St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 30, 1926

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PROVISION FOR _ DEFERRED PAYMENTS ‘Settlement Calls for $627,- ~ 900,000 More Than Cail- laux Offered, Though fees at Start. ee I € BY the Assm in ted Praga, 39.——A Fatif deation of the > debt settle- ¥ © ° ate today be- f had the White an See T ON, ADT 7 Jove r the ve LE ben Byissouri, y! ig and other ntly ratified, on the Ameri- “can Debt Commission. which law had intended. policies were Rep.), who only com mission’s Smoot memb: had ‘TS, of the negotiators + Utah, one eclared the F fone what Congress expected them hs y settlenients debtors in negotiating sed-on the capacity of the D pay. S Before the debate started. a nt Coolidge had sent the Irench Presi- PACE e Rs "er A ; =" * fF Commission for > her war and post-armistice ob}iga- © tions to this country Ry 9 unti’ the 7 In actual ’ resents a little over 80 per cen © her obligation: x 24 per cent and France's about 50 - Per cent of her obligation ¥ | The nearest © Vision that |. finds P annual E Siving 90 days’ » Ment of » stallment ement to the Capitol with a re- H that it be ratifi but the @fliamentary situation prevented eciate presentation in the Sen- Nia: atee MICH FILSON, oa Start Correspondent of the Post. ’ Dispatch and New York World ~» WASHINGTON April 30.—- , ce has agreed to the terms pes by the American Deht the settlement of the agree. will pay 10 vears, thereafter according to vesterday. Ffance. Ment made $30.C00.000 a year for The anniities mounting seventeenth annual ‘stallment is $125.000.000. where it Will stand for 44 vears The sixty- Second year wipes out the iebt. with a payment of $117.847.694 The total payment amounts to of.- 847.674.104.17. which is $627.000.- g $00 more than the Caillaux offer of © last September and approximately the same amount less than the Americans were willing to agree on at that time. the French between the Great rep- t of represents ficures, tome out midway SD aritieh and the Italians. ' Britain’s contract discounted Italv’s No Safeguard Clause. clause.” pro Franee There is no “safeguard thine to it is a if at any fime herself unable ta meet iny installments she mav. on notice, defer pay- principal of that in- three vears. The the for t British have a similar privilege cx- f Cept that thev have only two years’ Brace. No Announcement has been made /&s to this country’s policy toward r _ «‘Uifting the ban on bankers’ loans to _ France. but the present intention ls that tls shall be done as soon © €8 the French Chamber of Depu- : tles ratifies the agreement. to borrow Italy was permitted. © Immediately on signing the settle- i; Without waiting for action by a > € 2 pe! ba mess aaby b e a to drive Italian Parliament. ether the difference is due to ‘the reported stiff opposition of the Rservative party in the French er © Chambc; is a matter of conjecture, Administration Confident. The administration has the votes the bill through. but 4 Might have té reSort to cloture to , &€complish it. - Secretary The agreement was signed by Mellon as the head of F the American Debt Commission and _ by Ambassador Berenger for nee. Before the final ceremo- » Mies the Americans took the agree- 5 ment to the White House where it : Was approved by President Cool- All the members of the Amert- | Can commission were present ex- ? Basted. Secretary of State Kelloge and Secretary of Commerce Hoov- per, but it was explained that both a8 approved the agreement. Both Sides Satisfied _ The two absentees had both tn- more strenuously than apy ee a ee eo Continued on Page 3, Column 2. Bay ae oe Meer ses * nee Bi? implac: | he | ipiloting an i a! ME. NN Pe MMe es wt ae Ne AM ' Pa Pp. but Interest Is Graduated From Zero to | | , . | | i | ‘turned over | with .i night a in- j — Be ‘ssie flight. PT ex. ie aetna _—_ ee mee ww _ peepee Negotiated Debt Plan A MB. BASS ADOK NEGRO WOMAN AVIATOR AND PERENGER. PASSENGER KILLED IN FALL ‘light 2000 Feet ia. Machine in Practice Over and Drops at J-cksonville. Ry the Associated Pr JACKSONV ihe Coleinan. oa . Fla... -April killed here airplane William D. Wills of Dallas her press agent. a white man. lost his life when the plane and fell 2000 feet. but Wills fell tor. Was today also ;woman turibled out. the plane. Join T. Betsch of ville Negro Welfare had accompanied the