Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, not so cool tonight, minimum increas- temperature lbwt 38; tomorrow ing cloudiness and warmer, probably rol- lowed by rain. Temperatures-—] 51, at 3:% p.m.nylubenhy; lowest, 7 am. today. 1l report on page 6. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 he & ¥ benin ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Sta The only evening per in Washington wi Associated cer"ce. Press news Yesterday's Circulation, 112,238 No. 31,585. post office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D..C WASHINGTON, MAHONEY ADMITS HE DROVE CARNELL 10 BUSH HOME ON NIGHT OF KILLING Says Gun Was His, but De- nies Part in Shooting and Avers He Left Scene After Hearing Shots. CONFESSION REPORTED MADE AT 12TH PRECINCT Sensational Development Results in FRANK MAHONEY. Arrest of William Harold Me- Kay—Third Member of Trio Sought by Police in Murder of Wealthy Bus Operator. BY HOWARD BROOKS. Breaking down under a gruel- ling police examination, Frank (Peck) Mahoney, brought back to Washington from Pittsburgh on a warrant charging him with the murder of Louis Bush, it was learned today, has confessed to the police that he drove the car which carried William J. Carnell to the scene of the shooting of the wealthy bus line owner on the night of October 6. He also ad- mitted that he owned the death gun. The confession was reported to ‘thave been wrung from Mahoney last night at the twelfth precinct station, where he was taken im- mediately following his return from Pittsburgh in custody of De- | tective Sergt. Thomas Sweeney. This sensational development re- sulted in the arrest of Willlam Harold )(cxny. a 24-year-old stonemason of the third member o! the trio whom Washington police has it In connection with the murder jush, McKay, is one of the men Mahoney Invited to accompany him on the transcontinental motor bus trip to Los Angeles, but refused. the night he was held up, but unnz-mrl;zux in connection with the crime_ Renew Search for Carnell. With Mahoney’s alle; confession. members of the Homic! tensity, '.ha search Iot from the grasp of the Pittsburgh police sundny night when he arrived there on a Los Angeles bound bus with Mahoney. There been reports that the lebunh police had 1ckedllphl-l!tuulndhld dlcted his early arrest, but Wash- police frankly admit they have not the l"(htut idea where Carnell might be hiding. It is known that Carnell had only $35 in his possession when he disap- peared in Pittsburgh, and police are confident that will not last him long, with the result that he will be forced out of his hiding place to seek work. ‘The Detective Bureau has had several thousand circulars printed containing a detailed description of Carnell, which will be broadcast throughout the coun- try with the hope they may lead to the finding of the missing man. The cir- culars also will contain an announce- ment of the rewards totaling $1,300 offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the slayer. Mahoney made his confession, it was said, in accordance with his promise to Detective Sweeney in Pittsburgh to “talk” after his arrival home. He talked, all right, but very reluctantly, and detectives, aided by Inspector Wil- liam 8. Shelby, chief of the Detective Bureau, were forced to draw the story from him piecemeal and without re- gard for the continuity of action. Says McKay Is Innocent. Mahoney insisted, it was said, that McKay was an innocent victim of the circumstances surrounding the Bush case, as he had merely agreed to keep the gun for him. McKay, he declared, had absolutely no knowledge of the hold-up, nor the purpose for which the weapon was to be used when he asked him to turn it over to him. ‘The death gun is now being scught, but police have little hope of finding it in view of information given them »_effect_that it was hurled into \Lununued on Puc 2, Column 8.) TWO CHICAGO DETECTIVES | CHARGED WITH EXTORTION | ==*— e HUNGRY BANDIT’S VERACITY PAYS; By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 22.—Caught, po- Jice sald, in a trap arranged by fellow officers, two detectives were held today on_charges of extortion. The pair, Ernest Dallege and John Squad, re- the 8,000 SLAUGHTERED BY REDS IN KIAN Priesto Released to Present $10,000,000 Demand for Release of Missionaries. By the Assoclated Press. SHANGHAI, October 22.