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i THE FEVENING VESSELS ‘RE-ENACT' ™% eutoss nesov (513,100,000 FUND COLLISION OF $4 FOR PHONE WORK FOR CABLE TODAY _Page) | have no doubt that your government = | will be entively agreeable to joining ! with the Government of the United chesapeake and Potomac Plans Extensive Improve- ments to Lines During '28. [ (Continued_from ¥ Destroyer and S-6 Follow Courses of lll-Fated Craft to Test Visibility. States and the governments of the other powers concerned for the pur pose of reaching a preliminary agree ment as to the 1ze to be used in | the proposed treaty, thus obviating all danger of confronting the other pow- < with a definitive treaty u ot able to them. indicated belw, the Government the. United States would be it the Govern. ; ment of ¥ that_the | draft treaty submitted by M. Briand | [ last June should be made the basis of | such preliminary discussions. Refers to Previous Form. “In the second § and this point ted to wi ply of Janu the willin Srance to join with the com. | Government of the United St | proposinz a multilate | renuneiation of war, the ang 5 program providing xpenditure of $13.100,000 will be ¢ ied out by the Chesapeake & Po- | Telephone Co. during 1928 in extending and fmp) ng its communi- acilities throughout the Dis- ryland, Virginia and West R the Asenciated Prese. ROSTON, January 13.—After a re- eess from Wednesday 1o make possible @ reenactment of the collision between the Coast Guard destroyer Paulding end the submarine S-4 oft Province town Harbor, the naval court of in- Quiry investigating the disaster recon- vened today at the Boston Navy Yard. | The desirover Monaghan and the sub. | i marine S8 went over the courses of | M which collided Decem of dition of 23,900 telephones (o 0,905 already installed in the | districts served by the companies, placement of obsolete and wornout apparatus and the erection of a num- ber of new buildings will be accom plished during the year, officials of the The program includes 27.000 poles and inst | miles of copper long-dis 4.200 miles of bare ijron wir miles of insulated w 10.000 mile: of wire in of un der H. D. Cooke, istant of the 1st Naval District was the first to take the stand today 'y X Toee his ervations during | templates that scope of such v'= tests, Capt. Cooke xaid that | treaty should be limited to “;nT_';r power & 'he observed the | 2 Mhe form of treaty which e o o },‘f L e Wwernment submitted to me last £.260 vards, After -discanding the which was the subject of my 1 note of Decembe 25, 19 ntained ssex he was able to sig e pert i i B e o R R e, [0 such qualification or _limitation. | hbieh 1t bt Seon. mosaible o luee | ruthe oontrary, dbmproviiked uncauivo; rection of n oo 4900 ilities in Baltimos Aunapolis, Md, \ll“i . Expenditures for | | telephane equipment in Mary- | land will b $941,000 and for | {outside pl o0, | The prozram in Virginia will invelve expenditures 000 for station | apparatus, 00 for addi and office equipn ederick, zerstown cally for the renunciation by the high | 12 moving e water ] D e A v nuw, | Contracting partios of all war as an wisibility was_ excellent o | instrument of mational policy in the oth. wenthor fair and thie Wing e |TOlUOWING termx cht northeast breeze. “ARTICLE 1 The witness said a test 10 determine W vonteaeting powers sol the time required for <troyer to in the name of the ®low down from a speed of 18 Knots and the people of the 0 1 knot or less. had shown that this America, that they operation required 1 minute to war and re seconds nounce it. respectively, as an instru- fat Norfolk, Richmond, put ment of their national policy toward | ford. Suffolk and rish cach other a B for outside Norfolk, 1 . ' k) *The h emnly dee French peop United States o condemn recou Fredes it destrover nds. After ved 2 ode solution of wowhatover zin they ma hetween France ates of America shall either side except | | = The sette W1 disputes or « niture or of whate | be. which may and the United $ never