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WEATHER. (U. 8. Wenther Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly morrow increasing followed by showers at night. ‘Temperatures: Highest, yesterday; lowest, 46, at 6:15 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 24 and 25 warmer tonight; to- cloudiness, probably , at 11 am. ch ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening S N * The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press service. news Yesterday's Circulation, 110,826 27, 1929—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. LS STAND UPHELD| CHLDRES QLTS ON ARY RESERVES [~ 2, TS BOARD DESPITE OBJECTION Geneva Parley Rules Favor- ably on Proposal After Ger- many Raps It. SOVIET ALSO OPPOSED AMERICAN VIEWPOINT Hope for Final Agreement on Dis- armament Increased by Gibson's Stand. SN | By the Associated Press. GENEVA, April 27.—Despite strong German and Russian objection, limita- tion on trained army reserves was ruled out of the draft treaty of the prepara- tory disarmament commission today. The action was in line with the an- nouncement of Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson, American representative, made at yesterday's session that the United States, in the interests of making prog- ress toward disarmament, would mnot insist upon trained reserves figuring in the treaty, although it still" believed that they should. After clear evidence that a majority of the countries at the conference fa- vored taking no action on reserves, President Loudon this afternoon ruled that no limitation of them could be in« visaged in the treaty. Soviet in Opposition. Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet delegate, de- manded a vote, but President Loudon refused this, as the question involved a principle. He said that M. Litvinoff would have a chance to vote when the }ext of the draft treaty takes written orm. It became certain that the conscrip- tion countries, like France, Italy and Japan, would win their point that trained reserves should not be included when Lord Cushendun, delegate of Great Britain, disclosed that Britain, like the United States, in the interes! of making progress toward disarma- ment would not insist upon the reserves being in the treaty. Count von Bernstorff, the German delegate, maintained that reserves formed a decisive factor in war and should be limited, even intimating that a disarmament draft treaty which did not take into account trained reserves @s army effectives would bs unaccep- table to Germany. Others Backed Germany. of conscription because it the warlike spirft. Without taking decision the conference adjourned onday morning. ux.eq\!e of Nations circles saw in the new American concession incre hope for an international disarmament agreement. was the second an- & to and proposed classes of war craft. Little Effect on U. S. The second concession was not one to have perceptible effect on American armaments, but seemed designed par- ticularly to indicate willingness of the United States to get together with France and Italy on grounds acceptable 1o them. Both of those countries have contended that their conscript classes, mustered out but held in reserve, should not be considered in any agreement for Jimitation of armies. Ambassador Gibson's announcement was taken here as indicating American wishes to secure a disarmament agree- ment even at some 5 Lord Cushendun then took the floor and announced that Great Britain had decided to take the same attitude as the United States on trained reserves and agreed to have them omitted from limitation in any treaty which might be evolved. He said he believed like Ambassador Gibson that they should be | included, but if he insisted on his views it might wreck the draft treaty. DEMOCRAT 1S NAMED ON RADIO COMMISSION ‘W. D. L. Starbuck, Lawyer, of New | JOHN W. CHILDRESS. TACNA-ARICA PEACE INVOLVES 5 POINTS Settlement of Boundary Dis- pute to Be Definitely An- nounced Before Monday. By the Assoclated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, April 27.—Foreign Minister Conrado Rio Gallardo, after another conference yesterday with the Peruvian ambassador, said that definite announcement of the settlement of the Tacna-Arica boundary dispute would be made before Monday. ‘The settlement was said last night unofficially to involve these five main agreements: The port of Arica to be free and the Chilean government to construct a spe- cial pler for Peruvian services.\ The territory to be divided, with the province of Tacna assigned to and Arica to Chile. The boundary line to run parallel the Arica-La Paz Railroad at a distance 10 kilometers to the north. Chile to Le Yarada. A peace monument to be erected on a hill at Arica, s a symbol similar to the Christ in the ‘Andes, which com- memorates the ful settlement of the boundary ute between Chile and Argentina. I RELIEF 1S PUSHE IN TORNADD AREA All Available Workers Sent Into Torn Georgia Sectors to Combat Disease. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga, April 27.—South Georgia communities in the path of the series of tornadoes that swept up the Atlantic seaboard Thursday night, kill- ing 72 persons, injuring more than 500 and making hundreds of others home- less, today bent every effort toward re- lief of the sufferers. All available rellef workers of the State Board of Health here were sent into the stricken areas with medicinal supplies to fight disease, while doctors and nurses from other cities hurried to the devastated sections to care for the injured. 30-Mile Sector Hardest Hit. ‘The greatest death toll, and the great- est damage, was in the 30-mile sector between Statesboro and Metter, Ga., where 56 persons lost their lives in the storms, and 100 others were injured. At coehx::‘\mcn four ':re killed; Dexter repo two dead, Norristown, two; one was killed in the vicinity of Rentz, two in Emanuel County, and five others lost their lives in South Carolina, after the storm dropped down on Ander- son and Hobbyville after visiting Geor- mA!lhmuh civil authorities reported the sitation well in hand, the State's military forces were instructed by Gov. § | Hardman to hold themselves ready to York City, Will Complete | /000 stever aid might be required of Personnel of Body. them, in housing and feeding: less By the Associated Press. Wwilliam D. 8. Starbuck, a democrat, of New Jersey, has been selected by President Hoover as a member of the Federal Radio Commission, succeeding Commissioner Caldwell of New York. This appointment completes the per- sonnel of the commission under the Hoover administration. Mr. Starbuck’s nomination will be sent to the Senate soon, and since it is satisfactory to the two Democratic Senators from New York, early confirmation is anticipated by the White House. Mr. Starbuck is a lawyer and an en- gineer with offices in New York City. He is 43 years old, a graduate of Col- umbia University and has been actively engaged in the practice of patent law with pariicular attention to radio matters, BELGIAN EN\]OY T0 STAY. Brussels Officials Deny Ambassa-’ dor Is to Be Replaced. BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 27 (). —Reports that the Prince Albert de Ligne, ambassador at Washington, was to be recalled were denied in official quarters this morning. It was said that the prince had given full satisfaction as ambassador. | Bank Statement l Washington clearing house, $4897,- 692.37. Treasury balance, $234.774,696.12 New York clearing house exchange. refugees. Property Loss Is Heavy. At Dublin, the militia sent truck loads of bedding and cots to Dexter's home- less. Untold destruction to property, crops and live stock was left in the wake of the freakish twisters. Trees were up- rooted, twisted off, and dropped across { highways, disrupting communication | and making relief work difficult. The fact that all of the tornadoes ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) |FIRST D. C. JONES LAW Justice Siddons Gives Bootlegger Two Years and $3,000 Fine on Plea of Guilty. on Benning road by Policeman G. F. of alleged whisky. was_inclined to be lenient. exist as to the wisdom and |law and must be obeyed. $1.318,000,000. New York clearing +$133,000,000. house balance, to | 0N of the posts is filled. appropriate $6,000,000 to | chairman the new commission has had assist Peru in constructing a port at | since its creation more than two years SENTENCE IS ASSESSED Colored Justice Frederick L. Siddons, in Crim- inal Division 2, today imposed the first sentence in the District of Columbia under the Jones law. Norman E. Good- win, colored, 21 years old, had pleaded guilty to transporting a quantity of liquor March 16. He had been arrested Newton, who said he recovered 36 jars The prisoner was sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $3,000. Justice Siddons declared that he was taking into consideration the plea of guilty and as it was the first case he ““Whatever difference of opinion may policy of | this law,” said Justice Siddons, “it is a It is the duty of every enforcement officer, including | the court, to give full effect to it, and us far as I am concerned, I shall do s0.” : RadioLPrograms—Pn.ge 32 TOTAKENEW POST Tenders Resignation to Take Position as Agent for i Steamship Company. ASKS TO BE RELIEVED OF DUTY ON MAY 31 Important Matters Now Pending Can Be Cleaned Up by Then, He Believes. John W. Childress has resigned as a member of the Public Utilitles Commis- sion to accept an important position j with the newly created United States Lines, Inc., it was learned today at the White House. He is chairman of the commission. ‘The resignation was sent to President Hoover late yesterday and in it Mr. Childress asked to be relieved of his official duties May 31. “I beg to tender you herewith my resignation as a member of the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia,” Mr. Childress wrote Presi- dent Hoover. Action Is Surprise. “There