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Today
Earth and the Senate
Wall St. Crumbs
Safety in Insurance
A News Theater
—By ARTHUR BRlSßANE—
(Copyright, UIJ. King Feature*
Syndicate. Inc.)
rpHE earth turns on its axis
A about 1,000 miles an hour,
25,000 miles in 24 hours. Be
cause of its size, the earth’s
motion is slow.
At the same comparative rate
of speed, you could not detect
any motion in a cart wheel, re
volving once in 24 hours.
However, as President Hoover
justly complains, there is some
thing slower, and that's the
Senate’s motion on the tariff.
It has been considering a
tariff bill, as the President says,
"since June, with fifteen sched
ules to work out, and has not
yet completed Schedule 1."
In the Wall Street canyon,
leading from Trinity Church
where men give thanks for
winning, down to East River
docks, convenient for jumping,
all was quiet yesterday. Spar
rows were picking up crumbs
from messengers boys’ lunches.
They are scarce, Wall Street
boys usually go to restaurants.
In brokers’ offices, clerks and
bosses were working day and
night, catching up. They also
had collected some crumbs,
while customers were collecting
large crumbs of experience.
Will Rogers says it will com
fort “poor people who lost their
stock in the late crash to know
that it has fallen into the hands
of Mr. Rockefeller, who will see
that it has a good home.”
Mr. Rogers, not by accident
the richest actor and manager
in the world, knows that Mr.
Rockefeller’s purchases plus
purchases by George F. Raker
and others, and the wise in
crease in dividends of corpora
tions that could afford it, saved
thousands of the little people
from complete destruction.
F. H. Ecker, president of Met
ropolitan Life, biggest insur
an:e company in the world, re
plies to a question concerning
recent Wall Street excitement:
“Drastic deflation of market
prices of shares of common
stock in nowise affects life in
surance policies issued by com
panies whose investment' prac
tice, guided by laws, such as
those of the State of New York,
or the sound judgment of exec
utives, excludes common stocks
from their holdidga-
4< More than ever has this re
cent experience demonstrated
that life insurance is the safest,
most dependable repository for
the savings of millions of our
population, furnishing at the
same time sound protection
against loss which follows in
the wake of death.”
New York has the world’s
first news theater. Moving
pictures show news events only,
and being “sound news-reels”
they tell both the ear and the
eye what has happened.
The first “news theater” in
the world, the Embassy, ex
hibiting Fox-Hearst news pic
tures from all over the earth,
showed last night actual mov
ing pictures of the Italian
Crown Prince visiting his fi
ancee in Belgium. The noise
of a shot, fired in a futile at
tempt to assassinate him, was
heard in a theater 3,000 miles
away.
You would not have expected
that 25 years ago.
Alfred P. Sloan, jr, head of
General Motors, back from
Europe yesterday, sees no “logi
cal reason for such action as
has occurred in security values.”
Business is sound, says Mr.
Sloan. He believes that the
Starter earnings for General
otors will be ahead of the
same period for last year.
Edsel Ford announces re
ductions in Ford prices, ex
pressing the belief of the Ford
organization, that''“basically,
the industry and business of
the country are sound.”
There is no better contribu
tion to prosperity than to give
buyers more for their money,
when greater efficiency makes
that possible.
It isn’t how much money you
get, but what you get for your
money that counts.
Kemal Pasha, boss of Turkey,
wants to join the “United States
of Europe,” if and when that
brotherhood is organized.
If Mussolini should follow
Kemal’s example, and join also,
the United States of Europe
would have material for a first
class war within its borders
from the start.
Mussolini has not forgotten
Kemal’s statement: “If you ever
attack Turkey, your one diffi
culty will be to sind room to
bury the Italians that I shall
kill for you.”
Nova Scotia, having enough
of prohibition, votes to end it
and substitute sale of alcoholic
liquors by the 1 government. Ten
years ago the vote was over
whelmingly in favor of prohi
bition. —
Rum runners and bootleggers
financed and worked for the
prohibition campaign, which is
not surprising.
Liin'«burg. Nova Scotia’s
greatest fishing center, also
wanted prohibition. Rum run
ning makes fishing boats valu
able property.
BINGHAM FLEES AFTER HEARING CENSURE READ IN SENATE
Heraldinrs 9
George Rothwell Brown’*
column of up-to-the-minute
comment on page 13.
Vol. VII. No. 346.
