Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1930, Page 1

WEAT. 8. Weather B cloudy an w. Partly HER. ureau Forecast.) d cooler tonight; minimum temperature about 42 degrees; tomorrow fair; Temperatures—Hig yesterday; lowest, 59, Full report on pags New York Market: slight tly cooler. hest, 71, at 5 pm. at 6:30 am. today. e 14. - s Closed Today. ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ing Sfar. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 118,386 Entered as seco post office, Wa No. 31,399, nd class matter shington, D. C. WASHID \GTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1930—THIRTY PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CE) SECOND SALESMAN FACES MURDER GRILLING NATIONALISTS KILL SIK IN ARMED RAID ONINDIAN ARMORY Troops Sent to Chittagong asé Calcutta Is Being Searched for Weapons. TWO BUILDINGS FIRED IN CLASH AT RAILWAY | Warrant Issued for Another Civil| Disobedience Leader After Documents Are Seized. By the Associeted Press. | CALCUTTA, Bengal, India, April 19.; —A group of 100 Indian Nationalists to- | day attacked the police armory at Chit- tagong, across the Mieghna Estuary east of here, and killed six of the defenders. | The dead included one sergeant major. Before assaulting the armory the in- surgents cut telephone and telegraph lines leading out of the city, which is of about 30,000 population, and derailed a train about 40 miles away, blockirig the railroad line. A detachment of Eastern frontier rifies, under command of Lieut. Col. Dallas Smith, was ordered from here to Chittagong to handle the situation. | They left Calcutta this morning. Search City for Arms. In Calcutta strong guards were es- | tablished at all gun shops, while armored cars and armed police took up positions in strategic locations. The authorities ordered an imhediate search of the city for arms and ammunition. The headquarters of the All-India National Congress committee was raided and 17 arrests made. Pive of those ar- rested belonged to Bengal Provincial Congress committee and six to the South Calcutta Congress committee. An official government bulletin was issued regarding the attack. “The government regrets to announce that the railway and police armories were attacked the night of April 18 and the morning of April 19 by a body of insurgents estimated to number 100 and were gutted. The details are not yet fully known, but from information re- ceived up to the present it appears that one sergeant major, an Anglo-Indian and four Indians were shot dead by the ents. , 50 far as can be mscer- tained, civilian rallway employes are safe, including women who been a ted at the Jetties.” Troops Dispatched. government statement tinued: - “The police and local auxiliary force are endeavoring to round up the insur- gents a detachment of Eastern Frontier Rifles under the command ot Lieut. Col. Dallas Smith were sent off this morning and are expected to reach Chittagong tomorrow. An _inspector | of police accompanied the de- tachment. “Telegraphic communications were interfered with, but are being restored. The train to Ohittagong was derailed on the night of April 18 about 40 miles from Chittagong and the railway line 15 blocked, but trans-shipment is being | effected. It 18 not known certainly whether this derailment was a mere co- incidenck or part of the insurgents scheme.” - The premises of Bepin Behari G guly, president of the Bengal Provinc Congress, now in session at Raj Shahi, was searched this morning. The offices | of the Bengal provincial committee i also were searched, the officers remain- ing several hours. Certain documents were seized and a warrant issued Xol" Harikumar Chakravarti Chakravarti is secretary of the Bengal Provinctal Congress committee. He now is at Raj Shahi. Jamanadas Mehta, leader of the civil disobedience movement at Virar, a sub- urb of Bombay, was sentenced today to six months’ imprisonment and a fine of 200 rupees (about $70). He was ar- yested yesterday at Kalyan. 150 WORSHIPERS PERISH IN CHURCH| Rumanians Unable to Flee Firef as Battling Crowd Jams Exit. con- By the Associated Press. CHOBSTI, Rumania, April 19—One hundred and fifty persons were burned | 10 death within a few minutes here last| night when a church in which a Good} Friday vigil service was being con- | authoritatively. | ser Causes Man’s Fine For Assault, Then Pays the Penalty By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash,, April 19.