Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; mild temperature. Temperature—High- est, 62, at 2:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 46, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 J, 7t Entered as second class matter No. 30,879. [iie"Chee, “Wasnington. D C. he WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening Star. U. S. LAUNCHES PROBE OF MAZE OF CHARGES IN VESTRIS DISASTER Pyramiding Accusations of ‘Mur- der’ and Blundering Impel Quick Effort to Fix Blame. QUESTION OF JURISDICTION SET ASIDE IN QUEST FOR EVIDENCE Death Toll Believed to Be 114—Last of Survivors Landed—Passengers’ Stories of Horror Varied. By the Associated Press. & : NEW YORK, November 15.—Setting aside questions as to juris- diction, the Federal authorities here began a thorough investigation today into the sinking of the Lamport and Holt liner Vestris, with the loss of more than 100 lives. After preliminary questioning of witnesses this morning by As- sistant United States Attorneys George J. Mintzer and Edward S. Silver, the formal inquiry was scheduled to open before United States Commissioner Francis A. O’Neill this afternoon. Between 50 and 60 witnesses had been subpoenaed for the hearing today. Although the Vestris was of British registry and the jurisdiction of the American authorities was uncertain, it was indicated today that the British authorities might consent to have the entire inquiry conducted here. Mr. Mintzer said he had heard, unofficially, that the British Board of Trade had cabled the consul general here, stat- ing that if the inquiry was unbiased and exhaustive the board would abide by it. ‘Want Fresh Testimony. i harles H. Tuttle, in ordering the investi- gatigxx.“:?ds:: tfia“:’é"r":fii iurpose of “recording and perpetuating” the testimony of the rescued passengers and crew while the facts were their minds. s !f:l.-eg;ol?ge ewmiams. passenger traffic manager of the Lamport and Holt Line, also began an examination of the surviving, officers and men of the crew. REPARATIONS KEY TOFRENCH FUTURE, POINCARE INSISTS Premier Outlines Policy of New Ministry to Cham- ber of Deputies. EXPECTS FINAL SOLUTION IN COMING CONFERENCE Declares Enactment of Budget Needed by First of Year—Silent on War Debts. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 15.—A prophecy that the future of France and of Eu- rope would depend upon the outcome of negotiations for revised German war reparations was contained in the declaration of policy. which Raymond Poincare gave out on behalf of his new ministry shortly before the Cham- A. Pugh, the purser of the Vestris, who was rescued by the Ameri- can Shipper, was the first man upon the nature of the questioning, or the crew by passengers. Charges ranging piled up soon after jcan Shipper and Berlin, liner, bound from boats after the British L s Cay tanker Myriam docked in Brool foundered 240 miles off the French questioned. He declined to comment to answer charges leveled at from blundering seamanship to plain murder the arrival here yesterday of the steampships Amer- with a total of 148 persons rescued from life- New York to South America, Monday. Early today the with 57 survivors, some of whom supported the charges, while others denied them or remained \t was ordered to put into Roads, Va. sudden disaster to ‘The cause o; “:‘:‘ vemel’ ire= were advanced by was that the cargo ‘mountainous Wi coal hole was ‘hinges. Thinks Cargo Shifted. Cook, vice president of San- der';;m& ~ons, Inc., agents for the owners, the Lam & Holt Line, is- sued a statement expressing the bel ot that the cargo of crated automobiles the hold had shifted, breaking open & bulkhead and sugmrfis ; l‘enlk which per- possible shifting :; :g: could have been cal g‘e:gvoy seas the ship encountered. He rted the surviving officers as say- liam J. ht have explained it all, ls-drg&.w ‘;;\Benrigl survivors told of seeing. him at the rail of the ship as she took her fatal plunge and then, without a life belt. he either jumped or was swept into the water. “Good-by all,” were parting words as he went overboard. A charge that the ship was listing when she left port was made by Carlos Quiros, chancellor of the Argentine consulate, one of the rescued pas- sengers, who said the list became more and more pronounced as she continued her voyage south. Cites Inspection Ruling. This, however, was