Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1929, Page 2

M r ."A belt buckle, engraved with the initial /Presents Proposal to Bring U. S. i D _ TUESDAY.. MARCH _ 5. D.C.VOTE DENAL 1S CALLED UNILST Suter Makes Radio Appeal. Headquarters to Stay Open Rest of Week. By all rules of right and reason, the half million disfranchised residents of the District of Columbla clearly are entitled to voting representation in their Jawmaking body on an equal foot- ing with other Americans living in the States, Jesse C. Suter. vice chairman of the citizens' joint committee on na- tional representation, declared last night in an address broadcast by Sta- tion WMAL. ~The address was the third of the series brcadcast during the inaugural period to inform the thousands of out- of-tcwn visitors of the voteless plight of the people of Washington and seek- ing their active support for the move- ment to grant to the District repre- sentation in the Senate and House 2nd the right to vote in the presidential elections. s The headquarters of the national representation movement on the first floor of the National Press Building, from which educational activities sul porting the movement are radiating, Mr. Suter announced. will remain open during the remainder of the week. Local citizens and visitors to Wazhin, 1an alike are weicome at the headqua ters, where prominent Washington citi- zens are posted-daily to greet all comers and to tell them of the justice and practicability of the petition of Wash- ingtonians. Explains Resolution. ‘Explaining the joint resolution intro- duced in Congress which would make possible representation for Washington, Mr. Suter in his challepging address last night declared: i “We believe that what we ask is simply the recognition of those natural rights to which, by every possible con- | sideration, we are as justly entitled as are other Americans. To us there ap- pears to be no more reason for with- | holding or denying our right to voting representation in the National Govern- ment than there would be to deny that same right to the Americans living in other parts of the country.” Listing the many organizations which are actively engaged in supporting the petition for the granting of representa~ ton to Washington's half million now “unfinished Americans,” Mr. Suter de- clared: “These various associations as completely register the seniiment of organized Washington as it is possible for civic and business ps in any community to reflect the community opinion. Of course, there is a small group and are some individuals who op- pose the aims of this joint committee, but there is nothing surprising or fatal in that. We remember that our fore- fathers who founded this Republic had the opposition of the Tories. Had the Tories had their way, there would have n no Declaration of Independende and, consequently, no United States of America.” | 3 Lincoln Is Quoted. 4 - “Some people, of course, in thinking ®f representative government,” -the continued, “are inclined to lose ht of the fact that it is the citizen and not the geography which is being Zepresented. Nevertheless, it was ‘We, the people,’ who ordained and estab- Jished this great republic ‘Of the people, By the peopie, for the people.” We must lember that ‘governments derive eir just powers from the consent of the governed,’ and that accore to our great Lincoln ‘there cannot free gvemmmt without elections.’ Of these ‘we are firmly convinced through our own "edxpefle{we 2s a voteless,' un- Tepresented people. < B “These half million . of American semi-citizens of the District are seek- ing enfranchisement through the adop- tion of a constitutional amendment that will enable Congress to pass a law to that effect. They are now asking to adopt a joint resolution to submit such an amendment to the peo- gl; o’m: szs“mi;m t‘l_lx':tu'k:atlon ures various States. They are confident that the anomaly and the absurdity and the in- Justice n‘tl fisr mdu ";mmem are repudiate I of Nation. 3 o i “The question of form of local 8OV~ ernment is not involved in the proposi- tion under consideration. The question at issue is solely one of giving the vote- less people of the District of Columbia the right to participate in the councils of the Nation as national Americans in the same manner as the individual citizen of the several States is privileged to participate in the National Govern- ment through representation in the Congress and the Electoral College, and the same rights and privileges enjoyed by theé citizens of the States before the Federal Courts. One Way io Get Vote. “This reform and liberalization of the people of Washington from being a sub- Ject people in this great Republic can only be accomplished by our proposed constitutional amendment. Under this, Congress will be clothed with a new power it should possess to round eut its ability to extend the full privileges of American citizenship to every worthy citizen living under the Stars and Stripes. “The constitutional amendment which ye urge empowers Congress to correct s inequity existing in the National Cepital without disturbing in the slight- est national control of the Capital or the present form of municipal govern- ment. Congress retains every right in these respects that it now possesses. All ihat happens will be that the District _becothes a small fractional part of that , and politically an integral part ©f the Nation which that ngress Tepresents, ( *“National representation will clothe the Washingtonlan with a vital Amer- can privilege, to which he is undeniably and in equity entitled; will cleanse him of the stigma and stain of un-Amer- ‘jcanism, and, curing his political impo- tency, will arm him with a certain ‘powel ,po"n will relieve the Nation of -the ‘shame of un-Americanism at its heart {and of impotency to cure this evil. It ‘will inflict no injury or hardship upon {either Nation or Capital to counteract (these benefits. “We of Washington require the aid <of every fair-minded American to help us cure this serious governmental de- fect, which is sure to grow more acute 78s the population increases.” ¢ BODY FOUND ON ROAD. {Victim, Shot About Dozen Times, Is Unidentifled. DETROIT, March 5 (#).