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2 X¥8 SENATORS GRILL ARNOLD ON MONEY g?Funds Used in Educational Work, Witness Tells Lobby Probers. 4 Secking to ascertain what has been doie with the money collected from corporations and individuals all over the country by J. A. Arnold, manager and Washington agent ot the Southern Tariff soclation and the American Taxpaye! League, members of the Senate lobby committee today con- tinued to question Mr. Arnold closely about the financial accounts and the correspondence of these two organiza- tions and about the activities of him- self and his assistants in Minnesota, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and other States. Mr. Arncld repeatedly declared that the money was used in “educational and “organization” work for the purpose of developing sentiment in favor of a reduction in the corporation income tax, repeal of the Federal estate tax and protective tariff rates on Southern prod- cts. 5 A sharp colloquy occurred between Senator Caraway, chairman of the com- mittee, and Mr. Arnold over the failure of the American Taxpayers' League to give detailed information regarding its finances and activities to_the Assocla- tion of Commerce of St. Paul and the Advertisers’ National Protective Bureau of Hinneapolis, Minn. MTHT WVINTNG TAT, WANHINGTOI The President’s prcclamation, in full, follows: Proclamation’s Text. “At this season of the year, when the harvest had been gathered in, the thoughts of our forefathers turned to- ward God with thanksgiving for the blessings of plenty and provision against the needs of Winter. They came by custom to look to the Chief Magistrate to set apart & day of prayer and praise, whereon their thanks as a united peo- ple might be given with one voice in unison. God has grealy blessed us as a Nation in the year now drawing to a close. The earth has yielded an abun- dant harvest in most parts of our coun- try. The fruits of industry have been of unexampled quantity and value. Both capital and labor have enjoyed an exceptional prasperity. “Assurances of peace, at home and abroad, have been strengthened and en- larged. Progress has been made in pro- vision against preventable _ disasters from flood and pestilence. Enlighten- ment has grown apace in new revela- Caraway’s Interpretation. «“why, if your organization is on the squX‘?e.yv asked Senator Caraway, “didn’t you feel impelled to give the informa- tion requested? The inference in my mind that were getting the money for yourself, unless you give an expla- e Reny that,” declared Mr. Amold. The witness also denied emphatically that he was “lobbying,” althou h he admitted working in behalf of and B hat do you understand lobbyia to 9" asked Senator Walsh. be"l don't know,” replied Mr. Arnold. tions of scientific truth and in diffusion of knowledge. Educational opportunities have steadily enlarged. Enduring ad- vances have been gained in the protec- tion of the public health. Childhood is measurably more secure. New experi- THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION CITES ASSURANCES OF PEACE Usual Annual Custom Followed by Presi- dent in Setting Aside November 28 as Holiday. In a proclamation issued today declaring Thursday, November 28 as a day of national Thanksgiving, President Hoover cited the strengthening of assur- ances of peace, at home and abroad, abundant harvests, the enjoyment of excep- tional prosperity and the making of progress in providing against preventable disasters from flood and pestilence, as blessings of the past year for which the | people should render ap thanks to Almighty God. ence and new knowledge in many flelds have been recorded, from which a deeper wisdom may grow. We should accept these blessings with resolution to devote them to service of Almighty God. ‘Would Share Blessings. “Now, therefore, I. Herbert Hoover President of the United States of America, do appoint and set aside ‘Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of No- vember, as a day of national Thanks- giving, ‘and do recommend that all our people on that day rest from their daily work that they should extend to others less fortunately placed, & share in their abundance, and that they gather at their accustomed places of worship, there to render up thanks to Almighty God for His many blessings upon them, for His forbearance and goodness. “In witness whereof, T have hereunto set my hand and caused to be afixed the great seal of the United States. “Done at the City of Washington, this 5th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, and of the inde- ndence of the United States, the one undred and fifty-fourth, “HERBERT HOOVER. “By the President: “HENRY L. STIMSON, “Secretary of State.” REPORTERS DECIDE 10 SERVE SENTENGE . Arnold admitted that neither he no&a:ny member of his organization has any special training in tax problers. When Mr. Arnold stated that neither the Southern Tariff Association nor the American Taxpayers' League, whizh to- gether collected about $250,000, had made no income tax returns, Senator Caraway intimated that the commit- tee would carry the investigation of this matter to the Treasury Department. Mr. Arnold said that he understood organizations of this kind did not have Withdraw Appeal From De- cision of Court and Get Credit for Time Served. Gorman M. Hendricks, Linton Burkett and Jack E. Nevin, jr, the ‘Washington Times reporters, who Mon~ day abandorttd a habeas corpus pro- ceeding to get them out of jail where they had been committed by Justice Peyton QGordon of the District Supreme Waish Reads Mteflu st c;nm. for re'numg (g ulvu"lhge th.z names .h