Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1928, Page 1

WEAT (U 8 Weather Burean Forecast ) Fair tonight and tomorrow; change in temperature. Temperature—Highest, 74, at 5 pm. yesterday; lowest, today Full report on page 3. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 "HER. little 47, at 5:15 am. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,426 Entered as secon post office, 30,682 0. Washington nd class matter D C. \\fl\SHI:\’G'\‘ON. D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 1928 — FO RTY_- FOUR L PAGES. TWO CENTS. (#) Means Associated Press. | | | NATION'S WELCOME AND FLYING AWARD GIVEN 10 BREMEN CREW IN' CAPITAL President Confers Distin-| guished Crosses on Aviat- | ors After Official Greeting| by Kellogg at Bolling Field.! LINDY. RICKENBACKER AND NELSON GREET TRIO Luncheon at White House, Tribute to Unknown Soldier, Reception and Dinners by German and Irish Envoys on Program—Wives Are | Coming Here. Back in Washington, under brighter skies and circumstances_than attended | their first visit to this city, Friday and | Saturday the crew of the transatlantic | monoplane Bremen today was officially welcomed to the United States and the | Capital City by the highest officials of the land. After receiving from Secretary of State Prank B. Kellogg the nations tings at a colorful and formal cere- ;. at Bolling Field, at 10 o'clock morning, the three airmen—Capt rmann Koehl, Maj. James C. Fitz- urice, and Baron Gunther von Huenefeld—called at noon at the White House, where President Coolidge con- ferred the Distinguished Flying Cross - of the United States upon each of them The award, authorized by Congress in a bill which the President signed today, marks the first time that a _roreizn‘ horo has been so honored by this Gov- | ernment. The (Name of recipient). with his) N 'y 7 2-13. 1928, by - nions, April 1 two companions, APEend resourcetul- ed in making the first) westward non-stop transatiantic fight] by airplane from Europe to North erica.” A addition to Secretary Kellogg, the i fyers were formally weicomed by F. | Trubee Davison, acting Secretary oll Wer; the German Ambassador, m- rich Willelmg- vop--Prittwits und Gaf- | fron. and the Lmu e drish | Bt Svere. presented to these omcials | Py “hsy. Howard C. Davidson. o= mmxumm-mm them from the Mayflower Hotel to the sirdrome. _In arranging the ceremgpy, the War Department had - that the weicoming exercises W cerried out at the fleld even the airmen came to Washingtoa train. while ugh 5 | ] | | THREE ACES—A GOOD HAND | | Maj. Fitzmaurice shaking hands with Col. Lindbergh at Bolling Field this morning. Baron Huenefeld is between them and Capt. Koehl stepped aside as| the picture was taken—but he's there. too. So that makes four! ~ | FLYERS PLAN TOUR MAN AND SON DIE OFU.5.INBREMEN IN'VIRGINIA FEUD Also May Return to Europe by Morrisons Shot by Craigs, Air, Fitzmaurice Third Being Wounded, as Announces. Trio of Foes Surrender. A | An aerial tour of the principal cities | Special Dispatch to The Star. | of the country will be made by the| STUART, Va, May 2.—Two men are three transatlantic German-Irish fiyers dead. a third is wounded and three are in their famous monoplane Bremen |in the county jail as the result of a and upon the conclusion of that trip, | fare-up of the old Morrison-Craig feud, a return flight to Europe may be under- |said to have been of years' standing. taken, Maj. James C. Fitzmaurice today | Edward Morrison was found last night told newspaper men at a reception for | with eight bullets m. his body, and his the press at the Mayflower Hotel. | son, Russell, with two. both lifeless. 178 sasond: < The fiyers, who will réturn to New | Mmm“nr&dw and ork tomorrow morning by airplane | Flem, cams to town with their guns on plan to leave the metropolis next Tues- |and gave up-today— Al were-teid for | day in the sister ship of the Bremen, |the grand jury, charged with mfl- 2 Pini the Morrisons at the of lthullkmFll.lMHmnntheS"rm they are satd to have monoplane now isolated &t Greenly|apnroached the house. The Morrisons Island can be brought out it will be | met them in the yard and taken over by the fiyers for the re. know their purpose. mainder of their tour. older Craig is said to have stated that they Mzj. Fitzmaurice sald he thought the | Were “sick and tired of being imj Bremen would be in clvilization in| posed on by the Morrisons,” and the shooting about 8 days. The itinerary of the trip | O | Further Exchanges Probable Be- SRTIH WITHORAN WARSHPS S CASS WTHECHPT CLEAR Reply to England’s Demands on Public Assemblies Bill Partly Satisfies. MEASURE IS PUT ASIDE UNTIL NEXT NOVEMBER fore Definite Action Is Taken by Either Side. | | By the Ass ! 