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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy with ers tonight and tomorrow; warm. ‘Temperatures—Highest, p.m. yesterday; lowest, 72, at 6 day. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 31,177, post . office, Entered as second class ma Washington. D. local thundershow- continued 3:45 to- 92, a tter C. ch TR AR WASHINGTON, - WITH SUNDAY MORN 10 R Ol ING EDITION e Foening Star MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1929_THIRTY-TWO PAGES. The Star's carri tion is delivered to Sunday’s %% ) Means Associated Pres Saturday’s _Circulation, Circulation, “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ier system covers every city block and the regular edi- Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. 98,174 710 TWO CENTS. BRIAND AUTHORIZED 10 DRAW PLAN FOR UNITING OF EUROPE Replies of Governments on It Will Be Digested for Parley Next Year. STRESEMANN APPROVES, BUT SAFEGUARDS U. S. Germany Against Move America Might Consider Hostile, He Tells League Assembly. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 9.—A confer- ence of the leaders of European states, meeting after luncheon under the chairmanship of Premier Briand of France, this afternoon decided that it was wise to create ties of solidarity among themselves such as might be described as a European confederation, or “United States of Europe.”* The statesmen, representatives of their nations at the tenth assembly of the League of Nations, appointed Pre- mier Briand, who is the author of the project for the so-called “United States of Europe. to draft a memorandium on the subjéct. The memorandum will be sent to all European governments for study. g Upon receipt of the replies from the different governments the French pre- mier will make a new report incor- porating them and submit it to a new conference of European nations. This | conference will probably be called to | take place simultaneously with the League Assembly at Geneva next year. Briand Sees No Threat. In an interview with the Associated Press immediately after the luncheon Premier Briand said nobody spoke against his project for a European con- federation, although several had voiced a preference that any such organization be_purely political in character. M. Briand added he had especially emphasized during the conference that the proposed confederation would in no way be directed against any continent or any country. On the contrary, he was_convinced that the organization Judge Finds Procedure in Police Tribunals “Rather Rapid.” Violators’ Disregard of Pen- | alties Raises New Question of Remedy. Unrecognized by court attaches, one of whom suggested he “sit down or leave,” Judge William S. Kenyon, mem- ber of the President’s National Com- mission on Law Observance and En- forcement, today made a personal survey of trial procedure in the Police Courts of the National Capital. Judge Kenyon appeared duly im- pressed with the businesslike atmosphere of the local courtrooms, but ventured the opinion that justice might be thwarted by too much haste as well as too much procrastination. His comment was prompted by the dispatch with which he saw prisoners being brought before the bench and sent away again. The unhearlded visit by the noted Jurist is believed to be the first definite move by a member of the Law Enforce- ment Commission to secure first-hand information in connection with the Government’s newly-launched crusade against crime, In Traffic Court, the jurist stood among a group of spectators, occupying a corner of the room. A balliff, by a general order, commanded him to be seated or to leave. Judge Kenyon chose the latter alternative. The lengthy line of prisoners, charged with minor violations, such as intoxica- tion and disorderly conduct, that filed IKENYON OF CRIME BODY VIEWS D. C. COURTS UNRECOGNIZED JUDGE, WILLIAM S§. KENYON. —Assoclated Press Photo. | past Judge Robert E. Mattingly, next attracted his attention. | " Their apparent disregarde for the | penalties that they faced made him ;wonder. he sald, just what remedy would most successfully curb their vio- lations. His only other comment after observing thelr trials, was that the pro- cedure appeared to be “rather rapid.” “Students of law enforcement,” Judge Kenyon declared, ‘“often allege ti procedure is too slow, It appears that it is also, on many occasions, too swift.” ‘Limited time allowed the jurist ‘to make only a rapid survey of conditions at the local court. At a future date, he said, he will again visit the Police Court and confer with the magistrates regard- ing problems concerning the instituion ! which he observed toda; WITNESSES URGE HALF FARES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN Better Street Car Service would benefit other countries because it would result in creating