Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1930, Page 1

- WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, continued cool tonight; minimum temperature about 40 increasing cloudiness, ratures—Highest, 57, at 11 a.m. today. ‘Tempe! today; lowest, 39, at Full report on page 14. Closing N.Y. Markets, degrees; tomorrow Pages11,12&13 b No. 31,406, post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, . C INDIAN MOB TAUNTS BRITISH TROOPS IN FRONTIER PROVINGE Armed Officer Unable to Dis- perse Nationalists in Peshawar Parade. NEELA POLICE KILL ONE AS 2,000 DEFY SALT LAW Viceroy's Cabinet Meets at Simla to Study in Detail Situation in Northwest. By the Associated Press. | BOMBAY, India, April 26.—Further disorders at Peshawar increased appre- hension here today that grave events may be shaping themselves in the buffer northwest frontier province. Lahore dispatches to the London Daily Mail said a mob paraded the streets yesterday and taunted troops on guard. A British officer, facing the ring leaders with a drawn revolver, tried in vain to persuade them to dis- perse their followers. Wet Inside and Out, Indiana Candidate Proves Platform Applauded as Blue Flame Is Accompanied by Drinking Display. By the Associated Press. GARY, Ind., April 26.—Anthony Fili- piak carries matches and a flask and is running for State Senator on a “drip- ping wet” platform. The matches and the content of the flask got together last night in a neat demonstration of how Mr. Filipiak feels about prohibition. William F. Hodges, as having adopted a “wishy-washy” attitude on prohibi- tion. “I'm wet internally as well as exter- nally,” he told a political audience at the Harrison Club, “and I can prove it.” He removed his hip-pocket flask. From it into a saucer he poured a liquid. He took out a match and touch- ed the flame to the liquid. It gave a blue flame. As the liquid glowed, Mr. Filiplak put the flask to his lips and the muscles of his throat undulated in a gentle drink- ing motion. The audience gave forth hurrahs and Mr. Filipiak strode from the platform. UTILITIES T0 LIST When an armored car which had been sent for arrived a machine gun was trained on the mob, which then scattered. Earller the Indians had paraded with “corpses” of those slain in Wednes- day’s rioting, in which, it is said now, there were 50 casualties. Upon investi- gation it proved the Indians, seeking to enlarge the death reports, had placed live men in the coffins. Europeans Flee Scene. Arrival of two companies of British infantry and two machine gun sec- tions created a feeling of security among European residents of the fron- tier city. Signalers on the city walls kept constantly on the alert and main- tained communications with headquar- ters. It was presumed here orders for evacuation of European women and children from Peshawar were being put into_effect, but there was no definite word. British missionary societies said they had six women missionaries in Peshawar and the neighborhood. There was a new outbreak at Neela, near Calcutta, Bengal, Thursday night, ‘when 2,000 persons pelted with stones policemen who interfered with their salt-making. Sixteen policemen were injured. The constabulary answered with a volley of buckshot, injuring three natives and killing one. Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the civil disobedlence movement, continued at Navsari, but there were reports he soon would come to Bombay. He is con- tinuing his exhortations to his follow- ers for non-violence in the movement which they hope will bring India inde- pendence. P Secretary Sentenced. ‘Mahadev Desal, private secretary to the Mahatma, who has been in charge HiAt sait mak cit salt making. A dispatch from Simla, the Summer capital, sald disturbances at Peshawar were studied lnh&l:llh at w:eun' of the victory's cal ere Y. Machine guns are posted at vital points and the bazaar and markets at Peshawar are still closed, although it was said the situation was consider- mbly improved. Sir Phillp Chetwode, chief of general staff, and the deputy chief, Maj. Gen. 8. F. Muspgatt, testified The total admissions to hospitals mfter the rioting was given as 25. It was said the border ti appeared to be entirely unaffected by the Peshawar outbreaks. Poona Lawyer Arrested. L. B. Bhopotakar, senior member of the Poona bar and former member of th- Bombay legislative council, was ar- Continued on Page 2, Column 4. i IN HUDSON RACE First Three Boats to Finish in 133- Mile Jaunt Better Pre- vious Mark. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 26—J. E. Wil- kinson, 32-year-old Boston driver, won the annual 133-mile boat race from Albany to New York today and set a new record of 3 hours 25 minutes 3 seconds. ‘Wilkinson, piloting a little orange foutboard called the Flash, whizzed over the finish line at the Colonial Yacht Club at 152d street with a lead of more than a mile over his nearest rival, to crack the previous mark set last year by Jacob Dunnell of Philadelphia at_3:36:40. ‘Prank James of Toronto, driving an outboard labeled CP 40, was the sec- ond finishing, and he, too, broke the record, being clocked at 3:29:28. Harry Johnson, a professional, from New Haven, Conn., finished third in the D 305, another speedy outboard, and he, too, broke the record. He was timed at 3:34:50. Jerry Reed, a professional, from Pishers Landing, N. Y. driving the Baby Whale, was fourth in 3:40:06. Fifth place went to Dave Hundert- CHARITY DONATIONS Commission Allows Charging to Operating Expenses or Profit and Loss. ‘The Public Utilities Commission to- day issued an order allowing public utility companies to charge donations to the Community Chess or other char- itable institutions, either to operating jMEET!NGS PROSPECT He assailed his opponent, Senator | WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1930—THIRTY PAGES. CABINS FOR THREE | - OF CABINET 10 BE BUILT ON RAPIDAN | Wilbur, Hyde and Mitchell Will Have Camp Quarters Near Those of President. ‘r FOR VACATION DAYS Quiet of Vast Country Acres Ad- vantage for Rest and Work as Well. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. President Hoover's camp on the expenses or profit and loss. Such do- nations, the commission ordered, shall not be considered in any question or proceeding involving rates or a reason- able return. The affect of this order is that if the companies elect, they may treat contributions to charitable insti- tutions as an operating expense as has been done in the past. When the question of rates comes up, however, these items must be deducted from ex| sheet and the amount avail- able for a fair return will be increased over the operating income by the amount of the contribution. Public Hearing Question. ‘The question was taken up at a pub- lic hraring before the commission on Februery 24. Officials representing the public utilities companies and members of the board of the Community Chest the commission to treat contribu- tions to the Community Chest as etrict rating expenses. s e e e el ‘mat - counting iynmmun&a companies not to accrue greater reserves for taxes, un- collectable bills, injuries and damages, e insurance, and contingencies than the amount actually to be used during the fiscal year in which the accrual is made. If B Ehargec.to operating capenses uniess cl operating expenses this deficiency is so large that its in- clusion in the accounts for the year would seriously distort them. Basis for Interest. Interest during construction, to be capitalized, shall be based on money th | devoted to construction and equipment of property from the time of the use of the money until the time the prop- erty is dedicated 'to public service. Property acquired and held in antic- ipation of future use shall not be in- cluded in any plant or equipment ac- count until it is actually p] in pub- lic service. —_— FORTUNE FOUND IN CAN Court Decides Octogenarian Needs to Keep Guardian. LINCOLN, Nebr., April 26 P).— Charles Hall's guardian ran across the $90,000 in an old tin can, to add to Hall’s $250,000 fortune, so the octogen- arian will continue to have a guardian —and not the independence he had sought. County Judge Robin R. Reid said yesterday that “there is no doubt that a guardian is needed,” after John Ledwith, attorney, testified he found the (nego- tiable securities in an old tin can beneath a farm house when he assumed control of the estate. PILOT LEAPS TO SAFETY Mail Plane Engine Dies 2,000 Feet Above Ground in Pennsylvania. CLEVELAND, April 26.