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WEATHER. 7"
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Partly cloudy, continued cool tonight
and tomorrow.
Temperatures—Highest, *3, at 3:30
pm. yesterday; lowest, 59, at * a.m.
today.
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BAR ASSOCIATION
VOTES TO CONTINUE
DRY REFERENDUM
Prohibition Poll Opponents
Lose Convention Fight
in Chicago.
SO, OOO MEMBERS ASKED
TO GIVE REPEAL VIEWS
letter* to Lawyer*, uthorised
Last January, Given Support
of Executive Committee.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 20.—The Ameri
can Bar Association today voted to
continue ita membership prohibition
referendum. The action was taken at
the first plenary session of the or
ganization's sixty-third convention,
after opponents of the prohibition poll
had taken to the floor their fight to
have it abandoned.
leaders of the opposition, organized
yesterday, used the argument that pro
hibition is now a question of national
policy and not a legal matter that
should come before the bar association.
*O,OOO Members Given Questions.
The referendum, authorized by the
Executive Committee last January, con
sisted of two questions and went to the
30,000 members through the mails.
They were:
“Do you favor a referendum on the
repeal of the eighteenth amendment?
“Should the American Bar Asso
ciation go on record as favoring the
repeal of the eighteenth amendment?"
There are separate envelopes for the
replies. If the first question shows a
majority unfavorable to the referendum,
the second set of envelopes will be
burned unopened. If favorable, the
Executive Committee will open the
second set some time this Pall and
announce the result.
It was understood that the action of
th executive committee yesterday in
refusing to withdraw the referendum
was unanimous.
Some of the leaders of the delegates
opposed to the poll were Judge Andrew
A. Bruce of Northwestern University;
Judge John Weston Allen of Boston,
Judge . Frederick F. Faville of Des
Moines. lowa, and George Wilson of
Quincy, 111., prominent Anti-Saloon
League leader.
Wickersham to Speak.
A discussion of the work of Presi
dent Hoover’s law observance and en
forcement commission by George W.
Wickersham, the chairman, was on the
afternoon program.
The convention was opened by the
presidential address of Henry Upson
Sims of Birmingham, Ala., who dis
cussed technically the relation of con
stitutional limitations to the reform of
the law.
The reform of judicial administration,
he said, might be termed the dominant
firoblem before the American people,
t is not, however, the social Impulse
but the social need that must be put
Into law, he 'added.
“Any legislation,” he said, “within
the appropriate sphere of its action is
constitutional if reasonable under the
conditions of time and place to which
it is made applicable, and conceivably
directed to advance the public good.
Cites Prominent Conflict.
“A good deal has been said and writ
ten to the effect that during the last
few years there is a constant conflict
in the courts of the Nation between
Sroponents of what are referred to as
uman rights and proponents of what
are referred to as property rights.”
The supposed obstacles of Important
constitutional dimitations found in legal
decisions, he said, may really be re
garded as guarantees of the soundness
of future legislative elaboration of the
system of rights and the organized bar
may proceed without hesitation to the
systematic reform of the law.
WRIT IS ASKED TO HOLD
DEAD MAN’S BODY HERE
Mrs. Bertha Shaman Seeks Injunc
tion to Prevent Shipment
to Youngstown, Ohio.
Mrs. Bertha Shaman, 4921 Georgia
avenue, today asked the District Su
preme Court for an injunction against
Bernard Danzansky. undertaker, 3501
Fourteenth street, to prevent the ship
ping to Youngstown, Ohio, of the body
of Charles Nickman. her brother, who
died yesterday. Justice William Hitz
issued a rule on the undertaker to
show cause Friday why the injunction
•hould not be issued.
Through Attorney James B. Stein, the
plaintiff says her brother shortly before
his death expressed a wish to be buried
in Washington in accordance with
Jewish rites. In opposition to these
wishes, it is said, the undertaker is pre
paring to ship the body to the home
of a married daughter of the deceased
in Youngstown. Mrs. Shaman says
she and the daughter are the only
relatives.
BEAUTY TO MATCH COSTUME
WITH HUES FOR FINGERNAILS
Cosmetologists Find New Fastidies for Nation’s Billion-
Dollar "Make-Up” Business.
By the Areoclated Pres*.
