Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1926, Page 1

——— WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Burean Forscast ) Fair tonight and tomerrow: slightly colder tonight; lowest temperature to- night about 30 degrees. Temperature—Highest, 59, at 2 p.m. Vyesterday; lowest, 36, at 7 day. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 o. 30,1 post ofice, :30 a.m. to- Entered as gecond class matter Washington, D. C. 1T KILLED, 75 HURT WHEN SHP BLONS UP INDRY D0 AT SPARROWS PONT Workers Plunge Frantically in Blazing Hulk of Tanker After Blast Near Baltimore. Injured Rushed to Hospitals SPRAY OF BLAZING OIL FLAMES ALL OVER SHIP gt Crew of 35 and 50 Laborers Trapped as One Side Is Torn Out—Screams Arise From Inferno in Hull Other Tanks Still in Danger as! Blaze Continues. Br the Associated Press BALTIMORE, Md., November 19.; —Seventeen are known to have been | killed and reported injured as; workers plunged frantically into the blazing hulk of the Norwegian oil tanker Mantilla, wrecked by an ex- plosion in the dry dock of the Beth- lehem Steel Co., at Sparrows Point, this afternoon. i The Mantilla's crew of 35, includ- ing Capt. Nils Danielsen, was aboard with an undetermined number of dry dock workers when one of the vessel's tanks blew up from an un- known cause. | 85 Men Aboard. (5 drydock workers were ssel’s tanks 75 Ahout aboard when one of the blew up from an unknown cause. The spray_of blazing oil thrown by the biast fired the ship from stem to stern Nearby buildings were damaged. Dock hands rallied to the aid of firemen in attempting to hold the fire in check while volunteers entered the hulk to bring out the dead and injured. Work- ers were endangered by the ship's other tanks. which, it was feared.| might explode at any time. | All efforts were being bent toward| getting the injured out of the danger | zone. and while the fire was at i's height no attempt had been made to check the identities of those dead, in- | jured or missing. E | Captain Escapes Unhurt. ! Capt. 'Danlelsen was reported un- hurt. How many of the crew were included among the dead or injured could not be determined. Startled | workmen in other parts of the ship- | vard dropped their tools and silence | reigned for a moment after the roar | of the explosion. Then screams arose | from the interior of the blazing Man- | t1lla, and dock hands plunged through | the flame and smoke to give aid. One | side of the vessel was hlown out. 1 Hurried calls sent fire equipment | and firehoats dashing from Baltimore, | and ambulances, doctors and nurses | were hurried from Baltimore hospitals. | The Mantilla i 407 feet long. with | a 52-foot_beam, and has a gross ton- nage of 5.670, | MEREDITH NOT CANDIDATE5 IN 1928 RACE, HE SAYS| Towan Disposes of Presidential Re-i port—Smith Not Strong in | State. He Adds. | | By the Aseociated Press. NEW YORK. November Edwin T. Meredith of Inwa. Secretary of Azriculture under Woodrow Wilson has announced that he is not a can didate for the presidency on the 1825 Democratic ticket His name has frequently heen men- tioned as a possible entrant in the! presidential race, but when asked about the matter he said ‘What is the use of talking about that? [ am not a candidate. All my friends know that.’ | Mr. Meredith sald that there was comparatively lit*le sentiment for Gov. Smith of New York as a prospective presidential nominee in lowa H Mr. Meradith was here as principal speaker at the annual dinner of the Chamber of Commerce. FRENCH FINANCE GROUP ACRIMONIOUS ON DEBTS: 104 i Poincare to Be Heard Again Before | Committee Continues Study of Question. ; By the Associated Press i PARIS. November 18.—The finance | committee. considering the Washing- ton debt settlement in full meeting for the first time since the Chamber of Deputier reconvened, today developed an acrimonious discussion. during ! which it was decided to hear Premier Poincare again before proceeding to study the question Although various solutions of the | problen: avere advanced. none was ac. cepted and the committee even failed to elect an official reporter of its dis cussione. i TRIPLE SLAYER IS FREED. Capt. Amakasu. Japanese Officer, | Obtains Parole. | TOKIO. November 18 (P).—Capt. Amakasu. the gendarme officer who created a sensation in Japan just aft- er the earthquake in 1923 when he | strangeld to death the Socialist leader, Osugi: a woman companion of the So- | cialist and a 10-year-old nephew of the woman. has been paroled. He served | less than three vears of a seven-and a-half-vear sentence. ! Fearing Socialists would carry out | threats to kill him when he was re. | leased, Amakasu left the p n in disguise. The triple murder came at a time when it was feared radicals would take sdvantage of the chaos zed by the earthquaks to start.a revolt. 