a more prosper- | ous Europe. | Sumptuous Meal Served. ! Among those who participated in the | discussion were Arthur Henderson, Brit- | ish foreign secretary, anc Dr. Gustav Stresemann, German foreign minister. The luncheon did not break up until 4:20 pm. M. Briand offered to his guests a sumptuous meal. Flowers cov- ered the table in profusion and the rarest of continental wines and liqueurs | were served. § The luncheon followed & session of | the assembly in whom M, Briand’s idea | received support notably from Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann of Ger- many. Dr. Stresemann made clear, however, ; his support was contingent upon such | an organization’s being in no manner directed against the United States of America. He declared his belief the confederation should be econimic in character and not political. But even an economic union was re- stricted by him with his comment, “I am against creating an economic oli- garchy in Europe,” making what was interpreted as an allusion to the United States of America. Not Aimed At Anyone. He added with vigor: “I do not be- lieve in forming a group which would be directed against any other group?” Dr. Stresemann had changed greatly since the days of the last League as- sembly. His physical sufferings of the past two months has caused a loss of weight and his face was creased with lines.. His speech was delivered with considerable oratorical force which seemed to tire him. | He was applauded repeatdly and warmly congratulated by the delegates | to the assembly 2s he left the rostrum. Dr. Stresemann said that the estab- | lishment of European states into a new | form did not directly concern the League of Nations because of the League's character of universality. “But indirectly the confederation idea | interests the whole world because it effects the economic situation of the entire world,” he said. Believes Idea Sound. He commented that he realized some people were pessimistic as to the possi- bility of M. Briand's project. He did not share this skepticism and recalled the words of the German poet that great ideas always seemed foolish at the start. Dr. Stresemann said that if he did not share the pessimism of others it was absolutely necessary tv understand what was the exact aim of the proposed movement. He said the project should not be political and should not be directed against anyone. He said that many situations in FEurope today were ‘‘grotesque” and that people today smiled when they re- called the lack of economic unity which existed in Italy and Germany before * those countries found national unity. “But there are many conditions in Europe today which also seemed to be- long to the middle ages,” he com- mented. The assembly laughed its approval | when Dr. Stresemann declared that | Europe had too many frontiers and too many customs collectors,” “when you | take a train journey through Europe you get the impression that it is en- gaged in retail trade everywhere,” he said. Europe must ,ut an end to this, he asserted, because it did not represent (Contfnued on Page 2, Column 8.) TWO RUM BOATS TAKEN AFTER PISTOL BATTLE Huron River Smugglers Escape in 'if the merger negotiations at the past and Transfer Facilities Also Are Advocated. Half fares for school children, better street car service and more transfer facilities were stressed today by wit- nesses at the car fare hearing before the Public Utilites Commission called by People’s Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty and William McK. Clayton, counsel for the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. The witnesses did not concentrate their attack on the higher fares sought by the Capital Traction Co., and two of them even said that under certain conditions they would not object to some increase in fare, E. W. Pullman, vice chairman of the gubllc utilities committee of the Manor ark Citizens’ Association, said that his organization wanted ths Capital Trac- tion Co. to double-track its line from Fourteenth and Kennedy streets to Ta- koma Park, and to institute express service on Fourteenth street between H street and Colorado avenue. He also asked for free inter-company transfers at Georgia avenue and Kennedy sireet, where, he said, he frequently had ob- served many persons transferring and being called upon to pay two fares. He asked for a half fare for school children during the school session, including the Summer session, and complained that the Capital Traction cars frequently were in dirty condition. Says Extension Promised. Poisoned Fruit Sale to Jew Gets Arab Dealer Jailed By the Associated Press. JERUSALEM, September 9.