Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. 10, 8. Weather Burean Forecast.) tonight; rain to- tempe: MOrow; not much byl uch change in { No. 30,663. CERNAN ARPLAN BELEVED SEHTE OFF NANE COAT FEADING FO EOA Machine Is Reported at Pop ham Beach, Fying High on| Course Set in Attempt to Span Ocean. APPEARANCE OF CRAFT CHECKS WITH SCHEDULE| | Point of Observation Is Approxi- mately 500 Miles From Destina- tion—Watchers Await Further Report From Other Sources—Has Enough Fuel for 40 Hours. By the Assoziated Press. BATH, Me, April 13.—Coast Guardsmen at Popham Beach at the mouth of the Kennebec River, re- | ported that they heard the whirr of an airplane at about 1:20 o'clock, Esstern Standard time, this after- noon. finally sighted one fiy- headed West. so far Entered as socond class matter Washington, D. O EDWARD L. DOHEN ITALY REIDIGES AT KNG’ ESCAPE Buildings Decked With Flags. Duce Orders Minute Search for Bombers. JR. By the Associated Press. ROME, April 13.—Italy was united in ] g | i i L i o g il i E igie § i i § i | | | SHIP CAPTAIN SEES PLANE. Machine Sighted By Skipper of Cana- | dian Vessel i KINGSPORT, N. 8., April 13 #).—A , fiying very nigh and proceeding southwest, was sighted over Kings- at 10:30 o'clock Atlantic standard by Capt. Barkhouse were being made Lo ascertain | jane wus seen or heard farther , om the coast pordering the Bay of Fundy, but it was. pointed out that the passed over this district nouncing the attempt and deploring the loss of life. Above all, the manifestos exulted that “Re Soldato” (the Soldier WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1928 —-FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. YOUNGER OHENY FEED 10 TESTY ONBRIBERY CHARGE Indictment Nolle Prossed by Government to Remove Right to Keep Silence. EXPECTED TO APPEAR ON STAND MONDAY| Defense Objecfion Causes Justice Bailey to Take Offerings Under Advisement Until Then. | | I | Nolle prossing the indictment against | Edward L. Doheny, jr., son of the Cali- fornia oil millionaire, which charged him with giving a bribe to Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, the Gov- ernment today announced its plans to place the young man on the stand in the Sinclair conspiracy trial Monday morning, if permitted by the court, and have him tell the story of his de- livery of $100,000 to Fall in Washing- ton November 30, 1921. This testimony, together with Gov- ernment evidence that Harry F. Sin- clair, through his attorney, the late J. W. Zevely, turned over to Fall a kage containing $25,000 in Liberty ds about a year after the Teapot Dome lease was signed, will complete the Government’s case. Had these two offerings been ruled umn this morning, the defense would ve opened its case, but as Justice Jennings consider thel EYETE & for the defense of the State also (Continued on Page 4, Column 6. ' “BULLS’” OFFENSIVE WHIRLS STOCKS UP Gigantic Move for Higher Prices Sweeps Some Shares Up as Much as $10. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 13.—Friday the 13th today held no terrors for “bulls” on the New York Stock Exchange, who Bethlehem Bteel at $66.50, up $1.37%; 10,000 shares of General Motors at $197, eral Electric st $163, up 86, and 8,000 shares of Columbla Gas at $103, up $4.50. Adams Express jumped $10 on the first sale, and Brooklyn Edison, Consolidated Gas, Radlo, American Ex- press and Electric Auto Lite advanced ' | $3 1o 85. Renewal of eall money at 5 per cent, h coupled with the surprisingly small in- crease in brokers’ loans reported yes- suid no ot operating in the district, ort is ymm on the north comst of Mova Beolia, 4 miles from Canning. 