Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1929, Page 2

g wRl MDONALD DELAYS: SHEARER INQUIRY Probe to Be Delayed Until British Premier Has Left Capital. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The investigation by the Senate Naval subcommittee of charges that William | B. Shearer was hired by three Amer- ican shipbuilding companies to aid in preventing an agresment at the naval limitations conference at Geneva, which recessed late yesterday, will not be re-| sumed until after Ramsay MacDonald, the British Premier, leaves the country. | Mr. MacDonald will arrive here Friday for conferences with President Haover regarding the relations between this| country and Great Britain, It is considered unwise in official quarters to “wash America’s dirty linen’ while the head of the British govern- ment is a guest in the Capital. i The Shearer investigation, it was .sald: today, probably will not be resumed until a week from Monday or perhaps ! later. In the meantime, the Senate committee will examine the record of the investigation up to the present time. It is expected that some of the shlp-1 building officials and Shearer himself eventually will be recalled to the slanfli and questioned further. Denials Are Issued. Already denials of Shearer’s t®timony before the committee have been made by Charles M. Schwab, president of the board of the Bethlehem Steel Corpora- tion and others. Shearer testified that Mr. Schwab had been responsible for his employment by the shipbuilders in the first instance. Homer Denies Shearer Testimony. Before the hearing adjourned yester- day afternoon and after Shearer had | left the stand, Arthur B. Homer, sales manager of the Bethlehem Shipbuild- ing Corporation, testified that Schwab had not suggested that Homer get in tounh with Shearer in 1926. Shearer, in his testimony, had told the committee that at a meeting he had with Schwab in New York, the | steel magnate had told him this matter | would be taken up with Shearer by a Tepresentative of the company. The most important disclosure dur- ing Shearer’s final testimony before the committee was when, with a touch of | melodrama. he accused Sir William Wiseman as “the chief British spy in{ America during the World War” and | with being the author of what Shearer had described as an “amazing British secret document.” This document, the contents of which were not made pub- lic, was alleged by Shearer to have been written by “a member of the British government” to David Lloyd George, former prime minister. The document was alleged to be saturated with hos- tility to the United States and to pro- pose a plan for organizing a united states of Europe designed to be un- friendly to this country. When he first produced this docu- ment, Shearer said it was signed, “ac- cording to the Navy Department, by Sir Willlam Wiseman,” but under ex- amination it appeared tmat it had no signature attached when Shearer got it. Quotes a “Judge Summers.” Shearer said he had received it from 8 Judge Summers, who, he said, “was | in the Department of Justice under Pregident Harding'’s aaministration.” He said that Judge Summers received | word from the Secret Service that Sir William Wiseman was the author of the | do_?;lmen? ! e witness tuld how he had given | this “amazing document” to na\'l’ in- telligence officers, who had photostatic | coples made of it, and one of th Shearer furnished that night to Sen tor James A. Reed of Missouri, who | since has retired from the Senate. In reply to queries from the commit- tee, Shearer said that Sir William now Wwas a member of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. of New York. Sir William Wiseman, later in the day, telegraphed the committee that he | understood the document was an “ab- | surd forgery.” Wants Wiseman Called. When Senator Allen questioned th authenticity of the document. Sneares | insisted that Sir William be called and examined under oath. Allen indicated that this course would be pursued. Senator Allen offered a report from an expert of the Navy Department auemomng the authenticity of the locument, but after briefly discussing the matter, the committee decided it would defer. admitting the expert re- port until it had time for consultation. During his testimony regarding the “amazing document,” Shearer said he had taken it to Senator Reed of Mis- sourl because of the Missourlan's vigor- | ous stand for national defense and be- | cause he was an anti-League of Nations man. The cruiser bill and the Kellogg | peace pact were before the Senate at | that time and Shearer explained that while he did not want the anti-war pact to fail, he wanted it to precede the cruiser program. Charles M. Schwab's Washington at- torneys made public last night the text of the telegram he had sent to the sub- | committee denying any recollection of having met Shearer. . Fallure of Shearer to make any In- | come tax return on the sums he re- ceived for his propaganda was brought to public attention during the course of his examination yesterday afternoon by Senator Allen, . | Shearer admitted receiving about | $6,000 since January 1, 1929, He en- tered the employ of Willlam Randolph | Hearst in “June or July” at $2,000 a | month, he said. His yments from | Hearst amounted to g:tween $4,000 and_$5,000. | “When and where did you make your | income tax return?” Senator. Allen’ de- manded. It had been brought out previously that Shearer had collected about $51,000 for his services with the ship- ging interests. Senator Allen remindea he was expected to make out a: return on income whether he paid a | or not. Insisting that he had no regular place | of business, Shearer then admitted that | he had expected to pay an income tax | on declarations when he had “gotten ! all his money.” i LIGGETT COMMENTS. Bay State G. 0. P. Leader D!lu‘ed-! its Shearer's Testimony. BOSTON, October 2 (A).—Louls K. Liggett, Republican national committee- | man for ‘Massachusetts, says he had seen William B. Shearer once for 15 minutes during the last presidential campaign, when asked last night to comment on the statement of Shearer before the Senate naval committee that he had worked hand in glove with Re- ublican leaders in Boston last Autumn. hearer said he had succeeded in get- ting the “Irish interested in a big navy.’ Liggett said he never saw or heard of the propagandist again after the first |l romised “careful tter's story. interview, when he consideration” to the . * Two Missionaries Held. Albert B. Fall, former Secrelary of was head of the Interior Department. FALL'S PLEA TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT Former Member of Cabinet Holds Case Was Closed by Previous Acquittal. By the Associated Press. Justice Willlam Hitz in the District of Columbia Supreme Court today tcok under advisement the plea of Aibert B. Fall that the bribery indict- | ment against him should be dismissed | on the ground that the case had been closed by Fall's acquittal for con- spiracy in connection with the Elk Hills, Calif., oll leases. Justice Hitz, after hearing argument on the motion of the former Interior Secretary, noted that the case was set for trial on its merits next Monday and said he would dispose of the motion on or before that day. Presents Own Plea. | Appearing in court for arralgnment at his own request this = morning. | Fall personally presented to Justice | Wwilliam Hitz in the Supreme Court of | the District of Columbia four pleas in' which he asked dismissal of the in-| dictment charging him with accepting| a bribe of $100,000 from Edward L.| Doheny, California oil man, in No-| vember, 1921. | Trial was scheduled some time ago| w0 start October 7 on the case, which | grew out of the leasing to the Pan American Petroleum & Transport Co., a Doheny concern, of lands in the Elk| Hills, Cahfornia. naval oil reserves, in | connection with a contract for the| building by Doheny of an oil storage piant in ‘the Pearl Harbor, Hawali, navy yard. Prolonged Investigation. | Following a prolonged investigation | by the Scnate public lands committee, | 1924, filed an indictment charging | Doheny and Fall with conspiracy. This was based upon an alleged agreement between the two that Fall would lease California naval lands to Doheny's com- | pany in consideration of the oil man's | Iending or giving him $100,000. At the | same time a separate indictment | charged Fall with accepting a bribe of | $100,000 from Doheny in consideration | of giving to the latter the Navy land lease. Doheny and Fall went to trial late in 1926 on this indictment and were acquitted by a District of Columbia jury. The indictment under which the Government now seeks to again try Fall charges, so his counsel contend, precisely the same thing charged in the case in which both men were found not guilty. Appearing today, Fall filed four spe- cial pleas, which were contained in a printed pamphlet, to the contents of | which Fall had made affidavit. Two of the pleas made the point that the exact fact involved in the present case had been involved in the case which w tried three years ago, and that tha fact had been fairly submitted to a jury, after full evidence had been given by Fall's prosecutors and by his de- fense, and he had been promptly ac- quitted. Question of Jeopardy. Two other pleas presented the con- tention that to retry Fall on the same charge that he had previously been acquitted of would constitute a viola- tion of the right guaranteed every citi- zen by the Constitution of the United Sates, against being twice put in jeop- | ardy for the same offel Fall's pleas set forth in full the old indictment, under which the Govern- ment lost its case after trial. There is also set up the charge delivered by Justice Adolph A. Hoehling to the jury | in the trial three years ago, in which, so Fall contends, the judge exrressly‘ submitted the charge that Fall was | bribed to the jury as one of the ma- | terial facts in the old case. i Fall_was accompanied by his attor- neys, Frank J. Hogan, Wilton J. Lam- | bert and Willlam E. Leahy of Wash- ington, and Mark B. Thompson, his | personal friend and counsel from Phoenix,. Ariz. Mr. Doheny, who, according to vigus testimony