Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and much cooler t tomorrow; night. ‘'emperature for twent ;nded at 2 p.m. today: t Closing N. Y. Stocks 28,660. .mn. yesterday: lowest, Full report on page No. FIRE DESTROYS (-2 AFTER EXPLOSION; ~ HURT; 15 ESCAPE Big Army Dirigible Blows Up While Leaving Hangar at San Antonio. | SWUNG AGAINST DOOR, | FRICTION IGNITES GAS ! | Huge Bag Spfiu as Flames Sweep !t«—Pauenggu Jump to Ground. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, October 17.—The Atmy dirigible C-2, carrying a score of persons, exploded and was de- stroyed by fire today at Brooks Field, near here. All on board and nearby escaped without fatality. The C-2, preparing to resume the return journey of a transcontinental flight, was being towed out of a hangar when the wind caught her and threw her against a big door, which ripped the gas bag. An in- stant later she was In flames. With a score of persons on board the C-2 was unleashed and raised slightly above the floor of the hangar. Crowds stood around the door and outside and at the first sign of danger they scattered in all direc- tions. Injured Reporter Phones Story. Ben Baines, a reporter for the San Antonlo Light, who was a passeng- er, though badly injured, telephoned the first account of the accident to reach this city. and was immediately taken to a hospital. “We were being towed out.” he sald, “and as the nose of the ship came outside of the hangar I noticed it sway a little with the wind, and as it proceeded it careened to one s When the ship was a little more than half way out the wind caught it with full force and carried it over to the west side of the entrance of the hangar. The wind let the big bag go. and it dropped. the bottom of the ca scraping the floor. Another puff of wind caught us, and I decided to ump. 1 saw the big ship rent. and eard the hissing of gas. There must have been another rent in the bag. for the force of the escaping gas threw me violently to the floor. Then came the explosion. 1 was knocked down by some one running. The big bag was a mass of flames. All of the others must have got away before the explosion came.” Bag Split, Gas Iguites. The dirigible caught fire on the framework of the hangar as it was being taken out. The bag split and the gas ignited. In the cac of the dirigidble ai ghe time were members of the crew &hd several passengers. Théy d&scaped death, but first reports sald several were burned seriously and one had an arm broken. The bag burned and the car dropped to the ground, throwing the passen- gers to the concrete floor. Police ambulances and emergency cars rushed to the scene a few moments after the report came, and doctors Jeft the city immediately for the scene of the accident. List of Injured. Thoee injured when the C-2 fell here today and burned are: Maj. John MacD. Thompson. head- Fort Sam Houston, wrist {fuarters, broken. Sergt. Joseph L. Albrecht, leg ‘broken. Sergt. Harry Biles, leg broken. Ben Baines, newspaperman of San Antonig, arm broken and possible in- ternal injuries. Maj. H. H. Strauss, commander of the craft. was slightly hurt. one of his legs. being wrenched. He s able to be up and prepare a detailed re- port to commanding officers here. . Wind Caught Nose. Lying on a cot at the Jackson ‘Memorial Hospital, swathed in ban- dages with a broken arm and pos- sibilitles of internal injuries, Ben Baines told of the acfcident to the C-2. R True to hjs newspaper instincts, Baines had telephoned his office from Brooks Field immediately aft- er the sccident, though he had been thrown to the concrete floor and in addftion to broken bones, had been sWocked and stunned. After notify- ing his paper he was taken to the hospital by a woman who had driven to the fleld to see the ascent. “We were being towed out of tne hangar for the flight,” he said. “Ma, H. A. Strauss, commander, Wwa: standing in front and the rest of us were seated in the car. People Beneath Running. “As the nose of the ship came out- side of the hangar I noticed it sway a little with the wind. As the ship was brought farther out, it careened to one side. Some of us rose in our seats. However, as the ip was a little more than half way out, the wind caught it with full force and car-| ried it over to the west side of thel entrance of the hangar. It thep sway- l ed back. People under us were run- ning to get clear of the ship. “As the wind let the big bag xo| 1t dropped to the bottom of the car, . scraping the floor: Then a puff of | wind caught us, and, seeing the car swinging menacingly toward the west door, 1'decided to jump. 1 don't