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Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 30,540. OKUAHOMA TRO0PS BLOGK SESSION 10 INPEACH EOVERNDR Lfl_!'slators. Barred From the Capitol, Convene Later in-Hotel. TEMPORARY INJUNCTION IS GRANTED BY COURT Guardsmen, Bearing Rifles and " Sidearms, Turn House Mem- bers Back. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, December 12.— = Barred by National Guardsmen from convening in their chamber at the State Capitol a majority of members of the House of Representatives went .to a local hotel, convened, discussed | the situation and recessed until tomor- row, E. P. Hill, speaker of the House, announced. After being held at bay for more than a half hour'by $0 armed guards- men, who occupled the floor contain- ing the Ilegislative chambers, the congregated about a roped enclosure on that floor. Injunction Is Issued. Hill and newspaper men o tted to enter the enclosure. Entered ond class matte: Dost. oMmce, Washington, D, r C. MUSSOLINI ROUSES FRENCH WITH COLONIZATION AIMS Duce‘s .Search for Outlet to Italy’s Grow- ing Population Causes Serious Situation. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, December 12.—The effort of Premier Mussolini to find an eco- nomic outlet for Italy's growing pop- ulation today appeared to be the great problem which makes European states- men nervous about Franco-Italian re- lations. Mussoli®'s desire that Italians. be given the privilege of preserving their nationdlity chiefly in French colonies, such as Tunis and Algeria, was indi- cated also to be involved in the ques- tion. Sir Roland. W. Graham, British Am- bassador to came to Geneva to give. a review the Franco-Italian relations to Sir Austen Chamberlain, British forelgn secretary, and Aristide Briand, French foreign mibister. He was summoned by Chamberlain be- cause of his special knowledge of Ital- ian conditions and the desire of Briand Lindbergh’s Medal Award by House Is Approved in Senate The Senate today ‘followed the action of the House in voting the Congressional Medal of Honor for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Senator Blease, Democrat, South Carolina, brought: up the question of the legality of conferring the medal on Col. Lindbergh. Although in favor of the action, he was of the opinion that the honor could be conferred only on men in ac- ton. . . Senator Reed, Democrat, Mis- sourl, explained that an act of Con- gress bestowing the medal was legitimate. e 2 MSALORSDRIFT meet- indignation *SUPREME COURT BANS DRY CASE EVIDENCE Holds Wew York Troopers Found Liguor in Car by Tllegal Procedure. By the Associsted Press. Deciding 8 test case, the Supreme urt today that evidence ob- 2.“ wmflw York State police by declared illegal cannot law- fully be-used by the Government«in prosecutions under the prohibition en- forcement act. The court sustained a plea that Jiquor found in an automobile taken by State police at ugust, 1924, co AugNes evidence because the car had been searched ‘without a warrant. Massena, N. Y., In |Shot Point, near 1d mot legally be| gutted the vessel before burning itself The crew previously had abandoned the ship and made Crew of Wrecked: Lake Ves- sef Lose Two:by Drowning. x fi-‘Mg.»Hns_e_imd. g ‘As far ds local records are available all other Ships caught in last week's gale, the ‘most terrific in memiory of have been ac- The crew of 21 of the steamer Alta- doc, wrecked on a reef off Keweenan Point last week, was taken off yester- day by the Coast Guard Cutter Craw- rd after a thrilling battle in the ice- clogged waters. The Crawford Jaunched two small boats, which reached the stricken vessél after a perilous trip through the floes. One of the boats, with 10 members of the Altadoc crew aboard, was frozen in solid during the return trip, £ Crawford succeeded in breal safely aboard. The Agawa, which was nearly pounded to pieces by heavy seas on-a reef off Manitoulin Island, was reached yesterday by the General when the as subsided somewhdt and the 22 o hoard members of the crew remaining al were taken off. One man was rescued from the stranded vessel Saturday. Fire Guts Lake Vessel. Fire which broke out in the cabin of the E. W. out Sunday. The Massena case was selected out | their way safely ashore. of a number of similar cases. When the car ‘were :;l ofluln police, and turned the evidence hey were to the manner made. New ‘b’l:lzn enforcement act of its own. HOOVER TO RESURVEY FLOOD AREA IN SOUTH Becretary to Leave Soon for Study of Present Conditions in Mississippl Valley. By tbe Amociated Press. Secretary Hoover 'wfll leave Wash- |, ington Friday or Saturday for Gree! wille, wey of col sissippl flood. From