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o < THE_SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ., DECEMBER 4 1927—PART 1. 3,050 RUM FINES IMPOSED IN 1 DAY Record Made in D. C. Police Court by Judge McMahon. A record total of $5. fniposed in Police ¢ éffenses Ly Judge John yesterday. Sentences we five persons convicted aft 2 plea of not guilty, and ten the leniency of the court by a ting their gullt. Four of the cases w prosecuted by Assistant United | tates Attorney David A. Hart. As sistant_United States Attorney Ray mond Neudecker represented the Gov ernment in the remaining eleven Rector of Epirhany Parish Surprised at His Selec- tion for Post. | | £ T |1s Notcd as Preacher and Re- ! ligious Educator—Once De- clin22 to Be Bishop. 50 in fines was | urt for liquor | . McManon o passed on entering | sought mit A special committee of Republican Senators yesterday afternoon selected Rev. Z. B. Phillips, rector the Church of the Epiphany. to be chap | lain of the Senate Succeesgor (o | Rev Muir, who died a few weeks 20, Th recommendation of the | committes expected o be approved n tried | by th nate without delay | Dr hilltps was not a candidate for me | = T for xentence. Those why werw | the honor. ‘The committce announ ve careful consideration, not fined or *impi d are ' as Collows: | tHL it 120 days. and | ONIY to those who had been mentione Eiarey Bosehber hut to the names of for transportin Yigquor: Joseph Shecr. 45 days straisht, for transporting: Healon F. Wheeler, | D% 2,000 or four months for four c 1 The of transporting: William H. Seldbrush, | tho $400 or 1850 transporting. | i Romolo Gentilucei, $500 or 180 day for transporting: ¢ A, Walk Dr. Phil wrprised. 60 days for a second offense of t e i vadadnthd Oha orting: Merides Gattis, $500 or 30 [, D% 1HUIDS fecchted days for a second offense of trans-{ ..o y h “,,‘y I‘n uk- . dery porting, Mary Legare, colored. §75 or | i Gk 30 days for transporting: Edward L.! [P At el Martin, §i5 or 30 days for transport. ||} has been at Hartford . the y 's Whit « | 4 B o | services at st of everal of the cases had h a previous daie and merely | as eandid; G0 day unanimously decided upon Dr. Phil committee which made the appointed by (he Repub- cus Friday and was headed Bingham of Connecticut. ses news of surprise, d the candidate. Conn.. for John's Chureh |ing vesterday morning in time to re - | ceive the news of the committee’s ap | pointment I” aesaca it | ehaplain of the BURNING OF SOLDIER ... "~ BTSN L 57, e e and as such a sudden surp z(‘lv\u'rh of the Epiphany only a little Woman Quoted as Saying Men|more than three vears, Dr. Phillips 5 {has been one of the leading pre Tortured Him in Hunt for [ters of the aAmerica Hidden Savings. honor to he Phillips | “hurch for more than a decade. He was born in Springfleld, Ohio, May 1, 15 His parents were the late ZeBarney and Sallie E. Phillips After an early education in and high schools of that place, he at- tended Wittenberg College, also located at Springfield. Following his graduation from there, Dr. Phi'lips attended _General Theological nary at New York. By the Associated Press, L PASO, Tex.. December 3.— | Josefa Contreras, 25, and an | I here today while police investigated a | story alleged to have been told by the woman that two men, one of them her husband, tried to burn Jose Valensuela alive while attempting to Jearn the hiding place of savings they believed he had accumulated. Valensuela, a former member of the Sth United States Cavalry, is in William Beaumont Hospital here, still under treatment for the burns alleged 10 have been received in the torture more than two years ago. Police say that Mrs. Contreras re- lated to them that the two men drugged Valensuela and beat him in an endeavor to learn the hiding place of money, which he did not have.|in 1906. Their two children, Misses Later, she alleged to have sajd, the|Sallie Hews and Faith Phillips, were captors of the soldier knocked him un-|{born there. The former made her conscious and poured gasoline over|debut here last season i his head and body and touched a| Dr. Phillips resigned his Chicago match to his clothing. parish in 1909 to engage in research For two years Valensuela has been | {oii at Oxford University, England In 1899 he made a deacon by Right Rev. Dr. Boyd Vincent, Bishop of Southern Ohio, and the following year he became a priest. His first he remained until 1901, call to the Chur Mount Auburn, ¢ . Ohio. e later went to Church, Chicago, where he was active for six and one-half yeas ‘While in Chicago, he married Mrs. Sallie Hews Wi accepting a cinna umber who were not condidates, and | | | vemained | st few davs