Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. 10. 8 Weather Burean Morecast.) Rain tonight and possibly tomorrow morning: not much change in tem- perature. Temperatures—Highest, 60, at 4 pm. yesterday: lowest, 44, at 6:30 am. today. Full report on page 4. New York Stock Market Closed Today ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sfar. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,792 Entered as seco post office, No. 30,671 Washington, nd class matter D C WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL * 21, 1928—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. WILKINS FLIES ACROSS TOP OF WORLD SINCLAIR ACQUITTED TRAVERSES ARGTE BN SPOT" 2HH0IR FEHT Stops Five Days on Uninhab- ited Island as Result of Bad Weather. { | | | | | LANDS AT SPITZBERGEN | § ON TRIP FROM ALASKA' 4 Hoped to Find “Lost Conti- in Wastes North of America. nent 21.—An Exchange ph P Copenhagen at the newspaper Politiken has ed a message from Spitzbergen ng that Capt. George H. Wilkins ! tc fiver, landed near the Svalbarc io station at 11 o'clock this morning A previous message to Politiken, also from Spitsbergen radio station. stated that Capt. Wilkins flew from Point Bar- row and landed near Doedmansoeira where bad weather stopped him for, five days. Doedmansoeira is an unin- ! habited island on the north side of Isfjord, about 25 miles from Svalbard. Crew Reported Well. H The crew of the plane was reported | in excellent condition. 9 bard is the name applied to_the| Greenland Sea. The Norway to Bear Island is 250 north and to Spitsbergen. 375 miles Spitsbergen was the point for which Capt. Wilkins set out from Point Bar-| row in & direct line across the North Pole. { Known as Dead Men's Island. | Doedmansoeira, the island on which | rilkins landed and on which he waited | five days for the bad weather to clear, name which means | Pilot of Plane Carrying Aid . Wilkins near | " r-presents the successtul completion Capt Wilkins' plan to fiy across the | Polar- regions end presumably across| 1he North Pole itseif. | The Wilkins plane carried 2 ndln.l at despite a constant watch by radio | gations, complete silence enveloped | activities of the expedition even Is Third Crossing. | The North Pole has twice been crossed | ol pe . unable to fiy for sometime the | substitution of C. A. “Duke” was being considered. Schiller has al- ready made one round trip by air to Greenly Island and brought out Maj air, the first time by Lieut. Comdr. Jchard E. Byrd, who flew over the Pole in an airplane from Kings Bay.! Epitzberg=y. returning to that place in May, 1926, and the second time, only | a few days jater, by the Amundsen- | Ellsworth expedition in the dirigible | Yorge, which fSew from Kings 2rross the Pole, ka, after 71 hours. Gen. Umberto Nobile, Italian dirigible | y, expert, who was aboard the Norge on| its flight. is now at Stolp, Germany, | making preparations for another dirig: fhle flight across the Pole. “The radio station at Spitzbergen is at | Kings Bav. which is popularly known | 25 “The Halfway House to the Pole™ It 48 only 600 nautical miles distant| fom “the top of the world"” i Of the three Spitzbergen settiements Kings Bay s nearest the pole and cess 1o it is much superior to the ap»"rfl'«‘ huge irimotored monoplane of the proach to the other two settlements, Advent Bsy and Green Ha Pay is situated almost dir sretic Ocean and is virtual e e gen covered mountaing inland, leaving & wide lev which landings may be effected Contains Mine Village. archipelago was 8 no 919, when it became an territory by vir- by the Oslo Par- | ks eaty of 1919 con of the islands Nor. During the brief | e home of from come from the for the mining sight of the 1it- | zh hangar | und 100 | wse of polar BENDS MESSAGE TO AMERICA, “rip Consumed 20 Wours in Abr, Ex- plorer Notifies Detroit. | DETROIT, April 21 (#)—Capt. | George B Wilkins announced bis ar- rival et Spitzberyen from Point Barrow s, D & radio message 1048y W the . ws | ‘Reached Bpizhergen after 20 ( ¥ fiying: one stop five Gays wcoolint bid weather Greetings v Avistion 5o ciety apd Fiying Club” the messuzs received this Lorenoon sa 1t was Gated Byalbard, 12:31 pm | £pril 21, and wes signed “Wilkins-Eiel- | Wins ou Third Attempt. | { Lielsgn 38 the Alaskan fiyer who hs ccoompanied Wilkdns on bis previou Jretic expeditions and went with bim | () oin: urrow, Aiasks, early this yesr on bis latest effort to find & lost con tnent and sttempt & flight ecross the the world” 1 Bpitzbergen s {ne on his third ous attempte at | serial exploration of the “biind spot Iying morth of Point Barrow were i faceessful. In the firet of these in 1926 (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. \WAR FOR DEFENSE - AND LEAGUE KEPT INPARIS PACT PLAN |French Draft of Multilatera| Treaty Presented to Five Powers. OFFERED AS SUBSTITUTE FOR KELLOGG PROPOSAL i Obligations Under Covenant Would | Be Fulfilled—Peace Pledge | by Nations Provided. | = | By the Associated Press, | PARIS, April 21.