Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow, slightly colder tonight. lowest temperature about 36 degrees. Temperature—Highest, 48, at noon; lowest, 40, at 2:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ah WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION ¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion 1s delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,108 30,886, Ent post ered a second class ma office, ashinzton, 1 WASHINGTON, D THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928 —1I'11 TY-FOUR PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. ’_IR\' (8] CENTS. 'FRENCH AIR ATTACHE ESCAPES SMITH CONVICTED ON MURDER COUMT LEAK QN VESTH FRENGEL AT ATTAGH: Escaves S ERMINED | " IENORED 35 HOURS, " DY ATIACK THREAT HTNES CHARGES Stream of Water Began to Pour Through Hopper Sun- day, Fireman Says. TILT DRAWS PROTEST FROM FIRM’S ATTORNEY Inquiry Officials Admit Cause of Disaster Is Not Shown in Probe to Date. By the Associated Press. FEDERAL BUILDING, NEW YORK, November 22.—Joseph Boxill, negro ‘ fireman on the foundered steamer Vestris, testified today that the ash hop- per in the steamer’s engine room began to leak a day and a half before the ship sank and he saw no efforts made to Tepair it. | Boxill was the first witness of the day at the Federal hearing into the disaster, | which cost more than 100 lives off the; Virginia Capes ten days ago. He said that the Vestris began to list | a week ago Saturday night, a few hours after leaving New York for South Amer- jca. He had noticed a similar list, however, on previous voyages. About 10 o'clock Sunday morning, he | said, water began to pour from the ash hopper. The ship sank about 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Stokers Stood in Water. ‘ So much water came in from the hopper, he continued, that the stoke- hold floor was awash and the firemen had to stoke standing deep in water. Water also poured into the stokehold, he ssid. from a half door above, which other witnesses have testified leaked constantly. ‘When %e went on duty at midnight |/ Sunday, Boxill continued, the water had stopped one of the ship's three main engines. The stokers had to be held up as they shoveled because of the ship’s list. There was a brief interchange during Boxill's testimony when Capt. E. P. Jessup, American nautical adviser to United States Commissioner O'Neill, presiding at the hearing, asked for some blue prints of the Vestris. A lawyer for the Lamport & Holt Line said that none was available. Data at Second Probe. “There must be blue prints,” Capt. Jessup said. “You couldn’t operate your ship out of this port without blue rints.” ) “It developed that all available blue- prints had been sent down to the sepa- rate inquiry being conducted by the United . States steamboat inspection service. Before this was made clear, how- ever, the line's lawyer complained that he was being unjustly eriticized for not having witnesses and diagrams at both hearings at the same time. Both Capt. Jessup and United States Attorney Tuttle, who is conducting the Federal inquiry, disclaimed any in- tention or desire to criticize the line. Boxill said that despite very trying and perilous conditions all through the night the firemen stuck to their posts in the stoke hold and obeyed the orders of their officers. They had nothing to eat from Saturday night up to the time the ship sank Monday afternoon, he said. Ordered Below Deck. Boxill said he hel dump cargo overboard until the chief officer came along and ordered all firemen below. This was about 11 o'clock Monday morning, he said. He was lying on a hatch cover, nauseated, he said, but he was ordered down with the rest. “After seeing the way things were down there, the men came back up,” Boxill said. “I stayed below deck. Finally I was the only one below, so I came up on deck, tov. This was about 12.15 o'clock. On deck I found every- body with lifebelts on.” The witness said he went to a life- ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) AR SINKING STEAMER RADIOS FOR HELP Greek Vessel's Position Is Given as 50 Miles Off Coast of Portugal. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 22. — Lloyd’s Lands End wireless station intercepted a message this morning saying that the Greek steamer Virginia was sinking. The message, sent from ths Cape Finisterre wireless station at 7:48 am., | said: “S O S Greek steamer Virginia, lati- | tude 51:05 north, longitude 10:35 west sinking.” The position given would place the vessel about 50 miles off Oporto, Por- tugal. A Lloyds dispatch from Horta, in the Azores, reported the arrival today of the Greek steamer Alexandra in the Fayal Channel The vessel, which was in distress off the Azores several Maj. Thenault and Passenger Uninjured When Motor Goes Dead. Former Commander of La- fayette Escadrille Drops | 150 Feet—Craft Ruined. | When his motor cut out, at an alti- | tude of 150 feet, while he was taking off at Bolling Field shortly before noon, Maj. Georges Thenault, French air at- | tache and former commander of the Lafayette Escadrille during the World War, stalled and crashed to the ground at the south end of the field. The plane was demolished, but Maj. Thenault and a passenger, Air Mechanic Louis L'Es- | perante of Bolling Field, escaped with- | out injury. | ‘Was French Machine. The plane, a French machine, was shipped to this country about five weeks ago for Maj. Thenault’s official | use. It had attracted considerable at- | tention when flying over the Capital | and on short cross-country trips, be- cause of its unusual construction. Maj. Thenault was in the air this morning less than a minute before his motor quit. His wife, sitting in an au- tomobile at the edge of the field, wit- nessed the crash. ‘The plane was near the south end of the fleld when the motor cut out, and Maj. Thenault attempted to turn and land. A gust of wind threw the plane out of control and it sideslipped, (Continued on Page 6, Column 7.) WHITNEY ESTATE SETAT 19438504 Appraisal Shows Financier Gave $45,000,000 to Edu- cation and Charity. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 22.—The world’s financial center, used to glib talk about millions, gasped today when it learned that the late Payne Whitney | had left a gross estate of $194,328,514, | with a net valuation of $178,893,655. This was the largest estate in the his- | tory of the Transfer Tax Bureau. Filing of the estate's appraisal re- vealed that the financier and sports- man had bequeathed more than $45,- 000,000 to educational and charitable institutions, including Yale University —his alma mater—the New York Hos- pital, Cornell University Medical School, the New York Public Library and others. A residuary trust fund of nearly $26,- 000,000 was set aside for giving ald to charitable, educational, scientific and literary organizations, at the discretion of the trustees. Widow Gets Biggest Share. Mr. Whitnéy's widow, Mrs. Helen Hay Whitney, a daughter of John Hay, a former Secretary of State, got the largest single Share of the estate, a life income from $54,202,694. She also re- ceived valuable real estate in New York City and Nassau County, furniture jew- elry and race horses, worth in all nearly | three and a quarter millions. To the New York Hospital, which is School in plans for a huge medical center here, Mr. Whitney left $18,632,~ 176. This was divided into a permanent endowment of $12,421,451 and a special endowment for “the development and maintenance of neurological and psy- chiatric work in New York City.” The Medical College itself was left $2,823,057. To the president and fellows of Yale University Mr. Whitney bequeathed $2,823,057, a sum overshadowed by donations the millionaire had made to the university during his lifetime for various purposes. The bequest to the New York Public Library was $6,210,725. Mr. Whitney had long been a generous contributor to that institution, ‘The financiews preparatory school, Groton, at Groton, Masss was be- queathed $1,129,222. Other personal bequests included the establishment of temporary life estates in $27,101,347 to Joan Whitney Payson days ago after losing her rudder, was towed in by the American steemship McKeesport. and John Hay Whitney, children of | Mr. Whitney. They will have the in- ' "(Continued on Page 6, Column 4.) Dinner Table Conversations Reveal Hoover Family as Very Human Circle ! BY REX COLLIER, Staffl Correspondent of The Star. ‘ ABOARD U. S. S. MARYLAND, No- vember 22—A close-up of President- elect Hoover and his family around the dinner table on board the battleship which is taking him on his good will tour of South America discloses an intensely human circle. Mr. Hoover enjoys talking about campaigning and fishing. He likes to chat about politics and politicians and relate anecdotes of the last campaign. He also talks with groater frankness on such topics as diplomacy and for- eign relations, ‘The break of the solid South, he dis- eloses, came as somewhat of & cur- Prise He admits he didn'l expect an A e b i I electoral vole of much more than 300. Mr. Hoover's fishing yesterday was carefully planned. He knows some- thing about the habits of fish and had | studied it all out on a map. He figured that the fish would go past Cape San Lucas on their way from the Gulf of California into the ocean. He ex- plained_this to Capt. Kimberly and asked him to anchor at a specific point. Mrs. Hoover, the conversation