denied hy Mr. Cook, who poinfed out that the ship had been inspected three days before she sailed by Federal inspectors and pronounced “absolutely seaworthy. Most of the passengers were bitter in their denunciations of the captain’s ac- tions and those of his crew. charged the captain was overconfident, citing his failure to send out an S O8 until Monday morning, hours after the dangerous condition had become appar- ent to those experienced in sea travel. There were charges that the crew stampeded for the lifeboats, that the lifeboats themselves were unseaworthy and poorly handled; that partly filled boats were rowed cold bloodedly past persons fighting for their lives in the water. First Boats Smashed. Most _heartbreaking of the stories of the sinking told was that of two life- boat loads of women and children, which were smashed against the sides of the ship as they were being lowered. The tragedy was that those two boats, the first away by rule of the sea, were the only ones lowered which did not get safely away from the ship. Another hoat sprang a leak and turned over, but several of the occupants were able to save themselves by clinging to wreck- age. Along with the tales of horror were those of heroism, of a little negro quar- termaster, Lionel Licorish, who guided one of the lifeboats safely through the terrible night before help came, diving into the water again and again to res- cue persons floating in lifebelts or hang- ing to wreckage. Still cruising over the scene of the disaster today were two Coast Guard destroyers and two salvage tugs, but theirs was believed to be a hopeless quest. Only a stray bit of wreckage, perhaps an occasional body bobbing on the wabes, was all they had seen for hoars. Ail except nine of the known sur- Action Pictures of Vestris’ Sinkin . The Eian , bound for o] . %umrmemywmhmr was bound ln{hnd. from New Orleans, not wish to delay her passage. Of the 57 survivors only 8 were pas- sengers, the others being members the crew. Most of the passengers were silent concerning c.mim?."s;;bd:\‘ls‘y ’ol t.h': S message, me of A jpoken in their criticism of their skipper. The SOS should have been sent out hours before it finally was transmitted, they agreed. Most of the passengers were clad in clothing and wrapped in blankets fur- nished by the officers and crew of the tanker, one woman being attired in the captain’s trousers. Saw Captain Vanish. Thomas R. Edwards, a bedroom stew- ard rescued by the Myriam from a life- boat, said that just before the Vestris sank he saw Capt, Carey and another man on the bridge, their hands clasped. Together, he said, they walked to the rail. Then the second man pluni into the sea. A big wave hid the Vestris from lifeboat for a moment. it gulésldefl 1g’hi ;l‘gg was sink- ing. Capt. Carey ppeared. !ldwnr was firmly convinced that shifting of the coal at least intensi- fied the disastrous listing of the Vestris, if it did not cause it. Harry Fay, a Pittsburgh pugilist, who was en route to South America for three bouts, said as soon as he had rested he planned to start again. Ship Surgeon Silent. Dr. J. Sears of the Long Island Col- lege Hospital, the ship’s surgeon,. de_ clined to talk of the disaster at all, and A. Paterson of Edmonton, Alberta, was almost as reticent. Paterson said he would start again Saturday on the Lamport & Holt liner Voltaire, of which Capt. Carey was to have taken com- mand_ after the voyage in which he met death. W. Fields of New York City said he had no difficulty in getting on a life- boat, and that the boat picked up what swimmers it could. Members of the crew, dirty, be- whiskered, in clothing stiffened with salt water, were taken in busses to the Seamen’s Institute in Manhattan. y The Vestris officers were taken to a Brooklyn hotel and the passengers scattered to various hotels in Brooklyn and New York. The 49 members of the Vestris crew whom the Myriam rescued comprised 6 staff officers, 3 musicians, 17 members of the steward’s force and 23 firemen. 