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WEATHER. U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) . P, suburbs: ‘Temperatures—] pm. cooler tonight, light frost in the 'hlmvv!’::rl st iemfly; h‘gt 47, at 7a.m. today. Pull report on page 4. 71, st 2:15 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered a post office. No. 31,215. Wa second class matter shington, D. he 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 411 4 g “From Press to Home Wit The .Star's carrier system hin the Hour” every city block and the regular édi- tion is delivered to Washington homies * as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,471 WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1920.—SIXTY-TWO PAGES. **% () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. NEW DISCLOSURES -~ MADE IN NURSE'S DEATH BY X-RAY Pictures of Corpse Result in| Developments of Highly Important Nature. INVESTIGATION CHIEF ‘ REFUSES TO CONFIRM | Efforis to Learn Details Fromj Department of Justice | Are Unavailing. Although the preliminary surgical ex- | amination of the body of Mrs. Virginia | MePherson failed to disclose evidences | of physical violence other than those | produced by a pajama belt tied around her neck, there were indications here today that an X-ray examination of the body resulted in a highly important | disclosure. Pfforts to learn of Justice the nature of this disclosure were unavalling. J. Edgar Hoover. chief of the Bureau of Investigation, declined to discuss the photographs in any way. | The corpse was X-rayed during the second autopsy performed this week -l-‘ Kannapolis, N. C. The measure Was, taken in a perfunctory way to com- plete the Government's reo(:‘rdvm t;::‘; exhumation, Wl mug:gsh.(::!. local physician ex- pressed the opinion that a skull frac- ture might have contributed to the nurse's death. Findings Stir New Interest. d today, however, that th:'m"dlnfis ]uerln:ha men)7 enologists have thrown new interest into the aul sy | , the formal report of W] | received here for several | from the Department | | by | fleet of Jiquor ships and speed boats | hat it l:.Imnl'lfm'y ln!onm' i ha i tim.nwuwfiep;:mtommm charge of the Federal inquiry were in agreement on the point that the autopsy | was a failure. | New Aspect on Situation. Wi of Justice of t officials regard the x-n-': :&' chemical examinations as ! | rum-smuggling syngicate, was in the | wood, both of whom have served terms S VETD GLALSE WoN CHARLES L. EYANSON, | The tariff expert employed by Senator | Bingham of Connecticut, as an adviser, | whose work was taken up in the lobby | investigation today. | —Associated Press Photo. | GIANT LIQUOR RING 5 CRUSHED IN RAID Arsenal, Radio Station ‘and 32 Men Seized With Rum on 200-Mile Front. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, October 17.—A fortified arsenal equipped with em;:lncemonul for its battery of machine guns and | used as headquarters for a $1,000,000 hands of Federal agents today after a surprise attack on the syndicate ex- tending along the Atlantic coast from here to Atlantic City, N. J. A mile from the armed base of oper- ations at Highlands, N. J., the raiders captured a_hidden radio station, from which® orders in code were sent to the operated by the syndicate. A force of 130 special Treasury agents, deputy United States marshals and Nbw Jersey State police going into | action simultaneously made 32 raids, arrested 32 men and seized quantities of imported liquor. Secret Indictments Asked. those arrested wers Emanuel Among (Mannie) Kessler and Morris Sweet- t) he Fe 't | McMasters, the ate. - Coincident with the report that some- thing o t had been found through the medium of the roentgen rays there was a marked renewal of activity at the Bureau of Investigation m‘;h:mu“g Cullen, under whose direct supervision more than a’ dozen opera- tives are working on the case, inter- rupted his routine of questioning wit- nesses in order to go on a secret mission out of the department in com- pany with E. J. Connelly, who had charge of the exhumation in China Grove. | Early Career Is Studied. | Two other agents who were "'"‘i Connelly in North Carolina were back | in Washington today. The department investigators made a careful inquiry at China Grove into the early career of Mrs. McPherson, who was well known and greatly liked by residents of the town, who knew her as Virginia Hurley. | ‘The agents inquired particularly into her associates there before she came to the Capital to become a nurse. The Star was advised authoritatively | today that the Department of Justice has no plan for an immediate arrest of | any one in connection with the Mc- Pherson case, despite persistent rumors | to the contrary. No information war- | ranting such action is now in hand The department is investigating the | poesibility of the implication of persons | other than Robert A. McPherson, jr.. who has been charged with murder by a grand jury which investigated the strangling. Movements of these persons on the, night of the tragedy are being checked and rechecked, and it is possible one | or several of them may be interrogated again before the inquiry is closed. 