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WEAT HER. (U. B. Weather Bureau Forecast ) Partly cloudy and colder tonight with minimum temperature about 40 degrees; ganwn' fair, Tem) it 4:30 pm. yesterda; 7 a.m. today. Full repot on page No. 31,592, post_office, Entered as second class ma ‘Washington, tures—Highest, P!f;; lowest, 55, at Pages11,12&13 tter . C. he WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION pening Sfar WASHINGTON, +D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1930—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. MILLIONAIRES FIGH FOR RHODE ISLAND SENATORIAL SEAT Metoalf and Gerry Both Wet in Race, With Result Believed in Doubt. BUSINESS SLUMP HELD FACTOR AGAINST G. 0. P. Reported Free Use of Money In- spires Question of Nye Com- mittee Investigation. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Btaft Correspondent of The Star. PROVIDENCE, R. I, October 20.— For want of a better name, the sena- torial race in this State may b: called the great Rhode Island millionaires’ handicap. Senator Jesse H. Metcalf, Republican, owner of textile mills and with many other interests, is many times a million- aire, and he is matched this year against former Senator Peter Goelet Gerry, Democrat, whose millions are sald to be partly invested in lower New York real esfate. Mr. Metcalf is seeking to succeed himself, while his Democratic ent, is endeavoring to return to the Senate over Mr. Metcalf’s political body. Mr. Gerry was defeated in 1928 for election to the Senate by Senator Pelix Hebert, who defeated Gerry Republican, by ne; 3,000 votes, although Al Smith, '.h:n&llwflfib candidate for Presi- dent, carried Island by 1,500 votes. Race Held Doubtful. ‘Which one of these millionaires will ‘when !Egfi EKEEEEE i a3 nowhere to go . The asso- | the eighteenth amend- other hand, has in both Metcalf and Gerry, but has given & “preferential” rating to Gerry, who is no matter how the referendum No one here doubts but what Rhode Island will vote overwhelmingly in fa- vor of the repeal of the eighteenth amendment on the referendum. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) EIGHT MORE VICTIMS OF MINE BLAST FOUND | Gas Continues to Hamper Rescue Work in Oklahoma Coal Pit. By the Associated Press. MCALESTER, Okla., October 20— ‘The bodies of 8 of the 29 miners trapped by an explosion in the Wheat- ley, No. 4, coal mine near here were | found on the eighteenth level shortly | ‘before 8 o'clock this morning, it was announced at the mine top. It was believed the bodies would be brought | to the surface shortly. Rescue crews early today penctrated | the_debris-strewn of the mine to | ‘within 100 feet of where they expected | to find the miners. Evidence of the unusual force of the and after-damp encountered by rescuers caused them to abandon hope a( finding any of the trapped vic- tims alive. 4 The lethal gas which filled the shaft following the expiosion so hampered rescuers that they frequently were forced to withdraw until the after-damp cleared away. Relatives of the entombed miners re- ear the mouth of the mine . Workers Strive To Save Youth Trappéd in Well Bby Escapes Injury by Crouching Under Ladder as Debris Falls, ‘Trapped by tons of stone this after- noon when the retaining wall of a well he was cleaning collapsed, Lewis Bar- rett, 19, residing near Glenmont, Md., escaped injury by crouching underneath a lader on which he had been stand- ing when the retaining wall commenced to crumble. At 2 o'clock this afternoon members of the Kensington Volunteer PFire De- partment rescue squad and neighbors were still attempting to rescue him. As they worked removing the stone the boy carried on a lively conversation with those on the ground above. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Barrett, tenants of the Hull farm, near Glenmont. Early this afternoon the boy and his father started cleaning out an old well on the place which had not been used for some time. A wooden ladder was lowered until its lower end rested on a projection 10 feet from the bottom of the 30-foot shaft. The boy climbed down' and was cleaning the sides of the well when the retaining stone beneath him commenced to crumble and fall away from the side of the well. ‘When the wall above him also began to collapse he saw that his only chance to escape serious injury and ible death was to crouch beneath the lad- der which was in a diagonal position in the well. The entire retaining wall, built of stone ranging weight from 10 to 30 nds, gave way a few seconds after he got under the ladder, which shielded him from harm. FORMOSA SAVAGES SLAY 86 JAPANESE Police Expedition Sent Out to Quell Uprising of Head Hunters. By the Associated Press. ‘TOKIO, October 29.