Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and not quite so cold, with lowest temperature about 15 degrees tonight; tomorrow fair, with rising temperature. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news ‘Temperatures—Highest, yesterday; lowest, 11, Full report on page 14. New York Stock Market Closed Today 32, at noon at 8:30 No. 31,259. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D.. C. b WASHINGTON, ¢ Foen ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, SATURDAY, ing Star, service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 111,957 NOVEMBER 30, 1929 —THIRTY PAGES. * (#) Moans Associated Pri TWO CENTS. BYRD RETURNS TO CAMP |RPORIS AFFRNED| AFTER HAZARDOUS TRIP |DIRECT PEAGE STEP FROM POLE OVER PEAKS Sturdy Airplane Battles Wind in Range. 45 DAYS’ FOOD DUMPED ON ICE ‘Magnificent Sights’ Are Seen En Route by Explorer. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The Star and the New York Times, | LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, November 29.—Conqueror of two poles by air, Comdr. Richard E. Byrd flew into camp at 10:10 o'clock this morning, having been gone 18 hours and 59 minutes. An hour of this time was spent at the mountain base refueling. The first man to fly over the North and South Poles and the only man to fly over the South Pole, stepped from his plane and | was swept up on the arms of the men in camp who for more than an hour had been anxiously watch- ing the southern horizon for a sight of the plane. Deaf from the roar of the motors, tired from the continual strain of the flight and the long period of navigation' under dimiculties. Comdr. byrd was still smiling and difficult a flight as has ever been made in an airplane, tossed by gusts of wind, climbing desperate- 1y up the slopes of glaciers a few hundred feet above the surface. Radiant Airmen Borne in Triumph. His companions on the flight tumbled out stiff and weary also. but so happy that forgot their al out first. There was a little smudge of soot under the nose, but the infectious smile which has en- deared him to those who know| him, was radiant. He was carried away, and then came Harold June, who, between intervals of helping Balchen and attending to fuel tanks and lines and taking pictures, found time to send the radio bulletins ‘which told of the plane’s progress. And after him Capt. Ashley McKinley was lifted from the doorway, beaming like the Cheshire cat because his sur- veying camera had done its work all the way. Dumped Food of Forty-five Days. Men crowded about them eager for the story ?‘!:h‘;'lu; they uhld‘ been through, cat ragments of sen- tences. It had evidently been a terrific battle to get up through the mountains to dump & month and a half food to do it,” said Comdr. Byrd. “I am glad it wasn't gas. It was nip and tuck all the way.” “Yes,” chuckied Balchen. “Do you re- member when we were sliding around those knolls picking the wind currents o help us and there wasn't more than | 300 feet under us at times? We were | ust stagge along, with drift and iloud.s lndfllnll‘ sorts of things around When the plane approached the mountains on the way south, Comdr. Byrd picked out the Livingston Glacier, & large glacier somewhat to the west of the Axel Heiberg Glacier, as the best passageway. Swooping Upward Through Drift. The high mountains shut them in all around as they forced their way up- ward, Balchen, conserving his fuel to the utmost, coaxing his engines, picking the up-currents of air as best he could to help the plane ride upward. Clouds swirled about them at times, puff-balls of mist driven down the gla- cier; drift scurried beneath them; it was a wicked place for an airplane to be, hemmed in by the wall of the towering peaks on either side. There was one time when they had to lighten ship and Byrd, looking around for what could best be spared, decided to dump some food. There was a dump valve in the fuselage tank, but he had SALE OF GUNS TO RU SMUGGLERS CHARGED Former Canadian Officer Faces Ex- tradition for Alleged Disposal of Army Property. Column By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, November 30.