read several letters|Oof persons from whom they admitted w&fit‘:‘r:&‘l&m files of the Southern [they had purchased liquor, today with- Tariff Association’s office in_ this city |drew their appeal from the court's de- to persons in Mississippi suggesting that | cision and decided to serve their sen- the protective tariff sentiment in that | tences. State be organized and brought to bear Appreciating the fact that as long upon Senator Pat Harrison of Missis- (s their appeal was pending they were sippl, who was referred Lo as the priu; | WASIEE Bite 1n Jall Docauss they wod o r in the any cre for tha - . e g carceration and would still have 45 that is devel- Arnold. days to serve if the District Court of xcite protec- | Justice Gordon, the reporters demanded ¢ make income tax returns. k"‘\;\lm you give the committee written authority to go to the Treasury and examine your personal in turns?” asked Senator Caraway. “Yes,” replied Mr. Arnold. op! Appeals should affirm the action of £ “Of course, if you can Zion sentiment in any Southern State, | of Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert and it, don't | George D. Horning, jr, that the ap- “you get more money out of it, b A tsudn. bl ap: P ator Walsh asked. '““rh? ‘Bt‘elnfl!{fl'," admitted the witness. H ‘Walsh asked ey arouse old replied that it was “to carry on the work. " b . o) 'farm oid rephed . Arnold repl Jose was to let Senator Harrison Pf the protection sentiment in State. ~ One letter written by ®d that if the protective tariff senti- ment in Mississippi and Louisiana were organized the result might be to put “courage into President Hoover” and induce him to stand for the House ‘on sugar. Asked whether he thou the President could be influenced in this way, Mr. Arnold replied: = 4T never heard of a President who was not amensble to public sentiment.” H Attitude Is Disclosed. Two letters disclosing Arnold's attl- tude toward prospective contributors to the American Taxpayers' League en- gaged the attention of Benator ‘Walsh, Wwho inquired into Arnold’s purpose in declining to furnish information to nizations his organizers canvassed funds. * The St. Paul, Minn, Association of Commerce wrote Arnold last September Fequesting a description of the Taxpay- ers’ League'’s activities, its purposes and facts about the personnel. The letter said members of the association who had been canvassed by men purporting %0 represent Arnold had asked for the information. Correspondence read into the commit~ ‘tee record disclosed that Arnold had referred the request to J. W. Groves ‘of the Minneapolis Trust Co., State chairman of the Taxpayers' League. Commenting on _the request, Arnold ‘wrote Groves: “We have got about all ihe money we can out of St. Paul and d doubt the wisdom of submitting such, information to prospective contributors.” £ Asked by Senator Walsh why such jnformation should be concealed, “Arnold said there was no occasion for ‘giving it, inasmuch as his representa- Aive had left St. Paul. The witness though another man in his Washing- %on office sent out the letter and he ‘tharacterized its phraseology as un- Jortunate. He explained that the request related %o matters that concerned the Minne-| #ota organization and was referred to “Groves as a matter of course. £ Advertisers' Burean Query. % Another letter, from the Advertisers' INational Protective Bureau at Min- “eapolis, requested similar information. ‘An official of the bureau wrote to Ar- mold saying that members of the bu- eau had been approached to join the “Taxpayers' League and requesting thle ames and addresses of the league’s ‘prganizers and the membership agree- “ment. This information was held to be ecessary to the bureau “because of ~the great amount of fradulent solicita- tion.” . Arnold testified he referred the request t Groves, and sald in a_letter to Groves, “We do not as a rule care to “submit the work of our organizatien to ‘the approval of these local concerns.” 7 Senator Walsh questioned Arnold ‘&bout the propriety of concealing infor- Znation about his organization when Froepective contributors were seekmr it /and asked why he had been unwilling “to submit a financial statement of re- “ceipts and expenditures as requested by “he St. Paul Association of Commerce. Arnold answered that his organiza- ‘tion had its own functions and he “hought it unnecessary to submit such matters to the consideration of local concerns. . ‘Asked by Senator Walsh if the Amer- {can Taxpayers’ League had any mem- ‘pership agreement, Arnold said it did not. ‘The witness said he understood “he letter irom the Advertisers Bureau 0 be concerm=~ chiefly about the possi- follity of ~ audulent solicitation and he ‘zelt. 5o ‘esitancy in leaving it to Groves .sfy the questioners on that score. Probe Financial Operations. The financial operation of the Ameri- Zcan Taxpayers' League and Southern to his or- for ¢. = purpose I:Mt:-“vorwh:: ;.'h' dismissal of the ap) endea A sentiment and Mr. Ar-|gave them credit wanted to know | newspaper men to serve 45 days or until nator Harrison,” and |tempt of court by answering the ques- onl r- | tion of the grand jury. If the reporters o Ko l’t‘m- have & change of heart appeared before Attorney Horning ce Gordon today and announced y for The semtence imposed requi Forum Speaker SENATOR HARRY B. HAWES. —Underwood Photo. HAWES TO DISCUSS DRY PURCHASE ACT purge themselves of the con- and decide to ve the desired information they can Teleased at any time before the ex- Arnold suggest- | piration of the sentence. SCOTT TO BUILD RADIO. "‘.':: “Death Valley” Magnate Plans to Spend $400,000. TONOPAH, Nev., November 6 (#).