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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1930. ‘WBRDE DENES TIKHAN CHARGE Declares League Never Paid Campaign Expenses of Andrew J. Volstead. By the Associated Pres: Forum Speaker l F. Seott McBride, general superin- | tendent of the Anti-Saloon League, | ‘asserted in a statement last night that & charge that his organization had pald the campaign expenses of Andrew J. Volstead was “false.” “The statement of Representative Tinkham before the Senate lobby in- vestigating committee charging that the Anti-Saloon League of America had paid the campaign expenses of Andrew J. Volstead, Rnowing that Mr. Volstead was to intréduce the so-called Volstead act and was to be chairman of the committee to which it was referred, is false,” McBride said. Volstead as a Representative from Minnesota sponsored the prohibition enforcement legislation. “In the first place,” McBride con- tinued, “the Anti-Saloon League did not at any time pay Mr. Volstead’s cam- paign expenses. In the second place, the campaign in which Mr. Tinkham charges the expenditures were made was in November, 1920, at least a year after the Volstead act was passed. Funds Used for Workers. “The report upon which he based his | charge involved approximately $555 for Anti-Saloon League expense incurred in eight congressional districts. In no case was the expense of any candidate paid. The money was used for services and expenses of regular league workers and included the cost of literature, postage, telephone and telegraph. “The Anti-Saloon League does not pay the campaign expenses of candi- dates for public office. Money raised to influence the election of members of Congress is expended for the purpose of informing the voters of the record of candidates and their position upon the prohibition question. This portion of the league's receipts and expendi- tures is kept distinct, as required by Pederal election laws, and is reported to the clerk of the House of Repre- sentatives, as required by law. League Work Educational. “The major portion of the work of “the Anti-Saloon League is educational, informing the people that intoxicating liquors are narcotic and habit forming, in advocating total abstinence and con- ducting research upon the social, eco- nomic and moral phases of the alcoholic liquor problem and in teaching the duty of the citizen with respect to_law ob- SENATOR BROOKHART. CURRAN GROUP SPENT $427,213 TO REPEAL DRY LAW (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) mot du Pont, $17,500; Richard T. Crane, $12,500; Arthur Curtis Jones, $12,500; John J. Raskob, $17,500, an Charles H. Sabin, $7,500. It looks like it is & Du Pont sub- sidiary,” Robinson commented. Curran said these contributions repre- sented pledges for the first six months and they were not representative. He said 10,000 persons contributed last ear. 4 The witness said his salary was paid at the rate of $5,000 each by Plerre du Pont, Lammot du Pont, Raskob, Sabin and Edward S. Harkness. When he reached Raskob's name, Curran started laughing. Questioned by Robinson about it, he said: “I was reading about you and Raskob in the paper the other da; Raskob was questioned at length by Robinson when the Democratic chair- man appeared before the committee. $275,000 Covers Salaries. Curran told the committee as the hearing started that the annual salary of the persons employed regularly by the association was $251,484. “Then $27 the salaries “Yes, easil ‘The witness paid for rent, Questioned by Caraway about an item of $33,050 for traveling expenses, Cur- servance and enforcement. They dc not come within the purview of the Federal corrupt practices act, which relates solely ta money spent to influ- ence the election of members of Con- gress or presidential electors after the nomination is made.” CAPITALIST IS PUZZLED BY TINKHAM CHARGES New Yorker Says He Does Not Enow What Statement on Con- tribution Is “All About.” By the Associated Press. NEW_ Y¢ RK’ April 16—E. C. Jame- or] () Y capitalist, said today had. no_idea whnot‘ charges by Jameson 0. gocounted for were “all g 3 resentative Tinkham told the Sen- committee yesterday that $172,000 contribution made to the Hoover 1928 cam- ate lobl $65,300 :I a Asked '.::!:zmmonz on the charges, Mr. Jameson g “I cannot answer your questions, be- cause I have no idea what it's all about.” 96.2 MILES AN HOUR UNOFFICIAL BOAT SPEED Wood Will Not Attempt Official Record Run Today in Miami Waters. By the Associated Press. MIAMI BEACH, Fla., April 16.