Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1929, Page 1

WEAT (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight and morning; rising temperaturé tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, p.m. yesterday; lowest, 45, at 7:45 a.m. tod: ay. Full report on page 10. Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 HER. probably tomorrow 48, at 8:15 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. Associated service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 111,902 31,228. No. ,22 vost | office, Entered as second class matter Washington, DG WASHINGTON, D C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1929 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. L2 () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. CLOSING OF STOCK EXCHANGE FORTWO DAYS 1S DECIDED Board of Governors Votes to| Give Brokers and Office Staffs a Rest. MARKET ;0 BE OPENED Glimpse at Inside Britain’s Prime United States.) BY ‘The joy of being part of the peace AT NOON TOMORROW No Sessions Will Be Held Friday | and Saturday—Stock Prioes Rebound Swiftly. By the Associated Press { NEW YORK, October 30.—Governors of the New York Stock Exchange and the New York Curb Market voted today to delay the opening tomorrow until noon and to close the exchange on Friday and Saturday. The exchange | will be open Monday, the day preceding Election day. The selling frenzy which has been sweeping through the securities markets of the World during the past week ap- | peared to have passed here today, and | prices on all leading exchanges rallied briskly. Scores of issues on the New; York Stock Exchange were marked up | $5 to nearly $30 a share, with early | afternoon prices generally holding steady | around the day’s high levels. The governdrs in an official statement said: “The volume of trading in the last week has been so_enormous that the organizations of the Stock Exchange (This is the first of a series of three articles by the daughter of Gre: Minister giving her impressions of her recent visit SS MACDONALD LIKES RAPID PACE OF U. S. LIFE Regrets Visit Was Too Brief to Permit of Real American Home. at to the ISHBEL MACDONALD. My second dash into the arms of American hospitality has ended, and still I have not had one glimpse of the inside of an American home mission and the keen pleasure of filling a round of entertaining engagements made up for this lack, of course. But it is my nature to place such an importance on family life that my eyes turn at once in each country I visit to the homes out of which that country is made. | ALl T have been able to see in New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Buffalo and | Niagara Falls is the outside of homes—the cheer- ful, beckoning brick and frame outside, with lights shining from windows behind which people live. What home? is the atmosphere of an American | How do parents and children get on” | What attitude has a Waw fifth floor of an apartment by the window? toward his lying in her crib How much is the care of these | children left to nursemaids? These are the intimate questions running | through my mind as I contemplate the days, now come to a my visit I friendly aspects of American life. close. Because of the official nature of had no time to investigate these homeiy, Indeed, I had no time even to inspect the outside of homes in the Middle West, the West and | South of the United States. I leave with a curi- | osity still within me. Some AS & Wom: and children. Would Welcome Return Visit. day I must come back. I must return an interested in meeting men, women I shall not stay in hotels the going out only to visit clinics, Government bureat settlement MISS MACDONALD. tions. houses, juvenile courts, brilliant recep- I shall try to live as Americans live. I shall absorb something of the real American atmosphere. on American soil—or sl oughly enjoyed myself. I loved the people who were so This has been a wonderfully interesting trip. From the moment I set foot hall I say on American boards, for the first step was to | the deck of a welcoming tug in New York Harbor—until, regretfully, I left the | United States behind me, with the roar of Niagara Falls in my ears, I thor-; generous to me, the American citics houses have reached a point of com- | where I was entertained, the American dinners, teas and meetings I attended, lete physical exhaustion. ~Most of fhe&e epmployes and those of the stock clearing corporations have been on al- most continuous duty for days and nights past, and many of them have been without sleep for 48 to 72. hours. “The