Evening Star Newspaper, June 3, 1929, Page 2

B € MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1920 von rmommrmos | EASIERMONEY SEEN }! T =/ A b RESERVE BOARD ‘'THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTOXN. NUMEROUSCALLERS BERLIN PROPOSES | WATT ON PRESIDENT - PARLEY ON NARKS | 'Hoover Faces Busy Day After| Settiement of Belgian Issue l | Spending Sunday Quietly in Separate Negotiations | To Help Prisoners ASK FAIR CHANCE * PLAN LUNCHEDN T0 HONOR RCKERS Civii Engineer and Wife, Active in D. C. Affairs, Will Go to Chicago. Turning Point in Business Conditions Predicted as | Here. Is Sought. Result of Warning. | 1 After his Sabbath rest President | Bs the Associated Press | BERLIN, June 3. — The German | government has formally proposed to The President has bsen endeavoring | Delium separate negotiations on the | to arrive at a decision in the matter |still outstanding mark question, with a | | of & successor to Brig. Gen. Lord, who | view to settling it before the Paris agree- BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The Federal Reserve Board considers ‘hat the epoch which began with its warning last February has come to & turning point and that from now on the | economic situation of the country will | | Hoover entered upon a busy d having a long list of offici well as & number of perso, 68 Civil and socisl organizations and bodies working for national representa- | tion for the District of Columbia will join at a testimonial luncheon at 12:30 | o'elock Thursday afternoon at the Y. W. | C. A. Beventeenth and K stredts, for | retired last weeks as director of the Mr, and Mrs. George Alfred Ricker. | who are leaving Washington after 11 years' residence hers, during which time thev have been setive in the civic af- | fairs of the city. especially in efforts to secure representation for the District Mr. Ricker, a civil engineer, known best in that line of work for having built the gorge trolley line at Niagara Falls, leaves the post of engineer here for the American Portland Cement As- soctation to take charge of the associa- | tion’s bureau of education in Chicago. | Organizations Join in Tribute. | Joining in the “tribute to Mr. Mrs. Ricker are The Citizens’ Joint Committee on Na- | tional Representation, Federation of , Citizens' Associations, Twentieth Cen- | tury Club, board of trustees of Ail| Souls' Unitarian Church, Women's Alli- ance of All Bouls' Unitarian Church: | Unitarian Laymen’s League, Washin ton Society of Engineers. Voteless D trict of Columbia League of Women Voters, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and other organi- | zations | Jesse C. Suter, chairman of the com- | mittee on arrangements for the lunch- eon, is being assisted by Mre. R. Thomas West, Dr. Percival Hall, Mrs. Edna M. | Johnston, Edward 8 Hege, Mrs. Frank Hiram Snell, Col. E. H. Newcomer and | John W. Adams. Due to the short time the committee has hed for preparation for the lunch- eon, it has experienced difficulty in | reaching all those who might be in-| terested, and Mr. Suter announced to- day that the luncheon will be open to all’ individuals or organizations in- terested in the work of Mr. and Mrs. Ricker in the Capftal Grant Will Attend. The list of those who already have signified their intention to attend the luncheon includes: Lieut. Col. U. B. Grant, 3d, director of Public Buildlfll‘s. and Public Parks: Ma|. Carey H. Brown, engineer of the National Capital Park | and Planning Commission, and Mrs Brown; Prederic William Wile, Theo- dore W. Noyes, Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, pastor of All Souls’ Unitarian Church, and Mrs. Plerce, and Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associations. Mr. and Mre. Ricker both have been members of the Citizens' Joint Com- mittee on National Representation and have done volunteer work on the co- ordinati committee of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion, of which Maj, Brown is chairman. PROPAGANDA LAID TO CHURCH BODY BY NAVAL CAPTAIN Continued from First P: to the central control. The ral council of about 500 representatives| meets but once every four years to pass on broad policies. A smaller, so- called executive committee meets an- activities. is ¥ a large pro) g appointees its president, in whom the real power | thus ll; to speak and aet for the vast “This is the organization which lead the successful movement through Na- tion-wide inda to defeat the Coolidge program for construction of cruisers and other naval auxiliaries fol- lowing .the breakdown in 1927 of the Geneva 1aval conference. That such propaganda was the principal in- fluence in the defeat of that program is the boast of ‘The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America’ and the considered opinion of nearly all mem- bers of Congress. President Coolidge | himeelf has emphatically expressed the | same opinion. Large Sums Spent. “From what has been set forth, it is | clearly indicated that large sums of money are being epent by many power- ful organizations in which foreigners | play an important role, to propagandize the country througuh the press, the | church, the stage, the movie, the schools | and colleges, the lecture platforms, and | virtually every agency of communica- tion. The declared object s the pro- motion of international good will and world peace by controlling the United States Government through the con- trol of American public opinion,” Capt. Knoxpiates. e Grappling with the question of - ish pmpu'ma.. Capt. Knox pointed out: ““The with Brif and | i | « al control of current ‘!"J-UJ‘FH’- number of Americans familiar tish psychology who are trained in the propaganda art must be ex- tremely small. Even if we would, we couid