Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1928, Page 1

5 ¢ Foening Shar. “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. WEATHER. 3 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, cooler tonight; tomorrow fair. Temperature—Highest, 88, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 70, at 4:30 am. to- day. Full report on page 9 (. - Th Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 wm{ ?UNMY MovRNlNG ROy Yesterday's Ciuuhfiqn, 7l 04,93§ Enter: post rcond class matte Washingiop, 1. (. 30,725. WASHINGTON, D. C, TWO STEWARTIS FREED INCONTEMPT CASE e (P) Means Associated Press. FIFTY THURSDAY, JUNE SIX PAGES. HOOVER NOMINATION BY TONIGHT SET AS GOAL FOR CONVENTION;: EQUALIZATION FEE DEFEAT SEEN Adjournment After Choice Looms. FARM FORCES SHOW ANGER Borah Apt to Lead Floor Fight in Dry Issue. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, 1 | RONG CONTENDERS FOR SECOND I'I,M‘.l{l Western Body Los ‘arm Attack. LA FOLLETTE ] PLEA DENIED Party Urged 1o Keep November in Mind. By the Associated Press | | | BY JURY VERDICT Indiana Oil Man Found “Not Guilty” on Third Ballot, Taken This Morning. | HOGAN SEES IN VICTORY REBUKE FOR INQUISITORS Colonel Smiles Broadly at Vindica- tion and Immediately Tele- phones His Wife. Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Indiana Standard Oil Co., was acquitted today by a jury in the District 6f Columbia Supreme Court of charges of refusing fo answer questions f the Senate oil fommittee concerning Liberty bond oil profits of the Continen- tal Trading Co. The wealthy oil man was charged th 2 Misdemeanor for alleged viola- tion ‘of section 102 of the Criminal Code, { which provides punishment for a reg- KANSAS CITY, June 14 —Advancing | with swinging stride toward the nomi- | nation of a ticket and final adjournment | by noon tomorrow, the Hoover majority in the Republican national convention Staff Correspondent of The Star, KANSAS CITY, June 14.—Herbert Hoover’s nomination for President be- | fore adjournment tonight. That is the tentative program of the Republican Left, Vice President Dawes, and t, Representative Tilson of Connecticut, who are both backed strongly by thy respective adherents for the choice as running mate on the Republican ticket with Herbert Hoover. .~ national convention. The McNary-Haugenites, sometimes called the “embattled farmers,” a making their last stand for their pet legislation and the “equalization fee in the convention today. They ?\'lll lose. This convention Wwill do nothing that can be considered a repudiation of the President and his administration. The fight is over. The farm plank in the national platform was presented by the committee of resolutions soon after the convention met today. The admin- istration plank, which makes no men- tion of the McNary-Haugen bill or the equalization fee and recites the fact that no “constitutional” legislation has yet been passed by Congress, is con- tained in the platform reported by 2 majority of the tommittee. A minority report was filed, too, declaring for a plank similar to_that drafted by the American Farm Bureau Federation. It provides for the principle of the equali- zation fee, although it makes no men- tion of the fee by name. During the réading of the platform by Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the resolutions committee, he referred 10 the “Secretary of Commerce.” In the twinkling of an eye the convention was in an uproar, delegates cheering and shouting for “Hoover.” The demonstra- tion lasted three minutes. ‘Walkout Threats Made. ‘There is much bitterness among Re- publicans of the farm belt. Here and TILSON TAKES LEAD REPRESENTATION FORSECONDCHOCE PLANK LAID ASDE | 'Supporters Claim He Now Bid for D. C. Suffrage Lost | Has 311 Votes on First Bal- | When Platform Change ! lot as Vice President. Is Not Made. 8tafl Correspondent of The Star. | BY WILL P. KENNEDY. KANSAS CITY, June 14.—Boomed | Staff Correspondent of The Star. as a vice presidential candidate of | KANSAS CITY, June 14.