has been a frien Fall for nearly half a century, also ac- companied the former Secretary of the Interior- to court. Doheny arrived in | Washington last Monday, having come | here to testify as a witness in the case | if it is tried. h ‘Attorneys Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, special oil prose- | cutors, and United States Attorney Leo : A. Rover the Government. filed a de- | murrer to the pleas and the matter proceeded to argument. re- PAROLE BOARD FAVORS RELEASE OF GROCER| By the Associated Press. ‘The Federal Parole Board has rec- ommended that Prank Urbanowski be released from Leavenworth Federal penitentiary upon condition he pays a | fine of $10,000 within 60 days after re- | ense. Urbanowski, a wealthy wholesale grocer of Peru, I, was ceuvicted, with | three codefendants, last April, al giant liquor conspitacy case developed by the Government after Federal dry | PEIPING, China, October 2 (#).—An fMiciad announcement today said w0, of British-Chinese missionaries were kid- 10 in Southwest ' i -discovered on raiders found a $100.000 alcohol-cook- ! ing syndicate in Peru. ‘Urbanowski was accused of selling the ~oukers the mfl: used in & huge still property. ————— the erior in the 1 Court yesterday for arraignment on a charge of bribery in ¢ onnection with the & e Left to right are: Fall, Edward L. Doheny, millionaire ofl man, a witnes former co-defendant, and Frank Hogan and Mark Thompso n, counsel. tering District of Columbia Sppreme ills naval oil leasing while he and —Star tSaff Photo. COL. WILLIAM P. WOOTEN, | Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., who will | be transferred to the retired list Feb- ruary 1. He has been in the military service 35 years. ATTAGK EH CLLB Dynamite Perils Members of Exclusive Lake Shore Ath- letic Group. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 2—In a year of the District grand jury on June 30, | nearly 100 bombings, last night's dy- | namite attack upon the Lake Shore Athletic Club was the first to be mude; against a fashionable and exclusive group of Chicagoans. The bomb was tossed through a win- | dow of the $6,000,000 clubhouse, tear- | ing a hole in the wall of the natatorium. | The club is at 850 Lake Shore Drive, | in the heart of the Gold Coast, and the force of the explosion was felt in nearby homes and hotels. Several members in the locker room | and men and women in the lounge were | staggered by the blast. Frank J. Loesch, 76-year-old assist- ant State’s_attorney, and member of | President Hoover's crime commission, | was aroused from sleep in his Drake | Hotel apartment and joined in the in- | vestigation. “Must Be Solved.” “The persons who did this bombirg,” he said, “advanced to the very door of the civic leaders of Chicago. The bombing must be solved.” ‘The actual damage “a few hundred doilars,” ai fined to the natatorium. Police were investigating two theo- | ries; one that the bombing may have been done by terrorists” employed by garage racketeers, who in turn were disgruntled over the fact that many members of the club used an adjoining ' vacant lot to park their cars, Taxi War Hinted. H The other theory was that rival cab drivers, vying for the privilege of wait- ing at the club entrance for fares, had resorted to violence to show their ais- satisfaction with the present arrange- ment, which gives the club business to a single company. | The bombers, in an automobile, were | seen as they tossed the bomb, with spluttering fuse, through the window. | The witness, a cab driter, pursued | them, but was outdistanced. Apartment Is Bombed. A second powerful dynamite bomb | exploded early today in an apartment | building, in the excjusive South Shore | residential district, a few hours later. | It was placed in front of the door to the apartment of C. H. McCarthy at 7119 South Shore drive. McCarthy, an | official of Stein, Alstrin & Co., New | York and Chicago brokerage concern, | told police he knew of no motive. | The explosion shattered the door to his apartment, smashed furniture, and | caused dsmage to the bullding esti- mated at $2,500. McCarthy, his son Auston, who was once captain of the University of Chi- cago foot ball team, and other members of the household were thrown from their beds. POLICE RAID MEETING. O Persons Are Held for Passing Out Radical Propaganda. OAKLAND, Calif., October 2 (P).— Police broke up an opep-air meeting | of several hundred persons here last night and arrested nine on charges of passing out~hand bills in violation of a city ordinance. The hand bills were purported radical literature prol:lllni ‘he trial of Gastonta, N, C.. mill worker: for u‘lnym"n policeman during recent i troul o les, '.M;ss Anlt:' Whitn!