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WEATHER.
(tJ. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Pair and not quite so cool, with low
est temperature about 50 degrees; cloudy
tomorrow, probably followed by rain at
night. Temperatures; Highest. 66. at
2:10 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 46, at 6:30
a m. today.
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11
No. 31,18 J).
I SCHWAB AND GRACE
I DENY SHEARER WAS
I TO BREAK UP MEET
I Bethlehem Steel and Ship
Executives Without Knowl
edge of His Employment.
I SAY CORPORATIONS TAKE
I NO PART IN PROPAGANDA
Vice President Entered Firms Into
Agreement to Retain Geneva
Representative.
Charles M. Schwab, president of the
board of directors of the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation, and E. G. Grace,
president of the Bethlehem Ship Build
ing Co., appearing today before the
Senate committee investigating charges
that the Bethlehem Co. and two other
ship building companies had sent Wil
liam B. Shearer to Geneva in 1927 to
break down the Three-Power Naval
Limitation Conference, denied that
Shearer had been employed for any
such purpose.
Both Mr. Schwab and Mr. Grace de
clared their personal belief in the limi
tation of armaments. They insisted
that the Bethlehem corporations never
engage in propaganda relating to the
naval nad military affairs of the coun
try or mix in legislation and poli
tics. Such action, they told the com
mittee, is against the policy of the
corporations. Mr. Schwab said that he
knew nothing of the employment of
Shearer to act as an observer at the
Geneva conference until long after
ward. Mr. Grace said the same thing.
How Agreement Was Made.
Shearer's employment so far as the I
Bethlehem corporation is concerned j
was entered into by S. W. Wakeman, !
a vice president in charge of ship
building operations at Quincy, Mass.
Mr. Schwab and Mr. Grace both
agreed that the employment of Shear
er had been "unwise.’’ They would
not, have approved it, they said, if it
had been brought to their attention.
The hearing today was enlivened by
a clash between Senator Robinson cf
Arkansas, a member of the commit
tee, and Mr. Schwab, who took excep
tion to the manner in which Senator
Robinson was conducting the investi
gation and expressed a hope that it
would be conducted in "a gentlemanly I
way.’’
Senator Rcbinson immediately re- l
sented what he considered an attempt 1
to lecture him by Mr. Schwab and!
said so. Mr. Schwab was recalled to I
the stand during the testimony of Mr. I
Grace to answer questions by Senator '
Robinson as to whether he had ever
met Shearer.
Didn’t Know Shearer.
Mr. Schwab replied that he did not I
know Shearer, although he may have !
met him "at a reception.” He insisted
that he had never conferred with
Shearer at any time on any business
matter so far as he knew.
“Shearer called at my office many
times,” said Mr. Schwab, “so my secre
tary says. I never saw him. My secre
tary, when Shearer told him what he
wanted to see me about, refused to give
him an interview with me.” Mr. Schwab
•aid that his secretary had told him
that Shearer wanted to see him about
going abroad to represent the Bethle
hem interests at Geneve. Mr. Schwab
saids his secretary, however, had not
told him this “until this question came
up,” which was after Shearer had come
back from Geneva.
At this point, Judge Danipl F.
Cohalan, counsel for Shearer, inter
rupted.
“Will you ask Mr. Schwab if he met
Mr. Shearer at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
in November, 1926?” asked Judge
Cohalan.
Immediately, counsel for Mr. Schwab
objected to his line of procedure. Mr.
Schwab, however, expressed his willing-1
Boss to answer.
“I have no recollection of any such
meeting.” he said. “I meet hundreds
of people and I cannot remember
meeting them all.” Senator Robinson !
asked another question for Judge Co- ;
halan.
Cohalan’s Question.
“At the time you met Shearer at the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, if you did meet
him. did you state that the matter of
his going abroad would be taken up
with him by some officer of the com
pany,” asked Senator Robinson.
Senator Robinson suggested that the
name of the officer was Homer.
Mr. Schwab said he knew no officer
of the company by the name of Homer.
Mr. Grace interrupted to say that there
was a salaried employe by that name.
“I do not know him.” said Mr.
Schwab, adding that he had no recol
lection of any such conversation with
* Shearer.
At the conclusion of the testimony
of Mr. Grace the hearing adjourned
until Monday at 10 a.m. It is expected
that Mr. Wakeman will be questioned !
at that time.
Parker Is Recalled.
