Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1930, Page 2

ROMBERISLODPED WITHL00DL8. LD Heavy Naval Plane Dives 4,000 Feet With Open Motor Before Acrobatics. Bombardment aviation history was ‘written at the Anacostia Naval Air Sta- tion today, when a test pilot dove a heavy bombardment plane carrying a 1,000-pound bomb more than 4,000 feet vertically with the motor wide open and then performed a series of loops and acrobatics with {he same load, No_bombardmers# plane of this type ever Has been put thro such a o formance, it was said. The pilot, Wil- liam H. McEvoy, chief test pilot for the National Advisory Committee for Aero- nautics, at Langley PField, Va., has com- pleted a series of eight diveg with the new plane, which now is undergoing fiight tests for acceptance by the Navy. Use of this type of bomber will revo- lutionize' aircraft maneuvers at sea, it was said by naval officers. The plane will be used against surface vessels if accepted and will be operated from air- plane carrjers. The vertical diving at- tack is a development of the past two years and the bomber flown this morn- ing was developed after nearly two years of research work. Six Dives Yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, McEvoy made six dives, three withcaé bombs and three with a 500-pound bomb, On the last of these, he dove from 10,000 feet to within 1,200 feet of the ground. Today, with a 1,000-pound bomb. he made two dives, the first about 4.000 feet and the second a little longer, start- ing from 10,000 feet. s Following the last dive, he put the plane through several loops and rolls, and also flew on his back for nearly a quarter of a mile. . The plane is a Martin experimental THE EVENING STAR, DRYS TO GET ADDITIONAL TIME: FOUR-DAY REBUTTAL TO FOLLOW Statéments From Prof. Fisher and Dr. Clarence Wilson Remain for Hearing, Which Resumes Wednesday. ___(Continued From First Page.) Public Morals of the Methodist Episco- pal Church. Two Days to Rebuttal. ‘When the case of the drys has been completed, rebuttal testimony will be in order. It is planned that two days be given each side for this purpose. ‘The prohibitionists were given seven days originally for the presentation of their case, a time equal to that taken by the wets in their scathing arraign- ment of the dry laws and conditions attributed to them. To date they have used six and a half of them, and have presented & long series of witnesses, in- cluding business men, representatives of women's clubs, educators, settlement workers, clergymen and a noted fool ball coach. Five witnesses were heard by the committee yesterday, four coming in the afternoon after the morning session had been given over to Daniel C. Roper, former commissioner of internal reve- nue, who urged the calling by President Hoover of a council of governors and prominent citizens to work out a plan to educate the American ‘g;ople to observance of the dry laws. per said. he was convinced the law could be en- forced and suggested that the Chief Executive call Federal and State officials into éonference with wets and drys to determine upon a solution of questions revolving around prohibition. Demand Laid to Rich. The American-born _wealthy class was charged by Mrs. Martha Bensley Bruere of New York, author and a social worker, and the first afternoon witness, with creating a market for torpedo plane, officially designated “T-5M1.” Preliminary tests of the ship last Fall were suspended when it was found that dangerous stresses were de- veloped during power dives.. The plane’| was strengthened and today's tests seemed to indicate that the reflex has been remedied. Reaches 250-Mile Speed. ‘The plane’ was built at the Glenn L. Martin factory in Baltimore, and Martin was one of the observers when the test was made. Naval officials head- ed by Comdr. John Powers, assistant chief of the Naval Bur?u of Aeronau- tics and pfiof of thHe Navy flight test also were on hand. 's tests were run in the face of e e e pan! ® Navy plane, “formation” with the big section, juring | population of the United States would SATURDAY SESSION OF SENATE ASKED L BY LEADER WATSON ‘(Continued From First Page.) members who have been debating the tariff for almost seven months and for hours daily during the last three ‘weeks seemed to be in a mood fo get away for the seven-day lay-off. Proponents of the amendment themsel SR, ‘whatever ht provide to the farmer. single-vote day had settled another tant tariff dispu debated Topou.l to the free list and im) a duty. amendment offered Senator Jones, , . It would levy a ©of $1.50 a thousand board fe o o feet on im- fir, spruce, pine, hemlock and Norris' Amendment Carries. Defeated on the lumber schedule and victorious on the hide and s pro- posal, the old coalition of Democrats and independent Republicans, which has been disrupted recently by a new slliance of Republican and Democratic muln;s held its lines fast on a pro- Norris, iny lent | rest tor publican, of Nebraska, amen the administrative