{. radical leader, led a group to the city jail. where the nine were bailed out at '$10 each. The p, ey, Te- T = umnm:llmnham re- s sestom | 7 | | engineering, features of the (0L WOOTENASKS FOR RETIREMENT 'Officer of Engineer Corps Has Record of Thirty-five Years of Service. . Col. William P. Wooten, Corps of En- gineers, attached to the office of the Assistant Secretary of War as director of the procurement of military supplies, including the mobilization of material and industrial organizations for war- time needs, and also as director of the Army Industrial College, has_applied for transfer to the retired list February |1 next, after more than 35 years' con- tinuous military service. President Hoo- | ver has approved the application and as a special compliment has granted | | him leave of absence from October 25, when he will complete some important his retirement. Born in La Grange, N. C., February 14, 1873, Col. Wooten was graduated { from the University of North Carolina, 1893; the West Point Military Academ: 1898; the Army Engineer School, 1902, and the Army War College, 1922. His | entire military service has been in the | Corps of Engineers, in which he reached the grade of colonel in 1920 | During the Philippine insurrection he commanded detachments of Engineers and scouts in the campaign which ended in the capture of Dagupan and later served in the Luzon campaign. Commander in World War. In the World War he commanded the 14th United States Engineers, at- tached to the British 3d Army, from August, 1917, to July, 1918, and was | continuously on the British front for | nine months during the operations near | Arras. From January, 1918, to January, | 1919, he was engineer of the 3d Army ments and in the march to the Rhine. | Later he was chief engineer of the | Army of Occupation in Germany. For these services he was awarded the Dis- | tinguished Service Medal by the United States and the medal of the Order of St. Michiel and St. George by Great Britain. Wide Range of Activities. His purely engineering activities have been diversified and important. In 1902~ 1905 he was in charge of all the field | work in the construction of the Wash- | ington City fitration plant near the Soldiers' Home; in 1905-1908 he had | charge of river and harbor improve- ments in Texas; in 1911-1914 he was in charge of all harbor improvements and fortification work in the Hawaiian Is- lands; in 1919 he was in charge of the engineering district at Newport; in 1920- 1921 he was in charge of the lake sur- vey at Detroit, and, In collaboration with Mr. Bourden, Canadian engineer of railways and canals, made a report to the International Joint Commission on"the practicability and cost of im- proving the St. Lawrence River from | Lake Ontario to Montreal; in 1926-1927 he was at New Orleans as division en- zineer of the Guif divisfon, during which | | period he served as chairman of the | Spillway Board, whose project for the | reduction of the flood stages on the lower Mississippi proposed the principal roject now in course of execution. It is stated that Col. and Mrs. Wooten will con- tinue their residence in this city at 2540 | Massachusetts avenue. work now in hand, up to the date of | Corps and took part in all its engage- | | | VETERANS' RELIEF REFORMS BAGKED Hines Outlines Plan to Le- ~ gionnaires for More Ade- quate Compensation. By the Associated Press. , LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 2—A new, policy in dealing with veterans’ relief, based on actual need of those to whom benefit awards are made, was urged by Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, in an address scheduled for delivery be- fore the American Legion convention here today. 4 The speaker said that on this basis more adequate care for a greater num- ber of veterans would be possible and | the cost of rellef would tend to stay within the budget allowance. “In practically all communities,” he | said, “you may hear it said that some veterans financially well off are in re- ceipt of awards, which they do not | actually need,.and in the same com- | munities the contention is made that | veterans in actual need are not being | cared for.” . 16 Million & Month. | 'The Government is disbursing month- |1y more than $16,500,000 to disabled veterans and dependents of deceased veterans as compensation, Gen. Hines said, and declared he felt it could be safely said that a great majority of those veterans really feel that they are ade- quately compensated. He said it was the bureau's desire that those who are justly entitled to a greater measure of compensation should be given it. ‘Taking up the question of hospitaliza- tion, Gen. Hines stated that the bureau now controls sufficient Government beds to care for all veterans requiring hos- pitalization because of ‘“service-con- nected” disabilities and whose hospital- ization has been authorized. Pressure Is Increased. He explained, however, that since the passage of a law au. wrizing the hos- pitalization of veterans of all wars, re- gardless of the origin or nature of their disabilities, an increased pressure for hospitalization had been experienced so | that for neuro-psychiatric cases, the de- mand for beds had exceeded the avail- | able supply. H This in turn, he said. had resulted in | ! sending of some service-connected neuro- | ychiatric cases to State hospitals and | | “necessarily in the refusal of hospitali- | | zation to certain cases of this type not | service connected.” Recommendation