Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1929, Page 1

WEAT (U. 8. Weather B Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; hot much change in temperature, Temperatures: Highest, 64, at noon today: lowest, 57, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 No. Wa 31,191, post office, HER. ureau Forecast.) Entered as second class matter shington, The WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1929_THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. peniy ITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION q Sfar. service. DECISON 0 HRE SHEARERBAD MOVE WAKEMAN ADNITS Denies, However, Duties Went Beyond Observing and Reporting on Meetings. SAYS LITTLE ATTENTION GIVEN TO STATEMENTS| Testimony Shows They Contained | Impressions Parley Was Futile and Would Fail. The decision to employ Willlam B. Bhearer to go to the Geneva naval | limitation conference in 1927 was | characterized by Samuel W. Wakeman, president of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at the Senate investiga- tion today, as a “damn fool decision in the light of what has occurred.” Mr. Wakeman represented his com- pany at a conference in March, 1927, with other shipbuilding representatives, when it was determined to send Shearer to Geneva as an ‘“observer.” Mr. Wakeman was the first witness today at the Senate investigation of charges that Shearer had been em- ployed by th: shipbuilding companies to help break down the Geneva con- serence on naval‘limitation. He denied emphatically that Shearer had been employed to do anything except observe and report on the proccedings of the conference. . Little, Attention to Reports. Tt was brought out in the testimcny, however, that Shearer's reports to the shipbuilding company had been filled with impresions that the conference would rot succeed anc with the futility of hcloing such a conference. Mr. Wakeman told the committee that little attention had heen given to Shearer’s reports: that although there were 12 in the files of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, only five had gone to him personally. It was brought out a. the hearing that the payments had been made to | Shearer, on behalf of the Bethlehem | company, through Henry C. Hunter, counsel for the American Council of Shipbuilders, from the cash account of | Mr. Wakeman in Quincy, Mass., where Mr. Wakeman's office is located. No mention of the fact that the money so paid went to Shearer occurred in the books of the Bethlehem shlpbuumngI Corporation, Mr. Wakeman testified. | He insisted that the transaction was one which he himsel! had personally entered into and carried out so far as his company was concerned. “He testified that there had been no written contract with Shearer and | a;!ded that none had ever been thought | of “Didn't Mr. Shearer claim at the time | you employed him that he could frus- trate the conference?” asked Chairman Shortridge of the Senate committee. “Absolutely not,” replied Mr. Wake- man. “He made no such claim or we would not have been a party to his em- ployment.” Allen Questions Witness. Senator Allen of Kansas questioned the witness about the claim of Shearer in his sult against the shipbuilding company for $250,000 additional. Mr. ‘Wakeman said that nothing had been agreed to accept the $25,000 which the company paid him for work at Gene! Senator Allen read from a letter ad- dressed by Shearer to Wakeman on January 30, 1028. Senator Allen sald this was a “shocking letter” in view of the claim made by Shearer about what he had considered doing at Geneva, The letter follows: Washington, D. C., January 30, 1928. 8. W. Wakeman, Esq., Bethlehem Shipbullding Co., 25 Broadway, N. Y. My Dear Mr. Wakeman: Pursuant to our last private conver- sation and understanding in your office, that future negotiations would be with me direct, I wish to call to your atten- tion that as a result of my activities during the Sixty-ninth Congress, eight 10,000-ton cruisers are now under con- struction. ; Further. that owing to the failure of - the tri-power naval conference at Ge- neva, there is now before the Seventieth Congress_a 71-ship-building program costing $740,000,000. o understanding for which ex- nses were furnished me to conduct the campaign for naval preparedness Was to March 5, 1928, to be paid as & salary of $25,000 a year, receipt hereby acknowledged for year ending March 4, 1928. ‘As stated by you and afreed by your group, 1 am to receive at the rate of $25,000 a year as a reward, a bonus, for money earned as the results of the naval preparedness campaign, which benefits and in reality saves the ship- building industry. The fixing of the time limit on the naval building pro- gram to five years to lay down and eight years to complete, establishes the period of our understanding to the Jength of the naval program of eight years at $25,000 & year, or an aggregate of $200,000 due me from the result of my emlelvorisn én tt‘he interests of the shipbullding lustry. 