Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain this afternoon and tonight; slightly colder tonig! partly cloudy and colder. « ‘Temperatures—Highest, at 12:30 [0.m. yesterday; lowest. 65, at 1 a.m. today. Full report on page 11. Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ) ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,972 Enfered_as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. - 31,220. WASHINGTON, . ©., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29 1929 —FORTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS. (#) Means Associated Press. 'SUSPENSION OF DOYLE AND ALLEN SOUGHT OF D. C. HEADS BY PRATT Chief Recommends Early Trial of Both on Charges to Be Preferred Later. HOLDS CAPTAIN INSUBORDINATE IN SUSTAINING AIDE’S ACTION Situation Lowers Morale of Force, He fays and Indicates Desire for Steps to Preserve Discipline. Buspension of Capt. Robert E. Doyle of the eighth precinct and Policeman Robert J. Allen of his command was suggested to the District Commissioners today by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, as a dramatic sequel to Capt. Doyle's outspoken defense of Allen’s activities yesterday. In an official report to the Commissioners, Maj. Pratt accused Doyle and Allen of insubordination and indicated he desired their suspension from duty “in the interest of discipline” and pointed out that both officers should be tried as soon as possible before the Police Trial Board on charges to be preferred later. Maj. Pratt contended that Capt. Doyle, in sustaining Allen in his recent criticism of the United States attorney's office, shares equally the responsibility for the policeman’s insubordinate action and expressed the belief that the situation which has resulted “has a natural tendency to the further destruction of the morale of the department.” Now Up to Commissioners. The move of Maj. Pratt placed squarely upon the Commissioners the responsibility of suspending Doyle and Allen—an unusual pro- cedure, since the major and superintendent has authority to suspend an officer before seeking approval of his action. Maj. Pratt, however, obviously adopted this plan in view of the recent action of the Com- missioners in restoring Allen to duty from a previous suspension against his strenuous objection. By this action the Commissioners literally took Allen’s case directly out of Pratt’s hands. The text of Maj. Pratt’s report to the Commissioners: “I submit herewith correspondence which resulted from my action on October 17 requesting through his commanding officer a statement from Private R. J. Allen as to whether or not he was cor- rectly quoted in a newspaper article dated October 17, 1929, to the effect that he, Private Allen, intended to investigate the action of the United States district attorney’s office in the handling of two in- dictments which had been found against William Lee Moffatt. “Attention is invited to Allen's reply, which is attached hereto, and to the indorsement from me to Capt. Doyle, his commanding officer, under date of October 19, and the reply of Capt. Doyle under date of October 21. “There can be no question as to the attitude of insubordination shown in both letters and in my opinion this is an illustration of the inevitable result of the restoration of Private Allen to duty. You will recall that I stated to the Board of District Commissioners that in my opinion there was no useful service which Private Allen could perform in the department, anticij at the time of that statement some results as those which have lowed. “Influenced by Allen’s Attitude.” “It is also apparent that Oapt. Robert E. Doyle, the commanding officer of the precinct to which Allen was transferred, has been in- fluenced by the attitude of Private Allen and is equally responsible for his actions in submitting a letter in which he sustains the private in his conduct, not only toward the department, but in his criticism of the office of the United States district attorney. “The situation developed herein has a natural tendency to the further destruction of the morale of the department, and I suggest that it is essential in the interest of discipline that the Commis- sioners suspend both Capt. Robert E. Doyle and Pvt. R. J. Allen, pend- ing trial of charges to be formulated as a result of the attached correspondence. g “It must be recognized that the maintenance of discipline is of paramount importance and must take &)recedence over any con- sideration of hardship which may be suffered by these officers due to the loss of pay which may be the result of an indefinite suspension. Suggests Early Trial. “The charges to be formulated should be tried before the Metro- politan Police Trial Board at the earliest possible moment.” The charges to be preferred against Capt. Doyle and en prob- ably will be