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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, followed by rain late tonight or tomorrow; warmer tonight; colder tomorrow, much colder Thursday. Temperature—Highest, 65, at noon today: lowest, 53, Full report on Closing N. Y. Mark No. 30,513, e ns nost at 6 a.m. today. page 9. ets, Pages 14 and 15 intered as second class matter Washington, D. C. BLAST DEATH TOLL @h WASHINGTON, FAMOUS FLYERS REVEAL PLANS FOR OCEAN CONQUESTS IN 1928 “ RISES AS RESCUERS ;. men. Fiere for Lindhergh Teibuce, ¢ DIG INTO WRECKAGE 23 Known Dead at Pitts- burgh, With 150 Still in Hospitals. FOUR PROBES STARTED INTO TANK EXPLOSION | + 100 Reported Missing—Damage y Estimated in Millions—Funds Given for Homeless. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, November 15.—The death toll as a result of vesterday's disastrous gas tank blast on the lower | North Side here mounted today res cuers dug their way into the ruins of homes, factories, warehouses and in- dustrial plants. While a few crews la- hored throughout the night seeking to clear away some of the debris, the real work of recovering bodies did not begin until daylight. Digging into the ruins of one struc- ture the rescuers brought out the bodies of two unidentified men, mak- ing the known dead 23. Relief Worker Killed. Ono fatal accident occurred in the district during the morninz. Frank Kuepferle, engaged in moving some twisted steel. was killed instantly when some rcinforcing steel fell upon him. Anthony Cayne and John Wise, ing o the ruins, were in- jured when struck by heams. ire department officials belie that at least seven additional bodies would be found, six in (he wrecked building of the Pittsbursh Clay Pot plant and one inside the mass of twist- ed ruins that had been the mammoth gas reservoir. One hundred persons are reported missing. Firemen, policemen and volunteer workers engaged in the Lask of clear- ing the wreckage from the disaster area of one square mile said it would be at least a week hefore they had ex- plored all the ruins. Of more than 450 injured persons treated at hospitals, about 150 mained in the institutions today in a critical condition. Many suffered broken arms and legs. while others had serious head injuries. Wreckage Is Blasted. During the night, the rescuers used dynamite mn an effort to dislodze some of the rums. At daylight. they aban- @doned the explosi and the slow work of lifting the wreckage, piece by piece ‘was resumed. The rescuers were menaced by tottering walls and hanging timbers and steel beams. Insurance experts, after inspecting the devastated districg, refused to give | any definite estimates of The loss, say- ing it would mount into the millions. A survey showed that some 30 large commercial houses and 200 homes were hit hard by the gas blast. The entire loss was not confined to the {mmediate vegion of the explasion, for hundreds of ~windows throughout Pittsburgh and suburbs were shat- tered. One case of looting was reported from the stricken district during the night. Joseph Jorinski and Frank Linshu, both residents of the wrecked region, were arrested, charged with entering some of the deserted homes. Taken before Police Magistrate E. M. Hough today, he told them *“the of- fense with which vou two are charged merits a penalty more severe than a $50 fine, which the law empowers me to impose for a first offense. There- fore, I hold you for court.” Homeless Cared For. " More than 500 laborers. employed by the Philadelphia Co., parent con- cern of the Equitable Gas Co., owners of the tank, were sent into the dis- trict to assist in removing debris and searching for additional bodies. Relief agencies, including the Red Cross, the Salvation Army. Boy Scouts and others, were functioning at full blast today, caring for the homeless and supplying food and clothing to those left destitute. The city council assured the Red Cross that Pittsburgh would provide tempor- ary funds necessary for the relief work. The council already has ap- propriated $100.000 for this purpose. Officials of the Pot Co., after a careful check. ¢ said that of 140 red the plant vesterday, 64 were known to have escaped and five were kil Seventy- one were listed as missing, but the officials believed most of the: raced from the scene panic st .and failed to report to the company. | The rear end of this plant cave when the blast swept death through | the district. The debris is piled al- most three stories high, and it was the general belief that some bodies would be found in this wreck: Four Probes Started. J. C. Allison, expert on gas tanks, representing the Pennsylvania Public