—W.R. McKay, former captain in the ordnance Corps of the Canadian army, was de- tained here today by Sergt. L. J. Samp- son of the Royal Canadian Mouated Police and Deputy United States Mar- shal Kenneth McLean. McKay was chargc with the theft from the Canadian government of a Lewis machine gun, which, it is alleged, he sold to rum runners operating on the United States border. The Cana- dian officer said that McKay, who was sationed at the army post at Vancou- ver, was suspected of selling other gov- ernment supplies and weapons to rum Tunners. United States agents said weapons captured from rum runners along the Western Canadian border bore Cana- dian government identification marks. McKay said he would “have plenty to tell in court” and would not be made a goat. ‘ Extradition hearings before United States ioner D. David were set er 13. the; cul cramped muscles.. were 150 toskeq: aloft, pofll‘é’ Sir-thet back and carried to the entrance of the mess hall. Bernt Balchen, the calm- pilot who first met Comdr. B&r in Bpitzbergen and who was with him on the transatlantic flight, came Byrd Radios He Can See Almo: ing High in Vicinity of Pole t BY COMDR. RIC! ABOARD AIRPLANE FLOYD reenwich Mean Time (8:55 A.M. of the South Pole, flying high for limitless polar plateau. am. between 1:55 a.m. in the date line old I. June. The commander’s last senten | parture. Copyright, 1929, by the New York Times Co. All_Rights for Publication Reserved Throughout the World. First Message From South Pole <t Limitless Plateau While FI; o Make Photographic Survey. HARD E. BYRD. By Radio to The Star and to the New York Times. BENNETT, in Flight, 1:55 AM. New York Time), Friday, Novem- ber 29.—My calculations indicate that we have reached the vicinity a survey. The airplane is in good shape, crew all well. Will soon turn north. We can see an almost Our departure from the Pole was at 1:25 BYRD. | The difference in the times mentioned in this dispatch—that is, | and 1:25 a.m,, given by the com- | mander as that of his departure from the South Pole—is probably ac- counted for by the lapse between the writing of the dispatch by the commander and its coding and sending by the wireless operator, Har- ce was evidently added after he | began to fly away from the Pole; the first part written before his de- and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Geographic Societ Thanked by Byrd For Financial Aid Appreciation of Help and Encouragement Is Ex- pressed in Message. By the Assoclated Press. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd today sent a radio message to Dr. Gilbert Gros venor, president of the National Gso-| graphic Society, thanking him and the society for aid and encouragement given toward the South Pole expedition. “At a crucial period of our prepara- tion for this expedition,” the Byrd mes- sage, transmitted through the New York Times, said: “The National Geo- graphic Society came to our assistance with encouragement and a substantial grant and so hel in a big way to make our expedition possible.” “Now in the midst of our most diffi- our tance by ::WMI original ;nn‘t of us.ooommd 50 greatly every man in camp. Your confidence also means a great deal to us.. You have made us all feel that the several years we have put into this effort and the hardships and hazards we have undergone have not been wasted. . You, Dr. Grosvenor, Dr. La Gorce and the trustees and research committee and the more than a million members of your society have our deepest gratitude. “RICHARD BYRD.” Comdr. Byrd's reference to the dupli- cate grant was to $25,000 awarded to his expedition during the past week, supplementing an original grant of $25,000 for the scientific work of the expedition. The news of this reached Comdr. Byrd just before he started his flight to the South Pole. MARION STRIKERS ARE HELD GUILTY Jury Convicts Labor Organizer| With Three Workers on Rioting Charge. | By the Associated Press. MARION, N. C., November 30.—Al- fred Hoffman, United Textile Workers of America organizer, and Lawrence Hogap, Del Lewis and Wes Fowler, strikers from local cotton mills, today were convicted by a jury in McDowell | Superior Court of rioting. They were | acquitted of charges of resisting officers. Hoffman was fined $1,000 and sen- tenced to one month in jail, and Fow- ler, Hogan and Lewis each was given | mendation of mercy. verdict be set aside, asserting that he Attorney Thomas M. Jones, for the ‘uld Hoffman was in ill hezlth and that of the State Hospital for the Insane. favorable to labor as any in the coun- thing as “peaceful picketing.” i e jury was drawn from Burke County The case of the defendants was 7| TWO ARE ARRESTED, INBUREAU GAMING Pair Taken in Custody After Secret Service and Police Investigation. Charges of widespread gambling ac- tivities