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WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness; not much change in tem- perature, Temperature—Highest, 73, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 48, at 3 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 No. 30,492, GOVERNMENT NIPS PLOTTOENTHRONE CAROL IN RUMANIA *Martial Law Declared to Halt Further Activities of Exile’s Friends. post office, FORMER OFFICIAL HELD FOR FURTHERING COUP Cabinet in Session, Country in Turmoil Over Move to Return Boy King's Father. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, October 25. —Just as the country was settling down after the death of King Ferdinand and the regency appeared functioning smoothly, Rumania to- day was thrown into turmoil by an- nouncement of the discovery of a plot to re-estabish the exiled Prince Carol upon the throne of his father and in place of his son, six-year-old King Michael. To frustrate any further activities among Carol's adherents, the govern- ,ment has proclaimed martial law throughout the country. Complete order prevails; but under- neath the calm is a feeling of un- disguised anxiety and uncertainty. The cabinet held several momentous meetings this morning in the bedroom of Premier Bratiano, who is indis- posed. Little King’s Birthday. To add a dramatic touch to the situation, today was little King Michael's sixth birthday and the event was celéebrated at a solemn service in the Patriarchal Cathedral in the pres- ence of the foreign ministers and the diplomatic corps, while the entire country seethed with interest in the movement in behalf of the young Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. DYOTT TO PENETRATE BRAZIL WILDS IN HUNT FOR FAWCETT British Explorer Vanished in Jungle During May, 1925. Searching Expedition Due to Start From Rio by First of Year. Comdr. George M. Dyott, the ex- plorer, whose general ability is at- tested by the fact that he once spent six months as a captive of a tribe of head hunters and lived, is going to penetrate the Brazilian wilderness in an effort to find Col. P. H. Fawcett, the British explorer, who has not been heard from directly since May, 1925. Comdr. Dyott will sail for Rio de Janeiro December 10 and hopes to be |in the wilds by the first of the year. While it has been reported that Faw- cett has been seen 100 miles from Dia- mantaina, Brazil, in the Matto-Grosso district, neither Comdr. Dyott nor friends of the missing explorer expect to find him there. The expedition headed by Comdr. Dyott will push on beyond this point toward the gloomy and uncharted wilderness where Faw- cett is believed to have gone in search of traces of a lost civilization. ‘What happens as the expedition proceeds will be told exclusively in The Star and other members of the North American Newspaper Alliance. Dispatches will be gent from the wilds by radio, thus keeping the expedition in touch with the outside world throughout the great adventure, If Comdr. Dyott fails to find Faw- cett, he plans to push on, for in addi- tion to the hope of saving his fellow explorer he is fired with the same ambition that sent Fawcett on his dangerous trip. Comdr. Dyott hopes to find the lost clvilization which Faw- cett sought. ’ He is well prepared for such an undertaking. A civil engineer, an air- plane pilot, a big-game hunter, he has an adventurous spirit. One of the few white men to explore the River of MEXIAN TROOPS . King's father. ;gwu of the discovery of the plot came with the arrest of M. Manoi- escu. undersecretary of finance in the later Averescu cabinet on charges of plotting to re-establish Carol upon the throne which he renounced al- most two years ago. Manoilescu, in whose possession the police stated, were found many com- promising letters to and from Carol, who is now living in a suburb of Paris, -will be tried by a military court- martial. ; Among the letters seized was one addressed to Carol's mother, Queen Marie, but this letter is presumed to be of a family and not a political haracter. N 5 At a meeting of the National Peas- ants party held at Ploesti yesterday, * President Michalachey who ‘#s a mem- ber of parliament, declared open War- jare upon the Bratiano regime, and the Rumanian leader, who so o!lten has been described as a “dictator is believed to be facing one of the great- est crises in his long political career. Enemies Face Treason. On Thursday Premier Bratiano will demand from all the political groups in parliament a declaration of their attitude toward the present situation. Hie. already has announced that h;: government will regard as enmhlh the country all those who oppose the present constitution and will charge hem with high treason. : ile is detamt‘n!d. he -“ y:.. ‘t: c'l‘et: most sweeping measur ;‘?:mnnla, for all t‘:;:‘a. of her recur- ri dynastic troul 3 mhgangfleseu. it is stated, was about In Rumaniand&“ N Star mean substan Y, )\(fr‘a'g." ‘Nicholas_Cocca, editor of the newspaper, has been arrested and the presses and equipment of the plant confiscated. Carol Asks Referendum. In his letters seized by the govern- ment and attributed to Carol, Cnrfi; asks that a referendum _be h‘e fhroughout Rumania to determine Whether the people wish him tonxe- turn. Letters in this vein andldea ‘l;g Yiih the dynastic problem were de- ribed by the authorities as “a dfirecl' hallenge to constitutional security J of the state.” .nadu:ergermme and the boy Ki{:gfi Michael remain at Sinaia, the ro)‘a family's Summer palace. Queen Mar e‘, who from the first expressed opposi- tion to anything which would upset the present tranquility of the country and the normal functioning of the regency upon which her son Prln:; Nicholas is a member, is represent as pl’o(oundldv dlsturbed! and worried new developments. l’y’l'(l»nh: Queen is stated to have sin- cerely supported the government in fts desire to prevent any reopening of the dynastic situation, fearing that Carol’s return would plunge the coun- {ry into a serious state of poltical and social unrest. RUMORS FILL PARIS, the throne. Prince Reported In Agreement to Abandon Girl and Return to Throne. 218, October 25 UP).—The arrest | hlp]‘::‘n']mnia of M. Manoilescu, under- | wecretary of finance in the late Aver- | tmoue cabinet, on charges of plotting | the restoration of former Crown Prince Carol to the throne caused a stir to- in view of Carol's presence in | fayis. There was comment that there is no smoke without fire. All last week there was an excep- tionally heavy crop of rumors regard- ing Carol's future. One newspaper, 1.'Ocuvre, reported lhal delegates 0'. the Rumanian National Peasants party had reached an agreement with Carol by which he would abandon Magda Lupescu, with whom he eloped from Rumania, and return to Ru- mania and regain the throne with their support. Would Answer Call. These rumors culminated in a vol- untary statement from Carol, in which he said he was not a pretender, active tn schemes and intrigues, but it his 2ountry called him he would respond <t once. It was generally inferred from that ctatement that Carol had been ap- proached by emissaries sent by ene- Inies of the present Bratiano ministry, bt that they failed to convince Carol . %that they commanded sufficient sup- port at this time to jusify him from emerging from retirement into active politics at present. ATTACK BANDITS Campaign Opens Against Lo- zado, Brigand Ruler for 12 Years. By the Associated Pross. MEXICO CITY, October 25.—Fed- eral forces under Gen. Aguirre, who recently routed a rebel force:amder Gen. Arnulfo Gomez, have begun an active campaign against bandits un- der the leadership of Rodolfo Lozado, who has been operating in the region of ‘Orizaba for the past 13 years. The presidential office today - an- nounced that Federal troops and the followers of Lozado have been bat- tling upon the slopes of Mount Ori- zaba and stated that it was expected that the bandits soon would be wiped out. Dispatches from Vera Cruz say that hand-to-hand fighting, with heavy losses on both sides, is still under way. The dispatches add that it.is believed in Vera Cruz that Gen. Gomez may have joined Lozado, the number of whose men is not stated. The fight- ing has been going on since Saturday. After the defeat of his forces Gomez had only 15 followers remaining and $10,000 in American currency in his pockets, said a statement given out by the presidential bureau as having been obtained from Luis G. Higgins, formerly private secretary to .Gen. Francisco Serrano, recently executed for his part in the revolt. Gomez hoped to reach the State of Chihuahua tomflnd refuge there, the statement said. 4 Higgins, the statement said, was sent by Gen. Serrano to the Gomez forces, but after the defeat of the Gomez troops surrendered to the Fed- eral authorities. o FRANCE SIGHTS END TO TARIFF WRANGLE Latest U. S. Note Received in Paris—Negotiations Loom in Near Future. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 25.—The prevailing opinion in official circles today was that the American tariff note pre- sented to the French government yes- terday just falls short of completing all the necessary preliminary negotia- tions of a future commercial agree: ment between France and the United States. 