Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (D. 8. Weather Bureau PForecast.) Cloudy, probably light rain, with low- est temperature about 40 degrees tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy and colder. ‘Temperatures—Highest. 53, l:to 2:30 :30 am. .m. vesterday: lowest, 40, at 'oday. Full report on page Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 he ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covées every city block and the regular edi tion is delivered to Washington homes Yesterday’s Cir as fast as the papers are printed. culation, 113,063 No. - 31,256, foet omen Wa Entered an second class matter shington, D. *E¥ (®) Means Asseci ed Press. TWO CENTS. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1929—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. UTILITIES O SPEND 2 BILLION IN 1350, HOOVER 15 TOLD White House Conference Del- egates Report Huge Pro- gram of Expansion. PARLEY IS CONCLUDING ONE OF BUSINESS HEADS| Meeting in Nature of Surprise to President, Who Expresses Grati- fication at Co-operation. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The public utilities of the country propose to carry forward a program of maintenance, expansion and improve- ment in their fields which will cost approximately ©2,000,000,000, President Hoover was informed today at a con- ference with leaders among the public utility executives at the White House today. This huge program will be pressed forward during the coming year, the President was told. The public utility | executives came to Washington for con- ference with the President following an important meeting which they held in | New York yesterday. i The conference with the public util- | ity executives is the final ron!erem'e! planned by the President at this time, in the drive for co-operation of indus- try, agriculture and labor and the Gov- | ernment to stabilize business conditions, to insure advance in prosperity and to | prevent unemployment. The companies represented at the conference today included those which | deal in electric light and power, manu-| factured and natural gas and which operate electric railways. Their pro- m‘adds materially to the plans of in- dustry already announced. Sloane Makes Statement. Matthew Sloane, president of the Ni tional Electric ht Association, made a statement for the combined mmnsui represented at the conference, follow: ing the White House meeting. He sail “The electric light and power, manu- factured and natural gas, and el | railway utilities contemplate the expen- | diture of $1,400,000,000 during 1930 for new construction and expansion of 1: cilities, an increase over correspon ing expenditures for 1929 of $110 ,000. “In addition to this amount, thyi will spend to’ maintain existing proper- | ties $410,000,000.” ! Separate statements wepe issued. also | covering the plans of the electric light | and power companies, the gas com- panies and the electric railways. Mr. Sloane was the spokesman for the elec- tric light and power companies. His announcement regarding the huge pro-‘ gram of these interests follow: ] “The electric light and power utility companies of the country contemplate an expenditure during 1930 of $865,- | ooo.omor expansion of their facilities, an increase of $65,000,000 over corre- sponding expenditures for 1929. This | does not include expenditures for main- | tenance. | Programs Provide Expansion. | “The programs provide for expansion and devglopment in all sections of the | United States. | b “The electric utilities must mllnulnl themselves in a position to meet in- creasing demands for service as the)’l develop, and they, therefore, plan their | construction well in advance. “The plans for 1930 are completed, large commitments have already been entered into and many contracts for equipment and material have been placed. Careful consideration of exist- ing conditions has justified this expan- ston in anticipation of the growing re-; quirements of industry for power and consumers generally for increased elec- | tric service.” On behalf of the American Gas Asso- ciation, its president, B. J. Mullaney, made the following statement: “The Ameérican Gas Association sta- tistical department estimates that ex- penditures for construction by the manufactured and natural gas industry of the United States in 1930 will aggre- gate approximately $425,000,000, an in- | crease of about 6 per cent over the cor- responding expenditures in 1929. An ad- | ditional $50.000,000 will be expended to maintain existing service facilities. | “The construction estimate is primarily upon budget provisions al- ready formulated for 1930 by companies Tepresenting the major part of gas pro-| duction