Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1930, Page 2

A2 AIRMAIL AWARD MAY CAUSE TEST Lowest Bid Rejected by Post Dffice on Los Angeles- New York Route. ‘The action of the Post Office Depart- ment in rejecting the offer of the low bidder vesterday in awarding a contract for the propose¢ New York-Los Angeles central transcontinental airmail service to Western Air Express and Transcon- tinental Air Transport-Maddux, was causing speculation in seronautical cir- cles here today. Postal officials were waiting to see, whether the low bidders, the United Avigation Co. of Pittsburgh, would pro- test the award or carry the case into court for test purposes. At the same time officials of the two successful com- panies, it was understood at the Post Office Department, are meeting in New York to perfect the organization of an operating subsidiary to comply with the terms of the contract. Need Permit to Sublet. It will be necessary for the successful bidders, who_submitted & joint bid, to apply to the Post Office Department for permission to sublet their contract to the operating organization, {n which, it is understood, a substantial minority interest is to be owned by Pittsburgh Aviation Industries Corporation, a com- any engaged in several phases of avia- ion, chiefly the development of airports at Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa. The joint bid of the two big air transport operators was for 97.5 per cent of the maximum rates allowed by law, which range from 40 cents to $1.25 a mile, depending upon the volume of the mail service and other circum- stances. The bid of the United Avigation Co. was 64 per cent of the maximum rates, which, it is estimated, would make a difference in cost to the Government of $46G,000 to a maximum of $750,000 a year, or a maximum of $3,000,000 during the probable life of the contract. The Postmaster General, it was an- nounced by the Post Office Department, awarded the contract to Western Air Express and T. A. T.-Maddux because their joint hid “was the only qualified one under the terms of the McNary- ‘Watres act and In conformity with the specifications in the advertisement.” Asked Night Experience. One of the chief stumbling blocks in the path of the United Avigation Co. was a provision written into the speci- fications by the Postmaster General re- quiring that the bidder submit evidence that he has “had at least six months actual experience in operating aircraft on regular night schedules over a route 350 miles or more in length.” ‘The night-flying requirement is not contained in the McNary-Watres act, (GANNON IS SILENT | FREDERICK V. FISHER. —Star Staff Photo. FISHER ENDS 1932 CELE3RATION WORK, CHARGING OUSTER (Continued From First Page.) ing a tour of the East, T came to Wash- ington, I read of thé plans for the cele- bration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington. I called upon William Tyler Page, executive secretary of the Bicentennial Commis- sion and conferred with him on the plans of the commission. He asked me, at the conclusion of this con- ference, to write in’ whatever plans I might_have. “I did so, the letter is now in the hands of the Bicentennial Commission, suggesting that the celebration be not a materjalistic exhibition, but rather a series_of patriotic, .spiritualistic_events. Two features I suggested in particular, one that there be a serles of pilgrimages to the secenes of the life and death of the father of his country, and the sec- ond that there be a series of great cele- brations to exalt the ideal of Wash- gton. “These two suggestions form _the basis of all plans made by the Con- gressional Bicentennial Commission. On account of my talk with Mr. Page, when the District of Columbia started work with its own plans for celebra- tion of the bicentennial, Mr. Page rec- ommended that I be invited to_come on to Washington and belp. I was in the West. I received a wire and came to Washington. I met for 15 minutes with members of the District Bicentennial Commission. A _short time later I was_asked to come to Washington from June 1 to October 1, which was passed by Congress during the past session, and was inserted as an extra requirement outside the law, it was admitted by postal officials. ‘The three com] composing the United Aviation failed to show the required night-flying experience, this forming one of the chief reasons for the rejection of their bid. In an- nouncing the award to the successful bidders, however, the Post Office De- partment announced that “for the pres- ent” the service required by the - tract “will be maintained by daylight Another Feature of Bid. Another feature of the bid which has caused considerable comment in avia- tion circles here is that the contract has been awarded under a provision of the law governing routes where “the airmail moving between the designated gu‘mu does not ixflceed 25 cubic feet, or pounds, per trip.” The amount of airmail carried on present transcontinental route far according res. The law requires that the mail be carried by the most expeditious route between two ts, and the vropocfic hm; w! ental airmail line from New York to Los Angeles by way of Chicago, Chey- enne, Wyo., and Salt Lake City, it is pointed out, would logically come in for a large share of this mail, making the loads exceed the stipulated amounts under which the contract was awarded. Officials of Western Alr Express and T. A. T.