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W EAT 08 Weather morrow. probably ne Temperatures Highest am today today lowest HER Buress Perecast | Oloudy and colder ton| CAriona| ht and rain 7 8t 1190 5, at 630 am o Pull report on page 3, New York Markets Closed Today. —— he Pnterea post ofice, No. 31,231. iy second class matt ashington, D, bening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ‘rom Press to Home Within the Hour™ The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Wa as s the papers Yesterday's Circulation, 11 t — e D. 9 TWO CENTS. s Associated Press. BROOKH 10 DESCRIBE WET DINNER PARTY HERE Senator Says Refusal Answer Jury’s Questions “Tantamount to Treason.” BLEASE MAY BE E}ALLED FOR NARCOTICS EVIDENCE District Attorney's Office Draws Lines to Battle City's Dry Law Violations. Harassed by weeks of charges and| counter-charges, the District attorney’s office, the grand jury and the police re- formed their battle lines today and, were plunging into a campaign to dry up the city and silence charges of in- efficiency in prohibition enforcement. Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Towa, in answer ‘o & subpoena, was preparing to appear before the grand jury at 11 o'clock Wednesday to reiterate his charge that liquor was in evidence at the Willard Hotel in 1926 during a dinner for approximately 20 newly elected and re-elected Senators. Senator Brookhart emphatically de- | clared that he would “tell the whole story” to the grand jurors and that it would be tantamount to treason should he refuse to answer any questions that might be put to him. The Senator de- clined to discuss at this time the de- tails of what he might say before the grand jury. “I am not going to tell the story in the newspapers,” the Senator said. No Social Barriers. Senator Brookhart added, however, that he did not believe social courtesies should cause a person to attend a func- tion and refrain from telling of a crime that might oceur there. The subpoena was served on the Sena- tor just before he left the Capitol yes- terday evening, at the instance of United States Attorney Rover. Rover, it is said, is deferring the call- ing of Senator Cole L. Blease of South Carolina, another critic of local affairs, to tell of the opium one of e’ Gapliot, el tha his agents, near evidence has been submitted to the Sackett committee, which has been ap- i\nlnlcd by the Senate to investigate ocal conditions. The South Carolina Senator yesterday had something to say about the liquor situation at the Capitol. Commenting e L. on the arrest Thursday of Georg who allegedly was making a delivery at | to Pilot Is Stranded For 22 Hours After Landing in Swamp By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, November 2.— Dispatches from Minatitlan, Vera Cruz, today sald George Pouflea. Pickwick Airways pilof, made a forced Janding in A swamp near there Wednesday and waited 22 hours before help came and he was able to get out. The plane was half submerged in the swamp. Poufiea perched himself on top of it until finally his plight was perceived and guides went to his rescue. BINGHAM CENSURE MOTION DELAYED Norris Consents to Wait Until Monday on Senate Resolution. } Bs the Associated Press. Consenting to defer consideration of the resolution of censure for Senator | Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, | today, Senator Norris of N raska gave | notice that he would dema .d a vote on it Monday. Senator Fess of Ohio, the Republican whip, announced he would be ready for a vote Monday and the Senate is ex- pected to go on record on the matter then. The resolution is a privileged one | and can be brought up at any time. Senator Norris informed the Senate | that several members were forced to be absent today and had requested that | he postpone the vote. Moderation Discussed. Norris has turned down suggestions so far for modification of his resolu- | tion, which would have the Senate con: demn Bingham for placing Charles L. Eyanson, assistant to the president of the Connecticut Manufacturers’ As- sociation, upon the pay roll_of the Senate when he was assisting Bingham | on the finance committee in writing the tariff bill. One of the modifications proposed would eliminate the name of Senator Bingham from the resolution and have the condemnation apply to the practice. Another would substitute the word “disapprove” for the word “condemn.” Senator Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina, gave notice in the Senate to- day that he wanted to have ample time to discuss the resolution. Bingham Stands Firm. In the face of predictions from his friends that the resolution of censure would be adopted by the Senate, Bing- ham declined to moderate his criticism of the Caraway lobby investigating committee, which went thoroughly into the case, or to make any manner of apology for his relationship with the manufacturers’ organization, begbnd his previous assertion that *possibly” he had made a mistake, ‘Testimony before ‘he committee dis- | closed that the Connecticut Senator, a | Republican member of the finance com- mittee, put Charles L. Eyanson, assis- | tant fo the president of the Manu- | facturers’ Association. on the Govern- | ment pay roll, as his secretary, and! took him in that capacity to the secret meetings of the committee, then en- gaged in formulating the pending tariff bill, with Eyanson, meanwhile, con-| tinuing to draw his salary from the association. Severely Criticized. Cassidy, “the man with the green ha the Senate Office Building, Blease said: | “Why don't they go out now and get the bootlegger who sells whisky under the dome of the Capitol and the one in| the House Office Building, and not play favorites?” Other Developments. Other _developments _yesterday- in-l cluded the arrest of two men in a prominert hotel, granting of a tempo- rary padlock injunction against a pop- ular tea house and the raiding of private home, where a still and quan- | tity of liquor were reported seized. The dinner which Sexator Brook- hart was to describe to the grand jury was allegedly given by Walter J. Fahy of New York. Recently, when the Se.- ator charged on the floor of the Sen- ate that liquor was made available a: the dinner in the presence of other Senators, he said that Senator Reed Smoot_of Utah wos among those pres- | ent. This brought a denial from the! Utah Senator, who said he did not re- | call being present or seeing any liquor. | Senator Brookhart's decision to go| before the grand jury today is in con-! trast to his attitude of several days| ago, when he ignored an invitation fro District Attorney Rover to reveal his information to the jurors, Arrest Two in Hotel. members of the grand jury, Revenue Agent John T. Weigel and three other | agents went to the Roosevelt Hotel | vesterday and arrested an alleged boot- | iegger and a bellboy captain. H Securing a_room at the hotel. Weigel said he telephoned to Harry Bowers, 23, 1907 block T street, for a pint of whisk: After he is said to have made the de- ‘The committee severely criticized him, both in its report and verbally from | the ficor of the Senate, and Bingham | replied that it was “framed against | any friend of the administration,” and | had sought by torturing and twisting “fiimsy evidence” to cover him with “political slime.” Norris, who as chairman of the judiciary committee appointed the Caraway group, took exception to the statement that it had been “framed"” ainst the administration and intro- ed his resolution of censure, which dug would put the Senate on record as say- ling that Bingham's action was “con- | Baltimore & Ohio, the Chesapeake & At the request of Mr. Rover and|trary to good morals and senatorial Ohio, the Wabash and the Delaware & ethics” and tended “to bring the Sen- ate into dishonor and disrepute.” Conduct Condemned. ‘The resolution declares also that “such conduct is hereby condemned.” Efforts were foreseen to change the language of the measure. in such fash-| on as to moderate the rebuke. A sug- livery and accepted payment of SS.]gszon was made that the word “d Bowers was arrested on charges of transportation, sale and illegal posses- sion of intoxicants. He was released from the eighth precinct under $2,500 bond The agents had already arrested Al- Jen Brown, colored, 28, of the 1600 block of V street. They say that Brown, who is bellboy captain at the Roosevelt, had at their request delivered a pint of whisky to their room and accepted pa (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) FALL “BED-COVER” STORY IS REFUTED, Account Concerning Wilson Held Erroneous by Senator Cutting. the Associated Press Senator Cutting. Republican, of New Mexico, produced documents in the Senate today describing as inaccurate a newspaper article, published in 1919, which