Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and somewhat colder, with low- est temperature about 25 degrees to- night; tomorrow fair with rising tem- perature. Temperatures—Highest, 45, at 3:50 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 33. at 7:40 am. today. Full report on page 2. ¢ WITH SUNDAY MORNI enin NG EDITION o Star. Associated Pres service. E tered as second class matter < = No. officy ington, D. C. 30,622 WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY , MARCH Yesterday’s Circulation 104,94_6 The only evening paper in Washington with the s news (/) Means Associated Press. PAGES. |E|V[ FACE DEATH 'BOY. 7. USES POKER ON THUGS, | | | !Child Beats Off Intruders Long Enough for Girl to Call Help. . AS STORM SWEEPS DIRIGIBLE SKYWARD Four of Los Angeles’ Ground | Folice. Rushing to Scene, Crew Hang to Sides; Fifth | Capture Two Men in Flight. Drops 20 Feet. Both Identified. Defending } | o1d brothe MOORING LINE BREAKS R Sttacked | WHEN TIED TO MAS | Shrover. za. 5663 Thirtietn st~ {off their assaflants with a poker yes- {terday afternoon long enough to en- . 5 e able his nurse to reach the telephone Aircraft Rides Out Wind and Is| (4 canl sor help. Safely Landed—Ends 4,000-Mile ,bfi()ne of the men leaped on the little i W Trip to Panama, nursemaid and 5-year- |him and clapping a hand over his | mouth to stifle his outcries, but he and his companion ran from the house | when they saw that Jessie Scott, 15| years old, colored nursemaid, whom they had struck down with a hatchet, | Br the Accociated Press, LAKEHURST, J.. March 3.—After battling strong winds and a blinding SAVING NURSE FROM ATTACK who were attacked by two | wrenching the poker away from i GEORGE W. SHROYER I1. identified this morning by the nurse- maid, who also charged they attempted to criminally assault her. George entered the house just in time to see one of the men slap his little brother into a chair and start to help the other who was struggling with his nurse. He didn’t wait to see any more. Darting between the combatants he ran | down poker. Just as the men were about to over- into the cellar and grabbed a power his nurse he re-entered the room | and hit one of the colored men on the side of he head. causing him to re- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. . snowstorm over her home field ali night | had managed to get to the telephone. | the dirigible Los Angeles was walked | They had previously thrown 5-year-old safely into her hangar at 7 am. today, | “Jimmy” Shroyer into a chair in the completing a 4,000-mile round-trip flight | corner of the room. to Panama Within half an hour after the attack | Four saflors who had the terrifying |police had arrested John Whitley, 26 experience of dangling from the hand- | vears old, Broad Branch road, and ails of the giant dirigible Los Angeles James B. Thomas, 24 years old, River 200 feet in the air while the big ship | Road. Md.. taking from them a bottle bucked and tosscd in a buffeting wind | of turpentine and lemon juice, of which squall were safely back in barracks. they had been imbibing. They were ! They were George L. Smith, a mem- ber of the ship's crew; R. H. Dilks, E.| W. Kirkpatrick and D. N. Lipke, mem- | bers of the ground crew. A fifth man, | B. S. Papinsi who jumped to the; ground when the Los Angeles was zoi | feet in the air, was in the sick bay ] | with a sprained leg. ! Failed to Hear Command. | The five men had been helping with | {ao others in an effort to haul the smlp; nto its hangar when a snow squall | i ina! rose, lifted the airigible from the eanh‘.Amencan Forces Swarming and swept her into the air. Exe - They had not heard an officer bark Over Daraili Hunting the command to let go the hnngmilshor i and when the ship shot H ere Sl clinging o' the Sandino Rebels. ship had risen 20 feet,! Papinsky go and dropped. At 200 | By the Associated Press. feet, 1});1; }f;urhmenhsn‘l‘l harrl’%mg xnn MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 3.