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RTAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. TUESDAY, JA NUARY 17, 1928. L. DEALT BLOW "IN OIL CONTENPT Court Warns Government Forces They Have Proved Nothing Thus Far. Defense counsel in the Sinclair-Burns contempt procaedings won their second | straight victory today when Justi Frederick L. Siddons, in a rigidly ap- plied ruling barred efforts of the Gov ernment to prove by hearsay evidence the consciousness of Edward J. Kidwell, Jr. that he was being shadowed while serving as & juror for the purpose of bribery. to be found | the court held. “then there | must be proven a connection between the acts of the respondents and their agents and the effect of these acts on the juror or jurors in bringing about the mistrial. “No evidence has yet been produced in this court to show that any of the acts of the respondents or their agents produced (his state of mind on the part of this juror,” the court said. Justice Siddons' declaration in efect | ‘was a notice served on the Government that up to this stage of the trial of | the contempt charges ft had failed to make out a case against Harry F. Si clair, William J. Burns, Henry ) Day and the other three respondents ! accused of conspiring to obstruct ju: tice and influence the action of the| trial jurors of the Teapot Dome casc. | Government Handicapped. | ‘Handicapped by the court’s previous | ruling, which prevented James J. O'Leary, assistant United States at-| torney, from making use of the two Kidwell aftdavits, the Guvernment | prosecutor today virtually was unable | 10 destroy & singl;d fragment of the | r's testimony today. ’“g"mr,\- had obtained from Kigwrll the juror’s own version of the King-| Akers affair :n the near-bear saloon and did not succeed in shaking the uror's testimony as previousiy given éunng the inquiry into the intimida- tion charges. The Government prosecutor then questioned Kidwell about the men who were said to have approached him at; the courthouse and in the Museum grounds during the Teapot Dome trial. Kidwell denied flatly again that he . e ek o at e court: who talked with at the - hwstmm . mwhtn O'Leary asked if he rec- him to the “best of his recol- lection.” Justicfe Siddons ;lpheld the jection of defense counsel. °b“‘!"l’te juror then was asked about the ncident that occurred in the jury room ‘when he returned to the courthouse to keep some one from talking to him. O'Leary asked Kidwell to give an ex- pression of his mental state as a Juror | 8t this time, based on the various in- | cidents he had testified about. Tt was this incident which caused | Justice Siddons to make his declara- | tion from the bench. Defense umm.s:l) at an earlier period succeeded in bar-/ e nagowint T . the observed jowing ;umr‘t house a week before the mis- trial. O'Leary produced a paper which he | evidence bearing on| to oflel: as by trial. o TUnable to contradict Kidwell's test- mony by the rigid ruling of the court, O'Leary sought to show that the juror | incapable of giving & correct ver- ;‘;‘n of the King-Akers affair on the sllegation he. had taken a drink less than half an hour before the incident . | diana and one of those who guaran- away from Akers hen they tried to talk to the trial EDISON SAYS HOOVER IS LOGICAL MAN Tells Interviewers Americans Will Be “a Bunch of Saps” if They Do Not Elect Him. By the Associated 5 PORT MYERS, Fla., January 17— Thomas A. Edison talked war and poli- Sics here yesterday in a newspaper in-| terview in his Winter home Edison wrote his answers. On one he sald “the American people will be a bunch of saps if they don't elect Herbert Hoover President” snother he wrote, “No one can say when ar will come to us.” He seemed prineipally concerned about b.ving his rubber experiments here wood eign countries.” he sald ments are zimed at finding a plant rolific enough 1o produce a rubber crop 18 months in time of war” He expects the experiments 1o last six or eight years " ASKS $20,000 DAMAGES ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT M= 1da Rubin Bues Three, Alleg- ing False Imprisonment, With Other Accusations, Mrs. lda Rubin, 454 Luray place, hes fied suit in the District Supreme Court w recover §20,000 damages from Adrian Kuelly, Daniel Knelly and Jean A. Hetheringum, all of 109 C street southenst, for wleged assault and false Smprisonment. The plaintiff tells the eourt thet the defendants, who are husbend, son and daughter of the owner of premuss 106 1) street southesst, where she wrly resided, locked her I Uhose premises snd kept her prison ' bours by ualling up e front a Wack Quurs of the house i i broke Gown Une Goor wnd 3 ‘ fiu‘:m::"u[, i,‘: m.f B Curle G. Daniel Avile, the Ambas. In the proc of making her s 5908 from Chile, touched upon his | Soner, she tells the court, she was | TCBS008 for Jolning the diplomatic sery- oreibly shoved inws the house and the W€ wller spending 17 years with s Goor slemmed on her, causing her W | DEWebaper. He declared that newsp