Evening Star Newspaper, October 26, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, not quite so cool tonight; to- morrow, partly cloudy and warmer, ‘Temperatures—Highest, 65, at noon today: lowest, 40, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 21, 22, 23 he WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. No. 31,224, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, o D. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, “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, 110,997 1929—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. #* () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. PRATT SUSPENSION | AGAIN DEMANDED ON SENATE FLOOR Blease Cites Day’s Record of Police in Urging Re- lief of Chief. CLAIM DOYLE DEFENSE BLOCKED BY DELAY Attorney Says Failure to Make > Known Specific Charges Hampers Plans. In another scathing arraignment of the Police Department on the floor of the Senate this afternoon, Senator Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina, renewed his demand for the suspension of Supt. of Police Henry G. Pratt, and declared he was surprised that Presi- dent Hoover has not taken some action to improve conditions in the District. He also reiterated his belief that In-[ spector W. S. Shelby and Lieut. Ed-‘ ward J. Kelly should be suspended pending the investigation now going on. Referring to the President, Senator Blease said: “=3 be frank about it, I do not want to criticize him, but I am surprised at Mr. Hoover; I am positively surprised. When I was the Governor of South Carolina, and had the power to appoint law enforcement officers, if the re- ports had come to me about a commis- sioner that have come to Mr. Hoover about the three Commissioners of this District; if the reports had come to me about detectives working under him as they have come to him, I would have discharged every one of them, even if every one of them had been the closest friend I had in the world. I do not see how he can sleep peacefully when he knows what is going on in this city.” The South Carolina Senator began by reading from one of today’s news- papers a summary of the different stories relating to police affairs, includ- ing one about the Scrivener case, an- other about the McPherson case, and cne relating to the arrest last night of & precinct detective on a prohibition charge. Record for One Day. “That is just a part of the record of the District Police Department and attorney’s office for one day,” Senator Blease continued. “And yet we are told that Allen and Doyle should be suspended, and. that Pratt should be allowed to discredit Allen.” After declaring that Policeman Allen is to be fired soon, Senator ex- pressed the belief that “it will be a packed jury.” Senator Blease declared that it does not “make any difference what showing he makes because Pratt wants to shield the department in these two_horrible murders.” “I say, and I repeat, Pratt, Shelby and Kelly should come out of there,” Senator Blease continued. “If you don’t do something in this matter, this city is going to be a Hades of crime. It is getting worse every day. We ought to take some action and take it right away.” Seynawr Blease sald the men in charge of the government here should be made to establish peace and order. A vigorous protest against the delay of the Police Department in serving formal charges on Capt. Robert E. Doyle, commander of the eighth pre- cinct, who was suspended with Police- man Allen because of his outspoken defense of the officer, was made today by Attorney T. Morris Wampler, who has joined Attorney Chapman W. Fow- ler to defend the veteran police cap- tain before the Police Trial Board ‘Wednesday. Wampler was named as another member of Capt. Doyle's counsel late yesterday and immediately proceeded to go over the details of the case with Fowler. He has been handicapped in preparing the defense, he said, because of the failure of the Police Depart- ment to make known the formal charges against the officer. . Can't Fathom Purpose. “I can't understand the purpose of the Police Department in delaying the charges,” he declared, “since it is the intention to have Capt. Doyle go to trial ‘Wednesday. As a result Mr. Fowler and | 1 must grope around blindfolded in an effort to make whatever headway we can in preparing the case for trial.” In answer to Wampler's complaint of the delay in serving the formal charges, both Maj. Pratt and Luckett pointed out that the police manual provides that charges may be preferred against a po. lice officer 48 hours before he is or-| dered to trial, exclusive of Sundays and holidays. This would give the Police Depart- ment until Monday morning to serve the charges, it was said at the Police Department, but assurance was given that Doyle and Allen would receive the papers before nightfall, thus giving counsel for the two officers more than 80 hours to prepare their cases before the trial, Postponement Seen. ‘The trial of Allen, however, is