— Instances of the alleged sale of poisoned fruit to Jews by Arabs gave been reported to the police ere. One Arab merchant has been arrested in Jaffa on this charge. The grapes he sold to a Jewish dealer at Telaviv, which are al- leged to have a Jewish woman purchaser ill, have been sent to the Jaffa Health Department for examination. Similar cases are reported here. Among the latest instance con- tinuing the uneasiness between the two communities is that of a Jewish policeman, walking with an Arab colleague outside Haifa, being attacked by an Arab band and seriously wounded. Troops have confiscated stores of rifles from Bedouin tribesmen near Jericho. Twenty-two arrests have been made at Tulkarem, seven at Nablus, sixty at Bessan and several at Jaffa. All these places are important Arab centers. EIGHT DEAD TAKEN FROM PLANE RUINS Stretcher Bearers Trudge Miles Down Mountain Slope With Bodies. BY ROBERT W. REDWINE. Associated Press Staff Correspondent. (Eye Witness at T. A. T. Plane Wrackage). GRANT, N. Mex,, September 9.— Mr. Pullman said that E. D. Merrill, | president of the Washington Rlvld‘ Transit Co., had promised the associa- | tion an extension of bus service into; its territory along New Hampshire | avenue if they would support an in-| crease in bus fare to 10 cents and agree to pay ‘to the company any losses it | might sustain by reason of the institu- i tion of the service. He also said that President John H. Hanna of the Capi- | tal Traction Co. had promised to| double-track the line from Fourteenth | and Kennedy streets to Takoma Park session of Congress should fail, but that the promise had not been kept. Horace J. Phelps, chairman of the public utilities committee of the Pet- worth Citizens’ Association, sald that his association wanted free intercom- rany transfers at several points, par- icularly at Georgia avenue and Ken- nedy street, Seventh street and Georgia avenue and at Florida avenue and Eckington place northeast from the Georgla avenue line, Fails to Oppose Increase. The association desired half fare for school children and better service, he said, and was not opposed to such in- crease of fare as may be found neces- sary, The association favored the move of the ~ommission to compel the com- panies to operate tracks jointly with- out awaiting the consummation of a merger, st‘ephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools, said that the Boerd of Education several times had approved the institution of half fares for school children as a matter of civic justice. He said that by law, a child is compelled to go to school practically until he is 16 years old. which means normally until he in his second year of high school Usually in the seventh year of grade school, Mr. Kramer said. the child is called upon to leave his neighbor- hood grammar school and travel an in- creased distance school. dren are compelled to walk distances which in reason they should not be ex- fi:ufi to walk in order to comply with w. Speed Craft During Encounter ‘With U. 8. Guards. By the Agsociated Precs. DETROIT, September 9—Rum run- ners and Coast Guardsmen met in the Huron River early today and engaged in a pistol battle, leaving the Govern- ment forces in of two loaded with 550 cases of liquor. No casualties were reported. The smuggling convoy, consisting of 8 speed boat and two other craft, was discovered in the Huron River at 2 a.m. | favoring half fares for school children. | by the crew of a Coast Guard boat un- der command of Chief Boatswain's Mate C. A. Halm. The shots wére ex- changed as the rum runners cut loose the liquor boats and escaped in their speed l State News, Pages 10 and 11 Kramer Willing to Pay. aking as a citizen, and not as a Board of Educa. Kramer said a Aiaer fare Wmseit, 1f by T fare , if by |l?‘:emm¢|mmamu {:rchflflrenlnthe-mtwlymthe willing to taxes children may :uhlem(owuhoox | riage slashed off the so that the| Funeral preparations today marked the fina] "chapters in a story of eight lives snuffed out in the crash of a glant air liner against a mountainside as a pilot battled blindly for a haven of safety against a raging storm. With five passengers, one a woman, and a crew of three dead the cause of the crash of the City of San Fran- | cisco, Transcontinental Air Transport, | Inc., plane on Mount Taylor, 20 miles from here, may never be known. A searching party of 50 men, including an Associated Press correspondent, was led by Shériff Bob Roberts up precipitous sides of Mount Taylor, which thrusts its jagged peak nearly 12,000 feet irto the sky that was once the lane of the “mistress of the air.” In a little canyon, heavily wooded with giant pine trees, the party of 50 suddenly came upon the scene where charred wreckage marked the final rest- ing place of the huge ship. Over a space of 150 yards the plane was strewn in bits, the largest plece a wing section about 10 feet long. Motors Found Shattered. ‘Three motors that roared their chal- lenge to the elements when the City of San Francisco left Albuquerque, N. Mex., last Tuesday