are certain matters of im- portance now pending before this com- mission which require my personal at- tention. I believe, however, that such matters can be cleared up by May 31, 1929, at which time I would like to be relleved of my official dutles, if 4t is agreeable to you.” Mr. Childress’ resignation came as & distinet surprise in public utilities cir- cles, and will result in an almost com- plete disorganization of the Public Utili- ties Commisison unless President Hoo- ver appoints a successor to him or Col. Harrison Brand, jr., before May 31. The vacancy caused by the failure of the fenate to confirm former President Coolidge’s nomination of Col. Brand left the commission with only two members, and it will not be able to function le- gally after Mr. Childress leaves unless Term Expires June 30. Mr. Childress is the first and only ago. His present term expires June 30, but it was believed in public utility cir- cle‘:‘ ktsm he may have been reap- pointed. In his hew position, Mr. Childress will be the general agent for TAKE RYDER CUP English Stars Walk - Away With Singles Tourney to Wipe Out U. S. Advantage. By the Associated Press, MOORTOWN, 'England, April 27— Great Britain today won the Ryder Cup, emblematic of the international pro- fessional golf championship, by six matches against four for the Ameri- cans and two halved, in two days’ play. Yesterday was devoted to foursomes and today to singles. The British overwhelmed the visitors in the singles play, winning five, losing two and getting a half in the other after the players from overseas had won two of the four foursomes yester- day and halved another, Cotton Clinches Victory. Henry Cotfon, the youngest member of British team, clinched the victory on the thirty-third hole, where he defeated Al Watrous 4 up and 3 to play. After getting away to a bare lead In the foursomes, the Americans were lit- tle short of a rout today when such in- ternational stars as Walter Hagen, Johnny Farrell and Gene Sarazen were | defeated early in the day. Only Leo Diegel, who played almost as brilliantly y as he did yesterday, and the youthful Horton Smith, making his first appearance in British play, were able to score victories. Al Espinosa stood off Ernest Whitcombe to halve his match, but the cup had already been lost. . Diegel Celebrates Birthday. ‘There was a sentimental interest in Diegel’s victory over the veteran Abe Mitchell, for the professional champion of the United States and Canadian open title holder was celebrating his thirtieth birthday. He observed the day by playing 28 holes in 10 under fours. Horton Smith, the other American remaining unbowed before the British drive, was playing another veteran, | Fred Robson, who is more than twice the age of the 20-year-old Missourian. After the Englishman went 1 up at the lwemy-d?hth, Smith showed Rob- son and a gallery of 8,000 following the play how a Midwestern whirlwind fin- ishes a golf match. Smith Wins on 34th. Smith won four holes running to be- come dormie at the thirty-third and dropped a 25-footer at the thirty-fourth for a birdie 3, winning the hole and match. Final Score Is 7 to 5. The final score in points was 7 to 5, the British winning six matches, the Americans taking four and two being halved. Al Espinosa and Ernest Whit- combe finished all square and each side was credited with 2 of 1 point, although this match had no bearing on the final result. The Americans’ record for the day in the singles matches was two .| victories and one half against five British wins and one half. Farrell had no chance against Whit- combe’s sterling game. The American open champion was 2 down at the first turn, 6 behind after 18 holes and 7 down at the twenty-seventh. The British went ahead In the Ryder Cup contest when Duncan returned a victory over Hagen, 10 up and 8 to play. A victory for Compston over Sarazen, 6 and 5, again gave the British the advantage in point pcores, BYRD FINDS WATER UNDER ICE BARRIER Location of Land Thus Indi- cated Would Explain Bay of Whales’ Existence. BY RUSSELL OWEN. Witeless to Star and New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, April 27—Comdr. Byrd went to the bottom of the crevass north of camp yesterday and found sea water about 35 feet down, or rather slush ice in a crack, which was salt. ' ‘We have long belleved that there was water under the barrier on which our base is located and also that there must be land somewhere near here.to hold it for so many years in its peculiar forma- tion._The location flmw secret which would explain the existence of the Bay of Whales, - It we did not beliéve in the land, we might be somewhat uneasy as to the permanence of our Winter quarters. The crack has interested us for some- time, because it has become wider in the last few weeks. Whether this is due to contraction in cold weather or to barrier movement, or to & téndency on the part of a section of the barrier to carve off, no one knows. Contraction Theory Finds