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A2 £33 - ‘BARRERE, DEFIANT, PARRIES QUESTIONS Prisoner, on Way to Capital, ,. Denies He Even Knew Mary Baker. ‘(Continued From First Page. enied his -identity, but later admit- % He said he had become acquainted ‘with his woman companion in Philadel- 4 and had taken a bus with her as ifar"as Syracuse, where they were joined By another couple with whom the girl ‘was_friendly, { The four drove from Syracuse to {Montreal, afte} Barrere had changed his mind about returning to New York. _'The second couple returned to Syra 1 ‘tuse, but Barrere and the woman ob- tained a room. Declares He Planned Deal. Barrere declared he had “a_ $3,000 on” involving the sale of some novelties at border points, and that he lost that amount of money when the plan collapsed. Details of this “deal” were not cleared up. Inspector Foucault said Barrere had no money on him when arrested and the woman said she had been paying the pair's expenses, As the grilling of the prisoner con- tinued today it became apparent that Gloth and Kelly were more and more uzzled over the man's attitude. creasing doubt as to Barrere's con- nection with the murder was written on the furrowed brows of his questioners and was hinted in their comments dur- ing brief rest periods. Gloth said Barrere stolidly contended he kriew nothing whatever about Mary Baker or her death, except what he read. He denied ever having had & gun of Herbert Campbell in his pos- session and ‘when Gloth, “seeking to trick the prisoner, implied that Barrere's rints had been found on the ‘weapon, which is not the fact, Barrere ved his hand and laughed outright. *If my fingerprints are on that gun, #a a miracle, Barrere said, “because I never handled it in my life.” As the officers wearied of their in- quisition, they virtually came to a de- cision to remain overnight in New York, in which event they would resume the Journey to Washington early tomorrow morning. The train will reach New York at 9:45 o'clock tonight. pointed out it would be impossible to on the train with the prisoner in their ml;-apl;etmemfin :E,n New York coul confined in & police eell until morning. i — THREE TO TESTIFY i TO BARRERE ALIBI ; IN BAKER MURDER (Continued From Pirst Page.) i I it g:liee may have against Barrere,” Mr. ith said, “but I am absolutely cer- tain he was not the man seen beating Baker in her car near the Ellipse :08 o'clock that night. On April was seated here in my apart- ment talking to my wife and me from 6:30 until 6 o'clock. Bringing Barrere Here From Canada Is Costly to Gloth Has to Pay for Release of Prisoner in Addition to Own Expenses, By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON FROM MONTREAL, July 18—William C. Gloth, Arlington County prosecutor, has learned to his sorrow that the cost of returning an American prisoner across the Canadian border is not a minor item. In addition to paying out of his own pocket his railroad and hotel expenses on the trip to Montreal to get Barrere, he had to dig in his pocket again to day for $49, demanded by Canadian police before they would re- lease the prisoner. Gloth found he must pay $30 ‘extradition fee,” $9 for expenses in- curred by the Canadian authorities in arresting and feeding Barrere and his woman companion, and $10 for having an officer accompany him to the border. The prosecutor whistled when he learned of the additional fees, all of which must come out of his personal bank roll because Arlington County has no fund for the purpose. Since Bar- rere was wanted also by the District and Federal authorities, it was expected some effort would be made to reim- burse Gloth, at least partially, “Gosh,” he said today as he counted his few remaining greenbacks, “I may have to borrow some money to get home.” ‘The prosecutor declared the Baker case already has cost him more than $1,000 of his private funds. TREATY OPPONENTS DECLARE INTENTION “TO DIE FIGHTING” (Continued. From First Page.) think I-should my fation to those of my associates by whose favor I am permitted to be here today outside of the shadow of garrote which is soon to be put upon us. One might think, from reading the Record this morning, that the Republican leader deems my absence from the Senate to be illegitimate. I deemed it to be im- perative. I may add that I was absent from Washington just 62 hours, 55 of which I spent in traveling.” Says Few Informed. Senator Moses left Washington be- cause of a death in his family. In his formal speech to the Senate, Mr. Moses said: “The pitiful thing about this treaty is that so few people know anything about it and that so many people care nothing about it. ‘This treaty comes to us either too early or too late. I incline to the be- lief that both of these criticisms may lie_against it. If the merits of the instrument are so obscure or so imperfect that they cannot demonstrate themselves in the short time between now and Autumn, it is probable that the treaty contains so many defects that it ought not to be ratified at all. In other words, if this treaty must decay instead of ripen beneath the suns of Summer it cer- tainly contains germs: of destruction which we should try to avoid. Negotiations Began Early. “As pointed out in the message of the President urging prompt ratification of - | the instrument the negotiations prece- the Smiths. ‘When Barrere left the Smith apart- ment sh after 6 o'clock it was to g‘r'v:nem meinermto ™ :ownmw-nl df- e which closes regular] & few minutes after § p.m. The! toung the store closed, whereupon ;m drove Miss Heiner to het home. “It was at least 6:30 o'clock when we reached my hw-;i‘;uhl(m