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“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. \U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers, tonight and possibly tomor- TOoW. mor:\}ng: not quite so cool tonight. Temperature—Highest, 70, at 3:45 pm. yesterday: lowest. 61, at 6 am. today. Full report on page 7. ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ng Star Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 30, - 734, Entered as seco post office, Wa nd class matt er shington. D C. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY JUNE 23, 1928 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. * (#) Means Associated TWO CENT Press. REED'S STATEMENT DIMS CHANCES FOR BATTLE ATHOUSTON Missouri to “Win Nomination if Possible,” Senator Declares. CONCILIATORY STAND i MAY SMOOTH CONTEST| | | | | | | crowtey, 3b... Is Silent on Prohibition—Other | Candidates Dodge Issue, Fearing Breach. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN Staft Correspondent of The Star. HOUSTON, Tex., June 23.—Senator | James E. Reed of Missouri, in his first | statemient to the press since, his arrival | in Houston, said today that the Mis- souri delegation had come to the con- vention city to “win this nomination i possible.” “They believe they can,” he con- tinued. “If they lost they will be found supporting the ticket with absolute loyaity. As far as my personal views | ate concerned, I have made them plain | in a%ut 50 speeches in Washingion | and all over the country. “My intention is to go to the end of the road in this fight for the presi- dential nomination.” Senator Reed did not discuss the prohibition issue, but said he might is- sue a formal statement later. ._So conciliatory was the note of the Reed interview that the last chance for { against Smith. The prohibition issue, which Norman E. Mack of New York dumped on the steps of the Democratic convention, is crying-lustily for some presidential can- didate to take it up. So far most of the candidates here, and even the Smith managers, look upon it as illegitimate, and are having nothing to do with it. But the infant issue—it is rather an aged infant-—threatens the “harmony” This may sound like a strong state- ment, but Mr. Hull does not attack Gov. Al Smith, but rather takes it for i { y be ndminated for President and stand upon such a platform. Caucus to Decide Stand. | | George Washington Olvany, head of | Tammany Hall and the big boss, put in -n rance yesterday afternoon and said he did not know whether the New York delegation would undertake to put forwgrd 2 plank dealing with prohibi- tion.' That, he said, would have to be decided at 8 caucus of the New York delegation Monday. Of course, it is elear that the New York delegation and Gov. Smith will be satisfied with a law- enforcement plank. George E. Brennan, Chicago Demo- eratic boss and a Smith lieutenant, de- clared on his arrival in Houston today that “the candidate is the platform.” He said he was not worried over pro- hibition planks and that the Illinois delegation had no wet plank to offer to the resolutions comumittee “We are going to nominate Al Smith | and e is piatform enough for us,” said | Brennan. - Gov. Smith’s own frank statement in New York that he had not changed his view that there should be an amend- ment to the present prohibition provi- gave added impetus to the drive which the prohibitionists are making sgainst his nomination for Presicent 3t gave his suppcrters here something to think about, just when they had prought Mr. Mack, the New York na- tional committeeman, 1o publish a left- | | { handed retraction of his first state- ment, asserting that he hud been spc ak. | ing for himself and not for Gov. Smith | when he sad that the Governor was op- | 10 probibition and believed the ronibition laws should be modified. It been suggested here that Gov jth might have something more 1o imself within & very short time re- that matter and whether the rk delegation should make a ification plank in the ‘!m say h Frdln( ew YO fight for a mod platiorm Only Goal Is Harmony. truth of the matter is the Demo- n;‘;‘m'mvfilly are harmony mad. 50 harmony mad are the Democrats that & Bimaber of the dry leaders among them are willing to take Smith, if he will just stand on a law-enforcement platform t make i‘”fitfl‘r’l A number of Smith support- ers, on the other hand, whether with Smith’s permission or not, are angling