Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast) fabhir, slightly cooler tonight; tomorrow air, Temperatures—Highest, 97, at 4 p.m. yesterday: Jowest, 71, at 3:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 9 Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 ¢ Foening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 111,568 e red as gecond class matter office, Washington, D. ¢ WASHINGT! 31,468. ON, B. €, TRIPAY, *y JUNE o= N 1930 —FORTY-SIX PAGES. L TWO CENTS. (#) Means Associated Press. lls Story PRESIDENT 10 SEE OCEAN FLYERS, DUE IN CAPITAL MONDAY BEFORE TRIP WEST Kingsford-Smith and Crew of Southern Cross Will Be/| commatger or Cuiar Fitot. of ans Airplane Southern Cross. Guests at British Embassy. 1 the first piace, T want to say to Visit White House at Noon. Kingsford®mith Says Ship Was | ter as Radio ear Disas- Failed. The fellowing detailed story “of hit fiont 1ith three companions. from the Beach at Port Marnock. Irish Free at 11:30 p.m. Morcas, Eastern sia time, was written for The Evening S and ‘the New York Times last m Maj. Kingsford-Smith after arrival in New York BY SQUADRON LEADER CHARL soon his the every one that The Evening Star reaches how glad we are to get here and how sorry we are that we were de- layed on the way. It i a dream long dreamed and finally realized But let us get to the flight itself. I will try to_tell you' as best I can how I felt as I openeddup the motors on the beach at Port Marnock. Beside me, perched in the front of the big Fokker, was our Dutch pilot, Van Dyk. iastic. | Directly behind us there were four tons Crowd at City Hall Enthusiastic.| gr'zeicline. and behind that Capt. Saul, ith | our Irish navigator, and Stannage, the Squadron Leader to Talk With | ou% Irieh i s 1 ened U the engine an we Mother and Fiancee From Sche- [ PWf o 7-and-a-halt-ton load nectady Tomorrow—Flight End at Oakland. Calif. MAYOR OF NEW YORK RECEIVES THEM TODAY very, very slowly. In split seconds the big ship picked up speed and at the end of 3.500 fect we were in the air We went straight out to sea fo the - south: climbing slowly in a sweeping left-hand turn that must have been 5 to FLIGHT PLANNED TOMORROW _ | Kingsford-Smith in Schenectady, Will Talk to Australia. | NEW YORK. June 27 () .—The | Southern Crass fivers will fly to | Schenectady, N. Y., tomorrow so that Squadron Leader Kingsford-Smith may talk to his mother and fiancee in | Australia by short wave radio, Squadron Leader Charles Kings- miles across. At 1.200 feet we had come ford-Smith and the crew of the around into the west and were at lnst on our course bound for America ocean-spanning Southern Cross "It took us an hour and a half to are to be received by President |cross Ireland, and we sawd\'e’rv mni“nf' , Thi it. There was rain and fog, white | Hoover at the White House Mon-| jouds below and bisck glouds above, | day afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. | with here and there a break ;hrough te Ao which we saw the greenest of green The transatlantic fiyers are ex- | &) ot o® ¥ 1o Sedserows and | pected to arrive at Bolling Field | white roads. from New York at 11 o'clock Bumpy Course Kept Him on Alert. | Monday morni d wil But T was not paying much attention oty niasand will oty | e Ny T the field to the British embassy, | tne very start, Stannage, the radio where they will be guests during nperam;‘.’ ;:'as mnneclrd‘ with stations , | from which we were getting our course. their stay here. {Saul would make a calculation. and Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Am- | turn a dial in front of hlm.;\'mrh wm‘lld ite, |set my reading right on the earth in- Bassadar; and Michael MacWhite, |70 ER D S8 T ESE DT G008 charge d'affaires of the Irish Free o vi T wi 2 It was bumpy flying, and I was State, will accompany the flyers busy enough keeping the big plane on to the White House. | its course. conserving every bit of gaso- {line and fiying as economically as pos- e T ¥ It | T (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) This was the only definite plan the | PASSES ‘SENATE fliers had today for their immediate future. Invitations to other cities were {nlnz comdidrrm and would be accepted, | . 