Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1927, Page 1

WEATIIER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly colder tonight and tomorrow: lowest temperature tonight about 35 degrees. Temperatures—High- est, 53, at 2:15 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 38,'at 11 p.m. vesterda Full report on Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 24 and 25 No. 30,503 post offic page Entered as second class matter Washington, ] D. C 90 KNOWN DEATHS IN FLOOD INDICATE NEW ENGLAND TOLL “NAY EXCEED 200 Fatalities in Montpelier Alonel‘ Estimated at From 137 to, 212 by Some Reports. Bursting Dam Is Blamed. WATER 10 FEET DEEP SWIRLS THROUGH CITY Meager Advices From Inundated States Tell of Widespread Ruin. | i Lieutenant Governor of Vermont Feared to Be Among Victims of | Disaster—Desolation Spreads. Br the Associated Press. Raging rivers continued to spread | death and destruction through the| vallexs of northern and western New | England today, paralyzing communi- cation and shrouding the extent of | the disaster in uncertainty. While more than 9 lives known to have been lost, unconfirmed. | indefinite reports from the isolated area indicated that the death toll| might mount above 200. Mystery's darkest center hovered | over Montpelier, Vt, from which trickled vague reports of loss of life varying from 137 to 212 persons. The burstnig of a reservoir was said to have sent more than 10 feet of water swirling through the city. were Thousands Lose Homes. the | A wireless message from | stricken area to the Associated | Press, picked up at Binghamton, N. Y, reported the loss of 10 lives and among them was said to be! Lieut. Gov. Jackson. i A similar message, picked up at| Hudson, Mass., however, mentioned | persistent, but unverified, reports of high [pss of life at Montpelier, but made no mention of any loss of life | at Barre. ‘The meagre reports 1 in dim outline thousands of men, Womesn and children homeless and exposed to the rigors of steadily dropping tempera- tures with food supplies cut off and without means of appealing for heip The damage to property, according | to early estimates, mounted into stag- gering sums, while in addition thou- sands of persons were temporarily de- prived of livelihood with the pacalysis of_industry. 3 h ‘While the Green Mountain region of Vermont and the Berkshire region of Massachusetts were the most serious- 1y affected, the flood waters poured over into other New England States, New York and the province of Que- bee, tearing buildings and ripping bridges form their foundations. Red Cross Mobilizes. The American Red Cross, already providing 60,000 meals a day to the Mississippi flood sufferers, was mo- bilizing relief work for the new vic- tims in the East. Six workers were yushed to the flood areas and all local chapters were authorized to expend | their funds to meet any emergency. Relief work was severely handi capped by crippled railway service, while Boston and other cities of the New England Coast, cut off from the inland dairy section, were in imminent danger of a milk famine. - While intermittent wire communi- cation was being established to many points long cut off, ominous silence Dies Setting Record CAPT. HAWTHORNE C. GRAY. PRESIDENT ORDERS PLANES T0 FLOOD Over New England to Learn Extent of Disaster. President Coolidge has directed sev- eral Army planes to fly from Boston over the New England flood area in the hope of obtaining information as to the extent of the disaster there. the Green P. Jackson, from is William tidings State, 1615 lister Jackson of Vermont, reported in news dispaiches to have lost his life im a flood at Barre, Vt. The President waited at the White House for the latest information con- cerning the disaster in shis native State. exhibiting great interest in the news. The New England colony in the Capital beseiged newspaper offices for information on the latest turn in events back home. Difficulty was ex- pericnced. New Englanders said. in getting messages through to ascertain the siatus of relatives and friends, as telephone and telegraph communi- cation is crippled. Army Ready to Help. conference at the White House today, sent wordl to Maj. Gen. Preston Brown. commander of;the Corps Area at Bos- ton, to communicate with the State authorities to determine what assist- ance the Army can render in tlood zone. It is thoughr likely that at least four or five Army airplanes will be sent at once to the section affected by the fiood waters, principally for the purpose of reconnoitering to as- certain the extent of the flood and to give assistance to refugees if neces- sary. Reports Alarm President. President