governors have felt under an absolute necessity to recognize the pure- ly physical and mechanical condition and to afford thg overworked staff suf- ficient time to recupreate and recover their strength. “The governors believe that the short- er hours and the two days of holidays, as arranged, will put the working organizations again in good condition and contribute materially to a more orderly and effective handling of all the | trading centering on the exchange. “This line of procedure has been adopted after consultation with and approval by the so-called banking group.” b The announcement was made from the Stock Exchange rostrum by Richard Whitney, a vice president of the ex- change, and was greeted with prolonged cheers. ‘ Total sales on the New York Stock Exchange in the first twd hours cf trading were 5,576,300 shares, as con- trasted with 8,378,200 shares in the same period yesterday. At ncon the Stock Exchange ticker was running an_hour behind the mar- ket, while the New York Curb ticker was one and one-half hours late. High-priced stocks, which were the hardest hit in the recent reaction, led the rally. Allied Chemical, American *Telephone, Eastman Kodak, New Haven and Delaware & Hudson ran up $20 a share or more, while Canadian Pacifi Johns-Manville, Electric Auto Ll American & Foreign Power and Nou folk & Western were among the many issues selling $10 to $16 a share higher. Prices at 12:30. United States Steel Common, which broke to $166.50 in yesterday's wild out- burst of selling and closed at $173, sold at $186.50 a share shortly before noon. Following are 12:30 p.m. quotations and net changes of some of the active issues: United States Steel common, 184%, up 10'2; Radio, 41z, up 3; Anaconda Copper, 903, up 5% ; Chrysler, 33, off 3.; Erie common, 504, up 5%s; General Electric, 234, up 12; Texas Gulf Sulphur, 621, up 12»; Montgomery Ward, 5915 %; American Telephone, 22515, ; American & Foreign Power, 6512, up 1015; Kennecott Cop- per, 693, up 3!, and American Smelt- 1 83, off 1; General Motors, 44};, up ister, 8112, up 5'z; Woolworth, 75, unchanged; National Dairy Products. 4574, up 5'; Union Carbide, 85, up 12; Canadian Pacific, 200%, up 9; Columbia Gas, 0%, up 7; American Can, 12473, up 47%; Consolidated Gas, 95% ‘Westinghouse Electric, 136%% New York Central, 195'3, lantic Refining, 40’ Keith-Orpheum, 167 Motors, 4712, up 27 United a5 Vanadium Steel, Jersey, 73%., & Ohio, 12174, up 63%. Large Purchases Reported, Investment trusts and trading cor- porations have been heavy buyers of stock in the last two days, estimates of these purchases ranging from $350.- 000,000 to $500,000,000. These securi- tles are purchased outright. George F. Baker, jr., of the First National Bank and Seward Prosser, chairman of the Bankers' Trust Co., participated in the informal conference of bankers at the offices of J. as Improvement. | ; Public Service of New | unchanged, and Baltimore | the breathless tours through the American countryside. (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) But I should like to CLEMENTEL NAMED FRENCH PREMIER Radical Senator Agrees to Attempt Formation of New Government. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, October 30.—Etienne Clemen- tel, chairman of the finance committee of the Senate and former r-inister of finance in the - Herriot cabinct, today accepted “in principle” the task of forming a cabinet to succeed the re- cently defeated Briand ministry. Clementel is a member of the radical group in the Senate. He is regarded as one of the most moderate of that group and the most likely radical to be able to form a new union government more to the left than the Poincare com- bination, excluding conservatives of the Republican Union group and replacing them by radicals. Financial Confidence. Clementel has the confidence of the financial interests. This is chiefly be- cause of his action when minister of finance in taking issue with Premier Herriot against a capital levy in 1925, resigning after making his position clear before the Senate. He is now first president of the In- ternational Chamber of Commerce, be- ing head of the French section. Clementel was summoned by the Pres- ident after Edouard Daladler, leader of the radical Socialist party, had definite- ly declined to continue further efforts to form a government. Only @ short time before Clementel was summoned, former Premier Aristide Briand went to the Elysee Palace and saw President Doumergue. It was first thought he would be asked to form a government, but it later developed that he and the President