1t is known the department tod: checking on information which, if v fied, would definitely’climinate from picture a prominent local physician. RUNAWAY CAR KILLS TWO. Portage, Pa., Hotel Proprietor and Woman Guest Victims. ALTOONA, Pa., October 17 ().—Two persons were killed foday by a loaded coal car that ran wildly down the tracks on the Martin branch of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad and crashed into the Hotel Waldorf at Portage. The victims, Mrs. Anne Skelley, 70, and August Hess, proprietor of the hotel, were killed as they sat in the buildi The car started from a siding a mile above Portage. It was derafled as it neared the hotel and plunged into the structure. Mrs, Bkelley was killed when the car crashed through the walls into her room. Hess died soon after the aceident. was | eri- | the | MINISTER IS NAMED. { ol 'BANK HELD SWINDLED l en into custody. - Preparations for the raids began six onths ago, when an intercepted mes- s . From that and other information was gleaned which led to the raids. ‘When the Federal agents entered the station at 4:30 p.m. yesterday, the zero hour for the raids, they found Malcolm operator, at his key. He was arrested for operating an unlicensed station. A Federal operator familiar with the smuggler's code then began sending messages by which the rafders to lure a rum ship off Montank nto a trap where a Coast Guard patgol boat lay in wait. Rooms Fitted Like Club. The arsenal was located in a mansion formerly owned by Oscar Hammerstein, . Its 20 rpoms were fitted like & club. L. the basement the raiders found tun- nels leading to underground vaults in which liquor was stored and where a number of machine guns and a quan- tity of small arms were hidden. 'he cupols on top of the mansion was equipped with telescopes and ap- parently was used as a lookout tower, from where the smuBglers could watch for their craft. One of the raids was made on what the agents said was the New York headquarters of the syndicate in West Forty-third street. Here, the Federal men said, members of the organization met_regularly to divide the profits of "~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ON FALSE ACCOUNTS By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 16.—An alleged swindle scheme by which a Cleveland bank has been victimized of probably a quarter of a millon dollars through manipulations as intricate as those of Charles D. Waggoner, who re- cently mulcted New York banks of $500,000, was being investigated by the county prosecutor’s office here today. ‘The name of the bank and of the al- leged swindler were not disclosed, but Assistant Prosecutor Emerich B, Freed sald the scheme had béen operated by & Cleveland Jumber man over a period of loans totaling $300,000 had been made by the bank to the lum- ber executive on accounts receivable and that only recently the bank had | discovered that many of the accounts| were fictitious. Preed sald that if his invesgigation. substantiated what he has leArned thus far, he will turn the evidence over to the grand jury. | | veloped at the hearing that Eyanson | today on an 8,000-mile flight to Buenos BINGHAM DEFENDS D OF EXPERT N - TARIF SESSIONS [Tells Lobby Inquiry There Was Nothing Improper in Employment of Eyanson. | MANUFACTURERS PAID SALARY OF SECRETARY Placed on Senate Pay Roll to Sub- ject Him to Discipline of That Body. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The employment of C. L. Eyanson, assistant to the president of the Con- necticut Manufacturers' Association, as a secretary by Senator Bingham of Connecticut, & member of the finance committee, during the consideration of the tariff bill by that committee, was the subject of the Senate lobby investi- gation today, and brought a defense of nhis employment by Bingham. Senator Bingham, appearing at his own request, told the committee that there had been nothing improper in the | employment of Eyanson; that Byanson had been loaned to him by the Manu- facturers' Association to aid him as an | expert on Connecticut’s industries. Eyanson, Senator Bingham told the committee, was retained on the pay roll of the Manufacturers' Association at the same time that he was in the serv- ice of Senator Bingham. It was de- received 810,000 a year from the Manu- facturers’ Association. Kept No Government Money. Senator Bingham said that Eyanson had been placed on the Senate pay roll when the finance committee began to hold secret sessions on the tariff, so that Eyanson could be subject to the discipline of the Senate. He said that while Eyanson drew the money from the Government he kept none of it | but turned it over to a secretary of Senator Bingham's who_temporary re- signed so that Senator Bingham might ve the services of an expert on Con- necticut industries. ‘The Connecticuit Senator was before the committee for than t (Continued REPARATIONS BANK | Adoption Allows Federal Re- serve to Adhere to System’s Policies. By the Associated Press. | BADEN-BADEN, Germany, October | 17.