—The Re- ‘presidential size,” Representative John | publican party platform, approved by | the lead in the field of some 30 can- | which it was presented from the sub- | didates for second place on the ticket committee headed by Senator Borah, ! as running mate to Hoover. does not contain the proposed District The Tilson supporters claim that he suffrage plank to authorize Congress to now has pledged 371 votes on the first give national representation to the more | ballot, with 145 additional pledged on | than 500,000 residents of the Nation's | | the second ballot and gaining strength | Capital. all the time. When the subcommittee was wres- today rallied in overwhelming numbers {to repel a final, spectacular attack by Western insurgents and members of the | Mcl4ary-Haugen bloc on an administra- tion party platform omitting mention of the equalization fee. In a floor fight of real proportions, the dissenters made repeated sallies at | the steadfast ranks of the Coolidge- | Hoover forces, with the farm relief plank as their central objective. Linked as i1t was with the protest of the allled | candidates against Hoover as the party candidate, the farm plank warfare com- | pletely overshadowed a lesser dispute over the prohibition plank. Young La Follette of Wisconsin, fol- lowing in the footsteps of a father whose insurgency spread its record dur- ing whole string of Republican conventions, took the lead In the assault on the tentative platform draft submitted b Smoot of Utah, chairman of the pla form committee. Offering a complete | platform of his own, in which farm re- nence, the Wisconsin Senator _was |after the convention had paid him the | personal tribute of a rousing ovation |at the end of his speech. He did not ask for a roli call. Urges Minority Plank. The second and major attack was | launched under leadership of Earl C. | Smith of the Lowden-pledged Illinois | delegation, who spoke for a minority | plank, supported by 15 members of the his lifetime on the history of a| | 3 | lief took the place of greatest promi- | |Q Tilson of Connecticut, Republican | the resolutions committee last night, | | fioor leader of the House, today 0ok | without any change from the form in|smothered under a chorus of “Noes” | WHERE THEY ARE ONE! KANSASCITY BANK - ROBBED OF 20,000 \Bandits Hold Up 40 Em- ployes—Shoot Three in Escap : Through Crowds. | | By the Associated Press KANSAS CITY, June 14—Six or| cight bandits today held up the Home; Trust Co., at 1119 Walnut street, in the | downtown district here, and escaped | with loot estimated at more than $25,- | 1000. Two policemen and a bystander | | were shot by the robbers as they fled | | from the bank. ! | There was no shooting in the bank. | After the robbers had scooped up the’| | money in the tellers’ cage, several em- | | ployes hurled tear gas bombs and the there is heard a threat of a walkout by | | Supported in South. several State delegations after the con-| As a boy who came out of the| vention shall have nominated Hoover mountain reglon of Tennessce, who tion plank. | walked most of the way to New Haven, Conn., with his shoes 2un¢ over hlil shoulder, particularly 3 will | proud of John Tilson's progress and include candidates for State and con- | the southern tier of States are for gressional offices. him with practical unanimity. The The vice presidency contest has be- | pledges made for Tilson are as follows: rome a horse race. It is the East against |~ Alabama, 15; Arizona, 1; Arkansas, the Midwest. There is strong implica- Nevada, 9; North Carolina, 2 tion that powerful leaders believe the | necticut, 17; Florida, 6; Georgia, 1 real fight in the coming national cam- | Indiana, 3; Kentucky, 29; Louisiana, paign is to be found in the big Eastern | 12; Massachusetts, 15; Minnesota, 6; States, including New York and New pi, 12; Missouri, 15; Montana, Jersev and Massachusetis. Some of them | 11; Nevada 9. North Carolina, 2 believe the better strategy is 1o pick an | Oklahoma, 20; Oregon, 13; South Ca: publican ticket in N illh\g with several hundred proposed planks, an effort was twice made to have the national representation resolu- | tion included in the platform, but voted | down. Henry Allen White of a member of the subcommittee, it up, advising the subcommittee that Senator Capper, chairman of the Sen- ate District committee, was very anxious that this should be included in the| platform. It was laid aside for future consideration. Offered by Bingham. When the subcommittee had about finished its work, the suffrage plank was again offered by Senator Bingbam of Connecticut, acting chairman, and discussed at considerable length. Col, | platform committee, and approving the | bandits retrcated through “the over- | reminiscent of his father, twice-vetoed equalization fee for agri- culture. 8 division of the conven- H \d and Cwm ‘é‘:lee} s pfl:ft—h ooVt ates su) ing the presidential veto, and the dele- | gates of the allled forces standing out against the Hoover majority. The fighting speech. of La Follette was one of the most colorful of the| convention. In a manner of delivety the young Senator kept the attention of every delegate as he pleaded for the policies of the insurgent Wiscomsin Republi- cans. At one point he mentioned Pres- ident Coolidge’s veto of the McNary- It was this proposal which | | powering fumes, s The gas was s0 heavy that it was minutes uflier the ‘Hald-up iy Uhrnd and make lfl”lcfllfl" check-up of the | loss. in the bank 30 | - | . 