Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and continued cold tonight; to- morrow, fair and warmer. ¢ ‘Temperatures—Highest, 61, at 2:30 &m. yesterday: lowest, 37, at 7 am. to- . Full report on page 9. Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 31,216, TTGmed Weskingion. hite D. C. he Fp WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. Ty ening Sfar Associated service. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1929 —SIXTY-TWO PAGES. * The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,939 (®) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. JAPANESE SUPPORT -~ HOOVER'S ATTITUDE ON REDUCING ARMS Note to Britain Says Cut Is Preferred to Limitation of Navies. FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ON CONFERENCE PLANNED Text of Reply to Parley Invitation Delivered to Secretary by Ambassador. By the Associated Press, Full support of President Hoover's snnounced policy of naval reduction, as contrasted with limitation, was ex- pressed by Japan in accepting the Brit- ish invitation to the five-power confer~ ence to be held at London in January. ‘The Japanese note of acceptance was transmitted to Secretary Stimson by the British foreign office and a copy was delivered by Ambassador Debuchi here. The text was made public today by the State Department. In addition, the Japanese government expressed complete willingness to en- gage in negotiations with Great Britain prior to the conference, in order to fa- cilitate the work of the parley itself. ‘The Japanese attitude toward the pro- visional agreement between the Wash- ington and London governments, the note said, will be communicated to the British’ foreign office in the course of the discussions to precede the January conference. Text of Note. ‘The text of the note was as follows: “1. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note dated October 7, informing me of a provisional and informal agreement reached between the prime mi!.:l-m “do:,h‘ An:gul‘-;’;u; oty iting the oy S e, e the the of Jan: uary, mo,“n! also agreeable to my gov- ernment. South Africa Told Year of Economic Depression Is Due By Cable to The Star JOHANNESBURG, South Af- rica, October 18.—A striking warning to the people of South Africa was made in a statement by Premier Hertzog at the closing of the Nationalist Congress at Bloemfonte. “There is no need for a panic in the next 18 months,” he said, “but the country must expect & decline in prosperity. In fact, the next 12 months might be the worst period known in many years. South Africa is now going to have a period of economic de- pression and it behooves its citi- zens to be of good cheer and to look hopefully for better times.” (Copyright, 1929.) STIMSON NAMED NAVAL SPOKESMAN Gibson and Jones Expected to Act as Chief Advisers at London Parley. By the Associated Press. Secretary Henry L. Stimson, who took a leading part in the recent Anglo- American naval discussion, has been chosen by President Hoover to act as chief American spokesman when thesg negotiations reach their fruition in the coming London conference. Possibly the Secretary of State may be the only delegate appointed, but as yet there have been no indications of the President’s views on the size of the commission -that is to represent the Washington Government. There is, NURSE VOLUNTEERS T0 GVE TESTINONY N WPHERSON CASE Former Acquaihtance of Dead Woman Coming Here From New York. BUREAU DENIES REPORT WARRANT WAS ISSUED Mrs. Billie Lindsay Moved From Apartment Two Weeks Before Body Was Found. Mrs. Billle Lindsay, a nurse, said to have been acquainted with Mrs. Vir- ginia McPherson, strangled wife of Robert A. McPherson, jr., was expected here from New York today for ques- tioning by Department of Justice agents in connection with their investigation of the McPherson mystery. Mrs. Lindsay, formerly an occupant of an apartment in the Park Llne,l where Mrs. McPherson came to her death with a pajama belt looped about her neck, was located in New York by Federal operatives and it was sald she order to augment information being col- standpoint. women had been assoclated in a pro- hcwever, a strong impression here that no other delegates will be named. At any rate, whether or not they go as delegates, it is confidently expected that Hugh S. Gibson, American Ambas- sador to Belgium, and Rear Admiral Hilary Jones, U. S. N., retired, will be present at London to act as Stimson’s chief advisors. Both served as dele- tes to the unsuccessful tripartite conference of 1927, and each been intimately assoclated with naval discussions since tha In