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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and tomorrow; cooler tomorrow and tomorrow night. ‘Temperatures: Highest, 36, at 11 am. today; lowest, 71, at Full report on page 7. N.Y. Markets, Pages 26 and 27 Entered as second class matte; ‘Washington. Closi No. 31,175. post office, 5:30 a.m. today. r D, C. Fpenir WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, D. °C, SEPTEMBER Star. Associated 7, 1929 —_THIRTY-S IX PAGES. » (#) Means Associated Press. The only evening paper in ‘VI‘uhi:'gton wur the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,534 TWO CENTS. SEARCHFCRT.AT. | PLANELEADS CRAF INTO OLD MBYEY Desolate Regions of Southern California Also Are Being Thoroughly Combed. RAILROA_D MAN REPORTS { SEEING DISTRESSED SHIP 'MATE DISQUALIFIED 328.63 MILES H. R. D. Waghorn Estab- lishes World Record in Achieving Victory. British Favorite Has Lap | Time of 332.49—Bad Luck Besets Italians. Aecrial Armada Covers 50,000 Miles. | Lindberghs Leave St. Louis for Winslow. B the Arsociated Press WINSLOW, Ariz., September 7.—Two desolate, widely separate regions-—one | in Southern California and the other in Old Mexico—today commanded the attention of searchers for the lost liner, City of San Francisco. Southern California searchers seized npon an unconfirmed report that a tri- motored plane, flashing its lights on and | off. was seen over the Providence Moun- | tains, 7 mlies north of Bagdad, at 6 | p.m. Iast Tuesday. The report. coming throngh Santa Fe | Railroad offices and quoting James L.| Shooks, a section foreman, said the plane appeared to have been losing| altitude. Shooks declared the plane | passed from his sight and apparently landed, but that he was not sure. The sound of the motors ceased, he said, but whether the engines stopped or| whether the plane had gone beyond his hearing he was unable to say. Right Plane Doubted. Some doubt was expressed by search- | ers that Shooks has seen the City of San Francisco. They thought he may | have sighted one of the planes which flew over the area near Bagdad. Tues-| day afternoon hunting for the wrecked racing craft of Mai. John Wood. Several points in the report, however. aroused the searchers to action. So far 2s known, no tri-motored plane partici- | pated in the hunt for Wood's ship, and little if any flying wis done over the Providence Mountains in search for the | racer. It was pointed out that the missing air liner, piloted by J. B. Stowe, had a six-hour supply of gasoline when it left Albuquerque and that the time By the Associated P RYDE, Isle of Wight, September 7.— With her aviators speeding faster than any human being had ever traveled be- fore and setting & new world record for the blue ribbon Schneider Cup race, Great Britain today Illcl'!Mfu‘rV de- fended the Schneider trophy against Italy in the tenth anniversary of its running. | Flying Officer H. R. D. Waghorn, on A supermarine Rolls-Royce 5-6, set a | new Schneider Cup course record, with | an average speed of 328.63 miles. per hour, surpassing the previous record of | Lieut. Webster of Great Britain in 1927 | by _47.14 miles per hour. | Flying Officer R. L. R. Atcherley. on a machine identical fo Waghorn's, sur- | BRITISH OFFICER FLIES PER HOUR TO WIN SCHNEIDER RACE H. R. D. WAGHORN., —Wide World Photo. he failed to pass around a pylon mark- ing one of the course points. But a later announcement made it plain that the world's record of 33249 miles per hour would stand because Atcherley twice made it. The first time was on his fourth la , | Zeppelin Co. is seeking the best weather passed the world's speed record of his | €qualing it, on his seventh lap. comrade on one of his laps and set a| It Was officially stated that the di new one with a mark of 33249 miles | Qualification, while eliminating Lieu per hour, the fastest time ever made | Atcherley from the Schneider Cup race, anywhere by man. | would not affect his time on his sev- ‘Waghorn previously had made 331.10 | enth lap. miles per hour in one of the laps around | ,_There were moments of tense anxiety the Solent course. | twice during the race. Pirst Lient. Some confusion was created after the | Cadringher and then Lieut. Monti di race by the announcement that Atcher- | Rbpeared from the view of the ¢ffic ley was disqualified for the race when |~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) WAY IS CLEARED RENEWED TROUBLE. FORROOTPLANC.K. SEEN INPALESTAE Stimson, in Note, States He Extended Period of Unrest, Would Submit Protocol ‘ Requiring Presence of Big to Hoover. Army, Expected. By the Associated Press. i"" the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 7,—A note from JERUSALEM, September 7.