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JUSTICE WILL PRESIDE AT “ELECTION COURT’ 5,000 Policemen to Guard City Polls—Attorney Opposes Smith in Senatorial Contest. By the Aseocia Press. CHICAGO, April 9.—Two weeks ago tonight bombs exploded at the homes | of United States Senator Deneen and Circuit Judge John A. Swanson, set- ting Chicago politics on fire. Tomorrow half a million voters will decide who got_hurt. Those bombings were not the first, but they were sharply significant polit- feally, for Senator Deneen is leader of the Republican faction seeking to break the county control of the Mayor Thompson-State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe partisans. Judge Swanson is the Deneen candidate for Crowe’s job. There are State candidates, from governor down. and United States sen- atorial candidates to be nominated tomorrow, for it is a State-wide pri- mary election for Democrats and Re- publicans, but bombs and bullets have concentrated Chicago voter interest on the local situation. Both Sides Confident. Deneen managers, tabulating reports from down-State as well as in Chicago, predicted complete victory: but so, also, did the managers for the campaigns of Gov. Len Small, seeking a third four- year term; Frank L. Smith, asking for a new nomination as Senator, and Crowe, who wants to perpetiate his State’s attorneyship. In its fundamentals the campaign between the Deneen group and the Small-Thompson-Crowe Republicans has been “throw the rascals out” on the one hand and a most positive denial of rascality on the other. Neither side has hesitated to use sharp language against the other, the Deneeners tearing at the administration of the State’s attorney’s affairs under Crowe, with Crowe and Thompson returning the fire by pictur- ing crime conditions in Chicago when Senator Deneen was State’s attorney. The Deneen candidate for governor is Louis L. Emmerson, now secretary of State. He has that Gov. Small and a square deal for the city of Chi- cago. Lawyer Opposes Smith. Otis Glenn, a Chicago lawyer who maintains residence downstate, is on the Deneen slate against Smith for the Republican nomination as Senator. He is comparatively unknown to politics, sithough he has served in the State Legislature. There was much preparation today to forestall and to deal quickly with election day violence or fraud. Except in their elaborateness, however, these preparations were not new, for a Chi- cago election invariably is a strenuous exnerience. One new measure will be the holding tomorrow of an “election court,” over which Chief Justice Olson of the Maunicipal Court will preside. Into this court will be brought all’ offenders against the election laws so that prompt disposal may be made of charges against them. There will be 5,000 policemen guard- ing the polls, cruising the streets in sutomobiles and held as emergency squads at the offices of County Judge Jarecki, under whose supervision all county voting machinery operates. Vols unteer watchers have been assigned to each balioting place and painstaking precautions have been taken against fraud, Pastors Hit Crime Rule. Easter sermons in many churches yesterday carried interpolations on to- morrow's election. Prayers were offered for the rescue of the city from what several pastors described as a reign of ime and terror. In churches, on the radio and in newsp Ts there was a persistent appeal to all voters to exer- cise their franchise, FPederal agencies, which became em- brolled in the Chicago situation through the bombing of Senator Deneen’s home and the subsequent shooting of Thompson ward worker by a prohibition agent, have been marking time, There was no indication that they would take any active part in tomorrow’s voting except 1o see that the voters’ rights are tected. A Federal grand jury, which structed concerning the laws 1 frauds, Is in adjournment Wednes re than 7,000,000 worth of bond s, involving local improvements, 0 be voled upon by Chicago voteis, Judge Is Candidate, Democrats, without contests for prin- ice nducted no cam- ity being to urge of their party 1 keep on thelr in the primaries. npson of the State e candidate for o~ are Ju ¥ Buprer governor nounced w elorial non the Couk it veral inations on has cam- Mrs. | The ‘Thompson weretotore b supported Madden NEW BANK LAWS ASKED. Cuban Treasury Head Bubmits Re port to President HAVANA, April 9 ) ing lews for Cubs sre p report submitted o President Machads by the Becretry of the Treasury exact tenor of the recommendation hes not been snnounced, but it understood that one of 11 