knaw If any of the others jumped or not, but I think they did. Heard Hissing of Gas. “] alighted on my feet, but the force of the fall was too great and I fell to the floor. I turned and saw the big ship rent and heard the hissing of gas. Others were jumping, and those on the floor made & wild scramble for safety. “In the midst of this excitement there must have been another rent in the bag, for the force of the es- threw me violently to the but had taken no more than three steps when I was agalin hurled to the floor. Then came the explosion. I was knocked down by some one running from the scene. The big bag was a mass of flames. ‘We rap out in front of the hangar. All of the others must have got aAway from the bag before the explosion came, although many were hurt in Sumping or being hur! oga to the IM:I";. seriously i M"-'a‘n:xm~n~mfiud. . probably light frost to- y-four hours "gh 78, at % § and Bonds, Page 28 —_— onight and 7. Entered as second-class post office Washington, mri":_-' FOURTH BIG LOSS INU. S. AIR SERVICE IN PAST 2 YEARS By the Ansoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 17.—De- struction by fire of the Army dirigible C-2 at Brooks Field to- day marks the fourth spectacular loss of a big airship within less than two years. On February 21 the Roma blew up over Hampton roads, on Au- gust 24, 1921, the ZR-2, built in England for the United States, burst into flames over Hull, Eng- land, with a death toll of torty- two: on January 1, 1921, the R-34, which made two transat- lantic voyages in 1919, was wrecked in a gale at Howden, Engiand. Other airship accidents included , | In aviation history are: Ju'y 21, 1919, loss of ten lives, when a dirigible fell- in flames into the Iliinois Trust and Sav- ings Bank at Chicago. _July 15, 1919, British airship NS-11 fell into the North ses with a loss of twelve lives, after being struck by lightning. June 20, 1914, airship and alr- :llnne collided at Vienna, killing ine. September 9, 1913, Coppelin L-1 was destroved off Holgoland, ‘with loss of fifteen lives. October 17, 1913, Zeppelin L-2 exploded over Johannisthal Aero- drome, killing twenty-eight. July 2, 1912, balloon Akron, zwmed ,{.l:’r d. lrl.nt zlul:ln:lc voy- e, exploded a ntic City, killing five. 2 ks Besides the Zeppelins 1 and 2, Count Zeppelin lost four other great peace-time dirigibles in ac- cidents—Zeppelins 3 and 6 and Deutachlands 1 and 2. BRITISH SUGGEST TURK PARLEY NOW France and Italy Invited to Preliminary Conference on October 20. ROME QUICK TO ACCEPT Lloyd George Speech Arouses the Turks—Franklin-Bouillon Takes Credit for Peace. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 17.—The British government has suggested to France and Italy the immediate calling of a preliminary conference in London at which the experta would prepare the economic and financial clauses of the Turkish peace treaty. The Itallan government has accepted and will ap- point its delegates. : The French government has taken the suggestion under consideration for a brief poriod. The Bitidh b. Heve the conterence should begin its sedsions Octobet 20. SPEECH CAUSES FURORE. Turks Aroused by Remarks of Lloyd George. By the Assoclated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 17.— Prime Minister Lloyd George's Man- chester speech on the near east, or which a summary reached Constantl- nople last night, has created a furore among the Kemalist followers here. The entire summary was telegraphed immediately to Angora. | d the Kemalist|q “This speech,” representative here, “completely shat- ters the confidence which we were re- posing in Great Britain after her as- surances to us at Mudania.” The phrase in which, as received here, the Kemalists wefe compared with “warlike animals” particularly displeased -the nationalist delegate. GIVES CREDIT TO FRANCE. Franklin-Bouillon Says He Brought Peace in Near East. By the Arsociated Press. PARIS, October 17.—It was the pa- cific policy of France, combined with the sincere desire of Mustapha Kemal Pasha to avold war, and not the British display of force, which pre- vented war in the near east, a war which would have soon assumed the proportion of the great world con- filct. M. Franklin Bouillon, the spe- clal French envoy at the recent Mu- dania conference, told nearly a hun- dred newspaper men of fifteen na- tions, who gathered at the foreign office last night to hear the French delegate tell about his mission. “It has been said In England that the British fleet and British troops alone RBalted vidtorious Kemal- ists,” said M, Franklin-Bouillon. “The truth is that every time force was inforced negotiations with Mustapha Kemal Pasha became Increasingly | more aimcult. ““The peaceful efforts of France al- ways Intervened just in time to pre- vent open warfare, and been for France, pesce would not have been realized. In this connec- tion, I wish to PIY tribute to the con- aistent struggle the Turkish com mander waged to maintain peaceful relations with the allles. He ac- complished this in the face of a vic- torious. army. which was within but forty kilometers of their capital, Con- -nnu,p_mpli.