be souzht by by pacific means.” Questions Modification. *1 am not informed of the reasons which have led your government to suggest this modification of its origi- | nal propesal, but 1 earnestly hope that | | it is of no particular significance and TR that it is not to be taken as an indi- cation that the Governme f France SNYDER SL‘YERS | will find itself unable to joint with the | ARE PUT TO DEATH; | Government of the United, su MOTHERS GET BODIES' smited by 26 osi the original formula m First Pa ) uiral oflice | $1L.000.000, s amounting to § station equipn hairds co 30000 will he ken in the District of Colum ng the year, equipment_ costi e plant facilities onse 1o questions by Camdr. 000 and telephone Bratton, judze advocate Cooke said that under th itions prevailing Decem he prohably wonld have heen ehle tn sizht the periscope with g 8t 3 distance of from 300 to \ 2w t glasses a distance of from 300 to 300 vards. In each case the estimate depended on whether he was looking for periscopes at the time. nt SINCLAIR COUNSEL AND O’LEARY NEAR FIGHT AT HEARING (Continued from ] he declared, | could not he ignored. {of the ecourt to inquire into the charges then and there, Justice Sid dons said, “and 1 have not the slight est doubt that counsel on both sides {understood this."” Maj. rdon’s contention that the | Briand, which envisaged the unquali- fied renunciation of all war as an in- strument of national policy, be made 2 — | the subject of preliminary discussions Jept ‘counasl Kot the {two Comsmntd {wen the other Ereat powers for the prisoners and for the State MOVIRg | y,y;pose of reaching a tentative agree. | 1 top speed virtually to the hour the | ment as to the language to be used | ars testimony STAR. WASHINGTO D. ¢, TRIDAY. JANUARY 13, 1928. that Attorney Hawken had told the defense about these afdavits, He quoted Judge Daniel Thew Wright as having admitted in court, when the Government protested against Haw. ken's consulting with defense counsel, that the attorney was there “at their own invitation. Gordon Asks Dismissal. Contendiyz that the court was without aut rity to conduet its in- quiry into the alleged intimidation of the witnesses in the Sinclair- Burns contempt proceedings, Gordon carly today made a motion to dismiss the charges preferred by the defense nsel axninst O'Lear knew of no authorities on either aide, but he had never heard of any court scting such an Inquiry as the esent one as an Independent proceed- ing. Opposing the motion of the United States attorney, Col. Littleton said that he could not understand how the G ernment could contend that the court has no jurisdiction on this xubject and still ask the court persomally to ab- solve the United States attorne. office. He said it was Impossible him to comprehend such “mental | legerdemain. “This court has most abun power to protect the witnesses hefor pe motion to dismiss the charges | it.” tieton. “Here ix a charge e on the morning of the 14th|that a witness has been intimidated sourt day sinee the inquiry started [ in an effort to make him testity to on December 20, when Hoover, coun- | what fs not true on u vital point in el for Sinclair, m the nectsation | the Government's case. In the fn- t 1 Kidwell into | terest of justice it is your honor's signing false affidavits naming twe | duty to see that both sides are treated Rurns detectives a8 having approached | with fairn him. Justice Siddons halted the con-| Col. Littleton tempt trial until the intimidation | stil! to be protecte the end of this ¢ Holds Court Lacks Authority. vizhts may be uphe Maj. Gordon told Justice Siddons, Want Hearing Resumed. in making his motion, that “this To approve of O'Leary’s conduct court is without authority to de- [ would he an invitation to exert more termine the weight and creditability | pressure and for more outrages to the of the Witness well in this irres- | end of this case.” insisted Littleton. nd unpr nted proceedi Douglag axked that the criminal [ e that q 7 must be deter contempt_ case against Sinclair and mined upon the testimony of the ! his associates be resumed h Kid witnesses in the trial of the case tolwell an (he stand, ax he was when which his testimony is diveeted at[(ho intimidation charges were pre the judge 1ry- | ferred. not in any_oth We think O'Le reedine | with the smooth flow of justice in.