Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and colder tonight; minimum temperature slightly above freezing; to- morrow fair, fresh northwest winds. Temperature—Highest, 74, at 4 pm. yesterday ; lowest, 54, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 - 29,550. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,791 * TWO CENTS. * TH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Foening Star. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D, C. No. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1925—-FIFTY PAGES. WHEELER INITED WITH 2 THERS ON * LIND PLOT CHARGE * Edward S. Booth and Gordon Campbell Named in Bill. $1,000 Bond Required. 10,000 ACRES OF FEDERAL - MINERAL LAND INVOLVED Senator Was to Use Influence to Assist in Getting Pemits, Is Allegation. Burton K. Wheeler, Senator from Montana and recent candidate for Vice President on the Progressive ticket, was indicted today by the special grand jury here on a charge of conspiracy to obtain illegal use and possession of public domain of the United States in Montana for the purpose of prospecting for ofl and ®as. Indicted with Senator Wheeler are ‘Edward S. Booth, former solicitor of the Interior Department and at one time special assistant to the'Attorney General of the United States, and | Gordon Campbell of Montana, an oil | prespector. | The indictment charges the three men with conspiring with James A MacGowan, who, because he testified before the grand jury, was not In-| gicted with them | Bond Fixed at $1,000. | Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon- | tana, attorney for Senator \\'heeler.i was advised this afternoon by United | States Attorney Gordon that bail for the appearance of Senator Wheeler to answer the indictment for conspiracy reported against him today would be fixed at $1,000. Senator Walsh got! in touch with the United States at-i torney as soon as he heard of the in- dictment of his associate. Senator Wheeler is expected to give bail to-| morrow. The same amount of bail will be fixed for Booth and Campbell It is expected they will arrange to give bail in their home towns and not| he required to come to Washington | now. 1 Covers Four Years. The indictment covers 29 typewrit- ten pages and charges that_céntin- uously from April 1, 1920, te’ January, 1924, at and in the District of Colum- | bia. the accused entered into con- spiracy to defraud the United States out of the use and possession of 10,- 000 “acres in the County of Topl Montana, which lands were. subject to permit for prospectors for oil and gas. Wheeler Expresses Surprise. Senator Wheeler learned of the action of the grand jury this morn- ing as he was leaving the Washington Golf and Country Club, where he had been playing golf. After his return to his office at the Capitol Senator Wheeler said: “I am surprised that the grand jury has returned an indictment. I was convinced that the grand jury was not going to return an indictment for the reason that after hearing all the evidence the grand jury was permit- ted to take a recess of four weeks, which is, to say the least, an almost unheard-of procedure. “The only evidence called to my at- tention as being before the grand jury was the same_evidence presented before the Borah committee which in- tigated the charges against me. [ asked the prosecuting attorney if he | had any telegrams or letters or other| testimony which had not been pre- sented before the Borah committee. and 1 was informed that the same let- ters and telegrams constituted in the main the evidence before the grand jury. 1 am sure that when the case comes to trial the general public will be convinced of my complete inno- cence. The case against Senator Wheeler brought in Montana, and arising out of the same alleged transactions in- volved in the indictment here, is to go to trial at Great Falls, Mont., April 18. As set forth in the indictment, it is| charged that Gordon Campbell con- | spired to procure various citizens of the United States to make application for permits to prospect for oil and gas upon these lands, under agree- | ment that these persons would act; solely for the benefit of Campbell, without making any disclosures as to their agreements. The accused, it. was further charged, were then enabled to have the persons assigned the permit from the Government in blank, and to de- liver the assignment to Campbell, who was to hold them for the benefit of the alleged conspirators. The rames of the assignees were to be entered solely for the benefit and un- der the direction of Campbell and| the accused, in the language of the indictment, and were “deceitfully and fraudulently and without disclosing | the existance of the agreement and of the true character of the appli- cations to present such assignment to the Department of the Interior and secure permits for the use of said conspirator: | Got 9,000 Acres, Charge. Through these methods, the indict- ment pursued, the accused were able to secure possession and control of 9,000 more acres than either or all of them would be entitled to under the laws of the