'l?hbe amount of $200,000 to be divided by and between the Bethlehem Ship- bulding Co., 25 Broadway, New York City; the Newport News Shipbuilding Co., 233 Broadway, New York City, and the Brown-Boveri Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J. At the request of Mr. Hunter, Mr. Palen, Mr, Bardo and yourself, I have continued my activities in your behalf and in your interests to get action on a naval building program, Wi is now assured. By request and instruc- Husband of Dead N Suspension of Officer Robert J. Al investigation, and a near physical encot Coroner Nevitt, at the suggestion of which takes up fhe case tomorrow. Allen’s suspension followed an int whom he had brought to confront him, McPherson is employed. to confront the witness. seen with a woman he believed to be died, Allen walked out of the bank, lea: Later McPherson went to police heas collided with a truck at Ninth and F in the day by Inspector Selby, and his. Acting on a tip that a young man] who was said to resemble a suspect had visited the home of Victor McGauthey, near Ardmore, Md., Allen, accompanied by reporters, went there and showed the owner a group pieture. McGauthey immediately pointed one man, and declared that he ‘rg there on the night Mrs. McPherson mx her death. He accompanied Allen bacl to Washington and was taken to thi bank. There Allen ordered McPherson to ac- company him to the lobby. McPhersoffl demanded that he exhibit his badge; When it was exhibited he asked if Allen had authority from Detective headquarters. The officer admitted he o man to go with him. He refused. Held Wrong Mai “You are under arrest, formed him. “I will get you for false arrest” the other warned, but the officer demanded that he go to the first floor. ‘When they reached the lobby, Mc- Gauthey immediately declared that Me- Pherson was not the man. The youth went to telephone his father that he had been taken into custody, but Allen, after questioning McGauthey, and being again told that he was not the man, hurriedly departed from the building. Allen “immediately started a search for a taxicab driver who, McGauthey said, had also been at his home on the night in question, but was unable to find him, and it was while on his hunt near Ninth and P stveet that the officer fatled to observe the Signal. When Allen arrived at hea re. he was accompanied by four witnesses, who wére immediately closeted with In- Allen in- who went to headquarters and sub- poened the four to ar before the grand jury tomorrow'when it takes up its investigation into the case. - spector Shelby declared tnat Allen was not under arrest, and wou.d not be ar- rested unless the United States attor- ne‘yv':I omcteh:equutied it. 11 Dsgiedtor en conference in Shelby's office had been m-gm?: for some time. two members of the icide squad were suddenly dispatched to Alex- exandria. It was reported that they were seeking another witness. 5 Earlier ini the day Coroner Nevitt, at the suggestion of Shelby, n ap ins qujry into the law to the fiener‘s investigation could be re- opent Later Shelby declared: “If Allen con- vinces me and an impartial jury that it 18 a murder, agd if he finds the murderer, I will bring him to head- quarters and make him & detective | sergeant.” Cites Officer's Duty. “Any policeman who obtains knowl- edge of the commission of a crime and who does not turn that information over to his superior officer or who di- vulges that information to other per- sons, neglects his duty, violates his oath and is a traitor to the service, and you can quote that. “All inquiries into deaths are predi- cated on the theory that a crime has been committed. This theory is held until facts are brought to light which cause it to be dropped. In this case every fact led us down paths which inted to suicide. None of the facts rought out by Allen are new to us except his most recent statement that some one was seen to climb out of a window flf" the apartment and down a rain pipe. MI?. Henry G. Pratt. superintendent of police, said that the police manual makes it the duty of every member of the force who obtains knowledge per- taining to the commission of a felony or to the whereabouts of a felon to communicate the same immediately to his superior officrr. Might Miligate Offense. If Allen had any knowledge relating to this case, Maj. Pratt said, he must have violated the manual with respect to it, since he did not communicate the knowledge to Capt. Stott, his im- mediate superior, or to any one else in the department, es far as he knew. Maj. Pratt sald, however, that if Allen used his knowledge to bring a murderer to justice without imparting it to superior officer that would be a circum- stance mitigating his offense. Earlier in the day Allen declafed that hé obtained the names of two witnesses who would testify that they saw a man jump from the roof of the low building just outside the McPherson apartment. He said one of the men pursued the individual, but that he believed he got (Continued on Page. 2, Column 2.) away in a taxicab. FREE TICKETS TO RUSSIA REFUSED ¢ ON STORIES OF TWO AFTER TRIP English Coal Miners Tell Companions Their Experiences Turned Them Cold. By the Associated Press. EYTHORNE, Kent, England, Sep- tember 23.