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¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is ‘delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. New York Markets Closed Today. e o Yesterday's Circulation, 112,420 No. 31,234, post office. -Wat Entered as second ‘class matte: shington. D. o "WASHINGTON D. ' C., -TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1929 —FORTY-FOUR PAGES. #* () Means Associated Pres TWO CENTS. VIRGINIA ELECTION, TEST OF CLEAVAGE IN SOUTH, TOPS ALL 1S VOTING BEGINS to Palls to Settle Issues, With New ‘York City Race| as Mayoralty Highlight. KENTUCKY G. 0. P. SEEKS REINS IN LEGISLATURE, Illinois and Pennsylvania to Se-| lect Judges and County Officers as Ohio Decides Fate of Tax! Limitation ~Amendment With Ballots Today. By the Associated Press. While election contests drew the voters of a dozen States to the polls today, the eyes of the Nation were fixed primarily upon the gubernatorial election in Virginia, watchful for any indication of what might be expected of the Old Dominion in future national cam- paigns. : Mayoralty election in New York, Boston, and other cities attracted | attention, but today’s balloting in Virginia was considered a crucial test for the Democratic organiza- tion there, and the efforts of the/ Republican party to solidify its| gains of last year's presidential election under the leadership of Herbert Hoover. With & coalition candidate. Willla Moseley Brown, sponsored by publicans and those elements of the Democratic party ~which supported President Hoover, opposing the candi- e L aand olird. 1t was Inevitabié John Garlan lard, it was inevi balloting should vl : c\qs of a Dozen States Go | R MCULLOEH | ROSCOE C. McCULLOCH. is-Ewing P} |5 NAMED SENATOR Former Representative of | Canton Appointed Successor, to Theodore E. Burton. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November §.— Former Representative Roscoe C. Me- Culloch, Canton, today was appointed United States Senator from Ohio by Gov. Cooper, filling & vacancy caused a ‘week ago by the death of Senator Theo- dore E. Burton. McCulloch had served a year as chairman of the State Public Utilities Commission. McCulloch was born on a.farm in Holmes County, Ohlo, November 27, 1880. He was educated in the Millers- burg, Ohio, public schools; later attend- ed Ohio State University, and was grad- uated from the Western Reserve Law School. He was admitted to the bar from Canton December 5, 1903. The following year M began tment as ‘SECRET DISCUSSION DEFENSE T0 IGNORE 10 SETTLE DOYLE CASE IN PROGRESS Attorney’s Conference Withi Commissioners and Pratt | Seen as Peace Move. ALL PRINCIPALS REFUSE | TO DISCUSS PROCEEDINGS | Policeman Allen Dismisses Counsel | « and Will Conduct Own Defense Before Board. An eleventh-hour attempt to settle the case .of Capt. Robert E. Doyle is re- ported to have been made today, 24 hours before the suspended commander of the eighth precinct was scheduled to face a Police Trial Board on a charge | of insubordination growing out of his outspoken defense of Policemén Robert | J. Allen, The supposed peace negotiations were cloaked with utmost secrecy and were carrled on in a series of con- ferences between the District Com- missioners, ‘T. Morris Wampler and Chapman W. Fowler, attorneys for| Capt. Doyle; Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, and Corpora- tion Counsel William W. Bride. While none of them would reveal the nature of the discussion, it was learned that it concerned a letter which Capt. Doyle | is said to have written to Maj, Pratt similar to the one invol! in the peace overtures of several diys ago. which | collapsed. In this letter, which was| drawn for Capt. Doyle's signature, it was pointed out that the officer had no | intention to show any disrespect to his | superior officers or the department in his report defending Allen. Conferences Held Secretly. All of the conferences were held hind closed doors and were hal | | | be- | ted abruptly shortly after 11:30 o'clock, when the Commissioners were called away to the Budget Bureau, The negotiations, however, re to be - resumed this afternoon, w! the LEGAL LOOPHOLE IN MPHERSON'S CASE Mémber of Grand Jury Was Disqualified to Act on Murder Indictment. CONDUCTOR DECLARES HE KNEW ACCUSED MAN YEAR New Witness Says He Talked With U. S. Agents About Probe “Reluctantly.” . Although the defense learned today of legal grounds on which to seek quash- ing of the murder indictment against Robert A. McPherson, jr., indications were that advantage would not be taken of any technicality that might inval- idate the charge preferred by a grand | Jury. The legal loophole was presentad when it was discovered that Mrs. De- lores Marmion, a member of the M- | Pherson grand jury, was disqualified to serve on that body because she is receiving & pension from the Govern- ment. | The District Court of Appeals has | held that, the services of a pald em- ploye of Government, receiving re- tired pay, invalidated an indictment rendered by the grand jury on which | he sat. While the defense adhered to its de- termination to seek vindication of Me- Pherson in court, The Star learned that a street car conductor, whose testimony is said to have caused the prosecution to decide suddenly to press the case. claims to be a friend of the jailed husband. Knows Husband Well. ‘The conductor, J. H. Lewark, who was on duty on an “owl" street car which carried 10 passengers from the | Petworth section to the downtown dis- | trict after midnight of September 12, when Mrs. Virginia McPherson was strangled to death at the Park Lane Apartments, says he has known the young husband for more than a year. EXATLY 48 WHERE (g i kS it D IS R 'Q ‘ i i | MDONALD REPORTS T0 HOUSE ON TRP Success of Five-Power Naval Parley Is Anglo-U. S. Goal, Commons Is Told. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 5.—Reporting | on his American misison to discuss na- | val limitation, Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald today told the House of | Commons that the success of the Lon- Sword Slipping Out Of Hands of Actor Injures Debutante By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. November 5.—An actor's sword. jostled from his hand as he fell, was revealed to- day as the weapon which caused the serious injury of Miss Jean Stevens, a debutante of last sea- son. The point of the sword penetrated just above the heart. Neither the management of the Goodman Theater, where the ac- cident occurred, nor Miss Stevens would reveal the name of the actor. It was explained that the accidens was unavoidable, and that the actor involved “feels so bad about it that it would hard- 1y be fair to have his name men- tioned.” Miss Stevens was watching a ARNOLD S GRLLED BY LOBBY PROBERS Blaine Accuses Sou_thern Tariff Group Officer of Pocketing Donations. Charges that a large number of banks, publie utilities, manufacturing concerns and municipalities were used as & “gucker list” and that a large portion of money collected from them went into 1 BROOKHART GIVES NAMES OF SENATE MEMBERS AT “WET WALL ST. DINNER™ Mentions Gooding, Edge, Vare and Moses as Among Those He Saw at Party in 1926. CLAIMS ENFORCEMENT AIMED AT “LITTLE MEN” Criticizes Mellon in Connection With Treasury Department's Work in Enforcing Prohibition on Border—Called to See Grand Jury Tomorrow, Denouncing what he described as an impression that law en- forcement is meant for the “little men,” but not for those in high places, Senator Smith W. Brook- hart, Republican, of Iowa, took the floor of the Senate today and gave a description of the “Wall Street” dinner he attended here in December; 1926, at which, he said, whisky flasks were in evi- dence. The Iowa Senator has been called to testify about the din- ner befort the District grand jury temorrow. Senator Brookhart said he had been urged to go to the dinner by Senator Moses, Republican, of New Hampshire. In the course of his speech, he mentioned the late Senator Gooding, Republican, of Idaho; Senator ge, -Repub- lican, of New Jersey, and Sen- ator-elect William S. Vare, Re- I { his political career with aj assistant utor of Stark County. Later he was prosecuting attorney and served Commissioners return. ‘The cenferences started at about 9:30 the pocket of J. A. Arnold, vice presi-| dent and general manager of the South- | ublican, of Pennsylvania, as be- He admitted having been closeted with g among those he saw at the rehearsal fro; i Government agents “all day Saturday,” he. € ey At don five-power conference in January the close of a Shakespearean defin| ined airman County | o'clock this morning, when le’s two r gfm of "dosmm" s:-uul; é: mee‘f Regxhll.;:h mmnz_m s i ;r"m visited u:?