exestion of & national bar The report came from mission which has been benking situation of the country New a |l contest- | bank- | posed in & | The i wem was for pecial com- studying the | of wn argument over scratchied fenders, | ncross the Tidal Basin this morning | there was & very large crowd of pedes- 'WIVES OF CABINET OFFICIALS | AID WHITE HOUSE EGG ROLLING %Cameras Bombarded by Ex-; uberant Children—Marine Band Gives Concert. i | | | Rebecca, the White House raccoon, | {looked on disconsolately today while thousands of children braved the chill- ing breezes of a cloudy Easter Monday to indulge in the officially-condoned egg-rolling festivities at the White House | Rebecca was not suffering from the | cold, for she was swathed in the latest | | collegiate furs. She was just sad and | | lonely—despite the crowds of young- | B that played gayly about her wire | | inclosure in the White House grounds. | Last year, Rebecca recalled, she had {been permitted to mingle with the | {merry throng in company with her | distinguished _mistress, Mrs. Calvin | Coolidge. Now, however, her mistress | was away and Rebecca had to be con- |tent with a seat on her tree box—on | the inside looking out. Rebecca was seen to cast hopeful glances now and then toward the executive offices, as though entertaining a wish that her mistress’ busy husband would come out and take her for a walk, but her wish was not to be granted. President Watches Rolling. President Coolidge did find time, however, to leave his office during the lunch hour and watch for a while the gayety going on within the sacred por- tals_of the Executive Mansion. He (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) OTIS CUTSHAW, One and one-half years old, a White House visitor for the egg rolling who did not enjoy the event so much as some of his little friends. LEADERS OF D.A.R DECLARED DUPED Small Group Exploiting Mili- taristic Movements, “Black- list” Speaker Says. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, April 9.—A charge that leaders of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution had been duped by a small group of individuals who for personal profits are exploiting milita- ristic and anti-communistic movements was made today by Mrs. Helen taxed Chicago heavily to build roads downstate. v Baille of Cambridge, who last ;mofmm%imm‘mw van A had blacklisted hundreds of persons as | speakers. An 18-page pamphlet entitled “Our Threatened Heritage” was the medium used for the dissemination of the pro- test against the blacklist. It was signed by “A Member” not otherwise identified, but responsibility for its publication was taken by Mrs. Bailie, who headed a group of well known women syling themselves “A D. A. R. Committee of Protest.” Responsibility Charged. ‘The Enmphlet charges that chiefly responsible for the blacklist and simi- | lar objectionable trends in the society’s National policy, were Fred R. Marvin, described as a publisher of “dally data sheets of the Key Men of America;” E. H. Hunter, head of the Industrial De- fense Association, and Mrs. ret C. Robinson of the Massachusetts Pub- lic_Interests League. The pamphlet quotes Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, president ral of the D. A. R., as having replied to a letter pro- testing against the alleged Influence of Marvin, Hunter and Mrs. Robinson on the policies of the organization by saying: “I cannot enter into any discussion of these persons,” whom the letter se- scribed as “patriots of a high order. | Defense Group Head Accused. | The pamphlet says that Mrs. Walker, chairman of the national defense com- ttee of the D, A, R., wrote to others: It gives me real pleasure to tell you that Mr. Marvin is again issuing very valuable releases under a new plan called the dally data service.” | Mrs. Brosseau, the pamphlet asserts, |is & member of the advisory committee | ot the Key Men. It charges that Mar- vin sought to show, with other things, |that the Teapot Dome and sther oil | lease investigations were inspired by iC'lmmuMEln and Boclalists and that he | eharacterized Fall, Sinclair and others | as patriots and victims of persecution, | MARVIN DENI SATION. ACCU NEW YORK, April 9 (#).