reported Albert B. Fall “pulled the covers” from President Wilson's bed when a senatorial delegation called at the White House. Referring to a quotation of the article rocently by Senator Heflin, Democrat, of Alabama, Cutting read a letter from Admiral Grayson, Wilson’s physician, and a telegram fro.n Gilbert M. Hitch- B cock, formef Democratic Senator from | day by George Phillips, superintendent | neck Nrbraska, who accompanied Fall. said the article was erroneous. Cutting also read thes Assoriated Press account of the visit, in which no mention of ths alleged incident was made. Cutting said he had been a “politi- Both cal antagonist” of Tall for 20 years, | Bruin attempted to enter the Boileau up on the perch. 2nd had produzcd (he documrnts at the request of “num- constitnente ” fn istice to. I'all ci'izen of Hew =-xico, a5 a be substituted for “con- jdemned.” On the other hand, some members of the Senate wished to | strengthen the text of the resolution, and it was proposed that Bingham be removed from his place on the finance committee, The lobby investigation committee was in adjournment today, planning to re- | sume its inquiries Tuesday. approved” Poland and Germany Agree. WARSAW, Poland, November 2 () —Poland and Germany, after extensive conversations, have reached an agree- !ment by which outstanding financial problems growing out of the war period have been settled. . ! !Bruin Makes Mistake of Frightening Boy’s Mother and| i Pays for Fol By the Associated Press. TORONTO, Ontario, November 2.— | Bad Face, wire-walking bear, is no | more. He met his death while attempt- 1 ing to escape via the overhead route, | along telephone wires, and he wasn't { electrocuted. He was shot. ! The story of Bad Face was told to- | of eastern flying operations for the pro- vineial air force, and Frank McDougall, district forester. 14-year-old lad named Boilea from the little hamlet of Algoma, was responsible for the sudden demise home. Mrs. Boileau screamed, and Bad Face legged it right merrily for A tele- phone pole. The kid fojlowed, #rm* “ith hie fathar's rifie, {WIRE-WALKING BEAR’S 7RETREAT | HALTED BY YOUTHFUL RIFLEMAN| VIDENCE AGAINST © WASHINGTON, . SATURDAY, M’P NOVEMBER 1929—THIRTY DPAGES. * ERSON CO LLAPSES 1.6, PROPOSAL " FORRAIL MERGERS 1S DUE THIS YEAR Expected to Be Submitted| Soon After Regular Con- gress Session Opens. !UNIFICATION OF EASTERN | TRUNK LINES NOW UP |Plans Studied for Years Involve | 60,000 Miles of Track and Ten Billions’ Investment. | Py the Assoziated Press, Plans for unification of railroads that would virtually make over the trans- portation map of the Nation are under consideration by the Interstate Com- merce Commission. After years of delay, the first step in the proposal to increase railroad effi- ciency through merging various lines is expected to be taken shortly after| Congress convenes in regular session with the submission by the commission | of its own proposal for consolidations. | Commissioner Claude R. Porter ex- pects this to be ready before the first| of the year, and soon thereafter it is| believed the commission will act upon | the drafts submitted by the roads them- | selves for unification through stock control and leases of more than 60,000 miles of trackage, involving over ¢10,- 000,000,000 in property investment and other billions in annual revenues. Division of the Eastern section of the country into a system of major trunk lines is to the fore now, with! four proposals for unifying these lines indefinitely before the commission. At the same time the proposed disposition by the commission of the Eastern lines is being watched carefully in railroad circles. Consolidation has not reached so intensely into the West as yet, though the greatest unification of all/ is pending there—that involving the ap- plication of the Great Northern, oper- ating more than 8,000 miles of track, for germlsflnn to buy control of the Northern Pacific's 6,682 miles and create the longest system in the coun- try. i= Believes Task Impossible. Rail consolidation has been actively ! before the commission since 1920 when Congress directed it to prepare a ten- tative draft for mergers. This was is- sued, providing for 19 systems, hear- ings were held upon it and the com- mission began drafting its final pro- al—one that would be sufficiently | inducive for the railroads to carry out: its general provisions as the