Green or black fingernails and rose
eye shadows are In store thia Fall for
the Nation’s billion-spending beauty
seekers if cosmetology's calculations find
popular favor.
Manicures to match women’s cos
tumes were named today by H. L.
Franklin, managing director of the or
ganized beauticians of the country as
the latest wrinkle in the beauty game,
designed to keep American women |
spending at a record-breaking clip.
Preparing for a national convention
h r re of what he claims to be the Na
tion’s fourth largest industry—making
women pretty—Franklin was arranging
demonstrations of color-scheme finger
nails and ’beauty-enhancing” eye shad
ow's.
The •’smart-to-the-fingertips” style
has already started, he said, and is due
for » decided Fall flair. Nall enamel
of every hue, select'd for the coming
l Mason by the *‘■y’Vwill be available,
“I'M JUST A SICK GIRL, BUT I'LL BE
ALL RIGHT SOON,” SAYS AIMEE
"Just Blah,” Evangelist's Mother Declares,
Charging Daughter Struck Her on
Nose During Fist Fight.
1 By the Associated Press. j
LOS ANGELES, August 20.—A state
ment it was all “Just blah” was added
today by Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother
of Almee Semple McPherson, evangelist,
to the maze of reports concerning the
purported Wness of Mrs. McPherson.
At the Malibu Beach cottage, where
the evangelist Is declared variously to
be suffering from a nervous collapse, a
face-lifting operation, blindness and
need of rest, Mrs. McPherson announc
ed this morning:
“I’m Just a sick girl—but I’ll be all
right soon.”
Dr. Edward Huntington Williams.
| psychiatrist and nerve specialist, after
i visiting Mrs. McPherson said:
"She is much improved. Another day
or two of rest and she will be all rights
Can See Ail Right.
“Certainly she can see all right.
There’s nothing the matter with her
eyes,” the physician continued. “She
DRY AGENT AUTOS
TO CARRY INSIGNIA
Shields on Right Door Neces
sary for Future Stopping
of Drivers.
Automobiles used by prohibition
agents henceforth will be required to
carry shields bearing the seal of th?
Department of Justice as a means of
identification, Col. Araos W. W. Wood
cock, prohibition administrator, an
nounced today.
The decision grea out of protests
lodged by officers of the Automobile
Club of Maryland and was arrived at
at a conference today, at which Col.
Woodcock was told that unless agents
are required to identify themselves
.motorists have no protection against
imposters.
1,999 Shields to Be Ordered.
Col. Woodcock announced that the
shield would be a metallic form, 17 by
20 inches in size, and designed for dis
play on the right door of an automobile.
About 1,000 of the shields will be or
dered Immediately and agents will be
required to display them on stopping
an automobile. It was explained that
the agent in driving up on the left side
of a car he wishes to stop will display
the insignia before taking any action.
Prohibition agents several days ago
stopped Edward G. Duncan, a Mary
land State road engineer, on the De
fense Highway in Southern Maryland.
Duncan complained that he had no
way of telling whether the men were
agents or not, and later the Automobile
Club of Maryland took up the mat
ter with Col. Woodcock with a view
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INVENTORS GUARD
WINGLESS PLANE
Mysterious Craft Being Developed
on Barge on Long Island
Sound.
By the Associeted Pres*.
NEW YORK, August 20.—The secrets
of s new mysterious aircraft, without
wings and operated on the rotor prin
ciple. today were being jealously guard
ed by three inventors who are develop
ing the eta ft on a barge on Long Is
land Sound.
Walter P. Chrysler and Harold Elst
ner Talbott, jr„ are said to be backing
the venture. Nothing could be learned
concerning the matter at their offices
however.
The machine is based on the principle
i used in the celebrated Flettner rotoi
; ship. It resembles a seaplane withoul
' wings. A single motor in the nose sup
plies the traction through a three
' bladed propeller. An air-cooled aux
’ iliary motor provides power to rotate
J | the cylinders, which take the place ol
i j wings.
_! Two rotors are on each side of the
> craft. An outrigged rudder is forward:
I behind is a small pair of tandem cock
, pits. Between the motor and the cock
» pits are two large booms used in place
of the customary four longerons,
i Approach to the barge on which the
1 ! experiment Is being made is closelj
5 j watched. The three Inventors ant
,’! three assistants are the only person!
