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- VOL. LIX NO. 18,6.8 Entered at Portland (Oregon Postofftce a Second-Claw "Matter PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS Clin CHARGES AIL FIZZLE Slush Fund Allegation 5,600,000 in u. s. PAYING INCOME TAX 3,600,000 ALREADY HAVE MET 1020 LEVY IX PULL. LIMIT KEEPS RICH OUT Governor Tries to Penalize Hays for Act of Virtue in Restricting Donations. OLD SYSTEM IS ABOLISHED Drive Manager Held to Have Violated Ideals of Good Taste but Done No More. BT MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright. 1920. by the New Tor Evening Post. Inc. Published by arrangement.) 4,900,000 Have Revenues of $5000 or Less; 700,000 List In comes Above $5000. '" WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. More than 5,600,000 firms and Individuals are paying- income- taxes this year, ac cording: to figures made public to night by the bureau of internal rev enue. These figures also reveal that practically 3,000,000 taxpayers already have paid their income taxes In full. The bureau's statement shows that 4,900,000 persons are paying Income taxes on incomes of $5000 or less and that fewer than 600,000 of this number have not paid their taxes In full, choosing the method of payment by installments. Individual returns for incomes in excess of $5000, includ ing those of individuals and firms, numbered 700.000. Nearly 350,000 corporations have filed incoros tax returns, but only 65,000 have paid in full. ROAD WORK TO RESUME CHICAGO, Sept. 10. (Special.)-. The senatorial committee will hold other hearings later on, but every body here believes that the heart of whatever is in this republican cam paign fund scandal is now out. Your correspondent has been at the hear ings every day this week and has scanned or read closely all the 'testi mony of preceding days. Based on this, together with knowledge of the feelings of the of ficials and newspaper men who have participated in the hearing, anyone who approaches it free of partisan interest must conclude that the re publicans are exculpated wholly from Cox's charges in the language in which he could make them, and are practically exculpated from every thing except what is hardly more serious than a violation of taste. . Virtue Being Penalized. The truth is, Will Hays and whatever other republican officials were responsible, are being penalized for what essentially on their part is an act of virtue, or at the least an act of prudence. Tha system of both parties in every presidential cam paign up to the present has been for the national chairman or some other party leader to go to rich men with his ' hat in his hand and ask these men to contribute large sums, $50,000 or $100,000 or even more. That system was bad. That old system was subject to charges such as Cox made, of letting rich men buy an underhold of the government. That relation was tainted with the atmosphere of obligation on the part of the chairman and expectation of reward on the part of the contributor, That relation was close to fitting the word "sinister." "Wilson Remembers Gifts. Both parties have always recog nized these obligations to big con tributors. Wilson himself recognized them, and paid them off with am bassadorships. That, I say, was the old system. This year Will Hays either virtuously came to the conclusion that the system was bad, or prudently de cided that public opinion had become critical of this method of financing campaigns. Everybody knows per fectly well that the republican cam paign this year could have been financed with as many millions as was wanted by this system. Every body knows that Will Hays could have gone along the business streets of New York and Fred Upham along the business streets of Chicago and in those two cities alona could have raised enough money to run the campaign. They could have raised it from 50 or 100 men and the very small ness of the group, coupled with the bigness of the individual contribu tion, would have constituted just such a sinister situation as Cox alleged about this wholly different situ ation. To get away from this old system Will Hays planned an or ganization for raising his campaign fund through tens of. thousands of small contributions without allowing any one man to contribute more than $1000. New System Prevents Hold. There can be no doubt whatever that this system is vastly more de sirable and is designed to prevent exactly what Cox charged. T,he get ting of an underhold on the govern ment by any small group of men is a mere detail of putting the system IConcluded on Face 3, Column 3.) Injunction tin Polk County Dis solved; Engineers Rejoice. SALEM. Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) Dissolution of the injunction sought by citizens of Polk, county to re strain the state highway commission from proceeding with the paving of the west side highway, has opened the way for Immediate resumption of work, according to engineers In the employ of the state highway depart ment. The suit was filed In the circuit court for Multnomah county with Judge John McCourt presiding at the trial. In the absence of the delivery of the official opinion of the court. the persons responsible for filing the action refused ' to intimate today whether the action would be carried to the supreme court for final de termination. FILM STAR'S DEATH CREATES SCANDAL $8,313,300 DROP IN 1919 GOLD OUTPUT SLUMP IX SILVER PRODUCTION IS 11,127,000 OUNCES. POLICE HOLD SPOUSE OF DROWNED HEIRESS STORY OF UPSET CANOE UN DER INVESTIGATION. PRIMARY BALLOT MAY BE HEAVIEST Sinister Rumors of Co caine Orgies Heard. FRENCH POLICE START PROBE Olive Thomas, American Ac tress, Killed by Poison. JACK 'PICKFORD IS ILL Husband of Dead Woman to Be Quizzed About Pilgrimage to Montmartre District. 35 INJURED' ON JINX DAY Friday Is Thirteenth Day of Brook lyn. Car Strike. NEW YORK, Sept. 10. Today. Fri day, the 13th day of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit walkout was marked by the first serious accident since the strike began. About 35 persona were injured, 15 seriously, when a Coney Island sight seeing bus carrying 70 men, women and children, collided with a trolley car. The driver of the bus and the conductor of the car were held on technical charges. Announcement was made by strike eaders that Governor Smith would confer next week with Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, on the strike. 'RUDENTIAL TkuST ENDS $2,000,000 in Depositor Bad Loans Said to Be Cause. BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 10. The Pru dential Trust company, an institution capitalized at $200,000 with more than 12,000,000 in deposits in its banking and savings departments was closed today by Joseph Allen, bank com missloner. Withdrawals which had reduced its deposits by $1,200,000 In ten months, and loans that were con sidered both bad and slow were said by the commissioner to have made his action necesary. John H. McNamee. president of the bank, said he expected It would be able to pay its depositors in full. $147,000 AIR MAIL BID Planes to St. Louis From Pittsburg Wonld' Carry Six Tons. WASHINGTON, Sept 10. Bids were opened at the postoffice department today for airplane service by private contractors on three new routes. Al fred W. Lawson of Chicago agreed to furnish service from Pittsburg to St. Louis via Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis for one year for $147,000. Mr. Lawson offered to furnish planes with a carrying capacity of six tons and a speed of 120 miles an hour. They will carry from ten to 20 passengers. SOCIETY OF JESUS SUED Brother of Order Wants $10,000 for Ten Years' Work. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 10. A suit for $10,000 was filed in circuit court late today by Leo Stachowiak of this city against the Society of Jesus, the "Jesuit order" of the Catholic church. Stachowiak asserts he was accept ed as a lay brother of the order ten years ago and during that time per formed "hard labor," sometimes work ing IS hours a day. He recently left the order and asks the amount named as remuneration for the work he al leged h,e performed. EVADER'S DUPE ACQUITTED Conrtmartiai of Sergeant O'Hare, Bcrgdoll Guard, Ended. NEW YORK. Sept. 10. Courtmartial of Sergeant John O'Hare., one of the guards from whom Grover C. Berg- doll, wealthy Philadelphia draft evader, escaped, ended on Governor's island today when the court failed to order O'Hare taken into custody. Sergeant Calvin York, the other Bergdoll guard, also was believed to have been acquitted. O'Hare was the only witness to testify at hia com- rade's trial. PARIS, Sept. 10 The French police have begun an investigation into the death of Olive Thomas, an American motion picture actress, who suc cumbed this morning to poison taken, it is said, by mistake, several days ago. Investigation also Is being made by the police of sinister rumors of co coaine orgies, intermingled with champagne dinners, which lasted into the early hours of the morning that have been afloat in the American colony and among the habitues of the French cinema world. Tonight the police were closely questioning a man named Spalding, said to be a former American army captain sentenced to six months in jail Monday for vending cocoaine. The police say they desire to in terview Jack Plckford, a. motion pic ture actor and husband of Miss Thom as, and also a woman friend of the actress who is said to have accom panied Miss Thomas . during her last pilgrimage to the Montemarte dis trict Sunday evening. Mr. Plckford today left the Rltz hotel. Where he had been stopping, and has taken quarters in the Hotel Crillon. The physician in attendance on Mr. Pickford said he was in a very bad state of health. POISON KILLS OLIVE THOMAS Wife of .Jack Pickford Dies in Hospital in Paris. PARIS, Sept. 10. Olive .Thomas, formerly widely known on the Amer ican musical comedy stage and for several years past a motion picture star, died at 11 o'clock this morning in the American hospital at Neullly. She was taken to that institution last Sunday suffering from a slow poison ing, having swallowed a poisonous solution early that day by mistake, according to Dr. Joseph Choate, the American physician in charge of the case. Recently Miss Thomas, who came California Leads for Gold, Mod- , tana for Silver; Alaska Mines 481,984 Ounces. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. Produc tion of both gold and silver declined last year. Director of the Mint Baker announced in making public revised figures which showed the production to have been: Gold, $60,333,400; silver, $63,033,652. In fine ounces the. output totaled 2,018,628 of gold and 56,683,445 of silver. California led in the production of gold, the state's output being $81,638 ounces worth $17,398,200. Montana was the leading state in the production of silver with an out put of 15,012,000 ounces worth On the current market about $16,800,000. The director placed the loss in pro duction of gold as compared with the previous year at $8,313,300, while the slump, in silver mining reduced the output by 11,127,000 ounces. Colorado ranks second with a gold production valued at $10,249,300. Alas ka produced 481,984 ounces valued at $9,963,500. Utah .was second in silver with 12, 42.623. ounces worth $14,058,650. Vlr ginia and South Carolina managed to creep into the list of states producing the precious metals, according to Mr. Baker's statement. Virginia's total, however, was only eight ounces of sil ver while South Carolina .found five ounces of gold and two ounces of silver. "EVANGELIST GOES EAST (Concluded on Page T, Column 1.) Rev. William A. Sunday and Fain ily Off to Winona Lake. HOOD RIVER. Or., Sept. 10 (Spe cial.) Rev. William A. Sunday, ac companied by "Ma" Sunday and their youngest son, Paul, left today for Winona Lake, Ind., where they will spend a few days before going to Roanoke, Va, where the evangelist will begin his season's religious work, Mr. Sunday, who last year started a purebred Jersey herd on his Odell country place, having shipped cattle directly from the Isle of Jersey, to day just before taking his train cast. superintended the unloading of two registered calves, just received from Bristol. Tenn. LAST PICTURE BRIDE U! End of Japanese Marriage System in V. S. Announced. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10. The ar rival of the Japanese liner Tenyo Maru today -Drought to an end, ac cording to the Japanese consulate here, the "picture bride" phase of the negotiations between the American and Japanese governments regarding the restriction of Japanese immi grants to this country. According to the consulate there was a small number of "picture brides" on board, the last ones per mitted to leave Japan under an agree merit drawn up last February which denied them further passports. Information Obtained That Mrs. Gertrude Viger Kuehling Contemplated- Divorcing Mate. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. Failure to recognize the body of Mrs. Ger trude Viger Kuehllng and the discov ery of several circumstances regarded by the police as worthy of Investiga tion today converted her husband's story of drowning while canoeing with him on the Potomac- river Wednesday night into one of some mystery. Royal Harper Kuehling, the husband, was held by the police for investigation. Interest has been added to the case by the discovery that Mrs. Kuehling. who was the divorced wife of George Osgood of Detroit, and one of the heirs to the million-dollar estate of Elizabeth Chapelton of that city, re cently had asked an attorney to file suit fpr divorce against her second husband. Mr. Osgood arrived in Washington today to assist in run ning out the many threads, assigning as his motive the Interest of their 3-year-old child. Kuehling's story given to the po lice was that he lost control of the canoe in a bad stretch of water and In the darkness he lost all track of his wife, wasting much of the time n which she might have been saved in fumbling t a fur coat under the capsized boat he said his wife had worn over her shoulders. Kuehling was held for investigation chiefly upon information obtained by Candidates in Washing ton Know Fate Tuesday. DRIYES CONTINUE TO LAST DAY All Sections of State Report Record Registration. Alim TDIIOIO tn I I 2 BOYS WITHIN HOUR MAN SO RUM HARRY STROMBAUGH, 3, AND BENNETT CHAMBERLAIN DIE. I ONE RACE HOLDS INTEREST Campaign for Nomination for Gov ernor Sets Lively Pace; Jones Opposition Grows. OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 10. (Spe cial.) With the prospect that the vote to-1ecast at the primary elec tioTuesday will be the heaviest ever polled In Washington, candidates are carrying their drive for voters up to the last night of the campaign. Predictions of a record-breaking vote are based upon the unprecedented registration rpnnrtd from all sec- LIIO PUIIO LI.