—The American delegation to the Bank of International Settlements Con- ference, led by M. A, Traylor of Chi- cago, today won its fight for the adop- tion of a veto clause having particular bearing on the position of the Federal | Reserve Bank. | The clause places the Fedefal Reserve Bank in the position of never having to assent to any international bank opera- tion or of having to dissent unless it so wishes and yet at the same time pre- vents the bank from doing anything contrary to Federal Reserve policies. The conferees also adopted the final text of the permissive ~International Bank functions, but the press subcom- | mittee has not divulged the details say- | ing that the provisions generally are ( those already contained in the annmex to the Young plan outlining the bank’s | proposed functions. It was denied today that the Inter- national Bank would speculate in ex- changes. W. T. Layton, British dele- gate, said: “The Bank of International Settlement is not primarily a bank for making profits on exchanges, but to fa- cilitate exchange. The mere mutual knowledge of the central bank when transfers occur should tend to stabilize exchanges."” BUENOS AIRES PLANE STARTS 8,000-MILE HOP Flying Bolt_Lenvsl at Dawn, With President of Air Line Aboard. The Buenos Aires, 20-passenger and mail flying boat of the New York, Rio & Buenos Aires Line, christened by Mrs. Herbert Hoover at the Anacostia Naval Afr Station recently, left at dawn Afres. The passenger list was headed by | Ralph A, O'Neill, president of the line. Albert Kelsey of the Pan-American Union, one of the 11 persons aboard, will be carried as far as Santo Domingo, where he is 1o look over an airport site in ‘which the union is interested. H. D. Ingalls, ¢hief maintenance engi- | neer of the line, two newsreel camera- men and a newspaper man complete the passenger list. William Grooch, veteran naval aviator, was chief pilot, with C Kirkeby as co-pilot. Two mechanics and a radio operator com- pleted the list. v By the Associated Pregs. CHICAGO, October 17.—One of the naive outdoor sports which Edward W, Hart Is Appointed U. S. Envoy to Persia. By the Associated Press. ‘The White House announced today that Charles ©, Hart of Oregon, at present Minister to Albania, had been r\ appointed Minister to Persia. Tunden has foresworn is tantalizing street car motormen. i Tunden, out driving in his automo- bile, !?k a violent dislike to a streel car which was doing its best to go north on Clark street. Tunden got in front of it and drove slowly. 'AKnmt car, in DRIVER LIK[::S TO TIE UP TROLLEY; COURT SAYS CEASE THIS FOLLY Motorman Wants Him Sent to Jail for Stopping Car While on Rail. a hurry, couldn’t do anything wbout it. The motorman began banging his bells, This served only to e: Iunden. who stopped his machine and refused to budge until he got good and | of his testimony before the Senate oil | | sponsibility for the decision of whether 'rate | pont DENBY IS BLAMED BY FALL DEFENSE Approval of Elk Hills-Pearl| Harbor Contracts Charged to Late Navy Head. Responsibility for the nqotllflonl and approval of the Elk Hills-Pearl Harbor contracts was placed squarely upon the late Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy under President Harding, by the defense today during the trial of Albert B. Fall. ‘The testimony of the dead official given during the earlier conspiracy trial of Fall and Edward L. Doheny, from whom he now is accused of accept $100,000 in connection with naval ol leases, was read to the jury by defense counsel, They used the testimony to bolster the contention that it was Denby who initiated the movement resulting in President Harding issuing an executive the administration of t order putting mvflfil lands in the hands of | “Beeretary. of the ] eontracts Denby's testimony was to the | effect tbat he was In constant com-| munica with the then Rear Admiral John K. Robison, chief of naval engi- neers, and was fully acquaini with the terms of the two contracis before he| signed them and issued the memoran- | dum giving full publicity to the press. Testimony Read to Jury. The testimony of the former naval secretary under cross-examination by | Government. counsel, as well as excerpts | investigating committee, were read to| the jury by Owen J. Roberts, special Government counsel. ‘This cross-examination brought to the attention of the jurors that Denby, dur- ing @ war council at the Navy Depart- ment, had declared that the manner of leasing the naval ofl lands was “full of dynamite.” “I do not want to have anything to do with it,” Denby sald at that time. The Government also brought out the fact that Denby had told the naval officers that he “did not want to have the re- leasing should or should not be done,” and had assumed the responsibility re- luctantly. The effect of Denby's earlier testi- mony for the defense was partially de- stroged under the long and gruelling cross-examination to which he was sub- jected at that time. Frequently he was compelled to rely on the reply, “I do not recall,” when pressed by Gov- ernment counsel to give specific