plan is not to be compulsory. Since 1925 the com- mission has repeatedly advised Con- gress that the drafting of such a plan was impossible and asked to be re- lieved, but without success. Bills were introduced, however, at the last session of Congress intended to fa- cilitate rail mergers by modifying the requirements in the present law that all | unions must be consistent with the gen- eral scheme outlined by the commis- | slon. In the meantime the commission has | gone ahead with its draft, which Com- | missioner Porter expects to be ready next month. In addition to being in- viting to the lines, the commissioners must at the same time safeguard the public interest, preserve competition and maintain—in so far as possible—exist- the channels of trade and make pos- sible the employment of rates pro- ducing equal rates of return on com- petitive traffic. 10 to 30 Systems Proposed. From 10 to 30 systems have been pro- posed for the country. In the East, for the present the most vital sector, sug- gestions have ranged from 4 to 6 major trunk lines. The four separate applications for | | control of various lines already before the commission were presented by the { i { | Hudson. The Pennsylvania and the |New York Central, both dominant fac- |tors in the Eastern transportation | world, also are believed in railroad cir- cles to have plans in the making, while | the Lackawanna also has been sugge: ed as the key line in another group. The Baltimore & Ohio seeks control of 14,141 miles of track. The system’s | property investment would total approx- | imately $2,192,036,000 and it would have gross revenue, based upon 1928 figures, | of $556,949,116. | Asks Control of 10 Lines. | It has asked complete control of the, | Reading _system, the Central of New l | Jersey, the Lehigh & Hudson River, the Western Maryland, the Buffalo, Roch- ester &z Pittsburgh, the Buffalo & Sus- quehanna, the Detroit, Toledo & Iron- ton, the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louls- ville, the Wabash and the Ann Arbor. From the Van Sweringens’ Chesa- peake & Ohio came an application for control of 13,056 miles, with a property investment of $1,806,392,906 and BTOSS | revenues of o Control (Continued on Page 2, | ly With Life. Up the pole went the bear. Hel | reached lh!pmppcr strands. He didn't hesitate. One broad foot came down on a strand of wire. A second came down on another strand. Then away went Bad Face, without | balancing pole or parasol. He | nobly, progressing 20 or 30 _feet of the | tricky ~traveling. _‘Then Boileau cut loose. His first shot struck the bear’s The mushroom bullet spread ! Bad Face slumped. He fell across the [ wires. He kicked a couple of times. He died. A “I don’t suppose you'll believe this arn,” Phillips said. “Well, 1 didn't either until I was taken outside the | Boileau home and shown the bear, still “TWO SOULS WITH BUT TWO HE. HUSBAND OF GARROTED NURSE MAY BE GIVEN FREEDOM UNDER BOND Mass of Testimony Leads Agents to Believe Woman Was Killed by Unknown Person. REPORT OF INVESTIGATION NOT YET TURNED OVER TO LASKEY Early “Bungling” in Police Probe De- clared Handicap to Federal Agents Who Reviewed Mystery Death. On the basis of virtually complete evidence now in hand, the Department of Justice is convinced there is no information at present to support the charge that Mrs. Virginia McPherson was strangled to death by her husband, Robert A. McPherson, jr. As the situation stood today, McPherson will be released from jail, possibly under bond, pending further investigation of the sensa- ARTS THAT BEAT AS ONE!” tional Park Lane mystery. POLICEMEN BLAMED IN'DEATH OF MAN Injuries Suffered in Alleged| Beating in Raid Declared Cause. Leroy Jackson, 26 years old, colored, of 433 Elm street, died in a private hospital early this morning from a throat swelling said to have been aggra- vated by his injuries sustained when police of the eighth precinct raided his home on October 26. Jackson was arrested in a raid eon-! ducted by Pvts. W. R. Laflin, J. W.