Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1928, Page 2

LS S EVENING THE CHARGE OF THREAT | MADE BY KIDWELL Former Juror Declares U. S. Official Coerced Him in Oil Contempt Probe. Bdward J. Kidwell, jr.. former Tea- | ot Dome furor. today accused James | J. O'Leary, assistant United States| attorney, of threatening to prosecute | him unless he swore he had been ap- | proached during the oil conspiracy | BLACKMER Testify in Fall Case, Re- mains in Hiding. Passports Revoked and Re- turn to U. S. Doubted. (he Associated Press. Fleeing to Europe when the Ry apot trial by two Burns operatives. The jurors accusation against the Government prosecutor in the Sinclair- | Burns contempt proceedings was made | under a grueling © By defense counsel after the reopenin of the inquiry into the charge of in timidation of witnesses laid at the door of the district attorney’s office. Affidavits filed by the Government and sworn to by Kidwell name John J. O'Reilly and Barton Stewart, two | ©of the Burns operatives, a8 men who | approached the juror on different days during the Teapot Dome trial. Threat Charge Made. TUnder questioning by ( Hoover of counsel for Harry F clair, Kidwell reiterated emphatically his previous deniale that he was hosi tive these two Burns operatives were the men who had approached him. He | made his accusation against O'Leary when Hoover brousht out certain thing: occurred in the District attorney’s office about 15 minutes be took the stand for the witness December 19 The witness testified that O'Leary | hat shown him the two affidavits in | which the detectives were mentioned. | 1f you don't say that O'Reilly and | Stewart were the men who approached you, 'l 10 use these affidavits against you,” was the threat which at- fore Kidwe!l first time as Kidwell chirged the Government torney used Kidwell then said he replied: “If| ¥You are going to use them against me 1 You'll have to go ahead and do it. will not accuse any innocent man. The juror persisted in his state ments that O'Leary had inserted the two paragraphs in the affidavit con- cerning the Burns operatives again Kidwell's persistent avowals that he did not think they were the men who had approached him. Expect 0'Leary to Testify. Even when his own attorney asked | him in O'Lesry's presence about the | detectives, Kidwell ified he could | not say he was positive about them. Kidwell's accusation was one of sev- eral effective bits of testimony brought out by the defense attorney to sub- stantiate the charges of intimidation under which the inquiry is now pro- ceeding. It was expected that O'Leary himself would take the stand in his own defense before the inquiry ends. Recalled to the witness stand after a 10-day respite, Kidwell admitted he had been given a promise of immunity from prosecution for his part in bring- ing about the Teapot Dome mistrial. Although the juror's recollection of wpecific detsile of the offer was lack- g. Kidwell stated emphatically that eil Burkinshaw, an assistant U'nited States attorney. had promised him “something about immunity"” after he had been brought back to the Court. house in the custody of two marshals the morning the Teapot Dome jury was discharged. Kidwell has been charged with boasting what he expected to get out of the Teapot Dome triat and at the time was threatened with prosecution and contempt charges. He denied these charges In a petition he filed with the court several days after the mistrial, but was refused a hearing. Kidwell on Grill. The juror had heen on the witnesa | tand over an hour and a half this | morning when James J. O'Leary, as- | sistant United States attorney. who | i under fire for the alleged intimida- | tion of Kidwell and other witnesse turned him over to the defense for crossexamination. Previous to the Christmas recess Kidwell had been four days on the witness stand undergoing a grueling direct examination. From his re. | peated conflicting statements today it was apparent that his memory was still as hazy as ever concerning many | rpecific incidents during the time of his alleged ordeals in the district at- torney’s office. Kidwell made his ad- mission about the promise of im- munity during close questioning by George . Hoover, counsel for Harry ¥. Einclalr, one of the principals named with Willlam J. Burns, Henry Mason Day. Sheldon Clark and others in the contempt proceedings. O'Le and Hoover changed roles ax “obectors” and the Govern- ment prosecutor, who s fighting desperately to clesr himmelf of the intimidation charges, frequently inter- Tupted the proceedings’ during the J t before he released Kidwell to the defense, ('leary vainly sought 10 get a di statement from the | juror relative to his intimidation or coercion Iwfore he appesred ax a wit ness in court. Mr. Hoover succeeded In blocking n direct answer, contend inz that the court must deal only with facts and not expressions of During the course of his erossex amiration, Kidwell admitted at one tme thet he bad never heard of the four men whom ke named in an afdavit as having followed him, until | e were mentloned 1o hi O'leary on December 4 Respondents in Court. Wien the inquiry into th arges opened Ju was recalied 1o the wisng ernment All six re by | o | intimi- | r Kidwell | Gov- | Jundents tian « am wittess were present The 16 Gayr’ respite vious ordesl un 1} Aently fuiled from; his wittiens stand evi refresh Kidwell's ruemory sbout incidents snd conversa. | tions in the Aietrict sttorney’s office | which O'laary questioned him shout. | At one point the Government ut toiney muked Kiaweil shout s remurk e | made by 1he Juror on the withess wund 1o the effect that O Lenry was Kluking his veputution ae 8 luwy upon his wetimony. Mr. Hoover pro torted sgsinet Uie Lne of examina | tion and 1ol8 O'leary he “needn’t | wiowl about it Tie Government | y . protested 1 the « it | b wan prex 0 that ocumion wnd boew anore whout W tian Mi. Hoover a You beve plenty