—The fury of an in uprising by head-hunting savages in Central Formosa was attested today in a report received at the war office say- ing the bodies of 86 Japanese, slain by pedition had fought its way through the marauders. The: punitive expedition occupled the town after battling the insurgents at el, or “Beautiful Valley,” on the edge of the M district. reports had indicated 240 Jap- anese were . . The tch to the war office left in doubt the fate of nearly 150 -one refugees were said to have reached safety. Included in the 86 dead were 23 women, 17 girls, 21 boys, 13 policemen and 12 male civilians, all of whom were Japanese. Fear Others Killed. Rengo News Agency advices said it ‘was feared others perished in the Six fighting planes prepared for ac- tion, and the mountain artillery was ordered to join the expedition, which is now over 1,000 strong. Word of the revolt came barely a fortnight after Formosa officials had announced the successful conclusion of Japan's 25-year fight to subdue the a . Uncon! reports said the savages left a bloody trail in ad- vancing to Musha, where they attacked school children. The aborigines were said to have seized 100 rifles. Prior to the Japanese occupation airplanes flying over Musha had re- ported the village deserted. Japanese authorities were unable to ing. the savages and quell the u Vag! a gy e was the police detachment ly reached the town. Explanations Offered. Newspapers here, however, offered several explanations for the revolt. Among the reacons advanced was the electric power project at getsutan. The semi-official Mormosa Electric Power Co. is sald to be ne- gotiating with the J. P. Morgan Co. of New York for a loan of 45,000,000 yen (about $22.500,000) for this project. Construction of the projected dam would flood a large arca now belonging to e Jewelry and Silverware The pleasure of owning beautiful things—as per- sonal adornments and home decorations—takes expres- / sion in the purchase of jew- elry and silverware. Local jewelers, depart: ment stores and manufac- turing silversmiths use The Star as their principal ad- vertising medium. Their advertising in The Star during September amounted to 24,895 agate lines*, with- in a thousand lings of the total carried by all other Washington newspapers combined. Only through careful reading of advertising in The Star can you be fully aware of offerings of local merchants. *Pigures from Media Records, Inc Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) The Evening Star 4}.645 2d Newspaper 16,469 3d Newspaper 4th Newspaper : l=||dnl from the change in Sth Newspaper . Toral Four Other Newspapers vy KELLEY DISMISSED BY WILBUR AFTER OIL SHALE CHARGE Secretary Tells Him Conduct Has Been Such as to Make Services Undesirable. WORK JOINS HOOVER IN DENOUNCING AGENT Declares He Was Never Urged to Favor Individuals or Organizations. By the Assoclated Press. Secretary Wilbur today dismissed from the service Ralph S. Kelley, for- mer Denver fleld agent, who had charged the department with mis- | handling Colorado oil shale lands. In a brief letter addressed to Mr. Kelley, Secretary Wilbur said: “Referring to my letter of September 29, suspending you from duty, your con- duct has been such that your connec- tion with the Interior Department may be considered terminated by dismissal as of September 29, 1930.” Reached at his hotel here, Kelley said he had no comment to make. The letter of dismissal probably was in his morning mail. He had not read it, he said In his letter of September 29 Secre- tary Wilbur declined to accept Kelley's resignation, which the field agent sub- mitted at the time he made his charges public. but suspended him from duty pending an investigation. Denounced by Hoover, The dismissal came one day behind the denunciation by President Hoover of Kelly's oil shale land charges. Sec- retary Wilbur and former Secretary ‘Work of the Interior Department also issued statements' late yesterday join- ing in describing 9:: allegations as “nonsense.” The Department of Justice, which in- vestigated the allegations of Kelley. a former Denver land office official, made public letters from Wilbur and Work embodying the statements. ‘Work said the department files were always open to inspection and that he did not believe any had been destroyed. He described the departmental routine and said “at no time was I urged to rule in favor of any individual or cor; porate organization by any member of Congress from Colorado or elsewhere.” “Party politics was never intruded into the departmental " he added. “Complaints