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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forerast.) Cloudy, tollowed by light showers late tonight or tomorrow; not much change H‘Iflleut. 59, at 4 pm. 1, Full report on page 7. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 26 and 27 Entered as second class matter vost office, Washington, in_temperature. ‘Temperatures; yesterday: lowest. No. 31,203. at 5 am. today. D. C. .WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1929—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. MAGDONALD 10 G0 T0 HOOVER'S CAMP FOR OPENING TALK WITH HEAD OF U. 3. Prime Minister and Daughter | Move to White House To- day—President Will Take Guests to Mountain Retreat PREMIER MAKES CALLS ON CAPITOL OFFICIALS | Entire Scope of Relations Between' Great Britain and America to Be Discussed by Chief Executives of, English-Speaking Nations Amid | Rustic Surroundings. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. J. Ramsay MacDonald, prime minister of Great Britain, with less than 24 hours behind him in Wash- ington, has already demonstrated he is his own best advocate of the cause close to his heart—interna- tional peace. Welcomed to the National Cap- ital with all the honors which are usually accorded only to reigning monarchs, the head of the British government has made it clear that he is here seeking the most cordial relations between the United States and Britain and that if his visit advances that cause he will go home well satisfied. ‘There is no thought in his mind, or in that of President Hoover, that their conversations shall point the way to an alliance between the two English- speaking nations in any shape or form. There is no desire to leave other na- ticns “outside.” There is merely the desire to cement friendly relations be- tween America and England, and to wipe away all possibility of misunder- standings. A better understanding be- tween the two countries, in Mr. Mac- Dorald's_opinion, can only make for better relations of all the nations. It is his purpose and that of President Hoover to allay cnce and for all the suspicion which has been voiced else- where that there is to be any under- standing growing out of their meeting which may be construed as a threat to any other nations. Will Go to Camp. His first personal contacts already; made with President Hoover and Secre- tary Stimson of the State Department, the British prime minister today faced & round of official calls, to be followed this afternoon by becoming the house guest of President Hoover. The President this afterncon will take Mr. MacDonald to his camp on the Rapi- dan Rjver in the Blue Ridge Moun- tains. " There in the solitude of the mountains the executive heads of the two governments will discuss the sub- Ject of international relations—but only in the broadest sense—and of naval limitation. The question of mnaval limitation is not to be gone into in de- tail, it has been explained both at the White House and at the British em- bassy. The subject is one, however, in which both men are vitally interested. Mr. MacDonald last night addressing the newspaper correspondents at the British emg:ssy declared that if it} ‘were just a question between the United States and Great Britain, the ques- tion of naval limitation could be set- tled “in five minutes.” There are the! broader international questions which must come up, however, in the formal conference now projected. The premier announced that invita- tions would soon be sent to the United States, France, Italy and Japan to at- tend the naval conference in London. ‘The time of the conference will be the third week in January. Chats With Curtis. Mr. MacDonald arrived at the Capitol about 10:40 o'clock this morning. He went directly to the office of Vice Presi-, dent Curtis in the Capitol Building, ‘where he chatted for some time with the Vice President and with several Senators who happened to enter Mr. Curiwe office, among them Senators (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) REVOLUTIONARY PLOT REPORTED IN BOLIVIA Vice President Arrested—Former Chief Executive Takes Refuge in Legation. By the Associated Press, BANTIA% Chile, October 5.