Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1931, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight, probably clearing to- morrow morning; cooler tonight and to- morrow. Temperatures—Highest, 84. at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 67, at 5:30 &m, today. Full report on page Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 &.15 Entered as s post office, Was| No. 31,795, ond class mat 4. hington, D. LABOR EDITOR SHOT | ASDISPUTE AMONG ENGINEERS FLARES Frank Langdon in a Critical Condition at Emergency Hospital. ASSAILANT FIRES TWO " GUNS AT UNION GROUP Vest Pocket Book Saves Life of | Arthur M. Huddell, Presi- dent. Smoldering lal disputes in the International Union of Operating En- | gineers flared up today when an un- | identified gunman fired seven shois at | three officials of the organization as they sat at lunch in the Robin Hood | Coffee Shop, Tenth and K stree shortly after noon. The would-be as- | sassin wielded two guns. One of the trio, shot through the eve, is Frank Langdon, 72-year-old as- sociate editor of the Trade Union | Journal. He is in Emergency Hospital in a critical condition. ! A pocketbook in the vest of Arthur | M. Huddell, president of the union, | stopped a bullet that may have taken | his life. Another narrowly escaped hit- ting John Possehl, general secretary and treasurer of the union. Fired at Bystander. The gunman ren out to the street, and, after firing a final shot at an in- nocent bystander who blocked’ his| path, dashed through an alley and escaped. The restaurant where the shooting took place is across the street from the ‘union rters, on the doorstep of one_of a few full I to A chef, Henry Neal, who waited on the d ervous ‘Tpe union officials, the de of bullets, fought mpermny. I urning table, they threw chairs and dishes &t their assailant. | Three other patrons. including | woman, fied while the fight was at its height. Flees on Foot. After the gunman had shot all but onc bullet from his second weapon, he turned and ran from the restaurant, fleeing up Tenth street on foot. Miss Inanell Jester, manager of the | “except 16r observing that he was dress- ed in working clothes. He ordered a Junch of pork chops, bread and coffee | and went over to & table near the other | men. My back was turned when the first | #hot was fired, but 1 had turned around at the second. guns didn't say a word to the others, but just stood there, firing and firing It's a wonder they weren’t all killed.” | Miss Jester said she would know the gunman if she saw him again. 1 Not Unexpected. Huddell stated this afternoon that | the attack was not unexpected. | “We ‘have asked for police protec- | tion,” he said, “because we knew that there would be an uprising from this element. We have expelled more than 40 members in various parts of the country recently because they reluudl 1o abide by our laws, and we defeated court cases in which they sought to be | reinstated. | 1 personally have undertaken to| climinate racketeering in many re-| spects in cur union. and I knew !hlli I had created enemies.” Huddel]l classified the ~xpelled mem- | bers as “Communists” and “bolsheviks.” | “1 have been president of this union | for eight years” he said, “and I know | there are many who do not like my administration. Without a doubt, l'm] th® man they were after.” { A complete set of fingerprints was obtained from the dishes which were handled by the gunman. They were 10 be photographed and held with the gun for evidence. i Huddell could not name the gunman. A witness to the shooting said the a: sailant escaped in a coupe bearing Dis- trict license tags. which police said they believed were stolen from J. Claude Keiper, grand secreiary of Masons, to | whom they were issued | Huddell, who went to the hosplull‘, with Langdon, found that his own life had been saved by & note book in his pocket. A bullet had struck him over the heart, and was found embedded in | ng to Henry Neal, 49 years| old, colored chef in the cafeteria. the | gunman appeared to be in a highly nervous state just prior to the shooting. After putting in order for lunch, Neal said, the man seemed to be trem- bling, and his lips were quiver He made some remark about how hot it was in the restaurant and kept turn- ing his head toward the table where his intended victims sat. He placed a dollar bill on the counter for his lunch and walked over to a table just behind that occupied by the three men. While he was removing