provisions of the bill. The Norris amendment would author- ize the President to suspend duties on all commodities found to be controlled by monopolies. In support of his pro- posal the Nebraskan said that under & high protective tariff monopolies sometimes grow up and prosper and that it was the duty of the Government to revoke its tariff favors when com- binations in - ooy restraint of trade are dis ———— LEAPS THREE FLOORS WHEN DENIED CIGARETTE Colored Girl Suffers Fractured 8kull, Broken Jaw and Dislo- cated Hip at Detention House. . Presumably because she had been de- nied a cigarette, Bertha Jenkins, col- ored, 22 years old, of 221 D street Jjumped from a third-story window at the House of Detention early today and ;:cetvevé 'm‘.':muéf:“mmghy:u ‘I:roken and a local . ns at g:n%;enc;r pronauncedp her condition Arrested on a charge of intoxication, the girl was wfen to the House of De- tention by police of the fourth pre- cinct. She was forbidden the v&‘tp of indulging in a cigarett after reaching the institution. A few ‘min- utes later when the girl was left alone for a moment she rai a window and plunged to the sidewalk. “We never permit girls to smoke, as & precaution against fire,” Lieut. Mina C. Van Winkle, head of the Woman's Bureau, explained. EXCHANGE IDEAS Japan and Soviet Agree to Inter- change of Officers. ‘TOKIO, March 21 .—An agree- ment has been rnehg‘dn between the MY, | in the Constitution and that regardiess illicit liquor. She said low wage earners created no demand for liquor. ‘The National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was placed on record as opposing all of the measures before the committee to repeal the eighteenth amendment by Mrs. Ella A. Boole of Brooklyn, N, Y. its president. She declared that as long as the women retained their right of suffrage the eighteenth amendment would remain f party affiliations they would continue Om be “implacable foes of the liquor traffic.” The other two witnesses of the day to which the colored people migrated during and after the war, show that their drink problem is far less serious than that of some of the foreign born.” At Fall River, Mass., where, she said, the people had been subject to unem- ployment and financial depression, John T. Swift, police commissioner, advised her that the mixed population, includ- ing many immigrants, had spent $4,000,000. & year in saloons before pro- hibition. Swift's letter added: ““Whether or not there is any connec- tion to account for the matter, the re- sult remains that during the time since prohibition the increase in the savings deposits of the local banks has amounted approximately to that sum every year." “There are indications,” Mrs.” Bruere same ing has hap- pened even in wet Philadelphia and in one or two industrial centers,” DOKENY ARGUMENT APPROACHING END OF OIL BRIBE TRIAL (Continued From First Page.) urgé the leasing of more acreage to the Pan-American Co., 80 that the needed royalty oil could be provided. He then went into the naval treaties which the defense had held up as making the project unnecessary, and told the jury they provided that the “last outpost where the Navy could have WASHINGTON, .D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1930. | DR REICHELDERFER |HUSTON ASSOCIATE AND CROSBY NAMED| BARES STOCK DEAL Moore Says G. 0.-P. Leader Directed Use of Checks From Carbide Firm. (Continued Prom First ) assoclation was in debt and needed “suj E “fp:eclded to send the to Mr, Moore,” he sald. “Mr. Huston told me if we did decide to give the money vinced the President of his capacity and | to send it to Mr. Moore, and that was fitness to serve with credit as - | d missioner. m‘:-ll;uzm‘x:m wlm ?‘enmdfiilon was Both Gen. Crosby and Dr. Reichel- el n oney, ggerson derfer are.Republicans in their politics, | continued. “I belleve he told me the as- but have never taken an active part in | Sociation owed him money and that it the interests of thelr political party. | Was impossible wnlleu:l_y more money Neither of them is identified with a |in the Tennessee Valley. citizen association or any other civie Blaine Recalls Testimony. body, but both are represented as being intensely interested in the development Scnator Blaine, Republican, Wiscon- of the Capital. sg: u}l‘d. whll:dum;; wng gn t{xhe stand, .