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ATHEISM LURKS IN EINSTEIN: - THEORY, U. S. CARDINAL SAYS 0’Connell Doubts That Phi- LABOR PRESENTS (RODSEVELT BOMB ‘TARIFF PROGRAM - SENDER S SOUGHT SINCLAIR CONTEMPT CONVICTION UPHELD | STILL UNSEFTLED Supreme Couit Decision Holds Capitalist Must Pay $500 Fine as Well. (Continued From First Page.) fils concerning Teapot Dome, (2) con- cerning an agreement between himself, Secretary Fall and a Mr. Shaffer, under which Mr. Shaffer was to re- ceive a lease upon a certain portion of the Teapot Dome; (3) where and when he had met Secretary Fall during No- vember and December of 1923, and (4) whether he or any of his companies had made any loans or gifts to Secre- tary Fall. These questions Sinclair refused to answer and he was prosecuted in the Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia for contempt of the United States Senate. Here, Sinclair main- tained, as he did before the commit- tee: (1) that the questions propounded by the committee were not relevant to the subject matter of the investigation; (2) that the Senate could not require him to disclose his private affairs; (3) that the Senate could not require in- formation on matter in which the Gov- ernment can have relief or redress or through judicial proceedings: (4) that he, Sinclair, already had been made defendant in a case involving the same subject matter and that he was, there- fore, justified in refusing to answer questions pending in the courts. Upon testimony taken, the trial court submitted to the jury the questions ‘whether Sinclair had been interrogated on the above matters. oy the commit- tee and whether he refused to answer those questions. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and Sinclair was sen- tenced. Sinclair appealed the case to the Court of Appeals of the District of Co- lumbia in which he assigned as error the rulings of the lower court against him on the above contentions, and he also maintained that the lower court erred in refusing to submit to the jury the question whether the committee’s interrogations were pertinent to the investigation. The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia certified these issues of law to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Supreme Court, on mo- tion of special counsel for the Govern- ment, directed the Court of Appeals to certify the entire record to it. ‘The main contentions of Sinclair in the argument before the Supreme Court were: (1) That the questions propound- ed by the committee constituted an u reasonable search and seizure, contra to the fourth amendment of the Con- stitution: (2) that the Senate had no power to require testimony relating to 2 witness’ private business; (3) that the matters concerning which the commit- tee required information were already in the courts and that therefore the Senate could not take jurisdiction over the questions in which Sinclair himself ‘was a defendant, and (4) that the ques- tion of pertinency of the interrogations was one of fact and should have been lugr:lneg to the jury. e Government argued, in o - tion, that the power of the sen:t‘:x o investigate and require witnesses to answer questions propounded was settled by the Supreme Court in the Mal Daugherty case; that since the ques- tions propounded related to the admin- istration of public lands, the matter ‘was within the province of the-Senate committee’s investigation; that the mere fact that a case involving the subject matter is pending before the courts or that that Government might institute proceedings before the courts does not. deprive a committee of Con- gress from investigating matters within its legislative flelds. In this con- nection, the Government argued that, as a matter of fact, Sinclair was not a defendant in the case, as_was pre- sumed in the questions certified by the Court of Appeals of -the District of Columbia, but that the suit in the courts was inst the Mammoth Oil Co., a corporation, and not against Sinclair as an individual. PASTORS ASSIGNED IN BALTIMORE AREA Methodists Adjourn—Next Meet- ing Will Be Held in Cumberland. Assignments to churches for the en- suing year of the 300 ministers of the Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church were an- nounced today by Bishop Herbert ‘Welch, presiding, closing the session which convened last Tuesday. ‘The next meeting of the conference will be held on the first Wednesday ir. June of next year at the Center Street Church, Cumberland, Md., it was announced this morning. Most of the morning session was em- ployed in transacting the closing affairs of the conference. Dr. J. C. Nicholson of Frostburg, Md., a retired minister, was presented with a suit case, commemorating his 50 years of service in the church. Dr. Nichol- son thanked the conference for the gift and told of the days years ago ‘when he rode circuit. A collection was taken for the sexton. Yesterday after- noon 16 ministers and 3 deaconesses ‘were ordained by Bishop Welch at the church, The new members of the con- ference are the following elders: R. Barnes, Washington; Doug- las R. Chandler, Washington; G. Curtis Cromwell, Baltimore; Lloyd G. Davis, Baltimore; Philip C. Edwards, Baltimore; Paul Harris, Barton. Md.; William R. Ogg, Washington, and Ernest A, Otto, Baltimore. ‘The deacons ordained were Melvin A. Baker, Leonardtown; Joseph C. Gray, Scranton, Pa.; Earl S. Hoxter, Balti- more; Stanley J. McFarland, Pawpaw, W. Va.; Lloyd L. Krugg. Baltimore; James E. Reamey, Washington, and Edward B. Wilcox, Washington. Coeelia Sheppore, May Betiagla ‘and ece! leppard, Mary Betlaglia and Elizabeth Jncfion. all of Baltimore. Last night Rev. Dr. John R. Ed- wards, speaking on “The Morning Light in Foreign Missions,” said that the new temporal power of the papacy will make Protestant missionary work in that land easier rather than more Jifficult. —_— MRS. RUBY F. DUNBAR, WIFE OF SCULPTOR, DIES Mrs. Ruby F. Dunbar, wife of Ulric S. J. Dunbar widely known local sculptor, died in Garfield Hospital yes- terday after a long illness. Funeral services will be conducted at " the V. L. Speare Co. funeral parlors, | tion. 1009 H street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in Fort Lin- coln Cemetery. Mrs. Dunbar is survived by her hus- band, a daughter, Jeane Dunbar; a stepson, Clark Dunbar; her parents, several brothers and a sister. " HELD IN LOS ANGELES. 