2 THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C., .TULY 24, 1927-DART 1. MILLSDEATH STILL NEW BUILDINGS TO RELIEVE SOME SCHOOL CONGESTION ZOO WILL ACQUIRE FIERCE BUFFALO COMING TO ZOO WOMAN ARRESTED ! PUZZLES OFFICIALS FIERCEST ANIMAL AFTER AUTO CHASE Montgomery County Search African Buffalo Is Quaran- Accused of Driving Under In- of Liquor for Clues Produces No tined at Boston-Turtle fluence After Important Results. and Fish Are Received. Three Collisions.

driving while The fiercest of living animals, fear- Charged with intoxi- Special Dispatch to The Star. cated, a red light on K street 23 —Al- by African natives far more than passing ,- ROCKVILLE. Md.. July ed at Sixteenth and hitting three auto- though more than two weeks have the lion and responsible annually for mobiles during a chase at a high rate ?lapsed since Edward L. Mills, many more deaths, now is in quaran- of speed through downtown Wash- Darnestown district farmer and dairy* from Washington destined for the Na- ington extending fnan, was shot to death in a held near tine at Boston, Circle, out K street to Vermont ave- his home, the identity of the slayer tional Zoological Park here. nue thence to N street and back to still is unknown, and apparently no This is the African buffalo, which Eighteenth and I streets without stop- has been made toward the Parks. 27 years progress inhabits the swamps of mint of South ping, Mrs. Andree L. solution of the mystery. of 1527 I street, was arrested yes- The old! Residents of this section, however, and Central Africa. particular terday afternoon by Policemen Fred- are convinced that the county author- specimen coming to the Zoo probably erick A. Schenck and P. Q. O’Brien ities are in no way responsible for is not exceptionally fierce, since it of the third prpclnct. the failure of all attempts to date to the way to the Wash- According to Schenck, he was stand- apprehend the murderer or to un- is only a calf which has been in cap- Pair of wild African buffaloes, one of- which Is on ington Zoo. These are among the fiercest of beasts. They attack on ing at Washington Circle when he effective clues to his identity. tivity its infancy, and it may animals cover since sight and do not wait to he molested. heard the crash of a collision and Miili Work on Case. never develop the aggressive habits commotion at Twenty-second street. car driving away, he From within a few- minutes of Mills' its type. He was shown a of said, and hailed a passing automobile death, the authorities have been in- The African buffalo is not particu- dustriously at work on the case, un- Gold Ore Found to take up the pursuit. larly crafty, but it is an instinctive der the direction of State’s Attorney Followed Down K Street. Peter, jr., and Chief of Police killer. It rushes head down, the fore- Robert Abandoned JURY DELIBERATES K street, Schenck said, he Moxley. During much of Near Down Alvie A. head protected by a hard, bony plate, sped after the car. which was run- this time the local men have been as- when detectives and gores with its long horns any- ning well over 60 miles an hour sisted by two Baltimore as Town in Wyoming reached the red light at Sixteenth well as’by former Deputy Sheriff J. thing that stands in the way. Most it By Associated Press. street, time when heavy traffic Stanley. animals, even the lions and tigers, tho at. a SUN DANCE. Wyo.. July 23. FATE OF BIRGER filled the streets. The cars sped across The investigation, it is believed ask nothing better of man than to The ghost mining town of Welcome, the intersection and continued on to here, has been as thorough as possible, and then to N street, without any tangible re- leave them alone and are not partic- now marked only by deserted and Vermont avenue, but so far decaying may brought doubling to Eighteenth street Although State's Attorney '• ularly dangerous unless molested. But houses, be Heavily Guarded back —...... ~\. - sults. • -¦ ¦¦ ’ Courthouse collision occurred. Be- no attempt to conceal to life again. where another Peter makes the buffalo seeks his victims without announc- reaching the intersection of ... August fruitlessness . , . ••: * Schliehardt has fore his disappointment in the ¦* !