1t 35 a el point. It s sbout 500 miles from New York in an airline The sighting st 9:30 sm., Eastern plandard time, would mean that the , 3 the Bremen, was very nearly on both course and time for her flight o Mitchel Field, New York OTTAWA, April 13 (by the Canadian Press) ~Officials of the air force here stated todsy thatl so far s they knew no Cansdien plene is in the air in the vicinity of Kingsport. IRELAND BANKS ON ‘FITZ' ountry Belleves That Luck Will ¥Fol- low Irish Airman. DUBLIN, April 13 (%) ~Ireland is confident thet “¥ite’ Pitzmeurice will come through his great Atlantic ven- dure hendsome, daring, devil-mey-care Jrish sivman hes had @ thousend nar- | Yow escapes i his domen years of fiy- ing, snd the hope is everywhere that Be will get through with bis two Ger- man companions. Newspsper offices in Dublin and the Sying field s Baldonnel “$akkinued ou Page 2, Column 6.) her plane was known 0 be | terday, gave further impetus to the buying movement. Motor, copper and L | steel shares were bid up’ briskly, and on the west shore of |seversl of the popular public utility | stocks sdvanced 83 Lo $5. Various hi | priced issues were climbing rapidly { around midday, led by Rossia Insur- ance and United States Cast Iron Pipe | with gains of $10 and $9.50, respective- |1y, Interest in the Bremen transatlantic fight was reflected in & $6 advance by right Aeronsutical week-day games out of town, ‘ Get the Base Ball Final Edition of The Star | and you will have every detail of the Nationals' contests, | | Boston Game | | now the intrigue. up $1.25; 10,000 shares of Gen-| o TUNE IN ON THE RADIO i Station WRC, when Washington’s base ball team 1s playing g g against e made ed, 5 o TOKIO RED ROUND-U NETS MORE SUSPECTS Telegrams From Japanese Com- munist in Moscow Reported Found in Raid. By the Assoclated Press. 'mnou April 13,—The round-up of The new: Yomiuru, the tor of v‘ggx"u a former pnucev;‘;- J that investigation has re- vealed the funds were supplied to the extremists by Soviet trade Communists in Shanghal and other sources, but this was not confirmed. ROVER SEEKS TRUE BILL AGAINST CUNNINGHAM Places Evidence of Philadelphian’s Refusal to Answer Senate Quiz Before Jury. Record of the refusal of 08 Cunningham of Philadelphia to i of the Benate elections committee the States ‘““mz wvAwd-w ‘The prosecufor sald he would ask In- dictment of Cunningham under the law which provides that it is a misdemeanor for any person to refuse to answer before a congressional committee ques- t to the subject under ry. The penalty, on conviction, is of from $100 to $1,000 and from one month to one year in jall, SUBMARINE PAY RAISED. Officers and Men to Receive Extra Money for Duty. Officers and men hereafter will re- celve extra pay for submarine duty, The Navy rtment today made public an executive order which grants 25 per cent additional pay to officers serving on submarines, and an allow- ance of from $5 to $30 per month to enlisted men and non-commissioned officers, The latter payments are adjust- ed on a sliding scale, according to the men's rank and length of service, and the risks involved in the service to which they are assigned. jul and then CUT PLAN DEBATED U. S. Treasury and Chamber Representative Clash Before Senate Committee. ‘The administration and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States fought out their differences over tax reduction before the Senate finance committee today as the chamber re- peated its demand for a total slash of $400,000,000, or double that proposed by the Treasury. In a heated reply to the chamber's program Undersecretary Mills declared it would force a Treasury deficit, call chamber today of error,” Mr. is a carefully : wed retreat, but a retreat neverthe- ‘The chamber Y8 | last session, the measure retained the (Contintied on Page 4, Column 2.) MARINES PREPARE SANDINO ROUND-UP Gen. Lejeune Places Troops and Planes in Preparation for Rainy Season. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 13.-— Determination by American Marines to use their every resource in rounding up the remaining followers of the rebel general, Augustino Sandino, was seen today in announcement of operations in northern Nicaragua. A new landing fleld was opened at Condega. This made nine flelds scat- tered throughout the country to whicly transport planes could carry men and munitions during the rainy season, which, starting next month, will make the jungle trails impassable to trans- port trains. Land troops are disposed in 48 posts, to which provisions, arms and smmuni- tion have been going forward steadily during the past months, since