—Pilot Henry J. Brown, flying the night mail from Cleveland to New York, over the side and safely dropped 2,000 feet in his parachute when the motor of his plane went dead near Clearfield, Pa., early today. ‘The plane was destroyed by fire and Brown naged to salvage only part of the mi according to reports at the Cleveland Alrport. Brown won the Los Angeles-Cleve- land Derby in connection with the na- tional alr races last Summer. = WARDMAN NAMED Rapidan has proved so attractive and so successful as a week end haven of rest that members of his cabinet have decided to pitch their tents there, too. Plans are now under way for erection of a series of two-room-and-bath cabins, with attached mess halls, which will be built by cabinet officers and be reserved for their exclusive use, Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior; Arthur H. Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture, and Willlam D. Mitchell, ttorney General, are the pioneers of e scheme. Their example is expected eventually fo be followed by other mem- bers of the Hoover official household. Meantime, it is understood, Messrs. Wilbur, Hyde and Mitchell will place their own cabins at the disposal of cabi- net colleagues who from time to time may care to seek surcease on the shores of the rock-ribbed Rapidan. ‘The site of the cabinet cabins will be about two miles below the head waters of the river. The presidential camp is at the head waters. His execu- tive advisers will build on the same side of the Rapidan on which the Hoo- ver property is located. Their cabins will partake of the same general char- acter as the President’s establishment, ;n‘g, nkde ‘lfi,‘ will ’I;e mgugmed for com- ort an tingu y rugged sim- plicity. The land taken for the pur- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) N $175,000 SUIT John V. Morris Bases Claim on Alleged Conspiracy to Defraud. Damages of $175,000 are asked in a suit filed today in the District Supreme the | Court by John V. Morris, 1427 Girard street, against the Wardman Construc- tion Co., the Wardman Corporation, Harry Wardman, Joseph H. Himes and others on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the plaintiff of his interest in premises 1620 R street and in the Lincoln Hotel Corporation of which he was a large stockholder. Through Attorney W. Bissell Thomas, the plaintift says the Lincoln Hotel Corporation held an option of the property at Twelfth and H streets, where the Annapolis Hotel is located, which it exchanged with the Wardman Construction Co. for a 7-story apart- ment at 1620 R street, subject to two trusts of $400,000 and $150,000. Himes owned less than 10 per cent of the stock, the court is advised, whilé Morris owned more than 75 per cent. Himes brought suit attacking the validity of the sale and the charge is made that the Wardman Construction Co., with- out the knowledge of the Lincoln Hotel Corporation, compromised thie suit with Himes by paying him $50,000 and se- curing the dismissal of the proceedings. When he and the Lincoln Corpora- tion refused to pay any part of the $50,- 000, it is asserted, the Wardman Con- struction Co., Harry Wardman, other directors and Himes became angry with the plaintiff and entered into the al- leged agreement to defraud him of his interest in premises 1620 R street. In furtherance of the alleged conspiracy, it is charged that the plaintiff was ap- proached by the Wardman Construction Co., with a proposition to take over the management of the property to fill the place with tenants and effect a sale which would net the plaintiff $75,000. ‘The property was transferred to an employe of the Wardman Co. and short- ly thereafter a third deed of trust for $165,595.60 was placed on the property and used to pay debts of the defendant corporation, Later the property was sold in foreclosure proceedings, while still in litigation, to the great damage of the plaintiff, it is claimed. ‘The alleged conspiracy is said to date back to 1925 and to have culminated in the sale of the property last year. CHARACTER WITNESSES CALLED TO DEFEND AL CAPONE IN MIAMI mark, an amateur, from Penn Yan, N. Y., timed in 3:42:08. The mystery of what became of Milli- ken, who looked like a certain winner ; when the leaders passed Nyack, was solved when the St. Louis driver was identified as one of the racers who broke down under the Fort Lee Bridge within sight of the finish. FIVE DANCERS SLAIN !@ix Others Wounded in Jugoslavian Village. | BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, April 26 (#). «During a dance on the green in front of the City Hall in the village of Zidilje last night & salvo of rifle fire poured out of the darkness, killing five and fatally wounding six of the young merry- makers. ‘The motive for the outrage and the | identity of the slayers was not known, | but_sn investigation was begun ‘mediaf iFlorida Official Seeks to Padlock Home of Gangster as “Haven for Criminals.” i By the Assoclated Press. MIAMI, Fla., April 26.