Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1928, Page 1

WEATHE R. (U 8. Weather Bureau Furecast.) Cloudy, probably rain today and t night. Tomorrow fair and slowly ri ing temperature. ‘Temperature—Highest, lowest, 42, at 10 p.m. Full report on page 7. 48, at 10 am.; e Swnday WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sunday mernin Star “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and g to Washington homes by ‘The Sta.’s exclusive carrier . Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. 1.205 -~ No. 30,672, i class matt Entered second Washinston, D post oftie « \\':\SlllNi'l‘t).\'. D. " C., SUNDAY MOR IN( N APRIL 1928 —- 106 (#) Means Associated Press IVE CENTS. WILKINS SEES NO LAND l\lessa;.:_(:l‘_el His Trip Acro Blind Spot. EXPLORER GIVES BRIEF ACCOUNT COther 7 F;mAl;‘:l for Work in Far North Elated at His Feat. — The words in a radiogram from Capt. George H. Wilkins to Dr Isaiah Bowman, director of the Ameri- can Geographical Society of brought today the ‘Wilkins had discovered no flight over the North Pole Before flying over the Pole from Point Barrow to Spiizbergen Wilkins sent to Dr. Bowman the code in which he would report whether he discovered Jand snd if he did its extent and loca- tion A piack fox in the distance was to refer to mountainous land, while a blue fox in the distance would denote flat land The estimated number of square miles would be denoted in (hf messsge “above (so many) foxes black or blue sccording to the terrain The radiogram Dr. Bowman re- ceived said: “Traversed course out lined. One stop account bad weather #rrived 20 hours flying time. Five days from Barrow. No foxes seen. LANDS ON BARREN ISLE. Few Brief Messages Are Wilkins Only Story of Feat. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 21 P).—Another conquest of the North Polar regions was recorded today, wl.e': Capt. George H. Wilkins u;gpcapmhueu Politiken the safe ar- is of I Accompanies Wilkins CARL BEN EIELSON, Formerly of Washington. ATLANTIC AIRWAYS NEEDS EXPLAINED Regular Flights Over Ocean Will Foliow improvements, Pilot Believes. BY MAJ. JAMES C. FITZMAURICE. By Telegraoh to The Star annd the New York Times. | MURRAY BAY, Quebec, April 21.—Is rival at Spitzbergen of himself and Carl | transatiantic fiying in present-day air- B Nielson. They fiew over the top of the world from Point Barrow, Alasks. Only brief wireless messages came o revealed that Wilkins, Pitzmaurice in escape of their epic ad- was obliged to make a uninhabited islet only Von Huenefeld on Greenly Island, but there is no lighthouse on Doedman. 3 The Wilkins anhouncements were all the briefer because the regular radio operalor of the small station in the Svalbard Archipelago was kilied a few days 2g0 in an accident. Some one of tne Spitzbergen colony knew enocugh about wireiess transmission to get out word of that accident and w0 call for a relie! operator t was oot clear as 10 who trans- mitted the messages from Wilkins, b be may have done that himself sin be had kept in communication stations in Alaska by using a small radio set with which his plane was equipped while he was still at Point Barrow. The plane’s set is believed, however, to have gone out of commis- sion. for no word came from Wilkins on the day he hopped off nor for sev eral days preceding the start Praised by Other Explorers. The captain, in his messages 1o the outside world, said that he reach:A Epitzbergen after 20%; bours of fiying He mentioned the five days’ delay on the island. It was figured, therefore that he must have left Point Barrov some time last Sunday. His message was timed as having been sent at noon very meagerness of the news fired the imagination of 1 and brought words rom other explorers 1 expressed gratifica- sad made &nywhere could be compared nat w ord of Comdr that Byrd's been wrong. st there could be no doubt W Wilkins had flown ncross Uhe Land Doedmunss tween Danes Isiand, @ Joca Aretic whike of 1671 ing Place Was Haven, and Amsterdam was known L 8 haven A voyager ride ut tains, on ven the ek o Column 3. anchor (Continued on Page “CONFESSIO'&" IS HOAX, JAIL PRISONER ADMITS “ @ays He Told to Win Extiadition From Oklahoms. By the Assocsated Fitse £l RENO, Okls, Apri) 21.