•* permitted on board
explained the spokesman, for beauty as
a big business.
If hats, gloves, shoes and bags are
black, said Franklin, the fingernails
also will be black and the colof of their
gloss can be changed with each cos
tume.
Beauty as a big business, he said, is
exactly as old as the bob —10 years.
Its rapid rise in the post-war decade
to a present level of $1,000,000,000 ex
penditure per annum he attributed to
the development of the permanent-wave
machine.
Beauty seekers spend annually SBOO,-
000,000 for cosmetics and an added
$1,100,000,000 for having them put cm,
he said, explaining the causes thus:
"When women found it possible,
through the permanent wave, to keep
their hair curled,-they had It cut. To
keep it trimmed they acquired the regu
lar habit of going to the beauty parlor.
After that, meticulous care of face and
: hands as well as hair was merely a
, matter of merchandising.” £
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has not had any bandages on her face
or eyes since last night.”
A communique from Angelus Temple
headquarters said:
"The latest news from Sister Mc-
Pherson is that she is somewhat im
proved this morning. Please continue
to pray earnestly.”
Approximately 1,200 followers of the
pastor prayed for aid for their leader
last night and this morning groups
came to continue the supplications at
the temple.
The Examiner today said Mrs. Mc-
Pherson had denied striking her
mother as the latter charged.
The paper quoted Mrs. McPherson as
follows:
"I did not hit mother. I wanted to
talk to her about some things she had
been saying and she started to leave
the 100 m. I asked her to stay and
talk to me. She threw herself on the
floor and screamed and yelled, as she
had done before. Then she went away
and severed all connections with the
temple.”
Guards stationed at windows and
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TWO INMATES SHOT
IN OCCOQUAN FIGHT
Guard Wounded in Attack
by Colored Prisoner in
Dormitory.
Two colored prisoners at the Occo
quan work house were shot and a
guard was severely cut today when one
of the prisoners attacked the guard
during a fight in the dormitory at the
institution. The second prisoner was
shot accidentally while trying to assist
the guard.
A bullet from the guard’s gun went
clear through the chest of Harry
Moore, 48 years old, who attacked him
with the knife, and lodged under the
scalp of Arthur Templeton. It was
removed by the prison doctor, Dr. P.
W. Hornbacker. Moore was brought
to Gallinger Hospital here wjpere it
said his condition was critical.
Guard Slightly Hurt.
The guard, John A. Tyerg, was also
brought to the hospital, but his con
dition was said to be not serious. He
was suffering from cuts on the head
and neck inflicted by Moore.
Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent
of the District Penal Institutions, who
conducted an Investigation, said Tyers
was forced to use his pistol in self-de
fense after he had been attacked by
Moore, The weapon used by the colored
man was not found, but was believed
to have been a jagged piece of glass or
a small-bladed knife.
He said Moore attacked the guard
about 7 o'clock this morning in dormi
tory 5. Moore knocked the pistol from
the guard’s hand and it was picked up
by another prisoner and handed back
to Tyers, who then fired in self
defense.
Previous Attack on Guard.
Moore, who has served a number of
terms in the work house, also attacked
another guard, William A. Goodwin,
with a shovel several months ago.
Goodwin, defending himself with a pis
tol, fired at Moore, inflicting a wound
which was not serious. Authorities at
the prison said Moore was regarded as
a “bad actor.”
Moore was serving a sentence of 360
days for assault, having been arrested
April 2i by police of the first precinct
for an assault on Charles Schnider of
2706 Thirty-third street southeast. It
was charged that he attacked Schnider
in the vicinity of Center Market and
cut him with a knife.
The prisoner gave his address to the
police as 616 Cannon street northeast
\ and said he had been employed in Vir
ginia. When received at the District
Jail preparatory to his transfer to Oc
! coquan, he gave his address as Arllng
| ton County, Va.
PASTOR DISMISSED
FOR BAN ON LEGION
Members Denied Admissions Evan
gelical Lutheran Service,
Iron Ridgf, Wis.
; By the Associated Press.
IRON RIDGE, Wis., August 20.—The
board of directors of St. Matthew’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church today
voted the dismissal of Its pastor. Rev.