two field; struck a match to light a cigarette shorily after the plane fell and the gasoline was ignited consuming Wills’ body. Betsch was detained by police. The woman, whose ae aa in Chicago, apparently not stfapped ‘to the air Mane ahen it iook off. BOOTLEGGERS USING CEMETERY Midpight kx dhanges Re ported Es tablished a: Manchester. N. 2 the Associated Press MANCHESTER. N — Bootleggers have aun exchange in Mount Calvary Cemetery here. A story of mid- eatherings in the shadow tombstone, where local bootleggers receive their allot- ments from rum runners who im- port the contraband, was told court by Clasis Auguer. Auguer was on trial] on a liquor charge that resulted from. the dis- covery of a quantity of buried just outside the cemete wall. -He declared that at there were so many auto the cemetery that the sembled a funeral procession, SKIRTS SHORTER THAN EVER Shoes of Gay Color Catch Fashion's Fancy on the Riviera. ted Prees April the League, hy H.. April 30. established large the CANNES, Ky Assocla 30.—Skirts shoiter than ever on. the Riviera and hats are plain almost to the point of everity. so that the feet draw the attention .o! all Court and one-bar shoes are th: gi 2at fivorites in light-coiored kids blonde. parchment. | silver .. ite. A striking shoe is the all-in-gold | i chief of the Naval Air Service; O-- i ville kid piped with ‘sn. The vamp is paint in bri-’ ‘ modernistic col ore with a-corventional design Features in Next Sunday’s Post-Dispatch $75,000 for a Husband—In a suit against the father, moth- er and brother of her hus band, an Ohio woman has been paid this sum _ for the alienation of the hus- band ’s-affections. Devil's Island, ‘‘The Dry Guillotine’’ — Another ship- load of 340 convicts bas been sent to: France’s’ ternble’ pena] colony. Description of the embarkation and of life on the sinister islands. The Truth About Beautifying —A plastic surgeon of na tional reputation tells what ean and what cannot be ‘ane in ‘‘cosmetic surgery.’’ Em- phatically he warns those who seek for artificial beauty. ‘‘The Hungarian Sheik’’— From St. Louis eastward his course took its fastinating way. His motto was: ‘* Love ’om and leave m!’? And usually the jemie ’s money went with him. Eccentric Mr. Brown—For 39 years this American million- aire lived on his yacht. anchored in an English river. Throwine red-hot cold coins io beggars was only one olf his odd amusements. 30. said to have | ibeen the only Negro wor.an avia- whiie in a Practice | ,.—-Two balloous, The | Jackson- | wbho to the are | flying | certained. oe [ ward Richmond, : Turns | | | | | | % | of | ling i ' in | (ra led eves | | o'clock ‘a telegram received by the ~~ RACING BALLOONS PASS OVER TOWNS IN-THREE STATES; Hopkinsville’ Lexington and Nicholasville, Ky., Nash- ville, Tenn., and Golcon- da: Ill., Report Flyers. STARTED YESTERDAY AT LITTLE ROCK, ARK. Nine in Race, the Three Winners of Which Will Take Part in Competition at Antwerp. | bb A:sociated Ff L, EXING TON, big balloon passea near lease, Ky., April 3Q-——A here American not be reported erly to- today, high, carrying an Its identity could Nichalasville was going east Ky. flag. the balloon ‘the Associated Press, 1] TT IE Roc -yne WU. .8;.APr piloted by IJ.ieut. passed over Golconda, this morning, Ark., April 39. balloon S-20 We an Lil., according to Arkan- The telegram Gray. my Gray, at 5: here. Lieut. sas Democrat was dropped by thre Associated ress HOPKINSVILLE. which pass a) Ky., April 30 it was im. possible to ide: * dad over this city about 5. o'clock this morn- | ing. They were traveling north- east. the Associated Press NASHVILLE. Tenn. At 7:30 vassed over Blackwood flying field in a southeasterly direction. balloon was at an altitude of 2000 Ry April a mm. todav a balloon feet, and identification marks upon | Three Routes From it were not distinguishable* . 3v the Associated Press LITTLE RCCK, Ark.. Riding the April 50.— ceronauts th the Litchfieid Trophy ind national! balloon races today s-merged from a perfect first nigi.t’s sailing and when last heard ‘rom had passed across the extreme northeast vart of Arkansas and vere headed in an easterly direc- ion with a_ possibility eventually ‘f arriving ij the reszion of the : Lawrence Valles rhe navigators ‘mall pilot ballcon which an unofficial rae. in competition. took off Rock airport lat idea: weather con- untoward accident. he balloon Soythern California residents at Newport. 