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WEATHER. (U. S_Weather Bureau Forecast ) Mostly cloudy and m"tmm cold, with temperature abou egrees night; tomorrow probably fair with slow- ly rising umptntu;eu 'ln peratures—Hig] y: to- the afternoon. 54, at 3:15 p.m. lowest, 23, at 6 a.m. today. yesterda Full report on page Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 7, 8 & 9-B 31,371. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, 3 D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1930—THIRTY-TWO “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block a tion is delivered to nd the regular edi- ‘Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,805 PAGES. (P Means Associated TWO Press. DOHENY FOUND NOT GUILTY OF GIVING BRIBE CAPPER RONISES 10 SPEED AGTON ONCONMISSINERS Plans to Call Committee To- gether Next Week to Con- sider Appointments. OPPOSITION TO CROSBY TO BE TAKEN TO SENATE Black Sheep Killer Sought in Wyoming Puzzles Biologist By the Assoclated Press. CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 22— A killer that slaughters only the black sheep in a flock is sought by officers of the Wyoming Bureau of Predatory Animal and Rodent Control. At Green River the invader en- tered a band of sheep, culled out all the “markers,” or black sheep, seven in number, and killed them. Not one white sheep was mo- lested. Albert M. Day of the Wyoming Biological Survey characterized the incident as one of the strangest freaks of animal nature ever brought to his attention. He said that because of the prox- imity of the flock to human habitations a dog might have been the killer. Dr. Reichelderfer and Former Cav- alry Chief Prepare for New Duties. Early action by the Senate on the ominations of Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby and Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer to be District Commissioners was fore- cast in an announcement today by Chairman Capper of the Senate District, committee that he would call the com- mittee together next week to consider , the appointments. The date for the meeting has not been fixed, but Senator Capper in- dicated that it probably would be about the middle of the week so as to provide ample time for any Teaction that may develop. Vo Already Washington's trade and lal organizations, that opposed Gen. Crosby on the ground that his selection woul constitute a violation of the District's organic act, have served notice of their intention to carry the fight to the Sen- ate. No opposition has been made, however, to the appointment of Dr. Reichelderfer. Appointees Prepare for Work. ! In the meantime, Gen. Crosby and Dr. Reichelderfer made preparations to familiarize themselves with the prob- lems of the municipal government. Dr. Reichelderfer said he planned to visit the District Building some time next week to meet the retiring Commission- ers and the department heads. In view of the opposition of the commercial and labor organizations, Gen. Crosby let it become known that he likely would e his visitation until the Senate acts on his nomination. ‘An announcement by both of thed;z; would not be followed by sweeping R served to dispel fears at the . Some readjustments in ‘{I’Xm may be made, it was indicated, but these are not expected to affect the rsonnel. i . Crosby, in accordance with the wish of President Hoover will take over supervision of the Police, Fire and Traf- fic l)eplrt.menfi:a.1 w}gch Commissioner Dougherty now directs. 'fl'! HZII“I Department, which also s under the supervision of Mr. Dough- erty, probably will be transferred to Dr. Reichelderfer, who is to succeed ‘This would give 3 mlnumum‘;f all welfare and health activities of the municipal Government, for which he is peculiarly well quali- fied as a result of his long experience as a practicing physician, in addition to his executive training as an officer of the National Guard and as president District Medical Society. As successor to sioner Talia- ferro, Dr. Reichelderfer also will head the legal and financial departments of the District government, which include the corporation counsel's office, suditor’s office, the tax assessor’s office and the office of the collector of taxes. There is a likelihood that in the antici- pated reorganization Dr. Reichelderfer ‘may shift the corporation counsel'’s office mngen. C:tosb;“in exchange for eal ment. thgr:: plan of departmental organiza- tion, however, will not be worked out until the new Commissioners take office. Dr. Reichelderfer and Gen. Crosby hlV: Tot yet met and neither knows whal the other has in mind, though both of them have told newspaper men that they will take office without any pre- ived ideas or plans. wgg:hel)r. m\eh‘:lder(fl' and