merely had talked over the situation. Long in Prominence, Although never premier before. M. Clementel has long played a prominent part in French political life, having been a member of several governments, hold- ing such portfolios as finance, commerce and agriculture. He was minister of trade and labor in the Clemenceau cabinet of 1917-20 and was minister of finance in the Herriot cabinet of 1924-25. He has since been a Senator. FLYERS WITHDRAWN. Britain Not to Race Again for $chneider Cup. T.ONDON, October 30 (/) —Official announcement was made today that the government has decided a Royal Air Force team will not again be entered in the Schneider Cup Trophy contests. British participation in the famous event thus will be left to private enter- prise under the auspices of the Royal Aero Club. P. Morgan & Co. this afternoon. No in- ~ (Continuc” on Page 4, Column 4.) The British team won the last Schneider Cup race early in September. GOBLINS (?) THROWING GARBAGE PRECIPITATE NEIGHBORS IN ROW Three Families Take Hand in Tossing Kitchen Refuse From Porch to Parlor By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, October 30.—“And the goblins'll get you, if you don’t watch out!” And just to prove that James Whit- comb Riley knew his witches and hob- goblins, take the case of three families of the fashionable South Side disrtict who appear in Municipal Court today to answer a most undignified charge— “fighting with garbage!” Goblins were the last thing in the thoughts of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Charlton as they played cards at the home of a friend last night. But the goblins were busy, and a can of kitchen refuse got upon the front porch’of the Charlton home. Mr. Charlton, upon returning home, got a shovel and began distributing the - sarbage, half on the Carpenter porch Until Police Interfere. and part on the doorstep of the Hens- ler home. Mr. Hensler remonstrated. Charlton, and continued his labors. Strong words led to blows, and Mr. Charlton was knocked flat. In the meantime, according to the version finally reported by police, Mrs. Charl- {ton knocked on the door of the Car- {penter home and, when 15-year-old Merribel Carpenter answered the door, threw a shovelful of the refuse on the Carpenter front room rug. ‘Whereupon Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter | joined the fray. Just at the moment | when Mrs, Charlton neatly heaved a | shovelful of the refuse at Mrs. Car- penter and foMowed with a two-fisted “You put it on my porch,” said Mr. NAVY SPEEDACE TOPURSLETESTS Lieut. Williams Authorized to! Develop Mercury Plane at Philadelphia. The Navy Department has decided that Lieut. Alford J. Willlams, jr., re- garded as one of the world's greatest airplane pilots and the leading speed expert in the Navy, is not to be thrust into obscurity by assignment to routine sea duty and has authorized him to continue the work of developing his Mercury racing plane, now in the Phila- delphia naval aircraft factory. Lieut. Williams built the racer with private capital for entry in the Schneider Trophy races in England last month. Owing to motor trouble and other difficulties, which could not be corrected in time, he was unable to represent this country in the race. After a month of tests at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., the plane was shipped back to Philadelphia. Though on duty in the Navy Depart- { ment here, Lieut. Willlams flies to Philadelphia almost daily to continue the work on the racing plane, which he hopes to have in shape for a series of test flights next Spring. ‘Through his work on the plane, Lieut. Williams said, he hopes to get further light on problems of speed flight as yet unsolved, so that all possible difficulties may be solved if it is decided to build another plane for the next Schneider races in 1931. ‘The program Willlams has laid out for himse}f, with the sanction of the Navy Department, calls first for test flights of the Mercury to check its per- formance against the preliminary com- putations so that it may be determined whether the plane has been correctly designed or whether it will be necessary to produce another design before a plane can be built which will be éapable of breaking the present world's speed record, which is more than 6 miles a minute. All information gathered from ex- {)eriments with the Mercury racer, Wil- lams said, will be ‘made available to| any one who cares to work for speed. | WILL FILE NUISANCE| CHARGES IN DRY DRIVE| Second Offenders to Face Larger Penalty When Brought Before Courts. | | In