— ‘Walter “Death Valley” Scott yesterday announced that he plans to erect a large radio broadcasting station on his atial estate near here soon. Scott purchased two 250-horsepower en- gines for generating power and other equipment for the station. He sald he would employ the best talent available for his programs and that he would not permit advertising to be broadcast. Tl’:a station will cost about $400,000, he said. city governments and, in one case, the State of Ficrida, were asked about. Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin, brought out that C. C. Belcher of Texas was one of several men to whom the tariff association paid money for use as expenses in making a trip to Washington. Belcher was a candi- date on the Democratic ticket for Con- gress in the sixteenth Texas district. Previous testimony had disclosed that Arnold and John H. Kirby, millionaire Texan, who is president of the tariff association, were interested in having Belcher move across the county line, into the Fifteenth Texas district, and run against Representative John Gar- ner, the Democratic floor leader, on a Republican ticket. Arnold testified that Belcher was paid $300 for expenses in attending a meet- ing here as a delegate appointed by the commissioner of agriculture in Texas. Men in several Southern States were paid amounts ranging from $300 to $1,100 for work as delegates to meet- ings, and in some cases as organizers for the two organizations. In the realm of finance Senator Blaine brought out that Arnold solicited various organizations, irrespective of their business, for contributions. At one time Arnold drew sight drafts on 1,700 banks in Texas asking for in- dividual contributions of $10. At other times he canvassed a select list of banks in Georgia and Alabama in the same manner. He said he didn't expect all of the banks to contribute, but that a good many of them did. “Do you think the bank had a right to take the money of its stockholders and depositors and contribute to your organization?” Senator Blaine asked. “I certainly do,” Arnold said. “To Educate Bankers.” Blaine asked the witness why he can- vassed o many banks, and Arnold said it was to educate the bankers to what the Southern Tariff Association was doing. 4 One of the letters Arnold wrote to a public utilities company in Virginia expressed the opinion that public utili- ties are not in position to shift their tax burden as other corporations are and therefore should be more con- cerned in the lowering of corporation taxes. “We should be glad to have you join with us and contribute $10 in our work,” his letter said. G Typical letters in & voluminous corre- spondence were read by Senator Blaine. A study of the books of the two or- ganizations disclosed to Senator Blaine that Arnold paid $400 a month rent for officers in the Munsey Building and that on one occasion a “general expense item” In the amount of $4,000 was made payable to the Munsey Trust Co. when, as a matter of fact, the money was paid to Mrs. Ida M. Darden, one of Arnold’s organizers in Texas. Sim- ITariff Assoclation, both of which ©Arnold heads and whose activities are % inter-related, were inquired into by the ‘ committee. Expenditures ot several or- ganizers in Southern States and con- Teibutions obtained from va’ and flar discrepancies in the account, to- gether with his observation that the books were kept in loose-leaf and pages could be removed at will, led Blaine to ask Arnold how he expected anybcdy to audit the account, Senator From Missouri Will Oppose Proposal in Radio Forum. Senator Harry B. Hawes of Missourl will discuss the proposal to make pur- chasers of liquor guilty of law violation along with the bootleggers in the Na- tional Radio Forum arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System at 10:30 p.m. to- morrow. Senator Hawes will attack the proposal, which has been advanced by Senator Sheppard of Texas. The Texas Senator, who was a co-author of the eighteenth amendment to the Constitu~ tion, defended the plan to make pur- chasers of liquor guilty of violating the hwkln the National Radio Forum last week. ‘The Senator from Missouri takes the view that prohibition enforcement would be made more difficult by making the {)urchuers of liquor guilty of law vio- ation. He is opposed to prohibition as it now stands, however, and belleves that the law should be amended so as to permit the sale of alcoholic bev~ erages through Government agency. Senator Hawes also considers that the proposal of Senator Sheppard is outside of and beyond the constitutional amendment for prohibition, since that amendment prohibits the manufacture, sale and transportation of liquor for beverage purposes, but does not prohibit its purchase. Senator Hawes has had a wide ex- perience in public life. At one time he was president of the police board of St. Louis, his home city. During the World War he served as major in the military intelligence, and he served three terms as a member of the House before he was elected and entered upon his duties as Senator. He was elected to the Senate in 1926 to fill the g~ expired term of the late Senator Spencer and to the full term of six years which expires in March, 1933. Like Senator Sheppard, Senator Hawes is a Democrat. He insists, however, that the question of prohibition should be treated in a non-partisan way, and believes that a national referendum should be held. PASTOR ENTERS 11TH YEAR IN TAKOMA PARK Rev. Dr. Bryan’s 10-Year Record in Seventh Day Adventist Church Outlined. ! Rev. Dr. B. F. Bryan this week enters i upon his eleventh year as pastor of the | Takoma