and distribution in the United Etates. The conclusions thus indicated have been checked against the factual experience of the industry for many vears, as well as against current ob- gervation and information, and have | been correspondingly strengthened. Gas Industry Growth Steady. { 4Gas industry growth. while unspec- | tacular, has been marked and steady | for upward of 20 years. The latter part of the period has been its time of moet rapid gain. Complete statistical reports for nine months, and covering | upward of 85 per cent of the output. indicate that the total output for 1929 | should be about 9 per cent ahead of the 1928 total. “Construction programs have to an- ticipate this growth, as well as provide for the. consequences of new trends and | changing conditions, such as more and | more large volume industrial use of , accelerated use for additional do- mestic purposes, including house heat- ing; increased density of population and use where large apartment houses supplant single-family dwellings. Ex- pansion is. further stimulated by the | growing popular recognition of gaseous | fuel advantages and by the research that develops better utilization “In the natural gas branch of the | industry the existence of vast known reserves, coupled with large increases in production. is making long-distance | transmission economically practicable to a degree not anticipated a few vears ago. Development along this line | will undoubtedly continue for many years. " "“These and collateral facts, trends and factors have been co-ordinated with obvious necessities in estimating the construction requirements of the indus- try for 1930. The net results, as summed up in the first sentence of this statement, have been reviewed by offi- cers of the larger gas producing and distributing companies, assembled for that purpose at A. G. A. headquarters in New York yesterday, and have been ap- proved as a reasonable forecast. “The customer contacts and day-to- day experiences of the companies rep- resented in the conference reflect no | wyn-Mayer, | of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture Cor- based | & Broke and Jobless, Father of 7 Is Shot As He Takes Turkey By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 27.—John Janis has a wife, seven children and two bullet wounds in the leg. Broke and jobless, Janis saw a turkey hanging in a butcher shop. He took it. The owner shot him. ‘Tomorrow will be just Thurs- day out at Janis’ house. FILM FIRMS FACE ANTI-TRUST AGTION Attorney General Starts Pro- ceedings Against Fox, Warners and Others. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 27.—Attor- ney General William Mitchell today began two anti-trust proceedings against the Fox and Warner Brothers and other film interests charging viola- tion of the Clayton act. The complaints were filled in the United States District Court here. One names Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc.; Stanley Co. of America, control ling 25,041 shares of Pirst National Pic- tures, and First National Pictures, Inc., as defendants. In the other complaint the Fox Thea- ters CorPurlMon, Fox Film Corporlm')‘:\ and William Fox are named defenda; Recent expansion activities by Fox {and Warner Brothers' interests, involv- ing the purchase of stock control in competing companies, an said to be the cause of action. In one action demand is made for an order setting aside the acquisition by the Fox interests of Loew’s, Incorpora ed, which, in turn, controls Metro-Gol Incorporated, proprietors a producing concern, and poration, Distributing Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Corporation. ‘The first complaint alleges that by l.the control of the Stanley Co. and the | | purchase of 71,893 shares of First N tional stock in the open market, Wa | ner Bros. now completely dominate First | { National Pictures and have transferred | all its business and assets to the First National of Maryland. It is alleged | that in this manner the Pirst National | has been eliminated as a competitor of Warner Bros. The second complaint and petition points out that the producing ability of the Fox and Loew concerns com- bined covered 40 per cent of the coun- they were engaged in active competition and that Loew's, Inc, and Fox Thea- ters Corporation own first-run picture hout the United States with & combined seating capacity in the n{l\ litan d\fl-rlctdu great as all other 8 of 435000 shares of Loew's common #tock _last February, the complaints sets forth, and ‘“have since planned and still plan to obtain more sf a IDAHO CITY HEADS SEIZED IN RUM RAID Mayor and Sheriff Are Among 17, Arrested at Wallace by U. S. Agents. By the Associated