1t is thought that the document in- dicates that there will be no difficulty in reaching a basis for negotiations, but that the experts cannot be asked to begin negotiations until a funda- mental ‘basis has been better defined and all possible chances of misunder- standings dispelled. No expression was volunteered as to whether other notes will be ex- changed or whether the additional needed preliminary exchanges in view’ will be carried on through the respec- tive embassies, —— BOMB INJURES HOME. Assistant District Attorney’s House Damaged by Blast. ROCHESTER, N. Y, October, 25 (#).—A time bomb exploded edrly this morning on the front porch of the home of Assistant District At- torney Charles J. Mondo, wrecking the front of the house and breaking windows for blocks around. Mondo, for whom it is believed the bomb was intended as reprisal for his activities in recent prosecutio was nct at home. In the house at the time was Mrs. Mondo, their three children, John, 10; Gloria, 8, and Bet- ty, 3, a guest and two maids. All "The arrest of Manollescu, who was anid to have had a number of com- promising documents and considerable Potrespondence with ~arol in his pos. was_regarded as_confirmin “op Fpae b Colyma g were thrown from their beds, but were uninjured. —. Radio Program—Page 2 Pl @b WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1927—FORTY PAGES. COL. P. H. FAWCETT. Doubt, a faithful student of science, an author and lecturer, he has the steadying qualitles of experience and knowledge. The whole world began to worry about what had become of Fawcett when his thrilling stories, sent by run- ners as his expedition was plunging into the wilderness, suddenly stopped in May, 1925, and he was heard from no more, The Star and newspapers of the North American Newspaper Alliance carried these accounts exclu- sively. Last September The Star published a dispatch from Lima, Peru, telling how Roger Courteville, the Brazilian engineer, believed he had found Faw- cett, with the explorer's son Jack and another white man, living on a farm about 63 miles from Diamantina, State of Matto Grosso. That the man was Fawcett has never been definitely established. i EARTHQUAKE L0SS SLIGHT IN ALASKA Country Has Fortunate Es- cape as Severe Tremors " ‘Center Off Coast. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash. Alaska congratul itself today on surviving an e of antdual intensity without the loss of life and with but little damag-. The southeastern part of the terri- tory was given a vigorous shaking about 7 o'clock yesterday morning in a seismic disturbance, which apparent- 1y had its center in the ocean hottom several hundred miles off the mainland. The temblor, which discupted cable communication broke windows and dishes and frightened residents uf sev- eral towns, had diminished in force by the time it struck the mainland yesterday. Selsmographs Wrecked. Had an earthquake of such violence occurred in a region more densely populated than Alaska, seismologists pointed out, the loss of lifs undoubted- 1y would have been heavy. The tremor was of sufficient force to temporarily put out of commission seismographs in many parts of the United States. A prediction by Dr, Thomas A. Jag- gar, director of the Mount Kilauea Laboratory on the Island of Hawaii, that a tidal wave could occur in Ha- wailan waters a few "wurs after the Alaska quake, hal not materialized early today. News of the quake, however, had its effect on the Japanese fisherman of Hilo. Dispatchas from there said the fishermen on hearing of the Temblor, rushed into tho cuter harbor, spread their nets and brought up whole boat loads of strange deep sea fish. They expressed the bellef that undersea heat incidental to the disturbance had caus- ed the fish to seek higher and cooler water. Residents Seek Streets. Residents rushed into the streets of Juneau, Alaska, when the first shock was felt. Recurrent tremors were felt for several minutes. Reports of the quake were received from Sitka, Ketchikan, and Petersburg, all in southeastern Alaska, and from Stew- ard, Mining town of northern British Columbia. Advices from Peteceburg said a cable near Wrangell, 50 miles away, had been broken. A second break in the cable occurred between Juneau and Skagway. Cordova, several hundred miles northwest of Juneau, described the quake as “slight.” Beliet that the shok was the re- sult of a voleanic crupticn along the Alaska Peninsula or the Aleutian Is- lands was given little >redence, when reports from Seward and othfer towns near the socalled volcano region sald no disturbance had beer. felt. In Seattle and Everett, Wash., the water in swimming tinks was said to have been dashed into small waves coincident with the Alaska quake. i GUARDS QUIET CONVICTS AS PRISON FIRE RAGES 2,653 Inmates of Chicago Jail Cowed With Guns While Blaze Is Fought. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 26.