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A-2 CANNON CONTINUES TO REFUSE REPLIES Bishop Persists in Contention Anti-Smith Work Was Personal Affair. . (Continued From First Pat#.) Senator Walsh of Montana and Senator Blaine of Wisconsin. The other mem bers are Senator caraway, chairman: senator Borah of Idaho, and Senator Robinson of Indiana. Bishop Cannon said that he had never been subpoenaed bv the committee: that he was appearing as a voluntary Witness. “If I were subpoenaed, however," said Bishop Cannon. “I would take exactly the same attitude.” Senator Walsh said that the same obligation to answer questions rested upon Bishop Cannon as a witness for the committee whether he was sub poenaed or not. .... "I wish to call your attention to the fact that the refusal of a witness to ; answer proper questions put him by j a Senate committee is a penal of fense," continued Senator Walsh. ( Stands on Rights. < “I have considered that,” replied Bishop Cannon, “and I stand on my rights as an American citizen to carry on political activity without being in vest;sated bv a committee of Congress.” Senator Walsh called attention to the 1 fact that the congressional committees have repeatedly brought citizens before them and asked them questions about their political activities. When Bishop Cannon declined to Answer Senator Walsh's first question dealing with the anti-Smith campaign Bishop Cannon replied that he had asked the committee to pass on its own jurisdiction in this matter. Senator Walsh said that the commit- ( tee would not pass upon such a question until Bishop Cannon had actually de clined to answer a question. "If your committee desires any in- ( formation regarding the activities of our board,” said Bishop Cannon, re ferring to the Board of Temperance and Social Service of *hieh he is chairman, , "I am perfectly willing to give it. But , I do not propose to answer questions , about my political activities.” I The witness read to this committee • at this point a prepared statement of his position. i Text of Statement. The statement read by Bishop Can- ( Bon follows: “I call the attention of the commit- . tee to the letter, which at the begin- , ning of the hearing I requested to be placed in the Record, stating. ‘lf your committee desires any information con cerning the work of our board, we shall be glad to appear before the committee and furnish such information.’ , “That letter specifically restricted the Information proposed to be given. It did not intimate any purpose to give Information concerning the personal ; activities of any one, “While there are some matters con nected with the Virginia anti-Smith campaign, especially the Jameson con tributions and expenditures, concerning which I shall make a further state ment to the press, yet, as I see It, the issue involved in this matter of the as sumption of the right of this committee to investigate my personal political ac tivity is too vital to be compromised. Regarded as Infringement. “If this committee, appointed to In vestigate lobbying, assumes the rigiu to investigate my political activities as an individual in the anti-Smith cam paign, then it can assume the right to investigate the activities of every in dividual citizen who votes or works in toy political campaign pertaining to the election of national officers. “I consider that such an assumption of authority by any committee of the Senate or of the House of Representa tives of the United States is an in tolerable infringement upon the rights of American citizens to entire freedom in their political activity, and seems to be intended as a threat to inde- < pendent citizens against any repetition of the uprising of 1928. “I am pleased to note that my in terpretation of the Jurisdiction of the committee is confirmed by a statement contained in the .press this morning by the chairman of the committee, Senator T. H. Caraway.” The committee room was crowded to day with spectators, some of whom ap plauded Bishop Cannon’s replies to the committee. Occasionally there was a hiss also. Persisted in Refusal. Senator Blaine took over the exam ination of Bishop Cannon and pumped scores m questions at him, most of which Bn bishop refused to answer. A number of questions were asked the bishop about a pamphlet entitled ■ Prohibition Repeal Unthinkable,” an address delivered by Bishop Cannoh at the Mayflower Hotel. This pamphlet was widely circulated, with more than 1,000,000 copies distributed, some of them by the bishop’s board and some of them by the anti-Smith Democratic organization. It was developed that the speech was printed in the Congressional Record and hundreds of thousands of copies sent out under the frank of Senator Hef lin of Alabama. Complaint was made that in one of the envelopes so franked and containing the speech of Bishop Cannon were also two other pamphlets, entitled “The Honesty of A1 Smith” and “St. Peter Not the Founder of Ro manism.” Bishop Cannon said that he knew nothing about those pamphlets or how they happened to be inclosed with one of his speeches. He expressed the opinion, however, that it was more than likely that some one inserted these pamphlets “in order to create a news paper headline.” Quizzed on 85,000 Gift. Many of Senator Blaine’s questions turned on a contribution of $5,000 made to Bishop Cannon by Dr. Clarence True Wilson of the Methodist Board of Tem perance and Public Morals which Bishop Cannon used for sending out copies of his speech, “Repeal of Prohibi tion Unthinkable." Senator Blaine wanted to know what Bishop Cannon had done with the money, and in this connection asked Bishop Cannon to state what banks he had checking ac counts in. “I decline to answer.” said Bishop Cannon. “This committee has nothing to do with my personal affairs." 