BROOKHART SUBPOENAED IN RUM QUIZ
- - - -a
Fall Confesses 'Unspeakable Blunder 9
CRIME DENIED
IN PUBLIC PLEA
PROTESTING HI
JAILJENJENCE
Lied About Loan to Save His
Party From Disgrace, For
mer Interior Secretary Says
IS GIVEN ONE YEAR IN JAIL
SIOO,OOO Fine Also Imposed,
But Judge Hitz Hints He
Will Suspend Punishment
B.v Universal Service
Admitting only that he had
made an “unspeakable blun
der,’’ Albert B. Fall, in a re
markable statement last night,
protested “with all the energy
of my soul,’’ the innocence of
the charge for which he was
sentenced yesterday to a year
in jail and fined SIOO,OOO.
The former Secretary of the In
terior, convicted of having accept
ed a SIOO,OOO bribe from Edward
L. Doheny, in connection with the
Elk Hills naval oil reserve lease,
appealed to the “American pebple
to judge me by the faults I con
fess, and not to believe me guilty
of the damnable crime of which I
am innocent.”
AT LIBERTY ON BOND
The statement was issued late
last night, several hours after
he had heard the sentence passed
upon him following a trial last
ing several weeks. Meanwhile he
is at liberty under bail pending
action on the apperl for a new
trial which was filed immediately
by his counsel.
The aged and ailing former Cab
inet member, in his statement, re
viewed at length the circumstances
surrounding his receipt of the SIOO,-
000 in cash from Doheny. which
he described as a lorn between old
friends. He said:
“My borrowing the money may
have been unethical: 1 certainly
did not realize it at the time,
and my employing a falsehood
to prevent a volcano of political
abuse pouring upon the Admin
istration that had honored me
deserves condemnation.
NEVER DISHONEST
"But neither one nor the other
justifies (he charge that I was
disloyal or dishonest as Secre
tary of the Interior and as a
member of President Harding’s
Cabinet.”
The falsehood to which Fall re
fers was hie statement to the Sen
ate investigating committee that he
had obtained the SIOO,OOO loan from
Edward B McLean. He said
"In the early part of November,
1921. I made arrangements for a
loan of Edward B, Melman. Esq..
Washington, for SIOO,OOO, expect
ing to repay him out of funds due
me from other people. About the
middle of the month Mr. Doheny
and myself met. We had been
life’ong friends. i
“I talked to him with great con
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Moors Beg Allah's Aid
As Eclipse Darkens Sun
CASABLANCA. Morocco. Nov 1*
(U.P.).—A partial eclipse of the
sun. clearly visible in Eastern I
Africa and parts of Eastern Europe. I
caused Moors to ffl! ths streets'
fflte
■■iotkici »»»
2-Ton Stones
Fall 32 Floors,
Kill Passer-by
Several Hurt by Frag
ments Hurled Like
Shrapnel Fire
CHICAGO, Nov. 1 (I.N.S.).—Two
men were recommended held for
criminal negligence tonight fol
lowing an inquest into the death
-of Henry A. Berger, sanitary dis
trict trustee and prominent poli
tician, killed when a two-ton load
of stone hurtled to the pavement
32 floors below.
Three other persons were in
jured and a panic resulted when
the load, dropping with terrific
speed into busy LaSalle Street,
burst into fragments like shrap
nel, hurling fragments of stone
into th-) terrified crowd. Two
motor cars were partly demol
ished. The concussion broke many
windows, and the Hotel,
opposite the new skyscraper where
the mishap occurred, received *
spray of shooting rocks.
Berger, who was walking past
the hotel when the hoist slipped
its burden, suffered a fractured
skull from one of the stones and
died instantly. The fact that
ropes had been stretched sjeross
the street to clear the side
walks underneath prevented a
heavier toll of lives.-
20 MILLION GO?
IN BANKRUPTCY
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 1
(1.N.5.). —The W. B. Foehay Com
pany, one of the largest corpora
tions in Minnesota, filed a voluntary
petition of bankruptcy in the United
States District Court here.
Joseph Chapman, Minneapolis busi
ness man, was appointed receiver.
The properties in the 30 or more
States held by the concern were
■Valued at $20,000,000. These hold
ings consist of utility end industrial
Interests reaching from Alaska to
Central America.
The company maintained offices
in New York, Chicago, Boston. Port
land, Manchester, St. Paul, Los
Angeles, San Francisco. Sacramento,
San Diego and elsewhere.
Overexpansion and the fall of
securities was stated as the cause
for bankruptcy action. >
Former Representative
Warren Gard Is Dead
Word was received here yester
day of the death of former Repre
sentative Warren Gard, of Hamil
ton. Ohio.,
Gard was Representative from
the Third Ohio district from 1913
to 1921, and a member of the House
Judiciary Committee. Survivors
are his wife, and a brother. Homer
Gard, of Himilton.