Press. WALLACE, Idaho, November 27— The liquor clean-up of Northern Idaho, where Federal officials claim municipal officers have made their own laws in a huge rum ring conspiracy, reached new heights today as raids continued after arrest of 17 persons in Wallace yesterday, including four city offictals. Mayor Herman J. Rossi, Sheriff R. E. Weniger of Shoshone County, former Mayor W. H. Herrick, Deputy Sheriffs Charles Bloom and Albert Chapman and 12 other persons were charged with conspiracy to violate the prohibi- tion laws. i ‘The Federal grand jury was reported to have returned more than 70 in- dictments against officials and business men of the silver mining district. More | than 80 persons already have been ar- rested. Two weeks ago Sheriff Weniger and | Deputy Bloom were arrested on in- dictments charging conspiracy at Mul- lan, where Mayor Arthur Harwood, ief of Police Army Weilch and sev- eral city councilmen and former coun- cilmen also were arrested. ‘While they would not comment on the arrests other than to confirm them, Federal court attaches intimated that the officials were not actually engaged | in liquor traffic, but were cognizant of | it and had not moved to stop it, thus | becoming liable under the law. | In the case of the Mullan officials, it was said that the alleged violation | of the law centered upon a municipal tax, which took from $6 to $25 per year from every business house in town | except soft drink parlors, which con- tributed $25 per month. H. W. Ray, United State district at- torney, who is leading the campaign, | said that in some cases the taxation amounted to protection of °liquor | dealers. It was intimated that a simi- | lar situation existed in Wallace. I.cvinflmTS?nnln Lost. CHERBOURG, France, November 27 (P).—The Leviathan arrived here four | hours late today after halting off Bishop's Lightship to try to find a seaman who had been swept overboard by a wave. | respondent that he would probably lodge . | Minister in Berlin. try's total cinema production while | . CIVL WAR STOPS | ASCHINA SUBMITS CASE 10 LEAGUE [Millions Reported Paid to] Rebels by Nationalists in Face of Border Crisis. | | | | | PLEA FOR INTERVENTION | | AGAINST SOVIETS SEEN| Nanking Lays Attitude Before Offi- | cial of Council—Further Aggression Is Hinted. GENEVA, November 27 (#).—Dr. Wu | | Kai-Seng, Chinese delegate to the | | League of Nations, today laid the Nan- | king government’s attitude toward the | Iatest developments in the Russo-Chi- | nese situation in Manchuria before Sir | Eric Drummond, secretary-general of | 1 the League. Dr. Wu told the Associated Press cor- | Nanking's appeal for intervention in Manchuria with Drummond during the next few days. Dr. Wu has just returned from Bern, Switzerland, where he was in communi- cation with Chang Tso-Ping, Chinesé READY TO PARTICIPATE. Great Britain Reports Willingness fo Act Jointly. By the Associated Press. ! LONDON, November 27.—Great Brit- ain is prepared to participate with other powers in joint action to bring | the Russo-Chinese dispute in Man- | churia to a peaceful termination, if | | such action proves possible. Foreign Seéretary Arthur Henderson made this reply to a questioner in the House of Commons today. He said he would consider whether Great Britain should take the initiative with the other powers. Discusses Action With U. S. Mr. Henderson told Sir Austen Chamberlain, his Conservative prede- cessor at the foreign office, that com- munications had passed between the American and British governments with reference to the possibility of joint action in Manchuria. The question had been discussed in the early days of No- ember. “I think that since then no further communication has been received, but think & communication has come through a telegram from another gov- ernment and if joint action can be taken we are prepared to participate.” Under Consideration Now. Mr. Henderson said that the British foreign office this morning discussed whether Great Britain should open fur- ther communications with the Amer- ican Government. “The matter was under consideration this very morning,” Mr. Henderson ‘old a questioners “I will consider whether I'ought to initiate that action.” HOSTILITIES ARE CHECKED. Millions Believed Paid the Kuominchun Leaders for Truce. By the Associated Press. Abrupt cessation of hostilities on China's civil war fronts in Honan and Mupeh Provinces was disclosed today in a grist of dispatches, some of which hinted that the war-harassed Nation- alist government had paid its enemles for the truce. Advices from Hankow said fighting between the rebellious Kuominchun, or “people’s army,” and Nationalist troops had stopped with a suddenness that took all observers by