—Eiwin Allen, 8 prisoner in the county Jall here wamiited today in s signed statement given Jocel wuthorities Lhat & “confes son’ which he made ‘m‘u.' the slaying of Rev. Eoward W Jrs. Elesnor Mills in New 1922 was untrue. He concocted the confession, he W an eflort 1o be extradited o Ne c:u-v hoping W escepe serving @ sen e in the Oklshoma Blate Peniten for burglagy |risks involved? | the | which many people are asking today from dis- (as the result of the enormous public Jersey in | planes foolish, owing to the enormous ‘Will regular transat- lantic commercial aerial services be an accomplished fact? These are questions | interest centered on our flight. Other questions which are being asked are: Should these services ma- terialize in the future, over what route will the machines operate, and exactly what type of craft will be employed? Will the route be New York, Bermuda, {Azores, Lisbon and London, or New York, Newfoundland, Azores, Lisbon | and London, or Newfoundland, Ireland and London? Will the craft used be |land planes, flying boats, seaplanes, | amphibians or dirigibles? Mzay I offer my views on these ques- | tions? The transatlantic aerial service will undoubtedly be the most important aerial route of the future. as it will con- nect the American and European coun- tries. Much pioneer work remains to be done. even with present- planes and engines. Take Glance at Progress. These flights are not foolish 4n any case where they are properly organized and all the risks realizec and provided against. And those who think trans- | atlantic aviation will never be a regular | public utility service should endeavor 10 get away from the idea Of the pres- | ent-day airplane, engine and route or- | ganization. - Glance over the progress which has taken place in the develop- ment of aviation in such a short time nd try to visualize the aircraft and ground organization which will exist 15 to 20 yMrs hence. Airplanes will be produced which will | be capable of riding out the roughest gale it is possible to encounter. | Much more reliable and more eco- iomic engines will also be designed, be' ter and reliable c¥npasses and instru- {ments will be avallable, efficlent direc- tion-finding wireless of low weight and long range will alsc 9 me, meteorological | organtzation over t. Atlantic will de- velop. These are the factors which have 16 be understood First, let us take the route. The shortest is obviously the best, that is, New York, New Foundland, Ireland, London. The weather conditions here however, are slightly worse than those which would normally be encountered over the Bouthern route. Study Weatker Conditions. As already explained, this matter nowever, can be overcome in time. It isa matter for international discussion and agreement merica and midatiantic, and simi- {larly England, France, Germany and | 1reland, will have to carry on corre- ponding work from the west comst of | Europe 1o midatlantic For this work, of course, special ships would have to be available at anchor meteorologieal work. ‘These ships would co-operate with the meteorological de- partments of the countries concerned, and the reports would be collected and definite information be available at all tmes on conditions right across the | ocenn When a machine, therefore, 18 ready leave on u voyage, the p and navigators will know exactly what con- | aittons they will encounter and plan thelr course wecordingly. Bhould, how- ever, sudden violent storms arise after | the ' departure of the machine, they of HMall-Mille Cawe con be informed of this by wireless and | | iter thelr course 1o svold them Balchen to Start for Greenly Is- - land Today. SPEEDY REPAIRS SEEN BY PILOT Bennett Is Too 11 to Make Long Trip: Take-Off Studied. BY CHARLES J. V. MURPHY, | LAKE ST. AGNES, Quebec, April 21 —The first comprehensive effort to re- lease the German transatlantic flyers jand their airplane, the Bremen, will be started tomorrow. At 5 o'clock—at the rst crack of dawn over the hills- Bernt Balchen. Comdr. Byrd's trans- |atlantic pilot, will take off the mono- plane provided by the North American Newspaper Alliance on its 710-mile hop to Greenly Island. | Only weather—a blinding fog or storm ! —will delay the start of the tri- motored monoplane, Balchen an- nounced this afternoon. He was much rested. The effects of the cold which caused him to defer the start scheduled for today had apparently diminished and he was eager to get under way. Reports received direct from the Greenly Island lighthouse today