7f miles from Little Rock, and (inited States Army balioon évas sighted ai Corning. Ark., bv a mak- connec- headed IS ion with the from the Little vesterday with litions and n¢ Cc. 9 ww the starting point Several] towns reported the balloons head- ed into Missouri or crossing Mississippi. Winners to Fly at antwerp. From the balloon” race will amerge victors. the three who are to flv huge balloons holding 80.000 -ubie feet of coa! gas. in the Ant- werp meet. Thousands of visitors here tod1) ‘watched airplane races and exhib- and | eould be obtained so much helium gas had escaped that Paegpr- rip-cord pull 4. | touched the ground. its. Major-General ;mander John Patrick. Com- Rogers. assistar.t in airship of Vright, pioneer n- vention and chairman the Contest Committee of the Nationa) Aeronautic Association: Godfrey L. Cabot. tion, are attending the meeting $13,000 Loss in Landing. Col. flight from Scott Field, Tl. developed a rip a ladier of the airship and hefore The the top. day in low ordered the The airship collapsed within a ‘ew seconds. The loss of helium and) lamage to the dirigible was esti- mated at $13,000. When the TC-6 made an ‘essful effort to land, Harold rer a nationa) guardsman. to release his hold on a line and was carried 1009 feet the air. Quick work on unstic- K<rie landing and Krieger He released his hold. but as the rope was pull- ing from under him, he caugcnt hold of it again. A ship downward later, as the landed. a Negro to let go of a He was carried 50 feet into the at: before the pilot could nose the ship. down ! injured. The Negro was landed un- Two sister ships, rCc-8, departed during noon for Scott Field The pilot balloon “Skylark” with ©. Naylor as pilot and IK ~ Continued on ‘Page 2, Column 4 the after- W | their | soon as- | COLDEST APRIL SINCE 1907; | Month 15 | temperature for the £0.4 deg s. Normal average April | | tempera over a long term of | 1907, | sot tog commission. mercury 30.— | | precipitation The | iower r "Pas i air currcats 4S road routes between Chicago and ley clung to their ballast, the nine | the! 0 | tiv the Associated Press. con- | siderably more than 100 miles from) other! the! certain /encouraged to believe in form ‘aid to mankind. John S. Paegeclow made the | in the} lirigible TC-6 in six hours yester- | failed | Into | the part | of the pilot brought the nose of the | second time | the ship dipped and this time Krie- | ger remained on the ground. *thalf hour being failed AY TC-8 was) laborer | landing lin». | the TC-7 ani. Ww. row) 6:03, |WIVES CALL POLICE AS HUSBANDS TARRY AT WRESTLING BOUT Absentees Not in Holdover or Hospital, but Waiting Until 3 A. M. for the Last Fall. With 7500 wrestling fans held at the Coliseum until 3:12 a. m,. today by the Stecher-Pestk championship match, which lasted five hours, uneasiness as _ to the where abouts of husbands grew sO widespread that between 1 and 3 o'clock this morning more than 50 telephone calls were received at Police Headquarters from wives who wanted to know: “Hiave you got locked up again?’ “Don't you thir’ must have met with dent? He always’ gets early.” “I believe my husband has left me. Won’t you took for him?” The first few cal!s set the night force to work districts and _ hospitals in my husband Mr. Smith an acci- home calling outlying | an ef- | fort to locate the missing ones, but | when they continued ce come some- | one remembeged tha‘ match was in r ogress and froia that time om wives were assured as the contest Was over. the wrestling | Chief .. Washington vushbands would get home as) Ch Geers | oT LOUIS FOST-DISPATCH IT he Only Evening Pafer in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service E D and Curb Tables FINANCIA ITION at — ~— ——_—- = a — A mea ee ee ne ree IL 30, 1926 —60 PAGES. Ae en eget CONTINUES STORY UF HOW POLITICS FIXES THE TARIFF Commissioner E. P, Costi- gan Says Board Has Been Packed With Bloc of 4 High Protectionists. LABELS BROUSSARD A BEET SUGAR MAN ’ Witness Tells Liccnaliiiiss: of Senator Smoot’s Ef- forts to Keep the Sugar Rates Up. By CHARLES G. ROSS, othe Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, April 30.