¦ streets, where she he said United States. The Miller at 2:05 p.m. torney Roy C. Martin had spent the From the third precinct station Mrs. home within several miles of the largest is the rare gopher tortoise of De- Florida. This will be first speci- morning in a scathing denunciation of Parks was taken to the House of Mills farm, in a search for additional the which he asked the 10 o’clock last bearing murder, of this type included in the Zoo the gangsters, in tention and at about information on the men the death penalty released on $2,000 bond. have interviewed 170 householders in collection, although it is not rare on SIEPHENSONBQXES jury to give them night was reign of machine gun last night, Mrs. Parke approximately half the territory, with- the plains of Arizona and New "and end the At her home Mexico. terrorism in southern .” denied the charges brought against out results. They expect to complete said that she could explain that of their investigation early Relic of Past. ‘'Gag” Attempt Charged. her and phase her actions a manner which should next week. interest attaches to this ex-cavalry who has in ft A Particular Birger, an man, prove satisfactory to the police at the turtle among scientists because it is headed the most formidable band of FOUND PROBER time. . . . BY proper . one of the few remaining relics coal-belt gangsters for three years, sat She denied thaf she had been drink- a vanished American fauna. Rep- silent while the prosecutor demanded ing and stated that she had been visit- tiles of a somewhat similar type once his death. His companions were during the afternoon, after abounded the North Indiana Ex-Grand Dragon’s ing friends MAN’SBODYFOUND, on American con- equally quiet as they realized they which she started eastward. She said tinent, but the majority of them be- were at the mercy of a Jury of farmers “scraping” against came extinct, for some unknown she remembered ’ Famous Black Belongings and miners. an automobile at Washington Circle, cause, millions of years ago. The “These men built their own scaf- looking back had noticed that Arizona tortoise thus occupies the their own but on Shrouded in Mystery. folds and put the rope about no damage was done and had contin- position of a living fossil. necks when they came into Franklin ued on her way. Beyond this state- i MURDER IS HINTED The turtle collection at the Zoo, County and murdered Joe Adams," ment, she referred all other question* with several score of rare African Martin declared. ———— her attorney. *-,• types, of the largest By Birger to now .is one in the Associated Prees. Referring to the evidence that ¦ ——•—— the United States and frequently is WASHINGTON, Ind., July 23. had attempted to put the "gag rule” Police Believe Carolinan Vic- inspected by university professors The two “black boxes’’ belonging to on Harry Thomasson, ID-year-old con- especially interested in the study of D. C. Stephenson, former grand fessed slayer of Adams, the prosecutor FALLS DOWN RIVER BANK. tim of Mysteriouc mammals. dragon of the Indiana , said- Among the other recent arrivals at long sought by investigators into al- "Birger tried to keep Thomasson Samuel Shapiro Injured While Bo- the Zoo are some unusual fishes. One leged political corruption in Indiana from telling of his chief’s part in clay- A ,:;v. >. Killing. BHBtefiSSJKi«->»:wwv\.: Uv. - ... of those is the weather fish of west- likely sources of proof of reported Ray Thnra- From Vacation* " as ing Adams. Birger said to turning v • . • 1 '~~r~r: ern Europe and Asia, which looks “deals,” apparently have been found. asson, Harry’s brother, ‘you tell Harry reputed Samuel Shapiro. 23 years old, 3328 > like a small eel. It is to But whether they will throw any light stand pat on the Adams* affair or to M street, fell down the Potomac River ; By the Associated Press. Above: New Woodridge School at come to the surface whenever on corruption charges has not been we’ll both hang for it.* By those brewing and has been con- bank on the Virginia shore last night, 1 ASHEVILLE. N. C., July 23. i Central and Carlton avenues north- storm is learned. words Birger pleaded guilty and sen- a Addition Hines sidered an almost perfect weather Emsley Johnson, special prose- when the was returning from vaca- : Slouched down in a chair on the front < east. Center: to Junior W. tenced himself to death.” north of Rossl.vn. Shapiro porch of his brother's home, in the High at Seventh and Pennsylvania prophet. cuting attorney in the probe into In- tion camp political posses- Given. was picked up by a passing motorist * Pole Creek section, a discharged shot* ; avenue southeast. Champion Mosquito Eater. diana conditions, Is in Four Alternatives river boxes, at the foot of the hill near the ; gun across his knees, the lifeless body Below: Removing one of the portable sion of two black whose con- Birger, the prosecutor asserted, Another is the black moonfish, from very bank who took him to Georgetown ; of James W. Tinsley, wealthy bachelor buildings at Peabody School, Fifth and tents "are interesting,” a local ordered and