Park-Seventh Day Adventist Church after rounding out what is de- clared to be the most successful decade in_the history of that church. During his 10 years with the Takoma Park Church, 822 persons have been admitted to membership, 224 of whom | were baptised. Receipts for the past | decade totaled $625,335.96 with $204,- 62513 going for missionary purposes. | WHITEHOUSE IS NAMED. Hoover Appoints Him to Be Minis- ter to Guatemala. President Hoover sent to the Senate today the nomination of Sheldon White- house of New York to be minister of Guatemala. Mr. Whitehouse has been in the for- elgn service of this government for a number of years and is looked upon as a trained diplomat. He was secretas to the late Whitelaw Reld at the tim the latter was Ambassador to London. Since then Mr. Whitehouse has served in various capacities in the foreign serv- ice. He has served at Petrograd, Rus- sia; France, Spain, Venezuela and Sweden, and is at present on dutv at the State Department, ALLEN 1 GULLTY, TRIAL BOARD FINDS Verdict Against Policeman Quickly Reached; Fate Now | With Commissioners. (Continued From First Page.) case and made an impatient move toward the door, but Inspetcor Btoll called him back and asked him if he| did not think his conduct before the board in making these statements did not_constitute insubordination. “You know I am singing my swan song.” Allen replied. “I know what the inevitable outcome of this case will be. You know as well as I do the major and superintendent had no right to oring me to trial for writing that letter. Maj. Pratt Only Witness. Only one witness testified today and that was Maj. Pratt, the complainant, The policeman had summoned two wit= nesses—Robert M. Buck of the Daily News and Bernard McDonnell of the Washington Post—but announced at the close of the trial that his purpose in doing so was to keep these two news- paper men away from his trial. At the outset of the proceedings the two re- porters, at Allen's request, were ordered to remain in an adjoining room, where they cooled their heels for nearly two hours. The trial board, which heard the charges against Alien, was composed of Inspector Stoll and Oapts. Charles T, Peck and C. P. M. Lord. Capts. Peck and Lord replaced Capts. William G. Stott and O. T. Davis, members of the regular board, who were challenged by Allen, Garbed in Working Clothes. Allen appeared at the trial garbed in khaki overalls and a corduroy coat, the outfit which he wears at a gasoline filling station where he is working temporarily. Robert Burton, a mns attorney, and the son of H. ph Burton, who had been retained by Allen and later dismissed because of his be- lief that he would not be given an im- partial trial by police officials, came with Allen, as did his wife. Allen, how- ever, pleaded his own case with Burton sitting near him in the capacity of an advisor. The trial board room at the sixth pre- cinct station was filled with spectators, among whom were Representative and Mrs. Yates of Illinols. Mr. Yates said he had no particular interest in the case, but attended merely to observe the proceedings. Allen devoted a major portion of his defense to the statement quoted in a newspaper that he intended to make an investigation of the United States Attorney's Office for its failure to prose- cute an investment broker indicted more than a year ago and arrested several weeks 8go on a new charge. It was Allen's letter of explanation to Maj. Pratt concerning this statement on which the charges against him were based. Allen contended that the state- ment was a proper one for a police officer to make if he proposes to carry out his oath as a policeman. “No law- breaker is safe as long as you allow me to remain on the police force,” he declared. “I would not hesitate to in- vestigate any one, including the Pres- ident of the United States, if I had any evidence of law violation.” Doyle Trial Monday. Capt. Doyle, commander of the eighth precinct, whose defense of Allen led to his suspension also, will not face the trial board until Monday. He was to go to trial today, but got a continu- ance late yesterday, when efforts to settle his case on the outside, failed for the second time this week. Robert E. Lynch, first assistant cor- poration counsel, who prosecuted the case, spoke in a voice bristling with anger in several sharp verbal exchanges with Allen when the defendant insisted the charges against him were not ex- plicit, Lynch suggested that a dic- tionary be referred to if Allen failed to understand the meaning of the words “insubordination” and “disrespectful.” At another point, Allen asked Lynch question. The prosecutor replied that he was not under examination, indicat- ing by his tone of voice that he resented Allen’s method of procedure. He was upheld by the chairman. Burlingame Trial Recalled. ‘The scenes at the opening of Allen’s trial were strikingly similar to those at the trial of Capt. Guy E. Burlingame, retired commander of the second pre- cinct. The proceedings are being held in the same room at the sixth precinct station in which Burlingame success- fully defended himself against the sen- sational charges of Mrs, Helen F. Bla- lock, former Seventh street palmist. A small crowd gathered outside the station house to catch a glimpse of the principals as they entered. There also was another small group inside the sta- tion house, lined in double file near the steps awalting admission to the trial board room, which was denled until the proceedings had started. Allen sauntered into the trial board- room at 10:12 o'clock, 12 minutes be- hind the time set for the nning of his