Before proceeding to interrogate the
Bethlehem officials, the committee re
called Norman R. Parker, treasurer of
the Brown Voveri Electric Corporation
and of its subsidiary, the New York
Shipbuilding Co., who yesterday pre
sented to the committee financial rec
ords bearing on the Shearer case.
Senator Allen sought to have Parker
define an observer and estimate the
value of one in dollars and cents. Park
er parried with the Senator, explaining
♦hat the employment of observers did !
fjjj come under his province. He did !
say. however, in response to a question,!
that the “legitimate expenses” of an !
observer might include transportation, I
living expenses, clerical work, steno
graphic services and so forth. Parker
reiterated that the records of the com
pany do not show directly any pay
ments to Shearer, except in one in
ctsncp.
“Weren’t these facts kept off the
record to conceal them?” asked Chair
man Shortrldge. , ,
Parker said ye didn't think so.
Before discharging the witness, the
committee asked him to supply a state
ment of all expenditures "for lobbying.
propkganßtf, ' observing and so forth.”
Parker said he would submit a state
ment showing all expenditures, but
could not segregate them into groups.
Schwab Is Questioned.
Schwab was the first witness to testi
fy for the Bethlehem Steel Corpora
tion and its subsidiary, the Bethlehem
, Shipbuilding Corporation. In response
to a line of questioning pursued by
the chairman, the witness said that he
had been greatly interested in the
Geneva conference from the standpoint
of an American citizen, but had no
irnntfjyied on Pen— ?, r , - , „ s )
Entered as second class matter
jiost office. Wash ins ton. I). C.
Inquiry Witness
CHARLES M. SCHWAB.
SINCLAIR AND DAY
MUSI SERVE TIME
President Hoover Will Not Ex
tend Clemency, White House
Information Reveals.
Harry F. Sinclair, millionaire oil man,
and Henry Mason Day, his associate,
must serve out their full sentences for
Jury shadowing in the Fall-Sinclair oil
conspiracy trial.
It was made known today at the
White House that President Hoover will
not extend executive clemency, adverse
action having been recommended late
yesterday in a report on petition for
1 commutation by John Lord O'Brien,
j acting Attorney General.
! That the Department of Justice would
! oppose the appeal of Sinclair and Day
was forecast in The Star, last Sunday,
on repo ts from authentic sources.
It was stated Sunday that the De
partment of Justice would pigeonhole
the application, but apparently it was
decided to send it on to the President.
O’Brian Signs Paper.
Attorney General William D. Mitchell,
it was learned, had nothing to with the
consideration of the case at this stage,
j as he is in the West on vacation, and
j the case was handled by department
j officials in Washington. The papers
! were signed by Mr. O'Brian.
Sinclair's sentence will be completed
I November 21 or 22, and Day's October 2.
The recommendations of Mr. O'Brian
! declared that the records in the case
l convinced him that in the jury shadow
ing the oil men had had a “sinister
and -Ulterior jlurpose.” Although Sin
clair was acquitted by another Jury on
the conspiracy charge, the Acting At
j torney General said, other Federal
courts, including the Supreme Court,
had decided in a civil suit that he had
been a “party to a corrupt and dis
honest agreement with Fair in con
nection with the lease of the Teapot
Dome Naval Oil Reserve.
Mr. O'Brian also told the President ;
that in his opinion to grant clemency
to Sinclair and Day would undermine
the confidence of the public in the ad
ministration of justice.
Based Plea on Health.
Sinclair had appealed for clemency,
on the grounds that his health was
being impaired by the confinement, and :
that his business enterprises needed his j
attention in justice to the stockholders, j
W. L. Peak, superintendent of the ]
jail, reported to the Department of Jus
tice that although Sinclair had lost i
about 15 pounds, he apparently was in ]
good health and was able to attend to
his duties as jail pharmacist and assist- j
ant to the resident physician.
Acting Attorney General O’Brian said i
that Sinclairs business interests af-';
forded no reason for granting clemency, 1
and he found there was no reasonable j
ground for distinction between the cases
of Sinclair and Day.
AWARDED OWN MEDAL
Discoverer of Carborundum Honor
ed by Electro-Chemical Society.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.. September 21 (/P).
—Dr. Edward G. Acheson, St. Peters
burg, Fla., inventor of carborundum,
who was an assistant to Thomas A.
