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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today. cloud- ; tomorrow increasing iness, probably m{onovefl by showers; not much change ‘Tem) yest Full report on No. 1,310—No. NAVAL DELEGATES PREPARE 10 FIGHT FOR TREATY 0. K. Resistancé From “Big Navy” Advocates in Capital Is Expected. 31,407. MORROW COMPILES DATA FOR PRESIDENT Reports That Ambassador Will Lead Drive in Senate Are Con- sidered Ill-Founded. BY THEODORE C. WALLEN. By Radio to The Star. ABOARD S. S. LEVIATHAN, AT SEA, April 26.—After four days at sea the American delegation, having re- leved the strain of the closing days of the Naval Conference, has resumed its formal conferences today .in the ground Iol’wthemf:muflon of the re. 64 at 5 pm. tures— Hig} y; lowest, 39 at 6 a.m. yesterday. page 12. Entered as post office, second class matter ‘Washington, D. C. Club for Disgusted Millionaires Gets Charter in Illinois By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 26.— Having a lot of money must have its drawbacks, if the name of a Chicago club chartered here to- day means anything. “Disgusted Milloinaires’ Club,” was the name of the club provided for in the charter. The incor- porators were State Senator James B. Leonardo, Daniel R. Altico and John P. Campo, none of whom is reputed to be a millionaire. It was said that world-weary men of great wealth would be en- rolled as members for the general improvement of the social welfare of all concerned. h WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION ¢ Swnday Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1930—124¢ PAGES. RAID ON SALT DEPOT PLANNED BY GANDHI T0 INCREASE DRIVE Nationalist Leader Appeals for Martyrs to Follow Him in Campaign. ROOSEVELT FALED 45 2 CANDDATE Wheeler, Urging: New Yo}k Governor as Standard Bear- er, Hits Hoover. By the Associated Press. NEW YOAK, April 26.—Gov. Frank- naval treaty United States Senate. lin D. Roosevelt was hailed tonight as ‘Whether they have been advised from | the winning standard bearer of a mili- ‘Washington, the delegates expect con- | tant progressive Democratic party in siderable resistance from the big navy | 1932 by Senator Burton K. Wheeler exponents in the Capital and, while | of Montana in an address at the an- confident of ratification, they are over- | nual Jefferson day dinner of the Na- Jooking no opportunity to stimulate | tional Democratic Club. popular support of the treaty. Senator Wheeler said the “over- ‘That is one of the reasons why they | shadowing issue” before the American have accepted promptly the offer of a ple was control of electric power. civic reception by Mayor James J.|He added that the Democratic party Walker upon arrival in New York on |of the Nation must follow the policy ‘Tuesday, although the delegates would | of the Democrats of New York, as led have preferred to &)mceed to Washing- | by former Gov. Alfred E. Smith and ton with as little delay as possible. &lv gh&sevelc, ]Lnd preserve the con- of the people. N N —— Gov. Roosevelt spoke on Thomas Here it is taken for granted that & | yefferson. Other speakers were Mrs, strong movement is on toward the pres- | Nellje Tayloe Ross, former Governor of ence of r Dwight W. Mor- wmmmg, and Supreme Court Justice row in the Senate in time to assist in | yjohn L. Walsh, who was toastmaster. the ratification of the treaty, thus hav- | More than 2,000 Democrats, including i e ot 1 e, el n g el vty e, S reports that he will lead the fight for Power Control Held Vital. ratification are considered {ll-founded,| “Whoever controls the electric power since two members of the |of the Nation in the future will control -especially foreign relations committee, in the per- sons of Senator Reed, Republican, and Senator Robinson, minority leader, h[:z‘z?lnn represented the United States at Ambassador Morrow himself insists that he must see President Hoover be- fore deciding as to when he will take up his seat in the Senage, as he con- templates a return to Mexico for a brief time. To expedit: his decision, Mr. Mor- row is planning to stop over at his Reeiay nighi Tor & sbott \aik with or a his political advisers and then go to ‘Washington on Wednesday. Prepares Data for Hoower. In the meanwhile, at th: request of Secretary Stimson, Ambassador Mor- an exhaustive memo- randum