United States. Senator Wheeler, after his election. . the indictment charged, was to use his influence, as a part of the con- spiracy, with the Department of the Interior, as a Senator, and the de- fendant Edward S. Booth, while solic- ftor of the department, was to use his influence to procure the parmits without disciosing personal interest ' in the matter, it is charged. Further- to insure the success of the alleged conspiracy, it was charged the ac- cused were to promise and offer to Francis M. Goodwin, who, during the period named in the indictment was Assistant Secretary of the Interior, an interest in a portion of the land covered by the permits, in order to influence his action toward approval of the permits. . In reciting the facts as to the in- dictment the document recited spe- cifically 24 ‘“overt acts” Gordon YCampbeil, at Great Falls, Mont., on | surround the towns. 1 Indicted A.gain SENATOR BURTON K. WHEELER. FLAMES LAY WASTE AREA OF 300 MILES; 4 REPORTED KILLED Three Towns Destroyed by Fire Devastating South Da- kota Prairie Lands. By the Associated Press. SIOUX FALLS, S. D, March Prairie fires in north central South Dakota were extinguished early to- day, swinging attention of the State to the fire area in the Rosebud Indian reservation, where unconfirmed re- ports told of extensive damage. Crippled wire communication made it difficult to run down reports from the southern fire zone, where the villages of Tuthill, Vetel and St. Francis were reported destroyed and other -Unconfirmed reports told of four deaths, Approximately 150,000 acres of prairie and hay land in the northern part of the State, near Wakpala were swept by the flames before fire fighters extinguished the blaze early today. No fatalities were reported in that area. The list of dead in ynconfirmed re- ports, 4l in the. southern South Dakota-Nebraska area, included an In- dtan -woman and three chifldren near Tuthill, S. D. HIGH WIND FANS FLAMES. Effort to Quell Fire Thwarted in Gale in Northwest. By the Associated Press. ST. Paul, Minn., March 27.—Fire- fighters in two widely separated areas today continued their battle against prairie fires which have, according to unconfirmed reports, destroyed three villages, taken the lives of seven persons and devastated more than 300 square miles ©f land, after rag- ing virtually unchecked for two days. Ip the Rosebud Indian reservation country of South Dakota, near the Nebraska border., voluteers from six counties were fighting a blaze which had leveled the villages of Tuthill, Vetel and St. Francis, in South Da- kota. An Indian woman and three chi- dren were reported burned to death at Tuthill. The other fire was sweep- ing into northern South Dakota from southern North Dakota and, though in early reports vyesterday, was said to be under control, later was re- ported to be flaring across a huge strip of land. Several persons were reported in- jured, while great property damage Was suffered near the South Dakota- Nebraska border. In that territory pioneers characterized the fire as the largest in their memory. About 100 square miles of land was said to have been lald waste, with the flames pushing cn toward Valentine, Nebr. ¥arm Bulldings Razed. Thousands of tons of hay, several head of cattle, farm buildings and machinery were destroyed, Rccording to reports from the Rosebud country. There are no telephones in the heart of the fire area and efforts to notify those in the path of the blaze were unsuccessful. A schoolhouse on the Rosebud res- ervation was destroyed, reports sald. and information from Cody and Nezel, Nebr., was to the effect that persons in those towns were awakened dur- ing the night and congregated in hotels, ready to flee should the fire With farm tele- phone lines down, fire fighters return- ing to their homes in the towns were depended upon for information. Two hundred head of cattle were losf near Cody, Nebr., reports said. The fire on the North and South Dikota border, burning from Wak- pala, §. Dak., to Selfridge, N. Dak., over a rectangular area_estimated at more than 100 square miles, was late yes- terday reported under control after destroying five farm homes near Sel- tridge, an unestimated amount of hay and 200 sheep. Later information. however. was to the effect that the flames were within 8 miles of Wak- pala and were being swept by a heavy northwest wind. Corson County, S. Dak., and Sioux County, in North Dakota, (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) UNION LOCKED 0UT AFTER MEN QUIT ON BUILDING WORK Stonecutters, Leavihg Jobs, Told Future Operations Will Be “Open Shop.” SEVEN OTHER GROUPS DEMAND PAY INCREASE Construction Interests Pledged to Fight Ultimatums Effective During Coming Months. The threatened labor trouble in the building trades of Washington became g reality today when the Master Masons' Association locked out the entire Stonecutters’ Union and told the members they could come back only on an open shop basis. While the Stonecutters’ Union | is composed of only 30 men, this ac- tion is believed to be significant as indlcating the