Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair, continued cool tonight: tomorrow fair, slowly rising temperature, Temperatures—Highest, 61, at 12:30 pm. yesterday; lowest, 41, at 2 am. to- ay. Full report on Page 9. Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 he Fn WITH. SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Star. Associated service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,903 Fntered DOSt o No. 31,223. gsand clane matter hington. D. C. () Means Associated Pre: TWO CENTS. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1929 —FIFTY-SIX PAGES. o FALL MERCY RECOMMENDED BY JURY AFTER VERDICT VOTED ON 7th BALLOT Decision of Panel Has Stunning Effect on Defendant, His Fam- ily and Defense Counsel. FORMER SECRETARY’S COLLAPSES IN COURTROOM! Special Prosecutors Announce Plan to Try Edward L. Doheny in January for Giving $100,000. A jury foreman intoned the word “guilty” today into the ears o(; Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior in the Harding cabinet, who | was accused of accepting a bribe of $100,000 from E. L. Doheny, his ! friend of Western prospecting days, for the leasing of the Navy's Elk | Hills, Calif,, naval reserve. As the words were uttered, the gray-haired defendant, now broken in health, slumped back into his chair; Doheny wept, but between sobs he managed to control his voice long enough to denounce the proceedings. “It's that damn court,” he said. Mark Thompson, one of Fall's attorneys, collapsed to the floor of the courtroom; Mrs. Fall and her two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Chase and Mrs. Jouett Elliott, sobbed audibly, and Frank J. Hogan, leading counsel for the defense, shouted that his client had been “robbed” of a jury trial by the charge of Justice Hitz to the jurors. Fall and Wife Weep Together. Ina lev} moments, with the echoes of the verdict hardly subsided, Mrs. Fall went to the side of her husband, and the two sat together | | [ FOUND GUILTY IN BRI Convicted ALBERT B. FALL, D.C. LIOUOR CASES FACE YEAR'S DELAY Police Court Clogged by Jury Trials as Result of Ruling on Procedure. | IPOLICE TRIAL BOARD IS REORGANIZED ON| PRATT'S ORDER AT REQUEST OF DOYLE Davis and Stott, Younger Than Defendant Captain, Are Removed in Answer to Plea by Counsel. ALTERNATES TO TAKE PLACES FOR HEARING | 1 Defense Attorney Indicates He Will | Be Ready to Prooceed Wednesday, When Group Meets—Allen Re- tains Two Lawyers—Plans Are Unprepared. Reorganization of the regular Police Trial Board was ordered today by Maj. Henry G. Pratt. superintendent of police, as the first definite preparation for the {trial of Capt. Robert E. Doyle, veteran commander of the eighth precinct, and Policeman Robert J. Allen of his command. Maj. Pratt removed Capts. O. T. Davis of the second precinct and William G. Stott of the third pre- cinct from the regular board and‘ DONT KNow WHAT CONGRESS WILL DO To W0OL mp MRS. COOLIDGE'S MOTHER DIES Mrs. Lemira Goodhue Was White House Guest for Two Months in 1924. | { AFTER ILLNESS OF TWO YEARS NATION'S BUSINESS BELIVED SOUND BERY TRIAL STOCK PRICES HELD FIRM BY POWERFUL INTERESTS IN HUGE VOLUME OF SALES ‘}Market Opens With Advance | and Buying Orders Increase as Nervous Traders Con- tinue to Unload. BROKERS ARE CONFIDENT OF PRESENT PRICE LEVEL | Opinion Prevails That Values Wilt Not Go Much Lower Before Sub- stantial Recovery Sets In—Trade Leaders Optimistie. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 25.—Pow- erful efforts were made to stabilize the stock market today, after yes- terday’s close approach to utter panic. A broad advance during the early transactions, however, was held with difficulty, as oper- ators for the advance were called upon to absorb- large offerings toward midday. The early gains were generally reduced, and sev- eral were lost. The market opened rather calmly, with leading issues advancing $2 or so, | Unofficial Opinion in Wash- replaced them with Capts. Wil-; | ington Optimistic in Face liam E Sanford of the fifth pre- | and a few stocks shooting up from $10 to $20. The pace of trading became and wept as court prccedure necessary, to wind up the case was going on. Those persons arrested after the 1st The offense of bribery on which Fall was convicted provides a maximum penalty of a fine for three times the amount of the bribe and imprisonment for not more than three years. The statute in! part reads: Upon conviction the defendant “shall be fined not more than | three times the amount of