4 | welfare of 'SHAW HOPES HIS NOBEL PRIZE STAND STARTS AWARD DEBATE Acceptance of Honor, While Rejecting Money, Gives Swedish Body Issue. Sinclair Lewis’ Declination of Pulitzer Prize Praised by British Author. BY JAMES P. HOWE. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 19.— 1o the Swedish Academy Bernard Shaw in a telephone inter- view with the Associated Press today in which he was informed that his re jection yesterday of the mortey prize connected with the Nobel literature award was interpreted in Stockholm as tantamount to rejection of the en- tire award “I'm not worrying,” the dramatist added. "Let them do that—but I am certainly going to be a most interested front-row spectator in the discussion which I hope will now develop around the question of giving prizes to writ- er: Asked if he agreed with Sinclair Lewls, who refused the Pulitzer prize on the ground that prizes were bad for literature, Shaw snapped: “I don't agree with anything:” He said he wanted to see the whole subject threshed out in the press. Also he was thankful for Lewis' action, be- cause it had called his attention to the Pulitzer prize, which he had never t's up WASHINGTON, said George | £ GEORGE BERNARD SHAW. heard of before. He would not say | whether he was against the idea of of- | fering awards, but felt eure a general | discussion among the press and public would be most interesting. The famous dramatist was in an ex- cellent mood today—feeling o splen- | didly. in fact, that he talked to his| interviewer over the telephone from his Agelphia Terrace fat, overlooking | the Tiames. | Shaw, it must be understood, hates | telephones nearly as emphatically as; Rudyard Kipling and Sir James Bar rie, the latter of whom has his tele- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) MEXICAN LEADERS CALL ONCALLEST0 DEFYU.S. DEMANDS Land-0il Law Note Branded Peril to Sovereignty of Nation. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, November 19.—A group of about 20 members of the Chamber of Deputies, representing various political factions, has sent to President Calles a message upon the latest note of the United States Gov- ernment to Mexico regarding the land and oil laws. It is asserted that the note forward- ed by Secretary of State Kellogg is reported to contain demands incom- tible With the respect due Maxico's soverelgnty. The signatories an- nounce that they are ready “to par- ticipate in all dangers and sacrifices.” “It is insistently reported,” savs the message of the deputies, “that the last note of the United States em- bodies demands incompatible with the respect due to Mexico's sovereignty of your government. , Ready For All Dangers. ““The same reports say that you are willing to perish rather than submit. Having decided to take a place of honor among the strong men of our history, we, the undersigned. both as Mexicans and members of the legi lature, will support your energetic patriotic attitude, being ready to par- ticipate in all dangers and sacrifices.” In the opinion of Gen. Alvaro Obregon, former Preisdent, it is astounding that Nicaragua should ask the United States to intervene in that country against Mexican interference “when the United States is openly violating the sovereignty and dignity of Nicaragua.” In an_interview, Gen. Obregon as- serted that he did not believe Mexico had interfered in the Nicaraguan revolution, because “when we have heen forced to revelt in Mexico, we never have had enough military ele- ments, and either took them from our enemies or brought them from the T'nited States.” ; Astounding, Says Obregon. “It is astounding.” Gen. Obregon added, “to attempt to condemn Mexico for alleged interference in the domestic affairs of Nicatagua and to ask the United States to aid in preventing such shameful inter- ference when the United States is apenly violating the sovereignty and dignity of Nicaragua. “l shall be glad if the Mexican social movement is developed in other ountries, because it represents the the many against the fears of the few." Intense general interest and not a little excitement has heen caused by Washington dispatches declaring | that the United States Government views with concern outside influence on Nicaraguan affairs. The official attitude of the Mexican government is a denial that it has interfered in Nicaraguan politics or revolutions, or has promoted any filibustering expeditions to Nicara- gua. Government officials. however, thus far have declined to make any | direct official comment, because the United States Government's attitude has not been bhrought officially to the ‘attention of this government Both the foreign office and the American charge, Arthur Schoenteld, assert that no representations have been made to the Mexican govern- ment. DOUBT MEXICO REVOLT. Border Officials Scoff at Huerta's War Talk. EL PASO, Tex., November 19 (£).