Coolidge, whose native home is at Plymouth. not far distant from the area reported in the press to be flooded, was considerably alarm- ed ar the reports he read in the papers this morning and was greatly disappointed when he learned that it was impossible to get in communica- tion with his old home town or nearby centers. He was In telephonic communica- tion with Attorney General Sargent in rthis city, whose home is in Ludiow, Vt., which is not more than 12 miles from Plymouth and which is reported to be flooded. He was unable to give the President any news other than that contained in the press dispatches and_expressed himself to he deeply (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) still hovered over Montpelier, Barre and St. Johnsbury, Vt., and frantic | efforts to reach them by radio and air- | plane were under way. A | Many miles of both railway 'andl highway in the Green and White/ Mountains and Berkshire regions| e inundated, completely swept away or buried under landslides. As the crest of the d waters, sccumulated from more than two days of the heavy rainfall which rkushed | over New England, swept down the Connecticut_River, the waters were | rising steadily in the wide vallev| through Massachusetts and Connecti-| cut, but were reported to be receding farther north. | DAMAGE IS STAGGERING. Latest Reports Expected to Add to Extent of River. BOSTON, November ) —New heights were reached today in the mounting toll of life and property I 4n the worst storm and flood disaster that New England has experie within memory. The disaster to heavy rain in abnormally weather. Although at least 30 persons were dead and material damage can frio staggering sums, it was feared that when full news of the catasiro which overtook Montpelier, \'t came known the list of water victims might be greatly increascd. ‘An unconfirmed report. via Whit= River Junction, Vt. =aid that the collapse of a reservoir had cansed many deaths. The estimates in these reports ran from 137 to 212 Radio Flashes News. The first contact of Vermont's with the outside world xince th came from an Associated Pres respondent operatifs over a rgdio station which de -d on power {rom doorbell batte apital Hood cor s 1oid of 10 reported dead in t city of Barre, inc ding the licutenant governor of the State, 8. 1 In Montpelier there was no check on loss of life. Light and power were cut out, as they were in practically every other piace in the central part of 1he State and many in New Hamp- shire and Massachusetts. Bridges had \ teen carried away swirling _tor- rents. Water in the Wincoski River was 20 feet above normal. The message was sent out hy fon (Continued on I'age 2, Column 5.) (¢ Radio Proflr;m— —a.fie 34 | M. boring | ACQUITTED BY JURY, MAN PLEADS GUILTY William Waple, who was acquitted | Thursday by a jury in Criminal Court No. 1, which Chiet Justice MecCo later dismissed from further duty, criticizing their verdict, pleaded guilly to joy-riding in connection with steal- ing an automobile, before Judge Me- Mahon today and was held under £5.000 bond for the action of the grand jury. Frank le had 1926, quarters Detective Alligood testified tha | stolen a touring car on June 1 b i aile Chisholm, [ , which since has been Serg W Anti-British Strike Continues. TANGHAT November 5 (#).—The a ritish hipping strike gn . c s sontinued toda¥, British ed to Chinese in some = heing seized. et :pread to the ri-er, tae pickets confining their operations ashore, Hero?lai-cs FTood | In Auto to Warn | Of Bursting Dam i By the Associated Press BECKET, Mass., November 5. To the heroism of one of its resi- dents this ittle Mown of 650 in- habitants owes the fact that only one life was Jost when a mountait reservoir burst its barriers and sent a torrent rushing down upon the village. The hero was Wil Ballou, owner of the reser- i sir. Wlhen the great downpour threat- ened to burst its walls he went on guard and with the first indication that they were giving way drove his automobile through the village warning the people to run for their | lives. Most of them heeded the | warning and reached safety before | the wall of water struck the town. | s Gustine roll. the only m. heard_ the witning, but hesi- leave Jt and i | vi tated, and before she coul her home the water strucl rhe was swept awey. ch Instructs Army Craft to Fly| In the meantime, anxiously awaiting | Mounrain | Secretary of War Davis, following a | the ! ! zen exhausted, he pecame unconscious WASHINGTON, D. CAPT. GRAY DIES | IN AR SEEKING BALLOON RECORD Body Taken From Wrecked Bag in Tree on Farm Near Sparta, Tenn. LOG SHOWS HE REACHED ALTITUDE OF 40,000 FEET Set Mark Previously, but Was Dis- qualified When He Was Forced to Use Parachute. By the Associated Pr November 5.