| that the records produced for the com- President Hoover has never met Dr. e by, Biyth Rnd Bommer showed Reichelderfer and his knowledge of him that when the $22,000 deposit was made has been acquired through inquiries and hire a6 & QMCIE i ToRtorin GO0 ;nn\:.ut ations made by others close to o7°819.000. is physicians name was origi- Moore, questioned about this, said nally given to the White House for this {ndebiodness wes . for margin set consideration in connection with the stocks, but denied that he was directed commissionership several months ago Sk o the Dilatite Ot erdrawn: by members of the Medical Association Moore, atter testifying that on. oc+ of the District, but it was not until the past week or so that serious con-{ casions he was given instructions by iy s Bk Ecr i e osaloed oW checks, ana al by e o e et S0 | for 822,000 and the other for 814,100, Crosby only once before making up his {from a mesfenger, who said they were mind to appoint him. The Clv:Try chief Tt the San was virtus drafted by the President y chairman. Jor this District appointment. The| The witness added that he did not President was casting about for some ‘kvt}l‘z; ta:e l::oa:leex;:er l:diald no}zhknow T B o aon s, | questioned sharply. about this, but re- ton int as issioner, when e e et o | Dlied that he would take money without Nominations for Commission- erships, Long Delayed, Made Today. (Continued From First ) Garfleld Hospital, his record as an offi- cer in the National Guard, his admin istrative service overseas and his d! rection of the affairs of the District Medical Society while its president con- him. When the President discovered that Gen. Crosby's four-year term as chief of Cavalry would expire on March 20, he determined to prevail upon him to accept the Commissionership. Gen. Crosby was out on an inspection trip in the States when he received a summons from the Secretary of War to report at once to the White House. 8 base was at Pearl Harbor.” He sald the treaties prohibited increasing forti- fl;flflom 2t Guam and in the Philip- pines. Read Admiral J. K. Robison, in charge of the Pearl Harbor construc- tion, Hogan said, then told the Pan- American that the Navy would give it & lease to all the Elk Hills reserve if it would provide the additional con-| A day or so later he presented himself struction at Pearl Harbor. before the President. When the Presi- Hogan told the jury that Fall put the | dent asked him if he would ICOCK: this entire matter up to the decision of that | place Gen. Crosby’s reply was that he “unimpeachable Se« of the Navy, | had been a soldier for many years an Edwin Denby.” since died. | that he always stood ready to obey his “No;tl ‘Gm;g l'ronéoP'lll bhe exclaimed, | superior officer. “except put it up to Denby.” Hogan became dramatic as_he con- Physician Will Head Board. tinued telling the jury he was putting| Dr. Reichelderfer will take over the | nadian- border near the North Dakota- were James L. Kennedy of Greensburg, Pa., and Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago, nt of the Flying Squadron dation. Kennedy advocated observance of the prohibition law on thé ground that it deserved ton. by the citizens as long as it was & law. Stewart sald more than half the his whole self into the argument be- cause “more than a life is at stake.” He then reviewed detalls of the nego- tiations that led to the execution of the lease which awarded the 32,000-acre Naval Reserve to the Pan-American Co. on December 11, 1922. ATTEMPT T0 BLOCK MONTGOMERY PROBE flose any measure to repeal or modify dry laws sent- to the House by the eommittee. Says Dry Act Aids Poor. The committee also received a state- ment from Mrs. Nellle Burger of BY JURY NOW SITTING Springfield, Mo., president of the Mis- Continued From First Page.) sour Woman's Christian Temperance (Cont m Union, in which she defi"m “:rhfl“" demand of the commissioners for the anything but grinding poverty.” She |also was admitted that Lee had read to added t{h-t vmfibmon h;&n:tumh& the grand jurymen while he was in the crime {ncrease, al % automobiles and firearms. When wet | 00 _an opinion of & lawyer which advocates offer 'a better solution for | purported to inform the grand jury as g-ndltnlh "q":; "!:gm“nl!d t.hnnl ;oh‘lt- to its legal right to proceed with the ition, she said she would cone ' | investigation sought, and that he ad- “ tes e TOGAY, D0 Tatisr Whst SR VO3 | i (o grund. surymen also of thel polis, gathered largely from lists of men, | dutles in the premises. may show; as long as the nineteenth| The grand jury was in session for A appeared in court, when ge C. Fry, words of Mrs. Boole, .;:' Y“"n:! leade? | chairman, asked the court for the ap- S 5o Gy 10 e a1 i o - Mrs, Boole asked why “do we believe” | Judge Peter seic the national prohibition the best means of | " Ty oot Jackson o dealing with the liquor question and member of the grand hen gave six answers. They tollow: | TEDEE S IR FARG U, 60, 1L “It establishes the same method of authority to appoint a special prou-' dealing with the problem hroughout | cyior, could the grand jury request the e Bation, ral of Maryland for such = hibits the manufacture, the | attorney general of Mary ;-le,“v.hgm aportation, exportation. and | &n appointent. importation of intoxicating liquors for “The seme definition of intoxicating liquors applies to the whole country. “Prohibition is the I 1 method of dealing with a law-defying evil. Says Rich Support Bootleggers. “Prohibition has disclosed no new attitude of its opponents, for the liquor traffic has been always a violator of law. “The bootlegger is blamed and is blameworthy for violating the law. He could not exist if