his Junch from the tray, Miss Jester, the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. i | Snowden Returns to Cabinet. LONDON, May 20 (#)—Philip 8now- den, chancellor of the exchequer, who m:tmt -24 ‘t‘)im his caqll 144 cal ‘meeting s clieagues he was “getting along nicely.” Radio Pn‘nn; on Page B-11 DVING RACKETEER NAMES POLICEMAN AS HS MURDERER Cunningham Tells Officers Few Minutes Before He Ex- Held in Slaying he Fp ‘WASHINGTON, The man with the % | pires Middleton Shot Him. POLICEMAN WALLACE J. MIDDLETON. VOIGT ELIMINATED Last American Contender Is [Jefeated by Amateur Star ' in Title Tourney. FOUR OTHERS ARE HELD IN PROBE OF SLAYING Wife, at Bedside When End Comes, Arrested for Investigation. Accused Denies Charge. Before Jack H. Cunningham, police informer, died at Emergency Hospital last night. he named Policeman Wallace J. Middleton of the twelfth precinct as the man who shot him, it was learned at police headquarters toda Cunningham’s statement was made, it was sald, to Capt. Edward J. Kelly, | acting chief of detectives, and Lieut Frank Varney, first precinct, who ques- tioned him a few minutes before his | death. Finally Names Policeman. Previously, it was added, Cunningham | had steadfastly refused to mame the man who fired upon him as he was| By the Assoclated Press, WESTWARD HO, Devon, England, | May 20.—George Voigt of New York, | {last American contender, was elimi- | He had e {nated today in the fifth round of the | ment: “Wait 'til I get well—then I'l| | British amateur golf championship by | H : |5yd Roper, English star, by a margin| A few minutes before he closed his (| eague Tables Curtius Plan 1 up. | Voigt had won his morning match '’ from Bernard Darwin, London writer- | golfer, and had Roper 2 down at the end of the first nine. Roper evened the match on the elev- enth green and from there to the fin- ish it was nip and tuck. of Amer! vanish at the first two holes of the last nine, get a hole back at the twelfth; Jost it at the sixteenth and then took a 6 at the home hole to lose the match. All square at the eighteenth tee, Voigt | in hit a fine drive but failed to carry a big ditch with his iron and had to drop another Roper, had sent his second on '8 his hand in congratulation. Lost to Jones on Same Count. | Voigt fell two rounds shy of his| place last year when he went to the semi-finals, only to lose to Bobby Jones by the same margin as Roper defeated him today. George had trouble in his prevlous’ four rounds at the tenth and sleventh and those two holes today proved his undoing. ‘The tenth, a 354-yarder, is a dog leg around a sea of rushes and ' the eleventh requires accurate shoot- ing down the falrway with the spear- tipped bull ruches on either side. wait- ing for the careless golfer. Voigt drove into the rushes on both holes, and al- | though he got out both times, could not catch the accurate-shooting Roper. The amateur cup, which Jones tool home last year for its third trip across the Atlantic, is sure to stay in Brit- ish hands this year, as all foreign threats have been removed. ‘The only Americans ever to win the British amateur have been Walter J. Travis, Jess Sweetser and Jones. Roper is the young insurance clerk who shot 14 fours, a three and a five against Bobby Jones last year and lost, and 2 Never Got a Chance. Bobby was “hot” that day and never gave the young English player a chance. | Roper played the first four holes in par and got a birdie 3 on the fifth, but | | was 3 down. Included in Bobby's score | was an eagle 2 at the fourth, where he | holed a 120-yard pitch. With a haif holiday in the neighbor- ing village, a gallery of 2,000 was on ge. - n | hand to see Voigt and Roper drive off. | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) George won the first hole with a par | 4. barely escaping a bunker with his second shot. | Roper hooked his drive on the second, | but a perfect chip enabled him to halve | it in par 4s. He evened the match at the third with his par 4 as Voigt chipped far past the pin and had to be content with a 5. Voigt went 1 up again at the fourth, winning a pitching and putting duel | from Roper, 4 and 5. The fifth was | halved in par 4s. Roper's teeshot was | half buried in a sheepstack in a bunker, | but he blasted it out, and Voigt then | missed a four-footer. | George went 2 up at the sixth, where | Roper overshot the green. Voigt al- | most got down for a birdie 3, but his | ball twisted out of the cup. | The last three holes