among the personnel of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and investigation by the United States secret service and local police into conditions in this department as well as several others were revealed today with the arrest of two persons charged with violations of section 865 of the District code covering gaming, and two per- sons who were held on bond as Gov- ernment witnesses. Police said that more atrests will follow as they delve deeper into the situation. Otto Boswell, colored, 1300 Llock of Twenty-eighth street, an employe of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, was arrested today by Detectives Rich- ard Cox and G. C. McCarron of the| vice squad, along with George Walker, | colored, also of the 1300 block of | Twenty-eighth street. Held As Witnesses. LeRoy Toliver and Elijah White, both colored employes of the bureau, wers held under bond as Government wit- nesses. A secret service agent assisted the vice squad in the work. ! According to Detective Cox, Boswell has been collecting bets on the numbers game from employes of the bureau, and taking them outside to Walker, who is all:ged to be the backer of the games, The vice squad, under orders from Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, have confined themselves almost entirely to these investigations during the past several weeks. Police say that they received complaints from | Government officials. Agent in Court. A secret service agent accompanied | the arrested ment to Police Court, where | assistant United States attorneys were informed of the facts under which the arrests were made, Police report that they have reason to belleve that a large amount of gambling is going on in other Govern- | ment departments. REVISED PRAYER BOOK IN USE TOMORROW Episcopal Churches of United States to Install Work of Joint Commission. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 30.—The re- vised book of common prayer, repre- senting a work of 15 years, will go formally into use tomorrow in every Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. ‘The book was the work of a joint commission of bishops, clergy and lay delegates headed by Right Rev. Charles Lewis Slattery, Bishop of Massachusetts. ‘There are many changes from the old teyf, among them being omission in the marriage service of the word “obey” by the bride and that of “with all my worldly goods Ifthee endow" by the bridegroom. TWO CHILDREN PERISH. PITTSBURGH, Pa., November 30 (#). —Two small boys were burned to death when fire destroyed the home of Fred- erick Willlams on Duquesne Heights early today. six months on the chain gang. The jury's verdict carried a recom- | Judge G. V. Cowper, presiding, over- | ruled motions of the defense that the thought that “the evidence fully sus- | tained the verdict.” defense, pointing out the jury recom- mendation, suggested only fines, He | Powler was crippled and in ill health. Lewis, he said, formerly was an inmate Judge Cowper said that the govern- mental policy of North Carolina was as try. He also cited Chief Justice Taft's | opinion that there could be no such ‘The defense gave notice of an appeal, and bonds were fixed at $2,000 each. on petition of the defendants that a fair trial could not be obtained | from a McDowell County jury. given to the jury at the conclusion of six days of testimony and arguments. The dead are Frederick, jr., 10, and Edward, 12. |Compass Used to Steer C By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 30.—An airmail pilot, fiying from Cologne to Croydon | yesterday, found familiar landmarks of I Southeast England 5o obliterated by flood that he lost his bearings and eventually had to steer by compass. This incident was indicalive of the present state of a large part of South- ern and Western Middle England after several days of abnormally heavy rain- fall, which now has all former November records. FLYER LOSES COURSE WHEN FLOODS | WIPE OUT ENGLISH LANDMARKS ologne-to-Croydon Plane as Rain Breaks Record. ‘The Upper Thames, on which vast sums have been spent to prevent flood- ing, has overflowed its banks; the Sev- ern in some places is 11 feet above Summer level, and all rivers of the Middle and Southwest of England are rolling to the sea in similar volume. Many villages are isolated with roads impassable. Railway traffic has been partially interrupted, and farming, building and other outdoor work sto] , while hundreds of occupants of have been driven to residence in_upper stories. Rain continued to fall today. 