money or value of the thing so asked, accepted or received, and imprisoned not more than three years; and 1‘ shall, moreover, forfeit his office or place and thereafter be forever | disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust or profit under the Government of the United States.” Since' Fall's bribe was $100,000, the maximum fine would bz: It was the Government’s first victory in a criminal case growing | out of the oil leases made during Fall's service as Interior Secretary, and in rendering its verdict the jury recommended that mercy be shown the aged defendant. | It was the first indication of any break in the iron nerve of the ! former cabinet officer. After a few minutes Mrs. Fall stralghtened{ her shoulders and looked around the room. & Ten minutes after Thompson collapsed he was still lying on the floor, and Fall's personal physician, Dr. H. H. Safford, left Fall and hurried to Thompson’s side to try to revive him. Standing above Thompson's body, Hogan turned to those sur- rounding him and denounced the jury’s action as “a rape on the Constitution.” Thompson recovered and was led from the courtroom. Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Fall made their way out of the court and were taken to their car to return to their hotel. He had noth- ing to say regarding the verdict. The daughters, who still were weeping hysterically, became sep- arated in the crowd. ‘When the jury came in, the four women and eight men stood as they announced their verdicts individually. | 1 i 1 | | | fore it will take the prosecutors about | {less and’ impossible task unless there {are increased facilities for trying pro- of November for violations of the pro- hibition law and decide to be tried by jury in Police Court will not be ar- raigned for at least a year, it was an- nounced today. This resulted from a recent decision of the court judges to bave violators tried in chronological or- der instead of in order of importance, as has been the rule in the past. Assistant United States Attorneys David A. Hart and James R. Kirkland said today that there are approximately 200 cases waiting to be tried by juries, | some of which are almost two years old. They estimated that an average of four cases a week can be tried in the two jury days which are given over each week for the trial of cases involving violations of the prohibition law. There- | a year to catch up. One Year Behind. i At the end of the year the court will | be at least a year behind the police, who | make the arrests. As Hart said that from 10 to 15 new jury cases are created each week, and as only about four can | be tried under the present system, it | would seem that he and his assistant, Kirkland, are confronted by a hope-; hibition cases before juries. ‘The new system of arraigning the de- Poll of Jury Taken. One by one they were polled. Each replied: H “Guilty, with mercy of the court.” | As the jury, which had been out almost 24 hours, walked to 1&5‘ place there was not another sound in the courtroom. \ “Ladies and gentlemen,” asked the clerk, “have you reached a| verdict?” i “Yes,” was the reply. What is your verdict?” asked the court. | “Guilty,” replied Foreman Thomas E. Norris. ! As the verdict was rendered Fall slumped back in his big leather, hair. 8 Mrs. Fall and her daughters, Mrs. Chase and Mrs, Elliott, leaned forward in their seats and wept. Mrs. Doheny sat with dry eyes. She slowly fanned herself. Defense counsel served notice immediately of a motion for new trial. Defense counsel also announced an effort for arrest of 1udgmentl would be made. His bond of $5,000 stands. The foreman of the jury said that four ballots had been taken last night. : G "Itgfirst showed 7 for acquittal, 3 for conviction and 2 undecided and not voting,” he said. When the fourth ballot was taken at 1 a.m., it showed 7 for con- viction and 5 for acquittal. { “On the first ballot this morning the vote was 11 for conviction and 1 for acquittal. (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Fall Smiles Whimsically as Others Give Way to Feelings in Courtroom i 1 Amid scenes of wild confusion which off. As Pall was wheeled through the | i y su. | door photographers began snapping | followed his conviction at District Su- | {0 (ororgc"at him. He sat still for | preme Court today, Albert B. Fall |, moment and made no effort to deny | found guilty of accepting & bribe, | them. { straightened his slim shoulders Attorney Collapses. smiled as hundreds of curious eyes | several | Police Court and, therefore, the first to | | be tried under the new system is a case | try these cases they will continue to pile fendants in chronological order was de- | duct in Capt. Doyl !cided upon at a recent meeting of the | Allen’s criticism of the United States | Police Court judges. The old system of | attorney's trying those which were considered most_important first, instead of trying the oldest, has resulted in a large num- | ber of very old cases yet untried. Hart | Doyle's trial would sald that under the old order it was| orderly and dignified manner. cinct and C. P. M. Lord of the thirteenth precinct Capts. San- ford and Lord are alternates on the regular board and, with In- spector Louis J. Stoll, the third member of the regular board, will constitute the reorganized board. The move of Maj. Pratt was made at the request of Chapman W. Fowler, who was selected late yesterday by Capt. Doyle as his counsel from the 14 law- yers who offered thelr services to de- fend him. Fowler challenged Capts. Davis and Stott to sit as members of | the board to try Capt. Doyle, because | both are juniors in age to his client. Two Substitutes Are Older. Doyle is 58 years old, and Davis and Stott both are 51. The two substitutes are older, Sanford being 60 and Lord two years his senior. Powler said that in “fairness” to Capt. Doyle he did not believe he should be tried by men younger than himself. Maj. Pratt concurred in this opinion. Unless there are some unforeseen de- velopments, Fowler announced he would be prepared for the trial when the trial board meets for its regu- lar weekly session. Like Capt. Doyle, Fowler is confident | of the outcome of the trial. “If the Po- 1 to her mother's bedside. | fice Department can get three men Who | Goolidges’ return to Northampton she can find any evidence of offictal miscon- le's report defending office T'll be surprised,” he “We feel pretty safe in our position.” Powler also announced that Capt. be conducted in an “There declared. not infrequent for defendants who were | will be no mud throwing,” he said. unable to make bond to remain in jail | months, -~ because their cases | were sidetracked by more important | ones. Oldest Untried Case. The oldest untried case recorded at | which has been awaiting trial since De- cember 4, 1926. William Turner and | Alfred Wells are joint defendants and | the original charges were transporting and possession of liquor, but since the arrests were made before the existence | of the Jones-Stalker law they will not | { be sent_to the grand jury, but tried in Police Court as a possession case. There | are many cases almost as old as this one. Ha.t made the following statement regarding the new rule of procedure: | “It is going to take us a long time to | catch up unless we can secure an addi- tional jury day. As it is now, with lquor cases scheduled on each Monday i and Tuesday, we are lucky if we dispose | of four cases a week. When you take | into consideration that from 10 to 15| | new jury cases are filed each week, you | | don't have to be a mathematician to | see that unless we have more judges to up.” NANKING BUYS 12 WAR PLANES IN AMERICA — i Rush Order Is Placed for Fighting | Trials to Be Separate. Doyle and Allen will be tried sepa- rately. Fowler indicated he preferred to have a separate instead of a joint, | trial. Fowler is a brother of Dr. William C. Fowler, District_health officer, and fig- ured prominently in 'another case be- fore the Police Trial Board several years ago, when he appeared as counsel for Policeman Leo Hunt of the third precinct, one of the prosecution wit- nesses against Orville Staples, who was removed from the police force. Former Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Wednesday | Texas, who defended Staples, and Fowler often had verbal clashes at the trial. Allen has retained Attorneys H. Ralph Burton and Tench T. Marye as his counsel, but definite plans for his trial have not been made, although he will | be ordered to appear before the Trial Board Wednesday with his command- ing officer. The policeman announced | several days ago that he would object to being tried by the regular Trial Board, but there was no indication fromn either him or his counsel today whether he would accept the reorganized board as now constituted. It is likely, how ever, that Allen’s trial will be post poned pending completion of the tria of Capt. Doyle. Complete Formal Charges. Harry M. Luckett, chief clerk of the Police Department. today completcd framing the formal charges against Doyle and Allen and they are expected to be served on the two officers tonight. Ma). Pratt instructed Luckett to confer with Stanley H. De Neale, assistart Had Made Her Home With Daughter Since Death of Her Husband. By the Associated Press. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., October 25. —A little old lady who went to the White House in 1924 to see her son-in- | law inaugurated President has found | release from two years’ iliness. Her daughter, Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, was at | the bedside when the end came early last night. Of sturdy New England stock, Mrs. Lemira Goodhue remained intensely in- terested in the lives of her distinguish- {ed kinsfolk. She spent two months at the White House after the inaugura- tion. Entering a hospital here in De- cember, 1927, after an influenza attack, she remained mentally active despite {the infirmities of illness and old age. She was 80 years old. Made Daily Visit. Several times Mrs. Coolidge was sum- oned hurriedly from the White House Since the MRS. LEMIRA GOODHUE. NUED FIGHT IS CONT i i H | ma { has visited the hospital daily. The for- { mer President was at the hospital yes- | terday. Mrs. Goodhue was the widow of Capt. | 1 ens Senate Séssion After Long Debate Yesterday. Andrew Goodhue, a Lake Champldin | steamboat inspector, and for many years lived in Burlington, Vt. She was born in Nashua, N. H. After her hus- band's death, in 1923, she sold her home | and moved to Northampton to live in the Coolidge home. In recent years Mrs. Goodhue was a | regular attendant of the Edwards Con- gregational Church, walking the dis- | fance of & mile from her home invari- | ule in the duty to be imposed upon im- |ably every Sunday. Before her iliness | ported dyes. {she took daily walks, accompanied bY |~ e jssue of American valuation had | 4 " a Boston terrier, a | P e white Home a part in the contest, with opponents f the rates proposed aligned generally hter. 12 D! > N1y Oe Darshie against this basis for determination of imposts on_ dyestufts. The only child of Capt. and Mrs. codhue was Grace. In addition to e g, sister, Mre. John R.| Debate extended to the dyestufs Hasel of Roxbury. . 'and a grand- | levies after the farmer had received son, John Coolidge of Hartford, Conn., survive. Capt. Goodhue died in 1923 at the age of 75. Since Mrs. Con]lvl‘dgr'}.: return _ from | Tarift Rate Boosted. ‘Washington, on arc] 5, she left | . Northampton only once, and the former | This commodity, a product of skim- President had said they would make no | med milk, used extensively as a finish plans to take them from the city as | for glossy book paper, was given a tarift long as the condition of Mrs. Goodhue of 51, cents, in contrast to the 213- bl LR | cent-per-pound levy of existing law HOUSE GROU;’mUDY | recommended in the House meas- | ure. The Senate finance committee had ARPLANE CARRIERS’ COST Prgrmsed » rae of 3tz ceni | Twenty-seven Democrats and 25 Re- publicans joined in defeating 17 Repub- licans and 2 Democrats to write the | higher rate into the bill, Senators Blaine, _Wisconsin, and | Borah, Idaho, both Republicans, were | leaders in the campaign for the higher rate, while the opposing view was cham- [ pioned by Senators Vandenberg of Mich- committee is to inquire in January into)igan and Gillett of Massachusetts, also the feasibility of keeping the huge air- [ Republicans, who rontended the in- | By the Associated Pre overwhelming support in a conflict with | industry over the rate to be fixed upon | casein. French Declares Expense of Sara- toga and Leixngton Exceeds That of Four Battleships, By the Associated Press. ‘The House naval appropriations sub- ON TARIFF ON DYES Controversial Matter Enliv-| Senate tariff consideration today em- | braced another controversial rate sched- | of Stock Slump. | By the Associated Pre: | Official Washington kept & watchful | eye on. Wall Street today and expressed | the optimistic, if unofficial, opinion that the disastrous . lump in security prices need have no depressing effect upon the | genera’ business structure of the Nation, | ‘The view was advanced in many | quarters that the stock market break wis in no way & reflection of any factor in lthe business world and that the latter |is at present upon such a sound eco- | nomic basis that there should be no fear of a general depression. | Many attempts were made to con- | strue the action of the Federal