Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U, S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Probably rain tonight and tomor- row; not much change in ture, tempera- Temperature—Highest, 50, at noon today; lowest, 38, at 2:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. 0.7 30,884, " o Page 14 bn, "D. C. ¢ Fhening WASHINGTO! WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION UESDAY, DECEMBER ¢ 21, 1926— FORTY-EIGH] - Star. * Associated service. (#) Means Associated Pr The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,653 TWO CENTS. FALL AND SICLAR PLEATAENNDER COURT ADVISEMENT Justice Bailey to Rule Thurs- day on Motion to Quash Indictment. BOTH DEFENDANTS APPEAR AT HEARING Arguments by Counsel for Both Sides Consume Hour and a Half in Teapot Dome Case. Bailey in Criminal under adviss the motions of Fall, former Secretary of jor, and Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate of New York, to quash the indictment for alleged conspiracy in connection with the lease of the Teapot Dome naval reserve in Wyo- ming. The court listened for an hour and a half to arguments of counsel on both sides and then announced that he would rule Thu ¢ morn- ng at the opening of court, Both defendants were in court, ready to plead to the indictment in the event that the court should over yule the motions of their counsel. Hogan. counsel in the Do Tustice Division 2 today took until Thursday . was present in court, but | he had no connection with the present case. Bdward B. close friend of former Secretary also was pre nt. Martin W. Littleton of New York opened the argument for Mr. Si and without meroning Heflin by name spoke in terms of recent Senate discussions of the result of the Fall-Doheny trial. Assails Senate Attacks. ust trial,” said Mr. Littleton, met with the argument coming from | & Senator ! scathing | | | i i | i | | { | | | | [ we come here really for| “we are | Santa Will Visit Ex-Empress Zita, Actually in Want By the Dec make an he filad with innumerab’e . ustr monarchists, from Chancellor Sei pel down o the poerest native candie-selling women at the church doors, wn contributed gladly when told from the pulpits that the former royal family Was suffering actual want the fes tive season. Hundreds of fashionable in the Kartnerstras leather goods, toys at and wine. One old Carinthian on her deathbed, left jewels to the former The first in three huge nounds, day COBB AND SPEAKER LINKED IN PLOT TO “FIX" GAME ON BET Said to Have Conspired With Leonard and Wood in Crucial 1919 Contest. haskets m will store- and woman, boxes weighing 1600 left Vienna for Spain’ to By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December and Tris Speaker were linked today in an investigation conducted by Base Ball Commissioner Landis involving n alleged irregularity of a game be- tween Detroit and Cleveland played in Detroit, September 1919, Commissioner Landis, without mak- ing any decision, made public more than 100 pages of testmony taken in connection with the case. Cobb and Speaker recently resigned SIITH TAKES OFFER After New Year Day, Governor Says. [ | ASSURED OF ACCEPTANCE BEFORE APPOINTING HIM Cool Reception Promised Here. Ashurst Sure Body Will Deny Him a Place. the Associated Press CHICAGO, December Frank L. Smith ceepted the senatorial appointment of Gov. Len Small to the seat made vacant by the death of Senator Wiliam B. McKin- ley, and will go to Washington soon fter New Yea to present his credentials to the Senate, Gov. Smalj announced toe v Smith, alr »d MeKinley, made ceptance, the governor sald, on re- ceipt of his certificate of appoint ment, but the governor said he had had assurances before he made the selection that it would be promptly aceepted. Col. Smith was in the country near his home -at Dwight, inspecting farm properties, and his employes did not know, where to reach him. COLD GREETING PROMISE] 41. — Col. o known his Ashurst Confident Senate Will Deny Smith Seat. BY G. GOULD LINCO] Col. Frank L. Smith, who finally accepted appointment a tor from Illinois, will meet reception when he comes to Was ton, after the first of the year to take his seat. Senator Ashurst of Arizona, Demo- OF SEAT IN SENATE, SVALL ANNOUNCES Will Go to Washington Soonv 1d Senator-elect to suc- | | | FRANKLY I've TRIED To SHAPE \T [0 BODIES HUNTED INRIVER TRAGEDY Thirty Already Recovered and 27 Men Are in Hospitals at New York. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December 21.