10S ANGELES, Aj 7_(#).—Ber- nard Fuller and William Phelps, be- lieved to be from Washington, have Dbeen arrested here on suspicion of hav- violated the Mann and larceny trust acts. Fuller was said to be with Miss Pau- line Wilt. He denied knowing the gir), ] nly ¢ rudiments of life?” he losopher Knows What He Is Driving At. Dean of Catholic Hierarchy in America Condemns “Be- fogged Professors.” By the Associated Press. BOSTON, April 8—William Cardinal O'Connell, dean of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the United States, believes that behind the Einstein theory of space and time there lurks the “ghastly apparition of atheism.” The cardinal so expressed himself yesterday in a jcommunion breakfast. address before the New England prov- ince of Catholic Clubs of America, in which he stressed the necessity of re- ligious faith and assailed the “pseudo- intellectuals.” After condemning “petty, befogged professors” who have set up some new standard “to attract attention to them- selves” the cardinal turned directly to the subject of the Einstein theory. “Worked-up Enthusiasm.” to be intellect forge! ¥ . asked. “What up enthusiasm It evidently is does all Lt!;l‘sn work.;i- about Eins! mean? worked-up, fictitious enthusiasm, be- cause I have never yet met & man who understood in the least what Einstein is driving at, and I have been so much impressed by this fact that I very seri- ously doubt that Einstein himself knows really what he is driving at. “Truth is always very clear when seen with a clear eve. The fact that any theory cannot be enunciated and only succeeds in befogging the mind is patent proof that it is mnot really truth. n‘“Nuw, 1 have my own ideas about the f Einstein, with his | so-called theories o relativity and his utterly befogged ‘'mo- ime. It seems tions about space and 1 nothing short of an attempt at muddy- ing the waters without perceiving the drift. Innocent students are led away into & realm of speculative thought, the sole basis of which, so far as I can is to produce a universal bt God and His creation. American Students Misled. «I mean that while I do not wish to accuse Einsteln at present of delib- | erately wishing to destroy the Christian | faith and the Christian basis of life, XA‘ half suspect that if we wait a little | longer he unquestionably will reveal himself in this attitude. In a word, the outcome of this doubt and befogged speculation about time and space is a cloak beneath which les the ghastly apparition of atheism. & “Europe has an old civilization and | is used to the sudden appearance of | see, about little credit among European minds un- | less they have something really solid | and provable to reveal, but we all know | that one of the weaknesses of the’ American public is to run after novel- ties which have nothing in them but their newness. “The American student body is very often misled into false channels of knowledge by the sudden appearance of these glittering meteors who from | time to time shoot across the horizon. And then it seems that there is some | sort of an unorganized clique that boosts these sudden apparitions and as quickly disallows them and forgets them. Urges Care in Studying. “Now for the moment it is Einstein. Nobody knows what he is trying to re- | veal, but in a certain sense that adds | mystery to his name, and the intellec- tual world, while puzzled, is almost ready to applaud, but in a short time it will be perfectly clear that Einstein's day has come and gone and then, no doubt, there will be some one else who for the moment will gain the applause of the claque and he will be boosted as the greatest philosopher of modern fimes. “All this proves how careful the stu- dent youth must be in following this fanatical applause which oftentimes is merely the outpouring of a sort of hero worship, but even as such can do endless harm to the impressionable mind of youth.” ‘The cardinal closed with an appeal ' fantastic philosophers. They gain very | & WILLIAM CARDINAL O’CONNELL. that his hearers not be muddled by ts,” but. like “Newman and but hold fast to your Catholic fait - EINSTEIN IS “UNINTERESTED.” Scientist Declares He Is Disinclined to Enter Into Controversy. BERLIN, April 8 (®).—Prof. Albert Einstein today said Cardinal O'Connell's assertion that his theories of space and time had behind them the “ghastly apparition of atheism™” left him cold and uninterested. He sald he was wholly disinclined to enter into a controversy with. the cardinal. U. S. GETS EINSTEIN MANUSCRIPT. Original Document Is Purchased for Wesleyan University at Middletown. MIDDLETOWN, Conn., April 8 (®).