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WEATHER. (O. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.! Partly cloudy, not so cool tonight; to morrow partly cloudy, cooler in the afternoon or at night. Temperatures—Highest. 65, at noon today; lowest. 45, at 4 a.m. today. Full report on page 9 lat. N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 31,214. I JAPAN MAKES FIVE | POINTS IN AGREEING TO LONDON PARLEY Accepts Kellogg Pact as Basis for Conversations at Five-Power Meeting. • NATION WILLING TO GO OVER PRESENT TREATY Unofficial Replies Already Received in Britain From Invited Countries. By the Associatrd Press TOKIO, October 16.—The Japanese reply to the British invitation to par ticipate In a. naval conference in Lon don in January was telegraphed today to Ambassador Matsudaira at London | for transmission to the British foreign office. It was understood to be an un reserved acceptance. , The Japanese reply probably will be published in Tokio and London simul taneously, either Friday or Saturday. It was understood to total about 800 words, containing five principal points. Points in Reply. These iive points were: (1) Japan’s pleasure that Anglo- American conversations have opened the wav for a general naval conference. (2) Acceptance of the Kellogg pact as a basis for further disarmament ne gotiations. . (3) Willingness to participate in tne conference opening in London during the third week of January. (4) Agreement to restudy the Wash ' lngton treaty schedules of capital ship replacement with a view to their reduc tl°(ls) Indication of intention fully to avail itself of Great Britain’s invitation to participate in preliminary conversa tl°USwas indicated authoritatively that the reply omitted any reference to Japan's desire for a 10-10-7 cruiser ra tio, inasmuch as these and other con crete points were being stressed hy Am bassador Matsudaira in preliminary conversations at Londotv Approved by Emperor. Premier Yuko Hamaguchi today, at the ImDerial Palace, obtained the sane ffikrf'SSS injjhito.to.mg of the invitation. The text of the reply to the British note was approved by the cabinet yesterday. Members of the Japanese delegation to the naval conference will go byway nf America it was learned last night. They will sail on the Shinyo Maru from Yokohama on December 6, and will be , due to arrive in San Francisco on De , Ce The r Rengo News Agency said the 1 chairman of the delegation might visit Washington to supplement the conver sations already begun by Debuchi, which are aimed •* America understanding o i the position of Janan at the coming conference. ot M?mlSr. ol the cabinet declined t. discuss the contents of the reply, out newspapers said that reliable sources had outlined the points emphasizing japan s satisfaction at the Anglo-Amer ican agreement and offering to do everything possible in the way of pre liminary conversations to clear the way lor a successful conclusion. ITALY SENDS NOTE HERE. Text of Reply Delivered to Stimson By Ambassador. Italian Ambassador de Martino today informed Secretary Stimson that his Kovemment .had gladly and uncondi tiemany accepted the British invitation to the five-power naval conference in London in January. . , .. Ambassador de Martino handed Mr. Stimson a copy of the text of Itejys acceptance which was delivered to the British foreign office by the Italian ambassador in London. Text of Note. The Italian note said: •The Italian government has consid ered most seriously the note of the seventh instant in which the secre tarv of state for foreign affairs after having informed the Italian govern ment of the points upon which a pro visional and informal agreement was reached between the British government and the United States government in the course of their conversations on the subject of naval disarmament pro- ; posed to the royal government that it participate in a conference to be he'd in London at the beginning of the . third week of next January ter the pur- , pose of considering the categories of ships not covered by the Washington treaty of 1922 and in order to deal with the questions covered by the sec ond paragraph of article 21 of that treaty. , •’The aim of this conference to which *” (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) D. C. THEFT SUSPECT IS HELD IN RICHMOND Jewelry Valued at $2,000 Recov-! ered, Believed Stolen in 1 Washington. RICHMOND, Va.. October 16. j Through a railway express receipt found in the possession of Ralph Galloway, 30 years old, serving time in Henrico County Jail for -arrying concealed! \-capons and riding the brake beam of j a freight train, police authorities sue- j cceded in locating a package of jewelry j containing a large number of watches and other articles, valued at $2,000. in a tobacco barn on tl)e farm of his ( brother, Lewis Galloway, near Harts ville, S. C., it was learned today. The slip of paper showed that the 1 package had been shipped from Wash j ington, D. C. to Hartsville. Inquiry was being made with a view i of determining where the jewelry came from. The authorities suspect it was stolen in Washington. Galloway refuses to talk about the matter. He was given a six-month term for having a concealed revolver and 60 days lor stealing the ride. He is originally from South Carolina. Police Were Advised. , Washington police were notified today ©f the finding of a package of jewelry at Hartsville and have requested that detailed descriptions of the articles be eentThem. A telegram has also been dispatched to Henrico County au thorities asking for a photograph of Kntered as second class matter # post office Washington, D. C. 