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WEATHER.
W Jl Weather Bures,i gorecaat t
Haiti tonight and probably tonior
row morning: colder tomorrow.
Temperature—Highest. #l. at 2 p in.
yesterday; lowest. 41, at 6 a.m. today.
Full report on page 9.
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15
NTrv '-in Entered as second class matter
. OU < tl*to. post office. Washington. D. C.
LINDBERGH CALLS
ON CALLES WHILE)
CHEERING CROWDSi
GATHER IN STREETS!
Airman Visits Plane, Then
Makes Official Tour of For
eign Office, Chapultepec
Palace and Museum.
WILL LEAVE BY AIR,
GOOD WILL ENVOY SAYS
Flyer Telephones Mother to Tell
Her He Is Safe. Then Retires at
6 O'Clock to Get 12-Hour Sleep i
Before Strenuous Day as Guest
of Republic.
By the Associated Pr**».
MEXICO CITY. December 15.-
Cheered by crowds that gathered in '
the streets everywhere that he
passed. Col.* Charles A. Lindbergh
this morning paid an official call j
npon President Calles, who again j
* felicitated him upon his brilliant j
flight from Washington to Mexico
City. .
Completely rested after a 12-hour
sleep and looking fit and fine, the
American air hero made a series of
v official visits with American Ambas
sador Dwight W. Morrow and then j
went out to the Valbuena Air Field |
to see his beloved Spirit of St. Louis,
with which he has gained such
world-wide fame.
Cioes to Chapultepec.
Among the places which the Amer
ican aviator visited were the foreign
office. Chapultepec Palace and the
national museum, .it the latter place
inspecting the famous Aztec calen
dar stone.
Everywhere that he went the boy
ish-looking. smiling, good will am- ;
bassador was greeted joyfully by
Mexico's citizens, into yvhose hearts!
he has completely won his way.
A crowd of several hundred persons
had gathered outside th* gates of the
American embassy when Lindhergli
end Ambassador Morrow left It for
the foreign office. !
"Viva'” the crowd ehouted and the j
American flyer responded with his,
usual Quick smile and wave of his
Morrow beamed with !
pleasure at the friendly demonstration, j
Along the route to the foreign office. :
where the streets were still beflagged |
with the Stars and Stripes and Mexi- j
ran colors from yesterday’s triumphal
procession, the populace recognized
theflyer and cheered him madly.
fades Hugs Flyer.
President Calles gave Lindy a full
•Vmbrazo.” a real hug. expressing his
jov and the joy of the people at the
airman’s successful termination of
the flight yesterday after being lost in
the heavy fog off Tampico. Not con j
trnt with merely shaking hands, the
President threw both arms around the
flyer’s shoulders and patted him affec-1
tionately. . . ,
The tension of that long wait on
the sun-baked valbuena flying field
for the airman broken, the surging
crowds voiced their relief in mingled
Shouts of "viva” and “bravo." Three
hours of apprehension that misfortune
had befallen the flyer, during which
thtv comforted themselves with the
thought that Lindy always arrive**,
gave place to a delirious demonstra
tion of joy. It was doubted if even
the crowd" that greeted Lindbergh at
the conclusion of his first great air
venture at Le Bourget. when he com
pleted his New York-to-Paris flight,
gave a greater demonstration of en- ;
thusiasm than those who hailed him |
in Mexico City. |
Undaunted by hours at the controls
of Ihe Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh
announced that when he left Mexico |
It would be by air.
Morrow Expresses Pride.
American Ambassador, liwight i
•\V Morrow, looked upon his fellow j
citizen with pride. "Isn't he a won
derful boy." he exclaimed, "lie is
perfect physically, mentally and
spiritually.” • !
At the American embassy, where he !
V HI be a guest during bis visit, |
i | n dy s thoughts turned to his mother
in Detroit, and he telephoned her be- t
* fore he called it a day and retired at j
f, p.m. What the flyer told the j
mother, whose confidence in him has
never 'wavered, was not revealed. |
Those who should be in a position to I
r,. ow said the mother told her famous '
son how g<ad she felt of his safety
«nd success and Lindy replied in es- j
feet. "Oh. shucks, it wasn’t anything
f„r vou to be worried about. 1 i
Vnd while the crowds milled around
«he embassy shouting for the flyer, j
mechanics at Valbuena Field. 2J4
n.iles from «h*> city, were carefully
leaning the other half of the famous
Team of “We"—the Spirit of St. lamis. j
The plane in which Lindbergh lias
n.Vwn approximately 35.000 miles since
ipft San Diego, Calif., last May on
l, fj r st leg of his flight to Paris was
renounced to be in first-class condi-
J" Every hit of cotton waste with
-hich it was cleaned was carefulh
Therished by the mechanics. ,
1 wasn't worried at all about ne
, lost." Lindbergh said. "I knew |
i, was merely a question of floating j
around until I found some landmark
or other."