morning at 10:22 o'clock were shattered and strung along a patch cut by the plane as its journey was suadenly and disasterously ended. What was once the luxurious cabin of the plane lay before the searchers, a mass of melted and twisted met: d within were the pitifully broken of the passengers and crew—burned beyond recognition. On one arm of one the pilots a wirst watch loomed as a single telling rem- nant of the wreckage. Its hands werc stopped at 11:01. Sheriff Roberts ex- amined a watch of one of the pas- | sengers. It showed 11:04, It was grim. | i but certain, proof the plane was wing- ing its way westward on time on its n | correct course to the next stop when to a junior high In many cases, he said, chil-| tragedy intervened. Skimmed Close {o Trees. The huge sky liner skimmed close to the tree tops and her under car- top of one huge pine. A few feet further on the left wing motor chiseled off a five-foot sec- tion of a pine as if the tree had been :‘reed, Prnmmguonglmung more than 100 yards the ship carv & vertiable caught afire per ree. Mrs, William T. Bannerman, legis- lative chairman of the District of Co- lumbia Congress of Parents and Teach- ers, put that organization on record as Better service and half fares for school children also were asked by Dr. George H. Richardson, -president of the Federation of Civic Associations; James G. Yaden, chairman of the com- mittee on education of the Federation o e aton: Tpid. Trameit Go., and the Wi 2 David W. Babp, of the Feder ~tinm pf Citipens’ A irorw-rd motor i (Continued on Page 2, Col Bank Statements .”W;’xhluwn clearing house, $4,814,- New York clearing house exchange, 3591,000,000. RUSSIANS FIGHTING CHINESE ON WHOLE LENGTH OF BORDER Reds Repulsed After Captur- ing Town on Manchurian Railroad. REPORTED DRIVEN BACK AT ALL POINTS ON LINE Heaviest Casualties to Date Indi- cated, but Moscow Version Not Yet Given. By the Associated Press. SHANGHALI, September 9.—The offi- i cial Kuomin News Agency of the Na- | tionalist government tonight stated that the heaviest fighting yet to occur in the Manchurian dispute between Russia and China was going on between Rus- sian and Chinese troops along “the en- tire Manchurian-Siberfan frontier.” “Heavy casualties were reported on both sides after three days of fighting. The number of dead and wounded could not be ascertained because of the confusion prevalling along the entire border, especially at Manchuli and Pogranichnaya,” the news agency stated. Its report continued that after the blowing up of a train on the Chinese Eastern Saturday 3,000 Russian cavalry- men crossed the Manchurian border | near Pogranichnaya under cover of an | artillery barrage. Report Many Dead. ‘They attacked the Chinese defenses, which replied with heavy machine gun re. The battle lasted until late at night when the Russlans withdrew, “leaving the battlefield strewn with corpses.” Communication between Pogranich- naya and Harbin was destroyed by the !e;:pl;{mon of the mine on the rallway ack. Several Chinese villages were reported to have been burned. casualties had been in the Manchuli region, where “the Russians made sev- eral unsuccessful attacks on Chinese positions.” Reply With Field Guns. “The Soviet machine gun fire was 50 intense that the Chinese troops re- plied with field guns and trench | mortars.” | The news agency reported that “in| anticipation of a general Russian of- fensive, Chinese reiforcements are now rushing northward from Mukden for boLhu ,Manchuli and Pogranichna; Report Town Retaken. MUKDEN. Manchutia, ‘September 9 | | (®).—An officlal communique of the ! Manchurian government today stated | that the border village of Pograni¢hnaya, on the northeastern frontier of Man- churia, had been captured by Russian soldiers and retaken by the Chinese last night after two days of violent fighting. | Moscow Hears of Attack. MOSCOW. Union of Socialist Soviet | Republis, September 9 (/) Tass Agency dispatch from Viadivostok yes- | terday said Chinese troops unexpectedly opened artillery and rifle fire on Soviet border troops in the Gradeovo-Poltas- oya district, in Nikolsk-Ussiriisk region. The dispatch did not give details, New Peace Move Seen. NANKING, September 9 (#).—The ; Chinese Minister to Germany has tele- graphed his government from Geneva stating that the Russian Soviet govern- ment has withdrawn the appointment of a new manager and assistant mana- ger of the Chinese Eastern Railway as a condition to reopening negotiations for the settlement of Sino-Russian dif- ferences. HARBIN REPORTS FIGHT. | | Heavy Casualties Indicated on North- | western Frontier. HARBIN, September 9 ().