John Henning, because he refused to
admit several American Legion mem
bers to communion service.
However, the board’s action is * not
final, the pastor’s case now will be laid
before the congregation for approval.
No date for the hearing was fixed.
The pastor said the Legion was con
sidered “anti-Christ,” consequently was
!» heretical group. The rejection of
‘ Legionnaires, ne said, was not absolute,
but that he had excluded only Legion
members from communion who had
asked his advice.
Evangelical Lutherans of the Wis
: consin and Missouri Synods are to con
sider refusing church membership to
Legionnaires at a meeting to be held
In Milwaukee next month. The basis of
the move was stated by church mem
bers, who said the foundation of re
ligious services was Christ. The Legion,
they said, was uon’sectarian, and hence
necessarily Ignored Christ in its reli
gious services, and the ignoring of
Christ was heresy.
OGDEN L. MILLS RETURNS
Undersecretary of Treasury Spent
Vacation in Europe.
NEW YORK, August 20 (&).—Ogden
L. Mills, Unders?cretary of the Treas
ury. returned on the Olympic last night
from a vacation in Europe.
While abroad he discussed with Wal
ter E. Edge, American Ambassador to
Prance, the Prench double extraterri
> torial tax on American corporations
with subsidiaries in Prance, but said
his conversations were unofficial.
Radio Programs on Page A-12
CACHE OF STOLEN
DIAMONDS SOUGHT
IN ZUTA EXPOSURES
$150,000 Gems, Revealed in
Seized Papers, Believed
Hold-up Booty.
JEWELRY SALESMEN
CALLED IN CONFERENCE
Two Trunks Crammed With More
Evidence Linking Crime and
Politics Indicated.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 20.—Uncut dia
monds, reported to be valued at $150,-
000 were hunted today In the fifth
treasure trove of Jack Zuta, slain gang
chief, whose recently discovered records
have already brought to light multiple
transactions between gangsters and
public officials.
Existence of the cache was set out
in the Zuta papers seised by investi
gators late yesterday.
The gems were reported to have been
•taken in a series of hold-ups of jewelry
salesmen on Chicago streets and given
to Zuta for safe keeping.
A salesman for an eastern Jewelry
firm, who refused to reveal his identity,
appeared at the investigation headquar
ters today and conferred with Pat
Roche, chief investigator for the State’s
attorneys office, and Charles P. Rath
bun, special assistant State’s attorney.
Writ to Be Asked.
Efforts were made immediately to ob
tain a search warrent from Municipal
Judge John H. Lyle, avowed nemesis of
“mobsmen,” preparatory to obtaining
the hidden treasure chest.
Roche declined to divulge his plans,
but informed the press that he “would
have something for them later.”
Before entering the conference the
jewelry salesman told reporters he was
on the trail of the stolen diamonds in
the belief they were the property of his
company, and admitted their value
would approximate $150,000.
Tax Prosecution Planned.
The Federal Government joined the
Zuta quiz yesterday by obtaining copies
of all recorded payments with a view
to income tax violation prosecutions
against the recipients.
A. P. Madden, chief Investigator for
the Revenue Department, has started
a check of these payments.
Ledger sheets detailing receipts and
disbursements of the North Bide clique
of Moran-Aiello-Zuta hoodlums and a
number of notes In favor of Zuta were
found In the first three boxes opened.
Authorities gave no indication of the
contents of the fourth box.
Despite the statement of State’s At
torney John A. 'Swanson, that papers
found In the box were too old to permit
their use as a basis of prosecution be
cause the statute of limitations had
invalidated them, those in charge of
the investigation continue to release
names on the checks for publication.
Today two checks, drawn in favor
of State Senator Harry W. Starr each
for S2OO, signed by Zuta. were dis
closed to the press without comment
by the investigators.
Explained as Fees.
Both checks bore October, 1926, dates,
and Senator Starr explained that lie
had taken the checks as fees In civil
cases In which he represented Zuta.
Senator Starr is a candidate for re
election from the thirteenth (South
Chicago) district.
