The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 1

AMERICA? THE WEATHER Fair, Fog in 7 Today If I Had Some Mush. Two Fine Flights. Again, Transmutation. Mr. Curtis' Stock.

Thursday in San Francis-: ATI UUU 1tEG.USPAT.OFF. co Bay Region r. it. 1 DAILY 5 CENTS. SUNDAY 10 CENTS: SAN FRANCISCO.

THURSDAY. TULY 7- 1927 THIRTY PAGES VOL CXXVII. NO. 7. CC By Arthui Brisbane- (Coprrtcht.

iUST. 6 tar Conwir.) "Stocks rise sharply, call Joans back at 4 per cent." The poor bears read that in their late Wall Street editions yesterday. "Leaves have their time to fall, and stars to wane," but that big "drop in the stock market" seems to postpone itself indefinitely. II i fflWf IK JAPAN JOINS U.S. IN GENEVA ARMS CRISIS; U.

S. FLYER, FIANCE OF MRS. DODGE, KILLED A man said, "If I had some milk, I would have some mush and milk, if I had some mush." If you had the money to buy bank stocks, and knew which to buy, you might become rich. New York's Chase National Bank enters the billion-dollar, class in honor of its approaching fiftieth birthday, with forty-two million dollars of small change to spare. The 115-year-old National City Bank is the other billion dollar banking concern.

The Chase National has taken $175,000,000 in deposits since March. Evidently somebody has some money. I Pawn of Fate MFDPHUMTQPIinTnRnWNR Bennett Wins S. F. Woman I iTiLUUiinmu ii ilui uivuiinu lOTCAPEQ MAITI ANI1 Drama Ushers in Romance STUNNED'AT POLICE IN INTO BLANK ML IN HUNT IN LEADING ROLES LLnUUL I fiULU 111 Hllll ILnilU TIIMUIZHONORJETE Aimee Raisch Hastings Asks Part in Play; Actor Wins Husband Role AIMEE RAISCH HASTINGS, whose engagement to Richard Bennett, famed actor, was divulged yesterday.

Richard Bennett had said IB BIG NAVIES OR KILLER Lloyd W. Bertaud, American air mail pilot, will fly from New York to Rome, a magnificent flight, across the ocean by the southern route, away from fogs, above the "Gates of Hercules" that we call the Straits of Gibraltar, high over the great rock that gave Britain control of the Mediterranean before flying machines and submarines came in. It will be a glorious flight, above the great inland sea, passing Corsica, where Napoleon was born; over Florence, that gave Dante to the world; or over Naples and mighty Vesuvius, on to eternal Rome. Caesar, Alexander and Napoleon, looking down from heaven on that plane from America, will be forced to admi', "We were only barbarians, beginners. Now real conquest starts." Associated Business Men's Protective Club Under Probe of State and City Prosecutors Lieut.

C. L. Williams Loses His Life in Dip Salute When Honolulu Flyers Start Home Us liiKiiilitis Oriental Delegate Suddenly Agents for Concern Said to Have Three Suspects Establish Alibis After Lengthy Grilling by the Authorities of the East Bay Takes Sides With America on 250,000 Ton Cruiser Limit Lost Officer Reported Engaged to Former Wife of Horace Dodge Auto Millionaire Promised Local Judges Would 'Square' Cases in Court Failure of Conference Openly Predicted as Powers Tangle Over Supremacy of Seas Woman Taken Into Custody at Funeral After Wild Shrieks Throw Throng Into Furore After enrolling 300 proprietors of small businesses during three months of operation in San Francisco, the Associated Business Men's Protective League, "nonprofit" and "co-operative" organization, was under scrutiny of two governmental agencies yesterday. HONOLULU, July 6. (By the Associated Press.) First Lieutenant Charles Linton Williams was drowned today during an aerial demonstration by army planes In farewell to Lieutenants Lester J.

Maitland and Albert Hegenberger. who flew hers from Oakland. June 29. Stats corporation depart TKa "Star-Bulletin" said that it GENEVA (Switzerland). July 6.

