Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1930, Page 2

A—2 w»% THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1930. SMOOT WINS BOOK CAPONE'S REFUGE GENSORSHIP FIGHT ~@enate Adopts Amendment Whereby Federal Court Passes Judgment. By the Associated Press. i ‘The Senate today returne more humdrum details of the tariff bill after a spirited discussion of salacious Hterature, which ended in the imposi- tion of a modified censorship upon im- reading matter. For two days charges of intolerance, denunciations of the principle of cen- sorship and pleas for the protection of the morals of young America rang through the Senate chamber, and then, without the formality of a record vote, the Senate acted last night. It adopted an amendment to the tariff bill under which foreign litera- ture considered “obscene, immoral or treasonable” may be seized at the port of entry, but cannot be destroyed until it has been judged 1"& a Federal Court and decisions appealed. A _proviso peprmit.s the Secretary of the Treasury to admit, in his discretion, such books as may be considered lit- erary classics, but then only for “non- commercial” purposes. Th: deb.ten ran the f;ll ll.l:'lulto‘t:: atorial oratory, now flery, vigo :::l shouted and again sinking to a half-audible murmur provoking to the crowds in the galleries and the alert BSenate shorthand reporters. Pompous statements uttered with all the weight and solemnity of senatorial dignity contrasted vividly with jocose and whimsical remarks from a few light- hearted members who took the discus- sion less seriously. Smoot Leads Fight. Senator Smoot, the chairman of the finance committee, led the fight for cen- sorship and held his ground stead- censorship provision bill and struggled valiantly to prevent the reversal of the former decision. ‘The amendment finally adopted was & modificaticn of one offered by Smoot, i stk H g %555 , an the United States Customs Court the decision of the collector. o “U&x: the seizure of such book or mat- ter collector shall transmit infor- mation thereof to the district attorney of the district in which is situated the office at which such seizure has taken &ce. who shall ‘DI“WN”W in district court for forfeiture, confis- cation, and destruction of the book or m'gzr leézh:d “Upon adjudication that such book .or matter thus seized is of a character B o i e 20 2 e ed and shall be destroyed. * * * “In any such proceeding any party in may upon demand have the facts at issue determined by a jury and any p-;;y may have :1: uglpell or the right review, as e case of ordinary actions or suits.” LINDSAY UNDECIDED ON EMBASSY LIQUOR New British Ambassador Sees Dis- armament as Major Problem Before Him in U. 8. By the Associated Press. Lindsay, newly appo - bassador to the United States, believes disarmament and the abolition of war ith said: “It 1s not practical to expect unlimit- od success or to hope for it in any conference, but it will make a ste) toward disarmament. Further confer- ences can be held at Geneva, in which all the world can take part and where | Ch! the United States is interested in the work of the League of Nations. In London only five powers represent- ed at the Naval Conference.” Asked whether he expected to follow the precedent established by Sir Esme Howard of not importing liguor or wines ':2;6 consumption at ihe embassy, he 1 15 rather a severe question and 1 ,would rather have the ‘time to look ,around first before discussing such & . 1 have not made up it yet. ‘o Later Sir Roland said that he was “not a teetotaler.” ign status of liquor, he lieved the ROBERT P. LAMONT. LAMONT 0 SPEAK IN RADIO FORUM Commerce Secretary’s Activ- ity in Reviving Business Sharpens Interest. Robert Patterson Lamont, who, as Secretary of Commerce, has been one of the principal contributing factors in the efforts of the administration to stimulate business and to improve the employment situation throughout the country following the stock market crash last Fall, will address the Na- tional Radio Forum, arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System, tomor- row night. Lamont has made public addresses only on rare occasions, and therefore his radio forum ad being looked forward to with great in- tel particularly because of the prom- inent position he occuples in the ad- ministration. It has been through the medium of the minute surveys made of business activities by Secretary Lamont’s depart- ment following that stock market col- lapse that President Hoover has been kept informed and thereby was in a position to act with such decision when the crisis arrived. Start of Program. Secretary Lamont personally repre- sented the President in bringing about co-operation of the industrial, business and public utility heads, as well as the State municipal