for dry votes by agreeing that the plat- form shall have a strict law-enforce- ment plank, even mentioning the pro- hibition jaws. Judge Olvany, exemplifying the Tammany.” instead of seeking seclu- sion and sending out orders o the henchmen as Charley Murphy would have done, came out in the open 1o jaik with newspaper corresponden's on | “new open attack on pro- | BOX SCORE—FIRST GAME PHILADELPHIA AB. Dykes, 2b....... Cobb, rf Cochrane, c. Simmons, . Foxx, 3B, . ... Hale, 3b .. Miller, cf.. Boley, ss Ehmke, p.... Totals. .. WASHINGTON AB. + 2 [} 0 4 3 Rice, rf. Harris, 2b. Hayes, 2b. Barnes, cf . Goslin, If. Reeves, ss.... Judge, 1b Bluege, 3b-2b Ruel, c. Jones, p Marberry, p Tate Totals..... ... ... R. o0 (U [ 0 1 [ 0 [ 0 2 o 0 0 [ 0 3 H. 2 o0 0 [ 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 o0 [ o 0 8 Tate batted for Harris in the seventh inning. West batted for Marberry in the ninth inning. Kenna batted for Crowley in the ninth inning. SCORE BY INNINGS 1 [ Philadefphia. .. Washington. . 3 [ 0o 0 9 R 3 -6 0o -3 H 3 1 4 5 0o o0 8 0 | LI 1 } SUMMARY Runs batted in—Hale (3), Rice (2), Sim- e hits—Cobb, Ruel (2), Simmons, Left on bases—Philadelphia, 9: Washing- ton, 6. Base on halls—Oft Ehmke, 2: off Jones, 3. v Jones, > Marberry, L s, 11 in % 1-3 innings. Ehmke (Jones). ne. Barry, Connolly and Me- | i Umpires—Messrs. Gowsn. 'S DEFEAT GRIFFS INFIRST GAME, 63 Philadelphia, Backing Ehmke, Hammers Qut Victory in Ninth Inning. BY JOHN B. KELLER. ‘The Athletics defeated Wi Ehmke started visitors. There were about 5,000 stands as the first game began. FIRST INNING. PHILADELPHIA—Dykes fanned. Cobb flied to Goslin. Cochran singled to left; so did Simmons, sending Cochrane to third. Foxx forced Simmons, Reeves to Harris. No runs. WASHINGTON—RIce walked. Har- ris forced Rice, Ehmke to Boley. Barnes lined to Dykes, and Harris was doubled off first, Dykes to Foxx. No runs. SECOND INNING. P HIA—Hale singled to right. Miller flied to . Boley sent a long fly to Goslin, Hale took second after the catch. Reeves threw out Ehmke from Ueep short. No runs WASHINGTON—Goslin flied to Sim- mons. Reeves singled to left. Judge hoisted to Cobb near the foul line. | Simmons came in for Bluege's high one. No runs. THIRD INNING. PHILADELPHIA—Dykes fanned for the second time. Cobb dropped a dou- ble in left near the foul line. Cochrane walked. Barnes went into short left center for Simmons’ fly. Foxx walked, filling the bases. Hale tripled to the right-field _corner, scoring Cobb, Coch- rane and Foxx. Bluege threw out Mil- ler. Three runs. WASHINGTON—Ruel doubled down the left-field line. Jones walked. Rice singled to left, scoring Ruel, while Jones stopped at second. Harris sacri- ficed, Foxx to Dykes, who covered first. Foxx took Barnes' grounder and threw out Jones at the plate, Rice going to third. Goslin sent a high fly to Cobb close to the foul line. One run. FOURTH INNING. PHILADELPHIA — Boley popped to Harris. Reeves threw out Ehmke. Dykes got a single with & ball topped toward third. Jones tossed out Cobb No runs WASHINGTON — Reeves fouled to Hale. Foxx took Judge’s grounder and beat him to the bag. Ehmke got Bluege’s grounder with one hand and threw him out. No runs. FIFTH INNING. PHILADELPHIA—Harris went into short center for Cochrane’s fly. Sim- mons doubled to left center. Bluege leaped for a one-handed catch of Foxx's liner and threw to Harris, dou- bling Simmons off second. No runs. WASHINGTON—Ruel got a double down the left-field line. ~Jones sacri- ficed, bunting to Foxx. Rice singled past Boley o right center, scoring Ruel. Miller let the ball get by, and Rice made third. Hale took Harris' bounder and threw out Rice at the plate. Barnes fouled to Dykes. One run. SIXTH INNING. | PHILADELPHIA-—Hale got a Texas | League single over Harris' head. It was {his third straight hit. Rice backed up for Miller’s high one. Barnes went to left center for Boley'’s short fy and | Hale was doubled off first, Barnes to | Hartls w Judge. No runs | WASHINGTON—Goslin filed to Mil- ler. Hale threw out Reeves. Judge grounded 1o Boley. No runs. BEVENTH INNING. PHILADELPHIA—Bluege threw out Ehmke. Reeves whipped out Dykes Cobb was safe when Reeves fumbled | Harris threw out Cochrane. No runs ! WASHINGTON—Bluege looped a | Texas Leaguer to left. Ruel topped the | ball in front of the plate and was | thrown out by Ehmke, Bluege taking | second. Jones was hit by a pitched ball. Simmons came in for Rice’s high one | Tate batted for Harris. Bluege took third on a short passed ball, Tate foul- | ed to Cochrane, No runs EIGHTH INNIN PHILADELPHIA —Hayes nov play- COSTELLO FAGTION . WING AT HOUSTON {Decision Over D. C. Smith Group Subject to Hearing Monday, However. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HOUSTON, June 23.—The so-called Costello or “regular” organization dele- gates to the couvention from the Dis- trict of Columbia will be seated. This decision has been reached even before either the Costello crowd or the rival delegates from the Al Smith-for-Presi- dent Club reaches Houston. Of course, this decision is informal, but it would | be ratified by the national committee | when it meets at 10 am. Monday on | the roof garden of the Rice Hotel, to make up the temporary roll. The rival delegation would be granted a hearing before the credentials committee as soon as it is oiganized. Decision in favor of the Costello forces was reached at a conference of an information contest committee on credentials headed by Bruce Kramer, national committeeman from Montana, other members of which include Mrs. D. A. McDougal and Scott Ferris of Oklahoma, Frank Hampton, acting for Senator Simmons of North Carolina, and H. W. Dooley of Porto Rico. This contest committee has been studying the papers filed in the three contests involving six votes in the con- vention from the District of Columbia, six from the Canal Zone and three delegates from Philadelphia. The de- cision was that on account of the seem- ing regularity of the procedure in organizing the Costello delegation that it “should be placed on the temporary roll. The 12 delegates who will divide votes in the convention from the Dis- {trict are expected to arrive here tomorrow and establish head- quarters at the Auditorum Hotel. They are: R. Wilmer Bowling, James Willlam Bryan, John B. Colpoys, John F. Cos- tello (national committeeman), Mrs. Florence J. Harriman (national commit- | teewoman), Breckinridge Long, Mrs. |Marie D. Mayre, M. Carter Hall, John |F. Killeen, Rowland B. Mahany, Dr. John T. Ready and Watson B. Miller. HUGHES IS NOMINATED FOR HAGUE COURT POST By the Assoclated Press. ! GENEVA, June 23.—-Cuba and Brazil | have placed the name of Charles Evnl\!‘ Hughes in nomination to fill the vacancy on the. International Court of Justice | 1t the Hague caused by the recent resig- nation of John Bassett Moore. Latin Americans in Geneva forecast that some other Latin American States will follow suit in designating Mr. Hughes because of his eminent fitness and the important part he played in the Pan-American conference at Ha- vana. | | _— | threw out Simmons, Foxx singled to | left. Hale doubled to the right-field | corner, Foxx stopping at third. It was his fourth straight hit. Miller was pur- posely passed, filling the bases. Boley popped to Reeves. Ehmke forced Miller with a grounder to Reeves, No runs. WASBHINGTON—Barnes got a single with a ball topped toward third and made third base when Ehmke threw wildly 6ver Foxx's head. a long fly to Miller, and Barnes scored with the tying run after the catch. Hale made a nice stop and threw out Reeves, Boley threw out Judge. One run. NINTH INNING. PHILADELPHIA — Hayes threw out Dykes. Cobb was safe on Hayes' fum- ble. Cochrane got a Texas leaguer In right, Cobb going to third. Jones was relieved by Marberry. Crowley was sent to third, Bluege went to second and Hayes was benched. Simmons singled to left, scoring Cobb. When Goslin let the ball get by, Cochrane reached third and Simmons second. Foxx sent a long fly to Goslin, Cochrane scoring after the catch, When Crowley let Reeves' return throw bound from his hands to the Philadelphia dugout, Simmons also scored. Hale fanned. Three runs, WABHINGTON —Bluege singled to left. Ruel flied to Simmons, West bat- ted for Marberry. Wesl walked. Rice | AMUNDSEN RADIO HEARD, | Leigh Smith without finding any trace {day from Tromsoe, Norway, for Kings { of them., | Justice Siddons Sets Tuesday Aft- Goslin sent | | pleaded guiity to murder in the second PLANE TO ATTEMPT 10 RESCUE NOBILE BY LANDING ON IGE Swedish Pilot Rushes Prep-| _arafions After Success in Dropping Supplies. RUSSIAN BOAT BELIEVES Search for Explorer Missing Five Days Pressed by Italian and Swedish Aviators. By the Assoclated Press. Dispatches to the Associated Press report the Russian ice break- er Maligin as having heard radio messages believed to have come from the plane of Roald Amundsen, missing in the Arctic. The Italian aviator, Maj. Penzo, took off today from Spitzberger to search for Amundsen and a Swedish seaplane also searching for him found no trace of the exflorer. Montreal wireless operators reported having picked up a message saying Nobiie and party were aboard a rescue boat. By the Associated Press. KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, June 23.