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WKATHER.
til S Went her Bureau forecast..!
Cloudy tonight; tomorrow fair; not
much change in temperature.
Temperature—Highest. 74. at 4
p.m. yesterday; lowest, 40, at fi:ls a.tn.
today. Full report on page 9.
Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15
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SiDDONS MINS
EVERHART REFUSAL
OF OIL TESTIMONY
I
Second Blow Dealt Govern
ment in Attempt to Prove
* Conspiracy.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
IS BASIS OF DECISION j
Tall Heaves Sigh of Relief as Court
Announces Its
Findings.
Justice Frederick 1.. Siddons dealt
the Government a Mow in the con
spiracy case against Albert It. Fall
nnd Harry F. Sinclair today by up
holding Fall's son-in-law, M. T. Ever
hart, in his refusal to tell the jury
from whom he had received the $230,-
s>i'o in Liberty bonds which he had
sold and placed in a safe deposit box
in the name of "A. B. Fall.”
The court's decision came as a
Stunning blow to the prosecution,
■which charges that the bonds were
given to Everhart, a partner of Fall,
hv the defendant Sinclair as a bribe
to the former Secretary of the Interior
in return for the leasing of Teapot
lJnme. ,
Everhart had previously admitted
on the witness stand that he had sold
the bonds to the M. D. Thatcher es
tate and delivered the cash to L. A.
T’ule assistant cashier of the rust
National Bank of Pueblo, Colo., to be
deposited to the credit of his fathei
in-law.
•second Blow to Government.
To torse the last link in the chain
of evidence involving the bond trans
action. which the Government alleges
passed between Fall and Sinclair, the
Government needed only a statement
from Everhart that he had received
the bonds from the oil magnate on
the occasion of his visit to New \<*ik
in May. 1922, after the lease had been
executed.
At one time during the intense
argument on the validity of the
witness’ refusal to answer the ques
tion propounded to him by Owen J.
Huberts, Government counsel -ust ice
siddons. vigorously pounded bis desk.
The court declared emphatically:
“This witness must b p accorded hi*
full constitutional privilege. He is
going to get it in this court if he is
entitled to it.” . .
The court’s ruling, which brougnt
to a climax the proceedings in the
or.se, was the second decisive defeat
sustained bv the Government m as
ASMS? jWWWHIjXhS
Fall the leasing of Teapot Dome, in
The ruling of the court was received
enthusiastically toy defense counsel.
Former Secretary jail, who had listen >
ed anxiously to the arguments, heaved j
a sigh of relief. His son-in-law, seat-1
ed in the spectators’ stand with Mrs.
Fall and her daughter. Mrs. C. C.
Chase, appeared visibly relieved.
For Everhart, the moment was a
trying one. Had Justice Sidoons
swept aside his constitutional claim
of immunity and had he ref “ se /?
answer the question, he would ha\e
faced contempt charges and a pron
able jail sentence.
Sinclair sat motionless during the
long discussion, keeping up the non
chalance he has maintained ever since
the bond transaction entered into tne
case.
Emphasizes Witness’ Right.
In upholding the witness’ refusal to
testify. Justice Siddons at one time in
terrupted proceedings to remark: "It
is a pretty onerous burden to put on
b lay witness to decide that what he
would reveal may come within the
range of the conspiracy.” i
The court followed up this remark
•frith its contention that the witness
roust l>e accorded bis full constitu
tional privilege against giving testi
mony which would incriminate him.
Justice Siddons asked Mr. Roberts
ff lie had understood the Government
attorney to say in bis argument “that
if Everhart had got the bonds from j
the very hands of Sinclair himself lie
would not necessarily be a party to the
conspiracy?” Roberts replied that the
court had understood him correctly.
The Government counsel then
brought to the attention of the court
that Edward L. Doheny. jr„ had given
his father a check for SIOO,OOO. which
his father in turn had cashed and
given to former Secretary Fall. \et
the Government, he contended, had
never charged Doheny, jr.. with being
a party to the conspiracy involving ;
the leasing of the California oil re- j
serves.
Justice Siddons stated in his ruling j
that he found it difficult to believe j
that if the witness Everhart, an
swered the question concerning the
bonds in the affirmative it would not
.prove a link in the chain of evidence
''which would lead up to participation
in the conspiracy by the witness, not
withstanding he had never heard of
the lease.
fifes Possible Questions.
“What would be the next inquiry?” j
the court a^ked.