—Two English coal miners, W. Roone and J. Crane, who recently visited Soviet Russia at the expense of their employer, Tilden Smith, owner of the JTilmanstone Colliery near Dover, have returned home with such harrow- ing-tales of life in Russia that none of their fellow workers would accept free 4ring to MOECOW, Addressing crowds of miners gathered at_Smith’s home, Roone and Crane de- scribed their experiences in the Soviet carlm and at Broski mine. Roone sald their experiences turned them cold. “My friend Crane cursed the Soviets for their hypoerisy, saying Lenin never intended this,” said Roone. ‘“‘We have seen tl ‘we should not have seen.” ‘When mine owner offered to pay mwn‘eof any of his workers to Ruséia, but not home again, there was no responze. % Freed by Officer in Attempt at One-Man Probe. arrested and released Robert A. McPherson, husband of Mrs. Virginia McPher- son, into whose mysterious death Allen has been conducting a single-handed police headquarters later were developments in the case today. reopening the coroner's inquiry, but after a conference with'<United States Attorney Rover decided to turn the investigation entirely over ta. the grand jury, Later, when the witness declared that McPrehson was not the man he had telling his father that he had been arrested. A few moments afterward, while in search of a taxi driver who brought the couple to the witness' home, Allen ran by & red traffic signal and his automobile him to police headquarters in response to a general lookout for him issued earlier did not, but again ordered the young |, spector Shelby. Later a call was sent | | out #for a deputy United States. »:|WAGGONER STARTS M’PHERSON DEATH CASE TO GO TO GRAND JURY 'AS ALLEN IS SUSPENDED urse Arrested, Then llen of the third precinct after he had unter between Allen and McPherson at t Police Inspector Shelby, laid plans for erview with McPherson, a new witness, and newspaper men at the bank, where: The youth was put under arrest when he declined Mrs. McPherson late on the nighi &he | ving McPherson in a telephone booth dquarters and took part in the conference streets. A policeman immediately took . suspension_ followed. _ T00LIDGE WEDDING “TOBE LATE TODAY Son of Ex-President and| “Miss Trumbull to Marry in Duiet Ceremeny. . BY ADELAIDE KERR, Associated Press Stafl Writer. PLAINVILLE, Conn., Septémber 23.— Florence Trumbull, daughter of Con- necticut's governor, and John Coolidge, son of a former Massachusetts governor and ex-President of the United States, will be married here late today in the presence of notables of New England and the Nation. Two United States Senators, four former Connecticut governors and the members of Gov. Trumbull's military staff will be among those present at the ceremony, which will take place in the village Congregational Church. The re- mainder of the guests will be limited to friends and relatives of the Coolidge and Trumbull families. ‘The nuptials, although colored by Autumnal tints in decoration and bridal attire, will be marked by New England | restraint and dignity. Only 82 guests, | seated in the center section of the little | church, will witness the serviees, Bar Reporters and Cameramen. The large delegation of newspape: men and photographers who have gath. ered for the event will be excluded from | the church, in keeping with the desire ! of the bridal pair to make the wedding | a quiet family affair. Two ministers will | officiate at the service. The Rev. Ken- neth Welles of Albany, former pastor of the Congregational Church at North- amptcn, Mass., to whose sermons the bridegroom listéned to as a schoolboy, | will perform the ceremony. He will be | assisted by the Rev. J. Roy Wilkerson. tor of the Plainville Congregational urch, The smple Congregational gervice and the single-ring ceremony will be used. A half-hour musical program will be given while the guests assemble for tge "By r the prelude to “Lohengri “Elsa’s Bridal Procession,” boath by Waj ner, and the Bach-Gounod “Ave Maria’ will be played on the church pipe organ by Prof. William C. Hammond of Mount | Holyoke College, from which the bride was graduated a few years ago. . Just before the wedding march “O Promise Me,” by Reginald de Koven, 1s to be played by Prof. Hammond and Emil Heimberger, Hartford violinist, conductor of a hotel orchestra to the: music of