Saw Name on Station.
Heavy fog off the coast and moun
♦ , ns caused him to go off his course
* Tampico. He flew around until he
* c * the name Toluca on a railroad
Then he knew he was close
the capital. Toluca being about 40
to the southwest.
vpws that the American had been
* at Toluca reached the flying
field and eight Mexican Army air
nf‘“' set off in quest of him.
P Yfew minutes later a, tiny speck
*.red against the purple moun
"T,?. ranges in the distance. At least
rn ftOO perhaps 100.000. persons on the
I’,,.’’ field watched the speck grow
~v,w They were afraid to cheer:
they were almost afraid to hope False
k '(Continued on Page *. Column Jd
FLIGHT MOST INTERESTING
OF CAREER, LINDBERGH SAYS
1 )
Fog and Darkness Forced Him to Use In
struments to Keep Plane on Course
and Even Keel.
BY COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH.
! bv Mexican War Department Wireless direct
■ to The Star and New York Time*
MEXICO CITY, December 15.—This
j has been in some ways the most in- !
. teresting flight I have ever made.
For one thing. I did more “instru
ment flying” than I did in the Atlan- j
tic flight, and I managed to get com- 1
pletely lost in the fog over Mexico and
had considerable difficulty in finding
my way again. It is a rather odd fact
that I kept a better course when I
was flying blind for much of the time,
during the night, than during the day,
when 1 hit out from Tampico to Mex
ico City. Something went wrong and
l guess it was me.
There were some moments during
the two hours I was wandering
around over Mexico when there was
not much comfort in the terrain he- j
neath me. There were not many land- i
| ing fields.
And. somehow or other, the railroad ;
stations are not marked as much as
iiiiey might be. and they did not al
ways agree with my maps when they
were marked.
Sorry for Waiting Crowd.
I am sorry that those waiting for i
me had such a long time under the,
hot sun, but I was just as anxious
! to come down as they were to have \
me. The entire trip was made in the i
, face of some difficulties which. I think. '
CALLES COMMENDS
LINDT AS ENVOY
Holds Flight as Important
and Difficult as That
Across Atlantic.
\ote—The following tribute to f*of.
Lindbergh ho* been received by The <?or
und Snrth American Sens patter Alliance j
from President Calles of Mexico:
RY PLITARCO ELIAS CALLES.
President of Mexico.
MEXICO, CITY. December 15.
The admirable non-stop flight of Col.
Lindbergh from Washington to Mexico .
| City, is, in my opinion, a feat not in-1
ferior in difficulties of a technical ;
order to that other flight, which con- j
secrated the flying young colonel as
a glorious aviator, when he flew from !
New York to Paris.
The last part of yesterday’s flight !
over territory entirely unknown to j
him and over dangerous and difficult !
zones, where there are no roads or i
landscapes which could guide him, !
and the deviation from his original ,
route which made him pass over the !
states of Guanajuato and Michogcan. I
has proved to the world that Lind- i
bergh is an exceptional navigator of j
the air.
His marvelous resolution and I
energy prevented him from landing!
elsewhere and lie kept true to his !
purpose until he so valiantly landed ;
in the Mexico City airdrome.
,Praises Good Will.
The people of this capital have j
known how to appreciate the worth
of this flight. The frantic enthusiasm
with which Col. Lindbergh w r as re
ceived by this city and the popular
homage rendered him. as well as the
homages that he will receive during
his stay among us, and the anguish
experienced by all of us, who were
awaiting for him at the airdrome of
Valbuena when we feared that he
might have encountered some mis
hap. are the best proofs of the in
terest and the love of the Mexican
people for the brilliant feat of Coi.
Lindbergh.
But the technical interest of this
flight as an lieroical aviation stunt is ;
not ail that has been accomplished. I j
myself regard the flight as a valuable j
message of good will sent to us by the I
good people of the United States, who j
chose the highest representative of,
Their youth, power and heroism, and
sent him to us to produce a firmer !
spiritual and material rapproachement ,
between t-hese two countries.
Admires Lindbergh's Type.
This is my view of Lindbergh's
flight, and 1 may assure your readers
j that the results from the point of
; view of greater friendship between the
| two countries have been already posi
! live and immediate.
| As far as lam concerned I wish lo
; express my sincere and enthusiastic
j admiration for this marvelous type of
the modern hero, and my gratefulness
to him for having accepted my invi
tation to come to us. and to be the
! honor guest of Mexico. Finally I
wish to convey my most Cordial ron
! gratulation to Col. Lindbergh, and to
| the American Nation, which has a
| right to lie proud of a man of his type.