'Have you ever made an accounting to Dr. Wilson for this $5,000?” demand-! ed Senator Blaine. “No accounting was asked for,” re plied Bishop Cannon. "If any account ing is asked for, I shall try to make one.” "How was the Asheville conference made up?” asked Senator Blaine. “I decline to answer,” said the wit ness. He did say that he himself was at the conference, but he declined to; say who had presided or who had been : secretary at the conference. Blaine la Impressed. Getting back to the $5,000 contributed to Bishop Cannon for sending out his speeches, Senator Blaine wanted to know whether the money was used for the anti-Smith campaign. After fenc ing with the witness, who declined to answer, Senator Blaine said: “I am impressed with the fact that something is being hidden." “I have no doubt that you and many others who believe as you do have such an Impression,” said Bishop Cannon, referring to the fact that Senator Blaine is a wet. , "Yes.” snapped back Senator Blaine, “and many other people, too, who do not believe as I do.” Senator Blaine was unable to shake Bishop Cannon, however, in his refusal to talk about his political activities. It Radio Forum Speaker SENATOR hARRT B. HAWES. was developed that the $5,000 in ques- ; tion was paid to Bishop Cannon in cash. He said he did not remember who handed it to him. Later Bishop Cannon : said he believed the money tfas given < him by the late W. T. Oalliher. He said i that he had put the money in a safe deposit box, but declined to say where ; the box was located. Declines to Point Out Item. Senator Blaine started to hand over to Bishop Cannon the report filed by j the anti-Smith Democratic organization on campaign expenditure filed with the ; House and asked him to point out to the committee the $5,000 item which they had been discussing. “I decline,” said Bishop Cannon, re fusing to receive the report. “I am : perfectly familiar with that account.” 1 Referring to the testimony given be fore the committee some time ago by E. C. Jameson of New York, who con tributed many thousand dollars to the anti-Smith campaign in the South in 1928. Senator Blaine asked Bishop Cannon when he had met Jameson and who had Introduced them. Bishop Cannon said that he was not sure he had been introduced to Mr. Jameson: that he had written to him. knowing his interest In the prohibition cause and that he might have just called upon him. Jameson had told the com mittee that he turned over some $65,- 000 to Bishop Cannon to be used in the anti-Smith campaign. Bishop Cannon declined to answer any questions about this contribution. There was an item of $7,300. however, which he did discuss. This sum was given Bishop Cannon by Mr. Jameson after the campaign was concluded. The bishop insisted that it was because he was in debt for stationery, printing, etc., during the campaign. Cites Democratic Debt. “Just like the Democratic national . committee was in debt $1,500,000 at the close of that campaign,” was the com ment of the bishop. i He said he had deviated from hie stand in regard to questions by th* Senate committee in this instance “be cause the question was so personal.” Senator Blaine asked Bishop mnnon about the report of the anti-Smith Democratic committee cm campaign ex penditures, but the bishop insisted that the committee had no right to any information concerning the activities of the Virginia State anti-Smith com mittee. “Is there anything you are ashamed of in that report.” asked Senator Blaine. "Is there anythmg incriminating in it?” “No, sir,” said Bishop Cannon em phatically. “Why don’t you go into the expenditures of the Republican or ganization or the regular Democratic organization.” asked Bishop Cannon. “Why am I singled out and nobody else? Why not ask the chairman of the Virginia Democratic State com mittee to come here and tell you how he spent his funds.” Senator Blaine called attention to the fact that Bishop Cannon got his contributions from Jameson in cash and asked why. “Was there anything you were trying to cover up through the use of cash? demanded Senator Blaine. “No,” said Bishop Cannon, “but I knew the enemy in Virginia and I knew that if I paid workers in cash they would not be able to trace them.” Slemp’A Name Introduced. Senator Blaine asked Bishop Can non if Bascom Slemp, the Republican national committeeman from Virginia, had not brought the bishop ana Mr. Jameson together as testified to by Jameson himself. Bishop Cannon said that he believed that to be the case. Senator Blaine also asked if it were not a fact that Bascom Sletnp had really raised the money to be used Ih the anti-Smth Democratic campaign in the South and had given it to Jameson for distMbutlon. Bishop Cannon said that he had never heard, of such a thing. He up held Mr. Jame Son as an entirely re sponsible and honorable man. The committee will have Bishop Can non before it again tomorrow morning. It is improbable, however, that any effort will be made by the committee to pass on Bishop Cannon’s refusal to answer questions until after the return to Washington of Senator Caraway, chairman of the committee, CARAWAY BACKS CANNON. Committee Has No Right to Ask Political Questions, He Says. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 4 UP). — Senator T. H. Caraway, Democrat, Arkansas, chairman of the Senate lobby committee, last hlght issued a state ment upholding the contention of Bishop James Cannon, Jr., that the committee had no right to inquire into the political activities of the bishop In the 1928 Southern anti-Smith cam paign. Declaring that the Southern Metho dist leader had not been subpoenaed and that "it is purely a question of hla desire in the matter,” Senator Caraway went'cfi to say in hia statement that i the lobby committee “was not con- < cerned at all in Bishop Cannon's pollti- , cal activities, as It was not authorized to inquire into political activities.” j Will Net Demand Statement. “The committee will hear him If he , wants to testify, but will not demand : or request him to do so unless he de- [ sires,” the lobby committee chairman, j i who delieved a commencement address | ' at the University of Arkansas Medical j School last night, said in his state | ment. “The committee on lobbying, of which I am chairman, was not pri marily interested in the activities of Bishop Cannon, or of the Board of I Temperance and Morals of the Method ist Church, or the Federation of i Churches, nor did it subpoena or in vite any of these to appear before it and testify • • •” Chairman Caraway I said in his statement. “However,” he continued, “statements j made by Mr. Tinkham, a member of 1 Congress from Massachusetts, and : Maj. Curran, the head of the Associa tion Against Prohibition, were thought by these organiaations of church peo ple to demand a reply, so I, as chair- I man, received letters from Bishop Cannon and from Clarence True Wil son and Bishop McConnell, as well as Dr. Mcßride of the Anti-Saloon League, requesting an opportunity to be heard, i Each of these was accorded that oppor tunity as soon as the lobby committee could finish with its Investigation of , the Association Against Prohibition. which had conducted a very active cam ' paign in the nature of both lobbying . ana propaganda during the recent ses- I sion of Congress. "Later Bishop Cannon wrote me and ! asked to change the date of his appear- I ance until the conference at Dallas, t Tex., should have concluded its session. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C„ X.'Luls >AY, JUNE 4. 1930. HAWES WILE SPEAK ABOUT PHILIPPINES Senator to Discuss Sill Pro posing Independence in Forum. Philippine independence, as provided for in the bill reported favorably to the Senate from the committee on terri tories and insular affairs, will be the subject of an address delivered by Sena tor Harry B Hawes of Missouri at 9:30 p.m. tomorrow in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and spon sored by the Columbia Broadcasting System. Senator Hawes has made a favorable report on the bill to the Senate, and has taken a keen Interest in the prob lem of granting independence to the Philippihe Islands. The bill was re ported by a majority vote of the com mittee. A minority, headed by Senator Bingham oi Connecticut, chairman of the committee, submitted an adverse report. The bill provides for drafting a constitution for a free, and independent government of the Philippine Islands. It provides also for a ratification by the people of the Philippines of this consti tution and for the election of govern ment officials under this constitution. A five-year test period for the grad ual change in economic and political relationship between the islands and the United States, in order to give the Philippine people an actual experience in such relationship, is proposed by the bill. After that test period has been concluded a plebiscite is to be held, at which the people themselves will deter mine whether they approve or disap prove separation from the United States. In the event of an affirmative vote in the plebiscite, provision is made for the j final withdrawal of American sov- ] ereignty over the islands and for agree- ! ments by treaty or otherwise for the protection of American rights and prop erties in the islands and for the reten tion by the United States of coaling or naval bases. The Senate committee has held exten sive hearings during the last six months on the subjfect of Philippine independ ence, Should the bill now reported to the Sengte receive favorable action in that body and in the House, it is con sidered that early independence of the Philippine Islands is likely. CARDINALS TO BE NAMED AT JULY CONSISTORIES * Believe Latin America Will Re ceive Two, While Australia Is Expected to Get One. By the Associated Press. ROME, June 4.