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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Partly cloudy. slightly colder minimum temperature about tomorrow fair. ‘Temperatures—Highest, yesterday; lowest, 29 Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered as secol post office. No. 31,282. ‘Washington, ht 53 derees 34, at 2 pm. 4 am. today. nd class matte; c @h -t o 4 WASHINGTON, D.C, ¢ ning WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MONDAY, DECEMBER ar. Wit as fast as the pap Saturd: Sunday's 's Cire The Star's carrier every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to \Washington homes Circulation, to Home hin the Hour” system cavers ers are printed. 10! culation, Al 116123 —— 23, 1929—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. () Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. SCHULDY OROERS CHANCE TORESUME POLIG TESTINONY Court Directs Him to Appear, Before Trial Board on Police Chief Who scribes Mobiliz (W. O. Dapping. mansging editor of the Auburn Citizen. who sent the graphic stors of the recent Auburn Prison out- January 3. " SIMILAR ACTION PLANNED ' IN CASE OF AGNEW | , Chairman Notified by Attorney He ‘Will Decline to Testify in Shelby-Kelly Case. Police Court Judge Gus A. Schuldt. in n unprecedented action, today ordered | somewhere in official archives is proba- | ;(g:‘nn ©O. Chance, foreman of the July | ble. But from the welter of excitement | grand jury, to appear on January 3 and | continue his testimony before the spe- | cial police trial board investigating charges that Inspector William S. Shel- by and Lieut. Edward J. Kelly bungled their investigation of the death of Mrs. Virginia McPherson. | Chance defied the trial board Satur- day when recalled for cross-examination | and announced he would refuse to testi- | 1y further in the case on the ground | that the board allowed irrelevant testi- mony to be given by the United States attorney’s office. Chance had reference to & bitter at- tack on him by Assistant United States | Attorney Walter Shea, who character- | ized him as “a mental misfit, drunk | with authority” in describing Chance’s conduct as foreman. Appears Without Counsel. Judge Schuldt’s action in directing Chance to complete his testimony was | taken at the request of Assistant Cor- poration Counsels Robert E. Lynch and Walter L. Fowler, who are conducting the prosecution of Shelby and Kelly be- fore the extraordinary board. The court pointed out that if Chance refused to comply with the order further consid- eration would be given to legal techni- involved in this unusual case. - Chance appeared before Judge Schuldt ‘without counsel, and the court extended the time limit for compliance with the order so that he could consult with his attorney, who is out of the city over the holidays. Similar action -is contemplated by the trial board in the case of Samuel P. Agnew, another member of the July nd jury who declined to testify. f.:m followed Chance's example when summoned before the board’ Saturday, but when he was warned that ntlngs could be taken to force him to testify, e said he desired to confer with coun- 8¢l before making a final decision. The board allowed him until 1:15 o'clock this afternoon to | trial board. shortly before 11 o'clock this morning that he had led to ad- here to his original .and decline to testify. degal Steps Due Thursday. Shelby na;xeuy, Maj. Atkh:; ln‘lzidtl:; ed that the same procedure adop the case of Chance would be followed ! in Agnew’s case. Possible contempt proceedings face Chance if he disobeys the mandate of Judgé Schuldt and refuses to :‘ppenr before the trial board January 3 and submit tion. ~ Chance trial board have steps been taken to to testify similar to those involved in the case of Chance. The trial board has had the court issue attachments for the appearance of a witness before it. but t! wit- nesses were not specifically instructed to testify. In the case of however, the court, at .he. the trial board, gave him specific rections to complete his testimony. Lacking judicial powers. a police (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) LE BRIX AND ROSSI | SAVED BY 'CHUTES French Distance Flyers Escape In- jury, but Plane Is Wrecked | Salaries, break to the Associated Press bulletin by bulletin. while o were struggling histeric~ structure. “inside™ 10 Mavor Osborne of Auburn by Chief of Police Bills, leader of the forces of the ) Iaw. BY W. 0. DAPPING. AUBURN, N. Y., December 23 (#).