—Open Col. Henry L. Stimson, United States Secretary of State, tc the League of noted by Shooks was about six hours | after the plane left the New Mexico| city for Winslow on its way to Los! Angeles. The air liner had a cruising | speed of 110 miles an hour. Bagdad | i< about 500 miles west of Albuquerque | as_the crow flies | Searchers believed that inasmuch as | Btowe did not Jand at Winslow he} Nations has paved the way for the League's approval of the protocol of Elihu Root and Sir Cecil Hurst which will permit American adhesion to the World Court. The note was delivered last night through the American legation at admission has been made by persons closely in touch with the situation in! Palestine that, although the British gov- iemment has matters firmly in band, [nn extended period of unres! requiring ]lxm forces of troops may be expected. | Although the country has grown | noticeably more peaceful the last two | days, there were continued reports today might have reached s far West as| Bern and simply stated that Col. Stim- | of minor disorders and clashes between the vielnity of Bagdad Before exhaust- ing his fuel. The plane was last seen | at Grants, N. Mex., somewhat off its| course and heading southward, Two Planes Searching. ‘Two planes from Colton, Calif., were assigned to fly over the Providence Mountain area on the strength of Shooks’ story. Shooks sald he had been in the desert for several days and did not know that the air liner was missing until he saw newspapers yes- terday. Stories of three persons along the | international border near Columbus, N. Mex.. sent two newspaper men abouf 50 miles into the almost inaccessible border country of Chihuahua where a strange airplane was reported to have been sighted south of the line about 4 p.m. Tuesday. This area is some 200 | miles south of the place where the City of San Francisco was last seen on its flight toward Winslow. Although the aerial armada searching for the sky liner scanned about 50,000 ; square miles of territory in Arizona and New Mexico yesterday without finding a trace of the nlane, the ships were | destined for more work over that re- | gion. | 67 Planes Searching. i Twenty-seven planes were at the, Winslow airport and there were 20 at' Kingman, Ariz, including 10 naval| Planes. Three Army planes were re- | ported at Barstow, Calif., en Toute to| Winslow. The whereabouts of ‘three | Marine Corps planes, which left San| Diego yesterday afternoon, was not def- initely known. Two planes were known to be at G Jup, N. Mex., and the reported t: off from there of 12 planes after dark last night was unexplained by T. A. T.| officials here. They declared they were not aware there had been that many planes there. Gallup reported them leaving for an unannounced destination. LINDY SPEEDING WESTWARD. Leaves St. Louis With Wite for Nefl Stop Flight to Join Searchers. | ST, LOUIS, September 7 (#).—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh took off from Lambert-St. Louis Field in a Lockheed Vega plane. According to reports from the flying fleld, Col. Lindberg planned nonstop flight.to Winslow, unless forced to,land en route by fog or other weather conditions. Visibility was poor here at the time of the take-off. The famous airman is technical ad- visor to the Transcontinental Air Trans- port, operators of the City of San Francisco, which has been missing since | ‘Tuesday, with its passenger list of five | and crew of three. He declined to give any explanation or opinion regarding the cause of the ship’s disappearance or her fate. Col. Lindbergh emphasized he does not consider himself any more impor- tant in the search than the four score of other birdmen scanning the wilder- ness in New Mexico and Arizona nor the hundreds of individuals taking part. “Everything possible is being done,” the flying colonel said. “But we want to be there to fl" what help we can. We want 1o assist the other flyers.” The territory is familiar to Col. Lind- bergh, who selected the route used by the T. A. T. in its air-rail hookup. ROBIN FLYER HOPS OFF. i Dale Jackson and His Wife Leave Kansas City for New Mexico, KANSAS CITY, D oot trokn Dege ab B30 ere 2 b Mex., 1o | son would submit the protocol, drawn | British troops and Arabs, and between up early last Spring in Geneva, 10 Arabs and Jews. | President Hoover for signature. It was| Ten Bedouins were killed in a skir- | explained it would then have to be rati- | mish which followed their discovery fied by the United States Senate. | shelved. The protocol, as drawn up, was de- signed to meet the objections of court | signatories to reservation 5 of the United States Senate, this being that no advisory opinions in which the | United States was interested could be given by the tribunal, rightly named the | Permanent Court of International