(Signed).
PLCTARCO ELIAS CALLER.
Convrixht IS*‘JT in all countries hv North
American Nem»n»ner Alliance /
•
Lindbergh Has Set New Record in PI ane
In Matter of Hours and Good Service j
When <'ol. Charles A. Lindbemn |
(landed at Mexico City yesterday after- j
j noun, he had recorded a total flying j
j time of close to 330 hours, or about 33,-
000 miles, for the Spirit of St. Louis !
: and the Wright Whirlwind air- j
cooled, 225-horsepower engine. both
j of which have undergone only minor
overhaul, since he took off from San
Diego last May to participate in the
non-stop race from New York to
Paris.
There are planes and engines in
flight today that have exceeded the
hours Col. Lindbergh has exacted
from his equipment, but he has estab
lished a record for himself and his ;
ship in the matter of time flown dis
tance covered and tong |»eriods. in the
; air without landing in the past seven
> months.
t The added feature of such a per
formance lies in the fact thai the
i youthful colonel has recorded the feat
alone.
Cob Lindbergh j e Is still "new'
{She JEbenma §kf.
WASHINGTON, D, C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15. iifJ7 -SI XTV-KKIHT PAtiKS. *
j show conclusively the importance of I
cross-country training in flying.
The Weather Bureau did not prom- j
i ise me good weather, but they did say
j that it was not an impossible bar to \
I the flight. They were entirely accu
i rate. The weather was not good.
It was 12:20 o’clock. Washington j
| time, or 11:25 o’clock, Mexican time,
i when 1 took off from Bolling Field.
The take-off was not difficult. The
tailskid stuck in the mud a little, but
as soon as I got that out the tail
lifted easily, and we got away long
before we hit the puddles.
The Weather Bureau had predicted
fog, showers and rain. They were all
waiting for us. After leaving Wash
ington there were high clouds partly
broken up. so that it was possible to
see through them, and considerable
haze. This lasted down to North
Carolina, where, at 5:45 p.m.. it he- j
came dark and I was still in the
mountains.
It was very dark then and tip to
midnight there was no moon. The
sky was overcast, and there was rain
at frequent intervals throughout the
night and sometimes heavy showers.
It was‘almost impossible to see the
horizon for much of the time, al
though occasionally it was possible tr
make out lights on the ground.
Instruments Were Needed.
It was during this period that in
j strument flying was necessary. I
j have never done so much of it be
(Continued on Page 5. Column l.j~
Tmadaslaze’
RAZES ORPHANAGE
Total Loss of Life Estimated
at 50 —Wall Collapse Ham
pers Rescue Work.
By th* Associated Pres*.
QUEBEC. December 15.—Nineteen 1
! bodies had been recovered today from j
the fire-sw’ept ruins of the Hospice St.
Charles Orphanage, with the probabil
ity that the death list would mount.
A check of the missing and injured
led firemen to believe that at least 50
j lost their lives in the early morning
; fire. Firemen were unable to search
i mins, which were still smoldering.
The bodies of the 18 children and one
| woman recovered indicated that they
| had died of suffocation rather thiln
( by fire.
The walls of the ancient structure
! collapsed while the Are was at its
i height last night, stopping rescue
j work.
Flames Hamper Rescuers.
So rapidly did the flames spread
1 that despite every effort by the nuns,
1 firemen, priests and citizens, little
| :ould be done to rescue the youngsters,
| many of whom were so overcome by
i sleep that they could hardly have
i realized what was going on.
Rescuers fearlessly entered the burn- 1
: ing building and returned with chil- ;
dren, still half asleep. Many children'
jumped from windows and the older;
j children dragged younger ones along
| with them.
; The morgue was a pitiful sight.
The little bodies were all laid on slabs
jand frantic mothers were (here in
hundreds to try to identify them. Only
two children had been identified up
to 8 a.m. /
Many stories of heroism were told.
One fireman was reported to have
rescued 15 children, making repeated
trips up and down a ladder. Firemen
threw children and nuns from window's
into life nets.
The fire, which presumably started
from the explosion of a furnace, shot
flames up a central flue, creating a
draft and carrying the fire throughout
the old building. Rescue work was
stopped when the walls collapsed.
The new' section of the institution
was of fireproof construction and was
practically undamaged.
IB Dead in Dormitory.
A distressing episode occurred when ,
| firemen who first entered the hall 1
| found a tail Christmas tree decorated
‘and ready to be lighted for the pleas-'
j ure of the children during what was
j to have been a happy Christmas sea
j son.
