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v 24 ERAAA SO RS bl CARIRARIRD VN 330 1 ST T THTINS M MO TRSEHB VTR INBANK SHORTAGE ton Faces Count of Mur- er in Death of Marjorie 0’Donnell. k4 Gleorge Willard Bennett, 25 years old, f@rer teller of the Farmers & Me- cjsfiics’ Branch of the Riggs Nationa r, was indicted today by the grand + 3§ 'for the alleged embezzlement of n'} ts of the bank totaling $104,780.24. ye indictment contains 31 counts, oft which 29 relate to separate trans- and the thirtieth charges the le of the previous 20 counts, stated as $78.431.59. In ad- . Bennett is said to have been in his cash vault July 11, 1020, extent of $26.348.65, which forms sis of the thirty-first count. her indictment returned today hat of Dexter Churchill Dayton, ssed strangler of Marjorie O'Don- The charge {s first-degree murder. theory of the prosecution in the tt case is that the bank teller re- deposits from certain customers bank, and instead of crediting accounts with the amounts, ap- ted the money to his own use. False Entries Are Charged. an additional indictment, he is| od with violating the National ! g laws by making alleged false of the total of deposits received days on hich he is said«to have | 1d deposits. | first count of the indictment s the embezzlement of $5.645.39 1 last; the second count charges e withheld $657.50 on the same he third alleges the embezzlement 018.82 on the same day. The and fifth counts relate to al- transaction July 10 and charge fmbezzlement of $3,415.67 and On July 6 he is set out in the sixth count. All alleged peculations are said to becurred on the five days, July 1, five days named above on which ulations are charged and on Bennett is sald to have entered total of deposits received in- f putting in the bank's books the figures. Follows Smith Indictment. murder indictment against Day- connection with the death of O'Donnell, young stenographer, the Roosevelt Hotel October 7, ingle count and follows closely the fifist count of the indictment against Prarslin Ellsworth Smith, now under sentdice of death for the killing of his caughter Bessie in September, 1928. The Mmith case is pending on appeal in_thd Court of Appeals. n is charged in the indictment ~hoking the girl to death. fimony concerning the death of irl was presented to the grand jury¥by Assistant United States At- tornfy Arthur G. Lambert. Dayton probably will be arraigned Friday or y. e Lee, alias Lee Kem Hem, is 14 first-degree murder for the Kkill- ing Lee Num Kate, elderly Chinese, withfa flat iron during an altercation in = latter's laundry in the 1000 blocl. ™our-and-a-half street southwest, last {@pptember Lee confessed the | killidg; which he said resulted from a and, and was found in the build- y Policemen J. D. Oppert, Henry and H. H. Heflin, who were place while the quarrel was -~ gblored, is also charged - murder of Alice Metz, lared, last August 16. According 2 had tened to take L life about two weeks befors P He is said to have seen “riter an office in the 600 block N strérs and went after her, cm’{ln‘ [l shat, zn. After shooting her, Bell fled, and Aas arrested several blocks away, 'I;z. grand jurors exonerated Walter E. HRrdt, driver of an automobile which caushi the death of Catherine Davis in fronf of premifes 491 G street southwest i6. The child stepped from tne ¢1k in front of the machine, it was ér.cases in which the grand jurors 16d to refurn indictments included @n P, Holloway and James S, y, charged with embezzlement, iley Nicholson, charged with an assa§it with a dangerous weapon. AS 60 ARE SAVED OFF SINKING SHIP ntinued From First Page) | were lowered and one pitched overboard. hours after the Wisconsin went there were cight known dead. had been accounted for. Seven lead had been identified. These Dougal Morrison, Chicago. Engineer Judas Buschmann, THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, b O Dead Senator | THEODORE E. BURTO! CAPITAL MOURNS BURTON'S DEATH; SENATE ADJOURNS (Continued From First Page) hington to Cleveland, Ohio, for burial in charge of the sergeant-at- arms, attended by the committee, who shall have full power to carry these resolutions into effect; and that the necessary expenses in connection there- with be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate. “Resolved, That the secretary com- municate these resolutions to the House of Representatives, transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased, and Invite the House of Representatives to attend the funeral in the Senate chamber and to appoint a committee to act with the committee of the Sen- ate. “Resolve, That invitations be ex- tended to the President of th: United States and The members of the cabinet, the Chief Justice and associated justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the diplomatic corps (through | the Secretary of State), the chief of staff of the Army, the chief of naval operations and the commandant of the | Marine Corps to attend the funcral in the Senate chamber. “Resolved, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased. the Senate do stand adjourned until 2:15 o'clock tomorrow.” Expressed Funeral Desires. Senator Burton fully realized that he | could not recover from the malady that i gripped him several months ago and | expressed several desires