—Miss America VIII, 2,200-horsepower hydro- plane with which Gar Wood seeks to establish a world speedboat record of 100 miles an hour, skimmed across the waters of Indian Creek here to- day at a speed measured by Wood at 96.2 miles an hour. The, run was made merely as a_test, due to fllness of Odis Porter, official A. A. A timer, who is in Fort Lauder- ‘Wood announcer today that he has postponed further attempts to set an of world speedboat record of 100 miles an hour unti] this Summer, when he plans to race the boat against Time in_Detroit. This morning’s mark of 96.2 miles an hour would have been a new world rec- ord had it been taken by official timers. ‘Wood holds the present mark of 93.123 miles an hour. Weather and water ~on- ditions were ideal during the morning for the trial. ran said the association had 12 persons traveling in foreign countries to investi- gate methods of liquor control. ‘The investigators made reports on prohibition enforcement which were published in pamphlet form, and sent to about 200,000 persons in the United States, in addition to newspapers, he continued. “Whenever we have some informa- tlon that we think is new we make it available to newspapers and they are mflxdgzumwmmcwuul&"he Other countries in which surveys were made included Sweden, Great Britain, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Germany, France, Switzerland *°%hia"ou an ho we " ou employ men who were in hvu{' of M‘Eflm?" Caraway asked. Never Took Poll, “We never took a Literary Digest poll of them,” Curran said. Wayne B. “You never Scott MecBride, did you?” Senator Blaine asked. “No, but I’ like to put Senator Brook- hart on our pay roll,” Curran remarked as_the audience burst into Jaughter. Brookhart, Republican Senator from Towa, is an outspoken advocate of pro- hibition. Senator Caraway at this point ac- cused the witness of “trying to be tunny.” Curtan denied this. “Why in the name of Senator Brookhart?” Caraway demanded. “I'm sorry, but I'd like to read you a letter about Senator Brookhart,” Cur- ran replied, holding aloft a typewritten letter. Caraway refused on and Cur- ran remarked that it was a “short let- ter” and a “nice letter.” Pressed by Caraway to explain his re- mark about Brookhart, the witness re- plied that every time Brookhart made a speech for prohibition “it turned thgu- sands of people against prohibition. Admits Contributions. Caraway asked if the association made direct contributions to candidates for public office “Yes,” Curran said. He added that the association had given $1,500 to the Liberal Civic League of Massachusetts, which supported a wet caniddate in the Western Massa chusetts election recently. Caraway read from a list of expendi- tures of the association an item of $32,059 for political expenditures. “Are you going to support William M. Butler in Massachusetts?” Cara asked. “Certainly not,” Curran said. Butler, former chairman of the Re- publican national committee, is run- nlzl\’z for the Senate and is considered a dry. Curran said the principal interest of the association was to restore to the States their rights. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, sald the fifteenth and nineteenth After the two 12-cylinder engines of Miss America VIII were warmed up Wood sent the nose of the long white vessel across the starting line of the measured 3 the shore the boat seemed to be per- mngh rifectly. 1afld :Vood h:ubsu.n- s impression when after the run, il T PATIENT IS RETURNED Youth Escaped From Gallinger in “Borrowed” Car. Hugh Gray, 18-year-old mental pa- Slent, escaped from the observation ward of Gallinger Hospital late yes- terday afteruoon and made his getaway in a “borrow-4” automobile, only to be halted by Maryland State police at Ellicott City and returned to the in- stitution. ‘The automobile, which Gray took from its parking piace in front of Gal- linger after he had escaped unob- served by attendants, was returned to the Board of Public Welfare. Gu{, an inmate of the Reform School here, where he was sent for stealing an automobile, was taken to Gallinger for mental observation be- uhu::l of his peculiar actions at the school. PAPERS GIVEN HOOVER Documents Bear Signatures of Bouth American Heroes. Original documents bearing the sig: natures of South America's two great heroes, Gen. S8imon de Bolivar and Gen. | said. Antonlo Jose de Sucre, are now valued possessions of President Hoover. ‘The second, a mmugoorder signed by Sucre, the liberator, Bolivar's assist- ant, in freeing five of the South Ameri- can Republics from Spanish rule, has been given the United States Executive Dr. Homero Viteri Lafronte, Minister amendments also had been attacked as violating States’ rights, and asked the witness why the organization did not