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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Increasing cloudiness, temperature near morrow cloud: Temperatures: yesterday; lowest, Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 . No. 30,505. Fhierehas s SNOW - INTENSIFIES FLOOD SUFFERING: DEAD EXCEED 130 Freezing Weather Adds to Discomfort of Homeless New England Thousands. RELIEF WORKERS FEED AND CLOTHE VICTIMS Waters Subsiding in Northern Area, but Situation to South Remains Acute. ted Press, N. November 7. — Snow squalls and freezing weather added today to the discomfort of the thou- gands in the New England flood nrea, whose homes had been surrounded and cellars filled with water. Fur- naces were useless in such places. In many of the rural districts, however, stoves are used for house heating and it was impossible in such districts to get warmth from wood fires, The dead in the flood are known to exceed 150, Relief workers bent their efforts today toward the feeding and clothing of those driven from their homes and toward the prevention of the spread of disease. Waters Subside in North. While the waters in the Northern States continued to subside, the situa- tion to the south remained acute, with 6,000 persons reported routed from their dwellings in Springfield, Mass., where the full effects of the Connecti- cut River at flood state were being experienced. The river's rise today was most serious at Hartford. The work of relief went on unceas- ingly, while from Vermont, scene of the most severe loss of life, came fresh reports of victims that threat- ened to boost the death list consider- ably. On the fact of incomplete informa- tion of the disaster, which overtook residents of the Winooski Valley, where 86 persons are known to have perished, it was feared that a com- plete check of the debris-littered river course wouid reveal further bodies. A report from the remote Lamoille River Valley, the first to come from there, told of seven deaths and it was believed in Burlington that there would be many more. Bolton led all Vermont places with 82 fatalities in the town and vicinity. 21 Dead in Waterbury. ‘Waterbury had 21, while Barre was next with 7 known dead and a re- ported possibilitywthat the figure might reach 20, Duxbury and North Duxbury were said to have lost 12 persons each, but Teports from there were unauthenti- cated. Despite the magnitude of the blow, Vermont and its sister States were making valiant efforts to retrieve their losses without outside aid. All troops from Fort Ethan Allen, near Burlington, Vt., were ordered withdrawn by Maj. Gen. Preston Brown, commanding the 1st Corps Area, who flew to the former city to rising temperature. Highest, 43, at noon Bureau Forecast.) with lowest freezing tonight; to- at 6 am. today. Entered as second class matter shington, D. Chicago’s Mayor Brings 1,500 Boosters, Includ- ing Gov. Small. Calls on President With Two Volumes of Clippings on River Plans. Mayor “Big Bill" Thompson of Chi- cago, breezed into the Capital today with a noisy retinue of 1,500 home- town boosters, bent on convincing Con- gress and the American people of the necessity for adequate flood control— whether they are convinced already or not. Accompanied by Gov. Len Small of Tllinois, mayors of cities and towns in the Mississippi Valley, business men, railroad executives, and hundreds of miscellaneous delegates, all wearing America First” badges, the rotund, miable ‘mayor descended on Wash- ington with a policemen’s quartet and a sailor's orchestra, in a modest effort to give a rousing send-off to the House flood control committee this afternon. Pushes Flood Control. “I'm just trying to crystallize sentl- ment for flood control,” Mayor Tromp- son shouted above the crushing strains _@he Eoening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, “BIG BILL" BREEZES INTO TOWN WITH BAND AND FLOOD PROGRAM Did He Get I? According to mewspaper men who rank high for veracity, the following _dialogue took place this morning as Mayor Thomp- son and his party were leaving the White House: Reporter—Where are you go- ing from here, mayor? Mayor Thompson—I'd like to £0 some place where I could get a drink. Can you give me a tip? Reporter—You might try the British embass Mayor Thompson—(Deleted by censor.) of “America First, Last and Always,” as his orchestra and quartet shook the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel. “I promised the President I would do my bit toward arousing sentiment for flood control and I'm going to re- port to him what I've done,” Thomp- son explained. “Then we're going to appear at the committee hearing this afternoon and offer our