which will be carried out in arrangements for the funeral. Among these, h» requested that | the funeral sermon be preached by | Bishop William P, McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church, an old friend, and that the Knights Templar conduct the service at his grave. After serving first as a Republican member of the House and then in the Senate, Mr. Burton decided in 1914 not to stand for re-election, and with- drawing from public life made an op- wrtu?ny for Warren G. Harding to come into national prominence. At the close of the World War he, emerged from his retirement as a can- | didate for the House, was elected, en- | tered the senatorial campaign of a year ago and was given a majority of more than half & million. He was the only man in American history to serve in the | House and Senate, return to the House and then again hold memberspip in the enate. ¥ This latter phase of his pulllic career was devoted to_t afé dnternas| tional peace. En g th¢“House as American troops were returning from France, the aged Ohioan threw him- helf heart and soul Into the effort to make the ideal of perpetual peace a Teality. He advocated the abolition of poison- | ous gas as an implement of warfare, ' joined in a movement to outlaw the & gressor nation in any international con- flict, opposed in 1926 the appropriation of funds to begin the construction of three cruisers previously authorized | and sponsored the movement which ied | to the Kellogg treaty renunciating war | as an Instrument of national policy. A Vvigorous proponent of the limi tion of naval armaments, the Ohio Sen- ator died in the satisfaction of the knowledge that the nations are to as i semble at London in January in an ef- | fort to attain this objective. | Expresisons of Regret. Spontaneous and universal expressions | of regret were heard as word of his | death spread tirough official Wash- ington. His colleague, Senator Fess of Ohio, mourned his death as a “national loss.” He described Senator Burton as “tne highest type of a legislator, consc.entious to the extent of never yielding to Whut is known as a demagogue.” He added that the dead Senator's career “rep- resents the finest type of the public servant, and will rank with the best in Europe or America. Chairman Hawley of the House ways and means committee termed Senator Burton “one of the great statesmen of America.” Chairman Wood of the House appropriations committee and Repre- | sentative Garner of Texas, the Demo- cratie leader, also jolned in the flow of | | Bwoo, Wis. tr Yesus, Chlufi. seaman. r Ryan, deck hand. A. Cassegas, Chicago. sthird cook. " Joe, deck hand. al survivors were unconscious the rescue boats -landed them Fred Trueber, the lookout, suf-| broken arm. It was smashed | “betw§¥n the coast guard boat and th side }6f the Wisconsin. Others weie skin, chilled and P - Th“ Wisconsin sent two messages “to iy Goodrich steamship Illinois. The first baid the Wisconsin had run into ~difihities in the house-high waves, but did Yot ask help. Captain de Latre wire''ssed back telling the Wisconsin not attempt to enter Racine Harbor ‘whick the Illinois itself had just made, explfning that the harbor was crowded ‘with§craft seeking shelter, A ttle later the Wisconsin sent the messkge reporting she was in a sinking ;condlion. : Elfer Ross of Muskegon, Mich., an goiler, said the crew acted with coolness dnd ?ibedlence throughout the exciting #hourf ‘preceding the sending of the two passengers rescued were rs_Grant of Sycamore, Ill, and| Cabbowski, Chicago. praise and tribute evoked by Senator| Burton's death. Representative Morgan was the only Ohio House member in the cily at the time of his death. He termed Senator Burton’s death “a shock that has brought sincere sorrow and deep grief to his colleagues and his friends.” Representative Ruth Bryan Owen, Democrat, Florida, characterized Sen- ator Burton as “one of the most be- loved statesmen in America.” Governor to Name Successor. With the death of Senator Burton, Gov. Myers Y. Cooper of Ohio will be called upon to name the fourth person to carry on in the Senate seat to which the late Frank B, Willis originally was elected. The governor, in Columbus, has not announced whom he will appoint, but Ohlo political leaders sald the choice probably would be from a group of four men. They are Postmaster General Walter F. Brown ot Toledo, Col. Carmi A. Thompson of Cleveland, a_prominent figure in State politics; Col. Edward W. Edwards and Col. Willlam Cooper Proctor, both Cincinnati manufacturers, Gov. Cooper last night issued the fol- lowing statement on the death of Sen- ator Burton: “The passing of Senator Burton is a matter of profound sorrow to the people The only confusion developed Rosst said, was when three lifeboats wereplaunched, the crews having diffi- zulty] in handling them in the high Beas, : Laje Michigan was kicking high Tollels from the east as the Wisconsin ut qut from Chicago at 7:45 p.m. yes- terdigyy. Other Lake craft, for the most Parti hugged the harbors. The only steaipers besides the Wisconsin to ven- ture hut were the Iliinois, Milwaukee to Chicig the Goodrich steamer Ala- bam” . bound from Chicago to Grand ‘Hav&), Mich., and the Hill Line's r Waukegan, bound from Keno- sha "o Milwaukee. The Waukegan sent put 4,1 8 O 8 when it