an effort to close up “speakeasies” located throughout the city, David A. Hart and James R. Kirkland, assistant United States attorneys, announced to- day that operators of restaurants ar- rested for the possession of whisky for the second time will be charged with maintaining a nuisance instead of pos- sessicn, Hart explained that the penalty for a conviction under the nuisance charge is much greater than under a possession charge, and that the place where the nuisance was maintained can be closed if the district attorney so desires. The maximum_penalty for a person convicted on a charge of nuisance is a year in jail or a fine of $1,000, while the maximum sentence for possession is $500 fine or 90 days in jail. Two persons have been charged with maintaining a nuisance during the last two days. They are Isaac Chichester, 1400 block of T street, and John J. Madden, 2400 block of Nichols avenue. DR. WILEY IMPROVES. Food Authority Reported Holding Own Against Illness. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, foremost pure food authority of the country, who 1s seriously i1l at his home, 2345 Ashmeaa lace, today was reported as holding Pure attack, police arrived. All the com- l;;tznlu were booked and released on nd. Charlton is a department store buyer, Carpenter owns a printing lant and Hensler is manager of & arm implement company hete. J is own in his fight against his illress. About three weeks ago Dr. Wiley contracted & bad cold. He partly re- gained his strength and then had w relapse, complical by a weakened heart condition. He had been reported gravely il up to yesterday. GRUNDY DEFENDS FYANSONS ACTS ATLOBBY HEARING and Political Methods With Senators CLASHES WITH BLAINE OVER “CLASSIFICATION” Caraway, Walsh and Borah Join in Verbal Fencing With Witness Under Examination. Frankly admitting that he did not care whether he was “classified” as a lobbyist or not, Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Pennsylvania Manufac- turers’ Association, engaged in a lively | political debate on the tariff and politi- cal methods in general with members of the Senate lobby committee before whom he appeared for the third time this morning. Senators Walsh of Montana, Blaine of Wisconsin, Caraway of Arkansas and Borah of Idaho tried to trip up the vet- eran wool manufacturer and legislative representative and force him to admit that he was only interested in getting special favors for Pennsylvania indus- tries, but Mr. Grundy kept insisting he was working for the protective principles and in the interest of the entire coun- try—farmers as well as manufacturers. Session Is Fencing Match. The whole session today developed into a fencing match between the com- mittee and Mr. Grundy. At _one point Senator Blaine asked Mr. Grundy for certain figures regard- ing the tariff on steel. “You won't be classified as a lobbyist if you answer,” said Senator Blaine. “I am not concerned how I am classi- fied,” asserted Mr. Grundy. Repeatedly the witness answered va- rious questions by declaring that he was in favor of a tariff on anything that is imported into this country in competi- tion with American goods. “Outside of giving the farmer $500,- 000,000 of our money in the farm-relief act,” said Mr. Grundy, “the outstand- ing way of helping the farmer is to give him a protective tariff.” & “That _money is a loan, Senator Blaine. Approves Eyanson Acts. Mr. Grundy said that he fully ap- proved of the activities of C. L. Eyan- son, representative of the Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association, who gained admission to the secret sessions of the Senate finance committee during the framing of the tariff bill as secretary to Senator Bingham of Connecticut. It was necessary and proper, Mr. Grundy neld, that men familiar with the tech- nical side of the tariff should advise the committees of Congress. “Do you believe that tariff ought to be written at private meetings between members of the House and Senate and representatives of industries interested in the tariff?” asked Senator Caraway. = “I wouldn’t say at private meeting,” replied Mr. Grundy, “but the only way to get technical information is from men who are interested.” “Do you believe members of Congress should be governed entirely by these men?” asked Caraway. “Not entirely,” replied the witness, “but they should give due consideration to what such men say.” “Do you think Eyanson is responsible for some of the rates in the present tariff bill?” asked Caraway. “I think he was helpful,” answered the witness. Association Not in Politics. Mr. Grundy