of the first nine were halved in par fgures. nopu\ seemed certain to win the ninth as hz[ (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) climbing a stalrway in the rear of his home at 1410 I street, early yesterday. tell all about it.” eyes for the last time, however, he was asked point biank: “Did Middleton shoot you?" “All I've got to v right now," he replied, “is keep that guy locked up 't T get well.” “Answer ‘yes' or ‘no.’” he was urged. “Did Middleton shoot you or not?” “Yes,” he answered. May Have Been Delirious. Since the statement was made such | a short time before Cunningham died, however, he may have been delirious, it was pointed out by police, who said no charge will be placed against Middleton, who was arrested last night, until the slaying has been investigated more | thoroughly. However, dyipg man had spoken of things which jpened years ago in a manner which cated his faculties were unimpaired. Middleton was brought to headquar- ters for questioning today. He denied having had any connection with the . _Later he was returned to the nfth ct for further examination, A taxicab driver today told police he hauled liquor from an I street es- tablishment to Cunningham’'s home. The driver, according to Capt. Kelly, identified photographs of Cunnigham 2nd Middleton as those of the men who hired . P “I'd give you the driver's name’" Capt. Kelly told reporters, “but I'm afraid he'd be ‘put on the spot.’” Bullet Taken From Body. A ballistics test to determine whether | the bullet that killed Cunningham was fired from Middleton'’s gun was to be made tonight by Lieut. John Fowler,: police ballistics expert. The fatal bullet was removed from the victim's body this morning. It was said to be & .45 slug, whereas police officers carry .38 service revolvers. It was learned from police, however, that a .38 shell was found in the alley near the scene of the slaying. was to be made to determine if was fired from Middleton's gun. this Middleton, wno was transferred to' the twelfth precinct from the first pre- cinet “for the good of the department.” according to Capt. Frank 8. W. Burke, commander of the downtown precinct, to headquarters for ques- ‘The taxicab was taken tioning this afternoon. driver who had previously identified | his photograph strengthened the identi- | fication by picking Middleton from a | line-up as one of two men who hired him to haul the liquor from the I street speakeasy. Meanwhile, four other men are beirg held for questioning in connection with the case and another is expected to be arrested tod; Three others, who were taken into custody shortly afterward, were released when they furnished sai- isfactory alibis Cunningham died about 11 after physicians had given him o'clock two MOORE AND BAIRD LEAD NEW JERSEY TICKETS By the Associated Pre NEWARK, N. J, May 20.—A. Harry Moore, Democrat, of Jersey City, and David Baird, Republican, of Camden, stood today as the gubernatorial candi- dates of their respective parties as the result of primaries y by the luglnm of :fi:"vl;eug G Neither candidate was opposed. Baird, a former United States Sena- ator by appointment, is a wealthy busi- ness man and is influential in the southern part of the State. Moore, a former Governor, has long been a prominent figure in New Jersey politics. He is a Jawyer PHOSPHORUS FLAMES FOOL FIREFIGHTERS AND FACULTY Conflagration Started by Contact of Powdered Chemical With Air Proves Problem. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md, May 20.—A problem in practical chemist bafed both faculty and students of the Great ills High School yesterday and last night, and even the Leonardtown Pire | Department, assi by telephonic ad- | vice from Washi n and Baltimore, ‘was unable to solve it completely. | ‘The problem -started about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon when some pow- dered phosphorus stored in a closet | of the school chemical Jaboratory ig- nited. Boys from the school beat out the flames, or 50 they thought, and everybody went home. About 9 pm. however, the blaze burst forth anew and this time the Fire rtment from Leonardtown, 16 miles distant, was called. Water failed to quell the blaze and the use of chemicals me: with little success. Chief Henry Van; De Vanter | of Leonardtown called th¢ Baltimore and Washington Fire De advice and was told, heusr:::?n": 1122 u::ub'l;: bh::nhmel( out. phosphorus ate into t the firemen finally decided to :\ft ‘{lm in the floor of the closet and “wash it down” as best they could with fire xtinguishers, letting the phcsphorus fall onto the cement floor o? the base- ment. There it continued to smolder l‘m’l‘:h‘“’lelz'olue Jones, principal of the school, stocd guar : prevent further fllm“l&t.d S s ito an Devanter, the he; mmn;':‘ggel id chemistry said he d know the r s Was llou‘g h:‘ o: container in the closet. The origin of the fire was not determined by the chief. He sald the phosphorus may m;e"u::: I‘t.