Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness and warmer to- n!iht: tomorrow rain; colder at night. ‘emperatures—Highest, 52, noon to- day: lowest, 31, at 6:45 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 @) WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. Wit tion is delivered to Entered as second class matte; post office, Washington, D. C. No. 31,265. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1929—-SIXTY-FOUR PAGES. ** VARE AND WILSON - ARE DENIED SEATS AS SENATE UPHOLDS VOTE FRAUD CHARGE Pennsylvania Case Is Dis- posed of Finally After Pro- longed Fight by Republican' Chief to Win Confirmation. GOVERNOR IS E;PECTED TO MAKE APPOINTMENT WILLIAM S. VARE. SOVIET STIL Photo. Filling of Post Would Permit Reed to Attend Conference in London Next Month on Limitation of Navy Arms as United States Representative. SOVIET STILL SEES | 1S ASUNFRIENDLY | Stimson’s Note Regarded as Fresh Argument for Recognition. William S. Vare, Senator-elect from Pennsylvania, today was de- nied a seat.in the Senate by that body. The vote was 58 to 22. Immediately after the Senate | had turned back from its doors| the Philadelphia Republican lead- | R, De-o n::: :isse ; : i A , December 6.—Secretary of | of the 1926 election, William B.|'Dat mation to adhere to the provisos 2 4 |of the Kellogg peace treaty in regare Wilson, former member of the t, Manchurian hostilities with China House and former Secretary of |remains an unfriendly gesture, in the Labor in the Wilson cabinet, had | opinion of the official Soviet organ Iz- not been elected to the Senate and | vestia. The Secretary of State's ex- was not, therefore, entitled to o |Planations aroused Russia's curiosity as seat in that body. to whether the United States was aware | The vote on the resolution also bar-| Of the progress of direct negotiations ring William B. Wilson from occupytn“ between Russia and Mukden before the | e by note was dispatched. B e action o ot iemosed | 1L the United States was informed finally of the Vare case and the Wilson- | beforehand, its intervention was un- BY CARROLL BINDER. Special Clbléhb‘ tch to The Star and the . I ‘hinese Vare contest, which has been hanging | fendiy. 1ivestis says. If his Chinese Stimson the progress of negotiations at Mukden, that, adds Izvestia, is the price paid for the absence of dipiu- matic relations of the United States with the Union of Socialist Soviet Re- publics, and, therefore, it certainiy was not a correct nor friendly act to intervene under the circumstances. In other words, Stimson's now strikes the Russian as a fresh "fl‘& ment for recognition by the Unil States. If Stimson is sincerely concernea for .peace, asks Izvestia, why didn’t he act promptly last July, when tne Chinese raids on Russian soil began? ‘The press carries no fresh news ree g{d\n the negotiations with Mukden, it lfl‘l infers that the dispute is set- tied unless Mukden retracts its ap- proval “under the encouragement of sponsors of the Kellogg treaty notes.” Should such unfortunate tactics be adopted and Chinese occupation of the Eastern Railway, over which th: hostilities began, continue, nothing | would persuade Russia to believe other- wise than that this is due to Washing- ton, acting in behalf of American cap- italists, is the opinion of the press. The Pravda’s headlines say that Cuba, Holland and Mexico concur in the ac- tion of Stimson and that “these im- perialist’s vassals join in the spirit of the Stimson note.” (Copyright. 1929.) APPROVES AGREEMENT. fire for almost three years, Twelve minutes before the Senate voted to deny him a seat, Mr. Vare, ac- companied by his physician, Dr. John J. Shaw, came into the Senate cham- ber and took a seat in the front row on the Republican side. When Vice President Curtis an- nounced the result of the vote, Mr. Vare arose painfully, and with aid of | his cane and his physician walked out of the chamber. He limped as a re- €ult of the paralytic stroke Jast T The veteran Republican leader was composed. In the gallery his wife and his two daughters, Miss Beatrice Vare and Mrs. William Kitt, watched the proceedings. Vare Holds Vote Is “Injustice.” Mr. Vare, on leaving the Senate chamber, went to the office of Senator | Reed of Pennsylvania, and there dic- tated the following statement: “I feel that a great injusf been done my State and mysejf. It is to be regretted that the highest body in the land should so trample upon the Constitution and treat so lightly | the rights of a State.” Bingham Criticizes Action. Immediately after the vote declaring Wilson not elected Senator Bingham ot Connecticut criticized the Senate for| entering into a unanimous consent{ agreement to vote on the Vare case| today at noon without first calling a quorum. Senate rules provide that be- fore a unanimous consent agreement can be reached to fix a time to vote on 2 bill or a joint ;esolunon there must be a quorum called. | Senul!nr Bingham said that, while thel vote on the Vare case was not a vote | on a bill or a joint resolution, and the | rule had not been violated technically,| it did violate the spirit of the rule. tice has | Chinese | MUKDEN MUKDEN, = December 6 (#).