-Maddux are meeting in New York today, as g to word received by officials of the Pos; Office Depart- ment, to organize and work out their schedule. They have announced the immediate development of an all-air- plane transcontinental, mail, passenger and express service on a 24-hour sched- ule between New York and Los An- geles by way of Philadelphia, Harris- burg, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Indianapo- lis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Wichita, Amarillo and Alberquerque, with an al- ternative cut-off route between St. Louis and Amarillo via Tulsa and Okla- homa City. Must Extend Line. Neither Western Air Express nor Transcontinental Air Transport-Mad- dux ever has operated east of Colum- bus, Ohlo, and the new section of the Jine from Columbus to New York will have to be established over the section of the Alleghenies, constituting one of she worst flying hazards in the coun- -y ‘Western Air Express, organized in 19825, has been one of the country's largest air transport operators for the past five years. It was one of the early airmail contract operators and one of the first American lines to offer pas- senger and express services on daily schedule This is the company with which Her- bert Hoover, jr., has been associated as an executive official and radio engineer up to about two weeks ago, when he obtained indefinite leave of absence. William P. MacCracken, jr., former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics in the Hoover cabinet, is loeal attorney for the company. “Transcontinental Air Transport was organized in 1928 to operate a trans- continental_air-rail service, flying from Columbus, Ohio, to Waynoka, Okla., and Clovis, N. Mex, to Los Angele: In 1929 the company absorbed the Maddux Afr Lines, operating on the Pacific Coast. Among Richest Awards. The contract awarded the two com- panies will be worth between $675,000 and $2150,000 a year to them, it is estimated by postal officials. The con- tract will be in effect four years and the total value of the contract to the successful bidders will be between 2,700,000 and $8,600,000, making it one of the richest air mail contracts o far awarded ‘The United Avigation Co. was or- ganized especially to submit a bid on the proposed service. It is composed of Pittsburgh Airways, Ohio Air Trans- rt and United States Airways. Pitts- urgh Airways has operated an_air passenger service between New York apd Pitisburgh by way of Philadelphia on a dally besis since April 15, 1930, according to a list of American air transport routes publiched by the De- pértment of Commerce. Ohio Afr Transport is said to operate sfrport and miscellaneous flying service in Onwo. United States Alrways has been flying caily since July 29, 1929, between 8t Lou's and Kansas City and Kansas City and Denver, carrying passengers only, according to the Department of Commerce reports. Woestern Adr Express carries mail on only twe of its 12 routes listed with the Department of Commerce and Transcontinent-! Alr Transport-Maddux carries no mei { nd 60, to Wed. cber 2 (Special) — Virginiant, TATRFAX, Va., ¢ to set up plans for the District’s partici- pation in the bicentennial program. Plans Referred to Chairman. “On account of the Summer season, with most of the members of the com- mission out of town, I was forced to do most of the work of the commission on my own initiative. All features I planned ‘I referred to the chairman of the commission, John Pocle, and to such men as Isaac Gans and Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3rd, all of whom indorsed the program I offered. “During the four months I planned the possible. program, now so well known to Washingtonians, which fea- tured the great inaugural parade of April 30, the reunion of the Revolu-| tionary States on July 4, National Fire- men’s’ day, August 27; a great cele- bration here by labor on Labor day, & complete program for Constitution week in September, Fraternal day in October, Navy day and Farmers' day in Novem- ber and elaborated preparations for Thanksgiving. The plans for all these events, of course, awaited the final de- cision of the commission this Fall. “The Governors of the 13 States were ready to confer. Col. M. A. Winter of Boston had arranged with the Centen- nial Legion, a vast body of military men which has come down to us from the Revolutionary War, to take part in the July 4 celebration., I had prepared a complete survey of the program, work- ing out all business details for submis- sion to the commission this Fall. “But Dr. Marvin, recently appointed head of the commission by Dr. Reichel- derfer to succeed Mr. Rudolph, called a secret meeting of the commission. I/ was not asked to be present and many of the most important members of the commission did not attend. Without consultation with the absent members or with me, those attending this meet- ing requested my resignation and the office was turned over to J. Leo Kolb, & Georgetown real estate man, who is now in charge. “This, of course, practically cancels most of the great things in the pro- gram of 1932. I have received word from many connected with the pro- gram, as I had worked it out, that they do mot now care to go forward with it. Too Much Work Blamed. “The only_excuse they have offered me is that I did too much work this Summer. This excuse was offered by Mrs, Philip Sidney Smith, secretary of the commission. “I want to say I've had the most hearty support of the leading men of | the city, the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade, the newspapers, the District Commissioners, the Masonic | body, the citiz:ns’ associations and have the very kindest feelings toward Wash- ington. Outside of Washington I have had the heartiest support of the Go' ernors of all the States, the State com- missions with which I have come in | contact, the American Educational | Association and the railroads. | “The railroad men have been par- | ticularly anxious to do all they could | to help. They have formed a trans. portation committee for 1932 and hav conferred with railroad organizations | throughout the country to get reduced | rates to Washington for all the big celebrations I had planned. | “I feel that the matter is now en- tirely out of my hands. I have nothing but best wishes for Washington and If am anxious for the success of the 1932 | celebration GEORGIA LANDSLIDE NOMINATES RUSSELL| Winner of Run-off Primary Will Be Youngest Governor in History of State. By the Associated Press, ATLANTA, October 2.