Sustaln serious injury Bhe ssks $10,000 Sor the wlicged wesault wnd 810000 for e wilegen Tuloe Smprisonment. The de- fendsnts Lhad called W oollect & month'e yent for the property it is stated Mrs Rubin i tepresented by Attor- Beys Bunon Mirshmen end Maeurice 4 ©rucd . Leaves Pew for Strangers, old pew !to do with the operations of the Ca- nadian company. | plaining that he did the interest of the inquiry should do so at this time. | “I'm not trying o compete with {nr—é “My experi- | nignt declared the country would shape into a tremendous bureaucracy if it does Left to right: Deputy Chief Lewin H. Burkhart and Battalion Chief George D. Otter, both of the Baltimore Fire Department, who brought apparatus from | that city to aid the local fire-fighting forces. TRADING COMPANY PROBE. DELAYED Senate Committee Unable to Begin Hearing of Concern Figuring in Teapot Lease. Preliminary steps in the Investigation | of the extinct Continental Trading Co., | Ltd,, of Canade, which were to have! been taken by the Senate public lands | committee today, were postponed when it was found that the transcript of testimony n the Fall-Sinclair criminal conspiracy trial was not ready. No date was set for the beginning of the in- vestigation. The actual taking of testimony in the | investigation of the Canadian company, | which has figured in litigation growing | out of the leasing of Teapot Dome, was to have begun early next week. Senator wusl‘x‘mbemocnlt. uMfi:\v:lm. who prosecuted original of quiry, said the first step would be to read the transeript of the testimony in the Fall- Sinclair criminal conspiracy trial having Charges by Government. The Government has charged Harry P. Sinclair paid cver $230,500 from the | profits of the company to Albert B. Fall and his son-in-law, M. T. Everhart, a | Pueblo, Colo., banker. A batch of subpoenas for witnesses w’ appear at the opening of the hearing was issued last night, but Senator Walsh | declined to make public the names, ex- not think it was in that he However, it is known that the com- D. Fockefeller, jr.. of the Standard Ofl interest, George E. Vincent, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, and| Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the | board of the Standard Oil Co. of In-| teed to the late A. E. Humphreys of | Denver that the Continental company would make good on its contract to purchase 33,333,333 barrels of ofl from | his Mexia fields, in Texas. Stewart Now in Venezuela. Stewart, who failed to testify at the| civil trial of the Teapot Dome case at | Cheyenne, due to his absence from the | country, is now in Venezuela on busi- ness for his company. Chairman Nye of the investigating committee said it had been explained to him that Stew- art went to South America by ment with special Government ofl counsel that he would return here for the resumption of the Pall-Sinclair conspiracy trial this month. Since that time that trial has been post- | poned until April 2. The chairman said the committee | would expect Stewart to be back in | this eountry and ready to testiy be- fore the end of the month. | | SEES U. S. IGNORING RIGHTS OF THE STATES 8Benator King Charges Government Bhows a Growing Tendency Toward National Bureaucracy. Attacking the growing tendency of the American Government o diverge from the States’ rights principle, Sena- tor Willlam H.-King of Utah Sunday not cease in its disregard of the mean- ing of the Constitution in a speech de- livered w the Delta Phi Epsilon Pro- fessional Praternity of the Foreign Bervice Bchool of Georgewown Univer- sity at the Hotel Washington, ‘There are Wwo many commissions do- fing the work in the country, the | speaker stated, citing California us tiave ing some 300 commissions doing Gove lernment work | oo much money 1s being spent on | srmament, he declared, and there is no enemy o fight. Russia 18 being ridi- culed becaure the leaders are attempt- ing disarmament, he sald, but if the fu- | ture would be taken Int consideration Ruseta could help W diparm o n grent | Extent a large part of the world, He Tproposed that if Russia disurmeq, 1 would cause Poland W do lkewlse, and with the disurmament of Rusoa the whole of Europe would be affected by the move t | per men know International unde:cy Tents perhaps betler than any oiher | #roup of people, and that they are thgs | 16 & position W desl with for. gn coun- [tries in . more capable snd under. standing manner [ Jucrensed salary for those conneeted With foreign service was urged by fuep. | resentative Hale of New Hampshire | who commended the work of the for- cign service officlals, mittee desires especially to hear John | the COMMISSION HEARS Variety of Claims Being Aired Before Federal Session on New Channels. By the Associated Pr Hearings on the wide varicty of claims of commerce and industry for alloca- tions of short wave or high frequency radio broadcasting channels were opened today by the Federal Radio Com- mission. ests will be weighed by the commission against those of the Government to de- termine the possible interference such assignments might have on wireless transmission by the Army, Navy and other Government agencies operating on similar wave lengths. In opening the hearings, Commisison- er Sykes explained that the commission would make no disposition of the waves at this time, but would seek to lay down a general policy for future guidance. Press Claim Filed. Maintenance of communication with exploration groups and expeditions was fivcn as an ?dvn;uf of short waves or news services M. Loeb of the New York Times. 