2—The Egyptian crisis took a favorable turn today, when Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign minis- | ter, announced in the House of Com- | | mons that the instructions which it | had previously been thought nectaury| to give to certain British warships had now been countermanded. Reply Partly Satisfactory. ‘The British cabinet discussed the | Egyptian reply to the British demands | this ‘morning. The reply had been handed to the British high commis- sioner at Cairo last night. It explained | that the public assemblies bill, to which the British government took exception, had been put aside until next Novem- ber. This did not meet the desires of Great Britain, which demanded its withdrawal. The Egyptian note, however, explained | tne difficulties of withdrawal of the! bill, in view of the previous action of | the Egyptian Legislature, and this was | taken into consideration by the British | government. It is probable that there will be further exchanges before definite | action is taken on either side. | Warning Is Sounded. | The British foreign minister also | announced that the British reply to the Egyptian government’s note, while wel- coming its sentiments, warned the yptian government that if the assem- Isfiu bill were revived or similar legis- lation introduced Great Britain would again be obliged to intervene. It could enter upon no discussions of the declaration of 1922. Sir Austen went on to say that the Egyptian note was a lengthy docwaent, which he would issue for publication tomorrow. He read the British govern- ment's reply, however. as to whether the Egyptian note was couched in friendly terms, Sir Austen said that in the note he had just read “we take note of the fact that the Egyptian government state their decision was taken in conformity with their ardent desire to reach an under- standing and with their conciliatory sentiment. I think that is a sufficient answer.” Warships Dispatched. Immediately on the delivery of the British ultimatum to the Egyptian premier. allowing a three-day limit for compliance with the British demands for withdrawal of the assemblies bill, British warships put out from Malta. It was presumed they were on their NICARAGUAN MINE GOV, SMATH WINS CALIFORNIA RACE BY BIG: MARGIN |Hoover, Unopposed, Gets Tremendous Vote as Re- publican Choice. WALSH LOSES 2T0 1 IN McADOO’S COUNTY | Reed Runs Second to New Yorker { as Most of Returns Are Reported. By his sweeping victory in the Cali- fornia presidential primaries, Gov. Al- |fred E. Smith has passed his first big | test of strength in the race for thy | nomination at the Houston convention | Herbert Hoover, who, like the New York executive, is showing his heels ty | his opponents in the fight for the Re- | publican nomination at Kansas City, | has further advanced his lead by win- ning the 29 delegates in his home State and stimulated the hopes of his sup- |France to War on ' America, but Only With Mosquitoes | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, May 2.—French mosquitoes will be pitted against the domestic variety in an experiment to rid the borough of Queens of the pests Mrs. Charles B. Williams, head of the mosquito extermination com- mittee of .the Good Citizenship League of Flushing, Long Island, said she has written to Prof R. Legendre of the Academv of France for a consignment of the French REPORED BLASTED Rebels Said to Have De- stroyed Two American- Owned Gold Workings. By the Associated Press | BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua, May 2.