Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1927, Page 1

WEA (U 8. Wenther Cloudy sibly night. 5 p.m today. tonight sional 1i v occs ) veste Full repor THER. Bureau Forecast.) and tomorrow, pos ght rain: colder to- Highest, 74, , 49, at 6 t on page 9 ire at owes #Closmg N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION ¢ Foening Star. service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,784. DX P = Entered as seco 30,297, ol omes. e nd c shin s matter on, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1927—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 62 DEAD, 20 DYING, 130 HURT I8 RUIK OF TOWN i TEXAS RAZED BY TORNADD 33 of Bodies Recovered From Debris ldentified—Rescue Parties Fear Larger Toll as Search Continues. RELIEF WORK DELAYED | BY FLOODED HIGHWAYS | $urvivors Administer to Injured| Until Aid Reaches Isolated Com- munity on Plains—Fire De- stroys Buildings That With- stand Disastrous Windstorm. By the Associated P: ROCK SPRINGS, Tex., April 13.—A tornado that struck this inland town last night took a toll of at least 62 lives and ir 150 persor some proba The twister | was the mc tion of the xty-two bodies haid been recovered from the ruins of the town before noon of which had been identified. Of the injured, 20 were expected to die before night. Most of the unidentified dead were Mexic: g Relief wo! the town e were arriving. 5 The town was lashed into ruins in a few minutes by a twister from the Northeast, which razed all except a few buildings, rearing down a two- mile path. Auto Salesman Rescues Dying. The usual sardonic pranks of the “twister” were in evidence. - A baby was hurled 50 feet through the air and landed safely, almost gently. T. K. Newel, an automobile salesman, in the midst of the wind, rushed into the spliutering Valentine Hotel to | save whomever he might. He con- tinued to extricate ing and injured after the hotel was in ruins. The storm came from the northeast with little or no warning just after dark, according to survivors. Few buildings were left standing as the tornado howled on into the black- ness. ' m of and more ters took o y this mornin Fire Follows Storm. Fire broke out soon after and the post office and a r staurant, two of . the shells still withstanding the wind, were burned. Relief workers, including physicians and nurses, from-San Antonio and XKerrville and a detachment of troops from Fort Clark were delayed in ar- Fiving with aid on account of storm- @amaged roads. After the tornado T en, neighbors for mar by side. One, on the sciousness, asked: “Are you sleeping well?” “T'll be sleeping in a minute.” She died with the last word and her companion lapsed into uncon- sclousness. Town Had 800 Population. of 800, Rock- sparsely settled sed two wom- e , lay side rge of uncon- With a population springs, center of 3 goat-raising section in southwest Texas, is one of the most isolated towns’ of the State. It is located on a rocky dome of 2,000 feet elevation, highest county seat in Texas east of the Davis Mountains. Only the native stone cqnstruction of many of its buildings is believed to have saved the town, so openly exposed, from complete razing. Camp Wood, terminu of the Uvalde and Northern Lumber Line, is the only railway point within 20 miles vof Rocksprings, which has no very good highway connection, either. Hope For Supplies Soon. Swollen streams and muddy high- ways delayed trucks and automobiles Joaded with focd, medical supplies and bedding. Streams that had hamper- ed rescue workers were on the wane this morning, however, and it was hoped the relief supplies would reach the stricken community this after- noon. Ambulances wville, Del F from Junction, Kerr- and other nearby points were conveying the injured to Camp Wood, 20 miles south, to an emer- gency hospital, located in a theater Additional ambulances were expect- ed from San Antonio. The ruins of Rocksprings were crowded with strange faces tod: the people that southwest Texas had sent to succor 100 of these were doctors nurses, beaded by Dr. W. A. King of San Antonio, W was among the first to reach the scene, Fire Chi . G. Sarran and Chief of Police Miller of San Antonio were with Bodies Badly Mutilated. Pe auize med ceeding warmed the a im pro- that The the th: - the storm, was a sun mother. from the ed under of a mov a time this he mornin mains it the ¥ ted sur- fire like ded the staura atil rain had f the me i 10 Buildings Left. vept of the north this little plateau town 