Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) TFair and colder tonight with lowest temperature about 30 degrees; tomorrow fair with slowly rising temperature. Temperatures—Highest, 77, at 4 pm. yesterday; lowest, 44, at noon today. Full report on page 9. Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 @ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION second ela Washington Entered post office matter D 0,646. WASHINGTON TUESDAY, MARCH 1928 - FOR'T ¢ Foening Shar. Y-IFOUR AG S, & The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday's Circulatiqn, 195,73§ 2 « Aociated s, TWO CENTS. Means Associated Press. BIG SLUMP COMES GOLDEN RULE DRIVING PLEDGE WILL REACH ' UNRfl?IBEKSMFAUR[T_%{V THOUSANDS OF HOMES e jh('h()ol Children 1o Warns Parents to Keep General Motors, Under| Pregent Card Children Off Streets Spirited Bear Attack, Drops S — Maximum of 15 Points. | for Aroused by the accidents yes- terday in which three small children were injured, Traffic Director William H. Harland to- day appealed to parents to stress their children the danger of ing in the streets. movement should be started among the parents to have them drive home to their children the idea that they should never play in the streeis” said Mr. Har- land. “All three of the children who were injured yesterday were playing in the street. Vhile the police regulations forbid skating and coasting and any other form of play in the streets, these reguiations are dif- ticult to enforce, and it seems to t it is up to the parents in their power n out of the Parents to Sign. ACCIDENTS IMPRESS CONFUSION RAMPANT EED FOR CAMPAIGN IN BROKERAGE OFFICES | even Boys and Girls Ticker Far Behind—Short Covering :\ppvar for Partsin n y—' Tre- 5 Causes Rally—Trading in Tre ScreeniDrama. mendous Volume i Before Washington bedtime fathy ) thy tonight thou nd mother Rule BY GEORGE T. HUGHES enrolled Drivers' C Not NEW YORK. Marc i only w pledge to drive ers drive, but they w remain steadfast to t | pledge They will have a compeliing reason to do so—for the golden pledge cards will be placed in their hands by their they have signed the ey would have oth- have resolved to spirit of that Harland pointed out that children under (41 vears of age were killed last year and that number likely will be ex- ceeded this year unless a con- certed drive is made to dissuade children from using the streets wilde Yapidi beer matched, prices on the Stock EX- change today broke violently, and then came back to cancel half and more of the loss in the case of the mdus!ln‘nlg o push through into new hig il be § ;::u-,fd ll:’«r the rails. | own b‘}‘ vn‘nd girls. i It was a day unequaled in the mem- They will reflect on what their own ory of the present generation of traders. | feelings would be toward a careless General Motors broke 18% points, [driver involved in an accident— rallied 10. Other indusirials | even though it might be termed “un- quite so far, but still| avoidable” by the court. And then they The selling lasted twd| will have a clearer conception of their effort was made to tumn o by bidding up the own duty to the children of others. When this thought is placed in_ their minds the primary purpose of the Golden Rule crusade will have been acgomplished ontinued on Page 4. Column 1) H0LD UP OF BANK AUTO 1S REPORTED Thief Takes $7,200 at Point of Pistol, Two Messen- gers Claim. not larl: Then market HAYS FACES NeW SINCLAR INQUIRY Former G. 0. P. Head Will Be Asked if He Recorded 0il King's Gift. 5o New York Central at New High. rk Central. above 177, made & recor all time. Rock ¢ a new high for the year Paul issues sold at the best t were lsted. The industrial dened and resumed the 1ra?l:‘r:nlxp‘ h adlo was Almost as P ‘naxr\\ seen In H]l!_ g its hectic career It had ., compared :un l‘:: . From this po! - ‘Sfipoll\'.s. but in the d not only the tore- | high record for | nearly 20 opened at vious Ci R “droppe¢ over 10 afternoon it recoveres noon loss but set & new 1 time. The range Was points. The tran hours were was ev records for volume O go by the board Break Without Warning. The forenoon break came, vs does, without warning . always does, pialy actions in the first tbree 2,780,100 shares “lnd U]\("l:' | tion that all previous e f business would When Will H. Hays is recalled before the Senate Teapot Dome committee after his return from Europe he will be asked if i handling the $260,000 of Sinclair Continental Trading Co. bonds used to the wipe out the Republican - es, WHiows ST party debt he complied with the law : E"éf{jx‘z"“’,;(':,’,' o papuict favurites | requiring a detailed account of this con- were migher. This