— Definite plans to take Gen. Umberto Nobile and his five stranded compan- ions from their ice camp off Northeast Land by airplane were made today. The Swedish rescue expedition which has established a base at Virgo Bay, in North Spitzbergen, dropped addi- tional supplies for the Nobile group last night and today was going ah»ad with a plan to make a landing and to take the men off. Will Land on Ice. Capt. Tornberg, leader of the Swed- ish expedition, informed Comdr. Ro- magna of the base ship Citta Di Milano that he proposed to make a landing on the ice and asked that Gen. Nobile be notified of this so as to be prepared to_take off. The Swedish plane, a powerful tri- motored Junkers, located Nobile at 8:30 pam. last night and was successful in dropping additional supplies and arms. The Swedish plane then explored the coast in the neighborhood of Cape of the group of three men headed by Dr. Finn Malmgren, which left the Nobile party May 30 in an effort to WHAT I'D AV LIKE TO JONES HOLDS LEAD FOR THIRD ROUND Ciuci Two Strokes Behind.| Hagen and MacFarlane in Third Place. By the Associated Press. OLYMPIA FIELDS, Chicago, June 23.—Shooting a 73, two over par, Bobby Jones held his lead in the national open golf championship today. Added to his 144 he had a 54-hole total of Fiid Jones’ card: 4 434444353 i 4353863534 5-38—73—-217 Henry Ciuci of Stratford, Conn., came in with a 72 for a total of 219, just two strokes back of Bobby. He was out in par 35 and came in with a 37, added reach land by foot and has since been missing. The Swedish pilot also has been’ ask- ed to search for the seven men who drifted off in the hls of the dirigible Htalia 6n May 25, and have since dis- (Virgo Bay, where the Swedish ex- tion has established a base, is near Magdalena Bay, in Northwestern Spitz- bergen, and is much nearer the stranded Nobile group than the base at Kings Bay which the Italian flyers, Majs. Maddalena and Penzo, have been using.) Anxiety increased today for Roald Amundsen and five men lost five days in the Arctic seeking unlocated groups of Nobile's expedition. Will Center on Amundsen. Efforts hitherto directed toward-res- cue and relief for Nobile and the five men with him on the ice north of Spitzbergen today were concentrated on Amundsen’s party, which set out Mon- { Bay. With additional provisioning of Gen. Nobile and his party their posi- tien is regarded as relatively secure. Since Amundsen, Lieut. Lief Dietrich- sen, Rene Guilbaud and three French naval airmen left Tromsoe, save for a few reported radio signals at the start of the flight, there has been not a sin- gle thing to indicate where they have gone, what has happened to them, or even that they still are alive. One straw has been broken which some had clutched in their belief that there had been no mishap to Amund- sen. The government steamer Svalbard visited Advent Bay, south of here, where some insisted he had gone lo make an independent base, but it could find no trace of him. A sealing vessel, also, which arrived from Tromsoe and followed the route which the Amundsen plane should have l:;khen. reported no trace of the flyers either. Pet Dog Is Safe. Yesterday Capt. Penzo made two at- tempts to land on the ice, once drop- ping his plane to within 16 feet of the surface, but finally abandoned his ef- forts as too hazardous. Upon their return the aviators re- ported a seventh member of the group —Titina, the little terrier dog mascot of the dirigible—was alive and appar- ently well Of the ice-breakers alding in the res- cue attempts a Russian ship, the Ma- ligin, was reported east of South Cape, Northeast Land, and seemed likeliest to reach the group first. The Maligin, however, was having its troubles with ice, too, and its progress today was none too sure. A third phase of the rescue work, the search of the north coast of Northeast Land by four Alpine ice experts for the missing group of three Italians, has failed. The Alpinists returned to the Braganza without having found a trace HOFFMAN GETS DELAY IN MURDER SENTENCE ernoon Following Absence of t Defense Attorney. Louls W. Hoffman, who recently degree In connection with the death of Miss Eleanor Lehman at his office in the Victor Building March 3 last, was brought to_ court this morning for sentence. Because of the absence of his counsel, Harry W. Nice of Baltimore, Justice Slddons deferred the imposition of sentence”until Tuesday afternoon. The minimum sentence under the law is 20 years in the penitentiary and the maximum Is life imprisonment. Assistant United States Attorney Wil- lhunl H. Collins agreed to the postpone- men Rains flrmg; Rumania, BUCHAREST, June 23 (#).