—The petition of State’s Attorney N. Vernon Haw- thorne to padlock the Palm Island res- idence of “Scarface Al” Capone brought the Chicago gangster into court again today to face an array of 40 witnesses summoned by the prosecutor to sup- port his contentions that the Capone home 1s “a haven for criminals” and a nuisance. Capone attorneys called 14 character witnesses for appearance in Circuit Court at the hearing. Among the State witnesses sum- moned were Mayor Louis F. Spedigar { i of Miami Beach and Mayor Cliff Rel- der of Miami, Chief of Police R. F. Wood of Miami Beach and Carl G. Fisher and Thomas Pancoast, real estate de- vel:g:r of the resort city. tition of Hawthorne repre: sen! t Capone’s residence is used as a storage place for liquor. A quantity of liquor was seized during a raid on the home March 20. A temporary order restraining 20 Florida sheriffs from molesting Capone without warrants was made permanent by Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter at a hearing yesterday, while the Dadc County grand jury & resolution “denouncing” Capone as an undesirable citizen and referring to what the grand Jurors termed a cancerous growth here of organized crime, i Bureau. ¢ Foen ‘WITH SUNBAY MORNING EDITION LINDBERGH MAPS NEW MAIL ROUTE|g: e 5. Plans to Leave Miami Today on First Lap of Latin America Flight. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., April 26.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh donnec the togs of an airmail pilot again today as he re- viewed the course he has mapped for the inauguration of a new route into the Latin Americas. The flight is his third in the ca- pacity of a trail blazing airmail pilot operating from Miami. He arranged to leave here at 3 pm. today for Havana, departing from there tomor- row morning for a 1,200-mile flight to Cristobal via Porto Cabezas, Nica- ragua. Six hundred miles of the Ha- vana-Cristobal journey will be over the Caribbean Sea. 'He expects to arrive at Cristobal Sunday night. The mail will be picked up there and taken down the west coast of South America to Santiago, Chile, and thence across the Andes to Buenos Aires. He is scheduled to leave Cristobal on the return trip to Miami Thursday, arriving here late Friday. Col. Linbergh arrived here at 4:57 pm. yesterday after a flight from ‘Washington in his specially built plane. He negotiated the southward journey in 7 hours and 12 minutes, at an aver- age speed of 137; miels an hour for the 990-mile distance. Col. Lindbergh piloted the first air- mail plane to go_from Miami to the Canal Zone in February, 1929, and acted in similar capacity last Septem- ber to inaugurage airmail service be- tween Miami ad Paramartro, Dutch Guiana, through the West Indies. e AMERICAN VESSEL SINKS SMALL SHIP Liner President Harding Hits British Collier—Crew Is Rescued. By the Associated Press. HAMBURG, April 26.—The Ameri- can liner, President Harding, inward bound and making for the mouth of the Elbe River, collided in a fog off Heligo- land this morning with the British col- lier Kirkwood, which sank. ‘The President Harding rescued all of the Kirkwood’s crew with the exception of one fireman, who was missing. No one was injured aboard the Amer- ican liner and the United States Lines later stated that the damage to her was of very slight nature. ‘This is the second occasion within the week that dense fogs have caused ahrlr ing accidents off the European and British coasts. The North German Lloyd liner Bremen, bound for New York, on Thursday was in collision with the tanker, British Grenadier, about five miles off Dungeness. ‘The President Harding only recently lost her popular captain, Willlam Reed, who died at Plymouth of a cerebral hemorrhage aboard his vessel on March 27. He was succeeded by Capt. John Beebe, formerly executive officer of the Iévllunn, who was making his first . CHANGING TEMPERATURES AND SHOWERS FORECAST Cool Weather Predicted for This Region Tomorrow and Monday. Showers, mixed with warm and cold temperatures, were I today for the coming week by the Weather Continued cool weather is slated for the Middle and North At- lantic States for tomorrow and Monday. ‘Warmer