Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1927, Page 1

W (U. 8. Weather Fair tonight; minimum 34 degrees; tomorr Temperature—H vesterday; lowest, Full report on y oS temperature tonight THER. Bureau Forecast.) ibly light frost; about rmer. ighest, 54, at 5 p.m. 34, 6 a.m. today. bage 9 row cloudy, wa *Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 1 z ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION e Foening Star. The only ev service. ening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news s Circul Saturday’s Circulation, 101 95 ation, 112,700 Entered as secc 905 ): post office, Wa 30 ond _class matter ashington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D; 0., MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1927— HIRTY IX PAGES. (#) Means TWO CENTS. RS DEMAND N0 » U. S., England, France, Italy and Japan Ask Apology for Nanking Incident. WARNING TO CANTONESE | CONTAINED IN PROTEST Punishment and Full Reparation for All Injuries and Dam- age Insisted Upon. By the Associated Pr SHANGHAI April 11.—The consul | generals of the United States, Great Britain, France, Japan and Italy to- day presented a note to the Cantonese | contalning three demands in conse- | que! of the anti-foreign rioting at | Nanking of March 24, The demands, as given out by the Chinese authorities, are: First—Punishment of the command- ers and troops responsible for the killing and wounding of foreigners, for the indignities to which others were subjected and for the material damage done. Second—A written apology from the commander-in-chiet of the Cantonese armies and a formal promise to mbstain from violence against foreign- ers and interests. ' Third—Full reparation Juries and damages. Protest Contal Warning. TUnless the Cantonese prove their in- tention to comply without delay, the powers warned that they would be compelled to take such steps as they considered necessary. The protest. in the form of identic notes, was delivered 1o representa- tives of the Cantonese government at the foreign affairs bureau outside the international settlement at 3| o'clock this afternoon. |~ The protest was formally delivered to Gen. Pel Tsung-Hsi, commander of the eastern division of the Cantonese army, acting for Gen. Chang Kai- Shek, Cantonese commander-in-chief. who is at present in Nanking. It was likewise delivered to Kugene Chen. Cantonese foreign minister, at Han- kow. Delivery of the protest to Gen, Pei was made by Sir Sidney Barton, Brit- ish consul general, as dean of the con- sular corps, acting as the spokesman for the American, French, Japanese and Italian consul generals. Gen. Pei Silent on Note. Gen. Pei declined to discuss the mote officially, saying it ‘would be for- warded forthwith to Gen. Chang and t0 Quo Tai-Chi, commissioner of for- eign affairs for the Sharighai district. He remarked, however, that it fails 1o suggest the means by which guilt ‘would be fixed. He suggested that the Cantonese might broach the suggestion to the powers that a joint committee make a thorough study of the affair to de- stermine who was guilty and the na- ture of the punishment necessary. He said he was not speaking offi- cially, as the reply to the note would be made from Hankow by Foreign Minister Chen. Hankow Denfenses Ready. A radio message from Hankow to- day sald that the American consul, Frank P. Lockhart, had chartered a steamer which was moored offshore as a residence for Americans remain- ing at Hankow. Approximately 85 Americans intend to stay at Hankow, unless further incidents necessitate their evacuation. One wireless message from Han- kow, under date of April §, said the Japanese were then placing strong defenses about the concessions and mobilizing their volunteers. Another s said that two steamers, convoved by a Japanese destroyer, had left Han- kow with 300 additional Japanese refugees, who intended to sail for Japan from Shanghai, Japanese and French have evacu- ated the districts above Hankow, and the Americans remaining up the river have left Ichang and Changsha. Wuhu was evacuated by the Japanese on Thursday. A serious situation, steadily grow- ing worse, was described in Japanese reports from Soochow, on the Grand Canal, about 50 miles west of Shang- hai. Coolies and police surrounded the Japanese consulate and bu: premises, preventing the of 34 men and 10 women Shangh: She for the in- b Is Reassured. In itself, the inte mettlement felt reassured by v parative quiet of the past There was a sense cur the foreigners throv zation that for the protection of foreign lives and interests the greatest international naval concentration ever seen in the rient had ought together in Chinese The engo ceived Yangtze the com- few days. ¥ among (Japanese) dvices pondent here of the News Agency has from the upper leading to the belief that virtualty ail Japanese eventually will evacuate the Yangtze points. All