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WEATHER. (0. 5. Weather Buresu Forecast.) hl;.‘rwuy cooler tonight; tomor- -Highest, yesterday; lowest, 64, Full report on page 7. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 Entered as vost office, No. 31,469, 82, at 12:30 at 1:45 pm, ond class matter shington, D, C CRIME PROBE GVER PROMISE OF FUNDS I CONGRESS BALKS Hoover Says Enforcement Inquiry Will Be Privately Financed. MOVE FOLLOWS SENATE ¢ CUT OF APPROPRIATION %Iy 30 Per Cent of Prisoners Due to Prohibition, Says President, Justifying Stand. By the Associated Press With or without the “assistance of forcement Commission intends to carry out its full inquiry into the enforcement of all Federal statutes. After the Senate had voted to restrict the acivities of the group to a study of the prohibition laws, President Hoover asked the commisison to proceed with its general program and obtained its consent. This the President announced late yesterday, saying he would “be able w0 secure from private sources” the $100,- 000 necessary to carry this work for- ward to its completion. The action of the Senate came on an | amendment to the second deficiency bill to appropriate $250,000 for the up- keep of the commission. This sum which had been requested by the Pres- ident was reduced to $50,000 with the added proviso that it be used only for | the prohibition inquiry. € Hoover Calls Conference. Informed of the'Senate’s vote, Mr. loover called several members of the ission into conference. They were Chairman Wickersham, Dean Roscoe | Pound, Hepry W. Anderson, Monte L. Lemann and Miss Ada Comstock. Then .in a statement issued in reply to questions put at his semi-weekly cop- ference with the prass, Mr. Hoover said it was essential that the commission’s full program be carried through to com- Ppletion and that this would be done. “As a matter of fact,” the President said, “the enforcement of any one criminal law necessarily involves the machinery by which all criminal laws are enforced, and the country is con- cerned over the cause of increasing crime in general. e Other Offenders Cited. ! “Nothing indicates the situation bet- ter than the fact that in the last two years there was an increase of persons in Federal prisons for serious offenses from 8,400 to over 13,000, whereas.in.| the previous two years the increase was from 7,100 to 8 400—in other words, an increase of 1,300 in the first period and an increase of 5,600 in the last iod. “Seventy per cent of these ners are for other c than those arising ©ut of prohibition. Our State prisons + show about the same story. There can be no doubt that more vigorous en- forcement of the laws has something to do with the Federal situation. What the causes and remedies are in respect ::nthele 70 per cent is of vital impor- ce.” " Bill Goes to Conference. ‘The Senate’s action in appropriating $50,000 for the commission automatically gxed that amount as the maximum that be given it under the deficiency bill. No appropriation Was made by the House and the bill now goes to confer- ence. In the House the item of $250,000 ‘was stricken out on a point of order raised by Representative La Guardia, Republican, New York, who contended such an appropriation had no authori- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) CONFEREES PROGRESS WITH U. S. PA¥ BILL Final Agreement Expected Hz‘eting This Afternoon on Increases. Conferees made progress this mern- ing toward settling differences between the House and Senate on the Brookhart bill providing for pay increases for thousands of Government employes, both in and out of Washington. Another meeting will be held this afternoon when it is expected a final agreement | will be reached. This bill is intended to equalize in- stices which resu'ted from the way | in which the Welch law was interpreted | two years ago. At that time, some em- ployes were moved up two steps in their salary grades, while others were ad-| ‘vanced only one step. Under this bill, all those who received only one step up in 1928 would get the other step now. It means additional increases of $60 or $100 in some cases for a large num- ber of employes. i The principal point at issue in con- ference is whether the increases should be retroactive to 1928, ’ SPAIN FAVORS PLAN OF EUROPEAN UNION Only Reservations Brought Up Re- fer to South America and Spanish’ Colonies. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 28.