0 feet above d mate rain was | Gen fally | 13() Die in Crush | Of Pilgrims to * Bathe in Ganges | | By the Assoc 1DV ted Press. AR, United i e crus injured first to bathe in the hol er, as part of the Kumb Hindu religious mony. The ceremony, which going on since the first of March reached its final stage last night when vast numbers of pilgrims en- tered the water of the Sacred River. In the rush which occurred at the wooden ades aiong the river 21 women and 15 men were killed Many others were taken to the hos Is, suffering from serious inju bathing has_been ric MCARAGUA REVOLT BELIEVED BROKEN Conservatives Celebrate Se- ries of Victories Over Liberal Forces. By the Asso MANAG Vigu ted Pres TA, Nicaragua of the April 13.— Conservative rmy ammunition Liberal: elebr th position 1 It is virtu and prisoners from and the Conservatives are ting his successes, in the belief ckbone of the Liberal op- been broken. ally certain there will be in the warfare between the Liberal and Conservative factions Thursday and Friday, as custom pro- hibits, under penalty of stoning. even the Holy week. Managua and other places -vere re- suming their normal activities today after the torrential rain which broke the five months’ dry season. REBEL ROUT REPORTED. Diaz Victorious at Cerro Caballo, Ad- miral Latimer Say: By the Associated Press. Caballo region was reported to the Navy Department yesterday by Rear Admiral Latimer, commanding Ameri- can naval forces in Nicaragua. Surrounded by President Diaz's troops after defeats at Tierra Azul a. © Muy Muy, the Liberals were re- ported to have broken through the Conservative's lines in retreat, leav ing the last of their field artillery be- hind, Large amounts of ammunition and arms also were lost, the dispatch said, Admiral Latimer sald unverified re- ports ere that the Liberals under Gen. Moncada were badly disorgan- ized and under close pursuit by gov- ernment troops. Another dispatch related that a mounte? Liberal band of about 20 had crossed the rallroad near Posoltega vesterday to attack a smaller number of Conservatives, but had fled at the approach of an American Marine pa- trol. Th~ message gave no detals. Secretary Wilbur refused to take seriously a statement in Mexico City ¥ Pedro Zapeda, representative of the Sacasa forces, that American ines were giving material assist- ance to the Conservative troops. The Navy Department has not re- ceived reports of any American par- ticipation in battle arrangements, he declared, adding, “I don’t believe it is true."” The following statement was issued from the Nicaraguan legation by the minister, Dr. Ceasar: ““Accompanied by eight of his follow- ers, who remained loyal during the panic which ensued as a result of their defeat by the Diaz forces Gen. Moncada, head of the Revolutionist army, has escaped over the moun- tains to Rio Negro on the Atlantic coast. “Recapitulation today shows that the entire store of munitions owned by the rebels has been captured. The following has fallen into our hands: 80,000 rounds of ammunition, seven cases of Russian rifles, seven Vickers machine guns, two Thompson ina hine guns, two 80 mm. guns and 130 bombs for them, as well as great quantities of telephone and telegraph instru- ments. “General headquarters of the revo- lutionary army at Matiguas has been taken by us. “The rebel army is disbanded. Mon- cada and his eight followers who have escaped are ail that remain.” SACCO-VANZETTI PROBE DELAYED BY GOVERNOR Fuller Postpones Investigation on Clemency Pleas Until Legisla- ture Prorogues. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, April 13.—Gov. Alvan T. Fuller, who since Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were sentenced to death last Saturday, has been re- ceiving communications urging clem- case until the Legislature prorogues. He anticipated that the Legislature would prorogue shortly. continues to report captures of | a cartwheel turning the latter part of | ‘omplete rout of Nicaragua Liberal | |forces by Conservatives in the Cerro | SHARP CHEN REPLY T01.5. ANDBRITISH PROTEST FORECAST a to Term Bombardment of Nanking “Wicked.” SOFT ANSWER PLANNED | FOR OTHER BIG POWERS \ i \ \ | | Indemnities to Francs, Italy anda | Janan Prabably Will Be Agreed To. | By the Associated P | HANKOW { Cantone | understood, | with separate communications to the five-power note of protest against the Nanking outrages. Those powers which used guns to defend their na- | tiongls—Great Britain and the United | States—will receive sharp answers, it {is forecast. Soft Answe The understanding is that will accuse them of a ‘“‘wicked, un- called-for bombardment, wrecking civilian homes and Kiiling people without cause. Ttaly and France. accordi reports, will receive no to pay damages for the losses to their nationals, while it is b ply to Japan also will be con- Atory. The American consul here has pr tested to Chen against the confi tion of Young Men's Chri jation property at Changsha, vi at §150,000, by the Cantonese political organization. Six Chinese secretaries were taken prisoner when the build- ing was seized. CANTONESE PUSHED BACK. for Others. Chen Flees as Northern Troops Cross Yangtze. Associated Press. HAI, April 13.—Northern of the tenth division have the Yangtze River to the anding at ¥ ohoku, Official advices 1y Gen. Chang Chung-Li, whose Cantonese troops were defeated by the Northerners, has fled toward Shanghai. The Cantonese troops apparently are evacuating Chinkiang on the Yangtze River, 45 miles northeast of Nanking. Most ‘of the Cantonese officials have left Chinkiang and the Cantonese flag has been hauled down from the customs house. The feeling is general here that the Northerners elected to stage their drive on the eve of the meeting of the Kuomintang (Cantonese political party) summoned at Nanking, thus hoping to split the Cantonese geo- graphically as well as politically. Five hundred more Japanese ref- ugees have arrived here from Han- kow, and will leave soon for Japan. 20 Pickets Killed. Twenty pickets of the Shanghai General Labor Union were killed this morning when they attacked the headquarters of Gen. Chang Kai- Shek's Cantonese troops in the Chapei district, north of the international settlement. The attackers apparently were angered by vesterday’'s raids on the Red labor union, ordered by Chang. The (Continued on Page 6 e AIDED STEPHENSON; GUARDS ARE OUSTED Indiana Prison Officers Charged With Taking Out Former Klansman's Missives. Leader By the SHA troop: attack followed a procession Column 2 By the Associated Press. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., April 13.— Connivance with D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan, who now is serving a life sentence for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer of Tndianapolis, has led to the discharge of three State Penitentiary guards. One of the guards was dismissed some time ago, Warden Walter Daly aid, and two others more ently. h admitted, the warden said, that he had carried from: the prison let- ters Stephenson had intrusted to himn for delivery to persons outside. The Stephenson letters, the warden indicated, -directed friends of the guondam Klan chief in their efforts to bring about his release from im- prisonment. The warden safd he had been unable to substantiate reports that the letters also had to do with a plot against some persons outside the prison. The two guards recently dismissed were Rudolph Ebert, who had been at the prison 20 years, and Leonard Studer, a guard of only six months. tuder, in telling of one letter he car- ried out, d it was addressed to an Indianapolis attorney Daniel W. Fowler, 16 rs old,. a student at Eastern High School, is at | Casualty Hospital with a bullet wound in his thigh, the victim of a youthful prank last night, which in | volved gun play on the part of a watchman at the Y 640 C street north Fowler, who lives at 803 East Capi- are. left stand of wor horror 1 s south of Ro plied back between ks of a o Camp were sound ge o, Column 4.) tol street, and his chum, Charles R. | Rowen, § F street northeast, are at | liberty on $25 bail after an alleged mpt to steal soda pop from a truck ed on the property of the bot rn. Fowler's wound is not ind unless complications set in ble to go home in a few ays. He is the of Mrs. Frank P. Anthony, employe ment. Llis stepfath | Post Office Department. Fowler and Rowen, the story told pol went for an {automobile ride last night. Near the property of the bottling cggpany a ¥ in according to sovern- | the | Boy Attempting to Pilfer Soda Shot In Thigh by Watchman for Company tire ‘went flat. After changing the tire the boys saw the truck contain- ing soda pop parked in the yard of the bottling company and went to it, the police were told, to get a bottle of pop. They were discovered by Rich- ard Costello, watchman for the bottling company, who remembered previous attempted robberies and shot toward the pair, not meaning to hit