Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and colder tonight; minimum temperature about 25 degrees; tomorrow fair and colder. Temperatures: Highest, 53, at 2:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 35, at 7 am, to- day. Full report on page 3. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 m he Foening Star. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “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. Saturday's Circulation, 107,564 Sunday's Cireulation, 112,457 post office, LNO. 30,974. Entered as second class matte Washington, . C. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1929 —THIRTY-TWO PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. HOOVER EN ROUTE BACK TO CAPITAL FOR BUSY PERIOD Has Much to Do Prior to His Inauguration on March 4. FLORIDANS SHOW REGRET WHEN VISITORS DEPART President-Elect and Party Are Ex- pected to Arrive Here at 1:30 P.M. Tomorrow. : BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Y. Staff Correspondent of The Star. ABOARD PRESIDENT - ELECT HOOVER'S SPECIAL TRAIN EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON, February 8. —President-elect Hoover brought his four weeks' vacation in Florida to an end today and is speeding back to Washington, where he will remain tumy engaged while awaiting his in- uguration, . With Mrs. Hoover and his assistants fnd the score or more of newspaper torrespondents, news photographers and ht secret service men who have been th him in Florida, he left Miami at 20:30 o'clock this morning. The spe- cial train of eight cars, personally in of George James of Washington, passenger agent of the Atlantic Line, is scheduled to make few #tops on its journey northward, and is to arrive in Washington at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Endows G. W. U. Chair MRS. CHAUNCEY DEPEW. -Underwood Photo. b W. GIVEN GHAIR BY MRS. DEPEW Nationally Known Man to Be Chosen for Public Speak- ing Department. Announcement that a nationally known man will be selected to fill the chair of public speaking, endowed at George Washington University through the gift of Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew in memory of her husband, the late Senator Depew, was made today at a meeting of the trustees of the university by John B. Larner, chairman of the Miami Beach and Miami made it today that they enjoyed the visit next President and his wife and them depart, especially at Winter tourist and so- just reaching its height. n the streets and at the ve farewell as the Presi- and his g;;ty motored from Penney e on Belle Isle, Hoovers have made their during their stay in Flor- board. “The man who fills this chair in the new public speaking department will be able not only to teach the theory of the art of expression, but will have a background of ‘years of successful speaking,” Mr. Larner said. “We believe the university has an opportunity to develop the art ‘of public speaking, not only among stu- dents, but also among business and professional men and Government offi- cials and others in public life here,” Mr. Larner said. Better Facilities Asked. “We have been asked many times L | by well known men and women here "% | advantage of . | designed not only for persons tear E‘uk and go in q the IForida waters. About Picked Cabinet. The impression is that his apparent of worry about work has been due the fact that he has virtually com- ted the task of picking his cabinet. d he has not a great deal to do be- ore completing his inaugural address. levertheless, he expects to be kept very sy after his return to Washington. It not his intention to open a downtown adquarters, but to do his work and old his conferences at his home, at} 2300 S street. The indications are that e will remain in more or less seclusion ntil the moment comes for him to be tworn in as President. Of course, the arranging for moving bf a quantity of his personal belong- Ings into the White House will occupy tome of his time, but the feeling is that no matter what he may think about it he is going to be kept busiest in his efforts to turn away the hordes of peo- who will insist on seeing him when e gets back to the Capital. There will a number of friends, party leaders and Senators and Representatives with Wwhom he will want to confer. Then re will be those whom he has invited serve in his cabinet. Most of them, doubt, wil confer with him in Wash~ {:’an some time during the wait for March 4. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover spent yesterday aking ready for their departure to- y. They attended church in the morn- g and were given quite an ovation pon their arrival and their leaving. r. and Mrs. Edsel Ford were guests t dinner last night. BRAZIL MOUI\;TAIN SLIDES. SANTOS, Brazil, February 18 (®). ‘An avalanche of mud and boulde: from Montserrat buried the kitchen wing of the Charity Hospital last night. fThere were no casualties, the wing hav- ing been vacated several days ago in anticipation of such an event. The mountain, which last March caused the deaths of more than 80 pe:- sons by overwhelming their houses, has been weakening recently under con- tinued heavy rains. A lookout on the top of the mountain signaled the prob- ability of last night's avalanche, thus gverting danger to inhabitants of the hospital district. The slide piled earth and rocks to a height of 30 feet on the hospital kitchen. Washington bank clearings, $4,735,- 649.62. United States Treasury balance, $81,- 758,962, New York exchanges, $688,000,000; balances, $141,000,000. 