Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1931, Page 2

A—2 w¥x PHYSICIAN IS HELD IN DEATH OF GIRL Dr. Benjamin H. Smart to Face Grand Jury Action Following Inquest. Dr. Benjamin H. Smart. 237 Rhode Island avenue, was held for grand jury action by a coroner’s jury today in con- nection with the death of Miss Hortense Gregan, 17, of Amber, Va., who died at Sibley Hospital last Sunday as the result of an alleged illegal operation This action was taken following an in- quest conducted at the District Morgue by Deputy Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Doncld. Dr. Smart was taken to the office of United States Attorney Leo A. Rover, who was to be asked to set bond, by Detective Sergt. Floyd Truscott and Dennis J. Murphy. At police head- quarters a charge of murder was placed against Dr. Smart. Brought Girl Here, The principal _witness against the physicug was Robert Clift, also of Amber, who admitted having brought the girl to Wnshln}ton to have an il- al operation performed. legCllfi.pl Virginia State highway pa- trolman, testified he took Miss Gregan to Dr. Smart's office last Wednesday, November 4, after a friend had recom- mended the physician to him Three more trips were made to the doctor’s office, the witness said, before the operation finally was performed, last Saturday. He said Dr. Smart sugge: ed gending the girl to his Summer home in North Beach, Md. The physician, his colored chauffeur, Earl Green, 147 U street; Miss Gregan and Clift made the trip, it was testified. After the operation had been performed, Clift de- clared, Dr. Smart announced the girl had intestinal trouble and would have to be rushed to Washington imme- diately. Before starting the return trip, however, Clift said, 'hekdmi\":! Eor;‘lgrcr:s. tary—a young woman kno L\llhl‘l—%fl)a‘ a statement absolving the physician from responsibility for performing the alleged operation, and had Miss Gregan sign it. % ‘When the party reached Dr. Smart's office, Clift went on, the physician sum- moned Dr. William A. Jack. After ex- amining Miss Gregan, CIlift testified, Dr. Jack ordered her removal to Sibley for an immediate operation. Second Operation Performed. The second operation, Dr. Jack .es- tified, was performed for gangrene, which the surgeon declared he found when he examined the girl in Dr. Smart's office. The girl died during the operation. Following Miss Gregan's death, Clift tified, he asked Dr. Smart to return his fee, and the orhymll.n consented to give back $65 it, if he affixed his signature to the statement previously signed by the girl. Dr. MacDonald, who performed an autopsy on Miss Gregan's body, told the jury her death was due to shock and hemorrhage following the second operation, which in turn was caused by the alleged illegal his at ‘emo make a statement. CONVICT MURDERED IN SING SING PRISO Drops Dead at Feet of Keeper From Two Stab Wounds Near Heart. By the Associated Press. OSSINING, N. Y., November 12— Abner Schoonmaker, 26-year-old con- vict from Poughkeepsie, N. Y. was stabbed to death at Sing Sing Prison today in a mysterious attack that caused officials to subject the entire prison population to scrutiny in a search for the slayer. Schoonmaker, who was committed to Sing Sing Jrne 14, 1930, for 10 years on a charge of burglary, stumbled into the prison medical clinic shortly before 8 o'clock this morning, gripping himself in pain. Joseoh Gargan, keeper on duty at the clinic, asked him what the trouble was. “Boss, some one gave it to me twice,” Schoonmlkr:‘r managed to say through ritted teeth. . “Who gave it to you twice? What do you mean?” asked the keeper. “Wait a—" Schoonmaker never finished the sen- tence which might have revealed who had attacked him. He sank to the floor at_the keeper's feet, dead. Dr. Amos Squire, medical examiner at the prison, found the prisoner had been stabbed twice near the heart with a jagged instrument, the exact nature of which could not be determined. Warden Lewis E. Lawes immediately ordered a prison-wide investigation to determine where the man had been at- tacked and by whom. | the seniority rule to take over practi- operation. Dr. Smart, | sentative Will Bankh f Alabama is Edward Clark, de- | s i Sime e iNORTHERN DEMOCRATS TO GET IMPORTANT POSTS IN HOUS Representative Mead of New YorksSlated to Head Post Office Committee. Party Leaders Consider Plan J40 “Match Up” Places Given to Southerners. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Representative James M. Mead of New York is slatea to be chairman of the important House Post Office and Post Roads Committee when the Demo- crats organize with the election of Representative John N. Garner as Speaker. ‘While at first glance, it seemed as if Scuthern Democrats were in line under cally all the important chairmanships, & more careful analysis of the situation shows Democratic members from North- ern States will head a number of the importent committees, especially those in which the Ncrth and West are espe- cially interested. The Committee on Post Office and Post Roads is one of these. The legis- lation considcred by this committee di- rectly affects every congressional dis- trict and the pay schedules of several of the larfest organizaticns of Govern= ment employes. It is expected this will be one of the busiest committees in the coming Congress, with several sensa- tional investigations promised The ranking Democrat on this com- mittee in the last Congress was