weather is expected with showers on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the forecast, and colder weather may be looked for either Thursday or Friday. A return wmd weather is slated for the week end. The forecast for the South Atlantic sus“; Mm t the beginning of “Some al n| of the week, followed mostly by fair mflwr; mo‘deat: tes n':murel ul' the o week; peratures ve normal thereafter.” Radio Programs on Page B-i6 mostly i | ing Star. “From Press The to Home Within the Hour” 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, 116,91 7 % () Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. HIGHER AND HIGHER SHERIFF WAITS FOR CONVICTS TO COME BACK VOLUNTARILY Way From Cells, Leaving Notes Saying They Will Return—Two Get Back on Time. By the Associated Press. NOCOGDOCHES, Tex., April 26— Sheriff Eugene Turner, his faith in his “Jocal boys” undiminished and partially justified, yesterday waited patiently for six escaped prisoners to return to the county jail as they have promised. Early Thursday night the sheriff was awakened by a voice speaking from the darkness. “Some of us boys sawed our way out of your jail about five or six hours ago,” the voice sald. “We all left you a note, saying what time we'd be back. 1 wrote you I would return about 5:30 am., anti here I am.” It was Will Tindall, recently sen- tenced to 35 years for murder, “Can you beat that?” said the astounded_Turner. “Come along, Will, let's go. I got to look into this.” At the jail, Sheriff Turner found his desk cluttered with eight slips of paper. Each was signed by one of the prison- ers, and each said, in effect, that the prisoner “had business to attend to, and ‘would be back shortly.” Four hours later the second of the stragglers reported for confinement. George Boatman, sentenced to two years for forgery, greeted Sheriff Turner as he stepped into the jail. “Well, Gene, I'm back on time.” Pive of the prisoners said they would return on Monday. The sixth promised to be back in his cell on Tuesday. The sheriff said he had no intention of seeking the ex-prisoners. “I know 'em all,” he said. ‘“They're local boys. Their word is their bond with me. They’ll all come back when they said they promised. It won't do any harm to give them a few days’ liberty.” F. 0. SMITH FIRMS | PRESIDENT URGED BARRED IN'VIRGINIA| 70 NAME JUSTIGE Permanept Injunction Stops Sale and Advertising of Securities in State. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 26.—A per- manent injunction restraining the F. H. Smith Co. of Washington, D. C., and the F. H. Smith Co. of Virginia, Inc., from further offering, advertising or selling securities in Virginia was issued today by the State Corporation Com- mission, following & hearing begun in December. An opinion by the commission re- ported that from the evidence the com- pan| “perpetrated frauds, legal or equitable, intentional or unintentional, upon the public of Virginia.” ‘The State Corporation Commission found evidence of “fraud, intentional or unintentional.” Evidence brought out in successive hearings in the case here, showed that more than a million dollars of the Smith Co. securities are owned by Virginia people and purchased either at Washington or at the Rich- mond branch, which operated here for about a year. Action before the com- mission was' brought on November 4, 1929, following Senator Brookhart's resolution in the Senate charging that the District of Columbia Smith Corpora- tion had been guilty of irregular prac- tices in its advertising. ‘The Virginia Better Trade Associa- tion brought the action. ‘The State Corporation® Commission’s order and opinion held that “from the evidence of witnesses and exhibits filed in this matter that the F. H. Smith Co. of Virginia, Inc., and the F. H. Smith Co. of Washington, D. C., have jointly, on several occasions, engaged in prac- tices and were at the time of the insti- tution of this proceeding engaged in practices, in connection with 1he dis- tribution and attempted distribution of securities to the public of Virginia, which perpetrated and attempted the perpetration of fraud, legal or equitable, intentional or unintentional, upon the public of Virginia, and that, therefore, a cease or desist or restraining order and injunction should issue and be made permanent against the F. H. Smith Co. of Virginia, Inc., and against the F. H. Smith Co. of Washington, D. C., permanently restraining each of them, their officers, agents and em- ployes, from the further offer, sale of attempted sale of securities in the State of Virginia.” Gardner Booth of Alexandria, counsel for the Smith company; C. V. Werne, counsel for the Vi Bet/ ‘Trade Association, and C. M. Chichester, counsel for the State Corporation Com- mission, prosecuted the case. “AMOS” HAS DAUGHTER Virginia Marie Is Born to Mr. and Mrs. Freeman F, Gosden, CHICAGO, April 26 (#).