—Fred R. Marvin, accused by Mrs, Helen Tufts | Bailie of Cambridge, Mass,, as being one | of & small gro > of individuals who in- | spired the “black list” of the Daughters | of the American Revolution, today de- nied the charge “It’s unfounded and untruthful” he said. “Mrs. Bailie hasn't the slightest | | notion what 1t's all about.” | Me charged that the agitation over | the “black list” was simply & continua- tion of propaganda directed against the | naval bill in° Washington, and served | as a smoke screen to distract attention | from the pacifist group opposing Mrs, | William Bherman Walker, head of the national defense committee of the D. A It | Mr. Marvin sald the alleged “black list” was only s confidential message sent oul by the chusetts Btate refent s Lng that certain persons we ered improper us speakers because of 1 soctalistic or radical tendencies. He accused Mrs, Ballle of of faith in disclosing the Man Arre&tc;iV f(:r;ipicl(ing Cherry Blooms As He Presents The cherry blossoms in West Potomac Park yestcrday uitrcted the largest crowd on vecord, necording the park pollee, who counted 22,916 sutomobiles | passing over the Inlet Bridge, and 10,000 pedestrians. The nearest spproach (o this number, was last year, when 15 000 automohiles pussed over the same place when # count was made during the | time e blossoms were al thelr hefght The crowd yesterday netted the police fve wrrests; one for driving while drunk; two for disorderly conduct growing oul | % | aud two thefis of cherry blossoms, 177A ‘man describing himsell us Beote | vogers, 1800 C sreet, was arrested | | Donald, Wilkinsburg, who will be asked SAYS OUSTEDKLAN UNITS OWED TAXES Dragon Declares Pennsyl- vania Branches Lost Char- ters Through Delinquency. By the Assaciated Press. f PITTSBURGH, ..pril 9.—The charters of local lodges of the Knights Ku Klux Klan were revoked because of failure to pay per capita taxes, it was testified in Federal court here today at the hear- ing of counter suits arising from the operations of the order in Pennsylvania. Under cross-examination by At of five “banished” Klansmen, who seek to have a recelver appointed for the Klan and an accounting of all moneys collected in this State; Dr. W. C. Shaw, Harrisburg, grand dragon of the Penn- sylvania Klan and a former Methodist minister of Erfe, testified the Latrobe and Willlam Penn charters were can- celled for non-payment of the per capita tax. COLLEAGUES BALK BLANTON'S BIDTO - AIRSTAPLES CASE Snell and Schafer Block Ef- “fort to Bring Up Topic on House Floor. TEXAN VIEWS SPEEDING INCIDENT AS REPRISAL Lays Reports of Arrest by Motor Cycle Officer to Enemies in Police Department. Chairman Snell of the rules commit- tee, and Representative Schafer, Re- publican, of Wisconsin, efTectively frus- trated the effort of Representative Blanton of Texas to take the Staples ease on the floor of the House today. Under the guise of “personal privi- lege” in order to protest newspaper headlines, Blanton sought to present to the House his chagrin and indigna- tion because the Police Trial Board had found his client, Policeman Orville Staples, guilty on 9 out of 13 counts and recommended his dismissal from the force, and because the District Commissioners had refused Mr. Blan- ton’s demand for an immediate retrial of the case before them. After it was made very evident by repeated objections by Mr. Snell and Mr. Schafer that they intended to block all efforts by Mr. Blanton to discuss the Staples case, Mr. Blanton soon seemed to lose interest in discussing the ques- tion of “personal privilege.” Viewed as Reprisal. In his rambling argument on the question of personal privilege Mr. Blan- ton insisted upon frequent references to his series of sensational charges in the House, and said that his charges against Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superin- tendent of the police force, and other officials high in the police department were the basis for the stories which appeared in newspapers March 31 to the effect that he had been arrested for speeding. He declared this was an attempt to discredit him, was “a deliberate attempt on the part of headquarters officials of the police department to break me down because I was checking up on them for their failure to do their duty —to make my brain fevered and my arms tired because I had charged the head of that department and pro- duced witnesses to support the charge ‘tih-: he was guilty of improper con- uct.” Mr. Blanton told the House that “this was & punishment and reprisal for my attempt to protect the people against of some of the leaders in Washington.” Representative Chindblom, Repub- lican, of Illinols, and Representa- tive Linthicum, Democrat, of Mary- land, were lnwn& those who at- tempted to stop the long tirade by Mr. Blanton on the floor by insistence that he confine himself to the guestion of raemngl privilege. Mr. Schafer in particular insisted that he should not attempt to