was especially true | tribution to be made to the treasurer of the mdcpendent automobile w‘(b‘ of the Republican national committee Then came the stofin. A fll;lll;r;‘! This is only one of a number of mat- sl orders broke oves Not at any | 1€rs upon which committeemen said to- and prices melted away. day the former Postmaster G B e s has thére been any- | ] e master General will e omparable. Brokers were swept | be questioned before the inquiry ends St feet. The wmachinery for re- | Another is the testimony of Joseph P | porting sales practically broke ¢°"“1 Connery, Chicago coal dealer. and part- | At any rate, it fell pehind DUsINess OB | nor of ‘Hays i stock and bond trans- | the ficor a full half pour | actions, that the former cabinet officer ! s was the chief object ral .\g‘-;";{m‘ % On & split open- | speculated extensively in Sinclair stocks K after the lease of Teapot Dome. 000 shares at 193 to 196, com- pa ith the previous Law Demanded Accounting. # woagganed & PO o Under the law in force in 1923 when points bvq 187 points net. Hays solicited Sinclair's huge contribu- it s e the way In whicn guota- | tion 1o the Republican party coffers s lusted about, the tape record |any one acting under the authority or O etes after the opening on |in behalf of a political committee, re- made & Motors may be used. Here 15 ceiving an, contribution. gift or loan | General Moto | was required to “render to the treas- | urer of such committee a detailed ac- the way the sales came out b 50.85.20.80.50.82.14.83.30.85.20 G. M. 50.85.20.80. count of the same tozether with the {name and address from whom re- 625,87 40.88.30.87. nares of Gen- This means that s‘wssuna that the i ceived.” While Hays passed $60,000 of the eral Motors sold l'»fl t 180, o - 00 shares af very pext sale was 20 clair contribution along to the W. Upham. then treasurer of : Aoe's points. The price then bubbed | about between 182 publican national committee, there | B0 evidence that he made a detalled found and 188 | port to Upham cuncerning the disposi- s acted in similas S88WI00, | L o ol amount. mart of the | "iosed at|bonds were sent to the late Jonn T HIGHWAY APPRUVED s were not quite s0 e changed and _then | Pratt of New York, part to the Jate John Construction of Road From ew high for the present| —(Continued on Page 2 Column 1) Mount Vernon to Bridge TR S MEXICAN OIL Is Advanced. Two messengers of the Federal-Amer- fcan Bank were held up by a lone ban- dit, about 25 years old. who flourished a revolver and took $7.200 from them at about 12:30 o'clock this afternoon as they were seated in an automobile about to drive way from the corner of Feurteenth street and Columbia road they reported to police. The bandit was said to have opened the door of the machine and asked the occupants if they were bank runners When they answered that they were it is reported. he then drew a revolver and demanded the money which was in 2 satchel and wallet. The messengers gave their names to police as Robert Morris, 20 years old and Louls Pridinger. 20, ‘The messengers told police that just before the holdup, they had met Miss Vivian McDonald, said to be the filance {of Friedlander, at Eleventh and G ! streets, and had offered to take her to the Adams telephone exchange near Fourteenth street and Columbia road where she is employed. This was not on_their regular route It was after she had stepped out of the machine and had crossed the street that the holdup occurred. She is re- ported to have sald that she did not see ft No witnesses to the holdup could be it as P uching 180. | | | Other 50 Trading by the Orders had 10 be at all N as Xer would what he would have PEACE SEEN NEAR t at the wp had New or Amended Regulations Ex- 1 in broker- wors was pected After Morrow's Confer- ence With Morones Completion of the proposed $4,500,000 vard to connect Mount Vernon with the Arlington Memorial Bridge, in time for the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington in 1932, med likely today when the House committee on rouds ordered a favorable report on the bill of Representative Moore of Vir- ginda for thix purpose, without amend- ment. An identical bill introduced by Senator Bwanson of Virginta has passed | the Benate | This action followed & hearing this morning on the Swanson-Moore bills, during which Mr. Moore, Benator Swan- on, ‘Thomas W MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Rouds of the Department of Agriculture, and others supported the measure All of thow who addressed the com- | mittee favored the river route for the | proposed boulevard 1 Iocation of ihe rowd. however, 15 left, o the Wash Ingtm