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» WEA' (U. 8. Weather Fair tonight and s0 cold tonight; about 42 degrees. ‘Temperatures: Highest, 52, at 3 p.m. yesterday: lowest, Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 Entered as second class matter No. 30876. Encemes s THER. Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow; not quite lowest temperature 32, at 6 am. today. @ ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION shington, D, C. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1 o Star. - service. Sunday’ Saturday's Circulation, Circulation, The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news 104,646 111,830 HIRTY-SIX PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. TENTATIVE JUROR IS APPROACHED IN TRIAL OF STEWART, Robert V. Caldwell Excused| After Telling Court of Stranger’s Visit. RIGID PROBE PROMISED OF OIL CASE INCIDENT Standard Company of Indiana Off- | cial Under Indictment on Charge of Perjury. By the Associated Press. | Robert V. Caldwell, a tentative juror | in the perjury trial of Robert W. Stew- art, cheirman of the board of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, told Justice Jennings Bailey in District of Columbia Supreme Court today that he was approached yesterday by a man who asked him whether he would “hold out” in the case. Caldwell, who lives at 2113 H street northwest, said the man had given the name of “McGinnis,” and when asked for details of the meeting, said, “I got rid of him.” He described McGinnis as about 21 years old, of light com- plexion and wearing a gray suit. Has Suspect in Mind. District Attorney Leo A. Rover ‘and Frank Hogan, chief of defense counsel, conferred with Justice Bailey then, and Rover declared the descri tion of McGinnis tallied closely with that of a man he had in mind. Justice Dailey asked the 24 other talesmen collectively whether they had been ap- proached, but none answered. During the luncheon recess of the court, Caldwell was confronted with a , Jawyer, but he could not identify him as his visitor of yesterday. Court at- taches declined to give any information about the man brought in, saying that they were satisfied by Caldwell's failure to identify him that he had nothing to | do_with the alleged approach. The defense challengea Caldwell as | a juror, and he was removed from the box. Mr, Hogan sought permission for himself and Stewart to examine those in the box. This was denied, and Ho- gan noted an exception in each in- stance. Caldwell's place in the jury box was | 'uken by Mrs. Audrey E. Koons, Denial for Government. Meanwhile Government counsel had denied, aside from the trial, that “Mc- Ginnis” was a Government investig: tor. Justice Bailey e: the ten- tative jury. = Mrs. Koons then was excused from the jury by Justice Bailey, after she had ‘said that her husband was em- ployed as an official reporter of the Senafe. The task of selecting a jury con- tinued, with both prosecution and de- fense exercising their peremptory chal- lenge rights and the court in turn interrogating those who replaced the. excused talesmen. After Caldwell was excused from the jury box he took a seat in the court- Yoom and later left to be photographed. Approached el ROBERT V. CALDWELL, Tentative juror in the Stewart trial, who told Justice Bailey in District of Columbia Supreme Court today he had been approached yesterday by a man who asked him if he would “hold out” n the case, —Star Staff Photo. HOOVER WILL START ON TRIP NEXT WEEK Battleship Maryland Will Be Overhauled in Drydock for Southern Visit. BY REX COLLIER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. PALO ALTO, Calif,, November 12.— Memoriés of his war-time services stir- red anew by the observance of Armistice day, President-elect Hoover gave little thought today to preparations for his forthcoming tour of South America. There was no armistice, however, in the activities of the excited crew of Uncle Sam’s great battleship, the Mary- land, assigned the honor of carrying the President-to-be on his unprecedented mission of international friendship. Ship Awaits Overhauling. Anchored over night off Hunters | Point, the pride of the Pacific battle squadron was being made ready for a thorough overhauling in dry dock at San Francisco. Her hull will be scraped, paint renewed and living quarters made over into a sumptuous presidential suite. Several days hence she will steam out toward San Diego, where about a week fi now she will receive her dis- passengers. President-elect Hoover and his son Allan. will occupy a suite in the of- ficers’ cabin, according to present plans. in other rooms will be quartered picked staff of assistants and advisers and a restricted group of newspaper correspondents and photographers. In command of the flagship is Capt. V. A. Kimberly. A number of junior officers will leave the.ship to make room for the Hoover party. Arrangements for the voyage are be- ing worked out in a