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\WWEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Porecast.) Rain ton! tomorrow ni ‘Temperatures—H! ht and ht. ighest. & yesterday; lowest, 46, at 7:30 a.m. y. Full report on page 10. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 No. 31,241. post office Washington. tomorrow. 65, at 4:15 Colder Entered as second class matter D. C. ‘@he ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1929 —FORTY-SIX . PAGES. *% The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. i Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,652 () Means Associated Pre: TWO CENTS. NEW STRANGLING PROBE 1S OPENED; CULLEN AIDS JURY Apartment House Manager Is First Witness—Tells of McPherson’s Visit. SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR IS NAMED PROSECUTOR Finding of Body Jammed Agninstf Closed Door Described in Close Grilling. The second grand jury to investigate the mysterious strangling of Mrs. Vir- ginia McPherson called the first of a long list of witnesses today and re- celved from him a graphic account of eircumstances surrounding discovery of the tragedy at the Park Lane Apart- ments nearly two months ago. The first witness was Wilmer C. Ruff, manager of the apartment house, whose testimony is said to have played a part in the decision of another grand jury 1o overturn the suicide verdict of a coroner’s jury and indict the husband, Robert A. McPherson, jr., on a charge of premeditated murder. Interest in the opening of the new grand jury was shared with the an- nouncement that Inspector Thomas F. Cullen of the Bureau of Investigatio in charge of the Government's inves gation into the death of Mrs. McPhel has been appointed a special as- sistant to the Attorney General in order that he might legally assist John E. Laskey, also a special assistant to the Attorney General, in presenting the McPherson evidence to the grand jury. Enters Jury Room. - By virtue of his new authority Cul- len was clothed with the right to be in the grand jury room during the new robe. Only ‘members of the grand ury, witnesses and representatives of the district attorney’s office, or of the Attorney General have this right. Laskey and Cullen have established their headquarters in a room adjoining the d jury chamber. en is an inspector under J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Bureau of . Although only 20 years is regarded as one of the crack tors of the Department of Jus- g: ‘was under his d\refl.bnw::eldt ore than 800 persons were gues! :-‘mn( the department’s lengthy inves- tigation of the McPherson case. ‘Witness Questioned Closely. the first witness today, was it is said, regarding got from what Mc- t he (McPherson) had bedroom to cover the prior to calling the e h.df ‘his wfle‘: v that she aroused, Ruff ex- found, on entering the husband, that he bedroom door. open order to thrust his through so he could o’(‘ the dead nurse lay, feet against the inside of the door. hoid himself subect to further on, He was followed into the gran: jury chamber by Capt. William G. Stott third inct, in whose juris- tragedy occurred on the ber 12. A number of were called to l‘f:j scene by the apartment manager, wa t th:”cmlnhoum to testify to their onnection with the case. ‘These in- juded Precinct Detectives Willlam F. [Burke and F. O. Brass, and Policeman 3 an. Robert J. Allen, former member of t. Stott’s command, now employed st a gasoline filling station, and so- called star witness during the first grand [ , was to testify this rnoon. It was Allen’s independent nd unauthorized investigation o‘ the ‘Pherson death about.the time of the coroner’s inquest that led eventually to the series of explosions which are now Series of Bombshells. The explosions included not only re- ursal of the coroner’s verdict and in- ment of the husband, but scathing Benunciation by the grand jury of the lice Department.4nd other local au- Ihorities in the cgse, followed by trans- er of Inspector Willlam 8. Shelby and t. Edward J. Kelly from the Detec- ve Bureau and nching of a Federal hvestigation of the strangling case by he Department of Justice. Allen showed up at the courthouse at o'clock this afternoon ‘n soiled dun-| es, in which he works at an Eight- th street filling station. He 1cadily osed for photographers outside the purthouse before entering. At