Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1928, Page 5

ROYAL OAK CAPTAIN PLAGED ON TRIAL Officer Faces Court-Martial After Commander Is Convict- ed of Discipline Breach. By the Acsociated Pre: GIBRALTAR, April 4 —The second court-martial arising from the Royal Osk Jasz Band affair opened today with the appearance of Capt. G. B. Dewar to answer charges of ac ng and for- warding & letter prejudicial to discipline The letter, which complained of the conduct of Rear Admiral St. G. Collard, was the subject of a court-martial on Comér. H. M. Daniel. which ended yes- terday n the smissal of the com- m s ship and with a se- vere reprimand for writing it conducting his own nball, former as- eral of Massa- is acting in Kimball was counsel Deliberated Hour and Today s imony proceeded much flong the lines of the Daniel trial, at which the defense charged Admiral Collard with berating the Roval Oak's publicly and referring to an opprobrius epithet. Ad- rd, who is the storm center he whole proceedings, was an early itness The court d 10 minu after deliberating an hour s. convicted Comdr. charges. The sentence v dismissal from the serv- nea at the commander will on half pay it pleases the to appoint him to another ediately dissolved n Capt. Dewar ard. who was the center ¢ that developed about & now famous dance aboard the Royal Malta leading to the court- two officers, was not present e verdict was returned against Comdr. Daniel The specific charge against the com- s reading publicly -in the wardroom of the Royal Oak certain remarks subversive of naval discipline and of reading remarks and criticisms on the conduct and orders of his superior officer, Admira! Collard, calcu- lated to bring the latter into contempt The tri was heid aboard the air- plane carrier Eagle and opened Sat- urday with the introduction of detailed testimony by the defense concerning evenisgat the Malta dance. Attorney Pleads for Acquittal. Kimball made a moving plea as coun- sel for Comdr. Daniel. telling the court d determine Dan- avy. He further represented that if the defendant were found guilty, the belief already preva- lent in junior ranks of the Navy that 1o complain, whether justly or unjustly, was to be punished, would be strength- ened and heightened very considerably. | He appealed to the court to dismiss the | charges and so enable the admiralty to reinstate Damel, sven though he might be guilty of a technical offense. The scene aboard the Eagle when the wergict was brought in was extremely solemn. When the commander entered | the room, he tound his sword lying on | the table with the hilt pointing toward the president of the court, a position that showed instantly he had been found guilty on at least one of the charges., Had the hilt been toward him so that | he might pick 1t up easily, it would have meant that he had-been found not guity, | Am# intense silence the judge ad- vocate then read the sentence. The president of the court then declared the | court dissolvea. Daniel, who was in| ful dress, with cocked hat, descended the gangway alone, entered a motor car and drove off unaccompanied Since this Royal Oak incident Danlel had been posted on the ship Cormorant. | “There was a striking moment when Daniel handed to the judge advocate his certificates of service. The judge sdvocate read them and they sounded like a roll call beginning with the H M. S. Bulwark and then following with the names of ships like Queen, Lord Neison, Duncan, Victory, Pem- broke, Dauntless and Valiant. Each certificate gave the period of Daniel’s service on such ship. There were testimonials from cap- | | Figures in Ship 1 Dance Issue Upper: Comdr. H. M. Daniel, found guilty yesterday by a_court-mortial of actions prejudicial to discipline, growing out of the quarrel aboard the British warship Royal Oak. at Malta, over the playing of a jazz band. Lower: Capt. K. C. B. Dewar, skipper of the Royal Oak. who is facing charges v Rear Admiral Bernard St. G. Collard. tains as to Daniel bei hardworking officer”” “abilities of a very high order,” “zealous, capable, smart.” “tactful and of good organizing ability.” After the reading of these. Daniel was given an opportunity to speak. but said he did not desire to make a statement nor call witnesses as to his character. Comdr. Daniel, who became a naval cadet in 1903, was a specialist in gun- nery and served throughout the World War, being mentioned in dispatches several times. He was given the Dis- tinguished Service Order in 1919. He was squadron gunnery officer on the staff of the vice admiral commanding iIs squadron of the Mediter- There was something of a dramatic duel today when Capt. Dewar faced Admiral Collard and _cross-examined him. The courtroom followed the verbal tilt with breathless interest. Capt. Dewar, however, was unable to get many answers out of the admiral that satisfied him. At one point he asked the witness to imagine himself in the bandmaster's position and if he wouldnt feel discouraged and dis- satisfied if the incident concerning his ireatment at the dance on the Royal Oak were true. To this. the admiral replied: “I really can't imagine myself the bandmaster.” In direct examination Admiral Col- iard said that he had found it im- | possible to make friends with Capt.