The Washington Post
December 16, 1926

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é The Washington Post. WASHINGTON: Weather—Fair and silghtly colder | today; tomorrow increasing cloudi- | ness; fresh westerly winds. Temperature yesterday — Highest, 33; lowest, 27. ; Weather details on page 12. |. The only newspaper in Washington with | the Associated Press news | every morning in the year. ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER POBTOFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. O. Posr-scriPTs) RIGHTS OF MANKIND coomer nortivnun mows! 1] BICHODG HIT) DEFIED BY MEXICO cae coos. ee eee Joint Catholic Pastoral Says Aim Is to End All Religion. = COPYRIGHT, 1926 > 7 ™ BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO. T WO CEN TS. JURY IN OIL CASE LOCKED UP AFTER 7 HOURS OF DEBATE; TOREPORT AT 10A:M. TODAY Vocal Harmony Marks Oil Verdict Deliberations Barber Shop Chords Ring Out as Arbiters Wrestle With : Evidence—Cigarettes for Fall and Solitaire for Doheny Pass Waiting Hours. NO. 18,445. a THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, BILL TOR PURGHAOE 1926.—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PUBLINS JON OF MALL TRIANGLE | FIGHT TO BAR OMITh PROOED BY OENATE® IN PRESENT oESolUN Smoot Measure Places Fear Battle on linois| $25,000,000 Limit on | Appointment Would | Cost of Land. Wreck Program. EXTENSION INDICATED |WATSON MAKES PLEA — AT HEARING IN HOUSE! WARNING CANDIDATES Index to Today’s Issue. Pages. 1—Say Mexico Defies Rights of Man. Senate Passes Bill to Buy Triangle. Republicans in Move to Bar Smith. Jury in Oil-Lease Case Locked Up. Alleged Girl Bandit Again Arrested. Mary Spas Sues Browning. 2—Seek Expert Aid in District Inquiry. | Board Approves Textbook Measure. 3—Two Pistols Used in Killing. I. T. Bush Urges Loan for France. 4—Butler Pleads for Larger Navy. Farm Bloc Chief Threatens Revolt. 6—Editorials. 7-8—Society. 9—Daily Radio Programs. 10—Senate Wets Fail to Halt Dry Law. 12—Weather and Vital Statistics. 13—-See End of Senate Filibuster. 14—The Post Housekeeper. 15-16-21—-Finance. 17-18-19—Sports. “*What! Are you still saying the same things, Socrates, that | heard from you so long ago?’ ‘Yes,’ said Socrates, ‘and what is more wonder- ful, | am not only saying the same things, but am saying them on the same subjects.’ ” ‘Defendants and Families Are Present in Court Until 10 o’Clock. JURORS, AFTER DINING, PASS TIME SINGING The pretty Texas co-ed bandit is now accused of arson, but it is un- derstood she is good to her aged mother. ~ 7 - The Xmas tree burns like tinder— A match, candle—and a cinder! Ifon the safe side you would be, Get an asbestos Christmas tree, ATTACKS ON CHURCH And then the firemen can stay, CALLED PROPAGAN DA peice begga Folk a) a . 21—-Next Week in the Theaters. American and Mexican Con- | 22-2%—Classified Advertising. Mellon Urges Acquisition of a . , 23——-Legal Record. | stitutions Compared in° From. out of the juryroom at the | that time, and it remained crowded for , | . : Senator-Elect Holds Failure | Fall-Doheny conspiracy trial last night | several hours afterward. It was not un- | Hoehling Instructions Please 96-thee ‘Wows tn Pictures. | Southern Railway Building to Take Seat Now Would | came—not the noise of battle nor the/|til Justice Hoehling announced that he | Both Sides, Who Take Episcopate’s Appeal. Maj. Hesse draws fresh inspira- tion from Mother Goose in a strin- gent police order against mendicants and unlicensed curs. “‘Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, The beggars have come ‘9 town.” | . _ ve w NO SPLIT VERDICT CAN BE RETURNED, JUDGE SAYS Things have come to a pretty pass in this town if a hungry panhandler is permitted to annoy the rich boot- legger with a request for a small Christmas gratuity. It begins to look as though Frank L. Smith owed Sam Insull a rebate. As the cowboy said when they threw him out of the dance hall the third time, “‘l know what’s the matter— they don’t want me in there.” The Southern railway, if ousted from the historic site on the Avenue where in the old days stood the or- nate building of the Republican, and later, the Pension bureau, can easily finance the construction of another home, but what provision are the authorities making for housing the Center market rats when their home is torn down? Herbert Hoover and the S. P. C. A. ought to look into this. By ALBERT W. FOX. The jury which has in its care the 'fate of Albert B. Fall and Edward L | Doheny, charged with criminal con- | spiracy in connection with the naval oil leases, was locked up shortly after 10 o’clock last night after more than seven hours of deliberation. Justice Hoehling remained in chambers until that hour and then sent word that court would recess until 10 o'clock