but a handful of men are expected to be gone from Mankow three * weel Japinese repo for better haps months. It ever, that this Japanese will cessions, as the confident that turbances will return er modified c Some )« agents were patches today in the Tsingta days by the ‘authorities within little weeks, ts indicate conditions for is pointed out does mot mean surrender their Tokio government eventually the sermitting nditions (N3 radio exect military the con is subside, ‘antonese ted re to ha in en ntung on Cantonese Menace, The Cant ar checked their northward advance, now are ap parently threatened on two fronts by sdvancing Northern armies It is persistently reported f Nanking that Manchurian forces rapidly n the T Puko 1y, while to gthe e Gen. in Chuan-Fang's rejuvenated army is progressing in strength south ward along the Grand ( al Dispatches reaching re from both Nanking and Chinkiang are badly delayed, but support previous reports that the ( have suf fered serious reverses. the Yaun Again om ave st ‘antonese the ¢ rday, brought ac while . 4, Column 3) from anking n were vesterday. ry rive | ‘an artillery | Incident Note—The Star. in association with the New York World, presents Aerewith ke first of a series of weekly reviews of he “wituation in China by Thomas F. Miltard My Millard, irhose -articles are heing cabled “Trom nghoi. is perhaps the emost authority today on Far East affairs. Ile has spent 20 years in Ch as journalist and student of pub affairs. His devotion to fairness and accuracy is weil known. He will write these articles objectively and irithon partisanship, with the sole object of giv ing a truthiul picture Hiis veviews icill be published in The Star on’ Monday evenings F. MILLARD. SHANGHAL April 11.—China's uation is Ike three strips of scenery moving in the same direction at different speeds. The near strip, the panorama of current events, pdsses swiftly, The next strip is composed of the immediate interests of the Chinese and the foreigners here. The farther strip sketches the ultimate political objectives of the governments concerned, which are vaguely drawn and often camou- flaged. The total effect of the kalei- doscope is difficult to gauge correctly. Further light is shed on the Nan- king outrages as the evidence accu- mulates and is sifted, and doubt Erows as to whether the facts justify the assertion that the attacks were ordered by Cantonese officers, al- BY THOM! |CHINESE FEAR HIDDEN MOTIVE IN MASSING OF FOREIGN FORCES \Suspicion Over Number of Troops Voiced TETOCHINESE By Leader—Premeditation in Nanking Doubted. though t imit e thern soldiers took part in the attacks and looting Analysis weakens the charge attacks were premeditated intention of a general mas foreigners, hecause there ing to prevent the accomplish- ment had that been the purpose. It is apparent the killings were done by a few bad characters whom I Am unable to identify as regular south- ern troops. I am unable to confirm the charge of assault of white wom- en, several reported cases proving incorrect; but women twere tr roughly and subjected to indign Nevertheless, the Nan} brought a decided change in Ameri- can missionary sentiment, which pre- viously had been one of ympathy for the Chinese National movement The missionary points out that the Cantonese often have professed friendship and denied hostility, but nevertheless the missionaries have been driven out everywhere the Can- to come and their homes and missions have been looted The belief grows here that mis- sion work may be suspended for sev- eral years. The workers are prepar- ing to go home, except enough to keep up the offices and organization at Shanghal and a few other places _ Turning to the increasingly evident age 4, Column 2) that with acre the ontinued on L ABOR LOSES CASE IN SUPREME COURT Injunction of Indiana Stone Firms Is Upheld by Tribunal. The Supreme Court today sustained the Bedford and other stone companies | of Indiana in their injunction against the Stone Cutters’ Associa- tion of North America and certain stone cutters’ unions, in which unlaw- ful restraint of trade was charged Justice Brandeis and Justice Holmes dissented on the ground that the acts of the union were permitted by law. Tssue in Appeal. The right of organized labor to re- fuse to handle material which had been shipped in interstate commerce was the issue in the appeal of the limestone companies, Twenty-four Indiana limestone pro- ducing companies, claiming that 75 per cent of their product entered inter- state commerce, complained that their business was being materially injured by orders of the union directing strikes against their product. As most of the stonecutters throughout the United States are members of the union the effect of the order was alleged by the producers to be an un- lawful interference with and restric- tion of interstate commerce. - The union denied that