Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Rain tonight Temperature: p.m. yesterda teda Full report on page 3. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 and colder tomorrow afternoon_and night. Highes lowest, Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow; much at 3:30 at 1 am. 0, 58, | | | Che 1 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Stat. service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,052 N 30514, Dhohee Wa Entered as second class matter shington. D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, AF. OF L HEADS " PROTESTTO FISHER N ONE DSUTE Green Asks Investigation of Coal and Iron Police in Pennsylvania. CDUNC:L-IS DIRECTED TO CALL ON PRESIDENT Emergency Conference Pledges Aid in Fight®o Ban Strike Injunctions. By th HARR 16.- November indicated investiga- western dis- Pa today an thé s coal order tions in umit nee to cer- Wi on by a de - n of labe wded by Wil- | liam Green. e said Mr. Green hdd called “new mat- | ters" to his atte m. v the Aseo o URGH, November 16— the effort by the Ameri n bor to “back up” the striking miners in | central Pennsylvania for snville wase | a4 matte d to his @ e | 'he ce of the Jack: chifted to Harrisburg to to protest to ainst activities of nd iron police and deputy | on duty at non-union mining | ' | the ov pecial headed by William | federation. m and adjourned committee, president uthorized by terence of pr o o it ons, W e oy, o, domand of the | Pennsylva Xecutive an investiza tion into rharges of intimidation and acts of violence ninst L} miners by police agencies of the S May Go to Pre o exceutive council of the federa- e eeihor with John L. Lew of the United Mine Worke! v before P ) the mining | the intoler- conditions in The ¢ the fac “in ord vepreh Pennsy in two report adopted which pictured §; cith 323,000 depe dest circumstances al the: appregch Vinter b “"TI\A-\' find themselves." the raporl“ said, “with savings exhausted and | eredit gone. Their supplies gone. Their clothing is worn out. They have | been in large number ev ed tr.v)r: th homes. All not yet ev’ _‘l'L L‘I( \ eviction. This presents a situat :3::' «that challenges nd ought to th.l: | the sense of justice of the American | people.” Assails Federal Injunctions. zed that agencies e Governments inst the mine injunctions ers the right to and the n police, | s as ' the miners zed hearty in- measures proposed ederation of Labor le the issuance of The report ch: of the Federal and have been directed rkers, citing Fede as denying “to wor Secure justice under the law activities of coal and Siate police and deput to “intimidat dorsement t T by the American F #to make impossibl : Injunctions in labor disputes,” called upon organized labor forces in Penn- «to renew their activities in | )y 1 prganized workes organizing the unorganized of the State and appealed to all labor unions for material assistance to the GREAT NUMBE] .\_Ll(i.\‘l‘ll). Coal Conference Unites Labor Force | of More Than 3,000,000, ar. nt ateh to The ‘ H, Nov r 16.—An | sreater than has wether along an, | wen pictured in | here. i the United America and the | tion Labor, of e a part, the total | something over side ave the | st in the | the Penn- Ohio, the | stlroads | | been brouzh strial ever inc the coal on the Mine Workers American which the m membership runnin 8.000.000, On the othe ourgh one are = 130,000 men | dents shall be 18 months | It is for| Liege to on. e 600,000 d non-union. s been on. thing from 12, with Winter comi | er Question Seen. \ i to sur- | 1 ils, scel 1. believe r and far vital than tie present clash, b rtant as that s lefinite pre 1 corpor for a final oy unionism many corporations program, but they that others will | m on s 10 h SHat will not join suck feel s certa and have link Jabor's the labor men canize up automol situation, hit Gener e here in with i | the has, if the s Int dy Motors Melions and the | as a means of | to attack. It is| of the delegates | 1o . the Foup By the Associated Press, eveloprents in the | fig o combat Lroader i a ram had by n en sup Governor Accused. John L. iners, that Gov i officer coal The charge made | th | tife, | traditional f | embezzlement of §31,000 gold in G | ernment_ funds | uncevered the defalcations. | about | live, i miralty, told a questioner in the House into | | ;State to Cont FASCISTS END EMPLOYER'S RIGHT TO ENGAGE WHOM HE PLEASES rol All Workers—Firms Must Choose Employes