Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1927, Page 4

~ ARTRAIL BLAZERS ~ ARGUE FOR SAFETY Accurate Weather Information Should Aviators Insist Precede Over-Ocean Flights. Twelve of America's trail-blazing crusaders of the air—all of whom have crossed one or more of the oceans of the world within the past eight months—sat in judgment today at the Commerce Department on the vagaries of the weather over the oceans, related their experiencs witl freakish winds and storms over the seas, and agreed that before trans oceanic travel hy airplane becomes more tham a mere “stunt” much more accurate information must be had for the guidance of aviators. Called together by Assistant Secre tary of Commerce MacCracken in charge of aviation, to confer with autherities of the Unlted tos IWeather Burean and of the Gugzen heim Foundation for Promotion of Civil Aeronautics, all the aviators re- called their struggles with the mens, and two of them told of havin been forced into the ocean, their hope dashed by lavers of impenetrabie fo or intense gales over the ocean. All aid tribute to the weather forecasting v the Weather Bureau. but decried the lack of facilities which make it virtually 1 ible to forecast the weather ov the =ea wastes more than 24 hours in advance. Rureau Terms Misunderstood. Tnkling of a misunderstanding tha terms ‘ased by the Weather reau in fo.ecasting the weather for ocean fligh:® by the petite Ruth Elder and her pistt, George Haldeman, came from Dr. dames H. Kimball of the Weather Bureau office in New York. Dr. Kimball and his associates fore- cast the weather for all the transat- lantic flights, which started from fl ing flelds near New York. The two principals in the flight of the plane American Girl did not completely understand the terms used by the ather Bureau, Dr. Kimball said. ‘The difficuity arose from our not talking the same language.” Dr. Kim- ball said. however. that the conference should prove of great value in bring- fng meteorologists and aviators on common terms of understanding. “Tt is fortunate that the Elder flight end- ed as it did.” he added. “but it is unfortunate that there should have been misunderstanding. He alluded to the area of high barometric pre gure over the Atlantic, which Capt. Haldeman said the American Girl climbed - through. hut met with such buffeting that an oil lead was broken. forcing the plane into the water near the Azores. Miss Elder spoke only briefly, preferring. she said, to_let Capt. Haldeman speak for her. Hal- deman said the pair had intended to make the hop in August, but “were ecompelled by circumstances to go in Octobe! He did not elaborate on the “circumstances.” Lindbergh and Byrd Absent. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, pioneer transatlantic fiyer, and Comdr. R. E. Byrd, in command of the America and ‘hero of the North Pole flight, were the only two outstanding trans- oceanic airmen absent from the teorological conference.” Byrd wa represented by Bernt Balchen, navi- gator for’ the Byrd plane, who de- scribed a grim battle with the ele- ments, beginning less than half way across the ocean, culminating in a hazardous landing in the sea off the coast of France. Fog blanketed the ocean and the land on most of the trip of the Byrd plane, Balchen said, while the radio went bad over France, eompelling_the aviators to rely on other instruments for guidance.. “We needed two radio beacons and accurate weather forecasting over Europe,” Balchen said, adding that “if we had known the weather was clear over Germany we could have continued on and landed in that country.” The Pacific fivers, Lieuts. Maitland and Hegenberger: Arthur C. Goebel, winner of the Dole flight, and Emory Bronte, all gave credit to the radio beacon for their accuracy in finding a minute speck of land in the wastes of the Pacific. Bronte publicly thanked Lieut. Hegenberger for his advice in finding a peak on the islands of Hawaii which he said he could not have found had he not been at an altitude of something like 8,000 feet. Hidden in cirrus clouds, the plane might have overreached the islands and fallen in the ocean far beyond them had not Hegenberger told him to go into the Upber atrais. to hunt for the peak, he i Praises U. S. Weather Forecast. Excellence of the weather forecasts on the American side of the Atlantic were recalled by William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, who attempted a “round-the-world fiight in the “Pride of Detroit,” but ahandoned it in Japan. Nowhere else in their flight did the aviators find the-weather forecasting as reliable or accurate as in the United