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WEATHER.
<TJ. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow:
not much change in temperature.
Temperatures: Highest, 64. at noon
today: lowest, 57, at 6 a.m. today.
Full report on page 9.
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11
Kntered as second class matter
post office, Washington, D. C.
No. 31,191.
DECISION TO HIRE
SHEARER BAD MOVE,
WAKEMAN ADMIIS
Denies, However, Duties
Went Beyond Observing and
Reporting on Meetings.
SAYS LITTLE ATTENTION
GIVEN TO STATEMENTS
Testimony Shows They Contained |
Impressions Parley Was Futile
and Would Fail.
The decision to employ William B. |
Bhearer to go to the Geneva naval
limitation conference in 1927 was
characterized by Samuel W. Wakeman,
president of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Corporation, at the Senate investiga
tion today, as a "damn fool decision in
the light of what has occurred.’’
Mr. Wakeman represented his com
pany at a conference in March, 1927,
with other shipbuilding representatives,
when it was determined to send Shearer
to Geneva as an "observer.”
Mr. Wakeman was the first witness
today at the Senate investigation of
charges that Shearer had been em
ployed by thi shipbuilding companies
to help break down the Geneva con- .
ierence on naval-limitation. He denied
emphatically that Shearer had been
employed to do anything except observe
and report on the proceedings of the :
conference. •
Little Attention to Reports.
It was brought out in the testimony, '
however, that Shearer's reports to the 1
shipbuilding company had been filled
with impresiona that the conference
■would not succeed and with the futility
of hcloing such a conference. 1
Mr. Wakeman told the committee
that little attention had heen given to ,
Shearer’s reports: that although there
were 12 in the files of the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Corporation, only five had
gone to him personally. <
It was brought out at the hearing ■
that the payments had been, made to I
Shearer, on behalf of the Bethlehem j ’
company, through Henry C. Hunter, 1
counsel for the American Council of |,
Shipbuilders, from the cash account of j
Mr. Wakeman in Quincy, Mass., where i 1
Mr. Wakeman's office is located. No 1
mention of the fact that the money so j
paid went to Shearer occurred in the i 1
books of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding : :
Corporation, Mr. Wakeman testified. J i
He insisted that the transaction was 1
one which he himself had personally 11
entered into and carried out so far as 11
his company was concerned.
"He testified that there had been no 1
written contract with Shearer and t
added that none had ever been thought s
Os. ! <
"Didn't Mr. Shearer claim at the time i 1
you employed him that he could frus- i
trate the conference?” asked Chairman l
Shortrldge of the Senate committee. ! i
"Absolutely not.” replied Mr. Wake- j ■
man. "He made no such claim or we j i
would not have been a party to his em- '
ployment.” 1
Allen Questions Witness. <
Senator Allen of Kansas questioned 5
the witness about, the claim of Shearer s
in his suit against the shipbuilding i
company for $250,000 additional. Mr. t
Wakeman said that nothing had been
agreed to accept the $25,000 which the 1
company paid him for work at Geneva. <
Senator Allen read from a letter ad- 1
dressed by Shearer to Wakeman on c
January 30, 1928. Senator Allan said
this was a "shocking letter” in view of t
the claim made by Shearer about what i
he had considered doing at Geneva. i
The letter follows:
Washington. D. C., i«
January 30, 1928.
S. W. Wakeman. Esq.,
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co.,
25 Broadway. N. Y. «
Mv Dear Mr. Wakeman: ,
Pursuant to our last private conver
sation and understanding in your office, <
that future negotiations would be with \
me direct. I wish to call to your atten- ,
tlon that as a result of my activities ”
during the Sixty-ninth Congress, eight
10.000-ton cruisers are now under con
itruction. , ,
Further, that owing to the failure of J
the tri-power naval conference at Ge- ‘
neva, there is now before the Seventieth <■
Congress a 71-ship-building program <
costing $740,000,000. , !
The understanding for which ex- (
penses were furnished me to conduct »
the campaign for naval preparedness «
was to March 5. 1928. to be paid a* a *
salary of $25,000 a year, receipt hereby
acknowledged for year ending March 4.
1928.
As stated by you and afcrced by your «
group, I am to receive at the rate of
$25,000 a year as a reward, a bonus, for
money earned as the results of the
naval preparedness campaign, which
benefits and in reality saves the ship- !
building industry. The fix ng of the -
time limit on the naval building pro
gram to five years to lay down and
eight years to complete, establishes the
period of our understanding to the \
length of the naval program of eight .
years at $25,000 a year, or an aggregate
of $200,000 due me from the result of
my endeavors in the interests of the
shipbuilding industry.