From List Pro- vided by Government. BY CARROL BIND! Radio _to The and €l News. Copyright ROME, ovemher wm of the Fa o Daily —The long which al-| phase cial 16 ist state, Imost every Italian industrial and comme will govern to a hitherto unp edented extent the matter of emp ment relations, as the result of a d sion reached today by th Jasci: ind Council — the real governing in Ttaly. At one stroke f edom he ple employment s the ! employer | When the au- scism abolis of the to hire whom se zencies just Jorized come into beirg, an emplo help no lonzer will he per-| to choose at random. e will obliged to zo to a public emplo; it ney and cheose from a li of unemployed submitted to him by | the ney. His choice within the list will be unlimited, but he will not he permitted to choose an unlisted person, no matter how desirable such person’ may be. m Applies to Professions. This law will apply to office workers and professional people as well as to manual laborers. For example, a manager desirous of hiring an actor | nencies will or singer must choose from the regis- tered list. Al private employment be abolished under the new progr: The new employment flices will be conducted by commit tees having equal represeniations of the employers’ syndicate and the I cist Jabor union, but will be presid by the local Fascist party se and the staff of oflicers will be selecied from union personnel exclu e important provision is for the mobility of libor. The ministey of corporations, which controls offi has the power to shift lahor from a provinee where the supply is too zre: o a prov which offers employ ment, fixing the rate of wazes accord o the poverly or prosperity of region d 10 To Control ies. Fascism will regulate to the minutest degree the relations between tenant farmers and land owners. Svn- £ the two groups will d up uniform regulations from whi individual of ¢ mitted to devia il 1 ation allowances, compensa fon for sickness or accident and other roblems of industrial and commercial employment There will he collec covering each contingenc no employe also e contracts from whic! or employe can depart., LEGATION OFFICIAL MISSING IN CHINA e N ——— | Ex-U. S. Disbursing officer, | With Few Months to Live, Short $31,000 in Account. By the Associated Pre » November 16.—American | throughout the Orient are Harry Krenz, former ing ‘officer at the American le-| gation in Peking, who is charged with | . | Krenz left Peking late last month | ostensibly for a few day hunting trip. ! Inquiries after he had over- stayved his leave are stated fo have Left Early in Month. Krenz was seen in Shanghai early in November, where he was living un- der an nsswaied name and spending money freely. It is thought he may now be aboard a British steamer be- tween Hongkong and Singapore, due November *17. American off cials at Singapore haye been instruc ed to arrest him if he lands there, while officials at Tokio and Manila also are watching for him. Only recently Krenz discovered that he was in an advanced stage of tuber- culosis and that there was little hope for his recovery. He resigned from his post in order to make an early re- turn to the United States. He leaves a wife and three small children vir- tually destitute in Peking. Remittances Are Intercepted. Friends expressed the belief that Krenz defaulted during an aberra- tion caused by the prospect of an early death. His first known defal- cation took place early in October, after physicians had said that he bably had only a few months to He remitted a portion of the money to his wife from Shanghai and Mrs. Krenz voluntarily returned the funds to the legation. Krenz then tried other expedients to send money to is wife or her relatives, but the re- nces were intercepted. Krenz is about %5 vears old. He a former enlisted man in the ne Guard at Peking. became a sted legation code clerk and then promoted to the post of disburs ked for v inz officer at which he w three years. The defalcations were by means of drafts on the United States Treas- ury. with which_he customarily paid the legation staft. AUCTION BRIDGE TEST. National Champions™ip to Be De- cided at Chicago Tourney. CHICAGO, November 16 ®).— 's first national suction bridge champion will be selected from a field of more than 1,000 of the country's hest plavers at a tournament here De- cember 1, 2 and 3, under thw dire: of the American Auction League. It is pladned to make the tourns ment an annual affair. Will Build One Warship. V' 16 (P).