Edison in 1880. today possessed the
medal he recently donated to honor
those who made notable discoveries in
electro-chemistry, electro-thermics and
electro-metallurgy. He was awarded
the honor last night by the American
Electro-Chemical Society, arbiter of
the aw T ard, in convention here.
from all over the country
MM from Europe are here for the aes
stoflp. which end today.
MRS. HOOVER GIVES WHITE HOUSE
ATMOSPHERE OF WEST COAST
Rearrangement of Furniture and of Grounds and Number
of Guests Tell in Six Months.
IV
By the Associated Press.
Now that the White House has been
I for six months under Mrs. Hoover’s
| management, a California atmosphere
! has replaced the New England aspect
I brought to it by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge.
j Rearrangements of furniture and of
; grounds remind of the Hoover home in
Palo Alto. An even more striking re
semblance is the remarkable number
of guests. As a President’s wife, as
in her entire previous career, Mrs.
Hoover has been very much the hostess.
Some 1,500 persons have sat at break- !
fast, luncheon or dinner table with
the Hoovers since the middle of March,
after the flurry of inauguration fes
tivities ended.
With so many visitors outdoor nooks
and indoor cheery and comfortable cor
ners have been on the increase, quite
after the sunny California fashion. Mrs.
Hoover has suggested and superintend
ed these changes. She created the
flag-floored bower under the magnolia,
trees, where ‘‘medicine ball breakfasts”
and afternoon teas have been held all
Summer, to the marked delight of all
participants. She also Introduced large
easy chairs, even several of the va
riety known as “Summer furniture,” in
I"-’ —- r“ , r*>»tc where informality ws»
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WASHINGTON, 1). C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1929-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. *
PROSECUTOR’S LIFE
REPORTED MARKED
BY RADICAL GROUP
f
Charlotte Police Learn of De
tails to Assassinate Car
penter and Associates.
PAROLED CONVICT TIPS
AUTHORITIES ON PLOT
——
Strike Leaders Call Nation-Wide
Mass Protest in Memory of
Woman Mob Victim.
By the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., September 21.
■ Details of a purported plot by New York
City “radicals” to assassinate Solicitor
John C. Carpenter and two other mem
bers of prosecuting counsel in the trial
|of 16 strike leaders and union members
for the slaying of Police Chief O. F.
Aderholt of Gastonia and to “slow up’’
things in Charlotte and Gastonia were
before North Carolina police today.
Solicitor Carpenter announced this
morning that the continuation of the
coroner’s inquest into the death of Mrs.
Ella May Wiggins, Bessemer City union
member who was shot September 14 by
’ mob members, had been postponed for
a week.
The solicitor said he had not been
able to complete his investigation since
he halted the inquiry last Sunday. He
I s *ld he hopes to be able to present some
| new evidence to the coroner's jury.
The International Labor Defense i
i leaders have called for “mass protest”
meetings to be held throughout the
I country today and tomorrow in memory
of Mrs. Wiggins.
The asserted plan of radicals tc kill
the solicitor, fermer Representative A.
L. Bulwinkle and Clyde R. Hoey, and
i to send "Tony Grondone” to North
i Carolina to “blow up things” was de
lineated in a letter to Edwin R. Bridges,
former State pardon commissioner, from
j a man paroled from the State prison
during the Bridges administration. The
| letter writer's name was not mad"
i public.
SLANDER CHARGED
IN CALHOUN SUITS
George A. Gormley Asks
SIOO,OOO in Two Actions
Filed at Rockville.
Charging slander, George A. Gormley,
4319 River road, today filed in the
District Supreme Court two suits, total
ing SIOO,OOO, against Capt. C. C. Cal
houn and his wife, Mrs. Daisy B. Cal
houn, socially prominent and backers
of the Woman s Universal Alliance.
At the same time, Attorney William
J. Neale, who, with Palmer, Davis &,
I Scott of 815 Fifteenth street, represents
! the plaintiff, explained that actions for
; damages for SIOO,OOO against Capt. and
i Mrs. Calhoun, who reside in Chevy
! Chase, Md., has been docketed bv
; titling in the Rockville, Md.. court, in
accordance with Maryland practice.
; Gormley charges that Capt. and Mrs.
; Calhoun, in a conversation with Joseph
J R. Harris, named as defendant With
, himself in an action filed earlier this
| week for an injunction to prevent the
J two men proceeding with a suit on a
$2,000 note signed by her, stated tn the
presence of others that Gormley had
stolen the note from Mrs. Calhoun's
desk.
Declaration to Be Filed.