—The House of Correction, in which 2,652 prison- ers are held, was threatened by fire shortly after 2 a.m. today. The en- tire force of 135 guards, reinforced by 200 policemen armed with revolvers and shotguns, formed a cordon about the prison to prevent a wholesale es- October 25.— cape. The fire started in the laundry building, which also houses the tailor shop, in which is stored Winter cloth- ing for the prisoners. The building is 150 feet away from the nearest tier of cells. All prisoners were awakened, but guards constantly moved among them to prevent an outbreak. Firemen brought the blaze under control after damage estimated at $30,000. WAA GODSy —eummerrmmnmme ¢ Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION REPUBLICAN HOPES INMASSACHUSETTS TURN TO GOVERNOR President Still Favored as Party’s Strongest Leader, but Draft Hopes Wane. FULLER IS FAVORED AS MATE FOR HOOVER Hughes Sentiment, Preferred by Politicians, Has Not Yet Crystallized in North. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staft Correspondent of The Star, BOSTON, October 25.—President Coolidge is still the apple of the eye of Massachusetts Republicans. But even those who wish most earnestly that the President may be drafted by the Republican mnational convention are beginning to have doubts that this can be done. They fear that the President himself will not have it. They fear, too, that the President’s Black Hills statement, reinforced by the recent presidential disapproval of the efforts of Senator Fess of Ohio to keep Mr. Coolidge before the public as a presidential possibility, is convincing other parts of the country that Mr. Coolidge is not to be drafted, and that the demand for other candidates will grow so strong that the convention will turn to one of these candidates. Here and there Republican poli- ticians in Massachusetts are beginning to talk about running for delegate to the national convention. And here and there, though not in any great numbers, they are suggesting they run as instructed delegates for some candidate other than Mr. Coolidge. Hoover Has One’s Support. Secretary Hoover of the Depart- ment of Commerce is the preference of at least one Republican who would like to be a delegate, a Republican who has been a stanch supporter of the President in the past. These are but straws, but they tend to show the way the political breeze is blow- ing in the old Bay State. In the meantime, Chairman Wil- liam M. Butler of the Republican National Committee, is sitting tight on the lid so far, and thousands of Republicans are hoping that some- thing may turn up which will bring about the renomination of the Pres- ident. The talk of Mr. Hoover as the pres- idential nominee of the Republican party is spread'ng somewhat in Mas- sachusetts, as indeed, it is spreading in other New England states, notic- ably New Hampshire and }Maine. He has a distinet following among bus~ iness men, among woman vcters, and among many Republican indepen- dents. /Weakness « - ing to veterin politicians, ek of appeal to the more politically-minded in_the party, to the politiclans them- selves. Some of the politiclans would prefer Charles Evans Hughes of New York, but the Hughes sentiment has scarcely crystallized as yet. Fuller Appears Uninterested. ‘Within a week, the Governor of Maine, Ralph O. Brewster, a Hoover supporter, put up to ths Governor of Massachusetts, Alvan T. Fuller, a tentative proposal that New England get behind a national Republican ticket wi:n Mr. Hoover as the presi- dential nominee and Mr. Tuller as the vica presidantial- candidate. Goy. Fuller, kowaver, has given no indi- cation that he approves such a plan. Indeed. he has indicated he is mnot interested. There seems no doubt but what Mr. Fuller would add greatly to the strengtn of the Republican ticket In Massachusetts and other parts of New England if he were placed on it. The governor is a great vote getter in his own State. He has won much raspect and become widely known becausc of tha manner in which he handled the Sacco-Vanzetti case. He ran almost 100,000 votes ahead of the Democratic candidate for governor Iast year, while the State was electing a Democratic Senator. If Gov. Smith of New York were the Democratic nominee for President in 1928, prob. ably no other man would be so effiec- tive on ¢he Republican ticket as Gov. Fuller, excepting, of course, President Coolidge. No man, however, becomes a candi- date for the vice presidential nomina- tion, at least not publicly. The selec- tion of the vice presidential nominee depends 0 much upon the geographi- cal location of the presidential candi- date. Gov. Smith would run strongly in Massachusetts both because of the large Catholic vote there and because he is a wet. Wet and Dry Issue Seen. Both Mr. Hoover and Mr. Fuller would be acceptable to the drys, it is said. The wet and dry issue is likely to play