was nearing Mil- wau~=e, but made harbor safely. ire was some speculation that the nsin may have struck the hull of ferry Milwaukee, which sank in the storm of a week ago with its of our entire State. “He served his State and Nation with unselfish devotion and great ability. But few men of his generation have been called to such continued length of public service. His leadership will be greatly missed. I was proud to call him my loyal friend and his death comes as a deep personal loss to me.” ‘Worked Tirelessly for Peace. When time shall write its final es- timate of Theodore E, Burton of Ohio it must turn for its most colorful chap- ters to his untiring efforts in behalf of world peace that climaxed more than two score years of intermittent public life, At the age of 68, when most men are looking forward to retirement, he re: turped to Congress active life by seven years of service in the House and Senate, devoted almost entirely to the furtherance of interna- tional amity. Urged Poison Gas Ban. ° o round out an BURTON, I DEATH LAUDEDBY HOOVE {Ohioan One of Greatest | Statesmen of His Day, Says President. President Hoover, in commenting on the death of Senator Burton of Ohio, sald today that when the origins “of | great and successful policies are exam | ined in the retrospect of history,” the of his cutemfiorary stalesmen. | “The death of a great leader s a national loss,” the President said. | “Senator Burton gave practically all ! his long adult manhood to public serv- | ice, in turn to his city, his State and to the Nation. His was always construc- tive action, and from his leadership has sprung much of our national advance- ment. “He was & great servant of the peo- ple. profoundly versed in the history and tradition of our institutions, jealous to preserve their integrity. “When the origins of great and suc- icessful policles are examined in the retrospect of history the Senator's name | Senator's name will be among the first | SMITH C0. PETITION lGovernment Requests Court to Sustain Subpoenas Call- ing for Records. _ (Continued From First Page.) | license to sell stock through its agents | in Ohio. Pennsylvania, Indiana, Minne- ensive mail order business to sell stock in those States. Smith properties have been circulated {through the mails, and that the ap- | praisals have been made by the firm of | Ford, Bacon & Davis of New York City, under such circumstances that an in- for. ferred stock at par when, unknown to the prospective purchaser, it was being offered in Washington for as low as 70 per cent of the par value. Paid Salaries of $90,000, That the funds of the corporation have been dissipated by payments of yearly salarles as great as $90.000 to Pitts and Henry iIn addiilon to large will rank among the first leaders of his time. “He has ever been held in the respect | which many years ago became venera- | tion. His death is a deep and personal | 1oss to me. He was a lovable character | and an affectionate friend.” : abolition of poisonous g:s in warfare; then threw his force hind a move to outlaw the aggressor nation in inter- national strife, and thirdly clashed with his party leaders in the House in their | contest with Calvin Coolidge in 1926 | over the appropriation of funds to start | the last three of the eight 10,000-ton cruisers authorized two years previously. In this dispute between the President and Congress, Burton late one Winter afternoon held House members in their seats long after the lights had been turned on in pleading the cause of dis- armament as a means of world prace. He said he was looking out over a horizon far beyond the controversy be- tween the White House and Congress | and thinking of other years, and to him it appeared a question of whether the most powerful nation of the world was to lead the way in limiting naval pcw- er, to his mind the aggressive power of any nation. Burton Jost in this contest, funds were provided, but the goal, on which he kept his life, reduction of seapower, at the hour of his death apparently was aearer with the great naval poweis pre- paring to gather in London in Janaary to consider such a step, Overtaxed Strength by Efforts. Many of Burton's friends have thought that he overtaxed his waning strength in his efforts in both this di- | rection and in taking a leading part in | the Hoover-for-President move prior to | the Republican Kansas City conven- | lon, Burton was one of those to initiate | the Hoover move for the Ohio delega- tion to Kansas City. After Hoover hiad | succeeded in winning many of the del- egates, Burton entered the race for the | Senate and won by more than & half million majority. Mr. Burten was born in Jefferson. Ohio, December 20, 1851, the son of the Rev. William and Elizabeth Burton, and was christened Theodore Elijah, He attended Grinnell College in Iowa for & while, was graduated at Oberlin Col- lege in 1872, and received a master's degree three years later. Subsequently he was given honorary-degrees by Ober- lin, Dartmouth, Ohio University,' St. mlxl. Maryland, and New York Upi-. y. After teaching three years at Oberlin, ' he took up the practice of law in Cleve- | land. He never married. Read Watching Flocks. In early life, Burton showed a decided | taste for books and as a shepherd boy | frequently read a Latin grammar as Le | watched the flocks near his home in Northeastern Ohlo. In later years he became an authcr himself, three of his best known books being “Financial Crises and Periods of Commercial and dndustrial Depression,” the “Life of John Sherman,” and “Corporations and the State.” He studied law in the office of Lyman Trumbull, a Chicago attorney, who was ! a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln and in whose office William Jennings Bryan also studied. Admitted to the bar in 1875, he borrowed $150 and began practice. RITES TO BE PUBLIC. Senator Burton Had Made Half Jest | He Desired Death in Office. | CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 29 (#).