Reserve Board in meeting late yesterday, with Secretary Mellon attending, and ad- | jourring without the announcement of a changed rediscount rate or of any other step which might affect the situ- | ation in Wall Street. From this was drawn the view that the board either considers the crisis past or shares the general opinion that business will be unaffected by the se- curity decline. Present Situation Foreseen. It was pointed out that for months the highly speculative condition of the stock market has been beyond reaction to ordinary and normal influences from the field of actual business. Moreover, it was asserted that the present situ- ation had been foreseen by virtually all credit institutions some time ago, with the result that precautions were taken to safeguard their positions when the break actually arrived. In the absence of Secretary Lamont, Grosvenor Jones, director of the finance | division of the Commerce tment, |summed up his view of the situation with the assertion that the market can | no longer be considered a barometer of | prosperity. The department’s indexes show, he continued, that business is in a healthy condition. He asserted that business has not reflected the various turns of the market in its upward climb and that the sudden crash of market values should be disregarded br the business man. increasingly feverish as the morning wore on, however, and huge buying or- ders were hurled into the market to ab- sorb further nervous selling. Before midday the stock exchange ticker quo- tations were three-quarters of an hour behind floor transactions, and consider- able confusion developed. The curb ex- change ticker was also overwhelmed, and fell far behind trading. Never- theless, like yesterday's wholly disorganized ling developed during the forenoon. Ticker Again Late. Brokers remained ly confident during the morning that the price level could be held despite the renewed pres- sure. It was believed that banking in- terests would make no effort to -1 about a general rally in prices until the market quiets down considerably, merely contenting themselves with sup- porting the market near the present levels. Support orders thrown into the mar- ket near midday appeared to check the moderate decline and, save in a few isolated instances, losses were limifed to 25 cents to $1 a share. Four hundred extra patrolmen, 100 detectives and a large detall of mounted men were sent into the Wall Street district today to aid the 50 patrolmen And 60 detectives of the regular detail in maintaining order. Although all was quiet this morning Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen sald he would take no chances. He also warned brokers to be par- ticularly careful about entrusting bonds and securities to runners unless they were sure of their reliability. He said there was a danger that bond thieves, taking advantage of the situation. would attempt & coup in the distriet. Known criminals are never allowed beyond a certain deadline drawn around | the financial section. | Trading Pace Quickens. Total sales during the first two hours trading were 3,310.100 shares, as compared to 5,711,200 during the same | interval yesterday. | the session wore on, however, the pace of trading began to catch up with | yesterday's terrific rush. At i2:15 the | ticker quatations were 63 minutes be- | hind the floor transactions. while at the | same time vesterday they were 68 min- | | 1 of | | | utes behind. | May Benefit Business. | Floor trades. however, had managed | _In addition, he expressed the view to adjust themselves somewhat to the | that the slump may ve a henefit to | huge turnover, and there was noticeably business. If stock prices reach a nor- | less noise and confusion on the floor. | mal basis and cling to it, he said, much | Commission houses reported that of the money that was drawn into Wall | there was much profit taking by traders | street by the recent and unprecedented who jumped into the market when it | bull market will be turned back into the | turned sharply upward late in vester- | usual business channels and give the day's session. Traders who were able | smaller industries throughout the coun- | to buy around yesterday’s bottom levels had profits of $10 a share and more try improved credit facilities at easier rates. | in many stocks. The situation in Wall street drew Furthermore, many holders of stocks | from” Senator King, Democrat, Utah, who failed to sell during the frightened the assertion that he will