Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER (08 Weather Burean Forvast s Partly cloudy tonight: lowest tamper- ature about 26 degrees. Tomorrow fair and shghtly colder. ‘Temperature—Highest, 50, at 2:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest. 24, at 7:30 am. today. Full report on page 9. _ Closing New York Stocks, Page 14 No. 30556, Entered as ATHAVANA PARLEY Members of Congress Differ Widely on Change in Union’s Character. MEXICO'SED FOR NEW ORGANIZATION OPPOSED TUruguayan Delegate Attacks Shifting of Officials as Dan- gerous Move. —Whother the nould continue present non-political function or ascume the added role of con- | re the Pan-American up for mision char ; nic basis for reorganizatio e amendme nts included those pro- Entered as second class Washington CONCIIATIONPLAN 2 1S CHIEF QUESTION ™2 | | LINDB s matter . C. ro Plasterer Get Oil Lands 0,000,000 MAYFIELD. Ky nuAry Johnson. 54, a negro plasterer. was informed yesterday by an attorney from Tulsa, Okla.. that he is owner of a quarter se.tion of land there upon which are located 40 or more producing oil wells, and that his wealth ranges somewhere “betwecn $10,000,000 and $20.000.000.” Johnson, who lives at_Prvorsburg. near here, said, “I hope I get it Ben C. Axley, an attorney. said the negro had been identified as the object of a four-year search. ERGH TARTS FLGHT T BORDT Goon’-Wi!l Envoy Expects to Reach Colombian Capital This Afternoon. Br the Assaciated Press, CARTAGENA. Colombia, January 2 —Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, off for hi s D2~ 4o0-mile hop to Bogota. the capital of giscussion bY the oyonpia - took off from od with preparing 80 oo,;4e Flying Fleld here shortly n of the " clock this morning. the Boca before : The American fiyer, who has re- sumed his good-will flight which will ther that | | posing in one form or ano hat|carry him to Havana for the Pan- union beopne “”“fi“?{‘.,._'rs‘.;._ American Conference, spent only 19 c=me from delegations vador and Colombia. project envisaged 2 court. somewh: : The Hague. for the settlement of dis- putes in this hemisphere Argentina’s Proposal. Another proposal was that a v Argentina that the union ‘ate its efiorts on & plan of action removal of all discrimi- v and quarantmne barriers trade betwesn the Americas. The Argentines, through their lead- er. Honorio Pueyrredon. Ambassador to Washington, announced that they wouald refuse to eccept any plan for or- ganiziag the union which fails to take coanizance of their proposals. Changes in the organization of the tnion as proj by Mexico would bring about not increases y & <integration. Jacobo Varela, president f the Uruguayan delegation, today told th Pan-American Union committee. Having al in opposition to posal. Senor Vare! a more to the reorganization pro- 1a this morning took the executive personnel of the union sotate alphabetically among U members. ing the tion with the cor- | Discussing the ques! he's respondent later. Senor Vi Sees Disaster in Move. years ouick disintegration of There could be no benefit such a change 1 can only ll( Yemoving officers fully acquainted with pen-American 2flairs to allow un- ¥nowns to assume charge.” Under the present system. the chatr- manship of the governing board is traditionally heid by the Secretary of State of the United States. while the post of director general is held by Dr 1.0 S. Rowe. a United Blates deiegate 10 the conference.) Efforts of the conference to reach #r aconrd on and pur- fuit of criminals across international boundaries failed 'hfll' it was voted 1w leave all questions of oficials of the adjoining States. This Yoie in the commission on public in- ternational law followed statements by Charles Evans Hughes. chief of the United States delegation. and Gon- yales Roa of Mexico as 1o the successful co-operation between the United States and Mexico on the policing of the in- sonal border. posed taking the matter out of the hands of local authorities and being governed by the confer- ence’s conclusions g Mr. Hughes 2iso announced that the ed Blates would refuse o recog- yiize the rfight of asylum s a principle of internation! Jaw. It was understood the United States would not become a L] perty to any convention Gefining the reception will be held at the rights of asylum URGES HANDS-OFF POLICY. The Colombian | hours here, the establishment of | gena from at similar to that of | g'clock. d efficiency but | Bogota Plans Im) lready pronounced himself | g, definite attitude in & second| e oo riticiem of Mexico's suggestion (hal| G oen,” 21| ing 25.000. | Labor Federation Sends Views to Chair- | man Hughes. MIAMI. Fla, January ).