— Axel Quist suspected Al Lind- berg of stealing some of his turkeys, so he gave Al a trounc- ing. had him arrested on an assault_charge. The judge fined Quist $25. Quist turned to the prosecut- ing_witness: “Sal, Al will_you?” “Sure, old pal.” replied Lind- berg, who paid the fine. Al and Axel left the court room arm in arm. IBCRUISER TOTAL he said, “lend me $25, Program Under Pact Calls for ‘Work on Seven Within Three Years. By the Associated Press. Administration plans under the Lon- don naval agreement call for resumed or continued work during the next three years on seven additional 8-inch gun cruisers. Three additional ships of that class, bringing the American big cruiser fleet up to a total of 18 ships, will not be laid down until 1933, 193¢ and 1935, respectively. This outline of administration policy don stipulations has been announced 1t represents the lay- ing down of two additional keels, those of the C. L. 37 and C. L. 38, at an early date as well as continued work on five other big cruisers. Progress of Work. These five ships are to be built at the following yards: C. L. 32 at New York navy yard, rated as only 1.6 per cent complete on March 1; C. L. 33 by the Bethlehem Steel Co. at Fore River, Mass,, 7.2 per cent complete March 1; C. L. 34 at Bremerton, Wash, navy yard, no work reported March 1; C. L. 35, New Shipbuilding Co., at Camden N. J, 4.6 per cent compiete March 1, and C. L. 36, at the Philadelphia navy yard, no work March 1. The other five big cruisers destined to be built under the London agreement, C. L. 37 to 41, inclusive, have never been assigned to yards. President the first proposals f London Con ference were made. on will be Plan 3 Under Optional Clause. Under the administration interpreta- tion of the London sgreement, the three cruisers to be built by exercise of the optional clause raising the total American strength in this class from 15 to 18 ships, will not have been completed when the new Naval Conference. also p;gzlded for at London, is assembled in No information has yet been made available as to administration plans for exercising the right to build some 70,- 000 tons. in 6-inch-gun cruisers includ- ed in the London agreement. What will be done in that regard in the event of ratification of the London treaty is a matter for Congress, which alone can authorize construction. Congressional authorization already has been voted for all of the 8-inch cruisers contemplated. ALARM VOICED BY HALE. Urges Open Mind Until Naval Com- manders Are Heard. By the Associated Press. Chairman Hale of the Senate naval committee arose in the Senate yester- day to voice alarm regarding the crui- program outlined for the United States in the rroposed treaty. He called upon his colleagues to keep an open mind on the pact until America's naval commanders have been heard. Two of the members of the Senate foreign relations committee—Chairman Borah and Senator Capper of Kansas, both Republicans—have indicated they would support the treaty when it is sub- mitted to the Senate for ratification. However, President Hoover will await the return of n_delegation " (Continued PAY HOMAGE TO ROYALTY Mussolini’s Daughter and Fiance Visit King and Queen. ROME, April 19 (#).—Signorina Edda Mussolini, daughter of the premier, and her fiance, Galeazzo Ciano, accompanied by II Duce and Donna Mussolini, today visited the Villa Savola to render hom- age to the King and Queen before their forthcoming marriage. The sovereigns congratulated and sented them with a wedding gift. BY 1935 PLANNED and the interpretation given to the Lon- | felicitated the young couple and pre- | ducted caught fire and was destroyed. Only three of those inside the bufld- ing when the fire began escaped. They attributed the aeath of the others to| their pious anxiety for the sacred ves-| sels, the host and a valuable altar cloth, which they rushed to rescue. They turned finally to the door, the/ one means of egress. It opened inward, | and the mass, panic-stricken. and! | goaded by the searing flames, jammed| | against 1t and died before those out-| side could rush it open. i It was all over in a few minutes. The blazing ceiling, tapestries and paper wreaths on the walls fell on the fear- mad gation, who trampled women | and children under foot. The fire started when a breeze, wafted through a high rear window, stroked a candle’s flame with one of the tapes- tries. Its tinseled fringe took fire, pa- per wreaths caught and in a minute the building was a blazing inferno. . Troops Fight Fires in Mexico. MEXICO CITY, April 19 (#).—More | than a thousand Federal troops have been called to the vicinity of Ajusco and Rie Frio between Mexico City and Puebla to combat serious forest fires, which have been raging there for weeks and which now threaten towns. The troops have been able to check the fire from spreading in many places. adio Programs on Page B-10 are you fitted to do? Is it law? Or aviation? The perhaps? Or insurance? Each devotes a chapter to the rewards it offers. A Notable List. A Notable | Finding Your Career! Roads to Success by Those Who Got There What is your aim in life? What do you want-to do? Twenty-four distinguished men and women have written for this paper a series which points the way to success. he or she has become famous: the demands it makes, the The First Will Appear Tomorrow in The Sunday Star NAVAL AGREENENT ‘SAFEGUARD CLAUSE * TEXT MADE PUBLIC | Allows Increase in Navies of | Either America, Japan or Great Britain. IDEA OF CONSULTATION ABANDONED ALTOGETHER| | Pact to Be Ready for Signing Tues- day if Governments Approve It by That Time. i By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, April 19.