2,396,790.20. Customs rcceipts, § to offer better facilities for learning , and to take the opportunities for hear- of the finest speeches deliver~ partment will offer mmmemmwmmehutsemw: Depew was the leading exponent. Thal will attract hundreds of students to Washington and the university.” Marvin Announces Gift ‘Mrs. Depew has given the income from $120,000 in perpetuity to the uni- versity, it was announced yesterday by Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, president of the university. It is estimated that this will bring an anual income of about $6,000 for the purpose. The new department will be developed in connection with the new School of Government at George Washington University, Dr. Marvin said, and will open next Fall. Eventually it is be- lieved that a separate school of public speaking will be established. The new department will offer courses preparing for the professions, but for Government officials, members of cangeu. the younger attaches of the State Depart- ment and others in public life who are addresses. Public Speaking Necessary. “The art of forceful and interesting public IPGBY:‘IS," sald Dr. Marvin in making the nnouncement, “is one of the most necessary things for men and women who expect to enter public or civic life to know. A large proportion of the students of George Washington University, as well as other schools and colleges here, are engaged in work for (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) HIGH COURT REACHES SINCLAIR ARGUMENT His Refusal to "Answer Certain Questions Before Committee to Be Reviewed. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The appeal of Harry F. Sinclair from his conviction in the District of Colum- bia Supreme Court for refusal to answer questions propounded by a Senate com- mittee relative to the Teapot Dome naval oil leases was reached for argu- ment today by the Supreme Court. George P. Hoover and Martin W, Lit- tleton represented Sinclair, while Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, special Government prosecutors in the oil cases, took the Government's side. Sinclair is under sentence of three months’ im- prisonment and a $500 fine. By a rule issued a month ago, the Supreme Court agreed to pass on all phases of the case instead of answering five questions asked by the District Court of Appeals for its guidance. Thus the whole record of Sinclair’s refusal “on advice of counsel” to tell the Sen- ate public lands committee certain facts asked him by committee members is to be reviewed. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 18—The Chi- cago beer racket is about to lose a charter member in Joe Saltis, the gangster made known today on the eve of his release from county jail. Saltis, finishing a 60-day sentence for carrying concealed weapons, declared he was “through.” “The racket ain’t worth while any more,” Joe said, “and I'm going to get out of it for good.” During his long career, Saltis never Ladio Programs—-i’.nge 2 was convicted of any offense except for the one of carrying a pistol, He was | dent as a few minutes before the slay- |dnvestigators that the "Frank and Phil, who Were 5 their faces to the wall unless they had constantly called upon to make public | tig] 'iRacket Ain't Worth While Any More,” Says Saltis, So He’s Going to Florida DETROIT'S PURPLE GANG IS CLEARED OF SEPTUPLE SLAYING Discouraging Lack of Definite Progress Reported at Chicago. |EDUCATION BOARD HEAD | GIVES NEW INFORMATION Further Testimony Heard That Two of Killers Were Dressed as Policemen. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February 18.—The pur- ple fades from the gang massacre pic- ture and the blue of police uniforms again tints the canvas. The State's attorney office expressed itself today as satisfied that the purple gang of Detroit had no important part in last Thursday’s septuple slaying. At the same time investigators were given further testimony that two of the slay- ers were dressed as police officers. There was a discouraging lack of definite progress reported both by police and by the State's attorney. In the four days since the seven members of the George (Bugs) Moran gang were lined against a brick wall and slain there has been no arrest of a single suspect, it was point#d out by David Stansbury, in charge of the investiga- tion for the State's attorney. H. Bruce Caldwell, president of the Board of Education, volunteered new information last night which acceler- ated the investigation. Caldwell told of seeing an automobile which he thought at the time was a police squad car. The machine ran through a red light a few blocks north of the garage in which the murders were committed. Two Wore