“ Boui! ‘ranklin-Bouillon charged the British general staff at 'll!::’l:5 tinople had issued false commu- nique telling of the' breakdown of the Mudania conferénce because of the Turkish demand for immediate occupation of Thraee. PRINCE NEAR DEATH. Christian of Denmark Just Missed by Train. COPENHAGEN, October 17.—Crown Prince Christian of Denmark narrow- ly_escaped death or serious injury ‘while motoring from the country into Copenhagen last night. His car crash- ed into the gate at & grade crossing just as the gate was lowered to pro- tect the crossing from an approach- ing train. The prince’s automobile rebounded e train swished to safety just as by without injury to the pccupants of The machine was consider- Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION e %iaf WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17,’ 1922 -FORTY PAGES. RECTOR'S WIDOW, TWO BROTHERS, MAD, SUN[IV’I[]NEI]I Round Up in Double Murder Quiz “Satisfies” Au- thorities. QUESTION OF SCENE OF TRAGEDY SETTLED Finding of Two More Shells on Phillips Farm Important Evidence. BY DAN RING. Staft Correspondent of The Star. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.,, October 17.—Speculation In the Hall-Mills murder mystery took deflnite form today when the widow of Rev. Dr. Edward Wheeler Hall, Willie Stevens, her brother; Henry H. Stevens, of Lavalette, N. J. and Loulse Gelst, maid at the Hall home, were sum- moned for questioning. The big surprise was the unofficial news that the authoritles are well satisfled with the case. They have established definitely the scene of the murder, it is reported, and their “theory” I8 borne out by the dis- covery of two more cartridge shells near this spot. Three had previously been found. No statement was forth- coming from the office of Prosecutor Azariah Beekman or Prosecutor Joseph Stricker. The maid was to be questioned again regarding the mysterious tele- phone message recelved by Dr. Hall just before he left his home on the night of the murder. In previous statements she declared that she heard the minister remark “That's bad” in response to some information given him over the wire. Then she quoted him as saying., “Yes, yes: can it be arranged for a little later?” Conferences in Private. There -have been a number of con- ferences recently between the officials in charge of the case, conducted more or less in privacy in the summer home of Prosecutor Stricker, near this city. It is understood that the reason for this was to get away from publicity. An investigation by Manager TerrilL} of the local telephone company y terday Into charges that wires had been tapped on lines running to, houses of principals in the investiga- | tion disclosed nothing, he said. Mis: Sally Peters, friend of Mrs. Hall, re- ported to Prosecutor Stricker yester- day that wires of the Hall telephone evidently had been ta ‘When the report was made to the office of the osecutor by newspaper men an of- elfl'thereiflld. “Yes, our wires have been tappe, » 7 A Lu!‘ night newspaper ‘men - ntérs viewed orence North. self-retained atgorney for Charlotte Mills, daughter of the siain cholr leader. In a behind a door of the Mills home, Miss North sald. Charlotte foungd eight let- ters, six post cards and a brown-cov- ered diary which covered twenty-two days that Dr. Hall spent in vacation at 1sleford, near Bar Harbor. Me. She said that the money obtained by H. E. detective, from the sale of the 1 s would be placed in a trust fund, Interest from which would pay for apparel for Charlotte until the six- teen-year-old girl is twenty-one. Miss North further states that she intends Charlotte to live with her, provided James Mills, the father, gives his con- pent. In the letters, which were from Rev. Hall to Mre. Mills, according to Miss North, the only terms of affec- tion used by Dr. Hall are “My gypsy ueen” and “Dear wonder heart.” One of the letters, she said, said, “I never think of Sunday and you apart.” Other Letters Uncovered. A few other letters were uncovered here last night. These were from Mrs. Mills to Dr. Hall. In