said that the Pennsyl- vania Manufacturers' Association did not engage in politics, but the members of the association did so as individuals. “I would like to know,” remarked Senator Caraway, “how you men divest yourself of one character and take on another, just like the members of the Ku Klux Klan put on a sheet.” The witness admitted that he had urged Eyanson to stay in Washington and listen to the Senate debates on the tariff. Questions and answers frequently were bandied back and forth between Mr. Grundy and members of the com- mittee without any particular reference to the lobby investigation. Senator Blaine remarked that there segms to be three kinds of lobbying— legislative, departmental and patronage lobbying. He asked Mr. Grundy what he had to do with the nomination of Albert L. Watson of Scranton, Pa., for a Federal judgship in Eastern Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Grundy said the matter had been discussed at a dinner in his room in the Mayflower Hotel last April, at- tended by Senator Reed, Gov. Fisher, W. L. Mellon and other Pennsylvania politicians, who had agreed that Watson was a good man. Mr. Grundy denied that he had persuaded Senator Reed to accept Watson against his own pref- erence. declared Nomination Is Pending. The nomination of Watson is now pending before the Senate judiciary committee and has aroused consider- able opposition. Mr, Grundy said that he was willing to accept Senator Reed’s judgment in the selection of a man for this place. Mr. Grundy was questioned by sev- eral Senators regarding conferences be- tween Republican leaders in Chicago at the time of the nomination of the late (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) CHURCHILL QUITS U. S.; DAWES EXTENDS VISIT British Parliamentarian Avoids Interview on Departure. By the Assoclated Press. * NEW YORK, October 30.—Asleep in his cabin. having survived 42 news- paper interviews in the course of a two- month visit to the United States and Canada, Winston Churchill, M. P, and chancellor of the British exchequer under Premier Baldwin, sailed for home on the. Berengaria today. “He's asleep and he can't be dis- turbed,” Maj. John Churchill, his brother, told reporters, while two stewards Stood guard. “And anyway, he’s already becen in- terviewed 42 times.” Gen. Charles G. Dawes, Ambassador to the Court of St. James, also was to have sailed on the Berengaria, but W:?oned his departure until next edn Sleeps. iesday, when he will leave on the | the Mauretania. Radio Programs—Page 28 4 Pennsylvanian Debates;l'ariff‘ Trl;gYsems‘ WAS JUST AS, =~ meulsrrl",lls 7 . A LLow F«SKK You, JUDGEE. B. PARKER, Member of Mixed Claims Commission Succumbs Here at Home, Aged 61. Judge Edwin ‘B. Parker of the Mixed Claims Commission, widely recognized for his work in the settlement of debts resulting from the World War, died at his home, 2001 Twenty-fourth street, shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. He had been confined to his bed for two weeks. Although in Il health for the past year, Judge Parker cont‘nued his work up to the middle of September, when his condition became more serious. He re- sponided to treatment, however, and until two weeks ago it was thought he was on the road to recovery. 61 Years Old at Death. Judge Parker was 61 years old at the time of his death, having been born September 7, 1868, in Shelby County, Mo. His parents, George John and Enrette Parker, educated him in the country schools near his home before sending_him to Central College, Mis- souri. He later attended the Univer- sity of Texas, where he was graduated :n 1889 with a degree of bachelor of aws. A few years later he married Kath- erine Putnam Blunt, daughter of Gen. James G. Blunt. Mrs. Parker and two brothers, O. S. Parker .of Beaumont, Tex., and G. A. F. Parker of Hereford, ‘Tex, survive him For many years Judge Parker was managing partner of the law firm of Baker, Botts, Parker & Garwood, en- gaged in practice in Texas. In 1925 he retired from active practice. He had lived in Washington since January, 1923 Only tentative arrangements have been made for the funeral services, but it is thought that a brief ceremony will be held here tomorrow and the body then taken to Houston. On Mixed Claims Group. From 1920 to 1922 he was general counsel for and member of the board | of directors of the Texas Co. In 1923 he was appoihted umpire of the Mixed Claims Commission of the United States and Germany, and during 1926 became commissioner of the Tripartite Claims Commission of the United States and Austria Hungary. Judge