—France in her draft | of a treaty for the renunciation of war | reserves the right to wage war for de- | fense and in fulfillment of obligations under the League of Nations Covenant OF OIL FRA UD CHARGE IN TEAPOT DOME CASE Jury Frees Defendant After Two Hours’ Deliberation in See- ond Trial for Conspirac VERDICT IS “RIGHTEOUS.” IS COMMENT OF MAGNATE Wife of Defendant Near Collapse as De- cision Is Announced—Attorneys for Oil Man Congratulated on Victory. Harry F. Sinclair, millionaire oil operator, today was acquitted of | —Iliness of Floyd Bennett, who is con- fined to his bed. has caused indefinite postponement of the flight of the Ford | plane to the relief of the Bremen, which had been scheduled for today. jBalchen on the flight here from De- | troit yesterday, developed a high fever |during the night and was unable to leave his bed this morning. Both Ben- nett and Balchen, who have recently {undergone extremes of temperatures, {have suffered from heavy colds. - parts to replace those broken in the : Bay | landing of at Teller, Alas- | g | Giant Craft, in Role of Heavy Duty | r. Kings | on the |men and her crew on isolated Greenly ‘the only | Itland, glided down in to a safe landing at 3:45 o'clock yester- day afternoon at Lake Stagnes, 14 miles { est second only 1o that of the Bremen's {pett, who piloted Comdr, Byrd to the {th: Bremen | INs. | DELAV RELEF HOP & to Bremen Confined to Bed by Fever. .. By the Canadian Press LAKE STE4AGNES, Quebec, April 21 Bennett, who was co-piiot with Bernt Should it appear likely that Bennet: Schiller James Pitzmaurice of the crew The Ford plane was to have taken e Bremen and a supply of cial fuel to cnable the transatlantic to proceed here en route for New RELIEF PLANE READY. Truck. Waits at Murray Bay. BY C. B A 5 ! Disnateh to The Star and North an Newspaper Alliance.) MURRAY BAY, Quebec, April 21.— North American Newspaper Alllance now speeding to the rescue of the Bre- perfect weather here, completing the first stage swift journey from Detrojt. The plane,” whose epic venture was sponsored by The Washington, D. C Star and North American Newspaper Alliance, has been designated as official ip by the eity of New York n of rescue, like the heroic ' flight made by “Duke” Schil- under the sponsorship of the merican Newspaper Alliance nd The Btar, offers a dramatic inter- trensatiantic exploit Bennett and Baichen at Controls. The Bremen, awalting in ice and snow for the repair parts which should | enable her 1o resume her flight to Mitchel Field, could ask no worthier saviors, for the controls of the glant Alllance plane sits Floyd Ben- North Pole and back, and Bernt Balchen, one of the heroes of Byrd's New York-to-France flight in the America Jast year. The plane itse’f is the only one capa- bie of carrying to the Bremen the equipment she needs. It i not only making & dering flight over territory widom covered by airplane, but is acting the part of & heavy duty de- lvery truck as well As this dispateh 1s written the work of preparing the plane for semi-Arctic fiying w Greenly s finished, Bkils brought along from Detroit were at- tached in place of the wheels, on which the Alllance plane landed at Lake Stanges, & task of four hours. Bpecial high-test benzol is being loaded aboard Today the plane is ready. She has bourd complete landing gear, in- ding wheels, and a propeller laken trom the ¥-13, Junkers sister ship of Bhe also s taking fresh clothing, clgarettes, cigars and other Jusuries to Baron Von Huenefeld and ‘The French draft of muitilateral pact was presented to five powers—tiw United States, Great Britain, Germany. Italy and Japan—yesterday for con- sideration in preference to the plan of Secretary Kellogg. Other Treaties Protected. The object of the treaty, which was made public today. was defined as “a humane effort to achieve a union of civilized peoples through the common i renunciation of war as an instrument of National policy. All the signatories would be released from their obligations to the offender if one of the signatories should violate the pact, which