—The “safe- guarding” clause of the naval treaty being drawn up here, which the naval | delegates themselves have kept rigorous- | ly secret until after final approval of | the home government, was revealed to- day in dispatches from Tokio. The clause provides for an increasc in the navies of either Japan, America or Great Britain—the three signatories to the projected limitation treaty—if the building programs of non-signatory nations are considered excessive. The clause reads: “If, during the term of the present treaty, requirements of national secur- ity of any of the high contracting parties in respect to vessels of war limited by part three of the present treaty are, in the opinion of that party, affected by new construction of any power other than those joining in part three of this treaty, that high contract- ing party will notify the other parties to part three as to the increase required { to be made in its own tonnages, specify- ing the proposed increase and the rea- sons therefor. Consultative Idea Out. “The other parties to part three of this treaty shall be entitled to make a proportionate increase in the category or_categories specified.” The part three of the treaty men- | tioned is that which contains what generally is regarded as the real ac- complishment of the conference—the limitation pact by which the navies of Japan, the United States and Great Britain are to be limi | the safeguarding idea is omitted altogether. For a na- tion which considers its position dangered by the building program of another to abrogate the figures of the treaty it will be necessary only to notify the other two nations, which would be allowed proportionate increases in the same categories. Draft Being Polished Off. While the situation generally fare- seen here in which the safeguarding or ‘“escalator” clause, as it is also called, might be brought into play in- volves Great Britain and France and Italy, the clause refers equally to Japan or the United States. General opinfon | was that those two nations would be less likely to find it necessary to in- | voke its provisions. | The draft treaty is being polished off and will be ready for the signing at | Tuesday's plenary session if the ap- | proval of the governments is obtained | by that time. ~ Prime Minister Mac- | donald, Dino Grandi of Italy and Aris- | tide Briand, French foreign minister, are expected to return here Monday in | (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) PRESIDENT TO-ATTEND SERVICES OF FRIENDS| Motor Trip in Nearby Country Will Be Part of Easter Observance by First Couple. President and Mrs. Hoover tomorrow expect to attend Easter religious serv- ices at the Friends' Meeting House at Thirteenth and Irving streets, their regular place of worship, and in the afternoon contemplate going for & motor ride into the nearby country. | They will be accompanied by Theo- dore Jesse Hoover, only brother of the President, and his wife, who are housc guests at the White House President Hoover tonight will attend | the dinner at the Willard Hotel of the American Society of Newspaper Edi- | tors. He will make an impromptu talk | | but his remarks will not be reported. | Many Easter greeting cards, as well as | | a number of greetings in the form of floral pleces and plants, have been re- ceived by the President and Mrs Hoover from friends ail over the country. | | | | ending tonight. What movies? Or the hotel business, business or profession in which Series. And a Helpful One! 1 Two banks of el htmf'yllndzr_-. set in {75,000 Expected Here as | since April 1, reaching its peak today, | gcfilnx AN EASTER EVE DREAM! FASTER VISITORS T0 BREAK RECORD Hotels Are Crowded. | | Forecast for Fair. | With the city’s larger hotels turning away hundreds of visitors and space | m tourist homes and rooming houses at a premium, thousands more swarmed into Washington today by train, bus| and automoblle to swell the throng which tomorrow is expected t new ..regord -of “Baster” Visitors to the National Capital. Despite threatening clouds this morn~ ing the Weather Bureau official fore- caster prophesied clearing skies later in the day and fair weather for Sun- | day, accompanied by a slight drop in | temperature, that may compel hiding of | Baster