Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1929, Page 5

PALESTINE PEAGE RESTS ON BAYONET British Cfficers Tell Lesson of Recent Disturbances. Tribes on Alert. BY JOHN GUNTHER. By Cable to ‘The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyrignt, 192, AMMAN, Transjordania, September 30.—That the Balfour declaration must henceforth be enforced in Palestine at the point of the bayonet is the lesson of the recent disturbances, according to responsible British officers who were interviewed during the writer's trip through Transjordania. As soon as the British garrison is withdrawn® from Palestine, the tribes of the Transjordan country are likely to rise and march across the Jordan. In the meantime they will be permanently restless as long as the Jewish national home exists, civil officials agree. This week the important Howeitat tribe lost two men, who were killed, and 400 camels stolen in a raid by the Messid tribe. Bedouins, who, according to the Brit- ish will be tempted to invade Palestine when the troops have gone, have no anti-semitic feelings, but are simply on the lookout for loot. They are attracted by the mysterious wireless of the desert to keep hanging on the outskirts of any ;po'. where there may be trouble in the uture. { Tranquillity Like Miracle. That the Transjordan country has been so tranquil far is considered almost a miracle. Aside from one squadron of Royal Air Force planes, the military forces and police together in Transjordania consist of only 8 British officers and 1,200 Arab privates. The utility of the royal air force is seriously diminished _because the tri know that the planes are not permitted to use bombs. It is a picturesque story how this handful of British kept peace in the Transjordan_country—a territory twice as big as Palestine, stretching half way to Bagdad. The Transjordanians heard all man- Ter of wild rumors, that their brethren in Palestine across the frontier were being massacred, that the Mosque of Omar, in Jerusalem, the second holiest spot in Islam, had been blown up, and that the Grand Mufti, chief leader of the Moslems, had been kiiled. Angry Bedouins began coming into Amman Immediately that occurred two British officers, Col. Peake Pasha and Maj, Stufford Bey, who command rab Legion,” the police of the together with the civil au- assembled six members of the Arab committee of Amman. Three com- mitteemen hustled with all speed to Jerusalem, while the other three were kept as hostages at Amman. The three in Jerusalem were taken through the city, shown that the Mosque of Omar was intact, led to the presence of the mufti, who was very much alive, and then made to telephone this back to the three at Amman. Quieted by Reassurance. This reassurance quieted Amman. Aramount, the sheik of Beni Sakar, the chief Transjordan tribe, was then sum- moned by the British officers of the Transjordan frontier force, while the Royal Alr Force went through the country collecting all other available sheiks. Some of these were kept under friend- ly surveillance at Amman, while Mith- qal Pasha, the chief sheik, was “per- mitted” to go to Jerusalem to investi- gate. Mithgal was allowed to cool off in the Jerusalem jail for four days and then return to Amman with the mes- sage to his fellow shetks that all was uiet. 9 ‘The Beni Sakar tribe alone command 6,000 rifies. Had not this prompt di- plomacy occurred, the handful of Brit- ish might have had a lively time. Emir Abdullah was also signally instrumental in keeping the country quiet. SALVATION ARMY HEADS HELD AS LAW VIOLATORS Commander and Captain Summon- ed to Answer for Failing to Obey Police Order. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 30.— W. E. Graham, commander, and Rev. A. Lekman, staff captain of the local Salvation Army organization, were un- der orders to appear in Municipal Court today on charges of “refusing to move on when told to do so by an officer.” Police Chief J. Lon Foster said he had complaints from merchants against the Army's religious services in the business district, He said the merchants complained that the noise made by the band interferred with business. The two men were arrested last night after they started open-air religious services. Graham said he would continue to hold the services and that the police had no right to interfere. He said he ‘was not notified of the complaint until after his arrest and that the police told him he couldt not hold services any- ‘where. TRIP ENDED BY DEATH. Charles L. Carpenters’ Body in Ot- tawa Awaiting Return Home. OTTAWA, September 30 (#).—The body of Charles Lincoln Carpenter, noted American engineer, who died suddenly on a canoe trip, was here today awaiting transportation to his home. Mr. Carpenter, who was 62 years old, entered the wilds of the Upper Gatineau with a party, intending to make a month's trip. He died of heart disease in camp Saturday. On a roughly made stretcher, five Indian guides transported the body to Maniwaki. Mr. Carpenter did much work on the Panama Canal. He had been identified with the construction of the Cuba Eastern Railway. Droughts bave done damage in parts of Argentina. including window frames, elo | tex, Bheetrock, @ win 8y paint and hardware. . #! Small Orders Given Careful Attention (| No Delivery Charge 4 # J. Frank Kelly, Inc. | Paints — Coal — iware — Building Supplies CREDIT Will buy you BET NITURE NOW. PAY- MENT PLAN is so easy, you don’t have to wait to have a nice home. Peter Grogan & Sons :.