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" [VERHART REFUSAL ™ 1 - S 1 i | | WEA (U S Weather Clondy tonight; much change in t Temperature—Highest, pm todav. Full repor vesterday; lowest, 40, at THER. Bureau F tomorrow emperatur T4, at scast.) fair: not t on page 9. Late N. Y', Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star, Entered post ol No. 30495, s seeon lice Washington. nd class matter D, € WASHINGTON, D: € FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1927 —FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. * service. Yesterday’s Circnlniq The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news n, 101,010 (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. SIDDONS SUSTAIN OF OIL TESTIMONY Second Blow Dealt Govern-' ment in Attempt to Prove | Conspiracy. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IS BASIS OF DECISION Fall Heaves Sigh of Relief as Court Announces Its Findings. e Frederick L. nt a blow in inst Albert Siddons d the ¢ B. and Harr holding ¥ hart, in his refusal to tell the from whom he had received the 500 in Liberty bonds which he I £0ld and placed in a safe deposit box 4n the name of “A. B. Fall.” The rt's decision came as a stunning blow to the prosecution, which charges that the bonds were given to Everhart, a partner of Fall, | hy the defendant Sinclair as a bribe to the former Secretary of the Interior | in return for the leasing of Teapot Dome. 4d previously admitted on the witness stand that he had sold the bonds to the M. D. Thatcher e tate and delivered the cash to L. Jiule, assistant cashier of the Iirs National Bank of Pueblo, Colo., to be doposited to the credit of his father- in-law. Second Blow to Government. To forge the last link in the chain of evidence involving the bond trans- action, which the Government alleges Passed between Fall and Sinclair, the Government needed only a statement from Everhart that he had received the bonds from the oil magnate on the occasion of his visit to New York in May, 1922, after the lease had been exccuted. _ At one time during the intense Jazal arzument on the validity of the witness' refusal to answer the ques- tion propounded to him by Owen J. toberts, Government counsel, Justice Siddons. - pounded his desk. The court declared emphatically: “This witness must be accorded his full constitutional privile: He is Zoing to get it in this court if he is i o it e qurts rulinz, which brought climax the proceedinss in the was the second decisive defeat ¢ the Government in as 1t followed the barring of Senate testimony given by & Im-la‘!'l: 0 the effect that hi v%‘gnnp Thre o Rivers, ,\'%\\“s.%b cust with Fall the leasing of Teapot Dome, in court was received 1921, The ruling of the defense counsel. enthusiastically by u yflrt’.m Secretary Fall, who had listen- ed anxiously to the arguments, heaved a sigh of rvelief. His son-inaw, seat- eA in the spectators’ stand with Mrs. Fall and her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Chase, appeared visibly relieved. For Everhart, the moment was a trying one. Had Justice Sidaons swept aside his constitutional claim of immunity and had he refused to answer the question, he would have faced contempt charges and a prob- le jail sentence. .bsmz-\xir sat motionless flur;‘ng the jon ussion, keeping up the non- :hafilgh: has maintained ever since the bond transaction entered into the case. Emphasizes Witness' Right. In upholding the witness' refusal to testify, Justice Siddons at one time in- terrupted proceedings to remark: "It is a pretty onerous burden to put on @ lay witness to decide that what he would reveal may come within the yange of the conspiracy.” i The court followed up this remark Wwith its contention that the witness must be accorded his full constitu- tional privilege asainst giving testi- mony which would ineriminate him. Justice Siddons asked Mr. Roberts it he had understood the Government attorney to say in his argument “that if Everhart had got the bonds from the very hands of Sinclair himself he ssarily be a party to the | conspiracy?” Roberts replied that the court had understood him correctly. The Government counsel then brought to the attention of the court that Edward L. Doheny, jr., had given his father a check for $100,000, which his father in turn had cashed and given to former Secretary Fall. Yet the Government, he contended, had never charged Doheny, jr.. with heing a party to the conspiracy involving the leasing of the California oil re- serv ice Siddons ted in his ruling he found it difficult to believe it the witness Everhart. an- swered the question