Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1929, Page 2

SHIP PROPAGANDA c4IST IS EXHIBITED 7,000 Items Befq}e Com ittee Basis for Quiz- zing Individuals. The disclosure by ‘Clinton L. Bardo| befére the Senate investigating eom- mittee here that the New York Ship- Buijding Co. spent $102,347 during the merchant marine fight in Congress last year and that other corporations chipped in another $41,184.75 was again subject of interrogation before the committee today. The expense sheet presented by Mr. Bardo as the New York company’s ex- penges during the period, itemized and now made an exhibit in the proceedings as the basis of examination of indivi- duels who are named therein was made available to the press today by Senator Shortridge of California, chairman of the committee. This list is expected to figure prominently in the Senate committee’s search for information on lobbying by shipbuilders. While William M. Shearer, propagandist of Geneva fame, is not named in the list, it has been brought out that he received more than $5,000 for his work in the interests of the New York company’s four-day ship program. This would make the company’s outlay so far as known on this project in the neighbor- | hood of $147,000. “Exhibit 9” of Probe. The list now classed as “Exhibit 9" in the Senate probe follows: licity ‘American Merchant Marine. Commandant U. 8. Yard (Experiments tests in medel basin).... Salary of C. M. Paxton... Ivy L. Lee, services.... Services of E. O'Brien (con- sultant in_connection with use of English Chamnel ports for high-speed line)7 New York Office John H, Libby, profession services . John H. Libby, additional fee for extra work (Bardo's Approval) Messenger and Stenographic Service for John H. Libby. John H. Libby, services four-day liners, as per A rangements ... Frederick Keppel & nel Lithograph the Ship” “ational Broadeast Commodore broadeast Byron 8. A:‘ln.::, ?’Hnfl‘zg ,000 pamphlets and cov ?“"w‘l‘.x Po" establish & new American Ocean Serv- ice, presented to Shipping Board by L. R. Wilder)... Rentals of rooms in Graybar Building J. P. Walter, Inc., gold letter- ing on door in Graybar Building. N. Yo....c.oon i Two years’ subscription to United States Daily (H. W. Smith) Committee fees Simon Litman. C. G. Heubner. Art_Metal Construction Co. filing _cabinet. 55 Equitable Stationery Co., pull out boxes, index cards, etc. McCurdy Films, developing and printing films. ... Compnercial Art Studio, draw. ings of new type ship..... National Publishing Co., let- $3,250.00 1:400.00 6,750.00 2,458.86 e 6 al 2,750.00 ‘Building 36.00 ing Co.— Hartley's 1,089.86 112.75 .$750.00 . 300.00 $1,080.00 13.10 545.44 70.00 116.00 t of pocket expenditures for pub-; 500.00 | 58.87 1 2,250.00 | 53.70 ! SHEARER, BIG NAVY “DRUM," AWAITS CHANCE TO RUMBLE Propagandist' Finds 1 " Silent as Senators Probe His Activities at Geneva. ML TRGEN A SHNSENE SRS t by senatorial routine, Willlam Baldwin r Amwh(h‘ muffled for the Presen Shearer, so-called “‘big drum” of the bigg activities at Geneva, | he now is suing, the sartarially elegant *n: | his interest in the testimony frequent ‘The rumblings plainly po.tend bigger noises to come, when once the Shegrer drum Is freed from committee restraint. Just when the unmuffiing ceremony will | take place 15 & matter of uncertainty at the Capitol. Under present plans Shearer will not be:given an oppor- tunity to have his say until the ship interests, the Navy men and other parties have been heard. Broadside Proves Blast. Daniel F. Cohalon, Shearer’s New York legal adviser, falled an at- tempt to have the Senate committee start the hearings off with a Shearer broadside, Advised by Chairman Short- ridge that the imittee had othe ideas, Cohalon announced that his client would be l‘.ldr “and anxious” to testify at the earllest opportunity. Shearer and his attorney undoubtedly will make the best of this delay, pre- paring themselves for a grand climax. 'hose who sit near Shearer and his counsel have reason to believe that neither is greatly worried over the trend of the testimony to date. At times | Shearer will sit tensely on the edge of | his chair and absorb the proceedings with frowning features. hen some- | | thing that is said will cause him to re- lax, take a quick puff st his cigarette and lean over, ;mlfl"n., to whisper into his attorney's ear. | resist the urge to rumbie during the current inquiry into his alleged drumming " Bent forward so as not to miss & single word sppken by the shipbullders THE ®SUNDAY. t Difficult to ‘Keep er and better navy band wagon, cannot aval expert” and propagandist evider.ces sotio voce comment to his attorney. Bhearer finds it difficult to keep his voice to a whisper, however, and more often than not. his: remarks are caught by persons sitting near him. Sometimes, | during brief lulls between witnesses, Shearer or Cohalon will direct their comments to the press. “Star ‘of' Bethlehem Steel.” | It was during such a lapse in the proceedings yesterday, while Charles M. Schwab was leaving the committee room after testifying, that Shearer. res marked: “There goes the star of Beth- lehem steel!