Bleentennial Commission. which planning for the 1932 celebration The Tomb of Washington, 12 miles opened at 147 bo 6,000 shares the ing within a for sl time 140Y or some 2 points | General Electric hour was selling | yious final of | g hands at By U, sten Press MEXICO CITY, March 27Tt understood today, after conferences be- tweern the American Ambassador, | Dwight W. Morrow, and the Mexican | minfster of industry and commerce, Morones, that an agreement has reached on the petroleum wherehy the controversy be ted States and Mexico ay to be ended The differences between the two gov- ernments which have grown out of the Mexican petroleum laws are of long standing and Ambassador Moriow's | great desire has been Lo eliminate these | and have Mexican laws so molded us | s meet within reasonable measure the desire of the American FIVE DIE AS STORM HITS GEORGIA COUNTY oll least | companies New or amended oi) regulations expected, will be formulated, whick calculated W remove the Blave Dy ment objections Lo the law retro active and confiscatory. There will, how- ever, probably be some future differ encen between individual ol companies wnd the Mexican government. and thes will be tor Jater consideration ured When Tornade Sweeps Over Lastern Chero kee Aren (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) P een i when esstern porton ¥ Enroll me a member of The Foening Star Golden Rule Safe Driver: b leary of the ¢ The Wrnado 1030 ocknk last ONE HURT IN $240,000 FIRE © Name Leetroye Buflelo Flour Mills T Planr Y bz " 21 Address Maich o, d end denisg IF¥ AL, [ $240,000 Caurd by & by the Golden Mule of Motordom, “Drive as yed 1 agree 1o shide Lhe you would have others drive” and st sl times be considerste of pedestrians wnd children ihe | D re versl . n Wigy and Mail_tu The Eseniug B0 s § camsges N SEAHOP TODAY iThree Flyers Study Reports of Weather Before Them Over Atlantic. \ | i [ | |SECRECY SURROUNDING FLIGHT IS ABANDONED t i v | Craft in Perfect Condition After Trip From Berlin to Dublin. Spare Pilot on Hand. BALDONNEL AIRDROME, Dublin March There were some ind around the Baldonnel afrdrome this afternoon that the German trans- atlantic plane Bremen, which arrived here yesterday from Tempelhofer Field Berlin, might start before nightfall for | New York on an attempted east to west passage. The Bremen was still in her hangar, Baron von Huenefeld, Capt. Hermann Koehl and Mechanic Arthur Spindler | remained in their room. keeping out of | sight of newspaper men Weather Poor in Spots. The weather report this afternoon | indicated that flying conditions for the moment were unfavorable over part of | the course, and it was said that if a start were made today it would not be until 4:30 p.m. (11:30 am. eastern stan- dard time) or later I‘rh» air of complete secrecy which | has surrounded the fiight ever since th | German fiyers took-off from Berlin early | yesterday morning _was relaxed at th | Baldonnel Airdrome at noon today | Newspaper men protested _vigorousiy | against the policy of excluding them | maintained at the flying field, and the Free State army general headquarters intervencd. Reporters were then allowed in the inclosure from which they previ- ously had been excluded May Start Early Tomorrow. At mid-afternoon, it appeared some- what unlikely that the fiyers would start | today. the latest information of their intentions being that they planned to get away at 5 o'clock tomorrow murn-‘ ing with the expectation of arriving in |New York within 30 hours. The final | decision, however, depended on the | weather reports, which are being closely scanned by the Germans. The fiyers and a party of friends left the airdrome at lunch time and dined at_the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin. | The Bremen was given a thorough inspection after its arrival yesterday | [and tis condition for continuation of | | the flight s sald to have satisfied | experts. | The })?:\nr behaved so perfectly in the | | flight from Berlin, and arrived in such | | §0od shape that it was believed to need | comparatively little atetntion. Ney | theless mechanics were busy at Baldon- | nel testing every part so that nothing would be left to chance when the long hop begins | Spare Pilot Ready. It was supposed that these mechanics peeceded the Bremen from Germany, | but this was one of the points about the fiight which was still concealed here It wa: stated that an experienced Ger- man aviator named Klose was also at Baldonnel, prepared to act as a spare pilot if needed Capt. Koehl summed up the first leg | of the flight in one sentence | “We had to struggle against head | winds on our flight from Berlin, but our | machine behaved splendidly.” SPENDS ALL FLIGHT. ' ON Baron Exhausts Own Fortune, Then Borrows From Friends. NEW YORK, March 27 (#).