‘ Pratt. Egmy aft- 'lh'nw 't‘ht' ‘gwl:w:\ : t\‘..r- u:rmecule M- | was the next objective of England and | | seich the actor jumped from the ern Tariff Association, stirred the !en-:dlnner. He did not mention Sen- Sorned. to the ~solid"” Democratic South. his Brst race for Congress, in 1912, | erward the police superintendent went | PRCTSon Was precipitated, =~ America. | | stage. He siipped and fell into | |ate committee's investigation of lobbying | ator Moses by name, but referred Bueh Photlon Claliss Vislauy: he lost to John Whiteacre, Democtar, | 1o the office of Corporation Counsel giyeh'testimony Saturday “very had| " He declared that “the desire to make | | the orchestra pit, the sword hur- | | today. to the president pro tem of the Both candidates made ] Mfimawlmemnmmmm ;flm" e eaenoe Wit the Commissioners, | luctantly,” ‘but felt compelled o “tell |it clear to every one that in our mutual ‘Doint Ras . “mm;;‘_ ';h.: he charge was made spéeifically by. genu{,e, v]vwhich position is held by oo addreaing'an N e e aad e cnivagh sup. | Fowler and Wampler awaited the out- | the WUI” when confranted by agents | relations the Paris pact of peace is &| | ise. and this probably saved the | | Senator Blaine, Republican, of N gy MR e WL 207 Sbiag: ountain Seotidn of, S NS | port . apparently. Democtatio oounties | e o I tntentont | ufused 1o iile the ot i | Teality,” was the supreme fact in the | | young woman's life. consin, when Arnold, a witness before | casion had ‘mentioned Senator Smoot, o e a victory: sstimuting | Ang 1oFE T o ccted I8 1929 Flirmeq e 1130 o'clock et o oo il bt o e e e | R S omacts i Rors 't ] ? L ? T inéd | 3 In preparation for the conference he | | DE_ng i ' from 10,000 to 20000. " | * McCulloch was appoinied & member | ~AMer the conferences Frstl decl! B it et g | o WS, S9N Siascerieth ) whieh it mmm_mmfif, Dlered that he wanted it tnderstood C James J. | of the 1" commitiee which | to discuss the the-widow of a naval officer. e ) il il e A the Taxpayers' League. that Senator Smoot did not use any oy in 1919 3 1 0 'She ‘g.!',m,vm. s pension of 340 a | for Alling in “the narrow gaps still re- ted to the question liquor. at the dinner, and .also that in the Buckeye State election of State judges in others. 1In addition to the gubernatorial elec- tion, the Virginia voters were called upon to select a lleutenant governor, attorney general and the entire mem- | bership of the House of Delegates. Places of Elections. The places' and subjects ‘of today's elections are as follows: Virginia—Governor, lieutenant gov- ernor, attorney general, full member- ship ‘of the House of Delegates and municipal and county offices. Kentucky—One hundred members (tull membership) of the House and 20 members of the State Senate, two con- stitutional amendments and offices in most _counties. New York—Mayors in New York and numerous other cities, several consti- tutional amendments, and selection of a successor to the. late Representative Roy H. Weller of the twenty-first con- | gressional district. | Michigan—Municipal contests in De- | troit and other cities. | Indiana—Mayor and other officers in | most. citles. Iinois—Judges of State Superior Courts and officers in_ 16 counties. Pennsylvania—Two State judges and municipal contests in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and most other _cities. Massachusetts—Mayors of Boston and | other citfe: Ohio—Mayors of most cities and tax classification amendment to the State | constitution. | California—Municipal in San Fran- eisco, Sacramento and some other cities. | Connecticut—Mayors in New Haven, | Hartford and Bridgeport. Minnesota—8t. Paul, only to deeide between commissioner and city man- ager form of government, i VIRGINIA CONTEST BITTER. Both Pollard and Brown Are Cnnllde'nl | of Victory. | By the Associated Press. | RICHMOND, Va.. November 5.—Vir-| ginia had to decide today between a continuation of the Democratic admin- ( istrations of the last 40 years or a new | political regime under joint direction of Republicans and former Democrats who split with the party in the presi- | dential election last Fall. | An extended campaign of oratory that | (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) BODIES OF 21 VICTIMS OF VOLCANO RECOVERED More Thnna—othen Lose Komel‘\ in Eruption of Santa Maria, in Guatemala. By the Associated Press. GUATEMALA CITY, November 5.— ‘Twenty-one bodies have been recovered from debris left with eruption of the volcano Santa Maria, 70 miles north- west of here. Mofe than 300 others have lost their homes and have had to evacuate the affected area. An airplane flying over the volcano district today reported a stream of lava moving toward the sea down the course of the Samalea River. A new crater has | duties. He said that a number of mat- United States Attorney General as spe- cial gmc\nm in -connection with war frauds in camps and cantonments and collepted approximately 614,000,000. Ran for Governor. for the or- VR ey hi.nm service on’ the ul commis- sion under Gov. Cooper, he had devoted most of his time since 1922 to private practice of law at Canton. He is mar- ried and has two children. ‘ 1In a statement accepting the appoint ment McCulloch today said he was complete accord with. President Hoover’ policies, and that at all times he wouid co-operate and support the administra- tion.. McCulloch will serve until December 15, 1930, when a successor to serve the remainder of the two-year term of the late United States Senator Frank B. W&{s will be elected l&d'gl.ullfled. v. Cooper approv of Mr. McCulloch from tHe Utilities Commission chairmanship and is under- stood to be considering Ira C. e, Youngstown, as a possible successor. Sprankle now is superintendent of in- vestigation for the commission. 