that the Legion | mooted question of a separate Govern- ment department of aeronautics before laying the matter before the various | undersecretaries in charge of aviation | in the President’s cabinet was made in | a report of the Legion's special aero- nautic committee made public today. ‘The committee, headed by C. E. Mc- Cullough, general traffic manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad, as chairman, nd having Col. A. J. Dougherty as {ts secretary, stated its bellef that “there | is a very serious need of developing ! | aviation,” but announced that two | schoo's of thought had developed in the | | committee. Separate Unit Urged. ! | One view is that aeronautics so far as ! national defense is concerned should be independent of the present Army and | Navy. It favors a single department | of national defense with a cabinet offi- | cer at its head, with subsecretaries for | land. water and air forces, together with | a fourth subsecretary heading a bureau | | for_procurement of men and materfals. | ‘The other viewpoint was that a sep- | arate department of aeronautics should ! | be created, with a cabinet officer at its (head. This department would take charge of the air forces now under the | Army, Navy and Department of Com-! | merce and would develop commercial aviation. | This report was one of many made | public. Several resolutions remmmend-| | ed memorials to war veterans and one | | asked that the Legion work out an én- larged program for the education of | war orphans. | Program Is Outlined. | It was recommended that a program | be adopted for continuous memorial services at the Tomb of the Unknown | Soldier, each State department being | | assigned one week each year for its part. | ‘The convention was asked to approve a plan for joint dedichtion by the Amer- ican Legion and the Canadian service men of the Superior national forest to the dead and living veterans of both countries. Under the terms of this res- olution the United States and Canadian governments are requested to carry on the negotiations. The Superior national forest is located in Northern Minnesota and extends into Canada. Another resolution paid tribute to the late United States Senator Lawrence D. Tyson of Tennessee, who was promi- nent in Legion work. Mrs. Carol Marks of Los Angeles yes- terday was elected chapeau national of the Eight and Forty, auxiliary to the Forty and Eight. — In 1920 Brazil had the following num- ber of factories in operation: 357 tex- tile, 1,454 tobacco, 17,796 beverage, 283 sugar mills, 22 matches, 281 salt, 7,613 boots and shoes, 669 perfumery, 1,2Q) pharmaceutical products. 1,300 coffee roasting and grinding mills, 1,727 but- ter. Detective R. F. Langdon of the fitth hbs, eom.. liquor which was taken from Lucy Tj! th strest southeast St in Police Court to 90 days in. {AUGUSTA BATTLES come to a definite decision on the| | flooded POLICE TAKE TRIO INBOY KIDNAPING Child, ‘Five Years Old, -Still Missing—Father Believed in Touch With Abductors. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich,, October 2.—Jackie | ‘Thompson, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry 8. Thompson, has not b-en returned ta his home from which he we3 kidnaped at 6 p.m. Monday, police sald this morning. | Although efforts of police to locate . the two men and the automobije which figured in the kidnagyng have proved fruitless, Thompson did not appear worried. He was said to have establish- ed connection with the kidnapers yes- terday, but has refused to discuss the ' affair with police. Three Suspects Held. Police, however, have arrested three ! suspects and seized an automobile.’ The | automobile bore New Jersey license plates and was said to resemble the one which Mrs. Thompson and Henry, jr,, 8-year-old brother of the missing child, saw driven away from their house Monday. The suspects are formally charged with driving a stolen car from one State to another. They are Owen Jack- son, 52 years old: John William, 43 years old, and Samuel Turner, 22 years old. They denied all knowledge of the kwmglnl. Jackie was picked up Monday as he was playing in front of his home as a climax to what the police believe was & two-week-old plot. Phone Call Mystery. Two weeks ago Mrs. Thompson re- ceived & mysterious telephone call from | a person who asked the names and ages of the children. This, police believe, was the beginning of the kidnaping plot. A woman whose name has not been reyealed went to police last night with information, but police refused to say whether the arrests were the result 01' her disclosures. . | —_— THREATS OF RIVER | RISING STEADILY | (Continued From First Page.) with’ the stream beginning to fall be- fore midnight. I Bright sunshine this morning aided in restoring the morale of the cn,\'\ after & night of apprehension due to softening levecs beneath a steady rain. With the exception of the 100 blocks | in the lower secticn, most of which were last week because of back-| water from the 500-foot crevasse be- low the city, it was believed the city would escape the overflow. Water Shortage