Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and slightly colder to- night and tomorrow. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 77, at 3:30 yesterday; lowest, 57, at 7 a.m. to- da. Full report on page 12. e ————— Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 17,18 & 19 he Fpening Star. No. 31,944, Entered_as second class matt post office, Washington, er < “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 as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,908 WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1931—SIXTY PAGES. ### 18 INDICTED ON POLICE BRUTALI CANNON 15 INDICTED FOR HIS FAILURE TO REPORT CAMPAIGN FUNDS IN 1328 RACE Bishop and Miss Burroughs Formally Accused of Violat- ing Corrupt Practices Law. | Conspiracy Also Charged. | I TEN COUNTS INCLUDED IN GRAND JURY FINDINGS Specifications Covering 33 Type-| written Pages Say Treasurer Did Not Meet Legal Requirements; and Was “Wilfully Aided nnd! Abetted” by Anti-Smith Leader. | Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, | South, was indicted today by the} District grand jury on a charge| of conspiracy to violate willfully | the Federal corrupt practices law. | He is also accused of “aiding and| abetting” Miss Ada L. Burroughs,\ treasurer of the Anti-Smith Dem- | ocratic Committee of Virginia, in four alleged willful violations of that act of Congress during the last presidential campaign in 1928.| Under the District law an “aider and abettor” is made a principal ana is regarded as equally respon- | sible with the chief violator. Miss Burroughs Indicted. Jointly indicted with him is Miss Burroughs, who is accused of the con- | spiracy and of failing to make proper reports to the clerk of the House of Representatives of receipts and dis- bursements as treasurer of a political organization. Cannon and the Anti-Smith Demo- cratic Committec are accused ‘of receiv- ing $65.300 from E. C. Jameson of New York to aid in the election of electors for President and Vice President of the United States who would be opposed to Alfred E. Smith. Miss Burroughs, whose duty it was to make the reports, is accused of failing to make them at the iimes specified in the law and with making only incomplete reports at un- authorized times. Hopes for Early Trial. Assistant United States Attorney Wil- ®on announced that he will press for an | carly trial of the case against Bishop Cannon and Miss Burroughs as soon as they have been arraigned before the Criminal Court. Bail was set at $1,000. Arraignment usually follows within 10 days, and it is expected that in the event that no attacks are made on the indictment by counsel for the defense, a trial may be held in November or December. Robert H. McNeill, representing Bishop Cannon and Miss Burroughs, announced to the press that Miss Bur- | provided for in sharp reductions in na- | afloat by nearly 3,000, reduce the Ma- 13,000 persons; closing the nay yards at | status; shutting down a number of radio roughs would give bail in Richmond to appear and answer the indictment, and that Bishop Cannon, who is now in At- lanta. would arrange his bond on his return to Washington. The indictment, which followed an inquiry of three days before the grand | v _conducted by Assistant United | «Contued ou Page 7, Column 1.) FISH CALLS U. S. POLICY ABROAD “WEAK-KNEED”| Describing American foreign policy as “weak-kneed.” Representative Ham- ilton Fish, jr., Republican, of New York, in a speech yesterday at Indianapolis, charged the State Department with | meddling and bungling into foreign disputes. Speaking at the Americanizationg meeting of the Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars on efforts of Communists to over- throw the Government. Fish was quoted in Associated Press dispatches from In- | dianapolis as saying | “It is a useless gesture for Secretary Stimson to send notes to the League of | Nations or the Japanese government,| protesting the encroachment of the Japanese armed forces in Manchuria, because no forefgn government will take our State Department seriously since our withdrawal to the coast ports | in Nicaragua, after Sandino, backed by the Communists, butchered nine Ameri- can citizens less than a year ago. Fire Fatal to Three. FLINT, Mich, October 16 (#).