Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1922, Page 1

i ‘Tempel ended at roon toda o s.m. tod: lowest, i | ! 1 | | 1l report on page 1 i WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonizht: somoewhat cooler tomorrow. ture for twenty-four hours Highest, 64, at 39, at 5. 6 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 0} £ No. 28,668. BRITISH CABINET Buckingham Palace Scene Ceremonies, Including Surrender of Seals. PRESS NOT EFFUSIVE of Members Were With Lloyd George. New British Cabinet Sworn in by King Lord president of the council Marquis of Salisbury Lord high chancellor — Vis- count Cave, Chancellor of the exchequer tanley Baldwin. for home affairs— idgeman. for foreign affairs Curzon. for the colonies— of Devonshire. for India—Viscount for war—The Earl Secretary of Derhy - €M the hoard of trade agriculture—Sir ders. for Scotland—Vis- general — Douglas Lord advocate—Honorable W. A Watse of the Loard of Edward F. L. Wood, the Ripen division of Bu sworn in sornins of the o the cabinet began to as the new government rnediately. Ministers of the « result of fu resigned m Palace to surrender their se: .nd portfolios. Winston Spen Churchill, former secretary for colenies, owing to his illness, his seals tered the palace honors” supplied by with “musi; the - place. George separately. As the retiring ministers were s rendering ssters began to arrive to be sworn by the privy council. The Prince TWales attended the council meeti No Enthusinsm in Press. Nowhere in the London press t worning is any special slthough- the unionist papers, might be expected, are calmly app: cative. held office und®r the ge administration deprives editorial writers of of speculating upon achleversents. and the tenor of editorials suggests that the mentators are awaiting disclosure their tomorrow. Other Appointments Likely. It is assumed that all of yesterda appointees will be members of cabinet, except perhaps Attorney G advocate, W. A. Watson, and th after the election. Reginald McKenna's speech attrae much attention in the newspapers day. His defection Is obviously a vere blow to the liberals and is c 1 community. an indication that the pa s are changine. of Willlam T. Ce commere! further Leundari The purpose Mr. C to know. as head of the Ir sovernment, the arrar ts for dealing W the Ir titution bill in the new parl t as well as to discuss the qu and southern Ireland. Reception by Publie. The Times thinks the country's favorable and sheuld insure zood will of all who wish to see «Mcient, businesslike government.” The Daily Express says “The m ountry The Dai administration, minous, s1-ange efore poliing day. “hronicle uses the caption, the front bench,”” anrd finds it n “The men Bopar Law is assemol nder Lis banner,” says the \inster Gazette, ‘“are fragments @able men. Menifesto Flays Coalition. their seals the new m an opportunity possibl TAKES OATH BEFORE " KING; STARTS WORK of OVER NEW MINISTRY Speculation Limited Because Eight —The cabinet ! Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law ingham Palace the h of office the mem- | ne- im- Grorge government this morning at- ended a private council in Bucking~ als cer the ent The retiring ministers en- cal ! guards’ hand. which was participating in the customary change of guard at the They were received by King ur- | in- in of ng. his enthusiasm wn for Mr. Bonar Law's choices, as re- fact that eight of the new min- fixs the Lloyd the the com- by the premier of his full program, which he is expected to outline at Glasgow v's the en- eral Douglas McG. Hogg and the lord ere may be further cabinet appointments. | The unionist political writers belleve many of the undersecretaryships and | minor posts will not be filled until cts to- or- tespondins'y hailed with enthusiasm by the unionists, who believe it will ensure them the support of the whole It is regarded rty ‘08~ grave's visit to London and confer- “nce with Mr. Bonar Law vesterday is still unreveaied. It is reported that grave initiated the interview. ish ish fa- e of the boundary between north- re- ception of the appointments “should the an in- tstry will win the confidence of the Mail declares there are migns of revolt in Scotland, particu- arly Glasgow, againsc tomar Law s which are especially and predicts there may be turns of the political wheel The liberal newspapers are natural- : critical. The Lloyd Georgean Dally “Lilliput a e not for argument but laughter.” ing of the coalition which the country con- lemns. Upon them rests the charge of extravagances and other blunders which applies to the whole coalition.” The Asquithian Daily News de- clares the ministry contains but few . Election manifesto of the Indepen- <ent liberal party was issued yester- Fontered as second-class matter post orfice Washington, D. C. \ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25 