authorities, in in motion a general gigantic program, which has done much in the way of reviving business and gnvm:n‘ employment. Through- out two months’ period when busi- ness n was at its lowest ebb, Secretary Lamont spent many hours wmnflht-thfloflumd'flm ference with the President several times a day. Before entering President Hoover'’s concerns. | Public Health Committee of Board . Lamont has lived in Chicago the ter of his life. He had never 1d public office until he entered the cabinet and has never Iitically. ed & major and after pro- moted to colonel in the National Army. Besides the tremendous responsibility ae has had in connection with the resus- taking understood that this vitally interesting and important subject will be the prin- cipal topic of this cabinet officer’s talk tomorrow night. = Secretary Lamonts :reech will go on the air through Sta- lon WMAL at 10:30 o'clock. QUEEN VICTORIA SINKS. King Gustave Absents Himself From Special Mass. ROME, March 19 (#).—Queen Vic- toria of Sweden, who has been seriously ill here for some time, was somewhat worse today. King Gustave and his granddaughter, Princess Ingrid, who are now here, had lanned to attend the special mass in t. Peter’s this morning, but were pre- vented by the Queen'’s condition. BURGLARS GET $24,700. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,, March 19 (#)—Cash and jewelry valued at ap- proximately $24,700 were stolen yester- day from the home of I. M. Engle of icago, police announced. - Detectives said the theft took place between 9:50 and 10:45 o'clock yester- day morning, while Mrs. Engle left the house to go to a grocery store. CHICAGOANS SWAP CARS “WISELY”; LATER FIND THEY’RE NOT SO WISE and clinics to determine whether in- ing YEN PLANS INDEPENDENT MYSTIFIES CHICAGO One Paper Says He’s in City, While ‘Another Declares Haven Is in Indiana. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 19.—Chicago won- dered today what had become of its motorious bad man, Alfonse Capone. Rumors varied widely as to the where- about of the scar-faced overlord of gangland since his release from a Penn- sylvania prison Monday, where he had pent 10 months for carrying concealed /eapons. The Herald and Examiner said it had definitely learned that Capone arrived yesterday by plane and immediately slipped into hiding with his leutenants. After these “business conferences’ arc over, the newspaper said, Capone in- tends to leave Chicago—destination un- known. : {bune said Capone was in one ot’lg;: r’:li‘;eouu in Indhm. waiting until the publicity, and police vigilance, died down. is henchmen, the newspaper said 1t had learned, presented their chief with a new automobilc, in which he was to make his entry into the city in style befitting his gangland eminence. Status With Police Changes. Capone's l'?&l: with tO.IIO police h‘“fefl somew] ovemlgh 3 5 Chief of Detectives John Stege said if “Scarface Al” had entered the city quietly terday, he would not have been mol Later, Stege added, it was decided that cusont should be taken into cus- tody and turned over to the State’s at- torney under the general order that hoodlums should be arrested on sight. The detective chief said at first he merely wanted to tell Capone that no resumption of gang warfare will be tol- erated and that any murders that bear the semblance of “Capone ln’x’:dlwork will just be too bad for Capone.’ I decided, however, it would be more effective if I told him behind the bars, Stege sald. Now an Ex-Convict. Throughout the night and on into the day squads of police maintained their vigil at the Capone home and at the Lexington and Metropole hotels, South Michigan avenue strongholds of the notorious gangster, who for the first time in his career may now be called an ex: ct. . Aided by newspaper reporters and pho- tographers, detectives searched through the underworld last night for gang- land’s ruler, including in their search the Cotton Club, opened recently by Al- fonse’s brother, Ralph Bottles) Capone. Other reports of gangster's wi - abouts ranged from his taking a steam- er from Baltimore to Miami, to sneak- ing in the kitchen door of his home while police weren't watching. * At the Capone home, where it was sald a feast of turkey and spaghetti loaded the welcoming table in vain, the day’s vigil was enlivened when “Bottles, Capone’s small son, gathered his play- mates and attacked police in a snow- ball fight. iy X-RAY FILM SAFETY SURVEY LAUNCHED of Trade Sponsors Move. A survey of Washington's hospitals | flammable X-ray films similar to those which caused the disastrous Cleveland explosion last May are used is being | undertaken by the public health com- mittee of the Washington Board of Trade, of which Dr. D. Percy Hickling, District alienist, is chairman, it became known at a meeting of