not possibly do in England what is being done here. The fact that we are making no parallel effort is con- clusively shown by the inconsiderable number of Americans in England who are on newspaper staffs, in pulpits, in | professorial chairs, in peace societies, radio broadcasting, etc., compared with the numerous Englishmen so employed here. “Moreover, the few Americans en- in such work in England seem to be of a type who feel it necessary to | apologize constantly for Americans. A | large reward can safely be offered for | the discovery of a British J!rnpagnnd!sv‘ or an American employed in British | propaganda in this country who apolo- | gizes for Britain. Th~ net result of all | that is being done is extremely one- ! Gives “Tangible Evidence.” As tangible evidence of the workings of anda, Capt. Knox declared: e American public was very suc- cessfully led firmly to believe— “1. That the sacrifices entailed in our battleship-scrapping program are paralleled by the battleship scrapping of other powers. “2. That the failure to limit auxiliary tonnage, whereby Great Britain re- teined her huge cruiser preponderance, | did not involve any unfairness to this country and bore no essential relation to battleship scrapping ‘3. That the fallure to limit auxil- laries did not marterially affect the value | of the treaty in preventing future com- | petitive bullding and excessive expendi- | ture. “4, That the effort of France to re- tain sufficient submarine force to safe- guard her sea communications against overwhelming British naval dominance was reprehensible in the extreme and made it impossible to limit cruisers and other auxiliaries. “The American public was indoctri- nated strongly with these and other similarly falacious beliefs, all favorable to the British, whereas not a single point even slightly unfavorable to their case, received any attention.” | i CHICAGO HOTEL BOMBED. CHICAGO, June 3 (&) —Terrorists gtruck at the Surfridge Hotel, on the Ncoth Bide, m‘{hsl!‘ml’fiy 3 dynamite bomb that parti the front of the plece and htened guests, ot only of the Surfridge, but nearhy apartment buildings. A T0 PLAN CANPAGN | special election in the third Kentucky | ‘ -_ Oy After serving s three-year sentence | for killing three persons in an automo- bile accident, Henry G. Brock, Philadel- | phia banker, has become a member of | the board of county prison inspectors. Associated Press Photo. DEMOCRATIC HEADS Dinner to Be Given in Honor| of Shouse in Capital | Monday. | | National leaders of the Democratic party will attend a dinner here next | Monday, given by the Jefferson Demo- cratic Association, in honor of Jouett Shouse, chairman of the executive com- | mittee of the Democratic national com- mittee. During the dinner, which is to be given at the Mayflower Hotel, the pro- gram of the national organization for a | militant and effective drive to bring | success to the party next year and in | 1932, will be discussed. | The dinner will be the first gathering | of nationally known and active Demo- crats since Mr. Bhouse assumed man- | agement of the permanent national headquarters of the party in Washing- | ton. Although arranged by Democrats of the Capital as a tribute to Mr. Shouse, the dinner is expected to prove the initial assertion of the active of- fensive by the party to capture control of Congrese next year. Raskob to Speak. Bpeakers at the dinner will be John J. Raskob of New York, chairman of the Democratic national committee; Sena- tor Tydings of Maryland, chairman of | the Democratic senatorial campaign | committee; Representative Byrns of | Tennessee, chairman of the Democratic | conngressional campaign committee, and Mr. Shouse. ‘The speeches will be broadcast over | the network of the Columbia Broad- casting System. ‘The committee of the Jefferson Democratic Association named by Rob- ert N. Harper to arrange the dinner in- | cludes; . Breckini Long, former As- sistant Secretary of State; Joseph P. ‘Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson: Charles W. Darr and John F. Costello, Democratic national committeeman for the District of Columbia; John B. Col- poys, chairman of the Democratic State central committee for the District of Columbia; former Representative Carlin, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, Democratic national committeewoman for the District of Columbia; Ernest G.| ‘Walker, Charles A. Douglas, W. C. Bal- ‘I derston and Mr. Harper. Elated by Kentucky Vietory, ‘The success of the Democrats in the third Kentucky congressional district on Saturday, when they elected John W. Moore to the House to succeed the late Representative-elect Roark, Repub- | lican, has caused much elation among Democrats in Washington, who declare they see in this success a swing of the political pendulum in their direction. It served to relieve materially the feel- ing of uncertainty which was engen- dered by the publication of Bishop James Cannon's declaration last week urging anti-Smith Democrats to stand out in Virginia against the party lead- ers who supported Smith in the last election. Statements issued by Mr. Bhouse and by Representative Byrns follow: “The victory of Mr. Moore in the congressional district means that the Democrats have drawn first blood in the fight which is to come next year for control of Congress. This Ken- tucky district was carried by the Re- publicans by 4,006 majority in Novem- ber. In the first test of strength since the advent of the present Republican administration, the Democrats have overturned that. Mr. Moore's election by around 1,000 majority cannot fail to convey an important significance as the reaction already being emphasized throughout the country. “Although the third Kentucky dis- trict is