— Mexican officials at Texas border points decline to become alarmed over persistent rumors of an impending rebellion. Statements by Adelfo de la Huerta, former provisional president rebel forces were well prepared to start a revolution, were characterized as “big bluffs”” by Gen. Ramon Lopez, commander of the federal garrison at Juarez. Gen. Lopez said he was amused by a manifesto issued by Gen. Nickolas Fernandez, former follower of Fran- cisco (Paneho) Villa, calling on | Chihuahua citizens to rally to the sup- port of Huerta in a movement to over- throw the Calles government. Maj. Jose Florenza, thief of Lopez’ sta returned te Juarez vesterday of | Mexico, and his brother Alfonso, that | 20 Cents Damage ! For Death of Two | In Food Poisoning By the Associated Press ’ LOS ANGELES, November 19 The price of a can of salmon is the limit of compensation which can be obtained by M. N. Putnam, a dentist. for the death of his wife and 15.vear-old son from food poisoning, the Superior Court has ruled. Ascribing their poisoning direct the canned salmon, Putnam f | i i | | to asked damages of $£30,000 for the ] death of each. ! The California law provides that | i i i the measure of damages resulting from spoiled food is the amount paid for the food, in this case 20 cents. NICARAGUA ACTION CONSIDEREDBYL.S. Course to Be Pursued in Face | of Mexican Revolt Aid- | Raises Problem. | By the Associated Press. " 1 While news of revolutionary ac- tivity against the Calles regime is emerging from Mexico with increas- ing volume, the Washington Govern- ment is studying silently the request of President Diaz of Nicaragua for aid in restoring peace there in the face of “Mexican aid of revolution and | armed intervention in Nicaraguan po- litical affairs.” The proposal of the new conserva- | tive President of Nicaragua leaves the | United States broad latitude in any | means it might care to employ in aiding his government. ranging from further diplomatic efforts to bring the | contending factions, together to use of naval forces in quellMg disorders | and preventing the arming of rebels | from Mexican filibustering ships. | Grave Situation Seen. For the moment, at least, it appears | most likely that further efforts to re-| store peace in Nicaragua through the | exercise of American good offices will | be attempted. If successful, such ef. | forts could be expected to modify, if | not eliminate, the Mexican angle of | the situation by destroying the mar- ! ket in Nicaragua for guns and am. | munition from_Mexico. | Meanwhile, Secretary Kellogg's ex- | ression of concern over outside inter- erence in Nicaraguan affairs and the obviously increasing tension in Mexi- can-American relations is being dis- cussed with intense interest in Mexico City, where a feeling prevails that the sitiation contains possibly grave | aspects. | Lacking official representations from the American Government, Mexican officials have declined to comment di- | rectly. Their attitude, however, is that it is only natural for Mexico to | desire a sphere of influence in Central | America. where, they feel, its inter ests are identical to those of the| United States: that the American Government has no right to criticize | Mexico for these desires, and that,! while individual Mexicans may have | aided Nicaraguan revolutionists, the | Calles government has not interfered in Nicaraguan affairs. Furthermore, they argue, individual American citi: zens have been guilty of similar activ- ity in behalf of revolutionists in Mexico and other Central American | countries, Stand Called Inconsistent. 