— were hauled through the cabin Wwin-| supplies were being speeded by airplane dows directly over their heads. Tey | todny to American Marines who were were safe and sound when the ship was | __. finally “walked” into her hangar. | swarming over the Daralli region hunt- % » i ing for Sandino rebels. Wreck Feared for Time. | Transport planes successfully landed | ‘When the squall came the big airship | supplies at newly constructed fields at | Eu 4 di "p;x-arf_‘d in the storm, ;nd;Apau and Jinotega. | ear that she might meet the same fate o " as the Shenandoah were expressed by | The Sandino forces were believed to mbers of the ground crew, which had | be hiding in the mountains, to which almost succeeded in walking her into the | they fled after the clash of Monday, hangar when the storm swept down.| When five Marines were killed. Forty-three men were aboard her, the| One rebel was slain and another ll:rm:st crew she hmxtarriad since her | wounded by a patrol of Marines and ight to this country from Germany. | ol Shortly before 6:30 a.m. however, | Dational gusrdsmen near Somolo in the when the snow had cleared and the | ORI encoun = £ wind had died down her sfivery ap- | Were no Marine casualties, peared against the brightening Eastern borizon, and half s hour later she had Named Managus Police Head. nosed down to the field and been stowed f Brookl: B ey s s, | e reried. vo pecome.chiet of ‘police Comdr, C. . Rosendahl first brought | oy Managua when the Nicaraguan Na- $he Los Angeles over her home fleld at | i1nal Guard takes over the policing of 11:40 last night after a 37-hour flight | from Guacanayabo Bay, Cuba, where | she had stopped on her return trip| from Panama. | Mooring Line Carried Away. She nosed stowly down to the field, but the 30-mile wind that was blowing was o0 much for her main mooring line which carried away, and she was! forced 1o take 1o the air again. | The dirigible cruised slowly over the | field for sume time waiting a lull in the | Ominous clouds piling up in the thwest decided the commander to| tempt a landing before the storm | ke | the ground crew, | y available man at| 1e station, h:ad her nearly to the doors of the big hangar when the snow, riding | hard on a 20-mile an hour wind, swept down, The big ship was tossing in the grasp of the m ghting to pull her ahead end the order was given to cast off. The five men who were carried up with her were on the opposite side from the cabin door and it was feared those in- might not be able to pull them to| | Officers Left on Ground. The sudde: nd the decision o make the asce 1t four of the dirig- who had made the trip 1o | on the ground where b Caribi: had been men attempling e her in the | p left her hangar here ary 26, and 40 hours later | of 12 hours Guacanayabo | o anchor o | Pawsia. Bat- | across the w vk 26 bours for the ! anchor- | hort * 1. v weather on her e, she did not cast| Jka until 1630 Thu for her leisurely Sight | for [ headwinds | sowed , time on ‘The fiy- not amed 6 than her oot Y Pavama Followed I Atlantic Coust @ Course bt y, being wlghted Jghit Houth ver waler us atter 1 miles Lon 4000 pent of the | Lvit It present wr proves ey tinguisied Lhie urv1y Y rsnking o enandoh, soh fell i B “Just Another & £ 00010 orm over Ol in 19 cesstul ‘Frip” (e ot Aher Jotenidih) 1ot out ot Wl Ui Aasuiaten plter the by were wl e ore i Wi il bip w tart Setween Ve us al th ve v Jisle Mvialidaiaty Vi Voly 4, Cuidii v ) {ence of Dr. Pasos at the opening of the capital March 15. He will have the rank of colonel in the National Guard. Maj. Young led the Marine force which occupied El Chipote, Sandino’s chief stronghold, on January 26 after the mountain was bombed by planes on January 14. Cip?’ J. M. Bains of Norfolk, Va. was chosen assistant chief of police. The National Guard has now taken over policing the department of Chinandega, under command of Capt. Willilam Rogers of Ohio. Candidate to Arrive Today. Dr. Carlos Pasos, foreign minister and leading candidate of the Conserva- tive party for the presidency, was ex- pected to arrived at Corinto today from Havana, where he was a delegate to the Pan-American Congress. He is aboard the United States cruiser Den- ver, transportation on which was fur- nished him by Rear Admiral David F. Bellers, commander of the special serv- ice squadron in Nicaraguan waters. It was expected here that the pres- Congress Monday night might aid in the passage of the McCuy bill, providing for American supervision of the presi- dential election on the first Sunday in October. The House and