22 Bodies Being Returned. the Vestris dead today were being re- turned to grieving relatives and friends. The first body was brought to this city early yesterday on the rescue ship Berlin, while last night 8 others were brought by the Coast Guard destroyers ‘Tucker and Acushnet. The Coast Guard destroyer Shaw left the scene of the wreck for New York with 13 bodies. Many of the dead had not been identified today, the clothing being devoid of identifying marks. Among the bodies aboard the Shaw were those of Maj. Yashio Inouye, Japanese consul, at Buenos Aires, whose wife was rescued by the battleship ‘Wyoming; Carl Frank, representative of a German firm, and his 22-year-old daughter Ingeborg. Of the four bodies brought by the Tucker only two were identified. Brass tags worn about the necks identified one as that of Jose Gonzales Rua of New Bedford, Mass,, and the other as ilhntk of Raymond Garcia Pelal of New ork. Rua, who had sailed with his wife (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) Reclaimed from the sea, 22 bodies of | ber of Deputies met to consider it to- day. Negotiations for the changes in reparations will be undertaken late in December by experts of the allied countries and Germany and with un- official American observers. In the ministerial declaration, M. Poincare expressed his belief that this conference would arrive at a final so- lution of the problem. He said that in the exchanges among the different gov- ernments thus far no unresolvable in- compatibility of views had developed. Although it had been forecast that the cabinet declaration would contain references to the war debts’ situation, as well as to reparations by Germany, that question was not touched upon. ‘The declaration empl as of great_importance the need for the na- tional legislature to enact the budget before the first of the year. The docu- ment added this warning: “Legal stabilization of the currency closed a decisive phase in the financial redressment; but nothing is done so long as t’l‘:ere remains something yet to be_done. Confidence was expressed that minor differences over details of the budget could be ironed out. In this connection M. Poincare indicated that two articles of the budget relating to the return of certain religious orders to France might be detached from that measure and voted upon separately by the Chamber of Deputies. He said that these articles were of paramount im- portance, but he exgremd confidence that they would be decided upon their merits and for “the best interests of the ocountry.” .. Vote Must Come Tonight. When the declaration came before the ch;g:ber of Dep&t'i’eu. Df.ml’oinc-rs threw down a gaunt to - tion. He accepted immediate M- sion of all interpellations concerning the composition of the cabinet and of meral policy of the government. made it conditional that the of confidence or non-confidence ‘must come tonight. “The chamber must decide immedi- ately whether it wishes us to continue,” of | he_said. Reading of the declaration in the chamber brought neither signs of en- thusiasm from care nor of disapproval from his poli- tical enemies. TRIO OF MURDERS SOLVED IN CHICAGO Four Under Arrest in Killings. Three “Shoot It Out” With Police.in Capture. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 15.—Three mur- ders were solved and four accused slayers were under arrest today after a night of swift, sure and decisive action by CI police. ‘Three of the alleged killers were cor- nered and captured within 15 minutes after they were blamed for slaying a druggist during a hold-up. They ad- mitted the crime, police said, and also confessed killing a spectator during a similar hold-up last Sunday. The trio of colored men shot it out with police when cornered in their flat, but surrendered after their ammunition was exhausted. Their victim was Peter Lucas, druggist. They gave their names as Norgan Swan, Napoleon Glover and Van Yedder Dontereaux and admitted killing Charles Metlock in another drug store hold-up last Sunday. ‘The third murder cleared up followed the capture of Michael Quirk, seized when he attempted to visit his home in Forest Park after having been a fugi- tive for a year for the slaying of Roy A. Flynn in a West Side saloon. FORD WILL MAKE TIRES AT BRAZILIAN BASE By the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 15—The Ford Motor Co. will undertake manufacture of automobile tires and other rubber products in Brazil in connection with the Ford rubber plantation now being developed there, Hengy Ford announced tod: ¢ ay. P‘o);d said he did not know where the Brazilian factories would be built, but that finished products from Brazilian rubber should be made in Brazil. In addition to rubber tires, Ford said it is planned