—The body of an unidentified man about 30 years ‘old, who had been shot to death, was (found early today along a mghway near Wyandotte, a suburb. He had been shot nearly a dozen times in the head, neck and shoulders. ” was the only clue to identification. ROOT SEES BRIAND. Adherence to World Court. GENEVA, March 5 (#.—Elihu Root, noted American jurist who is serving on a special committee for revision of .the World Court statutes, conferred with Foreign Minister Briznd of France twday concerning a formula which Mr. last three days, supposedly from poi- | soned liquor. that Hoppe ‘and his brother Ralph had supply from the Mansfields. . E STAND | Capt. Guy E. Burlingame, suspended police officer, took the stand today in his own defense at his trial on charges p The photo shows, left to right, Capt. Burl precinct station house at the request of T referred by Mrs. Helen Blalock, palmist. lingame drawing a sketch of the second William H. Leahy, defense counsel. —Star Staff Photo, FOUR ARE ACCUSED INLIQUOR DEATHS Murder Warrants Ordered| Against Two Men and Wives in Hiinois. By the Associated Press. PEORIA, IlL, March 5.—Murder war- | rants against two men and their wives were ordered issued today following the | coroner’s inquest into the death of Clarence Hoppe, one of 15 persons who died in the Peoria district during the | Those named by the coroner were | Maurice Mansfield, accused wholesale bootlegger; his wife, Jesse; C. O. Guffin, alleged bootlegger, and his wife, Nita. Testimony at the inquest disclosed | purchased liquor at the home of the Guffins, who, it was said, obtained their Sickness, blindness and death from poison ligyof in and near Peoria struck & new high today. Fifteen were dead, dozens were seriously ill and four were | Pprobably blinded permanently. The death list has grown steadily since the fitst three fatalities occurred Saturday night. There were seven dead yesterday morning, and eight more deaths were reported during the day and night. The coroner’s investigation has been held up because of the possi- bility of more fatalities. Coroner Wil- liam Elliott said the final death list t contain 20 or more names. Ben Teel, 60, and Lané® Hitz, 55, died last night, Teel at Peoria and Hitz at his home In Vermont, Il Three men were under arrest. Officers said the tragic aftermath of week-end drinking had instilled genuine fear into hundreds of bootleggers, and that the sale of liquor had been virtually sus- pended. MAN FOUND DEAD IN BED FROM GAS Body Discovered by Child—Police Believe Wind Blew Out Heater by Him. Garrett Hobart Stovall, 40-year-old pressman, of 3327 Seventeenth street, died in his bed today of gas poisoning. His body was discovered by Shreve Brent, three years old, who pushed open the bedroom door. At the same time, Mrs. Maude A. Freeman, with whom Stovall rooms, smelled the odor of gas, called to the child, and rushed to the third floon where Stovall lay. She summoned the Fire Departmes® rescue squad and Emergency Hospital | ambulance, but the man had already been dead for hours. Death was pro- nounced .by Dr. Leon Gordon of the Emergency staff. POLISH PROSPERITY REPORTED BY DEWEY | By the Associated Press. ‘WARSAW, Poland, March 5.—Charles S. Dewey, financial adviser to the Pol- ish government and director of the Bank of Poland, reports that “in no other year since the war has Poland the country experienced in 1928, the country experienced in 1928.” “Beginning with fairly satisfactory conditiops, the year has shown steady ‘improvement, thanks to fundamental stability derived from a balanced na- tional budget, a firm currency. and to bsence of disturbing political is- sues,” his report stated. YOUR INCOME TAX. No. 30. . The tax on dividends is an im- portant item in the returns of many taxpayers, As defined by the revenue act of 1928, the term “dividend” means any distribu- tion made by & corporation to its shareholders, whether in money or other property, out of its earn- ings or profits accumulated after February 28, 1913. If a dividend represents profits earned by a corporation prior to March 1, 1913, there is no tax. A dividend may be payable out of current profits or accumulated surplus, but it has no legal exist- ence until it is “declared” by a formal resolution of the directors of the corporation. The ordinary form of dividend is a periodical cash distribution of current profits. However, dividends may be paid in securities or other property. For example & corpora- tion may distribute among its stockholders securities in which it has invested its earnings. Such securities are to be reported as dividends by the stockholders at the fair market value on the date the dividends become payable. ‘The rate of tax on the income of corporations was reduced by the revenue act of 1928 from 13! to 12 per cent. ‘The same rate applies to the income of insurance companies, the reduction with re- Root has prepared as the basis of an * agreement for American adhesiofglo the Tesid - Cetirt. spect to this class of taxpayers WKELLAR OPENS FIGHT ON MELLON Eight New Hoover Appointees to Cabinet Confirmed by Senate. (Continued From First Page.) ndimmistrntion of the Government's af- airs. Mr. Hoover explained today that his | purpose in attempting to conceal the names of the men he had selected for his cabinet as long as possible was not | for the purpose of being contrary, but | to protect the men themselves from re- actions that necessarily would have been very embarrassing to them if there had been premature publications of their definite selection. He smilingly admitted that despite his precautions to keep these names | from the press as long. as possible, | the alertness on the part of newspaper men resulted in the names of his official family