The amount of *200.000 to be divided
by and between the Bethlehem Ship
bulding Co.. 25 Broadway, New York
City: the Newport News Shipbuilding
Co.. 233 Broadway, New York City, and
the Brown-Boveri Shipbuilding Co.,
Camden, N. J.
At the request of Mr. Hunter, Mr, ■
Palen. Mr. Bardo and yourself, I have
continued my activities in your behalf
and in your interests to get action on
a naval building program, which is :
now assured. By request and lnstruc- |
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FREE TICKETS TO RUSSIA REFUSED
ON STORIES OF TWO AFTER TRIP
English Coal Miners Tell Companions Their Experiences
Turned Them Cold.
By th* Associated Press.
EYTHORNE, Kent. England, Sep
tember 23—Two English coal miners,
W. Boone and J. Crane, who recently
visited Soviet Russia at the expense of
their employer, Tilden Smith, owner of
theJTllmanstone Colliery near Dover,
have returned home with such harrow
ing tales of life in Russia that none of
their fellow workers would accept free
1° Moscow*
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M’PHERSON DEATH CASE
TO GO TO GRAND JURY
AS ALLEN IS SUSPENDED
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Husband of Dead Nurse Arrested, Then
Freed by Officer in Attempt at
One-Man Probe.
Suspension of Officer Robert J. Allen of the third precinct after he had
arrested and released Robert A. McPherson, husband of Mrs. Virginia McPher
son, into whose mysterious death Allen has been conducting a single-handed
investigation, and a near physical encounter between Allen and McPherson at
police headquarters later were developments in the case today.
Coroner Nevltt, at the suggestion of Police Inspector Shelby, laid plans for
reopening the coroner's Inquiry, but after a conference with -United States
Attorney Rover decided to turn the investigation entirely over to the grand Jury,
which takes up the case tomorrow. •, ' ’s,
Allen's suspension followed an interview with McPherson, a new witness,
whom he had brought to confront him, and newspaper men at the bank, where
McPherson is employed. The youth was put under arrest when he declined
to confront the witness.
Later, when the witness declared that McPrehson was not the man he had
seen with a woman he believed to be Mrs. McPherson late on the night she j
died. Allen walked out of the bank, leaving McPherson in a telephone booth
telling his father that he had been arrested.
Later McPherson went to police headquarters and took part in the conference
A few moments afterward, while in search of a taxi driver who brought the
couple to the witness’ home. Allen ran by a red traffic signal and his automobile
collided with a truck at Ninth and F streets. A policeman immediately took
him to police headquarters in response to a general lookout for him issued earlier
in the day by Inspector Selby, and his suspension followed.
Acting on a tip that a young man
who was said to resemble a suspect had
visited the home of Victor McGauthey,
near Ardmore, Md.. Allen, accompanied
by reporters, went there and showed thfe
owner a group picture. 1
McGauthey immediately pointed tb
one man. and declared that he wap
there on the night Mrs. McPherson met
her death. He accompanied Allen back
to Washington and was taken to the
bank. U
There Allen ordered McPherson to ac
company him to the lobby. McPherson,
demanded that he exhibit his badge;
When it was exhibited he asked if
Allen had authority from Detective
headquarters. The officer admitted he
did not, but again ordered the young
man to go with him. He refused.
Held Wrong Man.
"You are under arrest,” Allen in
formed him.
"I will get you for false arrest” the
other warned, but the officer demanded
that he go to the first floor.
When they reached the lobby. Mc-
Gauthey immediately declared that Mc-
Pherson was not the man. The youth
went to telephone his father that he had
been taken into custody, but Allen, after
questioning McGauthey, and being
again told that he was not the man,
hurriedly departed from the building.
Allen immediately started a search
for a taxicab driver who, McGauthey
said, had also been at his home on the
night in question, but was unable to
find him. and it was while on his hunt
near Ninth and P stieet that the officer
failed to observe the Signal.
When Allen arrived at headquarters,
he waa* accompanied by four witnesses,
who wire immediately closeted with In
spector Shelby. Later a call was sent
out for a deputy United States marshal,
who went to headquarters and sub
poened the four to appear before the
grand jury tomorrow' when it takes up
its investigation into the case. In
spector Shelby declared that Allen was
not under arrest, and would not be ar
rested unless the United St*tee attor
ney’s office requested it.