Gen. Crosby have been swamped With con gratulations since their lppolntmen" were announced ye y at the Whi House. Dr. Reichelderfer who is more widely known in Washington, since he has lived and practiced here since boy- hood, has been kept at his telephone almost constantly, answering the calls of his friends. Opposition Completes Plans. commercial and labor organiza- tix;:;’:e have virtually completed their plans to fight Gen. Crosby’s confirma- tion by the Senate. It will be based solely on the contention that Gen. Crosby is not a civilian and his appoint- ment conflicts with the organic act of the District, which provides that the two civilian Commissioners shall appointed from civilian ranks. The executive secretary of the Board of Trade, has been in- structed to prepare a petition to be sent to Senator Capper requesumf & hearing before his committee when it considers Gen. Crosby’s nomination. Officiais of the Board of Trade, the Washington Chamber of Commerce and the Mer- chants & Manufacturers' Association al- ready have been authorized to sign 1t. Cottrell also will get the signatures of terrmhbluves of the groups that ned the three commercial organiza- &nl in their protest to President Hoover against Gen. Crosby’s appoint- ment. These include the Central Labor | - | for governor. FAVORABLE SENATE REPORT EXPECTED ON JUDGE PARKER Close Siudy of His Record Likely in View of Fight Made on Hughes. BY R. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The nomination of Judge John J. d | Rarker of North Carolina to be &an as- sociate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, sent to the Senate late yesterday by President Hoover, is expected to be confirmed by the Senate. In the light of the recent attack made by progressive Republicans and some of the Democrats in the Senate on the appointment of Chief Justice Hughes. it may be expected that the Senate judiclary committee will scrutinize closely Judge Parker’s record, par- ticularly as it applies to economic ques- tions, The nomination, Senator Norris of Nebraska, chairman of the judiciary committee, said today, will be referred to a subcommittee for consideration. That course will be followed when the committee meets Monday, it is under- stood, Supporters of Judge Parker insist e cannot be considered “reaction. ary” by the widest stretch of imagina- tion. At the same time he is regarded as a sound lawyer and jurist, and the opinions which he has handed down while a judge of the fourth judicial ecircuit are cited in support of these contenti Ran for Governor in 1920. Judge Parker is a Republican. He was at one time Republican candidate for attorney general of his State and in 1920 he was the Republican nominee He has the respect of the ts of his State, however, and both Senator Simmons and Sen- ator Overman have commended his ap- pointment to the Supreme Court. Oém;‘ sou‘fl:orn Democu?h i;; the &ni al ve expressed their approval of the President’s latest selection for membership in the highest court. It appears, therefore, that Democratic op- position to his confirmation is not like- 1y to materialize. Progressive Republicans in the Senate who fought the appointment of Chief Justice Hughes on the ground that men of more liberal views on economic prob- lems of the day should be appointed to the Supreme Coirt have not indicated what their course will be with regard to Judge Parker’s appointment. They are awaiting an inquiry by the judiciary committee into the qualifications of the North Carolinian. Both Senator Norris and Senator Borah, who led the fight against the Chief Justice in the Senate, say, how- ever, that from what they have so far heard of Judge Parker they are in- cllnetd to vote to confirm his appoint- ment. ‘When the nomination of Chief Jus- tice Hughes was sent to the Senate by President Hoover, it was generally ac- claimed and there seemed no prob: ability of opposition. But before the vote on confirmation of his appoint- ment had been reached the opposition had rolled up 26 votes among the Re- publican progressives and the Demo- crats, and the nomination was debated for three days in the Senate itself. Judge Is 44 Years Old. Judge Parker is the youngest man to be appointed to the Supreme Court in a hundred years. He was born in Mon- roe, N. C., November 20, 1885, and is only 44 years old. The first Chief Jus- tice, John Jay, was 44 years old, too, when he was appointed. The youngest be|man ever to be appointed to the Su- preme Court was Assoclate Justice i Story, who was 32. One of the most important cases with which Judge Parker has had to deal, says his supporters, is the lake cargo coal rate case, reported as Anchor Coal Co. et al. vs. United