finery with light wraps. Although it is impossible to pl'uhc(‘ with any certainty the weather for| Monday, the forecaster said this morn- | ing that indications are that no rain | will fall as the children roll their East- | er eggs in the Zoo and on the White House lawn. No accurate estimate could be ob- tained of the number of visitors to Washington, but information from the hotels, railroads and bus lines shows a crowd considerably larger than last year, when all previous records were | shattered. Unaffected by the general business depression, visitors have poured into| the city in an ever increasing flow since | the beginning of the week. Several | days ago the majority of the hotels were filled to capacity and began turning away prospective guests from their doors. A canvass of 10 of the larger | hostelries revealed that yesterday each | refused accommodation fo from 100 to | 200 people. When night falls today conservative | estimates place the number of persons, aside from the regular transits, who will have arrived in Washington during | the past two days at considerably in | excess of 75,000. Twenty thousand extra travelers will have been accommodated by the rail- roads alone during the two days, while it is approximated that 50,000 traveled | by bus. Added to these are the thou- | sands who journeyed from all parts of | the country by automobile. Many Boys and Girls. Alarge portion of these Easter visitor are boys and girls from high schoolt, preparatory schools and seminaries, who | | come to Washington in large groups | sponsored by their institutions. To accommodate such parties, 30 special trains will have come into Union | Station yesterday and today from Penn- sylvania, New York and Canada, carry- ing approximately 9,000 passengers. | In addition, travel on the regular in- coming trains has been unusually heavy, necessitating the addition of two, and sometimes three sections. This extra railroad travel has increased steadily terminal officials declared. One bus company reported 1,969 ar- rivals yesterday and 20,000 for the week ‘There are 22 such lines connecting Washington with all | portions of the United States, and the nearest_approximation of the number " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) AMERICAM]}HAMPlON ENTERS 16-CYLINDER CAR| | e | | Louie Meyers Will Carry Financial | Backer as Mechanic in In- dianapolis Race. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April | 19— | Louie Meyers, American automobile rac- | ing champion, today formally filed his entry—a new 16-cylinder car—in the annual 500-mile race to be run here | May 30. Along with the filing came the an- nouncement that Alden Sampson of noe City, Ohio, whose financial two years ago gave Meyers his chance to enter racing in a big way, | will ride with the champion. The coming race will be the first in seven years requiring a mechanic to ride with the driver. Meyers, Sampson and Riley Brett, who last year won a medal as champion | mechanic of racing, have been workin, Winter and expec! on the new car a to have it ready for track work soom. o set a| sundiy | Vetype, will supj Base Ball at Night Keeps Zoo Inmates From Getting Rest By the Associated Press. INDEPENDENCE, Kans., April 19.—Night base ball means' sleep- less nights for the animals of the Independence Zoo, which is ad- jacent to the Western Association ball park. The last two nights the pro- ducers have tangled with the House of David team from Benton Harbor, Mich. While the ball hawks were chasing a prolific deluge from the batfests, the monkeys, rab- bits, pheasants and ducks, re- fusing to remain abed, preened themselves in the brightly lighted runways. tend- Pete Endres, 700 su ent, is frankly aj nsive of a sleepless base ball season for | Supreme Court Nominee Tells| Senator He Will Appear Be- fore Committee. By the Assoclated Press. Judge John J. Parker of North Caro- lina today informed Senator Overman, Democrat, of North Carolina that he would be glad to come before the Sen- | ate judiciary committee to answer pro- | tests against his nomination as an asso- ciate justice of the Supreme Court. Senator Overman, at the request of the Republican leaders, has said he would ask the judiciary committee to in- vite Judge Parker here. The committee will meet Monday and it is likely that the nominee will be asked to appear at the meeting a week later. Protests by colored assoclations against a speech attributed to Judge Parker in 1920 is causing the Republican leadership some concern. It has been decided to have the judge here to discuss that point in particular. Willing to Appear. The telegram of Judge Parker stating his willingness to appear before thg committee was sent voluntarily by him. Friends of the nominee here asserted today there was no likelihood