When the conference in inspector
Shelby's office had been going on for
some time, two members of the homicide
squad were suddenly dispatched to Al
exandria. It was reported that they
were seeking another witness.
Earlier iri the day Coroner Nevitt, at
the suggestion of Shelby, begin an in
quiry into the law to ascertain whether
toe coroner’s investigation could be re
opened.
Later Shelby declared: "If AUen con
vinces me and an impartial jury that
it is a murder, and if he finds the
murderer, I will bring him to head
quarters and make him a detective
sergeant."
Cites Officer's Doty,
"Any policeman who obtains knowl
edge of the commission of a crime and
who does not turn that Information
over to his superior officer or who di
vulges that Information to other per
sons, neglects his duty, violates his oath
and is a traitor to the service, and you
can quote that.
“All Inquiries into deaths are predi
cated on the theory that a crime has
been committed. This theory is held
until facts are brought to light which
cause it to be dropped. In this case
every fact led us down paths which
pointed to suicide. None of the facts
brought out by Allen are new to us
except his most recent statement that
some one was seen to climb out of a
window of the apartment and down a
rain pipe.”
Maj. Henry G. Pratt superintendent
of police, said that the police manual
makes It the duty of every member of
the force who obtains knowledge per
taining to the commission of a felony
or to the whereabouts of a felon to
communicate the same Immediately to
his superior offlcf r.
Might Militate Offense.
If Allen had any knowledge relating
to this case, Maj. Pratt said, he must
have violated the manual with respect
to it, since he did not communicate
the knowledge to Capt. Stott, his Im
mediate superior, or to any one else in
the department, as far as he knew.
Maj. Pratt said, however, that if Allen
used his knowledge to bring a murderer
to justice without Imparting it to his
superior officer that would be a circum
stance mitigating his offense.
Earlier in the day Allen declared that
he obtained the names of two witnesses
who would testify that they saw a man
jump from the roof of the low building
just outside the McPherson apartment.
He said one of the men pursued the
individual, but that he believed he got
away in a taxicab.
Addressing crowds of miners gathered
at Smith’s home, Roone and Crane de
scribed their experiences In the Soviet
capital and at the Broski mine. Roone
said their experiences turned them cold.
"My friend Crane cursed the Soviets
for their hypocrisy, saying Lenin never
intended this.” said Roone. "We have
seen things we should not have seen.”
When the mine owner offered to pay
the passage of any of his workers to
Russia, but not home again, there was
no response. - -
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W]t Miming j&kf.
WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1929-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. ***
COOUDGE WEDDING
TD BE LATE TODAY
Son of Ex-President and
Miss Trumbull to Marry in
Quiet Ceremony.*
BY ADELAIDE KERR.
Associated Press Stag Writer.
PLAINVILLE, Conn., September 23
Florence Trumbull, daughter of Con
necticut’s governor, and John Coolidge.
son of a former Massachusetts governor
and ex-President of the United States,
will be married here late today in the
presence of notables of New England
and the Nation.
Two United States Senators, four
former Connecticut governors and the
members of Gov. Trumbull's military
staff will be among those present at the
ceremony, which will take place in the
village Congregational Church. The re
mainder of the guests will be limited to
friends and relatives of the Coolidge
and Trumbull families.
The nuptials, although colored by
Autumnal tints in decoration and bridal
attire, will be marked by New England |
restraint and dignity. Only 82 guests, j
seated in the center section of the little i
church, will witness the services.
Bar Reporters and Cameramen.
The large delegation of newspaper j
men and photographers who have gath- I
ered for the event will be excluded from
the church, in keeping with the desire
of the bridal pair to make the wedding i
a quiet family affair. Two ministers will ,
officiate at the service. The Rev. Ken
neth Welles of Albany, former pastor
of the Congregational Church at North
ampton. Mass., to whose sermons the
bridegroom listened to as a schoolboy,;
will perform the ceremony. He will be
assisted by the Rev. J. Roy Wilkerson.
pastor of the Plainvllle Congregational
Church. The simple Congregational
service and the single-ring ceremony
will be used.
A half-hour musical program will be
given while the guests assemble for the
wedding. The “March Triumphal,” bv
Grieg: the prelude to “Lohengrin” and
"Elsa’s Bridal Procession," both by Wag
ner. and the Bach-Gounod “Ave Maria"
will be played on the church pipe organ
by Prof. William C. Hammond of Mount
Holyoke College, from which the bride
was graduated a few years ago.
■ Just before the wedding march “O
Promise Me,” by Reginald de Koven. Is
to be played by Prof. Hammond and
Emil Helmberger, Hartford violinist,
conductor of a., hotel orchestra to the
music of which Miss Trumbull has
often danced.