- The body of Senator Theodore E. Bui ton will lie in state at the Public Hall here Thursday morning in accordance | with wishes he expressed when he | realized death was upon him. Three years ago, when his seventy- | fifth birthday was being celebrated with’| a dinner here, the Senator, half in jest | and half in earnest, sald he had two ; ambitions—to die in office and have a | public funeral. Five weeks ago he real- ized this was to come true and sum- moned City Manager Willlam R. Hop- kins to take charge of funeral ar- rangements. Hopkins made three hur- ried airplane trips to the Capital to discuss the plans, but did not disclose their purpose until the Senator’s death last night. At noon Thursday the funeral pro- cession will form at the Public Hall, and, with a military escort, go to the | Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, | | where the services will be conducted | by Rev. Ferdinand Q. Blanchard, pastor of the church. Burial will be in Lake- | view Cemetery. | | | 'BROOKHART ALARMED “ BY STOCK CONDITIONS | | | { Bankruptey of Banks Outside New York Feared as Con- sequence. By the Associated Press. Scnator Brookhart, Republican, of Towa, predicted today that if the severe decline of stock prices in Wall Street continued “banks all over the country” would go into bankruptcy. The lowan, who has bills pending proposing radical revision of the Fe eral Reserve law and prohibition of loans hy banks for speculative purposes, said that a large percentage of money advanced to brokers came from banks outside New York which would lose tre- dividends they recelved as owners of nearly all of the common stock, so that revenue for preferred stockhold- ers are greatly diminished. That the company bought the Ham- ilton Hotel at a foreclosure sale for approximately $1,300,000. only after Pitts had ofiered several creditors “a consideration” to refrain from bidding at the sale. ‘That soon after buying the Hamilton Hotel property for $1,300,000, in spite of the fact that the hotel had gone through two bankruptcies, the company made it the purported security for a bond issue of $2,800,000, of which $2,- 600,000 worth was sold to the public. After reviewing in detail some of the methods by which the F. H. Smith Co. managed its financing ventures, the re- port summarizes as follows: “In each instance, as above suggested. the corporations that issued the bonds were creatures of the F. H. Smith Co. and its officers above named. Also the trustees to whom the mortgages were | made securing those bond issues were either Pitts or Henry, personally or cor- porations_controlled by officers of the F. H. Smith Co. Thus, the mortgagors, the mortgagees and 'the corporation that advertised and sold the bonds were practically identical.” Accepted Gratuities. In another section the report de- clared: “It was a common practice for those officers who had control of the awarding of the contracts to surrepti- tiously demand and receive from some one of the bidding contractors personal gratuities aggregating. in many in- stances, $30,000 or more, in consider: tion of their acceptance of that con- tractor’s bid.” be a letter to a member of the firm of attorneys retained for a short period by the F. H. Smith Co., from the treasurer of the Boyle-Robertson Construction Co., offering to pay “in consideration of the services rendered by you in assist- ing us to secure through the F. H. Smith Co., the centract for the erection of an apartment house in Pittsburgh, we agree to pay to you the sum of $35,000. as follows. * * *" The rest of the letter contains a description of the in- stallments in which the money was to have been paid. The report also discusses the meet~ ing of the board of directors at which they are said to have decided to sell stock through the mails in the States where their agents had been refused licenses to operate. This meeting, the n;gm s, Was held on December 19, 1927, and was attended by Representa- tives Zihlman, Crissenger, Pitts, Henry, Edwards and Ezra Gould. Hotel Report M: Alleged manipulations concerning the Hamilton Hotel, bankruptcy of which has already been made the basis of an indictment for perjury returned against Pmt!, are covered at length in the re- port. The report asserts that holders of a $1,000.000 bond issue on a second mort- gage lost all but about 4 per cent of their money on foreclosure in 1925, when many creditors “were requested by Pitts to refrain from bidding ot the sale and were promised a consideration 50 to refrain.” Shortly thereafter, the report con- tinues, title was transferred from the Hamilton Hotel Corporation to another