one which has been character- 1zed as ‘normally Democratic,’ it has been one of the most closely contested n the State for many years. In the special election campaign, the Repub- lican party made support of the Presi- dent the test, relying on the victory in November to obtain the indorsement of an administration now three months old. The Democrats accej that challenge. The voters of the district have given the answer.” “Disapproval of Hoover.” Mr. Byrns said: “The Kentucky election gives not only hope, but a promise of Democratic succese in the next general elections. The result clearly shows the dissatis- faction of the people with the half-| hearted and dilatory manner with which Mr. Hoover and the Congress| have treated farm relief and their dis- spproval of the pending i which, as it passed the House, gave | vastly greater consideration to highly | prle:zcud industry than it did to agri- | culture.” {HOOVER EXPECTED SEAMEN HEL Pair Removed to Mobile County D IN DEATH. Jail for Protection. MOBILE, June 3 (#)—William Crow- ell of New London, Wis., and Eugene Burnette of Mobile, seamen, held for the killing of John B. Harrison, street car conductor, during an attempted hold-up here early today, were removed from the police station to the county jail as & matter of precaution, accord- ing to Acting Chief of Police Edward T. Sheets. ‘The actil chief said reports had ched the artment that friends of e dead conductor were threatening to avenge the death of their fellow worker. Both Crowell and Burnette are charged with murder, the former hav- ing confessed, according to the police. . At Linslade, England, oouncil election | unable to walk to the opponent if he would take car, and the rival smilingly obliged. recently, a candidate, whose mother was "her in his | budget, but he has been unable to meet with succese. The President is extremely anxious to obtain the services of some one with business experience and who is not now in_Government service. | For the first time since becoming | President, three months ago, Mr. Hoo- ver vesterday afternoon indulged in & long walk about the streets of Wasl ington. During his stroll, which cov- ered more than two miles, he visited the Department of Commerce Building, in the course of construction, and the plans for which were worked out under his_direction while he was Secretary of Commerce. He also visited the Mali. Mrs. Hoover, who has been away since the iatter part of last week, was expected to return to the White House tonight niversary of Radcliffe College, at Cam- bridge, Mass. on Friday. and on Sat- urday and Sunday devoted most of her time to Girl Scouf activities. These took her to Barrington, R. I; New Cansan, Conn. and Briarcliffe, N. Y. At New Canaan she was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ricard and at Briarcliffe yesterday she attended Girl Scout religious serviees Mrs. Hoover is today at Swarthmore, Pa.. where ghe will receive an honorary degree at Swarthmore College, TO BE LIBERAL IN CHINESE ATTITUDE (Continued from First Page.) ernment from that expressed by former Becretary Kellogg is expected, a more liberal attitude toward the Chinese by the Hoover administration is anticipated in official eircles. Dr. Wang Pictured Progress. Dr. Wang in his note pointed out the progress toward unification which the Chinese have made since the Na- She attended the fiftieth an- | ment can come into force or the new reparations plan be jeopardized. The proposal has been forwarded to, Brussels by Robert Everts, Belgian Min- | ister in Berlin. Belgian officials here expressed belief | that the Belgian government could not | be expected to accept the proposal and | will updoubtedly continue to insist that | the mark question must be negotiated in ' connection with the reparations con- ference at Paris. | The problem, which is the only one still rem-lnlng open at Paris, is con- cerned with the marks left in Bel&hn banks at the end of the World War, which eventually became valueless, | EXPERTS WORK ON REPORT. tion of Belglan Mark Re-| demption Issue. | PARIS, June 3 (#).—With the im-| portant problem of German marks in Belgium shortly to reach the stage of | active negotiations, the last question | standing in the way ot complete accord | on reparations today seemed headed for solution The experts, while apparently mark- ing time pending the negotiations be- tween Germany and Belgium regarding redemption of German marks, were busy putting the finishing touches on their report as far as can be done before complete agreement is reached. News from Berlin that Dr. Ritter, a | ministerial director, was about to start for Paris to meet the Belgian® plenipo- | tentiary, M. Gutt, brought relief to the tense situation that existed since the | experts came to an agreement on all | other points. There were good prospects in the opinion of well informed circles, that | the Germans and Belgians would reach an agreement and make possible sign- ing of the report before the end of the week. It was even thought that Owen | D. Young, Thomas W. Lamont and Thomas N. Perkins, the American ex- perts, might be able to catch the Aguitania on Priday. J. P. Morgan, : Await Solu tionalist regime came into power and the stepe which have been taken to | comply with the interested powers' de- | eires for a modernized judicial system. ! Bince this system would replace thri present consular jurisdiction over thel: | nations, the treaty powers are closely following its development. | Changes ™ the juridical eystem in | China were recommended by the com- mission on extraterritoriality et up by the nine-power treaty signed In Wash- ington in 1822. Since that time the | Chinese have been working rapidly to | bring into being the changet