paid for the killing,New- treated for I Mexico, the world’s champion mosquito newspaper man learned today. Hospital, where he was ; of 50 years, was found early today I) streets northeast. The new building eater. When this fish is obtainable man aided in the planning and Hy- about the face ana land poisoned and split the severe lacerations ¦by neighbors passing along the | program has made this possible. in greater quantities, it may replace Contents Kept Secret. bullets head. • Wavnesville Highway. Investigator^ the carp in fetid waters as a mosquito Mr. Johnson, vacationing at the and drove the automobile used by the •’ from the sheriff’s office believe Tins- scavenger. The Public Health Service home of relatives near here, displayed actual slayers, Harry and Elmo ¦ ley the victim of a mysterious mur- of one Mexican State has promulgated the boxes to the press representative Thomasson, orphan youths. : der. rigid orders that sufficient numbers of today with the observation that “if Judge Miller, in his instructions, MARIE FORSWEARS Near the body was found a small these fishes must be kept in every the reporters on the Stephenson case’ admonished the jurors that a defend- ; flint stone weighing about 4 NAVAL public water tank as a safeguard to knew they w-ere here, the woods would ant must be presumed to be innocent AMBITION TO RULE , pounds. Examination of the body re- RESERVISTS! taking pictures.” until proven guilty “beyond a reason- the health of the communities. be full of them He vealed a bruise on the right temple. 'Probably the prettiest of the new declined, however, to discuss their able doubt” and that a defendant is FOR KING MICHAEL On the chin was a slight cut. The arrivals is the angel fish or leaf fish, contents until Prosecutor Wr illiam H. “not obliged to testify.” None of the ' dead man had bled at the mouth and Venezuela, which very Remy chief in- defendants took the stand. from looks of Marion County, from First Page.l nose. Apparently no other injuries much like a brilliantly colored Au- vestigator in the probe, has had a The jurors were given the alter- (Continued had been inflicted. tumn leaf floating in the water. It chance to peruse them. natives of returning a verdict of Neighbors on finding the body noti- TAKETRAININGTRIPi is yellowish, with stripes, and Johnson refused to reveal who de- death, life Imprisonment, prison sen- ! be without one’s own house wherein red as fied sheriff here. livered boxes of to the broad as it is long, with ribs running the and documents to tence not less than 14 years, or ¦ live.” quite Three deputy sheriffs and Coroner through the design like the ribs of a him. acquittal. Princess Helen, who was over- U. S. S. Allen Leaves With \ act, ; Carroll dispatched immediately leaf. Another is the pigmy carp, from the jurors filed jury by the Queen’s generous were :.. . .. i Power In Politics. As into a cham- come * "' in most the scene. ~'-' ' *---•* ' India, member ber, acknowledged the gift touch- ¦ ¦ ¦— - - a true of the carp The “black boxes” were first the spectators were dismissed. Mr. Tinsley had dead for 13 Third Fleet Division family as voracious Even ing terms. --C been and as his larger mentioned In connection with the po- newspaper men were not allowed i the Asso- hours at S o'clock this morning, relatives, but less than two inches litical in the courtroom. Birger and the ; Queen Marie handed to probe when Miss Mildred ! copy reply to -Mr. Carroll said. Apparently death ¦ long. It is covered with iridescent Meade, former confidant of Stephen- other defendants were taken the ciated Press a of her for Maneuvers. to Coolidge’s cablegram of had resulted from cerebral hemorrhage silver dots, which vanish and reap- son, appeared before the Marion county jail to await the verdict. President as the result of the blow on the skull. pear it glides condolence, in which she said: as through the water. County grand jury which was inquir- Elaborate precautions against mob l kind The house was deserted when the Should Firemen demonstrations “Thank you deeply for your V.'ith the Third Fleet Division CHAMBERLIN TO FLY ing into the corruption allegations. and attempts to rescue my return officers arrived. According to them, Since the inception of the investi- the gangsters were taken by Sheriff words. Ever since hurried Jt has been occupied in recent years aboard, the United States destroyer from your hospitable country my Allen,1 training ship of the Naval Re- Overcoats? gation, Stephenson, now serving a life James Pritchard and deputies. Of- by Walter Tinsley, brother jf the FROM SHtP AUGUST 1 Wear MAN LIVES 2WEEKS sentence in the