Justice, without American consent. Way Cleared for Withdrawal. ‘The protocol declared that the United States might object to the court giving such an advisory opinion in negotiations with the League Council. The court would not be bound by the protest, but if the United States still found the situation objectionable it might with- draw from the court. ‘Unanimous endorsement of the proto- col was given three days ago by 22 of the 41 World Court signatories and ap- proval of the Assembly of the League thereafter was expected as a mere | formality. Sympathetic interest by the American _Government was assumed from the first, andsofficial information was given in Washington the instru- ment was satisfactory to the Govern- ment. Premier Waldemaras of Lithuania, addressing the Assembly, complained | that the league had not progressed as it | should and did not display too much | promise. ®All the great achievements since the war, he said—mentioning the Locarno | and Kellogg-Briand pacts—have been outside the League. ‘The resolution of Arthur Henderson, British foreign minister, designed to bring the League covenant and the Kel- logg pact into closer harmony, he said, | was similar to a resolution he intro- duced himself last year, but which was | * Venizelos Makes Address. } Eleutherios Venizelos, premier of | Greece, one of Woodrow Wilson’s allies in_existence, addressed the Assembly today for the first time in its 10 years of life. He praised the Kellogg pact and ex- | pressed the opinion that in case it was | iolated the United States would not re- ntinued on Page 2, Column 8) Bandits Get $6,680 Gems. CHICAGO, September 7 (#).—Threc masked men robbed Mrs. Ida Braum- berg, a divorcee, and her daughter Har- riet, 21, of $6,680 in jewelry and $110 in cash early today in the Braumberg apartment, on Surf street. Mrs, Braum- berg had gone across the corridor to visit a friend and had left the dour to her apartment open, police said. The men were holding up Miss Braumberg when Mrs, Braumberg returned. by British troops in the Esdration Val- ley. They and their fellows were sald to have been engaged in looting the Kear Tabor colony. Gaza Fight Rumors Persist. Despite official statements that the reports were without confirmation there persisted rumors of fights between Brit- ish soldiery and Bedouins near Gaza. Near the colony Kastinia 60 Arabs, with two sheikhs, were arrested on suspicion | of having participated in destruction of the colony. . Authorities continued their roundup of those deemed responsible for the re- cent clashes. Special courts have been established in accordance with the pro- clamation of the high commissioner, Sir John Chancellor, consisting of British members of the administration, not nec- essarily judicial officers or persons with previous judicial experience. Battle Changes Form. In one sense fhe battle has changed from one of swords and rifles to one of words, with Jews and Arabs exchanging mutual recriminations about each other. On one point the Arabs and Jews | agree, that is, in holding the govern- ment responsible for lack of foresight regarding the present emergency. The Arab leaders argue that Palestine will never enjoy peace and prosperity with- out the presence of strong military forces unless some sxeegulrdl are given the Arabs they won't driven from the country by the commercial penetration of the Jews. Details of atrocities said to have been committed by the Arabs in their attacks on Hebron shortly after the trouble broke out in Palestine were made public by the Jewish funeral commiasion, 150 DROWN AS BOAT SINKS IN FINLAND Most of Victims Are Children. Only 50 on Vessel Are 3 Rescued, By the Assoclated Press. HELSINGFORS, Finland, September 7—One hundred and fifty persons, mostly school boys and girls, were drown- ed today when the Finnish steamer Juru sank in a heavy storm while ply- ing its regular route from the town of Tampere to the village of Kuru. Only 50 of the 200 passengers were saved. o i BNl BURGLAR BUILDS CRACKER CASTLE | AFTER ROBBING EVANSTON HOUSE Police Force Baffled Over Strange Antics of Thief Who Plays With Toys After Pocketing $150. iated Press. . BV N, IIl, September 7.—The police force today grappled with the D. . MAY BE BASE FOR DIRIGIBLE LINE. ECKENER REVEALS Declares Choice Lies Be- tween Washington and Richmond. TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE WILL BE ESTABLISHED Skipper of Graf Zeppelin Tells of : Plans Before Sailing Back to Germany. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, Seplember T.