-... 1MB WHO fCl.t,, jj,, Qf tempiaiea divorcing mm, and inai only a few days ago she had been treated at a hospital for poisoning. Kuehling's record includes an effort to obtain a place in the secret service. and there are on file in the head quarters of the service two letters recommending him for such work, one signed by Senator A. Pomerene and the other by Senator Harding. Kuehling and Mrs. Osgood were mar ried December 30, 1919. at Mount Clemens, Mich. KYNE WARD TRANSFERRED War Orphan Brought From France Gets Another Home. OAKLAND. Cal., Sept. 10. The shadow of deportation cast over 15-year-old Marcelle Duprey, French war orphan brought from France by Peter B. Kyne, author, was dispelled today in juvenile court proceedings insti tuted by Kyue to end the relation with his ward. Judge Robinson allowed the boy to be placed in the home of a woman of the San Francisco French colony. MEDICINE MEN WARNED Use of Whisky as Ingredient of Preparations Barred. CHICAGO, Sept. 10. Manufacturers of medicinal preparations in which whisky was used as an ingredient were ordered today to stop the manu facture of such medicines. The order was issued under a ruling from Washington received here. IF SI CANT KNOCK HIM OUT NOTHING CAN. : : It i w yi wmzri - s r' rzx i Interest In the primary campaign has been largelyj centered about the race for the republican nomination for governor. During the last ten days opposition to renomination of Wesley L. Jones, United States sen ator, in the republican primary has developed in a bitter fight that ap parently has lined up the soldier vote solidly behind Colonel William M. Inglis. Inglis has an excellent military record with active service overseas. Since hia return to civil life he has been director of the veterans' welfare commission, established by the 1919 legislature to assist ex-service men in becoming re-established in civil pur suits. War Stand Attacked. On the other hand. Senator Jones has been the subject of vicious at tacks because of his position in the senate on the question of prepared ness prior to the entrance of the United States into the war. Replying to one of these attacks the senator in a recent speech made an unfortunate reference to those who urged military preparedness. The re mark drew forth such severe criticsm that Jones made a public apology. In pre -cam paign discussions last winter It was conceded that with!'-. the republican organization there was very pronounced anti-Jones sentiment but it failed to crystal lize about any particular leader of senatorial caliber to enter the con test against the present incumbent. Senator Jones as the campaign pro gressed seemed to have aligned the regular organization in his support and It is doubted whether any con siderable portion of it can be 'de pended upon to lend their support to the fight being made upon the senator at this time by the Inglis contingent, as many of those who do not favor Jones question whether Colonel Inglis' experience and train ing has been such as to give him the qualifications desirable in a sen ator of the United states. Soldier Vote Not Enough. The soldier vote aione is not suffi cient to nominate Inglis, and unless he la able to swing the anti-Jones element of- the organization to his support his chance of being nomi nated is not favorable. Reports from the state, however, indicate a marked drift away from Jones, and his friends realize that the senator is confronted with oppo sition that must be regarded as for midable. Political observers unbiased by per sonal interest In the outcome are refraining from venturing a forecast aa to the results of the gubernatorial contest In the republican primary. It is probable that this condition will not be altered by any eleventh-hour development. Five of the seven republican candi dates have shown strength sufficient to entitle them to be considered as contenders, with Colonel Roland H. Hartley of Everett and Governor Louis F. Hart having apparently a shade on the other three. Senator Edward T. Coman of Spo kane, Senator George B. Lamping of King and Representative John H. Gellatley of Wenatchee are all to be figured in the final result, as no one has a margin of such proportion that it cannot be overcome by any material switch in sentiment or by develop ment of circumstances to change the present situation. Feeling Becomes Bitter. Closeness oi the contest had tended to inject into the campaign an ele ment of bitter feeling and the clos ing days of the contest have brought out some personalities in the speeches of some of the candidates. This fea ture was emphasized today by the speech of Senator Coman in Seattle, in which he sharply criticised Gover nor Hart. Coman