Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1929, Page 2

9w HANNA COMPLETES - DIRECT TESTIMONY Traction President Cites Va- ii riation of Prices and Con- struction Costs. (Centinued From First Page) Fleharty, who has other work to do) this afternoon. | Most of the day was given over to | statistical testimony by Mr. .Hanna | relating to the variation in prices and | construction costs of street raflway | property between 1925 and the present. | On Monday, the commission will con- ! elder, as part of the present case, an | appiication of reudents of Woodley road to change the route of the Wood- | ley road bus line of the Washington | Railway & Electric Co. 8o that it Tuns on Cathedral avenue instead of Wood- ley road between Twenty-seventh strect | and Connecticut atvenue. { It is understood that the question of orderinz the Capital Traction Co. ri abandon its Cleveland Park de lufe bus line, which has been loosing money | since its inauguration, may be discussed at the sawe time. Good Zonor prevailed at the hear- ing todey When company investments were under discussion during Mr. Fleharty's cross-examination. He brought out that the average return the company received from its invest- ments was 4l per cent, whereas, it | could have obtained from 8 to 9 per | cent by investments in call loans. Janna Continues Testimony. en the hearing opened this morn- | ing John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co., continued his te: timony, begun yesterday, to show h the company arrived at its claimed val- uation of -$26,080,000 as of December 21, 1928. “We have based our calculation not | only @n the court’s valuation in 1925, | but ws have followe2 the principles laid down by the court i8 bringing that val- uation up to date,” said Mr. Hanna. The Capital Traction Co.’s president then put into the record as an exhibit a table showing the variations in the prices 6f various materials which enter into the value of the company's prop- erty parchased during the last five years. Mr. Hanna sald there had been no | material changes in the prices paid for labor by the company from 1925 to 1929. He said that the wages of some of the higher priced men had been in- creased, but, on the whole, the average labor cost remained about the same. “I will say that there certainly has been 1o decline in wage rates in that period * said Mr. Hanna. “If there have been Any changes, they have been up-| ward.” At Commissioner Hartman's request Mr. Hanna agreed to furnish the com- mission with another table showing! varving prices of material purchased | by the company back to the year®1918. Track Relaying Is Discussed. Commissioner Hartman asked a num- ber of questions regarding the com- parative cost of rebuilding tracks on Pernsylvania avenue, Seventh street, | Fourteenth street and other streets ‘n the city in different years. Mr. Hanna said that he did not have the figures before him, but would answer the qu tions later from the company’s record: "% assume that these questions,” said Mr. Hanna, “are intended to show the ncreased efficiency of the company in faying track, as indicated by our re- duced labor costs. I hope the news- papers will not quote me again as ‘ad- mitting' something that I am very proud of. It is true that our engineering de- partment has developed labor-saving devices and organization methods that have greatly improved this work.” “I don’t mind praising you once in & while,” Jaughed Mr. Hartman. “But I don’t want to ‘admit’ it, when T am proud of it,” rejoined Mr. Hanna. In response to questions by People's Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty, Mr. Hanna explained how the company lald new conduit track “under traffie” at night. Fair Value Held Plea Base. “Is the purpose of your application for 2n increased rate of fare to secure a fair return on a fair value, or is it to ! enable you to continue paying 7 per cent on your stock?” “It is to give us more nearly a fair; return on a fair value than we are getting now.” replied Mr. Hanna. Mr. Fleharty referred to the com- pany’s estimate that the proposed in- crease in fare would give it a return on its claimed value of 4.88 per cent. “Do you consider 4.88 per cent a fair return?” asked Mr. Fleharty. “Are you familiar with the index figures used by the Interstate Com- merce Commission or the steam rail- roads?" asked Mr. Hartman. “No,” was the reply, “but these would not apply to our figures as well as the American Electric Railway Association index.” “Have you a labor index based on total wages paid?” “No. but the information is available and the index may be compiled.” ‘Wage Figures Verified. Mr. Hartman then asked the witness to verify certain figures 4s to wages pald certain classes of construction workers, showing the changes in wages for several years, The figures