said that the Bremen was standing virtually ready to install the spare parts carried by the Alliance’s plane. The Bremen, it-was said, will be ready to fly Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. Weath- | er conditions were reported as favor- able. Equipment Already Loaded. Already loaded in the Alliance plane is the entire equipment needed to con- dition the Bremen for flight. It in- | cludes a new propeller, landing gear, joil and fuel lines—100 pounds of oil jand 60 gallons of petrol—enough to | fuel the Bremen for the non-stop flight | to Murray Bay. When the plane, which has been designated by the mayor’s reception committee of New York City as the official relief plane, gets off she will | carry Maj. James J. Fitzmaurice, Ernest | Koeppen, the Junkers' mechanic: Pilot | Balchen and the correspondent of The | Star and the North American News- Ppaper Alliance. Floyd Bennett, co-pilot with Bernt | Balchen in the trip from Detroft, was | seriously il with influenza tonight, and upon advice of Murray Bay physicians | Wil not try to make the trip to Greenly | Island when the plane leaves tomorrow | morning. He will. however, try to pick jup the Alllance plane on its return to | Murray Bay. Balchen will pliot the plane alone. With him, to act in case of unforeseen emergency. will be Maj Pitzmaurice, who has achieved, per- haps the best record of any fiyer in | the Royal or Irish Free State air forces | for his work with heavy and multi-mo- tored planes. “Duke” Schiller will not | be on the relief plane | Less than two years ago Pitzmaurice had fitted a gigantic bomber of the Pree State air forces | with extra petrol tanks and was going to make a solo flight from Ireland to New Yorw with it | sufficient leave of absence. Made Landing in Storm. | At one time, however, in a trial trip, | he piloted this heavy and unwieldy vessel through one of the worst storms le\'er witnessed on the Irish coast and brought it to land safely during heavy snowfall and fog | The total airline distance from Mur- | ray Bay to Greenly Island iz 670 miles, | The Alliance plane, even if u stop-off 1§ | made for safety’s saze, at Seven Islands, | should reach Greealey by 3 o'clock | With this time in nund, it 15 expected | that the Bremen should be ready to leave Greenly by Tuesday morning stopping at Murray Bay that wight, and arriving in New York Wednesday night | “1t's the only ship that is capabic | of bringing us out,” Fitzmaurice said, | after examining the plane, “and the | baron and Capt. Koehl most certainly | will be glad to see it come into sight. | Belleve me, they have not been enjoy- | ng themselves on that blasted island.” Major Watches Work. The major was particularly interested in the operation attending the changing of the wheeled gear on | machine. It was the first time he had | seen such maneuvers ‘It is & pity,” he sald, “that caused you s much trouble” | Wenzell, the mechanic, and Tom | Mulroy the chief engineer of Comdr ! Byrd's expeditions, worked through the | night to mnstall the skils, lond the Bremen's equipment and refuel the Al- | Hance's plane | At a conference yesterday morning In ! which Miss Herta Junkers, daughter of {the Bremen's designer; Maj. Fitz- we i the stralt be- | the ocesn for the sole purpose of | maurice, Bernt Balchen and the corre- spondent of the North American News- | paper Alilance participated, it was de- ";1 ed that the monoplane should stop | at Beven Islands, 240 miles from here, {and take on more fuel, instead of at- | tempting a non-stop flight, as was originally planned ! Will Decrease Load. As & consequence, the Allance plane | will take off from here only 440 gallons of tuel instead of 650, which will make I difference of 1,200 pounds in the | plane’s lond, an mportant consideration [n“the take-oft from Lake Bt Agnes Both Fitzmaurice and Balchen were The wireless would iso be useful to |agreed that it would be wiser to cut L give the personnel of the machine help- {down the load, rather than hurl the ful information throughout thelr jour- |giunt plane over the long hanging nills 1 ad ¢ wdvantage of every helping wind | Could ¥ind Exact Posttion, | The position of the machine ot any Hall ano [ Lime could be given by means of direc- | New York This 15 | escort tor the Junkers importance, as the machines g | would know Lhelr exact position st sny | Yon-fnding ground