— | When the fragments of testimony now | of the Auburn Police Department, made being gathered in three prison investiga- tions have been pieced together, the re- | sutling mosaic will present what is per- | | haps the most thrilling chapter in the | | history of the penal system of New York | State. That most of the facts will be buried has been constructed the first connected INSIDE STORY OF AUBURN RIOT SUPPRESSION TOLD Taken to Quell Revolt Led Rescuers De- ation and Steps narrative of the mutiny of Wednesday, December 11, 1929, during which, with its hostages, its carnage and its heroic rescues, Auburn Prison was lost and won by the forces of law and order. To the record of facts obtained at first hand during the thrilling drama have been added the ordered statements of principals. None surpasses the official | report of Chief of Police Chester J. Bills | today to Mayor Charles D. Osborne. Excitement “Felt” Before Break. There had been hints of something amiss. too vague, however, to be trace- able. To all surface appearances busi- ness as usual was the order at 10 a.m. on_December 11. Out on the cell block there was an | air of suppressed excitement. At least | a score of convicts knew the time had come for a “bre: Other inmates (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) BURKE GUN HELD USED IN MASSACRE Ballistic Expert Finds Test| Bullets Marked Like Those in Moran Death. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 23.—Maj. Cal- vin H. Goddard, ballistic expert, as- serted today that markings found on | bullets taken from the bodies of the | seven victims of the Moran gang mas- sacre last February were identical with markings on bullets fired from the sub- | machine guns found in the St. Joseph, Mich., home of Fred Burke, notorious killer and bank bandit. Maj. Goddard made his announce- ment in testifying before the coroner’s jury reconvened today to hear the latest development in the 10 months’ investi- gation of dChlcllo'l most spectacular ng murders. n’l'ge ballistic expert said he fired 35 bullets from the weapoms brought Rere from the St. Joseph. bungalow after Burke had shot to lu:h rmm.z po- liceman in an argument & week H the liar I‘Ifln e g8 the lead noses of the buillets and the “jector block markings om the shells identical. Burke Already- Implicated. ‘The testimony was regarded as a definite link in the evidence connecting Burke with the of seven of e i Street garage last St in a k 8 garage g alentine’s day. Burke was listed last Spring as one of the 17 wanted for questioning in connection with the ease and was reported to have been identified by witnesses as one of the executioners | seen entering the garage just before ths | sla; His identification as the hair trigger killer of the St. Joseph policeman a week ago and the finding of his cache of stolen bonds and his arsenal led to the resumption of the inquiry into the Mt oran killings. Coroner Bundesen himself made ten- tative identification of the machine guns and bullets last week and submitted th case to ard, now a member of the faculty of Northwestern University's Crime Detection School. Prominent Men on Jury. ‘The coroner’s jury as reconvened to- day was composed of Bert A. Massee, vice president of the Colgate-Palm Olve Peet Co.. foreman; Cyrus M k, jr., Col. A. A. Sprague, Walter L. Meyer. John V. McCormick and Maj. Pelix J. Streychmans, former Belgian consul. S { PAY ACTION AWAITED BY CHICAGO TEACHERS Overdue, Before Christmas Warrant May Be Paid Through Tax Sale. By the Assoclated Press CHICAGO, December school teachers—13,900 of them—will know by tomorrow at the latest if there is really a Santa Claus. in India. Br the Associated Press. PARIS. December 23.—The French aviators Le Brix and Rossi, who are|Of Education, to sell $3.000,000 in tax! ‘making a flight from Paris to French Indo-China, have come to grief in India. A message from Le Brix, dated Hiaingbwe, Burma, and timed 2:55 p.m. local time, today. read, “We jump with parachutes during the night over the mountains near Moulmain on #ecount of bad weather. Rossi slightly hurt, but Le Brix uninjured. Airplane and mail destroyed.” - t of | dosens of armed Chinese pirates, said | B we, o et ot DMous. | & dispatoh Teceived by the British naval | Rangoon, and 40 northeast of Moul- menx:. is almost on the frontier of Siam. had to! Two hopeful possibilities today stood out in the financial tangle involvin, | payment of the teachers’ salaries—now | overdue. One hope hinges on the efforts of H. Wallace Caldwell, president of the Board anticipation warrants; the other was the possibile ald forthcoming from the | | Citizens “Remedial” committee, headed | by Sflas H. Strawn. Bandits Loot Japanese Ship. HONGKONG, December 23 (#).