States, they said, and it was practic- ally useless in Asia. They were en- abled, however, to go around a t phoon near Japan by a Japanese fore- ca Clarence A. Chamberlin, pilot of the Columbia, said he and his passenger, Charles Levine, “hit” weather about predicted by the Weather Bureau th the exception of the finish of the flight” "in “All we need,” he said, ties for get- ting weather reports from ships.” A similar statement was made by Lieut. Maitland. Paul Schluter, navigator for Martin Jansen. second in the Dole flight, told how his plane went into three tail sping and how for hours they flew at a low elevation above the water, at one time touching the sea with the Janding gear of the plane. He urged that plots of the wind be made at different elevation at the same time to aid future aviators over the oceans. Elder-Haldeman Flight Described. Bot s Elder and Capt. Halde- man des »ad the first night of their flight ne, but declared the ather the second night was “terri- ble." “The low pressure area pointed out by Prof Kimball was certainly Miss Elder said. Haldeman de- cribed how jce formed on the plane while going through the aerial storm, #nd how, although keeping the motor running ‘wide open, the ship &till lost altitude. “Then we had trouble with the oil feed,” he said. *“Why the mo- tor didn't stop I don’t know."” of RECOVERY MARKED IN GUNSHOT VICTIM Physicians at Emergency Hospital consider that remarkahle progress been made in the condition of Edward L. Volz, 26-year-old Bladensburg, Md., carpenter, who was brought to the hospital early on the morning of No- vember 6 suffering from gunshot wounds, said to be selt-inflicted, in the Jeft side of his face. The physicians say that the outlook for his recovery, barring complica- tions, is favorable. When admitted, they point out. the whole left side of his face, including the jaw and eye, was blown away. Credit_in assisting the surgeons to save Volz's life is given Dr. Archibald L. Miller, who specialzies in dental surgery and had a wide experience with similar cases duying the World War. Although Volz is said to hawe at- fempted suicide when the wounds were Feceived, physicians say that he now @xpresses a desire to get wdl.. | mediately captured the fanc: FAMOUS FLYERS American fiyel Left to right—Sitting, William P. Paul Schulter, Charles Levine. Brandt Bachlen. Back row—Standing, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. AT CONFERENCE HERE who have taken part in the remarkable conquest of the ocean by this morning to discuss the meteorological aspect of the flights. sistant Secreta S. Bronte, Edwal MacCracken, jr., of Commerce for Aeronautic F. Schlee, Clarence Chamberlin, Lieut. Lester J. the airplane this year gathered at the Department of Commerce Lieut. A. F. Hegenberger, Arthur C. Goebel, tland, William S. Brock and DRAFTINGOF NEW TAK BILL BEGUN House Ways and Means Committee Busy Behind Closed Doors. A start on the actual drafting of a new revenue bill is being made today by the House ways and means | committes in closed-door session, fol-! lowing the completion of its public | hearings last wee With definite views known to be held by several of the committee’s members, more than one heated arsu ment is expected to develop before the body reaches its conclusions as to what should and what should not go into the bill. Party lines un- doubtedly will assert themselves in the committee and there is mno as- surance that completion of the task will find Republicans and Democrats in the same accord that developed two years ago in the writing of the committee report on the present rev- enue law. Fight on Reduction. The first big fight is expected to concern the size of the reduction. Secretary Mellon, backed up by. Presi- dent Coolidge, has placed the ma imum cut at $225,000,000, but prac- tically the entire Democratic mem- bership of the committee is convinced that a larger slice should be made. Whether they will be able to swing sufficient Republicans over to their point of view and thereby establish a temporary majorily remains prob- lematical. Until' it has been settled none of the other major issues can be disposed of with any assurance of permanency. Another fight will develop over the Treasury recommendation to repeal the Federal inheritance tax. This will he opposed by Chairman Green, some of his Republican colleazues and a majority of the Democrats. Want Corporation Tax Cut. Democrats, at least, will endeavor to seek reduction of the tax on cor- poration incomes, now 13% per cent, below the 12 per cent figure sugges ed by Secreiary Mellon. They also are regarded as likely to head