—Official announce- I ment was made today that the Pope will hold a secret consistory on June 30 ana 4 public consistory on July 3, at which new cardinals will be created. No men tion was made as to how many cardinals wouW be created or who they would be. It was believed certain that Latin- America would receive one cardinal or possibly Cven two, one at Rio Janeiro, the other in Argentina. Australia also was considered to have a good chance for representation in the Sacred College. No cardinal has been appointed to take the place of the first Australian Cardinal Moran. The suc cess of the Eucharistic Congress in Syd ney two years ago, it was said, seemed to Warrant Australian representation in the cardinalkte. POISONED BY FOOD lfew York Health Officer* Probe Illness of More Than Score. NEW YORK. June 4 (*»).—More than a score of cases of food poisoning which attended the advent of hot weather in the metropolitan area were being Investigated by health authorities today. Many of the victims Were stricken in eating places and removed to hospitals. This request was granted, of course, and the bishop set Tuesday, June 3, as the time he wished to appear before the committee. If he wants to testify he Will be given the opportunity to do so. If he should have changed his mind and not want to testify, he would not be requested to do so. It is purely a question of his desire in the matter. The committee will hear him if he wants to testify, but will not demand or request him to do so, unless he de sires Dr. Mcßride testified, as also did Dr. Pickett of the Methodist board, both at their own request. • • * “As I said, the committee did not re quest and, of course, did not subpoena any of these organizations to testify; it simply acceded to the requests of these parties and then left It to them to come forward and testify or not as it seemed wia* to them. It was not concerned at all in Bishop Cannon’s political activities, as It was not au thorized to Inquire into political activi ties. It dealt solely with propaganda and lobbying. • • TECH COMPLETES MOVING - 1"T J , :.v t > ' *♦ . * «' ' I ' I » M 1 I '>-‘ , / j I j *■ i ; /i . * .. . ■ - --"-■- —-- -■■■ j Seme at the new McKinley High School this morning when the flag which j formerly flew from the staff at the old McKinley building, at Seventh atreet and Rhode Island avenue, waa hauled to the peak of the flag staff in the new McKin ley Stadium for the flrat time. The old flag will be replaced by a new one and it will be preserved aiding the other archives and treasures deer to Tech's I students and faculty, at ceremony this morning was nnder the Immediate direction of the 2d Regiment of the High School Cadets, composed of McKinley students, and was witnessed by the student body. —Star Staff Fli^to. Lawyer Dies \ ALEXANDER WQLF. ALEXANDERWOLE RITES TOMORROW Prominent Lawyer Will Be Buried in Hebrew Congre gation Cemetery. Funeral aervlces for Alexander Wolf, ; prominent Washington lawyer and for \ many years identified with leading | financial tod business institutions here, I who died in Atlantic City, N, J., yes terday, will be conducted at his resi dence, 2653 Woodley road, tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. Rabbi Abram Simon of the Washington Hebrew Con gregation will officiate. Interment will be In the Washington Hebrew Congre gation Cemetery. Mr. Wolf, who was 63 years old, had been ill for several weeks. Mrs. Wolf was with him at- the Breakers Hotel when he died. He had gone to Atlantic City to recuperate. After beginning his career In the mercantile business, Mr. Wolf attended the Georgetown University Law School from where he was graduated in 1892. He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of th 4 United Slates in 1898 and at the time of his death was senior member of the firm of Wolf & Wolf, with offices in the Second Na tional Bank Building. Business Connections. Mr. Wolf was trust officer and mem ber of the board of the Second National Bank and was general counsel and member of the board of the Bank of Commerce and Savings. He was secre tary and general counsel of the Wash ington Hotel Co. and vice.president and Jeneral counsel of the Washington 'inance Service Corporation. In addition he was former president of the Jewish Foster Home, former president of the Woodmont Country Club and past master of Hope Lodge of Masons. He also was a member of Lafayette Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and a member of the Mithras Lodge of Perfection, Scottish Rite Masons. He had the distinction of serving as first president of the Masters’ Association of the District of Columbia. He was organize and first president of the Town and Country Club. Long affiliated with the Washington Board of Trade, Mr. Wolf had served on that body as chairman of the com mittee on law and as a member of the organization’s board of directors. In the first draft parade in the city, during President Wilson's administra tion, Mr. Wolf was chairman of the Board of Trade committee which as sisted in making the arrangements. Artive In Civic Affair*. His other affiliations included mem bership in the B'Nat