about the dinner table revealed, is greatly in- terested in Washington. She thinks the Arlington Amphitheater is an inter- esting example of Greck architécture, | but she dislikes the setback roof of the |, Lincoln Memorial. She e homes and modeled 1 pueblo chede structure at Palo Al Tikes I the lto, co-operating with the Cornell Medical |. | | i MAJ. GEORGES THENAULT And wreck of his plane. —Star Staff Photo. FISHING RESULTS PLEASE HOOVER President-Elect Gratified by| . Catch, but Declines to Make Comment. BY JAMES'L. WEST, Assoclated Press Staff Writer. U. S. 5. MARYLAND, November 22. —Having demonstrated his prowess as a deep-sea fisherman, Herbert Hoover pressed on today on his good-will tour of Latin America. The Maryland this morning was ploughing steadily through tropical waters off the Mexican coast, three days distant from Amapala, Hon- duras, the President-elect's first port! of call. Laying aside his natty yachting cos- tume of the yeoman's cap, blue coat and white trousers for old togs, Mr. Hoover yesterday left the great battle- ship, which hove to five miles off shore, in a small boat. He approached the cape and went to a spot where he had been informed by radio great fish had been hooked by friends a year or so ago. Capt. Victor A. Kimberly acted as patrol captain to keep off any in- terference from small boats that might come from the only town along the barren stretch of rocky coastline. Mr. Hoover was ready for fishing by the time the boat reached the entrance to a small bay. He first used a spin- ner, but after 10 minutes passed with- out a strike he changed to a silver minnow. Well Pleased With Catch. Scarcely had the line been reeled out when a dolphin, one of the fastest of fish, struck, and the battle was on. After a quarter of an hour Mr. Hoover brought the fish to the surface, where a naval officer gaffed the catch. Mr. Hoover made no comment, but there was a highly pleased expression on his face. Mr. Hoover then hooked a mackerel which made one swift run and then was drawn in. In the meantime Mark Sullivan had struck once and lost. Then Mr. Hoover and Mr. Sullivan had strikes simultaneously, but their lines became crossed. The President-elect lost his reel and Mr. Sullivan hauled in a dolphin just as the brilliant sun dis- appeared over the Pacific horizon. After a short time without luck, Mr. Hoover ordered his boat to return to the Maryland and signaled to his friends who were more than a mile away. Just then George Akerson, the President- elect’s secretary, and Edwin McIntosh of New York, who were in another boat, began to battle with two 12-pound bonitas, which they landed within 10 minutes. Darkness had descended as Mr. Hoo- ver came up the gangplank of the Maryland under the glare of a search- (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) ONION SHORTAGE SEEN. Growers Have But 10,240 Cars still to Be Shipped. CHICAGO, November 22#).—Gour- | mets with a craving for onions are con- { fronting official announcement that onty | 110,240 cars are left to be shipped of the season’s domestic supply. This amount is hardly half as much as a year ago, according to a report to- day from the Government Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Onion growers in some States have disposed of their entire crop. SRS SR SR Jugoslav Official IIL BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, November zzi (#).—Vojaslav Marinkovitch, foreign | | minister, was reported to be gravely ill | today. His resignation was expected. i | | | Of Interest to | i Bowlers | Washington’s army of duckpin players will be interested In an an- nouncement to be made Sunday by The Star. It will concern an event lanned for a month ence which is calculated to add to the already great enthusiasm prevail- ing in the District for the small-pin game. For details read the pink sports section of The Star next Sunday. OF REVOLT LEADER Ivan Michailoff Throws Bul-| garian Capital Into Panic by Uprising. BODIES OF SLAIN RIVALS Cabinet Meeting Called—Troops and Officials May Back Macedonian Rebel. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, November 22.