State prison for the ficers In the dear husband’s life has been a con- ¦ serve Battalion of the District of Co- courtroom bristled with martyrdom, and to feel that he dead man, who, according to the murder of an Indianapolis girl, has pistols, while an automobile filled with tinual J lumbia, left her berth at the Washing- rests at last helps me bear my bit- /sheriff’s office, finished a sentence on ‘ yes- London Problem stated that If given the opportunity machine gunners guarded the prison- ton Navy Yard shortly after noon WITH SHOT IN BRAIN ter grief and will give me courage to the Buncombe County roads only a Atlantic Ocean, Will Hop Off From Leviathan Off he could make startling revelations ers on the way to the jail. . few days ago. of Walter terday for the North regarding politics. stand ever faithful beside those who A son 1 the scouting fleet Indiana He failed, Tinsley is also said to have resided ' where she will join By the Associated Press. however, to make any revelations Guard Is Posted. shall carry on this work. for two weeks of maneuvering, during Nantucket and Land in One Toe of left Foot Is -there. LONDON, July 23.—Should fire- Only Mov- when brought before the grand jury. The jury still was deliberating on “MARIE.’* James W. only re- which target practice will be held. The former Klan chief the case 9 o’clock,, said she has Tinsley recently leisurely trip New Jersey. why was a power in at with no indica- The Queen received turned to the section from the Far The vessel made a men wear overcoats; and if so, able Part of Body, Republican tion as daily the King’s Potomac, politics while head of the to when It might report. 2,000 telegrams since West, where he had resided for more down the so as not to dis- not? Indiana Klan. Armed great many of them from pleasure craft by the wash deputies stood guard about death, a than four years. Neighbors told in- turb the By the Associated Press. question this effect Physicians Say. the per- friends and government officials in of her big propellers, but as soon as A in words to courthouse and no one was vestigators Saturday that he came BOSTON, July 23.—Clarence D. is being debated by the Tottenham mitted to approach the building. North and South America. Until she to North Carolina with the idea she entered the bay, full speed was Chamberlin will hop airplane off Judge Miller said could reply them she asked the .back an By Associated Press. MAN ROBBEDInTILEY. that when the to . recover, but an attempt may be made Carol remains in seclusion in his the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. men, and then will go to Gardiner’s the vicinity of Nantucket lightship on later to remove the bullet if he does Carolina Officials Awaiting Word was installing machine guns prepara- Bay, at the end of Long Island, for her regular August 1 European sail- PEACE Neuilly home today, and now it is too HELD THREAT and becomes strong enough to survive Obregon Opponents Parade. for him attempt reach Ru- tory to opening its coal mines at practice with the big guns aboard the ing. From Authorities Here. late to to an operation. MEXICO CITY, July (/P)_Sev- mania for the funeral. It is expected Adena, Jefferson County, on a non- vessel. The target practice will com- “There is no doubt in the mind of N. 23 (/P).— 23 union basis today by plete the drills and maneuvers, and Mr. Chamberlin regarding the practi- RALEIGH, C.. July eral that he will attend the two services was made here Japanese Food Supply Fails to State board of health officials tonight thousand opponents of Gen. Obre- to be held in his father’s memory to- F. W. Litchfield, president of the after performing this duty Thursday cability of the service,” General Man- In gon, candidate for the Burke said, “but for experimental were reticent as to developments presidency, morrow in the little Rumanian church company. week, the ship will be detached from ager Keep Pace, Scientist KLANSMiN ATTACKED the John Early escaped leper case, as paraded the streets todav carrying in Paris. If he does, it will be “This report untrue,’’ purposes passengers will be the is entirely the fleet and start her homeward- no carried they had been all week. banners inscribed with declarations first time he has left his place of resi- President Litchfield said. "It prob- bound voyage. on the first three or four attempts. a ably planned carry Tells Conference. In the first place they consider it against "re-election.” The friends of dence since word of the passing of started from the fact that we are Later it is to passen- IN TEXAS PARADE Obregon hold installing loading gers and mail regularly from the ship