Greenville he plans via Arkansas to Baton Rouge, the Red Cross committee workers wil assemble to report of flood relief and for the Winter. . the trip to make to whether the_flood o until - Spring, L progrant. it question was seized, Rosario Gambifio and Joseph Lima of Utica, riding in it, were arrested over with | cargo .was ligh! taken to Federal officers. | ceeded toward Buffalo, its destination. fleet down- prosecuted under the Fed- bound, for which much concern had T hibition act and the lower Fed- :rr:lx vc:lrtl threw out their objection [ been felt, arrived safely in port here in_which the seizure|Sunday. York has no prohi- | suffered from exposure, but there were Miss., to undertake his last sur- upon the success(order to that the probable needs |in the news; 1t is intended on |jubilant edito a determination as|a curt the Red Cross funds now |been p wifl care for such. portions | not bee o o zone population as are|mains unchanged. or The Cleveland: steamer George M. Humphrey, that.went aground at Bar Point, in Lake Erle, off Detroit, was freed Sunday by tugs, after its grain ‘The ship pro- The Canadian grain Some no serious injurles reported. ng a lane through and the men were brought lebay, aground off rquette, practically of the crew members to hear the views of a competent third party. It was hoped that the conference would lay the groundwork for an in- terview between Mussolini and Briand. Sir Austen. later told British corre- spondents that an early meeting could not be expected. He warned them, however, that it was a mistake to take Franco-Italian- bickerings too tragically. Observers pointed out that 800,000 Ttalians live on French soil, principally near the Italian frontier. How quickly these Itallans can be absorbed into French national life was said to be a matter of considerable concern to France. From_the French standpoint the Franco-Itallan problem is now to fos- ter a reasonable national spirit for the respective countries without permit- ting Itallans on French soil to develop into an element menacing France. COUNCIL OF LEAGUE ADJOURNS MEETING Four Problems on Way to Solution After Session at Geneva. By.the Associated Press. GENEVA, December 12.—With four international problems, including the Polish-Lithuanian controversy, on the way to settlement as a result of its deliberations, the forty-eighth session of the Council of the League of Na- tions adjourned this morning to meet in March. To the very end, it is felt in League circles,’ a spirit of mutual concession by the governments in the interest of securing accords on the various prob- lems dominated the deliberations of the Council. May Meet in Rome. Officials sald that no arrangements to convene the March session at Rome have been made, although Rome has been suggested in some quarters as offering’ a_way of bringing about a mepting of Foreign Minister Briand of France and Premier Mussolini with- out making it mecessary for the French liquidated by an agreem« countries: to enter into mem, 'of thelr difterences ana- 1t 15 men! e el t likely that a conference goon will be P e ouscicen activitien of ts ceaseless activitles of two American members of the com Semor Urrutia' of Colom| Vilegas of Chile, contribiited to com- promisp settlement -of twp other vex- ing problems. These were the request of ‘Greece to be freed from obligation to make full payment for the battle cruiser Salamis contracted for in a German shipyard before the war, and the request of the free city of Danzig to have a Polish munitions depot there either removed altogether or placed: under partial control of Dan- Indemnity for Bulgarians. ‘The battle cruiser question was re- ferred to a mixed arbit body for solution with the understgnding that an advisory opinion may be asked of the World Court of Justice as to the question whether Germany is pre- vented from exporting war material contracted for before the war. Greece maintains that Germany is so pre- vented and has refused to take pos- session of the battle cruiser. Today, however, Greece agreed to abide by the decision of the arbitrators. The Polish depot problem will be regulated by a local conference at Danzig, both Poland and the free city informing the council that they will accept the result of this conference. Still another question which wi amicably liquidated was the indem: fication of Bulgarians who left Greece for Bulgaria, the property affected totaling about $34,000,000. Both Greece and Bulgaria agree to accept the rulings of a mixed commission. PR U. S. TO PROBE ASSAULT. Minister to Rumania Investigates Attack on American. BUCHAREST, Rumania, December 12 (P).