‘o- CROGAN'S 817-823 Scventh St.N.W. “Homefurnishers Since 1866 nclose Your PORCH have all the necessary ma- Our THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SHEARER DENIES INTENT TO WRECK GENEVA PARLEY (Continued From First Page.) Geneva. Shearer sald that was Maj. B but that Johnson had not used 's name. g Shearer said that he still had the document and that he would bring it to the committee. This is the document which, it is said, suggests that Shearer had been a spy in 1920 and that he had been involved in a jewel robbery in Europe and had stolen a check. Shearer denied that he had ever been a spy. He said that he did not know for what country he was charged with having been a spy. He said that he was accused of being held as a spy in the United States in 1920. Senator Shortridge, chairman of the comittee, asked Shearer if he could go back to Great Britain, saying: “Don't you know you couldn't put your foot in Great Britain again?” “No, I don't know it,” said Shearer. He said that he had never asked for & passport to go to England again and that he had not been there since 1918. He declared that he had never been charged with stealing or arrested or taken into custody in that country. The alleged Scotland Yard record, he said, laid no such direct charges but merely said, “It is thought and it is said” that Shearer did so-and-so. Denies Bootlegging Charge. “Weren’t you arrested for bootlegging in New York?” demanded Senator Shortridge. “Didn’'t you put up a bond?” Shearer flatly denied that he had ever been a bootlegger. He said that along with 50 or 60 other people he was taken up by the police at New Rochelle in 1920. He said that he was questioned, but no charge had been -| placed _against him. He put up $500, he said, and was allowed to go. The witness insisted that he was not being treated fairly. “Do you call this fair?” he fired at Chairman Shortridge. *You have con- victed me before I am heard.” A moment later the witness ironically agreed that the committee had made no statement that he.was guilty. “But you bring in this new charge,” said Shearer, “of bootlegging. A charge never made before.” Shearer said that word had been passed out at New Rochelle that a boat was unloading Scotch. A big crowd went down to the dock, he said, includ- ing persons with automobiles. “The police took everybody who was down there,” said Shearer. “They also got the Scotch. I put up $500 and for- feited.” The committee asked why he didn’t go back. “What would I go back for?” said Shearer. “When you put up $500 they hope you'll never come back.” Shearer_explained to the committee how he had come to be called the “bass drum.” The name, he said, had come out of “Morgan’s office.” He said that when he went there, he had been asked if he was a spy and that he re- plied that he would not be making as much noise as a bass drum if he were. Again and again the witness declared that he had made no claim that he had broken up the Geneva conference. Such a claim, he said, would be ridicu- lous, if made by any man. “Did you contribute to breaking up the conference then?” asked Senator Shortridge. “I' brought out the facts,” sald Shearer. Reeves Denies Charge. Rear Admiral Reeves, the first wit- ness heard today, declared that he had never cxpressed a hope that the naval limitations conference at Geneva should fail. Admiral Reeves was called to the stand to reply to testimony given last week by Drew Pearson, a newspaper correspondent, to the effect that he, Pearson, had heard Admiral Reeves “frequently” express a hope that the conference would not succeed, while both were in Geneva. ‘The witness said that at the time of the naval conference in Geneva he was a captain in the United States Navy and one of the naval advisers to the American delegation. He said he had been connected with the Navy since 1890. Chairman Shortridge read from the testimony given by Pearson before the committee and Admiral Reeves made the following statement: “I would like to state that I never expressed a hope that the Geneva con- ference in 1927 would fail. I never en- tertained such a hope. It is impossible that thinking naval officers of the United States Navy should wish there would be no agreement at a naval limi- tation conference, for a very simple reason. American naval officers desire that the United States Navy shall be the equal in strength with that of the enemy. They want an agreement be- cause it is the only means by which it can be secured.” Says Officers Wanted Agreement. Admiral Reeves said that only through a naval limitation agreement could there be stability and certainty. There- fore, he said, American naval officers desire a naval