1922—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. | l Says League Will Be | A ed Press, LONDON, October i will sup- POTt any party and any government that pursues a policy of peace, econ- omy and steady progress, neither revolutionary nor reactionary, and does it efficiently,” former Prime Minister Lloyd George told the coali- tion liberal members of parliament at a meeting this morning. In another part of his speech he made the declaration “Great Britain must pay America all her debts. Unity of action betwgen eat Brit- ain and the United Stites was urged Ly, Mr. Llovd George in his speech “I am for the league of nations.” o he s but until you get the United State: d all the great nations of Europe, as well as the small, the league will be crippled and cannot serve its full purpose. Must Work With V. S. “America and Great Britain must work together.” On the question of German repara- tions he said “We should not attempt to impose upon i Germany any payment which beyond her capacity. What is hin her capacity she ought to | pay He expressed himself with some PLOTTOPOSON 1.5 ARMY AIRED Packing Houses. ECROP SABOTAGE SHOWN | | Hay Fields Fired, Wheat Destroyed | by Reversing Bundles, Causing Kernels to Sprout. SACRAMENTO, Calif., October 25.— Trial of ten self-admitted members of the Industrial Workers of the World charged with violuting the salifornia criminal syndicalism act continued here today with testimony by the ' prosecution. The defense | probably will' not open its case until late this week. Testimony taken by the prosecution indicates it is seeking to establish that the organization s committed ito the doctrine of sabotage. It is possible that W. E. Townsend, who claims to have been at one time a lieutenant of William Haywood, L W. W. leader, will be asked to testify again today. Passed Defective Goods. Townsend was the surprise witness of the prosecution yesterday, testify- ing that he had obtained employment with railroads during the war for the purpose of blowing them up, and telling of activities of the organiza- i tion in holding up war preparations. | He testifled that he had been compli- ‘menled several times by Haywood for his activities against soldiers. He said that in ome of the blg pack- {ing houses in Chicago 300 or 400 I dustrial Workers were at work dur- ing the war and that part of their task was to test canned goods before shipment. Instead of condemning the cans. he said. the Industrial Workers would let them pass. “We wanted to cripple the packers and also we were opposed to the war,"” Townsend testified. “We used to ‘let them poison Uncle Sam's damned gun- ners.’ " Further, to ruin food contained in the cans, Townsen2 said, the workers !drove in the nails on the boxes so they would plerce the can and some- { times nails were driven through the bexes at places where they were not ineeded in order to ruin the contents. Attuck Crops in Fields. In the sabotage of the harvest flelds, Townsend testified, harvesters wero destroyed, hay fields fired and har- vested wheat often destroyed by plac- ing the bundles of wheat upside down, so that the kernals of wheat drew | moisture from the ground and sprouted. All of these acts of sabotage, Town- of a general plan, and crews of men are assigned to the work of destruc- tion. Townsend testified that during the |per:od he belonged to the I. W. W., { from 1909 to 1921, he had joined vari- | ous branches of the military service eleven times. Eilght Marines in I, W. W, Regarding his belng stationed as a marine at Mare Island, Townsend said: “In my command of forty-eight men, eight of them had carried the |1 W. W. card. The plan of the I. W. W. is to gain friends in all branches jof industry and the government, so {that when the industries are taken { over there will be no trouble.” i Later Townsend testified: “The . 'W. W. sought to place its members in responsible positions so_they help lfrom within. Through Haywood T {became a special railroad agent on therRock Island and Santa Fe rail- *ine ol T could h “The plan was, ¥ could help blo: up the railroads. But I never l;lrrle‘c'l out my plans, the government got busy and I was arrested b Department of Justice.” yiRtHe Eleven Taken im Raid. The Industrial Workers' organi- zation, Townsend testified, main- tains “flying squadrons,” which are really gunmen who ride up and !down on the trains.” They beat up ithe train crews, threaten them and [even seek to coax them Into allow- ing 1. W. W. members to ride on the trains. Townsend testified he had quit the organization because he believed it Was Wrong. Acting on advices i | “(Contnued on Page 3, Column 1.