—Torren- tial rains lasting 38 hours have caused considerable havoc throughout mania, In Bessarabin (a political di- vision of Rumanla) the rain was ac- companied by an intense electrical lined to Miller. Kenna batted for Crow- ‘ “Gentinued on Page 4, Column 1. g seopnd for w»nmbwu. feeves ley and liucd to Foxx, No runs, storm. 1t flooded 10 villages, causing the death of lorooplo. . 4 Ru-|, to his 147 for his 219, gaining a stroke on_the -maker. Ciuci's card: Out . 5444434343 In— 5343653534 5-37T—12-219 Hagen and MacFarlane Third. Walter Hagen, in spite of poor shots and much trouble, got home with a 73, the same as Jones and was tied at 220 with Willie MacFarlane for temporary third place, 3 strokes back of the leader and one stroke behind Ciuci. It was a hard struggle for the British open title-holder. His woods did not behave and he was never dead to the pin on an approach. In fact he was wide of the cup on nearly every green in addi- tion to a few instances when he was even wild. He never sank a long putt during the round and was a foot or two short on nearly every one he attempted. MacFarlane clung to Bobby's heels, returning in 37 for a 73. The scholarly Scot, who won a Sensational play-off from Jones for the title three years ago, was in fine form, continuing the same steady, down-the-middle golf that kept him up with the leaders in the first two rounds. MacFarlane Consistent. MacFarlane, to show his amazing consistency, was even par on 14 of the 18 holes. He had frequent good chances for birdies, but made only one of them good, when he bagged a fine 3 on the 458-yard ninth, now labeled “Jones’ Jinx,” because of the Georgian's habit of taking 5s there. Willie was one over par on the third, sixth and tenth. - His card: Out .. 54544443336 In ...5443453 453773220 Jones, playing brilliantly steady golf for a par 35 on the outward nine, began to strike troubles on the inward journey and blew his prospects of a par score on_the fourteenth, where he got into difculties and took a costly 6, two over par. His second shot hit a tree on this hole, his third skidded over the green nd he was five feet short of the cup soming back, winding up with two putts. Trouble With Mashie Shots. Much straighter off the tees as he ‘laced out one mighty shot after another up to around 300 yards, the Atlanta amateur had his main trouble with the mashie that had saved him so often yesterday. His putting was erratic. He took single putts on the first three zreens, but didn’t have another one-putt green until the eleventh, where he ram- med home a 35-footer, his longest, after reaching the carpet from the deep grass of a trap. Gene Sarazen, paired with Jones, exactly matched Bobby's round of 73, but he was 10 strokes behind to start with, so his chances weren't a bit im- proved with a total of 227. Von Elm Drops Back. Von Elm. the former amateur cham- plon, two strokes behind Jones yes- terday, lost three more when he shot a 76. A six on the fifth, where his drive hit a tree, falling dead, was his costliest hole. Farrell unhampered by a gallery after playing his first two rounds with Jones, showed a return to form with a fine 71, par, and moved up the list with a total of 222 Scores for Three Bounds. Scores for the first twe rounds, to- day’s first round and totals for three rounds in the national open golf cham- pronship follow: Billle Burke, New York, 163173226 Rial E. Rolfe, Chicago, 156—179-—235 Irving Ottman, Louisville, 15618234 Chet Beer, Taft, Calif,, 158177235 Harry Hampton, Chicago, 153—172—225 P. O. Hart, Wheell 15679235 * Johnny Farrell, New 3 15171222 Nell Christian, Portland, Oreg. 1684232 ”guk ‘Tarrant, Hollywoed, 155—84— 5 Francis Gallett, Milwaukee, 155178~ 33, l;noben T. Jones, Atlanta, 14473~ ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 8. Radio i’l‘ofll‘fl.ml—-—f’ude 26! Guard Secret Tests Of New Navy Plane Only 20 Feet Long| | By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash, June 23— Secret tests of a new type of Navy plane designed and built by the Boe- ing Airplane Co. of Seattle are being made at the Municipal Air- port here. While secrecy attends the tests, it was learned that the plane is made of duraluminum, with a wing spread of 30 feet and a length of 20 feet, powered with a 500 horsepower radial air-cooled motor and is ex- pected to develop a speed of between @ 175 and 200 miles per hour. Because of its small wing spread in proportion to its weight, the plane must reach a ground speed of 100 miles an hour. before rising and must land at 90 miles per hour. LEVIATHAN'S MAIL POUCHES ROBBED Loot May Reach $500,000. Thefts Discovered at Southampton. By the Associated Press. SOUTHAMPTON, England, June 23. —Although no official figures are yet available, it is reported that checks, | bank drafts, bills of exchange and bank notes amounting to many thousands of pounds were involved in thefts from the | steamer Leviathan's mail, discovered after the liner's arrival here yester- day, some official estimates placing | the loss as high as £100,000 (approxi- mately $500,000). ‘There was a total of 3,263 bags of let- ters and parcels carried on the liner, of | which 1,700 were for London and hun- | dreds of others for various parts of | Great Britain, The authorities here state that there was every evidence that the robbery was planned with the greatest cunning and carried out daringly. Nothing that could not be negotiated easily was touched and this, together with the thoroughness with which the robbery was carried out, seemed to indicate that the letters were tampered with before they were placed aboard i on June 16. bags which had been sealed and placed in larger bags containing unregistered letters. ‘These bags also were sealed with a small red seal bearing the im- pression of the United States Post ce. ‘The mail, which was in charge of the United States sea postal staff while aboard the liner, was landed at South- ampton last evening under such strict supervision that it was considered im- possible that they were interfered with In any way. It was when the mail reached its destination and the bags containing the registered letters were opened that the robbery was discov- ered. The registered letters were found to have been split open and verything of a negotiable nature abstracted. Capt. Cunningham, » commander of the Leviathan, said today that the| robbery could not possibly have been perpetrated aboard the liner. “We unload ‘the mallbags at South- ampton,” he said, “exactly in the same condition as we took them on board. The United States Government seal was placed on the bags in the New York post office. They then were brought to the ship in mail automobiles with armed | guards; were placed in the mail room age. Four armed Government postal | clerks were constantly on duty to see | that the bags were not touched.” U. S. Debaters Abroad Win Victory | WELLINGTON, New Zealand, June | 23 (#).—The Bates College team of debaters, which has been visiting here, | defented the debating team of Victoria | University last night on the question | of prohibition, the decision being | reached by a vote of the audience. the | Leviathan, which sailed from New York | The registered letters were in small | DECLARES PROCTOR HINTED AT SUICIDE Hoffman, Fellow Prisoner, Recalls Statements Made by Busch Slayer. John Cline Proctor, one of the three Busch slayers who. died/ in the electric chair at the District Jail yesterday and who now is believed to have taken | poison in an attempt to cheat the chair, | boasted that he never would be elec- | trocuted, it was learned today. | His boast was made to Louis W. Hoff- man, physiotherapist, a fellow prisoner at the jail, in the “bullpen” at the District Courthouse on June 5, the day | the three slayers were taken out of the WL UKD, WITH THO OTHES N CRASH OF PLAE Marine Aviator and Lieut, H. C. Bushey Die In- stantly in Virginia. {CORPL. D. C. McCHESNEY SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES Corpl. Reeder Nichols Expected to Live—Transport on Flight to Managua. By the Associated Press. FILE, Va. June 23—Maj. Charles A, Lutz, Marine aviator, and two of his companions. were killed here early this morning when his