view a{e the fact that a treaty pro- coming conference would have to nfiMw‘hfl:!emunhu some members of that val . Such a eourse t Harding in ranking minority committee, have been President ‘Thom; the | son is employed at the bank where has been left for the % BLACKMER FINE ques tions that are to be laid before the con- ference. The success of the forthcom- ing conference no doubt depends in a large measure upon the satisfactory is- sue of such discussions, and my government confidently trust that the informal conversations between the British government and myself on questions of special moment will be carried on and completed before these questions are presented to the confer- ence for final adjustment. “4. In your note under review, it is intimated that the British government propose to communicate to me in due course their views as to the subjects for discussions at the conference. The Japanese government are looking for- ward to such a communication with keen interest, and, on their part, they will be glad to furnish the British gov- ernment with a corresponding com-: munication as desired. Agree on Starting Point. “5. With regard to the four points of principle mentioned in your note as the subject of provisional agreement be- tween the British and American gov- ernments, the Japanese government hopes to be able to submit their. ob- servations in the course of the informal conversations which I shall shortly per- mit myself to hold with the British government. They would, however, make use of this occasion to answer you of their cordial support of the principle that the treaty for the renun- ciation of war, signed at Paris in 1928, | Robe) sh.uld be taken as the starting point for all discussions on disarmament. ‘They feel confident that the sense of pational security inspired by the pro- vision of that treaty in the mutual re- lations of the contracting powers will pave the way for the final settlement of the outstanding questions relative to naval disarmament. “6. In conclusion, I am instructed to express the sincere and earnest hope of the Japanese government that the con- ference will succeed in the adoption of plans calculated to promote interna- tional peace and good will, and to re- lieve humanity of the heavy burden of armament, whether existing or contem- lated. It is not merely the limitation, ut also the reduction of armament, that all nations should seek to attain.” PLANS MORE CONVERSATIONS. Premier Macdonald to Talk Informally ‘With Three Other Powers. OTTAWA, October 18 (#).—Conversa- tions with France, Italy and Jlmn, in the same informal manner whicl characterized his talks with President Hoover, will be Premier Ramsay Mac- donald’s next step in his crusade for e disciosed this Inst night in an ad- fore the political leaders of the g)‘:r;!finbkem at a ?I.innzr at Parliament ‘Building. Describl his mission to the United States u"x’l’crely one of good will, with ORDERS SIGNED Attorneys Note Appeal From Sid- dons’ $60,000 Levy on Ex-0il Official. Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the District of Columbia Supreme Court to- day signed formal orders assessing fines totaling $60,000 against Harry M. Black- mer, former president of the Midwest Oil Co., who is sojourning in Prance and who failed to appear when called as a Government witness in the ol con- spiracy cases. Attorneys George Gordon Battle of New York and Charles S. Wilson of ‘Washington noted an ‘appeal from the orders and have 20 days from today to file a bond of $500 for costs of the ap- peal. when a stay of execution will granted on the security of $100,000 in bonds impounded by United States Mar- shal Edgar C. Snyder in a safe deposit box of the National Savings & Trust Co. The court directs that in the event the fines are upheld on appeal, the mar- shal shall proceed to sell the securities held him to satisfy the fines and costs of the proceeding. The orders were submitted to the court by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Special Oil Attorneys Atlee Pomercne and Owen J. rts. CHURCHILL SEES HOOVER. Former British Cabinet Member Calls at White House. ‘Winston Churchill, former chancellor of the exchequer of Great Britain, who is touring the United States, called at the White House today to pay his re- spects to President ricover. He was accompanied by Lord Feversham and Ronald Campbell, charge d'affaires at No Warrants Issued. trict attorney’s office fessional way in their work as nurses. | dictments returned by the gran in connection with the King, the Chinese who was found shot LETTERS 10 ASK POLICE FAGTS FOR