—Advices from Sofia this morning said that Ivan Mi- chailoff, Macedonian revolutionary | leader, was reported to be threatening to march on the Bulgarian capital on short notice. The population was stated to be panic-stricken. Public buildings were occupled by troops. Streets were de- | serted at 10 p.m. last night. Along the approaches to Petrich, which is Michailoff’s stronghold, bodies of his murdered opponents were stated to be hanging from trees on both sides of the road. The initials of the Mace- donian organization were branded on their chests. Population Terror-Stricken. The revolutionary leader's men were said to be requisitioning everything they wanted from the terror-stricken popu- lation, whose number was being deci- mated by the comitajts, or irregulars. Nobody dared to go on the streets after 6 o’clock in the evening. A meeting of the Bulgarian cabinet was summoned for today. It was com- mon knowledge, however, that the ma- | Jority of troops and officials were siding | with Michailoff. Michailoff has been the prime mover of the internal Macedonian revolution- ary organization—an illegal association which is tsriving to free Macedonia by force of arms—ever since the assassin- ation in Vienna of Todor Alexandroff four years ago. Sentences Opponents to Die. After the assassination in Sofia on July 7 of Gen. Alexander Protogueroff, leader of a rival Macedonian group, a bitter feud between the two organiza- tions developed. On October 13 Michailoff pronounced the “death senterice” upon all support- ers of Gen. Protogueroff. On November 17 11 members of the rival organization were shot to death near Petfich by Michalloff supporters. George Nandess, one of Michailofl’s chief lieutenants, and Nandess' adjutant were killed re- cently by adherents' of Gen. Proto~ guerofl. -The Belgrade newspaper Vreme said recently that Michalloff considered Bul- garlan Macedonia an independent coun- try absolutely under his control. Bulgaria is a monarchy ruled by the bachelor King Boris. LITTLE HOPE IS HELD FOR 6 LOST ON LAKE Five on Ice Cake and Would-Be Rescuer Are Believed Drowned. By the Associated Press. WINNIPEG, November 22.—Five fish- ermen, who were swept out into Lake Manitoba on a cake of ice during a northwest gale Tuesday afternoon, and a sixth man who went to their assist- ance in a small boat today were believed to_have drowned. Search, hampered until today by the violence of the storm, was ordered on the possibility that they might have found safety on a small island four miles off shore. Several persons along the shore said they saw a light on the island ‘Tuesday night. The fishermen were working along the edge of the ice Tuesday afternoon when it broke away and was swept out into the lake. Joe Lopston, in a small boat nearby, who went to their assistance, also was lost to sight in the storm. The five fishermen are: Swan Fred- bjorson, his son, Vietor, Arthur Ashan, Fred Cooper and a man named Elke. GREAT SMOKY BOND | ISSUE IS HELD VALID North Carolina Supreme Court De- clares State Plan to Aid Na- tional Park Legal. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C., November 22—All doubt over the constitutionality of the State’s providing the issue of $2,000,000 in bonds by North Carolina for the Great Smoky Mountain National Park had been cleared away today with the handing down of an opinion by the Slr’lde Supreme Court holding the act valid. The decision was rendered in the case of W. H. Yarborough against the State Park Commission, instituted as a test case. Justice W. J. Adams wrote the opinion, which was concurred in by all other membbers of the court, and which dismissed all objections raised to the legality of the act. SUZANNE LENGLEN ENDS TENNIS COMPETITIONS By Cable to The News. Copyright, 1028 PARIS, November 22.—Suzanne Lenglen has retired from all net com- petitions and the former tennis queen will never play again before a public audience, according to her father, Charles Lenglen. The possibility of a revenge battle be- tween the great Suzanne and Helen ‘Wills, her American successor in the lennis sovereignty, was still rumored among the net fans, but hope of such a thrilling match now is completely de- stroyed. The rules of the French Federation of Lawn Tennis require from an ex- amateur turned professional and asking for requalification an amateur status for five years. Mile. Lenglen, not hav- Star and _Chicago Daily LINE SIDES OF ROAD| FEDERAL ENPLOYE LAW CALLED CRUDE Senator Dale Favors Revi- sion by Congress of Certain Provisions of Bill. Characterizing the Government em- ploye salary increase law as crude in its present form, Chairman Dale of the Senate civil service committee came out today in favor of having Congress amend some of its provisions at the first opportunity. The Senator said that the | charices of doing so at the short session would depend upon how much more important legislation Congress tries to pass. He believes, however, the actual op- eration of the Welch law should be studied as soon as possible. Senator Dale, who was one of the leaders in charge of getting the measure into final shape at the last session, said the Interpretation placed upon the law when the increases were put into effect is not, in his opinion, in conformity with what in to accom- plish in increas! the salary