any strike order had been issued, and stated that after the Indiana companies had lock- ed out its members, it had retaliated by enforcing a rule requiring all mem- bers to refrain from working on ma- terial which had been partly finished by non-union men. The union declar- ed its members were free to_handle the rough products of the Indiana companies, and denied that there had been any listing of the Indiana com- panies as unfair. Side of Union. The union also insisted that it had attempted to enter into no agreements with competitors to restrict the use of the products of the Indiana com- panies, and argued that if the enforce- ment of the rule concerning the hand- ling of the products had had the effect of reducing the volume of their busi- ness outside Indiana, the stone had ceased to be a part of interstate com- merce before their members refused to handle it. The union contended that under these circumstances there was no violation of the Sherman anti-trust 12 he Federal District Court for In- dlana found that there had been no violation of Federal law and denied an injunction or damages. That ac- tion was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. The complaining companies claimed that the union by its orders was at- tempting to force the unionization of their shops and was incidentally aid- ing competing companies which em- ployed members of the union, includ- ing manufacturers of artificial stone. The success of the union in effecting these objects was dependent, the In- diana companies asserted, upon direct vestraint of interstate commerce, U, S. FOREIGN LOANS | EXCEED PAYMENTS case | Debt Settlement Declared Impossi-‘ ble While Bankers Con- tinue Practice. the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 11 ican bankers continue oans to debtor nations of the United States debts to this country can never be really settled, the Foreign Policy Assoclation says in a report made public today. ~While to a | The ultimate result, the report says the | iovernment to the Ameri- | is a switching of debts from American can bankers, | private bankers ¥ than has been received the report In four years American ve lent far more in war debt adding meet these able tong to as payments, that debtors will be annual obligations so oans continue. Sufficient income above that nec for ordinary requirements must | be raised by taxation if the problem | be solved, report states. | Debtors must also rt rvices, or both, above th mports. But to maintain t fore nations, the statement the United States must fmport more than it exports. The association sees little hope of s- is goods | second trial Ihad been make | or CHARGE IN RULE CASE IS REDUGED Rockville Court Upholds Plea Youth Cannot Twice Be Tried for Murder. By a Siaff Cor pondent of The Star ROCKVILLE, Md., April 11.—The of Richard Henry Rule, 22-year-old Washington youth accused of firing the shot that resulted in the death of Willlam J. Barbee, 19 years old, also of Washington, on Halloween night last year, which started this morning, will be based on a charge of manslaughter instead of murder. Shortly after court convenéd and before the routine procedure of select ing a jury was started, Barnard Welsh and Thomas L. Dawson, counsel for the accused youth, raised the point that since the jury in the first trial found Rule guilty only of manslaugh- ter instead of murder he could mnot again be placed on trial on the murder charge. After deliberating over the point, the three judges sitting on the bench, Chief Judge Hammond Urner, Judge Robert B. Peter and Judge Glenn H. Worthington, sustained the point. Jury Is Completed. A jury was completed shortly be- fore noon after the defense had exer- cised 19 challenges and the State had challenged nine prospective jurors, Former State's Attorney Cissell, who is assisting State’s Attorney Pe- ter, made the opening statement for the prosecution, outlining briefly what occurred at the shack on the Coles- ville pike the night Barbee was fa- ftally wounded. Mr. Cissell told the jury its task is an important one, be- cause whenever a case attracts public attention it becomes an example of how justice is administered. In concluding his statement outlin- ing the case which the State expec to present, Mr. said the events of that Halloween night might be described “as a tragedy of youth,” but that he believed the evidence would show the shooting of Barbee was not Justifiable. Attorney Welsh of defense counsel made the opening statement for the accused youth, explaining to the jury at the outset the difference between a charge of murder and a charge of manslaughter. As soon as the jury sworn the court informed the jurymen that while the indict- ment charges Rule with murder, the charge which is in reality the basis of this trial is manslaughter, the jury in the first case having failed to find Rule guilty of murder by returning a