Dense clouds of smoke hampered
; the rescuers, who had to grope in |
| darkness for the youngsters in their j
; beds. In one section of a dormitory j
j they found grouped together the
! bodies of 16 children.
The staff of nuns of the Good Shep
herd, who conducted the institution,
and 371 children were in bed when
the fire broke out. The fire w'as dis
covered by Sister St. Therese. who no
ticed smoke in the corridor, and
roused the sleeping children and
other occupants of the orphanage.
Most of the children were quickly
marched from the building, to safety.
Clothing loaned hy the crowds which
gathered was used to protect the refu
gees as they were taken to other in
stitutions and private homes.
A passerby who noticed smoke pour
ing from windows of the building
1 turned in a general alarm and police,
! (Continued on Page 6. Column 7.)
i from the standpoint of flying hours !
| and if its famous pilot applied the
, military service inspection (tolie.v to
j it, a major overhaul of the craft
j itself would not be due until the 400
; hour mark is reached.
The air-cooled engine of the type
used by Col. Lindbergh has no set
period for overhauls in the commer
cial or military services such work
depending entirely upon the type of
service it receives. There ate some
of the “Whirlwinds* which have gone
over 500 hours' or the equivalent of
50.000 miles, without major overhaul,
while others used to carry heavy loads
and fly at high speeds must be torn
down, inspected and replaced, every
200 hours or so.
Col. Lindbergh s engine has received
j the best mechanical attention avail
able in the country, and he is suffl
oientl.v skilled in motor mechanics to
“nurse the (tower plant and preserve
its life. Airmen here left the matter
of overhauling the engin* entirely up
to Col. Lindhergh. whose judgment in
such matters to date has proved en
that* accurate.
CIVIC CENTER PLAN
CALLS FOR M
j BASIS ON EXPENSE
Atkins Reveals Details of
■
Project-Approval Given
by Fine Arts.
FUTURE EXPANSION
NEEDS ARE COVERED
Dougherty Urges Speed in Seeking
i Authorization and Funds
From Congress.
j White the District Commissioners
had before them today a letter from
the Commission of Fine Arts, for
mally approving preliminary plans
for the proposed civic center between
Third and Seventh .streets, immedi
ately north of Pennsylvania avenue,
i Maj. 1., E. Atkins, assistant engineer
commissioner, revealed details of the
plan at a luncheon meeting of She
Washington Board of Trade, and de
clared that legislation authorizing the
Commissioners to proceed with the
project will be sought at the present j
session of Congress.
Maj. Atkins said lie already has |
recommended to the Commissioners j
a plan for financing the project on a
60-40 basis, which would obligate the j
Federal Government to pay 40 per j
cent of the cost: and that the plan
very likely will be approved.
Dougherty Praises Plans.
Chairman Dougherty of the Board
of Commissioners also declared that
the plans for the civil group are ideal
and carry out the thoughts of the city
heads with respect to provision for
present needs and the future expan
sion. He also urged that authoriza
tion for the purchase of the site and
appropriation of money to begin con
struction be expedited in order that
the municipal activities now in the
"triangle'' may he housed when the
Government building program gets
well under way.
Several District activities, including
the Municipal Buiding, are in the
I triangle to be used in Government
building construction and the struc
tures occupied by most of them will
have to be vacated within the next
decade.
"If Congress should declare its in
tention >n take over for the use of the
District of Coiumhia the entire area
indicated on the plan," the letter of
the Commission of Fine Arts declares,
"then the Commissioners might be
authorized to acquire immediately the
site* for the Police Court and otho
buildings for which these is urgent
present need, and could proceed with
the development of a group plan, of
Which the structures indicated would
form a constituent part.
"Buch a declaration also would have
the effect of providing for the ultimate
reclamation of what is now the least
desirable portion of the north side of
Pennsylvania avenue and insure the
adequate development of that historic
thoroughfare in an orderly manner,
in keeping with the Government de
velopment on the south side."
Provides for Expansion.
Fine Arts Commission officials who
, have approved the preliminary design
; are enthusiastic over the scheme, hold
j ing that it offers a great opportunity
I to combine in one location all the civic
activities of the District, to provide
for future expansion and to construct
in accordance with the type of struc- j
ture to go up across Pennsylvania
avenue.
The area to he used by thp proposed
civic group will cover six squares be
tween Third and Seventh streets,
Pennsylvania and Janiisiana avenues
under the plans prepared by Municipal
Architect Harris.
Maj, Atkins said today a recent sur
vey showed District activities now used
87,150 square feet of floor space, only
a little more than is to he turned over
to the Women’s Bureau and the House
of Detention under future plans.