—“Amos 'n" Andy” are going.to have to step Ilg business of the “Fresh Air Taxical Co.,” because “Amos,” Freeman F. Gos- den in civil life, has a new dependent. A baby daughter was born to Mrs. Gosden Wednesday night at the Hen- rotin Hospital, it was learnéd last night. ‘The girl, whose father is one of country’s best-known entertain- ers, has been named Virginia Marie, Bride Calls Attention to In- creasing Docket in District Supreme Court. Worried over the rapid accumulation of untried cases on the dotket of the | District Supreme Court, Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride called at the White House today to urge the appoint- ment of a successor to former Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy before Con- gress adjourns. Mr. Bride did not seek an interview with the President, but insjead laid the situation before Walter Newton, one of the President’s secretaries. ‘The danger of further delay in filling the vacancy on the District Supreme Court bench is aggravated by the fact, he pointed out, that Congress is soon to adjourn. Unless the judgeship is filled before then, he said, no judge would be available until Congress re- convenes next December. ‘With approximately 5,000 cases pend- ing on the docket, Mr. Bride explained that the present delay in finding an appointee is adding constantly to the accumulation of untried cases. Even with the vacancy filled, he said, the necessity still exists for additional judges on both the District Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. POLICEMAN SWORTZEL IS FINED FOR SPEEDING Policeman Ardie C. Swortzel, recently suspended from duty and subsequently indicted by the grand jury for an | alleged attempt to extort money from Rose Marie Foster, PFirst street near U, paid a $10 fine when brought into Traffic Court today for speeding. Sergt. E. Williams of the Traffic Bureau paced and then chased Swortzel on Pennsylvania avenue between Sev- enth-and, Twelfth streets this morning. ‘The s t sald caught up wi the suspended fourth fmlnct officer when the latter was forced to slow dnown on account of congested traffic. e cl ur. Swortzel pleaded guilty to the charge and was subsequently fined by Judge Ralph Given. He gave no excuse. FRENCH PASS TAX BILL PARIS, April 26 (#).—The Chamber of Deputies tax reductions bill at 5 o'clock this morning, after a and night of continuous debate. the bill that in d‘{t was claimed for rse lure, take her place in money market. Pa international el Earl of Birkenhead Bettere. N. , nEAERUR, gt a broken bh.od vessel, has recovered sufficiently to permit his return to his country house at Charlton. Swortzel with 35 miles an | i i | ergéan he He charged passed the Bourse proced: [ Daylighl-Sav}ng Time Begins at 2 A.M. Tomorrow By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 26—Time- pleces here and in many other cities will be an hour fast, com- pared with standard time, from tomorrow until the last Sunday in_September. ‘The officlal hour for changing to daylight-saving time is 2 am., but most persons will make the change before going to bed. Daylight-saving time will go into effect in virtually all the citles in New York State, which has statutory local option on the matter. Rallroad commutation trains into the city will be moved ahead one hour, while most through trains will remain on an Sastern standard time basis. Boat service to Fall River, Mass.; Boston, Albany and Norfolk, Va., will operate on daylight-saving time. A survey by the Merchants® Association of New York shows that daylight-saving time will be adopted in 16 States in this country and 28 Canadian cities. FOES OF PARKER CLAIM VICTORY Administration Leaders See Hard Battle Ahead, but Re- fuse to Admit Defeat. By the Associated Press. Enough votes to reject the nomina- tion of Judge John J. Parker as an as- sociate justice of the Supreme Court were claimed today by the Senate group which is opposing his confirmation. Administration