-“ ‘w';dy uixmu;n the con- Contact with the atr. " ' CMme in met all inquiries with the state- | Capt. Kelly declared the; A test | J i | | i i | | | 1 | [ 411 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D: 0. WEDNESDAY, MAY ing Star. * 20, 1931—FORTY PAGES. BN () Means Associated Press. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 116,718 TWO CENTS. GEN R H. DUNLAP'S BODY TAKEN FROM RUINS NEAR TOURS { | LFarmer’s Remains Also Re- | moved and Wife Is Rescued, but Badly Injured. y /'f’uss‘m Wit ITALIAN SUPPORT LOST BY GERMANY to Ask Estimates of War Strength. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 20.—Renewed debate in the League of Nations Council today on the principle of limiting trained re- serves and war materials disclosed that Germariy had lost Italy’s support in this controversy over the provisions of a projected general disarmament treaty. The question was raised when the council attempted to determine the form of a questionnaire which the states will be requested to fill out pre- liminary to the conference next Feb- ruary 2. The form would disclose the | | { [ | | { current state of each country’s arma- | ments. Julius Curtius, Germany's forelgn minister, urged the use of a form which would include a report on the status of trained reserves and war materials on hand. Arthur Henderson, for Great Britain, characterized that as “too idealistic” and pointed out that the Preparatory Arms Commission already had rejected the principle. Back British Plan, Aristide Briand, speaking for France, | reiterated his country’s case against ' limiting trained reserves and su| Mr. Henderson's suggestion of a tabular form harmonizing with the provisions of the draft convention produced by the Preparatory Commission. Dino Grandi, Italian foreign minister, also cast his vote for the British formula, asserting that the Italian gov- ernment believes the question of princi- ple should not be reopened. At the { | | | Navy Orders Lookout For Torpedo Missed From U. S. Warship By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.— Mariners today were asked by the Navy Hydrographic Office to be on the lookout for & torpedo dropped in the Santa Barbara channel by the U. S. 8. Wasmuth. The commanding officer of the Wasmuth yesterday offered a re- ward of $20 for return of the torpedo. No details were given as to how it got lost. IMRS. NIRDLINGER FOUND NOT GUILTY Jury Out but Ten Minutes as Prize Beauty Wins Free- dom as Slayer. By the Associated Press. NICE, France, May 20.—Charlotte Nash Nixon-Nirdlinger was acquitted today of a charge of mansiaughter in the shooting of her husband, Fred G. Nixon-Nirdlinger. Philadelphia thea- trical magnate, in their villa here last March. ‘The former St. Louis beauty queen won on a plea of self-defen It was a brief but dramatic trial from the time it started this morning and when the proceedings resumed after the luncheon recess 1,000 men and women, many of them Americans, stormed the court rocm. Police re- RUSSANSOPPLSE 1. WHEAT PLANS Soviet, at London Parley, Backs Australian Idea for World Grain Cartel. ¥ the Associated Press WOMAN TAKES REFUGE IN CAVE BENEATH BARN General and Husband Crushed as They Sought to Rescue Her From Slide. By the Associatea Press TOURS, Prance, May 20.—Police and volunteers, directed by Army engineers, today recovered the body of Gen. Rob- ert. H. Dunlap, United States Marine Corps, from the ruins of a barn ad- ' joining the Chateau of Cingmars, where he was buried under a landslide yes- | terda ‘They also brought out the body of Denis Briant, a farmer on the estate, and rescued Mme. Briant, alive but | badly injured. Mme. Briant's leg was amputated by a surgeon who had remained at the place all night in the hope that all the three might still be living when the debris was cleared away. She is in a critical condition. Takes Refuge in Cave. The woman had taken refuge in a Stone Age cave over which the barn was bullt. There was air there and when the rescuers he: her cries early this morning they managed to run in a m‘ll:le(. through which they fed her some milk. It appeared that the general and Briant had been crushed to death as they rushed into the barn to save the woman when the landslide came. A huge rock wedged between two walls B: LONDON, May 20.