—New disclosures relating to the influ- that have operated on the ences AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 50, 4 United States Tariff Commission, Also Marked by Rainfall Nearly an Inch Greater Than the Average. This has been the coldest in St. Louis since 1907 Weather Bureau figures show. The average month April April, average years is S¥¥l_ @ecrees. was cokier jvith degrees. @he warmest day of the month ‘was today, when The registered 80 degres at 2 p coldest day was April 1 fell 28 mo} by an of 47 thermometer n. The when the LO ith has heavy rainfall. of 4,12 inches was makiug an average of above normal, ae erees. This marked also been recorded, .90 inches | given Wis | i ithe witness | mission both from within and without, in the suecessfl effort to break down its judicial charactes and make ita high ‘tariff Commissioner Edward P. fifth install- the partisan azency, were by Costigan today in the ment of his testimony before Senate committee investigating the Within the past year, the com- in pointed out, has been reconstituted such a way that it now has a solid block of four members aggressive- ly in favor of maintaining the high ‘tariff wall. A total | / tected 63-HOUR TRAINS TO THE WEST Coast Save Five Hours. | Hv the Associated Press. CHIGAGQ, April 30.—Three rail- | Los Angeles will redmee the run- ning time of dally through passen- ger trains five hours each way, fective next fall. The announcement was made by the Santa Fe, western-lUnion Pacific tock Island-Southern Pacific roads. A similar reduction in the daily schedule of limited trains will be made by the Chicago & North- western-Union Pacific between Chi- cago and San [rancisco. The new schedule will cut the running time from 68 to 63 hours. New equip- ment will be provided and an ex- tra fare of $10 will be charged. URGES HIBERNATION FOR MAN Scientist Thinks Sleep Would Help Cure Nervous Cases. and the NEW YORK, Apri! 30.—Hiber- nation for human beings as 4a treatment for certain nervous dis- orders was suggested last night by ' protege |of Ltah, ef- | the Chicago & North- | bers are Costigan, | that ‘cause of the pecuniary Chicago to. are the chairman, Thomas previously described by on the floor of the ex-lobbyist’ for pro- industries: H. H. Glassie, who was barred by Congress from sitting in the famous sugar case be- interest of his wife and his wife's family in the cane 6ugar~wrdustry of Louisiana; A. H- Baldwin of New York and Edgar B. Broussard of Utah, a of Senator Smoot (Rep.) the high priest of protec- tion in Congress. Cotton Fabric Gloves Marvin and Glassie are Harding appointees. saldwin and Brous- sard have come in lately under the Coolidge regime. The other two of the six mem- who was a mem- commission, Wilson, and a Maryland President that Dr. friend first These Marvin, (‘ostigan and Senate as an UO. Case. ber of the original named by President Dr. Alfred P. Dennis, Democrat appointed by Coclidge. Costigan said Dennis. who 1S a of the President, with the hieh tariff stalwarts but had recently shown a growing in- dependence. He praised Dennis as man of fine talents. As indicative of-the viewpoint now controls the commission, personal voted at a | Costigan pointed to a recommenda- | tion Vernon Bailey of the United States | Biological Survey at the annual meeting of ithe American Society of Mammalégists. Describing the results study of the long winter sleep of anim: ls. Bailey said he was a Similar hibernation ts a physical | He suzgested that of his of scientists devote further study wavs. of achieving it. been much impressed by the expe- rience of the Arctic explorer, Nan- while isolated in the Far | sewed the. sen. who. North. virtually slept through entire winter months. he said | arousing himself momentarily from S that organiza- president of sani | dav FAIR WITH NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE to dav to eat THE TEMPERATURES, 6° @ IDO Cio Highest yesterday, .: lowest. 