in their juridical system, which they n to formulate nearly 30 years ago. ey have already negotiated treaties with several powers for the relinquishment of the extratesritorial hts, eondi- tional upon & majority of the powers negotiating similor treaties before Jan- uary 1, 1930, Will Reiterate U. 8. Sympathy. ‘The last step taken by the Coolidge administration on the question of ex- traterritoriality was to address a note on November 22 to the interested ers asking their views on the miggestion of relinquishment of the privileges. As it s now being drafted. the American reply to Dr. Wang's note will reiterate the Washington Government's sympathy with the Chinese gspirations. In no manner will it even hnt that the United States opposes the eventual re- linquishment of the privileges, but will express a deep interest in the Nation- alists’ desires. . Certain ln!:['mn'.:t‘)n will be asked, lowever, regarding the guarantees which the Nationalists will offer to insure the | &mper operation of their juridical sys- | 'm when applied to Americans;, what guarantees of property rights ean be offered, and what can be expected from operation of the proposed criminal code. %‘:fi:fm mln%r;oi:lnm m?cem g civil n and warriage laws | be raised in the mote. 2 ol e o AMERICAN LEAGUE REVISES SCHEDULE Changes Made Necessary in Pro- viding for Postponed Games and Double-headers. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 3.—For the fourth | time this season the American League | 'h;é besi\d lo;cod to revise its scheflule“ rovide for postponed gam dn}!l“lle-helder .I?::pu P irty-two games are listed un the latest revision. They are: i June 18—Boston at New York, double- double-header. June 20—Boston at Washington, one game (open date). June 21—Philadelphia at New York, double header. June 22—Boston Washington, York, double- Philadelphia at New headers. June - 25—Cleveland at St. Louis, Boston at Philadelphia, double-headers. | June 20—8t. Louis at Chicago, dou- ble-header. . July 2—Chicago at Cleveland, double- header. July 5—Chicago at Cleveland, one at game (open date). July 10—Philadelphia at St. Louis, double-header. July 12—Philadelphia at Bt. Louis, double-header. July 15—Philadelphia at Cleveland, double-header. July 20—Washington at St. Louis, New York st Cleveland, double-headers. August 6—Washington at New York, double-header. August 20—Washington at New York, | double-header. e USE OF GUARD EQUIPMENT| {IN STRIKE TO BE PROBED Secretary Good to Accept Brief From Tennessee Federation of Labor Attorneys. By the Associated Press. An investigation of the alleged illegal use of National Guard equipment dur- ing the recent textile strike in Ten- nessee will be undertaken by the War Department. Secretary Good said today he had agreed to accept a brief on the ques- tion which John R. Nell, & lawyer rep- resenting the Tennessee Federation of Labor, offered to submit to the depart- ment about a week ago. In the event the brief is not submit- |ted, the Secretary said he would i | quire directly into the allegation that rmy equipment had been used State en, also were mem- bers om.dw Guard. — Gallelan flelds of Poland produced 743,329 tons of oll 1ast year. . | of extraneous influence was an essen- | oy |B the fourth American expert, already has left Paris The Belgian delegation demands 37 annuities of 25.000,000 marks (about $6,000,000), which calculated at 5! | per cent has a present value of 400.- 000,000 marks (approximately $96,- 000.000.) Belgian conference circles aaid to- day that when the constitution of the experts’ committee was decided upon at Geneva, the Belgian representative brought forward the war-time marks question as a condition to Belgium's participation, which condition the Ger- man delegate acknowledged. Further- more, it was said, the Belgians had | conversations on the subject in Paris for four months with the Germans so that the groundwork for a rapid set- telment has been well laid. CONVICTION OF DAY, SINCLAIR AND SON OF BURNS UPHELD (Continued from First Page) of the lower court was approved, Jus- tice McReynolds explained this would apply to all except the elder Burns. He said the evidence failed to show Burns had done anything to place him in con- tempt of the trial court and that the 15-day zentence imposed on him would be set aside. “We think the trial judge rightly held it unnecessary to allege or show actual contact between an operative of the detective agency and a juror, or that any juror had knowledge of being observed. The reasonable tendency of the act done is the proper criterion. Neither actual effect produced upon the juror’s mind nor his consciousness | tial element of the offense. Acts Held Bar to Justice. “That the acts here disclosed, and for which three of the appellants were | certainly responsible, tended to obstiuct the honest and fair administration of justice we cannot doubt. The jury is an essential instrumentality—an ap- pendage—of the court, the body or- dained to pass upon guilt or innocence. Exercise of calm and informed judg- ment by its members is essential to propet enforcement of law.” While Sinclair and Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, wers facing trial on charges of conspiracy in connection with the leasing of the Wyoming ofl fleld to the oil operator the case was suddenly terminated and the jury was discharged. Sinclair subsequently \l'$s sentenced to 6 months in jail fo? contempt. Henry Mason Day, one of his associates recelved a sentence of 4 months. Wil- liam J. Burns was ordered to serve 15 days and W. Sherman Burns, his son, was fined $1,000. It was charged that Burns' detec- tives had improperly scrutinized the Jurors who were considering the case. Sinclair now is serving a three-month