trial. He was dressed in khaki over- alls, such as worn by mechanics, and a corduroy coat—the same outfit which he wears on his temporary job at an Eighteenth street gasoline filling sta- tion. He took a seat in the rear of the trial boardroom to await the beginning of his trial. Challenges Capt. Stott. A few moments later, Inspector Stoll called Allen's name and he answered: “Here.” Assistant Corporation Counsel Lynch immediately suggested that the charges against the policeman be read. Allen, however, before the charges could be read, challenged Capt. William G. Stott of the third precinct, his former commanding officer, and Capt. O. T. Davis of the second precinct, and they were relieved from the regular board, and Capts. C. P. M. Lord of the thir- teenth precinct, and Charles T. Peck of the eleventh precinct, who were named as alternates about a week ago, were substituted. The policeman said these two officers were acceptable to m. ‘Allen’s next move was to request that his only two witnesses—Robert M. Buck of the Daily News, and Bernard McDon- nell of the Washington Post—be re- quired to leave the trial board room. Inspector Stoll complied with the re- quest and directed the two reporters to wait in an adjoining room until called. Delay Nettles Allen. Allen became impatient while news- paper photographers manipulated their cameras in preparation for a series of flashlight photographs and arose from his seat and asked the reason for the delay. He declared he had a gmluan at a gasoline filling station and his em- ployer had graciously released him for a few hours for the trial, but he probably would become offended if he remained away from his work too long. Stoll as- sured him that the trial would start in a few minutes. As soon as the photographers had made their Inspector Stoll stood and read the official .charges pre- ferred against Allen by Maj. Henry arrow) police officers, which he w Upper: Robert J. Allen (marked with faces trial board of veteran hearing the charges on spended from the eighth precine count of the policeman’s statement that he proposed to make an investigation | of the United States attorney's office for its fallure to prosecute an invest- ment broker. The newspaper containe ing the story was entered as exhibit one. Pratt then proceeded to sketch the steps taken by the Police Department in its investigation to determine whether Al- len was correctly guoted, Mr. Lynch then turned to Allen and sald, “You may examine.” Allen then took up a discussion of the two charges against him. He read his communication to Maj. Pratt and a portion of the charges which de- clared his intention had been to dis- obey the regulations in that he had stated in the letter that in so far as he was a member of the Police De- partment it was his duty to investigate any one and every one he believed to be violating the law. The witness said he had asked Maj. Pratt before, “and I now ask you again, where there was any insubordination in this letter.” Letter Basis for Charge. Maj. Pratt refused to state that where there was such insubordination in the communication as this “is a mat- ter for the board to determin ‘Qur rules ' and regulations prescribe as orderly manner of handling the busi- ness of the department, your letter was & proper basis for the charges.” The major added that it was the duty of every policeman having &ny knowledge of a crime to report such information to his superior officer. b e to that,” Allen replied. “But certainly no private is supposed to go to his ?reclnt commander with every little thing he hears of until he is cer- tain whether he has enough evidence to i\ufl(y such action. I would like to now where I said anything in my let- ter to you refusing to obey orders.” Inspector Stoll interrupted and de- clared that the letter “speaks for itself.” Allen again attempted to question Maj. Pratt on this particular phase of the matter and the witness reiterated that this was a problem for the board. “Do you want to make clear specifi= cally where in this letter I have been insubordinate or disrespectful?” Allen inquired. No Disrespect as Individual. “There has been no disrespect to me as an individual at any time,” Maj. Pratt said. “I guess you do say then that you can’t point out any specific un of the letter where I have been insubordinate,” Allen went on. Mr. Lynch broke in and declared that the paragraph of Allen's letter included in the charges “is a violation of the manu “The major should not be requested to go any further into the m‘El"'eh‘;" ‘harges alleged to be in viola e [ es allege n - tion of the manual,” said Allen, “still aren't clear to me. If the inspector had any—" “I don't want you to deliver an ora- tion,” interrupted Inspector Stoll. “When you take the stand you can make any statement you desire. you have any questions to ask the major, ask them.” “I don't see how we can less the major is more spec countered. “The major has made the charges as the result of your letter and the letter has been presented in evidence, which is sufficient,” Inspector Stoll said. “If he will not,” resumed Allen, “I don’t see how I can go any further, because there seems to be nobody here who has any knowledge of any dis- respect or insubordination on my part.” “The words ‘insubordination’ and ‘disrespect’ have a definite meaning in law and——" interrupted Mr. Lynch. Allen Ordered to Seat. Leaping to his feet with a wild gesture of his arm, Allen asked In- spector Stoll, “How about this oration by the corporation attorney?” “]slv. down,” was Inspector Stoll's curt reply. “If you are going to include remarks such as these of the