— Hawthorne C. cott Ficld, Belleville, T11., yest day, seeking a world record for free | balloens, lost his life in the attempt. | His body in the wrecked balloon was recovered near here today. Identity of the aeronaut v lished by papers in his poc! balloon bore the number S-S( The balloon, drifting aiml was seen about 5 o'clock yesterd fter- noon by a farmer who attempted to seize one of the ropes but missed it. | ollowing it over the mountains, he | came upon the balloon lodged in a tree and the hasket in another tree about 10 feet distant. Not suspecting that any one was in the g h_P; made no report of the incident until today. Reached New Record. Cause of the death was unde- termined, but it was said at the undertaking establishment where the hody was brought it appeared he | had been dead since yesterday. Doctors said they believed the aeronaut succumbed from lack of s there were no bruises on s estab- The is body. m]".:lx Yhu(‘ morning a boy climbed the tree and discovered Capt. Gray's bory. The basket was lowered carefully to the ground and all instruments and papers left just as they were, a photo- araph being taken of the ensemble before the in's body was re- moved. Capt. Gray's journal of the flight contained a page of entries. The last one was timed at p.m. Friday. It read: “40,000 feet. Sand ail_gone.” | Capt. Gray had a supply of oxygen | sufficient to last two and a half hours. He had spent much time and labor on his equipment and he considered it perfect. He planned to begin using the oxygen at 30,000 feet. Col. Paegelow said Capt. Gray's dogged determination to set an official altitude record probably caused him creased. » < Further examination of Capt. Gray's person and the balloon basket indi- cated that he had taken out his sheath knife to cut the bags of sand and the supposition is that accidentally he cut the tube leading from his mask to the oxygen tank, the result being his arly death. The tube appeared as if it had been cut by a knife, INSTRUMENTS T0 BE SENT HERE Record May Not Be Allowed Officially, Experts Declare, SCOTT FIELD, 1., November 5 (#).—Capt. Hawthorne C. Gray reach- ed an altitude of 40,000 feet at 3:15 p.m. yesterday, he wrote in his log found with his body mnear Sparta, Tenn., today. Scott Field officials were informed. This altitude, if authenti- cated, would establish a new world record. This was the last entry made by Gray. His sealed instruments 4 show an even greater ht, when opened at Washington, where b will be sent immediately. Gray, 40,000 feet up, again igher into the air than any other living man, but Scott Field officials said it was doubtful whether the record would be nllowed oificially. His ascent to 42470 fest Jast May was disallowed as a viorld’s record be- he was forced to descend by ‘hute. Believed to Have Died in Air. The supposition of Scott Field offi- .ers was that Capt. Giay died at a high altitude when, with hiz suppl of oxy- nd choked. The strike has not | ce where the balloon dropped » foothills of the Cumberland it he had not died in air, und ly would have made ute jump to land safe | )t. Gray melted into the clouds | INinois vesterday shortly alter | ascended in a free balloon at 2:22| | pm. Four Army planes acting as| escorts landed in Kentucky”last night and reported they last saw him he: | ed in the direction of the Ohio River o | he ¢ #p | By the Associated Press. g}.“;c::&;"g;‘E;,‘;P&:‘“‘h;‘r‘x ;‘i:f g'; troverted factors entering into the C., SATURDAY, NOV e WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION & EMBER 5, 192 - Slar, '"HIRTY-FOUR PAGES. TAX HEARINGS DUE 10 WIND UP TODAY Conflicting Opinions Un- changed by President’s Sup- port of Treasury Plan. ‘With President Coolidge's approval now placed upon the Treasury recom- mendation to limit prospective tax re duction to $225,000,000, the House | ways and means committee again to- day considered suggestions for admin- istrative revision of the revenue statutes in an effort to devise a way to aid the taxpayers in meeting their obligations to the Government. The list of witnesses was short, as the hearing was arranged to permit conclusions of discussion regarding the administration of the revenue laws so that the way would be cleared for con- sideration Monday of the excise or so- called nuisance taxes, one of the con- nt tax situation. ‘While committee members, preced- Ing the hearing, admitted they had read with interest the White House announcement indorsing the Treasury recommendation, public comment was not forthcoming, and it was indicated that the statement of