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CANNON CONTINUES T0 REFUSE REPLIES Bishop Persists in Contention Anti-Smith Work Was Personal Affair. Genator Walsh of Montana and Senator Bidine of Wisconsin. The othér mem- bers are Senator Cdraway, chairman: nator Borah of Idaho, and Senator lobinson of Indiana. Bishop Cannon said that he had never been subpoenaed by the committee: that he was appearing as & voluntary witness. “If I were subpoenaed. however,” said Bishop Cannon, “I would take éxactly the same attitude.” Senator Walsh said that the same obligation to answer questions rested upon Bishop Cannon as a witness for the committee whether he was sub- poenaed or not. “I wish to call your attention to the fact that the refusal of a witness to #nswer proper questfons put him by a Senate committee is a penal of- fense,” continued Senator Walsh. Stands on Rights. “I haye considered that replied Bishop Cannon, “ahd 1 stand on my rights as an American citizen to carry on political activity without being in- Vestigated by a committee of Congress.” Senator Walsh called attention to the fact that the congressional committees have repeatedly brought citizens before them and asked them questions about their political activities. When Bishop Cannon _declined to dnswer Senator Walsh's first question dealing with the anti-Smith campaign Bishop Cannon replied that he had asked the committee to pass on its own Jurisdiction in this matter. Senator Walsh said that the commit- tee would not pass upon such a question until Bishop Cannon had actually de- clined to answer 4 question. “1f your committee desires any in- formation regarding the activities of our board,” said Bishgp Cannon, re- ferring to the Board of Témperance and Social Service of which he is chairman, “I am perfeetly willing to give it. But I do not propose to answer questions about my political activities.” The witness read to this committee at thi¢ point & prepared statement of his position. Text of Statément. The statement read by Bishop Can- non_follows: > g “I call the attention of the commit- tee to the létter, which at the begin- ning of the hearing I requested to be placed mn the Record, stating, ‘If your committee desires any information con- cerning the work of our board, we shall be glad to appear before the committee and furnish such information.’ “That letter spécifically restricted the information proposed to be szxven. It did not intimate any pur;;‘o to give information concérning the personal activities of any one. “While there are some matters con- fécted with the Virginia anti-Smith campaign, especially the Jameson con- tributions and expenditures, concefning which 1 shall make a further state- mént to the press, vet, as I see it, the issue involved in this matter of the as- sumption of the right of this eommittee to investigaté my personal political se- tivity is too vital to be compromised. as Infringement. “1f this committee, appointed to in- vestigate lobbying, assumes the right to investigate my political activities as an individual in the anti-Smith cam- saign, then it ean assume the right to vestigate thé activities of every in- dividual citizen who votes or works %n 4ny political campaign taining to the election of national officers. “I consider that such an assumption of authority by any committee of the Senate or of the House of Represent: tives of the United States is an in- tolerable infringement upon the rights of American citizens to entire freedom ifi their political activity, and seems to be intended as a threat to inde- pendent citizens against any repetition of the uprising of 1928. “I am pleased to note that my in- terpretation of the jurisdiction of the committee is confirmed by a statement contained in the epress this morning by the chairman of the committee, Senator T. H. Caraway.” The committee room was crowded to- day with spectators, some of whom ap- piauded Bishop Cannon’s replies to the committee. Occasionally there was a hiss also. Persisted in Refusal. Senator Blaine took over the exam- ination Bishop Cannon and pumped scores questions at him, most of which $i> bishop refused to answer. A number of questions were asked the bishop about a pamphlet entitled “Prohibition Repeal Unthinkable,” an #address delivered by Bishop Cannoh at the Mayflower Hotel. This pamphlet was widely circulated, with more than 1,000,000 coples distributed, somé of them by the bishop’s board and some of them by the anti-Smith Democratic organization. It was developed that the speech was gflnted in the Congressional Record and undreds of thousands of copies sent out under the frank of Senator Hef- lin of Alabama. Complaint was made that in one of the envelopes so franked and containing the speech of Bishop Cannon were also two other pamphlets, entitled “The Honesty of Al Smith” and “8t. Peter Not the Founder of Ro- manism.” Bishop Cannon said that he knew nothing about those pamphlets or how they happened to be inclosed with one of his speeches. He expressed the opinion, however, that it was more than likely