beginning of a general strike predicted by builders and con- tractors. While the stonecutters have de- manded an increase of from §9 to $10, effective April 1, which the Master Masons' Association clalms is in violation of their contract, which does not expire until December 1, the lockout did not come about because of this. The trouble arose yestefday when union stonecutters found that one of the master masons was at work on a carving job. The union men immediately refused to work until the man in question either quit his work or obtained a union card William McLeod, president of the master masons, called the men into his office and told them that they were disoharged. Following a con- ference of the Master Masons, Associ- | ation it was decided to call a general lockout against the stcde cutters, which was made effective today. Demand Open Shop. Tne union men wero told emphatical- ly that If they wanted to return to work they must come back under entirely different conditions and on an open shop basis. The deciston not to take the men back unless they left the union is a departure from declsions made at a meeting yesterday of Approximately 100 financiers, business men, builders, real estate men and subcontractors. At that mesting a committee was formed, representative of various or- sanizations, for the purpose or resist- ing the demands for Incrcased wages from elght unlons new pending. It was understood distinctly, however, that the move was not against unions nor an effort to reduce wages, but was merely té prevent further in- creases. Other Increases Demuanded. The situation is further complis cated by the fact that April 6 the Painters’ and Paperhangers' unions, of approximately 1,000 men, are due to B0 out as a result of the decision of the Master Painters' Association, which also employs many paperhang- ers, refusing a demand for wage in- crease from 39 to $10. The tollowing building trade untons are making demands for increased wages: The Steamfitters’, demanding an increase from $10 to $11. effective May 31; the Plumbers’ demanding the same increase, effective May 7: the Rubble Stone Masons’, demanding the same increase, effective April 1; the Painters’ and Paperhangers’, demand- ing an Increase from 39 to $10, ef- fective April 6. The Millworkers’, a section of the Carpenters’ Union, has also made a demand for increased wages, and the Cut Stone Masons’, de- mands an increase from $10 to §11, effective April 6. TORNADO KILLS MANY IN ARGENTINE PROVINCE Roofs of Railway Stations and Homes Blown Off in Towns of San Jinero and Classon. By the Ansociated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, March 27.—Advices from Rosario, Argen- tina's second city, report a tornado swept over sections of the province of Santa Fe last night, causing nu- merous fatalities and heavy property damage. Details of the storm were still lack- ing early today, owing to interrupted wire communication, but reports re- celved by local authorities said in the towns of San Jinero and Classon the roofs of the railway stations and many houses had been blown off and that some houses had been destroyed. A special train carrying relief sup- plies hasbeen dispatched to the scene. LABOR FIGHT SETTLED. 130,000 Will Return to Work in Sweden. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 27.— A Nation-wide lockout in Sweden was called off today and the 130,000 workers involved will resume their employment. After an all-night session the labor union delegates and the government mediation committee at 7 o'clock this morning reached a compromise set- tling the entire labor confifct in the five important industries affected. Rich Owner of Apartment House Here For_md Working as a Cook By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohlo, March 27.— After Martin Erickson had thrown himself from a sixth-story window 1o the sidewalk here last night, his wife, Minnie Erickson, told pelice she was working as a cook in Cincinnati only for the purpose of hiding from her husband, whom she left in Chicago. Her income from a large apartment building in Washington was $11,815 a month, August 17, 1920, made application for two permits, which was the first al- leged action of the series. As the fifteenth in the list of 24 ~(Continued on Page 5, Column 6) H 5 she said. Erickson, according to his wife, formerly was a city electrician in Chicago. Mrs. Erickson said she came to Cineinnati to make plans [} for separation proceedings because she and her husband had trouble over her 17-year-old son, and “could not get along.” Learing her whereabouts, Erick- con came to Cineinnati yes- terday and sought an interview with his wife, who visited his hotel. A short time after return- ing to her place of employment she received word that he had leaped from the hotel window, she stated. Heavy cable wires broke Erick- son’s fall. He went through these wires headforemost to the side- walk, narrowly missing a number of pedestrians. Physicians said his skull was fractured. His condi- tion is'graves 5 : PRESIDENT NAMES ‘SHOALS COMMITTEE Former Supporter of