verdict of manslaughter. The presen tation of testimony is expected to be- gin this afternoon. The shooting of young Barbee, who was a son of former Headquarters Detective Barbee of Washington, oc curred late on the night of October 30 on the Colesville Pike, about four mil from Silver Spring, in front of a shack which had been used as a camp and club by a group of boys in cluding Rule, Rule and several companions were at the camp that evening for a Hal- in_costume Young Barbee was not a member of that party, but was one of a group of young men from Washington who, according to testimony at the first trial, were on their way to a dance at Burnt Mills, Md., and who are said to have stopped at the camp of Rule and his companions to ask for direc- tions. stimony at the first trial re- volved around an argument that en- sued between the two groups. There were contlicting accounts given at the former trial as to who started the ar- gument. Claimed Ile Was Rule's at the first trial was t had | struck several times iring the exchange of words, that » hecame frightencd and had intend led to fire a shot in the air to scare | the group, of which Barbee was a membe Th was testimony at the previc 5 the effect that some one m joking remarks abo { Halloween costume Rule was w | The youthful defendant is the son of Henry Rule, an official of the National Washington. ainst him in the first r, althou a first-degree ve Struck. defense dict be- The jury in the first tule guilty only of man- vather than sceor ot and his counsel immediately took steps to obtain the second trial, 'this being accompli: which began today. | tation loween outing, and some of them were | h the State | ENGLAND AND ITALY TURN DOWN FRENCH NAVY GUT PROGRAM Lord Cecil Says Plan Leaves Door to Competition Wide Open. GIBSON ACTS TO AVERT COLLAPSE OF PARLEY Denies U. S. Seeks to Prejudice Conference by Proposed 3-Power Meeting. By the Associated Press. JENEVA, April 11.—Great through Viscount Cecil the opening of the disarmament par- ley ‘oday that it was unable to accept he French proposals regarding limi- of mnaval armament T representative intimated hi could not support the pro- Britain, announced at Ttalian countr: posals, With the preliminary meeting in danger of collapse, Hugh Gibson in- tervened in the dgbate today for the purpose of rvmo\'}\n any impression that the United States, in proposing a three-power conference, sought (o prejudice tha general disarmament conference. MY, Gibson said President Coolidge had made it clear that the United States wanted, if possible, to reach a general agreement; failing this, she wanted to attain a limited agreement with the hope that this would lead the Wiy to a general accord. The French plan, ‘copies of which were distributed among the other del. gates to the preliminary conference drawing up an agenda for an inter- national disarmament conference, pro- vides for three columns of figures total tonnage necessary for a given country’s security, total tonnage the country expects to reach or build dur- ing the period of the limitation treaty and total tonnage in categories of war- ships. These categories would be bat- tleships, aircraft carriers, surface craft not exceeding 10,000 tons (including cruisers and torpedo boats) and sub- marines. Modification Permitted. 1t is specified in the propc each country may modify the alloca- tions of its total tonnage at any time, provided the League of Nations .was notified one year hefore the laying down of the keels of warships whose construction would involve shiftin from the general program originally announced. Another important provision is that countries be empowered to distribute tonnage among the four categories mentioned or only among such cate gories as may be deemed necessar: for thelr security. Lord Cecil declared the French plan leaves the door wide open for naval competition, both with respect to size of guns and size of warships. The Brit- ish government, after close scrutiny, was convinced it would not give reai security, because it allowed govern- ments 10 shift from building one cate- gory of ship to another merely by giving a vear's notice. “Our naval experience i any other power,” he said. “The navy is vital to us, and the very existence and happiness of our people depends on our making no mistake now.” Praises Washington Parley. Lord Cecil said Great Britain re- garded the Washington Naval Confer- ence as a great success and that it would be undesirable to imperil its ex- tension at the forthcoming three- power parleys in Geneva, which he re- ferred to as the Coolidge conference, The future of the latter conference must not be prejudiced by anything done by the present preliminary dis- armament commission “I am mnot xu prophet,” the British spokesman said, “but I hope the Cool- idge conference will result not only in limitation, but also in the reduc- tion of naval