40 Employes Lined Up. Six of the robbers entered the bank shortly after it opened. Swinging leveled shotguns and operating with | perfect precision, they lined up most of | the bank's 40 employes working on the main floor, while two of their number hurdled cages and gathered up all the money in sight. Then the tear gas| hombs were thrown and the men ran | Coolidge Admirer Suggests He Run For Vice President By the Associated KANSAS CITY, June 14.—Sena- tor Reed of Pennsylvania got a telegram from an ardent Coolidge fan today suggesting the man who refused renomination for the pres dency as a vice presidential nom- inee. p “Don’t overlook the Presidsnt as Vice President possibility, thus keeping him in pesition of promi- nence in the party,” this novel sug- gestion read. s THOBIDLYHURT I SEAPLANECRASH Pilot Loses Control Trying to Miss Potomac River Tug- boat at Bridge. Two passengers in a seaplane of the Potomac Flying Service were seriously injured at noon today when the plane crasied into the Potomac River, near Highway Bridge, in trying to avold a collision with a tugboat while landing. ‘The pilot, Thomas Durfee, escaped with | STEWILLREMAN * I CHNESE ENVOY Biplomat " alist Government as Minis- ter to United States. Dr. Sao-ke Alfred Sze is to remain, in Washington as Minister for the new | Nationalist government in China which | has seized Peking after a long campaign | | and has established its sovereignty over | | all China. Announcement of his appointment by | the new Nationalist foreign minister, C. T. Wang, was made this morning by | Retained by Nation- The Nationalist government has not| been recognized by the United States. Dr. Sz¢ had no statement to make beyond saying that he had been asked two dh:y: .%.l if he would b‘eflzg’l‘mllw | remain in Washington as T for and had promptly e: accept the appointment. His appoint- ment, as a matter of fact, occasioned some surprise here in diplomatic and official circles, as it had been rumored that the post would go to Dr. Chao- | Dr. Sze, who has cabled his acceptance. | ularly summoned witness who refuses to answer pertinent questions asked by a congressional committee. Stewart main- tained the questions asked last Febru- ary by the committee were not perti- vent. The acquittal came as a distinet sur- prise to attaches of the court. The conviction of Harry F. Sinclair on a similar charge and the direction of Justice Frederick L. Siddons “to the Jury, that they should not be'‘disturbed over the question of the si ing of | Stewart before the Senate committee, but if they found that he actually ap- | peared, took the oath, testified as a witness, and then refused to answer pertinent questions, the charge in the indictment had been made, indicated there would be a conviction. Admit Three Ballots. The jurors refused to discuss as to how the four women voted, but ad- | mitted that three ballots were taken. | On the first ballot five jurors voted for acquittal and seven for conviction. On the second vote nine jurors were for acquittal and three for conviction. Thus the jury stood up-to midnight, when they were taken to the Metropolitan Hotel for the night. A woman deputy marshal looked aft- er the comfort of the four women on the jury, while two man deputies were with the other eight jurors. After breakfast this morning another ballot was taken and the entire jury was in accord as to acquittal. A broad smile spread over the face of Stewart when the foreman an- |Toom to be surrounded in the corridor for more congratulations. Attorney Prank J. Hogan, who bore the brunt of the defense, and made | chu Wu, who came here several weeks | | ago as a special envoy of the Nationalist | | government. C. T. Wang, the new for- | eign_minister, however, was appointed | | to that post after Dr. Wu had arrived | | in the United States. | Dr. Wu's Mission. the arguments to the jury, repested his faith in the juiy system and de- clared that “justice was done.” Neither Stewart nor United States Attorney A. Rover would comment on the verdict, but Col. Stewart immediately | phoned to his wife in Chicago. Assoclated with Hogan In the de- Eastern man, {olina, 11; Tennessee, 19. Texas, 26: | °nry W. Anderson of Richmond, Who | Haugen bill. ‘The speaker was show. | :rom the buflding, and jumped into | minor injuries. Dr. Wu's mission to Washington was | fense of Stewart were Attorneys Ad- Furthermore, many Republicans feel they should have a good campaigner for the vice presidential nomination. | ® man who can take the stump