The declaration, setting forth facts
making up the case ot action, Mr.
Neale saici, will be filed later.
In the suits filed today representing
an action for $50,000 agalns.. each of I
the defendants, Mr. Gormley informs i
the court that on July 25, 1928, Mrs. !
Calhoun "bemg indebted to the plaint- J
iff in a large sum oi money”—s2,ooo—
—a promisory note for this sum I
and delivered it to the plaintiff “in I
full settlement and satisfaction of the J
obligation due.”
Tne court is informed that for many
years past Gormley has been a building
contractor and in his work it was neces
sary from time to time to obtain from
manufacturers and dealers credit for
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indicated. Her thoughtfulness for the
comfort of her guests and her love for
informality has not caused her to de
viate from “the eternal fitness of
things.”
In second-floor guest rooms, she has
grouped the furniture, according to its
period, taking great care to make this
grouping historically authentic. One,
the “Lincoln four-poster,” the spread
crocheted by Mrs. Coolidge lingers as
an authentic reproduction of the Lin
coln bedspread. With the bed Mrs.
Hoover has arranged an old-fashioned
bureau, wardrobe, dresser and high
backed chair, carved after the same
manner. About another large four
poster she has grouped a blue damask
bedroom suite.
As hostess. Mrs. Hoover has almost
dail extended in the “wide-open” West
Coast way, with guest lists that mount
amazingly at the last minute. There’s
a breakfast at 7:30 and another at 8.
With official visitors to be cared for
the family has seldom been alone at
lunch time. As many as three teas have
been given in one afternoon, and the
dinner hour lias, seen every dining room
in use- The “extra plate” has been
know’n to become an extra half dozen at
Sunday night suppers, to which guests
are informally bidden by telephone. Yet
the place cards have always been prop
erly arranged, and the supper perfect
if- -ppnintments.
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JURY WILL PROBE
M’PHERSON CASE
Decision Reached After Con
ference Between Senator
Overman and Collins.
A grand jury investigation into the
death of Mrs. Virginia McPherson, I
which was held to be suicide by the'
coroner’s jury, was decided upon to-!
1 day during a conference between Sen- 1
ator Overman of North Carolina and !
Assistant District Attorney Collins, it ;
was stated at the Senator's office.
It is understood that Senator Over
man was of the opinion that in view of
the wide publicity given the matter and
unusual circumstances, it would better
j satisfy the girl’s family and the pub
lic if the available information was 1
laid before the grand Jury. The as- i
slstant district attorney indicated that j
course would be followed, it was
learned at the Senator's office.
Collin* Confers With Senator.
Mr. Collins spent more than an hour
talking over the case with Senator Over
man. Upon leaving Mr. Collins said j
that up to the present time his office
had not been able to put its finger
upon anything that would disturb the
findings already made, but emphasized
that the district attorney’s office was
still open to be shown if anything fur
ther is presented.
Allen will be called b.fore the grand
jury Tuesday to tell his story. United
States Attorney Rover announced.
Meanwhile Robert J. Allen faces
trial and possible dismissal from tne j
Police Department unless he can make
good his claim that he can prove Mrs.
McPherson was a victim of murder in
stead of suicide.
Wi‘h a view to haling Allen before
the Police Trial Board. Maj. William
G. Pratt, superintendent of police, is
conducting an investigation into the
case of the policeman, who alreadj has
figured tn four appearances before the
trial board on various charges. Three
times Allen won his cases. The fourth
time he was convicted, but the verdict
held up by the Commissioners.
The policeman has arrayed himself
against his superiors in the Police De
partment and officials of the United
States attorney's office by charging that
Mrs. McPherson was officially adjudg -d
a suicide because the coroner's jury
"was stupid and negligent.’’
Allen already is charged in connec
tion with the McPherson case with
conduct prejudicial to the good con
duct and discipline of the police force.
J The charges were preferred by Capt.
I William G. Stott of the third precinct.
According to Capt. Stott, Allen re
| ported an hour late for duty Tuesday
; afternoon. The officer claims that he
; was placing evidence before the Dis
trict Attorney's office as a result of his
! own Investigations into the death of
I Mrs. McPherson.
i Maj. Pratt would not discuss the case
! today beyond saying that he was
conducting an inquiry and preparing
charges against Allen lor the Police
Trial Board.
PIRATESCAPTURE
JAPANESE STEAMER
Hongkong-Bound Vessel Reported
on Way to Looting Ground of
Chinese Sea Robbers.