—The Mukden political council today dis- patched a message to Moscow approv- ing the preliminary agreement reached between Chinese and Russian delegates for the settlement of the Chinese East- | ern Railway controversy. After prolonged discussions over the preliminary agreement, which was ne- | October term, A.D. 1929, Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Dem- | gotiated by representatives of Russia ocratic leader, replied that the unani-|and China at Nikolsk-Ussuriisky. Si- mous consent agreement had been en-|peria, December 3, the Mukden council, tered into in the regular course of busi- to which the Chinese delegates reported ness. He said that it came in bad after their initial meeting with the So- taste for the Senator from Comnecticut | viet delegates, decided to withdraw jts to criticize his colleagues for ¥AKing an| ~ Gontinueq on Page 2, Column 7. action he admits was clearly hin the | ac i - g (Gontinued on Fage 2 Colmn 2 SAYS LEVINSON DESERVES | | | | NEW BEDFORD. Mass., December and Chickens Light, off New Bedford | of whom was reported to have been X i bury. according to a radio report re- Langley Wind Tunnel Large: to be five times larger than any other | will be installed shortly at Langley Seventeen of Crew, One Reported Hurt, Are Taken Off. ] 6 P,.—The steam yacht Faila, owned by Edsel Ford, went aground near Hen Harbor, last night. Seventeen members of the crew, one injured, were taken off shortly after 7 am. by Coast Guard patrol boat 287 of the Woods Hole base, in charge | of Chief Gunner's Mate Gordon Dis- | ceived by the base. Shel o by NEWPORT NEWS, Va.. December 6 (7 —A wind tunnel which is expected of its kind for testing airplanes and costing between $800,000 and $900,000 Field for the national advisory commit- tee on aeronautics. | pa | than Borah. | 1930 NOBLE PEACE PRIZE Celler Opposes Ford for Award and Thinks Borah's Claim Pre- cedes Kellogg's By the Associated Press. Opposition to the suggestion of Ed- ward A. Filene of Boston that Henry Ford be nominated as a candidate for the Nobel peace prize of 1930 was expressed in a letter to the Bostonian today by Representative Celler, Demo- crat, New York. Salmon O. Levinson, Chicago lawyer, was suggested as the logical candidaie for, the prize by the New Yorker, who said Levinson “was the actual author of the idea of the renunciation of war by treaty, which idea found lodgment flnntlly in the Kellogg-Briand peact it Celler also opposed the suggestion of giving the prize to Frank B. Kellogg, writing that Senator William E. Borah was more deserving of the award than Kellogg, and Levinson more deserving JERITZA, STABBED WITH STAGE KNIFE, ENDS OPERA ROLE IN PAIN| Mishap Is Third Since Season’s Revival of “The Gitl of the Golden West.” Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 6.—Drama sbout the wild and woolly West seems a trifle too rough fer these effete days; at least, the Metropolitan Opera Com- pany has found it so. In the third mishap that has marked this season’s rTevival of the Puccini- Belasco opera, “The Girl of the Golden West,” Maria Jeritza was stabbed with a wooden knife last night and so winded she sang with difficulty the closing “‘Addio, Mia California.” It was near the end of the opera, when Mme. Jeritza, playing the role of Minnje, was holding the irate miners at bay and preventing the lynching of the outlaw hero, Dick Johnson, she knocked the pistol from the hand of one of the forty-niners, but in the excitement of the performance he lunged again with | a wooden stage knife and dealt her a | severe blow in the chest. She finished the performance, but took a curtain call | in evident pain, leaning heavily on the arm of Lawrence Tibbett and Gilovanni | Martinelli. She was treated in her | dressing room for bruises and skin abra- sion, but declined the services of a physician A somewhat similar accident occurred during a performance in Brooklyn Tues- | | sharp blow on the hand from a stage | gun, which temporarily crippled her as | she tried to mount her horse. Tibbett, playing the sheriff, was struck on the day night when Mme. Jeritza suffered