of opportunity 1o Ko on witniews stand it you want 1y e joined #iddone dnterponsd | PYT N 19 the examination Oleury wated 1o tie cout that he capected Kidwell would change his tentimaony bt o eputation business when b refieshen his mem | o1y e prosecotor neked 1he witness “N Y the assistant I iawell Qon't Lo, Vi golog 1o sake my repn tation on you Kidwell denied 11 The witnenss wluo e Up O Leniy e expis s Al e Wi nees R WA for B and his ) vd Jowyers would 1y M.,,' pomething over on him i the Gy Comment Gant o it i Vaper be Butroduced Kidwell wan given & paper o dden . ning aeferencen to i al act with John T dhoe o | brows wisl. A0 was wvi | portant information regarding $230. | the Walsh act, unde 1 000 in Liberty 1 Harry M. wenlthy Denver oil man, has becoms virtually a “man without a country Disregarding demands and W the United States Govs Blackmer has lived nearly three in hiding. His passport ton in ment, enrs, subpoen voked: he hav ignored 3 £100,000 of his Liberty bonds have been seized and he has been cited to | appear in the Supreme Court here 10 show cause why he should not be ad- judsed in contempt of court. Government attorneys helieve Black ad James O'Neill, a former At of the Prairie Ofl & Gas Co. <, also in hiding, possess im- L00 mer presid of Ka e alleged in Liberty bonds which have found their way from the Conti nental ‘Trading Co., Ltd.. of Canada to the accounts of Albert B. Fall after | the leasing of the Teapot Dome oil 10 Harry F. Sinclair. Fall then was Sec- | retary of the Interior, in charge of Government oil lands. Blackmer, Sin- clair and O'Neill are alleged to have | been interested in the Continental Co. Government Tracing Bonds. The Government i secking to sh the honds traced to Fall's account v all o part of Sinclair’s profits from his connection with the trading com- pany and were given to Fall as peit yment for the Teapot Dome lease. ing that Sinclair would stand constitutional rights and re- ates attorneys e Anticipa upon _ his fuse to testify, United § have made every effort to return Blackmer and locate O'Neill to ques. tion them concerning the transaction. O'Neill has successfully evaded all ef- forta of Government agents to serve him with a subpoena. Blackmer, it is said, will force by of the constitutionality of which his $100, was seized, hond The law was p tion of Senator Walsh of Montana, prosecutor of the committee which un- carthed the Irregularities in the ofl ! after Blackmer and O'Neill fled to Europe. It provided that an Amer- ican citizen could be subposnaed sbroad NOW CLASSIFIED AS "MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY™ Rich 0il Magnate, Refusing tol‘ Sojourning in France With| Dome cil scandal broke in Washing | Biackmer, | threats | has been re- | wed at the instiga. | M. BLACKMER. and made subject to A fine of $100,000 it he falied to respond to the court’s summons. Blackmer Career Outlined. Blackmer rose to a position of em- | inence in the ofl industry from the | obscurity of a small-town law office. | Te went West from Worcestor, Muss | and began the practice of law In Colo- rado Springs. Colo, In 1891 He wax | district attorney there 1586, He was counsel for s | roads and president of one was head of the Internation Co. of Denver, and still later board of the Midwest Refin, ckmer's rise socially was almost He as meteoric as his financial rise. was twice married. The first ma ended In divorce, the second in separa- tion, The first Mre. Blackmer was Da Gordon, a belle of 30 vears ago. Tw children were born to them—>Myron and Ma the latter now Mre, | Brie O, Kistler. Luey Carter, whose father built fortune from the manufacture of pills, was Blackmer's second wife ce Blackmer went to Europe | has steadfastly remained silent, | eent for his declavation that he wil* not return to the United States under | any circumstances, he Bla. er now I8 60 years old. e has nd comfort and fuxurs, but Government attornevs wonder if like Fdward vere(t Hale's pititu) hero, he won't some time feel an urs to return. 1f he doex they believe they will then have the key that will | unlock the real ftory of Teapot bome. | dently new to the defense, for they calied out to Mr, O'Leary to have it read. Justice Siddons, however. took the paper and 1emarked that he would read it himself. Without the contents being divulged, O'Leary then turned the witness over to Mr. lHoover for cross-examination. Mr. Hoover brought the witness up | from the beginning of the T Dome trial through his first day pearance as a witness in the court. “When you left the court the morn- ing the jury was discharged, tall v happened,” Hoover demanded. Kid- well replied he had left the Courthouse and, while proceeding home on Louixi- ana avenue, two United Sta'es ma shals with subpoenas halted nim and took him back to Nell Burkinshaw's affiee. The witners then related that the | v had | assistant United States attor| asked him if he had a lawyer and Kidwell replied that he did not have one. “Was anything said about granting immunity?” Hoover asked. Yes,” replied Kidwell, Quizzed on Testimony. The former juror said Buikinshaw had remarked 1o him sometking about immunity, but he could not recollect just what was =aid Hoover then asked Kidwell what he had told the grand jury about the charges that had led up to the oil mistrial, At this point, Mr. O'Teary protested the line of Inquiry on the intimidation charges unless Mr. Hoover intended to broaden his original accusations At another time during the ercss. examination the Government attorney remarked, sarcastically, that he wax waiting to hear whether Kidweli's torney, 8. McComis Hawhed, had heen coerced or intimidated. Mr. Hoover had presented for e dence the petition which Kidweii's ney had filed with the court when the juror sought vindication from ihe |charges brought against him in the aMdavit filed by Don King and J. Ray Ackers Government counsel sought 1o block it, but after