series of conferences between Rear Admiral Thomas Wash- He talked freely about the “young man whom he lsaid hl:i zl:ltcd him at his residence late yesterday. “He asked me if I was a Catholic,” he said, “and if I knew Mr. Hogan. He asked me if I was on the jury and if T would stick together with the rest. He declared the visitor had stayed with him only a few minutes and had not offered him any money. Showed Him Out Door. “I showed him out of my door,” he continued, “because I was just going out at the ('u‘r;a He told me his name was ‘McGinnis.”” Although he told the court that the visitor wanted to know whether he would “hold out,” outside the court, he told newspaper men that the expression used by the man was whether “he would “stick together with the rest. Rover announced that the prosecu- tion witnesses would include Senator Walsh of Montana, Senator Nye of * North Dakota, Ingram Mack. assistant clerk of the Senate committee, and three of the Senate stenographers, whorj took down the oil man's testimony be- | fore the invesfigators. Basis of Trial. Stewart is being tried on a perjury indictment of three counts based on testimony by him before the Senate public lands committee during the Con- tinental Trading Co. phase of the Tea- pot Dome _investigation. ~Stewart is alleged to have testified that he knew nothing of the Continental Co. and its . ington, commandant of the 12th naval district, and Mr. Hoover and his per- sonal assistant, George Akerson. It is believed other members of the official party will include George Barr Baker, long-time friend and confidant of the next President, and Col. William J. Donovan, Assistant Attorney General. The latter is on his way here from Washington. At least one representa- tive of the State Department is expected to make the trip. Hoovers Honor War Dead. ‘The President-elect and his wife stood and bowed their heads in a silent two-minute tribute to America’s heroic dead of the World War during an im- pressive devotional service of undenom- inational character yesterday in the im- posing Stanford Memorial Church. ‘They heard an inspiring patriotic sermon by a visiting clergyman, the Rev. William E. Barton, Congrega- tionalist, of Oak Park, IIl, and formerly of Massachusetts. It was a reminder to the citizenry of the Nation that upon their shoulders rests the burden of good government, geod morals and friendly international relations. The Hoovers were accompanied to the services by their old friends from San Francisco, Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Ben- jamin. After church Mr. Benjamin Jjoined Mr. Hoover, Mr. Baker and Mr. Akerson in a walk through the sun- {swept hills fringing the Stanford |campus. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover arrived lat church nearly five minutes early, transactions, although he had received $759.000 in bonds from that company. Stewart ran afoul of the law once previously in_connection with his ap- pearances before the Senate committee, naving been tried and acquitted las Spring on contempt charges which fol lowed his refusal to answer certain questions. As on that oocasion, he is 1epresented in the present case, besides Mr. Hogan, by Jesse C. Adkins and Frank F. Nesbit of this city, and Albert L. and John L. Hopkins of Chicago. It was said at the district attorney’s office that the statements made by Caldwell would be investigated and action would be taken against any per- son suspected of having sought to molest & juror. LIGHT SNOW GIVES CITY FIRST TASTE OF WINTER Washington received its first taste of ‘Winter weather this morning when the temperature dropped o an even 32 de- grees and was followed by a light snow flurry, mixed with rain. The snowfall lasted only about 15 minutes in Wash- ington, but in nearby Virginia and Maryland it fell for a longer period, covering fields with a light gray coat, which quickly dis mometer began to climb Fair and warmer weather is expected tonight with a minimum temperature of 42 degrees. The fair weather will continue through' Tuesday. TRAIN HITS AUTO; 3 DEAD. COBLESKIL () —Three N. Y. November cn were killed and two dnjured when a Delaware & Hudson passenger train struck an automobile at % grade crossing in this village toda: *The dead are: Joseph Mead, 24; Au- gust Celande, 30, and Philip Derizco, 35. The dead were found in the wreckage of the automobile, which was carried « for some distance the locomotive. Radio Progrnms—l;age 26 ppeared as the ther- | = 12 accompanied by Henry M. Robinson, | San Francisco banker and friend. Every | pew in the big cream limestone edifice | was occupled and the doors later were ¢ | closed to many others who had come i from points as far away as San Fran- | cisco. | President-elect Not a Singer. | The President-elect and his party oc- cupied a pew roped off down fiont and the group was cyncsure of all eyes throughout the service. Mr. Hoover |listened intently to the sermon, but made no attempt