Uniforms. Caldwell fixed the time of the inci- took place. Two men in the car, he said, wore police uniforms, and there were three others in civilian clothes also in the machine. One of the men had a tooth out in front, he said. The car had a slight collision with a truck shortly after it passed him, Caldwell related, corroborating the ac- count of a truck driver who earlier had that his truck was grazed by mhhe. Inltm I It had been an lmpudoumry with among killed, would never have lined up with believed the men. who n;}n&:doflw rage were not dangerous. us- gl‘lben'?s and their companions had rec- ognized the invaders as policemen, or had reason to believe them policemen, they would have been willing to the{r backs to the guns, as they did, and “stand a search” detectives sald. Dan McGum&:ho lul;:e& 1:1‘:““ m;; chine guns in War, S0Ug] for questioning. McGurn, himself the tu:e% of gang guns on two occasions, is a leader in the Al Capone crowd which police point to as the leading rival of the Bugs Moran nn%e!:r con- trol of Chicago's liquor and T busi- ness. Divergent Statements. There were divergent statements con- cerning the early effect of the police crusade to dry up Chicago. Many saloons were reported operating as us- ual over the week end, despite extra police efforts in response to the demand of State’s Attorney John A. Swanson that the lid be clamped tight and kept ht. About 400 arrests were made in over- Sunday raids, but no “big guns” of the gang register were among those taken. The Herald and Examiner published an account of a long-distance telephone interview with Al Capone, who is at Miami Beach, Fla. The newspaper quoted Capone as saying: “That fellow Moran isn’t called ‘Bugg for nothing. He's crazy if he thinks had anything to do with that killing. “I don’t know anything about that shooting, :‘:d I dor;;:, i;:et wEveryluér‘:; anything happens wn it. “But T've got a good alibi this time. 1 was lying on the beach when it hap- pened, getting sunburned.” Six of the massacred men were to be bured today, but there were to be no such gaudy funerals as have been held for other gangsters. The funerals were to be held separately, except in the case of the Gusenberg brothers. ‘There was speculation as to whether Moran, who has kept out of sight since the slayings, would attend one or more of the funerals. | In contrast with the $5,000 and $10,- | 000 coffins which have been provided for some of the gang leaders of other years, police learned that one of the massacre victims, Dr. R. H. Schwimmer, was to be buried in a $75 casket, and that the funeral services for the others had been modestly arranged. FRENCH lNCéMES BARED. 651 Receive $40,000 or More While $10,000 Class Has 8,199. PARIS, February 18 (#).—The annual report of the minister of finance, issued today, shows there are 651 persons in Prance with an income of more than $40,000. Half the total income taxes are paid by the 8,199 taxpayers who receive more than $10,000 a year. The largest class is the million and a quarter who earn between $400 and $800 a year, these being more numerous than the eight other gories combined. tried for murder, accused of many other crimes, but always managed to keep a step outside a prison. N 78 EAGLAND WONDERS OVER ARNS PARLE Press of London Airs Opinions With One Holding Sir Esme “Snubbed.” By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, February 18.—England Is inclined to wonder just what the new disarmament discussion with the United States is all about. The entire incident—anonymous pre- dictions of early renewal of disarma- ments efforts, statement of Sir Esme Howard, Ambasador at Washington, that such was in early prospect, and Saturday disclaimer by the foreign of- fice—has received an expansive airing in the metropolitan press. Reliable sources informed the Asso- clated Press that no repudiation to Sir Esme ) intended in the foreign office iflfi it 6f Saturday. The foreign ! office, 1t was said, merely declared that the time had not yet arrived for an official announcement regarding the next move contemplated. Confused reports of the Ambassador's intimation of prospective disarmament action made the communique necessary, it was said, it also being intended to forestall criticism in the House of Com- mons. In Washington, Sir Esme has said that his last week's intimation of early resumption of disarmament efforts was made entirely on his own initiative and ‘vu no on behalf of his govern- ment. The Sunday Times diplomatic corre- spondent says it is obvious from a com- parison of the statement of Sir Esme Howard and the foreign office com- munique that somebody blundered, and he says it is understood communications have been sent to Sir Esme about the ‘matter, Editorially the paper says: “An ill fate seems to hang over the efforts of this country and the United States to reach an agreement on naval dis- armament—it means that once again somebody has blundered. Premature announcements of this sort hardly can fail to prejudice a situation which in any event is extremely delicate.” The Daily News refers to the foreign office statement as ‘“severe