one Mrs. Mills warns the rector away from a woman whom she states has been sending him flowers. A letter declares substantially: ““Dear heart; How good it was of you to accompany me to the dentist. Things would have been dif- ferent If you were not along. There was no pain during the extraction llowing.” This was in ref and none Sou eIy reported to ade by Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills teca New York dentist during the e . Martini of the Willlam A. Jones Detective Agency of New York, employed by Attorney Pleiffer as his assistant in protecting the Hall in- ‘stated yesterday that, after an ation of & week, he was cer- @ murders took place directly l inve: tain th ‘having reference to New Jersey's th the crabapple tree on the 'I”:Rfi?fll farm, where the bodies were found, and not elsewhere. ‘Willle Stevens, brother ?'g Mrs. -H;:,l!, ly known as eccentric, wai :l.lll‘.le'r:ldyto eat at the same table as his sister and brother-in-law, say neighbors. Authorities are now of the opinion that he is more shrewd than he seems. They cannot get him to admit a number of things about the case which they believe he knows. It was learned last night that Dr. Hall treasured a tie clasp initialed “G" found near his body. He had told his wife that he had found it in the his_wife that he hac¢ O7AC — 2 — = (Continued on Page 2. Column 5.) i Efficiency and - Economy The Star reaches practically 90,000 families every day. These people use the advertisements in The Star as the most efficient and economic way to plan their daily shopping. ‘Total Advertising Month of September 2d newspaper... .. 897,451 3d newspaper. .. 632,824 4th newspaper. . .. 486985 5th newspaper.. 68,532 The latest newspaper census shows that the circulation of The Star in the Homes of Wash- ington is practically double that of :its nearest-cotemporary; - 277" NEW JERSEY WET ISSUE IN DOUBT Frelinghuysen Circles Ex- press Concern as Election Day Approaches. GOV. EDWARDS CONFIDENT Soldier Vote Expected to Favor Democratic Candidate for U. S. Senate. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Stat Correspondent of The Star. | NEWARK, N. J. October 17.—| There is & real campalgn on in New | Jersey, and whatever apathy existsi in other states there is no counter- i part to be found in the state one 1img. famous for its applejack, and jaw, Trom TREBurden of the tadk In the btreet, many of its voters being intént upon registering desire for a returh to & condition of partial wet- ness. What good this expression of eplnion in favor of limited moisture for parched throats in the way of light wine and beer will do is. of: course, not apparent as long as a| stiff-necked Congress insists upon ' upholding the Constitution of the| United States, buy the demand for it ! makes a lively issue. Edwards Makes Tmpre: There is Gov. Edwards, the demo- cratic candidate for the United' States Senate, who cries to his au- | dlences “Isn't New Jersey pretty nearly as wet as the Atlantic ocean?” coast line Inlets offering refuge for Bahama and Canada bootieggers. ust make me senator,” he con- tinues, “and I will make the whole United States wet and knock out the! &l{‘hletnfl’l amendment.” ] Vhereat the wet members of his: audience ' shouted “Hooray” and! moistened their dry lips with their tongues in anticipation of such a millennium. And, strange to say. he “gets away with it” in such appeals, and lots of his listeners apparently believe them. November 7, the same being elec- | tion day, there will be a demonstra- | tion in New Jersey' between two| theories. The first is that a ma- Jority of the voters will register wet.: This theory Js based upon the! knowledge that In the _industrial | cities of Newark, Jersey City, Tren-. ton and Paterson all the working-| men are wet and will vote the demo- cratic ticket. The other is that the country districts, in the residen- tial towns of small homes and plain church-going and home-staying peo- ple, are dry and will vote the r publican_ticket. The unknown equa tion is how many voters of demo- cratic faith are dry and how many republicans will flop over to the wets. That can only be shown at the polls. Frelinghuysen Stakes All The republican candidate for the Senate to oppose Mr. Edwards, Sen- ator Frelinghuysen, incumbent, has boldly staked his-all on the theory that while the wets are the more noisy and In evidence, the silent thought of a majority of the voters| favors the dry practice, when it comes to the last analysis, and will so de- clire at the polls. The republican candidate for governor, Willlam N. Runyon, follows suit, while the demo- cratic candidate for governor, George 8. Silser, takes the wet end of the bet. It is pointed out as a significant instance, that half a dosen or more influential democrltle, county news- (Continus on Page 2, Column 3.) U. S. SHIPS REACH AMOY ON WAY TO HONGKONG — Part of Asiatic Fleet to “Observe” Fighting .in Fukien Cap- ital, China. By the Associated Press. AMOY, China, October 17.