would be offered to all nations for signature. The treaty specifically provides that it <hall not infringe on the rights or re- lieve from the obligation: of signatories under other international arrange ments, all are pledged, however, to seelt the settlement of differences among hemselves by peaceful means, War Renunciation Provided. Article 1, which deals with reserva- tions, says the signers “solemnly declare they condemn recourse to war and to renounce it completely as an instrument of national policy—that is to say, as an instrument of personal political action, spontaneous and inde- pendent, in which they take the initia- tive and not of action whereinto they may be drawn by the application of a treaty such as the pact of the League of Nations or t‘wflv’ n:a:.h‘;‘re Lr';aety n’m with the i they plet mselves un- der muue ‘condl! mot to conduct against ane ot;in- vasion.” This is prefaced with the statement that there is no intention “to limit the exercise of the right to legitimate defense under existing treaties when these define the violation of certain provisions as a hostile act.” Informal Conference Expected to Be Held in Washington. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER, By Cable to The Star ang Chicaxo News Copyright. 1928 PARIS, April 21.—With the delivery of the American and French drafts to Great Britain, Germany. Italy and Japan negotiations for the conclusion of a multilateral pact outlawing war have formally begun ‘These negotiations among the greatest international events of modern times, comparable perhaps only to the Dawes plan and the Lo- carno treaties. On their outcome de- pends perhaps not only the political relationships of the United States to the rest of the world, but the future of the League of Nations, of European allances. of disarmament and of the projected general settlement of war debts and reparations. If the American proposal is finally rejected, there is a chance that the political wsolation of the United States ‘will be indefinitely prolonged. If it is mccepted, the long-sought link be- tween American idealism and the League of Nations would perhaps at last have been found Would Fill “Hole” in Covenant. The so-called “hole in the League covenant.” which, when all possible conciliation nas failed, permils war, would at last have been filled and the solution of all sorts of problems. in- Daily !soluble without America’s friendly aid, would be facilitated if the American plan is accepted. All the great powers except Russia would henceforth be morally bound to form a common front, some active and some passive, against an aggressor. The era of perpelual world peace, of which men 5o Jong have dreamed, would be brought one step nearer. However, there are still many diffi- culties overcome. The French and American drafts are not identical and it Is still unce n to what extent the differences revealed are superficial and to what extent they are profound Great Britain, Germany, Italy snd Japan must now express thelr opinions th |1'hh expression, it is confidently be- lleved, will reveal sufficient grounds for continuance of negotiations looking toward establishment of & common text, And as the draft of such a final text is practically impossible by six-fold ex- changes of dispatches, there is every probabllity that a common conversa- ton or an informal conference will (Continued on Page 2. Column 1,) . GIRL HELD AS ESCAPED INMATE FROM HOME Found, Tired and Hungry, on Rafl rond Tracks in Maryland, Is Sent to D. C. Special Dispateh to The Star ROCKVILLE, Md, April 21,—Amelin Blencher, 18 years old, atured in men's clothes, was sent o the House of De- | tention in Washington today, pending word from s girls' home in Labcaster, Pa,, from which she s sald to have fled some Uime ago, Capt. Koehl. The start was planned for daybreak today. An intermediate landing will be made at Beven Islands snd possibly at Na- lashguan. The plane was expected U alight at Greenly this afternoon. The huge monoplane which th North American Newspaper Alllane (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) A Amelis was tired and hungry when | taken In hand by an electric line crew as she walked along the raflroad tracks wonr Norbeck. She sald she hadn't aten for two days. Two other girls had joined her in a trip to see the world, and the others had given up and returned home. She was on her wiy back to Pennsylvanuia from Virgina, *{advised her that 1928. CALL FOR THE CITIZ MILITARY TRAINING CAMPS. JRURY AND BRIDE Former Baroness Charges