Hei;nue;d::m Miss er, a -aged, haired woman, said she has employed Barrere in various capacities during the nlt four years. “He impressed me as ing & boy who never grew up,” she said, “and I certainly dgn not belleve he killed or ew thi about it.” G Saw Barrere Next Day. After letting her out of the car at her home, Miss Heiner sald, Barrere told her he was going over to Virginia to sign & painting contract with some She sald she was waiting for a bus in Virginia near the spot where Miss Baker’s car was found the next after- noon when Barrere drove past in his automobile. “He stopped his car,” Miss efner said, *| up Deputy Sherifl and drove him to Alex- andris. - Later, when police were look- ing for Barrere, Mr. Richards was Euuy surprised when I told him that was Barrere who had taken him to Alexandria.” Miss Heiner said she did not know what Barrere was doing in the vicinity of the culvert where Miss Baker's body was found at that time, but that he appeared to be perfectly normal. Mrs. Smith first met Barrere about May 15. She was waiting for a street car in Anacostia, she said, when Bar- Tere drove up in his car with a woman. ‘They offered her a ride to the city, she said, and she accepted. Asked if She Knew Miss Baker. “Barrere and the woman drove me to an antique shop in Georgetown,” she said, “and later he returned for me and drove to 4 place near Lyon Park, where I bought a Persian rug. Several times during the ensuing month Mr. Smith and I engaged Barrere to drive for us, and I always found him most eourteous.” . ‘When Barrere learned that Mr. Smit! had formerly been employed at the Capitol, Mrs. Smith said, he asked her if she knew & “Miss Baker, who worked for the Government.” Mrs. Smith said she told him she did not know the ‘woman. ‘That was the only time, she declared, that a Miss Baker was discussed by them. She denied emphatically that Barrere had ever asked her to keep her mouth shut regarding Miss Baker or that he had ever made ary similar re- mark to her. TWO CONVICTS SLAIN TRYING TO ESCAPE Two Police Injured in Dash From Australian Jail Quarry—Battle Menaces Children. By the Associated Press. ADELAIDE, South Australia, July 18. —Two convicts were killed, one wound- ed and two police injured in a dath of prisoners to escape from a jail quarry today at Yatala. Four prisoners, suddenly producing shotguns with sawed-off barrels, forced the guard to stand on the running ‘board of a motor car, ran the machine clear of the jail precincts and pushed the guard off as they sped along. motor patrols. from Ade- C by laide fugitives took refuge in a school i car burst. yard when a tire on A hot battle followed, during which bullets- on the walls of a Toom were at study. this attempt, two & miotor car and led, but. wete shot down by- pursuers. were roun one a bullet and two hurts. One conviet school, the others dent to its drafting n & year &go. The probability is that they really began earlier than that. At any rate, we do know that one of the first essays put forth by our present ambassador in London was with reference to the ne- gotiation of this instrument. We do know that it is well-nigh & year since the charming and Seductive Prime Minister of England visited us, and in this very Chamber bade us to take parity ‘without reserve, heaped up and flowing over.. We do know that it is fully nh;e montg 5‘1;1‘:' mcdwo;k ‘L'h“ begun of preparing agenda for the mg\ud%n Conference. We do know that the - plenipotentiaries—alded by & vast number of naval experts who were rarely called upon to render their opinion and by a corps of super-numeraries such as always attend an international confer- ence—spent 14 weeks in preparing the instrument which we are asked to ratify out of hand. “We know, further, that, except for & few fragmentary and unimportant por- tions of the incunabula which were heaped up as the plenipotentiaries labored, we have been denied our con- stitutional right of access to the papers ;e néh marl; ":;fy nm? by wl the A17; was Soally put upan peper. ‘Under these circumstances, I continue to maintain that we are asked to deal with this treaty untimely. It should { reach us at a time after the negotiating power has shown a willingness to share the constitutional prerogative which has been set up for treaty making. It should j reach us after a time when the mem- bers of the Senate have had full oppor- tunity to.explore, to discuss and to de- termine the propriety of the antecedent and attendant circumstances which surrounded the work of the conference. It should reach us after a time when Senators, refreshed by a brief vacation, could give alert and attentive study to the docament in all of its implications. “Instead of all this, we are handed the document with sparse and incon- clusive statements of its Pu and are told somewhat superciliously by the Laird of Stanmore that we must take it or leave it in its nakedness. Delegates “Pliable.” “To this doctrine, acting as one of the agents of the Senate in_its Com- mittee on Foreign Relations, I have al- ready dissented. I continue to dissent on the floor. I have recorded my ogln- jon of the indecent haste with which this instrument is being forced upon us, and I have not diluted that opinion. “We could have had a treaty like this three years ago. The conference at Geneva met under exactly the same conditions which surrounded the assem- bling of the conference at London—save this: The American delegates at Geneva were less pliable than those at London. | The conditions which the Brifich dele- ates put forth at Geneva as prerequisite to the making of a treaty differed in no essential feature—if, indeed, they