Justice Siddons said these questions j
naturally would follow:
Why he got the bonds? Did Fall
send you? Did Sinclair send for you j
to come?” i
If the witness answered that rail,
had sent him, the court said he would |
be asked:
••What did Fall tell you?
“What instructions did he give?
trr ne tell you what further contract
v/viuld V»e made between the Govern
ment and the Mammoth Oil Co.?
••One can imagine without any
straining at all before the interroga
tion is ended,” said Justice Siddons,
-it would show despite the statements
of the witness that he knew nothing
of the negotiatiotns leading up to the
lease, that this witness, this relative
of Fall, with close business relation
ship, one of the three directors end
officers of the cattle company, had, in
deed, a knowledge of what was going
* -It rw difficult for me to see that
«lose questioning would not expose
this man to the danger of being here
after charged with being a conspir
ator,” Justice Siddons added. "The
Government may for the first time
lemn of the relationship of the wit
ness to the alleged conspiracy and he
would be charged as a conspirator.”
“I think I must sustain the objec
tion,” the court concluded.
Immediately after J tuice Siddons’
vfr-cision, Everhart was railed to the
stand and refused to answer five
questions propounded to him by Mr.
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Wife Wants Home
As Comfortable as
Husband Gives Dog
| By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 28. —Mrs.
| Tearl T. Kelly demanded a home
| at least as comfortable as that
I her husband, Obert G. Kelli;, fur
nishes his pet dog, she told Judge
! Joseph Sabbath in asking alimony •
! pending the outcome of a .suit for
j separate maintenance.
She claimed the only ptesents
her husband, superintendent of
turbines for the General Electric
Co., had given her in nine years
of wedded life were a washing
machine, an iron and a kitchen
cabinet.
PLANES ARE SENT
10 STRIKE AREA
Militia Flyers Ordered Out as
1. W. W. Muster Hundreds
of Pickets.
By the Associated Press.
WALSENBURG, Colo., October 28.
—Amelia Sablick, 19, the girl who
has been one of the most effective
leaders of the 1. W. W. coal strike,
was injured severely today when
she was trampled by a mine guard’s
horse. She led 250 pickets to a
mine and started to advance with
out her followers. One of the
guards attempted to grab her, and
an uuruly horse struck her with
its hoofs.
By the Associated Press.
DENVER, Colo., October 28.—Three
airplanes of the Colorado National
Guard were dispatched today to the
coal strike zone in southern Colorado.
The planes were sent at the command
of Gov. Adams, marking the first mil
itary move of the State in quelling
possible outbreaks. The planes will
make their headquarters at Pueblo j
and circle sections of the strike area, j
where violence is most likely to break i
out.
Fourteen National Guardsmen were
ordered to Colfax County in northern
New Mexico yesterday by Gov. Dillon
following reports the I. W. W. intend
ed to attempt to close mines there.
Hundreds Are Assembled.
The I. AV. AV. leaders met the threat
of State interference by assembling
hundreds of strikers at AValsenburg,
in southern Colorado, for a drive to
day oti the few mines operating in j
that district.
The Walsenburg strikers were urged
to extend picketing by Amelia Sablick,
19-year-old girl, known as “the little
Amazon,” who yesterday led several
men in a fist fight with guards. Up
ward of lot) automobiles were pro
vided to speed distribution of pickets.
Extent of the walkout was shown
in en unofficial survey estimating
7.500 of the 10.000 men normally em
ployed in the six largest coal-produc
ing counties were idle.
That Colorado industries had begun
to feel the effect of the strike was in
j dicated today in the announcement of
| the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. that si»o
men would be laid off at its Pueblo
steel plant. Company officials said
they would be forced to shut down
completely unless the mines reopened
in a short time.
Wage Increase Granted.
Operations in the northern Colorado
lignite field remained virtually at a
standstill. A wage increase was an
nounced today by the Rocky Moun
tain Fuel Co. for employes at the Co
lumbine mine, the only large property
to remain open in this district.
President AA’illiam Green of the
American Federation of Labor, in a
statement at Seattle, declared the Col
orado Fuel & Iron Co. was responsible
for the walkout.
“The company drove the United
Mine Workers out of Colorado several
years ago and instituted ’company
unions,’ ” he said. “At that time the
company was advised that as a re-
I suit of this move it might encounter
labor troubles.”
Mr. Green explained that the I. A\\
W. were not recognized by the federa
tion and that he was not speaking for
his organization, but merely giving
his opinion.