criticized Hart's attitude as president of the senate and then took up what he termed the executive's pardon record, claiming that Hart had released from prison a number of serious offenders. Coman did not mention names, but he referred to the alleged offenses. He denied that Gov ernor Hart was entitled to the credit for improvement at the boys training school and concluded by saying: "Governor Hart stresses the fact he (Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.) - Youngster Said to Have Run Into Machine, While blder Lad Falls Before Backing Car. Two fatal automobile accidents happened within, an hour last night. The first took place in St. Johns at the corner of Jersey and Alta streets at 4:45 o'clock, when 3-year-old Harry Strombaugh was run over by a truck driven by J. A. Riley of 302 North Willamette street. The second was at Union and Burnside streets at 5:40 when Bennett Chamberlain. 19, 1400 Lenora street, was run over by a truck driven by Frank Love, 389 Tenth street. Both victims were killed instantly. According to Riley's story, he was driving north on Jersey street and had turned west on Alta. when the lad ran out from the curb and into the side of the truck. After falling to the pavement the rear wheel of the loaded truck passed over the boy's body. Questioning by Lieutenant Ervln of the traffic department elicited the admission that Riley had been ar rested yesterday earlier in the day on a charge of cutting corners at j WtlJiams avenue and Alberta street, but had been discharged. He was held under $1000 bail last night pend ing investigation. The Strombaugh lad had lived with his grandfather, Thomas Hunter, 70S North Kellogg street. Frank Love, the driver of the truck which killed Bennett Chamberlain. said that Chamberlain was his helper and that after pulling in on the side of Union avenue the boy had alighted to signalthe driver in backing up to another truck. The boy climbed up on the other truck and gave him the signal, said Love. Witnesses declared that the boy had fallen from the rear truck on his face on the pavement and before he could regain his feet the truck had caught him. Love was held without bail for investigation. T RAID WEAR DEATH Police Fire as Suspect Attempts to Flee. WOMAN IN CAR NOT HURT One Member of Party Is Taken Without Fight. SQUAD' WAITS HALF DAY Officers Say Auto Drove to House at Union and East Oak to Make Delivery. QUAKE R0CKS RIVERSIDE Tremors Awake Sleepers, W ho Flee Into Open for Safety. RIVERSIDE, Cal., Sept 10. An earthquake shock was felt here this morning about 6:15. It was of suffi cient violence to awaken sleepers and many persons fled into the open until the tremors subsided. No damage was reported. There was only one shock, which lasted about 30 seconds. LIQUOR SEIZED RETURNED Judge Orders Whisky Worth $7 5, 000 Restored to Owner. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 10. United States District Judge Dooling today ordered 350 cases of whisky, valued at $75,000, returned to the cellar of B. W. Sloan of this city. The judge held that the liquor had been seized without authority. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 63 degrees; minimum, 52 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain. oreU?n. Survivors of Italian earthquake are stu pefied with its horror. Page 3. Film star's death creates scandal. Page 1. Labor troubles in Italy blamed upon scarcity and high price of coal. Page 6. MacSvlnfy still lives although much weaker. Page 6. National. Congress expected to enact laws that will check abuse 'of franking privilege. Page 2. rop In gold output last year was $8,313,- 000. Page 1. Income tax payers this year total 5.600.000. Page 1. Politic. Senator Edge calls on Cor to retract his charges. Page 2. Cox's scandal charges fizzle out. Page 1. Part played by republicans in framing league covenant Is cited by Cox at Walla Walla. Page 3. Chicago slush probe ends in failure. Page 1. Washington primary vote may be heaviest in history of state. Page 1. Negroes pledge support to Harding. Page 4. Forty-three Clarke county. Wash., candi dates seek public office. Page 4. Governor Cox is expected to reach Port land tomorrow morning. Page 10. Seattle politicians expect fur to fly as primary approaches. Page 20. Paeific Northwest. Persons in Umatilla county say Pendleton jaltbreakers will get fair trial. Page 7. More light on street car tax opinion is sought. Page '7. Interest of Washington voters in Carlyon road-bond bill increasing. Page 5. Baptists plan to hold big summer as sembly. Page 4. Deputy fire marshal holds city of Klam ath Falls responsible for big fire. Page 14. Sports. Evans and Ouimet are winners in semi finals and will meet tdoay for amateur golf title. ' Page 12. Pacific coast league results: Portland 4, Los Angeles 5. ten Innings; San Fran cisco 6, Salt take 0: Seattle 2, Oak land 9: Vernon 1. Sacramento 1 Ccalled end