Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1922, Page 1

ended at 10 o'clock last 84; lowest, b4, Full report on page §. \VEATHF;R. Fair today; tomorrow falr and cool- el T. Temperature for twenty-two hours night: Highest, No. 913.—No. 28,637. Entered as sgcond-class matter post office Washington, D. ASHINGTO , D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1922.—EIGHTY-SIX PAGES. Member of The Asmociated the use for republication of all credited Zo it or not otherwise credited in this the Associated Press Press is exclusively entitied to || Dews dispatches paper and aiso the local news publisidd herein. || All rights @lspatches of publication of special herein are also reserved. | * FIVE CENTS. BRITISH YIELD TO TURKS ON THRACE CLAIMS, BUT Agree With Allies on Armistice Proposals Giving Up Adri- anople to Kemal. SUDDEN CHANGE IN LONDON POLICY BIG SURPRISE TO PARIS| Kemalists Must Agree Not to Enter Neu- tral Zone Along Straits—Promised Aid for League Membership. Pr the Associated Press. PARIS, September 23.—The return of Turkey to Europe was assured tonight when Great Britain, France and Italy at the final < all the nationalists’ peace terms. “hrace to the Maritza river and including the ancient Turkish | sion of the allied conference unanimously agreed to concede ! capital of Adrianople were approved as peace terms that can be supported by France, Great Britain and Italy in a joint invitation sent to Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the nationalist leader, to a peace conference to be held at Venice at the earliest possible date. The Kemalists must agree in return not to enter the present neutral zone along the straits, nor make any crossing elsewhere, and must accept complete freedom of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmora and the Bosporus nations. Kemal Expected to Accept. The invitation which was cabled to- night by M. Poincare to Kemal Pasha yersonally urges an immediate meet- jng of the allied and Turkish and Greek generals at Mudania to formu- Jate terms of an armistice pending the conference. It is regarded as vir- - tually certain that Kemal will accept the conditions, and a reply is expected from Smyrna in a day or two. In addition to other concessions, Turkey is promised the support of the three allies for admission to the Jeague of nations and also—weithdrawal of the allied troops from Constanti- aople as soon as peace becomes ef- fective. The allied decision came as a big surprise, for as late as noon British officials declared that Great Britain would not approve any of thg Turk- jsh claims in advance of the peace conference. The change in this policy came in the afternoon, after an ex- change of many messages between Lord Curzon and Premier Lloyd George and several long telephone conversations, which delayed the final session from 2 o'clock to 5. Vietory for French. Although the British tonight_ insist that their chief demand—mainly. ireedom of the straits—is embodied n the conditions, it is generally con- ceded that this unanimous decision marks a reversdl of policy on the part of Great Britain and is consid- ered here a victory for French di- plomacy. M. Poincare expressed the belief that the near east crisis is over and that all danger of a clash is past. is assumed that the British troops | remain at Chanak pending the ce conference. A broad neutral will divide eastern Thrace from reece and Bulgaria in the treaty .rms which will be decided at the onference. Both Jugoslavia and Ru- mania insisted upon this provision Lefore they consented to the return of Turkey to Europe, although it is not mentionéd in the note. It is thought probable that the Turkish military forces in Thrace and Adri- anople will be rigidly limited and that the strictest guarantees will be exacted for the Greek minorities in these places. Staves Off Attack. The probability of a Turkish attack on the British was given as the reason why the joint note was cabled Immediately after the conference tonight. M. Poin- are informed Lord Curzon that with the allied decision granting the Turk- ish claims in the hands ef Kemal Pasha the nationalist leader could influence his warlike associates to position at Chanak | , preferably under the league of await calmly the outcome of the peace conference. The last-minute abandonment by Great Britain was due, it is believed. to a desire to avoid war, which many British officials, woth at home and in the near east, regarded as likely. Pressure from British labor, which was united against hostilities In the near east, is also thought to have played no small part In the decision of the British government. Pledge to Preserve