Then comes the wedding processional
—the bridal chorus from “Lohengrin”—
as the bride enters the church on the
arm of her father. Mendelsohn's wed
ding march will be used as a recessional.
Bride to Wear Satin Gown.
The bride, tall and blond, is to wear
a gown of old Ivory satin designed in
the slender lines of the princess sil
houette. Her veil of old ivory tulle will
fall softly over her hair, ornamented
by folds of duchesse lace, lent her for
the occasion by Mrs. Collidge. She will
carry a great sheaf of white lilies.
Her sister, Miss Jean Trumbull, will
attend her as maid of honor, gowned
In a froclfrof capucine chiffon, also made
in princess effect, with a slight train
and finished with Imported lace em
broidered in gold.
The four bridesmaids will wear gowns
of amber chiffon, reflecting the general
yellow and burnt orange color scheme
of the wedding. The maid of honor’s
bouquet Is to be of Ophelia roses, while
those of the other bridal attendants will
be of the garden variety in lemon and
orange tones, tied with bows of chiffon
to match their gowns. /
The bridal attendants, besides Miss
Jean Trumbull, will be Miss Esther
Trumbull and Miss Dorothy Clark of
Plainville, cousins of the bride. Miss
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WAGGONER STARTS
EAST TO FACE TRIAL
President of Telluride Bank Leaves
With IT. S. Marshal for Hear
ing in New York.
By the Associated Preai.
I CHEYENNE, Wyo„ September 23.
C. D. Waggoner. Telluride, Colo., bank
president, Aft for New York at 8:30
a.m. today m custody of two officers to
l face trial on a charge of using the
mails in furtherance of a scheme to de
fraud six New York banks of a half
million dollars.
The banker was in custody of Hugh
L. Patton, United States marshal, and
P. M. Bruner, special guard. He will
arrive in New York at 3:30 p.m. Wed
nesday. The prisoner left here on the
second section of the Union* Pacific
limited from Los Angeles.
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Airways Man Kills Self.
SHREVEPORT, La., September 23
(IP). —E. B. Redline. 36, president of the
i 1 Shreveport Airways, Inc., committed
i suicide today by shooting himself in
the head with a pistol.
DELEGATESATTACK
SPEED OF LEAGUE
TO WIND OP WORK
Envoys of Britain, Canada
and Norway Score Pace
of Proceedings.
RUSH OF LAST FEW DAYS
- DESCRIBED AS SCANDAL
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,Final Report on Attitude to Pre
paratory Arms Group’s Pro
gram Considered.
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i By the Associated Press.
I GENEVA. September 23.—The League
of Nations Assembly moved on toward
adjournment at such a pace today that
it drew rebukes from the delegations of
Great Britain, Canada and Norway.
The rushing of the Assembly’s work
during the last few days of the session
has become a scandal. Lord Cecil told
the disarmament committee, while Sir
George Foster condemned the “haste to
get home—or other places.” - He had
heard criticism from countries south of
Canada, Sir Oeorge asserted, that
'•when the big light# of the Assembly
had been extinguished or removed and
the real work of the League in com
mittees is begun, there is a tendency
to reach for hats and scurry away.”
Moves to Slacken Pare.
Dr. Lange of Norway insisted that
the three Items under consideration
today by the committee ’should hot be
considered, as proposed, in a plenary
session this afternoon, and this move
fQr retarding the pace of the proceed
ings was adopted.
The disarmament committee voted to
Instruct the secretary general to take
steps for providing a radio telegraphic
station for the use of the League and
under League control. This station would !
be equipped with facilities for com
munication with all countries of the
world.
Considers Arms Report.
The committee then considered Its
final report on its attitude to the work
of the preparatory disarmament com
mission as represented in the com
promise proposal adopted Saturday.
This settlement of the conflicting
British and French views urges the
preparatory commission to pursue its
work as soon as possible toward fram
ing a preliminary draft convention for
the reduction and limitation of arma
j ments on land, sea and air. The com
; mittee concluded its work for the day
hy adopting a report embodying the
French and British compromise re
garding the program of the preparatory
commission.
Hugh R. Wilson. American Minister
to Switzerland, was among the specta
tors at today's session.
I Announcement was made that Japan
has signed the protocol for the ad
hesion of the United States to the
World Court.
SPQRTSMANIHLLED
IN 8-STORY PLUNGE
Allen Weir, Brother-in-Law of For
mer Esther Driver do Pont, Vic
tim of New York Accident.