—The Japanese steamer Ryujin Maru went | aground at the mouth of the Whampoa | River early today and was looted by wireless from Canton. BOY, UNWITTINGLY BANDITS’ AIDE, ROBS CHICAGO CAFE OF 852 Sent With Sealed Note Demanding Money; Thieves; Frightened Away by Policemen’s Accidental Arrival. Br the Associated Press CHICAGO, December 23.—An un- suspecting, 10-year-old bowling alley pin setter was the leading actor and a erowded North Side restaurant the set- ting for a strange robbery staged by twd bandits early today. The bandits accosted Johnnie De- | costé. the pin setter. “Do us a favor and we will pay you,” one said. \ deliever a note to Rickett's Restaurant ” ‘The boy took the note to the restau- rant and handed it to John Rickett, one of the owners, who was behind the | ing_alley. “Take all the mones | ™8435 nis employer the tale—the bag | 2 found to contain $852.| darmerie wl safe and register. pi pir big and give it to the “All we want you to do is to ut it in | was opened end kid. 1| They re you fail to do this you will not get home safe tonight. Be careful, you are being watched. Don't let the kid know anything about it. It had better be over $1,000. Be careful and don't ask the kid any questions—see?” As he read. Rickett heard a tapping at_the window. of them pulled back his coat and the light glistened on the barrel of a re- volver. Enter the policemen—four of them; the restaurant entrance; out. He did not see the men where he left them and so returned to the bowl- RAIL MERGER PLAN SCRUTINIZED HERE LEGBETOTESTIY N LOBBY PROBE F REQUESTED Farm Board Head, However, Says He Lacks Time to Give Committee. LETTER HAD DENIED CHANGE OF POLICIES Refusal of Senators to Put Missive in Record Their Business, He Declares. By the Associated Press, Chairman Legge of the Farm Board said today that he had no time to ap- pear before the Senate lobby committee, but. that. if he was asked he would do so. The Farm Board chairman, referring to the refusal of the committee to make a letter he had written part of the record, said that the committes knew its own business, and that he had sent, | the letter only to straighten out certain | information which apparently had been | misunderstood. | Mr, Legge wrote the committee that | Efforts to Forecast Outoome’ Follow Announcement by | .C.C. no policies of the Farm Board had been changed as the result of a conference he had held with Julius Barnes of the United States Chamber of Commerce, grain exporter, and three other prom- inent grain dealers. Barnes had testified before the com- mittee that he had understood that the | Farm Board would attempt to change CHRISTMAS () SHOPPING WAIL OF THE BELATED SHOPPERS, PLAN TO ESTABLISH 23.—Chicago | By the Associated Press. Washington: today poked inquiringly into the future in an effort to forecast the outcome of the Interstate Com- merce Commission's plans for consolida- tion of the Nations rairoads. The commission's proposal has in itself no binding effect: and: was in- tended for the guidance of the car-| riers in taking voluntary action. It is| believed in many quarters that, lacking the co-operation of the ‘rail lines, addi- tional legislation must be enacted by Congress if the plan is to be made operative. For this reason, there was a par- ticularly sharp watch for any indication | of the attitude of the rosds, attended by much speculation as:to: what their reaction might be, .in the course of which it was pointed out that the com- mission's proposals fell _short of the previously expressed wishes of a num- ber of the carriers. o ol 2, s wt com| - tation units, with 5 trunk r;fns in th Eastern_section, 2 jn New q in the South and 9 in the West. Among Key Lines. Among the proposed key lines were the Pennsylvania, Balti & 3 Chesapeake & Ohio, New ¥York Central and the Wabash in the East; the Bos- ton & Maine and New Haven in New England; the Atlantic Coast Line, the Southern and the Illinois Central in the South; and, the Great Northern- Northern Pacific Systems, the Chicago Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific, the Burlington, the U Pacific, the Southern Pacific, the Santa PFe, the Missouri Pacific, the Rock. Island and the Chicago & Northwestern in the West. i | | Senator Fess, Republican, Ohlo, is de?ly