expect- ed to be postponed, since there is a | strong likelihood that he will demand the creation of a special board of civilians to try his case. Maj. Pratt explained that the final make-up of the Police Trial Board, which has been reorganized for the trial of Capt. Doyle, will be left entirely to Inspector Louis J. Stoll, chairman of the board. Capts. Willlam G. Stott and O. T. Davis, members of the regu- lar board, were removed as a result of a challenge by Attorney Fowler, Capts. William E. Sanford and C. P. M. Lord, the regular alternates, were substituted. Pratt, however, appointed Capts. Charles T, Peck and J. E. Wilson as substitute alternates, and explained that Inspector Stoll has the option of using these two officers on his reorganized board in place of Capts. Lord and Sanford. In the meantime renewed efforts were made at the District Building to put the formal charges in final shape so they could be served before night on both Doyle and Allen, who, likewise, must face the trial board because of the defiant letter he wrote Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, explanation of his statement that he proposed to investigate the United States attorney’s cffice for its failure to prosecute an investment broker, in- dicted more than a year ago. Revision Instructed. It had been originally planned to serve the charges on Doyle and Allen last night, but Corporation Counsel Willlam W. Bride, after reviewing the Above: SENATOR BINGHAM. Below: SENATOR CARAWAY. FRANGE MAY TALK NAYY WITH TALY Preliminary Agreement Against Arms Race May Be Sought. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 26.—It is learned in responsible circles that France is dis- posed and ready to negotiate in pre- liminary agreement with Italy to pre- vent any naval armament race between themselves. Such an arrangement, it is under- stood, must, however, be based on recognition by Italy that France's necessity of defending extensive coast- lines and distant colonies justifies a bigger fleet for France than for Italy. France is described as ready to discuss the question of a reasonable proportion beiween the two nations, but is quite unwilling to accept naval parity. The impression in well informed in- ternational circles here is that Great Britain and the United States have reached complete agreement on the main lines of a naval disarmament accord. It is said that the feasibility of a three-power definitive treaty between Great Britain, the United States and Japan is being envisaged for the Lon- don conference in January. This would be extended to a four-power treaty if. as is expected, Italy comes in. THREATENING LETTERS BRING YOUTH’S ARREST Reported to Have Confessed to De- manding $50,000 From Wealthy Oklahoma Men. By the Associated Press. NEWKIRK, Okla., October 26.—Shel- ton Phipps, 21-year-old Ponca City youth, was held today in connection with a threatening letter said to have been sent to Lew H. Wentz, Oklahoma highway commissioner and_capitalist, and L. K. Meeks, wealthy Ponca City banker. County Attorney Bruce Potter sald young Phipps confessed sending the let- ters. The letters instructed the two men to place $50,000 in a small package and secrete this package on a bridge on a lonely country road two miles south of Ponca City. Phipps was arrested when he ap- peazed at the spot where Meeks and Wentz were instructed to leave the money. — Presents Credentials. BERLIN, October 26 (/).—President von Hindenburg today received Prof. Daniel Binchy, first Irish Free State CARAWAY SCORES AN’ OF EYANSON; REPORT SUBMITTED Bingham First Approached by Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, Arkansan Indicates. LOBBY COMMITTEE ASKS LIST OF $1-A-YEAR MEN Only Recommendation Is Result of Wauichet Testimony—Rail Lobby- ing Funds Questioned. By the Associated Press. The relations between Senator Bing- ham, Republican, Connecticut, and the Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association were condemned before the Senate to- day by Chairman Caraway of the lobby committee as “tending to shake the confidence of the American public in the integrity of legislation.” Caraway made his statement after| presenting a report to the Senate from the committee detailing circumstances of the “loan” by the Connecticut Manu- facturers’ Association of Charles L. Eyanson to assist Senator Bingham in his work on the finance committee in framing the tariff bill. “In view of the extraordinary circum- stances attending this transaction,” the Arkansas Senator said, “it was felt by the committee that it was its duty to call to the attention of the Senate im- mediately the information obtained. “It seemed to the committee that the transaction was beneath the dignity of the Senate and that it would tend to shake the confidence of the American aubllc in the integrity of the legisla- SR Caraway also disclosed for the first time that the committee had reason to believe Bingham was first approached by the association relative to their giv- ing him assistance, although the records show that Bingham first asked for a “loan” of a man. A resolution proposesd by Caraway calling upon the Department of Com- merce to report all dollar-a-year men on its pay roll was adpoted without dis- cussion. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, said one of the employes of the Con necticut_ Manufacturers’ Association, Joseph E. Wuichet, testified he was a dollar-a-year man for the Commerce ‘Walsh asserted this was Senator Bingham sat silent and alone as Caraway and then Walsh reviewed his relations with the manufacturers. Caraway said neither Charles Eyan- son, $10,000 assistant to the president of the Connecticut Manufacturers’ As- sociation, who was “loaned” to Bing- ham, nor Wuichet “can read their tes- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) POLICE MAKE DRIVE ON LIQUOR SELLERS) = Fifty-Seven Places Raided in Day of Unusual Activity. ‘The police turned loose on Washin, ton’s wet spots with vehemence yester- day and dried up 57, temporarily at least, thereby establishing a new record for a 24-hour period, acgording to a memorandum submitted today to Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintcndent, by k\eul. L. 1. A. Edwards, personnel of- cer. ‘Thirty-two of the 57 liquor cases were credited to the seventh precinct, which covers Georgetown and the vicinity. The blotter at the first precinct, in the downtown section, recorded all but 10 of the remaining 25 cases. Most of these cases, however, were made by Sergt. Letterman and his spe- cial liquor squad, which conducted raids in all sections of the District, bringing the victims to the central station. Tllegal Possession. ‘The largest number of cases were for fllegal possession of liquor. There were 28 of these. Selling liquor ranked sec- ond, with 20 cases. In addition, 6 per- sons were charged with transportation and 3 with maintaining a nuisance. Maj. Pratt explained he believed the unprecedented record for one day rep- resented the result of considerable pre- liminary investigation by the police Twenty-two new cases were brought into Police Court today. Many of the arrests made were under the Jones law. David A. Hart, assistant United States attorney, said that earlier in the week he informed members of the va- rious liquor squads and other police and agents that unless better informa- tion sheets were made out by them that he would not make charges against the persons whom they had arrested. The apparent reawakening of the pro- hibition enforcement machinery was at- tributed by attaches of the court to the private taiks which Hart and his assis- tant, James R. Kirkland, have given many of the police. Minister to Germany, who presented his credentials. Kirkland told how several police had (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., October 26.—Strap- in|ped to an operating table, James Clif- ford, 28-year-old self-styled scion of & ‘wealthy Oakland, Calif., family, declared today he shot himself on order of a secret cult, whose heads gave him a pistol and demanded he commit suicide because he had fallen in love with the wife of another cult member. Police were forced to handcuff the injured man and he was strapped to apers, decided the specifications were g)o general and directed a revision to nake them more specific. Bride also relieved Stanley DeNeale, on Page 2, Column. 8§ the operating table while physicians worked because of violent attempts to complete what he said was an attempt to kill hi . He was not wounded ARNGEIOUSIY, ODE fllfi'fil‘ &oing SECRET CULT’S DEMAND BLAMED BY {MEMBER WHO ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Says He Was Ordered to End Life Because He Fell in Love With Wife of Another. and the other inflicting a surface abdominal wound. Neither Clifford nor two young men with him, Ben Powers, 19, and Paul Harper, 21, both of Oakland, would describe the cult other than to say it was known as the “O. R. T. P. T.” All questions were greeted with silence. Police said the suicide attempt was Clifford’s second in the last week. Wed- nesday night, while riding with the woman for love of whom Clifford said he was condemned, Mrs. Gladys Hunter, he was prevented from shooting himself by Mrs. Hunter. Harper sald he is a brother of Mrs. Her husband is an employe Hunter. of the Southern Pacific Raliroad. couple is understood to have yesterday for SR AtGDIOs. DETECTIVE SEIZED AS LIQUOR RUNNER Federal Men Arrest Langdon After Receiving Tip on Delivery. Robert F. Langdon, former member of the “Burlingame flying squadron,” which specialized in rum warfare here, and in later years a detective at the fifth precinct, detailed to prohibition cases, was arrested last night by Fed- eral agents, who said they took him into custody while he was making a liquor delivery. Langdon, who has figured in two fatal shootings in his police career, was im- mediately suspended. Police of No. 1 precinct, where Lang- don was booked on charges