™ - - Shearer dresses immaculately. At the opening session he wore a dark blue serge suit, with razor-edge crease; a somber tie and black shoes. Yesurd!{ he was in snappy gray. His hair, blacl and glistening, is combed straight back from his high, florld forehead. His ruddy complexion is not unlike that of meh of the sea. He once was & sailor, during the Spanish-American War, not to mention actor, reporter, artist and author. Having histronic leanings, Shearer awaiting impatiently the cue that | call him to the center of the stage at | the hearlngs. « N e | Once there, the “blg drum® 1s Hely | to cause plenty of reverberations be- neath the Capitol. dome, ihose who. know him predict. is | vill WAKEMAN CALLED TO EXPLAIN MOTIVE IN HIRING SHEARER (Continued From First Page.) to know just what Mr. Hunter meant when he said that Shearer had “car- | | ried out the obligation you assumed to- | ward us.” Senator Allen of Kansas, a | member of the investigating committee, | has repeatedly read the language of letter into the record of the hear- ings und called upon.witnesses to ex- plain it. Notwithstanding the termination of the employment of Shearer by Hunter's letter, it has been developed at the in- vestigation that Shearer received more money from the shipbuilding companies | after December, 1927, snd, indeed, that he was paid up to and including Jan- laary, 1929, receiving, it is said, some $11,000 in that interval. His employ- ment, it is true, had nothing to do with the' Geneva naval conference, but had | to do with lobbying for merchant ma- rine legislation. The greater part of the money ex-| pended i} this merchant marine ven- | | ture was put forward by the New York | Shipbuilding Co., which backed \)\Di Transoceanic Corporaticn in its effort to land contracts with the Government | looking to the construction of four great liners, designed to_cross the Atlantic in four days. The Bethlehem Co. how- | ever, contributed $10,000 to help defray the expenses, when President Bardo of | the New York Shipbuilding Co. solicit= | a contribution. | Grace Ignorant of Lobbying Fund. Mr. Grace, testifying yesterday in re- | gard to this contribution, insisted ne “did hot know anything about expendi- | tures for influencing ml“hn""ul::i ) | to interfere with the rights of any cit- OLDLOBBY ISSUE. MAY BE REVIVED Shearer . Inquiry l:ikely to Cause' Congress to Take Eradicating Steps. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Inquiry into activities of Willlam B Shearer in connection with the failure of the conference at Geneva in 1927 has already disclosed enough about the shipbuilding lobby here toindicate | that the whole question of lobhying may be revived at the December ses- sion of Congress. Revelation that interests directly af- fected by the passage of shipping legis- Iation spent approximately $140,000, of which $24,000 went for hotel bills and entertainment in order to further a| project for a ship subsidy, will serve to | focus again the attention of the Sen- ate and many proposals that have here- | tofore been made to eradicate secret | influences. Debatable Issue. | There is no disposition in Congress izen or group of citizens to place their | guments on any given proposal to| Congress. right of petition . is granted by the Constitution itself. But the use of money improperly to Znfiu- ence Congress has always been smrufi to criticism. The question! o-Whai, E o | Goff Declares Workers Must They realize that no man prospers un- | millions of American dollars made un- | jinvested in more than 200 manufactu: { by lower costs of production abroad the | {FARM BLOC DRAFTS | (Continu SAYS HIGH TARIFF - VITAL TO LABOR .+ Be Protected Against Foreign Scale. - American labor is more vitally in- terested in ® high protective tariff than is the manufacturer because the manu- facturer can live on his income or his capital \assets if compelled to do 80, | Senator Goff,’ Republican’ of West-Vir- | ginia, declared last night in an inter- view on the pending tariff bill. . “Tarift legislation,” said Senator Goff. | “is of vital importance to capital and | labor. Each has its rights, and they ust be. protected. Each knows that | they are and that they must be friends. less his neighbor and with him.” - “This entire controversy resolves. it- self into this issue: Do we want the American ,wage earner to. prosper, to be employed, and to maintain his high standard