Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Fair tonight and tomorrow; colder tonight. Temperature—Highest, vesterday; lowest, 54, at 9 am. Full report on ¥ Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, co tered s Wa Bureau Forecast.) 78, at 3:30 page 8. ge 14 nd class matter shington, D. C. b WASHINGTO ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o, MONDAY, e, MARCH 14, 1927—-FORTY ny Star. TWO PAGES. * The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news lation, 102,468 atio 1 2! TWO CENTS. "NELLOGG PONDERS EFFECT OF HAITIS EXCLUSION OF KING . Fear Felt in Some Quarters . That Other Senators May Be “Blacklisted.” UTAHAR IS ON WAY ; T0 SANTO DOMINGO| Hopes to Enter Haiti Later—Ac- tion Recalls That of U. S. in Saklatrala Case. clugion of Senator ing of Utah Haitl " and the consequenc from the somewhat barassing position in which the State Drepartment finds as a result pre- gented an immediate problem for Sec- retary of State Kellogg today { Hannibal Price, the Minister here. | yneanwhile having announced that the Haitian government would not ermit Senator William H. King of | Utah to land in that country, now considers the case closed so far as he is concerned. May Not Bar Others. He has mad gagement to con- fer with Kellogg and the . Haitian legation here said any further discuss ibject would haye €0 be handled hy the American Gov- ernment, probably through the Ameri- xan commissioner in Haiti icials do om not expect to those taken Senator King to be made ve against others, including Senator Shipstead of Minnesota, who have expressed a desire to visit the island republic “Muzzle” Is Suggested. In one quarter today, it was sug- gested that the Senator might be ‘muzzled” officially so that he could make no public utterances, if allowed to enter the little republic. Fear , that Senator King might stir up revolutionary feelings by possible ut- terances was one of the reasons why he is being barred. At the State Department there was ®ome apprehension that other Sena. fors might be put on the “black list’ y Latin American countries if they rsist in going on personal tours of nvestigation this Summer. Senator Henrik Shipstead, Farmer - Laborite, of Minnesota, and a member of the foreign relations committee, has ex- pressed indignation over the refusal to allow Senator King to visit Haitl. He is said to regard it as a “direct #ffront” to the Senate committee. Senator Shipstead was due to_ar- rive in Port-au-Prince Sunday, but it was not learned today whether he had been permitted to land. In view of the refusal of the Senate to give Sen- ator Borah's committee the right to go 1o Nicaragua and Mexico this Sum- mer to investigate affairs for them- selves, the fear was expressed that in- dividual Senators might seek to con duct investigations “on their own." There was always a possibility, it was inted out, that some Senator might denied admission to a country, as in the case of Senator Kimg. This would result in further embarrassment for the State Department. Has Exclusion Right. The right of a government to ex- clude foreigners is a recognized priv- flege under international law. The fact, however, that the United States assumes a protectorate over Haiti puts this Government in a somewhat different situation. But the right of Haiti to exclude any foreigner who is , classed as an ‘“undesirable” is not ! @enied here. | Last year the State Department took the same position with reference to Sharpurji " the British Parlinment, and refused to grant him a visa to the passport to visit here on the ground that he was an “undesirable.” It was held that his speeches were “inflammatory and | revolutionizing” and for that reason | he was refused admission to attend the Interparliamentary Union sessions in Washington. The power of the United States to exclude foreigners, whenever in its Judgment the public interests require | it, has been upheld by the United States Supreme- Court in various in- Btanc notably in the Chinese ex: clusion case in 1889. On the other| hand, it is an accepted principle of | international law, that every foreign pation has power, “as inherent as| sovereignty ent self-gov- rnment” to exclude foreigners upon such conditions as it sees fit. _In view of this recognized principle, | (Continued on 2, Column ‘:v)— 1 i GIRL BURNS TO DEATH: BOOTLEGGERS BLAMED By the Associated Pross LIGONIER, Pa., March 14.