—Al- ent laying down three h cruisers this fiseal v one will Iy he ridgeman, first lord of the a her anky w.'cC of Commons today. Mr. Bridgeman said the government had decided that in view of the situ tion disclosed at the Geneva confei ence, it was not necessary to proce nz down the other two ves s this v Two Girls, Low on F CHICAGO, November lfi.—.\_xnmll,‘ pidated automobile hauling a trav- | el-worn trailor from which poked the head of an inquisitive horse drew up before the Chicago Riding Club today and a hatless, rosy-cheeked girl of 18 hopped out of the antiquated equip- | page. To officials of the Chicago horse show, to be held here next weck, the | zitl told her stor he was Eleanor | Getzendaner of Champion, Nebr, With | her sister Lois, 20, she deciged to en- i e hor ter their jumper, Aviator, Row in Commons Over Coal Issue Brings Adjourning By the LONDON, ber speaker of the louse of Commons adjourned tha e this afterncon until § e of a disorderly scene during debate on a Labor motion for a vote of cen- sure of the government for neglect of the unemployment and coal problems. 16.—The session 15,70 CONTINUE N ARMS STUDY |Wilson Mamed Representa- tive on Special - Commis- sion to I\)Iget Nov. 30. . Switzerland, he United States has officially decided to continue its co-operation with the special disarmament com misson created by the Leagie of Na- tions for the preparation of a gen- eral conference on rednuction in workl armaments. v ington notified th> today that Hugh R. Wilson, November League Arseri- can Minister to Switzerland, has heen | appointed American representative on the commission which meets here No- vemter 30 to continue work on the prepavation of a draft treaty, This time Soviet Russia will be present, having departed from its previous at- titude of refusal to participate in the disarmament v Whether Ame the work of the mission implies with the spec the developme tional essentinl pr conference Mr. n parteipation disarmament com- similar co-operation | committes to study t of a system of n v for the naticns an irsor (o a .isarmament was not diseloss Wilson will be ed by A. Gordon, secretary of the Pari Pierpont Moffat, vy of the legation at Bern, Pinkney Tuck, consul at NANKING NATIONALIST ADVANCE IS HALTED Northern Forces Check Peking March With Counter-Attack on Invaders, By the Associate IEKING, ovember 16.—Counter by Northern forces in the provinces of Anhwei and Shantung have resulted in the complete the Nanking Nationalist northward on Peking, frory Tsinanfu. The dispatche ¢ that Gen .captured the 1 junction of Linh on the Tiwai River, i the province of Anhwei, thus recovering an important strategic point. ince of Shantung Gen, Psung-Chang, the Shantung counter-attacking n support .. Sun, who had been hard press. aptured the city of Tsaochowfu, ith Shantung, and the nearby of Tingtao. Northern been 4 -d of later, because the col- lapse of the Hankow government per- mitted the Nanking leaders to divert their rmies to the north and to re- new their offensive agalnst Peking, forces have unds, Carry Horse | By Auto_ Across 3 States to Enter Show| ow, and, having no money for troad fare for themselves and their horse, they decided to make the trip by automobile from Nebraska, hauling Aviator in a trailer. They reached their destination after four days and three nights of driving. The girls were almost out of funds and offered to work somewhere to get encugh money to enter their jumper, but officials waived the entry fee re- quirement, “I can do all the stunts any other rider can do,” remarked Eleanor, “and Aviator can do a lot that most horses an't, €0 1 guess we Il get the prize for Jumpers all right,” $22.000,000 VALUE SET BY ASSESSOR ON WHITE HOUSE Taxes on Property Would Be: | $374,000 Yearly, Rich- | ards Finds. CAPITOL NOW WORTH ‘ $53 000,000, HE SAYS| Completes Survey of Federal Prop- erties—Taliaferro Backs | 60-49 Fiscal Plan. The White Touse and the gr | that surround it are worth at le: 100,000 rinds “t accord William P, lential pr ing to Richards, The tax sor has just completed n assessment of all Federal owned < exempt property in District, ind of the total of $470,000.000, the | White House valuation is third high | ost, exceeded only by the Capitol and |its grounds, which is as § 300,000, and the Tr Tax v ass: 1927—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. MISSING WITNESS $371,000 President Coolid himself fortunat not_requ White House it would x levy of $1 n Taxes. ould consider , that he is the tax on the his occupancy, sent during mt under the pre on every $100 of 000 3 re than his FARM AID PLANS STLL UNSETTLED {President Is Working on‘ Study of Question—McNary | Seeks ..greement. annual anks worth Presi- Mr. Rich- the ~ State, Building, on the west: orn flank s’ valued at $13.500,000. These three buildings, occupying the two squares between Fifteenth and Soventeenth streets, therefore, have 1 total v ion of $38.500.000) The House Office Building Richards has valued at $5.600,000, while the office huilding of the more dignitied Senate s assessed at §5.000,000. The Congressional Library and its grounds | Mr. Richards values at $10.000.000, and the Patent Office, in his opinion, is worth $8,000.000 ¢ Building. whi on the e more than . according to sment, while h just the dent’s s $1.000,000 hor | By the Associated Press. With the convening of Congress lonly three weeks away, the adminis tration is bending efforts to meet the | four-year-old farm relief problem, but . as yet there are mo indications that i s ald his assessments | President Coolldge is committed to any { property are hased on the cost of sur- | PAsticular plan rounding private property. Two facts have emerged from a con- Revealed by Richards. flict of generalities; namely, that the e iR i | President is unalterably opposed to an Richards today, in further expla equalization fee of the type embodied of statements made before the Wash- |in the vetoed MeNary-Haugen bill and ington Real te Board last night by | that the administration is prepared to Commissioner Taliaferro, who an-|resist any attempt to revise the tariff Mr. | DU eed b ded o ;ixfl:ql';;‘f"mur" 10! structure by those who contend that Commissioner Tallaferro indicated | this would bring relief to the farmer. that he would support the growing Study Not-Completed. | movement here for restoration of the | e 2 Whit |60-40 plan, under which the Federal| Krom views expressed at (he ite |Government would bear 40 per cent of | House it has been learned that Mr. the cost of the maintenance and up- [ Coolidge has not completed the study building of the National Capital, and | of the farm question which he unde J0L19 1 fontad bt the. Soruat tax.wifu. |[o0K oaly this Hall, The Presitcnt {ation in Washington, would make | Ke€Ding in touch with leaders of Con- local appropriations on that basi zress who are trying to work out a Pointing to the unusual expendi-|bill, and his attention_ recently has | es made necessary here due to the | heen attracted to the report of a busi am for development of the | ness men's commission, headed b; pitat, the Commissioner stated he | Charles Nagel, former Assistant Secre ed the taxpayers of the District | o ar DY nd ready and willing to pay thejr [tar¥ of the Commerce D”"“ll""":' just share for the privilege of resi- | 'While this report suggests the ad- | dence in Washington. And, he con.|visability of downward revision of the | “luded, “T believe that Congress wishes | tariff as a factor in helping the farmer to be fair to the District of Columbia.” | —a policy which Mr. Coolidge opposes Willing to Pay Just Share, | —the President does believe that the | “All of us are deeply interested in|facts which the commission deteloped | | the physical development of Washins-|are worthy of careful study in that ton as’the Capital of the Nation,” he |{hey may throw new light on the told the local realtors. "I believe that | 1 hiem, we are willing to pay our just share for S " iy the privilege of lving hereeand it 1y| 1-aving no doubt of the President’s | |a privilege. 1 do not believe the citi-| OPposition to changing tarilt sched- {zens should be called upon to carry |ules, it has been disclosed at the proportion of the | White Flouse that * re- | nd maintaining the Is the free t one of of Columbia. The Federal|the farmer's principal bul s. With- nment owns tax-exempt real |out it, he believes, business and labe ate estimated at $£470,000,000, and | could not prosper and the countr when the triangle property south of {ability to purchase the farmer’s pi vania avenue goes to Federal | ucts would be correspondingly dimin- ehip, tha total Will be substan- | ished. ¢ increased. In my opinion, the | : | tax-exempt real estate owned by the | HeGh s e anta e | Pedéral (Government 1a Buti ode While the President