—Police the United States Senate—a denun-, clation of -another branch of this|as managers of the Detroit dnd Cleve- court—in keeping with all the pro-|land clubs, respectfvely. ceedings which have emanated from ! . Charges Involve Betting. and firemen today continued grappling among the ice floes of the Hudson crat, author of the resolution, which would deny Col. Smith the right to when the Senate. “At last, ready for trial, confronted from the Senate defendants we find ourselves | with | are | Dutch Leonard, once pitcher with the Detroit club, and Joe Wood, an- other American League pitcher, glso criticism which flows like lava from |Were named in the investiagtion, this senatorial Vesuvius, dripping | which Commissioner Imndis indicated down on this community and be-|involved betfing on the result of the smirching everything it touches. If|zame. we say that we are ready for trial,| Today’s scandal was the third to he we are charged with attempting to[exploded on the American base ball delay trial and are told that we have | public within the last six years, and arranged for an acquittal. So the|on the surface appeared to be as star- community is being saturated day | tling as the famous crooked world se- after day, last night andsbyven.: ~of 49, which eight stars. today.” " of the Chicago White Sox were for- Mr. Littleton said he did not wish | ever barred from organized base ball. to be understood as criticising Con-| The volume of testimony Commis- as a body, for which he said he | sioner Landis made public included had the highest respect, but he added | letters Cobb is purperted to have writ- that the criticisms of the Fall-Doheny | ten to Leonard, the Tiger pitcher. verdict now coming almost daily from| Fred C. West, who is not imme- the Senate could not help but be|diately identified in connestion with detrimental ‘to is client and to mili- | the in\'elm.lgation. also was named in tate against permitting a fair trial in | the testimony. e co::‘l:umtyp Where the Semate criti-| Cobb, here with Speaker for a hear- clsms are necessarily given so much | ing granted by Judge Landis vester- public prominence. Both Attorneys George P. Hoover of W sisted that the indictments should be thrown out because Congress, in Littleton day, declared today that he did not and | know of the bet until long afterward, ashington in-| and that the box score of the contest, which Detroit won, 9 to 5, would show that neither he nor Speaker could singling out the oil cases by selecting | have been implicated in throwing the special prosecutors, had deprived the game. accused of the equal protection of the | law. Charges Further Infringement. The action of the Congress taking away the jurisdiction fiom the Court of Appeals to hear sp 1 appeals in criminal cases and the granting to the Government authority to serve sum- i 1 | 1 by monses on Americans residing outside | the United States through the Amer- jcan consuls further infringed constitutional rights, they claimed. their | 40\ bles, Attorney Levi Cooke followed in be-| half of Mr. Fall and pointed out that | while his clienc had not raised the question of law at the Fall-Doheny trial, he now considered that it w: proper to point out that the Con; had singled him out by name in the Joint resolution and had deprived him Cobb related that “Dutch” Leonard, Detroit pitcher, and Joe Wood, Cleve. land pitcher, had bet $600 against $420 that Detroit, then in third place, would win from the second-place Cleveland club on September 25, 1919. Wood did not play in the game, Cobb said. Players Cite Records. Speaker, accused of having knowl- edge of the plan for Cleveland to lose, made -three hits, two of which were while Cobb, charged with knowledge of a prearranged Detroit victory, got only one hit in five times at bat. Boland pitched for Detroit. “That ought to show,” Cobb de- clared, “that neither Speaker nor 1 s | were in on it.” Cobb did not bet on the game, he ! said. of the due process of the law which | is extended to the lowliest citizen| charged with the most heinous crime. The right to be prosecuted by the United States attorney, and not by special counsel, had been infringed, counsel said. Attorney William F Leahy appeared in court for the first time as counsel for Mr. Fall, but did not make an argument. Roberts Opposes Motioh. Owen J. Roberts rene, as special prc cases, opposed the mitted to the court tion to the quashing of the indict- ment. They contended that the mo- tion is without merit, and that it is tor in the oil motion and sub- a brief in opposi dilatory and comes too late, accord: | ing to decisions of the United States | Supreme Court. In thelr brief. Government counsel asserted that the first 11 reasons signed by counsel for the accused based on