—Chinese press dispatches from Nanchang today sald 8,000 men and women had been slaughtered since capture of Kian, Cen- tral Kiangsi Province, by Communist hordes October 6 burning and looting in the city accompanied the massacre. Missionary advices from Kiukiang said five foreign Catholic sisters were cap- tured by Reds and were held in a Com- munist hospital a few miles outside of Kian, while five chinese nuns were held at Red headquarters within ‘the city. ‘Whereabouts of four priests captured by Communists was not known. Additional information from Bishop Migniani and a Chinese priest, at K.lll~ kiang, said n» mission buildings had been burned when they departed at the command of the Reds to demand $10,- ol%n ,000 umca.n for release of the mis- E Gudlne in Churches. ‘The bishop left October 14. He e e s ul belo; to the church, in the event lham here | including Xormer Senator Coleman T. , |was appointed when du Pont resign ted the | on account of u‘,} health _in December, Nationalist aithorities were urged by American consul at Hankow today secure release held captive at Kian, 1¢ I!l'l ed r;‘m‘flg Kiukiang saying ollow the nun whose release is mlht by the Amlzlml;l is a Repo; rom ~ Pengtseh, Kiangsi Province, which has been npmred by the Comm Vonaix, Prench priest, had been m\u'dered. Pre- viously it was reported two Chinese priests had been slain when the Reds raided Kian. Bishop Migniani and one Chinese priest nrnved at Kiukiang today and told the story of their capture along "lé-;l the 14 hostages now geld by the reds. The refugee missionaries declared the reds were in complete control between Kian and Nanchang, Kiangsi. They said they saw no evidence of Nationalist soldiers. Trouble between French Catholic missionaries at Kiukiang and reported]; anti-foreign Chinese Buddhuu was considered likely to result in a legal cerning ownership of mission land. Catholics yesterday appealed for as- sistance to the Prench consul at Han- kow, simultaneously refusing to allow members of the order to appear in Chi- nese court here as t.hey were ordered. THREE DIE "IN CRASH SALISBURY, Conn., October 22 (#).— ‘Two youths and a girl met death in an automobile accident early today and a fourth girl is dying at a Sharon hos- pital. All were passengers in a large sedan driven by Willlam Mosley of Canaan, who escaped injury. Helen Adams of New Britain was in- stantly killed. Alfred Casey of Canaan died a few minutes after the sedan turned over, while Robert Condon of Canaan died at a hospital a few hours later of internal injuries. Julla Regalis Ol New Britain was taken to the Sharon ospital, where physicians held no hope (or er recovery. party was returning from a dance. P&l‘iu said all were in their early twen- VICTIM GOES TO McCarthy, veterans of the department, were stripped of their stars by acting Police Commissioner Alcock, to whom Joseph Mason, South Side druggist, had told of attempts to extort the first $25,000 md later $5,000 from him. leciared that Dallege and Mc- Carthy mm him they would arrest him as a bomb plotter unless they got the money. When he said he could not give 'ISM “000 was demanded, he said. fcers falsely accused N Mllon uld of conspiring to have rival drug stores bombed. Arte‘;“::ltn'"hhdswry to the':.:tl‘gg comm! er Monday, Mason - e T e, TR arr Sa called for the plckl.e he was mruted Iv fiu * {letter he has. ¥ | ator Bayard’s personal popularity might quarrel between the two orders con- | WET-AND-DRY ISSUE 'SHATTERS PARTY LINES IN DELAWARE Democrats Espouse Liquor Cause, With du Pont Fam- ily Widely Split. HARD TIMES AND TARIFF WRAPPED UP IN RACE Wilmington, Regarded as Repub- lican Stronghold, Is in Doubiful Seat. D: 0 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER o 2, 1930 —FORTY-FOUR PAGES FRF (®) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staft Correspondent of The Star WILMINGTON, Del, October 22.— The wet-and-dry issue has smashed party lines to smithereens in the sena- torial and congressional elections in this State. Wet Republicans under the leadership of Pierre and Irenee du Pont have gone over, for this election at least, to Thomas F. Bayard, former Senator and Democratic nominee for the Sen- ate, and to Col. John P. Lefevre, Demo- cratic nominee for the House. Bayard and the Democrats have espoused the wet cause. To offset these defections from the Republican ranks, dry Democrats, who supported the late Josiah Marvel, presi- dent of the American Bar Association and a candidate for the Democratic senatorial nomination this year against Bayard, are planning to vote in no in- considerable numbers for Senator Daniel ©O. Hastings, Republican incumbent, and for Robert G. Houston, Republican, who is seeking re-election to the House. Senator Hastings and Representative Houston are running as drys. Wrapped up in this campaign also are hard times, unemployment