—A primary landslide has given the Democratic nomination for Governor, tantamount to election in Georgia, to Richard B.‘ Russell, jr. 32-year-old bachelor son'| of the chief justice of the State Su- preme Court. Russell, who has 12 living brothers and sisters, will be the youngest Governor in the history of Georgia. If he remains unmarried uati seated in June, 1031, in succession to Gov. L. G. Hardman, he also will be the third pachelor Governor of the State, the others being Gen. James E. Ogle- thorpe, founder of the State, and Alex- ander H. Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy. Returns from yesterday’s run-off pri- THE EVENING ON ELDERS' CHARGE Bishop Refuses to See Any One as He “Digests” Ac- cusations Against Him. Back at his desk, hard at work with the details of his many church and prohibition activities, Bishop James Cannon, jr, today was preparing to “digest” the charges filed against him by four traveling elders of the Meth- odist\ Episcopal Church South, but had no public comment to make on them. He returned to his office in the Bliss Building, in the Capitol area, and to- day would see no one, conducting all his outside contacts through a closely guarded door, either through his secre- tary or one Og his sons, who is working in the office. Newspapers Litter Office. That the bishop is going into the hue and cry that has been raised about him and his activities, alleged and real, while he was honeymooning in Brazil, is evidenced by the great mass of news- papers strewn about his outer office, most of them carrying the bishop's name in flaming flareheads. All telephone calls are being handled by his office force, and not even the tinkle of the bell penetrates past the big door that guards the inner sanctum of the bishop’s suite, Through the big door he sent word that he had not seen the charges filed against him by the four traveling elders of the church. He said that he returned as soon as he heard of the charges and is now preparing to go irto STAR, WASHINGTON, Donkey Race Halts Piccadilly Traffic and Police Interfere By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, October 2.—A donkey race was held in Piccadilly Circus today. Members of the “Ye Old Ham- bone Clubbe” brought six donkeys from Hampstead Heath and raced them around the Circus. They were ridden by women in coster attire, The races 50 tied up traffic that police_called a halt after three heats had been decided. The win- ner of the club's cup was Miss Phyllis Smith. HOUSE GOLLAPSES, KILLING 5 TENANTS Seven Seriously Injured in New York Crash Laid to Raz- ing of Nearby Buildings. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 2.—The sag- ging foundations of a Greenwich Vil- lage rooming house collapsed with a roar early today and the timbers crashed in upon 12 sleeping tenants, killing 5 and seriously injuring 7. Two -of the dead were women. A thirteenth tenant of the building, which was a rooming house for French and Belgian residents of New York, had not come home last night and was not in the place when it collapsed. Within a few minutes after the crash, which reverberated through the wind- them. But until that time he desires to be let severely alone by newspaper men, and will see only those he carcs to see with reference to the mass of work that awaits him after his honey- moon. Residence Kept Secret. His residence is being kept a closely guarded secret. He wants his rest after long hours at the office, he lets it be known, and does not intend to have his home life broken into by the details of his -public life. In this resolve he is ably seconded by his sons, David and W. B. Cannon, who are guarding him from public contacts. His marriage, he lets it be known through the big inner sanctum door, by way -of his son and his secretary, is nobody’s business but his own, and he has nothing to say about that. He does not know when he will re- turn to Brazil, where he is Bishop of the Methodist Church of that country. He says he returned frbm Brazil as soon as the charges were filed against him, and that those charges and their ultimate disposition are his chief con- cern at present. There may be trips; there is some writing to be done, and there are a great many other things which he desires to get off his mind without public interference. Igkewise, he no comment to make on the Virginia political situation. He has been a power in Virginia politics for many years. CAPT. R. E. DOYLE DIES SUDDENLY; DEFIED POLICE HEADS IN ALLEN CASE (Continued From First Page.) room shortly after 12 o'clock and was waiting in line to be served when sud- denly he slumped to the floor. John Whetzel, a driver for a nearby laundry, sitting at a table, saw Doyle collapse and jumped to assist him. The officer attempted to speak but the ef- fort was vain. At the same time, Precinet Detective J. E. Kenny of No. 8, who was on the corner, was attracted to the scene. Policeman C. E. Brant, a traffic officer on duty at the corner, hurriedly was called in and the three men put the now unconscious officer in Kenny's car and started with him to Garfield. Capt. Doyle died just as he was being carried into the hospital. He was pronounced dead by a mem- ber of the Garfield staff. Capt. Doyle was last in the public limelight last year when he came to the defense of former Policeman Robert J. Allen, who was involved in a contro- versy with the United States attorney’s office, and was ordered before a Police Trial Board on charges of insubordina- tion preferred by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent. The Trial Board ex- onerated him, and he was restored to his command of the eighth precinct. The charges against Capt. Doyle were based on a report he submitted to Maj. Pratt, defending Allen's action in criticising the United States attorney’s office for failing to