—The Spanish reply to Aristide Briand’s memorandum for a “United States of Europe,” made public today, confirms predictions that Spain had fully approved the idea. The only reservations concern chiefly Spain's interest in South America and Spanish colonies and in points that M. Briand himself has raised. The text carries a letter from the Duke of Alba, Spanish minister of state, Which expresses Spain’s interest and willingness to confer on pians for an European federal union. After reciting the history of Briand’s project, the reply says that the Spanish government “for from withdrawing from e favorable attitudes with which it ted the idea presented by M. Briand 114 at In Ow Com Story, L @ RADIO AID TO NAVIGATOR| DESCRIBED BY ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Fpening A “From Press to Home Within the Hour” and the regular hington to as fast * Wi homes the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 111,716 WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1930—THIRTY PAGES. COMMANDER n Kingsford-Smith Sees pass Trouble. as Possible Cause of Others’ Deaths. ¥ BY SQUADRON LEADER CHARLES KINGSFORD-SMITH, Commander and Chief Pilot of the Airplane Southern Cross. Some day when it has become a regular routine to fly heavier-than-air ma- chines across the Atlantic, the log of the flight down to the most minute detail will be recorded minute by minute. We could not do that on this flight. Such log as we have is pretty sketchy. Nothing like an orderly record of the journey was written down nor does it remain in our minds. out more than others and to us these are the important items, to othe) and Some things stand In telling them 1s, in writing them for lay readers, there is perhaps the danger of frequent ‘monotonous repetition. However, I feel that their importance to aviation in general and to all the world—for all the world is fast taking to the ir—is so great that I am going to risk being a bore and return to my two favorite themes in flying—particularly in transoceanic flylng—radio and blind piloting. Navigated Ihy Radio. . I shall try to reconstruct for the readers of The Evening Star the mechanics of radio navigation as the crew of the Southern Cross used it. contrary to the belief of many, we carri In the first place, ed no radio compass. This valuable in- strument is, in fts present stage, too heavy for a transatlantic plane which must arry so much fuel. But we made use of the direction-finding radio compass all | the way across, for the ships all carry them. By means of the radio compass | the operators and navigators aboard a vessel can obtain the bearing of another Government funds, the Hoover Law En- | vessel, be it plane or steamer, that is transmitting. (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. KINGSFORD-SMITH PLANS EMPIRE HOP Will Seek Record on Flight From England to Australia at End of July. By the Associated Press. MELBOURNE, Australia, June 28.— Squadrcn Leader Charles Kingsford- Smith, talking over the wireless tele- phone from ‘New York to his fiancee, Miss Mary Powell, said he intended to leave England at the end of July on a solo flight to Australia in an attempt to beat Bert Hinkler’s record. He said he would make the flight 'n a light plane. Associated Press dispatches from New York said that although members of his party reported such a flight had been discussed, Kingsford-Smith today said he himself had made no plans for a flight from Lendon to Australia this Summer. WILL HOP OFF WEDNESDAY. Southern Cross to Try Non-Stop Flight Across United States. NEW YORK, June 28 (#).—Squadron Leader Charles Kingsford-Smith and his transatlantic t crew plan to take off Wednesday for San Francisco on a non-stop flight which will com- plete circumnavigation of the globe for the famous monoplane Southern Cross and her commander. Kingsford-Smith took off from Oak- 1and, Calif., two years ago on a flight across the Pacific to Australia by way of Hawaii. Later he flew from Aus- traiia to England and last Thursday completed a East-to-West flight across the Atlantic from Ireland to New York with a stop for fuel at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. Goes to Schenectady. After an official welcome to the city from Mayor Walker at City Hall and a conversation with his fiancee, Miss Mary Powell, in Melbourne, Australia, over the radio-telephone, he went to Schenectady, N. Y., Jast night to talk to his parents in Sydney, Australia, over a short wave radio at the General Electric plant. In his telephone conversation with Miss Powell he reminded her of their engagement to be married in September. When a secretary announced that lia, he jumped to the phone. ello—Yes, hello, darling. How are you? I'm speaking from New York. I'm thrilled myself. “I'm here for only two or three days. Then I'm going to San Francisco. No, I'm not going to fly back across the Atlantic. Not a chance! I want to