Kervice Commission, ved here to- day from 1f to investigate the explosion vill be aided in the inquiry by local representatives of the commission. In the meantime, three other probes under way. Coroner W. J. Mc- was investigating for the a committee of the council Is of the Hqui- table € of the tank. I o) v today _songht estimate the cost in doflars. respousible official or busine could make & more accurate gucss than that the loss would run into millions of dollars. The dam; to the gas tank which exploded and the two beside it is in excess of £1.000,000. All about the tories and houses, of wreck £50.000 wax shattere eral miles from the scene tion to No worth e of it sev. of destrue- e is Unknown. of the blast may rest men, employes of the Ritner-Conley who were at work overhauling one of the three tanks when the explosion occurred. The entire repair crew was believed 1o have met death. This tank had been empty for 1 nths. The men were working with blow torches and it is thought that a residue of gas was iznited, resull- The secret with the 13 king from 5 in the rents made by the first blast other tanks, Witnesses said a great ball of fi goared hundreds of feet into the Thev heard the explosion ropped to earth rfe_sect “\continucd on Page 2, Column 3J re across the oceans are in the minds of Ze. | r. and flames | The whole sector | The Spring, Summer and Fall of 1 1928 WAl witness the revival of trans. oceanic flying that has no parallel in the history of the world. Discussing today his talks with the distinguished group of tvansoceanic aviators who had luncheon yes. terday at the White House with| the President and later attended the presentation of the Hubbard Medal to Col. Cha Lindbergh at the audito night, Wil tiam P. MacC Assistant retary of Commerce, declared that 1925 will sce literally “hushels” fNights ransoceanic flyers hopping across ntic. Plans for further flights tors who W vesterday, MacCracken was told. Many flights will start from Burope and oth- e in the United States ditions over the At tic and adequate forecasting of the weather over the sea. p a major part in transoceanic flights, Mr, Mac- Cracken said. The meteorological con- ference held yesterday at the Com- merce Department, at which 12 av! A.F.OFL.TOSET STRIKE PROGRAM Committee Named to Give Aid to Miners—Politicians’ Plot Charged. all the av Weather ¢ By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, plan of action by which the American Federation of Labor will carry out its announced policy of rendering aid to 85,000 striking miners in central and western Pennsylvania. was in the hands of a committee of 1% labor lead- ers today to be shaped into definite form. The committee, headed by W.. L. Hutcheson, president of the Carpen- ters’ Union, s named yesterday at the open session of the conference of heads of national and international unions, called to consider the coal strike situation in Pennsylvania, Ohio and other bitumionus districts, with particular reference to the political phases of the situation in Pennsyl- vania. of | ¢ oss the ocean, with most of | Fly Seas Again Next Year; Thousands Cheer as "Lindy” Gets Medal. sded in making t nic flights, is ext 1 by Mr. ) ken to mark a definite forward step in prevention of the aiv tragedies that have marked the conquest of the Atlantic this year. Col. Lindbersh, old national hero, left today for the seclusion of a Virginia hunting rve, carrying with him the I decoration of the National Geos Society and the tlush that cor aring one's self_dubbed by t of the United S (tors who have See- | headed modesty that has made him the exemplar of sterling 2 an manhood, “Lindy” avoided all . while he packed in a suit case the precious Hubbard medal bestowed on him last night by President Coolidge i 4 to Bolling Field to ho mond us the guest of Gov. By The cheers of the notable aud of 6,000 persons who filled the Wa ington Auditorium for the inspir still must have echoed in his ears as he hurried to depart. The unstinted _adulation came not only from the President and Mrs, Coolidge, members of the cahinet and a legion eign dignitaries, but from an = coterie _of fellow flyers (Continued on Page 3, Column 2) IINTOSH IS OFF ON FLIGHT T Ol Flyer, Accompanied by Pilot, Hepes to Break World Distance Record. | With By the Associated Pres TUPAVON, England, November 15 —Capt. R. H. McIntosh, who made an unsuccessful atténpt to fly from Ireland to New York this Summer, 00k off for India shortly after 1 oclock today on a non-stop flight in an effort to break the world's long- distance record Capt. McIntosh was accompanied by Bert Hinkler, test pilot, who created 1 world's long-distance