4 The public demands instant informa- ton concerning important events, he sald, and has a right to receive it. Broadcasting chains should see the jus- ut':.hnt this claim, he added. ¢ newspapers are of equal impor- tance with any other grzgup secl‘:oma short-wave channels, he continued, and the public has shown, through its in- terest in Lindbergh, Byrd and others that it approves of facilities for press, Representatives of domestic and commercial tel h - panies next vantages o outlined e advantages of messages over thelr systems, “Monroe Doctrine” Urged. J. Donald Halg of the Tidewater Wireless Telegraph Co. of Philadelphia, ldv::lnlcd & “Monroe doctrine” for “The companies that have invested large sums in broadcasting facilitles should be given first consideration in assigning short-wave channels, after g‘nmncy needs have been cared for,” The telegraph companies have lai the groundwork of communication lng have served the public well, Charles E. Hughes, Jr., said in presenting the case fm: the Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. “The radio is best adapted to trans. mission of photographs,” Mr. Hughes sald, “and it is only by combiaing the facilities of the wire companfes that zl‘lll:"dgvelumntnl can be {ully carried Dr. J. H. Dellinger of the Burean of Standards radio laboratory also gave a brief statement of the scope of short ves, declaring there were Approxi- mately 2000 channels available. He cautioned, however, that careful scrutiny of the applications for aliocations should be made to avold interference. Press Revenues Cut. Newspaper and press service repre- sentatives were the first to be heard. Joseph Pearson, representing the American publishers' committee, de- clared that the radio had proved indis- pensable in the collection and dissemi- nation of news, and that its usefulness was increasing. Wire communication cannot handle the complete news re- port, he said John B. Costello, representing the San Francisco Examiner and Hearst News Bervices, said that the point o point communications by short waves was supplementing the wire service, which iu many cases has been inade- quate. “Radio has infringed the field of the Prtll," he sald. Three milllon dollars has been spent for radio advertising In the last 10 months through the broad- casting chain alone. The newspapers’ revenue has thus been cut down mate- rially apd it seems only fair to allow newspapers 1o use the radio for news gathering, PAINESVILL 17 A on m first-degree murder churge in connection with the killing of her hus- band, T, Edward West, with & hammer in thelr home December 6, was Inde nitely posptoned yesterday st the re- quest of defense counsel, Mrs. West' sallorneys gave no rea- son for wsking the deluy other than 1 say they wanted more tme o work on the case, Student Is Killed By Electric hock While Clipping Cow January By W Associated Fross COLUMBUSE, Ohlo, January 17 Kdgar Boerger, L, of Irwin, Ohilo, wgricultural su it at Ohio Btawe University, was sceidentally electio- cuted in the university caftle barns On condition thet b { [ Harryvilie Freshywrian ¢ pat| 17 RN 0 T ohuren i et Ocean Liner Rams Whale, SUsigere snd vislors, Caulfield Wil When off the comst of lreland re. o oA Bullymens, Jscund, willed | «otly an ocesn lner, on s way from G50 W U churel, Wilson, who | New York o Liverpool, remmed u Fecently Oud aueced et s brase | while 18 feet long. The swimmer was plite be placed ou e pew with Use | iable W free Jsell, und was pushed s ription, This pew te endowed by | kiwad of the ship, s tail Napping ’l,.ulf‘u.fl Wison end b= Jier sl wll | agelnat the side until the Jiner wus \mes for 1he use of clrangers ond | slopped. ‘The whale then fosted clear ‘. Mot while wtending the public VIt reecived & large wound sboul § feet WAL W Lhie chuich Geep W L bsk of \us Rese while operating ai utomatic clipper on & dalry cow. A short efrcull, caustng & heavy current to flow thiough the handle, [0 lnllrwd‘hm have been Whe cause RADIO WAVE PLEAS The claims of the commercial inter- | transmission of radio | Arraignment of Mrs. Velma West | NEV YORK LEADERS 0F6.0.PTONEET Press Sees Parley as Move by Hilles to Block Drive for Hoover. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 17.