By the Associated Press.
HONGKONG. September 21.—The
Japanese steamer Deli Maru of tht
Osaka Shosen Kaisha Line, on the way
to Hongkong from Swatow, has sent
out wireless messages saying the ship
has been captured by pirates and taken
to Bias Bay. No further details are
available. The Deli Maru was expected
in Hongkong late today.
Bias Bay, near Hongkong, where the
latest China coast piracy has been com
mitted, is the most notorious pirate lair
in the Orient. British punitive expedi
tions have not been able to wipe out the
piiates, while Chinese efforts to deal
with them have been futile. The usual
method of Bias Bay pirates Is to board
coastal ships in great numbers, a hun
dred or more, at Shanghai or some
other port. When the ship is near Bias
Bay, the pirates, at a signal from their
leaders, rush the bridge and gain con- l
trol of the ship, either by killing the offi
cers or by imprisoning them. They run
the ship into Bias Bay. loot her, and
then allow the crew to continue the
voyage.
SHANGHAI, September 21 C/P). —Tile
Norwegian steamer Botnia, which was
looted by pirates after going aground
on a bar off Haichow last week, has
been refloated, and all the officers, ex
cept Chief Officer Westerheim, have
been released. Capt. Haaland. who was
held with the chief officer, escaped and
has reached Haichow safely.
i
Buddy of Alvin York
Revealed as Having
Used Assumed Name
| Modest Otis Merithew’Was
Corpl. Cutting Mentioned
in Hero’s Book.
By the Associated Press.
BROOKLINE, Mass., September 21.
A quiet employe of the Brookline high
way department approached Ids super
intendent with a request for time' off. ;
• Asked the reason, he reluctantly pro- !
t duced a letter from Army War College,
inviting him, as one of the seven sur- i
vivors of Sergt. Alvin C. York's famous |
■ exploit ip the Argonne offensive, to :
come to the annual military exposition !
in Washington.
Otis D. Merithew. the modest em- j
ploye, was, it developed, the Corel. I
William B. Cutting mentioned in Sergt. ;
York's book. Wounded, he fought be- I
j side the sergenat the day 132 Germans
surrendered to 7 Americans,
i Merithew said he had signed up for !
the Army under an assumed name "for j
no particular reason.” He was living |
at that time in Bridgeport, Conn. Alter
the war, he wrote the War Department
giving his true name, but his associates
and friends here never knew until
| today that Merithew was Corpl. Cut
ting.
Merithew not only got permission to
make the trip, but he'll get full pay
for his services while he Is at Wash
ington, his employers announced.
The Army is so anxious to have Meri
thew present that the War Department
has promised to send an airplane to
take him to the Capital.
DETROIT DEATHS
REACH NINETEEN
Doubts Expressed for Recov
ery of 13 Others—Probe to
Place Blame Continues.
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, September 21.—The death ;
list in the fire which early Friday swept
the Study Club, popular Detroit cab
aret. mounted to 19 today, with doubts
being expressed for the recovery' of 13
of the 37 injured still remaining in hos
pitals. *
One of the injured. Rolland Lowe of
Detroit, died early today. Eight of the
injured have been discharged, while a
majority of the others are reported in
a ‘‘temporarily serious condition.”
Investigation of the fire today broad
ened to include four city departments
In its scope.
While Henry J. Garvin, a detective
inspector, tentatively placed the blame
for the tragedy on the cloak room girl,
who is said to have opened the front
door when the flames were first dis
covered oon the first floor of the club,
County Prosecutor James Chenot an
nounced that his office not only would |
seek to place criminal responsibility for j
the fire. but. would hold to account as !
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ENGINE DIES, NAVAL ,
FLYERS ESCAPE INJURY
•Jwo Navy flyers escaped Tininjured
when their plane, a two-seater pursuit
ship, alter a successful catapult shot
from the Washington Navy Yard, slip
ped into the Potomac on the west side
of the Anacostia Bridge with a dead
motor about noon today.
Lieut. L. C. Ring of the Anacostia
Naval Air Station and his mechanic,
B. Langworthy, were in the plane.
Lieut. Ring and Langworthy had Just
taken off in their single-pontooned
plane and failed to get altitude to get
over Anacostia bridge when their motor
went out. Ring slipped the plane down
into the water a short distance from
the bridge on the right wing, ripping
l the right small pontoon and w'ing tip,
but not otherwise seriously damaging
the plane.