—A family of three, Mr. and Mrs. Morris McMillan, ‘each 22, and their 2-month- old baby, lost their lives in a fire fol Jowing an explosion which -resulted from pouring oil on the embers in a coal stove in their home last night. Mary Astor Tells of Wedding to | trial last September 23 under the name Grape Concentrate ’ Firm Found Guilty On Dry Law (Iharge[ | Federal Court Convicts Company in Test Trial Held Without Jury. By the Associated ®ress. KANSAS CITY, October 16.—The sale of unfermented grape concentrate designed for the manufacture of alco- holic beverages was held by Féderal District Judge Merrill E. Otis today to be in violation of the national pro- hibition laws. Judge Otis convicted the Ukiah Grape Products Co., Inc., of New York on seven counts, charging violation of the prohibition laws in a test case to de- (Continued on Page 6, Column 8. NAVAL ESTIMATES DELAY HOSPITAL; END FAMOUS BAND Revised Figures Also Provide for Laying Up U. S. S. Constitution. Abolition of the famous Navy Band, postponement of the construction of the new naval hospital in Washington and the laying up of the recently recondi- tioned frigate U. S. S. Constitution are val vessels, proposed construction, per- sonnel and shore stations suggested in the revised estimates for the Navy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1933, placed before President Hoover yester- day by Secretary Adams, The Star learned today. This method is calculated to trim the budget between $50,000,000 and $61.- 000,000: slash the Navy's personnel rine Corps by nearly 1,000 more and effect a total reduction of the enlisted force in the Navy and Marine Corps of 4,032. ‘The prime savings will be effected by reducing civilian personnel by at least | Boston, Mass., and Charleston, S. C.. and the naval operating base at New Orleans, La.; discontinuing the Navy Bands at various stations: reducing naval reserve activities about 11 per cent; placing the naval ammunition depot at Lake Denmark, N. J., and the naval training station at Newport, R. I, in inoperative status; placing the Ma- rine Corps training station at Parris Island, S. C. in reduced commission stations and disposing of some of the so-called obsolete shore stations. Total Cut of $399,139,886. Major savings are expected to be made in these items: Pay, subsistence and transportation, $3,448.245; engi- neering,, $1,530,000; construction and repair, $1,454,500; public works, $4.068,- 000; aviation, $2,383,806; pay of the Marine Corps, $429,736; general ex- penditures of the Marine Corps. in- cluding reduction of Reservists, $530,- 817; alteration of naval vessels, $3.035.- 000° increase of the Navy, $24563,000; postponed patents. $630.000: naval hos- (Continued on Page 7, Loluma 4. ACTRESS QUESTIONED | ON SECRET MARRIAGE Doctor at Trial of Suit in Fatal Air Crash. By the Assocfated Press. . LOS ANGELES, October 16.—Mary Astor, screen actress and widow of Ken- neth Hawks, film director. who married Dr. Franklyn Thorpe, Hollywood physi- clan, secretly at Yuma, Ariz., last June, made a brief appearan: n the witness stand yesterday in the $775,000 damage suits resulting from an air crash that killed Hawks and nine others. She was subjected to cross examina- tion on her-alleged concealment of her second marriage. She is one of the eight plaintiffs seeking $775,000 dam- ages from owners of two airplanes that collided in midair over Palos Verdes 18 monthes ago during the filming of a picture. “When did you marry Dr. Thorpe?” she was asked. “Last June 29 at Yuma,” the actress replied. “Didn’t you give a deposition for this of Lucille Hawks?” an attorney asked. “Yes,” she answeres “Did you not say you had not remar- ried since Hawks' death?” “No, I did not say I was not mar- ried. Instead of saying ‘no’ in response to the query I said ‘oh’ and was not allowed to finish,” Miss Astor responded. | PLANES AID PASSENGERS’ RESCUE FROM ARCTIC ICEBOUND VESSEL Hudson Bay Co. Ship Fails to Leave Point Barrow in Time to Make Way Through Pack—Crew to Spend Winter. By the Associated Press. NOME, Alaska, October 16.