the time of his appearance the ad jury had not yet recessed for pch, and he waited in (he corridor tside the grand jury room. His de- or was in striking contrast to that marked his appearance before the grand jury. At thet time he ced up and down the corridors, giv- his theories of the case. “cday he d little to say, evei to mewspapermen. Policeman Lawrence Botts, former rtner of Allen, at No. 3 precinct, was oned appear this afternoon for oning * regarding Allen's declara- to the previous grand jury that he w.a man on a low reof outside the [ePherson apartment, between 2 and 3 felock on the night of the tragedy. Botts failed to corroborate Allen's tement when questioned by reporters me weeks ago. Precinct books containing records of McPherson case were brought- to courthouse for examination by the nd jury this afternoon. gt, Stott and his men were among st persons to view the death scene bd it is presumed the grand jury (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ARMY AVIATORS INJURED. ) Slightly Hurt, Two Escape as Bomber Crashes, , Fla., November 12 (). —Three aviators were tfi);l':"ed nm.n: seri- and two escape jury when stone bomber m-wl'-nu;mmm y air squadron W) arr i Bunday, crashed here toda th the to here . ‘The ed are: Lieut. Moffat of the Wright Aide to Laskey [ THOMAS F. CULLEN, Who* has been appointed a special assistant to the Attorney General and will ald Prosecutor John E. Lasky in presenting the McPherson case to the and jury. __—Harris-Ewing Photo. CAPT. DOYLE BACK ON ACTIVE-DUTY Informal Ceremony at No. 8 Precinct Marks Return After Acquittal. Acquitted by a police trial board on charges of insubordination and -disre- spectato a superior officer, Capt. Robert Emmett Doyle, veteran commander of the eighth precinct, returued to <uty today after an involuntary abeence of 20 days. 2 A small felt streamer bearing the legend “By Grace Ye Are Saved,” and two large floral bouquets greeted Capt. Doyle as he entered his office in the station house shortly before 8 o'clock. One of the jbutes came from the policemen under the officer’s com- mand, the other from a florist in the precinct. A brief and informal cer.mony mark- ed Capt. Doyle's restoraiion to duty. Lieut. Michael Raedy, who had been in command of the precinct since the sus- pension of the cal on October 23, escorted him to office, opened the desk and turned over the key. Congratulations Offered. “Well, Mike,” said Capt. Doyle, “I hope you h.,vl been keeping the old ¥ captain,” Lieut. plied. it you don't sail so well un tulation; the men’ go on their beats did the same. all of them the offi- ded & laconic “Thank cer respont u, boys,” in a voice which &emflmmtwwmnnh 3 ‘The trial of Capt. Doyle came to an terday, only four hours and 20 minutes. It had been estimated that it would last at least two days. A change in the plans of the prosecution, however, was responsible. Instead of placing a num- (Continued on Page 17, Column 7.) MAJ. C. S. WREYNOLDS SLAIN IN NICARAGUA Marine.Corps Officer Is Shot Down ‘):y Natives, Headquarters Here Is Advised. who were leat Shot down by natives, Maj. Charles S. McReynolds of the Marine Corps, & resident of Washington, died early yes- terday in Managua, Nicaragua. Offi- cials at Marine headquarters here an- nounced today that they had received no details of the circumstances sur- rounding the disturbance in which Maj. McReynolds was wounded. Brig. Gen. Dion Williams, command- ing, ordered a special investigation by an inquest board. Maj. McReynolds had been in Nicaragua only a short time. His rank at death dated from June 4, 1920. He first was commis- sioned in 1906, More than 5000 American Marines occupled Nicaragua in 1927, when they were used to suppress the Sandino rev lution. They supervised a national election in 1828. The number of men attached to Marine headquarters in Managua has been reduced gradually in recent months. Maj. McReynolds’ widow, Mrs. Nettle McReynolds, and two sons, John, 13, and William, 11, live at 3735 R street. A fellow officer of Maj. McReynolds informed the widow of her husband’s death last night. Maj. McReynolds was a native of Newton, Iil PROC|:AMATIE)NS IGNORED. Louisianans Are Voting Today on District Attorney. BATON ROUGE, La., November 12 (/). —Ignoring proclamations of Gov. Huey P. Long, voters in the eighteerth judicial district went to