-u we have not heen tr injure O'Lear but to insure Just is done. We s | move the obstruetion to justic W ‘ore Maj. Gordon ma dismiss the ek | ment had announe comple its defense and attornevs for the six nts vecalled to the stamd G. Ruddy, Burnx detective; | Kidwell and his attorney, S. Me < Hawken. Ruddy, who surveil VWi Ljenrrences in Ol o | Government pr ‘Reilly, one b brought house for identification. explained that O'Reilly Buins men did not care to distriet torney’s office “he the treatment they had received.” When O'Keilly finally came, Ruddy testified that ihe name of Juror Kid- well was not mentioned by any ane termined only when he gave eviderce | and it was not known until later that regarding these matters. | the detective had been called to he ven if O'Leary were guilty, Mal. | identiied by the s father, if pos- | Gordon contended that there was no [ sible. Late ¢ e 1 that formal charge upon which Justice | “O'Leary hioke faith with me and Siddons could act. He contended that | had O'Reilly identify Kidwell in <uch an accusation would have to he | court.” made hefore the court of general term, or by indictment hy a grand | jury * “There 4s no order that the court an pass to absolve the 1'n 2 orney’s office,” said ur honor can announce <onal opinion that the charges of in- SOVIETS SEE DANGER IN WILBUR PROGRAM America's Naval Expansion Is Pre- lude to New Wars, Official Organ Comments. By the Asoc MOSCOW January 13, The Pr wiet official organ, com menting on Secretary Wilbur's naval program, says it is unprecedented, and following the fallure of the neva naval conference of last Summer forms a prelude to new w ¢ Prayda_summs 4l that Kidwell was | ities in Ni from pressu Americ se in_order th t, o | tomatic world The paper retary. Wilbur's nt that America needs a big ¢ to protect American merchants anufacturers in 10 markets is “verily a pearl—a classic pronounce. ment of imperialist ideology deserving of space in Communixt text books.™ lurope and the N these are symp steering for FRENCH COURT AIMS BLOW AT “MODERN NOISY JAZZ” un- the issue told ht “without authority vant of law in that this heari ceparate heaving.” He furthe ed that the charge of intimi not been hrought in the reznlar in which the witness was testifying ind also argued that Kidwell had not testificd to the intimidation charges in | the main ¢ | responde 2 Charles st Face General Tel would he s sasatn Instrumental noise and boisterons | frivolity were held 1o be a necessiry < motion | part_of modern Jife by lower courts in a tast ease to ongt “The Bull on the Roof,” one of the well known down- wn cabarets. The Court of Appeals, sympathetic with man azes fo urbing neighbors Ivon the most resp urt in Justifying ve heen e lled inzing modes of Wfe to satisfy nds of their customers from the musical and choregraphic point of view This decision. howeve versed and many suits to oust noisy night hife pl L of the jury " ctable places, Ltorney's . e st b tention court tin: offiee when the | demanded that Burns men, | the court- The witness and othe ) ta the | nse of eneral term wre the just of the down 1o in the case. Maj. Gordon called attention to the fact that Kidwell's testimony was Lopped hefore he had heen asked to identify Rarton I, Stewart or Frank O Reilly. Burns operatives, allezed have been shadowing him. He ped that the credibility of Kidwell's on this point’ must be has been re « threatened jury room was Dan E. Merritt, Kid- well testified. Ithough Lrought f: illy and Stewart, the two men named in its afidavit, Kidwell testified L he could not recognize either of them ! when all the Burns men were paraded before the jurors. Hawken was recalied to he