| Cassidy and William McEwen of the | eighth’ precinct, who charged him with rmitting gambling in his home and lllegal possession of whisky. One pint | of alleged whisky was seized. He was released under $600 bond and when ar- raigned in Police Court demanded a jury trial and was again released. Doctor Called In. Jackson returned to his home and Dr. W. L. Tignor, colored, of 921 S street, was called in. Dr. Tignor treated the | injured man at his home for four days and then removed him to the Curtis Private Surgical Sanitarium, where he died at 1:45 a.m. today. Dr. Arthur M. Curtis, who, with his brother, Dr. Austin L. Curtis. both col- ored, who attended Jackson after he was brought to their institution, said this| morning that Jackson had made a| statement that he had been attacked | in a rear room of his residence by two of the raiding police. He asserted, Dr. Arthur Curtis said, that he did not/| know who made the attack. A police investigation of the case was ordered. Witness Tells Story. According to the story told The Star | this morning by Louise Riggs, colored, a roomer at the Jackson residence, the | three lice walked up to the front| door Oyolhe house and kicked it open | without knocking. | The police, who were attired in plain | clothes, she said, offered no warrant to | Jackson, but began a search of his clothing and the house. She saw one of the men hit Jackson on jaw and then beat him about the face. Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, District cor-| oner,, has been notified of the death of | Jackson and the body has been removed to the Morgue pending an inquest, Irving Riggs, colored, who also lived | with Jackson; Dr. Arthur Curtis, Dr. Tignor and Mrs. Jackson are listed at | the eighth precinct as witnesses in the | case. AIMEE M’PHERSON MAY FACE CHARGES . 1 Special Jury Session Weighed to! Investigate Allegations of ] Diverting Funds. i By the Associated Press. i LOS ANGELES, November 2.—Dep- | uty District Attorney Daniel Beecher declared today that a speclal session, of the grand jury would be called to ! consider possible eriminal action against ! regularities in church accounts brought | by Dr. John Goben, deposed assistant : pastor. ' The announcement came_ after Mrs. | McPherson and her mother, Mrs. Minnte , Kennedy, and several officers of Angeius | Temple appeared before the grand jury | { way Trainmen, Lee was a leader whose | servative of the Auto Collision May Result in Reunion Of Divorced Couple By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Novem- ber 2.—An automobile accident may spell a reunion for George Evans, his wife, and their two children. Divorced a year ago, the couple met on a street corner yesterday. The city truck he drove took a wheel off hsr coupe. George heard a familiar voice. It was Mrs, Evans demanding damages. He pleaded. She relented. Each ay half. Then—— how are the chil- “Fine. Come up and “I'd love to—and—— ‘The children like accidents bet-~ ter than divorce courts. W. G. LEE, RAILROAD UNION LEADER, DIES Prominent Conservative Suc- | cumbs After Long Battle Against Cancer. see them.” By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, November 2.—William G. Lee, 70 years old, whose colorful | leadership of the Brotherhood of Rail- | road Trainmen brought him national | prominence, died in his home in Lake- wood this morning after a losing battle | of months against the ravages of can- cer. From the beginning of his career as | an official of the Brotherhood of Rail- | open methods led him into many battles. From 1909 to 1928 he served as pres- ident of the organization, relinquishing his post, when, at the age of 68, he was defeated for re-election. He was named secretary-treasurer, but, because of ill health, he resigned last June 1, | In January, after having been elected president of the American Home Build- | jers, Inc., Lee was made a defendant in | re a $100,000 sult charging slander. It| was filed by Walter F. McCal-b, former | | vice president and organizer of labor | benks. | Mismanagement Charged. | Among other things McCaleb had charged Lee with mismanagement of the affairs of the Home Builders. Lee | countered, accusing McCaleb with being vengeful because he had been defeated for the presidency of the organization. | It was upon this accusation that the | sult was filed, and is still pending. | Regarded as one of the most con- | “Big Four” road | orotherhood leaders, Lee always believed ! that there were better ways of getting | things done than by going after them | in bulldog fashion. While not lacking ! in aggressiveness, he was wont to be- lieve that diplomacy would accomplish | more than force, that justice would rally to concillation sooner than to pugnacity. | Lee is credited with having done more than