to cultivate oil nut trees, cotton and “whatever the soil and cli- mate may indicate as profitable.” iR FARMERS ASK DAMAGES. Suit Against Mining Companies Charges Pollution of Water. MOSCOW, Idaho, November 15 (). — Charging that mine tailings and other poisonous materials dumped into the Coeur d’Alene River had caused heavy losses to their crops and live stock, six farmers and land owners have brought suit against five mining companies of | the Coeur d’Alene region for $600,000 | damages and $20,000 attorneys' fees. The mining companies named were the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining Concentrating Co., Federal Mining & Smelting Co., Hecla Mining Co., Sun- shine Mining Co. and the Amy Match- Page 6. . ! less Mining Co. Water from the river s used for irrigation 1928 —SEVENTY-TWO PAGES. * [7ON LIFEBOAT DIE the followers of Poin- |8ig GONG 10 AD P Crew Swamped in Heavy Sea Off Sussex When Craft Sinks. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 15.—The Press Association publishes a. graphic ac- count of the drowning of all 17 mem- bers of the crew of a lifeboat sent out by the Rye, Sussex, station in a tempestuous sea at Jury's Gap, when the boat overturned while attempting to assist a small steamer in distress today. An eye witness was quoted as giving the following description of the tragedy which took place within sight of rela- tives when the lifeboat was returning to the harbor after the crew of the wrecked steamer had been rescued by the German steamship Smyrna. th:? was u“ 7}:!0 o'doc& ciibla morning a people, many women ggonluod been emxim‘x’sc}‘yn‘ waiting, saw the lifeboat returning to the harbor. ‘The seas were mountainous and they were coming in the teeth of a south- westerly gale. Every fresh wave threatened to overturn the boat and many of the waiting relatives began to pray aloud in terror. Sunk by Gigantic Wave. “When the lifeboat was within a half mile of the harbor, the end of the crew's struggle against odds came. A antic wave overwhelmed and cap- sized the little craft and the crew was drowned within sight of the screaming and sobbing men and women waiting at the harbor side. They could see the men struggling in the angry waves and yet were powerless to do anything. It was some hours later before bodies began to float ashore at Jury’s Gap, a desolate spot on the sands several miles from Rye.” B The lifeboat went out at 5 o'clock this morning in spite of heavy seas in re- sponse to a call for help from the small steamer Alice of Riga, which was in dis- tress near Dungeness. A Lloyd’s dispatch from Dungeness says that the Rye lifeboat capsized 2 miles west of Jurys Gap, but makes no mention of the fate of rhe crew. Tragic Scene Enacted. The crowds on the Strand, including many grief-stricken mothers, wives and sisters of the crew, rushed along the beach when they saw in what direction the tide was running, and a tragic scene was enacted as the great break- ers brought in the bodies of the gallant lifeboat men who had gone out in the face of death to succor others. Broken-hearted relatives identified the bodies as they were washed ashore with each big wave. Finally the life- boat itself was washed in and two more bodies were found underneath it. ‘There was hardly a person in the little village of Rye who bad not lost either husband, father or some relative. -— SEARCH FOR MISSING HIKERS EXTENDED Two Co-eds and Student Compan- ions Lost in Mountains After Snowstorm. By the Associated Press. LAKEPORT, Calif., November 15— Searching parties today planned to widen an intensive search for four Uni- versity of California students who have been missing since they started on a hiking trip to Upper Lake, north of here, last week end. Fear was expressed that the automo- bile in which the students, two men and two girls, left Berkeley had skidded off a mountain grade in the heavy storms which recently swept the country. The students are Misses Anne and Mina Ramsperger, 21year-old-twins, from Logan, Utah; Robert H. Keler, 21, Los Angeles, and John R. Dempster, 25, graduate student from Berkeley. They intended to scale Snow Moun- tain, but searchers yesterday were un- abl: to find a trace of the party in that vicinity, LEAVES SEWING MACHINES Recluse’s Collection of 100 Sold at 16 Cents Each. NEENAH, Wis., November 15 (#).