oZnes. Having effectively obtained in the decislon freedom of the straits, Great Britain is said to have reasoned that to insure peace in the near east it would be better not to withhold any longer Turkish aspirations to a foot- hold in Europe, provided ample guarantees were exacted which would prevent a Turkish-Bulgarian alliance direcled‘iga!n!l the Balkan countries. ‘While agreeing virtually to all the Turkish claims, Lord Curzen insisted upon preservation of the neutral zones on the Asiatic side of the straits. The pledge is exacted from Kemal to the straits or the Sea of Marmora until peace is signed. The previous con- tention of Great Britain that allled troops should continue to occupy Galllpolt is not mentioned in the note, but it s probable that a small allied force will remain temporarily on the peninsula. Greek Forces to Retire. The Greek forces are to retire from Eastern Thrace and Adrianople to a tline to be fixed by the allied generals in agreement with the Greek and Turkish * military authorities. The jmeeting to arrange an armistice is expected to be held at Muoania within a few days. Admission of Turkey to the league of nations, which the allies pledge themselves to support, s not expected until the assembly meeting of next year. Complete agreement by M. Poin- care, Lord Curzon and Count Sforza was reached after a three-and-a-half hour session. It is considered the more surprising because of the virtual decision last night that separate. notes 1 would have to be sent to the Angora government for the reason that Great Britain was not willing to bind herself in advance to any definite terms sufficient to attract Kemal Pasha to a !peace conference. The phraseology of that part of the nqte regarding Thrace is commented upon, as it sets forth that the three governments ‘“view with favor the desire of Turkey to recover Thrace,” but support to this end is conditioned on the Angora government's promise not to send troops into the neutral zones pending the peace conference. Text of Joint Note Sent to Turkey Asking Parley to Negotiate Peace Ly the Associated Press. PARIS, September 23.—Following is the text of the joint note to Mustapha emal Pasha: “The three allled governments ask {he government of the national grand assembly to be good enough to let them know 1if it is disposed to send without delay representatives with full powers to a meeting to be held at Venice or elsewhere and to which will be invited ulso, with the representatives of Turkey, plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Jugo- slavia and Greece. “This meeting will take place as-soon as necessary arrangements are made by the governments concerned. The ob- ject of this meeting will be to negotlate and consolidate & final treaty of peace between Turkey, Greece and the allied Powers. Would Maintain Freedom. ““The three governments take this op- jortunity to declare that they view with fcvor the desire of Turkey to recover Thrace as far as the River Maritza and Including Adrianople. “On condition that the Angora gov- ernment does not send armies during the peace negotiations into zones the pro- visional neutrality of which has been proclaimed by the allied governments, the three governments will willingly support at the conference attribution of these frontlers to Turkey, it being understood that steps will be taken in common agreement in the treaty to safeguard the interests of Turkey and her nelghbors; to demilitarize, with a view to the maintenance of peace in certain zones to be fixed; to obtain peaceful and orderly re-establishment of Turkey’s authority, and finally to as- sure effectively under the league of na- tions |maintenance of the, freedom of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmora and the Bosporus, as well as protec- tion of religious and racial minorities. “For the rest, the three allied gov- ernments will willingly support the admission of Turkey to the league of (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) o Ale s A A B A ANl D e N A o The Turkish claims to eastern| observe these zones and not to cross| " KEEP DARDANELLES FREE KEMALISTS INSIST ON RIGHT TO ENTER THRACE AT ONCE By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 22. —There is an apparent disposition on the part of the Kemalists to ac- cept Great Britain's new terms re- garding Thrace and other disputed points. They are not willing, how- ever, to give any pledges for the suspension of hostilities while the { peace conference Is sitting. maintain small forces in Thrace for psychological effect unon the Moham- medan world and to preserve order. “It has been suggested,” continued Hamid