—A girl | was burned to death and three other members of the family were injured | when fire, beNeved to havg been start- | €d by bootleggers, destroyed the home | of George Wilson, justice of the peac and five other buildings in the mining village of Wilpen, near here, today. s was estimated at $100,000. In fon showed that the blaze was under the porch of the Wilson and State offic ze Wilson, 13, was burned to r and were burned and oth and were removed Wilkon, active in enforcing the pro- hibition laws, was not at home when the fire was discovered fnjured, pital Beginning in Today's Star “The Gray Phantom’ Romance” A thrilling tale of the re- markable adventures of an unusual hero On Page 29 of Today’s Star. { Branson are | For the second timé in three weeks member of the Pierce schoolboy traf- fic patrol at Fourteenth street nd Maryland avenue northeast, was in- jured today in a freak accident while engaged in his duties of helping class- mates across the busy intersection in front of the school. By a remarkable coincidence, both accidents occurred at the same hour on Monday morning and involved a combination of wet streets and col- liding automobiles, and in both the victims were standing at the place om the curbing. were pinned Inst the same lamppost by a mp chine knocked out of control, and re ceived virtually the s juries to the left le First Victim in Hospital. The sualty' today George 13 years old, son of Harry W. Langford, of 610 Four teenth street northeast, an employe the Washington Terminal The tim three weeks ago tod: Bass of 1351 H street n is still under treatment at Casualty Hospital in a room adjoining that in which his brother patrolman is re- covering. Traffic Policeman John Sirola, who was on duty at the same corner when the Bass boy was struck, was in the center of the intersection this morn- ing when the collision occurred. He SECOND SCHOOL BOY TRAFFIC ' PATROL HURT IN AUTO CRASH Pierce Grade Pupili Victim of Accident para]leling One Three Weeks Ago. Driver of Car Arrested. ranklin Smith rtment elec 9 Bunker H ., and charged and with to stop. Smith 0. 9 precinct years trician, road, disregarding his sign: made arrangements for release on bond, which it was understood would be about $1,000. Auto Badly Damaged. Smith’s a coupe, was badly damaged, and a truck owned by James B. Simpson, 1481 South Carolina ave nue southeast, and driven by Richar colored, 26, of 635 Pic k swung com round by the impact and in ed. According to Policeman S otk yewitnes the offic standing with arms extended for north traffic to proceed, and the ceeding north on Fourteenth t, was crossing Ma with the flow of traffi |ing the coupe west on M. nue, ran past the officer’'s and’ collided with the truck ne northeast corner of the intersection The latter explained that he did not see the officer at all. The_collision, which took place at 8:50 o'clock, hurled the truck around 0 that it faced in the opposite direc- tion, while the coupe skidded to the curbing at the northwest corner, mounted the curb on its front wheels (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) REDS STIR CHINESE TOASSASSINATIONS Posters Appear in Shanghai Urging Workers to Rise and Seize Power. By the Associated Press. Activity in China today was mostly on the political front. There were heavy rains and little fighting around Shanghai, which the Nationalists are trying to capture. Advices from Hankow, the present Nationalist capital, say a truce has been declared in the party's internal dispute. But the fundamental dis- pute between the extremists, backed by Russian influence in the Kuomi- tang, or political organization of the Nationalists, and the moderate branch, headed by Generalissimo Chang Kai- shek, remains unsolved. Chang Likely to Refuse. Tt is also uncertain whether Chang Kai-Shek will accept the terms of the truce, because it would subordinate him to a national military council. A definite breach between the military and political branches of the Nation- alists might check their military triumphs or cause the whole move- ment to collapse. Russia may recognize the Hankow government shortly, it was reported in Moscow. Simon Oraloff of the Soviet foreign office is preparing to leave for Hankow as unofficial repre- sentative, but may become perma- nent_envoy. Labor unrest continues at Shang- hai with Red agitators active. Posters are appearing, urging the workers to rise and seize power, also approving the assassination of loyal workers. The foreman of a