—Air- planes aided today in the removal of passengers aboard the steamer Baychi- mo, locked in the Arctic ice pack several hundred miles north of here. ‘Two cabin planes, flown by pilots Vic Ross_and Chester Brown, arrived near the Baychimo, a Hudson Bay Co. ship off Wainwright yesterday and prepara- tions were made to fly the passengers to Kotzebue, 250 miles away. A brief message from Wainwright taid & number of passengers and their baggage were loaded into the planes for the flight. A third plane was flown trom here to Kotzebue, across the Se- ward Peninsula, to aid in bringing them to Nome. A large supply of Arctic furs, the catch of natives in the Point Barrow district during the past year, also were to_be brought from the vessel. The Baychimo, failing to start South from Point Barrow soon enough during the brief season of open water there, was caught in the ice before proceeding 100 miles. Several days ago word from Wain- wright said all hopes of getting the ship free had been abandoned and members of the crew began building a small house on shore, to spend $he Win- ter there, i L. 5. JOINS PARLEY SEEKING 10 AVERT WAR IN FAR EAST: TOKIO STANDS FIRM Gilbert Accepts Invitation After League Again Over- rules Japanese Delegate by 13-to-1 Vote. OBSERVER WILL CONFINE WORK TO KELLOGG PACT Japan Still Objects, Contending Participation by Non-Member Is Contrary to Covenant—Military Clique Is Believed to Be Dictat- ing Cabinet’s Policy. By the Associated Press. America has acceptea the League of Nations’ invitation to sit with the League in its efforts to prevent war in the Orient. In a cablegram to Secretary of State Stimson, Prentiss Gilbert, American consul general at Geneva, said he would accept the invitation an hour before the meeting of the League Council, scheduled for 6 p.m., Geneva time, today (12 noon here). The cablegram was received shortly after a formal invitation from the League, a copy of which also had been given to Gilbert.} Gilbert previously had been au- thorized to accept and to sit with the League. Will Confine Work to Pact. ‘Transmission of an official reply from here to the League was expected io follow although the framing of the message was e: ted to take some time. Gilbert would participate actively only insofar as the Kellogg-Briand pact is involved. The Japanese attitude has been that this agreement does not apply, the trouble in Manchuria being regarded at Tokio as merely a neighborly dis- agreement and not a war. While the American Government has | refrained from referring to the trouble as war and has not invoked the Kellogg- Briand pact, it has indicatedsthat it is ready to do so if the situatiod warrants. U. S. ACCEPTANCE BECEIVED. R League Council Ratifies Invitation for U. S. to Parley. GENEVA, Octoler .16 (#)—Prentiss B. Gilbert, United S here and observer the League of Nations Council, received this evening ffom Washington his Gov- ernment’s affirmative reply to the Coun- cil's invitation to participate in con- sideratiop of the Manchurian problem. The €ouncil of the League formally ratified over the objections of the Jap- anese delegate its invitation to the United States to engage in arbitration ot the conflict. Chairman_Aristide Briand. in sum- (Cuntinuea on Page 6, Column ., AKRON TAKES OFF ON ITS FINAL TEST 48-Hour Endurance Flight Seen as Last Before Official Delivery to Navy. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, October 16.—The U. S. S. Akron, world’s largest airship, today began her longdst and probably her final cruise before being turned over to the Navy. The ship took off at 6:50 a.m., Eastern standard time, for a 48-hour endurance flight that is ex- pected to cover 2,000 miles. ‘The Akron passed over Columbus dur- ing the morning, heading west toward the Indiana line. ‘The present flight will fill the schedule of 100 hours of test flights required by the Government before it accepts its new $5,500.000 air leviathan from the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation. It was understood the previous tests have indicated the Akron meets Gov- ernment specifications and the ship is expected to be delivered to the Navy at 'ihe Lakehurst, N. J., station next weel Following the Trends Washington merchants send their buyers to th> fashion cen- ters of the world for all that is new for men and women and the household. There is fascination in the shops, and all that is newest and best is described in the advertising in The Star. Yesterday's Advertising. (Local Display) es. The Evening Star. . . 