MaJ, Gen, John “A. Lejeune, commander of the Marines, came to Nicaragua to survey thelr activities, Twenty-five patrols are operating dlll{n'hroulh the ares where the Andinistas and their leader are believed to be in hiding. Brig. Gen. Locan Feland recelved @ detafled report of the flflhl\nl on April 1 in which Bandino's lleutenant, known as Alejandro Ferrera, was kill- ed. His real name 15 believed to be Miguel Angel Ortes. In that fight 26 Marines, under Lieut, Harold O, Noberts of New, York, defeated 70 rebels, BSome of the prisoners taken in this fight told Marines that the khaki uni- forms worn by the insurgents came from Honduras, ‘Two revolvers and & Colt automatie, which be) to Roy A. Johnstone, soldler of fortune and a clvil inter- preter with the Matines, have been re- MRS. COOLIDGE RETURNS FROM VISIT TO MOTHER Appears in Good Health After Own Illness—Mrs. Goodhue Still in Critical State. Mrs. Coolidge returned to the White House today after three weeks’ visit in Northampton, Mass.q at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Lemira Goodhue. Mrs. Coolidge, accompanied by Mrs. Frank W. Stearns of Boston, Lieuf Comdr. Joel T. Boone, medical officer of the yacht Mayflower, and J. J. Pitz- gerald of the White House secret service, arrived on a pullman at 8:35 o'clock this morning. ~Mrs. Coolidge appeared to be completely recovered from her own illness and was reported as remarking upon her arrival at the yllllite House that she felt wonderfully ell. JARDINE: DEFENDS HOOVER AGTIVITIES The only evening paper in Washington with the Augcinud Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,342 - (® Means Associated Press. Early Toll House, Known to Whittier, Acquired by Ford By the Associated Press. HAVERHILL, Mass., April 13—A toll house reminiscent of the days when New England bridges could only he crossed upon payment of a fee and distinguished because John Greenleaf Whittler once referred to it, has become the property of Henry Ford. From 1828 to 1869 the one-room wooden shack guarded the way to a bridge. In the years when the bridge was little used and the toil ki had much spare time, he cobbled shoes there, and after the day’s chores were done on neighbor- ing farms, threw it open as a meet- ghoe, ing ttler mentioned it as “the cobbler’s stall” in his poem, “The Countess.” Now it will be transport- ed to the Ford estate at Dearborn, Mich., to join other New England antiques in Mr. Ford’s extensive col- there. CONFDENCE VOTE SOVEN TOBESSE Commissioners’ Letter Reit-| erates Confidence in Head of Police Force. The District Commissioners today for the second time within a week rebuffed Representative Blanton of Texas by sending a letter to the Gibson subcom- mittee of the House containing a vote of confidence in Maj. Edwin B, Hesse, superintendent of police. The [etter is as ap answer to Mr. Blanton’s charges involving the conduct of Maj. Secretary Cites Instances Where Commerce Head Has Befriended Farmers. By the Associated Press Hesse with respect to the use of intoxi- cants. A strong defense of Secretary Hoover against charges that he has usurped some of the powers of the Agriculture Department and otherwise has worked to injure the farmer was made today mother’s condition 1s by Secretary Jardin looked upon as critical, Mrs, Coolidge was advised that it would be possible for her to return here for the present. FARM RELIEF BLL RESTS WITH HOUSE Leaders in Senate Doubt Strength to Pass Law Over President’s Veto. By the Associated Press. & majority of 30 Senate votes in its favor, the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill rested today on the doorstep of the House, where early ac- tion is éxpected to send it to the White House, There, an almost certain veto faces it for the second time. Passed late yesterday by the Senate by a vote of 53 to 23, as compared to the 47-to-39 sanction given it at the controversial equalization fee which caused President Coolidge to veto the bill last year, principally on the ground that this provision was unconstitu- Should the President again return the measure to Co without his approval, administration leaders