Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1931, Page 2

IPOWER RATE DATA BEING CONSIDERED [YOUNG REPUBLICAN GROUP WILL CONFE Trail of Arson and Pillage CATHOLIC BUILDINGS IN PATH OF SPANISH RIOTERS. RT STUDENT DIES | : BY GAS IN ROOM, Miss Jane Trimble, 55, De- spondent Over Fancied Failure in Modeling. %+ Detpondent over a fancied failure in recent modeling contest, Miss Jane imble, 55-year-old art student, put| her favorite dress this morning and | $ook her own life with gas in her room | t the Epiphany Church Home, 1200 | lock of Massachusetts avenue. Her body was found on the bed short- ly after 9 o'clock by members of the fire rescue squad, who had answered a call from the home. . By her side were two notes. One, addressed to Miss Jane Pierce, manager, fead: “I am wearing my favorite dress. Please bury me just like this.” | Friend Is Remembered. Another was addressed to a friend, Miss Ella Chambers. “I have $15 in my purse,” she wrote. “Five are for you" This note also directed that a relative in Kansas City, Mo., be notified, and that money on deposit to her credit in a local bank be used in defraying funeral expenses. Neither note contained any inkling of a motive for suicide. Friends at the home, however. said Miss Trimble had entered a modeling | contest at the Corcoran School of Art, where she studied. They said she had feared her design would not win one | of the prizes offered, and that she had e despondent over this. K Held Excellent Student. Officials of the school said Miss Trim- was an excellent student and that always appeared to be in good its. bl Police sald it had become necessary for her to give up her room on the 1st of the month. Members of the church, it was said, are given primary consid- eration if they need rooms at the ‘home, Friends of Miss Trimble said she understood she was being admitted on a temporary basis when she came to the home about a year ago. DEFENSE OF HAYNES FOR MARKET TRADING UNDER FIRE IN TRIAL (Continued From First Page.) handling half the money” Rover con- tinued. “I can only say I wouldn't let a subordinate handle s.uch a matter,” & reason.’ Rover asked if cash items and large overdrafts were not condemned in bank- ing vw;iw. ondemned,’ " Haynes A ara Imost inevitable from The Chapel of San Jose in Seville after it had been set‘afire by anti- religious mobs which destroyed church property in all the large cities of Spain. l —Wide World Photo. BALLOONISTS LAND DENTITY OF MAN " BEATEN IS SOUGHT {Piccard Says They Reached Was Found, Severely ALIVE ON GLACIER 52,500 Feet Altitude, World Record. Rover ed if Haynes had ever heard of “such t " in other ‘The answer was, “Not specifi- hat he “had heard of other position to tell the those overdr::{au'ere Arregular?” Rover 3 that in the first in- them as the point to io do with B Sy ke Snd sverything. ol to tus that out of that,” referring to Mrs. g § it 1 § ] i i | § 2 | "Rover also asked Haynes if he re- as “ethical” his opening an ac- t under the designation of H. V. ynes, special, for Mrs. Chambers with B. Hibbs, local brokers, when by T€Ason of Mrs. Chambers’ own involve- ments there she could not trade under . Haynes defended this, that Mrs. Chambers wanted to operate entirely free from any previous transaction. This morning’s session, which saw the end of Haynes’ sumation of the counts against him, aleging misapplication of | funds and abstraction of securities, was | also marked by the introduction of sev- | ecal character witnesses for the de- fendant. Character Witnesses Testify. In each instance they were only asked to testify as to Haynes’ character and reputation up to the time he left the bank in 1928. They all agreed that it was of the best. These wit- were Col. Wade H. banker; Isaac Gans, merchant; L. A Slaughter, banker, and W. C. Sullivan, han. - e three mlulgnlkaum items con- cerning which Haynes testified this morning were for $28,000 and two for $33,000. In each instance, he id, the money went to buy stocks for Mrs. | Chambers and that it was paid back with interest. { The $28,000 2nd one $33,000 item, he | sald, brought a profit, bui the third item resulted in loss wnich exoeeded | this profit. "Haynes also repea‘ed that 200 shires of Houston Oil, which the Government | & was abstracted from collateral held | by the bank. actually was released by him to cover other stock dealings in | which Mrs, Chambers was involved Haynes also detafled circumstances s@rounding his res‘gnation from the & Mechanics’ on Septem- 1928, after