sentence in the District of Columbia jail for contempt of the Senate. He re- fused to answer questions before the Senate oil committee in connection with the oil investigation, Trial Began in 1927, ‘The trial of Sinclair and Fall for con- Spiracy to defraud the United States in connection with the Teapot Dome leases began October 18, 1927. A jury was sworn and because of the importance of the case its members were not allowed to go to their homes during the trial, but were cared for by the court. Im- mediately after adjournment of eourt the first day of the trial the activities which resulted in the prosecution of Sinclair for mnhm&t were started. On. the basis of these activities Sin- clair, Mason Day, his assistant; William J. Burns and W. Sherman Burns later were charged with tampering with the jury by instituting a system of espion- age, or jury shadow wTuttlmon)‘ at the trial of the con- 'mpt charge was that Sinclair arranged with the N e Agency to have about 15 of its op- eratives follow the jurors constantly. The system of espionage was described as elaborate and complicated. detectives were called to Washington from New York, Philadelphia and g:l- timore and were designated by numbers and letters. They submitted daily re- ports covering the activities of each Juror, and on the character, financial standing, associations, church llia- tlons and other facts concerning sev- eral of them. After the first week of the ofl trial the detectives concentrated on three of the jurors. Edward J. Kidwell, John P. Kern and Norman L. Glascock, by name and seven of the detectives confined their attentions to these men. Kidwell Was to Get Car. Kidwell was the juror who figured rominently having said that he ex- rocue 2 &n an automobile “a block " In the reports of the Burns op- eratives, which became court the contempt trial, Kidwell was de- seribed in the 1ouowm: terms: “As & boy he was pretty wild, drinking and Burns Detective |my own abilities, but the measure of | biles. Upper, left to right: Henry Ford, TEXT OF Law, Enacted for Protection of Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, June 3. —The text of the “Message to the American People " gubllshed today over signatures of 24 usiness and industrial leaders of the Nation, follows “To every American citizen the recent messages of President Hoover are a Cah?llé’nge to patriotism and a call to uty: | ““Our whole system of self-govern ment will crumble either if officiale elect. what laws they will enforce or Thomas A. Edison, R. A. Long and James H. Pbst. Lower, left o right: Alfred P. Sloan, Fred W. Ramsey, Capt. Robert Dollar and A. A. Hyde, _@HIBITION APPEAL PUB[I[}T[Y HE].PS f American Home, Should Be Given Honest Trial, Business and Industrial Leaders Say in Appeal to Nation. tain will depend upon the moral sup- port which you, as citizens, extend. Th~ duty of citizens to support the laws of the land is co-equal with the duty of their Government to enforce the laws which exist. “‘No greater national service can be given by men and women of good will— who, T know, are not unmindful of the responsibilities of citizenship—than that | they should by their example assist in stamping out crime and outlawry by refusing participation in and condemn- | adjust itaelf to s new set of eireum- CHICAGO CRUSADE Politicians Cease Attending Gangsters’ Funerals, As- sociation Finds. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 3.—The Illinois As- citizens elect what laws they will sup-|ing all transactions with illegal liquor.’ | sociation for Criminal Justice said to- port. The worst evil of disregard for | some law is that it destroys respect for | all Jaw, For our citizens to patronize the violation of & particular law on| the ground that they are op d to it is destructive of the very basis of all| that protection of life .of homes and property which they rightly claim under other laws." Application Is Declared Personal. “These are momentous words. Their application is specific and personal: “ ‘A large responsibility rests directly upon our citizens. There would be little trafc in illegal liquor if only criminals atronized it. We must awake to the fact hat this patronage from large numbers of law-abiding citizens is supplying the rewards and stimulating crime.’ { “President Hoover's acceptance of his | official responsibility is rightly joined to | his statement of our obligations as pri- vate citizens: | “ ‘1 have been selected by you to ex- ecute and enforce the laws of the coun- | try. I propose to do 80 to the extent of | success that the Government shall at- Fair Trial for Law Apked. “We believe that prohibition should be given an honest trial; that it was enacted for the ‘protection of the American home,’ and that the moral | force of the country is behind Pres dent Hoover in his endeavor to com- bat those forces which are attempting to frustrate this effort. | “President Hoover placed this matter first in his inaugural message. It is a compelling invitation. | “We invite our fellow citizens, what- ever their previous opinion and social| practices, and particularly those in busi- | ness and professignal life, to join with us in following the President. | “Let us unite to give the eighteenth amendment an honest chance for com- | plete enforcement. | “To the full extent of our example and influence let us support our Presi- | dent and the Constitution—that Con- stitution that is the instrument of our eacred honor, the protection of our homes and property and the bulwark of our national existence.” | running around with a pretty tough| crowd. He has quieted down a little now, but is still a sport. Two of the tried to find out whether Kern were really substan- surveifiance by a | | Kern was under | number of detectives, who made reports on his financial standing, the house he | ed, mortgages on the perty, :u.