Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy tonight and tomorrow, tomorrow; not much lowed by rain change in temperatu Tem| yester Full Closing N. Y. Markets, No. 31,269. ratures—Highest, 52, at 3 p.m. ay; lowest, 37, at 3 Entered as sécond class matte, post office, Washington, fol- re. am. today. e 9 es 14 and 15 v D b ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1929 —FORTY-SIX PAGES. ¢ Fpening Star, ¥¥% s Associated service. () Means Associated Press. The only evening paper in Washington wit:. the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,419 TWO CENTS. ZIHLMAN, CRISSINGER ACCUSED OF FRAUD OFFICER FATALLY INJURED CHASING LIQUOR SUSPECT Ross H. Kaylor Dies in Hos- pital Following Collision With Street Car. PURSUIT BEGAN WHILE ON WAY TO REPORT Rum Car Believed One of Fleet Running Whisky From Nearby Maryland. Injured in a head-on collision with a street car at Stanton Park while pur- suing a speeding automobile believed tc be a rum runner, Moter Cycle Polics- men Ross H. Kaylor, 29 years old, of 764 C street northeast, died shortly be- fore 9 o'clock this morning at Casualty Hospital without regaining conscious- ness. ‘The collision occurred soon after the policeman left his home about 5:30 to- day to report for duty at the Traffic Bureau at 6 o'clock. It is not known ‘where the chase started. Crashes Into Street Car. According to police the high-powered machine, which Kaylor was pursuing, sped around the eastern end of the park and started down C street be- tween Fifth and Sixth streets with Kaylor close behind. @bserving a street car rounding the park at the opposite end the driver of the automobile swerv- ed suddenly to the right to clear the tracks and Kaylor's motor cycle crash- ed headlong into the street car. The automobile continued without halting. The street car, one of the Washing- ton Railway & Electric Co. line, was operated by Motorman Paul L. Hughes, 23, of 1214 D street noftheast. The con- ductor was Willlam Howe, 49, of Capitol Heights, Md. Several persons who ran to the scene of the accident when they heard the crash placed the injured policeman in the machine of Joseph Cunningham of 144715 P street northeast. Kaylor was then rushed to the Casualty Hospital, ‘where he was. by Dr. louis Jimal of the staff and Dr. Danjel Borden, police surgeon, for s fractured skull and eompound fracture ©of the left leg. Dies Three Hours Later. He died three hours later, with his wife, Mrs. Irene Kaylor, at his bedside. Mrs. Kaylor was called to the hospital soon after the crash. Fellow policemen said this morning that, judging from the description of the machine and conduct of the driver, the car Kaylor was pursuing when the accident occurred probably is one of the fleet engag>d in running whisky into ‘Washington from nearby Maryland. Stanton Park is centrally located with respect to the roads running into the adjacent counties of Maryland. Inspector Ernest W. Brown, in charge of the Traffic Bureau, and Lieut. B. A. Lamb. second in command, said this | morning that Kaylor was one of the | most efficlent and well liked men on the | entire police force. | Joined Force in 1924. He was appointed to the police force as & private in the first precinct on De- cember 16, 1924. On August 1, 1925, Kaylor was made a patrol driver in the first precinct and four months later was promoted to the rank of second class private. He was placed on bicycle duty (Continued on Page CAPPER SPEECH IS PUT INTO CONGRESS’ RECORD | Jones Has Address Before Associa- tion of Oldest Inhabitants of District Printed. Senator Jones, Republican of Wash- ington. obtained permission in the Sen- ate today to have printed in the Con- | gressional Record the comprehensive speech on District affairs delivered by Chairman Capper of the Senate District | committee at the anniversary banquet | of the Ascociation of Oldest Inhabitants | of the District of Columbia at the| Raleigh Hotel Saturday night. Senator Jones also had inserted in Twa Eyes for an Eye Is Just a Bit Thick, Mrs. Eye Complains By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 10.—Too many Eyes made the situation look complex for Dr. Charles H. Eye today. Mrs. Gladys Eye said the phy- sicizn’ was still married to Mrs. Doris Eye when he married her (Mrs. Gladys Eye) November 23. Judge Borrelli decided to wait & week before hearing more of the bigamy charge. GRUNDY AS SENATE POSSIBILITY DRAWS FIRE OF CARAWAY Would Be Named by People Who Bought Governor’s Chair, Arkansan Says. By the Associated Press. Asserting that if Joseph ‘R. Grundy was named as a Senator from Pennsyl- vania the appointment would be made “by the people who bought and paid for the office the Governor of Pennsyl- vania now. occuples,” Chairman Cara- way today submitted a critical report of the lobby committee’s findings on Grundy’s activities in favor of industrial tariff rates. Possibility of the appointment of Grundy to the place made vacant by the rejection of Willlam S. Vare has been uppermost in the minds of a num- ber of Senators during the past few days and opposition to him has been in- dicated should he seek to present his credentials. The lobby committee report noted Grundy’s work in collecting Republican campaign funds and said the “inference is irresistible” that he believed he I | NINE PERSONS LOSE LIVES WHEN BLAZE DESTROYS STUDID New York Company Was Prepared to Film Miniature Musical Review. OFFICIALS ARE UNABLE TO FIX CAUSE OF FIRE Many Are Injured When Flames Spread Rapidly in Three- Story Building. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 10.—Nine persons are known to have been killed and several others are missing in a fire which swept ‘a threc-story brick studio of the Manhattan Studios, Inc., and the Pathe Motion Picture Exchange at Park avenue and One Hundred and Thirty-Fourth streets today. ‘The identified dead are: Harold Bishop, Al Kramer, Bob Mussman and Jack Quinn. ‘The injured: William Mullarkey, 45, burned on left | hand; Stabley Vinal, 40, injured on left hand: Daniel Vancura, 39, burns; woman, first name Virginia (last name undetermined), 24 vears old, 5 feet 5| inches in height, weighing 125 pounds, blonde, suffocation and burns; Daniel Carey, 39, burns; Carl Eveas, 53, frac- tured left ankle; Morris Roche, 36, TWO MORE CALLED IN SCRIVENER CASE burns on arms and forehead; Richard | Stradling, 32, of Yonkers, burns cn both arms and forehead. Most of the injured were taken to the Harlem Hospital. “would be able to influence the action of his party associates in the Congress.” Cites Grundy's Comment. Senator Caraway in commenting on the report called attention to a state- ment by Grundy that he was undecided whether he would accept a Senate seat if tendered to him by Gov. Fisher. “Whenever they make up their minds whether it is wise or otherwise,” said Caraway, “he (Grundy) will speak, but in the meantime he seizes upon the oc- casion, when for a little time he is in the public limelight so that he can be quoted, to assall some of us' who were opposed to the seating of Mr. Vare. “Following the example and lead of the patriotic and wise mayor of Phil- adelphia who scornfully said that wom- en were not paid for their political activities because they were not worth it, he referred to Senator from Nebraska and myself as being eflem: Senator Caraway in referring to Grundy’s indecision on whether he would accept appointment by the Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania to the Senate said: Wants to “Correct Statement.” “Mr. Grundy modestly states that he | is undecided whether he will accept a seat in this body or not, which, it is forecast, will be offered him by the Governor of Pennsylvania. 1 want to correct that last statement. Not by the Governor of Pennsylvania, but by the people who bought and paid for the office the Governor of Pennsylvania { ow occuples.” ‘The report said Grundy, as a mem- ber of the ways and means committee of the Republican national committee for Pennsylvania, raised nearly $700,- 000 in the last campaign and that & large part of this sum was contributed by manufacturers interested in tariff | rates. “Having, as he claims, been instru- | mental in the adoption of the tariff plank in the Kansas City platform and having raised the huge sum mentioned to elect the Republican candidate for President and Republican Congress- men,” the report continued, “he felt an obligation to come to Washington to see that the promises of the platform in respect to the tariff were kept and that the individuals who through his solicitation contributed to the campaign fund were made whole.” The committee also reported that Grundy had failed to submit any evi- dence to it to substantiate his charge | | that some Southern and Western Etates “do not pay enough toward the upkeep of the Government to cover the cost of collection.” Consumer Fails to Figure. “The_ consumer does not figure at all in Mr. Grundy's views in respect to tariff legislation,” the report went on. “They constitute” he says, “a part of the 23,000,000 who voted the Republican ticket in 1928, giving a | mandate to revise the tariff, a mandate | the Congressional Record the address delivered at the banquet by Theodore | ‘W. Noyes, president of the association. | CAROL IS BARRED AGAIN. | Rumanian Government Rejects Prince's Request to Return. BUCHAREST, Rumania, December 10 () —An_application of Prince Carol, former Crown Prince of Rumania, to return to his native land was rejected by the government today. The decree of Ferdinand, late King of Rumania, banishes the errant son until 1936, it was said. Carol 15 father of the boy King Michael. he construes to signify such a revision as the leaders of the party shall pro- pose, to antagonize, which is treason on the part of any other of its members. “In view of his complaint that the rates in the pending bill are not high enough, one is prompted to speculate on whether his loyalty would with- stand a downward revision should such a course be advocated or pursued by those same party leaders.” It was nowhere revealed in the testi- mony of Grundy, the report said, that either he or any one else associated with him “was in a situation to offer any enlightenment to members of either house on any matters pertinent to the discussion of the tariff bill not avail- able to them on application to the tariff commisison and other branches of the Government.” ARGUMENT ON RAILROAIS TRACKS ; ENDED BY APPROACH OF TRAIN Policeman Mediates Disput e After Auto Collision and Warns Men of Danger. By the Associated Press EVANSTON, Ill, December 10.