bring to trial an investment broker who had been in- dicted for embezzlement, Trial Last November. The trial of Capt. Doyle was held last November before a board com- posed of Inspector Louls J. Stoll and Capts. Charles T. Peck and C. P. M. Lord. Peck was recently retired from the force. Maj. Pratt’s action against Capt. Doyle was taken after the command- ing officer was directed to comment on Allen's published threats to investigate the United States attorney’s office for its failure to prosecute the investment broker. Capt. Doyle's comment was construed by Maj. Pratt to be disre- spectful to a superior officer and he was charged with insubordination d ordered to appear before the trial board. t Twice efforts were made to settle the case “out of court,” when Capt. Doyle wrote a letter to Maj. Pratt stating that he did not intend to be disrespectful in filing & report in de- fense of Allen. The officer was in hope of avoiding the stigma of appear- ance before a disciplinary body and thereby blemish his record, which only once before had listed disciplinary ac- tion—back in 1893, when he was fined $5 for eating a sandwich and drinking a cup of coffee in a lunch room violation of police regulations. Overtures Are Ignored. Capt. Doyle's overtures were ignored, however, and he went before the Trial Board after two previous delays in the proceedings. The trial lasted only 4 hours and 20 minhtes and the board returned a verdict of not guilty. Maj. Pratt was the only complaining witness at the trial. He contended that Capt. Doyle’s action in sustaining Allen shared equally the responsibility for the officer’s insubordinate action in at- tacking the United States attorney's office. . Came to Force in 1891 Capt. Doyle is survived by his wife, Mrs, Rosailee C. Doyle; a son, Rober¢ E, jr. and a_daughter. They reside at’ Fontanet Court Apartments, Four- teenth and Fairmont streets. He was originally appointed to the force on June 10, 1891, as a station keeper in the ninth precinct. He served in that capacity until March 31, 1892, when he resigned, and was reappointed as a_member of the regular force the following day. At that time a ition as station clerk was held by civilian em- ployes of the force. Doyle was_promoted to the rank of ing streets of the neighborhood, police and firemen removed the dead and injured from the debris to a dressing station, hurriedly established in a near- by firehouse. Foundations Undetermined. Police Commissioner Mulrooney and District Attorney Crain were on_the spot shortly after police arrived. Their preliminary examination indicated the collapse was caused by undermining of the foundations during the demolition of four buildings adjoining the rooming house. Neighbors told Commissioner Mul- rooney no precautions had been taken | by the wreckers to protect the house, although they had reported several days ago that the walls appeared to be sagging. The district attorney, after questioning some of the neighbors, ordered the arrest of all officlals of the | Fein Wrecking Co., which had razed | the four buildings. The first person carried out of the wreckage was Mrs. Marie Sargouse, 70, the landlady. Her arm had been brok- en and she had possible internal in- juries, but she was able to tell police she had been dressing when the crash came. All her roomers, she said, were abed. Bodies Recovered. Then in quick succession police re- covered the bodies of Frank Bourdon, Carlo Tornaghi and an unidentified man. The injured included Edgar Auenin, Emil Fouet, Frank Nougas, Mark Urcher and George Dando. Last of all was discovered the un- conscious form of Margaret Cortaide, the landlady’s granddaughter. She died before reaching a hospital. Mrs. Ever- ist Cortaide, her mother was found dead about the same time under a heavy beam. A'tenant in a house across from 15 Greenwich street, the address of the wrecked building, gave the police an eye- witness account of the collapse. He was in bed but awake, looking across the street, he said, when ke heard a low rumbling which mounted to & roar. Then slowly the roof of the rooming house slid to one side and in another moment (ne entire building tumbled. As it fell the splitting beams cracked sharply and windows were flung up in neighboring buildings s awakened sleepers looked out. The district attorney said he would question members of the wrecking con- cern today. PLANE TRIP TO INSPECT OIL WELL DISASTROUS Gas Company Official, Geologist and Pilot Badly Injured When Making Landing. By the Associated Press. WELLSBORO, ‘Pa., October 2.—An airplane trip to inspect a new gas well said to be gushing 13,000,000 feet every 24 hours ended disastruosly late yes- terday for a gas company official, a geol- ogist and their pilot when their plane was wrecked. Henry Brown, vice president of the United Gas Co., of Webster Grove, Mo., had his left leg broken: Dorsey Hager, Wichita, Kans., geologist, also had his left leg fractured, and Harold Hough, pilot, suffered internal injuries. In ad- dition, all were badly cut and bruised. Their cabfn plane was caught in an air current as it was about to land at the local airport and dropped into a potato field. At the Bloosshurg Hospital it was sald all would recover, LA, 0 HATIANS T0 VOTE WITHOUT 0., AD Government Officials Told to Maintain Strictly Neu- tral Attitude. THURSDAY, By the Associated Press. A hands-off policy in the elections for the Haitian congress October 14 was announced today by the State Depart- ment, The department’s pronouncement was in the form of a statement already is- sued in Haiti by the office of the Amer- ican high commissioner. It asserted American_activities in Haiti are cov- ered by the treaty of 1915 and subse- quent agreements, none of which pro- vides for American assistance in elec- tions. It said: 1 “The various political factions in Haiti having urged, the holding of con- gressional elections, President Eugene Roy, who was