Evening Star Newspaper, November 19, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly colder tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 36 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 63, at 3:45 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 41, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 No. 31,248, Toirohmon ‘Washington, Entered as second class n%auocr b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. - C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, DENISON, ILLINOIS MEMBER OF HOUSE, NAMED IN LIQUOR INDICTMENT HERE " Leaking Suit Case at Union Station and Trunk Basis of Charge Voted by D. C. Grand Jury. LEGISLATOR’S EX-AIDE | ACCUSED IN SAME BILL —_— | Action Taken on Investigation'byi Dry Agents January 19, but Not Reported to U. S. Attorney Rover REPRESENTATIVE DENISON Of Illinois. Until November 6—Bail to Be Required. Edward E. Denison, Republican Representative from the twenty- fifth Illinois district, and John Layne, described as his secretary, were indicted today by the grand jury on a charge of possession of lquor. The indictment is the out- come of a leaking suit case dis- covered at Union Station January 19 by prohibition officers. The case was not reported to United States Attorney Rover until No- vember 6. The testimony was im- mediately placed before the grand jury by Rover. Representative Denison has been a member of Congress for 14 years. He has voted dry on practically all national prohibition issues, including the recently adopted Jones law, which p'{:‘ziae: heavier penalties for liquor law jons. He was first elected to the Sixty- fourth session in 1915 and has been re- elected to all succeeding sessions. He lives at Marion, Il Denison Is “Surprised.” Advised of the indictment by long- distance telephone by his secretary, Miss Lucile Lee, Mr. Denison made the fol- lowing statement over the telephone: “I am surprised that an indictment has been returned. When the pro- hibition agents came to my office and inquired about a trunk I permitted them to inspect it. I found that the trunk n'h: nlpz ml:du ;.h“:‘:.hn belonged to some else and that the company had made a mistake flrflumt to me a trunk that I did not own. I ex- plained it fully to the agents and I am very much surprised that an in- dictment has heen returned.” Asked on the telephone by the Asso- elated Press if he desired to say any- thing with regard to the suitcase, Den- nison replied: “A similar mistake was made with regard to a handbag’ My nephew, Mr. Lane, had a bag but a mistake was made and the wrong bag was sent to him.”" Secretary 11 Years. ‘Miss Lee said she had been Denison's for 11 years. The Represent- ative’s nephew, she explained, was Charles Lane of St. Louis, who made & trip down to Panama with his uncle last Christmas. Denison is chairman of the House commerce committee in charge of Panama Canal Zone affairs. She added that six or seven years 2go Mr. Denison also employed a sec- retary named John Layne, who now is connected with the office of the solici- tor at the Internal Revenue Bureau in charge of income tax returns. John Layne, she said, was not related to _the Charles Lane of St. Louls. PRESIDENT HAS SLIGHT IRRITATION OF THROAT Chief Executive Suffers Discomfort, but Ailment Expected to Respond to Treatment. By the Associated Press. President Hoover was experiencing & slight discomfort today caused by a throat irritation. It was said that the President did not have a cold and that the allment was expected to yield to treatment rapidly. U. S. FORBIDS EMPLOYES TO HELP COMPETITORS By the Associated Press. Ofticers and employes of the executive branch of the Government were forbid- den to accept employment with or with- out remuneration by any foreign gov- ernment or corporation competing with American industry, under a presidential executive order made public today by the State Department. ‘The order, dated November 11, reads: “It is hereby ordered that no officer or employe in the executive branch of the United States Government, regard- less of whether he is on annual leave or Jjeave without pay, shall be employed with or without remuneration by any foreign government, corporation, part- nership or individual that is in compe- tition with American industry.” There was nothing forthcoming in GURATOR DOUBTS BONES FOUND SHOW STORY THAT NURSE |WHITE HOUSE RITES MET SLOW DEATH | BELIEVED OFFERED New Evidence Reported Given Jury by Eminent “Caro- " lina Physicians. SUPPORT FOR OPINION SEEN IN BRUISED FINGER Conductor of Georgia Avenue Street Car Line Expected to Be Called Today. . Highly important scientific testimony indicating that Mrs. Virginia McPher- son suffered a lingering death from & loosely tied pajama belt knotted around her throat is believed to be in the pos- session of the grand jury investigating the Park Lane mystery. The testimony conflicting sharply with the generally accredited theory that the nurse died quickly from a tightly drawn “garrotte,” is reported to have come from a trio of eminent North Carolina medical experts, one of whom, Dr. F. R. Brooks, is regarded as a “surprise” witness. MAN KIN T0 APES Miller, in Annual Report to Smithsenian, Skeptical of Missing Link. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. “In place of demonstrable links be- tween man and other mammals we now possess nothing more than some fossils 5o fragmentary that they are suscepti- ble of being interpreted either as such links or as something else.” This conclusion, based on an ex- haustive summary of the studles of the fossil remains of strange prehistoric creatures, which science in recent years has generally accepted as being transi- tion forms between homo sapiens and a remote apelike ancestor, was issued today by Gerrit 8. Miller, jr., curator of the division of mammals of the United States National Museum, in the annual report of the Smithsonian In- stitution. ‘The implications are so far-reaching and susceptible of misint ition be- the emotional ‘atme revades the controversy over animal ancestry that the preceded by explanatory Dr. Charles G. Abbot, f the Smithsonian Institution, pointing out that Miller is not attacking the theory of evolution as applied to the descent of man, and urnng the need of continued search for pre-human relics. Remains Evolutionist. In the face of his study Miller re- “the idea that all exl.lu.n‘i plants and animals are derived through some proc- es of orderly change from kinds now extinct is supported by an array of facts too great and too well established be weakened by doubts cast on all family records of nnir one creature.” “Human missing links,” Miller says, “might be creatures of three different kinds—races of men which had not lost all their apelike peculiarities, races of apes which had to take on human characteristics or races which were neither exactly men nor exactly apes, but which combined the charac- teristics of both. “If a human missing link is to be found at all it must be sought among (Continued on page 4, column 2.) ~— HAND ESCAPE STORY IS PROBED BY POLICE “Big-Faced” Policeman Gave Key to Man, Fifth Precinct Pris- oner Declares. Police are investigating the story of Medio Manazzo, a prisoner who was in a fifth precinct cell at the time of the escape of Wilbur William Hand last month, that he saw a “big-faced” policeman slip a key to Hand. Yesterday Manazzo was taken to the fifth precinct and all the men then on duty lined up before him, but he failed to identify any of them. Within the next few days he will be shown the men who vere on leave at the time. According to Capt. Walter Emerson, who took Manazzo to the fifth precinct yesterday, it would be impossible for him to have seen a policeman pass & key through Hand’s cell, as he said he did. From Manazzo's cell, Hand's cell is entirely out of sight, Emerson said. Capt. Emerson said that Manazzo had related seeing a policeman in uni- form stretch his hand out and pass a long key through Hand's cell door. Manazzo said that a “big-faced” po- liceman in uniform went to see Hand three times. A fourth time he came to see him in plain clothes and it was on this occasion that Manazzo said he saw the policeman give the key to explanation of the order. Hand. X-RAYS OF LINDY’S SHOULDER LEAD TO RUMORS OF AIR CRASH Flyer Is Troubled by Injury Sustained in Mexico Last February. By the Associated Press. ENGLEWOOD, N. J., November 19.— X-ray plates of the shoulder which Col. Charles A. Lindbergh dislocated in an airplane mishap at Mexico City last Winter were being prepared today. Rumors that Col. Lindbergh had suf- | 5o, fered serious injury in an airplane ac- cident were given wide circulation yes- terday when it was learned he had vis- ited the Englewood Hospital Sunday to have the pictures made. Attendants at the hospital sald he told them he had been troubled recently with sharp pains in his right shoulder and on the advice of his physician had ins an evolutionist, declaring that | blood The findings and professional opin- fons of the experts are sald to have been based on pathological studies of the woman's brain