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WEATHER.
(17 9 W>»ther Bureau Purecast.l
Cloudy - , probably rain todav and to
night. Tomorrow fair and slowly ris
ing temperature,
Temperature— Highest. 48. at 10 am.:
lowest. 42. at 10 p.m.
Full report on page 7.
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WILKINS SEES NO LAND
ON FLIGHT OVER ARCTIC;
BREMEN RESCUE READY
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Message Telis of
His Trip Aeross
Blind Spot.
EXPLORER GIVES
BRIEF ACCOUNT
Others Famed for
Work in Far North
Elated at His Feat.
By ih. Associate*! Press.
NEW YORK. April 21. The
Words “no foxes seen." in a radiogram
from Capt. George H. Wilkins to Dr
Isaiah Bowman. director of the Ameri
can Geographical Society of New York
brought today the information that
Wilkins had discovered no land in his
flight over the North Pole.
Before flying? over the Pole from
Point Barrow to Spitsbergen Wilkins
sent to Dr Bowman the code in which
he would report w hether he discovered
land and if he did its extent and loca
tion
A mack fox in the distance was to
refer to mountainous land, while a
blue fox in the distance would denote
flat land The estimated number of
square miles would be denoted in the
message ‘above *so many) foxes,
black or blue according to the terrain.
The radiogram Dr. Bowman re
ceived said: “Traversed course out- .
lined One stop account bad weather
/ rrived 20*2 hours flying tune. Five
days from Barrow. No foxes seen.
LANDS ON BARREN ISLE.
Few Brief Message* Are Wilkins Only
Story of Feat.
COPENHAGEN. Denmark. April 21
VP'.— Another conquest of the North
Polar regions was recorded today, when
Capt George H. Wiitms announced to
the Copenhagen Politiken the safe ar- *
rival at Spitsbergen of himself and Carl
B Nielson. They flew over the top .of 1
the world from Point Barrow. Alaska j
Only two brief wireless messages came i
through, but they revealed that Wilkins,
like and Fiumaurice in the J
Bremen, had a narrow escape from dis- j
aster at the very end of their epic ad- j
venture. For some reason, as yet unex- j
plained. Wilkins was obliged to make a 1
landing on an uninhabited islet only
35 miles from his goal. The flyers were ,
detained there for five days by bad
weather.
Island It Barren.
The islet, on the north side of Isfjord,
dears the forbidding name of Doedman
soetra iDead Man s Island >. It is a ]
mere spec* in the Arctic waste. There
was shelter lor Kochi. FUzmaurice and
Von Huenefeld on Greenly Island, but
there is no lighthouse on Doedman- j
•oeira.
The Wilkins announcements were all
the briefer because the regular radio
operator of the small station in the
Svalbard Archipelago was killed a few
lays ago m an accident. Some one of i
tne Spitsbergen colony knew enough;
aoout wireless transmission to get out!
word of that accident and to call for a j
relief operator
It was not clear as to who trans
mitted the messages from Wilkins, but !
he may have done that himself since j
he had kept m communication with;
stations in Alaska by using a small j
radio set with which his plane was j
equipped while he was still at Point
Barrow. The plane's set is believed, }
however, to have gone out of cotnmls- j
sion for no word came from Wilkins
on the day he hopped off nor lor sev- j
oral days preceding the start.
Praised by Other Explorers,
The captain, in his messages to the
outside world, said that he reach A \
gpitzdergen after 20 1 2 hours of fly;n*{ j
He menuoi*ed the five days* delay on
the stand It was figured, therefore. |
that he must have left Point Barron j
some time last Sunday. His message )
was timed as having been sent at noon 1
today
The very meagernesa of the new* j
from Wilkins fired the imagination of j
the Danish capital and brought words j
of commendation from other explorers
Roald Amundsen expressed gratifies- *
tion over t he newts and said
“No flight has been made anywhere ?
at any time which could be compared
with it"
Peter Frew hen. a Danish Arctic ex
plorer, remarked that while nobody j
could doubt the word of Comdr. Byii
of the United flits lea Navy regarding
his flight from the flvalnard Archipelago
in Jk2d that he had actually reached j
the Pole oefore returning to hie on;#. i
yet tbeie was a possibility that Byrd s j
observation* might nave wrong, j
fn- .< hen added lha* theie could be no '
doubt whatever that Wilkins had flown ;
across thd Pole.
finding I'lec Vise Hatrn
Docdmartaoeua is m the strait lie. 1
tween Dariet Island and Amsterdam
island a location which was known to '
Arctic whalers as a haven A voyager
of 1671, wrote of it
“In IMS south naven the chips ride at
anchor, between high mountains, on
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“CONFESSION” IS HOAX,
iAIL PRISONER ADMITS
B*ya Be Toid of Hall Mills Case
to Win Extradition From
Oklahoma.