considerable ar gument, in which the court took part. Justice Siddons admitted the docu: ment. The court upheld Mr. Honver in his | contention that it was necessury 1o bring out all the facts nraricg on the Aifferent nccasiona on wil wax in the district sttorney’s office and that “the whole story of Kitwell's contact with the distrlct attorney 1o #how that he had been intimidated This Intimidation continu torm or wnother, Mr, Hoover cont ed, from the fist day that O met the former juror until December 9, when Kidwell firrt became a wit ness in court Describes Lawyer's Visit, Mr. Hoover after winning his point did not feel It necessary 1o have the arked Kidwell, vetition read, He however. If he had heen advised on N wber 30 that the court had de. nied his netition for # hearing K- well replied In the aMrmative, ° The visit of Col. James I shy Kmith and Mr Hawken to the Kidwell home the night of December % was then taken up by the defense connsel Col Eashy Smith was one of the ofi cors appointed by the court to mnke Jent investigation of the un indep contempt charges Kidwell admitted he had told Easky Rinfth about ineldents mentioned in no affidavit which wae presented |e hin had 1o do with the mun who spproached him in the Museum grounds and another man Whas ppoke 16 him near the courthoune According 1o the aMidsvit, which the juror orepared. the first wisn Johnu T Kiine, the Burns live, 3 the recond. Vrank . O'Rellly, un r Burns operative Kidwell stiitted he had told Col Vashy Mimnith that bhe felt sure he could fore the holidnys, recopnize the man who soproached Wi in the Museam groands The Juror hix contended il ol that O'Lenty induced him 10 fosert the numes of O'Keilly wnd Kine in the aMduvit and has protested he conld not sey poitively that they were the ner who sctunlly sppronched him . Mrs. Coolidge Has Birthd Conlidgs observed a Lirthdey Mo [t the White House toduy, but, belng | among those whose snniversariep uie I competition with the holiday season she went whout her duties am i 1L wor Aay of the week Noy v le Kind was planned . £hip Baves Plane and Crew. LONDON danusiy 8 (A - The captuin ol the Bseitih mteniner Betish Fnleht bas notitied his Londer owies Iation of wn that e ploked up s French mall an [ plane, NICOE of O Latecoere line wnd vescued 1) ew Bh ilen mant of Cape Decats @The and Crew Wil b Jonded at il Vidwell | 60-40 FISCAL PLAN URGED FOR D. C. BY | | TAXES COMMITTEE; « tinued from First Page) assessing at not much gmore than half of full value, where the rate runs ap- proximately $3 per $100, he committec said it had examined some very Iate and reliable piata re- garding real estate assessments in 17 principal America cities, a number | of which have a ‘population lllvln'uxlw mating 1,000,000, while the combined population is slightly more than 9. 000.000. The combined assessments, it said, are nearly $14.000.000 und they | vary from less than half of full value to full value. Assessments Higher. The average assessment per pers in these 17 cities is $1,455. Compa this with Washington's recent asscs ment and allowing a population of 550,000, the committee found a per | ; | eapita assessment in Washington of cent son $2.033, which is about 40 per L | greater than the average for the 17 cities A of these cities are in a wealthy class, that is, they have & per capita value of real estate wealth of $2,400 per person,” sald the réport, “which is comparable with the resl extate wealth fn the District of {lumbia as determined by many th | sunds of mules gathered during very recent yenrs." Exemptions on real estate in the | | District, the report explained, arve | [divided Into three classes: First, those of the United Ntutes, which agkregate | Lnearly $300.000.000; ®econd. properties {of the. Dixtrict, aggregating about | | 850,000,000, and third, properiies of | foreign governments, churches and institutions, etc., worth about § 000,000 The relution of texable real | extate to United States property, the committee sald. is about 7.3 and the relation of taxuble property to exempt | property is about 11 to 6 Th are large proportions of | | exemptions,” the report declared, “and ve quoted only as accummuluted evi dence of the unurual conditions that exist here. They are not submitted us a gulde to roportion of expenses hetwes, ted States and the District The report alxo emphasized that #uburbs of the northeast and south. {east ave Jacking in parks of a slze, to be compared with Rock Creek, and that there I8 a great need of wmall parke and playgrounds in all suburbs, which can he hought only hy Iiberal contributions on the of the United Rtates. The tendency to con. tribute a lump sum, Jke $5.000,000, will pesult in curtallment of many | needy projecta and development-of the suburha will in no wense compnre with the development done under the B0-50 plan, the report amseried b Sy QUEEN MARIE ON VISIT. | BELGRADE, Jugosinvin, Janunry 3P ~Queen Marle of Rumanin wnd her daughter, Princess lenna have | arcived on o VISt to the Queen duvghter, Queen Marie, wifs of King Alexander of Jugosinyin The Itumnnlon vinitors will vemuin hare untll ufter the expected birth of a new member of the Jugosinyian relgning fumily. Qu Marle of Jugostuvin wiready haw one child, Prince Plerve, who Ix four yeurs old, For Tax Deductions Declaring (hat the late Reoginald € Vanderbilt, who dled in 1026, con Aucted hiw farm at Portsmonth, 1t 1, “place of pleasure, oxhibition and and ot un u husiness the District n mociul diversion fon prone,” of Appenls, o ¥ Murtl of Justice, toduy e actlon of the Bond of Tax Appeats in disallowing deduetlons fotating ahout 876,000 sought 1o mide by James 10 Dearing, execitos of the Vande it entute, from the In Come veparta for e yous 1919, 1920 12 FCuppenrs from the record that My Vel peatded i New York and | th (L o with of Columbia apinton by he witn e Cout polnty it not of hiw time Silous Anaucial wfalos In that oity, Bt Lok an interest 