for President ', Which is to be supplemented sul iy by & personal one from Mr. S As chairm f the TOW is it Mr. Repu primary election in New Jersey in June, which will require him to state his to finish “this job” before addressing himself publicly to the New Jersey political situation. Comdr. Harold C. Train, on duty with the naval general board, was assisting him tonight in preparing the memorandum, whil> Mr. Stimson held & long conference with Admiral William V. Pratt and later with Senator Robin- son. The latter is counted on to line up the Democratic Senators, which in itself would be sufficient to block the traty. Secretary Stimson has exchanged radiograms with both President Hoover and Prime Minister Macdonald while | ¢, at sea and Charles Francis Adams, Secretary of the Navy, and A. V. Alex- ander, first loard of the admiralty, ex- changed felicitations by radio. Pratt to Return to Capital. Indications that naval advisers will be wanted on Capitol Hill forthwith have resulted in Secretary Adams order- ing Admiral Pratt to return to Wash- ington rather than to the fleet for resent. mge%nwy Adams and Admiral Pratt also are making progress with the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) BOULDER POWER CONTRACTS SIGNED Tos Angeles, 11 Small Cities and California Edison Agree to Take 64 Per Cent. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 26.—Fifty-year contracts with the Government for the purchase of Boulder Dam electric power were signed today by the City of Los Angeles, the directors of the Metropoli- tan Water District and directors of the Southern California Edison Co. Signing of the contracts, which call for delivery to the three California groups of 64 per cent of the dams’ total estimated power capacity of 650,000 horsepower, paved the way for imme- diate action by the Government for construction of the mammoth project. | Northcutt Ely, assistant to the Secre- tary of the Interior, will leave tomorrow airplane for Washington with the contracts. The Secretary is ex- pected to take them before Congress im- mediately and request an appropriation for construction of the dam. Under the terms of the contract the 4| day, would be a champion of social and the economic life of the Nation,” Sena~ tor Wheeler said. “Power is the one issue upon which the Republicans dare not compromise. It is their one love from which they dare not desert, and as I look over the field for a general to lead the people to victory under the banner of a re- united, militant progressive party, I cannot help but fasten my attention upon your governor. The West is look- lnth'n Rosevelt to lead the fight; and with him I feel sure we can win.” Senator Wheeler criticized the old- line Republicans in Congress and said the administration of President Hoover had to relieve unem )oymtent; ent of a to Congress and said that a coalition :lemownu and Progressive Republi- cans was trying to reclaim this power for the legislative branch of the ernment. Pleads for States Rights, Gov. Roosevelt urged Democrats to preserve their adherence to the states rights doctrine of the founder of the party, as its chief di g fea- ture. Numerous national questions, he said, would find solution in application of the principles of Thomas Jefferson. “Thomas Jefferson, were he alive to- economic justice,” said the governor. “I am certain that Jefferson would regard with some misgivings some trends in American business life. I refer particularly to the concentration of economic power in & small number of 7roups, col of a small number of individuals, and especially the wn-l trol of public utilities by half a dozen of such groups; the spread of the chain store system, and the control of capital itself through huge bank con- solidations.” Mrs. Roos criticized the administra- tion's record in the first quarter of this rm. She contrasted the Republican “rule,” which, she sald, expressed the political philosophy of Alexander Ham- ilton, with the principles of the Demo- cratic party, founded “entirely on the political principles of Jefferson.” Prominent Democrats among the dinerg» included former Gov. Smith, Senator Key Pittman of Neyada; for- mer Gov. Harry F. Byrd of Virginis, and Senators Royal S. Copeland and Robert F. Wagner of New York. Voicing criticism of President Hoo- ver, Senator Wheeler said: “The