and the tariff. Altogether, the State of Dela- ware, the second smallest in the Union, is a mess this year politically. Du Pont Family Dominates. The du Pont family, because of its great industrial and other interests in the State, has long been a dominating factor in its politics as well as in its bus- iness. But the du Pont family is not a unit in this campaign. Although Pierre and Irenee have come out for Bayard, their brother, who is now presi- dent of ‘E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Lammot du Pont, is siding with 3enator Hastings and Mr. Houston in the congressional contest. Lammot du Pont, however, while in favor is opposed to hibition and says so vary rn.nkly Eu- 40 Senator Hast- he_says, t.hnp-nyhbewnbhmworkoutm lems which confront the country, luding prohibition. the support of | Senator Has has the du Pont family, | du Pont, to whose seat Senator Hastings | ed g’zb Hl-nkd T t;;l Pont, man, an . Carpenter, brother-in-law of Plerre du szrtpeb(nh party in Delaware today, -re the Republican ticket aiso this Split Over Presidential Race. ‘The du Pont family split two years ago over the presidential election with much the ume alignment as is found today, because some of the family fa- vored Al Smith and the stand he took on prohibition over President Hoover, and the stand of the Republican party for the continuance of prohibition. Irenee, however, remllnzd loyal to the Republican ticket that y The wet-and-dry fight ln this State, therefore, is not new. Two years ago, however, the sup- porters of the dry candidate for Prfil- dent won in a walk. President Hoover's l&ld despite all the talk about wet Wilmington and what it would do, was 83,677 over Al Smith, an unprecedented Republican majority. In that same year, i the Republican candidate for the Sen- ate, Senator Townsend, defeated Mr. Bayard, who is the Democratic candi- date for the Senate again this year, by 22,897 votes, and Houston, the Re- publ.icln candidate for the House, won by 28,316 over his Democratic opponent. It was thought at the time that Sen- pull him through, but he went down with the rest of the Democratic ticket in the Hoover landslide. Here in Delaware, as In other States, there is noticeable a drift away from (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) 1,000 IOWANS TO VOTE File Applications Here to Ballot in State’s November 4 Election. Gertrude M. Louls, secretary of the All States Society, announced today that approximately 1,000 Iowans have| filed their applications to vote in the State elections November 4. ‘Applications shou'd be placed at once with Willlam G. Ladd of the clerk’s document room, House Office Building. —— Man Shot Down in Office. NEW YORK, October 22 ().—A man entered the office of the Katz Coat Co., on the eighth floor of a building in the congested garment center today, fired two shots at Louls Kalz, the proprietor, wounding him seriously, and escaped by way ol 1re1gm elcv-u:r FAMILY’S RESCUE Jeweler Sends Hold-Up Man’s Sick Wife to Hospital, Buys Coal and Groceries. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 32.—A hold-up g-n who wouldn't lie has been found Chicago. And because he told the truth he h not only free. hxthl.l(lmflyhu and his ulcl e has been hktu fc a hospital for u'uumnt at the e: of man he held up the other nl(h! ufacturing jeweler, “I'm afraid, 1a Fou apare me part of my money?” istol continued to waver, but m w\e der nmuged to say “I'm not u to this Never tried it before. Wnull!n'l do it now for myself. I've got a wife, too, and four children. Wife's sick. No les—no coal. m 'h‘il)yw back $25. I simply got to have Mayerle asked his name and address. The next day he checked up and found the man told '.ha t?n‘:‘m‘l’ a ““'rvdt started a el fund, man’s wl!a the hospital and is trying to find him & job, |and is attracting more attention than PRESIDENT HOOVER TO ATTEND| ORATORICAL CONTEST SATURDAY Speakers to Be Entertained With Lunch- eons and Dinner Dances—Latin Orators Arrive in Washington. President Hoover will attend the Fifth International Oratorical Contest finals in Constitution Hall Saturday night. This announcement was made at the White House today foiiowing the Presi- dent’s decision yesterday not to witness the Navy-Princeton foot ball game Saturday. President Hoover’s appearance this year constitutes the sixth attendance at an oratorical contest final meet hi a President of the United States. le he was in the White House, President spoke at five of the meetings, l.nclu both United States national FOREIGN SPEAKERS | ADDRESS DISCIPLES 1 | Chinese Student Says