record for light planes in a recent non-stop flight from London to Riga. Latvia. Weather conditions were excellent when the Fokker monoplane Rrincess Xenia, the same plane which Capt. MclIntosh used on his attempted trans atlantic flight, took the air after run of about half a mile and gradually lisappeared with its escort of six Royal Air_Force machines. Appointment _of the committee, o s Theluded ‘Williar- president uf the labor federation, was made after leaders of the miners’ union had pictured to labor leaders conditions as they found them in the fining camps, and had charged that a conspiracy existed on the part of “cer- tain politicians of Pennsylvania,” co- operating with non-union coal com- panies and big business interests, “to destroy the unfon.” Philip Murray, vico president of the miners’ union, in charge af strike activities here, also was named on the committee, Which will submit its report to the confer- ence this afternoon. Gov. John S. Fisher was the sub- ject of attack by the miners’ leaders for a policy of commissioning coal and iron policemen, paid by the op- erators, and was named as the vice president, attorney and director of the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Cor- poration, identified as a “strike- hreaking” subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad. Gov._ Fisher, in Harrisburg, sald when he took the oath of office he (Continued on Page 4, Column 6. . NATIONALIST COLORS FLYING OVER HANKOW Russian and British Concessions Are Reported Preparing for Defense. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 15.—An Ex- change Telegraph dispatch from Han- today said that the colors of the Nanking Nationalists were fiying over the public buildings and other build- ings there, . The former Russian and British con- cessions prepared to put up a Bll’“flnx defense in event of an attack by Nan- | king troops moving down the river. Evacuate Hanyang. HANKOW, China, November 15 (@) —Troops of Gen. Ho Chien, who took over the command \of Wuhan—the composite capital conposed of Han- kow, Hanyang and Wuchang—on the retirement of Gen. Tang Seng-Chi, have evacuated Hanvang. At present there are no Chinese troops in Wu- | han. s vanguard of | the Nanking ists, before whose advance Tang fled, is march- i 58 the country from Kichow, miles from Hankew on the uth bank of the Yangtse River. y enter Wuchang tomorrow. situation in Wuhan is quiet. B PR S e plan to make their first landing some- where in India, at least 4,000 milag from their starting point. Their pro- visions consist of sandwiches, biscuits, concentrated meat extracts, candies, coffee, tea and cold water. Capt. McIntosh, accompanied by a savigtor, hopped ‘off from Dublin in ‘he Princess Xenia on a transatlantic flight last September 16. After flyinz more than a hundred miles and head- ing out to sea, he was forced back by unfavorable weather and landed safely at Ballybunnion. POLITICAL CRODKS SAVED BY STATUTE Indiana _Grand Jury Power- less to Act on “Startling Crimes.” By the Associated Press, INDIANAPOLIS, November 15.— The Marion County grand jury has evidence of political crimes as startling as those in which indictments already have been returned, but is powerless to act because of the statute of limi- tations, Special Assistant Prosecutors John W. Holtzman and Emsley W. Johnson said in a final report submit- ted today. ‘This evidence has been examined carefully and indicates that ‘“other crimes have been committed in In- diana for which no indictmehts have been returned, but such crimes were committed more than two years be- fore the facts were discovered and the prosecutors and grand jury were un- able to find sufficient evidence of ac- tive concealment of such crimes by the persons who would be charged therewith to remove the same from the effect of the statute of limita- tions,” the report stated. Johnson and Holtzman were vir- tually dismissed from further duty before the grand jury today, but it was explained that the political investiga- tion had not ended. It was indicated, however, that the dnquiry was prac tically completed. The report delved into the famous “black boxes,” owned by D. C. Stephen- son, former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan and now a life prioner in Michigan City State Prison. Historic Chancellor By Fire a Special Dispatch to Thé Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Novem- .