people did not buy his lquors. It is the rich, the in- fluential, who still believe in moderate drinking—those who claim the right to violate the law—who lead the way and are d the unt] and lawless.” When Mrs, Bruere took the stand she said if one followed the ninety-sixth parallel from where it crosses the Ca- ‘The grand jury followed a suggestion g{’me court and adjourned until Mon- THREE-POWER PACT ON ARMS STRENGTH IS BELIEVED NEAR (Continued From First Page.) anese delegation, also had a visit with Prime M T Macdonald this morning. Observers ' doubted today if Andre Tardieu, French premier, would keep his lrmmlmnt Sunday with Mr. Mac- donald. Indeed, unless the Naval Conference shows some signs of emergence from its present. im| it is uncertain when M. Tardieu will return to London from Paris, and a dispatch from the French capital -this morning out this belief. Aristide Briand, French foreign minister, has gone back to Paris also, and Jacques-Louls Dumesnil, who heads What remains of the French delegation, insists that he has no authority in the absence of the two leaders. Since M. Tardieu's departure last Monday, after a week end conference with Mr. Macdonald, the conference has awaited his return, it being felt generally that he held the key to any solution which might be found to the present hiatus. e French attitude now, it is understood, is that of having expressed thelr viewpoint and of await- ing acquiesence to that viewpoint by the contending powers. . Briand himself epitomized it yes- terday as he left for Paris. He said: “I don’t see much use in sitting around a hotel looking out of a window at the weather even if it is fine. I shall come back as.soon as there is some work for me to do.” Officials of the French delegation stated that although both Francois Pietri and M. Dumesnil are going to Paris tonight, leaving only Ambassador De Fleuriau, this does not mean with- drawal of the delegation from the con- ference. Mr. Macdonald continued his efforts to bring the parley out of its apathetic condition, and last night conferred with Dino Grandi, Italian foreign minister and delegation head, the meeting being regarded as in the cards after the ish prime minister's two-hour-and- 1f session the previous evening with . Briand. But it was understood Mr. Macdon- ald’s efforts to evolve some sort of compromise between France and Italy resulted only in reiteration of the Italian stand that parity with France was the first, last and only policy of the Rome government. Grandl, it was said, seemed inclined to reésent demands of France that Italy put some ‘sort of figures of its naval n on the table. France’s figures, he declared, were Italy's figures. Minnesota boundary down to Sloux Falls and then took in the territory westward to the Pacific they would find a section in which the “drink problem” did not cause the social workers concern. ‘This area, she said, had tried to con- trol liquor for nearly a century and uently had an advantage over the the country. She reviewed the history of the set- tlers in this area, saying the first gener- ation began in New England and drank Jamaica rum and applejack: that the next generation migrated into Western Pennsylvania and New York, where tem- perance discussions took place; that the next generation pushed further west- ward, and they “maintained the dry tra- dition of the Northwest.” Mrs. Bruere said reports from Mayor Eagleson of Boise City, the head social worker at Spokane, the head of the Portland, Oreg., Public Welfare Bureau, the Social V7elfare League of Seattle and the Family Welfare Association of Tad all reported improvement. “Of Boise City, Idaho, Mayor Eagle-! son wrote,” she said, “‘with double the lation, but 10 per cent as many m\m were required for liquor law en- forcement in 1925 as were necessary in 1910, And the number of liquor cases h‘.jnlg;:rye'md’ from 1,162 in 1910 to 322 ‘Washington Conditions Reported. ‘The Spokane social worker wrote: | “Your questionnaire rather embarrasses me. You see, alcohol i5 no longer a special problem with us, 'We had State rohibif 4n 1914, and national prohi- itlon made no difference.” In Seattle, Mrs. Bruere said, the study showed an' intelligent middle-class peo- ple trying to obey laws they themselves helped to make, and that they were not seriously considering either repeal or m;od:flumm of the -eighteenth amend- men “Men._ drink in Seattle,” she said, “but it has ceased to be a social prob- lem. Among other evidences from Ta- coma came 22 editorials from three different newspa) ublished in that city. These b . conserned | WRIGHT TESTIMONIAL it & G IS ASKED OF CONGRESS modification of the law. with: better in prohibition with a Canadian agree- Erection of a suitable monument ngton - * o ment that will pfevent ‘rum running, not one of them with ‘the repeal or ‘Washis commy achievements of Orvflhemuwum: ‘Wright in' the ‘development of aviation” i asked in a joint resolution puu%m House still must lgt’. asure would provide for a