Is Relieved. Telephone, telegraph and electric service continued with slight interrup- tion. Fire engines were pumpting water into the standpipe in the “hill section,” where the better residences are located. relieving & threatened acute water shortage. The weak spot in the 13-mile levee north of the city was the scene of feverish activity last night as more than 1,000 men labored to strengthen the levee protecting the city and work at_that point continued. E. B. Emrich, United States meteo- rologist at Augusta, sald the floods were | almost certain to break through into| the city and told Mayor Bell the situa- tion constituted the gravest crisis in Augusta’s history. City Is Isolated. | R. 8. Howard, United States district | engineer at Savannah, in charge of | strengthening the levee here, had said there was grave danger of a crack at a | point opposite the business section, and | that in its weakened condition, the lever | probably would wash out if water entered the fissure. Mr. Howard advised residents of lowland sections to move to higher points in the city. Augusta was completely isolated. A | Central of Georgia washout caused can- { cellation of all train schedules by offi | cials of that line, and Southern Rail- way trains were held here while the | River Bridge, were closed. Rainwater Stands in Streets. Early this morning 300 men were rushed to a point north of the city, They were strengthening the embank- mnt with sand bags. * At places in low-lying sireets water | stood from two to three feet deep, but it was expiained this was rainwater | | unable to drain off because of the con- | dition of the river. At 7 am. today the water. in the river continued to rise at a rate of four inches an hour. SIX DEATHS FROM GALE. Communication Lines Broken and Traf- fic Lines Blocked by Tropical Storm. ATLANTA, tober 2 (A).—As the fury of the tropical gale blew itself out | somewhere near the Virginia capes to- day, six deaths were added to the seven it took at Nassau, Bahamas, last week before it circled the Florida peninsula, turned inland near Pensacola and head- | ed northeast across Alabama and Geor- | L [* In addition, the storm’s progress !across Northwestern Florida, Southeast- ern Alabama and C¥hiral Georgia was marked by a trail of tangled communi- | cation lines, halted rail and roadway { traffic, and in scattered localities, dam- taged homes and buildings. i One man was drowned near Panama | City, Fla., as the wind whipped in from ithe Gulf of Mexico. A carpenter was! killed at Albany, Ga., by the falling| bricks of a cotton gin. A woman was electrocuted near Blackshear, Ga., by & | fallen high voltage wire and a colored man was killed near Valdosta, Ga., when |an electric wire was blown down upon {him. Two colored men were killed on a highway near Post St. Joe, Fla. Excessive rainfall accompanied the gale as it moved northward across the Southeast. Georgia rivers and streams were sent to near flood stage in many Instances. i A check today showed little damage !had been caused at Pensacola, Fla. where the wind apparently attained its highest velocity after leaving the Ba- hamas. Scattered damage to garages and a few broken plate glass windows was the extent of the wind's 102-mile fury there. RAIN SWEEPS »CAIOLINAS. i i Threats of Flood Damage Mount as Rivers in Two States Swell. CHARLOTTE, N. C., October 2 ().— Rains continued over most sections of the Carolinas today, bringing -ddmon-; . threats of flood damage as rivers of the two States rapidly neared flood stage. Eastern North Carolina and Northwestern South Carolina rivers were nearer overflowing than those in other sections of the tes. A colored boy was killed and several buildings wrecked near Blackville, Cen- South Carolina, when winds of tor- | by t nado velocity, but of short duration. swept the community yesterday. In general, however, winds which accom- panied the general rains were not of high velocity. SIS About 10 per cent of the motor fuel uction of the United States 15 | road's fiood gates over the tracks lead- | | ing through the levee to the snvlnnlhl i | | where a slide occurred in the levee. Birmingham. Mich., October 2.—Glenna | | SENATOR CLAUDE A. SWANSON. SWANSONTO SPEAK ON ROOT FORMULA Senator to Broadcast Ad- dress as Feature of Radio Forum Tomorrow Night. “The Root formula,” contained in a revision of the statutes of the World Court and designed to make possible the membership of the United States in that tribunal, will be discussed in the National Radio Forum arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Co- lumbia Broadcasting System by Senator Claude A. Swanson of Virginia at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow night. Senator Swanson is the ranking Democratic member of the Senate for- eign relations committee. He was the | author of the reservations which were attached to the entry of the United States, voted in the Senate three years ago. One of these reservations, declar- ing that the World Court should give no “advisory opinions” in matters in which the United States has or claims to have an interest