interested in railroad I lation and is the author of a bill mal solidation compulsory. He plans to confer with members of the commission to determine what they consider neces- sary from Congress. Senator Watson of Indiana. the Re- | some of its Pa!ky with regard to loans to co-operatives as a result of the con- ference. Question of Altering Poliey, Before the committee Barnes testi- fled he understood, after a conference with Chairman Legge, that the board would alter its loan policy so that farmer members of co-operatives who borrowed money from the board would pay the same rate of interest as that paid by others borrowing from com- mercial sources. In turn Legg: wrote the lobby com- mittee a letter of explanation. Chair- man Caraway did not put this in the record, but told Legge he would be given an opportunity to appear if he ‘wished to do so. Caraway also wrote Legge that he announcements made by Barnes, as- serting that it must do so if it wished to retain the confidence of the farmer. This drew an immediate reply from Legge, who said that. every loan. to co- ratives was made at the rate pro- ided in the farm act and that the co- Ve by farmer borrowers. Legge also asserted that the board had not, agreed to submit its policies to the grain trade before action. Manager Is Selected. Meanwhile, the National Grain Cor- an formed the Parmi Board that iliam Kellogg of polis, well known grain man, has. selected as manager of the corporation and will as- sum: duties on January 1. W. C. Lons- dale, Kansas City grain dealer, had béen offered the post, but refused it, saying g:gdhe n:x out ;»{ sympathy with the 's grain market polici The National Gri n, ‘hich is a national sales agen Iu:} the w! proved by the Farm Board. ., The corporation, he said, had found that there was more space available for storage than had besn and also that some of the wheat being bought would go into export publican leader, believes that additional legislation must be enaeted and is of the opinion that it should be consid- ered in the near future: possibly, as soon as the Senate has disposed of the | pending tariff bill. % Opposition by Democrats. Opposttion to some of the unifications | proposed by the commission has | heard from Democratic members of the | Senate. Wheeler of Montana disap- | proves of the consolidation of the Great | Northern and Northern Pacific, deeiar- ing it would be a “great cslamity” to \ the West. Pittman of Nevada is not in favor of this combination and contsnds | it would afford no reduction of freight rates on farm products, minerals and logs. which he described as the chiet freight of the Northwest. | Senator Howell, Republican, Nebraska, | a_member of the commerce ‘committee | who has been an opponent. of rail eon- | solidation, was rlemfl with the large | number of key lines proposed, but ex- | pressed doubt, even so, that the com- | lu,neasslons plan would work any great | benefit. LOREE DENOUNCES i The two bandits stood without—one o) at a patrol call box near the resarant entrance; the bandits fied. 2g.ln:ket! failed to see this: he handed Johnnie the bag and the youth sauntered CONSOLIDATION PLAN Propesal to Make Terminals Com- mon Property Paternalistic, Says D. & H. Head. By the Associated Press NEW YORK. December 23.—Leonor F. Loree, president of the Delaware & Hudson Co. in a statement today de- | nounced the proposal of the Interstate Commerce Commission to unify all| terminal lines in its raflroad consolida- tion plan. “The proposal to make terminals | common property would be more proper to & paternalistic than an individual- istic Gov:rnment,” he said. “In a period of 80 years the Ponnsylvania has | bullt up a terminal system ound Philadelphia of great magnitude. I don’t understand how any road that has built itself a dominant terminal position can be made to relinquish it.” ‘The commission's proposal to estab- lish a fifth Eastern trunk line through the Wabash & Ischigh Valley systems clasnes with Mr. Loree's plan | such a trunk line by buildin, v | | railroad through the Pennsylvania | | mountains to Chicago, Portugal Raked by Gales. LISBON. Portugal, December 23 (#£).— | Heavy aour of rain today flooded houses and | i | gales followed by terrific down- ! i the corporation expects will soon e. ince the ization of the dor- lve management of a committee by the board of directors. 