Nearly 64,000 square feet of floor
space are urgently needed to house
District activities, he said, while the
natural growth estimated in the next
decade will make necessary 109.662
square feet in addition.
Municipal activities now housed in
| the triangle include the following:
■ Municipal Building. Municipal Dodg
ing House. Traffic Bureau. House of
Detention and Women’s Bureau, a
fire engine house, the first precinct
station house and the medical clinic
of the Health Department, which has
i been moved to make way for the Com
’ merce Department Building.
Bill to Be Prepared.
; The next step contemplated in the
development of the plan, Maj. Atkins
| explained, is preparation of a bill an
| thorizing acquisition of the property
needed and appropriation of funds for
| the preparation and study of plans.
The plan of financing suggested
by Maj. Atkins contemplates an im
mediate loan from the Federal Treas
ury of the funds necessary to ac
quire the site 60 per cent of which
would he returned in annual install
ments spread over a period of years.
Maj Atkins said it is absolutely
necessary to acquire the entire site
at one time and not by piecemeal
methods as the Federal Government's
public building development on the
south side of Pennsylvania avenue
would enhance the value of the prop
erty on the north side desired by
the District, and thus increase the
1 cost above the estimated $8,000,000
' or *9.000.00rt
i Maj. Atkins said that he was un
; able to make an intelligent estimate
of the ultimate cost of the municipal
center at this time, although it likely
| would be as high as $40,000,00rt. An
i accurate estimate cannot be made, lie
explained, until the detailed plans of
the buildings to lie erected have been
studied.
If Congress will authorize a loan
from the Treasury to cover the cost of
the site and preparation of the plans.
Maj. Atkins said he believed funds for
construction of the buildings could be
provided in the annual appropriation
bills.
Far-Visioned Plan.
The municipal center development,
he emphasized, is a far-visioned
project, and the final building to go
into the area may not be erected for
about 40 years. The present plans
contemplate erection of an adminis
trative building with wings to aceom
modate all of the existing municipal
activities, including those now housed
in rented quarters.
The preliminary sketches of Munic
ipal Architect Harris call for the erec
tion of the administrative building on
the southeast corner of John Marshall
(Continued on iffy*. 2, Column - 2.)
srew
iU. S. HYDRO PLANT
AT FALLS IS ASKED
Norris Introduces Bill on
Potomac Project in
Senate.
A hill for Government development |
of the water power at Great Falls
was introduced in the Senate this
afternoon by Senator Norris. Republi
can, of Nebraska, and referred to the
District committee for report.
Senator Norris, who has advocated
a Government water-power project on
the upper l’otomac in previous ses
sions of Congress, decided to intro
duee his bill this year after he had
learned /luring the Summer of the
filing of an application with the Fed j
eral Power Commission for a private |
power project by the Potomac River j
Corporation of Delaware. A third j
angle to the question is the bill of
the National Capital Park and Plan
ning Confmission to preserve the up
per Potomac for the park system.
The Norris hill would direct the
Secretary of War to proceed with
construction of a project as outlined ;
in the plan submitted to the Sixty- i
sixth Congress by' Maj. M. O. Tyler j
of the Army Engineer Corps. Con- j
tinning, the bill provides:
"The Federal Water Power Com- j
mission is hereby authorized to make
any modifications or changes in the
j plans of Maj. Tyler that in their
J judgment may he necessary to in- j
crease the maximum amount of hy- j
j droeiectric energy that can be de- j
I veloped therefrom, and if any such
j changes or modifications are made.
J the Secretary of War shall modify
j said plans accordingly.”
WIFE FREED ON PROMISE
TO RETURN TO FAMILY
Mrs. Mary R. Sessums Had Desert
ed Five Children and Husband
at Brentwood.
i 3ppeial Distratrh to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 15.
—After she had promised to return !
to her husband and five children. 1
whom she deserted a week ago, after I
34 years of married life, Mrs. Mary I
R. Sessums, 34 years old. of Brent-1
wood, Md., was given her freedom hy ,
Mrs. Retta Morris, local justice of
the peace, at a hearing this morning.
The husband withdraw the charge of
desertion that he had filed against
her.
Justice Morris reprimanded Mrs.
I Sessums and told her that the chil
| dren were the innocent sufferers by
her act. The husband and wife were
taken to their home by Setgt. H. G. j
Machen of the Prince Georges Conn-'
ty police. Sessums promised to he 1
more considerate of his wife in the
future.
LAUNDRY WORKER KILLED
WHEN HIT BY FLYWHEEL;
i Foreman of Washing Department, j
Employed for 18 Years,
Dies Instantly.