whatever of the judge asking that his nomination witndrawn. Senator Fess, Republican, Ohio, made public a letter he wrote to Alexander H. Martin of Cleveland, replying to a protest against Parker because of re- marks atuributed to him relative to col- ored people. “I am especially interested in what you say about the confirmation of Judge Parker, with especial reference to his statement in 1920 as candidate for governor on the participation of Negroes in politics,” Senator Fess wrote. | "I regret exceedingly this utterance, although the circumstances at the time it was made might somewhat relieve the severity of it. Men in the heat of a political campaign frequently give ut- terance to sentiments that would not have been made excers in a campaign. Even in that case, such utterances are extremely unfortunate. However, the factors to be considered in the confir- mation of a nominee for the Supreme Court must not be subordinated to some fugitive utterance or some opinion of this or that subject. | Given Indorsement. “I have received some communica- tions from the leading colored people of North Carolina assuring me that Judge Parker would be fair to the col- ored race. The President of the North Carolina College for Negroes assures me that ‘by education, experience and gen- eral mental attitude, Judge Parker is| fitted to adorn the Supreme Court of | the Nation; his decisions will be fair both to labor and all races; he will endeavor to interpret laws for the best interest of the people; he will strive to promote peace between the races.’ Upon this basis President Shepard earnestly desires to see him confirmed. I take this as high an opinion as one could get on the subject of controversy.” Virginian Found Dead. GALVESTON, Tex., 11 19 (P)— W. J. Taylor, 26, of Norfolk, Va, was found dead in his apartment here today with a bullet wound in the head. He was third mate of the steamship Oak- man. Circumstances indicated suicide, | \authorities said. AR VOTESAD N BICENTENNIAL | ! | Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook Is| Member of Commission Ap- pointed by President. | FEPSR Full co-operation with the Washing- ton Bicentennial Commissoin in observ- | ng on a Nation-wide scale the 200th anniversary of the birth of George | Washington in 1932 was voted unani- mously by the thirty-ninth Continental | Cor D, 2 ,ou» D. A. R, which is en- Cook of Pennsylvanis, honorary presi- dént general, is a member of the com- mission appointed by the President to | make the arrangements for this great- est of American celebrations, which will have the National Capital as its focal point, indicates the sweeping participa« tion in it of the D, A. R. with its far- flung membership of more than 175,000 women. With the congress ‘meeting today for | its final session preparatory to the general exodus of delegates from the city tomorrow, Mrs. Russell W. Magna of Holyoke, Mass., the official “gold | digger” of the D. A. R. succeeded ob- | taining an additional large sum in | pledges for chairs in Constitution Hall. Assures Delegates of $1,102,000. Rendering her final report as chair- man of finance for the hall, Mrs. Magna precipitated applause with assurances that the total amount of assured money would exceed $1,102,000 | the congress tonight. Her auctioneering hours during the sessions of the congress have resulted in additional pledges of $23,547.72. The total amount of money in cash and pledges, she reported, was $1,101,532.21 which will be used in completing the furnishing of the hall. Adoption of resolutions which will follow during the day occupled the major attention of the morning session. This afternoon the eight new vice | presidents general, the honorary vice president general and the reporter gen- eral to the Smithsonian Institution, elected in Thursday’s balloting, were being formally installed in office. Wile Talks on Naval Conference. Speakers last night were Alfred H. Haag, director of international shipping, Georgetown University School of For- eign Service, who discussed the Ameri- fi:n mev;f‘l;lntvvmm:, and Frederic Wil- | Ham 3 ington correspondent | and political analysist of the Columbia Broadcasting System, who related his observations at the London Naval Con- ference. Referring to the address of President Hoover Monday night in which the President said, “there is a price no na- tion can afford to pay for peace,” Mr. Wile declared that J’u's price is “a naval and military establishment inadequate for national defense.” He assured the Daughters that the three-power pact of London would not jeopardize American security and that (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) | before the annual banquet which closes ! PROSECUTOR TO QUIZ JULIAN GALLEGHER IN DEATH INVEST IGATION Mervin D. Sisson Given Grueling