snub” for Sir Esme. It adds: “Sir Austen Cham- berlain’s frigid reluctance to get going is not altogether regrettable, as the task of solving the disarmament problem is not one for the present government, but “for a new and competent Parliament.” ‘That the government has the dis- armament question under constant con- sideration is nowhere challenged, how- ever, but it is recognized that in view ot the necessity of consulting the do- minings, as explained in the foreign of- fice communiquie of Saturday, no very early development can be expected. It is pointed out, moreover, that the United States could not take up the question utn}:ll the Hoover administration gets its stride. ENVOY SEES PRESIDENT. Retiring Polish Minister Makes Farewell Call at White House. Minister Jan Ciechanowski of Poland called on President Coolidge at the White House this morning to say good- by before leaving soon for his home country. It was announced recently that Minister Ciechanowski would re- tire temporarily' from the Polish diplo- matic service and would be succeeded by M. Fillipowicz. The new Minister was born' in that section of Poland which was formerly part of Russia, and several times he escaped from Siberia, where he had been sent by the Czar's government for advocating Polish freedom. He is ex- pected to arrive in about a month. AMERICAN IS KNIGHTED. | 8wedish King Bestows Order of Vasa on J. E. Fraser, Sculptor. STOCKHOLM, February 18 (#).— King Gustave of Sweden has bestowed upon James E. Fraser of New York, American sculptor, the Order of Vasa, with the rank of knight, first class. Mr. Fraser executed the John Erics- son Memorial, which was unveiled in Potomac Park, Washington, in May, 1926, by the Swedish Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus. “I'm going to Florida,” Saltis said, “and soak up a lot of sunshine. The charge the Government has against me for conspiracy to violate the dry law is a bum rap. I intend to beat that and then take life easy.” Saltis, several years ago, was regarded as a er of Frank McErlane as head of one of the powerful liquor gangs. For the last two years he was a fugitive, until he surrendered two months ago to serve his 60-day sentence, Maryland and Virginia News Pages 10 and 11. Watchman Robbed Of $250,000 in Canceled Checks By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February 18.—Three men overpowered a watchman at the Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank and fled with two packages early today. It was first believed they had taken a large amount of currency, but a check-up re- vealed the packages contained only worthless canceled checks for $250,000. The watchman, Anton Iverson, said the men overpowered him as he opened the front door. They pinned his arms behind his back, he sald, nearly strangled him and then dragged him back into the bank where one of them struck him with a pistol butt, knocking him to the floor. LINDBERGH SILENT ON WEDDING PLANS Intends to Start Air Survey of Transcontinental Route Soon. After an overnight visit here on his way North from Miami, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is preparing to leave in his Curtiss Falcon plane this afternoon for New York, to begin an aerial sur- vey of the proposed Transcontinental Air Transport line to the Pacific Coast. He landed at Bolling Field yesterday afternoon at 3:32 o'clock from Langley Field, Va. Yesterday morning, Lind- bergh flew from the beach at Hatteras Inlet Coast Guard station, where he was forced down by fog Saturday, to Langley Field. He was escorted here from Langley by Col. C. E. Culver, commandant at Langley Field, who flew a Douglass O2H observation plane. Lindbergh declined to discuss his movements in this city today. He con- ferred with government officials on mat- ters which, it is understood, affect the air transport company with which he is connected. Visits MacCracken. Lindbergh was closeted for some time with Willlam P, MacCracken, jr., As- sistant Secretary of Commerce for Aero- nautics, at the Department of Com- merce. Neither would discuss thes ub- Ject of their conversation. It has been rumored, although Lindbergh refuses to confirm the fact, that he will be offered the post now held by MacCracken after March 4. Mr. MacCracken is to return to his home in Chicago after leaving office here next month and will devote his time to commercial aviation. Before going to the Department of Commerce Lindbergh made a trip to the Capitol for a brief call on Repre- sentative Furlow of Minnesota, an old friend, and one of the leading congres-{ sional supporters of aeronautics. Mr. Furlow is the author of several impor- tant pieces of aeronautical legislation now pending in Congress. He has so consistently refused to an- swer questions about his personal af- fairs, including his engagement to Miss Anne Morrow, daughter of Ambassadcr Morrow, that there were few inquiries of this nature put to him. One report- er at Bolling Field yesterday afternoon asked him about his coming wedding and the newspaper conference came to an abrupt termination Ignoriug his questioner, Lindbergh turned