1S TAKEN BY CHINA Unofficial Sources at Mukdén and Nanking Say Negotia- tions Are Proceeding. ONLY ONE DIFFICULTY BELIEVED TO BE IN WAY Manchuria Taking Lead, but Na- tionalists May Be Final Authority on Terms. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, November 30.—Despite denials from Nanking that conversations between Moscow and Mukden for set- tlement of the Chinese Eastern Railway controversy are proceeding independ- ently, both Nanking and Mukden un- official sources today strongly affirmed that such negotiations were proceeding. Notwithstanding Moscow reports that the Mukden authorities have ac- cepted the Soviet demands in their en- tirety these sources declared that Muk- den had declined to accept the condi- tions as outlined, refusing one of the three specifications. Moscow’s Proposals, ‘The Mukden information states thl!; Moscow proposed that the Manchurian authorities agree to a settlement ac- knowledging Moscow’s demands for re- HOOVER COMPLETES turn of the status quo in the railway zone, the reinstatement of the Russian | manager and vice manager of the rail- | way and the release of Russian pris- | oners in China. i It appears that Mukden indicated its | willingness to accept the first and third | conditions, but refused the second,| pleading that if it accepted the second | such an action would defeat the en- | tire purpose of the Chinese seizure of | the railway, namely, the stoppage of | Russian Communist propaganda China, especially in Manchuria. From what can be determined here, | it is upon this one condition that the reported Moscow-Mukden negotiations now hang. Moscow as yet has not in- dicated either acceptance or refusal of | Mukd=n’s contention that this condition be erased from Moscow’s three prelim- inary proposals. In Touch With Nanking. Although Mukden is taking the major role in these conversations as far as the | Chinese are concerned, it was further learned that the Manchurian authori- Yelop 1 Nanking with i appArest tac apparent in- | tention of maintaining the appearance | of unity between Nanking and Mukden at the same time making possible Nan- king’s avoidance of being placed in the position of ha to admit that Man- churig is conduct indenendent nego- | tiations with Moscow. Such an arrangement, it was said in well advised quarters, permitted Muk- | den unhampered freedom of action and at the same time made possible Nan- king's denials that the Manchurians were acting independently. It is expected now that the Mukden- | Moscow_conversations will develop into = (Continved on' ST o0 Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) VARE CASE DELAY AGAIN PROPOSED Senator Watson Favors Ac-| tion on Contest Before That on Denying Seat. By the Associated Press. Another postponement of the Vare | case in the Senate was proposed today ' by Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- | publican leader, in mapping out the | program for the regular session, be- | ginning Monday. Senator Watson would have the Sen- ate act on the contest brought against Willlam S. Vare, Senator-elect from | Pennsylvania, by William B. Wilson, his | Democratic opponent, before acting on the resolution denying Vare a seat on account of his expenditures in the pri- mary campaign. The Senate election subcommittee | which has investigated the Wilson-Vare | contest has never reported. It will meet Monday, but it still has before it a re- quest by Vare for a recount in 31 ad- ditional counties. ‘The resolution of Senator Norris, Re- publican, of Nebraska, to deny Vare his Senate seat on account of his expendi- tures in the 1926 primary comes up automatically in the Senate Tuesday. Senator Watson said today he would propose a postponement, and would ask that a report on the election contest be made first. There is some doubt as to whether a postponement will be agreed to. If the Vare case is laid aside Watson proposes to go ahead with the tariff bill on Tuesday. There are other questions, however, to be dealt with before the holidays. The Jjoint resolution authorizing a $160,000,~ 000 income tax reduction is expected to come over from the House before the end of the week. ‘The iegislative course in the House has been well laid. Income tax reduc- tion, ratification of the agreement on the $400,000,000 French debt and the annual departmental supply bills stand | at the top of the program. ‘Watson in Conferences. In the Senate, however, Senator