'London ‘Pubs’ Held Dens, Minister Will • Conduct Model One By the Associated Press. LONDON. October 16 —ln an effort to raise the standard of London public houses. Rev. Basil Jeliicoe, cousin of Earl Jellicoe, the admiral, will establish and conduct a model "reformed pub” himself, beginning next month. The “pub” will be located in Somers town. The magistrates *■ have granted the license and the minister will live on the prem ises. He heads a mission under the auspices of Magdalen Col lege. Oxford, which always has worked in that area. In an Interview Dr. Jellicoe pointed out the evils of the pres ent pub system and then said: "We shall have a clean, roomy beer house, and will make a point, also of providing good food. Men go to the pubs for a chat and to be entertained, but they can’t do It in the dens they have now, where only those who go on drinking are allowed inside at all." A F. OF 1. OPPOSES WAR CONSCRIPTION Pending Measures Would Mil itate Against Good Faith, Declare Unionists. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, Ontario, October 16. Without dissent or debate, the con vention of the American Federation of Labor today expressed its opposition to measures pending before Congress for universal conscription in time of war. It adopted a committee report de claring it to be "essential. as an evi dence of good faith to the world that the American people shall, at least for the present, refrain from warlike prep arations in the enactment of legisla tion.” Conscription of labor in, war time, it added, would mean that “trade unions would be dissolved.” ' , Non-Partisan Policy. A traditional policy of American labor, committing the federation to a non-partisan political position, was re affirmed by the convention without de bate. It called upon “all trade union ists to prepare to participate in the □ext congressional election under th? old plan of supporting candidates friendly to labor and opposing its enemies.” It warned delegates that “if labor expects to eliminate labor Injunc tions from the Federal courts, it must have friends in Congress,” and called for “most energetic activities by trade unionists throughout the United States" in the 1930 campaign. Private employment agencies “should be made to feel effects of competition from free public employment agencies." another adopted resolution said, while still another asked- labor forces to sup port Federal census efforts next year to collect unemployment statistics, that “opportunities for dealing effectively with this vexing problem might be come more numerous.” Age Problem Up. A proposal that the convention direct the federation exeedtive to study “the important question of preventing dis crimination against older workers in in dustry, with a view to formulating defi nite plans to remedy the declared evil." brought considerable oratory but little opposition. Delegate after delegate, from half a score of crafts, told of the tendency to eliminate older men from employment in their industries. William D. Mahon of the street car men, demanded the federation stand for a policy of "com pelling industry to care for the men who have grown gray in its service.” Furuseth Is Heard. Andrew Furuseth, president of the seaman, declared himself “in a frame of mind to oppose all schemes of so-called social wllfare in legislation,” but the re port was adopted. A warning to trade unions consider ing establishment of old age pensions, "to use care that they proceed on a sound acturial basis,” was adopted. Likewise, unanimous assent was given to the proposition that “labor should own and control one high power radio broadcasting station,” with proper as-. I signment of Federal radio channels, and I urging labor bodies to take the initia tive in setting up such arrangements. PREMIER SAYS SUP ENHANCED RECEPTION Macdonald Answers Scroll Writer's Lettqr of Apology for Error. > By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 16.