and deliver blow for blow, if "Al Smith of New York is the Democratic presiden- tial choice. Senator Oeoz: Moses of New Hampshire, who in his address to the convention when elected permanent chairman carried the fight to Tam- many and Smith, has made an im- pression. He may be the choice if the East wins in this race for second place, If the Midwest gains the place, for- mer Gov. Henry Allen of Kansas, like Moses, a stanch Hoover man, may be the selection on the ground that be, 100, 5 a two-fisted campaigner. He has had the opposition of organ- 1204 labor in the past, however The Dawes stock rises and declines, H % part of the Coolidge admin- istration. He would be acceptable 1o the East as well as the Middle West, 3¢ is said. But he has been against the administration on the farm issue He has union labor agaipst him, but the American Legion for him. Senator Curtis Groomed. {has been actively pushed as a candi- date, champloned the District's cause, | Beveral other members of the subcom- | mittee joined with Delegates White and | Anderson in endeavoring to open the way for enfranchisement of the District itizenry ~ through a constitutional amendment. - After the platform reached the full | committee for approval, Representative | Zihiman of Maryand, chairman of the | House District committee, who was in- structed by his State delegation to work for the District plank, intended to make Utah, 3: Virginia, 15, Washington, 17; | Wyoming, 9, and the Territories, 5 While the District of Columbia dele- gation at a caucus last night failed to | make a decision regarding which vice | presidential candidate it would sup- port, it is fairly certain that the Dis. | triet’s two votes will be for Tilson. | Since the exclusive announcement | first made in The Washington Star | three weeks ago that colleagues in the | House were canvassing thelr home dis- | tricts for the House leader, following | announcement that the State central commiitee in Tennessee had proposed | him for the vice presidency, the Tilson boom has been 'quletly but earnestly | pushed. While “boomlets” for “favor- ite sons” were being inflated, Tilson's | friends in Congress made a Nation-wide sweep for him which is expected to land him on the ticket with Hoover. | Longworth Coins Slogan, | 1t was Representative Nicholas Long- worth, Bpeaker of the Hotise, who sug- gested the Tilson slogan—“Tiison on the ticket means a vice presidential candi- | date of presidential size.” John J. Hop- | brie{ District plank included. After | national committeeman from the Dis- Itrict, and with gate T. Lincoln Townsend, it was decided that with the | personnel ‘and temper of that commit- |tee no advantage would be gained by further insistence at that time. Hopes Brightened. Future hopes for eventual success in pressifig for national representation were brightened, however, by the per. sistent and tireless work of Mr. Colladay land other friends of the District in a final eleventh-hour effort to have lht‘ | conferences with Edward F. Colladay, | | ered with fronic applause from the | administration delegates, led by the | row_fust before the speaker’s stand | _“It is 0 unusual for a delegate from 'Wisconsin 1o receive applause in a Re- | publican convention,” he replied, smil- ing down on Massachusetts, “that I thank you from the bottom of my heart " No reply was made to the La Follette speech, the convention voting over- | whelmingly and instanter to reject out | of hand his minority report. Smith Gives Challenge. Smith Jaid down what sounded like |a direct challenge to the administra- tion when he said that if the party | hoped for success at the polls in No- vember it must go further than the | majority had gone in the tentative plat- | form draft. “If you expect the support of the Republican farmers of the great Re- publican Middle Western States, you must face this issue fairly and square- | 1y, he said generalities.” “We are through with | Massachusetts delegation in the front | their car, left in charge of one of their | confederates at the curb. The shooting in the street caused | turmofl among pedestrians and resulted | in a traffic snarl that prevented pursuit. | Hundreds of persons quickly gathered in front of the bank after the robbery | making it difficult to obtain details of the hold-up immediately. | Streets Crowded With Delegates. Walnut street was crowded with dele- | | gates and others on their way to Con- | vention Hall, six blocks away, for to- day's session of the Republican national convention when the hold-up occurred. | The jammed downtown streets aided | the robbers in their escape. J. B. Smith, traffic officer at Eleventh and Walnut was shot in