the alleged unconstitutior ity of the Senate joint ion, , approved Febr; pu suant to which special counsel, ap- pointed by President Coolidge and con- firmed by the Senate, have conducted and are conducting the . It is pointed out that no suggestion is made that the indictment was not duly and regularly presented by a grand jury duly empaneled and sworn, and after consideration of evidence properly presented. The mere fact tiat the law off presenting the testimony were d by some other name than district at torney can certainly be of no fmportance, it is claimed. Congress has power to authorize oth than No. the United States attorney to go be. | Other ron fore grand juries, and the right of | told today, al assistants to the Attorney |Ship Rom and | the General to present evidence to g jurors has long been recognized, it is stated. Taking ‘up the ground summoning of witnesses for the Gov ernnient beyond the jurisdiction, the brief of the special prosecutc “The last ground the act of July, 1he service of a ating to ubpoena upon a wit- ness desired by the Government, who | but | is a citizen of the United Stat beyond its jurisdiction, and providing a penaMty for the failure of such wit ness to appear if so summoned, has not been construed by any court, However, it so obviously does not af- (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) nd Atlee Pome- | i “I have played base ball for 22 vears,” Cobb said with a catch in his voice. “Speaker and I have tried repeated 1y to get Leonard to face us at a hearing, and Landis has tried any number of times to get Leonard here from the coast, but he would not come.” Cobb Denies All Charges. “I could not think of anything but win. Every vear, every month, every week, and every day. 1 did my dead level best to play good ball and to live ) that I could play good ball. I never ! bet on an American League ball game in my life. 1 don't believe anybody ever played the game any harder or cleaner or squarer than 1. “I am involved in this smudge seven ears after the thing happened. My position is vindicated in the testimony and so is that of Speaker. I refer the base ball fans of the country to my record in base ball. I am proud of it and I will leave my case to them.” “What about the status of Cobb and Speaker?” Commissioner Landis was asked. These men being out of base ball, no decision will be made unless changed conditions in the future ie (Coutinued on’Page 2, Column 7.) take the oath of office when he pre- sents himself and his credentials, said when informed of Col. Smith's ac- ceptance that he would ask the Senate to act #pon his resolution whenever Smith comes here. “T believe that my resolution wi adopted,” said Senator Ashurst. der its terms Col. Smith's case would be referred to the Reed slush fund committee, which has already investi- gated the Illinois Senatorial primary at which Col. Smith was nominated last Spring. The resolution directs e committee to report what should, § ;i?‘he ?égnrart?ime seating of Col. mith.” be Is Senator-Elect. Col. Smith, who has been appointed Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Senator McKin- ley, is also Sena tor-elect from Tllinois, having been chosen for the term which begins March 4 next. His right attacked on the ground of exe Ve and on the ground that he received a contribution of $125,000 from Samuel Insull, public utility magnate, while Col. Smith was head of the Public Utilities Commission of the State. ‘The opinion was expressed also by Senator McNary of Oregon, Repub- lican, a member of the Reed investi- gating committee, that Smith would be denled a seat in the Senate when he arrives. “There are too many votes against seating him to permit him to take the oath of office,” was Senator Mc- Nary's comment. Sentiment Too Strong. Senator Harrlson of Mississippi, Democrat, said, too, that he believed Col. Smith would not be allowed to take the oath of office. Whether the Ashurst resolution would be adopted in its present form or not, Senators McNary and Har rison would not predict, but they be- in the Senate is so strong that he will ted. Indiana, assistant Republican leader, “but in my opinion the Senate will take summary action in his case and without delay.” Senator Watson said that while he would support a motion, in all prob- ability, to allow Col. Smith to take the oath of office, he believed that the Senate would quickly unseat him it he were_allowed to be seated. Senator Watson personally advised Col. Smith two weeks ago net to ac- cept the appointment. The Smith case will lead to consider- able debate and Senate leaders have feared that the injection of this debate would prevent the Senate from com- pleting consideration of all the ‘appro- priation bills by March 4, and thereby force a special seksion of the Seven- tieth Congress next Spring. —— Bell to Visit Home. . Engineer Comnissioner J. Franklin Bell will leave Washington tomorrow night to spend the Christmas holi~ days at his home in Washington, Pa. He plans to return next Monday. Mr: Bell and the Commissioner’s 15-ye: old daughter have come from Paris for the reunion. ! Heroic Rescue of 26 Men on Sinking Ship Effected in Furious Storm by Italians \ bout the | Atlantic on December 17 GENOA, Italy, December 21.