them, but to frighten them. Fowler | fell to the ground. He was taken to the hospital, where his wound was { treated. Costello, the police were told, was “beaten up” by a group of colored boys several nights ago while |the boys were raiding the bottling | company, and determined not to al- |low the occurrence to be repeated | without giving the raiders a scare. techman expressed sorrow that struck the Fowler boy with shot intended merely to frighten the pair. Radio Programs—Page 34 Cantonese Minister Expected | i | \ 1 ERVEY MENTIONED FOR TRAFHC POST Commissioners Study Eligi- bility of General to Suc- ceed Eldridge. FEarly appointment of ‘a director of traffic to fill the vacancy created by the demotion of M. O. > to as- sistant director was foi t today at the District Building. The post is ex- pected to be filled within the next 10 days. *'he Commissioners have given serious consideration to the more than 60 applicants for the position, and have virtually decided to appoint a retired Army officer, it is understood, if it can be done without conflict with the law. There are several statutes which prohibit retived officers from holding compensable offices, and the Commis- sioners are now having a study made of these laws to determine whether the man they would like to select is affected by any of them. Gen. Jervey Mentioned. The officer, it is reported, is Brig. Gen. Henry Jervey of Friendship Heights, Md., whose service during the war won for him a distinguished service medal. _Gen. Jervey was re- tired from the Engineer Corps of the Army April 10, 1922. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, who has administrative supervision over the traffic department, has been in conference with Gen. Jervey, and it was intimated that the retired of- ficer had agreed to accept the posi- tion if he could do so legally. Gen, Jervey is a native of Virginia and is 61 years old. He is a graduate of the University of the South at anee, Tenn., and the West Point Military Academy and the Engineer- ing School of Application. His distin- guished service in the Army won for him_promotions through the various grades, and in 1920 he was made 2 brigadier general. Headed River Work. The first important military assign- ment of Gen. Jervey was in the fourth district, where he avas in ¢ of improvement work on the Miss River from 189S to 1899, The follow- ing year he was placed in charge of the rivers and harbors improvement on the west coast of Florida and the defenses of Tampa Bay In 1901 he went to the Philippines and two years later he returned and was detailed as instructor and profes- sor at the Military Academy. From 1905 to 1910 he was in chavge of riv- ers, harbors and defenses of the Mo- bile district. For the next five vears he was in charge of river improvements in the Cincinnati district and in Septem- ber, 1917, he was appointed comman- der of the 66th Field Artillery Brigade at Camp Green, Charlotte, N. C. In 1918 he was made chief of the division of operations of the general staff, and he served subsequently comman der of the 1ith Brigade, Field Artil- lery. The distinguished service medal was awarded to Gen. Jervey “for especlally meritorious and conspicuous service as director of operations, general staff, and as assistant to the chief of staft’ during the war.” Did Not Seek Post. Gen. Jervey also was a_commander of the French Legion of Honor, a grand officer in_the Order of the Bel- gian Order of Leopold, a companion of the Bath, and a member of the Order of the Crown of Italy. He is the author of “Warfare of the Future.” Gen, Jervey was not himself an ap- plicant for the traffic director’s post, it is understood, but his name was recommended by an officer in the corps of engineers of the army. In the event that it is found impossible for Gen. Jervey to take the post be- cause of the statutes forbidding re- tired officers from accepting compen- sable positions, the Commissioners are expected to turn their attention to several of the applicants whom they believe would make excellent ap- pointees. KING AND QUEEN ESCAPE WHEN CAR IS DERAILED By the Associated Presw. COPENHAC Denmark, April 13, —King Christi nd Queen Alexan- drina had a narrow e pe during the night when a sleeping car was derailed as it was leaving m ferry connecting the islands of Zeeland and Funen. The King and Queen, en route to their seaside villa at the Skaw, on the northern extremity of Jutland, were asleep when the car left the rails. King Christian was hurled out of his ppi | Earl Carroll to Get Job in Bathhouse, | AtlantaPaper Says | By the Asso ATLANT lanta Journa Carroll, ducer, whose his theater 1a sentence to ated Pross, April 13.