that some one inserted these pamphlets “in order to create & news- paper headline.” Quizzed on $5,000 Gift. Many of Senator Blaine's questions turned on a contribution of $5,000 made to Bishop Cannon by Dr. Clarence True ‘Wilson of the Methodist Board of Tem- perance and Public Morals which Bishop Cannon used for sending out copies of his speech, “Repeal of Prohibi- tion Unthinkable.” Senator Blaine wanted to know what Bishop Cannon had done with the money. and in this connection asked Bishop Cannon to state what banks he had checking ac- connts in. “I decline to answer,” said Bishop Cannon. “This committee has nothing to do with my personal affairs.” “Have you ever made an accounting to Dr. Wilson for this $5,000?” demand- ed Benator Blaine. “No_accounting was asked for,” re- plied Bishop Cannon. “If any ccount- ing is asked for, I shall try to make one” “How was the Asheville conference made up?” asked Senator Blaine. “1 decline to answer,” sald the wit- ness. He did say that he himself was at the conference, but he declined to say who had presided or who had been secretary at the conference. Blaine Is Impressed. SENATOR HARRY B. HAWES. was developed that the $5,000 in ques- tion was paid to Bishop Cannon in cash. He said he did not remember who handed it to him. Later Bishop Cannon sail he belleved the money was given him by the late W. T. Gallitier. He said that he had put the money in a safe deposit box, but declined to say where the box was located. Declines to Point Out Item. Senator Blaine started to hand over to Bishop Cannon the réport filed by the anti-Smith Democratic organization on campaign éxpenditure filed with the House and asked him to point out to the committee the $5,000 item which they had been discussing. “I decline,” said Bishop Cannon, ré- fusing to receive thé report. “I perfectly familiar with that account.” Referring to the testimony given be fore the committee some time ago by E. C. Jameson of New York, who con- tributed many thousand dollars to the anti-Smith campaign in the South in 1928, Senator Blaine asked Bishop Cannon when he had met Jameson and who had introduced them. Bishop Cannon said that he was not sure he had been introduced to Mr. Jameson; that he had written to him, knowing his interest in the prohibition cause and that he might have just calied pon him. Jameson had told the com- mittee that he turmed over some $65.- 000 to Bishop Cannon to be used the anti-Smith campaign. Bichop Cannon declined to answer any questions about this contribution. There was 4n item of $7,300, however, which he did discuss. This sum was given Bishop Cannon by Mr. Jameson after thé campaign was concluded. The bishop insisted that it was because he was in debt for stationery, printing, etc., during the campaign. Cites Democratic Debt. “Just like the Democratie mational committeé was in debt $1,500,000 at the close of that campaign,” was the com- ment of the bishop. He said he had deviated from hie stand in regard to questions by the Senate committeé in this instance “be- cause the question was so pérsonal.” Senator Blaine asked Bishop Shnnon about the report of the anti-Smith Democratic committee on campaign ex- nditures, but the bishop insisted that me committee had no right to any information concerning the activities the Virginia State anti-Smith com- mittee. “Is there anything you are ashamed of in that report,” asked Senator Blaine. “Is there anything incriminating in it?" “No, sir,” said Bishop Cannon em- | phatically. “Why don't_you go into the expenditures of the Republican or- ganization or the regular Democratic organization,” asked Bishop Cannon. “Why am I singled out and nobody else? Why not ask the chairman of the Virginia Democratic State com- mittee to come here and tell you how he spent his funds.” Senator Blaine called attention to the fact that Bishop Cannon gof his contributions from Jameson in cash and asked why. “Was there anything you weré tryin to cover up through the use of cash? demanded Senator Blaine. “No,” said Bishop Cannon, “but I knew the enémy in Virginia and I knew that if I paid workers in cash they would not be able to trace them.” Slemp's Name Introduced. Senator Blaine asked Bishop Can- non if Bascom Slemp, thé Republican national committeeman from Vl?fl]&m had not brought the M.sh'gg ant r. Jameson togethér as testified to by Jameson himself. Bishop Cannon said that he believed that to be the case. Senator Blaine also asked if it were not a fact that Bascom Slemp really raised the money to bé used ih the- anti-Smth Democratic campaign in the Sputh and had given it to Jameson for disttibution. Bishop Cannon said that he had neyer heard. of such a thing. He up- held Mr. Jameson as an entirely re- sponsible and honorable man. Thé committee will have Bishop Can- non before it again tomorrow morning. It is improbable, however, that any effort will be made by the committee to pass on Bishop Cannon’s refusal to answer questions until after the return | to Washington of Senator Caraway, | chairman of the committee. CARAWAY BACKS CANNON. 