95,839 33,704 13,967 10,517 . 6,137 64,325 2d Newspaper. . . . . 3d Newspaper . . . . . 4th Newspaper . . . . 5th Newspaper. . . . Total Staipaders) The Star is not the best be- cause it is the biggest, but the biggest becl\ln_ ‘n is the best. | PROGRESSIVES ASK tion by Public Corporations to Control Power Rates. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Competition by the Government is | the remedy for public ytility regulation {advanced today by the Committec on | Public Utilities of the Progressive Con- { ference held here last March. “A definite legal limit should be im- | posed on individual gain out of public { business,” the report of the commit- {tee, signed by Donald R. Richberg as | chairman, aserted. A complete legislative program to i carry into effect the policies of the Progressives is outlined in the report. The report was submitted to Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, chair- man of the Progressive Conference. Many members of the Progressive group {in Congress. both Republican and Dem- ocratic, took part in the conference last | March, and it is expected that some of them, at least, will back the pro- gram now laid down by the Committee on Public Utilities. Power Regulatory Group. Prominent among the proposals of mendation for the establishment of a Federal commission “having power over electrical utilities comparable with the power of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission over railroads.” Declaring that the regulation of the raiiroads by the Interstate Commerce Commission, although it has on the whole been more effective to protect public interests than State and munici- pal regulation of local utilities, has “been far from satisfactory,” the re- port recommends drastic revision of section 15-A of the interstate com- turns to be permitted the railroads. In this connection the report says: “The ‘value’ of property, which de- pends upon its earning power, never be made the effective basis of regulation which is intended to limit public utilities to a reasonable earning power.” ‘The Progressives’ report urges the establishment of a Government railway system, “supplementary to and com- petitive with the privately owned rail- roads, whereby the transportation serv- ice of the Nation may be improved and ~(Continued on Page 7, Column 5.) EDISON SHOWS SIGN OF FAILING PULSE| Inventor Approaches Crisis Be- lieved Near as Coma Fol- lows Stupor. By the Associated Press. ‘WEST ORANGE, N. J., October 16.— ‘The pulse of Thomas A. Edison, who is lying in a coma from which he no longer momentarily rouses, was becom- ing weaker today. “Mr. Edison is in a deep, quiet sleep,” Dr. Hubert S. Howe reported today in his formal morning bulletin. “His pulse is becoming weaker, but it is not yet at a critical point. *“The extent of the coma has not been determined,” he said, “because no ef- fort has been made to arouse him in two days.” Dr. Howe said Edison's long fast con- tinued and that in the past 24 hours, as for several preceding days, he had taken no nourishment of any kind. ‘Among the telegrams of sympathy re- ceived at the Edison estate was one from Daniel Carter Beard, leader in the Boy Scout movement, and Mrs, Beard. TR Widow to Reject Senate. NEWARK, N. J, October 16 (#.— The News today said Mrs. Dwight ‘W. Morrow woéuld not accept an ap- pointment by Gov. Larson to the seat in the United States Senate made vacant by the recent death of her husband. 4 Radio l;rolnm r Page C-14 merce act, which deals with the re-' can | N( HARD WINTER. | |Premier Laval Sails For U.S.to Exchange CURB ON UTLITES = it e s y1ES T SEA I Warns Against Expecting Report Proposes Competi- Too Much From Con- |indhergh Liner Speeding ference in Radio Talk. Br the Associated Press. HAVRE, France, October 16 —Pre-| mier Plerre Laval, accompanied by a staff of financial experts, sailed, aboard the liner Ile de France this afternoon for the United States, whers he will dis- cuss important world prcblems with | President Hoover. His 18-year-old daughter, Jose, and her two companions, the Misses Jac- | queline Guimier and Rene Claudel, are | making the trip with him Ambassador Walter E. Edge escorted the premier aboard the liner and as- sured him that the United States would give him a hearty welcome. The Am- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) YORKTOWN BEGING HISTORIC PAGEANT Governors of Original States, | French and British Notables [ at Celebration. the Progressives’ committee is a recom- | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. YORKTOWN, Va., October 16.