any other man to prevent the; threatened Nation-wide railroad strike | | Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, in | in 1921, which, it was conceded, would | i connection with charges of alleged ir- | have paralyzed the country’s program | for economic reconstruction. The great brotherhoods, representing more than 600,000 skilled workers, were preparing to take a strike vote following a nouncement. by the rallroads that a wage reduction of 12 per cent would be- come effective, when Lee threw his tre- | more acute. It is known there is a division of opinion in the department as to whether the young nurse committed suicide or was murdered by some one who used a pajama belt as an improvised garrot. The preponderance of opinion, however, is that murder has been proved, despite the fact that up to the present definite evidence to support the grand jury’s indictment of McPherson is lacking. The news that he probably would be released on bond was re- celved without any trace of surprise by McPherson. McPherson said that so far as the department’s findings con- cerned him, he could not see how they could have been otherwise. |l-le reiterated, however, his belief that his wife was a suicide. New Grand Jury Probe Expected. There were strong indications that a new grand jury investigation of Mrs. McPherson's death will result from the Government’s inquiry. The basis for this suggestion was not clear, but intimations were that the Government believes the first grand jury proceedings were not thorough enough. In the event of another grand jury probe, the Government probably would agree to McPherson's release on bond pending the outcome of the new proceedings. John E. Laskey, special assistant to the Attorney General, as- signed to prosecute McPherson on the murder charge, announced today he has not yet received from the bureau of investigation the report covering the lengthy Federal investigation, conducted under J. Edgar Hoover, director of the bureau, and Thomas F, Ci in- B Do hksostataa Boreia, ;pe'i:‘tjoxé of the bureau. : l’ultrllishet;I re;;om that 4 “has : ecided on a course of action therefore are unauthorized and un- PARIS, November 2.—Despite the l founded, the prosecutor declared. refusal of a majority of Rldk’ll' ‘The bureau of investigation, it is understood, will hold the case Deputies to collaborate in his projected | open on its books for further investigaticn. cabinet, Andre Tardieu, Moderate While il is true certain facts have been uncovered polntlng premier-designate, this afternoon de- |Strongly toward suicide, causing uncertainty in the minds of at I clared that he would nevertheless form | ON€ Or two investigators in making up their minds rellrdl.:’ the & ministry. murder hypothesis it is known there was a preponderance evi- The zefimal of the Radical Deputies | 4518 t0 SUDpoLt the murder theory. to collaborate nevertheless has made No New Warrants Issued. the situation, which has lasted 12 dsynrl APpuently the department has been unable so far to find any The vote was 46 against startling new evidence to incriminate any suspect. ' This is self participation and 28 in favor of it. If | evident, it wns&)mnted out today, in view of the fact that no warrant TARDIEU SUCCEEDS N GABIET TSK Formation of Ministry Ends Crisis in Progress Since October 22. PARIS, November 2 (#).—Andre Tardieu announced today that he had succeeded in forming a cabinet, ending the ministerial ecrisis in France, which has dragged on since October 22, the Havas Agency says. the minority should bolt it is believed | has been issued for the arrest of any person. McPherson is in jail, :hr‘e"w11.2.::::‘.115"1';’.1;";:1:&:’; bl\,xlt“:‘l:‘l: [g{ Cl)tl;‘rse. but justice officials laconically point out “we didn't put » {him there.” was thought rather doubtful. The Department of Justice has been greatly hampered in its Difficulties Increased. rohetl o(“the tr:gte}:iy bg so—calleg ‘;hun'.gling'“r ;71’ thr: e:rly ice nvestigation an e subsequent destruction of important evidence. m;‘;”g’:g;&'“fh?‘;;‘m‘:{“m: fl"‘.‘;."‘:d}‘,fi | Going into the investigation three weeks after the body had been since . ‘Observers besHeved that if h.j‘found by the husband, the Government investigators found that should now pick his material from the | the death scene had been cleaned up so that they had to depend on p! 