commission, to be known as the “Wright Memorial m ,” to eonllderfltlu most sultable kind of memorial and re- port back to Congress by March 3 next year. The commission would be $10,000 to cover coét of the lwn “The Family Welfare -Assoclation of Tacoma,” she said, “found the general consensis was that alcohol was no longer a social problem.” Reports From Citles Olted. Mrs. Bruere added that a study States 4 ‘work of Commissioner Taliaferro and will be chairman of the Board of Com- missioners, It has been explained that the President’s purpose .in having Dr. Reichelderfer chairman instead of Gen. Crosby was on account of expecting the latter to give his undivided atten- tion to the supervision of police and ggl:l‘ departments that will comé under It was indicated at the White House several weeks ago that President Hoo- ver desired an entire new Board Commissioners and would assign Col. William B. Ladue, the Engineer Com- missioner, to some other work under the Engineer Corps of the Army. The War Department was asked to select some one from the Army Engineers to assigned to ‘his place, but up to the present time no definite decision has been reached. It is understood, how- ever, that a successor to Col. Ladue will be assigned shortly. A representative of The Star advised Dr. Reichelderfer of his appointment | B today. He said he felt highly com- plimented that the President had chosen him and that he hoped to demonstrate that he merited the con- fidence placed in him. He declined to make any statement for publication re- garding his views on the local affairs or to say whether or not he had any definite policies he would advance when he took office. Crosby Eager to Tackle Job. Gen. Crosby today when notified that his nomination had gone to the Senate indicated eagerness to tackle his new Job just as soon as possible. “I have no definite policies, although I have some ideas,” Gen. Crosby said to a representative of The Star, “but in taking over this new work I can assure that I have no intention of any radical ¢l in the ration of the departments of the local government that will come under me.” “I am anxious to get acquainted with the details of the office,” Gen. Crosby continued, “and my first step will be to g0 to the District Bullding as soon as possible to meet the officials and to en- deavor to fami] myself with the office. “I've been doing a little studying of the local affairs since I nccepteqd”?gml- dent Hoover's offer to take over this work, but I am anxious to do more be- n. Crosby was ly engaged today explaining the routine of Ore chief of Cavalry's Office which he relinquished at mignight last night to Maj. Gen. Guy V. Henry, his successor. He indicated that probably tomorrow or the next day he would go to the District Bullding to enter upon what he described as advanced schooling. Educated in D. C. Schools. Dr. Reichelderfer was born in Halls- ville, Ohlo, 1874. He moved to Wash- ington in 1887, where he has resided ever since. He was educated at the Franklin Graded School and graduated from the Central High School in 1892. He was colonel of the regiment of high school cadets at the time of his gradu- ation. . He soon afterward became a member of the faculty of the Business High School, where he remained for four years as an instructor of mathe- matics. During this period he studied medicine at the old Columbian Uni- versity, now George Washington Uni- versity, graduating from there in 1899 with class honors. Dr. Reichelderfer served as an in- terne at Garfleld Hospital from. 1899 to 1900 and was superintendent and chief resident physician from 1900 to 1907. He was medical member of the surgical staff at Garfleld, Children’s and Tuberculosis Hospitals untfl retirement from active practice in 1924. He was a member of the faculty of George Washington University from 1900 to 1924 He was one of the founders of the American College of Surgeons in 1913. Dr. Relchelderfer served 23 years as an officer in the District of Columbia National Guard, first as a first lieutenant and inspector of rifie prac- tice and later attained the rank of lieutenant colonel of Infantry and afterward chief surgeon, In the World War he was a lleuten- ‘margin. ant cclonel in the medical department of the Army in France Andp.now l: colonel in the Medical Reserve Corps. While associated with the National Guard Dr. Reichelderfer participated in a number of national rifie matches, Dr. Reichelderfer was president of the District of Columbia Medical Society in 1923 and is & member of other mod’lell socleties. He was married in 1904 to fiarzfl:«fimle& N :fil-lce his retirement rs. Reichelderfer t most of their time tnveung.m" s ————— TEAR GAS BOMB DRIVES STRIKERS OUT OF HALL | k3¢ By the Associated Press. ELIZABETHTON, Tenn,, March 21.