the polls today in a, general election mimed at ratifica- tion’ of the Democratic district attorney designated in a second primary two weeks go. They voted, however, while a contest, attacking the conduct pended in the courts. September. Yesterday a third hich ocratic Wl ernor, didate, Fred C. Claiborne, by 35 votes. ey ¢ Pershing to Sail for U. 8. nominee for of the primary, The governor called the election for November 12 in a proclamation of iast Last week the chief «xecu- tive issued another mandate postroning the general vote until Decembar 17. proclamation went forth canceling the vote altogether, al- leging irregularities in the second Dem- , in Hewitt Bouanchaud, a former lieutenant gov- defeated the administration can- PARIE, November 12 (). —Gen. Per- uitical Corporation. Paterson. N.|shing left here today for Cherbourg, A et Clyde M. Tayior and Scrgt. where he will take the Leviathan back Hampton Roads, Va. 0 America, * g AMERICAN LEADERS APPLAUD HOOVER'S WORLD PEACE PLEA | Messages of Congratulation on Armistice Address Pour Into Capital. REJECTS STARVATION AS WEAPON OF WAR Food Ships Should Be as Free of Interference as Hospital Craft, He Declares, | Rejection of starvation as a weapon | of warfare was the outstanding prin- eiple advanced by President Hoover Ly an address last night which climaxed the Armistice day celebration of the American Legion. The President's eloquent plea for “preparedness for peace” drew messages of congratulation from political, re- ligious and business leaders in all parts of the country today. The telegrams indicated the Chief Executive had struck a responsive chord by the forceful man- ner in which he set forth the ideas he has on the best method of promoting peace. ' Frequently drawing the applause of an audience of more than 6,000 per- sons assembled in the Washington Audi- torlum, Mr., Hoover took occasion to present for the consideration of the nations of the world a suggestion which he believes would prove effective as a starting point for the solution of the age-old, troublesome and trouble-pro- Iduclnl problem of the freedom of the seas. Same as Hospital Ships. “For many years, and born of a poig- nant personal experience,” he said, “I have held that food ships should be made free of any interference in times of war, I would place all vessels laden solely with food m&pllea on the same footing as hospital ships. The time has come when we should remove starvation of women and children from the weap- ons of warfare.” This proposal that food-laden vessels be immune from attack by belligerent nations the Chief Execeutive advanced as “an idea” which the world might consider as & ‘“practical step which ‘would solve & large part of the intrinsic problem” of maritime freedom in time of war, a solution which, he said, would result in a material reduction in neces- sary peace-time armaments. Declaring the promotion of interna- THE ASK THAT ALLEN BE SENT T0 DUTY Attorneys Base Plea for Ré-l instatement on Acquittal of Capt. Doyle. Attorneys for Policeman Robert J. Allen today wrote to the District Com- missioners to ask that Allen be replaced on the police force as a result of the acquittal of Capt. Robert E. Doyle by the Police Trial Board yesterday. Since the charges on which Allen | was convicted and those of which Doyle was acquitted grew out of the same | transaction, to deal with the officers | tional goodwill more vital even than covenants to abolish war and mightier than armies and navies in defense, Mr, Hoover said that it was in this interest (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) The text of President Hopver’s apeeth wilbé. found on. Page 4. 5 CAPTOL APPLALDS RMISTICE ADDRESS Senate Leaders: Express Ap- proval of Food-Ship Proposal. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Hoover's Armistice day speech met with general approval at the Capitol today. His proposal that food ships should be exempt from at- tack during war was particularly well received. His insistence on the parity of the United States Navy with that of any other nation also was given defi- nite approval. ‘While regret was expressed in some quarters that the question of the free- dom of the seas was not to be taken up at the coming London conference on naval limitation, as indicated in the President’s address, some of the Sena- tors who expressed this regret took the view that nothing should be done to interfere with the successful progress of the naval conference. Among the members of the Senate foreign relations committee who com- mented today on the President’s rec- ommendations in his Armistice day speech was Senator Hiram Johnson of California. “Glorious Consummation.” “If in #ime of war the question of the starvation of women and children and those not responsible for war could be eliminated, it would be a glorious consummation,” Senator Johnson said. Senator Swanson of Virginia, the ranking Democratic member of the for- eign relations committee, said: “The President made an admirable address, in style, spirit and substance. ‘The outstanding feature of his address was his insistence upon a United States Navy equal in strength to any other; his statement that he preferred to reach such naval parity through reduction of naval strength rather than through an increase, and tbat while he favored all steps looking to peace, he recognized the necessity of defensive armament, not only for security, but for the prevention differently would be a “travesty,” the | attorneys maintained. | Allen has served notice on the Com- missioners that he will appeal from the findings of the trial board, recommend- ing that he be dismissed from the force bechuse of his -mme&z that he in- tended to_inv te at- torney’s office. His appeal has not yet been perfected and the letter today is in an effort to settle the D%:l acquittal as the basis. text of the letter, which was signed by H. Ralph Burton and Tench T. Marye, Allen's lawyers, is as follows: “Before going further with Robert J. Allen's appeal, in accordance with the notice filed November 9, we have decided to ask that you advise us at the earliest possible moment whether you really consider that this step is necessary, now that the police board has acquitted Capt. Doyle after only a few minutes consideration. “It is impossible for Allen to be guilty and Doyle innocent of the same charge based upon the same letter. There rests in your hands the power to | affirm, modify, or reverse the find in Allen’s case. The slightest consid- eration for lic opinion, fairness, or Jjustice would require you upon your own motion to correct, insofar as it is possible, a patent travesty. “This entire proceeding with refer- ence to Allen and Doyle has become little mdte than a sham, which you have the power to end if you have the disposition, and we venture to say that unless you do, this episode will remain a stain n 1o0r administration and the police . “Unless there has been very serious misrepresentation on the part of some, there have ‘been negotia between Capt. Doga his case an followed by his almost instantaneous acquittal by the police board. “It is a source of utmost regret to us as citizens of the District that the administration of justice, as least so far as a private of the metrapolitan police force is concerned, has me merely the instrumentality of those in power to accomplish what is most de- sired by them to the detriment of the less lngllenfill, who do not enjoy the favoritism of the superiors. It per- mits him to be ousted from a life posi- | fic tion on a trivial charge based solely upon & letter which the embers of the police board did not even take the time to read in Allen's case and ap- proved in Doyle's case. “It should be quite unnecessary to present anything further in the matter of this appeal if you will'do what is clearly your duty.’ WORLD BANK TRUST AGREEMENT NEARS Difficultjes Holding Up Final Days of Conference Approach- of war. He also favored adherence to the World Court with proper reserva. tion as a necessary concomitant of the Kellogg treaty renouncing war and the various peace agencies to which the United States is committed. 1 fully concur in those statements and declara- tions of policy. Consideration Merited. “His proposition in connection with food supplies during war is worthy fo serjous consideration and if acce) by all nations would be motive of peace and would reduce the hardshi and_brutalities of war. It might (Continued on Page .2, Column 6.) TYPHOON IN.PHILIPPINES. Bohol Island Disaster. MANILA, November 12 (#).—The .