—The middle of a railroad track is no place to argue when a train is approaching. None realize this more than the po- | lice. Last night there was a grade crossing collision between automobiles | driven by Hjalmar Brandstorm and Isaac Réynolds. These two men, sec- onded by their respective companion: began to debate the matter on Y . . | main line tracks of the Chicago & | Northwestern Railroad. | The engineer of an approaching train | had no way of knowing there was | argument going on. Besides, he had the right of way. . Fortnuately, some one had called po- ce. “Here, here, now,"” said the policemen. “You mustn't quarrel on the tracks.” It really isn't safe, you know.” Everybody finally got off the tracks, and none too soon, either. | by About 75 persons were in the buudmg' when the fire of undetermined origin was discovered shortly before 10 o’'clock. Led by inflammable film the flames quickly made an inferno of the interior of the small brick building. Many barely saved their lives by jumping from windows. Four Alarms Sounded. Four fire alarms brought all avail- able apparatus from upper Manhattan and the Bronx. Several fireboats ?hyed streams on the flaming bullding rom the nearby Harlem River. The studios are located on the flats beside the Harlem River in m district by colored people. Several coal are located neat on the Harlem and the main lines. the New York Central Railroad, raised on an elevated structure, run within 100 feet of the studio. Several thickly stor tenement studio. The stage was set in the rear of the first floor of the studio and “Eddie” Elkins, orchestra leader, had his 14 musicians in position to start the over- ture for a miniature review, produced Harry Delmar, On the second floor about 30 women, in costume, were in their dressing rooms awaiting the call of the director. With cameras in position, director ready and cast awaiting the call to “shoot,” there was a flash from a black velvet drop in the rear of the stage. Flames followed. The studio crew, ac- cording to reports made to the police, uncoiled a line of hose and started to fight the blaze. The fire spread with such rapidity, however, that one of the studio em- ployes ran to the street and pulled an alarm box. By the time the fire engines arrived the studio building was a mass of flames and huge billows of acrid smoke was pouring from the structure, smart- ing the eyes of persons in the vicinity. Ambulances Called. Deputy Fire Chief Dougherty imme- diately sounded second, third and fourti alarms, bringing apparatus from the Bronx and many parts of Manhattan, ambulances and police emergency | squads and reseryes. When the studio employes realized that the flames were too much for them they shouted for every one to flee from the building. The performers in the dressing rooms fled down the stairs and into the street, where they were given refuge in nearby offices. When firemen finally were hble to make their way into the building they came upon the bodies of the five men populated mostly uildings adjoin the and four women who were trapped. John C. Flinn, vice president of the Pathe Co., was seated in his office on | the second floor with his secretary. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) t —_—— BRITISH TRY TO END ! $10 U. S. VISA FEE| Attempt to Obtain State Depart- | ment's Consent to Reduce or Abolish Passport Levy. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1929, LONDON, December 10.—The foreign office is endeavoring once more to ob- tain the State Department’s consent in | Washington to reduce or abolish the | $10 visa fee which at present natives of both the United States and Great Britain must pay for a 12-month visa. Most Western European countries have | either reduced or abolished this pre-| mium placed on visitors to or from the United States. Great Britain and the Eastern Eu- ropean nations are the only ones which still maintain the $10 fee. Premier Macdonald and Minister Henderson are most anxious to remove this bar- rier to free intercourse bstween English- speaking peoples, but so far have been unable to reach an agreement, because the British insist that all British eiti- pulated five and six | nesses migl zens, visitors or immigrants should be placed in the same category. ‘The State Department contends that immigrants must be placed on an en- tirely different footing, since they in- tend to make the United States their permanent place of residence, with the possible object of becoming American citizens. Ambassador Dawes and Henderson are discussing this question, and it is robable that the British foreign sec- retary Wi viewpolat. il adhere to the American! Doctor and Close Personal Friend Are “Surprise” - Witnesses. Important last-minute developments in the grand jury investigation of the | shooting three years ago of Detective Sergt. Arthur B. Scrivener were fore- seen today with