the committee last. night at The Star Building. Although the consensus appeared to be against the sacrifice of the advance | of diagnostic science for the added safety of non-explosive films, action was deferred until the results of the survey resented to the committee. iam F. Hemler, local X-ray expert, said that the inflammable type of film gives better results. Questionnaires have been sent to all local hospitals and other users of the X-ray to determine what type of film is used and how it is stored. Answers to the queries had been received last night from three hospitals, Emergency, Garfield and Georgetown. All three of these institutions were said to use the acetate base film and as an added pre- caution store it in fireproof vauits. ‘The committee, in addition to taking up this subject, indorsed the bill provid- ing for an increase in the appropriation for a children’s tuberculosis sanitarium. GOVERNMENT IN PEIPING Steps Begun to Form Cabinet After Nanking Agencies Are Taken Over. By the Associated Press. NANKING, China, March 19.—The Official News Agency today said that Yen Hsi-Shan, governor of the Prov- ince of Shansi, was planning to estab- lish an independent government in Peiping. The agency said that Yen had in- vited Wu Pei-Fu, one-time powerful military leader, to become his war min- ister. Field Marshal Tuan Chi-Jui, who was provisionally chief executive in 1925, was invited to become mi of the interior and former Premier Liang Shi-Yi to become minister of e ipatches from Pelpin rda; patches iping _ yesterday said that all Nankin government of- fices, organs and other administrative bureaus had been taken over by the lo- cal authorities. Yen, with Feng Yu-Hsiang, once known as the Christian general, is the leader of a Northern up which has taken an independent stand against the central Nationalist government at Nanking. More Careful Attention to Vaudeville Gags Might Have Helped These “Business Men.” By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 19.—The old vaude- g | ville joke about the bootleggers who ——— Prince Wins Damage Suit. ' PARIS, March 19 (#).~Prince Danilo ©f Montenegro, brother of the Queen ’t'}'-ng‘-li'm‘:"m.:::w: $4,000) .glmm.ooo Metro-Goldwyn for an allegud libelous title of “The g\:mu of him under the 4 ice of Monteblanco.” wore badges so they wouldn't try to sell to each other has made some impres- sion among followers of other lines of business. Maybe Joseph Weglarz and Stanley was in exactly the same position—he, too, was tiring of his car, shiny though it was. the two met it took practically no time at all to consummate the trade. Each found a willing customer in the other and each drove off thinking what a “sucker” the other had been. Yesterday they met again in court, Weglarz was held to the d jury and Madziarczyk, who is only 16, was turned over to juvenile suthorities, “I got mine in front of a house on South La Salle street,” confided ziarczvk, “Where'd you gejy yours?” “In -~ 2 ont on X 148e avenue bright and | Storm in Southwest Subsides, With Fair Weather Promised Three-Day Rain Reaches Climax in Waterspout Over Santa Ana Airport. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 19.—Reaching its climax in the formation of a water- spout, the three-day storm which has swept all of Southern California and Arizona apparently had spent its force today and the return of fair weather was promised by the United States ‘Weather Bureau. Swinging in from the Pacific Ocean betwee: l‘gong Beach and Huntington Beach, the waterspout yesterday hov- ered over the Santa Ana, Calif., Airport and in less than 10 minutes dropped one and a quarter inches of rain. The area is barren of structures and no damage was reported, Light rains were general over Los Angeles and Orange Counties through- out the day. The three-day rainfall total in Los Angeles was reported at 3.42 inches, which brought the season’s total to 10.38 inches. More snow fell in the mountains near Los Angeles and electrical displays pre- ceded rain and snow &t the summit of Mount Wilson. Reports from Arizona indicated the fury of the storm had subsided some- what, although rain and snow continued to fall in the northern part of the State. NEWSPAPER FACES CHARGE OF FELONY New York Daily Mirror and Publisher Are Accused In Schroeder Case. By the Associated Press. NEWCASTLE, Pa, March 10— Charles J. Margiotti, special prosecutor in the trial of Irene Schroeder for the killing of a highway patrolman, today announced he had informed A. J. Kob- ler, president of the New York Daily Mirror, that an information was being prepared charging him, the Daily Mir- ror, James Whittaker and others with compounding a felony and conspiracy to_compound a felony. aily Mirror has published a “life history” of the defendant. The mecumr directed Kobler to send dhwtlukervmhuzeoflcmnnmlmm y. Prosecution Questions Woman. “You have chosen to ignore our tele- gram of the other day,” a tel to Kobler said. Schroeder, hav- ‘:f taken the stand in her own defense, thholding of this information re- quested of you and James Whittaker eolmlm.,:\l':; under th&nl;enn;yllvmh law e of compound a felony.” “As soon as an indictment is found,” the telegram stated, “extradition proc- ess will follow.” 