— A tear gas bomb hurled through a rear transom into an assembly hall of the United Textile Workers of America last :luml:ggmn up a meeting of 200 union o The bomb was believed to have been from lupnhgl of ol here. Bt o Falked Son il 'm]| about am ‘weels , sald the came through the ensoll trumu; alley in bullding, wen %m&mmo{“finm it the t of the hall, ; of | bnd question if informed that it came from Huston, ‘The Republican chairman, who was on the witness stand for four days, de- clared that he deposited the $36,100 with & brokerage firm because he wished to use it as an “emergency account.” He also emphatically asserted that he had given $36,100 to J. W. Worthington, ex- ecutive chairman of the Tennessee River Improvement Association. ports that Huston would resign his post as Republican chairman have per- sisted since his questioning by the lobby committee began. He, however, has de- nied these. Haggerson Testimony Contradictory. Testimony given by Haggerson about the money given Huston conflicted with the latter’s version of the circumstances surrounding the contributions. Haggerson said his recollection was that the two contributions were not upon at one time. ‘The Republican chairman had testi- fled the $36,100 was agreed uj orig- inally and that after the $22,000 ;: paid the next check automatically came $14,100. of the Carbide com- tion. Haggerson added thad not tell him why he made out to W. E. Moore. }{-"enoq‘wnunuea that he gave the $22,100 and that Huston later asked for $14.100, which he also gxe. Haggerson sald Hus told him he had to have $22,000 “at once to meet obligations of the association. “Did he tell you why he check made out to Moore?” Senal Democrat, Alabama, asked. ‘No,” Haggerson said. “Did he tell you if he couldn't get the money thg association’s office would close?” Caraway asked. “He did,” Haggerson Later, he , Huston $14,100 more and said he needed it at once. Haggerson said his company had em- ployed R. F. Bower of Pennsylvania and O. M. Kile, Washington asked for the the special session of Congress pass Muscle Shoals legislation and that the Tennessee association then would pass out of existence. “Did you have the authority to give Huston money for this purpose?” Cara- x-ngeuon said. ve away every ctent then?” think I'd go that far,” Hag- ow much could you give?” I don't know. I'Ve never tried it,” he said. Says Funds Used for Stocks. Questioned in regard to two checks !lven Huston by the Union Carbide Co. or the Tennessee River Improvement Association and deposited with the bro- kerage firm of mnle: & Bonner, Moore said funds had 'n used in buying and tradi stocks, ing 1 ou bought and sold as you saw !zxknwr Walsh, Democrat, of Mon- ed. times I did, and sometimes I his direction,” Moore said. The Union Carbide Co., Huston has testified, gave him $36,100 for some maps and charts red by the Ten- nessee association, of which Huston is e Broposki of the- Americen Oysnetnid e proj of e ican Co. to lease Muscle Shoals. Moore said he received two checks, one for $22,000 and the other for $14,100, b ya messenger, who told him they were from Huston. “Who was the man?” Chairman Oar- away ask “1 don’t know,” Moore replied. The witness said he deposited the $22,000 received first in an account maintained by Huston at the latter's direction. “It was a trading account,” he added. “What do you mean by a trading ac- count?” “To buy and sell stocks,” Moore said. :‘}Vm the buying and selling?” “Why didn’t you put it in & bank?” “Hustoti sald to put it in his account.” Later, he said, he received the checls for $14,000 and deposited it in a sep- arate account and it also was used for buying stocks on which a profit of more e o by hese stodks “ you bu ese s on your judgment or aid Mr, Huston tel you buy them?” Walsh asked. “I bought them on my own judg- ment,” Moore replied. Producing records of the transactions, ‘Walsh said stock nator and Natiol panies worth pur. chased with the $14,100 put up as Confidential Man, ‘Moore described himself as the “con. fidential man” for Huston, and said he ;,o.n b:r? assoclated with him for about years. While he was questioned about the transactions, Moore said: t Was just money to me.” Questioned by Senator - ever, Moore said the twnc.:.l:e.l’l h:":e received as you've. got, s resen =y Wml'fg‘. ve about which he “If some stranger w: with $22,000, h':hnn“:“ g wlh’n‘l’l‘: that to excite your cunmm"'n. was “If he sald it was Aor me or Mr, Huston I'd take it,” he faid. - “l‘fi don’t doubt that,” Caraway re- tor Blaine, Republican, of Wis- said the ywed 322,000 de o5 dehots of 916,000, The witness & ed. “1 was not,” Moore answered. Senator Black, Democrat, Alaba asked Moore if he had I:'u Teceived . | had A HEADURGES Arrested in the developments surrounding the shooting of James Crotts, John C..