a | SENATE MEMBERS HELD IMIMUNE T0 CONTEMPT CHARGE Justice Gordon Rules Heflin and Blease Can Refuse Jury Testimony. COURT ASKED TO TAKE ACTION DEEMED LAWFUL Many Witnesses Heard in Probe of Death of Detective Sergt. Arthur B. Scrivener. Efforts of the grand jury investigating the Scrivener case to force Senator Cole Blease of South Carolina and Senator Thomas J. Heflin of Alabama to ap- pear as witnesses failed today when Justice Peyton Gordon of the District Supreme Court ruled that they were immune from arrest. Justice Gordon announced his de- cision immediately after the grand jury had submitted an extraordinary report concerning Senator Heflin's failure to appear in answer to a subpoena. A similar report telling of Blease's action in declining to answer the subpoena was made to Justice Gordon yesterday. don, “is similar to the one of yesterday naming Senator Blease, As I said at that time, the Congress of the United States is now in session, and until yes- | terday I never heard of a precedent to | n’usd procedure in an instance of tms‘ nd. “Section 6, Article 1. of the Constitu- tion of the United States gives im- | munity to arrest to the members of | Congress while that body is in session. | It does not say that they are privileged from subpoena, but if they do not obey the only step the court could take would be to issue an attachment for their ar- rest. Since the Constitution provides they are not subject to such action.” Court Without Power. Continuing to address the grand jury, | Justice Gordon reviewed a case decided | in Pennsylvania in 1800 in which it was | held that the court knew of no excep- | tion from the service of subpoena to | members of Congress. In conclusion, the justice said he regretted to advise “that unless the gentlemen see fit to obey the subpoenas, this court at the present time has no power to compel them to do so.” Senator Heflin flatly refused to obey a subpoena to before a grand | Jury investigating the death of Arthur | E. Secrivener, Justice Gordon was in- formed. The grand jury, through its foreman, James N. Fitzpatrick, jr., re- quested the court to take any action it deemed lawful. The entire grand jury filed into the courtroom today to advise Justice Gor- don of Heflin's refusal to testify. The report follows: “To the chief justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court of the : District of Columbia: “The grand jury of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for , begs to report to the court as follows: ““Upgn information coming to the at- tention of the grand jury of the Dis-| trict of Columbia that Hon. James Thomas Heflin, United States Senator from the State of Alabama, had cer- tain knowledge with regard to the facts and circumstances relating to the death of Detective Sergt. Arthur B. Scrivener on October 13, 1926, the grand iury | directed the issuance of a subpoena on | December 5, 1929, commanding the | said Hon. James Thomas Heflin to ap- | pear before the grand jury at 10 am. on December 6, 1929. 1 “That said subpoena was issued in due course and served personally upon the said Hon. James Thomas Heflin in the City of Washington on December 5, 1929, by Deputy Marshal J. J. Clark- son. “That the said Hon. James Thomas Heflin did not appear before the grand Jury of the District. of Columbia on De- cember 6, 1929, at 10 a.m. as com- manded by such subpoena and has not up to the time of the filing of this re- port so appeared. “Wherefore, the grand jury of the District of Columbia for the October term, A.D. 1929, reports the facts afore- said to the honorable court for such action as the court may deem lawful| and proper in the premises. "For the grand jury, “JAMES N. FITZPATRICK, Jr. “Foreman of the Grand Jury. Served Separately. It was explained that the Senators would have been named in a joint re- port had the subpoenas been served on them at the same time. However, serv- ice was executed on Blease Wednesday and on Heflin late yesterday. Before Blease was formally served! with a subpoena he received a letter “This report,” declared Justice Gor- ; | immunity from arrest, in my opinion | | & new coast line. | clearly, also high mountain on ahead, {We are about 20 miles west, Scott's |a great new mountain range in Marie (#) Means Associated “om Press to Home hin the Hour” The Star’s carrier s every city block and the regufar edi- ‘Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,187 TWO CENTS. Pre BYRD FINDS GREAT - MOUNTAIN RANGE ON COAST FLIGHT 'Explorer Puts Peaks in Marie Byrd Land, Running North and South. HOPES TO BARE KEY TO SECRETS OF ICE | Seeks to Learn Whether Mainland, Islands or Water Is Beneath Frozen Antarctic Rim. BY RUSSELL OWI | By Radio to The Star and the New York Times, LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, De- cember 5.