| Philippine Executive Bureau toda) advised that a typhoon hit Bohol last Sunday, causing the drowning of five persons. Many work animals were lost and hways, communication lines and bulldings'damaged, but the definite ex- tent of the loss was undetermined. Five Persons Reported Drowned in | St was | Net ing Solution. By the Associated Press. BADEN-BADEN, Germany, November 12.—Difficulties in working out the trust ment which has been hold- ing up the final days of the conference on the Bank for International Settle- ments were fast approaching solution today. A spokesman for the American delegation said that yesterday’s crisis| was being allayed and that differences; were being patched up. ‘The various delegations already are sending home part of their staffs, and Jackson E. Reynolds of the American delegation has booked passage on the Tie France, sailing November 27. M. A. Traylor, the other chief American delegate, intends to make a short pleas- ur before returning to the United tes. Mr. Traylor took the noon e: ss for Basel, Switzerland, to see a building of- fered to the Bank for International Set- tlements by t:u president of the Swiss Bank, “I don't want to return to America without knowing where the Bank for In tional Settlements will be . Traylor observed. d " Mr. ; 1t W’ expected that the next plenary session will be held on Tnundly': when the trust agreement will come sy TANGLED “TALE” OF I Her Death a Mystery MARIE McDERMOTT, WOMAN-IS.FOUND = DEADINAPARTMENT 58 Cause of Death Is Mystery. Bloodstains and Note to Man Discovered. With a note addressed to a man reading, “You have sent me to hell” lying where it would be found, the body of Miss Marie McDermott was discov- ered on the floor of her apartment’ in the Ripley, 1424 R street, shortly after noon today, when an investigation was started to determine the cause of her absence for three days from the min- eral diviSion of the Interior Depart- ment, where she was employed as a clerk. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, who ex- amined the body, said there were no marks of violence and nothing to indi- cate the cause of death. He has ordered the body removed to the District Morgue, where an autopsy will be pers formed this afternoon. Bloodstains on Floor. Several bloodstains were found on the floor near the body. Miss . McDermott’s body was found after Henry D. and Charles R. Drexilius, elerks in the Interior Depart- ment, gone to the apartment to see why she had not appeared in the mineral division since Friday. Getting no response upon knocking at the door, they notified Lieut. H. H. Groves of the Metropolitan Police Department, who came to the apartment, climbed the fire escape and saw the body lying upon the loor. Groves ordered the janitor of the apartment house to summons fire rescue squad No. 1. Members of the squad broke open the doorway. The condition of the body indicated the woman had been dead about 36 hours. In U. S, Service 11" Years. ¥The woman had been employed as a clerk in the Interior Department for the past 11 years. It.is not believed that she has any relatives llving in Washington. It was learned at th g-mmm this morning that she has a ter living at Honesdale, Pa. The lifeless form of the woman, &ho had lived in the apartment for more than three years, was found with her head lying in a pool of blood, stretched full length on the floor of the living room near the back window of her one-room, kitchen and bath apartment. The following note, written on a smal memorandum pad, was found lying be: side G:’hc body: -b; friends and enemies. Good-by, Jack. You put my soul in hell because I loved you, but you are a brute and a beast and I'll meet you in hell where you sent me.” The note was signed Marie. Shortly after the arrival of the mem- bers of the homicide squad at the scene of the tragedy, the body to the District Morgue, where an autopsy will be performed this after- noon by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt. PRISON GUAF'ID IS SLAIN. Manner of Death Mystifies Coroner, ‘Who Withholds Ruling. HOUSTON, Texas, November 12 (). —Ed Wallace Bruce, 29, guard at the Darrington State Prison Farm, was found shot to death near Sandy Point last night, a few minutes after he was alleged to have killed Carrie Warren, 23, colored. Justice of the Peace Thomas Garrison Al juest, bl.lljl gs. He met of withhel pora; said the manner in which Bruce death was a R W N removed { DR. KOBER QUITS 2 WELFARE BOARDIN GALLINGER DISPUTE Opposed Body’s Move to Em- ploy Full-Time Doctors in Psychopathic Ward. HOLDS PLAN AIMED TO OUST DR. HICKLING \\1 X \ N N KITE. STOCHS HAMERED TONEW LOW PONT Crash Resumes After Brief Rally—Leaders Drop Swiftly in Selling. By the Associated Press. NEW = YORK, November 12.