By the Associated Pfess.
NEW YORK. September 23.—Allen
Weir, wealthy sportsman and a brother
in-law of the former Esther Driver du
Pont of Wilmington, Del., was killed
yesterday In an etght-story fall from
his East Forty-second street apartment.
He was 26 years old.
Two friends, Charles Greening of
Montclair. N. J., and Harry Evans, were
ordered to appear In Homicide Court
for questioning regarding the manner
of Weir’s death. The official police re
port said that he "was either pushed or
fell”
Greening and Evans told police that
they and Weir had returned to the
apartment early Sunday morning after
an evening together. They said they
prepared for sleep, and had been "sky
larking” in Weir’s room. The two went
into the living room, and a moment
later said they saw Weir poised on the
window sill. As they ran toward him
he toppled out. His body was found In
a courtyard.
The friends said during the evening
they had several drinks, but denied that
any of them was Intoxicated. They de
scribed Weir as being in apparent high
spirits.
Weir was graduated from Annapolis
Naval Academy In 1926. He possessed
an independent fortune, owned a yacht
and two motor cars. His mother Is Mrs.
Henderson Weir of Wilmington, Del.,
where he made his home before his en
try Into the Naval Academy.
GUNMEN SLAY CHILD
IN ARMS OF HIS FATHER
Parent Also Wounded by Shots
Fired From Ambush in Wis
consin City.
By the Associated Press. .
MADISON, Wis., September 23. I
Gunmen in ambush killed a 3-year
old child In the arms of his father in
Madison’s "Little Italy” late last night.
The father, Charles Glosi, was wounded
perhaps fatally.
A shotgun loaded with slugs was
used. Glosi, carrying his son Frank in
his arms, was walking through a dark
alley when his attacker opened fire.
Doctors said that the child suffered the
brunt of the shot, and this, they added,
saved the elder Glosi from instant death.
A liquor law was blamed for the kill
ing, the latest of a series in “Little
Italy” within a year.
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Army Air Officer Killed.
DAYTON, Ohio, September 3 (JV >•
—Lieut. Mark H. Redman, Army Air
Corps officer at Fairfield Intermediate
depot, was killed late yesterday when
his airplane> motor cut out in taking off.
The plane fell to the ground and caught
fire.
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TWO YOUTHS SAVE
- 5 AS HOMES BURN
Blazes at Hyattsville and
I
Near Fort Humphreys
Closely Paralleled.
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In fires closely paralleling each other
I five persons were saved from being
burned to death Saturday night when
one Maryland and one Virginia youth
returned to their blazing homes around
midnight to arouse their sleeping rel
atives and make possible their escape.
Maynard Zink, 21 years old, saved his
mother, sister and 10-year-old cousin
when he arrived at his parents’ home,
about two miles off the Richmond-
Washington highway near Port Hum
phreys, Va., and found the building in
flames, while Howard Lawrence return
ed from work and awoke his mother
and father, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Law
rence, when he found the rear of their
house, on Wine avenue extended, at
Hyattsville, Md., on fire.
Finds Kitchen Afire.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence made their
way from the burning structure while
their son summoned the Hyattsville
Volunteer Fire Department, which ex
tinguished the fire with chemicals.
The Zink youth was walking into the
yard of his home when he suddenly saw
flames licking at the curtains at the
kitchen window. Bursting into the
building, he found the kitchen entirely
enveloped in flames, which were fast
I spreading to other sections of the house,
and the family asleep in a nearby bed
room.
Banging on the bedroom door with'
his fists he aroused his mother, Mrs.
Ada E. Zink, who hastily awoke her
daugher. Mrs. Henry L. Ford, and.
nephew, Ray Kicklighter of 55 M street
southwest, Washington.
Mrs. Zink and her daughter groped
their way through tne smoke-filled
hallway until they reached the front
door, while the Kickllighter youth, who
had been spending his vacation with
the Zinks, jumped to safety from the
bedroom window.
Lom Is $5,000.
The husband, F. C. Zink, an employe
at the Potomac Railroad yards, did not
learn of the fire until he returned from
work and saw the bungalow levelel to
the ground, with the last of the fire
slowly dying out. He placed his en
tire loss at approximately $5,000.
-No. 4 Engine Company of the Alex
andria Fire Department responded to
the alarm, turned in by neighbors, but
was forced to sit idly by because of
the lack of water with which to com
bat the flames.
A swing removed from the front
porch was the only thing saved. All
of the personal belongings of the Zink
family as welHeus all of their household
furnishings perished in the blaze.