the views of the President had failed to change the conflicting opinions already expressed. View to Be Adhered To. At the White House it was said that the Treasury proposal to limit tax reduction to $225.000,000 repre- sented the administration view, and undoubtedly would be adhered to. It was added that Mr. Coolidge did not wish to be represented as having previously advocated $300,000,000 re- duction, as was reported in some of the papers, at least in the headlines. While the President is said to have made known earlier in the Fall his desire for a cut in taxes, it also was asserted that no specific figure had been mentioned, as at that time the views of the Treasury were unknown and budget recommendations had not been brought to his attention. It was made clear, however, that Mr. Coolidge regarded the proposal spon. sored by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and some Demo- crats for a $400.000,000 reduction as| impossible. About the time the President's views were announced at the White House late yesterday, Chairman Green of the ways and means committee =aid at the Capitol that the public hearings on X matters would be concluded next Thurs Friday anl Saturday, he said, would be set a.fde for the drafting of the report by the joint congressional committee on revenue legislation, and that a week from Monday the ways and means committee would meet behind closed doors to begin the actual fram- ing of a bill, Towans Ask Refund. A novel plan for relief of farmers of Towa and possibly other States di- veted the attention yesterday of the ways and means committee, when a representative of some 150 Jowans asked refunds on taxes on land sales made during the war boom. . 0. Dayton of Washington, Towa, asked Congress to go back 10 years | valley and Kentucky. Winds of a | 30-mile velocity were reported by the | pilots at 6,300 feet and the velocity | at greater altitudes may have been | I'90 or 100 miles per hour, they said. | | | Planned to Stick to Ship, | Planning to ascend to 45,000 feet, or | approximately a mile higher than the | | mark he set last May, Capt. Gray intended to *“‘stick to the ship” untii| the last, for it was due to his being forced to descend in a parachute that the May record of 42,470 feet was not allow although it was the | greatest altitude ever recorded by a | human being. As the early hours passed tod: the fear was expressed that some mi: hap ‘might have befallen him_ = Air experts here said that he could have lost consciousness in the re atmos. phere of the extreme heights to which he was equipped to go. This hap- pened on the previous flight and he regained consciousness only in time o prevent a landing at breakneck hig bag was inflated and pre- ©ht inside a hangar here | Jay becau 4 {hour wi.d on | jumped into the basket and the balloon was taken to open air and rel.ased. | "'He said he expected to encounter a | temperature of 90 degrees below zero. Sought Record Before, ay, who lost his life yester- day, began 1o shoot at the record early this vear and kept doggedly at it. On | his first fight from Scott Field, on March 9, he became unconscious at 7.000 feel, perhaps more from his exertion in _dumping overhoard two Capt. d reconsiler taxes assessed on land sales, which, he said, the v had collected millions of doll: than it ghe 1d have. He contended that the Government had erroneously assessed the total eales instead of tax- inz the actual cash received. Dayton said that approximately 1,000 farmers in Iowa had been over- taxed in this way and he believed the same estimate would apply to farmers in seven other States. “These sales were made in the m Jority of cases veen neighbors Dayton continued, “and were not by people engaged in the profession of buying and selling real estate. These sales were In almost every case made with & small paym.it. Rarely did 15 cash received ever exceed one- fourth of the selling price. “In assessing these sales at the time t'in department treated them th the whole amount had been ceived in cash. The great majority of these farms have been turned back to the former owners in a very run- down condition.” He filed with the committea a re- capitulation sheet from 25 petitioners, which showed that the total of their sales amounted to $1.2 0, and that the expected profit had been estimated at $209,022, N Bus Line to Suspend. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., November 5. On application of the Quantico-Wash ington Bus Line Co., which has been operating between the points named for some time, the State Corporation Commission authorized the company to discontinue service on the line nd within tw from thiy date to January 1, 1928, REMUS RECEIVES Bibles Are Sold By Slot Machines In Chicago Churches By tha Associated Press, CHICAGO, November 5.