—The stock market closed at a new bottom today, after a fresh flood of liquidation had carried prices of scores of leading | issues down $1 to $12 a share. Larger | declines were recorded in a few ordi- | narily inactive specialties. One hundred | stocks sold at new low prices for the | year. |” The ticker was running more than an hour late when the closing gong | sounded. Closing Prices. Closing , together with net with the previous ing, 66%, down 53 Telephone & Telegraph, 20: Anaconda Copper, 77, down s down 3%; Atlantic Re- % wn 13, & Ohio, 96%, down 8%; “A,” 22%, down 1%; Bethle- hem Steel, 81!z, down 3!:; Briggs Manufacturing, 11%, down 3;; Cana- dian Pacific, 195}, down 37; Cerro de Pasco, 5812, down 73; Chrysler, 30, down 1; Columbia Gas & Electric, 55, |down 6; Columbia Graphophone, 193, | down 134, Commonwealth & Southern, 12, down 1; Consolidated Gas, 85, down 4%; Erie Railroad, 4573, Electric, 184 %, d¢ 43, down 33, 1; Gold Dust, 355%, down 17%; Motors, 43 down 13: Jonhs Mans- ville, 9313, down 1%; Kennecott Cop- down 7l2; Missourl, Kansas & Texas, 30%, down 17%; National Cash Register, 61, down 87;; National Dairy Products, 45, down 4. New York Central, 163, down 8; Packard Motor, 15, down 1; Pan-Amer- ican Petroleum B, 57)3, down 1%; Paramount Famous-Lasky, 45!2, dewn 2Y%; Radio Corporation, 30, down 1lg; Sears Roebuck, 884, down 6%; Sin- clair Oil, 25, down 1%; Standard Oil of New Jersey, 543, down 4Y; Stude- baker, 42, down Texas Corpora- tion, 5113, down 115, Texas Gulf Sulphur, 48, down 51; Union Carbide, 653, down 3%3; Union Pacific, 203, down 12; United Alrcraft, 3714, down 5% United Corporation, 23, United States Steel, 153 ‘anadium, 47!, down_ 3%; Warner Pictures, 3514, down 3% West- inghouse Electric_and Manufacturing, 7l‘lfl. down 8'%3; Woolworth, 58, down 4, Many New Lows. New low records for the year were established by nearly a hundred stocks. ‘The list included United States Steel common, American Can, General Elec- tric, International Harvester, National Biscuit, Sears-Roebuck, International Business Machines, Western - Union, May Department Stores, Gillette Safety Razor, Commercial Solvents, Air Reduc- tion, Warren Bros, First National Stores, American Power & Light, North- ern Pacific, Central Railroad of New Jersey, New York Central and Missouri Pacific préferred. ‘Today's break, like most of those which have preceded it, was not asso- clated with any development in_the day’s business or financial news. Wall street brokers generally accepted the selling as evidence that distress liqui- lation, which has been overhanging the market, has not yet been completed. Each fresh flurry of selling weakens margined accounts and compels the closing out of those which cannot im- mediately be strengthened. Curb Shares Depressed. ‘Weakness on the stock exchange was reflected on the curb, where closirg prices of leading issues and their nct changes were: Associated Gas & Electric, 38, off 23 American Cities Power & Light A, 30 off 1% Allied Power & Light, 31 Ys; American Superpower, 17% Blue Ridge, 6%, off 17%; preferred, 2% ; Central States Electric, 20%%, off 2% Cities Service, 2513, off Standard Oil of Indiana 50, off Electric Shareholders 144, off 1; Fou National Investors 30, off 6; Goldman Sachs 367, off 3 General Theater 28, off 1; Lehman 70, off 6%,; Middle West Utilities 230, off 10;: Middle West Util- ities new 21%, off 2%5. Niagara Hudson Power 13%;, off 7 Pennroad Corporation 17%, Prudential Investors 125, off andoah 8, off 2%§; Shenandoah pre- ferred 21%, oft 3; Transamerica 40%, off 2%; Utilities Power & Light 16, o&’ 1%: United ht & Power A 20%, off 3%; United Gas 18, off 2. i Radio Programs—Page 38 Su}tes Inquiry Revealed No Evi- dence of Lack of Efficiency in Medical Service. A difference of opinion among the members of the Board of Public Wel- fare over a change of policy at Gal- linger has resulted in the resignation of Dr. George M. Kober from the board. His resignation was accepted by the District Commissioners today. The ‘question at issue was as to whether more full time medical men