level. The Senetor said those who interpret- ed the law may have been technically right under the language of the bill as passed in the rules that were worked out for its administration, but, he pointed out, members of Congress in- tended to bring about certain amounts of increase and they depended on offi- cials in the Government departments for detailed information on which the wording of the law was based. Not Given Enough Study. Senator Dale expressed the belief that because of the desire to get the bill enacted af the last session, there was not sufficient time to enable members of Congress to give details of salary schedules the amount of study and analysis necessary in working out so complicated a measure. Chairman Dale is the second member of the Senate committee to express in Tecent weeks, the bellef the Welch law should be amended. The other member is Senator Brookhart of Iowa, who also was active in drafting the measure at the last session. The section of the law which has led to most of the controversy is the one in which it was set forth, in substance, that employes should be given the same relative position under the new salary schedules that they held under the old scnedules. Representatives of the or- ganized employes have taken the posi- tion that the rules adopted for the ad- ministration of the Welch law have not glven certain classes of employes as much of an increase as was intended by the framers of the bill. PAINTING IS STOLEN. Seventeenth-Century Relic Taken From University of California. LOS ANGELES, November 22 (#).— Theft of a painting valued at $400 from the gallery of the University of Cali- fornia at Los Angeles was discovered yesterday. A Rembrandt valued at $20,- 000 which hung next to the picture was untouched. The stolen painting was “The Christ Arisen,” done on copper by Johann Rot- tenhammer early in the seventeenth century. It was one of the 27 master- pieces loaned the university by the Bishop of Chur of the Diocese of Swit- zerland. . . Steamer Sinks in River, GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, November 22— The steamer Charles R. Wilson sank in the Ohio River near here last night when It was caught in a heavy wind. Capt. Loyal Wright, Chief Engineer John Huber and 12 other members of of the crew reached shore safely in a Second Edition of Star’s Radio Log Book Ready T YOUR PROMISES Wife’s Ghost Lover To Win Divorece for Man, Court Hints| By the Associated Press. 1 CHICAGO, November 22.—A ghost has become a co-respondent in a divorce case, and Judge Gemmill has indicated he will sign the decree. “My wife,” said Paul Boheim in petitioning for divorce, “started two years ago in quest of a ‘dream lover.” I stand ready to defend my home against any human being, but the dream lover is something else again.” “This is the first time,” Judge Gemmill said, “I have ever heard of a ghost being named a co. spondent, but I guess you deserve a divorce.” POLIGE SEIZE TWO SENT AFTER HAGUE {Taken to Station After En- tering Mayor’s Home, Both Are Freed. By the Assoclated Press, JERSEY CITY, November 22.— Mayor Frank Hague today was ar- rested on a legislative warrant, charging him with contempt. By the Associated Press. JERSEY CITY, N. J., November 22.— The sergeant-at-arms of the State Sen- ate was arrested by city police last night for entering Mayor Frank Hague’s home to arrest him. Hague ordered the police to release the sergeant-at-arms and promised to appear at the office of his lawyer to be arrested. Hague's assurance was conveyed by Corporation Counsel Thomas J. Brogan to Russell E. Watson, counsel for.tlN Case legislative committee, before which Hague failed to appear in answer to a subpoena, thereby subjecting himself to charges of contempt. The mayor is leader of New Jersey's Democracy and Eastern vice chairman of the Democratic national committee. The Case committee has been investi- gating alleged irregularities in Hudson County politics. The subpoena Hague honored was issued after announcement that the committee would investigate | the source of his wealth. Released at Station. “With Garrison when he went to | Mayor Hague's apartment were Emil Schumann, and Thomas B. Davidson, assistant counsel to the Case commit- tee. Schumann and Garrison were taken to the seventh precinct police station and there released, no charges having been made against them. David- son, meanwhile, had telephoned to his chief, Watson, who motored to the mayor's residence from his home in New Brunswick.” “We want to search every room,” Gar- rison is said to have told the mayor's wite. Called Outrage. “The mayor is not at home,” Mrs. STOCKS SOAR AGAIN INTRADING TODAY Wright Aero s Feature iin Active Market—Radio Shows Gains. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 22. — Spectacular advances of $5 to nearly $35 a share in a dozen or more high- priced specialties started another wild “bull” movement on the New York Stock Exchange today, in which prac- tically all groups, except the motors, participated. Wright Aeronautical was the sensational feature, soaring $34.371, to & new high record of $255.37%%, as against a low of $69 earlier in the year. Midland Steel soared $27.50 a share, Montgomery Ward and Radio $20 a share each, Curtis Aeroplane $15, Victor Talking Machine $10.75, Inspiration Copper $9 and Commercial Credit, Cerro de Pasco, National Biscuit, Union Carbide, Allied Chemical, Western Union and Interna- tional Harvester moved up $5 to $8 a si hare. ; Sale of two Stock Exchange member- ships was arranged today at the record- breaking price of $530.000, an increase of $5,000 above the previous sale and $240,000 above the low price of the year. The new system of dropping sales volume Irom the ticker, except at the opening, greatly speeded up the ticker tape, the longest delay being about 15 minutes. ; Early this afternoon the ticker was only thres minutes late, as against & delay of more than an hour at this time yesterday, with sales run- ning about the same volume as yester- day. g VS LOS ANGELES FORMS MAJOR DISASTER STAFF Retired Army Officer Heads Body to Act Immediately in Case of Emergency. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 21.— Initial steps in the organization of a major disaster staff as a plan of pre- paredness in case of disaster or major emergencies were taken today by Wil- County. Col. Robert E. Prith, retired Army officer and police executive, who func- tioned i nthe staff at the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906, was desig- nated as chief of staff. Representatives of various county repartments were designated as mem- bers of the staff, designed to preparc for instant service on law enforcement and emergency relief in event of an emergency. HUNTINGTON TAX PAID. California and Federal Levies Total Almost $6,000,000. LOS ANGELES, November 22 (#).— California and Federal inheritance tax departments were nearly $6,000,000 Hague answered. They brushed past | her and the executive's mother to search the rooms. While they were searching Mrs. Hague called police. “The raid was an outrage,” Hague declared later. “If T had been wanted for murder they could not have treated me with less courtesy.” He sald that the visit of the two men caused his 90-year-old mother to col- lapse and necessitated the calling of & physician. | omorrow Owing to the tremendous demands for The Star's recently published log book, thousands of copies were quickly distributed, exhausting the supply. Presses have been started again on the second edition, ing played as a E’o for two years, could become entitled to amateur rating again in 1932. She is now 20 and it would not be wise to resume her career at 32 by competing against younger players, it Radio Progr 7;;1—;—Page 36 { however, and these books will be ready for distribu- tion tomorrow at the office of The Star, Eleventh and Pennsylvania avenue, or any of The Star’s want ad stations scattered throughout the city. richer today as the result of huge checks for balances due having been paid by executors of the Henry L. Huntington estate, The largest check ever pald to the California Inheritance Tax Department, totaling $3,537,071, was given to the Los Angeles County treasurer. Another check for $2,319,682 was paid to the United States Internal Revenue Office. An estate, valued at more than $42,- 000,000, was left by the-Los Angeles traction ate. The payment was arranged by obtaining a loan of more than $9,000,000 on the estate. Products preferred | liam J. Traeger, sheriff of Los Angeles ? -~ WILL GO TO CHAIR | Guilty by Jury After Brief Deliberation. | ARGUMENT 1S CLOSED | SHORTLY AFTER NOON | Prosecution Scores Insanity Plea Made in Defense of Former Night Watchman. | | | 1 | i i Franklin Ellsworth Smith, confessed slayer of his 19-year-old daughter, | Bessie L. Smith, September 26 at his apartment, 1151 New Jersey avenue, was found guilty of first degree murder by a jury in District Supreme Court, Criminal Division No. 1, this afternoon. The jury deliberated only two hours. The verdict means that Smith, who harrangued the jury for two hours in | an effort to convince them that he iwns insane, will have to pay for his crime in the electric chair. 