limitation agreement. He said that they hoped for an agree- ment at Geneva. There were three principles that they desired that he recognized. “One was the recognition of the United States to have a Navy equal in strength to that of any other nation, a limitation sufficiently low to make it sure that the United States would build up to its quota strength, and, third, that each nation should be allowed to build the kind of cruisers required to meet its own needs. “An eement on such terms,” said Admiral Reeves, “was the only means by which our country could be assured of equality—of a. Navy necessary for our security, For such . limitation each member of the delegation worked. “To represent our naval officers as big Navy advocates is unjust and illog- ical. I have never entertained or ex- pressed a hope of failure at the Geneva conference.” Senator Robinson questioned the ad- miral about the differences which arose E"?@ i LT at Geneva over the question of parity and cruiser tonnage, asking him if ad- Jjournment of the conference without agreement was not due to the failure to | 1 settle these difficulties, “‘We regret such was not the case, and the conference adjourned without agree- ment,” Admiral Reeves ‘stated. He added: “There was no action at Gereva in which the American naval officers were not in full accord.” ‘When Admiral Reeves was excused at this point the committee called Lau- rence R, Wilder, president of the Trans- oceanic Corporation, who had testified previously. Mr. Wilder said he had been inform- ed by Clarence L. Bardo, vice president of the Brown-Boveri Electric Corpora- tion, that Shearer “was not an Ameri- can_citizen.” He replied Yo further questioning that he had visited the naval intelli- gence department and had seen Comdr. Powell, Senator Shortridge asked the witness if Comdr. Powell told him: If Shearer was paid $3,000,000 for his work at Geneva, he still would be underpaid.” Mr. Wilder replied in the affirmative. Before the employment of Shearer, he said, he had asked the latter for his record and had forwarded it to his at- torneys in New York, Shortridge Reads Lee's Report. Senator Shortridge read from the re. port submitted by Ivy Lee that Shearer was of American Revolutionary stock. Lee referred to him in this report as “a bug on the Navy,” although, “in- tensely patriotic.” He stated that Shearer came frequently to Washington and when he did so “usually started something.” Like others who always were in attendance at Washington, the report said, they usually came with some scheme or other. Senator Shortridge pressed the wit- ness to be more specific about his con- ference with Mr. Bardo at which criti- cisms were made of Shearer. He said he had met Bardo at the Carlton Hotel. He had had a personal quarrel with Shearer, he said, but would not give the reasons for it. In fairness to Shearer, the witness said he wished to investigate his record more thoroughly, because of statements he}{ud heard. "~ - e replied to questioning by Senator Shortridge that he had pressed Bardo for more definite facts, but had failed to elicit favorable information from him. ‘The result of his investigations, Wilder said, were satisfactory to him. - ‘The chairman asked him if he could explain a statement in Lee's report to the effect that he could not check up on Shearer’s connection with the Brit- ish government. ‘This letter had reference, it was brought out, to the fact that Shearer had offered his services to the British admiralty on May 4, 1914. No further light, however, was shed on this matter. Wilder was excused rather unex- pectedly in order to enable the com- mittee to hear from Shearer himself. Shearer Wants to Tell Story. ‘When Shearer was called to the stand he promptly asked the committee for the privilege “to tell my story.” Senator Shortridge said in reply that the committee proposed to ask him questions and treat him just as other witnesses had been treated. “May I make a statement?” Shearer shouted at the committee. “No,” said Senator Shortridge. Shearer declared that every witness who had hitherto come before the committee had been granted the privi- lege of making a statement, “even a stool pigeon for Great Britain.” “This happens to be my party,” said Shearer. He added that Senator Allen, a member of the committee, had scoured the sewers of London for in- formation against him, and that Sen- ator Robinson of Arkansas, on the floor of the Senate, had used the word trea- son in connection with him. He said he demanded the privilege of making a statement. Robinson Denies “Treason.” “It is untrue that I used the word treason on the floor of the Senate.” interjected Senator Robinson. “I don't know your object in making that ob- servation, but it literally is untrue.” Shearer wanted to know in brusque terms “If the committee calls this fair.” Senator Shortridge said that this was “nobody’s party,” referring to Shearer’s statement that it was his party. Shearer said that Senator Allen had endeavored to fix on hm a jewel scan- day. He added: “T'll tell you in 30 min- utes what you can’t get out