—The s today that k theatri “bathtub” p t year resulted in a the Federal peni- tentiary here, will figure in an- other ~ bathtub scene—that of orderly in the prison bathhouse. i says Warden John W. Snook intimated that Carroll, on arrival this afternoon to serve a vear and a day sentence for per- four months. The Journal says Carroll's signment to the bathhouse is accordance with the policy of as- signing prisoners to duties for which they are best qualified.” CARROLL IN COMA AFTER COLLAPSE | Theatrical Producer Re- moved to Hospital En Route to Federal Prison. By the Associated P GR /ILL April 13 Earl Carroll, New York theatrical producer, is seriously ill at the Green- ville City Hospital, where he was taken at mnoon today, following his collapse on the train, which was con- veying him to the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta, Carroll had not regained conscious- ness at 1:30 o'clock and it was learn- at he had been in a state of coma 10 o'clock this morning. ans attending the producer t they had found no cause for his condition other than possible nervou: cations due to strain, They said his condition was regarded serious, since he had not emerzed from the te of coma. After first treatment in the emergency ward of the hospital Carroll was removed to a room, where a special nurse has been assigned to attend him. Mrs. Carroll Summoned. United States Marshal William C. Hecht, in charge of the special car in whick Carroll and 27 other pris- oners were being taken to the Atlanta Penitentiary, remained at the hospital to be near his charge. A long-distance telephone ¢ placed at the hospital for Mrs. Car- roll, who is in New York. The marshal said she would be asked to come to Greenville to be near her hushand. A pathologist this afternoon was examining the contents of Carroll stomach, which was pumped out after he was taken to the hospital. The marshal declared his prisoner had eaten very little since leaving New York yesterday and had only a_cup of coffee for breakfast shortly before he collapsed. On Operating Table. Carroll appeared pale and emaciated as he lay unconscious on the operating table in the emergency ward. His breathing was irregular, but sicians said his pulse was good. The news that Carroll had collapsed did not leak out until the train | reached Greenville, when a hurry call | was made for ans and an am- bulance. A 1 gathered around the car which was hooked on the rear of the train. It was some time before the spectators learned who was ill, and when they did they pressed about the rear of the train as hospital (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) GAME IS POSTPONED ON ACCOUNT OF RAIN Nats and Red Sox Will Continue Opening Series Tomorrow, Weather Permitting. o Due to the rain which fell nearly all morning, Managers Harris and Carrigan of the Washington Nationa and the Boston Red Sox, respectively. decided to call off today’s game. Weather permitting, the Nats and Sox will continue the opening serfes to- morrow. phy- | | view the decision of the District Court | centering in the ownership of the bunk. Rafiroad officials commented that it was remarkable n_veimrn.‘ t!t the car did nmi ‘The postponed game will be held over until later in the season, either to round out a double-header or to fill anopen date, o o g MEXICO DISEUSSION BY DAVIS IS BARRED Military Attache Inaccessible to Reporters Following Reported Arrival. War Department officials today with- held any information regarding the movement of Lieut. Col. Edward Davis, military attache at Mexico Cit summoned here in connection with the pilfering of confidential papers from the embass Officials did not hesitate to admit that the reason for making a mystery of the whereabouts of Col. Davis at present is because they “want to reach him first.” Col. Davis arrived here last midnight, according to earller admissions by officials, who now say he has been “delayed.” Reports were current that he is in Washington, but has not yet called at the Department. Result of a Slip. An slip on the part of a War De- partment official, who gave out the information thpt Col. Davis had been summoned here “on a confidential mission,” is the reason officials are under strict orders not to discuss the case in any way whatever. In- quirers at