—The U. 8. 8. Black Hawk and nine destroyers of the Asiatic fleet of the United States Navy Bave arrived here and will spend a few days before proceeding to Hong- kong. . Admiral E. A. Anderson, the new commander of the fleet, remalned at aboard m« ships dltnl:e m’afi:’u‘: T REnting EOITE o0 i G Fokion ital for several days Bible No Good For Oath; Must Kill Chicken By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 17.—Taking a court oath on the Bible means absolutely nothing to a Chinese, Judge Alfred J. Talley. presiding in general sessions court at the trial of Tom Yee, charged with the mur- der in Chinatown last August of Ko Low, Hip Sing Tong president, has learned. Noting the countenance of Con- fucian witnesses during the hear- ing, Judge Talley said to the in- terpreter: “How much does this oath really mean to a Chinese?" “Absolutely nothing.” was the reply of the interpreter, who went on to explain the kind of oath that would mean something to a Chinese. A live chicken would have to be taken to the court and killed in the presence of the witness about to be sworn. The witness would be required to place his hand on the chicken just before it expired and in that position given the oath. “That will hardly do in an Ameri- can court of justice” Judge Talley said, and then explained with great care thai,. whether the American cath was or was not one which bound the conscience of a Chinese, it had the power of sending a wit- ness to jall for perjury If he failed to observe it strictly. TRUCE IN BRITISH POLITICS POSSIBLE ‘Unionist Decision Thursday Momentous Point Coalition Fight. in By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 17.—The meeting of unionists, called for Thursday at to bring the political crisis to a head. of commons and the unionist peers | who are members of the government. ‘Thus it will not be representative of the entire party. The explanation of this arrangement is that when Austen Chamberlain was elected in March, 1921, to lead the unionists in the com- mons in succession to Andrew Bonar Law, he was not chosen to succeed the latter as leader of the whole party, and that, in fact, the leader- ship of the party has been vacant since Mr. Bonar Law retired because of 111 health. Posafbility of Truce. Accordingly, it is declared, Mr. Chamberlain s not answerable to the party as a whole and only feels called upon to explain or defend his declared faith in the premier to the commoners and his ministerial col- leagues. It is admitted as just conceivable that a temporary truce may be patch- ed up, but nobody places much faith in this outcome. The alternative views are, first, that Mr. Chamberlain’s defense of the coalition and his adhesion thereto, backed as it will be by Lord Birken- head and Sir Robert Horne and per- haps other ministers, will bring him a vote of confidence by a large ma- jority. A second view is that the meeting will declare against adher- ence to the coalition, which would be equivalent to a vote of no confl- dence in Mr. Chamberlain as unionist leader in the commons. Those hold- ing to the latter expectation support it by contending that practically half the constituencies -represented by unionists have declared against con- tinuance of the coalition and will look to their répresentatives to' stand by them. Many of the unionist mem- bers do not intdnd to seek re-election to parliament. ‘Speculation, Active. Some " observers. suppose that, if Mr. Chamberlain gets his vote of con fidence Mr. Lloyd George will take advantage.of this. encouragement to diasolve parliament. afid arrange an immediate -election. On thé other hand, if-‘the unionist leader is turned down by the meet- ing he is exfoeted .to resign, being this step by some of coalition unionist cabinet mem- accompanied in the bers, notably Lord Chancellor Birken- ad and Sir Robert Horne as chan- cellor of the exchequer. sult, “it* is assumed,’ would lead preak-up of the cabinet. Such a re- to & L EGIONNAIRES HEA Head of A. F. L. and Judge _Landis Receive Noisy Welcome. KU KLUX MAY BE ISSUE Friends of Beer and Light Wine May Carry Fight Before Convention. By the Amsociated Press. CONVENTION HALL, NEW OR- LEANS, October 17.