4 Committee Has No Right to Ask Political Questions, He Says. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, June 4 (#)— | Benater T. H. Oaraway, Democrat, Arkansas, chairman of the Sénate lobby commitiee, last hight issued a state- ment upholding the conténtion of Bishop James Cannon, jr, that the committée had no right to inquire into | ‘the political activities of the bishop in | the 1928 Southern anti-Smith cam- paign. |~ Declaring that the Southern Metho- dist leader had not been subpoenaed | and that “it is purely a question of his | desire in the matter,” Senator Caraway went’gn to say in his statement that the lobby committee “was not con- cerned at all in Bishop Cannon's politi- cal activities, as it was not authorized to inquire into political activities.” | Will Not Demand Statement. i “The committee will hear him if he wants to testify, but will not demand | or request him to do so unless he de-, sires,” the lobby committee chairman, | who delieved a commencement afldress | at the University of Arkansas Medical | School last night, said in his state- | ment. “The committee on lobbying, of which 1 am chairman, was not pri- marily interested in the activities of | Bishop Cannon, or of the Board of | Temperance and Morals of the Method- ist Church, or the Federation of | Churches, nor did it subpoena or in- vite any of these to appear before it and testify * * *” Chalrman Caraway ‘nu‘-d in his statementy “However,” he continued, “statements made by Mr. Tinkham, & member of | Congress ~from Massachusetts, and Maj. Curran, the head of the Associa- Getting back to the $5,000 contributed ! tion Against Prohibition, were thought to Bishop Cannon for sending out nis | by Blaine wanted to ple for | man, After fenc- Cannon and from Clarence True Wil- speeches, Senator know whether the money was the anti-Smith campaign. these organigations of church peo- to demand a reply, so I, as chair- received letters from Bishop ing with the witness, who declined to son and Bishop McConnell, as well as answer, Senator Blaine said: | Dr. McBride of the Anti-Saloon League, “I am impressed with the fact that requesting an opportunity to be heard. something is being hidden.” Each of these was accorded that oppor- “I have no doubt that you and many | tunity as soon as the lobby committee others who believe as you do have such could finish with its investigation of an impression,” said Bishop Cannon referring to the fact that Blaine is a wet. “Yes,” snapped back Senator Blaine, ,|the Association Against Prohibition, Senator | which had conducted a very active cam- m in the nature of both lobbying | pa | propaganda during the recent ses- .| Anl i “and many other people, too, who do | sion of Congress not believe as I do.” “Later Bishop Cannon wrote me and Senator Blaine was unable to shake asked to change the date of his appear- Cannon, however, in his refusal sbout his political activities. It Tex., should have concluded its sessi 1 ance until the conference at Dallas, in | Philippine slands is likely. f | the other in Argéntina. THE_EVENING HAWES WILL SPEAK ABOUT PHILIPPINES Senator to Discuss Bill-Pro- posing Independence in Forum. Philippine ifidependence, &s provided for in the bill reported favorably to the Senate from the committee on terri-| tories and insular affairs, will be the| subject of an address délivered by Séna- tor Harry B Hawes of Missouri at 9:30 p.m. tomorrow in thé National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and spon- spred by the Columbia Broadeasting ! System. Senator Hawes has made & favorablé report on the bill to thé Senate, and has taken a Reen intéfest in the prob- l1ém of grapting indgpendence to thé Philippihe 1slands. e bill was re- ported by & majority vote of the com- mittee. A mhinority, headed by Senator Bingham 6f Connecticut, chaifman of the committee, submitted an adverse report. The bill provides for dn!thz a constitution for a freé and in ndent government of the Philippine Islands. It provides also for a ratification by the people of the Philippines of this consti- tution and for the election of govern- ment officials under this constitution. A five-year test period for the grad- ual change in economic and political relationship between the islands and the United States, in ordef to give the Philippine people 'an actual experiénce in such relationship, is by the bill. ~After that test period has been concluded a plebiscite is to be held, at which the people themselves will def mine whether they approve or disdp- prove separation from the United States. In the évent of an affirmative vote in | the plebiscite, provision is made for the | final withdrawal of American sov- ereignty over the islands and for agree- ments by treaty or otherwise for the protection of American rights and prop- | erties in the islands and for the reten- tion by the United States of coaling or naval bases. ‘The Senate committee has held exten= sive hearings during the last six months | on the subject of Philippine independ- ence, Should the bill now reported to the Benfte receivé favorable action in that body and in the House, it is con- sidered that early independence of the CARDINALS TO BE NAMED AT JULY CONSISTORIES Believe Latin America Will Re- ceive Two, While Australia Is Expected to Get One. By the Associated Press. ROME, June 4.