the department today were told to “ask the State Department.” At the State Department newspaper men who sought information regard- ing Col. Davis were smilingly told to “ask the War Department.” Between the two official sources of information there is a censorship as effective, apparently, as any wartime ban. It was evident that Secretary of State Kellogg has given orders that Col. Davis be “muzzled” upon his ar- rival here, so as to prevent him from discussing his mission with any one before he has conferred with officials tn both departments. Not Concerned in Pilfering. No explanation was glven at the State Department for refusing to dis- cuss in any way the pilfering of pa- pers from the American embassy, ex- cept to say that Col. Davis himself is in no way concerned. While the name of the civilian em- ploye of the Mexico City embassy re- cently dropped from the rolls is fre- quently mentioned in Washington, the War Department today refused to permit his name being used and also withheld any information regarding him personaily. In all other incidents the depart- ment has given out information will- ingly concerning its personnel, but in this case it was said that “no expla- nation will be given concerning any one at Mexico City. SHOT;FLY; RUM TAKEN. HOBOKE! N. J., April 13 (P).— Two customs officers today captured the 1,600-ton freighter Fort Gaines, at the Fletcher dry dock here, seizing 4,000 cases of Scotch whisky, Holland gin and champagne stored in the hold and valued roughly at $200,000. Two members of the crew were caught, the rest escaping under cover of bullets from a six-chamber .32-call- ber gun mounted on the freighter's deck, which raked the two small cus- toms launches as they raced into the dock. RS Will Appeal Dane Conviction. Application will be made to the United States Supreme Court to re- of Appeals which upheld the convic- tion and sentence of three years im- posed on Frank Dane, promoter of a fistic encounter at the Arcade Janu- ary 12, 1926, Attorneys Lambert, Yeatman, Canfield and Bigelow have asked the Court of Appeals to with- hold its mandate until the highest court in the land acts on their ap- plication for a review. Baldwin Reveal Move to Give Vote | To Women Over 21 Dy the Associated Fress LONDON, Aj Baldwin announce Commons that would introdu session of Parli: en the vote at 21 their franchise with men The prime minister said it would take some time to prepare the bill, which could not be introduced be fore the next session, in Autumn. The women who will be enfran chised under the bill probably will be able to vote in the next general | elections, which normally will be held about Novembe SLUSH FUND POST DECLINED BY FESS | Pr n the Hou governme at the next to give wom thus equaliz that of il | the i 1 ment 1 ‘Ohio Senator Turns Down| Dawes Appointment to Reed Committee. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator Fess of Ohio, Republican, today declined to accept Vice Presi- Jdent Dawes’ slush fund committe Senator Fess’ declination writes the close to another chapter of the row over the existence or non-existence of the Reed committee. Vice President Dawes, In opposition to those members of his party who denounce the Reed committee and in sist it is dead, decided that the com- mittee does live. Whether he will im- mediately appoint a Republican Sen- ator in place of Senator Fess or wait until the status of the Reed committee is passed upon by the Penn- lvania courts, remains to be seen. Some of the Republican leaders in Washington believe the latter wolld be the wiser course for the Vice Pres- ident to adopt. Fess Opposed to Plan. Senator Fess, in declining to ac- tee, pointed out that he had been op- posed to the continuance of the Reed committee with carte blanche to go into any State it desired to investi- gate elections. He would have voted for the continuance of the committee, he said, If the resolution had been framed 'so as to limit the investiga- tions of the committee to Pennsyl- vania and Illinois. Furthermore, Senator Fess believes that the Reed committee ceased to exist with the close of the Congress during which it was created. Ha be- lieves that it could have been con- tinued by the adoption of the Reed resolution, filibustered to death in the closing hours of the last Congress. But it was not, he pointed out. The Ohio Senator insisted he was in full sympathy with the desire to prevent corruption in elections, but that he believed such investigations