details concerning s knowledge of the con- tracts and the events that transpired during their negotiation. , Testimony Is Read. Reading of the testimony of the for- mer cabinet officer occupled practically the entire time of the morning session. At the outset Capt. John K. Robison, who was a temporary rear admiral at the time of the_leasing, completed his testimony. Secretary Fall wrote to Robison early in the negotiations of the leases cording to his testimony, that “the old man (meaning Doheny) was in trouble and the Government might profit by his necessities.” The other witnesses this morning were Rear Admb Luther E. Gregory, chief of the Bureau of Docks and Yards, and Joseph A. Carey, ad- ministrative aid to Denby. Gregory merely testified to the effect that the policy of exchanging crude oil for fuel was determined by the general board of the Navy with the approval of Denby. who directed that arrangements made for the storage facilities at the Pearl Harbor base, This testimony was introduced to support_the defense claim that Denby virtually was responsible for the contracts. t was doubtful today whether Mr. will_take the stand before to- '@onfinfi_fi’on_fifi’zf Column 5.) RUSS PLANE DAMAGED; HOP SOUTH POSTPONED Control Wires Broken on Trans- ocean Craft, Reports Chief Pilot. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, October 17.—Broken con- trol wires, discovered just as the Rus- sian fiyers were preparing to taks off from Sand Point Field, caused t- ement today of the projected flight of the Soviet plane to Oakland, S. Shestakov, chief pilot, announced. ready. The motorman had him arrested for disorderly conduct. One of the things Tunden told Judge Hamlin when arraigned yesterday was that hereafter he would be very nice to etreet cars. Seattle, which has served as host to the flyers since they landed here last Sunday from Waterfall, Alaska, bade them farewell Il::d nbllh'ihl”r?’&bflfi gathering sponso: y the o s HOTEL FIRE KILLS 1000 citizens to wealth, position and busi- | Dinner Coat Popular White House Attire _ In Spite of Fashion By the Associated Press. ‘The dinner coat still is popular at the White House, even though the arbiters of fashion have de- creed that it is passe for all except the most informal of ocea- sions. President Hoover, whose dis- taste for formal dress of any kind is well known to his friends, makes a concession when there is & very state occasion, such as a dinner for a prime minister or an ambassador. Otherwise he appears for dinner in a tuxedo. And those who are invited to the White House for the rather large dinner gatherings of which the President and Mrs. Hoover are 50 fond are told beforehand that the “black tie” and the short coat are the things to wear. SEVEN, INJURES 12 Victims of Seattle Blaze Be- lieved to Have Been Suf- focated in Sleep. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., October 17.— Trapped by flames, seven persons lost | their lives and 12 others were burned or otherwise injured in a fire that swept through the Portland Hotel here early today. Piremen believed that all bodies had been recovered from the smoldering | ruins. Several of the injured were in a critical condition and some were not expected to live, The cause of the blaze was undeter- | mined. Firemen sald the seven who perished probably had suffocated while they slept. None could be identified at once. The building was an old brick structure. John Fitzhenry, who turned in the | alarm, said he saw the fire through a window of the hotel. He added that it looked as if it was burning on a stair- way. ‘The hotel was operated by U. Okada, a Japanese, whose wife was critically injured when she leaped from a third story window. The dead were all whits persons. Reports that several Japanese were burned to death in the living quarters of the proprietors were being investi- gated. Virtually all of the guests of the hotel were laborers living in the Pacific Northwest. Three firemen were overcome by smoke. There was very little blaze, but the dense smoke made fire fighting difficult, NEW ‘GET-RICH-QUICK'| VENTURE REPORTED Candidates Asi e‘:;o Down and $3 a Month and Sworn to Secrecy. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 17.—The Herald- Tribune today says that Hugh B. Mon- be | jar, founder of the Decimo Club, which went out of existence some time ago after an investigation by the State at- torney general’s fraud bureau, is now engaged “in the business of aiding 100,- ness independence at a cost to each candidate of $10 down and $3 & month." Accepted candidates are sworn, upon payment of their $10 initiation fee, tc hold in confidence all information in. trusted to them by Monjar and his as. sociates. Representatives of the company have disclosed that there is no printed litera- ture describing the service and that no advertising of any kind is undertaken. The “service” is permitted to grow by the chain system. Each acce) mem- ber selects from among his friends other young, ambitious business men ‘“‘suit- able” to join, = ‘The service of the company in return for the fee and dues is of an intangibie nature, A.