ais operations hid become known to the directors. | He testified that he had called a meet- ing of the Board of Directors on that day and when “Mr. Nicholson (G. L. | Nicholson, a vice president) preferred a | lot of charges against me and I re- signed.” Power of Altorney Signed. ‘Haynes also said that the power of rney under which he conducted the | ous transactions for Mrs. Chambers not signed by her until the day r he resigned. ] 5“I had been doing & lot of these | things without anything in writing,” he s8id, “I told her I was having difficulties with my board of directors and there h8d to be a ratification of these things.” | The two counts alleging abstraction | of securities which Haynes answered | this morning were brought up by the witness yesterday afternoon when a| ogunt charging misapplication of $29,050 | was under discussion. Haynes explained ag that time he had bought this stock | for the account of Mrs. Chambers in ! hope of “making a coup that would | her out of her difficulties.” ¢ where | estima (Continued From First Page) stratosphere, Prof. August Piccard and his assistant, Dr. Charles Kipfer, to- day were en route from their landing place on a glacier above this town to Ober Gurgl. ‘The balloonists, for whose safety fears had been held many hours. de- clared their trip had been a success and ted that they had reached a height of 52500 feet. After 18 hours and 13 minutes in the air, swept by varying currents over many parts of South Europe, the ad- venturers landed safely and in good health at 10:08 o'clock last night on a glacier above Gurgl. ‘Their iments were safe and their balloon in good condition. Ef- forts to bring these down the valley were being made this afternoon VARYING REPORTS RECEIVED. Messages from Many Places Told Con- flicting Stories. AUGSBURG, Germany, May 28 () —Conflicting reports of the fate of Dr. August Piccard and Charles Kipfer, who took off in a balloon yesterday morning to explore the stratosphere, came into the Riedinger Balloon Works today. During the morning there was a re- in the Otzthaler Alps and that Prof. Pjccard and Kipfer had been found un- conscious An earlier report from the same source said an Italian aviator had re- and at a higly altitude. 8till another message from Berne, Switzerland, sald the Swiss Aviation Bureau had been informed that the balloon had esme down on a glacier in the Oetz_Alps. From Vienna came a report that it bad landed in the Schnalser Valley about 100 miles from the Italo-Austrian frontier, and still another version was that the big gas bag had crumpled on the Jaufen Pass near Sterzing. It was disclosed that before he started , | the strange voyage Prof. Piccard had intimated he intended to take no un- necessary chances. “I am going to remain for two hours in the highest altitudes I can reach.” the physicist sald. “I will say positively that I don't intend to take chances T am not in the least desirous of losing my life in this venture and I belleve I am competent to handle any situation which may arise.” RESCUE PARTY ORGANIZED Small Expedition Sets Out After Inn- keeper Reports Discovery. VIENNA, Austria, May 28 ()— Word from the town of Boelden, in the Oetz Valley of the Alps, today said Prof. August Piccards balloon had come down on the Great Gurgl Glacier and was lying near the Pirch shelter hunt, nearly 8.000 feet above sea level A rescue party set out frem the vil- lage of Gurgl as soon as the report was received The police at Soelden said the br.i- loon had been sighted shortly after 9 o'clock last night. still in the air and drifting. Thereafter. they said, it crossed the Italian frontier between Valley glaciers. Italian police were called upon to aid in locAtng it. An inn-keeper at Gurgl was reported to have seen the balloon and to have started out with a few neighbors to walk to the spot. The rescue party included the inn- MARYLAND MAN, WINS PLEA TO SEE HER BURIED Burdette Huckster to Be Taken From Jail for Funeral. port from Munich that the balloon had | come down near the town of Obergurgl | ported sighting the balloon still aloft Moelderkogel and Storkkoggel and got | into the dangerous zone of the Oets | visible from Pirchuette, a tourist shelter Arguments Concluded Hearings Before Public Utilities Commission. With three days of lengthy and in- volved legal arguments behind it, the Public Utilities Commission today began consideration of the problem of how to change the sliding scale of rates for electricity in Washington so as to bring about