—Republic- an organization leaders of New York State have been called upon by Chair- man George K. Morris of the State committee to meet at Schenectady January 28 to discuss methods of strengthening the party in the coming campaign. Chairman Morris, in announcing the call, said that “presidential candidacies will not be considered or enter in any way into the conference. ‘The Herald Tribune, however, today sald that the move is seen by Republic- ans as indicating that Morris and Charles D. Hilles, national committee- man from New York, “are determined to use vigorous methods to thwart cor- ralling of national convention dele- gates for Secretary Herbert Hoover. ‘The New York Times, expressing the same view, said that the purpose of the meeting was understood to be to strengthen Chairman Morris' contacts with county chairmen and other party leaders, and to “obtain continued sup- port for his policy, and that of Charles D. Hilles, vice chairman of the na- tional committee. to send an unin- structed and unpledged delegation™ to the national convention nd to head oif the Hoover boom in this State." A campaign to create sentiment in favor of the nomination of Hoover was | | started here Sunday at a conference at- | tended by Undersecretary of the Treas- | ury Ogden L. Mills, Representative | Thaddevs C. Sweet and Col. William | J. Donovan of Buffalo, deputy attorney | general. | i VOTE ON ELECTION OF SMITH DELAYED UNTIL TOMORROW (Continued from_ First Page.) tion of the Senate and its committees for more than a year. Col. Smith first came to the Senate under appointment of Gov. Small, following the death of Senator Willlam B. McKinley a year ago. He was denied the right to take the oath of office at that time. The Reed committee already has re- ported that during the primary cam- paign for the Republican senatorial romination, in 1926, Smith had been the beneficiary of more than $200,000, contributed by officers of public ser: | ice corporations. Col. Smith was chair- | gan of the Illinois Public Utilities Com- mission, and the public service corpora- | tions had business before the commis- | ston. Denied Oath of Office. At the opening of the present ses- sion of Congress Col. Smith appeared with his credentials as Senator-elect, but was denied the right to take the oath of office. and his case was re- ferred to the Reed committee. He has since that time declined to submit him- self to further investigation or to make any statement before the committee and finally to appear in his own de- fens: on the floor of the Senate. Col Smith’s position has been that he is entitled to be sworn in as a member from Illinois and that the Senate and the Reed committee have acted beyond their power. The report submitted by Senator Reed recited these facts, and tlwd‘ with a resolution declaring the Smith seat vacant. Its adoption will leave Nlinois represented by a single Senator, Senator Charles 8. Deneen, Repub- lican. Senator-elect Smith plans, it is said, to return his certificate of elec- tion and if necessary %o appear before the next Senate when its meets in De- cember, 1920. Unless the Governor of Nllinois should take cognizance of the action of the Senate and appoint to fill the vacancy temporarily, or call a spectal election, Senator-elect Smith may retain his certificate of election during the next five years. Deneen Defends Smith. Senator Deneen took the floor today in defense of the position assumed by Col. Smith, that he was entitled to! take the oath of office and that if any- thing In the record warranted his ex- pulsion from the Senate, the Senate could act later. “The oath of office should be admin- | istered to Senator-elect Smith,” said | Senator Deneen. “The sovereign right | of the State of Iiinols to elect its United States Senator should be re-{ srcted Should objections be made in the Senate against him thereafter, let | him then meet them in his own defense, | and in his own proper person.” Senator Deneen said that the matter was of great importance to the State of Illinots, and added, “Will it be contend- ed that the people of Illinols had not the legal right to elect Mr. Smith United States Senator?” “The Senate has no legal power to elect & United States Senator for I- linots. Tts legal powers are limited to | determining whether in fact Mr. Smith was elected United States Senator and | whether he has the qualifications pre- scribed in the Constitution. There is no dispute about the legality of the election, or that Mr. Smith has the qualifications prescribed in the Consti- tution. The position which the State of Illinols takes is that the United | Btates Senate cannot create any addi- tional qualifications for a United States | Senator or limit further the power of & State to elect him." King Expresses Opposition. Senator King of Utah, DemociAt, a member of the Reed committee, nounced to the Senate that, wh concurred in that part of the report which asserted that Col. Smith had obtained his nomination improperly, he did not concur in the second part of the resolution denying him the right to take the oath of office and decluring @ vacancy In the Senate. Senator King sald that he therefore had not signed the report. The resolution declared