were it and re- curring against Mr. Kel by home- steaders, claimants for patents to oll shale lands and from those who wished to buy paten claims. His discharge orm':gntmtil;nbmmme'hl'l repeatedly urged er his jurisdiction, but he was proteeted in his place by Assistant Finney, whom he now assails in the prégs.” No Oil Shale Land Seld. Work sald the Government sold no oll shale land and added: “I never sus- pected and refuse to belleve that the administration of the oil shale lands in Colorado or other States under my jurisdiction was , unlawful or influence or per- of a Government employe.” Wilbur called attention to the conser- vation policy inaugurated by the Presi- dent and said it had been rigidly enforced. “As to the oil shale lands,” he said, “unlike oil prospecting permits, the Secretary is under the law without dis- cretion to refus: the lication for (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) EIGHT ARE DROWNED AS YACHT FOUNDERS | 8ix Survivors of Disaster Off Del- aware Capes Brought Into New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 29.—Eight per- sons were lost, including the owner and his wife, when the steam yacht Barba- does foundered off the Del Saturday. ‘The 8. 8. Henry Mallory arrived in port today with six survivors which it picked up from a lifeboat yesterday. E. G. Valverde, the owner; his wife and three members of the crew went down with the ship. Three more mem- bers of the crew died in the lifeboat and were buried at sea. rescued, said the ship ran into a ter- rific storm Saturday. He attempted to run her inshore to seek the lee of some islands. With the shore still many miles away, Capt. Hough said he found himself standing in water to his knees and he ordered the ship abandoned. An effort already had been made to lower a lifeboat when suddenly the ship plunged to starboard and sank. Nine men gained a life boat and they set out on their long journey which yesterday afternoon when the Mallory sighted them. They were with- out water, except that which,they licked off the sides of the boat, and within 12 hours three of the men were dead— Walters, the mess boy: Gem}e Frank- lln.kl seaman, and George Watts, the cook. SOUCEK WILL RECEIVE HIGH HONOR FROM NAVY Distinguished Flying Cross to Be Awarded for Records Made in Altitude Flights. Lieut. Apollo Soucek, who while on duty at the Anacostia Naval Air Station, captured the two outstanding world altitude records, will be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Secretary of the Navy Adams, it was announced today. Four other naVal officers also will be awarded the cross for extraordinary merial exploits. They are: Lieut. E. F. Burkett, killed at San Diego in January, last; Lieut. Wallace M. Dillon, Lieut. Richard E. White- head and Chief Radio Electrician Claude G. Alexander for participating in the Alaskan Aerial Expedition. Mrs. Martha Spalding Burkett, formerly of ‘Washi will receive decoration awarc to’ her husbend. Soucek was credited with having gone higher than any other person jin the history of the world when on June ® last he climbed to an altitude of 42177 fert above this city. ware Capes | Capt. W. L. Hough, among the six | APPEALS TO WOMEN T0 AID IN RELIEF FOR UNEMPLOYED !Dr. Lillian Gilbreth Acts as Member of President’s Committee. BROADCASTING CONCERNS OFFER THEIR SERVICES Col. Woods Tells Chief Executive He Is Encouraged by Re- sponse of Nation. By the Associated Press. An appeal to the women of the coun- try to aid the President's Emergency Committee on Employment in its work to aid the jobless was made today by Dr. Lillian Gilbreth of Montclair, N. J., | upon taking charge of the women's di- | viston. Dr. Gilbreth urged the women to help by having repairs madc to their homes and by working through their various groups to assist the destitute. Col. Arthur Woods, chairman of the committee, said the National and Co- lumbia Broadcasting Systems had of- | fered their services to the committee | as well as the motion picture industry Associated service. * ¥ UP) Means Associated Now oy JusT NI ME 5‘ Flncnut'; LIKE THAT! News Note: A report of the treasurer of the Democratic National Committee showed ex- penditures of $30.915, of which amount $30,000 had been advanced by Chairman John J. Raskob. through Will H. Hays. Concrete examples of local efforts to | aid the unemployed will be related over | | the radio, Col. Woods said, in the hope | that municipalities yet to adopt pro- grams will follow the example of those which have relief plans in full swing. | Only accounts of definite accomplish- | ments would be discussed, he added. | Col. Woods said 15 cities had