SENATE PROBERS “ Sackett Says Officials WHI Be €alled Upon for Several Specific Explanations. QUESTIONS HANDLING LEE KING INDICTMENTS Allen Suspension and Methods of Issuing Permits for Weapons Are Points. While special investigators are work- ing quietly to find out what basis there may be for the general charge of“in- efficiency and corruption” in the Dis- trict government, the Senate police sub- committee will proceed at once to get answers to the several specific questions raised by Senator Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina, in his investigating res- olution. This, in a nutshell, was the course of action agreed upon by the subcommittee when it met in executive session at the Capitol yesterday afternoon and went readily volunteered to give the Govern- | over the various portions of the Blease ment any information in her possession. | resolution. * i it ol A Jars. Lindsay's testimony is destred in |3 et Do tmced. hat Jetters would be written immediately to the lected on Mrs. McPherson's life, both |appropriate local officials asking for full from a professional as well as domestic | information on the following specific It is understood the two |matters raised in the resolution: hether th delay in the dis- Wi ler there was o y ting in- d jury death of Lee A published report that a warrant|on the street last Summer. had been issued for the arrest of a woman witness in the McPherson case pension of Policeman Robert J. Alle: who launched a one-man investigation What the reasons were for the w;- was denied emphatically at the Bureau | into the death of Mrs. Virginia McPher- of Investigation. No warrants of any kind have been issued for any one, and son after, the detective bureau had cluded it was suicide. The subcommit- tee took the view that the recent res- con- no arrests are contemplated at this|toration of Allen to duty did not re- time, The Star learned. The report is |move the necessity for inquiring into attributed to the fact that a subpoena | his sus| was issued, @s a matter of form, for one out-of-town witness, but the sum- giving full information on the issuance of permits to carry con- cealed weapons, p:!th regard to which mons was not served because the wit- | Senator Blease sald he understood such mess volunteered to r, ved from the Park |of ts could be obtained by one group local Chinese, but are denied to an- mber 3, two | other group. McP] ‘With regard to the subcommittee reopen of Mrs, McPherson’s life and associa- tions as a nurse. Meanwhile Jusjice agents continued questioning other persons thought to have information which may help in the Sapitars greatest muraer mystery. 's m ] . Eliot H.. Thom . and Mrs. McPherson, ‘were in conference this morning with Thomas F. en, of the examination of witnesses. Mr. - McPherson was a bookkeeper, In his capacity, on the side, of a minister, Mr. Thompson formed the marriage ceremony which united the young nurse from China Grove and the youthful bank clerk and foot ball player. Mrs. McPherson. At times during the ensuing months of the couple's short married career, Mr. Thompson's services were sought as friend and adviser, and he learned of the difficulties which eventually were to estrange the two. Mr. Thompson said today he and Mrs. Thompson paid a visit to Virginia McPherson in her apartment on the night before she is supposed to have been choked to death. r. Thompson said Mrs. McPherson on that occasion seemed rather de- pressed. Her husband had left her after a quarrel a day or so previously. Mr. Thompson declared, .however, that Sackett given several witnesses in! nmwuld be put to work to check up on this information. the in writing on these specific matters, but with regard to the general allega- tions the Police Departm against the District' attorney’s office and local government generally, contained in the preamble of the resolution, the subcommittee wants to -have thorough inquiries made to find out what founda- tion exists for these launching upon formal hearings. fore, mfichell it a trained investigator of signed to do this ‘'work for the sub- committee. said, the subcommittee could engage a representative of its own also. Serivener Witnesses Given. request that the the case of the in | ginning tonight. the mmu“pA (wrnoo:;‘t . terday a mwhn, it was said, tively simple task for ittee to call for full data It is a com) sul ent, the charges before Senator Sackett's first move, there- is to ask Attorney General Department of Justice can be as- If necessary, the Senator The Senator said that all informa- tion gathered for the subcommittee