Hr me Awo'ven o I'u-k.
jKh fiiSNO, Okie April 2S Kiwin
Aiit h a prisoner in »h< county jah here
emitted today in a signed statement
g,, ,*f j iiy.Mi authorities Dial a con lev
' Which he made recently U> Ifce
aJaysng of Rev Edward W Hah arm
14in Eleanor Milks hi New Jersey u>
* I'iii was uihrue.
He com or led (he confession he said
it! an effort hi 1* extradited to New
teraey. imping to ew ajar .-erving a sen
imee in the Okianoma folate Peniten
tggfei v lor no/g-sQ’.
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CARL BEN EIELSON.
Formerly of Washington.
ATLANTIC AIRWAYS
NEEDS EXPLAINED
Regular Flights Over Ocean
Will Follow Improvements,
Pilot Believes.
BY MAJ. JAMES C. FITZMAIRICE.
By Tclecraah to The Star amid ttir Ne» York ■
Time*.
MURRAY BAY. Quebec. April 21.—1 s
1 transatlantic flying in present-day air- ]
planes foolish, owing to the enormous j
risks Involved? Will regular transat- .
j lantie commercial aerial sen ices be an |
accomplished lact? These are questions j
which many people are asking today
:as the result of the enormous public !
Interest centered on our flight.
Other questions which are being
asked are: Should these services ma- j
tenalize in the future, over what route j
will the machines operate, and exactly
what type of craft will be employed?
Will the route be New York. Bermuda.
Azores, Lisbon and London. j>r New
York. Newfoundland, Azores. Lisbon
and London, or Newfoundland. Ireland ;
and London? Will the craft used be
land planes, flying boats, seaplanes, j
amphibians or dirigibles?
May I offer my views on these ques
j tlons?
’ The transatlantic aerial sendee will
undoubtedly be the most Important j
aerial route of the future, as it will con
nect the American and European coun
tries, Much pioneer work remains to !
done, even with present-day air
plane- and engines.
Take Glance at Progress.
These flights are not foolish 4n any
i case where they are properly organized
and all the risks realized and provided
against And those who think trans- !
atlantic aviation will never be a regular
public utility service should endeavor |
to get away from the Idea of the pres- j
i ent-day airplane, engine and route or
j ganization Glance over the progress
which has taken place in the develop- !
i ment of aviation in such a short time 1
and try to visualize the aircraft and j
ground organization which will exist j
, 15 to 20 yrttrs hence
Airplanes will be produced which will
j be capable of riding out the roughest
j gale it is possible to encounter.
Much more reliable and more eco
i nomlc engines will also be designed, bet
; ter and reliable cWnpasses and Inslru
; rnents will be available, efficient direc
tion-finding wireless of low weight and i
long range will alt* • me. meteorological
] organization over t J Atlantic will de
i velop These are the factors which !
have to be understood
First, let us take the route. The
] shortest is obviously the best, that Is, j
New* York New Found land, Ireland]
■ London. The weather conditions here 1
however, are slightly worse than those
which would normally be encountered
i over the Bout Item route
Study Weather < omhtiom.
As aheady explained this matter,
however, tan b*- overcome In time. It
Isa matter for international discussion
and agreement
America and midatlanttc, and slmi
j larly England. France, Germany and
| Ireland, will Irnve to carry on com*
; sponding work from the west coast of
1 Europe to midatlanUc
I For this work, of course, special ships
would have to be availablt at anchor
m the ocean for the sole purpose of
: meteorological work. Tlicae ships would
1 co-operate with the meteorological de
partment* of the countries concerned,
sod the reports would be collected and
definite information be available at all
* times on condiUorih riglit across the
! ocean
Wn<-n a machine, therefore, is ready
'to leave on a voyage, the pilots and
navigators will know exactly what con
■ cottons tiiey will encounter and plan
tis ir co him-, accordingly. Bhouid, how*
: ever, sudden violent storms arise after
i the departure of the machine, they
can be informed of this bv wireless and
• alter their course to avoid them
, The wireless would also be useful to
g;,e the personnel of the machine help
, fui information throughout their jour
j r»ey, which would enable them to avoid
, | advert winds and plan their route to
1 lake advantage of every helping wind
< #«M Find Exact Pn»Hn>n
'li*e position of trie machine at any
i t time <ould I* given by means of dbec*
, uon -finding ground staturns. This is
]of great importance, as the machines
would know their exact posit u»r» at any
. I 1 line and also the speed they were
j making over the ground
j On Die flight* already accomplished
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KS WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION
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Balclien to Start
for Greenly Is
land Today.