—Comdr. Byrd started today on the first Eastern exploration flight of the season, following the program | he outlined before leaving New York, and three hours after his departure radioed the base camp he had discov- ered a “great new mountain range” in Marie Byrd Land. When he took off at 10:30 this morning his pllot was Capt. Alton N. Parker of the Marine Corps Reserves, Harold June as radio operator and Capt. McKinley as aerial surveyor. Today's flight was in the direction o King Edward Land, which holds the | key to one of Antarctica’s mysteries. Land Is Believed Under Ice. It long has been a source of specula tion as to what holds the ice there as it curves to the north, its formation indicating that somewhere in that direction to the north is laad. » Whether it is a serles of small islands | or an extension of the coast line. never | has been learned. There have been many attempts to penetrate the ice that way. Scott and Shackleton Failed. Scott and Shackleton tried and were turned back by ice closing about them, | and Comdr. Byrd tried three times last year to get north with the City of New York, turning back only when to go on might have meant the imprisonment | and possible loss of the ship. Twice last year he tried to fly past; what is known of King Edward Land, | but was headed off by snow and clouds. | It has been one of the most impenetrable | and interesting parts of the continent, | as who ever solves the mystery of what keeps that mass of ice held to the north probably will be able to delincate Messages From Plane. Plane bulletins: Elev@n-thirty: We are about 50 miles east cf base headed along coast line.— JUNE. Twelve-ten p.m.—Excellent visibility, can see Rockefeller Mountains to south Jjust little to right of Scott’s Nunatak. Nunatak. Motors fine.— JUNE. One p.m.—Many mountain peaks. Past Scott's Nunatak, now over un- explored plateau, new mountains and mapping unknown coast line, now 2 miles westward of coast line over water so McKinley can map. Have made more than 100 miles-an-hour speed. All well.—R. E. BYRD. One-thirty p.m—We have discovered Ailr rough. Byrd Land, running in a generally north and south’ direction. We hope this is worth while for science, for we are fly- ing in rough weather and taking chances | to map it. Cheerio.—R. E. BYRD. (Copyright. 1929, by the New York ‘1imes Co. and ihe St Louis Post Dispatch. All Tights for publication reservea tnrougnout the world.) SIX HURT IN SECOND PITTSBURGH BLAST| Explosion Occurred Near Site of Yesterday's Disaster, in Mun- hall Suburb. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, December 6.— Six persons were injured today in an ex- plosion near the scene of the blast that killed five persons, injured more than a score of others and wrecked the post office yesterday at Munhall, a suburb. None of those hurt today was in a critical condition, the Homestead Hospital reported. | Several persons were said to have | been taken to the Homestead Hospital. | At the hospital it was said three in- from Rover merely requesting him to appear. In reply to this communica- tion, Blease wrote that he considered | the grand jury had been unfair in its| investigation of the death of Mrs. Vir-| ginia McPherson, and for that reason | he would refuse to appear before the| y. Meanwhile, the grand jury questioned | numerous other witnesses in an effort to learn whether Scrivener had com- mitted suicide or had been murdered. | Among witnesses heard today were Dr. Joseph Bateman, former physician of Scrivener, who sald he believed the detective was in good health at the time Lieut. Edward J. | "2, Column 2) ICE FLOES OF LAKE ERIE HOLDING 19 SHIPS FAST Wind Blowing Into Detroit River. Cold Weather Menace to Im- prisoned Craft. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, December 6.