Two checks made out to Joseph
•"Diamond Joe” Esposito, slain three
years ago in what police termed the
struggle for control of a large Sicilian
organization, were among those dis
closed. and another bore the indorse
ment of Tony Lombardo, slain in a
spectacular hoodlum outburst within
half a block from State and Madison
streets, the city’s busiest street intersec
tion.
j Canceled checks for about $1,300
I bearing the indorsement of H. Finkel
stein also were found. Finkelstcin was
sought for questioning in connection
with Zuta’s death after a witness testi
fied his picture bore a likeness to one of
Zuta’s executioners.
Other checks, nude out for small
amounts, were draam in favor of minor
bootleggers, authorities said.
ENDS LIFE IN PRISON
BY STANDING IN BLAZE
Second Suicide Attempt Succeeds
for Pennsylvanian Charged
With Killing Woman.
, By the Associated Press.
: WARREN, Pa., August 20—Building
, a fire in the county jail, Frank Mc-
Koon. 28. succeeded in a second attempt
| at suicide today by standing in the
. flames until he was burned fatally.
McKoon was awaiting trial on a
r charge of first-degree murder for the
i killing of Mrs. Mabel Lindquist at Sugar
Grove last Memorial day. He first tried
' to kill himself at the time Mrs. Lind
» quist was slain. He recovered from a
s bullet wound in his left breast.
• CASUALTIES REPORTED
IN PERSIAN REBELLION
3 Government Forces Are Disarming
j Tribesman in Southern Sec
tion of Country.
i. By the Associated Press.
• TEHERAN, Persia, August 20.
- Heavy casualties were reported today
f in fighting in Southern Persia, where
government forces are disarming re
bellious tribesmen.
► Conflicting reports had reached Te
) heran this evening of the nature of
the conflict.
One report stated that rebellion had
*- broken out.
-
l Doyle Wins Acquittal.
NEW YORK, August 20 (/P).—A Fed
t eral jury acquitted Dr. William F. Doyle
today on two counts of perjury in cOn
- nection with his income tax returns
3 for 1927 and 1928. but failed to agree
- as to his guilt or innocence on a third
s count charging evasion in his 1929 re
-1 turn. The Judge declared a mistrial
on the evasion count, and United States
Attorney Tuttle said that Doyle would
i be brought to trail again on that
• charge. X
&
SPEAKING OF EXCHANGING BABIES!
WOMAN DERBYIST IS INJURED
IN CRASH IN CAROLINA FIELD
Mrs. Mae Haizlip Seriously
Hurt in Forced Landing
En Route to Capital.
Companion Is Expected to
Reach Capital in Time for
Start on Friday.
Forced down In a cotton field 8 miles
east of Greenwood. S. C., Mrs. Mae
Haizlip of St Louis, who was flying
from Atlanta to Washington to start in
the Women’s Dixie Air Derby, leaving
here Friday morning, was seriously in
jured today. She was still unconscious
four hours after the crash.
According to Associated Press dis
patches, Mrs. Haizlip, flying with Miss
Vera Dawn Walker, another entrant in
the Dixie Derby, in another plane, got
off her course and Mrs. Haizlip was
forced to land. When the plane hit a
cotton field a wheel gave way and the
ship ground-looped. Miss Walker made
a safe landing nearby and went to the
aid of her fellow flyer.
Miss Walker was expected to come on
DISCUSS BRINGING |
NATURAL GAS HERE
President Wood of Light
Company and Utilities Body
Take Up Plan.
Bringing of natural gas to Washington
is being discussed at a conference this
afternoon by officials of the Washington
Gas Light Co. with the Public Utilities
Commission. President George A. G.
Wood telephoned this morning and
asked for the appointment. He did not
state to the commission what would be
the subject of the conference, but it
was stated later at his office that the
discussion would center around natural
gas. The company at present supplies
its customers with carburetted water
gas.
The commission had been expecting
a communication from the gas company
dealing with a proposed reduction of
rates, but according to information at
Mr. Wood’s office this matter will not
be taken up today. It is expected that
the reduced rate schedule will be offered
to the commission before the end of the
. month, however.
First Definite Step.
Although there has been much dis
cussion of the possible advent of na
tural gas to Washington, this confer-^
; ence is the first substantial intima
tion that it is on the way.