— | AVOIDED BOND TAL Declares He and Stewart| | Never Spoke of Getting Con- ‘ porters by polling a tremendous vote. 4 With full delegate slates in the field for himself, Senator Reed of Missouri iand Senator Walsh of Montana, who, |like Smith, is a Catholic, and who had the backing of William G. McAdoo, | Smith’s bitter opponent in the Madison |Square Garden nomination fight ir 11924, the New York governor faced his | first real convention opposition in the | California primary. Hoover Is Unopposed. While all three Democratic candidates were on the same footing, Hoover was unopposed in the Republican voting. Former Senator Phelan. who nami- nated McAdoo four years ago, headed the Smith delegate slate, and Isadore | Dockweiler, Democratic national com- tinental Securities. By the Associated Press. Harry F. Sinclair told the Senate began. has not yet been definitely decided | upon. | The Craigs were held for grand jury action at a preliminary hearing shortly { | |after noon. They will remain in jail Welcome Is Enthusiastic. | The welcome 10 the fiyers from the Plans Still Indefinite. | here pending trial. Bombarded with questions by the | way to Egypt, but it was announced of- ficlally from Cairo that they were pro- ceeding to Corinth. was understood that they were to be in readiness for whatever emergency lrmemln connection with the Egyptian troul NEW SUPREME COURT Nevertheless, it The American-owned gold mines, La Luz and Bonanza in northern Nicaragu have been blown up and destroyed br raiders. according to reports received today. Assistant Manager Johnson of the La Luz Mine, authority for the news reported that all the dynamite at the| mines was used to blow them up and to effect complete desolation. The gion is deserted ‘by the natives. band responsible for the outrage moved off in an unknown direction. ‘The fate of George B. Marshall, as- | sistant manager of the La Luz mine. | to have been seized by -the ! rebels who raided the mine on April 12, 1s still unknow: | Seized Last Month. The La Luz and several other Amer- ican-owned mines have been in pos- session of rebel forces, sald to have been led by Gen, Giron, since April 12 when they were raided and cleaned out of virtually everything that was valuable. It was said that the raiders were well armed and mounted. They were reported to have gone northward after the raid. but before leaving Gen. oot The | | | | | varfety, known as “cannibal” mos- quitoes, because of their reputation of not attacking human beings, but of ‘confmmg their diet to other mos- auitos. CHRISTIAN CHURCH “ INION SEEN REMOTE Methodist Bishops Report on| Prohibition, Divorce and Companionate Marriage. By the Associated Press KANSAS CITY. May 2.—Possibility Teapot Dome committee today that he and Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, frequently discussed the Con- tinental Trading Co. oil deal, but that neither disclosed to the other that he was getting bonds from the Continental or from H. M. Blackmer, who was de- scribed as the principal figure in the transaction. | Testtmony before the committee has | been m’:.lnst&;::l md“e B'l‘nc‘l,.:lr.mhad - miltion .fhm wmu had sold oil Standard of Indiana interests. Sinclair said today that his oil con- cerns and the Standard of Indiana en- tered into partnership for “business reasons.” . Declared Advantageous to Both. “It was advantageous to both.” he de- | | | Co., | | | him. 1924 the Democratic ition from the Coast State stuck :‘k’m for 99 ballots. On the 101st Smith one, on the next the whole swung to Walsh and on the 103d it W to John W. Davis. | In | tion votes, Smith brough delegate total up to 494, or 239%; short of the two-thirds necessary to nominate, His claims to 70, however. are disputed. The balloting brought the total Dem- ocratic delegates selected thus far 670, or 63! less than the two-thirds ahmmv 3 lnd"lum 430 to be chosen, irginia’s conven the the calendar, set for Jummil. e Hoover Now Has 396 Delegates. The 29 Hoover gained boosted his total claimed de! 1o 396, or 145 less than the jority of 545. | His claims to 158 tes are dis- Gaims 230 o W B are mo . of wl are “‘!R'ed by his its. 30 publican tes selected number 835. with w-he Mw t&: mrummxohw-:vmh.m i i ) clared. expiaining that both his com- | oo, When Hoover and Senator Goff of 4 of a world union of Christian churches es and the Ind! dard bad In an effort to is remote and beyond consideration at | present, the board of bishops reported | today to the quadrennial general con- | ference of the Methodist Episcopal Giron told some of the mine officials that he would return in a few days and do more damage. and that State fight it out in the clinch large refineries in Chicago and Kansas the City and they went in together on the | Sinclair Pipe Line Co. so as to to those refineries. tion for Smith in the minds of voters, his supporters had been strain- ing every nerve for victory in Califor. fled to the coast. The New York office of the La Luz concern received word | from fts officials in Nicaragua that it | Natives and employes of the mines | Church here. | nia, and some of his more eager tenants had Intimated & win might be the signal for a cry for nomination by acclamation. They had claimed that if the “This ended the sharp competition The matter of Christian unity drew‘b!"