were read, and will be verified later. Mr. Hartman next read an analysis of six jobs, in each case the cost of the job being analyzed as to labor, haul and materials,. The analyses showed that the labor percentage was 37.2, 19.98, 24.8, 24.2, 21.6 and 36.5, respec- tively. He said that these were all the jobs he had had time to analyze, but that he would be‘glad to include more %ght if the company cared to submit em. My Hapra 2ald tnat the cost of labor as obtained from the company's job sheets did not represent the total cost of labor for a particular job, because some of the labor costs was included in \the cost of materials, For instance, he said, concrete now is bought ready mixed, and he cost of labor for mixing it is not represented on the job sheets as labor costs. Similarly, metal products are bought already worked up at con- siderable labor expense, but go on to the job sheets as material costs. He sald, however, that the figures would be checked. Securities Are Steadied. “No, sir; I do not,” answered Mr. Hanna. Other questions by Mr. Fleharty brought out the fact that the company's income in 1928 available for return from securities in other companies owned by it was approximately $27,000. The wit- ness also said that the average interest on these securities owned by the com- pany was less than 4!5 per cent. “It was more before you made us sell ouru gas bonds,” sald Mr. Hanna with a smile. “Did you ever consider investing your funds in securities bearing a higher rate of interest?” asked Mr. Fleharty. “No,” answered Mr. Hanna, “Because ‘we must keep our funds in a fluid state. ‘We may need to use the money at any time and we must have the highest class securities.” Hanna Takes Stand. President Hanna took the stand yesterday afternoon. He said the fact ithat his company had added capital additions at cost since the 1925 valu- ation decree of the District Court of ppeals, instead of appl; the repro- duction cost theory to tions, made 80 little difference in the total valua-! \tion that it was negligible. ! Applying weighted average cost fig- (ures to the capital additions since 1925, | he said the result showed a difference of o y.lso!lmmt.w.hfl!ct ondy tion s 840,443 in $26,080,000 valua- of the a8 of De- company, | sent Mr. Noble, who had tried to black- Above: Mrs. C. C. Calhoun, who caused the arrest today of W. Clark Noble; (center), sculptor, and James F. Bird (below) on a charge of conspiracy to blackmail. FIVE FACE CHARGES OF BLACKMAIL PLOT AGAINST CALHOUNS ___ (Continued From First Page.) tract, Mrs. Calhoun told the assistant prosgcutor, by which he was to act as architect and sculptor of the memorial to mothers, which was under considera- tion by the alliance. This contract, it is sald, provided for the payment to him of $50,000 for his model and $50,000 for his services as architect and sculptor. Later, Mr. Noble submitted a bill for $50.000 for an incomplete plaster model of his design. Mrs. Calhoun declared that the al- liance never contracted for his services and have never considered his claims. | During the past month, Mrs. Calhoun said, she and her husband have been annoyed by persons claiming to repre- mail them into payving large sums of money on his behalf. These persons, she said, threatened that exposes would be supplied to newspapers and they used scandalous statements concerning the alliance and its officers, which they said would be published in the news- papers. Mrs. Calhoun declared that this caused her to submit the matter to the prosecuting officers. Will Attacked in Courts. Mrs. Anna May Hillenbrand figured in the courts a few years ago in connec- tion with the will of Mrs. Ann G. V. Walton, who died in January, 1926. Mrs. Hillenbrand had been in attendance as nurse on the woman, and according to the will was left the entire estate, val- ued at $48,000. The will was attacked by relatives of the deceased, and after a trial was set aside by a jury before Jus- tice Stafford. The charge made in the caveat was undue influence, alleged to have been excrcised by the nurse. Noble is one of America’s prominent sculptors and he has a series of works to his credit in many cities of the country. He is 71 years old. Among his works which are listed in ho's Who"” are the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument at Newport, R. I, which | of this legation will not be permitted to he completed in 1890; the statue of Gen. Porter in Van Courtland Park, New York City; the Robert Burns statue at Providence and the Mgr. Doane statue at Newark, N. J. The list also il Memorial, Wash- gon. D. C., 1925. oble eame to Washington in 1923, having lived formerly in Newport, Bos- ton and New York City. He served his apprenticeship in sculpture in Bos- ton, studying later under Grenough, Hunt and Peter Toft, a London painter. He is a member of the Congressional Country Club and the City Club. Bird was released under bond of $1,000, but at a late hour the others had not been able to furnish $5,000 se- curity and were being held. Mrs. Calhoun at her home declared that she and Capt. Calhoun had been the victims of conspiracies ever since they organized the alliance. “We JO' tired of these conspiracies,” she said. “Capt. Calhoun called in one | of his friends at the Department of | Justice. - He consulted United States Attorney Rover and Mr. Rover suggest- ed the meeting today. Just as Capt. s Calhoun's check was being delivered | preparatory to signing of the agreement the deputies rushed in and made the arrests.” 