of living, or do we desire hi to lower himself to the standards of Furope and Asia and compete with the caeap labor of those countries.” Tells of Foreign Investments. Senator Goff declared that “many his nation prosper der a protective tariff are today bein ing establishments in Germany, France, Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Japan and | ofher countries where wages of labor al from one-third to one-tenth of what is paid in the United States.” ‘Such ' methiods,” the Senator con- tinued, “not only impair our industrial system and destroy the home market for those who Kroduce in every. field | of enterprise, but they mean that| American capital, employing pauper- paid labor abroad, is to compete here in our very midst advantageously with | those who invest, who labor -and save that capital may have its just réward and the working man enjoy the ease, the comforts and the advancements of modern life, and offer to his children the opportunity as well as the inheri- tance to rise to higher things. B Senator Goff declared that “no Re- publican tariff bill ever closed a fac- | tory, put a mortgage on a farm or lost an American citizen a job. Protection has made the American market the greatest in the world.” The West Vir- | ginia Senator added that American labor ‘has battled hard and long for | short hours and a saving wage, and that whenever that wage is endangered tariff should be raised. ITS TAR!™= PLANS 177 SPECIAL MEETING: From First Page.) =) than 6 o'clock in the evening, as they] wanted ample time to prepare for de- | bate. Senator Watson assured them | that there was no present intention to hold night sessions, although no tariff measure ever had been passed without them. “The deyelopment that much of tI informaticn contained in tax retun of corporations sought by Senators in connection with the tariff debate could not be gathered' without months of | ‘delay led 'yesterddy to the preparation | of a’form by the Treasury limiting the scope of the data requested. B form was presented by Under- These girls will act as bridesmaids at the wedding of F Conn., September 23. . ., SEPTEMBER 22, 1929—PA er left), Jean Trumbull (center, below) and Virgipla Rogers (lower right. CAPONE RENEWS FIGHT FOR RELEASE Proceedings Started by Gang Leader on Ground of Sufficient Punishment. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 21.—Al- phonse “Scarface Al” Capone, Chicago gangland leader, apparently believes | that if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Associated Press Phote nce Trumbull (center) and John Coolidge in Plainville, They are Dorothy Clirk (upper left), Esther Trumbull (upper right), Mis. Philip Morehouse (low- —Assoclated Press Photo. TEXT BOOK GIFTS Kentucky Commission De- fends 7 Members Indicted With Governor. By the Associated Press. 4 PRANKFORT, Ky. September ] The State Textbook Commission to- | day issued a statement containing a | brief reference to the indictments re- | turned by the Franklin County grand jury against Gov. Flem D. Sampson and seven members of the commission. and defending the commissioners for having accepied sample books from | publishing firms. Twenty-five publishers of textbooks | also have been indicted in connection | with the charge that “great numbers” of specimen :texts were provided the | members of the commission, three of whom have admitted publicly that they sold several hundred copies of the for the bridal festivities of the week end | books for sums ranging up to $325. _Sent; As Law-Required. P THe ‘statement said “the sample books were sent by ptiblishers for examina- Six Silver Planes On Wedding Cake to Honor Gov.Trumbull By the Associated Press PLAINVILLE, Conn., Septem- ber 21.—Six silver airplanes will decorate the 30-inch-square wed- ding cake which will adorn the flower-laden bridal table in the sunroom of the Trumbull man- sion at the wedding reception of John Coolidge and Florence Trumbull on Monday. The cake is the handiwork of Isaac Fish, chief steward of the Shuttle Meadow Country Club, & Czechoslovakian, who has known the Trumbull family for 15 _years, Fish said the airplanes would be a token of recognition +to Gov. Trumbull's fame as the “fly- ing governor.” COOLIDGE-TRUMBULL WEDDING REHEARSED BY BRIDAL PARTY __(Continued From First Page.) and until after the ceremony. Mai were from Mount Holyoke and Amhe: Colleges, where as students. the 1 and the young man began their ro- man, hey Freré*fovited to a din- ny 8irl | indicating that .5, GAINS CLUES TOGANG MASSACRE: Special Prober Reported Ad- | mitting He Kept Beer Run- | ners Out of Prison. | By the Associated Press. ‘ CHICAGO, September 21.