advised the committee they had undertaken re- lief projects on an important scale, and four States already have organized to handle the problem. Woods Studies Plans. Woods, who returned last night from | New York, had on his desk today four Jarge folders containing plans and sug- gestions from all over the country- lool ing toward alleviation of unemployment. | He sald each proposal was being studied | and that the committee was grateful for them. He noted, however, that appeals for specific ald would have to be taken not or- ganized to provide individuals with em- ployment. The United States Chamber of Com- merce planned a meeting today to dis- cuss plans of giving its assistance to the emergency group. Another move to give assistance destitute families was described corporation had made available a spe- cial fund of $100,000 to local welfare bodies in more than 200 ecities to hel 28 many Tamilles as . The fund, be mmvlnwdmmynndam- pl t, Later Col. Woods went to the White House and discussed the situation with | President Hoover. He told the Chief | Executive he was very encouraged over the work thus far of the emergency committee and particularly the re- sponse of industry, welfare ‘organiza- tions, State governments and private citizens to appeals to help. mfif" AONPEDBANKER RETURNSTOHOVE “Will Let Somebody Else Save Country,” He Says When Asked About Future. By the Associated Press. GALVA, Ili, October 29.—Unharmed, | but reluctant to discuss his three-day | disappearance, Earl Yocum, Galva, Il "banker, returned to his home today. ‘The banker admitted he had been | kidnaped, but flatly refused to name the amount of his ransom. He was in! a cheerful frame of mind, but his replies | to questions were guarded. “How much ransom was paid?” he was asked. “I am not going to tell,” Yocum re- plied. “Were you released because you com- plied with the requirements of o~ Letters Were “Suggested.” “Were the letters to Mrs. Yocum dic- tated ‘Are you going to do anything about | g let somebody else save the try.” “Would it jeopardize your life?” "h:‘ "M not think I'd better answer | “Would you disclose details of | Plans State Organizations. { Col. Woods expects establishment in — | several States of organizations such as | tuture?” the one set up by Gov. Allen in Massa- | chusettts to conduct a State-wide em- ployment campaign. His staff will a semble information to show where em- ployment will be stimulated, will co- operate with municipalities in extending | the best relief methods everywhere and | will aid in other specialized flelds. Meanwhile the tightening of immigra- tion restrictions against jobseekers from abroad was reported showing results. September admittance figures showed the entry list cut from the 23,020 of a year ago to 17,792 for last month, but this, Immigration Commissioner Hull | said, was only a start. . Speed Up Construction. Government construction efforts showed | signs of speeding up also. Bids were | in for construction of a new office build- | ing here for members of the House of Representatives. The lowest offer was | $5,270,000 and the first of the construc- | tion s expected to get under way early | in December. The Veterans' Bureau is "(Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 118 DIE, 40 ARE INJURED IN FRENCH TRAIN CRASH Geneva-Bordeaux Express Derailed. Most of Passengers From Rumania. By the Associated Press. g PERIGUEUX, Prance, October 29.— The Geneva-Bordeaux Express was de railed here today. Eighteen persons were killed and about 40 injured. It was not known if any foreigners were in- cluded in the casualty list. Cause of the accident was not determined. | ‘The train was hauled by two loco- motives. Engineers of both were killed. One fireman lost his life and another victin was a woman, whose identity was not established, but who probably was a Rumanian. Most of the passengers were Ruman- lan emigrants bound for Bordeaux. [DO-X TO GET FINAL TRIAL your kidnaping if the authorities demanded?"” | “No, T would not.” | “Wiil you take precautions in the “I do not think that is necessary.” ‘Whereabouts Unknown. Reporters mentioned similar kidnap- ing cases and the handicap piaced on | authorities when victims remained | silent. 