leaders refused to ad- mit defeat, but frankly conceded that a hard, up-hill battle was in prospect. A move to have President Hoover with- draw the nomination, to which vigorous objection has been raised by labor and colored organizations, was supported by some members of the regular Republi- can bloc. ‘Taking up the Parker case on Mon- day, opposing forces in the Senate will come to grips with a Supreme Court nomination at stake, for the second time within a few months. In February a bitter battle was waged over the ap- pointment of Charles Evans Hughes as Chief Justice. ‘The fundamental of the Parker con- troversy is much the same as that which underlay the contest over Chief Justice Hughes—liberal against con- servative opinion. Parker’s opponents claim that he showed a disposition to favor property rights as against human rights in up- holding an injunction which restrained the unions from attempting to organize the employes of a large West Virginia coal mining company, In ade the Association for the Advancement of Colored People has brought the allegation that the jurist is biased against the Negro race. In the face of the move for with- drawal of the nomination, President Hoover is standing firmly behind the nominee. If the Chief Executive takes such action, Senate Republicans believe, it will come only after he has been definitely informed that an absolute ma- Jority is certain against Judge Parker. BARRETT SIGNED AS EXTRA PLAYER Nationals Trade Earl Webb for Right-Hand Hitting Outfielder. William J. Barrett, outfielder and right-hand hitter, became a member of the Washington Base Ball Club today | Soe. through = trade between the local or- ganization and the Red Sox of Boston. The Nationals gave for Barrett a left- hand hitting outfielder, Earl Webb, re- cently procured from the Cincinnati Club of the National League. The play- ers are to report to their new clubs for service tomorrow. Barrett is to join the Nationals as a reserve player. Barrett, like Webb, is in his thirtieth year, but he has had more big league experience than the player sent to Boston. He started his professional career with the Athletics in 1921, but early In that season he was sent to Moline of the Three-Eye League. He went to Reading of the International League the next year and in 1923 was purchased by the Chicago White Sox. Last year he went from the White Sox to the Red Sox in a trade for Douglas ‘Taitt, outfielder. Barrett has played infleld as well as outfield in the American League, serving as shortstop and second base- man at times with the White Sox. However, most of his playing has been in right fleld. His grand major league batting average is .290, but last year he hit only at .270 in 114 games with the Chicago and Boston clubs. His best year at bat was in 1925, when he hit for .363 in 81 games. ‘The new Washington outfielder was born at Cambridge, Mass, May 28, 1900. He is just under 6 feet in height and weighs around 185 pounds. Barrett is a right-hand thrower as well as bat- ter. He played with the Red Sox against the Nationals here in the 12-inning e last Tuesday. In that contest, had no chance afield and went hit- less in four times at bat. ‘Webb, who reported to the Nationals during their series in Boston last week, considered a hard-hitting left-hand swinger, but with so many left-hand batters already with the club, Manager ‘Walter Johnson has for some time been seeking a right-hander for emergency use. ANDOAH cApple Blossom Festival IN PICTURES A full page of these. SHEN photographs - are an exclusive feature of the Rotogravure Sec- tion of Tomorrow’s Star T o NEWBAKERMURDZR GLUES RAKE HOPES OF ENDING MYSTERY Secret Information Regarded | as Most Promising Received in Two Weeks. POLICE DENY FATHER OF GIRL GAVE “TIP” Arlington County Officials Check Colored Residents of Queen City, Va. Washington detectives investigating the murder of Mary Baker, uncovered several more new leads today which again raised their hope for a svlution of the mysterious crime. The information was guarded with utmost secrecy, but Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, in- timated that he belleved it to be more promising than any of the scores of “tips” turned over to the investigators in the last two weeks. The new information, it was an- nounced, came from a veliable source. The officials denied, however, that it was furnished by Rev. Thomas F. Baker of Oak Grove, Va., father of the slain woman. 