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CRIME COMMISSION REVIEWS PROGRESS More Experts May Be Named to Deal With Specific Problems. By the Associated Press. A review of the progress and prob- lems of the gigantic task imposed upon it by President Hoover—a Nation-wide survey of lawlessness and the condi- tion it produces—today drew the Chief Executive’s Law Enforcemernt Conimis- sion into session at its headquarters here. Although the object of the meeting, which is expected to continue for sev- eral days, was disclosed in only & gene eral way, there were intimations that before reaching an adjournment the commission might take action regard- ing the selection of additional experis to deal with specific phases of crime. As yet, it has to engage expert a3 sistance for its inouiry into the dell~ cate subject of prohibition and into five other divisiors of its survey as well ‘These are juvenile delinquency, law- lessness among enforcement officers, probation, paroles and prisons. perts alrcady have been selected to gather information on the volume of crime, its causes, police, prosecutior, Federal courts and the foreign-born criminal In addition to this subject of select- ing experts, the commission had at its disposal many letters from governors of the various States, which came in Tesponse to the requests of Chairman George W. Wickersham for suggestions from the State executives. The greatest of care is being exer- cised in the selection of experts and great dificulty has been encounterea in discovering individuals who reached the standard set by the commission and yet were free to accept appoint- ments. Some have beer: unable to drop work upon which they were alrea engaged. . All members of the commission ex- cept Judge William S. Kenyon were here for the meeting, the largest num- ber that has yet attended a session of the group since regular monthly gatherings became a regular part of the commission’s program. | o DATA ON SCRIVENER ASKED FOR PARENTS BY GOV. BYRD (Continued From First Page) charge of a grand jury that the De- ucn\ge Bureau had bungled the case. The Detective Bureau had Iabeled both of these cases suicides. A cor- oner's jury supported the suicide theory in the McPherson case, only to have it overturned later by the grand jury. the Scrivener case, however, the cor- oner’s jury returned a verdict of mur- der without attempting to name the assailant. Mystery Since 1926. Scrivener's de;t‘h hm‘ remll.neflw .: ystery ever since ‘f%zmd itl’ewhed full length on its back mear the mouth of an alley on N street east of Wisconsin avenue, shortly after 1 o'clock on the morning of October 13, 1926. He had been shot through the heart at close range, and his dead right hand clutched a silk and wool, wrinkle- roof gray necktie, which it was first lleved he had jerked from the neck of his assailant. The four-in-hand knot was still neatly tied, but the Mr_krlkel had been parted in the middle of the back. Near his feet was a .38-caliber revolver, with one discharged shell its chamber, the bullet from which had plerced his heart. These clues were unmistakably indica- tive of a murder, it was first believed. Scrivener’s colleagues at the Detective Bureau also recalled his oft-repeated remark that if “nnybodxl ever gets me T'll grab something from him to give the boys a lead to work on. It may be only & button, but I'll get something.” The necktie appeared to be that “something.” But in the days of in- vestigation that followed the necktie he had clutched in his_ outstretched hand as a “lead for the boys to work on” failed to reveal anything tangible. The gun which had taken his life also failed to produce a useful clue, even though a prisoner at the District Jail identified it as one he had thrown away in an ash can after committing a rob- bery. Position of Body. The possibility of suicide was then suggested and facts brought out by the Detective Bureau to support it. The body, it was explained, reposed upgrade in an alley, with a steep grade on the back, face upward, whereas the nat- ural way for a man to fsll from & standing position on a steep grade is downgrade. The bullet, it was con- tended, was fired at short range and there were no signs to indicate that Scrivener had been in a s le. Neither were there any marks on hands and knees to indicate a turning of the body after it fell. The question raised was, “How, in the event of a murder, could the body have fallen in such a position?” In' Scrivener's locker at detective headgquarters also were found more than a score of bullets of peculiar make that fitted the pistol with which he was slain. And tests on the necktie were made to demonstrate that 200 pounds of jerking weight suspended to a tie of the same grade and age as that found in Scrive- ner’s hand failed to part it at the neck- band. Further tests also showed the difficulty to tea a tie of quality, as that one, when around the neck of a person, cushioned and supported by the collar and neckband. It was discov- ered, however, that such a tie could be cut by passing the loop over the top of & door and producing a knife effect with its rough edges. In the very midst of the discussion of the suicide theory, however, tests were made with the gun, under the direction of Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, which tended to support the murder theory. ‘These tests, made on the dock in the rear of the District Morgue, indicated that the pistol from which the bullet | was fired was held at a distance of 10 inches from the body. Firing Is Tested. ‘The tests consisted of firing the pistol found at Scrivener's feet at the scene of his death into the light overcoat which the detective was wearing when he died. Six bullets were fired into the coat at ranges varying from 2 to 12 inches. A comparison of the smudges and powder burns with the powder burn around the hole in the garment where the Iatal bullet penetrated showed that the burn at 10 inches resembled in its coloring the burn in the coat from the death shot. The coat was then tried on persons of about the same stature as Scrivener and attempts were made with