services in behalf of flood legislation The mayor and his party rode into town on 10 special trains and most the city’s taxicabs and several bu were pressed into service to get them | to their hotel. A trainload of “delegates” from New Orleans, headed by Mayor Arthur O'Keefe, joined the | Chicago throng this morning. The lobby of the Mayflower Hotel presented a hectic appearance a few moments later a8 hundreds of men (Continued on Page 4, Column 2, FLOOD CONTROL HEARINGS BEGIN Midwest Governors and May- ors to Appear Before House Committee. By the Associated Press. While flood disaster gripped one section of the country., members of the House flood control committee as- sembled at the Capitol today to work out the problem of holding the swirl- ing waters in check. Called together specifically to con- sider means of keeping the turbulent Mississippl and its tributaries within their banks, the members drew from the present New England flood a sterner realization of the importance of the work with which they were con- fronted. Arrive With Appeals. That the picture of destruction caused by flood in the Mississippi Ba- sin early in the Spring might be fresh in the minds of the membership, a host of ives from that section were on hand, each the bearer of an peal to Congress to take immediate steps to draft a comprehensive flood protection policy. Included in this group were ‘the governors of several States, the may- ors of & number of large cities and several score of persons who have fig- ured in various ways in the rehabili- tation of the thousands left homeless a3 a result of the disaster. ‘While the committee actually was not called to begin work until early afternoon, 'the morning hours were take personal charge of the situation and the relief measures directed by President Coolidge. Previously soldiers had been direct- ed sent to Montpelier to co-operate with authorities there. An Army base has been established at Concord, N. H., and from there two airplanes succeeded in reaching Mont- pelier with typhoid fever serum, medi- cine and yeast. A flock of Army and privately com- missioned planes circled ceaselessly over both Vermont and New Hamp- shire and brought back the first defi- nite pictures of what happened to many places. Tracks and Bridges Gone. The aviators told of an unending panorama of inundated landscapes, barns, houses, autonobiles and even an occasional freight car grotesquely picked up by the swirling water and set down in the alien surroundings, of wrecked bridges and uprooted railroad tracks, of burst dams and desolate farms. § Everywhere reliet agencles, the Red Cross, Army officers, the Salvation Army and others were working to succor those most sorely afflicted, while medical authorities sounded warnings against drinking of unboiled water where there had been any possi- bility of pollution. In a number of places innoculation against typhus and other ravages was being urged as a precautionary measure. Ralilroad communigation was being gradually restored. In Vermont little could be done, but in New Hampshire and Massachusetts the various com- panies pressed with vigor their efforts to patch together the intricate net- work of lines which the storm turned topsy turvey. Milk Situation Improves. As a result, the milk situation in this city and in other cities unaffected by the flood was somewhat on !he road to normal after a partially milk- Jess Sunday. Even today. however, in the face of strenuous attempts by milk and railroad companies, the situa- tion was far from satistactory. The Boston and Maine Railroad has pucceeded in opening its ewn lines to the West with the aid of 4,000 con- struction men and_hundreds of cars of stone, while the Boston and Albany Wwas still being forced to detour ite through trains 150 miles through Jnmecticut in order to reach Albany, ALL SAFE IN CONNECTICUT. Peak of the Flood Seems to ¥ Spent Ttself. SW HAVEN, Conn., November 7 ing out of the north, where ad death_and destruction through Vermont, New Hampshire and western Massachusetts, the peak of the Connecticut River flood today affected much of this State. But it seemed evident that its ter- rific force was being gradually dis- sipated as it swept to the waters of Long Island Sound. Windsor, to the north; Middletown, on the sonth, with Hartford in the center, formed where the end. _mort those along the river valley in this section prepared in advance, No Loss of Life. No loss of life appeared today to have taken place in this State. ¥ the brunt of Column 5) onsavind s oy T(Continued on Page Wrimsily ping 8 filled with a number of conferences between various parties. Callers Are Numerous. Many of the delegations