SPEEDY REPAIRS
SEEN RY PILOT
Bennett Is Too 111
lo Make Long Trip:
Fake-Off Studied.
BY CHARLES J. V. MURPHY.
: St iff Correspondent of The star and North j
Amen, an Newspaper Alliance on the r-liet
j oiane the Alliance is semittur to the Bremen
LAKE ST. AGNES. Quebec. April 21.
—The first comprehensive effort to re
lease the German transatlantic flyers l
and their airplane, the Bremen, will be
started tomorrow. At 5 o'clock—at the j
first crack of dawn over the hills- j
Bcrnt Balchen. Comdr. Byrd's trails- !
atlartic pilot, will take off the mono- S
plane provided by the North American
Newspaper Alliance on its 710-mile hop
to Greenly Island.
i Only weather—a blinding fog or storm 1
—will delay the start of the tri- 1
motored monoplane,' Balchen an- j
nounced this afternoon. He was much
rested. The effects of the cold which
caused him to defer the start scheduled
for today had apparently diminished i
and he was eager to get under way.
Reports received direct Irom the ■
Greenly Island lighthouse today said
that the Bremen was standing virtually
ready to Install the spare parts carried
by the Alliance's plane. The Bremen,
it was said, will be ready to fly Monday
afternoon or Tuesday morning. Weath
; er conditions were reported as favor
able.
Equipment Already Loaded.
Already loaded In the Alliance plane'
is the entire equipment needed to con
dition the Bremen for flight. It in
cludes a new propeller, landing gear,
i oil and fuel lines— l oo pounds of oil
1 and 60 gallons of petrol—enough to
fuel the Bremen lor the non-slop flight
; to Murray Bay
i When the plane, which has been
| designated by the mayor’s reception
committee of New York City as the
• official relief plane, gets off she will
i carry Maj. James J. FUzmaurice. Ernest
Koeppen. the Junkers - mechanic: Pilot
; Balchen and the correspondent of The
j Star and the North American News
) paper Alliance.
Floyd Bennett, co-pilot with Bernt
Balchen in the trip from Detroit, was
! seriously ill with influenza tonight, and
upon advice of Murray Bay physicians
j will not try to make the trip to Greenly
Island when the plane leaves tomorrow'
j morning He will, how'ever. try to pick
i up the Alliance plane on its return to
; Murray Bay. Balchen will pilot the
j plane alone With him, to act in case
; of unforeseen emergency, will be Maj.
FUzmaurice, w’ho has achieved, per
haps the best record of any flyer in
the Royal or Irish Free State gir forces
for his work with heavy and multi-mo
tored planes “Duke'' Schiller will not
; be on the relief plane.
Less than two years ago FUzmaurice
had fitted a gigantic trl-motored
bomber of the Free State air forces
with extra petrol tanks and was going
to make a solo flight from Ireland to
New Yorw with it. but could not get
sufficient leave of absence.
Made Landing in Storm.
At one lime, however, in a trial trip, j
he piloted this heavy and unwieldy i
vessel through one of the worst storms
ever witnessed on the Irish coast and
brought it to land safely during heavy
snowfall and fog.
The total airline distance from Mur
ray Bay to Greenly Island is 670 miles.
The Alliance plane, even if a stop-off is
made for safety’s sag", at Seven Islands,
should reach Greeiley by 3 o'clock
With this time in mind, it u expected
that the Bremen should be ready to
leave Greenly by Tuesday morning,
stopping at Murray bay that mglit, and
arriving in New York Wednesday night
“It's the only ship that is capable
! of bringing us out," FUzmaurice said,
j after examining the plane, "and the
i baron and Capt Koehi most certainly
; will be glad to see It come into sight.
| Believe rne, they have not been enjoy
; ing themselves on that blasted island.”
Major Watches Work.
The major was particularly interested
in the operation attending the changing j
of the wheeled gear on the Alliance
} machine It was the first time he had j
j seen such maneuvers.
“It is a pity." he said, “that we j
| caused you so much trouble."