Origin of the fire is unknown, al
though 1 it is thought that it might
possibly have started from a defective
flue.
NEW AIRMAIL PLAN
IS BEING WORKED OUT
Postmaster General Proposes Radi
cal Changes in Coast-to
• Coast System.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. September 23.
Postmaster General Walter F. Brown
disclosed here today that inauguration
in the near future of a new system of
air mail service between the Pacific
Coast and the East probably would fol
low the survey he is making of coast
I airport conditions.
Contracts to carry mail exclusively.
Brown indicated, probably would sup
plant the present contracts, under which
air transport lines carrying mail also
may handle express aim passengers. He
explained- that a purely mail service
would cut by many hours the present
transcontinental air mail delivery. His
final recommendations will be made
public in Washington. „
PLANE ON RETURN HOP.
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City of Savannah Leaves Miami
for New York.
MIAMI, Fla., September 23 The
monoplane City of Savannah of the
Eastern Air Express, Inc., left Miami
Municipal Airport at 7:45 a.m.' today
bound for New York in a direct flight
to complete the first found trip on the
New York-Miami line. Two other
planes, the City of Columbia and City of
Raleigh, were to leave an hour later.
They plan stopping overnight at Cam
den, S. C.
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Forger of Checks
Uses a Perforater
To Ward Off Crooks
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 23.—A
bad check is bad enough, but
Garvey Bodkin figured at might
be worse, so he took precautions.
When police grrested him as
the autographer of a series of
checks which had no bankable
solidarity, they asked him why
he went to the trouble of using
a perforating machine.
He said one had to be careful,
some crook might raise the
amount.
PREMIER MAY STAY
AT WHITE HOUSE
MacDonald May Be Guest of
President at Least Three
Days Next Month.
J. Ramsay MacDonald, the British ]
premier, will probably stay at the White ■
House three of the five or six days he
will be in Washington next month. !
t It is known that President Hoover is j
fnxious to have the British premier as !
a guest and would really like to have
him at the White House during the
whole of his visit, but he realizes that
the'' latter would most likely want to
stay for a short while at the British
embassy. The President also Is eager
to take his distinguished visitor to his
camp in the Virginia mountains, where
they might enjoy the life in the open
for a couple of days and where they
, could talk to their hearts’ contents
without interruption and amid most in
spiring surroundings.
Depends on Weather.
The trip to the mountain camp will
depend almost entirely upon the
weather. The President has reason to
Know that it is much cooler In the Blue
Ridge Mountains than it is in Wash
ington. and as there are no heating
facilities other than fireplaces, it is
not thought likely that the President
will propose such an outing unless the
weather is warm at the time.
The complete itinerary of Premier
MacDonald's visit here is likely to be
made public within a day or so. It was
said at the White House today that the
premier will most likely go to the em
bassy for his first night's stay in the
Capital. A formal visit, however, will be
made by the Premier at the White
House soon after his arrival late the
afternoon of October 4, which visit will
call for a return formal visit on the part
of President and Mrs. Hoover.
Stimson to Stay Here.
It is understood also that Secretary
of State Stimson, who has been desig
nated to officially receive the premier
upon his arrival, will not go to New
York to meet him at the dock, as was
first suggested, but will welcome him
upon his arrival at the Union Station in
this city.
One of the Assistant Secretaries of
State will extend the official welcome to
the premier on his arrival in New York,
and will accompany him on the special
train that will bring him to the Capital.
It has not been learned yet just what
room in the White House will be turned
over to the premier or which one will I*
assigned to his daughter. Ishbel, who is
accompanying him as official hostess.
STRIKE VOTE PLANNED.
Rayon Mill Workers Warned by
Employes Against Walkout.
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., September
23 (/P). —Despite a rayon mill ultimatum
that participants in a walkout would be
barred from employment in the future,
textile union leaders here proceeded to
day with plans for talking a vote on pro
posals to strike at a mass meeting to
night.
The American Bemberg & Glanzstoff
Co. statement, following the call of a
union meeting for a final vote, warned
employes that no strikers would be re
employed regardless of whether a settle
ment was obtained soon.
LEOPOLD SEEKING PH. D.
CHICAGO, September 22 UP).—The
Herald and Examiner said today that
Nathan Leopold, serving a life term in
Joliet Penitentiary, is seeking a course
of college instruction by mail so that he
may secure his doctor of philosophy de
'gree. A dozen universities, the paper
said, are willing to enroll Leopold in a
correspondence course, but so far he
has "been unable to find one that does
not require a period of work in residence
before giving a degree.