gradually becoming known'gefore he submitted them to the Senate. ‘-, It is thought likely that Mr. Hoover now will turn his attention to the ap- pointment of the several undersecre- taries and the various assistant secre- taries of the 10 Government depart- ments, which group of high officials is generally recognized as the little cabi- net in Washington. He will not, how- ever, take up this matter definitely un- til the various cabinet officers have been confirmed. The indications -are that he will be guided to a very large degree in appointing the Assistant Sec- retaries and undersecretaries by the wishes and advices of the cabinet offi- cers themselves. In other words, he is inclined to virtually let the depart- mental heads select their own assistants. Diplomatic Posts Due to Wait. In the case of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor, who already are holding office, it is thought likely that he will be able to | complete the selection of the.assistant | secretaries in these departments in ad- vance of the other departments. Mr. Hoover has been represented as not caring to give his attention to the | matter of the major diplomatic appoint- | ments until he has been able to confer with the new Secretary of State. In that event, it is not expected that there will be any changes in the more im- portant foreign posts until next month, inasmuch as Mr. Stimson will not be at the head of the State Department be- fore the next three weeks. DEBT COMMITT] MITTEES COMPARING NOTES | Joint Reparations Scheme Expected | at Plenary Session Tomorrow, By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 5.—The subcommittees of the reparations experts body today were engaged in completing the work on the subjects intrusted to them and comparing notes with a view to presen- tation at Wednesday's plenary session of a single joint scheme embodying the conclusions of all. If this can be accomplished to the general satisfaction of the full body the ground will be cleared for the real tug- of-war; that is, the fixing of the amount | of Germany's annual payments and the number of years through which they ! are to extend. | Lord Revelstoke's idea of setting up a trusteeship to carry out the recom- mendations of the committee in exact- ing the reparations payments of Ger- many is only tentative. The British banker, it is said, needs data, to be furnished him today by the subcommit- tees of Thomas Perkins and Sir Josiah Stamp, to complete his work. It is understood that it is Lord Revel- stoke's idea and the idea of other bank- ers on the committee that the com- mittee itself should provide only the { technical means for the issuance of bonds to commercialize the reparations debt, leaving the actual issuance of the bonds to the governments concerned. The subcommittee of Sir Josiah Stamp has its study of transfers, or annuities, less advanced than were the labors of the other subcommittees, and it was sald Sir Joslah's remarks at the pienary session yesterday were inconclusive. He expected to have something more def- inite in written form in time for the Wednesday plenary session. The principal conclusion reached by the Perkins subcommittee on payments in kind was understood to be that the | system needs considerable simplification. At present the regulations for deliveries are complicated and cumbersome, { LAMONT MEETS HELPERS. Commerce Secretary Introduced to| Department Staff Members. Robert Patterson Lamont of Chicago, Secretary of Commerce in the Hoover Cabinet, was introduced to his bureau chiefs and heads of staff -today by the retiring Secretary, Willlam P. Whiting. Walter F. Brown, now Assistant Sec- retary, who is to be Postmaster General, was among those who greeted the new- comer, h Ann Patrick, England’s { Attempts to Tear to Pieces | expericnced considerable | case. | at 1504 Seventh street, where she moved | | Leak: - BURLINGAME HITS BACK AT ACCLSER Story Told by Palmist. _(Continued From First Page) difficulty in persuading her that this was not the Burlingame denied that he had ever paid David Hart, assistant United States attorney, any money to write letters at Mrs. Blalock's request. Capt. Burlingame then turned to the charges made by Mrs. Blalock to the effect that he had forced her to accept certain improvements on the property after surrendering her establishment at | 1506 Seventh street. He said that all improvements made there were put in at her request and under her super- vision. “During the period in which you Wnew Mrs. Blalock, did she ever come to your office in the station house?” y asked. s, many a time. She probably averaged coming there twice a week— sometimes five or six times in a week. She made a habit of telephoning to make sure that 1 was in before she came over.” Capt. Burlingame denied that he had ever held any clandestine meetings with her in the station house, asserting that other officers, and sometimes civilians, were present at all times when she was with him in his office. Capt. Burlingame went into some de- tail to describe the manner in which Mrs. Blalock relayed information to him which she did not want customers in her establishment to understand. “I would walk up to the door and ask her if she had decided which book she wanted. She would answer that she had decided. and that the names were written on little slips of paper which she handed to me. In reality, these slips bore addresses where she had rea- son to believe gambling houses or speak- easies were being conducted. “Acting on this information, I secret- ly made raids which resulted in arrests and convictions.” Capt. Burlingame also said that Mrs. Blalock had furnished him with in- formation in the Bitner murder case. Mrs. Blalock denied this when #he was giving her testimony. Burlingame also named several boot- leggers whose names had been given to him, he said, by Mrs. Blalock. He sa~ that he had arrested these men on sev- eral occasions on the strength of the information she furnished. Tips “Reliable.” Burlingame said that the reliability | of Mrs. Blalock's tips was “the best he had ever known.” He then mentioned the name of a policeman attached to his precinct who had seen him go into the | palmist’s apartment and come out Wl(hty information as to where certain law violations could be located. In response to Leahy's questions, Bur- lingame said the condition of the sec- ond precinct is at least 50 per cent better than it was when he first went there to take command. He declared his police work was “his life”; that he devoted nearly all of his time, day and night, to his duty, and personally went on nearly all raids con- ducted in_ his precinct. Leahy then questioned Burlingame as to whether Mrs. Blalock ever used a typewriter, and he replied “many times,” and said he had seen her typing. The defense counsel next switched to the subject of whisky bonds which the palmist testified were wrapped around some money in an envelope which Burlingame had in a safe in the station house bearing a seal with-the number 1504. her address on Seventh street, The accused officer said he did not think the envelope contained whisky bonds because he had only served one or two since he has been in command of the precinct, and that the customary practice is to return as soon as prac- ticable all unserved whisky bonds to the issuing agency. Leahy again returned to Mrs. Bla- lock’s use of a typewriter, and in re- sponse to his questions, Burlingame said that the woman had often used the typewriter in his office at the station house and while he was there the door to the office was never closed. Penies Possession of Key. Burlingame subsequently denied that he had ever possessed a key to Mrs. Blalock’s apartment, as she had charged in her testimony. He then told of one instance, after the palmist had had an attack of vertigo, when she suggested that one of the keys to her apartment be kept in the station house so she might call in case of an emergency. The officer said he told her on that occasion that the key would be useless because she kept the door to her apartment bolted from the inside. Burlingame then stated that the en- velope which Mrs. Blalock said con- tained $14,000 in bills of large denom- ination actually had in it insurance papers and other documents. He ad- mitted, however, that he had some of her papers in his safe at the station house and had given her a card en- titling her to claim them. Some of the envelopes containing Mrs. Blalock's papers, the witness de- clared, were sealed with red sealing wax, with the numbers 1504 impressed on the back. In reply to Leahy's in- terrogations, he said the woman had a seal which she had procured for cards she distributed for advertising purposes. When Capt. Burlingame finished his testimony at 10 minutes of 2 this after- noon, he had outlined framework upon which his entire defense will be con- structed. During his three hours of testimony he denied categorically all of the charges made by Mrs. Blalock which tend to reflect discredit on him as a police officer. These denials included repudiation of all love letters which Mrs. Blalock sald were written by him, several of the receipts and business let- ters introduced in evidence and, the most serious charge of all, that he had been intimate with the palmist. Capt. Burlingame told the board that the presence of his signature on the Heartsore Daddy letters resulted accle dentally while he and another police- man were trying to “kid” Mrs. Blalock. “Mrs. Blalock came to my office one morning and asked if she could write & letter on my typewriter. I told her to go ahead. She wrote the letter and then, being dissatisfied with its appear- ance, decided to rewrite it. “At this juncture Policeman Carroll came into the office. I gave him the letter to read, remarking ‘Read this, Car- roll, and see if you don't think it is a perfectly good love letter Mrs, Bla- lock snatched the letter away from him and protested against being teased. “Regarding the whole matter as a joke, both Carroll and I offered to sign the letter for her. I reached over the typewriter to the letter, which was lying on the desk, and signed it diagonally across the bottom. As Carroll reached over to do the same, Mrs. Blalock snatched the letter away and took it lm';h her when she left a few minutes ater.” Capt. Burlingame adngied writing parts of several other letters which have been brought into the case. He ex- plained to the board that Mrs. Blalock would come to his office to write these letters, but would become so nervous before finishing them that he would be obliged to assist her. Then, he sald, she would dictate and he would write the letters aceordingly. Photograph made at Mexico Cit hops. y the day after Lindbergh's crash, when he and Miss Morrow took some more P. & A. Photo. “Did you ever write any love letters or love notes to her?” “I did not.” Capt. Burlingame made all of these denials in dn even, assured tone of voice, displaying no evidence of emo- tion at any time. As Capt. Burlingame took the stand after the luncheon recess he was ques- tioned again regarding Mrs. Blalock’s visit to the station house. He told of one instance when he returned to the sta- tion house and found Mrs. Blalock fin- ishing some* typewriting she had un- dertaken. Although the palmist denied when on the witness stand that she could use a typewriter, Capt. Burlin- game declared that she was an efficient typist. He also denied ever giving her $2,500 as a Christmas present and $1,500 for a birthday gift. He denied any knowledge of the tub- ful of spurned gifts which Mrs. Bla- lock said she returned to him. He ad- mitted receiving on one occasion a tub containing some dishes and new alumi- numware, which he said had been left on his front porch by & man whom he had befriended. Tells of Conversation. ‘Burlingame told of numerous conver- sations with Mrs. Blalock when she | called him on the telephone to tell of | visits to her place of