—The first secretary of the British legation has been sent to Transylvania to inquire into the anti- Semitic disturbances there. ‘Willlam 8. Culbertson, American minister, has announced that if he fails to receive satisfaction from the Rumanian government, he will go to Oradea Mare. There he will personally investigate the assult by Rumanian students on Willlam N. Keeler, American-born eiti- zen of Linden Hall, Pa., during the rioting. Fascist Emblem on Italian Flag Barred By King After Mussolini Approves It BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and ths Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1927. notice The truth Is whow owa PARIS, December 12.—The King of taly has just put two mild checks on - | the exuberance of Fascism. First, he has forbidden the party to nditions following the Mis-|put its emblem on the Itallan flag. 'This emblem appears on government to ‘go|buildings, on all state papers and al- where | most everywhere. The Duce decided it 11 | also belonged on the flag and issued an effect, which appeared papers a month ago with rial comment. Then came that the publication had remature. The matter since has n_mentioned and the flag re- ‘that the plan had it will be necessary to again ' shocked many patriots and disturbed e ‘rolie the King, paskaey have been at the left of the Fascist emblem. The Fascist contempt for elections is 8o great that the party’s grand council recently ruled it would permit hence- forth only one carefully pruned ticket to be submitted to the electorate. This ticket was to be named by the syndi- cates, but the council reserved the right to remove some names and sub- stitute others at will. In other words, the elections were to be an undisguised farce. ‘The King, under his oath tc uphold the constitution, which provides for regular elections, balked at this sweep- ing rejection of the constitution. There- fore, four tickets will be submitted to the voters at the next election. All candidates will be Fascists, but the voters may choose between four sets of Faselsts, and the letter, it not the spirit, ‘of the constitution will be up- | held 8 1S, SHIPS GUARD AMERICANS INRED REVOLT AT CANTON City Held by Chinese Commu- nists, Who Issue Defiance of Nationalists. SHANGHAI CHIEF MAKES OVERTURE TO COOLIDGE Wonld Welcome Commission From ‘Washington to Investigate Ques- tion of Treaty Revision. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, December 12.—Two United States gunboats, the Sacra- mento and the Pampanga, were at Canton today after the outbreak of disorder within the city., The gunboat Asheville was en route from Hong- kong. There are between 30 and 40 Ameri- cans in the Canton district. The gun- boats attempted to communicate with all of them. Advices from Hongkong stated that the disorders were “suspected of being instigated by Russians.” C. C. Wu, foreign minister of the Nanking Nationalist government, said “the up- rising was undoubtedly directed by Russians.” U. 8. Commission Favored. Soviet Russia has been warned to discontinue its intrigue toward China by the newly appointed Nationalist leader, Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek. Failure to heed the warning will result in breaking off relations, he said, Nationalist China would consider the sending of a commission to China to investigate the treaty situation a friendly gesture by America, he de- clared in commenting on reports that President Coolidge intends to do so. COMMUNISTS HOLD CANTON. Defy. Nationalist Regime After Seizing Control of City. HONGKONG, December 12 (#).— Communists in Canton today took control of the city after extensive fighting and definitely announced opposition to the present leaders of the Kuomintang, or Nationalist polit- ical ‘organization, who last Saturday denounced -the Communist movement. |, The Communists issued hangdbills declaring that the Kiuomintang was the enemy of the revolution and that “the Red peasants and goldlers are the only ones who can protect the masses,” y leuder.-hm’o" th.!v" bt ton nt the Nanking and, Cariton lea to: ikt A16. Wes S b no anti-foreign acts have Te; Fires and indiscriminate looting fol- lowed - the fighting. -Steamship and raflroad service to Hongkong was tied up. “Telégraph lines were cut. The reports stated the General Bank of China had been destroyed. Persons arriving from:Canton today of of stated that Chinese guhboats on the | Canton River shelled the Bund 'yes- terday. The Reds claim they will make Can- ton a center of the Communist move- ment in China. SENATE REAFFIRMS SLUSH COMMITTEE Resolution by Reed of Mis- souri Adopted by 57-22 Vote. The powers of the special Senate committee on campaign expenditures, which inquired into the primaries in Tllinols and Pennsylvania last