continue, it might be a good idea to invite Jack Dempsey to come to Washington. Schafer fav- ors light wines and beer, while, is known, Upshaw is the most arid of the dry leaders. Other prohibition developments of the day in the House was the favorable report of the resolution placing the prohibition employees of the Treasury Department under civil service and the demand by Representative Boyland, Demo- crat, of New York for an immedi- ate hearing on his bill permitting 4 per cent beer and 10 per cent wine. While the debate was in progress Representative Frank Murphy (Re- publican), Ohio, launched into a spirited defense of the girls and boys of today and denounced those who say that morals have been af- fected by the adoption of the eighteenth amendment. industry. Lincoln C. Andrews, retary of the Treasury, in charge of prohibition enforcement. Mr. Mel- tor Reed Smoot, Senate finance committee, as of lowa, chairman of the ways and means committee. at the secretary’s duced the bills. Reorganization Held Essential. They, request, In his letter Mr. the clares provision of the bill the proposed and de- CONTINUED ON SEVENTEENTH PAGD. 8 Lives Believed Lost Manila, Feb. small steamer day near Siquijor island, of Oriental, Negros, with the pos- sible loss of eight lives. sons are known drowned and ing. Those drowned are Joseph kins and Billy 6 (By A.-P.). to have six others are miss- Called Unnecessary. Jen- Blackman, English- men. The crew and other passen- gers, natives, saved themselves by taking to boats. CAROL WANTS RIGHTS RETURNED, IS REPORT ee eg ee e Former Crown Prince Said to, Promise He Will Not Fight Premier — Feb. -——-A report reaching fie from | The debate started when Repre- sentative Adolph J. Sabath (Demo- crat), Illinois, opposed the addi- PAGE. Defies Death in Air; Injured on Icy Walk CONTINUED ON FIFTH Williamsport, Pa., Feb. 6 (By A. P.).—Eighteen times Mrs. Helen Sparks has leaped in a parachute from airplanes 2,000 to 2,500 feet in the air-—and never was injured. | But today the ambulance caught} up with her—~-after she had failen on an icy sidewalk and severely in- . jured her left ankle. Too Much Blood Sold; Man’s Death Follows Edaatal to The Washington Post. Chicago,” Feb. 6.—Frank W. | Schroeder, 50 years old, a profes- sional blood-seller for transfusions, is dead, and his daughter, Mrs. Clara Yount, asks the coroner to investigate. She charges he died RENN from over-selling the vital fluid. Reports that Carol’s renunciation “He has been selling his blood! Wa5 due to his opposition to Pre- for years,” said Mrs. Yount. ‘‘It| mier Bratiano’s regime‘ have been | was easy money,.and he never asked | insistently denied, with the state- doctors about how much blood he; ment that he acted for personal | should give. We grew white and/ reasons only. weak. I am certain he sold nearly, Carol has been staying at Milan, all of his blood and died for lack | where he has been im the almost of it.” Augusta and Aiken—Idenl outdoor cshoate. Reduced fares and convent- ent meeeule via Southern Ry. Office, 1610 H Vienna, Austria, P.). the effect that former of his rights of succession to the throne. a written declaration by special courier to his father, nand, promising to abandon his po- tiano. ' tiful Roumanian Jewess, Mme. Lu-' pesco, daughter of a merchant, of Jassy. lowing suggestions by Brig. Gen. | Assistant Sec- | lon explained it in a letter to Sena- | chairman of the} and to} Representative William R. Green, | House | Mabel] intro- | Mellon explains | organization | On Burning Steamer | The | Atkinson burned to- | province | Two per-| been | no reasons why her husband should | disabled vessel, Mrs. Fuhrmann said today husband had told her there her communications here. Peer were | D} two prices on his head, one of $10,- 000 and a 25, nother of $ 000. Though | police and medical examiner Norris | decided found cide, the night the that Fuhrmann Mrs. Fuhrmann, trained nurse, and asked for an investigation prohibition authorities. Fuhrmann was until last summer. his wife’s story, she Walker Willebrandt, assist- ant Attorney General in Washing- ton, and as a result Puhrmann was