Wat- son of Indiana, the Republican leader, is conducting a series of conferences with regulars in an effort to bring about a realignment that can meet success- fully the powerful Democratic-inde- pendent Republican coalition. An interesting contest is expected in the reorganization of the majority mem- bership on the Senate committees. Representation on the finance com- mittee is being demanded by the West- ern independents, who urge the selec- tion of Senator La Follette of Wiscon- sin. This probably will come up after the settlement of the contest over Sena- tor-elect Vare's seat. One problem that loomed for the Senate Republicans has been solved Senator Smoot of Utah expressed a de~ sire to continue as chairman of the In | gent Hoover to express his thoughts| finance committee rather than become chairman of the l‘pfimpfllfim commit- tee, & post to which ke became eligible - through the death of Wyoming. Senator Warren * !EUNGRESS_MESSAGE] President Takes 12,000 Words to Express His Thoughts to Lawmakers. | It required 12,000 words for Presi- upon the state of the Union and to| make known his wants in the matter | of legislation, in the message he has| Just completed and which will be sub- | mitted to Congress when it convenes in_regular session December 2. ‘While at first glance this number of words’ sounds unusually large for such | & message, research into presidential | messages since Roosevelt’s administra- tion shows that Mr. Hoover’s effort actually is & little below the average, Average Is Around 15,000, This_research, which was ‘White House attaches at the of the President, shows that the ®Verage annual message at the opening of Con- gress was from 15,000 to 16,000 words. President Roosevelt was a lengthy writer, his documents running from 12,000 to 21,000 words. But the record | for length is held by William Howard | Taft, who once submitted a message to Congress containing 34,000 words. Calvin Coolidge holds the record for the shortest message during that period, which is 8,000 words. He wrote some longer ones, but during his occupancy ?g J&e White House, his average was It is understood President Hoover had this research made before putting the final touches on his own message. He discovered that his document was grow- ing lengthy and that he had not cov- ered all the subjects he wished, and in order to satisfy himself regarding the number of words used by his predeces- sors, he asked for the information. Being Brief Is Difficult. ‘Those familiar with the preparation of presidential messages know that to | cover the ground completely and to touch upon the various subjects which are of importance and to include his recommendations for legislation, a Pres- ident finds it difficult to be brief. President Hoover's message, which was in process of writing and rewriting for nearly a month, last night was given | to the press to hold for release until it is delivered to Congress. The Presi- dent made many changes in his orig- inal draft, and even made a number of alterations after his copy was put in at the Government Printing Office. ese changes, however, are under- stood to have been merely a revision of phraseology. The President has announced that he will not go to the Capitol to read his message, but will send it and have it read by clerks of the Senate and House. The message will be delivered on De- cember 3, the day following the formal opening of Congress, but the President’s buu‘et message will not be delivered until December 4. LAKE SHIPS DRIVEN T0 PORTS BY GALE Seven Grain Vessels and Four Package Freighters Overdue at Fort Williams, Ontario. by By the Associated Press. FORT WILLIAMS, Ontario, Novem- ber 30.—A northwest gale that swept over the Great Lakes drove grain car- riers and freighters to port today. Seven grain boats and four package freighters were overdue at Fort Wi- liams, some for as long as three days. Most of the ships are without wire- less and marine men express the belief that they were all safely sheltered. | capacity. Burglar Puts Boy To Bed, Then Robs House of Jewels By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 30.