conducting mission | return- | Church of the Epip! 5| unsolicited | Semi- | | Ordained in 1900, E parish was at Hillsboro, Ohio, where | h of Our Savior, | 'REV. Z. B. PHILLIPS IS NAMED TO BE CHAPLAIN OF SENATE REV. 7Z. B, PHILLIPS. where he spent two 5. Upon his veturn. he spent a year preaching and lecturing in and around New York Cit, He answered a Church Louis, Mo., in 1912 and in charge there for nearly going to the Church of Tt four. at DPhiladelphia. in 1922, While at Philadelphia, Dr. Phillips was elected bishop coadjutor of the diocese of Bethlenem. He declined the office_ and accepted the call to the any, July 1, 1 call to St. Peters 10 years Succeeded Bishop Freem: Dr. Phillips succeeded Bishop James . man, D. D.. as rector of the local parish and has since been active in carrying on the work begun by his predecessor. He is honorary canon of Washington Cathedral and closely associated with Bishop Freeman in work relative to the building of the cathedral. Since coming to Phillips has established himself as an able preacher with particular interest in religious cducation. schools and conferences, « heen a_member of the Uni- v Cluh of Chicago since 1904 a member of the O Society’ of Ame and the Cosmos Club of Washington. Tle is affiliated with most of the Masonic bodies and is a member of Sigma_ Tau Omega I'raternity. Among his official con- nections, Dr. Phillips is a trustee of General Theological Seminary, New York. and is a member of the educa- tional committee of that board. He is also overseer of the Philadelphia Divini “hool. As a churchman, the newly ap- pointed chaplain of the Senate is de- clared to stand with the great body of the clergy of the Episcopal Church. He Is considered neither a modernist nor a fundamentalist. As a man, he is read, widely traveled and highly educated, possessing the personal touch and attractive personality that win many admirers. He is considered not only an able preacher of his faith, but an able speaker on current topic and questions as well. considered well IPENS TONRRO store his face and save his life. Police investigation in the case started more Rummage "Sale to Swell Funds Needed for Clinic at 1han a year ago. WINS $9.99 AUTO. Children’s Hospital. Man Handcuffs Self to Garage Door to Await Auction. CORNING, N. Y., December 3 (#). ~—Determined to be the first man in line when a local garage opened a sale of used automobiles today, offer- ing the first car at $9.99, Michael Coleson of this city handcuffed him- self to the front door of the establish- ment. He got the car. Taking his stand at 9 a.m., yester- day, Coleson last night found himself in danger of losing the position of ad- vantage when the crowd became heavy, and he accordingly attached himself to the building. Then for mearly 12 hours he waited for success, and attained it. A S S e BLOOD TRAIL LEFT . BY FLEEING THIEF F IN SLEVELAND PARK| nued from Firsi Carrying forward efforts to com- plete an endewment fund of $100.000, the board of managers of the Child Welfare Society of the Children's Hospital will open its annual rum- mage sale tomorrow morning at 014 I street. . The sale will continue through the week, wthi Mrs. Breckinridge Long in charge, assisted by members of her committee. The Child Welfare Board. pioneer in child h-alth work in Washington, ex- pects to add substantially to its fund for uhe benefit of needy childern. Having developed and organized the nine child hygiene clinics now in charge of the District Health Depar ment, the hoard is concentrating its efforts on the Child Welfare clinic at the Children’s Hospital. The aim In particular is to make the center at the hospital the model for the whole count Mrs, nk B (Co marks of the crimes which have been 12id at the door of “the cat.” police were incllined to believe that it might be the work of the elusive prowler or one of his associates, since it has been established fairly definitely that several criminals have visited Wash- ington homes in the past three weeks. Tt was revealed last night by Capt. W. G. Stott, commanding th® four. teenth precinet, which encompasses Cleveland Park, now become an armed camp, that the story of “the cat” came near being terminated with lead Thursday night. Burglar Frightened Off. pves is honorary chairman of the board and Mrs. Louis Lehr is president. Other officers in- clude Mrs. Arthur O’Brien, vice pr dent: Mrs. Elliott Goodwin, seccnd secretary, and Mrs. Long, treasurer, In the early da the Child " eht . fare Society was supported entirely A resident of Cleveland Park had |y private subscriptions, but as it obtained a clue that Jed him to be- grew Congress realized the need and lieve that the dreaded burglar planned | finally came to its support. - But the : e 2 zet was still insufficient to earry to pay him a visit that night. He hid | hud%et was still ; : 3 & on the steadily cren z ber in his kitchen with a .45 calibre rifle | pj Bt g ients, =0 each vear the hoard gives trained on the kitchen door. Presently [a rumm: there came a catlike tread on the back porch. There was a_rattling at the | Goor. .The householder gripped the | trigger hard, glanced down the sights, and made ready to shoot to kill as soon as the man appeared in the crack of the opening door, dircctly in e sale to raise funds. Bank Fraud Case Goes to Jury. MANKATOA, Minn., December 3 | #).