| Dewar, his flag captain, when both were attached to the Mediterranean fleet, al though he had tried. “It was difficult to get on y friendly terms,” the admiral said. “My flag captain’s attitude was perfectly correct from the service point of view, but there was no friendship behind it.” “Did you place implicit confidence in him?” the prosecutor asked “No, I can't say that I did," the admiral answered. 'a promising, | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, 1. { WEDNESDAY, WILLIS 15 BURIED; PN MEMORAL :Friends Start Move to Honor | Senior Ohio Senator in Fitting Way. By the Associated Pross, DELAWARE, Ohio, April 4.—Ohi senfor Senator. Frank B. Willis buried here yesterday in Oak Cemetery with the honors of a first citizen while those of opposing political faiths mingled at his gravesidde with his family and friends. Down the same throng-lined street «hrough which he rode in triumph a short while before he died Friday night | Senator Willis rode in solemn triumph again yesterday. his flag-draped casket escorted by a battalion of the Ohio Na- tional Guard. But the street that was joyous with | gay flags and bunting when the Sen- ator came home to speak in behalf of his presidential candidacy was somber with the purple, black and white crepe that adorned the buildings. Brief Servies at Grave. The brief services at the grave were preceded by the funeral ceremonies in Gray Chapel, on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University, where the Senator was stricken In the chapel. as his body lay on its flower-banked bier, his friends- ical and personal altke—paid him trib- ute. The junior Senator from Ohio, Simeon D. Fess, prophesied that “his career will be a ladder of fame upon which young men and women of spirit will aspire to climb.” Senator Willi: life was characterized by a deep, nat- ural religious feeling. Fess declared. and on all questions with a moral back- ground he took the higher plane. Fess paid special honor to Willis' advocacy of the eighteenth amendment. Move to Build Memorial. There were nearly 300 automobiles in the funeral procession. Virtually the entire capacity of the chapel had been reserved for State officials, congres sional and senatorial delegations, Gov ernment officera members of the family and the Senator's personal friends and political adherents. Senator Willis was buried near the graves of his father and mother.. A movement to erect a fitting memor- ial to the memory of Senator Willis was started last night by the Delaware | Willis-for-President Club. The club was organized along non- partisan lines with some prominent Democrats on its roster. Present plans | are to incorporate the club, which cam- | paigned for the nomination of Senator Willis for the presidency, as the Willis Memorial Association. DR. JAGGAR. TO SPEAK. Will Address Geographic Society on Hawaiian Volcanoes. | Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar will speak on “Hawali and Its Volcanoes” at the weekly lecture of the National Geogra- | phic Society at the Washington Audi- | torium, which will be held this week on Thursday instead of Friday. Dr. Jaggar, who will leave shortly for an exploration trip to Alaska and the Aleutian Islands under the auspices of the society, lived for some time on the crater of the Kilauca volcano in Hawall and studied its activity. The lecture starts at 8:15 tomorrow night. | PARK HEARING TONIGHT. | Airport, Bathing Beach and Other Bills on List. The airport bill, the bathing beach bill and other measures pending before the subcommittee on rks and play- rmunds will be the subject of a hear- ng tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the House | District committee room, House Office Building. Representative I‘mrn. Re- publican, of Wisconsin is chairman of this committee. | The Gibson subcommittee will also continue its hearings tonight with one independant taxicab man promised a hearing and with the Bureau of Effi- clency recommendations regarding the city refuse department as the new bus- iness to be taken up. polit- | BLANTON IN BITTER CLASHES TRYING TO DISCREDIT POLICE (Continued from First Page.) policeman whose badge number was {1146, All the officers denied having struck the boy.” Blanton at this point insisted that | one of the policemen’s sticks be pro- | duced, and ‘when this was done he | proceeded to describe it in detail. He then asked Capt. Sheetz whether “a good policeman can knock & man down with this stick.” “1 presume he could” said Sheetz, | “but he is supposed to use it only when he is defending himself.” “You think very slowly and with difficulty, sometimes, don’t you?" asked Blanton. | “'When' the chairman said this ques- tion was improper, Blanton changed it and asked: “You do get mixed up like other people, and honestly. sometimes, [ don't you?" | Objects Eight Times. Prosccutor Willilams _and _Blanton halted the proceedings again while they wrangled over this question. Eight | times Blanton asked the question and | cight times Williams objected, although | Chairman Wahly ruled in the first in- | stance that it could be answered. At | last the chairman ended the argument | by having the official reporter read the | question to Capt. Sheetz. | M Possibly I do get mixed up when something happens as long ago as this, answered Capt. Sheetz. Capt. Sheetz could not remember call- ing in Staples to question him about the Kelly boys, but he said that Staples came to him after he had been sus- | nded and told him that he had “called | Schenck down” for striking the Kelly | boy. | Sheetz said that Staples told him he | had not reported the Schenck-Kelly in- | cident at the time because he did net | { want to tell on a brother otficer. 