—An- ance of the high seas was the Ttalian steam- ng 26 survivors of iian bark Guarneri, the story of a heroic a furious storm in mid- 1,700-ton arrived_with vescue during r messige saying that the ‘neri, carrying 8,000 tons of mar- ble to Rio Janeiro, was in a sinking { condition with her masts gone, was | picked up on the morning of the 17th, | when the Roma whs 150 miles dis! tant from the stricken vessel. The British freighter Virfeld also @n swered the call, but the commander was informed that the situation was {in hand. At noon the Guarneri radioed: “Wa ter mounting. Crew wants to aban- don Advise,” o this appeal the ),"mu rushed a dio message urging the captain of the Guarneri to stand by his ship. At 7 o'clock that evening in a dense fog the Roma sighted a flare on the Guarneri. With the distance between the two ships cut to two miles, Capt. Des, posito of the Roma called for volun. teers and almost the entire crew re. sponded. ‘Thirteen men were select ed, manned a iifeboat, No. 13, and set out over the stormy waters heed- less of superstition. It took nearly thr rescue boat to get Roma because of high winds and a furious se and again the boat was turned. The rescuers made two fu- tile attempts to approach the sinking ship. On the third attempt they suc. ceeded in reaching the ship and tak- ing off the crew after tons of ofl had been poured on. the waters. e hours for the from the to hold a seat in the Senate will be! lieved that sentiment against Smith’| i et Smith can come here if he | oW said Senator Watson, of | i | River for the bodies of 10 men be- lieved missing from among more than twoscore workmen in search of jobs who were drowned yesterday when the launch Linseed King capsized. Thirty bodies have been recovered. Relatives who visited the morgue failed to find at least 10 others they sought. Twenty-seven of more than sixty men who crowded the 42-foot craft ‘in its perilous trip across the river from Ninety-fifth street, New York, to Kdgewater, N. J., were rescued after clinging to ice cakes and the sides of the ship for almost an hour. Captain Is Guarded. Capt. John Rohweider, the 29-year- old skipper of the craft, who swam more than a mile toward the Jersey shore before he was picked up, was under police guard at the Knicker- bocker Hospital today suffering frem expenditures in his primary campaign {shock and exposure and threateried with pneumonia. He was under tech- nical charges of negligence and homi- cide. The other survivors were at vari- ous New York hospitals. All were suffering from exposure. The launch was owned by Spencer Kellogg & Sons, linseed oil manufac- turers. More than 100 men, most of them answering an advertisement, gathered at dawn at the’ company's Manhattan pler for the trip to the plant across the river. Capt. Roh- weider says only 60 men, less than the boat's estimated capacity, crowded aboard for the first trip, but some of the survivors place the figure close to 100. Versions of Accident. Midway across the boat capsized, but just what caused the accident had not been determined today. Capt. TRohweider says the launch struck an ice cake that drove a hole through its but police were unable to find a hole'in the boat. Others said the hoat was shoved on its side by an ice flor and the men rushing to the other side to right her caused her to capsize. More than 25 men were trapped ir the small cabin of the boat. Those on deck leaped overboard and clung to the ice floes and to the ship's side, aithough many, their fingers numbed by the cold, los c grips and slipped beneath the PLAZA HOTELS STAND UNTIL NEXT SESSION| No Move Expected in Congress Now Toward Razing Dormitories at Station. Although the Government probably will complete the taking over of the Union Station plaza property within a few months, with funds already ap- propriated, indications at the Capitol are that legislation to remove the dormitories from the plaza will sion. The Christmas recess of Congre begins tomorrow and when the