—The Huston-Gold fraud trial in- volving charges of conspiracy against five former officers of the Southern vice president: Mrs. J. Holabird Towne, | Wel- | LIGHT RATE CUT - - 0 BE MADE HERE Householders to Get qurlh Electric Reduction in Four Years January 1. The reduction in electric current rates to become effective on bills ren- dered on and after January 1, which was approved by the Public Utilities Commission yesterday on recommenda- tion of the Potomac Electric Power Co., will give the District the lowest rates in the East, according to Maj W. A. It. Covell, acting Engineer Com- missioner, The new schedule will give domestic consumers a primary rate of 5.9 cents a kilowatt hour compared with the present rate of 6% cents. The sec- ondary rate is unchanged. The reduction is the fourth in as many years that has come as a re- sult of the profit-sharing arrange- ment which the utilities commission entered into with the power company in December 1924, Under this a rangement one-half of the earnings of the company in excess of a 7% per cent return is returned to electri current consumers the following year through a reduction in rates. The exces for the present y mated at approximately $67 as a result the con s pe “ted to save $337.8! in 1928, pro- vided they use the mount of current as consumed in 1927, The cut in the rates in the four- period has been as follows: 2h—from 10 to cents a hou —from hour, —from 7 to 6% cents a kilowatt are ex- kilo- to 7 cents a kilo- 1928 —from 614 to 5.9 cents a kilo- watt hou Minnesota Joint Stock Land Bank was given to the jury today, line with his sights The door began slowly to open—and then a passing automnobile backfired with a sound like a pistol shot and the man on the porch dashed across the porch and was lost in the darkness before the householder could take aim. Policeman Escapes Bullet. It developed last night also that a shot taken at a prowler by a resident of the narrowly missed Po- liceman Brown, who was pi trolling the burglar infested section. | Two suspects are locked up at the fourteenth precinct and a third s pect was detained temporarily but r Jeased vesterday morning after he had | proved a perfect alibi. The two men now in custody are both white and were arrested on Thursday and Fri- day. Capt. Stott is inclined to doubt their participation in the housebreak ines but they are being held pending a further investigation of their ac- tivities. Capt. W. —if you should See a Doctor or Have Y Tuesday, Thursday and G. Stott stated tha had never been called into con: tion by any representative of Vigilantes," reported formed by Cleve- | Jand Park citizens to protect their | homes against the housebreaker. He has never seen any one other than police patrolling the streets, he said. and he has exercised a night patr every night for two weeks. 1. Avoid raw teurized cream . Eat plain, nourishing food. Captain Given Ca One cat at least was in custody at the fourteenth precinct last night. but | # was made of papier mache. The| captain found the toy cat on his| desk when he went on duty tonight. | gent him by an unidentified donor. | Many residents of Cleveland Park will ohserve a servantiess Sunday to- | day. Servante have shown an inclina tion to shun the neighhorhood xince “the cat” has been active. and as a consequence some households will eat enld Sunday dinners today or cvok ‘dleir own. y to aveid worry. 