trimotored transport plane crashed, carrying its four occue pants to earth. Lieut. H. C. Busbey, along with Maj. Lutz, was killed instant- 1y, their bodies being thrown 50 fest clear of the crashed plane. Corpl. D. C. McChesney died a few hours later, it was announced here. Corpl. Reeder Nichols, though badly injured, is ex- pected by physicians to live. Residents of this town were awakened by the roar of the tors as the big plane passed over the' place early this | morning. Some arose to see the plane |80 in a nose dive after circling the town several times, presumably in an attempt to land. Arriving on the scene soon after the crash, they found the mutilated bodies of Maj. Lutz and Lieut. Busbey probably 50 feet from the wreckage and both other occupants seriously injured. Corpl. Nichols, radio operator told some of the eyewitnesses of the. crash {that he did not know what to at- tribute it to, as “we had reached the earth before I was aware of any trouble.” The plane was en route from Wash« ington to Miami on a flight to Managua. Corpl. Nichols was carried to the home of a Mr. Anderson near Sparta, Va., where he is being treated for “very serious” burns. The three bodies are to be removed to Quantico, it was un- ially stated here. with nearly all of its parts shattcred mmmuntmmfimnuemh. LEFT HERE EARLY TODAY. Kept in Radio Communication Until jail for the last time in connection with their long fight for life. Hoffman, wi d“ci-n sentence for sec- ond-degree murder the death of Miss Eleanor Lehmann in his ofice in the Victor Bufld- ing March 23 last, was closely ques- tioned about the matter today at connection 'Iml Shortly Before Dive. Maj. Luts took off from Bolling Field at 1:05 o'clock this morning under cons ditions that were characterized as per- the District Jail by Headquarters De- | was in the | tective John Fowler, who has been as- | signed to investigate reports that | poison was smuggled to Proctor to aid him in cheating the law. The theory was advanced that the poison which Proctor is believed to have swallowed was smuggled to him {on a shirt sent to him at the jail | The shirt was found among his effects | today. One cuff had been torn from it. e been dipped in a poison solu may have 'n dip] . o tion and that Proctor soaked the cuff in water and removed the poison from | the cloth, swallowing the resulting solu- tion. Recalls Conversation. Hoffman today told a reporter for The Evening Star that Proctor ! hinted to him he would take poison rather than face death in the electric chair. He described his conversation with Proctor and the events leading up | to it in an interview in the office of | Maj. William L. Peak, superintendent of the District Jail. “I was taken down to the courthouse on the day Proctor, Eagles and Moreno | appeared there the last time.” Hoffman said. “I was waiting in the ‘bullpen’ when the three were brought in. I re- member there was a lot of excitement about them because the Supreme Court had just turned down their last hope | for life. | “Eagles came up to me near the doo: | of the ‘bullpen.’ put his hand on my | shoulder and said: ‘Oh, doctor, if I had | a gun you know what 1 would do.’ «“That wouldn't do you any good, Nick,' I replied. He made another casual remark and turned away. Then Proctor came up to me, looked me right in the eye and said: | ‘Doctor, they will never electrocute me." ‘Why. what do you mean?' I asked. Not with all that poison outside™ | Proctor said. We_separated then and I didn't talk | to Proctor about it again.” | Unconscious in Chair. Hoffman made no report of the con- | versation to jail authorities, attaching little importance to it at the time. The convicted physiotherapist was brought into the case by Proctor in one of two notes which he scribbled prior to his execution and which were found in his cell yesterday afternoon. Immediately after writing the notes Proctor collapsed and was unconscious | for some time prior to his executk}r‘\é i i Attempts to revive him before execution failed and he was carried to his death on a stretcher, unconscious. One of Proctor's notes was addressed to Maj. Peak and the other to Leila Johnson, Proctor's sweetheart, and his mother. It was in his note to Maj, into the case. The text of this note follows “Sir: Please don't think your guards nocent and I got this at court, so can verify this. “Respectfully, John C. Proctor.