Wenzell, the mechanic, and Tom
[ Mulroy the chief engineer of Comdr
; Byrd s expeditions, worked through the
I night to install the skils, load the
{ Bremen's equipment and refuel the Al
| liance's plane
At a conference yesterday morning in
which Miss Jferta Junkers, daughter of
J the Bremen's designer; Maj, Fltz
' rnaurice. Bernt Balchen and the corre
’ apondent of the North American Ncws
! paper Alliance participated, it was de
i cided that the monoplane should stop
! at Seven Islands, 240 miles from here,
: and take on more fuel, instead of at
-1 tempting a non-stop flight, as was
originally planned,
Will Decrease Loud
As a consequence, the Alliance plane
! wiii lake oft from here only 440 gallons
: ot fuel instead of <u*o, which will make
'a difference of 1,200 pounds in the
! plane's load, an important consideration
! in the take-off from I-ake at, Agnes.
| Both FUzmaurice and Balchen were
i! agreed that it would be wiser to cut
1 down the load, rattier than hurl the
giant plane over the long hanging niiis
1 which ring the lake
i The Alliance plane, however, will
make the return with the Bremen non*
Pop Overnight (lie mechanics will re
i store the wheeled gear and both planes
! will he in readiness for the Jump to
j Mew York, the Alliance plane acting as
i escort fi« the Junkers
i “We li pilch In and In ip in the re
pairing of Ui« Bremen," said Balchen
Mai FUzntauricft estimated it would not
tak« more than six hours to make the
I repairs "By tills time." lie said "Baron
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WASHINGTON, I). 0.. SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL "2. 1!l“8-l()(i PAGKS. *
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HOOVER AND SMITH
CONTINUE IN LEAD
Former Faces Severe Tests
This Week in Ohio and
Massachusetts.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Despite desperate efforts ol the op
position Secretary Herbert Hoover and
Gov. A1 Smith of New York today con
tinue the leading candidates for the
Republican and Democratic presiden
tial nominations, respectively.
Both have greater numbers of dele
gates instructed and pledged to them
than any of their opponents Popular
polls taken in many sections of the
country show them far in the lead of
other aspirants.
Notwithstanding the fact that Presi
dent Coolidge has maintained absolute
ly a hands-off policy in the raoe for
the Republican nomination. Mr. Hoov
er is becoming more and more re
garded as the administration candidate.
The other Republican candidates who
are prominently mentioned have op
posed the President In some of his
policies. This is particularly true of
Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, who is
seeking the nomination with the back
ing of many of the supporters of the
McNary-Haugen larm relief bill. Vice
President Dawes, who is more and more
often mentioned as a probable inheri
tor of Lowden strength In the national
convention should the former governor
of Illinois be eliminated in the ballot
ing. has also given his adherence to the
principles of the McNary-Haugen bill.
Mr. Hoover, it is claimed by his adher
ents. stands foursquare with the Presi
dent in all his policies.
Reaction to Coolidgr Letter.
The reaction In Washington yester
day to the letter sent by President
Coolidge to the Republican State chair
man of Massachusetts, requesting that
his name be not used In the presidential
preferential primary in his home State
on Tuesday, was that it had checked
but not halted the "draft Coolidge -
I movement which had gained ground
during the last week. Only a definite
statement by the President that he
would not under any circumstances ac
cept the nomination could put a final
end to that movement, it was asserted
One of the most insistent supporter*
I of the proposal to draft the President
j asserted that the Massachusetts letter
was only In keeping with the Presi
dent's intention to inform the country
that he does not want to run for Presi
dent, end that he will not countenance
anything in any State primary which
might look to his nomination by the
national convention With his record
on these points kept absolutely clear
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TODAY S STAR
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PART ONE—2B PAGES.
| General News—Local, National and
Foreign.
; Political Survey of the United Slates—
Pages 12. 13 and 14
School* and Colleges—Page 22.
PART TWO—IS PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Feature*.
Notes of Art and Artists- Page 4
Reviews of Spring Books- Page 4
Clubwomen of the Nation Page 7,
Y. W C A Activities-Page 7.
Radio News- Page 8
Around the city—Page 9
W. C T. U. Activities—Page 9
PART THREE—I 4 PAGES.
Society.
Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 7.
At Community Centers—Page 7.
News of the Clubs -Pages 8. 9 and 10.
I Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 11
PART FOUR—I« PAGES.
Theater, Screen and Music.
News of the Motor World Pages <s,
7.8, 0 and 10
Fraternal News .Pages 11 and 13.
Army and Navy News - Page 12
District National Guard - Page 12
Civilian Army News Page 13
Serial Story, "The Inn of the Hawk
and Raven”— Page 14
District Naval Reserve—Page 14
Army and Navy Union Page 14
Veterans of the Great War—Page, 15,
Bpanlsh War Veterans Page 15
Cross-word Puzzle PHge 15.