in the Senate doubt whether it could be passed over the veto even though the vote yes- terday showed more than a two-thirds maljority of those present for it. They belleve‘ l-h:l 'G:lhfln‘ full membership resent & two-thirds majority could not L obtained. jaty Party and State Lines Break. Party lines and even State lines broke wide apart on the final vote, and nine Senators shifted their tions of a vear ago, eight cha op- position to support of the bill. ‘The real showdown came an amendment by' Sackett, Republican, Kentucky, proposing elimination of the equalization fee b{ which funds would be raised from levies on commodities to help market surpluses and maintain prices at a higher level. The amend- ment was rejected 46 to 31, after long and acrimonious debute, during which Senator McNary, Republican, Oregon, in charge of the measure, strongly urged its enactment. e ate also rejected, 64 to 5, the $600,000,000 direct subsidy bill which Senator Braokhart, Republican, Towa, had proposed as a substitute for the MoNary-Haugen measure. The | five supporting the substitute were Blalne, Wisconsin: Borah, Idaho, and F ookhart, Republicans, and Bayard, Delaware, and Blease, South Carolina, Democrats, Borah Votes Against Bl Political observers found much food for thought In the way the candidates for the presidential nomination voted since congressional action on the bill hat been marked with much pre- convention campaign talk. Of the Republican candidates pres- ent three, Curtls of K 5, Watson of Indiana and Norrls of Nebrasks, voted (Continued on P on By_the fated Pross, OANTON, Pa., April 18.-Mri nelin Bryoe Pinchot, wife of Gov. Gifford Pinchot, . Cor= covered by a Marine detgphment. John- | stone was slain by & dino outpost on January 12. After the slaying of Johnstone La fi s Start 3 P.M. | The Star's base ball experts are furnishing you graphic descriptions by air, wire and | press, Now York, puliahed & dino to Johnstone, who nT ln:;rvlnw with the general. sal Prensa, Bpanish lai of T i | '""“w‘”fi v that if Johnstone wes umtn‘ dressing ry to by ‘\lm (Bandino: b mal ).Ill,'Im before m’n"fl."f: general's Radio, .Pro headquarters. Page 43 Hinite AL i i i | t of police is ~Obviously. the Coms (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. % ABUSE OF FRANKING fact, stances in which the work dor.nmenu was involved he “.“l’t partial to the Department of Agriculture.” Calling attention that much has been statement that Hoover de- | the f¢ { o said the rce Secretary a joint letter with him to the tural committees of toulm i partments. “find a sing] stands today. Joint Interest Cited. Other examples of joint interest cited by Jardine were the co-operative rm}ecl now beln{ourrud on by the Wwo departments find new uses for cotton and Hoover's support of his pro- posal to take the annual agricultural census November 1 instead of April 1, as some persons had -u?-hm leul- tural representatives, Jardine sald, fa- vored the later date. n ‘clearly def " the urvlo': activities of m n:- e body to le fault” with this bil 8 1t PRIVILEGE CHARGED it s|Libby Accused of Sending Appeal for Funds in Me- Clintic’s Envelopes. The House naval affairs committee in co-operation with the Post' Office Department is investigating an alleged abuse of the franking by Frederick J. Libby, head of the Na- tional Council for Prevention of War A ruling has been recelved from the Post Office Department that the evi- dence submitted constitutes an im- proper use of the frank of a member of Congress, and the case has been taken up with the United States attor- ney's office. At a meeting of the naval | affairs committee the first of next week the advisability of referring the matter to the Department of Justice will be| considered. The naval affairs committee has re- celved an envelope bearing the frank of Representative James McClintie “During my administration,” he add- ed, “the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce have been oclosely co- prating, and there has not been the slightest e 0e of friction or misun- derstanding. full significance of such & hlrpy state of affairs can only be appreciated