which Miss Trumbull has often danced. » ‘Then comes the wedding processional —the bridal chorus fyom “Lohengrin”— as the bride enters the church on the arm of her father. Mendelsohn's wed- ding march will be used as a recessional. Bride to Wear Satin Gown. The bride, tall and blond, is to wear | a gown of old ivory satin designed in the slender lines of the princess sil- houette. Her veil of old ivory tulle will fall softly over her hair, ornamented by folds of duchesse lace, lent her for the occasion by Mrs. Collidge. She will carry a great sheaf of white lilies. Her sister, Miss Jean Trumbull, will attend her as maid of honor. gowned in a frock of capucine chiffon, also made | in princess effect, with a slight train and finished with imported lace em- broidered in gold. ‘The four bridesmaids will wear gowns of amber chiffon, reflecting the general yellow and burnt orange color scheme of the wedding. The maid of honor's bouquet is to be of Ophelia roses, while those of the other bridal attendants will be of the garden variety in lemon and orange tones, tied with bows of chiffon to_match their gowns. i The bridal attendants, besides M Jean Trumbull, will be Miss Esther Trumbull and Miss Dorothy Clark of Plainville, cousins of the bride, Miss (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) o EAST TO FACE TRIAL President of Telluride Bank Leaves With U. S. Marshal for Hear- ing in New York. By the Associated Press. CHEYENNE, Wyo.. September 23.— C. D. Waggoner, Teliuride, Colo., bank t for New York at 8:30 . custody of two officers to face trial on a dur'[e of using the ‘mails in furtherance of a scheme to de- fraud six New York banks of a ™'The banker was In custody of Hugh Was cus of L. Patton, United States marshal, and F. M. Bruner, special . He will arrive in New York at 3:30 p.m. Wed- nesday. The prisoner left here on the second section of the Union® Pacific limited from Los Angeles. Airways ‘Man Kills Self. SHREVEPORT, La, September 23 (P—E. B Rediitc, 35, suicide today by shootiny the_head with @ pistol, president of the Inc. DELEGATES ATTACK SPEED OF LEAGUE 10 WIND-OP WORK Envoys of Britain, Canada' and Norway Score Pace of Proceedings. RUSH OF LAST FEW DAYS DESCRIBED AS SCANDAL inal Report on Attitude to Pre- peratory Arms Group's Pro- gram Considered. By, the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 23.—The League of Nations Assembly moved on toward adjournment at such a pace today that it drew rebukes from the delegations of Great Britain, Canada and Norway. ‘The rushing of the Assembly’s work during the last few days of the session has become a scandal, Lord Ceeil told the disarmament committee, While Sir George Foster condemned fhe *haste to get home—or other places.” He had heard criticism from countries south of Canada, Sir George asserted, that “ywhen the big lights of the Assembly bad been extinguished or removed and the real work of the League in com- mittees is begun, there is a tendency to reach for hats and scurry away.” Moves to Slacken Pace. Dr. Lange of Norway insisted that the three items under- consideration today by the committee 'should fiot be | considered, as proposed, in a plenary | session this afternoon, and this move for retarding the pace of the proceed- ings was adopted. The disarmament committee voted to instruct the secretary general to take steps for providing a radio telegraphic | station for the use of the League and under League control. This station would | be equipped with facilities for com- munication with all countries of the world. Considers Arms Report. The committee thén considered its final report on its attitude to the work of the preparatory disarmament com. mission as represented in the co promise proposal adopted Saturday. This settlement of the conflicting British and French views urges the preparatory commission to pursue its work as soon as possible toward fram- ing a preliminary draft convention for the reduction and limitatiog of arma ments on land, sea and air. The com mittee concluded its work for the day | by adopting a report embodying the Prench and British compromise re- garding the program of the preparatory commission. Hugh R. Wilson, American Minister to Switzerland, was among the specta- tors at today’s session. 3 Announcement was made that Japan has signed the protocol for the ad- hesion of the United States to the World Court. . SPORTSMAN IHLLED IN 8-STORY PLUNGE Allen Weir, Brother-in-Law of For- mer Esther Driver du Pont, Vie- tim of New York Accident. By the Associated Pfess. NEW YORK, September 23.