to join in the sing- ing, although Mrs. Hoover did. Amer- ica’s futurc President could not sing with any degree of success if the very welfare of his country, or even the world, depended on it. He tried sing- ing once while in a boarding house in his college days, they say, and his room- mates threatened to throw him bodily from the house if he did not stop The non-sectarian service was opened | by the university chaplain, the Rev. {Dr. Charles D. Gardner. He read the | Twenty-seventh Psalm, a supplication for divine strength in undertaking daily tasks, and led the congregation in singing the *Old Duke Street Anthem,” dedicated to those who fled from reli- gious persecution as Hoover's Quaker forebears did many years ago. “Laws, (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) PRESIDENT PRAISED INU.S. AND ABROAD FOR'PEACE: SPEECH ! American Isolation Policy and | Naval Stand Frankly De- fined on Armistice Day. 'OUR DUTY TO EUROPE DECLARED WELL DONE Still Ready to Co-operate, He Adds, but Expects Reciprocity—Kel- logg Pact Lauded. President Coolidge’s vigorous reply m! the critics of America’s traditional | policy of isolation and his challenge of the good faith of Europe In the limitation of naval armament were the | chief subjects of discussion in political | quarters here today. The Chief Executive spoke before an audience in the Washington Audi- | torium last night which had gathered under the auspices of the American Legion to celebrate the tenth anni- versary of the signing of the armistice. | He lauded the services of Gen. Per- shing and Admiral Simms, detailed the economic results of the war and what he considered its “spiritual” benefits, reiterated his stand for the mainte- nance of adequate naval defenses and entered a fervent appeal for a consti- tution of world peace. Declaring that the question of Amer- lca’s duty to Europe had received a wide discussion on both sides of the Atlantic, Mr. Coolidge asserted that America had acknowledged the exist- ence of such duties and had tried to meet them. Duties Declared Mutual. “They are not all one one side, how- ever,” he said. “They are mutual. We have sometimes been 1eproached for lecturing Europe, but probably ours are not the only people who sometimes en- gage in gratuitous criticism and advice. We have also been charged with pur-: suing a policy of isolation., We are not the only people either who desire to give their attention to their own affairs. It is quite evident that both of these claims cannot be true.” While stating the beliet that military preparation has never proved sufficient as the remedy for preventing war, President Coolidge is convinced that it is our duty to ourselves and to the cause of civilization and our orderly and law- ful relations with foreign people, to maintain an adequate Army and Navy. Insisting that to be ready for defense is mot to be guilty of aggression, the President indicated that he thinks the time has arrived when the rest of the world should be given to understand that while the United States stands ready to co-operate and be helpful in its relations with Europe and will do everything possible to advance the in- terests of peace, it is going to be prac- tical at the same time. There is no mistaking his determination to carry out the Navy building program. Speech Rated Important. ‘There was no mistaking the profound impression made by this speech of th President. Comment indicates that is being regarded as one of the most significant and important public ad- dresses ever delivered by Mr. Coolidge. In his review of this Government’s relations with the powers of Europe, and its failure to understand this Government, the President expressed himself in language that was at times blunt. ‘The exercises served as the outstand- ing event in the Nation-wide observance of Armistice day. The hall was packed to capacity and the address went out on a radio hook-up that made it possible for millions to hear the speech. His audience frequently interrupted his speech with long applause. Today the President received many telegrams from various parts of the country con- gratulating him. Moreover, the Presi- dent was gratified at the favorable man- ner in which his utterances were treat- ed in the press. The comments abroad are also mainly favorable. The President gave the impression that he is expecting great results from the Kellogg treaty outlawing war and by _continued_efforts to_bring about a ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 8) The text of President Cool- idge’s spee@ will be found on Page 7. 'HEAVY TOLL FEARED IN THEATER BLAZE Half Hundred Children Are Be- lieved Victims of Fire in Russian City. By the Associated Press. VORONERH, Russia, November 12.