concerning the Tonds in the affirmative it would not ,prove a link in the chain of evidence | which would lead up to participation in the conspiracy by the witness, not- | withstanding he had never heard of | the lease, Cites Possible Questions. at would be the next inquiry? t Ked. iddons said these questions | naturally would follow: Why he got the bonds? gend you? Did Sinclair to come?” It the switness answered that Fall | . sent him, the court said he would Did Fall nd for you at did Fall tell you?” What Instructions did he give? | T ne tell you what further contract | Seula be made between the Govern- gent and the Mammotk Ofl Co.? “One can imagine withou straining o pre th int - tion is ended,” Justice Siddons, . Juld show despite the statements witness that he knew nothing tiotns leading up to the at this witness, this relative with close business relation- Jip, one of the three directors and feers of the cattle company, had deed, a knowledge of what was going n." ' "It &h o f difficult for me to see that elose questioning would not expose this man to the danger of being here- with being a_conspir- iddons adde “The for the fist time ness to the allege would be charged as nspirator.” I think 1 must sustain the objec- tion,” the court concluded. Tmm after J wiice Siddons’ - | revived {Wife Wants Home As Comfortable as 1shand Gives Dog the Associate CHICAGO. Octoher Pearl T. Kelly demanded a home at least as comforcable that hetr husband, Obert G. Kelly, fur- nishes his pet dos, she told Judze Joseph Sabbath in asking alimony pending the outcome of a suit for separate maintenance. She cliimed the only her husband, superinten turbmes for the General v, had given her in nine ¥ of wedded life were a washing machine, an jron and a kitchen cabinet. 28, —Nirs PLANES AR SENT *TOSTRKE AR 1. W. W. Muster Hundreds of Pickets. By the Assoviated Press WALSENBURG, Colo.. Octoher 25 —Amelia Sablick, 19, the girl who has been one of the most effective leaders of the 1. W. W. coal strike, was injured severely today when she was trampled by a mine guard’s horse. She led 230 pickets to a mine and started to advance with- out her followers. One of the guards attempted to grab her, and an uuruly horse struck her with its hoofs, By the DENVER, Colo., October 2 airplanes of the Colorado tional uard were dispatched today to the coal sirike zone in southern Colorado. The planes were sent at the command of Gov. Adams, marking the first mil- move of the State in quelling possible outbreaks. The planes will e their headquarters at Pueblo and circle sections of the strike area, where violence is most likely to break out. Fourteen National Guardsmen were ordered to Colfax County in northein New Mexico vesterday by Goy, Dillon following reports the I. W. W. intend- ed to attempt to close mines there. Hundreds Are Assembled. The I. W. W, leaders met rhe threat of State interference by assembiing hundreds of strikers at Walsenburg, in southern Colorado, for a drive to- day on the few mines operating in et e Walsenburg strikers were urged to extend picketing by Amelia Sablick, 19-year-old girl, known as “the little Amazon,” who yesterday led several men in a fist fight with guards. Up- | ward of 100 automchHes were pro- vided to speed distribution of pickets. Extent of the walkout was shown i an unofiéial’ survey: estimating 7.500 of the 10,000 men pormally em- ployed in the six largest coal-produc- ing counties were idle. That Colorado industries had begun to feel the effect of the strike was in- dicated today in the announcement of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. that 500 men would be laid off at its Pueblo steel plant. Company officials said they would be forced to shut down completely unless the mines reopened in a short time. Wage Increase Granted. Operations in the northern Colorado lignite field remaired virtually at a standstill. A wage increase was an- nounced today by the Rocky Moun- tain Fuel Co. for employes at the Co- lumbine mine, the only large property to remain open in this district. President William Green of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement at Seattle, declared the Col- orado Fuel & Iron Co. was responsible for the walkout. ““The company Three drove the United | Mine Workers out of Colorado several years ago and instituted ‘company unions,” " he said. “At that time the company was advised that as a re- soit of this move it might encounter labor troubles.” Mr. Green explained that the I. W. W. were not recognized by the federa- tion and that he was not speaking for his organization, but merely giving