its part in the campalgn in Massachusetts. Both sides are lining up early for the contest. Should the Democrats finally name a candidate for President, however, who is a dry or acceptable to the drys, this issue would fade somewhat in the struggle for the electoral votes, although it would _still persist in the State con- test, Initlative petitions are in circu- lation already providing for a State- wide referendum on the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. The question is likely to nppear on the ballot in the 1928 election, The Anti-Saloon League of Massa- chusettes Is making preparations to fight this move on the part of the wets. Meetings in various parts of the State, at which prominent dry leaders will speak, have been arranged. The drys have recently sustained a loss in their political ranks. Joseph Walker, formerly speaker of the State legisla- ture, has been a consistent dry, but he has now come out with a statement that he can no longer support the eighteenth amendment. Mr. Walker was asked by several organizations to become a candidate for the senatorial nomination next year on a bonedry platform. This request brought a for- mal statement from Mr. Walker, in which he said: “During all my life I have been appalled by the abuses of the liquor traffic and by the political and social evils which have resulted, especially those connected with the saloon. Be- cause of such abuses and evils I de- termined to take a stand in favor of constitutional prohibition. Since con- stitutional prohibition has been in force I have been still more appalled by the existing abuses and evils of tha liguor traffic and by the widespread disregard of the Constitution and the law by reputable citizens.” Mr. Walker said that he did not be- WW DOUGHERTY URGES AID FOR DISTRICT Tells Civic Group Nation Should Share in Capital Development. BY BEN McKELWAY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. BOSTON, Mass, October 25.—The creation of the Boston Metropolitan area as a natural solution of prob- lems arising from congested popula- tion in 40 separate and politically distinct municipalities, and the steps that are being taken now to antici- pate future growth are being cx- plained here to. city and regional planners gathered from all sections of the United States under auspices of the American Civic Association for its “first traveling meeting.” To- day the visitors are continuing a trip begun yesterday, which takes In most of the points about the Boston Metropolitan area illustrative of its most interesting aspects. ~ The National Capital is represent- ed at the meeting by a delegation which - outnumbers those, from other cities, and its members are tnking a vital interest in the discussions be- cause of their bearing on Washing- ton’s problem of regional planning for its metropolitan urea. Nor is Washington's unique situation in this respect, the matter of meeting the costs, being overlooked. Dougherty Speaks. Proctor L. Dougherty, chairman of the board of Commissioners of the District, replying yesterday afternoon to speeches welcoming the visitors to the city of Salem, pleaded for the interest of New Englanders in the de- velopment of the American Capital and asked at the same time that they take the part of American citizens in sharing equally the cost. “The taxpayers of the District are called upon to bear too heavy a part of the burden of carrying out the intent of the great city planners of 150 years ago,” said Mr. Dougherty. “In “Washington, we are willing to carry the cost of our own municipal government and to meet the other duties of residents of the Capital. But we feel that it is only fair that the citizens of the United States who live outside their Capital should at least share equally with us the cost of realizing those wise plans made long ago for the development and growth of Washington as the Capital.” The addresses which preceded that by Mr. Dougherty had dealt at some length with the problems of obtain- ing plans and carrying them into effect, together with difficulties caused by the fajlure of the early inhabitants of this.region to realize in any way the conditions found today. Mr. Dougherty explained that in Wash- ington there was no lack of a plan; that George Washington, L’'Enfant and Thomas Jefferson had foreseen the possibilities of: the Washington of today and planned for it, but the ex- pense of carrying out this plan has fallen on the shoulders of those living in the District, said Mr. Dougherty, and has brought and will continue to bring hardships which they should not be called upon to bear. New Eng- landers and every citizen should have an interest not only in seeing that the plans for Washington are carried out, but should interest themselves