‘ was said to have directed that Kern's brother be shadowed, in order to ascertain how Juror Kern eould be riding around Washington in sutomo- In the detectives’ reports, Kern was described as “quite a sport, will go| to the races whenever he can, takes a drink and takes a chance on any kind of a bst.” | Glasscock, the third juror, was shadowed by & man employed by the | detective agency under the name of Long. Long, whose name was McMul- | lin, later became a witness for the Government, and testified that Ruddy, | the Burns man in charge of the jury | shadowing, instructed him to report | falsely that Horace R. Lamb, special| assistant to the Attorney General, had engaged Juror Glasscock in_conversa- | tion at a local flying field. ‘rhpfi was testimony that Ruddy told McMullin that the Government had $100.000 to spend on the case and that “Sinclair was going to spend $200,000 on the Daily Reports Selzed. | On the morning of October 31 Gov- ernment operatives, armed with a search warrant, entered the headquar-| ters of the Burns' detectives and seized the daily reports and documents per- taining to their shadowing of the jury A mistrial in ‘the oll conspiracy case was declared November 2. Sinclair, Day and the two Burns then were prosecuted for contempt of court Their defense was the contention that Jjury shadowing the ey ere st O e actice of the because it had been the pr Department of Justice to shadow jurors to prevent tampering, and therefore they were privileged to shadow the jury to prevent tampering by the prosecu- tion. They contended further that so long as they did not directly approach the jurors or come in actual contact with | them, or converse with them, they were | not tampering with the jury and that | no offense was committed so near to the presence of the court that the court had jurisdiction to adjudge the defendants guilty of contempt. After a prot Court of the District found all four men | guilty of criminal contempt. Sinclair | was sentenced to imprisonment in jall | for six months, Day was sentenced to | serve four months, William J. Burns was sentenced to serve 15 days and W. Sherman Burns, his son, was fined | ,000. | i e case was appealed to the Court of Appeals of the District and that court, as has become its custom in cases pertain! to the Teapot Dome leases, eertified the questions in the case to| the Supreme Court of the United States. | The decision handed down today is final. GIRL SEVERELY HURT WHEN HANDLING PISTOL | Daughter of Detective Wounded as She Removed Father's Revolver From Drawer of Bureau. Lilllan Smith, colored, 321-year-old daughter of Detective Howard W.Smith, was treated at Freedmen's Hospital this morning for & bullet wound in the body, said to have resulted when her father's service pistol was accidentally discharged. ‘The patient told hospital ph: that the pistol caught in something in the bureau drawer in which her father kept it, and fired as she opened the drawer. The bullet is thought to have penetrated the left lung. Physicians said her condition was serious. Detective Howard took a lighter weapon to Police Court this morning and his daughter is thought to have been ignorant of the presence of the heavy pistol. He and the girl's mother were absent from the home when accident 5 t.l! bors were at- tracted by the sound of the shot. DY iclang tracted trial the Supreme | — | tained by interests seeking repeal of | AGRARIAN POLICY TOLD | BY MEXICAN CANDIDATE Revoltitionary Leader for Present Plan of Assignment of Com- munal Lands. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, June 3.—Slightly modified agrarian policy has been pro- pounded by Pascual Ortiz Rublo, candi- date of the National Revolutionary party for the Mexican presidency. In a political speech at Toluca, state of Mexico, he sald if he were elected he would continue the present admin. istration's policy of assignment of com- munal lands to all vil s and towns, s0 that inhabitants might have some- thing to cultivate. Nevertheless, he sald, he considers | the haciendas, or large ranches, of reat value to the country and would not attempt to break them up. If nec- ess to take over some of them for assiy ent as community property, he would see the owners were reimbursed. sl CIRCLES WORLD ALONE. French Sailor, Former Tennis Star, Sited Near Home Port. | HAVRE, June 3 (#).—Alain Gerbault, | former French tennis champlon and | lonely sallor of the Seven Seas, was re- ported today to have been sighted near the French coast, off Point Jaubourg, on | his return to France after crusing alone | around the world for six years. Gerbault has sailed absolutely alone | around the world in his 25-foot sloop | Fire Crest. | The naval commander at Havre is planning & welcome to Gerbault when he arrives here at the end of his soli- tary odyssey. BUSINESS LEADERS ASK HONEST TRIAL FOR PROHIBITION __(Continued from First | | | | | | Dr. Willlam Jay Schieffelin, drugs, | New York: Alfred P. Sloan, jr., automo- biles, New York; Ambrose Swasey, ma- chine tools. Cleveland; A. A. Welch, insurance, Hartford, Conn. | A letter expressing disapproval of the recently organized voluntary cammittee | of lawyers opposed to the eighteenth | amendment, and an answer to it by Joseph H. Choate, jr., member of the | board of managers of the committee, | vere also published. | Marshall Stimson, Los Angeles Attor- | ney, asked that the committee refrain | from using the word “lawyers” to avoid “bringing the legal profession further into disrespect.” He asked whether any members of the committee were re- the amendment. Prohibition Held “Remedial Evil.” Mr. Choate