1 acts on your hody. A Physical Examir Telephone Main 992 4 shortly after noon | halibut ever day Evening from 7: milk, raw cream and butter made of Who have puid for the ubove bullesin (legal noticed, Weighing 320 pounds, Irgest nded along England's t was recently caught. the west ¢ If You Tire Easily also have a persistent light cough, loss of weight, some chest pains or you may be developing consump- tion and you should lose no time to ursell Examined at the Free Health Department Clinic Tuberculosis Hospital, 14th and Upshur Streets ay at 2-4 O'Clock 0-9 O'Clock ur To Prevent Consumption Avoid house dust and impure or close air, day or night. Get all the light and sunshine possible into your home. pas- t enough sleep by retiving early enough. Be cheerful. Think kind'y. Your Health Insurance n_Fvery Birthday Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis 1022 11th Street N.W. 4 lat 10 « | standing Gates ers Hapgood of Pittsburgh guilty today of making an address on The jury reported a charge of rioting. | opening session. | ti. Darlington of the Dioct GARDEN CLUB BODY | 10 MEET TUESDAY Council of Presidents Will; Hear Delano Tell of Capi- tal Development. The Councii of Presidents of len Club of Ameriea will meet Carlton Hotel Tuesday dlock, when one of the prin cipal addresses will be by Frederic A no on the artistic devolopment of ional Capits at the the | morning | A veport on the important work done i the interest of National rvation will be made by Mrs Crosby of Boston. the chairm: of that committee. Dr. John C. Mer= am, president of the Save the Red | Woods League, will speak on that sul. ject and Mrs. Harold L P port on the progress of th on the scholarship in tandsc tecture in the Amer| tome, which the America has founded K. Prentice ol Princeton. chairman of this committee, | The president of the Garden Club of ’ t will re. ommittee | pe archi demy in Club of- William N. J, Qs America. Mrs. John A. Stewart, jr., will preside at the meeting, to which have been invited the officers and rectors of the club, chairmen of the | committecs. the editorial | staff of the Bulletin. the president and one delegate from each member clai and members at | Luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock and at 2 o'clock the meeting of the president’s council will be presided | over by Mrs. Stewart and devoted i | private discussion by club presidenis and delegates of matters that affeci | club policy and program | The Garden Club of America’s inter ests are perhaps best described auoting the following from its c tution: “The objects of this assoc shall be to share the advantages of association through conference and | correspondence in’ this country and abroad; to aid in the protection of native plants and birds, and to encour- ic_ planting.” The following members will attend s meeting rs. Stewart of Short Hills, N. president; Mrs. John H. Lynch of New g secretary; Mrs. William Rand ew York, treasurer; Mrs. Horatio Lloyd, Haverford, Pa. Mrs. Walter 8. Brewster of Chicago, Mrs. S. V. It. Crosby of Boston, Mrs. Like Vincent Lockwood of New York, Mr C. Oliver Tselin of New York, Mrs. J Willis Martin of Philadelphia, Mrs. | William A. Lockwood of New York, | Mrs. Frank B. Noyes of this city. Mrs Harold Irving P of tof New York, Mrs William K. Prentice of Princeton, Henry R. Rea of Pittsburgh, 3 John Sherwin of (develand, Mrs. T. H B. McKnight of Pittsburgh. SACCO SPEAKER IS GUILTY Powers Hapgood Lacked Permit at Boston Meeting. BOSTON, December 3 (#).—Pow- | found the Common without a permit, in con- ‘tion with a gathering of Sacco- Vanzettl sympathizers last Summer. disagreement on Sentence was de- ferred. Another jury found Hapgood and | «ix_others not guilty of sauntering and loitering when they walked up and down In front of the state house as a protest against the death sen- tenee of Nicola Sacco and Bartholomeo Vanzetti, SMITH DRAWS FIRE OF DRY CHIEFTAINS ON CONVENTION EVE __(Continued from First Page.) either citizens or officials to oppose honest administration of any law is contributing toward the disintegra- tion of our form of government,” he added. “If those who hate prohibition are conceded the, right to oppose the operation and honest enforcement of this law, other groups which hate other laws must be conceded the same right. do not deny Gov. Smith or any official the right to his opinions on the value of prohibition as a solution to the liquor problem, but I do insist that Gov. Smith and every other offi- cial, by virtue of his oath of office, has assumed the obligation to support the law so long as it shall be in effect,” he continued. ; now stand,” he conclud- ed, “prohibRion is the supreme law of the land, made so by the most deci- sive and overwhelming expression of popular will ever recorded. Many to Aftend Parley. A record breaking attendance is assured the eague convention, which meets simultaneously with the open- ing of Congress. With the pre-con vention meeting scheduled at the Mayflower this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock most of the delegates already have arrived. Interest in the pro- hibition fight that centers in the forthcoming presidential campaign | and_the nomination of officers to conduct the affairs .of the League has aroused unusual