strength. T also hope the results will have a favorable effect on the general disarmament confer- ence.” Lord as great as Cecil said the Washington treaty had resulted in the’ demolition of 21 British warships, 17 Japanese and 30 American—a total of 68, with tonnage of 1,861,000, Destruction, He Says. “This is a veritable destruction of armaments,” he said. President Coolidge in his congres- sional message had emphasized that the signatories had faithfully fulfilled the conditions of the Washington treaty. He had also pointed out that it was a great success, greatly light- ening the burder vers in the countries ffected nd opping the danger of a naval armament race. Signor de Marini# announced that Italy, like ¢ Britain, was unable to accept th proposal. Fe opposed it, not as Lord Cecil dig; be cause it would disclose too little con- cerning naval programs, but, because it would disclose too much, Italy did not wish to have the naval programs revealed at the time of the signing of the treat; ause politi cal, economic and “financial factors must determine their nature. He pro. posed that the-powers he author to distribute tonnage among the va- vious categories of warships as they desired, fubject to the stipulation that they notify the League of Nations six months before laying the keel of any (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) LEPER EARLY ESCAPES FROM LOUISIANA ASYLUM Patient in Washington Years Ago Believed Headed for North Carolina Home. "l!)‘ the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C., April 11.—John | Barly, Tar Heel leper, has escaped | from the United States Public Health | Service Leper Leprosorium at Carvel, | La., and is headed for his home atf | Tryon, N. C., Dr. C. O. Laughing- house, State health officer, was ad- vised today. Dr. Laughinghouse Early permission to leave of absence with his aged fath, at Tryon. Early had been a patient for neanly seven rs and prior to that time was kept by the Govern- | ment in a specially built house near ‘\'. ishington, D.. C, Twice before ha | from health officials and has been caught each time. He served with the United States Army in the Philip- pines in 1898.99, where he is believed to have contracted the malady, recently denied spend a_ 30-d Barly escaped POLICE COURT JURY FUNDS ARE SOUGHT Judge Schuldt Appeals to McCarl to Prevent “Con- gestion and Chaos.” g that District Police Court Is faced “with congestion and | chaos” as a result of the failure of Congress to pass the second deficiency bill, which contained items for the payment of jurors and salary in- creases for 18 of its employes, Pre- siding Judge Schuldt appealed to Con- roller General McCarl today to seek some loophole in the law which would enable the court to continue to hold jury trials by obligating the Govern- ment “in futoro” by the issuance of vouchers for the service of jurors. Judge Schuldt asked specifically an opinion as to whether the court may incur an obligation for the services of jurors and employes until the end of the figcal year. The Commissioners already had denied the privilege of incurring a_deficiency either for the conduct of jury’ trials or for the pay- ment of salary increases to the 18 em ployes who are confronted with a fur lough for a period of 192 days. Payment Called Necessary. Judge Schuldt pointed out that the | ayment of compensation to jurors | a nec v incident to the en- forcement of a constitutional guar- antee and cannot be defeated by the anti-deficiency act on which the| Commissioners based their ruling. “Two. vital items for the Police Court of the District of Columbia were included in the second defl- ciency bill, 1927, upon which no vote Warnin; the was taken in_the United States Sen- ate,” said Judge Schuldt in his appeal. “One item of $8,480 was included in this bill by the House and Senate appropriation committees for the compensation of jurors in this court until the end of the present fiscal year. The amount on hand only allowed this court to function with jury trials until March 28. “There are approximately 13,000 cases pending and new demands are being made at the rate of 10 per d: If through the lack of funds th jury trials are not disposed of, a ter rific congestion will result in the jail, as many of those who demand jury trials will be unable to secure bond. e May Furlough Employes. “The other item in the bilt is for $840 due to increases jn salarfes caused by a reallocation Fiade by the classification board under the au- thority of the classification act and upon its own inftiafive. Unless some means are found to supply this item it will be necessary to furlough some 18 employes for a period of 192 days, which also would seriously impede and hamper the proper administration of the court as well as having a decided effect upon the court’s ability to con- ducy fury tri Unl aken to 1 tify this deplorable condition we