Ford| Proposal First on List of Appointees. A commission ot study the Muscle | Shoals problem, consisting of Former | Representative McKenzie of Tllinols, | former Senator: Dial of South Caro- |lina; Prof. Harry A. Curtis of Yale | University, Willtam McClellan of New York and Russell F. Bower of the American Farm Bureau Federation was appointed today by President Coolidge. Appointment of the commission, which will be under instructions to submit a report to the President, if ponsible, before the next session of Congress, was in line with a resolu- tion passed by the House, requesting a comprehensive survey of the Gov- ernment's power and nitrate project on the Tennessee River. Supported Ford's Offe: Mr. McKenzie, a republicin, retired voluntarily from Congress March 4 a Representative from the thir- teenth Illinois district. At the time |he was chairman of the House mili, tary committee which has jurisdiction lover Muscle Shoals legislation and duripg the Sixty-elghth Congress, led the fight in the House for acceptance of Henry Ford's bid for Muscle Shoals. -While no cabinet officials were placed on the commission it was indi- jcated at the White House that Sec- retarfes Weeks and Hoover would co- operate with the commission in an advisory capacity Mr. Dial is a Democrat, whose term in the Senate expired March 4 Expert on Fertilizer. Mr. Curtis is professor of chemical engineering at Yale He was con- sultant to the Agriculture Depart- ment in the reorganization of its fertilizer work and at one time was executive officer of the Army’s nitro- gen research office. He also directed the recent world nitrogen survey of the, Commerce Department. Mr. Curtis holds degzees from the universities of Colorado and Wiscon- sin and was engaged in chemical en- gineering work before he became a member of the Yale faculty. Mr. McClennan, an electrical engi- neer, is a graduate of the Unlversity of Pennsylvania and formerly was dean of Wharton School at that uni- versity. He is past president of the American Institute of Electrical En- gineers and has had extensive experi- ence in construction and operation of electrical equipment. Mr. Bower was born in Berwyn, Pa., in 1885, and was -educated at Wesleyan University. For some time he has been engaged with the Ameri- can Farm Bureau Federation in a study of Muscle Shoals problems, par- {ticularly in relation to agriculture. Norris Promises Fight. Chairman Norris of the Senate agri- cultural committee, who made a fight for Government operation of Muscle Shoals, declared today all of the mem- bers of the commission whom he knew were vigorous opponénts of Govern- ment operation, and, regardless of what the Investigation would show, they would not be expected to make recommendations for Government operation. He declared he was op- posed to turning the property over to any private individual or corporation after the Government had invested $150,000,000 there, and he would con- tinue his efforts to have Muscle Shoals owned and operated by the Govern- ment. = WOMAN HELD AS HEAD OF SHOPLIFTER BAND Prisoner, Refusing to. Give Name, Believed to Be Leader of Na- tion-Wide Operations. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 27.—Police last night arrested a woman, apparently cultured, who refused to give her name and who is thought by the of- ficlals to be the leader of a band of shoplifters who have operated in lepartment tores in many large ities of the country. She s known to the police as “the mysterious woman In black” and was arrayed in mourning from head to foot when arrested. She refused to se “it would not Her occupation, she sald, was “writer and book re- viewer.” "Radio Programs—Page 39. | 1 THE ORPHANS. Planted in Former Bat The Tidal Basin—lost to Washing- ton as a bathing place—is to be trans- formed into an angler's paradise, ac- cording to an announcement today from Government officials, who pre- dicted the basin would become tionully known as one of the best big- mouth-bass fishing grounds in the United States. Development of the mediately. Several tank cars of adult fish are to he planted in the basiy, including inches bream, in lengt or sunfish, 200 red-breasted welghing about a pie: As the spawning season will DECISION AFFECTS MILLIONS IN TAXES Court Ruling in 0il Company Likely to Cost U. S. $12, 000,000 at Least. By the Associated Press WICHITA, Kans.,, March 27.—From $12,000,000 to $17,000,000, estimates show, will be paid back by the Go: ernment to various oil companies in the United States as the result of a decision of Federal Judge John C. Pollock, filed today. The decision was on a test case brought by the Derby Oil Co. to recover $6,590.18 in trangportation taxes paid in 1919, U. 8. TO FIGHT FINDING. The Government intends to carry the case involving the taxation of transportation of oil by pipe lines to the Supreme Court, Assistant Com- missioner Nash of the Internal Revenue Bureau said upon receipt of information that Federal Judge Pol- lock had decided adversely to the Government Mr. Nash added that the bureau re. garded the point of law involved as highly important in the general tax- atlon program, and that it would not be content without a final adjudica- tion of the question before the high- est court. SCHOOL BLOWN UP; JANITOR IS MISSING Fire Marshal Offers $1,000 Reward for Arrest of Those Responsi- ble in Pittsburgh Suburb. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 27.—An i explosion early today wrecked the public school building at Swissvale, a suburb. Jacob Jacobs, the Jjanitor, was Teported missing and police and firemen are Searching the ruins in the belief that he met death in the blast. Offcers belleve the explosion was not accidental, and a reward of $1,000 was offered by Fire Marshal Thomas Pfarr for information lead- ing to the arrest of those responsible for wrecking the bullding. The blast occurred shortly after 6 o'clock this morning and rocked houses and broke windows within a radius of several blocks. One corner of the two-story brick bullding was wrecked completely and the remain- ing walls and roof were cracked and left swaying under the weight of un- supported rafters. A ohe-story frame annex was blown to splinters. A fire alarm was tarned in, but fire- men were unable to find any trace of fire, leading to the belief heid by some fire and police officlals that the building had been bombed. Fire Mar- shal Pfarr declared there was no fire under the bollers and no trace of es- caping gas. Fire Chief Joseph Mor- gan of Swissvale declared, however, he believed gas was the probable cause of the biast, na- | Tidal Basin as such will begin im-| 500 adult bass ranging from 12 to 14| pound each. and a number of crap- | GAME FISH BY CARLOAD ON WAY TO MAKE BASIN ANGLERS’ MECCA Thousands of Big-Mouth Bass and Bream to Be hing Place—Spawning Season Near—Rare Sport Assured. begin in a few days. it is estimated that by Fall there will be more than 500,000 small large-mouth bass in the basin, in addition to large numbers of the red-breasted breams and crapples. Lieut. Col. Clarence O, Sherrill, ofti- cer in charge of public buildings and | public parks, is co-operating with |G. C. Leech, chief of the Bureau of | Flsh Culture of the United States Bu- reau of Fisheries, in developing the basin as a fishing ground for every- body in the District of Columbia and | the “visitors from other parts of the | country. _Mr. Leech made a personal 5 c- tion of the Tidal ?{aim T!;:r:de;l moTuiNg to ascertain just what Is ncn.]ilr)' 1o be done in order to pre- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) ADVISER 1S Police Seek Clues on Two Deaths in McClintock Germ-Murder Case. By the Associated Pross. CHICAGO, March 27.—A second ex- humation in connection with the McClin- tock death mystery was made today, when the body of Dr. Oscar Olson, who the grave for an autopsy and coroner's inquest. A third exhumation was to be made later, when the body of Mre. Emma ago, Was to be raised. The bodies are to be submitted to the same chemical tests for evidences of Doisons or other causes of unnatural death as in the case of William N. Me- Clintock, the orphan millionaire, who, it is charged in an Indictment naming Wil- liam D. Shepherd, the youth's foster father and heir by a will, and C. C, Fai. man, head of a school of science, met death by the inoculation of typhotd germs. Shepherd is in jail, and Faiman s held in custody by the State's attor- Mrs. McClintock, mothe was a_widow, his wife to live When she died care. An order to disinter the ed yesterday r of the youth, and asked Shepherd and e with her and her son. she left the boy in their Ser the bodies was . y Coroner O | Wolff, before whom Harry Olson. ma. nicipal court chief justice an Bator of the McClintook death o Quiry, has repeatedly asserted that the “circumstances of their desthe were suspicious. Mrs. MeClineach died 16 years ago, while the Shep. herds were 1iving with her. Dr. Ol son, brother of Judge. Olson, died thres Joars ago. shortly atter a visit al from Olson has declared. e e epherd, refused relea; Wednesday, is held In a temporary g, tentlon cell in the county jall today, while his attorney continued prepa. rations to carry his fght for release ending s rial, t o ey 0 the Suprenie FRENCH PRIESTS FINED; URGED LAW RESISTANCE Crowd Cheers the Two Prisoners as Court Order Suspends Their Sentences. By the Associated Pres: PERPIGNAN, France, March 27.—Two priests, Rev. Ferdinand Izard and Rev. Jules Puy, were fined 300 francs each. and given suspended sentences yesterday by the correctional court here on chariges of Inciting resistance to execution of the law and using words likely to cause breach of the Ppeace in speeches against the govern- ment's religious policy, delivered at @ Catholic Federation meeting recent- ly. The court was crowded for the trial. The speeches of the district attorney and defense oounsel caused uproars, and the judge had the courtroom cleared several times. The priests were cheered by their friends wh théy emerged from the court, . CRAVE OFORPHANS [PEAED died three years ago, was raised from | Nelson McClintock, who died 16 years | Britain Sent Note Backing Arms Cut Parley, Paper Says | By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 27.