business by per- sons trying to persuade her to help them “frame” him. Capt. Burlingame denied that he had ever given the palmist a diamond ring, asserting that he first obtained knowl- edge of this when he saw a story con- cerning it which appeared in the local newspapers. He also denled that he had ever received any shirt such as| those which Mrs. Blalock testified she | purchased for and mailed to him. | Never, he said, did he ask her to re- | turn any letters written by him. An amused smile spread over the captain’s face when his attorney asked him if he had ever made any threats to Mrs. Blalock and if he knew whether she was afraid of him. “She told me once that I was differ- ent from all the other men she had known—that I was the only one who had ever helped her without demand- ing payment in some way. Certainly she was never afrald of me, and I never threatened her, either directly or by implication.” Leahy Outlines Defense. Chief Defense Counsel Leahy gave a general outline of the defense at the outset of the trial and then called Capt. Burlingame to the witness stand. The defense, according to Leahy, will establish to the satisfaction of the trial board the following facts with reference to the specifications under the general charges preferred against him. ‘That Burlingame is a married man living at home, has a son and a daugh- ter and has been a member of the Police Department for 33 years. That either in October or November, 1926, Mrs. Blalock came to the second precinct station where he was in com- mand, not, as Mrs. Blalock stated, for the purpose of asking why her palmist's license had been delayed—for licenses were not issuable at that time—but she came to the station house in a very nervous condition and said she had heard her father, Tom Donohue, speak of Burlingame. She reminded him, Leahy said, that her father was an old acquaintance of his and said she owned two pieces of | property and had' been in constant trouble about it. That Mrs. Blalock had a delusion that someone was attempting to rob her of her property and called at the second precinct station often and told Capt. Burlingame that efforts were being made to rob her. Left Numerous Papers. ‘That Mrs. Blalock had with her, on many of her visits, numerous paper per- taining to her property which she left with Capt. Burlingame. In this connec- tion, Leahy said, Burlingame told her that when he went to the District Build- ing he would look into these matters further and upon investigation found that one piece of property had been sold for taxes and that she was having trouble with the building inspector's office over the other piece on account of the condition of a rear wall, which was_bulging. That Mrs. Blalock frequently came to the station house with complaints about the condition of the property in need of repair, and that after consid- erable discussion and delay the rear wall was finally adjusted, and the other piece of property also was adjusted, Wwhen it was returned to her possession. ‘That when Mrs. Blalock moved from 1506 to 1504 Seventh street Burlingame dia not insist on making repairs to the latter despite the woman's statement, but that, on the other hand, she had sought his assistance. These were the business transactions, Leahy declared, Mrs. Bla- lock had with Burlingame. “With reference to Mrs. Blalock's " Leahy , “that there were no social rela- tions between her and Capt. Burlin- game. Her story in that respect is an absolute falsehood. Capt. Burlin- game’s visits to her apartment on S urday nights were not for social ente: tainment, but for the purpose of receiv- ing tips on gambling and other viola- tions that she frequently gave him. “We will also show that during the| two years Capt. Burlingame was in command of the second precinct his men were able to make more than 2,000 arrests for gambling alone. In a great measure we will show that these arrests were due to information Mrs. Blalock gave Capt. Burlingame.” Leahy then explained that a secret code existed between Burlingame and Mrs. Blalock whereby he was able to communicate with her while she was reading the palm of any one in her stu- dlo. He pointed out that the code word used was “books.” Leahy further de- clared that the defense will show that on the Saturday nights Mrs. Blalock testified Burlingame had come to her apartment at al hours there were one and two carloads of policemen on the opposite side of the street waiting for him to talk with the woman, and that he seldom remained with her more than two or three minutes. “Red-Head Tips.” Mrs. Blalock was such a prolific source of information, Leahy sald, that the men attached to the second precinct station often referred to her tips as “red-head tips” instead of the usual phrase “red-hot tips.” One hour after the shooting of | 1 | oldest woman, recently celebrated her being from 12'2 to 12 per cent. one hundred and sixth big at her home at Alnwiok. m “Did you ever have any love or af- fection for her?” asked Mr. Leahy. “Certainly not.” Philbert Bittner, the attendant at a gasoline filling sta| at Sixth and Rhode Island avende.Leahy said, Mis Blalock called Capt. Burlingame on the telephone and told him that a suspect had gone into an establishment across the street from her studio An investi- gation was made a few minutes later by the second precinct police, he de- clared, and it was learned that the sus- pect had visited the place but had left before the arrival of the officers “We will show the board that Mrs. Blalock came to the second precinct station as often as 50 tlmes,” Leahy declared. “In fact she was constantly at the station house. She came almost every day and on one occasion she made three visits in one day. Leahy then denied that Burlingame had ever given Mrs. Blalock “a dollar in his life.” “All of this money men- tioned in her testimony and in her afidavit was her own money,” the de- fense counsel declared. “We will be able to show you that from 1917 she had money, always a tidy sum.” “We will show that the $8,700 was withdrawn at Mrs. Blalock’s request for the purpose of paying off & trust on her H street property which she con- templated during that time. The $1,500 gift which she said was given her in a sealed envelope for a birthday gift actually contained a Chinese silk hand- kerchief which a Chinaman had given Capt. Burlingame.” 