—Soviet Rmi.'s{nrolblbly saved her life, but another delegation to the World Wheat Con- | ference today declared itself whole- heartedly in favor of the Polish and Australian plans for a world wheat car: | tel, but opposed to restriction of wnrla»' wall fell upon her, crushing her leg. Briant and his wife occupied one of the cave houses which are found along he banks of the Loire River. The ves, which are cut into the chalk liffs, were occupled when the Romans first visited the region. In modern | wheat acreage as proposed by SamuelTtitmes glass window fronts and other R. McKelvie, head of the United States | contingent, Immediately after the Russian an- nouncement Mr. McKelvie told the con- | | terence he stood firmly against enter- |ing_any international pool. The conference was facing its first major difference. If the Russians had been willing to enter an international pact of ie- tion, an agreement would not be im- | possible, but it would leave the United | States in a doubtful position, inasmuch |as the American delegation is not em- | powered to do more than advise the | conference as to what has been done the United States. If Russia had insisted on the right to | seek markets for her wheat wherever | she can find them, most of the expert | observers believe the delegates could | begin packing their bags. | ‘Will Not Join Pool. | Committees met in closed session to- | day seeking to reconcile the relief pro- | posals submitted by Mr. McKelvie | untli the jury returned with its verdict. | yie head of the American delegation, The stifling court room was packed and by the Australian contingent which | | would establish agency. Observers saw little hope of agree- ment between these two schools of an export control | serves required 20 minutes to clear the | thought Preparatory Commission Italy supported | corridors. the German stand. The issue was tabled until Priday. Geneva was selected as the place for, . the General Disarmament Conference next February, Foreign Minister Alejandro Lerroux of Spain told the Council early tods: that the Spanish republic wished to continue the former monarchy's cordial collaboration with the League Pledges League Support. Sobs Her Story. Mrs. Nirdlinger, sobbing out her s halting French, told of bitter q rels in which her jealous husband a cused her of having love affairs with other men. She denied all his accusa- ticns. Then on the night of March 11, she id, he strode into her bed rom and resumed a quarrel, which had begun that morning. He seized her by the Thanking all the members of the |throat and she reached under her pil- | fallen regime for their work at Geneva, | low for the revolver she kept there be- he said Spain's form of government had | cause she was afraid of what her hus- “hanged, but her tradition of warm sup- port of the League was unchanged and band might do to her. “Why did you keep that gun there?" that the republic pledged itself to even | the judge demanded. cloger co-operation with the League pro- gram. Forelgn Minister Julius Curtius of Germany, chairman of the Counci, ex- pressed on behalf of the assembly appreciation of Senor Lerroux's ment “This lofty spirit | | “It was a bad habit,” she said. “but T was afraid of my husband. He was alous and vialent. He had a revolver, “But he kept Mrs. Nirdlinger burst into tears and of idealism.* he sat with bowed head when she resumed , “is the best guarantee of Spain's her seat beside her lawyers while other collaboration with the League. You have said Spain is with you. We reply we are with Spain.” HOOVER DAM COMPLETION SET 2,635 DAYS HENCE Six Companies Must Pay Govern- ment $3,000 for Each Day Work Runs Over That Time. By the Associated Press Today. in case Six Companies, Inc., had failed to notice it, is the day on which they must begin work on Hoover Dam. Furthermore, 2,635 days from today the job must be finished. The first fact matters little, as the contractors had been at work on Hoover Dam something like a month before the $49,000,000 contract was signed by Secretary Wilbur. The second may be more important. for on the 2,636th day, unless the job is complete, Six Companies will have | to shell out just exactly $3,000 a day to the Government until wind up. Barring _unforeseen circumstances, this is not likely to happen and neither the contractors nor Interior Depart- ment officials are the least bit worried about completion of the dam. Excluding from consideration such a small matter as a leap year or so, the 2,635 days remaining figure out at 7 years and 80 da; JOBLESS TO GARDEN Unemployed Club Takes Precaution Against Another Depression Winter LINCOLN, Nebr, May 20 (#).