the announcement by District Attorney Leo A. Rover that he will present testimony to the jury to- morrow_from a physician and a close personal friend of the slain detective. ificance was attached to because he { 1y > :&“““”S&""“ use ormer] | did not expect to call nnywndddmom itnesses. It was believed, however, t he received information last night this morning that these two wit- ht be bale to throw some t or light on the three-year-old mystery of the detective's death. It was announced yesterday that the grand jury would return a report on the case as soon as it received a statement from the Department of Justice as to the result of a comparison of finger prints of witnesses with a smudged print found on a gun lying beside Schrivener’s body. The finger print report was turned over to Mr. Rover this morning. He would not say whether informatioa contained in this report had anything to do with his decision to reopen the case. Dr. H. M. Dixon to Testify. ‘The witnesses who will testify tomor- row are Dr. H. M. Dixon, 2013 I street, and Ralph T, Stabler of the 900 block of Tenth street. Stabler said this morning that he was a close personal friend of Scrivener and that he had associated with him regularly just before he was killed. Hc said that he and Scrivener often went to restaurants and theaters together and that he had considerable knowl- edge of the detective's personal affairs. Stabler said he had not been question- ed by Mr. Rover, but that he supposed the District Attorney hoped to secure information from him which would clear up several unexplained incidents in the detective’s career shortly before he met his death. He said he would gladly give all information he had to the grand jury. Dr. Dixon said that he had known Scrivener slightly for some time, but did not believe he would be able to furnish any information that might help explain his death. He said he was not Scrivener's personal physician and had never performed any professional services for him. Both Mentioned Before. Although the names of both men have been mentioned in connection with the Scrivener case before, neither has been called upon at any time to testify. Considerable speculation was aroused | ‘when it was learned that Mr. Rover was in conference for nearly an hour this morning, with Miss Katherine Markey, said to have been engaged to Scrivener shortly before he was killed. According to information which Mr. Rover has, Scrivener, who went to see Miss Markey shortly before becoming engaged to an- other girl, had asked her to return an engagement ring he had given her. When Miss Markey testified before the grand jury last week, she is thought to have said that Scrivener asked her to marry him at that time, but that she refused. Mr. Rover would not state why he had called Miss Markey to his office this morning, saying there was no “news” in their conversation. After comparing approximately 1,400 finger prints with the print found on the gun with which Scrivener was killed, the Department of Justice is thought not to have found any one which tal- | lied. Finger prints of all but one of the more than 30 witnesses who testi- fled before the grand jury last week were taken. The exception .was John J. Maragon, who early in the case had ¢ demanded that the grand jury finger print every one connected Wwith the case. Maragon refused to say why he changed his mind when it came his turn to testify Expects Report This Week. Scrivener's body was found in an alley near his home in Georgetown early on the morning of October 13, 1926. The police at once declared that murder had been committed and start- ed an investigation. Subsequently, a coroner’s jury decided that he had been murdered by unknown persons. Mr. Rover said that even with the reopening of the case he expected that a report would be forthcoming from the grand jury before the end of the I Baby Is Born on Same Night Father’s Home Is Damaged by Bomb By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 10.—Two events will make Monday night stand out in the memory of Charles Piazza, a barber. First, a child was born to his wife, and, second, his house was bombed. Piazza had just returned from the hospital where Mrs. Plazza was when the bomb exploded. He could not explain the attack which was the 105th bombing of the year in Chicago. The dam- age Was not great. IMMUNITY ABUSE CURB IS ADVOGATED = Any Person Injured by Un- true Charge on Floor Could Lay Case Before House. By the Associated Press. A move to deal with the abuse of congressional immunity was started to- day by Representative Fort, a, New Jersey Republican. He introduced a resolution under which persons injured by any untrue charge made on the floor of the House might lay his case before a House committee that would be empowered to recommend whatever discipline was necessary for the offend- ing member. Fort, in discussing the measure, said there was no specific case to which it applied in the House and that he simply was looking to the future, ‘The most recent controversy over the question of Congressional immunity, while not mentioned by Mr. Fort, in- volved Senator Blease of South Caro- lina, who