47 79, at 4:15 p. at 6:30 a ths —_~ Official fore- cast for St. amd vicinity: tonight and morrow: much change temperature. Missouri: Fair tonight and prob ably tomorrow; not\.nuch change in temperature. Illinois: Mostly fair tonight and tomorrow, be - coming unsettled tomorrow night; cooler in north portion _ toright, and in north and central portions tomorrow. Conight and comorrow warmer in central MERC! IONSIEUR HAT SETTLES — not in Arkansas: generally fair; portion tonight. Sunset, 6:53—sunrise (tomor- — - ‘was set out in a minority (on the valu Louis | i ment fO- | ' gloves levied ‘if approved by the | have to | Bailey had | 'tion by the President increasing the ' mission's | Sirability Marvin and Glassie in the cotton fab- ric gloves case. The tariff on such is now 50 per cent of the valuation. Marvin and proposed that the duty, be on the basis of the Ameri- selling price, a change which President, would meant an increase to 112% per cent of the foreizn valuation Minority Lgnored on Straw Hats. In the straw hat case, which re- cently culminated in a procilama- made by to the President foreign Glassie can per cent on lued at less (foreign valua- the com- from 680 to 88 straw hats va than $9.50_a dozen tion), Costigan said that data pointed to the de- of decreased duty on greater value, This view report to Costigan and Dennis. The President, however, left untouched the existing duty higher priced hats. duty a hats of the President by had had straw hat the basis of and Giassie decir oa If Marvin their full case, the witness said, ation would have been changed price, This imposition $h ~ a ea’ ‘o the American selling would have meant the of a duty equivalent to 105 per cent of the foreign valuation, The argu- of the two Commissionérs for that rate was based on their con- tention that-in figuring compara- tive costs of production in the Unit- ed States and in other countries, the cost of transportation should not be included. Happily, perhaps, for the Ameri- can consumer, the Attorney-Gener- al recently upheld the view of Cos- tigan and Dennis that transporta- tion costs should be given weight. Broussard a Beet Sugar Man. The witness said that Broussard, before his appointment as a mem- her of the commission, was a junior economist on the staff, brought on from Utah to assist in the sugar beet investigation. “Tle was known around the com- mission,” said Costigan, “as an ac- tive partisan of the sugar beet in- terests, and was generally reported to be a close f1 friend of Senator Continued « on m Page 2 Columa e Correspondent, | ; ‘ i i It has been lying here for |up outside the Hetmdai and Com- | mander | 'verdict as to one defendant, but not | }as to the other.’ en ee ee weep RIVAL FLYERS FOR POLE MEET AT EDGE OF ARCTIC Byrd and Amundsen Shake Hands in King’s Bay—They Hope to Fly Airplane and a Dirigible Over Pole. A dramatic meeting near the edge of the perpetual ice which covers the Arctic Sea took place yesterday when Commander Byrd and Captain Amundsen shook hands in King’s Bay. Each hopes to fly ever the North Pole this summer, dne_in an airplane, one in a dirigible. Special to the Post-Disnatch. * worth. They were out dining at NEW YORK, April 30.—The fol- | /the mess hall when he first called, lowing dispatch from the Chantier, | but he found them later and ex- | changed greetings. Amundsen and |Elisworth returned the call on | board the Chantier immediaiely afterward and took Byrd ashore to /meet Director Smith Meyer of the King’s Bay Coal Co., who readily Copyright, 1926, by the New York Times granted permission to the Byrd ex- and the St. Louis Post-Diapateh. pedition to land planes on the com- KING'S BAY, Spitzbergen, April | pany’s@ property. Next they visited “9—(On board the Chagntier).—)} Capt. Tank-Nielsen, who received Commander Richard EB. Byrd met} Byrd cordially on behalf of the the first real obstacle of his trip | Norwegian Navy, but regretted that on arriving at King’s Bay late this | he could not yield his place at the afternoon. Finding the wharf, at| qock before Monday or Tuesday, which he had expected to unload: when he expects to finish coaling. his planes, block by the Norw egian It was suggestet] that he might pull patrol boat Heimdal, Byrd prompt- | away during the night, when the ly ordered the plahes put ashore | cgaling crew was not working, but on pontoons. Aided by constant; he feared to risk his ship in the daylight, the crew is’ prepared to| drifting ice. Byrd was disappoint- work all night with nails and| eg, but determined to land his planking to get the aircraft ashore | planes by emergency means. on the large level field of dry snow, King’s Bay had been advised a not far from the hangar and moor-/| day ahead of the Chantier’s ap- ing mast of the dirigible Norge.