country realizes that we are drifting from democracy and building up in Washington the. greatest bu- reaucracy the world has ever seen. “It is autocratic, inefficient and in some instances corrupt. ver seems bent on having dele- gate all the power conferred on it to commissions.” Charges Tampering With Liberties. Wheeler said Thomas Jefferson, founder of the Democratic party, “called attention to the iniquity of an executive’s dodging responsibility be- hind this sort of barricade.” “History 15 full of instances,” he con- tinued, “which show chiefs of govern- ment tampering with the liberties of the people through the indirect mech- anism of a council or a commission who would hesitate to go so far in their own proper persons. “Obviously a commission appointed by the President, over which he has full power of appointment and direct charge, is going to register nothing but the President's will.” ADMITS KILLING MOTHER TEXARKANA, Tex. April 26 (#).— George Lloyd Baker, 19, confessed to- day, according to officers, that he shot and killed his mother, Mrs. G. W. Baker, _4:. yesterday at her home near Avery, ‘ex. Officers said the woman was shot and killed during an argument over division nd. The youth was being held at But Mr. Hoo- | tjm, of property left by her estranged hus- | fused ba Clarksville, Tex. Government agrees to all costs of installing the $21,000,000 power-gener- ating machinery. The two lessees agree to pay a rental in 10 annual install- ments that in 50 years will amortize the cost of e.;:npmem with 4 per cent in- terest. tle to the dam and power plants will remain with the Govern- ment. The City of Los Angeles is allocated ; 13 nt e 636,000 horsepower | Shaves His Head, ol Gt oot y wever, ver.. The Metro- politan water district, which is allo- gl cent of the power. cated 36 per cent of INDIA IS MORE QUIET; TROOPS ARE ON GUARD Mahatma Wishes Supporters Would Suffer From Violence of Government Agencies. By the Associated Press. BOMBAY, India, April 26.—Mahatma Gandhi announced a stronger move in his campaign of civil disobedience to- day, asserting he soon would lead a group to take possession of the gov- ernment salt depot at Dharasana. Previous l:u‘x’t‘“?“d"mhn red by the Nation: leader have around the manufacture of salt illegally. At the outset of his campaign, he ruled out_a suggestion that salt depots be raided, fearing that government au- thorities would fire on the invaders. Now Gandhi is prepared to offer his head for the cause, he told a crowd at Charvada, whence he had motored from Bulsar. He said he would take with him both men and women, but only those who wore homespun cloth, had given up liquor and boycotted foreign cloth. India Is More Quiet. During the address the Mahatma made a strong appeal for martyrs, say- ing he would have been glad if Ramnik Nal—his first supporter— had been shot or suffered a broken head instead of having been arrested. He added that he and all his volunteers would pre- sent their broken heads to the govern- ment. He concluded by saying that break- ing of the salt act alone would not independence, asserting that other acts would have to be violated to at- tain the desired end. News from other parts of India showed the country more quiet than recently. Peshawar was orderly and it was said that the flerce border tribes living about the city apparently had not been stirred by djsturbances in the town. But troops still were on the alert, machine guns were posted at all centered ‘z,fi'nuflc points and -markets . were Gold Fields Are Storm Center. ‘The gold flelds of Oorgaum remained a storm center. Strikers burned sev- e buildings ay- and coolies em- ployed in the mines began & general exodus to their own villages. Two platoons of Assam rifles have arrived at Chittagong to aid the search for the insurgents who attacked the arsenal in that town last week. ‘Unofficial reports said today that the insurgents had fled from the Hatha- zari Mountains and that 23 guns, with some ammunition, had been seized by the troops. EARLY START SEEN INP. 0. LEASE QUIZ Blaine Expects Probe Into Charges of Fraud to Begin This Week. By the Assoclated Press. Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin sald yesterday he was ready to begin active investigation early this week of charges of fraud and corruption surrounding the more than 6,000 leases held by the Government. Blaine is chairman of the special committee appointed by the Senate to make the inquiry. Listing cities and States in which he said he already has evidence showing irregularities, he said “every single post office lease will be in- vestigated.” Special investigators will be selected Wwhen the committee meets tomorrow or Tuesday, Blaine added, and at the same e he will outline a “plan of attack” for the investigation. The inquiry was ordered after it was charged in the Sen- ate that widespread corruption and fraud had been practiced in completion * Biaine seid th essio e sal ere were 26 “prof n- :p:gg(}len" Jnd h:hlt t.hz};-':;xm been ly active cf such St. Paul, St. Inuhl:;‘defloawn. Itfi expected that the investigating commit- tee will go to cities in which informa- tion indicates ground for special in- qul‘rAy great 1 in at many leases Illinois and in Ml’!’.&uc&uutfis I?I}dug’!gld- sylvania need _investigation,” Blaine ;.oidfh Ash yhettl ?‘l'\:'le been unable to rough but a little of the that has been given me.” e TWO DIE IN FIRE Kentuckian, 81, and Daughter Are Trapped in House. PRIN( N, Ky. April 26 (P) — [CETO) Willlam W. Russell, 81, and his daugh- ed to death in | ter, Mary, 52, were burn their home near here today. The flames were discovered by a son who aroused the household, but Mr. Russell and his daughter became con- and went upstairs where they were trapped. Another daughter and the son and Mrs. Russell escaped. TROUBLE SPILLS ON CHICAGOAN AS BUCKET OF PAINT TUMBLES Girl Objects, So He Slaps Her, Then Wife Learns Where He Is. the power, the 11 small Southern California citfes that | By the Associated Press. embers with Los Angeles in the Metropolitan water district are allo- cated 6 per cent and Arizona and Ne- lece, Wi wer throug! 3” of o w’x‘he‘l&:on Co. ht.l;:r’ mmuuludle i o wer Ann ) 18, o bald head, and she said Los Angeles. for 9 per cent cont ‘!mnudln. CHICAGO, April 26.—It was just one thing after another in the case of Sam- uel Eremo. Pirst, there was the green paint which tumbled down on his head, necessital off of his wavy brown hair. didn't like the 80, Whereupon 1 Samuel slapped her and she had him arrested. That wasn't so bad, but his arrest re- vealed his whereabouts to his wife ting | Evelyn, and she got a warrant for him. ‘The whole situation distressed Allegrett!, but he finally decided Eremo go on probation, Judge wdfit INAVGURAL « '~'<(\'\ COMMITTEE o A ARRIVES PROFESSOR. FEATURES OF THE FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL DINNER GRUNDYS TROUPE' < Pm«ztus OF THE NEW LANET ARE AMAZED AT R POL Jz ou ‘V‘ e v NEXT!E (3, You G&Lé-;ufi OF THE GRIDIRON CLUB. PARTY SATRIZED BYCRIRON LB Fgw Administration Leaders Escape Newspaper Men’s Barbs at Dinner. “You are old, Mother England, with ' weapons galore, And your fleet is uncommonly fat, And your cruisers now aggregate 50 or more, Pray what is the reason for that?” “Little Alice” Stimson made this in- quiry of the White Knight—Ramsey Macdonald—in the Gridiron Club's ver- sion of the London Naval Conference, at the club’s annual Spring dinner in the Willard Hotel last night. “White Knight"” Macdonald replied: “In our youth, when the shillings and pence were more free, I kept all my ships very supple, But since you insist on the famous 5—3, I don’t mind if you build a couple.” President Hoover and a distinguished list of guests followed the adventures of “Alice” Stimson in the wonderland of the London Conference, which the White Knight declared to be “a sort of diet. The object is to reduce.” “What size do you want to be?” con- tinued White Knight Macdonald. “I am not particular as to size, but I should like to be a little larger; 230,000 tons is a wretched size to be. 1 want to be just the same size as you are.” The dinner last night marked the forty-fifth anniversary of the famous organization of newspapermen. In ad- dition to the Naval Conference, the club dealt in song and jest and prophecy with the principal topics of the day, including prohibition, the tariff, unem- ployment, the coming congressional campaign. The President was the tar- get of some of the barbs and few of his associates in the administration were spared. Nor did the Democrats and the “sons of wild jackasses” from the West go unscathed. ‘The President, as courtesy and custom required, was given the fullest oppor- tunity to make reply and he accepted. But what he said must go unrecorded under a time-honored rule of the club (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Forelgn. Bchngag;:’ld Colleges—Pages B-4 and B-5 District_of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page B-10. PART TWO—10 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. At Community Centers—Page 6. Spanish War Veterans—Page 6. Serial Story, “Jim the Conquerer"— Page 8. Army and Navy News—Page 8. D. A. R. Actlvities—Page 8. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 8. Gold Star Mothers—Page 10. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Soclety. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 9. PART FOUR—14 PAGES. Amuaeufienfi Section—Theater, Screen and Music. In the Motor World—Pages 5, 6 and 7. Aviation Activities—Pages 8 and 9. Praternities—Page 10. News of the Clubs—Page 11. Organized Reserves—Page 11. Veterans of Great War—Page 12. Radio News—Page 13. District National Guard—Page 14. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Financial and Classified Advertising. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. tion, Magazine Section. Review of New Books—Page 18. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 19. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—12 PAGES. ‘World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Reg’lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Little Orphan Annie; Brutus; Somebody's Stenog; High Lights of m-tor’ | Gridiron President I CHARLES S. GROVES, Inaugurated president of the Gridiron Club at the dinner last night. SOUTHERN LEADERS DENY INTIMIDATION Parker Fight ReprisalCharges Are Held to Be Unfounded. By the Assoclated Press. ‘Telegrams denying reports that col- ored people were being intimidated in North Carolina because the National Association for Advancement of Colored People opposed the appointments of Judge John J. Parker to the Supreme Court were made public yesterday by Senator Overman, Democrat, North Carolina., The telegrams weére from Gov. Max Gardner, Federal Judge John J. Hayes and James H. Ramsay, Salisbury post- master. They were received as Senate Republican leaders were attempting to line up enough votes to insure confirma- tion when the appointment is taken up in the Senate this week. Both opponents and supporters of Parker expressed the opinion that the vote would be close. Debate on the nomination will begin at 3 p.m. tomorrow, and is expected to consume most of the week. Administration Senators are known to be depending on a number of Demo- cratic votes to secure confirmation. There were indications, however, that some of the Democrats expected by Re- publican leaders to support Parker might vote against confirmation. ‘The nomination is also opposed by organized labor on account of a deci- sion rendered by Judge Parker uphold- ing a contract which required en ployes to promise not to join a labor union. The Senate judiciary committee voted 10 _to 6 against Parker. In a letter yesterday to Rignal W. Baldwin, a Marion, N. C, textile oper- ator who lives at Baltimore, Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, who is op- m‘lfiefl to Parker, said the controversy volved “a so-called contract which, in my judgment, ought to have no lace in a free government and can ve no place in any defensible system of social justice.” quoted from a letter written him by Baldwin which said: r has rights, and I recognize them. But labor, because of its enormous vote and organization, has thereby no in- m'eBo "J.'%?.f" ly, “I thoroughly reply, * agree. bor has no rights because of its votes, great or small, but it has rights regardless of s Fire Destroys Mourner’s Home. QUAKER VALLEY, Kans., April 26 ().—Joe Angel returned today from a visit to the grave of his wife, who burned to death last January, to 3 LAWYERS GET ATLANTA TERMS Trio Convicted of Conspiring to Bribe Jurors in Utah Lead Trial. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 26.