away and asked if the automobile which was to bring him to town was ready. Guest of Lanphier. Lindbergh spent the night at the| A Carlton Hotel with Maj. T. G. Lan- phier, former commander of the famous 1st Pursuit Group of the Army Air Corps, who associated with the famous fiyer in commercial aviation. Col. Lindbergh will not be in Wash- ington for the inauguration of Herbert Hoover, though he has been invited to participate in the aerial narade to be held following the ceremonies at the Capitol. He expects to be well under way with the transcontinental survey for Transcontinental Air Transport a that time, he indicated. His flight to the West Coast will take him through Columbus, Ohio; 1ndia- napolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Wichita, Weynoka, Kans, the newly selected ‘Western terminus of the eastern divi- sion of the proj Clovis, N. Mex., the eastern terminus of the Western division; Albuquerque, N. Mex.; Winslow and Kingman, Ariz, and Los Angeles. Service to Start in Spring. Service on the Transcontinental Air Transport Line, he said, will begin in the Spring. The route is to be divided | {po into two sections, the terminals of the Eastern division being at Columbus and Weynoka, and the .terminals of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) transport line; ¥ho CATHEDRAL BURIAL URGED FOR STONE Right of Sepulture Qffered by Authorities to His Family. By the Associated Press. Bishop James E. Freeman sald today that “in recognition of the pre-eminent place which Melville E. Stone occupied in the field of journalism,” authorities of the Washington Cathedral had ten- dered to his family the right of sepul- ture for his ashes in the Cathedral, where such figures as Woodrow Wilson and Admiral George Dewey are en- tombed. The bishop said it was the universal opinion that Mr. Stone was not only one of the great international figures of this generation in journalism but that “he unquestionably occupled a position of the highest distinction in Jjournalism of all time.” The right of sepulture in Washington | 210 Cathedral is reserved for those Who |} occupy places of the highest distinction, he said, and it would be in accordance with this rule that Mr. Stone’s remains wuold be here. The bishop added that it was “a future recognition of the conspicuous place and impor- tance of ljournu.uxnz1 in A;:r life that the cal authorities thus recognized Mr. Stone as one of the foremost rep- resentatives of his craft.” For the first time in its history, the far-flung activities of the Associated Press in all parts of the world will cease momentarily today. At 2 pm, New York time, when funeral services for Mr. Stone start here, all employes will stand in silence for one minute in tribute to the man who was the guiding genius of the or- ganization for more than a quarter of a century. Associated Press news activities have been suspended for a minute on other occasions, such as the burial of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, but never before has such a striking tribute been world-wide in its scope. The vast network of 120,000 miles of telegraph wires in the United States will be silenced an employes, from edi- tors to copy boys, will cease their work. The foreign bureaus of the organization in London,. Berlin, Tokio and elsewhere, wherever “A. P.” men are on duty, will participate in the mark of respect and affection. W. F. ROBERTS IS DEAD. Engaged 45 Years in Printing and Engraving Business. W. F. Roberts, for 45 years engaged here in the printing and engraving business, died early this afternoon at his residence in the Ontario Apart- ments following an illness of about | Burl three months. He contracted double pneumonia in November and complica- tions followed. He was 74 years old. Mr. Roberts leaves his wife, Mrs. Catherine Roberts; a daughter, Mrs. Thomas F. Scott; a son, Bertrand H. Roberts, and a sister, Miss Mamie Roberts, all of this city. Mr. Roberts was the founder and proprietor of W. F. Roberts Co., located for about 15 years at 1514 H street. Steamer Sink‘: Off Australia. MELBOURNE, Australia, February 18 (#).—The interstate Kanowna sank today with a cargo valued at $500,000 and the baggage of its passengers, after running ashore in & heavy fog seven miles west of Wilson Promontory, the southernmost tip of ustralia. The steamer was bound from Sydney to Melbourne. The passengers had been transferred to the steamer Mayarra and the crew reached safety before the Kanowna sank. Crimean Veteran, 99, Drills and Blasts Used Making Graves For Vienna Dying By the Assoclated Press. VIENNA, Austria, February 18. —Dynamite and electric drilling machines are being used to dig graves for the capital's increas- ing number of victims of in- fluenza and the terrifically cold weather. The emergency measures are being taken not only because of the deep freezing of the ground, but because of a serious shortage of grave diggers, many of whom have gone to their own graves after working day and night at their tasks. Several hundred bodies are awaiting interment, the author- ities having fallen behind in the burials