and other tissues, and to have included also the disclosure that a bruise was found on the finger of the corpse during the second lutm‘ ‘The bruised finger might supporf e pinion that Mrs. McPherson did not die quickly, in that the bruise could have resulted from a desperate effort to remove the belt after it had been tied. Carolina Physicians Questioned. It is pointed out supporters of the murder hypothesis have lald much stress on the contention that the belt was drawn tautly and that the nurse choked to death immediately. A suicide, these theorists have claimed. could not have wrapped the belt ‘ightly nx-ouadd i her neck five times and knot/ t. The Star learned today that the new testimony, supposedly along the lines indicated, was given to the grand jury yesterday afternoon durmg the ques- tioning of Dr. Brooks and two other | physicians, Dr. James I. Bullitt and Dr. Frank Marsh, all of North Carolina. Dr. Brooks and Dr. Bullitt are pathologists of the University of North Carolina. Dr. Bullitt supervised the second autopsy performed on the woman's body at Kannapolis, N. C, and Dr. Marsh assist him. Thomas F. Cullen, special assistant to the Attorney General, when asked today @s to the authenticity of the reports,|ail t in any way, ex- declined ?iu commien y of the ion. The reported opinion of Dr. Brooks is said to have beepn founded on a care- ful study of conditions of the brain of the strangled nurse. Quick strangula- tion by a tightly drawn cord results in interruption of the blood supply to_the brain, with rapid paralysis. Slow strangulation, W!th&.rtlllly interrupted stream to the brain, produces markedly different results that may be detected under a microscope. It is gltholo!lxtl of the Univer- rume the o Carolina found definite sity of Nort] to | indications of slow strangulation. In Supplementary Report. ‘These ificant findings are un- derstood to “have been incorporated in a supplementary report to the Depart- ment of Justice. The original report of the surgeons contained nothing new, the department announced, but the supple- mentary report of the pathologists was withheld from the press for a mysterious reason. This secrecy is now under- standable in the light of the reported developments yesterday. proponents of the suicide theory attach much importance to such testimony as is said to have been given yesterday, those who are convinced Mrs. McPherson was murdered awaited with interest the effect of testimony today by Joseph H. Lewark, conductor of the Georgia avenue car line. Lewark was summoned to testify last week, but has been kept waiting until today. He has said he woula tell the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) STOCKS IN UPTURN ON QUIET TRADING Recovery Is Resumed After Early Period of Declining Prices. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 19.—A brisk rally in prices, which carried many of the leaders up $2 to $8 a share net, and a few specialties even higher, took place on the New York Stock Exchange after an opening wave of selling had carried many issues down $1 to $11 a share. Final prices generally were at or near the high levels of the day. Trading showed a marked falling off in volume. Many of the early losses were cut down or wiped out before the close. Westinghouse Electric, which opened $5.50 a share lower at $116, rallied to $124. Air Reduction ran up from $97.12 to $107, American Can from $101 to $110.50 and General Electric from $190.75 to $201. U, §. Steel common advanced from a low of $160 to a high {J; $166.50, up $6.50 net, closing at the D. Trading showed a noteworthy falling off in volume from yesterday during the early hours of the session, but a wave of buying in the last hour carried total sales up close to yesterday’s figure. GRAIN PRICES GAIN. CHICAGO, November 19 () —Wheat prices scored maximum gains of 4% cents a bushel in the forenoon ses- sion of the board of trade today, wheat for December und May delivery ad- vancin; Plrlllel to this point above yesterday's final prices. Black rust damage in Argentina, the buoyance of stocks and strong buying for eastern accounts were the bullish factors. The best prices during the morning trading were: December., $1.2413: Merch, decided to have it X-rayed. A nurse in the office of .Dr. Walter Phillips of Englewood said that the had treated Col. Lindbergh Sun- “slight dislocation of the She said her understanding he injury had been suffered “at|Edmund e. Col. Lindbergh dislocated his shoulder last February 27 at Valbuena Flying Field, Mexico City. 3 $1311(; May, $1.35%, and July, $1.35. Tennis Star Married. LONDON, November 19 (#).