chosen by these factions as a neutral president for this purpose, has decided to hold congressional elec- tions on October 14 next. These elec- tions will be held to elect 15 senators and 36 deputies. No Supervision to Be Exercised. “The United States Government's activities in Haiti are covered by the treaty of 1915 and subsequent protocols for agreement. None of these provides for the United States lending assistance at any elections. “Consequently, the United States will exercise no supervision over the elec- tions and will not instruct its officials in Haiti to assume responsibility in any way in the holding of said elections.” HAVANA MAY SET CONSTITUTION ASIDE T0 BLOCK DISORDERS (Continued From First Page.) at the university had been supported by Communists and a so-called na- tionalist element. He added that the ma- jority of yesterday’s rioting was by Com- munists,"and not students, who used stones, firearms and clubs In attacking the police. He said the press had been led into handling the situation as if the disturbances had been only by students, U. S. NOT TO INTERFERE. Platt Amendment Interpretation Fol- lowed in Cuban Situation. By the Associated Press. In respect to the present situation in Cuba, the Hoover administration plans to follow the interpretation of the Platt amendment enunciated in 1901 by Elihu Root under which the intervention de- scribed by the amendment was held not to be synonymous “with inter- meddling or interference with the af- fairs of the Cuban government.” The pronouncement was conveyed to |a ‘Cuban_constitutional convention at the time by the late Maj. Gen. Leonard It read as follows: “You are authorized to state officially that in the view of the President the intervention described in the third clause of the Platt amendment is not synonymous with intermeddling or in- terference with the affairs of the Cuban government, but the formal action of the Government of the United States, based upon just and substantial grounds, for the preservation of Cuban independence, and the maintenance of the government adequate for the pro- tection of life, property and individual liberty, and adequate for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba, imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States.” The famous article 3, embodied in the permanent treaty of 1903 defining the rights of the United States in Cuba and over which there has been much controversy, reads as follows: “The government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preserva- tion of Cuban independence the main- tenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property and individual liberty and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.” ‘The interpretation as sanctioned by President McKinley and enunciated by Root has remained substantially in effect for the past 29 yéars, with the exception of a period between 1909 and 1923, when the United States followed a policy of “preventive intervention"— the policy of preventing by warnings or | other means, the necessity of direct American intervention in the affairs of the republic. ‘The American embassy at Havana informed the State Department late yesterday there had been no new dis- orders in the Cuban City and that extra police had been withdrawn except those guarding the university where students clashed Tuesday with police. “Have been no new disorders,” the message said. “Extra police have been withdrawn except those guarding the university. It is hoped the wounded will recover. Press censorship estab- lished by decree this morning. Special judge has been designated by the Cuban government to investigate.” Seth W. Richardson Gained Experience in Salt Creek Lease Cases. Regarded as Man Capable of Finding Facts in Colo- rado Situation. By the Associated Press. The Government's chief inquisitor of the latest charges of oil frauds—Seth | W. Richardson, assistant attorney gen- eral—is an expert at this work, al- though he has seen service only during the administration of President Hoover. Richardson is a former Federal dis- trict attorney for North Dakota, and shortly after he was named to office by Mr. Hoover he assumed the job of un- ravelling charges that the old leases for the Salt Creek oil fields in Wyoming were obtained by fraud. Ralph Kelley, head of the Denver General Land Office of the Interior Department for six years, has made charges similar to those involved in the Salt Creek cases—this time concerning vast oil shale lands in Colorado. Case Turned Over to Richardson. After the Senate lands committee had closed its investigation and accepted the refr-t of a special investigator that the Salt Creek leases were legal, the case sergeant on July 1, 1901, and was made a lieutenant on March 23, 1906. He was made a captain on July 1, 1906. During his 39 years of service he re- celved 10 commendations for bravery mary gave Russell 330 county unit votes from 128 counties, to 84 unit votes iage licenz> has been issued at to_Charles + G. Harris, 69, both of Accotink, y > in 33 counties for George H. Carswell, complete popular vote was Russell, 89,- 628; Carswell, 40,001, and efliclent service, When he was informed of Capt. Doyie’s death, Maj. Henry G. Pratt, su- 1. Hopkins, 64, and ' present Secretary of -State. The in-' perintendent of police, issued an order for flags to fly at half staff on all po- lice stations, i ustice, and Mr. Richardson was ,the Investigator. It is understoad he (pn- curred with the Senate committee. | Senator Nye, Republican, North Da- kota, the chairman of the Senate lai committee, was one of the most active in pressing the inquiry into the Salt Creek leases. ~ Already he has instituted & personal investigation of Mr. Kelley(s charges about, the ofl shale lands, was turned over to the Departmerst of | SHALE LAND PROBER IS EXPERT IN OIL FRAUD INQUIRY WORK SETH W. RICHARDSON. —Harris-Ewing Photo. If there is any link between