—Bibles on the “cafeteria plan” have been introduced by Rev. G. K. Flack, field secretary for the Chicago Bible Association. Chicago churches have adopted the idea and Bibles, Testaments and separate hooks of Scripture will be offered for sale in vending ma- chines. POISONED CANDY Slayer Escapes, as Sweets Make Prison Guard lll—Trial Begins November 14. BY the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, November 5.— Sheriff William Anderson and city officials were making an investization today to ascertain whether an attempt was made on the life of George Remus, who is being held prisoner in the Hamilton County jail for the slaying of his wife, Imogene, by means of poisoned candy. The former bootleg king received a box of candy, bearing a New Yorl postmark terday which was r ported to contain poison. Officials were inclined to believe that it was a practical joke or a fake, but they turned the candy over to the city chemist for analys Th a tin container, in a feminine hand, arrived mail and was turned over to Remus. Remus passed the container to some of the jail guards and took a piece himself. Biting into the candy, Remus, who at one time was a chemist, detected the presence in the candy of a sub- stance which he said tasted like strychnine. He cautioned the guards not to eat the candy, but Samuel McQueen, one of them, 'already had swallowed a piece and asserted that it made him ill. Emetics were administered and McQueen's stomach was cleared of its contents. However, a rise in his tem- perature was noted and he was placed the county jail. age did not bear a return < to the candy episode ves- terday, Remus and his co-counsel, Charles H. Rlston, and Prosecutor Charles P. Taft and his assistants agreed before Judge Chester R. Shook in Criminal Court to waive the sanity hearing which had been scheduled | for next Monday. As a result, Remus will go on trial on the first degree murder charge on November 14. GASOLINE BURNS CHILD, Flaming Basin Hurled From Win- dow Hits 4-Year-Old. Burning gasoline, hurled from a window by neis Lee, colored, 18 vears old, of 1625 New Jersey avenue, yesterday afternoon, was blamed for severely burning 4-year-old Joseph Carson, colored, who is in Freedmen's Hospital. The gasoline fell upon the child, who was at play, police were in- formed. and his condition was re- ported eritical, Lee was cleaning clothes in a rear room, police were told, when the gaso- line in a basin became ignited a hurled the Dignity of District The quiet dignity usually surrovnd- ing the district attorney’s otfice has been completely demcralized by the stirring_ovenis attendiélg . the grand Jury investiza Assistant secret ser s, atendants, es and newspaner men litera! over each other in ‘he hurly-burly stampedy that occurs almost constant- ly in the rarrow corridor between the private cffice and ~aom. j. leyton Gordon and his corps of voung assistanis are hesieged so constantly that hey find difficulty in squeezing in iime necessary to per form their official duties. The assist- ants, and more particularly Neil Bur- kinshaw, a ‘ittle mite of a fellow who s presenting h+ case (o the wrand jury, are 8o cushed that the only way No regson is asllqed in the order - bodity grab them and hold them while one can have a word with them is to Is Disrupted by Grand DEFENDS FAILURE 10 SUBMT MERGER Wilson Holds Companies Not . Consulted in Order to Get Action. Harley P. Wilson, principal owner of the Washington Rapid Transit Co., today defended his failure to submit the transportation merger plan to either the boards of directors or the stockholders of the street railway com- panies, 1n a statement filed with the Public Utilities Commission, which de- clared that some such intervention as that adopted was necessary to ‘“con- vert lethargy into action.” Mr. Wilson's statement came in re- sponse to a letter filed with the com- mission yesterday by John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co.. designed to correct the impression that his company had seen the plan of consolidation and had approved it. Conferences Urged. The letter of Mr. Hanna suggested that the best way of accomplishing a merger would be through confereuces between representatives of the com- panies with assistance of the commis- sion as representatives of the public. Mr. Wilson indorsed this suggestion, ing: hould Mr. Hanna's suggestion rela- tive to conferences be accepted and should such conferences be promptly inaugurated and result in a merger, my entire object will have been at- tained. Based