also had arranged to arrive just in time for the meeting, and the committee chairman, Representative Reid of Illinois, found the callers at the committee room the most numerous since he was chief de- fense counsel in the court-martial trial of William Mitchell two years ago. First on the program was an open- ing statement by the chairman and next in order was presentation by in- dividual members of their views on the situation. After that the commit- tee witness chair was at the disposal of the representatives from the strick- en area. T DR. LOGAN IS FINED $500 IN CHANNEL SWIM HOAX ‘Woman and Trainer Plead Guilty to Perjury Charge and Pay for “Joke.” By the othy Logan's now famous channel swim “hoax to end hoaxes” has cost her something over $500 in hard cash in addition to the storm of criticism which burst about her head when the story of her fake channel swim of last month became known. With her trainer, Horace Carey, Dr. Logan appeared in Police Court today to answer charges brought by the public prosecutor. under the perjury act for making a false declaration in connection with her so-called swim. | She was fined £100 and 10 guineas in costs, while Carey was fined £50 and 5 zuineas in costs on their plea of suilty. BIRTH RAT.E FALLING. New York Health Commission ‘Warns of Decrease. NEW YORK, November 7.—Health Commissioner Harris is concerned be- use New York's birth rate is de- creasing. Fifteen s ago the rate was 28 per 1,000, he said In a state- ment today, while last year the rate was 21, The commissioner attributes the cause to two factors—the entrance of the United States into the World War, which took men overseas and reacted upon marriage, and the exclusion from this country of ‘the foreign group, s=o prolific in maintaining a NEW YORK STATE VOTES TOMORROW Smith Leads Democrats in Fight on Longer Guber- natorial Term. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November T7.—The fight of New York Democracy, headed by Gov. Alfred E. Smith, against a Republican proposal to throw guber- natorial contests into presidential years will be decided at the polls to- morrow. Nine proposals to amend the State constitution will be before the voters, who will elect 150 Assembly- men, a Congressman, one State Sena- tor to fill a vacancy, 10 Supreme Court Jjustices and mayors of 51 cities. The fact that Gov. Smith has taken an active part in the Democratic fight against the amendment affecting gubernatorial elections has led ob- servers to believe that the fate of this proposal will in a measure indicate what he may expect from New York as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. in 1928. He has charged that the movement to ex- tend the gevernor's term from two to four years and hold elections in presi- dential years would result in national issues pushing the governorship into the background. Subway Loan Is Issue. Of the eight other amendments, only one has become a matter of con- troversy. By its adoption New York City would be enabled to borrow $300,- 000,000 for completion of new subways. The others would require the gov- ernor to submit a budget to the Leg- islature, permit appropriations for grade-crossing elimination to be ap- portioned over an entire county in which the crossing exists, increase the salary of governor from $10,000 to $25,000 a year, and of members of the Legislature to $2,500, make the gov- ernor the titular as well as actual head of the executive department, permit the construction of a road up White- face Mountain, permit counties to con- demn land for parks, plazas and streets; prevent cities annexing territory with- out a majority vote of persons in the section to be annexed. In addition to the- subway debt measure, New York City is to vote on a proposal to change the city's char- ter to permit condemnation of slum areas to provide for new housing. Terming Gov. Smith's reply to his accusations that vice in Albany is protected by a Tammany alllance “a tissue of quibbles and evasions,” Col. Theodore Roosevelt yesterday made answer to the statement issued by Gov. Smith. Attacks Gambling. Col. Roosevelt did not accept the governor's challenge _to submit charges against any official as_re. quired by law. He declared that Fed- 2rgl indictments now stasding against (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) " CARDS AND PHILLIES RELEASE MANAGERS McKechnie Succeeds 0'Farrell and Shotten Is Named to Re- place McInnis. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, November 7.