PART FIVE—4 PAGES.
Pink Sports Heel Urn.
PART SIX—I 2 PAGES.
Classified Advertising
I) A R Activities Page 9
Boy tii out Activities Page 9
Financial News Pages 10 and 11
PART SEVEN—B PAGES.
Magazine Section Fiction and Humor
GRAPHIC SECTION—* PAGES.
World Events in Picture*
COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES.
Mutt and .1 eff, Heg'lar Fellers; Mr. and
Mrs; High of History.
•FLOAT> RS" SULKING U. S. WORK.
FLOCK TO CROWDED D. C. FIELD
Many Mechanics Come Here Despite
Warnings. Believing Federal Projects
Will Start Soon —Local Labor Hit.
BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.
"Floaters" are being attracted to the
city through the erroneous belief that 1
the big building program of the Gov- ;
eminent is going to provide lots of i
work for mechanics. But their influx !
here has only served to aggravate con- !
ditions for resident mechanics In the I
| building trades, many of whom have
been out of work for months. For a
"floater" is not a bum, as many believe,
but it is a term applied by the trades
men to the itinerant mechanic or
workman who has no permanent resi
dence in the city and just comes down
i in search of work.
Many of them are not "floaters" by
choice, but have been driven to the
j extreme of migrating because they
have found out for a certainty that j
. their home town* do not hold out any
prospect of employment for them, and .
they have misread the reports about I
the Government building projects. They :
are here, many of them dragging along
MERGER PROSPECTS
GROWING DIMMER
{District Committee Intimates
$50.000 000 Valuation of
Railways to Be Discarded.
Prospect* of favorable congressional
action on the proposed traction merger
: at this session grew dimmer yesterday
; as a result of the highly controversial
| issue that has developed in the House
District committee over the $50,000,000
valuation approved by the Public Util
ities Commission
Despite the defense of this rate base
by Col. Harrison Brand, vice chairman
of the commission, an intimation was
given that the committee would discard
the figure and order a revaluation of
the companies' properties Against
such a suggestion, both Chairman John
W Childress of the Public Utilities
j Commission and Col Brand have
I warned that a revaluation probably i
would result In an even higher rate
base on appeal to the courts.
Representative Gibson of Vermont, j
who criticized the methods employed in
arming at the agreement on the rate I
| base, declared yesterday that the Dis- j
| trlct committee was not necessarily
I bound by the decision of the courts In I
! the Capital Traction case, which ha*
! been used a* a basis for valuing the j
Washington Railway .V Electric Co
properties. Examination of Col. Brand
I brought out the fact that the Court of I
I Appeals, in valuing the Capital Traction j
I Co at $20,000,000, had deducted nothing
■ for depreciation.
New Element Outers.
New elements entering into the
merger question, Mr Gibson suggested.
I might make it necessary for the coni-!
mltte** t«i ignore tiie present rate base
and reopen the whole question of I
valuation.
That the merger agreement must be j
subjected to further modification in j
favor of the public Interests before it !
will prove acceptable to the committee j
or to Congress is Indicated by the dis- j
satisfaction expressed by various com- <
outlets members with certain of its pro- j
visions
Representatives of the Federation of
Citizens' Association, if allowed to do
so, ate prepared to raise the issue of j
foreign control” in the Washington I
Railway A Electric Co
Chief opposition to the merger plan I
appears to come from Gibson, Hammer I
ts Ninth Carolina and Blanton of i
Texas, although the latter has not at
* tended the hearing since he leit » i
abruptly on the opening day with tiie j
cm t statement that he expected "to I
fig tit It as long as there is any fight ;
left in me.”
Analysis of Method*
By far the greater portion of the
time w«* spent yesterday in an analy
sis of lire method used by the Public
Utilities Commission in arriving at a
$50,000,000 valuation Cut Brand de*
fended the commtsMon’.s valuation by
dee Inring that It a valuation were made
today of Hit Washington Railway A
Electric Co, based on lire eourt de
rision in Hie Capital Traction ease, It
would amount to S3OOOOOOO, which,
iContinued on Page 5, Column 4.)
| their families, with little possessions
they can pile on a small car, the cheap
i est means of transportation for a group,
provided the car is already in hand, as
I it usually is with most mechanics.
Warnings Are Sant Out.
Reports have been constant that
1 such a condition existed The unions
have sent out warmings that the Gov
i ernment projects will not get under
way for months and appealing to
their fellow workmen of other towns
to stay away, because there were many
here who were .out of work.