U. S. AGAIN PROBES
WOMAN’S BUREAU
Another investigation of the woman’s
bureau of the Police Department has |
been undertaken by the Federal Bureau
of Efficiency, it was learned today at.
the District Building.
The bureau recently completed its
: first investigation of this agency, and,
jin a report to the Commissioners,
* recommended that jurisdiction over
S children under 17 years of age de-
I tained police a t the House of De
tention be transferred from the
woman's bureau to the board of pub
lic welfare. AA'hile the Commissioners
accepted this recommendation in
theory, they decided to let Congress
make the actual change.
The investigators, it was said, spent
more than three hours at the bureau
and asked substantially the same ques
tions as propounded on their initial
I visit. The purpose of the renewed
I inquiry, therefore, is puzzling police
and District officials.
One of the investigators was Joseph
\V. Sanford, who recently resigned as
chief probation officer of the Juvenile
Court to join the bureau's staff.
1 —1 —
Five Are Saved From Death in 3 Days
By Fire Department Rescue Squad
Five lives saved in three days.
That is the achievement proudly re
ported to Fire Chief George Watson
today by Capt. .1. it. Groves on behalf
of the Fire Department rescue squad,
j In each of the cases reported per
! sons overcome by gas poisoning were !
revived by the efficient members of!
the squad after patient use of artifl- ,
cial respiration methods. The cases!
<-over the period from October 22 to
October 25. inclusive, during which
time there was an unusual prevalence
of gas poisoning cases. Chief Watson
pointed out.
During those three days the squad
administered respirative aid to victims
numbering one-third of the entire
total treated during all of 1926. the
records show.
Two persons were revived October
22, the report stated. ThejAvere Rich
ard Chiseldin. 34 of 624 street,
S and W. Mulhall, 50, Massa
j chusetts avenue. In thJßpatter case
the *qua4 was {oread v administer
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WASHINGTON’, I). C„ FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28. 1U27-FORTX-EIOHT PAGES.
MAFALDA CAPTAIN
j DECLARER SUICIDE:
324 LOST IN WRECK
Crowded Lifeboats Upset,
Survivors Say, in De
scribing Panic.
GAPING HOLE IN HULL
SHOWN AS LINER SANK
| Scores in Water Before Rescue
Ships Arrived—Line Offices Give
Disaster Death List.
! By the Associated Press,
j RIO JANEIRO, October 28.—Sur
I vivors of the l’rineipessa Mafalda dis
aster. who arrived here today on the
j French steamship Formosa, declare
that the commander of the Mafalda,
Capt. Simon Guli, committed suicide.
It was an eerie scene as the French
steamship Formosa and the Dutch
Alhena came into port here. Seem
ingly clothed in a deathlike pall, they
made their way to t lie pier, the only
human sounds coming from their
crowded passenger quarters being the
occasional agonized moans of those
who had lost their loved ones in the
tragedy.
The screeching of the winches and
the throaty voice of a deck officer di
recting the mooring of the Alhena
only added to the gloom, while women
sobbed in the crowd held behind police
lines asiiore. The Alhena's decks were
deserted except for the stolid Dutch
sailors on duty there.
301) Thought Lost.
Other survivors were landed at
Bahia by tlie French steamship Mo
sella, which sped to the scene of the
i disaster under forced draft with life-
I boats ready to be immediately low
ered.
More than 300 are now believed to
have perished. The commander of the
Mafalda, Capt. Simon Guli, died at his
post, shouting: “Viva Italia.” His
radio officer, locked in the operating
room, also perished. Others died from
injuries and exposure aboard the res
cue ships which were speeding them
toward land.
AH accounts agreed that the scene
as the Mafalda's boiler exploded and
the ship sunk was a long drawn-out
and harrowing one. Even before the
rescue ships came in sight there were
scores of passengers already in the
water. Survivors said they saw
sharks, hut others said they saw none.
The Formosa, the Alhena, the Brit
ish Empire Star and the Mosella ma
neuvered around the sinking liner.
Emergency crews of volunteers
manned their lifeboats and risked
their lives moving through the float
ing wreckage tb pick up- the surviv
ors. Swiftly they rowed toward the
scene of the catastrophe, with only the
saving of lives in their minds.
Cries for help sounded from all over
the water near the Mafalda. The
captain of the Mosella maneuvered
his ship close to the fast flooding
(Continued on Page 4, Column 1.)