1 “It's no joke,” Yocum remarked, “but | I think these things can be worked out | without anybody being put on the spot.” | Yocum said he did not know where | he had been held prisoner, the number | of his captors nor their nationality He 'l‘ad blindfolded most of ihe time, he said. ‘The banker said he was dropped from | an automobile near Atkinson carly this | morning. He belleved he was held a | prisoner near Atkinson as the automo- | bile had not traveled far before he was | released. He sald he did not know whether he was held in a house or not. Mrs. Yocum said she did not know | where her husband had been held by | the extortionists. | Found on Lonely Road. ! Yocum was returned to his home by | a motorist who found him walking on | a lonely road near Atkinson, Iil, about | 15_miles from Galva, | The motorist, Virgil de Reu, said | Yocum asked for a ride into Galva. As soon as he got in the car, De Reu said, the banker identified himself. A four day’s growth of beard was evident, but Yocum seemed to be in good spirits. . Giant German Plane Then Will Be Prepared for U. 8. Trip. ALTENRHEIN, Germany, October 29 (#).—The Dornier works today decided upon one more trial spin tomorrow for their giant plane, Do-X, before start- :n[ for Amsterdam, Lisbon and Amer- ca.. After Thursday's flight the Do-X will be taken into its hangar for a final overhauling. Weather conditions over Lake Constance are at present most unfavorable for flight. GOAT IS RESCUED | By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg., October 20.—A I white Angora goat, marooned three months on a steep rock ledge above the Columbia River near Oak Ridge, Wash., rested comfo.tably today on a bed of straw in the Portland pound. ‘The goat was rescued from the prec- ipige last night after hours of perilous efforts by O. R. Stafford, Oregon hu- mane officer. ite the warnings of friends, Staf- ford climbed the steep 300-foot cliff to tie ledge. The face of the cliff chased the goat effort to capture ‘OF HIS LIFE BY HUMANE OFFICER Animal Marooned on High Cliff, Requiring Hours of Dangerous Climbing to Reach. AT GREAT RISK to escape, the goat leaped 20 feet down e of the precipice and landed in | & small crevice. | Stafford lowered himself to a jutting | rock and succeeded in dropping a rope over the animal, which he hoisted back to the ledge. Stafford, with the goat in his arms, then started still more dangerous climb to the top of the cliff far above the ledge. Hours after dark he ap- peared at the ), where a companion awaited him. ther they maneu- vered the goat down a rock slide on the other side. ‘The goat was given medical n. tion in the form of & pail of water. | | Capital Gets First Rain for 6 Weeks; Forecast Is Colder The first rain in six weeks, an intermittent drizzle through which vehicular traffic skidded this morning, arrived here last mid- night in advance of a 15-degree drop in temperature expected to- night. A minimum of 40 degrees is predicted, something less than a cold wave, but well under this morning’s low mark of 55 de- grees. About 0.18 inches of rain fell, not enough to make much impression on the drought, weathermen said. Partly cloudy skies should pre- vail here tonight, without much rain and clearing tomorrow. The cold is expected to continue. ‘Today’s rain was one of a scant half da‘en which have developed here since last July. The cold is coming from the northwest, where subnormal temperatures were felt yesterday and’ last night. VARGAS GUARDED Friends of Rebel Leader Fear Attempts on His Life on Way to Be President. By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, October 29.—Ex- treme precautions were taken today to safeguard the life of Dr. Getulio Var- gas, proceeding t@ Ciudad Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to assume control of the Brazilian government. Despite the victory of the revolu- tion, and the popularity of the man, it was feit by revolutionary leaders that there still are elements which question | his designation by the military junta which deposed President Washington | Luis as the logical figure for the presi- | dency. Expected by Rio Today. All that is khown here of the Rio Grande do Sul leader’s plans is that he will go to Sao Paulo and thence to Rio de Janeiro. Reports were that he will arrive here today, prepared to outline future policies of the new government, but there has been no word here of definite deparutre from Itarara. He is expected to bring with him a force of | cowboy rebel cavalry. Capt. Juarez Tavora, leader of the victorious revolutionary army of the north, arrived here yesterday by air- plane from Bahia, and was given a tumultuous greeting. The youthful mili- tary leader, asking that no military men enter the new government, has effaced himself gracefully from a situation in which at least one section of the coun- try would have considered him as hav- ing equal rights with Dr. Vargas for | the presidency. President Still Held. Pending arrival of Dr. Vargas, Dr. Osvaldo Aranha, Liberal politician and President pro-tem of Rio Frande do Sul, is acting as_ his representative in nego- tiations with the junta. Dr. Washing- ton Luis, deposed President, is still con- fined in the officers’ quarters of the Fort Alveza Copacabana. Dr. Julio Prestes, President-elect, is remaining at the residence of the British consul general in Sao Paulo. thrown around the residence. Business is resuming its normal aspect. The banks are open, but a 30- day moratorium is in effect and only the Banco do Brazil can negotiate bills of foreign exchange. No further fight- ing or serious disturbances are expected. Girl on Trial as Slayer. CAMDEN, 8. C., October 29 (#).