4 wd&':.upt. Calhoun was il at his home —————ee cember 31, 1928, on fi-le basis of ! additions since January 1, 1925. i Mr. Hanna declared that this differ-{ ence was so small as to be almost im- possible of translation into its effect on the ‘company’s claim to higher fares. Mr. Hanna sought to meet the objec- tion that the company had used repro- duction new figures as the basis ol valuation prior to 1925, when war prices went up, but since then, when prices have stabilized or declined slightly, had | used actual cost res to. bring its its ! figu valustion up to date from 1925, when the Court of Appeals fixed at_$25,756,880. Mr. Hartman, who questioned Mr. Hanna and the company's lawyers closely on these figures, pointed ou! States in the O'Failon case declared that reproduction costs must be taken into -consideration in fixing the valua- tion of public utilities for rate-making purposes, i o the’ figure | i3 that the Suprems Court of the United | effect consists of a THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C “'ED.\'ESDAY. AUGUST 7. 1929. THREE ARE KILLED INREBUILT PLANE Unlicensed Pilot Flying Craft, Powered by Obsolete Motor. By the Associated Press. 3 CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. August 7. —A rebullt plane, piloted by a youth- ful unlicensed student pilot and pow- ered with a motor of a type declared obsolete' by the War Department, fell into an alley in the center of the town late yesterday, and the pilot and his two passengers met death as the wreckage was consumed by flames. Hundreds of persons saw the plane g0 into a spin at an altitude of about 500 feet and careen to the earth, but were helpless to rescue the three from the flame: The pilot was Francis Mitchell, 25, of Louisville and his passengers Carl E. Carter, 23, drug store owner, and Flave Courts, 23, & clerk in the store. Mitchell and Irwin Voigt, Jefferson- ville, Ind., owners of the plane, had flown it here the day before and had been taking up passengers on_sight- seeing trips. Voigt saw the crash from the landing field a mile and a half from the town, which they had rented from a farmer. Mitchell had between 25 and 50/ hours in the air as a pilot to his credit, his friends at Louisville said. -He had | been employed about a year with the Fairchild Co. in New York as a me- chanic, and also in the same capacity by the Curtiss-Robertson Co., St. Louls. Voigt bought the plane from a pre- vious owner in April. It had been smashed last Fall at Glasgow, Ky.. but had been repaired and been flown many hours since then. PERSIAN ENVOY SENDS SPEEDING CHAUFFEUR T0 D. C. POLICE COURT tlally the cost of running the military | has kept its powers and force intact. |this, but he has issued the challenge (Continued From First Page.) customary minimum fine for first of- | fense speeding. | Brown was arrested last week by Po- licemen Raymond Sinclair and K. P. Greenlow of the Trafic Bureau. Min. ister Meftah was out of town at the time of the arrest and said today that the chauffeur was not authorized to use the automobile at the time. In a conservation with & reporter from The Star today, the Persian Min- ister outlined his position with regard to diplomatic immunity: “My chauffeur was using the legation car without permission when arrested last week,” he said. “I felt that under the circumstances I was not justified in | when President Hoover will announce | grea claiming immunity for him. | While 1 cannot say I never will| laim the privilege of this immunity, o wish to make it clear that attaches violate at will the traffic regulations here and then escape punishment un- | der the cloak of this international cour- | tesy. Wants to Know Facts. “If any one should see a person at- | tached to the Persian legation violating any law, or doing anything wrong. I shall be delighted to: be informed of the fact. If the circumstances warr offender shall be punished by also by me. “I feel that the laws and regulations | are made for the benefit of all, and I| shall co-operate fully with the author- | ities in their enforcement.” No one from the legation was with | the chauffeur- when he was arrested. | He was charged with driving 32 miles | an hour on New Jersey avene, PRESS BOY REPORTS BRIBERY ATTEMPT| Pair Arrested When They Sought to Have Bank Clearing Figures Changed. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 7.—Two men were arrested today charged with at- tempting to bribe an Associated Press office boy to falsify figures given him by the New York Clearing House for delivery to his office. The figures, which give the previous days bank clearings, often are used by gamblers in so-called stock market pools. The two men, Lawrence Steckman and Nathan Peltington, were arrested this morning, as they were talking to the office boy, Harold Harris, 16, in front of the clearing house, where each morning Harris gets the figures and takes them to the Associated Press Wall Street office. They approached him Monday, Harris told police, and offered him $50 if he would change the fourth figure to read “three.” He refused, but said nothing to his employers about it. Yesterday they again approached him, he sald, and offered him $75. He again refused. and when he returned to the office told James Moran, of the Wall Street Burea Moran took the boy to police head- quarters this morning, where two de- tectives were assigned to go with him on his rounds. When Steckman and Feltington again approached Harris in front of the clearing house they were arrested. ‘They told police that they were acting for another man, whose name they gave. He is being sought. PLC T T Tt In the first five months of this year 2,476,005 radio receiving sets were sent from the United States to forelgn countries. WILL OPEN A tiny car, unique in construction and remarkable in performance, made to sell for $200 and - e er distribution, is the invention of James V. Martin of Garden City, Long with an engine in it and four wheels. There is no chassis or chassis frame. Each wheel is inde- is used. There is little or no rebound when the car hits ir-cooled motor and has an electric starter. proportionate t can serve as keted through mail ord body ndently mounted. inequalities in the road. It is only 600 and is said have it son of the / In place of springs, rubber “aviator cord” equipped with a four-cylinder c 1o do 50 miles on a gallon of s weatherproof packing ear “bullt for two” with s BITTER FIGHT SEEN INARMY CUT MOVE Hoover Faces Trying Battle With General Staff on Ecoriomy Plans. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. In his attempt to cut down mate- establishment of the Government Pres- ident Hoover is in for a trying struggle before he succeeds, according to those who are famlliar with the ways of the | general staff of the American Army. The fight he necessarily will have from time to time with Congress will, it is predicted, be nothing compared with what 1s confronting him in his en- counter with the generals who are run- ning the Army. President Hoover's | predecessors and others who have at- | tempted to buck the general stafl never have met with much success and because of all this the latter has come to be looked upon in official circles as virtually supreme where the destinies of | the Army are concerned. ‘The Army staff acts as a unit when it is attacked. There is no dissension or insurgency within its ranks. It moves quietly and it has ever been able to demonstrate a formidableness that Because of this the staff frequently has been classed as the strongest bu- reaucracy in the Government. Hoover Is Mindful of This. President Hoover is mindful of all | just’ the same and the battle is on. When the smoke of his first gun cleared away, which was in effect a public pronouncement that the Army has cost entirely too much money and that it | must Tetrench, the Army heads re- turned fire by publicly announcing that | this could not be done; that the cost | should be increased instead of de-| creased. The President’s retort was to the effect that he wanted a complete | survey made to see what services and | other outlays have become obsolete and | that he would place the full responsi- bility upon the Army. Then a decision | would be reached, he said. “That s where the battle stands for the present. ‘The progress of this battle will not be broadcast round by round, as is the case when the President has locked horns with the Senate or House over some question of legislation. The fight between the President and the general staff is more of a family affair and as such will be kept within closed doors, and there will be no ringside reports until the battle is over, or at least until | one side is declared the winner. Nothing definite. will be learned until the day publicly whether his ideas of Army re- trenchment may proceed. Figures Caused Slash Move, Mr. Hoover's determination to do some slashing where the Army was con- | cerned came about after