—Lin- coln's unemployed will garden co-op- eratively this Summer to provide food for next Winter, should the depression continue. They have organized a clvic club and propose to go into gardening on a large scale. Men and women who have a few days each week when they are not working, will care for the gardens Great Mills 18 the largest school tn and as pay next Winter will receive St. Marys Counts. food and other supplies. they do | witnesses were called. Mother Collapses at Table. Her mother. who had come from St. Louis to testify and take care of her two | | | Senate. | the | wi L small grandchildren, had considerabls difficulty with the Interpreters! and finally the court accepted her sworn statement filed previously. The mother, too, was in tears, and during summa- tion by the defense she collapsed at the counsel table, and was assisted out of the room. ‘The defense called other character witnesses, including A. T. Jacobs, an | Englishman, who said he had known | Mrs, Nirdlinger through meeting her at beach parties. He sald her character was excellent. Mrs. Winifred Copley May, wife of the director of Tokalon Limited of Lon- don, also testified for the defendant. Jeanne Birly. Mr. Nirdlinger’s secre- tary, and Charles G. Loeb, who was Nirdlinger's lawyer, were other wit- nesses. Jury Out 10 Minutes. ‘The jury deliberated only 10 minutes. The summation for the prosecution reviewed both sides of the case so im- partially that sometimes it was almost difficult to discern from his words whether he was arguing for the defense | or_the prosecution. The defense summation emphasized in the self-defense plea. ““She 1s too beautiful to be bad,” Mrs. Nirdlinger’s lawyer told the jury. He did not take long and the judge's | charge was brief. ‘When the jury filed in and announced its verdict the spectators, most of them friends of the defendant, cheered. Mrs. as overcome with emotion. Ser thousand persons crowded square in front of the court house, hoping to see Mrs. Nirdlinger, but she whisked off to the prison for the len.y 1 formalities of restoring her lib- erty. Soviet Non-Recognition Approved. NEW YORK, May 20 (#).—The Na- tional Republican Club has approved the gfl;y of non-recognition of Soviet ia and will send coples of its resolution to President Hoover, Secre- tary of State Stimson and to the For- elgn Relations’ Committee of the his | his gun locked in a te- | trunk,” said the judge. | « To find how to | which advocates diversion of wheat into . | new and broader channels of consump- tion, at the same time suggesting credit arrangements which would enable wheat farmers to diversify their crop. BLACKMAIL ATTEMPT | BY YOUTH FAILURE Wallace Biggs, Culpeper, Va., Ar- rested as Author of Letters to Two Bankers. Srecial Dispatch to The Star | when he approached John S. Covington. | president of the Culpeper National Bank, for money in a blackmail a tempt, Wallace A. Biggs of Culpeper is |in jail here awaiting hearing Saturday. A week ago Mr. Covington and E. O. Wilils, president of the Second Ni itional Bank of Culpeper, receive anonymous letters demanding $25,000 | from”each of them, on threat of death |1f it was refused. The letters were duplicates of each other, both having been printed with pen and ink—red ink—and both having been mailed in Fredericksburg. ‘Tuesday afternoon Biggs, who for- merly lived in Fredericksburg, entered the Culpeper National Bank with a I ter which he said he had received te ing him to call at the bank and re- ceive a package. This letter was com- pared with the letter which had been received by Mr. Covington and found to be written by the same hand. On questioning Biggs confessed that he had written all three letters. | " 'His case came up for hearing in the | Mayor's Court Tuesday, but on plea | of ‘Counsel Charles M. tinuance was granted until Saturday. | Then there is the Hungarian proposal | |DAYS WILL START WORLD| | Waite, a con- | that the flight was proposed | | Brig. Gen. Robert H. | day. grew out of a casual di improvements