interest in the convention proceedings, H. B. Carre of Nashville, Tenn., will preside at_the pre-convention session. Rev. Dr. Freeley Rohrer, pastor of the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church of this city, will offer the invocation Addresses will be made by Wiiliam E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson, special repre- sentative of the World League Against Alcoholism; E. Stanley Hish, cssistant secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Board of Foreign Missions, New York City, and Senator kravk B. Willis of Ohio. The benediction will e pro nounced by Rev. A. H. McKinléy, pas- tor of the Douglas Memorial M. k. Church of thia city. The national board of rrustess of the league will meet tororrow morn- ing at 10 o'clock. They will elect all | officers of the ‘eague for the next two year; “The sessions of the convention will be open to the public. Officials of the Anti-Saloon League said yester- day that more than 12,000 applica- | tions had been received for tickets to the meeting. Plans are being made to hold over-flow sessions. Dr. Irederick Brown Harris, president. of the Washington Federa tion of Churches, will preside at the The Calvary M. E. Quartet will xing, and Bishop James se of lar- visburg, Pa., will offer the invocation. Bishop to Speak. The convention will he addressed by (he president of the Anti-Saloon League, Bishop Thomas Nicholson of | Detroit, who will speak on ‘“The | Present Situation”; Mrs. Mary Harris | Armor, director of the Evangelistic, Department of the National W. C. T U., of Tate, Ga., and Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, father of the: eighteenth _amendment, who _ will peak on “The Same Old Wet Minor- The Rev. Dr. Shera Montgomery. pastor of the Metropolitan M. Church of this city, will pronounce the benediction. Except for the meet ings of the executive committee and the . trustees the public will be ad mitted to all the meetings of the con vention. | Many of the important Protestant pulpits in Washington an1 nearhy gommunitice Will be occupied this FIGURES IN OIL TRIAL CONTEMPT CASE. Upper, left to right: Harry F. Lower, left to right: Henry ason Day and Sheldon Clark. ENDURANCE FLIGHT HALTED BY WINDS Rough Air Currents Shake‘ Kingford-Smith’s Plane Vio- lently in Record Attempt. By the Associated P SAN FRANCISCO, Rough air currents today attempt of Capt. Charles Smith, Australian World War Lieut. George Pond, U. §. N. new endurance flight record. December 3.— halted the to set a The fyers were forced to bring their | FFokkker monoplane to | big tri-motored earth at Mills Jield here 2 hours and 19 minutes after they took oft in an effort to stay aloft until Mon- aay. Will Try Again Tomorrow. They were not disheartened by fail- | ure today, however, and announced another start would be made tomor: row in the hope that they may re main in the air longer than 52 hours and 23 minutes, the world’s record et last August by John Ristics and Cor- neliu: Edzard, German aviators. Air currents over the s adjacent to San Framci heavily loaded plane =o spin, the pilots reported. Fuel Dumped at Sea. ' Experiencing difficulty in controlling the monoplane, A gallons of soline, the * airmen dumped 800 gallons of fuel about 40 miles out from the Golden Gate and returned to the ficld. ] Before landing they sent out a radio message saving the tail of the plane was fluttering and that the windshield sheltering the cockpit was “‘coming unstuck.” The monoplane, originally christened the Southern Cross for a projected two-stop flight to Australia with Capt. Kingsford-Smith in command, was re. named the Spirit of California for the endurance attempt, which is a pre: liminary to the transpacific flight morning and evening by representa tives of the league. Meanwhile the gzroups of reformer | workers included in the United Com- mittee for Law Enforcement and the International ~ Reform Keder: representing more than 20 organizo tion ing at 3 o'clock this afternoon at vary Baptist Church at Eighth an streets. Former Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania will preside. inton N. Howard, United Committee, w Rock of the Itepubli liam Sheafe Chase for the tional Reform Federation, delegate to the League of Nations Motion Picture Conference, will dress the meeting on the topic, Immoral Movies a Menace?" pited Commitiee Meeti norrow morning the k on American Ta at the Raleigh Hotel at At 10 o'clock thefe will he an open session for the discussion of the seating of William United States Senator from Pennsyl- vani; Black Hand on the Ballot Box" and promises to lay bare the political sit- uation in Pennsylvania. When the Senate