—Official announce- metit was made today that the Pope will hold & séerét eonsistory on June 30 ana & publie consistory 6n July 3, at which new cardindls will be created. No men- tion was made 48 to how many cardinals woultl be created or who they would be. It was believed certain that Latin- America would receive one_ cardinal or possibly éven two, one 4t Rio Janeiro, Australia also was considered to have a good chance for representation in the Sacred College. No cardinal has been appointed to take the place of the first Australian Cardinal Moran. The suc- eess of the Eucharistic Congress in Syd- tiey two years ‘fi' t was sald, seeméd to watrant Australian representation in the cardinalate. POISONED BY FOOD Neéw York Health Officers Probe Illness of More Than Score. NEW YORK, June 4 (#.—More than a core of cases of food poisoning which attended thé advent of hot weather in the metropolitan area were b';‘l!n. investigatéd by health authorities ay. Many of the victims were stricken in eating places and removed to hospitals. This request was granted, of course, and the bishop set Tuesday, June 3, as the time he wished to appear before the committee. If he wants to testify he will be gfl!n the opportunity to do so. If he should have changed his mind and not want to testify, he would not be requested to do so. It is purely a question of his desire in the matter. The committee will hear him if he wants to testify, but will not demand or request him to do 8o, uhless he de- sires. Dr. McBride testified, as also did Dr. Pickett of the Methodist board. both at their own request. * * * “As I said, the committee did not re- quest and, of course, did not subpoena any of these organizations to testify; | it ‘simply acceded to the requests of these parties and then left it to them to come forward and testify or not as it seemed wise to them. It was not concerned at all in Bishop Cannon's political activities, as it was not au- thorized to inquire into political activi- ties. It dealt solely with propaganda and lobbyi bl TAR ALEXANDER WOLF: ALEXANDER WOLF RITES TOMORROW Prominent Lawyer Will Be Buried in Hebrew Congre- gation Cemetery. Funeral services for Aléxandér Wolf, prominent Washington lawyér and for many years {identified with leading financial and business institutions here, who died in Atlantié Oity, N. J., yes- terday, will be conducted at his resi- dence, 2653 Woodléy road, tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. Rabbi Abram Simon of the Washington Hebrew Con- gregation will officiate. Interment will bBe in the Washington Hebrew Congre- gation Cemetery. Mr. Wolf, who was 63 years old, had been ill for several weeks. Mrs. Wolf was with him at. the Breakers Hotel when he died. He had gone to Atlantic City to recuperate. After beginning his career in the mercantile business, Mr. Wolf attended the Georgetown University Law School from where he was graduated in 1892. He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1898 and at the time of his death was senjor member of the firm of Woif & Wolf, with offices in the Second Na- tlonal Bank Building. Business Conhnéctions. Mr. Wolt was trust officer and mem- ber of the boatd of the Second National | Bank and was geéneral counsel and member of the bBoard of the Bank of Commercé and Savings. He was secre- tary and general counsel of the Wash- ington Hotel Co. and vice,president and finerAl counsel of the Washington nance Service Corpofation. In addition he was former president of the Jéwish Foster Homé, former president of the Woodmont Country Club and past master of Hope Lodge of Masons. He dlso was a member of Lafayette Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and a member of the Mithras Lodge of Perfection, Scottish Rite Masons. He had the distinction of sérving as first resident of the Masters’ Assoclation of hé District of Columbia. He was organizer and first president of the ‘Town and Country Olub. Long affliiated with the Washington Boardl of Trade, Mr. Wolf had served on that body as chairman of the com- mittee on law and as a mémber of the organization's board of directors. In the first draft parade in the city, during President Wilson's administra- tion, Mr. Wolf was chairman of the Board of Trade committee which as- sisted in making the arrangements. Active In Civie Affairs. His other affiliations included mem- bership in the B'Nai B'rith, member- ship on the board of the Home for the Aged, member of the board of the Jewish Community Center, member of the Washington Hebrew Congregation and the Board of Federated Charities. He had long been noted in this city for many philanthropies and his active participation in civic affairs. Mr. Wolf is survived by his widow, Mrs. Miriam Brylawski Wolf; three sons, William B. Wolf, Alexander