Non-Support as Hushand Asks Annulment in Reno. Peter A Drury, jr., and his bride of six weeks, the former Baroness Jean von Hagen, whom he married at Rock- ville March 3, brought their marital dif- ficulties out mto the limelight today with the filing of two suits. Announcement from Reno, Nev., that Drury had asked for annulment of the marriage was followed quickly by the filing of a suit for limited divorce in the District Supreme Court by Mrs: Drury, who asks permanent alimony and charged that her husband deserted her on March 8 and has since remained away. | Purthermore. Mrs. Drury's declara- ton asserts that her husband called her on the telephone on March 5 and “there was hell to pay,” and that his father was furious. Later in the day. she continues, her husband told ner that his father had called on the telephone from Jackson, Fla, and ordered his attornev to strike the son’s name out of his will. On the night of March 8, the declara- tion says, Drury caused her to sur- | render their quarters at the Cariton { Hotel and to go with him to his apart- | ment at 1616 Sixteenth street, advising her that he was going to live in an at 1215 Sixteenth street Through his the | apartment relatives, wite | promise (0 b aparges Drury later attempted to sur- | render the lease on her apartment and the gas and electricity were ordered turned off. She also charges that the grocer with whom she had n deaiing was notified not to supply any groceries on the credit of her hus “Very Curious,” Wife Says. { When Mrs. Drury was informed this | morning that her husband had filed an annulment suit she said: “That is very Irurlgu». I wish you would tell my law- yer. Mr. Neudecker, who is an assistant United States attorney, said the annul- ment suit wans news to him. “I have obtained depositions,” said Mr, Neudecker, “showing that at the time of the wedding Mr. Drury was as sober as a judge.’ Meantime the former baroness is liv- ing alone in the apartment at 1616 Sixteenth street, The elopement to Rockville on the night of March 3 was the culmination of a romance which began In Parls about two years ago. Thg young Wash- ington clubman, who is the son of Peter A. Drury, president of the Merchants' Bank & Trust Co. of this city, met the baroness in the French capital and be- came enamored of her. The baroness 18 an American girl, the daughter of William Tobin, millfonaire brick manu- facturer of New York. The next time | the couple met was about & yeer ago in (Continued on Page 3. Column 6.) SAYS U. S. WILL GIVE E. B. Lyman Estimates Year's Do- nations at 1.3 Per Cent of Na- tional Income in Bankers' Survey. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 21.—-The people of the United States will give 1.3 per cent of the $90,000,000 National income of the country to charity this year, Ed- ward Branch Lyman, shows in a charity investment chart. Under the Federal Income tax, 15 per cent of the net in- come 1s exempt as charitable donations. The $1,248,920,000 includes denations to churches, public community trusts and foundations, private and public be- nevolent institutions, educational insti- tutions, lbrarfes and museums. He estimates the return on money invested by these groups will approximate §110,- 141,000, The charity chart was prepared a5 a survey for a group of bankers, . Two Die in $100,000 Fire. JERBEY CITY, N. J, April 21 ().~ One man was fatally burned and an- other dled of suffocation in a $100 000 fire on the Jersey City water front early today, ‘The fire burned out a four- | story drug warehouse owned by R. Hil- ller's Bon Co. and damaged three ad- joining buildings on Hudson street, in- cluding the Hotel Winton, Radio Programs—Page 34 f 4 BOTH FLE SUTS \JEWELRY WORTH $10,000 LOST ON TRAIN BY SOCIETY WOMAN Mrs. Dietrich Kohlsaat of New York Mislays Gems—Case With One Article in It Later Recovered. Loss of jewelry worth $10,000 on a from New York yesterday and over- train between New York and Washing- '0oked her jewel case when she left] ton yesterday has been reported to the police by Mrs. Julia D. Kohlsaat, prom- inent New York soclety woman. Discovering her loss soon after ner arrival yesterday afternoon Mrs. Kohl- saat appealed to terminal authorities, who held up the train in the yards and made a thorough search. The search revealed only the jewel case which had contained the gems, empty save for a gold dlamond-studded cigarette case which had been left behind by the thief. Lieut. Henry Pisher and Sergt. James M. Walker of the terminal police worked all night and this