1n hackney horaes Wb oving it beed Waen wih | death in the basement Court Turns Dc;wn>v e puichased the funm In wnd STAR, W ASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1 PARIS GIVEN DRAFT OF ANTI-WAR PACT Two U. S. Proposals Sent to France — Follow Pro- pez~l of Briand. The French government |-« hefore can proposals off»ved as # means of continuing pence between the two countries. They are out- krowths of the suggestion of sever months ago by Foreign Minister Bri- and that a treaty be drawn up to out- law war. i The proposals, given to the French in alternate form, but which might produce one or two separate treaties, would supplagt the present Root arbi- tration pact, which expires late next month. It they are found to hold the key to continued peaceful rela- {lons, the proposals in all probability will serve as mod: rewrlting of this country’s arbit tion pacts with other nations as the Root agreements expire, Senafe Approval. The project goes to Irance with the assumption here that it bears the weight of much favorable Senate opinion. Recretary Kellogz discussed (he step with all members of the Sen- ate forelzn relations committee nnd it was understood that their indois; ment was given. Any treaty t springs from the | IFranco-American negotiations must lof necessity omit any mmit- ment_not to resort t eeanse the Constitution orves to Congress the power to declare war. It is | however, that the preamble or projected treaty would include a declaration of policy against war and that the document would submit disputes to arbitration at The Hague, and possibly su concili preliminary sten. Parallels Present Pact. ‘The treaty thus in effect would par- allel the existing Bryan conciliation treaty with France, which fs based on the well established theory that a joint fact-finding commission ‘often can settle disputes without resort to arbitration In the event that the trealy is ac- cepted. France and America would agree to arbitration of all disputes except thoge involving purely internal and domestic questions. those invol Inz a third power and any question arising from maintenance hy the United States of the Monroe doctrine HUSBAND IS CHARGED WITH WIFE MURDER ! Henry Williams, Colored, Still at Large—Jury Calls Auto Death Accidental. Williams, colored, was named r of his wife in a coroner's Henr the | inquest at the morgue today into the ase of Alberta Willla of Eleventh and M 4, colored, 40, streets, shot to of her home late been captured. A verdict of accidental death was also returned in the case of Thomas Towles, colored, $0, 1820 Wiltherger streét, struck by an automobile driven by Freeman Ealy, colored, of 1957 Third street on Rhol~ Island avenue between Sixth and Keventh streets, Sunday night. SHEIK SLAYS EVERY MALE MEMBER OF ENEMY TRIBE Leaves Women of Irak Band to Etarve—Thousands of Cattle Stolen. By the Associated Press BAGDAD, Irak, January 3.—Fvery | male member of one of the Iruk tribes, including even male babies, has been slain by Shelk Felxal Kd Dowish and his ralders, advices reachin, here state, Thousands of cattle were enr- Iried off. A miserable remnant of women wan left to starve. Fefunl Ed Dowish was one of the chiettaing of Ibn Nnoud, King of Hed- jaz, but now i apparently in revolt agdlnst the King. NEW REMUS HEARING IS REFUSED BY COURT Attempt to Have Sanity Decision Reviewed Falls—Bond Turned Down, By the Associated Press, CINCINNATI, January 3.—A new wanity ring for George Remus, wife sluyer, was denled today by Judge Willlam H. Lueders of Probate Court, who last week found Remus inwane und ordered him committed to the State Hompital for the Criminal In wsane at Lima. Judge Lueders also denied bond for the for.ier “king of bootleggers. In the Court of Common Judge Charles 8. Hell heard long argu menta on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to free Remus, und an ounced he hoped he might be able to kive hix decimion at 10 o'clock next Thursdny morning. Becure First iscem»e. frat couple to mecure Heense In the District In 1928 were Garrett B40% Cuthedral avenue, and Mins Rubye Lennox. formerly of Kentucky, but who has been residing In Wash- Pleas The vl Tumbla am of « Quinn, ngton for four years. The brlde- Broom's ake wan EIven us 24 and that of the bride as he ce y will be performed ut dence of ey, tor of Our N at the resl N Yingling, pas Lady of Vietory Chuveh. anderl;ilt Al;pea] on Portsmouth Farm operated 11 until hin death In 1925, The court calls attention to the number uf bulldings on the furm, ineluding & Inrgs coach atable with an iluminated vool 106 fest high, culled a landmark, with u training ai W oring_ in an ored and covered nullding 00 fest o expenne for ating the farm 1018, the vecord whe roached 1,400.61, while the tolalveceipts arnoanted (o $LEN008 of whivh ved from the sale of I S1HI0.20 wan de vegetablen and 370627 trom hresding winl Do rding fous B lonsen ure whown for the other two vears and the farm in sl (o huve heen condueted aiways ut n lows NG G b bwen opernted for Duninesn prnones.’ wayn the ehiof i tee, "hy any one jelying o the ceiptn theretrom for liveliood or Wohe A probably would have haen w0l by the sheriff Jong before the he Whnning of the tuxahle yeara i guen Hun, ion as a | urday night. Willlams has not | i | | { Inlmw- hin serlous fHness last Ny RADI APPOINTEES MEET OPPOSITION Fight Looms in Senate Over Confirmation of Three Board Members. Battle lines were heing drawn today In Washington for a fight on con- firmation of the nominations of three members of the Federal Radio Com- mission, Norman Baker, owner and operator of,8tation KTNT, at Musecatine, Towa Is in Washington today epured to ¥ iead the fight against confirmation of the three members of the radio con- trol bourd. two of whom already have come under the sharp scrutiny of the Senate committee on interstate com- merce, The three commissioners whose confirmation Is opposed are Orestes M, Caldwell of New York, Sam Pickard of Kunsas La Fount of Utah. 1. 