1n a statement announcing _the ap- intment Gov. Cooper said: “Mr, McCulloch has a wide experi- ence in public affairs. His three terms in Congress, where he established an enviable record, and his other service in public life peculiarly qualify him to render important and helpful servige to the administration. “Mr. McCulloch is wholeheartedly in sympathy with President Hoover and his policies, and is in every way worthy of | the honor bestowed upon him.” To Capital Monday. Senator McCuiloch said he will go to ‘Washington Monday to assume his new E ters pending before the utilities com- mission must be cleaned up before he leaves, The appointment of Mr. McCulloch makes the fourth man to fill the term to which former United States Senator Frank B. Willis was elected in the Fall of 1926. Following Senator Willis’ death, former Gov. Donahey appointed Cyrus Locher, Cleveland. Senator Locher was defeated in the | August primary last Fall, and Senator | Burton was elected. Burtow's death caused the third vacancy. FES® VOICES APPROVAL. Commenting on the appointment. to- day of Roscoe McCulloch as a successor | to the late Senator Burton, Senator | Fess of Ohio said: H “An admirable appointment from every standpoint., Mr. McCulloch is a man of distinguished and recognized ability. As a member of the House of Representatives from the old McKinley district he won an enviable reputation as a creditable successor of his idol in politics. He voluntarily retired from the House to continue his profession of , the law i which he had already won | a briliant record. He will find the | Senate an arena for which his talent peculiarly fits him for service. “Gov. Cooper Teflects sound wsdom in appointing a man whose reg\lbluln- ism is not in question, and whose loy- alty to the administration has b_een 50 clearly set out in his statement.” HONOR RAILROAD HEAD. | CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 5 (#) —Every train on the 2,200 miles of the Boston & Maine Railroad was stopped for a minute at 11 a.m. today as fu- neral services were being held here for George Hannauer, president of the road, who died Saturday at New Haven He was taken ill while attending tue Yale-Dartmouth foot. ball game. The services were held *in - the chavel of tion | pefore a trial board composed of police | an_examination upon their voir dire— !said, “how Allen feels about his case, | - | Suppression of . a inquiries to his counsel, pointing mi or ation Counsel Bride. Bride as as the ners were gilent. Deny Peace Overtares, Capt. Doyle's attorneys also, refused to comment on the wmu visit to Pratt, but denied they any plsce & E “If any negotiations are under way,” nm:chnd. “Mr. Wampler and T know nothing of them.” e In the meantime, Policeman Allén, who also is scheduled to face the Police Trial Board tomorrow, dismissed his at- torneys, H. Ralph Burton and Tench T. Marye and announced that he would make his own defense, as counsel is unnecessary in view of the refusal of the Commissioners to grant his request for a civiiian trial board. Allen, however, declared he intended to make a vigorous fight against the in- subordination charge preferred against him by Maj. Pratt, although he had ht- tle doubt as to the outcome of the case had made officers. The policeman’s decision to plead his own case followed the action of Caot. Louis J. Stoll, chairman of the Police Trial Board, in denying the request of his attorneys for permission to ex- amine members of the board on their impartiality and fitness to try the cas In a letter to his attorneys, the polic man said: “Tt is perfeetly clear that any decision which may be reached by the board must be based upon an interpretation of my letter to Maj. Henry G. Pratt, and in my opinion it is perfectly useless to appear before that board if it is con- | stituted of police officials, particularly when they absolutely refuse to permit right which is‘accorded 0{ every per- son in either civil or eriminkl cases and | one which the courts have repeatedly | stated is a matter of right.” Understands