stations. |0t great {time, und aiso | making over the ground On_the flights & (Continued on Page3, Column 3.) dy_sccomplished | repatrs which would enabls them o avoid | which ring the lake. « winds and plan their route to The Alliance plane, however, will mike the return with the Bremen non {stop Overnight the mechanies will re- istore the wheeled gear and both planes {will e In readiness for the jump to the Alllance plane acting s ‘We'll piteh in and belp In the re puiring of the Bremen,” suid Balchen the speed they were | Mal Fitzmaurice estimuted it would not take more than six hours to make the “By this time,” he sald, “Baron (Continued on Page 8, Column 4) tri-motored | but could not get | the Alllance | HOOVER AND SITH Former Faces Severe Tests | This Week in Ohio and i Massachusetts. | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Despite desperate efforts of the op- | position Secretary Herbert Hoover and Gov. Al Smith of New York today con- tinue the leading candidates for the Republican and Democratic presiden- tial nominations, respectively. Both have greater numbers of dele- gates instructed and pledged to them than any of their opponénts. Popular polls taken in many sections of the country show them far in the lead of other aspirants. Notwithstanding the fact that Presi- dent has maintained absolute- ly a_hands-off policy in the race for the ‘:upubucm nvn\lnluond Mr.:ot::- er becoming more and mo - garded as the administration candidate. The other ""‘"‘m“:'g“’fi"’ who re prominently mention ave op- .e. the Prel’idem in some of h policies. This is particularly true Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, who is seeking the nomination with the back- ing of many of the supporters of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill. Vice President Dawes, who is more and more often mentioned as a_probable inheri- tor of Lowden strength in the national convention should the former governor of Illinois be eliminated in the ballot- ing. has also given his adherence to the principles of the McNary-Haugen bill Mr. Hoover, it is claimed by his adher- ents, stands_foursquare with the Presi- dent in all his policies. Reaction to Coolidge Letter. The reaction in Washington yester- day to the letter sent by President Coolidge 1o the Republican State chair- man of Massachusetts, requesting that his name be not used in the presidential preferential primary in his home State on Tuesday, was that it had checked but not halted the “draft Coolidge' movement which had gained ground during the last week. Only a definite statement by the President that he would not under any circumstances ac- cept the nomination could put a final end to that movement, it was asserted One of the most insistent supporters of the proposal to draft the President asserted that the Massachusetts lettel was only in keeping with the Presi- dent's intention to inform the country l dent, end that he will not countenance anything in any State primary which might look to his nomination by the national convention on these points kept absolutely clear (Continued Von' me 5, Column 7) TODAY'S STAR PART ONE—28 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Political Survey of the United States— Pages 12, 13 and 14 Schools and Colleges—Page 22 PART TWO—12 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page Reviews of Spring Books-Page | Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 7 Y. W. C. A, Activities—Page 7 | Radio” News-Page 8 A Page 9 w. and 4 4 rfound the City C. T. U. Activities—Page 9. PART THREE—14 PAC | Boctety. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 7. | At Community Centers—Page 7 News of the Clubs—Pages 8, 9 and 10 Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 11 ! PART FOUR—16 PAGES. Theater, Screen and Music. News of the Motor World—Pages 6, 7,8, 9 and 10 Fraternal News-sPages 11 and 13 Army and Navy News--Page 12 District Natlonal Guard —Page Civillan Army News—Page 13 - Serial Story, “The Inn of the Hawk and Raven'—Page 14 District Naval Reserve—Page 14 Army and Navy Unlon—Page 14 Veterans of the Great War—Page 15, Spanish War Veterans—Page 15, Cross-word Puzzle—Page 15 PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section, PART SIX—12 PAGES. Classified Advertising D. A R Activities—Page 9 Boy Bcout Activities— Page 0 Financial News -T‘NI'!