~ An ocal hands-off policy is the oourse the United States can pur- Latin America w0 insure perfect Uons with those ocountries, ¢ of the American Pedera- was outlined in & mailed Wednesday sentime; unication Pan-American Congress in Ha- ana, W resch him today Toe rvesume of organized labor's of the United Btates delegation | v Charies Evans Hughes, chalr- | having arrived at Carta- Panama yesterday at 2| The weather was excellent. although | the customary curtain 11l disa) r about noon. The Iag\po:l: Spirit of St. Louis, which | received such an enthusiastic greeting | from the inhabitants of this port ves-| terday, ‘was accompanied by & plane | from the Andean National Co. which will act as an escort for part of the | journey. | ‘Before taking off, Col. Lindbergh told the correspondent that he expected 10| reach Bogota early this afternoon. PREPARES WELCOME. pressive Reception for Lindbergh as He Reaches Capital. BOGOTA, Colombia, January 27 U®).— Se hundred soldiers and police to- day were detailed to Madrid Pield, 20| miles from here. to await the coming | Charles A. Lindbergh from | The large force was turned out in anticipation of & crowd exceed- Earl tonal Conse: Upon the arrival of the will surround the plane and it will be taken to the hangar under military escort. He will be received by a joint | American-Colombian reception commit- tee A procession of automobiles in | which President Hendez and other high | officials will ride will escort the fiver | from the field to Bogota. After ing through the streets of the capital Lind- bergh will be taken to the American legation. where a reception will be held. HAVANA PLANS GREETING. Lindbergh Reception Expected to Equal | That Given for President. | HAVANA, January 27 (#).—Cuba is making plans to give Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, on his good will visit here, a receplion as great as that accorded 0 President Coolidge on his trip to in- augurate the Pan-American Confer- ence which is now in session. A squadron of Cuban government planes will escort the aerial diplomat 1o the Columbia Flying Pleld, eight miles west of Havana, where nt | Machado, high Cuban officials and delegates to the Pan-American Confer- ence, will receive him On the day after his arrival a formal | dential palace at which all official will | be present and a gold medal will be | presented o the airman In the name of Cuba. The fiyer's arrival for Pebruary 8 GETS 60 DAYS IN JAIL ON FALSE-ALARM CHARGE | Man, Accuzed of Forging Two| Checks. Walves Right to | Hearing. Edgar Lyons McNamara, 29 years old, 1511 Twenty-second street, who was arrested early Wednesday on_suspicion here is scheduled | cws on the situstion also expressed | of ngving turned in @ false fire alarm aeep regret that the Government of | o Tyenty-second street e Uniwed Btates falled v &t‘l&‘fl'_fi 8| chusetts avenue, Was sentel U | gays in jail on that charge, and held | had left in the night, burning thelr residents of the area are finding escape more dif- | ficult, because the peasants in the sur- preventing onsible representative of labor € on the delegation 1o the congress in an advisory capacily BALL DENIES PLANNING “FOOLISH” AUTO BILL Brote f,*l.k";l' Bays He Har Mese- ure Granting ¥ull Reciprocity 1o District RICHMOND Va usry 21 gorously GELYInE tepurte that he 4 nstroduoed & il providug for S uRnoe Of " CeTUBcates Of CORYeLUnoe ene necesily” 101 WashingUm-owned cumobiles operating in Virginis on business, Btate Benabor Frank Lo Bell of Aringum County WOy ennounced Joa seng for “complete veciprocity only 1 hwve not heard of such » bill, and il Bt bave Iny name steched 1 iy euch rigiculous law ed 1 beleve i oomplee wulomo reciprocity, between the District of ambis wnud Virginis, snd 1 huve o on my Qesk gving as complew Doty for commercisl vebicles as 1 Upuring cars Sevator Ball said he would intruguce » bill et Ui appropriste e " Tie Benstor seid the “certificate” “w fgment of somehody o neyine 1 He cild ot Jeme Dad been Con oulish @ bl In othier querters 3t wis wae Lilenied o " 6 g . . I3 [ ‘ b H 1 s wiih s i we Wit aron | ' Benator Ball | aplain bow bz | n B0 will receive 8§50 8 Auy clewr pron Jesried that | and Mussa- need W 60 under $5000 bond for the grand jury | on two charges of forgery in Police Court wday McNamara 1 slleged o have forged | & check for $340 56 and signed his em- | ployer's name on Junuary 16, He wus | a recretary W John J electrical contractor st 1200 M street | On Junuary 21 he