Repre- sentative Thomas M. Bell of Georgia, | who was chairman during the Wilson | administration, but Mr. Bell is not re- turning to Congress and Representative Mead is in line for chairman, In the shuffle of committee appoint- ments, with some members having their choice of chairmanship of two or .more committees, an effort will be made to so adjust the schedule of assignments to g\'e even distribution of “recognition” the Northerners. The party leaders are carefully con- sidering how they can hand over to the Northern Democrats the chairmanship of what are called “major” committees to match up with the chairmanship of Ways and Means and Appropriations, which go to Southern Democrats. Just as it is proposed to ‘“‘compromise” by giving a Northerner the floor leadership as an offset to the Speakership going South, so it is proposed to adjust the committee chairmanships to a more even balance. Representative Edward Pou of North Carolina, a veteran member, is in line for chairman of the Rules Committee, which is considered the next most im- portant committee in the House to the Ways and Means and Appropriations. Representative Pou is in very poor health. His colleagues have no incli- nation to push him aside, but Pou has volunteered to withhold any claim he has for the chairmanship if a way can be found to “compromise” the situation and meet the demands of the Northern members. However, the difficulty is that Repre- sentative Pou, and many of his friends are strongly averse to his surrendering his place in favor of Represenative John J. O'Connor of New York, who has been mentioned for the nomination for Floor Leader. Banking and Currency is another committee that is being considered as 8 peace offering in the “adjustment.” Representative Henry B. Steagall of Alabama is in line for chairman, with three other Southern members follow- ing in seniority order. It has been suggested that, with the proposal of President Hoover for establishing bank- ing stability and safeguarding the financial structure of the country com- ing before this committee. the emer- gency might justify the extraordinary procedure of “drafting” a Northern man of outstanding ablity to head that committee. Another suggestion for a “compromise” is that Representative John E. Rankin of Mississippi, a_ candidate _or floor leader who is in line to become chair- man of census or World War veterans and second in line for territories, be content with one of the others and leave the chairmanship of the Veterans’ Committee for Representative William P. Connery, jr., of Massachusetts. Then Representative Connery could relinquish his claim to be chairman of the Labor Committee and it could go to Mrs. Mary T. Norton, who, in turn, would re- linquish the District Committee chair- manship, which could go to Repre- sentative Vincent L. Palmisano of Maryland. Of course, it is going to take a great deal of conferring to work out any of these suggestions, and none of them may be worked out. They are men- tioned as showing how the members, bent on achieving party harmony, are | trying to devise ways and means to effect the best possible “adjustments.” e AUNT WANTS CUSTODY OF EDITH RILEY WHEN SHE LEAVES HOSPITAL (Continued From First Page.) PHARfiACISi’S WARNED Must Renew Licenses This Month Under Suspension Threat. All licenses to practice pharmacy in the District which are not renewed dur- ing November will be suspended, it was announced today by W. T. Ker- foot, ir., secretary of the District Board of Pharmacy. The renewal fee is $3. ‘This applies, he said, to all licenses ‘which were renewed in 1928 and those | issued between November 1, 1927, and November 1, 1928. These licenses ex- pired on November 1. “John Bull’s” Snorts Bring Giggles From Museum Visitors| irst Locomotive Cele-| brates 100th Birthd.: by Running. By she Associated Press. Old “John Bull.” first steam locomo- tive to pull passexugers in the United States, marked its 100th birthday anni- versary today by getting up steam and running—jacked up in the Smithsonian Institution. Curfous spectators giggled as the “iron horse” responded to controls first operated on November 12, 1831, at Bor- Depers Feporisd, the entire’ Siate Lot pers Te| 5 en ¥ Tlature nd 8 great many of the best people of New Jersey” saw the engine Tun 1% miles in 2 minutes and 22 seconds. ‘The pioneer of the Camden & Amboy Railroad could pull a coagh for only 30 people, and had to repeat the trip many times. ‘The old engine puffed and sputtered for only a few minutes today, but it repeated the performance every half hour, and will continue doing so until stockings, underwear, caps—a complete new outfit. Mrs. Hall said he had vir- tually no clothes at all, “only what were on his back.” She sald she would send Francis back to school Monday, and that he had promised to be “a good boy, be- cause he doesn’t want to be returned to the Industrial Home School,” where he had been sent temporarily pending Judge Sellers’ hearing yesterday. “The boy is a little nervous, now, as naturally he would be,” said Mrs. Hall. “He has been through so much, but T am confident he will pull through all right and make a fine man of him- self.” Visits Girl in Hospital. Mrs. Hall said she knew very little about Edith's true condition. “I have spent two afternoons with Edith,” she continued, “and neither I nor her nurses, noticed any of the bad habits complained of by her mother” “She just doesn't talk much, prob- ably due to her long confinement, but always acts as though she were sleepy. “She seems to me to be just a little | baby girl. But she can take care of | herself like any other normal child.” Edith’s nurses revealed that she is gaining rapidly, already having added six pounds at the rate of & pound a day. When she first came to the hos- pital, they said, her legs were hardly more than skin and bones, but now | | they are showing signs of filling out and becoming more nearly the legs of a child of 12. Examination Is Deferred. “At the hospital it was stated today it had been decided to defer any thorough examination of her mental- ity for a while to give the child an oppertunity to become used to her new surroundings.” Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. New- man Riley, father and stepmother of the girl, are free on $2,500 bond each on a charge of cruelty to a child as the result of the alleged imprisonment of Edith in a dark closet on the second floor of their home at 1110 Rhode Is- land avenue. The case of the couple was presented to the grand jury Tues- ay. Services Held for Mrs. Poole. the first of next year. ‘Whistle blowing, bell ringing, it ran ‘by compressed air, and its pistons some- what leaky, it could continue only a brief time. ‘The engine was built in England and arrived ip the United States by sailboat. Tt wes glaced in the Museum in Aass. MOUNT AIRY, Md, November 12 (Special).—Funeral services for Mrs. Isabelle Virginia Poole, 80 years old, of Lisbon, Howard County, were held Tues- THE EVEN, REPRESENTATIVE MEAD. —Harris-Ewing Photo. “BERT” HOOVER HOST TO OLG FRIENDS AT FOOT BALL “HUDDLE” (Continued From First Page.) ago and will readily lend his voice to the college yells, In arranging for the party tonight Mr. Hoover has seen to it that there will be real atmosphere and that no op- portunity will be lost to make the affair a democratic and enjoyable one. In the first place, there will be no women present. Mrs. Hoover will meet “the gang” when it arrives, but she will not the reunion dinner or the “gab-fest” to follow. Mrs. Hoover, by the way, was a fresh- man at the Leland Stanford University when her husband was a senior and knows all the former players who will be present either personally or from their foot ball prominence. A section of the Marine Band will be on hand to furnish the music during the dinner and afterward. The state dining room, where the dinner party will be held, will be appropriately dec- orated for the occasion. No White House Protocol. ‘The cardinal colors of Stanford will predominate n the decorations and the place cards and other incidentals of the feast will be suggestive of the '94 cham- plonship foot ball team. It is under- stood a foot ball will swing from the ceiling by ribbons of the Stanford col- ors and that the ice cream will be served in a foot ball-shaped mold. At the huddle there will be no such thing as White House protocol or prece- dence. Each member of the old team will be on an equal footing, although it is expected Paul M. Downirg, who was captain and tackle and an out- standing star of the team will occupy a seat/ on the President’s right. At the conclusion of the dinner the President and his old pals will adjourn to the library on the second floor and there with formality cast aside, will sit about, talking, singing and smoking. It is cnly natural to expect that the g:tncip-l subject of conversation will of the days 37 years ago when these men were making foot ball history for Stanford. Added to Team's Fame. While the President himself was not a university athlete and was never an aspirant to foot ball fame, he was ex- ceptionally successful as the business manager and during his term in this capacity the Stanford eleven was not only successful in the matter of vic- tories, but also in a financial way, It was the President’s eye to business that resulted in a post-season game being played in Los Angeles with the Uni- versity of Chicago, which not only added to the fame of Stanford, but served to further bulge the treasury of the athletic association. ‘The gatheriifg tonight will be really | an interesting one, not only because | of the remarkable foot ball ability shown by the members of the team in ‘94, but because of their record and | accomplishments in after life. Each of the meribers of that team has achieved some distinction and to- | day is living in certain prominence. It is ‘also noteworthy that of the entire '94 team, only one, Stuart Cotton, who played left end, has died. All the others, with the exception of Dr. Al- fred Spalding, who is ill at his home in San Francisco, will be on hand for tonight's reunion. Secured Mooney Conviction. One of them, Charles Fickert, at present an attorney for the California ! State Board of Health, was the San Francisco district attorney who secured the conviction of Tom Mooney, now serving a life term for dynamiting a | Preparedness day parade. He is now en route to Washington in an airplane. Guy Cochran, who was one of the| tackles, is an eminent surgeon in Los Angeles. Paul Downing, the captain, | is vice president and general manager | of the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Will Hazard, glant of that year's team, who played center and who became an all- American choice, is practicing law in Buhl, Idaho. | William Harrelson, the quarterback, | lives in San Francisco, and is now vice | president of the Bank of Italy. W. Ww. | Orcutt, of Los Angeles, who was sub- | stitute guard, is now geological engi- neer of the Union Oil Co., and one of the more prominent oil men in Cali- | fornia. Martin Herbert Kennedy, an- other star of the team, the fullback, is at present living in London, where he is serving in a legal capacity for the Commerce Department. For many years he was a well known attorney at Denver, Colo. Successful Rancher. Joel Y. Field, Dallas, Tex., is now a | successful rancher. During his days | at Stanford, he played guard. Julius B, Frankenheimer, San Francisco, one of the halfbacks, is a heart specialist and for'a number of years was a med- ical instructor at Stanford and the University of California. Jackson E.