— Cheered by clearing skies after a night of heavy rain, leaders. civil and mili- tary, of the 13 original Colonies and of France were gathered in the Colonial atmosphere of old Yorktown today to begin four days of celebration and pageantry on an impressive scale of the defeat of the British Army of Corn- wallis and the beginning of American independence here 150 years ago. The scene, as celebrations began simultaneously in historic Yorktown and on the battlefield outside the town, | was brilliant and impressive. Troo] of all branches of the armed forces. States, Governors and their uniformed staffs, the French uniforms of Marshal Henri Petain, “savior of Verdun"”; his staff and officers of the French em- bassy. the Colonial costumes of actors in the pageants, ass:mbled from all parts of Northern Virginia, mingled in a setting compounded of the ancient Colonial set beside the most glaringly modern. Lord Cornwallis, descendant of the English earl who surrendered at the ! Battle of Yorktown, responded to Vir- ginia's dedication of a memorial to his ancestor, with the statement that “‘war is behind, peace is in front, we hope, for evermore.” “Priends have sent me press clippings intimating that I might find some delicacy in appearing here today,” Lord Cornwallis said. “I assure you that such delicacy never crossed my mind. “Forty-eight hours after Yorktown Gen. Washington entertained Lord | Cornwallis and from that moment all animosity was forgotten."” “I feel that it would be agreeable to him as it is delightful to me that & memb.evr of the family can be here today.’ Dedication of the bust of Lord Corn- wallis at York Hall, home of Thomas ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) _ National Guard units from the original | FREIGHTER SINKING. to Rescue of Japanese | After S 0 S Calls. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, October 16.—The Japanese freighter Yonan Maru was re- | ported sinking today 500 miles west of | | Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Island, and the | Dollar liner President Jefferson, on | which Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind-; bergh are passengers, was attempting to reach the distressed ship in time to rescue the crew. i | This information was reccived here by the Mackay Radio Station. which} intercepted a wireless message from | the Jefferson. The exact nosition of | the Jefferson was not given. but it was | believed to be about 65 miles from | the Yonan. Asks Aid Quickly. The Yonan Maru is a vessel of 7.154 gross tons and is believed by marine authorities here to be a tramp under | charter. It is owned by the Nippon Kyoda K. K. of Kobe. ! A wireless message from the freighter said: ‘We are now sinking. Come quickly.” | This was about 6 a.m.. Pacific standard | time. The Jefferson expected to reach | | the Yonan, if still afloat, about 10 am., | Pacific standard time. The Jefferson picked up the distress | calls while bound to Seattle from | Yokohama. The Lindberghs are re- turning from an air tour of the Orient. They were called home by the death| of Mrs. Lindbergh's father, Senator | Dwight W. Morrow of New Jersey. The Yonan Maru, with a cargo of | | lumber, was en route to Japan from | Portland, Oreg. The vessel's crew num- | bers between 40 and 50 men. | Coast Guard Notified. | Coast Guardsmen said the steamer | Taigen Maru also was rushing to the | scene, and that the cutter Northland, | at Nome, had been notified. | The sinking ship's position was giver | as 500 miles west of Dutch Harbof, | | Alaska. : The following radio message from the | Yonan Maru_was intercepted” by the| Naval Radio Station at Cordova. Alaska: “Our stern deck is same horizon west | sea. Now we want quick coming.” | The message sent hy the President| Jefferson said water was pouring mm; | the Japanese freighter's hold in great | quantities, but did not explain how the | stricken vessel had been damaged. IMOYLE GOING TO JAIL FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING | | By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 16.