also in the manner in which they are paid for, said the Commissioners. Result of Planning. ‘With the wide interest throughout the countty in regional and city plan- ning attested by the number of ex- perts gathered here, perhaps the chief point with which they have been im- pressed so far is the fact that the de- velopment of Boston's meétropolitan area is a direct and natural result of lack of planning in the first place, rather than of plans carefully drawn in expectation of future .conditions, thus differing from the situation in Washington today. While Massachu- setts was a pioneer 40 years ago in setting up a metropolitan district for Boston, the original creation of the metropolitan district and the steps since taken in its enlargement and de- velopment have been brought about by necessity—the same necessity that will sooner or later face every part of the United States where the population is becoming more dense. Boston's metropolitan district today comprises an area of approximately 400 square miles, with 40 politically separate municipalities In _which live some 1,800,000 residents. Forty years ago, the district originated when in- discriminate sewage disposal by some 18 of these municipalities was contributing _to an alarmingly high death rate. It became expedient and necessary for these municipalities to combine in a plan for disposing of their sewage, and this was done by placing the problem in the hands of the Legislature, which created a metro- politan dsitrict for sewerage, taxed the communities in accordance with T Coniied 9h EARD & SOl o Star. * BLAST ME' | THOUGHT SIX UNSUNG HEROES RISK LIVES DAILY TO TEST U. S. PLANES New Wright Field in Aviation—Radio Communica- tion Is Stressed. By Coneolidated Press. WRIGHT FIELD, Dayton, Ohio, October 25.—They tell you here, where everything new in aviation gets its real baptism, that the United States 18 rapidly backing the rest of the world into the shade when it comes to recent airplane develop- ment. Uncle Sam is out in front in engine design, radio control, communication in the air, in military equipment— nd he is just getting his full stride. That is easy to believe after a trip through the new air corps develop- ment at Wright Field, which has just been dedicated. Here the Govern- ment is establishing the world's greatest aviation laboratory and ex- perimental station. They are learning something new U. 5. RADIO STAND 1S GIVEN SUPPORT Refusal to Interfere With Pri- vate Concerns Upheld by Convention Body. By the Associated Press. A resolution safeguarding America's principle of tolerating no, govern- mental interference in the private operation of radio concerns was ap- proved today by a subcommittee of the International Radio Conference. Stephen B. Davis, vice chairman of the American delegation, presented a resolution to exclude from &ny con- vention for radio regulation to be sub- scribed to by the United Statee any clauses affecting the management of radio concerns. Davis said that he proposed no new principles, but mere- ly the continuance of the present state of affairs. The heads of the chief delegations immediately espoused the proposal and the motion was carried without a record vote. The statement of the policy of the United States was in response to a demand from a British delegate last week that America’s position be clari- fled, since uncertainty on the point involved was delaying progress of the conference as a whole. U. 8. Conditions Different. The difficulty arose from the fact that most of Europe’s wireless con- cerns are either governmentally oper- ated or controlled and the govern- ments concerned are, therefore, inter- ested in and capable of enforcing uni- form management regulations. Such is not the case in this company. The American resolution proposed that primarily a convention be reached among the powers covering merely such questions as affected the signatory governments as sovereign states. General regulations would then also be negotiated, including “the provi- sions. which all governments agree must, in the public interest, be fol- lowed by their operating agencies, whether publicly or privately owned.” Would Not Subscribe. “Among the subjects which the delegation of the United States con- siders would fall in this classifica- tion,” the resolution said, “are the rules designed to prevent interfer- ence, the allocation of frequencies among services and those directed to efficiency and uniformity in the mobile service, both as to vessels and “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. aircraft.” Further regulations. “would in- clude all rules which the countries adhering to _the international tele- graph convention and regulations consider desirable among themselves, either in