lower rates and a lower rate of the Potomac Electric At the afternoon session yesterday, Assistant Corporation Counsel William A. Roberts argued that the consent de- cree, if it is to be considered, as serted by the company, forever bindin, except as to revisions made 1 consent of the company, was beyond the powers of the commission to make, and like- wise beyond the WE“ of the court to enforce. As to mfking such binding contracts with utilities, bargaining away its powers of regulation, the attorney likened the commission to & lunatic or an infant, whose contracts, with a few | specific exceptions, the court will not enforce. Cited Cases Assailed. He assailed the cases cited by 8. Rus- sell Bowen for the company, where high rates of return have been held not un- reasonably high, by pointing out that in those cases the corporation before the court was not one which had prospered phenomenally even in a year of ad- mitted depression (the power company exceeded a 7', per cent return by $1,- 660,000 last vear). The courts always have held. he pointed out, that the rates at which the utility is able to borrow money in the market for capital, expenses must be taken into consideration in arriving at the reasonableness of a return. He showed from the exhibits in the case that bonds of the company are eagerly bought at 104 to 108 on the local exchange, netting the inves- tors a yield of 4.6 per cens., Since the company made 10.69 per cent on its valuation last year, he argued, such dis- proportion was clearly indicative of an unreasonably high return. Suggestion From Federation. William McK. Clayton, chairman of the Public Utilities Committee of the FPederati f Citizens’ Assoclations, | . | iggssted & w £ the ditmcutty in | Army Investigate Blast From suggested a way out of the difficulty in his argument. rd of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce and the company’s largest consumers, he as- serted, all sald they wanted the pres- ent state of things to continue. The federation representing the small house- holders wanted the rates reduced. Let In- jured; by Police in Front of Vacant House. An unidentified man, apparently about 50, was found unconscious early today on the sidewalk in front of 107 Four-and-a-half street. He had been severely beaten from head to foot. The discovery was made by Police- man J. J. Hunter, fourth precinct, who said the man was sprawled near the doorway of the building, which is un- occupled. The man was taken to Gallinger Hos- pital, where physicians said he was suffering from severe head injuries, a crushed chest, possible fractiires of both arms and several ribs and numeérous cuts and bruises. May Be Car Victim. While police gave some consideration to the theory that the man was the victim of a hit-and-run driver, they pointed out the position in which he was found made it appear more likely that he had been subjected to a severe beating. This theory was strengthened by the fact the man’s hands were badly bruised, as though he had used his fists in a fierce struggle. The house in front of which the man was found was searched, but no clues were discovered, police said. Residents of the neighborhood said the building had been unoccupied only 8 few days. They could not recall hav- ing seen any one answering the descrip- tion of the injured man in the neigh- boorhood recently. Right Foot Amputated. The man is about 5 fert 11 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds. Al- though part of his right foot was am- putated some time ago, physicians at the hospital expressed the opinion he was able to walk without difficulty. He has mixed gray hair, slightly bald on top, and a short mustache. He wore a blue work shirt, dark pin- striped trouserr, tan shoes and a brown sweater. On the whole, his appearance was shabby, p-lice said. His light felt hat was lying on the sidewalk a few feet from his limp form. Entrance Attempted. ‘ It is believed the man's assailants, knowing the house at No. 107 was vacant, may have taken him there in an automobile, only to find the building more securely locked than they had thought. Marks on the door indicated an effort had been made to gain entrance Physicians were preparing to make an X-ray examination this morning in an effort to determine the extent of his injuries. It is possible he may be hurt internally, they said. Several persons vistted the hospital, but none was able ¢ identify the man. Rev. F. Berry Plummer, governor of the Capital district of the Kiwanis