Support. ‘The majority opinion tends to the con- traction theory, and the commander’s inspection of it seems to support that opinion more strongly than any other. But so little is known about the movement of the barrier here, the loca- tion of land, the strains to which our { portion of the barrier is subjected and the action of currents tide on the {;elt jce mass, that any opinion is rdly more than an intelligent guess at_present. If possible, the commander intends to know something more definite about it by Spring by making soundings. It was about noon when he and a small group of men went up to the crevass, which lies on the side of a barrier slope a few hundred yards northeast of the camp, near what might have been the edge of the old inlet from the bay in the barrier before the part on which we are located filled in many years ago. Our camp, it must be remembered, is in what apj to be a hollow formed by the gr filling in of a deep inlet in the east side of the bay wall. It was a cold day for playing around crevasses, 50 below zero and a light breeze blowing. While a suitable spot was being found for entering the crevass, those in the party were busy part of the time watching for frozen spots on each other's faces. “You've got it on the cheek,” one would call, and the other answered back, “Well, your nose is frozen.” And when a mitten was removed so_the frozen :pat could be rubbed the hand would reeze. Cold Freezes Up Flashlights. It was so cold that hand flashlights could not be used, as the cold stopped uumchemlul action of the dry bat- teries. R UNSOLVED. Suspect Is Freed—Star Witness Is Feared Killed. LOS ANGELES, April 27 (#).—Mys- tery surrounding the murder of .Tom Ligouri, a tailor, whose body was found August 31, 1927, in an abandened quarry near Corona, Calif., remained officially unsolved when murder charges inst Joe Morelli, 41, were dismissed in Muni- cipal Courts here yesterday. “We fear that Peter Murelli our chiet witness, has been taken for a ride and slain,” Deputy District Attorney Ugene 1927 MURDE M GOING To TACKLT OMETHING Students Vote Raise In Tuition Fee to Aid Money-Short School By the Assoclated Press. EVANSTON, IIl, April 27— A voluntary raise in tuition at Garrett Biblical Institute, largest Methodist theological school, has been voted by the students after learning the institution was in financial straits due to depleted income from its real estate en- dowments. The students peti- tioned the trustees yesterday to increase the annual fee from $45 to $70. The trustces approved the proposal. Garrett Institute is a unit of Northwestern University, DEBENTURE HOPES RAISED IN SENATE es Expect New Votes by Move to Cut Rates in Overproduction. By, the Associated Press. Advocates of the export debenture plan of farm relief had high hopes to- day for increasing their strength in the Senate before the issue comes to a vote next week. They planned to center their efforts during the week end recess of Congress on the amendment offered late yester- day by Senator Norris, Republican, Ne- braska, which would add to the de- benture clause in the Senate farm bill a provision for decreasing the deben- ture rates whenever overproduction de- veloped in a crop on which they would be applied. That proposal was described as an effort to answer the criticism that the debenture plan, vigorously opposed on 10 counts by President Hoover, would have a tendency to bring about over- production of crops affected. It was frankly hailed as a means of drawing support to the provision, and Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, was counted as one -of the recruits it probably had gained for the debenture supporters. Over Production Decreased. Senator Norris argued that “there 1sn’t anything in the bill without the that will restrain overproduction,” it held it was “quite evident” that without some such restraint as he pro- m it would operate to increase pro- lon. -Administration supporters in the deb- enture controversy are making no effort to block a vote on the question, and observers expect to see the contest de- cided Tuesday. While Republican lead- ers expect the vote to be close, they are confident that the debenture pro- vision will be eliminated from the bill, and that its passage will follow quickly. ‘The debenture proponents, meanwhile, are ‘&replrln( to continue their efforts. ‘Whi they have not given up hope that they can keep the debenture pro- vision with the Norris amendment in the farm bill, they are already lay- ln:mphm to try to attach it to the tariff revision bill later, if defeated next week. Senator Borah is known to be in favor of such a move. New Issue Injected. A new issue has been injected into the situation, meanwhile, by the Na- tional Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation, which has made public a vigorous protest against provisions in the Senate and House bills “that re- quire co-operative marketing associa- tions to own, control and manage” the proposed stabilization corporations. Its protest, in which it predicted that losses by the stabilization corporations would reflect upon and discredit the co-operative movement, was based on the assumption that the debenture plan | would be defeated. Administration leaders, moving in the Senate to eliminate the export de- benturz plan fro mthe farm relief bill, yesterday encountered a Democratic at- told the court, “without him we are unable to establish a case.” tack which charged them with failing (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) By the Associated Pres: NOME, Alaska, April 27.