in 30 days, for there is only one man that knows it.” Senator Shortridge insisted that the committee would proceed with the in- vestigation as it saw fit. Shearer calmed down and thereafter answered the questions which the chairman fired at him. When he was asked to give his name he made the statement that “I'm an American, Christian, Protestant—"" The committee told him to confine himself to his name. Shearer said in reply to questions that he had brought suit against three shipbuilding companies for $250,000, which he claimed to be due him for his services in the years 1926 to 1929, in- clusive. The shipbuilding companies, he said, had paid him something over $51,000. They were the American Brown-Boveri Electric Corporation, the Bethlehem Shipbuilding _Corporation and the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Corporation. * ‘Wants Whole Story Told. “When did you enter into an agree- iment with them?” asked Senator Short- ridge. The chnirmnn‘ldded, “I want the whole story told.” “Thank you, sir,” said Shearer. The witness said that he had entered into the agreement with the shipbuild- ers after his speech at the Marine din- ner at the Waldorf Hotel in New York in the early part of November, 1926. He sald that he had been approached EXCELLENT CUISINE TEMPTING MENUS TABLE D'HOTE A LA CARTE A < AMPBASSAIDOR X O ¥ E L DINING ROOM CLUB BREAKFAST SPECIAL $1.00 LUNCHEON TABLE D'HOTE DINNER $2.00 ALSO A LA CARTE ... NO COVER CHARGE DINNER MusIC FOURTEENTH AND K STREETS by all the shi] “When did sentative of shipl nies?” asked Shortridge. “The first one I met,” said the wit- ness, “was Charles M. Schwab m(rru\- dent of the board of the Bethiehem Steel Corporation, which owns the Bethlehem sh!plmllmiml[l Corporation) in the grill room of the Ritz-Carlton otel in New York. I was informed that I would be communicated with. I recelved a letter from A. B. Homer, ‘Wakeman’s handyman. I think they ICI“ him the sales manager.” The letter from Homer was_intro- duced. It was dated November 13, 1926. It requested Shearer to write Homer “with reference to our conversation,” in which Shearer had outlined a pro- Jected tour for stirring up interest in shipping. ‘The witness testified that the next representative of the shipbuilding com- pany he had talked with was Frederick P. Palen, vice president of the Newport News Co. He said he had talked with Palen at the Marine dinner and after- ward. “I_called on Homer at the office of the Bethlehem Co., 25 Broadway,” said Shearer, “and he introduced me to ‘Wakeman.” (Wakeman was president of aae ‘Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corpora- jon. Shearer sald that he explained his projected advertising campaign through the New York Commercial. Says Wakeman Lauded Ydea. “Wakeman said it was & good ide said Shearer, “but added, ‘but we want action.’” Shearer said that Wakeman had said that the shipbuilding company repre- sentative had had a conference and “we think you should go to Washington and help get through the three-cruiser building bill.” Shearer said that an agreement had been reached to pay him $7,500 to work in Washington during the rest of the Sixty-ninth Congress in the interests of the cruiser bill. Shearer was asked how he was paid. He said he was paid by Hunter, the at- torney for the American Shipbuilders Counctl, in cash and by check. - “I'm only interested in getting cash, said the witness tersely, “and not in the method of receiving it.” He said that all that he had received for this particular work was the $7,500. Shearer testified that Wakeman, Palen and Hunter had been present when he was hired; that Bardo, presi- dent of the New York Shipbuilding Co., was not present, and that Wakeman had said it was not necessary for Bardo to bg there, and that Bardo would “trail along. The witness said that he never had had any dealings with these men be- fore, although six or seven years earlier he had tried to get Mr. Schwab to back “a project never revealed.” Shipbuilders Pleased, He Testifies. The witness testified that after his work in Washington he returned to New York, and that the shipbuilders had been “delighted at the turn of events,’ He said that they wanted him to fo to Geneva as quickly as he could. An agreement was entered into for this employment in Hunter's office in New York, with Wakeman, Palen, Bardo, Hunter and Shearer present, he said. He said that the agreement was that he should be paid $25,000 and that his employment was to be continuous, and by the year. He sald the amount of compensation was not definitely set. “My purpose in going to Geneva, which they understood,” said Shearer, “was to see that the United States got out its side of the story; that there should be a treaty of parity, or if there was no parity, then there should be no treaty.” ‘The witness said that he had received at that time, which was March 17, 1927, a letter of credit for $7,500. He had already bought his ticket, he said, to go to Geneva, out of some of the money he had received from his earlier contract. He also said that the ship- builders’ representatives