the neck and shoulder. His condition was reported dangerous. Patrolman Wiggins was shot in the leg, and an unidentified woman, standing more than a block away from the bank, was wounded in the leg. The bandits fired with shot- | guns In their race away from the bank building. | kins of the New York delegation is one of the energetic Tilson workers. Out side of the South, where Tilson is ex pected 1o greatly strengthen the party ticket as an offset to the Democratic candidates and especially to Repre- sentative Cordell Hull, also a native of Tennessee, who is a leading candidate for Vice President in Democratic circles THson's strongest support comes from Hoover's own Slate, California, indicat- g that his selection would be wel- { comed by Hoove A careful canvass made of the s last night by the Tilson boosters ed that in the delegations listed as doubtful the House leader Is ex- pected Lo gain many votes, and these Bome of the Vice President makers are for giving the place 1o Benator Charles Curtis of Kensas, who voted for the McNary-Haugen bill, but de- clined 10 vole 16 pass the bill over the President’s veto e list of possibilities for the sec- 3 long. Rep: ecticut, Repub- House, has much running_are of Ohio, Bt Hougiston dor W Great name is heard now and then acquainting State leaders from all parts of the country who will now be better informed and who have promised to co-operate fully when the proposed constivutional amendment H‘m‘;u»n thelr respective Btates for ratification surance of such support has be cidedly heartening o Capital | boosters” and It 1s evident that the campalgn of education regarding e plight of the more than 500,000 disen- franchised citizens at the weal @f Gov- ernment Is having & good effect “We have just begun to fight,” said Mr. Colladay last night when it was finally certain that the plank could not et In the platform presented today, As- 1 de- The four presidential candidates op- | posing Herbert Hoover's nomination, | | calling themselves the “allies,” decided today after conferences to have their | | names placed tn nomination in the face | of almost certain defeat. Bome of the candidates favored with- | | drawing their nominating speeches and | retiring from the race before the ballot- | ng started, but today the candidates, Watson, Goff, Curtis and Lowden, agreed Lo go forward with thelr orlginal | program of having their names placed | | before the convention. | Smoot Is Applauded. Bmoot got & good hand as he stepped POINCARE VICTORIOUS IN PARLIAMENT TEST Obtains Vote of Confidence, 342 to 167, on Release of Com- munist Deputies. By the Assoclated Press PARIS, June 14.-—-The Polncare gov- up before the microphones and began 10 read the platform, but his voice did not carry to every section of the hall, POPE REPORTED ILL, |22 87 e e 250 BUT ACTIVE IN WORK | e Proponents of the repomination of Vies Pr Dawes are anxiously walting some ign from the Hoover Jeaders. 1f Hoove o remain neutral in the matier, tis % nomination will be preseed { Hoover Jenders and Mr “ anotiuer delegations include some of his stanch- est friends. Por example, 1o voles are claimed for Tison from New York, al- though Mr Hopkins is active »s a Til- son manager, and Rep entative Ber- vrand H. Snell, chalrman of the House rules committee and a close ally of the interim of handclapping, when the com- | mittee chalrman read the sentence in- | dorsin, quivocally the administra- candidate, th ikely that Dawes will be presented, it is sald, al- though there is much sentiment convention for bim for the vice presi- dentisl pom! Tiwon Boomn Pushed The Tism camn fptensity. Bens Houmeg Blae s W nominate fcan Meader of the W 3 pd, Weither New York Afsyivanis sre counting now on pre septiig any didates 1 piace on U Vicket Goy, Puller was entered i for vice pr (O TH by campaign undertaren The Supiviican senied o the con Boran probivition p) for publieity in camp e e of 1 o here and w re legairs hak iwee plattorm s % and s un expenaitires us pre ! Profvivon mey ksl o foor figh e B oved the Bty nok te | Bk majority L, sithough the ®y &n overwhelr yesiition and Boren s i couid rought convention out & pinonty The camp for futl pubii wres, w pubdican nutions! coms end reporis wt reguler nvervals there sfter up W the Uy I fur of with publicity plank iy of campsign expeno) 1 e firel report by the Ju of election regurded ¢ » direct ouiinuss on Pags 2, Cobuon 5. s by, . conAuet 85 cam ) the ot satomd the race | From san mtained L plank call thee August | 4l piedges the Sepublican party 0 0o | onsin | The Americans the end of the campaign | wallop & v House leader, would be glad 1o be one of his strongest workers if released