— Many children were believed to have perished in a fire which destroyed a motion picture theater at Khodynetz Saturday night. Unconfirmed reports placed the num- ber of dead at 50. Crews of rescue workers were working today to extri- cate charred bodies from the debris, {and a check-up of the deaths will be made as soon as this work is completed. The fire started in the operating room and spread rapidly. In the stam- pede for exits men and women clogged the doorways, leaving many children behind to perish. Firemen arrived too late to halt the panic or control the flames. The film operator and his assistant escaped by jumping through a window. ERougeA Short Skirts. By the Associated Press. | BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, November 12.—All high school girls, even the daughters of cabinet members, are for- bidden by an official decree to wear hort skirts, rouge their lips, powder their noses, shave their eyebrows or wear their hair in a masculine fash- | fon. Offenders will be dismissed from the schools. To enforce this decree, the ministers of education ruled that girls should wear regulation black dresses and caps Boy Bobs Denied Belgrade Schoolgirls, Low and High | bearing the number of their class ana hool, and that they should submit to ily examination by thelr teachers to cee whether they were using lipsticks or powder puffs, Many tears were shed when the principal of Belgrade's lead- ing high school made the first inspec- tion of his pupils, and singled out a group of offenders for punishment Scarcely had the edict on beauty been promulgated when the authorities { ordered that no girl should go on the { main_ strects alone after 7 o'clock in the evening. i | 7/ NEW REALLOCATION RESULTS DIFFER Radio Changes in Effect Yes- terday, However, Bring General Satisfaction. With the result of radio’s first night under the new reallocation still in doubt, the Federal Radio Commission today awaited an expected deluge of tele- grams and letters on reception condi- tions in various sections of the country. Press dispatches, however, told of heterodyne squeals extraordinary in some parts of the country which totally obliterated programs. Yet from other points came reports that reception could not have been better. Locally. there appeared to be a marked improvement, judging from the comment of radio listeners who joined the Nation in the great ethereal fishing party that the changes in wave lengths provided. Greater Volume From WRC. * The majority of fans who reported to WRC declared the station was heard on its new wave band with greater volume and clarity than ever before. A few, nevertheless, gave the station adverse criticism, reporting a pronounced heterodyne squeal which they said diminished soméwhat after 8 o'clock. Others complained, too, that the carrier wave was broader than usual, blanketing stations 10 and 20 kilocycles away, or that obsolete re- generative “blooper” sets produced squawks and squeals that made listen- ing painful. On the basis of these reports WRC officials were not prepared to definitely determine whether the new frequency is as satisfactory as the old 468.5-meter channel. More adjustments will be made in_ the transmitting apparatus with the hope of bettering transmission. Satisfied With WMAL. WMAL engineers announced that the station’s new wave band appeared to be “very satisfactory,” reports from its listeners indicating that it was heard free from interference of any kind. Although WOL, formerly WRHF, was moved down the broadcast channel from a choice position of 322 meters to 228 meters, its officials declared that the comment of listeners showed that it was being heard with good volume and clarity in all sections of Washington and vicinity. The change in the wave of WJSV, formerly WTFF, was so slight that its transmission was hardly affected. Distant stations also were said to have been heard in Washington with less interference and many listeners re- ported the reception of stations in the North and Middle West never before logged. In fact, O. H. Caldwell, Federal Radio Commissioner for the Eastern zone, which includes Washington, de- clared that he was particularly pleased with the result of the change. Concedes Several “Bad Spots.” “It is true,” he said, “there are still a few bad spots, apparently due to sta- tions which have not yet settled into their assigned positions. These will be cleared as the frequencies become stabilized throughout the broadcast band. “Transmission seemed to be good on cleared channels through from 600 to 1,200 kilocycles, with fair reception on the high frequencies. I was particu- larly pleased with the way the local stations WRC, WMAL and WJSV came through. I was glad to be able to cut out WRC so sharply on the dial, as I was afraid we were going to have { blanketing trouble.” i Dr. J. H. Dellinger, chief engineer of the commission, also said he was pleased with the result of the first night's ex- periment on the new frequencies. “There were good stations all over the dial,” he declared. “The new plan worked out better than I expected on the first night. Of course, there was some heterodyning here and