Japanese cotton mill was assassinated yesterday. The Cantonese (Nationalist) govern- ment is dismissing foreign commis- sioners of the postal administration, said State Department advices today, and replacing them with Chinese taken from outside the postal service itself. Abolished After Parley. The postal administration s similar to the customs administration set up by the Peking government,,and op- erated through the assistance of for- elgn commissioners employed by the Chinese government. Foreign post offices in China, including the United States Post Office, were abolished soon after the Washington Conference agreements as to China, but person- | 'nel of the foreign offices was taken Over by the Chinese postal adminis- B s said also that the Cantonese 2 emanded that surplus postal ?Sgdsdin the Chinese area under its control be turned over to the Nation- alist government. They have hereto- fore been subject to the orders of the Peking government. TRUCE 1S REPORTED. However, I§ Said to Have Refused Terms. SHANGHAIL, March 14 ). has been declared in the internal fight in the Kuomintang, or Cantonese Re- publican_ revolutionary party, ) at the con which is still in session at Hankow. The fundamental divergencies be- tween the Moderates, headed by the | Cantonese Generalissimo General | Chang Kai-Shek, and the left-wingers, however, have not been eliminated. It 1 uncertain whether Chang, who | remained at Hanchang and refused to | httend the conference, will accept the | fruce terms, which are tantamount to a setback for him. " Ther Ko a0 doubt whether the present relations between the political {And military branches of the Can- | forese will permit continuation of the | recent triumphs in the field or bring Chang, A truce Virginia Marine Is Found Slain In Chinese River By ths A-sociated Press. SHANGHAT, China, March 14— The body of Sergt. James B. Mon- tague, United States Marine Corps, was found today in the Wrangpoo River. The police believe he was murdered and are working on that theory. Sergt. Montague served in Marines for many years. He was a native of Virginia and arrived with the forces sent from San Diego on the transport Chau- mont, the SAPIRO OVERRULED AS 0 RACE ISSUE Court Rejects Plea Involving| Appellation of Jew in' Ford Libel Suit. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 14—A request by counsel for Aaron Sapiro to be per- mitted to inject a new paragraph in Sapiro’s declaration in his $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford was denied by Judge Fred M. Raymond in United States District Court here today. William Henry Gallagher, counsel for Sapiro, said the new paragraph set forth that, because of previous publications of the Dearborn Inde- pendent, the term “Jew,” as used in 20 articles alleged to contain libel, wag a term of scorn. Judge Ray- mond held the paragraph brought no new charge of libel but was intended to widen the scope of evidence which would be admitted. Counsel for Mr. Ford objected strenuously to the inclusion of the paragraph, saying it would change the whole issue of the case. Mr. Gallagher argued the paragraph added to the declaration but was only an interpretation. To this Stewart Hanley of Ford counsel replied there was no question in the case of a Jewish conspiracy, but that the issue was Mr, Sapiro and his activities. No Reflection, Reed Says. . “If Mr, Gallagher's motion is grant- ed we would have to ask for a long continuance to study the matter,” sald Senator James A. Reed of Mis souri, heading the Ford “We admit we said Mr. Sapiro was a Jew, but we contend it was no reflec- tion on him to call him a Jew. We are not attacking the Jewish race.” Mr. Gallagher replied that in the s in the Dearborn Independent Sapiro was referred to as a ber of “organized Jewnr: and ‘organized international Jewry." Judge Raymond in his ruling said: “The libels charged do refer to a Jewish conspiracy—I'll take that back—they do not refer to a Jew: conspiracy in so many words, but as explained in the inuendoes they do refer to a Jewish conspiracy. I don't think the plaintifi's right will be jeopardized so far as the scope of proof is concerned by mnot allowing them to amend.” Suit Begins Tomorrow. In the suit, to begin tomorrow, Sapiro charges Ford and the Dearborn dependent libelled him in a series of articles that charged a Jewish con- i to control farmers' co-operative organizations for his private gain Whether Mr. Ford wi sonally In the suit is di appear per- puted by at “(Continued on Page 4, Column | “(Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) = = | | S enator Greene, Shot in Liquor Battle, Returns $7.500 Vf’tf'-‘} fQ:Medical Aid Holding that it would be imprope! for the people to hear the expense for his “personal misfortune,” Senator ‘m‘« ne ‘of Vermont has returned to the Government $7,500 voted him for medical expen after he had been 1.