campaign ufiam them. “The eighteenth is the most out- rageous,” Curran replied. Curran said the fifteenth and nine- teenth amendments “had no business in the Constitution.” He added that he favored woman suf- frage, but thought it should be deter- mined by the States. Going back to campaign contributions, Caraway asked if the association would au;:l)ort any candidate who favored re- peal of the eighteenth ‘amendment. Would Not Support Dry. Curran sald the association consid- ered the qualifications before taking action. “If one was dry and the other wet would you support the dry if he were the better man?” Caraway asked. “If he were dry he would not be the better man,” Curran replied. “Would you support a dry?” “No,” Curran said. “That's the prime question.” “Yes. “Peace or war, good Government or bad Government, are all subordinated to that question,” Caraway demanded. supporting anybody for of- Caraway asked. “Yes,” Curran said, adding the or- ganization was supporting three candi- dates in Pennsylvania—Francis H. Boland for Senator, Thomas W. Phillips for governor and Charles Dorrance for lieutenant governor. ":dre you picking winners?” Caraway asked. “I wouldn't be surprised,” Curran Curran said James J. Davis, Secre- tary of Labor, and wandidate for the Senate from Pennsylvania, had not made his position clerr, “He is in the cabinet and can't talk,” he said. CANNON CAN APPEAR. of dor. A letter autographed by tor himself was presented to Mr. Hoover by the government of Ecuador when he was in Guayaquil as President-elect about & year and & half Bishop Will Be Given Opportunity to Tinkham. Chairm; g ra lobby yesterday ay of the " Senate - testimony would be bet wrote Bishop and May & BROOKHART TALKS ON U. 5. PATRONAGE lowan to Speak in Radio Forum Over WMAL To- morrow Night. Federal patronage will be the subject discussed by Senator Smith W, Brook- hart of Towa, Thursday, at 10 p.m., in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star. The Forum is sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting Sys- | tem and will be heard locally through WMAL. Senator Brookhart is chairman of the Senate committee which has been investigating for more than a year charges that postmasterships and other Federal offices have been retailed by influential politiclans to the highest bidder in some of the Southern States. report to the Senate. ever, a final report and it is possible that further inquiry will be made into the whole subject by the committee be- fore it is discharged by the Senate. Senator Brookhart _believes that steps should be taken by Congress to safeguard the Government from the debauchery of Federal patronage. He has proposed a bill dealing with this matter and will seek action on it. Although the civil service covers a vast number of employes of the Gov- ernment, there still remain outside of civil service thousands of appointments to Federal office. These are dispensed usually through the influence of Sen- ators, Members of the House and other persons actively engaged in politics. Senator Brookhart has gone thorough- ly into the whole subject and is well qualified to discuss it. H. V. HAYNES SUED FOR SUM OF $73,186 Woman Charges Former Banker Should Have Delivered Money on Stock Investments. Harry V. Haynes, former president of the Farmers and Mechanics’ Nation- 000 a year would cOver |l Bank, was sued today in the District Supreme Court by Mrs. Louise T. Chambers, Wardman Park Hotel, to re- cover $73,186.84 which she charges the former bank president appropriated to his own use and which belonged to her as the result of stock transactions. Mrs. Chambers sued Haynes last year, short- ly after he had been indicted for al- leged embezzlement and making of false entries on the bank’s books. In that suit she charged that she had in- trusted a large sum of money to the banker for stock investments and asked for an accounting of the transactions. In the present suit the sum sought to be recovered is said to represent profits made on certain stock transac- tions which should have been paid to her, but which, she claimed, she never received. She is represented by Attor- neys R. E. Walker and Carey E. Quinn, SENSATION PROMISED IN JULIAN PROBE Indictment of Thmoé‘ Bribery Charge Predicted by Dis- trict Attorney. By the Associnted Press. LOS ANGELES, April 16.