differ at all in actual form of words—from the proposals put forward by the British delegates at London. I should add here, of course, that I can not speak with textual authority on this point, because we have been denied the i)l rs which Iwnald reveal to us in official terms ex- actly what the British proposed. But it is safe to say from all the collateral | evidence which we have been able to glean that the British carried their point—otherwise there would have been no treaty. “Nor do we know from any official document what proposals were set forth by our delegates. From the re- sults we are free to assume that they | announced in advance that they would |accept whatever our British cousins { chose to hand out to us. At any rate, that is what has been brought back from London, namely, a sacrifice of fhe principle of the 8-inch-gun cruiser for our Navy, a principle which we maintained at Geneva, which was de- nied to us at Geneva, and which con- stituted the point upon which the Geneva Conference finally failed. “We are told that the treaty before us is the only treaty obtainable at Lon- don. Evidently it was -also the only treaty obtainable at Geneva, but at Geneva Calvin Coolidge refused to sc- cept such a treaty. “By way of further a for the 1ns! we are told that certain of the British dominions, ‘notably those which lie nearest to the Japanese em- pire, refused their sanction to & treaty in terms other than that which we now have before us. Since when, Mr. President, h:; m‘l{:'flud su'u- bi;,n accustomed treaty forms conditions set up by subsidiary portions THE EVENING 'NEW TRIAL ASKED FOR YORK SLAYERS Juror Discussed Case With Taxi Driver Before Con- viction, Attorney Charges. Misconduct of one of the jurors who sat at the trial of John Borum, John Logan and Milton Guy, all colored, convicted last Monday of murder in the first degree in connection with the killing of Lamar Watson York, a pro- hibition officer April 12 last in Brooks Court, is charged in a motion for a new trial filed this afternoon by Attorney Bertrand Emerson, jr, on behalf of Milton Guy. Attached to the motion is an i affadvit of George J. Sanderson, a taxi- cab driver, that he had Otto A. Schoeps, a member of the jury, as a passenger in his cab Saturday evening, July 12, two days before rendition of the verdict, and that they discussed the case on trial. The passenger, he swears, broached the subject with an inquiry of “what do you think is going to be jhe out- come of the case of the three colored fellows held for the death of the pro- hibition agent?™ Says Opinion Was, Given, ‘When the driver had declared he did not know, the juror is said to have stated, “It is going to be hard to identify the slayer, three men being im- plicated, but I don't know what they will do.” Sanderson declares he was present in court Monday, July 14, and observed Shoeps in the jury box and identified him as the passenger in his cab. He says he was accosted by the man he claimed to recognize as the juror in the northwest section of the city to take him to an address on Owens street northeast, in Trinidad, between 6 and 7 o'clock in the evening. Disclaimed by Juror. Assistant United States Attorney Wil- liam H. Collins, : who conducted the prosecution, learned of the intention to charge misconduct against the juror and called to his office yesterday all the members of the panel who convicted the three colored men and asked each one individually concerning any viola- tion of the court’s ihstruction not to talk to any one during the trial about the case. "Each juror assured him, he says, that he did not violate the in- junction of the court. Other reasons assigned for & new by Emerson rre errors of the trial Justice in admitting and rejecting evi- dence offered and the refusal to grant a motion to acquit Guy. Counsel for Borum and Logan are expected to file similar motions before the court closes today. VOLSTEAD TO OPEN DRIVE ON MALT SALE Father of Dry Enforcement Act Says Vending of Home Brew Material Illegal. By the Assoclated Press. ST. PAUL, July 18.—A concerted drive on shops and stores that sell the specific kind of malt used for the man- ufacture of “home brew” will be made by prohibition forces in the Northwest district, it was indicated today .by Andrew J. Volstead, legal adviser of the district and father of the prohibi- tion enforcement &et. 4 ‘The corner grocery store which sel this malt is likewise to come under the scrutiny of dry forces. “Malt sold in grocery stores—that specific kind used for making beer—- is no different than the malt sold in lar malt stores,” sald Mr. Volstead. “It's sale is illegal, whether in the neighborhood grocery orthe downtown malt shop.” of another country, or even by condi- tion. set up by any other country as a whole? Evidently we must fix this date as that of the period of the con- ference of London. “It is sufficient answer to all this to retort that it was not necessary for the United States to have any treaty. We were going along well enough after the failure of the Geneva Conference. We had. authorized our new cruisers and were proceeding to build them. We were predicating eur naval pfogram upon our naval needs as we envisaged them and not as they were lald down for ds by other powers. And it is sig- nificant to note, Mr. President, that following the breakdown of the Ge- neva Conference there was no feverish wnxfety in Great Britain for further naval disarmament until the American Congress by an overwhelming vote pro- vided for 15 new cruisers. ntil then the Britith government and the British ! naval advisers: were most indifferent. But after then the indifferent