1 Blanton's next witness was Lieut. s’ | James D. McQuade, one of the night | i | inspectors at police headquarters, | “You are the brother of Martin D.| McQuade. until recently foreman of the grand jury, aren't you?" asked Blanton. “Yes, and proud of it,” replied Me- Quade. I | McQuade Called Meeting. | Lieut. McQuade admitted readily that | he was responsible for a meeting of detectives and women, who made ,affi- | davits against Staples. at the house of Dr. Edward J. Bastable, known as the | | “mystery hous brother-in-law of Lieut. McQuade. Blanton in referring to the detectives | | who got the affidavits called them “a herd.” “That Is a good word.” continued | Blanton. “I have been in the cow busi- ness and if the prosecutor in this case | | had ever been a cowman he would never have had anything to do with this affair. No honest cowman would have | anything to do with it." | This remark brought Prosecutor | Williams to his feet with a demand that | the board “caution counsel to keep| within the bounds of decency. “I have been accused of everything | | else and now I am accused of being | dishonest,” said Mr. Williams. “It is time we got on with this case.” said Chairman Wahly. “There has been | too much time spent over this so-called | mystery house, about which there is no mystery.” | | “Well. this officer, Lieut. McQuade wants to answer my questions honestly |1f the board will let him" declared | Blanton. Asked About Car. Blanton questioned Lieut. McQuade closely concerning the events that tran- spired at the home of his brother-in- | law, Bastable, the night several affa- | | davits were taken accusing Staples. | Licut. H. H. Groves was then called and asked a few questions concerning | Schenck'’s car. i | At the conclusion of the examination of Lieut. Groves Mr. Blanton asked to | | be excused to talk to a witness and| | was followed into the hall by Assistant | | Corporation Counsel Williams. The two, | | together with the witness, promptly re- | | turned and Mr. Blanton protested vig- | orously that the prosecutor had at-| tempted to intimidate and influence the ‘T UILDING MATERIALS | | Quality New Lumber. Sash. Doors | Rath Outfits_Sinks. Pipe. Roofing Millwork, Sheet | Metal ul Fie. at Lowest Prices Always System Unexcelled” 3 BRANCHES | 674 C Sts SW | 574 Fla Aw NE | | “Delivery FIRST— as usual! UR Florida growers h. 0) ave sup- plied us with fresh straw- witness. The board ruled that the witness, Walter E. Skinker, manager of the Skinker Motor Co., had been sum- moned by the prosecution as a rebuttal witness and therfore was not open to private questioning by the Representa- tive at that time. Mr. Blanton then called several other defense witnesses and when none of them could be produced asked that he be permitted to rest, with the under- standing these witnesses could be put on when they appeared. Mr. Willlams objected and claimed the right to put on the rebuttal at the close of the de- fense. Referring to the manner in which Mr, Willlams' request was made, Mr. Blanton said, “I wish every member of Congress could watch counsel here. If they did, they would change the situa- tion here so quickly it would make the corporation counsel’s head swim.” After some wrangling, Mr. Blanton, | fully aroused, announced: “I rest. If counsel closes now we all close and the case 1s done.” Mr. Willlams summoned Skinker, as the first rebuttal witness. Mr. Skinker told of Staples talking to him about bootleggers in his employ and about a proposed trip to Canada. The wit- ness produced an order for an automo- bile purporting to be signed by Staples, which the board ruled was admissible over Blanton's objections. RAINS SAVE FORESTS FROM COSTLY FIRE Arkansas Patrol Ready to Resume Fight Against Blaze, How- ever, if Wind Changes. By the Associated Press. FORT SMITH, Ark., April 4. —Heavy | rains throughout the Ouachita National F rious fire situation in the history of that Government reserve, reports to try officlals in this section indi- cated today. Forest rangers and volunteer assist- ants disbanded forces today, but were readv to return should clear and new outbreaks occur, as a high wind and hot sun would dry out the woods in a day Forestry officials declined to estimate the damage, but said that many thou- sand acres of valuable timber land, both Government and privately owned, have been fire-swept. Forestry officials today began investigation to determine whi part incendiarism played. They sald cendiary origin. Arrests were expected to be made at Waldron and at Russellville, where way- rants already have been issued. LONE VOYAGER ASHORE. Capt. Romer Disembarks on Way From Lisbon to New York. LISBON, Portugal, April 4 (®).