of trans- portation and.possession, were informed that six Federal men trapped Langdon after they obtained a tip that a delivery would be made. Placed Under $2,500 Bond. It is alleged that Langdon drove up in his automobile where the Federal men lay in wait, and that search of his car disclosed two five-gallon whisky- laden kegs. The automobile was con- He was arrested and taken to No. 1 precinct. Acting Lieut. A. S. Bohrer suspended Langdon from police duty after he was charged . He was released on posting $2,500 bond for appearance in Police Court. Special Agents W. J. Prince and War- ren Heddens brought Langdon to the precinct and charged him with trans- porting and illegal ssion., Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, this morning ordered Lang- don cited before the Trial Board, for & hearing at the earliest possible date. The next meeting of the board is Wed- nesday. ‘While awaiting arraignment at Police Court Langdon smashed a camera in the hands of a Star staff photographer when he became incensed after a pic- ture had been snapped as he came out one of the three doors of the court- house. Previously he had evaded the cameramen. ‘Wearing Badge When Arrested. ‘When arrested Langdon was wearing his police badge, carried his police cre- dentials and had his service revolver strapped to his hip. Officers at Langdon's precinct say that he told them that the large auto- mobile he habitually drove belonged to his wife, who, he is said to have re- lated, is well to do. One of the fatal shootings in which Langdon was concerned occurred on October 31, 1925, while he was a mem- ber of the squad operating under Capt. Guy Burlingame. The squad at the climax of what was described as a liquor chase, engaged in a hand-to-hand en- counter with three youthful occupants of the pursued car when it was over- hauled. During the struggle one of the trio was sald to have pressed a gun against Langdon’s body and a brother officer, Henry Rinke, went to his assist- ance. The gun went off, killing Charles C. Deegan, 22, one of the occupants of the car. The youth with whom Rinke was struggling was Francis Deegan, 17. Rinke was exonerated. Exonerated in Killing. Last March Langdon was exonerated by a coroner's jury in the killing of Louis Burton, colored, who was fatally wounded by the policeman after an au- tomobile chase through Southwest Washington. Langdon and another officer, F. L. Arrington, sighted two colored men, who were traveling in a small roadster, on New Jersey avenue, near the sixth pre- cinct station house. Giving chase in their own car, the licemen_ pursued them to South Capitol and I streets, where the colored men abandoned their machine and fled on foot. ‘The policemen testified at the inquest that in the pursuit on foot Burton made a motion as though to draw a pistol on Langdon and that Langdon shot in self-defense. Other witnesses disputed this. Burton was shot in the back and d::dll short time later in Casualty Hos- pital. Langdon took the man to the hospl- tal, but left without giving his name to officials. He returned to the scene of the shooting and took the colored men's automobile to the fifth precinct station house. Later it was announced 88 quarts of liquor were in the car, and Langdon said a pistol of ancient make was in the pocket of the man he shot. Both colored men denied that there was any liquor in their car, or that either of them ever had owned such a pistol as Langdon told of finding. Bacha Sakao Capture Confirmed. LONDON, October 26 (A).—The left here Sakao, who was driven PEN- Afghan charge d'affaires in London last night received official confirmation of the capture and confinement of Bacha from the throne Youthful Carrier Of Germs Cornered By Doctors at Last Fresh Air and Exercises Recommended After 25 Arrests in Five Years. DENVER, October 26 (#).—Sammy Matz, 10, who has laughed at lock- smiths ever since he got out of swad- dling clothes, has at last received a bad break. Sammy has been arrested 25 times‘in the last five years. Each time he was released. Sammy is what is known as a diphtheria carrier. Immune to the disease himself, he carried the deadly germs in his nose and throat. The Juvenile Court could not send him to reform school or anywhere else. So, perforce, they turned him loose. Now, however, three doctors have de- cided Sammy's germs are not of & viru- lent character. They recommended he be placed in somé institution where he could get plenty of exercise and fresh air. The judge is expected to act on their recommendation. FIND TRACE OF SHIP GONE FOR § YEARS Wreckage of House of David Craft Washed Up in Lake Michigan Storm. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, Mich,, October 26.