year, were reaffirmed by the Senate this afternoon when it adopted by a vote of 57 to 22 the resolution of Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri. This is the committee to which the Senate last week referred the cases of Senators-elect Smith of Illinois, and Vare of Pennsylvania, after it had ) gone on record against administering the oath to Smith and Vare, pending a committee report. The special com- mittee decided Saturday to wait for the approval given its authority today before proceeding with the Smith and Vare cases; therefore, the vote in the Senate this afternoon clears the way' for immediate committee consideration of the two contested senatorial seats. Protest Is Made. The vote this afternoon came after a short discussion in which Senator David Reed, Republican, of Pennsyl- vania made protest against what he declared to be an incorrect historical statement in the resolution of Senator Reed of Missourl. The Pennkylvania Senator referred to that part of the resolution which states that the pow- ers of the committee have continued in full force and effect since they were conferred upon the committee by the last Congress. Reed of Pennsylvania argued that regular standing committees of the Senate continue during a recess, but that specific action was n to continue the life of this special com- mittee after Congress adjourned. The Pennsylvania Senator said he realized the votes were present to pass this resolution, and for that reason he would not waste time with further discussion, but would-merely voice his protest. Recalls Filibuster. Senator Reed of Missourl made a brief reply, in which he called the attention of his colleagues to the fill- buster at‘the close of the last Con- gress against a resolution to continue authority of the special committee. Senator Robinson, Republican, of Indiana, inquired if the passage this resolution teday would mean that the ;‘gmmltln could go into elections in 1928, i Senator Reed of Missourl replied that he had mo such intention uhless the Senate ‘“commands’ me to by another resolution.” ‘He added that *he hoped hi uld mot have to go DISTRICT FINANGE COMMITTEE NAMED Representative. ‘Simmons Is Made Chairmen—Tinkham . Leaves Body. The most important committee as- signment in the House affecting the District of Columbia was made today when Chairman Madden of the House committee on appropriations an- nounced the make-up of the subcom- mittee from the appropriations com- mittee thatw ill handle the District budget.. Representative Simmons of Nebras: ka, who was a member of tlic sub- committee in the last Congress, has been made chairman, succeeding Rep- résentative Funk of Hlinofs. Repre- sentative Tinkham of Massachusetts, who has been ' Tllinois General Assembly, where he was chairman for six years on the Judiciary Committee, speaker pro-tem two years and Republican floor leader two years. He is now entering upon his third term in Congress. 3 Welsh Is Named. ‘Another: new member on this sub- committee is Representative Welsh of Pennsylvania; who fills the vacancy caused by the absence of Mr. Funk. Mr. Welsh is a lawyer, was a legisla. tive réporter, former secretary to the mayor of Philadelphia, assistant dis- trict attorney of Philadelphia County and secretary of Temple University for the last 13 years. He is a mem- ber of the Board of Education of Phil- adelphia County and is serving his third term in Congress. One of the two Democratic mem- bers on this subcommittee also has been transferred to another subcom- mittee, where, the duties are more of direct interest to . his constituents, This, is Representative Collins of Mis- sissippl, who will be succeeded on the District committee by Representative Casey of Pennsylvania, who has re- turned to Congress, where he formerly served for several terms. Mr, Casey went to work in"a coal breaker at the age of 8 years, worked at the plumbing and steamfitting bu: years and also in service. Mr, Casey known as a labor. leader, and is the only trade unionist ever selected member of the H 8 committee. He performed important war work for the Department of Labor, the Emergency Fleet Carpora- tion and the shfl‘nfln: Board. He has a family of 11 children. Grifin Gets Post. . The other Democratic member with thold-over membership on the District subcommittée is Representative Grif- fin of New York, who Is the ranking Democrat. The announcement of the committee slate by the Republican committee on committees confirms the make-up of the Hotise District com- mittee, as previously reported: The new Republican_metmbers are Repre- sentative Hall, Indiina, and Jenkins, Ohio, and_the new Democratic mem- bers are Representatives