e the ‘cave houses habitable dwellings. The depths of the caves are used as wine cellars. Mrs. Dunlap Near Collapse. Mrs. Dunlap, who witnessed the tragedy, was in a state of colld at the neighboring home in which she ag:m the night. She was so distraught that officials hesitated to commu ite news-of her-husband's death. Gen. D, & veteran of the World War, and his wife were ordered to Tours several weeks ago to enable him to complete his studies in French. They made their residence at a nearby cha- teau, where the Briants were servants. They were on their way to visit the historic tower of Cinv Maris la Pile when the accident happened. FUNERAL PLANS INCOMPLETE. Service Circlgs Believe Burial Will Be in Arlington. Although funeral arrangements for . _Duniap, United Stales Marine Corps officer. killed by a fall of barth and rock near Tours, France, have not been completed, the consensus in service circles here is that he will be buried in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery. Gen. Dunlap was widely known in ‘Washington. A native of the District of Columbia, Gen. Dunlap was born December 22, 1879. Appointed a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps for the duration of the war with Spain, on August 8, 1898, he was honorably discharged from the service on February 23, 1899. 2 He was appointed a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps in April of that year, commencing a career that took him to the Orient, gave him a conspicuous place in the occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1914: gave him extensive service in ihe West Indies, placed him on the staff of Gen. John J. Pershing during_the World War, sent him into (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) CULPEPER, Va. May 20—Arrested PLANE FLIGHT NEXT WEEK New Jersey Couple Explain Pro- | jected Tour Grew Out of Casual Dinner Conversation. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 20.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Day of Ridgewood. N. J., an- nounced today they would start their projected world flight from Heston next week. Their voyage, they explained to- ner con- versation. “At dinner one day my wife said. ‘We've nobody dependent on us, why don’t we do something?’ I suggested flying around the United States,” Day said, “but my wife replied, ‘Why not around the world?' to which I said ‘O. K’ The next day I started designing our plane.” The Days crossed the Atlantic by steamer, as they will the Pacific, but they plan to fly the rest of the way and reach New York in about four months. Day said the plane was “fool proof” and as a demonstration of safe and sane flying. By the Associated Press. 'VAPOR-LOCK SLEUTH PATROLS GAS STATIONS TO TRACE CAUSE | Follows Fuels From Refinery to Distribution Point and Into Automobile in Interest of Science. guards more effective the scientific de- TROY, N. Y., May 20.—A scientific | tective is following these fuels, one af | | vapor-lock detective is patrolling the |the gas stations of this region for | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. | Vapor-lock is a trouble which stalls ‘nuwmobue engines. It is the formation | of bubbles of vapor in the gasoline feed lines and in the line leading to the c: buretor. The vapor does not flow and lll'. chokes off the supply of liquid gaso- ne. The trouble is due to the presence in gasoline of improper proportions of the volatile stuff which makes starting easy, usually called the ‘“high test” | characteristics. Warm weather vates vapor-lock. Manufacturers ibeir motor fucls to mintmize this risk. |a time, from refinery to station after | make at this time,” he said, make these sale- D station and into the automobile. The work is done by George F. Hodgson of Batavia, N. Y., working under the su- pervision of Dr. Harold Feigenbaum. Methods for measuring vapor pres- sures of gasoline a; tion of the limil pressure for motor fuels have worked out. The most promising is known as finery’ and how the change as it is confiried; el tank and in the vaci ing the carburctor. » LUNDVALL BARES . NORTH AMERICAN ' TRAGTION DEALS Says Bus Stock, Bought for $515,966.96, Sold to Wil- son in Merger Plan. {FEAR HOLDINGS LOSS UNDER LA FOLLETTE LAW Difference Between $100.000 Paid and Ledger Value Held Charged as Loss. The series of transactions by which ownership of the Washington Rapid ; Transit Co. pessed in succession from Leon Amold t> the North American Co. and finally to Harley Peyion