CHEERING CROWDS
lOB" RUTH ELDER
Girl Flyer and Haldeman
Land at Paris After Trip
From Lisbon.
By the Associated Pre?*.
LE BOURGET, France, October 28.
Enthusiastic admirers fairly dragged
Ruth Elder, American girl flyer, from
the plane in which she and her co
pilot, George Haldeman, completed
today their interrupted journey from
New York. _____
A crowd that had waited for hours
i flocked about the plane when it landed,
1 seized its heroine as she slipped over
j the side of the fuselage and hoisted
| her on its shoulders. Her chief eon
j eern as the clamoring procession
moved across the field toward the
office of the commandant seemed for
her appearance.
Miss Elder's first words after the i
plane alighted were "Good! Good!"
Which she promptly translated into
"Bon! Tres Bon!” Then as the crowd
cheered and lifted her to its shoul
ders, she called out to a representative
of the Associated Press: "I surely did
not expect that.”
At field headquarters, Commandant
Renvoise greeted her with “we wel
come you in the name of French
aviation.”
"Tell him its mutual,” responded
Miss Elder.
Her companion flyer modestly ef
faced himself and was practically lost
for a time in the crowd that ignored
him in its wild enthusiasm for the
girl. As the crowd moved over the
field. Haldeman remained behind to
tinker with the motor, his face rather
(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.)
artificial respiration by the prone
pressue method, supplemented by use
of the oxygen inhalator, for half an
hour.
The following day James E. Russell,
a taxicab driver, was restored to con
sciousness after being overcome by
i carbon monoxide gas from the idling
j engine of bis cab. It required 50 min
j utes of effort to effect Russell's re-
I covery.
The next day the squad revived Dal
las P. Fisher, 36. of 950 F street
southwest, who had been stricken with
gas poisoning in his home. Half an
hour’s work resulted favorably in this
instance.
Tuesday Mrs. Catherine Jenkins, 39,
of 1249 C street southeast, was re
stored to consciousness by the use of
the squad’s inhalator. She had been
affected by gas.
“It is my belief that these men and
women might have died, but for the
prompt response and able work of
members of the rescue squad,’’ Chief
Watson declared today. ,
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the corn* bklt championship.
DELANO STRESSES
CAPITAL PLANNING
Civic Association Ends Tour
of New England Dis
trict Today.
RY REN McKEIAVAY.
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., October 28.
j The first "traveling meeting” of the
j American Civic Association will close
j here this evening after a tour today
! of the Connecticut Valley from Spring
field to Greenfield, a tour which offers
an excellent opportunity to study the
efforts being made by three counties,
five cities and t>7 towns to adopt a
regional plan of development when
their only common interests lie in i
their proximity, a faith in Masta- !
chusetts and a strongly entrenched j
belief that a President s not choosing
to run in 1928 does not eat much ice
if the country chooses - to elect him.
Members of the American Civic As
sociation who have been touring sec
tions of New England have seen the
case of Boston, where a city predomi
nates an area of smaller cities; of
Providence, where a city has overflow
ed its limits and would like to pre
dominate the other cities in its im
mediate vicinity, and today they are
witnessing a condition where some 75
political units, none of them predomi
nating, have been living and growing
closer to each other for the last 290-
odd years. Today these cities are
hoping to do something co-operatively
to plan together their future growth,
hut as far as can he seen the step
has not progressed much beyond the
stage of thinking and hoping.
Capital Is Stressed.
But of more interest to Washing- j
i tonians, who are witnessing, but tak- j
ing small part in, a regional develop
ment plan of their own, is the effort I
which has been made by the American
Civic Association during this tour not
only to stimulate enthusiasms in this
potent voting region for the develop
ment of the American Capital, but to
center the attention of these voters
upon the fundamental reason why
Washington is not being developed
more rapidly in accordance with the
plan of the founders.
There are increasing indications
that the American Civic Association,
long a factor in creating interest in
the Capital’s development, will in
future use its widespread organization
of committees on the Federal City to
disseminate educational information
throughout the country relating to
the tendency of Congress to shift the
burdens for development of Washing
ton to the shoulders of the local tax
payers in the District of Columbia,
thereby curtailing the development of
the Capital.
Addressing the members of the civic
improvement committee of the Provi
dence Chamber of Commerce yester
day, Dr. J. Horace McFarland of Har
risburg. Pa., for 20 years a president
of the American Civic Association and
long a friend of Washington, declared
that the National Capital is on the j
point of being “starved” because of
the continued practice by Congress of
treating the District of Columbia as a
"private enterpfise” instead of as the
great Federal city for which it was
planned.