—Three law- yers convicted three weeks ago of charges growing out of the investiga- tion into the “hung” jury in the Utah Lead mail fraud trial, were sentenced to the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta today by Federal Judge John C. Knox. Arthur N. Sager, former Circuit At- torney of St. Louis and later an asisst- ant United States attorney general, re- celved a two-year term for each of the three counts on which he was con- victed, the first two sentences to run concurrently and the third to be sus- pended during good behavior. Barred From U. S. Office. Judge Knox also disqualified him for- ever for any position of honor or trust in the United States Government. Joseph Shalleck and Edward H. Rey- nolds, who were convicted only of con- spiracy—Sager was convicted also of bribing a juror—were sentenced to two years and eighteen months, respectively. ‘The sentences were stayed for two weeks and bail of $2,500 each continued, pending appeals. . Judge Knox sald imposing sentence was difficult because he had known all three men for several years. He added that he believed there was little dif- ference between them and so was pass- ing almost identical sentences. Case Ends in Mistrial. The Utah Lead case ended in a mis- trial with one juror, John Cruz, hold- ing out for acquittal. Questioning by United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle brought a confession from Cruz that he had received $310 to hold out for an acquittal. The juror implicated the defense lawyers and Murray Wechsler, a Federal Court bailiff. Wechsler confessed to acting as inter- mediary and both he and Cruz testified at the trial for the Government. Neither was indicted. SHEPARD RELEASED Army Officer Accused of Wife Mur- der Out on Bond. DENVER, Colo.,, April 26 (#).—Maj. Charles A. Shepard, 59, charged with the poison murder of his second wife at Fort Riley, Kans, last June, was re- leased from jail today on $20,000 band. ‘Trial of the Army officer has been set tentatively for the December term of Federal District Court at Kansas City, Kans, Maj. Shepard said he intended to re- rt at Fitzsimmons General Hospital ere to resume his medical duties. had been in jail since March 29. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is dellvered every eventng and Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. (UP) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS - ‘TEN CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS| ELSLWHERE $15000000 LOAN |PUZZLED POLICE BILL DISAPPROVED | FIND BAKER DEATH BY COMMISSIONERS| CLUES FRUITLESS Letter Tells Senator Capper|Search for Slayer Turns to Stand in Accordance With Home Town and Nearby Hoover, Financial Plan. Virginia. MISSION TO 0AK GROVE DECLARED SUCCESSFUL ACTION MAY DEFEAT. AIRPORT MEASURE Doom of Municipal Center Under-|Officer Fails to Disclose Purpose taking Follows Personal Visit of Trip—Car Thief Theory / of Budget Official. Advanced. Search for the slayer of Mary Baker ‘The District Commissioners yesterday 'Washington® hendquarters e disapproved the Capper bill, Providing | (ecgiees back nis Rearis yimes & for a loan of $15,000,000 to the District | terday, while an Arlington County of- from the Federal Government for use | ficer made another trip fo Oskc Grove, in buying land and constructing butld- | V8. the young woman's home, for cer- ings at the new municipal center, A |iafR,information which he sald he ob- letter containing their action on the| The officer, Hugh Jones, returned to il t to Senator Capper., The |Arlington Court House last night, but oL s aen e ® | declined to_elaborase on. H steicment bill was submitted by the Commission- ers to the Bureau of the Budget and the bureau reported that the proposed expenditure of Federal funds would not be in accordance with the financial pro- | N gram of the President. Commissioner Reichelderfer had pre- viously testified before the Senate Dis- trict committee that while the Commis- sioners were not opposed to the bill, they did oppose the clause providing for & payment of 3, per cent interest on the loan, and that if the bill were to be passed this should be stricken out. Yesterday's letter changes their stand tomona of complete disapproval of the Likely Blow to Airport. ‘This action, taken in connection with the recent warning of the President that bills appropriating Federal funds must be held down, is regarded by some to be a deathblow not only to the Cap- r bill but probably also at the Bing- airport bill, which provides for & loan of $2,500,000 of Federal money to that his mission had been successful. It is known that he was selected