—That slip of the tongue that caused Hector Fuller, the city’s official scroll writer, to refer to Ramsay Macdonald at the New York welcome as “Prime minister of the United States',” added a touch of delightfulness to the affair, in the opin ion of the British premier, j Mr. Macdonald, in answer to a letter I of apology from Mr. Fuller, said: “It was the sort of slip of the tongue that every one of us have committed again and again when we found ouv selves in stirring conditions, and so far from detracting from the efficient way you performed your duty, it only put a touch of delightfulness into the whole 1 affair which enhanced its uniqueness.” GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA RIDES DYNAMITE-LADEN MACHINE Takes Lady Willingdon to Yacht in Car Bearing Warning Against Explosive. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ontario, October 16.—The story of how Gov. Gen. Willingdon and Lady Willingdon rode in a dynamite \ laden automobile when other methods of transportation to their yacht faUed was disclosed yesterday. The arrival at Hawkcsbury from Montreal of the governor general's spe cial train Sunday was unheralded, and there were no arrangements for trans portation to the mooring place of the jracht, sunbeam, which was to s^vej- f » % v J WASHINGTON, D. €., ’WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1929-FORTY-EIGHT PAGES.** LIQUOR SITUATION DISCUSSED WITH PRATT BY HOWELL Senator Seeks Information, on Rum Traffic Here From Official Records. U. S. DEPARTMENTS DENY REQUEST FOR DATA Nebraskan Claims Treasury and State Officials Refused to Per » mit Scrutiny of Books. Senator Howell, Republican of- Ne braska, who recently had an exchange with President Hoover over the liquor situation in the Capital, called on Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of po lice. at the District Building today, seek ing information about the liquor traffic here from official records. At the same time. Senator Howell let it be known that he had been refused information of a similar nature at the Terasury and State Departments. Scans Public Records. Senator HoweU recently declared the liquor law was not being enforced here and drew a response from President Hoover that the Senator place any in formation as to law violations, which he might possess, in the hands of the proper authorities. Senator Howell’s first reply to this was that he had no per sonal knowledge of the conditions, but since that time he has been seeking in formation from public records. “You know I have been asked to pro duce names, dales and places,” he said after his visit to Pratt, “so I am look ing around to see what I can And in the public records on the subject. I must say that the courtesy with which I was received here is in strong con-. trast with that which met at the Treasury and State Departments. “Over there they seemed to think that a public record is not a public record and they would ndt even let me look at them. Maj. Pratt treated me with dis tinguished courtesy and offered me all the facilities at his command for my study.” Gives Pratt Information. Maj. Pratt said Senator Howell dur ing the conversation had passed on to him some hearsay information that at a recent convention here the tedium of the meetings was relieved by an order for 7,000 quarts of whisky, and that hardly a large dinner, banquet or con vention is held where the bowl does not flow freely. “What the Senator says may be true,” Maj. Pratt remarked, “but the question Is how to stop it.” Senator Howell seemed particularly interested in the diplomatic liquor sit uation, Maj. Pratt said. Senator Howell complained particularly against abuses of diplomatic immunity. He said it did not seem right that a foreign diplomat could with impunity hoist a whisky flask in a public restaurant and drain it dry while American citizens who do this run the risk of being sent to jail. Senator Howell explained that the in formation he tried unsuccessfully to ob tain from the State and Treasury De partments was regarding transportation agencies that may have shipped liquor into this country for embassies and lega tions. Asked Transportation Data. Senator Howell explained that he was not asking for information relating to any members of the diplomatic corps, but had asked for the names of steam ship lines and other transportation agencies bringing liquor into'the United States, and from the ports of entry to Washington. It has been the conten tion of Senator Howell that there is bq authority and law permitting an Amery can to assist in transporting liquor from the territorial waters of this coun try into Washington for diplomatic use. Senator Howell said he was making progress on the drafting of his bill to give Washington a local prohibition en forcement law, similar to the laws in 46 States, to supplement the national prohibition act. He Indicated he might discuss the question again in the Sen ate at some later date. - ■ - SEADROME IS GIVEN UNEXPECTED TEST Model Remains LeveJ, Despite 18-Inch Waves Piled Up by High Wind. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Md.. October 16. Eighteen-inch waves piled up by a 30- mile-an-hour wind early this morning subjected the miniature seadrome launched here yesterday lo an unex pected test. The model was not dis turbed by the waves or wind according to E. R. Armstrong, the inventor and remained level throughout the storm i The 18-inch waves, Mr. Armstrong said, were equivalent to 45-foot waves on the full sized seadrome to be placed in the Atlantic Ocean approximately half way between New York and Ber muda. Tests today were to be conduct r ed in the Choptank River at Cambridge. After the model was floated yesterda> it was towed to a buoy about a mile l from shore. Instrument readings taken • during the morning recorded water ■ cut rents and wind resistance and their i effects. As the tests continue over a i period of three weeks the model will be ; moved from the river into Chesapeake * Bay. . Viscountess Willingdon to Ottawa. S D. Stevens, a dynamite merchant, offered the services of £1 s car, whose fluttering red flag announced the pres ence of the high explosive. When the party reache4 the Ottawa River they discovered v that pulpwood deposits along the shore had prevented bferthlng .tha- yacht. So a small boy, fishing in mid-stream, was called into service to take Lady Willingdon to the Sunbeam. The governor general and his aides i returned to the train in Stevens’ auto- THOSE SMOOTH LOBBYISTS! ' ■ DEFENSE RESTS 1 ' IN STRIKE TRIAL Sudden End of Fight to Free 7 Accused in Death Catches State Off Guard. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C., October 16 The defense rested at 10:40 o’clock to day in the trial of seven National Textile Workers’ Union leaders and members charged with the murder of O. F. Aderholt, Gastonia chief of police. i The close of the defense came with out warning and found the State appar ently unpreparad. Attorney E. C. Cans ter, for the prosecution, sought a recess until this afternoon in order to prepare for rebuttal, but Judge M. V. Barnhill, presiding, refused. He allowed IS min utes tur The defense closed without putting Clarence Miller, New York Communist educator; Joseph Harrison, Passaic, N. J„ union organiser; Louis McLaughlin and W. M. McGinnis, Gastonia strikers and defendants, on the witness stand. Os the defendants, only Fred Erwin Bea> of Lawrence, Mass., formerly Southern organiser for the National Textile Workers’ Union; K. Y. Hendricks, Oas tonia, striker, and George Carter, Mlzpah, N. J., union member, testified. Church Questions Barred. Besides being accused of the Aderholt murder, the seven are charged with assault on A. J. Roach, Thomas Gilbert and C. M. Ferguson, Gastonia police men. The case started September 30. The first three days were taken up with getting a jury. The State took six days for presentation of evidence and the defense slightly more than five days. Arguments before the lury of questions pertaining to reds, race or religion were barred from the trial after a 20- year-old New York girl, a defense wit ness, had been cross-examined as to her religious and governmental beliefs. Judge Barnhill said that he would not 3rmlt such questions to be argued. He ded that alleged belief in racial equaU ity by certain of the deftndants should not be touched upon. His warnings came after Edith San ders Miller, wife of Clarence Miller, had concluded her testimony. Mrs. Miller’s Testimony. Mrs. Miller in her direct testimony related that her husband and Fred Beal both-were in National Textile Workers’ Union headquarters at Gastonia with her the night Aderholt was shot and that neither had a gun. Beal previously and gfven similar testimony. On its plea that It would seek to Im peach her testimony, Judge Barnhill permitted the prosecution to question her about her religious beliefs and her w.rk as a teacher in a union school she conducted for the strikers’ children. Declaring she did not believe in a Su preme Being who "rewards us for virtue and punishes us for sin,” Mrs. Miller on questioning admitted she regarded her oath as a witness taken on the Bible no more binding than if "taken on the almanac." The jury is composed of four Metho dists, four Baptists, three Presbyterians am', one non-church member. Mrs. Miller related that among other things she taught the Gastonia children that what was needed in the United States was a Government of workers And farmers "like that in Russia.” - - ■ - - CHINESE SEEK TO RETAKE CITY HELD BY RUSSIANS Important River Town, Control ling Navigation on Two Streams, Is Objective. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, October 16.