formulated in the corporation counsel’s office, Since Maj. Pratt in his report indicated he expected the Commissioners to refer the correspondence to that office for that purpose. The Commissioners were not at the District Building when Maj. Pratt submitted the report. With other District officials, they were in session with the Bureau of the Budget, which began consideration this morning of the municipal budget for the 1931 fiscal year. Capt. Doyle and Policeman Allen $57,500 IN JEWELS went to the Capitol shortly after noon today and had a brief conference with Chairman Capper of the Senate District committee. The officers did not discuss their visit. Senator Capper, however, said they had “talked over their trou- bles” with him, According to Senator Capper, they indicated that they thought they might be suspended. Sen- ator Capper said he told them that the committee had referred all of these recent police matters to the subcom- mittee which recently began its inves- tigation, that Chairman Sackett of that subcommittee is out of the city, but that he would advise one of the other members of the subcommittee of their visit. Senator Overman, Democrat, of North Carolina, was present at the conference. Capt. Doyle’s strong support of Policeman Allen, contained in an offi- cial report submitted yesterday after- noon to Maj. Pratt, struck the Police Department like a_thunderbolt. The report was Capt. Doyle’s response to Maj. Pratt’s demand that he comment and make definite recommendations on Allen’s defiant leter of explanation Tegarding & published statement that he proposed fo investigate the failure of the United States attorney’s office to prosecute Moffatt, an investment broker, indicted in February, 1928, and arrested last week on a new charge. Capt. Doyle was unstinting in his praise of Allen's work since he has been 2 member of the eighth precinct, and declared that for the policeman’s atti- tude i the Moffatt case he should have been commended rather than criticized. “It is high time, in my opinion,” Capt. Doyle said, “for the Police Department as a whole to forget whatever petty ani- mosities tney may cherish against Pvt. | Allen and by their future action | demonstrate to the public that they ! realize, as I do, that he is an honest and fearless public servant to the Dis- triet of Colum‘bh in the way of clearing difficult crimes.” u,ccpc. Doyle's report contained two recommendations, one “that, in accord- ance with the customs of the depnn-‘ ment, T commend to you the excellent work of Pvt. Allen in the Moffatt case,” and second, “believing as I do that Pvt. Allen meant no disrespect to the major and superintendent or the honorable Commissioner (Proctor L. Dougherty) in writing the said letter of October 19, 1929, I recommend that said letter be filed without further action.” PLANS TO CHECK SMITH. CHICAGO, October 22 (#).—Donald E. Malkes, Chicago attoiney, said yes- STOLEN IN CHICAGO Police Search for Necklace Taken From Truck and Articles Stolen From Salesman. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 22.—The disap- pearance of jewels valued at $57,500 was under investigation today. A $17,500 pearl necklace belonging to Mrs. Edward L. Ryerson of Lake Forest disappeared from a delivery truck in which it was being taken to Mrs. Ryer- son from a Loop jewelry store, where it had been restrung. The necklace con- sisted of 305 pearls, with a diamond clasp and platinum setting. Louis N. Rose, a jewelry salesman, reported the loss of jewels valued at $40,000. They were taken from him, he said, by two men as he was riding in a street car yesterday. The robbers pressed guns against him and compelled him to hand over the sample cases in which the jewels were kept, he sald. DENIES GEORGIA DRYS BACKING “WHITE” G. 0. P. In Police Tangle Above: Maj. Henry G. Pratt, super- intendent of police, who has suggested the trial of Capt. Robert E. Doyle (be- low) on a charge of insubordination for sustaining Pvt. Robert J. Allen in his fight against the heads of the Police Department. SURGEONS CONFIRM CHOKING OF NURSE. No Evidence of Other Cause of Death Revealed in McPherson. Case. ‘The Department of Justice today re- ceived from surgeons who conducted the second autopsy on the body of Mrs. Virginia McPherson an official state- ment confirming a preliminary report that surgical examination of the corpse had failed to disclose a fractured skull or other evidences of violence, than those produced by a pajama belt “gar- rote.” Despite the apparent failure of the surgical examination to verify a local physician's opinion that the girl may have suffered other injuries, Federal authorities investigating the mystery of her death are maintaining much secrecy concerning a set of X-ray pho- tographs of the body. A preliminary study of the roentgen plates