— | Wesleyan University has acquired the original manuscript of Prof, Albert Ein- stein’s new theory combining the laws of mechanics and the laws of electricity. The document, consisting of eight pages of closely written lines in Prof. Einstein's hand, will be kept permanent- ly in the Olin Library at the univer- ity. Dr. James L. McConaugh, president of Wesleyan, announced that the manu- script was the joint gift of George W. Davison, New York banker, who is pres- ident of the university board of trustees. and Albert W. Johnston, New York financier and chairman of the Wesleyan trustees’ committce on buildings and grounds. Mr. Davison is president of tyhe Central Union Trust Co. of New ork. Immediately after the new theory had been published, the announcement said, Mr. Davison instructed his company's representative in Berlin to determine whether the manuscript could be ac- quired. Negotiations were carried on with Mrs, Einstein, and through her the scientist agreed to sell the paper to Mr. Davison, whose representative ex- plained that it would be intrusted to the ; custody of an Americap university. “The only interest which Prof. Ein- stein had in the financial aspects of the transaction,” continued the announce- ment, “was that its sale should realize sufficient money to enable him and his wife to carry on the welfare work among university students-in which both long have been muchl inferestéd. The price, which Prof. and Mrs. Einstein re- garded as satisfactory, had no relation to the pricelessness with which, in time, the manuscript itself will assuredly come to be held. “The seventh page of the document beats Prof. Einstein’s autograph. The | eighth contains expressions of thanks| to his co-workers.” FULLER EXPECTED TO SEEK GILLETT'S SEAT IN SENATE (Continued From Hn}_l:lle) DAVIS, FLYING FAN IS SORRY HE CAN'T OWN HIS OWN PLANE (Continued From First Page. announcement with regard to his own | plans, It had been expected he would be a candidate to succeed himself. He has had a distinguished career in public life, He was first elected to the House in 1892 and was re-elected to each succeeding Congress until 1923, when he ran for the Senate against Senator David 1. Walsh and was elected. During his last three terms in the House he was Speaker of that body. Coolidge Race Doubtful. It is doubtful that former President Coolidge would consider running for the Senate if Senator Gillett should ex- press a desire to succeed himself. In 1924. Senator Gillette was Speaker of the House, He had no desire to give up that office and run for the Senate. But Mr. Coolidge was a candidate for President; the late Senator Lodge was Republican_leader of the Senate: the | late John W. Weeks was Secretary of War. It looked as though Massa- chusetts was seeking to hold more than its share of the high Government of- fices. PFurthermore, the blicans were eager to find & man with whom they ht have a chance to defeat Senator Walsh. Senator Gillette finally consented to make the race, and the administration through its influence brought sbout his nomination. ~Mr. Coolidge, it is believed would not run against Senator Gillette if the latter desires again to run for the Senate. Senator Gillett was born in October, 1851, and in November next he will be 70 years old. Mr. is great vote-getter, as he strated many times -n Massachusetts. The Republicans tried to get him to run for the Senate last year against Senator Walsh, but he had announced publicly months beforehand he would | not be a candidate for the Senate against Walsh. - | A solution of the turmoil in Mas- sachusetts politics, it was suggested here today, would be the appointment of Senator Gillette to an important dip- lomatic post abroad. Such a post would, it was said, round out a dist career, cove many years. He might be sent tO or London and repre- sent this country with great satisfac- m-umuanm’:cmmunvxm situation here Wi as the well as in Massachusetts, it was said. Gov. Fuller was an ardent supporter of President Hoover harm :h,:n R:pubuux: r Presi pring, at Hoover boom needed i to Washington Gillett should desire to rdm\nlsg'lflnn m:z:l:z - find ‘In the former Speaker of ouse and pres- ent Senator an Ambassador qualified in It was a commercial plane. The scenery at this time of the year is great as viewed from the air.” ‘The Secretary was asked what Mrs. Davis thought about her husband’s fly- ing activities. “Why Mrs, Davis and all my children are flying = devotees,” he responded. Magerstown. with Lindbergh when he was ca g passengers at Bolling Field some time ago. We all would have a plane if I could afford ome.” Secretary Davis was one of the first cabinet officers to make use of a plane in pursuance of official duties. He has used Army planes in making aerial sur- veys of the Government's immigration defenses and has found the airplane of special value for inspection work along the Mexican border. Trip Easy With Plane. “T covered in several hours country 1t would have taken me several months to traverse without a plane,” Mr. Davis said. “Land transportation in those arid stretches is slow and difficult. With a plane the job was easy.” Secretary Davis believes in taking proper_ precautions before taking to the air. In his ht yesterday he wore a parachute, but spectators noticed that he hadn't taken the trouble to strap it on tightly. Furthermore, he never fails to inquire of Government officials the immediate weather pros- pects. He has never tried to pilot & ship himseif. If the time elver comes Vfihe'n col:: gress provides planes as well as aul mobiles for the use of cabinet officers mem::msemuryvmbememtm take advantage of the innovation. “I wouldn't like to venture a predic- tion as to when such a development 1 might come about,” he remarked, “but in the meantime I lend me & plane Wi for one in my ess the Army will n I feel the need capacity.” e BARDROFF IS COLONEL. John T. Bardroff, assistant District tax assessor, to land values. today received a commission as a colonel and lwe-deflm‘&:n the staff of Gov. ‘Theodore G. of E: ‘The appointment was made by Gov. Bilbo in appreciation of Bardroff's serv- ices as the major aide to the governor and his staff during the augural ceremonies. in his intention