He classified as one of the major
activities of the American Civic Asso
ciation its work in connection with the
development of Washington, and urged
his hearers to interest their represent
atives in Congress in giving "Wash
ingtonians a square deal.”
Recalls First Plans.
Dr. McFarland recalled the plans for
Washington by the founders of the
republic and their intention that it de
velop as a great National Capital.
“Instead of developing it as they
planned, your Federal city is now in
danger of being starved to death,”
he said. "Planned originally as a city
for the manufacture of our laws,
Washington should have been devel
oped as a model city, for it is the only
city in the country that was planned
for its purpose. But Congress per
sists in treating it as a private enter
prise.
“In Washington we have the De
partment of Agriculture, which
furnishes free information to the
farmers, and the Department of Com
merce, which furnishes free informa
tion on other subjects. And yet there
is no source in Washington for a free
supply of civic information based on
experiments In conducting a model
city.
“On the contrary, those who live
in Washington are now paying nearly
80 per cent of the cost of maintaining
your Federal city.
“Congress has removed for its own
use the best ttui-producing land in
Washington. AtA instead of making
these pay what they
ought to pay, makes them pay for the
(Continued oaTOfe 3, Column 2.j~
INDEMNITY ON AUTOS FOR HIRE
MAY BE REQUIRED, SAYS BRIDE
j
Corporation Counsel Holds Public Util
ities Commission Has Power to
Call for Bonds.
Tiie Public Utilities Commission j
j has sufficient authority to require the
I owners and operators of vehicles for
! hire to furnish indemnity against in
] juries to persons or property, ac-
I cording to an opinion submitted to
I the commission today hv Corpora
| tion Counsel W. W? Bride, its gen
| eral counsel.
| The opinion was rendered at the
; request of the commission, which, on
j October 13. asked Mr. Bride to deter
{ mine whether the District Commis
| sioners, under police power, . have
j sufficient authority to require in
j demnity.
“Whether the Board of Commis
j sioners of the District of Columbia
i would have the power io pass such
regulations in the absence cf any
other regulatory body, is not rCces
sary to be decided now for the rea
son that Congress, by the public
utili'ies act of 1913, did create such
a regulatory body and invested it
with full supervision over public
utilities,” said Mr. Bride. .
MOVE TO OUTLAW
CAROL SUSPECTED
Bratiano’s Plan Seen as At
tempt to Forestall Prince’s
Return.
By the Associated Press.
BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Octo- j
her 28.—Government troops have j
come into collision at Kishinev,
Bessarabia, with National Peas
ants who had been informed that
Prince Carol was in Rumania
commanding an army, say reports
received here from Bucharest, j
Numerous arrests were believed to |
have been made.
BY A. K. DECKER.
By Cable to The Star and Ohicturo Daily J
News. Copyright, 1927.
VIENNA, October 28.—Prime Min- J
ister Brutiano’s declaration to Parlia- j
ment today is considered here as a
proclamation that former Crown
Prince Carol is a rebel and an enemy
of the state.
The National Peasants' party has is
sued a demand that the government
hold a plebiscite to determine whether
the Rumanian people want Carol on
the throne. M. Bratiano has refused,
declaring he would take most extreme
i measures against any persons propa
gating a plebiscite for Carol.
Move for Future Seen.
Members of the opposition claim
that M. Bratiano precipitated the pres
ent situation for the purpose of pre
venting future action by Carol’s sup
porters. Thev claim that former
Undersecretary of State Manoilescu,
who was arrested for hearing letters
from Carol into Rumania, was but one
of many Rumanian leaders who visited
Carol iii France. They say the others
were not arrested.
Manoilescu, it is claimed, was not
entering Rumania for the purpose
of beginning a campaign for an im
mediate try. at the throne, but his
coming was merely a part of the op
position plan. M. Bratiano, they allege,
seized the opportunity to make the
situation look graver than it was.
King's Mother Opposed.
All reports of unrest are coming
from government sources. Opposition
leaders say M. Bratiano wants to ex
cite public opinion in order to obtain
sanction for removal of Carol's sup
porters, particularly those army offi
cers still loyal to the former crown
prince and the peasant leaders.