Chris- Hold No Hope for 61 Workers| tianity Under Fire in China More Than Ever. Christianity is under fire in China ever before, Keh Ching Chen of Lu- chowfu, China, now a ministerial stu- dent at Columbia University, told the World Convention of the Churches of Christ today. “It is unfortunate, however,” Chen said, “that denominationalism has en- | tered China, as the Protestant church is divided into 134 different groups, | causing confusion, bewilderment and in- efficiency instead of inspiration.” Missionary Speakers Stress Progress. With the first world convention of the ! brotherhood closing tomorrow, when its | 10,000 or more delegates will leave for far-scattered homes, missionary speakers at two sessions today stressed the prog- ress of the Chfllflnn faith in many lands and emphasized the problems fac- ing the church due to current condi- | tions. Other speakers from Japan, lh!l Philippines, India, Poland and many | other countries were included on the program. which will be continued to- night. The theme of the sessions is: (Continued on Page 5, Column 2 Automobiles— Yesterday and Today In 1910 the automobile was a luxury. Today it is a necessity in both the home and business. Then the average price of an automobile was over $2,000. Today a better product can be bought for half that figure, while the average income has doubled! Automotive display ad- vertising in The Star dur- ing September amounted to 103934 agate lines. This was 41,000 lines more than that of any other Wash- ington paper. Only through careful reading of advertising in The Star can you be fully aware of offerings of local merchants, Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. 49,358 2d Newspaper. . ....12,967 3d Newspaper. . ... .. 9,827 4th Newspaper. . ... 4,590 The Evening Star. 5th Newspaper. ... .. 2,751 Total Rewiapers. .o 30,135 finals and international meetings. President Harding was scheduled to ad- dress the first national contest of the annual series, but his death intervened. President Hoover spoke at a contest meeting when he was Secretary of Com- merce and when his name was being broadcast as potential Republican nominee for President. Seven of the eight boys visited the | ‘White House early this afternoon and were greeted by Mr. Hoover. The boys were wished success by the President, who took leave of them with thé prom- ise to hear them Saturday night. The orators who visited the White (Continued on Page 2, Oolumu 6) 231 KNOWN DEAD “INMINE DISRSTER Still Entombed; 99 Victims in Hospitals. By the Associated Press. ALSDORF, Rhenish Prussia, October 22—This mining town of 10,000 inhabi- tants was plunged into new grief to- day, when the realization struck home | that there was no hope for 61 miners still under ground in the Anna II coal mine. With a certain death total of 231 and the bodies of 170 victims of | yesterday’s mysterious explosion already | recovered, there seemed every likelihood | this afternoon that further increases in the death list must be made. Ninety-nine persons remained in hos- pitals, many of them being in critical condition. Ghastly Sight Greets Rescuers. When rescue crews, wearing masks, penetrated to a pit 1500 teet belov: the surface, a ghastly sl'hl met their ey All about them the vic- tims lay, apparently asphyxiated. From | this pit’ not one person had emerged alive. It was only then that the would- be rescuers realized hope must be given up for any others in that area. ‘There were heartbreaking scenes as the dead were taken from the shaft and their familles identified them. Many persons came from surrounding towns, some even motoring over the nearby Belgian and Dutch borders., These thronged the town today, but & strong force of mounted and foot police kepi the crcwds at a distance from the mine. Seek Cause of Blast. A government commission continued its efforts to learn the cause of the t:_\;ghman. The blast at first was at- uted to ltnltlon of aynamite. Coal p also was suspected, but it was the beltet thlt this latter deadly factor had not entered into the tragedy that encouraged those above ground for many hours in the belief that large numbers of the miners would be res- cued alive from the deep but well ven- tilated galleries. e R A HOOVERS VOTE BY MAIL RAILLINES ARE CUT BY REBEL CAVALRY Communication Between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro .| Broken Second Time. By the Assoclated Press. | CURITYBA, Parana, Brazil, October | 22.