from supporting any of the five favorite sons who have been groomed for the second | | place nomination, | | ¥riendly With Mellon, in Denied in Statement From Vatican, Again Pennsylvania none of the | 19 yotes b clalmed for Tison, ahough | gy whe Associated Fress Lie provability is good that he may get| vl oy wmost, i1 not @, of them. Mr. Tion 15 | g on the best of verms with both Secre- | | tury Mellon and Benstor Vare, who have | indicated their control of the delega- {Yon on something e & 5050 § the doubtful list of 30 votes in Oblo and & like number o Hinos, | Maryland's 19, snd North and 80ulh | summon # doctor Dakots with 13 voles each, Tilson has | A better chance than any other | cangidate, aceording o present outlonk The canvass made al Tilson's head- quarters in the Bultimore Hotel shows | 1, yequee the that there §s a big Midwest block that | oy rurtetl s | must be yeckoned as doubtul, i which | s 220 vores wre vied up, When these | ge are yeleased, Tilson has sn excelent|yes suffering chance of ing m darge number, This | arieriose 21 of the 61 voles In | entourage Iingis and 30 of the 33 in Indians, | |\ where Suepresentative “Dick” Elott s 1 very strong friend of the House lesder Other Btates In this tle-up are Lowa, | health 29, Kansas, 23, Minnesots with 21 of | 1 Brillante, » of urteriosclerosts, which has h & stage that it w enlourage reached (merely given up wine for beer and wi { taking longer walks, an he said that ex- erciee lone gave relief, He has refused activities in any way The Vatlean authorized an emphatie from had atlack Pr who called wl the Vatlean toda promised 16 Tilson 15 i 24 0 Missour) Nebrasks, 21 in Ohiy snd 26 in Wis large numbwr When the Lowden-Watson snd Goft | deughters of Justice Dowlin campt break up, 8 larges number of | York therr followers axe renny 4 g 1k Lk Tusun endwag - The Inrgest group sudlence con Pontifi's Alleged Indisposition XI‘ SCIBL DEVSPIDOY, Loday nald that Pope Plus was suftering from a bad attack | worrying his The paper sald the pontiff refused to The paper added that the Pope had number of his andiences The correspondent of the Associated |, Y, | Wi " lewrned Uhut the pontift enjoys pertect | gy The pontift dispelled the rumors that | e, e voles, while the other 8 have heen | he was gravely afficted by recelving | of pilgrims todey ms | atkh ) £leted of 70 Genoese from & Cathiolie Y e O g e u tion v)? President Coolldge. Bearcely had Bmool read two pages | before Chalrman Moses walked to the | runway and rapped loudly with his gavel, directing the delegates to take thelr seats.” “No further busine acted until the de enth.” The Utah Benator resumed the read- g, but was interrupted by raucous cries of "Louder!” from the far-off gal- leries, That halted him for & moment and he changed his positlon so that he came within the range of the battery of “mikes” wt the front of the runway Delegates continued to mill around, wandering up and down the u 5 and along the passageways in the rear. The hour of meeting seemed 1o he w little early for & majority of tcket and half an hour after the con: fon convened there were great gaps of emp- Ly sents in the galleries | Bmaot had the copy of the platform on & musie rack and he rested both will be tran- ates take thelr nial of the statement that the Pope | hands on each side of 1, as he was £ of | fairly well worn out by the long fight osls, which was worrying his | gyer the platform which he presented Every mentlon of President. Coolidge’s wme brought applause. ‘The reading pted u third tme with cries " and Benntor Moses rushed 10 the front of the runway to pound vig- ¥, 'he delegates will take thelr seats,’ (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) present Included the of New The text of the Republican platform will be found on page 10, olders | ernment. emerged victorious today in the first real test fight staged before the present Parllament, which was elected in April, obtaining a vote of confidence, | 342 1o 167, The opposition had demanded the re- |lcase from prison of the Communist Deputles Cachin, Dorlot and Marty, who are undergoing’ sentences of various lengths for Inciting military disobedi- | ence | Premier Poincare refused even to dis- {cugs the matter before the House and | nsked an indefinite postpone t, mak- ing It a question of confidence. The chamber thereupon approved the gov- ernment’s motion, although many radi- cals of the Herrlot party voted with the opposition, ATTEMPT TO SLAY | PRINCE KUNI FAILS | | Korean Hurls Dagger at Father of | Empress While on Visit to Formosa, By the Assoclated Pr LONDON, June 14.