‘llclm shown here in custody of a policeman, faced hearing today on a ol harge of attempted extorti S4T5 0 VALUE SET ON TAFT'S ESTATE Widow and Three Children Are Named Heirs—Yale Had Received Gifts. e qdeieeitiis Willlam Howard Taft, late Chief Justice of the United States and for- + | mer President, whe died March 8, left an estate valued at $475,000, according Xk to the petition of his widow, Mrs. Helen H. Taft, for the probate of his will and two codicils recently filed. He owned real estate near Murray Bay, in the province of Quebec, Canada, and premises 2215 Wyoming avenue, estimated to be worth $125,000. His personal estate, comprising stocks, bonds and personal effects in the District of Columbia and_elsewhere, is_estimated at $350,000. His debts, includi fu- neral expenses, will not exceed $3,000, the widow states, Mrs. Taft tells the court that in his lifetime Chief Justice Taft paid his subscription of $10,000 to, Yale Uni- versity, which is referred to in his will and two codicils, and also made pay- ment of $2,500 to the foundation of :l;z]'l":(t School, also mentioned in the c ‘The heirs of the late Chief Justice include two sons, Robert A. Taft and Charles P. Taft, both of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a_daughter, Mrs. Helen Taft Manning of Bryn Mawr, Pa. The widow tells the court that as chief beneficiary of the estate she is entitled to give a| Police special bond upon filing waivers and consents from the heirs and next of kin. The Chief Justice in his will had requested that no bond be required of his widow and that she not be required to file an inventory of his estate. Attorneys McKenney, Flannery and Craighill represent the widow, — INDIANS MAY RALLY FOR GANDHI'S DRIVE Members of National Congress In- dicate Desire to Join in ' Salt Tax Protest. By the Associated Press. AHMADABAD, India, March 21.—In- formal discussions which have taken 2 between members of the All-India National Congress committee appear to indicate a desire to start a mass civil dis- obedience of the salt tax laws in the provinces on April 6. This is the day on which Mahatma Gandhi expects to open his campaign in Jalalpur. proposal to this eflmmmly will ::mmd before the committee late to- yment from Huston for acting Tepresentative, ar mn'm's’gi:. Republi In ublican, In- diana, broke in to remark that he didn't think that question was “perti- nent, “I answered it out of courtesy, Moore said, “but I don't think it is any of your business, if you ask me.” The subject was dropped. HUSTON RESIGNATION SEEN. any as hi N Sen, G. O, P. Leaders Believe He Will Leave Post, Despite Denials. Resignation of Claudius H. Huston from chairmanship of the Repub- lican national committee, despite denials that he would resign, was declared at the Capitol today to be merely a matter of time. Republican leaders were in- clined to the view that Mr. Huston's availability to head the Republican organization in the coming campaign been lost. Senators who declared their personal faith in and friendship for Mr. Huston said they felt the investigation of his activities with the Tennessée River Im- provement Association had given him publicity that might be harmful to the party if he should be continued in office. Other Senators~ bluntly said that in their opinion he would have to go out of office. Already there was discussion of & possible successor to Mr. Huston as chairman of the Republican national col ttee, Prominently mentioned in this connection was J. R. Nutt of Cleveland, at present treasurer of the Republican national committee. Henry Robinson of California, banker and business man and long-tim friend of President Hoover, o . Robinson was mentioned many, times u'hpoulblg ap] gx":n the Presiden first cabinet n e b- | timized by extortio: in the City of Washington, | the —8f EXTORTION COMES UP TODAY LEOD AUTO BILL Hearings Closed by -House| Subcommittee-Studying Responsibility Move. Thomas P. Henry, president of th American_Automobile Association, an officers ol State commissions s.u f auto clubs in various States (e emphatically in favor of the McL o auto_safety resrounbuny Tgeasure ic the District before a subcommitiee of the House District commiitee following which hearings on this ure were clesed. Chairman Stalker of the subcommit tee said that he will call the suocom. mittee into executive conference wilnu a week to act upon this measure. A.s within a week he will announce a aat for hearings on the McLeod bill pro. viding for a certificate of title, in-which there is Nation-wide interest. Describes Drafting of Bill. President Henry of the A, A. A. told| how the bill under consideratior. was| drafted by a committee representing the United States and the various| parties interested in such legislation in 2n effort to get some basis for gencr law that would relieve a conditic which was found to be of primary_ con- cern in all communities, principal] is to provide a substitute for gcompulsory insurance because compul sory insurance places & heavy burden| on c:uemil dhr,l!vem. “The al portant thing now,” said Mr. Henry, that the American peo- T.le should learn something about What going on in the States where the safety responsibility enacted. law has been sent him by officials in these States, all of which declared that this legisiation &:; relleving the unsatisfactory condie Four Principles Involved. lained that the hfi-!