marry you some time. I'm not going to take any more chances. “I thought 1 was going to lose my I think. “I say we had a wonderful reception in New York. Yes, we've had the usual parade through the city, you know, and ers at us. Conversation Interrupted. “We're leaviny Wednesday without stopping. I plan to dispose of the Southern Cross. I'm going back to England. So the September date still holds good. T'm going to sell it. I don't think I'll have any trouble. “Listen, would you be a good scout and get 'through to Sydney and tell mum and dad I send them my love?” There were several interruptions in the conversation caused by atmospheric conditions, but he managed to tell his flancee that he planned to be home about August 15 and that he would teach her to fly the ocean. Several other persons came on the line and he exchanged greetings with them. After his radio talk today he planned to return to New York by plane to rejoin_his companions, his Dutch co- pilot, Evart van Dyk; his Irish naviga- tor, (Capt. J. Patrick Saul, and his South African radio operator, John W. Stannage. The party had no formal engage- ments_over the week end. They will leave Monday by plane for Washington to be received by President Hoover. In a statemeni Kingsford-Smith_said he intended to sell the Southern Cross because he meant to give up trans- ocesnic flying and would have no further use for the plane. He had promised his fiancee before the take- off from Ireland that he would not take the risk of ocean fiying again. every one throwing papers and stream- | FISCAL DELAY MAY SLOW UP DISTRICT Serious Consequences Fore- cast if Bill Is Not Passed by Monday. ‘The long delay in the passage of the District appropriation bill for 1931, which has already wrecked the street building program, threatens more seri- ous consequences involving a slowing down of all the local government ac- tivities if it continues beyond Monday. Monday is the last day of the present fiscal year, when the last pay rolls un- der the current appropriation act will be met. Assuming that the next bill is not passed before then, what will hap- pen as to the following pay rolls and to all the work of the District which has to be paid for from month to month is a matter of pure speculation. The District Commissioners have been ‘working so far on the theory that even if the regular bill does not pass, a resolution will be adopted by both houses allowing the Distriet to spend in the 1931 fiscal year the same amount for maintenance and offerating expense items as,was carried in, the 1930 act. Should both the bill and the continuing resolution fail, the Commissioners as yet have no plan for a method of run- ning the District until such time as Congress_sees fit to appropriate for it the money which it needs. Tax Rate Not Set. A tax rate for 1931 has not yet been set. The personal property blanks which must be filled in by all tax- payers next month carry a statement that the rate will be fixed later. It is expected that the Commissioners will fix the same rate as is effective this' year, $1.70 per hundred dollars valua- tion on real and personal property. The taxes would continue to be col- nected, and assuming that neither the bill nor the resolution passes, the Dis- | trict would have the money to its credit in the Federal Treasury, but would be positively prohibited by law from spend- ing it. ~The “anti-deficlency act,” passed in 1913, strictly forbids any department head, which includes the District Commissioners, to incur any obligatien beyond money already | actually appropriated for the use for which the obligation is incurred. The penalty for this is summary-dis- Miss Powell was on the wire from Aus-Ymissal from office and a fine of not t more than $100 or a jail sentence of one month. Nevertheless, the Commissioners are charged with the duty of maintaining certain institutions such as their jails and reformatories and the Gallinger | Tuberculosis Hospital. Bills for supplies at these instifutions of food, milk and | so forth are paid by the month. These | would probably be allowed to- run on if the dealers were willing to give the District credit, as there is a saving | clause in the anti-deficiency act which | allows deficiencies to be incurred in | “sudden emergencies,” where life or property is at stake. These words have never been interpreted by judicial de- cision, but probably the failure of an (Continus P Column 3) HOOVER MAKES TRIP TO CAMP ON RAPIDAN Sudden Decision Alters Plan to { Spend Week End at Work in Executive Office. President Hoover left Washington early this afternoon for his fishing camp on the Rapidan River in Virginia to spend the week end