Cole, Mary- land, and Combs, Missouri. Representative Willlamson of South Dakota is made chairman of the im- (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) FIRST DEFICIENCY BILL BEFORE SENATE Measure Carries $5,000,000 In- crease Over Figure Provided in House. By the Associated Press. i Carrying an increase of more than $5,000,000 over that provided by the House, the first'deficiency appropria- tion bill was reported to the Senate today' by its appropriations committee. The Senate committes additions make the bill total $203,761,435, which is to meet extra Government expenses not provided for last session. Senate Increases include $2,200,000 for the removal of high explosive am- munition from the Curtis Bay and of | Raritan deports; $200,000 for a Federal bullding at Juneau, Alaska; $50,000 for a post office and courthouse at Durango, Colo., and $370,000 for im- prxvcfiuut of Fort Douglas, Ut: # ouse item providing, a paymo! ot $463,782 to the Shawnee Indians was only provision naf the Senate committee from the HOOSE cTo RUNPA AT, 202 Phone Calls A Person Shown as Average for 1926 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 12— Telephone calls made by each man, woman and child in the United States in 1926 averaged 202, the National Industrial Conference. Board' announced today. This is an increase of 804 per cent in telephone .communication, which in 1900 ‘averaged 34 call: Increase in telephone . calls was far in advance of gains shown in ., railroad, mail -and telegraph traf- fic. D.C. VOTE BILL GOES T0 JUDICIARY BODY Referred Direct to Committee amoqmt of Senator Jones. | Jof Washington. e o At tlie request of Senator Jones, Re- publican, of Washington, the joint resolution providing for a constitu- tiona] amendment under which Con- gresa woglld be empowered to give the people of Washington representation in both houses of Congress and in the electoral gollege, was'referred tbday to. the Senate judiciary committee. Senator Jones ‘explained that in the last Congress the resolution was sent to the District of Columbia committee first with an’' understanding that it would later be referred to the judiciary committee. ‘Before adjournment of the Sixty- ninth Congress last March the District of Columbia committee a favor- able -report; on the resolution and, in | ti accordance. with the previous agree- ment, it was then sent to the judiciary committee. This being the beginning of a new Congress, the resolution had to.be re- ‘ntroduced, an” ‘' Tones.told his colleagues today that inasmuch as the District of Columbia committee had favorably reported the resolution on previous occasions, he (hought it might as well be sent directly to the judiciary committee in this Congress. CONTEMPT OF COURT FEARED.IN CAR STRIKE President of Chicago Employes’ As- sociation Cancels Meeting Set for. Wednesday. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, Dicember 12.—Fear that the contemplated strike of Chicago street car and elevated employes might place the unions in contempt of court because the street car lines are in the hands of Federal Court re- ceivers has been expressed by Willlam D. Mahon, international. president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Engloya Mahon’s announcement resuled in cancellation of a mass meeting of the 20,000 employes, set for Wednesday, when it was repérted the men would vote to ‘strike. * ‘When it became known that a ma- Jority ‘of the international beard' op- posed. the walkout, offitials of the unions agreed to meet today with-of. ficers of the companies, Mahon and the arbiters. ' “I feel that all danger of a suspen- ssed,” Mahon said. ‘" in upholding the principle of . arbitration.” “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier block and tmlu edi- tion is delivered to Wash every cit; as fast as the papers Sunday’s (#) Means Associated Press. Circulati Circulation, on homes ted. are 99,583 111,974 TWO CENTS. OIL JURY REPORTS READ AS EVIDENCE INCONTEMPT CASE Documents Pljesented by the Government in Prosecution of Sinclair and Others. ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE JURORS CHARGED BY U. S. Details of Surveillance by Burns Men Are Given to the Court. Confronted with a mass of docu- ANNEXATION TRIAL [0 BEGIN THURSDAY Arlington and Fairfax Coun- ties Overruled in Plea for Delay of Hearing. By.a Staft Correspondent of The Star. COURT' HOUSE, Arlington County, ‘| Va., December 12.