Examination on Relations He Had With Mary Baker. TRAVELING MAN STILL HELD WHILE OFFICERS CHECK ALIBI Clothing Found in Sewer Believed Placed There Shortly Before Its Discovery. The murder of Mary Baker remained unsolved today, a week from the day her body was found, despite a rapid succession gf sen- sational developments in the last 12 hours which culminated in the arrest of two salesmen of Warsaw, Va. The two salesmen, Mervin D. Sisson, and Julian Gallegher, were taken into custody at the request of Arlington County authorities, but all efforts thus far to connect them with the crime have been futile. Sisson was arrested at his home in Warsaw about 6 o’'clock last night, and Gallegher was picked up six hours later in a hotel in Richmond, Va., and at noon today was en route back to Arlington court house in the custody of William C. Gloth, Arlington County prosecutor and a Virginia policeman. Another important development came today, when reporters for The Star who combed the experimental farm Tuesday afternoon, re- ported that they had lifted the cover to the sewer where the cloth- ing was found yesterday and that it was empty at that time. Con- sequently police were working on the theory this afternoon that the clothing probably had been placed there from a nearby hiding place, probably by some person who had stolen them at the same time that her scarf and small change purse was taken. Two colored men are in custody charged with stealing these articles, which were re- covered from a house not far from the scene of the murder. Gallegher, while awaiting the arrival of the Arlington officers, told Richmond police that he could establish a complete alibi for the | entire week preceding the finding of the body of Miss Baker. He said that he had in his brief case sales tickets, checks and reports | that would prove his whereabouts and show his travels over his regular route. Gallegher talked freely at the Richmond police station. He said he met Miss Baker last Fall and that he also knew Miss Mildred Sperry, who lived with Miss Baker. He said he went with Miss Baker and other friends to Baltimore within the last few months. In addition to the letters taken from Miss Baker’s home and her desk in the file room of the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy ent suspicion was thrown on Sisson and Gallegher, it was at the detective bureau, when it was reported that they had been seen in Washington together. Sisson was brought to the Arlington County court house and sub- jected to a gruelling examination which lasted from 11:30 o'clock last night to nearly 4 o'clock this morning. The officials finally tired of questioning him and locked him up in the Arlington County jail pending a check up on his story. Mr. Gloth announced, how- ever, that Sisson had “a complete and absolute alibi.” 5 Washington detectives and Department of Justice agents sent to Warsaw to check on Sisson’s alibi reported to police headquarters here at noon today that his story seemed to be correct in every detail. Several hours after the questioning of Sisson, Mr. Gloth went to Richmond to examine Gallegher. His arrest was on a fugitive warrant, and was due chiefly to information furnished by Sisson. Glove and Scarf Give Clues. After the examination of Sisson the investigators admitted that the most tangible clue to a solution of the crime consisted of a man’s expensive pair of pigskin gloves and scarf that was found among Miss Baker’'s missing personal effects uncovered late yesterday in a sewer on the experimental farm of the Department of Agriculture, about a quarter of a mile from the culvert where the woman'’s body was found a week ago today. Among the numerous articles were Miss Baker’s long sought hat and coat and a miscellaneous collec- tion of cards and note books, one of which contained the names | of a number of her friends. The gun was not recovered and a search for that is still under way. A member of the party searching for the gun picked up a handkerchief which bore a laundry mark shortly after noon today. ‘It was turned over to the Washington police. Through the serial number in the | son, however, was arrested on a murder gloves the investigators hope to trace ! wararnt, issued at the direction of the owner. They believe it will be Gloth. more difficult to find the owner of the scarf, however. Nevertheless, both the gloves and the scarf are considered of great value. tified the coat, hat and pocketbook, but sald they had never before seen the scarf, notebook, gloves, jewelry or a green-back novel which was in the col- lection. The trinkets and a pair of silk stockings appeared to be new. and the investigators believe they probably were purchased by Miss Baker before she went to church on the day she was murdered. Baker's coat, it was