--An Exchange Telograph Dispatch from Toklo says that an attempt was made o assassi- nate Prince Kunl, father of the present impress. during his visit to Formosa, May 14, This was learned when the press ban on news of the attempt was. lifted today. ‘The dispatch stated that a Korean rushed at Prince Knet's sutomobile and hutled a dagger, The prince was not njuyed, " | The plane dove sharply into 15 feet of water about 200 feet off the Potomac Park seawall, carrying its occupants un- der the surface. The pilot, disregarding his own injuries, dragged his passen- gers out of the wreckage of the cabin and onto the wings, holding them there until they were rescued by the tugboat | erew. Man Still Unconscious. One of the passengers, F. Bisman, 30 years old, of Brooklyn, N. Y., still is un- conscious as a result of submersion. Members of the Fire Department rescue squad are trying to revive him at Emer- gency Hospital. The other passenger Walter Luhrs, 23 years old, also of Brooklyn, a bank clerk, has a broken knee, strained back and bad bruises. Durfee was badly cut on the chin and leg. His action in saving the passengers and insisting on staying with his plane after they were taken off is described by eyewitnesses as heroic in the ex- treme. The plane, which has been in regular passenger service at Arlington Beach for some time, was swinging in for a landing when the crash occurred. Pilot Durfee dropped the plane down over the top of Highway Bridge for a land- ing in the river channel. Just as he cleared the bridge and was nearing the surface of the water he saw the tug- boat steaming out from under the span directly toward him, Swerved to Miss Boat. Seeing that he could not land with- out striking the boat, Durfee erved sharply to one side. The plane “slipped off” on one wing and hit the water, wing first, at a sharp angle. The ship was almost completely demolished and all three men were entangled in the wreckage under water. Durfee strug- gled clear of the wreckage and came to the surface. Finding his passengers were still in the wreck, he went under water and pulled them out, one at a time. The tugboat captain put his wheel hard over and reached the plane short- ly after the crash. With Durfee's as sistance, the boat crew took Luhrs and Blsman aboard and steamed o the Arlington Memorial Bridge, where they were put ashore. The Emergency Hos- pital ambulance and the rescue squad up at the bridge and preliminary ~attempts to revive Bisman, he was taken to the hospital Durfee refused to go aboard the tug until he had inspected his plane. He was later taken off by a boat from the Corinthian Yacht Club. The wrecked plane was A Curtiss seagull and was painted a bright red Tells How Crash Occurred. I was just swinging down for a land- ing,” Durfee said, “when I saw the tu, nosing out from the bridge, To avol striking 1t I swerved sharply to the right and the plane slipped off on wing ‘Al three of us were under water, but I pulled the two boys up on the wings, As soon as possible the tug crew came over and took the boys aboard. 1 stayed on the plane until @ boat from the Corinthlan Yacht Club came out und took me ashore.” Durfeg sald he did not think either of the passengers was Injured when they were taken aboard the tug, He is a pilot of much experience and has been flying this plane for several months, Radio I:Wn;lm-—_l'uxc 40, to protest against Japanese occupation volve the great powers in the Chinese | | warfare, and also to sound out this Government’s attitude toward the rec- ognition of the Nanking government. In | some quarters it was said that Dr. Wu preferred to return to China and take part in home affairs rather than accept a permanent post in Washington. The appointment of Dr. Sze as Min- ister of the newly formed government | will prove highly acceptable to the | United States. Dr. Sze has been the only recognized Minister of China here since 1921. Since the establishment of the Nanking government, which was not recognized by the State Department. | Dr. Sze has been acting for all faction: in China, though accredited to the old | Peking government. Dr. Sze had an audience with Secre- tary of State Kellogy today. and inform- ed Mr. Kellogg officially of his appoint- ment as Minister. Secretary Kellogg informed Dr. Sze that his appointment was very gratify- | ing. No technical matters were broach- ed by Dr. Sze at the conference, it be- ing solely for the purpose of advising the State Department of the Minister's new status. The question of recognition of the Nationalist government, Dr. Sze ex- plained, is to be taken up at another time. Well Known in Capital. Few members of the diplomatic corps better known in Washington than Sze. Like Dr. Wu, he is a _product Washington's