} ' (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) send related on the stand, are a part | U. S. AND BRITISH UNITY | URGED BY LLOYD GEORGE‘{ Crippled Without It. England Must Pay Debts to America, He Declares. definiteness as regards the question of Russia. am strongly in favor of the re newal of a pact with Russia” he de- clared. g Dealing_with Great B elgn relations in gene “It is said Great F zoing to extend her I But you must not be afraid of your resporsibilities. The policy of Great Britain must be peace-loving. but un- afrald. If 1 stand alone I wiil resist iny departure from it. Hits Nagging Criticlsm. 1 will never let Great Rritain down. T will not stand by or for any man who dos Whatever govern- ment is in power we must not offer opposition. There s criticism ny factio st he no nage <t be fair pla it m |m “We are told that the new go érnment is a government of K quillity. In what respect does a policy of tranquillity differ from If tranquillity means any the existing conditio: then It is bad. « made peace in Kurope e have made peace in the nc ; does the new policy mea age 2, Column 6.) LIPTON CHALLENGE DUE. i el |Sir Thomas Says Cup Should Go | Back Where It Can Be Filled. | CHICAGO, Cetober 25.—Sir Thomas jLipton intends to challenge for the America’ cup again in 1924. visiting here, sald his desire to retrieve the vacht cup is as strong as ever. the ON FOREIGN SHIPS Secretary Mellon Permits Carrying of Liquor Under Seal to Continue. f | i i The 11 was lifted on lauor aboard foreign ships, but Teft tightly closed on American shins in a ruling by Secretary Mellon, made public tofi The statement clearly indicates that Attorney General Daucherty's ruling against liquor will, for the time be ing. affect American ships, but th foreign ships may proceed with liquor under seal. Mellon Statement. Secretary Mellon's statement follows: “Regulations are being prepared by department for nputting into ef- fect the opinion of the Attorney Gen- eral of October 6 1922, but the sub- jects to be covered are various and is this his reguiring considerable time and the ttention of the several different de- partments affected.” “U'ntil the new regulations have heen worked out those at present in force will nrevail. and T have today issued to the chief of the division of customs and the commissioner of internal revenue an order to that effect. “Therefore, until the new regula- tinns are avallahle, aenforcement of the law will continue as heretofore. For instance. foreion shins enterin~ American territorial waters with liauor on hoard as careo under seal, can for the present, proceed un snch seal ‘o thelr dactination in forelgn port, and sea stores {n surh foreign ships\which are required to he sealed on' arrival of the vessel within American ports can. when such stores are required for the use of the officers and crew of the vessel, he onened orlv from time to time for withdrawal for such purnose, but must be immediatelv resealed. “Thia annlieg tn faraien vaecgele anlv and, of course, forbida the sale or service of liauor to passengzers within American territorial waters. To Give Further Notice. “When the regulations governing enforcement of the law are com- pleted and approved notice will be given of the dates on which they will become effective and a reasonable time will be given of the date on which they will become effective and a reasonable time will be given to foreign shipping to meet the new conditions. “In the meantime, there is a possibil- ity that the case, which is beinz expe- di*en and which Is expected to come before the Supreme Court during No- vember, may be declded, and in that event the contemplated regulations in preparation may have to be modi- |fied to conform to the anticipated de- cision of the court.” | (Seeretary Mellon issued a statement tollowing conference with Attorney General Daugherty, in which the mat- ter of prohibition on ships was thor- oughly considered from all angles. The Attorney General on leaving the conference expressed the opinion that the arrangement arrived at would clear up the matter, whether or not Justice Brandeis of the Supreme Court grants a_writ of cuncrsedeas to the shipping lines which today pre- sented their case to him at a formal hearing. GIFFORD DEFEATS WOMAN G. 0. P. Nominee for Long Term Also Wins Short Term Race. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., October 25. —Charles L. Gifford won the republi- can nomination to fill the unexpired term of Judge Joseph Walsh as repre- senative from the sixteenth congres. sional district over Miss Lily F. Darcy by 318 votes in the special primary yesterday. = Miss Darcy, who was secretary to Judge Walsh while he was in Con- gress, carried this city, 2,936 to 138. ‘The democrats did not nominate. Mr. received that alGifford is the republican nominee for term, e the full there Thomas, ay. | of a complicated nature, which are, | | | HYSTERVHERNIT IEADINSHANTY ‘Marks on Wrist Suggest Pos- | sibility of Another lJer- sey Murder. 