(AP) Suddenly intervening In the Anglo-American difficulty over cruiser tonnage, Japan tonight not only supported the American contention for a low limitation, but Insisted that world Interests would best be served by adhering to the original minimum figures cf the United States of 250,000 tons. British self-control was shaken by this unexpected advocacy of the ment, through Howard C. Ellis deputy commissioner, ordered the association to discontinue sale of r-' 9 Raisch Hastings urged to be given a role ever so small, just as a tryout In "Creoles." And "Yes," Almee Raisch Hastings replied when Richard Bennett urged that he be given the Important life-role of husband. San Frai.cisco and Peninsula society was greatly surprised when, in 1926, the former wife of Harry CoghiU Hastings, wealthy clubman and polo player, first appeared In "Creoles." But the surprise of society then was mild compared to wlic the enaage- ment of Mrs. Hastings to Bennett became known.

-DATE YCT TO BE $ET The Impending marriage of his sister to the noted actor was admitted yesterday by A. Q. Raisch in Ban Francisco. The rest of '-the family are now at their summer home near Los Gatos. All but Mrs.

Hastings, who left Thursday for Chicago to meet Bennett And the date of the wedding? That cannot be definitely set until Mrs. Hastings' divorce decree 1b made final, but that is expected very soon, perhaps today, for a year to the day had passed yesterday since the interlocutory decree was signed. WEDDED ONE YEAR. Prior to Mrs. Hastings' stage debut her first part in "Creoles" was a silent one she had been quietly studying dramatic work under the tutlage of Reginald Travers.

During the engagement of "Creoles' at the Wilkes Theater last year, Mrs. Hastings commuted daily between San Francisco and her parents' home at Los Gatos, chaperoned by her mother, Mrs. A. And here is another interesting flight plan. Vedjihi 3ey, pilot in Kemal's Turkish intends to from Angora, over Europe and the Atlantic, to New York.

That will interest, but twrtttrfwis Mohammedans. They believe their prophet, on his write mafe, Albo-rak, flew up from the Holy Kaaba Stone, all the way to the. distant, stars. The fastest plane on earth could not reach the nearest of them in ten million years. You can imagine hat a wonderful mare "Alborak" must have been.

understood that Williams was engaged to marry iht fbrmer wife of Horace Dodge, member of the wealthy family of automobile manufacturers of Detroit. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dodge recently were in Hawaii and were divorced after thsir return tl 3 MRS. HORACE DODGE divorced wife of the automobile family scion, who was reported betrothed to C.

L. Williams, Army flyer killed in a Hawaiian crash yesterday. Despite the fact that the Oakland authorities had three persons In custody yesterday In connection with their Investigation of the Mabel Mayer murder, all three were practically exonerated last night after thorough fcheeK of their ac- tivities. The capture of the killer Appeared as far away as ever. Here are those who were taken for questioning and a summary of the Investigations In each case.

-Anthony Leone, 25-year-old 'habitue of the neighborhood In which Mabel Mayer was slain. He was accompanied by a dog named "Fanny." the name which neixhbors of the Mayer girl declare they heard applied to a barking dog by a strange man last Saturday night when the young girl was beaten to death In the rear of the vacant hcuse In Eighty-sixth avenue. Relatives of Leone, however, insisted that he could establish a perfect alibi, and that he was visiting his parents at 642 Lombard street, San Francisco, on the night to the mainland. Williams' plane dived into the water near the liner Maul off Fort De Russy, carrying him down with It. Efforts to rescue Williams failed, and attempts were made to recover his body.

THRONGS SEE TRAGEDY. Williams was born In Arizona In 18S8. Ho was appointed to West American position, which was made at au Informal meeting. W. C.

Brldgeman, first lord of the admiralty, at first appearing stunned at Japan's move, is understood to have declared: "These figures are Impossible as a basis of discussion.1 This development has in a dramatic way given a new angle to the tripartite naval conference, and means that Great Britain now must convince Japan and the United States that i high cruiser tonnage upward of 600,000 tons is justifiable. It may mean Increasing chances of failure of the conference, for any treaty of Geneva must have Great Britain's approval, and the British are understood to be deter- IT Point from Tennessee, graduating in 1918. He was unmarried. The accident came In the midst PLAN memberships until It procures a permit. And the district attorney's office, apprised of the league's affairs, was Interesting Itself In methods alleged to have been used In sol'cltlng members.