had told him that he was the only one who had gotten any results. Shearer added that he was told that the shipbuilders had paid Ivy Lee, a publicity expert, $150,000. ‘The name of Alvin E. Johnson was injected into the testimony by Shearer during & discussion of his five-month stay at Geneva. He referred to John- son as an “internationalist, a corres- pondent for the New York World and a tool of the British Secret Service.” Shearer charged that in 1926 Johnson tried to sell him British information, ‘The man frequently came to his house, he said, and introduced him to mem- bers of the Chinese Nationalist delega- tion and to members of the Druisis, who then were engaged in fighting. Object te Dragging in King. After a while, Shearer testified, John- son asked him about his own connec- tions, and he showed him the indorse- ment of the heads of various patriotic organizations, including the Society of the Sons of Natives of California. John- son wanted to get in, touch with Senator King of Utah, he claimed. ; Members of the committee objected to Senator King’s name being dragged into the testimony, and Shearer cut the controversy off by offering an apology. 3 Pressed by Senator Shortridge to tell about the “secret information offered him for sale, the witness said that John- son had come to him at that time, g companies. ou meet the first repre- bullding compa- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1929. JUST BEFORE TAKE-OFF OF THE INTERNATIONAL BALLOON RACE Balloons entered in the Gordon Bennett international balloon race, starting from St. Louis, presented a_mushroom- like appearance as the bags were being inflated for the take- off Saturday. —Associated Press Photo. short of funds, and told him that he had information regarding some ar- rangement the British had made with Greece in deflance of the 5-5-3 treaty. “I told him I was not interested in the Greek Navy,” Shearer sald. “There was no deal made and no money paid.” Describing Johnson as having said that he was the representative of an international newspaper, the New York ‘World, Shearer said: “To use his exact words, he didn't give a damn if America had no ships.” His further activities at the time, Shearer testified, were in connection with the case of the American youth, Bennett J. Doty, who was condemned to be shot while in the service of the French Royal legion in Syria. He said he had intervened on behalf of Doty, known as Gilbert Claire, with Premier Briand. He took credit for himself in saving Doty's life. Briand, he contended, was the only representative of the government with whom he conferred during this period. “I never spoke with Ambassador Gibson or with Admiral Jones,” Shearer added. Says His Aim to Get Facts. ‘The witness and Senator Shortridge | went at length into a discussion of the preparatory conference and a discus- sion of the purposes of the arms limita- tion conference itself in a desire to bring about a parity between the United States and British navies. Shearer insisted that he “was abso- lutely in harmony and sympathy with the outlying purposes of the con- ference.” Chairman Shortridge asked him pointedly if he had triven to bring about such an agreement. Shearer insisted that his purpose at Geneva was to get all the facts. He declared he wanted to bring out the lack of American naval bases and the true situation with regard to the Japanese naval strength. In this connection, he | smd, he made use of naval intelligence lata. Senator Shortridge interrupted him at one point to say that there were some persons at the conference who were anxious that there should be no agree- ment. In this Shearer agreed. “Do you know of any United States representative working against the in- terests of an agreement?” the chair- man asked. “Only one,” Shearer replied, without mentioning any names. “I knew one who would be willing to introduce an- other naval holiday.” ‘The committee then Shearer about the $25,000 contract for his services at Geneva. He said his employers had set the price at that sum per year. “Now that its all over, 1':}:i trying to get the money now,” he said. Shortridge Clashes With Him. ‘While at Geneva, he said he unex- || pectedly received a draft for $7,500, but i testified that the legal exchange had || accounting for | | been deducted. In $15,000 received, Shearer said he “got PERSONAL CHRISTMAS CARDS are now ready for you selection. To encourage early ordering and to allow our craftsman to achieve their finest art, free from the eleventh hour rush, we are allowing a “Discount of 70% on orders placed Your visiting card by October 5th. plate can be used onmany ofthe designs. Every approved manner of radiant greeting is here, Brewoodly individual in theme and technique. BrewmadD Gravers ana(/j;‘a troners 6i1-12th St. N.W. - questioned | | the balance of the $25,000 in Wash- ington.” Senator Shortridge engaged in a lively tilt with the witness and he asked him if he had not claimed that it was he who broke up the confer- ence. “No, positively,” Shearer replied with some heat, “It broke up, but you won't