The pair were picked from the water 1
by a navy yard tug and returned to the
air station.
• —■r. -
Dirigible Lost in Fog 3 Hours.
ST. PAUL, September 21 (/P).—The
Army dirigible TC-71 was reported over
Rush City, Minn., SO miles north of
here, at 8 a.m., after having been lost
in the fog over Duluth, Minn., for nearly
three hours early today.
BOV CONFESSES
1512,1 THEFT
18-Year-Old Brokers' Mes
senger Tool of Others,
He Tells Police.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 21.—Milton
i Alter. 18-year-old messenger boy. today
confessed to the police that he had
been the tool of others in the theft yes- '
| terday of $512,000 in negotiable securi
ties from his employers, R. V. Hlscoe
i Co., brokers.
The boy. who had been employed by
the brokerage house at a salary of sls
i a week, said the robbery was directed I
1 by a man known to him as Jack Rosen.
The lad said Rosen had stopped him
repeatedly on the street and urged upon
him the easy opportunity of making
money. The urging was repeated yes
terday before the boy visited the Guar
| anty Trust Co. to redeem with a $400.-
1 000 certified check stocks and bonds
worth $512,000. which had been de
posited as collateral on a loan.
Tells of Persuasion.
“He said to me h* needed money
and that I should walk off with the
loan.” the boy said, "and he then told
me that my father was to receive j
$50,000 as my share. Then I finally |
consented.”
The boy said he obtained the secur- I
ities and during a long taxi-subway
walking trip through Manhattan he de
livered the securities to Rosen, receiv- I
ing from the man $1 and directions to ,
go to the Academy of Music in Brook
lyn, several miles from the Manhattan •
street corner where they separated.
Alter went to Brooklyn and then tele
phoned his employers, saying he had
been kidnaped.
Motive Seen in Change.
In announcing the boy's confession,
Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen
said he believed that Alter had been ;
induced to leave a former position sev- :
eral weeks ago and .go to work for the
brokerage firm so that he could hand
over to those who were using him bonds
and securities worth a fortune.
“I believe there is a bigger mind be
hind this theft,” the commissioner said,
“and I believe the boy was induced to
leave the position he had in the fur
business to take a Job in the financial
district so that others could get him to
steal securities.”
WILLIAMS’ AIRPLANE
BEING OVERHAULED
Mercury Racer to Be Given
Stronger Engine Before
Further Tests.
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. September 21
Dismantled and its fuselage torn apart.,
the Mercury racer, the speed plane with
which Lieut. A. J. Williams of the Navy
hoped to represent America in the re
cent Schneider Cup races in England,
rests at the naval aircraft factory here
“awaiting developments.”
The Mercury, because of a balky en
gine. failed to distinguish itself in test
trials and thus win passage to England
for the big event, Williams' many at-
I tempts to get the craft off the water
| having failed. The plane was brought
j here, where it was built, and is now be
ing overhauled and a more powerful mo
tor installed. Lieut. Williams said today
he hoped to give the racer another trial
soon.
To date the Mercury racer has cost
the Government little. Its building hav
ing been financed by private funds.
•‘Not more than SIOO,OOO has been
spent on the seaplane thus far,” Lieut.
Williams said, “which is far below the
amounts reported spent by England and
Italy for their speed planes.”
\ iVOIJ VAACAI OJAXU piBUCO.
LOVE AND GARDENIAS CAUSE
CITIZENS TO DUCK BULLETS
Policeman Visions Thousands Stolen, Captures Youths
to Learn It Was Only Bunch of Flowers.
By the Associated Press.
. CHICAGO, September 21.—Love and
two gardenias had the distinguished
denizens of Sheridan road ducking
bullets last night.
Two young men emerged agilely from ;
Papatony’s flower shop. Papatony him
self followed, shouting “Stop thief!"
It so happened that a policeman was
nearby. He saw the men drive away
and he gave pursuit. He called out,
"Stop In the name of the law!” The
young men paid no attention.
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Within the Hour n
The Star’s carrier system covert
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,832
UP) Means Associated Preee.
Ideal Conditions
Greet Horseshoe
Pitching Champions
-Washington, Virginia and
Maryland Title Holders
Meet for Crown.
Ideal weather and court conditions
were In prospect as the horseshoe pitch
ing champions of Washington. Northern
Virginia and Southern Maryland pre
pared to contest this afternoon on the
plaza for the metropolitan crown, bring
ing to a close The Washington Star's
first annual tournament.