press his pro- rush of liquidation yesterday and late posal for a congressional investigation | the previous day. had suffered from of the effect of bank credit on stock | severe nervous strain and welcomed the " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 'DITEMAN’S FLIGHT FOR RICHES WOULD HAVE FAILED, SAYS NOTE After he had been lifted into his car he turned to the window and surveyed | the crowd. Sm‘li smiling. hr’ llf!edlhml hand and waved a jaunty farewell to them as the mlchineJ got 3l’mder way. ' Doyle and Allen is conduct prejudicial Back in the courtroom where a few | By the Associated Press. | to the good order, reputation and dis- spectators and lawyers still lingered, a| SHANGHAI, October 25—The Na-|cipline of the police force, a number of tragedy took place. Followi ‘llannllsl government today placed a |specifications have been added, but scanned his features for some sign of emotion. . While some of his attorneys issued bristling statements to the press and | members of his family wept openly in the courtroom, the white-haired former Secretary sat still in his wheel chair, a | whimsical smile playing over his fea- corporation counsel and trial board | ! prosecutor. before the papers are served. |~ While the general charge against plane carriers, the Lexington and Sara- | crease would ruin the coated paper man- toga, in commission. Iullcturers. Representative French, Idaho, chair- nim of the uu:comnl:mn, said it cost | almost as much to keep the two car-| 5 | were approved before the close of the :llf‘r:s.bpel’ltlnl as four first-line battle. 1‘,”,_ This action would reduce four bined cost of the 33,000-ton | {ariffs and place crude chicle, now du- Craft, Expected to Be Used to Crush Revolt. Drake Estate, Sought by Airman, Now Legally Held, So Far as Britain Is Aware. Other Rafes Fixed. Five other chemical schedule rates The com ; | the verdict Mark B, Thompson, Fall's | rush order for 12 Vought-Corsair mili- i Maj. Pratt declired to reveal them on oares: old friend and attorney from New Mex- | Friend Shakes Hand. S IRA walken o o Only once did. his composure show where he found a vacant chair. any sign of breaking. That was when | ing the excitement of the few m! Edward L. Doheny, his life-long friend | following the jury's return he had kept Tad ‘the man from whom he was found | to himself and said nothing. One of guilty of accepting the bribe, walked ' the defense lawyers had just finished S iross the Toom and grasped his hand | announcing that “the fight is not over after the verdict had heen announced. | yet,” when Thompson quietly slumper The two men conversed in low tones ' forward in his chair and fell onto the for a moment, Fall still smiling while | foor. He was picked up by some of Doheny plainly showed his agitation After a fow words had been exchanged | summoned. He appeared to be uncon- between them they parted. scious for several minutes as the physi- With uncertain steps, Doheny slowly | cian removed part of his clothing and pa ade his way from the room, leaning | applied vigorous restorative measures. T wie's arm. " At the foot of the | It was more than five minutes befors stairs leading from the courthouse he| Thompson had recovered sufficiently et Dara nmewspaper men, who had asked |latter expressed the belief that he had him for a statement. Tears were in his | suffered a heart attack brought on by eves as he told them he could say | his work in the case and the shock of nothing. the verdict. ‘A few minutes later Fall was wheeled | _After the verdict had been delivercd, from the room to the side entrance,|the members of the jury disbanded and where his car was waiting. A dozen |left immediately by the several exits. court, officers were holding back the | Several who were approached were un- crowd which had gathered to see him | willing to discuss their j!ubeunona. ne side of the room, | civil war it is waging against the re- Dur- | bellious inutes the other attorneys and a doctor hastily | d for & moment and turned to- | to leave the room with his friends. The | tary airplanes for possible use in the| Kuominchun, or “people’s my.” ar | " 'The planes are to be shipped from the ground that it was not the policy of the department to make public the | specifications before the formai charges are served. All of the specifications. however, New York at the earliest possible date. | Pratt said, are based on Alien's deflant The order totals $400.000 gold. | i letter of explanation of his statement Earl Baskey of St. Louis, a represent- | that he proposed to investigate the ative of the manufacturers, said this was the largest single order of Ameri-| can planes ever sold in China. The planes will carry machine gum! and bomb loads of 1,000 pounds each. They are expected to play a prominent rt in maintaining the authority of the Nationalist government. Paralysis Epidemic Decreases. MADRID, October 25 (#).