retry the Staples case in which the trial board had decided the Dr. Shaw said the memberships of the ex-Klansmen were terminated when they refused to obey the orders of Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard. He testified Evans was vested with the power to dismiss members without pre- vious notice and that tribunals were set up to try recaicitrant Klansmen. He said ousted members were given 90 days in which to apoeal from the de- cision of the tribunals. Denies Initiation. C. H. Lewls, secretary of the Latrobe Klan, sald the robes and other para- phernalia of that lodge now are stored in the Odd Fellows' Hall there, Rev. John F. Strayer of McKeesport, Pa., a former member of the Pennsyl- vania Legislature, another of the “ban- ished” Klansmen, denled that the La- trobe Lodge had initiated members since its charter was revoked. The Klan in its suit asks that the ex- members be restrained from interfer- ing with its activities and conducting initiations. An answer to the petition of the Klan to suppress the deposition of David C. Stephenson, former Indlana Klan leader and now a lifer at Michigan City, Ind., which was obtained by the former members to support their case, was filed before the hearing got under way. Although Judge W. H. 8. Thomson, who is trying the case, gave no indic tion when he would rule on the mat- ter, court attaches sald a decision prob- ably would be handed down after the plaintiffs, the Klan, finished their case. In addition to Rev. Mr. Strayer, the Klan sult 15 directed against the Rev. John F. Strayer of Latrobe, Pa.; Dr. Charles ¥. Hunter of North Bessemer, Willlam C. Davis of Manor, Charles F. Oyer of Wilkinsburg and Van A. Bar- rickman, Ptitsburgh. Barrickman Is instigator of the count- er sult and is counsel for himself and his assoclates. The Klan s repre- sented by M. J. Hosack, Pittsburgh, and J. H. Connaughton, Washington, D. C, A deposition was filed here Baturday by Representatives of W. J. Simmons, founder and former head of the Klan, Simmons was subpoenaed by the Bar- rickman group, E. Y. Clark, former imperial secre- tary, also will be & witness against the Klan, Among _others called are W. M Linkins, Uniontown, author of several hooks exposing the Klan, and 8, Mec- to produce records of the Klan, which, it is alleged, high offcials of the order attempted o get transferred ffom Penn- sylvania into another State. Hosack bas stated that the Klan will (Contfnued on Page 2, Column 1.) Twig to Lady Friend ulleged to have broken off a large Lwig from one of the trees and was in the et of presenting it to a lady who ne- companied him. He put up $8 col- lateral Another who sald he was Paul O ichardson of 1244 Franklin street northeast, was arvested carly Bunday by Oficer B, J. Beckman for breaking off branches of the cherry trees. He i illeged to have had three branches and was required Lo put up $16 collateral, case against his, client and protege. Files Afidavit Copies. Mr. Blanton put into the record coples of affidavits by Dalton E. Galimore, a motor cycle policeman, who was report- ed to have stopped Mr. Blanton for speeding: a sworn statement by Elton J. Layton, clerk of the House committee on interstate and forelgn commerce, who took Mr. Galimore's statement; by Miss Louise Denton, his own secretary; by Inspector Brown of the Traffic Bureau, and several others regarding the detention of Mr. Blanton by Motor Cycle Officer Galimore on that date and subsequent visits to his office by Galimore and others. Mr. Blanton explained that it was not Galimore who stopped him, but he wk)‘mth-d stopped Galimore for a friendly chat. On the demands of several members of the House, Speaker Longworth on several occasions during his speech warned Mr. Blanton to keep within the rules of the House In regard to personal privilege. Mr. Schafer and Mr. Chindblom both demanded to know who had drawn up the text of the aflidavits which were presented to the House today, and Mr. Blanton replied that he would tell the House fully in regard to that, but he neglected to do so before he concluded He wound up his discussion of “per- sonal privilege” by saying, “I think the papers owe it to me to come out and print a retraction.” Commissioners Mark Time. ‘The District Commisstoners marked time today in the case of Staples, Representative Blanton is reported to be planning to file the appeal for his client within the five-day limit fixed by iaw. The Commissioners, however, have recelved no word from the Repre- sentative as to his contemplated course of action. In fact, the Commissioners have