—Insurgent light horse, trooping | down from the hills of Minas Geraes, for the second time have cut the rail- iroad and other communication be- tween Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. | A small force yesterday attacked and occupled Cruzeiro, junction city, about 125 miles from Rio de Janeiro. Advices | recelved here sald the city was de- fended by a strong federal force un- der Capt. Newton Cavalcanti, but did not indicate extent of fighting. Raiders Beaten Back. of the revolution & small At Curzeiro. It interrupted rail service between the republic’s two chief cities, but later was beaten back. e narrow stretch of federal terri- tory between the two cities, compris! little more than the coastal belt, is al- ways open to such attacks, any one of which mxzm hnve ‘most important milis tary conseque: !he front, has revivified this little city. Multitudes jed his hotel during the night, demanding he address them. Vargas, who was defeated by Julio Prestes for the presidency of the Brazil- | lan Union in the last national election, generally spurned the popular homage | already, and spent his time preparing plans for | his campaign along the Sao Paulo- Parana front. Attended Celebration. He did, however, attend a celebration of Curityba women, where he shared honors with Anita Garibaldi, grand- daughter of the Italian liberator. Streets here are alive with activity, both of soldiery moving to the front and of citizens engaged in war prepara- tions. Among other movements is one of raising funds and sending supplies to families of poor soldiers engaged in the fighting. «|WHEAT FARMERS \URGED TO C0-OPERATE ing Possible Under Con- gressional Acts. | By the Assoctated Press. DODGE CITY, Kans, October 22.— | Vice Prcsident Curtis said last night | co-operaiive organization must be | adopted by farmers before when', will | bring “a fair and just return.” “When the farmers in a sufficient number of States,” he said, “have or- ganized co-operatively, as those in Kn.nns already have, wheat can be marketed as efficiently and as systemat- ically as automobiles, shoes, or ma- chinery and at a price equally reason- able, which will bring a fair and just return.” Mr. Curtis expressed belief the act of 1922 authorizing formation of asso- ciations of agricultural producers, and the Federal farm act of 1929, were broad enough to enable all producers to pro- tect their interests through co-operative organlanon Curtis Declares Efficient Market- | STUDY OF JOBLESS STARTED PENDING ARRIVAL OF WOODS Statistical Experts Addressed by Secretary Davis on Survey’s Purpose. SHORTER HOURS MAY BE RECOMMENDED POLICY Total of Unemployed Now Placed at 3,500,000 Who Need Assistance. By the Associated Press. ‘While the Cabinet Committee on Un- employment today awaited the arrival of Arthur Woods of New York to take charge of President Hoover's relief or- ganization, a group of statistical experts gathered at the Labor Department to consider existing Government methods of collecting data on unemployment. James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, in an address to the gathering, said confidence in the accuracy of the de- partment’s figures on labor and wage matters was justified, but a probable need of extending this type of work now exists, He cited particularly the appearance of “technological” unem- ployment because of the displacement of manual labor by new machinery processes. “Just how far are these technological changes responsible for our present un- employment?” Secretary Davis asked, referring to displacement of m\mchm by talking moving picture films, un- londlnl of ships by conve'nrl, and the construction of new railroads by track- laying devices as examples. Should Be Made Study. “Can this question be answered, and if so, how are we to answer?” he con- tinued. *“This is the problem upon which we wish your advice. This un- employment survey ought perhaps to be made from a labor nt of view. That is to say, it should he a study rather than an enumeration. The study should show why indi- viduals were out of work and whether a machine displacement was responsi- ble for an individual situation, he said. A careful analysis of research possibili- ties would be helpful, he added. Col. Woods, former police commis- sioner of New York, yesterday was named by Presidetn Hoover as direc- tor of unemployment. He was expected to arrive in the Capital some time to- g:nluw f Nati penhml e of Nations’ o] |sion for some years. Anlflnofnol- | ton, he is 60 years old. Consider Shorter Hours. Pending information of the perma nent group under the New Yorker, in- timations came from the Cabinet that a plan for employing more workers for shorter hours—in effect, dividing the work and wages of those now employed fio