Bey, “that the allles could only permit us to occupy Thrace un- der the supervision of an allied con- trol commission, but we cannot sub- mit to such conditions. We must have perfect freedom in military, { financial and administrative matters. We must move on Thrace while our Greek adversaries are impotent. We can give no respite: we have fought long for our present opportunities; we must now make them realities.” i | | KUEHLING SHOOTING LAID TO JEALOUSY Wife, in Hospital, Declares Her Husbhand Watched Her Every Move. HUSBAND IS IN JAIL| | Fled, Following Quarrel, and Is! Caught by Posse Hiding in Barn in Nearby Town. ! The Kemalists insist, sald Hamid \. the nationalist representative on the right to enter Thrace | immediately in order to liberate lhl'! i oppresseid Moslem subjects. “All we seek,” he added, “is to l HUGHES' HOME TRIP SETS SEA RECORD Maryland Reduces Time for Voyage From Rio to U. S. 4 Hours 38 Minutes. POSTED ON NEAR EAST Secretary Keeps in Constant Touch ‘With Office, But Declines to Discass Situation. By the Associated Press. tary of State Hughes returned aboard the battleship Maryland today from Rio de Janeiro, where he attended the Special Dispatch to The Star. EL DORADO SPRINGS, Mo, Sep-| tember 23.—Lying on a hospital cot! here tonight, her head wrapped in | bandages, which cover the wound | inflicted early vesterday morning from | a revolver held in the hands of her| husband, Roy H. Kuehling of Wash- | ington, Mrs. Kuehling told the story | of a jealous quarrel, which came near | ending in her death. Her husband, after a chase, was arrested yesterday and is now in jail at Nevada, a few miles from this village. Expected to Recover. Mrs. Kuehling, a former Washington war worker in the Treasury Depart- ment and a bride of less than a year, is doing well and is expected to re- cover. “Roy has been jealous,” she said last night, “and wouldn’t allow me to go anywhere unaccompanied. He followed my every move and anything I did seemed to arouse his suspicions. “Early Friday morning he had got- ten up and dressed. 1 was sitting on the edge of the bed. He began to berate me and in.a moment we were quarreling. The next thing I knew he had a revolver, pointed it at me, and then alNwent black. I don’t re- member anything else.” Trailed by Posse. ! Following the shooting, Kuehling | fled, and a posse picked up his trail. He was found late in the afternoon in a barn at the home of his wife's parents, arrested and taken to jail. Mrs. Kuehling’s father, John Whit- sell, is an esteemed resident of Nevada. He is a retired merchant and owns considerable property there. NEWS AWAITED BY SISTER. { 'Mrs. Kuehling Believed Still Alive by Miss Whitsell. | Cherishing the: belief that her sis- ter. Kathleen is not dead as a result | of being shot by her husband, Roy Harper Kuehling, at El Dorado, Mo., Miss ~ Mabel Whitsell patiently awaited additional word from her mother last night. Miss Whitsell said that she was at a loss to understand why she had| received. no further word of. the| shooting, which resulted in her sister being taken to a hospital at Nevada, Mo., in a dying condition. Awaliting news with Miss Whitsell last night was A. V. Dillon, their family attorney, “who resides at 1731 I Btreet northwest. Mr. Dillon wired the chief of police of El Dorado yes- terday afternoon as follows? 3 “Keep eye on Roy Harper Kuehling. Tried to break Jjail in Washington. Past record being ' forwarded to prosecuting attorney.” Mr. Dillon as well as Miss Whitsell have both, they say, always been sus- picious of Kuehling and tried in every way to prevent the marriage which occurred at Rockville on De- cember 15, 1921. Both Miss Whitsell and Mr. Dillon are prepared to leave Washington. the -moment they hear that the sister's condition has changed for the worse. . On leave from her position in th prohibition division of the Treasury Department, Miss Whitsell has spent an uneasy day. She says she is cer- tain that her sister was shot by Kuehling after she had told him that she intended to divorce him on ac- count of the deception which he prac- ticed, !'all shapes and breeds, opening of the RBrazilian centennial exposition, and a few hours after dis- embarking boarded a train for Wash- ington. He declined to dlscqgs the situation in the near east. It was learned, however, that on the voyage from Rio he was in constant communica- | tion with the State Department, keep- ing abreast with developments abroad. When not occupied with this work he was engrossed in the perusal of books jon international affairs. He said the trip had greatly bene- fitted him, and that he had enjoyed every bit of it, but would be glad