Piping tt here would Involve a line
several hundred miles long. Although
, there is natural gas as near as Getts
. burgh. Pa. (82 miles), it is believed
■ that the supply for Washington would
I have to come directly from some heavy
. producing field.
Natural gas has a much higher heat
ing content than the water gas now
in use here, and it could be con
siderably diluted before being sold, and
still be as satisfactory as the present
product. In previous utterances. Mr.
I Wood has given out the hint that his
company is not so much Interested in
natural gas as in by-product gas, which
' is obtained by the distillation of coal.
This gives off the illuminating gas and
leaves coke as a by-product. A market
would have to be developed nearby for
the coke, and the plant for this type
of manufacture would have to be placed
out of town.
Open Mind On Product.
Mr. Wood has said that his mind was
not closed to natural gas and that if
. he could be assured that Washington
r could get a supply of it that would not
be subject to embarrassing intern)p-
I tlons, and if it would give as good serv
ice to the public as the plant’s present
product, he would be willing to try it
out His present overtures seem to
indicate that such a supply has been
. assured.
> It is not thought at this time that
. there is an indispensable connection be
i tween the natural gas discussion and
> the lower rate schedule, as Mr. Wood
1 has promised to submit the rate schid-j
. ule in plenty of time for its adoption.
I after extensive public hearings, before
; Congress reconvenes, and any change -
I over from the present type of gas tc
; natural gas would probably take far
longer than that to accomplish.
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to Washington in time to leave Friday i
morning for the 1,575-mlle cross-coun- !
try flight, which will take the woman j
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GINGER'PARALYSIS
CAUSE DISCOVERED
Experiments Show a New
Poison, Affecting Only Ex
tremity Nerves.
BY THOMAS R. HENRY.
Chemists of the National Institute of
Health and of the Prohibition Bureau
have obtained small quantities of what
is apparently a new poison, hitherto
unknown in the world, with a strange
ly specific action on men and animals,
after analyses extending over four
months of samples of Jamaica ginger
extracts which caused the so-called
“Jake paralysis” in thousands of per
sons scattered over the country this
Spring.
The new poison is described as a
"cresol-phosphoric acid-ester.” Its exact
chemical nature remains unknown and
is the object of further research. The
remarkable feature of the substance is
the specificity of its action on the
human body. It attacks directly and
solely, the experiments indicate, the
lower motor neurons, whose cell bodies
are m the spinal cord. But its action
seems restricted to those neurons which
control the distal muscles of the ex
tremities —that is, those of the hands
and feet. The rest of the nerve cells
and other body cells are left unaffected.
Few known poisons act so specifically,
picking out the microscopic cells set
aside in the body for a particular func
tion.
The thousands of victims exhibit
about the same symptoms, as described
by local physicians and public health
officers. Nearly all cases were char
acterized by “wrist drop and foot drop”
on both sides. They seemed to have
lost control over both hands and feet.
Milder cases could get around with the
aid of canes and crutches. Severer
cases were bed-ridden and unable to
feed themselves. In no case, illustrat
ing the remarkable specificity of the
poison, did the muscle paralysis extend
above the elbows. A few very severe
cases were found where it extended into
the thighs.
_ Neurologists found no change in
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BAVARIAN HEADS QUIT
‘ AFTER TAX DEFEAT
Slaughtered Live Stock Bill’i Fail
ure Brings Cabinet Eesig
nations.
By the Associated Press.
MUNICH, Bavaria. August 20. —The
Bavarian cabinet resigned today after
the defeat in the Landtag of a bill
which proposed to levy a special tax
on slaughtered live stock.
The cabinet, constituted July 31, 1928,
was composed of Dr. Held, premier and
minister of foreign affairs; Dr. Gold
enberger, minister of education; Prof.
Fehr, agriculture and labor; Dr. Steut
zel, Interior; Dr. Schmelzle, finance, and
Herr Gurtner. justice.
Cattle raising is one of the chief oc
cupations of Bavaria, the census of 1928
showing 3,824,972 head. The tax pro
ooaed would have placed a duty on
every head kiU^,
The only evening p*per
in Washington with the
Associated Press news
service.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,179
(A*) Means Associated Press.