—Completing a 400-mile non-stop solo flight that took him from North America over Asia 41, to 3', with four matches to be completed. The British moved within one point of victory when Boomer defeated Turnesa, 4 up and 3 to play. The (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) and back, Parker Cramer, Chicago avia- tor, returned here late yesterday. ‘The flight took Cramer from Nome to Cape Prince of Wales, across the ice- choked Bering Strait, over Little Dio- medem Island to East Cape and back over the samc route, East Cape, the b U. S. Flyer Ends 400-Mile Non-Stop Hop Which Carried Him Over Asia and Back most easterly tip of Siberia, is just 60 miles from Cape Wales. Cramer dropped packages at Cape Wales and on the island. He shot mo- tion pictures of the island, but had lit- tle hope of their turning out well as the visibility was poor. ‘The aviator planned to leave Nome today with W. S. Gamble for New York. He said he expected to make the trans- continental flight in five days or less. . CONSLATEHT BY MECAN BOWB Federal Planes Damage Of-| fice in Attack on Obregon City. By the Associated Press. The State Department was advised today that three Mexican government airplanes attacking rebels holding Obre- gon City, Sonora, dropped a number of bombs on the city Thursday afternoon and one of them crashed through the roof of the American consulate and exploded. Vice Consul Earl W. Eaton of Effing- ham, 111, reported to Secretary Stim- son that no one was injured, but that the zglu-wn'wveud him with dust and ris. Another bomb, sald, fell in the street a few feet from the front of the consulate and d, The doors were smashed, ‘The consulate recently was reopemed by Vice Cosul Eaton because of the appeal of Americans in that vicinity for The city 1s about 100 miles southeast of Guaymas and is in the territory through which the rebels now are reireating ahead of the federal advance, FUGENE ABADIE DIES IN MOTOR CRASH Consulting Engineer I$ Killed in Crash on Wiscon- sin Avenue. Eugene Hilarian Abadie, 50 years old, well known consulting engineer living at 2122 California street, was killed al- most instantly shortly after noon today, when the automobile he was driving crashed into a telegraph pole at Wiscon- sin avenue and Van Ness street. He was placed in a passing automobile and rushed to Georgetown Hospital, but ex- pired a few minutes after reaching the institution. Mr. Abadie has offices in the Union Trust Building. ‘The pole which the car struck was almost broken off by the impact of the collision. After sftiking the pole, the car careened off and hit another auto- mobile. Mr, Abadie was a member of many of the leading engineering so- cleties of the country, including the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of Consult- ing Engineers. ‘The police were informed that some- thing appeared to go wrong with the machine and it became uncontrolable Just before the crash. EARL OF AYLESFORD OUSTED FROM ARMY Peer Goes A, W. 0. L. Before Res- ignation Acted Upon, So He Is Removed. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, April 27.—The military career of the ninth Earl of Aylesford has ended with a brief announcement | in the London Gazette which says: “Irish Guards: Second lieutenant, the Earl of Aylesford, is removed from the army for absence without leave March 9, 1929.7 He is the ninth earl of a dating back to 1714. Removal p‘ese rn-%: 80 severe a punishment as cashiering which involves court-martial and sen- :x.me, The Gazette mentioned no court- “The whole thing is the result of an impulsive young man not having read the King’s regulations &r:perly said Hon. Charles D. Finch-Knightly, trus- tee of the young lord’s estate, which is an extensive one. “He decided recently to resign from the army and take up a civil career. Early last month he handed in his papers. Instead of waiting for them to FIVE SEA FLIGHTS ARE ON SCHEDULE | FORNEAR FUTURE Aviatrix Plans Atlantic Hop in August—U. S.-Chile Take-0ff Due Soon. FRENCH FLYER BRINGS PLANE OVER ON LINER| Will Attempt to Fly Back to Paris. Italian and German Enter $25,000 Contest. By the Associated Press., NEW YORK, April 27.—A fair-haired daughter of the vikings is among !h!