in this manner would be taken down by the investigator under oath. The sub- committee has power to sul ibpoena wit- nesses, and if any official or individual should be reluctant to give informa- tion to the investigator, Senator Sackett said the ‘subcommittee could summon Virginia at no time,intimated she had | such a witness. any thought of ending her life, and he is loath now to believe she did so, de- sgl.u the findings of a coroner’s jury to that effect. ‘The Thompsons are believed to have given the Federal investigators an in- timate first-hand picture of the Mc- Phersons’ home life, based on their visits to the McPherson threshold in times of domestic unrest. Parents Questioned. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. McPherson, sr., parents of the boy who now stands charged by the grand jury with wil- fully murdering his wife, were ques- tioned for several hours yesterday afternoon. They are said to have told freely and frankly of their knowledge of the trou- bles of their son and daughter-in-law. It was the first time the parents have been cluestloned by the Government, which been given the responsibility of prosecuting their son on the first- degree murder charge. v Letters Being Prepared. ©O. H. Brinkman, clerk of the Senate District committee, today is preparing, at the direction of Senator Sackett, the several letters that will set in motion program outlined at yesterday's executive session. One letter will be to thé Department of Justice, asking for the assistance of an investigator to look charges made in the resolution. other will be to Supt. of Police Pratt, calling for the report on the suspension of Policeman Allen. District Attorney Rover will be asked for the report on the handling of the Lee King investigation and the Police Court will be requested to submit the report on concealed weapon into the general An- death permits. - The letter which Senator Blease sald esterday he had received trom along with the correspond- keyed to a high pitch as, they await |ence on the other matters, Senator the report of experts now studying | Blease merely passed it on to the sub- X-ray photographs of Mrs. McPherson’s | committee. along with other informa- body. plates is reported to have indicated that important _developments may result from the Roentgen examination. The report of the experts is not expected be- fore Monday. The imporfance being attached to the X-ray inquiry is regarded as sig-' nificant, in view of the first report that the preliminary surgical examination of the body failed to disclose anything im- portant. Intimation that the subsequent | y, Preliminary examination of the | tion that has come to him, and the sub- committee took no action regarding it yesterday. was held to be suicide by the coroner. Senator Brandegee's death Senator Sackett said the subcommit- tec would go thoroughly into all the questions raised in the resolution, but he indicated it was the intention of the senatorial group to sensational o manner as possible. in as un- All members of the subcommittee ere present with Chairman Sackett development of X-ray plates revealed | yesterday, namely: Senators Jones, Re- something overlooked by the surgeons | p the British embassy. has given new weight to the autopsy. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 18.—In his hour of triumph, Philip Keafta fell and hurt himself. no desired to impose its will on the wor] adt the five-] intention of entering into any agreements, hztminu!d out there is & |ernoon all dressed up like Asto; world - outside United States and | Some one asked him Wwho Great Britain and that neither counv.g promptly at 1 o'clock yeiterday aft- Astor's horse. was President ve the n the United States and he of the correct. u.nmr.' He knew wi of APPLICANT FOR "'POLI',I'ICAL” JOB BREAKS ANKLE IN PHYSICAL TEST Keafta appeared at the city hall |p; times, held his breath 45 seconds and Republican, | Democrat, of New York and Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina. 6,000-TON FIGHTING SHIP ublican, of Washington: Vandenberg, of ~Michigan; Copeland, \ : /J. ) 9 DEG s arih A O U4 News Note: T \| N Sl (! L The Starlings Are Again Causing the Authorities Much Concern. a Woman Who expressed the belief that leaders of the House and Senate believe the death of the late Senator Brandegee of Connecticut, in this city in 1924, was murder, was turned over to the sub- Interest of the Federal authorities is | committee LAUNCHED BY GERMANY Knows Who’s President, When Declaration Was Signed |Largest Cruiser of New Navy, Be- and Chins Self, but Falls in