| The Decimo Club, which was investi- gated by the authoritles in New York and other States in 1927, operated some- | what aleng the same general lines as | the present organization. Radio Programs—Page 45 ! TALAFERRD WL WELCONE INDURY Writes Letter Saying Charges Involving His Office Should Be Disposed Of. Any investigation of the departments under his supervision is welcomed by Commissioner Sidney F. Taliaferro. This statement from the Commissioner is contajned in & letter to Senator F. M. Sackett of Kentucky, chairman of & subcommittee of the Senate District committee, under consideration today. ‘The subcommittee plans to delve into the Police Department and United States attorney's office. Commissioner Taliaferro wrote that numerous editorials published in Wash- ington newspapers recently, if proved, ‘would show inefficiency and corruption and “If true should cause the immedi- | OB ate dismissal of” those concerned, and 4 untrue.* The in- the District Commis- nearly three years unswervi effort as an official of the District: of Columbia, and I can but deplore & blanket suggestion of possible inefficiency and corruption upon the part of the Commissioners, based upon ‘numerous reports and newspaper edi- torials and articles.’ " Senator Sackett said today he was not planning to make an immediate re- ply to the letter, adding that he did not regard an answer as necessary at the present time. The Senator said the let- ter had not been asked for, but he thought it was a fair statement. Text of Letter. Mr. Taliaferro's letter follows: “My Dear Senator Sackett: “On October 12, 1929, ther: was re- ferred to your subcommittee Senate res- olution 127, providing for an investiga- tion of the government of the District of Columbia. The preamble to the res- olution reads: ** ‘Whereas, numerous reports of news- paver editorials have appeared and are now daily appearing in reference to the official conduct of those in charge of the Police Department, the detective department, the district attorney's of- fice and the District Commissioners, and those public offices connected with the government of the District of Co- lumbis, which reports, if true, show in- efficlen:y and corruption in said gov- ernment, and which, if true, should cause the immediate dismissal of all who are connected with the control of these departments, and which, if not true, should be as early as possible shown to be exaggerated.’ “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia function under the law as & board, but, from- considerations of E;-etlnl necessity in the conduct of a isiness of over $40,000,000 annually, apportion and allot among themselves the several departments of the munici- pal government. Those branches of the municipal organization of which I have direct charge and responsibility are: Corporation counsel's office, au- ditor's office, assessor’s office, collector of taxes’ office, purchasing office, in- surance department, playground depart- ment and board of accountancy. The Board of Public Welfare, set up under authority of law to have direct control of all District of Columbia correctional and charitable institutions, reports through me to the Board of District Commissioners. Did Not Seek Office. “Having conscious of nearly three years of hard " (Continued on Page 2, Column been honored with an ap- | pointment which I did not seek, I am | MURDER 1S HINTED INSENATOR'S DEATH AS PROBE 1S BERUN Blease Tells Committee Let- ter Is Merely Opinion on Brandegee’s Fate. | TWO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FIRST TO BE CONSIDERED | Group to Decide Today Scope of Investigation of Conduct of Police Here. As the senatorial subcommittee went into executive session early this after- noon to determine what its course of procedure should be in handling the proposed irivestigation of police affairs, | Senator Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina, revealed that he had received & letter from a woman expressing the belief that the late Senator Frank B. Brandegee of Connecticut was mur- dered. Senator Brandegee was found dead in his home here in October, 1924, and his death was held by the coroner to have been suicide by inhaling gas. Senator Blease said this letter was included collection of correspond- ence which he would turn over to the subcommittee when it meets this after- noon to decide on a course of lure in going into the various matters that | have been raised relating to manage- ment of police affairs and the District Attorney’s office. Only An Opinion. Senator Blease indicated that he had no information bearing on the death of Senator Brandegree other than the ex- pression of opinion contained in the let- ter received by him, and that he was merely passing it on to the subcommit- tee, along with the other information that had come to him regarding police { adjourns afternoon at which time he said would discuss freely whatever it decided u PSenator Blease, author of the resolu- | tion under which the subcommittee is| operating, will ask the subcommittee to take steps