Senate ad- journed in a deadlock over the bill. The Senate passed the bill, but the House amended it in such a way that, teeth out, of the original measure. SAYS MARINES BAR SANDINO. Guerrilla® Would Selze Gen. Lane Decla By the Asociated Press Withdrawal of American Marines from Nicaragus, in the opinion of Brig. Gen. Rufus H. Lane, adjutant and inspector of the corps, would be the signal for an immediate march on Managus and capture of the govern- ment by Gen. Sandino, the man now pought by United States forces in an eflort to restore order in the litte re- public. Gen, Lane’s opinion, given in secret 10 the Benate forelgn relations commit- we at & hearing on Nicaraguan condi- tions last month, was made public yes- terday, along with wstimony by Secr tary Wilbur and others, by Chaliman | Forah ufer s heated attack on the | administration’s policy by Benator D, Washington now officlally classed by the Marine Corps us a “guerrilla,” was ple- tured In the testimony as having once werved In xico with Pancho Villa, wihios: tactics he desired o emulate In Nicaragus und s having refused tme wnd agaln o lny down his arms sfter | making promises W the Marines that | he would do so 1 In addition o | Wertimony, Benator Continued on_ Pug, making public 1his Borah sald that , Column 2 | lSWf:pt dut Into Lake unr lc;: C.llu: Man Saved by Heroism of Friends AULY BTE MARIE, Outario, March Carried on w cake of lce 8 dozen Peter Paquin, [ 4 niles oo Lake Huron, fisherman, wik slive Wday, due Lo the ) of by friends Paquin and Juck Vizenau were fishing i i ‘ | 4 E Vs dystunce from shore when the fee i which the former wis standing broke Luwiy and started down stream. Visenau Dhrsted b Frentiss 1uy, b miles uway, Lo obtadn s bost, but found Lhere wis sone Uhere e then whephoned a lom- e camp w0 Cedarviile and told George Do A Bbert Hammel of Paguin's 1Y s mud Maatasd wibeisd » ot 70000 TRBESHEN ARG N BRITSH Two Cruisers Sent to Basra. Air Base Ready for Attack. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable o The St d ko Daily LONDON, March 3.—There is a good deal of uneasy speculation here as to what repercussion rejection of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty will have in the East. The treaty, which was the joint work of Sir Austen Chamberlain and Sarwat Pasha, has been officially re- jected, the efforts of the Egyptian prime minister to save it having proved un- successful. The British government is worried because it had fully expected Sarwat Pasha would manage to put through the treaty, which would give another 10 years of English control over Egypt. Now that it has been proved that Nationalist sentiment is so much awake that even a very pro-English adminis- tration was unable to accept a treaty denying Egypt full recognition as an independent state, the India and for- eign offices are viewing the situation with much misapprehension. Rebellion Is Seen. It is true enough that the British forces in Egypt are sufficient to cope with any emergency in case the na- tionalists change from passive resist- ance to active rebellion, but a new fire in the East is a thing the government wants to avold at any price, since it would hasten the outbreak of hostil- ities in India. 10 believe thers is an unbroken link now between the Egyptian and Indian na- tionalists, actively supported by the Wahabi tribes in Mesopotamia under Sheik Feisal ed Dowish, whose hostile attitude toward the British administra- tion developed suddenly on the eve of the rejection of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty. From the news received today from Basra, it appears that the number of tribesmen advancing toward that im- portant air base is at least 20,000 war- riors, not 6,000 as reported Friday. It is true they lack artillery and other modern weapons, but they have in their favor overwhelming numbers and the immensity of the desert, which enables them to gather in unexpected places and take the British by surprise. Scout Work Curbed. ‘The Royal Alr Force reports that the work of | according to opponents, it took the|work of the British scouting airplanes is extremely difficult on account of the mirages und sandstorms, which are very frequent at this time of year. A turther unexpected development s the protest