‘ 10 snd 11 PART SEVEN—8 PAGES Magazine Bection--Pletion and Humor GRAPHIC SECTION—& PAGES, World Events in Plotures COLOR SEOTION-~4 PAGES, Mutt and Jeff, Reg'lar Fellers: M Mrs.; Migh Ligs of History, nd that he does not want to run for Presi- | With his record | “FLOAT“RS." SEL! FLOCK TO CROWDED D. C. FIELD - CONTINUE INLEAD Mooy Meckionios Come Fere ) W Warnings, Believing Federal Projects BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. | “Floaters” are being attracted to the city through the erroneous bellef that the big building program of the Gov- ernment is going to provide lots of work for mechanics. But their influx | here has only served to aggravate con- | ditions for resident mechanics in the | building trades. many of whom have been out of work for months. For a “floater” is not a bum, as many believe, |but it is a term applied by the trades- ' {men to the itinerant mechanic or | workman who has no permanent rési- | dence in the city and just comes down iin search of work. Many of them are not “floaters” by choice, but have been driven to the |extreme of migrating because they have found out for a certainty that | their honte towns do not hold out any | prospect of employment for them. and is | they have misread the reports about ‘of | the Government building projects. They | lowing, _during | are here, many of them dragging along HOOVER FOES USE e[ AS OHIO BLUDGEON Circulars Ciaim Senator Was; “Hounded” to Grave by | Secretary’s Backers. | SEEK VETERANS’ VOTE | IN TUESDAY PRIMARY! gt oreSIDENT COOLI For THE FOURTH TIME NSSTS UPON NOT RONNING AGAINY | | i \.ml\““ i Politicians Cautious About Predict- | ing Victory—Burton Bears Burden of Attack. I il i /l BY J. H. G al Dispatch to COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 21.—The | hush that fell upon the Republican | presidential primary campaign in Ohio with the death of Senator Willis, was| broken during the closing days of the LBRAITH. | campaign with the most bitter conten- | tion ever seen in a primary election in | | this State. Ohio’s primary is to be held | | Tuesday. On the stump and by, printed page, the anti-Hoover organiza- | tion attacked Secretary Hoover and his advocates In Ohio most viciously. } Without newspapers that could be| « ' used as vehicles to carry their denuncia- | | tions to the voters, campaign circulars | and cards ‘were printed and sent| | through the mails by the thousands— the extent to which this form of cam- paigning went, causing wonderment as | to the source of funds to meet the large expense. The object of practically all of these circulars is evidently to arouse resent- ment in the voters through references | | to the death of Senator Willis as caused | by “houndings” by the men who are charged with being ultimately respon- | sible for the Hoover candidacy in_ this | State. An editorial in the Week. a weekly publication here which was lit- erally taken over by the anti-Hoover | forces for their use during the cam- | paign, called upon Republican voters to go to the polls Tuesday and with their ballots, “wipe off the blood” shed | by their fallen leader in the campaign.” Burton Is Assailed. Another campaign circular widely cir- culated among the World War soldier voters of the State cartooned Repre- sentative Burton of Ohio as always op- posed to whatever the soldiers had ask- ed. while the shadowy form of Senator Willis at one side is marked with “he was always for whatever the soldiers asked,” and under it all, the assertion hat Herbert Hoover was opposed Lo the soldiers’ bonus legislation. The face of <he card bears a picture of a dougnboy :el:h the words beneath it, “lesi we for- JING U. S. WORK | their families, with _little possessions they can pile on a small car, the cheap- | est means of transportation for a group, provided the car is already in hand, as it usually is with most mechanics. Warnings Are Sent Out. Reports have been constant that such a condition existed. The unions | have sent out warinings that the Gov- |ernment projects will not get under | | way for months and appealing to| their fellow workmen of other towns to stay away, because there were many here who were out.of work. There is a certainty that scores, even hundreds, of local men are out of work, | except for odd jobs which they obtain |now and then, but there was no ac: ‘mrnte information as to the “floaters. So, to get as close to the facts as it is | humanly ble to get without intri- | cate machinery for taking a cegsus, this reporter ‘was given instructions Monday to— “Go get a job as a mechanic!