It is reported that serious differ
ences have arisen between M. Brati
ano and Princess Helene, King Mi
chael’s mother, M. Bratiano desiring to
force Helene to leave Rumania, thus
making it easier for him to control
the boy King. The entire royal fam
ily is in Bucharest.
Actress to Wed Menjou June 1.
HOLYWOOD, Oetotber 28 UP).—
Kathryn Carver, film actress, intends
to be the film colony’s first June bride
of 1928. She announces June 1 as
the date for her marriage to Adolph
Menjou, the screen actor. Their en
gagement was revealed several weeks
ago, »-*■***-•»
| “Regulations requiring indemnity
! were passed by a former public utili
ties commission and made the subject
of test in the courts —Beil vs. Harlan.
Harlan claimed that he was not a
public hacker, but that he chartered
his automobile by the hour under spe
cial license from the District of Co
lumbia. The Court of Appeals sus
tained this contention. Its opinion
was based upon the latter past of the
decision in Terminal Taxicab Co. vs.
Commissioners, that the business was
substantially a livery business
as distinguished from that of
a common carrier and for that
reason the regulations did not ap
ply to Harlan. The Court of Appeals
very carefully refrained from holding
that the regulations did not apply to
! common carriers—i. e.. public cabs.
“And I am of the further opinion
that what the Supreme Court of the
United States said in the Terminal j
Taxicab case with reference to the i
control of public utilities by the Pub
lic Ftilities Commission applies with
equal strength to the individual opera
tor of a public hack for hire.”
BIGGER NAVY MOVE
IN CONGRESS SEEN
Britten Plans Campaign for
More Cruisers to Balance
United States Fleet.
| By the Associated Press,
j A perceptible move already is or.
; foot on Capitol Hill to bring a naval
building program forcibly before the j
approaching session of Congress.
While as yet plans of “Big Navy” I
men remain in a somewhat nebulous j
state, there is a positive current of !
thought among a number of members
that failure of the Geneva conference
to reach an agreement on limiting
warcraft tonnage not affected by the
Washington arms treaty calls for
serious consideration of the advisabil
ity of providing funds for additional
fighting craft.
As the United States leads all other
nations in destroyer tonnage, discus
sion so far has centered largely upon
the need for additional American
cruisers, a type of warship in which
Great Britain greatly surpasses this
country.
Representative Britten of Illinois,
ranking Republican on the House
naval committee, already has de
dared that he will introduce a bill
proposing construction over a five- |
vear period of 30 cruisers of 10.000 j
tons each and two airplane carriers
of the type of the Lexington and
Saratoga, which will be completed j
within the next few months. Britten, j
one of the leaders in the successful |
fight last Winter to have Congress I
appropriate funds for three new j
cruisers over budget recommendations
approved by President Coolidge, holds
that at least 30 new cruisers will he
needed to balance the American battle
fleet.
Although the Navy Department
officially has said nothing as to
whether It will make any recommenda
tions this Winter for additional war
craft, there is reason to believe that
the Navy general board has been
giving consideration to the matter.
Two Air Cadets, Wko Jumped to Safety
From Locked Planes, Face Court-Martial
By the Araoeiated Pre«e.
SAN ANTONIO; Tex.. October 28.
Aerial maneuvers resulting in realistic
interpretation of wartime “dog fight
ing,” in which two cadet aviators
escaped death by using parachutes
when their planes collided at 2,500
feet, today found the pilots facing an
Army investigation and possible court
martial.
The pilots, J. D. Cleveland of Cleve
land and E. A. Sanburn of Upper
Lake, Calif., had little to say of their
adventure pending their appearance
before Kj|ly Field authorities today
on charfl£ of violation of orders
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TOKIO, October 2s.—Weather |
and the gods permitting, half a mil
lion subjects and the Emperor of
Japan Sunday will be spectators at
the grand review of the assembled
fleets, constituting practically the
whole navy of Japan, Ivina: in Tokio |
Bay before the port of Yokohama, j
There will be 8 battleships, 2 1
battle cruisers, 20 cruisers, 73 de. j
stroyers, 41 submarines, 2 aircraft i
carriers, mine sweepers and other j
smaller auxiliary craft —altogether, j
I 'a units —in a formation of eight i
columns, filling 20 square miles, !
while the 33.000-ton battleship j
Mutsu, with the young Emperor
llirohito aboard, escorted by four
cruisers, winds slowly in and out
through the brilliantly decorated
lines.
One hundred and fifty bombing
! planes and fast air scouts will circle
j above the crowded sea and land j
I areas.