Quillan W. Grist. 50 years old. 121
Seventh street northeast, foreman of
the washing department of the Na
tional Laundry, 21 Pierce street, was
killed instantly about 30:15 o’clock
this morning by the fly wheel of the
steam engine which furnishes powei !
for the laundry.
Grist had been employed by the j
laundry for 18 years,
i Grist was struck by the fly wheel i
I shortly after the engineer had step- f
ped out of the room, and no one saw j
the accident. There is a guard rail [
around the wheel.
Quillan W. Grist, jr.. son of the t
man who was killed, also works at I
the laundry.
The coroner has been notified.
OFFERS RETIREMENT BILL
Senator Dale 3e : ntroduces $1,200 !
Measure in Upper Body.
A bill to raise the maximum annuity
of retired Government employes from
SI,OOO to $1,200 was introduced in the
Senate this afternoon by Chairman
Dale of the civil service committee
and referred to that committee for re
port. A similar bill is to be advocatec
in the House.
This measure would give Govern
ment workers the right of optional re
tlrement after 30 years of service with- I
out regard to age. It is in a general !
way similar to the bill desired by the i
employes in the last Congress, whei
the Senate and House compromised !v
adopting the present law- making th
maximum SI,OOO.
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Radio Programs—Page 54
Letter Sunk on Ship
10 Years Ago Gets
Baek to Its Writer
i
! By th* Associated Pres*.
OAKLAND. Calif.. December 15.
—A letter that had lain at the bot
tom of the Mediterranean Sea for
i more than 10 years, w'as back in
j the possession of its writer, Ron-
I aid Wilkins, here today. Wilkins
1 wrote the letter to his mother, Mrs.
A. Wilkins of London, while he
was in a hospital recovering from
a wound received at Salonika.
1 The transport w'hich carried the
letter w’as torpedoed and sunk. A
few’ months ago the ship was
raised and the decipherable mail
delivered. When Airs. Wilkins re
! reived the letter she forwarded it
to her son here.
BURNS MAN EAGER
i KIDWELL IN COURT
Shadower Fails to Identify!
Juror as Defense Accuses
Government of Suppression.
Edward J. Kidwell, jr.. the juror |
i who recently admitted to the Govern- j
ment he was conscious of being "shad
owed” during the Teapot Dome trial,
was brought unexpectedly into the j
courtroom during the Sinclair Burnsj
| contempt proceedings today to be j
identifid by the same Burns detective j
who had testified previously to having
approached the juror's mother and
father.
During the uproar that followed the
introduction of the Teapot Dome juror I
! and efforts of Government counsel to j
block testimony concerning the Kid- j
well affair, defense counsel made the !
1 deliberate charge that James J. J
j O'Leary, assistant United States attor- J
ney. was “seeking to suppress the !
* truth that in justice might be dons i
! and your honor deceived.” It is
j O'Leary and not William J. Burns who
! is attempting to obstruct justice, the
! Burns attorney protested.
Kidwell Faces Sleuth.
Detective O'Reilly had just finished
identifying Horace R. Lamb, special
assistant to the Attorney General, who
he had "shadowed.” when Juror Kid
well was called. Kidwell was seated
among the spectators in the court
and rose to face O’Reilly.
"Did you ever talk to this man?” j
O'Leary asked.
"I never talked to him in my life," j
! O’Reilly replied.
\ "Did you ever at a noon recess of [
the trial ask him. "how can 1 get in :
there to see this damn thing?' ”
| O'Reilly indignantly denied it.
"Did you pi er approach Juror Kid- I
! well?” the Government attorney per- |
| sisted.
"Certainly not,” was the answer. j
I "Did Kidwell ever talk to vou?” I
j "No.” I
Defense counsel objected repeatedly
i to the persistency of the examination, ,
j protesting that the witness had al
! ready stated he had never talked to
-1 Kidwell. O’Leary was attempting to
lay a foundation to impeach his own
witness, which is forbidden by the
rules of court, defense eounsei eon- ,
tended. There ensued a long argu
ment over the meaning of the W’ords .
"impeachment” and “discredit.” before
the witness was turned over for cross
examination.
' j
Suppression Charged.
j Mr. Douglas opened the eross-exami
i nation of O'Reilly and asked him what
f lie had said to Mrs. Kidwell. the jur
j or’s mother, when lie went to her
I house on U street, as testified to on ,
| the previous day.
"I asked her if a tenant was there
| named Kidwell. who was a barber,” ,
O'Leary replied.
“What did .Mrs. Kidwell say to | ‘
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155 Silk-Clad Dolls Arrive as Envoys
Os Good Will From Japanese Children!