morning admitted they were without a clue. Jiscovered Loss After Leaving. Mrs. Kohlsaat, who is a guest at the hom. of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Carr, at 3007 Woodland drive, came down the train at the Union Station. Discov- erng her loss she appealed to the Ter- minal - ~Meials, who had the train searched in the yards. The jewel case wr . found in one of the coaches. Some of the lest jewels, Mr. Carr explained th’' - orning, were insured. Mr. Carr is an investment banker and is well of the charge of conspiring with former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall to defraud the Government in connection with the leasing of Teapot Dome by the jury in Criminal Division 2 of the District Supreme Court after a de! liberation of two hours. Fall was to have stood trial with Sinclair in this case, which opened April 9, but his attorneys obtained a severance on the ground of poor healith. Whether Fall now will be brought to trial will be decided by the Government Many Hear Verdict. | The case nad been given to the jury { by Justice Jennings Bailey at 10:27 | o'clock this morning. and the announce- ment from the jury room at 12:15 o'clock brought surprise to the waiting interested parties. The corridor was | filled with people when at 12:19 o'clock | Chief Deputy Marshal S. B. Callaghan ran down the steps leading into the lobby trom tne floor above, ordering all persons into the courtroom who wished to enter. This was taken to mean rhat a verdict had been reached. Justice Bailey entered court and took his place at the bench a minute later and issued caution against any disturb- ance or demonstration on the part of the spectators, declaring he would pun- ish any such expressions on the findings of the jury At 12:22 o'clock the jury filed in, and Clerk Wallace Stickney turning to Benjamin F. Anderson. 58 years old, of 5500 Thirty-ninth street who had been chosen as foreman, asked if a verdict had been reached. Ander- son replied in the afirmative. Stickney ;’lfit;‘ In Washington as a tennis| %505 guilty o not guilty? . She je ol case was left by Mrs. Kohl- | saat in the woman's rest room of the coach she was' traveling on. she advised Union Stationp police, and she did not second, and Anderson ""‘fi‘&' m feel- or emotion replied, * ty.” qu the jury entered the courtroom. There was a pause of a fraction of a | e facts are. Any comments I may ake as 10 facts are in no way binding.” Judge Bailey read portions of the indictments, and then told the jury the substance of the Government charges was that Fall and Sinclair entered into 3 corrupt agreement whereby Fall shouid award certain contracts and leases in consideration of gifts and loans to be made by Sinclair to Fall. “You should consider all the facts in this case in determining the guestion,” the court continued. “You should take into consideration the testimony as to the method pursued in making the | lease. as to whether it was ordinary or different, and if different, why was it different. Was a different policy lnumled in an honest attempt to give the best to the United States, or was it to favor Sinclair>" In this ~onnection the court said the consider™ as to Sinclair arose voluntarily and held on to :‘hw to tremble from head to foot as the acquittal verdict was given. Sinelair Discharged. Justice Bailey excused the jury from think of it she was about to leave !ha‘gs‘l‘anm. she found the train already had been pulled « °t into the yards and she re- ported th matter to Assistant Station r ":rt:; C. Tlllrl'nm.hwho immediately instituted a search. The case was found | by A. B. Harris, a Pullman Co. electri- | further duty until Monday morning. clan. and as t::h)umsof Slrl::l.\:'he rocml Dum;} _Mrs. Kohlsaat informed the police | Thew Wright counsel moved | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) |that the defendant be discharged COOLIDGE QUTLINES FLOOD BILL CHANGE Suggested Revisions Form| Basis of House Plea for Compromise. The House today faced the necessity of incorporating in the Senate flood control bill a set of amendments fa- vored by President Coolidge or of en- acting the measure with a problemati- cal future before it. The proposed revisions of the bill were outlined by the President at a confer- ence last night at the White House. with two House Republican leaders, Representative Tilson of Connecticut, majority floor leader, and Chairman Madden of the appropriations commit- tee, and they formed the basis today of rontinued negotiations between the lead- ers