—The Daily Mall says it learns that in addition to the assurances glven to Mr. Kellogg before he left the Lon- don embassy to become Amerlcan Secretary of State the government sent a note to Washington reas- serting Great Britain's willing- ness to participate in a disarma- ment conference whenever one was gommoned by the United States. It was also indicated that the dominions were ready to ac- company the British was made today at Department that any Flat denial the State | note with relations to a new arms | limitation conference has been re- | ceived from the British or any | other government i PERSONNEL BUREAU PLAN FAVORED BY CIVIL SERVIGE HEAD Deming Believes Work Too! Extensive for Manager U. S. Employes Urged. i ‘While the National Federal Employes was drafting today in its executive council meeting a| comprehensive plan of Jegislation seeking, among other changes, trans- | fer of administration of classification | from the Personnel Classification Board and a cure for a number of | ‘unjust situations” with regard to the application of the classification of Government employes in Washington, the Clvil Service Commission nounced that it favors establishment | of a personnel bureau in the Govern- ment to handle all personnel matters. The council of the federation sug-| gested yesterday that there should. be appointed a personnel manager for the | Government to handle and standardize | all matters relating to personnel. The program of the Federal Em-{ ployes’ Council, as outlined today. to| be passed upon before the meeting adjourns tonight, urges reconsidera- | tion by Congress of a measure plac- ! ing classification under the Civil| Service Commission, a measure which | | failed to come to a vote in both | { houses in the last Congress and.legis- {1ation to remove any ambiguites which would permit a misinterpreta- I tion of the statute and also provide, | in specific terms, for a classification | of the field service in conformity with ; the “sound” principles of the classi- | fication act. | Federation of | an- | Seeks Aid of Chairmen. | Luther C. Steward, president of the federation, was instructed to inter-| view as soon as possible Senator Couzens and Representative Lehl- bach, chairmen of the committees on civil service in the Senate and House, | respectively, to draft and obtain the introduction in both houses of bills | providing for the program suggested | to cure evils in the Government serv- | ice. At the same time the federation | | announced the opening of an inten- sive organization drive to secure | members in the District of Columbla, in order that the full weight of the| organized Government employes may | be swung into line behind the legis- lative program. 1 Orgenization of a personnel 'yureau‘ in the Government service, with its many administrative demands, Is m.,‘ large a job for one man to handle, the Civil Service Commission said in | & formal statement signed by Wil- liam C. Deming, its president. “For many years the Civil Service ntinued on Page 4, Column 2) PLANES FORCED BACK| Eight Machines Meet Severe Wind | and Rain—One Not Yet Re- ported as Landing. Encountering severe wind and rain just after they had crossed the Pennsyl- | vania border line, eight Martin bombers, | on a tactical flight from Langley Field, Hampton, Va., to Middletown, Pa., were forced to turn back, five landing at Baltimore, two at Washington and the eighth plane disappearing. The plane which had not been heard from early this afternoon was piloted by Lieut. Rogers, and carried two mechanics. Lieut. Grisham and Lieut. Whitely were the pilots who came into Bolling. Lieut. Whitely immediately took off for Laggley Field. Lieut. Grisham remained over for the day | “We ran into all kinds of weather,” sald Lieut. Grisham, “so we turned back. I saw the five go for Balti- more, and Whitely and I stayed to- gether. I lost Rogers just as soon as we started to turn back. He's all right somewhere, though, because there was nothing the matter with his ship and he probably is in some field now.” The five pilots at Logan Field in Baltimore are Capt. Willis Hale, leader of the expedition, and Lieuts. Sutter, Welter, Kauffman and Da- vies. The expedition now will be abandoned, and the planes will pro- ceed homeward at the first opportu- nity, Lieut. Grisham said. MAN AND WIFE SLAIN. Killed in Battle With Dry Agents, Latter Report. NOXVILLE, Tenn., March 27.