— Miss M. L. Edgerton, Neenah, Wis., recluse, died and among the property she left were 100 sewing machines. They sold for 16 cents each at an auc- tion. She made a hobby of sewing ma- chines and organs. A few of the latter went for as low as 75 cents : =SS BESIEGED CITY FALLS. Shekkong, Communist Stronghold in China, Reported Taken. LONDON, November 15 (#).—An Ex- change Telegraph dispatch from Hong- kong today said that the Communist stronghold of Shekkong, 12 miles east of Canton, fell after a battle of two days after it had held out for more than a year. The Communist forces re- treated to Chaingoi, where they were finally beaten in a battle in which hun- dreds were killed and more than 200 made prisoners. The dispatch did not state who the victor was. The Canton government, however, has been waging a vigorous campajgn against Communists since it came into power last December. ELOPEMENT IS OFF AS 6 ARE ARRESTED Youths Run Out of Gas; Try to Rob Filling Station. 2 Girls Held. An early morning trip to Rockville, Md., by a party of four young men and two young women, with the mar- riage of two of their number as their goal, ended abruptly with their arrest at Wisconsin avenue and Loughbor- ough road, where three of the youths are alleged to have attempted to break into a gasoline station when they ran out of fuel. They were apprehended by Policeman Claude Matheny of the fourteenth precinct, and police are try- ing today to connect them with several recent robberies. They were booked at the police sta- tion as Miss Betty Stewart Ree, 20 years old; Miss Alice Louise Hasmer, 19 years old; Michael A. Parella, 27 years old; George Woodin, 18 years old; James W. Callan, 21 years old, and John P. McLaughlin, 19 years old. Identified in Hold-Up. Callan has been identified as one of the three men indicted for the hold- up of the Dome Filling Station, Six- teenth and Taylor streets, September 26, 1926, along with Samuel Moreno, who has since been executed for the murder of a Washington policeman, Callan and Atchison turned State’s evidence and were placed on probation for three years. The probation has yet one year to run. Six weeks ago Callan was brought back from Detroit by }—lend?uln;t‘,ers I}J‘?wcuv‘e’ 'It‘;mmu Sweeney for violating his probation by leaving the jurisdiction. * . When the party was arrested Mac- Loughlin was in one of the automo- biles in which was discovered a quan- tity of silverware. He admitted taking it from the Mayflower Hotel last night. MacLoughlin and Miss Ree told police that they were going to Rock- ville to be matried, having decided to tdie the matrimonial knot while at a ance. Suspicions Aroused. Policeman Matheny said that he first saw them as he was walking west on Van Ness street, patrolling his beat. Woodin and Parella were standing at the door of the station, apparently at- tempting to gain entrance, ge said, and Callan was standing a few paces in the rear. MacLoughlin and Miss Ree were seated in one automobile and Miss Hasmer in another. His suspiclons aroused, he hid in a clump of bushes across the street until he saw the padlock twisted from the door and fall to the ground. Then he drew his pistol, ran across the street and placed them under arrest. Ac(:m‘dln%l to MacLoughlin, he and Miss Ree have known each other for years and their sudden decision last night to marry was brought about by the advice of their companions. The men are being held at the fourteenth precinct and the women at the House of Detention until their records and recent actions have been investigated. Seventh 10,000-Ton Cruiser Named After STOCK SELLER HELD ONPOSTAL CHARGE Graham Tufts, Jr., Accused of Using Mails to Defraud, Freed on Bond. Charged with using the mails to de- fraud, Graham Tufts, jr., 50 years old, of the 1400 block of K street was placed under $5,000 bond by United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage to- day. The bond is for his appearance before the commissioner November 23. Tufts was arrested on a warrant obtained by Owen A. Keen, postal inspector, who made an affidavit before Commissioner Turnage in which he charged Tufts and several accomplices of using the mails to further a fraudulent stock- selling scheme. Further arrests are ex- pected shortly, lotied. o el Adantic. Oiites. Cor gumuon stock by “E"“" the cor- poration as_control! the wharfage, Watér and ferry rights for about 300 miles along the Potomac River