the old complaints about the Salt Creek fields and the latest ones of Kelley, these two straight-hitting North Dakotans—Rich- ardson and Senator Nye—are regarded at the Capitol as among the most likely to find the facts. Richardson and Nye are close friends, incidentally. Nye and Kelley to Confer. There is every prospect of an early unfolding of Kelley's complete story. Senator Nye has written-to Kelley and asked him to confer with him tomorrow or Saturday. He asked for all the facts. Nye has stated if these facts warrant he will institute Senate action. Richardson also is seeking from the former official a full explanation of his side of the case. He has already asked the Interior Department for all its rec- ords on the Colorado shale lands, OCTOBER 1930. = DOOLITTLE “GROUNDED" AFTER CRASHING INTO TRAINING SHIP Flyers’ Collision Will Be In- vestigated by Airport Officials. Other Pilot Forced to Make Parachute Leap After Air Smash. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, October 2.—James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle, former Army flier, today was ordered “grounded” temporarily by Kansas City Airport authorities pending their investigation of a collision yesterday wiich forced Lieut. John M. Cross to make a para- chute jump from a disabled Army Re- serve training plane here. A separate investigation has been un- dertaken by inspectors for the aero- nautics branch of the Department of Commerce. R. C. Farrell, manager of the airport, sald Doolitle would be barred only from the Kansas City Airport while an effort JAMES H. DOOLITTLE. was being made to learn whether he | had violated the traffic regulations of the port. Doolittle’s fast mystery monoplane, climbing rapidly after a power dive, sheared the tail from the training ship. Play-by-Play Story of Game (Continued From Pirst Page.) of three and one, Hafey raised an easy foul, but got a respite when Dykes slip- ped and fell in attempting to catch it. Earnshaw, however, supplied the putout by slipping & third strike over on Hafey. No runs. ATHLETICS—Bishop was charged with one strike when he bounded softly to Bottomley. Dykes took two straight strikes. He passed up a high one and fouled three in a row. Another ball and Jimmy then had a third strike called on him, Rhem cutting the out- side corner with a hook. Rhem dusted off Cochrane with his first delivery, Mickey hitting the dirt to get out of the way of the ball. The next was over for strike one, then Cochrane got a life when_ Frisch fumbled his roller. This was the first error of the series charged against the Cardinals. Simmons tool one strike and then lined to right field, the ball bouncing over Watkins' head and netting Al two bases as Cochrane scored with the A’s third run. Rhem failed to locate the plate with his first three pitches to Foxx. A called strike then followed, and Rhem purposely pitched wide to walk the A’s first base- man. This brought up Miller, who met the first delivery for a le to left fleld, scoring Simmons. Hafey fielded the ball, and when his return was muf- fed by Rhem, Foxx galloped to third and Miller to . cond. Rhem was charged with an error. Haas fouled for a strike after taking ball one, and with the next lined to Douthit in center, and the A’s sported a three-run advantage over their rivals. Two runs. FOURTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—With an edge of two balls and one strike, Watkins' swing resulted in a fly to left, which Simmons came in for, Al getting the ball after nearly losing it in the sun. Earnshaw required only three deliveries to dispose of Mancuso on strikes. He went down swinging. Gelbert threw his bat away after swinging for a strike after taking a first ball. Another futile swing and the Cardinal shortstopper then took a third strike, making a total of five whiffs for Earnshaw. No runs. ATHLETICS—After passing up a wide one, Boley made amends for his error in the third by smashing a single past Gelbert. Earnshaw was generously ap- plauded as he came up. His attempt to sacrifice resulted in a foul for strike one, and it was two strikes when he failed again in an effort to bunt. swing 3 get the first three over for Bishop. drew a free ticket when the fourth one was wide. Dykes met the first ball itched by Rhem, and walloped it to left center for two bases, scoring Boley and Bishop and boosting the A's advan- tage to five runs. This was the second double of the series for Dykes, and caused a conference of Cardinals in the center of the diamond. It resulted in Rhem being relieved of his pitching duty, and Jim Lindsey, another right- hander being called in from the bul Lindsey made an enviable record ing the past season with the Cardinals in rescue rolls. With one ball charged to Cochrane, Mickey popped a fly to Gelbert, who caught it and beat Dykes in a race to second base for a double play. The first recorded in the series thus far. Two runs, FIFTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—With one strike charged against him, Lindsey lined a clean singie to right center. Earnshaw was wide with his first three pitches to Douthit. Two called strikes followed, and Douthit then raised a fly which Cochrane grabbed on fair territory near the first base foul line. Adams, with a count of two and one, raised a fly to short center which Haas chased in to clutch. Two balls and one strike was the count on Prisch, when he skied to Dykes. No runs. ATHLETICS—With three balls and two strikes on the board, Simmons loft- ed to Douthit in deep left center. Foxx's whack at the first ball pitched resulted in an easy roller to Gelbert. The stuff generated by Lindsey caused Miller to ask that the ball be inspected. Umps found nothing wrong with it and put it back in play. Bing finally was disposed of on a liner to Douthit. No runs, SIXTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Bottomley’s best was & high fly which Bishop got under