—Ice floes and shoals along the Canadian shore of Lake Erie from Point Pelee well past Am- herstberg up in the Detroit River, were holding 19 lake vessels fast today. Requests have been forwarded from the commanders of the various vessels for ice breakers, as many of the ships are unable to extricate themselves from the ice under their own power. The di- | rection of the wind today was watched anxiously as an indication of the chances of the imprisoned vessels. The wind | now is blowing the ice back into the De- troit River. Marine men pointed out that if the weather turns cold before i service officers were preparing to start | TWO CHILDREN BURNED i Reiter were burned to death in a fire jured had been brought there, ‘The extent of the blast was not de- | termined. Reports said the drug store and restaurant were wrecked. The second explosion occurred as postal officials, State, county and public | a joint investigation of the post office | blast. Unofficially it was said that gas leak- ing from a pipe under the post office had ignited. ‘Th ond explosion, like that of | ., was blamed unofficlally on | Ras leakage. TO DEATH IN EXPLOSION By the Associated Press. SHEPHERD, Mich., Two children of Mr. and Mrs, December 6. | Fred | which followed the explosion of an oil | stove while Mrs. Reiter was preparing | breakfast today. The dead are Mary, 5, and Phyllis, 2. Ruth, another child, is in a hospital with jous burns. | Mrs. Reiter and four other children escaped from the flames uninjured. The husband was not at home. GEN.BULLARD NEAR DEATH, Retired Officer Is in Critical Condi- tion After Heart Attack. NEW YORK, December 6 (#).—Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, retired, suf- fered a heart attack in his apartment today and is in a critical condition. Gen. Bullard has been ill with heart the ships get into free water thy nose by a falling ladder several nights ago, but was saved from serious injury by putty he had used build up his nose for the role, ma be badly damaged by the pm...%. di Radio Programs—Page 57. disease for three weeks, his physician sald, but his condition did not become critical until after the attack today. He is now too seriously fll to be moved to a hospital, the doc! said. ON SHELBY, KELLY Ordered to Prepare for Pub- lic Trial on December 16 at Sixth Precinct. Inspector William S. Shelby and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly were served for- mally today with grave charges arising out of the July grand jury's condemna- | tion of their investigation of the Mc- Pherson murder case, and ordered to prepare for a public trial in the sixth precinct station house on December 16. Substantially it is charged that the two police officials bungled their in- vestigation of the murder and employed inefficient and unbusinesslike methods |in carrying out police duties in that connectoin, While the defendants were in consul- tation with thelr attorneys this morn- ing, the legal talent for the District government prepared to put forth its best efforts at the trial. Corporation Counsel William W. Bride sald he did not know who would be called as witnesses for the prosecution if the members of the grand jury re- fused to testify, but that his office “intends to put up the best case we can.” Robert E. Lynch and Walter C. Fowler, two of Bride's assistants, will prosectite the charges. Can Compel Attendance. It was pointed out that while the ex- traordinary trial board will have legal power to compel attendance of Wit~ nesses, it will have no authouity in law to make them testify. Maj. L. E. Atkins, Assistant Engi- neer Commissioner, is chairman of the trial board of three, the other mem- bers being J. B. Gordon, sanitary engi- neer, and Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, chief engineer of the District. Acting_under instructions given him | by the District Commissioners yester- day, Henry G. Pratt, major and super- intendent~ of police, prepared the chrrges against Shelby and Kelly to- day. Coples of the charges were given to the defendants and to the chairman of the trial board. Commissioners charges drawn up yesterday after they had received a report from Cormoration | Counsel Bride and Assistant Engineer | Commissioner Donald A. Davison rec. | ommending that the two officlals stand | A& public trial on the charges made | against them by the grand jury. Investigated the Case. Davison and Bride, acting under orders from the Commissioners, had made an investigation of the activities of the two officers in connection with the McPherson case and of the resultant The ordered Maybe Mong-sewer Was Too Hasty in Biffing Mah-dahm By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 6.