States. That case involved the right of the Interstate Commerce Commission to forbid a vol- untary reduction of rates in cases where the reduced rates would admittedly yield a fair return upon invested capital, the reduction being forbidden because of economical conditions prevailing in a | competing section enjoying lower rates, “he action of the commission being based (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Union, the Columbia Heights Business Men's Assoclation and the Georgla Avenue Business Men’s Association. According to present plans, the pro- testing organizations will delegate Charles W. Darr, an attorney and presi- dent of the Chamber of Commerce, to e the legality of Gen. Crosby’s ap- tment, if the Senate District com- mittee grants their request for a hear- ing. Darr already has marshaled a array of court rulings and decisions of the controller general to support the contention that Gen. not a civilian, even though he is on the re- tired list of the Army. Children Burned to Death. DUXBURY, Mass, March 22 (F).— Three children of Amos Sylvia, ranging in age from 11 months to five years were burned to death in their home here this morning. The mother had gone out {o gather wood. —. | Radio Programs en Page B-16 TREASURE HUNT LEADS COUPLE TO DEATH IN MOTOR ACCIDENT Chicagoan and Wife, Married Last June, Are Killed Not Far From Goal. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 22.—Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Schweiger hunted “treasure” last night and found death. The Schweigers were married last June; they had their little house and were leaders in their small soclal circle. And happlest of all social events were the “treasure hunts” of the Christian +Endeavor Soclety of the ghurch they attended, > 3 9 MLEOD PROPOSAL CIVES PUPLS FREE STREET CAR FARE Period for Unchanged Rate Would Be Cut to One Year Under Amendment. GEN. PATRICK IS QUIZZED ON TWO-YEAR CLAUSE Says Commission Prefers Original Plan to Establish Results of Merger. Acting Chairman McLeod of the House District committee, announced at a hearing on the street railway merger proposal today that he would offer an amendment reducing to one year the proposed two-year period during which the street car fares would remain un- changed after the merger on condition that the companies would agree to free transportation for school children. Richmond B. Keech, people’s coun- sel for the District, recommended an amendment which would write into the permissive legisiation a requirement that school children be carried to and from school for a half rate fare to be re- duced later at the discretion of the Public Utilities Commission. Most of the time of the hearing to- day, which was attended by officials of the companies concerned and of other public utilities and by the Public Utill- ties Commission and representatives of the legal departments of the District, was confined principally to a di lon of the two-year clause. Acting Chair- man McLeod questioned Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utilitles Commission, where this clause originated. Traced to Maltby Report. He was told thai the Public Utilities Commission assumes responsibility for all provisions in the permissive legisla- tion, but C‘:D).IhfllEd xfif’“ n:u p:mrx‘!l:r provision is a development out of the e Senate committee. that the net operating dollars greater than at t, but said that the valuation of new company must be made as a basis for fixing a new rate of fare and this would require at least a year and bly 18 months. In the meantime, estimates that the merged company would immediately have a net saving of $580,000, so that he felt the companies would be willing to continue at the same rate of fare for two years rather than to forego a chance to affect a merger. In reply to questions, Gen. Patrick said that the one-year period, which the Public Utilitles Commission was agree- able to a year ago, was predicated on a fixed rate base, and that the two-year period now proposed is based on the necessity for a revaluation of the merged company. In reply to questions by Representa- tive McLeod of Michigan and Repre- sentative Bowman of West Virginia, who asked if the Public Utilities Commission would be willing to accept a one-year clause instead of a two-year clause in order to bring about the merger, Gen. Patrick said that whatever Congress saw fit to do would be acceptable to the Public Utilities Commission, but that the Commission would much prefer the two-year period to establish more defi- nitely what the results of the merger would be, following which it could determine better an equitable rate of fare which would be just to both the people and to the merged