for the irginia., M Baker’s parents live at Oak Gm':e,. where her father, Dr. Thomas F. er, is pastor of the Episcopalian Church. In Queen City, a colored settlement about a mile from the culvert where er's body was found April 11, the investigators questioned a number of residents, hoping to pick up some clue to support the theory that the woman may have been killed by an au- tomobile thief. The trip was unpro- ductive, but the detectives are going back again today, accom by - monwealth Attorney William C. Gloth of Arlington County. Seek Clue to Recovered Articles. ank Smith and James Vollin, the two colored men held in the Arlington Jail for removing Miss Baker’s small coin purse and scarf from the aban- doned murder car, live in Queen City. ‘These men have satisfied authorities the District. The Cranston bill, provid- | they know nothing about the crime, but ! $16,000,000, a) wved | there is a suspicion on the part of Lieut. ing a loan of § 'Was appro by the Budget Bureau on February 12, 1929. These three bills, providing for loans from the national to the locMovm- ment for various projects, $35,~ 500,000. In addition there is Wl on foot for a payment of $5,000,000 by the national to the municipal govern- ment when the Federal Government takes over the present District Building as ?an of its development of the. tri- angle bounded by the Mall, Pennsyl- vania avenue and Fifteenth str t of turning local funds wi thought by some so radically with the statement of the President that Federal a) tions must be cut the bills are considered . ‘The airport bill has never been sent to the Budget Bureau for report. The report on the Capper bill was (Continued on Page 2, Column 32.) LINDBERGH GIVEN WELCOME IN CUBA Colonel Reaches Havana on First Leg of Flight to Canal Zone. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, April 26.—Completing in two hours and three minutes the sirst leg of an inaugural air mail flight from Miami across the Caribbean Sea to the Canal Zone, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed at the Pan American Airways Field at 5:36 o'clock this afternoon. He took off from Miami at 3:33 p.m. and will leave Havana tomorrow at day- break for Cristobal, Canal Zone, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, where he will refuel. He plans to reach Cristo- bal at 6 p.m. Accompanying Lindbergh were Basil Roe, co-pilot of the Sikorsky amphibian, and Bert Denickri, radio operator. The plane carried 41 pounds of mail for Havana and 211 pounds for Cristobal. Cheered by Cubans. Lindbergh was cheered by a crowd of several hundred Cubans and formally welcomed by Enrique Soler y Baro, state department attache. that he would spend the night in home of George Grant Mason, He purposely delayed his landing for several minutes in order to permit air mail planes from the West Indies to clear the Havana Field. In addition to Enrique Soler y Baro, who bears the title of “introducer of ministers,” E. L. Reed, first secretary of the American embassy, and Maj. J. J. O’Hare, military attache of the American embassy, were in the welcom- ing party. Col. Lindbergh chatted freely with newspaper men. He vigorously denled He | he had any intention of attempting an- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ENGLAND CHEERS FIRST GERMAN ZEPPELIN OVER LONDON SINCE WAR Graf Greeted by Thousands, but Foot Ball Fans, Their Team Behind, Resent Distraction From Game. By the Associated Press. CARDINGTON, England, April 26.— ‘The Graf Zeppelin, first of type and nationality to cross English shores since German airships rained bombs upon London during the World War, called at this British airship center to- day and was greeted by usands of persons. taking on her commander, Dr. Hugo Eckener and discharging passen- gers, mails and luggage, the Graf rose swiftly and headed for London on the homeward journe; find |a that fire had destroyed his home di his absence. " “m'-.nul doused, Londoners cellars, anti-aircraft bat and switt Toa ! ned I.lr t planes roared joft to attack the fishlike pur- m::wullha Graf Zeppelin 'y was hailed by thousands. Aton{yoneplm'umndhut- isfaction. That was at Wembley Sta- dium, where a foot ball game was be- ing played between Arsenal and Hud- 9635 the Grat fiew low and gracefull e Graf flew low an ly flrpedhereolonwumm box con- ning King