his opinion. {U. S. AGAIN PROBES WOMAN’S BUREAU bureau of the Police Department has been undertaken by the Federal Burean of Efficiency, it was learned today at the District Building. The bureau recently completed its first investigation of this agency, and in a report to the Commissioners, recommended that jurisdiction over children under 17 years of age de- tained police at the House of De- tention be transferred from the woman's bureau to the beard of pub- lic welfare. While the Commissioners accepted this recommendation in they decided to let Congress make the actual change. The investigators, it was said. spent more than three hours at the bureau and asked substantially the same ques. tions as propounded on their initial visit. The purpose of the renewed inquiry, therefore, is puzzling police and District officials, One of the investigators was Joseph W. Sanford, who recently resizned as chiet probation officer of the Juvenile Court 1o join the bureau's staff. Militia Flyers Ordered Out as | Another investigation of the woman's | MAFALDA CAPTAIN DECLARED SUICIDE: DALOST INWRECK | (Crowded Lifeboats Upset, Survivors Say, in De- scribing Panic. GAPING HOLE IN HULL | SHOWN AS LINER SANK Scores in Water Before Rescue Ships Arrived—Line Offices Give Disaster Death List. | By the Asscoiated Press, RIO JANEIRO, October [ vivors of the Principes ster, who arrived here nch steamship the commander pt. Simon Guli, committed suicide. | 1t was an eerie scene as the French | steamship Formosa and the Dutch Alhena came into port here. Seem. | ingly clothed in a deathlike pall, they made their way to the pier, the only human sounds coming from their crowded passenger quarters being the oceasional agonized m of those who had lost their Joved ones in the tragedy. The screeching of the winches and | the throaty voice of a deck officer di- | recting the mooring of the Alhena | only added to the gloom, while women sobbed in the crowd held behind police | lines ashore. The Alhena's decks were | 1 except for the stolid Dutch | on duty there. 300 Thought Lost. urvivors were landed the French steamship M sella, which sped to the scene of the | disaster under forced draft with life- boats ready to be immediately low- {ered. More than 300 are now believed to The commander of the Simon Guli, died at his “Viva Italia.” His radio officer, locked in the operating room, also perished. Others died from injurfes and exposure aboard the res- cue ships which were speeding them | toward land. All accounts agreed that the scene as the Mafalda’s boiler exploded and | the ship sunk was a long-drawn-out |and harrowing one. n before the | ‘ue ships came in sight there were | scores of passengers already in the water. Survivors said they saw sharks, but others said they saw none. The Formusa, the Alhena, the Brit- ish Empire Star and the Mosella ma- neuvered around the sinking liner. Emergency crews of volunteers | manned their lifeboats and _risked their lives” moving through the tioal: ing wreckage to pick up-the survi Swiftly they rowed toward the e of the catastrophe, with only the saving of lives in their minds. Cries for help sounded from all over | the water near the Mafalda. The captain of the Mosella maneuvered his_ship_close_to_the fast flooding (Con . Column CHEERING CAOWDS W RUTHELE Girl Flyer and Haldeman| Land at Paris After Trip From Lisbon. sailors i at | | have perished. Mafalda, Cap | post, shoutin By the Associated Press. LLE BOURGET, France, October 28.— Enthusiastic admirers fairly dragged tuth Elder, American girl fiyer, from the plane in which she and her co- pilot, George Haldeman, completed today their interrupted journey from New York. A crowd that had waited for hours flocked about the plane when it landed, seized its heroine as she slipped over the side of the fuselage and hoisted | her on its shoulders. Her chief con- cern as the clamoring procession moved across the field toward the | office of the commandant seemed for her appearance. Miss Elder's first words after the | plane alighted were “Good! Good!" Which she promptly translated into “Hon! Tres Bon!" Then as the crowd cheered and lifted her to its shoul- ders, she called out to a representative of the Associated Press: “I surely did not expect that.” At field headquarters, Commandant Renvoise greeted her with “we wel- come you in the name of French aviation.” “Tell him #ts mutual,” responded | Miss Elder. Her companion fiyer modesfly ef- faced himself and s practically lost for a time in the crowd that ignored in its wild enthusiasm for the As the crowd moved over the Haldeman remained behind