PLENTY OF PROMISES It Is directly charged that the organization. In Us "high pressure" enrollment campaign, held out the following promises to 4 Members would be given "pro- tectlon" from arrest for minor infractions of law; and if arrested, their cases would be "fixed" in court. 2 This was to be accomplished through "interest" of active Judj i In the organization. Names of Judges were freely used in "sales talks." These judges two In the police court and one on the superior bench denounced use of their names yesterday and asserted that they had never heard of the "Associated Business Men's Protective League." FREE LEGAL ADVICE Members were to receive "free legal advice for one year" from the association's "legal counsellor and advisor," Bradley V. Sargent, former superior judge of Monterey cour ty.

4 In addition, all "subscribers" were to be entitled to advertising space In a "manual" to be of a demonstrative farewell to Maitland and Hegenberger, who departed for San Francisco on the steamer Maul after a week's cele bration of their non-stop flight of A serious French scientist, Professor Jollivet, believes he has "solved the problem of ages," transmuting cheaper metals into gold. Gold is an element, its atoms are little solar systems, each possessing a central proton, with electron, tiny planets revolving around it. These atoms are endless, millions of years old. That man can change them, rearrange them, duplicate them, seems doubtful. First, probally, the professor is mistaken.

Second, it would cost more than the gold is worth. Third, if gold could be made cheaply it would no longer be valuable. All the gold might disappear, and, so far as we know, make no great difference to the human race. If iron disappeared we should be ruined. 2,400 miles over the Pacific.

of the murder. This was corrobo a year of married life. She obtained her divorce on the grounds of cruelty. The marriage of Hastings Thousands gathered at the docks J. Raisch.

rated by his father and a sister. to cheer the flyers, and they were laden with flower leis when they Mrs. Hastings was separated i from her husband after ler i than (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) Mrs. Lillian McDonougn or i i Twelfth street, Oakland, no went aboard the steamer. REPORTED ENGAGED.

NEW YORK, July 6. Capable of destroying three battleships within fifteen minutes while protecting Itself from enemy aircraft, what Is believed to be the finest airplane In the world will be delivered within the next two weeks to the United States army. Slightly larger han Commander Byrd's America, and designed by the same man, Anthony G. H. Fok-ker, the war plane is a veritable dreadnaught of the air.

That It Is ,15 FEARED Tl ALTER Meanwhile, a dozen airplanes performed evolutions overhead in honor of their comrades of the army air service, Maitland and Hegen berger. Suddenly the one driven by torious for her outbursts of destructive violence, was taken by force to the Emergencr Hospital when she strode into the street before the Miller undertaking parlors where the murder victim's funeral was being held, and broke Into weird shrieks and gesticulations. Police all along have held that the bloody handprints found on the girl's purse were those Of a woman or effeminate man. But Mrs. Mc-Donough was declared to have been KILLED BY LION PRAYER BOOK Williams was seen to be out of con trol.

and a few moments later it plunged into the sea. The Maul was stopped ana a nte-(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) EUREKA, July 6. A sheriffs posse of 25 deputies, augmented by more than 150 armed 'ranchers com (Continued on Page Column at home in the keeping of friends on RESCUES TRUDY ASSERTS CVERYONE J- knows the convenience afforded by an automobile. It has reached the stage where a car is practically a necessity and more people would feel the urge to buy if it were not for one thing price. The Used Car Offerings in the San Francisco Examiner Want Ads range from low-price cars to medium price and can be had on convenient terms.

SfflNT under construction and Is nearing completion In the factory of the Atlantic Aircraft Corporation, at Has-brouck Heights, N. was learned today. This aerial giant will carry a crew of five and will be armed with a machine gun for each one. It will have a gun rack which carries 1,500 pounds of high explosives, with a reserve rack that carries 1,900 additional pounds, sufficient to sink a fleet of small boats or check the advance of an army. The machine guns the army Fourteen thousand shares of pre-ferr stock in Cyrus H.

K. Curtis' publication company sold yesterday for $1,596,000 as quickly as offered. Three of his publications are capitalized, common and preferred vtock, at $180,000,000, and are worth much more than that 6um. There is no better investment than a well-established profit-earning newspaper or magazine. Nothing less certain than stock in a non-profitable publication.

iAlER CIS MAKES IE' SANTA MONICA, July 6. (TXS) By H. H. STANSBURY. ftaff Corrrnnondrnt Cnlwriwl 8errlr.

LONDON, July 6. (Special cable dispatch) By a sweeping majority of 617 to 133. the National Church Assembly tonight adopted the revised prayer book. The measure now goes to the House of Parliament. Tonight's vote is considered the most momentous1 in the history of the Church of England since the Reformation.