company. Puts Loss at $118,000. “If the companies agree not to ask for an increase in fare for one year and offer to give free fares to the school children, do you not believe that the people of the District would really be gaining more than by waiting for the two-year period before a new rate of fare is determined?” Gen. Patrick was asked. He explained that according to the best calculations the street rallway companies would suffer a loss in revenue of $118,000 through establishment of free fares for school children, and that in addition they would be put to a con- siderably greater expense to provide transportation for the increased number of children who would ride. He believed that in fairness to the street railway companies they should be granted some offset on account of any agreement they might make regarding this loss in revenue and additional expense. John J. Noonan, a former stockholder in one of the street railway companies, who has been waging an individual campaign for free fares for school chil- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) - EUROPA MAKES RECORD ON FIRST DAY’S RUN By the Assoclated Press. 8. 8. EUROPA, March 22.—Despite strong head winds and a heavy spray, a hundred feet high, the Bremen's rival sister ship had made a full day’s run of 703 mles at an average speed of 28.15 knots at noon today (ship’s time). This was 16 miles better than the Bremen's first full day at sea on her He estimated maiden voyag Last night, with seven cars full of others, the Schweigers joined another hunt; they had found first set of dir ; and as the next route lay gn their home, Mrs. Schweiger ran in see If the canary was safe. A few blocks a away, another car plowed into theirs at an intersection; the Schweigers were thrown to the MAGNATE WHO LEASED NAVAL OIL RESERVEIS ACQUITTED BY JURORS Verdict Returned Despite Fact Ex-Secretary Albert B. Fall Was Convicted in Case. DRAFT PACT WORK WILL BE PRESSED U. S. and Britain to Go Ahead While Awaiting Word From Tokio. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 22.—Pending word from the-Japanese government regard- ;|ing the tentative naval agreement worked out between the American and Japanese delegations, the Americans and British, #t-was said in authoritative circles, will go ahead in the prepara- tion of a draft conference pact. This is on the assumption that no break in the Franco-Italian parity deadlock de- velops. ‘The American and British plan to go ahead with the drafting and leave blank spaces where necessary Jor the Japanese to fill in later. Presumabily glm and Italy would be invited to sign this pact, but while there might be some clauses to which they could subscribe, it would be virtually a three-power agreement. It is understood that it would follow the general lines of the Washington treaty. Thus far it has been a secret, but it can now be said that the Americans brought a draft five-power to the conference with them. likely that this will see the light of day in its present form owing to the Franco-Italian imbroglio, but it is said that many parts of it will be useful in drafting another pact. The drafting work is mainly a job for legal minds and it is understood that Ambassdor Morrow and George Rublee, adviser on the American dele- gation, are likely to be prominent among the Americans on the drafting committee. There also in all llk:llhoos will be naval officers. JAPANESE STUDY COMPROMISE. ‘TOKIO, March 22 (#)—It is not thought probable that the government's reply to the American-Japanese com- promise naval proposals reached at London will be ready before March 28, since the navy department has not yet completed drafting its instructions in connection with the matter. The cab- inet did not consider the proposals at its meeting yesterday. FRENCH DENY AIM TO QUIT. PARIS, March 22 (#).—The French naval delegation will negotiate to the last minute, it was declared in official circles today in reply to inquiry con- cerning rumors that Foreign Minister Briand's return meant an end to French efforts to reach an aj ent, Since the Civil War Ever since the Civil War and even before, The Star has been the newspaper read in a great majority of Washing- ton homes. The Star’s virculation was never so great as it is now. Yesterday The Star was read in over 5000 more homes than at this time last year. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) ot The Evening Star. .74,377 - 5 19,94§ ewspaper. .... 8,96 4th Newspaper.... 7,142 5th Newspaper.... 