0. Sykes of Mississippl, acting chairman of the commission, is the only member of the hoard whose noml- tion hag been conflrmed. He is pre- paring a reply to the challenges made W few days ago against the eligibility ot Pickard and Caldwell. Opposition to the contirmation of Pickard centers around a section of the 1 o lnw which deelares that a member of th commission must he u bona fide res dent of the State from which he is nominated. Pickard had Jived in Washington for several ycars when appointed 1o (il the vacancy caused by the resiznation of Henry H. Hel- ws. Opposition to Caldwell hinges about his' alleged former connection with the Nationnl Broadeasting ‘0. and the Radio Corporation of America, ‘The Senate committee will take up the three nominations Friday. written a’ letter to all station operators and owners sceking to enlist_their aid against confirma- tion of the three commissioners, and has established headquarters in the New Will It was under- stood today Senator Brookhart of Towa will act as spokesman for Baker and for several Middle Western radio stations laker will wage his fight around the issue of extension of chain station programs, according to the letter sent out to broadcasters. and Harold A. PRESIDENT SIGHTS ADDED PROSPERITY Mr. Coolidge Discusses Busi- ness Outlook With Callers. With the introduction of new ma- chinery, fast production and more ef- ficient business methods, the indus- tries of the United States arc enter- ing upon a new era, which President Coolidge feels will be responsible for | greater prosperity and industrial greatness in the future. In discussing the business outlook for the coming year with callers today, the President said that the great strides In {ndustry recall the past era when industry advanced from the hand and household stage to that provided by factories. Prosperity Seen. Continued improvements in the methods of manufacture, the Presi- dent is confident, will muke it possibie for greater production, wider distribu- tion. decreased cost to the consumer, and above all, will make it possible for the people of small means to enjoy things which in the past were prohib- ited because of price. Advices the P'resident recelved to. day at his bl-weekly cabinet meeting were 10 the effect that there is reu- son to look forward to a good year in business generally, Sceretary of Labor Davis reported that there apparently has bee clded increase In employment within weeks, which he thinks is a strong Indieation that production is being carried on at a high rate Reports r ed by the President said the railroads of the countr which have been holding off in pur: charing supplies and équipment, now are showing a disposition to apend freely in this dired.ic Plentiful Credit, The automobile trade, the President wan informed, started out this year with a plentiful supply of credit, indi- cuting that rates of interest are suffi- clently reasonable to help this huge opportunities for the past few Industry to carry on its financing for the coming year. Wiage rates genervally, the President haw been informed, ure at the highest peace-time record, and there is reason 10 believe that continued prowperity will maintain wiges at the present level, N HERRICK AWARDED MEDAL Ambassador Honored by Cleveland for Public Bervice, ND. Ohlo, January 3 () Herrick. United’ States o nee. today was A Cleveland's 1927 gold medal L. The ber of Ambasxeador's entation, made at a Cl Commerce luncheon, was first public appeu N the ance T President Names EQoh to . CC/| Prevident Coolldge today gave a o cers appolntment to John J. Kseh of Winconsin us w member the Inter. sate Commerce Commisston, This wan made necessary by the fallure ot the Hennte hefore ita ndjournment for the Cheistmas holidays to confirm Mr, Freh's nomination for ves ntment, Which was sent to that body by the Prenfdent two weekn ago. Otherwine Mio Frch would have had (o retive from the comminsi Archbishop of Bogota Djes. BOGOTA, Colombla, January 3 (M ~<Mgr, Hornndo Herrara lestvepg, pri- ato and wrehbish of Bogota «I et heve last nlgnt, M Hentropo was 8§ yeurs of ugo and had spent 40 yours an head of the Hogoth arehbishoprie, Lnael Pordomo, who was in oharge of the urchhishopric during the late pref. ate's Hness, will succeed him - BAND CONOERT. TODAY By the United Hintes Noldiera” Home Hand Ovehestea, at Ntantey Hall, b4 loek, Johin Ko M Blmmermann handinster A Dead of the Pen' . Mayel Ocertire, “The Mavcluge of ki LA TR . Musn Chmracteriatie, “Within the Walls of Ching . Lively vianlane, Von der Mehden Fox trot, “Who Know W ods Walis, “Diana’ apes Finale, “The New Rbbit" Elnmerinann wihe wiar Spafliled Banners a de | LINDY FINDS SAN SALVADOR Flyer Completes Hop Hours—Terms BY COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH. By cable to The Star and New York Tim BAN SALVADOR, January 3.—San Saivador, Mke all capitaln of Mexico and Guatemala, in bullt In the moun- tains, with a volcano dominating the view. The chlef citles of this rexion are frequently situated near a vol- cano, a0 that the cones serve as con- venlent landmarks in finding the capltals, The local volcano, T am told, erupted 10 years ago, but, foitunately, on the wside opposite the city, where a huge river of lava poured down. 1 understand my route will take me over an active volcano near Manazua and another hetween Mana- gun and Costa Rica, and I am looking forward to the experience of icoking down their craters, which are said to be unusually large. A Modern City. Ran Salvador from the air appears to be an attractive modern clty. The keneral effect is one of squares within squares. That s, the streets are blocked off in squares, as in our cities, and the houses within them are built nccording to the Spanish style, in a hollow square. with a central forming 2 =plotch of green inside most of them. confirme the impression of ity. The government build- ings are