'y pel ;}gn; rvlng iln would lnv«;:vr !hde ‘losslotlmle:nory };r pe;slo{ls w?o )Lad vlsitedrtl}:e apartment first to gain a . Briand, former premier and foreign | picture of conditions in the room. e pajama belt had been cut m‘fl“'lfl'- who ‘“‘““d “7' mh““ a '“b'““ | into four or five pieces in the process of removing it from the nurse’s ’“I'h*z.fl'sfe"“,’:é o N C'fardieu | throat, making it difficult to piece it together so as to determine should form a cabinet the ministry | the exact manner in which it was knotted about the throat. Even '\vould Hk;‘lly be D:hort-llvpd “‘1?1 :mng;fi pa!gma ‘{ncket }whlc‘}’l ;:vads lghe s%le gaén-;’er;t of tgllommg on the then President Doumergue would turn { body when it was found had been burned before the Government to Senator Maurice Sarraut, Radlculicould examine it for finger prints. No finger prints of any kind }:“td"'h:: ‘{2‘ xs):?:;:ér“ho is less to ""ig‘a? b‘:eg taken at the scene of the tragedy before the scene was o e s sturbed. VOILSE OdRyiRE R al Yot The bureau received the benefit of the findings of a coroner’s against participation in the Tardieu 8t cabinet it nevertheless left the w-ygjury. which held that Mrs. McPherson committed suicide, and of open for t"’l;h p-nly1 mn sul}:pordt :hs.g:e gra{;d Jury,dw]h‘l)ch :)vlertumgd the inquest verdict and accused government. The motion finally adopte e husband of deliberately murdering his wife. g “;f“s‘"hfl collaboration 'd‘:*g;, ,{: The Star has learned the grand jury’s indictment may be at- acts éyuggu: a’n?';:f-ec‘gfiifi‘fl‘é"hmmy tacked in court on the grounds that the grand jury was swayed by avi the policy of its emotions from a line of legal reasoning. If such a motion were having regard only for policy of | 1 forms and peace in accordance with jmade by the defense attorney, Willlam E. Leahy, there is reason to the country’s interests.” ibelieve the Government might counter with a request to the court This motion was voted by lcrluml-fthaz a new grand jury be convened to investigate Mrs. McPherson's tion with former Premier Herriot among | gqeath, those opposing participation in the | 4 Tardicu cabinet. i Weakness in Suicide Theory. One of the weak points in the suicide theory is the fact that ithe pajama belt was looped about the nurse's neck five times and |tied with a double knot. Serious doubt has been expressed by ' medical authorities that Mrs. McPherson could have completed this |operation herself. Government agents found, however, that Mrs. | McPherson's physical condition at the time of her death tallied iclosely with that which existed when she allegedly attempted suicide ! several months previously. The agents found also that the body lay 'on the floor with the feet against a bedroom door containing a full !length mirror. Proponents of the suicide suggestion point out the body would [have fallen in this positionn had she stcod before the mirror to end i her life. The unusual position of the body prior to this explanation 1had been regarded as indicating some one had murdered the woman A public hearing November 13 at 10 and placed her body against the door to make it appear that it was o'clock to consider proper dtpredl“on}“an inside job,” namely suicide. Federal operatives also blasted the rates to be established for the W““é“:‘:idea held by pclice that the bedroom was dark when the body was ::" glénmt";;"fi? hg b:;(“s“’;:'" Y| found. It has been shown conclusively that a table lamp was burn- .’rht“mrcnp_n,, oW makes an assess- | iNg, & fact tending to hurt the murder belief. ment of 12 cents per 1.000 cubic feet of | There are many more facts to be cited in support of the theory gas sold and places the money so de-|held by department officials that Mrs. McPherson was the victim of rived into its depreciation fund. In|a murderer. Most of these facts already are well known to the 1926 the rate was raised by the com- ,gubllc as a result of the grand jury investigation, but it is said the pany to 12 cents from 9 cents. At that!pyreau investigators have found a number of important new facts :lme the commission pnlg"dd hnlllé ::’rm substantiate the homicide opinion. Certain important data are e lg’_;‘;‘r"’!"sr:‘f"“‘:;“ "“c‘emv: The | believed to have been found as a result of the exhumation of Mrs. Akl It McPherson’s body at Kannapolis, N. C., several weeks ago. GAS HEARING SET FOR NOVEMBER 13 Utilities Commission to Consider Proper Depreciation i 5 d that althe hI : :?