In- | ternational, will lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldler tomor- row afternoon at 2 o'clock in behalf of the Kiwanis Club. The ceremonies will be attended by a delegation from the local club. keeper, three mountaineers, an Austrian customs official and an Austrian police- man The balloon could not be seen from Gurgl, it was reported, but was clearly not far from there. WHO SHOT WIFE, the commission, therefore, reduce the rates to the small consumers and leave the large ones, who were satisfied, to their present rates. He said a return of 10.69 per cent obviously was too much, and that though he would have preferred to see it yeduced by agreement, if the com- pamy would not agree, the commission shomld use other means. ENGINEERS’ UNION PROBE UNDER WAY General Secretary and Chicago Banker Testify Before D. C. Grand Jury. An investigation of alleged shortage in the accounts of the Union of Operat- ing Engineers, three of whose officers were fired upon last week in a restau- rant at Tenth and K streets, was begun by _the District grand jury. John Possehl, general secretary of the international union and one of the trio fired upon, was one of two wit- nesses appearing before jurors in their inquiry into allegations jthat a former union official misappro- | Fr\lgd $36,000 of the union's benefit unds. Possehl, who escaped uninjured at the time of the attack, and Arthur M. Huddell, president of the union, were investigating this alleged embezzlement at the time they and Prank Langdon, editor of the union's publication, were attacked. Langdon lost an eye as a result of the sh-oting, which took place directly across from the union’s head- quarters. The other witness before the grand Jury today was James I. Walsh of Chi- cago, who is connected with the bank | which handled the union funds. Hud- dell, who collapsed several days ago as a result of the strain incident to the shcoting, was unable to appear to testify. AUTO OWNER SUED Woman Passenger Charges Defec- tive Brakes Led to Injuries. Mrs. Ethel R. Hegarty, 3028 O street, today filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $10.000 damages from Herbert P. Riley and his wife, Dorothy F. Riley, 0 Fourth street. She says she was a guest in an automobile, owned by Riley and operated by his wife, April 9, which was equipped with defective brakes. Mrs. Riley parked the car in front of 3813 New Hampshire avenue, the court is told, but because of the alleged defective brakes the car left its parking space and started down an incline causing the passenger to sustain serious injury. She is repre- Appointed to West Point. Philip C. Sterling, jr., of Cambridge, Md., and Norvell G. Ward of Indian Head, Md., bave been designated for appointment as cadets at the United States Military Academy, subject to qualifieation at the entrance examina- tion June 25 BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers' Home Military Band, this evening at the band- stand, at 5:30 o'clock; John-8. M. Zim- mermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “The American Legion” Vandersloot Overture, “A Calm Sea and a Happy Voyage” d Entr'acte— “Elsa’s Dreams” (Lohengrin) Wagner | “Eisa Entering the Cathedral” (Lohengrin) ... 1 ‘Wagner Scenes from mus “Love” yps; Lehar mocnik Berlin agley e Fox trot, Pcpular waltz, Pinale, Arthur 8. Wit- | comb, second leader. the grand ! | ment, Army officials today are investigatin ports, were dropped by Capt The bombs, according to re- Three Cabinet Mémbers to Talk to First Gathering ir Preparation for 1932. The first national gathering of Re- publicans in preparation for the cam- paign of 1932, the Conference of Young Republicans, which takes place in the Willard Hotel June 11 and 12, will be addressed by three members of the cabinet and & number of other dis- tinguished Republican leaders, it was announced todsy by Robert H. Lucas. executive director of the Republican National Committee. The conference will be held under the auspicies of the National Committee and is the firs: gathering of its kind in the histor: of the G. O. P, / Those members of the cabinet who will address the Young Republicans. ‘who come here r evt in the Union, "!.preununc P:rymm..‘ Hurley of the War master General Secretary Tn sadition e ers a n, the list of distinguished guests who will speak the course of the two-day session includes Sena- tor Simeon D. Fess of Ohlo, chairman of the Republican National Committee: David 8. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy: Robert A. Taft of Cincinnati, Dr. William Starr Myers, professor of g the dropping of t wo flashlight bombs from an airplane last night which | Political science at Princeton University; rocked buildings and broke windows in the Columbia University section in New York. A. W. Stevens (lefl), and Lieut. John Corkille. Dr. James J. Robinson, professor of law at the University of Indiana; Mrs. The above filustration shows the result of a previous ph ctographic expedition by the same officers. It shows Lower : Ward Everett Gann, sister of Vice Presi- Manhattan. plane and the picture taken with a specially constructed camera. FLASHLIGHT BOMB PROBE LAUNCHED i | | Plane Which Shook Co- lumbia U. Section. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 28.—Army officials | today were investigating the dropping | of two flashlight bombs from an air- plane last night which rocked buildings and broke windows near the Columbia University section at the Hudson River. The bombs, it was reported, were dropped from an Army observation plane manned by Capt. A. W. Stevens and Lieut. John Corkille, who left Mitchel Field on a night photographic expedition. Their orders, Army au- thorities said, were to drop the light bcmbs and photograph West Point while over the Hudson. University Section Jarred. | The university section was jarred as | two brilllant lights flashed from the skies. neadquarters, and an airplane was or- fered out from the police airport. Army officials, however. notified police before che plane took off to investigate. Mrs. John Valenda of Riverside drive, her to the floor. a physician. | rig. Gen. Benjamin Foulols, attend- ing a dinner, was notified of the ex- | plosion. He ordered an immediate in- vestigation. i The bombs used are the fnvention of | Lieut. George Goddard of the Air Corps. Each bomb contains 25 pounds of flash- | light powder, capable of producing a | 3,000,000,000 candlepower fiare. | Fly to Washington Tomorrow. ] More than 1400 Army fiyers, tem- porarily stationed at five Long Island fiying fields during the defense maneu- | She was treated by‘ | vers, remained on the ground today | Ny to | while 650 airplanes were be P O o e der care ing over- hauled and inspected for the fight to | Washington tomorrow via Philadelphia. | The flyers wound up their Atlantic | Coast visit with maneuvers over the Jersey shore yesterday. At a dinner at the Hotel Pennsylvania last night, Mayor Walker told the airmen that they were guests of the city, “now that you fellows have come down to the | ground.” | With the exception of a single plane, damaged in a ground collision with a civillan plans, there were no casualties | during the @erations yesterday, The overhauling ¥oday is the last the plnnen{ will get until they are returned to their home stations, DUE IN CAPITAL TOMORROW. Army Flyers Rest Today for Defense Against “Enemy.” BY JOSEPH 8. EDGERTON, (Aviation Editor of The Star.) FIELD HEADQUARTERS, Ist Afr Division, Mitchelfield. N. Y., May 28. —having spent a glorious day making the beaches of Atlantic City safe for bathing beauties. rubber sea-serpents and hot dogs, with or without mustard, the officers, men and airplanes of the division are putting in a day on the ground here today in anticipation of a move in force to the defense of the National Capital. The last seen of the general stafl’s mythical enemy, called into existence to provide the personnel of the division with a little mythical enemy, excite. | was at a point somewhere off | the Jersey Coast. The division's sched- ule demands that it show up in the vicinity of the National Capital to- morrow and it is confidently expected by the personnel of the division that | the enemy will qblige with his mythical | presence in accordance with the pro- | gram, which has been longer in ex- | istence than the enemy. | Filyers Follow Program. The enemy was drawn, like a rabbit out of a stage magician's hat, out of the flles of the War Department. The program for the movements of the Air Corps had been drawn up months ago and to change them would be no light task at all, 50 the general staff oblig- ingly permitted the enemy to function in_accordance with the program. When the Air Division, in accordance with schedule, appeared in the New | York area last week it was informed freshly hatched tet ical spanking to Boston, home of the Boston beans and Back Bay aristocracy, y in Default $24,800, Manto Pay It Off at 85 a Week By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 28 —Allegedly $24,800 in arrears in alimony payments to his former wife, Daniel Beebe, former porcelain products manufacturer, was given 98 years by Judge John J. Sul- livan to pay off the deficit. Judge Sullivan said yesterday he would allow him to pay off the debt at the rate of $5 a week. Beebe, who is 55, told the court he was bankrupt, but agreed to apply larger sums on the deficit if he finds it possible to do so. SUT THREATENS OVERL . RULNG Head of Beverage Concern Declares Formula and Name Will Remain Unchanged. Another cost suit to test the legality appeared likely today following the order calling upon the Nu-Grape Co. of America to discontinue the use of the word “Nu-Grape” or “grape” in labeling ¢ reported to police the explosion knocked its product, The commission's order was issued vesterday after an investigation which it said had failed to show sufficient nat- ural fruit or grape juice was contained | in the soft drink to provide its color or flavor. Henry B. Nicholson, president of the | concern, in a statement to the Assoc. ated Press last night, at Atlanta, sald no change would made in the for mula for the drink, and that the com- pany would continue using the name “Nu-Grape.” The commission’s next move in the Federal Court for an order carrying out its decision. This is to be done after 60 days, the time allotted the Nu-Grape Co. to file an answer to the order. The United States Supreme Court, in a decision handed down Monday, over- ruled a Trade Commission order pro- hibiting_use of certain advertisements by the Raladam Co. of Detroit. manu- facturers of an anti-fat compound. Commissioner Humphrey said, how- ever, that, in his opinion, the decision in the Raladam case would not hamper the commission's efforts to stop mis- leading _advertising The Supreme Court held the com- mission could not force a_company to cease untruthful advertising unless it could be shown the advertising injured competitors. Commissioner Humphrey. said in the | great majority of cases evidence of | competition and injury to competitors could easily be obtained and that the commission henceforth will pay more attention to these phases. TURKISH FLOOD TOLL 11 Fiften Injured and Two Missing in Apple-Growing Center. ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 28 (#).— Eleven persons were killed, 15 were in- jured and 2 were missing today as the Tesult of floods following heavy rains in the village of Sohoni, near Amassia, center of the apple-growing region. A mosque, a railroad station, a school, 17 houses, 60 orchards and 4 miles of railway were destroyed. The damage was estimated at thousansd of dollars. ‘The Turkish Red Crescent Society dis- patched relief. Martyrs of the Mines. In Great Britain's mines there are more than 40,000 horses and mules, and last year 1,900 were killed or de- oyed through’ accidents. to go to Atlantic City. Much to their surprise they found the enemy also was going to Atlantic City and that there | | was nothing left for them to do but | carry out their program at the same | | time beating off the mythical enemy, | | thereby saving tons of salt-water taffy | | and other delicacies upon which Board- | walk paraders subsist, Today, according to the program, the Alr Corps s resting and leaving it to the mechanics to wash up and anoint | with ofl the airplanes of the division. | The Air Corps is resting confident in | the belief that the enemy is doing like- wise or at least is being decent enough 3 JUDGE A | telony.” | as sug; —Photo by U. 8. Army Alr Corps. CHARGE ANNAPOLS POLICE DIVIDE RUM Grand Jury Assails Attitude of Force—Judge Said He Wanted Some Liquor. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 28.—Alleging that members of the Annapolice Police Department shared contraband liquor between themselves and had private | Tockers, the Anne Arundel county grand | jury i a report filed with Judge Robert Moss in the Circult Court today recom- mended enactment of new laws to re- [leve what they termed an amazing | attitude and conscience by police ofm- clals. | The principal part of the report, | signed by C. Ashby Duvall, foreman of the jury, said that police officers ad- imlfltd in the grand jury room that | seized liquor was divided between them- | selves after enough had been saved | for evidence. It was reported that one Hundreds telephoned police 0of Federal Trade Commission decisions of the officers remarked to the grand jury: “I don't care much for bootleg | liquor, but like good imported stuff.” | The report