— Capt. Franz Romer, 29-year-old Ger- man steamship officer, who left Lisbon on March 30 in a 20-foot canvas and rubber covered boat on a voyage to New York, has disembarked at Sagres, in the province of Algarve, because of | bad weather. Sagres is the most point of Europe Capt. Romer hoped to complete the voyage to New York in 110 days. st last night ended the most se- | the weather | southwesterly | APRIL 4, 19 NEW FUGTIVELAW GVEN APPROVAL Senate Committee Also Puts 0. K. on Three Other Dis- trict Measures. | Senate District committee yesterday afternoon on the proposed new fugitive from justice law, to give the local police broader authority in detaining prisoners for other jurisdictions. The committee also made favorable repoits on three other bills, as follows: ‘To relieve persons dealing with fiduci- arfes in good faith from liability that might arise on the part of the fiduciary. It was drafted by the National Confer- *nce of Commissioners on Uniform State aws, and was recommended as desirable by the District Commissioners. A bill relating to the payment by banks of money and property held in the names of two or more persons. It provides for the release from lability of a bank which holds money or prop- erty deposited in the name of two or more persons and payable when such fund is given to either Ze- fore or after the death of the other. The District Commissioners approved the measure. A bill to authorize the opening of the grave of Nellie Richards, in Con- gressional Cemetery, so that a sister the late Gertrude Ricbards, may be in- terred in the same grave. All four of these bills have been pass- ed by the House and now go to the Senate calendar to be taken up in the near future. The committee fixed Friday as the time to act on the child labor bill and the bill to give definite status to the ;zon:ln's Bureau of the Police Depart- ent. MODELS FOR TALK. Mannequins to Be Used to Illus- trate Lecture. Living models will be u: t trate a talk on 1928 Fashions and By ‘nrs.l Women” to be given by Miss Dr. Bastable Is a|information so far received indicated a | Eleanor Eckhardt at a dinner meeting | great number of the fires were of in- Of business and professional women of | Washington, based on the subject of | } “Your Spring Wardrobe.” to be held | tonight at the Young Women's Chris- | Seven- teenth and K strcets. Speakers will include three Washington experts in ‘Htxme!. styles and buying. They are, besides Miss Eckhardt, Miss Elizabeth Hart and Prank Stutz. Y DEPEW BETTER Has Good }-’»Ight And_ Now Rests Comfortably. NEW YORK, April 4 (#) —Phy- siclans attending Chauncey M. Depew, 94-year-old railroad executive, who has been suffering from a cold since his re- turn from the South, reported toda: that he had had a good night and was resting comfortably. |l‘hn Association Building at {CHAUNCE AZTER CL A\ M A favorable report was ordered by the | to either | American Sentinel, 96-Year-Old Paper, In Receivership Special Dispatch to The Star. | WESTMINSTER, Md., April 4— | ‘The American Sentinel Co., publisher of the American Sentinel, oldest newspaper in Carroll County, has | been placed in the hands of re- ceivers. It has been In operation since 1832, On a bill of complaint of the Union Banking & Trust Co., of Union Bridge, Joseph D. Brooks, Nathaniel | H. Baumgardner and James E. Boy- lan, jr., have been appointed receivers and will operate the plant tem- | porarily. M. & M. ASSOCIATION | PLANS “BOOSTER TRIP” Charles H. Frame General Chair- man of Committee to Arrange for ; Organization’s Annual Outing. | Charles H. Prame has been named general chairman of a committee of | | the Merchants and Manufacturers’ | Assoctation which will make arrange- ments for the annual boosters’ trip | of the organization, Maj. Gen. An- ton Stephan, president of the assocla- tion, announced today. Detafled plans for the voyage down | the Potomac river and to points on the | Chesapeake Bay, as well as the definite { date for the trip, will be considered by | the committee at a meeting to be held | | Monday at Olmsted's Grill. It is ex- | pected the boosters' trip will be held the first week in June. This year, it | is expected also, the trip will be extend- ed to include stops at Baltimore and | Annaplis in_the itinary. | _The committee in addition to Mr. Frame includes Bert Olmstead, Mark Lansburgh, Claude Owen, Joseph B | kart, A."A. Auth, Lewis A. Payne, Ro: P. Andrews. G. H. Budd, Henry Brawn- er, fr; A. H. Brewood, James E. Colli- | flower, J. C. Callahan, Harry Crandall Peter M. Dorsch, George S. De Neale, John S Dunn, Willlam Conradis, | Franklin Harper, J E. Halley. Dr. M. G. | Gibbs, Louis Levay, Frank Low. M. A. Leese, W. E. Russeli. Arthur J. Sundlin | Gen. ‘Stephan, Ford Young and Dewey Zirkin. | | e Woman Figure Wizard. Scienties of Europe are interested in the case of a woman in a Welsh hos- pital who can neither read nor write but is a genius at mental arithmetic. | | She can solve mathematical problems in 30 seconds and is said to never give an incorrect answer. 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