Taking Hurdle. ing 575 Feet Long With 54- Foot Beam. any, 6,000-ton was within one test of attaining his | Leipzig, was launched here today. It is ambition. There remained the proposi- tion of hurdling a bar 3 feet 6 inches ‘g‘llfll crossed the bar with room to spare, but his descent was not as g;uml as it might have been. He ke his ankle. ‘They carried him away to the pital. Today his ankle was happy. He was informed that passed the had tlon for dog bte fai h " Radio the third cruiser to bear. that name. ‘The vessel was christened by the widow of the captain of a former Leip- zig which was sunk at the battle of z:lkllnd Islands in 1914, her dedica- I;ord; being “To the rescue of the ‘The ship is 575 feet long and has a hurt, but he |beam of 54 feet. Programs—Page 56. a WILHELMSHAFEN, Germ: Oc- Then Keafta chinned himself 45 |tober 18 (#).—The largest cruiser of the new German navy, the REPUBLICANS MAP TARIFF BILL PLANS Three Steps Agreed Upon to Hasten Measure to Final Senate Action. By the Assoclated Press. Mindful that President Hoover wants the tariff out of the way when the reg- ular session begins, Republicon l-ad. ers mapped out a program today to ex- pedite the measure*through the Senate at the earliest possible moment. ‘Three steps were agreed upon: First, the finance committee Repub- licans to meet daily and decide cn what amendments might be accepted without debate. Second, to propose nighit sessions, be- “/‘Third,-convene the Senate at 10-in~ stead of 11 o'clock each morning if night sessions should not be possible. Conference Unexpected. The conference was called unex- pectedly. It included Republican mem- bers of the finance committee and a large group of regular Republican Senators. “The meeting was for the purpose of deciding some means to expedite the bill,” Senator Watson, the Republican leader, said afterward. He added that the finance committee majority at its daily meetings would de- termine what new amendments offered by the opposition coalition of Demo- crats and Western Republicans and the regulars could be accepted, thus ob- viating debate. Chairman Smoot of the finance committee, arr: to seek agreement on night sessions later in the day. Both Democratic and Western Republican spokesmen have expressed vigorous op- position to the evening meetings. ‘Will Speed Sessions. The consensus of those attending the conference appeared to be that the bill could not possibly be sent to the Presi- dent before the special session expires at noon December 2, but that the Sen- ate should go ahead with the measure under a speeding-up program. Indifference to the tariff bill as it is now being written by the Senate and the possibiiity of obtaining more beneficlal import rates on agricultural products through the machinery of the present law are leading President Hoover to the view that the tariff debate should not be extended into the regular session of Congress. ‘The President’s dissatisfaction with the Senate bill is no secret in well in- formed circles here. His indifference is due in large part to the elimination of the flexible provisions of the present law under which the Chief Executive is empowered, after an investigation by the tariff commission, to raise or crease rates by 50 per cent. May Veto Measure. His desire for a continuance of this authority is such, in fact, that many (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) LEGISLATION ASKED FOR ARMY ENGINEERS Secretary Good Seeks to Carry Out Program as to Inland and Great Lakes Waterways. By the Associated Press, To ald in carrying out the adminis- tration’s program of unbroken adminis- tration of inland and Great Lakes waterways, Secretary Good has proposed legislation to the House military com- mittee to exempt Army Engineers from duty with combatant troops. With the recent appointment of Maj. HINDENBURG RESENTS PLEBISCITE PHRASE Paragraph Four of Nationalist Ap- peal Unjustifiable Personal Po- litical Attack, He Says. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, October 18.—President von Hindenburg today took occasion to con- demn as an unjustifiable and regre table personal pars graph four of the Nationalist plebiscite appeal which would punish as traitors ministers signing the Young plan or other national obligations. The President requested Chancellor fiu}eflu to inform the cabinet accord- gly. RUM RING RECORDS SHOW BRIBES PAID DOHENY RETELLS OL LEASE STOR Japanese Peril Plea Caused Pearl Harbhor Tanks Work, Fall Jury Told. Edward L. Doheny, millionaire oil man of Los ‘hom 3 W] the Govern: ment charges that Albert B. Fall ac- - | & representative LOBBY COMMITTEE QUESTIONS EXPERT REGARDING LETTER Seeksb Statement on Mean- ing of “Results” Referred to by Association Head. ASK'ED ABOUT RELATIONS WITH JOSEPH R. GRUNDY Eyanson Insi Work for Senator Bingham Was in Caphcity as Clerk. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Senate lobby committee today inquired further into the employment of-C. L. Eyanson of the Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association by Senator Bingham of Connecticut to aid him in his work as a member of the Senate ham and in which Mr. Hubbard said, “You have done a great deal more than ‘The members of the committee sought again and again to obtain from the witness some definite statement regard- ing the meaning of this letter, which also spoke of the “results” which Mr. Eyanson had accomplished, declaring them to be far-reaching. ‘The committee also inquired about Mr. P turers’ ition, who has been cl Mr. for Senator Bingham as Senator n‘ln‘hllnot’l Manufacturers’ cepted a $100,000 bribe in re-leasing of | atten the Elk Hills in Syndicate’s Account Book |S5uE.he "Reveals $2,000,000 Profits in Six Months. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 18.—Entries in & small black account book showing $2,000,000 profits in six months, huge sums paid for bribery, ships and liquor, revealed today 'the proportions of the syndicate which Federal officials charge monopolized liquor smuggling along the Atlantie Coast. The account book was seized with other records at the mansion in High- lands, N. J.. headquarters of the ring, when Federal and State officers made 32 raids along a 200-mile front in a drive against the syndicate Wednes- day. William J. Calhoun, prohibition ad- ministrator for New Jersey, said the little book, about 5 by 10 inches, con- tained, in addition to notations showing the profits which were divided in ratios of 7 to 23 per cent among the members, closely written memoranda of large sums paid to local officers for protec- tion. Bank Records to Be Asked. Notations showed, he said, that last March the syndicate spent $700,000 in Montreal “for ships, the purchase of liquor and operating expenses.” Calhoun said that seven banks in New Jersey, Manhattan and Brooklyn with which the ring did business would be called upon to produce their records of the transactions. James E. Wilkinson, assistant United States attorney, declared that the three banks in New Jersey where the smug- glers had accounts were obviously un- aware of the nature of their clients’ business. He also denounced lawyers who he charged gave legal advice to she syndicate. “It i3 no secret that this mob of bootleggers is more or less hooked up with the gang of Scarface Al Capone,” ‘Wilkinson added. United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle, in announcing that the three Federal districts in Marhattan, Brook- lyn and New Jersey would co-operate in the prosecution of the syndicate, said: “This ring not only was conducting smuggling of contraband on an enor- mous scale, with ramifications in Eng- land, Canada and eclsewhere, but, by practice, virtually monopolizing this business of illegal importation.” Score Free Under Bail. A score of men en in the simul- taneous raids were free under bail to- day, the highest being that of Malcolm McMasters, radio operator, arrested in the smuggler’s station. He was held in $30,000 bond in Trenton, N. J., Federal Court. Search is being made for three others mentioned in_the indictments, William Harbor to strengthen the Hawailan base against possible attack. ‘Witness in Tears. At one time during his tes! Mr, Doheny broke down and wept when mention was made of his son, the late Edward L. Doheny, jr., who was killea some months ago. Counsel had asked him how he first became acquainted with Admiral Robison. Mr. Doheny said Robison had come tc him with ' Mr. Eyanson said think the langu: minutes cor- rectly e!vrwed"&l“lhlm. a cross-examination witness by Senator Blaine of Wisconsin it was de that had been the Pearl Harbor project because ke |and had known him when——. At this poinf the witness faltered, and finally stam- mered, “Through an officer of his :mg; The officer was Doheny’s son, Wi had served with the former admiral during the World War. Unable to con- tinue through tears that rolled down his cheeks, the witness paused. was a dead silence for a moment as he tried to recover his composure. Mrs. Doheny, who sat among the spectators, was visibly affected. Frank J. Hogan, chief defense counsel, led the witness off on another track and the incident passed over. “Fall Requested