the un- loaded weapon to hold its muzzle 10 inches away from the body in a di- rect attempt to test the facility or difficulty with which a person could inflict such a wound on himself. This experiment, it was said, showed it was physically impossible to hold a pistol in g:enm to the Pro ident autographed PRESIDENT RESTED BY BRIEF VACATION Appears Greatly Refreshed After Visiting Last World Series' Game. After his trip to Philadelphia yester- day to view the last world series base ball game President Hoover was back at his desk at the rustomarily early hour this morning, apparently unconcerned about anything but the pile of work in front of him. From all outward appearanc-: President had long since thoughts of that exciting ball g witnessed yesterday and the reception he received in Phil compmgx‘tmm his mind, but he was ready y to talk about the game whenever the subject was brought up. ‘The President appeared greatly re- freshed as a result of the one day holi- day and the excitement afforded by the ball game. The greater part o the return journey, he devoted to jotting j down notes mostly concerning the speech he is writing to be delivered in Louisville next week. ‘The President considered the game a n;fl.ndhfly played one and he seemed pleased with his success at retaining a neutral attitude through the contest. Mrs. Hoover s just as much of a fan as the President. Both applauded when good plays were made by each side, and in the Cubs’ part of the seventh inning they arose with the thousands of others for a “stretch” and repeated the performance when the Athletics' part of the inning arrived. Crowd Went Wild. ‘When Bing Miller banged in the win- ning run and the crowd went wild and everybody was screaming and wildly jumping about, even in the vicinity of the President’s box, he and Mrs. Hoo- ver arose and smiled broadly, but they did not indulge in any of the whooping or waving of hats. They seemed enjoying the great sight. During the height of this outburst Mr. Hoover turned to Mayor Mackey of Philadelphia, who, with Mrs, Mackey, had accompanied the party to the park and occupied seats to the left of the President, and remarked something to the effect that he thought he was main- taining his neutrality pretty well. The President was too late to get an answer from the Philadelphia mayor. Just as the President turned to him the latter rushed from the stand to the fleld to- ward the Athleics’ dugout and threw his arms about Bing Miller and Mule Haas, whose homer tied the score, and was niext dancing in front of the dug- out with a couple of the Athletic play- ers locked in his arms. ° It was during this wild demonstra- tion throughout the stands that the President and his party took their leave and hurried back to their train. As Mayor Mackey rejoined the President to accompany him back to the station, he pant omething sounding like “What did I tell you; I knew we would win.” Crowds Line Curb. Next to the ball game the President's greatest thrill came from the impres- sive reception he received the moment he alighted from. his train. There were crowds lining the curbs all along the way to.the park, a distance of nearly five miles. The President's box was in the front row close to the Athletic dugout. Mrs. Hoover sat on the President's ht and Mrs. Mackey on his left. Neither the President nor Mrs. Hoover kept a box score. Before the game started Judge Landis, the high commissioner of base ball, Willlam Wrigley, owner of the Cubs, and Tom Shibe, president of the Philadelphia ball club, were esident. The two base balls at the close of the game for the mascots of the two clubs. The special arrived back in Wash- ington at 6:25 last night, and the President and Mrs. Hoover went directly to the White House. The journey to and from Philadel- phia was especially pleasant. It was made aboard & luxu: special train of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, in charge of D. L. Moorman, assistant gen- eral passenger agent in Washington. The special car used by Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, the Maryland, is a new one and was first used by Prime Minister Macdonald on his trip from Washington to New York a week ago. Besides Mrs. Hoover, those in the President’s party were Attorney General Mitchell and Mrs, Mitchell, Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, Claudius Huston, chairman of the Republican national committee; Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, the President's physician; Lawrence Richey, one of the President's secr , and Mrs. Richey; Walter H. Newton, another of the President's taries, id Miss Myra MacG: of the President's stenographers. detective bureau had taken the finger- mfl of the dead detective's right instead of both hands, and seri- ous consideration was given to a sug- mtwn that the body be exhumed to rrpr\nt his left hand. 't was assumed that if Scrivener had taken his own life his left hand must have held the gun since the necktie was clutched in his right hand. In support of the suicide theory, the Detective Bureau collected & "large amount of data bearing on the life and actions of Scrivener, and much of this was included in a report which never reached the coroner's Jur'y and which has never been made pubiie. In the face of the suicide case, which the Detective Bureau had ostensibly worked out, the coroner’s jury, 35 days after Schrivener’s death, decided that he “came to his death from a gunshot wound from a bullet fired from a pistol the hand or hands of persons other than himself, and unknown to the jury.” Because of objections from the United BStates attorney’s office, the coroner’s jury did not hear a recitation from the Detective Bureau of the pos- sible motive in the case, neither did it permit the submission of any evidence, collateral or otherwise. ~The jury obviously reached its verdict of murder on the basis of testimony of Scrivener's neighbors that they heard low, l‘uick voices in the alley in which his ly was found before the shot was fired. Thus, the United States attorney's office joined in the search for Bcriven- er's slayer and the Police Department found itself in possession of another un- solved murder mystery. Developments since have been few and new clues have proved worthless. Scrirener, by some strange fate, met death on his wedding day. In his pocket was found the platinum wed- ding ring he had planned to have en- graved and then have sll&p‘ed that night on the finger of M Helen Barnes Parker of Langley, Va, his flancee. Less than eight hours before the killing he had given Miss Parker an engagement ring and kissed her good night at the home of her sister and _brother-in. , Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Gantt, with whom .she lived, and told her he would see her the following night at 7 o'clock. 