a move for repeal of the miscellancous, or nv sance taxes, which the Treasury has advised the committee to ret Minor engagements are in the offing on _a number of other tax rates and every indication points to long hours of debate before the proceed- ings come to a close. Mr. Green Is hopeful, however, that the bill will be ready for presentation to the House as soon as Congress convenes, and he and other IHouse leaders have an- nounced that every effort will be made to send the measure to the Senate before the Christmas recess. B g e HEROINE GATHERS WITH AIR HEROES AT WHITE HOUSE (Continued_from_First_Pa nee im- of men £miles and attractive appea and women alike. Miss Elder wore a manve-colored felt hat and jersey coat-suit on her visit to the Commerce Department, but she hurried back to her room be- fore the luncheon and changed to a dashing black and white ensemble. Some of the air heroes arrived at the White House unrecognized by the eager spectators, but evervone seemed able to pick out the beautiful face of Ruth as she rode up to the front door in a_shining limousine, ac- companied by Capt. Haldeman. Miss Elder was the cynosure not | only of all eyes, but of dozens of | neras held by news and motlon picture photographers, to say noth. inz of sightseers. The photogrpahers leven invaded the dining room of the hotel this morning and “shot” her while she sipped coffee with “George.” Nearby sat Levine, Schlee, Brock and Hegenberger, i Assistant Attorney General Mahel | Willebrandt visited Ruth at her Hotel | and accompanied her to Mr. Mac- Cracken's office, KNOWN BY FINGERPRI Tnability of callers at the morgue | to identify the body of a colored man found in a vacant store at Four- and-a-Half street southwest ternoon, death having resulted from | pneumonia, was followed this morning | | by his fingerprints being taken by De- | tective Frederick Sandberg, identifica- tion expert of the Police Department. Later Defective Sandberg reported the man was arrested in 1918 for an | alleged violation of the Sheppard liquor law, giving his name as Ger H. Thoams. His home at that tim sceording to the records, was at 1 G street southenst, NTS. | States BURNS TO DEFEND 0IL CASE ACTIVITY BEFORE JURY QUIZ| (Continued from First Page.) which bulged with papers. “We'll make ou: statement before the grand jury first,” he added. The three principals in the Burns agency, William J., the founder, and soni. Raymond, the president, and Sherman Burns, secretary and treas- urer, appeared defiant when they came to the courthouse shortly before the grand jury convened this morning. None of them ventured, however, to give out any information in advance. The corridors outside tle United were particu- rly crowded in view of developments expected during the day.- When the | three Burns principals arrived Charles G. Ruddy, chief of operations during the trial, was on hand with his group of operatives. William J. Burns was not in a talkative mood today. He held many whispered conversations with his two sons and would promise nothing in the way of a statement. Raymond Burns was equally non- communicative. “I have nothing to say before going into the grand jury room, and after 1 come out I won't be able to say anything,” he said. Chief of Operations Ruddy _told rewspaper men that ‘“the Burns agency had made its usual investi- gation into the record of Willilam V. fong” when he applied for a job in the Philadelphia agency. Had Investigated Long. “Our record shows that Long ap- plied for a job on September 30, and | not October 13, as stated by Mr. Gor- don,” Ruddy declared. This was In response to a question as to why the Burns agency should have Intrusted such a delicate mission to a compara- tively new man on the fo o far as we know, William J. McMullin and William V. Tong are one and the same man,” Ruddy added. He stated that the Burns agency had made its investigation of McMullin under the name of “Long” and knew him under no other name. According to information which the Burns investigators dug up about Long he was a former sergeant in the Pennsylvania State constabulary and a married man, McMullin explained # Gifford Pin- chot and Maj. Gordon that he had taken the name of Long from a friend with permission to use it and that he is a single man. The fact that the Burns investigators conducted an in- quiry into the record of William V. Long explains the discrepancy in M- Mullin’s stor D. C. Attorney Appears. Thomas E. Lodge, former assistant United States attorney, who filed the allegedly false affidavit prepared by MeMullin four days after the mistrial, also appeared at the courthouse