because it requires five times as much time and effort to dig graves as in normal times. DRY ACT WILL STAY UNTIL BETTER WAY FOUND. SAYS BORAH Idahoan, R:piying to Reed, Thinks Present Method Best System So Far. FIERY MISSOURIAN CONTINUES ATTACK BLANTON SILENT ONBRIDE MEETING Texan Holds Secret Confer- ence With Counsel and William H. Collins. ‘The scene of the major development in the Burlingame-Blalock case today shifted back to the office of Representa- tive Blanton of Texas, where he held an hour's secret conference with Cor- poration Counsel Willilam W. Bride and William H. Collins, assistant United States attorney for the District. ‘The lips of both Bride and Collins were sealed when they left Blanton's of- fice and the Texan also refused to make any statement whatsoever as to the nature of the discussion. It was learned, however, that he turned over to Collins the original sensational affidavit of Mrs. Helen F. Blalock to- gether with the original love letters Burlingame is alleged to have written. Heretofore Blanton has zealously guarded the originals of these docu- ments, and his action in turning them over to Collins, it was said, is indica tive of his intention completely to dis- assnciate himself with the case, leaving it entirely to District officials and the United States attorney’s office to prose- cute. Burlingame Renews Plea. ‘While Blanton was closeted with Cal- lins and Bride Capt. Guy E. Bur- lingame of the second police precinct, who was suspended a week ago at his Building and in a rence with Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of po- lice, is understood to have renewed his plea for a trial. Besides re to reveal the nature of his mysterious conference with Bride and Collins, Blanton also declined to or comment on a gepued ent he issued last night, in which he emphatically declared he would not be a witness in the Burlingame case and indicated that despite previous promises he would make no further effort to persuade Mrs. Blalock to re- turn to Washington and testify against the suspended police captain. In the face of Blanton's announce- ment, however, District officials ap- parently are confident that Department of Justice agents, who have been on Mrs. Blalock’s trail for more than a week, will produce her when she is needed. The conference between Blanton, Col- lins and Bride began at 11:15 o'clock and ended exactly an hour later Cor- poration Counsel Bride said this morn- ing before his conference with the Tex- an that he would proceed to draw the charges which Burlingame will be calied u) to_sanswer withcut the presence of Mrs. Blalock, but intima that the case would be a “weak one” without the palmist’s testimony. He did not indicate whether his talk with Blanton had caused any change in his plans. Bride pointed out that in the absence of Mrs. Blalock the (nly charge fhat he could possibly draw against Burl- ingame would be that of conduet un- ing an officer. In this event the love letters would play the only part in the trial, Declines to Be “Goat.” In his prepared statement Blanton said District officials handling the Bur- lingame case had no excuse for at- Capt. Burlingame. “I am not going to be the ‘goat’ in th:‘lir police scandals,” the statement read. officials, whose actions it has been my sworn duty to investigate and criticize, to embroil me and subject me to malicious indignities in unfounded re- taliation. "Inn:nmmnot to benl Iwix;..n‘eiss in the e case. personal knowledge of any material fact neces- sary to its adjudication, I would wil- lingly testify. But I know of no fact needed in Burlingame’s trial. I was merely the medium through which un- fortunate Mrs. Blalock sent her com- authorities. “The District government should now file its own complaint. It's only con- cern_should be ‘did Burlingame write the letters?'” If he did he should be put off the force. “Mrs. Blalock is not needed to prove that he wrote the letters. And.it is not necessary to show that they came to the authorities through me. “It doesn't matter how they got hold of them. The District government can prove by experts beyond peradventure of a doubt that Burlingame wrote the Efi:&m He will not deny that he wrote m. “I can produce the typewriter from Burlingame's office upon which he wrote them. That should be sufficient. There is no excuse for atte: to dray into the trial g o i Reccntly Accused Of 1880 Horse Theft, Found Suicide By the Associated Press. ASBURY PARK, N. J., February 18.