'he night before his death Scrivener also went to a li;rue fight at Kenilworth with Lieut. Kelly and Headquarters De- tective Tom Sweeney. He took Sweeney 10 inches frem the body and send a bullet into the body from left to right through a line crossing the heart, the path that the bullet took through Scrivener's body. The detective bureau, however, later made similar tests and concluded that despite the findings in the experiments conducted under the direction of Coro- ner Nevitt, it was possible for a man to hold a pistol in his left hand at 10-inch range from a target and place a bullet within an inch of the center of that target, even though the wespon never determ! be inverted and the thumb used to pull ' alive in his car going north on Wis-' the trigger. It developed st that time that the A home first in his automobile, and then sat with Kelly three or four minutes outside the latter’s home, leaving him about midnight. Scrivener's movements from that time until his body was found in the alley an hour iater were never fully known. It was learned he went to town, however, for at Wisconsin avenue and N street he stopped and talked with two of his neighbors about 40 minutes before his death. Where THE _EVENING His Institute Opened DR. WILLIAM H. WILMER. : SCIENTISTS ATTEND ILNER OPENING Institute Dedicated at Johns Hopkins With World Famous Specialists Present. Special Dispatch to the Star. BALTIMORE, Md., October 15.—A group of scientific men from this coun- try and abroad and of women who have aided in its establishment, began today t0 be | the ceremonies of dedicating the Wil- mer Opthalmological Institute at Johns Hopkins Medical School. The ceremonies began on the lawn of the Hopkins Hospital, at the corner of Broadway and Jefferson streets. The exercises will continue today and to- morrow. On Thursday and Friday the cere- monies of dedicating the William H. Welch medical library and the new chair of the history of medicine, which Dr. Willam H. Welch will occupy, will take place. Many In Attendance. Those attending the ceremonies to- day, in addition to members of the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University, included Profs. Ernest Fuchs of the eye clinic of the University of Vienna, who will speak late this afternoon; Sarah Herbert Parsous, / ve specialist of London, who will speak tomorrow; George E. Vincent, president of the Rockefeller Foundation; Herbert L. Satterlee, president of the Willlam Hol- land Wilmer Foundation; Mrs. Aida de Acosta Root Breckenridge, Mrs. Evan- geline Lindbergh, the last named the mother of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, and many sclentists from this country and abroad. Dr. Joseph 8. Ames, the president of the Johns ins University, in open- ing the exercises paid a tribute to 3 Breckenridge. He said: “This institute owes its origin to the sympathetic understandfhg and imagi- nation of a nmn;h sah!e hi‘n;‘gmrfa 2 lary p of her frien er plans, .nS' tflmhm Holland Wilmer gwn- dation was the result. University Co-Operates. “The co-operation of the university was offered and in a short time, the plan was realized, mainly by the gener- rt of the general education existence today of this in- stitute is a striking evidence of the fact that success is assured to any project which combines & great idea, & man who can carry it into action and a place where the idea will be cherished. “On this day, which sees the fulfill- ment of the hope and wishes of many persons, I must congratulate, first, Mrs. Breckenridge; then her associates of the Wilmer Foundation, the university and hospital, the students, faculty and staff, who will work here; the patients who will come for help and comfort, but, above all, Dr. Wilmer himself, who sees his dreams realized. “If such words are necessary, I hereby declare the Willlam Holland Wilmer Opthalmological Institute open and dedicated to the service of man.” Following the exercises the institute buildings on the hospital grounds were thrown open. Tea was served on the lawn this afterncon. The exercises will be closed with an address by Dr. Fuchs on opthalmology as it is practiced in Europe. The inception of this $4,000,000 in- stitute is due largely to the gratitude and untiring efforts of Mrs. Breckin- ridge, wife of the Assistant Becretary of War in the Wilson administration. When Idea Occurred. ‘The idea first came to her, she says, when she was a patient of Dr. Wilmer in a hospital awaiting an operation with her eyes shrouded in bandages. She l:f(ested such an institution to the ashington physician, to financed largzly by grateful former patients, but he was shocked by the idea of such capitalization, although he admitted that the proposed estab- lishment would be of untold worth. But he refused to provide her with any list of his patients and assured her that Wwoul lock any effort she might make to obtain such a list, ‘Then she went to work secretly. Her most valuable help, she says, came from an old colored man named Wil- liam, who was the only attendant in Dr. Wilmer's Washington office and who remembered a great many of the persons who had entered his consulting room for years t. She obtained these names from Willlam a few at a time and went to see them. A few names came from other sour Finally contributions were obtained from 338 former patients, in donations ranging from small amounts up to mil- lions. To these donations was added an outright