—Historic Chancellor House, the center of the battles of Chancel- Iorsville and the Wilderness in 1863 and 1864, was destroyed by fire last night after a gasoline lamp in one of the wings exploded. The blaze caused the explosion of several shells left on the battlefield after the bloodlest battle of the war hetween the States, which were stored in the cellar. Three of these were found this morning several hundred yards away. The house was owned by J. H. Rowley, who was away at the time of the fire. His son, James Rowley, who recently returned from duty with the v, rushed into the flaming building to save his naval uniform and escaped just as the heavy roof timbers crashed and the ghelis in the g o oo 2, House Destroyed s Civil War Shells Explode cellar exploded. William A. Shultz, a neighbor, aided members of the fam- ily in saving some of the furniture and valuables from the lower floors, but all were forced to flee when the flames neared the basement, The house was used by the Confed- erates as a base hospital and head- quarters during the two battles and it was here that Stonewall Jackson was brought whenghe was wounded a few hundred yards away. The place where he lay while awaiting trans. portation back of the lines, where he died, was marked on the floor of one of the rooms. Gen. Hooker while watching the battle from the porch was stunned by a cannonball. The building bore countless marks of bul- lets and shells. It was at this house, the only one standing after the battle, May 4, 1863, that Gen. Lee rallied his = ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, PRESIDENT BACKS SEPARATE AIRPORT MEASURE FORD.C. Low Estimates of District Commissioners Seen as Reason for Separation. ARMY FIGURES COST AT ABOUT $1,400,000 City Heads Planned to Ask $150,- 000 for Starting of Gravelly Point Project. President Coolidge, who has favored the establishment of a municipal air- port at Gravelly Point, on the Poto- mac., from the very first, was repre- sented today as deeming it advisable to have Congress enact a bill author- izing such a project rather than pro- viding for ity inclusion in the next District estimates to be submitted to Congress. Because of this attitude on the part of the President it was learned from reliable authority at the White House today that the District Commissioners have agreed to proceed along the lines suggested and will therefore withdraw the airport item from their estimates and will at once set to work preparing the sort of legislation Congress will be asked to act upon. Cost Ts Detern The President, it was explained, thinks it is best for Congress to au- thorize this project principally becanse the cost as originally estimated by the Commissioners, which was $73 000, has been found to be just about one half of what the proj will ul- timately cost. Advices received by the President are to the effect that a survey made by Army engineers, puts the cost of this project as high as $1,400,000. Therefore, because of the estimated cost of the Gravelly Point airport will run more than a million dollars, the President is represented as being of the oninion that the mat. ter shoutd be left with Congress. Also, there are other matters involved, in- cluding the question of what pro- portion of the expense. if any. the Federal Government should bear, which the President would like to have threshed out by Congress. Al though he personally is understood to be fairly well convinced that the pro. posed Gravelly Point site is preferable to any of the other =sites sug- gested, he is inclined to think that it would be a good idea to have this question also decided by Congress, President Coolidge. has on a num- ber of occasions since the question of an airport for the Capital was firs: proposed expressed himself as being genuinely interested in the roposition §Td O iiora than ome oc- cgsion has made it clear that he per- sonally was anxious for the Capital City to have such a port. Through- out his administration he has always strongly advocated Government as- sistance in the development of com- mercial aviation and has expressed himself to the extent of hoping to see commercial airports established at every large sized city in the United States. Lord Watches Program. When the matter of the Gravelly Point site was brought to the Presi- dent’s attention while in the Black 1ls last Summer, he indicated that he wou!d be willing to leave the mat- ter in the hands of the Commission- ers and said that he would be willing to be guided by their judgment. It was explained on his bebalf today that probably the suggestion to the Commissioners to take the item out of the District estimates for next year would not have been forthcom- ing from the White House had it not developed that the Commissioners' estimate of the total cost of the proj- ect was virtually $750,000 below what the Army engineers estimated. It is known that the President