1 t was said, if they could be fitted into : the busy schedule. |Cut to $3,000,000 for Capi- Kingsford-Smith wants to set h | plane down at Oakland, Calif., com- iti pleting the circuit begun two years ago tal Addition Sends Measure with his flight from Oakland to Aus- tralia, and he is cager that the arrival Back to House. in Oakland shall not be too long de- aved. Wikt The Senate today passed the House | bill authorizing the building of an ad- | Tsons had gathered around City Hall | dition to the Washington City Post Of- | By oo, awaiting the arriay of tne fce, but the measure must go back 10} fivs o veceive by gels 1 use e amount wal re- e e R T D b g T The front of the historic old hall was IS expected, however, this difference decorated with the fiags of Great | Will be settled between the two branc Britain and the United States. without delay. Kingsford-Smith and the crew were| The Senate also passed withgut hailed by Mayor Walker as the bravest | amendment ‘& House bill to authofise of the benve, | the District tc extend water service to “Because the Atlantic had been span- | Tesidents of Mai,"~nd in the vicinity | ned before.” Mayor Walker said in pre. | Of Porty-seventh and s ssenden streets, senting them with a scroll of honor at | but six other pieces of local legislation City Hall, “it took no less courage on | Were biocked on objection of different your part to attempt the flight.” Senators, and had to be postponed. I iy MMl | Deferred Action Bills. % These bills, on which action was de- | “Most _people - believe.” Kingsford- | ferred, were.: Smith said in reply, “that men who fly The bill to authorize merger of the the ockans do so merely to get a ride | washington and Georgetown Gas Light up Broadway. That is not so. The | Companies; the bill to require motorists men who do that kind of work are|show financial responsibility in order Dioneering aviation and aiding scienti- | to have their permits restored follow- fic knowledge.” 3 |ing conviction of major traffic offenses; | Just as the mayor finished his ad-|the Howell local prohibition bill: the dress and pres:nted the scroll, a bench |street railway merger resolution: a bill on which 20 cameramen were standing |to tighten the gambling laws of the in front of the speakers stand col- | District, and a bill to change the name lapsed, throwing them and their cam- | of Iowa Circle to Logan Circle. eras in a squirming mass on the ground | The automobile financial responsi- Kingsford-Smith made allusion to | bility bill was objected to by Senator the mishap in his talk | Blaine. Republican, of Wisconsin, who “I am glad that what has happened said he thought the bill shouid be here today did not occur to us while | amended and that he has not had time we .were over the ocean,” he sald. “It |to work out the amendment. The Sen- was the most perfect example of 2 ate was working under unanimous con- | tailspin I have ever seen.” sent rule at the time and there was no | it M s | opportunity to debate the bill. i Merger Measure Goes Over. TS erowd. ‘Wi i The street railway merzer resolution "}',"J"-""}“‘;“‘('; ’R"'}’]’;“‘“‘:hn"u‘fg“;’“:"‘;{; :‘; went over at the request of Senator La bt L m:ffige”- s 8 | Follette, Republican of Wisconsin, who Sharing _the plaudits of the erowd with the Southern Cross flyers was Col. James Fitzmaurice, co-pilot of the! German airplane Bremen, first to fly | from Europe to America Col. Fitzmaurice, now a resident of New York City, called at the hotel this wontinued on Page 2, Column 7.) City@Hall Decorated. A crowd estimated by police at 5.000 sidered within the five minutes allowed under the present parliamentary situ- ation. | It was thought that these bills will probably be taken up before ad- Journmente \RECEIVERSHIP IS DENIED FOR F. H. SMITH BUILDING Receivership for the F. H. Smith Co. IN SEATTLE POST OFFICE | Building, st 815 Fifteenth street. was e sk denied today by Justice William Hit T | who has had the matter under consi | eration for several days. The court will | continue the services of the collections, | Herbert L. Davis and Charles S. Baker, until further order. It is reported that negotiations are pending for the sale By the Associated Press. | of the property. SEATTLE, Wash., June 27—Through | _APPlication for the receivership was made by Miss Grace Cauldwell, holder fragments, postal inspectors today were | of some of the mortgage bonds secured attempting to learn the source of a on the building. in a suit filed through bomb which exploded in the Terminal | Attorney W. Gwynn Gardiner. The Post Office here last night. Smith company. = through Attorneys ‘The explosion hurled postal employes | Wilton J. Lambert and Rudolph H. to the floor and broke all windows in| Yeatman, opposed the granting of the a radius of 50 feet. The bomb appar- | motion, and Justice Hitz took the mat- ently consisted of a phial of explosive ter under advisement -before rendering stuffed in a wooden box. his decision today. ARMY RANK OF BRIG. GEN. DEAKYNE REDUCED TO COLONEL BY REQUEST Windows Broken, Clerks Thrown to Floor — Inspectors Study Pieces Trying to Solve Origin. Prefers to Give Nation Services as Engineer Rather Than Retire With Higher Status. Br the Associated Press | _“He did it with the best of good will," Brig. Gen. Herbert Deakvne, assistant | the War Secretary said. “He is a good to the chief of Engineers, became a col- | sport.” onel in the Army today at his own re- | Deakyne was prominently mentioned