1 This point also is emphasized by | the Mexico City newspaper Excelsior, which goes further, saving editorfally that the attitude of Washington is| inconsistent in view of 1V long main- tenance of marines in Nicaragua, | where, it contends, they upheld the| conservative government with bayo-| nets and exercised control over elec- | tions. Efforts to ascertain here wha might happen in case new diplo-| matic attempts to end the Nicaraguan | disturbances have proved unavailing. | | Officlals also have refused to com. | ment on a suggestion that the Diaz | government might be permitted to ob- | |tain arms from the United States | through a lifting of the embargo on uch shipments to Nicaragua. With |the exception of Mexico, all other | | Central Amerfcan governments emu. |lated the United States in establish- 'ing this embargo. Official notification of the decision of the Mexican govern- ‘ment, however, merely brought a re- ply that the question would be taken under ad¥isement. Out_of the silence that veils the sit- T | State had ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., FRIDAY, SPURNED A BREE, PEWOMAY SHYS STATERESTS Sk Ready to Die, Now She Has Told Truth in Court, Mrs. Gibson Declares. HALL CARD AS EVIDENCE IS UPHELD BY COURT Refuses Defense Motion to Throw Out Pasteboard Said to Bear Willie's Prints. By the Aesociated Prese. JERSEY CITY, N. J.. November 19.—Mrs. Jane Gibson today issued a statement from her sick bed in City Hospital, asserting attempts had been made to seal with money her eye- qitness testimony of the Hall-Mille murder and that, now she had told the truth’in open court, she was ‘ready to die with a good, clear conscience,” By the Associated Press COURTHOUSE, SOMERVILLE, N. J.. November 19.—The State rested ts case against Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers, Henry and Willle Stevens, this afternoon, after 13 days of testimony. The defense at once made a motion that testimony s to fingerprints in connection with a calling card of the Rev. E. W. Hall, found near his body, which the State has contended bears the print of the { left index fingerprint of Willle Ste i vens, be stricken from the record. The jury was taken from the room while former Attorney General Rob- ert H. McCarter argued the motion. Justice Parker denied the motion. McCarter had argued that the not accounted for the identity and integrity of the card dur- ing all of the four years since the killings. State Closes Case. Before closing his _case Special Prosecutor Simpson offered in_evi- dence three bullets and three shells. The State contends that the three hullets were taken from the hody of Mrs. Eleanor R. Mille, with whose death the defendants are charged. The shells were found near the bodies of Mre. Mills and Rev. E. W. Hall, slain with her. A razor, mentioned several times during the trial. will not go before the jury. Just before closing the State's case the special prosecutor announced that he would not offer ir. Frank Caprio, a private detective, had testified that the late Azariah Beekman, prosecutor of Somerset County at the time of the double slaying, gave -him the razor and added that he saw an automatic pistol, apparently of German make, on Beekman's desk near'the razor. “I won't offer this razor" said Simpson. “I am not satisfied with the truth of this witness' testimony. The defense had vigorously tacked the credibility of the witnesm Eighty-four witnesses had testi- fled when the special prosecutor said: “That's our case, yvour honor.” Death Bullets Described. Alvin H. Goddard, ammunition ex- body of Mrs. Mills were .32 caliber and were fired from an automatic pistol, probably a Colt. Mre. T. W. Bonner of New York, sis ter of the slain rector, was called to | the stand by the State from her seat | next to the defendants. She was asked tonly if Henry Stevens was present at | the marriage of her brother to Miss Frances Noel Stevens. She said she did not recall. The State also introduced the mar riage certificate of Mr. Hall and Miss Stevene, showing that it was solem nized at New Brunswick, July 20. 1911, when Mr. Hall was 30 years of age and Miss Stevens 37. The bridegroom was a native of New | {awin, a former army York, while the bride's birthplace was given as Alken, S. C. Fingerprints Up Again. Inspector John J. Underwood of Jersey City, the seventy-eighth wit- ness in the trial, testified that he was in charge of the investigation which led to the present trial. and that h: received the calling card said to bear a fingerprint of Willle Stevens at the home of Commissioner Reggans, in Jersey City. on the evening of Au- gust 15. He said that Philip Payne, managing editor of the New York Daily Mirror, was present. “Has the card been in your posses. sion ever since?” Simpson asked. “Yes," Underwood replied. “You haver't put any fin‘erprlm!il{lv!na | on it, have you?" Chief Defense Counsel McCarter