subsidiary of the Smith company. Four months after this transfer, according to the report, the hotel corporation was adjudged bnnkrurt, and the claim was advanced that the books of ac- count could not be found and the rec- ord claims were entirely lost. Further transters of the property through otber Smith subscribers result- ed on Deeember 10, 1928, in the is- suance of a $1,050,000 mortgage. At ;hls point the report comments as fol- lows: “Thus the Hamilton Hotel property, ufe operation of which had n_the subject of two bankrupteies, and which had been purchased by Pitts and his assoclates at the above-mentioned fore- closure sale for approximately $1,300,~ 000, was made and now is the pur- ported security for bond issues in the aggregate sum of $2,800,000—of which :a‘onda $2,600,000 were sold to the pub- ce.” The time of the sale of the last $1,050,000 bonds, purporting to be se- cured by this property, the report says, an appraisal of the property by Ford. Bacon and Davis to the effect that the property and equipment was worth more than $3,000,000, was extensively circulated through the mails. “The circumstances under which this and other appraisals were made by the New York company merit the investi- gation of the grand jury,” the report states. In addition to the Hamilton Hotel, the following properties, which have at some time 'n under the control of the F. H. 8mith Co. or its subsid- faries, are taken up in the report, and the manner in which they were financed thoroughly discussed. The Cavalier Apartment Hotel at 3500 Fourteenth street, Washington; the Fairfax Apartment Hotel, in Pittsburgh, Pa., and the Law and Finance Bulld- ing, also in Pittsburgh. ‘The report closes with a description of “sale of preferred stocks” of the com- pany during the last two years, and an assertion that the documents and rec- ords of the company should be made :1vnlllhl: to the grand jury investiga- on, Conclusion of Report. The report says: “During the past two vears, preferred stock of the F. H. Smith Co. has been continually advertised, offered and sold to the public, in an aggregate sum of several million dollars. Representations were made to the effect that the aver- mendous amounts of money if prices for stocks continued to go down. He added that what he described as the “panic in Wall Street” might lead to a “general business panic” of far- | reaching cansequences. | The present situation, he said, would accelerate enactment of a bill by Sen- ator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, to tax |stock sales and a yesolution by Senato: King, Demcerat, of Utah, proposing sweeping investigation of the wh | financial situation. LB | Holds Flag Display Dangerous. BOSTON, October 29 (A).—Display c! American s in public schools is garded by the Right Rev, Paul Jone:, ge net earnings of the company were more than twice the amount required to pay the stipulated annual dividend on all preferred stock outstanding. Such representation of net annual earnings is at variance with all information that has been available to the Government ?nd merits investigation by the grand ury. “Further, such preferred stock has been frequently offered to holders of morigage bonds for ewchange for such bonds; such exchanges, and all sales of stock, have been made on the basis ot the par value of the stock, and much has been disposed of through the mails to persons in distant States at times when—unknown to such prospective | purchasers-——the stock was bein, M)'.f.‘;ld ashing- * REFUSAL IS ASKED ota and New York it organized an ex- | That extremely high appraisals of | vestigation by the grand jury is called | That the company has offered its pre- | ‘The report contains a copy alleged to | I TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1929. WHERE . $47,000 IN NAVY CASH WAS DUG UP Above: The spot in the chicken yard on the District H ome for the Aged and Infirm at Blue Plains where Navy offi- clals dug up $47,000, said to have been buried by Charles Musil, Navy paymaster, charged with the embezzlement of $54,600. —Star Staff Photo. 47,000 MISSING . CASH FOUND HERE Lieut. Musil, Who Vanished| From Charleston, Is Under Arrest. (Continued From First Page.) Lieut. Musil, naval officers began check- | ing his movements from the time he | disappeared from Charleston, Septem- | | ber 28, until he gave himself up. He} 'ldmlfled having been in Washington, Chicago, Detroit and Canad: Still maintaining the utmost secrecy, | naval authorities worked day and night at their task of learning what had be- come of $53,100 of the pay roll remain- ing to be accounted for. Late last week, Lieut. Musil informed the investigators he would show them where he had buried the money if they would return him to Washington. The man's story | | seemed incredulous to the investigators. | The" decided, however, to investjgate it. Guarded During Trip. Lieut. Musil then was brought back | {to Washington, his train arriving at about nigl last Priday. ‘The prisoner was carefully guarded through- out the trip. Several high ranl officials of the Navy De| the Musil party at the Union Station. 