Wolf, r, and John Wolf, and a brother, arry 8. Wolf. Col, J. Miller Kenyon, president of the Bar Association, announced to Acting Chief Justice Frederick L. Sid- dons of the District Supreme Court the death of Alexander olf and asked the usual order appear in the records of the court, noting an adjournment out of respect to the dead lawyer. Justice Biddons expressed his sorrow and granted the motion, Judge Nathan Cayton of the Mu- nicipal Court made formal notification of the death of Mr. Wolf to his asso- ciates on the bench and the court took an adjournment out of respect to his memory. TECH COMPLETES MOVING ley Stadium for the first time. The old it will be preserved ai students and faculty. direction of the 2d Regi ¢ ceremony WASHINGTON. Resolution Adopted to Back Nationalists Following Pa- rade Demonstration. By tHe Adsociated Press. BOMBAY, India, June 4.—National- ist leadérs today foresaw increasing co- operation of Moslem elements in the civil disobédience campaign by which théy expeet to win independence from Gréat Britain. A mile-long procession of Moslems 1ast night paraded the streets to demon- strate Mohamimedan sympathy for thé movement. Later they assembled on theé Maiden Bsplariade and unanimously adopted & resolution supporting the pro- mlnlu’utlfcd by thé All-India Na- Congress, headed by Mahatma Gandhi. ‘The resolution appéared to all Mos- 16fis to_partieipate in the miovement w(} to lrycott British goodls. Leaders said that as long as the eongress and Mosleffi_ council did net supporf & proposed London round table confer- ence to discuss the problem no Moslem should atténd it as a répresentative of his people. Large Thdian Minority. Sincé the start of the civil dis obedience cam; Moslem particips ‘tion has been much mooted. The Mos- lems represent a large Indian minority, but theré always has been a racial and religious gulf bétween them and the Hindus. Their leadérs have maligned the nationalist cause and have asserted that a4 nationalist government would zz gredamlnnmy Hindu, submerging lgslem rights. ‘There has been evident from the be- innin, however, particularly in ombay presidency, a tendency toward participation by the Moslem masses, and recently this has become more and rhore pronounced until such incidents as_that have become not uncommon. Injuries yesterday in rioting at the Worli Detention €amp, where salt law violators aré béing held, were listed at 88. The rioting {;ev out of demon- strations by sympathizers outside the camp in denunciation of King George on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birth- day anniversary. Crowds parading with black flags jeeréd troops repmmg the barped wite fences arpund the F ison, and women sat down in front of them to impede their work, fighting develop- ing with their removal. The enraged prisoners madé a dash for fréedom, many escaping, but most of thém being brought back later. Worll Quiét Today. Worli was quiet todey. Two com- panies of the Hyderabad regiment were withdrawn during the l'glaht, but as a precautionary measure 25 armed police- men and 30 constables with bamboo clubs, all under the command of & dozen European officers, were posted in the vicinity. About 100 arrested meén weré removed today from the Worll prison compound to_police courts for trial. Reports from Rangoon said that eity was normal safter severe tiotihg last week. oth Hindu and Burmese laboréts have résumed Wwork. MECHANIC INSISTS HE IS MISSING PILOT Claims to Be Maurice Graham and That Crash Was Kept Secret. By the Associated Press. ELK CITY, Okla, June 4.—Despite denials of Western Air Express officials at Los Angeles, an automobile mechanic here has announced he is Maurice Gra- ham, missing air mail pilot, and that detalls of & purported crash had beén kept seécrét “because I thought there had béen too much gxuhllclty already.” The Western Air Express gum. - ing between Angeles and Salt Lake City, Utah, disappeared January 10. Despite an extensive search no pre- vious word has been received concern- ing the aviator's fate. In I’Bllflfl detalls of the alleged crash, the Elk City mechanic said he fell during a heavi snow storm in mountains about 103 miles from 8t. George, Utah. an Indian reservation, the trip taking three days and nights, and that he was taken two and one-half months later to Sf, George, where he telegraphed his empldyers. “A relief P{lot was sent for me," he continued. was taken to Las Vegas and the relief pilot, after getting the location of the wrecked ship, went after the mail, taking it to Los Angeles. At Los Angeles C. W. H. Smith, traf- flc manager for the air transport com- sald “the story is ridiculous. This is the first time we ever heard of this man who calls himsell Graham. We still are looking for Graham and ! his wrecked plane.” J. B. Miller, garage owner, by whom the alleged flyer is employed, said he came to Elk City about two weeks ago. He is about 35 years old, the same age as_the missing aviator. Postal authorities have denied re- ports that the missing mail plane car- Tied $300,000 in