corporation attor- ney I'm not going to answer any ques- tions,” Allen threatened. Inspector Stoll failed to reply to the suspended policeman’s remark, where- upon Allen turned to the assistant cor- })ornt\m counsel and inquired, “Are you familiar with the specific charges here?” “I'm not under examination and I refuse to answer any such questions from you,” Mr. Lynch said in a voice that bristied with anger. Then, turning to Inspector Stoll and declaring that he was addressing his remarks board, Mr. Lynch asserted that Allen's letter “most certalnly shows disrespect and insubordination.” “Mr. Lynch is here to advise us on all legal points,” Inspector Stoll inform- ed Allen. “If you want Mr. Lynch’s ad- vice, since you have no counsel, it is 0 on un- c,” Allen G. Pratt, superintendent of police. After each specification in the charges the pgllce‘mnnl categorically entered a plea of not guilty. As soon as he finished reading charges Inspector Stoll declared that there had been some criticism of the Police Trial Board for its refusal to rmit members of the trial board to cross-examined as jurors, and in ex- planation of the board's stand, pointed out the purpose and function of a police mu? board. Maj. Pratt, who preferred the charges \gainst Allen, was the first witness. Prosecutor Lynch, as soon as the police superintendent took the witness stand, called his attention to & newspaper ac- all right with the board. “Yes. Thank you, I do. Mr. Lynch, what is insubordination and disre- “Allen, don’t question the intelligence of this board by asking such a ques- tion,” interjected Inspector Stoll. “That’s very simple,” said Mr. Lynch. “Just look in the dictionary.” There was a brief pause and Mr, Lynch then announced that the prose- cution rested its case. the | spect?” 1t | 1t Allen then asked if there were any questions the board wished to ask him. “Yes. Be seated,” answered Inspec- t or Stoll. Inspector Stoll then asked Allen to A A PRINCE MAXIMILIAN OF BADEN EXPIRES Last Imperial Chancellor of Germany Dies at Age of 62 Years. By the Associated Press. CONSTANCE, Baden, Germany, No- vember 6.—Prince Maximilian von Baden, last imperial German chancel- lor, and heir to the grand duchy of Baden, died here today at 5:45 am. He was 62 years old. Prince Maximilian had been ailing for a year from arterial trouble. About three weeks ago he had a fall indoors and broke two ribs, necessitating re- moval from Salem Castle, his home, to the municipal hospital, where his con- dition grew rapidly worse, Princess Louise, a royal princess of Great Britain, was summoned to his bedside Saturday with their two chil- dren, 23-year-old Derchold and 27-year- Lower: Pvt. Allen.—Star Staff Photo. ALLENFLES U FOR BACK WAGES Claims Clarendon Real Estate Company Owes Him $480 Under Agreement. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT- HOUSE, Va., November 6.—Records in the clerk’s office today revealed that Robert J. Allen, suspended policeman of the Washington force, has filed sult here against the Brumback Realty Co. of Clarendon for $480 which, he claims, is due him under an agreement that was made when he was employed by the local concern last May. Allen is represented by Attorney. Amos C. Crounse. According to the papers in the case, Allen claims that on last May 256 he was employed by the Brumback Realty Co. as a salesman for the period of four months, he having obtained leave of absence from the Wi ton Police Department for that length of time. tter having worked there for five weeks, during which time he was paid at the rate of $40 per week, he claims, he was dismissed without notice and for no reason. Since the real estate firm had agreed to pay him $40 weekly, he alleges in the suit, he is due the sum of $480, the difference in the salary that he would have received had he been permitted to work for the entire four-month period. As further evidence of the fact that he was an accepted employe of the concern, he alleges, the realty com- pany had printed, after he had been re for @ short time, cards sh having peen employed as a salesman. Clarence R. Ahalt, attorney for the Brumback Realty Co., stated today that he had nothing to say other than that SIX DIE IN GRASH OF GERMAN PLANE Prince Von Lippe and One Other Escape in Flames. Both Injured. MARDEN PARK, 'Surrey, England, November § (#).—Six persons were {killed and two injured in the crash of a big 'German air liner bound for Ber- lin from Croydon this morning. ‘Three of those killed were passen- gers and three were crew members. One of the two survivors was Prince Eugene Schaumberg - Lippe, second cousin of a formed reigning prince of one of the oldest German royal houses. He was acting as second pilot. The prince was injured, but is expected to recover. ‘The other injured man, Lieut. Comdr, Glen Kidston, widely known racing motorist, suffered from cuts. Names of Dead Given. ‘The names of the three passengers who were killed were given as Messrs. Milne, Jasper and Jones. The crew killed were Pilot Rod Schinka, Mechan- ic Ulrich and Wireless Operator Niklas. The crash which was followed by the machine bursting into flames is be- lieved to have been caused by the pilot’s flying into a hillside during a fog. Behind the remnants of the air liner was a large tree which had been torn from the ground by the last plunge of the big machine. The crash and the burst of flames followed instantly. Face Severely Burned. Later the identity of the passengers was_definitely - established as follows: G. P. Milne, director of Henderson & Co., jute merchants, Calcutta; G. 8. Gaspar, sr., an employe of Henderson & Co., and