—Eileen FOR GOOD WILL BE HELD TOMORROW léuneral at Executive Man- sion to Be-Closed to Public Except War Employes. BODY WILL BE BURIED AT OLD HOME IN IOWA Colleagues Assemble for Regular Cabinet Meeting, but Adjourn Out of Respect. In the east room of the White House, where the Nation has honored many of its distinguished sons, President Hoover and other officials tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock will pay a final mark of respect to James W. Good, Secretary of War, who died last night after a valiant struggle against blood poisoning. Those attending the ceremonies will include Vice President Curtis, members of the diplomatic corps, delegations from the House and Senate, as well as members of the family of the late War Department head. After the services the body will be taken to Union Station to be sent to Cedar Raplids, Iowa, for burial, The public will not be admitted to the White House, but after the services employes of the War Department will be permitted to enter to view the body of their late chief. ‘The body will be accompanied to Iowa by Mrs. Good, her two sons, James Wil- liam, jr., and Robert Edmund; Acting Secretary Hurley, Gen. Charles P. Sum- merall, chief of the Army staff; the Senate and House delegations and a representative of the President, Capital in Mourning. Today, meanwhile, the Capital was in mourning for the late cabinet member. Secretary Stimson, as head of the State Department, issued a proclamation at the direction of President Hoover clos- ing all executive departments in the city until 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and ordered all flags on public buildings throughout the country displayed at half-staff until Friday. In addition to this proclamation, the War Department, through Maj. Gen. Summerall, ordered that a gun be fired at half” hour intervals at all military posts tomorrow commencing one hour after reveille until retreat is sounded after which a salute of 19 guns will be fired. In addition to ordering all flags at half mast, Gen Summerall commanded officers to wear military mourning around the left sleeve of the uniform coat and overcoat and on the sabre, and the national and r 1 colors and standards will be draped in mourning for a period of one month from today. At the White House, the other nine members of the cabinet assembled for the usual Tuesday meeting with the President. The gathering was per- functory only, adjourning immediately out of respect to their late colleague. Later, it was announced that Charles Francis Adams, the Secretary of the Navy, had been selected to act as offi- clal representative of the President at the services to be held in Cedar Rapids and would accompany the body from Washington. As head of the War Department, Sec- retary Good was eligible for burial in Arlington National Cemetery, but for sentimental reasons and in compliance with the withes of her husband, Mrs. Good has selected the little burial ground back in their “home town.” - Death Was Great Shock. The death of Secretary Good, who & week ago appeared so well and strong as he went about his daily activities, and who attended the cabinet scssion at the White House last Tuesday, came as a great shock to the Gapital. Mr. Good was one of the best liked men in public life, and because of his long residence here as a Representative in Congress from Iowa, and since his appointment to President Hoover's cab- inet, he had an exceptionally wide ac- quaintance. News of Secretary Good's death last night, while expected momentarily fol- lowing the word from Walter Reid Hos- pital Sunday night that all hope for his recovery had been abandoned, was none the less just as overpowering and shocking as though it had not been expected. Mr. Good was stricken a week ago to- night. He called his feHow cabinet of- ficer, Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur of the Interior. Department, an eminent physician, and Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, President Hoover's personal physician, to his assistance, and they took him at once to Walter Reed Hospital. Operation Was Difficult. ‘The operation was performed the next morning by Col. Willlam I. Keller, a famed Army surgeon. Unforeseen dif- ficulties were encountered. The ap- pendix was in a much lower position than is normal and lay on the left side of the pelvis. Excision was extremely difficult. The patient was under anesthetics for nearly an hour. Then began the struggle which ended last night in defeat. A general zepsis was ‘discovered, which, in spite of the efforts of physicians and the patient's vitality, spread smdlgr. So valiant was the dying man's fight against the overwhelming odds that he lived exactly 24 _hours after attending physicians had ounced death as in- evitable. He was in an unconscious condition all of yesterday. A short time previous to falling into his final coma Mr. Good mumbled some- thing about knowing how ill he was to the two physiclans standing by his bed. With a return of flash to his teverish eyes, he sald: “I am going to get well. (Continued on Page 5, Columns1.) WRECKING OF TRAIN ‘CONFESSED’ BY MAN By the Assoclated Press. RIVERSIDE, Calif., November 19.— ‘The Riverside County sheriff's office to- day was investigating a may who sur- rendered to Army officials’ at March Field, near here, and confessed to hav- ing caused the wreck of a Southern Pacific passenger train near Saugus, Calif., November 10. Passengers of the train were robbed by two men who appeared immediately after the wreck. Bennett, noted English tennis star, and Pearnley Whittingstall, son of the Rev. O. F. Whittingstall of Chal- font 8t. Gils, Buckinghamshire, were garrlea at Bt. Margaret's, Westminster, o The man, who gave the name of Les- F. Mead, told authorities he was paid $25 to pull the spikes from the railroad ties. He is 25 years old. Deputy Sheriff Martin said he was not satisfled the man was rational. - » 1 have never | BUSINESS BOULEVARD MOFFATT INDICTED ON ALLEN'S CHARGE Investment Broker Accused of Converting Client’s Money to Self. Willlam Lee Moffatt, local investment broker, was indicted today on a charge of larceny after trust, on which he was arrested October 17 by Policeman Robert J. Allen and which arrest led to the filing of charges against Allen before the trial board and a charge of in- subordination against Police Caj Robert E. Doyle, eighth precinct, for & letter written to Maj. Henry G. Pratt in defense of the policeman. Allen was dismissed by the trial board, but an appeal is pending before the Dis- trict Commissioners. Capt. Doyle was exonerated by the trial board. ‘The new indictment against Moffatt, two previous in chase stocks. It is alleged that, instead of buying the securities, Moffatt con- verted the proceeds of the check to his own use. Man Faces Forgery Charges. ‘Three charges of forgery and utter- ing are made against Robert B. Mac- Intyre, who is said to* have forged the name of Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, President Hoover's physician, to three checks for $50 each last September. Maclntyre, it is stated, offered one check at the Raleigh Hotel which was questioned by the cashier, but whose fears were allayed when a phone call came from a person assumed to be the ‘White House physician. The trick also was worked, it is stated, at the Army and Navy Club and at a business house. ‘Two indictments for second-degree murder and five for manslaughter also were reported by the grand jury. John . vhite, and Julian Saunders, e named in the murder in- . Fours is said to have shot to death George Nichols June 26 on the street in the 700 block of S street and was later apprehended in Virginia. Saunders is said to have stabbed Harry R. Washington, cqlored, with a paring knife September 23 at 1259 Ninth street. ‘The manslaughter charges are' against Henry Pratt, Willlam Walker, Edward Johnson and Joseph Harrison, all col- ored, and Michael Duffy, white. Albert B. Smith was indicted on a lottery charge. 66 Indictments Reported. ‘The grand jury reported 66 indict- ments and ignored 10 cases. Among others indicted are John Silvos, Fred- erick Eugene Kerfoot, Stephen Bradford Crowley, Leon Carl Brown, James Smith and Willlam S. Hart, non-sup- port; Willam Jackson, Edgar Willlams and Carl Rivers, robbery; Richard Franklin Biggs, Frank Contee, Oden 8. Carr, Thomas P. Nihland, John Kidd, Edward J. Adams, Howard Poster, alias Howard Fosster; Owen Jackson, Frank Smith, Clifton Reeder, Nathaniel Edelin and Joseph Epps, grand larceny. Louis Jones, Chauncey McD. Ashton (4 cases), John Moody (2 cases), Willie Jones (alias Charles Benjamin), Milton D. Reeves and Marshall Hunter, house- breaking and larceny; Roy R. Holmes, seduction; Lilllan N. Henson, receiving stolen property: George William Phillips (3 cases) and Robert B. McIntyre (alias Normen K. Wilson, 3 cases), forgery and uttering; Charles H. Daniels, lar- ceny after trust; Raymond Edward Arnett, theft. John D. Caldwell, embezlement; Au- gust J. Haag, Osborne Scott, Spencer P. Hayden, John E. Carter, Samuel Floyd, John T. Oden, Charles Adams and Willlam Smothers (two cases), as- sault with dangerous weapon. ‘The grand jurors exonerated the fol- lowing of the charges preferred against them: John Jones, Oden S. Carr and Thomas P. Nihland, grand larceny; Fd- ward Clark and John Moody, house- breaking and larceny; Charles Henry Brent, joyriding; Gilbert W. Cave and Escaroe Robinson, larceny after trust; Claude Aubrey Thompson, assault with dangerous weapon. WOMAN IS KIDNAPED; FIGHT BRINGS RELEASE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 19.—Miss Mar- garet Carlin, a stenographer, was kid- na night by & man in a chauf- feured motor car, but she fought so flercely that her abductor finally threw her from the machine. Her kidnaper, she said, demanded to know the address of John Buit, her flance. He said he wanted to kill Buit. ‘The young woman was picked up hysterical from the street and taken to & hospital. She said she did not know the man who kidnaped her, but that he protested his love for her and swore death to the flance, Radio Programs—Page 36 1929—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. $¥% Not That Any One Is Curious, But— Well, Where Was It? CHICAGO, November 19 (#).—A big brute poked a pistol into Miss Susan Haan's face last night and demarified in the best gas- house vernacular that she hand over her money. Miss Haan gave him her purse. ‘There was only 50 cents in it. “Not so fast, young lady,” said the wise guy. “I'm an old hand at this racket., Take off your .shoes.” It was cold and raining. Miss Haan took off her shoes. The fellow shoved them in his pocket and drove away. ‘When Miss Haan got home, she still had her bank roll. It wasn't in her shoes after all. - ATLANTIC STATES FEEL EARTHQUAKE Chimneys Crash as Shocks Strike Nova Scotia—New York Affected. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, November 19.— Severe earth tremors shook the Atlantic coast- line northward from Long Island Sound to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland yes- terday on the one hundred and sev- enty-fourth anniversary of the heaviest earthquake ever recorded in the New England area. No loss of life or serious damage was reported, though chimneys and barns crashed down in Nova Scotia. The Fundian Fault, which runs southwestward from the Bay of Fundy off Cape Ann under the Atlantic Ocean, was believed by Prof. Kirtley F. Mather, Harvard geologist, to have been the source of the disturbance. The shocks began at approximately 3:35 p.m., became severe in 2 minutes, and continued to be reported on the ‘Harvard seismograph for an hour. Shaking buildings, rattling dishes and pictures, slamming doors and swinging light fixtures were noted in scores of communities in the six New England States, the maritime provinces of Can- ada and Newfoundland. Felt in New York City. In Upper New York State and New York City itself there were very slight manifestations. Employes 400 feet above the ground in the custom house tower in Boston felt the structure sway and mild alarm was evidenced ,by persons working in the State House and business build- ings. The highest tide of the year, possibly influenced by the earthquake, was recorded by coastal cities. A snow and rain storm was covering Maine during the tremors and the fear that buildings wsuld collapse drove in- habitants of several towns and citie®) outdoors into the bad weather. Two women were reported to have been made violently ill by swaying of a building in Augusta. Light Fixtures Swing. Vermont and New Hampshire felt the shocks less sharply. A safe was sald to have been moved in offices at Nashua, N. H., and light fixtures swung like pendulums at Randolph, Vt: Girls employed in an office building at New Haven, Conn., rushed to the street in semblance of a near panic. Providence, R.4I, felt the disturbance gmnly and structures were reported to ave been rocked in Worcester, Spring- field and Berkshire County communi- tles in Massachusetts. There was some damage to transatlantic cables out of Newfoundland. f the 200 earth shocks in the his- tory of New England since the first recorded one in June, 1638, only 12 have been considered severe. The shock on November 18, 1775, which sent 1,400 chimneys crashing to the ground, cracked walls and roofs and caused panics in several communities, did the greatest damage. The last severe shock was felt January 7, 1925. ERUPTIONS PREDICTED. Many Quakes Presage Activity by Mount Lassen. RED BLUFF, Calif, November 19 (@).—Many earthquakes recorded on the seismograph of the Mount Lassen vol- cano observatory during the last few days presage volcanic activity of the extinct crater, R, H. Finch, volcanologist in charge of the station, said today. The seat of the disturbances un- The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. () Means Associated Pre: NEW ADJOURNMENT - MOVE IS RUMORED “Young Guard” Compromise to Keep Industrial Rates Rejected. - By the Associated Press. Their plan of a short cut to disposi- tion of the tariff bill flatly.rejected by the Western independents, the “young Republicans” of the Senate today found more trouble in the offing in the indefi- nite form of rumors of a second attempt to bring about an adjournment at the end of this week. A proposal by Allen of Kansas, one of the “young guard” members, that the tariff measure be passed immediate- ly, with industrial rates generally re- stored to the level of the present law and the agricultural increases already agreed upon retained, was turned down late yesterday st a meeting of the in. dependent group. ‘Through Senator Borah of Idaho the latter sérved notice that the present in- dustrial rates are unsatisfactory and no compromise can be affected. In this attitude the Westerners were joined by Senators Simmons of North Carolina, ranking Democrat of the finance com- mittee. The present law, he said, is being used by the Democrats as a guidg and basis for individual amendments, but his colleagues “will nct hesitate” to re- adjust rates up or down as they think necessary. Oppose Adjournment Saturday. ‘The *young guard” will oppose de- terminedly the indicated eflo‘x”t to ad- Journ the Senate on Saturday. Its pri- mary purpose is to keep the body in session continuously and working away at- the tariff bill in an effort to obtain passage before the close of the special session, now less than two weeks away. ‘The move first came to notice when an attempt was made last week to pass a resolution of adjournment, which had the support of their anty leaders. De- serting the nominal leadership, the members of the group voted with the independents for continued session, and were successful in defeating the pro- posal. A dinner meeting of the ‘“young guard,” called for last night for the pus of laying out plans of future action, was canceled because of the condition of Secretary Good. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, as chairman of the Republican senatorial campaign committee, answered the let- ter of Senator Metcalf of Rhode Island, (Continued on page 4, column 1.) TUNNEYS WILL SAIL. Former Champion Fighter Wife Coming to U. S. BRIONI, Italy, November 19 (#).— and Gene Tunney, former heavyweight champion, and Mrs. Tunney, the former Polly Lauder, are planning to sail for the United States from Naples on the steamship Vulcania on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Tunney recently re- turned here after a trip to Germany, where Mrs. Tunney underwent an oper- ation for the removal of her appendix. Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,715 TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT IS GIVEN PLEDGE OF AID BY RAILROAD HEADS IN BUSINESS PARLEY Carrier Executives Unani- mously Agree to Co-operate for Maintenance of Employ- ment a;1d Progress. PRODUCTION PROGRAMS TO GET UNDER WAY SOON Hoover Holds Second Conference of Day With Members of Advi- sory Council of Federal Reserve Board at Offices Here This Afternoon. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Leading railroad presidents of the East, meeting with President Hoover today at the White House, pledged full co-operation in the move initiated by Mr. Hoover for co-ordinating industry, agricul- ture, labor and the agencies of Government for continued pros- perity and further development in this country. The railroad executives an- nounced the purpose of the rail- roads to proceed without delay with big construction programs. They also told the President they would take with them to Chi- cago and present to the meeting of the American Railway Asso- clation the plan for co-ordination of the railroad in the genera! movement for continued business prosperity. Following the conference a statement was issued by the President. It said: “A preliminary conference was held at the White House today with the rail- way presidents, mostly of the Eastern territory. Co-operation Pledged. “The railway presidents were - mous in their determination to eo- operate in the maintenance of employ- ment and business’ progress. It was stated that the railways which u{‘u‘l{ represented would proceed “Wwith programs of construction and better- ments without any reference to recent Stock Exchange fluctuations; that they would canvass the situation as to further possibilities of expansion, and that among these icular railways it appeared that the total volume of such construction work already indi- cated an increase during the next six months over the similar period of last ear. 4 “It was that the whole ques- tion should taken up at the meet- ing of the rallway executives conven- ing in Chicago next Friday, with a view to securing co-operation of all rallways in the United States in such programs. At that time steps will be taken to canvass the railways to de- termine the exact amount of constru tion and betterments which can be ui dertaken over the forthcoming year and during the next six months. “The railways executives felt that it ‘was desirable that similar conferences should be called in other industrial groups, and that some method of co- ordination of their different activities should be developed.” Present at Conference. Attending the conference today were the President, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, Richard H. Aishton, president of the American Railway Association; W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsyl- vania Rallroad Co.; J. J. Bernet, presi- dent of the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail- road Co.; P. E. Crowley, president of the (Continued on page 4 column 5.) ! CONSTABLE IS FREED ON BAIL IN SLAYING By the Associated Press. BENTON, Tenn., November 19.—Con- stable Gus Swann was at liberty on $5,- 000 bond today following his indictment on first-degree murder charges yester- day for shooting Orville Burger to death when the latter offered him a drink. The officer will be tried in Criminal Court next March. Swann surrendered voluntarily after t' : shooting last August, and said the 25-year-old youth offered him a drink and fled when the constable attempted to arrest him. When he gave chase, Swann said, Burger turned and threat- ened him with a rock. Physicians said the youth had been shot in the back. HOOVER ORDERS FLAGS LOWERED ON BUILDINGS AS GOOD TRIBUTE Executive Departments to Be Closed Until 1 P.M. Tomorrow, Stimson Announces at President’s Direction. At the direction of the President, Henry L. Stimson, as Secretary of State, today issued a proclamation ordering flags at half staff on all public buildings in. the country until Friday and closing executive departments in Washington until 1 p.m. tomorrow out of respect to James W. Good, the late Secretary of War. It read: To the People of the United States: James W. Good, Secretary of War, died in the City of Washington on the evening of Monday, November 18, at 37 minutes after 8 o'clock. His death, a crushing sorrow to his friends, is to the people of the country a national be- reavement. Attaining to a position of doubtedly was at Mount Lassen, Finch asserted. Cabinet Crisis Averted. BRUSSELS, November 19 (#).—A cabinet crisis between the Liberals and the Catholies that threatened to force the resignation of Premier Jaspar has been avolded for the time being. high trust in fllvlh life, energetic and conscientious his relations with his fellowmen, of a gentle, lovable and loyal nature, ins) by a large sense of duties of a true citizen and winning the and such loyal and lofty ideals as to confer lasting benefis to his country. His career is an example for good citi- zens to follow. In respect to the memory of James W. Good, the President directs that on the day of the funeral services, Wed- nesday, November 20, the executive de- partments and their dependencies in the City of Washington be closed until 1 o'clock, and that the national flag be displayed at half staff on all public buildings throughout the United States from now until the interment shall have taken place, at Cedar Rapids, Towa, on Friday noon. By direction of the President, (Signed) HENRY L. STIMSON, Secretary of State. Department of State, ‘Washington, November 19, 1929. ‘The District government also issued a respect and esteem of all with whom he associated, he was , in the full- ness of his powers, to discharge duties of the peculiarly onerous and re- sponsible office of Secretary of War in which he served with such foresight proclamation, closing all executive de- partments until 1 p.m. tomorrow and Sogonme "to. Inquisies. it quiries it was ex- El:‘lned today that the White House is flown at half-staff only on the death of a President. ordering flags In e