should be employed in the psychopathic ward at Gallinger Hospital. Dr. Kober opposed the move, and suggested that expert opinion be sought before it was put into effect, but his motion was lost when a tle vote resulted. Dr. Kober told a Star reporter today that the object of the move on the part of the board seemed to be the re- lacement of Dr. Percy Hickling, the istrict allenist, who gives his services as s.member of the staff of the psycho- pathic ward. He said that he was op- H:sed to any such move, as Dr. Hick- g had-given long and faithful servite. The reasons for Dr. Kober’s resigna- tion were set forth in a letter to the District Commissioners, which was re- | ceived last Priday and on which the Commissioners took action. Text of Dr. Kober's Letter. ‘The text of the letter is as follows. “I find myself in disagreement with some members of the Board of Public Welfare on the policy of the number of salaried medical men in the psycho- pathic unit of the Gallinger Hospital. “The recent investigation conducted by the board, to the best of miy recol- lection, revealed no evidence that there was a lack of efficiency because of in- adequate medical service.” “I feel constrained to cppose the ap- proval of the supplementary estimate until it could be shown by competent experts that the’items were necessary for benefit of afficted humanity. “My recommendation was rejected by a tie vote, one mernber was absent and the other member refrained from vot- ing. Under these circumstances I feel it proper to my resignal effect; at the uc,?nvenlmee of omy in our public institutions can no STORM IN BRITAIN FATAL T0 EHT Many Others Injured and Enormous Property Damage Inflicted by Gale. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 12.—Eight per- sons were killed through accidents ‘and drowning, many were injured, and enormous property damage inflicted in a gale which lashed the British Isles and surrounding seas last night and today. Conditions became better with the coming of the dawn, and the sun later shone brilliantly on scenes of wreckage chimney pots smashed, billboards thrown down, windows blown out and Armistice day decorations ripped to shreds. The small coastwise shipping ap- peared to have suffered severely, al- though with little loss of life. getting three such vessels into the har- bor after their crews had reached the exhaustion point. Another barge, the Marie May, had her salls blown to rib- bons. Thirty of the érew of the Itallan steamer Nimbo were dramatically res- cued by a lifeline from the cliff top at New Haven. ‘The dirigible R-101 looked spick-and- span this morning after riding out the gale at her mooring mast. “We natu- rally are delighted at her performance,” said an official today. Passengers on the steamer Jan Erey- del, from Ostend, arrived at Dover this morning_delighted to be on dry land again. They described uncomfortable experiences during a terrific blow which sprang up suddenly, forcing the steamer !nmfln temporarily near Dunkirk. rt 8. Farley and Mrs. Farley, Americans ,said that no one had pre- pared to spend all night in the Channel. “It was a nasty, hazardous experience,” said Mrs. Farley. There were no sleep- ing accommodations aboard. All the passengers paid tribute to the captain's skill in handling his ship. SNOW COVERS ROCKIES; BLIZZARD IN COLORADO Increasing Wind Follows Balmy Temperature in Lower Mis- souri Valley. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, November 12. storm gods rode over the West today, blanketing the Rocky Mountains in wet snow and invading the prairies of Kansas and the hills of Missouri, Subfreezing temperatures foliowed a blizzard which swept Colorado yeste: day, reaching the lowest points of the year during the night. Apprehension was felt in sugar-beet sections, because | the harvest is not completed. Frozen ground will hamper operations, and aunlr factories have but a two-week supply. Imy temperatures, which have pre- vailed i the Jower Missouri River Vai- ley, gave way this morning to an wind, which Weather Bureau forecasts sald would bring the of the year to tern Kansas, Iowa and (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) |, Deal boatmen had a strenuous time | agi CAMPAIGN TOHOLD SOUTHING.OP.FOLD 5 LAID TO ARNOLD Council Would Put Colored Democrats in Congress, Probers Hear. CANDIDATES WOULD BE