| Reynolds, the other halfback, is presi- dent of the First National Bank, Wall streel, New York, and for three years was a_member of the law faculty at| Stanford, and shortly after graduation was assistant foot ball coach at Stan- ford. Later he was law professor at Co- lumbia University and for 11 years was chief counsel for the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Will Irwin, magazine writer and author of a biography on the President, and a really personal friend of Mr. Hoover, while not actually on the varsity team of '94 because of a broken leg received while playing center on the freshman team, also will be on hand for the night of fun. Herbert S, Hicks of Rockford, Ill, who was one of the President’s closest chums during his college days, also will be present. He is a lawyer and for 14 years was a | member of the Illinois Legislature, and | for the last 8 years a State Senator. | ‘The President at 3:30 this afternoon will meet his old friends at the White ' House for the of taking them to the rear grounds for a greap photo- graph. This will be in advance, how- ever, of the real affair which has been set for tonight. = Fire Destroys Palatial Home. REIDSVILLE, N. C., November 12 (&) —A fireman was injured as a $100,000 Charles A. Penn, widow of the late t- bacco magnate here today. The origin has not been determined. Howard Perkins, fireman, was injured | day at'the home, with Rev. B. P. Moore, A AFR ciating. , Moore was a lifelong resident of upper Howard County, : by falling plaster. He is not seriously hurt, [ S—— Britain spent $6,085,000, in the last yeas. . NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, IN NAVAL SLASH Reduction in Asiatic Fleet Will Affect 1,100 Officers and Men and 17 Ships. Despite the ominous situation in Manchuria, the Navy Department has ordered a substantial reduction in ships and man power in the Asiatic Fleet, The slash, also affecting somewhat the special service squadron in the Caribbean Sea, will result in a saving of $4,000,000, causing the remgoval of 1,100 officers and men and the decom- missioning of 17 vessels. The changes will take place during this fiscal year. In making public the realignment to- day Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, dcnied the move was connected in any way with President Hoover's 1933 budget reductions., He maintained the reorganization was ordered in the interest of greater ef- clency. Move for Efficiency. The efficiency, it ‘was indicated, is to result from :llv.lng the ships at dutles best situated to them and in saving wear and tear on a few of the destroy- ers which are not yet obsolescent. For purposes of efficiency only, offictais as- serted, the Navy will decommission the ancient cruiser Kochester, the aircraft tender Jason, six destroyers and nine submarines. fire destroyed the palatial home of Mrs Under the new plan, the Caribbean squadron will consist of the light cruiser Memphis and the destroyers Philip and Wickes, now attached to the scouting force. The Rochester, present flogship of the squadron, will be disposed of. The old gunboats Sacramento and Asheville will go to the Orient. These shallow-draft boats are considered most suitable for Chinese rivers. Langley Will Go to Orient. These transfers will take place be- tween January and March of next year. The Asiatic squadron will send home the Jason in April. In August the aircraft carrier Langley will go to the Orient_after being_overhauled at the Mare Island Navy Yard. During March the Oriental squadron will send to Mare Island six destroyers to be placed in reduced commission. Two months later six submavines of the 8-class also will be placed in reserve. At the same time three submarines from the Pearl Harbor, Hawall, base will be rent to New London, Conn., to replace three R-class boats to be de- commissioned. Confer With Hoover, With Secretary Adams, Admiral Pratt, the chief of naval operations, and Director Roop of the budget, the Presi- dent today discussed the Navy's finances for the next fiscal year in a 45-minute conference. Theodore Joslin, one of the Presi- dent's secretaries, said therc probably would be an announcement from the White House later. At the demand of the President, the budget already has been cut $52,000,000 under the amount requested for 1933, but in doing so the Navy curtailed many shore activities at navy yards which brought prompt objections. Changes in these plans are expected from protracted budget hearings re- cently completed. Silence, however, has surrounded these proceedings. Representative French, Republican, Idaho, informed President Hoover this morning he believed his proposed slash | in the naval budget was “in general sound.” DRY RAIDER SHOT IN DRIVE MAY DIE; ATTACKERS