™ That looked easy, but the days fol- which the _writer (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) Another campaign circular is direct | i i ST Bt | at o v employes of the | partment have been under {Jected to the humiliation olm.‘n - MERGER PROSPECTS " CROWING DIMMER :District Committee Intimates | $50,000 000 Valuation of Railways to Be Discarded. Prospects of favorable congressional | action on the proposed traction merger | at this session grew dimmer yesterday {as a result of the highly controversial | tssue that has developed in the House District committee over the $50,000.000 valuation approved by the Public Util- ities Commission | Despite the defense of this rate base | by Col. Harrison Brand, vice chairman of the commission, an intimation was | given that the committee would discard | the figure and order a revaluation of | the companies’ properties. Against such a suggestion, both Chairman John i Childress of the Public Utilities | Commission and Col Brand have warned that a revaluation probably | would result in an even higher rate base on appeal to the courts. Representative Gibson of Vermont, | who eritieized the methods employed in | arriving at the agreement on the rate | base, declared yesterday that the Dis- |trict committee was not necessarily | bound by the decision of the courts in | the Capital Traction case, which has been used as a basis for valuing the Washington Rallway & Eleetric Co properties. Examination of Col. Brand | brought out the fact that the Court of | Appeals, in valuing the Capital Traction | Co. at $26,000,000, had deducted nothing | for depreciation | New Element Centers. | New elements entering into the merger question, Mr. Gibson suggested. | might make it necessary for the com- mittes to gnore the present rate base |and reopen whole question of | valuation: the subjected (o further modification in | favor of the public Interests before it will prove acceptable to the committee |{ar to Congress is Indicated by the dis- | satisfaction expressed by varlous com- | mittee members with certain of its pro- | vistons | _Representatives of the Federation of | Citizens’ Assoctation, 1f allowed to do |50, are prepared to raise the Lisue of | “forelgn control” i the Washington Rallway & Electrie Co Chief opposition to the merger plan appears (o come from CGibson, Hammer of North Carolinn and Blanton of Texas, although the latter has not at- stended the hearing since he left it abruptly on the opening day with the curt statement that he expected “to fght it as long as there 1s any fight left In me” Analysin of Methods, By far the greater portion of the als of the method used by the Public Utilitles Sommission in areiving at a £60,000,000 valuation Col fended the commission’s valuation by declnring that If a valuation were made today of the Washington Rallway & Eleotrle Co, based on the court de- eilon in the Capital Tractlon case, 1t would _amount to $30,000000, which, (Continued on Puge 5, Column 4 ‘That the merger agreement must be | time wia spent yesterday in an analy- | Brand de- | tion. It is found also that appeal to the | emotions of the colored valtga hflwbe‘fl: | made extensively by the anti-Hoover | people recently by a series of memorial | exercises for Senator Willis in their SINCLAIR CLEARED AFTER FIVE YEARS 0Oil Miillionaire Goes to New Jersey Farm Following Verdict. JURORS DECLARE RESULT WAS BASED ON EVIDENCE “Parallel Case” Cited by One—An- other Glad to Regain Liberty. internationally ., today s at ais Rancocas, N. J., farm free of the charge he has borne for more than five vears— that he conspired with former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall to defraud the Government in the leasing of Tea- >. Leme. A jury of 12 ODtstrict of Columbia citi- zens, after listening for 10 trial days to the evidence presented by both sides in support of their respective claims, yesterday reported a verdict of “not guilty” a little less than two houss after receiving the case and at the end of the third ballot. Not a vote was cast for conviction on the first two polls of the jury, although thcre were four “uncer- tain” on the first 2nd two on the sec- ond ballots. The third