—Allen Weir, wealthy sportsman and a brother- In-law of the former Esther Driver du Pont of Wilmington, Del., was killed yesterday in an eight-story fall from his East Forty-second street apartment. He was 26 years old. Two friends, Charles Greening of Montclair, N. J., and Harry Evans, were ordered to appear in Homicide Court for questioning regarding the manner of Welr's death. The official police re- port said that he “was either pushed or fell Greening_and Evans told police that they and Weir had returned to the apartment early Sunday morning after an evening together. They said they prepared for sleep, and had been “sky- larking” in Weir's room. The two went into the living room, and a moment later said they saw Weir poised on the window sill. As they ran toward him he toppled out. His body was found in a. courtyard. The friends said during the evening they had several drinks, but denied that any of them was intoxicated. Thay de- scl":‘bgi Weir as being in apparent high spirits. Weir was graduated from Annapoils Naval Academy in 1926. He possessed an independent fortune, owned a yacht and two motor cars. His mother is Mrs. Henderson Weir of Wilmington, Del., where he made his home before his en- try into the Naval Academy. GUNMEN SLAY CHILD IN ARMS OF HIS FATHER Parent Also Wounded by Shots Fired From Ambush in Wis- consin City. | By the Associated Press. MADISON, Wis. September 23.— | Gunmen in ambush killed a 3-year- old child in the arms of his father in Madison’s “Little Italy” late last night. The father, Charles Glosi, was wounded perhaps fatally. shotgun loaded with slugs. was used. Glosi, carrying his son Frank in his arms, was walking through a dark alley when his attacker opened fire, Doctors said that the child suffered the brunt of the shot, and added, this, they half | saved the elder Glosi from instan! dekl:i]n. t A liquor law was blamed for the ing, the latest of a series in “Little Italy” within a year. Army Air Officer Killed. DAYTON, Ohio, September 3 (). —Lieut. Mark H. , Army Au Corps officer at Fairfield intermediate depot, was killed late yesterday when his airplane motor cut out in taking off. m plane fell to the ground and caught i Nimsell ! Radio Programs—Page 33 zox e BACK SCHoO R It & AT{) LR 9% () Means Assoc The only even! in Washington Associated Press Saturday’s Circulation, 1 Sunday’s Circulation, 11 ed Press. - ol 1 1 TWO CENTS. e | | TWO YOUTHS SAVE 3 AS HOMES BURN Blazes at -Hyattsville and Near Fort Humphreys Closely Paralleled. & e In fires closely paralleling each other | five persons were saved from being burned to death Saturday night when one Maryland and one .Virginia youth returned to their blazing homes around | midnight to arouse their sleeping rel- atives and make possible their escape. Maynard Zink, 21 years old, saved his mother, sister and 10-year-old cousin when he arrived at his parents’ home, about two miles off the Richmond- ‘Washington highway near Fort Hum- | phreys, Va., and found the building in | flames, while Howard Lawrence return- ed from work snd awoke his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Law- rence, when he found the rear of their house, on Wine avenue extended, at Hyattsville, Md., on fire. Finds Kitchen Afire. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence made their | way from the burning structure while their son summoned the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department, which ex- tinguished the fire with chemicals. The Zink youth was walking into the yard of his home when he suddenly saw flames licking &t the curtains at' the kitchen window. Bursting into the building, he found the kitchen entirely enveloped in flames, which were fast spreading to other sections of the house, and the family asleep in a nearby bed- room. -Bangmg on the bedroom door: with his fists he aroused his mother, Mrs. Ads E. Zink, who' hastily awoke her daugher, Mrs. Henry L. Ford, and| nephew, Ray Kicklighter of 55 M street': southwest, Washington. Mrs. Zink and her daughter groped their way through the smoke-filled hallway until they reached the front door, while the Kickilighter youth,' who had been spending his vacation with the Zinks, jumped to safety from the bedroom window. Loss Is $5,000. ‘The husband, F. C. Zink, an employe at the Potomac Railroad ds, did not learn of the fire until he returned from work and saw the bungalow levelel to the ground, with the last of the fire slowly dying out. He placed his en- tire loss at approximately $5,000. -No. 4 Engine Company of the Alex- andria Fire Department responded to the alarm, turned in by neighbors, but was forced to sit idly by because of the lack of water with which to com- bat the flames. A swing removed from the front porch was the only thing saved. All of the personal belongings of the Zink family as wellss all of their household furnishings perished in the blaze. Origin” of the fire is unknown, al- though' it is thought that it might possibly have started from a defective flue. NEW AIR MAIL PLAN IS BEING WORKED OUT Postmaster General Proposes Radi- cal Changes in Coast-to- * Coast System. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 23.