contribution of $1,500,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation if the institute could be connected with some great university. Johns Hopkins Uni- versity accepted the idea and Dr. Wil- mer agreed to go there if the project could be put through. Meets Present Husband. It was while interviewing former patients, Mrs, Breckinridge revealed, that she became acquainted with her present husband. His name was one of those supplied by the old_colored servant. When a child, Col. Breckin- ridge had ruptured several veins in one of his eyes during a coughing spell when 1il with whooping cough and was taken to Dr. Wilmer's office for treatment. ‘The next time he called on Dr. Wil- mer, at the age of 12, he took with him an old horse which his fgther had brought back from the Spanish-Ameri- can War. The horse, a great favorite with the little boy, was going blind and veterinarians said not) could done for it. ‘William, the old servant, refused the boy admission, protesting that the fa- mous eye specialist was no horse doc- tor. But finally the child's pleas won the old man over and he consented to tell the doctor that the boy was there. Dr. Wilmer ordered the horse brought into the back yard, where he diagnosed the trouble and prescribed treatment which restored the horse's sight. Doctor to Lose Hand. he went after luvlnfi this couple was ined. He “was last seen consin avenue and had passed N street, on which he lived. JERSEY CITY, October 15 (#).—Dr. Edward Mulvany, who long has been giving X-ray treatment to victims of cancer, must have his left hand am- putateds { STAR, WASHINGTO. BELCANDEBTBANK PXPERT FALLSDEAD M. Delacroix Is Stricken by Heart Attack While in Room at Baden-Baden. By the Associated Press. BADEN-BADEN, Germany, October 15.—M. Delacroix, former Belgian pre- mier, and his government's organization expert on the International Bank com- mittee here, died today of a heart at- tack. Yesterday, he attended the meetings of the organization committee of the Bank of International Settlements. He apparently was in good health. At 85 am, M. Delacroix complained to his wife he was not feeling well and wanted to sit up in a chair. Half an hour later he dropped to the floor dead. ‘The International Bank conference assembled at 10:30 and, after passing a resolution of sympathy, adjourned. M. Delacroix was a member of the original ~reparations commission, a trustee for German rail bonds, and a member of the committee of revision !f] the Reichsbank laws. He was 61 years old. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, German dele- gate, eulogized M. Delacroix as a states- man whose gentle and moderating in- fluence “did much to remove the post- war difficulties between the European nations.” With clear insight, he said, M. Dela- croix perceived that the economic dis- tress of the post-war period could only be cured by national and international co-operation. M. Franck, the Belglan delegate, was deeply moved and thanked the other delegations. “Delacroix had an enviable death in that he fell like a soldier on the field of battle, but more happy than the soldier, for he fell, not in cruel combat but in the service both of his country and mankind.” the delegate said. SOUTH AMERICAN Peru’s Art and Civilization Announced as Theme of International Contestant. With the announcement here today of Benigno Petit Lecaroz of Peru as the spokesman for South America, the field of contenders for the high school speech-making championship of the world in the Fourth International Ora- torical Contest finals was officially com- pleted. Lecaroz, who is 18 years old, is mak- ing his bid for forensic honor with a speech on “Art and Civilization in Peru.” He will reach the United States one week from today, having salled from Mollendo on the Pacific Coast of South_America, October 7 aboard the 8. 8. Ebro. Other Contestants. ‘With Lecaroz, the nine who will be heard in Constitul Saturday night, October 26, and their rtespective addresses are: n W. Swofford of Kansas City, Mo., United States entry, on “The American Constitution and Its Framers.” Roch Pinard of Canads, on “Canada Among the Nations.” Vincente Pardo Suarez of Cuba, on “Jose Marti.” F. Whitnall Allen of England, 'William Ewart Gladstone.” Gabriel Touche of France, on “French Culture.” Herbert 8chaumann of Germany, on “The Significance of the Weimar Con- stitution to the Youth of Germany.” Robert Oritz Gris of Mexico, on “Latin Americanism and pan-Ameri- canism.” Miss Lis Torsleff of Denmark, cham- plon of the Scandinavian” and upper European group of nations, on “Den- mark today.” Divisional Finals. ‘The orators who represent more than one nation were determined in divi- sional finals in which the individual champions of each represented nation competed in his own right to speak for the ztuup. One of the most interesting features of this year's contest is the opportunity it offers linguists to compare identical languages as they are spoken in differ- ent lands. Two of the young speakers will use English—the American and the Briton, and the accents and verbal pe- culiarities of the reoplel these boys represent are traditional. ewise, two speakers will use French, orators Hall on be | Canada this year intrusted its oratori- cal honor in the hands of a ung French-Canadian, and the audience therefore may compare the Canadian's French with that spoken by the youth from France. Three to Use Spanish. Spanish will be spoken by three contestants—the Mexican, ‘Cuban and Peruvian. The language as it is used in each of these lands differs as does the English spoken in the United States and England. Each year the multi- linguist judges, who determine the win- ner, find intense interest and often ground for bitter debate in the manner of speech of two contestants who are using the same mother tongue. Linguists point out also that German and Danish are not greatly dissimilar and that scholars speaking the one are able to follow with considerable success the speech of a person in the other. The order in which the nine young orators, the best of their respective countries, will deliver their speeches