of Ibn Soud against the slaughter of 800 Arabs by Britlsh air- planes three weeks ugo. Ibn Boud heretofore has maintained a friendly attitude of neutrality, and the British authorities had hoped to obtain his as- sistance against Feisal ed Dowish. His protest fell like @ bombshell on the India office Friday night. Army of- cers were summoned today to discuss the situation. For the time being, until the situa- ton develops further and fresh troops can be sent to Bouthern Iraq, two crulsers have been ordered to Basra to strengthen the force there. In order o galn time, the British high commis- stoner 1o Iraq has been Instructed to send emissartes to Felsal ed Dowlsh Lo begin negotiations, CRASH DAM'AGES SHIPS. Collier Collides With Stern of Brit- ish Battleship. VELETTA, Malta, March 3 (). — ‘The colller Corinthie, leaving the har- bor here, today collided with the stern of the British battleship Queen Elza- beth Both ships were damaged Admiral Keyen, wshore at the time Ui weeldent, immediately went ahontd and w horse 1o drag 1t 2 miles W0 open water and then were forced to spend two hiours betore they conld get U motor started. They st out it the Juke while practically all the inhabt tants of Cedarville unxlously lned the shore. After several hours' search they fally located Paquin on the Lwo-acre cake of Jee and bhrought b ashore UL never gave up hope,” Paguin sald “1 knew my friends we find me. But 31 the wind hisd not gone down | would hve frowen to death " Radio P'rograms —j'ugc. EW The India office seems | FLLYSON ARPLANE WRECKAGE FOUND OFF CAPE CHARLES Searchers Discover Parts of Stabilizer and Rudder. Seek Bodies. NAVAL CRAFT MAY BEGIN DRAGGING OPERATIONS | Discovery Follows Reports That | Craft Was Heard Over Chesapeake Bay. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., March 3.—The hori- zontal stabilizer and horizontal rudder of an airplane found in Lower Chesa- | peake Bay by L. E. Willls, four miles | south of Cape Charles City was defi- nitely identified this morning by off- | cers from the Naval Air Station as! ! parts of the plane which disappearcd early Monday with Comdr. T. G. Elly- son and two other Navy pilots. The announcement was made by | Comdr. A. C. Read of the air station | as soon as the two parts of the lost | | plane were brought back to the sta- | tion. i Wreckage Nearly Submerged. The finding of the two pieces of the ill-fated plane was reported to the sta- tion by Willis, who lives below Cape Charles. He saw the objects in the water a short distance from the beach, and. in- vestigating, found them to be frag- ments of aircraft. They were floating, almost entirely submerged, only the edges being up and partly above the water. It was this position of the wreckage which made it impossible for men in planes overhead to “spot” it. The finding of these parts indicated that the plane of Comdr. Ellyson came down on water, but where it fell can not be approximated at this time, it was sald at the air station today. As soon as the report rcached the air station Comdr. Read dispatched three planes, which made landings at the scene of the discovery, talked with Willis and viewed the stabilizer and rudder. They identified them as parts of the big amphibian which started last Mon- day morning for Annapolis, and which had been missing since that time. It is believed that the craft fell in the lower part of the bay, and that after days of buffeting by winds and currents 1 wi Na | | S f Teapot Dome in crat TWO CENTS. WALSH 0. K.S PLAN QFDRYSTORUN M AGAINST GOV. SMITH [ Movement of Backers Seen as Real Drive for Senator From Montana. C e LL LEAVE ACTIVE CAMPAIGN TO FRIENDS me Will Be Entered in Wiscon- sin, California and South Dakota. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. enator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, gation fame and ‘manent chairm tic national co ward by the dry Demo of | nomination Western States for the presidential The movement, in addi- | tion to being a real Walsh m: | 1s in antagon | Go n to the Alfred Smith of of any othe: THREE ACCUSED IN“HIACK”CASE | | | | | Warrants Issued Following‘g Testimony Before House | Committee. Warrants were fssued this afternoon | for three men accused as the owners of $3,000 warth of liquor which, witnesses | testified before the Gibson subcommit- | tee of the House District committee, was | brought into Washington on a special- Iy constructed truck, declared to have | been under police protection and later “hijacked” by a member of the Traffic | Bureau now under suspension | The warrants, which were issued by thase parts which came to the surface south of Cape Charles were wrenched {from the plane. ‘The spot where the plane fell may have been miles distant, it is sald. So far there has been no trace of any of the clothing, personal effects or bodles of Comdr. Ellyson and his com- panions, Lieut. Comdr. Hugo Schmidt and Lieut. Rogers S. Ranschouscn. Search Is Continued. Search for other parts of the plane and for the men was being continued today under direction of Admiral R. E. Coontz, commandant of the ffth naval district. Plans were made immediately after arrival of the parts at the station today to send a PN plane out to Cape Charles area to comb its waters for other pos- sible parts or for the remainder of the plane itself, in which the bodies of the lost airmen may be found. Rewards Are Offered. There is an outstanding reward of $1,100 for definite information leading to the location of the plane or the missing bodles. Mrs. Hugo Schmidt, wife of one of the fiyers, offered $1,000 of this amount and the Navy Depart- ment offered $100. ‘The search for the plane was started at noon on Monday and has been vigorously pushed ever since. Hundreds of square miles of land and water be- tween Lakehurst and Kitty Hawk, N. C., have been searched by flyers and by surface craft. It was perhaps the largest aerfal search ever made for a missing plane. The naval hydrographic office has been directed to compile information as to the set of the current in the vicinity of the place where the plane parts were found, so that the naval vessels may determine definitely where to drag for the missing plane. This informa- tlon would indicate to the scarching partles the direction from which the stabilizer and rudder flonted and how much time it would take to cover the distance between the point it went down and the place the parts were found, As soon as this information is complied it will be sent to the commandant of the Fifth Naval District for the use of the searching vessels, SHIP WITH CREW OF 16 IS GIVEN UP AS LOST British Frelght Steamer Disap- peared Few Hours Out From Philadelphin. By the A PHILADELPHIA, March pearing & few hours out from Phili- delphin, the British freight stewmer Buagua La Grande, her eaptaln, Samuel P Jones, and crew of 16 were glven up for lost yesterday by the owners, the Marine Agency of 8t. John's Newfound- land, according to a telegram o Wencnberg & Co,, local atemmship ngents, he frelghter, with 864 tons of conl, left. here January for Hallfux and was lust slghted off the Delnwi about elght hours after e port. Under favorable conditions the ship should have reached Halifax In ahout five dayn. ‘The Bagua La Grande, bullt in Ham- burg n 1021, was 488 net tons, wans only 101 feet long mnd 12 feet i depth and hind u bewm of 30 fect, 4 nches ADMIRAL I..ONG WEDS. Murries 3. Disap- Former Wife of Gotham Newspaper Man. NEW YORIC, March 3 () Admiral Andiew “Pheodore Long, who han heen cntgnated o represent the Navy De- partment &t the coming Geneva con- fevence, wan murried today at the Muni- elpul Chinpel to Mis, Vil V. Fife, for- mer wife of George Buchanan Fife, New York newspaper man Ad Long 15 & former oom mander of the Entopesn flect and hias Dheen on duty with the general honrd st Washinglon Min, Fife 15 a slater of Mis A W MakCen, wife of Comdi. MeKee of Uie United States Commissioner Turnage and charged conspiracy to violate the national prohibition laws, named George Jacobson, Jack Rubin and Louis Butler. The violation set out is transporting vanloads of whisky and other in- toxicants from August 1 last until the present date. The warrant was issued at the behest of Assistant United States Attorney Joseph V. Connolly. Trio to Surrender. The three men accused will be sur- rendered this afternoon by their counsel, E. Russel Kelly, who was advised of the issuance of the warrants, and bond will | be fixed at that time. | ‘Testimony was given at an executive | sesslon of the subcommittee today by | Conally. Willlam H. Collins, another assistont United States attorney, also led before the subcommittee. Joseph P. McGee, bondsman, at 406 | Fifth street, was subpoenaed before the | committee today and implicated Ed- ward M. Taylor, the suspended police- | man, who 1s awaiting trial by the police trial board. McGee told the subcom- mittee that three men, whose names were not disclosed, but who were iden- tified as owners of the liquor shipment, | had complained to him that they had | been hijacked by Policeman Taylor of $3.100 worth of liquor December 16. | They told him that they were “going to squeel” and McGee said. “I " told them to go ahead, as so much of this sort of thing has been going on.” Tells of Meeting. McGee testified that hahnd arranged for Policeman Taylor to™ meet three men. According to the testimony today, four alleged bootleggers seemed to have been implicated. One of these he iden- tified as Butler. McGee sald that they met in a side room and that it had not been dis- closed to Aim what agreement had Leen reached. He was closely questioned by members of the subcommittee as to how the matter had been “patched up.” After dramatically exhibiting to Maj. Hesse, superintendent of police, and Dis- trict Commissioners Tallaferro and Dougherty a specially constructed lquor truck, which he declured had been “hi-jacked” by police, Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas arose on the floor of the House late yesterday afternoon and demanded removal from the Police Department of “a higher-up™ who “Is not enforcing the law.” Blanton caustically arraigned the Po- Jice Department in committee, before the Commisstoners und the police super- intendent, and later in a sensational “expose” of rum-running conditions in the District before the House. Alleges Protection. He referred specifically to the hijuck- on T fexan charged that bootleggers long have been obtalning protoction from (he police und that the climax had come when the spectal yum truck, exhibited at the Capltol with ity owner and two colored drivers, had been held up and robbed of its liquor reportedly by members of the Police Department Hlanton introduced to the committee the owner of the truck ax Krnest Burk- halter, 1317 ¥ atreet southeast, and the drivers as Joseph Bowlding and Harry Norrls, He told Commisstoners ‘Tal- taferro and Dougherty and Ma). Hesse that these men teatiled numerous teips had been made 1nto. Washington under police protection, until the tecont ht Jucking heldent “There must be a housecleaning be- fore long, und we must do some clean sweeping when the thme comes,” satd Mr. Blanton i coneluding his speech (o House, which was, in part, as fol- N ‘At the south entrance to the base ment of the House Office Building there o ek, the Body of which wis ape- clally bullt i Philadelphia to transport botweon cltlen, with a seoret compart- mont tn it 130" five-gallon oana of - toxleating lquors “Phe oWHer of that truck testifted be- fore our Gibson committee today, under oath, that hie had it spectally made o transport g wan under con With thiee prominent bootleggors, e nAmes and addvenses he gave us, Nuvy. Hhe wis divorced sbout four PR TN & e DISLHCE and that they were (Contlinued on Page 34, Colwan 3 | | pri tho! an ACTED ON ADVICE OF EXPERTS. | S-4 SALVAGE COMMANDER SAYS Rear Adr_nir;I Brumby, Eeld Unfit in| Report of Inquiry Board, Defends Work on Sunken Submarine. tod: Sta Cal by sen plat 1 By the Associated Press |time, he declared, and he assumed ree | PANAMA, March 3.—Rear Admiral |sponsibility for the work. giving orders | Frank H. Brumby, who was declared by {and seeing that they were obeyed. a naval court ot inquiry to be unfit to| 'In many cases.” Admiral Brumby continued, “my orders were at the sug- :I";?l‘:;“s‘:m::‘;t::"::"l force of the|gogion of officers lower in command a statement made | than mywelf. This is just what any public today declared that to date he one else in such a position would have had not recetved instructions to return |done. I can offer no excuses nor apolo- to Washington. | gles in that respect, for I believed then, The admiral, who returned here from |and I believe now, that I did right |3 maneuvers near the Perlas Islands, dis- | , Referring to his testimony before the | © cussed the findings of the court in re- | fhat bafore he was summoned o appear gard (o the S-4 disaster off Province-|Admiral E. H. Campbell. naval judge town, where he directed salvage opera-|advocate. had informed him as to points tions He said he was not at the scene | upon which he would be called to testi- of the disaster as an expert, but to give | {¥. Later, he stated, when called before . | the court he was ciosely questioned re- . v el > orders and direct the work systemal-| g 440 many minute details of the dis- tcally, which was exactly what he did. | ater and as to the details of subma- He asserted that he had an expert sent rine construction. which he was unable out by the Navy Department to advise to answer at that time. and assist in ‘ecum the work. Admiral Brumby continued: “It was unnecessary that I know every | “It might have been possible that I detail of the construction of the sub- |made the statement before the court marine to direct operations there,” the | that 1 did not know anything about admiral said. “I will admit that T was |submarines. If I did I meant that 1| given advice by experts sent there by 'did not have intimate knowledge of | the naval authorities at Washington |submarine construction.” and that I followed that advice. It was| Admiral Brumby said he had sent fu 1 no an | ha an born in the the second lived for six years. and that throughout Francisco in 192 1924, may account in some meas the movement in those States. Mr. aries in th ugh he ins active camp: nomination, but will remain on the job in Washington. ay said “The purpose men to enter me as d seratic nomina: can tes of Wise , So ifornia has in no se: me. the h case 1 h ted to the of friends co ting such act ‘Wiil Not Leave Senate. be that the fact that I was rst-named State and in It m: voted consisten the lon and at New York in ure for 1 have campaign plans and no tho of quitting my duties here to promote my candidacy my_services such as to entitle me to considera! if such it may be called. If to the party have been connecti board of inquiry. Admiral Brumby said | dare say t& ; ignorant of the fact.” The determinat Walsh in n to enter ol Senator the Cali! and his suppe both Gov t {Senator Reed of Mo. | primaries th | the Wa! chance of succeeding. Smith e, it i cand: be has an additional since both Smith d Reed are weis and Walsh will ve the support of the dry Democrats d the Wilson Democ who follow McAdco. Confers With McAdoo. cAdoo was in the only logical thing to do.” ‘There was no dissension between of- ficers as to what should be done. he asserted. They conferred from time to | details as to his position to the Nav: |Department by mail and that this should have reached Washington more | than two weeks ago. J. M. PROCTOR SEEN CORDON SUCCESSOR | Assistant United States At- torney Is Seriously Con- sidered for Office. James M. Proctor, for more than 2§ years a member of the local bar and for eight an assistant United States attorney for the District, is among those being serfous considered for appointment as United States attorney to succeed Maj. Peyton Gordon, who has been elevated to the Court of the District There is reason to know that Mr. Proctor has the indorsement not only of the Republican State committee of the District, but others prominent in Republican polities and a large number of the bar leaders. It is understood that while his name was not presented for constderation his chances of being selected equal those of any of the others. Other than Mr. Proctor and Leo 5. Rover, assistant United States attorney. the names of the candidates have not been made known at the White House. The fmpression is that at this time the selection rests between Mr. Rover wnd Mr. Proctor. A strong bid fs belng made on behalf of the latier by local Repub- leans, They point out that M. Proctor 15 not only possessed of unusual qualt- fleations and has had considerable ex- perfence i the United States attorney's office, but has a splendid war record, having served with distinetion as un of- ficer of the A, E_F. Moreover the local publicans point to the fact that Mr. Proctor always has been a toyal sup- porter of the party and (he contentton is that this appointment should go to some one recommended by them It s belteved, however, that