with Mrs. Hoover, who has been there for the past three weeks. ‘The President’s decision to take the afternoon off and seek rest in the Virginia mountains was made quickly today. He had arranged early in the day to devote his attention to work and forego the pleasure of going to the mountains, but upon the persuasion of his friends he declared a half holiday for himself. He was accompanied by Secretary of War Hurley and Assistant Secretaries of War Payne and Ingalls, Lawrence Richey, his secretary, and Capt. Joel T. Boone, White House physician. The President left Washingtom with the intimation that he would return tomorrow night. DIVE ISSUE By the Associated Press. ‘WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., June 28.— Judge T. L. Johnson, presiding over Forsyth Superior Court here, probably wishes he was on his vacation—for a good reason. An automobile plunged into the mill racé of the Morehead Cotton Mills, Rockingham County, and the occupant at Geneva last September, will eontinue to give to this idea increasingly great attention without ignoring the obstacles it encounters but also without abandon- ing the hopes it offers.” i succumbed to heart faflure. J. P. Southern, night watchman for the mill, opened the race gates and dived into the swirling race waters. He was drowned. QUESTION OF PURPOSE OF FATAL IN FAMILY’S SUIT Judge in Quandary Deciding Whether Rescue of Dead| Motorist or to Clear Mill Race Was Watchman’s Reason. Attorneys for Southern’s family, who appeared before the North Carolina: In- dustrial Commission, held the night watchman was acting for his employer and that the family was entitled to $13.50 for 350 weeks compensation. ‘The Maryland Casuajty Co., carrier for the mills, said Southern jumped into the race of his own accord and that neither mill nor insurance company was liable. 3 Now Judge Johnson must decide whether Southern jumped in the race to save the driver or to clear the race | for his employers. SIMMONS DELAYS | GALLING UP FUND GONTINUING PLAN Changes Mind on Asking Unanimous Consent for Resolution 0. K. Today. HOUSE READY TO STAY IN SESSION, TILSON SAYS Leader Declares Members Are Reasonable and Willing to Aid Senate in Any Way. Chairman Simmons of the House subcommittee on District appropriations was in a quandry today as to “if and when” he will call up for action of the House the continuing resolution of Dis- trict appropriations to finance the Dis- trict activities during the coming year when the District appropriation bill fails, Mr. Simmons intended to ask unani- mous consent as soon as the House met today for passage of this continuing resolution, but after a conference on the floor with Chairman Wood of the appropriation committee, House Leader Tilson” and his conference colleague, Representative Holaday of Illinois, he deferred action_indefinitely. It seemed apparent that Mr. Simmons was fear- ful that objection would be recorded to & unonimous consent request and that he would lose standing in this stra- tegical vosition he now holds. Mr. Simmons was asked what he had to say in reply to the debate in the Senate yesterday regarding the prospect of ‘the Senate refusing to agree to adjournment or to passage of the continuing resolution, but in- sisting that_Congress stay on the job until the District appropriation bill becomes law. He said he did not in- terpret it as a threat and that he did not find anywhere a positive state- ment that the Senate would not yield on the fiscal relation provision. Speaker Ignores Such Debates. Speaker Longworth said that he pays no attention to such debates in either the Senate or the House and will not be affected by them. . House Leader Tilson said the House is a reasonable body and will be glad to assist in working out a solution of the District appropriation problem. “But being reasonable men,” he said, “we must have reasons for our actions. ‘We will compromise on the lump-sum provision if the Senate shows us reasons for doing so, and that until such time we will maintain our position. If the Senate desires that we should remain ‘here to help. work out the solution and get the appropriation bill through, of course we will be glad to assist in every way we can,” he said. . Members of the Senate have inti- mated that they may put off adjourn- ment until this measure is disposed of. Senator Jones, Republican, of Wash- ington, declared in the Senate late yesterday that there is every reason why the two branches of Congress should adjust their differences on the regular supply bill rather than pass, as a tem- porary * expedient, a resolution that would merely continue operating ex- penses of the municipality without much