Hawaiian Skirt Ablaze,
Woman Dies of Burns
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.. Nov
1 (1.N.5.). —Burned when her home
made Hawaiian skirt was Ignited
Hy the flames of a gas Mrs.
Jerry Jerreh. 28, was dead here
today.
today calling upon Allah for pro
t action.
Keatlxe th* necessity es a ‘second”
car for the family through the l»ur-
A *•*' ,rom Times
and Hefaid Classified ads.
•'■hltahrU Dall* ami "wmlai •»» rh *
Waahinston lime* Compaav
SENATORS FELT
LOBBY’S WHIP,
PROBEjEVEALS
Arnold Wielded Lash to Assist
Watson Line Up Votes for
Tariff Bill, Letters Show
By EDWARD L. RODDAN
lai vernal Service
Lobbyists lent a hand .to Sena
tor James E. Watson, Republican
leader, by bludgeoning Democratic
Senators into voting for provisions
of the Smoot-Hawley bill, the
Senate lobby committee revealed
yesterday.
The whip which cracked over the
heads of southern Senators was
wielded by J. A. Arnold, the go-get
ter manager of the Southern Tariff
Association, and his galaxy of tariff
seeking aides.
KENDRICK UNDER FIRE -
Arnold made the assertion in a
letter to F. E. Mollin, lobbyist fQjr
the American Livestock Association,
suggesting that Mollin was the best
man for that job.
On the same day Arnold assured
Watson by letter that both Florida
and Lauisiana Senators would vote
for the flexible provision and strong
efforts would be made to line up
Senator Heflin <D.), of Alabama.
From a voluminous mass of tell
tale letters passing between Arnold
and his helpers, the committee drew
a grapnic picture of the strong arm,
brow-beating methods used by lob
byists in their attempts to influence
Federal legislation.
HOOVER AID PROPOSED
One lobbyist even suggested that
he might seek the aid of President
Hoover to "make them all be good"
if the Florida Senators showed a
disposition to oppose the tariff bill.
Arnold was a reluctant and force
ful witness as the committee mem
bers plied him with questions on the
meaning of passages in his own
correspondence.
Senator Blaine (R.), of Wisconsin,
bluntly warned Arnold that failure
to tell the truth would make nim
liable to criminal prosecuiton. Sen
ator Walsh (D.), of Montana, re
minded him as to what constituted
perjury.
The correspondence, however,
pretty much told its own story.
Under the skillful direction of
Arnold, the Florida division of the
Southern Tariff Association set
about the task of bludgeoning Sen
ator Duncan U. Fletcher, of that
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Two Hurt in Collapse
Os Trenton Grandstand
TRENTON, N. J„ Nov. 1 (U.P.).
Two young women were injured
and a huge crowd was thrown
into confusion late today when
a grandstand collapsed during the
parade and pageant held in con
junction with the celebration of
the 250th anniversary of the
founding of Trenton. More than
50 were thrown into the
street when the stand collapsed.
MOST SME OUIKE
IS FELT IN RUMANIA
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Nov. 1
(U.P). —People rushed from their
homes here and in Sofia at 9 a. m.
today when the severest earthquake
ever recorded in Rumania shook
the two cities and "damaged many
buildings.
A woman worshipper was killed
In a church here when • holy
statue fell upon her.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1929.
BINGHAM FLEES
AFTER SENATE
HEARSGENSURE
Norris Reads Resolution Con*
demoing Hiring of Lobby
ist as “Contrary to Morals”
By KENNETH CLARK
Universal Service
The Senate was called upon yes
terday to uphold its honor and
dignity by censuring Senator
Bingham (R.), of Connecticut, for
smuggling a paid lobbyist into
the secret sessions of the Finance
Committee during the drafting of
the tariff bill.
In language vigorous and unquali
fiedly condemnatory, the censure
resolution, Introduced by Senator
Norris (R.), of Nebraska, declared
Bingham's act "is contrary to good
morals and senatorial ethics and
tends to bring the Senate Into dis
honor and disrepute, and such con
duct is hereby condemned.”
BINGHAM SLUMPS DOWN
Through the reading of the reso
lution by the clerk, Bingham, sit
ting almost within hand-reach of
Norris, slumped low in his chair.
His head was cupped on his hand
and his face had a chalklike pallor.
He made no move to rise or speak
as the final words of the censure
rang in his ears. Shortly after
ward, he left the chamber alone.
The Nebraska Senator offered to
delay a vote on the measure until
today, but when no Senator arose he
asked for immediate consideration.
At this point. Fesa (R), of Ohio,
interrupted and requested that ac
tion on the resolution go over until
today. This was ordered when Nor
ris interposed no objection.