B’rith, member ship on the board of the Home for the Aged, member of the board of the Jewish Community Center, member of the Washington Hebrew Congregation and the Board of Federated Charities. He had long been noted in this city for many philanthropies and his active participation in civic affairs. Mr. Wolf is survived by his widow, Mrs. Miriam Brylawski Wolf; three sons, William B. Wolf, Alexander Wolf, ir„ and John Wolf, and a brother, tarry 8. Wolf. Col. J. Miller Kenyon, president of the Bar Association, announced to Acting Chief Justice Frederick L. Bid dons of the District Supreme Court the death of Alexander Wolf and asked the usual order appear in the records of the court, noting an adjournment out of respect to the dead lawyer. Justice Blddons expressed his sorrow and granted the motion. Judge Nathan Cayton of the Mu nicipal Court made formal notification of the death of Mr. Wolf to hia asso ciate* on the bench and the court took an adjournment out of respect to his memory. MOSLEM SUPPORT OF GANDHI GROWS Resolution Adopted to Back Nationalists Following Pa rade Demonstration. By tHe Associated Press. BOMBAY, India, June 4—National ist leaders today foresaw increasing co operation of Moslem elements In the civil disobedience campaign by which they expect to win independence from Great Britain. A mile-long procession of Moslems last night paraded the streets to demon strate Mohammedan sympathy for the movement. Later they assembled on the Maldan Esplanade and unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the pro gram inaugurated by the All-India Na tional Congress, headed by Mahatma Gandhi. The resolution appealed to all Mos lems to participate in the movement and to boycott British goods. Leaders said that as long as the congress and the Moslem council did not support a proposed London round table confer ence to discuss the problem no Moslem should attend it as a representative of his people. Large Ihdian Minority. Since the start of the civil dis obedience campaign Moslem participa tion has been much mooted. The Mos lems represent a large Indian minority, but there always has been a racial and religious gulf between them and the Hindus. Their leaders have maligned the nationalist cause and have asserted that a nationalist government would S predominately Hindu, submerging oslem rights. There has been evident from the be ginning, however, particularly in Bombay presidency, a tendency toward participation by the Moslem masses, and recently this has become more and more pronounced until such incidents as that have become not uncommon. Injuries yesterday in rioting at the Worli Detention Camp, where salt law vlolatoi-3 arc being held, were listed at 88. The rioting grew out of demon strations by sympathizers outside the camp in denunciation of King George on the occasion of his slaty-fifth birth day anniversary. Crowds parading with black flags jeered troops repairing the barbed wire fences around the prison, and women sat down in front of them to impede their work, fighting develop ing with their removal. The enraged prisoners made a dash for freedom, many escaping, but most of them being brought back later. Worli Quiet Today. Worli was quiet today. Two com panies of the Hyderabad regiment were withdrawn during the night, but as a. precautionary measure 25 armed police men and 30 constables with bamboo clubs, all under the command of a dozen European officers, were posted in the vicinity. About 100 arrested man were removed today from the Worli prison compound to police courts for trial. Reports from Rangoon said that city was normal Nifter severe rioting last week. Both Hindu and Burmese laborers have resumed work. MECHANIC INSISTS HE IS MISSING PILOT Claims to la Maurice Graham and That Crash Was Kept Secret. By th* Associated Press. ELK CITY, Okla., June 4 —Despite denials of Western Air Express officials at Los Angeles, an automobile mechanic here has announced he is Maurice Gra ham, missing air mail pilot, and that details of a purported crash had been kept secret “because I thought there had been too much publicity already.” The Western Air Express pilot, fly ing between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, Utah, disappeared January 10. Despite an extensive search no pre vious word has been received concern ing the aviator’s fate. In relating details of the alleged crash, the Elk City mechanic said he fell during a heavy snow storm in mountains about 103 miles from St. George. Utah. He said he walked to' an Indian reservation, the trip taking three days and nights, and that he was taken two and one-half months later to St fc George, where he telegraphed his employers. . , ... “A relief pilot was sent for me, he continued. “I was taken to Las Vegas and the relief pilot, after getting the location of the wrecked ship, went after the mail, taking it to Los Angeles. At Los Angeles C. W. H. Smith, traf fic manager for the air transport com pany, said “the story is ridiculous. This is the first time we ever heard of this man who calls himself Graham. We still are looking for Graham and his wrecked plane ” J. B. Miller, garage owner, by whom the alleged flyer is employed, said