upon previous results, however, I believed that some such intervention as that adopted by me was necessary to convert lethargy into action.” Mr. Wilson also pointed out that he had discussed the merger plan exhaus- tively with “outstanding residents of the District of Columbia,” and that with the proper co-operation and a dis- cussion by every one cgncerned with the principles and actualities, “a con- solidation recognizing every legitimate right of the stockholders, and at the same time completely safeguarding the public interest, can be accom- plished.” Wilson's Statement. The statement of Mr. Wilson fol- lows: “I have just been furnished by Mr. Hanna, president of the Capital Trac- tion Co., with a copy of his communi- cation of this date to you, regarding the preliminary suggestions made by me designed to bring about the unifica- tion of the street railway lines and bus lines of the metropolitan district of Washington. “As I have previously stated to your commission and to the public, my chiet purpose in formulating a unification plan is to bring about an actual con- solidation of the transit properties of the Washington Railway and Electric 0., of which I am a director; of the Capital Traction Co., and of the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co., 98 per cent of the stock of which is personally owned by me. “Having been a large property owner 1n the neighborhood of Wash- ington for nearly 20 years, I am fa- miliar, as your commission is, with the fact that discussions and sporadic ef- forts have been indulged in for more than 20 years to bring about such a merger. The most recent example of these efforts was the prolonged discus- sion in 1925 and 1926 between commit- tees representing the Washington ailway and Electric Co. and the Cap- ital Traction Co., participated in by members and representatives of the former Public Utilities Commission. Those efforts apparently failed to bring about a merger. In my study of the subject I have had the benefit of all of the correspondence and memo- randa growing out of previous efforts, and 1n addition have studied, with the help of eminent engineers, economists (Continued on Page Attorneyqs Office Jury Oil Inquiry questions ara beinz propounded. Dcors cigareira smoke curls to the ng and newspaper correspondents chase from room o room hurting down rumors that A/ thick and fast. It is a hectic atmosphere and no mis- take. In the room where usually one as- sistant sits quietly outside Gordon's office, there is a cogstant coming and going, with the bang of doors and the tramp of impatient feet. Similar scenes are enacted in the offices of all the assistants nearby. Maj. Gordon's usually dignified appearance is ruffled at times and routine husiness about the office has a hard time being straightened out. Stephen B. Callahan, chief deputy United States marshal for a score of years, said yesterday he prayvs every night that peace and quiet again will descend on the courthouse. “But the Lord doesn’t m to answer my pray- ers,” he ad urnfully, “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 * (P) Means Associated Pri SHOT THROUGH WINDOW KILLS HALF-CLAD MAN Meat Cutter Said to Have Fired at Random After Noise at Door Aroused Occupants. An unidentified negro, only partly clad, was shot and almpst instantly killed shortly after midnight, when James E. Adams, also colored, 44 years old, fired at randem through a rear wiadow at 233 Elm strect, after occu- pants of the hotce had been aroused by a noise at the door. The shot struck the man in the lower jaw and he was pronounced dead at Freedman's Hospital, where he was removed on order of Patrol- man J. J. McAuliffe, who refponded to the call. Adams, a meat cutter, told police he was unaware that he had shot any one until he heard his victim groan. ::; was held pending an inquest Mon- FALL VERY WEAK, DOCTOR DECLARES Former Secretary Reported Seriously ll—Crisis Due in 24 Hours. By the Associated Pr Broken in health by complications {rom a long-standing throat ailment, former Secretary Albert B. Fall is | seriously il in the Mayflower apart- ment, where he has lived since he jcame to \Washington for trial with | Harry F. Sinclair tn the oil conspiracy case. After a turn for the worse yester- day he spent a restless night, and to- day was very weak, although his phy- sicians predicted that the crisis would not come for another 24 hours. They thought him in no immediate danger. Loss of strength resulting from a congestion of the lungs. together with an aggravation of the old bronchial trouble, rendered him unable this morning to speak to members of his family at the hedside. Fall is 66 years