—Don ! | Moyle, transpacific flyer, has been or- ! dered committed to the Los Angeles| | County Jail November 2 to serve a 30-| {day jail term for driving a motor car| | while intoxicated. He pleaded sguilty ! | 1ast July_15. | Judge B. R. Schauer of the Superior | Court yesterday granted extension of | the time for the execution of the sen-; tence, originally set for October 1. ‘The fiyer had pleaded he wished two weeks more in which to enjoy the fruits of his roundabout flight with, Cecil Allen from Tokio to America. i7e\i7e\il Women of Washington's social life is enriched and made tremendously interesting by the presence and personalities of the women of the Diplomacy i in the dole and the¥e was vicious fight- ' (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. TY CHARGES ‘FRIEND’ FACES CHARGE OF TRYING TO CORRUPT THIRD DEGREE WITNESS Four Previously Accused by Dis- qualified Grand Jury Are Among Those Named. ALL SUSPENDED AT ONCE AS RESULT OF PROBE REPORT Inquiry Findings Come After Study of 70 Cases Involving Bealings Uncovered by U. S. Agents. Eighteen policemen, including three heacquarters detectives and two precinct detectives, and a civilian charged with obstructing justice, were indicted today by the grand jury as an outgrowth of the Government's expose of third-degree brutality in the Police De- partment. The detective sergeants at porce headquarters named in the presentment were William Messer, accused of assaulting a prisoner with a wooden club, and Robert J. Barrett and Arthur T. Fihelly, charged with fistic attacks on “suspects.” “Friend” of Police Accused. The civilian was Cecil Mason, self-styled friend of the police, who was charged with corruptly attempting to influence testimony of a witness against Detz=ctive Barrett. The others indicted follow: Precinct Detective James A. Mostyn of the first precinct, allegef to have attacked four prisoners with rubber hose or fists Precinct Detective Robert L. Jones of No. 10 precinct, charge{ with a fistic assault. Private Jesse F. Hasty, No. 10 Detective Messer in the club case an sault on another prisoner. Private Milton B. Groves, No. 1 precinct, named jointly with Hasty in the fistic case. Named on Six Counts. Private Charles R. Bremerman, No. 2 precinct, named in a six- count indictment charging a series of attacks over a period of three days on one prisoner. Private Hollis H. Clark, No. 2 precinct, named jointly with Bremer- man in the foregoing case. _ Private Vivian H. Landrum, No. 9 precinct, accused of beating a prisoner with a wooden club. Private John Sirola, No. 9 precinct, jointly indicted with Landrum. Privats George Sorber, No. 2 precinct, charged with assault by fist. Private Eugene D. Lambert, No. 9 precinct, alleged to have beaten a prisoner with a club ana with his fists. Private Lewis E. Hazard, No. 9 precinct, jointly indicted with Lambert. _ Private George E. Perry, No. 1 precinct, reindicted for an alleged “simple assault.” recinct, jointly indicted with also charged with a fistic as- Some Charges Ignored. Privates William R. Laflin, William T. Burroughs and William C. Grooms, all of No. 1 precinct, reindicted with Precinct Detective Mostyn in the celebrated case of James Henry Harker, whose brutal- ity charges precipitated the Department of Justice inquiry. . ._The new grand jury refused to inaict Maurice O'Connor, charged jointly with Mason for the alleged attempt to intimidate George B. Baber, chief witness against Headquarters Detective Barrett. = = The grand jury also ignored b VICIOUS FIGHTS MARK | o Shad Secn aceuced of heating Cins WELSH JOBLESS RIOT ence Woodrow Brown, colored vouth. Police Charge Mob Protesting Dole and disapproved additional counts against Mostyn in the alleged beating a Cut—Scores Hurt and Red Flag Seized. of Robert Martz and against Laflin, who was indicted ‘vintly with M by the previous grand jury in the case of Walter Johxton, colored. &l Are Indicted. All a®’the indicted policemen were suspedded as soon as officials of dirg P ine grand jury By the Associated Press. (Today’s indictments are a_belated CARDIFF, Wales, October 16 —-Three | comgctes sonirg) wobing investigation thosamd Jobless men eatmered In i | conducted several weeks ago by special agents of the Bureau of Invest public square here today to protest cuts acting under general supervisior Edgar Hoover, director of the bureau, E e 2 and personal direction of John M, ;rt\g":hgge polies with drawn clubs dl-| Keith, in charge of the local fibld office. a0 betse. .