this morning. Both the defendants as bers of their families and many of those who have been _ spectators throughout the trial remained in the court room or in the corridors during the evening. Mrs. Doheny, wife of Ed- (CON'LINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 4.) ALLEGED GIRL BANDIT 9) ACCUSED OF ARSON jurors were singing. | general dispersal. The better part of | today issued a pastoral letter which de- Ropublican leaders to pre- pressroom on the floor below, and a re- |going out to a hotel for dinner, were | a cost not to exceed $26,000,000 was, of the fundamental principles of liberty to efill the unexpired term of the late|fy the rollicking lines of “Bye, mv" eae teal with Edward L. Doheny in| Attendants Are Held Tense by ‘ings and grounds committee it was in- Made Visible at Night by of the bishops since 1919 and its pur- set their whole legislative program by | a defense partisan when he heard about | seemed, he was smoking a cigarette. Mr. that it will be enlarged in scope. Expressions at the hearing, at which cessive campaign expenditures, which | hardly sing if they were going to con- eral hours during the afternoon, but controversy but to set it at rest for- b ‘ a @ » omieren to even suggest a coalition between | another man who was keeping the vigil. | Edward L. Doheny, jr., played a rubber for speaking on the Mexican situation; London, Dec. 15 (By A. P.). —Seeing | Ballway uilding and several squares given the appointment. they? Remember what a famous jurist court room crowd. Some of them passed | the pastoral saying: to have been demonstrated as feasible | In the Senate the bill was passed the door of the Senate with no debate| The jurors went to their prisonlike| Frank J. Hogan and Wilton Lambert, stances, if the case it has thus pre-| television have aroused great interest in| had met. Senators Norris, of Nebras- on March 4 by right of his election to | o’clock. The court room was crowded at | embodied in our fundamental laws; |complished with his televior by isolat-|of passing it at this time. It would well as mem- the first session of that Congress. be given due weight in considering; The human eye is unable to see these | sald. ; : 'sound of passionate pleading, but the|was going to dinner and would not re- | | ‘ | and More Tracts. Prejudice Case. ‘music of vocal harmony. The young | turn until 8 o’clock that there was any | No Exception. INVISIBLE HAY ENABLES | The jury began harmonizing about 7/ the crowd left then, but at 8 o'clock the New York, Dec. 15 (By A. P.).—The |o’clock, just after dinner. The sound | court room and the corridors were again | ‘Catholic Episcopate of the United States | MEN TU att IN DARK euisthten of all property in the so- call Earnest efforts were put forward yes-|o¢ their voices floated down to the|well filled. The jurors, who have been | }ed Pennsylvania avenue-Mall triangle; terdavy by FR lend sagas tage een an shen ec msc : vent the appointment of Senator-elect | porter set out to investigate. He got | kept in their room and served there. tion in Mexico is caused by the defiance jars by the Senate yesterday and at! prank L. S.naith (Republican), Illinois, | hear enough to the juryroom to identi- Former Secretary Albert B. Fall, °co- Planes pare Military Moves }a hearing of the House public build- as they are understood in the United Senator McKinley. | Blackbird.” the trial, spent most of his time pacing | Summations: Mrs. Fall and States. This is the first collective letter | henna that there not only will be no| Fear that his appointment would up-| “Well, that sounds good to me,” said|up and down the corridor. Always, it ’ British Discovery. ‘opposition to the measure there but Daughter Weep. pose, it was stated in authoritative immediately provoking a fight over ex-|the singing. “Those fellows could | Doheny sat in the court room for sev- circles, was not to revive the religious they hoped to defer until the next | vict.” last night he whiled away the hours in sean. CAN PIERCE EVEN FOGS Secretary of the Treasury Mellon ap- isimenidoar led some majority chieftains | “I don't know about that.” said |@m anteroom playing solitaire. His son, The bishops state that their reason | peared, favored, including the Southern Republicans and Democrats to prev ent | “Our doughboys used to sing when |of bridge with newspaper men. is that the Mexican government has/in total darkness by means of an invis- | #dJacent to the Mall between the Cap-| cnith from taking the oath if he were | they went to the front to dle, didn’t | Women were predominant in the itself appealed to the American public,|ible ray is declared by the Daily Mail | |itol and Sixth street. | If such a plan, were carried out, Mr. _once said—"You can never tell what a ithe time solving cross word puzzles. | “The government of Mexico can not/through an invention of John L. Baird, ‘without a record vote, Senator Smoot emitiOeadets stopped virtually at| woman or a jury will do.’ | The lewyers in the case, especially | therefore object, under such circum-ja British scientist. His «discoveries in| calling it up shortly after the Senate on either side. He would appear again | room just above the court room at 2:50 | were surrounded by surging groups sented: for Judgment be considered in/the past year. Mr. Baird is quoted assay- | ka; King, of Utah, and Couzens, of the light of American principles as|ing that his achievement has been ac-| Michigan, questioned the advisability} the Seventieth Congress, and the fight over his seating would be put off until | nor, since it appeals for the sympathy |/ing and then employing rays which are| be better to wait until the govern- FREEZE FAILS 1) CAVE ; of Christians, if Christian principles | outside the visible spectrum. | ment has need for the property, they} ‘ne leaders also are afraid that pro- | | longed debate over Smith’s qualifica- | | its acts; nor, since it claims great zeal/ rays, but the sensitive electric eye of his| Senator Smoot pointed out, however,! tions would force a special session of | ONOW rn SLEDDING | for the advancement of education, if/appratus selects them readily. The| that the plan to acquire it now is tO| Congress, which they wish to avoid. | ux a = ty Entirely-too little attention is be- | ing paid nowadays to the rights and | privileges of dumb creatures. Here’s Los Angeles deciding that ladies at- tempting the Catalina island swim must be clothed in something more than a seraphic smile and a shingle bob. The poor fish! the statements it has presented in sup- port of its pleading be submitted to the test of history. These are the things we purpose to do, so that not only will our own people be fully in- formed of the interests at stake but that the Mexican people may not be without benefit of advocate before the court to which their rulers have actual- Mail’s representative describes how he sat in total Garkness and saw the com- plete outlines of a colleague, also in the dark at a distance, projected upon a screen by Baird's tnvisibie “searchlight.” Mr. Baird asserts that the invisible ray can be focused and flashed through lenses like ordinary searchlights, but that it is more penetrative and can be | bound to come with the government’s | building program on properties already avoid increased costs which would be Smith Asked to Decline. nois against appointing Smith, they | centered their efforts toward attempt- ing to persuade the latter not to accept the appointment if it were offered. Senator Watson, Republican, Indiana, ‘owned or which are to be acquired under authority granted at the last session. Urges Increase In Taxes. In the House committee, Representa- tive Underhill, of Massachusetts, spon- | 10 P. M. and Continues to Drop During Night. Failing to commit Gov. Small of m-) Thermometer Seis to 27 at Texas University Siedeiin Is Said to Have Fired House Near Holdup Scene. ee ee ward L. Doheny, sr., is suffering from @ heavy cold and was not present. Counsel] for the government and for | the defense were requested to come to _the judge‘’s chambers shortly after 8 o'clock and this led to the belief that _ the jury had asked for instructions. I1 | developed, however, that the judge merely wanted to have a friendly chat ly but mistakenly appealed.” | with the counsel in the case. Church’s Work in Mexico. Recounting the work and influence of the Catholic Church in Mexico over a score of years the pestoral Iictter, speaking for the church, says: “Show me one good thing in Mexico I did not give you. Show me one genius for wiom I was not responsible. thrown farther than any visible ray, and also can pierce fog more readily. It might, therefore, be of great significance in aiding trains, ships and airplanes in the fog. Capt. O. G. Hutchinson, who is asso- clated with Mr. Baird, says it is im- possible to estimate the importance of this invention in warfare. It would be telephone and pleaded with him not to) come to Washington as Mr. McKinley's | successor and warned that if he did he probably would be unseated. Smith was reported to have replied that his case never had been presented to the Senate and he wished to plead his cause. He also is said to have countered with the argument that if sor of a bill similar to the Smoot meas- ure, declared that the District commis- sioners should increase the taxes of property holders on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue to such an extent that the smaller structures would have to be abandoned. Representative Oliver, of New York, proposed that the Southern railway Daddy Browning—the sugar and cream for Peaches—abandons his charitable intention to give away 1,000 Christmas suits when Mary Spas presents him with one. - - o . The graphic story of the hold-up | of an lowa bank by a couple of °C called Dr. Suiits over the tong-distence | FRESH WINDS cinlbiegspab hed oa REARRESTED | AT AUSTIN: Jurors, Freezing temperatures came to Wash-' Austin, Tex., Dec. 15 (By A. P.).