will be in a condition of congestion, of chaos, and the administration of jus- tice will be seriously hampered, it not defeated, as we doubt our ability to cateh up with this accumulation of cases, “The attitude of Congress to the congestion of jury case court is a stern one. peatedly expressed fixed determination to use all means to expedite these cases and insure the prompt administration of justice. Reference is made to the hearing on the annual appropriation bill, 1927; the second deficiency bill, 1927, and the hearings before the Gibson sub- committee last September, “We contend that the situation would justify the placing of obliga- tion upon the Government in this | case."” relative in this They have re-| their strong and Miss Couzens’ Car Stolen. Madeline Couzens, daughter of | cnator James Couzens of Michigan, orted to the police that her auto- mobile w taken from near the Army and Navy Club last night. The car had been loaned to a friend of the. family, it is stated, and was left arked near the club, Opening Game Nationals vs. Red Sox Tomorrow at 3:30 P.M. Will Be Broadcast From the Office of The Evening Star i the vessel 200 Children Pick Gorgeous Flowers To Send President By the Associated Pross. SAN FRANCISCO, April 11.- A gorgeous assortment of Cali- fornia wild flowers, picked by the 200 children at Lytton, the Sal n Army home and farm, were en route to Washington, D. C., to- day for President and Mrs. Cool- idge. With the flowers went a message from Mayor Rolph and Lieut. Col. C. Wilfred Bourne of the Salvation Army, The flowers wlll be presented to Mrs. Coolidge Thursday RUM TREATY SHP SEIZURES UPHELD Supreme Court Hands Down Decision in Case of Brit- " ish Vessel Quadra. i i By the Associated Press. Treaties negotiated with (oreign governments to aid prohibition en- forcement were in effect sustained to- day by the Supreme Court The court held to be valid the prose cutions brought by the Government in Federal District Courts against crews of vessels ceized under the treaties. The contention of the Gov- ernment that Federal District Courts had jurisdiction to_'punish offenses under the treaties fommitted on the high seas outside the territorial limits of the United States also was upheld. The opinion was rendered in the case of the British steamer Quadra, seized off the California coast by a revenue cutter in October, 1924, Prosecution Right Upheld. It held that persons brought into the country aboard British rum v sels after seizure by revenue cutters outside the territorial waters of the United States are subject to prosecu- tion under the criminal conspirac statutes. Under such seizures it was | held that the Federal Government is not restrieted -to prosecutions based on the Volstead and. tariff acts, and that persons outside of the United States conspiring with persons inside the United States can be prosecuted for conspiracy when they come into the jurisdiction of the United States. The international aspect of the| Quadra case threw it into high relief among the tagle of prohibition pro: ceedings that have occupied so large a share of attention in the Supreme | Court. The British steamer Quadra, seize off the Farallone Islands, on the Cal fornia coast, was brought into port by the revenue cutter Shawnee in October, 1924, Its officers were in- dieted and convieted on the charge of conspiracy to violate the prohi bition laws. They appealed, contended that the seizure was nmot authorized by the British-American rum treaty and that the Federal courts in Cai fornia had no jurisdiction over British subjects taken on the high sea in a British vessel. Defended As Law! Defending the seizure as lawful un der the treaty, the Government argued | that the vessel was within 6 miles of the Farallone Islands, belonging to easily within one hou sailing dis- tation of the treaty, contending that though at a greater distance from the Golden Gate. It insisted that it wa immaterinl whether the seizure was authorized or not, so far as the trial § of the men was concerned, it having been fully established that Federal Courts may try indicted persons even though brought within their jurisdic tion by kidnaping. The officers of the Quadra insisted that the court should give an interpre tation of the treaty, contending th Great Britain specifically provided in extending the right of seizure to one hour’s sailing from shore that it should confer jurisdiction only over and not over either the crew or the cargo. A foreign vessel on the high seas had rights which this Nation must respect, they asserted, and under the RBritish treaty it was necessary before the vessel could be proceeded against, to show that it was within one hour’s sailing distance of the coast, by ite own power or by hoats used in main taining contact. This they declared the Government had failed to do. Miners’ Homes Bombed. CLARKSBURG, W. Va, April 11 (P).