above Colonial ‘Bgch, Va. (M a further in- ducemen! prospective was claimed that the Pennsylvania Railroad was anxious to get control of the 3‘”33“3& according to the in- S| 'S avit. pg:mest L. Tufts, said to be the father of the man arrested here, is under bond in New York City, it was said at United States Commissioner Tunage’s office, for his alleged part in the scheme. The men are specifically accused of sending letters to John V. Johnson of New York City, on August 7 and 21, the latter letter containing 350 shares of stock. Should Commissioner Turnage decide there was probable cause, Graham Tufts, Jr.,, will be sent to New York for further hearing. VIRGINIA D. A. R. ELECT MRS. BEAMAN REGENT Norfolk Woman Defeats Mrs. Finch of Petersburg at Winchester Convention. Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., November 15.— Mrs. Nathaniel H. Beaman of Great Bridge Chapter, Norfolk, was elected regent of the Virginia branch of the Daughters of the American Revolution here today over Mrs. Edward W. Finch of Frances Bland Randolph Chapter, Petersburg, by a vote of 194 to 25. Mrs. C. B. Keesee, Martinsville, an avowed candidate until the convention went into executive session this morn- ing, was understood to have had her name withdrawn. Vigorous and in- tensive campaigns were conducted in behalf of the three candidates since téhe conference delegates arrived Tues- ay. ROLLS PEANIJT WITH NOSE HARLINGEN, Tex., November 15.— His nose literally to the ground, “Bill” Williams yesterday started rolling a peanut from Rio Hondo to Harlingen, 11 miles. On his back was a placard saying: “Al Jost and so did Bill.” The election bet “Bill” lost specified that he must roll the peanut a mile a day for 11 days, propelling the nut with “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. Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,611 (®) Means Associated Press. 300 Pupils Released From Ohio School to Go on Hunting Trip By the Associated Press. BREMEN, Ohio, November 15.—E. J. Arnold, school superintendent here, probably would be unanimous- ly voted the best sportsman and the best superintendent in the whole country, if it were left to the pupils to decide. When the hunting season was ushered in today, Supt. Arnold learned that virtually his boys and some of his girls wanted to go hunting, so he dismissed the en- tire school of 300 for the day. Then, don his hunting clothes, shoul- dering his gun and unleashing his dog, he took to the flelds with a party of his high school boys. o SIX BOYS FACING 50 THEFT CHARGES Housebreaking and Larceny Laid Against Youths Still in Teens. A total of 92 charges of liousebreak- ing and grand larceny were today lodged against six boys, the oldest only 17 years, who were arrested by Precinct Detective F. L. Arrington and Police- man C. R. Burr of the fifth precinct. All are said to admit the charges. The boys are Mark Francis Colton, 17 years old, of the 500 block Thirteenth street southeast; William Lawrence Bushang, 15, of the 1300 block of E street southeast; William Byrd Camp- bell, 16, of the 1600 block of E street southeast; Paul Leroy Hunt, 15, of the HOOVER [TINERARY DELAYED AWAITING FLETCHER ARRIVAL Flexible Route Is Planned by President-Elect for Southern Tour.’ PERSONNEL OF PARTY IS STILL IN DOUBT . Revised Plans Provide for Inclu- sion of Mrs. Hoover and Her Secretary. BY REX COLLIER. Staff Correspondent of The Star. PALO ALTO, Calif., November 15.— A flexible itinerary that may be stretched ;m mees any diplomatic contingency is | being worked out. by President-elect | Hoover for his 15,000-mile “good-will” swing below the equator. He has prepared only & sketchy out- line of his projected schedule, and does not intend to attempt a final determi- nation of countries and cities to be visited until he has had time to confer with Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher, his State Department adviser, Mr. Fletcher is not due to reach California until Sunday, so that there is little chance of a definite announcement of itinerary until the battleship Maryland has headed for the high seas to the south. Maps Alternate Routes. With pencil in hand and maps be- fore him, the President-elect has traced 1300 block of E street southeast; Ferdi- | 3 number of tentative routes nand Johansen, 16, 300 block of Six- |west coast of Central and Sousgw:m!e}x teenth street southeast, and Louls E.