should be made by a properly recog- nized committee. Situation More Complicated. Will Vice President Dawes be a to find a “regular” Republican who will accept appointment to the Reed committee, to flll the vacancy created by the resignation of Senator Goff of West Virginia? Senator Fess’ declination has complicated the situa- tion still further. The resolution creating the com- mittee called for two regular Re- publicans, one progressive Republican and two Democrats. What some of the Republicans appear to believe is that the Reed committee may under- take this Summer to go i#o Colorado and other States to investigate the senatorfal elections of last year. The committee, however, has been seriously handicapped by the declina- tion of Senator Keyes of New Hamp- shire, chairman of the committee on audit and control of the contingent fund of the Senate, to approve vouch- ers for further expenditures by the committee. In a formal statement declining the appointment to the Reed committee Senator Fess said: “When honored by the Vice Presi- dent's appointment to the so-called slush fund committee to succeed Sena- tor Goff, resigned, I took the matter of acceptance under advisement be- cause of the respect due the Vice President and the importance of the matter itself, realizing that immediate action was unnecessary now that the status of the committee is before the courts for decision. All Angles Considered. “My inclination from the first has been to decline the appointment, but, being wililng to submerge my desires it public service could be rendered, I have considered it from that angle. fy vote was not cast for the resolution creating this select com- mittee, for the reason that all neces- sary Investigation should be made by the standing committee created for the purpose, but after the select com- mittee was established and had start- ed its investigations in the Pennsyl- vania and Illinols primaries, I stated in the Senate the evening before ad- journment that I would vote for the resolution continuing the select com- mittee if it were limited to complete the work already begun, but that I did not like to have a committee re- main at the beck and call of some one who may wish to make a charge, whether it be a responsible or irre- sponsible charge—set up as it were a grand jury, and make public the in- formation that every Tom, Dick and Harry may come in and state his charge. ““Although there may be no call for it at all, yet because it is news. all (Continued on Page 4, Column Button Gwinnett’s Signature Stirs Up Three-Cornered Court Fight Over $22,500 By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., April 13.—When Button Gwinnett, Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence, af- fixed his signature as a witness to the will of Joseph Stanley of Savannah, Ga., in pre-Revolutionary days, he unwittingly laid the foundation for a three-cornered lawsuit more than a century and a half later. The suit, winnet autograph, was set for hear- ing before Supreme Court Justice Ellis J. Staley here today. Gwlnnet was killgh 1 a duel in man, and his 1777, while still a youn autographs are excee@ingly rare. The signature on the ley will, pur- tion of Elliott chased from_the col Dangorth Q_pu the late Col. James H. Manning of this city for $4,000, was sold in 1926, after Col. Manning's death, by the Anderson Galleries, Inc., to Dr. A. S. Rosenbach of New York for $22,500. The pu chaser was allowed credit for six months. In the meantime, the State of Georgia laid claim to the document, alleging_that it has disappeared from the archives of that State prior to 1919. Dr. Rosenbach thereupon re- turned the autograph to the Ander- son Galleries, declining to pay for it because its ownership was contested. The Anderson Galleries then brought sult against Dr. Rosenbach. The State of Georgia, the Anderson Galleries, the estate of Col. Manning and Dr. Rosenbach were expected to be represented by counsel at today's hearing, . cept appointment to the Reed commit- | Mi , s 4 HOMER SANDS DIE INCRASH OF PLAN AT BOLLING FIELD John L. Hosch, Companion of Aid to Assistant Aeronau- tics Secretary, Hurt. CRAFT GOES INTO TAIL SPIN 200 FEET IN AIR €hip Swerves at Sharp Turn, Rolls Over Three Times and Burizs Nose in Ground. R. to Assistant Sec Homer | assistant ir., for Aeronautics, ‘:u..x John L. engineer in the r sion of the Department of Comm | » iously injured when their I"](l"pl crashed between the old | plant at Giesboro Point and