2,631 38,678 Star Excess, 35,699 Washington people like to know about all that is new and attractive in the stores street and killed. ‘The treasure—a box of candy, in a fl::wnnd chest—was only a few ks awag. £ 5 and plan their shopping while reading their Evorite evening paper, : Execution Called Accidental Death In Insurance Case By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 22—The Federal Court had under consid- eration today the question of whether a man executed for murder died “accidentally.” Harry Diamond was executed at the Indiana State Pententiary at Michigan City in 1924 for the murder of his wife. His family is seeking to collect $12,648 on a life insurance {mltcy. Attorney Walter Bachrach yes- terday submitted to Federal Judge Charles E. Woodward a written nt to the effect that was strapped to a chair wn_persons, shocked by against his will,” and within the meaning of by unl electricity that this, the insurance poliey, constituted an accident. GRAVELY ASSAULT CHARGE ORDERED Pratt Prefers Making Case to Continuing Officer’s Confinement. ‘The charge of assault with a danger- ous weapon was ordered placed against Spottswood Gravely, liquor enforcement officer of the third precinct, this after- noon by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superin- tendent of police. The charge is in con- nection with the shooting of James Crotts last Wednesday morning. Crotts is in Casualty Hospital, and the latest reports are that he is recovering from a bullet wound in the lung. Gravely was suspended Wednesday, and has been confined to the station since, al- though not under arrest. Maj. Pratt said that since it appeared that Crotts might be an indefinite time at the hospital before the out- come of his injuries was certain, rather than continue Gravely’s confinement to quarters, he instructed Capt. Willlam G. Stott to place the charge against Gravely on the books and then let Gravely make arrangements with the District attorney for whatever bond the District attorney thought proper. Faces Second Charge. Gravely also must face a charge of unauthorized use of firearms before the Police Trial Board, and in another case that developed out of the shooting, Ardie C. Swortzel, suspended fourth precinct policeman, must face the Trial Board on a charge of conduct preju~ diclal to the good order of the-force in connection with an alleged attempted “shake down” in an apartment in the 1900 block of First street, Wednesday, where the shooting took place. It was shortly after the alleged “shake-down” that Gravely, accom- patiled by Detective F. W. Burke of the third precinct, arrived on the scene. Gravely said that he shot Crotts when the latter fled from a car in which he was sitting after a complaint had been made that Crotts, Swortzel and another man had engineered the alleged at- tempted “shake-down.” Inspector Thaddeus R. Bean, who is handling the police investigation into the tangled maze involved in the al- leged “shake-down” and the subsequent shooting, said today that he had no new developments to report. He said he was running down a few leads here and there, but had not secured any- thing additional to what has already been reported. He has not yet made a (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) MRS. OWENS HOLDS SEAT Marriage to Briton Ruled No Citi- zenship Bar in House. A House elections committee today agreed on the final form of a report to the House, holding that Representative Ruth Bryan Owen, Democrat, was en- titled to retain her seat from the fourth Florida district. Mrs. Owen’s election had been con- tested by W. C. Lawson, a Republican, on the grounds that she had not ful- filled the citizenship requirements be- cause of her marriage to a British Army officer, 5 TARIFF BILL VOTE - SURGED MONDAY ‘Highest Farm Duties in His- | tory Included jn Senate Measure. By the Associated Press. A program calling for completion of all amendments to the tariff bill to- | day, but postponing a final vote until | Monday, was outlined to the Senate today by Senator Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader. ‘Watson spoke as the tired legislators pitched into the last batch of proposed changes in the long-pending Hawley- Smoot tariff bill i I::xdl;cllialxll!