British became very different, and while it is true that a Labor government succeeded a Conservative government, I cannot count that as the moving cause for the British action in summoning the con- ference at London. And moreover, Mr. President, there was no crying need at all for the as- sembling of this conference this year, Under the terms of the treaty of Wash- ington—which ‘so far as we are con- cerned is the supreme law-of the land— provision was definitely made for the convening of a disarmament conference in 1931. This is a contract among the signatories of the treaty of Washington. It has not been repudiated; it is still in existence, and the chief declaration of all delegates at the Geneva confer- ence contained these signficant words. Says This Country Conceded. “My deduction is that each of the powers signatory to this treaty pre- sented its own proposal for the limits to be set upon naval armaments. My further deduction is that two of these signatories—Great Britain and Japan— varied their sals little or none from the or} rm in ‘which they were presented at either London or Geneva, and that it was the United States which made all the material concessions. - As & consequence we now find ourselves so limited in our freedom of action in naval construction that we can provide ourselves only with that size of fleet made up of the type of vessel which the British admiralty per- mits us to have. To my mind, sir, this 18 a plece of colossal effrontery on the part of those who sat with us at the London Conference table. It is diffi- cult to find a suitable parallel with which to describe the situation which confronts us. “It is, however, as if you should say to me, ‘Take your own money and buy yourself a dozen 13-inch collars’ To which I night retort that 13-ingh col- lars do not fit me, that I cannot wear them and that I do not want to spend any money for them. But you, sir, insist and I am compelled to buy the 13-inch collars which I cannot wear and for which I have no use. “It is no sufficient argument to point out that the 6-inch-gun cruiser which we are permitted to build has a useful gn'pme. I admit that it has—for the ritish_ Empire. That power with its numerous naval bases, with its shorter trade routes, witl its hundreds of mer~ chantmen which may be armed over night, stands in a far different position from the “United States. The total mileage of our trade routes, sir, is today astounding. The total tonnage of our ocean-borne trade is gigantic. . And it must - never - be forgotten that the primary and constant purpose of the American Navy hés; been protection of our trade rather combatant strength ST. AR, WASHINGTON, P. C, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1930. ; SENATE COMMITTEE DELVES INTO REALTY MORTGAGES 160 YEARS LIKELY IN'HOWELLS CASE Woman Found Guilty of Em- i bezzlement and Larceny on 16 Counts. (From Yesterday's 5:30 Star.) Miss [lzina Howells, 48 years old, faces a possible sentence of..160 years in the penitentiary as the result of a verdict rendered this afternoon by a jury of seven women and five men in Criminal Division 1, Justice Jesse C. Adkins presiding. The jury found the woman guilty on all 16 counts of an indictment which charged her in eight counts with em- bezzlement and in eight other counts with the larceny after trust of $5,700 instrusted to her for stock speculations by Miss Irene Biggs and Miss Lilian Girard, nurses, residing at the Toronto Apartments, between December 10, 1928, and June 21, 1920. The maximum sen- tence on each count is 10 years' im- prisonment. Miss Howells took the witness stand in her own defense earlier in the day. She claimed that the money was bor- rowed from the nurses and that the whole tranzaction was a civil one and relled on a note which she had given the nurses, which purported to become due last February, many months later than the time liid in the indictment. Miss Howells declared that she had borrowed $500 from the two women on the first day of their acquaintance. S8he admitted on cross-examination by coun- sel for the Government that she had been convicted of- Jarceny at Auburn, N. Y., and sentenced to serve 14 months’ imprisonment in 1916. She admitted drawing checks for the “complimentary” European trip on which the nurses said she sent them and giving them & letter of credit totaling $1,600 when she had only $18.20 in her checking ac- count. She declared she had ex] tions that the overdraft would be taken care of, but was not explicit as to who was to do this. tates _ Attorne; Assistant _United S Wwilllam A. Gallagher and Charles Murray conducted the prosecution while Attorney Paul J. ick of this city and Donald W. Smith of the North Carolina bar appeared for the de- fendant. TS BUS SERVICE EXTENSION TO BE SOUGHT BY KEECH Visit to Anacostin Convinces Of- ficers Residents Are Not Adequately Served. Richmond B. Keech, people's counsel, intends to .seck extension .of the bus service of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. in Anacostia, so thei it would connect with the Capital Trac- tion Co's street car line on Pennsyl- vania avenue and provide a shuttle between Nichols and Pennsylvania ave- nues southeast. He made a personal inspection of the location yesterday and was satisfied that the residents that section are not adequately served with transportation facilities. Members of the Senate District subcommittee vesterday began an investl- gation into real estate mortgage transactions in the District. to left from the end of the table: Senator Blaine, Senator Kean, O. H. man, special counsel for the committee, and Senator Vandenberg. . Saul Co. is Judson Jacobs, testifying for the B. F. In the photo, right Brink- On the right Below: Jacob S. Shapiro, head of the Joseph Shapiro company, who made bond of $10,000 today on fraud charges yesterday. SHAPIRO ARRAIGNED IN MORTGAGE CASE; GIVES $10,000 BOND (Continued Prom First Page.) Frisbie's complaint was the first actual- ly made to this office.” The property at 1718 Irving street is one of a number of houses in that block which figured in testimony given before the Blaine subcommittee yes- terday. Rover said that Frisbie told him he had purchased the house two years ago. He had assumed a .