here October 26, will be announced in The Star tomorrow. SERIES LISTENER DIES. Excitement Over Athletics’ Rally Fatal to Fan. BAYONNE, N. The rally of the Philadelphia Athletics in the ninth inning of their base ball game yesterday with Chicago which won for them the world series proved too much for Frank Drudy, 58 years old. Drudy was listening to the radio broad- cast of the game at the home of a friend. [Excited, he collapsed with a heart attack just as the announcer described the home run hit by Haas and died within a few minutes, BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra at Stanley Hall this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock; John 8. M. Zimmerman, director; Anton Pointner, assistant director. |March, “On_the Afr”.........Goldman Overture, “Russlan and Ludmilla,” Glinka Buite Oriental, “Arabian Nights,” Gruenwald “A Love Duet,” “G! Scenes from musical ‘Three Musketeers”............ Fox trot novelty, “The Whoopee Hat Brigade” « - Lafle tz song, ‘‘Marie’ +.Berlin ., “Wisconsin Forward For- ever” ... “The St ORATOR ON WAY).: J., October 15 (P).— | mpo The Senate lobby investigating committee, which opened hearings today. rah, Idaho; Walsh, Montana, and Bl aine, Wisconsin, Caraway, Arkansa T Frighie TELLS OF ATTEMPT T0 REMOVE EXPERT Lobby Probe Hears of Ef- forts Against Employe of Tariff Commission. (Continued From First Page.) had preferred Tariff Commission, charges against him to the chairman of the Tariff Commission. Senator Walsh of Montana, who was questioning the witness, asked how he had heard this. “It was a matter of common knowl- edge,” said the witness. (n reply to questions, Mr. Koch said that the charges against him had been to the effect that he, Koch, had been prejudiced and biased in his testimony, and also in a report made to the chair- man of. the House subcommittee in charge of the pottery schedule. Questioned by Walsh. “Did you make any recommendations l‘!glrgh’w a rate” asked Senator alsh. The witness said that he had never made any recommendations regarding rates at all. “How did Mr. Burgess know you had made a report?” asked Senator Walsh. “I don’t know,” replied the witness; “nevertheless he got it.” The witness said that he did not know anything about the charges till after the Senate finance committee had first passed on the pottery rate. He said that the domestic producers had fa- vored specific rates instead of ad va- lorem rates. The House bill carried specific rates, he said. The first action of the Senate committee was to strike out the specific rates. “After that,” said Mr. Koch, “the propaganda against me began, endins up with a demand that I be separatet from the service.” The witness said that Senator Smoot, chairman of the Senate finance com- mittee, told him of the charges which had been made against him; that he was a friend of David Walker, repre- senting large importers of Japanese goods, and had influenced his judgment. No Apology to Make. “I told the committee,” sald the wit- ness, “that I had no apology to make for my acquaintances.” Mr. Koch said that his relations with Mr. Walker were personal; he had no business relations with him. He first met Walker in 1921 and 1922, when the tariff hearings were on. The witness said that he had a) , chairman of i the tery wmthngr he Iusmbeen rmation which he gave schedule, nskin, biased in the info: the committee. “Senator Edge said that I had not, saild Mr. Koch. “Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, an- other member of the subcommittee, said also that he was satisfled with my tes- timony.” ‘Tl.e witness insisted that Mr. Burgess had been active in trying to get him removed. He said that he had talked to Commissioner B rd and Com- missioner Dennis regrading the charges made by Burgess. Koch said that Commissioner Den- nis had told him Burgess did not com- plain about the facts given the con- gressional committee by Koch, but that Burgess had said that his information was detrimental to the pottery industry in this country. X At this point the witness submitted to the investigating committee a let- ter written by H. R. Wyllie, Hunting- ton, W. Va., engaged in the pottery im- dustry. This letter, under date of Au- gust 15, 1929, was addressed to Presi- dent Hoover. It charged that Koch was a great and close friend of the chief representative in this country of the Japanese pottery industry. The let- ter further sald that “Koch done all he could to help the importers, es- pecially the Japanese.” It went on to say that the domestic pottery industry was in & way and unable to com- pete with the pottery produced in Japan and other foreign countries where labor was cheap. Mr. Wyllie's letter insisted that Koch had done all ;xangguld to injure the domestic in- Given to Commission. The witness sald that the ta to the President had passed ni'fi"fm:’r to the chairman of the Tariff Commis- ;1‘1.;:' which had eventually come to I went to the chairman,” said Koch, “and asked that the commission pass on the matter. The chairman did not think that was the proper course, and ‘l‘ontl: as I know, nothing has been one.” Chairman Caraway of the investi- mlng committee announced that he & telegram from Mr. Wyllle saying that he was unable to appear at this investigation because of health. A certificate to that effect from Mr. W(mde‘s physician also had been re- celved. The witness told the committee that a man named Duffy representing pot- tery workers had also been hostile to him because of his testimony. He said that Duffy and Burgess both had ap- peared against him. Senator Robinson of Indiana lou‘:lt to develop the extent of Mr. Koch's friendship with Walker, the importer. witness sald that whenever Mr. Walker comes to Washington “he al- ways visits me.” He also said that he had been to Glen Ridge, N. J,, twice to visit Mr. Walker at his home. In u%ly to questions by Senator Blaine the witness said that some of the representatives of the cement in- dustry also had protested against in- formation which he had submitted to !h; conmieuloml committee. n reply to a& question by Benator Robirison the witness said that