Allen’s Action. In making Allen's letter public, At- torney Burton ‘said there was nothing he and Marye could do but accede to Allen’s request. “I understand quite fully, | " Burton | especially after the constant refusals | on the part of the District officials to 80 one step out of their way to assure an impartial trial. There is, of course, nothing for us to do but accede to the request he makes, but we will hold our- selves in readiness to advise him when- ever he wishes, as we would not allow finances to stand in the way of doing whatever we -could.” In view of Allen’s decision to appear befor the trial board without counsel, it is likely that he will plead his case before the regular board, since police trial rules require that challenges shall be made 48 hours in advance of the trial. The regular board is com; d of Inspector Stoll and Capts. Willlam G. Stott and O. T. Davis. Capt. Stott (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ——— MRS. RICE, SAFE AND SANE | JULY 4TH PIONEER, DIES Widow Inventor Also Was Founder of Anti-Noise So- clety of America. of By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 5.—Mrs. Julia | Barnett Rice, one of the pioneers in ‘he mbvement for a safe and sane Fourth of Julv, died at her home ai Deal, N. J., last night. She was 69 years old. She also was the :founder of the Anti-Nose Society of America and one- time president of the Society for the Unnecessary Noises, She was the widaw of Prof. Isaac Leo- pold Rice, inventor of submarine and torpedo boats and a ploneer in this country in the storage battery and elec- opened on the mountain, releasing an- other stream of lava, Damage in the El Palmar area was estimated at $1,000,- 000. ‘ President Chacon has cut short his holiday at his ra nd returned here to take personu] charge of the relief ——b ! Mount Auburn Cemetery, with President Ernest Martin Hopkins of Dartmouth delivering the eulogy and the Governors of Massac] and New Hampshire among the mourners. Radio _P;;;r;mmqe 36 tric automobile business. In & sound-proof room of a mangion owned by the Rices on Riverside drive, of their | and the month from the Government and was | = XA quiry which | resulted in Wmmmt of McPher- | son on a murder charge | of police and other ties for their handling case. municipal aut| of the strangling Defense Must Act. The consensus at the courthouse to- day was that any move to invalidate the indictment must come from the de- fense, The prosecution then would have to present the case to another grand jury. Possibility of a second grand proceeding was hinted by The Star last week. Associates of Attorney Leahy. how- ! ever, sald today they did not believe he | contemplated any action to have the| indictment thrown out. Leahy pre- viously had anncunced he would not take advantage of any legal technical- 1I-y.flprelerrln‘ a trial of the case on its merits The question of the disqualification of Mrs. Marmion, who resides at 1803 Biltmore street, already has been raised - the case of Stephen A. Armstrong and. others, who are under indictment for conspiracy to blackmail Capt. Clar- ence C. Cauhoun and his wife, Cornelia D. B. Calhoun. This case will be argued Friday before Justice Peyton Gordon. | A total of 196 indictments is| placed in peril as the result of| the error of permitting Mrs. Marmion | to serve on the grand jury while re- | ceiving pay from the United States. Unless the defendants raise the ques- tion, however, it is stated, no move will 'be made by the prosecution toward resubmitting cases. It is generally con- ceded, although United States Attorney Leo A. Rover and Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw will not_discuss the proposition in advance of presentation to the court, that the Armstrong, Noble and other cases will be thrown out and resubmitted to the present grand jury. ‘Witness Chamber Reopened. The testimony given the Department of Justice Saturday by Conductor Lew- ark has opened a new line of inquiry, as a result of which Thomas F. Cullen, director of the Federal investigation un- der J. Edgar Hoover, director of the | Bureau of Investigation, has reopened the “witness chamber” he gave up I week. Prior to the appearance of Lew. ark and certain other witnesses Satur- day the department was without evi- dence to warrant pressing of the first degree murder charge. In an interview with representatives of The Star, Lewark at first denied having_any knowledge of the case. When he was told that The Star knew | he had been interrogated by two eral agents at_the Four-and " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) NEW PEACE PRINCIPLE| 1S ADVANCED IN PARIS International Convention Weighs | Vexations of Foreign Business Men as Treaty Basis. | | | t By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 5.