— Amos Jones debated with himself 24 hours before reporting this burglary. Jones lost his 5-year-old son in a crowd watching a toyland pa- rade in the downtown shopping district. While the father searched frantically the boy found his way home, and went to sleep on the front porch. Passersby saw him there, and asked him why he didn’t go inside. “All the doors are locked,” he answered. ‘When Jones came home the boy was tucked safely in bed, a win- dow was jimmied and $300 worth of jewelry and clothing gone. Yesterday Jones made up his mind that it was thoughtful of the burglar to put the boy to bed, but that one good deed was hardly worth the cost. NOVEMBER RECORD BROKEN BY COLD Washington Temperature Is 11.3 at 8:30 A.M., as 11 Die in Midwest. Washington experienced the coldest November weather on record today as the general cold wave spread to most of the United States, inflicting 11 deaths in the Middle West, another 1n New York and driving thousands of the destitute to places of refuge. The official temperature reading here at 8:30 this morning was 11.3, the low- est since the Weather Bureau was es- tablished, in 1871. The outlook, how- ever, is for a minimum of 15 degrees to- night, followed tomorrow by a gradual abatement of the intense cold. Some 500 unemployed men found lodging last night in four welfar> houses, all of which were jammed to| Two of the lodging places had to turn away applicants, since every available space had been filled. The Gospel Mission at 214 John Marshal place, which sheltered almost 200 of the unemployed last night, is- sued an appeal for warm clothing of any sort. All of the mission's 179 beds were filled, and an overflow was ac- commodated on the benches of the chapel. Motorists Have Trouble. ‘The intense cold brought incon- venience as well as suffering to the Na- tional Capital, particularly among un- wary motorists who had neglected to protect their radiators. Some 160 repair men were on emer- gency duty for the local branch of the American Automobile Association this morning, answering some 850 hurry calls from all parts of the District. In about one-fifth of the cases the motor cooling systems were found to have frozen. The others were due to batteries too weak to turn over engines in_which the lubricants had congealed. The calls for assistance began to pour into garages and to the association here shortly after the theater closing hour last night. Many agencies have abandoned attempts to tow disabled cars to garages, and are servicing them where found. Some 20 operators were busy with the calls at the Automobile Association today. Of the itinerants driven indoors by the biting northwest wind, which ranged from 20 to 33 miles an hour velocity, some 150 found accommoda- tion at the Reliance Hotel, maintained by the Salvation Army at 119 Penn- sylvania avenue. Numerous others had to be refused. Over 120 obtained shelter at the Cen- ~(Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) THLHAN GV TESTMONYIN SO Says He Was Given 9,000 Shares of F. H. Smith Co. Common ‘Stock. Representative Frederick N. Zihlman, chairman of the House District commit- | tee, and a director in the F. H. Smith | Co., which is under an examination by | the District grand jury, testified at a | hearing before a notary public yester- | day that he was the recepient of 9,000 | shares of common stock in the invest- ment firm, given gratis. In addition to these shares of common, he also testi- fied that he had bought $5,000 worth of preferred stock. Mr. Zihlman appeared at a hearing conducted by Alexander H. Galt of the ‘Wcodward Building, with a commission from a Pl lelphia court of common pleas to take depositions for testimony in a pending civil suit in which the F. H. Smith Co. is defendant. Until its removal to New York last week, the investment company had its principal office here. Asks Balance on Contract. The case concerns the “financing of & Philadelphia apartment house on which the Smith company, it was stated, han- dled a first mortgage. The plaintiff asks payment of $4,850 allegedly due 1t as balance on a contract for the in- stallation of electric equipment in the | apartment house. Mr. Zihlman, explaining his owner- ship of stock, and adding he had re- ceived the 9,000-odd shares of the com- mon stock and paid nothing for it, de- stock were issued to the directors and to employes of that company, none of whom pald anything for it. This stock was issued, it was ex- plained, in the case of the directors to the holders of preferred stock. Of the total, 150,000 shares were issued to such preferred stockholders and 50,000 shares to_employes, it was added. This common stock has no value ex- <ept in so far as it has earning capacity, i he explained. Crissinger Also Testifies. Other witnesses appearing at the