HOOVER ABSOLVED
IN WHEAT PRICES
Head of War-Time Body,
Which Set Rate, Denies Sec
retary Was to Blame.
i
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
! Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Com
merce and potential Republican nomi
nee for President, had nothing to do
| with fixing the $2.20 war time price
j for wheat. This is revealed today for :
the first time officially in correspond- I
cnee between Dr. Harry A. Garfield, i
president, of Williams College, and ;
chairman of the fair price committee j
appointed by President Wilson, and:
the Kansas City Star.
The charge that Mr. Hoover, food
administrator during the war, had
been responsible for fixing the maxi
mum price for wheat, much resented
by many farmers, has been widely cir
culated against him in the agricul
tural States of the West. Indeed, the
argument has been one most used by
his political opponents. Some of the
so-called farm leaders, who have op
j posed nomination of Mr. Hoover, have
used it in public addresses.
Paper Sifts Evidence.
The Kansas City Star undertook
to sift the matter. It is publishing
today its correspondence with Dr.
Garfield, which shows that the price
of wheat was fixed by the fainpriee
committee, composed of 12 men. Dr.
Garfield's version of the matter, which
removes from Mr. Hoover all reaponsi
| billty for this price, is concurred in
; by all the surviving farm members
of the fair-price committee. They
are Charles Barrett, president of the
Farmers’ Union; L. J. Taber, master
of the National Grange; E. D. Funk,
at that time president of the Corn
Growers’ Association, and J. W.
Shorthill, secretary of the Farmers'
Co-operative Elevators’ Association.
Dr. Garfield says in his letter that
Dr. Taussig, economist member of the
committee, and Mr. Doak, who repre
sented the railroad brotherhood, also
concur in his statement of the matter.
The publication of the correspond
ence with Dr. Garfield may have far
reaching political effect. Opposition
to the nomination of Mr. Hoover has
! been strong on the part of some of
| the farm organizations and the war
j time price of wheat, which the farm-
I era considered unfair to them at a
j time when they could, they thought,
have obtained higher prices, has been
I held up against him.
The fair-price committee, headed by
Dr. Garfield, was appointed by Presi
j dent Wilson in 1917. It was com
posed of: Harry A. Garfield, president
j of Williams College, chairman; Charles
j J. Barrett, president of the Farmers'
j Union; William M. Doak, vice presi
j dent of the Brotherhood of Railroad
j Trainmen; Eugene E. Funk, president
of the National Corn Association; Ed
mund F. Ladd, president of North Da
kota Agricultural College; R. Goodwin
Rhett, president of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States; J. W.
Shorthill, secretary of the National
Council of Farmers’ Co-operative As
sociations: James W. Sullivan of the
American Federation of Labor; L. J.
Tabor, master of the Ohio State
Grange; Prof. F. W. Taussig of Har
vard University, chairman of the
United States Tariff Commission; Theo
dore N. Vail, president of the Ameri
can Telephone & Telegraph Co., and
i Henry J. Waters, president of the
Kansas State Agricultural College.
Writes Dr. Garfield.
The Kansas City Star, under date
of September 29, sent to Dr. Garfield
! the following letter:
“My Dear Dr. Garfield: With the
presidential campaign approaching
the statement is being made in pollt
| ical speeches in the "Wheat Belt that
Herbert Hoover was responsible for
fixing the war price of wheat. The
statement often takes the form of a
charge that Mr. Hoover arbitrarily
and unfairly held down the farmers'
orofits for the benefit of England.
Our understanding in the Star office
is that a committee of which you
were chairman determined the price.
But with the lapse of years recollec
tions grow hazy.
“We believe you would he doing a
public service if you would send us
the facts In the case for publication
in the Star, so the public may be
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three-ship pursuit plane formation
over Kelly Field yesterday. After tak
ing up formation with the third plane,
Maj. James E. Chaney, commandant,
said the cadets started unauthorized
tactics.
Soon after they began maneuvering
for positions in their duel, the wings
of the planes locked. The machines
whirled, but remained locked until
within 500 feet of the ground. The
pilots made perfect parachute jumps
and landed uninjured a short distance
from the wreckage.
The ships were smashed to such an
extent that salvage of even the en
gines was doubtful, officers said.
Maj. Chaney declared “there was no
excuse for the crash.” and ordered an
inquiry to decide on the advisability of
placing the case before a court-martiaL
Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,010
MAGRUDERFEARS
1 HE HAS TALKED TOO
MUCH ABOUT NAVY
Declares He Made Mistake of
His Life When He Failed to
Keep Mouth Shut.