without first ob- taining the consent of the United States, has been a stumbling block to the entry of this Nation Into the Court. The Root formula is designed to cover the intention of the United States in the adoption of this reservation and at the same time make it agreeable to the member nations of the Court. The formula has been written into a re- vislon of the statutes of the court. which have recently been approved by the League of Nations Assembly. Senator Swanson believes that the Root formula is adequate and takes care of the interests of the United States. He will give his reasons for this belief tomorrow night. course, 1f this country is finally to agree to enter the World Court with the Root formula as a safeguard, will be a vote in the Se: eliminating or amending the ori; 1 Swanson reservation re- lating to advisory opinions, etc. The for- {mula is the work of Elihu Root, eminent jurist and former Secretary of State, who labored with other jurists on the | revision of the statutes of the Wérld Court last Summer. ‘The Virginia Senator has been a member of the Senate for 19 years. Prior to that he served for several terms in the House and as governor of his State. He has long taken an interest in the foreign relations of this country. In addition to being the ranking Dem- ocratic member of the foreign relations committee, he is his party's ranking member of the naval affairs committee. His name has been mentioned in con- ! nection with appointment to the del gation of the projected five-power limi- :i"mn conference, to be held in Lon- on. MISS ORCUTT LOSES TO GLENNA COLLETT Women's Champion Takes Match! at 7 and 5 Through Bril- liant Play. By the Associated Press. OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB, | Collett, national women's golf cham- pion, survived the second round test of | the national tournament at Oakland Hills today by defeating Miss Maureen Orcutt of White Beeches, N. J., 7 and 5. Miss Collett circled the first nine Holes in 37, 4 under par, to gain her big lead, while the best acoomplished bv Miss Orecutt, conqueror of Helen Hicks yesterday, was a par 41. The champion bagged four birdies on the journey and did not go over par+on a single hole. she lost was the short ninth, where she misjudged her drive. It was the first hole she dropped in the 25 holes played in the tournament, and her first-round opponent was unable to gain any yesterday. While Miss Orcutt was wild with her pitches, the champion was spectacular in that department, frequently placing her approach shots to within easy put- ting distance of the cup. She also out- drove Miss Orcutt off every tee except one. A gallery of 2,000 followed the match. Collett, out..... 5 4 344445437 Orcutt, out..... 554554 463—41 Edith Quier of Reading, Pa., was 2! up over Mrs. Harley Higbie, Detroit, at the turn, which she rounded 1 under par to her opponent’s 44. Mrs. Hill Leads Miss Wright. Mrs. O. S. Hill of Kansas City was 1 up on Kathleen Wright, Pasadena, Calif,, at the turn. Mrs. Stewart Hanley, another Detroit hope, held a 3 up lead on Mrs. Lee Mida, veteran Chicagoan, at the end of first nine holes. DISPLAY OF MODEL YACHTS ARRANGED Miniature Craft to Be Shown in Connection With Industrial Exhibition. « - Plans went forward today for a large exhibit of model yachts at the indus- trial exposition to be held in the Wash- ington Auditorium from- October 21 to 26. N The purpose of the display will be to permit residents of. Washington to becofiie’ better acquainted with the de- lights of this sport. T. Brook Amiss, resident of the Washington Model Bt Club, announced & member . of his organization will be present during the exposition to explain the design- ing, building and salling of the tiny craft. The boats are made on a scale of two inches to one foot to represent six- meter craft raced along both coasts the Six-meter Yacht Clubs. They are lhout‘ six bge:t }o&% and have In-c ’:::l read of about . 2 uare g 'sl'pheita inants wave lbfiat eight feet above the water. . 3 Scotland Yard rints, of more 51 ‘s single ¢ s e has than ‘error, decare faoR" The probable | ‘The only hole | LEGION PARADERS - TURN TOBUSINESS District Delegation Takes Part in First of Sessions at Louisville. Special Dispatch to The Star. | LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 2—With the convening of the business sesstons of the American Legion here this morn- ing at 9 o'clock the delegation repre- i senting the District of Columbia arrived !el!ly to take part in the proceedings, | which are being held in the War Memo- | rial Building. The District Legionnaires have not (entirely recovered from the wonderful ireception accorded them as they marched yesterday behind the three Legionnaires representing the Depart- ment of Hawaii, the first department in the 12-mile parade. The three Hawaiian paraders were John T. Fisher, department commander; James R. Mahaffey, national executive committeeman, and Mrs. Dorothy B. Hauper of Washington, D. C., formerly a resident of Hawaii. Impressive Showing. Headed by the Victory and Costello { Drum and Bugle Corps, the delegation made a most impressive showing. De- partment Comdr. L. E. Atkins, chairman of the delegation, was in command of the outfit. the men marching being at- tired in blue coats and white trousers, with the women wearing blue coats and white skirts, all wearing the official American Legion caps. The following were represented with their colors and will be awarded silver sta@ff bands by the national organiza. | tlon: George ‘Washington, U. 8. 