of 16th on account of darkness), rage 12. Trambitas rated high on dope card for Tillman bout. Page 13. Commercla-1 and Marine. Steady decline in prices of calfskins. Page 20. Wheat lower at Chicago with drop In ster ling exchange, l'age ji. Stock market irregular with Little demand. Page 21. British steamer Tannenburg. formerly owned by Oermans. is here for wheat or flour cargo for Europe. Page 20: Chamber head urges maintenance of 30 foot channel as Portland's protection against Seattle methods. Page 20. Portland and Vicinity. State highway commission says Burnside steel bridge to cost $6,000,000, proposed by county commissioners. Page 22. Women working for release of man sen tenced tor murder thought innocent. Page 10. Mayor Baker to air dance charges In hunt for "higher-ups." Page 11. Auto trucks kill two boys within hour. Page i. Mail shot In rum raid near death. Page I. Surgical secrets revealed to laity. Fag n. Bert Hedderley. 32. was shot through the head and probably fatally wounded at 9:3 o'clock last night during a federal raid at Union avenue and East Oak street. Five men are said to have fired a volley into an automobile in which Hedder ley was trying to escape. After the shooting George Lewis, 35, and a pretty girl, companion of the alleged bootleggers, were cap I tured. Lewis was taken to police headquarters handcuffed, and held for the government. The girl was released. In the automobile was a 20-gallon jug of colored water, which the trio was alleged to have been delivering to a house on the corner of Union avenue and East Oak street when the raiders surprised them. It is said that Hedderley had announced his intention of shooting or running down with his automobile anyone who attempted to arrest him. Stqnad Shadows Hooae. Thfe raiders were posted around the house where the liquor was to be de livered. The squad consisted of Pa trolmen Morris and Jackson, and W. R. Wood, D. C. Smith and J. J. Big gins, federal agents. Morris was posted in the second ertory of the building with an informant who had told the authorities of the plan to deliver liquor at that address. The squad took post yesterday afternoon, and waited the rest of the day for the appearance of the alleged bootleggers. At 9:30 P. M. an auto mobile drove up to the house and topped. "They're . unloading the booze'." called the informant to the officers. Morris ran downstairs, jumped out side and thrust his revolver against Lewis' side. Lewis la said to have been unloading the liquor. "Stick 'em up'." he ordered. Hedderley Warned to Stop. Lewis obeyed. The squad shouted to Hedderley not to start his machine, but he stepped oh the accelerator and the car moved slowly ahead. Morris fired two shots in the air to warn ' the fugitive. Other members of the squad ran ahead of the automobile and called to the driver to stop. Hedderley gave the machine more gas, and, as the car gathered head way, the whole squad fired a volley. The machine ran half a block down the street. Then it swerved against the curbing and stopped. The raiders surrounded it. Hedderley had fallen forward on the steering wheel. His head had dropped on his shoulder. The raiders thought he was dead, and telephoned to police headquarters and asked that the coroner be notified. Death Matter of Hoars, The police surgeon and a deputy coroner answered the call, but before either arrived on the scene of the shooting the raiders had discovered that Hedderley was still alive and had rushed him to Good Samaritan hos pital. Hospital authorities said he could live only a few hours. The police say Hedderley has a long reputation as a bootlegger and that he once tried to run down Federal Agent Woods -when the latter at tempted to stop an automobile loaded I with liquor on the Salmon creek I bridge near Vancouver, Wash. He is also alleged to be the man who es caped from Tom Word, another fed eral agent, and to have stolen an auto mobile to get away. Hedderley is said to have had in his pocket a quart of whisky, to which a rubber tube had been attached. The police believe he siphoned out the whisky from the bottle when he of fered a customer a drink of the col ored water. Hedderley is survived by a widow. He lived at 1014 Hancock street, where he had a fine home, beautifully furnished. AIR RECORDS AWARDED Two iT-ench Jvliert, Get Honors for Speed and Looping the Loop. GENEVA. Sept. 10. The Interna tional Aeronautic congress, which is in session under the presidency of Prince Roland Bonaparte, has offi cially ratified the record of 307 H kilometers an hour, made by SadI Leeointe, the French aviator, at Villa Coublay, and the record for succes sive looping the loop, awarded to M. Fronval of France. 962 times. The Swiss aviator Durafour failed in two attempts to land on the sum mit of Mount Blanc owing to poor visibility. Colonel Jefferson DeMott Thomp son and Sidney I. Vcit are t'.ie Ameri can delegates.