to rwkfir with the motor, his face rather (Continued on TR ge 2, Column 1) |Five Are Saved From Death in 3 Days By Fire Depar Five lives saved in three days. That is the achievement proudly re- ported to Fire Chief George Watson today by Capt. J. R. Groves on behalf | of the Fire Department rescue squad. In each of the cases reported per- #ons o pme by gas poisoning were by the efficient members of the squad after patient use of arf cial respiration methods. The «over the pertod from October October inclusive, during which time there was an unusual prevalence of gas poisoning cases, Chief Watson pointed out, During those three days the squad administered respirative aid to victims numbering one-third of the entire total treated during all of 1926, the records show. Two persons were reviyed October vere Rich- @ecision, Everhart was called to the stand and refused to answer five questions propounded to bim by Mr. Womupued on age & Column 3) 22, the report stated. The {ard Chiseldin. 34 of 624 tt street, and W. Mulhall, 50, 4 Massa- chusetts avenue. In’ thiiffatter case mauulduutnrul' s, tment Rescue Squad |artificial respiration by the prone | pressue method, supplemented by use of the oxygen inhalator, for half an hour. The following day James E. Russell, a taxicab driver, was restored to con: siousness after being overcome by carbon monoxide gas from the idling engine of his cab. It required 50 min- | | utes of effort to effect Russell's Te- er; The next day the squad revived Dal- las Fisher, 36, of 950 1 street ng in his home. Half an hour's resulted favorably in this Instance, Tuesday Mrs, Catherine Jenkins, 39, of 1249 C street southeast, was re- stored to consciousness by the use of the squad’s inhalator. She had been affected by gas. “It is my belief that these men and women might have died, but for the prompt response and able work of members of the rescus squad,” Chief Watson deglared today, - — THE CORN BE CHAMPIO DELANO STRESSE CAPITAL PLANNING Civic Association Ends Tour of New England Dis- trict Today. BY BEN McKELWAY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. SPRINGFI The first American Civic Association will close here this evening after a tour toc of the Connecticut Valley from Spring- field to Greenfield, a tour which offers an excellent opportunity to study the efforts being made by three counties, five cities and 67 towns to adopt a regional plan of development when theic only common Interests lie in their proximity, a faith in Massa- chusetts and a strongly entrenched belief that a President’s not choosing | to-run in 1928 does mab-euwt much ice if the country chooses to elect him. Members of the American Civic A sociation who have been touring sec tions of New England have scen the case of Boston, where a city predomi- nates an area of smaller cities; of Providence, where a city has overflow- ed its limits and would like to pre- dominate the other cities in its im- mediate vicinity, and today they are witnessing a condition where some 75 political units, none of them predomi- nating, have been living and growing closer to each other for the last 200- odd years. Today these cities hoping to do something co-operatively to plan together their future growth, but as far as can bhe seen the step has not progressed much beyond the stage of thinking and hoping. Capital Ts Stressed. But of more interest tonians, who are witnessing. but tak- ing small part in, a regional develop- ment plan of their own, is the effort which Civie Association during this tour not only to stimulate enthusiasms in this potent voting region for the develop- ment of the American Capital, but to center the attention of these voters upon the fundamental on _why Washington is not being developed more rapidly in accordance with the plan of the foun are inere: fcan Civi long a factor in creating interest in the Capital's development, I in future use its widespread organization of committees on tl eral City to disseminate educational information throughout the country relating to the tendency of Congress to shift the burdens for development of Washing- ton to the shoulders of the local tax- vers in the District of Columbia, curtailing the development of the Capital. Addressing the members of the civic improvement committee of the Provi- dence Chamber of Commerce yester- day, Dr. J. Horace McFarland of Har- risburg, Pa., for 20 years a president of the American Civic Association and long a friend of Washington, declared | that the National Capital is on the point of being “starved” because of the continued practice by Congress of ating the District