leg: lators return on January 3 only two months of the session will remain. If, as now seems prohable, a bill to clear the plaza of bulldings is not put through at this session, it is practically certain to be proposed as soon as the next Congress meets, The Government a few days ago made payment for and took posses- sion of part of the plaza, but there are still a few squares in private ownership. The appropriation for their purchase is available, however, and payment will be made for the re: maining parcels as soon as the De- partment of Justice finishes search- ing title. Whenever a s Lill is presented to clear the site of dormitoriés and ther struetures it will include pro- vision for the preparation of a plan for the landscape treatment of the plaza as an extension of the Capitol grounds. L not | be pressed at the present short ses- | Expecting Fighting, Latimer Is Heading Back to Nicaragua . | By the Associated Pross PANAMA, December 21.— pecting further fighting in Nic ragua soon between the forces of the rival conservative and liberal governments, Rear Admiral Julian Latimer has cut short his stay here and is heading back to Nicaraguan waters in his flagship, the U. 8. S. Rochester. In 4 state- ment to the press before leaving he said “I have been in comunication with vessels from Nicaraguan waters since the day I returned. From the reports received I con: cluda that there will he some fight- ing soon, and naturally I want to get back to see it, and to protect American interests. I had intend- ed to stay here until after Christmas. “When T left Nicaragua there had been no fighting on the east coast for a month, the belliger- erents being 20 miles apart.” The admiral added that he ex- pected to reach his destination to- morrow, steaming slowly. Sl Qe P MAN SHOT N RACE WITH LIQUOR AUTO Virginian Seized in Car Car- rying 720 Quarts—Other Arrests Are Made. Police assigned to halt the Yuletide flow of liquor between Maryland and Virginia, by way of Washington, cli maxed their operations early today with a running gun battle that re- sulted in the hooting and capture of Lawton Seaybrook Wade. of Drury's Bluff, Va., and seizure of his car and 720 quarts of liquor. Wade, police say, lost control of his speeding machine when a bullet from a police revolver fractured his left arm. The car crashed into a pillar in front of the Municipal Fish Market. It is thought a companion of Wade escaped after the collision. Racing across South Washington from the Anacostia bridge to the Southwest wharves, the police dry squad, headed by Sergt. George Little and including Pvts. Leo Murray, Wal- ter H. Schultz and R. T. Joiner, sped their car through a blinding smoke- screen until they got close enough to xchange shots. Occupants of the fleeing car, police issert, opened fire first with four shots as the machines neared Water and G streets. The police then fired half a dozen times, puncturing the gasoline tank and finally wounding Wade. A .45-caliber steel jacketed bullet was found in Wade's clothes, police say The wounded man is said to hav boasted that this was the first time in five years that police tave interfered with his alleged liquor activities. He was charged with illegal possession and transportation of intoxicants, operating a smokescreen and driving recklessly. The same police squad a few hours before had arrested Benjamin Leber, 21, and Marion L. both of Richmond, Va., as a sequel to a wild chase between here and Alex- andria late Saturday night. The pa are alleged to have escaped from their pursuers on this occasion by use of a smokescreen. Members of the squad say {recognized the car of Leber as that involved in the former chase, and they reported finding a _detached smoke- screen_in the car. Leber and Carter were held on charges of possessing - {the smokemaking contrivance. KILLED BY OBSESSION. Philanthropist, Believing Wife Dead, Is Asphyxiated by Gas. RICHMOND, Va., December 21 (#). ‘—Archel' G. Jones, Richmond manu- | facturer and philanthropist, was found junconscious in the bathroom of his | residence here this morning and died soon afterward. Members of his fam- ily said he suffered the obsession that his ill wife had died yesterday, and every effort by them and attending i physicians to assure him that Mrs. Jones was still alive were of no avail. He went into the bathroom early they | this morning, they said, fumbled with the gas fixtures and later was found in an unconscious condition, from which he did not recover: . REVISION OF HOUSE ROSTER APPROVED But President Will Not Take Lead in Reapportionment Fight This Session. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Coolidge would not oppose legislation at this session of Congress to bring about a complete reappor- tionment by which the membership of the House of Representatives would be readjusted on a basis of the last decennial census of 1920. y the impression gained by Representative McLeod of Detroit, Mich., ranking Republican member of the House committee on the census, who_conferred with the President at the White House today regarding this legislation. Mr. McLeod said his object in seeing the President at this time was to-obtain the Executive's support to two bills he has introduced deal- ing with reapportionment. Mr. MecLeod said afterward he found the President sympathetic and exceptionally Interested. He repre- sented the President as having given the subject considerable thought and as being especially well versed upon all the details incident to reapportion- ment. But he did not receive a prom- fse from him that he would assume the initlative in attempting to get this proposed legislation through this ses- sion of Congress. Would Keep 435 Members. Under the bill introduced by Mr. McLeod and now before the House census committee, reapportionment would be authorized at once on a basis of 435 members, which is the present size of the House. By keep- ing this number of members, based on, the 1920 census, 9 States would galn members and 11 would lose by the reappointment proposed by Mc- Leod’s measure. . It was pointed out to the President by McLeod that failure of Congress to follow the constitutional mandate for reapportionment every 10 years had operated to deprive several of the commonwealths of the exact repre- sentation in the lower house to which they are justly entitled by virtue of increased population. He showed also that most of the States to gain under his legislation are no mally Republican. Mr. McLeod stated that this party feature is only inci- dental. Some Favor Later Revision. According to Mr. McLeod, the prin- cipal objection offered by members of the House is that it is now too late to reapportion on the basis of the 1920 figures and that it would be far more practical to wait for the 1930 census. Mr. McLeod's visit to the White House regarding this subject at this time is looked upon as an effort on the part of that faction of the census committee favoring reapportionment without delay to defeat the plans of Chairman Fenn and the faction of the committee working for a delay until 1930. This wa CITY 'i'AXES CIGARIETTESH Kansas City Puts 20 Per Cent Levy on Retail Price of Smokes. KANSAS CITY, December 21 (#).— The city council last night voted a 20 per cent tax on the retall cost of cigarettes sold in Kansas City in addi- tion to charging all dealer an annual license fee of $1 to sell them. Passage of the measure, which be- comes effective January 1, was pre- ceded by the adoption of a resolution pledging the council to use the tional revenue derived from the tax to amortize the judgment bonds, in- crease firemen’s salaries and install Court in Confusion As 2 Judges Try to Sit on Same Bench By the Associated Press DENTON, Te: . December Attempts of two judges to occupy the same bench in District Court here have resulted in some confu sion at the bar A. C. Owsley, elected last Novem- ber over Judge W. S. Moore, who was appointed by Gov. Mirlam A. Ferguson, was sworn in Friday following a series of suits on the balloting. Owsley opened court yesterday, entered orders in a sult and left for lunch. During his absence opened court, issued instructions regarding the same case and ad- journed the tribunal until Frid Owsley presently returned and re- sumed busines: Both maintain they will cantinue to function pending settlement of the election dispute, 20— Moore re PAN-AMERICAN AR ARGOSY IS BEGUN Five Army Planes Leave Texas for Trip Through 20 Nations. By the Associated Press. KELLY FIELD, San Antonio, Tex., December 21.—Kissed by wives and mothers, and carrying the henediction of the: Nation, pilots of the Army's | pan-American air argosy departed to da of friendship into the hearts of 20 na tionalities. The reserve plane with Maj. Gen. Mason L. Patrick was the first to get away, taking the air at 10:51 a.m. Maj. Herbert A. Dargue, flight com- mander, followed at 10:52 and the other planes went up at minute inter- vals. The first mile of the many thou- sand mile journey, the path of which desert wastes and over boundless seas, was perhaps an augury of smooth and happy sailing to the journey’s end. The great yellow-winged, bird-like flying machines skimmed along the mile stretch of the field’s concrete runway with what