1 The investigators drove at once to the former home of Lieut. Musil in the southeast. The money was found at the exact spot where Lieut. Musil had reported burying it. | Calm and collected, Lieut. Musil | looked on while the investigators worked in their shirt sleeves with picks and | shovels. After only a few minutes’ work there was a metallic click as & +chk struck the tin box. “There it is,” Lieut. Musil declared. | He was correct When he dropped from sight Lieut. | Musil was the paymaster for destroyer division No. 40. He was stationed on the U. 8. S. Gilmer at Charleston, Ob- | taizing a leave of absence of two days | September 28, Lieut. Musil failed to re- turn. Nothing was thought of his ab- sence until had been gone three days. Investigation then revealed that $54,600 was missing. The search for the paymaster then was instituted. “Came Here From Charleston, Since the arrest of Lieut. Musil in- vestigators have established the fact that he came direct to Washington from Charleston. He said he went to his former home at night and buried the major portion of the money. He took every precaution to prevent detection and disclosed his secret to no one. Cutting his visit to Washington short for fear of being recognized by some of his many former friends and ac- quaintagces here, Lieut. Musil, attired in civillan clothes, went to Chicago. While there he purchased a quantity of stocks, the officials said. Investigators today attempted to trace those securi- fes. Lieut. Musil told officials he lost “some money” in Canada. The exact manner in which he suffered financial losses there still is a mystery to in- vestigators. Though officials of the Navy Department have little hopes of recovering the $6,100 still missing, thcy were elated to have regained possession of the remainder of the $54800. The | money ~ recovered—s$48,500—has _been | turned over to officials of the Treas- | ury Department. Investigators disclosed that Lieut, Musil has a wife and a 9-year-old son in New York City. Lieut. Musil was born in Illinols in 1893. He enlisted in the Navy about 20 years ago. lle was commissioned in 1921, rising from the ranks. ‘The house near which the money was buried has been abandoned. It is on the grounds of the Home for mecAnd and Infirm at Blue Plains, D. C. Court-martial to Come. Naval officials said today that papers for a general court-martial of Lieut. Musil, which is expected to follow soon, | have not as yet been made out. They | explained that evidence is being col- | lected by the Government investigators. | During 1925 and 1926 Lieut. Musil was & member of the board of survey, appraisal and sale at the Washington | navy yard. Lieut. Musil is so despondent that officials at the Navy Yard have taken precautions to prevent him from com- mitting suicide. He has been searched after each meal to make certain that he has not concealed a knife or fork on his person for use in killing himself. Two men have been guarding Lieut. Musil at all times, One of the men is stationed inside his cell, while the other is on duty outside of the brig. Pitts and sald Henry; and by the pay- | ment of large sums as dividends to said | Pltts and said Henry as the owners of | practically all of the common stock, | thus greatly diminishing the assets upon | W] the preferred stockholders are dependent for the security for their re- spective investments.” During the course of the existence, the report says, of the present F. H. Smith Co—that is, from July 8, 1926— and its immediate predecessor, the F. H. Smith Investment Co., more than 30 other corporations were nized in rument mef.| T Police Celebrate Youth’s Birthday Following Illness By the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla, October 29.— Tulsa motorists for several hours ran through red lights, parked in forbidden spots and in general made merry, with never a traffic cop to say them nay. It was Billy Barbe's birthday. Five years ago Billy was seri- ously il and trafic patrolmen were stationed to keep cars quiet in front of his home. He became a favorite of the force and when he gave a birthday party today the entire group rode to his home on motor cycles, two abreast. ALLEN GETS SECOND “TICKET” AS COURT (Continued From First Page.) where the charge was booked by R. L. Hammann. ‘The suspended policeman reported he had parked his ‘car in front of his home about midnight last night and added that the parking light was burn- ing at this time. In court this morning, Allen testified he had parked his car beside another for less than three minutes when he -uemfiud to get a check cashed. He said he returned immediately as the bank was closed. ~ Walter disay with him, saying that he timed Allen's absence from his automobile as 12 inutes. Allen recovered $3 of the collateral which he was asked to post at the Traffic Bureau yestérday. At this time he had only $4.50 in his possesion and was saved from jail from Attorney Sam Hirshman, who put up the needed half dollar. Allen’s record at the Traffic Bureau, including the dates. the charges and the complaiving policemen, follows: March 13, 1928, no light, parked; J. Bagham, fourteenth precinct. April 27, 1928, no light, parked; J. H. Dellinger, faurteenth precinct. May 14, 1928, no light, parked; J. H. Dellinger. October 25, 1928, parked abreast; W. J. Liverman, Traffic Bureau. May 2, 1929, parking without lights K. P. Greenlow, fourteenth precinct. July 18, 1020, disobeying an official sign; B. F. McAllister, third precinct. October 28, 1929, parking abreast; G. R. Walter, Traffic Bureau. October 29, 1929, parking without lights; R. 8. Hammann, fourteenth precinct. CHEVY CHASE GOLFER . S. NAVAL VESSELS LEADS AT BALTIMORE Robert Barnett 2 Up on J. Monro Hunter at Eighteen Holes. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., October 29.— Robert T. Barnett of the Chevy Chase Club was 2 up on J. Monro Hunter of the Indian Spring Golf Club at the end of the first 18 holes of their 36-hole final match for the match play championship of the Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers’ Association at the Baltimore Suburban Club today. Barnet had a medal score of 76, against 77 for Hunter. The match was played in disagreeably cold weather, with the players bundled up in sweaters. Barnett played steady golf through- out the round and found Hunter pul ing poorly. The Indian Spring pre fessional missed no fewer than five putts of less than four feet over the first 18 holes. Barnett took the lead for the first time at the thirteenth hole, where Hunter flubbed his approach shot. The Chevy Chase professional also won the fifteenth hole, when Hunter took three putts. They halved the last three holes, with Barnett going to lunch 2 up. last 18 holes are being player this after- noon. THOMAS 1. HOWARD HEADS |WHITE HOUSE CAMERAMEN Photographers’ Association Elects Officers for Ensuing Term—Ban- quet in February Proposed. At a meeting last night of the White House News Photographers' Association Thomas J. Howerd, in charge of the Washington bureau of the Pacific & to succeed Andrew May. Other ofticers of the association elect- ed at this meeting were Earl E. Evans, New York Times, Wide World, vice president, and Harry M. Van Tine of urer. It was decided to hold the annual banquet of the association next Febru- ary and to invite President Hoover to be the guest of honor. 200 U. S. Tourists in Chile. Special Dispatch to The Star. SANTIAGO, Chile, October 29.—Two hundred American tourists arrived last week, and expressed their appreciation of the facilities the Chilean CALLS FIRST CASE| ed | The term of office is for six years, with Atlantic Photos, was elected president, | International Newsreel, secretary-treas- | BSHOP FREENAN NAY BE ELEVATED Washingtonian One of Three| Mentioned to Preside in Episcopal House. From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star. NEW YORK, October 25.—Righ!} Rev. James E. Freeman of Washington | is one of the three bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church whose names are being frequently mentioned in prominent Episcopal circles here as being most likely to be elected presid- | ing bishop of the church when the spe- | cial meeting of the House of Bishops | convenes in Washington on November 13. The vacancy to be filled was caused by the sudden death of Rignt Rev. John Gardner Murray at the altar of an Atlantic City church early this | month., The other two names most | often mentioned for the position are those of Right Rev. Ernest M. Stires of Long Island and Right Rev. Thomas CampbellDarst of East Carolina. Tradition in the Protestant Episcopal Church, according to authorities here, requires that a presiding bishop not be over 65 years of age at the time of his election. Further, he must be a bishop, having jurisdiction in the United States. #n annual salary of $18,000 and ex- Denses. It has been a principle of the church that the presiding bishop must have ample financial ability, for the office is largely responsible for raising and administering large sums of money for missionary work. The strenuous duties of the position require such ef- fort and endeavor on the part of the incumbent that it is felt a man over | 65 would be unequal to the tasks im- | posed upon him. Another tradition of the church holds | that the presiding bishop shall be the | head of a comparatively small diocese. | It is felt that Bllhngl Preeman, Stires |and Darst all fill these requirements, | and that their names should find favor | with the House of Bishops. Bishop | Preeman's diocese covers 1,898 square | miles and there are 111 clergymen and 12 churches in his charge. The Long Island Diocese of Bishop Stires covers 1470 square miles and contains 169 ~lergymen and 162 churches. Bishop | Darst’s diocese covers 17,470 square | miles, but has only 35 clergymen and 96 churches. Bishops Freeman and Stires are each 63 years old. Bishop | Darst will be 54 in November. ASKED AT SHANGHAI Rear Admiral McVay Seeks Trans- ‘ ¢ fer of Destroyers to | Yangtse Valley. | By the Associated Press. | SHANGHAI October 29.