—A general treaty between the principal powers of | the world, the underlying principle of which is the elimination of vexations to toreigners established in business abroad as a preliminary to permanent peace, was the subject of discussion at an in- ternational convention opening here today. |t General discussion of the problems affecting foreigners in business which was n this afternoon will precede close examination of a draft treaty by selected committees. international chess games were played, the ~moves being. communicated by cable. Mr. Rice, & chess expert. was the inventor of the “Rice Gambit,” a famane. chess. debut. Many Latin-American republics are la represented at the eopference, George A. | held in London to clear up relations)that three Coast Guard hoats wer: Gordon, first secref f the American embassy, is represcRillg Washington, maining in & program of building which would At the same time recognige both parity in strength and variety fn the use of tonnage.” Cites U. S. Historie Policy. He called attention to the fact that Washington was pursuing its historic policy of keeping free from old-world entanglements, but London must remain loyal to the obligations contracted with he League of Nations. “On neither side was there any at- tempt to change these facts, which were recognized and examined in all our discussions,” he said. Former Premier Lloyd George, Lib- eral leader, created a storm in Parlia- ment when, after having congratulated Mr. Macdonald on the success of hic mission, he pressed him for answers whether he had entered into any com- mitments on belligerent rights and gen- eral disarmament. Labor Howls Disapproval. Mr. Lloyd George also wished to know whether war debts had been discussed during the negotiations. The Labor benches howled their dis- approval as the Liberal leader demand- ed ansvyrs. Comar. J. M. Kenworthy from the Labor benches insisted that Lloyd George's queries were only michievous, | Kenworthy formerly was & Liberal. ‘The prime minister declared emphati- cally that “the question of debts was not discussed.” He assured the House that there had been no committments on the other questions. ‘The prime minister went on to say he had recognized with Hoover that the agreement ey were seeking was one not merely between themselves, but one that would have to be set into a wider agreement, and that a final settlement would have to depend upon a five-power confergnce. “The powers concerned very probably will have a good deal to say from their own point of view upon the naval prob- lem, and we decided to urge that pre- liminary and more or less informal con- versations between those powers should be entered upon. ““The success of that conference is our | next objective,” Mr. Macdonald then affirmed. Anglo-U. S. Differences Raised. “Above and beyond a naval agreement is the desire to make it clear to every one that in our mutual relations the Paris pact of peace is a reality. “In the course of conversation, Presi- | dent Hoover raised some of the issues | of differences between us, such as | belligarent rights, the so-called fortified bases, and so on, which were still active Jn_ forming public opinion, and we | agreed mutually to examine them in the hope we might arrive at an under- standing upon them, | | | | | 1 COMMUNIST IS FINED. Demonstration Before U. 8. Em-| bassy Results in Conviction. LONDON, November 5 (&)—Lewis Geppett, one of three men charged with participating in a communist demon- stration outside of the United States embassy on October 27, today was fined £2 or 16 days imprisonment. In his testimony Geppett said the demonstration was from the Interna- tional Class War Prisoners’ Aid Society ; and that the errand of the demon- strants at the embassy was to deliver | a protest against the sentencing of the Gastonla strikers, who had been con- victed of killing a policeman. India Dominion Parley Urged. NEW DELHI, India, November 5 (). —Comment on the viceroy’s declaration of November 1 afirming that the Brit- ish government desired to grant domin- jon status to India in time, indicales et s ‘aoen expecied. " Lord. Trwin n _ha e 2 clared that & aanference should be | i between British India and the native states of India. | Navy yard here without volunteering | James B., which was rammed and sunk | boat made no effort to rescue her crew, | which put off in a dory after the im- FOR EXPLANATION Officer Appeared at Rooming House With Young Woman, Vancouver Learns. By, the Associated Press. BREMERTON, Wash., November 5.