1 ‘Then, touching on the widely dis-| cussed love letters which have played such a prominent part in the case, Leahy said, Burlingame had seen Mrs. Blalock write four of those letters on a typewriter in his office in the second precinct station. Three of these letters, he said, the accused captain helped her write, Although Mrs. Blalock in her testi- mony denied that she could use a type- writer, Leahy said that on a number of her visits to the station house she used Capt. Burlingame's typewriter and officers at the station had seen her. “There were no whispered love words battered back and forth when Mrs. Blalock visited the station house,” de- clared Leahy. “There were no clan- destine meetings, but everything was done openly and in the presence of the officers. Saw Her Write Four. “We cannot swear who wrote the rest of the letters. All we can do is to state that Capt. Burlingame did see Mrs. Blalock write four of them.” Leahy, however, failed to explain Capt. Burlingame's admitted signature on the famous “heart-sore daddy” let- ter. Burlingame, through his counsel, the other day denied the authorship of this letter. “We can establish disproof of any- thing which we were able to get Mrs. Blalock to stick to,” Leahy added. “We can find. no reason for the in- cidents referred to by Mrs. Blalock's testimony,” said Leahy. “We will show that in talking with one officer she sald Capt. Burlingame had been ex- tremely kind to her.” According to Leahy, Mrs. Blalock last August planned to leave Washington to g0 to Chicago, where her brother lives, because she had found it had become extremely difficult to get a palmist license here. “We will show, too,” Leahy declared, “that Representative Blanton made statements that there were two officers on the police force he was ‘going to get” One of them was Capt. Burlin- game and the other was Capt. Lord. “As far as association goes I will show that Representative Blanton has done more in the last two months for Mrs. | Blalock than Capt. Burlingame, “Capt. Burlingame never has been so silly as to fall into this mushy, mucky love pictured in Mrs. Blalock's testi- mfiy-l; so told th ahy also told the board that Mrs, Blalock had not produced all of the notes and receipts entering into the business transactions which she had with Capt. Burlingame. HOOVER IN FAVOR OF OPEN-DOOR PLAN WITH NEWSPAPER MEN —_(Contin Page. dential contact with the press can be improved upon so that it will work for the advantage of all concerned. He realizes that the relations between the Executive and press have been in the process of development since the in- auguration of the presidential press con- ference during the administration of President Roosevelt. These relations have been improved on from time to time and can be further improved. The impression also was given by Mr. Hoover that while he is hopeful of lib- eralizing the press conferences by per- mitting 1f to be directly quoted at times #nd indirectly quoted at other tUimes, He has no desire to resurrect the internationally famous White House spokesman which was given the death blow by President Coolidge more than & year ago. President Hoover spoke in full, as follows: “It seems that the whole press of the United States has given me the honor of a call this morning. “Before we undertake other ques- tions I wish to say a word about the press conference. I would like the con- ference to continue as before with the same understandings as those which you had with President Coolidge. I wish your further co-operation on fur- ther developments of these conferences. i | PERMANENT G. 0. P. CAMPAIGN IS URGED BY CHAIRMAN WORK (Continud Prom First Page.) of them to Annrican needs. Sensing this, a different fvpe of campaign was tblican organization It succeeded. “There were moral\and spiritual in- terests awakened in thé\ public mind. At times they threatened to\fulminate into local crusades, so ofter) unreasoning when at their heights, Aut in this instance held in check, 1ough not without difficulty. The woman voter re- acted to these finer concepticas of po- litical campaigning. = The advent of women into national politics wall save this Nation. The American woman, through her labor, self denial lflQ‘ in- fluence, was our strongest ally in' the World War. She will be an equally \jvo- tential force in national politics.” Trade Economics First. “The business minds of men took alarm at the possible interruption of | our national prosperity by a change of | party administration. The study of trade economics is, of course, the first con- cern of the business world. The late presidential campaign demonstrated a keen conception of the relations between business and government. “The reassurance of those who direct the colossal business interests of this country should be of first concern to this Government, for depression of busi- ness always carries widespread distress among wage earners employed. There is no difference between the objects of good politics and good business. Both seek the greatest good to the greatest numbers. _ Identical principles should be applied to each, so that the coun- try’s financial structure may be pro- tected, by protecting the laborer, for in the last analysis labor is capital. “The fundamental issue in the late campaign proved to be prosperity, then threatened by a change of administra- tion. Underneath and over industries, as heretofore, lay the protective tariff, now a fixed national poliey and the very foundation on which the United States stands in first place among nations. “The headquarters of our last cam- paign expended three and