There is a certainty that scores, even
hundreds, of local men are out of work,
except for odd jobs which they obtain
now and then, but there was no ac
curate information as to the "floaters."
So. to get as close to the facts as it is
humanly possible to get without intri
cate machinery for taking a census,
jthls reporter was given instructions
{ Monday to —
"Go get a job as a mechanic!"
That looked easy, but the days fol
lowing, during which the writer
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SHERIFF TO FIGHT
| SENATE CHARGES
Cunningham Refuses to An
swer Accusations —Plans
Philadelphia Defense.
By tlie .Ism*-laird Prew
PHILADELPHIA. April 21 —Sheriff
Thomas YV. Cunningham will not go to
Washington to answer the indictment
charging him with contempt of the
United States Senate in refusing to re
veal the source of the money he con
tributed to YV S. Vare't primary cam
paign in 1926.
Representative Benjamin M Golder.
Cunningham’s lawyer, served notice
to that effect to day on Leo A Rover.
United States attorney for the District
of Columbia. Instead. Mr. Golder said
Cunningham will appeal to the United
States Court in Philadelphia to pre
vent his removal to Washington 1
Rover telephoned Odder today to
notify him that tiie indictment was re
-1 turned by the grand jury vesterday and
j to arrange a time for an arraignment
for entering bail
After Golder lias apprised him of
| Cunningham’s decision Rover said he
t would send all the papers m the case
to United States Attorney George M.
j Coles here.
ENVOY LEAVES CUBA.
N. B. Judah and Family Depart
for Washington.
HAVANA. April 21 uPt,—N R Judah
United States Ambassador, accompanied
by his family, departed today for Wash
ington.
Despite Ambassador Judah's denial
that his visit had no bearing on the
recent Ships trad resolution, which asked
i for a special Senate committee to in
vestigate Cuba's protection of foreign
investments, Hie Outran press continues
to connect the two events They also
bring up a claim by J B Barlow
against the Cuban government amount
ing to $3,000,000 It is held that Hie
| Barlow claim was directly responsible
■ so» the Hhipstend resolution i
| "THE PENALTY"
"Golden Rule" Film
i
Produced by
The Evening Star
To further traffic safety
will be shown today and
tomorrow along with the
regular program at the
Apollo Theater
624 H Street N.E.
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Within the Hour ”
The Star Is delivered every evening and
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HOOVER FOES USE i
DEATH OF WILLIS
AS OHIO BLUOGEON
Circulars Claim Senator Was
“Hounded’’ to Grave by
Secretary’s Backers.
SEEK VETERANS’ VOTE
IN TUESDAY PRIMARY
Politicians Cautious About Predict
ing Victory—Burton Bears
Burden of Attack.
BY J. fl. GALBRAITH.
Social Dispatch to Tin* *tl,tr.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, April 21.—The
husn that fell upon the Republican j
presidential primary campaign in Ohio
i with the death of Senator Willis, was
i broken during the closing days of the
' campaign with the most bitter conten
tion ever seen in a primary election in
j this State. Ohio's primary is to be held j
| Tuesday. On the stump and by;
printed page, the anti-Hoover organiza
tion attacked Secretary Hoover and his
j advocates in Ohio most viciously.
Without newspapers that could be
used as vehicles to carry their denuncia- ,
tions to the voters, campaign circulars i
and cards were printed and sent'
through the mails by the thousands—
the extent to which this form of cam
paigning went, causing wonderment as
to the source of funds to meet the large
expense. j
The object of practically all of these '
circulars is evidently to arouse resent- j
ment in the voters through references
j to the death of Senator Willis as caused •
by "houndings" by the men who are 1
charged with being ultimately respon
sible for the Hoover candidacy in this
State. An editorial in the Week, a
weekly publication here which was lit
erally taken over by the anti-Hoover
forces for their use during the cam
paign, called upon Republican voters
to go to the polls Tuesday and with
their ballots, “wipe off the blood" shed
by their fallen leader in the campaign."