when it is understood that In some lines of work there is great similarity, and it is dificult to prevent some duplication of effort.”" Mrs. Pinchot A;\swe:s Wet Heckling ts of “Put him out” filled the Democrat, of Oklahoma, containing six tmmu:'. only one of which is frank- able. This was the minority report ol Mr. McClintic on the naval bullding bill, & document. of four pages. Also in the envelope was a letter ad dressed to the same party as the ad dress on the envelope. ‘This letter was on the letter head of the National Council for Prevention of War, and wa: signed by Frederick J. It wa distinetly an al for funds. The National Couneil had a $100,000 bud- get last year, and was appealing for ar TWO CENTS. KELLOGG INVITES NATONS 10 JON . 5. AND FRANCE IANTENAR REATY Note Presented Today to Britain, Germany, Italy and Japan Is Identical With Original Briand Proposal. PACT WOULD BE OPEN TO ALL OTHER COUNTRIES Possible Modifications Pointed Out by Paris Due to League, Lo- carno or Other Neutrality Agree- ments Binding Governments Ap- proached in Message. By the Associated Press. Great Britain, Germany, Italy and Japan were invited today to jon France and the United States in the negotiations of a world-wide treaty binding the nations not to resort to war with one another. The invitation was extended by Secretary Kellogg, after an agree: on the procedure with Aristide Briand, foreign minister of France. In a note to the four governments, presented simultaneously at London, Berlin, Last Saturday the Commissioners re- | the senting in a general way the form of treaty the United States is prepared to sign. lbhnmnhpnedufl', ly identi- e 5% ?5 League of Nations, parties to the treaties of Locarno. or parties to other treaties guaranteeing leutrality. “My Government has not conceded that such considerations necessitate any modification of its proposal for a muiti- lateral treaty. and is of the- opinion that every nation In the world can. with 8 -prover regard for ils own interests, as well as for the interests of the en- tire family of nations, join in such a treaty. It believes, moreover, that the execation by Prance, Great Britain, Germany, Italy. Japan and the United war in favor of the pacific settiement of international controversies would have a tremendous moral effect and ultimately lead to the adherence of all the other governments of the world. “The discussions which have taken be m.un«:" ;hn the British, Ger- man, Itallan and Japanese governments should have an nity formally to decide to what extent. if any. its exist- ing commitments constitute a dar to its participation with the United States in an unqualified renunciation of war.* Hopes for World Al ‘The preamble and articles of the pro- Posed draft treaty, naming the execu- tives and rulers of the six nations, says “Deeply sensidble that their high of- fice imposes upon them a solemn duty to promote the welfare of mankind: “Inspired by a common desire not only to perpetuate the peaceful and friendly relations now happily subsist- ing between their peoples, but also to prevent war among any of the nations of the world “Desirous by formal act to bear un- mistakable witness that they condemn WAr as an Instrument of national policy and renounce it in favor of the pacific settlement of mternational disputes: "H‘;E:ml that, encouraged by their example, all the other nations of the world will joln in this humane endeavor and by adhering to the present treaty As s00n as it comes into force bring their within the scope of its beneficent provisions, thus uniting the clvilised nations of the world in a com- mon renunclation of war as an instru- ment of their national policy: “Have decided to conclude a treaty additional $20,000 for the coming 1t also contained & return naanuai on- vel the address of Frederick J. for tion of with and for that purpose have appointed as thelr musv taries follow the names af tulers and blank of the plenipoten! ), communicated to ane another their wers nd In good and due form Ve agreed upon the following articles Articles Are Listed. “ARTICLE 1L h contracting parties solemn- the names of » thelt