Wil- son, was outlined to the Federal Trade | Commission today by A. E. Lundvall, & | commission accountani who investi- gated the records of the deals. | With a view to bringing about & merger of Washington's transportation facilities, the North American, | vall explained. purchased the bus com {pany for $515966.96, getting 21.227 | shares of its capital stock, having a ! par value of $10 a share. Doubtful ! whether it could legally own the stock | under the La Follette anti-merger act. ! the gigantic utilithes holding corpora- | tion, he said, proceeded to divest it- i self of the ownersBip. i However, in doing so, Lundvall de- clared, the North American desired that | that the transaction be carried out in such a way that the corporation to be formed to acquire the transit prope:ties in the District, should be in a position to take over the bus company stock at !the cost to the North American, in- cluding interest charges. | Enter Agreement With Wilson. Lundvall pointed out that it was necessary therefore to find a purchascr | who would undertake to join in a plan for unification should a merger of th> t tion facilities be consummat- ed. Under those circumstances, he said, the North American_ cntered into an t with Mr. Wilson, & member SR, TR M e ey {for the purchase by him .of the stock which he was to return to the corpora~ ‘mm on or before May 1, 1929 under & plan of unification of the transit Accordingly, the stock was sold to Mr. Wilson, and he made a down payment of $100,000 in cash, the agreement stipulating that the balance was to b determined at a later date. Lunvall said, as far as he was able to learn. Mr. Wilson had not made’ any additional payments. $ Carged to Reserve as Loss: e “Although the ent with A ‘Wilson the ultimate e was to Mu‘hmm" determ! decla: “yet difference ::un t.hemnlhn mnd &? ledg: value was Mem %v 9 serve for oontingencies as It were a contingent loss num" than & con t . asset. S e e transportation fac ef place and nothing further been paid by Mr. Wilson against the pur- chase compan: stock, e ment with I({r, mm l:hnflll in wgz despite the fac A e agreem provided that the final determination of the purchas> price and settlement thereof was to take place on or before May 1, 1029. So far as can be de- termined, no new agreement has sup- planted the original agreement. Sought Transit Purchaser. Lundvall pointed out that as an' in- ducement for executing and delivering the agreement, the North American under another agreement with Mr. Wil- son undertook to find a r of the transit stock for him, at his re- quest, or that of his executors, admin- istrators or assigns, at any time up to the expiration of 60 days after the termination of the agreement for sale, because the entire transaction was predicated upon the consummation of a plan of unification. > The North American’s interest in the Washington Railway & Electric and Capital Traction ccmpanies also was goine into in detail by Mr. Lundwall, He sald its holding in the Washington Railway & Electric consists of 62,083’ shares of common stock, Which consists of 95.5 per cent of the common stock outstanding, and 20,567 shares of the | preferred siock. consisting of 24.2 per | cent of the preferred stock outstanding. " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) /5,000,000 FRAUD - DENIED BY FACTOR Right to Give Bail Claimed After Suspect’s Surrender in Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 20.— John Factor, alias “Jake the Barber,” sought for an alleged $5,000,000 swindle in England. surrendered to Government authorities today and was held for arraignment bz~ fore a United States commissioner. ‘The one-time cut-rate barber, aceused of changing his trade to that of the swindler and stock manipulator, bilking thousands of English investors, walked into the Pederal Building with his at- torney and surrendered. Complaints against him were signed by Godfrey Haggard, British eonsul here, who will seek his extradition to London for trial. The Broad Street Press, Ltd., is the principal complainant. As he awaited arraignment, dictated a statement asserting that ac- (‘\:slflonl against him were ‘“utterly wit hout foundation.” “I have no detailed statement t‘: say that all that I have read about my-~ self in the past few days is false. The statements about me and the members of my family which have belen lnlllc\oull.{ circulated are utterly wi on, “I have appeared voluntarily becauss T know m;”:"& charges that have been 1