— Postinaster General Walter F. Brown disclosed here today that inauguration in the near future of a new system of air mail service between the Pacific Coast and the East probably would fol- low the survey he is making of coast airport conditions. Contracts to carry mail exclusively, Brown indicated, probably would sup- plant the present contracts, under which air tra rt lines ‘c:&ryinz mail also passengers. He explained- that a purely mail service would cut by many hours the present transcontinental air mail delivery. His final recommendations will be made public in Washington. PLANE ON RETURN HOP. City of Savannah Leaves Miami for New York. [AMI, Fla., September 23 (#)—The monoplane City of Savannah of the Eastern Air Express, Inc. left Miami Municipal Airport at 7:45 a.m. today bound for New York in a direct flight to the first- tound t#ip on the | New other pe pla; -plan it at Cam- 8. C. Forger of Checks Uses a Perforater To Ward Off Crooks By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, September 23.—A bad check is bad enough, but Garvey Bodkin figured at might be worse, so he took precautions. When ' police ‘grrested him as the autographer of a series of checks which had no bankable solidarity, they asked him why he went to the trouble of using a perforating machine. He said one had to be careful, some crook might raise the amount. PRENTER WAY STAY AT VHITE HOLSE MacDonald May Be Guest of President at Least Three Days Next Month. J. Ramsay MacDonald, the British premier, will probably stay at the White House three of the five or six days he will be in Washington next month. It is known that President Hoover is #nxious to have the British premier as a guest and would really like to have him at the White House during the | whole of his visit, but he realizes that the” Jatter would most likely want to stay for a short while at the British embassy. The President also is eager to take his distinguished visitor to his camp in the Virginia mountains, where they might enjoy the life in the open for a couple of days and where they could talk to their hearts’ contents without interruption and amid most in- spiring ‘'surroundings. Depends on Weather. ‘The trip to the mountain camp will depend almost entirely upon the eather, The President has reason to ow that it is much cooler in the Blue Ridge Mountains than it is in Wash- ington, and as there are no heating facilities other than fireplaces, it is not thought likely that the President will propose such an outing unless the weather is warm at the time. The complete itinetary of Premier MacDonald’s visit here is likely to be | made public within a day or so. It was said at the White House today that the premier will most lkely go to tie em- bassy for his first night's stay in the Capital. A formal visit, however, will be made by the Premier at the White House soon after his arrival late the afternoon of October 4, which visit will call for a return formal visit on the part of President and Mrs. Hoover. Stimson to Stay Here. It is understood also that Secretary of State Stimson, who has been desig- nated to officially receive Lhe premier upon his arrival, will not go to New York to meet him at the dock, as was first suggested, but will welcome him upon his arrival at the Union Station in this city. One of the Assistant Secretaries of State will extend the official welcome o the premier on his arrival in New York, and will accompany him on the special train that will bring him to the Capital. It has not been learned yet just what room in the White House will be turned over to the premier or which one will he assigned to his daughter, Ishbel, who is accompanying him as official hostess. STRIKE VOTE PLANNED. Rayon Mill Workers Warned by Employes Against Walkout. ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. September 23 (#).—Despite a rayon mill ultimatum that participants in a walkout would be barred from employment in the future, textile union leaders here proceeded to- day with plans for talking a vote on pro- p“):;lts to strike at a mass meeting to- night. The American Bemberg & Glanzstoff Co, statement, following the call of a union meeting for a final vote, warned employes that no strikers would be re- employed regardless of whether a settle- ment was obtained seon. i o LEOPOLD SEEKING PH. D. CHICAGO, Séptember 22 (#).—The Herald and Examiner said today that Nathan Leopold, serving a life term in Joliet Penitentiary, is seeking a course of college instruction by mail so that he may secure his doctor of philosophy de- ‘gre A dozen universitles, the paper said, are willing to enroll Leopold in a correspondence course, but so far he has ‘been unable to find one that does not require a period of work in residence before giving a degree. Mrs. Wu Arrives in Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash., September 23 (#).