was unanimous for acquittal. The news of Sinclair's acquittal rad not penetrated the :ntire city before the questin was raised, “What zbout Fall?" The Guvernment brosecutors, former Senator Atlce Pomerene of Ohio 2 Coolidge to prosecute the “oil cases,” replied there would e an announcement from them “the middle of ths week.” Beyind this they would not indicate what ‘heir course would be. Fall Still Under Charges. However. the legal minds in attend- ance at the trial threshed the matter out as standing in this manner: That as a practical move, no criminal pro- ceedings would be brought against Fall, | as the jury, in effect, said the two did not E-EE 52 lg ] i £ % H T i a i & L4 SHERIFF T0 FIGHT - SENATE CHARGES Cunningham Refuses to An- | swer Accusations—Plans Philadelphia Defense. churches all over the State, the - ers being anti-Hoover Repuhnun_:pe::oi took advantage of the opportunity to | [ abDeal to their hearers to “avenge” the | of the Sena v dex{gflu tor by voting for his | he Hoover headquarters t t apprised of the receipt of Rot‘;i‘;h'c:l:’ Wwomen voters all over the State of a | | letter written on the letterhead of the | | national Republican committee, by Mrs. | Wilma Sinclair Levan, woman member | | o1 the national committee for Ohia, | and a Willis delegate at large condi: date. in which the women are urged | | to “single shot” for her. There is seen | here an attempt to break the sotd | slate of Hoover delegates at large, | which has been generally predicted, vy PHILADELPHIA, April 21.—Sheriff | PUlling Mrs. Levan through in this way Thomas W. Cunninghara will not go to Denies Her Support. | Washington to answer the indictment| The (reasurer of th e Club of charging him with contempt of the | Republican Women, Mrs. W. H Aleo United States Senate in refusing to re- | ander, and a member of the boacg. of | veal the source of the money he con- | §overnors, Mrs. Marie Brown, also | tributed to W. S. Vare's primary cam- | charged today that Mrs, Levan was | paign in 1926, cpresenting that the State club was | Representative Benjamin M. Golder. ' for her, whereas they say a very large | | Cunningham’s lawyer, served notice | majority of the club members are for | to that effect to day on Leo A. Rover, | the Hoover candidates from bottom to | United States attorney for the District | top. | of Columbia. Instead. Mr. Golder said | The Sentinel, which appeared this | | Cunningham will n;)pvll to the United | week bearing the ownership statement States Court in Philadelphia to pre- | of the “loyal Republican League." pre- vent his removal to Washington. ' | sents all the arguments heretoiore made | Rover telephoned Golder today to | by the opponents of Hoover against his | notify him that the indictment was re- | Americanism, embellishes its tront page turned by the grand jury vesterday and | with an alleged picture of the Secretary to arrange a time for an urralgnment | on the streets of London wearmg a | for entering bail “topper,” spats and outer British cloth- | _After Golder has apprised him of | Ing generally. The picture pr | Canningham’s decision. Rover said he | youthful face with a drooping m { would send all the papers in the case | and little that is suggestive of the Sec to United States Attorney George M. | retary’s features | Coles here. | _Both the Americanism and the Re- . o | publicanism of Mr. Hoover had been ENVOY LEAVES CUBA. By the Associated Press | Tremors Renew Panic Among Bul- garians—King Boris Towrs | \ i Refugee Zone | - | | Questione: v the opposition earlier in | the campaign, but it was reserved to @ “n:- \'Ih-.\m;[ days of it for them to ques- tion his personal integrity by innuendo N B Fudsh and Fumily TOPAr| g “it was bellaved” (o B Coaant for Washington. as food administrator had never been audited HAVANA, April 21 (. —N. B. Judah, . The Sentine! also carried on one page United States Ambassador, accompanied | this week a facsimile of the Democre by his family, departed today for Wash- presidential primary ballot Michigan ington, v of 1920, showing Herbert Hoover's Despite Ambassador Judah’'s denlal name in the same list with that of that his visit had no bearing on the ' Willilam Jenniggs Bryan recent Shipstead resolution, which asked | On the same day that Ralph D Cole. | for a special Senate committee to - speaking for the Willis organization vestigate Cuba's protection of foreign | laid the blame for the death of Sena- investments, the Cuban press continues | tor Willis upon the shoulders of Wil to connect the two events. They also e o o 5. Col <R hn ko Barlow | ‘Continued on Page §, Column 3. against the Cuban government amount- | 2 ing to $5.000,000. It s held that the | Bariow ciaim was_direety responsioie JUAKE AGAIN SHAKES for_the Hlllp»'\'ud resolution | m— = = || DEVASTATED DISTRICT |l ee il | “THE PENALTY | - " R | “Golden Rule” Film || | i | Produced by | | By the Assbciated Press | SOPIA, Bulgara, April 31.