find ‘I’ in front of it.” Secretary Kellogg, the witness in- sisted, had sald he had broken up the confgrencle, but Shearer took no credit on : “I recall at no time ever in all my | enthusiasm as a ‘bug’ that I ever wrote or said I had broken up the naval con- ference,” Shearer reiterated. WOMAN BADL.Y INJURED Mrs. Carlotta Holtz in Hospital, Estranged Husband Is Held for Investigation. While Mrs. Carlotta Holtz, 32 years old, of 2804 Fourteenth street, is in a serious condition at Emergency Hos- pital, suffering from a possible skull fracture and brain concussion, tenth precinct police are holding her husband, George Holtz, chain store manager, of 1429 Columbia road, for investigation pending the outcome of his wife’s in- Juries, sustained, Holtz says, last night when she fell over a two-foot curbing. Following a grilling at the precinct last night, Holtz explained that he, along with Robert Payne, with whom he has been staying since he separated from his wife about a month previous, returned from a visit in nearby Vir- ginia to the Columbia road address, where they encountered Mrs. Holtz. He declared to police that his wife slappec Payne and that when he attempted to intervene and pushed his wife she fell over the curbing. Police say they will conduct a further investigation into the case. N 116,000 Cars Are Stolen. NEW YORK, September 30 (#).— During the last year 116,000 automo- | biles, worth $81,200,000, were stolen. Above 85 per cent were recovered. The | figures are from insurance circles. DUE TO FALL OVER CURB| SENATORS BLOCK LOBBY RESOLUTION Resolution Sent to Commit- tee When Caraway Seeks Consideration. By the Associated Press. Immediate corsideration of a reso- lution seeking an investigation of gen- eral lobbying activities in Washing- ton was blocked in the Senate today by sending the proposal to committee. Senator Caraway, Democrat, Arkan- sas, author of the resolution, sought consideration, but Senator Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader, con- tended that under the rules it should gnl first to committee, He was up- eld. Referring to the Shearer investiga- tion Caraway said it would have been impossible for the shipbuilders to have employed the big Navy advocate had some law been in effect compelling them to disclose the recipient of the money, how much was to be used and for what purpose. He said he knew of one organization here which had qnly a president, secre- tary and stenographer, but had a sal- ary roll of $12,000 a year. The entire force, he added, did not know five peo- ple in public life. “This resolution will expose them,” he said, adding that ‘Washington was swarming with lobby organizations. Lectures Replace Sermons, NEW YORK, September 30 (#).— Communicants of “humanism,” a new religion, will be encouraged to compose | their own wedding services. In launch- ing the religion, the Rev. Dr. Charles Francis Potter, formerly a Universalist pastor, announced there would be no clergy, no prayers, no baptism and lec- tures instead of sermons. 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The Belgica was reported to have hit a tree near | Pacl, Ind,, yesterday and it was neces= sary to throw out a radio set and some ballast to rise again. Landing of Leaders. ‘The Goodyear VIII, piloted by Ward T. Van Orman, with Alan MacCracken as aid, landed 3 miles north of Troy, Ohio, at 6 p.m. and apparently was leading, with a distance from St. Louis unofficially estimated at 347 miles. The Army bag, piloted by Capt. Wil- liam E. Kepner, winner of last year's race, landed on a reservorr at Celina, Ohio, at 3:15 p.m. and was second, with distance estimated at 338 miles. Army officers at Scott Field, near here, con- ceded Van Orman probably had an edge of a few miles. Capt. James F. Powell was Kepner’s aid. The Navy balloon, piloted by Lieut. T. G. W. Settle, with Lieut. Winfield Bushnell as aid, was next with 305 miles. This bag landed at Stinesville, Ind, at 1:10 p.m. ‘The two balloons still up, so far as known, were the Belgica, piloted by Capt. Emest De Muyter, er of four Gordon Bennett races, ¥and the Denmark, piloted by Lieut. George Schenstrom. The Belgica was last reported at 2 pm. when it caught in a tree near Paoli, Ind., 200 miles east of St. Louis, but moved on after toss- ing out radio equipment and ballast. The Denmark was reported late tonight. Bradley Is Injured. D. Eduardo Bradley, pilot of the Argentine, suffered a crushed leg and severe bruises when his bag fell on & farm 15 miles south of Térre Haute, Ind, at 10:30 am. His aid, Lieut. Francisco J. Cadaval, was bruised. The bag was demolished when it struck a tree. His distance was 160 miles. ‘The other foreign balloons landed as follows: LaFayete, France, Georges Blanchet, pilot, Stinesville, Ind., 1:10 pm., distance 205 miles. ‘The Denmark—Lieut. Georg Schen- strom, S. A. U. Hasmussen, aide, landed near Bedford, Ind., at 4.10 p.m. yester- day. Distance, 204 miles. Time, 24 hours. - BARMEN, Germany — Dr. Hugo Kaulen, jr., pilot, near Melvin, IIl, 8 am. 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