forged a check for | 75 in the name of Dr. Harry P, Seott | of 1426 Twenty-first street, police say Moamars peaded not githy 1 both charges In e forgery case he walved hearing Man Who Bet $100.000 on 75 Years of Life| Expccts to Clear $50 a Day on Wagcr eat plenty of wholesome food, drink A per- [ lot of pure water and take & certaln BALINA, Kans, Janusry 21 it Wving on “burrowed Ume” can ex wnd bis credit by actvity, W. W. Wat- v, B-yenr-oid capitalist, sald oday, as he wid how he expects Wowin & $100,000 het with B BUTEDCE Compiny that he will live five years bonger— and sohshly tn | I bie Jatest venture, he accepted an Lsurance propositon, peying 160,000 for which be wiil receive $1,500 0 monih us oy s he Hyves, A5 1 hisve wrrunged W Jive 10 years Longer, 1 will have Lhe $100,000 back b years, and for the next five yeurs hue plainea i Pointig out that he airesdy had | brrowed 10 years, I wddition e | Uiren-seone and en allbment, My Wat w vevesied bis code fgr bongevity 3 sleep out of doure §ob days & ye jority of the Repul | delegation In the | to Mr. Hoover and they are belleved to | convention. ! ritory Foening NDAY MORNING EDITION sl *“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier every city block and the regular edi- tion 1s delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed system covers o ’ Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,299 he WASHINGTON TFRIDAY. J! - UARY 27, 1928—FORTY PAGES. * m: BAYSTATEGO.P SFEKS HARMONY N PARTY'S RS Factions With Favorite ()an-1 didates Urged to Avoid Conflicts. FULLER BEING SHOVED TO FRONT BY ANDREW Hoover Is Strong Favorite, but One | Group Still Thinks Presi- dent May Run. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Republican organization in Massa- | chusetts, headed by William M. Butier, chairman of the Republican nationa! committee, has a job on its hands to | reconcile the various groups in the party and send to the Republican na- tional convention a delegation that will act in harmony. There is the group which still has a lingering hope that somehow President Coolidge may be prevailed upon to run and may be drafted by the convention. There is another group that is strongly in favor of the nomination of Secre- tary Hoover of the Department of Com- merce. A third group is backing Gov. Alvin T. Fuller for the nomination. Some of the opponents of Mr. Hoover see in the Fuller-for-President move- ment an opportunity to stave off a of fog hung | Massachusetts delegation for Hoover: | | over the mountains. The fog probably | (o bring another “favorite son” into the | dranced | ¥ concen- | race. Andrew Backs Move. The most prominent advocate of the nomination of Gov. Fuller for President today is Representative A. Piatt An- drew. He has announced his intention of running for delegate to the national convention from his district, and he has associated with him J. Otis Ward- well. They plar to run in the primaries April 24 as Fuller delegates. That they can be defeated in the district s not believed by any one. Already, it is reported from Massa- chusetts two or three other candidates for delegate are coming out for Gov. Ful- ler, and the Fuller movement may grow vith the passing of the weeks. The gov- ernor himself is saying nothing. There are some Massachusetts Republicans who would like very much to place him on the ticket as the Vice Presidential nominee, if he cannot be nominated for President. The Hoover sentiment in Massachu- setts is strong. Some of the Massachu- setts members of Congress here insist bhe would sweep the State by at least a two-thirds vote if there were s presi- dential preferential primary. A ma- blicans in the State House are favorable reflect the sentiment in this district. | Senator Gillett issued a public state- ment in Springfield last night strongly urging the nomination of Mr. Hoover, Senator Gillett will undoubtedly be one of the dtlt[ll:l flnr::' to the national t n the cilhz Republicans of the mu:': (Continued on T , Column 5.) CHINESE WOUNDED ARRIVE IN CANTON n Gen. Hsuen Si-Yui Slain Battle—Thousands of Exiles Reported. Special Cable to The Star and Chicagy Daily HONG KONG, January 27.