—Boh O'Farrell has been deposed as mana- ger of the St. Louis Caridnals and Bill McKechnie, coach during the 1927 season, has been appointed to manage, the team next season, President Sam Breadon announced today. O'Farrell has signed a player's contract for 1928 at a salary increase of $5,000, Breadon said. Phillies Release McInnis. PHILADELPHIA, November 7 (#), —John “Stuffy” McInnis was today released as manager of the Philadel- phia National League base ball club and Bert H. Shotten of St. Louis Na- high birth rate. To Kneel at Gun's By the Associated Pres MILWAUKEE, Wis., November 7.— For five minutes last night a man stood at a telephone in a restaurant and five times, to the amusement of onlookers, he got the wrong number. Some watched his efforts smilingly, while others made remarks intended for_humor, Finally, in a rage, the man hung up the receiver, whirled around and whip- Ded out @ pistol, tionals appointed as his successor. Irate Phone Patron Forccs‘]esters Point in Restaurant “I'Nl give you jokers something to iaugh at,” he shouted, “If any of you move except to put up vour hands, I'll drill you. Back up against the wall.” A dozen lined the wall. “Down on your knees,” he com- manded, and the dozen complied. “Now, how do you like it? Laugh that off.” Keeping them covered with his pistol he hacked out of the place. The sun-play was reported to police. L 4 WITH ,SUNDAY MORNING EDITION LOBBY T0 REPEAL NHERITANGE TAX, I CHARGEDBY RAINEY Congressional Probe Predict- ed as He Quizzes Michigan Governor at Hearing. GREEN SAYS HE’S HERE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE Appears to Urge End of Levy as Well as Sales Tax on Automobiles. By the Associated Press, Congressional investigation of charges | that a lobby has been set up here for repeal of the Federal inheritance tax as predicted today during the House ways and means hearing on tax re- duction. The prediction was made during cross-examination of Gov. Fred W. Green of Michigan, who urged repeal of that levy, as well as the sales tax on automobiles. After the governor had testified he had paid his own ex- penses to Washington, Representative Rainey, Democrat, Illinois, declared he was glad to hear that, because there would be an investigation into the subject during the Winter. Gov. Green, who followed Thomas P. Henry, president of the American Automoblile Association, to the wit- ness stand to urge repeal of the auto- mobile sales tax, declared that he also wished to advocate retirement by the Federal Government from the field of inheritance taxes. Calls Michigan Dissatisfled. After the governor had sald Mich- igan was dissatisfied with the inher- itance levy, Rainey asked: “Who is financing this lobby in Washington?” “I have no knowledge about it,” the governor replied. “It is the most expensive lobby 1 know,” said Rainey. The Illinois Representative said he proposed to ask every witness a sim- ilar question. He declared some gov- ernors who would appear on the question would not pay their own ex- penses. Representative Garner of Texas, ranking Democrat on the committee, asked the governor if he did not think the Federal estate tax kept States from bidding against each other for wealthy citizens, but the gover- nor did not think that was a sound argument in favor of the Federal tax, Rainey interrupted to say that there were more than 1,200 millionaires in Florida. The governor said he ques- tioned the figures, but Rainey insisted they were official, Henry First Witness. The first witness t 4 Thomas P. Henry, president of t‘r’.?in\eflun Au- tomobile Association, urged repeal of the 3 per cent sales tax on automo- biles, declaring ‘“‘unwarranted” the move by the Treasury to retain a “‘war excise tax as a peace-time source of Federal revenue.” Henry said it was “astounding to learn that the announced object of the proposal is to equalize competition between the automobile and the rail- roads.” He expressed opinion that the Treasury had “stepped beyond the bounds of common sense and judicious {finsgnlng" in demanding retention of e tax, CHEAP APARTMENT PLAN SEEN FAILURE Scheme to House U. S. Workers Not Feasible, Hoover Indicates. Plans for construction in Washing- ton of an apartment bullding or group of buildings to house Government em- ployes at the “nominal” rental of $12.50 a room, have been virtually abandoned, Secretary Hosver indi- cated today. The scheme, originally broached in August, 1926, has lain practically dormant since early Win- ter of that year, while its sponsors have been investigating the problem of relatively inexpensive housing for err]mloye! of Uncle Sam in the Capl- tal. Apparently the feasibility of tho projected scheme has not materialized for Mr. Hoover said today the persons who have been successful with similar projects in New York, have about de- cided to abandon