severely denounced the Wash- ington Police Department. When sum- moned before a grand jury to amplify his accusations, the South Carolinian stood on his congressional rights and refused to appear. Would Create Committee of Five. Fort’s resolution would create a_com- mittee of five members. Specifically it would be directed to determine, upon complaint of any aggrieved persons, whether any privileged speech had con- tained “any untrue charge, accusation or statement with respect to any per- son.” After such hearirigs the committee would report its findings and recom- mendations, including recommendations for discipline of the member, if judged necessary, to the-House for action. Commenting on his resolution, Fort said: “This resolution is one which for many years I have believed should be & part of the rules of every legislative body. I have hesitated heretofore to in- troduce it lest it should be thought to have reference to some specific incident in the House. “It seems, however, that with its in- troduction at the beginning of a new session the resolution may be considered on principle and not taken as reflecting way_whatev ything that Column 3.) MARRIAGE IS ANNULLED TO PERMIT REMARRIAGE Action Is Taken When Husband,| 1 Believed Dead, Is Found to Be Living. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 10.—Mrs. Caroline Robinson Doss has had her| marriage to James Doss annulled so she may remarry him. Mrs. Doss was married in 1921 to James H. Robinson, an Army fiyer. In 1924 she sued him for divorce, but be- fore the suit was called for hearing | she received a newspaper clipping re- reporting the death of Robinson in a plane crash. ‘The divorce action was dropped, and in 1927 she was married to Doss. Last Summer, in Oklahoma, Mrs. Doss met the husband she believed dead. The annulment of her marriage to Doss is the first step in her efforts to | straighten matters out. Her attorney said she would file new suit to divorce Robinson and that she plans to re- marry Doss as soon as she wins a decree. Greek President Resigns. ATHENS, Greece, December 10 (#).— week. Radio Programs—Page 39 President Admiral Kondouriotis, who was appointed Chief Executive of the Greclan republic December 4, 1926, re- signed today. |BARNES IS SUMMONED i By the Associated Press. 63 LIVES, 69 SHIPS ARE STORM'S TOLL Flooding of Rivers by Rough Weather Source of Worry in Great Britain. i { | By the Associated Press. H LONDON, Decemifer 10.—Known deaths in the terrific storm, which has battled Great Britain and the continen- tal coast for the past week today reached 163, most of them at sea. ‘The heaviest losses were in the waters around the British Isles where at least 69 vessels were wrecked or badly dam- Partial - reports tabulated in Paris showed that 52 lives had been lost on the French coast or inland, while at least a half dozen sieamers and fishing vessels foundered or were badly dam- ag The stormy waters had quieted some- | what this afternoon, but there were signs of worse to come. Thames Causes Worry. At present the chief worry, so far as Great Britain was concerned, was the extent of the flooding of the ‘fhames and other rivers which have been rising steadily for the past week. The swollen Thames in its upper reaches has gone | to a higher level than ithe 1928 floonn| and is rapidly approaching the same level near London. ‘The rate of daily flow at Teddington, just above London, is now 9,000,000,000 gallons, while the average for this time of year is 2,000,000,00¢ Police have been detailed to keep sgcc watch on the embankment near the Tate Art Gallery in London, near the point where a break occurred n last year's flood with heavy damage and loss of life. The concrete wa nearby_Qas been cracking and the en it road is closed to hea 1 traffic. While scattered reports of distressed vessels still continued from nearby areas there was a smoothing down of the angry waters and this afternoon the tempestuous Channel was reported fair- ly calm. Ships Reach Port. All but one of a fleet of trawlers from Lowestoft came back to port today showing evidences of a severe battering for the past four days of terrific weather in the North Sea. The other boat was believed safe. Two Yarmouth boats for which some fears had been held like- wise arrived safely. Thus 7 out of 10 steam trawlers that had been missing have now been defi- nitely accounted for. ! It was learned this morning that the | tain of the steamship Frieda was washed overboard and drowned during the storm. When the vessel was first in difficulty four of her crew launched a boat, but the seas were so high the men had to be rescued by tugs. The Frieda finally was towed into Dover harbor. Among the distress calls from steam- ers today was one from the British ves sel Maihar, 4,600 tons, from Philadel- phia for London. Her message sald that_part of her superstructure had (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) | FOR SENATE INQUIRY| S ———— 1 U. 8. Chamber of Commerce Head | to Be Questioned on His Farm | Board Activities. ] Julius H. Barnes, president of the| United States Chamber of Commerce, was summoned today by the Senate lobby committee to appear Friday for questioning in regard to his activities in l'nnn;c(lon with the Federal Farm rd. Barnes, a former grain operator on the Chicago Board of Trade, is reported to have opposed the Farm Board's grain marketing policy, and Chairman Cara- way of the lobby committee announced :hll he wished to inquire into the mat- er, SLIDE MAY DIVERT RIVER. Partly Obstructs Flow of Stream in Guatemala. GUATEMALA CITY, December 10| (#).