needed new work. The House conferees, after declining to agree to any compromise above $9,000,000 on the Federal contribution, prepared and had reported to the House a continuing resolution to be put through at the last moment if the dead- lock on the regular continued. No Justification Seen. Pointing out that the proposed con- tinuing resolution contams the same $9,000,000 contribution that has brought about the impasse on the bill, Senator Jones told the Senate he could see no Jjustification for the Senate passing such a resolution if the House does pass it and send it to the upper branch. “Of course,” said Senator Jones, “if we are to accept $9,000,000, if the Sen- ate is to humiliate itself in that way | under the peculiar circumstances, then we ought to do it in connection with :Ihl(; District of Columbia appropriation Senator Jones added, however, that the Senate, judging by the vote it took a few days ago, does not approve of any such course. 4 “So it occurs to me,” Senator Jones continued, “and I make the suggestion that there is no reason for passage of any such joint resolution. In my| judgment, with a reasonable stand by the conference committees of both Houses, a satisfactory adjustment can be made; and it ought to be made. There should be a mutual yielding by the two bodies in the interest of the District.” Senator Bingham of Connecticut. chairman of the Senate conferees, ex- plained during the debate that at the \]asl conference the Senators offered to ! 8o two-thirds of the way toward meet- | 1ng_the House” in compromise, by pro- |~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) BOSTON CHEERS BYRD' B i City and State Join to Honor Anj arctic Hero. i BOSTON, Mass., June 28 (#).—Refr Admiral Richard E. Byrd today {on his way to Philadeiphia and '} Louis after one of the greatest recep- tions ever accorded by the city to|a returning hero. / City and State loined.in honore=for him ‘and his Antarctic bgnd. From the time of arrival early’ vesterday afternoon, with 40 airplanes droning overhead and an admiral's salute booming at the navy vard, till a crowd saw him on the train again at mid- night, he was the object of thousands of cheering voices. ITALIAN OFFICER SLAIN Instructer in Albanian Army Shot While Motor Cycling. ROME, June 28 (#).—The Stefani Agency today reported that a lieutenart of the Italian royal engineers, Giuseppe Chesti, instructor in the Albanian ar.ny, was shot and killed while motor cycling near Scutari yesterday. The identify of the slayer was not wnown, according to the agency message. Several shots were fir and Chesti died instantly. ‘The council of ministers met im- mediately at Tirana and Foreign Mun - ister Rauf PItzo proceeded to the Italian legation with an expression of regret From his government. (UP) Means Associated Press. News Note: Chicago man recovers his eyesight after 30 years of total blindness. * SMITH IS GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE FOR SMOTHERING HIS DAUGHTER Court Acts Aft® Plea of Guilty by 52-Year-0ld Parent. Convicted and Facing Execu- tion, He Won New Trial on Appeal. Pranklin Ellsworth Smith, 52-year-old bank watchman, was sentenced today by Justice Willlam Hitz in Criminal Division 2 to serve the rest of his natural Jife in the penitentiary. Smith was indicted for murder in the first degree for smothering to death his 19-year-old daughter, Bessie, at their home, 1151 New Jersey avenue Septem- ber 26, 1928. He was corvicted and sentenced to death but the Court of Appeals granted him a new trial. Attorney E. Russel Kelly for the prisoner submitted a proposition some days ago to United States Attorney Leo A. Rover to enter a plea of gullty to murder in the second , which the prosecutor has been considering. Assist- | fini ant United States Attorney Willlam H. Collins, who conducted the prosecution FRANKLIN ELLSWORTH SMITH. of Smith, today agreed to accept the 1‘:111“ to the lesser offense and Justice itz im the maximum sentence. Smith had pleaded insanity at the former trial and the trial justice refused to it an instruction de- “irresistible . impy ‘The appellate court held this to be reversible error and granted a new trial. VETERANS RELEF 3L IS REPORTED Democrat Disability Rate Rise Proposal Defeated by Finance Body. By the Associated Press. The new House veterans' relief measure was unanimously reported to the Senate today, with minor amend- ments, by the Senate finance commit- tee. An attempt by Democrats to in- crease the rates for disability pensions was voted down, 11 to 8. Republicans on the committee, with the exception of Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, voted against the increase in these