to get back to his desk. e was accom- panied by Mrs. Hughes. They were met by their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hughes, jr., end a number of naval officers. Breaks Speed Record. On the voyage from Rio the Mary land weathered two severe storms, but made the trip in ten days. seven- teen hours and twenty-two minutes, breaking the record of ten days and twenty-two hours, made by the Amer- ican Legion. Secretary and Mrs. Hughes, according to Admiral Hilary P. Jones, who also was aboard the Maryland, are admirable sailors. Dur- ing several hours of a hurricane off Bermuda they stood on the bridge, watching the storm. “Secretary and Mrs. Hughes fouhd a great deal of amusement in the pets the Maryland’s crew gathered in Brazil. “In tact” sald Admiral Jones, “we have a menagerie aboard. There are something like forty-five monkeys of about fifty parrots and a like number of ca- nagies, parakeets and love birds, not to mention the flock of goats.” Menagerie Brought Ashore. The Secretary and his wife re- viewed the lot while at sea. It took an extra longboat today to move the menagerie ashore. The chatter of the monkeys and the screeching of the birds could be heard above the putt-putt of the.mator as the boat came ashore. Secretary and Mrs. Hughes were deeply impressed with the beauties of Rio and 6f the marvels of the expo- sition. “All the buildings are not com- pleted and it will be some time before the exposition is really opened,” Mr. Hughes' secretary fald, . “but Mr. Hughes and his wife were loath to leave such a beautiful spot.” The United States building at the exposition, Secretary Hughes said, would be a credit to our government. He added he was sure that the ex- position would be a great success. Rear Admiral Vogelgesang, who ac- companied Secretary Hughes to Rlo, remained there aboard the battleship Nevada to await the commisison of American naval officers to be sent there for the purpose of supervising the reorganization of the Brazilian navy. ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON. Secretary and Mrs. Hughes Met by ‘Undersecretary Phillips. Secretary and Mrs. Hughes arrived from New York last night after their trip to South America. They Phillips, who has been in charge of the State -Department during Mr. Hughes® absence, and went immediately to their home, NEW YORK, September 33 —Secre-; were met by Undersecretary] STORMY SEA GIVES SECRETARY HUGHES SHOWER IN BUNK Speclal Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, September 23.—A palr of hurricanes hurled green seas over the superstructure decks of the U. 8. §. Maryland, bearing Secretary Hughes back from South America. During the first hurricane Secre- tary Hughes remained on the bridge, watching the storm and the sweep of the waves over the decks, and, according to Admiral Hilary P. Jones, commander-in- chief of the Atlantic fleet, and Capt. David Foote Sellers, com- mander of the Maryland, “enjoying it all immensely. The Secretary's pleasure was somewhat dampened by the second storm, however. He was lying in Capt. Sellers’ bunk reading when this reached its height, and a large part of the Atlantic suddenly spurted in through the open ports with terrific force, flooding the cabin completely and giving the Secretary an unwelcome shower bath. For several moments there- after, inquirers were reliably as- sured, the dignified head of this } country’s foreign affairs was { forced to “run about the cabin in his wet beevecdees.” DISTRICT WILL BE DEBT-FREE IN 1324 Thirty-Five Cents Per Capita Would Wipe Out Balance of Bond Issues Due. With Retiring of $4,719,700 Loan City Will Be in Enviable Financial Position. ‘The net bonded debt of the District government has been reduced to $156,- 234, believed to be the lowest of any city in the United States, according to figures obtained last night from Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor. This amount, pro-rated on the present esti- mated population of 454,000 inhabi- tants, would make the per capita debt only 35 cents. The actual amount of city bonds outstanding is $4,719,700. But the municipality has a sinking fund in which the total assets are now $4,- 563,465.62. These assets, deducted from the value of the bonds, leaves the net indebtedness as stated dbove. Cannot Issue Bonds. '$156,234 ONLY IS NEEDED 1 These bonds all will be retired by August, 1924, leaving the National Capital free from debt. Of course, in comparing - Washington's small debt jwith other American cities it should be remembered that the District, being under the legislative control of Congress, cannot issue bonds as other cities do whenever the town counecil