$10,000 first mortgage on the property and was led to believe, the district attorney stated, that the only other mortgage for which he was obligated was a second trust of $5,000. “Frisbie paid off the $5000 second trust and learned later about the exist- ence of a hidden trust of approximately $4,000,” Rover said. ‘The district attorney pointed out that the purchaser had never received a certificate of title at time of the transaction with Shapiro. Shapiro, he stated, had made efforts to straighten out the matter of the second lien, which had been held by & man now dead, but had been un- able to get it all paid off. Hearings Suspended. In the midst of investigating the real estate transactions of the Shapiro Co., as the first phase of an inquiry into mortgage operations in Washington, the Blaine subcommittee yesterday suspend- ed its hearings pending the outcome of the naval treaty situation in the Senate. All witnesses under subpoena, how- ever, were ordered to hold themselves in readiness to answer a call of the committee at & moment's notice. When this may be appears dubious. Senator | Blaine explained the committee could not meet today as the presence of mem- bers was reflu]t!d in the Senate. “It 18 possibl we may not be able to meet again this Summer &nd the hear- ings in that event would have to be suspended until Fall” he said. On the other hand, he added, there was a chanoe that another meeting could be called within a day or so. ‘Wide Inquiry Possible. It was clearly evident from the results: of the first day that the work of the committee would extend into phases of the real estate situation and mortgage business. Inquiry into the operations of the F. H. Smith Co,, it is understood, will follow closely on the heels of the Shapiro affatrs. When the committee suspended late yesterday, J. W. Jacobs, vice president of the B, F. Saul Co., was on the stand. He had been questioned at length by members of the committee regarding the firm's connections with operations of the Shapiro Co. Jacobs had brought documents bearing on ctases in which the committee was directly interested. He had indicated his willingriess to re- veal all the information in his posses- slon by agreeing to waive immunity from prosecution in the courts. According to Oscar H. Brinkman, spe- clal attorney for the committee, wit-/ nesses remaining under subpoena in- clude John Saul, secretary of the B. F. Saul_Co.; Arthur J. Linn, controller of the Federal American Bank, and L. E. Breuninger, president of the Real Estate Mortgage & Guaranty Co. Hidden Trusts Charged. ‘The transactions of the Shapiro Co., according to the testimony of witnesses yesterday, involved the sale of houses incumbered by a “hidden trust,” the ex- istence of which the witnesses said was unknown at the time of settlement. The B. F. 8aul Oo., in most of the cases, had held first mortgages on the properties. Testimony given by its vice president indicated to the committee that the Saul Co. and its subsidiaries had been the victims of deception in the transactions. ‘The Shapiro Co. had been advanced “hundreds of thousands of dollars” by the Saul Co., Jacobs testified, over a period of 10 years in the building of sub- divisions. e Saul Co, he said, had taken a “blanket trust” on the prop- erties, which really’ became a second llen and superseded the ordinary sece ond trust deed which the purchasers of the houses later signed. Unknown to the Saul Co., Jacobs testified, the Shapiro Co. had sold houses without pa off this second builders’ lien, the exsistence of which was revealed only when the purchaser, months later; went Quorum Call of Senators Is Answered By 62 Members at Pact Session Today Sixty-two Senators answered the uorum call at the opening of today’s Z‘..mn of the Senate on the don P nators present were: nators p 5 Republicans—Allen, Kansds; Bing- ham, Oonnecticut: Blaine, Wisconsin: Borah, Idaho; Capper, Kansas; Coyzens, M higan; Dale, Vermont; Deneew, Il linols; Pess, Ohto; Gillett, Massac setts; Glenn, Iilinols; Goldsborough, Maryland: Gould, Maine; Greene, Ve mont; Hale. Maine; Hastings, Delaware Hebert, Rhode_ Island; Johnson, Oal fornia; Jones, Washington: Kean, New Jersey: Keyes, New Hampshire: La Fol- lette, Wisconsin; McCulloch, Ohio; Mc- fii Sl B S 4 e nd; Hampshire; Norris, Nebraska; Oddie, B P Gkianoma; Rded, Fenn orado; Pine, Oklal ; 3 S sylvania; Robinson, Indiana; Robsion, . 'Schall, ' Minnesota; Short- | d entucky; Schal tah; e ridge, California; Smoot, Ul i, i, e o send, laware; Vandenberg, i Walcott, Connecticut,’ and glhm. Ine o(th"m .. McKellas, Carolina; Robinson, Arkansas; Shep- rd, ‘Texas; Stephens, Mississippi; wanson, vl;flnh: Thomas, Oklahoma; Trammell, Florida; Walsh, Massachu- setts, ahd Wal Montana—17. Farmer-labor—Shipstead, Minnesota —1. ‘Total present, 62. Absent Senators: Republicans—Baird, New Jersey; Brookhart, Iowa; OCutting, New Mexico; ; Gofl, West, Vir- Pennsylvania; Hatfleld, Howell, q g’nh; Grundy, ‘est Virginia; f beck, South Dakota; Nye, North Da. kota; Steiwer, Oregon; Waterman, Colorado—12. Democrats—Ashurst, Arizona; Bark- ley, Kentucky; Blease, South Carolina; B Mexico; Brook, Tennessee; wes, Missouri; Hay- in, Alabama; King Utah; Pittman, Nevada Ransdell. Louisiana; Simmons, North Carolina; Smith, South Carolina; Steck, Iowa; dings, Maryland; Wagner, New York; ler, Montana—232, it, 34, There are seven of these Senators not the roll who are understood many | in; ANSWe the ‘available if needed | March, “Stein Song”.... , w:?