—The tumultous waters~of Lake Michigan, which eliminated the Milwaukee from the shipping lists of the Great Lakes, yielded up the story of another tragedy this week. Out of the lake have come bits of wreckage of the House of David schoon- er Rosabelle, unreported since it set out for a cruise eight years ago. The Rosa- belle carried a crew of 11 men and was on its way from High Island with a cargo of potatoes raised there when it disappeared in a storm. Wreckage of the vessel was found on the beach near Racine, Wis., by searchers for a trace of the Milwaukee. ‘The Rosabelle’s crew consisted of Capt. Erhart Gliese, First Mate Charles Anderson, Second Mate Waldemar Frederickson and Seamen Alvin Winder. Edgar Marshall, Jake Vonmoulken, Robert Dauley, C. Daley, L. Nye, Cecil Claudel and Edwin Wilson. High Island, in the northern part of Lake Michigan, is the property of the House of David, which is located at Benton Harbor. CREW OF 31 STRANDED. Men on Freighter Chicago Washed Up on Island in Lake Michigan. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., October 26 (®).—The cold northern dawn cpreading over the white-capped waves of Lake Superior today found Capt. P. C. Farrell of the package freighter GChicago and 30 members of his crew huddled about their camp fires on the rocky shore at thé western end of Michipicoten Island, where they have been marooned without food or shelter since Tuesday night. Michipicoten is a wooded and moun- tainous island 100 miles northwest of Sault Ste. Marle. Its highest rocks rise a_thousand feet above lake level. The (Continued on 2, Column 7.) Nearly Every One In abcut 9 out of 10 of the better homes of Washington The Star is read regularly by the different members of the family for worth-while, reliable news and informa- tion. If The Star is not being delivered regularly to your door every evening and Sun- day morning, telephone now National 5000, and the route agent wil] collect 60 cents per month (65 cents when five Sundays in the month). VAR FORECAST NG.0.P.HOVE Selection of Kahn as Treas- urer Seen as Night on Hoover’s Loes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 26.—War by the Republican senatorial campaign committee against Republican Senators who oppose President Hoover on the tariff was forecast by New York news- papers today. ‘The forecast was predicated on the selection of Otto H. Kahn as treasurer of the Republican senatorial campaign committee, which was announced Thurs- day night at a dinner given by Jere- miah Milbank for Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the can national committee. - . Mr. Kahn accepted the treasurership at the request of itor George H. Moses of New chairman of the committee. In “recent years the committee has had no treasurer, ob- taining most of its funds from the na- tional committee, Selection Significant. ‘The Times said that selection of a banker of Mr. .ahn's standing was ac- cepted as an indication that Senator Moses intended to be prepared for a hard fight for retention of Republican control of the Senate when one-third of the members come up for election or re-election next year. The selection, said the Times, was seen as somewhat of a war measure, aimed as much against the members of the so-called Republican- Progressive against the Democrats, with a torial campaign committee might fail to support some of the Progressive Sen- ators who have opposed, and are op- posing, President Hoover and the ad- ministration on the tariff bill. Moses and Watson Leaders. ‘The American said the campaign for an immediate aggressive fight against the insurgents was largely due to the appeals of Senators Moses and James E. Watson of Indiana. The newspaper quoted Moses as ap- pealing to the 130 persons present to Join him and Watson in helping to make the Republican majority so large its decrees would be challenged only with futility by La Follette, Norris, Bo- rah, Capper and other reputed Pro- gressive-Republicans. BURTON HOLDING OWN BUT CONDITION GRAVE President Hoover Pays Night Visit to Senator From Ohio. By the Associated Press. The condition of Senator Burton of Ohio, who is critically ill at his resi- dence here, was reported today by his secretary to have undergone no change “during the past 24 hours.” Burton, long a figure in national Re- publican politics, had an attack of ippe about a month ago and was re- covering slowly until yesterday, when » sharp relapse brought fears' that he would not recover. He was one of the first to come out for Herbert Hoover for the presidency and the Chief Executive called on him last night. The President has visited him several times during his illness. His secretary, who spent the night at the Burton residence, said “the Senator is & very sick man, and there is cause for great concern, but he appears to be holding his own, showing no inclination to weaken or gain in strength.” WATER EXTENSIONS URGED IN 5YEAR, DISTRICT PROGRAM Improvements Recommend- ed in Report From Assistant Encineer Commissioner. GENERAL REVENUE FUND SUGGESTED FOR BUILDING New Mains Central Object of Pro- posal—Approval of Plan Is Predicted. A far-reaching program of improve- ment of Washington's water distribu- tion system, calling for expenditure of about $1,287,000 