|ica, with alternative ports of call in- Norton, 16, 1000 block of Twelfth street | jicated at various points. southeast. Xlt i& m:g’ th‘i’t“h%::t he favors steaming past_Mexico wi a stop on the wa; Police Claim Confession. south and making Corl.nt?z, Nlurmuy. Police say that the young robber gang | or Balboa, Panama, his first port of admit having entered 25 houses within |call. The stop at Corinto is yet an un- the past three months and stealing loot | certainty, to be determined in confer- that will amount to between $5,000 and | ence later with Ambassador Fletcher. $10,000 in value. There is no doubt about the visit to Colton was the first a“n;swd.ufle b gtlg::mgmae;mu as thle Ersmd«‘e{xt-co-bc taken into custody on information fur- s o pecting the . Panama _Canal. Other cities sure to be nished police by a woman resident of the 300 block of Kentucky avenue southeast, who said she saw a boy an- swering his description. leaving one of the houses that was afterward found to have been looted. He was arrested by Burr and is later said to have con~ fessed and implicated the others. When the youths were brought into the fifth precinct they are said to have brought with them about $2,000 worth of jewelry, consisting of between 15 and rings men | jewelry, of aueng They told m‘” that t{l‘e’ dgv‘ldnfl gg loot 20 watches, a like number of and f all in ihe rear 5 %u homes, over e yar of h doorsteps and in outbuildings. rest they sold for very small amounts. Modus Operandi. Their practice, it was revealed, was to go to a house and ring the door bell. If their simmons was answered they inquired for some fictitious person and then went their way. Otherwise they entered almost _invariably through a The | Portes Gil, who will take office Decem. visited on the west coast are Callao, Pegg‘.m Itlld V;:lp:outso. Chile. 5 rouf take after he leaves the Maryland at Valparaiso is a ques- tion to which he has given but little thou%‘l:t. Bolivia and Paraguay are hopeful of receiving a visit from the party before it boards the battleship Utah at an Atlantic port for the start northward. Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro are likely to be on the itinerary, and on leaving South America believed the will it is steam for B e S Gl ber 1. Personnel Is in Doubt. ° cellar window. The robberies were com- | chan, mitted both during the day and night, their long continued success causing them to be overconfident of their ability to escape detection. Colton is today held at the fifth pre- cinct station house, while the other five youths have been ' transfe to the House of Detention to await their ar- ment in Juvenile Court. Colton, however, will be taken to Police Court after police have completed their in- vestigation and succeeded in locating more of the loot, which they expect to do through visits to various second- hand stores throughout the city. PLANES TO BE EQUIPPED WITH RADIO TELEPHONY New York-Chicago Ships to Be En- abled to Keep in Touch With Airports. CHICAGO, November 15 (#).—Radio telephony for airplanes to keep in touch with airports during flight is being in- stalled on the New York-Chicago route for the National Air Transport Co., it was announced today by Lester D. Seymour, assistant general manager of the transport company. “U. S. Government and N. A. T. en- gineers have co-operated in perfecting plane-to-ground and ground-to-plane radio telephony,” Mr. Seymour said, “enabling pilots to keep in communica- tion with their bases while in flight.” As soon as the New York-Chicago route has been equipped with the ra- dio telephones the Chicago-Dallas route is to be supplied, Mr. Seymour said. By means of the radio phones, pilots will be kept informed of flying condi- tions and passengers may keep in touch w’-mh'.heu- business connections if de- sirable. PARK DIRECTOR IS ILL. CHICAGO, November 15 (#).—Ste- phen T. Mather, director of the United States national parks, is seriously fll at his home here. He was stricken during a conference in his offices. his nose. PLANS ELECTION PROBE. The House campaign funds commit- tee will leave for Texas tomorrow to investigate campaign expenditures in the Southern part of the State, par- ticularly in the fifteenth congressional district, which has been represented in Mr. Mather has been director of the national park system since 1917, follow= ing his appointment as Assistant Secre- tary of the Interior by President Wilson in 1915, He is 60 years old. Kellogg Pact Approved. PANAMA, November 15 (#).