% 516 it needed | MATCime Btax Bpengled i similar to those alleged at the hearing —Star Staff_Photo. to the Saul Co. to have the first trust renewed. Mr. Jacobs, who acted as trustee for his company, said when the Saul Co. learned of 'these “irregularities” it severed its business relations with the Shapiro firm. ‘The company had found out that sales had been made and that its liens had not been paid, he said. “In other words, the Shapiro Co. was imposing on you and others?” Senator Vandenburg interrupted. “That is right,” Jacobs replied, ex- plaining that since that time his firm has had no financial dealings with the Shapiro Co. except in clearing up its existing loans. Mr. Jacobs testified further that early last Winter there had been conferences hetween creditors of the Shapiro firm, but he did not press inquiries into Shapiro’s affairs because his firm's notes were secured. Under close examination, he sald that he had never made in- quiries as to whether Shapiro had sold houses on which Saul Co. held liens. Creditors Are Called. ‘The first of the creditors’ conferences, he said, had been called by Julius Peyser, president of the Security & Commercial Savings Bank. The conferences de- veloped, he said, that the Shapiro firm apparently was in financial difficulties. “That was generally known,” he ex- plained. Attorney Brinkman at times chal- Jenged testimony given by the mortgage officer. When Jacobs said he had not learned of the financial difficulties of the Shapiro firm until the creditors’ meeting, the attorney produced two letters, written a year before, threaten- ing foreclosure if Shapiro did not pay back interest on certain mortgages. Jacobs said he thought the Shapiro firm was merely temporarily embarrassed at the time. WATER SUPPLY CUT SEEN IN MARYLAND UNLESS RAIN FALLS|Eng (Continued From MFirst Page.) four and five, placing the number of persons_supplied close to 50,000. The boundaries of the commission's district run along the Marlboro pike, take in Berwyn and Seat Pleasant, cross_into Montgomery County, includ- Burnt Mills and Garrett Park, swing around to Glen Echo and back along the Potomac River to the Dis- trict line. The entire area within these points is included. Serious shortages of water have been experienced in other portions of Mont- gomery and Prince Georges Counties. Notable among these is the Rockville section, which recently had to com= mence pumping water from a well half a mile outside the town limits. Fire engines were used until suitable ma- chinery could be installed. More Water Used Here. ‘The present warm spell, coupled with the drought, also has caused a large in- erease in_water consumption in the District. Figures at the Water Depart- ment show that consumption this week has been in excess of 90,000,000 gallons a day, reaching a peak of 98,360,000 gal- lons for the 24-hour period ending at 8 o'clock this morning. Normal con- sumption is about 80,000,000 gallons a day. '{he increased consumption has neces- sitated the use several times of the old Bryant street pumping siation to keep pressure up to normal in the high service areas. Otherwise the Water De- partment has not felt the effect of the abnormal consumption. The new water supply system, it was pointed out, has allayed for years to come any possibility of a shortage. Several so-called “bottlenecks” in the distribution system, it was explained, causes the reduced pressure in ghe high service areas when consumptlon in- creases, These “bottlenecks” are to be eliminated this Fall with the laying: of larger mains. BAND CONCERTS. TONIGHT. By the United States Army Band, Curlis D. Alway, captain, Infantry, commanding; William J. Stannard, leader, conducting; Thomas F. Darcy, second leader, ~East steps, Capitol, at 7:30. First half hour broadeast through Stations WISV and WMAL. March, Overture, ) Xylophone solo, “Listen to the Mock- ing Bird”. ...Arranged by Stobb Performed by Charles D. Hershey. Concert Waltz, “Hydropaten”. ...Gungl (The composer: of this waltz was born in Hungary in 1810. He be- came a bandmaster in the Austrian army and later toured Europe with his own band. His works are very numerous, numbering over 300 dances and marches, for the -most part being distinguished by charm- ing melody and marked rhythm.) Suite, “Scenes Pittoresque”...Massenet (a) “Marche.” (b) “Air de Ballet.” (c) “Angelus.” (d) “Fete Boheme.” (Following three numbers conducted by Thomas F. Darcy, second leader.) “Virginia Rhapsody” - Wi ‘Mlle. Modiste” .. .Herbert March, “National Spirit’ . el “The Star Spangled Banner." By the Community Center Band, in Meridian Park at 7:30 o'clock, James Miller, director. WHALEN TESTIFIES INRED INQUIRY Former Police. Commissioner Answers Subpoena Issued by House Group. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, July 18.