250 CHINESE DROWN AS STEAMER SINKS Vessel Canght in Storm Swamped by Huge Waves—Two Sea- men Are Picked Up. By the Assoclated Press. HONG KONG, China, ‘December 23. —The Chinese steamer Lee Cheong, with her Chinese officers and crew and 250 Chinese passengers, including many women and children, sank late Satur- day night with practically all cn board. « The vessel was eaught in a violent storm shortly after leaving Swabue Saturday afternoon for Hong Kong and went down at midnight, swamped by huge waves. seamen clinging to wreckage :err picked up yesterday and brought ere. L LEGISLATOR MARRIES, Reprasentative Nolan of Minnesota Weds Former Secretary. Representative .M. 1. Nolan of Min- nesota was married on Saturday by Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chap- lain of the House, to Mrs. Estelle Flan- ders of Minneapolis, who was his pri- vate secretary while he was lieutenant governor, friends here learned today. Representafive Harold Knutson of Minnesota. was best man and Mus, Wetmore; who has been Representa- tive Nolan's secretary here since he Succeeded Walter Newton last June When the ‘Iatter became secretary to the’ President, was bridesmaid. Repre- sentative Nolan and his bride went im- mediately. to New York and will sail io- morrow for their honeymoon in Panama. Italians Report on Search for Three French Aviators. TRIPOLI, Cyrenaica, December 23 () —TItalian aviators, searching for three French aviators flying from Le Bourget to Saigon, Indo-China, and not { heard from since December 15, reported {today that they had sighted the debris of & wrecked airplane near Sirte on the lelds in the district of Villanova de Rodam. 47 Communists Arrested. BUCHAREST, Rumanie, December 23 /) —Forty-seven Cemmunist, 2 are d today after clashing with gen- they were denied the right to meek Mediterranean Coast. The three airmen, LaSalle, Rebard and Faltot, arrived at ‘Tunis on Decem- hoped the board would repudiate the | ber 15 on their way to Indo-China and |1t again the same evening for Bengasi. Cyrenaica, .‘:hey bave nat been cighiec 7wiere gince, an searehing the Gulf of trace of them. Y MONGOL - REPUBLIC, Would Be Set Up in Bargo District Under Soviet Encouragement. By the Associated Preds. TOKIO, December 23.—A projected new Mongol republic under Russian en- couragement in the district variously jcalled Barga, Kulunner or Kolonball was reported today in official Japanese dispatches from Harbin and Mukden. The plan was seen here as likely to complicate further the vexed Chinese Eastern Railway situation. Consuls returning to Harbin on the international train in which they at- tempted to reach Northwestern Man- | churia to learn the fate of their na- | tionals brought a few details of the project. The gonsuls were prevented from venturing past Mientiho by Chinese military. The territory of Barga, roughly the western tongue of Holung-Kiang, in- cluding the eity of Khal which the Mongols hope to make their capital, and the Lakes Kulunner and Bornor, has been disturbed frequently in recent years by the ambitious “Young Mongol" y, which has attempted to achieve pendence from hina. Soviet was believed to encourage the Oceupy Deserted Towns, l!m"nm trustworthy information g Japanese officials here said the “Young Mongols” had opportunized the November invasion of Northwestérn Manchuria_by forces to occupy towns deserted by the Chinese. Khailar, it was sald, was now held, not by Soviet regulars but by Mongols, with Russian and Buriat officers, under Russian arms. A il confirmation of this was the Russian statement at the Khabarovsk conference on _the settlement of the Chinese Eastern Rail- ‘way controversy that Khailar was occu- pled by Mongols and the Russians were un;bu tp compel an evacuation. an Fu-Lin, Governor of Holung- reported the Barga situation to Mukden. Gov. Chang Hsueh-Liang of Manchuria then dispatched several Mongol princes, who acknowledged his overlordship to Barga, in an attempt to head off the independence movement. Japanese believe the Soviet has en- couraged the Barga developments in order to strengthen their claim that Chinese are unable to maintain peace in the sone occupied by the Chinese Eastern Railway, and, therefore that the Soviet should share in policing the railway. It was believed that the ques- tion was certain to arise at the coming conference bhetween the OChinese and Soviet conferees at the Moscow meetin; next month to complete settlement of the controversy. Tell of Wide Plundering. Consuls returning on the interna- tional train at Harbin told vividly of the widespread plundering and destruc- tion by Chinese during the November retreat. The whole ‘region between Chalantun and Mientuho, and especially Buchatu, they said, had been stripped of valuables, which were loaded on military trains and sent to the rear for sale. Some loot was sent to Tsitsihar, provincial capital of Kolung-Kiang, where it was marketed. Gov. Wan Pu- Lin took immediate steps to halt the sale and punished the leaders. Later Chalantun became the loot market. Japanese consul reported there was still a hundred carloads of loot there. PEACE PROTOCOL SIGNED. { Moscow and Mukden Agree to Rallway Status Quo Ante. MOSCOW, December 23 (#).