induced to turn government ness, body was who was a is a by a rum runner According to wit- Hounded by Threats. Frequent threats by former com- ‘ceived. sui- refused to believe it | that she had been in collision. | position |miles east of Key West. ‘of the other ship was not given. wrote to Mrs. | stated at the naval station that the $ OS sent out by the Gulf of Mexico panions forced them to leave the) /rum running colony on Long island’ and they were brought to an apart- ment here by prohibition Mrs. Fuhrmann said. ‘in imminent danger. Officials, | Once shortly before his death, she'§ said, Fuhrmann came home ap- ‘has raged across the north Atlantic parently suffering from poison eaten | in his food, and had been constant- | ly on the alert for attempts against | | his life. Mrs. Fuhrmann could describe | ' have gone to a hotel and registered | |pistols near ' there, as he did the night he was'| killed, unless it was in line of his | duty as a prohibition agent. Chicago Gangster Slain. Chicago, Feb. 6 (By A. P.).—- Gang warfare was the cause at- tributed by the police to the death | ¢ to 12 of Charles Peppe, 38, gunman and} cousin of Sam Vinci, gang leader, whose body was found with it under a viaduct. Peppe was to face | of cigarettes. Milan, Italy, through Belgrade is to. Crown | Prince Carol of Roumania has re-| considered his recent renunciation | P.).— litical fight against Premier Bra- | constant companionship of a beau- i (By A. ‘Man, 73, Is Charged With Burning Wife Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 6 (By A. of their home Wednesday night. Solomon claimed sbe met death accidentally. Solomon was arrested shortly after the body was found Wednes- day night by his sons, who inform- ed the police of circumstances they believe refute a suicide theory. The body was partly crammed into a furnace. The aged man has been ques- tioned repeatedly, and officials say they stilk hope to obtain a confes- sion. They believe a quarrel over money was responsible. AUGUSTA, A, CHARLESTON, nah via Atlantic Coast Line. Thru service daily. Convenient schedules. 1418 H st. nw. ‘Tel. Main 78356,—Adv. ".' T pling en eee oe ¥ Soh (Mey two! railroad | trial. | Monday in connection with a theft: SAVAN- | Co. | | i | | ! | ‘A charge of first degree mur- | |der was filed today against George 73 years old, whose wife). Carol is said to have mapatehed | was found burned to death in the furnace King Ferdi- | eral councilors have informed Mos- through the intermediary of France, that the soviet formula for a settlement of the dispute over a new apology for the Vorovsky kill- ing and indemnity for the late so- viet envoy’s daughter was not ac- ceptable, but left the door open for negotiations. It was sent the Barbadoes land station and gave the position of the vessel as latitude 27:07 north and 87:26 west. other details were re- cow, No Norfolk, Va.., The American Mexico reported Feb. 6 tanker by 2 ee Oe AS Gulf of tonight Her about 700 The name radio further The next move is up to Moscow, and if the Russian government ‘tones down its formula it is be- lieved there is some chance for an eventual accord. But Swiss spokes- said frankly tonight that has gone to the Hmit of its concessions. A provision been created by the belief that Rus- sia will use the disarmament con- ference as a club to force Switzer- land's acceptance of al) its demands by insisting that it will ‘not come to Geneva, where the conference is New York, Feb. 6 (By A. P.).— ‘to be held, until Switzerland yields. A call of distress from a ship at sea, | tint’ te’: this >» latest victi e storm which. the latest victim of the storm which members of the League agree to hold the dis- ‘armament meetings outside of Switzerland it will virtually range ‘the league on the side of Russia in the present controversy, and they believe that the league does | nog wish to put itself in the posi- | tion of judge. As proof of the soviet’s lack of logic and honesty the Swiss point ‘out that while the Russians refuse to attend the Geneva disarmament conference until the Vorovsky con- troversy is settled, they have had a Red Cross’ representative’ in Berne