rates, which would have al- lowed a $60 maximum, instead of $40. Senator King, Democrat, Utah, joined the Republicans in opposition. The committee then voted unani- mously to report the measure. Senator Watson, acting chairman of the committee, announced he would re- port the bill to the Senate at once and would call it up on Monday. Legion Request Accepted. The request of the American Legion for .a provision allowing an extension of one year in which to file suit for claims on war risk insurance was ac- cepted by the committee without con- test. Senators Walsh, Democrat, of Massa- chusetts and Connally, Democrat, of ‘Texas sponsored an amendment to in- crease the disability pensions. They in- tend to carry their fight to the floor. Walsh and Connally also sought to amend the bill to extend the benefits to those veterans who contracted ve- nereal disease during the service and who_are now suffering disability as a result. This motion lost on a tie vote. The Democrats were successful in an amendment striking from the House bill the stipulation that the benefits of the legislation would not extend to veterans who pay income tax. New Agency Agreed Upon. The committee unanimously agreed to an amendment providing for the consolidation of all veterans' agencies and activities. The new agency is to be known as the Veterans' Administra- tion and it will include the Pension Bureau, now a separate Government agency. The request of the American Legion for abolishment of the office of control-. ler of the Veterans' Bureau was de- feated. The committee also eliminated the House provision that World War vet- erans who enlisted after the signing of the armistice on November 11, 1918, would not be subject to benefits. About 5,000 veterans in this class who are now recelving Government aid would have | been eliminated. Democrats i}an Wet Issue. CENTRALIA, Wash., June 28 (#).— The resolutions committee of the Demo- cratic State convention early today voted to exclude a wet plank from the platform which it will recommend to the organization. The convention opens here today. EVANGELIST SLAIN, 2 HURT, AT SERVICE Assailant Arrested This Morning—Wife One of His Victims. By the Associated Press. .NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., June\28.— Frank Ross, 37, wanted for the fatal shooting of Rev. Edgar R. Wood and the wounding of two members of his con- gregation last night, was arrested today on a road on the outskirts of the city. He had a pistol in his possession, but offered no resistance to arrest. The other victims were Ross’ wife, Mildred. wounded in the left side near ihe heart, and Leonard Towe, shot in both legs. Police sald that Ross made a state- ment to them in which he admitted that he went to the mission intending to murder Wood, his wife, the latter’s sister, Leona Kuhn, and Towe. He said, according to police, that he had been practicing in a woods, shooting at a target. The tragedy occurred at the close of services in a small Tenth street mission which Rev. Mr. Wood has conducted for several years. As the evangelist uttered his closing prayer and stepped down from the plat- form, Ross, according to witnesses, rushed forward and fired a single shot -nto the minister's body. He fell to the Wheeling about, Ross fired point olank at Mrs. Ross, who was sitting in a front pew. Towe, sitting in & rear seat in the hall, attempted to stop Ross and was shot in both legs. Ross ran out of the door and disappeared. Mrs. Ross and a sister, Leona Kuhn, had been attending the mission serv ices for several months. Ross objected, | and, it is said, became particularly bitter because on several occasions Towe called at his home to drive Mrs. Ross and Miss Kuhn to the mission in his_automobile. On April 4 Towe had Ross arrested for striking him when he stopped at the Ross home for Miss Kuhn. A few days later Ross was arrested on com- | plaint of the Rev. Mr. Wood for having broken up his services. | floor dead. JUDGES POSTPONE DONALDSON CASE Decision on Disbarment Pro- ceedings to Await New Trial in Fall. Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat of the District Supreme Court announced to- day that the disbarment proceedings against R. Golden Donaldson, former | e, president of the Commercial National Bank, will be réopened in the Fall, Justice Wheat's announcement was interpreted as indicating that the five Supreme Court judges who heard all the testimony in the case during a two- day hearing early this month have been unable to reach an agreement as to Donaldson’s gullt or innocence of the charges brought against him, / ‘Want Evidence Again. ‘The Chief Justice said that he and his associates deemed it desirable to present all the evidence again before a full court befo.e ruling on the charges. October 6 next has been set as a tenta- tive date for the reopening. _Justice Wheat declined to elaborate on his for- ‘mal announcement. The disbarment of Donaldson was asked by the District Bar Association on the ground that hs accepted fees totaling $100,000 from ihie Boyle-Rob-) ertson Construction Co. for using his influence to secure for them building contracts from the F. H. Smita Co., but that he actually rendered :10 services of value to the construction company. It was also alleged that while the nego- tiations concerning the contracts were underway he was employed as legal counsel for both firms and that he failed to disclose this fact. Donaldson Gives His Side. Donaldson answered the charges with the assertion that the services rendered by him in connection with the contract awards were those of a business man, not an attorney, and that both the Smith Co. and the construction com- pany knew that his law firm was re- tained as counsel by both concerns. The disbarment proceedings were brought by the grieyance committee of the bar association after the December grand jury, which indicted seven Smith Co. officials for fraudulent use of the mails, returned a report to the eourt recommending that the assocliation in- quire into Donaldson’s activities in the matter of the contracts, CATHEDRAL IS RETURNED Mexico City Edifice Taken From Catholics by Government in 1927. MEXICO CITY, June 28 (#).—Presi- dent Ortiz Rubio today signed a decree returning to the Catholics the National Cathedral of Mexico, which had been in government custody since November 30, 1927. The decree said: “Considering that the cause which motivated the government to tempo-|. rarily retire the church has passed, be- cause work effected by the treasury de- partment has assured the stability of this building, the decree of November 30, 1927, will be éanceled.” The government has made extensive repairs to the great structure and it is now considered safe for use. Crowd Sees l’:lot Killed. COKEVILLE, Wyo., June 28 (#).— Lou Connors, 40-year-old Salt Lake | City pilot was instantly killed late yes- terday when his airplane crashed 1,000 feet, before a crowd of 2,000 persons at- tending a rodeo. Polish E)’:\’biny S’:nned’ ;n Paris. PARIS, June 28 ().—Windows of the Polish embassy were stoned and shattered at 10:30 p.m. last night by Communisis demonstrating against the sentences of three workers at Lwow, Poland. The police quickly dispersed Ross has disappeared. the crowd. There were no arrests. CHICAGO INN HOLD-UP VICTIMS ARE FORCED TO AMUSE BANDITS Thugs Order Food, Drink and Music Afte= Taking $1,100 in Money and Jewels. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 28—Six bandits made merry for an hour early today at the experise of their victims for loodi and entertainment at the Cottage Inn, a road house they had held up. The gunmen severed the telephone wires, posted a lookout at the door and, firing & warning shot into the celling, lined up 10 customers and the person- nel of the place against a wall, all i their money and fewelry and then forced them to lie down on the floor. Then the thugs ordered food and drink and later music. The orchestra, whose leader suffered a broken nose when he was slow to raise his_hands, launched into “Happy Days." For an hour the orchestra played and the caba- ret dancers pranced. At _dawn the robbers pocketed the loot, $400 in cash and $700 in jewelry, and’ departed. TWO CENTS. SCENE OF BAKER ASSHLLT FOUND POLCE BELIEVE Evidence lndieates Spot Off Road Near Army, Navy and _ Marine Country Club. INFORMATION COLLECTE CONVINCES AUTHORITIES Uncertain, However, Whether Girl Was Shot There or Elsewhere in Arlington County, Close on the heels of the disclosure of the finding of the long-sought gun used in the slaying of Mary E. Baker, the police today revealed that they have at last located the spot where they be lieve the Navy Department clerk was brutally assaulted before her murder, The scene of the assault has been more or less a matter of conjecture since Miss Baker's body was discovered in & culvert near the Sheridan gate of Ar- lington Cemetery on April 12. But ine formation and evidence which has come into the possession of the investigators in the last three weeks, it was said, in- dicates that the attack took place in a secluded’ spot barely off of a narrow and Infrequently traveled road in the vicinity of the Army, Navy and Marine Country Club in Arlington County, about & mile and a half from the cuivert where the Yody was disposed of by the murderer, Convineing Evidence Found. The finding