not heard from the Texan since they wrote him Saturday, refusing to retry Staples themselves Commissioner Dougherty explained today that Staples would remain on the suspended list until Friday, and unless an appeal from the trial board’s deci- slon is noted in the meantime, he would be dismissed from the force as decreed by the board. An appeal, however, will serve to stay the removal of the police~ man_until the Commissioners review the findings of the board and determine the procedure to be followed, Another echo of the Staples case was heard at the District Bullding today when Capt., Guy E. Burlingame of the second precinet, a member of the trinl board which heard the charges against the policeman, criticized Mr. Blanton for his tactics during the 10-day trial Capt. Burlingame declured that the Representative was entirely r.-nrmmmlu for the “disgraceful scenes” before the trial board, and he exp sed the hope that Washington would “never have another trial ke that one. N, Boundary Dicision Modified. By the Assoclated Press, The Bupreme Court today modified its declsion In the New Mexico-Texas boundary dispute The court appointed Samuel 8. Gan- nett to act as commissioner to locate on the ground and mark with monuments the middle of the channel of the Rio Grande River as of Beptember, 1850, which was made the boundary line, Zaleski to See Mussolini, WARBAW, A#‘l)ll 0 ().~ Before leav- ing for Italy, Forelgn Minister Zaleaki Despite the chilly air which blew trians _and scores of automobliles in West Polomsc Park viewing. the blos- told Polish newspaper men that the pur- Eou n‘hu visit was to get n rest and o see Premier Mussolini, with whom he planned to talk over many vital ques- fons, ineluding the political situation “An Bureps. WHITE HOU! EGG ROLLING. YEGGS GET §1.300 FROM CANDY SHOP Tools and Finger Prints Are Only Clue to Robbery at Nunnally’s Apparently entering by use of a du- plicate key, burglars early today ripped open the small safe in Nunnally's, 1223 P street, and escaped with approxi- mately $1,500 in cash. Some burglar tools and a fcw dim finger prints were the only clues. The robbery was discovered by W. H. Howell, a clerk, 1448 Park road, when he opened the store. The case presents an element of mys- tery in that no doors showed any evi- dence of having been tampered with. There are three doors leading into the store, the front door, one in the rear and a basement entrance. All were focked. The money represented receipts of Saturday night and yester- day. Xn investigation by Lieut. Edward Kelly and other members of the detec- tive bureau homicide squad revealed the work was done by experts. The hinges had been drilled away and the door re- moved. UTILITIES BOARD APPROVES MERGER Agreement Among Commis- sion and Transit Men Now Goes to Budget Bureau. A joint resolution to make effective the agreement by which the transit companies of the District aim to con- solidate was completed and signed today by the Public Utilitles Commission and representatives of the three utilities cor- porations involved. This constituted the final step as far as District officials are concerned in the preparation of the merger legislation. The unification agreement as re- vised by the utilities commission also was signed by the transit companies. ‘The agreement together with the joint resolution will now go to the Budget Bureau, which will have to pass on several of the provisions which would transfer certaln expenses from the car companies to the tax payers. These documents then will be transmit- ted to Congress for ratification. $200,000 & Year. The joint resolution would relieve the consolidated company of the expenses of paying the salaries of crossing po- licemen and three-fourths of the cost of paving between car tracks and bridge repairs, which they have in the past been assessed. These are the items on which the Budget Bureau will be asked to pass. Ordinarily they have cost the transit ('um‘mnll‘n about $200,000 a year. The resolution also guarantees the consolidated company reasonable pro- tection against: competition with any other street rallway lines, bus lines or other forms of competition. Another section of the resolution au- thorizes the Capital Traction Co. to dis- solve and liquidate its assets and make distribution among its stockholders in accordance with the merger agreement. Other sections authorize the Washing- ton Rallway & Electric Co. to retain stocks and bonds as provided In the uni- fication agreement and empower the proposed consolidated company to pur- chase all or any part of the outstanding