by inexpert persons is reported to have disclosed “something” not visible to the eyes of the surgeons who con- ducted the new autopsy in Kannapolis- N. C. Officials in charge of the case have refused to confirm or deny this report, pending an examination of the photographs by certain experts. Not at Department. John E. Laskey, special assistant to the attorney general, appointed to prosecute Robert A. McPherson, jr., husband of the dead nurse, said today the report of the roentgenologists has not yet come to the Department of Jus- tice. He refused to disclose where the plates were taken for study after being received here a week ago. Mr. Laskey said the autopsy also showed no evidence of an illegal opera- tion, thus definitely settling one of the many rumors circulated since the girl's death in her bedroom at the Park Lane Apartments, more than a month ago. The prosecutor said he had not re- celved a report of pathologists, who have been testing certain tissues for possible evidence of poison or drugs. The formal report of the surgeons who performed the autopsy was sent here by Dr. James I. Bullitt, professor of pathology at the University of North Carolina, who was in charge of the ex- amination. The body was exhumed at China Grove, N. C,, after a Washington physician had told the Department N Justice he believed the original autopsy a skull fracture. Trying to Sift Facts. ‘With great piles of typewritten tecti- mony before them, the Federal investi- gators have begun the task of sifting through the mass of facts, reports, ru- mors and suspicions voiced by more than 300 witnesses. Most of the work of taking testimony bearing on the case has been completed. Only a small circle of persons remains to be questioned. The Justice agents have a great deal of “outside” investigating to do, however. They have yet to talk with McPherson, who stands charged with his wife's murder as a result of Anti-Saloon Leagus Leader Says Organization Will Not Take Part in Party Plan. By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, October 22 (#).—Charles O. Jones, superintendent of the Anti- Saloon League of Georgia, in a letter published today, denied the league would participate in the organization of a “white” Republican party in the South. The letter was in reply to a state- ment issued by Judge E. E. Galloway of Lakeland, Fla, a Republican leader, who was quoted as the move- ment to reorganize e Republican party in the South had the full s\wpor: of the Anti-Saloon League, the Wom- an’s Chris:ian Temperance Union and the Ku Klu.: Klan, Dr. Straton Seriously Ill. NEW YORK, October 22 (2 —Rev ,Dr. John Roach Siraton, pastor of | Calvary Baptist Church and promi- nent fundamentalist, is seriously ill in a sanitarjum at Clifton Springs, N. Y. terday he would seek an injunction writ in New ¥otk to restrain former Gov. Alfrc ! E. Smith from spending the $8,000, 0) charity late Conrad Hubert, timillionaire manufagturer, 5 it was learned today. He returned last month from Atlanta, Ga., where he for a nervous breakdown and & slight stroke, which he suffered Jast April, F be(‘uesc of the |was under treatment at a sanitarium |the waves. mu the findings of a grand jury. McPher- son’s attorney has said he would not oppose an interview between his client and the Government representatives. ‘When all loose ends have been col- lected, the agents will report their find- ings to Prosecutor Laskey for any conclusions he may wish to draw from the facts in hand. Thomas F. Cullen, in charge of the investigation under J ar Hoover, director of the Bureau of Investigation, said today he will at- tempt to state no conclusion in his re- port to Ladkey. Indications at this time are that no definite conclusions are possible. . SEARCH FOR OIL BARGE. Adrift on Lake Michigan After Breaking Away From Tug. CHICAGO, October 22 ().—A Coast Guard crew searched storm-lashed Lake Michigan today for an oil barge adrift with two men aboard. The plight of the bhrge was reported by the eaptaln of the tug Butter:cld, which docked in the Chicago I harbor today a hard fight witi B may 'A;Thczmfluturflald was towing t ge cago from Muskegon, Mich, when the tow ling broke, might have overlooked the possibility of | &f! .. FLYERBEGIS SURPRSE JOURNEY ACRDSS ATLANT Montanan Leaves Newfound- land Without Warning and Heads for London. WEATHER IS ANNOUNCED AS “FAIRLY FAVORABLE” Note Left by Diteman Reveals Destination—Left New York for St. Johns Month Ago. HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland, October 22 (#).