of blood stained stones and other bits of convincing evidence, according to the investigators, have satisfied them that the assault took place near the country club and not along the cemetery road in the vicinity of the Rosslyn oil tanks as at first beltlzvegi‘ ':'h; tutt.lh‘:flluuk, however, are not ces , for lack of evidence, wh:thzr tthe l'lrlt h;“ l'lol:oz near n;'f- spot or at some of in Arlington Co%r‘mn - @ e suspected scene of the assault is shielded from the narrow road by a thicket and trees and from the coun- try club by high underbrush and more es. There also are indications that it has been a favorite trysting place. The road also is in almost a direct line with the cemetery road and Joins it not far from the triangle at the Juncture of the cemetery road and the Fort Meyer road, where Miss Baker's ;b:ngoned and blood stained sedan was foun: The investigators point out that the murderer may have assaulted Miss Baker in this spot, and_ fearing dis- covery on account of her later shooting her when she signs of gaining consciousness. If the murderer had driven in the opposite direction he would have come out on the heavily-traveled Mount Vernon Boulevard in the vicinity of Oak Crest. The murder gun came into the pos- session of the police about three weeks 2go, and tests by ballistic at the Bureau of Standards itely de- termined that it was the used in slaying Miss Baker. The two lead bullets removed from the woman's body were used in this test. Unnamed Man Delivered Gun. The gun, it was announced, was turned over to Arlington County au- thorities by a man whose name they refused to divulge. It was made clear, however, that the weapon did not be- long to Herman H. Barrere, itinerant painter and World War veteran, for whom an intcosive international search is being made by the Bureau of In- vestigation of the Department of Justice and the police. The investigators intimated that the gun was either borrowed or stolen, and Vehemently denied reports that it was turned over by a soldier stationed at Fort Myer, who was said to have been a close companion of Barrere. During the period it was being searched for in the brush near Arlington Cemetery it was not “lost,” and could have been obtained, it was said, from the person who later surrendered it. Investigators Hopeful. As the baffing elements in the case begin to unfold taemselves, the investi- gators appeared more hopeful than ever of an early solution of the mysterious crime. The gun had long been ths object of a most exhaustive search, the authorities feeling that its recovery would be the most valuable clue for them to work on. Now that the gun has been found and its owner known, the investigators cannot be but optimistic over the oute come of their long and tireless investie gation. Barerre is wanted badly, how- ever, and with his capture the police declare they expect to clear up certain other mysterious elements in the case. Barerre is known to have been camp- ing in a tent in Arlington County at the time Miss Baker was murdered. But he did not disappear until several weeks after the woman's body was found. Department of Justice agents followed him to Philadelphia and thence to New Orleans, but there lost his trail. They believe he is still hiding in the latter city, where he formerly lived, or else has shipped to sea. Hence all ships have been notified by radio to be on the lookout for him. Brewster Still Held. The Department of Justice s con- fident that Barrere will be apprehended before long. Agents of the Bureau of Investigation in all parts of the coun- try have been ins sharp lookout for him. Branch of of the bureau have been supplied with his picture, fingerprints m; full writ- ten description. There has been no Federal warrant issued for Barrere. If arrested by Federal officers he will be held. until Arlington County officials send for him. Howard L. Brewster, Army private, who is being held in the Arungm County Jail on a warrant chargi im with the murder of Miss Baker, it was sald, has not been definitely discarded as a suspect in the case. The soldier’s conflicting stories about the case con- tained certain facts that make it ad- visable, the invenifi.mn sald, to weigh further his start] statements and retractions. Brewster will not be leased until it is certain he could have had no connection with the crime, PILOT UNHURT IN FALL TULSA, Okla., June 28 (&).—Jesse Green, Tulsa pilot, nursed a few minor scratches today, reminders of a 1,700~ foot crash in an airplane late yesterday at Owasso. Witnesses said the plane went into a spin. The crash rendered it a tangled mass of wreckage, from mlcl:d.tm pllot stepped, virtually un- jure b v A