—The lives of three Germans, who are gam- | bling with death in attempting a trans- lantic fiight. depend upon the | formance of thelr plane’s motor. The motor, of 12 nders, wrested the | world’s endurance flight record from | America last year in a flight of 52! hours | ‘There are no safety devices aboard | such as swimming belts, rubber boats emergency rations and no radio is being | carried to keep the plane in touch with the world. A pistol, wrapped In ofl- | cloth, is being taken in place of safety | devic | The Junkers monoplane Bremen, in | which the filght is being made, accom- plished the first leg from Tempelhofer | Alrdrome, Berlin, to Dublin in 9% hours yesterday. Following a circuitons | route, 1t cos age speed of nearly 106 miles an hour The plane s owned by Baron | Huenfeld, who travels as passenger. To buy it, he gave the last pfennig of his personal fortune, and borrowed from 14 friends enough to make up the $50.000 required to cover its cost and fnsurance. The plane with the baron aboerd, at- tempted a non-stop fight from Dessau, Germany, to America, August 15, 10 but after encountering gales, it returned to its starting place, having flown hours. Capt. Koehl was pilot on that filght with Capt. Friedrich Loose “The ship curries 2,500 pounds of ben- 20), primed with ethen. ‘This is thought to be sufficient fuel to keep it in the air for 40 to 45 hours, giving a fying radios | of about 4500 miles, which Is approxi- wately 1000 miles more than the dis- | tance from Dublin to New York "AND EIGHT JREBEL CHIEF Eoldiers Overtake Mexican Band and Disperse Them, Gen ernl Reports MEXICO CITY, March 27--Dis- ’mmhrn from Zamora today sald the Chieftain Ignacio Robles and elght in- | surgent lnlfi:w"lfl were killed and two lers wounded, | tederal in & clash at La Guoilla, near Tinguindin, state of Michoncan, The federal soldlers overtook a band of about 35 men and dispersed Lthem, weeording o Gen, Claudlo Fox. He wald two other Insurgents were killed during the pursuit Gen. Fox asserted the only remain- g wnti-government leader in that Lreglon, Anatollo Partida, has announced that e would surrender Quake Felt at Trieste | CPRIESTE, Italy, March 37 () A Llight earthquake shoek was felt here ab 16730 am nge. | | GERMAN PLANE APT| as a playground. [ however, and the three German airmen. | von | | | | ASTHOUGH THINGS WOULD S00N BE COMIN' no A% FARM BILL WINS COMMITTEE 0. K Haugen Measure Seen Ready for Legisiative Trip Lead- ing to White House. Farm relief as embodied In the Mc- Nary-Haugen bill today appeared to be embarked on another legislative voyage that promises to lead to the White House for the second consecutive year The mea: e, however, has been reno- vated since its last journey. After weeks of consideraiion. its sponsois claim to have eliminated. with the ex- ception of the cqualization fee machin- ery. practically all of the features that were objected to by President Coolidge in vetoing the bill's predecessor. Assurance that such a trip again would be possible came late yesterday, when the meassure survived the las voting skirmish in the House agriculture committee. With its committee ap- nroval by a 15-t0-6 vote, it now stand. in the House. as in the Senate, as the farm bill indorsed by the maiority of both the agriculture committees of Congress. Sponsors Claim Votes. Supporters of the bill predict that they can muster the necessary votes to send the measure to the White House and so far none of its opponents has { denied their clair ders have not defi- nitely announced when tha bill will be called up on the floor. that it will get the legislative right of way about the middle of April Chairman Haugen has described the new measure as the “best farm bill ever reported to Congress tive Purnell of Indiana, ranking Repub- While House le lican on the House agriculture commit- | tee, has declared that all features, ex- cept the fee, to which Mr. Coolidge ob- | jects, have been removed, and that steps even have been taken to make the fee machinery less offensive to the ad- ministration The Indianan contends that the Fed- eral Farm Board. would create. is directed under the bill to endeavor to stabilize the farming in- dustry by use of the loan-to-co-opera- tive provisions before it can resort to the equalization fee plan $400,000,000 in Loans. The bill would authorize an appro- priation of $400,000,000 for loans to co-operatives, while the measure as drafted by Chairman McNary of the Senate committee, and