cover many of the idle—wuuld be ng the proposals to be urged upon t.he Bll(u lnd industry. It is in use Hurley said, on en- under War Deparr- ment supervision. Doubtless it be extended as much as possible to the Federal building program, which is to be rushed as an unemployment aid. ‘The administration is inclined to view the actual problem, one of aiding 2,- 500,000 unemployed. The official esti- mate sets the total out of work now at 3,500,000, inclusive of a normal unemplnyment of 1,000,000 covering floaters, disabléd persons and other classes which do not work. This would indicate a disposition to believe there had been no increase in unemployment since Spring, as the census set the (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) —— BRIAND IS REPORTED GREATLY IMPROVED Holds Two Important Conferences Despite His Illness. French Foreign Minister By the Associated Pres PARIS, October 22.—Aristide Briand, French foreign minister, who has been | suffering from an iliness recently | diagnosed as pulmonary congestion, was reported much improved today. He held two important conferences, one of them with General Secretary | Berthelot of the foreign office, and the other with his chief of staff. Although the minister has not left his room he had as much work before him today as if he had resumed the duties of his post. He intended taking an auotmobile ride this afternoon, weather permitting, and to begin receiving Am- bessadors and others as usual next Monday. It was announced that M. Briand would be ready to attend the opening of the Chamber of Deputies Novem- ber 4, when, it was expected, he would | begin immediate dlscus-slon of foreign ufflte pollcles Will Forward Absentee Ballots to California Next Week. By the Assoctated Press. ‘Two ‘absentee ballots will go from the Capital to California for the elec- tion, November 4, and it may be as- sumed safely that they will add to the Republican total in that State, President and Mrs. Hoover expect to mail their votes to their home precinct at Palo Alto early next week. Two years ago this would not have been possible. At that time absentee ballots could be cast only from within the State, but the new statute per- mits voting from other States. In the presidential election of 1928 the President and Mrs. Hoover were at home and cast their ballots personally. EDGE ARRIVES TODAY Return to U. 8. Marks End of First Year as Envoy to France. NEW YORK, October 22 (#).—Am- bassador Walter E. Edge returns from France today, his name not only on the list of United States diplomats, but also on the list of those mentioned as candidates for oonrnor ‘| His_ return marks the mmdhlmnol Prance. ! /his first year as Ambassador to By the Assoclated Press. GRANADA, Nicaragua, October 22.— High up on the side of Zapatero Island, surrounded by the blue waters of Lake Nicaragua, United States Army Engi- neers surveying a new canal route have discovered what they believe to be Aztec ruins. Much of the relic city is in tumble- down condition, but there still stand, unmoved through four centuries, four large human sacrificial stones and at their foot a giant Indian idol with a carven man's body and the head of a grotesque vengeful animal. medlltel}' behind the large idol is & tomb made of flat stones fl'vm whlch the binding cement long since has dropped away. Vines and EEERE S ‘s mound. the spot, | the RUINS OF AZTEC CITY DISCOVERED BY U. S. ENGINEERS IN NICARAGUA Relic City in Tumble-Down Condition—Sacrificial Stones, Giant Idol and Tomb Found. of earth and stone 5 or 6 feet high, 20 feet wide and 100 feet long. ©On the four sides of the tomb, which is believed to contain remains of sadri- ficed humans, lay broken and headless idols where they have fallen through the centuries that have passed since the Aztecs ceased to be a nation, At one place in the ruins there was the entrance to a tunnel which the ex- plorers judged to be the nation’s treas- ury, built to hide their gold from en- croaching tribes and, afterward, the Spaniards. The tunne! led down to the water’s edge, where it terminated in what is now a large eircular cavity, in the center of which is & cone of fallen earth rising to within a few feet of the surface of the hillside. Indian guides told American officers of other ruins on the hilltop, which is cone of an extinct volcano out of the waters of Lake Nicaragus. ' PROSECUTOR OPENS CAMPBELL GASE BY QUOTING ACCUSED Collins Says Real Estate Man “Expects to Be Executed” for Baker Death. LAST JUROR SELECTED; FIRST WITNESS HEARD Parents Apparently Moved by Pre- liminary Statement of Govern- ment Counsel. Hebert