—A Harbin dis patch to Rengo. Japanese news agency, today said a brigade of 2,400 Chinese were advancing in the direction of Linkianghsien, at the junctufe of the Sungari and Amur Rivers, to oust Rus sians who captured It Sunday and Mon ; day. An official Chinese communique re garding the capture of the city by the Soviet troops said that it wks still being held by the Russians with seven gun boats and about 3,500 marines. The city holds an important strategic loca tion, being on the right bank of the Sungari River at its confluence with the Amur, thus dominating navigation on both streams. The Chinese general, Shen Hung- Lieh. apparently has made Fugdin. up the Sungari from Linkianghsien, the headquarters of the Chinese expedition, i He was said today to be rallying there ! remnants of the Manchurian River flotilla. , i Radio Programs—Page 35. v" . • Kl , Daughter of G. O. P. Leader Is Reported Working as Nurse By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 16.—The New York Daily News 'today says that Mrs. K. Ward Gib bons, 49-year-old daughter of the late De Witt Clinton Ward, has been found penniless working as a nurse maid in the home;, of a wealthy family in White Plains .where she once lived in affluence. Her jewels pawned, her money spent, the daughter of the late Republican leader blamed her husband, Charles D Gibbons, 62, charging he had not paid alimony due her by the terms of their separation. "My husband lives with a wom an of millions," Mrs. Gibbons is < quoted as having said. "For a year he has not paid the sls weekly alimony ordered by the court.” 1 WOMAN AD EXPERT FOUND DEAD AT INN Officers See Murder and Spi side on Finding Body of Man With Her. -■ ■■■'.■ ■ i B.' the Associated Press. WALLINGFORD, Conn.. October 16. —Police were convinced yesterday that Mrs. Anna Bryan Ayres, advertising ex pert. who earned SIOO,OOO a year, had been shot to death by William Gaylord, a bookkeeper,%who then killed himself. Their bodies were found Monday in a room at an inn. Mrs. Ayres, 41, was the divorced wife of Ernest Ayres, former Amherst pro fessor, and mother of three children. Her home was In West Haven. Gaylord, 49, lived in East Hartford. The bodies, with bullet wounds In their temples, were found by Robert Hyatt, manager of the Inn, who broke down the door of the room after ve peated efforts to get an answer from the couple failed. Gaylord Proposed Marriage. The tragedy climaxed an infatuation which had its inception last Summer and which brought a proposal of mar riage from Gaylord, who planned to divorce his wife. Letters to Mr*. Ayres from Gaylord found in the room indi cated that she had refused to marry him. She wa§ Advertising head of the Berger Brothers’ corset factory in New Haven. x Mrs. Ayres and Gaylord registered at the inn Monday night as Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gray of New Haven. Dr. John H. Buffum. medical examiner, said murder and suicide had occurred about four or five hours after the couple went to their room. Woman’s Body Found in Chair. Mrs. Ayres’ body was found In a chair. Sprawled at her feet was the body of her companion. Two empty shells were found in a revolver. The room con tained numerous cigar and cigarette, butt*, but there was no evidence of a struggle. Convinced that the man was respon sible for both deaths, Dr. Buffum said that there would be no coroner’s in quest Gaylord’s ’Body was claimed by his wife. He was employed by the Electric Transportation Co. of Hartford. WON WIDE FAME >Y WORK. Mrs. Ayres Regarded as One of State’s Outstanding Executives. NEW HAVEN, Conn., October 16 (jP) —Mrs. Anna Bryan Ayers, SIOO,OOO-a --year advertising expert, who was found shot to death in an inn at Wallingford yesterday, was regarded as an outstand ing business executive in the highly de veloped industrial field of Connecticut. The background for the position she held was a college career as well as years of experience In work for printing concerns in Chicago, which gave her technical knowledge of all phases oLad vertlslng and its mechanics and tech nique. Mrs. Ayres was bom in the Middle West, took her bachelor of arts degree at Franklin and her master or arts degree at Brown University. She did graduate work at the University of Chicago and out of that came the affiliations which led her into editorial and advertising lines. She also has spent some time as a research assistant in economics. . Her marriage for a time interrupted her full-time application to her chosen profession, but* she continued to write advertising for newspapers and national magazines. With this training she came to Burger Bros.’ Co., corset manufac turers here, after her divorce permitted > her to give the tune. IK BAIN HITS FALL DEFENSE IN TRIAL Admits 0(1 Leases Were Sub mitted to Him Before Con firmation. Dr. H. Foster Bain, former director of the Bureau of Mines, and one of the principal defense witnesses for Albert B. Fall, today admitted under cross-ex amination that oil leases in connection with which the former Interior Secre tary is accused of accepting a SIOO,OOO bribe frond Edward L. Doheny, were submitted to Fall before confirmation. Dr. Bain, who had been on the wit ness stand since late yesterday, was put through a gruelling cross-examination by Owen J. Roberts, special counsel of the Government. At the outset of his crass-examination of the witness, Roberta demanded of Bain If it were not a fact that he had been Instructed by Fall not to close the .oil deals without communicating with him. Bain admitted to the Government counsel that he had sent Arthur W. Ambrose, chief of the oil division of the Interior Department, to Fall at Three Rivers, N. Mex., for the latter’s approv al of certain oil deals. Through the witness, the defense had built up carefully the foundation of its effort to show that Fall, absent most of the time at his New Mexico home, had little to do with the negotiations of the leases, which were undertaken by Pan-American Co. officials through his subordinates and the Navy Department. Earlier in the day Bain had testified that between the time the Pan-Ameri can bids were opened and the awards made, he had no correspondence. He further testified that Pall had told him to take up all matters with the Navy Department. Clash Between Counsel. Occasionally during the cross-exam ination of Bain, opposing counsel en gaged in tilts that enlivened the pro ceedings. Roberts at one time accused Prank J. Hogan, chief of defense coun sel, with trying to break up th“ con tinuity of his cross-examination. The visit of the former director of the Bu reau of Mines to the Pacific .Coast to interest various oil companies in the projected construction of naval oil storage tanks at Pearl Harbor occupied much of the Government counsel’s ef forts to show that there was question of the illegality of the proposed ex change of oil. Against objections of the defense, Roberts introduced a letter written by Bain to Fall calling this to his superior's attention and suggesting, in view of the 4oubt of the legality of such a pro posal, he obtain an opinion from the Attorney General. Defense counsel based Its objection to the introduction of the letter on the ground that Fall had never received it. In this letter Bain wrote that “none of us want Mr. Doheny to get into trouble,” and added that he wanted to make it “easy” for the oil man. Never Rendered Opinion. In previous testimony, Harry M. Daugherty, attorney general at the time, had told the jury that he had never rendered an opinion as to the legality of the contracts. On his Western trip, Dr. Bain had testified previously as to the hesitancy of various competitive oil companies to take up the idea of the Pearl Harbor construction work, although they were all interested in leases on the Elk Hill reserve. Roberts, during the cross examina tion. forced Bain to admit that he knew Jie Pan American Co. was the only con cern that would bite on the whole project. Bain said he had informed Pall to (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) RESUMPTION OF ARMY-NAVY CLASSIC DESIRED BY HOOVER , Naval Committee Chairman Reports He Suggests That Game Be Played in Chicago December 6. By ihe Associated Press. Chairman Britten of the House naval committee said after a call at the White House today that he was confident West Point and Annapolis would resume foot ball relations this year. "If the superintendents at Annapolis and West Point are wise and will get their ears to the ground,” Mr. Britten said, "they will notice that the Presi dent, their commander-ln-chlef, has expressed himself as hopeful that the f The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,559 —————— • (/P) Means Associated Press. New York Architect Upheld in Dispute Over ‘Teutonic Fury’ By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, October 16—The Louvain tribunal today pro nounced judgment in favor of Whitney Warren, New York arch i itect, who designed the recon structed Louvain University, in his dispute with the university over an inscription to be placed on a balustrade of the library. The Inscription, which commemo rated the destruction of the uni versity by “Teutonic fury,” was considered objectionable by the / university because it tended to revive memories of war-time hatred. The university was ordered by the court to replace the balus trade, which had been destroyed in fighting over the propriety of the Inscription, at its own cost and to insert the original inscrip tion desired by Mr. Warren and approved by Cardinal Mercier. COMMITTEE OPENS SUGAR LOBBY QUIZ Secretary of Association Asked of His Activities in Tariff Bill Hearings. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The sugar lobby in Washington oc cupied the attention of the Senate lobby investigating committee today. H. N. Austin, secretary and treasurer of the United States Beet Sugar Asso ciation, was the first witness called In this phase of the committee’s investi gation.' It is the purpose of the com mittee to question both the supporters and opponents of increased duties on sugar proposed in the pending tariff bill. Members of Congress have been deluged with literature on both sides of the question and representatives of the sugar industry have been active on Capitol Hill, interviewing many mem bers of the Senate and House.' The committee is seeking to leam the source of the funds of these lobbies and how they have been expended. The employment of Charles L. Eyan son, connected with the Connecticut Manufacturers' Association, by Senator Bingham of Connecticut, a Republican member of the finance committee, to as sist him while he was engaged in help ing to draft the tariff bhl is to be in quired into by the Benate committee. The president of the Connecticut as sociation, E. K. Hubbard, and Robert C. Buell, secretary and treasurer, have been asked to appear. The committee wants to know whether Eyanson was on the pity roll of the manufacturer’s associa tion at the same time he was employed b;V Senator Bingham. Koch Back en -Stand. Frederick L. Koch, Tariff Commis sion expert, who yesterday testified that efforts had been made by -pottery in terests to have him removed because ‘of attitude toward the industry” when the tariff bill was under consid eration by the House ways and means committee and the Senate flhance committee, was recalled to the stand at the opening of the Investigation today. Senator Walsh of Montana sought to obtairr from the witness further infor mation regarding the reported appear ance of William Burgess, tariff adviser of the United States Pottery Associa tion, and a former member of the Tariff Commission, before Chairman Marvin of the Tariff Commission in opposition to Koch. The witness, however, was unable to throw any additional light on the mat ter. Senator Walsh was particularly curious about what happened, after Koch's appearance at a secret session of the subcommittee of the House ways and means committee. Senator Cara way, chairman of the investigating com mittee, asked Koch to put into the rec ord the names of all those present at that secret meeting. The witness called attention to the fact that he had been under oath not to reveal what happened before the subcommittee, but expressed the opinion that he could give that in formation. Senator Caraway, however, withdrew the question. The subcom mittee of the ways arid means commit tee, which had charge of the earthen ware schedule, was composed of Repie sentatlves Watson of Pennsylvania, Bachrach of New Jersey and Timber lake of Colorado. Tells of Earnings. H. N. Austin, secretary and treasurer of the United States Beet Sugar Asso ciation, was the next witness. In reply to questions he told the committee that he had been eleven years in the em ploy of the Beet Sugar Association, that his salary was SB,OOO a year, and that before he wept with; the Beet Sugar Association he had been a clerk in the War College here at $1,400 to $1,600. Prior to that, he said, he had been a stenographer to Senator Wiliam D. Al len of Nebraska, and a secretary to Representative Robinson of Nebraska. He first went to the Beet Sugar Asso ciation as a clerk and his salary has gradually been Increased, he said, up to the present figure. Mr. Austin said that one of his duties was to get out a statistical serv ice of the sugar industry, showing the acreage production and so forth, in all parts of the world. This service, he said, was particularly for the benefit of the members of the association, but it also had subscribers in all parts of the world, is sent to agricultural col leges, newspapers, libraries and mem bers of Congress. “I don’t know whether they read it (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) foot ball relations between the two In stitutions would be resumed this year " I Mr. Britten said the President had evidenced a keen desire to have the two service Institutions plat this yen*. >‘e added he had suggested it would be ad visable for them to meet on Soldier Field in Chicago on December 6. The plan suggested by Representative Britten was that the Pres dent call u. * the Secretaries of Was and N»»7 ant a disinterested third party, p*.'*•*{« ? h#! coach of a well known tna'.turton. arc \ lay down a set of ru'es under which the two teams could play. TWO CENTS. CHEMISTS CHECKING ON POISON ANCLE IN M’PHERSON CASE Pathologists Seek to Deter mine Possible Cause of Nurse’s Death. - UNDERTAKER QUESTIONED ON BURIAL PREPARATION Department of Justice Agents Con tinue Probe of Strange Case Here. Satisfied that a skull fracture or other effects of physical violence than stran gulation by a pajama belt did not con tribute to the strange death of Mrs. Virginia McPherson, the Government today was tracing the possibility that drugs or poison may have played a part in the tragedy. Pathologists of the girl’s home State, North Carolina, are seeking to deter mine this point beyond a doubt by means of a chemical analysis of por tions of the body. The tests are being made at Chapel Hill, N. C. »In order that the scientists may not be confused by chemicals injected into the body here at the time of prepara tion of the corpse for removal to