—A landslide of 100 meters’ exten- sion occurred yesterday on a high hill near Cabanas, Department of Zacapa. The slide partially obstructed the flow of the River San Vicente. It is feared if it 18 extended further the river will be diverted from its course and serious damages to plantations of the depart- ment will result. L |C USE OF MAILS IS BASIS OF TRUE BILL NAMING MARYLAND LEGISLATOR Seven Officials of F. H. Smith Co. Listed in Charges Resulting - From Investment Firm Probe. HEAD OF DISTRICT COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED BOARD RESIGNATION Former Controller Also Member of Di- rectorate—Report of Jury Asks Disposition of Donaldson Case. Representative Frederick N. Zihlman of Maryland, chairman of the House District committee; Daniel R. Crissinger, former controller of the currency, and five other officials of the F. H. Smith Co. were indicted today by the District grand jury, which is conducting an in- vestigation into the affairs of the Smith company. The indictment, which contained 25 counts, charged use of the mails to defraud and came as a surprise, as Nugent Dodds, special representative of the Attorney General in the investigation, had an- nounced earlier today that no report from the grand jury could be expected for at least three days. Represenative Zihlman and Crissinger were mentbers of the board of directors of the F. H. Smith Co. Several days ago Representative Zihlman announced that he had submitted his resignation as a mem- ber of the board. He is believed to have owned several thousand shares of the common stock in the company. Others indicted. Other officials of the company who were indicted, are: G. Bryan Pitts, chairman of the board of directors; Samuel J. Henry, president of the cor- poration; C. Eibert Anadale, secretary; John H. Edwards, jr., vice president, and Henry C. Maddux of the Hamil- ton Hotel Co. The jury also returned an indictment against “the F. H. Smith Co., & corporation.” R. Golden Donaldson, former at- torney for the F. H. $mith Investment Co., and now presidént of the Com- mercial National Bank, was the subject of a special report which Foreman James N. Fitzpatrick, jr., handed to Justice Peyton Gordon, setting forth charges that Donaldson had accepted sums of money aggregating $100,000 from the Boyle-Robertson Construction 0. to secure for the company a con- tract for the construction of buildings to be given out by F. H. Smith Co. - The grand jury recommended that the facts in connection with this matter be investigated and proper charges filed, to the end that the court may know the exact facts in connection therewith and that appropriate action be taken. No indication of what pro- ceeding should be taken by the court was contained in the statement of the foreman of the grand jury. but it is supposed to refer to Mr. Donaldson’s status as a member of the bar of the court. The report of the grand jury bore the names of nine witnesses, including several from the Departmentf Justice. Will Mcet the Charges. “I am confident of vindication,” said Representative Zihiman at the Capitol. | “By all means I will meet the charges | I have no thought | of evading through process of law by | in the proper way. claiming immunity as a member of Congress. “I was conscious of no wrong-doing on the part of the company and did not knowingly lend myself to any complicity in wrong-doing. When I hear the charges I will be prepared to answer them, and until such time I prefer not to_discuss them.” ‘When asked if the indictment would cause him to resign from the chair- manship of the House District com- mittee or from the committee itself, Mr. Zihlman seid that until he had had an opportunity to know authorita- tively what the charges against him are he will take no action concerning the House District committee. Crissinger could not be located. Rela- tives said he was out of town, but de- clined to say where he could be located. AThey sald he probably would return to Washington in a day or two. The substance of the charge against the F. H. Smith Co., as set forth in the report, is as follows: “The F. H. Smith Co. a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, | did devise and intend to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud a great num- | ber of persons residing in Pennsylvania and nu’::r States, and in the District of Columbia. “The persons named herein as hav- ing been defrauded by the defendants, in pursuance of such said scheme and artifice, to be respectively induced by said defendants, by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises, to send and pay their moneys and part with their properts to said defendants, and for the use and benefit of