—Dis- | patches from Pogranichnaya state, Rus slan troops opened artillery and machine gun fire simultaneously and also launched a bomb attack from the air, resulting in considerable damage to the railway station and rolling stock. The attacks continued throughout Sunday, becoming increasingly severe and resulting in heavy damage through- out the city. also in serious fires. At 6 o'clock Sunday evening, Chinese troop positions were Subjected to heavy gunfire and the Chinese military authorities ordered the inhabitants to evacuate the town. Official Chinese military dispatches from the northwestern frontier stated “several engagements took place be- tween Soviet and Chinese troops, be- tween Manchuli and Dalainor on Satur- day morning, resulting in many killed and wounded on both sides.” TRAIN BLOWN UP. | Two Killed and Three Hurt on Man- | churian Line. SHANGHAI, September 9 (#).—A Harbin dispatch, timed early this aft- ernoon and received here tonight, said that a passenger train on the Chinese Eastern Railway was blown up on Sat- with high explosives. The train was bound from Pogranichnaya to Harbin, According to the report two persons were killed and three injured. The locomotive was blown off the track, the car destroyed and the first and second class car telescoped. NEW SENATOR SWORN. William E. Brock of Tennessee Be- comes Tyson Successor. William E. Brock of Chat took the oath today as successor of the late Senator Lawrence D. Tyson to Tennessee. |~ Brock’s credentials were presented Democrat, ok Senator 3 - see, who then escorted him to the Senate dias, _Vice President Curtis administered the oath. ‘The new Senator is a Democrat, as was Tyson. DAM BROKEN BY QUAKE. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Sep- tember 9 (#)—-The River Karamea to- day broke 'through a dam formed by at 9:27 o'clack Jast night. The temblor, Karamea and caused ble z:u! to farm property. o lives new earthquakes shook Arthur's Pm“:n the crest of the Southern nu" this morning. - No,casualties were The Kuomin agency said the heaviest | | The trial of 16 Gastonia textile mill| urday, the tracks having been mined | 5US RE'S s:)razfimmq BACK OF IS 2 T ISKNE URYMAN HALTS STRKE TRAL i Carolina Court Orders Mis- | trial in Case of 16 Charged With Murder. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C,, September 9 — A special term of Mecklenburg Su- perior Court to begin September 30 for hearing of the case against 16 Gastonia strikers and strike lead- ers, whose trial was ended sud- denly this morning when a juror be- came insane, was called today by Gov., O. Max Gardner. By the Associated Press. i CHARLOTTE, N. C., September 9.— | strikers and strike leaders was halted here today and a mistrial ordered by Judge M. V. Barnhill when J. C, Camp- | bell, juror, suddenly became insane. When court convened this morning | Dr. John 8. Myers, alienist, told the court that Campbell was “clearly suffer- ing an acute emotional insanity.” Judge Barnhill ordered a mistrial, but a few minutes later and before the 11 jurors had been released, the defense asked that the order be vacated and that another juror be selected. Judge Barnhill did not think this could done, due to the fact that the term was supposed to end last Satur- day, but allowed attorneys time to ¢conf®r. Jury Is Dismissed. ‘The jury, selection of which took up 9 of the 12 days the trial had been in progress, was dismissed, and Judge M. V. Barnhill, presiding, recessed court until 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, when it was expected some announcement as to future procedure would be made. Campbell first showed signs of being several attacks between the time court adjourned Saturday afternoon for the week end and this morning. While en route to court this morning he became violent and the combined efforts of three men were necessary to subdue him and four were required to put him into a cell at fl;l‘: jli,l‘w vme;;t him jury to himself or of z do“;‘:@“&’ef!fiu, after the mistrial had been ordered, sought the release of nl} of the prisoners on the ground that they “have been placed in jeopardy once.”” This motion was denied. as was one to grant bail to the 13 man de- fendants, who are charged with first- ee murder. de¥he prisoners were ordered held in the Mecklenburg County jail. No Retrial Date Set. Just when the case can be resumcd, today appeared doubttul, and it wa: thought that the reason Judge Barn- hill decided to hold a cession this aft- ernoon was that he wanted to ascer- tain whether or not selection of anoth- er jury could start immediately. At- torneys said it was their belief that another term of court would have to be called, which wouwid require at least 20 days. Campbell, who is 46 years old and a news vendor, was the third juror selected after hearing on the case started here two weeks ago today. He kept the court in an uproar at the time with his replies to questions of defense attorneys on the subject of religion. g% The trial, which started here on Au- t 26, was the second effort to hear the accusations