—, ington too late yesterday to save for} Mrs. Rebecca Bradley Rogers, Univer- the benefit of sledding children and the sity of Texas graduate charged with and it was served to them in the wu detriment of motorists and the city’s bank robbery, was arrested here late | elie Seas Woe mamas - ry traffic generally the short-lived snow) today on a charge of arson filed against | gown Paar a ter je S pe yoonige which fell. Most of the snow melted her at Georgetown, Tex., by Harry Do-| eis hetiee a % , om and led to as fast as it fell and today will be fair;lam, county attorney of Williamson | av agreement might be in After Dinner the jurymen, after dee | liberating three hours, asked for dinner » Sing. Meanwhile | sight. bandits comes as gratifying con- firmation of recent dispatches an- nouncing a return to solvency of the fiscal institutions of that State, and it must be admitted that the account of the flight of the robbers across the ice of the Missouri river shows what resourceful men can do when they want to with frozen assets. Louis Ludlow is elected vice presi- dent of the Press club. An Indiana man, like water, finds his own level. This new invisible ray which en- ables one to see in the dark is re- garded as old stuff in well-informed feline circles. Advocates of a fighting navy.com- mensurate with the wealth and hon- or of the Republic needn’t get so excited over the deplorable condi- tion of the fleet—our smart diplo- mats can easily call a disarmament conference and trick England into tearing up another blueprint. There’s something lacking in the dispatch about that coast guard ban- quet at Elizabeth City, N. C.—it doesn’t say that a pleasant time was had by all. And here’s the national guard asking that quarters be assigned to it in the “old’”’ Pension Office! A short memory makes ancient history. * 7 © ae ‘An attempt was made to rob Queen Marie of her jewels while she was in America but the poor thief couldn’t get near enough to her on account of the hordes of people who were trying to give her something. + ™ + 2 Advocates of farm relief are like old Socrates in one respect—they’re “saying the same things on the same subject”—but this doesn’t make them philosophers by a Muscle Shoals dam site. The jury in the oil case decides to sleep on it after obtaining the final instructions from the Judge— “I charge you by the law, Whereof you are a well deserving pillar, | Proceed to judgment.” a . When Senator Smoot says he doesn’t want any tax reduction any further bleats by the Hon. Pat Har- Fison may be regarded as waely academic. The Senate throws out Gen. An- drews’ $500,000 secret fund for the sneakers and ap sy mh because it isn’t authorized by law, but what's that got te do anything now- _ adaye? If that argument were sound a perew out the whole Antisaloon Show me one step toward the light that I did not help you take. Take out of your country all that I put in it, and see what remains.” The bishops state the letter is no appeal for political intervention or ac- tion of any sort, declaring that it “is no interposition of our influence either as bishops or as citizens to reach those who possess political power anywhere on earth, and least of all in our own country to the end that they should intervene with armed force in the in- ternal affairs of Mexico for the protec- tion of the Church. Our duty is done, when by telling the story, defending th truth and emphasizing the princi- ples, we sound a wrrning to Christian civilization that its foundations are again being attacked and undermined.” Ideais of Liberty. The first part of the pastoral takes up the respective ideals of civil and religious liberty held by Americans and Mexicans. It states: “The difference between the concep- tion of civil and feligious freedom up- held by the American Constitution and that of the makers and defenders of the present constitution of Mexico will be best understood by contrasting the two instruments. This will show that, only by slurring over or conceal- ing the actual facts of the case can the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 21, COLUMN 5.) Roumanians Repulse Soviet Gun Runners Bucharest, Dec, 15 (By A. P.).