capital stock of the Washington Rapld Transit Co,, provided that the bus com- pany 18 merged or consolidated with the new company “when and if the Public Utilities Commission shall so require.” Subject to Board. ‘The resolution further stipulates that nothing contained in it shall be taken s extending or limiting the powers and duties of the Public {Yul"lml Com- mission and that all powers granted by the resolution to the Fl‘uv‘u(‘ con= solidated company “shall be exerclsed subject to the supervision of and reg- ulation by the Public Utilities Commis- slon as provided by law." The final section of the resolution reserves in Congress the power to alter, amend or repeal it efore signing the merger agreement, as revised by the Utilities Commission, the transit company representatives in- serted a provision providing for a board of directol the new company coms= 7 of whom shall . and 1wl Tm of/two years by these 14, Handbills Praising Hinduism Given to Gotham Worshipers, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 9.—Handbills assailing Christianity and commend- | ing Hinduism as the only true re- | ligion were circulated among persons entering fashionable Fifth and Park avenue churches to attend Easter services. The handbills were in sealed en- velopes and distributed by boys who disappeared before they could be ap- prehended by police, to whom com- plaints had been made by irate worshipers. MILLION AT ONCE FORNEWPROJECTS Road and School Building Not to Wait Until Next Year. Approximately $1,000,000 of new road | and school construction in Montgomery County this Summer was assured when the board of county commissioners to- day received a letter from State Senator Eugene Jones and members of the House of Delegates stating that the bond issues necessary for carrying out this construction program would be indorsed by the Legislature next Janu- ary. ‘The present pm?rlm of the county commissioners would extend well into 1929, but in view of the pressing need for both schools and roads it has been decided that this work should be done during the current year. Assurance from the legislators that they will back up any expenditures made by the com- missioners this year will enable the board to proceed at once. All pro additions to schools which ~wil bring the Montgomery County system up to demands placed upon it by any prospective exclu- sion of Maryland children from the Dis- trict of Columbia schools will be made immediately and many miles of con- crete and macadam highway, which will bring the system up to second to none in the State, will bo constructed. Belt Line Road About D. C. Among the important roads from the standpoint of Washington on the county P‘mgmm are the extensions of Sixteenth street at the District line east to the Colesville-Baltimore road at its intersection with Georgia avenue, m the northern end of the Silver Spring | business section, and the other is the east and west county highway. This will touch the business section of Be- thesda at the intersection of Wiscon- sin _avenue and the Old Georgetown road, Connecticut avenue in Chevy Chase at the southern side of the Co- Jumbia Country Club, the intersection of Eastern and Western avenues, at the north corner of the District, Sixteenth street at the District line, and will run thence to the intersection of Georgia avenue and the Colesville- Baltiniore road by way of the eastern extension of Sixteenth street, already under construction. This east and west highway also in- cludes two and one-half miles of new State road from the town of Potomac to the Great Falls, and one and one- half miles of new State road northeast of the town of Takoma Park located on both Carroll avenue and the Old Bladensburg road. This new construe~ {tion will glve Montgomary County an east and west belt line through the suburban section of the county - from the Prince Georges County line to the Great Falls of the Potomac. "J. Enos Ray, Democratic leader from (Continued on Page 6, Column 1) ORDERTO EXHUME GRLSBODYSGNE Court Permits Further Exam- ination to Test Cause of Lehman Death. e body of Miss Eleanor M. Lehmaa, | who died suddenly March 3 in the office of Louis W. Hoffman, physiotherapist, was ordered exhumed today by Justice Siddons in the District Supreme Court, on a petition filed by Leo A. Rover, United States attorney. so that another post-mortem examination may ke made by the coroner to determine whether an illegal operation contributed to the girl's death. It was expected that the body would be exhumed this afternoon or tomorrow morning. Hoffman is