took up the cross-examination. “Did you say that the card had not Jeft vour possession at any time?" he asked. “Yes."” “Didn't Lieut. Drewen, vour finger- print expert, have it for three days?" “Yes; I had forgotten that.” Underwood said that he gave it to Drewen on the morning of August 17. Defense counsel conferred. Questioned on Expenses. “Who has been paying expenses for the services of yourself and your four associates?” asked McCarter. “I have not recelved one cent up to date for expenses incurred.” an- swered Underwood. On re-direet ex- amination Simpson brought out that Underwood was drawing his reguiar salary as a member of the Jersey City police force. +When Simpson asked a question intended to bring out a statement by the witness as to who was responsible for the revived investigation of the four-year-old slayings, Judge Charles W. Parker, presiding, said there wi no need of having Underwood testify concerning any one responsible for the inquiry beyond Commissioner Beggane. Goddard was then called to testify concerning the bullet wounds in the heads of the Rev. Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills. He brought along his satchel as though to give actual demonstra- tions before the jury. Goddard's part- ner, Charles Waite, Was to have testi- (Continued on Page 4, Column §) A (Continued on Page 2, Column 6,) . . (Continued on Page 7, Columg 3) at. | | 1 i | | | ! | i pert, said that bullets examined by g15000 on -January | him as having been taken from the | ghaiton, another brother. was arrested | | [ | i | | | NOVEMBER 19, 1926 —SIXTY ening_ Sar. PAGES. b . LIS HAYORS HOME S BOWBED Herrin Area Gang War Is Blamed for New Assault on West City Official. By the Associated Press. WEST CITY. 1., November 19.- The home of Mayor Joe Adams here was a target in the Shelton-Birger gang warfare again today when a bomb was thrown from a swiftly mov. ing automobile and exploded in the front yard a few feet from the house. The glass in virtually all the win- dows was snattered and the front porch was damaged. Mayor Adams, who, with his wife and brother Gus, was sleeping in the rear of the house, escaped injury. The blast was heard in Benton, 3 miles away. The bomb apparently contained dynamite and nitroglycerin. Mayor Adams, who has been a sup- porter of the Shelton gang. said four shots were fired in front of the house just before the bomb was thrown. He believed this was intended as a decoy and did not show himself. A neighbor said he saw eight men retreating from the rear of the Adams | house shortly after the explosion. Four deputy sheriffs had been guarding the house, but had left shortly before the explosion to get some coffee. Franklin County officers believed the attack was staged by members of the Birger gang. Just a week ago the house of Gus Adams, two doors from his brother, was bombarded with bullets, and a few hours later Carl and Bernie Shel- ton, gang leaders. “ere arrested near the scene on a charge of robbing a mail messenger at Collinsville, IIl., of 1925. Earl last night at -East St. Louis and ar- rangements. were made today to take him to Springfield for trial. AUSTRIAN SEEKS BURIED NAPOLEONIC TREASURE Believes Carloads of Gold Were Hidden by Emperor or Turks Near Schoenbrunn Palace. Br the Associated Press. VIENNA, November 10.—Dowser captaln, is treasure huntfng in the grounds of the Schoenbrunn Palace, where he believes Napoleonic or Turkish gold bv tre carload was secreted many vears ago. " \1.. whose story has been given much credence here because of his reputed success in other treasure bunts, has -been authorized to dig in € | the grounds of the palace and to keep half of whatever treasre he may find. He belleves. that many carloads of gold were secreted by Napoelon at the siege of Vienna or by the Turk- ish invaders who flad in 1701. RESTORES MAINE SHAFT. Clears Debris to Greet Tourist Season Soon. HAVANA, November 19 (#).—Re. construction of the monument eracmyl by Cuba to the memory of the Ameri cans killed in the explosion of the battleship Maine has been started. The monument was wrecked during the hurricane which struck Havana October 20. The City of Havana now shows few traces of the damage done by the storm. The public works department announces that it hopes all signs of the devastation wrought by the hurri- cane will be effaced before the tourist season opens. INHERITS $850,000 IN JAIL. Italian, Convicted of Fraudulent Bankruptcy. Lauded by Relatives. PADUA, Italy, November 19 (#).