he canae to Elk City about two weeks ago. He is about 35 years old, the same age as the missing aviator. Postal authorities have denied re ports that the missing mail plane car ried >300,000 in currency and other negotiable securities. The officials aid 200 registered letters, containing 8300 and 81/700 in securities, Were missing. W. T. Harrington, Indian agent at the Shlvwits Reservation, 15 miles east of St. George, today added his denial to any knowledge of facts related by the Elk City man. “There is nothing to it,” he said, commenting on the story. GEN. LORD ACCORDED FULL MILITARY RITES Ranking Officials in Army and Government Circlet Attend Services st Arlington. Attended by ranking officials in mili tary and Government circles, final rites for Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, U. S. A., retired, former chief of finance and director of the Bureau of the Budget, who died Tuesday, were held this after noon in Arlington Cemetery. A funeral procession accompanied by military escort, assembled at the Port Myer gate. InteAnent was attended by full military honors. William G. Biederman. former reader of the First Christian Scientist Church, conducted services at the grave. Gen. Lord, who succeeded Gen. Charles G. Dawes in 1922 as director of the budget, concluded his director ship last June. He was aucoeeded by I Col. J. C. Roop. GIVES BLOOD*; SAVES LIFE Station Agent at Inwood Submits to Blood Transfusion. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., June 4 Boyd Hollis, station agent at Inwood. i was credited by hospital physicians witli saving the life of his sister, Miss I Lena Hollis of the county, last night when ha gave a quantity of his blood in a transfusion. She was a patient at the hospital, suffering from loss of blood following a ruptured spleen. I Several of ber relatives offered blood, but that of her brother was found most satisfactory. Her condition was r’po; ted improved today. KINFOLK AT THE BRADY TRIAL s si* \ AS L ■ I fit,. C M ill 4 iffon VL \ I „ JR§nl>> K. jf - --1 n II • - -- —“ - - - ffl Kfl jk Top, on the left: Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, parents of Naomi Brady Hall and the children killed in the bombing. Mrs. Hall collapsed at me trial yesterday afternoon and was carried from the court room. Below, left: Mrs. I>roy Brady, wife of one of the men accused of the bomb*- lng. Right: Mrs. Ella Brady, mother of Leroy And Clarence Brady. —Star Staff Photo. BOMB PARTS GIVEN COURT AS EVIDENCE IN TRIAL OF BRADY (Continued T*rom First PagA) that her daughter Was an expectant mother until after her marriage to Herman, In November. She also told of the long friendship between Het man and his wife. Mrs. Hall Was calm on the witness stand, although she col lapsed and was led from the court foom while J. Wilson ftyon of prosecution counsel was recounting the hftvoc caused by the bomb In his opening statement to the jury. Decision to try the brothers Sepa rately was reached yesterday when Le roy requested a trial by jury and Her man demanded a trial by three judges. This method Os evading ft joint trial was followed after the court hftd over ruled ft motion by defense counsel seeking to have the brothers granted separate trials by juries. ■ *■ • BREWSTER, SANE, FACES ARREST ON ' MURDER CHARGE (Oontlnued From First Page.) the Army. A so-called "blue" dis charge usually is given on such charges, which constitutes release from service without honor. Oloth's decision to take Brewster into custody was made last week when he received unofficial reports that the spe cial medical board had found the soldier to be of sound mind, and that the mili tary authorities probably would release him from the service. Although no evi dence has been found to corroborate any of Brewster’s statements that he killed Miss Baker, which he later denied, Oloth belives the soldier should be held until every suspicion is removed, and was fearful that if he should be dis charged from the Army, he would van ish. When Informed that civil authorities were preparing to take him into custodv, Brewster, it was said, showed no visible signs of emotion and began to collect his personal effects for transfer to the Arlington County Jail. He appeared to be disappointed, however, that ne would not be able to go with his company on the rifle range tomorrow. The soldier had requested Capt. Bolling to permit him to pull the targets on the range during rifle practice. Develops Ravenous Appetite. Since Brewster has been confined in the guard house of the headquarters company he has developed a ravenous appetite and, it was said, eats twice as much as other members of the com pany. The soldier, also, between meals, has been a steady customer at the com pany canteen, especially since pay day, when he drew $23.10. Despite the publicity given Brewster since he has been held as a suspect in the murder case, none of his friends or relatives has communicated with him. He receives no mall and his only associates during the long period of confinement have been the sentries on duty at the guard house, headquarters detectives and Department of Justice agents. Brewster, however, has singled out several men attached to the headquar ters company as his confidants. This morning he told one of them that while at Walter Reed Hospital when he was under examination by the medical board, he learned that the World War veteran for whom the police have been looking for several months as a possi ble suspect in the Baker case, was a patient there. The soldier described this suspect as “the man who lived In the tent in Arlington County.” WINS ALIMONY PLEA. NEW YORK. June 4 G4>).