Parker was a trustee of the Car- neige Endowment for International Peace, chairman of the executive com- mittee of George Washington Univer- sity, and chairman of the board, United States Chamber of Commerce. He recelved hcnorary vards from five governments, the Distinguished Service Medal of the United States, the Officer of the Legion of Honor of France, the Commendatore dell'Ordone della Corona d'Italia of Italy, the Com- mandeur de I'Ordre de la Couronne of Belgium and the Order of Polonia Restituta, grade of commander with star, of Poland. Judge Parker was a member of the Metropolitan and Chevy Chase Clubs here and of the Metropolitan Club of New York City. . JEWELRY, CASH STOLEN FROM HOTEL ROOM HERE New York Woman Tells Police Rings and $500 Were Taken While She Slept. Jewelry and cash amounting to $1,700 was reported stolen from the hird-floor { hotel room of Mrs. J. Blackburn Miller, wealthy New Yorker, who is visiting Washington with her daughter, Miss Violet C. Miller, at the Dodge Hotel, to- day. The robbery was discovered by Mrs. Miller when she arose this morning and she immediately notified police. She told Headquarters Detective H. J. Wilson, who investigated the case, that she left the jewelry and $500 in cash lying on top of the bureau in the bed: | room before retiring shortly before last ing the money and jewerly were missing. The loot consisted of two diamond finger rings and one solitaire ring, val- ued at $1,200, besides the cash. Mrs. Miller and her daughter, who live at 246 Central Park West, New York City, left shortly after noon for Fayetteville, N. C. where they have taken a home for the Winter. ITALIAN SUBMARINE_ GOES DOWN 342 FEET By the Associated Press, SPEZIA, Italy, October 30.—The Italian submarine Tito Sperl, 830 tons, wdl‘ submer to the extraordinary depth of 342 feet in tests and remained ere 20 minutes. Experimental “hydrophonic” commu- nication was carried on from the depth ;m.h the submarine Sciesa on the sur- ace, DEBT EXPERT,DIES | midnight. When she awoke this morn-/| TOBE CONSTRUCTED World’s Largest Ships \‘NiIL Operate Between Califor- nia and Philippines. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, October 30.—Two monster dirigibles, the largest in the world, are to be constructed and placed in regular operation between Southern California and the Philippines in 1933 by the Pacific Zeppelin Transport Co., according to Paul Litchfield, chairman of the board. Building of the Zeppelins, which will be of 6,500,000 cubic foot helium gas capacity, will entail a $15,000,000 con- struction program, including erection of another giant hangar here and one in Southern California and the building of mooring masts in Hawaii and the Philippines, Litchfield said. The pro- gram calls for their completion in 1932 and being placed on regular runs in 1933. By the time the Pacific air liners are built, Litchfield sald he expected construction of another hangar to be under way on the Atlantic Coast in preparation for a transatlantic dirigible line, The Pacific liners will carry 80 pas- sengers and 10 tons of mail, express and freight. ‘They will cut in half the crossing time now made by the fastest boats. Litchfield, hcwever, said the object is to speed travel rather than compete with any other company, either air or water. American steam- ship companies, railways and air lines will co-operate, he said. The transatlantic line is to be organ- ized by the International Zeppelin Transport Co. and two dirigibles will be built in Akron and two in Friedrichs- hafen, Germany, with operating han- gars on both sides of the sea. ARMY-NAVY ATHLETIC PACT YET UNREACHED Gen. Smith and Admiral Robison Fail to Agree in Efforts to Patch Up Difficulties. By the Assoclated Press. The Superintendents of the military and naval academies failed to reach an agreement today in their effort to re- sume athletic relations. Maj. Gen. Smith, superintendent at West Point, after conferring with Rear Admiral Robison, commandant at An- napolis, sald West Point felt the dis- rupted relations over the three-year ! eligibility rule with the Navy to be deplorable. 