old. He has been in ill-health for several years, and during his attendance at the conspir- acy trial he many times showed the dibilitating effects of his long battle with his physical ailments. After a mistrial interrupted the proceedings he made plans to return to his home in New Mexico for rest in prepara- tion for the new trial in January. But his doctor, J. J. Kilroy, put to bed instead. Dr. Kilroy =aid the patient's te perature was slightly lower this me ing, but that the conditicn of his nerves has made it impossible tor him to take nourishment. The phys:cian paid tribute to the nursing abilities Mrs. C. C. Chase, Fall's daughter, who is taking care of him, and who, he said, nursed him through a similar illness. “Mr. Fall weathered a storm some- what like this before,” Dr. Kilroy said, “so I think he may come out all right.” - STATE MOBILIZES FORGE IN' STRIKE 15 Former Soldiers Sent 10 Southern Colorado to End Intimidation of Miners. By the Associated Pres DENVER, Colo. A newly formed squad of State police, armed and with terse instructions from Gov. W. H. Adams to “enforce the law,” today joined county authori- ties in the southern Colorado strike area in an effort to stop alleged intim- idation of coal miners wishing to re- turn to work. - Gov. Adams hastily mobilized 15 State police yesterday after a sniper fired on miners in Las Animas County and following _reports Industrial Workers of the World planned more mass meetings in an attempt to fur- ther cripple the Southern fields. Formed of Ex-Soldiers. ‘The State detachment was com- prised of ex-service men under com- mand of Louis Scherf, former Army captain. They went immediately to Walsenburg, headquarters of the I. W. W. in the Southern field. On arrival at Walsenburg the police found scores of idle miners preparing to leave for Aguilar. The miners were led by alleged organizers for the I. W. W. and had utomobiles It was understood n was bound for a mine in an isolated section of Berwind Canyon near Aguilar, ‘apt. Scherf obtained reinfores ments from sheriff’s. forces and an- nounced he would trail the caravan, and attempt to stop any mass meet- ings, known as “legalized picketing since the governor ruled that act patrol of mines was unlawful but that mass meetings could be held. Meanwhile, circulation of petition: among miners wishing to return work was understood to be under way at many camps. Industries Are Threatened. The petitions were approved by the State with the idea of thus present- ing the demands of the strikers to the operators through the industrial com- mission. While many men have returned to work since a ban was placed on picketing early this week, Colorado industries were threatened with fur- ther curtailment unless the strike, which_started October 18, ends soon. The Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., one of the largest coal operators and own. ers of steel plants at Pueblo, already has laid off 3,000 men due to lack of fuel. Authorities attached little -signifi cance to the sniping incident. Adjt. Gen. Paul Newlon reported some one had fired several shots at men assembled near a mine powder house. He said the sniper fired from a cliff, but that no one was .njured. Chinese Troops Mutiny. SHANGHATI, China, November 5 UP). —A strong body of Nationalist troops was today reported to have mutinied at Tungehow, 60 miles north of here. The loyal Natlonalist were said to have the «situation well in hand, ovember 5 (A).— | ! | ant as fast as the papers are printed, Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,464 TWO CENTS. OIL JUROR CALLED AS TAMPERING QUIZ TAKES NEW ANGLE Charles Holt Summoned for Inquisition by United States Attorney’s Office. ALL TALESMEN WATCHED, GOVERNMENT CONTENDS Ruddy, Burns Detective Chief, Is Again on Hand as Probe Continues. Following on the trail of irregulari- ties that brought about the Teapot Dome mistrial and now involve Harry F. Sinclair and his alleged lieutenant, Henry Mason Day, the grand jury today was busy gathering additional evidence to substantiate the Govarn- ment's charges of a conspiracy to in- fluence the decision and action of the trial jury. A new trail led today to a mysterl. ous financial offer said to have been made to Laurence G. Hoes, an invest- ment broker, of 1014 Twentieth street, who was one of the original veniremen called in the Fall-Sinclair trial. Several days before the Teapot Dome case came to trial Mr. Hoes found a note from a man named “Me- Kenzie' at room 422 of the Mayflower Hotel, requesting him to call about “a little financial transaction.” Inquiries at the hotel, however, failed to dis- close any one by that name. The