—1he dis- | [ triet avound Philippopolis, which was | thatered by earthquakes carly this veek. Was shaken agaln at aoon today The |shoek “was followed by undergcound rumblings, which renewed pante among he. stricken nooulatibn of the disteiet King Borls con''ues (0 tour the cvastated distric,s He spent tast night [WHR the refugees eplig M a ent A gift of $3.000 ¢ o Bhilltppaoalis was vecelved by the averament om e American Red | Oross. Premier Lanpehett l\;‘w that | forelgn aid 15 the anly effectual help for | Dulgaria, Whose OWi resoures are in- | sufficient 0 cope wh the destitation | that has resulted “é the disaster, i The Evening Star further trafc safety will be shown today and tomorrow along with the regular program at the Apollo Theater 624 H Street N.E. f i i and we did our duty.” however, had a different view on making public what transpired in the final stage of the lo ng proceedings { which had their origin in the Senate public lands committee. One of these, Kenneth Carter, juro: No. 12, 28 years old. of 1341 Taylo street, told the Associated Press that lease the property. to sell the lease it seems to me that he ‘would have gone after at least $2.000.00: and would not have accepted $233.00 as he could have gotten more.” Expects Blame for Verdict. Carter said he did not believe Sir clair agreed to pay Fall anything Le fore he got the lease. “Jt may be tha after Sinclair did get the lease, Fa g0t some money from him by the a: ment that he had favored Sinclair with the lease. “I mean, that suppose I did some- thing for somebody and then Ilal came around and asked for a loan a gift on the plea that I had done & service for him. If he should give me the money you couldn't say that he was guilty of a conspiracy.” we will get blamed tor he continued. ML‘ dont realize that all we could consider was this particular charge and only the evidence produced at the trial, B cause Sinclair has been pictured in ail sorts of lights during the last six y didnt mean e could take t into consider We had to stick to the evidence. “T will say a blow of hi ed to do its o We went into this case with an open mind as any 13 ould have. Of course, we had read of the case casually in the newspapers and nobody but an imbecile hadn't t T dont believe any of the jury, and I know I hadn't given the case any particular attention until we were summoned on the jury. Another juror, who requested that his name be withheld, said “there was so much stuff about Fall and the Interior Department that it was hard to see where Sinelair had anything to do with 1t." The juror volunteered. how- ever, that he and his colleagues thought there was “something funny adout the ranch deal™ dut the Government evi- dence on this point was not sufficiently strong to convince them beyond & rea- sonable doubdbt that a conspiracy had been entered into. “Bawled Out” by Boss. “I've been razsed to death sinee 1 got home,” said the juror. “1 called up my boss to tell him it was all over, an when I told him the verdict he dawled me out. And I suppose a lot of other people will be talking the same way. &\utld\iflcm 1 did duty and 1 stood by my conscience Beliet. It 1 had d\nsnm with the others, 1 would have held out forever™ The juror declared that upon the eon- cluston of Roberts’ opening argument to the jury Friday morning the 13 men as s body were “sold” on the Governments case. “We liked Mr. Roberts and 1 felt very sorry for him when we brovght the verdicl,” he continued 1 saw his nead drop down and I'll never that look on his face. 1 had imien ooking At Stnclair. but Roberw all my attention. Next to Mr. Koberts we Uked Col Litteton (Martin W, Lit- tetan of New York., of Sinelair coun- sel), but we did wot Jed Dersonalities enter to the case.” “There Was one thing ta_the case (Continued on Page 3, Columa