ESCAPE (Continued From First Page.) investment in stills and other equip- ment was estimated at more than $100,000, surrendered yesterday. All will be charged with conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act. Warrants for all concerned in the case were cbtained Tuesday, and the agents and deputy marshals left Bal- timore after nightfall. The conspiracy was_discovered, ac- cording to Milton H. Talkin, assistant United States district attorney, when agents from Baltimore and Washing- ton made their concerted campaign to stop bootlegging in the Southern coun- ties last December. Those arrested Tuesday and the amount of bail were: Raymond Beavers, Emory (Smith) Bowie and Roscoe Robey, $5000 each; Fulton Willett, George Huntt and Lewis Hicks, $2,500 each; Sidney Thomas, colored, $2,000, and 'Anderson (Battles) Trotter and Theodore Hawkins, colored, $1,500 each. Paul G. Robinson of Ironsides, Md., the only defendant not from Waldor: Louis Groves, Waldorf storekeeper, and Ernest Wedding were the ones who sur- rendered. Groves’ bail was set at $10,- 000, Robinson's at $7,500 and Wedding's at $1,500. Four Arrested on Highways. Four of the persons arraigned before Commissioner Parran yesterday were ar- rested on Southern Maryland highways and charged with transportation and possession of liquor. Garfield Myrick of Sherman avenue, Washington, was accused of transpor- tation of 24 gallons of liquor; R. G. Hoton of Ashland, Va. of transporting 15 cases, and Robert J. Quade and James W. Johnson of Mechanicsvilie of transporting 36 gallons. All were released on bonds of $1,000. Grifin Swan of Faulkner, Md., was named in warrants charging manufac- ture and possession, and agents claim to have seized a 500-gallon still. Irvin Henson of Mason Springs, Md., faced with the same charges on com- plaint of agents, who said they found a 300-gallon still in a house, was held for the action of Federal Court by Com- missioner Parran. Prince Georges County police under Sergt. A. W. Hepburn last night cap- tured two stills in the Oxon Hill dis- trict. Both were unattended when the officers arrived. £/ SH000,000 SAVING |PITTS" CONTEMPT CASE NEAR CLOSE Counsel for Government Reads Transcript of Testi- mony of December Trial. Contempt of court proceedings against G. Bryan Pitts, former head of the F. H. Smith Co, had been virtually completed at noon today in District Supreme Court. Pitts is accused of Introducing in evidence at his recent trial on con- spiracy-embezzlement charges a num- ber of spurious documents purporting to show he was entitled to receive money the Government charged he had embezzled. Counsel for the Government this morning read to Justice F. D. Letts the transeript of Pitts' testimony at the trial last December, Transcript Read in Court. This transcript showed that Pitts spurious documents, a number of au- thorizations and receipts, from the files of the Smith company in December, 1929, shortly before he resigned as president of that concern. The Gov- ernment has charged, however, that these documents were, in fact, pre- pared at Pitts’ home in Palm Beach, Fla., during the Pall of 1930. ‘The transcript s{ the record was read | to the court by Rugent Doods, Assist- | ant Attorney General; Neil Burkinshaw, | & spectal assistant, and Willlam A. Gal- lagher, an assistant U. S. attorney, as- | signed to aid in the prosecution of this case. There were also present at the Gov- ernment’s trial table this morning, Louis Loebl and Aaron Jacobsen, spe- cial agents of the Bureau of Investiga- tion, who figured prominently in the preparation of the case against Pitts, and E. J. Armbruster, an expert ac- countant of the bureau. Escapes Service of Papers. It developed at the hearing yesterday | afternoon that Pitts on one occasion used an automobile belonging to Wil- llam J. Donovan, former Assistant At- torney General, to escape service of papers in a civil suit. Edmund A. Toland, an attorney, testified that Pitts walked out of a side door of an Alexan- dria, Va., hotel one night in October, 1930; eluded a deputy marshal waiting at the front door, and drove to Rich- mond, Va. in Donovan's car, There, | Toland said, he boarded a train for Florida. Heavily armed with machine guns, Pitts' special guardsmen got him safely away from the court house after yes- terday's contempt hearing, but almost ran down the Government's counsel in the process. Attracted by the publicity given the unusual precautions to frustrate a ru- mored plot to liberate Pitts, a large crowd gathered to watch him leave the court house for the jail yesterday. Pitts, handcuffed to Deputy Marshal Gus Cerimele, was hustied out a side door and into the prison van. Behind the van, with motor running, stood a sedan filled with deputy United States marshals. Back of this was a police headquarters car carrying four detec- tives, and, presumably, the machine guns. The van made a quick get-away, but the driver of the marshals’ car stalled his motor_in an effort to follow too quickly. By the time the driver had again started the motor, the van was nearly out of sight. Possibly with thoughts of an escape in mind, the driver stepped down on the gas, tooted his horn lustily and sped in pursuit. In the meantime, however, Assistant Attorney General Dodds, Special As- sistant Burkinshaw d Louis Loebl, agent of the Bureau of Investigation, had left the court house and were walking down the drive. They heard the warning blast of