is attempting ¢ items which should be . ach a conclusion as to the best| ccount in_attempting to pursued on behalf of aj at what is a fair division of the cost | riculture, Senator M of Oregon 1s bhetween the District and Federal {and other e ONETess are tu; Governments. ng to brin ement those | here are several such items which | still insisting upon the MeNary-Hau- | may be considered upon a mathemati- | gen and those opposed to its| basis. but in addition thereto, there | equalization fee p 5 task |Is a rather intangible element which | may be difficult has been indicated ) should be taken into account in de- | Representative Dickinson of Iowa, one termining the amount to be contribut- | of the House farm leaders, who hus ed by the Federal Government. Iix.|predicted that a farm bill with an nditures in the District of Columbia | equalization fee either will be passed e, hy reason |and approved this Winter or it will | pital of the | be an issue in the next election. otherwise | Whether agricultural organizations themselves will be able to agree is vet to be determined. Their first efforts | to_conciliate have proved unsuc ful. a meetinz of the American [ Burenu Federation, the Natio Grarge and the Farmers' Union ha inz adjourned with no decision as to how to meet the President’s opposition to the equalization fee, An agreement among farm organi- zations, however, is not held by Mr. Coolidgze to be necessary to the suc -ess of a farm relief bill, and it has been | made known that in his opinion an agreement_hetween Congress and the (ontinued on [ Column ct that it is the at would | be the red. Comm ferro stated that while many persons do not re it, stantive law now in force cals on of the expenses umbia. ¥ pointed out, s heen set —Dbut never re- ng of a lump sum 000,000 toward the the National ital, believe that Congress wishes to ha fair to the District of Columbia,” he coneluds nd I am one of those (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) | United s ide ARLINGTON COUNTY ALEXANDRIA CITY WHAT OF THEIR FUTURE? Problems of expansion, annexation ‘and mcorporation the people of this Virginia territory adjacent to the National Capital. There are conflicts of interest and divergence of views as to what should be done to safe- guard the welfare of the rapidly growing population. | In a serics of four articles, publication of which will begin tomorrow, an Evening Star statf writer will present all sides of the several issues in controyersy, and in the final article, which will appear in The Sunday Star, State Senator rank L. Ball will offer a proposal which is entirely new as a solution of the whole problem. Watch for the start of this important series of articles tomorrow in THE EVENING STAR I His Protest Wins West Point Chance EDGAR N. CHACE. PROSPERITY SEEN ON WAY T0 RECORD Economiét Says Business Is Due for Unprecedent- ed Expansion. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 16.—Prep- tions for prosperity were urged to- ¢ by Virgil Jordan, chief economist the National Industrial Conference Board, in an address before the Rail- v Business Assoclation. wditions in the United States,” Mr. Jordan , “are favorable fof an unprecedented expansion of busi- ness, which may make 1925 and 1921 look like a depression by compa and which, if it comes, is likely strain our transportation facilities |and ecredit resources to the limit, and | put itrol of husiness men of the Federal Reserve ) test to prevent se- vious inflation and subsequent slump.” Mr. Jordan discussed the problim of discerning in advance the requite- the self-ce and the power system to a red ments of railroads for probable future | traffic demands. Ie emphasized that in planning industrial transportation and trade prozrams for the future it was sound policy to count on the most inten: of existing facilities and to avoid acity greatly in excess of possible demands, But it would be unwise and uneconomic, he assetted, to proceed on the assumption that husiness was destined to go along in- definitely at the present rate. “It is just as necessary to prepare for prosperity as it is for hard times,” he_added. Real husiness has heen marking time the last few years, he said. There has been no real hoom in gen- eral husiness In this country sin 2, he declared, indications of this being the enormous flow of idle funds into the stock market and into foreisn rities, and the lengths to which anks have been