—The American terminal for German trans- atlantic dirigible service is expected 1o be established in a city south of Bal- timore, probably at Washington or Richmond, Dr. Hugo Eckener, Aklprer of the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin, announced today before leaving for | Germany. In establishing regular transatlantic | service. Dr. Eckener said, the German | areas in which to build a terminal, and | In this connection he pointed out that | her shift line runs east and west | immediately north of Baltimore, making | i the section to the south more desirable for_landing than points further north. Dr. Eckener said he did not think the Graf Zeppelin would land at the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, N. J., | again because he did not want to wear | | out the welcome extended the Graf on | three previous occasions by naval| authorities, | Dr. Eckener said that a station in| the South would be the American home | for the German craft, although he inti- mated and Paul W. Litchfield. presi- ! dent of the Goodyear Zeppelin Co., said that mooring masts would be necessary at such places as New York and Phila- delphia to permit passengers to land nearer the large centers of population. | The hangar in the South would be a great service station, much as a dry- dock or home port is to an ocean liner. | Service to Start in 1932, ‘The German Zeppelin Co. and the Goodyear Zeppelin Co., a subsidiary of | the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., for several years have had a working agreement, and it is under a con-| tinuance of this agreement that Zeppelin service from Europe to the United States and South America will be undertaken by the German group. The Goodyear Co. will work alone in establishment of service between the Americen west coast and Hawali. American and German banking in- terests will be involved in the proposed transatlantic service. Since he ended the recent world cruise of the Graf Zepelin, Dr. Ecksner has been in econ- | ference with American bankers and of- i ficials of the Goodyear Co., but definite comt.lnczllll arrangements will not bl; uded until Dr. er rel g‘mnny and meets mnom Dr, Eckener sald his negotiations with American bankers since the end of the world voyage had been far more satisfactory than any undertaken pre- viously, but even if a financial affilia- tion is effected soon actual operation of transoceanic service cannot begin be- | fore 1932, Four Ships Planned. The Graf Zeppelin will not be in the | fleet of the bcean air lines when regu- Iar service starts, but will be used as! a training ship for personnel, demon- | stration and excursion flights. While | the Graf 1s now the aerial pride of | Germany, Dr. Eckener said, it does not l achieve the dirigible ideal, and the new ships will be of markedly different type, The new ships will be shorter and stubbler than the great Graf, so that wind resistance may be reduced and greater speed obtained, they will accommodations for 24 passengers eater space for mail and freight. Fifteen million dollars will be needed for the establishment of a line with four ships, such as the German group proposes. Sailings would take place every four or five days from each side. SEVERAL SITES CONSIDERED. Dr. Eckener First Considered Plans | Here Last Year. Dr. Eckener's decision to locate the American terminal for the proposed | transatlantic Zeppelin line either at Washington or Richmond is in accor- dance with tentative plans which he made during his first visit to this city | last year following the first flight of the Graf Zeppelin. Several sites in the vicinity of the National Capital have been considered by Dr. Eckener and his first officer, Capt. Ernst Lehmann, who was in command of the big dirigible on fits | transatlantic flight. Just before leaving Washington last Fall, after his first trip to this city, | Dr. Eckener took with him maps and descriptions of several sites in the vi- cinity of Washington. After the de- parture of the Eckener party from this city, Maj. Harry M. n, former resident of Congressional Airport, Iné., P Teaponse to requests from Capt. Leh- mann, sent to Germany maps and aerial photographs of the big Congres- sional Airport tract on the Rockville pike about six miles north of the Dis- trict line. The airport, although mnot large! enough at present for the operation of large dirigibles, is capable of consider- able expansion, Capt. Lehmann was in- formed. Located at Halpine, Congressional Airport extends four- fifths of & mile along the Rockville pike at Halpine, Md., running back one mile to Watkins Avenue boulevard. It is located on high land and has good ap- proaches from all directions, Maj. Hor- ton reported to Capt. Lehmann. The field is located on the Pittsburgh-Wash- ington airway now .being lighted by the Department of Commerce, and is one of the intermediate fields on that air- way. There is a beacon site on the ) Capt. Lehmann also indicated that sites between this city and the Eastern Shore of Maryland were being con- but did not mention any specific He ited g:: that for m.:; fl'm , open count was required, t high hills or other obstacles within 10 miles of the actual terminal. The terminal itself, he pointed out, should be at least a mile square. Washington clearing house, 34,937 X MURDERS LA TO MAUDLI POEM Chicago Police Get Story of Shootings Following Reci- tation of Verse. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, September 7.-A poem, one of those maudlin, sobby bits of bar- room doggerel, was held responsible to- | day for six recent murders. Frank Vercove, saloon hanger-on, was | the one who recited the verse, He was the first to die. Clifford Riley, Billy Clifford, Thomas McElligott, Cy Cawley | and Edward Westcott followed. | It was last Spring in Madigan's sa- loon in Cicero. Vercove, with a reputa- | tion as an entertainer, had_the fioor. | He began recftation of the poém —a dia- | | matie thing each verse of which ended | {in the accusative line, “you coward.” | Becomes Theatrical. = Vercove may have had too much to | drink. _Police believe it highly prob- | able. He became theatric. Xvery time | he eame to the line, “you coward,” he paused and pointed his finger straight {at Billy Clifford. | Time after time Vercove did this. | Suddenly Clifford snapped a pistol from under his shoulder and shot the old | man dead. ° | That_was the story police heard to- | day. They learned, too, that Vercove, | | while pretty much'of & derelict, had | one very good friend—a man powerful in underworld affairs. This man was not present when Vercove was shot, but it did not, take him long to learn what | had’ happened. Two Found Shot De: A short_time afterward Clifford and his pal, Riley, were found shot dead in an automobile behind a Cicero hotel. And not long after that Thomas Mc- Elligott got a bullet through his heart. He was a close friend of the slam Clifford. On_Thursday of this week Cy Cawley and Edward Westcott were put on the . These two, like McElligott, wre aligned with Clifford and were natural enemies of the “big shot” who was Vercove's friend. ’ Six men dead over a poem, police said; a poem that probably wasn't so swell at that. FESS TO BE HEARD IN FORUM TONIGHT Bi-centennial Celebration of George ‘Washington's Birth Will Be His Subject. ‘The national bi-centennial celebration of the birth-of George Washington will be the subject of the speech tonight of Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio in | | | The Star’s National Radio Forum over | a Nation-wide network of radio stations in the Columbia Broadcasting anumi chain, Senator Fess will go on the air at 9 o'clock. . Vice president and executive head of the George Washington Bi-centennial Commission, serving under President Hoover, president of the commission, Senator Fess has Leen actively engaged in the work of the commission for a long time. Plans of the commission include cele- brations in every State, municipalizy and school in the country, and Senator Fess is expected to have important message for the Nation along line of the celebration in this country. The celebration will begin on February 22, 1932, and is expected to continue for Fess is well versed in the history of the Nation. He was head of the history department of Ohio Northern University from 1889 to 1897, serving later as vice president of Ohio University and presi- dent of Antioch Cbllege. SEIZE THIRD RUM PLANE. Customs Agents Get Craft and Liquor, but Pilots Escape. DETROIT, September 7 (#).—The igration bo: Tter | Prohibition, said today that probibition | 4% enforcement conditions throughout the | are THE M/ZE‘IW American Throngs Cheer Schneider Race Sent by Air By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., September 7.—The hum of the motors of racing planes competing in the Schneider Cup races at Hyde, England. was carried to Ameri- can sudiences today via Station KDKA here, fogether with an announcer’s description of the events. ‘The Erogrlm broadcast by Sta- tion 58W, short-wave station of the British Broadcasting Co., was picked up here by KDKA and re- broadcast to American listeners. Radio engineers here reported unusually clear reception. The volume was such that it was necessary to reguce amplification for rebroadcasting. BANK FRAUD SEEN AS AID TO FRIENDS Waggoner Acted to Protect Depositors From Loss, Authorities Believe. NEW YORK, September 7 (#)— The Pederal grand jury Monday will begin an investigation of the ma- nipulation by which Charles Delos ‘Waggoner, president of the Bank of Telluride, Colo., secured $500,000 in credit from New York banks By false telegrams sent in the name of six Denver banks. By the Assoclated Press. DENVER, Colo., September 7.