against Fred Beal, Lawrence, Mass., labor leader; four ‘other National Textile Workers’ Union and Communist leaders and | eight strikers accused of first-degree murder for the death of O. F. Aderholt, chief of police of Gastonia, in a gun battle at a tent colony maintained near the Loray cotton mill for strikers by the unfon and the Workers' Interna- ‘tional Relief. Three Women Defendants. Three New York women, Amy Schech- Vera Buch and Sophie Melvin, :eerewbelng ‘along with lt:g;dmen o r long - The case first started at Gastonia conduct a special term of cou t, granted gmfir:mm‘;t’m of venue to Meck- In selection of the jury 668 men were summoned into court. and more than 400 were questioned, most of the others being excused from service for busi- and other reasons. Primitive Man to Emerge. e v k till ‘ will hnu:um:ncntumdnm unbalanced on Saturday and suffered | . urt * tral i ]eomnmnmmm lines. ESIGNAT(ON. 77 OPLE DONT ¥ GIVE UPJOBS LIKE Tam X s % = i il I | ITALY SIGNS CLAUSE. League Delegates Cheer Move for Compulsory Arbitration. GENEVA, September 9 (#).—Vittorio Scialoja of Italy, speaking at this morn- ing’s meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations, announced amid cheers he had signed the optional clause of the World Court statute this morn- ing in the name of his government. Under the optional clause of the World Court statute a state recognizes the compulsory jurisdiction of the court and the right of one party to summon another before the tribunal. DECISION ON VARE SOUGHT BY NORRI Pennsylvania Senate Seat Controversy May Delay Tariff Bill Action. By the Associated Press. An immediate decision on the three- year controversy over the right of Wil- liam S. Vare, Republican, of Pennsyl- SHEARER SEMATE QUZISHELD SURE i Hale and Borah Study His Defense of Naval Activities. { | | | By the Associated Press. | Senate investigation of the activities | of William B. Shearer, big-Navy advo- cate, who has said he represented ship | building corporations at the unsuccess- :Iul 1927 Geneva disarmament confer- | ence, seemed assured today as members ! | of the Senate naval committee prepared | CLAUDIS RHUSTON UNANIOLS CHOE AS CHEF OFG.0.P. Party Chairmanship Gaes to Southerner for First Time in History. PRESIDENT PRAISES DR. WORK IN LETTER" Harmony Pervades Session as Pos- sible Opposition to Tennes- seean Is Unheard. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Claudius H. Huston of Chattanocga, Tenn., was unanimously elected chair- man of the Repubican national com- mittee today. In accepting the nomination, which for the first time in the history of the Republican party goes to a Southerner, Mr. Huston pledged himself to work for the G. O. P. the year round. He said: “The work of the national party or- ganization is no longer a mere spas- modic campaign effort. It is a year- round task. In order that I may give proper attention to it, I am severing all my active business connections and will in the near future be able to give the work my undivided effort.” President Lauds Work. Prior to the election of Mr. Huston as chairman the committee accepted with every expression of regret the resignation of Dr. Hubert Work of Col- orado as chairman. In a letter from President Hoover addressed to Vice Chairman Ralph O. Williams of Oregon, read to the com- mittee, the President praised Dr. Work 1and expressed his gratitude for the manner in which the retiring chairman conducted the affairs of the party. The national committee adopted reso- lutions thanking Dr. Work for his ef- forts in behalf of the party. Many of the members of the committee delivered addresses expressing their regret upon the retirement of Dr. Work. Meeting Is Harmonious. The meeting of the Republican na- tional committee was entirely harmoni- ous. Mr. Huston’s nomination and election had been forecast. Any oppo- sition that might have existed to the selection of the new chairman failed to materialize. In the end his nomina- to consider the situation tomorrow. Chairman Hale of the committee and | j Senator Borah of Idaho, who called the | | were interested today in the interview | | m;n }Luzerdly mnfir)‘m which he | WAS 5U] th naval in- telligence data. Neither Will Comment. While neither Senator made any comment on the interview, pending the committee’s action, it was expected that a number of American naval officers | | Senate’s attention to the Shearer case, | H tion was seconded by practically every member of the committee. Following his election Mr. Huston de- livered his first speech as chairman. e said: “When one is called to a post of { honor as important as the chairmanship {of the dominant party in this great | country, it is in order that he should :n}ltk; formal expression of his appre- jon. “I am very grateful for the honor you | have conferred upon me. I accept the chairmanship of