quest, although eligible for retirement |tc become chief of Army Engineers | 12:40 * as a brigadier general. His voluntary sacrifice of rank was| was found he would have reached the made that he might continue to cnn-i tribute to the Army his experience in| program now under way. Commenting upon it. Secretary Hur- | ley characterized Deakyne as a “good aocldier. Lytle Brown, chief of Engineers, to have Col. Deakyne become a member of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and € 4 'GERMAN ‘BOOTLEGGER'| | told Senator Glass it could not be con- | HINES INDORSES HOLSE VETERANS COMPRONE BL Director cof Bureau Heard as Senate Committee Takes Up Measure. DEMOCRATS TO SEEK INCREASE OF RATES Veto Based on “Injustices” Sus- tained by Vote of 188 to 182 in Lower Branch. By the Associated Press The new House bill to aid World War veterans was indorsed before the Senate finance committce today by Director Frank T. Hines of the Veterans' Bureau Taking up the substitute for the measure vetoed by President Hoover, the Senate committee questioned Mr. A vote will be sought late today by Senator Watson, the acting chairman. | Moves to change the House measure | were in preparation. Democrats were ready to seek higher | rates than those provided by the House ' bill. They would have a $60 maximum, as allowed to Spanish War Veterans, rather than the $40 miximum provided by the House. ‘ Legion Proiram Denied. Senator Bingham, Republican, Con- necticut gave notice he would seek to substitute the original program of | the American Legion allowing for in- creased disability compensation awards rather than a straightout pension Senator Watson has been an advocate throughout for the Legion program. Before going to the committee ses sion Senator Watson called upon Pr ident Hoover. The President was un- derstood to be firmly opposed to any increase in the payments allowed by the House. With a contest on the veterans’ meas- ure in sight, Senator McNary, Oregon, assistant Republican leader, predicted | Congress would not adjourn before next Tuesday night. House Upholds Veto. The dispute with the White House was seftled late yesterday :> far as the House is concerned. Shortly after recelving the President’s 1essage em- phatically disapproving the Johnson- Rankin bill, the House voted, 183 to | 182 to uphold the veto and then with only four dissenting votes passed the compromise bill. Three Democrats— Lanahan and Johnson of Texas, and Milligan of Missouri—and the one Farmer-Labor member—Kvale of Min- nesota—cast the opposing votes How soon the compromise measure could be sent to the White Honse was problematic. Senate leaders we; hopeful of quick disposition, but be- lieved that depended upon the insensity of the controversy. If the Senate makes changes in the bill, these must be accepted by the House or the m ure sent to conference, before it can 80 to President Hoover. As passed by the House the bill pro- vides for pensions ranging from $12 to $40 monthly in accordance with the degree of disability. Additional com- pensation would be given those veterans so incapacitated that they require the attention of another person. A battle casualty clause was included which would give an additional $25 a month to veterans wounded in battle, IS FINED $1,200,000 Defendant and Aides Caught! Smuggling 150,000 Tons of Spirits From Free Port. By the Associated Press. . HAMBURG, Germany, June The staggering fine of $1.200,000 was imposed yesterday in a court on a Ger- man “bootlegger” and two accomplices. Albert Schramm and his aides were n| {its into Germany from a free port the fine amounted to | { German currency 15,238,456 marks. German law prescribes a fine 100 times the normal duty for tax evasion, plus heavy penalty for smuggling. MORROW TO LEAVE FOR MEXICAN POST Will Return Next Fall to Conduct Campaign for United States Senate. By the Associated Press ENGLEWOOD, N. J., June 27.—Am- basasdor Dwight W. Morrow planned to leave his home today or tomorrow to resume his diplomatic duties in Mexico. The Ambassador completed confer- ences with State Department officials and President Hoover yesterday and re- | turned from Washington. | He will remain in Mexico until Fall, | when he will return to campaign as | Senator r{om V)Vlerw Jr‘rs:)i.i { CHICAGO PLANE NEARS Hunter Brothers Say They'll Be Up as Long as Engine Lasts, Expecting 700 Hours. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 27.—Confidence that a new world endurance refueling fiight record for airplanes was in the offing pervaded the ground personnel at Sky Harbor Airport todsy as the City of Chicago passed its 379th hour aloft at p.m. The two Hunter brothers when that position was last open, but it | on the ground said their two brothers in the air would stay up as long as the retirement age of 64 befoe his tour of | engine lasted and that it should be good duty was complete. Secretary Hurley [ for 700 hours. the rivers and harbors improvement | has approved the request of Maj. Gen.