2 He added that while no agreement had been reached today, the Army still | was hopeful that the “Navy will in time | agree to meet us on the gridiron, man } for man, as do other colleges.” Nothing was forthcoming immediately | from Admiral Robison on the confer-, ence. THREE REPORTERS ARE SENT T0 JAL Refusal to Answer Grand Jury Is Held in Contempt of Court. ‘Three Washington Times reporters were sentenced today to serve 45 days each in the District Jail by Justice Pey- ton Gordon, who ruled they were in contempt of court for declining to re- veal to the grand jury names and ad- dresses of persons from whom they claimed to have purchased whisky. ‘The Times previously had submitted the names and addresses to the grand jury as they were turned in by the re- porters. But the reporters refused themselves to give the information on the grounds that they might thus be made prosecuting witnesses, and that sugh re;eln{tio:;;,x: their nart would be a breach of n per ‘The justice would not aamit the re- porters to bail pending an appeal. Those sentenced Jack E. Nevin, jr., 24. ‘The reporters actually face an inde- terminate jail term as the district at- torney’s office may, upon their release, again ask them to give the desired in- formation to the jury, and if they should again refuse. they would be liable to another contempt action. Gordon Holds Questions Proper. The grand jury cited the reporters to the court yesterday after they had re- fused to divulge the desired names and addresses in response to questions put to them by the inquisitorial body. In passing sentence today, Justice Gordon told them the a}lenwns put by the grand jury were entirely proper and that the court could grant them no immunity, the law not recognizing the ethics of the newspaper profession to prctect the source of information as suf- fllci:m grounds for maintaining such a plea. After asking them if they adhered to the decision no! to answer the jury's question, Justice Gordon said: “I find you guilty of contempt of this court for refusing to answer the questions put to you by the grand jury. You are sentenced to serve in the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) TRIAL BOARD HALTS LANGDON HEARING Delay Is Granted So Defense May Hold Evidence for District Courts. Unwilling to jeopardize or otherwise unfavorably disclose any defense evi- dence the accused officer may have for presentation to the courts of the Dis- | trict, the Police Trial Board this| morning continued indefinitely charges of conduct prejudicial to the reputa-: tion of the Police Department against Robert P. Langdon, suspended fifth pre- | cinct detective, Langdon was arrested Friday by Fed- 2ral prohibition agents on liquor charges and now is awaiting action of the Dis- trict courts. Attorney William O’Connell, appear- ing for Langdon, declared that adjudi- cation by the Trial Board in Langdon's case might force the defendant to bring out evidence which he does not desire to disclose at present. O'Connell de- clared that such evidence might react unfavorably against his client in an ul- timate trial of the liquor charges. Inspector L. J. Stoll, head of the Police Trial Board, after a conference with his colleagues on the board, de- cided to continue Langdon's case with the understanding that it would come up as soon as possible. were Gorman M. Hendricks, 35; Linton Burkett, 30, and | ALLEN HEARING SET ON NOV. 6: GIVILIAN BOARD CONSIDERED Commissioners Fear Grant- ing Request Might Become ; Dangerous Precedent. | b Ay |RUMORS DECLARE DOYLE MAY RECANT REMARKS | PR Counsel for Suspended Captain Say Reports Are Without Foun- dation of Truth. ‘The trial of Private Robert J. Allen lke that of Capt. Robrt E. Doyle of the eighth precinct, his commanding officer who defended him in his criticism of the United States attorney’s office, was postponed today until November 6, as the District Commissioners made prep- arations to take action on the sus- pended policeman’s plea for the cre- ation of an extraordinary civilian board to try him on charges of insubordina- tion. In the meantime rumors were current at the District Bullding that overtures had been made to have Capt. Doyle recede from the position he'took in sup- porting Allen, with a promise that the charges of insubordination preferred against him by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, would be dis- mi . _Chapman W. Fowler and T. Morris Wampler, counsel for the sus- pended police captain, admitted that they, too, had heard these reports, but emphatically branded them as utter falsehoods. Rumor After Conference. The rumors are believed to have originated following a conference yes- terday afternoon between Fowler and Corporation Counsel William W. Bride. The latter flatly declined to discuss the | case, asking newspaper reporters not to interrogate him about it, but intimating that he might have some statement to make later. Maj. Pratt said he also had heard these reports but had not received con- firmation of them from either Doyle or his