that there was expended, directly or indirectly, in the senatorial primary on behalf of Col. Bmith the sum of $458,762 and that all of that amount except $171,500 was contributed directly to and received by the personal agent of Col, Smith with his full knowledge und consent, and that of the total amount $203,000 was contributed by men who were non- restdents of 1llinots, but who were offi- Cors of Tlinols publie aervice corpora- | 5, The resolution declared that the uc- ceptance und expenditure of this money wis contrary to sound public policys since Col. Bmith was chalrman of Hiinols Publie Utilities Commissi and | talnted with fraud and corruption the credentialy presented by Col. Smith, TASTER TES.TS COFFEE. Exchange Passes on Bean by Ver- dict of Bipper. | NEW YORK, January 17 (A, ‘The lieensed cotfoe taster hius miude his off- Clul debut on the New York Coffee and Hugar Exchange. His business 1 &0 tell by w slp whether coffes 1 suitable for American distribu ‘The “cup test,” members of the ex- chunge nald, will be useful as a hedg- g basls agninst contracts - Hraell March contracts for Hantos delivery were dell In yesterduy on the oup tent contract wban average premiom of AB4 cents, mgalnst March contraet of 1398 cents on the old basis, A . Oo-operative organizations are grow- Nk pumber i Gormany, STILL DISCOVE Induction Cable Invention Picks Up Under-Sea Sounds By the Ascociated Prexs. CHICAGO, January 17—New methods of wrapping cables make it possible to hear sounds from under water through induction, Charles R. Withers, Chicago electrician, has demonstrated. The Inventor said the Navy De- partment had agreed to test lhr“de- vice, called the “inductaphone. At a demonstration of the inven- tion for the United States Coast Guard Withers submerged a cable to which was attached an auto- matic sending and recelving set. An- other cable, dragged through the water over the submerged one, icked up messages from the set IN HOUSE; 2 TAKEN Structure Owned by Promi- nent Washingtonian Was Rented to Stranger. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., January 17— Montgomery police late Sunday night raided a house at Oak lane and Brad- ley boulevard and arrested two negroes found on the second floor where a still is alleged to have been located. Thegnvgroe Hal Layman, 1430 Flor- ida avenue, and Lawrence Anderson, 1712 Seaton place, refused to tell police who occupied the house or who em- ployed them. They sald they were hired a month ago to go into the house and not to leave it. day or night. but to manufacture whisky. The still is said by police to have & capacity of 70 gallons a day. The lower floor of the fine home, situated in the heart of English Village, was well furnished. A check of the Montgomery tax rec- ords showed the house was owned by Rudolph B. Behrend, prominent Wash- ington attorney, but he stated today that he had assigned it to Eugene A. Smith, a leading real estate operator. Mr. Smith said he rented the house three months ago to a man and woman giving the name of Mr. and Mrs. R. M Rollins, whom he has never seen. Both. Smith and Behrend state they know nothing of the renter and had no idea of the use to which the house was put. The building. one of the finest in the neighborhood. is a short distance from the home of Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh and Postmaster General Harry S. New. The negroes were released on bond of $500 each last night. The raid Sun- day night was made by Sergt. Le Ro; Rodgers and Pvts. Joseph Oldfield and Ashby Case of the Bethesda substation. The distilling equipment on the sec- | and floor consisted of 8 vats of 400 gallons each, a large still with heaiing cquipment and large supplies of in- gredients, the police stated. The plant is said to have been in daily operation for more than a month, and was dis- covered only when Pvt. Oldfieid, passing on his motor cycle, detected the odor of the mash. ALBERT HARPER DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Member of District Bar Is Dead at '72—Was Lifelong Resident of Capital. Albert Harper, 72 years old, member of the District bar and lifelong resi- dent of this city, died at his home, 1769 Columbia road, early today. He had been in failing health for about a year. Mr. Harper had long been active in the Association of Oldest Inbabitants of the District of Columbia, being vice president, and in the Society of Natives of the District, being chairman of its membership committee. He also was a member of the Washington Board of Trade and the Columbia Historical So- clety. Mr. Harper was the son of the late William C. and Mrs. Ann Eliza Harper. He was educated in public schools here and in the law school of the old Colum- bian College. He maintained a law practice here. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Fannie J. Harper, and a sister, Miss Harriet E. Harper. Funeral arrange- ments have not been completed. THREAT FOR POPE DENIED IN MOSCOW Soviet News Agency Characterizes Story of “Death Sentence” as “Malignant Joke." By the Aw od Pr. MOSCOW, January 17.