- He quoted from dispagches Suspended Officer and Elgin | judsment, which suspension Will Face Judge Hitt in Police Court. (Continued From First Page.) ordered by Supt. Pratt Wednesday, was npg:ved by the Commissioners today. ile this newest disturbance in the Police -Department was being discussed today, greater care in makin; Civil Service Commission for appointment to the local Police De- partment was suggested by Senator Rob- sion of Kentucky, chairman of the po- lice subcommittee of the Senate Dis- trict committee, as a step to improve personnel of the force. Se.nl:nr “R'a‘om nl’ndlnud Ghlt":ln ‘was not_go e charges growing out of the shooting, while these matters are being investigated by the regularly constituted agencies, the courts and the trial board. He said he did not have | ficial, sufficient information to pass judgment on this case at the present time. Care in Preparing List Urged. In discussing the personnel the police force as & general problem,’ how- ever, the Senator said ne thought the improving of the service should start with the selection of the eligibles for appointment. Senator Robsion expressed the belief that the Civil Service should exercise care in eligible list, from Poli ce Departme d into the background of those who pre- sent themselves for appointment. He said he wanted to point out that the selection of eligibles is not entirely in the hands of the Polics Department. Law enforcement in Washington was brought up on the floor of the Senate today by Senator Cole Blease, of South Caroli record a ne shooting. belief it he was fully troducing his resolution I senatorial police investi took issue with those who, he said, had denied the need for such an inquiry. Senator Blease declared that various officials, a grand jury and.some citizens’ associations had taken the position that “I did not know what I was talking about and ‘that conditions here were not such as I stated.” “ Says He Has Affidavits. “T know a great deal that I yet placed in {h”e Co o hlt‘:e‘br’;?! “I have Senator Blease eomeldnw affidavits which I have not in the Congressional Record several which show those le who said Blease did not know what he was talk- board the | lumbia branch of the A. A. A., em. -that tion, and he | and a guarantee of future sponsibility established; fourth, for insertion in the drivers’ license law of, every State a proviso which would vent the fssuance of a permit to gemmwhoumm?adflvahnthn ime suspended in any other State, thus| in effect for the interexchange) :’n zuapemion numlnn bemtveen the States| reciprocal.” . - 4 George W. Offutt,’ chairman District th of the o & reckless drivin gou? § sl tlh:' Ju«".m:n‘t.“ ‘_?‘m -y Wellington Speaks. ;. dge( clerk of] ptor_ vehica i He that al George R. Wel the State Board of o A tmdlwg ice since 1i the New Eng] of legislation dealing with this gigant m and that the Rhode THeng 1o Emmq- n the l is more Fin iy e Fom il o July, 1927, and in the last eight month ulmnzm 2,128 demand my-b it of financial responsi ce. 11 is substantially as the New York l.nuv. s ing about were either ignorant or they with record ‘were deliberately f to muctucflme l‘é‘lér’finmf “There is more com they will see whether ’:nm wn; nnifleelent foundation for the resol e ution which I . Truly G enator Bleass Yefe nator Blease referred to Maj. Pra District Attorney Rover and Lieut. ofi’ U. 8. Grant, 3d, as being among those Who had taken the position that con- ditlons here were not such as he had contended they were. Senator Robsion, in police affairs off the floor of the Senate, said that the matters which have developed in the department this week have not changed his attitude toward the pay in- crease bill. He said he favored the in- crease in pay in order to attract to the service men who would make it a career, and then taking every precaution to see m:':ut;ne right type of men are ap- po! FORD’S “FIDDLER” LOSES PRIZED VIOLIN IN FIRE “Grandpa Mellie” ‘Wife Escape With Three Grandchildren. By the Associated Press. NORWAY, champion _fiddler, “Grandpa Mellie” Dunham, who me famous in 1925 when he was invited to to play to Henry Ford and the latter’s efforts won a vaudeville con- tract, lost all of his prized “fiddles” and o w century- old Crocketts ) from ‘house with their three SHOT DOWN ON STREET T can say, ‘On with | the Dis unconfined.’ ” ted the first bill of " while in the hospital in 1922 after bein injured by _a drunken driver. ‘Warner Bates, sec: York State Auto Col y safef ponso e country, a the Dlmbl t‘ of M\Im‘Nl. hnombon nsible for lucing acc q :ggml children from l’l;‘h 100 “ee it was reported at the ann ence of the Automobile tognlny. e reports 175,000 school confe Aand Dunham and Me., March 21.—Maine's of MAKES FORMAL CALL British Ambassador Meets Actin Secretary of State.: Chicago Coal Merchant Refused | Tribute to Extortionists. CHICAGO, March 321 .—Cleero Bascell, a coal dealer, was to death last night on a West Sige street. Police said Bascell was recently vie- another tribute,