to enter the persist senatoriel primary, : The Republicans are seeking to possible the ltflmfi: Senator. y are anxious to prevent possible any chance of the Demo- nother Senate seat. Mr. there in- every respect to represent this country at r:ne of important capitals of Europe. ‘However, if former President Coolidge should make ug“hkmlndtemmto the race for Senate nomination, that would create still another situation, _provided, of course, Mr, run_of any feat Mr. it Fuller sbould * l “Mrs. Davis and my son, Jim, went up |y, q | levels should be considered as well as | heard when tariff revision was in the 'P‘l)'lm. executive secretary of the con- ! Delegation Urges Hoover to|Porter in Post Office Credited Consider Wage Question in Studying Revision. In presenting to President Hoover to- day the views of organized labor on tar- iff revision, a delegation representing the America’s Wage Earners’-Confer- ence, composed of leaders of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, urged that labor be taken into consideration in the working out of new tariff schedules. The delegation also requested that a repre- sentative of organized labor be appoint- ed 4o the tariff commission. The labor leaders pointed out to President Hoover that in preparing new tariff sehedules the differences in wage the variations in the cost of ‘materlals manufactured here and abroad. It was clatmed that the formula followed by those working on a revision of the schedules takes into consideration only the difference in manufacturing and ction costs and overlooks the mat- er of wage levels. Labor's First Definite Program. Representatives of the American Federation of Labor always have been eourse of g\;eplnuon, but today's call at the White House represented the first presentation of a definite tariff program by organized labor. The delegation was headed by Mat- thew Woll, vice president of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor and President of the W Earner’s Conference. In the group with him' were Michael J. ference; James )nlnneh president of ! the Glassblowers' Association; Charles L. Baine, secretary of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, and I. M. Orn- burn, president of the Cigar Makers' International Union. After a restful week end the President appeared at his desk before 9 o'clock this morning, giving outward evidences of the benefits derived from his Satur- day's holiday and his Sabbath rest. His working schedule for the day was a large one and included many callers. Former Gov. Brewster of Maine dis- cussed with him the proposal to have the various States collect data regard- ing omflnymnl. which records we be available to the Federal Govern- ment at any time. Minnesotan’s Appointment Urged. Representative Knutson of Minnesota urged the President today to appoint E. L. Rogers of Walker, Minn,, as Com- missioner of Indian Affairs to succeed Commissioner Burke. Among others re- ceived by the President were Dr. J. W. Jenks and several members of the China ! famine relief committee, the Britlsh; Ambassador, who presented Sir William Clark, British high commissioner to Canada; Brig. Gen. Lord, director of the Budget: Senator Harris of Georgia, the glee clubs of Harvard and Hanover | College, Indiana, and 300 members of the Brotherhood of the Jewish Congre- gations. The President and Mrs. Hoover yes- terday attended religious services at the | er Meeting House, at Thirteenth and Irving streets northwest. In the afternoon they went for a short motor ride and in the evening were hosts to; a small party of friends for dinner. Although the President has not said so definitely, he is understood to be con- templating a trip to the Hunting Creek fishing grounds, near Frederick, Md., recently acquired by Lawrence Richey, one of his secretaries. GANN HAS NO HOPES _ OR EXPECTATIONS OF OFFICIAL STATUS (Continued From PFirst Page.) vice presidential suite in the Mayflower Hotel and his law offices in the Union Trust Building. Represented as having no personal in- terest in soclety, Mr. Gann is said to | feel that the question of Mrs. Gann's official status is the particular concern of the Vice President and the diplo- matic corps. His friends feel that the public is misinformed as to the effect on him of any ruling in the matter. As a distin- guished attorney he enjoys a social posi- tion in his own right, and any position his wife might occupy at formal gath- erings of an officlal character would not have the effect of embarrassing him or_resulting in misunderstanding. In this connection, it was pointed cut that rarely. at such gatherings. does a | man accompany his own wife to the | dinner table. | While precedence in such matters has | ruled for years, both in official soclety | and among other groups, history has' been neglectful of men who found | themseives in positions similar to that | of Mr. Gann. Mrs. John McElroy, the | sister of President Arthur, acted as his ' ss, I but. persons who ‘can recite in | detail the story of the social stir that resulted find it difficult to recall wheth- er Mrs, McElroy’s husband figured at |, all. Regardless of the final ruling in the | case of Mrs. Gann, her husband’s| friends say that he will greet it with, apparent unconcern and be gratified ; to abide by it ‘with the dignity and consideration characteristic of his posi- | —_———— COURT RULING HITS QUOTA IMMIGRANTS SEEKING WORK HERE & (Continued From First_Page.) visions. They are entitled, under the law, to cross the border freely upon the resentation of an identification card 'he Government -contended that nat- uralized Canadians and Mexicans were entitled to presentation of unexpired consular im~ migration visas. The decision was a victory for the Government, which