—Moscow and Mukden have made their peace | and heve signed a protocol fixing rela- tionship between the Soviet Russian government and the Manchurian Chi- nese provincial government. foreign commissariat. ment said the Soviet plenipotentiar: M. Simonovsky, and Tsal Yun-Shen, the Chinese representative of the Muk- den provincial government, signed at Khabarovsk, Siberia, protocal which re- stores the status quo ante on the dis- puted Chinese Eastern Rallway and immediately restores eonsular and com- n;‘ercm organizations in the two coun- tries. announce- Troops to Be Withdrawn. Pb;‘mll resumption of relations will until a further confer-! not be arranged ence is held January 25, but meanwhile all troops will be withdrawn from the Russian and Manchurian borders, all persons arrested in connection with the railway dispute will be released, and white guard Russian will be disarmed 'GOVERNMENT DROPS | State Assemblyman Samuel 'J. Greinet | and several other police officers and Hoover Recognized By Few as He Goes Window Shopping President and Wife Pause Frequently to Look at Gifts on Display. Recognized by few in the Christmas season throngs President and Mrs. Hoover spent an hour yesterday win- dow shopping in the business sectton of the city. Lured by the display of Christmas | gifts they walked along Pennsylvania | avenue and F and G streets, between Fifteenth and Twellih streets. They walked slowly and stopped frequently. There were crowds of people on the streets. Few of them recognized the President and Mrs. Hoover, tnose who did wishing them both a Merry Christ- mas and a Happy New Year. Mr, Hoover has been unable to find time to get away from his office for a shopping expedition or to see the dis- plays, so when Mrs, Hoover, after re- turning from church yesterday, posed walk, Mr. Hoover Jumpem the suggestion. At a number of places he and Mrs. Hoover paused for some time and ori more. .han one occasion the President enthusiastically pointed out some article In' the window. ‘Wild Turkeys for Dinner. Two ‘wild turkeys, one weighing 20 | pounds and the other 19 pounds, which were shot on Saturday by Lawrence Richey, one of the President’s secre- 43-HOUR RECORD Confiscate More Than 1,000/ Gallons of Rum and Ar- rest 45 Persons. Police and prohibition agents broke all records for a 48-hour period over the week end when they arrested 45 persons for prohibition law violations and confiscated over 1,000 gallons of Christmas whisky. Assistant United States Attorneys David A. Hart and James R. Kirkland refused to make out papers against eight of the defendants. Policemen William McEwen and W. R. Laflin of the elghth precinct halted | three automobiles within two hours, one of which they said was carrying more | than 30 gallons of liquor. Julius H. Jackson, colored, of the fArst block of L street, was arrested on Fifth street near W after a chase. Laflin said Jackson ‘abandoned his au- tomobile when he found he was losing the chase. The uncontrolled ear crashed into a parked machine. Hart and <irkland sald that the number arralgned today far exceeded | the number brought into court on any | previous week end. The f is said to be 30. T CONSPIRACY CASES! Charges Against 167, Including Pennsylvania Officials, Will Not Be Prosecuted. By the Associated Preas. 