—Hayden W. Ward, vice president of the Ameri can Bond & Mortgage Co., was ordered by the Supreme Court yesterday to pay his wife. Marian R. Ward, SS6 weekly temporary alimony. Mrs. Ward is suing for a separation decree, charging her husband with cruelty. They were married in River side, 111., In 1922 R&d have a son, age 6. ! GRANDI TALK HELD AT ODDS WITH DOCE t . i Premier's Address on Navy ! Conflicts With Speech of j Foreign Minister. ! fit the Associated Press. ROME. June 4.—What were consid ered as conflicting statement* of Pre mier Mussolini and his foreign minister, Dino Orandl, with regard to the Italian Maty, excited some attention here to- I day. Orandl. speaking in defense of the Italian naval program at the conclu sion of a budget speech yesterday said: "The Italian government is disposed to postpone laying down its program for naval construction in 1930, provided the . French government does the same for L the program for 1930. Considering the relative strength of the two fleets, such a concession would'have a greater ef fect on the Italian Navy than on the French.” Premier Mussolini in a speech at • Florence a few dhyS ago declared: “There has been Some doubt Abroad that Italy would carry out her naval 1 program, but it will be constructed ton for toh with mathematical precision to the pride of the Italian people.” In his speech. Grandi defended at considerable length the Italian demand for parity with France, and maintained that the stand was an old one and not one of the Fascist administration alone. He asserted that Italy had asked France to continue the naval conversa tions begun at London at a special meeting of Italo-French representatives and experts, but that France had re fused, contending the negotiations should be made through the regular diplomatic ambassador channels. It was in this connection that he made what was considered in some quarters as a new offer to France to match its reductions in the 1930 pro gram step for step, an offer which some took to be in conflict with previous statements of Premier Mussolini. TENSION IS LESSENED. France Reacts Favorably to Naval Speech by Orandl. PARIS, June 4 (/P). —A decided lessen ing of the tension between France and Italy today was noticeable following the speech yesterday of Foreign Minister Dino Grandi concerning naval affairs. The first reaction was decidedly fa vorable, although it was quickly pointed out in political and military circles that Minister Grandis proposition was not new, already having been made at the | London Naval Conference and found unacceptable. The feeling was aroused, however, that France would receive cordially any official proposal emanating from Italy concerning naval affairs In the same spirit of conciliation and endeavor to reach an equitable agreement as it greets all diplomatic communications. No official comment was forthcoming today. $150,000 DAMAGE AWARD Temperance Bureau Head Wine •uit Against Los Apgelea Publisher LOB ANGELES, June 4 (/P).—A ver dict of $150,000 damages has been re turned by a Superior Court Jury here In the suit of Edwin C. Dinwiddle against the Los Angeles Examiner. Dinwiddle in 1914 was superintendent of the National Temperance Bureau, legislative bureau of the Anti-Saloon League in Washington. The suit was based upon an article which said Din widdle had misappropriated a SIO,OOO fund voted by Congress for preparation for an international congress against alcoholism. Attorneys for the new paper announced an appeal would be taken after the verdict was announced I yesterday. ZEPPELIN PASSES OVER AZORES CHS Bad Weather Is Ahead of Graf on Last Lap of Over-Water Flight. By the Associates Press. TERCEIRA. Azores. June 4.—The Graf Zeppelin passed ovfcr Terfceira It 1:20 p.m. local time (9:20 a m. Eastern standard time) today. The dirigible had passed over Hort* at 8:30 a m. (Eastern standard time). The Gtaf headed to the east as sha passed over Horta and there began the last over-water lap of her journey back to Europe. The weather was fine and there was a light wind. The sky was fairly clear, although there were some low-lying clouds. Visibility was good. MAY SET RECORD. Winds Boost Zeppelin’s Speed to < Average of 70 Miles Per Hour. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, June 4 (A*).