—An attempt to send a boatload of arms and ammunition across the! Dniester river by bolsheviks to a point near Tighina has been frustrated after a spirited fight, the authorities here are in- formed, by Roumanian frontier guards. The Roumanians, knowing the time the soviet party, who responded to the demand for surrender with a volley. A sharp exchange of fire took place be- tween the Roumanians. and bolshe- viks. The latter, under cover of a heavy mist and protected by machine-gun fire of soviet guards on the opposite bank of the river, escaped. There were no casualties on the Roumanian side. Marx Must Resign, Socialists Decide Berlin, Dec. 15 (By A. P.).—An in- cipient political crisis arising from the in connection with supposed reaction- ary elements of the Reichswehr is likely to come to a head immediately. — At a meeting of the socialist party today s resolution was adopted thet | for the arrival of the boat, ambushed |' socialists’ opposition to the government /| possible to follow an enemy’s move- ments in darkness, it would disclose the position of airplanes at night, and en- able those employing the ray to watch the approach without the pilot’s knowl- edge. “Darkness,” said Capt. Hutchinson, “will no longs; give security ds a cloak for military operations.” Mexico May Extend Time for Oil Titles Mexico City, Dec. 15 (By A. P.).—It is reported, but without official con- firmation, that the Mexican govern- ment is considering issuing a decree extending for six months the time in which foreign oil companies may apply for ratification of land tifles under the new petroleum and alien land laws. The limit, as now fixed by the laws, is December 31. Canada’s First Envoy Tn City’ Next Month Ottawa, Dec. 15 (By A. P.).—Vincent Massey, Canada’s first Minister to the United States, is expected to begin his duties in Washington late in January. Mr. Massey has been in Ottawa for several days, arranging with the gov- ernment details for the Washington legation. Woman Y ule Shopper building be included, and Mr.. Underhill and Representative Cox, of Georgia, agreed with him. The railway building, declared Mr. Oliver, is one of the worst looking on the avenue. It is a “magni- fied ice box,” he said. Secretary Mellon said he thought it desirable to acquire this property, as well as the pieces adjacent to the Mall between the Capitol and Sixth street, and on one of which it is proposed to relocate the Botanic gardens. $3,000,000 Higher Now. Mr. Underhill pointed out that when he first introduced his bill several years ago the property now sought, excluding the Southern railway building, could (CONTINUED ON PAGE 23, COLUMN 8.) Gov. Small did not appoint him in view of his position as the senator-elect, his case would be injured. Gov. Small has declined to either deny or confirm repeated reports that he plans to name Mr. Smith. Democratic senators have adopted a watchfui-waiting attitude, but most of them are known to favor barring Smith because of the disclosures of the Sen- ate campaign funds investigating com- mittee. Senator Ashurst (Democrat), Arizona, |has a resolution prepared to offer when Smith appears to take the oath, di- recting him to step aside until the Reed committee advises Whe Senate of a course to pursue. While leaders were conducting the private negotiations over the Smith (CONTINUED ON PAGE 11, COLUMN 3.) NICARAGUAN LIBERAL ARMY |S ADVANCING Troops Move on the Entire Front in the Direction of Managua, Capital. San Salvadd,, Salvador, Dec. 15 (By A. P.).—Advices ‘received here from Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, the seat of the liberal government set up by for- Dies in 9-Floor Leap Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 15 (By A. P.).— While her sister-in-law waited in a de- partment store across the street to con- tinue a Christmas shopping trip, Mrs. H. A. Slagle, of Kansas City, Mo., leaped to her death from a ninth-story win- dow of the Onondaga hotel here today. She had given her address as Lewis- town, Pa., but it was learned tonight that her home was in Kansas City. Mrs. Slagle had been visiting rela- tives here. No motive could be as- signed for her act. Mary Spas Seeks $500,000 In Suit Against Browning mer Vice President Juan Sacasa, say that liberal forces have begun an ad- vance along the entire front. The advices state that an insurgent column has left the Atlantic coast and is advancing on the department of Matagalpa, in the direction of Managua which is the capital of Nicaragua and Mental Anguish and Assault Attempt Charged by Girl Whose Adoption Was Annulled—He Says Court Cases Prevent His Charity Project. the seat of the conservative government of President Adolfo Diaz. A detachment of government troops was reported to have been defeated in the department of Nuevo Segovia, re- sulting in the capture of many prison- | Special to The Washington Post. New York, Dec. 15.