decides to do a large amount of mu- nicipal improving. Washington's present bonded debt was incurred many years ago. Under the present form of government the city depends entirely upon the annual appropriation bill enacted by Con- gress for building schools, laying streets and obtaining other necessi- tles of city life. Two years ago the former board of Commissioners suggested a new bond issue as one means of meeting the urgent need for school buildings, street paving, bridges and other work that had accumulated during the war period. The suggestion was not act- ed upon by Congress. The District’s sigking fund is in- vested in liberty loan and Panama canal bonds, and the income from the fund is now sufficlent to meet interest charges. The Commissioners, it is understood, will not have to include an appropriation for the sinking fund in their new estimates. - ‘When the outstanding bonds become due in 1924 the Commissieners will liquidate the sinking fund assets and wipe out the accouat, MRS, HALL DENIES SHE WAS JEALOUS Rector’s Wife Unable to Conjecture Secret of Slaying, She Says. STATEMENT FOR PUBLIC Two-Hour Examination Sheds Little Light on New Bruns- wick, N. J., Case. By the Associated Press. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. Septem- ber 23.—For the first time since the discovery of the bodies of her hus- band, the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, and his choir leader, Mrs. Eleancr Reinhardt Mills, a week ago, Mrs. Hall, the rector’s widow, today con- sented to give an interview to repre- sentatives of the press. She today was more in public view than at any time since the discovery of the bodles. First she was ex- amined for over two hours by the prosecutors of Somerset and Middle- sex counties. Then she issued a sign- ed statement recounting ecvents lead- ing up to the murder and giving her recollection of occurrences day by day from Wednesday, September 13, until Saturday, September 16, when the bodies were found. g “Did you feel jealousy toward Mrs. Mills or anybody else?” she was asked. Her reply was No One Suspicioned. “Do you have any suspicion of any- body who might have committed the murder?” was another question to which she replied “No.” “Did you ever hear any gossip about Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills?” Again she said “No.” Asked about the telephone call her husband answered at 7 o'clock on the night of Thursday, September 14, just before he left his home for the last time, she said she did not know who called him. When she was informed that Mrs. Jessie Jamison, one of the choir sing- ers, had said today that Mr. Hall brought her a bouquet at 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Hall did not seem surprised, although in her signed statement she had made no mention of this. She explained that he often carried flowers to persons who were sick and that he probably seized a few minutes from his other engagements that day to take a bou- quet to Mrs. Jamison, who was not feeling well. Jyhen Mrs. Hall was asked, in effect, why she did not offer a reward for the capture of her husband's slayer or employ private detectives, she ended the interview by saying: “I have no statement to make on that.” Bares Husband's Moves. In her signed statement issued late today Mrs. Hall sald: “Wednesday, September 13, 1922— For the past three years MF. Hall and I have taken Mrs. Eleanor Miils and Mrs. Addison Clarke on picnics in appreciation of all the work they have done for the church. This year we went to Lake Hopatcong, the picnic compris- ing Mr. Hall and myself, Mr. Hall's mother, Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Clarke. We reached home about 9 o'clock in the evening. “Thursday, September 14, 1922—In the morning I took out the Dodge car. “In the afternoon Mr. Hall took the Dodge car and went to make an address before the Parent-Teacher Association at the achool at Berdine Corners, leav- ing home in time to arrive there at 3:30. He came back betwen 4 and 4:30, gath- ered flowers to take to a sick parish- foner at St. Peter's Hospital, and in company with his little niece went out again, returning shortly after 6. He had family supper with me, my brother William and our little niece. “Mr. Hall was preparing to go out about 7, when the telephone rang. He answered from the extension upstairs a8 he happened to be there. I did not overhear the conversation. “Mr. Hall went out about :30, tell- jumn e Y e e ontinued on SOVIETS BEGIN BATTLE WITH WHITE FORCES| VLADIVOSTOK, September 23.