!‘;n the companies?” asked Chair- earnest attention from the bishops, who man Nve. in their episcopal address also consid- |, 1nere was no competition inl thel | eed mach controversial lasties as pro- | iaapOrtation of alls Bmee e hibition, divomee, companionate mar-| ., .tract between the Continental and 1 24 small detachments of |Fiage, racy literature and dramatics,|col Humphreys?” Nye pursued. (A. E. reported to | the younger generation. war and peace | gumphreys of Denver, who sold the oil have made contact with a force of 500 | fundamentalism | to the Continental.) rebels believed to have been the same | The address, keynote speech of the| . gid not guarantee the contract per- band that robbed the Bolanza and La | conference. lasting until May 29. WaS onglly. It was subject to the approval Luz mines. but made no attempt to|the bishops' four-year report to the of the directors of my company would be impossible to attempt further | to operate the mines without adequate | protection. On April United States Marines were ernor won in that Stat no setbacks between no: fl ;!“ns- 2% he would be in a fair way to corral the nomination on the first ballot. or at most. within three ballots. As she__uemt:: slimamn now, sons’ placed in nomination. if Smith, during the roll call, Dlolls Dr;: D & majority, some of these “fa- | DRY RULING SOUGHT ; National Liberty League to Ask for ) Hearing of Original | Carl Moore Tells Police Two Men ‘ With Pistols Held Him e | newspaper men as to their plans ror! {fiying back, Maj. Pitzmaurice stuck | 7 gy e ,,wCiSUNRISE ROBBERY 3 may fly e; there is so doors of the White Howe |much to take into consideration and | NETS PAlR $7,200 for Juncheon with President 2ad MIS. |00 many plans to be made to state | Coolidge. the airmen were greeted by |definitely now. | e cheering and ps Who | Asked if he would go up to the Belle lined the strects along their path of|1ge Straits and assist in bringing out travel. At the Mayflower dotcl, where Ilhc Bremen, Maj. Pitzmaurice said, “I they ere stopping during their iTiel |don't want to see Greenly Island again.” 1 here. the flyers were \\nuflly! “You got a rather cold reception Up in Alley. - swamped with enthusiastic admirels | yp there, didn’t you?” he was asked. ond lanes for their protection had 10 | “pretty frigid,” replied the major, I e roped off i 'rmp:’ airmen who have made history | for the United States were among those who formally greeted the fiyers at | B Ficld this morning. They were C ries A. Lindbergh, Capt. ward V. Rickenbacker, America’s ace of | aces during the war, and Lieut. Eric H Nelson, pilot of the world-circling piane New ofl?-mn ittt} lowing their luncheon e: eme! the President and Mrs. Coolidge fiyers went to Arlington National Cemetery, where they are to place wreaths upon the Tomb of the Unknown H soldier. Following that tribute they were to visit the Capitol and then their rogrem will be free until tonight, when | v will be guests of the German and ;i envoys at dinners. These will be followed by 2 reception at the hotel by | three Assistant Becretaries of War, | and Commerce for aeronautics. | Arrive Early in Morning. | rs arrived in| at 6:50 o'clock this morn- remained in their car for bour and then left for the| arriving there at 8.30. | at the train and accom- fiower by Timothy A. | y ster of the lIrish Free ! 5 Rudolf Letner, first secretary of | the German embassy, and Edward von | secretary of the German em Mre. Pitzmaurice, wife of the mem of the party; their er Pairicia and Frau Koehi did coompany the party from New hey arranged Yo arrive by train rHoon riy had breakisst st the May- rested for a few momens thelr reception &t Belzam. ng Ficid 3y 945 o'clock, when the fiyers left | hotel. a crowd of several hundred sed In the street outside, in and zround the elevator exits massed 80 thick st the ele- airmen were taken elevators used for the | steud of the main cars suceessiul a5 far as out- | the crowds. ‘There were scores » nesr that elevator and on the pidewalk. As the fiyers got into thelr | car the erowds pushed around them yesching for their hands, Ma). Fitz-| maurice had v shake bands with about # Gowen womay sdmirers betore he would get awsy | Headed Ly & police guard and escort ed by s motor cycle officers, the pro- | ession set out from the Mayflower e uirmen were in the second ma- [ They eped through the city at) miles an hour or more us trae offt- cers cleared the wey for them, ALl slong the route little groups that had gather- €d W walch the procession pess wWaved thelr hands and cheered Greseted AL Bolliag ¥ield. At the edge of Botling Field. the fiyers were met by Ms) Devidson, com- mandent of the fleld who welcomed then snd escorted them W 8 Govern- Pient cer fild. The car headed oul neross Vhf (Continued on Page 2, Column 6 .. | PROBE OF PRESIDENTIAL | Gates was promised 0 which Lhey erove onto (he | The fiyers issued a statement to the | press declaring that their wisit to the | Naional Capital “represents the climax | of our sojourn in the United States and | the crowning feature in the sequence of happenings which we have been for- tunate enough to experience since we | }:nd our homes in Germany and Ire-| nd» A tall, cool, dark man and a short, nervous blonde man walked Carl Moore, who lives at the Arlington Hotel, into an allcy off Vermont avenue at| sunrise this mornin d held him up, taking 87,200 in bills and silver and a diamond stickpin, police reported. ‘Two automobilists and a bicyclist passed as the bandits, each with a pisto]l rammed into their victim's ribs, escorted him across the street toward the mouth of the alley. One of the Statement of Flyers. ‘The statement issued follows “We are deeply impressed by the. won- | derful reception that has been accorded | us in Washington and ask you kindly | passersby notified police with the result to transmit our appreciation and sincere | that motor cycle men and patrol wag- gratitude to the people of the District |ons responded from the first, second of Columbia | and third precinets. “We were here some days ago to pay | Startled by the confusion, police said our respects to Ployd Benneit, whcse | that Moore at first denied that he had lamented death, suffered in his chiv- | been held up, saying that it was “all alrous endeavor to come to our aid,|bosh” but when the excitement sub- plunged us in t sorrow and im-| sided he told the circumstances to pelled us to direct our first alfi‘pl in | Motor Cycle Officer Gemeny of the sec- this country to his grave. We will pass | ond precinct. Gemeny found a button this grave again today when we pay|in the alley which been ferked homage to the Unknown Soldier in Ar- from a trousers pocket when one of the lington, and we feel deeply conscious bandits extricated a wallet. The silver of thai great brotherhood which ex-|money was in a box which Moore car- tends beyond the Jimits of time and the | Tied under his arm A boundaries of nations. To this broth- | After robbing him the two young men erhood belong many others who were | Stpped Into 8 sedan. driven by an- led upon to sacrifice their lives on|Cther man. and drove away. the fleld of aviation by a fate which Moore told police he was walking to was to be less kindly toward them than ( his hotel after parking his car when the ot Diesiviosrdpmg men stopped him on Vermont avenue e o e SO near Pi u:nlh street, soects o the President of this great | 0" 0, S0NK WID 8 40 celived country, who has graclously eonsented | ny they reached the alley. o receive us today and will have the | o hion e voung man, apparently honor of visiting the legislotive bodies | very nervous. kept him covered with | at the Capiwl | his gun which shook as he held it “In this way our visit to the Natlona) | 4 trembling hand, while his lcco?npllcll‘-l pital represents the climax of our| hard holled and cool, ripy his d journ in the United $tates and the | mong pin from his tie and inquired owning feature in the sequence of | “Got a rod on you?" happenings which we have been fortu-| gearching for the gun, the bandita nate enough to experience since we left | yiapped nis victim's pockets, hitting th our horaes in Germany and Ireland” | wallet In a rear pocket and pulling it . out without bothering to unfasten the button which secured the pocket, The bandits overlooked $140 which was in & | vest pocket. | « ay our re- [s SENATE COAL GROUP TAKES ADJOURNMENT Moy Hear Indiana and Illinols s Later, CAMPAIGNS