—The Chi- | | cago Tribune will say tomorrow that | | statements by Alexander G. Jamie, |Thief of specinl Federal prohibition | agents, indicate the Government has | important evidence concerning the St.! Valentine’s day massacre of seven | George Moran gangsters here. | | The Tribune will call attention to| | the charge made at the time of the{ Moran massacre by Maj. Fred D. Sillo- | way, former deputy prohibition admin- | | istrator here, that Chicago policemen | | took part in the slayings because police- | | men had hi-jacked whisky consigned to | Moran and were afraid they might be exposed. Silloway's further. statement | at_that time that a Government in- | former was riding one of the hi-jacked | trucks will be cited by the Tribune as | tHe * informer might | have been one of two men Jamie is re- ported to have kept from going to the | {Indiana Penitentiary. - | | ‘Through his Philadelphia lawyers, | Capone today started another proceeding | to have himself released from the East- | ern State Penitentiary, where he and his bodyguard, Frank Cline, also of Chicago, are serving a one-year sen- tence for carrying a loaded pistol in Philadelphia. Cline is included in the | proceedings. | Capone wants to be paroled, and gives as the reason that he has been punished ! enough. 1If freed from the penitentiary he promises to get out of Philadelphia as quickly as he can. Arrested May 17 Last. Al and his pal were picked up here by two detectives on the.night of May |17 as they were leaving a motion pic- ‘ture house. They were given a mid- | night hearing and held in $30.000 bail | each s0 as to make it difficult for them | to find bondsmen before their case could go to the grand jury the next morning. { The jury promptly indicted them and the case was rushed before Judge John E. Walsh in Municipal Court.. They ad- mitted they had loaded guns and were given the maximum sentence of one year. In less than an hour they were rushed behind the prison bars serting their term. Some time ago counsel for Capone tried to have the case reviewed. but | falled. The lawyers said they would take an .appeal to the State Superior Court, but this tribunal was not to meet until October. Passing Through City. The petition for the parole states that Capone and Cline were on their way from Atlantic City to Chicago and be- tween trains here attended the movie. When they left to go to the train the detectives grabbed them. “Your petitioner further avers” says the appeal for parole, “that the sentence so imposed had had a most salutary effect and that in_his opinion the prisoner has been sufficiently punished, and if your honcrable court sees fit to grant the parole your petitioner's client will leave the jurisdiction for his own home.” Hearing on the petition will be heard by Judge Walsh October 4. DR. WORK DEPARTS FOR COLORADO CITY Gives Luncheon for Huston, Sue- cessor as Republican National Committee Chairman. Dr. Hubert Work, former chairman of the Republican national committee, wound up his affairs in Washington vesterday and departed for Chicago. He plans to remain only a short time in that city, however, and will soon go to Denver. His home is in Colorado. Before Ne left Washington yesterday | he entertained at luncheon for Claudius H. Huston, who has succeeded him as chairman of the Republican national committee. Other guests at the lunch- eon were Assistant.Secretary of the In- terheads and envelopes. .. Syren & Shipping, copy of said that Mr. Bardo had explained . M s wompany had put more than $100,000 | Pioper and improper, of Congress feel that.if gecretary Mills to; Republican members trio) of the scx}‘:‘ltr finanece ‘cofmittee; who rior John H. Edwards. Dr. Elwood tion as equired by the advertisement In% given by Miss Esther Trum- Mead, commissioner of the Bureau of prepared by the attorney general ask<! lishert $in of the bride and one of | ing bids and direc blishe Two Saved From Prison. weekly illustrated journal to Mr. Wilder Commodore Advanced to otsin 24,049.56 63.00 d screen (L. R. Wilder)..... 265.25 Cohens, Inc. frames for maps, vlcm;_u of ships (L. ‘Wilder) . Daily Preight on Advanced to Mr. ‘Telegrams and! cablegrams Sent to Mr. Frank Lord..... Others Are Itemized. Traveling and miscellancous $1,473.16 99.65 25.78 21.7 36,693.84 13.42 200.00 ex- FEEET DL T Georg* vee Office_expense D. C) .... Capt. Heinen. A. Holm... W. G. Shields. Distribution of literature ‘. $102,347.00 Of the additional $41,184.75 expended Eugene G. Grace, lent of the Bethlehem Stegl Co., today affirmed that his company contributed $10,000 on the request of Mr. Bardo, LEAP SAVES THREE IN MARINE BALI.OQN Bag Swept From Quantico to Fred- ericksburg Vicinity and Ex- ploded by Wires. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., September & salety Sesiarday aiiermoon near ts ety yesterday a city vh?n a free balloon, in which they n;c aloft. .Idfifllck a high tension wire and exploded. The _balloonists “had been carried from their home field at Quantico in to a point near here the bag became entangled in electric wires which ignited the highly inflammable hydrogen gas. ‘The balloon was pil Staft Sergt. H. R. Cooper, with Staff Sergt. C. C. Long as co-pilot -and ‘Gunnery Sergt. R. E. Conny as observer, Noth- ing was left of the bag or basket ex- cept a mass ‘of charred ruins. RUSSIANS HOP TODAY. TON, Wash., September 21 The Navy radio station here re- ceived & report today that ‘t’ll:fi Russian dnllhumlk take off k‘n“x.mm of the Aleu- tian Islands, for Dutch Harbor, Un- o | having the , iin this “development,” and that if the | plan for the Transoceanic went through. | the Bethlehem company doubtless would get contract to build one of great ships. In other words, it uld | bring business to the Bethlehem com- any. i Part of the money which went intd the “development” found its way into | Shearer's pocket for writing articles | for newspapers, making speeches, etc., it was testified. Both the witnesses for the Bethlehem corporations, Mr. Schwab and Mr. Grace, insisted they were friends of naval limitation. The presumption, from their testimony, is that the policy | of their corporation has been utterly opposed to mingling in affairs of the | Army or the Navy. Mr. Shearer, it l:!_‘ held, was sent to Geneva “unwisely,’ | but merely as an observer. The mistake the corporations made, apparently, in not_ sending an observer to Geneva | to observe what Mr. Shearer wasedoing. | The testimony ¥hus far given has in- | dicated that the shipbullding officials paid no attention to the activities of Mr. Shearer after he got abroad, nor to the reports he submitted. Mr. Bardo has referred to them as “bunk.” Mem+ bers of the investigating commiftee are clearly having difficulty stomaching the idea that, after puyln‘ hearer $25,000 to represent the shipbullding corpora- tions at Geneva, officials of thesé com- panies should give no attention to his activities or to his reports. Question$ put to the witnesses time and again show the committeemen unable to com- prehend such a course. Interested In Limflation “Trend.” Another part of the estimony' by the shipbuilding officials which has pussied committee members is to the effect that the companies were interested in the “trend” of the naval limitation confer- ence and not in its outcome. Te wit- B e 1o hepben. fof business what was g appen, reasons, but they were not interested in ference fail. Senator Allen has insisted at t hearing that there shall be a differen- | tiation between the expenditures by the shipbuilding companies for lobbying in the interest of a greater merchant marine and the expenditures for. a yep- resentative at the Geneva Naval Limi- tation Conference, He stated at yester- day’s hearing that he considered the Jatter a much graver and more serious matter, : The use of money for lobbying by the shipbuilding companies for legisiation which would provide business for them is more or less on all fours with a lobby for a sugar tariff or any other tariff. But the use of money to influernce an international conference in opposition to the policy of the American Govern- ment, Senator Allen insists, is a very different matter. Mr Shearer’s testimony, after it is all in, may mave the effect of bringing the committee to recall to the stand offi- cials of the shipbuilding companies, Because the committee has seen fit td put off taking Mr. Shearer's testimony until after the shipbuilding officials anc | other witnesses have been heard not mean it will not fallow up all the | leads that he may give ‘when takes the stand. el AR PLOTTERS SENTENCED. Rumanian Court Orders Jail for|. Alleged Conspirators. BUCHAREST, Rumania, Septémber 21 (). —Nineteen men were sentenced today to brief periods of imprisonment tion in the qw?nq [ fivemmem Premier Juliu Maniu. & plot was discovered last June before ‘any overt act had oc. curred. The specisl court which de. livered sentence today acquitted 4 other defendants. Lieut, Col. Brezu was sentenced # six months, t, Varzalescu to . five B! Col: Bofka o one month and | ranging from one months, ::oum:mulnnm are made public just as is the cas “:&' candidates for office or political organ- | izations, the public -itself will be the | judge as to whethef or not excessive | amounts are being spent, 3 Many natiohal movements have elab- | orate headquarters here and spend an- nually large sums, but the purposes are considered legitimate because the meth- | ods are open and above board. There | has never been any material objection | to the circulation of pamphlets, printed matter, advertising, etc., if the sponsors frankly assume responsibility for the literature. The word “propaganda” is commonly used now to describé writ- ten material whose authorship is con. cealed or articles appearing in publica- tions of various kinds under the guise of news which are really paid for by in- terests behind the particular cause be- ing agitated. £ ‘There are all kinds of activities in Washington. from those of the patri- | otic socleties to the advocacy of indi- vidual claims in Congress. Most of the organizations come out in the open in | their efforts to influence Congress and rarely get into difficulties about it. In- dividual companies frequently - place their cases before Conj directly and without the use of intermediaries -or secret agents or lobbyists. . Ever since the investigation of Mr. Shearer's case was hegun there have been suggestions that Some of the paci- fist organizations also be scrutinized and the sums of money they spend and sources be minutely examined. The dif- farence, of course, is that none of thecse organizations as a rule has any connec- tion with interests that are seeking the:, appropriation of public funds, though it has been claimed every now and then that foreign shipbuilding intetest could well afford . to finance lobbys' which seek to prevent Federal aid to American :‘hlpphu or the construction of a larger avy. . 3 Crowded With Agents. ‘The National Capital is crowced with agents and representatives of business interests and national organizations. Members of Congress would be loathe to see all this eliminated, because in a :;ns: muchk;);‘ lhe‘ information about e true workings of a propased piece of legislation are brought to ‘the . urface through the clash of rival interesis. 1 it is not uncommon for intimate rel tionships to be established between o) ganizations taking the- same puint o view on public questions as ceitain members of Con do. R A Incidentally many of the organizations' which have followed the practice of signing their own literature and coni- fining their activities to pubii¢ expres- sion instead of secret influences have made thé most headway. (Covyright, 1929.) does | | Charles M, Schwab (center), thalrman of Bethiehem §hipbul “‘-t the Geneva naval A decided to meet tomorrow to appoint a subcommittee of three Republicaas | and two Demccrats to consider it. Chairman Smaot of the finance com- | mittee announced-that the information called for by the form constituted all the Treasury felt it could furnish the Senate within a reasonable time and | comply as nearly as possible with the | resolution authorizing collection of lhe} data. " of | Tax List Is Swelling. Sevedty-four additional names manufacturing concerns about which tax Vinformation has been requested were made public yesterday, bringing | the total to nearly 700. | The list embraced lumber and shln—: | gle companies of the West, and was submitted by Senator Walsh, Democrat, | Massachusetts Is Although it has-been kgown several days that the finance committee ma- | jority had decided to propose elimina- | tion of the House provisiops they pre- | viously had approved, which would dis- card the custom of fixing the flexible rates 5o as to equalize differsnces # cost of production here and abroad, the action did not become definite until yesterda Chairman Smoot proposed the amend- ment to strike out the new language written - into the bill by the House making “differences in nditions of competition” the formula to be fol- lpwed instead of production costs. ‘This would restore existing law except for a specific definition of transportation costs' which the committee wrote into the bill. “Transportation costs are taken into consideration mow as a factor in ar- riving at production costs, but there is no ‘definition in the law of what they constitute, and the House did not pro- vide'a definition. The finance committee defines these costs as the expense oi shipping !or&t(n goods to the domestic port of efitry and of sending domestic articles to the port of entry of like or similar foreign ‘commodities. PARKER IS INJURED. MONTEREY, Calif., September 21 (#)—Sir Gilbert Parker, noted British novelist, suffered a broken arm and numerous bruises today as an auto- mobile driven by his wife left the road and overturned near Carmel Highlands, several miles north of here. Mrs: Par- ker was not injured. . Because of his ‘advanced age and r health, considerable anxiety was felt by fainily and friends of the novel- ist. A _brother was summoned from ©Oakland, Calif. the board of the Bethlehem S| Corporation, who said W. B. erence. O was m the left is. Paul Cravath, attorney for the bidding to file with the'secretary of the ' the.bridal attendants. ' Tomorrow Gov. | commission and with eseh member of the textbook commission, sample copies of books offered for ‘adoption.” Continuing, the statcment said “there is