officers called ‘“‘sweet speed.” their glistening bodies giving something of a gleeful adieu to the Texas mud which yesterday held them fast. Take-Off Ts Quick. With Maj. Dargue guiding the great ship New York, the planes glided along the runway and were off in a twinkling, contrasting with the many hours of slow and laborious prepara- tion which made possible this moment of the successful get-away. The other pilots followed quickly. The beak-like prows of their ships carry the names of five American cities to at least 80 sister cities of the Southern -Continent, and the planes’ quivering sides are emblazoned with the American eagle, whose | spreading wings bear his republic’s colors and emblem to the republics of the South. In the New York with Maj. Dargue was Lieut. E. C. Whitehead. The San Antonio was second to take off, with Capt. A. B. McDaniel at the wheel and Lieut. C. McK. Rob- inson in the cockpit with him. The San Atonio skidded off the runway slightly and rose just above the heads of men taking pictures Then followed the other machines at minute interv: (Continued on Page LIBERTY FGND DWINDLES. Philippine Agencies May Forced to End Drive. MANILA, December 21 (P).—It is believed the Philippine Press Bureau Asscciation and the office of the Su- preme National Council here may close as the result of depletion of funds with which to carry on the campaign for independence.” Only 11 000 pesos remain at the disposal of these organizations. Manuel Roxas, speaker of the House of Representat proposes a drive for 360,000 pesos to continue the pub- liclty campaign in the Upited States A meeting soon will be held to deter mine a plan of action. FILIPINOS EYE LEAGUE. Appeal for Recognition and Mem- bership Considered. MANILA, December 21 (#).—The Herald says it has learned that the next insular legislature will be asked to enact a resolution appealing to the League of Natlons for recognition of the Philippine Islands government and admittance to league member- ship, as India and Canada have been recognized and admitted. The Herald says the idea is spon- sored by Resident Commissioner Ga- banldon after having visited Europe. Philippines Report Ready. The report to the President made by Col. Carmia A. Thompson, who made a personal investigation of con- ditions in President, will be forwayded by him to Congress within the next few days. This report is understood to contain a number of recommendations for legislation dealing directly with the Column 4.) Be additional street lights. ‘The tax is expected to yield $250,000 a year. - administration of affairs in the Philip- pine Islands. Revenge on Flirting Engineer Motive By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., December — The Memphis Commercial-Appeal said today that Alfred Busher, had confessed an‘attempt to wreck an Illi- nois Central passenger train because the engineer had flirted with his 15- year-old sweetheart as the train sped| past her home near Hickman, Ky. Busher, an employe on the farm of the girl's fa r, was arrested several days ago, dispatch says. At first he gave name as Joe Tavlor of Cape Giraifleau, Mo., but later he r vealed jtisfidentity o special agents of the railroad and confessed that he had sawed three stringers nearly apart on a bridge over which the en- gineer’s train would run. Busher said he did not think of what might happen to passengers on | the train, but only desired revenge on the engineer. Busher left his place of employment immediately after his act, but the bridge held for three days before the damage was discovered. Radio E(;g‘ra‘ms—f'age 35. . A b from Kelly Field to blaze a trafl| is laid over tortuous mountains, across the Philippines for the | POLICE HUNT FALS 10 FIND MISSING WIFEOF DR. HOUCK But Hushand Is Confident She Is Still Alive—Father Goes Back to Ohio. |STATEMENT SAYS PLAN TO SEPARATE WAS MADE Parting for Brief Time Had Been Proposed to Permit Him to Recuperate. All efforts to locate Mrs. Gladys W. Houck, who disappeared from her Congress Helghts home two days be- fore her husband, Dr. Knutt Houck, | psychiatrist on the staff of St. Eliza beth's Hospital, was found in a dls- tant city, suffering from a mental collapse, had failed completely this afternoon, so far as the police are concerned. In the meantime the missing wom- an’'s father, John Walter, and her brother-in-law, Capt. B. E. Clarke, who rushed here from their home, in Canton, Ohlo, to assist in the search when her absence became known, re- turned suddenly to Canton last night, taking with them Mrs. Houck's 3- year-old son. Mother Also to Leave. A few hours before the two men started back