—Mrs. Evelyn Friede had an idea her husband Donald wasn't as smart as he thought he was, so she asked him how to pronounce m-0-n-s-i-e-u-i “Mong-sewer.” was the hus- band’s reply, Mrs. Friede declares in_ her suit for divorce. “That may be your way of pro- nouncing it,” Mrs. Fride re- . “but I say ° and so knows.” This angered Mr. Friede and, his wife declares, he hit her. Judge Charles' A. Williams in- dicated he would sign the decree HOOVER INFORMED May Issue Statement Within 24 Hours. The situation in Haiti as the result of strikes among the dock workers and other natives is becoming serious enough, according to advices received at the State Department and White House | today, to cause considerable concern | among high administration officials. President Hoover is known to have him fully advised as to develpoments, and has intimated that he may have something to say upon the subject within the next 24 hours. May Send More Marines. | Those who have kept in close touch | witn the situation viewed as one of the | possibilities the necessity of sending more Marines to the island. American forces are already stationed there, but it was thought that more men might be needed in case there was any serious turn of events. The Secretary's statement reviewed the events leading up to the proclama- tion making effective martial law which has technically existed for several years. “The students at the agricultural school at Damion, Haiti, went on strike on October 31," the Secretary's state- ment said. “The Haitian government | had hitherto allotted $10,000 pe * annum to this school for scholarships, but it had this year withheld $2,000 of the i the | OF AT TROUBLE |President Keeps in Touch and asked the State Department to keep | | put appropriation in order to make it pos- sible to pay needed students for prac- tical farm work on the school grounds” Protest New Policy. The strike was declared as a protest against this new policy. “Sympathetic strikes were subse- quently declared in the medical and law schools. President Borno (of Haiti) appointed a committee of prominent grand jury charges against them. The report reviewed step by step the investi- gation and concluded with the recom- mendation_that “Inspector Shelby and Lieut. Kelly be ordered to public trial on the charges hereinafter set forth.” “Charges should not be lightly made, nor when made should they be lightly put aside” the report says. “These charges are of a serious nature. They were made by a group of citizens against | gajiang t, e Dublic OMeses. charaedr witly grave: te= | s to inquire into the matter, and T | it seemed probable for a time that rec sponsibility for the lives and welfare of | ommendations Difessnted by thia" cams ou}::::m:le‘;{ Hiahuseussat lomers h“elmlttfi; and accepted by the authorities asked for a public trial. Simple jus-! jOUc sdjust the difficulty. = Certain ice demands that they be given an St M Rl tice s : 1 parently by the approaching presidential opportunity to answer the accusations, lUGRUY BY the oI gl ahit before an impartial fribunal concerned | tr°°!/on took advantage of the situation solely with the public interests and|if, (OMCNL bropaganda agalnst the whose verdict will settle the questions| st el At whose ver to bring about strikes in other schools involved. i and among the government employes. Sets Forth Specifications. | “On’ December- 3 the American. high The seport. then sels forth certain. commissioner, Brig. Gen. John H. Rus- specifications and details the extent to | sell, reported that the strike movement Which Inspector Shelby or Lieut. Kelly | had spread throughout the country, and may possibly be involved in each par-| llilil it \}l& ffad"‘fl that the Haitian em. t tion under considera- ployes of the Qp_ll‘lm?n'-‘ under Amer- o s 1o Tnspector Shelby, | Ican_treaty officials might become. in- the following possibilities are set forth: volved. “Failed to require his subordinates to! properly exlmlqn» all articles and all! windows in the McPherson apnrlmem! for fingerprints. their work after destroying office furni- “Falled to require his subordinates tyre and mistreating nnd'mjunng tw immediately to provide a means of| gmerican officials, Neither official was identifying every movable article in the | serjously hurt. Subsequently some of McPherson apartment. | the employes in the financial adviser's “Failed to require that a record im- | office walked out. A disorderly crowd mediately be started. or to inquire Into. gathered about the ministry of finance (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) 'and entered the financial adviser's !office, but without threatening the | American officials. The situation was | regarded as exceedingly serious because of the popular excitement and the dan- gers of outbreaks by irresponsible ele- ments, Bieis “On the morning of December a Thought Drowned in Gale. rave situation arose at Aux Cayes, an ortugal, December 6 (). mportant, coffee_port, where there are THS%?S;,;’ boats’ capsized at the |25 Americans. The high commissioner entrance of Porto Leixoes Harbor to- | fears that a similar serious situation day in a violent gale which swept the ;may break out at other ports. On Atlantic seaboard, and it was feared | Wednesday he