oneé-half mil- lions of dollars—twice that necessary if orgarization had been timely. In na- tional campaigns a State unit system should be in motion six months before | the hational convention. Centralized authority with decentralized responsi- | bility would permanently fix the Repub- | lican party in its place. The selective | draft in the late war put three and one- | halt millions of men in uniform and |had 12 millions classified on Armistice {day. We could do as well. We now have five millions of Hoover-Curtis pledge cards on file at headquarte: thousands of key men and women list- ed, thousands of club officers on our rosters, all available for State organiza- tions at call. Our peace-time army should be in line immediately, that the national convention assign it com- mancing officers. “The so-called independent voters, heretofore independent of either old party in fact, four years ago cast four million votes. They were nominally non- existent in the November polls, having reallied themselves with the two old parties. The early registration and the heavy balloting had but one meaning— an intelligent, intense determination of a free people to participate in a national presidential election. “The national committee, constituted as it is of 100 men and women, two in each State, has heretofore not assumed its rightful place in party affairs. Its members should enlist themselves to aid representatives in Congress, as listening posts perhaps, for the purpose of lend- ing assistance. “A working understanding between national committee members and State and county chairmen is an essential to party success and should be a con- tinuing process, for elections are won in the precinct. “This working harmony existed in the last campaign to an unusual degree, but in many States its activity was too long delayed. I earnestly hope that State headquarters may be kept open continuously. They can, within them- selves, demonstrate the necessity for their existence. The hurry, confusion and misdirected energy incident to has- ty organizing, operating and demobiliz- ing national headquarters, with their thousands of helpers, in four months, is only partially effective and unnecessa- rily expensive.” Speeches were scheduled also by the vice chairmen of the national commit- tee. Ralph E. Williams of Oregon and Daniel E. Pomeroy of New Jersey, and the treasurer, J. R. Nutt, and secretary, Representative Pranklin Fort of New Jersey. Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of Ken- tucky, the third vice chairman of the committee, would have addressed the committee, too. had she been able to be present. She is suffering from an in- jured wrist. BANDIT SHOOTS SELF. Gun Battle \;n.‘h Police Ends as He Attempts Suicide. HARRISBURG, Pa., March 5 (#).— An attempt to hold up the Dauphin ‘As you know, the relations of the!Hotel, in the business section here, to- President and the press have been a matter of development over a number of administrations, starting most active Iy under President Roosevelt, going through one experimental stage to &n- other, down to the present time. By degrees a means has been founé for a more intimate relationship, and 1 have an impression that we migh develop it even further in those directzons which would assist the press and assist the President. “I would like to suggest that Mr. Young, who is the president of the White House Association, make up a committee of the heads of bureaus and services and discuss the matter with me on some early occasion as to how we can further amplify these relations. “I am anxious o clear up the twi- light zone as far as we can between the authoritative and quotable material on one hand and such material as 1 am able to give from time to time for pure- ly background purposes on the other. 1 wish to be of such service as I can in these conferences, and beyond this in matters of s not of general interest I would be glad Jay resulted in a gun battle between We would-be robber and several police- zmien. The battle ended when the man sent his last bullet into his own head, wounding himself seriously. to see any of you from time to time. I want you to feel free to make such suggestions as will help me out in that direction.” Later he indicated that he did' not want the newspapermen to fear that he intended to be as difficult to interview as he was during the campaign, es- pecially during the long period follow- ing his election. By way of explanation Mr. Hoover explained that his position as the President-eléct was a delicate one so far as his talking for publication was concerned. His embarrassment was emphasized principaily at the time by the fact that there was still a President, who was competent to speak for the Government. Now that he is President and those em- barrassments . have disappeared, Mr. either secretie or in S HOOVER UP AT 7 AT DESK BEFORE § Conference With Kellogg Ig First Real Business—Call® ers Are Received. = k) ] Giving himself an early start gy arising a trifie before 7 o'clock’ t morning, Herbert Hoover lost no_t buckling down to the serious bualr:‘eg of being President of the United. States. _ He was at his big desk in the Execl tive office & few minutes before 9 o'clofit and shortly afterwards was abserbed L work. Meetings with the Washin correspondents, Representative Cull of New York, the Hamilton Clib Chicago, which marched in his inau- gural parade yesterday, and a good-will delegation from Wisconsin were his only engagements for the day. t was his aim to keep the routine of the Execufive Office running along in its customary fashion. Moreover, he anticipated calls on the part of many personal friends and delegations and groups in Washington for the inaugura- tion, all of which would consume considerable ' time, “mostly in hand- shaking and ' the exchange of good wishes, The new President's first real busi- ness was to confer with Frank B. Kel- logg. who is to continue as Secretary of State until Henry L. Stimson, who is on bis way from Manila, arrives to. take charge.of the State Department. 