he had stud- ied some recent figures showing the estimated increase in Federal expendi- tures over the next four years, &s imposed by legisiation already passed by Congress. ‘These figures showed' an estimated increase of from $400,000,- | 000 to $500,000,000 above the total e penditures of four years ago and that about one-half of ‘this estimated in- crease was for military and naval ex- penditures. This increase as estimated did not include what is spent on vet- erans, which- represents more than | $800,000.000 annually. Moreover, the | President was further alarmed when he discovered that many bills are pending | before Congress that will further in- crease the military and naval expenses. | He concluded that the American | people should understand that current expenditures or. strictly military activ- ities of the Army and Navy constitute | the largest military budget of any na- | tion in the world today and at a time when there is less real danger of ex- tensive disturbance to peace than at any time in more than half a century. Aside from the fact that Mr. Hoover considers all this mounting cost of the Army and Navy as being economically wrong, he has visions of all hope for further tariff reduction being lost unless there is some economizing on the Army and Navy expense. He made it obvious when he started his fight to bring this about that he is not concerned about the Navy. He hopes to save materially on naval expenditures by international agreement on naval armament. Good Did Not Join Protest. As might be expected. therefore, when the President singled out the Army for the pruning knife, there was a terrific protest from the Army. Secretary of ‘War Good did not join in the complaint at that time. He was represented as being in accord with the President. As the echoes of this protest reached the White House the President decided upon whats hould have been a well advised diplomatic stroke. He invited the Secretary of War, the two Assistant Secretaries of War and Gen. Summerall, chief of staff of the Army, to be his guests for the week end at his retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Vir- ginia. A better understanding, it was thought, could be reached more readily so far from the atmosphere of the Capital. The President’s tent was the scene of a series of long, serious talks regarding his economy plan and, a though & definite account has not been revealed, it is taken from developments that the President lost the first skirmish of the big battle. At least he was out- pointed for the moment. ‘Those who know the ways of Presi- dent Hoover are satisfled that he will win. They contend that he will wait for the general staff to make its survey and to report and if the latter is not satisfactory to him he will have a sur- vey made by & body of civillan experts and then his inning will follow. P Eih's aged dosr tha case 3 ‘modern auto.. NEW PRICE FIEL GRAF ZEPPELIN READY FOR ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT Richardson, U. f, and William Transatlantic crossing becoming 100 ame, Capt. Hugo Eckener, shown under the Zeppelin, is about to take his | t craft on a trip around the world. The passenger list will include Lady Drummond Hay and Joachim Rickard (top insets). both of whom have made previous crossings with the G ! C. P. Burgess, engineer in the aeronautical branch of the Navy; Lieut, Comdr. C. E. Rosendahl, U. S. N,, and Lieut. Jack | N.. shown, left to right, at the bottom. | B. Leeds, son of the late tin plate king: POLLARD IS NAMED DEMOCRATIC HOPE IN VIRGINIA FIGHT (Continued From First Page) lot with Dr. Brown and the anti-Smith Democrats, realizing that it was their only chance to bring about a defeat of the regular Democratic nominee for governor this year. It is also their chance of bringing eventually into_th: ranks of the Republican party of Vir- ginia many of the Democrats who op- posed Gov. Smith and who have been disgruntled at the support given Smith by the regular Democratic leaders of the State. Dr. Brown, an able and eloquent speaker, has already started his cam- paign. His appeal to the Democrats is to throw off the leadership in the State which has given its support to Al Smith and which continues to support the Democratic organization headed by Raskob. He and his supporters assert | that the continuarce of such leadership means eventually a wet Democratic na- tional party. Furthermore, Dr. Brown and his supporters are urging the voters to overthrow the “Democratic ma- chine,” which they claim dominates the State. Prospects Are for Grand Row. ‘The prospects are for a grand row | before the campaign is over. Mixed ur in it is Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the M. E. Church South, an anti- Smith Democratic leader. Bishop Can- non has been widely assailed ever since he came out for the nomination of an anti-Smith Democrat for governor last June, against the regular Democratic nominee. Bishop -Cannon has hit back at his enemies, denying all the charges made against him, and carrying the war into their camp. While he 15 soon to go to Europe, he will return in time | to take his part in the campaign this Fall, Mr. Pollard is not new to politics in Virginia. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor in 1917, but lost in a three-cornered race with Westmoreland Davis and Lieut. Gov. Taylor Ellyson. Davis was regarded as wet and Ellyson and Pol- lard, who was then attorney general of the State, were counted drys. Bishop Cannon at that time urged the with- drawal of Pollard from the race, so that the dry vote would not be split. Davis was nominated with a vote of 45,000, Ellyson had 38,000 and Pollard 22.000. This incident was not inclined to make Pollard and Bishop Cannon good friends. Bishop Cannon’s 15,000-word state- ment in defense of himself, issued two days ago, is to be circulated widely through Virginia and is regarded as a campaign document, calling his friends and supporters to the colors. ‘The result of the election will turn on the number of disgruntled Democrats D IN AUTOS g'oblbly {o be mar- sland. The car in It weighs uantity of oil. It is planned to Photo shows & g 18 garage. . —=Wide-World- _| hands of 'ONE BOMBER “LOST” ON CALIFORNIA FLIGHT who support Brown or stay away from the polls and upon the solidity with which the Republicans vote for the fusion candidate. There were evidences | that some of the Republicans of the | State were displeased with the idea of nominating a Democrat. But the lead- ership demanding his nomination at the the Republican convention prevailed. It seems shrewd politics. Attacks May Be Boomerang. Attacks made on Bishop Cannon, | his supporters hold, are likely to prove | a boomerang. Some of the regular | Democrats are in a quandary whether to intensify their attacks on the bishop or 1o drop themy. There is the danger uf making a martyr of him politically and thereby rousing an element that migit | otherwise be content to go along with | the regular candidate. The election this year will have its bearing on what is to happen in tie | congressional elections next year in Vir- ginia. Senator Carter Glass, who has | been bitterly at odds with Bishop Can- {non and anti-Smith Democrats, is up | for re-election. The Republicans, with | anti-Smith Democratic support, elected | three members of the House last vear, and they, too, are up for re-election. Prof. Pollard supported the Demo- cratic nominee for President, Al Smith, last year during the -campaign. The | anti-Smith Democratic organization is | seeking to make Smith and Raskob the great issue, along with prohibition, in the campalgn this year. Regular Demo- crats assert that these issues are dead and cannot be brought to life. They point out that Prof. Pollard is a dry and has always been so. | Pollard had the backing in the pri- | mary campaign of the Byrd organiza- |tion, which is synonomous with the regular organization of the State. Mr. Mapp, a strong prohibitionist, was | strongly supported by a sizable group in the party. But the organization demonstrated its power again. The nomination of Pollard is regarded as | hearty indorsement by the Democrats | of the administration of Gov. Byrd. The rcgular Democrats declare that |spots and that the supporters of all three candidates will line up for Pol- lard. Primary ' campaigns, however, | when an_election must be held later, |are not always conducive to party har | mony. |PICKETT ANSWERS TINKHAM CHARGES (Continued From First Page.) bishop now insists he made personally to the committee.” “He leaves unanswered,” the Repre- sentative continued, “the question that was asked him which lies at the heart of the matter, namely, whose money was it, from what source did he obtain the large sums which between August and November in 1928 he ‘loaned’ to the anti-Smith Democratic committee” He has denied that any of this money has come from the treasury of his church board. He insinuates that it was his own money, but he dares not say s0.” Examination Made. Tinkham said he was informed the Department of Justice was examining the charges of violation of the corrupt practices act he lodged against the Methodist Board of Temperance, Pro- hibition and Public Morals for failing to file a statement of its expenditures and contributions in the Hoover-Smith campaign. “Dr. Clarence True Wilson, its gen- eral secretary and spokesman,” he said, “is like Bishop Cannon in that while protesting that my charges are un- founded and assailing me for preferring the charges he has not offered to the Department of Justice the board’s ledgers and records to prove his inno- cence.” MISS FRIEBUS