D. L. Jones of Lansdowne road, Stockwell. Prince von Lippe was so severely burned about the face that he was scarcely recognizable. His clothing was burned from his arms and legs. Before being taken to a hospital he gasped, “I opened the window and crawled out.” Kidston was the only one of the pas= sengers able to crawl free, but found himself powerless to do anything to rescue the others, as the machine al~ most instantly was fully ablaze. Prince Schaumberglippe at first was thought to have been killed, but later was found to have escaped also. When firemen and other rescuers arrived at the scene they could not do much more than to start extricating the bodies from the wreckage. Kidstone, who was only slightly in- jured, has been near death on several revious occasions. He was flying to airobi for a big game hunt when his airplane crashed, but he escaped unin- jured. Later he was charged by rhinoceros and only succeeded in kill- ing the animal when it was two yards away. As a submarine expert and & motor racer he also has had other narrow escapes. TRIO IDENTIFIED IN GASTONIA CASE Judge Howard W. Smith had continued the case until the next term of court this fact. . STOCK PRICES DROP LOWER IN SELLING; old Marie Alexandra. The latter is married to Prince Wolfgang von Hesse. He was unconscious then, but Sunday rallled and seemed better until last night, when he collapsed. Prince Max, as he. was more widely known, was called to the imperial chan- cellorship in the closing days of the ‘World War, October 5, 1918. At that post he negotiated with Presi- dent Wilson and the allied leaders the terms under which an armistice finally was granted, and he announced to the ge{;enln people the abdication of the aiser. inspect a letter and see if it was a com- munication he had forwarded to Maj. Pratt. Allen identified the letter and his_signature. “Now you may go ahead and explain the letter as you wish, telling us where you wish to say you were not insubor- dinate or disrespectful in it or where you were,” Inspector Stoll directed. “I've been reading the letter and the charges over quite a bit,” Allen respond- ed. “I don't see a single part where I was_insubordinate or disrespectful. I would like the board to explain just what portions of my letter were insub- ordinate_or disrespectful.” Capt. Lord intervened at this point and expressed the opinion that it was for the board to determine later from a thorough study of the letter whether it was insubordinate or disrespectful. “Have you anything more to say about date. were being cleaned out y. Many of the leading railroad shares, Atchison, Union Pacific, New Norfolk & Western, Southern Pacific and Chesapeake & includiny York Central, Ohio, dropped $4 to $9 a share on sell! presumably inspired by report, showing & decrease of 45,196 cars in the week ended October 26, as compared with the previous week, and a drop of 29,164 cars from the same periods of 1928. Selling pressure in the peared to increase as trad! Allled Chemical dropped $25 a share, General Electric extended its decline to $13, American Telephone to $12_and Columbian Carbon, Brooklyn Union Gas, Union Carbide, Westinghouse Electric, United States &teel common, J. 1. Case, Grigsby Grunow and Dupont sold down $5 to $10 a share. Initial Declines, Further selling came into the market after the election day holiday, initial prices disclosed a long list of net de- clines ranging from $1 to nearly $6 & share, Several blocks of 5000 to 25,000 shares changed hands in the early trading. eral list ap- Capt. Lord demanded. “I thought Maj. Pratt would explain the charges and I was ready to answer, but I don’t see how I can do so since he has failed to clarify the matter,” Allen testified. “I see nothing in- subordinate or disrespectful. As a police officer I have authority to investigate any crime or suspected crime. In a time of stress it isn't up to the head of the Police Deg-nmznt to say whether a policeman has violated one or two minor regulations. To whom does a policeman owe the greater responsibil- ity, the public or the major and super- intendent? To the public, I think.” Allen then went into a detailed ac- count of his connection with the case of W. L. Moffatt. who was arrested as the result of work by Allen in connec- tion with stock transactions, and bit- terly attacked Moffatt. It was the Mof- fatt case out of which his present trou- ble grew. Lynch’s Objection Overruled. Mr. Lynch objected that Allen was going too deeply into the details of the Moffatt case, adding that “this is a trial for insubordination and disrespect because of the defendant’s letter.” “I realize that, Mr. Lynch, but I don’t want to curtail the witness in anything he would like to say,” Inspec- tor Stoll ruled. “You fl;o ahead.” Allen then explained that Capt. Doyle had instructed to “take the proper action in the Moffatt case.” The de- fendant added that he went to the office of the district attorney and a to_the | warrant was issued for Moffatt. He then told of the arrest of Moffatt by William Burke, a precinct detective, in his pres- ence. He admitted saying “I was golng to bring him (Moffatt) to justice and I{ meant it. I also sald I was going to gwesunw the district attorney’s of- ce.” “Who did you say that to?” inquired Inspector Stoll. “Price of the Post and Tighe of the Herald, I tl The next day I got a letter from the major and superin- tendent quoting the Post as saying I intended to inve te the district at- torney’s office.” After denying he had been elue‘g those upon by police officials to certify newspaper stories attributed him prior to his statement that he