replied that honest belief is the sole mainspring of the move- ment, adding: “We believe that pro: hibition is the moet serious remedial ;Vll from which the country now suf- ers.” ‘The message to the American people and the lawyer's letters were published a day after the announcement that Justice Franklin C. Hoyt of the New York Children’s Court had been awarded the prize of $25,000 offered by ‘Willlam R. Hearst for a substitute plan for prohibition. Justice Hoyt's plan called for repeal | of the Volstead act and enactment of a new law defining “intoxicating liquors” as “all alcoholic products of distillation,” thereby excluding wines and beer. Traffic in wine and beer would be under State regulation under his plan. | | | | | | Cotton manufactures lead all others | produced in Great Britain and Ireland and exported from the port of London | in the last year, woolen and worsted manufactures having a close second. Il | day that “pitiless publicity has brought about a great decline in the number of judges, aldermen and other poli- | ticans attending funerals of criminals. The report covering funerals of notorious gangsters was prepared for the association by John Landesco of the American Institute of Criminal| Law and Criminology. ‘The long list of judges, public off- cigls, politicians and others printed in the newspapers as being honorary at-, tendants at the funerals of “Big Jim" Colosimo in 1920, and others—gun- men, beer-runners and their ilk, who met death as he did—dwindled during an eight-year period until none of prominence attended the last rites of “Big Tim" Murphy in 1928 the re- port said. “Bath-House John” Was There. The funeral of “Big Jim” Colosimo was described as having brought to- gether “a :omylete and pictures representation of the Chicago that outside the Gold Coast. “Among the honorary pallbearers” the report stated, ‘“were aldermen, judges, Congressmen, noted singers of the Chicago Opera Co., leaders of his immigrant group and his associate: underworld activities. “The Apollo rtet sang the hymns. Alderman (Bath-House John) Cough- s in |lin of the first ward pronounced a prayer.” The association survey noted two agencles in the community “which held aloof from the general public interest in this and similar erals.”” One was the Roman Catholic Church, and the survey quoted the following interpreta- tion by the Rev. Father Philip F. Manany of Cardinal Mundelein's refusal | of Christian burial to gangsters: “His eminence makes it plain to his | pastors that any gangster who, because of his conduct, is looked upon as a ‘public sinner’ or who by his refusal to comply with the laws of his church regarding attendance at church serv- ices and Easter duty (reception of the sacrament of penapce and holy com- munion during the Easter season), such a man to be refused Christian burial.” “Cash Nexus” Also Blamed. The other agency alluded to was the | newspapers, which generally were out- spoken against the attendance of gangster funerals by public officials. The report draws the conclusion that | one reason for the decline in attend- | ance of "big names" is the public disappro: eriminal alliane The factor,” however, was believed to be “the profound change that is taking place in the nature of the relations of organized crime and machine politics.” “The old basis in friendly relations is being superseded by a cash nexus,” the report sets forth, LINDBERGH AND ANNE OFF LONG ISLAND ON YACHT HONEYMOON (Continued from First Page.) gangster rites of the politico- tip of Long Island, where there are “most_powerful | stances. As fllustrative of the board’s view | that the results of the last few weeks have fully justified the caution and | prudence suggested in February, the purchase of bills or bankers’ accept- | ances in gradually increasing quantities | will become evident, thus tending to make money conditions easter. ‘This does not mean that s return to | speculative excesses will be permitted but that the tension can be relaxed and member banks will find through the expansion of credit by bill buying the corrective they have been thinking | would come through a rise in the re- discount rate. Rediscount Rate Cut Probable. The maintenance of the rediscount rate at 5 per cent for the indefinite future is assured, with the possibility that as conditions grow easier a few months hence it may even be reduced. In other words, the Federal Reserve is able by purchase or sale of bankers’ | acceptances to exercise a control of | credit and if banks do not separate the wheat from the chaf? in handling loans ‘rpl ted to speculation the contracting | process can be invoked again. What is happening now is s testing of the new conditions in the hope of determining how soundly the credit world can adjust itself to the relaxation of the tension which has been imposed for several months. It is interesting to note that the rec- ommendation of the advisory council {of the Federal Reserve system that the rediscount rate be advanced to 6 per cent has been tabled because it did not fit, in the opinion of the board, the new conditions. The coming depres- sion in the icultural area, due to the drop in grain prices, together with the expected diminution of returns from those industries dependent on agriculture has been a corrective fluence, which has made unnecessary the application of the rediscount in- crease, something which the board con- sidered should be only & last resort measure anyhow. Misunderstanding Prevails. The story of the discussions and | arguments that have been going on for several months as to the wisdom of the Federal Reserve’s policy includes much tanding, due to the fact that the bot has not participated in the public debate. It is known, however, that