—Overruling sensa- tional challenges as to the court’s com- petency and in‘'the face of a deter- mined plea that Arlington and Fairfax counties have not had time to prepare thelr cases, the-special tribunal, ap- pointed by Gov. Byrd to hear Alexan- dria’s annexation suit, ruled early this aftérnoon that the proceedings must begin here next Thursday morning at 10, o'clock. The decision. of the court fixing the early date for the trial was a stagger- ing blow to the array of counsel repre- ‘senting the counties, who declared it was ¢ even to file an answer in-that time. Afdavits wete présented to show that data six weeks, at the earliest, but the court was not moved by the plea. Legal Bombshells Hurled. One legal bombshell after another was hurled into the preliminary hear- ing of the bitterly-to-be-contested case by. counsel for the counties, as the cage was called this' morning before the special court, consisting of Judges Samuel G. Brent of Arlington County, Doh Halsey of Lynchburg, and Fred: erick Coleman of Fredericksburg. First of all, John S. Barbour, speak- ing for the group of defense counsel, challenged the competency of the whole proceedings on the ground that the legislative act of 1924, authorizing annexation tribunals, is unconstitu- jonal. The motion created a stir in the courtroom, as this was the first time such a question had been raised, although several proceedings have been instituted under the act. Bar- bour contended that the Virginia con- stitution specifically prohibited judges of other jurisdictions from sitting with a third circuit judge and asserted such a step ‘“relegates our circuit judge and his court to the scrapheap.” Judges Overrule Challenge. The judges, after consultation, over- ruled the challenge, whereupon Bar- bour moved that the proceedings be suspended _indefinitely so that the counties might ask the State Court of Appeals for a writ of prohibition to stop the trial on the grounds of un- constitutionality stated. ‘This. motion also was overruled, the court holding that the trial should go forward, and that the defense could appeal it the decision was not satis- factory to it. Noting an exception to this ruling, Barbour then challenged the right of Judge Brent to sit in the case, charg- ing that he is a resident of Alexandria, large stockholder in a bank there and is “personally disqualified to hear a proceeding in ‘which his home town seeks to annex a portion of valuable adjoining territory. It. was charged further that Judge Brent in 1912 was counsel for Alex andria in its previous annexation pro- ceedings and that for that reason also he is disqualified to hear a subsequent suit by the same city for similar purposes and in which the arguments which be presented on behalf of the city in 1924 will be presented to him again in his later role as judge. Qualifications Are Defended. Judge Brent replied that while he personally preferred to take no part in the case, he felt he would be ‘a ‘coward” to inform Gov. Byrd that he ¢l was disqualified, when he knew he (Continued on Page 7, Column 2.) Fisherman “Lands™ Woman Who Leaps From Wall Int_q . A fisherman’s skill at casting saved a woman's life today after she had leaped off the sea wall at Hains Point into the ‘waters of Washington Channel.. . Mrs. Minnie J. Columbus, 59 years old, 837 Shepherd street, made the leap. Louis Brody, 1318 Thirteenth street, was fishing off the sea wall some distance away when he saw Mrs, Columbus jump Running to the point 'h,r‘:}l she ad ing [ leap, n the lineé after her. The hook fortu- nately caught in the woman's.cloth- ing and; Brody began cautiously pull- ing her in to the wall, fearing that the slender line might break or that too much slack might cause its bur- by [ den to sink into-the deep ‘waters. of the channel. When Bpody: had pulled the woman Washington Channel to the wall Sergt. H. T. Miskell of the park police, Wijlllam Moran, 7557 Seventh streét, and Mack White, col- ored, 2408 N street, came to his as- sistance and helped drag Mrs." Colum- bus out. She was rushed to Emergency Hospital by Jack Davis, 738 Third street, a taxl driver, Her condition is re| as serious. Mrs. Columbus had been obderved walking around Hains Point for sev- eral hours this morning. At about 10:30 she walked up on the sea wall and deliberately removed her coat, hat and glasses, placed them together with her pocketbook on the sea wall and mmn%d off. In the pocketbook was $2.40 In cash, two car tokens and an insurance premium book. Radio Programs—Page 12 mentary evidence, it devolved upon de- fense counsel in the Sinclair-Burns contempt proceedings this afternoon to break down the charges presented by the Government through Charles G. Ruddy, Philadelphia manager for the Burns Detective Agency, that sur- veillance of the Teapot Dome jurors was of a nature tending to intimidate and influence their actions. After four days on the stand as a Government witness, called upon to produce the