—Re- ports reacl this capital today of a Tevolutionary movement in Bolivia. Abdon Savedra, Vice President, was said to have been arrested at Santa Cruz. The former President, Gen. Ismael Montes, took refuge at the Chilean legation and officials there ob- DAUGHTER Premier Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain and his daughter, Miss Ishbel MacDonald. STUDENTFRED ON BY THO N HSE Son of Attorney Acker Gives Auto Number of Mys- terious Pair. Pursued a mile over the Baltimore- Washington pike, shot at twice and finally forced into a ditch near Laurel and subjected, at the point of a revol- ver, to a search of his person and his car by two men, who failed to identify themselves and whese only explanation of their actions was, “Don’t you worry about what we stopped you for,” was the experience last night of William B. Acker, National University student, son of Bertrand W. Acker, attorney, 1517 Van Buren street. Acker was freed after the search and allowed to go on his way without fur- ther molestation. The youth says he secured the license number of the car which chased him and_today reported it to Judge Isaac R. Hitt of the Police Court here as Maryland, 139-031. was identified at the office of the Mary- 1and commissioner of motor vehicles as belonging to Walter F. Good, a carpen- ter and constable of Berwyn, Md., and it developed today that he was in the pursuing car. The pursuit followed a brush with a liquor_car which had escaped, and only one shot was fired, according to Lin- wood Willle, a civilian, of Berwyn, who said he was driving for Good. He also said Good identified himself. The con- stable could not be located. Visitor Near Laurel. According_to_young Acker, he was visiting at the home of Col. James B. Bentley, former principal of Charlotte Military School, Charlotte Hall, Md., and now principal of the Avon- dale Country School, near Laurel, Md. In a small car, Acker came out of Col. Bentley’s driveway and onto the Baltimore-Washington pike about & mile and a half this side of Laurel at about 10 o’clock last night. As his car gathered speed on the highway, going toward Laurel, Acker says, a small car of the coach t; came alongside of him and one of the two men in it, brandishing a pistcl, ordered him to stop. Taking the pair for highwaymen, Acker says, he put on extra speed and fled down the road. The other car pursued, and twice, Acker says, shots rang out behind him. FPinally, Acker declares, the pursuing car came along- side him and forced him to stop in 8, ditch a short distance from the bridge leading to the entrance to Laurel. Neither of the shots had taken effect in Acker’s car. There, the youth said, one of the men, holding a pistol, pulled him from his automobile, pulled the collar of his | topcoat down below his shoulders to partly pinion his arms and held him at the point of the pistol while he cearched his clothing. The other man, he said, made a minute search of the automo- bile. Finding nothing, the two men ordered Acker on his way. No Badge Displayed. Acker says the men showed no badges and gave n’:m.her explanation for their actions_than to reply to his questions as to why they stopped him: “Don’t you worry about what we stopped you for.” Acker said he was careful to get the number of the license plate of the car used by the two men and upon his release drove into Laurel, where he went to a drug store and secured a pencil and wrote down the number. ‘Young Acker’ gave the details to Judge Hitt, who promised to try to jdentify the Maryland car and bring the matter before Maryland State tained a safe conduct for him to Arica. | officials. He was one of the leaders of the move- ment information here said. Manuel Cianchi, Chilean minister at La Paz, who has been here on leave, will return to La Faz Sunday by air and rail in consequence of the situation. Reports in Buenos Aires cter- chara by ized the movement as “?om u&-, heaval” or “effervescence,” mention of a revolution, HARVARD BOY HELD. Willie today explained that he and Good were in search of a liquor car near the entrance to Col. Bentley's place last night. He said they located the machine, parked alongside the road, apparently making a delivery io another car, a coupe similar to the one driven Acker, parked about 100 yards from liquor car. the constable's machine be- Good g g 5 H o 58 Fren stop. | their —Star Staff Photo. STOCKS GO HIGHER INVIGOROUS RALLY Market Bounds Upward at Opening After Drastic De- cline During Week. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 5.