--The Soviet News Agency Tass today stated that re. ports published in forelgn _countries that the Vatican had recelved notifica- tion of & “sentence of death’ y the Soviet government on Pope Plus and alleged to have been signed by Stalin s totally unfounded and regard- ed as & “malignant foke.” Dispatches from Rome on January 12 quated the newspaper Brilllante as sa ing that, a “condemnation” of Pope Plus had ‘arrived at the Vatican in t form of a registered letter from Moscow, byt no mention was made of a “sen- a3 in the above dis- ch Brilliante said that the condemnation of the pontiff was for having “favored the ~anti-bolshevist movement with funds.” ‘The docume 't, the paper sald, was slgned by high personages of the Ortho- dox Synod and by Alexis 1. Rykoff, Joseph M. Stalin and others, The paper added that the pontiff was understood to have shown a copy of his “sentence to all the cardinals and then to have consigned 1t to the Vatican archieves us # historle document, TWO ALLEGED SPIES ON TRIAL IN ENGLAND Ac German and Irish Amervican cused of Trying to Gain Air Force Information, By tha Assoolated 1 LONDON, January 17 Two alleged sples, charged with having attempted o collect Information about the Britiah armed fore particularly the atr force, were tried In camera today, When the second session of the trial of Gleorge Kansen. a German, and Wil- fred Francis MeQartney, described s an Irish-American, opened before the lord chief Justice this morning at the Old Balley, Attorney Cloneral Slv Doug- lus Hoge sald the evidence was such that the publio should be excluded. Thin was done. Vesterday, I outlining the vhnr1 agatnsl the acoused wen, Bir Dougl anld Russia wis responsible for st wnting the conspliacy. He wlso de- clared that 1L would probably be ad- visable that speeches for the d o and the summing up should nol eard 1 public, ok s OPPOSES UTILITIES REGULATIONBY U.¢ Investment Bankers’ Presi- dent Suggests Greater State Control of Industry. By the Awsociated Press. Opgoaluon to any Federal regulation of ‘the public utilities industry was voiced today before the Senate inter- state commerce committee by Henry R. Hayes, president of the Investment Bankers' Assoclation of America. Appearing at hearings on the Walsh resolution for a broad inquiry into the industry, Hayes sald his association was not opposed to an investigation, but be- lieved ~ that what was needed was greater State regulation with broader powers to the State commissions. Says Industry Is Sound. ‘The witness argued that the public utilities industry was economically sound because it had been conducted along proper lines and that there was no divergence of interests between the management of the utilities, the in-! vestors in utilitles securities’ and the | public_which they serve. i A sharp challenge of the authority of Congress to investigata the operation of State utilitles commissions or mat- | ters coming within their jurisdiction | was made by Louis E. Gettle, chairman Questioned on Fires I of the Wisconsin Railroad Commission | P and spokesman for the Association of ||/ Public Utilities Commissions. “Are you opposed to the investiga- tion proposed by this resolution?” asked Senetor Hawes, Democrat, Missouri, “We are not opposed to an inquiry into those things which touch inter- state commerce only,” Gettle replied. H “Do you know of any State law that prohibits political contributions from ;’{':Iiflbn organizations?” asked Senator wes. ¥ Insull's Holdings. “I am sure none of the commissions sanction such contribution,” Gettle re- plied, “but I cannot say whether any have been made.” Senator Wheeler. Democrat, Montana, inquired as to utilities holdings in Wis- consin of Samuel Insull of Chicago, who contributed more than $150,000 to vari- ous campaign funds in the Illinois pri- mary in 1926. Gettle said his holdings probably were between $30,000,000 and $40.000,000. Gettle told the committee emphatical- | ly that the experience of his commis- sion with Interstate Commerce Commis- sion regulation of telephone companies and the operation of the transportation act had made it “exceedingly appre- hensive about the extension of Federal control. e 32 Nk ) | NAVY BOARD SCANS | S-4 SCENE AGAIN Secks to Fix Visibility While| Weather Duplicates That on | Day of Disaster. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, January 17.—Reports that | weather conditions off Provincetown to- day were similar to those on December 17, when the Coast Guard destroyer Paulding rammed and sank the subma- rine S-4. led the naval court of inquiry to decide on another trip to the scene of the disaster this afternoon. The sub- marine S-6 will be observed. No at- tempt will be made to re-enact the movements of the S-4 and the Pauld- ing as was done last week. Officers have testified that lh: visi- periscope would have considerably on Decem- When the court visited Prov- observers spotted periscopes at | long distances. e Five men who have worked on the sunken submarine were called to tes- tify today. They were Thomas Eadie, Willlam Carr, Willlam Michaels, James Ingram and Willlam Wickwire. Charts Sub Movements. NEW LONDON, Conn. January 17 (#).