currency and other 200 registered letters, containing $300 and $1,700 in securities, were missing. W, T. Harrington, Indian agent at the Shivwits Reservation, 15 miles east of St. George, today added his denial to any knowledge of facts related by the Elk Clty man. “There is nothing to it,” he said, commenting on the story. ——e GEN. LORD ACCORDED FULL MILITARY RITES Ranking Officials in Army and Government OCircles Attend Services at Arlington. Attended by ranking officials in mili- tary and Government circles, final rites for Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, U. 8. A, retired, former chiet of finance and director of the Bureau of the Budget, who died Tuesday. were held this after- noon in Arlington Cemetery. A funeral procession accompanied by military escort, assembled the Fort Myer gate. Intefiment was attended by full militar; honors. Willlam _ G. Biederman, former reader of the First Christian Scientist Church, conducted services at the grave. Gen. Lord, who succeeded Gen. Charles G. Dawes in 1922 as director of the budget, concluded his director- ship last J% He was sucoeeded by 'Co. J. C. |GIVES BLOOD; SAVES LIFE Station Agent at Inwood Bubmits to Blood Transfusion. Special Dispatch to The St MARTINSBURG, W. June 4.— ]| Boyd Hollis, station agent at Inwood, Scene at the new McKinley High School this morning when the flag which formerly flew from the staff at the old McKinley building, Rhode Island avenue, was hauled to the peak of the flag at Seventh street and taft in the new McKin- g will be replaced by a new one and ing the other archives and treasures dear to Tech's this morning was ent of the High School Cadets, c jon. students, and was witnessed by the student body. der the immediate posed of McKinley —Star Staff Photo. i was credited by hospital physicians with saving the life of his sister, Miss { Lena Hollis of the county, last night | when he gave a juantity of his blood in a transfusion. She was a patient at the hospital, suffering from loss of blood foilowing a ruptured spleen. Several of her relatives offered blood, but that of her brother was found most satisfactory. Her condition was r>po:icd improved today. He said he -walked to] negotiable securities. The officials ‘aid | jsp JUNE 4, 1930 Top, on the left: Mr. and Mrs. the children killed in the bomibing. Jlm!lllll. parents of N: |ZEPPELIN PASSES Hall and . Hall collapsed at ffie trial yésterday Afternoon and was earfied from the court Below, left: Mrs. Léroy Brady, wife ot one of the meén accused of the bomb- ihg. Right: Mrs. Ella Brady, mother of Léroy and Clatefice Brady. BOMB PARTS GIVEN COURT AS EVIDENCE = | IN TRIAL OF BRADY| (Continued From First Phge.) that her daughter was an & tant mothér until aftér her martiage to Herman, in Novémber. She also told of the long friéndship ,?etwlcu Het- man and his wife. Mrs. Hall was calin on the witness stahd, although she col- 1a) and was led from the court toom while J. Wilson Ryon of prosecution counsel was recounting thé hévoc caused by the bomb in his opeéfing statement to the jury. Decision to try thé broti hers sepa- rately was reached yesterday when Lé- roy requested a trial by jury and Her- an demanded & trial by three judges. 'his method 6f évadihg & joint trial was followed after the court had over- ruled & motion by deéfense counsel seeking to have the brothers granted separate ttials by juries. BREWSTER, SANE, FACES ARREST ON MURDER CHARGE (Continued From First Page) the Army. A so-called “blue” dis- charge usually is given on such charges, which constitutes release from service without honor. Gloth's decision to take Brewster into custody was made last week when he received unofficial reports that the spe- cial medical board had found the soldier to be of sound mind, and that the mili- tary authorities probably would release him from the service. Although no evi- dence has been found to corroborate any of Brewster's statements that he | killed Miss Baker, which he later denied, Gloth belives the soldier should be held until every suspicion is removed, and was fearful that if he should be dis- charged from the Army, he would van- When informed that civil authorities were preparing to take him into e 3 Brewster, it was said, showed no visibie signs of emotion and bégan to collect his personal effects for transfer to the Arlington County Jail. He appeared to be disappointed, however, that he would not be able to go with his y on the rifie range tomorrow. The soldier md xtequu‘r.le mc.p"c. B;lun: to permit m to pul e targets on the ran during rifle practice. v Develops Ravenous Appetite. Since Brewster has been confined in the guard house of the headquarters company he has developed a ravenous appetite and, it was said, eats twice as much as other members of the com- pany. The soldier, also, between meals, has been :.nudy cu’:tl«l:mbr at the eqdm- pany canteen, es] y since ay, when he drew $23.10. s Despite the publicity given Brewster since he has been held as a suspect in the murder case, none of his friends or relatives has communicated with | him. He receives no mail and his only associates during the long period of confinement have been the sentries on duty at the guard house, headquarters detectives and Department of Justice agents. Brewster, however, has singled out several men attached to the headquar- ters company as his confidants. This morning he told one of them that while at Walter Reed Hospital when he was under examination by the medical board, he learned that the World War veteran for whom the police have been looking for several u!wnthn as & possi- ble suspect in the Baker case, was & patient there. The soldier described this suspect as “the man who lived in the tent in Arlington Oounty.” WINS ALIMONY PLEA. NEW YORK, June 4 (#).