George and Duke of York, booing came from the Hudders- a:l:mmwmwhmmmmmml. eet. The | fi ipresenuuve of the ‘Pan American |, 1 ducked for their teries Edward J. Kelly, chief of the squad of the Detective Bureau, that some of their friends, perhaps, could explain how the slain woman's clothing happened to be placed in the manhole sewer on the Arlington experimental farm of.the Department of Agriculture, Jewelry, a pair of silk s and a novel, known to have been stolen Bt A o g P o o tion failed to bring any mfm ith of the experimental farm. is considered likely by the investigators, too, that the thief can throw some light on the crime, After the investigation in Queen City, the detectives and Department of Justice operatives, made another search of the experimental farm for Miss Baker's missing negiligee and the gun used by the murderer. This was an- other usel ther useless hunt. Lieut. Kelly said he is satisfied now that the murderer did not dispose of the weapon, but carried it with him, either to protect himself from capture it pursued while making his escape, or to prevent the authorities from obtain- ing a clue from the gun. He cannot understand, however, what hqzrened to the woman's negiligee. It is definitely known that she always such garments, . Apparel Held Important Clue. Although Lieut. Kelly has abandoned all hope of ever finding the revolver, he believes that Miss Baker's n must be somewhere in the vicinity of the spot where a ring con the keys to her car and her home in Lyon Park together with a receipted doctor’s bill were found. Recovery of this missing garment, he said, probably would settle the moot question as to the exact spot where the assault took place. There is yet some doubt among in- vestigators where the crime was actually committed. Lieut. Kelly pointed out that it would have been possible for Miss Baker's slayer to have shot her in the machine while driving through the streets of Washington, and that there is no definite information to show that she was killed in Virginia. Statements have been made by wit- nesses that they heard shots in the vicinity of Rosslyn on the night of April 11, when Miss Baker was murdered, but Kelly said they may have been mistaken for the backfire of an automobile. The investigators have observed that motor busses pulling a steep incline on the Wilson levard in the vicinity of Rosslyn often backfire, and that the explosions, in the stillness of the night, can be heard for a mile or more, Aside from the investigation in Queen ity and the renewed search for the missing gun and Miss Baker's negligee n the Arlington experimental farm, Lieut. Kelly and the other detectives working on the case undertook to run down several new leads regarded as promising. - The officials, however, faled to complete the check-up late last night and plan to resume the investigation today, although Kelly indicated that he expected these leads to be of little value in solving the crime. Hill Hopeful of Solution. Commonwealth Aitorney Gloth and Inspector William J. Shelby, chief of detectives, two of the principals in the investigation of the murder case, took 8 brief respite yesterday and devoted but little time to the murder. Both physically show the effects of the ten- sion of the last two weeks of activity '(‘;‘fi? has kept them working day and ni Despite the failure of the officials to uncover any material clue to put them on the trail of the murderer after two weeks of intensive in tion, all of them continue to be ogu stic and pre- dict the ultimate solution of the e. News of the murder of Miss Baker not only spread throughout the United States, but into a number of European countries. One German paper, the Prankfurter Zeitung, in its issue of April on the ‘The wore to an entirely new motive, saying she was a victim of political revenge. The article which carried a New York date line, read: “The murder of Miss Mary Baker, an employe of the Navy I:’Pflmcn is suj wu:hbe a politic nflmc.'.le- e nmpnrm ‘The secret service is alleged to have proof that the Government clerk, whose body was found last Saturday in a ditch & road near the National Cemetery of Arlington in the neighborhood of Wash- ington, was a victim of an act of re- venge whose motive was political. The papers assert that several prominent &c'r::n:‘s are indirectly involved in the