of Columbia as a private enterprise” instead of as the great Federal city for which it was planned. He classified as one major activities of the Americ Asso- ciation its work in connection with the development of Washington, and urged his hearers to interest their represent. atives in Congress in giving “Wash- ingtonians a square deal.” Recalls First Plans. Dr. McFarland recalled the plans for Washington by the founders of the republic and their intention that it de- velop as a great National Capital. “Instead of developing it as they planned, your Federal city is now in danger of being starved to death,” he said. “Planned originally as a city for the manufacture of our laws, Washington should have been devel oped as a model city, for it is the on!. city in the country that was planned for its purpose. But Congress per- ists In trealing it as a private enter- prise. “In Washington we have the De. partment of Agriculture, which furnishes free information to the farmers, and the Department of Com- merce, which furnishes free informa- tion on other subjects. And yet there is no source in Washington for a free supply of civic information based on experiments in conducting a model eity. “On the contrary, those who live in Washington are now paying nearly 80 per cent of the cost of maintaining your Federal city. “Congress has removed for its own use the best tay-producing land in Washington. Anf instead of making these Washingt ought to pay, « | tion Counsel W. to Washing- | has been made by the Amerfcan | INDEMNITY ON AUTOS FOR HIRE . MAY BE REQUIRED, SAYS BRIDE Corporation Counsel Holds Public Util- itias Commission Has Power to | | | The Public Ttilities Commission | has sufficient authority to require the | owners and operators of vehicles for hire to furnish indemnity zgainst in- juries to persons property, ac- cording to an opinioa submitted to ! the commission tod by Corpora- W7 1 connsel. | The opinion was 1 request of the commission, which, on | October 13, asied Mr. Bride to deter- mine whether tha District Commis- sioncrs, under police power, have ‘smfi(innl authority to require in- demnity. “Whether the Board of Commis- | sioners of the District of Columbia ould have the power to pass such regulations in the absence cf any other regulatory body, is not réces- sary to be decided now for the rea- son that Comsress, by the public { utili‘ies act of 1913, did create such a regulatory body and invested it with full supervision over public utilities,” said Mr. Bride. MOVETO OUTLAW CAROL SUSPECTED |Bratiano’s Plan Seen as At- tempt to Forestall Prince’s Return. dered at the By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, Octo- ber 28.—Government troops have come into collision at Kishinev, Bessarabia, with National Peas- ants who had been informed that Prince Carol was in Rumania commanding an army, say reports received here from Bucharest. Numerous arrests were believed to have been made. BY A. R. DECKER. By Cable to The News. , October 28.—Prime Min- ister Bratiano's declaration to Parlia- ment today is considered here as a prociamation that former Crown Prince Carol is a rebel and an enemy of the state. The National Peasants' party has is- sued a demand that the government hold a plebiscite to determine whether the Rumanian people want Carol on the throne, M. Bratiano has refused, declaring he would take most extreme measures against any persons propa- gating a plebiscite for Carol. Move for Future Seen. Members of the opposition claim that M. Bratiano precipitated the pres- ent situation for the purpese of pre- venting future action by.Carol's sup- port They claim that former Undersecretary of State Manoileseu, who was arrested for bearing letters from Carol into Rumania, was but one of many Rumanian leaders who visited Carol in France. They say the others were not arrested. Manoilescu, it is claimed, was not entering Rumania for the purpose of beginning a campaign for an im- mediate try.at the throne, but his coming was merely a part of the op- position plan. M. Bratiano, they allege, seized the opportunity to make the situation look graver than it was. King's Mother Opposed. All reports of unrest are coming from government sources. Opposition ieaders say M. Bratiano wants to ex- cite public opinion in order to obtain sanction for removal of Carol's sup- porters, particularly those army offi- cers still loyal to the former crown prince and the peasant leaders. It is reported that serious differ- ences have arisen between M. Brati- ano and Princess Helene, King Mi- ael's mother, M. Bratiano desiring to force Helene to leave Rumania, thus making it easier for him to control the boy King. The entire royal fam- ily is in Bucharest. Actress to Wed Menjou June 1. HOLYWOOD, Octotber 28 (#).