The first match was scheduled for 3
o’clock, with the draw to be made a few'
minutes before. One of the three final
ists was to receive a bye and play the
victor In the match between the other
two.
Charles A. Fort represents Washing
ton, Millard E. Peake of Bethesda is
the Marylander and Alexander A
Kirchner of Barcroft the Virginian.
To decide second place the principals
were given the option of a play-off or
of matching total points scored against
the champion.
HAYNES TO REPORT
TO ROVER MONDAY
District Attorney Will Ask
Bond of SIO,OOO Be Posted
by Former Banker.
Harry V. Haynes, former president of j
! the Farmers and Mechanics National ]
! Bank of Georgetown, indicted yester- I
day by the grand jury on charges of I
having made false entries and mis- ;
applying bank funds, will surrender
Monday morning at 10 o’clock to United
I States Attorney Leo A. Rover,
i With this announcement today. It was
j learned that Haynes will appear with j
! his attorney, H. Winship Wheatley.
Mr. Rover will ask for the bond of
I SIO,OOO to be posted on his case.
GERMAN “Q” BOATS
i STIR NAVY CIRCLES
Mystery Warship Design Des
tined to Play Big Role in
1936 Limitation Parley.
By the Associated Press.
Germany’s new mystery warship—a
10.000-ton craft mounting six 11-inch j
guns and capable of a wide cruising
I radius at high speed—seems destined
J to play an important part in any fu
• ture naval limitation conference that
deals with capital fighting ships.
In the judgment of some American
i naval officers this would be especially
so if there should be a move in 1936 to
abolish the battleship, as has been sug
gested unofficially in recent months.
. since the beginning of the present
Anglo-American negotiations for limit
ing the tonnage of auxiliary fleet craft.
Fleet of Six.
With Germany possessing six ships of
the characteristics of the one now com
j pleted. it is argued in naval circles that
i the other sea powers would be unable to
| do away with their own capital ship
j fleets without changes in - the present
j agreement which fixes eight inches as
I the limit of the bore of guns to be
| mounted on other than battleships.
Under the terms of the treaty of Ver
sailles Germany is permitted ‘to build I
six ships of 10.000 standard tons, or i
about 13,500 tons displacement, w ithout I
limitation of any kind as to the size*of j
the guns that might be moutned on I
them.
At the time the treaty was nego-1
tiated. and even at the time of the I
Washington Arms Conference in 1921.1
the general naval thought of the world
apparently was that an 8-inch gun was
about the largest that could be placed I
on 10,000-ton ships without sacrificing
I speed, cruising radius and defensive I
armor.
Design Is Practical.
While comparatively little is known I
about the new German craft by the
i other navies, it is the German claim I
j that its new' design is entirely prac- i
. ticable. If such is the case, it has made
; a big advance in warship design and i
j one that may make the nation a sac- i
tor in future capital ship limitation i
I conferences. \
« The six 11-inch guns of the German
; craft are mounted in three armored.
turrets, two forward and one aft. Ad- |
; mittedly this ship would be far supe- '
rior to the 10.000-ton 8-inch craft of i
! the American and British navies, and |
j to all practical purposes it Is a capital i
I ship.
The German battleships and battle j
: cruisers composing the high seas fleet j
during the World War were equipped I
| with 11-inch rifles, and they proved!
highly effective weapons in the battle j
with the British grand fleet off Jutland, i
Thev far outrange an 8-inch gun. and j
a ship equipped with them could be!
coped with only by the capital craft.
Beal D A. 8., 101, Dead.
NEBRON, Conn.. September 21 (JP). —•
Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Lord. 101 years
old, and a real daughter of the Revolu
| tion, died at her home here last night.
! Her father fought in the battle of
Lexington.
The policeman began shooting at
their car. He eventually got the range
and produced two flat tires.
.Alfred Cooper and Gordon Lynch sur
rendered.
{ Papatony came puffing up.
"What did they steal?” inquired the
: officer. “At least a couple thousand
bucks. I’ll bet,”
“We only did it for our girls,” said
Lynch.
“What do I care about your girls?”
: snapped Papatony. “Give me back my
i two gardenias.
TWO CENTS.
BRITISH WITHDRAW
LEAGUE PROPOSAL
ON ARMY RESERVES
Compromise Accepted by
Lord Cecil After French
Are Antagonized.