in the District jail, await- ing action by the grand jury. Mr | Rover has announced that he will ask for an indictment of Hoffman for mur- der, based on a statement by Mrs. Dolores Monroe, who accompanied Miss Lehman to Hoffman's office, that the physiotherapist broke the girl's neck after she had gone into convulsions as he was preparing to perform an illegal operation. Assistant United States Attorney Pearl McCall, who is working with Mr Rover on the case, has asked police headquarters to try to locate the father of Miss Lehman's unborn child. She has a description and if he can be found he will be asked to come to the United States attorney's office to tell what he knows about the visit of Miss Lehman to Hoffman's office. Text of Petition. Miss McCall presented the petition of the United States attorney in Justice Siddons’ court as soon as it opened this morning. The petition states: “1. That on or about the third day of March, A. D., 1928, one Eleanor M. Lehman, late a resident of the District of Columbia, died suddenly in this Dis- trict under circumstances indicating that Louis W. Hoffman was criminally | responsible for her death. “2. That on about the fifth day of March, A. D.. 1928, the coroner of the District of Columbia caused an autopsy to be performed on the body of the said Eleanor M. Lehman and on the same day caused a jury to be impaneled and sworn to inquiry when, where. how and after what manner the said Eleanor M. Lelman came to her death. “3. That on the said fifth day of March, A. D., 1928, the jury as afore- said impaneled and sworn after inqui- sition taken at the District of Colum- bia morgue, found that the said Eleanor M. Lehman came to her death while she was undergoing an ‘adjustment’ by the hands of the said Louis W. Hofl- man and held the sald Hoffman for the action of the grand jury of the District of Columbia “4. That subsequent to said inquisi- tion by the coroner's jury, evidence has been presented to petitioner, as United States attorney in and for the District of Columbia, which causes him to be- lieve that immediately prior to the sud- den death of the sald Eleanor M. Leh- man an illegal and criminal operation, for the purpose of bringing about an abortion, had been performed by the sald Louis W. Hoffman on the body of the sald Eleanor M. Lehman. “5. That the body of the sald Elea- nor M. Lehman has been buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, located in the District of Columbia, and that it is necessary for the investigation of all the circumstances surrounding the death of sald decedent and in the in- terest of public justice that the body of sald Elcanor M. lLehman be dis- mterred so that another post-mortem examination of said body may be made by a competent physician to determine to what extent, if any, the aforemen- tioned fllegal and criminal operation “(Continued on Page 4, Column 13 Name. Address 1 agree to al by the Golden you would have others drive,” and at all times be considerate of pedestrians and children, Enroll me as a member of Foening * Star Golden Rule Safe Drivers Club | Rule of Motordom, “Drive as JURY IN'SINCLARR TRIAL COMPLETED AT SESSION TODAY More Than Two Panels of Talesmen Required to Fill Box. | NUMEROUS CHALLENGES ARE USED BY BOTH SIDES | Justice Bailey Conducts Examina- tion Under Recent Ruling of Court. A jury for the trial of Harry F. Sine | clair, who went on trial today in Crim- inal Division 2 of the District Supreme Court, charged with conspiracy to de- fraud the Government in connection with the Teapot Dome lease, was com- pleted at 2:39 o'clock this afternoon. Immediately after the 12 men were sworn, Justice Jennings Bailey ordered them to the jury room and announced to both sides that the panel would be “kept together,” throughout the trial. Justice Bailey, acting under a recent jorder of court, conducted the examina- {tion of 50 talesmen and exhausted two jcourt panels. The custom has placed | the probing of a talesman’s qualifica- tions with attorneys for both sides. Today, however, they were not permit- |ted to ask questions directly, but were _\[';quAed 0 submit them in writing to | the cour Many Hold Opinions. The majority of those excused an- nounced they had opinions as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant, while most of the others who vacated seats in the jury box had Government connections in some form which made them ineligible. Fourteen talesmen were excused by the Government and defense, each side exercising seven of its ten peremptory challenges. Among those excused on peremptory