The lobbyist whom Bingham
placed on the Senate's payroll and
took into the committee as his clerk
is Charles L. Eyanson, SIO,OOO a
year assistant to the president of
the Connecticut Manufacturers As
sociation.
The episode on the floor yesterday
occupied but a few minutes. Norris
decided to offer the resolution, held
in abeyance since Thursday, after
negotiations by Bingham’s friends
had failed to induce him to apologize
for the employment of Eyanson and
for attacking the lobby investigat
ing committee.
AMENDMENT PLANNED
Failing in this effort, Bingham’s
Intimates, headed by Edge (R.l.
of New Jersey, are now understood
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Two More Street Cars
Bombed in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 1 (U.
**•)• —While police were mustering
additional men to stop street car
bombings- two additional dynamit-
Ings were reported tonight.
Both cars were seriously damaged
in the explosions, which were caused
when the wheels ran over dynamite
placed on the tracks. Floor boards
were blown out and windows shat
tered. The motormen and passen
gers escaped injury.
mw”
ROMANCE RUMORS
LONDON, Nov. 1 (U.P.).—lshbel
MacDonald, daughter of the premier
who accompanied him on his visit
to the United States and Canada,
was asked today whether she would
deny a report that she would be
married to Lord Arnold. British pay
master general. She said:
**l have never denied ft. I have
Ignored ft.”
• < 1' -
•it Watered a* aecoad-cla** matt** st
Pe*tnfftre a* Washington D. C.
Peace Between Pratt
And Doyle Proposed
By Senator Watson
Police Captain’s Admirer Re
vealed as Creator of
Truce Move
Development* / yeeterday
in the local police and liquor
rituatione included:
1 Issuance of a summons to
• Senator Brookhart, of lowa,
to appear before the Grand Jury
and tell ail he knows regarding
the wet senatorial dinner to
which he referred in a speech
in the Senate a month ago-
2 Policeman Allen engaged in
• a fist fight with a news
paper man at the District Build
ing, and Capt. Walter Emmer
son, chief of the Detective Bu
reau. is investigating.
3 Alien received another traf-
• sic ticket for alleged failure
to leave lights burning on his
car parked at night, and will
appear in court today to de
fend himself against two such
charges.
4 Revelation that Senator
• Watson, of Indiana, sought
to make peace between*Chief of
Police Pratt and CapL Robert
Doyle, but his efforts failed be
cause of Doyle’s refusal to apol
ogize to the superintendent of
the department.
5 Disclosure that Wilbur Wil-
• liam Hand’s brother sent a
code telegram to him at the
Fifth precinct shortly before his
escape, containing the message,
“Seventh St. and Pennsylvania
Ave. at 7:30.”
“TELL WHOLE STORY”
The summons to Brookhart was
issued by District Attorney Leo P.
Rover after the latter had been in
formed that the lowan Intended to
denounce him on the floor of the
Sehate for failure to take any
9 DIE AS TRAIN
SMASHES AUTO
OSCEOLA, Ind., Nov. 1 (U.P.).—
Nine persons, including three small
children, were killed tonight when
the automobile in which they were
riding was struck by a westbount
New York Central passenger train.
The dead: John Flatt, 44, New
Castle, Ind.: Betty Flatt, 44, his wife;
Mary Flatt, 17, daughter; Dewey
Brannon, 23, a nephew; Nellie Bran
non, 21, the nephew’s wife.
Three children of the Brannons,
aged 10 months, 4 years and 5 years;
and Richard Vaugh, 4.
Richard’s baby sister, Betty, 5
months, was injured critically.
DOCTOR DIES IN CRASH
BLUEFIELD. W. Va., Nov. 1
(I.N.S.).—Dr. A. L. Sibold, 55. a
Newport News, Va., physician, was
killed at Ripplemead, Va.. near
here, when his automobile was
struck at a grade crossing by a
Virginian passenger train-
‘Smelling’ Dry Agents
Are Given Sharp Rebuke
BALTIMORE, Nov. I<—lt may<
look and smell like “likker” to a dry
agent but that doesn't make it *Hk
ker" to- Federal Judge William C.
Coleman, who yesterday dismissed
charges of illegal possession and
manufacture of whisky against
Arthur Sult and William D. Tapp,
of Washington, preferred by prohibi
tion agents who raided their prem
ises solely on a “sense of smell.”
Testimony produced at the trial
proved that prohibition agents bat-
M Psge*
Be Courteous,
Pratt Orders
THE Washington Police De
partment must be courteous.