had been at dinner with Mr. Walker and an importer of German china the ‘Washington Hotel. “Did they discuss rates?” asked Sen- ator Robinson. “They always discuss rates,” said the mnm. “Rates are very important to Chairman Is Examined. After a brief examination of Karl Langenbach, a chemist connected with the Tariff Commission from 1932 tw 1924, the committee began an extend- ed examination of Thomas A. Marvin, chairman of the United States Tariff Commission. Langenbach testified that he had been asked by Mr. Burgess to Amrt the position with the commission In 1622, and that he left the service two years later when asked to resign, He Texan Who Guessed * Wrong Must Bat Into A’s Grounds By the Assoclated Press. DALLAS, Tex., October Because the Athletics won the world’s series, Forrest F. Cole of Dallas must knock flies all the way to Shibe Park, Philadelphia. Ernest Luttrell, his betting oppo- nent, will accompany him, fur- nishing a fungo bat and balls. They will start this morning and hope to be in Philadelphia by February. 15— said that no reasons had been given and that he had made no inquiries, but in response to questions by Senator Caraway he told the committee that he and Burgess had often differed ma- terially about tariff schedules. Chairman Marvin identified himself as having been secretary to the Home Market Club prior to becoming head of the commission in 1921. The Home Market Club, he said, was an organi- z2ation interested in the protective tariff as the best policy for the United States. The activities of the club aside from the publication of a magazine, which Marvin said was distributed among members, were centered in the holding of meetings addressed by public men. Senator Caraway asked Marvin if the purpose of the club was to increase duties on the various articles. Marvin had sald that manufacturers, retailers and professional men were members and Caraway wanted to know if the organization had any political activity. No Political Interest. Marvin testified that the club was not interested politically, that it did not support candidates for political of- fice or o e them and that it did not ask for her rates on manufactures. Senator Caraway brought out that Marvin, as secretary of the club, ap- peared before the committees of Con- gress when the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill was being discussed in 1913. “You were advocating higher rates?” c.::w:‘yd nskoetd, e - not ask for higher rates,” Marvin sald. 5 o “You were just before the commit- tees to give them an academic lecture on thufilue of protection?” Caraway “Rfarvin sata arvin sald that, in substance, the observation was correct. About 800 persons belonged to the club when he was its secretary and executive officer, located, for the most part, in the New England States, he sald. In response to Questions, he said that the club col- lected about $45,000 while he was con- nected with it, and explained that, in addition to dues, contributions were accepted from members. He could not recall the payment of more than $500 & year by any one member and remem- bered that one of the largest contribu- tions made by the American Woolen Co. was made up among about 40 mills. Paid $8,000 Salary. As secretary of the club he was a salary of $8,000 a year, he mu?!‘el: and later Senator Blaine brought out that he left the position to go to the ‘Tariff Commission at a salary of $7,500. ‘There were three or four other salaried officers of the Home Market Club. Mar- vin told the committee. He is now an honorary member of the club, but said h. had not participated in any of its meetings since going to the commission, although he had gone to one dinner. Senator Blaine asked Marvin if he remembered that the club's secretary testified during the committee hearings on the Payne-Aldrich bill that the club had 16 representatives in Washington interested in getting higher rates. Mar- vin insisted that nobody representing the club was here for that purpose, but he conceded that some members might have been here, interested, as he said }zng ‘was in the mechanics of tariff mak- 8. ‘The witness was insistent, in reply- ing to questions asked sarcastically by Senator Caraway, that interest of the club was in tariff as a policy, and not in rates or rate making. Cara- way's observation was that he was in ‘Washington at the expense of his or- ganization just to get an education and Marvin replied that it was very educational. The differences betweer. Burgess and Langenbach developed out of the dis- cussion of rates on porcelains, domestic and foreign, the chemist told the cormi- mittee. He said that it had been his view that high tariff on hard porce- lains manufactured in the Orient and Europe could never displace these ar- ticles in favor of earthenwares manu- factured in this country. It was Bu ' contention, he said, that these articles could be displaced by tariff rates and the chemist said that Burgess was particularly insistent that & high tariff would cause these articles eventually to be manufactured in this country. ‘Was Newspaper Writer. Chairman Marvin told the commit- tee that he became secretary of the Home Market Club in 1911. Before that he said he had been an editorial writer on the Boston Journal. He ap- peared before the congressional com- mittee investigating ti lobby soon after the Wilson administration came in, the witness sald. Mr. Marvin gave the committee the names of & number of men who been members of the Home Market Club, who have called upon him since he became chairman of the Tariff Com- Left to right: Senators Robinson, Indiana; ~—P. & A. Photo. PATRIOTIC GROUP TOVISIT WAKEFIELD League Plans Exercises at Washington’s Birthplace. Noted Speakers Listed. ‘The birthplace of George Washing- ton and the scene of his boyhood, at ‘Wakefield, Va.,, will be the goal Sat- urday of a patriotic pilgrimage being organized by the League of Republican ‘Women. Some 1,000 persons, including members of Congress and other public officials, have been invited. At brief exercises scheduled for 12:30 upon the site of the homestead retary of Labor Davis will discuss ‘Washington as a patriot and citizen, while Gen. Amos Fries will sketch his career as a soldier. The Tuuu have been asked to bring picnic lunches, which will be spreaa under the trees after the speaking pro- gram has been concluded. Old Home to Be Restored. Although the house i which the eat Ame: was born was destroyea fire more than & century ago, & well organized movement is under way to restore the dwelling in every detail. ‘The pligrimage is planned to serve patriotic ends, and it is hoped the pro- gram may inspire the assemblage with the ideals of citizenship exemplified by *Washington. Mrs. Harriman to Preside. Mrs. Edward Harriman, president of the league, will preside at the exercises. She is being assisted with the prg’um by Mrs. Marion Butler, chairman of the entertainthent committee. Special busses will leave the Wash- ington Club, Seventeenth and K streets, at 8:30 o'clock Saturday morning. Reservations for the round !Hg mlg be made through Mrs. Robert McNetl, 3212 Garfleld street. mission, among them F. W. Hobbs, president of the Arlington Mills; W. H. Clifts, the present secretary of the Home Market Club; Ward Thoron, connected with the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers; Mr. Cord- ingly, in the wool business, and Horace Cheney, interested in the silk industry. Mr, Marvin sald that these gentle- men, as a general rule, had called to ask the Tariff Commission to supply statistical information regarding the industries and importation. Mr. Marvin, in reply to questions, said that Joseph R. Grundy had called on him two or three times in relation to valuation methods and that he prob- ably had been a member of the Home mnb Club, although he had not been ive, Mr. Burgess, the witness told the committee, in company with Mr. Duffy, arnldem of the Brotherhood of Pot- Operatives, and a Mr. Wells had called upon him and complained about the attitude of Mr. Koch a hearing before the Senate committee on finance. Asks About Burgess, Senator Caraway asked Mr. Marvin it Burgess had asked for the removal of Koch from employment by the Tariff Commission. B i The witness sald that Burgess had complained that Koch's attitude showed bias and prejudice and that Koch had sent slips of paper to the Senators sug- gesting questions to be asked witnesses. He said that Burgess declared that the Tariff Commission ought to investigate the matter, and if it is found that Koch ‘was biased and prefudiced he should be discharged. Chairman Caraway objected to Mr. Marvin's faflure to answer his questions es or no, saying: “None of us have learned to live 100 years.” The chair- man finally drew from Mr. Marvin the statement that the Tariff Commission could not act on such indefinite charges and that it could only act if formal charges were submitted in writting. Mr. Marvin said that no charges had been submitted in writing by Mr. Burgess. Senator Caraway asked about the letter which Mr. Wyllle had sent to President Hoover, complaining of Koch. Mr. Marvin said that he had coples made of the letter after it came to him from the White House and sent them to members of the commission and to Mr. Koch. Mr. Marvin said that he personally believed an inquiry into the matter of the charges made against Koch should be undertaken. At this point Senator Blaine ques- tioned Mr. Marvin in regard to visits of representatives of the steel or man- gzeu industries to the Tariff Com- n. Soviet Ship to Carry Bodies. LENINGRAD, U. 8. 8. R., October 15 () —The bodles of 86 American sol- diers who died during the World War Archangel campaign on Russian soil will be transported by the Soviet steamer Lieutenant Schmidt on T 22 to Havre, from where they will be had | conveyed by American battleship to New York. An American graves commissiol procured the bodies from their former graves. TEST OF MINIATURE SEADROME PREPARED AT CAMBRIDGE, MD. TIME AGREEMENT ON TARIFF FAILS Independents Willing to Ex- pedite Debate as Far as Possible. By the Associated Press. The Republican independent group opposing the tarift bill in its present form decided today sagainst entering into any agreement with the Republican | regulars to limit debate, but their willingness to facilitate action for the remainder of the session. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, secretary and spokesman for the group, said the Western Republicans took the position that the debate thus |far had indicated, that no one desired unduly to delay the bill. Both Sides Responsible. “We feel that the record will show,” he said, “that the proponents of the measure have taken as much or more time than the opponents. Our attitude therefore remains unchanged, to wit: We are willing to facilitate action for the remainder of the discussion as we have so far in the proceedings.” La Follette’s statement came in the face of growing controversy on re- sponsibility for the sluggish pace of the debate which led party leaders to renew their search for some means of expediting action and bring- ing the issue to a final vote before the inevitable conclusion of the extraordi- nary session. A request from the Republican spon- sors of the measure that its opponents co-operate in the effort to evolve some method of keeping the measure from running over into the regular session, which convenes early in December, led to a continuation of conferences among the factional chieftains. Meanwhile, the dispute over responsj- bility arose between Chairman Smobt of the finance committee, in charge of the bill, and Borah of Idaho, a spokes- man for the group of Independent Wes- tern Republicans which has combined with the Democrats in opposing the measure. ‘The controversy as to who is to blame for the slow moving debate came as a result of Borah's statement that a vote could be reached in 10 days if the sponsors of the bill would vield to the Independents and rewrite the measure “in accordance with the purpose for which the special session was called.” In reply, Smoot asserted that Borah's stand was ‘“preposterous.” Proposed rate schedules, criticized by Borah ss unfalr to the farmer, have not yet been reached for discussion, the