FROM EAST AND WEST Witness Denies He Wrote Letter Under His Name, Given to Committee by Caraway. By the Associated Press. The Senate lobby committee today began inquiry into reported plans to organize a Southern Republican Council “to hold in line” the Southern States and among other exhibits placed in the record was a letter under the name of J. A. Arnold, manager of the Southern Tariff Assoclation, discussing the place of the colored race in Southern politics. In addition, & document introduced into the record, which purported to give plans of the Southern Republican Coun- «il, said “the colored person in South- ern Republican polities can best be eliminated through the election of col- ored Democrats to Congress from St. Louis, Chicago, Harlem and other col- ored districts.” It added that “this matter is in capable hands.” Letter Addressed to Muse. ‘The letter under Armold’s name was addressed to Vance Muse, a field man of the Tariff Association. Before presentation of this letter | Chairman Caraway had asked Arnold if he had assisted in organization of the Republican council which was pro- Jjected, the chairman added, “to hold in line” Southern States. Arnold testi- fied he had nothing to do with the formation of the council, m’x“’kga letter as placed in the record “I went with the darkey toda: Vice President Curtis, and e ’mw ght well of our colored ‘essman tion to take | would out of the party or of leadership. They will have to take theun!vuc:totfln way for the present. “Talk Along Race Problem Line” “Our talk is down the race line. They all see that the race must be solved first before an: ther can be done. solution yet. m fur- We have the best on the 10th and start sor never will get anywhere hmwn; arc:rcll:l.hrl‘ran;mry to see Hoover fore it st off, then him ge;)r his l:ec’:nen." s soe . Lewis was identified Cal as Dr. Burdgett E. Lewis of ?A’cno;‘vl‘.].lley but Arnold asserted he did not recall 'l'i?.he was. ter Arnold -testified M it o SE o i zation, but nothing came of it.” Another letter to Muse under Arnold’s name and dated December 17, 1928 was placed in the record. It said, Arnold talked with Senator Watsos Indiana, the Republican leader, the ncil and that he was “fuy ;:ep‘l.Ahlle lcflsfiu of Glenn 8 Flflfldlc.n national committeer Arnold said Skipper thought Rep lican officials ahoul;geh.ndle‘hfl? mat- ters instead of the growers, which was favored by the association. Watson Disapproves of Council, Th letter added that Senator “does not think much” of the s:::‘x:‘eg Reptlt'l:llun c?u&cfl. favol instead continuance of the tariffs” assoc L “u‘gues. iffs’ iation's “Would you say Senator tsol killed the Republican council?” C?r:"ll; ed. “I wouldn't say that,” Arnold replied. “But nothing ever came of it.” T Another_letter, written by Arnold te Muse on January 1, 1929, said: “Continuing our conversation con- cerning the council, it seems to swing around Hoover; he seems to have given the impression among his associates that he is personally interested in the South and wants to handle it. I have no doubt he will welcome any aid or assistance, but the only thing to do is g0 ahead with it. We can't get any- where talking around in circles. I think Dr. Lewis should go see him if he prefers to follow that course. “The crux of it all is the Negro question, which the regular Republican party cannot solve; they have tried it for 50 years and made no progress. Cites Col. Mann’s “‘Plan.* “The plan which Col. Mann and others who are in close contact with Hoover seems: to be to kick the Negro out of the party in the South and to supplant him with white Democrats; take all patronage away from the Negro—in cther words, to whiten the Republican party. Arnold denied that his association helped pay the expenses of Sid Harding in his primary campaign_against Rep- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) MAN FOUND ON HIGHWAY, WITH THROAT CUT, DIES o| Too Weak to Tell Name of His As- sailant to Tourists, Who Picked Him Up. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Kans.,, November 12. —Two_hours after he was found today on a highway with his throat cut, a man giving his name as Charles Smith died without divulging the name of his assailant. He was about 30 years old. The man stop asked to be Kans. They took first ‘Western ! liv “Think you should get Dr. Lewis here . /