there, as there will be for the next few days until the stations get set exactly. I believe, however, that the reallocation has already established all that has been | expected of it. I feel that the public owes broadcasters a debt of thanks tor complying so immediately with the com- mission’s order.” Future Improvement Promised. Despite _the unfavorable reports from some sections of the country, engineers promise that all radio soon Wwill find its way out of the wilderness. Many of the cleared channels, they pointed out, will not be equipped for several months to use the power authorized by the com- sion. ‘Then with all but 24 of the 620 adcasting stations on the new wave lengths and changed power, it is only natural to expect that a good many of | them will not have properly calibrated control cquipment to prevent deviations l uenc nd_consequent_het- ed on Page 2, Column 4.) ’ Tax Delinquent List | With 15,000 Pieces To Be Advertised Tax certificates on approximately 15,000 pieces of real estate on which taxes have been delinquent for two years will be advertised for sale the first week of December unless the bills are paid in the meantime, it was announced today by Tax Asses- sor William P. Richards. The tax sale will be held early in January. The total number of parcels_ listed for sale this year is about 5,000 less than last year. Richards said that all of the owners of the land have been notified of their delinquency, and unless the tax bills are paid this month he will be forced by law to advertise thelr names in the news- papers next month. POLICEMEN GUARD ROTHTEIN PAPERS 24-Hour Watch Placed After Attempt to Loot Safe Is Disclosed. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 12.—A 24- hour police watch was placed today on the safe deposit boxes and office records of Arnold Rothstein, on representations that efforts were afoot to remove the records and empty the boxes. From the contents of these vaults and books police hope to learn some of the secrets of the gambler's life and possibly even the secret of his death. District Attorney Banton ordered the police guard after I. Gainsberg, attorney for Rothstein’s mother and other rela- tives who will contest the will, had passed on to him information that there might be attempts to remove the gambler’s effects. Gainsberg and Mrs. Esther Rothstein, the mother, conferred with Banton for half an hour. Gainsberg asked the district attorney to subpoena Assembly- man Maurijce Cantor, Samuel Brown and Willlam Wellman named in the will as executors and principal bene- ficiaries, to question them concerning validity of the will, which the gambler signed with a cross on his death bed. Three Men Are Sought. ‘The mysterious slaying of Rothstein moved nearer to a solution. Police Inspector John F. Coughlin broke the silence with which police have covered their activities to say that only three men were being sought, one of whom he inferred fired the fatal shot in room 349 in the Park Central Hotel a week ago last night. Denying the popularly held theory that Rothstein was lured to the hotel room and killed because he welched on debts contracted it a stud poker-high spade game last September, Coughlin said that the gambler's death was not plotted, but was the result of a sudden quarrel, Killer Not Yet Named. George McManus. Rothstein’s friend, and “Tough Willie” McCabe were two of those sought, Coughlin said, but he did not reveal the name of the third | man—the killer. Either McCabe or | McManus, Coughlin did not say which, pulled the gun from the hand of the killer just after Rothstein was shot and threw it through the screen of the hotel window into the street, where it was found. In the meantime anti-administration Democrats and Republicans indicated they intended to make political capital of Rothstein’s killing if the case was not cleared up soon. There are rumors that Rothstein’s papers will reveal some startling matters and that a large amount of stolen securities may be found in his strong boxes. Hylan Is Critical. Former Mayor John J. Hylan, anti- administration Democratic leader, said he did not believe the police were trying to solve the case. “Rothstein,” sald Hylan, “had tremendous political con- nections, who might be put in a bad light by a thorough airing of the case. I don’t believe that they want to have it aired.” Rothstein’s father and mother, who ‘were not mentioned in his last will, and his wife, who received only a life inter- est in a third of his estate, have hired a lawyer in an attempt to have the will broken. They object particularly to the leaving of a 10-year interest in a sixth of the estate to Inez Norton, former showgirl and divorcee. Miss Norton said at Atlantic City, where she has gone to rest, that she and Rothstein were “madly in love with each other.” They planned to get mar- ried as soon as’ he could obtain -l divorce, she said. NEW TOWN IN PATH OF LAVA TORRENT Carrabba, in Fruit-Growing Center, Seems Doomed. 