surprise, although it had been known that negotiations were going on between the factional leaders. Chiang Kai-Shek, President of the Nationalist government and head of its military forces, returned today to Nan- king with a purported program of “sweeping changes,” which is expected to give his late enemies, the Kuomin- chun, a measure of recognition. Nationalist Troops Withdraw. Simultaneously the “people’s army’ was reported to be evacuating both Honan and Hupeh. Nationalist troops, which had been fighting the Kuomin- chun, were said to withdrawing also, many of them heading for Kwangtung Province to resist another revolutionary movement aimed against Canton. Japanese dispatches to Shanghai Page 2, Column SHIP CAPTAIN PUZZLED. Commander of Freighter Unable to Account for 80 8 Call. MARSEILLE, France, November 27 (/P).—The captain of the British freight- er Baron Elcho, from which alarming wireless messages had been received last week, arrived here today and said that he had been in entire ignorance of the whole affair until a British destroyer came alongside 200 miles off Messina. An officer came aboard the vessel and demanded: “What's going on here?" The captain assured him that every- thing was quiet and then only learned of the wild wireless calls for help. The wireless operator was taken off by the destroyer when it was determined that he was suffering from illusions that he | ! | i was being poisoned and the Baron El- | cho proceeded. MAYFLOWER AS R Associated Press reports that friends of Mayor James J. Walker were con- sidering purchase of the presidential yacht Mayflower for an official recep- tion ship for New York City today brought announcement from the Navy Department that it lacy.a word of such a proposal. i It was said that negotiations for the vessel would not be entered into until December 7, when bids will be publicly opened at the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts at the Navy Department. Bids disturbing change in business condi- for the Mayflower were received on ECEPTION SHIP IS PROPOSED FOR NEW YORK CITY | Navy Department, However, Is Without Word as to Projected Purchase of Craft. agreed upon friends of Mayor Walker considered purchasing the vessel Confirming the reports, Mayor Walker said the city would welcome the pro- posed gift, provided the Mayflower's upkeep were not too h $25,000 & year should h. He believed sufficient to run the yacht for the city’s official uses. ‘The Navy's advertisement of the ves- sel, acquired in 1898, reveals that in equipment as well & in historical value, the Mayflower might be a) used for the purpose to wi Walker's friends would put it. Navy lists 264 ment and articles ranging from ropriately ich Mayor The separate items of equip- | of the flight test section of the Anacos- | | tia Naval Air Station, was being burled | DENSIN PIST RUM CHARGE OND Deposits $500 to Answer Count of lllegal Possession of Intoxicating Liquor. Representative Edward Everett Deni- | son of Illinois, recently indicted by the grand jury on a charge of illegal pos- session of intoxicating liquor following ! the discovery by prohibition agents of a | leaking suit case at Union Station, ad- dressed to John Layne, care of E. E. | Denison, 411 House Office Building, and | the location at his office of a trunk re- ported to have contained whisky, ap- | peared early today at the office of the | clerk of Criminal Division of the Dis- | trict of Columbla Supreme Court and gave ball of $500 to answer the indict- ment, The New Jersey Fidelity and Plate Glass Insurance Co., qualified on the bond. John Layne, former secretary to Rep- resentative Denison, who was jointly in- | dicted with him, has not yet furnished ball. United States Attorney Rover stated togay that the inquiry into the question of a charge of mistaken ident- ity made by Layne is still in progress. Denison is reported to have said that the suit case belonged to his nephew, Charle Layne of St. Louis, who had been his companion on a trip to Panama. The whisky is said to have been shipped from Panama to New York and thence to Washington. Representative Denison was accom- panied to the courthouse by Attorney E. Hilton Jackson, who recently noti- fled Mr. Rover that he had been re- tained by telegra from Marion, IIL, the home of Mi Denison. | CUDDIHY’S CRASH | IS LAID TO PLANE IR o e i | Navy Inquiry Board's Report Be-| lieved to Blame Accident. on Structural Failure. While Lieut. George T. Cuddihy, chief | today in Arlington National Cemetery, | he report of a Naval board of investi- gation which, it is understood, show: that his death was due to # scructural | fallure of the British fighting plane, | which he was testing, was on its way | through official channels to the Navy| Department. The formal report of the board, com- | pleted late yesterday, will go through | several Navy boards before reaching the | Secretary of the Navy, probably some time next week. Details of the report will not be made public, if at all, until | after it had reached the Secretary, it | was stated. | Lieut. Cuddihy was burled with mili- | tary honors, following funeral services | at ‘11 o'clock in the chapel at Fort | Myer. Rev. George Murdoch, former | Navy chaplain, and personal friend of | Lieut. Cuddihy, officiated. _Pallbearers | were, Lieut. Comdr. F. D. Wagner and Lieuts. A. P. Storrs, W. A. Ofstie, W. J.J. Clark and C. F. Sprague. Comdr. Wagner and Lieut. Dillon are on duty in the Bureau of Naval Aero-| nautics and the others at the Anacos- tia Naval Air Station. Lieut. Cuddihy was killed when the | little British ail-metal plane plunged | deep into the flying field after a long power dive. Lieut. Cuddihy apparently made no effort to use his parachute, | and it is believed that crumpling of | some portion of the fuselage either | stunned him or pinned him into his | seat so he could not escape. | In tribute to Lieut. Cuddihy, all fiy- | ing was canceled at the local air sta- all officers except the officer tending the funeral. | of the day FAMILY OF FOUR SLAIN. | OKLAHOMA CITY, November 27 (#). | —The bodies of Frank Henley, his wife | and their two small children, all of whom had been shot to death, were found today in the family home, 1 mile north of Newalla, Okla. | Reports to the sheriff’s office here in- | dicated Henley had killed his wife and children and then himself, . Rio de Janeiro to Ask Loan. By Cable to The Star. RIO DE JANEIRO, November 27.—A decree authorizing the municipality of Rin de Janeiro to contract an internal | loan not exceeding $4,800,000, or an external loan for not more than $8.- 000,000, was signed Monday by Presi- | dent Washington Luls. CARL BEN EIELSON. HOPE FOR EIELSON AND BORLAND RS & Native Tells of Seeing Smoke in Isolated Spot Near Siberian Cape. By the Associated Press. NOME, Alaska, November 27.—New hope rose today for the cafety of Carl Ben Efelson and his mechanic, Earl Borland, missing since they took off November 9 from Teller, Alaska, on an attempted flight to the ice-locked ship Nanuk, as the result of a report by & native dog team driver that he had seen smoke in an isolated spot near North Cape, Siberia, The Nanuk is ice-bound with the Soviet ship Stavropol at North Cape, and Elelson was attempting & rescue | flight when he disappeared. Searchers have acted on the theory that he might have been forced down on the Siberian coast by gales which swept | the snow-covered region. The native said the smoke he sighted was about 36 miles from the Nanuk. Eielson carried a small stove and a large quantity of gasoline, with which it is believed he may have sent up a smoke signal. Hope was further increased by the fact that this last report coincided with another by a Russian trapper, who said he heard the drone of a plane motor in the same region on the day Eielson and Borland dropped from sight. Fog hid the plane from his view. PFrank Dorbandt, a pilot associated with Eielson, took off here yesterday for Teller, Alaska, where he will await favorable conditions to begin an aerial search for the lost aviator. Pilots Joe Crosson and Ed Young, at- tempting to fly here from Fairbanks, were forced to return to their base be- cause of jce accumulating on their planes. Pilot Frank Graham, who was also scheduled to aid in the search, last was reported stormbound at St. Michael. HEAD OF EXCHANGE SAYS ALARM FALSE By the Associated Pre PRESDENTPLAK " SHMPLE HOLDAY Church Services Will Be Fol- | lowed by Motor Trip and Late Dinner. | President and Mrs. Hoover tomorrow will observe Thanksgiving day in a | quiet and simple manner. | In the morning they will attend spe- | cial Thanksgiving services at the Metro- | politan M. E. Church, John Marshall | place and C stieet, and in the afternoon | will go for a long automobile ride in the nearby country. | Allan Hoover, their youngest son, re- turned this morning from Cambridge, Mass., where he is attending the Har- | vard 8chool for Business Educstion, to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with his parents. Plan Old Fashioned Dinner. ‘The Thanksgiving dinner at the | White House will be old ned in its general aspects. In addition to the President, Mrs. Hoover and their son, only a few intimate friends will be sent. They will not sit down to this dinner until 8 o'clock in the evening. It is understood that the 18-pound wild turkey, shot in the Biue Ridge Mountains several days ago and sent to the