—Al- though still confused by a maze of in- formation regarding the possible where- | abouts and financial transactions of G. D. Waggoner, president of the Bank of Telluride, at Telluride, Colo., authori- | ties today held the theory he took | desperate measures to save his friends, | depositors in the bank, from financial | loss. ‘Waggoner is being sought in con- nection with with manipulations which placed $500,000 belonging to six Denver banks to his credit in a New York bank- ing_institution. The officers based their theory on a telegram to C. W. Downtain, cashier of the Bank of Telluride, which the bank president’s wife sald she sent for him yesterday from Wray, Colo. Message in Code Received. ‘The message, in code, was received by Downtain and said: "1 had this money sent you for the depositors. See that they get it before somebod{ starts something, and do it confidentially. You have enough for everybody.” Downtain said he did not receive the money referred to in the telegram. State bank officials here strengthened the authorities’ theory of Waggoner's motive by pointing out he apparently did not seek to obtain any of the money for himself, even though he could have obtained it in cash. Left Husband in Lincoln. The search for Waggoner today turned toward Western Kansas and Nebraska. On her arrival here last night Mrs. Waggoner said she had met her husband in Cheyenne, Wyo., last Tuesday and left him in Lincoin, Nebr., ‘Thursday night. The police at Lin- coln, however, had no knowledge of Waggoner having been there. Mrs. Waggoner said her husband told her he planned to continue on East, but she had had no word of him since he left her at Lincoln. Mrs. Waggoner said her husband had said nothing to her of his financial dealings and that when she left him he seemed to be in his usual spirits. CASHIER IS ROBBED | | | OF 2400 N CASH Young Robber Escapes With Dress Shop Pay Roll at 14th and Park Road. ‘Waving & gun, a young white man held up the cashier of the Natalie Sales Reom, Inc.. a dressmaking establish- | ment at 3308 Fourteenth street, and | { »scaped with a $2,400 pay roil shortly | before noon today unobserved by pass- ing throngs. The cashier, Kenneth. Prisbie, 5520 Wisconsin avenue, was returning with | | | | | | SENATE EXPECTED 10 PROBE ALLEGED ARMS SLASH FIGHT OF SHIPBUILDERS Committee Believed Holding Off Until Mitchell Acts. Borah and Walsh Want Thorough Inquiry. HALE SUMMONS GROUP TOGETHER NEXT WEEK Hoover, Rebuking Shearer, Warns He Intends to Halt Any Propa- ganda Against Government and Asks Attorney General to Con- sider Legal Steps. A rigid investigation by the | tives in charge of Sergt. | the pay roll from the nearby branch of the Riggs National Bank, at Fourteenth and Park road. | He had entered the lobby of the office building on his way to the Natalie SHops, |on the third floor, when the man ac- costed him. t‘n: w0 men were alone in the lobby at the pay roll, ordered Frisbie to.‘run up the steps” and went the door to the atreet. Frisbie sald he was no- ‘where in sight when be investigated. The bandit was described as about |28 years of hge, wearing a reddish gray suit, and of a medium height and build. Police were unable to learn if ! he escaped in an automobile after go- ing to the street. In addition to headquarters detec- | ‘Tom Sweeney | of the homicide squad, the hold-up was | LA time, and the bandit seized the | investigated by Officers L. C. Arion and W. H. Bell, both of No. 10 precinct, who arrived on the scene about five minutes after the bandit had made | good his escape. HYDE’S SECRETARY'’S HUSBAND POISONED Autopsy Reveals Cause of Death. Found Along Country Road Near Kansas City. | By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Mo., September 7.— | Charles A. McClung, husband of Mrs. Mary McClung, secretary to Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, died here last night from effects of poison. An au- topsy today determined the cause of death. McClung, a traveling sales- man, was found unconscious in his | automobile in a country road near Kan- |sas City. Investigation is being con- tinued in an effort to determine whether the poison may have been con- tained in liquor. Mrs. Emma McKay, sister of McClung. said he was not de- | spondent, was happy in his marriage | relations” and that she knew of no reason for his taking his own life. Mexico to Get Seized Funds. PHOENIX, Ariz., September 7 (#).— K. B. Peterson, secretary of State of Arizona, today informed Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson in Washington that cash and securities valued at $195.- 000, seized from Maria Cazares, ex- chequer of the treatury of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, when he fled to the | border during the revolution last Spring, would be turned over to the Mexican government. The securities were brought from Chihuahua and deposited in & bank at Douglas, Ariz. German Rend;nonl Raided. DETROIT, September 7 (#).