—Capt. Adolphus Andrews. com- mandant of the submarine base, has notified Coast Guard authorities here that in the future the Coast Guard wi JOHN JACOB FISHER. Suspect Photographed at Police Head- - quarters Today. RELIEF BILL UPINCOMMITTEE McNary-Haugen Measure in Amended Form Discussed by House Group. By the Associated Press The McNary-Haugen bill took fits familiar position today as the business before the House agriculture committee. “This farm relief measure, a fighting issue in both houses of Congress, differs in two respects from the one vetoed by President Coolidge last session. It now would give the President blan- ket power in naming {he Federal Farm | Board. and its relief provisions would | b> applicable to all agricultural prod- ucts. Farm Extension Approved. The committee today acted favorably on the Capper-Ketcham bill authorizing an appropriation of $960,000 for farm extension and economic work. In addi- tion, tne bill would authorize $500.000 { for the second year that the act is in | |force. Representative Ketcham. Repub- | lican, Michigan. was authorized by the | committee to reintroduce his bill as| amended. with the assurance that it | would be reported on favorably by the | comumittee. | 8. H. Thompson, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, ap- peared as a representative of various {farm organizations which have been working for farm legislation. He said consin. Missouri, Montana and Nebraska a | farm groups. | Speaks for Farm Groups. | Approval of the principle of the Mc-) Nary-Haugen bill had been given uy these groups. he said. in introducing | Chester H. Gray of the American Farm | Bureau Federation, to testify concerning the general features of the bill which | are_santioned by the farmers. | “This bill represents the best thoughis - & COLONEL TO REPORT ON “OYSTER WAR" Byrd Sends Officer by Plane to Scene of Trouble to Get Official Report. By the Agsociated P; |, RICHMOND. Va., January 17—Wil- {lard D. Newbill, assistant adjutant | general, hopped off from the Richmond Alrport at 9:20 o'clock this morning for | Gloucester County, where he will make a study of the “oyster war,” and fe- | port to Gov. Byrd. | Col. Newbill's plane was piloted ? | Lieut. L. P. Holcombe of LII'ATW Pield. | A stop will be made at Langley, whers a lighter plane will be obtained for the flight to Gloucester. Gov. Byrd today said that reports that Commissioner of Pisheries Harry | Houston had denied asking that militia ibe sent to Gloucester were incorrect. COMPROMISE !5 AWAITED. Packers’ Answer to Tongers Is Expect- ed This Afternoon. | GLOUCESTER COURT HOUSE, Va, ‘January 17 (#).—Tongers of Gloucester today were awaiting a definite answer | from Frank W. Darling. Hampton pack- | er, as to whether he will accept a com- promise agreement in the oyster lease | situation whereby he would throw open to tongers about 2.000 acres of leased | oyster beds in Mobjack Bay. Under this compromise he would I:e:g‘m 20 | days to dredge a tract of acres where he is said to have planted 17,000 | bushels of oysters. The tongers were told at a meeting of the Gloucester Sea Food Workers' Asso- | ciation last night by Channing Hall, at- | torney for the tongers, that C. G. Jones, representing Darling, will convey the | answer of the packers to him today. If Darling fails to accept this agreement, | Hall said, Judge Clagett B. Jones, will be asked to render a decision immedi- ately on the motion to dissoive an in- junction granted to Darling and re- straining independent tongers from tres- | passing on leased oyster ground held by Darling and associates. Agree to Stay Off Area. The tongers voted in the meeting at Achilles last night not to trespass om | the 40 acres mentioned in the compro- | mise agreement until Darling makes | known his decision. Oystermen charged that Darling’s employes yesterday dredged outside the boundaries of the 40-acre tract. request to withdraw troops from the | camp at Severn Wharf. David Lindsay, commonwealth's attorney, the The governor, however. decided to send Col. Willard Newbill, assistant adjutant general, to study the situation | before making a decision. Ships Stay at Whart. ‘The Commodore Maury, flagship of the oyster fleet, and the Schoodic, used to transport troops. remained at Severn Wharf last night and did not patrol inviting the Guardsmen to an oyster and turkey dinner tomorrow night unanimously passed. Gov. Byrd. 0 Harry Houston and Darling also were extended invitations, and a committee Il_ls_l;wolnud to prepare for the feast. proposed Norfolk. MRS. GREENWOOD DIES. Mrs. Beth Harvey Greenwood. wife Fred R. Greenwood, died at her of be warned of all movements of subma- | of Congress relative to the surplus' home in Mount Rainier y rines operating out of New London. To this end Capt. Andrews already has|io a point where the individual pro- | band. Mrs. Gre forwarded a chart showing the different | ducer no longer comes into contact with | her areas used by submarines from the base. To supplement these charts a complete iist of submarine maneuvers out of New London will be given the Coast Guard each week. MONTANA DEMOCRATS PUSH BOOM FOR SMITH Republicans Attend Banquet at Butte—Four States Send Delegates. By the Associated Press BUTTE, Mont, January 17.