the apartment house plan in Washington, after an_exten- sive study of the proposal. He did not elaborate on the findings, nor did he mention the name of the sponsor or sponsors for the scheme. Early in August of last year Mr. Hoover was approached by a group of New York people, whose identity he has never disclosed, with a plan to construct in Washington, *“‘within 10 minutes” of the downtown section, a single apartment house or group of japartment houses in which Govern- ment workers could live at the rental rate of §$12.50 per room per month, with the option of purchase of the apartments while living in_them at lower rental than the $12.50 figure. The proposal caused a furore in the ranks of real estate dealers in Wash- ington, who saw in it the possibility of lowered rentals all along the line to meet the figures of the apartments. Questionnaires were sent out to 60,000 Government employes who might be interested in the scheme, but o details of the answers were made public. Something more than 15,000 questionnaires were returned to the Commerce Department, and the bulk of them were said to have been in favor of construction of the building or_buildings. Meanwhile, efforts to ascertain who the persons were behind the proposal were unsuccessful. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. which has con- structed several apartment groups in New York along similar lines, denied any connection with the proposal. o Another Quake in West. SAN DIEGO, November 7 (#).— San Diego and vicinity experienced a slight earthquake last night. It was felt aboard the U. 8. 8. Rigel and other ships in the battle fleet at Las Mesa, 7 miles east. A selsmograph at the Theosophical University recorded a 1 millimeter movement from north to south of about 5 seconds' duration. No damage was reported, S bl e MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1927—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. FOUR CHINESE HERE HELD IN DRUG RAID Arrest of Four Others in New York Held Likely to Smash Ring. Rivalry between two Chinese, al- leged by the Government. o be among the biggest dealers of opium in Wash- ington, has led to eight arrests in New York and Washington, which Federal officials today declared may result in breaking up a big drug ring. Four of the arrests were made here. One case, as announced by Dr. B. R. Rhees, head of the Washington di- vision of the narcotic unit, was worked up by his agent, who dis- covered the rivalry here between two alleged dealers. The arrests were be- gun in New York last Friday and cul- minated in early morning raids on two houses at 318 and 325 Pennsylvania avenue, of this city. Three Sent to Jail. Eight Chinese in all, including the alleged leaders of the so-called rival dealers, were in custody, three of them going to jail early this after- noon in default of bond. Narcotic agents, headed by Dr. Rhees, were reinforced by police, mak- ing a raiding party of 20 men. Descending upon the two addresses shortly after midnight, Dr. Rhees said they found at 318 Pennsylvania avenue a heavily barricaded door be- hind which eight or nine men were later discovered. Unable to break through the heavily reintorced door, the raiding party broke a small hole through and by the time the Chinese finally lifted a heavy scantling from the inside and opened the door, a red- hot stove in the center, Dr. Rhees said, was blazing with a fire which, he said, gave off a smell as of nar- cotics and smoking paraphernalia burning. Tins Litter Floor. ‘Tins in which opium is sold were scattered about the floor, he said. The first arrested here was Henry Wong of 213 John Marshal place. Wong and an agent went to New York City, where they purchased six pounds of gum opium for $75 a pound. ‘Wong then was arrested and three other Chinese in New York City were taken into custody charged with pos- session and sale of smoking opium. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner Cotter Saturday and held in bond of $5,000 each. The other three Chinese arrested in New York were Ong Fun, 18 Pell street, New York: Lung Do, 100 Eighteenth street, New York; Chang Fal, 66 Duffield street, Brooklyn. The narcotic agent who made the New York arrests then returned to ‘Washington and last night opened ne- gotiations with Ching Wing allas James Lee of 1432 Fourteenth street. The meeting was arranged at 325 Pennsylvania avenue. Arrested in Taxicab. James Lee, according to the agent, arranged to make a trip for the pre- tended inspection of a large quantity of opium somewhere in Washington. Lee was then taken into custody in a taxicab en route to police headquar- ters and plans were then made for the joint raid last night upon both 325 4nd 318 Pennsylvania avenue. The raiding party arrested Lee Lee at 325 and at 318 they took Charley Lee and Ben Lee. Some opium and paraphernalia were seized at both places, according to Dr. Rhees. Arraigned before United States Com- missioner Turnage today, the four were held under charges of sale and possession of smoking opium and were held for the grand jury. Ben Lee made hond of $5000 shortly after the hearing. Charles Lee and James Lee were held in ;5‘030 bond, and Lee Lee in §3,000 ond. LEAGUE ENVOY TO HAVANA GENEVA, November 7 (#).