— Fighting between the soviet forces and troops of the White or Vladi- vostok anti-soviet government be- gan today near Spassk, a town about 100 miles north of Vliadivos- tok on the Usurl railroad. near Lake Hanka. Soviet airplanes bombed Spassk. EGHTDIEINTWO AIRPLANE GRASHES Two Quantico Marines Are Among Victims—Six Killed in New York Crash. THOUSANDS SEE ACCIDENT 1 Officers Were Engaged in Sniping Exhibition When Plane Fell to Earth. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, September 23.—Be- fore a crowd of 10,000 persons, Lieuts. Herbert V. Hansen and John M. Pat- ton, jr., of the Quantico aviation station, Marine Corps, today plunged to death in an airplane at Logan Fleld, Dundalk. The accident came a few minutes before the scheduled conclusion of a balloon sniping contest, which brought to a close the largest ex- hibition of aircraft ever held in Mary- land. The victims of the crash had taken off only about two minutes earlier, had brought down one bal- loon and were starting to circle for another. The cause of the accident probably never will be known. Most of the fiyers attributed it to a stalled en- gine. The machine was only about 100 feet in the air, but fell with ter- rific speed. Both men had seen war service in the Marine Corps. Lieut. Patton, who was thirty years old, lived at Pasadena, Calif. Lieut. Hansen’s home was at Church Ferry, N. D. He was twenty-eight years old. ‘The contest in which the aviators | were engaged was the last event of | the program, given in connection with the third district aeronautical con- vention, which opened in Baltimore Friday. ACTIVE AT QUANTICO. Both Victims in Crash Were Air BRYSON CONVICTED OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER: APPEALS Verdict of Jury Carries Maxi- mum Penalty of Twenty Years. ACCUSED CALM IN COURT Judge Suspends Sentence Pending Formal Request for a New Trial. From a Btaff Correspondent of The Star, HUNTINGDON, Pa., September 23. —A second degree murder verdict was reached against Dr. Herbert J. Bryson this afternoon at the concius- ion of his trial for the killing of his companion, Helen Irene Haines, on April 8. The jury was out two hours and twelve minutes. Defense attorneys immediately filed a motion for a new trial, reserving ten days for the prepartion of neces- sary papers. Bryson took the verdict listlessly. He did not move a muscle when it was read. Both before and afterward, he showed no change in his regularity of breathing nor in his absence of interest. Sentence was not passed. It cannot be for more than iwenty years under Pensylvania laws. It was suspended pending the hearing on motion for a new trial. After the verdict was announced and the jury had been discharged, Mrs. Elizabeth Bryson, the seventy- one-year-old mother of the prisoner, though showing signs of an impend- ing breakdown, walked steadily over to her son, stroked his head a few times and pressed him to her breast, murmuring endearments. Bryson took it like a man in a daze. He sub- mitted in a sort of a half-hearted way to the maternal caresses. Judge Modifies Charge. When the sheriff tapped him on the shoulder, he jumped, started, then took his hat and with the usual drag- ging, unsteady stagger, he left the courtroom. His departure was in the same manner that marked his previ- ous exits. Mrs. Bryson showed great relie? for the removal of the shadow of an electric chair execution. { The jury left the courtroom at 2:1% o'clock, after a short delay caused by final requests of Attorney Chiselm for {a modification of the court’s instruc- tion regarding the serious considera- Scouts. Special Dispatch to The Star. ! QUANTICO, Va, September 22. Lieut. John M. Patton, jr., of Pasa-| dena, Calif., and Lieut. Herbert V.| Hansen of Church Ferry, N. D., left the Marine Corps aviation base here at 8 o'clock this morning under the’ command of Lieut. J. C.| Adams, in two airplanes, for the Bal- timore air show. Both men have been at the base here for about two months, coming direct from the Pensacola air sta- tion, where they were graduated. They entered the air branch of the Marine Corps from the Infantry with which they served in France. men are said to be about twenty-five vears old. They were active in the Qutles of the base here and served as air scouts in the recent Gettysburg march and maneuvers. { Maj. Roy S. Geiger, commander of | the air squadron here, will leave for Baltimore tomorrow morning and take charge of the bodies, which probably will be sent to their homes direct. SIX KILLED AT MINEOLA. Lieutenant ané Five Enlisted Men Die in Martin Bomber. MINEOLA, September 23.