indorsed by that body, would authorize a loan of only 250,000,000 Haugen has announced that this dif- ference constitutes the major difference In the two bills as the House measure was changed in several respects to con- form with the Senate proposal Both bills would give the President a free hand in selecting the membership of the proposed board, except for the constitutional requirement that nom- red 992 miles at an aver- | jnagions must be approved by the Senate ast year the bill would have re- stricted appointments to persons recom- mended by farm organizations Mr Coolidge objected strenuously to this provision as an encroachment upon his constitutional powers Again, both bills would apply to all gricultural commodities, thereby re- moving another objection to the 1927 mensure which covered only wheat, corn, cotton, tobacco, rice and swine Meet Seven Objections, In addition, friends of the measure claim they have met seven other speci- fie_objections ralsed by the President Several members are expected to sponsor_amendments to its provisions Included in this group is one Democrat, | Representative Kincheloe of Kentucky, | ~|SLAIN BY FEDERAL TROOPS | who contends that farm organizations should be given the privilege of mak- g recommendations (o the President arding prospective board members even though such suggestions would not be binding In any way The Kentucklun also contends that | the bill specifically should prohibit plac- | | g the equalization fee in operation on A certaln product untlt the commodity councll eharged with the supervision of that product requested such action $600,000 GEMS STOLEN. Brazilian Countess’ Trunk Robbed | at Monte Carlo. MONTE CARLO, March 21 (9 Countess de Bettencourt, a Brazilian, was robbed of jewels valued at 3,000,000 francs (roughly $600,000) 10 & hotel here The Jewels were 1n & satehel which was locked Inoa trunk They were missed Haturday night. On Sunday the empty sutchol was found In s room next o that occupled by the countess Police are searching for a servant who disappeared shortly after the theft . Loday, There was no fllm-nkadio Pl‘l)fll'flllll 4 l'll‘e w it is expected | and Representa- | which the measure | Talk Weight Off.” Dietitian’s Advice To Plump Women ICAGO women are arch Plump alk off their Jean Kain Ida nobody'll notice that vou toy with your food. Talk en- tertainingly and vour hostess won't force fattening foods down your throat,” she said Luncheons. dinners and afternoon teas. attended by the socially popu lar, “make the Amcrican fem: ure wh today.” in Miss opinior EW APPEAL MADE T0 REDUSE TAX CUT Treasury Sees Congressional | Spending as Foe to Big Reduction. Further ammunition for the tmpend- ng tax reduction battle in the Senate was hauled up to the front today by administration forces in an attempt to convince the high cut advocates that they are waging a dangerous fight Despite inc d tax receipts for the first quarter, Treasury officials threw out the warning that Congress already }hnd gone beyond the budget esitmates {n its appropriations and with other large items staring it in the face, it was not possible now to vote more than a $200,000,000 tax reduction without creating a deflcit This 1s $25,000,000 less than the origi- | nal recommendation made by President | Coolidge, but $90.000.000 less than the cut provided for in the bill passed by the House and now awaiting action in the Senate finance committee Be Cut. Figure May ‘Under no clrcumstances new recommendations of the Treasury exceed the original figure of $225.000,- 000" one high offictal of the Treasury explained. “It is not probable that it will exceed $200.000.000 and it is possi- ble that it will be under $200,000,000. President Coolidge 1s understood to have informed the Treasury that he would veto any tax reduction measure that endangers the Government's fis | bulance. and with this in mind his sup- | porters in the Senate finance commit- | tee. which takes up the House bill April will the { 3, are laying plans to lop off an appre- | clable sure. While Chairman Smoot of the Sen- ate committee has declined to say whe the pruning would begin, there have been indications in other Republican quarters that a move might be made to gestore purt of the automobile levy whieh the House repealed and to rat the corporation income tax from 111, per cent proposed by the House to 12 per cent. The present corporation levy Is 131, per cent fce from the $290,000,000 mea- Democrats Sitting Tight nother Republican step that has been glven some consideration is sald to have in mind the abolition of the House provision for a graduated tax on smaller incomes of corporations Democrats, on the other hand, are sit- ting tight on (heir plans for & cut of mere than $225000000. While Senator Stmmons of North Carolina, ranking Democrat on the finance committee. 