committee chairman said, because “Borah and his colleagues” will not permit it. New Split in Line-Up. A split in the line-up that has char- acterized balloting on the tariff meas- ure came late yesterday with a vcte rejecting an amendment by Senator :{ Walsh, Democrat, Montana, which would have had the effect of discon- tinuing the practice of milling Canadian wheat in this country under bond. ‘The solid front of both the crats and the Independent Repyblicans was broken. Twelve Democrats op- the amendment and one of the ndependents, Schall of Minnesota, also voted against it. ‘The amendment would have imposed the full duty of 42 cents a bush2l on wheat milled in bond, when withdrawn for export. The effect of the vote was to leave this section of the bill as drawn up by the House unchanged, as the Sen. ate had previously declined to eliminate the House provisions, under which the milled wheat, when e to a coun- try granting the United States s pre- ferred flour tariff, would be assessed the difference between the preferrsd and the regular flour tariffs of the im- porting country. TEAPOT DOME CASE IS THRUST IN FALL’S TRIAL AS U. S. RESTS (Continued From First Page.) he went later to the Union Station, where Sinclair was aboard his private car, and obtained from the oil man $198,000 in bonds for which no receipt was asked or given. He testified that Fall took out $2,500 In bonds and he carried the remainder to New York. There was a balance of $35,000 due, he said, making $233,000 in all. The original stock certificates of the ranch were canceled and new certificates is- sued. Of these, Everhart said, 33 shares were given to him as trustee in deal- ing with Sinclair. The rancher told the jury step by step of the transactions that followed and how he later obtained $35,000 due on the balance from Sinclair. The bonds were sent to the Pueblo Bank and equally divided in accordance with the shares of the other owners of the ranch property. He said that $90,- 000 of the bonds went into a safety vault for Fall. Under further question- ing by Government counsel, Everhart sald he had paid Sinclair $1,100 for some cattle the oil man had sent to the ranch and received in return from him, $1,100 in payment of various pur- chases of saddles and other equipment. Daugherty Goes on Stand. Irvine L. Lenroot, former chairman of the Senate public lands committee, which investigated Fall's leases, and Harry M. Daugherty, former Attorney General under President Harding, were witnesses yesterday afternoon. From Lenroot, who i3 now assoclate Jjustice of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, the jury heard how Fall had explained he had received the $100,000 for the Ha.ris ranch from Ed- ward B. McLean, publisher of the ‘Washington 3 With Senator Smoot of Utah Lenroot called on the former cabinet officer just before Christmas of 1922 at the Warde man Park Hotel to inquire about this transaction. at first declined to discuss what he termed his private af- fairs. When he was aj to to do S0 in justice to himself, the country and his party, he then told Lenroot he would tell him the name of the man in_confidence. The Senator said he did not desire confidential information, so Fall told him that he had obtained the money - ——— of vernmen 1, n- mkod:nm "!\lflclul letters and Nfeur.m g on Fall's appearance log:u committee. 5 - herty was on stand £ few minutes. He testified that l:‘!h- Model Will Be Subjected to Conditions More Severe Than in Actual Operation. By the Assoctated Press, CAMBRIDGE, Md., October 15.—A driving rain was powerless today to change preparations for the initial deep~ water test of E. R. Armstrong’s minia- ture seadrome, by which he expects to show the feasibility of anchoring land- ing platforms at easy stages across the Atlantic for aid of ocean flights. The model, one-thirty-second of the size of the 1,100-foot seadromes with which he proposes to dot the ocean, was towed into deep water early in the day and given a preliminary test to assure that none of its seams had opened in the ship] from the shop at Chester, T & e , compl ere yesterday. A’ T the “drydock” “on hich the 'ter hd model stands has been sunk to the bot- | Bermuds tom of the river, leavin, underpinning of buoyan port it on the surface, the seadromes &l}hn to sup- . Armstrong — - &hm to spend about three weeks in 'sts of its buoyancy and stability, measured by delicate instruments, un- der varying atmospheric and wave con- ditions. Starting these tests in the river waters here, he proposes later to tow the model down to the mouth of the Choptank, where the rougher sur- face of Chesapeake Bay will give this test which, in comparison to the re- duced size of the model, should be more severe than the full sized seadromes would be called upon to face on the Atlantic. If the tests prove successful, Amm[nex ts to 1;::“« his first sead ) with gars, shops, hotel and restaurant accommodations and heavy cranes for lifting seaplanes from the ‘water to the elevated floor of e . midway on the course to a. This seadrome also will serve as the first of a string of eight such stations with which he proposes to span the Atlantic. / partment had not rendered ‘fl'fi?fi }om on the legality of the ease. interest iy the proceedings, during. vhe proc 88 the testimony of former Senator Earlier in the day they had listened to technical discussion of oil-drilling, over- production and kindred matters. The story of the two Senators’ visit to the defendant and his explanation of how he had received the money was testi~ mony calculated to stimulate interest. It was one of the main points of the Government's case. Flour Stored in Churches. MOSCOW, October 15 (#).—To pre~ vent a possible shortage of bread this Winter in the industrial centers, the Mr. | Soviet Union government is storing mil- 'I.lonl m:mu:h of flourtm t:::c churches e country, present storehouses and grain elevators having proven inadequate. Bread is still rationed to the pogula- tion, but there is a sufficient supply of flour to meet all present needr. Such articles as meat, milk, butter. eggs, m; and tea are rationed to hduse