driven to in- arning assets by security ns, 1eal estate investments and in- stallment” finan Free;ing Weather Predicted for D. C. By Friday Morning Today's sultriness, marked at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon by a temperature of 71 degrees, wi'l pass following the expected rain of tonight, and with rapidly de- creasing temperaturs tomorrow the mercury will drop below the freez- ing point by Friday morning, ac. cording to United States Weather Bureau forecasters toda The high temperature of yester- ay and today, while alove the average for the date, is typleal of the isolated “heat es” which frequent Washington's Fall weath- er records, and, like the previous warm spells, this one is to be short- lived. The temperature will begin to drop early tomorrow morning when the rain_promised for tonight will cease. With fair weather tomor- it will be “considerably cold- tomorrow night, continuing in the lower regions of the tempera- ture register at least until Friday/ when freezing will be passed on, the mercyg's descents ROR IS FOUND INGUARD TESTS ‘:Edgar Chace Gets West | Point Appointment When | Cerrection Is Made. | | | 1 { | As the result of the discovery of a mistake by the United States Civil Commission in the grading of | the examination papers of District | National Guardsmen competing for | n appointment to West Point, Edgar | Northrop Chace, a private in the 29th Division, headquarters detachment, residing at 6 West Virgilia street, | Chevy Chase, was rertified today for appointment, replacing Benjamin C Stephans, 4226 Third street, who wa certified last week. Young Stephans is a priv te in the Headquarters and Service Company of the 121st Engi- neers. Young Chace himself discovered the mistake made in his papers by the Civil Service Commission. which con- ducted the examination for the local National Guard in accordance the annual custol Because of the | circumstances, offic| . Guard and of the Civil Service | m are making efforts to have the War Department | the academy if they pass the entr | examination. Error in Addition. | . | In the original average mark cer-| tified to the Natio Guard by the | commission, Stephens was given a rat ing of 93.37 per cent and Chace, 90.83. However, Chace was of the opinion that he was entitled to a higher n and appealed to Lieut. Col. Peyton C Nevitt r | tor pe X | The mistake was discovered | recheck showed that Chace’s ave: | mark should have been H | officers took it up with | Service Commission and the War De- partment, with the resulting change | n the certification, | It was explained at N onal Guard headquarters that the commission had [ not made an error in the actual grad- ing of the questionS, but a mistake | had oceurred in adding up the marks |on the individual questions to arrive at the average. It appears that the emplove who averaged the papers picked up two sheets at the same time, thus missing the marks on one sheet enti Geot Civil ‘was just variety of er etted it and w a member of the | id that it s rden on re- glad to make the correction. It is such a thing that the commission tried always to avoid, | but mistakes do creep in. . ordina Chace Becomes Principal. With this change, ner, Company k < from 1te, while 1 st per cent, nate to second | Wheeler, Com {141 Thirtenth mains as third course, goes from sec principal. | { The local National Guard has one | jappointment to West Point allotted to | jit each year, and for the selection {nf thi ndidate the Civil Servie Commission conducts an examination. | iIn the past it has been possible for ithe Guard to get more than one ap- jpointment because of the fact that {some of the States do not take advan- age of their allotment, order ito fill up the classes these given to other Guard organizations who have candida 1t is probable that Stephens m one of these | pointments. g0 ond alternate to | get ¥ TRIBESMEN MURDER 50 IN RAID ON POLICE POST | ‘Wahabis Led by Brother of Noted | Chief Wage Slaughter in Nasiriyen District. By the Associated Pres BASRA, Irak, November 16. Twenty frontier police and thirty la- borers have heen murdered by Wa- habi tribesmen, who raided a frontier nolice in ‘the Nasiriyen district, according to the latest report received i here. The Wahabis were led by a brother of the famous Chief Feisal ed Dowish, named Mazid. When it was reported that Feisal intended to make a raid on the frontier with a large force the tribes along