—Hundreds of wounded soldlers have reached Canton from the battlefields up the | East River toward Swatow this week | Large reinforcements have been sent from Canton. including 3,000 under Gen Ho Chun-Fan and stationed at Waichow, a strategic point in the East River. Gen Li Chal-Sum’s strongest subordinate. Gen. Wang Shao-Sung, s to take com- mand at Bwatow Canwon officlally confirms the report that Gen. Hsuen 8I-Yul, leader of the 26th Division of “ironsides,” has been killed in battle, fighting the troops of Li Chat-Bum. Li Chal-SBum ordered the body burled with honor In remem- berance of the deceased. The former did good work while a member of the Nationalist nrm{ on its northward trek, under Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek. , More than 20 refugees [rom s Cath- in the Bwabue commune They olic village ares have arrived at Swatow. homes behind them. Other rounding territories are egress, Local estimates of the numbers of Odenwald, an | the refugees are running high, the Chi- 20,000 The practice of re- nese asserting that there aj exliles In one Lown ligion 18 forbidden in Communist te Ma, ed, while others are being munist headquarters (Conyrieht amount of exercise every day, I never take my worrles to bed with me. When I make & business decisi 1 do my best snd that ends the matte “Another thing, I have never loafed a dny n my e “Do 1 take uaps? Yes, after mm:dny uncheon,” hy admitted. "I 1 iy I, § sometimes Test 10 minute Consldered the unl{ “wenkling” of & family of seven boys, he recalled how he canis here 40 yewrs ago and bullt ulu health wnd wenlth, “Now, as president of a large wholesale grocery eompany, founder of the Aome Cement Co., and varlous other enterprises, Including s bank he also takes Ume for politics and social aflalrs Radio I'ruur:mu ~Page 29 churches have been burn- used as Com- s | PERNSYYANIA Batlot Box T Teaustamss > N maLoT \QX ! e — PENNSTLYANIA _BALLOT RON i —_ eyt e d s P:uusvwwW & BaLLoT Boy : LAST OF SANDIND'S STRONGHOLD TAKEN Only Vultures Remain on Hill- top as Marines Take . Final Objective. | By the Assoctated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua, January 27.— American Marines today were on the peak of El Chipote and the last traces of the rebel, Gen. Augustino Sandinos occupation of this, his last known stronghold, had been destroyed. From the crest of El Chipote, a mountain 5000 feet high, Maj. Archi- bald Young, who led the Marines In their advance, signaled all was well with them. Sandino's followers were understood to have been scattered when the Ma- rines gained another objective in their eampaign to drive the rebels into fso- lated districts, cut off from food and smmunition. Sandino, who boasted that he would never be driven fiom E! Chipote, was believed to have been wounded in the aerial bombardment, which signalized the be{'l:\ i of the attack on the mountal ll'l‘n‘flll two weeks ago. Avia- tors who made the attack said 40 reb- els were killed in the bombardment. Vultures, indicating that the rebels had fled leaving their dead unburied. were the only signs of life seen by Ma- rine aviators. Began Three Days Azo. All that has been heard of Sandino since then was A report, never con- firmed, that he was slain and later and more definite advices that he was wounded. Three days 8go Maj. Young advised headquarters that he had established his command of 400 men on the slopes of the heavily timbered mountain. He met with sporadic resistance, but that was brushed aside as the Marines moved cautiously toward the summit. The landing of supplies for the Ma- rines has struck a snag at the port of Corinto. Stevedores were again on strike after a committee appointed to investigate | their grievances reported that none ex- isted. The belel Erfl'llh that the dock workers are taking advantage of the present political situation in the in- terior and tl the strikers will return to work when labor is sent to Corinto to handle the situation The steamer Stlvador 13 now in port with a cargo to be unloaded ‘The United States ship Salinas is also there with supplies for the Marines. Assall Chamarro. authoritles say the raflway the Interfor, over which move, will be kept Naval from Corinto to Marine supplies !npr\"huur battle is being fought by the | Liberal ~and _Conservative press of Managua In regard to the political sit- uation. A Illfll‘ll Chamorro sl turbing element was made by the Lib- tul newspapers. The Conservauve :nrlor-‘ reply was that Gen. Jose Mo cada, former Liberal commander hfef. should be deported. They he was secretly alding dino and that & son of his was a captain for }Bandino Gen Moncada dented that his son, Aquiles Moncada, held such a post. His son, fearing nssassination, was in hid- ing. he asserted tlon that former President CHICAGO BANK LOOTED OF $25,000 IN HOLD-UP gix Bandits Raid Bafe Deposit [ Boxes After Imprisoning 1 Employe. | iy the Assaciated Pieas | CHICAGO, January Bix men ok loot estimated at $25,000 from 73 safe