sought a sweeping | ruling holding that naturalized Cana- | dians and all other quota immigrants were required to present immigration visas to obtain admission.. The opinion was a broad construction of the Jay Las treaty as npglied to Canadians and of {mmigration laws as applied to aliens. Sunday Stunt Flying Is Barred on Plea of Charlotte Ministers By the Associated Press, T Stunt flying a mun| port here will be barred on Sun- day, but that is as far as its man- t will go in deference to the Charlotte ministry, Ministers here have complained to_ the Mecklenburg County com- missioners that an amusement business is being operated at the airport on Sunday to-such an ex- tent that it infringes upon the Sunday closing laws and inter- feres with church attendance. | which attracted a fel admission only upon the | ¥ I - With Saving Lives by Discovery. By Associated YORK, found in a variety known as a “scare” bomb squad detectives an- nounced today. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 8.—Folice today sought the sender of a bomb addressed to_Gov. D. Roosevelt. It was accidentally discovered by a porter in the parcel post room of the ngl'l;lru Post Office yesterday. e infernal machine consisted of 6 ounces of dynamite in a 6-inch length of 1-inch pipe, capped at both ends and provided with a fuse and detonati device. The whole thing was lmbeddzfi in wax in a tin candy hox wrapped in brown paper. The detonator was a strip of sand- E:lp;r against which four matches were by a ing in such a way that if the lid of box were lifted the fuse would be ignited. On the wrapper was the hand-printed address, “The Hon. F. D. Mansion House, Albany, N. corner was printed “H. Bup, ty-ninth street.” Police found the name and address fictitious. ‘Thomes Callegy, the porter, found the mhonhhrwhen Mmucuonuuy hit it with 00 mwhile lveean‘ the parce] post room. At the contact there was .l hiss and smoke cu{lhd from the pack- age. Callegy ptly tram it. The porurmlnn in s iy bomb, life and those of the clerks at work in the room. as he broke off extinguished the matches. when told of the finding of the bomb. | His only comment was that he “was discovering mmissioner ‘Whalen that he knew of no motive for lad no one was injured in it.” He told Police Co the sending of a bomb to him. S FRAE DEi = MILD TAKES FIRST ON GARD AT BOWIE W. H. Fizer's Filly Beats Alwington Dolly and Campfire Maid. BOWIE RACE TRACK, Md., April 8.—In spite of the excessive heat, an- other large crowd turned out to witness the running of today’s program featured by the Old Virginia. a race of a mile and a sixteenth for 4-year-olds upward, of five, and the Mount Vernon, a dash of three-quarters for 3-year-olds. The Mount Vernon drew a fleld of 13. but two of that number, Rockaphine and Battle Ax, were withdrawn early. ‘The race, however, was to mark the first appearance of E. B. Mclean's Nymph King this season. Nymph King, a son of Colin, showed considerable promise last year when he won in & gallop in his first start at Havre De Grace. He did not get to the post again fter that. ‘The track, muddy Saturday, dried out over the week end and was fast today. Mild Scores in Opener. Mild closed with a rush to win, going away in the first race of the program, the usual sprint of 'y mile for 2-vear olds. Alwington Dolly was second an Campfire Maid third. The winner was outrun during the early part of it and did not make her | bid until straightened out in the stretch. | Com: Up to that point Alwington Dolly and Willow had been runni head and head, well in front of the field. Willow xun in the last 1-16 of a mile and Iwington Dolly didn't have enough left to stall off the rush of Mild. Campfire Maid came from behind ‘to show over Louis B. The winner stepped the 4 fur- longs in 48 seconds. | BOWIE RESULTS | FIRST RACE—Two-year-old maid- ens, 4 furlongs. Mild, $9, $4.90, $3.40, won. Alwington Doliy, $9.10. $5.40, second. Campfire Maid, $6, third. \Also ran—FPire Girl, Louis B, Wan- dering Flower, Mikelina, Willow, Billy Golden, Locket, Adriane G, Nellie Basii. Second race—6 furlongs. Storm King—Won. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. CE—Purse, $1.300; 4 turl RA( maiden 3- colts and geldin ons FI year-ol 1 Winning Card.... Wandering Gold.. Voodoo .. t aUptown cMoonstruck ERilD B. McLean entry. vada Stock Farm. Boyhitses. i £y SECOND RACE—Purse, 3-year-olds; 6 furlongs. XO; $1,200; claiming: *Fair Thorn. . Also eligibic on Fee 38 Sans Tolam o Kol Bhek. Vovage .. Panama urse. $1.200: claiming: 6 furlongs. *Listerine 5 Mlb, W2 14 B e S i e . 107 12 Year. J. Dudley Withers, manager of the al , issued a statement in which he contended that the pas- traffic is vehiculer trans- | o SRR e n-‘i 104 miles, Runt.. ping on the lice said, probably u'ved his the fuse and Gov. Roosevelt expressed no alarm | CITY HEADS URGE GRAVELLY POINT AS D. C. AIRPORT SITE (Continued From Pirst Page.) plans of the War Department, Repre- sentative Nelson asked him where he thought the new airport for Washington should be placed. He replied that he | had only looked into the proposed sitee in a general way, but it appeared fo him Gravelly Point is the best avallable lo- cation. Members of the commission gques- tioned Comdr. Towers at some leagth as to whether it is advisable to have the Navy conducting fiying tal work so close to a large city like Wash~ ington. Comdr. Towers said there seemed to be no need for danger to the public provided they do not en- croac! fleld of operation. M. Adams, a former national presi- dent of the Aeronautic Association, de- voted most of his testimony to a de- scription and explanation of how the Boston Airport is being developed. After he had given those details, Senator Bing asked him how he visualized the