—First Lieut. Raymond E. Davis, United States Army Air Service, and five en- listed men were killed when a huge Martin bombing plane crashed tol earth at Mitchell Fleld late tonight. Lieut. Davis’ home was in Danville, Iils, his birthplace. He entered the Army Alr Service on July 21, 1917, and after the war was stationed at Langley Field, Hampton, Va. Several spectators who saw Lieut. Davis go up with his passengers in the big Martin bomber sald later they did not expect to witness any notable “stunts,” such as the lighter and more easily handled de Havilands performed. When he was some distunce, up, how- ever, he was seen to go into a nose dive, from which he evidently was un- able to recover. Men familiar with aircraft sald that they believed both motors were wide open when the big plane struck the ground. © . Names of Killed. The enlisted men killed were First Sergt. Thomas Benfield, Corpl. David Stiven and Privates Edward H. Kane, Henry Ray Nichols and Irving M. Whitney, all stationed at Mitchell fleld. Seldom has an aerial accident at night happened in such a thoroughly illuminated setting and before such a huge group of spectators. 3 The fleld and the skies were lighted by four searchlights of one and one- half billion candlepower each, the most powerful in' the Army. Around the space of the 300-acre fiying and landing flelds, spectators. in automobiles and on foot were banked solidly. The maneuvers had recelved a vast amount of publicity, and trains and automobiles loaded with sightseers had been running to the field since ‘early in the afternoon. 2 Staged For Spectators. The fiying circus was staged largely to satisty the curiosity of the spectators and to give the many {the word: {a verdict. | the Both | |tion to be given the ante-mortem {statement of Mrs. Haines. Chisolm | won his point and Judge Thomas F. Bailey modified the instruction from ‘very weighty considera- tion™ to “careful consideration.” The {last words of the court were that a i recess was declared until the ringing of the bell. This is an old established custom in Pennsylvania, by which the town is notified of the arrival at The courthouse bell chimed hours of 3 and 4 o'clock and each time the handful of patfent spectators jumped with expectation It was exactly 4:30 o'clock when the bell sounded its notice that the triul was at an end. Mrs. Bryson and Mrs. Randall. mother and sister of the prisoner, were the first to reappear inside the railing. They came in at 4:33 o'clock. Shortly afterward Bryson appeared with the sheriff, haggard and rather in need of a shave. Judge Bailey took the bench at about 4:42 o'clock and the jury filed in. To Ask New Tri The jurors chorused to the question if they had reached a verdict: “We have”” They answered unanimously again to the question as to who would announce it: “Our foreman. This is all strict Pennsylvania custom, much of it derived from the old common law procedure of Eng- land. Joseph Brandt, foreman of the jury. spoke into an anticipatory silence that made his modulated voice sound loud and resonant. “The verdict. your honor, is murder in the second degree,” he eaid. Then he sat down. The prisoner did not move. Mrs. Bryson raised her hand to her breast, evidently fought for con- trol and emerged in complete mastery of her emotion. Tears were in the eyes of Mrs. Randall. Attorney W. W. Chisholm was on his feet at once. He was telling the court of investigations which are to be made in the near future and making the formal announcement of a motion for new trial. Hearing of the motion, it was declared, will probably take place in ten days. Bryson ‘went back to the jail here to await further developments. Most of his friends are still here. They have stood by him with a loyalty, Attorney Chisholm said, and Mrs. Bryson reiter- ated, that evidently had much to do with the final verdict. Sentiment here was remarkably set regarding the case. Out of ten persons the correspondent talked to, five expressed an opinion that the electric chair was the only possible verdict, four were just as strongly in favor of an insanity acquittal, while the tenth was inclined to that angle but not certain of it Many women here favored Bryson, but the general run of masculine opinion was decidedly an- tagonistic. 1 Friends Await Verdict. Many of Bryson’s medical and lay friends are leaving for Washington on the midnight train tonight. As a matter of, fact, Dr. A. Magruder Mac- Donald, who was scheduled to get back to town tonight for several im- portant engagements early tomorrow, was waliting for a train that was ten minutes late. The train was steam- motion picture cameramen an oppor- tunity to secure pictures of more in- ing down the track when the court bell tolled out over the sounding (Continued on page 2, column 2.) (Continued on Page Z, Columii 5.)