The balloting figures were read In silence by the Archbishop of Canterbury, before an audience which packed the church house at Westminster to the doors. One of the most forceful statements uttered In defense of the new book, before the passage, was by Lord Hugh Cecil, who asked: "How can you possibly conduct the government of the church if you reject this measure? How Is it possible for the laity to take the place of the bishops? We cannot get up a sort of revolutionary government to deal with the situation. I deny that there Is a line in the new book which can be said to be contrary to the Holy Scripture." PAHIS. July 6. (A.P.) Professor Jollivet, French scientlat, claims to have solved the problem of the ages the transmutation of ing from miles around, were engaged today In a search for a little 5-year-old girl who strayed away barefoot from her parents In the-Bull Creek Flat region last Sunday, and has not been seen since.

Sheriff John Runner, who is leading the hunt with a pair of trained police dogs, believes that the child has been either carried off by a mountain- lion or panther, which frequently kill stock hereabouts, or has been killed by a hit-and-run motorist who has carried off the body to conceal his crime. The tracks of her hare feet were found on the bank of the creek and the soft soil of the woods through which she had wandered tot a quarter of a mile, and todav a deputy found dark. stains which were believed to be human blood on the, gravel highway above the river. The child. Lucille Davenport, was camping with her parents, Leo Davenport and wife of this city, in a wild region 60 miles south of here, plane are so placed that it has no "blind spot" from which an enemy plane could attack with safety.

Two Payne-Whitney motors will and cither base metal mio the night of the murder. 3 Charles Schlenker, the weak-minded Sacramento boiler-maker, who was taken on suspicion the day before because of wounds on the head and face, was partly identified last night by Ewald L. Fritz, who Hves two blocks from the Mayer home, as the strange acting man whom he and his wife saw loitering In the neighborhood the night of the crime. But Frits was not certain of the man's cloth- ing, and his landlady declared Schlenker to have been In his room Saturday night. Leone had been questioned earlier In the investigation by order of Captain A.

B. Wallman of the Oakland police and then released. He was (Continued on Page 6. Column 2.) propel the war airplane. They have a combined horsepower of 930, Gertrude Ederle, English channel swimmer, turned heroine here today when she plunged Into the surf and saved Miss Mary Ashcroft of Hollywood, from drowing.

Lifeguards reported Miss Ederle was walking along the beach when she heard the cries of a young woman, overcome by cramps while 500 feet from the shore. "Trudy" was the first In the water and beat guards to the rescue, bringing the helpless swimmer within a few feet of the strand before others could assist. where the three Wright "whirlwind" motors which carried the America to Europe had a combined total of gold. He says he has succeeded In petting 20 milligrammes of gold from a mixture of other metals, including six grammes of silver. The process, he explains, involves the use of a number of the usual fusing agents and an electric furnace capable of raising the mixture to a temperature of 1,100 decrees centigrade (2,332 Fahrenheit) and an otherwise elaborate only 600.

Justice Taft says likes the law better than the White House, and rearing his seventieth year, announces he will not retire. He certainly should not retire, for he owes the public many future years of good effort. His mind and his smile are as "nung as ever, and every well-informed man in the United States, big little, would gladly submit any issue to the judgment jof Chief Justice Taft. The loading weight of the two planes Is approximately the same, something around 14,000 pounds. treatment.

over the Holidays, Exciting vivid a living picture of thrilling accounts or recKiess aarmg ana nairurcauui Ha tmti'le the American spirit of Talor behind "HEROES OF THE SERVKFBy Col. Theo Roosevelt the lines in these accurate and iorcefal articles revealing: the deeds for which brate men er decorated. The stories will be illustrated by lapt. Thomason the greatest war artist. Dont miss theml Who are the greatest American heroes of the World War? Let Colonel Roosevelt tell you In series of stlrrlnir articles, the stories of onnsnial acts of frallantry by United States soldiers, and marines.

Roosevelt nukes yon feel the tnrm of battle as he mirrors a nation In war. In six hours New' York's National Guard laid out an airplane base, ready for use, with radio, telephone and all other requirements. A fine achievement. The United States government should take as much time as neces- Illustrated by John W. Thomason Jr.

Read this eranhic cross section of American bravery in me marcn or zema ci (Continued on Pane i. Column.