convenes tomor- row the committee will send printed copies of that address to that body nd present also 100,000 petitions Zainst the seating of Vare, gathered at the mass meetings held in Penn- sylvania during the year. convene o'clotk. Executive committer of the temperance and reform organizations. The newly Clavence Tru prégient; Mrs. Ella A, Boole, Brook! soclations. Left tg right: Rev Moines, Towa, ington, secretary. I3 and bay | T ) shook the | iolently. that | they feared being thrown into a tail |house on K street. with its load of 1418 | will conduct a public mass meet | he | reau. he | Dr. Canon Wil- | Interna- ad- | “Are | annual | meeting of the United Committee will | 9| Toward will speak on “The | U. S. Settles Issue Of Who Is Actual Head of a Family By the Asso The question as to who is the head of a family has been settled by the Internal Revenue Bureau's income-tax regulations. Regardless of who thinks they are boss of the houschold, the bureau sgys the head of a family is “an individual who actually sup- ports and maintains in one house- hold one or more individuals who are closely connected with him by blood relationship, relationship- by marriage or by adoption, and whose right to exercise family control and provide for these de- pendent individuals is based upon some moral or legal obligation.” The bureau found it necessary to make such a rulinz. as numerous many-headed familics had been re- corded on income-tax returns. FORBES’ “INSIDE STORY” SAYS HARDING WAS ted Pross. BETRAYED BY FRIENDS | _(Continyed_from which Forl Sketchin ugherf sang ad brought; fo W Forbes tells of many of Daugh- transactions in the’ “little green Apparently there Forbes and ton, erty’ was friction between Daugherty, f Bureau executive asserts that when he calls “the veil genius of the admin- narcotic traffic in Federal prisons Daugherty blocked him. Saw $75,000.0n Table. From my own recent expericnce in the penitentiary at Leavenworth,” Forbes continues. “I know that the appalling evil which T described to him (Dausherty) still exists in our penal_institutio Nary : had by any prisoner if he has the money to buy them.” “One one occasion,’ Forbes® cx, “I saw in Jess “Smith’s n the Department of Justice Build- inc $75,000 in $1,000 bills. The wind blew them oI a table onto the floor and T helpcd to pick them up. Jess said they belonged to Daugherty.” Discussing Dr. Sawyer, “the coun- try homeopathic physician whom Presi dent Harding put into a brigadier generI's uniform,” Forbes de that story made director of the War Risk Insur- ance Bureau by the President. Now let’s do some real work," Sawyer greeted him, Forbes says promptly suggested that he out” the medical director of the bu- From then on, Forbes writes, Sawyer tried to “dominate the bureau and its employ establish- ing a “stool pigeon system in the bureau and other departments of the Government as well. SHIP WITH 621 ADRIFT. Navy Department Advised of Ac- cident Off Mayors Island. By the Associated Press. The Navy Department w: today that the steamship Susana, with 621 passengers aboard, wa helple: west of Hermana, Island, with engine trouble. Rear Admiral J. R. Y. commander of the light vision of the Asiatic Fleet, s he had sent the mine sweeper Bittern from Cavite to assist the distre: ship. The Susana, regi Ma, tered at Man| from Amoy to Manila. Wilson., Washington, first NATIONALISTS SEEK - HARMONY IN CHINA |Session to Heal Factional| Breach Followed by At- | | Canton delegations stated that the | tain as t | Iy after the session wi couneil of the Nanking government | the latter to Nanking' the former Veterans' | awyer was the first man to | {* . | reach him after he (Forbes) had heen | LoD the me drifting | tack on Cantonese. By the Associated Press SHANGIHAI ~ December 3.—The ntr utive committee of the Kuomintang or Nationalist political or- nization met this afternoon in an effort to heal the split in the National ist ranks and to reconcile the Nanking and Canton factions ce membership of 3 The mo! ing the immediately. These were: (1) Recognition by all factions that the central. executive committee is the party’s supreme authority. abol- ishing all factional authority. (2) Reorganization of the present Nanking government along. lines encom ng other especially Cantol After the session the Hankow and factions, above proposals werg virtually a sured, although nothing appeared cer- created immediate- A sensation wi issued a proclamation calling the Can- tonese military leaders “traitors against the Kuomintang and the Na- tionalist government” as a _rvsul( of the recent Canton coup d'e as a Nanking punitive 3 against Canton seeking to subjugate