\hvv| on Pennsylvania avenue on Feb- | ruary 15, 1 in a battle between | bootleggers and prohibition agents. companied by Mrs. Greene, the Senator was walking on Pennsylvania enue near John Marshall place en route to the Driscoll Hotel, where he lived, when a bullet wd by Enforce- nent Officer Fisher at a fleeing car- load of hootleggers struck kim above the left eye. For many weeks he was incapaci tated and the money for his medical expenses allowed in a resolutioy introduced by the late Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. In returning the money Senator Greene took the position that it would be improper for the people to have to bear the expense for what he terms his own personal misfortune, It was at first feared that the wound would be fatal, and he has not recovered en tirely from its effects, counsel. | In-| VARE WON ON WET 1SSUE, NOT SLUSH. DECLARES MACKEY Fires Opening Gun in Fight to Seat Senator-Elect at Next Congress. CHARGES MADE BY REED ‘COMMITTEE ALL DENIED Contests of Rivals in Pennsyl- vania Race Attacked by Campaign Manager. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. 'he wet issue, not a slush fund, won the Republican senatorial nomi- nation for William §. Vare, Senator- elect from Pennsylvania, Harry A. Mackey, campaign manager, declares in a statement issued toda The Mackey statement, a lengthy brief, is the opening gun in the fight which is to be made to have Mr. Vare seated in the Senate next December, despite the report of the Reed slush fund committee. Mr. Mackey denies categorically the charges made by the Reed committee against Vare. Mr. Mackey was chairman of the so- alled Vare-Beidleman coalition ticket. | He places at $649,806 the total amount raised for this ticket. He insists this money was expended, not alone for Mr. Vare's candidacy, but in the inter- sts of 5,000 candidates, national, State and county, included in this coalition ticket. $71,4 ,435 for Letter Writing. “Mr. Vare's letter-writing paign,” says Mr. Mackey, ‘‘cost 435.80, which is the sum total amount that can be honestly charged as the cost of his personal campaign.” In this contention, Mr. Mackey takes a view very different from tha of members of the Reed committee. The statement, which was sent out on behalf of Mr. Vare, may be de- signed to influence not only the mem- bers of the Senate who must pass upon Mr. Vare's right to be seated, but also the voters of Pennsylvania. Should Mr. Vare be denied a seat, cam- $71,: he will seek another nomination for the Senate. The Pennsylvania primaries place April 25 next year. At that time Senator David Reed also must make his race for renomination. if a decision in the Vare matter should seat the senator-elect, or if the decision should be postponed until it is too late for Mr. Vare to file for the April primaries, a different situation would be presented. Formal notice of candidacy under the Pennsylvania law must be filed 40 days prior to the date of the primary, or in this case not later than thé iniddle of March. Mr. Mackey, in his defense of Mr. Vare, attacks vigorously the cam- paigns waged by Vare's two opponents in the race for the nomination, former Senator George Wharton Pepper and former Gov. Gifford Pinchot. Pepper Vixpenses Cited. “The best answer to the assertion {that money obtained the nomination is the fact that Senator Pepper was defeated, although his campaign cost three times as much as the campaign of Mr. Vare," says Mr. Mackey. Mr. Mackey charged also that Mr. Pepper had straddled the prohibition issue, while Mr. Vare had declared unequivocally for modification of the Volstead act. “Gov. Pinchot was a dry,’ says Mr. Mackey. “The attitude of Senator Pepper was not made very clear dur- ing the campaign. He issued a state- ment placing himself in the Volstead group, but in various sections of the State his supporters put forth the in- formation that advocates of modifica- tion had nothing to fear from him. “Mr. Pinchot has a great personal forfune. His family is extremely wealthy. The