— The “Montana Al Smith-for-President Club” staged a demonstration here last night in support of the Nev York gov- ernor as a Democratic presidential can- didate at a banquet for members of the Western States Smith-for-Presi- dent Association. Several Republicans attended the dinner. Speakers eulogized Gov. Smith and the diners sang old-time songs. As- soclation delegates were present from Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon and Califor- n a Assoclation officials announced prog- ress in plans to perfect “Smith-for. President™ organizations in 12 Western States, MISS WYNNE BURIED. Rites Held Today for Personal Maid to Mrs. Coolidge. Funeral services for Miss Katherine Wynne, personal maid to Mrs. Coolidge, who in Georgetown University Hospital Monday, January 9, were con- ducted In St. Matthew's Catholie Church today at 9 o'clock. Interment was in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Whit House employes served as pailbearers. Flowers sent by President and Mrs Coolidge and by Miss Mary Randulph, private secretary to Mrs. Coolidge. rested upon the casket. LUTHERANS PREPARE FOR PENSION DRIVE Virginia Delegate: port News to Plan tor 000,000 Campaign. Special Dlapateh 40 The Star NEWPORT NEWS, Va. January 17 Representatives from the Lutheran ohurches In Wayneaboro, Rivhaond, Norfolk and Portsmouth met with mem- bers of Trinity Lutheran Ohuroh here Inat night to wrrange preliminaries tor the $4,000,000 mintsterial pension fund cnmpatgn which the United Lutheran Ohurel I Amerioa will conduet throughout ita 30 different aynods in this country and Canada February 8e13 ade by Rev. O M e O P Stach, Way Relsor, Wayneabor e J 3 Scherer, Richimond, and M Louls Krauwse, Newport News, Meet in New-| tqufilmn." he said. “We have progressed | reenwood is_survived by LT tion fee - | e private ?mflonn!mwuum {l¥ at the home at ::oo‘tknk‘m | Gray sald objections to previous bills | afterncon. Rev. B H. Melton, | were removed from the present bill | by Rev. C. M. Kriedler, will officiate. | with the amount which might be taken | | from the Treasury limited W the| iunolun specified for a revalving fund. | | MOORE MAKES PLEA | T0 TRADE BODY FOR D. C. CONGRESS VOICE (Continued s S i provement programs and at the same time planning tax reductions. Mr. Goodnow described Virginia as | an “acre of diamonds” lying at the very door of the District. He pleaded for - terest by Washington business leaders {and financiers i developing a great | manufacturing center in and near Alex- andria, pointing out that there are sites there for factory developments He the co-operation of cittsens of | Arlington and Fairfax Counties on proj- | ects of mutual interest to Virginia and the District | Ma). Brown pointed out that modern cities should have no boundartes so far as city planning is concerned. Virginia, he sald, has wonderful possibilities for industrial, commercial and residential development. The great sections of nelghboring States, however, should be considered as part of the Capital, hows | over, in plans for development. The board at a brief business sesston reafirmed its opposition to the Gasque bill, providing for election of members | of the schoal board, approved the pro- | posal to establish a school for crippled children, and approved the bill provid- g for the payment by non-residents of the District for tuition for childven at- tending District schools. These actions were taken on recommendation of the conunittee on public schools. of which Thomas P Littlepage 13 chalrman | Frank Poleeteh made a report an | the vecent national rivers and harbars | conference and Odell 8 Smith tld of plans for the annual Midwinter diner | meeting, February 4. Mr. Graham pre | sided. Duke of Bernhard Dies at 77, WEIMAR. Germany, January 17 (. The Duke of Bernhard, the last regent of the former duchy of Saxe- Meiningen, died yesterday at the age of T He was a patron the arts and lberally supported the famous Welmar court theater. % PAID on SAVINGS MORRIS PLAN BANK Undee Subervision U S eamey W NV N W, Burial will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. —_— s We don't think it makes much differ- ence what we say about the Yorktown Cigarette. If youtry it and like it, you're won over. If you try it and don't like it, the whole dictionary wouldn’'t change your opinion. All we can ask yoa to do is to try it Then it's up to the cigarette itself to make good. It hasa neat little kick con- cealed in a special flavor all its own. Twenty for 15 cents, Rarva, Recdavad, Vg