numerous, the churches ar bullt against and airy. €d hy policemen at each intersection. The streets are wide and their pav. |ing would be a credit to any of our citles. So also ave the paved roads around the city. The drive to the country club, where there was a re- ception yesterdey afternoon, was very interesting, for it gave a close-up view on kL ler scale of the extraordi- narily broken, mountainous country 1 the heat and plensant Part of the road to the club is a series of cuts and fills, for it traverses 14 ridges in succession, separated hy sloping, wooded ravines. Where the route plerces the ridges, the sides of the road where volcanic ash composes their soil. have l.een shaved down and appear almost like perpendicular con- | crete walls. The cuts which the roads | make through the tope of these ridges are usually not more than 100 feet long, then one looks down a deep ravine for another 108 feet, and then another cut. The appearance of thi country is like corrugated fron, ex cept that the corruzations are steeply angular instead of round. Prevalent Formation. ‘This formation, which I have found rather prevalent in the mountains of Central America, is obviou: adapted to forced landings, the jungles, since it is usually more open country where it would he easier for the flyer to make his way out. A forced landing in either the jungle or erable to one at rea, for on land the fiyer has a chance to get out unaided The jungles are so thick I am in- | tation without great danger. planes already have landed in tree tops in the States without difficulty. The jungle Is as dark as night, but a light could not Le seen even In the day T am not carrying flares on this’ It forced down In the jungle the fiyer could cut a #mall clearing and start a smoke fire, which possibly could be picked up from the air In the daytime. hut this would be difficult too. in view of the extent of jungle: {and the prebability of the fiyer com- Ing down off hix course. Naturally it would take a long time. the fiyer in the meantime suffering much dama¥e. Difficult to Land. The diMiculty which an emergency v I8 In cutting bis way out to jeivilization once he b landed. It | would be almost useless to send out a plane to scek a fiver forced down in the jungles. Experience in seeking la fiyer in the swamps of Loulsiana has shown me how hard it is to see anything in such areas. Flares would |be useless in such an event, for it is | not possible to cut a way out through | the tangled vegetation. But 1 believe |this might be done, especially since 1 could take a compass course. With emergency rations and tropical fruit and with a machete which I am carry. Ing, 1 ought to he able to lve. me of this jungle country, how- is deceptive, quite aside from @ viewpoint of aviation. In the drives I have enjoyed around San Salvador, 1 bave seen what seemed to be almost virgin forest in the roughest kind of country, and was surprised to learn that this all really was under cultivation. The oxplanation is that these woods are used to provide the necessary shade for the smaller coffee trees planted under them. Coffee (s the chief export of Salvador, and evidently much of what appears to be wild (orest really comprises coffee planta tions. Al thls, of course, does not apply to the real jungle, My stay in San Salvador has been very pleasant, the warmest sort of hospitality here, as 1 have encoun: tered elsewhere, being one of the out- standing traits of character of the Latin Amerloans, " Impressive Recept reception yesterday morning n M of the natlonal palace and T prize the deco vation there conferred on me for the sentiment {t shows tawards our people. Tefore the reception, thres Salv doran army biplanes performed in Levesting maneuvers over the capltnl, and afterward | had an opportunity o wee part of the w 1N equipped »\'x\ vadoran infantiy wnd cavaley pass veview In front of (he { palac y The Nalvadoran aviators have been extremely cordinl and helptul. They have some very govd planes and know how to handle them. They keep un their afrfield well. All in all, avlation ams to have an excellent wturt here. An for the people of the countvy 1 oan only say that every one of our Latin Amerfean vepublics T have vis tted muke not know Spanish to express divectiy to them my appreciation of thele wol cone The takeoff from Hellze Nundu MOrning wak somewhat easler than landing here, although it presented he | Mot interesting problem of taking o 1 have had for some time. 1 got off the ground at 620 a.m ¥ reached the na My the great ha Impressive, W strlp of mavah which I not unusual n the val of thin reglon, and had tw elimb ov the latter, The alv was voush plages, but what wind the vorad me, mnd Aying with throbtled down, 1 landed at Hopae Fleld heve at B0 aan, local thne Mechanle Alls Him, When | reaohed the pale grond a Heltad dunday wovnioe, | fund M| Gl & Bl aviation mechaak WHO Bl merved e (e war aind W hase help L warmly appeeciated, had the n was fa e oL | | AR of B Loum diaw i back 1o the | furthest corner b the Aeld, yeady (wr whe tuhe ot patic | A cloger view of San Salvador from | impoging, the private dwellings well | Traflic is exceltently direct- | mentioned seeing from the air Sunday. | hetter to my mind for landing than | this broken country would be far pref- | clined to think one might in an emer- | gency land on top of this matted vege- | In fact, ! Innding in the jungle presents to the | presidential | me rexrot more that | 4} | that fowal time, Just a3 hove than In Guatemala City, for the KPnan botween the polo fleld and the fhut 1t (s whnost coal compared with RUIEL With @ few feet (o spare above | Helise. « the sea as | paaed wver the Water 109 he Vi After that, the AIKht was faily Shiony Lh“flu.