to find out two things Im- mediately: 3 H "Two Specific Questions. rst, whether there was delay in ::: Pl denied such permits. Greater interest attaches, however, to the question of what the subcommiitee will decfde to do toward inquiring info g-l-m- of police bungling in the Me- shot in an alley in Georgetown three years ago, clutching a torn necktie in his hand. Some members of the Senate District en;hndmbt:e have u':en the i:" that it w unwise to begin investigating the police handling of cases while those cases are in court. It is for the subcommittee to decide -tdt:: u‘:mgm this :uem* ‘when | and how 2 - e view also as been expreaséd. That the subcommittee could inguire into whether the police were inefficient with- out affecting other phases of the case. TRIES FOR FLIGHT MARK. | Aviation Endurance Record. MONTECELIO, Italy, October 17 (). —The Italian aviator ace, Maj. Maddalera, hero of the Italia rescue, took off at 7:22 am. (1:22 am. East- ern standard time) in his Savow Marchetti S-64 to establish a new en- durance flight record. He was accom- panied by a fellow pilot, Cecconi. Maj. Maddalena had with him a few pounds less than eight tons of fuel. He rose easily after a run of 5.000 feet. The plane carried a speci variable “nf arrangemert permitting nam. with emnedlmwer and take- | a. off with an abnormal Cecconl will accom on a transatlantic November. FACE LASH—CHAEGES. Four Gastonia Mill Workers Are Indicted as Floggers. CONCORD, N. C., October 17 (#). Indictments today formally were re- turned by the Cabarrus County grand Jury against four employes of Gastonia cotton mills on of and Ben Well, worker, and C. B. Lell, Gastonia. men. was expected to noon, iny flrl.hb attempt in I Italian Ace Takes Off to )relk!d Maddalens | & DOUGHERTY GALLS ONPRATTTOPROBE ALLEN'S ACTHTY Officer Is Quoted as Saying He Would Investigate Dis- trict Attorney’s Office. ARREST OF MOFFATT CAUSES LATEST MOVE Chief Says Precinct Captain Should Have Turned Case Over to Detectives. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty today called on Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, for an investi- grilon and report of the latest activity of Policeman Robert J. Allen, who was quoted in a morning paper as saying that he was about te investigate the district attorney’s office. In making the order, however, Mr. Dougherty said that he had repeatedly ordered statements of Allen appearing in the press to be investigated, and that in each case Allen had denied making the statements. Allen’s latest move came in connec- tion with the arrest of William Lee Moffatt last night on a charge of lar- cency after trust. According to Allen, he received a complaint from Harrison Orndorft of 1321 Fairmont street, that Moffatt. misused certain money in- trusted to him. Allen Goes to Capt. Doyle. is now assigned, ar asked permission to investigate it. Ac- cording to the police regulations a cap- tain may put a private in plain clothes time for special in to exceed three Allen the arrest followed. 3 Maj. Pratt said today that the normal course to have followed would have been | for Capt. Doyle to the Detective Bureau, would have been one of the with such mal 1 3 by chauf- feur, who waited outside while the hear- ing was in progress, and then, by man- Allen Hints at More Cases. “1 know of two other cases inst MofTfatt,” l"olleemn Allen -fin ch‘me' to make restitution before prose- cuting. | “"Allen said that one of the other cases involved $54.000, and that Jonas A. Rudolph &IH:OU l’_'l"tnet'::lm is & complain - thousand flagln is involved lnh-&e other case, ‘he sald. Y“hm{n afternoon Allen said: “1 intehd to investigate immediately why | (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. “GOING DOWN IN MIDATLANTIC,” | ARMY-NAVY FOOT BALL SAYS NOTE Message- Believed That of Aviator Who Was Lost Year Department Chiefs Doubtful, but Ago in Flight for London. By the Associated Press. KINKAWLAGE, Donegal, Irish Free State, Oetober 17.—A penciled note reading “Going down in Midatlantic, engine trouble,” found off the Don- egal coast in & rusty tin yesterday, is believed here to be that of Lieut. Comdr. H. C. MacDonald, who was lost in an unsuccessful attempt to fly from Harbor Grace to London just a year ago. ‘The note has been sent to Mrs. Mi | Donald. for possible identification. Brit- | ish officers at Fort Lenan and civie guards who have seen the note declared | they were satisfied as td its authenticity, Lieut. Comdr. MacDonald left Harbor | Grace in a tiny Moth plane October 17 1928. He was last seen about 700 mil out at sea after his take-off, apparent! all well. The note found yesterday ws written on the leaf of a diary, from which the date had been erated was signed by what appeated to be [cDonnell.” New York lice had turned over to them late In last October a note found near Staten Island which read. “Down oft the coast of Ireland. Capt. Mac- Donald.” They considered that message : | committee Britten Still Sees Hope in Hoover. Officials of hoth the War and Na the West Fall ‘hairman Britten of the House naval had suggested a