18 withholding comment until final veturns on the March 15 tax payments are tab- ultated He still holds to the belief that much larger reduction than that orlg Linally proposed by the administration will be authorized Just as Miss Spring was fxing 1o settle down for another season of birds | wnd flowers, wlong came broadsido of | [vigld gulos Iast night A today to send chills Qown her back and spoil all her romance. Today, with the wind whipping angii- Iy around her ankles, the popular young lady from the Southland was bracing herself with furs for an expected (reesc tonight The temperature began a precipitate tumble yeaterday after reaching a max tmum of 17 degrees, dropped (o 47 (his morning on the heels of a 25-mile wind rose (o Around A0 again (his atternoon under the mintstration of a siouggling sun and was due to plunge down agatin nml‘r’ln (0 the freeating polnt, or around 33 degrees, I /m\ 'Gales Nip Spring With 30-Degree Drop: D. C. Escape | dict that fair skies tomorrow and de- SHEETZ ADMITS HE RELIED ON STAPLES AS“G0OD OFFICER” Cailed as Witness by Both Defense and Prosecution at Policeman’s Trial. PRECINCT BOOK SHOWS RECORD OF DEFENDANT | Blanton Puts Captain Under Severe Grilling—Appeal Planned in Event of Acquittal. of | admitted on | the stand that he “absolute con- | idence” in Pol an Orville Staples, | who is facing charges before the police trial board Capt. Sheetz, the accused officer's superior, furthermore declared that Staples was one of the “best men tn | his precinct,’ after Representative | Blanton of Texas, had flourished the officer’s voluminous record of arrests to show that “not all the crooks had bribed Staples.” Assistant Corporation Counsel Robert L. Williams, fought vigorously to keep this character of testimony out of the record and he countered by drawing from Capt. Sheetz an admission that | the precinct commander had declared | t want Staples back 2: the T t in event of the ofhicer's acquittal rd pri RAIDER CHARGED WTHE Policeman Accused of De- manding Money to Make Liquor Case “Easier.” Policeman Paul Tobin of the four- teenth precinct, a member of Sergt George M. Little's liquor squadron, was | record of arrests. arrested last night on a charge of | “I had two reputable citizens listen- extortion by Lieuts. James D. McQuade | Ing on the telephone,” Blanton said, “in and H H oves, night Inspectors. r(z{rr:\‘ees\Téz;agag;l_u§;p;fé; P B e e et o ate | an admission that he had characterized dwards, 28, i bl | Staples as “a very good officer, and per- informer for the prohibition unit haps one of the best I have.” According to the inspector. Tobin and Notice was served today by Prosecutor Edwards arrested Morris Cohen, 1505 V%ll!l;ms lh;t hle would sppeal to u:‘.he Varnum street. last Friday morning on | “higher tribunal” in the event that a charge of possessing liquor. He was | Staples is acquitted of the charges on g which he is facing trial arraigned in Police Court and released | “'gp i before the hearing resumed on bond this morning, Harvey Lowe, said to be After his release. it is charged. Ed- ,one of the prosecution’s star witnesses, wards approached him and offered to | was arrested by police of the seventh g0 easy on him" for $25. Cohen paid, | precinct and booked on a chargé of “in- he claims. ,;;5”3"‘“"“" After the trial had start- » ” , Lowe was brought to the sixth pre- Later both Tobin and Edwards again . t approached Cohen, demanding more-f:t"l“"v ‘;“’" the police nmhbn-rd » money. according o Cohen, who says | GitE. for guestioning WIS I, e he agreed to pay them $40 and a quart | ®° of wine and then reported the matter | Capt (Sh"" was excused after hav- Inspector Henry G. Pratt, chief of [ N8 testified practically all morning. O hired the case over | When the board recessed for luncheon. to Groves and McQuade Hearing Room Jammed. Marked Bills and Vinegar. All the witnesses, including Mrs Staples and many eager spectato crowded the small hearing room short! before the proceedings opened. After recalling to the stand John Green, col- jored, a cousin_of Lawrence Coleman. | who charges Staples with accepting | bribe money from him. Martin ordered the room cleared of witnesses. With the reopening of the hearing this morning, Blanton had Officers Morrow and Padgett sworn in as pros- pective witnesses. He told Mr. Wililams | they would be called on to testify for Staples if not used by the prosecution He then asked Capt. Ira