the horn from the marshals’ car just in time to step hastily aside as the belated guards whizzed by. Pitts, incidentally, reached the jail safely, his unidentified liberators being conspicuously absent. GERMANS REPORT YOUNG PLAN BASIS FOR DEBT ACCORD (Continued Prom Pirst Page) has contended that the matter should be held entirely within the limits of the Young plan, under which certain repa- ration payments are unpcstponable. How close to an agreement the two nations had come was not disclosed in the advices received here, but the finan- cial community regarded them as re- assuring. Action toward an under- standing well in advance of the Hoover moratorium’s expiratio has been earn- estly advocated by bankers, several of whom have pointed out the danger in delay. The American administration has indicated to Europe that it believed the initiative should come from the parties most directly interested, prefer- ably Germany. Differences between France and the Reich in their conversations to date have centered on the scope of activity of a committee which, under Bank for International Settlements mandate, would take up her capacity to pay. Germany has wanted the question of her private debts brought under survey by such a committee, but France has sought to keep that question separate. ACCORD DENIED IN PARIS. French Foreign Office and German Embassy Both Discredit Reports. PARIS, November 12 (#).—The French foreign office and the German embassy denied today that any agree- ment had been reached for handling reparations payments or calling an in- ternational conference. Dry Agents Capture Still ‘The still_which was raided last night by Federal food Cheltenham, Md., following & gun battle with moonsh! Agent H. J. McMunn of Leonardtown, Md., was wounded. —8far Staff Photo. cleaners as ohibition agents near ers in.which Federal NOVEMBER 12, Philadelphia Slaying Figures 1931. then testified he secured the allegedly ; Francis A. Donaldson, 3d (right), soclally prominent Philadelphian, who was shot and killed by Edwin H. B. Allen (lower), member of a prominent family, in a quarrel over Donaldson's attentions to Rose E. W. Allen, sister of the accused man (upper left). 3 —A. P. Photos. 592 MILLION HELD FOR YULE SPENDING BY SAVINGS CLUBS (Continued From Pirst Page.) been degignated Christmas Club pros- perity week in an effort to stimulate wise spending. The largest distribution of Christmas club checks will be in New York State, where the total is $123,000,000. Penn- sylvania will di:tribute $66,000,000 and Wilinols $48,000,060. ‘The New York metropolitan area to- tal is $80,000.000. Chicago and Cook County (Il.) will have $18,000,000 to spend. Christmas clue savings 1 Washington, D. C. exceed $8,000,000, “n 8 per cent increase over last year. ‘The average amount received by each club member wiii be slightly less than $50. Last year ihe average was $54.60. Totals for the various sections of the country are: New England, $79,170,000. Middle Atlaniic, $232,000,000. East North Certral, $154,000,000. ‘West North Ce.tral, $28,020,000. South Atlantic, $41,800,000. East South Ceutral, $13,000,000. West South Cvntral, $15,700,000. Mountain, 38.000,000. Pacific, $20,460,00 KNUTSON IN LIST OPPOSING HOOVER IF SLUMP CONTINUES (Continued From First Page.) makes little difference provided they vote for him when the convention meets. No one here knows for a certainty whether there is to be an effort on the part of other Republicans to take dele~ gates away from the President in other States, except in the case of former Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland, who has been campaigning for months as the anti-Hoover candidate for the presidential nomination. No one seri- ously expects Mr. France to cause trouble. There have been intimations that Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali- fornia was planning to throw his hat in the ring. Senator Borah of Idaho has been approached by disgruntled Republicans, urging him to run for the nomination next year. Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska has a following, too, for the presidential nomination, and there have been signs that Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, old Bull Mooser, would like to capitalize the Progressive Republican vote. But when these leads have been traced down, there seems comparatively little likelthood that these candidacies or any one of them will materialize next year. None of the men whose names have been mentioned have been able so far to convince themselves that they have a chance for victory. Senator Hiram Johnson, an old enemy of Mr. Hoover, might like to make the race. But he has to convince himsel§ that he could win the California delegation against the President. The odds are decidedly in favor of the President in his home State, according to those well informed. Mr. Johnson could get nowhere, indeed, if he could not carry his State against Mr. Hoover. Further- more, there is grave doubt that the Eastern Republicans ever would stand for the nomination of Senator Hiram Johnson, Senator Borah or Senator Norris. The last frankly declares he has no illusions in regard to the presidency, asserting that he could never be nominated. Pinchot Chances Slim. Gov. Pinchot might pick up part of the Pennsylvania delegation to the Republican_National Convention. He could not have it all by any means, He is a strong dry, but the drys would not leave President Hoover for him. Many of the Governor's friends be- lieve that in the end he will train his guns on the senatorial nomination and seek to win in a contest against Senator James J. Davis, who must stand for renomination and re-election ext_year. & ‘Calvin Coolidge, 1f he had been will- ing to run for the presidential nomi- pation, could have made a far better shoying_in the East than any of the other Republican leaders who have been mentioned as possible contenders for the nomination against Mr. Hoover. In the West the Progressive Repub- licans do not look with favor on Mr. Coolidge. But Mr. Coolidge has taken himself effectually out of the picture at a time when the boom for him was just beginning to bud. His statement came at a proper time for the administration forces. 