further points out that one of the magistrates stated he would | like to get some liquor for himself and th;t},h& :TH |lrll:‘k’° it. e_whole situation among city po- lice officials was termed a sorry plight and the jury recommended some im- mediate legislation covering the dis- posal of contraband liquor and also | rrovldlnl flmuhment for those who vio- ated the law in its disposal. The grand jury report also alleged that a certain magistrate in the city, | whose name was not divulged, always omitted the drunk charge when a pris- oner was accused of being drunk and | disorderly. The jury foreman sald | that he suspicioned leakage /on ad- vance information to the grand jury. FFIRMS KIRKLAND TERM Declares His Sentence Is Correct and Old Statute Does Not Apply. By the Associated Press. | VALPARAISO, Ind. May 28—Judge Grant Crumpacker sturdily affirmed | his opinion today that the one to 10 | years sentence he passed on Virgil Kirkland of Gary was correct. The Indiana Supreme Court decision | James M. Ogden as proof that the | court’s sentence was in error did not |apply in the Kirkland case, Judge Crumpacker sald. He sent the 20- year-old Gary youth to the Pendleton and battery with intent to rape in the death cf Arlene Draves, his com- | panion at a drinking party last No- | vember. “It's & lot of ‘hooey,’” Judge Crum- packer said. ‘“The attorney general is the one who will have to back up in this matter. I looked up that Supreme Court decision of last October and it does not apply to this case. I sen- tenced Kirkland under the 1927 act of the Legislature, page 579 of the statutes. It calls for a reformatory sentence of from 1 to 10 years far any | person under 21 years of age who has never previously been convicted of a Prosecutor Robert Estill of Lake County, in charge of the Kirkland case, said he would present a motion before Judge Crumpacker Monday to change Kirkland's sentence to 5 to 21 years, ted by the attorney general. TENSION CONTINUES IN PERU OIL AREA By the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, May 28 —Dispatches from Talara, in the oil-producing re- glon of Northern Peru, today said that tension continued follo labor dis= orders last week end. Employers in the ofl flields have declared a lock-out, fol- lowing further disputes with workers, while the prefect of the Department of Piura anniounced he had been instructed to use troops and marines from the cruiser Bolognesi if necessary to pro- other officials of the Police Department. tect life and property. Officials of the ipal employing A bomb containing sufficient flashlight powder for a 3,000,000 candle-power flash was dropped from the ! 9€Nt Charles Curtis;: Representative Photo was taken at an altitude of about 1,500 feet. Arthur M. Free of California, W. Kings- land Macy, chatrman of the State Committee of New York: Miss Katherine V. Parker, president of the Republican Women's Club of Massachu- setts; Willlam B. Harrison, Mayor of Louisville, and Peter F. Snyder, assist- ant to the Secretary of Labor. The first session of the conference will open Thursday, June 11, at § a.m., in the Willard Hotel, and continue un- til noon. The afternoon will —e- ASH FINISHES PLAN FOR TOKIO-U. S. HOP American Flyer's Transpacifie Flight to Be Longest Without Stop. By the Associated Press. TACHIKAWA, Japan, May 28.—Con- ceding his plane to be “somewhat cum< bersome” and “rather difficult to ma- nipulate,” Thomas Ash, jr, American fiyer, today made final plans for his projected 4,400-mile solo, non-stop flight from here to Tacoma, Wash.—the long- est transoceanic hop ever undertaken by & lone aviator. Ash, home is in came here and rigged up the City of Tacoma, which Harold le{y and Harold Gatty left in Ji after an Pacific. et 8 E 5 .1 school children, will in farewell, waving flags and shout- ing “Banzal” as he heads for Samushiro. Ash tried out the instruments of the rhne today and pronounced eve in readiness. He expects to Samushiro Saturday morning af o'clock (5 pm. E. 8. T, Priday) ::pu to reach Tacoma in 40 to urs. 7 BURKE PREPARING FOR FIRST PRECINCT GAMING CAMPAIGN (Continued From First Page.) of F street, was charged with permit- ting gaming, but the charge was dis- missed, Mr. Adams explaining that the 'men who the | cited yesterday by Attorney General | ¥ere continued until the request of A 3 were cl ed with No action: will be Reformatory upon conviction of assault | cases, i Maj. H of police, re report other than explanaion offered ear was “the truth about the raids” and