'BELIEVED FRENCH EXILE| Jokn Ditch, With $1,865, Had Lived in “Fox Hole” in+ Swambo. | By the Axsociuted Press. | EGG HARRBOR, N. I., Octob !Two duck hunters today found the {body of John Ditch, an eighty-year- old hermit, whose life, since he moved iinto the woods near here almost a ! half century ago, has been a mystery. | | Ditch's death is equally mysterious. Two deep cuts in the wrists are the’ {only marks on the body. These cuts, | in the opinion of police, were not; erious enough to cause death of hemeelves. They suggest that the {hermit may have been struck by an automobile or attacked. $365 in Pockets. In the trousers’ pockets the hunters {found $365 in worn paper money and | a small amount of silver. A pocket or{ the worn coat contained a bank book of the Egg City Commercial Bank, | ‘ which showed the hermit had & 51.500‘ balance there. John Ditch had made no friends. Late in the '70's he wandered into town and out again, making for the swamp country beyond Egg Harbor. He found a little hummock and there dug a hole in the earth wherein he lived. A tunnel boarded with odds and ends of timber led to a tiny room barely high enough for a man to stand erect in. Kept Busy in Winter. Here the hermit lived until 1919. He cultivated a_small patch of ground beside his “fox hole.” He spent his| time in wood chopping and working | for the sawmills near his strange| home. In winter he hunted, picked holly and sold cranberries. Two years ago Ditch decided to spend his re- maining years of leisure above ground | and built himself a two-room hut. Ditch spoke French and English. A sawmill boss from Canada occasion- ally had long talks with the hermit in French. From these tatks it devel- oped that Ditch (which the sawm!ill| boss said was not the hermit's right ; {name) had become involved in some sort of an affair while an officer in the French army after the war of 1870. JACK HART FOUND ~ GUILTY OF MURDER Gunman Arrested Here, After Hold-Up in Baltimore, Gets Life Imprisonment. 5— By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., October James (“Jack”) Hart, New York gun- man and fourth of the five principals in the holdup and murder of Willlam B. Norris, a contractor here, August 18 last. was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Gorter in the criminal court today. . _The trial lasted less than half an Nour. Hart previously had pleaded guilty and today's proceedings were conducted merely to determine the de- gree of his guilt. Hart had nothing %o say before sentence was passed. Later, before being taken from the courthouse, he broke down and cried during a meeting with his wife. Three other principals in the Nor- ris murder have been given life terms. The remaining man, Frank L. Allers, who turned informer, Is sald to_have been promised immunity. Hart was arrested In a Pennsyl- vania avenue —apartment houss, Washington, after a long search. TOWN WIRES ALL CUT AND BANK SAFE LOOTED By the Associated Press, STOUFFVILLE, Ont, October 25.— A band of cracksmen swooped down on this town early today, cut all tele- graph and telephone wires, broke into the Standard Bank, drilled open the safe door and escaped with approxi- mately $10,000 in cash and a quantity ‘of securities, 25— | has a daughter two years of | “From Press to Home ” Within the Hour” | The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is || delivered to Washington homes as fast £ 2 J TWO CE TS, New Special U. S. Attorney For District of Columbia 2 ' & CAME. DAVID AIKEN HART, CAPT. HART APPOINTED SPECIAL . S. ATTORNEY Honor Granted After Successful Work in Prosecuting Liquor Cases. Capt. David Aiken Hart, for the past year assisting in the office of the United States district attorney at Police Court, handling cases in which the violation of the national prohibi- tion law are Involved, has been ap- nted by Maj. Pevton Gordon, ited States district attorney, a spe- cial assistant United States district attorney to assist in the Police Conrt office. He enters upon his new official position at once. Capt. Hart was born in this city January 27, 1888, the son of the late Maj. James Paxton Hart and Mrs. Lil- lian Aiken Hart. He is married and age. The family resides at 1924 17th street northwest. He was educated in the local schools and graduated in_the class of '14 of the law school of Georgetown University and was ad- mitted to the District of Columbia bar the same year, and also the bar of the District of Columbia Court of Ap- peals. On June 6, 1922, he was admitted to practice at the bar of the United State Supreme Court. He entered the United States district attorney's of- fice in October, 1921, and has served at various times with Ralph Given, assistant United States djstrict at- torney at Police Court, and with Mr. Kelly, filling a similar position. He entered the United States Army in July, 1917, as a private, serving