more than can be met by the expected water revenues over a period of five years, was recom- mended by Assistant Engineer Com- missioner Hugh P. Oram in a report to Engineer Commissioner William B. La- due today. Capt. Oram recommended that no in- crease in water rates in the District be made, but that the extra money be appropriated from the general revenues of the District. Capt. Oram supported this recom- mendation, ccnsidered the most vital in the report, by pointing out that the District is now earning a return of 7 per cent on the capital invested in the water distributing system. Increase Opposed. Since the improvements called for are all capital expenses, he wrote, to increasz the rates to take care of such expenses would not be in line with good commercial practice. Although the recommendation still must be passes on by both Col. Ladue individually and the District Commissioners as a board, opinion at the District Bullding was that in all its essentials it would be ap- proved by the Commissioners. The report was not the sole expres- sion of opinion of Capt. Oram, to whom SCHOOL ORATORS OF NINE COUNTRIES COMPETE TONIGHT Eight Boys and One Girl Will Seek Trophy in Interna- tional Finals. SWOFFORD, U. S. ENTRY, TO BE FIRST SPEAKER Contest for World Homors Will Open in Constitution Hall at 8 0'Clock. The world's best high school orator will be chosen in Constitution Hall to- night. Today, the eight boys and one girl who comprise the field in the finals of the Fourth International Oratorical Contest are biding their time as they await the stroke of 8 o'clock which will send them into competition for the world championship. The handsome Sevres vase which France has offered as the trophy of the meet will be awarded the winner. ‘The six scholars who will sit as judges on the nine orations, each of which is designed to increase respect for good government, are in the Capital, and the stage is set for what probably will be the stiffest contest of the series of in- ternational annual speechmaking meets, Swofford Takes Stage First. Ben W. Swofford of Kansas City, who last May was adjudged the best hi school orator in the United States a board of United States Supreme Court Jjustices and who, by virtue of that de- cision represents this country in the d | international meet, will be the first of the young orators to take the stage. He will speak on “The American Con- stitution and Its Framers,” the same ?nna:n which won him national honors ay. The same lottery which determined the young American as the first speaker, prescribed that Gabriel Fouche, cham- the task was assigned by Col Ladue, but was also concurred in and signed Maj. Brehon Somervell, the Unif States engineer for this district; E. D. Hardy, the senior engineer of the United States engineer office, and D. W. Hol- ton, acting superintendent of the District Water Department. Recommendations Listed. Nine major improvements were recommended. They are: 1. Parallel the 24-inch second high service main from Florida avenue to Park_road on Eleventh street new 36-inch main. Funds now in hand for the extension of the M street main from Eleventh street-to New Je ave- nue should be applied to this the extension the M street postponed for many years, as there is (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) NEW TRIAL MOTION FORFALL IS FILED Arguments for Rehearing of Bribery Case to Be Open- ed Next Friday. By the Associated Press. Convicted of bribery, former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall today pinned his hope of exoneration upon a motion for a new trial and, that failing, an appeal to a higher court. Still stoutly maintaining his inno- cence, the former cabinet officer, now aged and failing in health, awaited the next development in his case at his suite in the Mayflower Hotel, surround- ed by members of his family and old friends from the West. ‘The verdict of the jury that he was guilty of bribery in accepting $100,000 from Edward L. Doheny before execut- ing the famous lease on the Elk Hills naval oll reserve to a Doheny company was followed closely late yesterday by the motion for a new trial, advancing 30 reasons which Gefense counsel con- sidered as justifying such an action. Claim Judge Erred. ‘The motion made numerous charges of error on the part of Justice William Hitz, who presided, asserting that he went beyond his province in his instruc- tions to the jury by “improperly and unlawfully” arguing the case, and “in effect directing,” coercing, influencing and driving the jury on questions of fact which were “solely and exclusively within the jury’s function to decide.” In addition, Fall's counsel charged that the court erred in admitting evi- dence of the transaction by which Fall leased Teapot Dome naval oil reserve to Harry F. Sinclair, and also in com- menting on that evidence in its charge ‘Taking up the section of Justice Hitz's charge dealing with a recommendation for mercy, which subsequently was at- tached to the verdict, the motion as- serted that it constituted an “unwar- ranted and improper invitation to the jury to convict, and the suggestion that by so doing they might by attaching a (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) HIT-AND-RUN-AND-HIT’EM-AGAIN GIRL IS BANISHED AS DRIVER Complaining Witness Says She “Ran” Only to Return and Smash His Second Car. By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, Ill, October 26.