— Nino Gilli, who received news that he was heir to 20,000,000 lire (about $850,000) while he was in prison serv- ing a sentence for fraudulent bank- ruptcy. today was released. Gilli's r ives had abandoned him ‘when he sentenced to prison, but on his release today he found that they had gathered from all parts of Italy to greet him and even applaud him. The inheritance is stated to have come from an aunt, Sofonfsba Maliati, who died in San Franolsco, where Gilli is planning to establish himself next February. Radio ;Progrlms_—}ug S0 Four Years in Jail For Captain of Ship On Which 200 Died By the Associated Press. LENINGRAD, Russia, November 19.—The captain of the steamer Burevestnik, in the sinking of which more than 200 passengers are believed to have perished, was sentenced to four years' imprison- ment today. He was convicted of criminal negligence in permitting his ship to sail under an inexperienced pilot and without the proper lifesaving facilities. The Burevestnik sank in the Mor- ski, Canal, Kronstadt, August 29, after ramming the mole in trying to avert a collision during a fog. She had 563 passengers on their way to Kronstadt from Leningrad. Twn Government commissions found that the vessel had only one lifeboat and 172 lifebelts. PRIVATE PARK SITE PURCHASE FAVORED Planning Commission to Back Plan to Protect Plots Until Funds Are Available. Acquisition of private property by private individuals within the District and adjacent territory to be held for future park purposes and needs will be encouraged by the National Capital Park = and Planning Commission. Adopting a resolution to this effect at its monthly meeting today the com- mission declared “the acquisition of property within the District of Colum- bia and adjacent territory by private citizens and individuals to be held | for future park purposes and needs be epcouraged; it being understood that the commission cannot, under the law, bind the Government to pur- chase the land so acquired. “These tracts so acquired will be considered for future purchase by the Pianning Commission at a price not in excess of prices paid, plus taxes and a moderate rate of interest.” Definite Areas in Mind. After the meeting, Maj. Carey H. Brown, chairman of the co-ordinating committee of the Commission, said the members, in drawing up the reso- lutions, had the following areas in mind for private purchase and keep- ing until the commission could, if possible, take them over: The Piney Branch tract, the Patterson tract, the Foundry Branch tract, land in nearby Virginia adjacent to the highway bridge and in Anacostia beyond the District line. Maj. Brown also said the commission would confer Monday with a committee formed and headed by Arthur C. Moses, which is now con. sidering reservation of desirable sites for park purposes and which cannot now be acquired. Maj, Brown emphasized, however, that portion of the resolution refer- ring_to_purchaee by the commission (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) U. S. GIRL TO WED]JUKE. Miss Audrey Emery to Be Bride of Russian in France. PARIS, November 19 (#).—Miss | Audrey Emery, daughter of the late John J. Emery of Cincinnati, Ohio, will be married Sunday at Blarritz to the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, WRussian nobleman. Most of the members of the Russian clergy in Paris are to participate in the ceremony. A prenuptial dinner for 80 guests will be given tomorrow night. Miss Emery and her mother, Mrs. Alfred Anson, are already at Biarritz. braty BRITISH WRECK KILLS 8. Freight Car Rips Open Several Passenger Express Coaches. ' ROTHERHAM, Yorkshire, Eng- land, November 19 (#).—Eight per- sons were killed and an equal num- ber injured, some seriously, in an unusual accident on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway be- :’mn Parkgate and Rotherham to- a A car in a freight train became derailed as the express from Birm- ingham to York was approaching and fell across the express, m the , sides, of several . a“wjund _were_brought here, * (#) Means Associated Press. D BULLET ild duek. SY;P"SKE& o be i Jead LOnES T ife ‘when refrig- ; gf;fifl. door 1s ! 1 > < IN. i L Ll WATSON INDORSES FRAZIER N PARTY Indiana Senator Favors Re- turn of North Dakotan to G. 0. P. Fold. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The move to cement the Rspubli- cans of the Senate for the next Congress took another lurch forward today, when Senator James E. Wat- son of Indiana. chairman of the Republican committee on committees and assistant leader of the Senate, said that he favored personally the restoration of Sanator Frazier of North Dakota to his status as a2 mem- ber of the party organization. An appeal to Senator Watson as chairman of the committee on com- mittees was made recently by Senator Borah of Iddho to reWstate Senator Frazier in his committee assignments as a Republican. Frazier was one of the quartet of Republican insurgents who were read out of the party coun- clls following the 1924 elections, be- cause they supported the late Senator La Follette for President. Watson Is Improved. Senator Watson. still walking with a limp as a result of an automobile accident many weeks ago, was in his office here today for the first time since last July. His physical condi- tion is much improved, he said. He is satisfied with the result of the elec- tions in Indiana. which returned him to the Senate for the next six years by about 11,000 votes—within a few votes of the total by which hs won the first time he was elécted to the Senate. It is Senator Watson's purpose to consult with Senator Curtis of Kan- sas, the Republican leader of the Sen- ate, and other Republican members before replying finally to the appeal of Senator Borah. The Republicans will need every vote they can get to organize the Senate in the new Con- gress, and the opinion appears to be that Frazier by all means should be reinstated as a Republican without further loss of time. Of the other in- surgents who were read out of the party, Senator's La Follette, sr., of Wisconsin and Ladd of North Dakota, are both dead, and Col. Brookhart has been ousted from the Senate and then re-elected as a Republican, heading the State tickt this year. Shipstead May Join. The younger La Follette has been recognized as a Republican, and so has! Senator Nve of North Dakota, another Progressive, who succeeded Senator Ladd. To keep Frazier out of the! organization would be illogical and unwise in the view of many of the Republicans, including Senapor Wat son. Senator Watson said foday he felt that no good purpose ‘could be served by keeping Frazier out of the party fold. He pointed out that the North Dakotan has co-operated with the Republicans fairly well, nntwith. standing his banishment, and has al-| ways maintained his Republicanism. Senator Watson also of public sentiment toward the matter since: the 1924 elections. If Frazier is received into the reg-| dlar party fold it may be expected that Senator Shipstead of Minnesota, the lone representative of the Farmer- Labor party, who sits on the Repub- lican side of the Senate chamber, w consider afliating with the Repub- (Continued on Page 6, Column 7. Plane Witfi Liquor Seized at Detroit At Ford’s Request By the Associsted Press. DETROIT, November 19.—An airplane containing 14 cases of whisky was seized at the Ford airport today at the request of Henry Ford. Henry Spejice was arrested as the aviatdr who brought the plane to the’ airport last night. A night watchman discovered the liquer . Mr. Ford was notified, and the State police were called. The automobile maker him- self waited several hours at the fleld last night with officers in he aviator would return to his plan Spence, when arrested, denied he the pllot of the machine. Field attaches, however, said Spence was the man who alighted late yester- day and was granted permission to park his plane overnight, ir. aceord- ance the hospitality custom “From Pr. 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, 100,963 TWO CENTS. 1 SCRIVENER PISTOL DENTIGATIN B NOGREDPROVED {Florida Telegram Indicates He Had Different Make From Detective. POLICE CONSIDER SUICIDE THEORY RE-ESTABLISHED Private Staples Says He Will Ask Representative Blanton to Investigate. ‘The Scrivener death pistol clue, born in the office of District Attorney Pey- ton Gordon when Henry Miller Moore, a District jail prisoner, identified the pistol found beside the body of Detec- tive Sergeant Arthur B. Scrivener as one he had obtained in Florida, went up in smoke today. The Police Department and a tele- gram from Florida threw cold water on what yesterday was regarded as a “het tip.” Pursuing distinct and independent courses of investigation, the District Attorney’s office and the Police De- partment have now reached the same conclusion—namely, that the pistol which Moore obtained in Florida and left in a box early in September was not the one with which Scrivener was killed, despite Moore's “positive iden- tification” of the weapon as such in the District Attorney’s office Tues- day morning. Sent Wire to Florida. Maj. Gordon, after Moore