8. IJncob Jones, Jane A. Delano, Kenneth | H. Nash, Stuart Walcott, Quentin Roosevelt, Victory, Vincent B. Costello. On the right of line was the flag of George Washington Post, the pioneer post of the American- Legion, which still maintains its 100 per cent record of having been carried in every parade | of the Legion during its history of 11 | years, I Carried by Organizer. | It was carried by Department Adjt. | Howard S. Fisk, past commander of { that post, one of tne organizers. It is {the only post in the District of Co- lumbia with this record and one of the few in the entire American Legion. The parade was one of the snap- | picst and most colorful in the history lof the American Legion. There were more than 50,000 marchers who covered the route of about 3 miles. The pa- rade was 12 miles long and took six { hours to pass the reviewing stand. Ap- proximately 275000 persons witnessed {it from the sidelines, which National { Comdr. Paul V. McNutt says was the ‘Ergest in the history of the organiza- on. Dinner and Dance. | Last night the annual State dinner jand dance took place in the Jefferson County Armory Auditorium and was jattended by several thousand persons. | The special guests of honor at the Dis~ jtrict of Columbia table were Depart- { ment Comdr. L. E. Atkins, Past Depart- | ment Comdrs. John Lewis Smith, Amés A. Fries and Harlan Wood and Depart- ment Adjt. Howard S. Fisk. Others at- j tending were: Mrs. Irene Arnold, Mrs. | Mary Killeen, Mrs. Ada Murray, Mrs. Ethel Nock, Miss Mildred Nash, Miss | Edna MclIntosh, Mrs. Dora V. Weiner, | Mrs. Eunice Cox Mrs. Clara Straw- | bridge, Mrs. EtheRFowler, Mrs. E. Kolhos, Miss Polly Webb, Mrs. Amelia Boberg, Miss Helen Sprague, Miss Irene Keys, Mrs. Roberta Paweett, Miss | Amelia Angleborger, Miss Bessie Stew- art, Mrs. Ric> W. Means, Mrs. Aystin S. | Imirie, Miss Emily Carey, Miss Janet McRae, Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper, Mrs. Elhc}l Wilt, Mrs. Melvin Wilt and Mrs. | Leath. Major Social Event. Dancing followed a program of en- tertainment. This is the outstanding social event of convention wesk under | the aurpices of the American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Ethel Nock. who has been attending the American War Mothers and American Legion conven- tions, was yesterday appointed a na- tional gold star mother. in charge of all gold star activities of the national organization, by Mrs. Virgil McClure of Lexington, Ky., newly el=cted nptional oresident of the American War Mothera. The headquarters of this organization is to be moved to Washington. D. C., where it is proposed to erect a memorial building. PITT AND BRANTLEY TIE IN QUALIFYING Rainstorm Brings High Scores in Golf Tourney Held at the Manor Club. Playing through a driving rainstorm, under conditions more fitting a duck:- hunting expedition than a golf tourna« ment, Thomas S. Pitt of the Argyle Country Club and W. G. Brantley of Chevy Chase took the lead in the quali- fying round of the Manor Club golf event today, each registering scores of 83. The large field of entrants sched- uled to play today., the first of the two days set aside for qualifying, was considerably reduced when many of those scheduled to piay. discouraged by the elements, failed to appear in time to start. The fairways in some cases were flooded with water and made the use of temporary rules necessary. Under the conditions the scores of Pitt and Brantley were .considered unusually good, as they played through most of the rainstorm. T. M. Belshe of Argyle registered an 85. Other early scores today follow: A. T. Wannan, unattached, 88; P. W. Calfee, Washington, 88: C. W. Stoddard, Manor, 88; Kenneth Welton, Manor, 88; Erwin P. Hair, Washington, 90; Earl Carbauh, Manor, 90; J. B. Dulin, un- attached, 90; W. A. Warthen, Manor, 92; Major H. Robb, Bannockburn, 94; R. L. Schreiner, Manor, 94; W. W. Smith, Manor, 95; E. L. Morris, Manor, 96; George D. See, Manor, 97; O. P. Fitts. Columbia, 97; C. C. Heath, Ban- nockburn, 100: Daniel Dillon, Manor, 101; C. G. Storm. Manor, 102. Youth Asks Court To Keep Parents’ Hands Off His Pay By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, October 2.—James Vlastnik, 20, asks of his parents only one simple boon—that they keep their hands out of his pay envelope. The voung man has taken the matter to court, explaining that he earns $65 a week, but that his parents allow him only $5 of it. The other $60, he said, goes for an automobile and other luxuries for their enjoyment. He com- plained that he hadn't had a new. suit in 18 months and that he was obliged to go barefoot, hav- ing no funds to buy sho § R, ve an 865 3