AIRPLANES GIVE UP
SEARCH FOR BLACK
Heavy Tide and Currents
Leave Scant Hope Body of
Publisher Near Shore.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 20.—Search by
airplanes for the body of Van Lear
Black, who vanished from his yacht
Sabalo off the New Jersey coast on
Monday evening, was abandoned today.
Three planes which pressed the hunt
for the Baltimore publisher for three
hours this morning reported that there
was such a strong tide out to sea with
ocean currents moving away from shore
in such volume that little hope re
mained for the present that the body
! would be found near the coastline.
Yacht to Leave Soon,
i Coast Guard boats, engaged since yes
| terday with planes, the Sabalo Itself,
1 and the naval dirigible Los Angeles in
! the search were still standing by today,
i but Paul Patterson, editor of the Balti
,j more' Sun. of whose publishing com
: pany Mr. Black was chairman of the
> board, said the yacht was about to leave
the site where the publisher was missed
on Monday evening after having ap
parently fallen over a deck rail from
his craft.
A report of the accident was made
today to the New York office of the
steamboat inspection service by Capt,
Kelley of the Sabalo He was asked to
return tomorrow morning with one other
witness to complete the formality of
recording the tragedy. Capt. Kelley
was accompanied today by the chief
engineer of the yacht, A. W. Hay.
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, a friend
of Mr. Black,-requested that everything
possible be done to promote the quest.
The only possibility that he may be
found alive rested in the fact that he is
; a good swimmer and may have kept
: himself afloat until picked up by some
! small ship.
Last Seen on Rail.
He was last seen shortly after 9
o’clock Monday night 18 miles south
of Ambrose Channel, sitting on the
stem rail of his yacht, his legs en
twined around the guard rails and one
hand grasping a stanchion. He was
smoking a cigarette. That day he had
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GRON AU RE AC! IEsTsLAN D
1 German„Avifit< Proposes to Con
tinue Toward America.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland. August 20
i (A»).—The German aviator Capt. Groe
nau, flying from the Faroe Islands, ar
t rived here today. He intends shortly to
i continue toward America byway of
, Frederoksdal, Greenland, where he says
, a petrol depot has been laid out for
i him.
Three Die in Auto Crash.
i NORTH ANDOVER. Mass., August
i 20 (A*). —Three persons were fatally in
- jured here today when their automobile
’ crashed into a tree. They were Edwin
• G. Nash of Cambridge and Mr. and
. Mrs. Paul Plummer of Melrose, who had
! been married only a few weeks,
r Mrs. Plummer was found dead in the
> wreckage. Plummer was dead upon
■ arrival at the Lawrence General Hospi
; tal, while Nash, who identified himself
I as an instructor it Harvard University.
: died at the hospital two hours after
> the accident.
THREE DESTROYERS TO FURNISH
"PERENNIAL” NAVY GUN MARKS
Radio Control Will Provide Crewless Moving Target (or
Guns of Fighting Ships.
By th« Associated Press.
Three Marred and battered destroyers
are to become “perennial” targets for
the lighter guns of the Navy’s battle
ships
; Already one of these vessels is being
r equipped with a radio control that will
1 enable it to move crewless about the
; seas, while the guns of the bigger
ships blase away at it.
, The Stoddert, which has been in.
i service for 10 years, is the first of the
. three destroyers selected to improve
. the Navy’s marksmanship. Two others
- will be chosen later from the scores
I of similar craft built during the war
which have since become obsolete.
In firing on these vessels the gun
-1 ners will use target ammunition, which
■ contains no explosive and will only tear
k holes in the defenseless craft Instead
of blasting it out of the water. When
TWO CENTS.
GOVERNMENT WINS
CAMPBELL VENUE;
DEFENSE APPEALS
Suspect in Baker Case Or
dered to District for Trial
on Murder Charge.
CASE NOW TO BE HEARD
BY NORFOLK U. S. JUDGE
Large Crowd Present to Hear Ao
cused Man Detail Movements
on April 11.
Request of the Government for the
removal of Herbert M. Campbell from
Alexandria to Washington for trial
under an indictment charging him with
the murder of Mary Baker was granted
late this afternoon by United State*
Commissioner J. Barton Phillips fol
lowing a lively hearing before a large
crowd in the Alexandria Corporation
Court room.