Sheetz to | identify for the record a list of arrests An | made by Policeman Staples, furnished !b_\' the Police Department Record of Arrests. During Staples’ 25 months of service on the force. the record showed he had made 643 arrests, or an average of 308 arrests per year The prosect s efforts to discredit Capt. Sheetz’ e of character testi mony was offset by Blanton. who ex- plained for th 1al board's enlighten- ment a conv ion he had with Sheetz over the telephone when he requested the precinct captain to furnish Staples’ Last night a_meeting place was ar- ranged. nd Cohen was given two marked $20 bills and a quart of vinegar to represent the wine. Tobin and Edwards arrived in an automobile, and Cohen turned on the inside light of the car while he handed them the marked money and vinegar, the inspectors report. Then they seized both the policeman and his friend. The marked | money and the vinegar is held as| evidence. Tobin has been on the police force a year and a half. He was formerly a sallor. He gave his home address as Denison, Tex Edwards claims to be a barber investigation revealed that he was for . e g o A time employed by the prohibition| When Green was recalled as a wit !| ness. Blanton the colored man unit as an informer, but was eventually | Ness. Blant il dropped because of his methods e i e Tobin's superiors say he had an ex-|SONTOOCINE A I AR cellent record until recently | N e The case is to be presented in Police | March 5 at police headquarters, Court at a day to be fived later Jessiect B SLEMROR VB S e John Walker, alias Jobn Theodore | ¢T3l times (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) FEAR MOUNTAIN CRASH. Start a witness Maddox Green cor ted that he at police headqu out his affidavit Did any oft pity for t Blanton dem o, sir,” Gr nton persisted cer Admits Bribery. Pennsylvania Authorities Search for Beverly, Mass., Flyer Pa. March ) —TI e Pennsylvania mountai bane of ull aviators, today were be- | lieved (o hold the fate of Pilot Arnold F. Sullivan, Beverly, Mass., missing for nearly a week Sullivan was forced down near here 10 days ago by engine trouble, and took off last Wednesday for Boston. He in- tended to cross the mountains and then head north for Boston Relatives reported to authorities he that he fatled to appear either at Bos- ton or Beve The mountains are being searched in the fear he may hawe crashed FLIES TO KHARTUM. Pick Up Hop Over Sudan (P Lady London to today. hop: She will be R Bentley her over the 1 replied emphatically. If you have vou are perfectly sing any brid- ve ever b es.” the witness reluctantly o the law vigorously ¢ The Texan ven Again nvolved Englishwoman to Escort for CAIRO. Mary Cape Mareh umed het WAt T oam Egypt Hatley Town iy ping off for Khartum joined there by Lieut. R who agreed to accompany Sudan danger rone The authorities vefused Lady [ permission to continue her fi | this reglon un she accep t lne of quostion- ing, dec suested “intimi- dation ruling, ex- ted to shos by hat withesses had been T considerable v dectared he did not be “seated another oft offered wrangling the t think mte” replying Blanton w Bailey over | s an o Green's of Qule by Staples 2% the d pointed ont sev- 0s that appeared i the sworn afidavit. Mr. Willtams Thunder Shower/|fude | thete was nothing to withesses Protested | show that Gireen had testified at police headquatters and Bl ared with some show of indignation the latter's aMdavit had been sufficlent to st Staple’s uniform from him | N S | Traymore Forecaster Mitehell, exyressing regret at the chilly greeting accorded the first balmy spell of Spring, hastened to pre- o parting winds will rising thermometer Washington was among the few olites I the Eustern seotion of the country which was not visited last night by se- vere thunderstorms and rain. Mr. Mit- chell sald The wind blew at times with galelike toroe, the velooltles ranging genorally between 83 and 30 miles an hour In Bumfalo a veloelty of 60 miles an hour was teported ol weather was general i the wake | of these gusts In Chivago the tempera- tire dropped (0 20 degrees las' night The average temperalure drop from yesterday was about 30 degrees vesult i a slowly Raps Line of Questioning. The prosecutor said he had no objec ton to the afidavit being used bu basea his objections on Rlanton's meth od of questio the ‘Texan eneol with 8 Creen about his les after the affice 0 headquarters to send vuek CGreen hitc ay he had seized the ruek. expaining that Colemsan bad never done anvihing to him Blanton went after the withess sharp- 10 your affidavie,” he declaved, (Continued on Page 3, Columt & \ up o wskod | 1y