deposit boxes I the vaults of the Joseph Pekete & Bon Mortgage Bank, on the West Bide, today, after making a prisoner of an_employs of the bank Iiving over its offices and foroing him to open the vaults, President’s Alde P tor Philippines. Col. Blanton Winship, U. 8 A, who for the past year and a half has been principal military alde o President Coolidge, oMolally relinquished his du- Ues at the White House today \lrrpurl- tory o leaving Washington within the next few days for the Phillppines, where he will serve as legal sdviser Lo Gov. Gen. BUmson Healdes hin saslgnment s milllary alds to the President, Col. Winship also han been serving ngan msstatant (o the Judge advocalg genlgel of the Army. pares to Loave hould be deported as a dis- | COL. WINSHIP QUITS POST | | ROYAL WEDDING LOOMS. | Frederik of Denmark to Wed Swedish Princess, Paper Says. COPENHAGEN, January 27 (@) .— Another royal wedding is in prospect for Europe. The National Tidende today prints a report that during the so-called Danish week at Stockholm, Sweden. the be- trothal of the Danish Crown Prince Frederik to Princess Ingrid. daughter of the Swedish Crown Prince. will be announced. Prince Frederik leaves for Stockholm tonight to attend the approaching fes- tivities there. INQUIRY ORDERED ONLIQUOR §PY, 17 Oftedal Starts Probe Aftel Youth Is Arrested on Bribe Charge. r | An investigation of all facts relating to the case of Stewart Samuel Sheiton, | 6721 Piney Branch road. prohibition n- | former arrested last night by police un- der charges of accepting a bribe, was or- | dered today by Acting Prohibition Com- missioner Alf Oftedal. | Shelton, who, according to Oftedal, | told prohibition officials he was 22 years | old. today admitted that he is but 17 | Oftedal said it was not the practice of the Prohibition Bureau to use inform- ers under age, and this should never be | done. | Ford to Head Probe. | by Robert D. Ford, deputy prohibition | administrator for the District of Co- | lumbia, in whose forces Shelton was working. Shelton was not employed as | & regular utormer, according to Ofte- | dal, but had been paid, according to | the custom, tor work he had done for | the Prohibition Bureau. Police took Shelton into custody last | night at Union Station | Shelton, police allege, fell into & | trap last night, being arrested by Lieut. lof Detectives Edward J. and Detective Sergt. T. F. Sweeny | after he had accepted marked money |from Benjamin Chesavolr, 604 street, who alleged tha | proached him and offere 1 i he would give him a tic | York and $200 | " Chesavolr's place. at 604 H street, was ralded January 13, by police and Fedornl agents, acting on information <ald to have been procured by young Shelton, who ¢ have purchased { ilquor there. 1s still pending Employed by Quinn. Shelton, who sald he ts 17 years old, | stated that he had been employed by | Prohibition Agent I. N. Quinu, to whom he had been introduced by a motor cycle officer. MaJ. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, stated that if such an intro= duction had been made the officer in question was acting in & personal ca- pacity. “The will not, employ minors to nasist in way In carrying out its work, Hesse stated Shelton sald that he had been pron ished $5 a day for “undercover work, but that he had worked 10 days tor nothing and then was put on the pay roll for seven days, but had not re- celved his money. He admitted having vecelved “hush” money from Henjamin Chesavolr. Brother Quit Work. Mortls Shelton, his older brother, who [ stated thut he wan 19 years old, said [this morning that he had been an | undercover ngent for the Prohibitlon Department but_had resigned January al the solicitation of his mother W undercover work for two He claimed that Robert D Ford, prohibition administrator for the District, personally had hired him and without making either hia uge or his d to disappear kel to New Police Department does not, and uny | Mal. s sent out o buy whisky,” he sald, “working under Mr Quinn, I made veral ‘buys’ When I got my job, Mr. Ford didn't ask me how old 1 was or where 1 was from, 1 slgned a contract and after 1 quit, 1 went to the ofce and signed half & dosen papers to get my money. 