the Republican na- | tional committee in the hope that with | vania, to a seat in the Senate was asked | might be called by the committee to, K YOUr help I may be of service to the today by Senator Norris, qubmm:.k Nebraska. Norris offered a resolution to deny Vare a seat just as the Senate was about to take up the tariff bill. The resolution has priviledged status and no sooner was it presented than fear was expressed in some quarters that action on the tariff measure might be delayed for some time. Norris is opposed to the tariff bill. The resolution, which came as a sur- prise to the administration leadership in the Senate, stated Vare has ‘re- covered from his fliness and, therefore, no further reason exists for longbr de- | lay on the part of the Senate.” It added that a special Sehate in- tigating committee has recommended ainst the seating of Vare after an inquiry into the Pennsylvanian's ex- penditures in the three-cornered Repub- lican Senatorial primary campaign of 1926. Vare never has been given the oath of office in the Senate pending a settlement of his case. Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- publican leader, forced a day's delay in the Vare case by insisting that the Norris resolution go over for one day in_accordance with Senate rules. Norris questioned the authority for this, but' did not protest further, saying that the resolution then would be a question of the “highest privilege.” Vice President Curtis ruled that there Was no question as to the resolution be- ing privileged, indicating he would hold it in order tomorrow. GRAF NAVIGA:TOR DENIES NEW GLOBE TRIP REPORT Dirigible Rumored Planning to At- tempt Refueling Flight Around the World. By the Associated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Sep- tember 9.—] rts that a - for the dirigible Graf Zeppelin, as a sequel to her great flight with stops at Friedrichshafen, Tokio, Los Angeles and Lakehurst, today were declared to be in | without foundation by Capt. Hans von Schiller. Capt. von Schiller is chief navigating officer of the Graf. He said that refueling in the air, as had been pro , would be tech- nically possible for the Graf, but would constitute merely a s stunt. He porting emphasized the fact that the Zeppelin | does not take the air for stunts, but for serious business. { Another American flight by the Graf this year is considered doubtful. but Capt. von Schiller said Dr. Hugo Ecke- ner would decide this on his return to the home works. WINDSTORM WRECKS FOUR HOUSES AND GIN South Central Oklahoma Swept and Hangar Is Demolished .at Wayne. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, September 9.—A windstorm that centered its violence on Wayne and Norman, swept South Cen- Oklahoma last night disrupting A lineman of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 1] !m:{ was demolished and make an inquiry. Such a course seems assured, however, as a result of develop- ments over the week end. Another Senator, Henry J. Allen, Re- publican of Kansas, an administration spokesman and a member of the com- mittee, announced he favored a com- mittee investigation. Borah to Meet With Group. Borah, who has asked that Shearer and the directors of the shipbuilding | corporation which he is suing for more than $300,000, be called, will meet with the committee tomorrow. he alleged he performed in behalf of the shipbuilders prior to, during the Geneva conference, brought about the demand for an investigation. SHEARER DEFENDS ACTIVITIES. Declares He Was Given Official U. S. Intelligence Data. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 9.—New York newspapers today published an interview with William B. Shearer. in which the self-styled propagandist against naval reduction defended his activities for which President Hoover High naval officers once at a dinner, he said, praised his work as a patriotic duty. In the interview, which was given on the railroad platform at Stamford, Conn., Shearer said he had been sent to the three-party naval limitation con- ference at Geneva in 1927 by three large shipbuilding companies to *‘ that the true facts and figures on naval strength were given to the American press and people.” Refuses to Name Sources. He said he “was supplied with naval intelligence data officially,” but refused to say who supplied the data. All this would be revealed, he said, either when he appears before the Senate commit- tee, which is scheduled to begin inves- tigation of his activities tomorrow, or when his suit against the shipbuilding m:m'1 panies he said employed him tried. | | %hls demanded an explanation. 