made a proclamation that the erews perished. making effective the condition of Porto Leixoes was crowded with martial law which has existed tech. boats unable to put to sea, and the |nically for several years. He report Nyassa, which was to sail for Brazl | yesterday, December 5, at 6 p.m.. from on her maiden trip, returned to the | Port au Prince that the proclamation harbor after an unsuccessful effort to [had had an excellent effect. The sit- get through the storm. uation in the cities of Port au Prince Extensive damage was reported alons Haitien at the last reports the Porto Leixoes Harbor front. Officials Injured. “‘On December 4 the customs house employes at Port au Prince abandoned SAILORS BELIEVED LOST. Crew of Two Fishing Boats { ' INQUEST ORDERS PUMPHREY HLD | [ Coroner’s Jury Hears Story of Fatal Shooting of Two Children. Albert Pumphrey, 37-year-old baking company employe, today was held to the grand jury by a coroner’s jury in con- nection with the fatal shooting Tues- day of his own two children, Doris Theresa, 6, and James Thomas Pum- | phrey, 4. The tragedy occurred at the | home of Pumphrey’s mother and step- | father, 1207 B street southeast. The verdict reached shortly after noon, was based upon the death of the | little boy and declares “that_Thomas Pumphrey came to his death December | 3, 1929, at 1207 B street southeast, from | gunshot wound, of brain hemorrhage and chock; the said gunshot wound was caused by a bullet fired from a pistol in the hand of Albert Thomas m- | phrey.” The verdict concluded with | the statement that “we hold the said Albert Thomas Pumphrey for the action of the grand jury.” A dramatic moment came early in the hearing when Mrs. Florence Watts, | mother of the slayer, told the coroner’s | jury of her son's admission to her that he had killed his children. Mrs. Watts Tells Her Story. In a voice which bore evidence of terrific strain and while she stared over the heads of the crowd of men and women which packed the inquest room, Mrs. Watts told her story as follows: “I was in the rear of the house fixing dinner. My son was up front with the | children. “Nothing seemed unusual.” She _hesitated. Coroner J. Ramasey Nevitt asked the woman if she heard anything unusual. Continuing, Mrs. Watts said: “Yes, T heard shots. T ran to the front of the house and found my son | coming out of the front room with the | gun in his hand. I said, ‘Son, what | have you done!’ He said, ‘T have killed my babies.’ " At the suggestion of Dr. Nevitt, the | jurors asked the grief-stricken mother | no questions, and as she was led in a | semi-fainting condition from the in- | quest chamber she was heard to ask | if she could speak “with my son.” Thomas Watts, stepfather of Pum- phrey, was the next witness. His story | was more comprehensive than that of his wife. He told the jury Pumphrey | “didn’t seem to be himself Tuesday eve- | ning,” and said that Pumphrey went out to meet his little daughter Doris. Not finding her, Watts continued, he returned to the B street house for his | little boy, whom he took to get a hair- | Upon his return to the house, | Watts said Pumphrey went out again | and found Doris on Eleventh street. Pumphrey_brought the little girl in the house, Watts said, and the three went through Watts' bedroom, which adjoins the kitchen, into the latter room to greet their grandmother. Pum- phrey then went to the front room with the children, saying he wanted to talk with them. Later, Watts' said, he heard the four shots. Holds Pistol in His Hand. Explaining that his wife ran to the living room first and that he followed as soon as his injured leg permitted him, he quoted the stepson as saying: “I have killed my two darling bables keep ghe (w0 vomen from getting them.” Whtts did not give the women's | names, nor did the jurors question him | on this point. He added that Pum- phrey’s mother was holding him about the neck when he first saw him and the pistol with which the children had been slain was in his hand. At about this time Charles C. MacDonald, an occupant of an upstairs' apartment, ran downstalts, Watts said, and took the gun from Pumphrey. During the_ recitation of the events " (Continued on Pagi | cut. e 2, Column 6.) —— NATIONAL BUSINESS ADVISORY - COUNCIL 1S TAKING SHAPE AS RESULT OF PARLEY Julius H. Barnes, Permanent Chairman of Conference, Will Name Personnel From Nation’s Industrial Leaders BODY TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH CONDITIONS IN U. S. Organization Idea Is Direct Out- growth of President Hoover's Suggestion Made at Recent Meetings Held at the White House. A national business advisor: council, headed