—8an Francisco was awarded the 1923 convention of the American Leglon by accla- mation. NEW ORLEANS, October 17.—The American Legion, in national convention here, todhy hea' Samuel -Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, tell of labor’s aims and aspi- rations, and what it believes its rights and dutles are. Mr. Gompers and Kenesaw Mountain Landis, supreme commissioner of base ball, received a noisly welcome from the “buddles” when they entered the con- vention hall. Seasion Slew in Starting. The session was slow In getting under |¥ay. after a night of strenuous play with outdoor dancing on street and side- walk under the palm trees of Jackson Square, New Orleans historic “Place @ Armes,” scene of the assembling of 014 Hickory's army of frontiersmen and gulf pirates to make war on the British veterans of Napoleonic wars in 1815. merous delegations marched to the hall over the ancient cobble stone strects. Mist hune over the | river, and the gray hulks of de- ! (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) _— ithe Carlton Club, is almost cernm; | The attendance is to be confined to| [; GULFER lEADS the unionist members of the house|ws Wt BRITON TWO HOLES Abe Mitchell Falls Before Fine Playing of Leo Diegel in Morning Round. Abe Mitehell, the long-driving Briton started the afternoon round of his 36-hole match play contest 2 down to Leo Igel of Washington at Co- lumbia Country Club today. Diegel, by consistently outplaying the visitor from abroad, gained a lend of two holes and looked & likely winner at the conclusior. of the morning ruund. Diegel had a card of 74, composed of two 37s, against a 76 for Mitchess, composed of two 38s. Dlegel consist- ently outdrove Mitchell, and was in- |bide of him on the pitch on nearly | every hole. Mitchell holed a twenty- foot putt for a 4 on the ninth hole. The best bit of golf of the day came on the sixteenth hole this morning, Where Diegel negotiated a direct stymie, to win the hole, and become {8 up, He overpitched the green at the seventeenth, however, and lost the hole, but won the 'eighteenth when Mitchell was short of the green in two shots. Foursome Finishes Evea. George Duncan, Mitchell's playing partner, went around with E. B. McLean of Columbia, Fred McLeod of Columbia and Guy M. Standifer of Columbta, the District champion. e match finished all-even on’t.;lc eighteenth. Tied at End of 108 Heles. Two of the leading golfers of the world are utu«n& today over the course of the lumbia Country Club—scene of some of the greatest professional matches ever held—f supremacy over the thirty-six-hole route, after having tied at the end of 108 holes a few weeks ago for the southern open championship. Leo Diegel, an American-born pro- fessional player, apd Abe Mitchell of England, known as one of the longest drivers in golf., are the men who are D today; Mitchell, known as one of the greatest match players in Coni on 3, Oolumn’4.) L L “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers city block and the regular delivered to Washington howes as fast edition is Spurns $100,000 Anti-Cupid Pact, T aking Husband! By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 17.—Her father's promise of $100,000 if she remained unmarried until she was thirty was an inducement to Jose- phine Kryl for six years, but the idea of another six years—well, the idea didn’t last longer after she met a music composer of Bos- ton. A message, signed “Mrs. Paul ‘Taylor White,” announced that Josephine had broken her pact with her father. Six years ago Josephine, eight- een, was a promising violin stu- dent under the tutelage of Ysaye, and her sister Marie. then sixteen, Wwas an accomplished planist. Their father, Bohumir Kryl, himself a noted ‘musician, had great ambi- tions of careers for his daughters 30 great that he exacted the same promise from each—to remain single until thirty, when $100,000 each would be their reward. The rule was so rigid that no young men were to be entertained in_the Kryl home. Last week Josephine, who had signed contracts for European ap- pearances this winter with various symphony orchestras, said she had an appointment with a dentist, and left the Kryl residence. Her mes- sage from Boston was the first word her father received since. TTER FIGHT ON OVER DRY SHIPS iBattle Opens Today in Court 1 AIMS OF GOMPERS - on Attorney General’s Ruling. HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL Doubt Whether Liquor in Sea Stores Comes Within Scope of Eighteenth Amendment. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 17.