China Grove, agents of the Department of Justice today questioned John R. Wright of the undertaking firm which had charge of the body. Committee Chairman Back. Meanwhile with the return to Wash ington today of Chairman Sackett, the police subcommittee of the Senate Dis trict committee is expected to decide within a day or two when and how it will proceed on the investigation of local police affairs called for by the resolution of Senator Blease, Democrat of South Carolina, as an outgrowth of the McPherson case. Senator Sackett, having been out of the city when the full committee re ferred the entire matter to his sub committee, had no personal information regarding the situation when he reach ed the Capital shortly after noon today from Louisville, Ky. He said, therefore, that he would have to wait until he had conferred with his colleagues and ac quainted himself with the problems involved before discussing what the sub-committee will do. Senator Sackett said, however, that if the subcommittee goes into the ques tion of whether there has been ineffi ciency in the Police Department, and if it obtains all the facts, the subcommit tee will state definite conclusions before it finishes its work. Senator Blease. author of the investi gating resolution, has been awaiting the return of Senator Sackett, and probably will confer with the Kentucky Senator later today or early tomorrow. Questions Are Listed. The Blease resolution not only calls for a broad Inquiry into charges of police inefficiency, but also provides for an investigation of several specific questions, including: Whether there was delay iri the Dis trict attorney’s office in the investi gating of the death of Lee King, a Chinese who was found dead on the street last Summer; an inquiry into the reasons for the suspension of Policeman Robert J. Allen, who Instituted an In dependent probe into the death of Mrs McPherson, and the collection of full information relating to the issuance of permits to carry concealed weapons In Washington. Since the resolution passed the Sen ate last week, demands also have been made to have the subcommittee reopen tiie death of Detective Sergeant Arthur Scrivener three years ago. Senator Vandenberg. Republican, of Michigan, a member of the police sub committee, said today he was willing to carry his share of the burden pf finding out all the facts In connection with po lioe affairs, but that he was not in favor of proceeding hastily to inquire Into the McPherson case or any other particular case that may be still pending before other tribunals. He said his idea of haste would be to take up those matters when all the facts and information are available from the other agencies that are looking into the case. Agent Makes Report. E. J. Connelly, one of three operatives who went to North Carolina to arrange the exhumation of Mrs. McPherson's body, returned to the Department of Justice this morning and made a lengthy oral report to J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Bureau of Investigation and Thomas E. Cullen, directing the McPherson inquiry. Connelly elaborated on the prelimi nary report received here yesterday concerning failure of the second au topsy to uncover anything to aid In solving the mystery of the woman’s death. There was no fracture of the skull, as had been hinted by a local physician, nor was there any evidence that a missing diamond ring had been removed forcibly from the nurse’s fin ger. The ring had been reported miss ing by members of the dead girl’s family. Agents in China Grove. Two agents remained in North Caro lina, presumably to await completion of the chemical analysis of the tissues. While in China Grove it is expected the investigators will lcok into the past history of Mrs. McPherson, who was a native of the town. Inquiry par ticularly will be made into her asso ciations while there. The Department of Justice mean while continues its quest for informa tion that might lead to a solution of what a coroner's jury has termed a suicide, but which a grand Jury has declared to be murder. Persons thought tc be in possession ■ of facte or hearsay evidence bearing on the case are being called to tell what they may know, however trifling the bit of information may be. No possible clue is to be overlooked. It is known the department is not overlooking the possibility that persons other than the man accused by the grand jury could have strangled the girl, if she waa not a suicide. The move ments of certain other persons on the night of the tragedy are being traced. Their alibis,” already taken, are tot : ing checked up. * Fired On After Bum Seizure. DETROIT. October 16 OP).—Coast Guards revolted today they were fired ,on *!»•<?tiy after 4:30 am., after they j had m;su d a beer-laden rowboat and ! its a'.ieged owner at Gbassy i Island. opposite Wyandotte. In the De t»'«: River. The officers were unable to discover the «turc« of the shots.