| proach and as the steamer Without unforeseen mishap, the | crunched her way through the drift xiant pole plane will be ashore for;ice toward the pier the Heimdal assembly before morning. The'hand played the Star Spangled Heimdal, under Capt, Tank Nielsen. | Banner, while the Chantier, whose is detailed to assist the Amundsen | only band is*Dick Konter’s ukeleld expedition particularly in furnish-| troupe, contented itself with run- ing a landing crew for the airship. | ning up the Norwegian flag at the several | foremast. : remain until after The weather has turned warmer, its polad | and, according to Amundsen, is far it be- | ahead of the normal season. This gan coaling at the wharf. is Byrd’s principal reason for hur- The Chantier was obliged to tie | ry, because a thaw would seriously ‘increase the difficulties of his ex- | peditions, the soft ice making per- ‘ilous an attempt to land. Tt eee eee the ship used on the Byrd as Expedition, was picked up by F.. Marco of the Experimental fick Station 9za, Chignge. , By WILL A AM BYRD. days and will the Norge deparis on flight. Early this morning Byrd immediately went ashore to find Amundsen and Ells- A A aren a am em ‘MEETING TO-TEST RIOT ACT DISPEHRSED AT GARFIELD,.. J, Deputies and Police Scatter Peace- ful Assembly of Strile- ors; No Clash. HOME BUILDING TRIAL “VERDICT ON QNE MAN "= y . ient 2s to | eral hundred. persons gathering in Jur in Diese front of Belmont Park, Garfield, Second Defendant Is Given | for a meeting to test the Sheriff's Additional Instructions. | power to prohibit peaceful assem- bly during operation of the riot act were driven away today by The jury in the cafe of Christian deputies armed with riot guns and : uniformed policemen with clubs. W. Beck and Edward J. vera? There was no clash between‘ president and general manager, re- | strikers and officers. of the defunct Feder wat vo FOUR ROBBERS: MURDER CASHIER AND GET $5000 Armour & Co, Official in Philadel- Phia Shot-to Death on Way to Bank. Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 30.— r spectively, suilding Corporation. Court mails to de- verdict Hiome were tried in Federal on | charges of using the reached a in | fraud, today to one defendant and is still delib- | erating as to the other. No names were mentioned by | the jury in its partial report to!Samuel Holt, cashier for Armour Judge Davis. but the inference was|& Co.’s Philadelphia branch, was drawn from certain statements | shot and killed today by four men made in court that the verdict! who seized a bag containing be- agreed upon concerned Barrett,;tween $5000 and $6000, which and that Beck’s fate was in doudt.| Holt was taking to his office from “Gentlemen, have you reached aia bank. the jurors, who have been consid-| JUDGE ENGLISH DEPARTS TO APPEAR BEFORE SENATE ering the case since Wednesday afternoon. came into court at 10 a ul Accompanied by re ounse] Who Will File Answer to Each Article of Impeachment Charges. ' Federal Judge English of East Louis departed at noon today for Washington, where he will ap- pear before the United States Sen- ate on Monday to answer the im- peachment charges against him. He was accompanied by E. C. Kramer of East St. Louis, one of h‘s counsel. Kramer will file a | written answer with the Senate, setting out the defense to each article of the charges. BALTIMORE WIFE-BEATER TAKES A WHIPPING SMILING Sheriff Inflicts Five Lashes on Bare Back of J. H. Kingsmore in City Jail, By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md. April 30.— James H. Kingsmore, convicted wife beater, was given fice lashes on his bare back . with a cat-o’-nine-tails in the Baltimore city jail today. He smiled. * It was the first revival of the | lash for wife beaters in Baltimore for five years. Sentence was im- posed by Criminal Judge O’Dunne six weeks ago. The whipping was administered by Sheriff Potee be- fore selected witnesses in the pri- vacy of the jail. A physician examined Kinsmote both before and after the lashing, and he was taken back to his cell, where he has two more weeks of a 60-day jail sentence to serve. He reiterat- ed previous denials of guilt. Only recently Kingsmore resigned himself to the lashing and with- drew a plea before the Maryland Court of Appeals. Elihu Root at the White Hous-. By the honor, we have reached a. the foreman aan- | swered. sy Asked to Present Questions. bey “Gentlemen,” continued Judge | Davis, “I called you in this morn- ing so I might help you, if you | are puzzled. by