GREEK DELEGATE OFFERS
SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION
Great Britain Makes It Clear Sub
ject Will Be Brought
Up Again.
By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, September 21.—Lord Rob
ert Cecil today withdrew the British dis
armament resolution regarding trained *
army reserves, which has stirred League
of Nations debates this week, and ac
cepted a. compromise proposal which he
declared accomplished the purpose of
the British government.
Lord Cecil’s pressure in the general
scheme of disarmament has antagonized
the French press and public and de
veloped criticism to the disarmament
movement inaugurated by the United
States and Great Britain. Lord Cecil
stated the compromise proposal which
was aceptable to him leaves the door
! open for resuming discussion of limita
| tion of trained reserves at the proper
j time.
j Lord Cecil said he thought he might
! win if he pressed the British resolution
to a vote, but believed that a decision by
a narrow margin either way would have
an unfortunate effect on the cause of
disarmament. He said that in any case
j he had made quite clear Great Britain's
; position and that Great Britain's right
to present the subject again was secure.
Ends Controversy.
The British delegate's action ended a
controversy which had been waged be
fore the committee for the past three
days between Great Britain and France
and their respective supporters. The
French opposed the resolution on the
ground that it reopened a question
which had be*n understood should be
left to the decision of the European
continental powers concerned and that
agitation on the subject while the Anglo-
American naval negotiations were go
) ing on was unwise.
The compromise which found favor
with all the parties was offered by M.
Politis, the Greek delegate. It recom
mends that the Assembly take note of
the statements made to the disarma
ment committee regarding the prin
ciples upon which the final work of
the preparatory disarmament com mi f
sion should be based: urges the nec'J
sity of taking the first step toward nc
| reduction and limitation of armaments
as quickly as possible; expresses hope
that the preparatory commission will
shortly resume work toward framing a
preliminary draft convention and
agreed that the minutes of the plenary
meeting of the Assembly and of the
disarmament committee on this subject
shall be communicated to the prepara
tory commission "for any necessary
action.”
In its preamble the compromise
resolution says that the Assembly wel
comes the "prospect of an early agree
ment between the naval powers as to
the limitation and reduction of naval
armaments. Which agreement would
enable the preparatory commission to
secure a general agreement on the
methods to be adopted for the limita
tion and reduction in naval arma
ments.”
Revision Not Expected.
Revision of the League covenant to
conform with the Kellogg-Briand pact,
j a forward step in the world movement
, against war, will not be accomplished
in the present session of the League
I assembly despite the fact that it is
j supported by prevailing opinion there.
| It may become a fact next year,
j The assembly's committee on consti
tutional questions voted late today to
I refer this proposal to a special com
i mittee which will prepare and present
I it to the eleventh assembly.
! The committee agreed that there was
1 no juridical need for modifying the
I covenant since it does not conflict with
j the agreement outlawing war. but the
I members believed formal modification
I was politically desirable.
The special committee, composed of
; 11 members meet on the first quarter of
1930 to draft the required alterations
! in the famous document which is the
[ charter of the League.
I Plans for a world economic confer
! ence of all nations, both members and
non-members of the League, reached
! concrete form in the committee on
I technical organizations this afternoon.
| The committee will recommend that
| the Assembly adopt, procedure which
* provides for five stages.
Want National Attitudes.
| The first is an invitation-to all states
; to intimate before December 31, 1929.
I whether they will participate in a
| diplomatic conference for concluding a
tariff truce and for establishing a
I program of negotiations to reduce
j hindrances to trade by collective agree
ment.
The second stage is decision by the
Council of the League, on the basis of
these replies, whether the diplomatic
conference shall be held. If its decision
is affirmative the conference will be
held probably toward the end of Janu
ary. 1930.
The third stage is the actual holding
of the conference; the fourth, negotia
tions extending over a long period and
aiming at collective agreements, and
the fifth, a final diplomatic conference
to consider the results and supplement
them if necessary.
SECRETARY GOOD ENTERS
WALTER REED HOSPITAL
Will Undergo Treatment for Se
vere Attack of Neuritis
in Right Arm.
Secretary Good today was admitted
to Walter Reed Hospital to undergo
treatment for a severe attack of neuri
tis in his right arm.
The Secretary of War returned here
yesterday from Albany, N. Y„ where he
addressed the Intra-Coastal Waterways
Association. '
On the advice of his personal physi
cian and Army physicians he entered
Walter Reed early today. He probably
will remain there for a week.
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