approximately ~ twenty-six = months overseas, and returned as a captain. He still retains the rank of captain in the Engineers' Reserve Corps. He first served with the 1st Division, with the division engineer officer, Maj. Roger G. Powell, Corps of En- gineers, at Gondrecourt, France, and later as the post commander of the American engineer depot and camp at Slough, Bucks, England. Capt. Hart is a brother of Assistant Corporation Counsel Ringgold Hart. Sorporaton tounsel Ringgold Hart A Correction An error was made yester- day in The Star’s figures by showing a gain of 24,721 lines instead of 14,721, Advertising Local Display Lines. Sunday Star.........101,651 Same ddy last year... 86,930 Gain ..... Circulation Sunday Star....... Same day last year The latest newspaper cen- sus shows that the circulation of The Star, daily and Sun- day, in the Homes of Wash- ington is practically double that of its nearest cotempo- rary. | i | MISSOURI AFLAVE ASELECTONNEARS | Bitter Personal Rivalry Fea- ' 2tures Fight for Sen- ate Seat. i !PARTY LINES DISCARDED :Reed Expected to Draw Many Re- publican Votes, With Democrats Aiding Brewster. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ST. LOUIS, Mo, October 25.—Mis- souri is aflame with the fires of per- i sonal and partisan rivalry in politics ; ®uch as no other state in the union is ;expersenc;ng this year. The fssuc, in brief, is Jim Reed, nominee on the democratic ticket. Wwho will owe his eiection, if he wins, o the support he will get from the republicans of Missouri - There are those who hate Jim Reed with as intense a political hate as has been visited on a public man. There are those who would fight at the drop of a hat at the mention of his name in adverse terms. » Jim Reed's remarkable personality, his singular eloquence and power of i persuasion on the stump, will have been responsible-for victory if that be the outcome. Political Prophets at Sea. One says “if” with a feeling that it ? | 3 Y | ought to be eliminated. For on can-} vassing people of all beliefs and prejudices, the fear is much more pro- nounced on the part of Reed's demo- cratic opponents that he will win than it is among republicans. The league of nations, the wet and dry issue, the martyrdom of a man|pany has a fourth application pending | 0f @ popular “gypsy who says that he paid the penalty of independence of judgment when he! incurred the disfavor of Woodrow Wilson, and "the fact that Missouri { was torn apart by the bitter primary fight between Reed and Long—all this Men who have been able for years to call the turn on Missour! electi throw up their hands in despair—they have never seen such a mixed up situation. Support of Germans. First of all, the forces behind Jim Reed are these: 1. Practically all the Germans and their kinsfolk, most of whom are republicans. The “wet” element of the state, democrats and republicans. 3. The foes of the league of mnations—democrats who have stuck to Jim Reed throughout and many republicany who care more about voting for a man who heiped kill American participation in the league than they care about party affiliation. 4. Many independents who like & man of Jim Reed’'s fighting qualities. Wilson Men Back Brewster. Summing up the forces behind R. R. Brewster, the republican candidate, one finds: 1. The regular republican strength minus, of course, these who would desert temporarily to help Jim Reed. 2. Most of the democratic women who fought against Reed in the primaries because of various refer- ences in previous speeches by the senator to women in politics. 3. Tens of thousands of men who dislike Reed’'s career in politics and his opposition to Woodrow Wilson. \They openly say they will bolt the ticket. Curiously think the republicans deserting ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Bravery of U. S Army- Balloon From Disaster By the Associated Press. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., October 25. —Presence of mind of one.of its crew saved the Army dirigible C-14 from a fate similar to that eof its sister ship, the C-2 today, when a big hole was torn in its gas bag as it was being taken from its hangar at Lang. ley Field for a flight to Aberdeen, Md. The craft bumped against the side of its hangar, and when the gas began to hiss from its bag, and every one scurried to-safety, a member of the crew pulled the rip cord, releasing the bydrogen and. saving the Dbig ship: X has completely upset all calculations. ! enough, most observers : DEAD MAN AND RUM SEIZED BY ARMED GANG AFTER WRECK By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, 1ll., October -Six alleged liquor runners, with the body of a confederate killed by a - train at Broadview, Ills, were sought by city and county authori- | tles today. The dead rum runner was driv- 1 { { ing a truck loaded with whisky toward