4 PITTSBURGH, December 23. Charges of conspiracy to vinlate t prohibition laws, on which 167 persons, Including Supt. of Police Peter P. Walsh, political figures were indicted,. were 1 dropped by the Government today. ‘The motion to nolle prosse the cases was made by United States Attorney | Louis - E. Graham. Leslie E. Slater, | Special assistant to Attorney General Mitchell, recommended the action. The explanation was made that the Attorney General approved the move. | episod GARNER AGAIN ASKS HOOVERSTATEMENT President’s Tariff Activities Defended by Wood in Reply to Democrats. By the Associated Press. ‘Whether or not President Hoover lent the co-operation of his high office to Cuban interests opposed to an increased sugar tariff brought on a wordy week end battle between the national Repub- lican congressional committe¢ and the | publicity bureau of the Democratic na- tional committee, Representative Wood of Indiana, as chairman of the former, stood forth as its champion and stanchly defended the chief executive, while Representa- tive Garner of Texas, Democratic leader of the House, took the view that a statement from Mr. Hoover was neces- sar and for the second time issued a statement ealling for such a pronounce- ment. The controversy grew' out of the testi- mony of H. C. Lakin, president of the Cuba Co., before the Senate lobby in- vestigating committee. He said he had employed Edwin P. Shattuck, a New York attorney, to assist him in the cam- paign against a high sugar duty be- cause Shattuck was a friend of Presi- dent Hoover. Other testimony was to the effect that Mr. Hoover directed his secretary, Walter Newton, to_.hring about a contact between the Cubam:in- terests and the House ways and committee, then drafting the tariff bijl, ‘Wood Defends Hoover. ‘Wood said that even suj ing it were true that Mr. Hoover had ‘discussed the sugar tariff with men opposing an in- creased duty, he could “see nothing reprehensible in that fact. He went on to say that for the President to give au- dience “to men of personal repute, who are also repressntatives of industry or commerce, does not constitute a plot, nor is a conversation between the two & connivance.” He reproached Garner for his first statement with the assertion that it had sought by inuendo and implication to impugn the motives of the President. He declared this ‘“characteristic of the Democratic national committee, but not of Garner, and asserted that the com- mittee had hid behind Garner’s name. Garner again called upon the Presi. dent to issue a statement setting forth his side of the controversy, with the as- sertion that lacking a pronouncement from the White House many peorle would not take a kindly view of the e He reviewed the testimony laid before the lobby committee, both orally and in correspondence, and asserted that, since there is no way of bringing the Presi- dent before the committee, the latter is “handicapped in getting at the facts.” He asserted that many of the state- ments made before the committee have (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) Three Killed by Bomb. SOFIA, Bulgaria, December 23 (#).— A dispatch from the Jugoslavian frontier town Dragoman today said three were killed and eight injured when a bomb exploded in a raflway train between Pirot and Nish. A peas- ant passenger who handed the bomb to THOUSANDS WADE THROUCH SLUSH T0 SPEEDUP SHOPPNG Colder Tonight, With Clear- ing Skies, Dims Hopes of White Christmastide. DOWNTOWN DISTRICT JAMMED WITH CROWDS Police and Car Companies Prepare for Peak of Holiday Rush Tomorrow. Splashing through snowy slush, thou~ sands thronged the downtown streets today in a rush of last-minute shop- ping while hopes for a white Christ- mas, which ran high after a night of snow and sleet, were dimmed by the pronouncement of the Weather Bureau that colder weather tonight will bring clearing skies and two days of fair weather, A thaw which began with the dawn continued during the day and on all thoroughfares the early morning cov- ering of snow, which delighted thou- | sands of children out of school for the holidays, gave way to slush and water, The temperature probably will mod- erate somewhat over Christmas, the ‘Weather Bureau said. Throughout today great throngs of shoppers jammed the midtown district. ‘The congestion was most_acute on cen- tral sections of F and G streets, and Seventh and E streets, where the street railways have double tracks. Peak Rush Tomorrow. The Police Department and street transit systems are preparing for the peak rush of shoppers tomorrow, when the Government departments will be closed. The crowds which move down- town, however, rrob-bly will find streets and sidewalks clear of the melting snow hich worked considerable . hardship ay. Additional precipitation s ef later today in the' form of mr’:s rain, or an occasional flurry of snow. The temperature should remain slightly above freezing, however, and most of the snow is expected to thaw. The low eéxtreme this morning 29 degrees, while the umpentung: night is expected to get down to 23. ;{nurd-y'u extremes were 34 and 27 Tees. learing skies tonlmt will be attended