Mrs. Wu Arrives in Seattle.
SEATTLE. Wash., September 23 (A 3 ).
Mrs/ C. C. Wu, wife of the Chinese Min
ister to the United States, and her four
children, arrived here yesterday from
the Orient, en route to Washington.
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The only evening paper
in Washington with the
Associated Press news
service.
(IP) Means Associated Press.
NARCOTIC CHARGES
HURLED BY BLEASE
Carolinian Informs Senate
“Joints” Are Operating
Near Capitol.
Charges that "narcotic joint*” are
I in operation within a few blocks of the
Capitol were made in the Senate to
day by Senator Blease, Democrat, of;
South Carolina. Senator Blease alsol
! declared that several Chinese have been j
killed here without any one having been j
tried in connection with the deaths.
His reference to the narcotic traffic ■
came on the Heels of the speech de
livered in the Senate Saturday by Sen- '
ator Howell. Republican, of Nebraska,
in which he declared the President could
bring about prohibition enforcement in
the National Capital by exercising the I
power he has over District officials.
When the Senate met today Senator :
Blease took the floor and asserted: I
Tells of Information.
“I am informed by reliable parties
; that within two squares of Peace Mon
ument on Pennsyltania avenue there
are today four narcotic joints being
| run and that that fact is known to peo
| pie whose duty it is to close them.”
The Senator made this statement
after devoting several minutes to the
discussion of proceedings in the dis
trict at'omey’s cffice regarding a Chi
nese death.
"For some time back,” Senator
Blease began, ‘earnest efforts have
been made to check the dealing in
opium in this city, which efforts caused
some of our officer* to be placed in very
grave danger. Those who were inter
ested in shielding the violators were
so desperate that upon finding that
a Chinaman was a witness against
them, caused the assassination of this
Chinaman on the morning of June 12,
1929, as shown by newspaper clippings.
No Actign Taken.
"On July 19 four persons were pre
sented before the grand jury. Up to
this time the grand jury has taken no
action nor made any reports in the
matter, so I was informed by the dis
trict attorney s office this morning.
“One of the parties is reported to be
in China. r ßwo of the"’parties are re
ported to be hidden in a large Eastern
city. Their places of concealment have
been made known. I have been told,
but for some unaccountable reason the
local authorities do not make the ar- ,
| rests and the Federal authorities hold I
' that it is the duty of the local author
ities to do so. Therefore, through the
lack of action of the grand jtlry, noth
ing is being done.
"I can hardly believe, although there
are those who do believe, that there is
a touch in the district attorney's office
and in some other very important po
sitions somewhere in this city that is
helping in bringing about these condi
tions. Several Chinese have been killed
here and no one tried for it.”
HUGGINS’ CONDITION
IS REPORTED GRAVE
Manager of Yankees Takes Turn
for Worse After Blood Trans
fusion in Hospital.
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. September 23. The
condition of Miller Huggins, manager of
the New York Yankees, took a turn for
the worse today and blood transfusions
were employed.
It was said at St. Vincent's Hospital
that his condition was "very grave."
as a result of complications from in
fluenza and erysipelas.
COAST GUARD USE BREECHES BUOY
SAVING CREW OF WRECKED SHIP
Woman Is First to Be Rescued From Swedish Steamer
‘ of Kill Devil Hill.
By the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va„ September 23
the Swedish steamer Carl Gerhard,
buoy were today rescuing the crew of
the Swedish steamer, Carl Oerharl,
ashore in a northeast gale 1 mile
north of Kill Devil Hill, which is ap
proximately 70 miles south of Virginia
Beach.
The stranded vessel was sighted by
Coast Guard patrol, and is less than
300 yards off the beach in a terrific sea
about 7:15 a.m. today. Before 9:30
a.m. the life saving apparatus had been
rigged, and a woman, cnc of the 20 per
sons aboard the ship, had been hauled
to the beach. Two men were next
brought ashore' Rescue work was being
carried forward with all speed possible,
for the vessel was receiving a terrific
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Sunday’s Circulation, 110,661
AGITATION FOR DRY
ACT FOR CAPITAL
REVIVED BY CHARGE
President’s Answer to Sena
tor Howell Calls for Investi
gation of Conditions Here.
HOOVER’S FAVOR OF NEW
LAW IS INDICATED
Dougherty and Pratt Silent, but
Commissioner Plans Discus
sion With Colleagues.