Burton Is Assailed.
| Another campaign circular widely cir
culated among the World War soldier
| voters of the State cartooned Repre
sentative Burton of Ohio as alwavs op
! to whatever the soldiers had ask
ed- wMk* the shadowy form of Senator
L wuhs at one side is marked with "he
was always for whatever the soldiers
asked.” and under it all, the assertion
hat Herbert Hoover was opposed to the
soldiers bonus legislation. The face of
beare a picture of a dougnboy
*ith the words beneath it, “lea* we for
set. *
Another campaign circular is directed
to the colored voters of the State and
charges that colored employes of the
S,°rtt,?iT n K Secretary Hoover s de
partment have been under him sub
jected to the humiliation of segrega
emotions of the colored voters has been
made extensively by the anti-Hoover
people recently by a series of memorial
exercises for Senator Willis in their
churches all over the State, the sneak,
ers being anti-Hoover Republicans, who
took advantage of the opportunity to
appeal to their hearers to "avenge" the
delegates *** Senator b >' vo£in 8 his
The Hoover headquarters todav were
apprised of the receipt of Republican
women voters all over the State of a
letter written on the letterhead of the
national Republican committee, bv Mis
Wilma Sinclair Levan, woman member
01 the national committee for Ohio
and a Willis delegate at large candi
date. m which the women are urged
|to -single shot" for her. There Is seen
jpw a " attempt to break the solid
slate of Hoover delegates at large
which has been generally predicted ov
pulling Mrs. Levan through m this wav'
Denies Her Support.
! The treasurer ol the State Club ot
j Republican Women, Mrs. w, H. Alex
j ander. and a member of the board of
governors, Mrs. Mane Brown, also :
charged today that Mrs. Levan was
} representing that the State club was
lor her, whereas they say a verv large
majority of the club members are for !
the Hoover candidates from bottom 10 '
top
The Sentinel, which appeared this I
week bearing the ownership statement
of tlie “loyal Republican League." pre
sents all the arguments heretuiore made
by the opponents of Hoover against his I
! Americanism, embellishes its tront page
w ith an alleged picture of the Secretary
on the streets of London wearing a !
"topper, spats and outer British cloth
generally. The picture presents a
youthful face with a drooping mustache,
: and little that is suggestive of the Sec-
Ire tan's features
Both the Americanism and the Re
publicanism 0! Mr Hoover had been
Questioned by the opposition earlier m
the campaign, but u was reserved to
the closing aays of it for them to ques
tion his personal integrity bv innuendo
that it was believed' that his accounts
I as food administrator had never been
audited.
The Sentinel also carried on one page
this week a facsimile of the Democratic
presidential primary ballot of Michigan
,of 1920. show ing Herbert Hoover s
name in the same list with that of
William Jennings Bryan
On the same day that Ralph O Cole
speaking for the Willis organisation,
laid the blame for the death of Sena
-1 tor Willis upon the shoulders 01 WU
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QUAKE AGAIN SHAKES
j DEVASTATED DISTRICT
j Tremors Renew Panic Among Bul* !
garians—King Boris Touts
Refugee Zone
M.v IA»»t»> 1.1 nsi I\cm
SOFIA. Bulgaria, April Jt the di»-
| trlcl around rfnllppupult*, which was
j Jittered by earthquakes early tins »eck
;W.is shaken again at noon today The
! shock was followed by underground
rumblings which renewed panic among
•be stricken uoosUtiut of the district
King Boris coo'' ms to lour th
evastated dtstrU’.s ti ■ spent last night
with tile refugee.* .coins tn a ctd
i" a. t vs PhlUtppotvnh*
A gift of IS,OOO vv». 'tveived bv thr
mv eminent *".o .he American Red
Cross Premier Mwpcheff says that j
foreign aid is the only effectual help for
Bulgaria, whose own resources are in
sufficient io cope with the destitution >
that has resulted tv A the disaster.
j,
FIVE CENTS.
SINCLAIR CLEARED
OF FRAUD CHARGE
AFTER FIVE YEARS
Oil Millionaire Goes to New
Jersey Farm Following
Verdict.
JURORS DECLARE RESULT
WAS BASED ON EVIDENCE
j ‘'Parallel Case” Cited by One—An
other Glad to Regain
Liberty.
Harry F. Sinclair, internationally
known oil millionaire, today :s at nis
Rancocas, N. J., farm free of the charge
he has borne for more than five years—
: :hat he conspired with former Secretary
of the Interior Albert B. Fall to defraud
the Government in the leasing of Tea
so Dome.
i A jury of 12 District of Columbia dti
! zens, after listening for 10 trial days
! to the evidence presented by both sides
|in support of their respective claims,
yesterday reported a verdict of ’ not
guilty” a little less than two hours alter
j receiving the case and at the end of the
third ballot. Not a vote was cast for
• conviction on the first two polls of the
J jury, although there were four "uncer
i tain” on the first and two on the sec
ond ballots. The third was unanimous
for acquittal.
The news of Sinclair’s acqifittal lad
not penetrated the intire city before
. the question was raised. "What about
i Fall?” The Government urosecutors,
! former Senator Atli e Pomerene of Ohio
{and Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia.