—8hortly after & subpoena had been issued for him, former Police Commissioner Gro- ver A. Whalen appeared today as & wit- ness before the House committee in- vestigating Communist activities in the United States. He apologized to the committee for his late arrival, saying he had been misinformed as to when he was to ap- pear. In less than 15 minutes of testimony before the committee recessed for lunch- eon, Whalen said that when he was police commissioner a survey of the Communist situation here was begun by. the police at the request of the Labor Department in Washington. More than 2,000 questionnaires were sent to suspected Communists, 500 of those receiving the questionnaires fail- ing to answer them. Whalen then began a discussion of the criminal records of strike leaders who participated in Communist walk- outs in New York during the past four years. He sald that practically all of the Communist strike leaders had crim- inal records. illustrations, he said that Peter Darck, Harry Raymond and | Irving Potash had been convicted of misdemeanors and felonies. Late at Session. “The former police commissioner, Who shortly before his resignation made public documents purporting to show that strikes and violence were instigated here on direct orders of the Third In- ternationale at Moscow, was due before the committee at 10 o'clock (E. D. T.). When he had not arrived half an hour later, Representative Hamilton Fis] announced that a subpoena would be issued. The Representative was informed that ‘Whalen was under the impression he was supposed to appear at 2 o'clock in- stead of 10, but Fish said that the subpoena would be issued anyway and the former commissioner be brought in immediately. While awaiting Mr. Whalen, the com- mittee heard Stanwood Menken, president of the National Security League, who declared all Communists who were not Americans should be deported. Representative Bachmann of West Virginia pointed out that in view of the lack of diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia, the United States Government could not deport them to that country. Menken said he was not afraid Amer- ica would become communistic, because of the form of the Government here, the savings accounts, the homes and “the common sense of the American people.” “Prison Makes Martyrs.” Asked by Representative Eslick of Tennessee what he would do with American-born Communists, Menken said he would make them men without a country. Chairman Fish of the committee asked him if he would favor the plac- ing of all Communists on an island where they could practice their theories without interference. Menken replied that he doubted if it would be feasible, and said that to place them in prison would make them martrys in the eycs of their sympathizers. Representative Nelson of Maine in- terrogated him as to the plan used in gland; where undesirables are given & .limited time in which to leave the country. Menken said he thought it a sound policy, but that one of the best ways in which to counteract the Soviet influence was to reason with them and to convert them to American ideals of government. o 156-YEAR-OLD TURK IN U. S., SAYS FIRST 100 WERE EASIEST (Continued From First Page.) steamer Sinaia and talked of wars and women and the third set of teeth that he grew at the age of 105. Teeth Not Very Good. “They weren't very good teet! said in Turkish to his great-great- grandson, who repeated it in French to his patron, Assim Redvan. “Not very good teeth; more like baby teeth, and they lasted only 15 years.” Zaro Agha has been married 12 times and had 36 children, all of whom are now dead save one daughter, who was born when he was 98. He has lost all track of the number of his grandchil- dren, great-grandchildren, and great- great-grandchildren. a was . “I always got along with all my wives very nicely. 3 “Of the descendants mrou;h my later wives that I married since I moved to FIVE D. C. GOLFERS WIN AT BALTIMORE Hunter, MacKenzie, T. S. and H. G. Pitt and Porter Sur- vive Second Round. 1 BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. MARYLAND COUNTRY CLUB, Bal- timore, Md., July 18.—Five Washington golfers won their matches in the first round of the Maryland Country Club ‘Tournament today and are playing in the second round this afternoon. Intwo of the afternoon matches Washing- tonians are engaged against each other. Roger Peacock of the Argyle Country Club was 1 up on Alex M. Knapp of the Baltimore Country Club, who won the qualifying round, at the fifteenth hole, but lost three holes in a row to lose the match by 2 and 1. Knapp was one under par for the 17 holes of the match. Other frst-fllght results follow: J. Munro Hufter, Indian Spring, de- feated Volney G. Burnett, Beaver Dam, 5 and 4: Albert R. MacKenzie, Co- lumbia, defeated Donald McPhail, Mary- land, 3 and 2; Thomas S. Pitt, Argyle, defeated Leroy Sasscer, Indian Spring, 2 and 1; Harry G. Pitt, Manor, defeated Thomas W. Sasscer, Maryland, 2 and 1; Austin M. Porter, Columbia, defeated Lindsay S. Stott, Beaver Dam, 1 up; E. B. English, Maryland, defeated E. H. Whitaker, Maryland, 5 and 4; Billy Howell, Richmond, defeated H. A. Parr, Elkridge, 7 and 6. Second flight—H. John Heimens, Lancaster, Pa., defeated John Holzberg, Columbia, 2 and 1: Nelson Halsey, Bal- timore, defeated J. A. Pox, Argyle, § and 4. Third flight—W. G. Oliver (Mary- land) defeated Ray Farrell (Manor), 2 and 1. Fourth flight—John MacKenzie (Bal- timore) defeated Mike Oliveri (Argyle), 2 and 1; C. Hoffman (Baltimore) de- feated Willlam W. M. Kochenderfer }(lclcolumbln), 1 up on the nineteenth ole. Fifth flight—Ralph Fowler (Wash- ington) defeated Jack Bowie (Colum- h|bia), 4 and 2; J. T. Sherrier (Colum- bia) defeated A. W. Miller (Balt~ more), 3 and 1; W. E. Richardson (Manor) defeated R. W. Kolb (Balti- more), 2 and 1; Henry Marcey (Balti- more) defeated Jack Biggs, jr. (Argyle), 5 and 4; Hugh MacKenzie (Columbia) defeated Dr. E. Bacon (Baltimore), 3 and 2. First extra flight—F. G. Butler (Argyle). defeated C. H. Gerner (Manor), § and 3; H. M. Reed (Balti- more) defeated A. E. Landvoigt (Manor) by default; W. A. Taylor (Baltimore) defeated W. Carey (Ken- wood), 4 and 3; E. Baurnsehmidt (Baltimore) defeated Dwight Burnham (Manor), 1 up; J. Hodges (Columbia) defeated E. E. Krewson (Columbia), 2 and 1; A. S. Gardiner, jr. (Columbia) defeated C, R. Allen (Congressional), 4 and 2; B, R. English_(Indian Spring) defeated W. B, Legg (Chevy Chase) by default; Harry D. Casman (Washing- ton) defeated Robert C. Gormley (Col- umbia), 1 up, in 1¥ holes. TRAIN IS WRECKED BY RAIL REMOVAL Engineer and Fireman Escape, but Two Others Are Badly Hurt. By the Assoclated Press. i TRINIDAD, Colo., July 18.