challenges were two women who had held places in the box for almost the entire morning session. Those in the box were: Nathaniel Hill, colored, 1445 Corcoran street, barber; William W. Wrenn, 57, 817 Fourteenth street grocery man; Leon D. Vanderloo, 1728 Twentieth street; Nevin Lad, 2327 Q street southeast, groc- ery; Fred R. Rocher, 28, 709 Kentucky enue southeast: grocery; William P. Throop, 47, 1163 Fourth street north- east, Hazelton-Throop Co.; Delbert F. Bailey, 46, 1022 Montana avenue north- east, auto salesman: Danbridge L. Epps, colored, 42, 1438 Florida avenue, hotel employe; L. Clark Brown, 2831 Build- ing, and Roy R. Shockey, 26, 1462 Em- erson street, cler® Capital Traction Co. Talesmen Are Called. ‘The courtroom was comfortably oc- cupied when Justice Bailey took his place upon the bench. Sinclair, accom- panied b a few minutes be: defendant took a seat at the counsel ta- ble surrounded by his attorneys, while his wife and mother occupied places on a bench in the front row. The talesmen called for the April term ot the court were sworn by Wal- lace Stickney. clerk of the court, and the following 12 took their places in the jury box: Edward Tillou, 54, 243 Tenth street northeast, life insurance salesman; Ed- gar Koon, 58, 602 B street northeast, unemployed: Kemp Baker, 45, 1224 Neal street northeast, delivery clerk; Mrs. Alma C. Dehart, 31, 1426 Massachu- setts avenue southeast, housewife: Fred R. Kocher, 28, 709 Kentucky avenue southeast, grocery business; John B. Urich, 4208 New Hampshire avenue, clerk; William P. Throop, 47. 1163 Fourth street northeast, of Hazelton- Throop Co.: Delbert F. Bailey, 46, 1023 northeast, auto sales- 1 Shoemaker, 39, 4848 isconsin avenue, cashier of Potomac Savings Bank; Thomas J. Keefe, 43, 101 S street, real estate salesman: Roy R. Shockey, 26, 1402 Emerson street, clerx, Capital Traction Co. and Miss Marga- ret Haltigan, 26, 1860 California street, research work. Judge Questions Talesmen. After they had entered the jury box. Owen J. Roberts, special oil prosecutor, at the request of Justice Balley, briefly described the case. Justice Bailey then directed a num- ber of questions to the entire panel along the lines of their acquaintance= | ship with counsel, Sinclair or Fall. When | he inquired if any one had read about | the case, three talesmen—Batley, Tl lou and Urich, announced they had. Tillou declared he had fixed opintons and was excused by the court, and Ben- | jamin R. Thomas, 56, 405 Seward | square southeast, a carpenter, entered chair No. 1. Urich told the court he | could not decide on the evidence in- troduced because of his opinions and Shoemaker announced he also had read of the ease. Urich and Shoemaker were challenged for cause and J. Joseph Cat- | loth. €3, 314 Four-and-a-half street southwest, & painter and paperhanger, and Thomas P. Keane, 37, 619 B street, | general sales manager of T. T. Keane Co., were called to the bax. At this point Hoover noted an od- jection to the court's procedure in ex- amining the jurors, holding that the court had no power to promulgate such an order as permitted the presiding justice to question prospective jurors Justice Bailey overruled the objection. | Hoover then sought to question a furer. but Bailey denied b h Hoover noted exceptions to the act of the court. Both sides then sub- | mitted lists of questions which they desived be asked the talesmen. Reading from the paper submitted by Sinclair's counsel Justice Bailey in- quired if any of those i the box had been employed or had business con- nections with the Covernment, and this question brought responses from Schockey, Bailley, Keane, Mrs. De Hart, Thomas and Kocher to the effect they elther had been employed in the past by the Covernment, held or now are holding Government contracts. Inguiries Ruled Out. Justice Balley then inquived if any talesmen had read about the Senate ol committee investigation and Thomas re- plied he had. After guestions as to whether the talesmen had heard speeches by radio on the oll matter ar owned oll stoek, Justice Balley, looking at Hoover, said: “1 decline to ask the other questions, NIv, Hoover.* The court then questioned the three new talesmen, Thamas, Catloth and Keane, a3 to their acquaintanceship with counsel on either and Keane announced he had known Hoover for many vears. After Keane had declared ho had formed an opinion about the case. he was excused the court on chal o for cause by the defenss. and W\ W g # Jrax } Radio Program—Page 22"}, « ) (Conthnued ‘on Page 2, Column 0, e d O o Micer M. A Rainey r@.fix he 18 | soms,