5,000 Homeless. By the Assocfated Press. ROME, November 12.—The Giarre correspondent of Lavoro D'Italia re- ported today that the village of Car- rabba, important industrial center of the fruit-growing region of the slopes of Mount Etna, appears doomed to perish under the relentless onslaught of lava still pouring from the volcano. ‘The lower part of the neighboring vil- lage of Nunziata already has been in- vested. A dispatch to La Tribuna from Ca- tania says that the manufacturing plants of Carrabba have been dismantled and its houses vacated while the population awaited the approach of the lava flow. 5,000 Are Homeless. Five thousand persons are homeless, 700 houses have been destroyed and nearly 3,000 acres of farmland already have been laid waste in the Mount Etna region, said a report issued today by Signor Giurati, minister of public works, who returned from the danger zone over the week end. Signor Giuriati appeared before the council of ministers and recommended a decree law for the relief of the strick- en populations, which was adopted. Relief funds will be forthccming from the public works budget after consul- tation with the minister of finance, who is authorized to provide all the funds necessary for the relief of the popula- tion and the reconstruction of destroy- ed buildings. 1,000,000 Lire Granted. ‘The minister of the interior, a post occupied by Premier Mussolini himself, was allowed 1,000,000 lire (approxi- mately $50,000) as an advance fund to start relief measures immediately. ‘The minister of communications also was authorized to lower tariffs and to make other special concessions during the interruption of the Messina-Catania Railway so that the catastrophe may not weigh too heavily on the economic situation in Southern Sicily. DELUGE IS SLACKENING. Approaches Carrabba Over Area of 2,- 500 Square Feet Today. GIARRE, Sicily, November 12 (#).— Mount Etna, now in the eleventh day of a devastating period of eruption, was still remorselessly pouring out a huge flow of lava today, although there were signs that the deluge was slackening somewhat. The main lava stream this afternoon was advancing on the Carrabba front over a width of 2,500 feet, with the likelihood that this would be increased at this point by masses of molten rock pouring in over the plain of the de- stroyed town of Mascali, which no longer offers an obstacle to the destruc- tive onrush. Latest reports from the danger front said that the stream was only about 100 feet from the Messina-Catania highroad, its southern flank advancing about six and a half feet an hour and continuing to bite into the outskirts of Carrabba to the southeast. Two Are Killed by Bomb. BUENOS AIRES, November 12 (£).— Two persons were killed by a bomb found in a satchel on the steps of the Cathedral of Buenos Aires. A passer- by found the satchel and turned it over to a policeman. The bomb exploded, killing both. PARADER SHIP WITH 329 ABOARD SINKING 300 MILES OUT; RELIEF BOATSTANDSBY ON BOARD Among the passengers aboard the sinking steamer Vestris were Nathan P. Adams, Odebolt, Iowa: Edward M. Walcott, Halifax. Nova Scotia; Miss Mary M. Mills, Los Angeles, Calif.; Rev. and Mrs. Ed- ward A. Jackson, Richmond, Va.: Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Fletcher, San : Mrs Mr Thomas Franke, Mexico City: Sarah J. Goodman, Tarrytown. N. Y.. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew_Serp, Cleveland, Ohio; Arthur C. Patter- son, Edmonton, Alberta; William M. Fields, Jamaica, N. Y.; David H. Huish and Keith W. Burt. Salt Lake Ciiy. Utah; Alfredo Ramos and Carlos Petrazzino, Havana, Cuba; Samuel Cox, Montreal; Wi liam 'D. Davies, American corre- spondent of La Nacion of Buenos Aires; Maj. Yoshio Inouye, Japa- nese consul at Buenos Aires, and his wife; Earl de Vore, an automo- bile racer, and his wife: Norman K. Batten, also an automobile race Harry Fay. heavyweight boxer. c route to Buenos Aires seeking a fight with Louis Angel Firpo. RS PREFER CELLS TO FINES Six Leaders of Protest Dem- onstration Get $100 or 60 Days in Jail. Declaring that they would pay no fines imposed by the “capitalist” courts of America and would serve such sen- tences as imposed because the “capi- talist” Government of America has po- lice to enforce the sentence, 25 mem- bers of the band which paraded around the State, War and Navy Building Sat- urday went to jail after a trial in Po- lice Court today as a protest#against what they called persecution. Six of the band, the leaders, drew fines of $100 or 60 days in jail for vio- lation of the regulations which prohibit parading without a permit. Nineteen others drew fines of $50 or 30 days. The seventh leader's case is now pending before Juvenile Court. Impassioned socialistic and commu- nistic arguments were presented Judge Isaac R. Hitt by five of the leaders of the parade. These men are: Carl Jones, colored, of Philadelphia, who claims to represent 25,000 