no pretense on the part of the Com- monwealth attorney that the members of the commission, ot any one of them; received anything save the usual sample books—one of a kind—always provided and sent members of textbook commis- sions of Kentucky ‘and other States under like circumstances, so that the books may be examined an dthe com- | mission determine which books shall be | plain clothes men. adopted.” ’ Free Books Desired. ‘The commission also announced that “it is the hope of the commission that the next General Assembly, which meets next January, will provide reve- nue with which to furnish free text- books to all pupils in the grades of our schools.” Several of the commissioners under indictment made the required bond of $250 today. Gov. Sampson gave bond yesterdsy when his trial was set for October 2. Dates of grials for the com- missioners have not yet been set. The 25 publishing companies that were in- dicted yesterday for making gifts to members of the textbook commission will be given opgonunlly to furnisia bonds of $250 each that were fixed by Judge Williams, it was said today. Al of the companies have headquarters in States other than Kentucky. _ ‘The grand jury is to meet again Monday, at_which time it is expected lomreaume its questioning of State offi- cials, LEXINGTON 1S SOUND.. Airplane. Carrier Found in Good Condition After Year's Service. BREMERTON, Wash., September 21 (®)—Puget Sound Navy Yard me- chanics delying into the vitals of the airplane carrier Lexington on its fll’fl‘ overhaul after a year of service, re- ported today their findings indicated the vessel was of sound construction. Although executives withheld formal report on the inspec- tion, they said nothing h#s been shown to necessitate an overnaul more exten- sive than given most battleships after a year of varied service. Changes in turbine operations after first trials failed to give the speed ex- pected, were rated satisfactory by mechanics. Over 10,000 plane landings on the Lexington have been made without serious accident. | . Corporation, ‘a u Grace (right) their knowl- | N e s of the yard| apd Mrs; Trumbull will entertain the | weddipg party at a midday dinner |at the SHuttle Meadow Country Club. {Sunday night they will be guests at |a buffet supper in the Trumbull home, | where Pnu wedding plans will be com- | pletedf Gifts are arriving by truck and de- | livery wagon at the mbull home at | the raté of more than 50 a day. They | are on display on the second story of | the house, filling almost the entire floor, |and guarded day and night by three | " Have $78 2 Month Apartment. A Chinese rug in tones of blue and yellow, several Oriental rugs and a number of valuable pieces of antique furniture in mahogany and curly birch are among the gifts. - There are also a quantity of vases, a half dozen silver goblets, numerous pieces of old pewter | and antique: table silver. The china is Lenox and Wedgewood {and warm yeilow and brown tones, se- | lected to harmonize with the mahogany | colonial furnishings which the bridal | pair have selected for their four-room | $78-a-month apartment in New Haven, | | went to work as a railroad clerk a year | ago at a salary of $30 a week. John Qoolidge’s gift to his bride-to-be | was not announced, nor have the gifts | of Gov. and Mrs, Trumbull nor Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge been described. ‘;I‘h! Coolidges are expected here Mon- ay. Miss Trumbull's trousseau, .although | simple in extent and design, is following the latest trend of fashion's dictation, including the new long skirt line, 13 to 14 inches from the ground in front and dipping toward the heels in back, and { :he k;ccentulwd waistline. mark her | frocks. Brown Shades for Trousseau. The colot scheme for the trousseau 1s in the new shades of brown, blue and green. Her- “going-away” costume is to be a three-piece ensemble of hunter’s green transparent velvet, with a blouse | of eggshell satin and a hat of green velvet to match. A black coat trimmed | with large collar and cuffs of natural | mink will complete her costume. Among her afternoon frocks is one of marine blue crepe. made in princess de- | sign and ornamented with a collar of | Alencon lace. Her evening dresses in- | clude one of Aquamarine satin, designed | in princess effect with a train, and an- | other of metallic gold brocade. |BODY IS FOUND ON FARM OF NEW YORK ‘lG CHIEF Followers of Albert Perry Are Sought for Slaying of Uni- dentified Murder Victim. By the Associated Press. DANSVILLE, N. Y., September 21.— The decom body of a man about 35, belie a victim of removed from-a cistern today on abandoned farm of Albert Perry, near | Ossian Center. The owner of the farm | is a motorious gang leader who now is serving a long term in Auburn Prison on again, a small brush near the cistern. Authorities are looking for members of the Perry in connection with gang the crime. The gan said to have !