—Rear Ad- | miral Charles B. McVay, jr, of the REPORTERS REFLSE TOGNETESTIMONY Tell Grand Jury They Will Not Divulge Sources gf Pur- chasing Liquor. ‘Three reporters of the Washington Times today declined to reveal to the | District grand jury the names of alleged bootleggers from whom they admitted purchasing liquor within the past few days. The newspaper men told the grand jurors that the information sought of them would constitute a breach of newspaper ethics and a viola- tion of confidence. It is expected the grand jury will report the refusal to Justice Peyton Gordon in Criminal Divi- ston 1 and will ask that the three re- porters be required to testify.. ‘The reporters whose names were fur- nished by Danfel E. O'Connell, city editor of the Times, after being ordered to do so late yesterday afternoon by Justice Gordon, had been summoned to appear as witnesses today. Gorman M. Hendricks; 35; Burkett, 30, and Jack E. Nevin, jr., 24. Should the men again . refuse to divulge the information sought by the grand jury through Assistant United States Attorneys Harold W. Orcutt and Neil Burkinshaw, it is expected con- tempt proceedings may be instituted against them and rules issued requiring them to appear on a certain day before Justice Gordon. ©O’Connell First Witness. O'Connell was the first witness this morning before the grand jury and submitted the report which had been made to him by the three reporters who checked up on conditions concerning places where liquor could be bought in the National Capital. He explained to the grand jurors, he said, that he had no personal knowledge of the purchase of liquor and did not know of his own knowledge of the hames and locations of any bootleggers. Hendricks was the first of the re- porters to be called before the grand jury. After leaving the room following his refusal to give information, Hen- dricks told newspaper men that he had admitted buying liquor during the past few days, but would not tell where, nor when, nor would he identify any alleged | bootlegger when pressed for informa- tion. Burkett and Nevin followed and made similar refusals, it was stated. O’Connell, after a conference with his reporters, decided yesterday to make their names available to the court, an- nouncing, however, that he expected them td be held in confidence, O'Connell made his decision after Justice Gordon had made it clear that under the law he was obligated to furnish the court and grand jury with the desired in- formation. Appearing before the grand jury earlier in the day, the declined to furnish that body with names of the reporters, but his willingness to give the jury the evidence of alleged bootl tivities his reporters had given . His original refusal to name the reporters was based on the contention, that such action was contrary to newspaper ethics and that possible physical violence might result to the reporters involved, ALLEN’S REQUEST FOR CIVILIAN TRIAL BOARD IS TAKEN UP (Continued From First Page.) Washington's most prominent business men and eivic leaders, as well as mem- bers of the Police Department are ex- pected to be summoned to testify. Ceonference on Procedure. The procedure to be followed by the senatorial subcommittee appointed to investigate the Police Department and District affairs generally, will be dis- cussed at a conference today between Senator Sackett, Republican of Ken- tucky. chairman of the subcommittee, and one or m0fe members of the Board of District Commissioners. The chairman said he was arranging the conference at the request of the subcommittee, but did not indicate in detail what questions he would take up with them. The investigation resolution deals particularly with the suspension several weeks ago of Policeman Allen, following his inquiry into the McPher- son case, and to several other specific matters. It also contains, however, & preamble referring to general reports of “inefficiency and corruption” in the District government. Senator Sackett expressed the opin- ion today that the investigation will take a considerable length of time and said it his desire to have it con- ducted “in a constructive and reason- able manner.” “If there is anything wrong with the District government we want to find it out and make recommendations that welll‘: :rinl about a remedy,” the Senator added. Senator Sackett said he would have to leave the city tomorrow and that he did not expect there would be another meeting of the subcommittee until his return the middle of next week. The subcommittee also has before it the second resolution of Senator Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina, advocat- i United States Navy today requested the | | movement of a division of United States | | destroyers from Manila to Shanghai as | the result of disturbed conditions in th: Yangtse Valley, of the latest Chinese | | Civil War. i | ®Severe fighting was in progress | between Nationalist forces and the re- | bellious Kuominchum or “People’s | Army” along the Lunghal Railway | | west of Chengchow, Honan Province, | an important railway junction. The fighting also was severe west of | Yencheng, 75 miles south of Hengchow. | Dispatches from foreign sources at Hankow said the encounters were ex- pected to develop into major engage- ments. i tells.... | Ill articles, the daughter of Gre ! recent visit. ing the suspension of Supt. of Police Praft, Inspector Shelby and Lieut. Kelly, unless Capt. Doyle and Policeman Allen are restored to duty, pending the in- vestigation. WOUNDED BY ACCIDENT. Louis A. Morris, 56 years old, of 308 Second street northwest, was shot through the left chest and left arm last night when a revolver he was reloading after cleaning accidentally discharged. Morris was taken to Providence Hos- pital and treated by Dr. A. J. Betz. A Giagnosis revealed that the bullet had punctured his chest on the left side, glanced off a rib and entered the left arm near the shoulder. His condition is not regarded as serious. 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