by “moderate to fresh” west and north- west winds, the Weather Bureau pre- dicted. The snowcalled into service the 28 snow plows and scrapers of the Dis- trict Street Cleaning Department at 4 a.m. The scrapers traversed the heavily raveléd thoroughfares. Crew Out With Shovels, Two hours later the white wings in the department's employ were turned out with_ shovels to keep the sidewalks :lur, particularly in the downtown sec- ton. Although hampered by weather con- ditions this morning. the motor deliv- ery service of the t Office Depart- ment was able to keep incoming and outgoing mail clear. Post office trucks were delayed some- what in leaving their garages morning while chains were put on. ‘The volume of mail for local delivery was the heaviest of the holiday season. Extra trucks were pressed into service to transfer it to the substations, and to di.s't.rlbuw special delivery letters and parcels. Postal authorities said there was less of a last-minute rush this year than last, a circumstance they attributed to “mail early” publicity campaigns. Every Eleu of outgoing and incoming mail iad been ‘cleared at noon. Fewer traffic jams have resulted this year in the shopping district, police officials say. This was due to some extent to new signal lights at a num- ber of intersections. The 20 extra policemen detailed by the Traffic Bureau to shopping districts last Monday have been able to keep the intersections clear, and few jams have resulted. dditional policemen wlil be tinued on Page 2, Column 6.) ELMER HUCKINS AGREES TO FACE FRAUD CHARGE By the Associated Press. WAUTOMA, Wis, December 23.— Elmer 8. Huckins, head of a business enterprise which is reputed to have paid investors 26 to 52 per cent in dividends, surrendered to authorities today to answer fraud cl preferred against him in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He waived preliminary examination and agreed to surrender to extradition war- rants, should they be issued. Huckins was released under $5,000 bond to in- sure his appearance here January 7. The elder Huckins, with his son, George, now under arrest at Excelsior Springs, Mo., on similar charges, con- ducted a business the exact nature of which has not been known. reported that exceedingly of dividends -have been paid 3 Some months ago the Federal au- thorities investigated the business and brought charges of using the malls to a fellow passenger escaped. defraud. Only- Six Guests, Members By the Associated Press. BERKELEY, Calif., December 23.— Extremely simple ceremonies will mark the wedding here at noon today of Helen Wills, woman world tennis cham- plon, and PFrederick 8. Moody, jr., San Prancisco stock broker. In picturesque little St. Clement's Chapel, at the foot of the Berkeley hills, Rev. Lindley H. Miller will read the Episcopalian marriage service. Be- sides Dr. Miller and the bride and hrlmnoot m, only six persons will be A blanket indictment and individual indictments were dropped. The defend- } ants were indicted in June, 1928, after the grand jury had heard scores and deported by the Chinese. The new Russian of a of witnesses in its probe of an alleged | city-wide liquor ring. | Radio Irogrnma—f’ale 36 present. ‘They are the bride's parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Wills: Mr. and Mrs. Fred- erick Moody, sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Cor- bett Moody, e bridegroom’s brother and sister-in-law. lag:rm are that the tennis champion and husband will leave immediately after the serviee aboard the yacht Gala- tes, but the honeymoon plans were a carefully guarded secret. | HELEN WILLS’ WEDDING TODAY MARKED BY SIMPLE CEREMONY of Family, Invited; Service Oi_niu Both “I Obey” and *“'Surrender of Goods” Clauses. Apparently not a bit perturbed by her coming nuptials, Miss Wills spent yesterday on the courts of the Berkeley Tennis Club. In the afternoon she rested and last night an informal fam- g.;m':merm| took plzce at the Mills ‘Tel s of congratulations from all over the world continued to r into the Wills home, which was filled. with flawers sent by friends. Aside from the flowers, almost the only sign of the wedding Drepllnlkl‘tom yesterday was the packing of tru Dr. Miller arrived here last night from a hurried trip to the East, where he had gone to attend the funeral of his mother. The new Epj ian mar- ru{e ”kr:‘ct’h wl-lblrc‘)a he read does not mal . le promise 5 her hul':lnfl.mngr 'daogn&! '332:‘; groom promise to endow bride with all his worldly goods. "