—Hayden W. Ward, vice president of the Ameri- can Bond & Mortgage Co., was ordered by the Supreme Court yesterday to pay his wife, Marien R. Ward, $85 weekly temporary alimony. Mrs. Ward is for a separation —Star Staft Photo. GRANDI TALK HELD AT 0DDS WITH DUCE Premi'er's Address on Navy Conflicts With Speech of Foreign Minister. By the Associnted Press. ROME, June 4.—What were 6onsid- ered as conflicting statements of Pre- mier Mussolini and his foreign minister, Dino Grandi, with regard to the Italian Naty, eéxcited some attention here to- day. Grandl, speaking in defense of the Italian naval program at the éonclu- sion “c: & budget speech yesterday sald: by Italian govérnment is disposed to ne laying down its pre < ot e v Lo ench government does the same for the gmx-m for 1630, Considering the relative strength of ¢ uch @ concession would e & greater ef- fect on the Italian Navy than on the French.” Premier Mussolini in a speech at Florence & few dhys ago declared: “Theré has beeh some doubt Abroad that Italy would carry out her naval rogram, but it will be constructed ton of toh with mathematical precision to the pride of the Itallan people.” In his speech, Grandi defended at considerable length the Italian demand one of the Fascist administration alone. He asserted that Italy had asked France to continue the naval conversa- tions begun at London at & special meeting of Italo-French representatives and experts, but that France had re- fumi, contending _the riegotiations should be made through tre regular diplomatic ambassador charnels. It was in this connection that he made what was considered in some quarters as & new offer to France to match its reductions in_the 1930 pro- g:m step for step, an offer which some k to be in conflict with previous statements of Premier Mussolini. TENSION 1S LESSENED. France Reacts Favorably to Naval Speech by Grandi. PARIS, June 4 (£).—A decided lessen- ing of the tension between France and Italy today was noticeable following the speech yesterday of Foreign Minister Dino Grandl concerning naval affai The first reaction was decldedly vorable, although it was quickly pointe out in political and military circles that Minister Gri proposition was not new, already having been made at the London Naval Conference and found unacceptable. The feeling was aroused, however, that France would receive cordially any official proposal emanati from Italy concerning naval Aflllran{n the same spirit of conciliation and endeavor to reach an equitable agreement as it greets all diplomatic communications. wgu official comment was forthcoming ay. $150,000 DAMAGE AWARD Temperance Bureau Head Wins Suit Against Los Apgeles Publisher LOS ANGELES, June 4 ()—A ver- diet of $150,000 damages has been re- turned by & Superior Court l;:’ury here in the suit of Edwin C. Dinwiddie against the Los Angeles Examiner. Dinwiddie in 1914 was superintendent of the National Temperance Bureau, legislative bureau of the Anti-Saloon League in Washington. The suit was based upon an article which sald Din- widdie had misappropriated a $10,000 fund voted by Congress for preparation for an international congress against alcoholism. Attorneys for the new- paper announced an appeal would be suing decr charging her husband _ with cruelty. They were married in River- side, 111, in 1922 @nd have a son, age 6. taken after the verdict was announced yesterday. OVER AZORES CITIES Bad Weather Is Ahead of Graf on Last Lap of Over-Water Flight. By the Associated Press. TERCEIRA, Azores, June 4.--The Graf Zeppelin passed ovér Terteifd At 1:20 p.m. local time (9:20 a.m. Eastern standard timeé) today. ‘The dirigible had passed over Horta at 8:30 a.m. (Bastern standard time). The Gtaf headed to the édst as she passed over Horta and thére began the last over-water lap of her journey back to Europe. The weather was fine and there was a light wind. The sky was fairly cléar, dlthough there were some low-lying clouds. Visibility was good. MAY SET RECORD. Winds Boost Zeppelin's Speed to Averigé of 10 Miles Per Hoir. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, June 4 (#).