21-year-old former Wheeling, W. Va, waitress, who took up crime for a livelihood, today was re- called to the witness stand for further State cross-examination regarding the slaying last December 27 of a State highway near. New Castle. Her fight against being sent to the electric chair drew its greatest strength from her statement that she did not know if the ballet she fired had -hit Paul. Already she had | ing Corpl. Brady admitted from the stand that she par- ticipated in the hold-up of a Butler, Pa., chain store that December day. She has admitted, too, that she fired at Paul when he halted the automobile bearing her and two men from the scene of the hold-up. Today Special Prosecutor Charles J. Margiotti was prepared to grill the de- fendant further concerning the swift events at that roadside spot where Paul was killed and Pvt. Ernest Moore | wounded in the gun battle with the woman, her friend, W. Glenn Dague, Wheeling, W. V: utomobile salesman, | and a man believed to have been Tom | Crawford, brother of the woman. Tells of Auto Flight. Last night Margiotti’s cross-exami- nation led the blonde woman h a review of the early events of her life, including a fall at the age of 10, when she said her head was so badly injured that she had suffered constant- | ly with headaches ever since as a re- sult. She told, too, of her automobile flight with Dague, following the hold-up and shooting, across the continent to Arizona, where the two were captured, following a series of battles in which a Maricopa County, Ariz, depu- ty suftered wounds from which he later died. She told of “taking” several auto- mobiles as the flight progressed through West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri and other States. Previously Dague, awaiting trial in the same case, had testified regarding the flight and the purchase “for pro- tection” of pumerous guns, one of which the State charges spouted bullets at a St. Louis policeman during a gun bat- tle there, although failing to wound him. PLANS FOR ELECTIVE EDUCATION BOARD Parent-Teacher Demand Not Meant as Criticism of Present Member- ship, Mrs. Bannerman Says. Sponsors of the movement to create T | an elective board of education offer no criticism of the present members of the body, Mrs. William T. Bannerman, chairman of the department of legisla- tion of the Federation of Parent- Teacher Associations, declared night in an address over radic station WOL. Mrs. Bannerman contended no effort was being made by friends of the pro- posed legislation to replace the mem- bers of the present board. She added “the sole purpose in supporting it is to place the public schools of the Na- tion’s Capitaion a scientific legal foun- dation which harmonizes with Ameri~ can ideals and supports, in actual prac- tice, the American theory of constitu- tional government.” ‘The speaker asserted the National Education Association and the Denver Teachers’ College have made scientific studies of numerous city school systems which revealed elective school boards provide many advantages without any higher tax rate or per capita cost. Advantages cited included better bulld- ings, larger playgrounds, higher paid elementary school teachers, smaller classes in elementary es and & I:l'gder gercenhge of 16 and 17 year old stu 3 lent “Blologically, intellectually, spiritu- | d ally, the relationship between each patent and his own individusl ehild 18 an undisputed and basic fact,” M Bannerman argued. “Failure to recog nize the fundamental nature of this re- lationship in the enactment of laws governing the operation of our social and educational institutions is quite as dangerous to those institutions as fail- ure ige the law of gravitation gmld possibly be to our material struc- ures.” | contest. Noted >Radio Announcer En- gaged to Describe Events in Sound Film. Graham McNamee, the talking re- porter of the Evening Star-Universal! Newsreel, through special arrangement ' with National Broadcasting Co. will give a glowing description of the spec- tacular events in the latest sound film which will open at the Metropolitan Theater on Friday. An excellent or- chestra accompaniment adds to the| attractiveness of this reel. The news- reel also will be shown at the Earle and other Warner Bros. houses of Washington. i There are many thrilling events in the world of sports shown in the film. The