1 didn't read either U contract or the papers. “There wore other boys used tn un- fereaver work, too, but 1 don't know ' ww many, They come and go Ex-Sheviff Kills Self. | NORFOLK, Va, January 21 (4 ) K Herring, County sherl at his home In Snow HilL N . shot and killod himselt | aesday night wocording (o news ve vetved here, B health was belleved the fthat vatlee, The investigation will be conducted | Kelly | aged 50, former Cireene | the oourses O, Wed- [commit the fvad ta any expenditure of HOOVERHUARAGE STORY 1S DECRE Secretary’s Friends See Po- litical Move in Recalling Ceremony by Priest. The fact that Secretary Herbert Hoover and Mrs. Hoover were married 29 years ago in Monterey. Calif., by a Catholic priest. published yesterday in dispatches to the New York Sun, ap- pears destined to have little effect upon the political fate of Mr. Hoover, .re- | garded as a foremost candidate for the | Republican presidential nomination. | The dispatch, which came from Call- | fornia, was later confirmed by Mr Hoover. It said the Secretary. four ¥ | Stanford University. had gone to Mon- terey, Calif, to marry Miss Lou Henry. | whom he had met during his student days and who was visiting her brother there. Mr. Hoover was a Quaker and Miss Henry an Episcopalian. but the only clergyman in the small town was a Catholic priest. As both of them wished a religious ceremony. they were married by him. Only Clergyman in Town. It was the Rev. Father Ramon Maria Mestres, pastor of the Church of St. Charles Borromeo, in Monterey. performed the ceremony. Mr. Hoover sald that because Father Mestres was the only clergyman in the town the priest had obtained a special dispensation from his bishop to officiate at non-Catholic marriages in his sec- ondary capacity as a civil magistrate. | Mr. Hoover was then 25 years old and | just back from an engineering position {in Australia. and had accepted a simi- lar post in China. which required him to sail the following day. Since their Hoover has become & Quaker. Because Mr. Hoover has been promi- nently mentianed as the possible Re- publican nominee for the presidency. | the announcement was greeted with in- terest in political circles. Friends of Alfred E. Smith declared that their candidate oppose Mr. Hoover in the election, the fact that Mr. Hoover had been married by a riest might tend to keep religious feel- | l | olumn 7.) \PRESS CLUB TO DEDICATE NEW HOME FEBRUARY 4 ! President Coolidge Will Speak. Women of Members' Families to Be Entertained. ‘The new home of the National Press “(Continued on Page ¢ - day night, February 4. with exercises at which President Coolidge, who latd the corner stone of the club April 18, 1926, will deliver the principal address. with a brief address by J. Es- sary, president of the club, who will introduce President Coolidge as a mem- ber of the newspaper men's arganiza- tlon, In which rnlu:lly the Nation's Chiet Executive will speak. Following the President’s address Frank B. Noyes. president of the Associated Press, will speak Included in the formal program will be selections by the Unil States Ma- rine Band Orchestra, program will be broadeast until 10:30 o'cloc! at which time the informal entertain. ment of the club’s guests-the wom- ‘n'I of the members' families—will be- gin the women and dancing will conclude the evening's exerclses. By the Assoctated Pioss. NEW YORK, January 27 - Children in the public schools would be taught confidence in the alr through fustrue- tlon In the baste theorles of fllght un- der & plan advanced by the Danlel Qug- genhelm Fund for the Proamotion of Aeronautios. Havry . Quggenhetm, prestdent ot the fund, tn making the announcement satd the plan has the approval of 83 sohool superintendents in the country who will asalst the fund tn preparing While the anneun AL does not cally atlention to the faot wd has altendy appropiated lig S308,000 L establish ! money A b ears after his graduation from Leland ' i pain who | ng out of the campaign. On the whole, | H | however, political observers were in-| t he had ap- | clined to look on it as merely another | Club will be dedicated formally Satur- | The club will be thrown open to | UP Means Associ ed Pre: 'Melodious Alarm Clocks Are Urged To End Nerve 1lls By tha Asociated P NEW YORK, January 27.