—8Sensa- tional developments in the grand jury's new probe of the Julian Petroleum Cor- poration debacle were awaited today with the announcement of District At- torney Buron Fitts that indictments charging conspiracy to commit brf would be returned against at least three men prominent in State political #nd financial circles. The names of those against whom true bills have been prepared have not been made public. The company failed after a hi oversubscription of stock. Meanwhile, investigators - from the district attorney’s office were conducting an exhaustive probe into the death yes- terday in an automobile accident of Robert Bursian, 31, undercover man for Fitts and alleged key-witness in new phases of the Julian investigation. Bursian's body, badly mangled, was found under his wrecked car at the bottom of a cgnyon near Beverly Hills. Evidence gathered at the scene of the wreck, police said, indicated that Bur- sian’s machine left the highway as he sped around a curve at the top of a hill between Beverly Hills and the ocean. “If it was not foul play, it was a re- markable coincidence,” Fitts sald. LAKE ERIE OUT CF BANKS Residents Forced to Use Boats to Reach Home! ‘TOLEDO, April 16 (#).—Driven by sharp northeast winds, Lake Erie and Maumee Bay were bulging over their banks today, causing extensive damage to_property. he water began to come in late yes- terday when many buildings were awash and waves were smashing over break- waters. The water subsided slightly, but again today it appeared to be get- ting higher. Several homes were surrounded by water and basements were flooded. Residents returning from work last night were forced to use boats to reach their homes and had to leave the same way this morning. Lakeside and Lake- wood, Mich., Summer resorts 12 miles north of Toledo, suffered heavy loss from the storm. — HARVARD WINS AWARD Flying Club Receives Trophy for Progress. NEW YORK, April 16 (#).—The Fly- Loening jing Club of Harvard University today was announced as the winner of the first Doening intercollegiate flying tro- phy and the $1,000 prize. ~ ‘The prize is to be awarded annually to the intercolleglate flying club “hav- ing made the greatest progress in avia- tion during the past M Second prize of $500 went to the University of Detroit Aeronautical So- clety, third prize of $300 to the Yale of $200 to the New York University Flying Club. Grover Loening, donor of the prizes, is head of the Grover Loening Co., Inc., maker of amphibians. James Cannon, jr, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, that he would be given an opportunity to appear be- fore the committee to replfi to charges made by Representative , Re- publican, Massachusetts. Bishop Cannon had written Caraway that he would be glad to appear if there was any information the commit- tee desired cvnumlns activities of the Southern Methodist 'd of Temper- ance and Social Service of which the bishop is chairman. Caraway rzrlied that he could appear any time that was convenient. He had indicated that the best e for his April 28 Aeronautical Soclety and fourth prize | D, A (BALTIMORE PASTOR CONTINUES TALKS Federation Fails to Act on Offer to Cancel Engagement After Controversy. Rev. Peter Ainslie of Baltimore today continued his engagement to preach at this week’s union noonday Lenten serv- ices at First Congregational Church here, the Washington Federation of Churches failing to take any action on the Baltimore minister’s offer to cancel his sermon engagement following a highly controversjal exchange of letters with the Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, pastor of First Congregational Church, anent the merits of Army and Navy chaplains. In a letter received by Dr. Pierce to- day the nationally known Monumental City minister stuck by his guns and of- fered his personal views on the subject of war and the laws of the United States as justification for his statement from Dr. Pierce’s pulpit Monday that “there is no more justification for being a chaplain in the Army or Navy than there is for being a chaplain in a spegkeasy.” And there the matter stood today. Dr. Plerce Undecided. Dr. Pierce was undecided this morn- ing as to whether he would reply to Dr. Ainslie’s letter, made public last night at the same time it was mailed to Dr. Pierce. Dr. Plerce sald, however, that in view of the stand Dr. Ainslie has taken in his letter, retracting nothing, in fact, reiterating his views on war and the activities of chaplains, his belief is ‘that Dr. Ainslie “should be allowed the freedom of the pulpit here.” Dr. Plerce pointed out, however, that the matter of Dr. Ainslie’s continuing his sermons here rests entirely with the Federation of Churches, and in view of the fact that the federation has not acted upon the offer of Dr. Ainslie to cancel the sermons, which will continue through Friday, Dr. Ain- slie will continue to preach daily. Dr. Pierce yesterday publicly rebuked Dr. Ainslie for the remark