—The Span- ish health authorities today declared | that a so-called epidemic of infantile zrllynll( appear; to be decreasing, there ing very few cases. The authorities orcered the cflntlflu-l tion of strict measures to prevent spread of the disease, but denied there was justification for alarm. | | _(Continued on_Page 2. Column 32.) Do It Now Telephone National 5000 and have The Star delivered to your door every evening and Sunday morning. The route agent will collect 60 cents at the end of each month (65 cents when five Sundays in the month). vessels in the past fiscal year was given by French as $8.407,571, while that for | the first-line battleship California, one of the largest in the fleet, ‘vas §2,219,- 052 French said it would be more eco- nomical for the Government to build smaller carriers, such as the 13,800-ton ship authorized with the 15-cruiser pro- gram. He added that the committee would inquire also into the condition of ap- proximately 200 destroyers which have been out of commission to determine whether they should be kept on the list or scrapped. Blast Planned to Amuu Kills Two. LIETCHFIELD, Ky., October 25 (&) —Throwing black powder into an open grate for the amusement of visitors in a country home near here last night ca) an explosion and fire which k™'ed two persons and injured four others. Immle At 10 cents a pound, on the free ist. The refined chicle tariff, under the rates agreed to, would be reduced to 5 cents & pound from 15 cents, chloro- form duties from 6 {0 4 cents a pound, carbon tetrachloride from 21, cents to 1 cent a pound, and the rate on tetra- chloroethane and trichlorothylene from 35 per cent to 25 per cent. The last two changes were recommended by the Senate finance committee, GORKY RETURNS HOME. MOSCOW, October 25 (4).—Because of the poor condition of his heailth, Maxim Gorky, who has spent the past six months studying Soviet conditions in Russia and visiting his old home, left for Sorrento. Italy, today. Many high officials, including Alexy ykoff, Clemence Vorosh! and Mikoyan, were at the railroad station 10 _bid him farewell. The noted writer said he hoped to return ; Moscow next Spring. it ‘Radio Programs—Page 42 A. |tor's stat By the Associnted Press. Whether Urban F. Diteman, jr., is | dead or alive, his reported quest regard- ing an estate left by, Sir Francis Drake {15 or was futile, so far as American and i!rltuh authorities are aware, | Long overdue at London, his an- {nounced goal when he took off from Newfoundland and headed over the At- lantic two days ago, the Montana cat- tleman would have had difficulty un- covering data there on any unclaimed estate of the famous British admiral. Before leaving he described himself as a Drake descendent, and said he had taken aerial jaunts around this coun- try for research in that connection. In Billings, Mont.. his wife said aft- er_he left Newfoundland that the avia- tements regarding his,intention to do mrm:; \;ahnnrch wiu ]lnn:, Dite- man's grandfather was the late oseph e of N while there the ewfoundland, and Montanan checked rec- 2 |ords of the Drake family in connzction | with the supposed estate. ‘The question of the existence in Eng- land of an estate belonging to Sir Francis Drake has long received at- tention of State Department and Post Office authorities here and the British | foreign office and home office. | The State Department has in its files .uunnve correspondence dealing with |the subject. including a formal note from thae British government dated Au~ gust 9. 1922, stating that while there is nothing impossible in the contention that some person living in America may be a descendent of Sir Francis Drake, so far as the foreign office is aware “there is not and never has been any unclaimed Drake estate.” “It is understood,” the note continued, “that the estate of the famous Sir Francis Drake at Buckland Abbey has from his death to the present day been continuously in the person descended from his family.” g Various ciaims which have been mads to the Drake baronetcy in the English i courts have not been recognized.