for Canton. they had de- clared their intention of remaining and running down some matters which they felt required explanation. Simul- taneous with these announcements, Mrs. H. K. Houck, Dr. Houck's mother, declared she would remain in Washington only long enough to pro- vide for her son's removal to a pri- vate sanatorium near Baltimore when he is released fro~ custody at Gal- linger Hospital. Dr. Houck was bright and happy this morning after enjoying a night of perfect rest, physicians at Gal- linger Hospital declared. When he was questioned about his wife, hoping that he might remember more detatls of the events that led up to Mrs. Houck's disappearance early last Wednesday morning, the man asserted emphatically that he felt she was alive and would “turn up” eventually. “There are many places she could have gone and been protected by good friends,” Dr. Houck told the physi- cians. “She threatened to commit suicide many times, but she did not mean it. I am confident she did not. She s probably staying with some friends somewhere outside of Wash- ington, refusing to return home."” Replies to Interviewers. Asked if he could explain why she had not taken her little boy, too, par- ticularly in view of her intense love for him, Dr. Houck said ne belisved his wife had left the child behind pur- posely, so that she would have an ex- cuse to return after she had enjoyed a good rest and given him an oppor- tunity of having one. When news- paper men sent a message to Dr. Houck inquiring about his dreams, he shot back the reply: Tell them I dreamed about butter- cups. I'm crazy, you know, or sup- posed to be, anyhow. Incidentally, Dr. Houck's family is- sued a statement this morning point- ing out that both the psychiatrist and his wife were in a highly nervous con- dition and had planned separating for a brief time, so that Dr. Houck could g0 away and rest. They denied, too, that Dr. Houck had ever struck his wife hard or that the y ad had domestic difficulties. Dr. Houck became confused with each repetition of his story of the tragedy, upon his return from Hor- nell, N. Y., yesterday. He told news- that he had “beat up” Later on he assured his |mother, she asserted, that he had “only slapped” Mrs. Houck. To po- lice, he admitted that there had been a fight. When they asked Houck to |lead them wheré he thought his wife might be, the physician replied: | “That's a_thousht! Let me sce! I | believe she's under the bed.” 1 | paper men | his_wife. Bent Spectacles Explained. he police declared that Dr. Houck | talked disconnectedly about his wife having regarded him as a “weakling,” t she tholxr intellect was superior only when he wore his | glasses. That accounted, he admit- | ted, for the bent spectacles that were found with Mrs. Houck's torn cloth- ing after the physician had disap- peared. He hated the spectacles be- | cause of that and had destroyed them | himself. H Houck, the doctor's mother, | said she was convinced some time ago that both her son and daughter-in-law | were bound for a collapse mentally. | A physician herself, Mrs. Houck rec- | ognized symptoms, particularly in |the wife, which convinced her that | her psychiatric studies were under- | mining her entire nervous system and | bringing her rapidly to the brink of a | breakdown. iladys loved me and confided in me,” Mrs. Houck said. “She adored her husband so Intensely that she was {always attacked by the fear that she | might lose him. She believed he was | so_intellectually superior to her that her only hope of keeping his love was | to reach an intellectual level equal to | his. So she began studying psychiatry { with him, and she did not have the capacity to overcome the problems it brought to her mind.” Determined to Study. “I saw it coming. T pleaded with her. I tried to make her understand that her place was to keep a good home and to bring up her child prop- and help her husband In the ways a good wife can be of such in- estimable help. She was possessed with the belief, however, that nothing ‘would do but for her to become a stu- dent of psychiatry. She could not be dissuaded.” . The story of Mrs. Houck's own troubie was confirmed by other per- sons at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. They added, however, that her troubles were caused paitly by her growing knowledge that her husband was los- mind. That, they said, ex- her frequent visits to Dr. . Graven, a_prominent mem- hospital staff. A close friend of Dr. Houck's, he advised Mr=. Houck on various phases of her hus- band's conditio. Faced with this tangle of {(Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) 4&,