~Remoyal of a rall from the Colorado SBouthern tracks caused the derallment of the locomotive and three cars of & passen- ger train near here last night and serious injuries t two men riding between the locomotive and baggage car. 3 The injured are Carl Bloch, Clinton, Okla., internal injuries, described by physicians as probably fatal, and Pete Lee, 19, Paducah, Tex., right foot amputated and left leg fractured. Dan Horan, engineer, and Jim Mec:ul.er, fireman, escaped serious injury, though the engine rolled 150 feet be- yond the removed. rail and then over- turned. GERMAN REICHSTAG DISSOLVED TO SAVE NEW TAX PROGRAM (Continued From First Page.) buz: and himself were wholly drowned out. The Communists shouted, “Down with Hindenburg and Bruening!” and, “Down with Fascism!" As the shouting died down the Com- munists sang the “International.” Pres- ident Loebe and other party members left the chamber. Finally the Com- munists also walked out. The members hardly were out of the Constantinople 120 years aga I have some record. I know that before the World War I had 22 great-grandchil- dren living in Constantinople, Married in Asia Minor., “But I was married first in the land of my birth, in Asia Minor. And of my descendants there I know nothing.” For 112 years, until he was 135, Agha ngs he worked as a porter. His last job was in a piano factory, moving pianos, and in between times he was always going to war. There was first & war inst Na- yolmn, in sgrln and !:gyg:.‘ e said he ought in that, in the’ rkish army. Then there was the war with the Greeks—"oh, more than 100 years ago, 1 can't remember dates”—and four wars with Russia, in the last of which he s;lclloraae served as & volunteer at the age o 5 “I was in the artillery,” he explained, “and carried cannons on my shoulders.” | Denies Divorce Report. Agha indignantly denied a report that he gmd divorced his eleventh wife to marry the present Mme. Agha—‘she’s young, only 66"—who waits for him in Istanbul. 1 ? never divorced of m wives,” he grunted. “I nc‘:’!{:u 'u{; them all, very nice, and they all died. “Now women—I always am interested lx} them. I like them brunette best and plump.” : er sighed le;l‘dx“nt on: “In my yout had a very good time. Yes, o very good tme. How long aid my youth last” You want to know—oh, until I was 103. I'm getting old since then—see? And he held out one of his claw-like hands, covered with skin that was brown and dry and almost trans- arent. He pulled the skin up into a little fold on the back of his hand, and the fold remained there until he ‘0od | smoothed it out. Never Tasted Alcohol. Agha again today said he had never | tasted u.c!ohal in his life, nor tobacco. He' lives, he said, mostly on vegetables and sweets. His American manager said he had to appear se“; signed contracts for Agl fore two American scientific bodies, declined to reveal the names of the societies or the fees. He has refused, he said, an offer of 52 weeks -at $2,500 a week from an ppe | American syndicate which operates a El Sere on Smiling”. Mexican serenade, One-step, “Keep ++:Fishe: circus in Times Square and & boardwalk side show in Atlantic City. And Agha, whose eyes sparkled with itfon- of the of some o: bullding before the first gun of the political campaign made necessary by dissolution of the Reichstag was fired by Count Westarp, who announced formation of a new “German Conserva- tive” party, bidding for the allegiance of Nationalists bolting from .ae party led by Dr. Hugenberg. Indications of a split in the Nationalist~ party had been evident in the early stages of the discussions. Immunity From Arrest. Not all of the members, or even all of the Communists, waited for the demonstration, A number of the Com- munists and some National Socialists left the house immediately after hand- ing in their ballots, knowing that their parliamentary immunity from arrest would cease the moment the Reichstag was dissolved. Immediately after the dissolution, the lice threw a cordon around the build- g,to prevent any demonstrations. The new Reichstag, under the law, must assemble 30 days after election. For that reason there will not be an- other Reichstag session until Oc 14, next. Bachelor Taxes Bring Crisis. It was the bachelor and bachelor maid taxes, among other items in the Dietrich financial program, that pre- cipitated the crisis. Drastic readjustment of hufls:t items became necessary to meet a deficit in the 1930 bud,!t of more than $115,000,~ 000 and half that much in the 1031 schedules. Warned by 8. Parker Gil- b:rt. whean he r:‘:lred as ;cm m:'nwe;t-l: of reparations, cease the formation of the new “B?e.(’cmu; in 1928, Herman Mueller, Socialist leader, became chancellor and set up a coali- tion ministry which included members of the Centrist party, the Bavarian People’s party and the party. ‘The Mueller cabinet continued in power until March 27, 1030, when it esigned after difficulties with the cial program, and took power, has had hard program