fight of 1922 showed that Gov. Pinchot was willing | spend large sums of money to grat |ty his ambitions."” | Mr. Mackey also charges that Gov, | Pinchot had built up a large political organization through the use of State patronage during his tenure of office. The announcement of the candidacy of Mr. Vare, Mr. Mackey says, was followed by a conspiracy of silence against Vare in most of the Pennsyl- vania newspapers, which were favor- ing Pepper or Pinchot. He insists | that it was necessary to expend large |sums, therefore, to reach the vote by means of letfer writing, newspaper paid advertising, bill boards and the | radio. | He also refers to the fact that Sec- retary of the Treasury Mellon, Joseph | R. Grundy, president of the Pennsyl- inia Manufacturers’ Association, and (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) take 1 | | i | JAPAN DENIES BUYING i PLANES IN FRANCE a‘ | War Office Says No Aircraft Have Been Purchased From Re- public in Seven Years. { | | | BY J. RUSSELL KENNEDY. The, Star_and, Chicaxo Daily I Radio _to i News. Copyright, | TOKIO, March 14.—“We have not pought a flying machine from France | for the last seven years and none are | under contract.” | The above reply was given when a Japanese war office official was «inter- | viewed regarding news cables from | New York stating that Japan had | ordered from France 172 4 | cluding bombers, at a to $7,000,000. | *The’ war office asserts that the air- | ship_industry in Japan has reached a stage where it is unnecessary to | order planes from France or any other | countr: The correspondent understands, however, that airplanes and bombers are regarded by Japan as most im- portant in precautions against emer. zencies in China, where good roads are lacking and there are no other means of quickly reaching the in- terior. Consequently Japanese au- thorities have recently vastly in- creased their activities in regard to air armaments Radio i’;ogrwns—Page 12 ! | | 1 FOR o INCOME TA fi& RETURN HREE MORE BANKS LOSED IN FLORIDA Palm Beach Institutions Fail to Open, While Fourth Staves Off Run. By the Ass: A Press. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,, March some of his friends confidently predict | 14.—Three Palm Beach County ban! failed to open their doors today, while another local financial institution sought to stave off a severe run. The Farmers Bank and Trust Co. of West Palm Beach, one of the largest banks in this section, failed to open after a midnight announcement by T. T. Reese, its president, that the closing of) two local banks and a Palm Beach bank last Tuesday ghad precipitated the action. Others Fail to Open. Simultaneously the First National Bank of Lake Worth and the Ocean City Bank of Delray did not open for business this morning. No reason for their separate actions were made pub- Jie. T.C. Hawkins, State bank exam- iner, immediately assumed charge of the Délray institutoin. The closing at Lake Worth left that city without a bank. The Delray Bank was capitalized at $25,000, with deposits aggregating $1,699,850, while the Lake Worth Bank had a_capital of $100,000 and deposits of $2,622,690, both in their last statements published in July, 1926. A'long line of men and women braved a pelting intermittent rain here this morning in a determined run on the Citizens' Bank of West Palm Beach. A sizeable crowd started form- ing an hour before its usual opening time, and was augmented with the re. ports that the Farmers’ Bank had not opened. Depositors Brave Rain. The line stretched solidly almost a block on Clematis street and on Nar- cissus street a half block. Mild ex- citement prevailed, while friends of the bank sought to talk with each person in line in an attempt to in- fluence all agalnst withdrawal of funds. ¥ The line remained intact, although a hard shower dispersed curious crowds which threatened at times to jam traffic at this intersection. Reports were circulated that an ar- mored truck was speeding here with substantial financial aid from Miami banl U. S. Officials Unalarmed. Treasury officials are not worried over the national banking situation in Florida, but characterized the con- dition 6f the national banks there as “generally good.” The closed First National Bank of Lake Worth, Fla.,, was considered the first important national banking insti- tution in the State to suspend oper- ations. Lee H. Northcott, national bank ex- aminer for Florida, is in charge of the national bank situation in Florida. India Train Wreck Kills Nine. CALCUTTA, India, March 14 (®.