—An ap- peal to melodize the alarm clock was made today before the board of con- trol of the National Association of Music Merchants by a doctor, who attributed many nervous diseases to the clatter of the present-day .wakener. Decision was reserved. EUCHORKILED BY STEET CAR | Prof. John S. Bassett Uniden- tified for Two Hours After Accident. i | | | i | Struck down by a street car as he was crossing the street to enter the Cosmos Club, at Madison place and H | street, John Spencer Bassett, nationally | xnown authority on American history, for 22 years a professor at Smith Col- lege, Northampton, Mass., the Presi- dent’s home town, lay unidentified at! Emergency Hospital until his death two | fnours later. i ‘Unrecognized by members of the club, | where he was an infrequent visitor, | Prof. Bassett was lifted into a passing truck loaded with stone and rushed to the hospital. The motorman of the Washington Railway & Electric car, Nathaniel S. Applewhite, 44 years old, 1100 East| Capitol street, and the conductor, | Elbart B. Queen, 24 years old. 247 Dela- ware avenue southwest, were arrested and released to appear at the inquest tomorrow. The accident occurred shortly after 8 o'clock. and was witnessed by many parsons. Failure to identify him sooner was due in some measure to delay in the police report of the accident. which was not made until after noon. and an error by the hospital. which re- ported the name incorrectly. Picked Up by Driver. The police reported that Prof. Bas- sett stepped off one street car and walk- ‘ed into the path of a2nother, going in the opposite direction. Mr. Bassett arrived in Washington this morning to attend the sessions of the Council of Learned Societies and took a street car to the Cosmos Clubd. | where he was to stay. He alighted from the car ahd had started across| the eastbound tracks when he was struck by an eastbound car. He was thrown across the other tracks. ! David F. Shay, manager of the club, | who saw the accident from his office = !u;:nnn | n u'\n'xfive. and Padget! ,w Mr. Bassett was identified by several letters in his pocket. He died of a iractured skull Mr. Bassett was .ecretary of the American Historical Association and had attended its sessions here about a month ago. Although he had not made reservations at the club, it was, {'the %m«lmn of which are being held at | the club. He was carrying a sult case | when the street car hit him. Prof. Bassett was the author of & |can and Eu: history. His latest | works were “The Lost Fruits of Wate: 100" and “Our War With Germany." | and held degrees from Trinity College | |in that State. and Johns Hopkins Uni- I\-ersny n Baltimore. He taught Ameri- | 1906, when he went to Smith Coll it Northampton. - From 1902 to 1905, he served as editor | lectured at Yale and New York Univer- sittes. Prof. Bassett was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. ]\\lln_v of r;::enrh‘ books dealt with the slavery problem in his native State of | North Carolina. Among them are "(‘«\l‘\i Iina,” “Slavery and Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina.” “The R?fl.\f Iators of North Carolina,” “Anti-slavery | ln(;‘lhlle‘_(‘\): North Carolina.™ ther volumes he produced were * | Federalist s“lem."pf"ule "Xmfi';: States.” “The Plain Story of American | Histary™ and “The Middle Group American Historians." s " | (). —John Spencer Bassett, killed isu'vel car In Washington today, was sedond Smith College professor within a | score of volumes dealing with Ameri- | He was born in Tarboro. N. C., in 1887 lun history at Trinity from 1893 to 'M’ the South Atlantic Quarterly. He Wrote on Slavery. | stitutional Beginnings of North Caro- Leaders of North Carolina” and “Siavery | Tnckson.~ “A Shori History of the Oeioed NORTHAMPTON, Mass., January 27 month to meet accidental death. Prof | The program will begin at 10 pm. | Harry W. Qardiner was Rilled by ‘an | tioned. cal automoblle here on night December 29, Prof. Bassett had gone to Washington In connection with the ralsing of an | endowment fund for the American | | Historieal Association, of which he was | secretary. | SAFE FOUND IN WOODS. | Special Dispatch 1o The Star CLARENDON. Va, January Mystery surrounds the finding of an fron safe by Arlington County police in the woods at Qreen Valley, Police be- {lieve the safe was put there by robbers, after having blown and rifled it the of | Movc to Give Chrildren Air Confid;nc; Is Planned by Guggenheim Foundation Aeranautical exalnnru\( labaratortes and courses in o “These and simtlar grants by the fund on & smaller scale.” sald the announce- ment, “represent efforts along the line of adult education. The m.fl belteves. however, that if the next generation 10 be atraninded,’ and (© acvept trans. portation by alr with the eonfidence derived fram familiarity and andees standing, 1t is necessary 1o extend the | plan of education v inelude elementary and scondary sohoals throughout the country Al executive committes, headed by Dean Joha W. Withers of the Sohow | of Education of New Yurk Universiiy. ! Wwill meet next Wednesday with text hoak autharities 1o obtain advice &s o the best mothods of placing & defintte | aducational prvgram Bytare svhoia A= TWO CENTS: CONTEMPT