— Kathryn Carver, film actress, intends to be the film colony’s first June bride of 1928. She announces June 1 as the date for her marriage to Adolph Menjou, the screen actor. Their en- gagement was revealed several weeks 280 Ly s i, , its gen- | Call for Bonds. “Regulations requiring indemni were passed by a former public utili- ies commission and made the subje: if test in the courts—Bell vs. Harlan. |Harlan claimed that he was not a | public hacker, but that he chartered his automobile by the hour under spe- | cial license from the District of Co- umbia. The Court of Appeals sus | tained this contention. Its opinion | was based upon the latter pawt of the | decision in Terminal Taxicah Co. vi | Commissioners, that the business was substantially ~a livery business as distinguished from that of a common carrier and for that reason the regulations did not ap- ply to Harlan. The Court of Appeals very carefully refrained from holding that the regulations did not apply to | common carriers—i. e., public cabs. “And 1 am of the further opinion that what the Supreme Ceurt of the United States said in the Terminal Taxicab case with reference to the control of public utilities by the Pub- lic Utilities Commission applies with | equal strength to the individual opera- | tor of a public hack for hire.” BIGGER NAVY MOVE IN GONGRESS SEEN Britten Plans Campaign for More Cruisers to Balance United States Fleet. | By the Associated Press. | A perceptible move already is or foot on Capitol Hill to bring a naval building program forcibly before the approaching session of Congress. ‘While as yet plans of “Big Navy men remain in a somewhat nebulous tate, there is a positive current of hought among a number of members hat failure of the Geneva conference | to reach an agreement on limiting warcraft tonnage not affected by the { Washington arms treaty calls for " | serious consideration of the advisabil- | ity of providing funds for additional fighting craft. ‘As the United States leads all other nations in destroyer tonnage, discus- sion so far has centered largely upon the need for additional American cruisers, a type of warship in which Great Britain greatly surpasses this country. Representative Britten of Illinols, ranking Republican on the House naval committee, already has de- clared that he will introduce a bill proposing construction over a five- | vear period of 30 cruisers of 10,000 | tons each and two airplane carriers of the type of the Lexington and | Saratoga, which will be completed within the next few months. Britten, one of the leaders in the successful | fight last Winier to have Congress | appropriate funds for three new | cruisers over budget recommendations approved by President Coolidge, holds | that at least 30 new cruisers will be needed to balance the American battle fleet. Although the Navy Department officially has said nothing as to whether it will make any recommenda- tions this Winter for additional war- craft, there is reason to beliéve that the Navy general board has been giving consideration to the matter. | By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO; Tex., October 28.— Aerial maneuvers resulting in realistic interpretation of wartime “dog fight- ing,” in which two cadet aviators escaped death by using parachutes when their planes collided at 2,600 feet, today found the pilots facing an Army investigation and possible court- martial. The pilots, J. D. Cleveland of Clev land and E. A. Sanburn of Upper Lake, Calif., had little to say of their nding their appearance Field authorities today of violation of orders formatiops for student ordered to practice a Emperor.to Review Assembled Fleets By Cable to T azo, Daily News, TOKIO, October and the gods permitt lion subjects and the Emperor « Japan Sunday will be spe the grand review of the ; flests, constituting pr whole navy of Japan, Iving in Tokio Bay before the port of Yokohama. There smaller 170 uni columns, while the Mutsu, with the Hirohito aboard. cruisers, winds slowly through the brilliantly lines. One hundred planes and fast alove the crowded areas, HOOVER ABSOLVED IN WHEAT PRICES Head of War-Time Body, Which Set Rate, Denies Sec- retary Was to Blame. fillir square miles, battleship Smperor four and out decorated 1% orted by in and fifty bombing will eirele nd land BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Com- merce and potential Republican nomi- nee for President, had nothing to do