has been kept advised as to the prelimi- naries incident to the starting of the establishment of a Washington air- port by Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the budget. The latter, fol- lowing a conference with the Presi- dent today, indicated that while ‘the District estimates have not been put in final form by the Budget Bureau, he felt very certain that the District Commissioners will ask Congress for the authorization for the airport rather than endeavoring to obtain the appropriations in the budget esti- mates.. The item which was in the Commissioners’ estimates providing for the commencement of the work on this proposed project chlled for an appropriation of $150,000. Whether or not this will be the amount Con- gress will stipulate for the beginning of the work if it should pass the authorization is problematical. ALTITUDE RECORD CREDITED TO GRAY Barograph of Officer Who Died in Ascent Shows Height of 42,470 Feet. A Tew altitude record for balloons and all aircraft was credited today to AR AN s Capt. Hawthorne C. Gray, who lost his life recently after having ascend- ed 42,470 feot. Porter Adams, president of the Na- tional Aeronautic Association, un- nounced the mark after Capt. Gray's barograph had been studied by the Bureau of Standards. The mark ex- ceeds all previous records by nearly a mile, Recognition of the mark will be mought from the Federation Aero- nautique Internationale. The previous world altitude record for balloons was 35424 feet and was ¢otablished by a German balloonist in POLAND SIGNS PACT. U. 8. Loan Agreement Obliges Com- mercial Treaty With Germany. Chicago By Cable e oo Sirrigts 1§80 D MOSCOW, November 15.—Poland has been compelled to conclude a commercial treaty with Germany un- der a secret clause in the latest Amer. ican loan agreement with Poland, ac- cording to dispatches recelved here from Warsaw. The explanation glven is that American investors in the securities of both Poland and Germany insist on an end of the pres- ent controversies between the two countriess At~ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1927 —F1 et “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes * as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,031 FTY-TWO PAGES. * GEN. JADWIN FAVORS GREATER FEDERAL AID FOR FLOOD AE&EAleNAPERS RUUTED - - Army Expert May Urge Stt_'gnge'r”L'evees and Emergency Outlets;"With U. S. Bearing La.rgcr'S]{are of Cost. By the seociated Press. ST. control and waterway development proposals ‘of Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of Army Engineers, and United States Senator Harry B. Hawes were laid before the ninth annual conven- tion of the Mississippi Valley Associa- tion here today. Hawes' “Missouri plan” would au- thorize a $100,000,000 expenditure an- nually for 10 years by the Government and place jurisdiction in a five-member commission, composed of two Army engineers, two civilian engineers and a member chosem for executive ability. The two speakers agreed that con- sideration of flood control, navigation development, conservation, water power and other problems were vital in harnessing the waters of the Na- tion's great inland rivers and lakes. Walter S. Dickey, published of the FOUR NATIONS SIGN -SUGAR TRADE PACT Cuba, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia to Ap- portion Exports. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 15.—An agree- ment among four of the important sugar-producing countries of the world to apportion exportation in order to restore the balance between production and consumption was signed here to- day by representatives of the sugar interests of Cuba, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia, The contract is for one year, renew- able for another year, and is looked upon by Iits signers as a means of avoiding a crisis in the sugar indus- try and enabling producers to hold on until consumption catches up with the capacity for production. It is es. timated that this will happen in from three to five years. The agreement provides for an in: ternational sugar committee, com- posed of two members from each of the signatory countries, to apportion expcrts. The agreement is open to any other sugar-exporting country that wants to come in, and Holland will be invited to. bring the Javanese sugar interests into the arrangements. It was the Cuban plan for control of the industry, as presented by Col. Jose Tarafa, head of the Cuban sugar defense committee, that formed the basis of the agreement, bu tthe heads of the European delegations express themselves as completely satisfied with the outcome of the negotiations. All express the opinion that the agree- ment will enable the sugar industries everywhere to hold on until condi- tions become more favorable, and, in the long run, will prove beneficial to the consumer in preventing a crisis with higher retail prices at the end of it. o FORD IS DEFENDANT IN $6,000,000 SUIT Action Results From Purchase of Lincoln Motor Company in 1922, By the Associated Press. PONTIAC, Mich,, November 15.