intended to investigate the district attorney’s office, Allen made his closing argument in which he told the Trial Board he knew Be was throueh a2 8. pall Atchison lost $6.00 on the first sale, American Telephone, $35.75; Missourt Kansas Texas common, $5.50; Nevada Consolidated Copper, $4.25; American Can, $4 and United States Steel com- mon, United Corporation, Radio, Inter- national Nickel, American and Foreign Power, Columbia Graphophone, Con- solidated Gas and Anaconda Copper lost $2 to $3.50. ‘The Stock Exchange closed at 1 p.m. today instead of 3 p.m., the usual hour, in accordance with a ruling of the board of governors made earlier in the week in order to give brokerage houses a further opportunity to catch up with a vast accumulation of work. N FAILURE TO INVITE JOHNSON TO DINNER CALLED OVERSIGHT (Continued From First Page.) sat af the White House table was Sen- ator & Folldtte of Wisconsin, who gen- erll]t"hla opposed the administration in legislative matters and who also with- held support from Mr. Hoover in his campéigh fr the presidency. After a Juncheon conference with Mr. Hoov#r at his Palo Alto, Calif., home early fn the presidential campaign of last year, Senator Johnson declared for the Republican nominee in this state- ment to newspaper men: ‘I am for the Republican candidate for President. Iam a Republican candi- date for the Senate.” Had Been Invited. Stating that he had visited the nomi- nee at his request, the Senator said, “I was delighted to lunch with him and to chat with him.” At that time is was evident that the Senator and the presidential condidate had disagreed on some subjects, includ- ing the question of the Boulder Canyon Dam as a campaign issue. Of the 20 members of the foreign relations committee, 15 were included on the list of White House guests. Of not on the list, Senator Robin- son of Arkansas, Wagner of New York and Shipstead of Minnesota were out of the city. Swanson and Johnson were the other two of the five not dining with the President. tor Swanson sald he declined the invitation as he is mm'c over a brother’s death. and that his client owes Allen nothing and will have no difficulty in proving LEADERS LOSE HEAVILY (Continued From First Pa erous trades to be straightened out be- fore their records are brought up to Monday's reaction undoubtedly caused & further weakening of many speculative holdings which wax‘;urenuy ing the publication of the weekly freight traffic Witness Declares Horace Wheeler Was Present When Woman Was Slain. By the Associated Press. GASTONIA, N. C., November 6.— Horace Wheeler, Fred T. Morrow and L. H. Thompson were identified again today as being present during incidents leading up to and after the mob shoot- ing of Ella May Wiggins, Bessemer City Textile Union member, on Septem= ber 14 by the first witness today in Judge P. A. McElroy's inquiry into the shooting. Charles Shope of Bessemer City, one of the men on the mob-beleaguered truck with the woman, testified that ‘Thompson approached the truck when it was turned back at the Loray cotton mill village, in Gastonia, by & mob bent on preventing the crowd going to a Communist meeting in South Gastonia. He said he did not see Thompson after that. He also testified that he saw Horace Wheeler, identified yesterday, as having fired a shot into the truck at the instant Mrs. Wiggins fell, and Fxsd Morrow, owner of a car the truck had collided with, Shope said he heard the shot that killed the woman and saw her fall, but did not see who fired it. He said he heard shots in a fleld later, but did not know who was firing. Shope in his testimony did not give all the names of the men he said he saw, but walked along the row of ac- cused men and touched the men named, Sixteen men are under bond on charges of murder and conspiracy to murder in connection with the killing. Identified as Slayer. Julius Fowler, one-legged man whose crutch Frank Fortner yesterday said broke the glass in the cab of George Lingerfelt’s truck when it collided with Fred Morrow’s Essex, today identified Horace Wheeler as the man who. shot Mrs. Wiggins. Fowler asserted that the shot was fired just an instant before the truck hit the Essex. He said Wheeler was standing on the left side of the road, Fowler’s story differed from that of | W. L. Case, who yesterday identified Wheeler. Case had said the shot was fired an instant after the cars struck. CHILD INJURED BY AUTO IN SERIOUS CONDITION Colored Girl Suffers Broken Leg and Loss of Teeth—Woman in Trafic Mishap. Mable Bruce, 6 years old, colored, o 16 O street, was in Freedman’s Hospi- tal today in an undetermined tion from injuries recelved yes when struck by an automobile driven by William Arlustus Bell, colored, of wghMme r> cfm&eu.s avenue. eceived @ broken leg, X Mv»::‘::i“‘!,m finddu"" sho:{. bR e L. Meadows, 40 yesrs °f 636 East Capitol street, ncelvmng.mor injuries when she is said to have walked into the side of a moving machine driven by Mollie M. Nichols, 52, of 904 G street southeast, at Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. She was taken to Casyalty Hospital and treated for bruises and shock by Dr. J. Rogers Young of the hospital ;tafl. She was later removed to ome. | Russian Scientist Loses Post. MOSCOW, U. 8. 8. R., November (#) —Serge Oldenburg, one of the mos€ f | prominent of Russian scientists, was dismissed fro.. his post as permane secretary of the Academy of Seloen: yesterday by the fgvemment. He was accused of concealing from the govern- ment documents of extreme importance which would have aided the authorities in lisuloating counter-revolutionary ac- tivities on Soviet territory,