| pared Their sister today pre- the sixteenth breakfast to be taken aloft for the fying Hunter boys, Radio Programs on f;gc C3 Hines in executive session all morning. | Republican nominee for United States' ARBORETUM BILL PASSED BY SENATE $200,000 Land Purchase Measure Is Sent to House for Approval. ‘The Senate today passed the MeNary bill authorizing an additional $200,000 to complete the purchase of land for >stablishment of the National Arboretum | in this eity. | Favorable action was taken in the Senate by unanimous consent and Wl”\-‘ out debate after the measure had been recommended by the committee on agriculture and forestry. The commit- tee included in its report to the Senate the indorsement given to the bill a few days ago by Secretary of Agricul- ture Hyde, | The bill will be sent to the House for the approval of that body. The original legislation for the de- velopment, of a national arboretum for | the Department of Agriculture was drafted in 1926, and at that time it | was estimated that the land desired for this project would cost $500,000. Before the original measure was enacted, the authorization was reduced to $300,000 in order to conform to the financial | program at that time. The bill passed by the Senate today, therefore, is in- | tended to bring the authorization up to | the_amount originally estimated. | The arboretum is being developed in an area along the upper Anacostia | River, known as the Mount Hamilton tract. When Congress was first con- sidering the project four years ago, it | was brought out in the hearings that the soils in this area were particularly well adapted for arboretum purposes. With the $300,000 already authorized and appropriated, 190 acres have been purchased and 78 acres more are in process of condemnation, making a total of 268 acres. The pending bill would provide for acquisition of the re- maining 126 acres to round out the site. TAFT QUITS G. 0. P. POST, REPORT SAYS Action of Late Chief Justice's Brother Blamed on Committee's Dry Repeal Stand. caught smuggling 150,000 tons of SPir-1 gy the Associated Press | NEW YORK, June 27.—The New York Times says Henry W. Taft, one of the most prominent Republicans in New | York City, has resigned as a member | of the advisory committee of the New | York County Republican committee as | a result of a recent declaration by the | advisory committee for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Mr. Taft, brother of the late Chief Justice Willlam Howard Taft. and a law partner of George W. Wickersham, | chairman of President Hoover's Law | Enforcement Commission, declined ves- | terday to comment on his resignation. It was said his letter of resignation | to General James G. Harboard, chair- | man of the advisory committee, was formal and without explanation except that he regarded his retirement as call- | ed for “in the circumstances.” | Mr. ‘Taft was a member of the ad- | visory committee’s subcommittee on | legisiation, of which Martin Saxe is chairman and which framed the orignal declaration for repeal which was ap-| uroved by the advisory committee and | the county committee. He was the only | member of the suRcommittee on legisla- | tion which did not assent to its report. | lo | board " for How Is Business? N Saturday and Sunday the financial sections of The Star will carry comprehensive reviews of general business and the securities markets during News Note: President Hoover has just been presented with a Michigan cherry pie. For Sale Sign Put On Southern Cross To Help Pilot Wed By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. June 27.—For sale: Southern Cross, tri-motored monoplane, flown about 75,000 miles, but still able to laugh at an ocean. Owner, Squadron Leader Charles E. Kingsford-Smith, en- tirely satisfied with performance but “frightfully hard up” and needs money so he can be mar- ried. Bidders apply fo Kingsford- Smith at Oakland, Calif., airport in week or two. CANBERRA, Australia, June 27 (#).—The Government. today was asked, in the Senate, to purchase the Southern Cross as a national memorial to Australia’s pioneer afrmen and to further perpetuate their memory by naming airports and airdromes after them. LAWYER SUICDE HALTS STEEL SUT Sheet and Tube Counsel in Merger Case Ends Life With Pistol. By the Associated Press YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June 27.