the Prestdent will not make up his mind for several days. A meoting held Wednesday by the executive committes of the Republican State committes I and for the Distiet adopted & resolution recommending My Proctor far appotntment to - suceeed Maj. Gordon, Coples were sent both to the Prealdent and Attorney Qeneval Hurgent, upon whom the President s deponding (0 Investigate the various candidates for the oftice Office Building Burns, LORAIN, Ohlo, Mareh & (. Fie stwrting from an - overheatod - furmace destroyed the thiee-atory bilek Century Bullding I the business distiiot heve eatly today, With @ loss estimated at ApprOAimately $500,000 Ten business frms and a number of oftives of professional wen were located i the butlding . France to Vote April 22, PARIE, Mareh 3 (@ The cabinet today tormally faed April 22 an (he date of the French parliamentmy elec- - . Supreme | until two days ago | mittee of five headed Ar represe by McAdoo. John B. es, Democratic can- , the Mc- MERGER PROTEST = 15 FACNG DEFEAT Adoo candid: |Clayton’s Bus Obijection| ] Likely to Be Overruled by | haty” Utilities Body. Senator W | understoc {his own tion in Hou [is true in spite of is considerable Sw the | those | sentim souri, Reed of M i even now The contention of Willlam McK Clayton, chatrman of the public utilitie: committee of the Federation of Ct Associations, that the Washin; Rapid Transit Co. cannot l party to the proposed m transportation companies will be over ruled by the Public Utilities Commis sion, it was indicated today. A respite in the merger hearings gave the commission an opportunity to cof than does e sider_several of the legal pomts rawsed | Reed. The Sou by Clayton and his associate Willlam | 018 true that the Sou A. Roberts, vice chatrman of the Fed- | Pr i and th eration’s utilities Smith s ecutive session for that purpose was | Scnator V ern Democra more favor i t! W. Childress, chairman. | ston, however, is not expe nounce its deciston until the merger | Catholie hearings are resumed Monday morning | 11t w at 10 o'clock | and Smit cater favor wi nfined 0 A g 1A wet, Act Never Repealed. Clayton's contention was that a pro- | viston of the La Follette anti-merger act which has never been makes {t unlawful for a Public Unlittes | [T ather” ittt the cxwees| AMERICAN FLYER CHEATS DEATH OFF PERU COAST approval of Congress. Clayton also held | that the act of Congress authoriaing w | Breaks, Lands Damagoed Cratt— rep . merger applied only (o street rativay | compantes. | The commission t expected to 1l that while Clayton's contentions may e correct the only way that & Pub ULty Corporation can seck congres stonal authority to acquire the stock of | another Public Utility Corporation s first o obtatn the approval of the Pub e Utilittes \'\‘II\HII\\\\II\ and have the commission recommend that Cong! grant the authority Plave Propeller toons Arve Crushad. BY i Assoviatad Pross LIMA, Peru, March § Collapse Threatens | nis prane Should the commisston sustain Clay- | ton's obfections, & collapse of the met- | ¢ OF negotations probably wgild result, | b as John L Hanna, prestdent ot the | A destroyer was from O Capital ‘Traction Co, has served notice | dbring him 0 Lima Wil the dis, that the car companies do ot care o | maciine merge without the uelusion of the bus | - coneern 1 8 Q The outstanding devel ‘POLICE INVESTIGATE FIRE. fiest (hieo days of been a warning by the heads of the | . (o traction cqmpanies that unless o | Suspect Reported by Firewmen at merger Iy consummated higher v | ment of the heartngs has wre fnevitable. A Hanna, al (he out Dix Streot Rlaze, set of his testhmony, emphatically Polnted out that his company would apply o the commisston v an i cronsed (e I the event of the tatlure | Of the pesent metger hegotiations olice are e Al 42 430 this W RIS Wiltwm It president of W ke e Mo, gy Wiahington Ratway & Bl O0, | oot 1 Ao oo i oo Who 100k tho witiiess stanid it prios | e & QUARLY ot gasline-soake o the week-end adiournment of the Lo dwelting s owped by Mis hoating veaterdny attornoon, explalied | fangus who tved thete with her b, that Ny company woult proceed Wi fand ' Nelther was 14 the howse wh (o prosecition af 1t valiation case | e tre broke ot The damage aodit AWM W e d Coduii 4 el e abead g,