DIES. Veteran Employe of Land Office ‘Was 76 Years of Age. Miss Laura O. Friebus, 76, veteran employe of the Land Office, Department of the Interior, where she worked for 46 years, died at her residence, 1905 Fifteenth street, last night. Miss Friebus had resided in this city since a child. She was a charter member of the Memorial Lutheran Church. Miss Friebus had among her posses- sions a [testimonial of her long and faithful service the Land ice, | the primary campaign leaves no sore | ON ELECTION FUND| New Mexico Airports in Search for Plane. By the Associated Press SAN DIEGO, Calif, August —A check-up of airports between here and Albuquerque, N. Mex., was begun today in the hope of finding 1 of 10 Army |bombing planes which left the New Mexico city for the coast and failed to | arrive yesterday. The other 9 arrived late yesterday. The missing_plane was piloted by Capt. George M. Palmer, with Lieut. Leonard F. Harmon as co-pilot. The other fiyers expressed the belief that | the plane had been forced down east of | the Colorado River, perhaps in Arizona. The planes left Langley Field, Va. | Monday to demonstrate the mobility of bombers and to determine the time re- quired to fly the planes from coast to coast. Eight of the ships landed here and the other at Riverside, Calif. SR & il BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Army Band, | Sylvan Theater, Washington Monument | grounds, at 7:30 tonight. March, “The Conqueror”. . Overture, “Midsummer Nigh Dream” ... Mendelssohn | Solo for saxophone, yn,” .. Teike ’ yn, Wiedoeft Eugene Hostetter, soloist. | Selection from “The Singing Girl,” | Herbert American sketch, “Down South,’ M Waltz, “Wedding of the Southern tone poem on Back to Old Virginia . “Ballet Egyptien’ “The Star Spangled Banner.” United States Marine Band at the Capitol, at 7:30 tonight. March, “Homage,” from the suite “Sigurd Jorsalfar” Grieg Overture, “Mountains of the North," Tregina Idyll, “Canoeing” “Das Liebesmahl der Apostel” | Lord's Last Supper). Descriptive, “A Hunting S Andante Cantabile from the “Fifth Symphony™ .. Grand march from Sheba” (The . Wagner cen . Gounod “The Star Spangled Banner.” Navy Band, band stand, Navy Yard, 7:30 tonight. March, “The Kilties". ... Overture, “The Magic Flute". Solo for cornet, “The Mighty Pa- cific” s Cli Musician Ralph Ostrom. “Polowitsiennes” Borodine ¥rom “Prince Igol Descriptive, “In a Chinese Temple Garden” .... Ketelbey Two_excerpts from “The Pathetic Symphony” .. Tschaikowsky Andante from first movement. March from third movement. Excerpts from “The New Moon.” Rombe Duet for oboe ‘and clarinet, “Villa- nelles” Dell' Acqua Bandmasters B. Contreras and C. Brendler. g v, “Hungarian, No. ..Liszt ‘Anchor’s Aweig “The Star Spangled Banner.” Soldlers’ Home Band at Soldiers’ t 5:30 tomorrow evening. “Qur Gallant National Guard” .. 5 Overture, “Light Cavalry”. Suite romantique, “A Summer 1) “Goblins’ Gambol.” (2) “A Love Song.” (3) “Dance of the Moon Sprites” Scenes from the music show “The = . Arcadians” . . Monckton Characteristic, “Espanola Jazz,” & Parnell Alr de ballet, “Valse Bluette Finale, “Marche Electric” “The Star Spangled N T. 8. Ship Engineer Drowned. SHANGHAIL August 7 (#).—John Duckhaber of New Albany, Ind., second engineer of the shipping board freighter Triumph, was drowned at Hankow sev- eral days ago and was buried there with Masonic rites. The freighter arrived at Danses, Austin . .Suppe Night,” Doud terior | Hanl on August € with a cargo of oil nol:’:erhk.,vnr ..Pryor | Buccaloss! | .. Tschatkowsky | SNOOK DESCRIBES AFFAIRWITH CO-£D Accused Doctor Takes Stand After Wife and Mother Give Testimony. ___(Continued From First Page.) dition of the home you shared with | Dr. Snook, as to parental relations?” | Ricketts asked. “They were normal.” | “What change have you moticed in i the last few years?” “We haven't been much toget “Did you see Ricketts inquired. “Yes,” the witness replied. “What time was it?” “It was the morning of that day.” “Was he at home for dinner?” | “Yes, but I did not see him. I talke to him from upstairs. He came poo again about 9 o'clock. I saw the lights on his car. I was at home unti § o'clock. when I went for a walk with gylgnby. We stopped to visit a Mrs, him on June 137 Did you return directly from there"” “Yes.” Then put the baby to bed s, Voman's Voice Breaks. rs. Snook’s voice broke as she tri to keep up with Ricketts’ q‘u:&urr)lr:sd but she struggled with her emotion and did not interrupt the examina- | "“After I put the baby to bed, T back downstairs and ing." she | back down and was reading,” she | . “What change have you see; the ‘g;mo’:n;lruf:r |mental attitude” of D 100} e las LIBY i s Pty St Lwo years?” Rieketts “He hasn't been as talkative, but he reads ", Do ieads & great deal” Mrs. §nook “I8 there any difference i vou | cq;;fl.zi}?n?;cn.cksn; S | e has 'en restless—that m anything,” she said. “He did moi o or read long at any time.” 3 “Were you taken 1 e %0 police head- “Yes, on Tuesday ot | | | Tells of Murder Accusation. | Is. Snook said she was questi five hours by pros o five hours by prosecutor John J. Ches- | "I was accused of the murder,” | continued. " “He said hair war Zousrs | He wanted to know if the strands of hair in the girl's hand compared with mine. He said the knife had becn found in my kitchen. I told them I ?avr\;:rdl‘d];t. hM". attorney. Mr. Schan- . told them ‘G 1 an st e [asdeA::l they Ricketts “No, they did not » you recall MrD0U Tecall the exact words o Yo, T do not.” e defense questioning was brie xt::”me Wwitness was turned over to th; lowing the 13th arrest you?” | e S | . Snook, when you first came | down Dr. John' M. Thompson was wiih i i\::,‘n')lstnhl he?" Chester asked in tak- e cross-examin: “Yes” ing up the ation. *Yes “I asked Seidel to leave” Chest | continued.” (John F. Seidel, a defense you did.” were allowed to retain Schan- “Yes.” “I called Schanfarber for you before you were questioned?” asked Chester. es.” 3 On redirect | asked her: “Did you know of the relatio your husband and Theora Hoxrw > OF fAbsolu(ely no,” was Mrs. Snook's | examination Ricketts Did you ever = . :“omd?; hear her name men. | “No, I never did." i Snook Calm as Witn | Max Seyfert of defense counsel took | up the examination of Dr. Snook. | Dr. Snook related his early life and { education. He talked in an even, com- posed voice and was as cool a witness | as has been in the chair since the of the trial. There was not one trace of excitement as he answered clearly and distinctly the preliminary ques- | tions of his attorney. ) Seyfert took the questioning throuzh Dr. Snook’s study at Ohio State, his entrance into the veterinary faculty there, war service in an aviation | ground school and his trip to Europe {in 1920 as a member of the American Olympic pistol team. Dr. Snook said he had held “six or eight” national p tol championships in’ slow and rapid | fire and “four or five” in rifle shooting. | “When were you married?” Sevfert | asked. A 1y Sepember, 1922.” “Doctor, when was the first time y ever met’ Miss Theora Hix?" Seyfert asked i “About three yvears ago. She came | to the vetermnary department as a ste- | nographer.” | He said he did not remember whether there was a formal introduction. Dr. Snook said he did not recall how he was introduced to Miss Hix. “The first time I held an extended conversation with Miss Hix was a fow days after I met her. About that time I offered to drive her to her room at Mack Hall at the edge of the campus It was raining as we were leaving o offices. There was another girl with her. Miss Hix got out at Mack Hall and the other girl left the machine at the Neil avenue car stop. I am not sure whether she knew then that I was married. Discussed Companionate Marriage. “I frequently had conversations with her at certain times of the day when I had to go to her office to have some stenographic work done. At first we talked about how gne happened to corme to the veterinary building to work. Sue said she did not have enough money for her school work and consequentiy was forced to accept employment part {of the time. “In general our conversation was discussion of her affairs. She spoke of being left alone then (during the Sum- mer of 1926). Most of the students had gone away and she mentioned that her ‘boy friend’ had gone also. She didn't speak much about her ‘boy friend’ at that time. (Later Dr. Snook learned that the friend was Marion T. Mevers, who was employed in the horticultural department at the university.) “During the first two weeks of our acquaintance we talked about com- panionate marriages. She said she thought companionate marriage was |1r1¥m. ‘but when you lost your com- panion, it wasn't.’ “This remark led us to discuss books of that nature.” Dr. Snook said that after the first auto ride he proposed to drive the girl out a country road and she agreed. “On the way back some remark was made about my being married,” Dr. Snook said, “and she got out of the car four blocks from where she lived.” He said he talked to her at intervals during the next four or five weeks and shortly after they began discussing books on sex and three or four weeks after, their intimate relations began. Dr. Snook sald Miss Hix often asked his advice about personal matters. Dur- ing the Summer of 1926, he said, he taught her to shoot and gave her the gun he later claimed he thought sh> had with her the night she was slain. Seifert dwelt at length on the girl's training with a gun. The testimony had a bearing on the ex-professor’s claim that he feared for his life when the girl threatensd him on their trip to- the- range- where-she. was. killed. -