—Mary Louise Spas, his first Cinderella, has handed her Christmas greetings to Edward W. Browning in the guise of a $500,000 damage suit, it was learned today. With “Daddy” Browning facing trial of one action on January 24, at Carmel, N. Y.; his separation suit against his second Cinderella, “Peaches’’ Heenan Browning, Mary Spas has piled addi- tional gloom upon the realtor’s Christ- mas. ba Her process server entered “Daddy's” office, 153 West Seventy-second street, at 11 o’clock last Saturday morning, it has been learned. “I'd like to show Mr. Browning some document, “look at this one!” It was the summons and | complaint socgebupeaae tue Wecownase -oes va : awe se pe die hats ri ms Mi oe pk hed EF avis “wake sty j bay WE: is young man, producing a blue-backed | ers by the rebels as well as a quantity of war material. ‘The reports state that the liberal forces are advancing into the interior and are dominating the entrance to the town of Jinotega. Other columns are reported to have begun an advance on Leon and Chinandega. R. E. Byrd Awarded Elisha K. Kane Medal Philadelphia, Dec. 15 (By A. P.).— dieut. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, the first man to fly to the north pole, received thé Elisha Kent Kane medal of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia tonight at a testimonial dinner. Many prominent figures in naval, once adopted asked a half million dol- lars on the following counts: 1. For alleged attempted assault in Browning's Kew Garden Inn apartment, $100,000. 2. For nervous shock because of his supposed threats to kill her and him- self if she related his conduct to Dis- trict Attorney Richard S. Newcombe, of Queens, $100,000. 3. For mental anguish. during her supposed imprisonment in his apart- ment, $260,000. ' 4. For forcing her to sign certain papers at the Hotel Belleclaire; August 11, 1925, the day the adoption was an- nulled, $50,000. “It’s highway robbery!” the white- hairéd “daddy” exploded in discussing .| Mary's action. He had at first appeared reluctant to admit he had been served. “I'm not going to play Santa Claus present. among them Mrs. Marie Anigheto Peary Stafford, daughter of Admiral Peary; Capt. Robert Bartlett, Admiral Peary’s skipper, and Capt. W. L. Littlefield, U. 8. N., who represented |the United States navy. Pilot Floyd *4 eo ey ae DA Ue rezk. Be ke GEE 2: A tee ae et MoM ig. >t. Oy. Moke” FEE i » tery: See rie ot dia . idee eae ie Pt — eat angi ; ne 8) mee Pra ee hye Meanwhile, | aeronautic and scientific circles were} and slightly colder, forecast last night. Tomorrow there will be increasing, cloudiness. .The westerly winds, which. will ride the freezing mercury, will freshen, the forecaster said. The lowest official temperature yesterday was 27 degrees, recorded at 10 o’clock last night, but at that time the ther- mometer still was falling. The highest temperature recorded in the weather bureau's report yesterday was 33 de- grees at midnight Wednesday. The same forecast made for the Dis- trict was made also for Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware. Virginia was promised rising temperature tomorrow. Washington and the surrounding country, however, was not alone in its prospect of shivering a bit, fer, accord~- ing to Associated Press dispatches from other cities, most of the country west of the Appalachians, which has been cold for the last three days, will be cold again today, with zero weather registered in many places. The slight rise promised last night would not do more than raise the temperature above the zere mark, and in many places an- other 24 hours will elapse before com- munities will be relieved from the cold, which has been 25 degrees below nor- mal. Winter’s first concentrated attack on the Rocky Mountain region also patches from Denver as having begun to ease off with slowly rising temper- atures. HEART BEATS REVEAL GUILT OF SUSPECTS Instructor at the New York University Demonstrates Electrical Device. New York, Dec. 15 (By A. P.).—A modern electrical “third degree” led. to the detection of “robbers” at a meeting of the New York electrical society, to- night. Heart thumps of “thieves” who “robbed” rooms of the society's build- ing were detected by new electrical ap- paratus demonstrated by Dr. A. P. Link, psychology instructor at New York unt- versity. ‘ Individuals were sent from the office with sealed instructions which re- quired one of the individuals to com- mit a “robbery” in another room. On the return of the group, Dr. Link sub- jected all three of them, guilty and innocent, to the new “third degree.” While innocent parties failed to betray any emotion, the audience heard the heart thumps of the “criminal” through an electrical stethoscope while he was examined. Efforts of members of the audience to lie or conceal the truth were frus- trated