—Whether the mere presence of liquor in sea stores on foreign vessels comes with- in the scope of the elghteenth amend- ment and the national prohibition act 18 the real issue in Attorney General Daugherty’s dry ship Tuling, said Van Vechten Veeder, counsel for the White Star line, in arguments today be- fore Judge Hand as to the validiy of the ruling. Mr. Veeder declared that foreign vessels had been allowed to carry lquor in their sea stores ever since prohibition became effective, and_this right was not questioned until Octo- ber 6, when the Daugherty opinion was promulgated. Mr, Veeder was the first of a num- ber of lawyers for American and for- n ships to present arguments be- e Judge Hand on the hearing of temporary _injunctions restraining the enforcement authorities from put- tin into effect the ruling forbidding all ships, leaving port after October 21, to carry liquor under seal to or from American ports. Array of Counmsel. A distinguished array of counsel was present, representing the Ameri- can prohibition authoritles, the Treas- ury Department and the Cunard, An- chor, White Star, French, Holland- America, American, Red Star and United Américan lines. and the Inter- national Navigation Company. The government forces were pre- pared to present arguments to show cause why they should not be perma- nently enjoined from putting into effect the provisions of the Daugh- erty ruling. Attorneys for the stea ship companies were prepared for bitter fight. It was stated by repre- sentatives of both factions, that, no matter what the result of the hear- ings, the test cases would be brought before the United States Supreme Court. All_of the American lines of the American Steamship Owners’ Asso- clation and foreign lines, such as the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. the Lamport and Holt, the North German Lioyd and others in the transatlantic and South American trade, will await the results of to- day's hearings, before taking action. Enforcement at Standstill. Action by the enforcement agents against either foreign or domestic ships is at e standstill, according to H. C. Stuart, acting collector of the port, who said he had been Instructed to mark time by the Treasury De- partment. Meanwhile crews of French Vessels In port here had their usual rations of wine today, forelgn ves- sels safled with lquor on board, efther to sell it outside the three- mile limit or to keep it sealed to dispose of it in forelgn ports; Ameri can vessels, unfuvored by the exten- Slon of time until October 21, sailed under the “bone-dry regime.” Millions Invelved. Millions of dollars In property, trade rights and good will are said; to be at stake, while counsel for for- eign lines have claimed that infringe- ment of treaties between American and foreign countries and violation of foreign laws are points involved. The fight against the Daugherty rullng was begun early last week by the Cunard and Anchor iines, which were joined by the American lines of International Mercantile Marine, thus furnishing the test cases fbr American _and forelgn ships. The main contention of the steamship companies will be that the Daugherty ruling 1s unconstitutional. ARMY FLYER KILLED IN FALL OF 500 FEET Lieut. Ball Crushed to Death When Plane Drops at Street Cross- ing in San Antonio. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., October 17.— Lieut. Walter A. Ball, twenty-seven, stationed at Kelly Field, was crush- ed to death at 9:10 ‘o’clock this morn- ing, when his alrplane fell 500 feet. e aviator was fiying a single- plane over the southern part of the city and it crashed at the in- tersection of two highways. W1 was married, his wife residing = Yesterday’s Circalation, 90,854 TWO CENTS TWONVREINA CABLING RAID CASES INDICTED Eddie Waters in Jail, While Search Is Being Made for Dougherty. 3 WITNESSES HEARD OF DOZEN SUMMONED Investigation of Hilltop Begun After Grand Jury Fin- ishes Other. Indictments against James M. Dougherty and Eddie Waters, charged Jointly with operating a gambli house known as “Dougherty’s Clul situated near the corporation limits of Alexandria, Va., were returned today by the Arlington county grand Jury, which is investigating the re- ported conditions in the county. Waters is being held in the county jail at Fort Myer Helghts under 31500 bond. Dougherty, for whom a warrant has been issued, has not been apprehended. The grand jury closed its invi tion of Dougherty’s club l!terfi:'n ing but three of a dozen witnesses summoned. A ledger purporting to show the winningsand losings of the house for the last six months, sub- mitted to the grand jury by Special Officer