1 Smith Stands Unmoved. Smith stood unmoved as the jury pronounced his fate, and walked quiet- ly from the courtrcom with his guard after the poll had been taken of the jurors. His attitude toward the ver- dict was the same as he has main- tt.nlm‘ed throughout the four days of his rial. Pleading insanity as the reason for his client’s crime. E. Russell Kelly, defense | attorney in his closing argument de- clared, “It’s a shame that this defend- ant ever had to be born.” In his closing argument to the jury. William H. Collins, assistant district attorney, prosecuting Smith, character- ized the crime as “one of the most re- pulsive criminal acts conceivable—so re- | pulsive that it is really nauseating.” Insanity Defense Attacked. Collins attacked the insanity defense of Smith a a “sham.” Both Kelly and Collins asked the jury to throw out the testimony of alienists heard in the case during the past two days and put the question of Smith's soundness of mind directly up to the judgment of the jury. Both said that plain common sense is the only factor in the determination of insanity of a man who has committed the crime of which | they both admitted Smith was guilty. Instructions to the jury threw out the plea of emotional insanity and im- { morality on the part of the defendant as factors which would lead the jury (o decide upon an insanity verdict. Defendant Sits Motionless. Smith for the past four days has been on trial for the slaying of his daughter. In his confession presented to the jury and by his own testimony he admitted the slaying. Except for the two hours he was on the stand, Smith has sat practically motionless, looking straight before him at the lawyers' table, and has shown absolute- ly no emotion as the tide of the trial shifted back and forth. Most of the time his head has been slumped for- ward on his chest. emphasizing the stoop of his shoulders. SOFT-DRINK PARLOR WRECKED BY BOMB Chicago Police Regard Move as Step to Block Sales of Liquor. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 22.—Two bombs Teverberated over the near South Side early today. One demolished the auto- mobile of Harry M. Curran, son of the late State Representative Thomas A. Curran, who was killed a week ago in_an automobile accident. second bomb blew out the front of Edward Frank’s soft drink parlor a few blocks away. Police believed that a soft drink par- lor in front of which Curran's car was parked was the intended target of the first bomb. They questioned Alex Mandich and John Winters, the proprietors, in an effort to link the explosion with the movement to stop liquor sales to school children. The Throop Street School, a branch of Har- rison Technical School, is located across the street from the store. Curran, who conducts a trucking business, said he kenw no reason why his car should have been bombed. Damage to the automobile, Frank's store and neighboring buildings was estimated at $10,000. . Coolidge Accepts Invitation. President Coolidge today tentatively accepted an Invitation to attend the ceremonies incident to the dedication of the George Rogers Clark memorial in Vincennes, Ind, February 27. Former Gov. Goodrich of Indiana, who tendered the invitation, told the Presi- dent that the ceremonies are to be of a more or less national nature. R Crew Taken Off Burning Ship. ' NANTUCKET, Mass,, November 22 (#).—The crew of the schooner Mildred Foley, afire 2 miles off shore, was taken off last night by Coast Guard patrol boat 282. The schooner was a total loss. Residents of Nantucket heard a sound resembling an explosion. The patrol boat went to the schooner in answer to distress signals. Distributor in Dilemma as Demand For Unlettered Auto Tags Exceeds Supp]y Wade H. Coombs, superintendent of | licenses of the District, whose duties include the distribution of automobile identification tags, today found himself confronted with a perplexing problem which mathematics or its higher branches will not aid him in solving. Coombs has 1,000 pairs of 1929 tags not preceded by letters of the alpha- intended for these distinctive tags, and strangely only a few of them have come from Government authorities and members of Congress. The demand for the unlcttered tags| has just about reached the proportion i of requests for those with low numbers, Coombs revealed. There seems to be some unfounded belief prevalent in ‘Washington that tags without letters as well as those having low numbers are a guarantee of immunity from ar- rest for minor infractions of the traf- fic_code,shence the demand. Coombs pointed out that 275 of the 1,000 pairs of unlettered tags already have been consigned to the diplomatic corps, and by the time he completes the usual allocations to the Government departments, there likely will be none left for the 5,000. ‘The tags will be placed on sale in Coombs’ office in the District Building, December 1. The Commissioners, how= ever, have decreed! {2t {hey cannct be used before Decembes daw