Chicago yhen he was killed by a freight train. The train crew stood around the body wai ing for Joseph Huszar, Broadvie: police chief, to arr when armed men dashed up in an = mobile. Two of them covered the train crew with pistols and the four others picked up the body, salvaged three kegs of liquor, and sped toward Chicago. Witnesses estimated the had a cargo of twenty barrels liquor. It aleo carried two crat of live chicken IBUS LINE PERMIT ASKED BY W.R.E | Company’s Fifth Line to Link ' Wisconsin-Connecticut i ! wruck 3 | | | I i { | ! | | ! Avenue Cars. 2.CENT TRANSFER PLAN| i Proposed Route Includes Cathedral Avenue and Woodley | Application for 2 new bus line to Connecticut and Wiscon- e1 with the connect sin Public Ctilities Comm | the Washington Railw: { Company. ! The proposea route | From Wieconsin avenue and Woodley | road, east on Woodley to Cathedral avenue, t® 27th street, h to Wood- ley road again, east past the Ward- man Park Hotel, to Conn nue, and thence south over the new bridge to Columbla road. The busses would return over the same route. | _The fare on the busses would be the ! same as on strect cars and 2-cent transfers would be &oid to_the Con- | | necticut avenue, and the Wisconsin | } avenue street cars of the Washington | | Railway and Electric { Transter Arrangement. } r boarding the bus with! a 2-cent transfer at either end of the | line, however, would he entitled to} a free transfer to the street car atj the opposite terminal. g i For example, & person desiring to| go from Mount Pleasant to Tenley- | town could board a soutabound i A paseen Mount Pleasant car-and huy a Z-cent transfer to the bus at Columbia road and Connceticut avenue The bus driver would then give the patron a free transfer to the Tenleytown car.| William F. Ham, president of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, states in his appiication | that the Section through which these | Lusses would pass is being built up | rapidly. Discussing the application, | the president called attention to the fact \hat the Episcopal Cathedral, on Wisconsin uvenue, will be a center | for large crowds, to whom the busses would be an accommodation. | It 1S understood that the company | a'so was prompted to file the applica- | tion by requests from residents of | the Woodley road section. : Fifth W. R. & E. Line. This is_the fifth motor bus project to be undertaken by the Washington Railway and Electric Company within ia vear and is a further indication that trackless transportation is gain- ing a permanent foothold in the Dis- trict. This street railway company is now running busses on Park road norti- west. into the Zoo grounds and through Rock Creek Park. The com- before the commission to operate busses from 17th and H streets to Po- tomac Park and return. The commission aiso has before it for decision the petition of a new cor- poration, the United Transportation Company, to establish its first bus line from 15th street and Maryland | ons { avenue northéast to 21st and B streets | BY the Associated Press. northwest. John H. Hanna, vice president and general manager of the Capital Trac- tion Company, was not prepared today to discuss the latest bus petition of the other street railway company. He said he had not heard of the project and would have to consider it careful- 1y before making a statement. Part of the new route is through a section | served by Capital Traction cars. —_— BOY AGAIN ON TRIAL FOR BIG BOND THEFT Faces Jury for Third Time on Charge of Stealing $772,000 in Securities. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, October 25—Wiliie Dal- ton, seventeen, former bank messen- ger, laid aside his schoolbooks once ! more yesterday to face kis third trial for stealing $772,000 in bonds from I the Northern Trust Company in Feb- ruary, 1921 In the first two triais the juiies disagreed. Young Dalton, whose flight with | the stolen bonds made him the quarr: of nation-wide search, was captured in a_country poolroom by a village marshal_at Heyworth, Ill. The boy ! carried the stoien bonds in a satchel, | which he tossed carelessly into a: {corner while he engaged in a game | of pool. A reward of $25,000 was' given to his captor. . Airman Saves trom destruction, In the opinion of officers who witnessed the accident. No one was injured, it was officiaily announced at the field. The bag will have to be rebuilt. The name of the member of the crew who Is thought to have saved the C-14 from probable total destruction was.not made public. The C-14 was being prepared for an unheralded flight to the Army proving grounds at Aberdeen, to test out a new bomb recently perfected there. The C-2 was destroyed at San An- tonio, Tex., last week, when it struck the side of its hangar and its gas bag exploded. It was returning to Lang- ley Field after a trip to the Pacific coast, i i EYEWITNESS STORY I throat—and h BASIS OF SEARCH INMURDER QUIZ Corroborative Evidence Sought by Authorities in New Jersey. Is MRS. ZULITZ, NEIGHBOR, SAYS SHE HEARD SHOT | Man and Woman of Congregation Needed in Piecing of Cir- cumstances. BY ¥ RING, Sta® Correspots * of The ha NEW BR WICK, N. J. Octove: 25.