1f a real organization, booming \Coolidge, had been perfected, and the former President had taen withdrawn himself, that organization would likely have turned to some other candidate against Mr. Heover, not wishing to be left out on & limb. —_— ouse-to-housé salesmen in French cu'li.s are offering to take old vacuum part payment on new ones. | FATHER DEFENDS SON IN SHOOTING Horace Allen Recites Wrong Done His Daughter by Slain Suitor. * By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November 12.— The recital of & wrong , done his daughter by Francis A. Donaldson, 3d, i4 Horace Allen's defense of his son, Edward H. B. Allen, who faces trial on a charge of first-degree murder for shooting Donaldson last Monday night. I Mr. Allen's story was told in the | cffice of his attorney, John R. K. Scott. He said his dying wife had begged him to protect the daughter from Donaldson and he had devoted all his time to do so. : Took Girl to Scranton. g lleged betrayal, according to the st nt, occurred when Donaldson toos ~Ziss Allen to Scranton last August. “rude in my house, was rude toward my wife and rude toward me.” “Edward had no intention of killing’ his the father said. “It was Donald- son’s violent conduct toward my that caused the unfortunate fatality. I am telling this story sadly. I have my love for my daughter and my love for my son. I dread this dreadful night- mare of the past. “1 was in terror of this boy, and he had beaten up one son and knocked out the teeth of the other. His manner was very bad when he visited us the night Rose left.” Went on Peace Mission. Young Allen killed Donaldson in the Allen apartment in the Green Hills Farms Hotel. Miss Allen had left the apartment and Donaldson went there, it was said, to bring about peace be- tween her family and herself. There were blows struck and young Allen left, returning later and shooting Donaldson as he was leaving the Allen apartment. Last night Miss Allen told her story of the affair. She said she was told to get out of the apartment and she went to another hotel, where she summoned Donaldson and told him of the treat- ment she had received from her father | and brother. It was then that Donald- | son, who was 25, went to the Allen | apartment, accompanied by a friend. Donaldson’s Father Replies. Francis A. Donaldson, jr., father of the slain man, in a statement today said that the “brutal murder” cannot be exculpated by a distracted father “to save his son by hiding behind the skirts of his daughter whose character the father himsclf destroys.” The statement was the reply of the Donaldson family to the statement made last night by the father of the accuseéd slayer. “A brutal, premeditated murder can- not be exculpated by the futile attempt of a badly advised, distracted father to save his son by hiding him behind the skirts of his daughter, whose char- acter the father himself destroys,” the formal statement read. “The attempt to poison public opinion before the trial by having Mr. Allen’s statement broadcast through the press is not original nor new, nor will it ac- complish its pu . “The truth of this terrible tragedy will come from the lips of disinter- ested witnesses at the proper time. Un- til then no accusations are made by me. I confidently await the result of the action of the proper legal authori- ties moving through the channels pro- vided by law.” TEXAS SUIT SEEKS BAN ON 15 LARGE OIL DISTRIBUTORS (Continued From First Page.) was alleged to have set up the Pasotex Petroleum Co. to operate in Texas. Likewise the petition charged, the Shell Union Oil Corporation set up the Shell Petroleum Corporation. The suit was brought aginst the par- ent corporations to subject their prop- erties in this State to the payment of penalties provided for violation of anti- trust statutes, particularly the shares or certificates of stock which the parent corporations own in their Texas sub- sidiaries. The Texas Co., of which R. C. Holmes of New York is president, is a foreign corporation. The Continental, Citles Service and Sinclair also are foreign corporations. Domestic corporations named are the Gulf, Simms Oil Co., Texas Pacific Ceal & Oil Co., and Texas Petroleum Marketers Association. The American Petroleum Institute was charged with actively participating in Agreements in restraint of trade. A session of the institute is now in ses- slon in Chicago. ‘The tition charged that in 1928, the defendant compamies and others entered into a combination to create restrictions in the E:eplnmn for mar- ket and the marketing of petroleum and its products; to fix prices; lessen competition in manufacture, marketing and purchase of petroleum and its products; to fix the