— Dr. Edwin Pye Turner Osbaldeston, 99- year-old veteran of the Crimean War, beclm; front-page ne:ax deuu:e years ago when a gray-beards puty sheriff arrested hlm'x:n a half-century- old charge of horse stealing, was found a suicide today. The old phy¥|l¢ln was found ’{h!l on the floor of his two-room shack by a patrolman. A revolver was in his hand, and bullet wounds were found his neck and side. The shack is across the railroad street from tower, whose he used until re- ladder cently in public exhibitions of his ex- erculn{‘. To the day of his death the doctor stoutly denied he ever had committed an act of wrongdoing, and heid that a half brother, who bore the same name and a striking resemblance to him, was the “Edwin Turner” who aj the records as the horse thief and jail- breaker in hamton, N. Y., in 1880. Deputy Sheriff H. ter Black, came from Bing year ago at the age of 91. Dr. Osbald- eston later publicly forgave him. deston up his residence here in 1910, he became a favorite hout the own request, came back to the District | b¥, tempting to drag him into the trial of | B. “I don't intend to allow District | plaint and documentary evidence to the' Prohibition Cruel and Unjust, He Declares, Assailing Wheeler in Closing Address. “The eighteenth , amendment will stand in the Constitution until the moral forces of the United States be- lieve that something better has been presented,” Senator Borah of Idaho predicted in the Senate this afternoon. “There will be no going back in the effort to control the liquor traffic, }’::rs m torturing The x.uux’:'?fl Bo’g‘h: continued Senator e Idaho Senator, who was speak- ing in reply to Senator Reed ulp;i.n- sourl, who today resumed the attack he started Saturday on prohibition and its enforcement during the consideration of & bill to increase penalties for dry law Violations, declared that in his opinion the prohibitory laws were the best 5y8- m«g‘ve . vl&eme liquor traffic S0 far been pre: ms.i;'ed. ho'e!ver. that: e g ‘I am not committed a t ] modification or repeal of the 'e-ll:::hen?; amendment or of the Volstead years,” Invites Better Scheme. “If there be a better way to control rinking,” said Senator Borah, “let's have it. I do not find fault with those who urge of the eighteenth amendment. 1t is a right just as sacred as the right to put the eighteenth amendment in the Constitution. We invite them to present a and let the American peop question of” catorcin +iheproniiton n o ing hw:.u;hfle they stand, is vital ia'-lh: country. At the outset of his address, Senator Borah paid high tribute to Senator Reed, who is to leave the Senate at the conclusion of the present session. said that he was in accord with many the debate of the things said during TR et “Men W on :x;blnllion l:‘:l but live in tion of em. - merit con ator Borah. * 32 Siiaenn must agree. Ehaste of tal I intrusted with the enfc are lorcement mw also violate l‘.ht:ehghllh be- even more E that he believed ltd:gs more lmmnm -ld‘ for men in public office to set a good example than it was for them to enact laws. at the Denies Dry Law Is Crime. Senator Borah denied that the dry laws were, as Senator Reed had said, “the crime of all crimes in the matter of legislation enacted by Congnn}' 5 People of the United States may have erred in judgment,” said Senator Borah. “Time will show. But the enactment of the prohibition laws was not a crime. The people had been struggling with this great liquor prob- lem for years. The prohibition amend- ment had an exalted object and a pur- pose that was ideal. It may be imprac- ticable. But it was not a crime to un- to control and bring under the law that which would have undermined and destroyed civilization. The fight against the traffic in liquor is not a matter of a decade. Only step by step can the advance be made. ’Fhe ques- tion is whether the adoption of prohi- bition was an error.” The prohibition law was denounced as cruel and unjust and the late ‘Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, was pictured as a nrgg_t;‘nent. of force by Senator Reed. | is law,” said Senator Reed, “was | enacted at the demand of an - |tion, and the man who was at the head of that organization was Wayne . Wheeler.” He read excerpts from a biography of Mr. Wheeler written by his former secretary, Justin Stewart. Cites Wheeler Biography. Senator Reed said it was to be ex- { ected that such a biography would be written with & “touch of charity.” Yet this biography began, he said, with a statement that Wheeler controlled six Congresses, dictated to two Presidents and held the balance of power in both the Democratic and Republican parties. The_biography further declared that Mr. Wheeler had distributed more Ppatronage than any other man and con- trolled a bureau of the Government from the outside. ‘We all know what that bureau was,” said Senator Reed. He quoted further from the biography to show that Mr. Wheeler loved the limelight and had an instinct for pre-eminence. “He was the exponent of force,” Sen- ator Reed read from the biography. “He preferred threats to persuasion. sired the most severe penalties. He would have gone to the extent of call- ing out the Army and Navy to enforce the prohibitory law.” “That,” continued Senator the prohibition question, which is be- fore the Senate in the shape of & bill to increase penalties for violation of the Volstead act. They were further drawn to the Capitol by the that Senatar Borah of a plon of the enforcement of the dry laws would reply to Senator Reed. Says Friends Needn't Warry. took ":? His friends spran; 3 i to his defense %e’n Black lppems :mu uiello;ed w:’r'r:n!, nn‘g -’t.nthru- v. Moore declined to sign ex- tradition papers, % il rmed the has transfo! old tionist who sought with_kindness