—The stock market, which had sustained one of the worst breaks in its history this week, rallied in sensational fashion today in response to the strong buying support that had been placed overnight. In- itial gains of $2 to $10 a share were scattered over a wide lst of issues, several blocks of 5,000 to 10,000 shares changing hands in the early trading. Commercial Solvents, which had broken $80 a share in the last two days, jumped $25.50 on the first sale. The ;!mrrI break on heavy volume yesterday, which many traders had been the buyi eratio orosd encourage buying operations on & scale. Some banking support also is helieved to have been supplied to pre- vent the utter demoralization of the market after nearly a month of steadily declining prices. United States Steel common, which | b, sold down to $206.50 a share yesterday and then rebounded to $210 at the close, opened with a block of 5,900 shares at $214. International Nickel opened with a block of 10,000 shares at 852,50, up $3.25, and Montgomery- Ward with a block of 5,000 shares at ¥ vening gains of #5 & sl re ning gains of a share or more also were recorded by Westinghouse Electric, American & Foreign Power, Atchison, American Water Works, A. M. Byers, Standard Gas & Electric, Consolidated Gas, Houston Oil, Allied Chemical and Reynolds Tobacco B. o BARRICADED MAN RIDDLED BY POLICE New York Butcher in Hospital After Gun Battle Over Alleged Threat Against Wife. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 5—A butcher was in a hospital today suffering from & dozen bullet wounds inflicted during a gun battle with police reserves who stormed his barricaded apartment. Patrolman Anton Svboda, investigat- ing & complaint that Herman Lohn, 46, the butcher, had threatened to kill his wife, was met at the door of the First avenue apartment by Lohn with a knife. Svboda managed to disarm the butcher, but was knocked unconscious by a blow on the head with a piece of wood. Pa- trolman John McDonald, who was guarding the front entrance, called re- serves. ‘The score of police who responded found Lohn had barricaded the door face and body. MEXICAN LAW PUTS CHECK-UP ON JUDGES By tle Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, October 5—A check an the federal district judges and other She oubilc prosecutors depariment, it public prosecutor’s ent, is provided in the new penal code, which is to become effective in December, ‘The code provides for creation of a “tribunal of responsibilities,” which will hear accusations n:rlnn those func- tionaries. Its jurisdiction will extend even to justices of the District Superior Court. The tribunal will be made up of it of the Superior Court attor- feck members for . tribunal. 19 SEAMEN RESCUED. Franch Motor lflp Bretagne Aban- doned Off Oregon Coast. PORTLAND, Oreg., October 5 ()— Ninteen members. of the crew of the Ch TS5 Tmiles sonth of Dmatiia lghtship_and were rescued . by = Vice President’s ALEXANDRIA YOUTH 15 SHOT 10 DEATH; WATCHMAN IS HELD Irving Guckert, 18, Collapses at Feet of Sweetheart. Dies in 7 Hours. OLD QUARREL IS GIVEN AS CAUSE OF SLAYING Young Man TUnable to Tell of Wound After Being Taken to Hospital, Driving more than half a mile to the home of his sweetheart with a gapmg bullet wound in his side rapidly sap- ping his strength, Irving Guckert, 18 years old, of 25 Glendale avenue, Alex- andria, Va. collapsed at her feet on the sidewalk early last night. He died seven hours later at the Alexandria Hospital from hemorrhages. R. C. Acton, 51 years old, of 518 North St. Asaph street, Alexandria, a night watchman at the greenhouses of Beck & Guckert, florists, on the Brad- dock road at Mount Vernon avenue, is being held at the Alexandria police headquarters on a charge of murder. According to the story related by Acton, Guckert came to the boller room of the greenhouses shortly before 7 o'clock last might and renewed an old argument. After quarreling for a short time, Acton said, the youth reached for 2 piece of fron pipe near at hand and, fearing an attack, the watchman drew his .38-caliber revolver and fired. Shot in Right Side. ‘The bullet entered the boy's body on the right side and lodged In his stomach. Guckert ran to his machine outside the boiler room and drove to the home ot his sweetheart, Miss Mary Reeves, 18 years old, of 59 East Walnut street, Rosemont, where he collapsed at the feet of Miss Reeves and her mother, Mrs. J. W. Reeves. Mrs. N. R. Spillman, with whom Mrs. Reeves and her daughter reside, sum- moned an ambulance and . ac- companied by Mr. Spillman, was rushed to the Alexandria Hospital, where an | operation was performed by Dr. Martin D. Delaney in a vain effort to save his life. He died without telling of the shooting shortly after 2 o'clock. In the meantime Acton had tele- phoned the Alexandria police saying, | “You'd better come here right away. I've just shot a man.” Deck Officer and Motor - man Ronald Mullen went to houses green- and placed the watchman under arrest. Charged With Murder. He was first booked on a charge of felonious assault, but the charge of murder was substituted this morning )y Commonwealth's Attorney Bryan and Police Chief W. W. Campbell, after a conference following the youth's death. A preliminary hearing has not 1 yet been arranged for, but probably will be held on Monday or Tuesday, Bryan said. S The boy's father, Harry H. Guckert, recently sold his interest in the firm cf Beck & Guckert and, with Mrs. Guckert, has been at Patchu, Long Island, N. Y., for several days arranging to move there with his family. They are ex- pected in Alexandria today, having left there last night after being wired of the shooting. ‘The youth is survived by his parents, three brothers, Harvey, Chalmers and Curtis, and two sisters, Betty. 13, and Ruth, 11. He was employed by the Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co. as a clerk at its Alexandria office. Mrs. Reeves sald this morning that her daughter and Irving had been sweethe: for three years, meeting while students at the Alexandria High FALL’S CONDITION REPORTED IMPROVED i Physician Is Non-Committal on Prospects for His Appearance in Court Monday. By the Associated Press. bert B. Fall, former Secretary of { the Interior, who is scheduled to face a charge of bribery in the District of Columbia Supreme Court Monday, was reported today to be improving frcm an attack of bronchitis which forced him to bed Thursday night. An attending physician said Mr. Fall was “some better,” but was non-com- mittal on the prospects for his appear- jance in court Monday to answer an indictment returned against him in connection with naval oil leases. e CHICAGO PLANE STILL UP. Mystery Crew Reports Leaky Gas Tank in Refueling Contest. CHICAGO, October 5 (#).—Although a leaky !u tank last night imperilled the flight of the Chicago-We ggl for ‘um'day and the two mystery pilots, whose identities are closely guarded by the flight promoter, made temporary repairs. | DONT BLAME MR HODVER AND MR CoOLIDGE For LIKING \ “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system eovers every city block a tion is delivered to nd the regular edi- Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,061 (#) Means Associated Press. . TWO CENTS. '// J?,;/’E; it | LUGHTON SHEARE DOCUNENT SOUEHT Shortridge Wants to Learn How Purported Spy Record Was Circulated. By the Associated Press. Senate investigators intend to learn the source of the mysterious document placed before them by Willlam B. Shearer and purporting to be a secret British record of its espionage system in this country. ‘That will be one of the loose threads of the investigation into Shearer’s ac- tivities as an agent of American ship- builders at the unsuccessful 1927 Gen- eva ‘naval conference which the com- mittee will pick up on the resumption of hearings late next week. Chairman Shortridge wants to know how and why such a , the au- thenticity of which chal- lenged, has been circulating in this country. He also is interested in the testimony of Shearer that the name of illiam “ Wiseman was added to the paper before it was photographed at the Navy Department. Called Clumsy Forgery. Shearer described Wiseman as “the chief British spy in this country during the war.” Now in New York, he has wired the committee challenging the paper, which he said he understood to be a “clumsy, absurd forgery.” Shearer also said he got the paper from a Judge Summers and that Sum- mers intormed him that a secret serv- ice agent named Wheeler in Los An- geles told him Wiseman was the author of the report. All parties named by Shearer in con- nection with the paper probably will be called by the committee, which has not yet made public the document. Allen Has Report on Paper. Senator Allen, Republican, Kansas, has a report from the Navy intelligence service attacking the authenticity of the paper and the committee members are wondering who was circulating it. Pending a meeting next week the committee has not determined how many of the shipbuilders will be re- called as a result of Shearer's testi- mony. It seems certain, however, that investigation will be made into Shear- er's story that the shipbuilders told him that Frank B. Kellogg, former Secretary of State, called the Bethle- hem shipbuilding officers “on the mat” and ordered them to drop their Geneva agent. ‘The committee hearings will not be \resumed until after the conclusion of Prime Minister MacDonald’s good-wili visit to this country. | MACHINE GUN STOLEN FROM NAVAL ARMORY Two Men Hold Up Guard in Detroit After Forcing Way Into Building. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, October 5.—Forcing their way into the Michigan Naval Reserve Armory, on East Jefferson avenue, at 6 o'clock this morning, two_men held up Corpl. V. J. Forsyth and Pvt. H. W. Pryor and compelled them to hand over a machine gun and a quantity of ammunition. Corpl. Forsyth said he was on guard duty with Pryor. While a fire truck was passing the armory the two men broke in the door and neither of the Naval Reserve men heard their ap- proach. They turned around to find themselves covered by revolvers. Police expressed the belief the gun hl.td been taken for some “job” in the city. MRS. GANN ALMOST MISSES CALL FROM MISS ISHBEL MACDONALD Sister Had Made Early Morning Trip to the Market. Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gann, sister and official hostess to Vice President Cur- tis, nearly missed a call today from | & few ‘her | Santiago the moment the - , accompanied by wife of the Brit- door. and her ved them Criminal’s Burial, Apparently While Alive, Seen as Hoax Fantastic Case Revealed by Society Formed to Punish Swindlers. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 5.—Paris police won- der if they are not being made vic- tims of a hoax in a strange case of a dead man apparently buried alive, which was revealed to them yesterday. The dead man is Clement Passal, alias the Marquis of Champaudert, who had a long criminal record and had just served a sentence for swin- dling. Led on by letters signed by the “Knights of Themis,” the police found what appeared to be the body of Passal. dead, in a shallow grave in Vernebil woods, only a few miles from Paris. A rubber hose led from the face of the man in the rude coffin to the open air, ‘The body had every appearance of death starvation, but police, who if they were not being duped, handed it over to consulting surgeons to determine if the man really was de!nfl ‘e:{un:t just in some sort of a catal rance, surgeons pro- nounced him dead. » The “Knights of Themis,” in letters sent to Pas newspapers, purports to b:t: ';c secret, “mlnum of }"unch a Tacy Wi e purpose of pun- ishing French swindlers and criminals whom the laws of France have failed to deal with adequately. The entire case is one of the most fantastic the Paris police have ever been called upon to ndle, RUSSIANS SAFE IN FORCED LANDING Flyers Narrowly Escape Dis- aster From Electrical Storm in Alaska. By the Associated Press. CRAIG, Alaska, October 5.—The four Russian aviators flying from Moscow to New York were safe here today after their monoplane, Land of the Soviets, had been forced down by motor trouble at Waterfall, 12 miles north of here. Flying through a severe electrical storm and fighting a terrific wind, the airmen narrowly escaped disaster after both motors of the monoplane stopped. Resumption of the flight to Seattle, the next stop in the 12,000-mile air journey, probably will not be possible for a week because a new motor must be installed in the monoplane. The motor and supplies will be shipped from Seattle, The left engine will be replaced and the right motor repaired. Leave Sitka for Seattle. ‘The Russians left Sitka early Thurs- day for Seattle, taking off at 6:42 a.m. (Pacific Coast time). During the flight of approximately 200 miles the plane encountered bad weather, rain blinded the pilots and the huge plane flew only & few feet above the water. The left motor suddenly stopped and the plane was swung around and headed for Waterfall Bay, on the southeastern end of Alaska. As the haven was reached the other motor also quit. Moored in Heavy Wind. Two Russians remained with the plane, which was moored after consid- erable difficulty in a heavy wind. Their companions made their way yesterday to this small settlement on Ice of Wales Island with the first word of their safety. Before their arrival anxiety for the airmen caused the Coast Guard cutters Unalga and Cygan to put out from Juneau and Ketchikan to seargh near Southeastern Alaska. _ CONFESSES MURDER. Alien Intoxicated, Tells Border Po- lice He Killed Two. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., October 5 (). —His volubility under the influence of portions of “tequila” has cost Casares a 99-year prison S cers plcked up Casares at Laferls, icers up k- s Tex., for Hgfl entry into the” United Bmluiof l-}; volunteered the mg’m:m a .50, ho g lled obert Brown and Frank Stanner, Brownsville patrolmen, an itified man pay! gl! on the Mexican he made no defense of appeal, ] f | cell house with the five mutineers filed FUNERALS PLANNED FOR 12 RIOT VICTIN Rebuilding of Colorado Prison Is Started by Convicts. Probe Is Ordered. i | ! By the Assoclated Press, CANON CITY, October 5.