— Nine persons were killed and 20 in- jured last night when the Calcutta- Madras mail train collided with a freight train. The accident occurred at Bhadrak station, 180 miles from Calcutta. Ban on Trousers Cause of Student Riot in Philippines By the Associated Press. MANILA, March 14.—Tnvestiga- tors for Gov. Gen. Wood who were sent to Baguio recently to determine the cause of a riot among students reported today that the trouble was the outcome of a disagreement over men’s fashions. During the riot James A. Wright, principal of the Trinidad Farm School at Bagulo, was tied to a post by 130 angry students and a lively mixup followed when some of Wright's friends interfered to rescue him. The investigators declared the up- rising came as the result of Wright's order that students must wear gee- strings instead of trousers while working in the fields. DIAZENDS PROBE OF GERMAN “PLOT" Vice Consul in Nicaragua Ex- plains Alleged Activities Satisfactorily. By the Associated Press. ‘ MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 14.— Guillermo Huper, German vice consul at Matagalpa, who is the son-inlaw of Senator Leopoldo Salazar, has explain- ed satisfactorily to President Diaz of the Conservative government charges that he was using his influence to agitate anti-American and anti-Diaz feeling in the country and also that he was aiding the Liberals. Huper accepted an invitation from | President Diaz to come to Managua to explain the charges, which included one that he was aiding sympathizerg with the Liberals to organize a new city government in Matagalpa on February 13, when the Liberals tem- porarily took the city after the Con- servative retreat. Huper also was accused of helping, by giving him liquor, to Incapacitate the Conserva- tive Gen. Rey when Reyes was ordered to attack the Liberals last week. Still other charges included communicating with the Liberals and hiding fugitive Liberals and their property in his home under the Ger- man flag. Charges Not Confirmed. The charges against Huper were unofficial and have not been confirmed. There is common tal among the Con- servatives that many Germans are against the Diaz government and also are opposed to the attitude of the United States in Nicaragua. While in Managua Huper called at the Amer- ican - legation and denied the allega- tions of anti-American feeling against him. As proof of his statement that he is not anti-American, Huper said he was alding the American Marines at Matagalpa in every way possible. Little military activity has taken place in Nicaragua during the past week, although a considerable amount of banditry is reported from the in- terior. An airplane tour over the Boaco region revealed no concentrations of cansiderable numbers of Liberal troops. Can Man Travel at 200 Miles An Hour on Land and Live? Maj. H . O. D. Segrave, American-born English motor race driver, who will attempt this feat next week in the most powerful automobile ever built, discusses the tremen- dous obstacles and dangers facing the man who attempts to discover the limit of land speed in a series of five articles, publication of which will begin tomorrow in The Evening Star. An especially built automobile, costing $100,000, capable of developing 1,000 horsepower at 2200 revolutions per minute from two 12-cylinder engines, will be driven by Maj. Segrave in his daring experiment on the Florida East Coast In his articles Maj. Seagrave goes into detail in describing the car, a “freak” to the average man, but designed after long and searching scientific study. Don't fail to follow the conception, development and trials of Maj. Segraves’ famous “Mystery Car,” a modern automotive monster, beginning tomorrow in The Evening Sta; ‘RED-LIGHT BANDIT" CAPTURED IN FIGAT Man Admits Robbing Four’ Autoists—*“Gun” Found | to Be Iron Rod. The “red-light bandit,” Washing- ton's latest type of hold-up man, who preyed upon automobilists as they halted their cars along Massachusetts avenue to await the green traffic light signai ta proceed, was arrested shortly after 10 o'clock this morning at Seven- teenth street and Massachusetts ave nue by Henry M. Jett, headquarters detective, and Jacob Wolfe, police chauffeur. Jett and Wolfe were cruising in the police car when at Seventeenth street and Massachusetts avenue they saw a colored man answering the deseription furnished