authority. CONTEMPT HEARING | IN SINCLAIR CASE BEGINS TOMORROW (Continued from First Page.) Washington Board of Trade, and Mor- | gan H. Beach, former clerk of the Dis- trict Supreme Court and former As- tant Attorney General. In view of Ruddy's action in refus- ling to confer with Burkinshaw, it was | thought at the courthouse that the | Burns official would decline to testify | |on the grounds of self-incrimination. A serious charge is lodged against the tective manager in the petition pre- sented to the court for a contempt le by United States Attorney Peyton | Gordon, and, it was stated, Ruddy, in w of this charge could stand on his | constitutional right. ! Charges Against Ruddy. | Maj. Gordon's petition alleges the | following with respect to Ruddy | “That said operatives, working under the direction of the said Charles G. Ruddy, as aforesaid, and at the instigation of the said Charles G. Ruddy. falsely reported that said Juror Gla ock was seen in confer- ence with a person shown by another report of another of said operatives to be an employe of the Department of at a_remote ace outside of of Washington a period of 15 minutes. leged act, the Government was for the purpose of a: s the Fall-Sinclair defense in obtaining a mistrial if needed. Ruddy appeared several times be- | fore the grand jury which investigated the jury-tampering scandal and still has the case, although attention was | shifted from it when Maj. Gordon | walked into court and petitioned for a contempt rule. He is credited with having, on :one occasion, testifled {longer than any other witness. H | testimony, it is understood, is very much desired by the Government and is eagerly awaited by all concerned ith the case. Burkinshaw Assailed. | Throughout the investigation an at- | mosphere of complete cordiality ap- | peared to exist between Burkinshaw | and Ruddy. but the latter, following visit to Burkinshaw's office, de- ed that on several occasions dur- ing the grand jury inquiry Burkinshaw called me and other in- ! vestizators into his office and used methods that were not in keeping with the dignity of the United States attorney’s office. For the purpose of | intimidation. some of the men were | falsely accused by Mr. Burkinshaw of | crimes, which, of course, they had never ‘committed and he repeatedly told them that he had the ‘goods’ on ther. At one Burkinshaw threatened ith arrest and did evervthing to intimidate me and the investigators of the agency—this, in spite of the fact that on several oc- casions he was emphaticaily told that n and myself had testitied truthtully and were hiding nothing. veal to the religious scruples of some of the investigators. “When I objected to Mr. Burkin- shaw's statement that he had knowl- edge of my being drunk in New York he tried to phss it off by saying it was just a joke, but my opinion is that Mr. Burkinshaw simply endeavored (» continue to intimidate me.” Gordon Silent on Plans. Maj. Gordon, who will prosecute the contempt proceedings in court with the assistance of Burkinshaw, who conducted the active part of the in- vestigation, refused to disclose the procedure he will adopt tomorrow morning. It was learned, however, that he has about 20 witnésses ready for the first day's hearing, among them Ruddy, the trial jurors and Wil- liam J. McMullin, who under the name of “Willlam V. Long” worked as a Burns jury-shadower and at the me time kept the Government in- formed as to his movements without letting the Burns operatives know of his actions It was McMullin who charged in an eight-page affidavit that he had heen “induced” by the Burns opera- vice presiden R yn, N. Y, second vice president; Rev. Kdagin a 2,400-ton ship and was proceeding | tives to swear to a false affidavit to the effect that Juror Norman L. Glass- oflicers represent 31 dry us- Arthur J. Barton, Des | Dinwid PSS SRR - Of a total com- | attended. | important questions fac-| itionalists were taken up broader | hen the military | t and! demanding the latter’s arrest as \\'cll‘ expedition | {2 hours' daylight. | Mr. | Mr. Burkinshaw went so far as to ap- | TRAIARD FORGED YOUNIN MR Marine Pilot’s Miami-to-Nic- aragua Hop Halted 250 Miles From Goal. | By the Associated Pres MANAGLU December —Maj nited plane, wi Nicaragua, . H. Brainerd, piloting a States Marine Corps mono- ich hopped off from Miami, this morning, was forced down Tela, Honduras, at 4:07 this after- noon landed safely and is to proceed to Managua to- Tela is on the north coast of Hon- duras and about 230 miles from Manaugua. The total distance from Miami to Manaugua is 1,035 miles; therefore the aviator covered ap proximately 785 miles, successful negotiating the overwater part of | the flight. N LINE OF DUTY" Plane to Be Delivered to Forces in Nicaragua. MIAMI, Fla., December 3 (P.