addition to those regulations or as modification of them.” The United States would subscribe to the convention and to the first group of general regulations, but not to the second, since the country is not a member of the telegraph union. President Plans Trip. It was announced at the White House today that President Coolidge will_go to Philadelphia during the middle of November to make an ad- dress at the celebration of Founders’ Day of the Union League Clyb of () Means Associated Press, o i ’ Puts Nation Ahead about flying almost every day. Al of this new knowledge goes out of here without strings attached, so that commercial aircraft concerns can advance in step with the mili- tary. And it is here at Wright Field that you find one of the country’s most exclusive clubs—an unassuming little group of six test pilots—engaged in the interesting occupation of trying to find flaws in every new experi- ment. Without them, progress might be slow; with them it is rapid. Tnlimited courage and unsurpassed skill in the air are initial requirements for club membership. Few make the grade. /Those who do are pioneers, testing everything new aviation has | I | Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,036 TWO CENTS. FALL AGAIN STIRS OIL TRIAL IN GOURT TILT WITH LAWYER Former Secretary Voices Dif- ference of Opinion on Ob- jection to Testimony. QUESTION OF DRAINAGE AT DOME IS REVIVED Government Attempts to Show Des fendant Was Advised Leak Was Not Serious. The smooth-running and harmoni- ous joint defense of Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair split abruptly shortly b.fore noon today in the trial of the former Secretary of the In- terior and the New York oil magnate, charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government, over the admissibility of testimony from a Government wit- ness on redirect examination by Owen J. Roberts, special Government oil prosecutor. Arthur W. Ambrose, chief petro- leum technologist of the Bureau of Mines at the time of the leasing of Teapot Dome, had been cross-exam- ined at length by counsel for Sinclair and Fall on his part in the leasing when Roberts sought to clear up some points for the benefit of the Govern- ment’s case. Fall Voices Opinion. Roberts delved into technical ge- ological matters concerning whether Secretary Fall had learned from Am- brose that a dome on the border of Teapot Dome and within the reserve was sealed, in which event it would not be in danger of drainage from private wells immediately across the boundary line. “We object,” declared George P. Hoover, counsel for Sinclair, as the witness began his answer. Fall, from his chair behind his counsel, spoke up in a clear voice ‘which could be heard throughout the courtroom. “We don’t object.” “We do object,” declared Hoover with emphasis on the “do.” Justice Frederick L. Siddons smil- ed. ‘William E. Leahy, counsel for Fall, then made this statement voluntarily; “We have no objection to any ques- tion with reference to this lease of Teapot Dome.” Justice Siddons over- ruled the gbjection, to which ruling Hoover did not take an exception and to offer. Right now these six pilots honored by the Air Corps—Lieuts. Johnson, Patten, Hutchinson, Moffat, Amos and Eubank—are engaged in (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) FODTPRINT FOUND INFORBUSH SEARCH Bloodhounds Follow Trail ta Park Ravine, Where Clue Is Discovered. A woman'’s footprint was discovered early this afternoon on a bit of sandy soil deep in the heart of a heavily wooded ravine north of the Zoologi- cal Park by the party of searchers, who are using bloodhounds in the quest for Mrs. Ann Ramsey Forbush, wife of Rev. Dascomb Forbush, pas- tor of the First Congregational Church at Canandaigua, N. Y., who disappeared from Keith's Theater last ‘Wednesday night. Acting on information furnished by Louis Wright, 3621 Newark street, that he saw a woman answering® to the description of Mrs. Forbush in the vicinity of the Zoo late yesterday, the bloodhounds were placed in the woods at the point where he said that he saw the woman. Led by their own- er, R. F. Glascock of Occoquan, and Detective Sergt. H. M. Jett, the two dogs picked up a cold trail and fol- lowed a devious route through thick underbrush, finally reaching the spot where the footprint was clearly dis- cernible, Dogs Lose Trail. The trail then led to a point near Klingle Bridge, where the dogs lost it and began to circle in an attempt to pick it up again. Although search- ers concentrated their efforts in the Rock Creek Park area a colored em- ploye of a bakery reported seeing a woman resembling the description of Mrs. Forbush near Chevy Chase Cir- cle, and it was reported also that a woman resembling her was seen early today in