‘ venturesome spirits planning intercon- | tinental flights this Summer. Miss Dagnya Berger, Norwegian l\'l-: atrix, is en route to America with the hope of attempting a flight across the Atlantic Ocean in August. Cable dis- patches said she embarked at Swansea, Wales, for Montreal, declining to give | details of her plans beyond saying, “August is the best time for flying.” Prance, Italy, Germany, Chile and| the United States are represented in varfous flight plans. Chile Flight Projected. | ‘The first projected flight is a 4,900~ mile non-stop venture from an Amer- | ican flying field to Santiago, Chile, to be begun within 10 days. John K. Montgomery, president of | the American International Airways, | Inc., announced that the giant Sikorsky biplane Ville de Paris, built for Rene Fonck for a transatlantic flight, would be sent away on the trip to Chile in an attempt to break the world non- stop record. ‘The plane, with its 101-foot wing spread and its two 480-horsepower | motors, s said to be the largest com- | mercial plane in the world. It will carry 2,200 gallons of fuel end a crew of three. ‘Tomorrow the ship will be flown to Washington, where representatives of South American legations will par- ticipate in rechristening exercises Mon- day when the plane is named Southern Star. If the Chile flight is successful the plans are to have the plane tour South American countries. Start May Be Made Here. ‘The starting point has not been se- lected. It may be Washington or some point in Florida, Mr. Montgomery said. Sergt. Rene Lefevre, recently of the French air service, arrived yesterday aboard the Levial with a French Bernard monoplane lashed to the liners deck. He plans to fly the ship back to Paris Assolant. with another pilot, Jean The has a spread of 60 feet. It is powered with a 600 horsepower motor and is designed to attain a cruis- ing speed of 130 miles an hour with its load of 1,100 gallons of fuel, sufficient for 40 hours. The flight is planned for some time wmgx two months. Col. William E. Easterbrook, jr., who has offered a prize of $25,000 for a flight from Rome to Dallas, Tex., an- nounces that Count Dergamo of Italy and Maj. Otto Schay of Germany have entered the contest. Count 0 plans to use a four-motored sea plane and Maj. Schay is having a plane built by Junkers. AIRPORT MEASURE STUDIED BY BOARD Selection of Sites May Be Left to Commission Aft- er Funds Are Ready ‘The joint airport commission is con- sidering the advisability of recommend. ing general legislation authorizing ade- quate air terminal facilities for Wash- ington, but leaving the location to be selected either by some existing com- mission or by a new commission after the funds have been appropriated, it was indicated at the Capitol today. ‘While the commission has not com- pleted its study of the subject, Chair- man Bingham suggested that some thought is being given to a plan of not specifiying a definite site in the legis- lation. One suggestion that has been advanced is that the enabling act might provide for a commission to be ap- pointed by the President to determine the site. Two Fields Proposed. 1f this course should be followed the commission to select the site probably would be left to settle also the question of whether all flying activities should | be centralized at one airport, or whether there should be two. One of the proposals put forward by expert witnesses at the hearing was that there be a centrally located land- ing fleld for letting off passengers and mail and another field for storage of planes in hangars, repair shops, student flying and similar activities. Several Sites Considered. ‘The District Commissioners and some of the Federal officials recommended Gravelly Point, on the Potomac, as the airport site, and the commission also has before it a large number of other suggested sites in nearby Maryland and Virginia. It has not been decided how soon the commission will decide upon its recommendations or whether a report will be made at this session. SINCLAIR ASKED TO STAY. Advised to Retain Chairmanship ‘Whether He Goes to Jail or Not. NEW YORK, April 27 (#).—The New York Times saild today that Harry F. Sinclair has been strongly advised by fellow directors and officers of the Sin- clair Consolidated Oil Corporation to retain the chairmanship whether or not he is required to serve the 90-day jail term that has been imposed upon him pass through the normal channels and receive his discharge, he immediately absented himself from his unit and started on a shooting trip in the east | sald the impression among his close where he still is. The result was he was ; reported A. W. O. L.” for contempt of the Senate. Sinclair has given no indication that ESGAPE POLICE IN CLOUDS OF SMOKE Pursuers, Balked by Screens, Afraid to Use Guns to Halt Flight. ONE OFFICER ALMOST THROWN FROM ROAD TO-MiIe-an-l;)ur Chase, in Which Three Trail Car, Ends in Victory for Liquor Runners. Speeding ahead of clouds of smoke thrown out to blind pursuing police- men, four rum-running automobiles last night made good their escape. Afraid to use their guns because of the action of the coroner's