* “P. 8. Please give all my things to Father Dow and let him give them to my kid brother and sister. There are some things in_the office T wish you (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) For Report of F Corpl. Reeder Nichols, radio operator and sole survivor of the Marine plane which crashed and killed Maj. Chatles A. Lutz and the two other members of his crew near Bowling Green, Va., early this morning, drew the pralse of Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, command- uhnllol l}:\': Ma:lnu Corps, ‘tndny for fol- win, orders Lo report at once any umm! land “Althmuh was & n ‘innll serfously wounded, by telegra) from ¥ Department here Injured Marine Praised by Gen. Lejeune atal Airplane Crash which brought the first news of th accident. u“me.m; wm at File, Va." he telegra . “Ma). Luts Killed, Lieut. Busbey killed, Corpl. Me- Chesney serious condition, Corpl, Nichols very badly Injured. Request instructions. Impossible change loca- tion for few days. ~Advise send plane look over situation.” Nichols was suffering from burns, shock and other injuries. MeChesney died a few hours later, sidered probable that the cuff | the had | ing Green and pronounced them * “That is all T know about the matter. | had a hand in this, as they are all in- | don't think it was them. Dr. Hoffmah | died away and it was thought generator burned out or some Immediately after It early this morning, naval aviators began {a study of weather condition near Bowl- There was nothing in the way of a severe storm present they re- | ported. ' Won Curtis Trophy Race. Maj. Lutz was exceedingly ular in the Marine Corps. He held Sloepd'd- tinction of being the oldest Marins officer to learn to fly. He was in his forty-eighth year. ~About a month ago he obtained much recognition for win- ning the Curtiss Marine Trophy sea- plane race at Anacostia, flying his speedy and sensitive pursuit plane at an average speed of 157.60 miles per hour and winning out against a fleld of 14 youngsters."” | _The major not only won the coveted imrt&! trophy. but was voted the W. ner Cup, donated by Edward P. Warz Assistant Secretary of the ) Aeronautics, for the best all | performance. In addition to this he jwon a gold wrist watch donated by | The Evening Star to the winner of the | group of planes in which he was «n | tered. Maj. Luts yesterday j roudt { displayed the watch to a represen {tive of The Star and said he would wear it as long as he lived. T've got the best job in the Marine Corps.,” Maj. Lutz said vesterday while | tinkering with the engines of the big | transport plane and making a final in- | sbection _preparatory o getung away. “Although I've had 10 years of tropical | duty, I'm glad I'm going down there™ He was to have assumed command ¢f the Marine forces in Nicarag lieving Maj. Ross E. Rowell Preferred Night Flying. Maj. Lutz possessed unlimited co age and exhibited no hesitancy tows leaving here at night, although on four other flights to Nicaragua € start was made around 6 o'clock n morning. The time of departure was | entirely up to the pilot by the Mar: | aviation authorities. | Maj. Lutz had planned to arriwv | Miami before noon today and de and the door locked throughout the voy- | Peak that he brought Hoffman's name | qrom the Florida city some time tonight in order to be in Managua before the | afternoon tropical rains set . Asked | about fiy n: at night along the Gull, the majo: said yesterday afternoon: “Why, (d rather fly at night than day time, as I can check my course by the lighthouses much easler than go- ing down low in the daytime to find out if everything is all right.” The ter of leaving here during the uight was determined upon by Ma). Lutz in order to take advantage of better fiying con= ditions. He had been delayed several times his departure, first by one or two sight mechanical matters thai ment at the factory where the plai was built and then by the weather. never have any luck,” he said yester- day, “Oh, yes, I do. 1 have plenty of uck—-hard luck. Why don’t you give 12 some good weather so 1 can get out 1 here?™ Lutz Born in Iliveis Maj. Lutz was born in Shannon, I, February 19, 1891, and was conmuise sloned & second lleutenant in the Ma- rine Corps in 1905, Prior to entering the service he had served in the Illinots Infantry Volunteers. His tours of duty were at Annapolls, Panama, the U, §, 8. Missourl, the U. 8 S Kentucky, Havana and the Washington Barracks, ” (otinued on Page 3, Columa &4