district_attorney's of also is following a clue given by Mr. Hoes S de a'out him 3 checking up on him as a prospective juror. After hearing Hoes, the grand _ury ad- journed until Monday mornmg. Holt Is Summoned., It was learned today that the grand jury is pressinz a new line.of inquiry into the possible influences brought to bear on the original 12 trial jurors. Charles Holt, juror No. 12, who was kept segregated yesterday and ques- tioned alone when the other jurors had been dismissed, was again on hand this morning. He is waiting to appear before the grand jury. While Neil Burkinshow, assistant United States attorney, who is pre- senting the case to the grand jury, would divulze no reason why Holt is being retained, he nevertheless at- taches significant importance to the Jurcr. Another venireman who was wait- ing to be questioned again is Able Goldstein of 1501 Varnum street, and Arthur Dunlap of 2846 Twenty-seventh street, also i3 in line for special in- vestigation, It has developed that all of the 56 men and.wemeén on the two special jury panels were under more or less constant surveillance befora the trial. Some of this is laid at the door of inquiries usually made by the Government about prospective jurors to determine their standing, but the district attorney's office is following numerous traiis which it is belizved will hook up these inquiries with Day and his Burns detectives, The first witness called today was Miss Josephine Hopkins, a student at George Washington University, living at 1862 Otis place, whose ne ap- peared in one of the reports made by the Burns detectives detailed to shad- ow jurors in the conspiracy trial. It developed that one of the operatives saw her automobile running ovehind that of one of the jurors for some blocks. Ruddy Called Agzin. Charles S. Ruddy, chief of the corps of Burns detectives who inguired into the financial it is charged, sc contacts with monex iht to make hnprop them, also was sum- again lay to appear before the grand i He will be called tell to whom he reported the i 1<ht in by his men and ssible to identify their employer, | mentioned repeatedly as “the client™ in papers seized in Ruddy’s quarters at Wardman Park Hotel, The Government is so confident that the “client” is Harry F. Sinclair, co- defendant with Albert B. Fall in the | oil conspiracy trial, that yesterday a warrant ted for his arrest, although later it was decided it should not be served at this time. Day, the other persons named in the Govern- ment's complaint, is out under §25,000 bond, awailing action of the grand jury. George P. Hoover, counsel for Sin- [clair, had an early consultation with Maj. Peyton Gordop, the district at- torney, this morning. After this in- terview Mr. Hoover shed further light on the recall of the Sinclair warrant. Hoover Explains Situation. Speaking as a lawyer, Mr. Hoover gave it as his opinion that the war- rant is being held in abeyance be- ause the district attorney wished to avoid the necessity of giving Sinclair 1 hearing before Commissioner Need- ham C. nage before the grand ' tion had terminated. If nclaif was to be brought here from ew York it would be on a removal ant which would give him the izht of a citnzen to a hearing. Sheldon Clark, Chicage sportsman and vice president of the Sinelair Re- fining Co., has been located in Chicago and will come here probably Monday. Neil Burkinshaw, the diligent assist- United St attorney, who is presenting the ¢ o the grand jury, taches high significance to Clark's possibie connection with the hiring of detectives to shadow or influence the wetion of the jurors, Sinclair is charged in the formal t, which_he is involved enry Mason Day, now under 25,000 bond, with being a party to the conspiracy to “influence the ac- tion or decision” of th v. Tt is with the purpose of hookiny up Clark directly with the activities of the Burns detectives that the Sinclair business associate has been summoned hefore the grand jury. As his siate- ment from Chicago explains, he was in Washirgton during a period of the late trial, Burkinshaw Is by no means through with investigating .the 12 jurors that served during the Fall-Sinclair trial. He had four of them before the grand .jury vesterday afternoon, and it is understood a pecial 'ine of inquiry is being .onducted in connection with others. The feur who were questioned ‘losely before adjouriment yesterday are Mrs. Annela Bailey, Conrad J. Herzog, William . Goucher and John P. Kern. Today's Inquiries, so far as the grand jury is concerned, will be nee- sssarily limited by reason of the fact that the jury is expected to adjourn at noon pind wi!l not meet again untll Mondaymornini