— Henry Ford was named defendant in a_chancery suit involving $6,000,000 filed in Circuit Court here today by Henry M. Leland and his son, Wilfred C. Leland, in behalf of nearly 2,000 LOUIS, NovVember 15.—Flood | Kansas City Journal-P or”in promotion of ment, presided over the session. Gen. Jadwin's recommendations to the rext Congress for the Mississippi River Valley probably will include, he id, the following: “Strengthening the levees and prob- ably raising them slightly. “Mcre bank protection. “‘Spillways in the Tensas and Atcha- falava Basins. “‘Possibly safety-valve spillways to limit tlie. damage incident to crevasses in case a flood should occur even larger is being provided for. “An increase in the proportion of the cost to be borne by the Federal Government.” Within limits, protection by levees is the cheapest method of restraining flood waters that has been used suc- cessfully by engineers the world over, said Jadwin, “Improvement of waterways,” con- tinued the Army Engineer chief, “can- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) PRESIDENT AGAINST ANY CUT IN TARIFF Mr. Coolidge Fails to See Aid for Farmer in Proposed Reduction. Although President Coolidge may have an open mind in the matter of suggested forms of farm relief, he is satisfied that revision tof the tariff downward, as has been proposed, would not help the American farmer. While discussing the recent report of the National Industrial Conference, headed by former Secretary of Com- merce Nagel, which suggested for the improvement of the farm situation a reduction in tariff, President Coolidge was represented today as saying that from his study of- the problem it is Impossible for him to see how agricul- ture conld helped in this manner. He made:-it plain that he would op- pose any effort to effect such a re- vision. Instead of lowering hte tariff, the President was represented as thinking it would be far better for agriculture if a well organized movement to stim- ulate the market in this country was made. He is of the opinion that experience has shown that the policy of the Gov- ernment should be to encourage legiti- mate business of all kinds, and to do everything possible to increase home consumption. That part of the conference's report which recommended revision of rail- road rates as an added means of assisting the farmer, met with the approval of the President. He has frequently expressed himself as favor- ing rate revision not only for the pur- pose of assisting agriculture, but to benefit the carriers. The President reminded those with whom he was talking that he had approved .the Hoch-Smith resolution, passed at the last session of Congress, providing for a general survey of rail- road rates. “Lindy” Memorial Drive Opens. ST. T.OUIS, November 15 (#).—A drive for the collection of funds to build a memorial here in commemorat- ing Col. Charles Lindberg's flight across the Atlantic began here today. The design of the memorial has not yet been determined. By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La., November 15. stockholders in the old Lincoln Mo- M—Clpping of 300 freshmen's hair at tor Co. . ‘The suit grows out of the transac- tion in February, 1922, whereby Mr, Kord bought from the Lelands for $8,000,000 the Lincoln Motor Co., then in the hands of a receiver. The bill of complaint filed today charges Mr. Ford failed to keep a verbal agreement to buy the outstanding stock of the actlve etockholders in whose behalf the Lelands are suing. Henry M. Le- land was president and Wilfred C. Leland vice president of the Lincoln company. The suit is brought under a power of attorney granted them by the stockholders, Louisiana State University has al- ready exacted a toll of three varsity foot ball players and five other stu- the school's anti-hazing pledge pro- ceeds, with indications from President T. W. Atkinson that still more stu- dents may be asked to leave. The elght men dismissed yester day for *“participation in hair clip- ping"” were.expelled on “definite Infor- mation furnished by other students," the university head declared. The outlawed students entered formal pro- test that they were “given no oppor- P) Means Associated Pri | | i | | TWO CENTS. OIL CHARGES CAUSE SIDDONS T0 START CONTEMPT INQUIRY