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. December 15.—Fifty-five
silk-clad dolls, tiny travelers from Ja
pan carrying the title of "Ambassadors
! of Good Will,” had a truly royal wel
j ’ome awaiting them today.
! A public reception followed by a
| >anquet in the grand ballroom of a
! <oop hotel were among the events on
| he welcoming program.
1 "These dolls come as ambassadors
i f good will from five million Japanese
hildren to the children of America,”
explained Te.viro Tamura. Japanese
consul here. "They are Japan’s reply
to the magnificent doll messengers of
which went to Japan lust
year.
The only evening paper
in Washington with the
Associated Press news
service.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,671
1-4*) Meant Associated Press.
cumooo CHURCH
PRESBYTERIAN AIM
j
National Edifice in Spanish
Gothic Style Planned on
Connecticut Avenue.
Plans for the construction, equip
ment and maintenance of the Na
tional Presbyterian Church at the
corner of Calvert street and Connecti
cut avenue, to cost $5,000,000 and to
be built in the Spanish Gothic type
i of architecture, were announced to
day in conjunction with the start of
a Nation-wide campaign to raise this
sum.
The plans provide for a group of
Gothic buildings, consisting of the
church, the parish house, the manse
i and an open-air auditorium, the sev
j oral structures to be linked by clois
| ters. Rev, Dr. Charles Wood, pastor
of the Church of the Covenant, is
president of the National Capital
* church extension committee and of
! the corporation and Rev. Dr. John
! c. Palmer is chairman of the board
! of trustees.
The land for the edifice has been
I secured through a gift of SIOO,OOO
from Mrs. Medill McCormick, who
also has provided for the architect’s
plans. Ralph Adams Cram of the
firm of Cram A Ferguson of Boston
gave his personal attention to the
plans, aided by George Oakley Totten,
jr., of Washington and Edward P.
Mellon of New York, associated archi
tects.
Description of Edifice.
This description of the proposed
edifice was furnished today by prom
j inent Presbyterians: ‘ The plan of the
1 church harks back to the fourteenth
I century Gothic churches of Catalonia.
such as the superb and little known
i Cathedral of Palma, and the Church
i of Sanra Maria del Mar In Barcelona.
1 The nave itself is very wide and the
I columns are comparatively slender
t and widely spaced, so as to give a
’ greater floor area for the use of large
j congregations and to permit high
! visibility and good acoustic proper-
I ties. The plan shows the wide nave
terminating in a polygonal apse with
lofty traceried windows. The aisles
also are wide and these are continued
in the form of a low ambulatory
around the apse. Near the chancel
are shown on either side large, low
transeptal chapels, opening by broad
arches into the nave, these chapels
forming additional seating space when
the normal capacity of seats in the
church proper needs to be increased.
“The exterior,” the description con
tinued. "shows an impressive, simple
and monumental mass, lofty and
massive, with a single great tower
placed on the left of the nave and'
near the front and the facade dis
tinguished by a spacious open porch,
reminiscent of the famous South
porch of Albi Cathedral in Southern
France. Above this is the great rose
window lighting the end of the nave.
Flying buttresses take the thrust of
the high vault, but apart from the
porch and the upper part of the
tower, there is comparatively little
elaboration of detail, the effect here, as
in the interior, depending on scale,
mass and light and shade.
Cloister With Arcades.
"To the left of the church will be
seen a great cloister with arcades run
ning around three sides so as to give
access to the manse, the Sunday school
building and the administrative of
fices.”
The mission of this church was
thus described:
“The church should be not only a
great edifice, but a center of far
reaching power It should provide a
setting and atmosphere for great
preaching—a place where these
enternal truths of our Christian faith,
which have always constituted the
message of Presbyterianism, can be
set forth hv preachers of eloquence
and fame like Thomas Chalmers and
Norman MacLeod. It should be a
(Continued on Page 6, Column 5.)
“Each doll ambassador represents
a prefecture of the empire. On No
vember 3 the whole doll party, togeth
er with the special envoy, was given
a farewell reception in Japan.”
Each doll, together with her ward
robe. is valued at S2OO, or a total of
SII,OOO They are 30 inches tall and
their extensive wardrobes are made 1
of the costliest silk, socially woven. 1
designed and dyed. Each doll with 1
her possesions bears a different fam
ily crest and has a trunk for her <
clothes, a chest of drawers, a chair, <
i desk and a mirror-stand, all of black i
lacquer trimmed witty gold '
The dolls and their Witfits were paid
for by the school chilpen of Japan.
TWO CENTS.