needs of Washington. “I do not think any city in the coun- try bas so gr d for an airport as Washington,” Mr. Adams replied. Beautiful City From Air. “The type of people who ccme here would use airplanes. Furthermore, ‘Washington from the air is undoubt- edly the most beautiful city in the United States. The two private fields here now are kept busy all the time. The District of Columbia is also an im- portant mail center.” Senator Bingham asked the witness if he was familiar with local sites. He sald he was familiar with the two fields now in operation across the river and indirectly familiar with Graveily Point, but that he preferred to let the local committee that had studied the prob- lem for the national association present its views as to location. Mr. Adams laid down the p: i | | airport with less than 3,000 feet of clear runway space. He said 5,000 feet would be desirable, but that in no event should the runway area be than 3,000 feet. Senator Bingham asked what the witness thought Washington's needs would be 10 years from now and at the end of 20 years. He replied that any airport established now should be good for 10 years, but did not think any air | port_built, now would years hence. Maj. Davison_testified in answer to a question by Representative that it would require three years from the time the appropriation is made available until the proposed airport at Gravelly Point would be provided. The Gravelly Point area would be created by filling in what is now a water area. | Maj. Davison said soundings recently | made at the direction of Congress show | that there is a gravel bed sufficient to orm the base for the fill. Administration Building Planned. Maj. Davison also testified that the missioners have in mind an admin- | istration building on the fleld that would cost $150,000, equal to that plan- ned for the Boston airport. ‘While Maj. Davison was deseribing in detail what is proposed for Gravelly Point, Senatar. Bingham and Repre- | sentative Zihlman asked a number of questions as to areas that might be available near Coilege Park, Md., and also at Chillum, Md,, for airport sif Senator Bingham brought out b questioning that the area on which the pIe runways and other landing facilities are to be laid out is about half a mile from the spot known as Gravelly Point, and Maj. Davison testified that this distance would be ample to make possible safe take-offs from the runways on the proposed site. Letter of Commissioners Read. The letter of the District Commis- sioners, which was erad to the airport group by Maj. Davison, read in part as follows: “It is_not considered necessary have in Washington the largest airport in the world, but it is believed that such an airport as is constructed should not be surpassed in its facilities by any other airport. After careful considera Hion of the matter from all angles and an investigation of all of the other pos- sible sites, the Commissioners are con- vinced that the proposed site at Gr: elly Point, south of the Highway Bridge, on the west shore of the Potomac River. |is the best location within the District of Columbia, Careful investigation has been made to ascertain whether or not the Gravelly Point airport site can be developed in such manner that the fin- ished field will justify the expense and serve as the site for & model airport. It is believed that the engineering features involved are simple and entirely pos- sible of execution and that the ground so made will make an excellent airport. “No attempt is here made to go into the merits and demerits of the other airport sites in the immediate ict of Columbia, but f the Distric D o o ng why the e Gravelly the needs proposed vicinity of information will be made the joint commission showl: Commissioners feel that th Point site is best sulted to of the District of Columble. Point Site Readily Located. «“In general, Gravelly Point is prop- erly situated to be readily located from the air, It has perfect facilities for communication by land and by water. It can be used jontly by land planes and sea planes. It is of suitable size and is capable of expansion at & rea- sonable expenditure of funds. It s, on all sides, free from obstructions which would constitute flying s so situated that such constructions never can be built close to the field. It is centrally located and can be con- yeniently reached in & short time from the center of the city. It is practi- cally all within the confines of the Dis- trict of Columbia and it is believed that an agreement can be reached with the State of Virginia that will permit the field to be maintained under the direct | control of the District government. “It can be constructed and operated at a reasonable cost as com| with the developments of similar ports at other important centers.” After explaining the size of the pro- ing md o{z’lxdnat the l'll;l l;n;i utfixhr‘e possi- fes for enlargement years, the Commissioners made the following recommendations: “The nn:l invoives an devel Core mpmx11:!!10?1;‘5%‘:E necticut and Representative Nelson of Maine. that it would be foolish to establish an | be adequate 20| to | ‘Three members of the congressional joint committee that opened hearings for Washing- of C FOUR FLEE PRISON, TWO RECAPTURED Trial for Murdering Trus- tee, Lead in Escape. | | By the Assaciated Press, | BATON ROUGE, la. Aprii 8—A a manhunt today by the escape of four convicts from the Louisiana State Peni- tentiary. " They made their getaway from the ing in a prison au Later in the day one of them was captured after a gun battle on the main street of Magnolia, Miss., and early to- day the other three oi‘h“; Teported sur- rounded near Magn y & posse. ‘Two of the convicts, Steven J. Beck, bank robber. and Jim Heard, burglar, | were