matter for the Federal Government Gen. plan to a big dem- Ferdinand was taken to him a few machines for trans- and in the second place they had no onstration tomorrow, when the can- hours after the King’s death. porting coal from the mines. BLIMP TO COME to the fields in both the United States By the Associated Press. didate arrives Mexico City. HERE. and Europe, cutting probably two and word from ’Western North Carolina or in The “No decision has been made yet as HONOLULU, July 23 Dr. Shiroshi of Officers Washington. carrying of weapons of any descrip- Barred From Country. one-half days from the voyage which Several Injured, Squad D. C., Federal health to the opening of the mines, although Nasu of the University of Tokio told officials on the suhject. tion on that day has been prohibited, The Rumanian government, over urged Dirigible May Fly at Once From now is covered in five and one-half.” our miners have the company the Institute of Pacific Relations to- Riot report Early lo- and the authorities are making elab- which little Mlcheal is do Our miners given Rushed to Scene on A that had been Carol’s son to so. are free- Belleville, 111., to Virginia. day that Japan, face to face with ihe cated near Tryon awaited confirma- orate preparations to prevent clashes sovereign, broadcast to the world to- rent and coal during the shut-down. problem a rapidly increasing ' rival political groups. day Our of popu- Reports. tion from the Tryon sheriff. between the that Carol would not come to situation at Adena is peaceful SCOTT FIELD, Belleville, 111., July lation and a food supply which fails to Bucharest—the diplomatic way of say- and no contemplated.’’ (A ).—Weather 24 GIRLSCOUTS trouble is 23 3 permitting, the keep pace either with population or ing he will not he permitted to enter RS-1, the Army’s largest airship and bettering standards of living, pre- By the Associated Press. the country, whatever his own wishes the world’s largest semi-rigid dirigi- which is may SAIL FOR EUROPE sents a problem bound to GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, July 23. Boy King of Rumania Plays With Trio be. EIGHT GET COMMISSIONS. ble, will leave Scott Field between 8 impair the peaceful progress of the Apparently the former Crown Prince and 9 a.m. tomorrow for Langley world. —Ku Klux Ivlansmen on parade here has assured the French government, Field, Va., on the first leg of a 2,500- of food supply may Os American at U. S. Legation which gave him asylum, that he wiU •Named as Officers in Reserve Corps mile Golden Eaglets Leave for “The question tonight were attacked by a number of Children cruise. Inter- be considered largely as one of pro- spectators and several persons, includ- not try to make a break for of Army. The ship will be piloted by Lieut. occupations in these ing for, since he secluded himself in sor- Col. John Pagelow, national Camp at Geneva moting gainful klansmen, were reported injured. A. field command- days international trade,” Dr. Nasu By the Associated Press. than to sit on the throne. row, the detectives who have watched ‘ Eight more residents of the District ant, with a itinerary of happened? they crew of 14. The said, pointing out that as a result of Officers Rushed to Scene. BUCHAREST, July 23.—1 f a “cat “Wliat has Have his comings and goings at Neuilly for of Columbia have been commissioned includes Washington, New York, Bos- August 5-16. changed my name? Everybody calls months have been withdrawn, her industrial development Japan’s a king,” there are three ” or else by the War Department as officers in ton, Buffalo and Detroit. DALLAS, Texas, July 23.—A Squad can look at me ‘Your Majesty,’ said little Michael population had doubled in the last 60 of American children here who can do they are making themselves more in- the Reserve Corps of the Army, as deputy sheriffs was rushed late to his English governess today. conspicuous than is usually the case. follows: By the Associated Press. years. tonight to Grand Prairie, 12 miles more than that—they can have a his standard has risen in The governess explained that John W. Oehmann, 1253 Lawrence NEW YORK, July 23.