—The National Congress approved unani- mously at a first reading yesterday a the House for 20 years by John Garner, a Democratic stalwart. bill ratifying the Kellogg-Briand pact next President, will go, as will Akerson, Mr. Hoover’s personal m‘tfi | ant; Allan Hoover, the younger som, and secret service men. A special de- tachment of Marines has been ordered ;m:;d t::he mammerve as a military e o ch Lady- e lent-elect and the apt. Vietor Kimberly of the - land lunched with Mr. aoom“fi yesterday afternoon. He sald later that four radio channels would be pro- vided for official and press messages during the trip. Extra operators have been secured. Hoover Enjoys Planning. The Maryland has a speed of 16 knots and carries a crew of 1,400 men. She will leave San Francisco Saturday and proceed to San Pedro. The Hoover party, numbering about 40, will leave here by special train Sunday night for !San Pedro. No stop wil be made in Los Angeles. The voyage will begin as soon as every one is aboard. The President-elect appears to be thoroughly enjoying the task of map- ping out plans for the visit to the only continent which is strange to him. With a great fire of cracl euca- lyptus logs warming the room, he sits at his desk, his head bent over a map of Latin American nations, and draws his pencil from port to port and capital to_capital. Practically all of the countries have sent him formal invitations to be their guest and he is hopeful of slighting none of them if a suitable scl le can be worked out. SPEECHES ARE BEING PREPARED. Next Executive May Make First Address at Corinto. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calif, November 15 (#)—Going to Latin America as a plenipotentiary of and good will, Herbert Hoover in- terpret the character of his mission in addresses which he will deliver in each of the republics he will visit on' his two-month tour. The President-elect already is out- lining some of these speeches. A speech in Nicaragua, probably the first port of call, would afford an op~ portunity for the President-elect to in- dicate the policy his administration would pursue in dealing with situations such as arose there and resulted in the renouncing war. Woman Gets Self Arrested to Collect Coolidge Home City By the Associated Press. Secretary Wilbur has named the seventh of the eight 10,000~ ton cruisers under construction Northampton, after the Massa- chusetts home town of President e crutser 15 bein e cruiser is built b} the Bethlehem shlpbulgldlng Corf poration at Quincy, Mass., and is scheduled to be completed June 13, 1930. Only one other cruiser, the one being built at Puget Back Alimony; Plan Is Successful By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 15.—Mrs. Paul- ine Perl has found that an umbrella, besides keeping off the rain, is a proper instrument for the collection of back alimony. Mrs. Perl had obtained an attach- ment against her husband, John, be- cause his alimony payments were be- hind. The attachment, however, was just a scrap of paper, inasmuch as no Sound Navy Yard, is yet un- named. one seemed able to find her husband. Taking her umbrella, Mrs. Perl went forth, She saw her husband drive by. She hailed a cab, had the driver draw close to her husband’s car and then poked the umbrella through the glass of the other machine. Just as she had planned, her hus- band called a policeman. When he ap- peared against her in court a deputy was there with the attachment. Perl paid. den With the $200 in her purse, the only thing troubling Mrs. Perl now is the glass-breaking charge. PRGN Radio Programs—Pages 58 & 59 i 4 N {:ryxdmz of Marines to police the coun- With the possible exception of San- tiago, Chile, Mr. Hoover }a’hm to spend only 24 hours in each of the capitals where he will call. ATHEIST HEAD SENTENCED Gets Maximum Penalty on Blas- phemy Charge but Appeals. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., November 15 .—The maximum sentence—a fine of $100 and 90 days on the county farm—was given Charles Smith, presi- t of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism, when he was convicted in Municipal Court today of a charge of violating an old Eng- aj led and was released under §1,000 bond.