— Trial of the suit for injunction to pre- vent merger of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation came to an abrupt halt to- day when L. A. Manchester, chief coun- sel for the Youngstown Co., shot and killed himself. Judge David G Manchester had was being opened for the third day of the trial. He ordered adjournmert, Jenkins was informed | and, at the request of attorneys for both sides, set Tuesday, July 8, as the date | for resuming the trial. ‘The shooting chester's office. took place in Man- The fact that he was | dead was withheld for several minutes. | The dramatic interlude in the trial | followed two days of opening statements and introduction of voluminous corre- spondence files as evidence. The taking of testimony was to start today, J. A. Campbell, veteran chairman of the Youngstown Co. on the stand. | Manchester had been associated with Campbell and the Sheet & Tube Co. | since organization of the firm. Until| 1917 he handled legal matters for the | company while a member of the firm of Hine, Kennedy, Manchester & Ford In 1917 he left the law firm to become general counsel of the Youngstown | company. He was married and had | one daughter. | J. C. Argetsinger, associated general | counsel of the Youngstown company, heard the shot with which Manchester killed himself. He rushed into his of- fice, located on the public square, and found the body slumped in a chair at a desk. Manchester had shot himself in the right temple. Argetsinger declared the suicide was caused by a nervous breakdown due to overwork. Sheriff's Killer Believed Cornered. WASHINGTON, Towa, June 27 (#).— Thirty troopers of the Iowa National Guard and a number of Washington business men today rushed in automo- biles to North Liberty in response to a call from officers there who said they believed they had the automobile thief who slew Sheriff Fred Sweet and Mar- shal Aaron Bailey yesterday, cornered in a timber north of there. shot himself as court | with | | becker, superintendent in charge of the | work, who was ashore at the time, said {of Capt. G. B. Lok, with M. R. Ras- | district, aboard. BPERSONS KILLED * INHEAVY STORMS Northeaste'rn States and| | Canada Suffer Lightning and Downpour. | BY the Associated Press. Forty-eight persons were killed yester- day and last night in electric, hail ana rain storms that swept down over On- tario, Newfoundland and the North- | eastern section of the United States. At Brockville, Ontario, 30 were killed when lightning fired explosives aboard a drill boat in the St. Lawrence River, | Pour passengers were killed and one was believed to have been fatally in- | Jured when a passenger coach of a | train bound from Winniveg to Toronto plunged into the floodea Vermillion River at Capreol, Ontario. Also near Capreol the engineer of a | freight train and six men, believed to be tramps stealing rides, were killed as the train ran into a washout and was | wrecked Several trains were stalled and many motorists were stranded by landslides and washouts at Sudbury, Ontario, but no lives were lost. | "A hailstorm sank 30 boats at Lums- | den, Newfoundland, and three fisher- | men were drowned. | . Two were drowned when a gale cver- turned a boat at Buffalo, where build- ings were unroofed, and a 35,000-barrel oll tank was fired by lightning at Olean, Lightning killed a 9-year-old girl near Hackettstown, N. J., and a farm- °r near Carlisle, Pa. Heavy damage was reported in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and other Atlantic seaboard States. Bolt Ignites River Charge. BROCKVILLE. Ontarlo, June 27 (#).—Explosion by a bolt of lighining of several charges of dynamite placed in the rocky bed of the St. Lawrence River was blamed today for the death of 30 men, killed when the blast tore the drill boat, J. B. King, to bits. Only 12 members of the crew of 42 were rescued. These were picked np by the United States Coast Guard cutter 211. Several of them were severely in- jured and were brought to hospitals here. 5 The drifl boat, which was owned by J. P. Porter & Sons of St. Catherines, Ontario, was engaged in blasting a channel through Brockville Narrows off Cockburn Island on the eastern fringe of the Thousand Islands group yester- day when the explosion occurred. Several holes had been drilled in the | rock and filled with dynamite and the day crew was drilling additional holes to place more dynamite when an elec- trical storm broke over the river about 4:30 pm. Many of the night shift were asleep below the decks. Witnesses said they saw a flash of lightning dart down to the boat, fol- lowed immediately by a terrific explo- sion. The alr was filled with debris and | the drill boat had disappeared. Says No Powder Aboard. Some reports were that there had been a large quantity of dynamite aboard the J. B. King, which had been exploded by the flash. Luther Kuchen- there was no dynamite aboard the boat. He said tte explosion was caused by lightning fo'lowing the steel drills which were working in the rock or wires lead- ing to the charges which had been placed. Leo Marion, an inspector of the public works 'department at Ottawa, | who was one of those