—Three miners' houses in the Mount Clair district, owned by the Strickler Coal Co...a non-union con- cern, were dynamfted last midnight. Through WRC UARDS POSTED ATU.S, BUILDINGS Precautions Taken Here as Result of Sacco and Ven- zetti Sentences. Guards have the State, War and Navy Build- ing and several other Government buildings, it became known today, as a precaution against violence of any nature in connection with the Sacco- Venzetti case, Officials were careful to point out that no overt act occasion- ed the assignment of the guard, but that this precaution was merely cons sidered advisable in view of the wide- spread agitation which has met the death sentence of the two Italians. While no precautions of this sort are”being taken at the home of Sec- retary Kellogg at Nineteenth and R ttreets, it was explained that a pri- vate guard has been stationed in the corridor of the State Department, out- side Mr. Kellogg's office. Kellogg Action ¥s Explained. cretary Kellogg had nothing to do with this detail, it was said, as the request was made of Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, superintendent of public buildings and parks without the Secretary’s knowledge. At the White House it was said that both the Executive been thrown about | offices and the President’s temporary home at 15 Dupont Circle, are under such excellent protection that it was not considered necessary to add to the guard on duty at both these places. Guards have been placed about vari ous Government buildings to keep a a sharp lookout, it was explained, for any suspicious-looking characters. Owing to the small number of guards available it was impossible to place ad- ditional men at these buildings. The hours of those on duty consequently were shifted so that there would be always one or two guards stationed outside. This was regarded as necessary, it was explained by Capt. Parsons, to detect any one who might try to a bomb in a window or doorway. The buildings so guarded, in addition to the State, War and Navy buildings, are the Interior, Navy and Munitions Buildings, in Potomac Park. Wateh Kellogg’s Home. No special guard ever been as- signed at Secre Kellogg’s_hom it was said today, but the police on duty in that area have been under instructions to pass the residence oc- casionally simply as a matter of pre- caution. Saturday night, following the Sacco- Venzetti sentence, the Police Depart- ment acted on its own initiative and assigned two special officers to watch the home of Secretary Kellogg. These officers were withdrawn Sun- day and the regular patrolman on that beat was instructed to spend moce time than ordinarily in the vi- cinity of the house and to pay par- ticular attention to any suspis us appearing persons in the neighbor hood. GOVERNOR STUDIE CASE. BOSTON, April 11 (P).—The Vanzettl case was squarely Gov. Alvan T. Fuller today. The defense comittee, which, seven years of unsuccessful effort to obtain " vindication for the convicted and admitted radicals, has ex- pended hundreds of thousands of dol- lars and aroused international Interest in their that there would be no further recourse to the State courts, The committee based its newest hope on a proposal that the governor name a committee of impartial eiti- zens to conduct a thorough investiga- tion, “so that the public may know the truth of this case in and out of court from the beginning.” Gov. Fuller had started to study a flood of protests that have come in rom this and other countries, but it was indicated he would make no com- ment until he had scrutinized all the evidence in the case. A request for the trial transcript has already been sent from his office. SINCLAIR SENTENCING POSTPONED 30 DAYS Justice Hitz of the District Su- preme Court today, on his own mo- tion, postponed for 30 days the impo- sition of sentence on Harry F. Sin- clair, oil magnate of New York, con- victed for contempt of the United States Senate in refusing to answer certain questions at the Senate oil in- vestigation. No reason was assigned by the jus- 1cco- | before in| Radio P?E —Page 22 A tice when he made the announcement | circles of advance | only by the addition of new p RAIDS TIPPED OFF, POLICE HUNT LEAK 10D.C. GAMBLERS Handbook Makers Declared to Get Advance Informa- tion on Warrants. CONFERENCE TODAY WILL SEEK SOLUTION Race Track Men Learn of Action Before Papers Reach Pre- cincts for Service. A pers inform, ge into gamk ation regard- ds resulted today iIn an investigation by ment, it was learned liable sources. Police officials to confer this afternoon with the district attorney’s office with a view to enlisting aid in the move to “get to the bottom” of & situation that has perplexed the au- thorities for a long time, The problem known to have reached ¢ climax Saturday when it was discovered that a person con- nected with handbook establishments learned of the issuance of a raid war- rant before the warrant itself had had time to reach the police captain who requested it. g h i dbook r hy launching of the Police Dep: from highly wera Hesse and Gordon to Confer. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintend- ent of police, was informed of this oc currence by Capt. Thaddeus Bean of No. 1 precinct, to whom the warrant was {ssued at the office- of Assistant District Attorney Ralph Given It was understood that Maj. Hesse would_confer some time today with Maj. Peyton Gordon, Mr. Given and other court officials with a view to enlisting _their co-operation in the probe. The integrity of no court or police official is involved in the in- vestigation, it is pointed out, the theory being that the leakage may have resulted from a practice of “listening in” on audible conversa- tions by “tipsters” dropping in casu- ally at the warrant office. Maj. Gordon, advised of the action of the police, expressed the opinion today that if the police want to in- sure secrecy in warrant matters. they should apply to the District attor- ney's office with greater discretion themselves. He said he had not been | approgched with regard to the situa- tion by Maj. Hesse, but that he would be glad to discuss the matter with him. Loiterers Are Blamed. Police officials are said to be of the belief that “hangers-on” and other un- authorized persons make a habit of loitering around court corridors and in the outer room of the district attor- ney’s office for the sole purpose of try- | ing to overhear information of value to | their handbook “constituents.” No | criticism is leveled at the district at torney’s office in this connection, it is stated, because it is realized that these persons, if questioned, would have a ready reason to give for their presence there, The whole problem appears to sim- mer down to one of insuring secrecy not only in the issuance of warrants, but in applying for them. It may d: velop that wirrants hereafter will be requested behind closed doors. The case Saturday is known to have amazed police officers. Particular care had been taken in this instance to prevent any advance hint of the pro- posed raid from becoming known, and a trusted officer has been sent to court for the warrant Captain Is Astonished. Before the officer returned to the police station, it is reported, a man walked into Capt. Bean's office and announced: understand you have a warrant out for such-andsuch a place” (giv- ing the correct address). Capt. Bean was so surprised that he could arcely answer. truthfully enough that he didn't have any such wa rant. The man is said to have evaded questions as to the source of his in- formation. Capt. Bean at once got In touch with Maj. Hesse, and the two are known to have discussed the developments for some time. The investigation was de- cided on at that time. Police authorities have been vexed on more than one occasion during the past few months similar instances of apparent “le The situation at one time grew so serious that out-of- town agents of the Department of Jus tice were imported by the'district at torney’s office to assist in plans for a big raid. Maj. Hesse's determination to clear up this leakage is the latest step in his drive to increase the efficiency of his department. He already has let it be known that he shortly will add 10 men to the detective bureau, as pro- vided for in the last appropriation act, and other reorganizations are in prospect. v Plans No Shake-Up. 'here will be no shakeup of the department,” Maj. Hesse said tod “but there will be an effort made to pep up the whole deteetive f. not onnel but, if necessary, by the shifting of those who are unable to measure up to the standards of work and ef laid_down. En of the tective force will be a vast toward efficiency. because it will serve to relieve much of the congestion now hampering the men in their work. At the same time, the police super- intendent has announced his deter- mination to bring about a more rigid enforcement of the liquor laws in Washington. He will resort to pad- lock methods to close near-beer and other establishments which are found to be frequent violators of the prohibi- tion act. A rearrangement of per. sonnel of police dry squads also may be tried, it was said. FESS NON-COMMITTAL. Has Not Made Up His Mind, He Says, on Slush Probe Appointment. YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, April 11 (P).—United States Senator Simeon D. Fess has not made up his mind whether he will accept his appoint- ment as a member of the senatorial committee investigating Senate cam- paign expenditures. He made this declaration here today, prior to leav- ing for Washington. ‘The appointment of Senator Fess has caused a flurry in political circles, Senator David H. Reed of Pennsyl- vania challenging the right of Vice g 1 on the opening of court, President Dawes to make the ap- pointment,