President by a friend, has been selected for the feast. | __Including this turkey, the White House received six turkeys for the Thanksgiving dinner, the last one, a 25 pounder, being recelved last night from the Maple Crest Farms of Well- man, Iowa. President Hoover has completed the writing of his message t0 be submitted to the regular session of Congress when it meets next week and was engaged this morning in reading the proof sheets of the printed copies. He h to have the copies ready for dumwn to the press probably Friday. President Has Busy Day. Mr. Hoover planned a busy day for himself at his office. At 10 o'cloc’k he conferred with representatives of the public utilities industries in connection with his efforts to stabilize business and stimulate prosperity. Later Ne carried out a series of con- ferences which Included ments with Senator Couzens of Michigan, Rep- resentative Underhill of Massachusetts, | Senator Thomas of Idaho, Senator Broussard of Louisiana, Chester H. | Gray, representative of the American | Farm Bureau Federation: Rev. John J. | Burke, William 8. Culbertson, Ambas- )\‘:':or to Chile, and the Egyptian Min- T, P INOTORIOUS BANDIT'S PAL | IS SLAIN TRYING ROBBERY | Alabama Business Man Is Wound- | ed Fatally in Gun Duel With Frank Cook, Dickerson’s Friend. PLAN T0 BEAUTIFY WATERFRONT GIVEN 0. K. OF WAR OFFICE Improvement of North Side of Washington Channel Favorably Acted On. COST WOULD BE SHARED BY U. S. AND DISTRICT Maj. Somervell's Recommendations Already Received by Commission- ers—O0ld Structures Mentioned. Plans for the general beautification of the entire waterfront of the Wash- ington channel of the Potomac River involving the removal of existing un- sightly structures and providing for adequate trafic facilities for present and possible future needs, have been np-’ proved by Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Engineers, and the War Department and submitted to Congress for early consideration. These plans were made by Maj. Brehon B. Somervell, in charge of this | engineer district, who estimates the cost of the entire project at $3,691,600, to be divided between the Federal Govern- ment and the District of Columbia, the | former paying $2,392,280 and the latter | $1,299,350. Under authority of pr?;mom of an act of Congress approved March 3, 1925, Maj. Somervell made preliminary ex- aminations and surveys for the im- provement of the Washington water- front, including facilities for water transportation and the provision (or‘ adequate terminals and traffic facilities, Recommendations Made. His conclusions and recommenda- tions on the general subject are sum- | marized as follows: (1) That the waterfront on side of Washington Channe! proved on the pier and slip tem, without direct railway interchange fa- cilities. - (2) That beautification be secured through development of a boulevard along Water street and regular and harmonious treatment of pier and other the north 1 be structures, with a small amount of park- | ing or landscaping. (3) That the cost of the entire proj- sct, estimated at $3,691,000, be divided between the Federal Government and the District of Columbia, $2,392,280 for | the former and $1,299,320 for the latter. (4) That rentals waterfront v be paid into a special fund 1o provide. for its maintenance, the sur plus being covered into the Treausry lm used to reimburse cost of construc- tion. (5) That rentals be fixed by the Sec: retary of War. (6) That the various holdings of the Treasury Department, District of Co- lumbia, and the chief of e along the Channel be consolidated under the Secretary of War and the improvement be entrusted to him, so that the plan can be carried through- out the waterfront without break and in orderly economical sequence, pro- vided, however, that the improvement of Water street itself be under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Modification of Lines. (7) That the Secretary of War mod- ify the harbor lines in the Washington Channel to conform to this plan. (8) That in view of recen! failures an initial appropriation $583,600 be made, to become available July 1, 1927 (fiscal year 1928), subse- quent appropriations being made in four installments in order to complete the development in five years. Ma). Somervell's plans and recom- mendations have since received the ap- proval of the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia, the director of pub- lic buildings and public parks of the National Capital and the division en- gineer. The reports have been referred to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. This board concurs in general with the district and division engineers in the opinion that the gen- eral plan