rescued, esti- | mated there were three tons of dyna- | mite in the drill holes and expressed | the opinion that there also was a con- siderable quantity in the boat. He charged that an unidentified boat passed at the time of the explosion, but did nothing to aid in the rescue. The explosion was witnessed by the crew of the United States Coast Guard cutter 211, which was passing, in charge mussen, chief inspector of the Buffalo The cutter hastily made for the spot and lowered a lifeboat. A number of men were seen clinging to wreckage, and while those near at hand were hauled aboard the cutter, the lifeboat | picked up others. ~After landing 12| survjyors. “the cutter returned to the | scené and searched for others. H Three Bodies Recovered. BAKER MURDER GUN FOUND IN THICKET SOUTH OF CEMETERY Pistol, in Hands of Officials for Several Weeks, Reported Fully Identified. POLICE SEARCH FOR BARRERE Suspect Is Trailed to New Orleans by Department of Justice Agents After Philadelphia Escape. The long sought gun used in the slaying of Mary E. Baker, Navy Department clerk, has been found and Department of Justice agents are on the trail of its owner, It was learned by The Star today. Finding the weapon, the police believe, will result in the solution of the mysterious crime, which has been under constant investigation since the body of the woman was discovered in a culvert near Arling- ton Cemetery April 12. The gun was found, it was sajd, in a thicket in Arlington County, south of the cemetery, about a mile and a half from Miss Baker's body. Although police declined to disclose the name of the owner of the weapon, they indicated that he had been traced through the serial number on the weapon. As soon as it was found it is said to have been taken to the Bureau of Standards, where experts are said to have definitely established that the two bullets removed from Miss Baker's body had been fired from the gun. Found Several Weeks Ago. The weapon, it was said, was found several weeks ago, but De- partment of Justice agents and the police zealously guarded the information with secrecy, hoping to be able to locate its owner before making a public announcement of the important “find.” The gun long has been regarded as the key to the solution of the crime and intensive efforts made to locate it. The investi~ gators first believed it had been thrown away by the murderer in the vicinity of the culvert where Miss Baker’s body was found, and the heavy underbrush paralleling the cemetery road was cut down in the hope that it would yield the missing weapon. Finding of the gun has led the investigators to believe now that Miss Baker may have been killed south of Arlington Cemetery and her body carried to the culvert near the Sheridan gate of the cemetery. Camper Is Sought Over World. The police several days ago began an international search for Herman H. Barrere, an itinerant painter and World War veteran, who is kncwn to have been camping in a tent near Arlington Cem- etery when the murder took place. Twelve thousand five hundred circulars bearing a photograph and description of the painter have been distributed throughout the Nation and wireless stations transmitted the lookout to ships at sea. It is the most extensive man hunt ever attempted by the Wash- ington police. .Department of Justice agents trailed him to Philadelphia and.from New Orleans, where they lost him. Barrere previously lived in New Orl l\lrl?;‘)fl:{‘u eI:elk\'e he may still be hiding in that city or else have si with as ere. N Bolice are particularly anxious to question the World War veteran a®to his conversation with & woman which occurred about the time of the slaying. The woman told Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad, that one week before the murder of the Navy Department clerk Barrere told her that he was acquainted with a “Miss Baker who worked at the Na Depart- ment.” to and Warned to Keep Mouth Shut. Lieut. Kelly said at the time of the questioning the woman told him that she had asked Barrere, after reading of the Baker slaying in the newspapers, if the Baker girl was the same woman he had spoken to her about. She told the homicide chief that Barrere retorted: “You had better keep your mouth shut.” After detectives and Department of Justice agents had trailed Barrere to Philadelphia, where they learned he was living by intercepting a letter to his wife in Washington, and were unable to locate him there, Inspector William S. Shelby, chief of detectives, announced that the man no longer was wanted a suspect in the murder case. Shortly afterward attention was centered of Howard L. Brewster, Army private, who confessed, and subsequently denied, kil. ing Miss Baker, and Barrere was virtually forgotton, The Police Department however, broadeast throughout the country Mon day a circular carrying a photograph