| The cases in which criminal proceed- - e dhelgeflxflnfl police | ings were instituted were selected from g POl aker:‘;“:m“’:]""l";amonx more than 70 instances of al- hoxtatl p i 8! elr | leged police cruclty investigated by an Sifiortationy o soap-box platforms. | augmented corps of agents. scme of through a police cordon at the edge | Lo ror roe deniny from distant sta- D‘v:,{llgnfll'{’:isl:‘f’"‘?& Aght began. os- |, While the cases’ which resulted in s e In NoS- | jndictments today involve only half a dozen precincts and police headquar- ters, it is known the Federal investi- gaters found evidence of third-degree practices in virtually every precinct, | stretching back over a period of years. Officials to Get Report. A formal report of the bureau's find- ings has been prepared by Director Hoover for presentation to the District | Commissioners. It has not been di- ha for Columbus, Ohio. _— — Re- | vulged when this report will be sent to OMAHA, Nebr., October 16 (P —Re- | TI8S When (s report, will be sent to freshed by 39 hours of almost unbroken | *F i rest. Hugh Herndon, jr. and Clyde Sibility it will be held at the Depart- Fangborn. whose big Ted monoplane | Ment of Justice until the criminal pro- was the first to make a non-stop flight cecdings have becn disposed cf. of the Pacific Ocean from Tokio to the The Government's drastic inquiry United States, hopped off from the Was complicated by the collapse of the municipal fields for Columbus. Ohio, aty proceedings before the July grand jury, D0 am. (C. 8. T) today, ‘They due to last-minute discovery of the pect to reach Columbus alwut 3 p.m. Presence on the jury of a Spanish War €8T pensioner, Henry L. Johnson. John- tention of son’s service on the jury invalidated 179 indictments. The " disqualified juror since has been ordered by the court to (Continued on Page 6, Column 1) pitals with broken heads, half a dozen of the leaders were arrested and the police had seized a red banner. P e TOKIO PILOTS FLY EAST Herndon and Pangborn Leave Oma- They announced their in reaching New York by Sunday to re-| ceive the $25,000 won by crossing. the Pacific. J KAISER’S GRANDSON PUNCHES TIME CLOCK IN FORD DETROIT PLANT Prince Ferdinand Von Hohenzollern Has ‘New Freedom’ Through Dynasty’s Fall—Seeking Place in World. “I had to work darned har for that . By the Associated Press. f degree,” he explains in teiling why he foreign embassies and legations. They Are Now to Be Introduced to You in a Series of Interesting Interviews by Pauline A. Frederick READ THIS SERIES OF CHARMING PERSONALITY ARTICLES —ONE EACH WEEK IN THE SOCIETY SECTION OF The Sunday Star DETROIT, October 16.—Punching a time clock at the Ford Motor Co. plant here with other employes, Prince Louis Ferdinand von Hohenzollern, a grand- son of the former Kaiser, admits he is having the time of his life. He thinks Ameri slang “is what you call ‘hot stuff,’” professes to have no political opinions and is prouder of a doctor of philosophy degree received from the University of Berlin than he is of his title of prince. ‘The youthful &nnce—he is 22 years old—is endeavoring to learn American | industrial methods and merchandising practices, planning’ to work in every de- rtment of the automobile plant. Be- ore coming here several wecks ago he had spent two years in the Ford plant d at Buenos Aires. would rather be called “Dr. Louis Fer- ?mlnd" than “Prince von Hohenzol- ern.” Aside from admitting he is anti-mili- taristic, Prince Louis dodges all efforts to lead him into political discussion. He would rather discuss the relative merits of American and foreign-made motor cars. The prince believes that the turn in world affairs that overthrew the Ho- henzollern dynasty in Germany brought to him a sort of “new freedom.” Far from being resentful. h2 is enjoying it. he said. “I love it,” h2 explained.” “I want to find out where I fit in it.” He refers to the former Kaiser either &s “my grandfather” or just “the old T L