for the past three years. was given as Shortly before 10 o'clock it was men Berne had been cleared up and broadcast- ing, halted when the messages were flashed, resumed. The fact the ad- ditional calls for help were not re- ceived was taken as an. indication that neither the Gulf of Mexico nor the ship with which she collided was | disagreeable The Swiss declare countries’ /of Nations for the past two weeks, was picked up tonight by the radio station of the Independent Wireless Telegraph All broadcasting was stopped ‘while efforts were made to deter- | mine the identity and locality of the | ‘University Women Vote Smoking Ban Mass., Feb. 6 ‘The girl students of Amberst, P.).— (By A. Massa- \chusetts Agricultural college voted, , today against permitting ‘‘eo-eds’’ at the college. smoking by Interest Deepens as the “Intimate Papers of Colonel House” Reveal— The Origin of the League of Nations— The Story of House’s Secret Attempts to Avert European War— His Special Trip Abroad as Wilson's Representa- tive— House’s Extraordinary Kaiser— ‘Colonel House’s Own Opinion of War Causes— His Trip to Europe to Make Peace— The Sinking of the Lusitania— Bryan's Attitude Toward Germany and' the Real Story of the “Caommoner’s” Resignation as Secretary of State—and The Final Break With Germany. Now Appearing Daily and Sunday in | The Washington Post Great NEWSpaper (Back Copies Available) Interview With the “See Page 4 4 Farewell Dinner Is Given. At a farewell dinner at the Still- man home in West street last night, tended by their Alexander, they they were advisers,’’ Fifty-second Which was 1 4-vear-old announced that “through with outside and that they were going to go straight with each other and themselves. One outsider, however, ured in their plans. to see Dr. R. F. at- still fig- They planned | | English psychologist { ; analysis of Mrs, | has | Baynes, a young , Whose psycho- Stillman at It is her belief and hope that Dr. Baynes would be able to draw them permanently together, despite the allegations, recriminations and con- tumely which has pased between the two during the years of court battles. They expected to stop for some time in Paris, where their daugh- ter, Mrs. Henry P. Davison, former Anne Stillman, is now ing. A Surprise to Attorneys. the liv- Although there had been several | of at-| the sud- | reports in recent months tempts at reconciliation, den ending of the Stillmans’ embit- tered court fights and their depart- | ure together came as a surprise to | CONTINCED ON SEVENTEENTH PAGE. | | { Silver Buttons Urged For Bandits’. Friends New York, Feb. 6 (By A. P.). Silver lapel buttons, peicetihan’ friendship and sympathy for under- world characters, were urged tod2y | as a protection from New York's gangsters. Alpheus Geer, the Marshal) Stillman for civic betterment of the citizens’ crime conference. He said wearers of these buttons, which would signify membership in the Stillman society, would gain the immediate sympathy of many hoia- up men who might otherwise attack them. He would distribute 100,000 buttons. Villa’s Body Exhumed; Beheaded by Five Men | Chihuahua City,, Mex., Feb. 6 (By A. P.)\-—The body of Fran- cisco Villa, bandit chief, was ex- humed and decapitated last night by a band of five men, say reports reaching here from Parra). The headless body was found near the grave this moruing and nearby was a note saying the head would be sent to Columbus, N. Mex., raided by Villa’s bandit gang about ten years ago. Villa was slain by some of his erstwhile tog yars | in A039. son, | the | time of her husband's divorce suit | “helped her to find herself again.’’ reader of | movement ! lower | classes, made the proposal before a | ‘SMALL DAMAGE CAUSED | night instance, last one | fires ‘up traffic and, in lcaused damage estimated | proximately $500. ‘in the National hotel, land Pennsylvania Two early at ap- One blaze avenue north- | west, and the other in the basement | Tw elfth | W an is not even of his church, but | of the Brentano pbuilding, land F streets northwest. Scarcely 590 watch flremen from four and two truck com panies tinguish the blaze in the hotel. fire was caused by a spontaneous | combustion in a storeroom second floor. ered the alarm. In striking contrast to the blaze An employe discov- blaze and turned in the} the basement of the Brantano bulld- ing. By the time the last piece of apparatus had arrived, fully | persons had gathered, and another '100 came upon the scene before the blaze was extinguished. The fire itself was small. A wooden box in the basement, which was too near the furnace, became elevator shaft and through | freight door on the street. tied | was) Sixth street | persons gathered to | engine | other ex- | The | Older on the) on the avenue, was the small fire in | 500 | ignited and poured smoke up the. the | the | head of the Apostolic Mission house | at Catholic of , ciety, university and now head Mission [i rs, liome J lawye As het Catholic of Oakland, who assembled the the 8§0- he he who N Was t] fight. for the he says there | directed 18 paren s been no | money. The of ‘allag- jhan’s fight in hehalf of the accused To begin with, story Mather O'( Chinese is amazing. having with in An coll Episcopalian, he that ft members o! is an ‘adopted religion along his ab had on family Shanghai, when he w a boy. who been it brother, verted, requested his death- bed. Father O'Callaghan ‘terested in Wan | was in “‘murderer’s row” ‘trict jail, ago. | New F became ile- Chinese in the Dis- Wan had the the when the five years York 1919, (Chinese-——-Dr, T. Wu C. had been found murdered in been arrested in ‘morning of February iday after the iT. Wone, three Ben Sen and iHsie the 2023 Kalorama road northwest, murder Chinese Kduéutional mission at Lie ‘had been convicted of and | sentenced to hang. | Visited Jail Frequently. = -. was then head of Mission in the fre- The priest, who Apostolic Brookland, visited house, jail | Automobile traffic was rerouted iquently and became very intimate | and street cars were stopped for a| | half an hour. task crow in holding back the _ EDWARDS, IN DISPUTE _ WITR LASSITER, QUITS ‘Exchange of Sharp Notes Over Arica Plebiscite ls Reported. Santiago, Chile, Feb. 6 'P.).—Augustin Edwards signed as Chilean Tacna-Arica plebiscitary commis- sion. His resignation, announced today, came unexpectedly last night and caused a sensation. ’ Arnesto Barros Jarpa, former Chilean foreign minister, is men- tioned to succeed Senor Edwards. Senor Edwards’ retirement is re- garded here as due to difficulties with Gen. William Lassiter, presi- dent of the commission. Rumors, current in the Chilean capital, say a sharp exchange of notes had taken place between Gen. Lassiter and Senor Edwards, Beltram Mathieu, former Chilean Ambasador in Washington, quietly assumed charge of the foreign min- istry today. : | (By A. has re- member of the r MARDI GRAS—New Orleans Mobile—-Pensacola Feb. 11-16—-Reduced Fares Police had a difficult | large | many ds, which witnessed the blaze. | vineed of his innocence, After con- Then he him, and the condemned long talks with man. he became ‘began his fight to save he has not rested since. It was Father O'Callaghan persuaded John W. Davis, the Dem- ocratic nominee for President in the last election, to join in the fight for Wan’s life; it was he who en- listed Wilton J. Lambert, the noted trial lawyer who now heads the defense; it was he who obtained the services of former Senator A, Owsley Stanley, of Kentucky; and it was he who recruited all the other prominent legal lights that have figured in the battle-—Dr. William Dennis, now with the Tac- na-Arica plebiscite commission; Stanley Smith, his partner; Ru- dolph H. Yeatman, law partner of Lambert; Frederick D. McKenney, of this city; James D. Nolan, of. New York, and Charles Fahey, for- merly of this city and now of New Mexico. No fees were offered these attor- neys; Father O'Callaghan had no money with which to pay fees. He could only appeal to them to serve for the “honor of the profession,” Fortunateiy tor Futher O'Cale laghan, he had been reared in @ legal atmosphere, His three broth- ers had attended the Harvard law school. (He, himself, took an acae demic course at Harvg@d before en- who 8 Vie Southern Ry.--Office 1610 H v. : CONTINUED ON BECOND PAGK,