and description of Barrere, and statin that he was wanted in Washington as a suspect in the Baker case. The eircula also stated that the man was fond of women Brewster is still confined in the Arlington County jail, where he was taken following the issuance of a warrant by Arlington County authorities chargini him with the murder of Miss Baker. Arlington County officials have indicates that they would continue to hold him pending a thorough investigation of the conflicting stories he told about the crime. TEXAS MOB FAILS [BYRD WILL RECEIVE TO GET ATTACKER, HONORS IN BOSTON Police Chief Puts Prisoner in Fire‘Mternnon Program Includes Pa Department Car and He Is Rushed From City. By the Associated Press. PORT ARTHUR, Tex., June 27.—A mob of approximately 200 persons failed in an attempt here today' to lynch Rainey Willlams, 38, colored, who has confessed to eight attacks upon white women within the last 30 days. While officers fought off ‘the mob, gathered around the City Hall, where Willlams had been held in fail, Chief | {of Police M. B. Word succeeded in slid- ing the prisoner down the pole in the fire station in the building. Williams was placed in the rumble seat of Fire Chief Enright's car. After several| shots were fired into the air to drive the mob back, the car roared away headed for Beaumont, where the officers planned to jatl Williams for safekeeping. Williams ‘was arrested last night after a 24-hour man hunt for the attacker | of a young white couple Wednesday night. Fire Chief J. C. Enright had the motor of his speedster running and Wil- | liams was shoved into the rumble seat | and the lid closed. The mobp made & | rush for the car and had succeeded i opening the rumble seat and partly dragging _the prisoner from the car when Officer Dewey Smith fired two tear gas bombs. rade and Presentation of Gold Medallion. By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, June 27.—Plaudits of home town neighbors, friends and admirer and the homage of Massachusetts to § distinguished citizen today awaited Rea) Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U. S. N, modest conqueror of the earth’s frozex wastes. State and city joined in honors for the explorer and members of his Ant: arctic expedition. Twenty months age he left Boston. He was scheduled t arrive from New York today by trair early this afternoon. With Mayor James M. Curley at hi side in a car, Admiral Byrd will lead parade through downtown Boston to th State House, where Gov. Allen will ex: tend the greetings of the Commonwealtl and present him with a gold medallion On the historic Common Mayor Cur, ley will give an address of weicome fof the city. Princess Christened. OSLO. Norway, June 27 (#).—I'hy baby daughter of Crown Prince Olay and Pr.ncess Martha was christenee Reginald Alexondra in the royal chape today. “BOMB” NEAR LINCOLN MEMORIAL PROVES TO BE TRAP FOR BEETLES Quick Work of Officer Clears Up Situation Threatening Major Mystery. the first six months of this year. These reviews, written by experts, give clear pictures of recent developments, with glimpses into the immediate future of finance and industry. The business man and investor will find them interesting and instructive. Among those rescued was G. I.. Brown of Ottawa, & member of the night shift. He sald he was asleep in his bunk when the explosion happened. He said be managed to reach a porthole and (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Suspended Grain Firm Bankrupt. CHICAGO, June 27 (#).—A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in United States District Court today in behalf of the Rural Grain Co. which was suspended from the Chicago Board of Trade a fortnight AJ; when dis- crepancies appeared in accounts. A bomb scare today turned out to be ment of Agriculture and the parks divi to | sion of the office of public bufldings an: nothing more serious than a menace o‘ public parks in the warfare against th Japanese beetles. Visions of the Lincoln Memorial be-‘ ing blown to smithereens were conjured up for the park police this morning, | shortly after the greay Government de- partments had settled down for the day's work. and Officer C. H. Baesgen was dispatched to investigate a strange looking box near a corner of the Memo- rial containing some suspicious appear- ing substance. Inquiry convinced hlmi that it was nothing more deadly than a box of chemicals used by the Depart- Japanese beetle. Quick work on the part of Office Baesgen cleared up the situation tha at first promised to develop into a ma jor mystery. Parks division officials wer communicated with and they were as sured the box was left there prepara tory to placing additional bait in th green metal containers that are han around various parts of Potomac Pai and elsewhere in the hope of entrap ping some more of the deadly japanes beetles,