for development proposed is xll{dnmefl to provide adequate facili- s for commerce using Washington Channel. . =5 Gen. Brown, chief of Engineers, con- curred in the views of the Board of En- gineers for Rivers and Harbors. “A water front used for navigation and general utility purposes,” said Gen. Brown, “is generally found to be un- sightly. “Such a eondition exists in an ag- | gravated form along Washington Chan- nel. The plans proposed by the Dis- trict Engineer. while providing for the (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) = TROLLEY RIDERS HURT. By the Associated Press. | | . BIRMINGHAM., Ala. November 27— | | The Birmingham police bureau of identification announced here yesterday | that & man who was shot to death last | week in a gun duel with Henry David- | son, business man at Decatur, had been | identified as Prank Cook, pal of Roy | | Dickerson, notorious Alabama bank | ‘blndlt and prison breaker. | | M. E. McDuff, head of the identifi- cation bureau, said that Cook escaped | from Kilby prison at Montgomery in | 1928 with Dickerson and Ivanhoe (8lick) | Sflva. Davidson also was killed in the gun duel in his own hetel room. Decatur police said at the time that the fight resulted from an attempt by the stranger to rob Davidson. The man identified as Cook was dead when officers reached the room. David- Motorman® Is Injured Crash Into Heavy Truck. NEW YORK, November 27 (#).—Two trolley cars struck a heavy truck in Brooklyn today, injuring the motorman of one of the trolleys seriously and causing lesser injuries to 20 passengers. ‘The injured motorman, John Wei- gand, 69, was taken to a hospital with a fractured skull and may die. The truck, driven by Griffin Sullivan, was speeding across the street inter- section, witnesses said, just as the trol- leys were approaching from opposite directions. One trolley hit the truck a heavy blow, causing it to careen in front ef the other. Ambulances from three hospitals treated all but two of the injured on as Cars SAN FRANCISCO, November 27.—E. {son died after pointing to the dead | the scene, and they later were able to H. H. Simmons, president of the New York Stock Exchange, arriving here from Hawalii, said he saw no alarming indi- cation of business failure in the recent stock market crash. “The man who thinks that the Unit- ed States has anything fundamentally wrong with it is very foolish,” Simmons declared. “I am confident there is no cause to worry.” Simmons and his wife returned here after a month in Hawaii, No 5:30 Editions Tomorrow The Evening Star will be is- sued about 1 o’clock tomorrow affernoon, all later editions form on the fioor saying, “He got me.” leave for their homes. | 1 i By the Associated Press. | WAGONER, Okla., November 27.— Two men are under arrest here in con- | ne~tion with an attempt by two “hard- | botled” men of the Hells Bend district of | Wagoner County to terrorise an entire | community by earrying from door to| door the body of an aged Cherokee preacher they had killed. Residents of the _district, although plainly under the influerice of the fear ?PREACHER’S BODY IS PARADED . AS BULLIES TERRORIZE TOWN| = ihe sccinied press. “Hard Boiled” Pair, Carrying Corpse of Victim From Door to Door, Warn Oklahoma Community. body of Jack Batt, Cherokee preacher, and told that “everybody had better mind his own business.” itt had filed against the two men a ¢l of attack on his daughter, but wil W it before his death. ', Wi sougl lor quest Ing connection with the killing, was arrested last night. The aged preacher’s body was found at the elder Hadley's home Sunda: Bud HITGHELL 15 ASKE 10 YILD DATA FOR SHELBYKELLY CASE Commissioners File Form:: Request as Bureau Direc- tor Refuses Plea. iREPLY NOT YET MADE . BY ATTORNEY GENERAL His Instructions to Avoid Collateral Controversies in McPherson Probe Are Recalled. | Attorney General Mitchell today re- | cetved from the District Commissioners | & letter urgently requesting the Depart- : ment of Justice to turn over to munici- pal authorities any information it may | have pertinent to the local inquiry into charges of inefficiency against Inspector William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward 13, Kelly. The charges against the former de- tective chiefs were made by the July | grand jury as a result of its investiga- tion of the death of Mrs. Virginia Me- Pherson. ‘The formal request to the Attornej General came on the heels of a futile informal effort made by the so-called Bride-Davison committee to obtain such information from J. r Hoover, di- rector of the Bureau of Investigation. Mitchell Considers Letter. Attorney General Mitchell had the letter of the Commissioners under con- sideration