HEARING UPSET AS FORMER SLEUTHTESTIFIES Court in Uproar When Coun- sel Stage Bitter Wrangle Over Testimony. GOVERNMENT ACCUSED “OF BLOCKING INQUIRY Chief of Jury Shadowers Charged With Ordering Agent to Submit Faked Reports. Bitterness engendered by the testi- mony of Wjlliam J. McMullin. chief Government witness in the Sinclair- Burns contempt proceedings, caused the court to be thrown into an uproar to- day when the defense charged that the Government had directed the witness to tell his damaging story before the grand jury under his assumed name of William V. Long. Maj. Peyton Gordon, United States attorney, resenting insinuations and charges preferred by various defense counsel, succeeded at one time in having insulting remarks” stricken from the record and again protested to the court against the “unethical, unprofes- stonal and indecent insinuations” of opposing counsel. = Gordon Accuses Defense. Maj. Gordon made a counter attack when he charged that defense counsel were drawing a “red herring across the trail” to make the public forget that Harry F. Sinclair, William J. Burns an¢ the other four respondents in the case were on trial for contempt of court. Directing their attacks on the witness in assailing his credibility, defense | counsel precipitated the clash in coun { when Charles A. Douglass, attorney for Burns, asked McMullin about his visits to Owen J. Roberts and Atlee Pom- erene, special Government oil counsel, before testifying November 8 before the srand jury. Attorney Martin W. Littleton. of counsel for Sinclair, protested that the witness turned himself over to the Government on October 24, and what- ever he did after that date was of “highest importance to show he was an honest informer or a crooked fore the grand jury ought to be kmown in this case, he declared. | Clash Over Testimeny. counsel succeeded in preventing McMul- lin from answet a - to whether he had been advised to use the name of Long by Gov. Pinchot. During the violent dispute betweer Opposing counsel defense atiorneys ap- plied such remarks as “stoal and “traitgr” to McMullin, who seemex to take some pleasure in the disturd ance his testimony had aroused court. Remarks “Objectionable.” The court reminded counsel that the Qquestion credibil some one else advised him ‘o J before the grand jury under a fals name. Mr. Hoover protested that the de- fense proposed to show “by the mouth of Gordon” that McMullin had been told by the government he could testi- fy before the grand jw when N+ made out the false affida ‘These insulting remarks” by Mr Hoover (aused Gordon to appeal & the court to have them siricken out of the record Justice Siddons ruled 1 that they were “objectionable” and should be stricken out This precipitatad another violent clash when Mr Littleton moved that the “eracks™ previously made by “an assistant United States attorney whom the court knows as well as 1" should also be stricken from the reoord. Judge Dantel Thew Wright. counsel for Heary Mason Day. also took part in the ac cusations against James 1 Oleary, the assistant Government ) N by name id this was not the time Phase and postponed & ‘The cour to go into ruling Attarney Admeonihed. Justice Siddons again impatiently Admonishad Mr. Douglass that matiers not who advised the withess™ when the defense attorney demanded 1f he had sought instructions from My Roberts, Mr_ Poumerene, Mr. Qordon o Netl Burkinahaw, another assistant dis- et attorney When the defense attormer asked MoMulling. what name he gave Pinchot, Mar Gordon precipitated a other clash By objecting Col Littleton angrily protested that :‘!;e ae n;m»l !\;\\ A TERL 10 Ak ever hing about this “stond o0t At tacking his eravitality. e Obatacles Reww .o The court removed same of the od- stacles 1 Mr. Douglas’ path at ihe out- sl of the provesdings today by per- mithing the Burns athuney o quite ully inte the truth or fabuty of Aliny reparts an his Cshadowing” of Juror Qlaseock. Stce (he integrily of hese reports had deen assaliod Justice Siddons Nelit 11 was proper 1 quive A3 10 thelr truth or faluiy as afteciing e credibility of the withess The reparis of severnl das fram Octoder 21 wntd the surveitiane of I WA dTopped. Wore Subievt W des tatled attack by A e Aullin, (requently aduniiting fise siate- wents M these reparts, telterated hs deolaTAtions (hat they wete Mseried at watruetkus am - Charles (L Rudiy his ohief, who kiew they were T the argument that ustice ik ruling. Ood Litdeton of ool for Simekair the defoise Was sntitiad o ouestion MU oredidiliey Dacanse & W (Continued on Page 4 O u‘. LY