‘hld pointed to a session as! well into the ht if passage were to be obtained, Il’l‘é‘th! ubllg- an chieftain asked only that the third reading of the bill be finished and a recess be taken over the week end. Watson said it would take at least two days to engross the bill and put 1t in shape for the final roll call. Since many speeches on the bill as a whole were planned by leaders of all factions. he thought these should come on Monday at a fresh session, and the bill passed that day. ‘Wool Amendment Approved. Tackling proposed amendments to the wool schedule, approval was given an Bmendment by Senator Smoot, Repub- lican, of Utah, to place higher pro- tection on mixed cotton and wool fab- rics under the amendment. Such mixed cloths, containing 17 per cent or more wool by weight, would be divided so that the wool content would take the wool cloth rates and the cotton con- tent the rates on cotton fabrics. Another amendment approved would extend the exemption from duty of carpet wools if used in the manufacture of press cloth or camel's-hair belting. Hoover Initiated Measure. It is a measure which President Hoover initiated upon his induction into office with a plea for a “limited revision” ~with special attention to helping the farmers. The Senate has added two provisions over the expressed opposition of the President—the ~xport debenture and a substitute for the seven-year-old flexible tariff policy, which gives the Chief Executive power to change rates on recommendation of the Tariff Commission. ‘Whether the many changes made in rates by both the Senate and }ouse meets with Mr. Hoover’s aprroval has not been disclosed, but the Republican chieftains believe that if the two ad- ministrative features added by the Senate are removed, the President will sign the bill. The Senate has revised downward a great number of the House levies, but the coalition of Democrats and Re- publican independents which had pared down most of the rates except those on agriculture failed to hold its ground in the closing days of the long struggle. _A new coalition of Republican (Continued on Page 2, Column Eadfimeiity Calcutta Mayor Penalized. RANGOON, Burma, March 22 ().— J. M. Sengupta, mayor of Calcutta, was sentenced today to 10 days' imprison- ment after conviction on a charge of seditious utterances growing out of his support of Mahatma Gandhi and his campaign of civil disobedlence. Sen- gupta was brought here from Calcutta for trial. He sat mute throughout the proceedin By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 22.—“Scarface Al” Capone today had the choice of leaving Chicago or being arrested every time a policeman sees him, His call at detective headquarters yesterday resulted in nothing but advice —advice from Deputy Police Commis- sloner John Stege that “Chicago wouldn't be a safe place for you, Al" ‘The police said they didn’t want him, CONTENTION LOAN WAS MADE UPHELD BY DEFENSE COUNSEL Defendant Last to Face Court in Trials Resulting From Scandals of Hard- ing Administration. By the Associated Press. Edward L. Doheny was acquitted today on a charge of bribing a former cabinet officer. A jury of three women and nine men in the District of Columbia Supreme Court sustained Doheny’s plea that the $100,000 he gave to Albert B. Fall, Harding’s Secretar; set him free. The Government charged th pany. “Yes,” replied the foreman. “What is your verdict?” asked tears streaming down each man and woman of the jury. acquittal from the start. crowded about them. One and this is it.” THOESLAPE“ROE” BY CRASHING AUTO Accused Kidnaper Arrested as Car Is Driven Into Policeman’s Booth. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, March 22.—Two men who said they were being “taken for a ride” by three gangsters escaped today policeman’s booth in Columbus Circle. Traffic Policeman John Grady, after picking himself up from his wrecked booth, grappled with one of the alleged kidnapers and with the assistance of the two intended victims, subdued him. ‘The prisoner was identified as George Mott (Red) Hope, a notorious gangster who was released from Sing Sing prison six weeks ago after serving 10 years for robbery. His companions escaped. Forced to Enter Car. ‘The two intended ride victims, Vin- cent Klemmer and his brother-in-law, Lawrence McCarthy, told the police they were forced into their own auto- mobile -by the three men as_they emerged from a house in West Forty- third street. “Drive out to Long Island, Klemmer,” they quoted one of the men as saving. “You're being taken for a ride. When you get out there we'll tell you where to go.” Gun Pressed to Side. Klemmer said Hope kept a pistol pressed to his side during the drive uptown. Knowing that a patrolman was on duty in the booth at Columbus Circle, Klemmer gave the wheel of his machine a sudden swerve as he passed, causing it to crash into the booth. Pa- trolman Grady was hurled to the ground, but was unhurt. At police headquarters Hope denied he and his confederates were attempt- ing to kidnap Klemmer and McCarthy and insisted, on the contrary, that he and not the complainants were being “taken for a ride.” A charge of kid- naping was lodged against Hope, who also faces the possibility of being re- turned to Sing Sing to serve out the balance of his 20-year robbery sen- UIT CHICAGO OR FACE ARREST, AUTHORITIES WARN “AL” CAPONE Neither Police, State or United States Want Gang Leader, but Advise Him to Leave City. tence. A loaded revolver was found by the police in the front seat of the au- | tomobile. prosecutor said the same thing. Capone, coming out of seclusion for the first time since his release M from g‘umhal mlunuaryo,nu'uued’ on all. State’s Attorney John Swanson, not taking time to see t,hagnc r m‘"y' sent word to :lhgner that he mno charge L at present. Assistants to United States at- 'y of the Interior, was a loan and at the money was given Fall to influence his award of the Elk Hills naval oil lease to a Doheny com- Doheny arose as the jury filed into the courtroom and to its box. The jury men and women remained standing while the clerk asked if they had arrived at a verdict. the clerk. “Not guilty,” replied the foreman. Jury Is Polled. Chelsey H. Ray was the foreman. the courtroom as Doheny and his counsel watched the foreman as he replied. The jury was polled and confirmed the verdict. Justice Hitz dismissed the jury after thanking it for its service and left the bench. The jury took but one ballot. The jury came in at 12:07 p.m., having been out one hour and six minutes. Mrs. Doheny pushed herself inside the rail and embraced Doheny. their cheeks the two stepped to the jury box ‘There was a tense stillness in With and thanked After thanking the jurors, Doheny said that he had been confident of Both Doheny and Mrs. Doheny were hidden from view as jubilant friends of Doheny’s associates exclaimed, “We told you your day was coming, would when we came to court.” Fall was convicted four months ago of accepting the money as a bribe and the contradictory verdict today has set up one of the most unusual cases ex- perienced in American jurisprudence. The jury’s decision leaves Fall, the former cabinet officer, the only tov; l:'el cm;lvl;:ted of charges growing out e oil leases proper, though Harry P. Sinclair served ‘: Jail mwn“‘ce for re- fusing to answer questions asked by a Senate committee and for criminal con- tempt of court. Last of Six Indictments. ‘The Government charged that Dol gave Fall $100,000 on Novemberh‘;:{ 1921, for which he a year later received a lease to the rich naval ofl land in California. Doheny testified that the money was a loan to an old friend and Pot connected in any way with the ofl The Doheny charge was the six indictments mr'ule'ned“hy o by driving their machine into a traffic | Hardl appeal of the Fall case ends the crim- Inal prosecutions unless the latter case is reversed and remanded for new trial. ‘Women Kiss Doheny. Mrs. Doheny said she had “no idea” when they would go home, adding, “I do:"t u;e now.” rs. Hogan, who sat beside Mrs. Doheny throughout the trial, also burst into tears as the verdict was announced. several women - kissed " huny” oo s women Sere; Dohery, ho S rs. eny, holding her arms about tn e e e S Tt H: ministration 0‘!’1. uo:lndllz s Two women members of the jury were among those who clasped the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Doheny as they (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) SHOREHAM BUILDING SOLD TO OIL MAGNATE Muskogee Operator Buys Property After Visit to City on Other Business. ‘The Shoreham Building, 12-story of« fice structure, now being completed om the site of the historic Shoreham Hotek at Fifteenth and H streets, has beem purchased by Joseph Irwin Cromwell, multimillionaire oil producer of the Southwest, who came to Washingtom just six weeks ago on other business matters, it was disclosed today. Contracts for the acquisition of the investment property for a consideration of $3,750,000 were signed shortly before the oil magnate departed today for home in the West, it was ann e e of Mokeever & Goss, which e firm of McKeever Wl handled the negotiations. & Mr. Cromwell, who is ranked as one of ‘the most successful independent ofl op~ erators of the Southwest, and one of its wealthiest, is a resident of Okla. The property here was a as an investment. ‘The Shoreham Bulld!na was_built by the Wardman Construe Co., con- being started about a year ago. While tenants have been in building since the first of the year, fin- ishing touches now are being placed on some portions of the building. The famous ham Hotel, built in 1889 by Levi P. Morton, then Vice President of the United States, who Bl birtholag cqulred s ce, was acqu at auction in 1926 by Harry Wardman, who later razed the building to make way for the new office structure. torney told Capone that until his con-~ tempt of court case, on which he is out on ball, is called for ,_the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.), ‘_ Many famous old hoLl be!or‘em m 'mdwpp«:l ol The new building financed through the office of lvn'r.t:su. Rheem n