—At the request of the Cuban government, the League of Nations has decided to send a4 member of the League secretariat to Havana to follow the proceedings of the Pan-American Union confer- ence in January. o Accused Slayer Kills Self in Cell. By the Associated Pre Jose Vanques Prada, Mexican clerk, accused of the murder several weeks ago of David Fay Flsher of Philadel- phia, at Guadalajara, committed suicide in his cell in that city, the State Department was notified today by the consulate. Mexican authorities had been unable to establish any motive for the murder of Fisher. ey Radio Programs—Page 30 * Learned to Steal In Burglar School, Boys Tell Police By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 7.—The story of a school for burglary and gun play in which boys were taught by a modern Fagin known to them as “Prowl Manager,” was under police investigation today. Four 15-year-old boys and the man they say taught them to rob and steal have been arrested. Matthew Celehan, was the man the boys identified as their “di- rector.” Celehan took them on their first burglary, the boys said, taking from them their lode valued at $900, and later giving them money for their part. A check is being made in the be- lief the boys may have hgen re- sponsible for several robberies in the northwest section. MAGRUDER IS PUT ON“WATING LIT” Admiral Silent on Probable Future Status After Confer- ence With Wilbur. Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder, relieved Saturday as commandant of ‘the Philadelphia Navy Yard and fourth naval district as a result of hjs article charging the Navy with being overofficered and inefficient, re- ported to Secretary Wilbur of the Navy Department today, in accord- ance with instructions issued to him by the latter official. He was closeted with the Secretary for several minutes, and upon emerg- ing from the inner office said he had been placed on a status of “waiting orders.” Further than to make this known, Admiral Magruder would not discuss his case, but went from the Secretary's office to the offices of the Navy General Board, where he went into conference with its members. Wilbur Is Reticent. Secretary Wilbur today was reticent about his conference with Admiral Magruder, and would not intimate what plans he had in the way of duty for the admiral. He admitted that he discussed with the admiral what he was going to do, but said that he did not care to make the discussion pub- lic at this time. Admiral Magruder, under his pres- ent status, may do pretty much as he pleases with his time. He gets the full pay and allowances of his grade and may even proceed to his home at Government expense. Congress Probe Looms. There is a probability that Admiral Magruder will be kept in his present status so that he may appear before committees in Congress should there be a demand for his testimony in con- nection with investigation of his charges or to get into the question as to whether the Navy Is or is not run in an efficient manner and a dollar's value obtained for every dollar appro- priated. Secretary Wilbur would not even confirm reports that he was to as- sign the admiral to a desk in the de- partment, where he would be given opportunity to work up sufficient data to support statements made in his magazine article. . Score Hurt in Chicago Crash. CHICAGO, November 7 (#). score of persons were reported injured when three cars of a northbound ele- vated train jumped the track and crashed into the station at East Mon- roe street and South Wabash avenue on the east side of the loop today service. (#) Means Associated Pr KIDWELL REFUTES AFFIDAVIT CHARGES il Juror Asks Court for Op- portunity to Defend Self. Edward J. Kidwell, alleged talkative juror in the Fall-Sinclair conspiracy case, today petitioned Justice Frederick L. Siddons in Criminal Division 2 for an onnortunity in open court to re- fute the charges o J. Ray Akers, con- ductor of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. and of Donald T. King, \ reporter for the Washingt~n Herald, that he had praised Harry F. Sin- clair who was on trial, and had