: appointed by President Coolidge to
• prosecute the ‘oil cases." replied there
1 would oc an announcement from them
"the middle of th? week." Beyond This
they would not indicate what ’heir
course would be.
Fail Still Under Charges.
However, the legal minds in attend
ance at the trial threshed the matter
out as standing in this manner: That
as a practical move, no criminal pro
ceedings would be brought against Fall,
as the jury, in effect, said the two did
not agree to commit an unlawful act.
But from the legal viewpoint, the Gov
ernment would be at liberty to bring
Fall into court as the indictment reads
in substance that Fall and Sinclair and
other persons unknown to the grand
j jurors, entered into the alleged con
spiracy.
I Had it not been for his poor health
Fall, now recuperating in California,
I would have been in court with Sinclair
during the past two weeks, gs he was in
I October last when the proceedings be
fore Justice Frederick L. Siddons were
1 sensationally canceled on allegations by
> i the Government that the jury was be
! ing shadowed by the defense. Fall's
i attorneys obtained a severance for this
case and the trial of the former Cabinet
j officer was postponed indefinitely.
The next outgrowth of the proceed
' ings to demand equal attention from
the Government, defense and pubiu
was what took place in the jury room
Several of the jurors were approachec
and asked to be excused from discussing
the case, explaining it was “all over
and we did our duty." Three others
j however, had a different view 00
making public what transpired in the
1 final stage of the long proceeding?
i which had their origin in the Senate
j public lands committee.
One of these. Kenneth Carter. Juroi
• No. 12. 28 years old. of 1341 Tayloi
street, told the Associated Press that
j the Jurors believed Sinclair was a vie
tim of circuifistances. "Although th*
j Government counsel made a good im
; presslon." he said, "they did not prove
that Sinclair conspired with Fall te
lease the property. If Fall had wanted
to sell the lease it seems to me that h*
would have gone after at least $2,000.00
and would not have accepted $233.00
as he could have gotten more."
Expects Blame for Verdict.
Carter said he did not believe Sir
clair agreed to pay Fall anything be
fore he got the lease "Jt may be th?
after Sinclair did get the lease, Fa
got some money from him by the argu
ment that he had favored Sinclair with
i the lease.
| *T mean, that suppose I did some -
I thing for somebody and then late:
came around and asked for a loan a
I a gift on the plea that I had done &
serv ice for lum If he should give me
the money you couldn t sav that he wss
! guilty of a conspiracy “
' "Os course, we will get blamed tea
the verdict,” he continued. 'Peer!
don’t realize that all we could consider
j was this particular charge and only
the evidence produced at the trial. Be
cause Sinclair has been pictured in ail
sorts of lights during the last six years
didn't mean that we could take that
! mto consideration. We had to stick to
the evidence.
I will say this " Carter declared with
a blow of his fist on the arm of h*s
chat: "This jury certainly realised its
responsibility and tried to do Us duty
We went into this case with an oper.
mind as any 12 men could have. Os
course, we had read of the case casualty
in the newspapers and nobody but a:v
imbecile haunt. But I doni believe
any of the jury. *nd I know I hadn t
given the case any particular attention
until we were summoned on the jure
Another juror, who requested that his
name be withheld, sard "there was so
much stuff About Fall and the Interior
Department that it was hard to see
where Sinclair had anything to do
with it." The Juror volunteered how
ever, that he and his colleagues thought
there was • somethmg tunny about the
ranch deal " but the Government evi
dence on this point was not sufficiently
strong to convince them beyond a rea
stable doubt that a conspiracy had
been entered into.
"Bawled Out" hy IW
‘ I've been razzed to death since I got
home," said the juror I called up my
! boss to tell him it was all over, and
when I told him the verdict he bawled
:me out And 1 suppose a lot of other
: people will be talkmg the same way.
But I don't care l did nvv duty and I
: stood by my conscience ana belief. If I
had disagreed with the others, 1 would
: have held out forever **
The juror declared that upon the con
clusion of Roberts' opening argument by
Hw Jury Friday morning the 12 men as a
body were "sold" on the Government**
case "W» liked Mr Roberts and l felt
very sorry lor hun when we brought &»
the verdict," he continued "I saw hts
head drop down and I'D never forget
that took on his face 1 had uitended
looking at Sinclair but Roberta took
all iuy attention Next u» Mr Roberts
we tiked Col UtUeton . Martin W. Lit
tleton ol New York, of Sinclair coun
sels but we did not let personalities
enter Into the case '*
| "There \va» one think in the cose
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