—The& tragic drama of the Colorado State Prison riot gave way today to a com- monplace routine as the rap of car- penters’ hammers replaced the stac- cato of machine guns, an eight-fold | investigation of the bloody mutiny got under way and preparations were made for funerals of 12 who lost their lives in battle and massacre. Of the 12 dead, 7 were guards who | laid down their lives to uphold law and | order. The other 5 were convicts, 1 fatally wounded by a guard, 3 slain by thé ringleader of the revolt, and the leader who ‘ended his life when his chances glimmered to nothingness. | With his death the mutiny ended as suddenly as it began. Investigation Is Started. ‘While hundreds of convicts, not par- ticipants in the mutiny, bent to tasks| of rebuilding cell houses and other buildings, plans were taking form for investigation of the trouble. Sanford Bates, director of Federal prisons; J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Bureau of Investigation of the Federal Depart- ment of Justice; Gov. W. H. Adams of Colorado, Colorado Board of Correc- tions, coroner’s jurors, State Civil Serv- ice Commission, State military authori- ties and Warden Francis E. Crawford were to co-operate in a sweeping study of the situation, hoping to ascertain why, by whom and where the tempest started. Nearly 1,000 prisoners were without shelter as a result of fires that swept the buildings. Twisted steel work was scattered about the granite buildings. Damage of $300,000 to $400,000 was caused by fire and subsequent attack by National Guardsmen and volunteers on the stronghold of the felons. Ten Guards Captured. The mutiny started Thursday noon | in the prison mess hall when one of | the convicts, James Pardue, seized a | guard's gun and shot the guard dead. Four other convicts, A. H. Davis, Mel- vin Majors, Albert Morgraidge and Danny Daniels, ringleaders, captured several unarmed guards in the mess hall. Meantime, they herded other convicts into a group. Another guard was shot from the prison wall, dead. Continuing their march, the five des- perados captured a total of 10 guards. These men they held as hostages for their freedom. A note was sent the warden saying they would free the guards if the war- den would provide three automobiles and let the five men go their ways. Death of the guards was threatened #s the price of failure to comply. The | warden refused the demand. Subse- quent demands were also refused. Bodies of four guards were thrown from the cell house, where the five men and their captives were barricaded, | as repeated demands met refusal. Put Out “of His Misery.” Pardue, wounded by a guard in the first skirmish at noon, a few hours later was shot through the stomach by Daniels to “put him out of. his misery.” Early Friday morning Daniels shot and killed his three companions. He told one of the three remaining guards to notify authorities they were giving up. 'he guard doubted, but later crept to the cell where the men were. He struck a match and saw he was in a tomb—Danicls had ended his own life and lay dead among the others. The guard, O. A. Earl, notified the authorities. and other convicts in the out, hands high in the air. The mutiny was over. Out of the chaos and confusion there ALLEN 15 ORDERED RESTORED T0 DUTY: MPHERSON ENTERS PLEA OF NOTGULTY Commissioners Consider Trial of Officer Unwise While Jury Charges Are Being Investigited. LAWYERS WON'T SEEK EARLY TRIAL OF CLERK Municipal Inquiry Into Shelby and Kelly Case Nears Abrupt End as Important Witnesses Fail to Appear Before Board to Give Testimony. While young Robert A. McPher- son, jr, smiling and confident, was pleading not guilty today to a charge of strangling his wife to death with a pajama belt, the District Commissioners issued orders restoring to duty Police- man Robert J. Allen, whose lone investigation resulted in Mec- Pherson’s indictment. Allen had been suspended be- cause of his “unauthorized” probe of the death of Mrs. McPherson. His restoration to duty follows action of a grand jury in vindicat- ing Allen’s murder theories and condemning detective officials for “inefficiency.” At the same time, iL was apparent that a municipal inquiry into the grand jury’s excoriation of Inspector William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, deposed detective heads, was about to come to an abrupt end because of fail- ure of important witnesses to attend the inquiry. Restored Just Before Noon. Policeman Allen was restored to active duty shortly pefore noon by the board of Commissioners. 