— Mrs. C. C. Wu, wife of the Chinese Min- later. | ister to the United States, and her four arrived here yesterday from t, en poute to. Washington, childfen, the Ori NARCOTIC CHARGES HURLED BY BLEAS Carolinian Informs Senate| “Joints” Are Operating Near Qapitol. Charges that “narcotic joints” are| in operation within a few blocks of the | Capitol were made in the Senate to- | day by Senator Blease, Democrat, of | | South Carolina. Senator Blease also| declared ¢hat several Chinese have been | killed here without any one having been | tried in connection with the deaths. | His referefice to the narcotic traffic | came on the Heels of the speech de- | livered in the Senate Saturday by Sen- ator Howell, Republican, of Nebraska, in which he declared the President could | bring about prohibition enforcement in | the National Capital by exercising the | power he has over District officials. | When the Sena‘e met today Senator Blease took the floor and asserted: } Tells of Information. “I am informed by reliable parties | that within two squares of Peace Mon- |ument on Pennsylvania avenue there are today four narcotic joints being run and that that fact is known to peo- ple whose duty it is to close them.” The Senator made this statement | after devoting ssverrl minutes to the | discussion of proceedings in the dis- trict si‘orney’s cMice regarding a Chi- nese death. “For _sol time back,” Senator Blease begaa, “earnest efforts have been made to check the dealing in opium in this eity, which efforts caused some of our officers to be placed in very grave danger. Those who were inter- ested in shieiding the violators were | so desperate that upon finding that a Chinaman & witness against them, caused the assassination of this Chinaman on the morning of June 12, i 1929, as shown by newspaper clippings. | No Actign Taken. | _“On July 19 four persons were pre- | sented before the grand jury. Up ta| | this time the grand jury has taken no | action nor made any reports in the matter, so I was informed by the dis- | trict attorney's office this morning. “One of the parties is reported to be | in China. ‘Bwo of the’parties are re- ported to be hidden in a large Eastern city. Their places of concealment have | been made known, I have been told, | but for some unaccountable reason the | local authorities do not make the ar- | | rests and the Federal authorities hold | that it is the duty of the local author- | ities to do so. Therefore, through the lack of action of the grand jury, noth- ing is being done. “I can hardly believe, although there | are those who do believe, that there is a touch in the district attorney's office | and in some other very important po- | sitions somewhere in this city that is helping in bringing about these condi- tions. Several Chinese have been killed here and no one tried for it.” HUGGINS’ CONDITION IS REPORTED GRAVE Manager of Yankees Takes Turn for Worse After Blood Trans- fusion in Hospital. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, September 23.— The condition of Miller Huggins, manager of the New York Yankees, took a turn for | the worse today and blood transfusions were employed. It was said at St. Vincent's Hospital | that his condition was “very grave, | the AGITATION FOR DRY AGT FOR CAPITAL REVIVED BY CHARGE President’s Answer to Sena- tor Howell Calls for Investi- gation of Conditions‘ Here. HOOVER’S FAVOR OF NEW LAW IS INDICATED Dougherty and P}ntt Silent, but Commissioner Plans Discus- sion With Colleagues. Revival of agitation for a prohibition enforcement act for the District of Columbia =and indications that such an act would be acceptable to President Hoover today had developed out of the controversy resulting from Senator Howell's declaration in the Senate that the law is not being enforced in Wash- ington. The whole subject of prohibition en- forcement in the Capital and the Dis- trict was open for spirited discussion as a result of Senator Howell's declara- tion and President Hoover's counter assertion that it is the intention to thake the Capital City a “model in the country.” Senator Howell of Nebraska said to- day that he did not have specific evi- dence of any violations of the prohi- bition law to turn over to local authori- ties. He explained that when he re- ferred to the District of Columbia in the course of his speech in the Senate Saturday, he was referring only to what he thought was common knowledge that bootleggers are not wanting in this_ city. ‘The Senator indicated he might have something to say on the question in the Senate later today or at an early opportunity. Departirg from an acoustomed quiet on Sunday, President Hoover caused to be issued late yesterday a statement in which he said: “Senator Howell's statement that the prohibition law is not being enforced in the District of Columbia_seriously