back of second base. Hafey carefully inspect- ed Earnshaw’s offerings before sending & soft roller to Dykes, and Foxx, on the recelving end of Jimmy's throw, got his first putout of the game. Watkins' roller to Foxx resulted in his death, Earnshaw covering first and getting the putout. No runs. ATHLETICS—Haas fouled a strikes after passing up a wide one. The third strike on him was called. Boley’s little foul fly proved easy for Bottomley. The game was halted mo- mentarily while Earnshaw, whose ;:& was slightly injured in the retirems of Watkins early in the frame, replaced his shoe and stocking following the ex- amination by the A’s trainer. He limped slightly as he went to the bat, and was fanned by Lindsey on four pitched balls. /No runs. of SEVENTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Apparently handicapped hi his injured leg, Earnshaw was un- able to locate the plate for Mancuso, and Manager Connie Mack wig-wagged from the bench for Rube Walberg to warm up in the bullpen. Earnshaw re- covered his poise and Gelbert's roller to Foxx resulted in Mancuso being forced at second, Boley getting the put- out. George Fischer was sent in by Pilot Street to bat for Lindsey. But he proved a strikeout victim. Douthit, hitless for the series, remained that way when he raised an easy fly to Simmons. No runs. ATHLETICS—A band sponsored by the Athletic supporters rendered a lively tune as the A's came to bat in the lucky seventh. Sylvester , an- other right-hander, replaced Lindsey in the box for the Cardinals. Bishop, dis- playing his customary patience, was re- warded with a free ticket. Dykes promptly sacrificed, bunting the first ball pitched to Bottomley, who him on the line as Bishop pranced to second. Johnson hurled two wide ones to Cochrane before getting the first strike over. Mickey missed with a swing for strike two, and walked when two more balls followed, Simmons’ swing at the first ball pitched resulted in his death, Prisch to Bottomley, his mates advancing a notch. Mancuso's attempt to catch Dykes napping off second base falled. Foxx missed with a swing for & third strike. No runs. EIGHTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Adams connected for the first hit in three innings off Earnshaw, La clean single to right. Swinging at the first ball pitched, Frisch lined to Dykes, whose snappy throw to Foxx doubled Adams off first bate. The count on Bottomley had gone the limit when he fouled to Dykes. No runs. ATHLETICS—Miller fanned on four pitched balls. Gelbert went into left field, close to the foul line, to take Haas’ fly. Hafey made a nice running catch of Boley's drive to left center. No runs. NINTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Boley tossed out Hafey, first up for the Cardinals in their final round. Watkins had a count of two and two, when he missed with a swing for strike three. Earnshaw quickly got Mancuso in the hole, and thus finally fanned as the final gesture of the Ath- letics’ second straight victory. No runs. KILLING OF TWO TOLD BY GANGSTER Wounded Man Informs St. Louis Police Shooting Occurred at _ Whisky Still. EAST ST. LOUIS, I, October 2 (A).—The bodies of Peter McTigue, cuckoo gangster of St. Louis, and Willam Boody, former business agent of the East St. Louis Plumber’s Union, slain apparently by rivals at a whisky still near Valmeyer, I, this morning, were brought to East St. Louls shortly before noon today. By the Associated Press ST. LOUIS, October 2.—Sam Therina drove up to City Hospital here today, seriously wounded from machine gun bullets, and told police Peter McTigue, member of the Cuckoo gang of St. Louis, and Willlam E. Boody, also this city, had been killed in an attack on a shack near Valmeyer, I, early this n:‘ul:nm in which they were tending a still. ‘Therina, shot through the hips, drove up to the hospital, sounded horn and collapsed. ‘While on the operating table he told police he, McTigue, and James Dormandy, also a Cuckoo gangster, and apparently a fifth man, d gone to the shack about four days ago to 1un off 500 gallons of mash for whisky. The shack is in woods across the Mississippi River from Crystal City, Mo, on the mh side, about 25 south of St. s s M’LEAN POST OFFICE ROBBED OF STAMPS Loss Is Discovered by Keeper of Store, Door of Which Is Jim- mied and Safe Opened. Sfecial Dispatch to The Star. M'LEAN, Va., October 2.—The gen- eral store of H. W. Storm, which also houses the post office, was entered last night and the safe was blown open. Stamps valued at approximately $130 were stolen. Entrance was gained by jimmying the front door of the building. The robbery was discovered this morn- |ing when Storm opened the store at 6 o'clock. Nothing wawsw taken from the store itself, no cash being kept in the store register over night. This is the fourth time in 10 years and the fifth in 20 years that the Mc- Lean Post Office has been robbed. Post office inspectors were notified immedi- atey and made an inspection this morn- ing. No finger prints or other clues were found. No one in the neighbor- hood heard the noise of an explosion. Inspectors have not determined means used to blow open the safe which is unusually large and heavy. MRS. CREECY CONTINUES HER FIGHT FOR LIFE Mrs. Louise R. Creecy, w.