scheduled to go on trial at St. iPnncstnk today for murdering a | trusty in an atiempt to escape the prison last September. The other two were Adam Webster, tering, who was captured, and Fred Wil- son, purse snatcher. All were sentenced from New Orleans. Get Away During Breakfast. down for breakfast the quartet made their break for freedom. Covering an office boy and & trust ywith a revolver, | they broke into a gun case and obta! | a rifie, one or more shotguns and am- munition. ! a key to the gate fram the trusty's pocket. the men made their way outside the prison grounds, where they overpowered a lookout guard, relieving him of his gun, leapea into-a prison | automobile and fled. Sheriff Thad Ellzey of Pike County, was notified that the convicts were headed in the direction of Mag- | nelia, and he and a deputy set out | to_meet them. | Dashin; | stopped their car in front of the | effice and all four opened fire on the sheriff and deputy who appeared half a block away. 100 Shots Fired. | After more than 100 shots had been | exchanged without damage the con- lva-u fled through a yard and three | of them. commandeered the automobile |of a passing motorist and sped away. | The car was found abandoned several | miles sway and the trio were thought | to_have taken to the woods. | Webster was found crouched down be- neath some bbery in the yard. He gave up his pistol without resistance and was lodged in the county jail | was captured at Alexandria, after ‘he had been officially reported dead. Thirty convicts attempted to shoot their | way to freedom, but only one is still at_large. Beck was serving 15 years for partici- pating in the robbery of the Canal Bank & Trust Co. several years sgo. De- “wmt ;‘u arusledle‘l;‘l: by tracing | Mother’s day_tel he sent to his moiher in Detroit. project, including seaplane develop- ment, call for $5.892,961. A smaller de- velopment, complete as to details and conveniences for a model airport, prob. ably will meet the needs of the District | ernment for some years to come. Cost Estimates Explained. “Such a smaller development is pro- vided for at a eost of approximately | £4,000.000, the detailed estimates, not | including seaplane development, amount- |ing to $4,017,776. This initial project | can be brought into being and equipped for use as an alrport with adequate facilities (in contradistinction to com- plete facilities) at an initial cost of $2,631,896, and it is recommended that | this latter sum be made available for | the construction of a municipal aivport at the Gravelly Point site. Operations could be commenced if approximately | three-quarters of this sum were appro< | - | priated and authority given to contract for the full amount.” The Commissioners then went on to call attention to the rapidity with which air transportation of passengers, mail and express freight is wing. Wash- ington, they said, must keep pace with this development. They pointed out that the National Capital tegically to become a junction point for air transport lines. Several air trans- port lines already reach Wuhln{ton and others are demanding facilities here, they declared. Government Needs Revealed. “While it is to be anticipated that the principal use of the field will be for the purpese of the District of Co- lumbia as s municipality,” the Com- missioners continued, “it is undoubtedly true that the many agencies of the Fed- eral Government will utilize this field as their means of air communication with the Capital, and this consideration demands that the Washington airport should be of a character and standard superfor to what might be required if only the commercial needs of the city were to be considered. “An adequate and well equipped air- port here will materially aid in carrying on the Government's business, and it may be anticipated that many branches of the Government not only will make located stra- 15 | daily use of the airport, but will re- quire facilities upon the fleld itseif | whigh, in their totals, will constitute & goodly proportion of the available hangar space.” Dus his testimony Mr. Adams of the National Aeronautic Association said he would not be surprised “if 20 years from now you should see four afrports successfully operating in Wash- ington.” He previously had testified that he thought the ral Govern- ‘ment should establish the main airport in the National Capital and when he visualized several airports at the end of 20 years S¢énator Bingham inquired if he thought it would be necessary for the Federal or District government to provide more than one airport. Mr. Adams replied that he did not think the t or the munici- more than one Dl port, bat that additional ones' would ' and be establisbed proviately when needed. iLouisiana Convicts, Facing| scheduled murder trial was turned nto | penitentiary recefving station early yes- | terday by ovorpo-enuhflum and fiee- | tomobile. serving a sentence for breaking and en- | While the other convicts were sitting | into Magnolia, the conviets | post | creditor In the September prison break. Beck | | of ‘Columbia and of the Federal Gov- | Agreement Seems No Nearer Than It Was Two Months Ago. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 8—The international reparations experts began the ninth week of their deliberations today with anything but favorable auspices for suc- cess of their labor. In well informed circles it was said, however, they had not lost hope of arriving at a satisfac- tory settlement of the reparations prob- lem. ‘Whatever the work that has been done, tuation remains about as it did two months ago at the start of the . | deliberations—that is, the tremendous gap between the Prench and allied re- quests and what the Germans are pre- pared to offer has mever been bridged. The actual negotiations continue shroud- n ed in secrecy. Press Assails Allies. The Prench newspapers the last two or “three days have assailed Owen D. Young and the other allied delegates for making a list of the allied claims and presenting it to Dr. Schacht, this criticism apparently being predicated on a knowledge that such had taken place As a result, it was claimed. the allies had been put in a position of defending their claims. Attention was called that the conference was sought by the Ger- mans, who, nevertheless, through the | negotiations had gained the position of listening to offers rather than g them. On this assumption, it was under- stood today that instead of making defi- nite offers, Dr. Schacht has demanded reductions in the claims of the allies, regarding them simply as claims for reparation of war d: es and distin- guished from the inter: debts.. ite certain allled concessions. there is said to be still a considerable gap between the positions of the two groups. Another plenary session. in view of the situation, is not expected for several days. Holidays Are Limited. It mow is proposed that hereafter the committee go ahead at full steam, taking no more week end holidays until a decision is reached on which a report can be drawn. The whole committee agrees that the work must lag no longer. Reports that the Germans alone were responsible for previous delays are denied by other committeemen. There are good reasons to suppose that the | German experts became eager to talk business 10 days ago after Chairman Young laid down the principles calling for action. The Germans, it is said, in sparring for position, found- the time coming when they would have been faced with the alternative of having to go on indefinitely under the present Dawes plan unless a compromise settlement could be reached. Hope for Decision This Week. Mr. Young, having taken the matter in hand, made known in his now famous memorandum what was expected in the way of further efforts by the experts, and has since remained the guiding hand in the private talks as well as {in full sessions of the committee. Many conversations between the experts and Dr. Hjalmar . the chief German delegate, have taken place in his residence, both parties seeking his advice and inter- vention. Some of the experts now hope for a decision before the end of the week. After that several weeks will be re- quired to draw up & report. | RUM TREATY POINTS | BELIEVED INVOLVED IN M ALONE NOTE (Continued From First Page.) i a matter of a few hours and carrying the vessel far out on the high seas 18 considered by the Americans to be “hot and continuous.” ‘Whether another vessel than the one which began the chase can take up the | pursuit and subsequently sink the vesscl, | 2 | as was the case with the I'm Alone. Question of Vielence Arises. ‘Whether the sinking of a vessel, in- valving loss of life and property, as was the case of the I'm Alone, is not considered a violent means of enforcing the provisions of the treaty. The Canadians are said to recognize the. implication that the right of search and seize within one hour’s sailing dis- tance carries with it the right to use violence tc effect the seizure, they are understood. however, to question wheth- er this implication holds on the hig! seas in cases where the pursuit merely has been begun within the treaty limit. Johnson Opposes Court Action. Submission to the World Court of the moot questions that have grown out of the sinking of the I'm Alone, in the opinion of Senator Johnson of Califar- nia, would mean permitting “foreign judges bitterly opposed to our policy” | to sit as arbiters. The Californian, an irreconcilable in his opposition to American adherence to the court. is making a campaign agsinst the revised formula for adher- ence of this country recently worked out at Geneva by Elthu Root with other jurists, which probably will be placed before the Senate for ratification at ‘the December session. He recalled in a statement yester- day that an “ardent adherent” of the court, presumably Senator Walsh of Montana, had advocated that the I'm Alone case be submitted to the court, and asserted th: ‘even an internatigne™ alist can understand what would hap- pen.” If the United States, after joining the court, would not submit the I'm Alone dispute to that tribunal, the Senator said, “We would then be in the position, immediately after joining the court, of at once repudiating it. a role, of course, which no self-respecting nation would | { | “Atmosphege Would Be Freesing.” “If, on the other hand.” he con- tinued, “we submitted ourselves and the case to the court, Great Britain, Prance, Canada and foreign judges bit- terly t;rpuad to our policy would pass upon it.” & g “The United States, he said, “would be before a foreign court with 14 judges, all of them doubtless what have made a national policy. So, in a case involving prohibition, especially if of serious import like the sinking of the I'm Alone, the atmosphere of this for- elgn court would be so freezing as to chill even the American representative. Moreover, the case might be brought into court, were the United States a member, by either Great Britain or France or Canada. “Sir Cecil Hurst demands separate representation upon the court for the British dominions, as well as for Great Britain herself, and in this demand he has the enthusiastic support of Mr. Root. Only the timid voice of a small in Burope is heard in opposi- | tion. If the United States were a part of the court, when Great Britaln, or France, or Oanada demanded the sub- mission of the I'm Alone case. what would we do? We know Great Britain France -control the League, and the towrs 1s bub & pazt of the League.’ 3, GiSmp i M Ay