ques. arding certain pha testimony and denied that ernment prosecutor sald he to “impeach” Kidwell if or changed his testimon He likewise ga f the episode rezarding O'Leary's @ to face with Denics 0'Leary Statements, led by the defense | He was asked h well was re My a brief period. ifically about the incident in w O'Leary told him that he was to v bat.” He was asked by Hoover if - {zation’s headquarters by ntly got | acate the | a little different version | 7 - (and 100,000 documents are contained DEPICTS WE‘LTH stED ! therein. Fourteen separate collections 'N VATICAN ARCH’VES\M“ represegted, he explained. The Jtfliian Ambassador attended a {reception in_the speaker’s honor fol lowing the lecturs. John C. Merriam, Valuable Library Topic of Mgr. president of the (‘arnegie Institution | \of Washington, and Ernest C. Rich- | Benedetti in Address to Amer- ‘avdflm. consuitant in hibliography and research to the librarian of Congress, IoxORT Y ma e were guests. Mr. Richardson ex | The story of the wealth contained | lained "h;;t'x'zr" H'""‘;:"'l’:r:fl:”:' 2 "o wi printed. as a m , an |I.:'|--'n"v.x.‘lmrr::. :’svy:,.!d,\,;“‘).‘;" yJ:::.:”,"' ‘one of the hest works on this subjeet | American Pen Women at the organi- | Mgr. Enrico | nember of the Vati in V Among the voeations appearing in n | the ministry of labor's directory that library staff. who is just appeared in_ England are studying, with his colle «. methods | water wranglers, wofflers, wuzzers, used in the Library of Congress. «wissers, can dodgers, chease winder: | Mgr. Eenedetti told his audience skull breakers, egg breakers, ginger {that 500,000 hooks and 60,000 manu- | bleachers and barley.sugar-stick twist- | seripts rest in the Vatiean libvary ers { [ ! Benedetti, a FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BARGAINS \ | PORK LOIN ROAST i Ib. | | ALL-PORK SAUSAGE, Ib. . | LEAN PORK CHOPS & Ib. PORK CHOPS, b, 1 BLUE RIDGE | SMOKED BACON, Ib. 20¢ BY THE STRIP OF 4 TO 5 LBS. OR HALF STRIP OF ABOUT 2 LBS. 20c 22¢ 20c 25¢ Center . Cut | DERRYDALE | | CREAMERY BUTTER, . [b. 55¢ | Our Regular Price Is 57¢ Lb. Dry Salt Batts Sliced Pork Liver 12%%¢ 1b. 10c 1b. SHOULDER ROAST OF LAMB of | ' he recalled this and another occur have not been susiained. stimony as to a bond for Kidwell. @eath switch was thrown. The legal conflict started about 2 in the morning. when Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sinz was formal serveq with a copy of the stay of execution granted Wednesday night for Mrs. Snyder hy Justice Aaron J. Lev It was contended Mre. Snyder's timony was needed in the suit to void | with the $95.000 insurance on Albert life and that Loraine Snyder, 9.vear- oid daughter, would be deprived of support. Attorney General Otti opinion hoiding Judge Levy had no hority to grant a stay. stice Le on o'clock oclock > Justice Levv, afier afirming the euthority of his court to issue the #iay. announced that “the court can eonceive of no machinery in law 1o relieve” the “misery’ of Loraine, u- yearold daughter of Mrx. Snyder, and heneficiary under the policy if it is Jezal. The stay was therefore vacated to yesterday afternoon at 2 ing terms of tre Supreme Court |y ish, and the Unite in the proposed treaty “If your government that further discussions the proposed 1 submitted to me b vernment German, Italian and purse, that these the ty. ellency. is agreeabie | to the plan outlined above and is will- of the multilateral | be hased upon the original pro- M. Briand tast June, I have the honor to suggest | that the Government of France join | { the United Snydet’s | srates in 2 communication to the Brit Japanese vernments transmitting the text of M. Briand’s original propasal and cop- | r tssued an | jes of the subsequent correspondence between the Governments of Fran, States for their con- was persuaded to ad-|gideration and comment; it being un-| wance the time for hearing arguments | derstood, of the stay from this morning at 14 | fiminary discuss commit apy pre s would in no way participating