3 The denial was made in view of re- ports that Dr. Baker had received ad- ditional information concerning the death of his daughter and had.asked the Arlington County volice to send a man to Oak Grove to discuss the case with him. Dr, Baker lik The report. ewise denied Check Colored Residents. While the headquarters detectives were running down the new leads, Arlington County officials were making a careful check on all colored residents in Queen City, Va., and vicinity. Queen City is the little colored settlement near Arlington Cemetery, where the Arlington County police arrested Frank Smith and James Vollin, the two col- ored men held in the Arlington County jail on a charge of removing Miss Baker’s small coin purse and scarf from her blood-stained automobile. ‘That Miss Baker may have been mur- dered by an automobile thief is one of the two theories on which the investi- gators have been assiduously working. The other is that she was killed by some one with whom she was inti- mately acquainted. If the woman was the victim of a thief, the cfficials believe that some one in Queen City can throw some light on the crime. Otherwise they are un- able to account for the fact that her hat, coat and pocketbook were found with a collection of stolen jewelry and a novel in the sewer manhole on the Arlington Experimental Farm of the Department of Agriculture. Immunity Promise Fruitless, ‘The thieves who were promised im- munity from prosecution if they ex- plained how the stolen articles got into the sewer with Miss Baker’s personal . effects thus far have failed to come forward. a conference Leo Rover with the idea that it would solve the mystery over clothes and jewelry angle of the case and, per- haps, provide the investigators with a valuable clue. Like all other “tips” given the police, those that Miss Baker had a seance with a clairvoyant several weeks before her death and was warned that she was to be killed, and that a World War veteran under mental observation in a Washington hospital might be able to throw some light on the crime were found to be worthless upon investiga- tion. Detectives interviewed two sooth- rs having the same name and both denied having known a woman by the name of Baker or having forecast that any person would be murdered. Head- uarters Detective John Fowler ques- tioned the World War veteran, but he ‘was unable to furnish any information on case. Detective Picks Up Trail. ‘The Washington police are being as- sisted in their investigation by a pri- vate detective, who late yesterday picked up the cold trail of the slayer. The private investigator went to work after a protracted conference with Inspector William S. Shelby, chief of detectives. While several members of the homi- cide squad started a check on the new information this morning, other mem- bers, aided by Department of Justice agents, began to recheck the earlier clues and leads discarded as worthless in the belief that some important bit of evidence may have been overlooked in the original investigation. All of the correspondence and photographs found in Miss Baker’s home in Lyon Park and in her desk in the Bureau of Aero- nautics in the Navy Department will be gone over again, it was announced, and the finger prints and palm prints taken from the abandoned murder car will for the second time be compared with those (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) BAKER ASKS $500,000 FEE AS McCORMICK COUNSEL Wartime Secretary of War Urges Court to Increase Woman's Income From Estate. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, April 26.—Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War in President Wilson’s cabinet, said today he would ask a fee of $500,000 as counsel for Mrs. Katherine Dexter McCormick in her suit for an increased income from the $52,000,000 estate of her husband, Stanley McCormick. Appointed her husband’s guardian by a Santa Barbara, Calif., court several months ago, Mrs. McCormick later asked for an increase of from $160,000 her income from the old McCormick and Cormick Blaine, brothers and sister. Baker, who has u&rneunud Mrs. Mc- Cormick since litigation over the guard- ianship began in 1927, told Probat Judge Henry Horner that “Mrs. without a dollar for luxury. Judge Horner said he would authorize an increase and advised counsel of both sides to reach an agreement outside of )