about chap- lains from the PFirst Congregational Church pulpit. The Washington min- ister accused Dr. Ainslie of insulting the Government of the United States, the churches of the country and the chap- lains of the Army and Navy. Dr. Plerce | pointed out that he is a Reserve chap- lain, served as a chaplain during the war and that Col. Julian E. Yates, chief of chaplains of the United States Army, was in the church in uniform at the time the now famous remark about sena}ce and speakeasy chaplains was made. Offered to Forego Sermons. Dr Ainslie, in his letter, offered to forego further sermons in the Washing- ton noonday Lenten series if the state- ment of his position on service chap- Iains is “irritating to ‘ashington churches.” But, he added, “particularly do I con- demn the churches furnishing chap- lains for an institution (war) that my Government has outlawed.” ‘To the rebuke of Dr. Plerce Col. Yates yesterday added his indorsement. Another rebuke was given the Baltimore minister by the Rev. J. Monroe Stick. national chaplain of the American Le- Ef:" .;-.‘ad acting chaplain at Camp Hola- d, A Dr. Stick last night referred to Dr. Alnslie as “utterly impossible, and a fit subject for psychiatric treatment.” “Dr. Ainslie’s wild statements,” he said, “do not come as & surprise to me, “We once had a chaplains’ organiza- tion here in Maryland, and our ml-r.nl- zation once took occasion to tell Dr. Ainslie what we thought of his crank ideas on this subject.” Text of Dr. Ainslie’s Letter. . Ainslie’s letter to Dr. Pierce “This is to acknowledge your letter of the 14th and, inasmuch as you have given your letter to the press before! it was received by me, I suppose it is prorer that I should likewise give my reply to the press at the same time that I am mailing this to you. “I assure you that had I known you had served as a chlrllin in the Army 1 would not have referred to chaplains at all in your pulpit, although it would have been difficult to discuss my sub- ject, which was ‘Has Christianity Accepted Christ?’, without discussing war among the so-called Christian nations. My high esteem for you led me to think of you as one who not only opposed war, but would oppose the church ngm? blessing to that method of adjusting international disputes, and therefore approve of what I said. “You know, as I said in my address, that war was unknown among the early Christians. Practicing the will of d murdering people could not . But gradually the church yielded until in 416 the Roman THE MYSTERY OF THE KEYS TO THE MURDER CAR WHERE _ KE WERE FOUND CULVERT WHERE BODY WAS FOUND EAST WALL OF CEMETERY OiIL STATION WHERE SHOTS WERE HEAI QUARREL WAS HEARP HERE @ wier e vEnE WAS FOUND WORLD BANK NEAR AGTUAL OPERATION Paris Office of Reparations Body Prepares to Relin- quish Problem. BY JOHN GUNTHER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Dafly News. Copyright, 1930. PARIS, Prance, April 16.—Arrange- ments have been completed Whereby the work of the reparations commission {g Paris will be taken Over by the = Bank for Internationdl Settlements ac Basel, Switzerland, it is hoped, by the end of April” ‘There will be no formal ceremony and the reparations commission, after io years of passive control of the tangled subject of post-war financial adlust- ments, will quietly pass out of existence. The committee will meet some time next week, when the commission simply will dissolve itself and thereafter German payments will be handled, not through The keys to Miss Baker's automobile were found benea th a tree, the ninth tree from the road along a lane that enters the Arlington experimental farm from the road that parallels the east wall of the cemetery. The upper drawing indicates the route that would have been followed by the murderer in Miss Baker’s car had he driven from Rosslyn into this road that enters the experimental farm, slain the girl there where the keys were found, retraced his route to the culvert, where the body was found, and later driven to the point where he abandoned the car. The lower drawing shows the route that the car would have followed from Rosslyn had the murder been committed between Rosslyn and the culvert. After leaving the culvert the murderer probably drove the ear to the point where it was found abandoned. Leaving the car, the murdered may have walked across the field to the tree-bordered lane that enters the experimental farm, possibly carrying with him Miss Baker's coat, which she is supposed to have worn, but which has never been recovered. It is possible that the keys and the doctor’s bill, recovered under the tree, may have dropped from the coat at this point. A third possibility is that the keys were found by the same persons who are alleged to have looted the car early Sat- urday, and thrown away by them. Graveside scene in the little cemetery at REICHSRAT APPROVES MONEY FOR CRUISER Naval Construction Program Re- vived by Germany Through Appropriation. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 16—The question of further naval construction by Germany, which seemed to have been disposed of negatively during the Mueller ministry, has been suddenly thrown into the foreground of political discussion by a Reichsrat amendment carrying an ap- propriation for such a purpose. ‘The budget estimates prepared by the Senate passed a bill requiring all soldiers to become Christians. After that the church rarely or never questioned the moral issues of a war, but supported the government it was under, right or wrong, with unquestioned loyalty. Praises Peace Pact. “But a new day is here. My Gov- ernment made one of the greatest days in history when on January 15, 1929, it passed an act that made war an outlaw. I believe Mr. Coolidge, Mr. Kcllogg and the Senate meant exactly what they said. The governments of the world have concurred in it and we must hence- forth look for gradual disarmament. Now the next move is for churches to withdraw their chaplains from an insti- tution that is outlawed and I would be delighted to see you, as a former chap- lain, lead in a cause that at least would help our Government to create a con- lcic‘?'c: to make the outlawry of war a reality. "I have no hard words for those who took part in past wars, other than to express my general condemnation of war. My father was a Negro slave- holder in Virginia, but I do not ve to uphold Negro slavery in order to re- vere his memory. I condemn Negro slavery and I condemn war, and par- ticularly do I condemn churches for furnishing chaplains for an insti- tution that my Government has out- lawed. “In the event of misunderstandings between nations, which are as inevitable ws misunderstandings between individ- uals, we have a World €ourt today with as eminent jurists on it as on the Su- preme Court of the United States. Our civil courts adjust the differences that arise in our Nation: our World Court adjusts differences that arise between nations. My Government is leading in a world peace movement,” and nothing will help so much as the creating of a conscience on this subject as for the churches to outlaw war, as the National Government has done. “The day I made my address from your pultpit Mr. Hoover addressed the . A. R. and said in better style than what I was trying to say. According to the papers, he said: “‘Through the Kellogg-Briand pact, this Nation solemnly pledged ourselves not only to renounce war, but to seek means for pacific settlement of all in- ternational differences. I do not put this duty to you upon the basis of self- interest, although it is inevitable that Ithe failure of civilization in any part of the world at once brings distress I have no oc- tir within our own doors. casion to emphasize this duty by ing out the horrors and d ation | Balti of war. Those who really know war never glorify it. I have seen too much of the tragic sufferings of men, women and children, of the black shadows that ever run on the heels of war, to wish to recall those scenes. I hope never to see them again. I know this Nation can help to make war impossible, and that ‘it should so help. “If my support of my Government in its outlawry of war and my condemna- Mueller cabinet made no provision for another cruiser of the Ersatz Preussen type. The Reichsrat today, however, amended the government's proposed budget by the introduction of an item for 2,900,000 marks (about $725,000) as the first installment for an armored cruiser “B." ‘The new Bruening ministry, in ac- cordance with its pledge, recommended the budget exactly as it was worked out by former Finance Minister Molden- hauer when he was in the Mueller cabi- net. However, the Bruening cabinet, because of its make-up and with the chancellor himself reported in favor of the cruiser construciton, is generally believed ready to accep' the Reichsrat’s amendment. The question will mext go to the tag, which will reassemble after d may be expected to provide ‘Woman Plans to Practice Law. FRANKFORT, Ky., April 16 (#).— Mrs. John David Allen, Lexington, can- didate for the Republican nomination for Congress from the seventh district, is one of the more than 60 applicants for license to practice law in Kentucky, who today began taking the State bar examination. iy st Former Representative Dies. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 16 (#).