‘n (R easy. | envountered fug and clowd A Towes Cad ANt A MODERN, HOSPITABLE CITY From B;lize in Three ]ungles Menace to Air Travel. Sir John Burdon, the British gover- nor general, und everybody In Belize, Including » band, wis apparently out to wee the takeoff. The crowd was considerably larger than the one that turned out when I landed there. Per- feet order was maintained, however, every one standing right in his plac for which T am very grateful. It was a pronounced example of the Britls observance of rules. There was a cross wind from the Gulf blowing across the field. though It was not very strong. The polo ground at Belize, which is smaller than such grounds usually are, forms a slizh(ly curved area—shaped some- thing like a cow's horn—with the sea tringed by marsh grass on the east side. with buildings all around the jother sides and a telegraph line on | the west side. The plane stood in front of the grandstand at the southwest corner where the field is widest—80yards—al- lowirg 200 yards to where the fleld— which there is about 50 yards wide— curved into the sea. About 8 vards be- | yond stands a pler with low buildings | Just in the line of flight. To the left | the deld tapers down to a point | to that in which T landed on-the curved cour The field is level and hard enough and is walled off just before hing the point where it drops off T then rose out over the water. which was only a few feet be. | low, and climbad over the pler, which runs parallel Sets His Course. 1 circled over the field and the City | of Belize and then set my course 195 | degrees south, 15 degrees west, which | re into *he se Sulvador. The rough alr en route juggled the magnetic compass, and without the earth inductor compass by { which [ navigated it would have been imnossible to fly the course =o truly. I took off with about 100 gallons and arrived with approximately To— enough to have reached Panama. The motor was in perfect condition, both | hefore and after the flight. | The fact that I spent a couple of hours Saturday in Belize, draining | the carbureter in order to make sure there was no water in jt, seems to | have atarted a rumor that there was | something wrong with the motor and | that the tour would be delayed. understand it was even said that a pecial mechanic had been sent for om the United Rtates. Such rumors ssem to start whenever I check over | the motor. This rumor as usual was | zroundless. The motor was absolut Iy all right and I didn’t even find any water in the traps. After leaving Belize, the course 100k me close enough to the coastline to see the gulf until I entered Guate- mala, although the sea was hazy at times. The scenery was very atrange. There Avas dense green jungle cover- |ing the low lands beneath me. with the gulf dotted with tiny keys cover- ed with mangrove swamps and palm trees standing out of their edges over the sea like green balls on a pole. Climbs Over Clouds. The sky, which was clear when I took off. soon became partly over cast, and 1 had to cllmb over the | clouds in order to clear the mount- | ains. The clouds, however, were broken with holes now and then where I could see the land. Oum the south side of the mountains, the clouds disappeared and the visibility | remained excellent ail the way to San Salvador. The arca over which T flew wns | somewnhat more inhabited than in Guatemala on the way to Behze, though it could hardly be called thick- | ly settled. After crossing the frontler into Salvador the land at once became more populated. In the mountains 1 saw now and then a littie grass-thatch- {ed hut apparently lost In the forest, for there was no sign of a road or a trail near it. Around each hut would be about an acre of cultivated ground. 1 am told the Indlans who inhabit these huts grow the corn around them to make tortillas, which form their chief dish. In Belize 1 was struck by the fact that a number of the houses, no mat- ter how poor they may look outshle. have mahogany floors and that ma- hogany is put to the commonest kind of uses. Belize, of course, is the prin- cipal city of the country from which much of our mahogany comes. 1 saw only a few volcanoes and did not puss near any. I passed near the town of Santa Rosa and at the right of Chalatenango. In Salvador I saw Imany flelds of sugar cane and other the country appearing pros. rous. The jungle looks very wild, with no place to land. 1 did see. however | three or four places later in the moun: tains where 1 could land. Leaves Honduras. After passing west of 8t. Ann Creek 1 left British Honduras, crossed the @ulf of Amatique. and flew between | Livingstor: and Puerto_Barrios, but [closer to the former. The lowlands {here were covered for miles with the | davk green foliage of banana planta ! tlons, | While over the lowlnds T flew at ;nn altitude of about 2,000 fee 1 |began to enter the mountaine soon after passing Livingston and flew at [an altitude of about 8,000 feet. He. yond Livingston 1 was surprised to #ee what appeared to Be a big gokd dredge which had cut & trough. 1 understand there are old gold work- inue there. The mountaing were extremely broken, with almost a labveinth of ridges and deep canyons. The vallevs were mostly filled with fog or low clouds. Every day 1 have flown since leaving Mexico I have met fog jespecially in the valleys, ) The map by which 1 flow was a small scale map of all Central fAmerica, on which Salvador could be (covered with two flngers. The i culty of fiving In these reglo is that there are next to no fand marks for guldance. 1 knew 1 was near San Salvador, however, when 1 picked up land, 23 or 30 miles east of the felty, | Then 1 flew over the city and landed, 1 saw near the clty one Iflll\‘ml-rtll plane which had taken oft 110 escort we, but apparently did not Taoe me, 1 approciate from experience how dificult 1t is to meet another {Dlane when uncertatn from whers it Pl coming, and it s not suepnising the escort did not succeed in WeKing me up. A sixmile automobile ride to the city from the alr el gave an tnter eating Klew of the vichiess of the country, 1t is considerably warmer slevation is 3,000 1 tead of 3,004 feet, GRANT'S GRANDSON D'ES. T took off in the opposite direction | brought me without deviation to San { | COLD WAVE SETS NEW LOW RECORD " - Temperatures in Many Southern Cities Below Those in North—60 Dead. By the Asmsociated Press. CHICAGO. January 2.