—Twenty-four The of living west of here, when it was reported a king as their playmate. This is the grandfather’s death had made him Cause Seems Hopeless. CHILE STICKS TO SPANISH. girls, many the period this is regarded, street northeast, colonel of Engineers; I iittle of whom never be- same and ku klux klan parade had been at- privilege of the two little boys and King, and that from now on he must A few newspaper men gathered on Richard D. Smith, 1954 Columbia road, j fore had seen an ocean liner, boarded ho said, as the largest factor in the tacked by anti-klansmen and several small girl of William Smith Cul- be serious. The little King arrival Japan’s population one more the sidewalk in front of the villa to- second lieutenant of Field Artillery; Country Adopts Madrid Tongue for one today as full-fledged international at satura- persons injured. bertson, American Minister to Ru- for a moment and then an- point. appreciable thqught day. as they have for many days past. John Powers, 90 New York avenue, delegates to their own convention in tion No increase In Reports reaching here were to the mania. swered: “But won’t I be allowed to Occasionally automobile D. Schools. agricultural land is bo expected and an stopped in second lieutenant of Engineers; the heart of Europe. { to effect that a riot followed the attack Whenever 6-year-old King Michael I play any more? I can’t leave my front of the high iron gate, and the annual output of minerals is al- some Berkeley E. Nelson, 225 Cedar avenue, SANTIAGO, Chile (&).—'The govern- The girls, all of whom are golden in which bricks, bottles and other mis- has a day out, he may be seen in the American playmates.” personal friend of Carol’s went into the Takoma Park, second lieutenant of ment has decreed that eaglets, holding the highest honor most stationary. siles were used. garden of the American legation play- The Culbertson children, who have three-story house, but no one stayed after October Some manufacturing industries. Dr. Field Artillery; Carl H. West, 78 V 12 only the form of spelling awarded Girl SOouts, left cm the liner •— ¦ ¦ ¦ ing and romping joyously with these taught the little king much of his long. Most of those who called, sanction- Nasu said, are showing signs of de- did ! street, second lieutenant of Engineers; ed by the Royal Spanish Academy Mlnnekahda for Boulogne. They will three Yankee youngsters or racing English, have also taught him the so merely to express their of veloping, Man Beaten by Quintet. sympathy George L. Hart, jr„ 3901 Jenifer street, Madrid may be taught in Chilean attend the international camp for but, as a whole the increase rapturously after their American fox rudiments of base ball, how to play either personally or by Inscribing their second schools. girl guides and Girl Scouts to be held in the national income is inadequate Daniel W. Heath, 2113 Thirty-fifth terrier. marbles and such games as prisoner’s names in a hook placed In a lieutenant of Engineers; Fred- the increasing population reception «ric street, at Parc D’Ariana, just behind the to support street, was severely beaten shortly In his childish innocence the little base, leap frog, blind man’s bufT and room for that purpose. , H. Chambers, 1725 H sec- Numerous changes in the original standard. ond lieutenant of Engineers; Arthur Spanish form of spelling were adopted new League of Nations Building in with its advancing living after last midnight by five unidentified blue-eyed, blond-haired boy, whose hop-skip-Jurtrp. Those close to Carol admit that his V?. Griffith, 1711 Riggs place, second by Chile many years ago and have Geneva, Switzerland, August 5 to 16. men with whom he had gone to Thir- father is now fn exile in Paris, has “It is certain that in his unrestrain- cause at the present moment Is a 1 The girls came from 15 exalted position ! lieutenant of Cavalry. prevailed until the present. States, and Polish Lawyers Unite. ty-sixth and T streets to settle an no conception of the ed boyish spirit he would prefer to hopeless one and that for some time were selected to represent each sec- argument. Heath into the which has suddenly been thrust upon wear a paper soldier’s hat than u at least he will have • wandered to swallow the i tion of the country because “of their CHICAGO, July 23 OP).—Lawyers of police station of the Seventh precinct, him. Thus far he has shown no in- heavy gold cown," said Mr. Culbert- medicine he prescribed for himself in I The course of training for domestic Spain has bv royal decree appointed outstanding achievement a4d service Polish descent have formed a Polish where he said he pad been beaten and clination to occupy the gilded throng, son as he w&ehed boy electing to leave his wife and for 9 ** the monarch child f eervante at Plymouth, England, lasts a committee m develop and improve to their communities, it was said. Bar Association here with 250 mem- robbed of $24 by the men whom he and he shows a far greater desire to and his own children playing “sol- a freer life outside or regal rgsjg|fr •„,,->¦ -**£»:* . - w ' gQUId js ! 1 9 month, Barcelona, bare, at whom three ere-tiidaes- not nam*. -¦»- — ¦ ——