655 claimed as fees owed to him by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., the New- rt News Shipbuilding & Dry 0. and the American Brown-Boveri Electric - Corporation. These are the companies he said he represented at Geneva. In answer to President Hoo- resentatives of the companies have de- nied employln: Shearer. Shearer said he was dismissed from the services of the shipbuilding com- panies at the instigation of former Secretary of State Kellogg. Reports Sent to Hunter. He said his reports from Geneva were sent to Henry C. Hunter, counse’ of the National Council ro{h Anlmt‘irl‘n: Shipbuilders, composed of e lea vmgvfl:ln shipbuilding and marine equipment manufacturers. Hunter denied that he or the coun- received such reports. Dr. Charles S. MacFarland, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches, in a statement published today said that Shearer apparently was allied with a small group working for & bigger Navy. All the da for a big Navy to from a common source, said statement. tinued: . It con- “There are probably 100 pseudo-so- formed by professional propa- | | | cleties | gandists, professing to stand for 100 | per cent Americanism. Some of these organizations claim national propor- tions, but as a matter of fact most ot i them consist of the professional pa- | triot an office, a typewriter, stenog- rapher, a°muitigraph machine, a list of names and a treasurer.” Radio Progr;.Ts-Psze 12 Shearer’s suit for money for services | after and; In this action Shearer is asking $255,- ver's demand for an explanation, rep- ! Republican party under the leadersaip of President Hoover. “The work of a national party or- anization is no longer a mere spas- modic campaign effort. It is a year- round task. In order that I may give | proper attention to it, I am severing all my active business connections and wi'l in the near future be able to give the work my undivided effort. “Nor is successful political effort s one-man affair. It depends on common counsel and common effort. The chair- manship of the national committee could not be safely assumed except with the knowledge that the co-operation of lheedmtmbers of this committee is as- sured. Praises Dr. Work. “My task is made easier because of | the harmonious conditions prevailing in the Republican national orgamiza- tion at the close of the administra- tion of my friend Dr. Work, under whose chairmanship the Republican party gained one of the most remark- able victories in all the long history of our party. “I regard the Republican national ‘comrmnee as one of the most impor- tant of all our political agencies in | America. ~ It is not a mere political machine. It is a body of distinguished {men and women honored by their re- { spective States. It evolves and carries | into effect all the plans for our na- | tional conventions in which party policies are framed, and in which can- didates for the two highest offices in the land—one of them the most im- portant office in the world—are chosen. “It then has imposed upon it the supremely important responsibility of convincing the majority of the Amer- ican people that those principles and candidates are to be preferred over all | others. Furthermore, it is the commit- | tee’s duty to aid the administration in wisely manning the Government and carrying into effect our party policies. “To do this requires political intel- ligence and diligence of the highest order. It requires a high and correct conception of what party management jand party responsibility mean to this | country. It requires tolerant discus- | slon of issues and harmonious team- ! work. | “It is a privilege to one who has been a worker in the ranks of Re- | publicanism from youth to undertake further service in behalf of the Repub- lican party and the administration of President Hoover. Remarkable as was the demonstration of Herbert Hoover's popularity at the last election, it is evident that throughout the counry he now stands stronger in popular con= fidence and esteem than ever before. “My program as chairman will be that of seeking to build up, with your help and that of all other Republican (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ROOSEVELT l\iOMINATIDN AMONG 7 GIVEN SENATE President Would Transfer Harrison to Uruguay—Four U. 8. Judges Are Named. President Hoover today sent to the Senate seven nominations to public service, these being Leland Harrison of Illinois, now minister to Sweden, to be minister to Uruguay; Col. Theodore Roosevelt of New York to be Governor of Porto Rico; Alf Ostadel of California to be collector of internal revenue for the first district of California: Scolt Wilson of Maine to be United States circuit judge of the first circuit, and the three following to.be United States district judges: Mortimer W. Byers of New York, John B. Avis of New Jersey and Albert L. Watson of Pennsylvania. | In announcing these appointments 10 the judiciary, the President fullowed a policy adopted by him when he be- came President by making public the *names of the sponsors and others who recammended the appointments. -