Affidavits of Burkinshaw, Shea, King and Akars Are Basis of Action. COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE MATTER Lawyers Will Determing if” Crime inal Guilt Was Back of Mistrial - IR An hivestization to determine | whether a criminal contempt* of the I')).ulrivl Supreme Court has been come Toitted as a result of the Jury fixing charges that brought about the Teae pot Dome mistrial was ordered today by Justice Frederick L. Siddons, the trial judge in the Fall-Sinclair cone spiracy case, Justice Siddons' course was based BY ANGRY MOTHER Woman Attacks Intruders With Butcher Knife—Saves Two-Year-0ld Son. Arming herself with a butcher knife a stouthearted mother last night drove two burly colored men from her apart- ment after she had surprised them in the act of abducting her 2-year-old baby boy. Mrs. George Havercamp, 33 years old, was in the kitchen of her apart- ment at 1209 O street at 8 o’clock pre- paring food for 2-year-old George, ir., and his 3-month-old sister, Orioler Re- lay Havercamp, who were in an ad- joining room. Suddenly she heard above the music of a phonograph, which was playing in the children’s room, a faint voice call, “Mamma, mamma.” Stabs Intruder With Knife. . Running into the room she was just in time to see a col man, weigh- ing about 190 pounds, whom she had noticed several times before loitering about the house, with her boy in his arms, while another negro was tying a blanket about his arms and feet. They had pulled a coverlet over the infant’s face, who was in her crib. Grabbing a butcher knife, she ran at the two men, who dropped George, jr., and fled, escaping through an open French window in the rear of the first-floor apartment, but not be- fore the ipfuriated mother had stuck the point of the knife between the shoulder-blades of the larger man. He twisted the knife away and drop- ped it on a bureau as he passed through the rear room. The baby, a blonde, merry boy, laughed as his mother drove his would-be kidnapers away and the phonograph played “It Was Only a Sun Shower.” As the negro whom she stabbed jumped through the window he called: “I'll get you yet.” Mrs. Havercamp recalled this morn- ing_having_seen the negro passing (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) GERMAN-AUSTRIAN dents, and a probe into violation of |} UNION TALK REVIVED Advent of Marx and Stresemann in Vienna Cause Much Specula- tion Among People. BY the Associated Press, VIENNA, November 15.—With the advent here of Chancellor Marx and Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann of Germany for a friendly visit there has been a revival of the talk among the people of the possibility of a union between Germany and Austria and speculation whether the visit of the two officials has anything to do with such a preject. If there is any such idea in the minds of the statesmen, however, there has been nothing in any expre: sion or act on the part of the partici- pants at the official welcoming func- tions to lend color to the report. At a banquet given in honor of the German visitors last night Chancellor Seipel of Austria heartily indorsed the policy of general conciliation among the countries of Europe. Chancellor Marx responded by expressing the be- lief that under the practical idealism described by Seipel the German people of both Austria and Germany would walk along a path leading forward and upward. There was no expression from either, however, which indicated the desirability of a union between the two countries, Expulsion of Varsity Stars Follows Hair Clipping of 300 Louisiana Freshmen tunity to answer the eharges.” on the four affidavits submitted to the court November 1, by Government counsel. In stating the reasons for the inquiry Justice Siddons’ order de. clares: “It appears that there is reae sonable cause for inquiring whether a criminal contempt of this court has been committed and if so for taking appropriate proceedings in respect thereto.” Committee to Investigate. A _committee consisting of Peyton Gordon, John E. Lasky and James S. Easby-Smith, members of the baf of the court, was appointed and dis rected to proceed as “expeditiously a posible” to prepare, file. present an prosecute in the court against such person or persons charges of crimie nal contempt of court. The four affidavits were made by Neil Burkinshaw and Walter M. Sh assistant United States _attorney: Donald Key King and J. Ray Akel The affidavits filed by the Unils States attorney's office were used af the basis for issuing complaints oharg ing Harry F. Sinclair, Henry Maso! Day and Sheldon Clark, officials the Sinclair company, with col spiring to influence the action