PROMISED Committee Meets and Se-| fenate lects Bteiwer Chalrman of By the Associsted Press A “thorough, non-partisan and im- partial” investigation of campaign ex- penditures of &l presidential candi- oday by the Senate commitiee named Lo make the inguiry, wzun’ for the firet time, Benstor Sleiwer, Hepublican, of Oregon was se- | lectea chairman. After discussing the 80 of the resolution, which appsar- | ently glves it power to go into all phases snnoun | of the pre-convention campsigns, the | that the investigation probably would committes adjourned until” wmorrow. | be resumed for the appearance of some when s procedure will be mapped oul | Indisna and linols rators a8 wits Hesrings sre planned by Chairman | pesses. This will not ikely ocour, how- Sreiwer, und he, s well as other mem- | oyor, for several weeks, bers of the committee, 1s determined o | Gooding sald the investigation to date g6’ 1o work as quickly as possible had mannua him “more than sver that & serious situation faces the soft Operators as Witnes Bays Gooding. By the Assoctated Fress, The Benate coal committes adjourned yesterday, subject to the eall of Chalr- man Watson. Henator Gooding, Republican, Idaho, weting eh-lnnnn%urm:w lon:'u‘ut Wat- son's wbsence in In 3 Test Cases. By the Associated Pres NEW YORK, May 2-—A new hear- ing before the United States Supreme Court of the original cases testing the constitutionality of the eighteenth amendment is being planned by the National Constitutional Liberty League for the Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, Inc. State Assemblyman Louls A. Cuvil- ller, chairman and general counsel for the league, sald he had called a con- ference of the league for May 8 to discuss such action. Mr. Cuvillfer said it is the hope of the league that, due to four new jus- tices having taken their places on the Supreme Bench since the cases were originally heard, a rehearing might re- sult in a different construction of the eighteenth amendment. The original decislon upholding the amendment as constitutional was a divided opinion, WOOD BECOMES CHAIRMAN Representative Will R. Wood of Indi- ana will take charge as chairman of the House appropriations committee tomor- row morning, succeeding to the place made vacant by the sudden death of Representative Madden of Tllinols. Mr. Wood will continue the hearini of the deficlency appropriation bill, re- suming the inquiry which Mr. Madden made at the last hearing on the day he dird The supervising architect's oMce was then requested to have a witness pres- ent who could testify regarding horder patrol prolects “THE PENALTY”| “Golden Rule” Film Produced by The Evening Star To further traffic safety is heing shown today along with the regular program at The Home 1230 C St. N.E, Tomorrow the film will he shown at The Chevy Chase conl industry and that leglslation would be required o remedy it IRadio l’rogr;fi:—l’n‘c 2! 5612 Connecticut Ave, give battle on account of the over: whelming number of the raiders felds dispatches said that they were | thought to be under the Airec. com- | mand of Augusto Sandinc | LOSS PUT AT 1,500 LIVES. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 2 (.- Terming the current revolution the worst in 100 years, the annual report of Col. Clifford D Ham. collector gen- more than $20,000,000 1,500 and 2,000 in Nltlrflsu wss of life is considered a high pro- {portion for a small country and it would amount to more than 350,000 if | applied to the United States on the | same ratio. | ‘The monetary cost Is declared to be a blg sum for Nicaragua to divert trom public improvements and the | country can not even pay one-halt of | the clatms filed with the claims com- | mission. These are more than $17,000,~ 000 and they cover property destroyed | or commandeered by both governmental | and revolutionary forces. The largest | single claim close to $1,000,000 and | was filed by Charles Butters, Ametics owner of the San Alsino gold mide. Teachers' Salary Diverted. { Other expenditures were: More than | $2,000,000 diverted from government revenues intended for other pur| A $180,000 used for military expenditures instead of paying salaries due to teach- | ers, $321,000 due the governments of | the United States and Salvador for arms and ammunition, $264,000 for vol- untary and forced loans to the gov-! ernment from citizens, $95,000 due to New Orleans banks for loans, $84,000 