the border fled panic stricken | to the inland districts. Many of them :m‘: arrived at Zubair, near Basra, rak, Radio _P.rmra'@a&e_ 45, | the | Burns IN OIL CASE FACE PROPERTY SEIZRE Court Orders @®'ackmer to Appear Jaru'.ry 6—Can Be Fined $100,000. | JURY INVESTIGATION MAY END TOMORROW |Kidwell Asks Hearing Against Reporter atd Conductor to Be Held Friday. of jury conspiracy trial was d today, another des £ out of the famous d with the s ick T, unom H y jovernment wit to appear befo , at 10 a.m. and cause why he should not be adjudged suilty of contempt for failing to res spond to a subpena served upon in France earlier this yes At the same time, United States Marshal i C. Snyder was die rected in the ovder to sei operty of Blackmer to *he extent of $100,000 and hold it to $atisfy any judzment that the court may render in the case, e penalty for ref A subpena on fine not to exceed $100,000. velopment il trial oecy Sensation Is Created. srand jur: moment t special ( on United States Aftorney Pey don, and after a briefl conference, left rthouse Furriedly, accompanied by W. M. J. McMullin, who as a Burns detective swore in an affidavit that the detective agency induced him to make false reports ) the F nclair cor spiracy trial for the purpose of enadling the defense to ubtain a mistrial if needed. Roberts and M>Mullin entered a cap parked at the cast entrance of the courthouse on a private driveway an disappeaved in the trs Maj. don later explair the Government pre eft to k ppointment witly tetary of the Navy Wil "l the fact that M him was n to the u-n:», or Government evi the charges that have beef It was understood at the courthousa ;mlnA that former Gov. Nat prevent seizure of Blackme or evadé service of the At the time the Government filed its motion requesting the court to issue rule citing Blackmer in contempt it creed that the Government and would decide on a date for a hearing on the motion, It was stated, howeve™, that counsel h sides have conferred and v acreed upon the date of the rule, ing for Blackmer's appearance, Has Ignored Subpoenas. At that time a vigorous I ¢ will be waged on Blackmer's behalf. The rule as signed teday will be mailed to the n “onsul n est Blackmer, who has heen living in Europe since tif¢ Teapot Dome scs e, Blackmer was chairr rd of the Midwest Refining reputedly figured in “oil deal” involving Harry 1% details “of which the Gy weuld like to have Blackm the witness stand. Twice served with subpoenas, but 1 respond. Another subpoena pearance at the new trial, 16, has sted sses will Te srot ‘s invest. which suspended all consid n of he v today and tonmrrow. ] however, numerous ecords srams bearing on consmuni- cations involving Sinclair asd =& nted o e1e Burkinshaw, district at- ation, ted at the and iz rnment tell from he was used o for his Tanuary ht ion, and s authoritatively courthouse that should the grand make a presentment, no indict- ment or indictments would be forth. coming a week. Much t: must be spent in drafting the indicts ments, it was explained, and this would be the chief contributor to de- lay in the mater F Sinclair, the recent consy trouble in by Justice Frederick L. termine whether charges should be with Sinclair in his two business 2 Mason Day and Sheldon alre with ¢ sion of ces New Truob! ndant racy tri wit l, fa es, Henry Clark, who Iy out under bond, charged ing to influence the the trial jury des pect Conclusion Tomorrow. Well satis the presen 1se in the jury torney geti Neil Burkinshaw, were king up minor detail it was expected that all m lating to the jury tampe would be concluded tomorrow at the indictments don, “I will L the earliest re return- It wilf not be known before tom row whether or not the srand jury. will decide on the indictments. Under the usual procedure in the District courts, it was said that the grand end of an investigation, ‘ormal charges to the United who writes out the Boath, presentments and indictments, are then filed with the court. The retrial of the Teapot Dome c: has been set for Janua Siddons. Consequently emanating from the g ceedings will be got under way long before that date, possibly as early as next week, Kidwell Asks Hearing. The investigation eof contempt charges ordered by the court will not t until after the grand jury has finally wound up the present case, United States Attorney Gordon, John Smith were ordered to make this in- E. Laskey and Col. . shy-! T \Continued on Fage