%T”:;‘,i’.m{;i;?,‘yh:;“‘{,,m as ."}',‘u; Surgical examination of the corpse failed to show evidences of : o ! that the 12-cent rate was excessive, no | violence other than those produced by the pajama belt, but officials Called 1t “Suicide. formal order reducing the rate or fixing | have kept a dark secret, the disclosures made by X-Ray examination Herd e hames of ~Elizabeth and Ruth | Realizing that more than 5000,000 ! any different meshod of accrulng & of the body and by chemical analysis of the tissues. Johnson.” Dr. Goben charged Mrs. Mc~ Men throughout the country were job- |rate had ever been put into effect. Thus The report to be submitted to Prosecutor Laskey will summarize Pherson diverted $100,000 of the congre- | l¢S%. Tie characterized the threatened | the matter rested untll xecently, when | facts found during the examination of more than 800 persons inter- eation's money, to the account, over ... “If_ some miracle 1s not performed to! asking Af it intended to reduce itx rates, | VieWed by the Department of Justice. This summary will state no the checks, as they had gone over finan- | Stop this strike,” he wrote to one of his| The company replied again that no conclusions. cial records of the Echo Park Evangelis- colleagues, “we can expect a larger per- | formal orders had ever been entered tic Assoctation, business organization of | céntage of our membership to become | by the commission on the subject and Angelus Temple, before the date for the | 5CAbS and the remainder to become |the commission promptly ordered the DRCIAl ssabion vas it { tramps.” | public hearing. after which a rate will Mrs. McPherson said the checks were While union labor saw much of Mr. be officially established. not hers. and her finanelal secretary, | 1€'s_conservative policy, it also had _Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartman | Mae B. Woldron, sald: “Mrs. McPhersos | {equent occasion to remember that | Sald foday that as far as the company's | knows nothing about them. . he had a forceful side. The great un- ; books showed, the 12-cent rate was not 2 | authorized strike of 1920, wken thou- | excessive and that the depreciation i o isands of men walked out without | fund set up under this rate had about DR. WILEY IMPROVES. |arflera from their leaders, was summari- | “broken even,” whereas under the 9- 3 ly dealt with by Lee When he dis. | cent rate it had been somewhat in the 'ering bullding a railroad approximately | |franchised and expelled several thou. | rear, There are several interpretations of |77 miles long from Wills Point, in Van | Budapest have died and that three are Dr. H. W. Wiley, pure food expert,'sand men from the trainmen's organi- | the figures possible, however. Mr. Hart- | Zandt County, through that county’s | in a dying condition. Alexander Loew« who 'has been seriously ill at his resi: . zations, because, he said, they sought | man said. and the matter will be gone new oil fields to Palestine. If SUCh 8| Communist hunger striker, died on with boxes of canceled checks. 'The ' mendous power on the side of the con- checks were carried by Mrs. McPherscn | servatives. and were alleged to have been those is- sued on a bank account maintained un- | NEW RAILROAD PLANNED. HUNGER STRIKERS DIE. Texas Group Considers Line From 4 Communists Sueccumb and 3 in ‘Wills Point to Palestine. [ Critical State in Budapest. DDALLAS, Tex, November 2 (7)—The | VIENNA, November 2 (#)—Reporis | Dallas morning News says today that & ' naye been received here from Hungarv | 3roup of Texas business men is consid- | inat four Communist hunger strikers in Phillips and McDougall were flying from Sault Ste. Marie to Sadbury and ] landed near the Bolleau home in a v dence, 2345 Ashmead , was sald lo destroy the established brotherhoods |into thoroughly at'the public hearing |line were built it would probably follow to be greatly improved { {and set up in their places the “one big | and finally settled. jone of the oldest rallroad surveys, | October 28 despite artificial feeding. Members of the family sald they be- union.” using part of the survey made before | In all, there were 10 Communists in lieved Dr. Wiley was on the “permanent Lee was born in LaPrairie, 111, the Civil War for a line from Sherman | Hungarian prisons on hunger strikes, upgrade.” 4 vember 29, 1850, to the Gulf Coast. ! ‘ which began last week. Ne- Radio ‘j’rograms:l’_age 30