Bruce Smoot,” evidently was regarded as sufficient evidence, and the remainder of the witnesses in this specific case were excused. Second Inquiry Begua. After returning the indictment against Dougherty and Waters, the grand jury began its investigation ot the Hilltop Country Club, from which three truckloads of gambling para- phernalia were seized by the author- ities when they raided it late yester- day afternoon. A score of witnesses, some of them believed to be members of the Ku Klux Klan, have been called to testi- fy against this place. The gambling devices taken from the Hilltop have been locked in cells in the Arlington county jail. Two other men, bellered to have some connection with Dougherty's club, are expected to be arrested thi; afternoon. Warrants for their arrest have been issued by Prosecutor Ball. At the instruction of Mr. Ball, coun- ty officials made their second raid this afternoon on Dougherty’s place, and seized two dice tables and a half a dozen slot machines, which were not moved yesterday. Trucks were used to haul them a: Hearings Are Crowded. Crowds of interested s; - portionately larger thin yesteraay, nile “bcores ot while sco others lined the steps and corridors o the building. When the indictments of Dougherty and Waters an- nounced smiies spread over_ the faces of many in the courtroom, while out- side the doors there was an audible cl of “I told you #0s.” The ac- tion of the grand jury, in other words, apparently met the approval of a ma- 10;1.3 o(h(he Iml'l!';rl. e charges of e klan that cer- tain public offcials of the coully‘ have rfieln zd.nt\peregl with and failed to do eir duty will also be taken u; the jury this afternoon. Aok The " joint indictment contained three counts. as folows: “First_count. “The grand the commonwealth of V xm..fl“?’.i‘u?a' for the body of the county of Arling- ton, and now attending the sald court at its October term, 1922, upon their oath do present that one James M. Dougherty and one Eddie Waters, In the said county of Arlington, within one year prior to the finding of this indictment, did unlawfully conduct and were interested in conducting certain games played for money in a certain house known as Dough- one of which games is com- monly known as craps, unlawfully and against the peace and dignity of the commonwealth. “Rake-Off” Charged. “Second count: That the said James M. Dougherty and Eddie Waters, in the said county of Arlington, prior to the finding of this indictment did unlawfully recelve ‘a rake-off' of money from a ool made up of partics unknown to the jurors aforesaid, who were engaged in playing cards for money at the said house. “Third count. That the sald James M. Dougherty and Eddie Waters, in the said county of Arlington, within one year prior to the finding of this indictment unlawfully did receive money as compensation for furnish- ing the room and paraphernalia for conducting games D by various persons unknown to the jury in the afore- said house.” These counts were signed by the forum of the grand jury, G. N. Nevin and Commonwealth Attorney Ball. During the hearing -of the Hilltop case similar indictments are reported to have been drawn up against the owners. It is expected they will be returned late this afternoon. Supposed members of the klan gave all the evidence they possessed while before the grand jury on the Hilltop case. They were not questioned as to their aileged membership in the klan. The commonwealth's office is busy in golng over the evidence collected at the Hilltop yesterday and will mmon many of the men whose names were found on slips taken trom there. RAIDS CLOSE TWO RESORTS. Arlington County Authorities Seize Quantities of Evidence. Acting upon the charges of the Ar- lington county, Va., Ku Kilux Klan, county authorities yesterday after- noon raided and wiped out two of the alleged pretentious gambling houses and arrested several men believed to be proprietors of the places. The raids were staged while the Arling- ton county grand jury was in session at the courthouse in Fort Myer Heights investigating the reports of the existence of vice within its bor- ders.” “Jim" Dougherty’s alleged gambling den just beyond the corporation limits of Alexandria was the first place raid- ed by the authorities. Eddie Waters, charged jointly with James M. Dough- erty with being the operators of this house, was arrested and is being held $1,500 bond walting a hearing. A rrant also was issued for the ar- rest of Dougherty, but he could not be found. : Armed with search warrants, the authorities, augmented by a band of G on Page 4, Column &)