impugns the good faith and capacity of Commissioner Dougherty, in charge of police; Supr. of Police Pratt, District Attorney Rover ind Prohibition Agent William Blanford. Glad Question Was Raised. “The President is glad the Senator has raised the question.” the White House statement said. “He is confident that the Senator would not make these charges unless they were based upon definite facts, with time and place, and if he will lay any such information before the Department of Justice. the President will have the matters vigor- ously investigated, for it is the inten- tion not only to secure the fullest en- forcement in the District possible under the organization of enforcement agencies as provided by law, but to make it a model in the country. “‘Moreover.” said the White House statement. “it is only fair to give the District officials an opportunity to meet such charges.” Taking the position that President Hoover had answered the imputation of Senator Howell of Nebraska that Washington is got as dry as it ought to be because of lax enforcement of the prohibition law. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty and Maj. Henry G. Pratt. superintendent of police, to- day declined to be drawn into the con- troversy. Plans Further Discussion. Commissioner Dougherty said that |he had read the President’s reply to Senator Howell as published in the aewspapers, and indicated that he thought a statement from him is un- hecessary at this time. Maj. Pratt also expressed a similar opinion. Commissioner Dougherty, however, announced that he planned to discuss the situation at the earliest opportunity with his two_colleagues, Commissioners Sidney F. Taliferro and William B. Ladue. The purpose of the conference was not revealed. While Maj. Pratt declined to comment on Senator How- ell's charges, he calied attention to his annual report. which pointed out that Police Department had in mno measure relaxed its intensive campaign in the enforcement of liquor laws. In this report the police superintendent recommended that the entire force be clothed with the authority of prohi- bition eriforcement officers, so that the liquor laws might be even more strenuously enforced. The department now has 38 members vested with au- thority as special prohibition agents and they are devoting their entire time to enforcement of the liquor and gam- bling laws. Doran Backs Idea. Commissioner Doran of the Prohibi- tion Bureau, today added his voice to the discussion by reiterating that the District shuld be provided with an en- forcement law comparable to statutes enacted in all but two of the States. Dr. Doran took issue with Senator Howell that the Capital is one of the wet spots in the country, and asserted that “the Police Department is co- operating energetically with our forces, and any investigation into the work of those two organizations will show that they are doing excellent work.” Senator Howell, commenting .on the President’s statement, said that he meant everything he told the Senate |and that he was surprised his asser- as.a result of complications from in- | fluenza and erysipelas. | tions had aroused unusual_attention, (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) i By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., September 23.— the Swedish steamer Carl Gerhard, buoy were today rescuing the crew of the Swedish steamer, Carl Gerharl, ashore in a northeast gale 1 mile north of Kill Devil Hill, which is ap- proximately 70 miles south of Virginia Beach. ‘The stranded vessel was sighted by Coast Guard patrol, and is less than 300 yards off the beach in a terrific sea about 7:15 a.m. today. Before 9:30 a.m. the life saving apparatus had been and & woman, onc of the 20 per- sons aboard the ship, had been hauled to the beach, Two men were next brought ashore. Rescue work was being carried forward with all speed possible, xoxnuvelul'uree:mnlnwmflt COAST GUARD iJSE BREECHES BUOY SAVING CREW OF WRECKED SHIP Woman Is First to Be Rescued From Swedish Steamer of Kill Devil Hill. pounding and in danger of breaking up, Coast Guardsmen said. o As soon as word of the wreck reached here the cutter Yamacraw was sent out from Norfolk to assist the Carl Gerhard. Leaving here at 7:30 o'clock, the Yama- craw was expected to reach Kill Devil Hill at 3 o'clock. It is expected that by the time she arrives all the crew wiil have reached shore. Coast Guardsmen say it is doubtful that she can help to save the steamer, which is reported to have been driven so far on to the beach that the cutter cannot get into her. Loaded with plaster rock, the Swe- dish steamer was en route from a Canadian port to Tampa. The cause of her running ashore has not been learned. She may have been blown in by the shore wind or gone off her course in thick weather, Coast Guardsmer say. At Cape Henry today there was fog.