gov- ernments ‘pending the conclusion of a definitive tre “Accept, assurances of my tion.” the renewed highest considera court lacked jurisdiction in deciding | timidation the contempt charges appeared 1o | frritate Justice Siddons. At | {time during the rendition of his |ing he inquired “does any rdon had jas a member of the bar nt wou they misunderstand that 1 N s extrajud replied, recedent. | Kidwell, telling him his parents wi i their testim teclared he “absolutel any authorities 0 anv such statement. hear upon this| The only detective whom replied at he! O'Leary he could identify in the grand | Successor to “The Avenue Sh Says Inquiry Sets Siddons inquired whether did not recall aj. Gor yes, honor, 1 4 The District Attorney added that it was his opinion that when the court stopped the contempt proceed- {Inge and embarked on this inquiry, considering the way the matter wa | brouzht up. the investigation was extrajudici; Gordon Starts Row. At the conclusi cument by cipitated he made coordination and co-operation tween counsel of the six respondents. Kidwell and the juror's attorney, S McCon Hawken. Maj. Gordon a utrage com. { mitted in this court” and “obstruction of justice.” asm charged against the m your n of the lensthy ar. ounsel Maj. Gordon nre. ent controversy when cuce in which O'Leary testified about | il | The juror | he told | said that O'Leary had toid 0ing to put J. Ak Don King under bond and also ved if he could furnish hond for | Kidwell. The juror's attorney tested, he testificd, hut agreed that hond would he furn op” Starting Tomorrow at 8 O’Clock M. Blumenthal, 1013 Pa. Ave., Starts a Most Amazing Sale— pro- | ! | District attorney’s office by defense French Railway Officials Certify | counsel, was actually done “by a the- EAST ORANGE, N. J., January 13 0 o atrica' play between those charged “~Lers than half 4 mile from the Wihon “Fenty: s Rate. | with contempt and the witness, Kid tome in which he had lived as a Correspondence of the Amociated Press. | well, who was thrown into our lo respected citizen, the hody of Henry | PARIS.—Subway escuses are fur-| Through the medium of counsel, he Judd Gray, electrocuted last nigat 4t pished passenzers on the French un.|declared, it was apparent to all that 2. ley today in an under-'derground system delayed from ar- there wax cooriination and co.opera er's establishment while erowds rival at work at a specified time hetween the respondents and athered around the place stoppaxe or delay of train service. The | The body was brought here thix old alibi of “train late” doesn't go morning and will be buried at 3 down with the hard-hearted French ©clock this afternoon in Resedale | employer unlexs accompanied by an | Intimidation charges to the attention Cemetery, Orange, beside that of hix | official yellow ticket stamped with the | of the court in good faith. I resent father. |date and the pame of the station mi 5.:1. '?nrihm ® charge that thix was a A , s which the delay veeurred. The tickets | theatrical play and that counsel co- WIDOW'S BODY IN VAULT are furnished by xub /ay and rallway | operated with Kidwell.” he protested NEW YORK. January 13 (P).—The | officials on request | A demand was made on Maj. hody of Ruth Enyder wax brouzht 1o Many French business houses take| by Charlex A, Douglas, @zy from Fing Bing Prison and placed | from their employes’ salary sums |u'>-1 Burns. to “name the lawvers.” | in a receiving vault st Wood n portionate to losses Incurred through| The district attorney replied that | Cemetery : tardiness of staff members. When | there was evidence to prove that the The body was accompanied by ar | salaries of $25 and $20 a month are | Government had certain afdavits wndertaker and Mis. 8nvder's brother. d. as in frequently the case, a few | which, If true, would have resulted in Andrew Prown. It will remain in the n of some one for contempt wault pendin: Airposition, 1t has heen proved, he ad FUNERAL FOR GRAY TODAY. 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