1t fs understood that they discussed the Ben- eral Mexican situation. They were together for 20 minutes and later in the forenoon had a second conference, Dr. Work Is Early Caller. Dr. Hubert Work, chairman of the Republican national committee, was one of the President’s early callers, but the visit was merely for the purpose of paying his respect. Mark Requa of California an old friend, called. The members of the electoral college of California presented to the new President, a statue of a bear akout 8 inches in height, mounted on an onyx base. The statue was eut from wood and was gold plated. ° Some of the delegations that called at the White House today to pay their respects to_the new President brought their marching bands with them and while waiting outside of the Executive Office to be received by the President they struck up lively airs, \_ The White House late yesterday. after- coon was the scene of & large reception, t\ re‘being more than 1.900 persons rs- ced\ied by the new President and Mrs, Hod\ver, and who were served refresh- men\'. The gathering was a brilliant one n\\;ked by gay uniforms. In this big c\npany were visiting governors and thAAT respective staffs and delega- tions; o cers of the Army, Navy and Marine Ch DS, members of the judiciary and membd s of the Senate and House and other hYy'h officials, members of the diplomatic ¢ Ps and personal friends. ‘This receptiorf\3terted about 4:30 o'clock and was throus\1 by 7. Mr. Hoover wound up the day by re- tiring about 11 o’loek. He slept in'the room at the sou§yrwest corner of ‘the second floor of trw White House, and Mrs. Hoover the or'e separated from it to the east by a siiing and dressing room. They are using®th¢ rooms kfiown in the White House as' the presidential sleeping suite, which ha®\> been used by the Coolidges, Hardings, W/ilsons. Tafts, Roosevelts and Harrisons. - The McKin- leys and Clevelands slept r?h‘ rooms on the north side of the big ‘nsinn. No Evidence of Cold. It was feared by some that the drenching he got' yesterday might give him a cold, but there was no Jence of it today, and he remarked to t\ose who inquired about his health that\he felt great. Mr. Hoever with an old-fas] v Coolidge’s custom, In his bédroom he was waited upon by Talbert Dowling, the colored valet who served President Coolidge. Mrs. Hoover and their sons, Herbert, jr., and Allan, and the for- mer’s wife and Mrs. Mabel Leavitt, Mr. Hoover'’s sister, sat with the new Presi- dent as he ate his first breakfast since occupying the White House. The meal was a simple one, such a one as was no doubt eaten in hundreds of thousands of other American households. It con- sisted of fruit, bacon and eggs; rolls, toast and coffee. The meal completed Mr. Hoover went to the library where he sat and read the newspapers before going to his of- fice. Probably the most impressive feature of Mr. Hoover's first actual day as /Chief Executive was the fact that things are being conducted in such a manner that it is difficult to realize that overnight there has been a change tof administration and that a new Executive with new Secretaries is run- ning the Government. It is Mr. Hoover’s intention to make as few changes in the White House routine as possible, Also he proposes to make few if any changes in the White House and executive office personnel. And, for the present he has no ideas regarding any physical changes in the White House although he is considering in- creasing the size of the executive office. There will be a slight change in .the personnel of those handling the social work at.the White House. Miss Ruth Fessler and Miss Mildred Hall, who have been serving as secretaries to Mrs. Hoover, will be added to this force. By 10 o'clock the handshakers and well-wishers started to arrive at the executive office. They came in droves. They came in delegations, in groups and as individuals and for all the new Pres- ident had a ready smile and pleasant word and a real handshake. Nearly Miss Seeing President. - ‘The folks from West ancfi. Towa. President Hoover's birthplace, who came to Washington to attend his inaugura- tion, came near missing being received personally by him at the White House today. They were a trifle late in pre- senting themselves, and as hundreds had preceded them and it was more than 15 minutes past the President’s lunch- eon hour, attaches at the White House who had been informed that Mr. Hoover would receive no more callers told the delegation that they would not be able to enter. They were greatly disappointed and one of their number succeeded in get- ting word to Mr. Hoover, which re- sulted in his sending out word that he would remain in his office solely for the purpose of shaking hands with the peo- ple from the town of his birth. He was all smiles as he greeted these admiring men and women as they shook his hand and filed out by another door. In this group were Mrs. Molly Carrens, who taught the President in West Branch, and Newt Butler, who once engaged in a small boys’ fist fight with the Pres- ident in the yard of the little West Branch School which they were attend- ing. and J. W. Reeder, 90-year-old patriot of West Branch, who yesterday had the honor of holding Mr. Hoover's |hat while he took the oath of office at {'the Capitol. 5 DAVIS LEAVES OFFICE. Former Secretary of War Bids Of- ficial Farewell. Anticipating that James W. Good of Iowa, will be prepared to assume his new duties as Secretary of War tomor- row mogning. Dwight G. Davis received members of the press at 11 o'clock. to- day and expressed to them his “sincere appreciation of their kind consideration and interest” during his administration and at noon took official leave of all his military associates at the depart- ment, including the chief of staff of the pecial character that are | Hoover has{rot the slightest wish to be ' Army and all officers on duty at the War Department.