stated that he saw no advantage to himself of a verdict of conviction, but expected th ¢ he might have a car “as long as a bleck” in the event of Sinclair's acquittal. ot Jstice Siddons allowed the petition to bs led, but suggested that notice be served on the special counsel of the Government before a hearing. Calls Statements False. Kidwell in the petition branded as “absolutely falde in all essential aver- ments” the affidavits of the two men, which were submitted to the court last week for counsel for the Govern- ment, and which resulted in a mis- trial of the conspiracy case. He asked an opportunity to vindicate himself and to state the true facts of what took place at the interview with Akers and King, October 29. Through Attorneys Samuel Me- Comas Hawken, George F. Havell and Harold F. Hawken, the juror charges that Akers and King are guilty of contempt of court in per- sisting in an’effort to make him dis- cuss the case, after he had warned them that the court had forbidden jurors to talk about the case with any one. He asks that the affidavits of Akers and King be suppressed and ex- punged from the records of the court “because of the false statements made therein,” and that a rule be issued against both Akers and King requir- ing them to show cause why they should not be adjudged guilty of con- tempt of court. Would Defend Self. Attorney Hawken appeared with the juror before Justice Siddons at the afternoon session, and stated that by reason of the filing of the two affidavits and the widespread publicity given their contents and the comments made in the press, his client’s good name has been impugned and Kidwell has been held up to public ridicule and en portrayed as an outrageous and condemned as an_unfit n_without having been afforded (Continued on Page 7, Column 2.) SUES FOR HER SON HELD BY RELATIVES Mrs. Mary ~. Santman Charges Boy's Affections Are Being Alienated, Asking Habeas Writ. Charging that the affections of her 12-year-old son, Raymond L. Baker, are being alienated from her by his grandparents, uncles and aunts, Mrs. Mary E. Santman, formerly Mrs. Mary E. Baker, today sued out a writ of habeas corpus against Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Baker, his grand- parents, for the custody of the boy. According to the mother the boy was born in 1915, and his father died in 1920. She consented to let the grand- parents have the child temporarily. She asserts that the grandparents will A | not now permit her to take the child for a walk. Her present husband, William L. Santman, the court is informed, is well able to care for the child and will provide for his support. She is repre- sented by Attorney James A. O'Shea. Man, Taking Sick Wife to Hospital, Chased by Detective as Fur Thief A wild chase through downtown traffic by police detectives and a motor cycle policeman ended abruptly at George Washington Hospital this morning, when the driver of a car which sped past police headquarters and up Fourteenth street at 50 miles an hour, mistaken for a fur thief try- ing to make a getaway, proved to be a man from a Virginia town who was rushing his sick wife, voluminously enwrapped in furs, to the hospital for emergency treatment. J. H. Martin of Virginia Highlands, the driver of the car, passed police headquarters, at Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania, just as Detective The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Saturday’s Circulation, 99,008 Sunday’s _Circulation, 110,948 TWO CENTS. DAY HIRED SLEUTHS, BURNS DECLARES; RAPS U, 5. AGENTS Founder of Detective Bureau Appears Before Jury in 0il Case Inquiry. PRODUCES AFFIDAVITS _AGAINST GOVERNMENT Says Defense Had as Much Right to Shadow Jury as United States Operatives. Counter charges that Governmen asents had tampered with the Fall-Sin clait trial jurors, made by William J. Burns, whose operatives are accused lof the same thing caused a new sen- sation today during the grand jury investi_ition of the irregularities that caused the mistrial in the Teapot Do 1e case. Backing up these charges, the re- tired heal of the detective agency. produced two affidavits, which he claimed were presented to Justice Frederick L. Siddons, the trial judge last Firday morning, for his own in- | formation. Justice Siddons later, how ever, ‘enied any knowledge of th: affidavits. Summoned with his son, Sherman | W. Burns, before the grand jury, both admitted freely that Henry Mason Day, vice president of the Sinclair xploration Co. and the oil magnate's vight-hand man here, had employed the agency to shadow the trial jurors Burns in Angry Mood. The elder Burns declared in loud tones to a group of newspaper men after