—The Graf Zeppelin, riding the winds which blow from west to east, sailed along the fortieth parallel today toward Seville and thence home. The winds which kicked up whitecapa on the blue Atlantic beneath so accele rated the giant dirigible's speed that there was possibility Dr. Hugo Ecken er's estimate of SO hours from New York to Seville might be bettered and a record set. At 5 am., Mideuropean time (11 p.m. Tuesday. Eastern standard time) the Graf, which left Lakehurst, N, J., Monday at 9:12 p.m., Eastern standard time, radioed its position from a point about 1.825 miles east of New York, and 500 miles Rest of Fayal, Azores, toward which it was heading at a speed of 85 miles an hour. The latitude and lpngi tude given was 38 degrees north, 39.30 west. Averages 70 Miles Per Hour. The position represented an average speed since leaving New York of more than 70 miles an hour. There remain ed at the time about 1,775 miles of the ocean journey to Seville, which at the prevailing speed of 85 miles an hour might be traversed in about 21 hours, making arrival at Seville at about 1 a.m., Spanish time, tomorrow (8 p.m.. Eastern standard time, today). In this event the total trip would take less than 47 hours. In August, 1929, returning to Pried richshafen after its round-the-world t trip, the Graf Zeppelin needed 55 hours and 24 minutes to fly from Lakehurst to here, a distance of 4,200 miles. It ia 3,830 miles from Lakehurst to Seville. The Graf will remain at Seville two hours and then continue the remaining 1,500 miles to it! hangar here. Dodges Low-Pressure Areas. Since leaving New York the Graf has departed only slightly from the general eastward route along the fortieth paral -1 lei, dodging northward at the start to ' escape a low-pressure area and south ward as it neared the Azones to evade another depression. Seville lk almost due ealt of New York. At 9eville the Graf will debark sev eral of its 22 passengers, drop some of Its mall cargo and take on such fuel and supplies as are needed for the re maining span of the 18.000-mlle trip which has taken the dirigible from Friedrichshafen to Seville, to Pernam -1 buco, to Rio de Janerio, back to Per nambuco to Lakehurst and New York, and now back to Europe. • Pinal arrangements were being com pleted at the airport at Seville today for the arrival of the homeward-bound air liner. Landing crews have been as ' signed and supplies have been sent to the airport so prompter service may be given the Graf when she arrives. DANG CREMATORY^ TO COVER MURDERS HINTED IN CHICAGO , (Continued From First Page.) i . gunned to death in the "little mas sacre” of Fox Lake. George Drugged himself was so severely wounded that i he may die. Then, last night, another death among the Sicilians —Somnerio. The hunt for the gangster crematory 1 led Roche and his State's attorney's ' aides last night to a West Side garage, i Opening the furnace door, expecting ' possibly to And human ashes, Roche ! round instead a box containing a hun i dred Stick of dynamite. The explosive was covered with ashes. Wrapped in ! a newspaper of May 26 date were fuses and detonator caps. Ownership of the garage and of the hidden dynamite was still being in- I vestigated today. i The inquiry into gang activity of i recent days, and the resultant police i round-up of known hoodlums ana bad men, revealed that several ’ big shots” In the city’s gang directory were mys teriously missing. Leo Mongoven, one of the listed "public enemies,” has not been seen in several dkys and, it Is believed, he may have been slain and cremated. Yesterday he did not appear to answer a gun-toting charge, and his SIO,OOO bond was ordered forfeited. A woman notified police that Mongoven was in the habit of calling her daily by telephone, but that the custom ended suddenly the day of his reported dis appearance. Six of the more notorious hoodlums caught in the police round-up, and a dozen less known, were freed in Police Court today. Among them were Hymie Levine and Harry Guzclk, Klondike O’Donnell. James Delcastro, Rocco Fanelll and Stanley Flazza. Guzick Is a brother of Jake, who is controller of the Capone syndicate. The police said the men had been picked up merely for investigation and that no evidence was available for holding them. Another prisoner, temporarily in cus tody, was Margaret Hamilton, 27, "sweetheart of gangland” whose big blue eyes have shed tears of regret for six "boy friends” who died like gang sters. She was arrested last night on a charge of shoplifting in Cincinnati, and the police said it was only a coin cident that her arrest followed shortly the slaying of Somnerio, her newest I "sweetie." The police call Margaret the "jinx girl of gangland" and linked her name in romances with Dion O’Bannion, Sonny Schlig, Jew Bates, Johhn Phil lip* and Johnny Sheey, each of whom died in gang fashion. She gained a con tinuance and her release in court today. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Navy Band Or chestra this evening ai the Navy Yard band stand at 7:30 o’clock. Charles Ben ter, leader; Charles Wise, second leader. March, "Light Cruisfers” Renter Dedicated to Vice Admiral A. L. Willard. Overture, "The Merry Wives of Windsor” .Nicolai Excerpts from "The Song of the Flame” Gershwin Valse, “Gold and Silver” .Lehar Suite— (a) "By the Waters of Minnetonka.” Lieurance (b) "My Curly Headed Bab-by,” Clutsam (c) "The Swan" Salm-Saens Prelude from "Lohengrin" Wagner Prelude to third act of the opera "Kunlhild” Klstler Symphonic poem No. 3, "Les ■ Preludes” Ltkt March. “Blue Yale” Lake “Anchors Aweigh.” "The Star Spangled Banner.”