public schools Minister Sze was prepared for col- lege at Central High School from 1893 to 1896, when his parents were con- nected with the legation. In 1897 he studied liberal arts at Cornell Univer- sity, where he was graduated in 1901 and received an M. A. degree in 1902. In the Fall of 1902 he returned to China_and soon after his return was appointed secretary to Viceroy Chaug Chih-Tung. In 1004 he became sec- retary to Viceroy Tuan Fang In 1906 Minister Sze was trans- ferred to Peking for service and was appointed acting junior secretary of the | ministry of communications, and in 1907 became director of the Peking- Mankow Rallway. In 1908 he was di- | rector of Northern Raflways. This was | considered & very important post. Dr. 8ze's rise to power started in 1919 when he was appointed acting commis- foner of forelgn affairs, having served rlier as counselor, International Plague Mukden, He was nominated Chinese Minlster to Washington, Peru. Mexico and Cuba | just after the outbreak of the revolu- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) [ 2 “The Penalty “Golden Rule” Film PRODUCED BY The Evening Star To further traffic safety is being shown today along with the regular program at ar Dr of and also on the Conference at | of Shantung, which threatened to in-| | torial kins & Nesbit of Washington and Hop- kins & Hopkins of Chicago. Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkin- | shaw assisted in the prosecution. Statement Issued. Later Hogan issued the following statement: “This is another case of the citizens of the District of Columbia resen in an unqualified manner that era political persecution, born in Sena- investigatinz committees and sent to the courts with Senate orders to convict. It is time the Walshes, Nyes and Norrises should learn that prosecutions of this kind cannot pre- vail in this Capital City. “The defense did not challenge a single man or woman on the jury. They were picked by the court and the case was picked by the Scnate. The Senate should know by this time that you cannot railroad an innocent man in the District.” Attorney Jesse C. Adkins, who assist- ed Hogan in the defense, said: “The jury vindicated the rights of citizens to defend themselves in the courts.” Acquittal of the misdemeanor charge does not entirely clear Stewart of charges that resulted from his appear- ance before the Senate committee. His testimony on the occasion of his first and last appearance was certified to the district attorney and presented to the grand jury. An indictment on a charge of perjury was asked of the d jury, uhfl-’h is expected to return its decision to the court within a few days. Grew Out of Bond Case. “Stewart, called as a witness during the committee’s investigation of the $3.- 080,000 Liberty bond oil profits of the Continental Trading Co. last February, declined to say whether he had discuss- ed the bonds with Harry F. Sinclair or whether he knew of any one who had taken part in the bond transactions Appearing in April, after Sinclair had been acquitted of charges of conspiring with Albert B. Fall to defraud the Gov- ernment in the Teapot Dome oil lease, Stewart said he had received $759,000 in Liberty bonds from H. 8. Osler, presi- dent of the Continental Co. ‘The Chicago ofl executive, however, said he had immediately turned the bonds over to a trust fund created for his company or the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co.. owned jointly by the Indiana Standard and the Sinclair Con- solidated Oil Corporation. The bonds. he testified, had a few days before been turned over to his board of directors. The latter were delivered to the Sinclair Crude Oll Purchasing Co. The Senate committee's investigation, which resulted in Stewart's indictment, divulged the operations of the Conti- nental company and how its profits were divided among four wealthy oil operators. Blackmer in Deal. In 1921 H. M. Blackmer of Denver engineered a deal whereby the late A E. Humphreys of Denver sold to the newly formed Continental Trading Co. Ltd, of Canada, 33,333,333 barrels of oll in the Mexia fleld. The Continental company contract was guaranteed by Stewart and Sinclair for their board of directors, which later approved the con- tract and also the resale of the ofl by the Continental company to the Sin- clair Crude Ol Refining Co. and the Prairie Oll & Gas Co. The Continental Co. the oll from Hui rey's at “r:o barrel and resold 1t for #110. © o0 ® DArre . The Rosalia Theater IW'\ 218 F St S.W. I Testimony before the committee showed that out of the profits of 25 cents a barrel the millions of dollars n o pe made by the Continental (Colinued on Page 3, Columa #e