leaving the grand jury room that the Government, as well as the defense, had investigated the records of jurors and shadowed them during the trial. In indignation, Burns held that the defense was as privileged as the Government to trail jurors so long as none of the jurors was approached. Sherman Burns, the son, said after coming out of the jury room that Day had employed the agency, “inasmuch as the jury was not locked up, to place it under surveillance for the protection of the defense, to see that nobody connected up with them.” He added that Day ‘“appreciated the widespread interest in the trial” and that the defense had a “right to pro- tect its interest Twelve to fifteen men, six from New York and the remainder from Phila- delphia and Baltimore, were put on the job, Sherman said. As they found to their own satisfaction there was no necessity to watch the jurors, they were called off the task, he said. William Burns, during the course of his explanation, pointed to Donald King, reporter-for the Herald, who had talked with the juror, Edward J. Kidwell, and declared: “Why did they not arrest King?" The two Burns affidavits, which he said were filed by his agents with Justice Siddons, were prepared b; William V. Long nndp lg:unk }' O'Reily, Burns detectives, operating with others under orders from Sin- clair’s representative, who is now out on $25,000 bond. Mentions “Trailing” Incident. The two detectives trailed Norman L. Glasscock, one of the jurors, on October 22 and reported that an au- tomobilist, later identified by au mobile tags as being H. R. Lamb, r scribed as being an employe of Department of Justice, also trai, the juror and later was seen in conyersation with him at the Poto- mac Flying Fleld that afternoon. Lamb, upon being trailed, in turn went directly to the Department of Justice and after leaving that build- ing went to 1409 Sixteenth street. Lamb is believed to be the “uni- dentified person" about whose activi- ties Mark B. Thompson, attorney for Albert B. Fall, had requested a spe- cial assistant to the Attorney Genergf to investigate. Shortly afterward Lamb appeared 4 the courthouse and testified before the grand jury. On emerging from the room he emphatically declared that “nothing surprised me more than when I was told that my car and my: self had been shadowed, because 1 have had nothing whatever to do with this case.” Lamb admitted that he owns the car of the description given by the Burns detective and said the license number was that as mentioned, but explained on the afternoon of October 22 when his alleged actions took place, he was playing golf. Previously and on the same day the car had been urldel't the care of George Aikens, who operates an automobile repair sho at 1743 Rhode Island uvenu.: Lamg presumed that the car was taken out ;‘x;r testing before being turned over to ) he car is kept in a small garage in the rear of my house and there have been times I know when the garage door has been unlocked. I will see that that does not occur again, “I have had no connection with any juror in this case and never have been in the courthouse until this morning." Prior to Lamb's declaration United States Attorney Peyton Gordon In. (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) FALL IS IMPROVING; PLANS TRIP T0 WEST Patient May Have to Wait Week Before Departure for New Mexico. By the Associated Press. C. J. P. Weber was getting into his cal It looked to him like a carload of furs, he said, and he instantly gave chase. As the two speeding machines approached Fourteenth and F streets, tearing “wide open” through traffic, a motor cycle policeman joined in the chase, which ended a few moments later when the leading car turned in and made a quick stop at the George Washington Hospital. Mrs. Martin, whose hushand had wrapped her in several layers of fur coats to protect her from the cold was said by hospital physiclans to be suffering from a severe hemorrhage, and her condition upon her arrival was pronounced serious, Albert B. Fall, who has been ill here of congestion of the lungs, con- tinued to show improvement over- night. The former Interior Secretary breathed easier and his physicians are planning a consultation for considera- tion of how soon he can be returned to his home in New Mexico. Assured that the danger point in Fall's illness has passed, Mark B. Thompson of his counsel has left Washington and presumably will go to Las Cruces, N. Mex. Mrs, C. C. Chase, a_daughter, who s been nursing Mr. Fall, said it bas teen necessary to force him to eat. “His ows Za In this life,” she con- tru2d, *is to get back to the sun- shine and warmth of New Mexico," ___-;_JM”__a. PRI R