—The statement of Mrs. Jane Gib gon, “eye-wit ness” th; she saw the Hal Mills murders forms the back bone of the ca today, after fiv weeks probe. Al torces are beini conceptrated to obtain evidence supporting Mrs Gibson's story. Mrs Matthew Zulitz, resident o the Phillips has =ald th heard a shot MOTT. the night of murder at time given by Mrs. Gibson. who sai ske saw two men and two Wwome One of the men raiscd his arm shot another, while a wo n cal at victim's Christian name according to Mrs. Gibson A man a the Chur a_woman, members { St. John the Evang ve had opportunit the action8 of the recto singer, figuring i question Whether cver went to the Hall residence w informat of what they had no ticed, is lon much desirca Probe Shifts to Somerville. Action in the case has shifted Somerville. day vesterday Deputy Attorney General Wilbur Mott and Lieut. Detective James i Mason were in conference with the two prosecutors. With Serit. Lamb of the state policr, Lieut. Detec James F. Mason a rived in Brunswick t ¥ Mot€ re New Deputy Attorney General mained in Newark to wind-up som.e business he had on hand when ap- pointed to iake charge of the in- vestigation. It was announced that Mrs. Gibson will be questioned. Hints Suicide Threat. Miss Millie Opie, next door nelghi.or of the murdered woman, said today that in conversation with Mrs. Mi several months ago the latter made a statement that if she were not dis- suaded by her belief in eternity she would jump in the Raritan river and end everything. “That would be very foolish” Miss Opie £aid she told her. Almost every private telephone in town is on a party wire. When one neighbor wishes to hear what an- other is talking about she lifts the receiver and listens. Miss Opie ad- mitted that she had done this severa! times. This opens the possibility th fome one checking up the actions of Mrs. Mills and Dr. Hall, could have overheard their telephone conversa tion on the early evening before the: were killed. Miss Opie said that when Dr. Hall would call for Mrs. Mills over the «phone, (Mrs. Milis had no phone) she would sumetimes hear a few bars song before heard “hello.” She recalled that Mrs. Mills would whistle a bar or two from the same song when answering the telcphone. SETS DOGS ON REPORTERS. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., October 25.—Deputy Attorney General Wilbur A. Mott draped himself in robes of silence vesterday and plunged into the investization of the Hall-Mill | murder, to_which he was assigned by Attor General McCran. the forenoon prosecutor: He spent closeted with county learning what they have done since the bodies of the Rer. ward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Rheinhardt Mills were found. Mr. Mott issued a signed statement. saying that he had spent the day going over the case and that he was greatly pleased to find the county authorities already had sccomplished 50 much in their investigation. He declined to make any comment on any angle of the case. Newspaper. particular to ask Mr. Mo the story that Mrs. Jane Gik widowed farmer, outriding a mule in quest of thieves who had looted her corn patch, had witnessed the murders. Prosecutors Beekman and Stricker also refused to discuss this angle of | the case, but it was learned from an other source that the prosecutors had had the story for several days. Efforts to interview Mrs. Gibson ended ignomin‘ously for the newspa- permen. She clesed the doors of her little hous: and released three bix dogs, declined to permit the reporters to alight from their taxi- ! cabs. While Mrs. Gibson was said to have witnessed the shooting, it was sal that she was unable, because of the darkness, to identify the man and woman who. she said, made up the murder party. She gave the author. itles, however, one good clue to their identity. After th> minister and choir singer had been slain, she was quoted as sa ing, the man bent over the prostrat figures—presumably to cut Mrs. Mills' accomplice cried out: “Oh, mentioning the Chris- tian name of the supposed slayer. TOO MANY CIPHERS ON SOVIET NOTES:; MAY AMPUTATE SIX By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, October 25.—In con- nection with efforts being made to stabilize the ruble, the finance commission has proposed 2 new issue .of money which would do away with notes running into the denominations of the millions by the simple expedient of chopping off the last six ciphers, Thus the million-ruble note now-in circula- tion would represent one rusle of the issue proposed for 1923,