by the bandit's victims. ‘When Jett approached him, the man thrust hi# Hands in his pockets and backed away, waving his pocketed _hand menacingly as he warned: “Look out now! Look out mow!” Disregards Man's Warning. The detective, however, disregarded the warning and closed in with the man. In the encounter Jett's hand was cut slightly. The struggle was ended when Wolfe quit the police car and knocked the alleged bandit to the sidewalk. A hasty search of the prisoner's pockets revealed a short length of iron which he used as a gun to thrust against the ribs of his victims and with which he menaced the detec- tive and an open pocketknife. At police headquarters the prisoner identified himself as James Steel, 24. He said he came here from Camble- town, Fla., three weeks ago aboard a | freight train and that since that time he has slept in poolrooms. vacant houses and hallways. He confessed to being the man who has robbed four men within the last week. Held on Four Counts. Steel was charged with highway robbery on four separate counts, Although he worked as a “red-light bandit” for a week, Steel's highest loot was $8 in money and minor jew- elry. A The last victim was Capt. Willlam R. White, U. S. A, of the Cairo Apartments. He was held up at| Seventeenth street and Massachusetts | avenue last night as he awaited the | green traffic light. The negro boarded his car and jammed what the sofficer thought was a pistol against his side. Capt. White put up a fight, however, in which his hand was slightly cut. Threatened by the supposed revolver, however, White drove to the vicinity | of Fifth and T streets, where the bandit robbed him of $6. Victims Drove Past Police. i John T. Shanley, 3808 T street, had | an almost identical experience Satur- day night, but the robber obtained | White, his car was boarded at Seven. | teenth street and Massachusetts a: nue, and the actual robbery took place at Sixth and T streets. Chester M. Wright of the Pan- American Federation of Labor, the first victim of the bandit, was robbed of cash and jewelry and David Lut trell, another victim, was robbed of $8. In each case the victim w quired to drive through busy streets and at least two of them passed police men, but were afraid to make any | 1 outery because of the supposed “pistol” pressed against their ribs. e PLEA MADE FOR M'CRAY. Indiana Officials Ask Executive Clemency for Ex-Governor. By the Associated Press. Another plea for executive ency to Warren W. McCray, former | Governor of Indiana, now in Atlanta | Penitentiary, was presented to Presi dent_Coolidge today by Representa-| tive Wood, Republican, Indiana. | The petition was signed by all mem- | bers of the Indiana Senate, 92 mem- bers of the Indiana House of Repre- sentatives and by the governor, and lieutenant governor. Mr. Wood' said the President held out some hope for action in McCray's case. | The Indiana governor was sentenced | to a 10-year term on a charge of | using the mails to defraud. He would be eligible for parole Augusf 1. | clem- | Supreme Court to Recess. After delivering opinions, entering orders and receiving motions next Monday the Supreme Court will recess to April 11, L] only 50 cents from him. Like Capt. | 'ROBERTS UPHOLDS RICHT OF SENATORS T0 SWEAR SINCLAIR Denies Defense Grounds for Stating 0il Magnate Was Not Under Oath. JURY UNLIKELY TO GET CASE UNTIL WEDNESDAY for Accused Continues Argument in Morning—Case Adjourned Until Tomorrow. Counsel After hearing arguments from both sides on the motion of the defense in the contempt trial of Harry F. Sinclair for the court to instruct the jury to bring in a verdict of mnot guilty, Justi William Hitz ad- Jjourned the sion this afternoon until tomorrow at 11 o'clock, at which time he probably wiil dispose of the defen request Should the court grant the motion, the case will come to an end at that point, but if he denies it, the pro- ceedings will continue for at least two more days before the jury will be given the matter to decide. Rising to address the court for the first time since the trial opened, Owen J. Roberts, special Government pre: cutor and who, with his colleague, Atlee Pomerene, has been sitting in on the case, told the court this after- noon that the defense had no grounds for stating that Sinelair was not under oath before the Senate oil com- mittee, as had been claimed by his attorn t the morning session, and that the committee did have power to summon him, although