attorneys. The police superintend- ent hinted, however, that he believed such a move on Doyle's part would be a satisfactory disposition of the case as far as he is concerned. Even though on the verge of a de- cision on Allen's request for a civilian trial board, the C>mmissioners would give no indication of the action con- templated in advance of a meeting of the Board of Commissioners, which is scheduled to follow a public of the Zoning Commission now in progress. The board meeting, however, is not likely to begin until some time this afternoon. Sees Danger in Precedent. Despite the secrecy thrown aroun the deliberations of the Commlmoner:’. it was learned that they have given serious consideration to the probable effect of the appointment of a civilian board to hear the charges against Al- len. The creation of such a board in this case, it was said, m!dght establish a dangerous precedent, and at the same time indicate that the Commissioners ;‘grdmm faith in the Police Trial Moreover, it was pointed out, the function of the board is tc maintain dis- cipline in the Police Department, a question with which civilians are not likely to be as familiar as members within the department. It also was ex- plained that Allen should have no fear of an impartial trial, since the action of & Police Trial Board is subject to ap- peal and review by the Commissioners, who have the power to reduce the pen- :ngeprescflbed by the board or to set it The postponement of Allen’s trial for a week was approved by the Police 1 Board on recommendation of H. Ralph Burton and Tench T. Marye, counsel for the accused policeman. Cor- poration Counsel Bride also agreed to the continuance. The delay will bring &i:; Doyle and Allen trials on the same Awalt Senator Sackett. Further steps in the senatorial in- vestigation into police affairs and the District government generally will await the return to Washington the middle of next week of Senator Sackett, Re- vublican, of Kentucky, chairman, Senator Sackett had to leave the city for Louisville, Ky., last night. A few hours before his departure he con- ferred with Commissioner Dougherty regarding the course of procedure to be followed by the subcommittee when it resumes the inquiry. Pointing out that the members of the subcommittee are not familiar with the detailed organization of the District government, the Senator said he con- ferred with Commissioner Dougherty so that the subcommittee would know the proper officials to call when infor- mation is wanted on particular phases of the investigation. The conference was held at the suggestion of the sub- committee. Fog “Isolates” Chicago. CHICAGO, October 30 (#).—The air- man’s worst enemy, fog, laid down a heavy blanket over the Chicago district today and virtually paralyzed flying. The low hanging clouds were unusually dense. No attempts made made to operate the air mail lines and not since early last night has any plane landed or taken off from either of Chicago's principal airports. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo., October 30.—Winter held sway from Montana to New Mex- ico in the Eastern tler of the Rocky Mountain West today, but the weathér forecasts indicated relief in sight. The greater proportion of the entire area was under a covering of snow that ranged from a depth of 1 inch in the - + Complete Commerce Treaty. LISBON, Portugal, October 30 (#).— The Pom:zgm foreign office today an- nounced concl of a treaty or commerce and navigation with the !thru/c B&;fi, valleys to a foot or more in the higher altitudes. In some places drifting snow made motoring difficult. Nineteen persons marooned on Pikes Peak were rescued and taken to Colo- | rado Springs _yesterday. Three em-| ployes at the Summit House and Mrs. | SNOW-COVERED ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES FEEL FIRST WINTER BLASTS 19 Marooned on Pikes Peak Are Rescued—Reports Indicate Relief Is in Sight. J. R. Spencer, who publishes the Pikes Peak News, were brought from the crest of the peak by a special cog road train which bucked the drifts to the summit. Fifteen persons held at Glen Cove, half way up the automabile high- way, were brought to Colorado Springs. In Wyoming, where the storm was the most severe, additional searchers prepared to renew their efforts to locate John B. Woodward, Casper post office employe lost in the snow covered Green Mountain territory since Sunday. Denver was the recl&lent of a 7-inch snowfall. Trinidad, Colo., reported 10 inches, and the storm penetrated into New Mexico, Santa Fe 5 ll::gn? At Albuguerque there was a 4- ~