Loan.” Just a few minutes before Doheny had related to the jury the 44-year friendship with Fall and the latier's personal request for a loan of $100,000 with which to saf water rights of his New Mexican the purchase of Harris Ranch. ‘The witness related simply also the story of the mutilated note which Fall had given in return for what the de- fense claims was a loan between two old friends. Mrs, Carrie Estelle Doheny, gl;edvlously had told how her- husband torn Fall's signature from the note asking her to guard it carefully so that, in event of their deaths, the executors of the estate would not press Fall for paymert. % During his dramatic recital of the sup) Japanese menace, Doheny, in his_agitation, turned to the jury and said with emphasis, “It was a menace, t00.” He told how Robinson had described to Henry M. Barry, porarily as I:lel‘kwo( Senator Blaine questioned Mr. son about a personal check for !l.mé There | which Senator Bingham had sent Eyanson after he left Washington. son said that he had not yet cashed the check, although he still had it and that P S e R na W] it was the right thing to do. S “If you can just your various employments.” said Senator Blaine, “I might be able to advise you.” Senator Blaine said that apparently Eyanson did work for Bingham, which would entitle him to pay; that a parently Eyanson had not thought was working for the Government, be- cause he did not take the pay from the Go'l";e "ltnL did not agree to this, ess bl . He sald that he had been working for Senator Bingham, who was a Govern- the dangerous situation of the fleet, |said that of mobilization orders and of the hor- rors ‘that an invansion would incur. Oil in Secret Storage. Doheny said the naval officer told him Japan had millions of barrels of oil in secret storage at the time. “It was fortunate that the Japan earthquake destroyed this oil,” the - ness remarked, turning toward the jury. The California earthquake occurred ir 1923. two years after Doheny's confer- ence with the naval officer who had charge of negotiations of the Pearl Har- bor oil contract for the department. The courtroom was crowded today in anticipation of Mr. Doheny’s appear- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) (Continued on Page.2, Column 7.) WHEN MRS. McGRAW WANTS TO.GO Gen. Lytle Brown as chief of Engineer: President Hoover caused a reorganiza- tion of the corps to decentralize au- thority at Washington and place officers in charge of important projects. Under Fecuy responible for the Brojsets: snd rectly re e for the projects, an are to have unbroken administration for of years. des' Gen. Brown, who has eight years to serve before retirement because of age, three officers who recently have been assigned. to important work would be affected. They are: Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Jackson, president of the Mississippi River Commission and who is.in charge of flood control and water- way work on the lower Mississippi. Lieut. Col. George B. Spaulding, in charge of the development of the ugger ippi, Missouri, Illinois and kl(:n Tam, Who'8 o supervise. e propesed am, Wi super dcveilmmem of the Great un':" to the Atlantic waterway. PLACES, WHY SHE’S GOING PLACES it Woman, 73 and Quite a Gadder, Locked in by Daughter, Gets Out After Three Years. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, October 18.—Mrs. Agnes McGraw is 73 years old, and likes to go out and meet people. Her daugh- ur,"vlm whom she !Pves. is opposed to it. N Mrs. McGraw had her daughter and son-in-law, the Charles Smiths, arrested yesterday for disorderly conduct. She saild they locked her up and even had beaten her when she tried to get out. She had been kept behind locked doors and barred windows for three years, she told Jug‘lmmhtm. th explained. “Mother likes opportunity to speak to Senator Bing- 'k and that as a ll:ll'fl‘e’r of fact he had left it at his otel yesterday morning. “Did you attempt to return i to Senator Bingham yesterday afternoon?” asked Senator Walsh. ‘The witness said no, that Senator Bingbam had had “a strenuous morn- ing” before the committee yesterday and that he himself had had other engage- ments_for yesterday afternoon. The committee adjourned after its morning session today until Monday , when it will continue its- ex- amination of officials of the Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association. to wear hats too young for her, and she gets too friendly with the neighbors,” she said. “The only himself dufln’ the time here working for Senator letter from Mr. Hubbard dIymm under date of July 19, 1929,