explained, was due to the fact that she was not wearing the coat at the time of the assault. was carrying coat on her arm, it being a warm April afternoon. Aside from establishing an alibl that the authorities could not break, Sisson Miss Skinner and Miss Sperry iden- | The absence of blood stains on Miss | When the woman left the church she | Gloth explained that such a procedure was followed to avoid any | potential legal delay in taking the | salesman out of the jurisdiction of the | Westmoreland County authorities. Knew Two Girls. | Sisson is 35 years old and has a wife |and a 10-year-old daughter. Gallegher | is 28 years of age and is said to be un- | married. The authorities claim that | both of them were acquainted with Miss | Baker as well as one of the two girls who shared her home in Lyon Park, Vs, The two salemen had been sought by the Washington and Arlington Countv investigators working on the murdsr | case ever since they came into i on of certain correspondence found in | Miss Baker's home. Gallegher is said o be the heretofore mysterious “Jimmy" mentioned in the letters. rough the questioning of Sissoa, Gloth sald he was able to corroboraié information previously given him to the | | won another point in his favor when | éffect that the two salesmen made an he was confronted by Francis T. Rice | OVErnight trip to Baltimore March 22 of the Hurley-Wright Building, who | ¥ith Miss Baker and another woman. failed to identify him as the man he | Sisson registered at the Maryland Hotel saw struggling with a woman in a |there under his own name, the com- parked machine at Seventeenth and B | monwealth attorney declared. while Streets a few hours before Miss Baker | Gallegher and the women registered as is believed to have been murdered. No charges have been preferred against either Sisson or Gallegher. Sis- FIRST LADY OF LAND FOLLOWS URGE FOR CHANGES IN SPRING Easy Chairs Replace Hard Settees and New Pictures Hung in White House. By the Associated Press. In company with all housewives the pring house-cleaning urge for making changes ‘has struck the Pirst Lady of the Land, Mrs. Hoover has introduced into historic rooms hitherto somewhat formal and bare a cozy and intimate atmosphere. Visitors to the big east room, which has been the scene of so many im- portant functions, both solemn and bril- liant, note with pleasure the easy chairs which have supplanted the hard settees ln:il8 the pictures now adorning the walls. Like the many American husbands who come home of a Spring evening, to find the furniture all changed around, so does the President, returning from Ris executive *eu. find new, comfort- & able chairs, smoking stands, low tables and potted ferns in the famous green room. ‘There are many other changes. Mrs. Hoover is a great lover of flow- ers. She has converted one end of the wide upstairs hall into a small con- servatory. Palms, flowers and vines give a refreshing, Summery appearance to the place. She takes a great inter- est in the rose garden just south of the White House and often suggests ideas for new flowers and shrubs. ‘The First Lady, before she wrenched her back, had been taking early morn- ing strolls over the south grounds with her motion picture camera. Several times she has fllmed the Mr. and Mrs. iduunhmr. Julian Morgan and e Stssoél later gave up his , according to Gloth and oc- cupied Gallegher’s suite. Sisson revealed that he met Miss | Baker through a flirtation in Warsaw last October and insis ted that the time he saw her was in the hawllllsr: Baltimore, when he was there in com- pany with Gallegher and his companion. On the night of the murder Sisson told Gloth he dined with his wife, daughter and mother-in-law at their home in Warsaw, and afterward drove T‘{;s;f:dppasgann?ck‘. ‘lbodlgb 10 miles away, veral friends, an nbgl‘lst 10:30 o’clock. e son was grilled by Gloth, Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad of the Detective Bureau, and Headquarters Detectives Waldron and Fleharty. Sheriff Howard B. Fields of Arlington County and the two Depart- ment of Justice agents assigned to the case were present during the protracted ‘r:;rdlgg of u:: examination, but it is tood they took n lntél‘tt?lgatlan, ¢ Emld utlining his movements on the crime was committed, Sls;;l]: b‘::z he spent the morning at home, leaving only for a short time to visit a store in Warsaw to purchase a can of paint to complete several bird houses on which he had been working. An in- vestigation in Warsaw indicated that members of the “medicine ball cabinet” in action. The games start at 7 o'clock in the morning. The players, made up of some of the most famous men| the iation, dress in old clothes. the hobby of the sal construction of bird hofxssTs‘.m D gnflmn said he ate Junch with her-in-law, Mrs, T %, Have