colored workers; ‘Clarence Miller of the Young Paul Workers’ Communist League, Crouch of the All-American Anti-Im- perialist League, Benjamin S, Thomas of the Workers’ Communist Party of America and Carl Reeves of the Inter- national Labor Defense. Court Sets Bond. John S. Hornbeck, attorney for 20 of the paraders, stated after the trial that none of his clients would submit to the fines imposed by Judge Hitt, but would serve the 30 days in 19 instances and the one 60-day sentence. The oth- er five men who addressed the court told the court they would not submit to the fines but would serve time in jail. Three of the leaders, Reeves, Jones and Crouch, took notice of an appeal and bond of $200 was set by the court. Immediately after the trial, as the prisoners were sent back into the dock, they started singing so loudly that they could be heard upstaifs in the courc- room and court recessed and ordered the men taken to jail immediately. ‘Those fined $50 or 30 days are Arthur Bernadini, 39; Harry Newman, 25; Isa- dore Singer, 23; Ruth Hietoo, 17; Fanny Rosenberg, 23; David Sandler, 21; Jenny Cooper, 26; Bernard W. Morgan, 2 Saul Langdon, 19; Clara Scoller, 21; Frances Goldberg, 23; Diane Sandler, 24; Joseph Kro, 43; Samuel Miron, 3: Charles Metzdorf, 34; William Duke, 2: Helen Bennett, 21, and Freda Fink, 35. Defendants on Stand. Ralph Given, prosecutor, presented evidence through Detective Howard E. Ogle that the paraders in using West Executive avenue violated a section of the park regulations which prohibits parading without a permit and it was on this charge that the paraders were convicted. Five of the six leaders were not rep- resented by counsel and took the stand in their own behalf to make speeches as to their reasons for coming to Wash- ington. Reeves was first to take the stand and he said they were endeavor- ing to present a petition to Secretary of War Davis, demanding release from Leavenworth prison of John Porter, vice president of the New Bedford, Mass., textile union. “The real charge,” he said, “that we are brought to this court on is not that violation of a regulation prohibiting parading without a permit, but that regulation is brought as a smoke screen to stop demonstrations of this sort. We are being tried because we are workers and trying to present the case of workers of this country to the Gov- ernment. We intend to reserve the right to make demonstrations here in Washington whenever we see fit."” Clarence Miller then took the stand and, after saying he was weak because he had received only (Continued on Pa; Police “Cover” Man With Drawn Pistol, Each Fearing That Other Would Shoot A desperate gunplay between five policemen and a 22-year-old alleged gambler, in which the officers out- bluffed their opponent, featured a raid by police of the eleventh precinct last night. The raiding party descended on a garage in the 1400 block of S street southeast, in which they believed a game of craps was being conducted. ‘Three men found in the garage were immediately arrested, but a fourth escaped. He is said to have entered a house back of the garage, where he re- sides, strapped a cartridge belt about him, grabbed a big “frontier” .44-cali- ber revolver and rushed back to the garage, where police were waiting for their patrol. Coming upon the officers suddenly, the man, who later gave his name as William M. Buckley, 1400 block of S street southeast, pointed the revolver at Lieut. Sidney F. Marks, the police re- ported. The lleutenant also “covered” him with a short pocket revolver, The R other policemen likewise covered the man, and there ensued a few tense mo- menis when a false move might have meant death to at least two men. “‘Buckley’s gun was so close to me he couldn't have missed,” Lieut. Marks said today. “But if he had fired my other men who had him covered would have surely killed him. As long as he failed to shoot, my men did likewise, for they knew if they fired first he would probably kill me. I think they deserve a lot of credit for being cool- headed.” But no one did any shooting. Buckley backed away and was finally disarmed. He is charged with permitting gaming and assault with intent to kill. The others arrested by the raiding party described themselves as Charles_Solt, 18; Harry Thomas, 28, Hayden, 22. All posted $5 collateral for their appearance in court. Besides Lieut. Marks, the raiding party consited of Sergt. J. H. B. Swain and Policemen D. Milstead, L. Thorne and A. Claggett. and James | lIliner Vestris Left by Passengers and Crew. | By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 12.