This edict was issued yes
terday by Police Superintendent
Major Henry G. Pratt. In an
open letter to the force, he
said; *
“Be courteous to every one,
regardless of their station in
life: though their problems and
questions may seem trivial to
you. It is important to them
and they are entitled to every
consideration.
“See that the public is
rendered that courtesy and ser
vice to which they are entitled.”
cognizance of the wet senatorial
dinner.
Brookhart said he will appear
before the Grand Jury next Wednes
day and "tell the whole story."
The lowan indicated that he be
lieved the evidence he would sub
mit would amply justify an indict
ment or indictments, and that if
these were not forthcoming after
he testified, he would refer to that
fact on the floor of the Senate.
Some confusion arose as to the
cause of the knuckle encounter be
tween Policeman Allen and Bernard
McDonald, a reporter for the Wash
ington Post. Allen eaid McDonald
struck him first after being rebuked
for alleged "unfairness to Captain
Doyle.” McDonald is said to have
charged that Allen provoked the
encounter by making disparaging
remarks concerning an article re
garding the service medals he had
on his coat.
PRATT ORDERS REPORT
Neither of the combatants seemed
inclined to take the matter to court
but Capt. Walter Emmerson, who
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2 FLIERS SAVED
BT DECKHANDS
NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (I.N.S.).—Two
deckhands plunged into icy Jamaica
Bay this afternoon and rescued two
unconscious aviators, after their
plane had nose-dived into the water.
The aviators, James MacCarthy
and John Isola, both of New York,
probably were fatally injured.
The plane faltered at 2.000 feet and
went into a spinning nose dive. It
plunged into the bay. but remained
partially afloat.
The ferryboat Yonkers wae nearby
and Captain Freeland drew up as
elose as possible. Robert Hunt and
Charles E. Sullivan, deckhands,
witjiout bidding, plunged into the
water, swam to' the plane and re
moved the two aviators.
SLAYER PAYS PENALTY -
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nqv 1 (I.N.S ).
Arthur Maul, 24, slayer of an
Akron, Ohio, policeman, was elec
trocuted in Ohio State Peniten
tiary, here, tonight.
tered down the door of Tapp’s apart
ment when they smelled whisky, ar
rested the defendants and seised a
still and a large quantity of liquor.
In dismissing the charges against
Tapp and Suit, Judge Coleman
warned the agents to exercise the ut
most care in entering private dwell
ings without warrants. He pointed
out that it was within the rights of
citizens to shoot to kill for the in
vasion rs their homes unless raid
ing officers were armed with the
* proper process of law.
77ie Weather
Cloudy and warm, and
rain this afternoon or to
night. See page 18.
PRICE THREE CENTS
ROVER GOADED
BT TAUNTS OF
OFFICE LAX ITY
IN‘WET PARTY’
Senator Summoned to Appear
Before Grand Jury Regard
ing Liquor at Hotel Feast
HE’S READY TO TELL ALL
Threat to Give Details on
Senate Floor Spurs Dis
trict Attorney to Activity
Goaded to action by taunts
from Senator Smith Brookhart,
District Attorney Leo P. Ro
ver yesterday summoned the
lowa lawmaker to appear be
fore the Grand Jury and tell
the details of the wet senato
rial dinner in Washington
hotel to which he referred in
a recent speech in the Senate.
When informed that he was ex
pected to testify before the Grand
Jury next Wednesday, Brookhart
said:
“I will be there and I will tell
ail I know.”
ROVER CRITICIZED
Earlier in the day Brookhart had
criticized Rover severely for fail
ure to summon him as a witness
to tell of liquor law violations in
Washington.
Rover countered by saying he
had invited Brookhart through th*
Columns of Washington newspapers.
This fired Brookhart to high indig
nation and he threatened to tell th*
story of the wet dinner on th*
floor of the Senate and also con- ~
demn Rover for refusing to take
any cognizance of the prohibition
law violation. —
It was afteri hearing of this threat
by Brookhart that Rover decided to
summon the lowan, whose charges
he had ignored for more than a
month.
Senator Brookhart said last night
he had not yet received the sub
poena, which was issued late yes
terday. but had been “told about it.”
CLIMAX TO CHARGES
The Grand Jury investigation
comes as the climax of repeated
charges of drinking among mem
bers of Congress, including some
who are politically dry, to which at
tention was directed anew only
Thursday, when George Cassidy,
known locally as “the man in the
green hat,” an alleged bootlegger,
was arrested on the steps of the
Senate Office Building. He was
carrying a bottle said to contain
whisky. Over 250 quarts of assort
ed brands later were confiscated at
his home. Cassidy was arrested
four years ago. following a visit to
the House Office Building.
Brookhart related his story after
President Hoover had called upon
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