Attorney Charles Henry Smith im
mediately appealed from the decision
of the commissioner and Campbell was
returned to the Alexandria Jail to
await the outcome of the appeal In
the Federal District Court at Norfolk,
Va.
Commissioner Phillips announced at
the end of the hearing, during which
Campbell took the stand In his own de
fense, that he would certify the case to
Federal Judge C. Lawrence Groner in
Norfolk, with a recommendation that
Campbell be transfered to the District
of Columbia to answer the indictment
returned by the grand jury recently. It
was understood Judge Groner is on va
cation, so that further legal develop
ment may be Indefinitely delayed.
Basis “Alibi” Testimony.
In announcing his decision. Commis
sioner Phillips explained that “alibi
testimony,” sought to be introduced by
the defense, was inadmissible, as he had
no authority to consider the merits of
the case, or to decide as to the guilt or
Innocence of the accused Arlington
County real estate man.
"My only duty here,” the commission
er said, “is to decide if the Government
has made out a prima facie case on the
basis of which the prisoner should be
removed to another jurisdiction. I have
endeavored to give the defense every
opportunity to rebut the only facts in
volved in this hearing. Those facts
are, first, whether there is nrobabls
cause for removal, and, second, wheth
er the prisoner is the one named in th*
Indictment and was in the District of
Columbia on the day of the crime.
Testimony regarding the man’s alibi is
wholly irrelevant and .cannot be con
sidered here. I, therefore, will certify
the prisoner’s removal to Judge Groner
in Norfolk.”
The hearing thereupon adjourned
amid considerable confusion, with
Charles Henry Smith, chief of defense
counsel, protesting the verdict and nu
merous relatives and friends of Camp
bell pressing forward eagerly to grasp
the accused man's hand and wish him
well. Campbell greeted his wife. Mrs.
Ruth Callahan Campbell, with affection
and an Impromptu family reunion was
staged in front of the bench as the
crowd filed from the court room.
Going Back to Jail.
As Campbell was escorted from the
court room down a flight of steps lead
ing back to his cell he spoke cordially
to a newspaper man he knew, and In
reply to a question as to what he was
going to do next, he smilingly an
nounced:
“Why. I guess I'm going back to jail.”
Campbell, speaking in low, even tones,
pleaded not guilty to the murder
charge, emphatically denied ever having
heard of Mary Baker before he read
about her death and detailed the alibi
upon which the defense hopes to win
the accused man’s freedom.
Campbell was permitted by the court
to give an accounting of his move
ments in Washington and Virginia on
April 11, the date of the slaying,
although Commissioner Phillips, on
completion of the testimony, indicated
he would uphold objections by the Gov
ernment to the effect that alibi evidence
in the preliminary hearing is “irrele
vant.”
One Prosecution Witness.
Through United States Attorney
Jones, the prosecution rested its case
in the removal proceedings after it had
put Detective Sergt. John Flaherty on
the stand to establish the technical fact
' that the prisoner before the bar was
the one named in the indictment and
that he was In the District of Columbia
on the day of the tragedy.
The prosecutor asked only one ques
tion of Campbell during the cross-ex
amination. This was wmether the pris
oner admitted he was in the District on
April 11. Campbell replied affirma
tively and was excused.
Over the protests of the Government
attorney and In the face of a warning
by the commissioner that he felt any
argument on the merits of the case
was inadmissible. Smith fought val
iantly to Introduce testimony to cor
roborate Campbell’s statement of his
movements.
The first defense witness was Coroner
Benjamin H. Swain of Arlington
County, who briefly testified concei»-
; ng finding of the body of Miss Baker
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! there are too many holes, the destroyer
targets will be towed to port and
patched.
Two other destroyers, the Stoat and
I the Marcus, are to become stAionary
targets for bombing tests. They will be
dismantled and anchored at sea, where
airplanes will drop enough bombs to
determine whether four 30-pound bombs
I or one 116-pound bomb would be more
, effective.
The Navy also is hopeful of equipping
the battleship Utah, which the United
Stater, must lose under the London
naval treaty, with radio control for
operation as a moving target.
Once before the Navy experimented
with a ladio-controlled vessel. The
battleship lowa was sunk by gunfire
• after it had been bombed, but the
| results of this test were not con
sidered conclusive.
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