by an apparatus that showed iowered electrical resistance of the skin of the subject when telling a falsehood or hiding the truth. A moving spot of the weather bureau | was reported in Associated Press dis- | county. Mrs. Rogers was arrested at Seton) infirmary here, where her husband, Otis Rogers, attorney, of Amarillo, Tex., confined. She was taken to the local police station, photographed and then hur-| ried to Georgetown, from here. John Cofer, jr., about 40 miles the young woman's) attorney, immediately sought a habeas | gict will apply to both defendants. corpus action in the district court | other words there ca! here to obtain her release. Mrs. Rogers is charged with setting fire Friday to a house in Roundrock, about 15 miles from here. Officials of the Farmers State Bank at Roundrock said a girl answering Mrs. Rogers’ description hung around the bank for several days last week, and Friday afternoon rushed into the bank, shouting, “Fire! Fire!’’ MINNESOTA LAWYER GETS TREASURY POST Carl Schuneman Is Appointed Assistant Secretary to Suc- ‘ceed McKenzie Moss. Carl Schuneman, Minnesota lawyer and head of Schuneman, Manner- heimer & Evans department store, St. Paul, has been named Assistant Sec- retary of the Treasury to succeed Judge McKenzie Moss, appointed last May to the Court of Claims, it was an- nounced last night by Senator Thomas D. Schall, of Minnesota. Schuneman, a personal friend of the senator, will probably take over his new duties the first of the year, it was indicated. He will be placed in direct charge of the internal revenue bureau, and the supervising architect’s and chief clerk's offices. The appointee is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, and has been active in financial enterprises and legal circles of his State for a number of years. His contemplated retirement as active head of the St. Paul firm was recently announced. $100,000 Prizes Up In Fight on Cancer New York, Dec. 15 (By A. P.).—-One hundred thousand dollars in prizes to the person or group discovering means of controlling and preventing cancer will be awarded by William Lawrence Saunders, president of the Ingersoll- Rand Co, Announcement of the prize offers was made here tonight by Dr. George A. Soper, managing of the American Society for the Control of Cancer, at a dinner marking the open- ing of a campaign by the, society for But after stretching their legs iin &‘walk through the upper corridors | they went back to the jury room and | nothing more ‘S| came for them to be locked up for the was heard until time night. It was made clear by Justice Hoeh- ling in his charge to the jury, con- cluded at 2390 Mh the afternoon, that | there can be only one of two verdicts. | guilty or not guilty, and that the ver- In 1 not be a split verdict. Justice Hoehling turned the case over to the jury at 2:59 o'clock yester- dey afternoon with the following con- cluding statement: “Now, gentlemen, the case passes out of my hands to you who as trial jurors must determine it.” Justice Hoehling’s charge to the jury, characterized by counsel on both sides as a model of fairness, was the last act so far in the courtroom drama which has been unfolded day by day since November 22. It lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes and the twelve men in the Jury box as well as every spectator in the crowded little courtroom followed every word that came from the lips of the presiding judge. Clearly enunciated sentences from the bench were followed all the more easily because of the silence that pervaded every corner of the room. Edward L. Doheny pressed his right ear forward with his hand to catch every word and remained in this posture throughout. Albert B. Fall sat com- fortably at ease, apparently gratified that his case was at last being fairly stated -to his countrymen, without fear, favor or prejudice. Counsel for the government and for the defense sat like immovable images absorbed in atten- tion. Families are Present. Behind the benches reserved for counsel and the press and intermin- gled with the privileged spectators were members of the Fall and Doheny fam- ilies, including Mrs. Fall and her daughter, Mrs. Chase, both of whom had wept silently during the morning hour -when Mark B. Thompson, of counsel for Fall, had addressed the jury briefly as a friend from the West and an intimate associate as well as counsel of the former Secretary of the Interior. Mrs. Fall and her daughter apparently were able to withstand the shocks that came from the govern- ment’s prosecutors and they appeared unmoved through the summing-up arguments of Frank J. Hogan, of Do- heny’s counsel. But something about the personal character of Thompson's | appeal to the jury proved too much for them. The ovatieviont fireworks that pune-