and the flood control supporters in the House for a compromise on the measure. The acceptance of the suggested changes by proponents of the Senate oill remained in doubt, but the House ieaders were hopeful that today's con- ferences would culminate in a speedy approval of them. On such action, at least, depended whether consideratton of the measure would be resumed on the floor tod: Veto Is Forescen. In its present form, the Senate meas- ure is understood to be unsatisfactory to the President, and House Republi- can leaders have predicted that if it is enacted without change, it will be ve- toed by Mr. Coolidge. They also have expressed the opinion that they could muster sufficlent strength to sustain the veto, Mr. Coolldge's principal criticlsm of the measure has been that it does not embody the policy of contributions by the Mississipp! Valley States and he 1ad regurded it as highly important that this prineiple should be retained. The leaders today has embodied the (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) SORLIE- FOR WHITE’S POS North Dakota Governor Recom- mended for U, 8. Treasurer. President Coolidge s sald to have under consideration the name of Cov. A, @ Sorlle of North Dakota in ap- pointing & successor to Frank Whit who has resigned as treasurer of the United States to become connected with Southern banking interests. CGov. Sorlle has been recommended by both Senators Fragler and Nye, Re- publicans, of North Dakota If th ®overnor should be tendered the pointment, it would be necessary im to reslgn, as his term does not expire untll next January I, jwas confronted with congratulations, | |and smilingly and at the same time | ! tearfully acknowledged them. His only |comment was, “It's a righteous verdict.™ | Mrs. Sinclair, the defencant’s wite | was in a virtual state of collapse and was led siowly from the court building by Sinclair. Her face was buried in a| handkerchiet as she walked from the | | building. Martin W. Littleton of New ! | York and George P. Hoover of this city. | | Sinclair's counsel, were wroathed in | | smiles. As the jury left the courtroom | | and were about to return to their qulr-l | ters, which they had occupied day and night when not in court since April 9, | Hoover stopped them. shook hands with | each, thanked them for their verdiet on behalf of Sinclair and told them what | a pleasure it had been to appear before | ASSALS PAGFSTS Delegates Clinch Victory Over “Insurgents” by Urging Strong Defense. & chair in front of him. He| it was mere subterfuge or an attempt to conceal a “You might consider also payments in currency instead of in checks or bank draft and as a whole take all the evi- dence and determine whether these two men entered into a conspiracy. Explains Severance of Cases. “The Government must prove guilt eyend a reasonable doubt. If after full deliberation you find such a con- | Spiracy existed and one or more overt acts were performed in furtherance of that conspiracy then your verdict must be guilty.™ The court then stated if the jurors have a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty of the alle~ gations then the verdict must be not guilty. The court expl that owing to the i rate trial was or he added that does not affect the ques- tion as to the verdict of suilt or ine nocence of Sinclair. “If you dehberate fully and hon and endeavor to ascertain the truth without prejudice and aft liberation you arrive You will have done In such a case you Having effectually stamped out a minor but disturbing pacifistic rebellion | within its ranks, the Thirty-seventh Continental Congress of the D. A. R today came out with a reiteration of its stand on a strong national defense. As the sessions of the congress neared a close, the delegates enthusiastically clinched their victory over the gent” faction which had stirred up the so-called black!ist and national defense controversies by adopting resolutions “deploring the action of pacifists and obst-uctionists In attempting to weaken our defenses” and petitioning Congress “to provide as speedily as possible Navy appropriate to American dignity and power and fulfilling the 5-5-3 ratlo agreed upon at the Washington conference.” The convention also went on record as indorsing the firm stand taken by the national officers of the soclety agninst “subversive groups and individ- uals seeking to undermine the pro~ vislons for our national defense and security,” and commending the national defense committee for its “vigorous policies * ‘The action of the delegates