Revival of agitation for a prohibition
enforcement act for the District of
Columbia end Indications that such
an act would be acceptable to President
Hoover today had developed out of the
controversy resulting from Senator
Howells declaration in the Senate that
the law is not being enforced in Wash
ington.
The whole subject of prohibition en
forcement in the Capital and the Dis
trict was open for spirited discussion
as a result of Senator Howell’s declara
tion and President Hoover’s counter
assertion that it is the intention to
rtiake the Capital City a “model in the
country.”
Senator Howell of Nebraska said to
day that he did not have specific evi
dence of any violations of the prohi
bition law to turn over to local authori
ties. He explained that when he re
ferred to the District of Columbia in
the couise of his speech in the Senate
Saturday, he was referring only to what
he thought was common knowledge
that bootleggers are not wanting in
this city.
The Senator indicated he might have
something to say on the question In
the Senate later today or at an early
opportunity.
Depart ir. | from an acoustomed quiet
on Sunday, President Hoover caused to
be issued late yesterday a statement
in which he said: "Senator Howell's
j statement that the prohibition law is
t not being enforced in the District of
Columbia seriously impugns the good
faith and capacity of Commissioner
Dougherty, in charge of police: Supt.
of Police Pratt, District Attorney Rover
tnd Prohibition Agent William Blanford.
Glad Question Was Raised.
“The President is glad the Senator
has raised the question.” the White
House statement said. "He is confident
| that the Senator would not make these
j charges unless they were based upon
j definite facts, with time and place,
; and if he will lay any such information
I before the Department of Justice, the.
President will have the matters vigor
ously investigated, for it is the inten
tion not only to secure the fullest en
forcement in the District possible under
the organization of enforcement agencies
as provided by law, but to make It a
model in the country.
•'Moreover." said the White House
statement, "it is only fair to give the
District officials an opportunity to meet
such charges.”
Taking the position that President
Hoover had answered the imputation
of Senator Howell of Nebraska that
Washington is pot as dry as it ought
to be because of lax enforcement of
the prohibition law. Commissioner
Proctor L. Dougherty and Maj. Henry
G. Pratt, superintendent of police, to
day declined to be drawn into the con
troversy.
Plans Further Discussion.
Commissioner Dougherty said that
he had read the President’s reply to
Senator Howell as published in the
newspapers, and indicated that he
thought a statement from him is un
necessary at this time. Maj. Pratt
also expressed a similar opinion.
Commissioner Dougherty, however,
announced that he planned to discuss
the situation at the earliest opportunity
with his two colleagues. Commissioners
Sidney F. Taliferro and William B.
Ladue. The purpose of the conference
was not revealed. While Maj. Pratt
declined to comment on Senator How
ell’s charges, he called attention to his
i annual report, which pointed out that
the Police Department had in no
measure relaxed its intensive campaign
in the enforcement of liquor laws. In
this report the police superintendent
recommended that the entire force be
clothed with the authority of prohi
bition enforcement officers, so that
j the liquor laws might be even more
I strenuously enforced. The department
now has 38 members vested with au
i thority as special prohibition agents
! and they are devoting their entire time
to enforcement of the liquor and gam
bling laws.
Doran Barks Idea.
Commissioner Doran of the Prohibi-
I tion Bureau, today added his voice to
the discussion by reiterating that the
District shuld be provided with an en
forcement law comparable to statutes
enacted in all but two of the States.
Dr. Doran took issue with Senator
Howell that the Capital is one of the
wet spots in the country, and asserted
that “the Police Department is co
operating energetically with our forces,
and any investigation into the work of
those two organizations will show that
they are doing excellent work.”
Senator Howell, commenting -on the
President’s statement, said that he
meant, everything he told the Senate
and that he was surprised his asser
tions had aroused unusual attention,
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pounding and in danger of breaking up,
Coast Guardsmen said.
As soon as word of the wreck reached
here the cutter Yamacraw was sent out
from Norfolk to assist the Carl Gerhard.
Leaving here at 7:30 o'clock, the Yama
craw was expected to reach Kill Devil
Hill at 3 o’clock. It is expected that by
the time she arrives all the crew will
have reached shore. Coast Guardsmen
say it is doubtful that she can help to
save the steamer, which is reported to
have been driven so far on to the beach
that the cutter cannot get into her.
Loaded with plaster rock, the Swe
dish steamer was en route from a
Canadian port to Tampa. The cause
of her running ashore has not been
i learned. She may have been blown in
j by the shore wind or gone off her course
I in thick weather, Coast Guardsmen' say.
I At Cape Henry today there was fog.
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