jury in hold- ing one of their number for the death of a bootleg car driver in a chase last Wednesday night and other criticism | directed at them, seven policemen who participated in the four chases trailed behind in perilous and futile chases through the downtown streets of the city while the speedier rum cars es- ca?mt i n one chase Policeman B. R. C - bell of the eleventh precinct, wh(fl‘c’- companied Policeman Clyde O. Rouse Wednesday morning when Ottmer Her- man Fleming, driver of another rum car, was killed, narrowly missed being thrown down a 35-foot embankment as the smoke screened car he was pursuing tried to force him off the roadway. In another case, a machine equipped with a smoke screen and whistle similar to that used on police cars tore through P street east from Fourth street, down North Capitol, past the Capitol and to Stanton Park. Smoked out, the first policeman gave up the case here and two other officers took after the runner. Doubling back by Union Station, belch- ing clouds of smoke, the car was lost again in the vicinity where the chase started. Police Circles Abuzz. Following the debate in the House yesterday, when Representative Holaday defended Policeman Clyde O. Rouse of the eleventh precinct, who killed Ottmer Herman Fleming in the chase Wednes- day morning, police circles were abuzz With speculation as to the outcome of the situation. Superintendent of Police Pratt yes- terday warned all police to use more discretion in the use of firearms and declared that it seemed to him “that the men of No. 11 precinct went out shooting.” Two policemen in the outlying eleventh precinct in Southeast took up the chase of two different cars they said were laden with liquor, and after a chase of several miles through Southeast Wash- ington were forced to abandon the pur- suit and concede victory to the “smoke screen.” Pursues Despite Screen. Policeman Guy Rhone, while cruising in a police car in the Southeast section about 4:30 this morning, noticed a large touring car loaded with liquor traveling at a rapid speed along Pennsylvania avenue near Minnesota avenue southeast Rhone wheeled his car around and started in pursuit. There was only one man in the car, Rhone said. When the driver saw the policeman he accelerated his speed, and in a few seconds clouds of white smoke poured from the exhaust. Rhone said he drove his machine at capacity speed and drove blindly behind the barrage of smoke, at times attaining a speed of 65 miles an hour. The chase continued down Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast and over the Pennsylvania avenue bridge, where it ended. Rhone said that at one point during the chase, near the corner of Eighth and G streets southeast, the rum car almost crashed into a horse-drawn bakery wagon. Campbell Is on Motor Cycle. At about the same time Rhone was engaged in his pursuit Policeman Campbell took up the chase of a ma- chine, which he said was loaded with whisky at Pennsylvania and Rafiroad avenues southeast. Campbell, on a motor cycle, chased the suspected car east on Pennsylvania . avenue to Branch avenue and south on Branch avenue to a side street, where the liquor car swerved to the right and was soon lost to sight. Campbell said that during one point of the chase along Eastern avenue, the pursued car tried to force his motor cycle off the road, and he narrowly missed plunging down a 35-foot em- bankment. The rear wheel of the po- liceman’s motor cycle struck a rut in the road, and he was able to right it only after considerable difficulty. In another chase through the North- “"(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) NATIONAL DEFENSE TOPIC FOR HOOK-UP Good to Discuss War Department Duties and Bingham Flying in Forum Tonight. The myriad duties of the War De- partment and their relation, not only to the land defense of the Nation, but also to its commercial development, are to be discussed tonight by Secretary of War James W. Good over The Evening Star's National Radio Forum, on a coast-to-coast hook-up sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting Co. Senator Bingham of Connecticut, known as the “flying Senator,” will dis- cuss the part aircraft plays in national defense in the other half of the forum program. With inland waterways, the Philip- pines and other insular possessions of the United States, the Panama Canal, industrial mobilization and supervision of the National Guard and the Reserve outfits of the Army, some of the gov- ernmental activities under the jurisdic- tion of his department, Secretary Good's gls’l.‘;usslon is expected to embrace a wide eld. Senator Bingham. who was in the United States Air Service during the war, and since the armistice has been active in aviation development, is re« garded as one of the foremost authori- ties in the country on aviation, par- ticularly as the art of flying relates to war. he plans to resign and the newspaper assoclates is that he will retain the chnumans‘ljn;y —‘-\