—As sust another item “in the line of duty three United States Marine Corps ors took off here early today in a rimotored monoplane for an er hop to Managua, Nicaragua, a over The vo! undertaken as a matter of sity,” so that the eraft, a Fokker combination bomb. er and transport. might be delivered for service with American troops in the Central American country without going through slow shipping channels. Perfect weather conditions greeted Maj. E. H. Brainard, the pilot, and his crew of two enlisted men—Sergt. M. 1. Shepard, relief pilot, and Corporal N M. Winchester, mechanic—when after a preliminary warming up. the giant plane was started down the 4,000-foot runway, to zoom upward into a per fect take-off at 6:22 o'clock this morn in 'f\hout three hours after the hop- off, the Key West naval station was | advised by radio that the air voyager ssed over the Cuban capital. This was one¢ hour behind the schedule Maj. Brainard had planned. announc- ing here just before the start that he expected to reach Havana in two hours. Little significance w. attached here to its failure to arrive there on time. The ¢ its cours t carried no wireless, but e lay over thickly populated ship routes, and the local station of the Tropical Radio Co. arranged to receive reports of its station on the route. A rubber life raft, four extra gaso- line tanks and a supply of emergency rations were included in the plane’s | equipment. MESSAGE RECEIVED HERE. | Brainard Blames Rain for Forced 1 Landing at Tela. Naval communications announced the following message received from Maj. Brainard last night: “Tela, Hondur: “Strong head winds for 6 hours delayed flight. On arrival at Tela at 1,700 (5 o'clock our time), low clouds and rain made it dangerous to attempt 10 get over mountains with less than ‘Weather permitting will proceed tomorrow. ~Everything functioning perfectly. “(Signed) BRAINARD.” ———————— cock was approached by a man at Hoover Field. Another Burns op- erative identfied the man who “ap- prosched” Glasscock as H. R. Lamb of the Department of Justice. The senior Burns announced to newspaper men that the Government had been shadowing the jury and pointed to the affidavit by “Long” which was left at the office of Justice Siddons. Sinclair Charges. Sinclair is charged by the Govern- ment with having brought Day and Clark to Washington for the pur- pose of employing the Burns agents to spy upon the jurors, “to bribe. in- timidate and influence said jurors™; to “influence. pervert, impede and pre- vent said jurors_in the discharge of their duties’ as jurors™ “to imped pervert and prevent the due admini tration of justice in said court in trial of said criminal prosecution, either by corruptly influencing said jurors to decide the issues of said prosecution in tavor of the defendants therein, or to disagree as to said issues.” It also is alleged that the “spying” was for the purpose of “concocting false charges against one or more of the said jurors. in case such a course should seem advantageous to said de- fendants in said case. with a_ view to bringing about a mistrial of the cause aforesaid or otherwise accomplish such purpose.” Veitsch is named in the Govern- ment’s petition as having brought $1.500 to Washington and turned the amount over to Ruddy. following a conference between fthe two in Baltl- more. The charge against Burns and his son is that they procured the making of a false afdavit- “purporting te show that a representative of the United States Department of Justice approached and held conversation® with Glasscock and that they. “know- ing said affidavit to be false and with- out truth and fact. did then and there procure the submission of said affi- davit" to Justice Siddons for the purpose of showing that the Govern. ment tampered with a certain juror. Although the proceedings ares in Criminal Division 2, they will be held in No. 1 Court, now occupied by Chief Justice Walter . McCoy. The Chief Justice will exchange rooms with Justice Siddons in order to accomo- date a llrgeir crowd. This will be the same room in which the Fall-Dohen: and the FallSinclair ofl conspiracy trials will be held. In anticipation of a large number of newspaper cor- respondents being present, United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder and Chief Deputy Marshal S. B. Callahan have established ‘ibles and reserved certain sections of the room for the press. An American company is now oper- ating more than 40 motion theaters in Brazil, R December 4 21 Days to Christriras Fight Tuberculosis With Wash- | Christmas Seals