todayv was regarded as a final slam at Mrs. Helen Tufts Baille and Mrs. St. Omer Roy whose attempts yesterday to have the conuress go on record against the black- listing of “‘undesirable” speakers and in denunciation of the aggressive na- tional defense program of the soclety met with complete defeat. The congress today voted to “deplore the action of pacifists and obstructfon- Ists who have lately attempted to weaken our defenses bv befogging the minds of the people with regard to the relative strength of the navies of the world and by confusing the public as to ex|‘-me '|nv~;‘l‘vfd. threat of war, scrapping of sl and bullding * " S Mrs. Ellenore Dutcher Key of Mary- land, who yesterday seconded the ‘black list” resolutions, arose today and explained that in so doing she had not roalized that the resolutions had any connection with the controversies over ipeakers and national defense. Inciden- tally, the soclety voted later to cance) A contract with Mrs Key for the pro- duction of D. A. R emblems, on the fround that they could be bought cheaper elsewhere. In canceling this business agreoment with Mrs. Key, no mention was made of yesterday's insur- qent battle, As a further mark of confidence in 'he activities of Mrs Sherman Walker #nd her national defense committes the socloty voted to subscribe at least 10 cents per capita throughout the soclety fo (L, support of the work of the na- (Contliued on Page 4, Colimn 1) A nsur- | | them. o Littleton observed to the seemingly scores of people who offered congratu- lations to him for his part in the case: “The persecution is over. The Government counsel, Owen J Roberts and Atlee Pomerene, former Senator from Ohio, appointed by Presi- dent Coolidge to prosecute the oil cases, | had no comment to make at the time They slipped almost unnoticed to the te ey's office. The jur- ars, each carrying a suit case containing | personal belongings. marched out into | { the open and posed for newspaper pho- | tographers on the front steps of the | Courthouse | The charge of Justice Bailey was | the first order of business this morn-| {ing. Closing arguments of Govern-| | ment and defense counsel were delivered | } yesterday afternoon and under a pre- arranged plan. Justice Bailey did not { give the case immediately on conclusion | of the last argument The court opened the charge by {tollmg the jurors that the testimony they heard was unusually clear and the | arguments of counsel were clearly and | | distinetly presented. “In & case of th " he said, * s at acts are pres . the argu- ment of counsel is of unusual benefit to the jury Reads Parts of Indictments. “Your duty is to take the law as given | by the court, no matter what your | private opinion may be, but as to the cts you are the sole and and it is for you to decide what | United States | “THE PENALTY” “Golden Rule” Film Produced by The Evening Star | To further trame safety will be shown tomorrow and Monday along with the regular program at the Apollo Theater 624 H Street N.E. ultimate | * uroaches of vo to the jurors ocveding. stating oc criminal proceeding the burden is on the Gove ermment to prove guilt bevond a reae sonable doubt. The defendant, he cone tinued. at the beginning of the case s presumed to be innocent: he is sumed to be innocent during the tak- ing of the testiman e Argw ments of counsel and courty fx?:?{l‘“h”‘d this !pm\umpmn Temaing the jurors have reac final e 7 reached a I:'I defining reasonable doubt, Justice Balley laid emphasis on the fact that it IS not a guess or & surmise that the defendant may be guilty or innocent. If after carefy ideration of the whole evidence od Dbelief of the SUllt of the defendant is produced then the jury may be said 10 be free from reasonable doudt and must find its verdict accordingly The court stresied the point that the defendant is churged with crime as set forth within the limits of the .= dicument and it matters not whether in the jurars’ opinion the defendant has been gullty of any other erime. Government's Obligations. The Government must show that a conspiracy - existed independent and apart from the overt acts or any other ts which the Government claims were made in furtherance of the conspiracy, the court declared. and unless the con- spiracy is established independently, then the Government has not made its charge, the court said. Justice Balley added, however, that it was not neces- sary for the Government to prove that an unlawful mto i words WONDER WORKER SOUGHT Colored Woman Loses $193 and Three Diamond Rings.