hearing were Daniel R. Crissinger, for- mer controller of the currency, a di- rector of the company; R. Golden Don- aldson, president of the Commercial National Bank, attorney for the com- pany, and Samuel J. Henry, president of the Smith Co. President Henry de- clined to give the value of the com- mon stock when asked about it on the ground that it was immaterial to the case. The N. E. Henderson & Co., Phila- ‘delphia, brought suit against the Smith Co. in connection with the construc- tion of the Royalton Apartments. In the financing of this Philadelphia apartment house the Smith Co. is said to have handled a first mortgage of $600,000. Henderson & Co. sued the Smith Co. as “undisclosed principals” after fail- ing to collect from the contractor, Jo- seph Rabinowitz of Philadelphia. The plaintiff alleged that the Highland Apartment Co., which operated the Roy- alton Apartments, was a subsidiary of the F. H. Smith Co. The case of the Royalton, it was said, will be heard in the Philadelphia court om December 5. # TOM MIX IN HOSPITAL. Cowboy of Films Undergoes Opera- tion for Shoulder Injury. SAN DIEGO, Calif., November 30 (#). —Tom Mix, cowboy rider of the films, dergone an operation for a shoulder injury said to have been sustained in a fall from a horse at Dallas, Tex., three months ago. Dr. Charles W. Fox, who B:rform!d the operation, sald Mix would in the hospital only a few days. LOVES PENITENTIARIES | AFTER 52 YEARS INSIDE By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 30.—There is nothing quite like a nice, warm peni- tentiary, says George Ferguson, who has spent 52 of his 80 years in first one, then another. Advised that he was to be released from Joliet Penitentiary, Ferguson wrote to the warden at the Auburn, N. Y, ' Prison stating that while serving a term there under an assumed name he vio- | lated his parole. Auburn officers met him at the Joliet Prison gates yesterday. and Ferguson expressed genuine pleas- ure at seeing them. “I've lost contact with life outside,” he said. “I wouldn’t know what to do if I were free. You've a nice place at Auburn, but I won't knock Jollet, It's nice, too.” Radio Programs—Page 24 |WAR VETERAN’S MIND CLEARS WHEN BROTHER VISITS HOSPITAL! ! Picture in Red Cross Magazine Leads to Identification After Twelve Years. By the Assoclated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Ill., November 30.— An amnesia victim for 12 years, Alvin Carlson of Lewiston, Mont., today knew himself again. Demobilized after the war, Carlson was picked up in Chicago his mind a blzak as to who he was. To the Elgin, Tll, State Hospital he was sent; then to the Suumex-&rvlu Men's Hospital e, in_Ja v/ Mufin a thousand high schools were unicated with in an unsuc- cessful attempt to establish his identity ‘Lhmulh a high school ring he was wear- ng. Then came partial memory; he said his father’s name was “Charlie” and was prominent in Masonic work. Red Cross in its magazine carried an account of the case. This was read by a Lewiston, Mont. an, who recognized Carlson's pictus A Dbrother, Ed Carl- son, was notified. The brother came to Jacksonville last | clared also that 200,000 shares of this dre was in a hospital here today, having un- | Ph | detective chiefs 1. WAY IS CLEARED FOR EARLY TRIAL OF POLIGE OFFIGERS Shelby and Kelly to Answer Jury Charge of “Bungling” McPherson Case. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REFUSES TO GIVE DATA Indications Point to Special Board Composed of District Commis- sioners Themselves, ‘The way appeared clear today for an early arraignment before a special trial board of Inspector William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly on grand jury charges of “bungling” the Me- Pherson strangling case, following re- fusal by the Department of Justice to surrender the data collected in its spe- cial investigation of the case. District authorities had been mark- ing time pending a reply from the A:- torney General to their request for per- mission to examine confidential records of the Bureau of Investigation in the McPherson case. Now that the possi- bility of securing this information has :eell;o shattered, Commissioner Proctor « Dougherty said today there appeared no reason for further dela; tling the Shelby-Kelly problem. e § d’ul‘rhl by Special Board. ndications were that the dey would be m"g:u hdu trial before a special board composed of the Commissioners themselves. The basis of the trial will be the scathing report of the July grand Jury, whiclt criticised the police handiing of the inquiry into the mysterious death of Virginia McPherson, and which specifi- cally condemned Inspector Shelby, then chief of the detective bureau, and Lieut. Kelly, then head of the homicide Both police officers have requested a speedy trial and apparently the joint request will be granted promptly.’ An announcement in this connecticn is ex- cted early next week, when Maj. Don- ald A. Davison, assistant engineer com- :nol::lg:lml;.l"llnd ‘”t !W' Bride, corporation sel, meet Teport 4 Lh:tcto‘m;nlsalanerx.“ T » nown Maj. Da Bride were dxuppoi'nuu v:im:.ne' '::xul-':i e to them secret records - ing the Federal investigation u%ovteg- Park Lane tragedy. It is said both were confident the request would be frantea A"‘ohlllchell and Hoover Confer, ey General Mitehell, 6 a conference yesterday nrumlmm . Edgar Hoover, director of the Bureau of Investigation, wrote the Com sioners that the department investigated the manner in w local police conducted their jprobe of .the McPherson case and explained that all information obtained from witnesses by the Government agents was held in confidence. To make the transeript of testimony available to municipal offi- cials, the Attorney General pointed out, Would be & betrayal of the trust which the department's informants had placed in the Government. Mitchell remarked that the Commissioners should be able to gain any information they desired by Questioning the same persons inter- viewed by Federal agents, g};:dte):: olozhe lelfg, which was ad- mmissioner Proc Dougherty, is as follows: s l§¥ lgenr Mr. Femmluluner: ave received your letter of vember 26, asking that this d!plr!m’::: make available to the special board ap- pointed by the Commissioners of e District to inquire into charges against members of the Metropolitan Police Department a stenographic report of the statements made to_the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice during its inquiry into the death of Mrs. Virginia H. n. “The Bureau of Investigation under- took the inquiry into the McPherson case for the very purpose of separating the administration of criminal Justice from any controversy within the "Police Department, and its inquiry was not so conducted as to draw out any matters bearing on the conduct of the police. ‘Special care was taken to avoid any action which would draw the Bureau of Investigation into the controversy with- in the Police Department, because the rtment of Justice has no lawful function to perform respecting matters of police discipline or efficiency. “'Because of the way in which our in- quiry was conducted, if there is any- thing in the statement of witnesses to this department which has any bearing on the matter your board is investi- 5:::2"', it is entirely incidental and in- Should Be Confidential. “Furthermore, a large number of the witnesses whose statements were ob- tained by the Bureau of Investigation gave their statements upon the as- surance that they would be treated as confidential to the extent of not being used except in the presentation of the matter to the grand jury. ““We could not now open these state- ments for inspection for any other pur- pose without violating this assurance, committing a breach of faith and im- pairing the effectiveness of the bureau work in the future. It is also open to the officials of the trict to obtain in their own way information respect- ing how the Police Department made its inquiry into the death of Mrs. Mc- erson, “For these reasons I have been com- pelled to the conclusion that it would not be in the public interests to allow (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 90 PER CENT MOTORIZED Evanston, Ill., Custodian Says Some of Vehicles Parked at Building Are Queer. but They Are Autos. By the Assoclated Press. EVANSTON, Il, November 30— If figures don't lie, 90 per cent of Evan- ston’s high school boys and girls drive to_school in automobiles. The word automobile is used by Jacob Stadtler, custodian of the high school. in its broadest meaning. Some of the vehicles, he admits, operate erratically, and many of them are antiques. Still, in Eire ears ago.” saldBiadger “Five years ago,” ', “the method of transportation was bicycles. Now the young folks drive. On an aver- age day there are 250 cars parked out- side the high school.” Stadtler stated with a show of pride that several of the gasolirie vehicles hit on four cylinders frequently.