the defense had held to the contrary. Hits Defense Arguments. One of the principal points of the defense argument at the morning session was that one of three Senate resolutions, under which the oil com- mittee functioned, alone granted powers to compel the attendance of witnesses. One resolution authorized the committee to investigate into the matter of oil leases and reserves and this bore the Senate number 2 Another, numbered 294, gave the committee authority to subpoena and both were adopted in the Sixty-seventh Congress, In the Sixty-eighth Congress an- other resolution, No. 147, was passed extending the authority to that Con- gress of the resolutions 282 and * X The latter number was an error and should have read “294." Taking advantage of this error, the defense maintained that 294 was not continued and therefor the authority granted in it was not extended to the committee, Mr. Roberts, ignoring the resolution no matter which way it was numbered, declared that the one numbered 282, calling for an investigation into the entire matter of leases and oil re- serves, was sufficient authority for the committee to act. Under Oath, He Says. He further declared that the Re- vised Statutes confer upon the chair- man of any congressional committee the power to administer caths In any case under their examination. He then pointed to the printed testimony of Martin W. Littleton, counsel for Sinclair in this case, and also befre the committee_on March 22, 1924, at the time the New York oil magnate appeared, in which Littleton said his client was under oath. *“He was un- der oath,” Roberts stated, “and the stand in every sense of the word."” Justice Hitz called for the numbers and dates of the various resolutions brought up by the defense in its arguments and requested they be put n_writing for his consideration. When the luncheon recess was called by Justice William Hitz, the de- fense still arguing and the court invited more arguments this after- noon from Pomerene and Roberts. Oath Ts Questioned. The principal points raised by George P. Hoover and Martin W. Li tleton, counsel for Sinclair, in sup- port of their motion for a diracted verdict, were: No evidence has been presented by the Government that Sinclair was SWorn as a witness before the Senate committee on public lands and sur- veys, popularly known as the oil com- mittee, and therefore he was mot @ ‘witness, The committee was without power Iminister oath or summon wit- s on March 1924, as this power had been granted in 1922 to a previous Congress, and there had bees no authority granted in the succeed- ing 1Ffl‘:imiun to compe! witnesses (o at- tend. On March the committee was functioning under a resolution author- izing an inquiry into the rights and equities of the United States in the Naval oil lease and to determine where legislation was necessary. The committee did not adopt the questions propounded to Sinelair which he refused to answer and for which he was cited for contempt of the Senate, and the committee did not direct that he answer them. There is no evidence by the Gov- ernment that any question asked Sin- clair was pertinent to the matter | under incuiry before the copmittee Pertinex Is Disputed. If the court holds that pertlnency is a_matter of law to be determined by the court without 'being submitted to the jury. Sinclair is entitled to the benefit of the doctrine of presumption of innocence and reasonable doubt There was no willful refusal by Sin- clair to produce books, as charged in the indictment, as the subpoena called only for his presence and nothing eise. Sinclair never was summoned legal to appear, as the sergeantatarms was directed to serve and make a return of the subpoena, whereas the Government shows that a United shal of the southern dis- trict of New York made a return. Allowing the remainder of today's session to be devoted to arguments on hoth sides on the motion, it ap- peared likely that the case would ne be given to the jury before Wedn In the event the motion is inted the trial will end abruptly, t if denied some testimony and evi- dence offered by the defense at the last session probably would have to be repeated for the jury. Much stress was laild by Hoover, who delivered the principal argument, and Littleton on the alleged lack of power by the oil committee to compel e attendance of witnesses and ad- minister oaths. Hoover said that the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. & bu