—An 18-year-old girl, Lottie Villepigue, went on trial in General Sessions Court here today on a charge of murder. She is al- leged to have stabbed to death Bessie Robinson, 16, during a quarrel about a boy friend. Wife, 330 Pounds, Wins Divorce. CHICAGO, October 29 (#).—Mary Goldberg, who weighs 330, was granted a divorce yesterday from her husband Samuel, weight 110, on the charge that he was cruel. Once, she testified, he knocked her down. Portes Gil to Visit France. MEXICO CITY, October 29 (#).—A to Universal from Tampi today said former President Portes G and his family scon would sail for Prnnea‘or an eight-month visit. L Heavy guards have been | STANLEY BALDWIN ASKED TO RESIGN Expect Vote of Confidence for British Party Leader- Tomorrow, However. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 29.—Political | Britain rocked today with the sensa- tion created by the demand of 44 Con- servative members of Parliament that Stanley Baldwin, former prime minis- | ter, resign leadership of the party. Their demand, in the form of a pe- tition to which other M. P.’s were given an opportunity to subscribe, was handed to the chief party whip last night. It will come up for discussion at a party meeting tomorow. Resignation Not Expected. Should Mr. Baldwin be given an ad- verse vote on. a request for an ex- ression of confidence, he almost cer- would resign. -His other and possibly more popular mem- ber of the Baldwin camp, such as Winston Churchill or Sir Austen Cham- berlain. Conservative members of Parliament have signed the petition, it was not be- lieved that lack of confidence would be voted. The petition, while not signed by outstanding figures in the party, bears such names as Sir John Gretto, Sir Basil Peto, Sir Martin Conway, Vis- MacQuist A ten and E. Marjoribanks. The demand of the dissenters fol- lows a barrage of many weeks by Lord Beaverbrook and Rothermere, who control the influential Daily Ex- press and Daily Mail. Other Parties Have Troubles. ‘The other parties apparently are having their own internal troubles. Ex- tremists of the Labor party long have chafed under Mr. MacDonald’s mod- erate control and demands for unre- stricted soclalism are constantly re- Independent Labor party insistence upon “socialism in our time” is expected to crop out again in parliamentary meetings within the next few days. ‘The Liberals also are inharmonious, some members dissenting from the ap- parent readiness of their leader, David Lioyd George, to support the govern- ment in the coming session. SUBURBS WOULD TAP ' DISTRICT MAIN AGAIN | | Fifth Connection Desired to In- crease Water Supply for Nearby Territory. ‘The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission yesterday made applica- tion to the District Commissioners to make the fifth connection with the District’s water supply system to serve the Sanitary imissjon’s territory in nearby Maryland. 'he connection sought would be at Forty-seventh street | and Western avenue. The ather' four connections from which the commission now draws Dis- trict water are: Chevy Chase circle, Runnymede street and Western ave- nue, Georgia avenue and the District line and Rhode Island avenue and the District_line. The District is allowed to sell the commission a maximum of 3,000,000 gallons per day. The connection now sought, according to Capt. Hugh P. Oram, ' Assistant Engineer Commis- sioner. in charge of the Water Depart- | ment, will not ‘bring the daily take up the 3,000,000-gallon limit. The | price of the water to be taken through | | ever, that the government had ~ suaded a majority of the un 3 | of raising these issues at the 1 time. | this connection will be $75 per 1,000,000 gallons. | SPANISH STUDENTS RIOT Seville Scholars Demand End of Callejo’s Methods. SEVILLE, Spain, October 20 (#).