the soutt | end of Bolling Field today ‘ Both men w > Reserve office r Corps and wer | ng plane of the Cur {JN type at an altitude of about | feet, when king sh { it fell into a tailspin, made ti and crashed on its nose, bu engine in the round dministra MeCr C of mere air regulations s Removed Dead From Wreck. Be rescuers from d the scene, Sands v was found to be seriou jured. The latter was plac fice patrol and rushed to Walte Hospital, where he emergency room for to determine the extent of his in There were found to be lacer about the head and face, with poss skull fracture. Sands, who was 31 ye at apartment 102, 1 Sixteenth street, and was appointed to his posi- | tion in Mr. MacCracken's office Octo- ber 9. Hosch lives at 2121 H street and has been in the aeronautics branch of the department since the | first of this Both men morning in the capacity serve officers to make practice flights. Maj. W. G. Kilner, executive officer of the Army Air Corps, who was i the air retur om Pope Fort Bragg, N. C., saw the tr plane make a sharp left turn south of Bolling Field which he esti- mated was at an altitude of about 200 feet. Immediately the plane nose turned and the wings made three complete turns, revolving aroung the fuselage. The low altitude of the two airmen made use of their parachutes an im- possibility, as, witnesses said, scarce- Iy had the plane fallen into the ma- neuver when it struck the ground with force. It did not catch fire. Sands Held Captain’s Rank. Sands held the rank of captain in the Air Corps, while Hosch is rated as a lieutenant. Capt. Sands |born in Far N. D. He entered the Army flying branch nearly 10 years ago, and was graduated from the School of Military Aeronaut He also was a graduate of the Uni- | versity of Illinois Ground School and of the engineering school at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. Capt. Sands came here from Fargo. Lieut. Hosch is an inspector in the air regulations division of the depart- ment, a duty involving the examina- tion of civilian aircraft to determine whether their flying ability s wortk of the Government's license. Ile re- ceived his flying training in the Air Corps at San Antonfo and was an in- structor in aviation for a period Lieut. Hosch received a bachelor of sclence degree from the Massach setts Institute of Technology, study- ing under Edward P. Warner. Assist ant Secreta of the Navy for Avia- tion, who then was an instructor at that institution. Hosch is 25 years old. Hosch s old, lived ent to Bolling Field this of Army re- WILKINS IMPERILED BY FOGS AND THAWS Return From Flight Over Arctic “Blind Spot” May Be De- layed for Weeks. v the Associated Pres FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Return of Capt. George H. Australian explorer, and Carl Eilson, his airplane pilot, from & over the Arctic “blind spot” from Point Barrow, may be delayed w or months, due to the oncoming Spring fogs and thaws. ilkins and Eilson of the Detroit News-Wilkins Arctic expedition set out from Point Barrow to explore the vast reaches of the Arctic Ocean be- tween Alaskan and the North Pole, March 29. Latest reports here are that they have not returned and are believed to be making their way to land on foot, due to a mishap which befell their plane. Sourdoughs here, familiar with con- ditions in_ the Arctic, now conside Wilkins' situation precarious, as ope: leads in the Winter ice cap may block direct return to land by walking or make the route so circuitous as to render the attempt dangerous with the scant supplies Wilkins and Eilson are known to have carried in thelr plane. Rescue attempts at this season of the year would be of doubtful success, Alaskans feel, as the seasonal fog, which defeated Wilkins' Arctic flights last vear, is fast approaching. Before Wilkins hopped oft from Fairbanks he said he was prepared to be marooned in the Polar region over a period of years, as he and Eilson expected to “live off the country” by shooting game for food. April 13— Wilkins, ¥ SYMINGTdN ISTNED. BALTIMORE, Md., April 13 (#). Thomas H. Symington, ‘wealthy man- ufacturer of Baltimore and New Yor whose marital troubles were extensive- ly aired in his divorce suit against Ida May Symington in New York City and Maryland courts last year, was mar- ried today to Mrs. Edith R. Gaither of Baltimore, also a divorcee. The ceremony was performed at El- lcott City, Md., by the Rev. George w. Mylne.la :’ esbyterian minister. ymington gave his as o7, bride 34, ot