cameraman caught an excellent view of the trial flight of the first American-built boat glider off Port Washington, N. Y. It is the first time that a glider has been lifted off the water into the air by a seaplane. Thc glider, with Capt. Frank Hawks, speed champion, at the controls, was raised to & height of 40 feet and sailed through the air for half a mile. Helen Madison, & Seattle girl, is shown breaking the world’s champion- ship 500-yard free-swimming style for women at Miami Beach, Fla. She low- ered the record by 15% seconds and ‘l’l.no set two other marks in as many \ys. Speed Test Shown. Kaye Don, the English s is also seen urying to autoombile speed record in his Silver Bullet at Daytona Beach, Fla. Un- fortunately, engine trouble developed and he was forced to come to & halt demon, the world The boat was first launched in when she was fitted out to fight the Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean. Later she added to her laurels in the War of 1812. Miracles with billard balls were per- formed by former Chapion Otto Relselt at the Elks’ tournament in Philadelphia. He made the ball loop the loop, do the snake english, jump bridges and cues and other stunts on the green table. From Switzerland comes a film of & St. Moritz waiter who keeps the guests entes ed while they eat. He claims to have the strongest jaw and teeth in the world. At any rate, he lifts tables and carries them about the room tra cover charges to the guests. Gorgeous Flower Show. ‘The seventeenth annual international flower show, held at Grand Cent Palace, New York, proved a veritable The millionaires from riot of colors. all over the world sent priceless blooms to the gorgeous exhibit. One judges were kept busy and awarded $40,000 in prizes in 300 titions. ‘The growing un seen in the film where mfll‘"’" 10 greet the Nationalist leader m- tie, Gandhi, who is marching to Jalal- pur with his followers, urging the ofl- lages to join the against the Indian In California is found the man with the shortest name in the world, he be- known as Mr. X, while from all to name and profession. newsreel also Gottlieb, a Brooklyn l, who was chosen as the most beau New York Jewess at the Jewish National Workors' She gets a trip to Palestine as the prize. TINY DOG FACES DEATH IN DEFENDING MASTER Spitz Pup Distracts Bandits At- tempting Hold-Up and Is Twice Wounded by Pistol Shots. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 10.—A tiny dog, seeking to defend his master, tral | sive the instead brought himself near death to- day. Nigger, a Spitz, distracted two ban- dits who were holding up GustavLehnert, bachelor proprietor of a filling station, on the Janesville road last night. While Lehnert held out currency and coins to them, Nigger snarled and snap- ped at the bandit’s heels. One of them fired. Lehnert fell wounded, probably fatally, the money strewn about him. The bandits fled after pumping another bullet into his body. MEMORIAL TO WORLD WAR WOMEN TO BE DEDICATED Gen. Pershing Will Preside at Ceremony und President Hoo- ver Will Accept Building. In the presence of President Hoover, Gen. Pershing and & uT of other distinguished guests, hand- some marble Red Cross Chapter House, oot sircetm a8 & memorial and hteen to woln’fen of the World War, is being formally dedicated this afternoon. last | Senator Fess of Ohio, who speaks as chairman of the buflding committee. Among those who will join in this dedicatory evercise will be men and women active ten years ago in civilian and military service in the successful prosecution of the World War at home and abroad. ‘The exercises start at 4 pm. ity HUSTON RECALLED IN LOBBY INQUIRY TO EXPLAIN CHECKS (Continued From First Page.) crat, Montana, if the account Teen used for purchasing stocks. e Huston said it was used for the same purpose as other money that whs in By &ld t identify & after - not nf had been deposited,” he added. 5 After a conl not object to an Carbide deposit records, Harol E. Young (left) as he appeared before the Senate airport g ¢ »hml‘. R. H. McNeill. —Star Staff Photo. mittee this morning. With him is his YOUNG DISCLAIMS INTENT TO REFLECT ON ANY SENATORS (Continued Prom First Page.) subcom- BUREAU DESCRIBES TAXICAB TRAFFIC IN D. C. AS “CHAOTIC” (Continued From First Page.) public character and fatally undermine blic cornldence in the public service. dare to express the hope that there be some small measure of ad. 0, ST e ves selves in I-hlg_ reprehensible and poison. Jones present, Mr. Young with Attorney Robert H. Mc- Neill, who, he said, assisted him in pre- paring the statement he wished to sub- mit. “Mr. Young then read as follows: “If anything I have been quoted as saying at the meetingof the Federation of cfu-u ns recently held unjustly reflected upon any member of , 1 am sincerely sorry, and wish wvow any intention so to reflect upon any one in Congress. Information “Hearsay.” “I also wish to state that I have no person: the proposed airport in shy member of Gongress. AL e any 3 - formation which I have is that which I have obtained from others and which would be called ‘hearsay.’ My use of report which came to me was casual and my state- ments were made more to em for association and not as an expression of my own views. before the Federation of Citizens’ As- sociations I distinctly came out in favor o‘ :.:c hase of the airport south of the mong oni T the ;fi:hm in 3 that unless Co; AS recommen airport committee it be five years before disobedience drive Wa any Senator. , and 1 stated | hich | 17 per cent, is not available for bein, report as & matter for consideration | by the opponents of the proposed air- never dreaming that it would me an issue as to whether or not there was such a report current or as to my authority for making the statement which is the subject matter of this investigation.” After Mr. Young had completed the reading of his prepared statement, Senator Jones that the witness had mentioned two former Senators in the statement, and asked Mr. Young if they were the names he had heard mentioned by the persons who discussed the airport problem with him. Meant No Reflection. Mr. Young replied that they were, but he emphasized that he had no intention of reflecting on them. In bringing his prepared statement to a close, Mr. Young said: “I should add that in the statement which I made before the Federation of Citizens’ Associations I used no word indicating that I believed any member of Congress, or especlally any member of the Senate or ex-Senator, was volved in any transaction or had any interest in the airport proposition in the nature of a ‘graft’ or ‘grab,’ as indicated by the headlines in some of the newspapers by their accounts of my statement, nor did I ‘insinuate’ any- thing to that effect. The information upon which my statement was based was obtained from a personal friend in confidence and it may be that I mis- interpreted his statement as above, but in view of its confidential character I respectfully request that this commit- tee do not require me to disclose it, as no public interest is involved and no matter is pending before this committee which would make it desirable or neces- sary that I make such disclosure, and it would only result in rassment to me and to confidence I had.” Huston also testified he had not known that the funds in his brokerage account had been used for purchasing stocks until Krickl had given the lobby committee the information. “I never knew anything about it until I heard the testimony this morning,” he said. Krickl said the $36,100 was deposited by W. E. Moore, whom Huston had identified as his personal representative. ed if the Tennessee association had been credited with the profit, Hus- ton said it probably would have been charged against uncollected interest on money he had advanced to the asso- clation. Asked if any other money had been used to purchase stocks, Huston said: “I wouldn't know about that." Every cent of the money, he tified, had been paid over in_install- ments to J. W. Worthington, chairman of the executive committee of the as- ersonal embar- e person whose purposes. “I have run my ess in my own and I expect to continue,” he as- “You got no interest on the funds?” alsh asked. “No,” HMuston answered. BOMB WRECKS THEATER ).—The eal an - - bt ed and windows onl{ person injured was Lorna ennedy, 15, whp w’cut when thrown from bed in an apartment nearby. ‘Two men, former emploi'-u of theater, were arrested near Lansing questioning. for the act of July 1, 1902, under which H and L tag vehicles, respectively, pal hs on the part of the aumgn for m:; years not practicable to attempt change 1 Hack Stands Take Up Space. The report pointed out that there is approximately 170,600 feet of curb space on the public streets in the con- gested area, of which 20,020 feet, about ing purposes, this taken v hack stands, bus ltou? lhlppi‘n:p e=! stops snd oth ““"m“‘ S com stops and other , con- cl‘:a;d that the b o In my statement | the the by | livery vehicles are being put.” COLORADO BANDITS - SHARE DEATH BLAME Three Robbers Are Warned That' Straightforward Story Is Only Hope to Escape Hanging. iy the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo., March 19.—Warned hat they probably will hang for the fatal shooting of Deputy Sheriff C. A. Hickman of Eads, Colo, and that a straightforward story was their sole | hope for escape, three confessed robbers of the Manter (Kans.) State Bank have admitted they all are equally guilty in the slaying. Denying previous statements that Claude Rhea killed Hickman, the three men—Rhea, John Walker and Andrew Halliday—signed a statement that all P Ratest story of the ofcer’s death told in the Den: Co Jail. near Jetmore, Kans. . DRIFTING SHIP CALLS HELP OFF BERMUDA Greek Freighter's Engines Dead and Craft Cannot Be Steered. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 19.—The Mac- kay Radio Station here today picked up an 8 O 8 call from the Greek freighter Eugenie, which listed her position as 200 miles northeast of Bermuda. The INPNAMEE TO TALK JURY INSTRUCTION SOUGHT BY DOHENY Defense Asks That Fall Guilt Be Ruled Separate Issue. By the Assoclated Press. Counsel for Edward L. Doheny this afternoon asked Justice Hitz, in District Supreme Court, to instruct the jury that under the law Albert B. Fall, con- victed of accepting a bribe from Do- heny, eould be guilty and the wealthy oil man at the same time be innocent of giving the bribe. Government at the same time asked that the jury be instructed that in Doheny gave $100,000 to Fall in- tes it to influence his award of the Hills naval ofl reserve he be found guilty. The pleas were made with the jury absent only a short time before final arguments in the case were to begin. As the ftrial drew into its final stages the defense introduced witnesses 'in an effort to corroborate testimony ‘given by Doheny yesterday that be personally had nothing to do with the | Preparation of bids for naval ofl re- | serves. | Danziger on Stand. J. M. Danziger, vice president of the Pan-American Transport & Petroleum Co., owned by Doheny interests, test! fled that he signed the Pearl Harbou contract for his company. J. J. Cotter, company counsel, he said, told him of the alternate proposal which contained the preferential clause to Elk Danziger said Cotter told him he would wire Doheny about the alternate proposal and the preferential clause, but that he (Danziger) told Cotter it was unnecessary, as he felt he had ample authority to handle the matter without Doheny’s approval. “Mr. Dohen; the present practice under the exist censing act " Sl Witness Admits Handling Deal. The witness added that he handled “‘every single thing” in connection with the contract, but that he had no per- sonal contact with any Government official. J. C. Anderson, former president and Wflflu?fln-m WaS gen: manager of heny’s Californiia activities in 1922. He said he first heard of the Pearl’ Harbor gg::t, late in December of 1921 from He sald Doheny Robison “that ,DON WILL ATTEMPT NEW RECORD TODAY British Automobile Racer An- nounces Intention to Try to Bet- A ter Mark of 231 Miles. i By the Assoclated Press. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 19.— Esye- Don, British automobile racer, andounced today that he would make an official attempt to better the world afternoon, weather permitting. 'NARCOTIC AGENTS T0 SEARCH 21 SHIPS False Tip on French Liner Be- lieved Blind to_ Proteet Others. By the Associated Press. s NEW YORK, March 19.—Believing a tip that the French liner France carried $633,000 worth of narcotics was a blind to divert suspicion from other liners Federal agents today were pre- pared to search 21 ships due here from searching for the shipment which they had been informed was to be brought in on that liner. They found nothing. Orders Washington also issued for the search of vessels making port at Philadelphia, Boston and Balti- . Canadian auth Eugenie said her engine had stopped , JOTe. and she was unable to steer. The Eugenie’s message was intercept- ed by the American Freighter Syros, which was about 75 miles south of the Eugenie. “Drifting southeast, our engines are stopped, cannot steer; came near to us,” was the message sent to the Syros by the Eugente. ‘The_Eugenie, of 2,312.tons, is bound from Baltimore for Marseilles. The Syros left New Orleans March 10 for Havre. Stations WRC and WMAL went off the air shortly before 11 o'clock when the distress signal was it picked up from the Greek Steamer Eugenie. Radio listeners deluged the stations with telephone inquiries as to the cause. it 5 MRS. COLPOYS DIES Wife of Trades Unionist Editor Had Lived Here 25 Years. o'clock. Interment Mass, ' ) 8t. uwrenceumm ports. RS iy TN BAND CONCERT. the United States Marine Band Orgutn. Taylor Branson leader and Arthur 8. Witcomb second leader, this at 8:15 o'clock at the Audito- arine Barracks: ‘In Bohemia,” 28, . nry Hadley , “Poem for Flute and Or- eve: rium, | Second Indian suite, Opus 48, Edward MacDowell in 33 2 -Kelley | Marines' hymn, “The Halls of Monte- ! "“The star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, John 8. M. Zimmer- mann bandmaster Pointner assistant leader, in Si Hall, to- MOTTow evening at 5:30 [X 3 of " March, “The Spirit Indmdnfl.‘ Overture. “Cosi Fan Tutti"......Mozart far Nichte” " (Bwees Taios Hosmer Pinale, “Ylllmaflt"...‘.....”",‘-‘ “The Star Spangled Bannar