identified the Scrivener death pistol as the one he had obtained in Florida, sent a telegram to Florida and received & reply last night that, true enough, a pistol had been taken from the desk of a Florida firm at the time when Moore said he took the weapon, but the weapon taken was an Iver- Johnson .38. The weapon which Moore identified for Maj. Gordon was 2 .38 callber hammerless Harrington & Richardson pistol. About the same time, Policeman Quentin E. Heyne of the first precinct, recalled taking a weapon from the box at the place where Moore told Maj. Gordon he had left it. His records showed that he not only re- covered such a pistol from such a box, just where Moore said he left it, but also a pinch bar, which Moore had also claimed leaving there. But the weapon recovered was an Iver- Johnson .38 caliber blue steel weapon. Meanwhile another investigation was reported about to be sought in the cage. Policeman Orville Staples said today that he would g to-ses Repre- sentative Thol L. Blanton this aft- ernoon to request him to begin an in- vestigation of the case. - | Staples Expresses Fear. Staples said he was afraid of being killed himself, because he said he knew so much, and hinted that a cer- tain lice captain, whose name he would not mention, if he ever had to take the stand to testify, would make “startling disclosures.” Police have stuck to their story that Detective Sergt. George Darnall gave Scrivener a pistol which resembled closely in appearance. make and cali- ber the pistol which was found at the death scene. It was a Harrington & Richardsop weapon, hammerless, of .38 caliber. Put when the coroner’s jury had begun taking evidence in the case Maj. Gordon, as a result of letters ‘which had been written by Moore, had the prisoner come into his office and relate his story. Moore said he had obtalned a pistol in Florida, which he had discarded in a trash box here near Seventh and H or I streets, in fear of arrest. He said he could pick the ‘weapon out of a hundred. Maj. Gordon then had Moore con- fronted with more than half a dozen pistols. Moore created a sensation by walking to the group and picking up the Scrivener death pistol, identifying it as the one he referred to. He said it was his weapon. Maj. Gordon then wired to the pro- i prietor of the place where Moore said he had obtained the weapon, as al- ready stated. The signer of the tele- gram was not the owner. This did not fully satisfy Maj. Gordon. He was preparing today to wire the owner himself, so that there could be ino doubt whatever as to the make and caliber and description of the pistol. But the trend, on its face, was toward discrediting the identification made by Moore. Policeman Found Pistol. In connection with his recently evolved part in the case, Patrolman es n. shifting Heyne stated that at about 11 o’clock ion the night of September 7 while | standing on the corner of New York javenue and Ninth street he was ap- ! proached by a civillan who told him that he had just seen a revolver, a flashlight and a pinch bar lying in an | overturned box by a railed-in grating | next to McCrory's 5 and 10 cent store, |at the southwest corner of Seventh and ] streets. went around there and found a fruit box, open at the top, lying by | the grating,” said Heyne, “and in | the box I saw a .38 caliber, blue steel | Iver-Johnson revolver and a pinch- | bar about 8 inches long. I didn’t see any flashlight. I took the pistol and the bar and turned them in at the | first precinct. | “The pistol was fully loaded. The civilian who told me about seeing it in the box said that he and another civillan had been sitting on the rail- | ing with their feet on the side of { the box. The open side of the box | was facing the wall of the he (said. When they started to 'mb | down from the railing the box over- turned, throwing the open side up- permost and revealing t and flashlight.” Record Made of Find. hht;oh;‘mn l-};y:: b.l:m that he thought he woul able to recognize the gun if he were to see it again. He did not know the civilian who told him of seeing the pistol, flashlight and pinch bar in the box and stated that he believed the civilian just chanced to meet him and remark on seeing the articles. He turned in the articles to the Police Department and a record was made of his action. The record shows that the gun and jimmy had been turned in at the first precinct the night of September 7 by Patrolman Heyne aad deliyered to the property clerk of the Pollce - it the next morning, on ber « (Continued on Page 2, Columam 4 . -