that there was nothing more to be said. This explanation was that four head. quarters detectives had visited the al leged gambling and drinking establish- ments, all of which are located in the first precinct, in quest of two suspects in the liquor robbe: t the th ! El lllvl:sor. e D Finding evidence of gambling and drinking, the detectives notified the vice squad, which raided the places a short time later. action was taken as a matter of duty, Capt. Edward J. Kel ited out. of hotified the “If the detectives had not vice squad,” he said, “they would have been taken before the police trial board. More Ralds Denied. Rumors that more warrantless raids were to be made today were denied at headquarters. “If there are any raids scheduled,” Capt. Kelly said, “I. don't know anything about it. Similar statements were made by Yesterday's raid, according was an mwva!u affalr, sponse to a “ shot Preliminary Hearing Set Monday. or S 3 , “George Washington Bicen- s — “So ‘Tphigenia in Aulis” Cornet solo, “Fantasie Capriccioso” to steam toward Chesapeake Bay at & speed which will make it unnecessary for them to shove off to the defense of the Capital a single minute ahead of schedule. peremptory orders were issued to division to go to the rescue of Boston. The Alr Division t had bee: concern concerned in the lock-out, the o X sul 3 the plant had been closed while instruc- & number of tions from Toronto headquarters were | Precincts outside the down ANDOWNER STRANGLED J - iy —MIS. | plead not gullty, and police say the e S e fouiried b Irs |y i vas 'DRODREIY ‘ORI st Was there any- way; n upon many w Kemp king up &it and Bprglars Kill Wealthy Apartment i House Owner at Home. -‘EHICAGO. May 28 (#)—Strangled s smsll cord, the body of Samuel Bloom, 65, a wealthy owner of apart- ment houses, was found in his home last night, the victim. police believed, of lars, one of whom was a woman. And standing by her grave will be her husband, John P. Reflit, who shot her through the heart Tuecsday eve- a gun in their Burdette home. b police were working on the the- ory the burglars gained entrance to his iment by ° g @8 prospective ts. A small amount of money 3‘.“‘ had when last seen by his ‘missing. plea and he will be taken under police jescort to the funera) at 2 p.m. tomor- row. Later he will be return: here and held for a prel! ing Sam. ning as they struggled for possession of | olice here today mcceded to Refit's | to the jall | cemetery inary hear- on & chn.' of murder Monday at| Kerr ;hll the court must rule on the evi- ence. Mis. Reffit is said by police to have been shot as she to shoot Musiclan Winifred Kemp. “Petite Suite"” Coleridge-Taylor “Le Caprjce de Nanette." “Demande et Reponss.” “Un Sonnet d’Amour.” “La Tarantelle Pretillants Intermezzo, “Flirtation”. himself. The five children of the couple witnessed the tragedy. Mrs. Reffit 15 to be buried in the adjoining the Christian Church at Hyattstown. Rev. James P. of the Presbyterian urch at Boyda, will conduct the servil ble - Rimsky-Korsakow . Wieniawski Overture, Hadley Marine Hymn, “Halls of Montezuma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” ! fog, was going down to New York to eeks ago, and so, pac! le, all in accordance with schedule, ion obeyed its peremptory orders and went to Boston. Having complied with the requirements of the program, the Air Corps was pleasantly surprised to find that the enemy had | is done likew.se and, under the cover of | | be there at the time of arrival mapped out for the division long, long ago. Yesterday's predetermined program required the presence of the division over Atlantic Cit® early in the after- noon and the diy was all prepared ‘Then like a lion refreshed—or, better vet, like a flock of eagles refreshed— the 1st Air Division in all its might and power will leave here tomorrow for the National Capital. If the enemy ot there, waiting like gentlemen to be ten in accordance with schedule, it is going to be too bad, because the air division, weather willing. is going to do just what it has planned for a long time to do—it 15 going to show the ] swalted. They said the workers hadjere Hon-committal todsy as previously struck without the notific im“’&“_’: S ) be_sustained at forelgn agitators were in- : flusncing labor in the ofl fields. Most of the precinct heads said there were few places in their quiring surveillance. stances the pi 8 tion ®tulis having broken t records for Sagtinuous office . cabinet National Sati after noon the %&?Rf, AoV has seen.