to- day. “I won't have any statement,” Lodge said, “but if I do it will be humorous. It is just a question of waiting and interpreting the facts,” Lodge filed the affidavit with Justice Frederick L. Siddons, the trial judge. Rumors were circulated about the courthouse that McMullin's sensa- tional disclosue, — embodying the charges, was to be followed by an- other and equally startling develop- ment. The Government attorneys, | however, were as reticent in this re- spect as they were before McMuilin's informaiion was made public, and would make no announcement. early toda From Burns and his detectives the | vernment will seek to learn if any | other than McMullin had been called | upon to make fictitions reports about | the jurors, and, if so, for what reason. Burns will be given an opportunity, 100. 1o present information in support It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. THE MORRIS PLAN. Easy to Pay Monthly Months $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 $45.00 $1,200 $100.00 $6,000 $500.00 THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervis 8. Treasury 1408 H STRERT, N. W. of ‘to the form of the affid McMullin's his statewent that charges were a “tissue of li 1t was generally agreed that the d- velopments of the week end would lead to indictments early this week \gainist a far_larger number of per- sons than at first supposed, and that accusations contained in .he true bills would range beyond the anticipated charge of jury tampering. 1t was ex- pected that the presentation the Government's case to the grand jury would be completed tomorrow. Gordon Gives Details. More revelations touching the op- erations of the Burns detectives in the oil trial jury scandal were made public last night by Maj. Gordon and Burkinshaw. Five days blished contact with cuting the ofl conspira former Gov. i'iuv»l.m of ¥ he returned fo.hiladelpk re- lated that he was told to keep out of sight, but that on November 1 the Rurns people again summoned him to Washington and directed him to go to the office_of Daniel Thew Wright, counsel for Day. Mullin’s_story, as made public officially, is t Wright was not in his ofiice and_he again was directed to return to Philadelphia. Summoned here again, the detective again went to Wright's office, where he received a telephonic message from the Burns manager to go at once to the Ward- man Park Hotel. { At the Burns headquarters hotel, Mr. McMullin asserts, Ruddy and his assistant instructed him as it and prom- ised that it he followed that line he rould he taken care of. Wright later summoned and drew up. the affi- longhand. A copy of this affidavit subsequently was made pub- lic by Burns as a | for his charge. Among other things overnment counsel said McMullin had told them that_he had been cautioned by Burns and his son, W. Sherm: stick 1o his story”. and to 3 hefore the grand jury and that he would be aken gare of” later by the Burns or- ganization. A McMullin, who was known to the Burns people as William V. Long, with the code designation I told Giovernment counsel that he expected “a real hand-out” from the elder 3urns, He was told that if he re- ceived any reward at Philadelphia to report immediately to Owen J. Roberts of special oil counsel there and if any reward was given him here to report to District Attorney Gordon. Tells of Burns' Advice. related by that the after McMullin first es- Awyers prose- sase through nnsylvania at the McMullin's account, by Government lawvers, is conversation with the Bur father and son, took place at the Union Sta- tion after a mistrial had been ordered hy Justice Siddons and the grand jury had started its investigation. The young detective and World War veteran who. kept the Government advised of what was going on in the @he Foening Star ranks of the operatives employed by | Day, confidential associate of Sinclair, was quoted as having said that Wil liam J. Burns and his son in advising him *to stick to his grand jury referved MeMullin made and in effect accusing Harris R. Lamb, a special assistant to the Atlorney CGeneral, with having made contact with one of the jurors MeMullin made this affidavit on the advice of Government counsel, and it ame (he basis for charges by rns that the only persons who had approached any of the jurors were a Government agent and a newspaper man. Its basis was a report which McMullin claims he signed by direc- tion of his superiors, and which was false, Explaining the circumstances sur- rounding the drafting of that affidavit, Government counsel said McMullin's understanding was that the original report was to be used by the defense