—Without a word of ;warning as to his intentions, Aviator Diteman of Billings, Mont., hopped off here today for London, England. His destination did not become known until after his degarture, when a letter to air- port officials was opened. Diteman came here three weeks ago, ostensibly to look up the family records of Sir Francis Drake. The take-off was at 12:15 p.m., local time, with good weather prevailing. winged monoplane. The airman carried only 165 gallons of gasoline when he took off. The letter said he intended to head out over Cape St. Francis and set his course straight for London. Weather “Fairly Favorable.” NEW YORK, October 22 (#)—W. F. Diteman flew from New York to St. John, New Brunswick, early this montn, saying he intended to search family rec- ords in Carleton County in connecticn with an estate in which he was in- terested. At the time nothing was known of his intentions for a trans- atlantic flight. Dr. James H. Kimball of the New ‘York Weather Bureau said today that weather conditions were “fairly favor- able” over most of the Atlantic Ocean, when informed that Diteman had taken off. Dr. Kimball, who has been unofficial starter for transatlantic flights, said he had not been informed of Diteman’s . PRESIDENT PRASES OHIO CANALIATION Engineers Lauded for Suc- cess of Project When Monu- ment Is Dedicated. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star. CINCINNATI, Ohio, October 22.—In a speech here today, featuring the ex- ercises commemorating the comipletion of the 9-foot channel for the full length of the Ohio River, President Hoover predicted untold blessings as a result of this new instrument of commerce and paid a high tribute to the engineering skill which produced it. 3 The President’s remarks were buef, but were delivered with genuine feeling, because he was discussing a subject not only dear to his own heart as an engi- neer, but as an advocate of the develop- ment of American commerce as well. He stood before a tremendous gathering assembled in Eden Park, on the banks of the Ohio River, as he spoke. His short message was a part of the program celebrating the dedication of a monument in honor of the completion of the canalization of the Ohio River. Besides the thousands who stood within the radius of the amplification of the President’s words millions of others from coast to coast were enabled to he;‘r him through the medium of the radio. Mrs. Hoover, Secretary of War Good, Bpeaker Longworth, whose home is in Cincinnati, and the others who accom- panied the President stood near him as he made the impressive address. Addressing his auditors as “My Fel- low Countrymen and Women,” Mr. Hoover said, in full: “It is a great pleasure to me to share in the dedication of this monument glorifying for all time the completion of a 9-foot channel for the full length of the Ohio River. The engineering mind, about which I see so much in the newspapers, here does come to the sur- face and luxuriates in appreciation of a great engineering job well done. This new instrument of commerce, from which untold blessings will come year is an enduring monument to nt men of my own profession " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Everything of Public Interest —that is worthwhile is thor- oughly covered in the news and editorial columns of The Star. Every kind of personal business activity affecting the economic life of the peo- ple of Washington is pub- lished'daily in the advertis- ing columns of The Star, from the great merchandis- ing announcements of the department stores to the in- numerable small personal service “Ads” in the classi- fled columns. No family worthy of re- sponsibilities and keen to get the best out of living in Washington can do without The Star. It is a vital part of the lives of most Wash- ingtonians. Telephone National 5000, and delivery service every evening and Sunday morn- ing will start immediately. His plane, the Golden Hind, is a low- | ONE RAY OF SUNSHINE, ANYHOW! FY/GAS FIRM BUYERS ADMIT PURCHASE 1S EVASION OF LAW Declare Holding Company Was Formed to Avoid Anti-Merger Act. SUIT IS RECOMMENDED TO TEST LEGAL STATUS Effort Revealed to Secure Repeal of La Follette Measure Barring Purchase. Representatives of the New York financiers who recently bought a large majority of the stock of the Washing- ton Gas Light Co. frankly admitted that they set out to evade the La Fol- lette anti-merger law in the method of handling the purchase, according to a report by the Department of Justice to the Public Utilities Commission, it became known today. The report states that the present method of holding the stock through an investment trust is a “make shift,” and that it will be aban- FISHERIES OFFICER QUIZZED ONLOBBY iF. W. Bryce Denies Cooley’s Statement He Threatened “Free List” Drive. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Senate lobby investigating com- mittee today heard F. W. Bryce, presi- dent of the Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co., testify regarding charges that his com- pany, a member of the Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association, had been influential in obtaining through C. L. Eyanson a reduction in the duty on fish, when the tariff bill was before the Senate finance committee. Eyanson, the assistant to the presi- dent of the Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association, was employed by Senator Bingham of Connecticut, a member of the finance committee, to &id him in work on the tariff bill. Answers Cooley Testimony. Mr. Bryce's statement to the com- mittee was made largely in reply to testimony given yesterday by Edward H. Cooley, business manager of the Massachusetts Fishery Association. Mr. Bryce denied, among other things. he ever had threatened Mr. Cooley in a telephone conversation to make a cam- paign to place fish on the free list if Mr. Cooley would not join him in a request for reduction of the duty on fish. The committee tcmorrow will go ahead with its inquiry into the sugar lobby in Washington. The first wit- ness tomorrow probably will be H. C. Lakin, president of the Cuba Sugar Co. John Holland of Butte, Mont.,, now with the prohibition unit, who was Sen- ator Walsh's right-hand man during the Teapot Dome investigation, was to- day appointed to act as counsel and investigator for the Senate lobby com- mittee. Burgess Recalled. William Burgess, former United States tariff commisionesr and now an adviser to the American pottery in- dustry, was recalled to the stand at the opening of today’'s session and ques- tioned by Senator Walsh regarding previous testimony before the commit- te e. He and Senator Walsh differed over whether Mr. Burgess in his earlier tes- timony had referred to a pottery tariff case in 1907 or in 1912. Senator Caraway asked Mr. Burgess if his contract with the potters called for his appearance before a congres- sional committee. Mr. Burgess said that he would be under obligations to do it if he were asked and that he had been sent down to Washington as a member of the American Pottery Association. He in- sisted that he was not a lobbyist, al- though Senator Caraway tried to pin him down and make him admit that lobbying had been part of his contract. “I have never lobbled,” said Mr. Bur- gess. “I have been down here repre- senung an industry and had a right to o_so.” Brice, then was the next witness. At the hearing yesterday Cooley, had charged that the Atlantic Coast Fish- eries Co., with a plant in Groton, Conn., had sought lower duties on imported fish and had impressed its view on Senator Bingham of Connecticut. Cooley also charged that the Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co. was interested in Canadian fisheries. Mr. Cooley told the committee that he himself, who favored increased duties on fish, had sought in vain to see Senator Bingham and had been turned over to C. L. Eyanson, assistant to the presi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) “BARON” SiENTENCED TO 2 YEARS IN PRISON Man Who m(}overnment Official and Deceived Ford Is Convicted, By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 22.—Willlam Robert Gaborzn, allas Taft Thew Houghton, alias Baron von Krupp, faced two years in the Government penitentiary at McNeil Island today. He was sentenced yesterday after plead- ing guilty to a fraud charge. ‘Gaborzn was arrested while posing as third assistant to the solicitor general of the United States. Previously, he told the court, he had operated in Los Angeles by posing as Taft Thew Hough- ton, son of the former Ambassador to Great Britain, and as Baron von Krupp. Gaborzn allegedly deceived several noted Americans, including Henry Ford and A. P. Giannini, financier, by posing A ADAION, e ASWET DRINKER Jurist Fines lllinois Law- -maker’s Brother-in-Law $1,000 in Rum Case. Coal Dealer Pleads Guilty as| Counsel Pictures Him as “Fall Guy.” By the Associated Press. TAMPA, Fla, October 22.—Walter Gramm, Chicago coal dealer, was fined $1,000 and costs in Federal Court here today after he had assumed responsi- bility for liquor found in trunks breught into this country last May from Cuba by his brother-in-law, Representative M. Alfred Michaelson of Illinois. Gramm pleaded guilty to violation of the prohibitiop law. “I have no desire to punish him for the faults of the escaped Representa- tive, one of those who votes dry and drinks wet,” sald United States Judge A. Akerman in passing sentence after hearing a plea of clemency from Gramm's attorney. Gramm's lawyer told the court that his client was a responsible business man, whose error “was just a social on and that the defendant was a “fall guy.” He said Gramm was a mem- ber of Mr. Michaelson’s party, and there was “no commercial aspect to the liquor transaction.” In the trial of Mr. Michaelson at Key West in May, Gramm testifled that the U. S. JUDGE SCORES MICHAELSON doned as soon as legislation to secure