answering any question that may be bothering you. Now, if you have such a question. please state it now.” The jurors were silent, but sev- eral were seen to nudge one. of their number, Charles E. Musick, but he said nothing. Judge Davis then delivered the so-called “‘mallet’’ instruction, re- minding the jury that it ought to make every effort to arrive at aij verdict, as the case took a long time to try and had caused great ex- pense, and no other jury would be more able to decide. He agan in- vited questions, and Juror Musick rose and said: “Your honor, I'd . like to know whether the president of a concern would be responsible for the acts of people under him.” Exeeptions by Defense. “Anyone who co-operates tn the commission of a criminal act and gives instructions to another to Jo a criminal act is guilty,” Judge! Davis replied. “Well, would a general manag2r, not a stockholder, be as respon- sible in that connection as a stock- holder?” Musick asked. “It’s a question of authority and intent,” the Court answered. Arthur L. Oliver, defense attor- ney, took exceptions to the Court’s instructions. At his request Judge Davis added forma) tnatructions that the burden of proof. rests with the Government and that a defendant is presumed to be inno- cent until proved otherwise. Oliver moved that the jury be dis- charged, but was overruled. The jury then went back to its chambers and resumed delibera- Root, in Washington to attend a convention, visited the White nois avenue, J.. April 36. Seen By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, April 30.—BEilihu [ oe - — aaa i, eR AI fat ni tne into Possibility of ae diarism—Loss Placed ‘at $70,000. A widow and her T-year-old grandson, who lived in @ second- flocr furnished room at 2023 Tilt- Granite City, were burned to death last night-in a fire which destroyed: ten residences and business buildings In the dige trict known as “West Granite.” — The blaze started in the twoe story frame building at No, 2022, a rooming house, and had not spread when firemen arrived at 11:45, but for 49 minutes they were unable to make a water con~ neetion, because of a break in the main. During the _ interval, the flames spread, destroying eight frame buildings an ones. Property 2 was Z at $70,000, ek EP ns _ The dead are: en a in the rear room they cceupied, as their bodies were lying in the re- mains of ah tron bed when found vy firemen‘in the ruins at 3 4. m., the boy tightly clasped in. his grandmother's’ arms. Reported Incendiary Threat. Fire Chief James Marsh _ re- quested the State Fire Marshal to investigate in the bellef that the fire may have been of incendiary origin. Mrs. de Clue had told two women neighbors a week ago, he said, that she would be burned te death if she didn’t move out. She declined to tell her friends § the source of this threat and made wo explanation of it, but said hyp r financial circumstances would npt permit her to move, as she was taking in washing to support. hg- self and grandson. Chief Marsh said he understoéd the owner of the rooming houge, whose full name he did not knop, had shut-off the electricity Ta month ago, whereupon three fath- ilies moved away, but Mrs. de Clue and two other families remained, using coal oj] lamps. The Chféf also said it had been reported thiit a son of the owner recently ask Mrs. de Clue if she didn’t want visit friends in the ated Piel . ' Explosion Origin of the fire edhenen not established, but ft ts thought te a gasoline stove muy have bloun- up inasmuecb as several résid in the vicinity heard an ex shortly before the fire was 4 ered. Ten persons escaped from the rooming house, and about § bors were aroused and taken to th street before the blaze spread the other structures. : Several persons climbed from second-floor windows of the room- ing house and stepped across _a narrow space to the roof of adjoining building ‘through whie they made their way to the st pounds. jumped from a floor window unhurt into the of Patrolman Charles Hickman. Destruction of the buildings a flat space of debris in the of the block. The brick b ngs were burned entirely except for the walls. The contents of a hand shop, grocery, barber and poolroom on the ground of four of the rereres were property. of houses. the block which were not othe | House today and had a chat with Goolidge. tions, Prenat ‘ en two , belek...