an decision of the trial jury. Shadowing of the trial jurors by Burns detec tives, declared to be employed by Day, is charged in the two Gov-mmen‘ affidavits. King. a Herald reporter, and Ake a street car confluctor informant, forth in their affidavits that Edwa J. Kidwell, juror number 11, had dis cused the trial with them and ha boasted he had expected to get @ “car as long as a block.” Action Is Surprise. Siddons’ action came somes a rurprise this morning ber fore the grand jury convened to wind up its investigation of the that brought about a mistrial in the Fall-Sinclair case. He called newspas per men over to his office and handed them copies of his order. There is pending before Justice Side dons an application by Juror Kidwell denying the charges made against hi and requesting that both King a Akers be cited for contempt of courts The text of Justice Siddons’ order follows: “By reason of the statements con¢ tained in four certain affidavits made respectively by Neil Burkinshaw, Wal ter M. Shea, Donald K. King and J, Ray Akers, submitted to the court ol November 1, 1927, by counsel for th prosecution in the pending crimi cause of tho United States vs. Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Fall, nume bered 43324 on the criminal docket of this court and filed in said cause on said day, it appears that there ig reasonable cause for inquiring whethe er a criminal contempt of this court has been committed, and if so, for take ing appropriate proceedings theret: and therefore it §s by the court lh?‘ 15!?‘1) :;ay (;)f November, 1927, “Ordered, That Messrs. Peytol Gordon, John E. Laskey and Jame’s 5‘3 Easby-Smith, members of the bar of this court, be, and they are hereby, designated, appointed, authorized, em+ vowered and directed to forthwith prov ceed to inquire whether there is reat sonable cause to believe that a crime inal contempt of this court has been committed, and, if so, by what person or persons, and if upon inquiry so made such cause is found to exist, ta proceed as expeditiously as possible to prepare, file, present and prosecutq in this court against such person ot persons charges of criminal contempt of court, to the end that the authority and power of the court be vindicat, sustained and enforced. And for thi purpose they shall invocke and use :ll'le;gproprmxe means availuble ta Kidwell Wants Hearing. Attorney S. McComas Hawken, counsel for Kidwell, the alleged talkae tive juror, today served notice on Maj, Gordon that he will set down for heare ing next Friday before Justice Siddond in Criminal Division 2 the motion of Juror Kidwell for a contempt rule on Akers and King. Kidwell, in his petition for a hears ing as to the charges against him contained in the affidavits of the two men, submitted to the court by Gove ernment counsel, denied the accusa« tions and asked for a hearing by the court on the charges. He set out in detail what he said were the true facts in regard to the street car cons ductor and reporter, and asserted if any contempt was committed it was by them in persisting in talking about the case after he had advised them of his instructions from the court. The elder Burns, head of ths detective agency, accompanied by his son Sherman, later appeared at the courthouse to await their opportunity to go before the grand jury. Both men were unusually non-communica- tive. They had lost all their debonair manner of previous days and wer catisfled with contending simply that they have evidence which will refute the charges made by McMullin. the meanwhile McMullin waited ail Rumors of a sympathetic “strike" were discounted by President Atkin- son, who expressed the belief that the student body in the main would aid the authorities in ugholding col- ledge disciplize, which in this instance s based on an anti-hazing vow all entrants have been required to make since 1925. . Coach Mike Donahue of the foot hall team sought to discourage any demonstration among the students saying: “The student body could only make matters worse by attempting any forlorn action.” . Radio Programs—_l;age 35. morning in the anteroom outside Maj, Gordon's office. The first person to go before the grand jury today was Charles G. Ruddy, chief of operations in the shadowing of the jurors. . Ruddy was before the body for more than an hour, but Burkinshaw did not state why he was put on the grill. There was Some conjecture as to whether the appearance of the Burns lieutenant had anything to do with the new “‘mystery man"” who is figuring in the Investigation. Burkinshaw today said it was e tirely up to William J. Burns and h two sons, Raymond and Sherman, " {Continued on Page 4, Column 1)