—The Graf Zeppelin, riding the winds which blow from west to east, sailed along the fortieth parallel today toward Seville and thende home. The winds which kicked up whitecaps | on the biue Atlantic beneath so accele- fated the glant dirigible's speed that there was oility Dr, Hu’o Ecken- er's estimate of 50 hours from New York to Seville might be bettered and a récord sét. At 5 am, Mideuropean time (11 p.m. Tuesday, Eastern standard time) the Graf, which lef; Lakehurst, N, J. Monday at 9:12 p.m., Eastern standard time, radioed its position from a point about 1,825 miles east of New York, and 500 miles west 6f Fayal, Asores, toward which it was hndln1 at a speed of 85 miles an hour. The latitude and longi- i,udet given was 38 degreés north, 39:30 west. Averages 70 Miles Per Hour, ‘The E‘nmm represented an average speed sirice leaving New York of more n 70 miles an hour. There remain- ed at the time about 1,775 miles of the ocean journey ‘o Seville, which at the prevailing speéd of 85 miles an hour might be traversed in about 21 hours, mi arrival at Seville at about I ;, Spanish timé, tothorrow (8 p.m., Eastern standard time, today). In this évent the total trip would take less than OUTS, In August, 1920, returning to Fried- richshafen after its round-the-world trip, the Graf Zeppelin needed 55 hours and 24 minutes to fly from Lakehurst to here, a distance of 4,200 miles. It is 8,650 miles from Lakehurst to Seville. The Graf wili rémain at Seville two hours and then continue the remaining .1,000 milés to it§ hangar here. Dodges Low-Pressuré Areds, Bince leaving New York the Graf has departed only slightly from the general eastward route along the fortieth paral- 16l, dodging northward at the start to escape a low-pressure area and south- ward as it neared the Azones to evade another depression. Seville 1§ almost due éast of New York. At Seville the Graf will debark sev- eral of its 22 passengers, drop some of its mail cargo and také on such fuel and supplies as aré needed for the re- maining span of the 18,000-mile trip which has taken the dirigible from Friedrichshafen to Seville, to Pernam- buco, to:Rio de Janerio, back to Per- nambuco to Lakehurst and New York, com= for the arrival of the homeward-boun air liner. Landing crews have been as- signed and supplies have been sent to the airport so prompter service may bé given the Graf when she arrives. Sbe coio: GANG CREMATORY TO COVER MURDERS HINTED IN CHICAGO (Oontinued From First Page.) gunned to_death in the “little mas: sacre” of Fox Lake, George Drugi himself was so severely wounded he_may die. ‘Then, last night, anothéer death among the BSicilians—Somnerio. or the gangster crematory led Roche and his State’s attorney’s aldes last night to a West Side garage. Opening the furnace ly to fin found tead ‘4 box containing & hun- dred stick of dynamite. THe explosive was covered with ashes. Wrapped in a newspaper of May 26 date were fuses and detonator cs Ownership of the hidden dynamite w vestigated today. ‘The inquiry into gang activity of recent days, and the resultant police round-up of known hoodlums and bad men, revealed that several “big shots” in the elty's gang directory were mys teriously miss! Leo Mongoven, one of the listed blic enemies,” has not been seen in several days , it 18 believed, he may have been slain and cremated. Yesterday he did not appear to answer a gun-toting charge, and his $10,000 bond was .ordered forfeited. A woman notified police that Mongoven was in the habit of calling her daily by telephone, but that the custom ended suddenly the day of his reported dis- B of th of e more notorious hoodlums caught in the police round-up, and a dozen less known, were freed in Police Court today. Among them were Hymie Levine and Harry Guzclk, Klondike O'Donnell, James Delcastro, Rocco Fanelli and Stanley Fiazea. Gusick is brother of Jake, who is controller of the Capone ;yndlu . The police sald the men had been picked up merely for investigation and that no evidence was available for holding them. Another prisoner, temporarily in cus- ly, was Margaret Hamilton, 27, “‘sweetheart of gland” whose big blue eyes have shed tears of regret for six “boy friends” who died like gang- sters. She was arrested last night on A charge of shoplifting in Cincihnati, and the police sald it was only a coin- cident that her arrest followed shortly the slaying of Somnerio, her newest “sweetie.” The police call Margaret the “jinx girl of gangland” and linked her name in romances with Dion O'Bannion, Sonny Schlig, Jew Bates, Johhn Phil- lips and Johnny Bheey, éach of whom died in gang fashion. She gained a con- tinuance and her release in cour: today. . BAND CONCERT. By the United States Navy Band Or- chestra this evening ai the Navy Yard band stand at 7:30 o'clock. Charles leader; Charles Wise, second “Light Cru ...... .. Benter Dedicated to Vice Admiral A. L. Willard. Overture, “The Merry Wives of ‘Windsor' Excerpts from “The Song of the Flame” o .Gershwin Valse, “Gold and Siiver’ +..Lehar Suite— (a) “By the Waters of Minnetonka,” Lieurance (b) “My Ourly Headed !nh-hé (¢) “The Swan” ........Saini-Saens Prelude from “Lohengrin’ . Wagner Prelude to third act of the opera “Kunihild” at age and of the futsam , “Blue Yale”.... “Anchor's Aweigh.” “The Star Spangled Banner.”