—The | British steamer Vestris, with 100 }passengers and a crew of 210 | aboard, was sinking 250 miles off Hampton Roads today and the | passengers and crew abandoned the ship at 1:25 o’clock. The Jap- |anese steamer Ohio Maru was standing by. The sea was rc- | ported moderately rough. | The nature of the Vestris' dis- | ability was not disclosed in the | series of S O S messages which she | dispatched during the morninzx. | Her captain, William J. Carey, re- {ported that her starboard decks | were awash, that she had a 32- degree list, and that immediate | aid was needed. | News that the passengers were i i being taken off and that the Japa- |nese vessel was in a position to | give aid was received by the Lam- port & Holt line, owner of the Vestris, from its Bermuda agent, nearly three hours after the ship had sent out her first S O S flashes !describing her position as ex- tremely critical. Many Ships Go to Aid. More than a dozen vessels, including five Coast Guard cutters, set their courses for the scene of the ship’s dis- tress, but the Ohio Maru was apparently the first to reach the spot. The Vestris' wireless, which had worked frantically during the late morning hours, was still in operation at 12:45 pm. The Vestris left New York last Satur- day with a géneral cargo of 6,000 tons and a consignment of mail, in addition to her passengers. She was bound for Barbados and South American ports. Although details of her predicament were lacking, it was assumed that she ran into the severe gales that swept the Atlantic coast on Saturday night, and it was thought that her cargo might have shifted. In the 16 years sigce the Vestris was launched at Belfast it has been contin- uously in the South American trade and had had no serious trouble before, though it had a couple of narrow es- capes. In 1915, it arrived in New York from South America after evading the Ger- man cruise Karlsruhe. Four years later fire broke out in the hold and the ship put into St. Lucia, B. W. L The flames were extinguished without serious damage to cargo and with no injury to passengers or crew. The Vestris was built in 1912. Her registered tonnage is 10,494, her length, ?95"2 feet; beam, 60 feet; depth, 2 feet. LINER OVER ON BEAM. Passengers Take to Life Boats as Liner Lists Badly. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., November 12.— At 11:50 the Vestris reported she was on her starboard beam and “has some boats out.” ‘The Vestris radioed that she was not absolutely sure of the position she gave and appealed to all ships to come to her. The Corwin, believed to be a naval vessel, was 130 miles from the position given by the Vestris at 11 am. e ‘The Vestris received compass bearings from the Fireland Island, Sandy Hook and Montoloking, compass-bearing sta- tions, so that she can work out her exact position. The sinking vessel re- ported water over her starboard beam. Another ship that reported she was rushing to the Vestris was the American Shipper, which was 120 miles away. ‘The San Juan. before reported on her way to the disabled ship, said she had the Vestris® correct position. At 12:10 the Vestris' radio was still working. TANKER RACES TO HELP. Changes Course to Go to Vestris, 70 Miles Away. BOSTON, November 12 (#).—The | Tropical Radio Co.’s station here picked up a message from the Standard Oil tanker Yankee Arrow, reporting that it was proceeding to the aid of the steamer Vestris, in distress off the Virginia Coast. The Yankee Arrow reported that it was about 70 miles from the Vestris when it received the latter's S O S call. The radio station also intercepted a message that the Coast Guard cutter Davis was going to the assistance of the Vestris. The cutter's speed was given as 32 knots. NAVY ORDERS AID. Cruiser Capable of Making 35 Knots Expected to Go to Vestris. ‘The Navy Department today instruct- ed Admiral H. A. Wiley, commander- in-chief of the United States fleet, to send immediate assistance to the steamer Vestris, reported sinking off the Atlantic coast. At 11 am. the stcamer Santa Bar- bara said she was 140 miles from the Vestris. At 11:10 a.m. the Vestris exchanged signals with the steamer San Juan, the latter stating she would arrive along- side at 4:30 p.m. Admiral Wiley, who is at Hampton Roads, was expected to dispatch one of his speediest cruisers to the scene, as that type of vessel is capable of 35 knots and could accommodate the passengers. ‘The naval station at Hampton Roads received an call at 10:50 o’clock from the Vestris, giving her po- sition as 37:35 north, 7:08 west. She reported that she required immediate assistance, as she had a 32-degree list. with her starboard decks under water and the ship lying on beam ends, un- able to proceed anywhere. The dis- patch said that the sea was moderate- ly rough and that the passengers “will take to lifeboats any minute. Ship sinking slowly.” CUTTERS ORDERED OUT. Two Sent to Vestris’ Aid Will Arrive at Scene Tomorrow. NORFOLK, November 12 (#).—The Coast Guard cutters Manning and Mas- coutin were ordered from Norfolk this morning to the aid of the British steamer Vestris in distress 250 miles east of Cape Henry. Three hundred and fifty are aboard the Lamport & Holt Line steamer and the ship is list- ing badly and in need of immediate 2, Columa ¥d " (Continued on Page