due to foreigners for loan: ‘The arrival of Amer Marines early In 1927 saved Nicaragua from | general destruction and from anareh the report says. ‘The report stresses that customs col lections were the largest in the history | of the country despite the revolution. | It also says that the two departments of the government administered by American officlals, the customs and the high commission, were the only branches not demoralized by the revolu- fon. OWNERS DISCOUNT REPORT. an lives. The | | h | NEW YORK, May 2 (#),—Officials of La Luz and Los Angeles Mining Co, | owners of La Lug mine, in northern Nicaragua, sald today that they hi recelved no information concerning re- rts from Bluefields, Nicaragua, he mine had been destroyed by dyna- mite. They were Inclined to disoredit the repor! ‘The company sald that “Assistant Manager Johnson," who gave out the information, 18 & clerk of the com- missary and that he ha. not visited the mine during the last two weeks, The company's last official com- munication concerning the aotivities around the mine was reeelved on April 23, The message was signed by (he superintendent and sald that condi- Uons were gulet, Blus- | P! [ on d | methods for ol 5,000,000 disciples of Methodism and actically their last appearance before the convention, they being without voice or vote in floor discussions. It was pre- pared by Bishop Luther D. Wilson of New York and concurred in by the 43 other bishops. Catholic Union Barred. Taking up the proposed union of Catholic and Protestant churches, the bishops reported the door was closed. the contention that the union of Chi tendom demands, as an unconditional requirement. primacy and subscription to Roman Catholic dogm Furthermore, little hope of a Protes- tant union was seen, because “we find ourselves face to face with the overtures of the Anglican Church, and we are em- barrassed by the fact that in the Lam. beth’ proposal, the basis of unity, some- times modified in respect to other condi- tions, always involves acceptance of the historic episcopate as held by the Church of England “It must also be said that the recent discussion of the Anglican Prayer Book revision, with the sharply defined cleav= age revealed by the action of the Eng- lish House of Commons, must inevitably strengthen opposition to organic union the conditions indicated in the Alnlllvnn overture,” the bishops con- clu Regretting that no progress lookin toward the union of the unification ol the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South could be reported, the board observed: “We would be untrue to ourselves if we did .ot confess our yearning for the reunion of Episcopal Methodism, s\ue:' 1844 divided " Prohibition Is Discussed. Discussing prohibition, the bishops re- porte “We are in an hour as critical as any to which we have ever come. The eighteenth amendment has been written into our Constitution, and there it will doubtless remain. * * * We have learned by experience, however, that where customs of long standing are affected by law, constitutional or status tory, especially where there is invol the question of political power, commer- clal gain or personal restraint, the writ- ten law 15 not automatically effective. “The time hus come for us to submit to the closest sorutiny our whole plan of action, and perhaps to substitute new t\. The argument for the vetention of the old on the ground of past efMclency s not conclusive. 8o far &5 methods g, we must be ready for reasonable change. 8o far as objective I8 concerned, we are unalterably fixed." Easy divorce and dy remarriage, whiol, “has upon the community the demoralising effect of authorised mari- tal exchange," was doeplored, as was also the recent flood of suggestions | looking toward easier and more ool enient methods of divoree, lavolvi | the acceptance of papal| ved , was required Sin- | clair replied. He added that the liabil- ity under the contract was not very | large as payments for the oil were not made until delivery had been fhade. “It was one of the largest oil con- tracts ever known, was it not>" “I would not say so, I have not seen all the oil contrac Asked About Visit to Fall. “What was the occasion of your visit to Mr. Albert B. Fall in November, eral of customs, estimates its cost at |because “the recent encyclical of the 19222 and between Roman pontiff repeats and elaborates | went down there to see about the lease of naval reserve No. 3 (Teapot Dome) and Osage Indian oil lands.” Sinclair’s attention was called to the | fact that those matters were discussed | on his visit to the former Interior Sec- retary in December. 