—The Deutsches Haus, gathering rhee for Detroit Germans, was visited last night by Federal agents, who claimed they found a quantity of wine and beer. Martin Kaulfuss, manager of the din- ing room, was arrested on a charge of violating the prohibition law. U. S. DRIEST SINCE VOLSTEAD ACT BECAME EFFECTIVE, DORAN SAYS By the Asseciated Press. James M. Doran, commissioner of Nation are better than at any time |Declares He Failed to See Single Intoxicated Person { During Month’s Trip West. In my month's trip,” Doran said, at ordinary hotels in the visited and I did not see a intoxicated person. The hotels with the bureau since the Volstead wet became nffective, | liauor towns of the country and had been assured. that prohibition conditions were | Senate naval affairs committee of alleged propaganda by shipbuild- | ing corporations against limita- ‘ltion of naval armaments loomed itoday as a result of the blast is- | sued by President Hoover late yes- ! terday, asking the shipbuilders to meet the charge they had worked against arms cuts. | Senator Borah, chairman of the fiorelgn relations committee, said (today he believed the Senate | should go into the matter thor- | oughly. Senator David I. Walsh of Mas- | sachusetts, a member of the naval {affairs committee, expressed the ! opinion that the committee would |take action in the matter | promptly. Chairman Hale of the naval af- | fairs committee today called his | committee to meet Tuesday |to determine just what course shall be taken. It is likely he will discuss the situation with | the President and with the Attor- iney General. It is possible that i the fact the Attorney General has ! been called upon by the President ! to act in this matter may be given |as a reason for the Senate com- mittee’s holding off at the pres- i ent time. President Hoover’s communication to | the Attorney General had re- ceived at the Department this morning, but was expected during the day. and in the meantime. it was said that some preliminary work of in- vestigation had been done. The in- quiry will be in the hands of John Lord O'Brian, assistant to the Attorney General. Strong Pressure Expested. The. pressure for a Senate investiga- tion, however, is likely to be very strong. Senator Borah and others have been aroused over the report that several of the big shipbuilding companies of this country have employed a paid propagandist to defeat the efforts of this and other governments to reach an agreement for the limitation of naval armament. President Hoover hit out from the shoulder in his statement. It is clear the President intends to halt, if possible, any propaganda in this country by in- terested parties against the steps now being taken by this Government. the ! British government and others to bring about a limitation of armament. Just what legal steps can be taken by the Government in regard .to the alleged employment of Wiliam B. Shearer, self-styled naval expert, by the three shipbuilding companies is not quite clear A A Senate committee, however, with its wide powers, it is said here today, ! can bring the whole matier to light. Asks Compensation in Suit. The three shipbuilding corporations against which Shearer has filed suit for $250,000, alleged to be due him for services in blocking disermament, are the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corpora- tion, the American Brown Boveri Elec- tric Corporation and the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. His suit was filed August 22 in the New York Supreme Court. Shearer laid claim to $308,885.as_compensation for his serv- ices from December 10, 1926 to March 27, 1929. Of this total sum he says he has received $51,230. All of these corporations have done much work for the Government. His attendance at the Geneva con- ference between June 20. 1927, and August 4, 1927, he said, fell within this period of his employment. This con- ference failed because of a disagree- ment between the United States and Great Britain on cruiser tonnage. Shearer says that during his of employment he not only wrote ar- (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) RESCUED FROM WELL, MAN CRIES FOR WATER lS]:ocmh 42 Hours in Shaft After Cave-in Buries Worker Alive. By the Associated Press. % OTPUMWA, Iowa, September 7.— Wilkins Priest, imprisoned for 42 hours in’a caved-in well here, was released at 6:07 a.m. today. He cried for water as he was brought on & cot to the surface of a shaft which workers had started yesterday morning. Workers had tolled incessantly since Thursday morning, when Priest. was® was cleaning it. Priest as he was car- the 30-!