while the banking elements were not at first disposed to co-operate with the | board in its warning against specula- | tive excesses, they soon discovered an attack from behind; namely, the with- | drawal of deposits in order to engage in that speculation. Then came the -tage in which many of the leading benkers recommended an ingrease in iscount rate, but the view held here was that this would mean a violent pse and perhaps general T 0 the business situation. This is why friends of the board in Congress are | preparing to point out that nothwith- standing the criticism that it was at- | tempting to restrain business, the board was in fact attempting to avert a serious alternative—a break down in business. There is every reason to believe Presi- dent Hoover, while fully aware of all the ramifications of the Reserve Board's | policy, did not himself take any part ! in the evolution of the palicy, although | he concurred with the steps that were taken and believes the board has saved the country from an inordinate era of speculation with its consequent dangers | to the commercial credit structure. Board Disclaims Market Interest. The board is insistent that it has no feeling one way or the other about the stock market as such and is only con- cerned with the original purposes of the Federal Reserve act: namely, to see | that business and commerce have an | adequate supply of credit at reason- able rates. With the end of the first stage in | the board's ponc¥ of helping the coun- try readjust itself this year to the im- plications of the 7-year cycle that be- gan in 1022, the expectation of easier money for business and particularly the building industry is counted upon to offset some of the ill effects of the agricultural depression. (Copyrisht. 1929 HOP FOR MEXICO CITY. NEW ORLEANS, June 3 (#).—Peru's good-will flyers, en route from Wash- |ington to Lima, took off from Callendar i Airport here at 5:05 , central stand- ard time, in their Bellanca cabin mono- plane for a non-stop flight to Mexico c i 1 ity. Capt. Carlos Pinillos, navigator, said ,hr expected to complete the Mexico City | trip within 12 hours. Lieut. Carlos Ze- | garra is pilot. Elco works, was asked about the sale and why it had been kept secret. “I am very sorry,” he said, “but I am unable to confirm the report of a sale of the Mouette %o Col. Lindbergh.” “You don't deny it, do you?" he was many inlets and small harbors in which | ¢4 a craft could anchor, and at this sea- son be alone for days at a time. A cruise along the Long Island side of the Sound is regarded by yatchtsmen as almost ideal in its marine pleasures and last week had all the lure of a Midsummer cruise. Tried to Tie Up Alone. When the Mouette put in at Block Island, Capt. Rounds, according to his own statement, was surprised t the yachtsman was trying to dock unaided. The type of craft usually carries two or more men, hence he gave a hand. The curtains in the cabins were drawn. Col. Lindbergh did not invite the others to look over his craft nor did they i turn make inquiries about the new boat. Capt. Rounds, who runs to this port, oday told of the incident, saying that he thought the yachtsman was Lind- bergh from his height and build, al- | though the latter did not remove his | dark-colored glasses while they were | together. After Sapt. Rounds had been i told that his surmise was right, Col “Oh, no!" he replied. “I am merely unable t@ say anything about it. The Mouette is a standard 38-foot double- * cabin cruiser, recently bullt here, not on order of any one. It was sold from our showrooms. But I am not at Iiberty to say who the purchaser was. “Unpretentious Yacht.” “The Mouette is a very unpretentious yacht, constructed for owner operation. | It sells for $10,750, and a speed ° |between 15 and 17 miles an hour. There is a stateroom aft with sleeping accommodations for tw bridge deck forward of this with the controls |and a forward cabin with accommoda- | tions for four persons.” Chase said he was unable to say any- thing about a report that Col. Lind- bergh had recently taken instruction in operation of a motor yacht, but again would not go so far as to deny that this was a fact. Close friends of Lind- bergh said that at least until recent { months they were sure he knew noth- ing about motor boats, though he had 80 long been expert in the operation Lindbergh also told Adrian Mitchell, & taxi driver, who was on the dock, of his identity and that he was on his way to Boston to take on a party of four. PURCHASE OF BOAT BARED. of engines on land and in the air. Married & Week Ago. Chase said that & yach' of the of the Mouette was generally used for uieter waters, such as Long Island und, but some of them had been used lnb ):m:;ua vmer;. Hamum"he m« hul:a Al say where e loue Bought Yacht Mouette a Week Before | 15 10 G8% Yrel® A6 0K Wedding Ceremony. A week ago today, Col. Lindbergh NEW YORK, June 3 (#.—Col. and Anne Spencer Morrow, daughter Charles A. Lindbergh bought a 38-foot of Ambassador to Mexico D h! W. double-cabin motor yacht named | Morrow, were married at the Morrow Mouette two weeks ago, one week be- | home, in Englewood, N. J., and slipped fore he was married and set forth on|into seclusion. his_honeymoon. In taking to a boat, Col. Lindbergh, This was authoritatively learned to- | who after his Atlantio flight was called day, although the Eleo Boat Works of | the Lons le, besame more like & Bavonne, N. J., builders of the yacht, | sea gull, which is at home both in the said that they could not say anything|air and on the water. about the matter. the name of his had been definitely learned | sea gull. The boa that Col. Lindbergh had bought the' however, before Mouette, Irwin Chase, manager of the and no! at his