—Wil- llam F. Waldow, 49, former Congress- man and former sheriff of Erle County, died today. tion of the churches in not seeing their day of opportunity in likewise outlaw- ing war by beginning to withdraw their chaplains—if the statement of this po- sitlon is irritating to the Washington churches it will be perfectly agreeable to cancel my engagement for the Lenten addresses. Assures Dr. Pierce of Regard. “As to services in the National Cap- ital, I did not know that I was expected to preach differently from the way I preach in Baltimore. As to the D. A. R. I did not know they were meeting in ‘Washington; if I had I would not have conformed my thinking to theirs. As to the chief of chaplains of the Army be- ing in the audience, I did not see him. “No, my dear Dr. Pierce, I take no in- terest in offending anybody and cer- tainly not in offending you, for whom my affectionate regard remains undis- turbed. Some time I want you to preach in my pulpit in the Christian Temple in imore. I want you to preach just as you in Washington, and to preach what you think you ought to preach. 1 assure you that there will be a hospitable mind both on my part and the part of my people, even though you discuss the moral aims of the last war and a place in the Army for chaplains, from which we may differ, but we will have the saf tion of having heard the other side. all questions. r there are two sides to_fifths of the playthings Spanish children. Unclad Man Runs After Clothes Thief, Regaining Apparel By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, April 16— Lauro Nunez was asleep last night when a thief entered his bedroom, stole all his clothing and fled. Lauro awakened in time to see unclad. The the thief and victim encountered a policeman, who loaned Lauro his overcoat until they reached the station. There Lauro donned his recovered apparel and re- turned home to finish his sleep. PITTS HELD TO FACE GRAND JURY CHARGES Former Head of Smith Company Directors to Answer 100 Counts in Pending Indictment. G. Bryan Pitts, former chairman of the bourd of directors of the F. H. Smith Co., will be arraigned tomorrow before Justice Willlam Hits in Orim- inal Division 2 on a recent indictment of 100 counts, in which he is charged with the embezzlement of $1,156,000 of the funds of the company. Pitts is expected to reach Washing- ton tomorrow morning in conformity to a bail bond of $100,000, given Mon- day at West Palm Beach, Fla., for his appearance here tomorrow. He was about to board a train for Washington Sunday when taken into custody. After Pitts has pleaded to the In- dictment, it is expected Assistant United States Attorney General Nugent Dodds and United States Attorney Leo A. Rover will ask that he be required to give a new bond to await trial. Attor- ney Wilton J. Lambert will appear for Pitts. BAKER SLAYER'S TRAIL LEADS INVESTIGATORS OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT (Continued From First Paj person known to have associated with her in the last few years, as well as all others whose names were mentioned in the correspondence. One question which js still puzsling the investigators is why Miss Baker re- mained in her car near Seventeenth and B streets, engaging in an argu- ment with the man who is believed to have murdered her, instead of getting out of the machine if she had any fear of imminent danger. The offic be- lieve that when Miss Baker was ob- served s ling with the man in the parked car she was making an effort to take tzrl‘; k‘elys'hwtlhe cg fr:m him. Even e failed to get posses- sion of fl“l.! keys, the officials pointed out, she would have had no difficulty in leaving the machine. Started during the World War, the Oak Grove yesterday when the final rites were held for Miss Mary Baker. —Star Staff Photo. DAVID H. BLAIR MAY RUN FOR SENATE NOMINATION Former Commissioner of Internal Revenue Considered for North Carolina Race. By the Associated Press. , N. C, April 16.—The Charlotte News today says it has learn- ed from authoritative sources that David H. Blair, of Winston-Salem, former commissioner of internal revenue, will seek the Republican nomination as Senator from North Caroline. The Republican State convention will be held here tomorrow. Blair has been mentioned as a possi- ble nominee, but has refused consistent- ly to say whether he would seek the nomination or accept it if tendered to him by the convention. Representative Geo Pritchard of Asheville, George Bul of Clinton, and Rev. H. Grady Dorsett of Wake Forest, are seeking the nomination and may force a primary despite whatever. action, if any, the convention takes. —— BINGHAM DECLINES CAMPAIGN PROBE JOB Henator, Named to Committee Post Refused by Goldsborough; ‘Will Be Away. By the Associated Press. Appointed today to serve on the Sen. g R RS ; can, of Connecticut declined heuual:“ of the necessity of leaving the country this Summer on the Samoan Commission, This left a vacancy in the committe role originally assigned to Senator Goldsborough, Republican, of Mary- land, who resigned today. The committee has been called by chairman Nye to meet late today for organization. Other members are Patterson, Re- publican, of Missouri; Dill of Washing- wnunnd ‘Wagner of New York, Demo- crats. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra this evening, at 8:15 o'clock, at the . uditorium, Marine Barracks. Paris, but directly by the bank at Basel. Transfer Date Uncertain. It has been necessary to give notice of dismissal to about one-third of the commission employes. The rest will be given jobs in either the new bank or a French social insurance organization which is on the point of formation. Actual transfer of the functiors of the commission to the bank and the handling by the bank of reparations payments cannot officially take place until all the powers interested have ratified the Young plan. Italy and Great Britain have not yet ratified it. In order to hurry things up, however, the executive committee of the bank has scheduled a meeting for April 22, under the chairmanship of Pferre Quesna: the bank's general manager. M. Qu nay is a picturesque figure of post-war financial history. Gates W. McGarrah of New York, for instance, American chairman of the board of directors, is elderly, being 67, but M. Quesnay is only 35. Like Seymour Parker Gilbert, American agent general for irations g:ym:nu. he is so young that the older nkers cannot get over the idea that they are associat with a sophomore. First Job to Organize. ‘The first job facing the bank on April 22 is to organize itself. Then, as soon as The Hague accords are ratified its real work will begin, receiving German reparations and floating the first mobil- ization loan. The first issue is expected to be $300,- 000,000, mostly placed in New York, London and Paris, presumably at 5% per cent, payable in gold and redeem- able in 37 years, which are the terms of the annuities themselves. The issue price is not yet known. ONE SLAIN IN RIOT, 33 INJURED, IN INDIA, AS UNREST INCREASES (Continued From PFirst Page) warriors, have gotten out of hand. When Gandhi decided to begin - his civil disobedience campaign he ob- tained a promise of support from the Sikh leader with the only restriction that he and his followers did not be- lieve in passive resistance. In yester- day’s riots, when street cars -were burned and troops were called, the cartmen were supported by Sikhs, who form 90 per cemt of Calcutta’s cab drivers. The Sikhs, who were joined by jute workers, paraded- through®the town the whole night trying to penetrate the European quarter. They succeeded in reaching Presidency Hospital for B e e T tectic Reinf u;.d“ ' e forcement British troops hat I b e s i Vi | course of the week, Y BOMBAY UNREST SERIOUS, Trouble Looms as March Is Begun to Raid Salt Pans. - BOMBAY, India, April 16 (#).—The Exchange Telegraph &., in lfldl.lpltch from Bombay, said there was danger of serious trouble there later this evening. Three hundred Nationalist volunteers marched from Congress House :::&r:\hme e:etubenmtte object of 's ans an gy e from Na that Mahatma Gandhi hldvsplor: o his visit to Bombay for a might arrive April 25, Police Chief Injured. POONA, Bombay Presidency, April 16 ().—A conference onymeh.g:l‘: ous situation here today revealed that o pol ere s i uperiatendent night by a demommtmzu:mwd.nd o at noon raiding the FOR. TOMORROW. CE—Purse. $1,200; 3 oty Rnd Eefaings: $ourloniaen 3 souroid. Kine's Crie *Disco? Melteitan .. 1 8 Glen Riddle Farms entry. JOCBC RO *Sand, Dutra e o Star Polly : & P. H. Faulconer and J. P. Jones entry. TRD RA laiming; . d o olde'ang B o $1.200; 3-year *Thest; . g Sunsarg- . *PFai ng Queen port Ima % Charley J. 8. ‘Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Wit- comb, second leader. “‘Gralsritter March.” Prelude to “Lohengrin.” “Entrance of the Gods in Walhall," “Rheingold.” Prelude to “Parsifal.” Cornet solo, “Walter's Prize Song,” from “Die Meistersinger.” Second leader Arthur S. Witcomb. “Isolde’s Love Death.” Overture, “T.nnhauser. Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Monte- zum “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, in_ Stanley Hall, glorrow evening, at 5:30 o'clock. Pointner, assistant leader. 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