1In taking their ac- tion the Commissioners did not follow the recommendation of Maj. Heary G. Pratt, superintendent of police, who is known to be opposed to such a course. While the Commissioners did not say what Maj. Pratt's recommendation on the matter was, they said that action had- not been taken on Maj. Pratt's recommendation in answer to reporters’ questions. Policeman Allen was suspended by Inspector Willlam S. Shelby on Sep- tember 23. The reason actuating tne Commissioners in restoring him at this time is that 1v is unwise to bring Allen to trial at this time while investigations are being made of charges by the grand Jjury against two of his superior otficers and because the city heads considered it unreasonable to keep Allen suspended without pay and at the same time with- hold from nim an opportunity for speedy trial. The courtroom was crowded with spectators when the first legal step in the Government's prosecution of Mc- Pherson was taken this morning. In the front row of spectators sat his parents. Brought to the courthouse from the District Jail in a somber “black Maria,” handcuffed to another young white prisoner, McPherson smiled and nodded to his mother and father as he entered the courtroom in company of a deputy marshal. He smiled and waved toward them again as.the brief and dramatic courtroom scene ended. Hurried Back to Jail. ‘Then he was hustled to the floor be- {low and placed in a steel-barred cell with a dozen other prisoners of both colors. Ten minutes later the jail van was backed flush against a side entrance in the basement of the courthouse and McPherson, handcuffed to the only other white prisoner in a group of a dozen men, was escorted to the van and hurried back to jail. No date for the trial was fixed by the court, as no request was made by at- torneys on either side for a definite date. William B. Leahy, who will de- fend McPherson from the first-degree murder charge, announced after a con- ference with Special Prosecutor John E. Laskey, representing the Department of Justice, that it had been agreed not to press for an early trial, pending com- pletion of an unprecedented Federal investigation of the case by the bu- reau of investigation of the Department of Justice. Approved on Proctor's Motion. The order restoring Allen was ap- proved by the Commissioners on motion of Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, chairman of the board, and directly in control of police matters. Mr. Dough- erty’s motion read: “I move that the following order be issued: “Order that Robert J. Allen, a mem- ber of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia, who was sus- pended frcm duty upon the recom- mendation of the major and superin- tendent of police on September 23, 1929, be restored to active duty as of this date, that he be paid during the period of suspension, and that the major and superintendent of police be g!r:cted to assign said Allen to active luty. “My motion is predicated upon the unusual conditions that exist in this particular case which make it unwise rose a figure above all others in hero- ism. Father Patrick O'Neil, who cried, “I can stand this no longer, let me go in,” displayed rare bravery in going into the prison yard under a protecting bar- rage from Colorado National Guards- men outside, and placed two charges of ite with which the the ding to have started this now will be delayed until the structures are rebullt. PR Quake Felt in Rumania. BUCHAREST, Rumania, October § (P).—A slight earthquake shock was felt at Banat Temesvar today. The shock was more pronounced at Karan- sebes and Lugos, where the inhabitants fled their homes in.panic, damaged -~ to bring said Allen to trial on charges at_this time, while investigations are (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) COSTE PLANE LANDING IS REPORTED BY OSAKA Dispatch Says Missing Aviator Has Arrived at Village of Kow- chinza. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, October 5—A Reuter dis- patch from Osaka, Japan, today said it was announced at Harbin, Manchuria, that Capt. Dieudonne Coste, French aviator, who has been missing for more than a week, and his :, Jacques Bellonte, landed at 3 p.m. yesterday at the village of Kowchinza, near Tsi T, * Radio Programs—Page 28 Y‘: