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WEAT (D. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast) Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14& 15 HER. - b ¢ Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION o Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular ‘ed tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 127,524 2 No. 31v25]' post office, Was Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, o C, FRIDAY, NOVE MBER 22, 1929 —FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES: - ¥* () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. S FIVE BLAST PROBES UNDER WAY 0 FIX BLAME IN TRAGEDY; 5 DEAD, 3 DYING Low-Pressure Boiler Regard- ed Safe Revealed as Cause of Explosion at 5-and-10- Cent Store. SIX OTHER INJURED STILL IN HOSPITAL District Attorney Sends Assistant to Gather Facts in Disaster as Coroner’s Inquest Is Launched. Inspectors, Police and Firemen | Also Making Probes. A low-pressure boiler regarded #s too safe to warrant inspectior: Ptood revealed today as the cause f the disastrous explosion at Mc- Crory’s 5 and 10 Cent Store on Seventh street yesterday, which tlaimed as its victims five persons dead, three believed to be dying, ix seriously injured and a score of others suffering from less serious hurts. The dead are: Miss Elizabeth Dawson, 38 years bld of 337 Maryland avenue northeast, employe of the Govern- fment Printing Office. Miss Kitty Cullinan, 46 years old of 4505 Arkansas avenue, em- ploye of the Bureau of Engraving nd Printing. Mrs. Annie Cockrell, 41 years bld, a niece of Miss Cullinan, also pf the Arkansas avenue address. Mary Anne Cockrell, 2-year-old Baughter of Mrs. Cockrell. Charles Jacobson, 58 years old pf 2824 Twelfth street northeast. All five di ed within a few hours of ghe explosion after they had been taken o Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Florence Darlington, 50, 1d, of 63 W street is believed y in Emergency Hospi! . hose lives are despaired _Afears dying lu Carter, 34 vears old, a graduate 1d ‘place a MTrs. purse, of 609 De! caol:,nfi Ro; Decker, 34 X lace.’ i e lieved to have fractured T e s pus internal injuries. Many Others Injured. ther persons seriously injured, illubxulnnne otpe!.hem women, are under ent in various hospitals today for ble skull fractures, cerations and shock. An undetermined umber of other persons are in their omes, having been given emergency eatment in hospitals or by private 8. vh%::‘::m victim to be added to the list of seriously injured this morning was Wilbur Smith, 46-year-old colored man of 405 Third street southwest, who applied at Emergency Hospital for treatment of injuries which he told hysicians he suffered as a result of e explosion at McCrory's store yes- terday. He was admitted to the hos- ital and treated by Dr. 1. Rutkoski of rhe hospital staff, who said the man tained a possible fractured skull and mple bone. His condition was de- jeribed as "undetermined.” According to police, Smith claims he feceived his injuries yesterday when, while standing on the corner of Sev- enth and D streets, he was thrown vio- lently against an automobile near the tore. % P‘rl've independent investigations into khe causes of the explosion were under ay today. 'l’)ecmo!x,: was reached at an inquest nducted at the District Morgue by . J. Ramsay Ni";itt‘. Dh}flct 0%021!‘& tpone examination of expe - :’euuw until December 2. Adjournment Recommended. Robert E. Lynch, sssistant corpora- ion counsel, and Willlam H. Collins, tfilflunl district attorney, recommended ko Dr. Nevitt that adjournment be taken in order to make possible a more (Continued on Page 17, Column 1.) FIRST SNOW OF SEASON HERE FORECAST TONIGHT Femperature Drops to 29 Degrees, Lowest Mark Registered This Fall. ‘Washington's first taste of snow this #eason is expected for tonight by ‘Weather Bureau officials. A forecast issued today calls for “snow, possibly mixed with rain, tonight and Saturday. Little change in temperature. Lowest tonight about 30.” This prediction followed announce- ment of unusually cold weather this morning. The temperature dropped to 20 degrees at 5 am. This was the Jowest mark registered this Fall. On only three previous occasions in the last 20 years has the mercury stood at 29 or lower on November 22. The average minimum temperature for this date, Weather Bureau records disclosed, is 35 degrees. The nearest approach to this morning’s mark yeached previously this Autumn was 36 degrees, registered October 11. The mercury stood at the freezing point, 32, at 9:30 o'clock. It was not expected to hise more than two or three gegrees later in the day. | VIL_L—AGE IS FINED. JERUSALEM, November 22 (#).— *The first sentence under the collective punishments ordinance was pronounced today when the Arab village of Ashdob was fined £3,000 for being one of 12 villages found guilty of attacking a J-wish colony near Tuvia. Sentences on the other villagers will be announced loter. ha dio Progran;s——l’agc “ Shell-Shock Comes Back to Veteran, Hero of Explosion Terrorized Mind Sees Bat- tlefield in Scene of Downtown Blast. Some'11 years ago Warren Thayer lay thell-shocked and wounded in an Army base hospital on the fighting flelds of France. A terrific roar had rendered him semi-conscious and he had stum- bled beneath the wheels of an ammu- nition wagon. ‘Today Thayer lies injured at Emer- gency Hospital suffering from shock An explosion similar to that which he heard during the war is the indirect cause of his injuries. When the blast occurred which de- molished the front of McCrory's 5 and 10-cent store, at Seventh and E streets, brought death to five and injured scores of others, Thayer was working in the rear of the store. He heard a thundering crash, and with it came memories of the war. He rushed through the corridors of the store, past panic-stricken employes and (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) COALITION CHARGES REPEATED BY KENT Claim of Partial Blame for Stock Crash Affirmed in Lobby Quiz. By the Associated Press. Plied with sharp questions during hours of questioning today by members of the Senate lobby committee, Fred I. Kent, a director of the Bankers' Trust assertion that caused him to be sum- | moned—that the action of the Senate coalition on the tariff bill had con- tributed to the stock markej decline. The questioners were ajded by Sena- tor Glass, Democrat, Virginia, who is not a member of the committee. Glass, former Democratié Secretary of the Treasury, led the interrogation into many phasesdf Stock Exchange opera- tion and gsked Kent if he did not think that 90 per cent of the transactions on the market were as “much gambling” as“betting on roulette. Borah, Republican, of Idaho, leaned over the table as he asked the New York banker question after question and Chairman Caraway and Walsh, ab thought it would be & thing if the Senate would pass ‘t;:nded down by its finance com- ceased to id he mi Should Get Together. Kent asserted the Republicans should have gotten together and agreed on a plan for the tariff bill. Senator Blaine of Wisconsin, a Republican independent, he proposed secret group of Senators getting together and discussing their plans,” he 5 “But you do object to the Progressive Republicans trying to do the same thing on the Senate floor in the open,” Sena- tor Blaine asserted. “Ordinarily it would not have to be done,” Kent said, “if the Senators had a mind to get together.” “The people are interested in their Government,” Blaine said, adding that meetings bzhind “closed doors and drawn blinds” was the “psychology of Secretary Fall and others who did not want their business to come out in the open.” Kent said the “psychological effect on the people” because “the Senate did not function on the tariff bill” was a con- tributing factor in stock disturbances. Asked by Walsh what effect the Fed- eral Reserve Board warning that brok- ers’ loans should be restricted had, the ‘witness answered: “It had no effect on banks whe were not borrowing from” the Federal Re- serve Banks” “Did it have any effect on Charles E. Mitchell 011 ll“;e National City Bank? Walsh uired. “T can® speak for Mr. Mitchell.” Denies He Denounced Mitchell. “Did you make a speech denouncing Mr. Mitchell ‘Walsh asked. did not. “If you were a sworn officer of a Fed- eral Reserve Bank would you rd your duty to the stock market above Co. of New York, stoutly held to the| Reserve Bank?” queried |bill in a last’ desperate effort to reach g;l;‘;’dgl.llss a final vote before the regular session. “I would not.” President Hoover is understood to be The banker defended the action of |opposed to carrying the tariff debate SENATE STALEMATE LEADS T0 RECESS: - UNTIL ADIOURNING IFailure to Make Any Prog- ress on Tariff Bill Brings Agreement to Quit. FIFTEEN-MINUTE SESSION WILL BE HELD TONIGHT Week's Rest to Be Had on Capitol; Hill, After Which Regular Work Will Begin. By the Associated Press. Unable to make any progress with the tariff bill, the Senate recessed at 12,32 p.m. today until 9:45 o'clock to- night, 15 minutes before the special session adjourns sine die. The House adjourned sine die at 12,50 o'clock, ending its labor in the extra session of the Seventy-First Congress. Chairman Smoot of the Sen finance committee made sever: tempts to obtain action on ame ents to various schedules, inclugfig those affecting wool, silk, papers”and books, but each time indicat] pointed to extensive arguments. Senator Couzens, fter stating g on the job. Eontusion Reigns, Much”confusion reigned as Senators ‘everybody propostd recesses until various times topfght, ranging from 9:30 to 9:59 p’clock. A compromise on 9:45 p.m.’ was reached after Smoot had expressed a desire to hold a quorum for at least a little while this afternoon to obtain action on a few more tariff amend- ments. The reaction to this was not encouraging, so Smoot gathered up his tariff books and called it a day. As no action will be taken tonight on the tariff bill, the measure at recess time stodd less than half completed. Committee amendments to nine com- plete schedules and to two paragraphs in the wool group had been acted upon, leaving proposed changes in woolen goods rates, and the entire sugar, silk, rayon, papers and books and sundries uiy\eduleu yet to be considered. ‘The free list then must be agreed and individual amendments to all 15 schedules disposed of before the bill is ready for passage. First After Vare Case. The measure, which began to take form at hearings begun last January, will eome up again in the ar session beginning December 2, after the re case has been settled. For one week there will be quiet on Capitol Hill and then the legislators will be back to take up the work of the | regular session, including a renewal of the bitter tariff controversy and a steady grind that is expected to con- tinue until late Spring. ‘The renewal of tariff debate is ex- pected to bring to the fore again the several groupings into which the Sen- ate was divided in the closing days of the extraordinary session. Through- out the special session the nominal leadership of the House kept that branch of Congress in order, but ac the other end of the Capitol it was a different story. Coalition Wins Repeatedly. First of all, the Republican Senators from Northwestern States asserted their usual independence of administration guidance and combined with the Dem- ocratic membership to form a coalition that repeatedly defeated the legislative maneuvers of . the ‘“old guard” - Ppublicans. Then, in the closing days of the ses- sion, a ne faction arose unexpectedly and, consisting of the newer Republican members, declared itself closely associ- ated with President Hoover and suc- cessfully opposed a move sponsored by “old guard” leaders to adjourn the spe- cial session. There was talk that the new group harbored a desire to unseat the regu- larly constituted Republican leaders. A meeting was called for a discussion of procedure and then called off. Denials that any attack at “old guard” leader- ship was under way were issued. Then the young Republicans lost out on the question which brought them into prominence. A second effort to ad- journ the Senate was made and ca ried through to a successful conclu- sion on a new alignment of the voting. Primary Effort Is Beaten. The primary effort of the “young guard,” as it has been termed, was to keep the Senate at work on the tariff (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 22.—The tele- phone known as Franklin 3083 has been disconnected until such a time as pay- ment of $2,274 is made for last month's | long distance calls. The telephone was in the pressroom of the county building. The unarimous opinion was expressed that ff the phone company walted for the reporters to pay the bill it would be years and years and years, Even to a reporter $2,274 1s a lot of money. As far as the county’s paying the bill, it is pointed out that there already is a $5,000,000 deficit. Somehow, Franklin 3083 got the name of being a free telephone. Any one wishing to call distant relatives, friends and the like simply called them. There was no other ceremony; no embarrass- ing conversation such as “drop in an- other half dollar. please.” When James Russell, acting superin- tendent of public service, received the pill for $2,274 yesterday his first step was to order the phone pulled out by the roots. He next called reporters on the carpet. They satisfied him they were not the ones he wamted, but they provided several valuable clues. One of them told of arriving at the pressroom early one morning to find a group of hoboss squatted nmind a can o $2,274 BILL RUN UP IN MONTH, SCRIBES LOSE USE OF ‘FREE’ PHONE Records List Call to Canada to Inquire About Price of! | those attendin Napoleon Brandy, 1804. ! of alcohol while one of their compan- | jons was shouting into the telephone as, follows: “Operator, get me the Hotel Adlon, in Berlin, Germany. I want to talk to the girl I met during the war.” This phone call, the company’s rec- ords revealed, was never completed, pos- sibly ‘because the girl was not at the Ho- tel Adlon, or possibly because of static | over the North Atlantic. The telephone | company, however, did make a $14 charge for service. Another repoiter related he had over- heard a scrubwoman calling the old home in Czechoslovakia. This call, too, was not completed. One call, the company records showed, was to Jimmy Collup, a convict at Sing Sing Prison. Another was to the Tokio Maru, docked at San Francisco. The call was for the purpose of bidding some one bon voyage. call, too, to a Quebec ge. ‘There was a liquor house asking the price of Napo- leon brandy, 1804. The caller explained titat he wanted to find out if his boot- legger was charging him too much. ‘The costliest call on the bill was to | utilittes CONSTRUCTION MEN SEE HOOVER TODAY T0 HELP BUSINESS Increased Building Activity Aim of President in Pros- perity Program. PUBLIC UTILITIES PARLEY AT WHITE HOUSE PUT OFF Conferences Held to Aid Indutrial Condition of Country Peke Form in Week! — Leaders in Amegrfcan construction work will meet with President Hoover at the White 2‘\!56 at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon to,Aid in working out the Preslde:;s',fi n for a mobilization of the cousflry’s resources for continued busineés development. THe President has lald much stress n the value of increased construc- tion work, both for the Federal Gov- ernment, for State and municipality and for private interest and public util- ity at this time. Such construction, much of which has been delayed by a diversion of capital to the speculative slock market during the last year or more, the President believes can now proceed with great advantage to the country. Further, it will be a great fac- tor in maintaining employment a high level. Employment of labor is the key to the whole situation. Those at Conference. Those who will attend the President's conference are: T. T. Flagler of Atlanta, Ga., presi- dent of the Associated General Con- tractors. Samuel Hotchkiss, St. Joe, Mo., pres- ident of the National Association ot Builders’ Exchanges. Frank H. Smith, Chica, Portland Cement Associal Harry H. Culver, California, presi- dent, National Assoclation of Real Es- tate Boards. Wilford Kurth, New York, former president, National Board of Fire Un- derwriters. F. J. Reimer, Orange, N. J. presi- :‘:nt. American Road Builders’ Associu- n. Samuel Eckels, Harrisburg, Pa., pres- ident, Association of State Highway Officials. E. L. Carpenter, Minneapolis, Minn., president, National Lumbermen’s Assu- clation. F. W. Reimers, Hammond, La., South- ern Pine Association. Arthur Berresford, Washington, presi- dent, American Engineering Council. W. M. Wood, Decatur, Iil, American !n:mule go, president, tion. of Steel Construction. - n, Chicago, sident, Home Modernizing Bureau olw::u Na- ufl. mm"fl. president, Na- :fll:n,lnlufldm‘ Trade Employers’ Asso- A, M. Lewin, Cincinnati, Ohio, presi- deni, Retall Lumber Dealers’ Associ- ation. Darwin P. Kinsley, New York, presi- dent, New York Life Insurance Co. Meeting Postponed. It was annunced at the White House today that the conference of the Presi- dent with representatives of the public of the country, set for Mon- dav afternoon, had been postponed, so as to give the public utility leaders an opfomjnlly to confer among themselves before coming to Washington to tell the President what they will be able to do to aid in the plan of co-ordination. The representatives of agriculture are to meet Monday morning with the President and Secretary Hyde of the Department of Agricultuge to discuss the part which the farmers should play in the general plan. One week ago today Mr. Hoover made the first announcement of his plans. In the time that has passed his program has taken shape rapidly, through his consultations with the I TS of Amer- ican economic enterprises and the an- nouncement of steps by which govern- mental agencies seek to help in the ad- vancement of the general project. The most recent development was ublication of word that industrial leaders and labor spokesmen had agreed to a continuance of present wage levels as one means of assuring the continuity and stability of employment. This came late yesterday, after Mr. Hoover had conferred separately with a_group of men representing firms which em- ploy millions of workers and with high officials of organized labor. Formal Statement Made. ‘The announcement was summed up in a formal White House' statement which said that the employers had au- thorized the President to say on their beha!’, individually, that no movement for wage reduction will be initiated and to recommend that this policy be adopt- ed by employers the Nation over. In addition, it set forth that the labor leaders had authorized Mr. Hoover to say that in their opinion “no move- ments beyond those already in negoti- ation should be initiated for increases of wages and that every co-operation should be given by labor to industry in the handling of its problems.” Just previously the statement was issued mirroring the view elicited at the industrial conference. This sald that in the unanimous opinion of there was no reason why business should not be carried on as usual, that construction work should be expanded in many directions and that telephone and telegranh com- panies have a large amount of buila- ing budgeted for 1930. ‘Will Raise Wages. Henry Ford, who was one of those present, announced shortly after the conference that a general wage increase is to be made effective in the Ford organization immediately. He declinea to give details, but advanced the sug- estion that similar increases in other ines would go far in sustaining Amer- ican business by keeping the demand for many commodities at a high level, ‘Through Julius Barnes, the chairman of its board of directors, the United States Chamber of Commerce an- nounced that the representatives of from 100 to 200 trade organizations would be called into conference within two weeks for the purpose of establish- ing a permanent committee charged with seel to the sustenance of eco- nomie stability. The creation of such an organization was recommended at the industrial con- ference to follow up and carry through the President’s program. the Texas oil fleld. It was $383. operator recalled that the party wanted was 10 miles from a telephone and that a messenger was dispatched on horse- back to get him, the caller meanwhile | holdinz the line and gossiping about |lecal afvirs. Sugar Duties Increased. PARIS, November 22 (#).-The Chamber of Deputies after a brief de- bate today passed the bill raising the duties on sugar to 140 francs on the aquintal, ¥ MAROONED! CLEMENGEAU GIVEN HEART STINULANT War Premier’s Condition Grave, but Doctors Still Hope for the Best. { By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, November 22.—The condition of Georges Clemenceau, 88-year-old French war premier, was grave today, but his physicians hoped for the best. Dr. Raida, noted heart expert, who has been called in to assist Drs. Degen- nes, Laubry and Gosset, made an ex- amination and said: “M. Clemenceau's condition is grave, but I am hopeful. There is no imme- diate danger.” In official circles as well as the im- mediate entourage of “the Tiger” there was no attempt to hide anxiety. All the immediate members of the former premier’s family were called to the bed- side this morning and remained in the Clemenceau house in the Rue Franklin during the day. -~ Officials Make Cails. President Doumergue, Premfer Tar- dieu and Foreign Minister Briand either called personally or sent representa- tives to inquire for the latest news. ‘The possibility of appendicitis, or peritoneal complications resulting from the acute indigestion which Clemenceau suffered yesterday, was discounted by Dr. Gosset after a careful examination this morning. Camphor Is Injected. ‘The former premier’s heart, however, suffered under the inevitable strain, and only several injections of camphor- ated oil kept it at its functions. Dr. Degennes, who left the house shortly after Dr. Raida, said that the former premier was still suffering from colic. “In view of his age, the illness is rave,” he sald, adding that the general outlook was “not brilliant.” The physician appeared extremely worried. He sald that the former premier had remained conscious, and was able to recognize those about him. REPORTS OF TRAIN KILLINGS UNFOUNDED Exchange i 22.—Reports that the Simplon Orient express had been held up by bandits, and two of its passengers kiiled, while the remainder were robbed proved to- day to be greatly exaggerated. While the train was still in Jugo- slavian territory yesterday approaching the frontier station it was fired at by bandits. ‘Train guards returned the fire of the brigands, who were driven off without bloodshed on either side. The train re- turned to the nearest station on Jugo- slavian territory, where patrols were dis- patched to make sure the line was clear. Recelving a favorable report, the train continued its journey. PARIS PRESS HAILS EDGE PLEASANTLY New U. S. Ambassador’'s Experi- ence Expected to Aid Settlement of Outstanding Problems. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 22.—Many French newspapers today commented pleasant- ly and welcomingly on the appointment of Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jer- sey to become Ambassador here. ‘They seemed especially impressed that he, like the late Ambassador Herrick, achleved success from a modest begin- ning. They predicted his economic and financial experience would contribute to a_commonsense settlement of out- standing problems, such as the tariff. 127,524 The circulation of The Star yesterday of 127,524 copies set a high record in ‘Washington for regular editions of any daily newspaper to date. Change of League Meeting Is Asked For Navy Session By the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 22.—The Italian government has suggested to Sir Eric Drummond, secretary- | general of the League of Nations, that the League's council meet January 14 instead of January 21 to avold conflict with the Lon- don naval conference. Sir Eric _has communicated with other members of the coun- cil and is waiting for their reply. ROTHSTEIN'S1.0. 1. 1S BARED AT TRIAL Pocketed Winnings in Cash, Witnesses Testify—Tell of McManus’ Loss. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 22.—Testi- mony concerning a stud poker game in which Arnold Rothstein gave his I. O. U. to cover losses of $219,000 and pocketed his winnings in cash was in the record today in the trial of George A. McManus for his murder. The State charges that McManus, who lost $50,000, lured Rothstein to the Park Central Hotel November 4, 1928, two months after the game, and shot | him in a quarrel over payment of the losses. James Meehan, in whose apartment the game was played from midnight one Saturday in September, 1928, to 10 p.m. Sunday, and a number of the players, testified yesterday to the high stakes and Rothstein's payment in paper when he lost and his pocketing of cash when he happened to win a pot. Meehan said he did not play, but that the game was played with cash instead of chips, bills in denominations of 5, 10, 20 and 10C dollars being used. Pots were opened for $50 and there was no limit to the bets. Martin Bowe, one of the players, who said he lost $5,700, testified that Mc- Manus lost $51,000. Bowe said that the loss of $50,000 by McManus “wouldn’t mean a thing to Bandits Shots With | him.” Bowe also testified that he had seen Crew, but No Bloodshed McManus and Rothstein together the day after the game and frequently Occurs, afterward and they seemed to be on good terms. IR S By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, November MRS. McPHERSON’S CAR IS ATTACHED IN SUIT Former Temple Business Manager Asks $7,600, Claiming Breach of Contract. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 22.—The automobile and bank account of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, were un- der attachment today as the result of a suit filed against her by Frank Timpson, former business manager of Angelus ‘Temple, Mrs. McPherson's church, for alleged breach of contract. ‘Timpson asks $7.600 from Mrs. Mec- Pherson and Angelus Temple, alleging that he was discharged in violation of a two-year contract. ALLEN 1S DISMISSED FROMPOLICE FORCE: BLEASE HINTS NEW MPHERSON INQUIRY Religious Affiliations of Offi- cials and Others Taking Part in Probe Brought Up by Senator. LETTER FROM ANONYMOUS WRITER READ BY CLERK BYRD PLANTS FLAG IN'SHADOW OF POLE Stars and Stripes Fly Over Mountain Base, Most Southerly Point. BY COMDR. R. E. BYRD, Leader of the Antarctic Expedition. By Radio to The Star and New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, No- vember 21.—Day before yesterday our Ford plane, the Floyd Bennett, establish- ed a tiny base almost within the shadow of the South Pole. The Stars and Stripes fly there, 440 miles due south, and so beating by that distance the southern- most record of our flag made when Little America was established. Such a fiight over this extraordinary ice barrier, which is still to us a mys- terious phenomenon, could not help be interesting. With his snapping camera Y a minute study of full of surprises, tell science some- thing about this great natural wonder. Before we started on the flight, I told Dean Smith to deliver the mail to the the way and we that District Commissioners Vote to Re- fer Cases of Inspector Shelby and Lieut. Kelly Back to Special ‘: Board Appointed to Make In- | vestigation, | | | | | Dismissal of Policeman Robert |J- Allen, whose unauthorized in- ivesugauon of the death of Vir- | ginia McPherson led to the indict- {ment of her husband, Robert A. { McPherson, jr., and a debate in | the Senate on the handling oi the |case were the chief developments itoday in the aftermath of Mc- | Pherson’s exoneration. Meanwhile, the District Com- missioners voted to refer back to | the special investigating board the disposition of the cases of Inspec- j tor Willilam S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, who were relieved from duty when the first grand jury criticized them for handling of the McPherson case. The board is composed of Maj. Donald A. Davison, assistant engineer com- missioner, and W. W, Bride, cor- poration counsel. The board originally appointed to investigate the grand jury’s charges, dropped the inquiry when it found itseif without power to subpoena wit- nesses and few seemed willing to testify voluntarily. Senator Blease of South Carolina touched off the Senate debate today, intimating that the death of Mrs. Mc- Pherson may be further investigated by & future grand jury. The question of the religious aflia- tions of various officials ana others con- it sl e tor Blease of Columbus lodge Check of Affiliations Asked. After Senator Blease had finished his h Senator Heflin, Democraf mountains. We all know that an air | ,c.c mail with mail aboard will tl ‘when it can be done. Dean a fine job, helding the indistinct trail ;fi;mmmmummmm Contrast of New and Old. ‘We passed the party about 200 miles out and also looked down at our com- rades 2,00 feet beneath us, making only 10 or 15 miles a day, where we were making 100 miles an hour. 1t emphasized the great difference be- tween old method of polar explora- tion, the dog team, and the new method of aviation. ‘The dog team party, however, will be able to remain at the mountains several | p, weeks, where an airplane might be blown away in a storm. That is why the minute geological investigations must be made by the foot traveler. Even now, however, we have learned enough to design a plane that we can anchor to the snow so as to defy the winds. ‘When the geological party looked up at us flashing by them it must have made their objective look very far away. As we looked down on those fellows plodding along we took off our hats to them for the energy and pluck they are putting into their task of bringing back information. Marvels at Passage of Crevasses. About midway in the flight we passed over the terrible crevassed region that the supporting party worked its way through. We could see their zig- zag path as it wound in and out among bottomless crevasses and dangerous pits. All the more we realized what a won- derful job this party did in getting| through this area. The chaotic mass of criss-crossing chasms, gigantic ice blocks on end, fan-shaped cracks, wide and narrow, stretching for miles to the east and west, is entirely beyond my powers of description. We must let Mac's mapping camera tell the story. I felt very keenly at that time the respect and admiration I have for these fellows who have laid the Grosvenor Trail on the snow, which we are trying to extend in the air. There were, of course, a number of places where landing would have been bad when we passed over these crevasses my thoughts turned also to those mechanics back in eamp who had worked hour after hour in the bitter (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) " ITS WORK *“AS l Ended in When the joint committee of Con- gress called at the White House today officially to inform President Hoover that the special session of Congress | “had completed its work” and was ready to adjourn, all of the necessary farmali- ties of the occasion were observed with due dignity and seriousness. There was i not the faintest trace of a smile in the room. This formality required only a moment or so, but it is the honest be- lief of more than one who participated that if it had lasted a moment or so longer some one in the group would have burst out laughing. The resolution of Congress which sent this joint committee to the White House to let the President know the special session was ready to quit, con- tained the phrase, “completed its work” HOOVER TOLD CONGRESS FINISHED iSolemn Ceremony Marking End of Session Almost but Scnator Jones of Washington, { Int Republican leader of the Senate, | cations” Senator Jones answered for M°an thi acded “as far as possible” ~h-n A - FAR AS POSSIBLE” Laughter. addressed the President for the group. Senator Jones admitted this Clrm po! irony when asked by newspaper men if his committee had actually told the President that the special session of Congress had ‘completed its work. Representative Tilson of Connecticut. Republican leader of the House, who Wwas a member of this joint committee, sald after leaving the President’s office the House members present during this scene in the President’s office “did not have their tongues in their cheeks” when Mr. Hoover was informed that Congress had completed its work. When asked about the Senators in the group, Representative Tilson said he had watched them closely during the visit and that they surely had on their poker faces. “What did the President say?” the group was asked as it was leaving the 3 | Alabama, asked to have printed in' the Record a list of names of the 1 of the district attorney’s , with their affiliations, purporting to show a large number of Catholics in the dis- trict attorney's office. ‘memoran. dum was dated September 30, 1929, and acncl\lded with the following observa: on: “If you will check the church connec- tions of Shelby and Kelly, together with the above information, you can bly shed some additional light on the Mc- Pherson case.” (The McPhersons are P“::sbmrhnl, Mrs. McPherson said ay.) In addition to discussing the Mc- herson case, Senator Blease took up the case of Capt. Robert E. Doyle of the eighth precinct, who was recently exonerated by a trial board of charges preferred by Supt. Pratt. “Capt. Doyle was reinstated,” Senator Blease declared, “and the common talk on the streets is that he was reinstated because they were afraid of a church fight in Washington and they were not ready for it right now. It has been said that Doyle had been a Catholic and quit the Catholic Church and there was a certain hatred against him and a strong effort was being made to un- dermine him and kick him out in dis- grace, but that he was reinstated be- cause they were afraid of that fight at this time. Says He Deplores Church Issue. “Every Senator on the floor knows— and I call upon the distinguished Sen- ator from Alabama (Mr. Heflin) if it is necessary as a witness—that I have been one man who stood on this floor and deplored the bringing in of the re- ligious issue. As I have stated, I grad- uated at a Catholic university; I have a sister who married a Catholic, I have two nephews who are Catholics and some of the very best friends I have in South Carolina are Catholics. I deplore bringing the question of religion in and I only mention it this morning to show how far the Police Department and the district attorney’s office, honeycombed with little Ireland, as the letter which has been read at the desk suggests, have gone in the methods to which they have resorted in order to try to humiliate somebody connected with the McPherson case.” The letter to which Senator Blease referred stated that the writer was not surprjsed at the result of the grand Jury investigation “when I recall the names of those interested in clearing the names of those who seem to have deliberately influenced the coroner’s Jury verdict.” Continuing, this letter relgr l:a f:l};)w!in “The following names might it a Knights of Columbus l’fad.em:\’:.n Mitchell, Attorney General; Laskey, his appointee; Cullen, his appointee: Dougherty, Commisisoner of ~ Police Shelby, detective; Kelly, detective; Me- Pherson; Fitzpatrick, foreman of the grand jury: Leahy, counsel. Now, Sen- ator, if this isn't the roll call of little Ireland then I am taking up your time for nothing. Senators, I am an experi- enced lawyer now in the military service 5o I cannot sign this. I am also a tax- " payer in the District and not a radical on religious matters, but I encountered their work overseas and know how they work. It might pay you to look into mmsverslon of the McPherson case. G ) “ONE WHO BELIEVES SHE MURDERED.” e Senator Blease said he only mentionsd the religious question because of the reference to it in information that had come to him. Walsh Interrupts. Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massa- | { executive offices. “‘He said he had no further communi- i AaAmatateey “I am sure the Senator ny official of the - LR not chusetts interrupted, saying: does Catholie | <