I BORAH, LA FOLLETTE
I HEFLIN AND NOUS
NAMED IN MEXICO
SLUSH FUND PROBE
Hearst Reports of $1,215,-
000 Bribery Plot Investi
gated by Special Commit
tee of U. S. Senate.
INDIGNANT DENIAL MADE
BY THREE LEGISLATORS
!
Friends of Norris. Who Is 111, Also
Brand Statements as Falsa.
Publisher Says He Does Not Be*
lieve Lawmakers Got Money.
Bv the Associated Pres*.
Four United States Senators—
Borah, Heflin, La Follette and Nor
ris—were named today as the mys-
I terious quartet recently described
| anonymously in the Hearst news
papers as the intended recipients of
a $1,215,000 Mexican government
slush fund.
Immediately their names were dis
closed, Borah. Heflin and La Follette
appeared before the special Senate
committee investigating the charges
and denied that they ever had re
ceived money from such a source or
had been approached by any one
who might have been interested in
such an offer.
Senator Norris is ill at his home,
but his friends on the committee
| denied the charge also on his behalf
; and secured a statement from him.
Gist of Charges.
Senator Borah, who is chairman of
the foreign relations committee, was
named in documents submitted! by
William Randolph Hearst as having
been destined to receive $500,000.
Heflin was to have received $350,000,
according to the documents: La Fol
lette. $15,000. and Norris, presumably,
the remainder of the $1,215,000 fund.
All of these four Senators have been
actively interested in Mexican affairs
i and at one time or another each of
them has disagreed with the Mexican
. policies of the Coolidge administra
tion.
The American pay-off man. for the
1 slush fund was said in the documents
I to have been Dudley Field Malone,
: the New York lawyer. Malone also
i took the witness stand and denied con
nection with any such project.
The documents were submitted to
the committee by Mr. Hearst, with
the comment that although he had
reasons to think they had come from
the official flies of the Mexican gov
ernment, and were authentic, he did
not believe any of the monev had been
paid over.
After Heflin and La Follette had
taken the stand in turn and had de
nied involvement in any slush fund
and demanded prosecution of those
who had made the '‘disclosure,** Sena
tor Borah took the witness’ oath and
was informed by Chairman Reed that
he was supposed, according to the
documents, to have been designated
to receive $500,000.
Charges Cause Laugh.
As Reed read the amount, the crowd
ed hearing room rang with laughter,
and Borah smiled.
“My first information of this reach
ed me about the time the documents
were first published.” said the Idaho
Senator. “Mr. R. E. McFarland, a
newspaper man in Mexico, referred
to it.
‘‘He said he had heard of those
documents while he was in Mexico.
He said he understood one of the
documents purported that four Sen
ators. including myself, were sup
posed to have received money.
“No one ever approached me in a
matter of this kind. I had no com
munication from any in connection
with this, either by mail. wire, word
or any other manner.
“Reed said that Dudley Field Ma
lone of New York, was ‘supposed’
to have been the intermediary.
“I have had no conversation with
' Malone of any kind about this. I
knew him five or six years ago. Has
he been subpoenaed?”
Hearst la First Witness.
Taking the stand as the first witness
in the committee’s inquirv into the
charges. Mr. Hearst said E. B. Cob
lentz. one of his New York editors,
decoded the documents, which were In
rode and which, he claimed, came from
Mexican official archives.
Mr. Hearst said that , some of the
documents came to him about May
this year and some as late as a month
before their publication.
Declining to make public the name
of the person who gave them to him.
he said that ‘‘it would not be health
ful" for this man in Mexico. He gave
the name in secret to the committee
on a slip of paper.
Chairman Reed, Republican, Penn
sylvania, questioned Mr. Hearst about
the documents, which have been ap
pearing in the Hearts newspapers and
which have been declared to be forger
ies by Mexican officials. They have
dealt largely with alleged propaganda
efforts by Mexico against the United
States.
Explaining further how he got the
documents. Hearst said:
‘‘This man I have named to you
communicated information that these
documents were available, indicating
unwarranted interference. He gave
this word to Edwtrd Clark, manager
of my mother’s estate. Finally h*
said that for expenditure of SI,OOO or
$2,000 he could get copies of the docu
ments relating to the United States
Senate. This man never said he had
seen them.
Pays for Documents.
“Later I authorized expenditure of
about SI,OOO. That wa. in April of
this year.”
This secret man and John, Page, a
Hearst reporter, produced about 10
documents. Hearst said.
"They were original documents and
seemed of great Importance." he de
clared. “They said they had made
every effort to determine their au
thenticity.
“They said they had submitted the
documents to Ambassador Sheffield
and to the counsellor o' the embassv
and had been unable to find anything
wrong.
“They said the persons who .deliver*
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