retail prices of petroleum and its products and to mo- norouu the filling station equipment fleld A writ of attachment against the stock owned by the Standard of New Jersey, Standard of New York, Standard of California and the Shell in its sub- sidiary companies in Texas was filled with the sult. Allred get out that in July, 1929, the Federal Trade Commission attempted to approve the “code of ethics” presented by the American Petroleum Institute. The Attorney General held that the ap- proval was without authority of law and that the code “was nothing more than an agreement and conspiracy in restraint m‘ GARDINER ARRIVES 10 ANSWER PROBE Navy League President Be- lieved Planning Vigorous Statement on Charges. William Howard Gardiner, president of the Navy League, arrived here to- day to begin preparation of a reply to the report of the Presidential Com- mittee of Inquiry, indicting him for alleged “inaccuracies, false assertions and erroneous conclusions.” Although Gardiner refused to dis- cuss the nature of his response, there are-rumors in reliable circles that he will return the accusations in a vig- orous statement. Gardiner, after a conference with Walter Bruce Howe, chairman of the board of directors of the Navy League, said the rejoinder would be issued “in the very near future,” probably early next week. Will Give Due Deliberation. He reiterated a previous annpunce- ment to the effect he would not attempt to answer the Hammond committee's “Indictment” without “due deliberation." It has been reported here that Navy League officials have detected a number of “inaccuracles” in the report of th CP:;’s:dlent‘? :gj'mllge u:::p‘:‘fllomlk: al of these sta’t;‘mcnt. forthcoming e attitude of the league, it is said, is it 1s proper to call attention to these inaccuracies” in view of the action of the presidential board in setting itself up_as a judge of the league's accuracy. It certain Gardiner has no intention of spologizing to the Presi- dent for the league's : President and the. Nawpr i whis " of naval funda- e Executive Committee of league already has voted its ap- g‘ovu of the pamphlet by & 7-to-1 bal- McClintic for Investigation. Meanwhile Representative McClintic of Oklahoma said he would sponsor an investigation nto the controversy be- ;;’%en the Navy League and President ver. The Oklahoman, second rank Democrat on the House Naval Commit- tee, said that group should investigate the impelling forces behind “the pres- ent movement to bring about publie TR SraL of lor a naval defense that is out of euu’.ee The father said that Donaldson was | %8 ent Conference in tween the N m‘: °°§"n‘3’"x§’ e, e Navy e and Mr. Hoover, l‘nntg that they also should be inquired “There is no need for a Navy League,” Mc(k:lgfl:’; e::ld. ‘n‘w‘;’ should rn,ux;'lre and seel rmine the those behind it. We should lsup“wfl-fln if they Geneva 1927 had entered them. The Oklahoman said he would op- pose authorization of another battle« ship and declared he favored fast cruisers with flying decks, more air- planes, dirigibles and submarines for the Navy. GOVERNOR MAY NAME CARAWAY SU(}GE§SOR Arkansas Executive Will Atk At. torney General for Ruling on Authority. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. November 12. —Gov. Harvey Parnell announced to- day he will appoint a temporary suce cessor. to Senator T. H. Caraway pende ing a special election if the State ate torney general holds he has this power. The Governor expressed the opinion he has the authority and said he would ask Attorney General Hal L. Norwood for a ruling soon. Only by such a temporary appoint- ment can Arkansas have its quota of two Senators in Congress at the session op:mdn next mrmth.m lerence of opin exists in legal Sake” o ‘Temporaty” appolament prna a a) In it - ing the elecfimwowmfih hel:':nl call in not less than 60 or more than 120 days from the time the vacancy occurred. Had Senator Caraway died two du: lt;ter the ocv‘erno{h:o\ud have fl“fld’. e vacancy for unexpired term by _appointment. Gov. Parnell's announcement came as it had uubeen t:- e no notice pend- g the special election and that the State Democratic Central Committes largely would decide upon Senator Cara- way’s successor by naming the Demo- Cl’;;lc nominee. rs. Hattle Caraway has rom- inently mentioned as the DNNC choice of the committee to serve out the unexpired term ending in March, 1933. She has announced she would accept the Democratic nomination, which is tantamount to election. Should the Governor be informed that he has authority to name a tem- porary successor, political circles gen- erally predicted the appointment would 80 to Lamar Willlamson of Monticello, chairman of the State Democratic Cen- tral Committee and campaign manager for the Governor in his last race. - QIR sl e o BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers' Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall, at 5:20 o'clock. Jobn S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. ‘World War Medley Overture, ‘There"” Entr'Acte, romance, Novelty, “In a Moonlit Gi Oehm] Patriotic Fantasia, ‘“Reminiscences of the Boys in Blue” ....Rollinson Fox Trot, “Those Good Old Days" Weinrich Waltz Scng, “My Buddy” ..Donaldson Firale, “When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba™ d “The Star Spangled Banner." Liquor for Candy Making Is Ordered Banned by Doran By the Associated Press. 2dd reminscent navor o candy are to go the way of other in- toxicants