PRESIDENT’S REFUSAL
BRINGS DISAPPOINTMENT
Representative Says Admiral
"Went Off Half Cocked,” but
Opposes Official Gag.
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, October 28.
Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder,
who has been detached from com
mand of the fourth naval district be
cause of his criticism of Navy ad
ministration, feels that the “mistake"
of his life has been that he has ' talk
ed too much."
“I have been lucky in my career up
i to this time." he told members of
j the Fleet Reserve Association In an
address last night, “but it has been
the mistake of my life that I have
talked too much. Navy men are
taught to keep their mouths shut.
When a Navy man opens his mouth
he gets in trouble —that has been my
experience.”
Expresses His Disappointment.
Keen disappointment over Presi
dent Coolidge’s refusal to review his
j controversy with Secretary of the
j Navy Wilbur was expressed by the
j admiral, who stated, however, that
he accepted the President's decision as
| final and would go wherever he was
I ordered.
■ Admiral Magruder has been called
to Washington by Secretary WilbUr
for a conference on or about Novem
ber 5. His successor. Rear Admiral
Julian L. Latimer, is expected here a
few days prior to the date.
CONGRESS MAY HEAR ADMIRAL.
Britten Believes Magruder Was in
Error, but Opposes "Gag."
By the Associated Press.
Admiral Thomas P. Magruder must
look elsewhere than to the White
House for assistance in his disagree
ment with the Navy Department,
which originating in criticism of na
val administration, has resulted in his
removal as commandant of the Fourth
Naval District.
President Coolidge has denied the
admiral's application for revocation
of the order detaching him from his
post and has refused to grant him a
personal interview on the subject,
choosing rather to leave the case In
the hands of Secretary Wilbur. This
was announced late yesterday by Mr.
Wilbur after a conference at the
White House.
Members of Congress Differ.
However, members of Congress,
keenly alert to the Magruder situa
tion, have expressed varying views.
Senator Oddie, Nevada, ranking Re
publican on the naval committee, de
clares Magruder has done the na
tional defense a serious injury: Repre
sentative McClintic, of Oklahoma, a
Democratic member of the House na
val committee, asserts the admiral
should be given a vote of thanks by
the committee itself.
Representative Britten, Republican,
Illinois, a big Navy man and member
of the House committee, believes that
Magruder went off half-cocked, and
instead of doing the Navy a service,
he probably had hurt it in the eyes of
the public. He said, however, that
Congress never would tolerate the
"gagging" of any naval officer and
that he intended having Magruder be
fore the committee for a presentation
of his views.
Fleet Ready for Action.
In a Navy day address before em
ployes of the department yesterday.
Secretary Wilbur said the department
had tried faithfully to conform to
President Coolidges’ policy of economy
and that he felt Congress would "be
disposed to grant the Navy such rea
sonable appropriations as will be nec
essary for the needed increase in the
fleet.
“For the first time in history,” he
added, “the fleet is ready for action at
a moment's notice. The officers to man
a war time fleet are available, the ves
sels of the fleet are adequately
equipped and stored. The Navy is so
equipped now as to be capable of ex
pansion and of practically instant
mobilization."
JACKSON GETSSTAY
PENDING HIS APPEAL
Justice McCoy Postpones Electro
cution of “Woman’s Assailant Un
til April 17.
Chief Justice McCoy of the District
Supreme Court, at the request of At
torney John H. Wilson, today post
poned until Tuesday, April 17, 1928,
the execution of Philip Jackson, col
ored. convicted of a felonious assault
on Mrs. Daisy Wellings in the Capitol
grounds February 18.
The electrocution had been set for
November 11, but since Jackson has
appealed from a decision of Justice
Hoehling refusing him a jury trial on
the question of his mental condition,
raised after his conviction, which will
not be argued in the appellate tribunal
until early next year, the postpone
ment was found necessary. Assistant
United States Attorney William H.
Collins appeared for the Government.
«■- ,
PLANE HALTED BY FOG.
Mrs. Grayson Temporarily Sus
pends Dawn's Test Flights.
OLD ORCHARD, Me., October 28
04*).—A thick fog which shrouded the
coast today forced a temporary sus
pension of the test flights of the
Dawn, although preparations con
tinued to condition the ship of Mrs.
Frances Grayson for another attempt
to span the Atlantic.
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