with fi g the $2.20 war-time price for wheat. This is revealed today for the first time officially in correspond- ence between Dr. Harry A. Garfield, president of Williams College, and chairman of the fair price committee appointed by President Wilson, and the Kansas City Star. The charge that Mr. Hoover, food administrator during the war, had been responsibie for fixing the maxi- mum price for wheat, much resented by many farmers, has been widely cir- culated against Fim in the agricul- tural States of the West. Indeed, the argument has been one most used by his political opponents. Some of the go-called farm leaders, who have op- posed nomination of Mr. Hoover, have used it in public addresses. Paper Sifts Evidence. The Kansas City Star undertook | to sift the matter. It is publishing | today its correspondence with Dr. Garfield, which shows that the price of wheat was fixed by the fairprice committee, composed of 12 men. Dr. Garfleld’s version of the matter, which removes from Mr. Hoover all responsi- bility for this price, is concurred in I by all the surviving farm members of the fair-price committee. They are Charles Barrett, president of the Farmers’ Union; L. J. Taber, master of the National Grange; E. D. Funk, at that time president of the Corn Growers' Association, and J. W. Shorthill, secretary of the Farmers' Co-operative FElevators' Association. Dr. Garfield says in his letter that Dr. Taussig, economist member of the committee, and Mr. Doak, who repre- sented the railroad brotherhood, also concur in his statement of the matter. The publication of the correspond- ence with Dr. Garfield may have far- reaching political effect. _Opposition to the nomination of Mr. Hoover has been strong on the part of some of the farm organizations and the war- time price of wheat, which the farm- ers considered unfair to them at a time when they could, they thought, | have obtained higher prices, has been | held up against him. | _The fair-price committee, headed by | Dr. Garfield, was appointed by Presi- |dent Wilson in 1917. It was com- posed of: Harry A. Garfleld, president of Williams College. chairman: Charles J. Barrett, president of the Farmers’ Union; Willilam M. Doak, vice presi- dent of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Eugene E. Funk, president of the National Corn Association; Ed- mund F. Ladd, president of North Da- kota Agricultural College; R. Goodwin Rhett, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States; J. W, Shorthill, secretary of the National Council of Farmers’ Co-operative As- sociations; James W. Sullivan of the American_ Federation of Labor; L. J. Tabor, master of the Ohio State Grange: Prof. F. W. Taussig of Har- vard University, chairman of the | United_States Tariff Commissio |dore N. Vail, president of the |can Telephone & Telegraph Co., and Henry J. Waters, president of the Kansas State Agricultural College. Writes Dr. Garfleld. The Kansas City Star, under date of September 29, sent to Dr. Garfield the following letter: “My Dear Dr. Garfield: With the presidential campaign approaching the statement is being made in polit- ical speeches in the Wheat Belt that Herbert Hoover was responsible for fixing the war price of wheat. The siatement often takes the form of a charge that Mr. Hoover arbitrarily and unfairly held down the farmers’ orofits for the benefit of England. Our understanding in the Star office is that a committee of which you were chairman determined the price. But with the lapse of years recollec- tions grow haz “We believe you would be doing a public service if you would send us the facts in the case for publication in_the Star. so the public may be (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) | Two Air Cadets, Who Jumped to Safety From Locked Planes, Face Court-Martial three-ship pursuit plane formation over Kelly Field yesterday. After tak- ing up formation with the third plane, Maj. James E. Chaney, commandant, said the cadets started unauthorized tactlcs, Soon after they began maneuvering for positions in their duel, the wings of the planes locked. The machines whirled, but remained locked until within 500 feet of the ground. The { pilots made perfect parachute jumps and landed uninjured a short distance from the wreckage. The ships were smashed to such an extent that salvage of even the en- gines was doubtful, officers said. Maj. Chaney declared “there was no ‘excuse for the crash,” and ordered an inquiry to decide on the advisability of vlacing the case before a court-martial, ' | MAGRUDER FEARS MUCHABOUT NAVY ‘ Declares He Made Mistake of | His Life When He Failed to Keep Mouth Shut. | PRESIDENT’S REFUSAL | BRINGS DISAPPOINTMENT chyresentntive Says Admiral “Went Off Half Cocked,” but Opposes Official Gag. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 28— Rear Adm: Thomas P. Magruder, who has been detached from com- mand of the fourth naval district be- cause of his criticism of Na ad- ministration, feels that the “mistake™ of his life has been that he has “talk- ed ton much.” “I have been lucky in my career up is time,” he told members of et Reserve Association in an address last night, t it has been | the mistake of my life that I have | talked too much. Navy men are taught to keep their mouths shut. When a Navy man opens his mouth he gets in trouble—that has been my experience.” Expresses His Disappointment. | Keen disappointment over Presi- | dent Coolidge’s refusal to review his with Secretary of the Wilbur was expressed by the admiral, who stated, however, that he accepted the President’s decision as final and would go wherever he was ordered, Admirn | | | | | | to 1 Magruder has been called to ington by Secretary Wilbur for a conference on or about Novem- ber 5. His successor, Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer, is expected here a few days prior to the date. CONGRESS MAY HEAR ADMIRAL. Britten Believes Magruder Was in Error, but Opposes “Gag. By the Associated Press. Admiral Thomas P. Magruder must look elsewhere than to the White House for assistance in his disagree- ment with the Navy Department, which. originating in criticism of na- val administration, has resulted in his removal as commandant of the Fourth Naval District. President Coolidge has denied the admiral's application for revocation of the order detaching him from his post and has refused to grant him & personal interview on the subject, choosing rather to leave the case in the hands of Secretary Wilbur. This was announced late vesterday by Mr. Wilbur after a conference at the White House. Members of Congress Differ. However, members of Congress, keenly alert to the Magruder situa- tion, have expressed varying views, Senator Oddie, Nevada, ranking Re- publican on the naval committee, de- clares Magruder has done the na- tinnal defense a ‘serious injury; Repre- sentative McClintic, of Oklahoma, a Democratic member of the House na- val committes, asserts the admiral should be given a vote of thanks by the committee itseif. Representative Britten, Republican, Illinois, a big Navy man and member of the House committee, believes that Magruder went off half-cocked, and instead of doing the Navy a service, he probably had hurt it in the eyes of the public. He said, however, that Congress never would tolerate the “gagging” of any naval officer and that he intended having Magruder be- fore the committee for a presentation of his views. Fleet Ready for Action. In a Navy day address before em- ployes of the department yesterday, Secretary Wilbur said the department had tried faithfully to conform to President Coolidges’ policy of economy and that he felt Congress would “be disposed to grant the Navy such rea- sonable appropriations as will be nec- ;wary for the needed increase in the e “For the first time in history,” he added, “the fleet is ready for action at a moment’s notice. The officers to man a war time fleet are available, the ves- sels of the fleet are adequately equipped and stored. The Navy is so equipped now as to be capable of ex- pansion and of practically instant mobilization.” . JACKSON GETS STAY PENDING HIS APPEAL Justice McCoy Postpones Electro- cution of Woman's Assailant Un- til April 17. Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court, at the request of At- torney John H. Wilson, today post- poned until Tuesday, April 17, 1928, the execution of Philip Jackson, col- ored, convicted of a felonious assault on Mrs. Daisy Wellings in the Capitol grounds February 18. The electrocution had been November 11, but since Jmh::tht: appealed from a decision of Justice Hoehling refusing him a jury trial on the question of his mental condition, raised after his conviction, which will not be argued in the appellate tribunal until early next year, the postpone- ment was found nece: . Assistant United States Attorney William H. Collins appeared for the Government. PLANE HALTED BY FOG. Mrs. Grayson Temporarily Sus- pends Dawn’s Test Flights, OLD ORCHARD, Me., October 28 (#).—A thick fog which shrouded the coast today forced a temporary sus- pension of the test flights of the Dawn, although preparations - tinued to ntmdl!ldn’(h. ship of xwl:. Fi 'S Grayson for another attempt the Atlantic. g to