— Some fist fighting, much noise and window breaking marked a riot today in the University of Seville against con- tinuation of the aducational plan de- vised by the former minister of public instruction, Callejo, during the 0 dictatorship. | students started the rumpus, to join and burning s of Callejo ipended. d to meet and al petition or $iso long as dis- b g Plack-draped M All classes were The faculty decl} ‘wmlfler the withd other student differe turbances continue. Since but 44 members of the 260 | The only evening paper in Washington wi'.:. the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,892 TWO CENTS. ICAMPBELL TELLS JURY HE WAS HOME WHEN MARY BAKER WAS SLAIN IN AUTO Virginia Real Estate Man Takes Stand in Qwn Behalf in Effort to Establish Alibi in Murder Case. Press. WIFE OF DEFENDANT ALSO OFFERS EVIDENCE Story of Prisoner Had Already Been Given in Piecemeal in Two- day Procession of Witnesses. Ballistics Test by Experts Still Under Way. Fighting for his life before a District Supreme Court jury that has heard the Government accuse him of the brutal murder last |April of Mary Baker, Herbert M. |Campbell, Arlington County real- ty dealer, today took the stand iand swore to his innocence of the crime. | The florid-faced, well groomed | virginian, gazed intently at the jury as he detailed his alibi and denied, in emphatic tones, that he ever “knew, saw, choked or shot” the Navy Department clerk. The story he told already had been given in piece meal form by a two-day procession of so-called alibi witnesses mar- shaled by the defense. While the defendant talked smoothly and positively to the 12 men who sit in judgment on his fate, a ballistics ex~ pert for the Government was engaged at the Bureau of Standards in a sen- sational experiment intended to prove the prosecution's contention that Col. Calvin Goddard and Dr. Wilmer Souder, noted _ballistics _authorities, could not have been mistaken in their identification of Campbell’s gun as the one used by Miss Baker's slayer. Court Awaits Report. A report on the outcome of the criti« cal test, conducted by direction of the court by Col. Goddard for the purpose of determining the dability of the science of it afternoon. forward and said: “Did you ever know Mary Baker?” “No,” the prisoner replied with emphasis. “Did you ever see Mary Baker?” "gid you choke Mary Baker?” “No.” "gld you shoot Mary Baker?” “No» The questions and answers succeedea each other with machine gun rapidity, while every one in the court room leaned forward tensely. Then Camp- bell quickly volunteere | _ "I never choked nor shot Mary Baker, (I never choked nor shot any woman.” The scene was easily the most dra- matic of the extraordinary trial. Vandoren continued the questioning. “D> you know what kind of a car Mary Baker had?” the atiorney asked. “No,” replied the defendant with a shake of his head, “I have never been in one of the new Fords. “Did you ever see her car?” Vandoren inquired. Campbell hesitated before answering in the negative, and then he added: “I want to explain that hesitancy by saying that after they took my palm prints they took me over to the Ar- iington County Court House and the car might have been there. But if it was |1t was not pointed out to me.” Campbell was preceded to the stand by his fashionably attired wife, Mrs, Ruth Callahan Campbell, who declared i her husband was in their Virginia lands home from 5:30 to 7:30 o'clock on | the evening of April 11, I The Gov= | ernment has charged that Campbell stiangled and shot the girl in her auto~ mobile at or near Seventeenth and B | streets about 6 o'clock that same eve- ning. Tne prisoner, wearing a dark-blue, well-tailored suit, a cream-tinted shirt, a_blue four-in-hand tie, and carefully (Continued on Page 2, Column REICHSTAG LEADERS CONFER IN SECRET Abrogation of Versailles Pact and Young Plan Modificatic: Discussed. By the Associated Press. shrouded a meeting of the Reichstag Foreign Affairs Committee, convoked today to discuss among other abrogation of the treaty of Versailles and modification of the Young plan. Reliable information indicated, how= It was learned that the gove regards it as highly - inexpedient (:' Germany to take any steps at - time, particularly as revision has made. its appearance in speeches by prominens men of other nations, Before the committee convened, Chans cellor Bruening summoned the d of all parties except the Commun and laid the government viewpoim before them He did not participate the committee meeting, but had th government case presented by Minister Curtius. 350 Men Pray for Jobless. QUEBEC, October 29 (#).—Th hundred and fifty men walked 25 miles from Quebec to shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre to for relief for unemployment, | Fascist and Communist demands for - et was being eagerly awaited by the court this The will BERLIN, October 290.—Greatest secrecy