1921 “OMN, yes, I went there in 1922 to dis- ouss rovalty ofl from the Salt Creek flelds,” he explained. “Is it not true that your bid for that royalty oil was made after the adver- tised hour for receiving bids?” Nye pur- sued “1 cannot say “Can you teil how you gained con- trol of all of the royalty oll rights in the Salt Creek fleld” “The only control my com) ies have |to any ofl in the Salt Creek field was based on the bids made to the Interior Department.” | “You were not then in control and | have since gained control?" “We have not. I wish we did.” Nye read into the record a telegram | from Fall to E. C. Finney, Assistant Sec~ | retary of the Interior, dated November 15, 1922, ordering a delay in letting the contract for the Salt Creek royalty ofl, explaining that three midcontinent S‘i:nlnnnlu and Sinclair would bid on s oll. | Faced $1,0000000 Loss. Senator Walsh of Montana drew from | Sinclair that in guaranteeing the Conti- neatal contract he took a chance on the concern paying Humphreys for the oil The Montanan sald that in one month Sinclair ran the risk of losing $1,000,000 for his companies as the nt to| the Continental was made five in | advance of the time the Continental | to make payment to Adver! to the statement made by Martin W. Littleton of counsel for Sm- clair at the oil magnate's first trial for conspiracy, Senator Walsh inquired as o the laration that 1t would be made clear that Sinclalv never had any bonds of the kind that had been described by Owen J. Roberts af spe- gumo\-o«nu‘ clal Government oll tal Tradi Co. boxy 'What have you to say to that?" the Sin ‘lml‘xr h‘:lm tspet Sinclal tated and then whi ed to Littleton, who again sat to his left. “All T have (o say about it." he finally sald, "is that was the opening state- ment of my counsel.” Humphreys. i i | | | vorite-son™ ‘delegations not un: {to him will be reaay to switch bef { the result is announced, making a vietory on the first ballot. some delegation tempted. might to Smith. His { this move is al J{and fast in opposition oes are coun the following delegations to m‘:g Qmp the bloc against him: Alabama, 18: | Georgia. 28: Indiana. 30: Kansas, 20 ,Ke_nm\‘lv. 26; Mississippt. 20; Missouri, 36; North Carolina. 24: South Carolina, ’ll. Tennessee, 24; Texas, 40, and Vir- ginfa, 24, They also look to part of the delegations from Arkansas, Florida {and Pennsvlvania for assistance in forming this anti-Smith group. | _The same three candidates that Fw each other yesterday i | fornia_ will be pitted against one an- | other in the Oregon primaries May 18 | while Smith and Reed are entered he West Virginia primaries May 29 Wroming's Democratic delegation of six. to be selected May 14, is in the | making Five of the State’s counties r\‘s:enfl_v instructed their delegates to | the State convention for Smith. Test Seen in Indiana. c"h\ addition to going nto the Kansas ¥ convention with the solid support ‘uf Calitornia's votes. Hoover's sup- | porters hope to line up Wash . {17 on Thursday and Oregon’s 13 on | May 18 This would give him an im- preguable block of delegates from the W;!r:e Coast States. Commerce Secretary's campalgn conductors and others, however, are | looking forward with the greatest interest |to the Indiana primaries next Tuesday. when another test will de given Hoover | strength_through the running of (Continued on Page 3. Column 3. SIX DEAD, 200 INJURED IN WARSAW RIOTING More Than 300 Arrested in May Day Clash Between Socialists and Communists. By the Assoclated Press WARSAW. Poland, May 2.-An - vestigation today of ambulance stations ;l“l? tals reveals that more than m‘fll yestarday's figh Soclalists and ns were injured between the . I8 being ur’:d demonstrations on May dav be pro- hibited Police have arrested more than 300 Littleton interrupted to say that he such prenuptia A:mnunu A8 appol to anticipate the dissolution of the Intionships that seems (o be the th nwn on Page 2, Oolumn + did not think that the raising of the question of accuracy between a layman and his attorney was within the purview (Continued on N‘ 2, Column 2) a8 SiX persons wore killed dur- the confliots and an v *m'mm © be \uh-w will be tried for murdes,