—With sub- normal weather prevalling in virtually every section of the United States, the Weather Bureau officials predicte slightly higher temperatures in most places, but additional snow in others for today. Bnow flurries were promised for the Great Lakes section, with £ tem- peratures elsewhere, The lowest temperature In the United States was reported at Havre, Mont.. where it was 20 degrees below. The extreme southern sections of Florida and California were the only places enjoying normal weather. Half-Century Marks Fall. Records of 50 years' standing were shattered in many Southern citles, where temperatures were even lower than in New England. Suffering from exposure was acute. Henders N. € as 7 degrees below coldest since 135%. was 4 helow: Louisv Asi le, K and Bristol. Tenn.. 2 below. | Snow covered the Northern anil Central sections. whil® rain. sieet or snow was general In the I:cific North- west. Traces of snow extended as far southward as central Arkansas. The Zreatest depth was 22 inches. at Du- luth, Minn Deaths here indirectly due to cold reached while the total for the country was above 60. THREE FREEZE IN NEW YORK. 1 Two Bodies Found in Doorway and One on Park Bench. . January 3 (#).—A sud- . which arrived with the | new year and sent the temperature | in many parts of the East well below 7ero and caused five deaths, today was moderating somewhat in most sec- tions. Thrée men were frozen to death in INFW York, two in doorways and one on a park bench, while in Glassbore, IN. J. a negro was found frozen in a parked automobile. At Wilkes-Barre, Pa.. 4 man was frozen on the porch of his home. COLD WAVE ARRIVES: 700 HOMELESS MEN T0 CHARITY REFUGES (Continued from First Page.) appeals for aid have been received than at any time in recent years. ! Clothing and fuel especially are in de- mand. The Salvation Army sheltered 1! men, its hotel containing the largest registration in its history. Forty-eight men slept in the Municipal Lodging :louoe and 30 were in line for break- ast. i Polics have been instructed not to {arrest homeless men unless they ap- | pear to be professional vagarants or | possessed of criminal tendencies. but | direct the unemployed and needy {to ‘he Municipal Lodzing House or | “ome recognized charitable agency. Improves Winter Sports. | The cold wave also has its brighter | side, however. While bringing suffer- | ing to many it provides good cheer ! for those whao enjoy Winter sports. ! Skating was the order of the day and evening at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool today. Hundreds of sweater-reinforced. fur-swathed men. women and children disported them- | selves on the broad espanses of the | thickly-frozen pool today. and park police anncunced that the sport will continue until 11 o'clock tonight. The bitter cold of yesterday froze the ice surface to a depth of two and A quarter inches, and it was expected | that skating would be good for sev- | eral days. The pool will be bathed In Mght from carbide burners tonight, and lmmvulomlns will b on hand to supply coffee and “hot dog™ sand- wiches. Skates also may be rented on the spot, it was said at the office of the park police. Many Fire Alarms. The sudden cold weather, resulting { In forcing of fires and overheating of { chimneys and pipes, has furnished more than the usual amount of work | for firemen the past three days. More than 20 calls were received by the { Fire Department yesterday, but in no instance did much damage result. There were several calls for fives In | automobiles. Bursting of a water pipe on the up- per floor of the Leiter home, 1300 New Hampshire avenue, early vesterday atternoon sent in & call to the Fire Da | partment for aid. The water was cut Off before the house was flooded to any extent. the damage amounting to only about $100. | Flremen received a call this morn- | ing from the home of Capt. Husband | B Kimmel, U. 8 N, 23336 Twenty- | seventh street. where the bursting of the bdoiler in the basement had caused A fire scare. Firemen reported a dam. age of $73. i RUMANIAN ENVOY HERE MAY GET VATICAN POST | Bucharest Report Says Qeorge Cretzjanu Will Be Trans- ferred to Rome. BUCHARKST, Rumania. January |3 U@ —1t ts reported heve that Gewrse | Cretmjanu, Rumanian Minister to the Unlted States. is to be naferred from Washington to the Vatican. M. Creatfaru Was appointed Minis. ter to the USiaed States in September 1928, Ho prawented his credentials to President Coolidge in Novembder of that year. After Quesn Marie's visit it was reported that he would de res called because of her displatsure avis g fron diaputes amons hee compan: lona while she was tourlay the coun. wy, However, nothing vame of the reports, The Rumanian legation today leked [ confitmation of the wews that Gevtge Cvetafanu, Minister to the United Ntates, Would de transterced to the Vatican. Aloohel Death Toll Drops. NEW YORK, January § A cheokup by polive todwy showed that the holiday death toll from ake Rolism this vear was 10 loss than due IR The same periont st vean Thicty Mve deaths from alvoholism occuroed thin vear hetween Christmas and New Vear Tammany Leader Dies |m. W. K. Beatty Suceumbs on | | Coast at a7 TURLOCKR . Calit . January & (4 D Walter Ko Bentty, 0w due M the Spanish Amerhan War and Arandson of Geno Ulvsses N Gt e at el vestorday He b suivived b his wilow . seven Delht va At & Wother, e Chester n«wv of Tavion. Ohie, e Heatty wa I Pennsy vanig, NEW VORKN, Jauuwary 3 oA Nicholas J Hayes, an ol tine Tam WAy eader and one of (e chiel ad Vs of (he late Chavles B Muiphy, Tammany chipftain, died saditenly 1 day ARed T2 He was comumise oner of the Department of Water Supply. Gas and Blevtiiiiy,