today, but at a late hour had not replied to it. It is recalled that at the time of issuing orders to the bureau to investigate the McPher- son mystery the Attorney General ad- monished the investigators to steer clear of “all collateral controversies” | growing out of the case. | It was expected Mitchell would for- ward the letter to Director Hoover for his recommendation. Hoover was pre- | pared to act immediately, it was under- ! stood. Put Request in Writing. It was learned today that, dissatis- fled with' their informal interview, the writing, and to include in the letter certain. rea- sons why the committee. feels the de- partment would be j in The committee is said to feel tha the question of public interest is in- volved, and that the Government is under a certain obligation to dit nything it may know of interest - he settlement of the police contro- versy in the Capital. There were indications that the new plea, placing the request on & different basis, might receive favorable consid- eration, providing the committe prom- ised to hold the records of the bureau in strict confidence. Bureau Followed Instructions. The death inquiry was conducted- by the bureau under the personal direc- tion of Inspector Thomas F. Cullen, and the investigators obeyed the Attor- ney General's instructions to the letter. It is considered possible, however, that in the course of questioning witnesses concerning the death of Mrs. McPher- son, statements were volunteered or facts were uncovered which ‘would be f | of value to District officials in settl! | the Shelby-Kelly matter, and it is for | that reason that Maj. Davison and Mr. | Bride are hopeful of i examining the transcript of testimony. It is known that some of the persons who gave information tq the'Depart- ment of Justice during the investiga- tion of circumstances attending the strangling of Mrs. McPherson agreed to talk only with the understanding their statements would be held in con- fidence. - The department, in deciding upon the latest request from the Dis- trict Building, must consider its obliga- | tions to these persons. Government officials feel they may turn over such | testimony solely for the confidential use jof the municipal -authorities, without | betraying any confidences, it is possible | the records, or certain portions of them. mav be made available. | They will take into consideration, | also, the claim that the public interest | demands that the files b= made avail- |able to the Bride-Davison committee. Allen Volunteers Services. In the meantime Robert J. Allen, dis- missed policcman whose charges led to | the investigation of Shelby's and Kelly's handling of the McPherson case, volunteered to the Commissioners as & complaining witness against the trans- ferred destective chiefs. In the letter Allen called attention to i the fact that he will give a public lec- ture on the McPherson case in the Washington Auditorium Sunday night and invited the Commissioners to be | present. Allen previously had written to | Inspector Shelby, asking him to debate the case with him on the stage of the Auditorium. Shelby ignored the letter. Robert N. Harper, president of the Auditorium corporation, sald today he had been advised by the manager of the hall that Allen had hired the Audi- t(;rmm for Sunday night at a cost of $200. 'BAKERY PROPRIETOR REPORTS KIDNAPING Momence, Ill., Man Says Bandits Abandoned Him When Their Car Staled. | MOMENCE, Ill, November 27.—Back home today, Henry W. Conrad, promi- nent Momence business man, related how he was kidnaped last night and given freedom two hours later upon abandonment by the kidn of their stolen automobile near Cook, Ind. Conrad, owner of a large bakery, said two men, pretending to be ofl salesmen, entered his office and ordered him to P e dags fecel lready ha y's ipts al d_been banked. After lining up the employes and searc] the the kidnapers ordered Conrad into their car.and sped eastward. p In Lowell, Ind, the men forced Con- night. ycota:ly. said to have been Had: of terrorisa- o “mmud . and morning continued northward, lea Conrad in the abandoned car. i ¥eing dropped on sccount of green ta t's, i taffeta curtains, in the President's, Thanksgiving. quarters, to “ am cards with gold seal at the 'JFP“ i Radio Progra&— Page 11 October 31, but none was accepted. Dispatches from New reported that while nothing uw‘n had been ons or trends. They -ufiult no rea- flm at this time for curtailing the con-~ the twe ity bullies intended to | ley’s companion on the on st this time for curtailing the con- inspire, mmmu they were summoned | tion. was arrested y (Continued on Page 4, Oclumn 3.) to their SUrs Sunday to be ghown the and charged with the m