— Will Barnes and his wife were Kkilled near Elk Valley late Wednesday when the man exchanged shots with Fed- eral prohibition agents, reports at headquarters here said. After abusing the officers, “Prohi- bition Agent John M. Irwin reported, Barnes procured a high-powered rifle from a neighbor and opened fire upon agents from behind a tree. The fire was returned. A physician sent back by the officers found Barnes and his wife dead. The agents said they did not know Mrs. Barnes was in range -0t bullets, . | fore the warrant clerk | interpretation | assi WARRANTS DRAWN AGAINST AGENT IN EMPLOYMENT CASE Three Charges, Including Ex- cessive Fee, Bases of Prosecutor’s Move. ISSUANCE LATE TODAY EXPECTED BY THOMAS Definite Ruling on Rights of Pa- trons and Accused Sought¥in Test in Courts. The corporation counsel's office expected to issue warrants late this afternoon charging the propristor of one Washington employment agency with three separate violations of the law under which such bureaus are licensed to operate here The information papers on which the warrants are to be based were sworn to in Police Court this morn- ing by one of the assistants to corporation counsel and are now the . waiting only to be formally drawn up and sent police headquarters for service the agent Wants Law Clarified. On this case the corporation coun- sel's office expects to obtain a defi of the law, which istant Corporation Counsel Thomas believes lim ite As Edward the fees {an employment agency may charge to 32, including registration fee and the charge for finally placing an ap plicant in a position paying than $25 a month, The information papers allege that the agent violated the law in that he did First—"Unlawfully receive from an applicant for employment as a fue more than the fee of $2 for the pr curing of employment and work set forth in Section $ of an act Congress approved February 20, 1909 Second—"Glve false informati and make false promises and fal representation concerning emplo ment to an applicant who had regis tered for employment and help, more Receipt Declared Invalid. Third—"Give employment to an applicant whom a fee had been received applicant being then and there a fe male, and failed to have printed or the back thereof, In the English language, a copy of Section § of the act of Congress approved February 20, 1909, said agency not being then and there a theatrical or teachers agenc: ‘ourth be a certain receipt fo count may placed | against the agent, Mr. Thomas said charging him with operating without a license. Further investigition wi be made by the corporation counsel's office, however, before a warrant on }hi! premise is asked. although the information paper for the Issuance of this warrant was sworn to at the same time the others were issued. The information on which these charges are expected to be based was furnished Mr. Thomas by two per- sons, one & man and the other a woman. who have volunteered, the stant corporation counsel s=aid, to appear against the agent in order to complete a test case. Other persons. Mr. Thomas said. have been in touch with the authorities regarding the same agent and they may be called as witnesses for the prosecution Found Position Filled. The count alleging fraud was based on the statement of one of the wit- nesses that he had applied to the agent for work, paid his registration fee and been sent to a place to ap- ply for a position as a watchman Reaching the place he was informed the job had been filled sometime previous to the day he was sent out by the employment bureau. A sec- tion of the law is believed to cover such instances In the case of the stated, she was placed in an office as a filing clerk. Her duties becama S0 burdensome that she appealed for assistance, received none, and finally obliged to quit when her health failed. Both the charge of accepting more than $2 fees and that of failing to print on the back of re- ceipts the law regulating fees are expected to be based on the informa- tion received. In the meantime letters complain- ing about the rates charged by Wash- ington employment agencies contin- ued to reach the office of the assist ant corporation counsel in Police Court and The Star today. One young woman wrote the following letter t The Star: Calls Rates Too High. “Your recently inaugurated cam- paign against the employment agen- cies in the city is one of the most commendable pieces of work that you have done. “Recently T returned to Washington after almost two years absence and found it almost impossible to secure a position through any channels save these. The attitude that most of them take s one of utter indifference. “I think that the rates charged by them all are aimost prohibitive. Ten per cent is a high price—but 25 is en- tirely too high. “I wish to thank you for your work along this line, and sincerely trust that you wiil achieve your aim— that of abolishing these extremely high rates and making the United States Employment Bureau, 1410 Pennsylvania avenue, a general clear- ing house for the various business concerns located here.” woman, is was P 22 050 SECOND DUEL SUCCESS. Parisians Resort to Swords When Pistols Fail to Scor PARIS, March 27.—Gilbert Charles and Jaime De Zulueta Y. Rena, who had quarreled over a point of honor, fought their second duel in a week today. They tried pistols last week, but their marksmanship was poor and nothing happened. - They triéd swords today, under the direction of the French champion swordsman, Roger Ducret, and during thelr sixth pas- sage at arms Charles put the point of his sword through his antagonist's forearm. Honor was satisfied, but the duel- ists were not, refusing to be recem- cled,