repeal of the anti-merger law can be obtained. The report was the first in- .BUT DRY VOTER l'i?uon of any move to repeal the The stock was recently purchased by New York interests and turned over 10 a “trust” organized under the laes of Massachusetts, known as the Seaboard Investment Trust, which in turn holds the stock for the benefit of five large financial groups. The commission, be- lieving the sale in violation of the anti- merger act, sought a report on the transaction by the Department of Jus- tice. The report was made on Septem- ber 17, but has not been released for publication hitherto, as the commission was awaiting a report from Corporation Counsel William W. Bride as to what action to pursue should the purchase have violated the law. This report was made late yesterday and recommended that the District Commissioners be re- quested to institute suit in the District Supreme Court to determine the legality of the sale. The Utilities Commission promptly sent such a request forward, and the District Commissioners will probably consider it at their board meeting tonight. Statement Quoted. Quoting F. S. Burroughs, a director of Harris, Forbes & Co. of New York and CI , dealers in investment and public utilities securities, the Depart- ment of Justice states: “Mr, Burroughs advised that the Seaboard Investment Trust is & makeshift arrangement and liquor found in the trunks of the Ili-|they will not hesitate to place this nois Representative and cleared through | stock in a holding after they the port of Key West were his property. | can effect a repeal of terms of the ‘The indictment in that case, which |anti-merger act, which is now appar- was read in court here today to | ently directed solely against the W: Gramm's guilty plea, said “that the|ington Gas Light Co. Railroads and liquor had been discovered at Jackson- | other public utilities have been re- ville in one of the six trunks ht | moved from into the country without custom’s in-|statute by special legisla spection when courtesy of the port was |stated that Harris, Forbes extended to Michaelson. Twelve bot-|not contemplate taking any action with tles were seized after the thirteenth had | the stock of the Washington Gas Light broken and its contents spilled through |Co. now held the Seaboard Invest- the trunk. ment Trust until the provisions of the Michaelson was acquitted in Federal | anti-merger act are changed, and he Court at Key West after Gramm had |seems confident a change of this law testified at that time that the liquor|can be effected so as to enable them in the trunk was his. B to operate this company through a REPRESENTATIVE MICHAELSON. BOY AND MOTHER KILLED BY TRAIN Child’s Desire to Watch En- gines Go By Is Held Cause of Fatal Crash. ‘The desire of 6-year-old Milan Lem- mons “to see the trains go by” was the innocent cause of his death and his mother’s death when they were trap- ped in their stalled automoblle on the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing at Landover, Md., last night and killed by a southbound New York-Washing- ton express, before the eyes of the hor- rified father and husband, who was powerless to ald them. Since the recent acquisition of an automobile, Douglas Lemmons, 30-year- old and his wife, Edith, 27 years old, have taken their small son, Milan, to the crossing at Landover so he might watch the trains. Shaken by the tragedy, Lemmons, a fireman attached to No. 3 Truck Com- pany, was unable to give a coherent version of the tragedy, at George Wash- ington Hospital, where he is being FOURTEEN QUIZED i IN DREYFUS PROBE clause of the anti-merger act and for Versions of Inquest Wit- G i nesses Tally With Stories Given Police. roughs has stated that he has had con- siderable public utilities experience and he further advised that Harris, Forbes & Co. proposed to continue to control g.{e'_ucu of the Seaboard Investment The 20 per cent clause referred to is in the anti-merger act, which provides that no foreign or local holding cor- poration acquire more than 20 per cent of the stock of any local public utility, either directly or indirectly. Speaking of the reason for creating the trust, the Department of Justice report goes on: Trustees Figureheads. Fourteen witnesses had been ques- tioned this afternoon at the inquest into the death of Mrs. Aurelia Fischer | Dreyfuss, 29 years old, who was fatally injured early Sunday when she fell from the belcony of the Potomac Boat Club, at ‘Thirty-sixth and k sireets. I sharp contrast to the McPherson inquest last month, at which 30 witnesses were sum- moned and only about four to take the stand, the inquiry into the Dreyfus death was conducted in a meticulous manner and every available bit of information was given the jury in an attempt to establish the circum- | BOsto stances of the death. The versions of the various witnesses tallied in almost every instance with the stories given police by various per- sons shortly after the death of Mrs. Dreyfus. J. Edmund McBrien, New York stock broker, who was Mrs. Dreyfus’ escort to the dance Satur (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) (Continued on Pag WOMAN, FIRST IN 1 NIGHT IN WASHINGTON SHAFT 1 Vermont Visitor, Officials Assert, Hid in Monument to 1n Rise. Watch S: ‘The first person in the nearly ten mil- lion who have visited the Washington Monument has spent the night alone in that famous landmark of the Capital. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, revealed today that Mrs. S. E. Longaell, 40 years old, who gave her address as Middleburg, Vt., spent last Friday night in the Monument alone. Officials of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks believe that she purposely secreted herself in the shaft, and it was no oversight of the guard that left her behind when the Monument was closed for the day. Mrs. Longaell, they said, had with her a lunch and a thermos bottle of tea. Foiling the guards, the officials be- lieve, she desired to enjoy the moon- light last Friday night and see the sun- rise from this van point. When custodian William H. , the gen- era] foreman at the Monument opened .up, he Mrs, Longaell, about! 0,000,000, SPENDS 8 o'clock, looking out of one of the win- dows, he said. She had apparently slept in hte guardroom on the top floor of the Monument. She was stay- ing at a private residence here. ‘Walter Knight, 1416 T street south- “Mr. Burroughs stated that in their efforts to devise ways and means of getting around the provisions of the anti- T act * * * the attorneys (Piper, Carey & Hall of Baltimore) decided upon, and drew up, a declara- tion of trust under the Massachusetts laws. The trust was known as the Sea- board Investment Trust, and, according to Mr. Burroughs, differed from the usual trust. Three trustees were ap- pointed to hold and control the stock, they being Nathaniel F. Bryant, William E. Howard and Henry B. Rising, all o} n, Mass. According to Mr. Bur« roughs these trustees were mere figure« heads, and will have no control of thi¢ stock other than as exercised by Harris, Forbes & Co., who will direct the des- tiny of the trust through Mr. Bur- roughs.” Speaking of the way the deal to purchase the stock was financed and engineered, the report states: “Mr. Burroughs has advised that $5,000,000 was transferred to this trust. A ‘portion of this amount had pre- viously been committed by Harrls, Forbes & Co. to the purchase of some of the original 40,000 shares which had been acquired by the group prior to the formation of the trust. This sum was used to purchase additional stock of the Washington Gas Light Co. In addition, the group of five transferred to the Seaboard Investment Trust the stock which had heretofore been pur- chased. The Seaboard Investment Trust, acting through the trustees and Mr. Burroughs, then proceeded to bor- row sufficient funds to finance the re~ mainder of the purchase, which was effected by collateralizing the loans with stock of the Washington Gas Light Co., as acquired, and in the case of one loan, using the debenture certifi- cates issued by the Seaboard Invest- east, an electrician and elevator opera- tor at the Monument, took the woman in his car to the private & lowing a telephone call. As a result Capt. Ray C. Montgomery, head of the protection division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, has changed the method of clearing visitors from the Wi n Monument. Hitherto the guard clear- ing the steps has started ddwn before the last elevator of the day descends, In the future the last elevator will start its descent and then search will be made. ‘The elevator operator on duty last md-y -&em‘;on nlld that he counted number of people taken up in the mtlnldolthndlylnfld!etiodlh\l P e ders b, Tae ey . was a ver” e furniture, el m e of , elug vigilance behind | in! ment Trust, same in turn being secured by Washington Gas Light Co.s stock.” Five Firms Involved. ‘The report describes the five firms for whose beneficial interest the Seaboard ‘Trust holds its shares of gas light stock as follows: “Lee & Co., a subsidiary of the Chase Securities Co., with headquarters at New York City, was organized in 1924 under the laws of Massachusetts, In- formation is at hand that they do a considerable over-the-counter trading and are not known to be connected di- rectly with any public utilities or in- dustrials. P “Harris, Forbes & Co. of New York and Chicago deal mainly in investment securities and nxblln utilities and are sald to _dominate the Associated Gas & Electric concern. are also in the Citles Corpo~ terested ice ration, Central Public Service (Continued. on Page 3, Colummn 8.), >