‘Lar its headquarters-in Falls. Cutter Goes to Ship's Aid. SAVANNAH, Ga., September 21 (#).— The Coast Guard cutter Yamacraw was dispatched to a point 200 miles east of Jacksonville, rla'.'.uwd:y. wnelr; dl& ur;- named steamer reported cul- ties with a shifted cargo. ~ Investigation made here had failed to confirm rts o‘lm :, er in distress in that vi- cinity, . | where the: 23-year-old bridegroom-to-be | 1 foul play, was the | | _State’s Attorney Oliver Starr of Lake i County, Ind.. who recently was called before the Federal grand jury at South | Bend, in its investigation of liquor-law | violations in ‘that county. had been quoted as saying that*Jamie kept ‘two | beer runners from going to the Imdiana | Penitentiary. | | “It'is true” the Tribune will quote | { Jamle as saying, “that I kept George . | Osborne and John Howard from going ]‘ to the Indiana prison. They were driv- | | ing a truck load of beer and were caught | by the Gary police and kept in jail for | several days. | { _“I knew they had connections in Chicago and, when their associates did | | not get them released from jail on | | bonds in a few days, they were ready to | | talk. I procured their release and | since then they have been working for the Government. i { “They were in Detroit when news- | papers disclosed that they were work- | for me, so I wired Dwight Avis. | chief agent at Detroit, to get them out | | of Detroit, where their lives were en- | dangered. and give them all the pro- | tection they needed. Fears Publicity Hurt Probe. “We were just about to bring to a climax our investigation of great con- spiracy regarding the shipment of boaze and beer from Detroit to Chicago. but the publicity may have spoiled our chancs_" Jamie will be quoted as saying that L he will not tell the Indiana PFederal i grand jury a; South Bend any of the information he obtained from Osborne ;nd Howard unless he is compelled to o so0. RUM SCHOONER SEIZED. | $50,000 Cargo Taken to Coast Guard Base at New Lgndon, Conn. NEW LONDON, Conn., September 21 P)—The -British _auxiliaty. scheoner | Vinces was seized with a cargo of liquor | of an estimated value of $50,000 off Montauk Point early todav. Seven men were aboard the seized vessel. The | | patrol boat brought the schooner to the | | Coast Guard base at the State pier here | | and held the crew under heavy guard pending arrival of the customs authori- | tles. The cargo of alleged contrabant | Is represented by about 1,000 cases of | assorted liquor. It was learned that this apparently represented only part of the original cargo aboard the ship. £ A Special will be issu Sundag Featuring T 4 new Faculties. 00 Office by Thursday not later than apon or - MUSIC SECTION September 29th ws of Professional Concerts, New ° Artists, Studio and School Openings with Advertisements must be at the Star Reclamation; George Otis Smith. di- recior of the Geological Survey: E. K. Burlew, administrative’ assistant to the Secretary of the Interfor; John H. Bart- lett, member of the international joint commission, and W. J. Donald, assistant :ht'il: chairman of the national com- FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM " TAKES OVER ARMY BRIG Overcrowded Conditions at Leaven- worth Penitentiary Are Relieved, By the Associated Press LEAVENWORTH. Kans., September 21.—Transfer of the Army’ di<c’1’pllmry barracks at Fort Leavenworth to the Federal prison system was accomplished today when 290 convicts were sent to the barracks from the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. The -Army prison was taken over by the Department of Justice to relieve crowded conditione in the penitentiary. It was announced that 125 prisoners are | to be transferred here from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. PAYMASTER ARRESTED. Havana Official Charged With Com- plicity in Fraud. HAVANA, September 21 (/). —Jose | Guerra Monte, paymaster general for the city of Havana, today was arrested | by police of special instructions issued by the judge of the court of first in- struction, charged with complicity in defrauding the city of large mims of money. Orders were immediately issued by ;he city treasurer for a.thorough audit- Cuban Loan to Be Cn;;z:pletei HAVANA. September 21 (P).—Z. Cutierrez De Celis. secretary of the treasury, left today for New York to sign the fifth and fi bond emission in the $50.000,000 loan to Cuba from the Chase Natio Bank. Reports continue today that he will seek an additional loan ot several million dollars to carry out the government program of public works. I L ed in next = = “ E ‘s Star = = = night—News: items 1 Tuesday. L