Meridian Hill Park. Dr. Henry C. Burgess of Canan- daigua, specialist in mental disorders and a member, the searching par (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) THREE IN ESTATE FRAUD ARE REFUSED REVIEW Conviction Follows Soliciting of Funds from Heirs of Senator. By the Associated Press. George Westcott Stearn, R. W. Warren and S. T. Kent Oliver, con- victed at Richmond, Va., of devising a scheme to defraud in .onnection with an alleged claim of the heirs of Charles Durkee, former Senater of Wisconsin, against the Government, were refused a review yesterday by the Supreme Court. Stearn and his associates were con- victed of attempting to defraud J. R. Harrison and others by soliciting them to contribute to a fund for the recovery from the Government of ap- m‘xoximntel)' ::4.000.000. t was charged they represented that Durkee had deposited that amount in bonds in the United States Treasury to insure the completion of certain Pacific railroads, and that the vast sum,, with interest, was due the heirs, who had authorized its recov- ery. It was asserted that they prom- ised to return $100 for every dollar Roberts, after one further question, concluded his re-direct examination. Former Senator Atlee Pomerene of special Government counsel was per- mitted to offer in evidence a depo: tion made by the late J. W. Zevely, Sinclair's attorney, bearing on the trip he made to Fall's home at Three Rivers. It wad on this trip that the defense contends Zevely went for the purpose of discussing certain Osage Indian oil lands desired by Sinclair. Reading of Zevely's testimony de- veloped the fact that at this confer- ence Fall had told him that the Navy was Investigating Teapot Dome and that he would not make up his mind about leasing it until after this report had been made. Inquiry About Stock. Shortly before the morning session closed the Government called to the stand George E. Stanford, counsel for the Mammoth Oil Co., and inquired immediately into the exchange of stock of the Mammoth Co. for stock in the Sinclair Consolidated Co. Sin- clair owned nearly all the stock in the two companies. ‘When Pomerene asked that tke minutes of this meeting on September 29, 1922, be read, Martin W. Littleton, counsel for Sinclair, objected vigor- ously. A long argument followed, the Government contending that the ex- change of stock would prove the value that Sinclair then placed on the Tea- pot Dome lease. The testimony was important, Pomerene stressed, in forg- ing the links in the conspiracy charge of the Government. Justice Siddons finally ruled in favor of the Government, and counsel for both defendants noted exception, Fall's counsel declared that the de- fendant knew nothing whatever about the transaction. Shortly after the noon recess the Government introduced evidence to show that the Mammoth Oil Co., con- trolled by Sinclair, would pay $800,000 for quit claim deeds to all the areas in Teapot Dome held by the Pioneer 0il Co. and the Belgo Co. of Wyoming in the event it received a lease on Teapot Dome from the Government. . This evidence comes on the heels of Government testimony that the Pio- neer and Belgo claims were worthless and could not be used as a means of obtaining a least without competitive bidding, as provided by the leasing act. Agreement Is Produced. Former Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio, special Government oil counsel, produced this evidence through George K. Thomas, an attorney of Denver, who was secretary of the Pioneer com- pany at the time Teapot Dome was leased to Sinclair. After establishing the claims both his company and the Belgo company had, which™ were re- jected by the Interlor Department when offered in connection with an application for a lease, Thomas pro- duced the agreement which was drawn up in Washington, March 11, 1922, after 11 days of negotiation. Thomas said he was summoned to Washington and received the propo- sition by the Mammoth Co., follow- ing which the agreement including these points was drawn up: The Mammoth Co. will in the event it receives a lease on Teapot Dome, pay (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) DENEBRINK IS NAMED PRESIDENT’S NAVAL AIDE Lieutenant Commander Formerly Was Assistant to Admiral ‘Wilson. Appointment of Lieut. Comdr. Fran- cis C. Denebrink of Long Beach, Calif.,, as a naval aide to President Coolidge was announced today at the Navy Department. Lieut. Comdr, Denebrink, who has been in charge of press relations at the department for the past year, was graduated from the Naval Academy in 1917. For two years he served as aide to Rear Ad- miral Henry B. Wilson, superintend. ent of the Academy. When appointed contributed to defray the cost of the to Annapolis, he was a resident o - { A L