— Rear Admiral H. J. Ziegemeier, com- mandant of the Puget Sound Navy Yard, today awalted an. explanation from Lieut. Harold W. Northcutt that would clear up the mystery veiling his disappearance from Norfolk, Va., two weeks ago. A request for the explanation was made yesterday by Rear Admiral Ziege- mefer at the instance of the Navy De- partment, after Lieut. Northcutt had been detained for several hours at the any explanation of his disappearance from Norfolk and his reappearance Sunday in Vancouver, British Columbia. Northcutt came voluntarily to Bre- | merton from Vancouver and has been | detained at the Navy yard here on or- | ders from Washington. So far as is| known, no formal charges have been | W. filed against him. No Statement. “I have asked Lieut. Northcutt to | make an explanation to the Navy De- | partment,” Rear Admiral Ziegemeler | said. “So far, however, I have not re- | ceived any statement from him.” | Northcutt flatly refused to see any | one vesterday, and his guards reported that he spent mast of his time playing | solitaire in his quarters in the Marine | barracks. | The lieutenant steadfastly refused to Accept counsel from fellow naval offi- | cers who offered their assistance. He would not discuss his case with them. Dispatches from couver quoted Mrs, Sarah Gibson, apartment house a proprietor, as having advised authori- ties that Northcutt came to her place & week ago with a young woman and rented an apartment. Two cards, bear- ing the pame of Miss Laura Clements and showing that she was a nurse in ood standing at the University of New York, were found among personal ef- (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) PILOT OF RAMMED BOAT Claims No Effort Was Made to Save Crew of Schooner After Col- lision Wednesday. By the Associated Press. HALIPAX, November 5—Capt. E. Stoddard of the Nova Scotian schooner off Long Island last Wednesday in a collision with the Coast Guard cutter Cahoone, said on his arrival here that at the time of the collision his lights were in order and that the searchlights of the Coast Guard boat were turned on his ship. © He also declared the Coast Guard pact and rowed to the Cahoone. He said the James B, sank in 15 minutes. Pending completion of the inquiry now under way at New London, Conn., he said no formal protest would be made to the Canadian authorities. He! asserted he was 30 miles off Long Is- Arnold q lr? “I resent your asking about it,” he said: ‘“‘you are fldknllg the service our or- ganization gave members.” Clashes Heatedly With Blaine, “I confess T am ridiculing your serv- ices” Blaine retorted. “I propose to show that you have been using them as a sucker list to collect money, a large portion of which went into your own_ pocket.” ed'l‘You will not,” Arnold declared heat- y. Other members of the committee were startled by Senator Blaine's blunt declaration. Senator Walsh, t, ol‘: Montana, said: “That is a serious charge,” and sought to divert the ques- tlo;l“ing Inmuother channels. ibsequently, _ Arnold agreed , to figures cited by Blaine Tecords of the American Taxpayers Leagues of which Arnold also is manager, and the Southern Tariff Hat] showing that the two organizations pald Arnold $22,619.45 beiween September 1, 1928, and August 31, last. Citing the records, Blaine read into the committee record that Arnold and three subordinate employes received 32 per cent of $200,586 collected during the period and 55 per cent of the gross receipts. Arnold protested that his salary was $12,000 & year plus expenses, that he had paid back to the organiza- tion a large amount of money and that he had coming to him about $12,000 for the last year's work. Money Distribution Is Listed. The money paid to Arnold’s orga izers was said to have been the f lowing amounts, $20.748.50 to Mrs. Ida Garden; Vance Muse, $19,610.09, and . S. Myrick, $14,958.50, a total of $77,936.44. Arnold protested the figures vigor- ously. He said Mrs. Garden was paid $4.000 a year and expenses: Muse, $600 a month and expenses, and Myrick $400 a month. and expenses. “Every ex- penditure is accounted for in the books.” he sald. “which have been certified to | by a public accountant.” ‘The committee was not satisfied with Arnold’s account of the service he ren- dered to contributing members. The witness insisted that the service was educational, including the sending out of bulletins about tax matters and the holding of meetings and staie conven- tions in order “to encourage citizens to take & part in government.” Several large corporations wi cited by Senator Blaine as “typieal con- tributors to the American Taxpayers' League.” Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, was shown to have con- tributed $10. The State of Florida con- tributed $2,050.75. Contributors Are Named. Previous testimony before the com- mittee has described the American Tax- | payers' League as being chiefly inter- | ested in the abolition and, in all cases, | lowering inheritance taxes. Among the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. INSPECTOR A AND PILOT DIE IN PLANE CRASH! George Johnson and “Hank" Cl’l‘- ter Killed When Gas Tank of Craft Explodes. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, November 5.—George John- son, Federal air inspector, and “Hank"” Carter, pilot for Skyways, Inc., were killed today when their airplane crash- ed, after going into a-tailspin over the East Boston Airport. ‘The gasoline tank exploded when the plane struck the ground. The craft was destroyed and the men were burned to | death before airport attaches could ex- land at the time of the collision Intd' ® At and force' temptin head him off mwmu':‘-ntomx waters. tricate them. Johnson and Carter had taken off for Bridgeport, Conn, a few minutes before they ergshed from a height of about 150 loczr e neither himself nor the late Senator Gooding ‘had anything to do with the flasks that he saw there. Senator Brookhart also severely. eriti- cised Secretary of the Treasury Mellon in connection with prohibition enforce- ment along the Canadian border, de- claring that the President should re- move him “and put somebody in his place, a Smedly Butler or somebody like him who means business to enforce this law.” The Towa Senator also declared he was ready to vote to require all foreign representatives in Washington to com- ply with the prohibition law unless they followed the example set by Sir BEsme Howard, the British Am| \ in deciding not to take’ advantage of the diplomatic immunity privilege. Points Out Trouble. Senator Brookhart began his speech bi referring to a newspaper clipping which said that Washington was await- ing his comments on the dinner given to Senators seven years ago. clip- ping also contained a statement in reference to whether there is drinking among lawmakers. “The. trouble with prohibition en- forcement and with ail law enforce- ment,” Senator Brookhart began, “is that there is too much of the feeling that laws are made for the little man. It is my purpose to advocate that laws are for the big man as well. “A United States Senator has no more right to plead exemption from a grand jury subpoena than any other citizen. | The question is shall all law be for little men only. I realize that this idea has been the cause of some of the failure in { prohibition enforcement.” Senator Brookhart declared that Gen. Smedley Butler of the Marine Corps failed a few ago when he tried to enforce the law in Phllldelrhll. be- cause when he tried to enforce it against big men in big clubs he was not sup- ported. “I am not here to assert that there has been all failure in regard to pro- hibition,” said Sen-tor Brookhart. “I congratulate the cesident of the United States on ti.- personal stand he has taken. It has had a good effect on many people.” Praises Curtis and Howard. The Iowa Senator also gave credit to- Vice President Curtis and Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador to the United States, ‘who he said, have taken a high attitude toward law en- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. SOVIETS BOMB STATION. Explosives Dropped at Muhling by Planes Sunday. TOKIO. November § (#).—Rengo News Agency dispatches from Harbin, Manchuria, today said Soviet airplanes which had engaged in recon ce flights in the Pogranichnaya district since the first of the month appeared over Muhling November 3 and dro) three bombs on the railroad station and divisional headquarters. The dispatch said it was believed the Russians intended * to- destroy the Muhling coal mines with a view to im- peding railway trafic along the east- ern section of the Chinese Eastern Railway. MRS. McMASTER CRITICAL. Wife of Senator From South Da- kota Reported Unchanged. The condition of Mrs. W. D. Mc- Master, wife of the Senator from South Dakota. who is critically ill with pneu- monia, was reported to be unchanged today. Physicians are in constant at- | tendance and report that it will be several days before she is-out of danger. U. S. Ships Gold to France. CHERBOURG, Prance, November 5 () —The first gold from the United States since the World War—$3,000,000 in 56 kegs—was unloaded from thé Berengaria today and taken by special car to the Paris Bank of Lazard Freres.