—Miss Pauline Stasiak probably could be de- scribed as a hit-'em-again driver; a hit-and-run-and-hit-"em-again driver, to be real hyphenated. Judge Porter, mn fining her $75 yes- terday, sald worse than that. He said that as a driver she was “a menace to the community,” and told her to stop ing witness. He said Miss Stasiak smashed into his machine at a street intersection, backed away, around and disapj . “So,” sald Peter Pennacchia, “I went to_the gai and get my other car. A fellow’s got to have two or three cars nowadays with so many careless drivers at large. I started out . I stopped for a light. Crash, bang. She hit me again. Same girl, same car. wwk__up buying cars i with a | ism plon of France, shall be the second speaker. He will bid for victory with his speech on “The Aspirations of Modern Prench Youth.” ‘The third contestant to speak will be Herbert Schaumann, Germany's entry, ‘whose subject will be “The Significance of the Weimar Constitution to the Youth of Germany.” The fourth speaker will be Roberto Ortiz Gris, Mexican forensic hope, who will talk on “Should the Latin Peoples Try to Replace Pan-American- by a Policy of Universal Interests?” Petit Lecaros of Peru, cham- plon of South America, will be the fifth will “Canada the Nations” 25 The Sixth contestant S Girl Is Seventh Speaker. Miss Lis Torsleff of Denmark, cham= pion of the Scandinavian and Upper European nations, and the only girl in the meet, will be the seventh speaker, using as her subject “Denmark’s Con= stitution and Political Ideals.” Vicente Pardo Suarez, representative of Cuba, will speak on “Jose Marti,” as the eighth contestant. F. Whitnall Allen, champion of Eng- land, will conclude the contestant phase of the meet with his oration on “Wil- liam Ewart Gladstone.” Each of the nine orators will speak in his own tongue and, in the case of the Canadian, who is of the French colony of the Dominion, that language will be French. English translations of the foreign speeches will be printed in full in the programs which will be dis- tributed to the audience. Judges to Write Ballots. The judges, each capable of weighing the merits of a speech in‘all of the languages which will be used tonight, are Dr. Jan Herman Van Royen, Min- ister from the Netherlands, and chair- - man of the committee; Dr. Jules-Bois of the faculty of I'Ecole de Psychologie, Paris; Dr. Richard Henry Wilson of the University of Virginia; Dr. Adam Bov- ing, Danish scholar of the National Mu= seum; Comdr. J. B. De Marbois of the Upper Canada College at Toronto, and gtr. Paul G. Gleis of Catholic Univer= y. Each judge will write his inJividual ballot upon all nine speakers and if & contestant receives the rating of first place from a majority of the judges and at the same time receive the low-point total, that orator will be announced winner. However, if no speaker is ac- corded a majority vote for first place, the judges will retire from the hall to deliberate upon the three best speakers as_determined by the initial ballot. The meeting will be opened by Ran- dolph Leigh, director general of ‘the contest, who will introduce Dr. Fred- erick W. von Prittwitz und Graffron. German Ambassador to the United States. Dr. von Prittwitz will deliver the opening address. Following the German Ambassador's speech, Mr. Leigh will present the nine contestants individually so that the audience will have no difficulty in identifying them later in the meet. The young championship contenders will be summoned to the stage for their forensic bids by the national anthem of their respective countries. The musical introductions will be played by the Tech Symphony Olchfsrrl i the McKinley High School of this city. Dore Walten, faculty director of the organization, will be directing. Hamond to Announce Results. After the speeches are delivered and a verdict has been reached, the results will be announced by John Hays Ham- mond, internationally known engineer, who is honorary president of the Consti- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) IDENTIFIED AS KIDNAPER. One of Eight Held Recognized as Child Sees Picture. DETROIT, October 26 (#).—James Fernando, one of eight ns held in ion with the kidnaping of 5- Thompson, was claimed front of his home. Jackie, iccording to police and his father, Henry S. Thompson, picked Fernandoc from a group of other suspects in a newspaper picture. Six men and 1wo women now are held in connection with the case. The latest arrest was that of Charles Vangeliste, 28, “:dmt“gxm into ¢ he .fi”" at the Fernando night. b