‘h her skull crushed by three ax wonds inflicted by her husband, Lieut. Col. Richard Bennett Creecy, who aft.rwards com- mitted suicide by shooting himself in the heart, in the Hotel Mayflower either late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, was still fighting for her life in Emergency Hospital today. Mrs. Creecy’s condition was reported unchanged today by hospital authori- tles, who still cling to a slight hope that she may recover. She has not regained consciousness since sustaining the wounds. Col. Creecy was buried with military honors in Arlington Cemetery yester- day, following Episcopal services con- ducted in Fort Myer Chapel by Capt. Sydney K. Evans, chief of the Chaplains Corps, United States Navy, The coffin, bearing the body, was placed on a cais- son outside the chapel and taken to the grave, accompanied by a Marine escort and band which rendered appro- priate musie. . T. 8. Judge Dies on Motor Trip. BOISE, Idaho, October 2 (#)—Judge F, 8. Dietrich of the United States Cir- U. 5. SHIP ATTACKE BY REDS IN CHINA Marauders Repulsed After Guns Fail to Find Range of Yangtse Patrol Craft. By the Assoclated Press. SHANGHAI, October 2—Red ma- rauders attacked the U. S. 5. Luzon, flagship of the American Yangtze River patrol, with field guns and machine guns near Yochow, Hunan Province, to- day, but were repulsed when the Luzon opened up wit hher 3-inch guns. Rear Admiral Thomas T. Craven, commander of the American Yangtze patrol, was aboard the Luzon, which was not hit by the rebel cannon fire. The attack came from the shore—a hail of missiles from fleld pleces and ma- chine guns. The Americans brought machine guns into action to supplement the fire from the larger pieces. The Reds were silenced. This is the second time the Luzon has drawn rebel fire in recent weeks. She was attacked 25 miles above Wusueh, Hupeh, September 16 and fought her way past the marauders in a 40-minute engagement. Red attacks upon river craft are re- ported steadlly increasing. American gunboats have been subjected to nine such cnslaughts in the last three months. The Communist menace to Nanchang and Kiukiang, important Kiangsi Prov- ince cities, caused the Nationalist gove ernment mjlitary headquarters at Han- kow to withdraw 10,000 soldiers from Hunan Province for duty in the Kiangsi area. A Red army of 40,000 was reported in Nortkern Kiangsi early this week. Chambers of Comerce throughout the Yangtse Valley appealed to° Nation- alist wuthorities for protection, saying Red and bandit activity had paralyzed trade, threatening merchants with financial ruin. \ DR. DORRANCE LEAVES $100,000,000 ESTATE Head of Campbell Soup Co. Wills Everything to Immediate Family. By the Assoclated Press. MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., October 2.— The will of Dr. John T. Dorrance, pres- ident of the Campbell Soup Co., who died September 21, probated here to- day, leaves the bulk of the estate, esti- mated at more than $100,000,000, to the immediate members of the Dorrance family There are no charitable be- quests.’ The will recommends that the con- trolling interest in the Campbell Soup Co., or whatever companies that suc- ceed it, be retained by the family. Under the provisions of the will, all Federal and State taxes are to be pald out of income from the estate, within a period of not more than 16 years. During the {ime, the widow and ehil- dren are to have substantial incomes, and when the taxes have been paid, ;he principal is to be divided as fol- ows: Two shares of the entire estate to the widow, two shares to the oldest son or-his issue, and one share to each other child. If Mrs. Dorrance dies or remarries, her two shares are to revert e_other children are Nathaniel Peter Hill of New York, Ethel Dor- rance, Mnxnn Dorrance and Charlotte Dorrance, five in all. 28 NATIONS SIGN PACT TO FINANCE VICTIM OF ATTACK (Continued From First Page.) League, but they have been defeated. It was the British supported by the French who most desired the harmo- nization. ‘The opposing groups, who were vice torious, were chiefly Japan, the Scandi- navian countries and Rumania. Japan and Sweden did not want to insert the pact into the covenant because this would have increased the obligation of all signatories of the covenant to apply sanctions—that is, punitive measures— to any breaker of the pact in any cir- cumstances. Rumania, speaking for the little entente, joined the opposition be- cause of a question yet unraised, that of treaty revision. If countries are forbidden in all eire cumstances to wage war, Rumania argued, then they would have no de- fense against either armed attempts of former enemy countries to change frontiers or agitation to break the status quo internally, as for instance by s return of Prince Otto to the throne of Hungary. Compromise Reached. One of the largest factors defeating the harmonization was knowledge of the Hungarian argument that a return of Prince Otto was not itself an act of war, but that aggression by the little entente to prevent such a return would be an act of war. This somewhat obscu: item in Central European politics de- feated the efforts of the great powers to write the Kellogg pact into the covenant. The defeat, however, may be tem- porary and the subcommmittee after eight days and nights of wrangling did at legst reach a compromise on the proposed amendments to the covenant for possible submission to the Assembly next year. Bolivar Memory Honored. ‘The Assembly paid tribute today to the memory of Simon Bolivar, the great South American liberator, in adopting & resolution of commemoration presented by the Latin American countries. In this connection the group heard the wish expressed that the United States and Mexico would some time become members of the League. This suggestion came from Giuseppe Motta, the Swiss delegate, who compared Bolivar to George Washington and said he was & forerunner of the League. He drew ap- plause when he added: “I hope that Mexico, and indeed the whole American Continent—North and South—will at a later time join us in peaceful union of the whole human family.” After the resolution was adopted Nicholas Titulescu, the Rumanian who is president of the assembly, remarked that from this time Bolivar, hitherto a great figure of the Americas, becomes : ‘z;rt of the commbn heritage of man- (Copyright, 1930.) Are You Up on ‘Backgammon? This new fad now sweep- ing the country will be explained in a series of six instructive articles Beginning Next Monday cult Court of Appeals of the ninth cf it at San Francisco died su in The Evening Star