M. Campbell “expects to be executed” after his trial on & charge of slaying Mary Baker, William H. Col- lins, an assistant United States attor- ney, declared in his opening statement to the jury in District Supreme Court today. “Herbert Campbell,” Collins said, “told police before his arrest, ‘You have enough to arrest me, convict me and execute me, why should I tel] you any more?" Collins gave a detailed account of the slaying of the young Navy Department clerk, insisting it took place at Seven- teenth and B streets. He charged all the evidence pointed to the guilt of the defendant, “even his own statements.” Three Witnesses Heard. Court adjourned at noon until 1:30 | oclock after hearing tne first three Government witnesses, Inez May Eyre, Ora Smith and Olga Skinner, friends of the dead girl who were among the last persons to see her alive. Miss Eyre and Miss Smith told of attending & vesper service at the Epiphany Church with Miss Baker on the fatal afternoon and of leaving her at Fourteenth and G streets about 5:40 o'clock. Miss Skinner, co-tenant with Miss Baker of & Lyon Park house, said she drove with Miss Baker to tcwn in the latter's car on the morning of Apyil 11 and saw Miss Baker .park the automobile Just west of Sixteenth and B streets, where the Government alleges the fatal assault began that afternoon, Mother Leaves Room. As the prosecutor addressed the jury in a voice audible to the furthermost corner of the court Campbell twiddled his thumbs as thflu‘h he had not & care in the world. However, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Loudoun Camp- Beiiof ‘Arlington County, Va., marked nerv . The def nuneiation of her son. Just before the statement was finished, appearing to have checked her.nerves while absent. The jury listened attentatively while Collins emphasized the important its of his argument. Not a sound was in the entire court room sns the spec- "”.Z" hung on the words of the prose- cutor. Following onmpletlan of the task of selecting the jury, Justice Adkins retired to chambers with counsel for both sides to decide whether Albert H. Hamilton, defense ballistic expert, should be tem- porarily excluded from the court room. The propriety of Hamilton's continued presence in court was ral as trial was to get under way, when the court announced that all witnesses must leave the court room. Counsel for the defense and prose- cution promptly conferred with the bench concerning the dulre of defense attorneys that the Auburn, N. Y., chemist and his son, Robert Hamilton, remllnl inside the rafl to consult with counsel Examined Campbell Gun, Hamilton, who gained publicity dur- ing the Sacco-Vangzetti trial in Boston several years ago, has examined the .32- caliber revolver belonging to Campl and reported disagreement with the joint opinions of Government ballistic experts that the weapon fired the fatal bullets. The flurry today was the first indica- tion of the important part which Ham- ilton is expected to play in the unusual trial. It is on the "hlte-hllred NW York criminologist that (Continued on Page 2, co}\unn 1) ——s NYE REOPENS QUIZ IN NEBRASKA RACE Move Comes as Surprise—Refuses to Reveal Purpose or Identity of Witnesses. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., October 22.—Senator Gerald P. Nye, Republican, North Da- kota, chalrman of the Senate Investi- gating Committee, unexpectedly re- sumed his inquiry into the Nebraska senatorial primary race today. Prior to a hearing which opened at the Pederal Building this morning, the North Dakota Senator would ~ not divulge the identity of witnesses who were to appear nor the exact purpose of the hearing. Last night, on his arrival from Tennessee, he said the Nebraska hearing, ,in all probability, would not be resufed until after the November election. Senator George W. Norris, Républi- can nominee for re-election, yesterday sent a letter to Senator Nye request- ing that he return to Nebraska and resume his inquiry into the attempted filing of a second George W. Norris, & Broken Bow, Neb., grocer, in the Re- publican primary. FIVE BADLY BURNED Home Destroyed by Blaze Caused by Starting Fire With Gasoline. HARRISBURG, Ark., October 22 (). —Five members of a family were burn- ed severely here by fire which demoym their home. . Grojean, 50, suffered burns whk'h o physician feared may prove fatal. Don Grojean, 4 years old. also is in a critical condition. Mrs. Grojean and two other small ch.l!m. Duke, 6, and Harold, 2, were burned less seriously. Mrs. Grojean said the mbukan use of gasoline instead of kerosene in ing a fire in & wok l'av- caused m