reports of the 15 opera- tives, Ruddy was turned over to the defense for cross-examination when court reconvened this afternoon. Through admissions by the Burns manager, the Government seeks to show that Henry Mason Day, trusted official of Harry F. Sinclair, went out- side his original instructions to the detectives in ordering them in at least one case to inquire into the financial status of one of the jurors. United States Attorney Peyton Gor- don had practically completed the pres- entation and identification of the more than 200 pages of detectives’ reports submitted today in connection with the jury surveillance which brought about the Teapot Dome mistrial, Reports on Glascock. Inference that the defense wi directed at the refuting of evlldlinx obtained from Ruddy that his opera- tives did more than merely shadow the trial jurors, as claimed in the re- :urnl fdlled with the court by the six ‘espondents cited on a chall;‘xein‘w{ax shown. o g copies of reports beari out t‘ha surveillance of Juror Nnrm:: L. Glascock and Horace R. Lamb, special assistant to the Attorney Ge eral, who was mentioned in the al- leged false affidavit, prepared by Wil- liam J. McMullin, wer: presented to the court over the objections of de- fense counsel. Other evidence borne out in the mass of reports which the defense th‘llnnth answer include those e approach of Edward e';‘uxl%:ol& llj!h.r of Edward J. Kid- , ir., the juror who figured in the Ruddy declared before he left the stand that the expense of uudaw}nz the Teapot Dome jurors between $1,400 and -$1,500 0. ber 31, wheu (8 rgar on_hls in the rdman !“;“m“m Kk Hotel ended the sked if he had obtalned m from any other sources than (haog:ls: timore office, which supplied $1,500 for expenses, Ruddy adrhitted that $100 had been gent from New York in addition ‘to $150 he personally had brought with hjm from Philadelphia. Ruddy Is Recalled. ‘When the trial resumed o'clock this morning, after .rmn' s since last Thursday, owing to the illness of George P. Hoover, the Gov- ernment again called to the stand Ruddy, who had charge of the shadow- ing of the Fall-Sinclair jury, At the outset it was evident that his direet examination regarding the activitles of the detectives would accupy the én- tire morning session, for Maj. Gordon asked permission of the court to ex- :'ll;lse lmscor:r 1.:1! witnesses, on hand ce the o f ob‘lwk‘ pened, until 1:15 t was expected that whe; cn}nplat«i his testimony Fl'lflfi:dd.’! O'Reilly, his assistant, who reported that he approached the father of Juror Kidwell, would be the first wit- ness called later today. Through the identtfication of furthier reports submitted by the Burns oper. atives, the Government continued weaving the web of evidence in port of its contention that the survell- lance of the jury was in effect an at- tempt to contaminate and influence the actions of its individual members. An air of suspense hung over the courtroom as the various reports of William. J. McMullin, known te the 3|;mx men as gwrmam B. Long, and ers were read from ori - wz;itler;, coples. R s the reading of these report tinued attorneys for Henry Mglo;u[g:;. the Sinclair official who ordered the Jury surveillance, repeatedly objected to the offering of the documents as evidence on the ground that they had never been submitted to their client. Defense Objections Overruled. Typewritten copies of the long re- ports were submitted to the court last Thursday, and as these were merely edited from the original, Justice Sid- dons overruled objections as fast as they were made. Interest centered today on reports of Operator O'Reilly, who, with Long, shadowed Juror Norman L. Glascock and Horace R. Lamb, special assistant to the Attorney General, central fig- ures in the alleged false afidavits filed (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) SR R GETS BOLLING FIELD POST Maj. Davidson Named to Succeed Maj. Burwell. Maj. Howard Davidson, Army Air Corps, at Mitchel Field, Long Island, has been ordered to this city for duty at Bolling Field, Anacostia, and will assume command of that fleld Janu- ary 31, on the relief of Maj. Harvey f.eeBurw;ll;‘:rngy ,élr Corps, who has n _orde! o Crissy Fiel S:x‘gl m-a‘_v-l‘;:lm. i rst- Lieut. Donald G. Duk 0 on duty at Bolling Field, hl:- b‘::n order to Boston for duty with the Or- E\Br';::ed Reserves of the 1st Corps —— AMERICAN SLAIN ABROAD. PARIS, December 12 (#).—Paul Billetdoux, 26, described as an Ameri- can citizen, whose father is a pro- !olmh " r n.d‘ k‘l‘l::l ‘Yozky University, was shot a during a scuffle with his brother-in-law. s Billetdoux had called at his broth- erdnlaw’s house to obtain identity for starting a sult for diverce. ,-