by Julius H Barnes, to keep its hand on tho pulse of American industry and devise means for maintaining th- health of the Nation's economic system, was taking shape today a: a result of the unprecedented “bi business” consultation here yes- | terday. s The National Council idea is a direct outgrowth of a suggestion made by President Hoover during the recent business conferences at the White House. Organization of the council will be the task in the next few days of Chair- man Barnes, who was authorized to select the membership before the close of the all-day mecting at the United g:ntzs Chamber of Commerce yester- y. Barnes remained over here today to consider plans for the advisory bodsy, but left for New York early this after- noon without designating the industrial leaders who will compose the group. He said he wanted to exercise much care in selection of the men, and that several g:tvs would be required to complete the | Permanent Chairman. Barnes was chosen as permanent chairman of yesterday's conference, and it was the understanding that he would be the head of the permanent executive committee growing out of the informal deliberations here. While the specific activities of the projected council were yet to be worked out, it was agreed that the general pur- pose would be to keep close tab on the state of business and take what- ever action deemed necessary to tighten the slack in certain lines, to bolster public confidence in industry in times of stress and to serve as a stimulant onBlrldL arnes announced that a ner: council of 40 or 50 prominent b‘u:tr.c:: leaders is contemplated, supported by A small executive committee, consisting of perhaps 10 or 15 men who could as- semble readily on call. He said he would consult with his associates in the Chamber of Commerce before desig- nl_:‘lfil these men. e temporary conference broke late last night after a remarkable dl‘:'g long roll call of industry, during which men whose names are known the length and breadth of the industrial world re- ported optimistically on conditions and prospects in the world of business, Barnes' Statement. RINg the open forum to a close Fhalrmnn Barnes made the claim that ‘perhaps never before has there been presented in the same space of time so every phase of , Column 1) —— MESSENGER IS SLAIN IN $34,000 HOLD-UP Three Bandits Escape in Auto After Seizing Cash and Checks in Philadelphia. In brin, much of significance in By the Ascociated Press PHILADELPHIA, December 8.—Cam- eron Cook, a messenger for the Bank of Philadelphia & Trust Co., was shot to death today by three men who seized his bank bag containing, it was esti- mated, $34,000 in cash and checks. The bandits escaped. Cook, who was about 50 v had stépped out of A branch poet oy When a man leaped from an automobile and pressed a pistol against him and seized the bag. To other men remained in the car. The robber who held the pistol threw the bag in the rear of the car, and as he started to climb in ook attempted to seize him. The robber backed away and fired one shot, and Cook fell, a bulllet through his head. The bandit then jumped into the car, and the men were soon lost in tramec, The scene of the shooting was across the street from a public sehool, “ana hundreds of the children heard the shot. ‘Ptohibilion Official Receives | | % i By the Associated Press. An effort to keep the killing of two | persons by customs agent: constantly before Assistant Secretary Lowman, in | charge of prohibition enforcement, is | being conducted through the mails by | unidentified persons. Each morning Lowman receives an envelope containing the picture of Henry Virkula, slain by an enforcement agent at International Talls, Minn. The picture is of the body while lying in | the cofin. The letters are mailed in | Brooklyn, and as vet have not been | traced to the sender. | At regular intervals ‘e also gets a | 'LOWMAN IS REMINDED OF RUM SLAYINGS BY DAILY PICTURES ? \ Photographs in Mails From Unidentified Persons. plcture of the mother of Arthur Gordon, also slain by an enforcement agent near Plattsburg, N. Y., which shows the mother kneeling the grave of her son. Lowman did not say where these letters were malled. The Secretary said that most killing in enforcement had taken place while agents were acting in line of duty. ‘Virkula was a bootlegger.” he said, ‘and was given a substantial fine in the courts of the State for that offense last March.” Lowman recently announced that Gordon was running beer from Canada when a customs agent pursuing him fell, discharged his rifle and killed the fieeing youth. The agent was exoner- Ated by the county grand jury.