for the purposes of bringing about a mistrial if that should prove neces- sary. They also said McMullin had informed them that Charles G. Ruddy, in charge of the Burns operatives, had induced the detective to sign other false reports ahout following jurors in by Maryland, and to put in ex- at the rate of 17 cents a mile. Gordon characterized this as an evident inducement to McMullin by the Burns manager to make the false reports, which had to do not only with Lamb, but also with Juror Norman J. Glascock and other persons. to Man's Statement. also is the statement of Geor ikens, proprietor of an auto- mobile repair shop, that Lamb's car was in his place undergoing repairs at the time the Burns report alleges that it was at Potomac Flying Field. Gordon declared emphatically today that any report that McMullin wae @ secret service man “planted” among the Burns men by the Government counsel was not true, and that he had never heard of him until after he had told Pinchot that he was “disgusted” with the tactics the Burns agency was using in the jury shadowing. An investigation of McMullin has been made, and Government counsel said it disclosed that he had an ex- cellent reputation and a good war rec- r Col. Daniel Buckley of Ambler, who was in command of the aerial squadron to which McMullin was at- tached during the war, told counsel that the detective had made “a cork- ing fine scliier” and that he came from a very fine family. . Mrs. Marshall Field Recovering. PARIS, November 14 (#).—Mrs. Marshall Field of Chic , Who has bee iously ill for several weeks, %0 improved _oday that she wa: aile t sit up for the first time dur- tng her illness. Her physicians said this morning that they had “very good hopes of complete recover: There ADVERTISENENTS Rawcr ol REC EIVED HERE Monterey Pharmacy—3532 Conn. 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NEW YORK, November 14—The definite inauguration of women's par- ticipation in aviation and the co-opera- tion of a man and a woman in a gal- lant adventure were regarded by fem- inist leaders today as the significent a flight of the monoplane n Girl. s at the women's national ¢ dinner to Ruth Elder and Capt. George Haldeman last night lauded the girl flier for having shown proof of able as men in any field of activity where the opportunity to use courage and intelligence presented itself. Human Beings on Common Ground. “The most wonderful thing to me said Miss Doris Stevens, former wife of Dudley Field Malone and a leading feminist, “is that Ruth Elder, woman, and George ' Haldeman, man, joined together as two human beings on the common ground of skill and mutual confidence to do a gallant, beautiful and inspiring deed. George Haldeman, you are a pioneer in placing confidence in a woman in an untried experiment. Ruth Elder, your achievement distin- guished the whole s We honor you, esteem you and love you. “Ruth Elder smashed many myths, the most diverting of which is that beauty in women need not be unac- companied by ability and ambition for a career, in common with men, We delight in your beauty, Miss Elder. We honor your ambition. To Fly or to Wash. “I am glad that the press is excited about whether this distinguished avi- ator will continue to fly or will wash dishes. Now why should an aviator wash dishes? I see no future for pro- fessional aviators in dish washing. It is as reasonable to suggest that George Haldeman stay home to stoke the furnace.” Miss Elder, she said, took her place in the cause with “Gertrude Ederle, who smasl the myth of women’s physical infériority,” and with Mille Gade Corson, “who smashed the myth that motherhood means invalidism.” Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, president of the party, said: ‘““We welcome the proof which Ruth Elder has given the world that in aviation, a woman has our sex. Miss Elder, who has announced she Aoes not intend to return immediately to Panama, as her husband, Lyle Wo- mack, had indicated he wished her to do, with Capt. Haldeman, was among those invited to President Coolidge's reception to cross-seas fliers in Wash- ington today. . POLICEMAN SAVES BOY. Jumps in River After Lad Hurled in by Blast. PITTSBURGH, November 14 (#). Patrolman Sylvester Stoehr was stroll- ing along his beat on a street front- ing the Ohifo River, when the big gas tank went up. The officer, just a few seconds be- fore, had noticed a small boy playing on the river bank. The force of the blast knocked the lad into the river. The policeman threw off his coat, jumped into the water, and rescued the unconseious lad. 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