said defendants, and for the use and benefit of other persons and corporations to the grand jurors un- known, said defendants thus were e abled to obtain’ money and property from said persons to be defrauded. “The ulr defendants would, and did, from time to time, organize various cor- porations, the affairs of which corpora- tions would be controlled and directed by Henry C. Maddux and certain of his agents acting under his direction and control, to the end that each of these corporations would and did respective- ly acquire the title to certain real and personal property which was heavily in- cumbered by deeds of trust and mort- gages.” The report then details the method of financing these enterprises, which resulted in the investigation by the grand jury. The report outlines the manner in which bonds were issued, bringing in Representative Zthiman's name for the first time at this point as a member of the board of directors which authorized su ion. Referring to the board of directors, the report says: “By virtue of the respective offices held by them, they had and exercised at all times in this and jn all subsequent counts of this indictment mentioned, a certain power of control, and '3 agement of the affairs the {‘nfl Smith Co., including the offering, ad- vertising and sale of said bonds to sald persons to be defrauded in the manner and by the means aforesai.. “It was a of sald scheme and artifice that defendants on December 3, 1928, would and did incorporate under the laws of Delaware the Properties Investment Corporation and that said defendant, Henry C. Maddux, woul and did become president thereof. ‘Through this corporation the defend- ants, on Deccmber 10, 1928, acquires title to certain real estate and personal property in the District of Columbia.” Owners Are Listed. The report then sets forth in detail various lot numbers, with the names of the owners from whom title was ac- quired. Referring to the Hamilton Hotel, the report says: “The Properties Invest- ment Corporation acquired the property for approximately the amount of the mortgage indebtedness then existing— $1,800,000. On December 10 they caused a- secondary and _inferior mortgage on the Hamilion Hotel to be made and executed, purporting to secure the payment of a bond issue of $1,250,000, said bonds being wholly in excess of the true value of the un- incumbered equity of the corporation in the Hamilton Hotel and wholly beyond and in excess of any sum that the corporation could pay; and that the defendant did cause to be issued other bends in the sum of $1,050,000, with the former $1.250,000 issue pledged as the principal purported security for the payment of the subsequent bonds. The secondary bond issue was sold by the F. H. Smith Co. to various persons as being ultimately secured by said sec- ondary and inferior mortgage through a pledge of the sald bonds issued in connection with that mortgage as afore- said. The bonds were further repre- sented as being secured by a pledge of the capital stock of the corporation, all of the defencants well knowing and in- tending that the said bonds of each one of those two issues would be and were wholly in excess of the true value of the equity of the corporation in the property described in the mortgage. The capital stock of the corporation so pledged was wholly worthless as security because the liabilities of the corpora- tion, increased by the mortgage. and bonds, were far greater than the value of its assets. Advertising Matter. “The defendants placed letters, cir- culars and other advertising matter in the United States mails, and did pub- lish_therein, among other things, false (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) AIRPLANE LANDINGS IN FOG SEEN AS RESULT OF TESTS UNDER WAY Experiments Are Being Made at College Park, Md., on Various Types of Radio to Aircraft Navigation. Airplane landings in fog soon may be possible at College Park, Md., the test field of the Bureau of Standards, as a result of experimental work now in progress there on various tvpes of radic aids to aircraft navigation. ‘The power of a high-frequency land- ing beam, which marks out a gliding path for an airplane in landing through fog or darkness, has been increased. A 400 per cent increase in the power re- sulted in doubling the distance range of this beam, it has been announced through the Dspartment of Commerce. ‘The distance range of the beam still is considered insufMcient, however, and efforts are being made to increase it still turther by amplification at the re- celving end. Work is continuing on an experi- mental 12-course visual radio Plnge which will permit an airplane to fly “blind” over any one of 12 courses from .the single station. A mutual coupling arrangement between the two loop antenna systems has been devised, resulitng in sharper beacon courses. The 12-course type radio.range, it was explained, has been under disad- vantage, as compared with the four- because -of less sensitivity. This disparity has been reduced sub. stantially by development of an auf matie switch which shunts out of c cuit the pair of coils controlling the vi- brating reed not in use.